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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1894)
fHEffiflB MAIL " "LlfOS & JOW-, Publishers. . A. S. BUTON, '.- .- - Editor 4V.T. York, Manager Published Every Friday Morning. JtlAN WAS 80RN TO HUSTLE. He is of tew days; but gujto 4 plenty. Subscription $1.50 pej jeab jn advance. Entered In tbe Postoiljee at Medford, Oregon ' 'as SecondrCSass Mail Matter. Medford, Peidat, Fk., 2, 1804. OUR CLUBBING PROPOSITION. ,HE M4IJ. and Cosmopolitan $2.(55 " u S. P. Exat4ji?or.; j 2.35 " V " S. F., Chronicle!. . . 2.35 .'. . , " " 'Womi.ipkind, 'pub lished at Springfield, Ohio. .'. 1.60 he Mail and American Farmer, published at Washington '. J-65 ,?HE MAIli and American Fanner, published at Springfield, O&iq J.oo their clients by gettinjj figures at this office on any legal advertising hey may have to do. Two wrongs do not make a right, hxxt the latesf enterprise of the Chjf pago thieves, thai of robbing thg gambling houses, doesen't appear to be calling out any universal prp- m m a. . . ? Last" year was a dull one every where, but the number of new build ings which were erected in Medford luring that period is evidence posi tive that this city was one of the ew excepted subjects in the track rjf trje hard times' thoroughfare. If tjpon all the" small tracts of . Jand 'now being Bold adjacent to Medford, there are built suitable buildings and the plats are planted to fruit, and the grounds cared for according to the plans mapped out, guburbau Medford will be one of 4iuv ucaLLkjr au4 iGii jvjr WJUf icay u 1 . rr- 4.. .11 vn; pents. The appearance of "for sale" Signs on the Louisiana lottery com pany's big building' in New Orleans a few days ago is taken as conclu eive evidence of the concern's in ten tion to move to Honduras or else where in the near future. The pompany has purchased two steam ships to "ply 1 between the United ptate3 and its new home. The smart Alecks of the West who have been in the habit of giv ing uncouth and in some cases ob scene names to new settlements, are p3 be summarijy sat down on by the postoffice authorities. Whenever pne of the settlements with outland ish names applies for the establish ment of si postoffice, the application s granted' only' on condition that . the natpe is changed Jo something decent and respectable. The de partment proposes to stop cowboy paming towns as they haye been in ' the habit of naming their bulls.- " ' ' ;,??r ' '. The mining interests seem, never to wan in the Rogue -river valley. As. tuattejf of positive proof this f great wnm; district is but fairly ' 3T3 rroir nnnn it a marl tr a hown nT grearjchness. ine hulg ansi ca- v -. iiajQas are. spotted here, there and -CTerrwhere with rirosnectors whose - 4v enui vat iwttLe liip viucu n cotu - are awarded many times with most fruiLivii reruns, t ii line ii 10 ti hat some fail to fin4 that which they seek it is as well true that all men are not miners. . The finding of valuable nuggets, the location of p,ca quart; ledges anq tpfi unearth ing of new' placer fields which is constantly going on -are but I, adow of what is sure to follow. HISTORICAL DATES. WooDEa- pavements were the inven tion of Nicholson in 1854. Tbz first omnibus appeared in Paris n 1S35; in New York five years later. ' STEBEOTTPnre'was tje' invention of pidot. 1703, and came to America 1813, ' TJmbeeixas save been made the j Jnited States, since 1802, and in consid- ' Arable number -Bince 18D2, but. except for the cheapest goods,' until late years (he sticks, the ribs, the' stretchers and the coverings were imported. ' In 1801 war was. declared against the TJnited States, by the bey of Tripoli to tvhom the United States had paid trib ute for the privilege of navigating the Mediterranean. ' Hostilities continued yrith slight practical result,much to the credit of the Ainerican navy, till peace 1pras made in 1305,. - - ' ' ' -i' - v -alllon atakoa TToneti Coamopollte. A young lady who had traveled in Inland, -and -who' had a dear friend there, asked,- out of curiosity, in a let ter which-she wifote to.