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Newspaper Page Textv HORSE TAILS. W Import Thm Pro... All Ovf th World and Alto Export Thm. Ao Item that teemed odd In tbe mani fest of a t learner lately arrived from Jupauene and Chine port tvui tltli la tbe list of ber curu from TleuUlu: Fif.j-fire rae of borne fulls. Aa a matter t fiict. borae tnlla or tbe bolr tbereuf are a common article of Importation Into tfea country from China and from pivtty njinb every other country on earth. The American market geis targe quantities of them from China, hut more from Ituaaia, and bone tnlla are Imported here from every other European country aud from South America, from AuMrnlla. from all round the world. On the uth er babd, there are more or lesa A well can none tails exported. From various cuunes the aupply of borae tails, like that of anythlutf else, may In one country and auother vary from year to year, and there way he yenrs when tbe world's aupply In short and years when It la pleutiful, with corresponding changes In tbe range of prices. Horse tails have sold as low aa 20 cents a pound, and they have sold for as much as $2. If atocka are scarce and high In London and ample at low er prices here New York Importers ship borae tails to London. lu tbe contrary circumstances London Importers might ship borae tnlta hero. Horsetail hairs are sorted for length and colors, and they are used either alone or mixed with other fibers in the manufacture of various sorts of brunti es and mixed with other materials In tbe manufacture of haircloth. New York Sun. A VERSE FOR THE BEGGAR. Victor Hugo's Rssponts to the Old Blind Soldier's Appaal. A Frenchman, writing recently upon The Mendicants of Paris." recalla a pretty anecdote of Victor Hugo and n blind beggar. The beggar wna an old soldier, very feeble and quite alght Iras, who was led every day by hi little granddaughter to a certain street corner, where be waited patiently for such scanty arms as the hurrying pub He might drop Into a small box that bung from his neck. One day a group of gentlemen halted Dear hi m. chatting, and he henrd the name by which they called the one who lingered longest. Ilenchlng for wurd ns he, too, wus about to go, he caught him by the coat "What do you want, my good man?" BKked the gentleman. "I have already given you 2 to us." "Yea, monsieur, aud I have thanked you." replied the veteran. "It Is some thing else that I wuut" What Is It?" "Vernes," "You Nhnll huve them," said the gen tlemnn, and he kept his wurd. The next day the blind soldier bore on his breiiMt a plncnrd wllh a stanza to which wus appended the mime of Vic tor Hugo, and the alms In the box were quintupled. The Hues may be thus trnnxlatcd: Like HHlBtrhu and Ilk llontttr blind. Led by a youn child on his pathway dim. The hand that a I da bla naed. pitying and kind. Ii will not we, but OoO will for him. How One Word Was Born. The two fiieuda hnd been dining on divers and sundry ntninge (Unties at the Cedars of I .elm mm cafe. In the Syrian quarter of New York. They Were drinking their coffee, thick with conl black ground, and wonderiug whether they really enjoyed It. when Built hers nuddeuly erled out: "I'atniig! I'tiiuug!' The waiter hurried away and came bn k presently bringing an ordinary corkscrew. "1 w:ia Just leMllng. siild f ml then lo his couiimuloti, "the truth of the story that the tlrnt corkscrew aeen In Ikirut was brought there by a Yunkee It was a pi ten ted Aiuerlciiu coutmp tlon. and the Syrian were amaEed at Ita convenience. They nelled out ou It the myKttc word, Tst. Aug. '?tt.' and took thut to be the nuiue of the Imple ment Now, 1 believe the atnry that patiiug la ItH uauie all over the Levaut" New York Hun.. Tht First Quarantine. From a 'I a'ounia the cutoia of quaraullne originated lu Ventre aoine where nlN'iit the beginning of the twelfth century All uierchauta and oilier coining from the eastern coun tries were obliged to rental u In the house of St. l,aiam fr a terlod of forty Any tMf.re they were adinltteil Inio the rlty Taking the Mn from Venl e. other Kun-ean cities. wj? ehilly Mrt lnwim, Inntltuted qiiaran tine during eaMn!t of tlugue, and well dwn Into nHMb-rn thm-a moat ttatlDs oVpu-l the wvt-m. applying It when It aa deeliuit Devenry. Youthful Wisdom. Father-Why did my little lpy oend pnpa a Mirr with only a capital T mritten on the page while he nm awsyT Little rVn-U ausw I thought you'd go itroutid auioitg your frlnd with It and any. "My .., i ouly fi ur yenm old and Junt aee the cnpltul If tier be writes:" Judge's Library A Btttoe Fiflur. In your senuon (lit, momltig yuu poke of a baby aa 'a nrw wave on the ocean of lti ' M "Quite ao; a poetical figure" "lon't you think "a frth i,unir Would hare hit the mark titr.'"