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DECISIVE
Baking Powder Tests
The United States Official
Investigation of Baking Powders, made by authority of
Congress, in the Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D. C, furnishes the highest authoritative informa
tion as to which powder is the best. The Official Report
Shows the ROYAL to be a
cream of tartar baking pow
der, superior to all others in
- leavening power
A SONG OF VIOLETS.
Vake, notets. wake!
By risrer and lake;
Tour purple ranks rally
O'er hillftjue nud valiuy;
Awaken and follow
The brook id the hoikm.
: Thromrli lone mountain puM
'Mid raU nusMtow Rrneaw;
Fw cowslips are y til low.
And thrush twagfcaro ukUow,
And orioles sins;.
Til! t,ipray wkkI lands nog.
Wake, violets, wake!
Bloom, violets, blooin!
While fatm with per fame
The bee, the pay rover.
Drones drowsily over
Trie tuaru aud lilies
Aral riai7atia"ndilkes.
And trim no i dnrjnuag
Of nc6 REfl fimunior.
The false, fwkMj hummer,
Thnrajrh forea! and uuie.
By roadside and jilain.
UhMim, violets, bloom!
Fade, violets, fade!
On brea.nf the mud,
lathe hand of tbe nntid
Aad the youEli aiidcfHed.
Your short itfeiii gladiietss
1 Is full of wwetft jjulumss.
Awake, flnwen of trotli!
Use the oope of our youth.
But) and bloom with rue lean
Of the swift coming years.
Above and around
Lai.-b newly made mound,
fade, vinlL'U. fade!
iioufivcepera1 Weekly
Experiments -with Firedamp.
Some French chemists have been investi
gating tbe nature of firedamp niixtnres in
relation to colliery explosions with im
portant results For this purpura mixtures
of pure fonnene and air were employed,
and of those mixed with ordinary iliumi
catiDg gas, which were made fay passing tb
gases through multiple Hansen burners
into ft wooden box placed against granite
and porphyry blocks, and so disposed that
by striking them with a pick the sparks
fell into tbe box. it appears the mixtures
of iMuimcating gas nod air were easily ex
ploded by tbe sparks whenever tbey were
large enough to remain incandescent dor
fug an appreciable time, a result obtained
with nearly every blow, the sparks being
formed of metallic particles burning strong
ly and forming globules of magnetic oxide.
Ob tbjB other band, it appears tbatwith
mixtures of formene and air no inflamma
tioncooiu t obtained, although more than
hundred experiments were made under
conditions io which a mixture of illominafr
fnq gas and sir would inevitably have been
ignited a difference thought to be due to
the inflammation of fonnene req airing ft
much iougerUmethantnatof illuminating
gas, and the sparks becoming cold before
it can be effected. Further experiments
were made with mixtures of formeue, illu
minating gas and air, the result being that
when the mixture contained equal quanti
ties of two gases explosions were in some
cases obtained, but with mixtures em
ployed that contained tbe proportions of 75
per cent, of fonnene and 25 of illuminating
gas no explosions took place of any kind.-
Jiew York Sun.
Tw Railroad Presidents Meet.
Judge AlcWhorter is president of tbe
shortest railroad system in the world. It
la something more than three miles in
length, between Crawford and Lexington.
Of this road Larry tiantt tells a good
story on the judge.
"Bump was in New York a few months
ago," said Larry, "and while in Colonel
John I&man's office be met Jay Gould.
He was introduced to the wizard as the
president of the Lexington Terminal.
M 'Ves.' said Mr, Gould, 1 am glad to
meat you. Vou have s nice road. By the
way, Mr. McWhorter, how many miles are
there in your system?'
'Nearly five,' replied Ham p.
Ali under one management' asked
Mr. Gould from force of ha bit. "Atlanta
Constitution.
TIm Horrid Boy.
Miae GnsiungtonHnch exquisite mel
ody! And such a lovely basso Signer
Jiologna! Bo handsome! 1 do wonder
what hie ago isl
fimaU Brother Bologna's age! 1
know iti
Mi, Ton darling! What is it?
