I Royal Baking Powder Leads All. From actual analysis made by me, I pronounce the Royal I.akiiij; Powder to be the Strongest and Purest Unking Powder before the public. It is entirely free from alum ami other additions injurious to health, Pm. Cktmi'liy, Cohife of f'hjumnf lrf I, i'liivmilr of Ciiuniij. All other baking powders are shown by analysis to contain alum, lime or ammonia. A CLEVER 6WINDLER. A Frenchman Wearing th Itnsette of tha Legion of Honor a Hharp Scoundrel. A really clever tliiof is engaged just now in robliins people iu Paris who no ess securitio payable to bearer. His plan is to do a little bntrfness with some of the Parisian banks in order that he nay have an excuse for hanging about the counters. He then watches the bank's customers, especially ladies, and when he sees ono of them receive from the clerks any bonds or other scrip to bearer he quietly makes a note of the person's name and the numbers on the documents. Having ascertained the ad dress of his proposed victim, he calls there later in the day or early the next morning, and representing that he is a clerk from the bank, asks for the securi ties, alleging that there is some little in formality in them that has to be recti fied. As he is armed with the numbers, in nine cases out of ten the customer gives up the documents quite unsuspect ingly. So far this ingenious swindler has eluded all efforts to detect him. He is described as a gentlemanly looking man, who wears the rosette of an "officer" of the Legion of Honor, the little bit of ribbon of a plain "chevalier" apparently being thought not sufficiently imposing now that such decorations are so plenti ful. London Daily News. tf It Last Penolng Lesson. A dispatch from Lyons announces that a sad accident has occurred nt the Mili tary Medical school there. M. Jourdun, who was just about to take one of the highest medical degrees in the school, - was having a fencing lesson from the maitre d'armes, when during a vigorous attack by the pupil a short piece broke off the end of the master's foil. M. Jourdan, who was making a lunge, liter ally spitted himself on the blade. He went up stairs to his room, fell on the bed and died in about an hour, in spite of all efforts to save him. No blame is attached to the fencing master, as the accident could not have happened but for the violence of his pupil's attack. M. Jourdan took the first prize for fenc ing last year and was training for a coming, assault at arms. Foreign Ex change. BICYCLE8. Swift, T.tght, Strong, Reliable ami Beau tiful. A live agent wantrd In every city and town In Ore. gon.WaslilnKton and IdHhn. fiend for catalogue and terras. FRED I. MERRILL CYCLE CO., 887 Washington St., Portland, Or. I 00" TAKE IT '""""aw r Oregon Blood Purifier kCURCS KIDNEY, LIVER DISEASES. DYSPEPSIA, I XPIMPLES.BLOTCHES AND SKI" UI5LA5LS I sJHE:ADACrlt CQSTIVENESS in Onlv the beat do it. There Is oulvone best. The beit brand! of HKI.TIMI ninl HOSE are Maltese (noss and Krd Hlnp Belting Hiid Maltese Cross, Klagcwiiuilanil Wa labnut Steam and Water Hose, They have stnod the text since lK,r5. Krery le gth is guaranteed. Demand litem ol your dealer. Co. Established I8R5. Portland, Or. And OOPHKKS Totally Exterminated by WHEELER'S CARBON BISULPHIDE. F. A. Cook Co.. Sole Agents, Portland. Blood should be rich to nourish. Depleted blood means a pale face and Anaemia. Scott's Emulsion the cream of Cod-Ilver Oil, enriches the blood, restores a healthy color, cures Anaemia and tones up the system. Physicians, the world over, endorse it. Don't be deceived fcf Substitutes! Prepare a nnn K. Y A'lDrortlsU INSIST ON HAVING THa Belting, Packing and Hose, Boots and Shoes, Rubber and Oil Clothing, Druggists' Rubber Goods, AJTCTACTCaCD IT ' Goodyear Robber Co, 7a ! T First St., Fortlaad, Or. Writ for cataksrua raaa. Rambler A SGNIRRELS Printed man Ink. Agents. with Jaeneeke-t'H-PALMER 1 REY, i THAT WONDERFUL DIAMOND. It la the Largest liver Known ami la Wnrlli A.UOU.IIUD lloiir It Wae Pound. Captain Julius Andi-nom of the firm of Wcstergiiiird & Co., shipbrokers of this city, was the center of a group of curious ones recently as ho carefully opened a box which had been mailed to him all the way from Ciijie Town. As he unfolded layer of pns-r wrappings everybody was on the (pit vive, and at last he triumphantly displayed n plaster cast of the newly discovered Excelsior diamond, the largest known in the world. The discovery of the monster diamond in the Jagersfimteiti mine was made on the evening of Juno !IU lust. Captain Ed ward Jorgimsoiin, tho superintendent of the mine, who is a son-in-law of Captain Anderson, was just quitting work after seeing the men out of thediggingswhen suddeAly a bright lump attracted him, and he stooped to pick it up. Atthosame timo a native Uasut truck driver saw It and grabbed it. Captain Jorgimsoiin told the native to tnko it to Malinger Gilford. That gentleman pronounced it a diamond of the first water and worth about 000,000. It was a curious fact and much commented on that a firm, Messrs. Brcit- meyer& Bernheimer, had just contracted with the company to tako over all its finds for one mouth nt a certain price, and the very first find on their contract was the Excelsior. Extraordinary precautions were takun in transporting it to tlm couch. A troop of the Sixteenth lancers escorted it to Cape Town, where it was transferred to the gunboat Antcloe, and is now de posited in tho Hunk of England. Tho British government lias offered i'300,000 for it, which has been declined. The Chicago World's fair commissioners woro very anxious to get tho giant bit of costly carbon, and offered to insuro it to the extent of f l.olW.OOO, but the proprietors were obdurate and would not let the stouo cross the ocean. The stone is