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You can Economize
By using Royal Baking Powder to the exclusion
of all other leavening agents. The official ana
lysts report it to be 27 greater in leavening
strength than the other powders. . It has three
times the leavening strength of many of the
cheap alum powders.
It never fails to make good bread, biscuit and
cake, so that there is no flour, eggs or butter spoiled
and wasted in heavy, sour and uneatable food.
Do dealers attempt, because times are dull,
to work off old stock, or low grade brands of
baking powder ? Decline to buy them. During
these times all desire to be economical, and
Royal is the most
Economical Baking Powder.
Auoliier Mew Siuoke Preventive.
James Murphy, a Chicagoan, is the
latest to come forward with a smoke
consuming device. Rather, though, is
it Air. Murphy's plan to prevent smoke,
and this he seems to do very effectually
by a patent arrangement which he places
on boilers and stoves, it is the idea to
catch and burn the gases that are liber
ated from the coal before they form the
smoke. The smoke itself, the inventor
says, cannot bo burned after it has once
been formed, so he burns the gases.
The principle is that of taking air op
from the ashpit in a furnace through
.fire clay pipes to a hot air chamber
above the grate bars, From here it is
thrown from all four sides of the grate
through a three-quarter inch space which
is left open all around the fire, the space
being partially leilged over with a "lip"
that throws the air across the furnace.
The distribution of this hot air equally
over the fire catches the gases from the
coal before they are formed into smoke
and ignites and burns them.
Thus only about 20 per cent of the
usual amount of smoke contains no car
bon, is not dirty at all and is white
instead of sooty. Mr. Murphy demon
strates the principle of his device in a
stove, where the results are more easily
seen. The stove is fitted with three fire
clay pipes on each side to conduct the
arr. The stove burns any kind of coal
or coke and from none of them can any
smoke be seen to arise. The stove makes
its own draft from the nil-shaft The
flame burns inward and close to the
middle of the grate. An examination
of the chimney shows no smoke going
np. New York Telegram.
Tbe Leaning Tower at Saragossa.
A committee appointed to report on
the famous Torre Nuova in the Plaza
Son Filipe, in the capital of Aragon,
has issued a pessimistic account. It is
feared that r :iis clock tower, a very fine
example of the kind, will have to be
pulled down. Excessive rains and floods
have caused a subsidence of the soil and
the structure is deemed unsafe. The
construction of this torre inclinada was
begun in the Fifteenth century, under
the direction of two Spanish, two Moor
ish and one Jewish architect; it is
octagonal in form, 800 feet high, 43 in
diameter, and leans about 10 feet out
of the perpendicular. Stone steps, 260
in number, lead inside to the top gallery.
It has been stated that the leaning of
the tower was due to the caprice of the
architects, but an old crack in its side
and a careful examination of the founda
tion led to the conclusion that it was
want of care on the part of the builders.
The Aaragonese speak of the ancient
crack as an old wound in its side, of
which the Torre Nuova is now dying.
This "old wound" was under treatment
in the year I860, but an unfortunate re
lapse threatens to result in an entire col
lapse. Tablet.
(letting Rich Fast.
Two young men near Los Angeles,
Cal are rapidly making a fortune slay
ing coyotes. Last April they were not
worth fifty dollars, but now they have
t!i,7U0 to their credit in bank and they
are adding about $150 a week to their
deposit. They have fifty traps set, and
with these and their rifles are rapidly
thinning out the coyotes in Los Angeles
and San Bernardino counties. At five
dollars a scalp there is more money in
hunting coyotes than in growing grain
or fruit, but the business will probably
come to an end when the next legisla
ture meets. The law which was passed
as a joke has proved to be very costly
pastime. San Francisco Chronicle.
Thirteen la Lucky.
In Chicago a horse car, a red hot stove
and thirteen passengers were struck by
an engine. The car was reduced to
kindling wood and took fire, but not a
passenger was killed. And yet people
will go right on insisting that thirteen
is an unlucky number. Indianapolis
News.
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On 11 la Mind.
Pat was a hodcarrier. Long practice
had made him an expert at threading
the mazes of unfinished buildings, but it
had also made him somewhat careless in
his movements.
Be had just stepped from a ladder to
one of the landings, and after setting
down his load of bricks with a sigh of
relief, he straightened up. Whack!
his head came smartly in contact with a
heavy beam.
