IMPURE BAKING POWDER SEIZED. The New York Board of Health Find It Contain* Alum and HocH, Declare It DangerouH to Health and Dump It Into the Klver. The New York papers report that the Health Department of that city has seized as dangerous to health near ly three tons of cheap mixtures sold for baking powders and dumped them into the offal scow to be destroyed. The stuff was found on sale at a number of department stores, in all cases tho cans were broken open, the powder mixed with sand and carted out to sea. The report of the analysis of the Health Department stated that it was "an alum baking powder" containing alum and pulverized rock. The different health authorities seem to have different ways of repressing the sale of bad baking powders. In England they have prosecuted the gro cers under the general law and broken up the traffic. In Missouri the sale of alum baking powder is actually pro hibited by law. In New York they seize the unwholesome stuff and cast It into the river, without any discus sion. The latter way is certainly ef fective. The alum baking powders are usu ally offered m- a low price, ten to twen ty cents a pouud, or with some prize, as a temptation to the housewife. Consumers can protect themselves by buying only high-grade baking powder of established name and reputation. Do not be tempted by the grocer to take something else as "just as good" or "our own brand," for tho trials show that the grocer himself is often deceived by unscrupulous makers and is selling an alum powder without knowing it. There are several good powders on the market; let the housekeeper insist on having what she knows is right, and not be induced to risk the life of the family for an imaginery saving of a few cents. An International Ice Statue. About twenty people wintered this year on the summit of White Pass, Alaska. As time passed slowly the small community of American and British residents undertook a number of community enterprises. Chief among them was tlie erection on the international boundary of a heroic statue of ice and snow. The statue rises twenty-four feet, and is described by outcoming Klondikers as the joint production of everybody in the com munity. The most interesting feature of its building is the fact that the loyal Americans fashioned that side facing southward to represent Miss Columbia. Not to be outdone, the Britons con verted the side facing northward into a fairly good likeness of John Bull. As the statue ivas built up the snow was sprinkled with water, thus form ing an ice creation which will stand guard on the international boundary until the warm winds of August melt It away. Should the summer be cool the statue will remain position, as snow frequently covers the summit the year round.—San Francisco Chron icle. Two of the four hundred Inscribed clay slabs by the German expedition In the centre of Babylon are said to be "pearls, of Babylonian literature." One of them contains a great part of the celebrated compendium which ex plains the Babylonian cuneiform char acters. CHANGEJF LIFE, Some Sensible Advice to Wo> men by Mrs. E. Sailer. » Deab Mrs. Pi.vkham : —When I puicd through what is known as * change of life,' I had two years' suf fering, sudden heat, and as quick chills would pass over me ; my appetite was variable and I never could tell for ' MRS. President German Relief Association, Los Angeles, Cal. a day at a time how I would feel the next dRV. Five bottles of Lydia E. Pinklmm's Vegetable Compound changed all that, my days became days of health, and I have enjoyed evei*y day •ince—now six years. " We have used considerable of your Vegetable Compound in our charitable work, as we find that to restore a poor mother to health so she can support her self and those dependent upon her, if such there be, is truer charity than to give other aid. You have my hearty endorsement, for you have proven yourself a true friend to suffering wo men."—MßS. E. SAILER, 756% Hill St., Los Angeles, Cal.— s6ooo forfait If akou* t»t- Vm»nlul It not qenuint. No other person can give such helpful advice to women vrho 1 are sick as can Mrs. Plnkham, for bo other has had such great experience—her address is Lynn, Mass., and her advice frc / —if you are «ick write her —you ore foolish if you don't. Ccnnlae stamped CC C. Never sold in balk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "something just as good." LIFE AND* DEATH. So he dies for bis (altb. That Is flne— More than most of us do. But say, can you add to that line That he lived for it too 'i In his death he bore witness at last As a martyr to truth. Did bis life do the same in the past From the days of his youth? It is easy to die. Men have died For a wish or a whim— From bravado or passion or pride. Was it harder for him? But to live—every day to live out All the truth that he dreamt, While hia friends m»t bis conduct with doubt And the world with contempt. Was it thus that he plodded ahead, Never turning aside? Then we'll talk of the life that he led. Never mind how be died. —Conservator. j The Usual Ghost. \ A BY HALE HOWARD RICHARLSON. We were talking