iff'
7
'"ml
' (Hi
" 1
' 'til
Never
experiment
with so
important
an article
as the
human
food
It is the high
quality of' Royal
Uak'ing Powder
that has estab
lished its great
and world-wide
reputation.
J7, very house
wife knows she
can rely upon
it; that it makes
the bread and
biscuit more delicious and whole
some always the finest that can
be baked.
It is economy and every way
better to use the Royal, whose
work is always certain, never
experimental.
There nrc many imitation baking
powders, made from alum, Tlicy
liwy rost less tcr xjumI, hut
their iim.- is at the cost of health.
ROYAL DAKIHO POWDCR CO., HEY YORK
A Itoiunnrn ut llrnl I. Iff.
Tie 'Iim (if ArciM whh Virginia
MTnr.ilnrV Ijiunrv. of WusllillL'tnn. I).
ft' A utnt niin inlitNt ancestor, Daniel
RVxHlimrv of New Ktiu'Iitml, onco held
htfj 'ii uf Hi'criMnry of tlio treiiHtiry,
:er Juckfon, and wan itfturwanln
Jiilkeof ll. i) mi priMilo (xiiut. .Mont
patty Hlmr. a caliluut oflluur duritiK
litlei'lminiBtrat inn of Ji ricolri, wan of
RUeiimo fiiiuily.
The romantic courtship of tho tltiko
i"i duchess of ArcoM began over 20
Jdii dl'o. At that titnti lit) wits
young Count llriincttl, of tho Hnnnish
'hjitlon in Washington, nil under accro-
ttiij. whoso ndinliation for tho heauti-
BalMlw Lowerr icstiltotl in an enenijo.
atnt, to which tho tuireiitH ohjoctoil on
account nf tho youth of their daughter,
ni the fact that Count lirtinetti wan
jiplOlnied to a remote South American
iit, where montha weio requited to
eoil a communication.
Tlio eiieairement was of 20 voarn'
p!rtion. and Count IJruiietti in that
(time inherited ustiites ami n title in
fwa. Wlnin lie returned to Waiih
El . . . '
Kinjion no louuil .Mien Iowerr oven
gBors heautiful in her maturity than
Hen he had left her. .Mrs. Lowery.
Wo won an invitJid, died shortly buforo
P ncddiii( of her ilntiL'htor, which
warred in Aunnt. 181)5, ut tlio until
riser home of tho fnmilv in Knur I. iim.
Iwn.Conn., and was ouietlv celebrated
J-ilarjier'n Uazaar.
i l iinrlr. In Shirt-Wnlsta.
Tho really swell thlni Ih tlio puro
white Milk or Matin shirt-waist made in
the uroHtost s implicity of fitvlo, and is
worn with a black c k i r t of net. White
shirt-wnists in eotioti kooiIh hnvo the
preference, many beinn of fine lawn,
tucked all over in bian or Htraiuht-up
'iihl-Inwn or toiind-iiud-round tucks,
The sovero linen waist of white, with
I cull's ami collar, ih worn with tliu tailor
now n having n cutaway jacket in bolero
stylo, home of the now waists show
i a cutaway at tho neck, liavitm fancy
collar and rovers with which are worn
fancy colored or white chemisettes.
Homan Home Compaiiiuii.
A I. mill liilrrrillliiit.
"I declare. Maria, thin Ih too Irri-
illtillK to 1)0 onilllreil. I lulil vnn I
didn't want to bo diHturbed. and hero
liODieboily hat) Hiidduiilv Htirone n most
SiBfwnnl clatter on mo. What doeo it
"Thero wasn't any olattor, my doar."
What was it. then?"
''WllY. I inufc ImiiTwirwwt In iinnn
in .v. ,
""uiikii tlio room in my now rod and
HIlow shirt wnlsl, that's nil."
. "W'oll, don't do it iiuuin." Olovo
land Plain Dealor.
PORTLAND DIRECTORY.
IVnm hiiiI Wire Work.
l'ORTI
Malroii leucines tiillco riillliiB.ctc. SH Alder.
