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I Don't Blame the Cook
If a baking powder is not uniform in strength,
so that the same quantity will always do die same
work, no one can know how to use it, and uni
formly good, light food cannot be produced with it
All baking powders except Royal, because
improperly compounded and made from inferior
materials, lose their strength quickly when the can
is opened for use. At subsequent bakings there
will be noticed a falling off in strength. The food
is heavy, and the flour, eggs and butter wasted.
It is always the case that the consumer suffers
in pocket, if not in health, by accepting any sub
stitute for the Royal Baking Powder. The Royal
is the embodiment of all the excellence that it is
possible to attain in an absolutely pure powder.
It is always strictly reliable. It is not only more
economical because of its greater strength, but
will retain its full leavening power, which no
other powder will, until used, and make more
wholesome food.
THE IMPRISONED ROBIN.
We heard his cry this morning, and his wail
Was like the sad Hong of a whippoorwiU.
It seems that in his prison cage he still
Has memories of the Holds, and he recalls the
tale
The lonesomo night bird sang at vespers till
lie deems it is his own. His joy one thrill
And natural pipings are now all in jail.
How different from the notes when, wild and
free.
He sang his happy greetings to his mate
And pleasure seemed the business of his daysT
Nonight bird'sactiweremimickedlnhlswaTt
When he strode o'er the lawn in pride elate
Or filled the air with melody from a tree.
, -Edward 8. Creamer in New York Sun.
Sot Big Things Only Excite Wonder.
It is not always the things of gigantic
proportions that excite the greatest
curiosity. Mastodons, elephants, whales
and other creatures of monstrous size
are and have been wonders indeed. Bo.
too, are the pyramids, the great cathe
drals, towers, monuments, etc., the
great Corliss engines, the 16-drive wheel
locomotive and other triomphs of me
chanical skilL But while this is true
beyond question, how about the wonders
revealed by the microscope and the
work of the deft fingered artist, D. A.
Vr. Meer, who painted a landscape on
the side of a grain of wheat? By the
nse of a strong microscope only could
the wonders of this minute painting be
distinguished. ,
Yet when a good glass was brought to
bear upon what appeared to be a spot of
variegated paint upon the side of the
wheat grain all was changed into a
beautiful landscape a forest, a mill at
the side of the river, a miller climbing
an outside stairway with a sack of grain
upon his back, a tall cliff at the side of
the mill and a winding road along which
nome peasants were trying to drag a re
fractory pigl St. Louis Bepnblic.
Gloves tn rinin Husbands and Lovers.
The revival of light kid gloves for
wear with walking dressis rather a blow
to the thrifty minded. Those who have
a limited dress allowance have delighted
m the convenient black kid or brown
suede, which could be worn quite a
number of times without showing signs
of being weatherbeaten in any way.
Bnt light gray, pale' lemon and the new
horrific green are soiled in an hour when
worn with sealskin, dark cloth or serge.
Fortunately four or six button length
does very well at present, but there are
some indications that in the season
sleeves will be short and gloves long. If
o,"light,kid will be atrociously extrava
gant, even though they will not soil so
readily when worn with light colored
gowns. Cor. Chicago Herald.
Marrying by a Formula.
The woman that took part in a late
marriage at Newcastle, England, had a
mathematical formula to guide her. At
16 she married a man of 82. At 80 she
married again and chose a man of 60.
To conclude the series, she now at 42
names a man of 84. Her first husband
.was a Quaker, the second a Catholic and
the present one a Protestant. If she
lives much longer and is determined to
go on with her mathematical matrimo
nial ventures, she will have to advertise
in the want columns for a centenarian or
two and specify a new religion as one of
her provisions. Atlanta Constitution,
' , Tbe After Dinner Speaker.
' The after dinner speaker must not talk
nonsense and must not talk about noth
ing. But he must seem to be original,
no matter what leisure he may have giv
en to get at the sources the headwaters
of his good thingsand he must be bril
liant, even though his brilliancies should
have been carefully thonght out in the
dark. Wit is his province more than
wisdom, although a dash of the wisdom
may be tolerated if it is brought wrapped
up in wit and humor, like the sword of
Harmodius among the wreaths of laurel.
London News.
Kneniles of the "New Vansled."
Some years ago an "auld kirk" minister
wno luvu added a barometer to the furnish
ings of his house on the west coast of
Scotland found that it was not altogether
safe to possess such mysterious inventions.
During a prolonged storm the women of
a neighboring village whose husbnndi
were all at sea marched to the minister'.
house in a body and requested him to "set
the weather guide to (air." While he was
trying to explain the nature of the ba
rometer they impatiently took stones and
smashed it.