about ghosts and psychical phenomena in general when Lithgow volunteered a story. "I don't repudiate the ghost busi ness, boys, but this is my nearest ap proach to an apparition. It was down in Rio " "Then it was lizards," interrupted Gammons, disgustedly. Some one fetched him with a chunk and Lithgow proceeded,— "It was down in Rio just after the rebellion, when the navy bombarded the city. I was there surveying on a projected railroad, and had hired a house on the outskirts of the town. All I needed was a room, but the price asked was so low, and the little gar den with one or two orange and pa paw trees looked so inviting, that I took It. The house was- in bad repair, only one of the rooms down stairs be ing habitable by my standard. The other room was only floored in part, but would do excellently for my pony. "What was upstairs I didn't know, as the steps of the rude stairway had been removed, and the opening above boarded over. The neighborhood seemed respectable, and there was a small barraca opposite with several companies of soldiers. "The first night, strange to say, I slept undisturbed, but may be I was used up from an unusually hard bit of work. I was dimly conscious in the morning of remembering that my horse had been restless during the night, and of having accounted for it by flies. The next day was pretty warm even for May, and the night failed to acquire its accustomed cool ness. I kept awake a long while. Then I noticed an increased restless ness in the pony, and while wondering what I could do for her comfort, some one began stalking in a deliberate fashion across the partly boarded floor. I expected to hear a voice, but my unknown visitor held his tongue, but maintained a mark-time sort of pacing to and fro. "I jumped up without much attempt at silence, ran to the door and flung it open. The moonlight was sufficient to show an empty room, save for the quaking mare. The street door was securely barred, and I closed the win dow shutters, although It seemed im possible that any one could make a speedy exit by them. Then I went to bed again, speculating on the where fore of the intrusion, but soon fell asleep. "However, on the following night the same monotonous and slightly ha rassing pit-pat was resumed. The ghost did not keep schedule time, that is the conventional midnight, but had a great faculty of perceiving the mo ment of my falling asleep. I arose cautiously, pistol In hand, and stood listening by the door. Stamp, stump —a somewhat irregular light and irre gular step was certainly sounding from the other side. I could hear the mare dribbling out her breath as she trem bled. When the footsteps seemed just opposite the door I burst in. "But the pony was all alone. The moonlight streamed in the windows, for it had been too stifling to close the shutters. Daisy kept her head turned with frightened eyes toward a :orner of the room, but there was noth ing there. Somehow I felt loth to lin ger, and after soothing the trembling pony, went back to my room and shut the door carefully. Then I lit the lamp and read and thought and dozed till sleep overcame me altogether. "Feliciano, the lieutenant opposite, said with a shrug of his delicate shoul ders that no one stayed in that casa very long. He wouldn't stay five min utes —alter dark. So I invited one of the boys to the theatre and to stay with me all night. We had hardly blown out the light before the walking began. Donovan started up. " 'Who's your restless neighbor, Lith gow?' "'I don't know. Maybe two of us can find out,' I answered in a whisper. 'You pull open the door and I'll jump In.' "But Donovan wanted the honor of Jumping in, and I readily consented. We listened till Donovan whispered. 'Now let me at him!' and in he sprang. "By George! I hoard him right there. Lithgow, you're got a liarnt. There's been bloody murther! Let me out!' "We didn't sleep much the rest of the night, because Donovan insisted on relating hair-raising ghost stories. I chaffed him into coming again. We made ourselves comfortable in the room with the horse. A game of eu chre passed the time until 11 o'clock, and perhaps we took several swigs of Dutch courage. We blew out the light and lay down. I know 1 felt consider able suspense, reclining there right on the ghost's stamping ground, and Don ovan was breathing heavily. "The suspense lasted long enough tc make us a little sceptical of our appari tion. Donovan turned over with a re lieved grunt, and I relaxed myself foi slumber. Suddenly Daisy gave a little snort and we were wide awake. The stump, stump, of the ghost's footsteps sounded resonantly through the room Donovan groaned; I could not restrain a cold sweat. The step seemed at the very bedside. The moon had gained the zenith and left the room in shad ow. I sat up. " 'D'ye see it?' said Donovan, hoarse ly. "All I could distinguish was Daisy, with head turned toward the cornei she had indicated in her alarm the night before. Indeed now that my at tention was directed the sound did seem to come from there. I the small club I had viciously toward thai quarter. Something intercepted its flight before it reached the wall, and if clattered to the floor in company with something else. "I struck a light and Donovan jumped up. "'By George!' he said. 