Be on your Guard. If some grocers urge another baking powder upon you in place of the "Royal," it is because of the greater profit upon it. This of itself is evidence of the supe riority of the " Royal." To give greater profit the other must be a lower cost powder, and to cost less it must be made with cheaper and inferior materials, and thus, though selling' for.fv;same, give less value to the consumer. '' - To insure the finest cake, the, most wholesome food, be sure that no substi- . tute for Royal Baking Powder is accepted . by you. ' Nothing can be substituted for the Royal Baking Powder and give as good results. The Hook of C'onf'seio. The English drawing room baa a new fad, which is as unique as it is interest ing. On a table in the drawing room oz the reception room is kept a handsomely bound volume with the word "confes sions" running in large gilt letters over the handsome binding. In it are con tained all the gossipy or sentimental thonghts of the members of the family and intimate friends, which they in scribe from day to day. Here and there one finds a line quoted from some more or less noted poet to indicate the senti ment that swayed the writer's heart and communicated itself to his pen at the time he made the inscription, or some sad or joyful happening that has caused him to leave behind the imprint of his state of mind by purloining a phrase from a familiar author. The name of the writer is signed to each inscription, and for weeks after ward this quaint volume furnishes food for the amusement of the initiated by its curious coutents. It is not only in many cases an index to the character of those who are permitted to write in it, but it reflects their temperament as well, like a diary, in which are entered the events of a space of one's life. Jenness Miller's Illustrated. She Knew One. g Vt Ui w -w -TDgg I thoroughly admire. She Indeed! Who's the other onef Life. Good Advice. PI ( . .If Waiter What'll you have? Rube Jayseed Waal, I don't know which ter take, whether roaat beef, veal or mut ton. Waiter Take corn beef hash, and yeli ,.o her whole lit,. Truth. 17. L Douglas $3 SHOE NO SQUEAKING. f 5. CORDOVAN, FRENCH A ENAMELLED CALF. 9 3.4P P0LICE.3 Soles. 2.L7-fBOY&H00LSHflEa LADIES. is. .SEND FOR CATALOGUE ,lW&. BROCKTON, MASS. Toa eaa save money r wearing- the W. L. Deaglae S3.00 Shoe. Beeansw, we are the largest manofactnrers of thle grade of hoe In the world, end guarantee their value bjr etamplng the name and price on tte bottom, which protect 70a against high price and the middleman's profits. Our shoes equal custom work In style, eaav Stung and wearing qualities. We have them sold everywhere at lower price for the Talus gtren than any other make. Take no sub stitute. It our dealer cannot supply you, we can. Nobody need have Consumption. It Is not Inherited. The Inher ited tendencies toward It are overcome by Emulsion tho Crua n of Codliver OiJ, wi ich makes children ro ' butanj Lealthy, and stlm ul tes the development of the lungs in old and young alike. Physicians, the world over, endorse it. Don't be deceived by Substitutes! Prepared by Scott A Bowne, K. Y. All Druggists, ELY'S CREAM BALM FSE! M n Woman or CMIdfe Siri-PKUTMn iri.m O A T A R K H .fM 1 Atpl Into the nostril. Druggists. itavL. -aj i f - 1 t 1 1 Tbe Chances Uirla Have. . Many girls believe that their possibili ties are inferior to those of boys, and thereby their best efforts are hindered. It is an erroneous belief, and a girl 'should maintain the opposite opinion without fear or favor. She need not be an egotist nor indulge in overweening self confidence, but simply rise above the false sentiment that girls are more "the creatures of circumstances" than boys. Too many are so content with the actual that they do not aspire after the possible. They accept the present. situation as if change for better or worse were ont of the question. .. Perhaps they are wholly unconscious of fheir reserved powers do not even reflect that the mind is capable of constant and eternal prog ress. Hence they do not dream tha they may become superior to misfortune