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OTICB FOR PUBLTCATIOX. . uid Q.-et? at Rosebar?, Or., October 23, 13)3. g fticrf 13 -nereoy gvQ mia ne iouovin untl htettler baa 4led notice of Hhe intention 5j i6ie Hoal proof iaka jprt of she 'claim, and iriat said itoo will be'x&ade before the Judge ir bouutv Cl.;rk of Jitckiion c6'jnty, Orepon, at J iclsoniiler Oregon, -oa Paturchy, Dectnater f. lxu. vi ?: Ainii &istrom oi re-emptioa . &. r o. tor the bo meant 14 of southeast sotica it. ntlj S of southvrejt' and south Veitof soacheut eectioa rf, township 31 s. r east. . : jtf mimes the following witnesses to prove hit crmununnH resld''.n nprm-and cultiva tion of HRi'i land, viz: Luther G- Porter, of 3?earr(, J-.;x5i-ioa county, Oregon, awin B. I or. ildsr-iX D. Riitf aud Rasmus asmutt6en all of Prosiect. Ja;k-ofi count v. Oregon. f' ik) John IS. Coyie. Ciaimanl under Soldiers X. S. N-y. and fundi Salatrom, Claimant q tidnr LL, E. No. 74ti. you, and each of you are cereoy aqmrnonea to appear at me aoove c arad dats ao-1 oluce. and'thow cause, if any. tff 'ay the said proof of AninvC. Salstrom should pot ne acoutea. - p-27-d-l ; John H, SflPPK, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land (jiflceat Kosebuny, Oregon. October a3, Wft&JI Ntice !fc hereiy given thitt the foHowing med settler ha tilod notice of his intention t ;o piu.'ta tin;'.l pre f in support of LU claim, and tha m'1 prxf will )e made before toe Judge z lioutity Clerk -of Jjckson counry, Oregon, at sjucirstrfiville, Oregon, on Halurday, December y. IKtcl. viz: Jh:i A'ltert Sabitrom, on Bre-enip ion d. s. No.Ti1. for the north of northeast ,1 ind uojch s of i6rtu fcdt section 33, town-, "II .T. leant. .' .. ? fie n;mu9 .h following witnsaes to nrove hisrconiiD'Kii's reSiJento upon, -and cultivation 'ct k&M land; 'viz; Latner ti. Porter, of Med jord;'Jclr.ou county Oregon, Edwin S. Moore. 6.v D. Rfwe aud K smu Kasmilasen alb of j rihpf '-t, J:if nft-in county jOtvaoii- Vo.Joun I Ooyle, (Uaimant uuder Soldiers -. 3. s. No: .'i7, yoa are h(nxby summoned' to ap pear at the -above motioned date and pluce and show canse. if nny. why Hie said proof of fl ohn Vlbert riaisu-ooi should not beacceptoui p-7-d-I Johb H. Shupe. Register. GHEUSE BEST I3T THE WOBUt. Tl weariof:rranHtiamiBTirT)d. ftctnTTy CDtlutinptwa DCT4S or anyothw brasa. Hoc VStetMi. by heat. VOT Til CKi IU ii. 7 9 Pith J Noj L' MAN j WSORIAL PARLOS, - --2rvx 1 destined to become - tTi.,i, the most beautiful maim axle nmLm SUNSET APTER A WORKDAY. The skies are dark, the rain drops fast, The dreary ranks of foil Qlo pas V ' ' '. The workroom's hum souhds tired and slow, .The hand moves listless to and fro; ' '" ven our u.eeuies beeui uuoueu With rnstiiy fobeiUqusjniood, ' And dull Revolt against bir wllL Like teasin g sprites, io.work us ill, Envy and discontent steal in. .Whispering to us through tho din. None but ourselves, say they, must climb Rough paths, w-hile others have free time ForaUlife'sioys.lts Ueautiesraro, " Its mudio soft, its Bowers fair. Knowing no tasks for whose lard sake Tired heads Juust throb and curved spinas aahe. We hail the whistle's blatant scream" V That wakes nat.fromjhis bitter .dream. Break oft the thread and fold away .Our work, 'to wait another day. Plod homeward through the darkening strecf. With chiUy hands aa mud-soiled eet. " ' ' .The clouds seem frowning heaviest, When, lo! .they open in the west: A faint pink touches smoke and mist: One spire," its crowning cross atwlsj. . .With golden rays, points upward to A vapor-edged, raro glimpso of blue. 'And through a narrow, brick-framed space .Smiles suddenly the sun's dear .lava i.ife looks so livoab!! again: ' .Whero are .tho loaj-druwn hours f rain? .Courage and confidence draw near, "Whispering to us, calm and clear. None but ourselves, say they, m'&y know -The fullness of this sunset glow, '" for we alono, who ilrudgcd aU day Twixt streets of icud and skies of gray, ,Can read the symbol fair aright: ' ."At evenlngtimc it shall be light. " Back, to the heart 'comes, Hoavcn-senti That guest it cannot spare Cbnteut. Ruth Hi .Sessions, in Far and Near WmTJM A WIFE. Cow a Deserving Young Man Won pm swaetneart. A GhMtly FUlon That MatarUUsed Into Beantlfai Substance An Incident " .That startled a Ilousehold Oat of siumbor. Three o'clock in the jnornin? is an Bncanny Lpnr the world over except at police hedqu ar.ters of In the office of a jnorninjr newspaper, und it was in this latter place,' at u liour named, that lour or five reporters, having' sent in 'aU their copy nod listened to the forej roan sw.ear for fiXtecn niinntes because fie had two columns bJ snace and ten columns of matter that '.'must t'o in," sat with their feet on the tables and their chairbacks knocking- the plaster ing off, talkinjf .over the Mibject which ts just as new to-day as it was when Adam doffed-his beaver aud said: "llow d'y' doy to Eve. Every followia the crowd was a- bachelor, and each one was informing the other in all serious ness that he should marry. -What for?" inquired Claude Brown of Frank Jones. '."Because." replied Frank, "it's the only proper way to live." "A nice