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The Official Records, Showing the Best Baking Powder. The United States Government, after elaborate tests, reports the Royal Baking Powder a pure cream of tartar powder of greater leavening strength than any other. Bulletin ij, U. S. Ag. Dep., p. jpp. 1 The .Canadian Official Tests, recently made, show the Royal Baking Powder highest of all in leavening strength. ' Bulletin 10, p. 16, Inland Jiev. Dept. We cordially approve and recommend the Royal Baking Powder. It is absolutely pure and healthful, composed of the best ingredients, of the highest strength and character. San Francisco Board of Health. Hence, in practical use, The Royal Baking Powder goes further, makes purer and more perfect food than any other. ft'' 3 ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. One on Billy Florence. "One of the best on Billy Florenoe," said an old stager, "was played on him as late as 1888 by some of the boys at the St. James hotel. Billy was an ar dent Republican and valued his stand-' ing as a party man. Yon know, he never forgave his old friend, President . Arthur, for considering his oandidaoy for consul general at London a joka Well, when Blaine came back from Europe, and there was a great hulla baloo about the unorowned . king, the boys sent Billy a formal letter from the committee of arrangements appointing him chairman of the subcommittee of reoeption on behalf of the aotors, artists and auctioneers requesting his check for $50 and his presence on the steamer Sloan at 6 o'clook in the morning to go down and weloome Blaine. Billy bit slowly, but finally swallowed the bait, hook and all. He sent his check for $50 to the designated person, and not until three days after, when he had eaten a dinner given him by the boys who put up the joke on him and paid for with his own $50, did he find out how he had been fooled.' His only consolation was that he dot ud too late to be on the steamer Sloan at the appointed hour. " Major Handy in New York Mail and Express. v Hairs Six Feet Long. In 1880 Philip Hansen, a planter re siding near Corinth, Miss., was believed to be the possessor of the longest beard of any man in the world. He is said to have sent the Washington Anthropo logical society single hairs plucked from his chin which measured 73 inches in length. Call It a Craze. AN ALARMING STATEMENT CONCERNING WOMEN. HOW BAD HABITS ARB FORMED. The New York Tribune says : " The habit of taking ' headache powders ' is increasing to an alarming extent among a great number of wo men throughout the country. These powders as their name indicates, are claimed by the manu facturers to be a positive and speedy cure for any form of headache. In many cases their chief ingredient is morphine, opium, cocaine or some other equally injurious drug having a tendency to deaden pain. The habit of taking them is easily formed, but almost impossible to shake off. Women usually begin taking them to re lieve a raging headache and soon resort to the powder to alleviate any little pain or ache they mav be subjected to, and finally like the mor- fihi'ne or opium fiend, get into the habit of taking hem regularly, imagining that they are in pain if they happen to miss their regular dose." In nine cases out of ten, the trouble is in the stomach and liver. Take a simple laxative and liver tonic and remove the offending matter which deranges the stomach and causes the headache. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are composed entirely of the purest, concentrated, vegetable extracts. One Pellet is a dose; sugar-coated, easily swallowed; once used, always in favor. They posi tively cure sick headache and remove the disposition to it. - Mr. E. Varqason, of Oiler Lake, Lapeer Co.. t: .. j. ... . ..jitr., wines; i not infrequently have an at tack of the headache. It usualty comes on in I the forenoon. At my dinner I eat my regular meal, and take one or two of Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets imme diately after, and in the course of an hour my headache is cured ana no bad effects. I feel better every way for having taken them not worse, as is usual after taking other kinds of pills. ' Pleasant Pel ' lets 1 are worth more than their weight in gold, if for uothiiicr else E. Varqason. Esq. than to cure headache." Ely's Cream Balm ' QUICKLY CUKES COLDinHEAD r. 3 Price SO Cents. Annlv Ritlm into each nostril Ely Bnos., S6 Warron St., N. Fill Your Own Teeth Toothnllne stops pain and decav. Lasts a lifetime. Mailed, 