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The large amount of Inert matter or
residuum in both the phosphate and alum
powders will be noted. This in the phos-
phate powders is largely of lime; in the
powders 1t is chiefly alum, 1t will be
gratifying to the public to observe that the
powder in most general use, the Royal, is
also the purest. In comparing the first
two powders on the list, for instance-the
Royal and DR.. Price's-the inert mat
ter In Prices is seen to be about five In
seven more then in the former, difference
of II 81 per cent the Royal being purer
than Prices by corresponding figure.
The carbonic or leavening gas produced
by the powder indicates their strength;
and their true value may be ascertained by
considering the amount of this gas In con.
nection with their inert matter or residum
as shown above. The higher the perCen-
tage of gas and the lower the percentage of
residuum the better the baking powder.
These percentages, as found in some of the
most familiar powders, are given as follows;
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and Their they come in and live on two cents
a day and comnete for the profits.

and thep they come in and live on two cents
a day and compete for the profits,
Hearst, by the way, is plain, blunt man,
and his thin frame spac.,ed from his heels to
his crown with good horse sense. He came
from Missouri originally, and toughened his
muscles by holding the plow as a boy. At 80
he went TO California and worked in the
mines, and his mills have given regular en-
ployment to 1000 men, and his quartz mills
have crushed 200 tons of ore a day lie is
now worth 81 100000, and he owns II paper
in San Francisco. of which his son is the
editor. This millionaire California senator is
as straight rs string, if not straighter, and
he is almost as thin rs Malone, though much
taller. He has brave, bright eye, and his
whiskers and hair are all gray. He is plain
in his tastes, though he lives like a lord, and
his wife entertains like queen. His house
here, on Massachusetts avenue, has library
finished in mahogany, and Hearst's stomach,
which for the first twenty-five years of his
life spent the most of its time in grinding
hog and hominy, now grinds up for muscle
and bone terrapin and champagne.
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BAKING POWDERS.
Official Tests by the Ohio State
Food Commission.
Analysis of the Chief Brands OF the Coun-
try-Their Strength and Value
Ascertained.

Analysis of the Chief Brands OF the Coun.
try-Their Strength and Value
Ascertained.
The Ohio State Dairy and Food Com
mission, under the direction of the Legis-
lature of that State, has made public the
result Of Its recent official examination of
the baking powders Of the market As
many of the brands analysed are In use
throughout the country, the report of the
Commission will be found of general in
terest.
The startling fact is brought out by the
report that of the thirty different brands of
baking powder analysed, twenty are made
from alum, a substance declared by the
highest medical authorities to be injurious
to health when used In food.
The Commission classify the baking
powders into three general divisions &C
cording to their value;
LIST, Cream of 1arter Baking Powders
I'd. Phosphate Baking Powders;
Sd. Alum Baking Powders.
The Commission explains that the best
baking powder is that which, the ingredi.
ents being healthful, gives of the largest
amount of leavening gas and leaves the
smallest amount of residuum in the bread
A small amount of carbonate of ammonia,
which is considered healthful, is used in
some of the cream of tartar powders TO give
them a higher strength. The Commission
says that alum is undoubtedly hurtful
salt, The report ranks the powders and
shows the amount in each of inert result
ants, which in using 1t would appear as
residuum In the bread as follows:
Per cent. inert
Name. of Residuum
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female college, Of
which her father,
the Rev. W. H.
Glider, was presi-
dent. At 10 her
schooling en- de d
Since then she has
labored incessantly
at literary work.
She has been a re-
porter, a dramatic
critic, a book re-
viewer, an esSayist
and q correspond
emit at different
times, and in all
has brought an en-
thusiasm to her
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-25

