Calirornia state Analyst. 1;1 4' I Royal Baking Powder is Superior to all in Purity and Strength. " For purity and care in preparation the Royal Baking Powder equals any in the market, and our test shows that it has greater leavening v -a power than any of which we have any knowledge." i Prof. Chemistry, University of 'California, f Analyst California State Board of Health, etc., etc. 1 No careful housekeeper can afford to use any baking powder but Royal. What's In a Name? The custom, of naming flats after their builders or owner? is a growing one and sometimes rosul s in a curious combination. Just below me are two new flathouses, built last summer. One was named "Albert," and on the plate glass front door of the adjoining one wa9 the word "Madeira," it having been built by a patriotic gentleman who names his flathouses after various wines. But the latter was sold to a man named Hawkins, who forthwith put his own name up. So now the combination is complimentary to the old time and widely known White House coachman, "Albert Hawkins. "New York Herald. Watch your Weight If you are losing flesh your system is drawing on your latent strength. Something is wrong. Take Scott's Emulsion the Cream of Cod-liver Oil, to give your system its need ed strength and restore your healthy .weight. Physicians, the world over, endorse it. Don't be deceived by Substitutes! Prepared by Scott 4 Bowne, N. Y. All Druggist. SssssssssS S Swift's Specific S C , A Tested Remedy O 2 For A" 2 I Blood and Skin s Diseases s A reliable can tor Contagious Blood Poison, Inherited Scro g fula and Skin Cancer. g SAs a tonic for delicate Women and Children it has no equal. S Being purely vegetable, is harm- . less in Its effects. . SA treatise on Blood and Skin Dl J5 eases mailed fbeb on application. C 3rugaista Bell It. O S SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., X O Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga, O SssssssssS BICYCLES. Swift, light. Strong, Reliable and Beau tiful. A live agent wanted in every city and town In Ore- S on, Washington and Idaho, end lor catalogue and terras. - FRED T. MERRILL CYCLE CO., 87 Washington St., Portland, Or. THE TEST. Only the best do it. There 1s only one best. The best brand of BELTING and , HOSB are MONARCH and RED STRIP Belting and Maltese Cross, Ridgewood and Waltabout Steam and Water Hose. They have stood the ttBt since 1855. Every length is guaranteed. Demand them of your dealer. m .. , . Gutta Percha and Rubber Mfg. Co., Established 185S. Portland, Or. "SV. I.. DOUGI.AS S3 KTTOK I equals castom work, costing from $4 to $o, oest value lor the money i in mo fforitt, iMtmo ana once k stamped on the bottom. Every r warranted, lake no substi- ito. face local, papers for full .description of our complete incs jor laaics ana gen. i tlemen or send for il lustrated Catalogue- giving in. t Birucuons bowtnnr- derby mail. Postage free. You can get the best bargains of dealers who push our shoes. Golden West Baking Powder Rambler l dnrtiVlnrA JtT!JCUIUliaikk' tl "fflTnMWATFDlil 1 " liTsHilil vwmtiiUatt.lsW HAS NO SUPERIOR IN any particular. MONET REFUNDED BT any grocer, IF NOT SATISFACTORY. Made ih Portland bt Closset & Devers. 9? If R MONEY KINGS FEAST. The Banquet to Millionaires Recently Given In London by Baron Hirsch. I Baron Hirsch is a highly susceptible millionaire who believes in royalty, who has followed the fortunes of the Prince of Wales assiduously, and .who is sup posed to have "staked" that personage on many occasions. For awhile he dropped' out of the papers, but he is back again now, and his genius for do ing things that cause people to talk seems again to be in good working or der. The dinners of rich men have been frequent, . but Baron Hirsch conceived the idea of getting the 13 richest men in London together and giving them a dinner which would rank as the most expensive one in the long history of that great dinner giving metropolis. According to a correspondent, it was a feast of money from beginning to end. Not a single guest was admitted whose fortune was not estimated in millions of pounds, and the English papers have become delirious in trying to figure out the exact wealth represented by the bar on's 11 guests. The