When the foreman passed, a few min
utes after, he saw Pat sitting on a keg,
holding his head in both hands.
"Hullo, Pat," he called. "What's on
yourmind'"
"The whole top av me head, sir. Oh
myl Oh myr Youth's Companion.
Mamma' Diaries.
Little Girl The teacher says 1 must
get a diary, and write in it all 1 do every
day. Will you buy me one, mamma? I
Mamma There are plenty of them up
stairs in the lower bureau drawer fif
teen or twenty, I think.
Little (iirl But isn't those ones writ
ten in?
Mamma Only the first pageu of each.
Good News.
As Ilrave as a Stump Orator.
A rooster was put on the block at Han
ford the other day and his head was cut
off, but when the plucker reached for
him the ambitious fowl had walked off.
The head was completely severed save a
small portion of the base of the skull,
but the bird could still hear and feel and
even cry out. He lived for sixteen hours
in that condition. San Francisco Call.
A New Precious Stone.
A hitherto unknown stone has been
found in the mining district of (Jande
laria, in Nevada. It is of a dark green
color and tukes on a very high polish,
and is classed by the slate geologist as
"sariscite." Several beautiful ornaments
have been produced from it, but so far
it has not been found in any consider
able quantity. Ketuil Jeweler.
Twins Nine Times Without a Skip.
Mr. John Miscall, who is one of the
head bakers in James lleed & Sons
bakery, Norfolk, Va., has been made tbe
proud possessor of the ninth consecutive
pair of healthy and strong twins, a boy
and a girL Mrs. Miscall has never
given birth to one child at a time. Cor.
Baltimore American.
Some Costly Necklaces.
Mrs. Robert Goelet, daughter of
George H. Warren, has a necklace of
diamonds and sapphires which cost 111,
000, a pearl necklace worth f 10,000 and
a diamond necklace of solitaires from
seven carats down worth about (35,000.
Besides these she has a large and varied
collection of valuable stones. New York
Herald.
Mew Light on Hunker Hill.
"History as she Is wrote" receives a val
uable addition from the pen of a Brttisb
female bookmaker, who says of her visit to
Boston, "We went up to Bunker hill,
where is a ridiculously ugly monument in
honor of the victory gained by tbe Yankees
over the English." Hitherto it has been
the general impression that after a gallant
defense the "Yankees" retreated.
A Decided Improvement.
Schoolboy Mother, what do you think?
Professor Dryasdust told us tbat he knew
of a boy who sheds his whole skin twice a
year.
Mother I think there is one clean boy
in the world anyhow. Good News.
A young man lost an eye the other
night in Chicago by a jab from a needle
like weapon that projected from the bat
of a young woman who was accidentally
thrown against him.
Joseph Banson, who died recently in
Cincinnati leaving an estate amounting
to $0,000,000, was the largest holder of
United States bonds in that dty.
A WOULD BE SWINDLER BEATEN.
Be Was Only Trying to Learn the Bhell
Trick, but Ilia Scholar Knew It.
After awhile the young man with the
white hut and red necktie obsorved that
a friend of his hud posted him on a now
trick, and he took from his pocket the
shell of an English walnut which had
been cut in two to nutke twosmull cups.
He also took from his vest pocket a com
mon field pea and explained:
"1 don't say that I can do tho trick
luccossfully, but after a little more
practice 1 hone to catch on."
Half a dozen of us exchanged winks
and spotted him at once for a sharper,
but there was a middle aged man from
Indianapolis who tipnenred innocently
interested. Ho was not a green looking
man by any means, but he had a confid
ing, childish look which would. have au
thorized any stranger to ask him for a
match or the time of day.
"What is the trick?" he asked as he
laid aside his paper.
"Why, it's to manipulate this pon in
this way so and so and this way, until
you can't tell which cup it's under," ox
plained the other,
"That's a new idea."
"Yes. perfectly uow."
"Snyt" I'd like to learn that myself,"
continued the Hoosier. "The boys down
our way are full of tricks, and I'd like
to get something to astonish 'em. tt all
depends on the twist of the wrist, doesn't
itr
"Partly that, and partly optical illu
sion. As 1 told you before I can't work
it yet, because 1 haven't practiced suffi
ciently, but do you think you could tell
which cup the pen is under now?"
"I think I could," replied the Hoosier.
"And could you now?" asked the
yonug man after further manipulations.
"I'm sure of it."
"How sure?"