husband a reporter wonld make," said Claude in rebuttal, "com ing in at three o'clock a. m. and leav ing home as soon as he got his, f;vc!Te o'jclock breakfast. "But his "wife would always know where he was, and if she didu't, she'd know wherever he wasie was after an item and had to be back at tho ofiioo on time," remarked Charlio Smith. .'Well,? put in Claude, "if you think it's stjch a great snap why don't yon et married?" VCant," said .Charlie, very positively, ."Whynot?"' "Thunderation, man, how's a fellow to buy a wholp steamboat when he hasn't money enough to bay a splinter off a stage plank? How's a man to bny a house and lot when he can't buy a shovel full of dirt? Haw's a msn-r-" "That's it," interrupted Claude; .'how's a mas to do anytUiug if he doesn't do it? What's the matter with marrying a rich girl?" "Where's the girl?'' queried Charlie. "Pleuty of thcra. Girls with money always need a disbursing acnt and fhey will trust a hasbaud when they won't" trust an elder iu the churclt. Be sides, what's the good of her money if a girl has her heart spf. on a husband and can't get him?" . ' Smith argued awhile against matri mony and at bali-past three started for home, lie was thinking the conversa tion over, and as he trudged along if occurred to him that a bachelor was net only a knot on a log, but he was a very lonesome knot. His" way led him through the aristor eratic portion of the city. and. as he passed a fine house his reverie was dis turbed by the peculiar click of a turn ing lock and the" matrimonial line bt thought was' all knocked awry by the reportorial instinct, and he saw, in stead of a blushing, blooming jlrs. Smith, a burglar c rucking- a million aire's dining-room and making off with his silver, lie thought of the beautiful scoop he was going to have on the other fellows and, slipping into the shadow, be waited " and listened. Click went the lock again, as if the burglar was nervous and was more anxious to open the door than he was to preserve -the ordinary bur glarious quiet. The reporter scrutin ized the door closely and discovered that the robber was not on the outside, "but -was evidently within and was working his way out, and he felt a thud .of excitcmont nt the thought of "being able to capture his man with the boodle on his- person." " lie slipped his revolver out of his pocket, trained it on the door and an instant afterward the 'door swung open and Charlie was ready to "throw up your hands." when, instead of a burglar, a ghost enme out. "It can't bo a ghost;'.' kc whispered in an assuring tone to himself, "for "ghosts don't unlock doors. " They just come right through them. But if it sn't a ghost, 'what the deuce is it?" . He had long to wait, for whoever or whatever it was came out into the ves tibule and down the steps slowly, as if uncertain of its movements, and when about half-way ' to " the ' payemeut stopped, ' : ' "'.'.'By garry." said the reporter, Vit'3 a woman, and she's got on a night gown. I'll have" to see about this," and with Uis revolver ready in case of accident, he stepped out of the shadow and rpoke to the ghostly walker ' "Good evening,' he said, nervously. "No, excuse me, I mean good morning. If you're going to market, maybe you'd better go back and put on an ulster." " ' 'Ordinarily Charlie would Vave' Iieen more gallant, but this was anything but an ordinary affair, and he didn't re quire newspaper instinct to tell him so. ' The sheeted figure made no reply, but moved again and came toward him. The cold chiils chased each other down his back and he loqked for a policeman. With the usual resultf" "Stand'back." he said, fthis pistol ain't loaded, but it might gp off." 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I r.UI?i nH fn.ee .with his strange discorory, and Charlie saw that it was not only a -woman, but a young and handsome one, and he began to feel better. -'I beg your pardon," ho said, "but tho night air is cool and you appear to bo dressed rather lightly. Can I ren der yon any assistance? Is there any One in the house that has frightened you?" Still no answer, and Charlie, embold ened by his own words, stepped to the young woman's side and gently took her by the arm. She turned her face to him and then the mystery was solved. "Another Amino,"' he said. " 'La Sonnambnla' oif the stage with a re porter as first tenor and leading man. Well, this is a go!" "I've got to take her in the house, anyhow, that's plain," he said to him self, and he gently led tbe willing yvalk er back up to tlic door and rang the bell, and rang it with a forty-horse power draft. Tbe noxt minute the beantifnl sleep walker was no longer asleep, but wido awalec, and Charlie had a very plump young woman in his arms in a dead faint, and he made a dash -with his burden into the hall, only .to meet a healthy young man in even less dis habille. "What's this?" he shouted, making a grab at Charlie's throat. "Shut the door, yon idiot!" gurgled Charlie, dropping the girl on the floor and almost putting Vis foot on her, after the manner of sic semper tyrannis. ''What does this mean?'' again shouted tho young man, and the re mainder of