i PoWder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
.Where the best food is required, the
Royal Baking Powder only can be used.
I have found the Royal Baking Powder superior
to all Others. C. Ccrju, late Citf, Dilmotuco's, N. Y.
Tils Burptcltera of Farit.
The wealth of Paris is so boundless that
me iuddisii and-refusoof the city are worth
millions. There are more than 60,000 per
sons who earn a living by picking up what
others throw away. Twenty thousand
women and children exist by sifting and
sorting the gatherings of the pickers, who
collect every day in tho year about 1,800
tons of merchandise, which they sell to the
wholesalo rag dealers for some 70,000 francs.
At night you see men with basket" s! rr.jipul
on their backs, a lantern in one li.ol and
In the other a stick with an iron hook on
the end. They walk along rapidli, their
yes fixed on the ground, over which the
lantern flings a sheet of light, and what
ever they find in the way of paper, rags,
bones, grease, metal, etc, they stow away
in their baskets. In the morning in front
of each house you see men, women and
children Rifling the dustbins before they
are emptied into the scavengers' carts.
At various hours of the day you may re
mark isolated ragpickers, who seem to
work with leas method than the othersand
with a more independent air. The night
pickers are generally novices men who,
having been thrown out of work, are
obliged to hunt for their living like the
wild beasts. The morning pickers are ex
perienced and regular workers, who pay
for. the privilege of silting the dustbins of
a certain number of houses and of trading
wan me results. Tne rest, the majority,
are the coureurs. the runners, who exercise
their profession freely and without control,
working when they please and loaiing
when they please. They are the philoso
phers and adventurers of the profession,
and their chief object is to enjoy life and
meditate upon its problems. Theodore
Child in Harper's.
Btlnuette in tho Belgn of I.00L XIV.
The etiquette which prevailed at Ver
aailleswaaof the most minutely elaborate
character, and governed every movement
of the king and those about him from
. the very moment ho opened his august
eyes until he closed them in sleep. He
was tie center of the whole: it was a
drama, daily repeated the same charac
ters, the same scenes, the same details
oppressive in its sameness, fatiguing in
its constant pressure.
I have utither the space nor the inclina
tion to dwell on all the extraordinary
ceremonial of the state dinner; the twen
ty or thirty grandees fluttering around
the king's plates and glasses; the sacra
mental utterances of the occasion; the
gauay procession of the retmue; the ar
rival of la nef that is, the center piece
of plate which contained, between scented
cushions, the king's napkins, and Pessai
des plats the tasting of each dish by the
gentlemen servants and officers of the
table before the king partook of it.
The same custom was observed with
the beverages. It took four persons to
erve tne King with a glass of wine and
water. Well might Frederick the Great,
on hearing an account of all this tvrannv
of etiquette, exclaim, that if he were king
oi irance tus nrat edict would be to ap
point another king to hold court in his
place. AU the Year Bound.
The Origin of an Expression. .
Mr. McElroy tells this; A few year8
ago some one defined a Mugwump to be
"a person who is educated beyond hh)
intellect." The remark was credited to
several leading New Yorkers. But one
day, in reading Matthew Arnold's essay
"On Translating Homer" I came across
this sentence: "The late Duke of Well
ington said of a certain peer that It
was a great pity his education had been
to far too much for liabilities."' New
York World.
, Looking for Gold.
Mr. E. T. Imbrie, of Washington coun
ty, Or., found a piece of pure gold about
the size of a pea in the gizzard of one of
his chickens. He is now on a still hunt
for tho feeding grounds of that particu
lar chicken, and is thinking of assayinii
the entire barnyard company. New
York Sun. -
It Wouldn't Pay.
The North Carolina boy who went out
to shoot birds with a gun made of a
brass tube shot himself of course. And
we don't know that we are even sorry
for his parents. It would not pay to
raise such a fool. Buffalo Express.
How the Fakir Gathered a Crowd.