- Boatoo Trancrlpt. PrtMy Blf. new bat U prrttr bl" 'I thounht mo. ton. but wb.a I ot lb bill fur It It made raur bat leuk I Ilk tbt head of pto."-Rotraf. The LOCAL NEWS. Call ud 840. th Douglas Count! Creamery, (or crenm. After all there la no fountain pen quite aa good aa the Waterman Ideal, on aale at the Itoaeburg Hook Store. Mr. and Mra. Hoy Sinner are here from Klamath FuIIb to remain for an Indefinite time. Business Is re ported quiet there just now. but Mr. Sloper expects to Bee a good sized city built up there In a few years. About April lnt the S. P. Co. will promote Heveral of their passenger brakesmen to the position of bag gagemen, at Increased salaries, on ruins Nog. l.r, 16, lit and 20, on his line, and Nob. 1 and 2 on the Portlund-Corvullls line. Their runa on this Hue will be from Portland to Ashland, Instead of stopping at Koseburg, as they now do while run ning as brakesmen. VV. C. (ladills went tu Sutherlln this morning where the uuoHtlon or a new water system Is to he derided tonight. Since reaching the conclu sion that u pumping system from the North l'mifiia Kiver would he too expensive, plans are being made for sinking a mammoth well on the ele vation nor III of town. This well In to be II feet lu diameter aud MO feet p. It will take the place of three frilled wells which now furnish con siderable water but have no adequate storage capacity. A large reservoir and distributing system will also be 'onstructed for use lu connection with this big well. As one of the resent bored wells overflows at the nurture of the ground. It Is thought large well, such as Is proposed. will furnish plenty of wuter for the own. Perfect Bread Pleased Bread Eaters, result From the use of Sperry Drifted Snow Tlour lll.li In the highest quality or gluten, from the finest tducxtcm wheat. I e this flour lie luxe. Never bleached. ,M.le lij Sperry Flour Co. T1M. H ASH. Benson Grocery WH.K MSI Klltl TOIL Satisfaction guaranteed or money biwk. MrA.n MAK-E.-ff! mm pjjgp ml BP! Vy'V r NEW cordially invites your presence Wednesday and Thursday at 2:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. , Initial Display Showing of 1912 Spring Millinery Music 3:00 to 5:00 Each Afternoon Book Without Errata. A London publisher once determined lo publlah at least one book which should be fiiultleaa In the matter of er rata. He bad the proofs corrected by hla on-n proofreader with the frreatest care until they bad exhausted their aklll n rid patience find flHRured hlin thut there were tn louper nny errors lo he eliminated. Tukln? dupltrnto proof of the Inst revise, he Rent theui to the universities nnd other Inre pub lishing hoiiKoM, ofi'crtiur Inre money p;'l;ua for each error clisi overiil. A few ermrs only were found, und after ev (ry one hud a ihitiM-e to dete-t nny nd dlllonal errom the platen were made, the iNNik printed, expensively bound nnd old nn nil tihxohitMy perfect hook ami unifiiie In nil literature. , For n long time thh wim coiu-eded. hut fix or el-lit nmnthfl after ltd puMlrntlon a Utter failed the puhlMier'H attention to mi error In n certain line and pn-e. IjitiT a Hccoiid wan annount'cil. mill before the first jour had elapsed some four or the errors had been reported. Charles Window Hall. In National MiiKHzlne. Natural Turki&h Baths. Trestoii. ( Hit., nlniut Kevetity mile; from Toronto, enjoys natural TnrkWh baths. Near the town Is o hike the waters of whh h are Impregnated with sulphur nnd other ehemhal pniertles. The lake Is government property, ami the rot to thoMe availinu tlieiiiselve of Its virtues N merely uomimil. nlwait MlpeiK'i helim wiilli. lent to remunerate the Hervh es of the htilfhreeds prepar luu the bath. This Is taken In what la locally end ed a "sweat lodj;e." The lode Is inude by illyk-tiiK a hole four feet deep, lin ing It with small bowlders nnd eover ItiR It with nn nir proof tent A lire Is then built In t:te h- le and kept bnrn liiK until the uttmes are thoriMiiily heati-d Water from the lake Is sprin kled on the hot vtnues. and a vteum nrWes w tilt h 1 l:olen with natlii iunl properties.