- her friend last Jammer, what the Finnish, jfirls'were Wearing, and; received "'anr answer to ttis effect: "The -girls in Finland have i very pretty cbstume' this- year. It consists of a' blue serge- skirt anji bla ter, a ell shirt and .brpad-brimraed " foiltor tat Miny, ihany' girls wear thisciostam'e; I see them in it, passing in Tront ''of the nouse. ai I write. V The American' girl ' smilod. -What a ?oni fnentary' od the universality Of fashions a.tthe end 'of the nineteenth; centftry. ilndoiibtc'dlv' the srirl in the state f Columbia- and in' Iloaplula 'and MeW bourne 'were 'wearing tae same oi,ue suits and' isaUdr. bats that the girls-in llelsingfdrs and. St reterspurg werej ind when 'they got out of a 'car proba-. lj they smoothed thWm. down at imall ot thn back with the back of atifi ' sand in. :eii:tjy'thje wnfry. That fnovement; 'by- ihe: way, ' & tbe vyttji iniirprrial and characteristic- gesture- of the woman ot the present d.ay; to B itucn more uaDnnai.even luau aik.ur r both bands at ebthe foot oia?Stins thAbacJiof tKfa see if the hair i 4 Probable Extension of Uie Med-orjl-Jaeksonyjlle Railroad .to ' Eagle Point.. ' A Talk With Manager Buchanon The Feasibility ( of the Pro ' posed Extension. W. A. Buchanan, secretary and general manager of the Medford Jaeksonyjlle shortline, was in Med ford all last week arranging for op erating ,tliis line" for the co.ming year. After having arranged all .details-in connection with this mat ter a little of the gentleman's atten tion was given to Rn interview by a Mail reporter. The one .thing of greatest importance to this locality being that of the probable extension of the shortline was broached, and it appeared to be one of the princi pal objects of Mr. Buchanan's visit to our city. lhe gentleman in formed our reporter that it was the company's intentions to extend the line from Medford to Eagle Point and that with a view to that end the company would begin figuring on its construction within sixty days, provided, however, that negotiations with other parties, which have been pending for several months, are not cleared UP within that time. These negotiations are supposed to be the much talked of Leadbctter deal which has been hanging fire for nearly a year. The distance to to Eagle Point is eleven miles and the' country which the road would pass through is not a difficult .one to build over, in fact, a very easy ope, as very little rough land is en countered. Engineer J. S. Howard has been asked to make estimates on the cost of grading and general construction of the road. Should this line be built the op erating' expenses would be but a trifle, if any, greater than those of the road at present, as the same crew of employes could easily make two round trips daily. IS THERE A MAELSTROM? A. Pel Bugbear of Geographers Sow Said fierar to nave Existed. . Every school child in the early part of the present century waa taught to believe that there was a terrible and wonderful eddy or vortex several miles in diametemm the coast of Norway into which ships,icefca, whales and all the monsters of the dcejyivere indiscrimi nately dragged and buried forever in the ocean's awfnl depths. A correspondent of the St. Louis Re public says: "I have been informed by a European correspondent that tho maelstrom has no existence outside tho imagination of sensational writes. A joint commission of Swedish and German nautical and scientific men went in search of this, the greatest bug bear of antiquity, and report them selves unable to locate it, and that the sea waa perfectly smooth where the whirlpool should have been." The latest geographers barely allude to it. One marks its site on the map, but does not mention it in his article on Norway. According to. our way of viewing-the subject the maelstrom ro mance has been pretty effectually de stroyed. Enfrraved EgS. The engraved eggs that are exposed for sale are very puzzling to those who do not know how easily the engraving ?s done. The writing is done on the shell with wax of tallow, and then the egg is soaked in a weak dilution of some acid; even vinegar wUl answer the purpoce. The shell is eaten away by the acid wherever not protected by the wax, and the