and Borrow, greater than Vicissitudes 'and trials, and abundantly qualified for the highest positions. They live dependent ly, Languidly and hopelessly. Lacking the inspiration of conscious greatness, they settle down into unwomanly little ness to become the sport of a cbang$ of fortune and be miserable thereafter. Girls should feel that such an experience is both unnecessary and degrading; that even the reverses of life may be made subservient to mental and moral tri umph. Jenness Miller's Magazine. Old Fashioned Herbs. Old fashioned people could tell the names as well as the. properties of many flowers, and had a smattering of knowl edge, almost intuitive, of pot herbs and simples, and a certain degree of plant lore was banded down from parents to children. All this is 'being fast forgot ten, and the pretty country names and the Old World meanings, often of them selves a whole history in a word, are alike relegated to the lumber room of the past, disappearing before the botany manuals, with their glib vocabulary, a swiftly as aborigines in the track of civilization. The modern Perdita would scarcely recognize her posy; you must go back two generations at least for the names, and, it is to be feared, further still for their derivations. Poor selly things," said an old dame recently; "they can none of them do as they used. When I was a girl my moth er would have etared to see the doctor's carriage at the door so long as she conld stir the yarb pot; but it sima as no one has their health nowadays. They all larn themselves bo onsatisfied they're forced to go to the towns to get ill." And for the few who remain behind the leisure, tbe ease and the carelessness of the country life are gone. Macmillan's Magazine. New Tork Women and Beat Estate. Women are getting a foothold in the real estate business in this city. Neces sity is usually the cause, but results so far have been most satisfactory. Agnes Murphy, now Mrs. Mulligan, who has for several years been the only woman member of the exchange, is likely soon to have company with the admission of Mrs. S. M. Blakeley, who has taken charge of the business which her hus band conducted until his death a year ago. It will be remembered that Miss Murphy succeeded to the business Jeft by the death of her father, and devel oped it far beyond any plans which he entertained. Mrs. Blakeley seems to have had similar good fortune with the business of her husband, having already negotiated several important sales. Borne of the largest syndicate operations in the annexed district were organized and carried through by Miss Murphy. Several other women have also taken hold of this business, left them as their only legacy. They are all earnest and persistent, and have done so well as to compel the respect of everybody in the businesg New York Times. No Comparison. When Lawrenee Barrett's daughter was married, Stuart Bubsou sent a check for 15,000 to the bridegroom. Misa Felicia Rob son, who attended the wedding, conveyed tbe gift. ; "Felicia," said ber father upon her return, "did you give' him the check?" "Yes, father," answered tbe dutiful daughter. , . . "What did he say J" asked Robson. "He didn't say anything," replied Miss Felicia, "but he shed tears." "How long did be cry t" "Why, father, 1 didn't time him. I should say, however, that be wept full; a minute." "Fully a minutt'l" roared Robson. "Why, I cried an hour after I'd signed HI" Chica go Record. I GONE FOREVER. Hew Tom Girl's newt Was Well mfX Broken, It was afternoon. There was a slight am overhead, and tbe scurrying oloud In the western sky bore their warning of the coming shower to the passenby on the ave nue, who hurried swiftly along, soma with their overcoats turned up and others, more free and easy, with the hurried air of the metropolitan pedestrian. It was not a pleasant afternoon in any sense of the word, and yet to Mildred Twilling, as she paced rapidly up and down the drawing room of her father's princely mansion on the ave nue, it was the gladdest, gayest afternoon u the whole year, for was he not comingf As she stopped to