Slliliiry mid Huppllns.
machinery. all kinds
" ' JO First Street
rOKTLAND OR.
JOHN l)AlT in
tail pi v.. U.V U, V 1 OnTLAMD, UnKOOK ,
plows ne,rftonBl"e8' boilerS. tanks, pumps,
tlcjl f v V . wjiiiiHiiiiH. iiio nuv
quiiicd wl,ul,nl"i sold y 1,I,n ls u
new
EWcY.K.5 "UOttKSi MACIIINHIIY AND
"ieoiicl lor cntiiloKiiu. ISS-UU Front 8t.
ilo DrutreUu liutiicrHililo
Hiniitllu..
Til . . . ' '
S'Ay'-l'HAN'K DItUO CO. Hi AND 140
r - -.mi, i urninui, uri'KOIl,
A NVtr IIoiIk" fur Summer.
Clork Aie wo goinK to uso tho eon
serpent IIiIh Hummer?
I'mprietoi I think not. I have n
better Hcheine than that. I Bhall at
raiiKe to have bottles washed up on the
beach every day, each one containiriK
a mcttiaKo from come nictic explorer.
N. Y. Journal.
Truiililn KimiiieIi,
Wheeler I tell you n bicycle Ih n
urent thing to take your mind ofl your
troubles. I find it invaluable.
Walker NoikoiihoI What troubles
havo you got?
"Well, tlio iiihtallment man cornea
nround every week to collect tho pay
montB on my wheel." N. V. Jouinul
I.mllr. Cu AVrur Slnip
One size unialler after usiiif; Allen's Foot
Muse, a jKittdor to be shaken into the tihoes.
It niakeH li(,'lit or new Jilioca feel easy;
lilvoK iiiMant relief to corns anil bunions.
It's the greatest coinfort discovery of the
nvre. Cures swollen feet, Misters ana cm
lous spoti. Allen's Knot-Kane is a certain
cure for ini:rowliiir nails. swemiiiK. sniari
in. Imt. ui lmiL' feet. We lime M.OOO test!
monlals. All drucKists and slmo stores
sell It. 'J.')C. Trial nucKiiK 1' ui-r, oy niaij.
Address, Allen S. Olmsted, I.c Hoy, h. 1.
Tim "cornso" (luestioned tho coron-
or'a jury ut a recont inquest in Mary
land. Proceedings to determine mo
cnuso of uoatn linu just uobuii, wnun
tho subject nwoko from the trnnco in
which ho lind lain and asked whnt it
was nil about.
. . - .i ... ..I , n i.v f ' A II A -
"Aiier ' -M " - -
III'TH. I will neerb without tliom In the home.
" .7 ' ... - I,,1 Bl.nun and ttlT heftll
mt lifer in tw, . "
achel nl I hi Horuach trouble, Now. ilnce Uk
luii Ca.creu. I eel ue, Mr wife hai lo used
tbeui with benenolal reeulti for lour touiecb.
JUS. Klliunnu, i vuuio. d.i - i
U CATHARTIC
. . . r. . . IK.. llAAil. flA
nunc RONST PAT UN. ...
Bi.Viur B.-Hr r.i.r. n-'t. "'"'
Rupture
treated soleri
tlllcftlly muI
confldentl al
ly. Correspondtnca
in th nH Bold and MXPALViXS'
nil.lU'UHU Hill Id uuilli iui;iii;""i
iSf Host ffighjrupiaiice Soid." TJee 8
JSSlZLil
THIS IS A WICKED WORLD.
AuUilnitu Yniiiiif Mini V lio Tried to
I out 'I wo i Ion i.T4.
ChlcriKo Ih n )n p;t. f0P tiie iJ0.
fciit youiiK man who wnntM to not
wiiiicbud.y' iiidiicy In i, card 15111110. Tho
followltiK Hlniy Ih told by the Itev. ..
A. .Mlllnini In the IudlaiiaiiollH News:
"The t I'n 1 11 wan ei'owdid," hmIiI Ur.