writing appears in bold j relief. The art was discovered in Eng- j land about two hundred years ago, and the - inventor came near being burned for sorcery, as he tried to pass vflF ctvia 1 t"Vi ii incrintlnna fur- T,CT,rtt,.w ! cies. Glacial Chances. An official who was out in the north west long before there were any rail roads in that part of the country says that the glaciers of the Selkirk range were pure white and blue then. Now they nave a grayish, and, in some lights, a reddish appearance, and on ex amining ' the surface of the ice it is ' found to be charged with little lumps of. what seems to be clay. The official says that this is ashes from the forest fires that civilization has carried into that region. A. Fnxxttna; Case. A woman was brought to one of the New York hospitals some weeks ago suffering frbm. typhoid fever, but one feature of the case could not be account ed for by the diagnosis of typhoid. The woman's body was covered from head to foot with small star-shaped figures. Each was composed of a central spot no larger than a pin head, surrounded by five other- spots of the same size at regu lar distances, from each other. Such a species, of skin disease had never before come under the observation of the hos pital staff, and there was. nothing to be found in the books which would clear up the case. The woman was too ill to talk about t, and no light was thrown on the subject unil the patient's mother came to the hospital to see her. She was an old woman, born in the Austrian Tyrol of peasant stock. She explained how on the. first day her daughter was taken, ' sick' she had' ipcxle the marks which were 'still 'v-isbje on her body, and then, rubbed her with, kerosene as a preventive against fev'en The instru ment tosed was p, cork, ipith live needles stuck into it. jm1' ' ' . TOO POSITIVE. An Illustration of tbe Dangers of Over confidence in feels'. It is sometimes a fault of young people to rely too fully upon their own opinions or impressions, and there are grown people who are quite too sure regarding matters to which they have given little attention. ' A passenger on a French, steamer. tells. this story; "The wind was fresh and we were running at the rate of twelve knots an hour. ' Our mariners Twere deceived in their calculations, and as the lead did not indicate the, proximity of the coast they 'were expected to approach, they Concluded that the currents had carried us into the channel. One morning at break o day I beans the captain ex Claimi ' -."' .-'' see 'breakers through the mist!' -def 'V Aiguille, an office of su? Twrinr merit.- who nevertheless dfe. played sometimes too mnch of the. con- uoence oi youm, replies, who a some; hps breakorai captaoi, are nowher,e but toyour glassi'- I-"', ' Ybong;' wan, said t-i4eftaln with to majbr 7 give. FROM TliB COUK'IT SEAT, REAL ESTATE TUANSFEKS. The mining claim kn.own as the Sliorty mimug ciaiin. aiso an .undivided one-ninth interest to : a certain lease of ground execu ted by Mrs Mary Varkham and MrsMorena Patton'to E. K. Anderson etal, alsp .undivided ori'd-ninth Interest to certain jnillsite. located Bee 6, 1898, by Geo S Sanford etal, all iu sec 12, tp 3D s, r 1 w $3,833.-33 Geo 8 Sanford to Mathew J Gui dons one-ninth interest in same property, a me consideration. . Geo S Sanford k Horatio S San ford, pno-ninth interest in same property, same consideration. . Geoprowson and wife to Ezekiel '.Sutherland, all of the nw i of sw i of so i of sec 14, in tp 39 s, r I e, 40 acres 400 Harjon S.cribnee and wife to J II aiid' W A Lettiken, so i .see 1, tp 35 a, r 2 w, 1(50 acres 600 E P Pickens and wife to Otis Friorson, w i D L C No 42, of J B Wrisley and wife, 320 83-1 0J acres :...' 7,200 Philander Powell and L Powell, to directors of school district ' No 60. land in sec 33, tp 39 s, r . 2 e, 1 13-1U0 acres. 1 Sisters of the Holy Names, of Jesus and Mary to I .f Hansen, mining land in Willow Springs raining district, 7 ueres -. 25 Henry Fleckenstoiu etal to L Lovengston etal, 80 foot off each side blk 1, ajso It 2. blk J, town nlat of Sams Vullev. sea SO, tp 35 s, r 2 w. . , . . . 