thiuk of what this meant to her, her heart gave a great throb of Joy. Yes, he was coming at last her tall, broad shouldered lover, who bad aald good by to her on that terrible night two years ago and had left her to roam in for eign lands, and now now he was coming. She held his letter in her hands, and even as she stood thus, with all the eager Joy of anticipation tn ber beautiful lace, a tall and sunburned stranger, with thetllBtingulshed air of one who has traveled much, alighted from a carriage that but a moment before had rolled up to the door, walked slowly np the steps ana rang the bell. It needed but a glance to see that Edward Cashmere was not the same impassioned lover that had torn himself away two years before. . His face waa anxious, perturbed and showed no trace of the great joy that should have been his. He hesitated a mo ment in the hall, and then, summoning all his resolution, threw open the drawing room door and stood face to face with the woman who had clung to him so passionate ly at parting and whom he had promised. even as he kissed her farewell, to be faith' ful to. And now what was he to bring herF Nothing but a record of broken prom ises, the charred ashes of a dead love. "Edward," she said, looking up into his face with a searching (raze, as if she would read his very soul, "have you nothing to say to me After two long years of wait ing, do you come back to me now only to tell me ah, have I guessed the secret' that your heart is another'sr With a quick gesture of despair he hur ried from her, and burying his face in his hands muttered hoarsely: "Alas! have you so soon learned the truth' Yes, indeed, it is but too true," he went on. "Oue day while I was traveling through an unfre quented portion of Italy I met by chance a beautiful girl from Plain field. For nearly a day after that we were thrown almost constantly together. It is the same old story, Mildred, of" ' ' "And is she your wife'" she demanded, the color gradually fading away from her face and leaving it quite ghastly in its pal lor. -.VSbe is," he replied brokenly. "We were married in Paris last month. But, Mildred, dear." he cried passionately, "do not grieve gov Cat it be possible that yoii still love me eor Oa. tell me that this is not true!" With a piercing cry the young girl threw herself prostrate on tbe sofa. "Oh, why did you.not tell me this before?" she moan ed, "Jsfo, Edward, it is not that I loved you so much, but now I fear that it is too late." "Toe later" he repeated mechanically. "Why", what can you mean?" T-mean this," she cried hysterically. "Snowing that you were coming back and believing you to be true to me, this morn ing, fool that I was, I sent back four ele gant engagement rings." Tom Masson in life. ' . Cruel Man. "Charley," said the young wife tenderly as she kissed him goodby preparatory to ols going down town, "the cook is taking a holiday today, and the dinner you will get when you come home will be entirely of my cooking, it will be my first, Charley, dear, and won't It be lovely?" She twittered softly at the thought, and Charles turned .his face away so she could not see the lines upon it, for he loved this wife of his and would not for worlds do or sav audit to wound her feelinm. "Derightfuf,"'he responded, stroking her sunlit hair,, "and I'll bring those good mends ot ours, (he pastor and the pbysl dan, along to be with us." "Oh. Charleyl".she exclaimed. "Don't bring them. Bring some of the young fel lows." ;(. "I'd rather bate' them," he said. "Now, dear,? kbe pouted, "why not da as I want you .to do? Why do you want them?". w.