baron himself made no pretense of giving the dinner for a special ob ject, except to see how good a dinner he could buy. The chef of the Hotel Savoy and the proprietors of that establish' ment entered cheerfully into the baron's scheme, and the result was a dinner which it took four hours to eat, was paid for in about four minutes and cost upward of $5, 500. It cannot be wonder d at that the Prince of Wales is fond of Baron Hirsch. NEW ATLANTIC CABLE. How It Is Exported to Facilitate Commnni cation With European Countries. The laying of the new Atlantic cable is not an event of the same importance as the laying of the first cable of this kind, but the fnct that it is expected to raise the speed to SO words a minute in the transmission of messages indicates that it will revolutionize the sending of submarine messages and draw Europe into muoh closer relations with America than existed before. This will quicken the two continents in their thinking and feeling as well as in their commer cial relations. It is one of those subtle yet important agencies by whioh the whole of mankind are constantly being brought into closer relations, man with man. At the present time the news of the London and Paris and Berlin papers is transmitted tons with such speed and accuracy that we are able to judge what is going on in Europe with substantial comprehension of its import, and when this new cable is in operation news of this kind will be much more complete than it has ever been before. Boston Herald. . Her Peculiar Mania. Miss Sophie " Behrens, a young lady well connected in this city, has been ad judged insane and taken to the asylum at Independence. Her mania was that she was engaged to several young men of the city, whom she threatened with suits for breach of promise unless they came to time. Her letters became so fre quent that it was decided to bring her before the commissioners of insanity. It is a peculiar case. She even went so far as to have her wedding trousseau made. Dubuque Cor. Minneapolis Tribune. A Novel Bottle. A Skowhegan (Me. ) manufacturer of patent medicine made an offer of $20, 000 to any one who should, invent for him a bottle that could not be refilled after once being emptied. An ingenious mechanic named McQuillan has invent ed such an article, and the firm has al lowed him six months more to make any improvements or changes needed In his invention. It is a curious yet sim ple article and will cost only a trifle more than an ordinary bottle. Lewis ton Journal Wondrous Evolution. "In the slow evolution of the race, " mused the elephant, looking with lan guid interest at the throng of curious gaz ers that stood on the outside of the ropes and fed him with cakes, peanuts and candy, ' 'how many millions of years it must require to evolve from the shape less and rudimentary, projection on the face of the creature called man the full aud perfect proboscis!" Chicago Trib- A farmer near Owingsville, Ky. , says he has a hen that never lays anything but double eggs. He never brings any of the eggs to market, but insists that he is using them all for setting and means to have a breed of twin hens. INTO A DEATH TRAP. PATE OF A KOREAN WHO tJODGED ASSASSINS FOR TEN YEARS. A Conspirator Lured From His Place of Comparative Security by the Promise of Money and Political Power A True Story as Startling as One of Gaboriau'a. Gaboriau never wrote a detective nov el that had in it a more startling story of criminal revenge than has the follow- ing true story from China. The assas sination at Shanghai of Kim Ok Kim, the Korean conspirator, was the climax of 10 years of sleepless pursuit of this refugee by emissaries of the Korean gov ernment, i It seems that Kim, who was the lead er in the Seoul palace plot of 1 884 and fled to Japan to avoid death, recently received letters from an old Korean exile in Shanghai offering to pay him a large sum that had been due many years if he would go to Shanghai. About the same time Kim received an invitation to go to Shanghai from Lord Li, former ly Chinese minister to Japan, specially instructed by Viceroy Li Hung Chang. This step was taken by the viceroy, it is assumed, owing to the increasing in fluence of Russia in Korean affairs, and