Imparts
iiealthftilness
to
the Food
Royal Baking Powder
possesses peculiar quali
ties not found in other
leavening agents, which
arise from the superior
fitness, purity and health
ful ness of its ingredients.
Royal Baking Powder leavens the food perfectly
by its own inherent power without changing or
impairing any of the elements of the flour.
Thus the hot-breads, hot-rolls and muffins, and
the delicious hot griddle-cakes raised by the Royal
Baking Powder arc wholesome and digestible, and
may be eaten without distress, even by persons of
delicate digestion.
Alum baking powders are low priced, as nliim cosfs but
two cents a ikmimI ; but alum is a corrosive poison and
it renders the baking powder dangerous to uso in food.
ROYAL PAKINO POWDCR CO., NEW YORK.
A Mnilrrn Inataurx.
lite wonderful ndvnnco nmdo in tho
ace of farming during tbu luM few
ill ono of tho 1m t examples of
xrican pro;rrwKlveHet(K. A little in-
st recounted by tho AMhtnhulu
4k) Sentinel in cliiinictcTixtie. Otiu
fsinf, a kliort tlmo ago, 11 society in
Seruu needed u gallon of crenm.
icommitteo called up by telephone
proprietors of n in Ilk farm two
I north of tho towu, mid nuked if
r could furniah it. Tho roply wan
t they could as noon uh milking was
In 30 ininutOH from tho timu tho
iM made, tho cream wan dcliv-
Tho milk had been drawn from
cow, put into u eoimrator, tho
i extracted and sent to town bv a
on a bicyclo. A few ycarH ago
icommittco would hnvo had to wnd
oy in tho aftomoon. "yesterday's
V would have had to bo Hkimmod.
iif tho bov bad not treed too many
ppmnnckit on tho way, bo might
m got back in tinio for tho festival.
When Klnovoh and llabylon wore in
rpiemior of tboir might men in
i wrro nredictiiiL' oclitwos miikimr
iloguw and giving names to tho
. Hut Ninovob and llabylon wero
mounds of earth and rubbihh
jlea China was groat, and to thlH dato
e civilization and life of tbn munim
fllie wonder of tho world.
Home demand absorbs almost all tho
t Cars OUT lllliblnru i-fiM tirn mit
( -u.d.U.U frU...
Pftatthe export trado in this Himlmn
'temporarily abandoned. Ono or
export houses in Now York, how-
haVO llCCIl dolntf n HviOv liiiHm.u
piecond hand borso earn, n largo num-
"Pmg to Mexico.
Slinillil Women Hliiokr
fte Swedes art) nmlmblv flio tnllnuf
JPle in KuroiK), and hnvo, on tho
erect, handsome figures. To
extent this ndvantago is duo to
Weal oxorciso, for Ling's Swedish
mnajtics nro compulsory in tho olo
tttary bcIiooIh, and much usod in
schools and collogcs.
lie Unitivl
crmnn Typography No. 0, Clove-
i to the union soourlg tho largest
aber of cash subscribers for tho
mien was won i..r t,n. n,.u n,,-.
f onion.
ortlinanco hna been passed in
'Nt Palm T?l 1.1- . .
b.. l lu"u'ti loroicuung lomnios
!!2jaloons.
T hnvo no earthly objection to women
flunking; only, if they do smoke, they
chonld Kinoku cerioucly. Most of tliom
juht fool a little with a cigarette.
Now, that warcely amouutH to smoking
at all. If they really mean it, let
them take to cigars and pieH. I know
a dignified obi lady, a Polish countc-SB
' what is her name? oh, well, Thing
amojisky it ends in "isky," anyhow
t and I reiect that woman. She gen
uinely smokes, and no mistake about
it. Thero is no playing there. She
looks on it as a sacred duty. Sho biis
a long pi with a wooden stem and
the bark on, and a fine big bowl a
regular man's pijK). When she was
visiting me, she just loaded up and
smoked, and loaded up and smoked,
and loaded up and smoked again. Sho
meant business. I know another lady
who has a long Turkish pipe, and sho,
too, means business. If women are
ever to be genuine smokers, that is tho
way thov must go to work. Mark
Twain. '
i In Germany tho capital for carrying
' on tho pawnshops by tho municipal au
thorities is derived either from tho city
treasury or tho city savings name,
, which is usually oierated in connec
tion with tho pawnshops. Tho articlos
offered in pawn aro valued by sworn
appraisers.
I Thoro aro still four widows of revo
lutionary soldiers on tho pension rolls
' of tho government at Washington. At
this rato tho United States will be pay
ing pensions to soldiers of tho civil
1 war or their widows well on in the last
quarter of the coming century and to
soldiers or tboir widows of tho Span
! ish-Amorican war nearly to tho oloso of
I tho first quarter of tho twenty-first cen
tury.