Tho New York Sunday Dispatch aays
that a man leaning against a lamppost,
and apimrently sleeping the sleep of the
just, created a deal of interest in a busy
street the other day. He sat on a tx.x
which he seemed to have been carrying.
Evidently being suddenly overcome with
drowsiness, he had placed it on the curb
stone, a:ui sitting di. .rn upon it fell asleep.
'. i those who succeeded in getting near
enough to the man his gentle, restful snore
dispelled the fear that he might be dead.
The side of the face was exposed and be
trayed no sign of intoxication. It was the
judgment of every one that he was sober,
In good health and simply taking a quiej
snote. When the crowd became so dense
as to threaten a blockade, the supposed
sleeper suddenly jumped to his feet, mount
ed his box, and flourishing a couple of bot
tles over his head exclaimed:
"Now. gents, seein that vnn nm nil ham
I rise to a question of privilege, and after
thankin you for this most cordial reception,
which I assure you will long remain unon
the tablets of my memory, I wish to calt
your attention to my world renowned Para-
disc pills," and so on in the usual style.
. . ..,.,
E.p.rlm.ot.wlthPig.
Experiments have recently been made
to determine the length of time through
which a carrier pigeon will preserve the
J homing" mstinct-that is to say, how
long a bird must be kept away from its
original or home loft before it will lose
the instinct to return. Recently seventy
two pigeons in the German military serv
Ice were taken from Mayence to Bruns-1
uianuico ui nu mnes, anu Kept
liberated. They started instantly in the
direction of Mayence and arrive there
in 4j hours. Youth's Companion.
He Got HU Gold.
Two prospectors at . Wilkeson, "Wash.,
came near making a remarkable strike that
might have turned tho tide of gold hunters
from tha Ban Juan country. As they were,
industriously digging away a miner camel
wildly rushing upon them and began to'
dig into the earth less than a dozen feet ,
away. In a few minutes he unearthed an'
oyster can and started off with it. chuckling hecould be; said it wasn't any troublo '
joyously. He had hidden 40 KOgold pieces at all. He snid- Oh! O-w-w-w-w!
itonriTTlW B. ItW. Help,
allythatmenwereprospeetingthere. The ;
prospectors were within W feet of bis"hide"
thinlOfeetof bis"hide" ,
and digging straight toward it when he
cued his property.
A Club of Five.
A club with a curious purpose has recent
ly been organized in Philadelphia. It has
a membership of rive and will meet but
once a year, at an annual banquet, except
when a member dies. Then the remaining
four will act as his pallbearers. Thisisthe
club's sole object except the annual ban-!
quet. As soon as one member shall have.
been borne to the grave by his four fellow'
tnembers another will be chosen to take
bis place and Its membership always kept
complete.
Two Famous Opals.
In the last century a very round and
brilliant opal was the property of the
amateur Fleury. Another, said to be
fascinatingly vivid, was owned by a
noted French financier. These two were
regarded as marvels of beauty among
gems. Harper's Bazar.
A good conscience is to the soul what
health is to the body it preserves con
stant ease and serenity within us and
more than countervails all the calamities
and afflictions which can befall us with-,
out. Addison.
A Frenchman who had by chance
issed over a narrow plank lying across
a deep gorge in the dark, on viewing the
spot tho next day fell down dead while
contemplating the dangers of lie previ
ous night.
A hay saver, consisting of a three sided
device which enables the horse to insert
hia head into the manger, but does not
permit any lateral movement of it, is a
late invention.
Tho manufacture of snowshoes for
army use would establish a new Indus
try that might employ a goodly number
of workmen.
THE I:AT'iS OWN TAULT
IF HE HAD
. WOULDN'T
KEPT HIS HEAD HE
HAVE BEEN KILLED.