'The ghost ha 3 dropped his walking stick!' "He gingerly picked up a light bam boo pole about nine feet long. Simul taneously we peered upward; I held the light higher. " 'Shure, he dropped his cane going through that crack,' commented Dono van, Indicating a narrow space between the boards covering the stairway open ing. "We cocked our revolvers. " 'Come down, ye luney spalpeen, commanded Donovan, as brave as a lion now, 'or we fill your foggy carcass with port-holes!' "The boards wore displaced. " 'Don't shoot, senhors! I descend myself,' and a good looking Portuguese dropped through and stood bowing be fore us. "He smiled engagingly, and gave an expressive side glance toward the li quor. He responded quickly to my nod. " 'You see, senhors, our little bom bard had not success. I take chanco and fly, and herein hide myself. You will not betray? No? Ai! My clum sy espiritu alarm you not? Others fled when I tap so. in two, three days. 11a, ha! and Feliciano, my cousin, the lieu tenant, bring provisions. Tomorrow, next day, I think to escape. Your health, senhors!' "And the third night he was gone." "The deuce!" complained Gammons. "I've had a better seance than that myself."—Waverley Magazine. NOVEL OYSTER BEDS. Scorn* to Be Chief Uae of the Fimn> Turkish XHVV. The Turkish navy in 187S retired be hind the bridges up the Golden Horn, and there remained rotting until 1897, the only purpose of the vessels served being to act as mussel and oyster beds, from which the dock yard hands oc casionally got a good feed. The shir* were dismantled, in many cases parts of their engines were used for mer chant vessels, and it Is even said the propellers were taken to the palace to prevent anybody making use of them. When the Greek war broke out, and daily rumors came of the Greek fleet doing immense damage to Turkish seacoast places, a feeling arose that the Turkish navy must be up and do ing, and the sultan also saw that he must make a move. So orders were given for the fleet to get under way. and all the mussels were scraped off, the boilers patched with cement, and the fleet started. Not one of them was seaworthy, but they made a fine show, and the populace was satisfied. Their engines, however, were useless, and their decks so rotten that in some cases they could not carry the weight of the guns. Even when warping themselves out they had to borrow each other's cables, as they were only provided with one each. When they got into the Marmora they did not know what to do, but luckily captured a small coasting steamer, which pilot ed them to the Dardanelles. There several were leaking so badly that they had to be beached, while others went ashore of their own accord, and there they are to this day. Again the sultan thought something should be done, so he entered into a contract with an Italian firm to repair and "re-everything" eight of the war ships at a cost of £1,500,000. But the Italians wanted something to begin with, and after two years £130,000 has been forthcoming. Now the sul tan thinks that his plans will he unre munerative, and he wants to break the contract, supporting his wish with all kinds of excuses. The "Shadow's ' latest proposal Is that the Italian firm should build a new cruiser as compen sation for breaking the contract. Listen to Papa. There is a man who fancies he is at the head of the house. This particu lar man has several small children, and it pleases him to discourse a great deal on the training of th« young. A few days ago he had friends vis iting him. His two little sons began to play about noisily. It is one of his theories that children should obey im plicity, and he wanted his friends to see how ho carried it out in the train ing of his own family. "Johnny," ho said sternly, "stop that nolso instantly." Johnny looked up in surprise, and then grinned a little. "Oh, Freddie." he said to his broth er, as they went on with the noisy romp, "just listen to papa trying to talk like mama!" Travelers in eastern Siberia carry soups in sacks. They are frozen solid as stone, and keep indefinitely. Milk also is frozen and sold by the pound Now York City.—Time was, anil not so very long ago, when it mattered not a bit what the back of a hat was like, so long as the front was be coming. Now tlie back is almost the most important part of it. Perhaps it is in recognition of the truth of what George Eliot says in oue of her novels, SATIN STRAW CHIFFON. "If you want a man to take an interest in you turn your back on him." But whatever the cause, the fact remains. You must consider the back of your hat as well as the front, and give full consideration to its sides. Generally speaking, hats will be low and llat. These effects will prevail in the early spring and for outiugs all through the summer, but the dressy affairs show a strong tendency to lift their brims high on one sida, as in those brilliant days when Marie Antionette sported as a dairymaid at La Petite