- London (iraphlc. Nature. "We say 'hat nature Is blind." sns John ilurrom:!.- In the AtluuMe, "but she has uo need of ces. she trhn all eotit'ses. Sin has iutlnite ttine. Ii-tlulte power, intlalle spare, und o tar s our feeble liihuls rim ee her deMht Is to play this game of Mind man's butT over nnd over to till eternity Her creature grt life nnd the Joy nnd pain that life brings. Itnt what is Hiiiufiited or ib plettsj or coiuiuile.l or witistU-d or fui tllled w ho knows?" A Thorough Tstt. "Iimpetor, that woman I nld Iwujs Itstentnicou my party hue must have ijult." "What tii:ikis you think so?" "Why. my wife has been listening for three weeks and hasu't caunht ber yet." Oevelnud I'laln Ivnler A Psss-mitt. Tommy Cod -What in it they rail a pessimist. puT I'a Cod A pessimist, my aoti. ts a fl!i who thinks then la a aook tu every worm! Pin k. "Advertlslnn la the door to success. Originality and aggressiveness unlutk the door." Pr J. I. Callaway. Osteopathir Thy Kbian. Atoaluitn iluilding. Kosehtirg Tfltrontse RT)ew - -Tttsers VOl 1 t:VK OI K MRAT MARKET with admiration t r th prft cImi llnma which la etrrjwher apparal Tour own kitchen couMa't b mora f re. from evrn the allghteat auaplctoft of dirt. So there la ao added aaU faction In comlnn In perenn to .elect the choice cut we alwayi bar. oi haud. Olte youraelf and ua Ik. pleamire of a II lodar. The Economy Market (exo. Koblhra, l'n.. YORK STORE Pickled plga feet at tbe Benaon Grocery. l.ee Love aa over from Garden Valley today. Smoked bam sliced at the Benson Orocery. The ladles of St. George's Church will Berve a CAFETERIA SUPPER in the Parish house, 214 E. Caaa. Saturday afternoon from 5 to 7 o' clock, dtd Most disfiguring skin eruptions, scrofula, pimples, rashes, etc.. are due to Impure blood. Burdock Blood Hitters la a eleanalng blood tonic. Maka yon clear-eyed, clear-aklnned, cleur-braiued. CASTOR I A for Iafants and Cbildrea The Kind You Hav3 Always Bought Bears the "f GuM$a. tiiguaturH No one lies awake thinking ot your buHlnesH; out of print out ot mind. Th Presidential candidates are well advertised every four years Ask your nelKhbor who ran wltb Uryan the last time five out of ten will br they have forgotten and the other five will think a long time be fore giving the correct answer. The Latest CuffLink The Missing i Link at HUEY'S Roseburg's Leading Jewelers Pansies! Pansies! The large flowering kind, Just right for planting.. Grown from Im ported aeed, the best to be bad In Europe. Plants 25c per dozen, or II. SO per 100. F.-Schmidt Edvnhower, Tight In front nf Masonic Cemetery. A frea can at Church- Ill Hardware Co s. to any lady calling for For a short time only. Saturday, March 23 The last number of -Lytxum Course will occur on the above date. AUTO TRANSFER 1. V. CI.KMKNT, Prop. I' hone TO. or leave order at J. H 3ykea' foe store. MAYOR GATNOh'S LIST OF HELFFUL BOOKS. Th.r. Are 8ixt.n of Them. Beginning With th- Bible. Tha Blblfc Euclid. Hliakeapeare. Hume'. "History of Enarland" e peclally the note.). 1 lomer. Milton. Cervantes. HabeUls. Gil Bias. Franklin's "Autobiography and Letters." s flutarch'a Lives. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Honiuii Empire." Adam Smith's "Wealth of Na tions." ltucon'a Kssays. De Lome-'. Iintlsh Constitution. Here are the alxteen books which Muyor Cuynor of New York believes huve hud the lurgest effect on bis life. They tire mentioued in the order In whh h the mayor thinks he tins been affected by them. The llt Is contained lu a letter which the mayor wrote to it. A. C. Smith, acknowledging a handsome edition of "l)..ii Quixote." which Mr. Smith had sent lilm- Soiue time ago the muyor and Mr. Smith fell Into a hook tulk. Mr. Smith nuMiMomil the "Don Ouixote" of Cer vantes and ilecriled the enjoyment I be hnd found In reading It In the origi nal Spanish. .Mr. Smith found that Muyor Cuynor wtis Just