The Pretty (ilrl Uniil.l Nut llVe II tun
Frlghteni'il, (liurtfiiti Tritinmm Would
Still llu AvMfliihlut nml the Hmull Hoy
Would llimi !II iNMl Lou u Kin),
The boy sat on tho Uiy; ln.t, kicking hia
teols atfiiinst thn sides. , iv Wits u short,
stumpy boy, with an abuimmice of
freckles hold over from enuunor. The
box wits an ordinary u'!ing box. It
stood on llu sidowulk in front of tho
'TP I I '11 n ii'
" a,luu i" I'nwiiiunsirwi.uour side ami propheHying boldly, Cor the purlin-
where the, Sixth avenue elnvntwl road nient was presently juntllied by the over
crosses. Underneath the box n long. ! whelming victories of iiU party. In the
loan, gray b,.whiskori. rat had taken up twwofTlidKphemcrlH for KM", the prophet,
temporary quarters. writing in October, HMO, launched out into
! The rut was in bad lurk. In the Brat ' aLbolli IMWl" of victory: "A nmv worW 8i,lce
n!npRinn(iil'v- litrin.r (i,vv .,D i this time twelve nionthsl TnwncnnndcitluH
tail, a mougivl of the kind termed "ynl-
ier, was lounging iihont. nosmir in the
gutter and yearning for an npinrtunity
to display the deviltry common to his
kind, Behind tho rut's refuse in n door
way n pretty young woman was Miking
tor union nitattmtod "George. An eld
erly and important looking personage,
wearing gold mounted eyeglasses mid
carrying u gold headed cuno, had just
made an imposing descent from the ele
vated station mid was promenading lei
surely towurd the box, A cart horso at
tached to u track stood in front of a sa
loon near by waiting for the driver to
come out. All was calm and peaceful.
Then the rat came on the scene.
The first to see him was tho boy. Ho
jumped off the box. and tho rat started
out toward the station with the boy in
hot chase. This aroused the dog, who,
with a howl of anticipated sport, joined
in the pursuit. The fugitive made
straight for the elderly personage. Tho
boy was a fairly good second and tho
dog a close third. The personage, bo
coming awnre that something was com
ing hia way, glunoed over the top of tho
gold mounted eyeglasses.
"Hi, there!" yelled tho boy. "He's
comin your way. Head 'im off. Bwath-
er 1m one with th' stick."
The old gentleman "swathcred." He
missed the rat and hit the boy on the
tuna. The boy gave a shrill whoop, lay
uown on ine want and wept.
; "Did it hurt your inquired tho owner
or tne cane.
lu,"""" " ooy so angry uiat ho
fri i , ....
noppeu crying.
j "Did It hurt nieT ho howled in right-
eous wrath. "Did it hurt me? Youol'
gold headed snoojier. How d you like it
ef I clubbed yor bloomin ol' shins with n
waggin spoke? VVhat'd you any ef a fat
headed cove- Hi! Here ho comes back!
Wrab 'im! Turn 'im back! Hit 'im
when he goes by!"
lho rat had-doubled on his track and
was flying up the street again with the
dog several paces behind. In between
the feet of the personage dodged the rat.
Tho dog essaved to follow bv the
route and got tangled up with tho feet.
Down came the personage, hia mid
ueaueu cane nying in one direction and ,
his gold rimmed spectacles in another. !
Then and there he offered a few remarks !
that wrong from the boy an admirin" '
tribute. "Gosh," said ho. "you can cuss":
' In the meantime the rat was on fata
way up the street and the prettying
woman who with her "Ueorm" had I
merged from the doorway, was walking
down tho street engaged in conversation.
I "Yes, he was lust as nice about it as
"-,1"'""8'' lle "
"1 " wx. ics, im an tight
now, but- Oh, George, do you suppose
f.tTmclcf 7 her i? S-t,1, fk
let him climb up here or I shall d-d-d-
aie" i j
George let out a terrific kick that ,
landed in the stomach of the pursuing
aog. uy way of retahat on tho d.w ,
took off part of ono leg from George's
trousers, and fled across the street howl
ing dismally until it came to tho cart
horse.