Mllburn, "and I I1111I Just 8ettled myKeif
lo enjoy my paper. The trulii was
Hlowly moving out of the depot nnd I
whh touched upon tho Hhoiildcr. I
looked Into Uk- race of a llne-nppeurlnf;
imtn. who rather InipieHHcd mo by IiIh
maiiiier. He asked 1110 very courteously
If I would like to Join In n gaino of
curds to while nwny the tlmo on tho
train,
" 'No, sir. I do not enre to Join In 11
game of earUs,' I replied.
"Tlio mnn apologized Tor tho Intra
Klon, and I followed I1I111 with my eyes.
He slopped by mi elderly Kentleimin
two seats from initio, and I stipiKjscd
nsked tho samo cniestlon and received
nn ullirmatlve iin.swer, for the old gen
tleninn arose nnd followed him down
the ear a few seats, where two seats
had been turned fiiclng each oilier nnd
were occupied by two gentlemen, one
of them n young inaii of rcllned ap
pearance, resembling n professional
titan.
"I mw Introductions made nnd tho
four settle themselves for their game
and thought 110 more of the circum
stance till tho train was pulling up for
n suburban station, when I noticed two
men pass hurriedly by my seat out on
to the platform nnd disappear In' the
crowd. As they left the car I noticed
olio of them was the same man who
had asked me to Join In tho game of
cards.
"I looked back to the sent where I
had ceen tho four sotttle themselves
for their game of curds nnd saw tho
young man sitting there nlone. lie
seemed to be In distress. Indeed, It wns
very npparent thnt ho wns In deep trou
ble. So pronounced was It, In fact, that
I arose and walked back to him.
" 'You are In trouble, my friend, said
I; 'what Is ItV
" 'I have Just ben robbed of ?1.'I2.'
said he, 'by those two men who left tho
car. I am sure I was robbed.
"The men. It seems, had started In to
piny euchre, but, nfter n few deals,
the young strnnger found himself with
four nces, nnd when the conversation
turned 011 jiokcr he naturally was
ready to bet he thought be hnd a sure
thing. He put up nil the money he
hnd nlwut $i:: and felt pretty good
when one of the sharpers laid down n
king-full."
" 'No good,' said the young man, ex
citedly, 'I have four aces.'
" 'King, (iiieen, Jack, ten, nnd nine
of diamonds, straight Hush,' wild the
second stranger. The train wns slow
ing up for the stntlon. The mnn, as he
cnllcd his hand, throw the curds down,
grnbbed up tho money, pushed the
young mnn's grip over his Inp, and In
live seconds the two men were gone.
" 'Of course, I wns skinned,' snld tho
young mnn, brokenly, 'nnd I don't
know how I will cet home.'
"Hut." ndded Dr. Mllburn, relleetive
ly. "the young mnn wns trying to get
their money, wnsn't he? He Just got
hold of somelKidy smnrter thnn he."
I'll ri-n r of n Proillity.
"Utint an amount of dignity Jones
coins to havo developed lately," ro
marked Hiown. "He's going to throw
up his job arid try to get soinuthiiiu
bettor. Ho pays I hern's no use of a
man with bis (iiialilications filling no
menial a position. And bo's always
been snob a meek, unassuming man,
you know." '
"Yes," ropliod Smith, "but I heard
that his babv lias Just got so that it
can say 'papa' so they tan understand
it." N. Y. World.
The total postnl receipts for this year
nro estimated at $100,000,000, against
?87,010.000 Inst year. Now York
stands at the head of tho list of states
and territories with $15,000,000, arid
Alaska comes last, witli 1 5,000. In
tho tablo showing tho average amount
contributed by each inhabitant of each
stato to tho poMal rovenuesfwhich con
stitutes a pretty fair guaye of the in
tellectual development and activity of
tlio people). Massachusetts stands at
tho head, with an average last year of
$2. ,'50 per inlinbitnnt.