white, with a bluish tinge, and reflects nil the colors of the rainbow. It measures 3 inches in length, 2( inches in its broadest part, and weighs 071 carats, or ?J ounces avoirdupois, The only flaw is a small black spot right in the centre. This, however, cun easily be cut out. The Emperor of Germany is said to be negotiating for its purchase, Philadelphia Times. SWEET PROSPERITY. Where 1,000,000 I'ounda of Sugar la Made Per V eck and i:rry body la llny. A Napoleonville correspondent of the New Orleans Tiuies-Di'inucnit writes iu follows: The wentlier in nil tlmt coultl beile- sireil, and rime cutting mill Ki"'iliiif nre. further advwiced tliun luive ever been known. The yield is excellent nnd the extraction fur above anything on record. Mr. L. Godehnnx s l.lni Hall refinery barreled tip 1,(hH),(HiO tioimds of sugar tho past week, tho production of seven days' Hi'iinline;. About 1)00 tons of cane per day pnssen tlinuiKh the reliefs, 4(1, 000 pounds of irriinnliited xitirnr falls from the vacuum pans every six hours, and under the Hkillful maiiageiiieut of Mr. Eddie Uodchaux there is no letup in this vast nirureiMtioiinf machinery, not for a minute. With 500 men under his supervision not one herniates, but all know their duty ami do it by some kind of instinct, as it were. During the day 100 wagons feed tho maw of this mounter mill with cane, and at night BOO curs are pulled in with 1,000 tons of cane to appease the ever crying call for more cane. About eight miles of railway are required to handle this vast crop. A Baldwin locomotive will take the pi are of initio propulsion in a few days. Yet with all this imiiieimo acreage and nil this cano to handle the indomitable enterprise of tho malinger has led to tho incorporation of about iJOO acres moro new laud, and even now ran be heard the terrifio blasts of dynamite operating with fatal elfects on the stumps that block the progress of the plow. If any one were to mention the fact that this country was now in tho throes of a great financial panic that is, in this section ho would be scut to an asylum for safe keeping. Times were never bet ter, ami altogether prosperity is on top, and everybody is happy. A Tliorn In Ills Knee. When a boy 17 years of nge, in the year 1S50, V. Newell, who now resides beyond Nichols' ranch nnd is now over 60 years of age, was out hunting and ran in bis knee what.be supposed was a thorn. It broke on so deep in the knee that tho wound closed up, nnd all search failed to locate it. Mr. Newell finally concluded tlmt he was mistaken, ami ev erybody told him bis troubles were caused by rheumatism. Uf late the old gentleman's knee got to be so bad that he bad it lauced several times and was treated for rheumatism. A few days ago the thorn worked its way out and was found to be half an inch in length. Mr. Newell says nfter suffering untold misery for 4;l years ho now feels easier with tho thorn in a lit tle bottle instead of in his knee. General Mi-hles' Proxy Vote. A crutch voted fur llu Chinese bill re cently. It was carried dowu the aisle. by a page and passed between the tell ers, counting "one inure in the nihma- tive, Mr. Speaker." The crutch was the proxy of lieueral Daniel K. Sickles, who tat in his seat and smiled as he saw how he could save himself much trouble in the future. St. Louis Ulolw-Democrat. A Navlpalila llalloon. A cablegram snys that the Russian military commission has completed sat isfactory tests of the navigable balloon kt Warsaw. It is made on the Tred system. It rose against strong atmos pheric pressure, was steered successfully gainst the wind, was propelled in any desired direction and descended without releasing gas. TO CALIFORNIA. "It Is nanus and It's liaine. And II la liauia I fain wmiM ha." Oh. for I lie ala-hl of a n. minimis. Wlli Ha branch" real and Itsfrosiy !, lit Oh, for Ilia shads ul a dark mudrone, Villi ay tilnasmna Ha li-aies ontweenl Oli, fur Ibe liflit of a wlilla Hlerra, Or uudiilant ave uf a rulllnn ,lalul Oh, for one view of Ilia broad I'aclfle, Or Ilia roundrd lilllaof Ilia liiwcwat chain! Oli, for one breaih of Hie Iwlni) pine brveiu That softly full from Hie mountains almve! Oh, for Ilia cool of Ilia futf l evrnliiit, NeallliiV Ioh d llkv a liruodluif il'ivul Oh. fur one hour Is-.lile Ilia orrau, That elilx and flows lliroiiifli ll:e OoMeo (late! Ok, for a ,lare on culm I -one uiouulaln. To lumber In lien tliedny grows Intel Oh, for a ilulit of the luarluua vi-rdurcl And, oil, fur Ibe lovely flutters llml grow! Oli, for a nwl ami mi hour's fnrifi lllng of all of tbuoilii-r Uii'l. I know! Oh, give nie our lunir In 'iillfnrnlul Twnllld eyrie lliiiflu-r liimlxilltwelllh. Oil, let nni once feel tier sklrs o'cr.liiule mel Years, year I would iilvr for but Just one dayl OI.IVK II (Kl-Klt. POOR Ml!. rKNIillYX. It was tin-height of llichciiwui llintls, It wna becoming luoro anil Inure diflieillt to secure a m-coiid piece of pie. The tuble lit, Ijiwlon'a had never la-en what yon would call generous, mid t be elderly people, to whom no uiiiotiiit of leiuiU or ilog cart could ciinipcnwiiu fur any luck In dinner, were grumbling iercepi ilily. OKI .Mr. I'oxwood Indeed wiih heard In mutter ono afternoon Hint he Inul serious thoughts of going down t" h" ity merely In get a rcgiihir dinner, nnd uln-n asked where he should expect to Hud it murmured trtily thut there were phiees where tliey had to t.iiire the circle, mid knew hoiv to give j on a wpmru meal if ymi paid litem a round sum. "I'm going buck to Ivianko In Septem ber," he added, 'it was terribly hot tl.cro In July, and 1 hadn't a particle of appetite; but they set it splendid table." "C'nn'texM ct everything anywhere, Mr. Koxwwal," remarked Vuii Ktten cheer fully. "Here you have ti it appetite and nt Kiasko you had something to eat." To which .Miss Dclilois milled grim lummeiit to the effect that It might lien good thing occasionally for a high liver to ! bsohliucd to diet for awhile. j "Yea, Mr. Kitxwnod," wild Vim Klten blithely, "much lictter di-ct tliun die eat-' Ing." i "Don't think so. If I knew smoking' would shorten my life ten years, I'll goon ' smoking ami die earlier." "Hut it is such n pity," murmured Miss PeliloiH, "for men to hca slave toany tiling, oven to ten." "Is thut the reusoii why you never tnkc any, Miss Debloisf Then It seems to me you nre a kind of slave, too; you are a slave to not taking ten. And sjicakliig uf tea, what is the matter with this coffccF" "It's Hie cup," said Mnstersnii Flower .