us great an admirer of Cervnntew aa he was. and the ni9t or confessed frankly that bla inability to rend "Don Quixote" In the oritrlutil Spanish was one of the great regrets of hla life. Mr. Smith enjoyed the conversation so much (tint he tmirtir the handsom est edition of "Don Quixote" in the Motteux tiiMKlntlnn he could tliul ntd sent It to the mayor. DEATH OF BILLY DELANEY. He W.s Trainer of Corbett. Jeffries and Johnson. All Champions. William Kelnnej. uot.d as a trainer I nd handler of famous prlieflghters. who died recently, was born in New York aud tvn ubout sixty years old. He llrst gained fume ns the trainer of I Jim Corliett and prepared him for the uiemonihle tltiht with John I. Sullivan which Corliett wou at New Orleans In Scptenitier. INtrj When CorlK-tt was whlpiied by Uob Fluslmmons at Carbon '.'Ity the for mer's spurring artner, Jnuie J. Jef fries, wus taken In bund by Dehincy. who announced that he would develop tbe bollermnker Into a champion. De luucy trained Jeffrie, for the first bat tle with the fornlshtnan at Coney Is land, and when Jeff won tbe title the veteran fruitier embraced hint In tbe Hug. IVIaney stuck to Jeffries all through hLs championship career, tint when Jeffrie retired and refused to box ltl'l Sutures In San Kranchvo there came a serious breach. IVIaner assumed charge of A1 Kauf man, thr California heavywelElft. then and proceeded to challenge Jeffries, of fertng to ninke a bet of 110.000 on the side and let the winner take all. Wheu j Jeff-lea refused this offer anJ mr.de a match with Jack Johnson. Delaney I kmt no tliue In predicting the white man's downfall Ivlsn.-v. to SMUar I aocouut. with Jeffries conseatcd to 1 a2 a. Johnson's chief serond at Reno. i and when the negro won the trainer deckled that It wa. time to retire. Previously he hsd turned down an of fer ef flo.On.1 to freiHire Jeffrie, for tie mill, aliitig as a reason that the poueriuaaer w.it lacking in gamenew. Dels net bad a clean record In pugil ism He was a shrewd matchmaker and a clever Jndge of filter Patronise Review advertise!. LOCAL NEWS. Have Arundel tune it. Typewriters for sale and rent at the Rosehurg Book Store. dsw Remember. Dr. Hermann, the Eye sight Specialist, la in hla office. 217 S. Stephens St., from the first to the fifteenth of each month. Rolled oats and Darley. cracked and who' corn, wheat and all varie ties of m'll feed at tbe Douglas County Mills. Phone IS dtf Smith's Livery, all new rigs and outat8. first class driving and riding horses; automobile In connection. Terms reasonable. Pbone 60. Olflc with new fudles' waiting room, cor ner Oak and Rose streets. S. T. Smith, proprietor. dtf Most Roseourg housewives use eltber "Pride of Douglas" or "Queen City" flour. There's a reason for lu Pbone 13. Douglas County Mills, It your grocer doesp't carry eltber kind. This Is to certify that I, R. A. Stowell, have used Stowell's Oregon Hair Tonic. My hair was half gone nnd the rest was dead, when a well known barber In Roseburg advised me to go to Portland and get relief. I told him I was going to a e a doctor In Roseburg, and if he fulled 1 would go. So I went and saw Dr. J. C. Twitchell, and he gave me the tonic, that I afterward gave the name of Oregon Hair Tonic. Anyone doubt ing this statement. I can prove it. (Signed) K. A. Stowell. dtf "Pride of Douglas," a Roseburg product, and "Queen City," a bard wheat article, made at Vancouver, Wash., are the two best varieties of flour on the market. Why use any other kind that costs more? If your grocer doesn't' carry either brand. Just phone: 13, Douglas County Mills, and a sack will be delivered at your home. dtf o IIOSK SI'RAV. Spray solution for the destruction of lice and aphis on rose busbea and other plants. M ARSTERS DRUG CO. TRESPASS NOTICE. Positively no trespassing allowed on tbe lands of the Curry estate, dsw N. CURRY ESTATE. CALL FOIl COl'XTY WARRANTS. Notice Is hereby given all persons holding county warrants Issued by Douglas County, Oregon, and ln- a"T" cu. ' V , I, " "! .Vi. of June. 1911, to present the lame to the County Treasurer at his office (or payment, aa Interest will cease thereon after the date of this notice. Dated at Roseburg, Oregon, this, the 12th day of February. 