he felt the necessity of an alliance with Japan as a Setoff against the encroach ments of Russia. For this reason the attitude of China toward Japan in con nection with Korean matters has become much milder of late, as may be in stanced in the appointment of a much more easy going minister in the place of Yuan, the late representative of China in Japan. , With this change of policy the support given by China to the Ming family has sensibly deolined, and their influence has in consequence waned. Lord Li intended to have held a conference with Kim, with the idea of drawing up a programme of progress ive party politics which it was proposed to introduce again into Korea. Kim saw the means of gaining a small fortune and of increasing his pres tige with China and Japan. He saw that the latter might lead tp his return to power. So he ignored the danger and started for Shanghai. Whether the as sassin accompanied him is not known, but the day after he reached Shanghai Kim was killed in a foreign hotel. The assassin, Kwo Sho, was caught and held for trial He belongs to a fam ily said to have held an official position for generations in the peninsular king dom. He came to Japan in 1888, al most resourceless, and earned a difficult livelihood by various devices. Never theless in 1890 he managed to procure money for a trip to Europe, where he spent three years, often encountering great hardship, but always, finding means to live without recourse to char ity. Returning to Japan, he showed a keen interest in politics. Those who know him best declare he is an adven-' turer who would undertake any crime for sufficient reward. On the same day that Kim was killed a plan was devised for murdering Boku Ei Ko, another Korean who had solicit ed funds for a school in Tokyo for train ing Korean-youth. One of the students, Tai Gen, told his fellows that he had been ordered by Li Itsu Shoku, a Ko rean, who claimed to have instructions from the' king at Seoul, to murder Bo ku. The lad hesitated because the vic tim had been good to him. Li and the students were arrested. After Kim fled from Korea repeated efforts were made by the Korean govern ment to procure his extradition, but the Japanese foreign office refused to enter tain any such demand, obviously op posed, as it was, to the practice of civi lized nations, For a time the refugee was prudent enough to avoid any act that might shake the Japanese govern ment's decision or endanger his own privilege of asylum. .. But as time went by he acquired assurance and began, or was supposed to have begun, fresh de signs against the public peace of the country. The Japanese authorities had then to choose between running the risk of troublesome complications with Korea, or ordering Kim to leave Japan, or removing him to some place where his machinations would be practically powerless. The first of these courses would have been plainly unstatesman like, the second would have involved Kim's death, and the third was open to several objections. Nevertheless the last course was chosen. Kim was sent to the Bonin islands. Here he lived a comfortable and uneventful life for some years. Finally it was decided that the cli mate of the Bonins did not agree with Kim, and he went to Tokyo. An im pression constantly prevailed among the Japanese that Kim could never rest without making some final attempt to carry out the programme which failed 90 signally in 1884. It is said that in his early days he three times dissipated the whole of his resources in gambling, and that his speculative tendency did not disappear, but only took a different direction in later years. In his own country and in China he was always regarded as a factor of po tential magnitude in the oriental ques tion. The anxiety of his government about him was shown by repeated at tempts to get possession of his person, and even, it is rumored, by more than one commission to assassinate him. A man of considerable attainments and wide erudition, he possessed also the gift of winning not only confidence, but sympathy. During his residence in Japan where he went by the name of iwata Shukaku, wore the Japanese cos tume and spoke the Japanese language fluently he made the acquaintance of many foreigners. New -York Telegram. Sudden Reformation. Chummy So there has been no haz ing in your college this year? Soph No. At the beginning of the term the president announced that one of the freshmen was an ex-cowboy, but he refused to tell which one it was. Gtood News. PETER THE GREAT. A Horse St Hands High, Weighing- 1,700 Pounds, Is SHU Growing. A freak of nature and world wonder in the shape of a horse is drawing many of the curious to the lively stable on South Third street just now. This spec imen of the equine kind is unquestion ably the tallest in the world. It is, in fact, a colt, not yet -3 years old, measur ing the enormous height of 22 hands 7 feet and 4 inches. In weight this horse wonder tips the scales at 1,700 pounds. Peter that is his name is a gelding and was foaled in Minnesota in June, 1891. He is of Norman stock and a beautiful dapple gray in color. What is almost as remarkable as his huge pro portion is the fact that his dam and sire were not above the average size of that breed of horses. Another colt from the same dam and sire, a year younger than Peter, but proportionably as large, if not larger, died some months ago. - . ; Peter, as evidenced by his weight is a well proportioned animal. His limbs are clean cut, and the. head; body and neck of good form, He is, as is the case with many coltg, a little bit swayback ed, but this imperfection, horsemen say, will disappear with age. The hips are a little higher than the highest poipt of the shoulders, from which the height and measurement are, usually taken. Should , the horse grow to maturity, it is not unreasonable to expect that he will attain fully 6 inches more in height and develop proportionately otherwise, carrying a weight possibly of 3(000 pounds. A gelding seldom attains its full height tfntil 7 years' old, while mares generally mature two years younger. There is nothing of record, several horsemen say, which equals the height of the colt in question. Several years ago, however, there was a horse on ex hibition in Toronto which weighed 2, 800 pounds. Peter is physically sound and healthy. At such an age, growing with the ra pidity that he is, he could not retain much flesh, though he might be said to be in good trim for work. His carriage is good and movement far less clumsy and awkward than might be expected of an animal of such proportions. Se attle Telegraph. CROSSING THE ATLANTIC Usually Involves seasickness. When the waves play pitch and toss with you, strong indeed must be the stomach that can stand it without revolting. Tourists, commercial travelers, yachtsmen, mariners, all testify that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters 1s the best remedy for the nau sea experience! in rongn weainer on me water, Nervous and weakly travelers bv land ofren suf fer from something akin to this, and find in the Bitters its surest remedy. Ko disorder of the stomach, liver or bowels is so obstinate that it may not be overcome by the prompt and thnr ough remedy. Equally efficacious is it forchills and feyer, kidney and rheumatic, trouble and nervousness. Emigrants to the frontier should provide themselves with this fine medicinal safeguard against the effects of vicissitudes of climate, naiasnip, exposure ana laugue. Egotist Everybody knows that I have a olesr head. Cynic Yes, of course; there's ..!. I .. I. - UUUllJJg .u ... - . DEAFNESS CANNOT' BK CURED By local applications, as they sannot reach the aiseasea poruou 01 tne ear. mere is only one way to cure deafness, aud that is by constitu tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous lining of the euwtacqian taoe. wnen mis tuoe gets mnamea von huVA a mmrtHnir snnnrl or ImrtArfpnt. hear ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken nut and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be' destroyed forever; lilno cases out of ten are -caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed oondition of the mucous surfaces. ' We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hairs Catarrh Cure. ' Send for cir culars, tree. J. J.UHbMll 4i:u Toledo, O S ild by druggists; 75 cents.. Guard yourself for summer malaria, tired feeling, by using now Oregon Blood Purifier. THE MICROSCOPE. A careful