University of t F & Your committee have made a very careful exami nation of the ROYAL BAKING POWDER, and are satisfied that it fulfils all the requirements which the public can make of a baking powder. For purity and care in preparation it equals any in the market, and Our test shows that it has greater leavening power than any other of which we have any knowledge. Prof. Chemistry, University of California, and State Analyst. Prof. Clumistry, College Pharmacy of the University of California. All other bakin? powders contain either alum or ammonia. ft A Bam for a Wife. Bonth Broad atreet, from Jackson street to the navy yard gates, was the scene of a foot race the other day, the prize being the pretty daughter of a sailors' washerwoman. For some time Barney Burns, a marine, and George Lindsay, a sailor on board the receiving ship bit. Louis, which is stationed at League island, have been enamored of the bright eyed daughter of the woman who does their washing. The men were friends and the girl's affections seemed to be about evenly divided on the two ardent lovers. How to decide with which of the two she should cast her lot was a difficult problem, but the happy thought of a foot race presented itself. The arrangements were perfected and at 0 o'clock the contestants appeared upon the course, which was two miles long, accompanied by a large crowd who had been advised of the contest Burns stands 6 feet 6 inches in height and weighs about 200 pounds, while his op ponent, Lindsay, is lithe and willowy; and the sports in the crowd were not long in determining upon the latter as the favorite. At the crack of the pistol the lovers were off at a rapid gait, and until the tracks of the Greenwich Point extension of the Pennsylvania railroad were reach ed kept well together. The pace told upon Burns' wind, however, and -he dropped behind, and when Lindsay reached the end cf the goal his com petitor was not in sight. The washer woman's daughter will now become Mrs. Lindsay. Philadelphia Record. English Vortlflcatlons In America. John Bull is preparing to make things pleasant for ns. He has been of late especially active in strengthening his ontposta near the United States. Biz of the most powerful modem warships are to be sent to the North Atlantic squad ron, the summer headquarters of which are at Halifax and the winter quarters Bermuda. Halifax is close to the Ameri can line and only 300 miles from Boston. Bermuda is only 850 miles from New York and is heavily fortified. At Port Royal, in Jamaica, within one day's sail of Florida by steamship, Mr. Bull has some very powerful bat teries. On the little island of St. Lucia he has a dry dock, a naval station and a heavy battery commanding one of the approaches to the month of the proposed Nicaragua canal. On all these strong holds money is now being spent, We all know abont the arsenal, naval depot and fortifications at Esqnimaalt, and the warships in these waters. Uncle Bull has industriously fortified his out posts as near as possible to the United States. , The increased activity in this work is only two or three years old. It must be costing a great deal of money. It mani fests a very friendly interest in our wel fare and show that onr jolly old nncle has his lienevolent eye on us. We shall have to watch Uncle Bull, too, in the friendliest way. We must not let him outdo us in polite attention. Boston Journal. It is believed that a well planned sys tem for improving the breeds of cattle, horses and hogs throughout all Canada will be soon taken in hand by the ad ministration. This would add greatly to the value of the permanent "living plant" of the people and to "practical politics" in the best sense. , A trained bat belonging to William Hester.of Spring Hill. Pa., conveysmes sages like a carrier pigeon. Its speed Is very great more than two miles a minute. It recently flew a mile in 27 seconds. Recent experiments in Queensland have shown that mother-of-pearl shells "? made to produce pearls artlfi California. A Hotel Beat. "Let me look at the letters in the B box, please," said a man to the clerk in one of the up town hotels this morning. The elegantly attired gentleman behind the marble bestowed a stony stare upon the other individual and in his most icy tones demanded: "What