t'.io family came tumbling downstairs, none of them fixed to see company. "iet go of me and shut that door and I'll to'J you!" wheeie-l Charlie. "You don't want to raise t!ie neigh borhood and bring the patrol wagon, do you?" Some of the other members of the family by this time had rescued the re porter and shut the door, and, while the mother and the servants carried the unconscious girl upstairs, Charlie told the father and son how be bad met the young lady and what the trouble was. Both men knew him by sight and had met him on 'change and elsewhere, and it was not difficult to explain the situation. Half an hour later the reporter was at home, in bed and dreaming sweet dreams of pretty girls and all sorts of rom-.intic things. When he reached tho office next day a note was waiting for him and he was invited to call that evening on the mother of the young lady. lie called, of course. He saw the mother; he saw the daughter, blushing and beantifnl. and now if Charlie is a bachelor much longer there will be a breach of promise suit or some other dreadful calamity, for Charlie's mind is made np. Detroit Free Press. SHORT SCISSORING. Bum is made from the refuse of sugar. The best comes from the West Indies. The South Sea islanders make an in toxicating drink from corn and decayed fish. At the royal mint at Stockholm a woman for years has been the engraver of medals. Thirteen tons of postage stamps are said to have been sold in New York city last year. Col. r.EEDiLAjfD, of Mexico, will in a few day3 marry Hiss Bossman, of Min nesota, The groom is seven feet two inches in height and the bride six feet eleven inches. Tiie largest horse in the New York show was a Clydesdale stallion from Toronto, whose wcijfht ia 2.2C0 pounds. The smallest animal was a Shetland pony which weighs only 70 pounds. A pie served to Charles II. was made of sparrows, potatoes, cringocs, lettuce, chestnuts, . oysters, citron, artichokes, egtrs, lemons, barberrjes, pepper, nut meg, cloves, mace, currants, sugar and wine. - Capt. C James, of the Rcdditch (Eng.) Town Cycling club, died recently, and, in accordance with his lust wish, his coffin was borne to the grave on four bicycles and attended by his friends riding on their wheels. The Dog tVns 2,'ot "Touoh.d. In a parlor car on an eastern train sat a richly-dressed young woman, tenderly holding a very small poodle. "Madam," said the conductor, as ho punphod her tipket, "I am very sorry, but you can't have your dog in this car. It's against the rules." "I ahull hold bim in my lap all tho way," r.ho re plied, "and ho will disturb no 6n." "That makes no difference," said tho conductor; "I couldn't allow my own ! dog bore. ' Dogs must ride in the bag gage car'. I'll fasten him all riglit for i RAPPUyft COYOTES, DlfflouA Way Fojr pno to lok? a'Wyinar. Getting Traps In tho Sierra foothill? TJnwoJqomo Gutiiti That Aro Plenti ful Traits of the Western Terrors Talks with an Old Hunter. George Pock 4s an .old-timer, having come to California some time in the early fifties, and has had the usual ex perience of fortune and ' misfortune, mostly misfortune. He has leng since quit hoping for a "strike," and is now a wautlering, poverty-stricken old chap, keeping himself as much as pos sible out of tho way of the world, never looks at a book or paper, mines 'at odd spells,'' and hunts f,hfi greater part of tho year. Lately he has been .trapping ralong. tho Yuba, and has pitched his tent on a little flat known as the Keystone. ' ' There are no valuable furs jto be ob tained in tho lower foothills, but the coyotes are numerous on the Keystone, and as the state pays a bounty of five dollars lor each scalp an expert trapper can tuako enough to keep body and soul togethor aud have a little left over. But ho must be an expert The gaunt, hungry, snarling coyote is more diffi cult to catch than a fox, and his habits, likes and dislikes, runways and noc turnal prowling? must be learned by the trapper beforo he can expect to take more than an occasional scalp. The Keystone is a favorite yelping ground, and the rugged hills, with thiolf undergrowths, chaparral, cliffs and caves that abound along the Yuba at that point, furnish cozy retreats for hundreds of coyotes, foxes, coons, pole cats and now and then a mountain cat ior lynx. The polecats are perhaps the most numerous, and as they are not suspicious, prudent animals, relying upon their offensivencss to carry them safely through life, aro a great nuisance to tho trapper, who must, when he has caught one, thoroughly disinfect his trap, not a pleasant or easy task in the hills where water is ' scarce and deodorizing mate rials not easily obtainable. j "Coyote" Peck, as -he is called, I thoroughly understands the habits of coyotes. When I met him, a week ago, ho was crrrying four traps on his back and doing his best to keep out of sight behind a clump of manzumta bushes. At first he was surly and gave short re plies to all my queries, but persistent efforts thawed the icincss of his man ner and he asked me to accompany him and see how coyot trapping was car ried on. It was quiU early in the forenoon, and the canyon down which