Tho quoen of Saxony possesses four
sapphires oqual in size and beauty to
tho ono that glows in tho crown of
England. Tho favorite wives of the
shah of Porsia and sultan of Turkey
wear turquoises tho liko of which no
western 'queen can boast
Only commercial houses that have
paid taxes for tho privileges can do
business through agents in Russia.
Traveling mon aro also obliged to pay
individual taxes for permission to soli
goods as representatives of tboso
houses, whether thoy aro domestic
or foreign ontorpriBOS.
Twin Clllckeim.
Twenty-fivo dollars tor a pair of
spring chickens is a liberal price, yet
a Massachusetts farmer rejected it.
His pair of chickens, ho thinks, aro
quite unique, for they aro twins, fivo
weeks old, and it is said that two
chickens lorn from a single egg have
never before been proved to live beyond
eight days. Tho buff brahma hen laid
rather a large egg, but no ono thought
much about it until ono morning tho
farmer saw two bills instead of one
trying to break out of the shell. Ho
quickly removed the egg to tho kitchen,
extricated tho twin chicks, 'wrapped
thorn in cotton batting and placed them
in tho oven. For three weeks the
chickens wero kept in doors on n diet
of malted milk and brandy dropped
down thoir throats with a medicine
dropper. The twins are now hale and
hearty and run about tho yard as vig
orously as any of their comrades.
Ono peculiarity, however, distinguishes
them from their mates. Thoy are ex
clusive littlo aristocrats and neither
of them will associate with any other
chicken oxcopt his twin.
tho
EARLY WINTER.
Yukon nnd Upper Itlvir Cloned
Sooner Tlum Itminl Thin Year
Hcown In Danger.
HEAVY WOOL MOVEMENT.
Condition In London Prompt Specula
tive lIuyliiR.
It. G. Dnn & Co.'s weekly reviow
of trado says:
British disasters in South Africa
hnvo brought to view something bo
sides tho steady self-reliance nf t.hn
Reports from tho interior indicate
that winter h
fays to make a record dato for closing ' J''nKllsn Pplo, and that thoy hold not
navigation on the Yukon and miner muny A,nerican securities to be dis-
rivcrs, says tho Alaskan. Tho weather 10"Keu m ttny time of alarm, but aro
from Lo ISargo northward has been nninclInetl to take raoro stocks, and
much below zero for a week past, and 'noney looks for 'e investment. A
fiinco then telegraph information was to !ittl0 ,lecline of c in wheat and 1 Jo
the effect that the thermometer was 18 , Jcorndoes no hinder exports, though
degrees bolow zero at Hootalinqua,
which is about UO miles below lower
Lo liargo, and 22 degrees below at
Dawson.
Great quantities of ico aro coming
out of tributary rivers, and it would
not be surprising if the Yukon should
block with ico won after tho 27 inst.
To all appearanco a moderation of the
it is some evidence that growers think
they have ample supplies.
Atlantic exports of wheat for fivo
weeks have been, flour included, 15,
080,500 "bushels, against 18,182,031
bushels last year, and Pacific exports
2,718,551 bushels, against 3,017,434
bushels last year. Western receipts
of wheat have continued heavv. bnfc
ij1'1' iimuuiiuiuu Ul lilt: i ill, - '
weather is the only tiling in human ma- navo not "vailed last year's extraordin
i v uuttnjuimu. iLiimuiiLiiiir rsi nn v
(on to prevent tho river from closing a
iuu week earlier than It did last year.
A gentleman who is pretty well ex
perienced in Klondike navigation sayt
that tho chances are very good for
catching fully 100 scows in tho ice
when tho Yukon closes. This is a high
estimate.
It is well known that a number oJ
scows left Bennett wh the expecta
tion of wintering this side of Dawson,
and sorno scows will yet leave Bennett
with tho intention of waiting for spring
at Lower Lo Bargo. k
Thero wero six men on tho two scowa
wrecked in White Horse rapids lately, I
but four of them wero rescued. Mr. J
Kobinson had life in his body when
brought to shore, and J. T. Bethunei
triedevcry means to resuscitate him, I
but his efforts were in vain, and the
cold water or internal injuries proved
fatal to him.
It turns out that tho steamboat
Lindeman may not be a total loss.
At Windy Arm tho owners of the
Lindcrrinn saved tho cargo of a Dawson
Ite's wrecked scow, for which they
will get .$3,000 salvage, bo they aro
ahead on disasters, as the total cost to
them of tho Lindeman was only $1,000,
although sho originally cost .$0,000.