Apparently connecting that ani-
nul' w"h h'8 misfortunes, the dog nib-
bled at its hind leg. The horse snorted
and ran down the street with the truck
clattering after. The rat, instead of tak-
ing this chance of escape, rushed fran-1
tlcally across the street and back again,
with the boy, who had come up, followed ,
by the personage, hot on the trail, The
personage was regarding with undis- j
guised admiration the pretty girl. who. :
with garments gathered and held np
lightly in one band, was standing on
tiptoe on the box viewing the chase, i
Georgo was looking at his trousers. I
! The owner of the truck came out of
the saloon in time to see his property
rattling down the street. As he started
after it, leaving a trail of profanity be-,
hind him, a gaunt icut sauntered out of ',
the saloon. Before tho teamster had
caught his horse the cat had pounced on j
the rat and put an end to him. Then tho
dog avenged his woes by catching her
by the back of the neck and shaking the I
life out of her. The boy hit the dog
with a brick on general principles. Then
fie returned to the personage, the box,
George, and the pretty young woman.
The latter was saying:
I "Oh, dear! I was so scared. I hdpe
1 Oh, George, did I hold my dress np
o very high? Please say I didn't! That
horrid old man with the eyeglasses!"
"Why, of course you didn't," said
George promptly. , The girl descended
and walked awuy with him, her fears al
leviated. New York Sun.
The I.arlltt 1;iinllnli Altitunuo.
Tho earliest KiikIwIi printed Alnmtmo in
tho PBlondarof tfiiuptmlnsuf tho Kilteenth
contury, lJutmiiuyftlnimim.fi nutat Imvu
como Into oxislPmu when Quern KlUtibotli
gftve the monopoly of puMixhintf them to
two 'mem hew of the Ktnt loners' company.
King .lumen uftnrwtml oxU'tutetl the patent
to include tint company in tu corporate ca
pacity and the two miivi'rolt ios, which, lust
assitfimi their riuuta for n ywirly consiUttm
tion to tin company.
Hut with thu civil war tho monopoly ww
broken throuuli. Oxford, where tliukiiur
j chiefly reMldtd, mitfht imie t loyal iihiia
i nucs, but the mora popular and widely eir
! ciliated was tlusammiiaoof William liUlev,
the iwtrolo?pr, tiro. Itwticd for ltM3. under
the title, "Merltiil AiiKlioi Kpltoinerin,"
i The English Merlin is to lm credited with
1 lunniWHt ui 1. 11 1 11 1 "HI vuy Vt'lMiilUK
taken or surrendered, armies royalo routed,
the parliament forces uhicunque, victori
ous, his majosty distressed, the prince lied
beyond the sea."
He does not hesitate to show how the ap
proaching conjunction of Mars and Jupiter
presages still further calamity for the royal
head. Hut his triumph does not make the
prophet magnanimous. He has no wovdH
too scornful for a rival seer who hau en-
j delivered to find encouragement in thestars
tor tne losing siuc. All toe 1 ear Hound.
What JlmlilliUm Almeri to Ho.
The Greeks wenicnpahle of much poetiral
pessimism. They uaw tin vanity uf tilings
as plainly an (iotmnn did, hut they also saw
tne pleasure ol proclaiming tins vuuity in
sonorous hexameters or inimical elcgiac-u,
To give everything up because you cannot
! enjoy everything forever would not have
entered into their very sound brains and
healthy nervoun systems. Buddha kuow
this, knew that mankind was light minded,
a child pursuing a bird. But in the slack
and demoralizing climnte of India he found
count lean disciples. Most of them, perhaps,
cling to the Brahamlc survivals in Bud
dhism, the gods, the fairy tales, morocloso
ly than to the doctrine of renunciation.
It is a hospitable Hiion and ohm many
mansions. But It did aim at doing away
with the SHcredness of casto, at proving all
men to be equally human, equally capable,
as far as social distinctions go, of moral
excellence. In this view, where Buddhism
most directly reacts against Brahmin Mm,
it has not been a success. The caste sya
tern in all its Indian minuteness baa sur
vived the Buddhist doctrine, "Buddha for
the soul and the gods for the world," an
old Cingalese saying, stitl exists in that
popular superstition. Human nature can-
not be boxed up in a system. Loudon
News.