-hilutivcly. "I should us soon think of trying to drink overs htonu wall." "No, It's the way It Is browned. The unoducsH of cuiTee is all a mat ter of brown ing. Anybody can make good colTee after it is brontieil carefully." "Yes," sighed Van Ktten. "Such a pity the KroH-iiIng clubs ilon't tnko up this practical laaiieli of llieirni-t. Hut the young people were perfectly sat islied. There was tennis. There were lovely woods, with drives and walks through them. Occasionally some youth w ould complain of a toodevoted chaperon, who insisted on accompanying tho pair through the woods, and effectually pre venting any conversation except about the scenery; but he was always assured by Van Ktten that it was n good sicji when a chaperon took such Interest in the "pros pects." A small "park" hud been laid out with great exactness and very green sod ding in front of the house, ho that invalids ij'uild tnko their constitutionals comfort ably within range; hut the landlord feared he had made a mistake when the park belug a perfect stpiai-e tho worst of tho Invalids complained that be knew he was losing strength, because when he came he could walk quite around the entire square, but lately, as soon as lie got half around, he hail to turn and come back. However, the young people who were lul invalids were in ecslnoies. There were picnics and excursion ami walking par ties ami moonlight, drives, when Mr. Fox wood, surveying the start from the piazza nnd gazing at the bright young faces, would remark cynically, "Good heavens! one would think you were Htnrting out on A party of pleasure!" The natives of the vicinity olYcred unique entertainment in the local color of their speech and opinions. It wna seldom that an excursion returned without some bonmols from a rustic to carry back for a dinner anecdote during the city winter. It wna thought Van Kt ten had aecttred rather Hie cream of these, when lie came across a nat ive stonecutter whose ill reet business was the making ol gravestones. He hail gravely assured Van Ktten that he thought of changing his profession anil going to the ciiy. "The trouble with niniic incuts," he explained, "in that yer can't never securu any one niuti fur a regerlar customer!'' Yes, the young people were happy. For there were piazzas ami ibmciiig a; I col lege snugs, la mill it inn to the woods and the tennis; and then there was Arthur IVnrbyn. Arthur IVurhyn was young, lie was handsome, ho was rich, ho was aristocrat-! le, he was devoted. True, he was also! married; hut his wife hud left in July to take care of a sick friend in the city, and ! Mr. l'ciii'liyn, in her absence, did not j mope. Moreover, he had a dogcart, "Yes, i it was rather n nice all'air," be used to con fess wll li pride; "I'm not too proud to go! without a dogcart, hut. 1 am too proud to have a shabby one." And ho never drove j out alone; some one was always invited to i .share t he drive. Moreover, lie was a enpi tal tenuis player, a good talker, a rather remarkable musician and n tlinroTighly lino fellow. In other words he was, in summer hotel parlance, "ready for any Ihlng." There were those, including Miss I)e hlois, w ho thought lie was too ready, ami that if poor Mrs. IViirliyn knew, she would shorten her iniuist rat ions to her in-1 valid friend. Nothing more definite waa ever brought up against him than that ho stenied to ho "sarrying on." He was not guilty of pronounced devotion to any one of , the fair belles. Knell hail her turn ill thr j dogcart, and there came a day when Mis ; Dc hlois herself was subjected to a painful decision between maintaining a just con 1 sisteucy nnd going to drive with Mr. I'eli iVyn herself. j After much reflect inu she decided that t'ev long, quiet drive would give her ur. excellent opp.irtuniiy to sow good seed la Mr, i'-ehinj ns absence, So she went ami sowed, hut the only harvest sliereapcu w;w n secoi:.! invitation when her lure cume around again, after a Kisxlly number of pretty girls had lieru content to go tn drive without sowing, but flic sowed was not known; nnd it was probably the linperccptibility of any particular harvest luut led her lo accept the second Invita tion to herself, and so apparently to en courage the delightful Art bur in "carry ing on." "Is your w ife coming loduvf" she asked primly at the breakfast table one morn ing, when a date lb;. t she bail heard men tinned had come around w ith the wbirli pig of time. "Alas, no;" mid Miss ), b,n was thank ful that at least the ciuerlol Arthur had , the grace lo susM'iid nn animated couver j satiiin with Miss Howe mid sti:h. "She Hilda she must stay another week, and she has sent for another of her drcsse. 