Hoston is conducting a vigorous cam
paign against the smoke nuisance. T'
fcuporintondent of streets has just si
a circular letter to all tlio coal denlom
warning them against tho salo of low
grades of soft coal. In tho missive lie
says: "Your attetion is called to this
matter now so that theio may bo no
cause for complaint on your part later
on iu tho event of trouble, and that
your customers may bo folly advised as
to tho action which this department
will certainly tukg unless proper coal
is used."
Htlll .Horn Cotnitrrrltln.
The Secret Service has just unearthed
another band of counterfeiters, and se
cured a quantity of bogus bills, which are
very cleverly executed. Things of great
value are always selected for imitation,
notably Hosteller's Stomach Hitters, 1
which hns many imitators but no equals
for disorders like indigestion, dyspepsia
and constipation.
Dll till el Inn.
Tho market gardeners around Paris
cultivate tho dandelion on a largo scale I
and sell it for good prices in tlio mar- !
kot. ' . j
Beware of Olnttnnnta for Catarrh Thnt
Contain Mercury,
As mercury will sorely destroy tbo sense of
smell anil completely derariKO the wliolo sys
tem whencnterine it throurjh the mucous sur
faces. Kuch articles should never bo used ex- I
ccjit on prescription from reputable physi
cians, an the dninagu they will do ls ten fold to 1
tne pooa you can possibly derive from them.
Hull's Cuiarrb Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney fc Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury,
andis taken internally, acting directly upon
tho blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure bo sure you get
tho genuine. It Is taken internally, and made
In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney L Co. Testi
monials free.
Bold by Drugging, price 75c. per bottle.
Hall's Family Pills are tbo best.
Tlio good Denn Swift onco said: I
never knew n mnn como to greatness or
oruinenco who lay abed In tho morn
ing. FITQ l'ermanenU.v Cured. No fltsornDrvon(ne
1 II u after Iim duj-'n unc or Dr. Kline's (Ireat
Nerve lteatorvr. beml rur I'l'.KIi tt'-i.OO trlul
bottle ami treatise. I) . It. II. KLINE, Ltd., 8JJ
Arch street. Philadelphia, l'a.
Found nSuako I'lchtln Her Mirror.
Mrs. Chns. Cole, of Aurorn, Intl., wns
nttrneted recently by n peculiar hissing
nnd nipping in her bed-room. On Inves
tigating she beheld a large blncksnnko
swinging from the top of the dresser
by its tall nnd viciously lighting its re
flection In the mirror. Mrs. Colo cnlled
for her husbnnd to come nnd kill tho
reptile, ibut when he uppenred he could
not strike nt tho swnylng serpent, thnt
continued the combat with the rdiadow
Iu the glass, unmindful of his presence,
for fenr of shuttering the costly mirror.
He then procured a long pole nnd suc
ceeded In dlsengnglng Its colls from tho
mirror frame nnd hurling It out of tlio
window through which it hnd evident
ly entered. The full to tho ground from
the second-story room stunned, but did
not kill, the snnkc, nnd when Mr. Colo
descended the stnlrs nnd reached tho
ynrd to nccompllsh Its denth it swiftly
glided nwny in tho grass nnd escaped.
Cinclunnti Kuqulrer.
Fastest Strrnwhooler In tlio West.
Portland, Ore., claims to hnre tho
fnstcst sternwbeel steninbont iu the
world. The Ilnssnlo, recently complet
ed for the Columbia Hiver trnde, hns
mndo spurts of twenty-six nnd two
thirds miles nn hour. She Is, ISO feet
long, with n tubed boiler eight feet In
diameter nnd compound engines of
over 8,000-liorso power. The bont is so
swift thnt It wns fouiid uecessnry to
(strengthen her rudder.
Smoking ly French Woinon.
Statistics taken In Krnnce In rcln
tlon to tho smoking hublt show thnt
within tho last year tho uso of tho
clgnretto nml tho pipe hns found nn
enormous lncrense among the women.