- .' - Charles- hesitated a moment and then too it ber Banda-ia his own caresalnglr. "Because., swMrtheart." be exnlained. "this is your flbit effort, and I'd feel so much easipcJn iriy mind if they were both here." Detroit Free Press. ' .the Very Maa. A Compaq? of soldiers is unfortunate if it does not jcontain a few wags to enliven the tiresome ruarvb and the uncomfortable biv ouac. . A Georgia man of enormous girth stood at his gate' watching the passage of General Johnston's army. All at once three or four men left tbe ranks and came running to ward the gate, exclaiming: "We've found mmi we've lound bim!" Tbe fat man was astonished and perhaps a little frightened, and the captain of the company demanded: "What is it? Whom have yon found?" "Why, captain." answered tbe men. atlll dancing about tbe bewildered citizen, "don't you see? We've found the man that swal lowed our bass drum I" Youth's Compan ion. Inconsiderate. "What are you wearing dark glasses for?" said one clerk to another. "You never bad trouble with your eyes before, did yon?" "Never. But tbe Janitor came around when I wasn't looking and washed tbe Window bv mv desk. The anrliin crlnre too much for me." Washington Star. She Knew Her Bnsloess, m The Greenhorn Arrah, phwat an va pourin coffee grounds into the sink forf Don't ye know 't will sbtop 009 the sewer pipes? The other One PhwblsbU Shnre I da tbtfpbwinlverl'm lonesome for glntlemtnHi soeiety. By this plan I kin count on bavta the auintlonsof a plumber an a earpenuMt tor the next three days. Pnck. . , if rstOk' 1 n Bepublloaa Milton Mail a Lord. My Paris correspondent writes, "Deep ly as British civio colorations are sunk in snobbism, none of them ever fell so low as, in naming a street after the hero of Trafalgar or of Waterloo, to cl. Isten it Lord Nelson street or Duke of Wel lington street." My corresiotideut underestimated tho depth of gnobbisiu in civio human na ture. There is, it appears, a "Lord Nel son street" in Liverpool. Even this is outdone in Newcastle-ou-Tyne. Some years ago that city bouated of two Byron streets and two Milton streets. Iti order to get rid of the consequent confusion, the corporation, instead of altering street" into some synonymous trm, hit on the beautiful plan of turning one thoroughfare into "Lord Nelson street" and another into "Lord Milton street," and so the names remain to this day. The idea of conferring a iwerage at this date npon the author of "Paradise Lost" is novel and striking, and when oue conies to think of it there are many obvious omissioue of this kind in history which it may not yet be too late to rec tify. London Truth. Congregational Fund for Ministers. What becomes of disabled and aged ministers and their families? A good many of thorn depend on friends for support, some on public charity, some suffer in extreme poverty. The average salary of ministers allows no margin to be laid aside. The minister himself 1b likely to ceuae to be in demand at an age when men in other professions are most prosperous. Our denomination 1b far behiud others in providing for worn out ministers and ministers' widows. A foundation has lieen laid for a fund sufficient to provide for the most press ing needs. ' The trustees of the national council, having charge of this work, have in hand about fW.OOO. The Rev. N. H. Whittlesey, of Evanston, Ills., has consented to present thin matter to the churches for three years, in the hope that by that, time the needed amount will be raised. Boston Congregation alist. ; Glad to Congratulate Him. When John .Wauamaker celebrated his fifty-fifth birthday recently he re ceived many congratulations and good wishes, but it may be doubted if any of his friends really wished for many happy returns of the day with as much earnestness as ' that felt by the twenty four life insurance companies that have Issued solicit on the life of the Phila delphia shopkeejwr. The whole amount of the insurance thus represented is said to be (CoO.UUO. Every additional year of Mr. Wanauiaker'slife diminishes the companies' risk by increasing their premium receipts? ' Hence the sincerity of their wish for .'many recurring anni versaries of the. day Wauamaker cele brates. Ne v York Times, Colonel Henry Wat tenon has shaved off his luxuriant mustache and intends to depend upon flowery whiskers as facial adornments through which the sweet south wind can whisper its idea) messages. Exchange. ' , Catherine de Medici always wore a wide black skirt, a block pointed bodice with wing sleeves, a black collar, ruff shaped, and a hood that came down in a point