Be on your Guard.
If some grocers urge another baking
powderuponyouinplaceof the"Royal,"
it is because of the greater profit upon it
This of itself is evidence of the supe
riority of the " Royal." To give greater
'profit the other must be a lower cost
powder, and to cost less it must be made
, with cheaper and inferior materials, and
thus, though selling for the same, give
, less value to the consumer.
To insure the finest cake, the most,
wholesome food, be sure that no substi
tute for Royal Baking Powder is accepted
. by you. .
Nothing can be substituted for
the Royal Baking Powder
and give as good results.
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aomethlng Auuul lauarjr Hlrda.
Whenever 1 buy a canary it eeenis
to be a bird that is especially subject
to coHb anil pneumonia, and it is
only by the exornse of the greatest
care that I can keep it from suc
cumbing to some pulmonary trouble.
Yet the canary bird sellers have
their wares for sale in the streets in
the coldest weather almost entirely
unprotected from the wind. They
stand around with them for hours
ml no bad result seems to come of it.
How is it !
I give it up. There must be some
tnuHpiracy between the dealers and
the birds by which the latter die as
soon as they are bought compelling
the purchasers to invest in more ca
naries. You wouldn't think to look
.at the little yellow fellows that they
were capable of so much treachery.
Dealers bring them over from Eu
rope with very few precautions
against disease or accident. If I
leave one of my canaries alone for 10
minutes at a time, however, he swal
lows a piece of rug and chokes to
death, or the cat gets him. I sup
pose the whdle Becret of the thing
consists in knowing what you're
about From results I am led to be
lieve that the importer and the open
air dealer know what they're about
and that 1 don't at least as far as
the canary birds are concerned.
New York Herald.
A Juke of a Court Fool.
The term fool is often misapplied.
Thus. Charles the Simple was no fool,
but a emu of extraordinary simplicity
and strength of mind and feeling.
So Homer, when he called Telema
chus a fool or "silly, " did not employ
the word as a term of reproach, but
of endearment
The court f ool, or jester, was for
merly an important person in the
households of kings and princes. His
influence over his master was consid
erable, and many clever sayingB of
fools are still in existence.
Charles the Simple had a jester
named Jean, who one morning tried
his master's nerves by rushing into
bis room with the exclamation: "Oh,
sire, such news I Four thousand men
have risen in the city I"
"What P cried the startled king.
"With what intention have they
nsenr
-Well," replied the jester, "prob
ably with the intention of king down
again at bed time." Youth's Compan
ion.
Bod Hair end Freckle.
Science explains the phenomenon
of red hair thus: "It is caused by a su
perabundance of iron in the blood.
This it is that imparts the vigor, the
elasticity, the great vitality, the over
flowing, thoroughly healthy animal
life which runs riot through the
veins of the ruddy haired, and this
strong animal life is what renders
them more intense in all their emo
tions than their more languid fellow
creatures. The excess of iron is also
the cause of freckles on the peculiarly
clear, white skin which always ac
companies red bair. This skin is ab
normally sensitive to the action of
the sun's rays, winch not only bring
out the little brown spots in abun
dance, but also burn like a mustard
plaster, producing queer, creepy
sensation, as if the skin was wrin
kling up." Analyst
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On the last niirht of the vear Thack
eray wan with the family of George
Tiekimr. The daughters of the bouse
had gone to a lirty. and Thackeray
was sitting for the evening with Mr.
and Mrs. Ticknor. About 11 o'clock he
arose, and his host inquired :
"You are not going to retire yatr
"Xo," was the answer, "for alwajn
at the birth of the new year I drink
to the health and bappiuesB of my
daughters, but I do not wish to keep
you up so late."
'Pray stay with us, urged the
host "andwewill join you in a health
to vour absent ones."
When the hour arrived Thackeray
took a glass of sherry in his hand,
rose to his feet, and said in tremulous
tones:
'God bless my motherless girls.
God bless them and all who are good
to them."
Drinking the wine, he bade his host
good night and without another word
he-retired from the room, leaving his
friends in tears. Chicago Tribune.
The Manufacture ul tihwa Eyea.
In Thuringia there is a whole dis
trict which is dependent for Ha sup
port on the manufacture of artificial
eyes, husbands, wives and children
all working together at tins means oi
livelihood. And yet though these
simple German village people turn
out their produce by the dozen, no
two eyes are ever the same. No ar
tificial eye has its exact fellow either
in color or in size in the whole world.
The method of the manufacture is
not a very complicated art They
are firstly glass plates, which are
blown by gas jets, then molded by
hand into the form of an ovel shaped
cup.