1 found the skin, but I am in despair about the waist; I can't lind it mi) where, and she is in a great hurry for it." "Oh, well," said Van Ktten. "if she is in a hurry, just puck up the skirt r.e I sen I it flf in haste. Haste, you know, alwavn brings waist." ; When the second date that Pad been fixed for Mrs. IVnryhtra arrival r.iinr : around, however, it wna announced (bat i she really to arrive. Miss Ih-blois : noticed with pleasure at Irast she said it was with plcaur that at any rate Mr. I'cnrhyn gave up n game uf tenuis to go In lhadogenrt himself to llts station to meet Ida wife, I'onr thing! How Utile she knew! It una to be hoped he would at lenal have I he grace to cease "carrying on" ill her very presence. "And ao pretty!" sighed Miss Deliluls, na aha peeked through the blind when the dogcart drove up, ami caught a glimpse of a lovely little lady habited most stylish ly lu dark blue rlolh Willi a very becoming lint and dark blue feathers, who smiled brightly as she glanced up at the house as If conacioua w hat might be lurking Ixdilnd closed blinds. "How could he desert her aof" In strict truth it was Mrs, IVurhyn who might have Is-en said to desert Mr. Ten rbyn under the circumstances. Ua Miss . Dcblols never recognized circumstances. If Ida wife had lo I si away it was Mr. l'ell- rhyu's duty to mope. And he had not j uiomI. Moled, indeed! As the I'enrhyiiseuine out on the piazza I a few ininuti-s before ten. Mr, IVurhyn be I I rod nerd his wife to occasional groups, and especially to Miss Howe, ! "And are you the Miss Howe who plays I lt.i,llsMiiatil.,i,lldlvr" tthlMl tru !,... kI,p. t s "J '. with n cordial smile. "1'isir thing! she knows," murmured Mlsa Deblols. "Whocollld have told lier" "Perhaps he told her himself," remarked Van Ktten grimly. " YoU know there was always a letter every day." "From her, y-s," answered Mlsa Deblols, pursing up her lips. "Hut people don't go on persistently .writing letters unless ihey am answered, do I hey f" "Devoted wives ilo, frequently," said the lady, with an eiuiiliasbi as of one who had been n devoted wife for years. It was Minn evident t hat, u ltiM-ver might lie the guilty Informant, Mrs, r.Trhyn "knew nil," ns Miss Deblols would have expressed it. Kvery name was evidently familiar to her, ami she knew Just what IncldenlH were connected with every liaine. It was Miss Howe w ho played tennis no well, and Mlsa New-Inn who snug ho many Herman songs, anil .Miss Lewis who had made Arthur that charming smoking rap, and Miss ile IVysler who had found those beautiful ferns in the drive through the woisls, ami Mrs. .Malcolm who had shown her husband that lovely view from n re mote hill, and Miss Deblols herself who played whist so well that Arlluir had Isen beguiled into playing lung after midnight. They must hnve n rubber that very even ing. It was evident I bat she knew all. Hut she hail her revenge. The devotiou of Mr. I'cnrhyn lo the crowd was nothing to the devotion now of the crowd to .Mrs. Penrhyti. They might pity her while she waa away, but when she was present she worked her own sweet will. No plans were made without consulting her, no m- tertaininent was complete without her presence. One touch of her hand on the piano, and around It would gather old lueti, young men, collegians, professors, married men, widowers nnd bachelors, to say nothing of the tiuop of bright young girls who admired her ns only young girls cun admire. And if Mr. 1'enihyn hail never concen trated his devotion upon, however unpar donable Hie amount of devotion he sent tcred generally, Mrs. I'cnrhyn, if she wanted revenge, had all she could attend to in the single hearted devotion of her great est admirer. For there was one gentleman who seemed aware of little hut Mrs. l'enrhyti's presence. It was he who walked with her, drove with her, talked with her, listened to her, played for heron the piano, with her in tenuis and against her nt whist. If It were n solitary drive, she was the solitary lady who tisik it, and If it were a party, she it was who made up the parly nnd decided what other Indies were to go. No other young married lady had ever "carried on" so before nt Lawton's. It was he who suggested her shawl, went for the shawl, wrapped it around her shoul ders, read to her, promenaded the piazza with her, took long strolls wilhjier. "She can't be promising to 1st a sister to ldin.-of course," remarked Van Ktteu ns the two came uplhe walk one day. "Iioks very much as if she were promising to be a widow to him." Nor did the attraction wear out in the least. It lasted till the very Inst moment, when Mrs. 'Penrhyn's trunks were all packed, and when her ndmirer dniviriier to the stalion and actually went with her to the city on the same train! For this anient admirer of Mrs. Penrhyn was .Mr. I'cnrhyn, her husband. Alice Wlllingtou Rollins iu I'ittshttrg Bulletin. A Siiggeetion. He-She- I've oflen wished 1 had a sister. Why don't you propose to some nice girlr-Truth. One of tli rirni. "Who's the 'Co,' in your firm?" asked Pmasher of his friend t lie grocer. "My wife." "Ah, she's a silent partner, Ib slief" The grocer rubbed liischiu for a moment. "Well," he replied, in some doubt, "she itiu'l soall llred silent, when you come to think of It." Detroit Free Press, Not to Ile Helped. Soak Do you always pay ns you gof Fresliby Always. Soak Why Kreshby-Hecuuse they won't let me go without. llrooklyn Life. A Clreut Itecord. He I am very proud of this horse. Us only lost, one race last season. She Dear me! How many times did he run!1 He Once. Tit-lilts. True Hospitality. Jones (who has been roughing it lately, tc Hostess) I assure you this is the first de cent meal I've had for six weeks. Hostess (genially) I'm so glad. I'uuch. lllsproveit. Ilojack-The sparrow is a very coura geous bird. Tonulik Nonsense! Any restaurant keener can moke him quail. Life. A U Ise llonifaee. The proprietor of a restaurant in Paris recently issued the following notice "Being desirous of honoring the Kus sians, who nre the country's guests. I have decided to change the name of this establishment, and by the use of a sin gle apostrophe to transform it from the Cafe Divan into the