60c. K. M, Gllham, Oakland, Cal. A SURE CURE FOR PILES ItoMnff Piles known by moisture like perspiration, cans intense itching when warm. This form and Blind, Bleed ing or Protruding Piles yield at ouce to DR. BO-SAN-KO'S PILE REMEDY, whioh acts directly on parts affeated, absorbs tumors, al leys itching, eiTooting A permanent cure. Price 6i)o, proggisu or uuil, J5r. Uoaanlio, Puila4a.t Fa. 106 WALL 6T.. NEW-YORK. DINNER A LA RUSSE. Food Served From a Side Table Flower and Conversation. , Dinner a la Rnsse although for the matter of that it might be dinner a l'An glais, a l'ltalien, with jnst as good reason in spite of its rather fashion able name, is really a very simple per formance. It merely means that, instead of having the varions dishes composing the repast all put npon the table at onoe, they are plaoed on a ' a side table and served from there by the servant, who passes each in tnrn. This affords a chanoe for some decoration npon the ta ble. There is usually some sort of em broidered centerpiece. The chances are that it was achieved by one of the love- ly daughters or even by the lady of the house herself, and it is always Wise to remark npon the elaborateness of the stitch or the beauty of the design if yon are a gnest en familla That not only calls out the history of the centerpiece and makes conversation, but lays up treasures for yon in heaven and estab lishes your reputation for good taste and appreciation of the truly beautiful. On this centerpiece a bowl of flowers is commonly placed. In establishments where money is no objeot orchids, ala mandas, rare ferns and the newest, cost liest roses appear and are changed from day to day. But daisies and clover can be arranged just as effectively and cost nothing but the trouble of gathering them, while in the winter there are jar dinieres of pieroed silver, which can be filled with maidenhair or some other delicate fern, and with a little oare kept green and thrifty for weeks. The' old fashioned ooasters nsed as stands for de canters are often utilized in this way, for any tinsmith can make a lining for them in whioh plants will grow like a green bay tree. The effect of flowers on the table can hardly be calculated. They have more charms than musio to soothe the savage breast, and any sentimental ist of your acquaintance can tell of in stances where a glass bowl of nastur tiums tastefully arranged before him has so wrought on the feelings of paterfa milias that he has said not a word abont the overdone mutton or the soggy under orust of his apple pie. If your table be a dream of beanty, yon will not require half such a hearty meaL The entire company will be so wrapped np in admiring the scheme of color and the originality of your com binations that no one will be aware of the smallness of the portions yon serve. Fully half the expense of your posies will thus be saved at the outset, so that they commend themselves to economists as well as to aesthetes. Boston Herald. Time and Speed. Infinite time is diffloult to grasp. Dis tance is more easily understood, and some things whioh Sir Robert Ball has to say about the- distance of the stars from ns will assist us in comparing them to the sun. Of these the most striking is Arcturus, and Dr. Elkin has put this star at such a distance from the solar system that the orbit of the earth round the sun must seem from Arcturus as large as would a penny piece seen at 100 miles. Arcturus, in other words, is perhaps a dozen times as far off from ns as Procyon is, and Procyou, one of the nearest bright stars, is 1,000,000 times the distance of the sun from ns. Bat the marvelous thing about Aro turns is its movement. It has, compara tively speaking, a very distinct "proper motion" across the sky, though not as large as some stars. Lately, however, the spectroscope has ascertained for us the pace of stars along the line of sight, and Arcturus travels, it is now believod, at the rate of 880 miles a second. Such speed as this is truly terrifio, and we may well ask where this furious star is hurrying ta As Arcturus, ten genera tions hence, will not have moved to the eye by as much as the diameter of the moon, we shall have plenty of opportu nity of disoussing the question. Lon don Spectator. '- - An Original. . Little Marjorie There are lots of lit tle Marjories nowadays, but none other at all like this one. She is original in her prayers, as in everything else. The other night she finished off her petition thus: "And, O Lord, make all the wioked people