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
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