215 F Roper to S O G Association of Ashland, laud in iu 39 s. r 1 e.- 7 "2-100 acres 1.500 U S 'O'Enocu F Walter, s i ne J sei, sec 35, tp 3(! .s; r 2 w, 120 acres ; E Brown to Charle? M Pheister. land in tp 37 s, r 2 w, 10 acres. SCO Anna Uiai" to 1 J Hansen, land in tp 37 s. r 2 w, IS 15-100 acres 1 E P Walker to C B Rostcl and Patrick Dohegrn", s ' J of ne i and pe'i of so i, sec 35, tp 30 s, i-2w..,. 1 CIRCUIT COURT. Anna Toepee vs John Toepee di vorce. Ordered that evidence be transcribed by stenographer and pltf given 20 dnvs in whion to file brief, and deft given ,iine to file answer and pltf given five days to reply. Adjourned tor tao term. PROBATE COCUT. In the matter of the estate of Eme- Hne Turner, order admitting will to probate, and appointing Susie M Tur ner executrix with bonds fixed atSOOU). J E Pelton, J F White and S J Day ap praisers. In matter of the estase of Robert Wcsti-op. order appointing J G McDon ald administrator aud W K Price, C H Daley and W P Couuui appraisers. In matter of the estate of M Haclcy, citation issued to I L Hamilton admin istrator, do bonis non requiring him to make final exhibit on Feb 0, 1S31, also same in Thos Harris estate. In matter of estate and guardianship of minor heirs of Samuel Earhart. ci tation issued to Etta Karhart Stevens, guardian, to appear. Feb 6, 1S94, and show cause why si0 should not furnish a new bond. In matter of the estate and guar dianship of Emma Jane Webber, a minor, order appointing A C Stanley guardian wilh bouds fixed at In matter of estate of Vict Sohutz. order setting apart prope.-ty exempt from execution, aud order lor sale 01 personal property. In mailer of otate of Emeline Tur ner, inventory and appraisement. In matter of estatta of Ada M Holmes. order for sale of real esiato. Th. Minilno .lidpii nl tn have levied assesrmenta for school pur- poses as follows: School district Xo 1. t 1.- "11. - r 1 1 . r i- 1 s JSL'KhUii vine, o mil ti; u u. nsiiinuu. i mills: No G. Central Point. 5 mills: Xo 3S, Steinman, 3 mills; Xo 49, Medford. 10 mills: No 73. Boulevard. 8 mills: town of Jncksonvilh- 111 nil tntrn of Medford, lu mills; city of Ashland, It) mills. MUSIC TO BANISH INSOMNIA. n, n,,tm. rt.ZZT. n ... nor Wui induce slumber. . Music as a curative agent has been ! j known and valued from the earliest j apes, says the London Telegraph, and the recently established Guild of St. : ; Cecilia, whose professed object is to ap- I : niv the soothino- influence of mclodv to patients in hospitals and elsewhere, is 1 " " unuai.y KareumK- uuum, only carrying out the prescriptions of i the nearest bridge. At his cry of "Com physicians who flourished two thousand ff. coming!" the mother looks carefully years ago. The Athenian doctors "ban ished fever by a song." T hales found music most efficacious is the plajrue, and Anlns Gellins even went so far as to maintain that it produced a bcncScial i " wrapped up and joyfully placed un effect in eases of bites, and stinjrs. In idcr Ul pUlow of the sick one, who is their work on "Psychological Medicine" j now especteil to recover forthwith. If Drs. Bucknill and Tuke remark that i death comes instead, the child is buried music is the first recorded remedy em- ! ployed for the relief of madness. A novel, and possibly a useful, suggestion in the same direction is mentioned hv i n r i . 1 . Dr. J. G. Elackman in the Medical Magazine. It is that a musical box worked by an electric motor might be advan tageously employed in eases of insomnia. Some care, no doubt, would have to be exercised to see that the mechanism worked properly before it was started, as nothing would bo more Ukcly to drive sleep permanently away than a musical box out of tune or liable to un accountable and abnormal spurts of en ergy. It would also be trying to a nervous patient if m the stilly night the electric current were turned off alto gether and tho box became suddenly silent. It is possible that a burglar in one's bedroom might be soothed and induced to' surrender his booty by the unexpected strains of "Home, Sv.