we picked our way was yet oooL On either side were jagged, rocky steeps, gasbed with 'innumerable cracks and crevices in .which many nocturnal creatures were ! probably asleep. In the dust one could seo the tracks of coons, foxes, coyotes, j polecats, rats, mice and beetles. "They preys on one another," said ! Peck. "Thcr's thousands on thousands 1 o' beetles yere, an tho coons an' foxes ) an' polecats is great fer sich things. They s in the rocks now. "Do yon catch the coons?" "Ho, he! I should say I da They's no harder to catch than skunks. Y'ou catch one by tho end of his littlest toe an he'll jist get right down an stay there lookin' at his toe an' studyin' the trap, an' like as not he won't be through studyin' when you come in the mornin. Coons is easy, an foxes ain't hard, but they hain'twuth nothin' to me, so I generally lets the coons lay, an" the foxes, too, 'ccpt in the winter when it's real cold. Then the foxes' hides is wuth thirty cents apices. They's no good till the fur's on, sec?" We tramped on for half an hour, and then, leaving the canyon, crossed a little ridge where the undergrowth had been burned away and a few scrubby pines and oaks clustered about a little spring. Handing me his traps. Peck stole cautiously ahead with his rifle and a minute later made a rapid shot at something sitting In the shade not far away. The animal shot was a jack rabbit. "I nearly alius gits one here," said the old man. "They's the best kind of bait for coyotes. I've tried venison an beef an all kinds of meat, but jack rabbit beats 'em alL Coyotes is very particular about their vittles. You'd think a chicken would bo better, 'cause coyotes is awful rough on chickens when they finds 'em in a coop, but 'tain't so. The coyotes knows that chickens is domestic fowls, an' when Jhey sees one a-hangin' by its legs on a Jree four or five miles out in the woods they jist looks at it in a suspicious way an' sez: 'What you doin out yore, any how?' an' they goes on. They knows a chicken ain't got no business hangin' by its legs to a tree in the woods. But they knows a jack belongs in the woods, and they don't never seem to think there's anything .crooked when they , - - , . , 1.:- 1 . ; nnos a jacu uaniu uy uu av.-& a. ' lack's their nat'ral food, for sure. That's why coyotes is sich powerful runners. Whenover Uioy catch a jack they's got to earn him fust, sec?" A3 Peck talked he gathered his traps and .the jackrabbit together, threw them over his shoulder and trudged on again. We had easier walking now, and it was not long before another hare started up in front of us. Peck dropped his traps, and as tho jack, which had not been much frightened, loped softly up the hill shot it dead. It was a fine shot and well worth praising, but tho old hunter smiled knowingly and said; "That's nuthin. A boy kin do that artcr ho knows how. That makes ! bait enough for these four traps, so j we'll jist set one of 'out yere." I With z. swipe of the hunting knife I pne of the jackrabbits was neatly di I vided and then one-half was fastened j to an oak sapling about four feet from 1 the ground. A lew bits of the flesh j were scattered about the foot of the oak ! and then a. trap was set directly under I tho hanging bait and made secure with the chain. No effort at concealment was made and 1 asked Peck about it. ' I "Lord, man, what's the use? If I digs .a hole and buries- my trap ever so nice the coyotes '11 sec there's somo. thin' buried there an' they'll get sus picious right away. No, sirec. Never bury your trap for coyotes, .list set the jaws open an' lie it fast and flop it down an' tho coyotes '11 jist think it's sometliin' tho jackrabbits has dropped there, an' when they jumps after that jackrabbit down they comes with their forelegs into it Tho way to catch coy otes is to make 'em think you thinks they's all durn fools, sec?" Another hour of tramping and at its expiration the other three traps were set nnd baited. ' "Now," said Peck, "if you don't mind goin' we'll take a look at the traps as was set yisterday." ' Again we set off across tho low, roll ing hills, nt right angles with the Canyon, and tramped through a tangled maze of chaparral until we reached tho Jowcr edge of the Keystone range As wo slcirtcd the flat the ' pungent aroma of the mephitis was wafted to us and Peck swore long aud loud. 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K., 01 South Fifth Ave., New York. nillllllHllllllltlllllllllllllHIMIMIIHIMIJIHYU6IIIHIR sand of 'cm ietL Sure enough, tho first trap held a skunk, and the little animal, which bad pulled and squirmed for hours, was standing still, looking at us with piteous eyes nnd trembling with pain. The smell was sickening, and Peck stopped me at a safe distance. "You stay yere, lest you get tho smell on yer feet, an I'll fix 'im." A well-directed shot killed the skunk, and the old man pulled it from tho trap and heaved it away with a grunt of disgust. Then he untied the i trap, and taking from his pocket a '!a 1 2 - 1- 1 - 1. 