Cafe d'lvnn." Paris Figaro. A C lever Pet Monkey. Commander H. I). Kvatis has on board Ids ship a pet monkey. The greatest dainty which ran he given the monkey is n Malaga grape, and in order to test her agility all sorts of devices nre resorted to. On one occasion a trape attached to a sleiider string was dangling from a yard -nrni at a disiaueeof eight feet nlsive the (Ink. A fur several futile efforts to bridge the distance by a jump, the monkey rvtircd lo a corner and apparently ave up the game. The olliivrs laughed and declared the commander would be a heavy loser by hia Ih.'Is wagered mi Oinny. Fiually oue ol the number, a six footer, passed under the swinging fruit and paused a moment tohsikuiK Like an arrow from the Ihjw, the niotikey darted from thecorner, jumjard on the olVicer'a shoulder and with one Hy ing leap upward had secured the priie. Kale Field's Washington. In China the cobblir atill gne from liou-e lo house, announcing- hia approach with a rattle, and taking up hia abode nitb the family while be aecotnplishea the necessary making and mending. CLIMBING THE l.A&DER. ('ouitiiodor Itnmsey Will Moou Ile Pro meted lo Hie Hunk of lleur Admiral, V,iu Admiral Heiihain la retired frniu the navy for nge on April III, I'nmiii'slore Francis M llaiusey will he promoted to the rank of rear admiral. Commo dore Kamaey lis la-en stationed at Washington as chief of the bureau of navigation ol the navy depart ment allies Oct. 10, issv, when he was transferred to the bureau from th command of tho llrooklyn navy yard by President Harrison. He was roMMonoliK IHMsKV. bom in the Dis trict of Columbia April A, IKt'i, and will consequently himself reach the retiring age in ISO. The commodore has Is-en In the navy since 1.MI, w hen he was npH)iuted a midshipman from I'eiiiisylvania and went to the Annapolis academy for a year. Ills llrst Ml service was aboard the frigate St, Law rence In the 1'aeille squadron, and he served in the same squadron as passed mid shipman on the frigate Merriinac, which was afterward converted Into I he famous Confederate Ironclad. Promoted master and then lieutenant lu K, he was made lieutenant commander July III, ISO'.', when betook command uf the i-niichid Choclavv In the Mississippi squad ron, which participated lu some important engagements, notably theexpeditiou up the Yazoo river to destroy the navy yard at Yazoo City, and the battles at Liverpool Landing, Mlllikcn's llend nnd the siege of Vicksburg. In IN'.t-.l lie commanded the gunboat I'nadilhi in the north Atlantic squadron, nnd was in the engagements at Fort Fisher, Fort Anderson and other forts nu the Cape Fear river and took part lu the capture of ltiehinoud. After the war he was for a time lu charge of the department of gunnery at I he naval academy, ile was promoted commander in istsl and was fleet captain and chief ot staff on the flagship Guerrlere iu the south Atlantic squadron from lNITto lSiit). Ile was afterward on ordnance duty nt the navy yard and In the. Uireau of ordnance at Washington and lu IHtl) was appointed In spector of ordnance nt t he llrooklyn yard. Ile was in command of the cruiser Bos ton from the day she was first put in com mission, May a, IHX7. until February, lSSO, when he succeeded Admiral tiherardl iu command uf the navy yard at Brooklyn, only to lie called a few months later to Washington, where he has since remained. A RATTLING RADICAL. Henry l.ahoiiehere la a Free Lalire In Lit erature and Politlea Henry Lalxiuchere, editor of London Truth mid lender of the extreme Radicals in tlie house of commons, is as great a free lance in politics as he is iu journalism. He is always a thorn in the side of the minis try, whether it be of the Liberal party, to which he acknowledges a limited sort of nl- legiunce.or of the Conservntivesjo whom he is iu perpetual and belligerent opposition. His audacity and unduuntnblecour'age give him a prominence in tire commons which Is almost entirely personal, and his radicalism makes him and his faction an awkward factor to reckon with In times of cluse cal culation. Politically he is the representa tive of the coming democracy, nnd If he is lint the trusted leader of the English peo ple he comes nearer la-itig their spokesman t hail any other man and tins the courage to express their convictions more fearlessly. Kit her from a political or journalistic standpoint the personality of Mr. Lalxiu chere is one of the most Interesting In Eng- huid. I'lidei nentli his exterior of careless ness, callotisnotis and flippancy there is a very strong, tenacious and clear sighted man. He is one of t he most thorough rad icals tliat ever breathed a radical by in stinct, hating shams, fripperies nnd osten tutious display. Ho is nn individualist without comproniiseorcoucession. He has no faith save in the survival of the fittest. Probably no journal in the world is more closely idcntilled with its editor than Lon don Truth. It is rarely mistaken iu its statements, seldom stoops to petty scandal, is often bitter, caustic and spiteful, but aW LAllOfl'llKltK AllDlSFSSIXU TIIK COMMOSSs ways it is brainy and brilliant. It has the touch of uenius which makes its abuse po litely trenchant and adds cleverness to Its flippancy. Xothinir could he more enter taitiiiiK than the charnihiK courtesy with which Labouchere skillfully flays a victim and then delicately dusts his wounds with vt'rbal pepper and suit. And it pays, for its editor's income from this source alone is said to be over Kxl.OtX) a year. It has pnid from the Mart, for the first number of Truth, issued in 1ST", wus a money maker. Labouchere is the eldest son of the late John Labouchere of Hioonie Park, Surrey. He wus bom iu Sol and was educated at Kton and Cnmbrldm that is to say, ( he spent two years at