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Delicious Hot Biscuit are made with Royal Baking Powder, and are the most appe tizing, healthful and nutritious of foods. Hot biscuit made with im pure and adulterated baking powder are neither appetizing nor wholesome. It all depends upon the bak ing powder. Take every care to have your biscuit made with Royal, which is a pure cream of tartar baking powder, if you would avoid indigestion. Curious Cuatom. Blackberry I’rnninur. The mistake often ■ made in pruning , nlackberry canes is to cut them too short, writes Levi Bell In American ’ Gardening. There are in most varie ties several buds on each lateral [ branch nearest the main stem that ■ very seldom produce any fruit, often 1 those nearest the main stem remaining dormant when properly, not severely, , pruned. There are also in many eases several buds on the main stem. i above the highest lateral branch, which have slightly started to grow In the fall, yet did not make lateral braneb.es. These will not produce any fruit. The main stem above the lateral branches should therefore be left long enough to secure some good buds altove the worthless ones above mentioned; if not it may as well be cut back to the upper I lateral branch. If the lateral branches I are short and stout, with large plump I buds clear to the tips, they need very , little pruning, except when it is de- The smallest salary received by the head of a civilized goveimnent is that of the president of the Republic of An dorra, in the Pyrenees. II is pay amounts to only §15 a year. He is the chief magistrate of 12,000 people, and the territory he rules comprises an area of 150 square miles. The little state has been independent since the year 790. _________________ A fondness for animals led Charles Wagner, of Frackville, Pa., to caress a pet goat and tickle the animal’s nose with a §10 bill. The goat snapped the bill from the man’s hand and swal lowed it. The money-eater was promptly ent open, ami the pieces were found in his stomach. They will be sent to Washington for redemption. The consumption of coffee the world over is growing rapidly. The average annual consumption in the decade 1870 and 1880 was 792,000,000 pounds, l in the next decade it was 1.320,000,- ! 000. Last year it was 1,580,006,000. Russia has four universities at Khar- kof, Juryeff, Waisaw and lleleingfoers, each attended by more than 1.000 stu dents. The university at Kief has Vit IN I NO BL ACK nt. BRIES. 2,260 students, that at St. Petersburg sirable to reduce the number of ber 2,600 and that at Moscow 3,400. ries produced in order to have them Since 1883 military operations in the grow larger and finer. ; Soudan have cost the British govern- In the drawing, which represents an ' nient nearly §40,000,0JO. The exact old dead cane that bore fruit last sum- | I fig»:res are as follows: For 1883 and mer, a is the main stem or cane, at b ■ 1884, £360.697; for 1884 and 1885, are several bad buds which have £2.382,569; for 1885 and 1886, £4.- thrown out unproductive or blind : 348,044; for 1896 and 1897, £798,802. shoots (e) from small buds at their I A correspondent of the London base; e, c, c, show lateral branches th it i Academy writes that a bookseller in a were pruned too short and having only large provincial city recently discov blind shoots growing from them; d, d, ‘ ered an assistant arranging four new are lateral branches that were not copies of Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of pruned, showing where the berries Grass” on the shelves devoted to books were produced last summer by the hulls still remaining on the short twigs; on gardening. at c the main stem was cut, leaving a In the north of Brazil, in the dis few (7) good buds on it. If you want tricts in the vicinity of the Amazon, blackberries to yield large crops do not are the forests containing the rubber plant on rich soil; they are more hardy trees, the amount of this product ex ami productive on rather ¡>oor or ele ported last year being valued at §50,- vated land. Give clean shallow cul- 000,000, and the supply as yet showing ture, or thoroughly mulch, and last, but not least, don't prune too closely. no signs of exhaustion. Frank V. Balling, of Blue Island. Ill., was troubled with a stiffening of the ankle joint, and his physicians tried to ascertain the cause by subject ing the limb to the X-rays. The in tense light caused the flesh to decom pose, and three amputations of the leg were necessary. He sued his doc Hawks have been seen to follow in tors, and the jury awarded him §10,- the wake of moving railroad trains, to 000. _________________ swoop down on small birds that were “Gelototherapeutists,” says the New suddenly disturbed and frightened by Yoik Tribune, “is a