good and wash all the niggers whitel" New York Tribunal "BLAINE, A TRAGEDY." A Drama For the Stage, Which Will Not Be Enacted In New York. An American play writer has been for some time engaged in the composition of a drama of contemporary life in which the chief character is to be a fa mous Amerioan statesman, now deceas ed. The title whioh he has chosen for it is "Blaine, a Tragedy. "-" It certainly looks . like bad taste to dramatize, at least in this generation, the career of the American here named, but the au thor maintains that he can do it inof fensively and in such a way as to dig nify his subject, as the life of Mr. Blaine was full of dramatio material, and as there were scenes in it whioh would be especially serviceable for a drama of real life. He says that Shakespeare made use of personages who lived not long before his time, and even of some who were his contemporaries, and he gives the names of other'playwriters who have used their acquaintances in their stage compositions. When reminded that even the greatest and, most picturesque Amer icans of past tlmijs, from the days of Washington to those of Lincoln, had never been used successfully for dramat io material, as Shakespeare used the kings of England, he replied that this was a thing which would surely yet be done in this country, as it has been done in other lands, and that, in any event, it is his purpose to begin the undertak ing. " -- V' y "Is there any manager in New York, " we asked, "who would bring out your tragedy?" . " I do not know, but there is a man ager in Chicago who will bring it out if it suits him. " . "Do you not fear that there would be a storm . of popular reprobation if you should make your chief character re semble the original?" "If there be anything of the kind, or if the work fail to j)rove attractive, it will be withdrawn after the first or sec ond performance. ' But there are in my subjeot such striking elements for a first class stage drama and for a winning one that I shall not think of its failure until after it has failed. " "Would not the relatives of the de ceased statesman object to the work and get out an injunction against its per formance?" . "If such an objection shall be raised by any one entitled to speak with au thority, or after that one has been pres ent at a performance of it, it will be discontinued. The man of my title role has been a subject for painters, sculptors and other artists, and there is no good reason' why he should not be made a subject for dramatio artists. " . After the play writer had expressed the views here reported, The Sun report er asked a theatrical manager as to the prospects of a drama of the kind spoken of. He answered that he did not believe a single respectable manager in New York or anywhere else would bring it out, and that, if brought out in any American city, it would be a flat fail ure. He believed that the execution of the playwriter's ' project would not be tolerated by the theater going communi ty. New York Sun, '.: SENTIMENTAL FLAPDOODLE. An American Family, Including a Dog, Make a Sensation In Paris. An American family in Paris, accord ing to Le Temps, has exoited some no tice in that sensation loving capital by its conduct over the death of a dog. The animal was a great pet in the family, and On his falling ill all. the experts in dog maladies were at once summoned. As. he persistently grew worse, he was taken to an establishment for the care of dogs, a sort of private hospital, and orders given that every attention and effort should be made, to save him. Members of the family called two and three times a day to inquire for Kwik, as the dog was called; but, despite all care, Kwik died, and there was nothing left for the sorrowing family to do but bury him. An undertaker was summon ed and poor Kwik made ready for the grave. An oak casket, fitted into a sec ond pne of lead, was prepared and a grave made in the ' private plot of a friend of Kwik's master at Vancresson. All official red tape was duly complied with, and on the day of the interment the funeral cortege comprised three car riages. The ceremony ended, the undertaker's bill of $90 was duly presented. This Kwik's mourners found so very moder ate that the sum of $40 was added to be divided among the gravediggers.