Trinity colleue, durniij whicli he distiiiKuished himself cliielly by hlsnernetual rows with the col Ickb authori ties. After lcuvinir C'anibridite he traveled iu .Mexico and the fulled States and then cot into the Kurdish diplomatic service anil was successively attache St Washington, Munich. Stockholm, Frankfort, M. Meters burjf, Dresden and Uonstnntinople. In 1804 he was elected to parliament for the bor oiiuh of Windsor, but was unseated for havinK hired too many committee rooms. He was elected for Middlesex in 117, de feated in Xottinuham in 1874 and returned for Northampton in ls8, which borough he still represents. Hits Ilia Revenge. "Hn! hn! ha!" laughed Rcggy jrerrl mHn, "lial li.il ha!" nnd lie stuffed an other suit into his overcrowded valise. "Well, old wan," said his college clmm, who was helping him pack, "what do yon find so funny in your thoughts just now? A penny for them I" "Oh, they're worth more they're rich such a jokol Ha! ha!" "Explain, or I'll dump the contents of this valise on the floor again." "Do you see that box?" "Yes, old man: what of it?" "It's ful; e f Christmas presents." "Oh. come off; you're crowding the season." "Wait a hit. They're my Christmas presents. That's the joke. Say?" "Yes, old man." "Y'oti know I have a cousin Jenny in Jackson?" "Yes." "She's in the joke; and there's my married sister Em at Lansing, and Bob's wife at Pontine, and Lil and Kate they are other fellows' sisters. Oil, how I do love those girls, and they, every one, will get a Christinas present out of that box." "Whr. what's iu it?" "The" presents they sent me every Christmas fur the past six years. Hal ha!" "But what nre they?" "Have patience. They'll save me a lot of money." "Tell me. so I can adopt the same scheme." ' I'll send them back all their own presents. Ha, lia! "But. for heaven's sake, what are theyr "Suspenders, man! Embroidered sus penders! Ha! ha! Revenge is sweet! Ha! ha! bar -Detroit Free Tress. K f r. It a 1 1 roads In Siberia. Kilnu ia, coupled as its iiiimo is with stories of Hussian barbarity, is not the barren, torrihlo laud of limitless deserts which fiction and the drama have pic tured it. Tho building of the trans Kiberiun railway and the extension of lines uloiig tho northern frontier of China will greatly change the entire drama of civilization. The railroad from Vladivostok to tho Ural mountains will bring that great Itttssian naval station within fourteen days' journey of St. Petersburg, and along this route stations will rapidly grow into towns and offer opiKirtouitics for new and striking de velopment. II ussia's enterprise stimulates that of China, not only as a matter of com petitive ambition, but for strategic reasons. The railways now being sur veyed and completed with tho Celestial em pile ure numerous, nnd to this end many foreign engineers ure employed. Holdiers and convicts aro largely em ployed ns workmen, thus cheapening the cost of labor as far as isissible. Hurt ford Globe. . A C'UHa Walk at Luna; Branch. The cuko walk at Long Branch was attended by an appreciative lot of whitu people from the various hotels, who, iu their unxietv to obtain good places, wait ed iu crowds outside tho door long be fore the polite person who bud been de puted to gather in tho shekels was able to escape from the duties of bis regular ih sition nnd attend to them. When they finally succeeded in getting Inside they relieved the exuberance of their feelings by impartially applauding every man Won nu i or child who crossed tho floor, regardless of age, color or previous con dition of serviinile. The first prize a largo rocking chair wus awarded to Miss Jackson, u slim, dusky maiden iu black satin, with a beautiful figure and a very digiiihed carriage, she nevor al tered her expression one jot from the la-ginning of the walk to its end. A for tunate couple succeeded in taking the cake, but the gold watch which had been promised ns the first prize for gentlemen failed to materialize. New York Her ald. l.obstera. During the past three months there were listed in Portland H0,UTt live lob sters nnd ill.ToO canned lobsters. When we consider the fact that it takes on on average tho moat of fifty lobsters to fill one dozen cans, and that tho above fig ures represent Hie imiHirtation of more than l.oOO.riOO lobsters iu three months at this port alone, we get some idea of the enormous consumption of this article of fisid in this country, and the old inquiry as tn how long this drain upon tho rich resources of tho coast can be stood naturally suggests itself.- MAN'S IMIIMAMTV TO HIMSKI.K. The most Inhuman outuic, outrages whteh would dNsraeu the savage, man rpctrates upon his own syitem by xwall .wbigdriistli ,ur gitives wlileli convube li la aloiniicli. agonize his in estlncsaml weaken tils system. .Mnnv people eonstiimlv do this umh-r the impression that medicaments only which nre violent In theli action, a d pririieubirly ciiiluirties, aro ol any aviiil. Irr parable injury to health Is wrmailit under this mistaken men. Tho laxative which most uearlv spproneh s tliebeuellcentre ion of uaiuie Is llostetter's Htonuieh ltPters, wid Ii h painless, but ihorouch, and Invigorates tlio In testinal canal Instead of weakening and irrltHl liig it. The liver mid die stomseli share la the benign ills Iplluc Inst luted hv this compre hensive medicine, whose healthful Influence is felt thro ighout the syslelu. Malarious, rheu-iiintp-, k duey mid nervous oiiipbdnts succumb to ,1. fall, r (looking at a picture) Poos vour innin inn palm? I Hue Sou -Yes; la; I she is thnm.'li with Unit an' Is purlin' on the powder nnu. she'll be don li lu a nihiiit?. I ONU ENJOYS ! Both tlie method aud results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasaut and refreshiug to the taste, aud acts fjenlly yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver nnd Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the tnsto and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in is action and truly botieficiul in its iTccts, prepared only from the most icalthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. oyrup of Figs is for sale in 50c md $1 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who ivi: hes to try it. Ilo not accept any itibstitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. 