8, B. (triiimjihuiiriy) Saaaage. -Pirts-borg
Bulletin.
To Much of a Good Thing.
BetuTDed Traveler You say Mrs.
fthete bas quite lost her lore of the
antique. What has happened?
Resident--Her hnaba&d got squeezed
bt Wall street, and she must now go and
live in the old shanty that her grand
father was born in New York Weekly.
A Burner's ItUMk
Montaigne soys that a man's wit Is a
man's danger unless he knows hoi to use
it But a witty Florida bunter .-bowed
himself master of bis situation. He proved
his property and covered hi risks. Many
years ago, near a place called Enterprise,
on a point juttinj; into Lake Monroe, dur
ing all bright days a big ailigator used to
lie basking in tht- sun.
He was well known to the whole ntrsb
burbood. The entire cotene of siMirtaiue-i
at the only hotel used to call him Biff Ben,
and proud buulera would talk and even
dream of the time when a well aimed rifle
shot would eud hi long career, ilut Bis
lien was as cunning as a serpent, and
whenever auy one, alout or afloat, came
unpleasantly near he would slide off into
the water, which meant goodby for the
rest of the day.
One fine morning a sportsman paddling
up the lake, luckily with hi rifle in but
canoe, came upon Bis Ben so sound asleep
that he stole up within range and put a
hulietthrotigb the alligator's brain. What
to do next was a problem. He could not
tow the monster ail the way to Enterprise
with bis tiny canoe.
A bright idea struck him. He put his
visiting card into tbe beast's mouth and
paddled swiftly back. Several hunters
were at the wharf, and the slayer of Bug
Ben haxtened to inform them that while
out paddiiug he bad come within easy
ramie of tbe 'tfutor, which was no doutft
stitl lying motionless on tbe point. A
flotilla of boats and canoes, manned by an
army with rifles, instantly started for the
pomi, Toavoid couftmion, it was agreed
that all should go down together, and that
the entire party, if they were luckrenougb
to find Big Ben Btill there, snould Are a
volley at the word of command.
As tbey approached tbe point the hearts
of all beat quickly, and when, with strain
ing eyes, tbey say Big Ben apparently asleep
and motionless upon the bank even tbe
coolest could hardly control his feelings.
Bang! bang! went a score of rifles, and
Ben, riddled with bullets, lay motionless
upon the point. With a ebeer of triumph
tbe excited sportsmen leaped ashore, and
fastening a rope round the dead alligator
towed him to Enterprise.
There the original slayer awaited them
on the wharf. When the creature was laid
upon the shore he opened its mighty Jaws
and disclosed his visiting card, at theasme
time thanking them most politely for their
kindness in bringing his alligator home.
Exchance. ' - j -,
ttavioc Banks and Their Oriels.
Savings banks, in the sense in wbich
they are known at tbe present day, are
strictly a modern institution wnose histo
ry belongs to the Nineteenth century, for
previous to tbe year Psuunota savings bank
existed anywhere in tbe world. The prog
ress that has been made is the eighty or
ninety years of savings bank history may
be understood when it Is stated that at the
beginning of the year 1881 tbe deposits in
the savings banks of the entire world were
reckoned to have reached the enormous
sum of four billions of dollars. -
Barings banks had their origin in Eng
land in 1&06, and were suggested as a means
of encouraging thrift among the poor.
Samuel Wnitbred in parliament in 1607,
proposed to establish a national savings
bank under the direction of government
officers, the deposits in which were to be
invested in government securities, and tine
repayment to be made by the sate of the
securities when required. This scheme
was not found practicable, and with others
of a similar character was abandoned.
In 1810 tbe Rev. Henry Duncan, of Butb
welL Scotland, organized in his own parish
a savings bank which, when compared
with previous efforts, was s decided suc
cess, and a number of similar institutions
were established in various parts of the
kingdom. Dr. Duncan has ieeo called "the
father of savings banks." TheKdinburgh
Savings bank was established in 1614, three
years before the savings banks came under
government control. New York Kecorder.