He is good after dim fff' "F""'
ner speaker, and his tales go the round Of the
press. At one time while governor, he was
riding through the woods of North Carolina,
when he was overtaken by stranger, and
the two began to converse together.
II have been down to Raleigh" said the
stranger.
"Ah, indeed said Vance.
"Yes," was the reply, land went there to
see the governor"
"Did you see himm asked Vance.
"No He was absent from the city. But
called at the governors house, and | saw his
wife, and, let me tell you, stranger, she is one
of the prettiest women l ever laid eyes on!"
"Indeedl" said Vance; 81 am of the same
opinion, and / know her very well. hope
you kissed her before you left her!'
"What do you mean, sirf' replied the
stranger Indignantly.
II asked" said Vance, "if you did not kiss
her. always kiss her when meet her, and
her kisses are mighty sweet, / can tell youl"
The wayback stranger looked at Vance
very much as though he thought he was a
liar, and he was more surprised when Vance
laughingly told him that he was the governor,
and that, as a good husband and lover, he
always affectionately saluted his wife when
he met her.
Senator Vance may not thank me for tell
ing this story, but l am assured by good
North Carolina authority that it is a true
one.
Vance stands well here in congress, and
there is little Of that quality in him which is
expressed in the name of the North Carolina
county in which he was born. He first saw
light in county called Buncombe, and he
is now 81 years old. He is well educated,
good lawyer, has been three times governor
of North Carolina, and he is a Democrat
with a capital d. THOMAS J. TODD
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Per Cent of Per Cent OF
T,eaypninp Gas Reaidnum.

With the foregoing explanation the
study of these figures will readily give con.
sumers knowledge of the comparative
value of the different brands. To illustrate
with the percentages given the two pow,
ders before compared the Royal contain,
ing 11S parts of ieavening gas to 1916 in
or 12 A per cent. Royal is therefore 1874
per cent stronger, as we'll as II per cent
purer than Price's etc. The relatives
strength and purity of all the powders can
be computed In like manner.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-25

Hearst is largely interested in lands in
Mexico, and it is said that he has a ranch Of
5000 acres in southern California. He is
said to be an expert in mining property, and
he can tell n good mining region at a glance.
Mrs. Hearst is one of the most accomplished
of Washington society ladies. She is little
above the medium height, and her dainty
form is well rounded. Her eyes are blue and
her wavy hair is dark iron gray. 1t was she
who furnished this magnificent house Of
Hearst's here in Washington. She chose the
tints for the walls, and she brought here some
of the finest rugs from her San Francisco
home Some of her furniture is elegantly
carved, and she has an Indian cabinet made
of Indian woods, the work of which is as
finely cut out as so much old lace.
All the Californians are remarkably free
handed, and both Hearst and Stanford are
generous
German, who is talking with Hearst, is a
man who has made money out Of politics by
wise investment of the savings of his salary
He trotted about this same chamber as a
page, and old statesmen remember him as
diplomatic and obliging little fellow, who
kept keen eye out for the autograph al
buns, and who knew good thing when he
saw it-and took it. Germans hair is gray,
though he is still under so, and he entered
the senate at A. He and President Cleve-
land are very close together though Cor
mans ideas of civil service are not the same
as those of the president. He has gotten,
perhaps, more appointments for Maryland
than any other senator representing state
which has anything like the same population,
and he holds a high position among the
Maryland Democracy.
Senator German has big farm near Wash
ington, across the Maryland line, and he
lives well in the city. His wife is one of the
bright ladies of Washington society, and she
was widow when he married her. German
likes fine stock, and he is one of the farmers
who, l am told, make their business pay.
He is fond of athletic sports, and he was at
one time the president of baseball organiza-
ton. He is one Of the fine looking senator's,
tall and we'll formed, his face is smooth one
of the style of the old statesmen Of colonial
days, and it can smile and smile, and smile
again upon occasion. German makes a very
fair speech, and he is not bad man on COM
mittees.
Senator Wilson, of Maryland, does not
weigh half as much as German, and he is
older His hair is as white as the driven
snow, and his face, smoothly shaven, is as
rosy as that of an Irish girl. He is a lawyer,
and he represented Maryland in congress for
some years before he came to the senate.
Zeb Vance is sitting near German. Mr..
Vance comes from North Carolina. He
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-25