name, sir?" "Brown Alfred Brown." "We have no mall here for you, sir," said the clerk in accents that froze into icicles as the words dropped from his lips. "Yon will probably rind it at the postofflce." "This set of bores." said the clerk, "is the worst that beset us. The men who lounge in our easy chairs, swipe our sta tionery and make themselves generally at home in the lobby are nothing com pared to the fellow who will have his mail sentinthecareofthehotelofwhich he is not and has never been a guest. The public have no idea what a terrible nuisance and how much time is con sumed in dealing with these individuals. As soon as we get onto their racket we send the letters back to the postofflce. Many men will take a room for a day or night at a hotel and then go to a board ing or lodging house, just for the pur pom of having their mail sent in our care and so they can afterward use our sta tionery. We quickly tumble to them and send their mail back to the postof flce, and in nine cases out of ten this will freeze them out." Washington Star. A Great Event Missed. "Come heah ter me," said an old negro to his son. "Come heah ter me, sab! Why didn't yer comedown terdebap tizin like I tole yer ter? Oughter to lie 'shamed o' yesse'f. Gwine die one o' dese days, an de ole debil gwine ter git yer, dat's whnt he gwine ter do. Why didn't yer come down dar, say?" " 'Case I went roun ter de jailyard ter see Uncle Ben hung." "Look hear, he wuzn't hung terday, wuz her "Yas, sah." "Why, 1 thought dat fack wouldn't come off tell naixt week. How de he dor "Oh, he dropped an sorter shuck his feet er little." "Did, hah?" "Yes, sab." "Did be ting an pray any fore he drapped?" "Yes, sah, an shouted. "He did?" "Yes, sah." After a moment of reflection the eld man ruefully added: "Confoun dat blame baptizin, done cheated me outen dis day. Folks will think dat I didn't bab no re- speck for dat brudder o' mine, nohow. I 'spue ter see er pusson wid sich er po' recoleckshun." Arkansaw Traveler. Chicago Lead. In tilaa Makinf. The purchase of 80,000 acres of Indi ana's best natural gas land by Ohio capi talists and manufacturers has resulted in making Chicago the distributing point for the largest daily output of plate glass in the world. Several Chicago capital ists have taken a charter under the laws of Illinois, the amount represented being $3,000,000. The output will amount to 20,000 square feet of plate glass per day, the headquarters of whose distribu tion will be Chicago. Chicago Timet. Ornamental Tree Planting. For street planting, A. Dunning, of the Illinois Horticultural society, says there is nothing better than elm, ash, linden and catalpa. Where soil is dry, hard maple is among the best, but on wet black soil is the poorest, For lawn or grounds, increase the list in proportion to the size of the grounds; if there is room plant some which are not generally claused as hardy, protecting them for a few years in winter. THE "FLY COP'S" BLUNDER. Bo Caught the Pickpocket Who Oave lllm the Chllla. He was just in from the wilds of the "UmtamtH" ward, and the "pull" his aldt'.rmun had with the chief had secured his promotion, to the dignity of a control "fly cop." The importance of his now position weighed heavily upou him, and hu strug gled bruvcly to uphold it. The superior ity of a fly cop over an ordinary patrol Uian traveling his beat burned deeply in his brain, and he looked haughtily at those erstwhile acquaintances who still wear the blue coats and brass buttons. One day the now man, with the unfor tunate who hud been told off as his part ner, wore sent down to watch for pick pockets on the St ajf street cable line. There was little success until suddenly the newly made fly cop grasped his part ner's arm. "There's a fellow I've hud my eyo on for some time," he said proud ly, "and now I mgomgtoget him. There he is, the tall guy with the soft hat." Theexpencnced man looked and smiled oddly. "Just as well now as any other time," he murmured softly to himself. Then ho said, "I don't suppose you want any help." Fired with visions of glorv and the idea of making n single handed capture, the new man answered, "No, Biree, I'll take him myself." Then his partner walked around the comer whittling in a subdued tone uud muttering something ubout "fools having to