-cet Home," but it is also possible that he might not. One or two interesting instances are recorded in the article, of the benefit which has resulted in hos pitals from the musical treatment, aud the sleepless soul might do worse than trv the prescription contained in it. AMERICA'S FAIR WOMEN. Miss Maev Axdf.rsos is said to be an enthusiastic fisherwoman. Miss Mat-tie E. Nelson, of Little Hock, Ariel, has been appointed general agent in her city for the Pacific Mu tual Liiio insurance Company.,, of Cali fornia. , Miis. Elizabeth Pnr.sT0- Brows Davis is a young southern, woman who has won distinction as an accomplished mathematician. She is reckoned among the first in this country. Mrs. Gallaudst. wife of Prof. Oal- laudet, of the Washington College Jor Deaf -Mutes, believes in keeping paco with her-, children. She ' studies Qreek and Latin with' the hoys and French and German with.' the gh-ls. GUNN'S UIPBOVED LIVER PILLS OHLVQttE FOR A BO SS a WARD TO LADIES. Yheso pttla ara io different in tiuto, mell mtfcetoJ? from othora, ht ihey nilgbt be cautd a. awdleatc confection. Xatdieacufiering from hasdoonea and. those with ftnllow complexion who qannoitatco Ordinary pill are delighted with them. If1"?' 115 Al III. : : Report comes to us that last week while a gang of miners, engaged upon the Hamniersly mine, were riinriinK in on a tunnel they struck a twelve inch vein of quartz that is richer than anything that has yet been found in" that locality, array ing from $28 to $35 per ton. The reported finding of $1300 by Mrs. Penney, near Gold Hill, last week while engaged in digcing in her orchard .is not authenticated. It is a little too fishy to talk about without the ubb of an elastic con science. Clark & Son, who own a good proposition at the head of Payne's gulch; five miles from Gold Hill, ure putting in a two stamp Tre niain mill. The ledge proBnects from- $25 to $28 per ton. One hundred dollars was the slzn of the niifget picked up by a Mr. Mc Donough, near Tolo, last week. From Eag'.o Point Correspondent. Mr. Vestal, who lives on Roes .creek, has been digging in the hills this winter near this placo and re ports having found color, and also a few chunks of coal, indicating a de posit' cf the prucious stuff in that vicinity. From Galls Creek Correspondent. D. Horn is having quite a tussle over the title topartof his land. We who are interested in mineral land anxiously await the decision. From Kanes Creek Correspondent. Knolts it Son, while engaged in mining on their placer claim, picked up a piece of gold weighing some thing over an ounce. From Sardine Creek Correspondent. John Meade has found a very rich quartz ledge which goes two thoueand to the tons. Ik YOU are suffering with weak or Inflamed eyes, or granulated eyelids, you can be quickly cured by using Dr. J. H. McLean's Strengthening Eye Salve. i cenw a box. For sale by V. H. Parker & Son, The Weekly Orcgonian for Four Bits. The Weekly Oregonian is a pretty good newspaper, as a matter of fact, it is a rattling good paper and is pub lished in the interest of Oregon and her peoplo. By subscribing for The Mail and paying fifty cents extra you can get the two papers for one year. Old" subscribers to this paper who will pay ail back dues and one year in ad vance and the extra four bits will be entitled to both "papers, saroa as new subscribers. This is undoubtedly the best proposition yet made by any news- ) paper on the coast. It is subscribers we are after and subscribers we are co- ing to have. SOME QUEER PEOPLE. : CliaractortoUc. or John Chinaman la ne- CMa to lli O.IWMD. i As a father. John idolizes his boys, j but feels keenly the disgrace brought i n? . .1-... II. i , uy uic vutcui ui uduuiu. viwa ! not consider her worthy of a name, but calls her number one. two or three, as ,h. m Ho un iro vron. r . -i, :L .1 i u: -UM ... i . ..l u. ..... : . v. u uu. . u . ...... dren, counting onlv the boys. lie con j sidcrs her as without mind or soul, and ; denies her the advantages of education I which her brother receives. As she grows up she is a slave in her own and her husband's house; and not till she is old does she receive love and reverence, t 1 1 a eh Ud Is taken sick, says ' St. Nicholas, both John and his , wife think the soul has wandered ' away, and steps are taken to recall it, The mother calls at the open door: Soul, come home! The father goes about her floor and scours the thanpfhfe she sees. Tbvsmaybo0ea,or beetle, or other insect, but is supposed " nave wilnin it tbe miss:ng spirit. It summarily and with scant ceremony. i onn considers nis own cullin one of tne Blost value1 an" most necessary pieces f furniture for his best room, and his i Wgbest ambition is to have an clabo- rate funeral. lie and the older mem bers of his household have this ambi tion gratified in proportion to their wealth and the number of their de scendants. An Anritint IlrltlKU villas. An interesting discovery was recently made at Glastonbury, Somersetshire, of the remains of an ancient lake village. From sixty to seventy low mounds, ris ing from one to two feet above tho sur rounding soil, and from twenty to thirty feet across were found on the level moor which stretches to the British channel. A section of tho mounds revealed mor ticed oak beams, resembling those of the well-known palisades of the cran nogs of Scotland, and well-defined stra ta of clay, charcoal and ashes. The total thickness of thesu beds was three feet six inches, and within them were detected three separate hearths, super imposed one above tho other. Bronze objects, four fibulas of the La Tene type, and massive spiral finger rings were discovered among the relics, with a few objects of iron too much corroded to determine what they were intended for. Numerous objects of bone, an abun dance of pottery, much broken, and or ganic remains, including beans, wheat, rye, nutshells and a large number of bon"rSv presumably of domestic animals, were also discovered. The remains have been obsigncd to tho "Late Celtic" period. OrlKln ot tbe Waltz. A young Australian traveler claims to have discovered that the waltz waa the creation of neither a German or a Swiss, but of the ostriches of Africa. lie as serts that every morning at sunrise these amiable birds assemble in groups and begin a regular and; graceful move ment which K none, other than the waltz. . '','', .' , a ska turtle weighing one hundred and fifty pounds has been captured near San Diego, Cal. A boo at Yardlcy, Pa., saw a boss in the river, and, leaping in' frightened the fish so that it fled to tho shore, where It was grabbed by h) dog's, master, Maine fishermen envy John Griffin, of; South PortlaucV WhUe fishing for mackerel, outside Cape Elizabeth, he caught'a baby whale three foct long. VrnLE attempting to haul in a five pound bass, which, lie had just caught, at Schuylkill river, bridge, Pottstown. Pa.. John Keimi, a lad of thirteen, was dragged over the railing and foljl, into the water, thirty-five fet below. ' Ho GREAT MEN. Napoleon's father was a citizen of very humble means. Asiimoi.e, the great antiquarian, was a saddler's son. Marshal Heivsadotto .was the son of a provincial notary. The father of Barry, the historical painter, was a sailor. Marshal Ney was a cooper's son, and himself a notary. Tiif. father of Adrian, the ascetic pon tiff, was a laborer. Saitssurk, the naturalist, was-the 6on of a Swiss farmer. VmnrL's father waa a porter, and for many yeara a slave. Mahbii.lon, U10 great French preach er, was a notary's son. Wvatt, the great architect, waa the son of a farm laborer. The father of Niebuhr, the historian, was a farm laborer. Plautus, the Latin Shakespeare, was the son of a frcedman. LINES OF HISTORY, There have been fourteen popes since the year 1700. IIobton'b stock exchange dates its or ganization in 1834. In America, as iu France, the average size of families has been steadily de creasing for the last half century. Tho average is now 4.94, where in 1S50 it was 5.50. Spoons were used by the Egyptians and have also been found at Pompeii. but this utensil was not ircnerallv used in France until the close of the four teenth century. The first steamboat in Great Britain was the "Comet," forty feet long, built in 1312, for the navigation of the Clyde, but before this time Fulton and Liv ingston had begun to build steamers at Pittsburgh, Pa. SHORT MISCELLANY. It is a remarkable fact that soda