Captare f a Whal am to SaM Cot.
A whale nearly fifty feet in length was
captured in the River Crouch, near
Bnrnham, Essex, The river is a mile
wide, and tbe whale had become strand
ed on the bank. Special trains conveyed
tbxrasande of people to inspect the mon
ster. It was adzed by the customa offi
cer and told for seventeen pounds ster
ling (or exhibition purposes, it is in
tended to preserve tbe skeleton intact
Thoughtful
"James was a thoughtful boy, any
how, in spite of his crimes."
"Be wasn't thoughtful when he rob
bed the bank."
"Yes he was. He got arrested under
an all; rather than dhsgraoe his father's
uame.' Jiew York Epoch.
ME siUlLDS Th NEST.
Tbe good God always builds the blind bird's
So runs a Turkish irovcrb sweet and wte.
Bow calmly way she fold her wing in ittt,
Kuowlng hi touch upon bvt tbuduwrd eyvsl
Thou, who hast known his lave in siroue iuil
. grand,
Kwtu too, to bfc right hand. '
"Behold:" becrteth."! will bring the blind
by wavs they have not kuuwu,'aiuraiice
sweot-
"iftrftightttQ the crooked para, make life more
kind.
Turn durkntws Into Itybt before their feet.
h thy sight darkened, frleud? Thy tiod can
see.
Let that suftlee for thea,
Unsheltered birds his providence nhsll shield.
Tbe helpless soul shall lean upon his strength.
Our need, grown eTttoi, to greater love shall
yield.
And help, though long delayed, shall come at
length.
Watt for him. doubting not. Bp kuowpth beat
Who builds the blind bird's ucsl
American Israelite.
A Talking Canary.
It seems almost incredible that a canary
could be taught to apeak; nevertheless,
there have been well authenticated cases iu
which ibis twemingty impossible feat has
been accompliKhed. !
Tbe most notable instance ,wo that of a
canary exhibited in I Andon in 1953, and It
had a most remarkable history. Its parents
had previously succeattf uliy reared several
broods, but in the early part of the year
in question hatched out but oue of four
ecss. Strange to say, they entirety neg
lected the little one, and immedintely re
built a nest over it. The owners of the
birds accidentally discovered this fact and
removed the forsaken one almost dead. It
was placed in flannel by the Are, and after
the greatest attention was restored and
raised by hand.
The fact of its being treated in this man
ner, separated from all other birds, cainwd
ft to become very familiar with its foster
parents, and its first singing notes were en
tirety different from those uttered by or
dinary canaries. Being continually ad
dressed in endearing terms by its mistrew,
it astonished her oue day by suddenly re
peating the words "Kinsiel kksiet' This
became an everyday occurrence, and from
time to time other terms were added to its
vocabulary.
For hours together, except during the
molting season, this extraordinary bini
would call out in tones almost as clear as
if uttered by a human voice, such sen-
tenoes as "Dear, sweet Titchie!" the name
given it by its mistress '"Kiss Minnk!"
"Kiss me, dear Minnie!" "Kissiet kissie!
kisaie, sweet little TUohieP' "Weel gee,
gee, Titchie, sweet Titchie!" It also devel .
oped a faculty for whistling, the first bar
of "God Save the Queen" being its favorite
air.
Another talking canary is said to have
been exhibited in London in IStft, but all
authorities agree that tt was in no way
equal to the one described. Detroit Free
rress,
Why Albino Io Not Be Wen.
According to Dr. A. D. Williams, the
white, flaxen hair of Albinos shows that
there is a deficiency of coloring materials
in their bodies. Further proof of this fact
is found in tbe absence of the necessary
amount of pigment in their eyes. Such per
sons nave pink eyes because there is not
pigment enough in the iris and upon its
posterior surface lo prevent the red reflex
of the the fundus from shining through tbe
iris. Albinos are always greatly annoyed
by strong tight, because there is not suffi
cient coloring to prevent the ingress of s
flood of it, the bright glare entering not
only through the pupil, but through the
substance of the iris as welL
The choroid being likewise deficient io
pigment, the excessive amount of light
dazzles and greatly confuses tbe vision.