take their medicine," although there wasn't a doctor or sick man in Bight. The man from the Uniteonth boarded the car and flashed his star on the con ductor, who, of course, pulled the bell at once. Then the ambitious detective walked opto the tall man and said: "I've got you now. Come along with me." The gentleman turned and said: "I guess you've made a mistake, my friend. You don't know me. But 1 do, my boy, and that's the trouble. Come along with me. I've been looking out fur you for the last two weeks." The people in the car were staring, and couple of men began looking for their pockctbooks. Then the tall man said: "Well, you d better take me to the station." That's just what 1 intend to da I won't call the wagon either." He looked for his partner, but ho was not around. So much the better he alone would get the credit for the arrest As they walked over toward the city hall the patrolman on the corners salut ed, and the Uuiteenth man was in the seventh heaven. His bravery was recog nized. As thoy reached the door of the central station the officers looked up from their game of "cincb" and saluted with a "How are you, chief?" Then they looked at the capturer, and as thoy took in the situation a roar of laughter burst forth. He looked around in amazement. Then the tall man said: "Now, my man, I'm much obliged for your company. 1 hope you'll know me the next time. Uore'a my card." It read, "George W. Hubbard, Assist ant Superintendent of Police." Then the man from the Umteenth wrote out a request to be transferred back to bis beat on the corner of West Forty-eighth and One Hundred and Fourth streets, and he is there. Chicago News. Ill solemn Oath. A popular comedian tells a story of a waiter at a London restaurant who was sadly given to drink. A party of young men determined to reform him, and one day they read to him an imaginary par agraph from a paper relating a terrible accident in which an inebriate in blow ing out a caudle was killed by the flame igniting the alcoholic fumes of bis breath. James pricked up his ears at this and requested that the paragraph might be read to him again, which was done, to the evident horror of the poor man, who immediately went In search of a Bible. Returning with this, he expressed a desire to take a solemn oath upon it, be moaned the fact that he had been a sorry tippler and was bringing himself to ruin, and then swore that never again so long as he lived would he attempt to blow out a candle. Million. Hunter Ham Pugh'l Krror. Sam Ptigh, of this city, was quite seri ously hurt near Stillwater, O. T., a few evenings ago. With a party of young men he was out coon hunting. They chased an animal several miles, think ing thoy were trailing a coon, and when the animal was treed, Pngh climbed the tree to knock it down. In the darkness he could not see but what it was a coon, and he climbed np close to it and struck it. To his surprise he fonnd the animal wan a large and ferocious wildcat, which flew at him, biting and scratching him in a horrible manner, and causing him to lose his hold and fall to the ground. In his fall he struck a limb, fracturing three ribs and inflicting other severe bruises. He will be confined to his room for some weeks with his injuries, Kan sas City Journal. The Moose Invited Death. A bull moose was recently shot in the Maine woods which had nine prongs on one hom and eight on the other, the spread at the antlers measuring five feet. The animal apparently courted death, for, while the hunter who shot him was asleep by his camp fire, in the middle of the night the animal came np and smelled him over and awakened blra. Philadelphia Ledger. ANTICIPATION. One time wo stood upon the water's edo That flowed far ooa Into Its parent sea, And, there wliilu summer uluslieU on field and helnti We vowwl to lovo throughout eternity. And thou, fond heart, host kept that vow full well Throufrhoveryoliangothat protean fortune bmiiRht, Hut I am sunken In the waves that swpll U'er Soylla'a huldoa rooks and am forgot What stern mischance hath mapped the golden thread That bound thy heart in unison with miner Unless her soul he Nlobn's Instead, Whose tears may How as feeliugly as thine From whom may pardon oome if not from thee? And yet I dare not ask so great a boon. Whose life la wreuked