Frovcd a ISooinerang.
Hon. C. W. D. Clifford is satisfied
with tho Atlin ountry as a mining dis
trict, but he asys it is not a great pro
ducer. He thinks valuable quatrz will
soon bo discovered, but pronounces tho
country on the whole no poor-man
camp. He says further to the Alaskan:
"From what I can learn of tho banks
of Atlin the output in placer this year
will bo from $750,000 to $1,000,000.
"Tho Anaconda group of quartz
claims, purchased not long ago by Lord
Hamilton, are being developed by a
small crew. A day and night shift is
at work, and already the men have
tnnneled 30 to 40 feet and the prospects
got better tho farther they go.
"The alien exclusion law .discouraged
tho investment of capital in Atlin this
year, but I look for hydraulics to take
the lead in the development of the
placers. Tho exgltfsion law .has proved a
boomerang. I'linvo been opjiosed to it
and shall stand for its repeal."
Todd LeeB, on route from Atlin to
Vancouver, says that ho haB reliable
information that up till October 15,
35,958,087 bushels in five weeks,
against 40,040,701 bushels last year.
The enormous sales of wool at Boston,
21,557,500 poundd reported, making
25,308,700 pounds at tho three chief
markets for the week, are extremely
important. That not all is for con
sumption, as the trade is naturally
tempted to believe, may be true.and yet
actual purchases by the mills of half
that quantity would imply extraordin
ary encouragement respecting the de
mand for woolen goods. The prices
have been generally advanced to an
average scarcely below that of May,
1892, and for Ohio washed, light and
dark unwashed and pulled wool slightly
higher. Expectation of higher prices
at London prompts much speculative
buying, but the demand for woolen
goods is also undeniably encouraging.
Cotton manufacturers have also been
In great demand, with prices constantly
rising.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Mnrketi.
Onions, now, $1.00 1.25 per sack.
Totatoes, new, .$10 18.
Beets, per sack, 85c.
Turnips, per sack, C5c.
Carrots, per sack, 75c.
Parsnips, per sack, 90c.
Cauliflower, 75c per dozen.
Cabbage, native and California, $1
1.25 per 100 pounds.
Peaches, 65 80c.
Apples, $1.251.50 per box.
Pears, $1.00 1.25 per box.
Prunes, 60c per box.
Watermelons, $1.50.
Nutmegs, 50 75c.
Butter Creamery, 28o per pound;
dairy, 17 22c; ranch, 20c per pound.
Eggs Firm, 30c.
Cheese Native, IS 14c.
Poultry ll12Kc; dressed, 13c.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $12.00;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$17.00.
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$21; whole, $22.
Flpur Patent, per barrel, $3.65;
blended straights, $3.25; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.50; gra
ham, per barrel, $2.90; whole wheat
flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.76.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $15.00;
Aid. Chase approves a suggestion re
cently made by Comptroller Wolf for a
solution of tho problem of tho rato of
faro to bo charged by tho Milwaukeo
lilectrio Railway and Light Company.
Mr. Wolf suggested that a 4-cent faro
bo charged for a single trip without
transfer privileges, and that a 5-cent
faro be charged when tho passenger do
sired a t-ausfor. This plan has been
adopted u Clovoland.
putfort'he seaeon amounted to $410, BhTtX
000, and it was estimated in pllicial
circles that the output will be more
than a million.
I General mining along tho creaks will
I continue three weeks moro, fcays Mr.
I Lees, and after that drifting will be-
i j i j. i. J
done to some extent on somo of the
creeks through tho winter. He esti
F6ed Chopped feed, $20.50 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake meal,
per ton, .$35.00.
PortlHiid Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 54o;
Vsller. 55c: Bluestem. 50o nor busX '.
'V fiiotir Boat grades', $3.25; grahaV
creens inrougn tno wmter. no esu- tw.erfiiie, $2.15 per barrel. .-
mates 500 people will remain in tho iSW whitei 3480c; choice
aBo. 8AMPLE BOTTLE mo. FOR NEXT THIRTY DAYS.
s&xsrr. RHEUMATIS
How Long Have You Read Moot "5 Drops 11 Without Taking Them?
Da you not think you have wasted precious tlmo nnd Buffered enouBhT
your allllctlnna. "dDropi" is a frfl,'f, KidneS 1) "ii"o".
llHiu, NeurnlKln, Holui 'ten, T.umbuiro (UniobacW K Idiiey ,'"BJ1,"t
Anth.i.H, llnv river, Iyiieil. W'"'"1' ,' 1 1 l,k, t WeuklieM
J.a Grl,.W. flenduefie fnomrai and w A
--"joho lenaiiiB 10 conn to ray or the mailing. abbu
NfiON RHEUMATIC CURE CO.. 100-104 E. LAKE ST.. CHICAC"
Tho assessors of Montreal are having
no littlo discussion with tho street rail
way company, tho Bell Telephone Com
pany and othor large companies, as to
tho machinery tax. The street railway
company has now, through its lawyer,
informed tho assessors, that it does not
consider any tax can bo legally placod
upon its poles, rails, etc.