84H FHANCISCO. CAL. LOUISVILLE, KY. HEW YORK, .r. r v. t is Mr IF YOU WANT TO FEEL A PERFECT CUBE PROMPTLY, OF LUMBAGO, ST. JACOBS OIL WILL 00 IT AS NOTHING ELSE CAN DO. DROP ers, Books, Capouiiina; IT IS IGNORANCE THAT WASTES EFFORT." TRAINED SERVANTS USE SAPOLIO Hay Forks. Rakes. Scythes, 289 WASHINGTON ST., PORTLAND, OREGON. T Cut this advertisement out, and send it when yon write. ; rrinteil man IdL i Ajents. with JaeneckeTll PALMER A REY, OVKHCOMr: OPPOSITION. " Know ledge overcomes Ignorance as sun light darkness.'1 In the same way Ai.b- cock's Poaous 1'i.astkrs have overcome the prejudice of people who are opposed lu every remedy of tin kind. Their suncis is testified to on every ha ml by those who have used them and those who have seen them used. For mora than thirty years thev have won the highest praise from people uf everv mi'ionalitv in every count rv. Suf ferers from rheumatism, indigestion, still' and sore muscles have told of their value, and friends who have seen the relief i ml returning health have added their praise of A i.t cock 'a fusees n.ASTKKs. ine result has been thut opposition has cess d and thev aland Minreme. IlsAMiiKKTii'i l'li.n can always lie relied upon. The milk ei human kindness la never under ban; Though oft, throiiKh human kindness, It latessonieuf I he can. For bronnhlsl and usthmatio complaints and coughs and oolds "froi''a' liwnrhinl Tror.he'" have remarkable curative proper ties. 'JS cents a box. This spring's nnrtlrular fad Is evidently In he Ibe formation of eiuiinaules for uiliklns isover oiu oi riiiiiiiiis waiir ami iuuiiiiiik ii ny ens1 iriiur. HOW'S) THIN? We offer One 1 1 ami red Dollars' Ituwiird for any case or estsrrli that cannot be eureil by nan s l ainrrii taire. P. J. ('HUSKY A CO., Pri'iej., Toledo, (I. We, the undersigned, have known V, J. Che ney for ihe lasi llfieeii years, ami believe him perfectly hoiiorHiile in all b islm s transaction ami llutuinl- lly able lo enrrv o I anv ontlL-iilion made by their Una. U KMT A TKI'A.X, Whn'essle Urugglsls. Toledo, II. WAUUXll. KINNAX A .M AltVIN, Wholesale Unwgbls, Toledo, (I. Hall's Catarrh Cure l lakeu Internally, ncdns d reetly upon tue blond and iniicoiis surfaces of the sy-iem. Price, 7r,eeuts ia r bintle. r'nM by all dfiigglsis. Testimonials flee. liuard yourse'f for summer miliaria. Ilr. d feeling, by using nun Oiegou II ood I'liriller. Use Knamellne Stove Polish: on dust no smell. Try Oirmea for breakfast. A SURGEOfl'S KfHIFE gives you a I'etllmf of horror and dread. Tliere la -. longer necessity for Its uso in inuiiy diseuacs formerly re garded as Invurablo'witnout cutting. The Triumph of Ccaservatlvs Surgery Is well Illustrated by the fact that D1IDTHRP or lirrneh. ta now ratU rtUr i Unt tuna cured without tho k;ilfcund without pain. Clumsy, chaf ing trusses can be thrown away I They never cum but often Induce lullum matlon. Mniugiilitiinii mid death. TIIMftRC Ovurlun.Klbroldil'lerlne) I Uliivllw mid many others, ure now removed without tho crils of cut ting operations. PILE TUMORS, fcCT. ,ttTi other discuses ot the lower bowel, aro permanently cured without pain or resort to the knife, OTP 11 P l ""' madder, nn matter 3 1 Uiil UMT larsre. Is crushrd. pul verized, washed out and ocrlculy re moved without cuttimr. CTDIfTIIRF of Urinury Passage Is Ol filly I Ullt also removed without cutting In hundreds of casts, lor pamphlet, references ami ull jsirtlcu-lie-s. send 10 cents (in stamps! to World's Dlsis-iisary Mtsliinl Associa tion, (1UI Maiu bU, llu&ulo, N. Y. It is sold on a guarantee by ail drug Kiata. It cures Inoipient Consumption aurl is the best Cough and Croup Cures Bee Supplies. PORTLAND SEED CO., ITl Second Street, - Fortlaad, Or. Send for cutidoffiie. THE 2 PEOPfcffS MITT- sitnui.ii ret GOLDEN WEST IJAKIXr. POWIH-H into their pis t form. To tie It is a men mi re ol hcHlth, plcasuro and econouiy. ....n.n.uuuta ISIBUJg equals custom wink, rosumr from f4 to $6, best value for tlie mnney . .WIT. W nm'.a "X-U.I.-1''J "'V."" Sml(lails.pi",var:,nl,,l. TakenesulMtj. jVJJCaiill5SKiulc. fcceliical papers for full W'Lboii -J Vlcn or tend for JU IN,Mtf?l- ffivinK in. i Btruclions -v now 10 or. derby mail. Postapefrce. You cm vet the best bartfumn uf deuleni who push our thou. IE? L tholtcl Dr. Wllllnms' in. linn Plln unitmcnt will cure Blind, lllceilluir M"d I toh in ir Piles. nbsorbB tho tumors, allava iiiuiteninirai once, neis as a poul tice, fives I nstnnt i nllel. Dr. will. lams' Indian I'lle (liniment Is prepurcd lor I'lles nnd 1 tclilncr of the nrlvnto Darts. Kyerv box Is warranted. Uv rtrna. m slsts, he mail on reeelnt ot nrip-., rn cents ind il.CO WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING CO.. Proprietors, Cleveland, Ohio. VE WANT II Ian a rF.n YOU TO WORK FOR US thus making VI 3 TO:iA tf.r hekk: nartles nreferred who can furnish a horse nnd travel through th country; a team, though, is not necessary; afen vacancies in towns and cities; snare Hours mnv be Used to good advantage. B. K. Joiinsu.n 4 Co., 11th anil Mnln streets, Hlchmond, Vs. P. N. IT. No 643 -S F N IT. No. f 20 IT IF YOUR BUSINESS DOE3 NOT PAY. Chickens are easily and successfull raised by using the Petaluma In cubators snd Brooders. Our il lustrated catalogue tells