like thlue? And who Issue Hath warranty to sing so sad a tune Yet cease those mournful sighs, as deep per chance As ever llido for Mmw heaved: The future lies uoyonil; the recompense Of time Is most tor her who most hath grieved. Ono hope I have that absence cnunnt take. Ono longing that the world can never steal; When life Is done. III other spheres to wake, Ami at thy feel a worshiper to kneel. -St. Ueorge llcst In Uood Housekeeping. London's Theater Curtains. One of the finest curtains in this coun try is at the Lyceum thenter. On It all that art can do has been lavished. Made of a rich, beautiful plush of dragon's blood hue, it hiiugH from the proscenium arch in artistic folds. The curtain was presented to Mr. Irving by the liaionees Bnrdott Coutts. its cost being 1,000 guineas. One thousand yards of plrnA were used in its mmiutncture, and it achieved the fame of once being parodied in a Gaiety burlesque, Mr. Wyndhttiu's curtain at the Crite rion is a creation of Maple & Co. and cost about i'lSU. At the Gaiety the pres ent act drop is the work of Mr. George Bunks. The artist's conception takes the form of a great whitn satin cloth, with a solitary figure opening two cur tains. The Savoy curtain is noted both for its beauty and the artistic manner in which it rises and reveals the stage. The act drop at the Adelpht, the home of "creepy" melodrama, is a curtain which has nuirked the resting places of count less pieces of the transiiontiite type. It represents a scene in Shorwood forest in the days of Robin Hood and his mer ry, merry men. London Million. A certain lin use breaker win contletmieil iu the i tit ter mr, of tin- hint century In Franca, anil umlr ijeeullur circtm.Hti.ucpfl, to 100 yearn in the K'ill"V, ami, stmnjfe to relate, thin inttn but niwl liin Hunwmiiice In hi own native province at the advanced agM of 120, lie being nlmut twenty yoarn of age when the mhiuhjm? which cnmlemnwl him to bo .irenilfnl a pimitthnieut was Jtisdlftlcuitto coiu'eivtt whnt the ftwl inga must have Uwu with which he re turned us soon iih i'liiitiifipated from the shackle winch had e nth ml led him for a century, to breathe mm more the cherished air of the wwnea of hi infancy, Bourn, in the department of Ain, wuh bin native home; hut time hurl ho uiutdi changed the axpect of the whole place time he recog nized it only by the old church of Hrou, which waa the only thing that had under gone no alteration, lie hud triumphed over lawn, bondage, man, time, everything. ISot a relation had he left, nob a Mingle be ing could he hail us ttn acquaintance; yet he wax nob without exiieriuncmg the hom age and respect lite French invariably pay to old age. Jt'ur himself, he hail forgotten everything connected with his early youth; even all recollect! oo of the crime fur which he had suffered watt lout or, if at nil remembered, it was butatt a dreary vihioii, contoundeu with a thousand other dreary viaioiw of days long gone by. Hi family and con nections for several generations all dead, himself a living proof of the clemency of heaven and the seventy of man, regret ting perhaps the very Irons which had been familiar to him, and half wishing himself again among tho wretched and suffering beings with whom his fate had been so long associated well might he be called the patriarch of burglars. New York Ledger. The most recent observations as to the. amount of heat Die earth receives from tho Bun show that in clear, pleasant weather 6i6 por cent, of hunt is absorbed by the atmosphere and only !M, per cent, reaches the soil. This figure rises in October to 41 per cent, and sinks to 26 per cent, in January, A thief stole forty-six large Parmesan cheeses of the best brand, valued at$(i0C, from a merchant in Parma. Upon being pursued ho managed to escupe capture, but, though out of danger, remorse at having lost his previous good reputation caused him to commit suicide two days after the robbery. Moralizer The good die young. Philosopher And we all getting so olul Uhicago Times, LISP'S P f"iViisru-';-J?f flSH BR 1 TklsTrsee Msrklsoothskttt WATERPROOF COAT SKS2 In the World I A. J. TOWER, BOSTON, MASS. N. P. N, U. 1JA.10-S. F. N. U. No. UK DOCTOR P s leiij, THE GREAT CURE FOR INDIGESTION AND CONSTIPATION. 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