Freedom hi America.
An English woman lately vlsitlnginNow
York said to ono of her American acquaint
ances as she apeaml at her home ono
morning alone: "There is something posi
tively exhilarating to me in the nenseof
personal freedom which 1 feel here in New
York. I atu over forty years old, and I
never before in my life walked out unat
tended. Aa a child and growing girl my
nurse or governess was with me, then my
maid and afterward my husband. AJy
friends at homo would raise their eyebrows
and wonder what had come over me If they
could see me nishinK about the street a here
quite by myself. When we see a strange
woman In London doing that we say, 'Oh,
she's a foreigner,' and think no more of it,
ont " one ' n,y Mt should do It 1 presume
1 ,uould tlunk " "ory odd. Hut I enjoy it
lmn,"''ly ,nr' 1'ere' thnUil1 1 ""PP088
P"1 1 mJn 11'5,"lc", 1 tlrrjp ltclt
Jw
Vnrk Tim.
ciilneu Nowuniuon.
In China then, Is .,, .,,nh h,i.. .i,
periodic press. The only paper published
in tho empire, The Tali. 11,' is the i.n,
fZ ,Z:Z t . Z
-..Tn' Lr. ... "
,i"7 r, V '
pJJz:z
little political pamphlets, of which a great
number are printed from time to time, and
the country Is usually deluged with them
tue evo of sanguinary movements.
ur
A Tender Sunuw.
Wife Hero comesnfricwl of mine. Let's
turn into thisside street until she passes.
Husband Quarreled with bcrf
"No, but I don't want yon to see her."
"Hum! Whynotf"
"I know you'll admiro that new dross of
hers, and it will only worry you to think
"hat a ridiculous fuss you made over the
b1" 'or thla cheap thing I've got on."
New York Weekly,
A
strange as it may seem, is caused
irom a lack of that which ia
never exactly digested The
greatest tact in connection with
8
It's E
appears at this point it is partly
digested fat and the most
weakened digestion is quickly
strengthened by it.
The only possible help
in Consumption is the
arrest of waste and re
newal f new, healthy
tissue. Scott's Emulsion
has done wonders in Con
sumption just this way.
PiN-pm-i-ri hv Br?iH nomift, W, Y. All rlniRRfita.
IF Yon UKIK w
WerjBUir'B Dlntictn
nry, ymi will Unit
tliiii tlui rtoilnltlmi
of IL Ittltytfin In ft
iiliijnt it ttn unci inn,
!tw Hint let wlmt
hir. Tills Wt-i'k vmi
offorymi il Kniiilnn
Imrniiin mill it vu ry
K'HMMllHllkMlllu; g
cents pnrynrd
in poimltir color In elieekn, riirli.e tun )ilnitlH.
'J7 iiu'lu'M .vlilt. It will ctml about 3 c ma
)er yiinl to wtiil. N you mu you mv k'UIhk ti
K'ioi) KnMe of til iiKlmm liollvured at your piwt
oillee tor 1 1 cents l'r yttrd.
IMiS,MWk.
PenilDi lerlhe bwislilrl on mirth, unci re
colvoli by mull, (lira tried, ynn will always
unu them. Tiiyunk.
A.B.Steinbacli&Co..
Vlrst "ml Miirrlmih, Piirllsnil, Or.
, fW Uiumi null eheaiwat nliithhlK limine la
llu- hiellli) NortlnvtKl.
SCHOOL
WEDAIiS
1IKKT IlKMMiNH,
KIS'KST MKTAI,.
I.IIWKST I'lllCKK.
J.iiiit, nimwDmU
roniilly.
First
snd Marrlim
sum.,
I'ortliuid, lr.
'August
t lower
"What is August Flower for ?"
As easily answered as asked. It is
for Dyspepsia. It is a special rem
edy for the Stomach and Liver.