Furthermore, tbe deficiency of pigments
in the choroid prevents the light after it
has acted on the retina from being ab
sorbed, that being the main function of
the choroidal pigment. Albinism is an
unfortunate condition, as there Is no way
to supply the deficient pigment to the iris
and cimnkL tot. Louis iiepiibftc
Bow a Poor Man Studied Law.
Tbe Rev. Dr. George & Ellis says:
There is a story about a certain distin
guished orator, lawyer and statesman of
Massachusetts that has never been told,
and 1 daresay the gentleman wouldn't like
to have bis name mentioned now. Besides,
the story is very old. and H ail happend
something like thirty-five years ago. But
it is a good story, and its value is only very
slightly diminished by the necessity for
withholding names.
- As 1 say, something like thirty-five yean
ago I lived in the Highlands, and in my
house there was a young domestic who was
very bright and very industrious. One day
I discovered her in earnest conversation
with a braw young mat) at tbe beck gate.
Bbe talked with him long and tenderly,
and when he went away 1 chaffed her about
her company. But she surprised me very
much by bursting into tears, and declared
that she was ready to give np her place, but
that she had meant no harm. I questioned
her farther, and discovered that she had
loaned some books out of my libra ryo the
young man, and be had come to return
them.
The young man was her brother, and he
was studying taw, but be had tittle money
to buy books with, and he bad taken this
means of pursuing knowledge under diffi
eulties. Today men call that young man
"general," and if i told you bis name you'd
be startled, 1 assure you. Cor. 8t. Louis
Globe-Democrat
' Thy tepuke ? roach.
When the English envoys, Trevelyan
and Lemon, were introduced at the Aus
trian court Count Kaunits asked, "Do
they speak French f "Excellently well,"
replied Lemon. "For my part," said the
count aside, 41 prefer tbe English who
Used to come; tbey spoke French so de
lightfully ilL" "in that case," answered
the introducer, "you will be charmed with
thk pair."--Kxcbange,
A ftegleatttd Muss. '
Beturned TravelerIs yonr daughter as
fond of music as ever?
&otesfr-$he has not touched toe piano
for two years.
Betnrned Travel or!nded! 1 flM not
know she had married.--trood News,
Governor Hoard n the Santtor.
Ex-Governor Hoard is one of tbe heit
story tellers in th country. On the t rip
toGnletia his fund offltoruw wwrntni mux
haustibi. One of them was tins:
"I was down at a little elnmbftke in New
Jersey last sttmmer, and after dinner was
called ou to wake a speech. I started off
by saying that 1 had eaten so many of their
low nevk cbmia that I wasn't in the tt
sort of condition to make a eiweeh. W heu
1 used the expression "tow U(uk' clams an
old chap, sitting directly across th table
from me, whom face was long enough to
enable him to eat outs out of a chum,
scowled at me, and then said, la a stage
whisper, 'Little neck clams, little narks
not low necks. I paid uo attention to the
interruption and f tmshrd my fcptwoh. V lieu
dinner was over be trail nil me out iuto the
hall and said. ' on are from Wisconsin,
ain't youf
M 'Yes,' I replied,
You don't have many clumit up there 1
reckon?'
U4WcIl,' 1 said, 'we have some, but it's a
good ways to wr and In driving them
across the country their feet gut sorsnua
they don't thrive very well.'
"He gave me s hmk that was worth
dollar and a half, and m a tone or the ut
most disgust naid, lLordl clams ain't gut
no feet!'
"He turned away, and approaching one
of my friends inquired, 'Is that fellow
governor of WUcoitNin?'
'Yes, said my friend. ,
"W-a-l-I,' drawled the old man, with a
good deal of feeling, 'he may be a smart
man in Wisconsin, but he is a fool on the
seashore.' " Chicago Tribune.
The Huuey bid It.