Within a few hours the weather changed
lavoramy. -men one ileanle Gorm. a rino-.
leader among the rioters, remarked:
"1 tell't ye how It would be! It's inl
that new fangled whigmaleeries that's set
tin things wrang in the warld." Youth's
companion.
The Wardroom "Hoy."
The wardroom "boy" on board a man-
of-war is often as old as many of those he
serves, but the old fashioned title and
form of address stick to him. Wardroom
boys usually are colored men or foreign
ers. When a Haytian or Jamaican negro
is ODtuinaDie, fie is regarded as a catch.
This is truer still of the Jap. The hitter
seems to understand by instinct to re
member a multitude of details without
effort and obey promptly and without
question. Philadelphia Ledger.
Living In the Suburb.
It was several months ago that Mc-
lavish, who had never lived in the sub
urbs, moved with his family out to West
a obtown. The other day one of the old
residents said to him: . ., ,.'
"Well, Mr. McTavish, how do you like
West Hobtownr"
McTavish sighed slightly and then
said, "The merciful man is merciful to
his suburb! -.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
, Good For Another Term-
Lobbyist (confidentially. disnlavine
roll of bills) Of course money is ito ob
ject, w hat we want, is to have this bill
Alderman (indignantly) Bribe me?
ft a. sir! 1 am really in favor of the Das-
sage of the bill, butr-but I'll just hang
myovercoat here in the hall before go-
uig.iu. iruiu. ..
A Friendly Hint, ;
Postoffice Clerks-See here, rmrt No
living mortal can read the address on
this envelope you -hurt handed in. .
Boy Well, if this 'ere postoffice de
partment wants fine'handwritin, why
orart you Keep Better pens at these desks,
say? Good News. .
The population of the kingdom of
qpau, as reported a last census, taken
sfX years ago, was 17,630,000. As the
population is nearly stationary the count
for this year would be about the same as
that of the year in which the census was
taken. - ,
As Japan was the first nation to have
her exhibit completed for the World's
fair, Major Handy says' that that coun
try is the most advanced, businesslike
and .newspaper sort of nation in the
world.
Celluloid 'is becominir quite Dooular
for numerous fancy articles. It comes
inseyerai Bnaue8,or tne delicate colors
ana is an inexpensive material. Tbe
thin transparent sheets are the prettiest.
t
Alabama boasts a i woman who was
struck by lightning seven years ago, has
never spoken since, and whose eyes grow
luridly brilliant at the approach of a
thunderstorm.
In portions of' the south the old time
negro still lingers, preserving toward the
white race the exact relations of 40 years
ago. so far. as outward deference goes.
03.fi web of our life ia 0f a mingled yarn
good and ill together. Our virtue would '
be proud if our faults whipped them not I
and our crimen would despair if they were I
WtohBrUhwlbyourvirtuehakespeare. I
WHERE SHE DREW THE LINE.
Bpp ejrex were soft end dark m night,
. Hur raven trewies vying.
I took a oeat beside my love, 1
Ami hot m I foil to stalling.
Sh DlnetHl her Imnil within my own
What thrill began to quivor
About my heart! Muid elie, "Jtoar John,
What hi it nittkee you shiver?"
I Brarcely know, and ttn I mid,
"I'm wiirmor than n oimlor,"
And thon a dariner thought ooonrM
, imy, what was thoru lo hinder?
1 bontabovt' her ruby Hps
Tn steal the; tempting blimWri.
"Oil, no!" said who, "it cannot bei
I draw the lino at kitweti."
Ah, who can tell the royal way
To manage pretty mlsiws?
Just wiien yon think thoy love you most
They draw the line at kisse
The years may come; the years may bo;
I'll ne'er forget our meeting.
Upon her cheeks a pretty glow
The moments all too fleeting.
And oft my heart doth dream anew
Of aromatic hlissea,
An when, hor little hand in mine,
, Bhe drew the line at kisses.
Chicago Dispatch.
Mrs. Sleuth; or, The Lady Deteetlv.
uHu!"
"You will not give me a million dollars?1
"No."
"I am your wife?"
"Yes."
"Therefore you are my husband f"
"Jt is so."
"And you will not put your property ia
my name!"
"Woman, what takeat thou me for?"
"We will see."
'
"Annette!"
"Yea, madam."
"Buy all the dittguiaea fn New York."
"'Tin as good an done."
"I may need one." ,
"Ha!"
"Put them in a Fifth avenue stage."
"I begin to comprehend."