over the forehead. NEAKINU THK OKA VK. In old as Inffrtnttle and wcukn.oi hasten tn cl- He the cp between a sml the grave. Hap pily sclentitie research and ihnrmac Uklll hsve allied theinielve In lurnUhltig u a rellitble mean ot amelioratine the atlniBUta itirldwiit to declining rear and ol renewing wanlns nhml eal energy. Its name is lloiietter' Hiomurh Bittern, a widely eoinprehenaive remedy In ait- ease ana sn iii-umw oirMitig to tne eliienv, the (e b'e end the eontraleieriit. Khi-emstli! ailments, trouble with thn kidney anil lumbago are among me more coimnou ailments of the ed. Thenc are effectually countento-ed by the Bitten, which is Ukewie a Divv.-iitloii and oh. rativeof malarial eomtilalina, dypej,iniitl nation and blltoiuue. It U highly promotive oi eppcuie, mtep ana ine ac'ii-iuou oi vigor. Mnrrlel men are alwavn nrefnrr d a workmen. They are more docile; they know what It 1 to uv oowieu. - For throat troubles and coughi use "Brown1 Bronchial Troehet." They possess ran mem. . Bondsr-Mhoo! Teacher What kind of boy go (ooeuveuf email oy ueu one. There I more catarrh In this section of the country than all other dle e put together, and until tne is' l -w year wa uiinord tn bu, In. mrable. For a great many year diK tor pro nounced It a local dlarase, and prescribed iofhI remedie,and byconstniitlylailng to cure with local treatment pronounced it Incurable, sci ence he proven catarrh to be a e)imtllutlonal -lineaite and therefore nqnlre eonatltiitiotial treatment. Halt' Catarrh Cure, manufacta ed by F. i. Cheney & Co., Toledo Ohio, 1 the only coimtttiitlona! cure on the market. Hi taken internally in done from t-ti droiw tn a Uaspnou ful. It act directly on the bleed and timcou mriacc of the tyntem. They offer one hun red lorar inr any cane 11 lain 10 oure. Bend lor clr cular and testimony a. Andrew F. 1. CHEN F.Y A CO.. Toledo. O. Sold by druggists; 71 cent. THE SCHOOL BOY is often a sufferer from headache. Tbe eat of sick headache is not In the brain, for If vou regulate the stom ach and bowel you'll cure It Too much brain-work and brain- tire brings on a rush of blood to the head with headache, dizzi ness or " nose bleed." Miss BtvrnA Wor-rm, of Dayton, CattarauQiu Co., N. Y.. wriu-st "I suffered from loss of appetite, constipation, neuralgia, and great weakness, and had ter rible attacks of sick headache very fre quently; also nose bleed. My health was o poor that I was not able to go to school for two years. I took Dr. Pierce's Plesnant Pellets and 'Golden Mautfnal ril.foverv.' and In a short time I was strong and well. Mnny friends are taking your mudloiues, seeing what they have done for me." Miss Wot.rs. "A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL BAR GAIN." MARRY A PLAIN GIRL IF SHE USES tffTCn nguBT,,v,J,C,iCMI,,"',,Ul wtth Ph - ivRLU l,ftJfjAI,lSr"d..w,,rrel,?TS3 w w yotinifeMK dov e.nran ant v ,i twuw I loctori could m dJ4 him no good, Youn in HOITT'S OAK OBOVM SCHOOL, mlllbrae, Ban Mateo Co., Cel., Is a flrst-olom borne school for boys, with beautiful sur roundings. The best of care, sunerlor In struction. Prepares boys fur any university or fur business. Fall term oomnienoes Aug. 8. Catalogue and all particulars can be had iiy Buttressing ira u. Jioitt, tn, u., Master (fix-State Hupt. Publlo Instruction). nilion Jlinmin aeem to be devoted to hi Wife. TtniMin No Wonder, Hhe 1 the intt angelic creature I ever saw. Why, 1 believe she could even keep a girl. BKMOVK HTIFKNKNH. None an so quick to see the advantage of a remedy as those who may be called on at any time to avail themselves of It. In wit ness of this J. K. Sullivan, Secretary of the Amateur Athletlo Union, President of the Pet-time Athletlo Club and Athletlo Editor of 7'A Spot ting Timr, writes: " For years I have been aotlvely connect ed with athletic sports. I always found It to my advantage to use Au coca's l'"Hin Plastkrs while in training, as they nuiukly remove soreness ami st i linen : and when attacked with any kind of pains, the re sult of slight oolds, I always used All cock's with benellnlal results, 1 have no tided that most