"Well, as 1 want to learn the trick,
and as 1 am always willing to back my
own eyeB, I'll bet ten dollars I can."
We winked and shook our heads at
him, but his smile only grow more child
like. "Don't want to make it twenty dollars,
do you?" asked the sharper.
"I'd just as soon say thirty dollars."
"Thirty it is. Just hold tho cups
firmly down on my knees while 1 get out
my sugar."
I took his last dollar, and when it was
np he asked:
"Wluch cup is it under?"
"This one."
The cup was raised, and there, sure
enough, was tho pea, it having failed to
stick to the substance inside und be lift
ed with the shell. The look which canto
into that young man's face was some
thing queer to see, and he kept swallow
ing as if he had tacks in his throat, He
gave up the stakes without a word, but
sat for a long time like one in a dream
1 thought ho needed sympathy, and
after awhile 1 found opportunity to in
quire: "How did it happen that way?"
"That's what I want to find out," he
absently replied. "Say. you childlike
Hoosier, take these things and let a see
what you can do with 'em."
"Certainly, to oblige."
He took the cups and tho pea, and the
manner in which he performed was
enough to show everybody in ten seconds
that he was an old professional.
"Anybody wish to bet?" he smilingly
asked, as the pea went hopping about.
Nobody did not even tho young man.
He sat and stared and stared, and
watched and watched, and when the
outfit was returned to him all he could
say was:
"Well, by guml" Detroit Free Press.
Feats of Carrier Pigeons.
There are remarkable instances on
record of wliat pigeons have done. A
French bird captured near Paris was
taken to Berlin, 500 miles away, and
kept there for four years. It escaped
somehow, and at once mode a straight
line for home, safely reaching the loft in
Paris where it had been reared. Colonel
Cameron relates that he purchased in
Toronto two birds that hud never flown
eastward of that place. From Toronto
they were taken to Kingston, 150 miles
due east, and there kept for some time.
They were then sent to Sharbotlake,
nearly fifty miles north of Kingston, to
be flown. Instead of returning to King
ston they went westward 150 miles di
rect to their old loft at Toronto,
As they had been, in the case of both
moves, conveyed in a closed basket, they
had no chance of seeing the intervening
country, so that sight evidently had
nothing to do with their return. There
are numberless instances of birds in
training making their way swiftly and
safely back over 100, 200 and even 250
miles of utterly unknown territory.
Denver Republican.
He Drove Slowly.
It is not uncommon to refer to the
forms used in many households by some
familiar name, and dressmakers fre
quently designate them as "Mary Jane."
A household wherein the skirt form had
come to be called "Miss Susan," had an
amusing experience on account of it,
Tbe form had been lent, and a new
coachman bad just driven up with some
of the family, when the skirt form was
remembered. He was directed to drive
to a certain house, get "Miss Susan"
and come back with her in a hurry.
After a long delay, the carriage drove
up at a mournful pace. "Shure, ma am,
said the coachman, in explanation of his
delay, "they had to lift her aorost the
sidewalk into the coach, and I thought
she was a very sick lady indeed, and sol
had better drive slow." " v
A RECONCILIATION
I do not Itnnw
If I wero wrong or yont
It rcrlaves mo m
To think I Rave you pnln
That 1 my gift must ruo
Ami taku It book again.
1 do not know
If you or I won right;
Your team have caused me wee,
Ami if you wop attain
1 sluillgrow more contrite
And covet all your pain.
1 do not know
Nor care which one was right.
For when your dear eyee How
1 cannot speak for pain,
And tear mints tillnd my tight
Until you smile again.
Bolotltgo-
Wo may have both been wrong.
Or partly so.
Hut sin Is purged by pain,
Ami royal souls are strong
To wound and heul again.
-Ella Diets Clyuor in Harper's Baxar.
Fine Crusted Preserves,
We have been shown by Mr. and Mm
John Graves a unique and interesting
relic of the civil war in the shape of a
half gallon jur of peach preserves which
were made in ItffiJ. The relic was given
to Mr. and Mrs. Graves. Oct. 27, IHlll, hy
Mrs. Wash Koborts, of Hucheport, and
its history is as follows: In 1HI11 John
Roberts joined -the Confederate army
along with Ben. Sam and Jack Kay.
brothers of Mrs. Roberta. In 1MB this
lady and her sister-in-law, Mrs, John
Roberts, were together putting up pre
serves, jellies, etc. They tilled some jars
which they agreed not to open until their
brothers and husbands should return
safe from the war.