"They will reach the Union Leairue club
oy tomorrow evening '
With industrybut it is Quite four
OIOCKS,"
"Attach my -diamond revolver to mr
waicn cnain.
"Ha! the adventure is indeed hatardoua."
"And put my knitting needle in its scab-
Dam."
"I obey."
It ia a small room in the club.
Two men are playing cards.
The stake are a million dollars,
Thoy are not two men.
Nay, they are a man and a bor.
The man holds four kings.
The boy holds two aces.
But they look to the man like four.
He staggem from the table.
"Iamrumed!"
"Tt was I who won ymir million dollars."
"What, you, my wife?"
"Yea, II is my hat on straight?" -Truth.
A KwMt Samaritan.
Small Boy Oh, mamma, this poor old
gentleman says he hasn't had a thing to
eat lor eight months, so I've invited him
nome to lunch with us. Harper's Itazar.
Ilruldiab lluins In England.
The Stouehenge, one of the most remark.
able of the ancient monmnent on the Brit
ish isles, is situated on the Salisbury plain
about three miles from the village of Ames
bury. It lies at the conjunction of two
roads, surrounded by a bank and ditch, and
Is as much of a nuzzle for the antiaiiarians
of today as it was for those who carefully
surveyed and examined it a thousand years
ago. When perfect, It consisted of 80 huge
upright stones varying in size and form,
those at the entrance being IB feet high and
some of the others 18 feet. They all average
10 feet in height, the majority of them be
ing 6 feet square, , '."f .
Ihese upright stones were joined toirath.
er by others at the top, these last lying
horizontally, like the lintels of a door
post, and each about 18 feet long. The
whole mode a huge circular cage, the use
of which can only be conjectured. At ex
actly 8.8 feet from this circle of large stones
is on inner one composed of 40 stones stand
ing on end, but much smaller than thoseof
tb.eante.ring. Itissupposedtbatthisstrue
ture was a Druidish temple. St. Louis He
public. '
Soared Bymns of a Youngster.
If only we could recognize that children
do not mean to be irreverent! Little Lewis
really as devout as could be exnectal
from a 4-year-old and sang with great fer
vor eunciay school hymns innumerable,
sometimes revising them after bis own
fosbion or jnmbling them up with scraps
of other songs in a style leas shocking than
comical. Whether he sat on the porch
steps by the hour blithely warbling forth
to the possersby the somewhat alarming as
surance that
I will guide thee with mr knife.
announcing with lusty shout,
Holy forks, for I am coming, "
whose original I need not remind those
who live within avoiding distance of a me
lodien was the widely known hymn, "Hold
the Fort," his intentions were of the best
-Washington News. . S.- .: 4 .
HI Choloe, '
"Old he marry tbe girl who could paint
things on crockery warer" : t
no: be married on wbo could cook
things to put Into crockery ware." New
York Pres..
Progressiva
"We charge 15 a dozen: HO for three
dozen; lit for alz dozen, and soon."
1 .unpoK av man tuk enough av nm
'u4 let nm go for nothinf" Harper's
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One War ui Nuciirlnir u Custlv Honk,
An aitiusiiiK story of how n cmtflrnird aid
bachelor who combined with hiH bachelor
hood the mmlHittt of the bihlioimuilaa
came finally to marry Is told by an Kng
lish newspitgwr. It appears that tho lonely
old bookworm employed an old servant to I
toko care of his rooms. Upou her fell the
task of arrnugiDg and diluting the library,
nnd she soon came to bo Bniittcn with
taste for leading. She began to spend .11
her earnings In buying bonks, nnd, strange
to say, tiiey were old nooks that she bought
and read. One afternoon she oume In with
a parcel of volumes picked up from the
Bookstalls, out of curiosity the muster
turned over tho leaves of her treasures, and
we can woll imagine the moreoi less super
cilious smile that played upon his coun
tenance as be thought of the humorous
piiowi of tblsold woman turned bibliophile.
Suddenly his face lighted up.
"How muoh did you give for tbisf" sold
he, picking up a volume with great eager
ness. "Fifteen pence," was the answer.
"Fifteen pencef Why, this work Is
worth 1,000," cried the collector. He re
flected, when too late, how stupid ho hud
been to sneak, and in vain tried to recall
his words. "I will give you SO shillings for
it," said he.
'Sir, you have just told me it was worth
l,nooi"
The old creature was not to tie cheated.
and the bookworm at last offered 100. It
was a first edition, extremely rare, of Mon
taigne. He was a good buyer, but his serv
ant would not take a fraction less than
1,000, which sum was more than be could
afford. Thatnighttheconnolsseurdniumed
of Montaigne, At last he could resist us
longer. At any price he must !. the old
book. "This woman takes until care of
me. bhe appears to lie smitten with tbe
same passion for old books," mild be to
himself next "Why should I not marry
herr I should then have my Montaigne."