Indulgence In the narcotic Is no longer
confined to tho secrecy of n prlvnto
room, but it ls freely indulged In beforo
tho eyes of nil meu.
whn vnn nro nnrtleiilnrly busy ls
tho hour to expect n cnll from tho mnn
who uses ten words whero ono would
do.
Sympathy is tho key to tho human
heart
At tho railway stations in Russia
books nro kept in which passengers may
enter any complaint they may wish to
mnke.
lleniember that you can buy Jesse Moore
A. A. Whiskey for the same" price that is
paid for.ordinary whiskey. For sale by all
urst-class dealers and druggists.
Dr. Ilogers, of tho Northwestern Uni
versity, claims thnt thero nro IT bogus
degree-conferring "colleges" in Chi
cago. Mothers will And Mrs. Winslow's Sooth
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
;hildreu during the teething period.
Some men nro so vain. A man in
St. Louis wont into tleop mourning for
his mother-in-law because ho thought
black wns becoming to him.
Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
mo large doctor bills. C. h. linker, A'iiA
Uegcnt Sip, Philadelphia, l'a., Dec. 8, 'tlo.
Sovornl towns near Boston are to
havo steam motor omnibuses soon to
1 un in streets whero thero nro no oars
nt present.
' I'llon of ruin.
Many kinds of piles itching, bleeding all
palnltil, terrible tortures, but are all quickly
cured by Cascarets Candy Cathartic. All drug
gists, 10c, iac, 6Uc.
An offor of $23,000 for three orchids
exhibited nt tlio Atworp horticultuinl
show has been refused by tho owner of
tho flowers.
Schillings
Best
money-back tea and
baking powder at
lour Grocers
I r S'S PENSION
I I BICKFUKu. Waihlntjton. 0. C they will re-
I I celvo quick replies. 1). 6th N. II. Vols.
Start 20 th Corps. Prosecuting claims since 1678.
SURE CURE FOR, PILES
ITOlllNU Piles prod nee uioUturesnaoauaeltchlnf.
This form, ss well as niinii, Uleedlniror Protruding
1'IUt are curct by Or. BoennVto's Pile Remedy
mop Itchlnir and uleiUng. AbHorbs tuinom. ro&
Jar at drufrnUts or sent t7 mall. Tratine free. Writs
ins about jour csss. Oil. 1103ANKO, 1'Uilsda., Pa.
UuTT'S scnoor,,
Merilo Park. Hun Mateo Co., Cnl., accred
ited nt the rnlverslties. Location, climate,
and careful attention to Mental. Moralnnd
Physical training, places Iloiit's among
the foremost .Schools for Itovs on the
foiist. .5. -'. Chronicle. Will' re-opcu In
the new imilding August l.'iili, (O1I1 year.)
IiaO. Iloitt, I'll. 1).. Principal.
"They tell me, Mr. New," said thu
constittttent to tho, rnturnod congriss
man, "thnt you 1110 indoIKed to youi
private secretary for vour speeches
that appear in tlio Congressional Rec
ord." "It's nn outrageous and infernal
lie, sir. I don't owe that fellow a
CJIlt."
Miss Lucy Tucker the daughter ot
a prominent farmer of Veraallles,
jiiu., vfarn me viciuii 01 nervous prus
tratlon. Most of tho time she was
confined to bed, und was on the verge
of Ht Vitus' dance. It was n pitiful
case which medical science failed to
conquer. Finally a doctor prescrib
ed Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
People, liar father said:
"We began giving the pills at once, j
and the next day we could teo a
cbango for tho better In her. We 1
gave her ono pill after each meal
until she was entirely well. Hhe has
not been sick a day since. We think I
tbo cure almost miraculous.
"Fhakk Tucker, Mrs. F.Tuckeh."
Mr. nnd Mrs. Frank Tucker, being
duly sworn, state that the foregoing
is true In every particular.
Huan Johnson, Justice of the Peace.