It turned out that John Roberts w.is
killed, and astlinydid not all come back
the ladies did not open their preserves.
Time rolled on. Mrs. .Mm Rolivrts moved
to California, where she married again
and became the uiothor of several chil
dren and is now dead. Recently Mm
Wash Roberts concluded she would send
some of these preserves to these children,
and also to give some to her mends, tho
Graveses. The preserves are in first
class condition, of excellent flavor, and
would no doubt keep anothor quarter of
a century. Wash Roberts has been for
many years a popular citizen of Hoc he
port, while Jack Ray is somewhere in
the state of Washington Fayetto(Mo.)
Banner.
Ravages Hlaughturlng Deer.
Game Wardon Taylor came in recently
from the lower country, whore be has
been kept busy driving the Indians out
of that section. Mr. Taylor report that
the Utes have been playing sad havoc
with the gumo, slaughtering wherever
thoy could. Ho was very indignant
over it, and from his version of the mat
ter ho has good reason to bo. lie states
that from the Iron springs divide to Yel
low creek it is impottmhlo to travel a
hundred yards without finding the bod
ies of deer lying around, und in most
cases nothing but the hides and brains
have been taken, tho bruins being used
by the Indians in the process of tanning
On Blue mountain and in the Lilly park
sections tho rotting carcasses can be
seen, while on Snake river they are so
thick as to absolutely poison the air
Warden Taylor estimates that since
the deer began to travel down the Utes
havo killed between 5,001) and 8,000 of
them, and what makes matters worm
tho major portion of them are does and
fawns, the bucks always remaining in
the uppor country till later in tho fall.
Denver Sun.
The Highest Hallway In Kurone.
The opening of a now Alpine railway
the Brienzer Rotlihornbahn is an
nounced. It is the highest railway in
the Alps and commands magnificent
views. It is 8,351 meters (7.IW0 feet)
high at the summit level, and ascends
1.6H3 meters (6,600 feet), or sixty-sevon
meters (228 feet) higher than the Pilutns
railway. The journoy occupies an hour
and a half. The gauge is O.t) meter.
Tbe line is a pure rack and pinion rail
way on the A lit system, and is similar
in construction to the Monte Generoso
railway.
The steepest gradient is one in four
that is, less than the maximum Pilatus
ascent. The railway has been bnilt in a
remarkably short space of time; it was
begun so recently as the 1st of October,
1800. No fower than ten tnnnols wore
bored; numerous streamlets were
bridged and heavy stone dams had to
be erected. Iron.
Warning Against Antipyrlne.
Let roe say something about the indis
criminate use of antipyrine, I think it
is villainous. Its use should be restricted
like laudanum and morphine, and used
only upon a physician's prescription. Peo
ple use it carelessly, not knowing tbat
it is a heart depressant and cumulative
in ite action, Many persons come to me
and aay that they have been using ten
grains every three or four hours, and
without any idea of the harm it does. I
came across two or three deaths last year
directly due to its use. Too much cannot
be said about the danger from its indis
criminate use. Interview in Philadel
nhia Press.
' Too Suggestive,
Miss De Pretty Let's form a secret
society.
Miss De Pink Let's. Just like the
Odd Fellows and Red Men. Call it the
Ancient Order of of Kings' Daughters,
Miss De Blond Or the Ancient Order
of Dianas.
Miss De Young Or the Ancient Order
of American
Miss Oldmaid-Ob, don't let's call it
the ancient order of anything. Good
News.
At a remit dinner tile centerpiece was
an oild shaped basket lined with white
plush, in whose loose tolda tho water
holder was concealed. White roses and
wreathing mnilux tilled and fell out of
the basket, wandering in studied care
lessness over the cloth,
Miaa Ada Rehun during the twelve
years she has been a mi'inlier of Ml: Du
ly s company una created or appearr-u in
201) roles.
'August
Flower"
My wife suffered with indiRestion
and dyspepsia for years. Life be
came a burden to her. Physicians
failed to give relief. After reading;
one of your books, I purchased a
bottle of August Flower. It worked
like a charm. My wile received im
mediate relief after taking the first
dose. She was completely cured'
now weighs 165 pounds, and can eat
anything she desires without any
deleterious results as was formerly
the case. C. H. Dear, Prop'r Wash
ington House, Washington, Va. 0)
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