So he went to her the following day and
"popped the question." Shooccented him.
and they were married.
The clever old dame brought him the
book an a dowry.
No Time to Do Anything.
"It makes me mad," said the old engi
neer, to hour people ask why a man don't
do so and so when his engine strikes. It all
comes like a stroke of lightnln. Whim
we pueu era np In tho Whltesvlllo cut nnd
killed eight, I was slttlu in my window
that night Ionian ahead as careful as an.
one could. We had started on the curve,
and she was goln as fast as the wheels
could turn. 40 minutes behind time nnd the
deuce to pay If we didn't make it up by
mornin. Jimmy llortseil was feedin 'or
every minute.
I thought I saw a glimmer of lit-lil. on
the bank ahead. It was the Hash from the
headlight around the other bend of the
curve. Between the time I caught that
flash and when I saw the headlight swing
around tbe cut as big as a tub it couldn't
nave been a hundredth part of a second
W e were nose to noee Iwfore I realized nn
don't think I realized-but I nut on the
air who one yank, yelled to Jimmy and
icii out oi tne window. When they threw
wnir in my race, I s 'posed 1 was cut nil up.
The wreck was on fire, nnd people was hoi-
lerin underneath. I hlid there feelin of
myself, expectin every minute to find a soft
place, nut J was all right, and three davs
afterward I went to Jimmy's funeral. Aft
er that I don't wont no man to tell me what
you ought todo." National Car and Loco
motive Builder.
Napphires of the Kant.
Ceylon has always been famous for Its
sapphires, as well as for other gems, and
even the energetic rnpneity of the old
Homan adventurers failed to exhaust It
riches. Of all the brilliant gems wt.roctl
from the soil of this richly endowed island.
hardly any was piore highly esteemed by
them than the sapphire. Its exquisite tint
recalled to the exiled Roman the clear,
cloudless azuro of the heavens over the
seven hilled city. Tho treasuries and re
galias of Europe possess sapphires of very
large size. In the green vaults of Dresden
are soveral of romarkalile size and beauty.
In the Russian treasury are some of an
enormous size, among them one of a light
blue tint. The engraving of sapphires was
hardly known before the days of the Homnu
empire, and probably the most celebrated
of all engraved sapphires is the great sig
net of tbe Emperor Constantino, which
weighs :M carats. Cincinnati Kuqiiirer.
Arts of Oratory.
At the council of the ministers of the
church of the New Jerusalem recently held
in.Brooklyn,.tbe clergyman who wasArst
heard by the council took occasion to con
demn those of his brethren who make use
of tbe "art of oratory" In their preach
ing, and went so far as to say that pulpit
eloquence Is an enemy of gospel truth. He
is in the wrong. What are the arts of or
atory f Merely those artB by which tbe
Ideas and the language of a discourse are
so ordered as to be most impressive and
effective. How con eloquence lie an enemy
of the truth when It is but the best and
most powerful method of presenting the
truth f Swedenborg himself, the apostle
of the Church of the New Jerusulem, was a
man who paid great respect to tbeortaof
presentation, and many of his works are of
a very high order of eloquence and In very
choice language. New York Sun.
Bound to Get Out of It.
Mrs. Blinks (after breakfast) My dear, I
wish you'd .top into Bigg, Store & Co.'i
Mid order seven-eighths of a yard more of
that cloth I got yesterday and three-quar-
Mr. Blinks I'm afraid I'll foniutifyoa
give me the itemn now. Just sneak to mo
ovbt the telephone this afternoon.
Office Boy (In tbe afternoon Please, sir,
Mrs. Blink is at the 'phone and wants to
talk to you, - '
Mr. Blinks (hurriedly)-tjtty er tell her
I'm druuk. New York Weekly.
The Greatueu of Ohloago.
Chicago has demonstrated hereAlf to be
the matchless ml strew of tbe. world. She
will yet be the commercial center of the
world. Chicago will be the admiration and
wonder of the world, and from henceforth
will stand first among American cities, and
therefore first among the world's cities.
Chicago will be the solar and focal point of
the universe. She has a wonderful career
before her. FlamlujE Sword.
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When in Portland lie mirn fn t in
the greatest novelty at the Kxposution.
We shall bake biscuit and cako Uworv
afternoon and evening mi our nirottv
Jowol Ctoh Stove. Everybody cordially
invited to have a biscuit with us aim! see
the wonderful merit of Hidden Wont
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