athletes of the present dsv use nothing else but Allcock's I'i ahtrh." BaARDBiTH's Pitas remove all impurities. " l ittle b -y, tfocMi't It pain you to eve an el derly womaa hanging on to a traT" Hoy (keeping hi seat)" No'ai, lo- It', my ma." CasKuamellneBtnve Polish; no dust no small. Tav Qinmka far nrwefi KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet ter than othen and enjoy life more, with Vss expenditure, by more promptly idapting the world's best product to the needs of physical being, will attest '.he value to health of the pure liquid axative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to Its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Ilowcls without weak ening them and It la perfectly free from every objectionable substance. 8yrup of Fig is for sale by all drug gist In COc and $1 bottles, but it ia man ufactured by the California Fig 8ynip Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if ollered. T1KR 2 . THE ?U'"i 1 avts., .'lOets. . and $1.00 Bottle, One centac! lose. It ia sold on a guarantee by ail drug. gisti. It oures Incipient Consumption and la the best Oouaa and Oroup Cure. Mr In purnhtnliig reputable brand nl iieiiniz atiu iiimh. 11 i on warn mo rc and full vwlii- for mn ev.n.k yotirdealei for monarch mid kkdktiui' Beitm and Malte. CroM, Kliigvwoad and VVal labout Hose. You can r.ly on the brand. Evtry length guaranteed. Gotta Percba and Rubber Mfg. Co., Katabllshed 18SS. Portland, Or. NO DIRT OR SMOKE. If our Wife Can Kun It. JlereuUl Oat or OtuoUm Maine. Palmer A Key, 8. P., C'al. and Portland, Or. FRUIT PRE8ERVE0 I LABOR SAVED I J PRESERVES FRUIT ,v WITHOUT HEAT. ANTIPERMKNTINK nreerveCIDKIt, MIf,K, BUrrKK. OATHUP, PICKI.K4, elo., and doe it (JCCKHHFUM.Y by preventing lermciitatlon. The He of thla wonderful preservative amnre ti.cemin canning and prefervlng fruit and Vegetable of all kind. NO MOUI.il on top ol a a p"u iauvi, auu ia iu every way Antifermontine f sold by all druggists sod grocer, and iiotua- autcsd u ao wnai we say it will. 8NELL, HEIT8HU at WOODARD, Portland, Or. W. P. N. TJ, No, 6628. F. N. U. No. 629 aiare that by the useof MOOKK'H KKVKAIKD ,rom ,n ca of RHBUMATIHM and my Auuitmv itnntwiiiiu . . mtltwto, Mm. N, V. Btxblk. MM (w 1m lnta.HL BCTTKi HE SAFETY iiiieiniine Hood' l Good I nv hrsn troubled with that t'refl feeling, also louof aietltn. iemild not leei at night, ruy face brok out In plrale, aud 1 had head. Hood's Sarsa- pariUa Wsv che almost con. tltmally. Last Cures April loontMid ed to trv liood'i ni .K ti.uh mVSAAw in. . . . re all gone. I gave llofxt'i ftarnsparllla to rny baby.uot yet eUnt rnuuuia old, luraotvion h . b.xly, and It cured blin." Uu. W. J. ilixt . , Kiibontne, iiiiimi. Cet only HOOO'w Niinil'i Pllla an vatum bv lu ll l 'l to b taken with Loud larsiriila. 2m. r bos. HERCULES .Engines CAS and f CASOLIN NOTED FOR- SIMPLICITY, STRENGTH, ECONOMY AND SUPERIOR WORKMANSHIP In Every Detail. These engine are acknowledged by Mperl en gineer tn be wort bv of hlghet eotiititcnrluilnn for .Implicit)-, hitrh grade inatcrlnt and aupertor workmanship. They develop the full actual horse power, and run without an Kleetrle cparli Hatterv; the avitrtn of iglilllou I tinpltt, IneX penalve and reliable. For pumping outfit for Irrigating pit rpn.ee no better engine can be found on the I'aclfle C'oant. rorholatiiigotttntsfor mine they have met with hlghMt approval. For Intermittent power Ihslr economy 1 un queslloneJ. MANUFACTCRKD BY PALMER I REY TYPE FOUNDRY, 405-4OT aansom atreet, Han Franclaoo, AND Cor. Front and Alder Mta., Portland, Or. Bend for catalogue. THE ERICKSON PATENT SQUIRREL BOMB ure death to flrnttnd Riiulrroln, Pocket (loplierii, kabblU anil all ani mal that burrow In the groiiml. Him pie, sale aud certain. I'rloe Dl nor UK imbsj boxed fonhlpment. Harnple (lartrldgoa.wllh directlona for tmliig,entfrrana NA10H CO., Moscow, Idaho. SEE SILWEI m ALU right, built la not ahead of bread made with QOUbEIt'WJT mmm wwh,ww Ivtry can 1 guaranteed pure. ,iil1Lllt AIL tlSt Ullg, Best (lough In time yrup. 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