A gorgeous bicyclo has recently been
sont from Franco to an Indian rajah.'
Tho parts whioh on an ordinary ma
chine aro nickel plated aro in this bicy
olo of gold. Even tho spokes aro casod
with gold. Tho gold-cased rims aro
studdod alternately with turquoises and
rubies. A scarlet cloth held down
with jowols covors tho saddlo.
Thoro Ib a walnut tree 1,200 years
old in tho Baidor valloy, noar Balak
Tt bolomrs to fivo Tartar families.
and still ylolds nearly 100,000 nuts an
nually, which aro divided equally bo-
twoou tho fivo ownors.
Tho board of charities' tabulated sta
tistics show that out of n population of
010,840 in Porto Rico, thero aro 291,-
080 indigent and 11,858 sick. Tho
uumbor of doaths as n result of tho ro
cent hurricano was 2,010.
Tho California state board of health
urgos a strict quarantine against con
Bumptivos, as being much moro danger
ous than 'thoso nfllictod with smallpox
or yellow fovor.
Wood enrvors are in domnnd in Now
York and tho trado is booming. Mem
bers of tho craft aro coming from Lon
don to secure work.
Are Salmon Trout Trout?
Tills is tho closed seson for trout un
dor tho new law. Thero is somo dis
agreement as to whether the fish popu
larlv known as tho salmon trout should
be called a trout, says tho Portland
Telegram.
Many porsons, particularly those
who liko to fish for them in the winter
time, insist that tho salmon trout is a
young steolhead, and that nshermen aro
oppoeod to thorn because thoy eat eggs
which chinook salmon have deposited.
It will bo loft for tho courts to decide
this mooted question, over which
learned doctors disagree, nnd most
people beliovo that they will decide it
in tho matter of fact way and call tho
salmon trout a trout.
This species is tho only kind of trout
that will bito in tho winter time, and
manv Portland sportsmen have been
accustomed to fishing for them all
wintor long. Thoy aro grf&oy, and tho
moat is of oxcollont flavor, and tne
fish form a good chango of diot during
tho wintor time.
Improving Juneau TVlinrf.
The city wharf nt Junoau has un
dergone wondorful changes during the
past 10 days, and tho Pacific Coast
Pnmnanv. which owns a not work of
wharves along tho water front, has now
started in oarnost to construct its mam
moth bunkers with a capacity of 2,000
tons of coal. This is a $10,000 im
provomont. Tho old warehouse has
boon out in two, nnd ono-half now pro
sents n brondsido to tho incoming
steamers, leaving a largo dookyard be
tween it and tho othor section. Tho
now bunkers will bo dirootly to tho
eouth and tho piledriver crow is now atj
work putting in torrodo-proof piles,
Barley Feed barley, $!S4G.00;
brewing, $18.5020.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid
dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $9 11; clover, $7
8; Oregon wild hay, $07 per ton.
Butter' Fancy creamery, 50 55c;
eeconds, 42)45c; dairy, 8740o;
Store, 2535o.
Eggs 2527Ko perdozen.
Cheeso Oregon full cream, 13c;
Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00'
4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.50; springs,
$2.008.50; geese, $5.500.00 forold;,
$4.500.50 for young; ducks, $4.50
per dozea; turkeys, live, 1314o
per pound.
Potatoes 60 65o por sack; sweets,
Z2Ho per pound.
Yegeta' les Boots, $1; turnips, 90o;
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cauli
flower, 75o per dozen; parsnips, $1;
beans, 50o' per pound; celery, 70
75o por dozen; cuoumbors, 60o per
box; peas, 84oper pound; tomatoes,
7fio per box; green corn, 12j
15o per dozen.
Hops 7 10c; 1898 crop, 56o.
AVool Valloy, 1213o por pound;
Eastern Orogon, 814o; mohair, 27
80o por pound.
Mutton Gross, best shcop, wethers
nnd owoa, 8o; dressed mutton, 0 ,
7o por pound; Jnmbs, 7o per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light nnd feedors, $4.50; dressed.
$G.000.50 por 100 pounds.
Beof Gross, top steers, $3.5004.00;
cows, $38.50; dressed boof, 0S
ilia per pound.
Yenl Lnrgo, 07X; small, 8
8 YiQ per pound.