Trianon. The brims to hats rcll cff the face or droop softly back and front, and are made very soft and fluffy. Grace fully spraying flowers or lace over great, soft rolls of tulle ornament the under Side of these hat-brlrjs as well as the upper parts. Both hats and toques will be worn slightly off the face. Braids are of nil kinds that give a soft smooth or lacy appearance. There are the Tuscan, horsehair, satin, Milan, and the new fancy straws chrysanthemum, which resembles the scrawling, graceful flower, and the car nation pink and milkweed, which also are like the blossoms for which they are named. They are stained in all the pastel colors, so fashionable for gowns, for the hat must still match the gown with which it Is worn. Soft silks, ribbons, laces, flowers and fruit are used in profusion as trim ming, while yards of chiffons and mallnes are tucked and pleated into most beautiful clouds. Many of the most stunning hats have streamers of velvet or Liberty satin ribbon of varying lengths. On some of the large ones pompadour ribbon in huge bow» forms the sole trimming. Except when used as a foundation the heavier laces give way to the lighter for summei millinery. The all-lace or all-chiffoD hats will be a feature of the summei styles. Their outlines harmonize most beautifully with the filmy flufflness that is to be observed in all of Fash ion's creations for this year. Oddly enough there is hardly any thing worth mentioning between these two extremes of "rough and ready" and tho graceful, delicate creations that seem more fitted for well kept gardens than our teeming city streets. How ever, they are in keeping with the fashions in all other things. The trim the trig, the tailor-made look has given way to flowing lines and floating, curl ing ends. It is a rebound from the masculine tendencies to the truly fem inine. It seems as though there nevei was anything one-half so beautifui as the modes of the present day. •Flower-hats are a feature this spring They are so simple any one with a little ingenuity can manufacture one for herself. They are made upon a foundation of silk wire, upon whiefc usually is a thin covering, slightly full, of chiffon or lace. The flowers or leaves are arranged on this, some sc thickly that not a particle of the frame is to be seen, and others showing glimpses of the chiffon beneath. These flowers and foliage form the sole trim ming. Lilacs, small roses, forget-me nots and other small flowers are used for these hats. PEARL GRAY TUCKED CHIFFON. Ostrich feathers will not be seen on any kind cf a summer hat. With the exception of the wings just mentioned, plumage will form no part of the com ing season's millinery. Even these wings will have but a short-lived reign —only until the beginning of the warm weathei. Then soft ribbons, flowers, foliage and lace will be seen exclusive ly. As the season advances brims wiH grow wider and more drooping, to pro tect the wearer from the dazzling rays of tile sun. The trimmings will be> come simpler even though retaining the outlines already given of what will be worn on the head during the nexi few months. In outing and rough weai stitched felts and silks will rival straws, which will offer the peculiar combination ol being stiff, yet soft; rough, and yel smooth. Such a hat as this is possiblj the most satisfactory a woman can have. It is suitable for every occa sion on which a shirt waist can be worn. They are peculiarly shirt waist hats. They stand every kind and con dition of weather and have a jauntinesa all their own. By all means have one of these, whether you have any other tucked away somewhere or not. These are trimmed with folds of soft silk, velvet, wings or coque feathers.— Woman's Home Companion. The reason women read the last chapter of a bcok Crst is because they jump ut conclusions. Half " I first used Ayer's Sarsaparillt in the fall of 1848. Since then I have taken it every spring as a blood - purify ing and nerve strengthening medicine." S. T. Jones, Wichita, Kans. If you feel run down, are easily tired, if your nerves are weak and your "blood is thin, then begin to take the good old stand ard family medicine, Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It's a regular nerve lifter, a perfect blood builder. s).ot ■ bottlt. Alldrauliti. Ask your doctor what he thinks of Ayer't Sar«»p«rlUa. He knows all about thi» grand Lold family medicine Follow hit advice and we will be «atl«ixt.v United States naval vessels are now being constructed. FITS permanently cured. No fltsornervous ness after llrst day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerveßestorer.s2trlal bottle ami treatisefroa Dr. R. 11. KLISE, Ltd.. 'J3I Arch St., Phila., Pa. There is one titled personage to every 100 commoners in Russia. All goods are alike to PUTNAM FADELESS DYES, as tliey color all libers at one boiling. Sold by all druggists There is something wrong with a pie if a small boy refuses a second piece. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump tion has an equal for coughs and colds—JOHN F. 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