- has been cured In a multitude of cases during the past fifty years by Pal n-KilJer. This potent remedy rubbed vigorously In and around the suffering parts, three times a day, will relieve all stiffness, reduce the swelling, prevent inflammation and kill all pain. The most stubborn cases yield to this treatment when perse vered In. Use it freely. The quantity has been doubled but the price remains the same. PERRY DAVIS & SON PROVIDENCE, R. I. PUT IT OUT. What ft little spark can do is illustrated by the burning down of Chicago, and the modern apparatus for putting out great fires. The spark too enters toe human fam ily with devastating effects, hence we hear of so many deaths by accidents with fire among careless cooks and children. This is another field of operation but a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil is the apparatus to put . 1 I' J. .. f - 1 . I - J J . me lire uut ui me gymem. ucteu uuuuruiiiK to direction it will soothe, heal, cure and leave no ugly scar behind. The healing process gives new surface and kindly does Women as Book Collectors. Book collecting was only taken np by English women when they took up salmon fishing, golf and other masculine vanities. Woman, as a rule, finds that the circulating library serves her turn. If she buys a book, it is commonly a Tauchnitz example, and these she collects, as is believed, chiefly for the pleasure of smuggling. '"Tis her de light on a shiny night," or on any other oc casion, to defraud the revenue. "The prac tical sex" regards a book as a thing to be read and generally read over the fire. Bindings are toasted brown and are in fact mere annoyances to a student of this kind. A book is not the kind of bibelot for which ladies care. They are more at home with the collecting of fans or of porcelain or, sad to say, of book plates a modern vice, a new sin. Mme. de Pompadour, a woman of rare taste, really was a collector, and her three castles decorate some excellent books. Her "Rabelais" not long ago was in a shop In Pall Mall. Mr. Toovey 's collection in Pic cadilly also boasted some rare"specimens. The Rothschilds, among other ruins of em pires, possess many of her books. London Saturday Review. An Eager and a Nipping Wind, A continuous down pour of rain, inclem ent weather, . generally in winter and spring, are unfavorable to all classes of in valids. But warmth and activity infused into the circulation counteracts these in fluences and interpose a defense against them. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, most thorough and effective of stomachics and tonics, not only enriches the bljod, but accelerates its circulation. For a chill, or premonitory symptoms of rheumatism and kidney complaint, particularly preva lent at these seasons, it is the best possible remedy. It is also invaluable for dyspep sia, liver complaint, constipation and ner vousness. Never set out on a winter or spring journey without it. Elder.'y per sons ana the delicate and convalescent are greatly aided by it. , ''Her cheeks are like the red, red rose, - With carmiDe tints imbued; . The only difference is this, The rose can't be renewed. ' KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with 'ess expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to. health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them-and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. enicicEn raising pays if you use the Petalum Incubators ft Brooders. Make money while others are wasting time by old processes. Catalogtelis all about it, and describes every article needed for the, poultry business. The "ERIE" mechanically the best ,wheel. Prettiest model. We are Pacific Coast Asrents. Bicvcle cata- logue, mailed free.gives full description , prices, tc, aoewts wanted, FETALUMA INCUBATOR CO.,Petalnma,Cal. Branch House, 231 S Main St., Los Angeles. DR. GUNN'S IMPROVED LIVER PIUS A MILD PHYSIC. ivt; ptt;t, vfra. a nnR. A movement of the bowola each day is necesefffy for health. These pills supply what the system .lacks to make it regular. They cure Headache, brighten the Eyes, and clear the Complexion better than cosmetics. They neither (Tripe nor Bicken. To convince yon, we will mail simple free, or a full box for 26o. Sola eveiy Wliere, BOSANKO MED. CO,. Philadelphia. F ' FRAZER AXLE CREASE BEST IN THE WORLD. Its wearing Qualities are unsnroassed. aotnallv outlasting two boxes of any other brand. Free irom Animal uus. uu r the ujsmiihis. FOR SAEK BY OKBGON AND -WA8HINGTON MERCHANTS) ana ueaiers generally. N. P. N. TJ. No. 689 - 8. F. N. TJ. No. 866 I 8 jl 48 Page" 11 VSl Illustrated 1 JQ& Catalogue IU I FREE. I f OR CHSLDREN TEETHINQ - J ffOTmttofeircIlUirawgMs. seOeatsalkcMet, I iron Depend upon pure, rich, red, nourishing, strength-giving