The coloring of the eyes is effected
by meansof tracingwith fineneedles,
the tints being left to the taste of the
individual worker, though the scope
of their taste is necessarily limited to
grays and lilut) and browns and
blacks, which colors are assorted to
gether before being eventually dis
patched to their various destinations.
1 London Hospital. '
A Neat Baaeallty,
A neat pickpocket dodge practiced
upon rural looking persons in this
town is based upon the known good
nature and courtesy of the average
American citizen. The pickpocket
clad in fine raiment and carrying a
stick, stands upon the rear platform
of a street car, facing the dashboard.
He struggles with a pair of tight
gloves, and having vainly endeavored
to button one after putting on the
other, appeals to the kindness of the
man facmg him on the platform.
In nine times out of ten be picks
the right man, and while the bene-
tactor buttons the gloves the pick
pocket with his disengaged band
takes the other's watch. The confed
erate inside is at hand to baffle the
pursuers in case the thief is detected.
New York Letter.
UU OfTenee.
The prisoner was a tramp arrested
for chasing a watchdog all over the
back yard and kicking him into a
puip.
"Guilty or not guiltyr asked the
juage sternly.
, "I was only rushing the growler,
your nonor."
"Sixty day,"-Detroit Free Press,
ERIGNOLl AT DINNER.
In a Fit ol Angr He VnnkiMl Off the Tattle
eloih ami hmuHhtttl hvi'vwhhig.
One night Bri;;noli invited several
friends to sup with him after u per
formance in Ealtimore. and on raich
ing hisupartments found thetnblestit
and tho waiters in readiness to begin
bringing in the dishes. He was ex
tremely particular about the appear
ance of his table, and always took a
critical view of the crockery, silver,
linen, etc.. before inviting his friends
to sit down. On this occasion his
tagle eye discovered several small
holes in the tablecloth, and his anger
viu all allume iu an instant.
Too full of wrath to spfcak, he
caught hold of the comer, of the
cloth and gave one long, quick jerk,
clearing the table completely and
scattering knives, forks, spoons,
plates, etc.; all over the room. The
astounded waiters ran to the proprie
tor with , the tale, und when he ar
rived on the scene there was danger
in his eye.
Brignoli knew be was in serious
trouble, and forthwith brought into
play all hiscuiiuflig to getoutofit.
He pretended that the waiters had
treated him in a most outrageous
maimer; that the tablecloth was not
tit for a hog to eat off of ; that the
dinner was cold; that the wyies
were warm in short, he made the
proprietor believe that everything
was just as bad as possible. Thon
be began to mollify him by praising
his house.
How was it that even' one be
knew in the whole United States had
recommouded it to him! How could
it lie that good people thought so
well of itl Everybody had told him
that it was the only first class hotel
in Baltimore. And this and this
was the way a gnest was treated I
Surely there was some mistake.
The landlord could not xssi)ly know
thut one of bis guests had been so
imposed onl No first chuti bouse
would submit to it!
In short, the wily old fellow mr.de
the landlord think him the most
abused man on earth, and they were
soon the best of friends. The land
lord himself attended to the setting
of the table. The best of everything
m the bouse was put on it, and an
excellent dinner was served at bis
expense. Brignoli gave the waiters
tlUeacb fur having hurt their feel-
uigs. Iew York Tribune.
Tor Powder of Projection.
The belief in transmutation and in
the virtues of the "powder of projec
tion" is to be found more clearly
stated in the works of Zosimus of
Pauopolis, the earliest known writer
on aichemv whose authentic works
have come down to us. for in his first
lesson he exclaims, "How beautiful
it is to see the changes of the four
metals lead, copper, tin, Bilver till
they become perfect gold !" The idea
bad evidently been developed and
the art assiduously cultivated in
Egypt since the time of the spurious
DemocntuB, for Zosimus quotes the
opinions of many adepts, of whose
writings, mostly apochryphal, noth
ing is known save from his pages.
Hermes Trismcgistus and Demoo
ritus. Most and Mary the Jewess,
Agathodemun and Cleopatra, the
prophot Chymes and the "divine
Sophar are quoted as authorities for
the operations to bo performed on
various minerals, which, after being
duly melted, calcined, refined and
sublimated over and over, are de
clared to have become gold or silver.
To these more or less intelligible
descriptions of chemical processes
Zosimus adds hm own commentaries,
which he sometimes presents tinder
the form of allegories or visions.
Edinburgh Review.
Narcotta Effects of a California Spring.