Nothing more thau this. We (relieve
August Flower cures Dyspepsia.
We know it will. We have reasons
for knowing it. To-day it has an
honored pluce in every town and
country store, possesses one of the
largest manufacturing plants in the
country, and sells everywhere. The
reason is simple. It does one thing,
andHoes it right It cures dy spepsia
RLOOD POISON
A SPECIALTY, m-
!t.m B,wll'ta arr or aurtlury
Hrphllta perraanonily ciiiwl In 16 t086dny, Vou
crui be tiwiU'il hi homo fur tho snmo prlco ttnO tltu
Bnmoiruaruiiteeaf Tilth thonowlio prefer to como
ii.- ww wmsjuHirnci, wtewns uiom or rumnd tnoiHijr
nitpiiyoxpcnfioorcomliiif. raHroBtl luro mid liout
it w
wo fait to euro. , If too hnve taken i
etiry. Iodide notnah. nmiitill bavo a liea ami
prtifisHmurnuejrutcneaiin niouin,MiirThraitt.
impiH,t;onMiM oioreu HikiIi.U If enun any
ytiiu ui uio uvutj, Jiaitir or .yi'i,roni nuilits
tint. It Is this Hrphiutie ii,uuu I'oihu.v
ttmtwo KuurnnUifitocuro. Wo solicit tho must
obatlnnte cuea anit chultens-n the world for
n cfwo wennnotcur. aiilmJIiwii-ohiiBOlwayit
bnma the kill of the moUrmlnent phyal
cluni. H.100,lMM enpltal thtnet our uiirniull
t.onalduiinmujo. AbMhilenriiiinnMntrHtili'it(Q
pnii int ton. Adrirtws iook Jci:mi;dV v
IWtaUt lUaiMitwnloXomplo.hlcuaulU
part of Uiu bytly, llulr or l:y'lrow fiilllitrt
UllC iTOTnNO riLfflS knm. ti I-? wmtnr.
ruu
GOT
PILES
hULHUWKkor PKU-rUUniMU 1'HJi.S
viiaiiATorii.'nTO
OH. BO-SAN-KO'S I'lLE HSUEDY,
Wiltili imlu direi'llv o-l pnrw nllwtwl.
Blj.orlw uunt'naU.iv!!lt4.'!Lhja,cI(rct1nn
IP"' iwi-ll-'iirf. I'rl'M.V. DnirKi'li
oi'tanJ. lir. riwijoko.riil.ulelyliu,
ftarPDN Rt nnnPnoinrrvl
LKIDNEVH-LIVER DISEASCS. DYSPEPSIA,
- --
k rlHrLtb.Di.0TCHt5 AND SKIN DISEASES
-.HLAUAChV EraiVENESS
Hercules Gas Engine
(OAS OB GASOLINE)
Made tor Powar or Pumping Purpose.
To CbespMt ftfllUM Oh UuflM
ou Uw AUuluu
Out op Ehmmi an
Pump
r fllmnllottr It Beats the World.
It oil iuelf from a lleierTolr, .
Ko Carburetor to got out of order.
Ko Better.ee or uieotrlo ttperk.
ft ran with Cheaper Oradit of OwoUue thai ear
tilh.r JUukIuo.
SHO Won CATALOG UJD TO
PALMER & REY, Manufacture!,
MS SanwiM Stmt, Sao frantic hi.
AND
PORTLAND, OKBOON.
fl " ' fill
1 111 II WW 0
msi i in
A
,7.111
dS-Wi'l'l
".fyjLIIII.I l-IJlwai
it. . Ml&iy .. j tfc. , -. jj
d Vnnitiptlve and people k i
j who have wak luoKor Anth- i
I ma, atioulil um Piso'nOuro fir If
1 Consimiptlon. It tuMaHredil
I thonwuiil, It ha not injur 1 1
m ed oiih. It Is not bad to toko. II
I It I the best oaagh syrup, 1 1
' is5j1 '"iw'TiLt"' m.