all about It Don't bny any bnt the Petaluma if you wsnt strong, vigorous chicks We are PaclBc Coast Headquarters lor Bene and Clover Cutters. Maik Tools, Fountains, Flood's Koup Cure, Morris rouury i.ure, ureososone me greaiciiicsen-uee aiuer ana every otnei article reqnired by poultrv raisers. Bee tbe machines in operation at our exhibit with the Norwalk Ostrich Farm, Midwinter Fair, hatchins ostriches and all kinds nf ritys. Catalogue free; if you aant It, write tons. PETALUMA INCUBATOR CO., 750 762 "04 750 Maiu stieet, Petaluma, Cal. GALVANIZED s WIRE NETTING, 4, 30, 36, 48 and 11 Inches Wide, 1 GENT SQUARE FOOT. O. B.STUBBS, MRS. WINSIOW'S sosBHuVNa - FOft CHILDREN TEETHING -rl T ail SnnSTk tarsals a fcMti. Ur. A. C. ilcilliHlt " Orleans, In I. Good ReasarTfar Faith Cured of Scrofula by Hood's Rrromla permeates hums ally. It Is iimromhlir Infused into the hhsid. Hearrely a mall la frie from II, In oue form or another. Ilo- d'a Hiirsaparllla cures scrofula promptly, surely, Is'rnisnciilly. Taoiisnuds of people say so. Kor Instance, rend Ill's: 1 am plttlllcd lu thinking IPhkI's Xn:a;...rdl s splendid medicine by own expcr.eaeu with It. 1 wnsa great siilfrrvr ffoin scrofula, hv. leg d remind sores In my ears a id ou my head, so limes like large Is.ils. ipse hsril'ig all Ihe tluR-. Mv liusliiud ludt'c.l ma' I lake lho,'sSarapirlda. Of ihe II t Isiltie My Appetite Improve;), and t Icltsouiuwliat belter. So 1 tauiglitanothcr bottle, and by the lime It was gone the surofula had entirely illsappear.il. I am H00fJ's!,P!,CtIi25 now entirely free from scrotals ami wna never lu better beallli. linnd s Sirs .parllla also cured me of a (er-lhlu pain In mv si Je, caused by ueuralgpi of Ibe heart." Mas. A. C. Mkiiuh x, Orleans, Indiana. Hood't Pills rare llrer It's, con.tlpillnii, blllousiitss,jisiimlice.slck hesdac.lie.lmlig. stlon. TTANTr.n - A sn-ia s ratrwi-i -r o sr .uturt.ss 4nMU su mbsbksi, st.d lo .sni. (. siiluhh ln,. rsop sslaf sp aUIrs, ssl aatMl, nil l..-d, rus s dwnst. Iwr vSal'IJ Kssl prsi-,, ,H nn SUBURBAN l-m, urea . - JOBS u. -sumr e-iiii'li-u! BLi Atiiut r 'ifuouto gf IltU I W.IIU'B'l( Iinti ftiol Alutu.imnt u l!ila.ilrh Atu MimllttVi.il atllll Ull ilia. ltl ' llKlailiuryohiMUCil tmuitmrabltf cmiiIuiu to but I ton ii ft T htl vrrhsMfi. rifth-n nMn'U Ct rilco0lililn rrnrU or IL i'yprrtn. 111:0 IT UnlviiiMxf'd bt t'lTr.iitw.wllhBmrf. ful aalvuiilMHl Steel iiiMtturturr ft p0 In 1 1 r. WoIi:rnii4iKu. fly Ut utf Mriii. Hi" A'- lluTo lulMt, l.'lll, H""k' wr arid liKnimt trr-i, Chlno tt B I amiiw.tt It lit Ui(-t (tmilof IU ku4 In r"ll '"l ntr litfto of Kuu Mrroitf. viiiilzrd fl'"l ttixV titnkj L' J ftit llilC nUr jt hl(i with ni.irt'ioirt ciniur t. i tit ion t (of fpilnT SimI dumI bni irt ll.lyiJlefi.a lijf li"th of ..r. Wty ii:i( lit nil 'j i,o Afrmntnr Co. nmiiork's lu ilUU ibtilo ..$500 CAS, 1)4 MX l'i4 fluent, Ming M to fWrVlfeUwfa'rtrtl fits Uobtll InfrtsWr ix pKirm for , tii ti t r mifo, i' U or tiin r lw mi ri if Ing Uri I f cur er4iiir itiTf,n llitr h nd bfaiftifl. Ourblool Iim bcMilri"! In null a lilt nd tuwrra atlxir vrrv nmi;ht' r mT or tirt M.lll Ihiiif r jf hw. Mm trtltl'liwllinus Ifsnud tnjtliint tr known, line r vrk SI tati- trfHitJ th (U r tiull'-l. iit hauii-i I'H AH (.. MOVbUt Porcon. dit'i-na ttt eomet tlii' it ml amouim Klit .L.i:iUt if houra nay nw than u5 iU? In tar, U' untir ins in rur virilmi'' priretssii'oj i ti- ttUr ArrutrU at ftnn f dn and nllit rniutur Co , art tcoiiftiti'i i b v.ind ftmtlmi btl 9, or t unehM, fit tarlh or In (lit i din Fruit Lit itn.rjf t'"1" A;3 Ijiiciln, V''., r.iiuii'-i) I'll ihln fllonxCilT, Iiw.. lifaioll,,Hvr. rid 13 I'll Bladdor. Urinary tud I.Ivor Dice aw Drop? Gravel and Pialmtes are cured by THE HEST KIDrtff ANJ'LIVER MEDICINE. Cures Brtght's Dhieiiao, Retention or Non-ro-tentlonol Urluo, Falus tn the Hack, Loins or Side. HUNT'S REMEDY Cures Intemperance, Nervous Diseases, (letters Debilltj, Kvinale Weakness and Kstesaes. Cures BlllniieitLHM, Hesduche, Jnnmllco. Sout Stomach, Dyspepsia, Coustipntlou slid 1 lies. HUNT'S REMEDY C1 AT OMl'K ou the Kldaria, I. liar and Kuwrln. restorluit them to a heiilttiy so tlnn, aud ( I It I S when all other mcilleinet fail. Hundreds have beeu saved who have been I Riven up to die by friends and physicians. SO Ml II V At.li Mil ..! ).S. DOCTOR .Ji THE GREAT CURE FOB INDIGESTION AND CONSTIPATION. n Regulator of the Liver and Kidneys -A SPECIFIC FOR Scrofula, Rheumatism, Salt Eheum, Neuralgia nd All Otber Blocd and Skin Diseases. It Is a posltire cure tor all those ralnltil, deli cate complaints and complicnieil troubles end weaknesses common among our wires, motuera and dannhtera. The etfect is Immediate and Iatti'. Two ot three doses ol Da. Pianis's Keu edy taken dailr keeps the blood cool, the liver and kidneys act ive, and will entirely eradicate from the system all traces ol Scrofula, Salt Rheum, or any other form of Wood disease. No medicine ever Introduced In this country has met with snch ready sale, nor .given nr a universal satislaciion whenever u&ed as that ol Da. fjRDIS'S KSMFDT. This remedy has been nscd in the hospital! throughout the old world for the pn-'t twentr. live years as a specific Inr the at.ove diientc's, and It has and will cure when all other so-called remedies fail. Bend for pamphlet of testimonial, frnm thne who have been cured by Its ose. I.ruirtsis sell It at 11.00 per bottle. Irr It and bs convinced. For sale by MACK & CO., 0 and II Front St., San Francisco. .aaa-TitVainV S3 CosisassDtlvrs and mmnla I Who have weak I unci or Asth- I na,abouldas Piso'sCarafur 9 gonanniKloa. It haa nrrS I tkwaaad. It has not Inmr-1 U la Use best sows avmp. bom rrerrwber. t&C y "ai vl,l; 7W V' frr.s -l M I 'A I J'' 11 t r : ikl! W1 my WSWV I 1! HUNT'S REMEDY, -lUJfflTJO nrnnrnv mm Ms,