name given to the noise, and therefore for the moment physicians who treat patients suffering were off their guard. from various diseases ranging from An artificial sandstone is now made bronchitis to anaemia, by prescribing hearty laughter. A medical journal in Belgium which has many advan suggests that there is a great opening tages over the natural stone, being bet for physicians in studying various ways ter able to resist climatic influences of exciting laughter, such ns tickling, and susceptible of manufacture at small expense. farcial comedies, puns, etc." ...GO EAST... ----- VIA----- Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers. Dining and Buffet Smoking Library Cars. ....FAST TIME.... Pervice and Scenery Unequalled. For Tickets and all information apply to your nearest agent, or address A. B. C. DENNISTON, C. I’, and T. A., Portland. R. C. STEVENS. Q. W. P. A.. Seattle. I IP r RICKFUR'i. Washington PENSION D. C.. they will re- WLr*e*o*NATH*5 I I ceive quick replies. B. oth N. H. Vol,, fitaff 20ih Corps. Prosecuting cHimt aiucelSTS. HORRIBLE BODILY PAINS have their foundation In the blood—if it is pure, healthy and nourishing the entire holy will be well. Thousand» of suffering people have been cured by Moore’s Revealed Remedy A remedy that gives health and happiness quickly and pleasantly—one dollar per bottle at your druggist’s. DR. ■ARTEL'8 BOOT. R elief for Women’ Bent^w. In plain, staled envelope. Write today for this Book.containing Partiru- m and Twuaoiu^. of UK. ■ ARTEL'S French Female Pills. I Praised by tboesandw of Mtiafled ladle* as safe, always re I iah* a and without an equal. —' Sold by all drugfitfi In m*tal boy. Frenck Bag cm top In Bine, white and Red. Take no other. French Drug Cv..»l ft M Pearl Bu. Few York Cltf SURE GUttt rUK PILES TC HI MßPile» prod n-'* moist ar* aad ca aj »** itching. *hts form, as well as Bliad. B sedine or Protruding *ilss are cur»d by Or. losanko'» Pile Remedy IVipo itching and bleeding. AbR-ni timbri a ’•rat druyrmta urssnt by ««'I. Treaties free Write MabeetywersMe Ü1 BUàÀ.Uü, Ph .U*-. ra An Excellent Combination. The pleasant method and beneficial effects of the well known remedy, S yrup or Flos, manufactured by the C alifornia F ig S yrup C o ., illustrate the value of obtaining the liquid laxa tive principles of plants known to be medicinally laxative and presenting them in the form most refreshing to the taste and acceptable to the system. It is the one perfect strengthening laxa tive, cleansing the system effectually, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers gently yet promptly and enabling one to overcome habitual constipation per manently. Its perfect freedom from every objectionable quality and sub stance. and its acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels, without weakening or irritating them, make it the ideal laxative. In the process of manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal qualities of the remedy are obtained from senna and other aromatic plants, by a method known to the C alifornia F ig S yrup Co. only. In order to get its beneficial effects and to avoid imitations, please remember the full name of the Company printed on the front of every package. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO CAL. L OUISVIL LE XT NEW TOR*. M. T. Fe, Mlc by all DrugfiMa—Price 50c. per bottle through the winter need not stand In the way. Almost every large seedsman propagates mveet potato sets, ami lor a very small sum of money he will fur nish enough sets so that a farmer can grow several bushels of swept potatoes In the fall. It is worth trying. The farmer’s table does not have as great a variety of vegetables as it should, and the sweet potato Is so universal.y liked that It makes an extremely desir able addition during the season it can be easily kept—American Cultivator. Tacoma will probably pave nearly a mile and a linif of streets this sum mer with fir blocks. Tells no sweeter story to humanity ihsn the announcement that the health-giner »nd heslth-b*inger. Hood’s Ssrsspsrills, tells of the birth of »n ers of good he sit h. It is the one reliable specific for the cure of sll blood, stomsch »nd Inter troubles. Miss Brandon is still, at the age of 62, as industrious as ever. According to Lurmann, carborundum (silicum carbide) can be employed as a substitute for ferr ns silicium in tire production of steel, considerable quan tities of carborundum being already used for th it purpose. Woiin I1-* in Tree». 