Senator Blair is of Scotch-Irish descent,
and his ancestors came from Londonderry,
Ireland, and settled in Londonderry, N. III.
Blair was little red headed boy, and he says
that he was much troubled when the boys
told him that he had evidently been out in
the dew, for his hair had grown rusty. He
got an academic education and studied law.
He had been practicing only about year
when the war broke out, and he served in the
Union army as lieutenant colonel. After he
left the army at the close of the war he be-
came a member of his state legislature, and
he has been in politics pretty much Of the
time since then. He is noted as a high toned,
moral statesman, who has a proverb for
every act Of his life, md who hates whisky as
the devil hates holy water.
Blair is now So years old, and, as he takes
good care of himself, there is no reason why
he should not live to the age of Bancroft
His wife is the daughter of the chaplain Of
Frank Pierce's Mexican War regiment, and
she is noted for her charitable work.
Blair can hold the floor longer than any
other man in the senate, and he talks at
times as though his tongue was run by per-
petual motion machine.
The most of the senators are long speakers
and not a few of them are very prosy ones.
They drone out their words in sing song
tones, and their orations read better than
they sound believe that oratory is on the
decline in the United States senate, and the
conversational tone is being more and more
adopted year after year.
A man who figures very often in the con-
gressional record is Senator Morgan, of Ala
hama, who has n wide fund Of information
on almost every subject, and who is seldom
averse to giving his views to the public. Nor
gan is tall, straight and fine looking. His
face is bold, open one, and his hair is of
silver. He has silvery mustache and
white eyebrows, and he generally talks in
specs. He is just ten years older than Blair,
and he is Tennessean by birth. He entered
the Confederate army as private and came
out a brigadier general, and he is good law
yer as well as statesman. He is dyed-in-
the-wool Democrat, and I doubt not that he
thinks at heart that his party ought to have
the offices He stands well at the White
House, and he is generally looked upon as
man of both brains and influence. He lives
near the Capitol, and what he cannot tell you
about Alabama is hardly worth knowing.
He is not SO rich a man as Pugh, who lives in
the fashionable northwest, but think he is
more of student
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-25
A FAMOUS FAMILY.
RICHARD WATSON GLIDER, HIS SIS
TER AND HIS BROTHERS.
4 Magazine Editor Who Has Won Sig
nal Success, Daring and Intrepid
Traveller and Brilliant Writer, and the
Editors of ~ Critical journal.
Special Correspondence. |

New YORK, Feb. l3.-There are few liter
airy characters in America more unobtrusive
in personality than Richard Watson Glider,
the editor of The Century, He is content to
remain the imam behind the book" and
takes more pains in editing number Of the
magazine than in publishing one of his own
clever little volumes. This is the reason
why The Century has become the most
widely read of all modern American periodi-
Gals, and also why Mr.. Glider is not better
known as an author He has no time for in
dividual effort, From 10 o'clock in the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-25

The reason Americans cannot compete
in more manufactures with foreigners Is
because in this country raw material is
taxed, while no other country on the face
Of the earth taxes 1t. Let the tax be taken
off raw material and America Ingenuity
and skill will outstrip the world in most
desirable directions; and labor will bring
better recompeuse-Elm Gdzette.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-25
SENATORIAL SKETCHES.
SOME or THE LEADING STATES
MEN AT THE CAPITAL.
A Look ut Blair and Hia Educational
scheme-uow Morgan, of Alabama,
Stands at the Capitai-senator Hearst's
WeaIth-Gorman and Vance.
Special Correspondence.l