Superintendent Stout recently de
scribed a wonderful mineral spring
that formerly flowed from the moun
tain side some miles above the Butte
Creek House and pear the Plumas
county line.
This spring was first called to Mr.
Stout's attention some years ago
while camping in that vicinity by an
old prospector, who called it the
"chloroform spring." The water
which flowed from it did not differ
in appearance or taste from the wa
ter of other springs, except that it
was slightly brackish. It was the ef
fect that followed the drinking of its
waters that was remarkable. A small
cup would in the course of half an hour
render the drinker totally insensible,
and he would remain for hours as if
dead. But few white .men had ever
tried the experiment of drinking
from it but those who have done so
describe the effect as not unlike that
resulting from a heavy narcotic.
To the Indians this spring has been
.known for generations. They call it
the "heap sleep" spring, and it is
said that more than one weary red
man has entered the happy hunting
grounds through the medium of its
waters. Oroville Mercury, -
MASTERED IT OVEfl NIGHT
Determined MnoMlir; lllnl Tltr Sucweot!'
o'i hi liuitutiix: a lluril Cry.
A good story about a bird or tiny
other animal 13 doubly interest inv;
if tho n-ador can be mire that it is
not only true suSwtantially, but bus
not been dressed out by the writer s
imagination. Such a story is the fol
lowing, told by Mr. William Brew
ster, one of the best knowu of
Amorican ornithologists. He was
spending some weeks at the little
village of St Mary s on the coast of
Georgia. Mockiug birds were abun
dant, and being protected by every
one were half domesticated, build
ing their nests in tho shrubbery that
surrounded the bouses and bopping
about like robins uKn the grass
plots and graveled walks. An orange
tree in front of the window was ap
propriated by a lairticularly tine
singer.
His rqiortory included the notes
of nearly all tho birds in tliesur
rounding region, besides many of
tho characteristic village sounds, and
most of the imitations wore simply
perfect Moreover, he was continu
ally adding to his accomplishments.
An instance of this ocourre'l one
afternoon when several of us were
sitting on tho veranda.
A greater yellow legs (a well
known game bird of the snipe and
sandpiper family) passing over the
town was attracted by my answer
ing whistle and circled several times
above the house reiterating bis mel
low call.
The mocking bird np to this time
had been singing almost uninterrupt
edly, but at the sound of these
6traiige notes he rela'Mcd into silence
and retreated into the thickest foli
age of his favorite tree. Thon we
heard him trying them in on under
tone.
The first note cams pretty readily,
but the falling induction of the suc
ceeding three troubled him. When
over 1 ventured to prompt, ho would
listen attentively, und at the next at
t'jmpt show an evident improve
ment! Finally he nliandoned tho task, as
we thought, in despair, and at sunset
that evening, for the first and only
time during my stay, bis voice was
missing in the general chorus. But
at daylight tho next morning the
garden rung with a perfect imitation
of the yellow leg's whistle. Ho l.ud
mustered it during the night, and
ever afterward it was his favorite
part.
The diseomfoiture of the rival
males in tho neighborhood was as
amusing as it was unmistakable.
Each in turn tried the new song, but
not one succeeded.
Whut Are We Coming Tut
The following is printed "for true
in a London journal:
The houso of a well known lai'y
novelist was the other day observed
to be shrouded in the gloom of drawn
curtains and lowered blinds. Sym
pathetic friends presently called 10
inquire what family affliction had
taken place. They were admitted
into the darkened drawing room,
where, clad in deep mourning and
holding a clean pnekut handkerchief
in her hand, the lady novelist sat
weeping, upon the couch. A sympa
thetic and inquiring murmur from
the visitors elicited a fresh burst of
tears as the lady sobbed forth : "Af
diction ) Yes, I should think so. My
hero is just dead I"
The Borrow! U.ak.
"The borrowed book." Whata text
for a sermon, eaid a clevor author,
If books are borrowed, mar them not;
neither turn down the loaves, and,
above all, be careful to return them
in as good a state of preservation as
when borrowed. To write on the
margins is unpardonable, vulgar, Ul
bred. Good Housekeeping.
A Cow biineretltiun. ..
According to Indo-Europem folk
lore the clouds of the heavens wero
nothing but cows, who were invested
with the duties of a psychopomp. At
times these cloud descended to the
earth and assumed their bovine garb,
but their duty remained the same.
Hence the superstition prevalent in
tnany agricultural countries that a
cow breaking into a garden foretells
a death in the family. The psycho
pomp was merely looking for a soul
to escort to the hereafter. New
York Telegram.
Wnat Wrtnklee Signify.
Wrinkled foreheads in children be
token consumption, rickets or idiocy.