1J A WiWfîTII Nineteen women brave the dangers of wilds and forests as tiappers and guides. Clerks in Havana receive from §35 to §65 per month, according to their value, those speaking English com mand the best wages. A suit of clothes costs from §25 to §50; a dress suit anywhere from §60 to §100. Dixie Thompson, the "bean king” of Ventura county, California, planted 20,000 acres of beaus Inst year. The crop was 1.300 carloads, embracing more than 100 varieties. The beans were sown and cultivated in tlie same manner as corn, and were liavosted by special machinery. A New Brunswick, N. J., burglar, being unable to secnie any money in a house he bioke into one night lecently, accepted n small check in lieu theieol from the owner of the premises. A number of farmers in Sumner county, Kansas, have filed witli the county coniniissionets a protest against the continuance of the bounty on wolf More newspapers are printed in the scalps. They claim that tlie wolves are United States than in England, Fiance of great benefit to the country as rab bit exterminators, and tliat they do and Germany combined. little, if any, harm. Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth In Great Britain daring March ing Svrup the best remedy to use for their changes in tlie late of wages affected children during the teething period. 331,400 work people. Of these, 829,- The soil of Haiti is so rich that two 900 received advances in wages, aver- crops of coffee, cocoa, ginger and liene- aging 9'._.d. tier head, while 1,500 per pin Hre raised yearly. sons suffered a decrease averaging 3d. pei head. Tlie net result was an in SHAKE INTO TOl'R SHOES crease of about 9 ljd. per person in the All-n’s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. weekly wages of all affected. The in It cures painful, swollen, smarting, ner crease was mainly in tlie mining indus vous feet and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It’s the greatest try, where 204,808 persons partici comfort discovery of the age. Alleifs Foot- pated; in tlie iron and steel nianufac- Ease makes tight or new si. >es teel easy. turies, where 43,025 participated, and It is n certain cure for Ingrowing Nails, in the textile trades, in which 75,164 sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Vie have over 30,000 testimonials. persons participated. Try it lotl'ty. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. By mail for 25c. in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le ltoy, N. Y. riTe FirnwiHiilr Cured. X.. nt«or nervouenes II IO after tirsi day's use of Dr. Kline's (.treat Nerve Restorer. Send for EtU v! bi.OO trial bottleandtreadse. DR. R. IL. KLiNK, Ltd., 93U Arch street, Philadelphia, l’a. According to a consular report a reg ular ‘'goose market" takes place nt Warsaw during the month of October, through which some 3.000,000 geese pass, some for consumption at War saw, but most for export to Germany. One-third of the geese come from the government of Vilna, aud many more have come long distances, which would ruin their feet, to prevent which they are "shod,” as It is called, before set ting out on their journey to Warsaw. That is, they are driven first through tar poured on the ground, and then through sand. After this operation has been repeated several times their feet become covered with a hard crust which protects them during their long march on hard ground. Schillings A ton of oil has been obtained from the tongue of a single whale. Perpetu 1 Blackberry Patches. When a man plants blackberries lie lias a plantation that with care and spraying witli fungicides to prevent blight can be kept for all time. It is very hard to root out a blackberry patch, as any who have planted the wild sorts and who wish to change for better can testify. But if the best varie ties are secured, this tendency of the blackberry to sprout makes it more valuable. At even a very low price the plants can lie sold to neighbors so as to bring in nearly as much as a crop of fruit. Remember t hat you ran buy Jesse Moore A. A. Whiskey for I lie same price that is paid for ordinary whiskey. For sale by all lirst-class dealers mid druggists. Ceylon J: pan In ten years the production of steam engines in Germany lias been more than doubled. Ideal Blend Oü’cng WANTEI’ Men mid women everywhere to dis tribute Hmnples mid mlvertine CidiforniH Orange S.t rup: f- per day mid expenses paid; cash every week; particiilitrs for 2 rent stamp. CALIb’OR- N IA ORANGE SY 1'1* Cl).. Bun Francisco, (al. PORTLAND DIRECTORY. Berlin has followed the example of London in forbidding cabmen to use cetain streets unless they have a pas senger. For Yowncr Chicks. Young chicks appreciate a bit of shade during midday and should not DEMISTS. I’iso's Cure for Consumption lias been n family medit ine with us since 1865.—J. R. Madison, 2409 42d Ave., Chicago, 111. Machinery liuti Mu|»|»li«i*. CAWSTON *fc U6.: KNlilNES, BOILERS, MA- chmery, supplies. 