lSptcial toTItspOnuence'l
WASHINGTON, Feb. l3.-The Chinese lega-
ton is now celebrating tho Chinese New
Years, and Chang Yen Hoon and his suite
have held ceremonies for several days. Their
New Years came on Sunday this year, and
IL was on the 18th Of February. The New
Years season was opened by grand ball,
aud they will take holiday for some time
10 come. The New Years holidays of China
last from four to fifteen days, and at this
time all people in authority bold receptions
for their subordnates. The Chinese legation
is becoming very much more sociable at
Washington, and the almond eyed, orange
skinned men in silk gowns are seen more,
perhaps, than any other members of the dip
lomatic circle They call everywhere, and
you will see them at every big reception and
dinner They do not talk much English, but
they wear perpetual smiles on their Celestial
faces.
In the meantime the same old grind goes
along in the senate, and we have heard a
great deal of Senator Blair, Of New Hamp-
shire. He has during this session occupied
more time with his educational bill than
any other senator on the Republican side OF
the chamber, and this bill is indeed part OF
his house, and seems to eat, drink and sleep
education. When he spoke upon it in the
senate he piled his desk high with documents,
and it was for long time made Especial
order" 1t appropriates millions, and Blair
believes in the thorough education of the
masses.
Blair is curious fellow. Straight, tall
and brown haired, he has a strawberry
blonde complexion, with a sandy beard and
blue eyes, He is not great speaker, but he
always deals with great questions, and he has
been connected with many of the largest
measures for the disposition of the surplus
that have come before congress. He had
once, it is said scheme for canal from
Hudson bay to the Gulf of Mexico, via the
Mississippi river, and he is noted as n tenn
perance advocate, great friend of the In
dams and as being in favor of "woman's
vights.r
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-25
SENATOR MORGAN.

am writing this letter in the press gallery
of the senate, and see George Hearst back
there on the floor, with his hands in his peck
cts, talking to German. Hearst, like all the
Californians, is against the Chinese, and
there is not a senator or member in congress
who does not want the Chinese excluded
from the country. Charley FELTON,, the mil
honaire representative of the house, has
bill absolutely excluding them, and Stanford
thinks much the same as he does FELTON,
says that the Chinese are the blood suckers
of other civilizations, that they have no colo
nizing or progressive ideas themselves, but
that they are willing to let other nations
break Up new country and do all the werk.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-25

What has Mr.. Lowell done TO excite the
ire Of the Republican party? The head
and front of his offending hath this extent
he has spoken we'll of MI. Cleveland at
meeting called to indorse Mr., Cleveland's
message, and he has advocated reduction
of war-tarif taxation Washington Post.
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work winch has insured Success. At the
present time she is associated with her
brother, Joseph B. Glider, in editing The
Critic.
Here is a unique and remarkable publica-
ton. It claims TO be a weekly review of
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-20
cent per mile, and it is doing its freight busi-

cent per mile, and it is doing it's freight busi- ness at very low figure.
 MT. Beach had another inquiry to make. In substance he wanted to know if the sink ing of the Harlem road at the point where the Consolidated road ran upon that line into New York was an expense that the Consois dated road would have to bear 6 share of. 'sNo part of that expense" responded President Clark, "is chargeable to us. At Williams Bridge, where the two roads meet, I is rather dangerous point and there are ne- gotiations in progresa with view to erecting bridge to make it impossible for 6 collision to occur there between the two lines. There may be some expense to us for that bridge, but it will not be large.
 ''That annual rental which we have to pay the Harlem road is excessive. It would
 seem to have reached the limit. Of course ! it is impossible to say whether we will have ! to pay any more for rent in the future.' , \ This completed the meetings business. | A very remarkable thing about the meet | ing, so all the stockholders seemed to agree | was the silence of Mir. Goodwin of Hartford | who still retains his ten shares of stock \ Everybody marvelled. After the meeting | adjourned, MT. Goodwin being asked the reason, said he was tired of talking in the meetings to be ridiculed therefore, and
 should maintain 8 policy of "masterly in | activity" at the meetings. He should main
 | tain his position of surveillance over tho
 roads affairs and his talking elsewhere wher \ it would be heard to more advantage.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-20

List of patents issued from the U. s. Patent of flee for the week ending Dec 16 1888, for the State of Connecticut furnishedus from the office of John E. Earle. solicitor of patents. New Haven, Conn: H. B. Baker, Plainville, coat and hat hook. s. Beers, Danbury, whif1etree coupling. W. B. Briggs Bridgeport, oarlock.
 G. J. Capewell, Cheshire, nail extractor. J. T. Case Bristol, steam engine.
 Same, assignor to J. T. Case Engine Co.,, New Britain, double-acting steam engine.
 E. A. Harris, Norwich, Breech-loading 1rearm. w. T. Hopson, New London, boiler.
 S. Ingereon, Stamford, assignor to Pond West & Simons, hood for life line projecties.
 W. W. Ives, assignor one half to G. F. Bard, Nor wich, display frame.
 J. Lathrop, Norwich. weather strip.
 D. M. Lester, Norwich, mechanical movement Same, envelope machiue.
 O. J, Luce, Mantle, strap connections J. M Morrow, Morrow, machine for overwhelming edges of fabrics
 Same, overseaming fabrics.
 c. M. Platt, assignor to Patent Button Co.,, Wa terbury, rivet setting machiue-two patents. F. Rhind, assignor half to E. Miller & Co.,, Meriden, hanging lamp.
 A. M White assignor to Patent Button Co.,, Wa terbury, rivet setting machine.
 S. s. Williams, assignor to T. P. Taylor, Bridge port, garment stay.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-20
WEST HAVEN.