blood. The nerves derive their sustenance from the blood, and when they are weak it is because they do not re ceive the nourishment needed. The true cure for Nervousness will not be found in opiate or sedative compounds. These only allay the sytnptoms. H 00 d 's S Removes the cause by purifying and enrich ingthe blood, giving to it just those qualities which aredemandedfor the propersupportof the nervous system.Hundreds of women who once suffered from nervousness, write that they have taken Hood 's Sarsaparilla and ner vousness has disappeared. This was because Hood's Sarsaparilfa purified their blood. TJAftTVC DTT T C act harmoniously 1 tlUUU D riLlilO Hood's Sarsaparilla. with 25o. Unless a man loves a woman he does not want her to pet him. - He would rather put arnica on his own tore than have a woman whom he dis likes do it. NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA. The failure of the nerves of the stomach to perform their functions is the cause of nervous dyspepsia, a most exhausting form 01 disease. Ali.cock's Porous Plasters are an excellent remedy.. Senator James P. Pierce, of New York, writes : "For the past two years I have suffered very much from an aggravated form of nervous dyspepsia. I have resorted to various remedial agents, deriving but little benefit. A few months since a friend of mine suggested the trial of Allcoce's Por ous Planters. Following the suggestions, I have been using the same with the hap piest effects To those similarly afflicted let me suggest the manner of their use. I place one over my stompch, one over the hepatic region, and one on my back. The effect is excellent. From the day I com menced their use I have been slowly but surely improving, and am quite confident that by continuing I shall again be restored to my accustomed health." . . Beandketh's Pills cleanse the system. Old Offender Wat yer arrestin' me fer? I hain't done nothin' fer a year. Officer That's the time ye hit it right; the charge is going to be vagrancy. 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Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, reouires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directlv upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, arid giving, the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hun dred Dollars for anv case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Bold by Druggists, 75c. Tet Girmia for breakfast. . Use Enameline stove Polish; no dust, no smell Estab. 1866. COR B ITT & IMPORTERS, SHIPPING and COMMISSION MERCHANTS. I lhernl flvimr mrt nr. or,m consignments of Wheat, Flour, Oats, Wool and Hops. Special imports from China, Japan and In dia: Tea, Coffee, Rice, Matting and Rugs, Spices, Sago, Tapioca, China Nut Oil, etc. From Liv erpool: Liverpool Fine, Coarseand Lump Rock Salt, Chemicals of all kinds, Tinplate, -selected No. 1 returned Wheat Bags, Hop Burlap, Roll Brimstone. Bass Ale. Guinness' Porter. Scotch and Irish Whisky, Brandy and Wines, for sale fn quantities to suit the trade. PORTLAN D, OR. insist on W AflP HAWK SODA iin-pacKajre Costs no more than inferior package soda never spoils the flour, keeps soft, and is uni versally acknowledged purest in the world. Made only by CHURCH & CO., Rev York. Sold by grocers everywhere. write for Arm and Hammer Book of valuable MALARIA! Three doses only. Trv it. HOW TO SAVE MONEY. Buy your GROCERIE3 AND PROVISIONS of ns. goods and deliver free to trains or boats. We buy and sell for spot cash, and sell goods cheaper than any other firm in the country. Send us your name and address, and we will mail you our new price list, which will be out soon. We offer to day : Climax tobacco, 40 cents per sound Dry granulated sugar in 10-lb. sacks for 4 76 I Best coal oil per case...... tl 80 Best brands of flour per barrel 2 15 Arbuckle's coffee per pound '','."'. 22K oeuu us a list 01 wnai you neea, ana we will MARK L. COHN JL CO. 146 SPRAYING COMPOUNDS " My wife suffered many years with va rious troubles, severe headaches, debility, nervousness, indigestion and dyspepsia. She has been treated by different doctors, and tried different remedies, but Hood's Un annnKi lira h aa Hfin o. tyi nra trti h At than anything else. We consider Hood's Sar saparilla a most indispensable medicine a r s a p a r i 1 1 a for family use, and for all disorders caused by torpid liver and impure blood, in fact it is a wonderful health restorer to the whole system. 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