4s-.'o First st., Purtland.Or. RAKES MOWERS BINDERS Educate Your Bowel«. Your bowels can be trained as well ns your muscles or your brain, (’aseareis Candy Ca thartic train your bowels to do right. All drug gists, lUc, 25c, 50c. A Strong WhifHetree. | Durable whiffletrees never come amiss, ! and the kind pictured herewith can be made at small expense. All that is needed is a piece of hardwood of proper shape, grooved at the ends so that the piece of round iron which is bent to a ring in the middle of Its length may be brought over them and there fastened with large staples, work which any blacksmith can do. and the ends of the rod then bent to hooks. In this way the strongest kind of a whittletree Is obtainable, the wood holding the iron In proper form. Best of all, double trees or eveners can thus be made. The Wonotu’a I.ong Suit. “Man was niaile to mourn,” mused the old man with long white wliiekere, “but women seem to have taken the job away from himl By Hokey, but they do enjoy a funeral!”—Kansas City Independent. 44A Gentle Wind of Western Birth” Wounds made in the stems of trees by pruning or otherwise, should have the wood preserved to keep it from ¿ecay tfn the new bark and wood ex- telKi8 ove|. ¡t. Gum shellac dissolved in a](.o]loi ¡s t'ar better than paint. I’ut the sll(,|nt() a wide-mouthed bottle, (^ver it w|t|, ak-oliol, and let it stand twenty-foiir hours, when It may be ap plle(1 a swab ol- brush. It serves, ,1S neal.ly as may be, as the substance (>f bal.k;'js Ilot affected by heat or cold or wct or (11 y weather, and retains the s.1(( np t() cut healing the wound without a scar. Any limbs cut off squaI.e oll top wlll ieave n deml end fron) slx ilH.lles to n. foot, which will eveatuaily jjie aud rot off. Limbs shonld bp cnt o)T slanting—never s,lual.c OIl top a8 often done.- M1.ehau-S Mouthl.v. ________ SCHOOL. Meolo Park. San Mateo Co., Cal., arcred* tied at the Universities. Location, climate, and careful attention to Menial. Mornland Physical training, piacts II itt’s among the forvm<»t Schools for Bovs on the Coast.—5 /’. Cnoniclr. W ill re-open in the new building August lath, (9lh year.) Ira G. lloilt, l’n. D., Principal. Ttie coal production of the United States is at present nearly five times as great as in 1S70. Gccse Are Prepared for Long Marches ROYAL BAKING POWCER CO.. NEW YORK. At a spirited foot ball match near Glasgow the game became so exciting that several spectators leaped into the arena to take part. The police tried to restore peace, but wete so determined ly opposed that 19 policemen were Beverly maimed and had to be sent to the hospital. HOITT’S In China guests at dinners run around between the courses. This is supposed to keep the digestion in good condition, but the hustling American needs something else, and there is nothing better than Hos tetter’s Stomm h Bitters. If a man or woman is .-uttering with constipation, in digestion or any stomach trouble, it’s tlieir fault if they don’t xd w< ii. be forced to find it in the coop, which too often Is almost air tight. Cut a hoop in two equal pieces and to a, b and c each tack either end of three pieces of lath or other light wood. Over this framework stretch cotton cloth, <1, or bagging ami tack firmly In place. The open ends admit a free current of air, while the cover keei»t off direct sun rays.—American Agriculturist. J. Japan line considerably more than half as many inhabitants as tire United States, though our countiy is 22 times its area. Í, FREEMAN, Agent, 2Ü0 Eiiat Water Street, PORTLAND. OR. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury, As mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole sys tem when entering it through the mucous sur faces. Buch articles should never be used ex all kinds cept on prescriptions from reputable physi cians, as the damage they will do is ten fola to . .TATUM A BOWEN... the goqd you can possibly derive from them. PORTLAND OR. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. 29 Io 39 First Sir«,I Cheney A Co., Toledo. O., contains no mercury, ami is taken internally, acting directly upon JOHN POOI.E, P ortland , O regon , the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. can Rive you the best bargains in general In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get ! machinery, engines, boilers, tanks, pumps, the genuine. It is taken internally, and made In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Chenej A Cu. Testi pions, belts and windmills. The new .led I X L windmill, sold by him, Is un- monials free. equalled. Boid by Druggists, price 7.5c. per bottle. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. KhWARh IttGHF.S; MACHINERY AND A gigantic scheme is on foot to buy vehicles; .end lor CHtalogue. lss-ltll Front Hl. MACHINERY, FeeJinir Vnlnes lompared. An experiment station has found that when cornmeal has a feeding value of 100 per cent, when bran lias 85 per cent., where middling from 100 to 110 per cent., according to quality, gluten meal 152 per cent., old process linseed meal 135 per cent., and cottonseed meal 152 per cent. For example, when corn Is worth 25 cents a bushel, a ton of corn is worth §9, and a ton of corn nOMK-MAPE W1IIFFLKTRKE. meal, counting in the expense of grind Illustration, which is from the Ohio ing. world he worth §10. When a ton Farmer, shows the construction. of cornmeal Is worth §10 wheat Is worth §8.50, gluten meal §15.20, old Keeping lee fro-ti Melting. However procured, even if it be ice process oil meal §13.50, aud cotton seed that has liven put up by the user, Ice has. oll §15.20. cost something, and should be made to Sheep Dipping 1’repirntions. last as long as possible. Keep the Ice There are a number of most excel in a large piece so long as you can, and lent dips on the market. These are wrap it in something that is a poor con usually more satisfactory than home ductor of beat. Woolen cloths are made. Get some one of these and fol better than cotton, for they conduct low the directions which go with each the beat less rapidly. Paper Is better package. Possibly the most satisfac than woolen, as it will not admit air. tory home-made dip Is a strong decoc If newspapers are used to wrap Ice in tion obtained by soaking tobncco stems they can be thrown away after they in water. These stems can usually 1«! have served this purpose without any obtained from cigar factories or may loss. lie ordered through a druggist. Dip tlie sheep as Siam ns they are sheared Piece.« with Calihngee, After many years of failure in cab and then repeat the operation in about bage raising I sowed Maule's all head two weeks to get rid of any ticks tliat early, sure head and safe crop cab may have hatched after the first dip bage seed. The result is I hate cab ping. _______ bage and kraut the year around. For Dairies and Cnww. early use I sow in the spring as soon There are too many dairies contain as the ground is warm and dry. I ing cows having an average of less think the plants are more thrifty than than 200 pounds of butter per anuum if sown in hotbed*. I mix a little wood to make dairying a bonanza. By breed ashes in the bed before sowing, and ing, testing and sending all cows not always have cabbage ready for use in up to the standard to the butchers a June.- Mrs. H. Hess. much better standard will be reached, Fermer. Grnwinir sweet Potatoes. and when the herd reaches 300 or 350 It is always a surprise to us why pounds a year a farmer can truly think more farmers do not grow sweet pota be is advancing. toes, at least enough for home nse. The difficulty of keeping th* seed potatoes Patronise those who advertise. Write for Catalogue. I I up the vast timber and mineral lands thionghout West Virginia and Eastern Tennessee, and build railroads to all the principal points to open them to trade. BLl’MAVF.R FRANK DRUG CO. 144 AND 144 Fourth Htreet. Portland, Oregon. Rupture __ ■'•V treated «cien- titirai I y and confidenti a I- ■y. Com lentfonoo Mcitol. C. N. WOOD t.u A CO.. 1C8 tec nd St, Ko thnd. 4 DR. GUNN’S 'T ver *1* PILLS ONE FOR A DOSE. Cure Hkk Headache and Dyspepsia, Keruove Pimples and Purify the Blood. Aid Idgi'fttion andFn-vent Billousm*''«. I)o not Gripe or Blrken. Toconvlnce von, we will mail •ample free, or full i»oa for 2.54 . Dll. B<»«AN KU Pill I «<1 a., £*nu on. Hold by Druggists. CANDY CATHARTIC CURE YO'JRSELFi öcwcaidö I I III S la I ta 5 4a,a. r.uarati'ied not lo at riot tir» Prav»nIt roniation. (’•»» Big W for ii ii Hat tirai di ai-har<ea, intlginmationa, irritatici* or uiterationa of m a c o il g membrane«. PainleHg, an<l not «stria« F hí E vam C hemical C o . f‘’nt or pò**»"«»'«». : «t- MNlî 3 U. S. A, by Bruniate, or ««‘nt In plain wrappwr. by »apri*««, prepaid, fot or 3 bottles, Circolar arnt rn reqitwat. Pleaaant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do Good. Never Blrken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c, 25c. SOc. ... St.rtU« i »- i CURE CONSTIPATION. ('.»yaay. ... ■•«tr.aJ, N.w Ywft. SIS PISO'S CURE FOR , CUM Wsftf A il RM FAIS. K tal ‘ '><!«. Srrup T mîn Orod. t» B In tima, kold by dru a* lac a .___ YOUNG MEN! For Gonorrhrra anil Giart »♦•( PabM'n Ofray It la the ONLY ni«*dicina which will cure ea, h ai.d e»ery caac. NO CASK known it hae ever failed to cure, no Dialler how w rioua or of how ion« Maadir.tr. Ret- It« from Ito uae will aatonKh you. It U ataoi itely » «fa, Cvrnta Mrirture. and can he taken without i»>eon»a- i»re and detention from buaim -ia. PRICl.. S3 For aa)e hy all reliable dHigiriata, or sent prepaid by expreaa, piaifily wrapped, on receipt of price, by PARRT CHtMlCAL CO., Chicaco, DL raquaaft W. r. ». r