1 naunci-rufr dim m juivip u neck rubbed tho contents over the trap. "What is that stuff 7" "Alcohol an' asafltty," returne4 Tcck, testily. "It kills the smell, some of it, an' the coyotes like it too, but 't ain't as good as it might be." The disinfecting process did not re quire much time, and when it was finished Peck had acquired a new flavor which was not pleasant, but ho did not seem to mind it. The trap was taken up and carried to a new location and set in a runway without bait. "It'll be a day or two afore I catch anything in that trap," said Peck. '.'Some fellers buries their traps to make 'em clean, but I jist uses alcohol and asafitty. Tbe best stuff for clean, in' is sulphuric acid an' water, 'cause that cuts off everything, but you've got to put asafitty on anyway to kill the smell of the acid, see? Coyotes likes the smell of asafitty an' I've caught some by dragging a little bag of it over tbe ground fer a milo or so an' then settin' down with my rifle to watch tho trait. They'll toiler it sure if it's early in the mornin' on' the grass is damp." Nino more traps were visited. Five of them held skunks, one a fox, two were not sprung and one had captured a coyote. The skunks and the fox were killed at once and Peck was fairly wild. "It docs soem's though there ain't nothin' here but skunks. If they was worth ten cents apiece an' didn't smell so infernal I'd make a fortune sure. The ornery things is jist swarmin', and they gits caught to spite me. I know it." The coyote was a large specimen of muscular starvation. The long, lithe body, with its shaggy hair, the small, furtive eyes and sneering, snarling mouth made a threatening picture. Long before wo reached the trap we could hear the chain rattle as the coy ote, frantic with fear and pain, sprang back and forth in fruitless efTorts to escape. Peck was in a better humor now. and when he had shot the captive, taken off the scalp, flung the carcass away and reset the trap he "talked coy ote" at a raoid rate. "It's funny, they alius gits caught by the fore feet; alius. Now. a fox or a coon or the wildcat '11 get caught by the hind legs sometimes, but a coyote never docs. It's alius the front foot that goes into the trap. This yere feller is the third 1'vo caught in the last week. That ain't bad; but I expect to do bet ter afore long, 'cause the sheep's comin down from the mountains cow. an the coyotes follcrs the sheep. No. I couldn't do better on the plains. I've tried it there. There's no trees to bang your be it on, an' it's too settled up; there's too many dogs." "Did you ever try to raise any coy otes?" "Yas. onct. I had two cubs in the mountains last year. I thought I'd go into coyote raisin' on a big scale an' bankrupt the state, but it wouldn't work. As soon as tbe cubs was crowed up they kep me so busy hnntin' for feed for 'em that I jit got tired an' shot 'cm. They's treacherous brutes too, an" they bites wicked. A big onc'U whip a pretty good dog if he's cor nered. "I've seed a good many different ways of trappin' of 'em, but this way, with steel traps "baited with jackrab bits, is the best I c'd tell you an aw ful lot 'bout coyotes but I ain't got time now. I've got to go out an hunt up some meat for myself. Come to my shanty some day 'an mebbe we'll have some o' the state's venison." And "Coyote" Peck, giving his Win chester a flirt that landed it on his shoulder, turned quickly away and tramped out of sight in the thickets, leaving mo alone, tired, hungry and burdened with the faint flavor of some thing which makes the most fearless ehlckcn shudder with fear when it steals over the roost San Francisco Chronicle. WELL UH IN TEARS. Mrs. Nasct A. Owes, of Ithaca, N. Y.', has just celebrated tho 101st anni versary of her birth. A loso married couple dwell con tentedly in Biddcford, Me. They are Mr. and Mrs. Augustine Landry and they were married seventy years ago. His age is ninety-six, and hers ten years younger. Ai.vijza Hayward, one of the earli est of the gold millionaires of Califor? nia, is very old and feeble now. He is worth probably f 20,000,000 or more, but has dropped completely out of sight behind tho new bonanzaists. Mr. and Mils. Ika Ward, of New ITIaven, Vt, who recently celebrated their diamond wedding, have had ten children, seventeen grandchildren, and nearly tweuty-four great-grandchildren, nea.ly all of whom arc living. Tnu Society of tho War of 1813, which was chartered in Philadelphia recently, numbers fifty-five members, of which David McCoy, .of San Bernar dino, Cal., 10'J years of oge, is probably the oldest. Another very old member is Abraham Daily, of Brooklyn, who sees, without glasses nt 07. As interesting old man who is living near Wotnlvillo, in Rappahannock county, W. Va,, is J. W. Yancey, now in his 00th year. Mr. Yancey taught reading, writing and arithmetic to Alexander II. Stevens, nnd ho was one i of tho young men who composed La fayette's escort in 1824. Nathasiel S. B.utny, of Bristol, N. GUNN'S LIVER PILLS ONLY 0M FOR j DOSE A WORD TO LADIES. 1 hM pill, art.o different In mll and urtlon from olh.ra, thut th.y mlcht b oalk-d modlclwl oonfootlon. Idlu ufforing from hMdachra na tho.. with .aUow oomplaxlon. who oanuot tko Ordinary pin. aro aonsnua wnn uioiu. max. lb. akin boautlnil, rroe from blotcrtn aoa BlmplM. soo, Bono Jtoa,Co.,ralhidolplua,rai r ;.