Vertical wrinkles of the brow come
early to men who do much brain
work. Arched and crossing wrinkles
about the lower middle of the fore
bead betoken physical or mental suf
fering. Fine close meshed wrinkles
which covor the face, sign of age
and decrepitude, are caused by lose
of contractile nervous force and on
prevented by hot bathing, friction
and electricity.' .'
AMTI-FKItnitNllNB
Is a tia'hmi.bss preparation in tablet
form for preserving am, kinhs np
KiituT without rooKiNO, Oiie pack
ago preserves fifty pints or fruit or
a barrel of cider, and only costs 60
cents. Fruits preserved with Anti-
fermentino retain tlieir natural
tiiBte and appearance. Ask your ,
druggist or grocer for Anti-fcrmen-tine.
Turin propones an intoniutionul exhl
bitiun in 1UU4.
JUST A LITTLE
pain neglected, may become
RHEUMATISM,
NEURALGIA,
SCIATICA,
,. , LUMBAGO.
Just a little
SPRAIN
may make a cripple,
lust a Utile .
BRUISE
may make serious inflammation.
Just a little
DURN
may make an ugly scar.
Just a little
COST
will get a bottle of
ST. JACOBS OIL,
A PROMPT and PERMANENT CURE.
Years of Comfort against Years
of Pain for
JUST A LITTLE.
A ropy of tho "Offlolnl Portlolln Mtha
WoHil'tt Columbian KxpneKlwn." (I-erlntlva
of Hnllrilnir and erouiiilN, iMmiltlhihy illua.
Irelwd. tn w.tor ooliir ellwcw. will uuMJiHta
nny uddnna upon rwoelirt urlili!. In puuuie
tiunra Iff Th Cuakus .4. Voukuta Uu
Sauimou, Ms.
Baking Pon der
Purity and
LeaveninJ,PovVer
UNEQUALED
CASH
'o Introduce ortr Powder. have d
termliiocltodlArlDQtODii.ong the m.muni
tn number Of CAMl JUUZE8 To
il.epimuuorolabreturninf tin tho inrftws
nanifrTorcmiucau-aonor befiif Jim.t J
ltttU, vo wl ! 1 (five ft cuh priK oC 100, nnd
ttitiiADBftlaricvit, THtmermm otbururtai
faoglny Irom lu76 IN CABIL
OOSSET & DEVERS, PORTLAND, Or.
lllndilfir. Uriimry and L'var Dtneasea. Dronitr.
Uravol and Diabtitua ttre cured by
HUNT'S REMEDY
THE BEST KIDNEY
AND LIVER MEDICINE.
HUNT'S REMEDY
Cnrw Hrlfcht'R Dlneiue, Rfltontirtn or Non-Ta-ii'inionol
Uriue, I'alui iu tho Batik, Luiita or
Hide.
HUNT'S REMEDY
(lure Intemperance, Nervous Dhedsra, General
iMbility, Kumale Wuakuwn aiid iixueswjtt.
HUNT'S REMEDY
Guru ftUlouwetfi, Headache, Jfiimdlre. Hoar
Hiomaeu, iyiepHiaf CoitaUpiitiuii nud i'llea,
HUNT'S REMEDY
CIM AT ONI'Fon tho Klrfncy. I.lrfir
and Uw-Im. refitorinfc them to a neiilthy ho
tlmi.nitd ('tiHiKwiiun all oiiinr uiRdioiuei
(ait. Hundreds have taut! Havod who have been
given up to die by irioutls tuitl phyluiaui),
A AAAA 1,VEN AWAV to tbone piling
IT JlXXl nrnt the number of Vision, nl
Tfc rfWV lhe world'a puit. ..,irUmil(irg
ill 4M und ntu trcmiHuoii Prevention.-,.
X nd Cure o( private Mule Htidl-Wl-K
Fftmnle dltu'ttHCH all wiiit.1 HUA
Agent winilod. Htitmliird Rmrnf ly Co,, Seattle
CUA'S PoiaoN-iw Pills a mire cure for
poMionliig from Ivy-vino or Oak. U not im
proved in t DAYS, return the bottle and get
your iiionev. ttuid by all Druggist.
KIDNEY,
Agents and school children winhf g to make
t"oiiov, write ii- for circular of our Htata
i and Cm Hnpa; every school child should havo
on; sells KtUOoiH, tlw.our new Atla; iolUat
Right; $160;juiithe book to anil these hard
I limes uwi-n A Co , Aiiumorth blk, ForitandtUr.
N.H.N. U.N(..fni&-H. U. Mo. 682