From the llepullican, Vertaillet, Ind. j
Or Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peosle
are never sold by the doren or hundred,
but always in packages At all druggists,
or direct irom the Or Williams Medicine
Co., Schenectady, N. Y.. 60 cents per box,
6 boxes $2.60.
inrxmsi
TO FLIES H MOSQUITOES
n.ivlnn'a Iimort Cnti-hpr will rlAAr
fc Qi the house of them. Price GO cents.
,r Write for booklet. Agents wanted.
JS Address: DAYTON HAP.DWARB
COMPANY. Portland Oieion.
...GO EAST...
-VIA
Through Palace unit ToiirUt Sleepers
UI iiliitr ami Itlinvt Smoking
I.llii'iiry Cars.
....FAST TIME....
Service nnd Scenery Unequullcd.
For Tickets and nil Information apply t
your nearest agent, or address
A. II. (.'. DENNISTON,
C. P. and T. A., Portland.
It. C. STEVKNS, G. W. P. A.. Seattle.
"THE nrilirUH the world's Kreatest
iirrnc rWri l,or0' b' Murat Hal
Llrt Ur ULHLI tc,ul. (cn!i Wuti. Only
Sl.no. Out.lt fni. $. C. HUH 5 Km. St Ctiicaja.
YOU'LL BE WELL
when vour blood gets iu tho proper dominion
--when it Is rich and furnishes nourishment to
to tho different parts of the body.
Moore's Revealed Remedy
purifies the blood, gives it health and richness
It cures backacho, uervousnes, tired feeling,
hcnrlng down pains, etc., etc. It never falls,
f 1.00 per bottle at your druggist's.
" Y DR. H ARTEL'S BOOK,
Kelief for Women"
Beutjrte, in plain, sealed enrelope. Writs
tMlay fur this Hoolr.contAtnlnir Fartlca.
Urs and Teatlmoiili ot OIL MAHTEL'S
French Female Pills.
Praised by thounndi of utlnlot ladles u
safe, always rellablo and without an equal.
HoltibraUdruinrtsrflln metal ItftT. Prench
iihk on wu in uiiie, tvuue ana iteu. take no oiner.
franca lirug Co.,331 & Sai Pearl BU, Heir York City.
Q IMPROVED
LIVtH
ONE FOR A DOSE. Cure Sick Headache
ami Dyspepsia, lteniore Pimples and Purify the
Blood, Aid ingestion andPrerent lilllousness. Do
not Gripe or Sicken. Toconvlnee you, wo will mall
sample free, orfull box for25e. 1)11. IH1SANKO
CO., Phlluila., i.'cuim. Bold by Druggists.
CURE YOURSELF?
Uau illgJ for unnatural
dindiarift, Inllaiiiiuatlous,
irritatluns or ulrerutlorm
of iiiiicotifl iiiembraues.
Painless, nml not aatrln.
llntEvN8CHEMIClCo. Sent or poisonous.
kCINCINNTI,0.E?$B r DruiTBlsta,
'or rnt III pluln wrapper,
by expiriis, prepaid, foe
11.(10, or 3 twttles, li.75.
Circular sent nn request.
YOUNG MEN!
For Oonorrhcea and Oleet tret Pabst'a Okay Speelflc. II
Is the ONLY medicine which will cute each and bory
ca&e. NO CASK known It has ever failed to cure, no
matter how seilous or of how long: standing. Hemilts
from its use will astonUh you. It ls absolutely safe,
prevents stricture, and can he taken without Inconve
nience and detention from biiKinewi. 1'ltlcK, SS.do. For
sale by all reliable druginsts, or sent prepaid by eipress,
plainly wrapped, on receipt of price, by
v PAlist CHEMICAL CO., Chlcaso,ia
Circular mailed on requeue.
JLZVMr la 1 toi-Uji. 1
1 i .- mm
nwj not w itruiurf.
"-,flPrt?oti coouilot.
N. P. N. V.
NO. 30-'OQ,
vv
II KN wrltlntr to iidrortlsers pleusa
luvutiou 1111s paper.
"UUDA
K" & CO., tOO Seoond 8t , Po Hind.
iOIICIIII.