Sanctuary Chapter Entertainment
 Tuesday Afternoon and Even1nG-A
 Good Attendance in the Evening.
 The entertainment in Wsdsworth hall, West Haven, Tuesday afternoon and even~ ing, under the auspices of Sanctuary chap ter, composed of the lady members of Christ Episcopal church, was success, both fnan- sially and socially.
 A brief visit in the evening by the COURIER representative was somewhat late to get a view of the large and almost life-size doll babies that were on exhibition and had been sold. The entertainment might have been called a fair. To the left of the platform, on the wall, hung a sketch drawn by the Rev. Mir. Whitney, of ship, and underneath the words, "Pinafore Sea View" Directly un- der this sketch, on the platform, was Sayin Rock in miniature, also contributed by Rev. Nr. Whitney. Both the sketch and Savin Rock attracted considerable attention.
 Next to Savin Rock was the sailor depart. meRt. Full-risged ships and cutters were on exhibition, all manned by doll sailor boys. The fleet had been very much reduced during the afternoon, as buyers were numer- of the entertainment. The dolls, however, resembled sailors, and as little miss by the reporter phrased it, "Were just too cute for anything"
 The bridal reception department had but very few brides left. The remaining ones were elegantly dressed in silks and satins, and apparently unconcerned as to their flu ture welfare.
 The hospital department was constantly surrounded by visitors. Doll infants were there, both white and black, and were being attended to by physicians and sisters of char 1ty, under whose careful attention the whole of dolldom was restored to health before the evening closed, and sold for the benefit of fortunate young misses for Christmas pres ant
 Ice cream and cake, chocolate and coffee were sold in abundance. Piano music was interapersed during the evening. The price of admission was ten cents, and she net re- ceipts were greatly in excess of what the la- dies expected. The officers are:
 President, Mrs. Rev. J. D. whitney; vice president, Miss H. Heitman; secretary, Miss Lizzie Hine; treasurer, Miss Lulu Peck.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-20
SOuahtnRson.

Dec. 19 -Supt. Rollin Neals, of the F., s. and W. Co.,, is i'll with an attack of fever.
 The civil suit of Yeomans vs. Sullivan was decided in favor of Yeomans.
 TrumbulI post is preparing to give course of lectures, including ''The Army Mule" by Rev. l. N. Foster, and with Sheridan In the Shenandoah" by Judge Augustus Fenn. Money is wanted for the relief fund, and a committee is obtaining names of subscribers to the course.
 MT. Frank Rachon who has been ill with typhoid fever, is convalescent.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-20
6UIuaIy T.
 court Notes.
STATE CoRREsPONDENCE.
GuNlfoFd.

NOT DKACoN-A REMOVAL TO HAYDEN.
 December 1s.-The newspapers persist in calling MT. John S. Starr deacon, notwith- standing he never held that office, but it is undoubtedly true that he had more money than some others had.
 Mir H. E. Collins is closing out his busi- meas in Guilford preparatory to occupying a shop in Hamden, by which Guilford loses and Hamden gets 6 blacksmith who is thor oughly fitted for his business.
 St. Albans lodge No. 30, F. & A. M., held its annual meeting last Monday night and elected s. W. LAndop W. M., L. I. Ander- son S. w., George B. Norton J. w, George s. Davis treas, and A. B. Palmer sectretary, the last two re-elections.
 "A hop" is announced for Christmas night at Music Hall under the management of Carev's erchestrA