- i '"" ' " For sale by Goo. II, TJaskins, Modford. raw n., is said to be 'the .oldest living ex governor of a state in the United States, If he survives until September 1, 1890, he will be a centenarian. He was a boy of very humble parentage, became a tanner, as Gen. Grant did, and in 1801 was elected governor pf New Hampshire. . x MERRY MATTERS. ' T AiLon 'Cheeks, I are not to be used this spring." Customer-r-"W.cll, that suits me; I always jilted credit far better." Inter .Ocean. "Is A vessel a boat?" "Yes." "Pa''' "What is it?" 'What kind of a boat Is a blood vessel?" "It's a life-boat. Now run away to bed." Tid-Bits. "What's tho matter with Cholly? "lie's in a dweadful fix." "Do tell" "He's so pwoflciont in tying Ascot scawfs that every person takes them fah weady-made ties." Pittsburgh Dispatch. Old Mrsaoerie Moxket "Well, what do you think of the white people so far?" New Monkey "The" most striking trait about them seems to be their intense curiosity." Indianapolis Journal. . "Those cigars I gavo you have lasted you a long time, haven't they, dear?" "Yes," replied her husband, "The clerk who sold them to me warranted them to wear," she said, complacently, Washington Star. STUDYING NATURE. Stabfisii have the power to change their color to that of surrounding ob jects. We owe to Dr. Gibbs the discovery that humming birds are ' not, as has been supposed, insectivorous Their uormal nourishment is derived from honey. Sciettibts are beginning to believe that digestion in the case of carnivorous plants is due to the activity of certain micro-organisms which are always present in the sap of the mature plant, und that their secretions are favorable to the development of such minute or ganisms. Pitch pine beams will shrink in thick ness from lS?i inches to IS'4"; spruce, from 8.' inches to white pine, frora 12 inches to 1 IX; yellow pine, a trifle less. Cedar beams will shrink from a width of 14 inches to ISM"; elm, from 11 to 10?f.andoak, from 12 to 11 X- Cincinnati Tunes SUr, , Tho Congo's Deep MoaUu The London Society of Telegraph Engineers and Electricians have been making soundings along the coast of Africa with a view of laying a cable from England to Cape Town. At the mouth of the Congo they found a re markable state of affairs their taaps and soundings showing that that riviY's mouth is on extraordinary marine gnliy of no less depth than fourteen hundred and fi f ty-t wo feet! The month of the M is sissippi at an equal distance from shore would only show thirty-three feet and the Thames forty feet The Congo's in credible depths were traced for more than one hundred miles out at sea. La Grippe. During the prevalence of the Orippe the past seasons it was a noticeable fuct thst those who depended upon Dr. King's Now Discovery, not only bad a speedy recovery, but esca;ed all of the troublesome after ;Teets of the malady. This remedy soeius lo have a peculiar power iu effecting rapid cures not only iu caes of La Grippe, but in all Dis eases of Throat, Chest and Lungs, and has cured casts of Asthma and Hay Fever of long standing. Try it and be convinced. It won't dUapoint Free Trial Bottles at G. H. Haskins, Drug Store. SACRED PIGEONS OF VENICE. Tons of Grata Required to Car for tbe Doves of St- Mark. Chorea. It may be of interest says the St Louis Eepublic. to such the readers as like to sentimentalize on sacred subjects to know that the "Holy Pigeons of St Mark's" have been recognized as such by the authorities of Venice for more than a thousand years ever since tho year STT. In olden times it was the custom of the sacristans of St Mark's church to release doves and pigeons, fettered with paper, after the religious services of Palm Sunday. The paper fetters partially disabled the poor birds, and such of those cs did not escape were caught by the people, who fatted them for Easter dinner. Sometimes one and sometimes a dozen of the poor, fluttering creatures would manage to break the paper thongs which bonnd wings and feet together, whereupon they almost invariably sought refuge on the roof and m the steeples of the historic old church. All cf the escaped birds assumed a certain saerodness and, it being against the law to kill or harm them iu any way. incr -ascd to enormous numbers During the timeof the repub lic the "(sacred Ilgvxins of St Mark's became objects of national solicitude, tons of grain being annually supplied for their maintenance. After the fall of the republic thousands of them starved to death and all would have died but for provision made by a pious old lady, whose wild perpetually provides for them. Tho Color of Indiana. The color of the Indian race varies much individual!?, ns di-ire tlit nf st own Caucasian race, and it also varies much with tho different tribes It is safe to diiscribc them in general terms as brown. Some tribes are of a deeidiJd. ly light shade of brown, while others arc so uarK uie lamornia coast tribes, for instance as to almost KiiT-n?it th. negro. Numerous individuals have uecu noiiccu oy- travelers la some In dian tribes as the Miindmi. Zvirn nnil others, who are so light that the idea oi tneir aesccnt irom European peoples gained currency. It was chiefly this fact that lent weiirht to tho tlvirv pounded less than one hundred years ago tuat colonics oi l elsli had been planted in the wilds of A morion Ac we now know, however, these light- colored Indians are simply of a natural li?ht brown, or sn nlhinnt nt v. latter class perhaps those at Zuni sire 4l,n 1 v. l -. Im.