microscopical examination and chemical analysis of the urine, is a valuable aid in determining the nature of many chronic diseases, particularly those of the nervous system, blood, liver, kidneys, and bladder. These aids make it possible to treat such dis eases successfully at a dis tance, without personal ex amination of the patient. Thus Brigbt's Disease of the Kidneys, Inflammation of the Bladder, Gravel, and other Diseases of the Uri nary Organs are success fully treated; Nervous De bility, Exhaustion, Dropsy, Liver Disease, and ' many other Chronic Maladies are cured without seeing the patient. Write for question blanks, treatise, and other informa tion, describing case, and inclose 10 cents, in stamps, to pay postage. Address, World's Dispensary Medical association, tio.. 003 Main Bcrest, tJul falo, N. Y. 25cts.. SOcts. and mm 81.00 Bottle. One cent a dose. It ia sold on a guarantee by ail druo gists. It cures Incipient Consumption and i the best Cough and Croup Cure. - TAKE IT I W.PruMDER'S. r Oregon Blood Purifier. -CURES- 'EP8IA. A kKIDNEY Sr LIVER DISEASES. DYSPEP8IA. PIMPLES. BLOTCHES AND SKIN DISEASES. J-iCADACHE COSTIVENESS SSk. "IT IS IGNORANCE THAT WASTES EFFORT." TRAINED SERVANTS USE SAPOLIO Astoria. Or, REMEDY mv hn 'band was relieved youneest boy cured entirely of INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATI8M when the bes't B doctor I co doctor I could get did him no good. Yours in SCPERIOR TO iAIX OTHERS. " ' Allcock's Pobous Plastess are the great external remedy of the day. The quickest, safest, surest, best.' Not only immeasur ably superior to all other plasters, but also to liniments, ointments, oils and similar unctuous compounds. Ask for Allcock's, and do not be cajuled into acr.pnt.inc A fmhfttirnra Brandbeth's Piliji purge away all dis ease. , - When a burglar asks the conundrum, "Where's your money?" it is generally the " Brown' t Bronchi nl Trochee" are simple and convenient for bronchial affections aud coughs. The Youth And what Bhall I do to have my leuow men speaa weu oi ex Jne sage -Die, BOYS AND GIRLS OF AMERICA. Why Is it that to-dav in America wfe sten from our institutions of learning to be denied an honest opportunity of earning a living? Is it possible we have no field for our intelligent ef forts? Must we go down to our giaves ending au unsuccessiui niei Ari our parents ana in structors to blame? We must unite in our de termination not to fall the victims of foreign Sirates 'and Ameiic.n traitors. A small book, edicated to the bovs and srirls of America, miti. tied "Of What is IT nele 8am Thinking?'.' pictures faithfully whet we are contending with. You will never regret ordering a cony through your nwiijvHiDi ui BciitjiuK tv veins iur suuie uv reiiirii mall to the author .and publisher. CORLIKS MKKRITT, fourth floor of Sherlock block, Third ana usi streets, foruana, ur. NEBRASKA I ARM LANDS To exchange for property in Oregon and wasntngton. u. a. jnflk, romand Hav ings uauk building, Portland, Or. Due Enamellne Stove Polish; no dust no smell. Try Gibmia for breakfast. Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts fen iiy yet promptly on the Kidneys, 'iver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem enectuaiiy, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figa ia: the only remedy of its kind ever pro- aucea, pleasing to the taste ana ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50o and bottles Tby all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. " I)o not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, N.Y. ELY'S CREAM BALM Cleanses the Natal Passages, Allays Pain and Inflammation. Hea's the Sores, Re stores Taste and Sme'l. Cures Catarrh Apply into the nostrils. Druggists. (Oc.j FRUIT PRESERVED I LABOR SAVED! PRESERVES FRUIT WITHOUT HEAT. A VTrTTV I? M t? VT I V T," .-aoa.aa nTmrD m TT tt BUTTER CATSUP, PIUKIJiS, etc., and does if 8UCCE88 FULLY by preventing fermentation. The use of this wonderful preservative assures success in canning and preserving fruits and vegetables of all kinds. NO MoULD on top of fruit. 