An Italian resident of this city telle the
following incident of a countryman in his
native land: Among devices employed to
evade the three yean' requisite service in
the army is that of feigutng to he deaf and
dumb. Tbe man la question was so sue
eessf ul in this deceptiou that, though lie
was kept for three months among booming
cannon and rifle reports, he never once be
trayed tbe fact that he could hear either,
and was allowed to go free. However, two
men were sent to watch him, and when he
walked up tbe stone steps of bis house
some money w us thrown down behind him.
He immediately turned around on hearing
the jingling coin, and was seized and car
ried off to serve eight yean in the army,
the five additional years being the penalty
for bis deception. Portland Argus.
- Carriags Travel n the Bride
The length of the carriage way on the
Brooklyn bridge is t,m feet. The number
of carriages and other vehicles erossitig
amounts in a day to 4,000. From B io the
evening until 0 o'clock next morning
about QUO carriages or wagon crass. Then
the number increases to luQ between ft and
1, and m between 7 and e, and to m in
each hour between 6 iu the moruing and 4
in the afternoon. From 4 to 5 and from &
to 6 the crush is greatest and reaches 400
an hour. Between o and 7 it falls to 200,
and between ? aud B to 100, after which
business again be' rues dull There are,
of course, average figures, as the traffic
varies according to the weather aud tin
season, but is always greatest between 4
and 6 In the afterncou and least in night
hours. New Ydrk Sun.
When Mroe Biavstaky and Colonel 01'
eott began to preach theosnphy in Nrw
York in 1S75 they could muster hardly half
a dozen adherents, flow the assertion is
made that the movement has lUu.tiuu fol
lowers in America.
The sublimest state of misery is endured
only by a man with a stiffly starched white
waistcoat, a collar that won't stay but
toned behind, a pair of tight shoes aud a
seed from the raspborrv jam between his
front teeth.
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As mercury wRl surely destroy the sense of
smeU aud oompintely detinue the whole system
when entering it ibrotiKh tbe mueons surfaces.
3ubsrticteiihnald never be ued exoept on
prescript ion from reputable physicians, as the
damage thuy wtil do in tenfold tw th pood yoa
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Jtf hold by drmitfUiiB, pries, 76 cents per
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SON AMD BLOOD TAINT .
Cevekai bottfea of Swill'. Specific (S.S.
J entirely cleansed my system of contagious
Mood pouon nf the nry worst type.
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C U R C SCROFULA EVEN
IN ITS WORST FORMS.
I had sctnruLA In Ifflf, and ctanvd my
tystimi entirely from it by Liking scv.rn
bottles of 8. . a. I have not hiul any symo'
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umiiiwaf HA8 CURED HUNDREDS OF
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ttheumatlsm Cured "With Ilullt TJp,
Mr. Ohurcblll. formerly of riiiircbfll ft Tnvlor,
surveyor Hint etvil enulnei'iti, hit. eruoit,
Viwliliuvnm. wrtt!: "houthehi CWtfornia
was mv lumic 1m iitiinv yearn, W'Unu I cams
hare 1 besau to itv afltlcted all over with
Rheumatism
And slnn pains In my back anrl a genera) feeling
at being itHPil tip. Sly liuHlnesii hikes me out la
Uie eli'iiifMiu nli Ute 1 1 mo, and 1 found my
seif unfit for work. Iteadlns an advertise
ment of flood's ftarsitjinriila, and .minting
alio tlmt Utp mndlrlne ivn eomtmtiiHlod in
my own NiuhY of Mitisnehn'tis, 1 eom'litUnd
t!i mi.v it"im Itasioal Htrdirisie, 1 took
U ami am so niueU uuprovml that I a. jx eut
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in all wfiithers and travel all day with no
fruffiin and turd feeling. To any nnt that
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William McKeekan, Druggist tt
Bloomingdale, Mich. "I have had
the Asthma badly ever since I came
ont of tbe army and though I have
been in the drug business for fifteen
years, and have tried nearly every
thing on the market, nothing has
given me the slightest relief until a
few months ago, when I used Bo
schee's German Syrup. I am now
glaa to acknowledge the great good
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ed daring the day and at night go to
aleep without the least trouble."
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