-,.....' ' Hereditary Influence It is a fact well established by stu dents of heredity that children arw apt to inherit not only the physical, men tal and moral traits of their parents but to lie influenced by their age as well. Children born of very young fathers nnd mothers never attain so vigut-ous a growth of uiind or body as those of older tueu nnd women, whilo children of old people aro bora old. Oue of the most surprising cases in medical history is that of Marguerite Cribsowno, who died in 1763.' aged one hundred nnd uight years When ninety four she was mar ricd to a man oge, one hundred and. five. Three children came of this union, but they hud gray hair, no teeth, were, stooped, yellow and wrinkled, decrepit in movement and could eat only bread and vegeta bles ' ' Sick VTkadache and a sensation of oppression and dullness in the head, are very commonly produced by indi go tini; morbid despondency, irrita b.lity and ' over 8en3itiyoness of the nerves may, lh a majority of ra-Jes, be traced to the 'same cause. Di J. II. McLeaus Liver and Kidrey Balm and Fillets will pos-itfvely euro. or sale by Y, JI, Pjrkcr $ SopsS BALD is what l the condition of yoara? Is your 2r dry, 5 fcarsh, fcnttle? Does it .olft at the ends? lias it a 5 fcrashed ? Is it full of dandruff? Does your scalp itch ? 5 Is it dry or in a heated condition ? If these are some of a your symptoms be warned in time or you will become bald. J5 SkOOkum Root Tfair frnwtr w w w a. m m tia V 1 1 reJeo'i'KliK pSd,f1?? " ? "eldwt, but tbe rraItof srlmtrao If E?fhor toSSf??! SSwSiV ."air and Kale- led to the dUrarr- a tuejrolllclea, tt toj aiUug haif. rcs rtoadraj aud frm iairomiGli J th"Sir Fj5eP,.thi cm2? btVar- ao free from Irrttatinr ernpUons. by "S Jit yourdruptessotSTjTOryTOsid dhrettocj, ord wCl forwirrd SolrTcforji!' iWlce "rower, M0jer botte : S fx tiM. THE SK0OKU.1 ROOT HAIR GROWER CO., ! TRADE MABJE 07 BUM a Curious Uanquct Ball, Some time ago the labor of deepening the harbor of Ciotat was completed. On that occasion tbe contractor gave to the members of his s.taff and the rep resentatives of the press a banquet un precedented for its originality. The table was set eight meters below the level of the sea, at the very bottom of the harbor, inside the caisson in which the excavators had been at work. ancj. only tho narrow walls of this caisson separated the guests from the enor mous mass of water aronnd and above their heads The new fashioned ban queting hall was splendidly decorated and lighted, and but for a certain buzzing iu the ears caused by the pres sure of air kept up in the chamber in order to prevent the inrush of water, nobody wonld have suspected that the slightest intenxption to the working of the air pump wonld have sufficed to asphyxiate the whole party. After fhe banquet an improvised concert pro longed the festivity for several hours, after which the guests rcascended into the open air. Chicago Dispatch. ' A Too "Freeh" Conductor, . 'Where are you going, aunty?" asked a conductor 'on one of the in coming trains Saturday, of an elderly lady passenger. Tbe lady looked at him indignantly and the conductor stammered out: "Y'ou know that we always call elderly ladies 'aunty' out here." "If you do," said the lady, severely, "you are very ill-bred and the railway company ought to employ men who know better." Strength, and Health. If you are not feeling strong and healthy, try Electric Bitters If 'la grippe" has left vou weak and wearr. use Electric Bitters. This remedy acts directlr on the liver, stom ach and kidueys, gently aiding those organs to periorin tneir functions. If you are affected with sick headache, you will fiud speedy and permanent relief by taking Electric Bitters. One trial will convince you that this is the remedy you need. Large bottles ouly 50c. at i. ti. ttasKins a rug store. IN NEED OF REclAPANNING. Japon Said to Be aat tuosrac It. National Ctuaraetariaties. It seems that the Japanese are grow ing aweary of barbarians and their bar barons ways For two hundred and fifty years says the Pall Mall Gazette, no European save an English sailor and a tiny Datch colony on an island dese crated their shores Then came Com modore I'crry unloading models of rail ways and other civilized appliances at Yokohama, with the notice that he would return in six months to see how they liked them, and that if they were uaappneciative he wonld blow Japan out of the water. And then for thirty years the Japanese' denationalized themselves with a vengeance, even to the point of top-hats and a house of commons But now. because a native pilot has brought an English steamer into collision with a Japanese cruiser, the mikado is petitioned to expel everv Englishman from the country. We should not be sorry