8 ves time aud labor, and is in every way a ueciueu auccess. ' ' Is sold by all druggists and grocers, and is guar- anthku to ao wnai we say it wiu. . , SNELL, HEITSHU & WOODARD, Portland, Or. ' Standard system of the world. Hlehest awards at World'B Fair, Chicago, for perfect-fltiing gar ments. Learn to cut and make your own gar ments At Home. You can Make and Save Money. We teach Cutting, Finishing and Dressmaking complete. A child can lbabn Jackson's New French System . AND Jackson's Franco-Prossian Tailor System AT HOME BY MAIL. Our school is open day aud evening. Every lady should know It. Dtens makere are imperfect witlwut our eyt'ems. No fitting; no alterations; notryingon. Perfect Fitting Patterns out to measure 60c. Send 2o stamn and we will send How to Take Measure. ments.etc. If you want perfect-fitting garments, rcuu w us jui ra terns aim learn our ayBiem. Special rates for block patterns bv the dozen to Dressmakers. We are general Western agents. Local agents wanted. JACKSON'S TAILORING INSTITUTE, 607 Sutter St., San Francisco, Cal. ZULU'S vi Antifermentine -I can shite with pleasure that by the use of MOORE'S REVEALED from an old case of RHEUMATISM and mi gratitude, Mas. N. V. Steels. Stld by Tear llruaflist "How WellYou Look" Friends Surprised at the Wonderful Improvement " Every spring and summer for six years ot more, my htalth has been so po r fiom heart trouble and general debility that at times life was a burden. I would b. come so Emaciated and Weak and Pale that my friends thought I would not live Inn?. I could do scarcely any work at all ai d had to lie down every few minutes. 1 began tr.tthig worse in January, losing my flesh aud feeling so tired. I though 1 1 would try Hoed.s Sarxai a rilla and I am happy to say I am in btUei spiv ures health than I have been for a number of years. My lrieuus rmua-k lu me: n n.w well you look 1 tell them it la Hood's SarsauarMla that has done the work." Mrs. Jennik D-ckkr, Watseka. lit Cet Only HOOD'S. Hood's Pills cure liver ills, constipation, bil iousness, jaundice, sick headache, iuuigesi ion. THE ERICKSON PATENT SQUIRREL BOMB Is sure death to Ground Squirrels, Pocket Gophers, Rabbits and all ani mals that. burrow in thesrround. Sim ple, sate and certain. Price l-'J per 1(10 bombs; boxed forshitment. Samnle cartridges, with direction fr using, senttve i-n application r or sale Dyontcuus fiA.ir.njui NATOR CO., Moscow, Idaho. Bladder, Urinary and Liver Diseases Dropsy Gravel and Diabetes are cored by , HUNT'S REMEDY THE BEST KIDNEY V AND LIVER MEDICINE. HUNT'S REMEDY Cures Bright'! Disease, Retention or Non-retention of Urine, Painsv in the Back, Loins oi Bide. HUNT'S REMEDY Cures Intemperance, Nervous Diseases, Genera Debility, Female Weakness and Excesses. HUNT'S REMEDY Ctfre Biliousness. Headache, Jaundice, Sour Stomach, Dyspepsia, Constipation and files. HUNT'S REMEDY ACTS AT ONCE on the Kldneva, I. It t)r and Bowels, restoring them to a healthy ao tlon, and C'lJHKS when all other medicines fail. Hundreds have been saved who have been given up to die by friends and physicians. SOLD BY ALL URUUUIS I S. DOCTOR THE GREAT CURE :! .! FOR . INDIGESTION -AND v . CONSTIPATION. Begulator of the Liver and Kidneys -A SPECIFIC FOR Scrofula, Rheumatism, - Salt Rheum, r Nearalgis And All Other Blood and Skin Diseases. fnt-A tVimnlatntB anH AnmnH aa li ' ... v-.v wu.r.iu suit bvxupiml.CU IfIUUUIVB HI1U weaknesses common among our wives, mother anil HfliivhtAPB The effect is immediate and lasting. Two or keepB the blood cool, the liver and kidneys act lira and will antiwiln i,.,..lunn e . v. " , .. all traces of Scrofula, Salt Kheum. or any other form of blood disease. Kn TnAHininA atta IntvAnna.t 4. i-Vl. a. vu..v , v amihavuuiu mio UUUli Vf has met with such ready sale, nor given pucb liniVOmol catiolunlinn nrkn.-.nn- . 3 - l. - Dr. Pardee's Remedy. Thil MmArliT kaa haan nr. 4 4.1 1 u.i. throughout the old world for the past twenty live years as a specific for the above diseases, and it has and will cure when all other so-called remedies fail. ftAnrl far namnKlar et toaflTnnAinia i. who have been cured by its use. Druggist sell w t-w wniiw, . j. xv li aim ue convmoBua For sale by MACK & CO., 9 and II Front St., San Francisco. V. P, N. D. No. 648 -8. V. N. V. No. 25 IIIIDCC LUUkLJE All CICI ClilO I vuuko oyruD, u tiiuB, puiu uy druggists. Ml) 0 Ejfj rn iKKiKK mm FJ