1912. J. E. SAWYERS, County Treasurer of Douglaa County, Oregon. dsw Town Lots and Choice Acreage At Creen. the new townslle at Intersection of S. P. and R. D. Railways. Town lot. BOl2. at $75.00. (liolce acreage In Ave and ten-acre gardening or poultry. Phone 320-Y Choice Meats We handle choice meats, such aa wla favor, catering to customers wae appreciate the best at reasonable prices combined with satlafactorr service. Nice, select d bams and bacon. ICc lb. Pure lard. In 3 lb. D lb and 10 lb pails. KHc lb. Pure lard In io lb. kits, lie lb. LOUIS KOHLHAGEN PHONE 19 10? CASS STREET LOCAL .NEWS. J. R. Dean returned home to Rid dle Sunday. Miss Velma Archambeau. of Suther lln. la visiting here at the home of he,- uncle, S. B. Crouch. Mr. Q. W. Wonacott returned Sat urday evening from a rtsit wltb ber new grandchild In Portland. Mra. J. C. Talbott. of Spokane, who baa been the guest of Mrs. V. C. Hartlett. left this morning for lled ford. , Mra. Merrlam, who has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. E. W. Mor gan, at Edenbower, returned borne to Sutherlln today. Mlsa Beckett, of Portland, who has been a guest at the home of Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Smlck, went to Myrtle Creek this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Grant McDonald, who arrived here two weeka ago from Minnesota, left this morning for Eu gene and Oregon City. They expect to return here later to locate. Miss Luclle Voorhiea. who baa been visiting at her home at Looking Glaaa, left thia morning on ber re turn to Portland, wh-re she la at tending a nurse training school. Mrs. Blanche Anderson, ot Port land, a nurse by profession, arrived here this morning and went out to Flournoy Valley to visit with her parents, Mr. and Mra. J. E. Bates. Mrs. Olive Clingenpeel and son, who had been visiting here with ber slater, Mra. H. F. Wooater, left Sun day for Colville, Idaho, for a visit with relatives there. Thence they will return to Oklahoma. W. L. Singleton, Oak Creek: W. 0. Hill, Wilbur; Norman Aree, Wln stons; T. B. Burnett, Round Prairie; Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Houf)rd, Jamea Innian, Looking Glass, were among the Roseburg visitors today. Oliver O. Landrith, a Coos County pioneer and father of Miss Alice Landrith, of this city, died In North Bend last week, aged 66 years. He was a scout under General Miles In the Indian campaigns in Idaho and Montana In the '70s. Among those who spent Sunday at neighboring towns were: Mr. and Mrs. Sam T. Smith, at Oakland; Col. K. Shannon Taylor, at Winchester; Mr. and Mra. Fred Chapman, at Wil bur; R. L. Whipple, at Drain; W. C. Gaddis, at Sutherlln. Mrs. W. T. Wright haa returned from a two months' sojourn at Long Beach, Cal. She was accompanied home by ber niece. Miss Fannie Campbell, who has been attending a polytechnic institute at Long Beach for'the past nine months. Miss Jeanette Chenoweth, of Red ding, Cal., is visiting here with her brother. H. B. Chenoweth, the bar ber. She arrived here Saturday evening from Dea Moines, Iowa, where she has been attending the Still School of Osteopathy. D. E. Vernon, J. A. Underwood, J. P. Starr, J. H. Goodman and "Tad" Jones came over from Oakland this morning. They report the arrival at Sutherlln this morningof two carloads of homeseekers from the East. These newcomers from the land of snow and ice cannot fail to be delighted with Oregon, with ita C balmy air and warm sunshine. W. L. Dystnger, the planing mill operator, will this year erect a large, handsome residence on hla property at the c rner of Mill and Mosher streets, opposite hla mill. The resi dence will be one of the finest in the city. It will be two stories high, with a basement which of Itself will be subdivided and fitted up for com plete. livlnt; purposes. Plans for the landscape work include a terrace revetted by a Btone and concrete wall, surmounted with ornamental light posts. 1 1 f" J of Hwm. who hsv. mm Inventing .bnitr MPMleu.writ.llBEBlJtr M.IVTIMt. KIMIriutf twnai. WartlasMa, eh S t-'ugpa To success, LuU B uilJers of Homes Our "PROFIT-SHARING Investment Certificates areREAL MoneyMalcsrs Send for Booklet 604 W CofbeUBMjPonktid Oit ft o. tract., suitable for fruit, track C. . Oliphant 8?