if the mikado did so, and included other Europeans in the expukion. The Japanese need a rest to get themselves re japanned. The conn try and its people form, as it were, one of the national treasures of the world, and should be carefully preserved and "restored." Sir. John jlubbock and his Ancient Monument society should inter nationalize themselves and see to it California-. Die Tree. The vandal woodcutters in the Cali forma sequoia forests used to cut the trees at a distance of from a dozen to twenty feet above the ground in order to avoid the gnarled and knotted base. But it has lately been found that these stumps are as valuable as the straight wood. The gnarls present most beaur titul figurings and the wood is sawn into thin sheets and used for interior decorations Now. these stumps are ber ing dug out and soon not even a ves tige will remain to show what was the appearance of some of the most majesr tic cat-.-rsl monuments of this wonder ful com-ucat The Best Medicines J. O. VTilsox, Contractor and Builder, Sulphur Springs, Texas, thus speaks of Ayer's Fills : " Ayer's Pills are the best medicine I ever tried; and, in my judgment, no better general remedy could be devised. have used them tn my family and recommended them to my friends and employes for more than tjrenty years. To my certain knowledge, many cases, of the following complaints have been completely and Permanently Cured by the use of Ayer's Pills alone: Third day chills, dumb ague, bilious fever, sick headache, rheumatism, flux, dys pepsia, constipation, and hard colds, ' I. know that a moderate use at Ayer's Pills, continued for a few days or weeks, as the nature of the complaint required, would be found an absolute cure for the disorders I have named above." "I have been selling medicine for Sight years, and I cani safely say that Ayer's Pills give better satisfaction than any other Pill I ever sold.'.' J. J. Porry, Spottsylvania C. H., Ya. " '" AYER'S PILLS Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ay er & Co., Lowell, Ifass. lyfry P9?? f????m9 HEADS! flUI ATtllla. rV4TTrr arif. V V H. F. WOOD. MEDFORD, OR. in Jobbing of all kinds. Plans and estimatfes furnished on application Jaclcscrews to let. BENJ. EGGLESTOH, PRODUCE -:- AJSTD 1 G0MI5SI8H i MERCHANT, PAY CASH For Apples, Ee?3 and Poultry. Located on Sooth C street, Medford Ore gon. Opposite Bailey's new brick block. EL. m. lyox, Contractor anfl BuMer J obbing of all Kinds. AU, WORK QUARAXTEED. Medford, - - Oregon. V. L. DOUGLAS 03 SHOE joTttp. Doyss otrCci7 Wbe text b sees by a pair. Best in tho world. J25t" 2.00 $2.09 . FOR BOYS !W3 tfyoitaata SHOE esfe bfteUett srfcc, des-t ft $S to S8, try bt S3, S3J0, S4.0S ar tSSese. TatyCtscealtocashn nark sad took vd esrasweS. IfraatoeajMibiiBjparrcabrtsr, ssstbyparchisiegW. L Door'-is Shoes. Eaaesaj rc starred os ?re bcttrcj, txk for It yac by. SST- v nnnm a fi ' - u c j . A. C. TAYLER, Agent, Medford. EAST AND SOJTJEt BY THE The Shasta Routs OF TU3 SUQTHES5 PiStfiU C9SPAST. EXPRESS TRAIXS LEAVE POUTLAXD DAILY. Sonth I I Xonh ftiip.mLv. Portland Ar. I fea.m 9sj. m I Lv, Sledford Lt I p. m acid am ax. Qao t-rancisco x.v. f , w p. ra Above trains sta at all station f-oa P-rt land to Albany indu-rw-. Ah To?it, Sheddi Halsey, Baxrtbnre;. Janet ion ctv, Irvine. Enerae aad at aU v;knt from Bose- barg- to Ashliad inclusi-e. ROSKiJURl? MAIL DAILY. 8-Yla.m I Lv JaO p. ni j L v Portland Koseonrs Ar J i33 p. m Lv 7sX) a. m Diaiar Cars on Ogdsn Route. Pnllman Bnfifctt Sletrpers and Second Class Sleeping Cars atcachod to all through trains. - .Between Portland and Corrallis. WEST SIDE DIVISION. Mail trails dally, except Sunday: ,S0 a. ni I L v Portland Ar I p. ra 12.15 p at I Ar iXrvallis Lv lxn p. m At Albany and CorvslHs connect with trains of Oregon Paeihe railmod.' Express Trains dsily. except sundsyr 4:t0p.tnLv Portland Ar ' S:3-a.m Tp.mAr Slc-Miunviile LvjoaUa.ni Cat-Throajch tickets to alt poicts in the Eastern s:au-s, Gn&ada and Europe can be ob- -lainrd at lowest rates from W. V. Lipprcostt, Agent. Mcdfoni. R. alOEHLHK.' K.P.ROGERS, Manaxer. Asst. O. F. & P Act PORTLANQ, OREGON. Prom Terminal or Interior Points . The Northern Pacific Railroad Is the line to take to All Points East and south It is the Dining Car Route. Tt runs through Vestibule Trains every day in the year i.o ST.PAUL CHIP AGO (No change of crs.) Composed of Pinins Cars unsurpassed. p-illman L rawing Kroom Sleepers Latest Equipment Tourists' :-: Sleeping :-: Cars Bost that can be constructed and tn which accommodations are both free and furnished for holders of First and Second-Class Tickets and ' , Elesarrt Day Coaches. A continuous line connecting. with ' all lines, affording direct and ut. interrupted service. Pnllmau Sleeper reservation caq be, secured in advance through any agent of the road. THROUGH TICKETS ica. Kii?iaml and Uulvpe can be purvaascd at any VickeJ.OOlco of this Company. Full particulars concerning rats time of tr inW. routes out) other details turuishCi on an plieatiou to any agent, or A. b. CHARLTON, Assistant General Passenger Agent, -No. 131 First-St, cor. Washington, Contractor ana BuJlflBr 2.50 mrV 2.25 M