water contains no sods. An unreflecting Uostonian advertises: "Human hair at less than manufac turers' prices." , A TCiiKEV jrobblcr belonging to Edwin Caldwell, of Harrisburg.N.C.is engaged upon what must prove an unsatisfac tory job. Five weeks ago he scratched np five potatoes, and has been patiently striving toybatch them ever since. Ueue is a suggestion worth noting. In many cafcrs, instead of announcing a woman's good deed with the text: "She hath done what she could," quite a fit ting a text would be: "She hath done what she thought she couldn't." Forclcn English. I The diQculties and dangers of usinp a foreign language are exemplified anew in a paragraph quoted from Notes and Queries. In a hotel not a hundred miles from the top of the Digi. the fol lowing notice is posted: "Misters and venerable voyagers are advertiMl that when the sun him rise a horn will be blorred." After that the visitor is suf- ficicutlv prepared for cn entrv in the . t.f.? .-..! 1 wine um: in iuu iiuivj but; n iu ie.it e the traveW nnrhi hone fcr." THE UMBRELLA. A Haady and Convenient Article to Cava Alonf. "An umbrella is one of the most use ful articles that a man can carry with thim." said a Mississippi man. "One can be used in a down different ways. When the sun is shining hot, or when it if raining, a man without an umbrcU la must either remain indoors or suffer. Ar. unM v I ,As "pOU.?f dcief therC n,;b" j bctwr' .,on '",1'7ka maa at U.'? distance with one better than you cou.d KmaSilCJ. nrawstmicuu a pistol there is no more dangerous i weapon. j "I remember one time I was in a hotel that caught aSra early in the morning. The guests were awakened by the stiCiag smoke and noise. My room was on the second floor and by the time I hod slipped on my pants the ; lire had gained such headway that all j avenues of escape were closed. Hut there was my umbrella and a window and the rest was car v. "Another time I was walking through a pasture, when a bull, with his eyes ablaze with fire, made for me. I kept my senses and who a be got within I iVmnl fiffv rnnls nf ma. t eTi lnn'nnl hinii opening mod dosinff the umbrolia ft The bull wheeled Armim! ftn n 1ram mo f vm ever ran before in his life. "And for friphieninp dors I ha3 rather have an umbrella than an Louis Republic. arsenal.'' St Into tbo lllao nntpyrean. Algernon was whispering low to the girl iu the gaudy glimmer of lace and tulle. She had bent her lovely swan liko neck to catch his words. Murmur ously they floated outward and' fell upon the pearly pink-white ear. as crystal drops touch silver chords, and waken sweetest music sleeping there. "You are so much to me." he said. "In all the dozen years since my heart re sponsive grew to woman's sweet solici tude, there has been none whose fin gers spanned the octave of my soul and wrought the manly harmonies dormant there into a living theme. No face but yours has brought to me the face of angels, fnir and pure, beyond tho skies that bend above tho earth, far far re moved from all its sordkl thoughts, its groveling cares, its motiveless materi- isra. lu you conceutercd. ail my dreams are realized, my hopes to full fruition come, my dearest wishes made my own."' Slowly she lifted that fair. sweet faco until her soft, bluo eyes looked into his. Then she laid her lit tle band upon, his arm. "Algernon," she murmured, "won't you please come off the roof." And as Algernon clam bered down ho recalled the fact that he had tackled a Chicago girl. Detroit Free l'ress No man can be rich while he is dis contented. Salt and light never havo to go about hunting for work. "Drive the devil out of tho family and he will 'soon be homeless. y The truth that is aimed straight at tho devil will bo sure to make some highly respectable people dodge. There is no virtue in doing what we havo to do, for even the devil will be have himself whcn'ho is chained. ' TttE. meanest man in the world will agree to everything you say about him as long as ho thinks you are talking about somebody else. DR. GUNN'S 0NIQN- SYRUP FOR COUGHS, COLDS AMD CROUP. GRANDMOTHER'S ADVICE. In ralainff a tkmllT ot nln. ohlldra. my only ran Ntvfn, riniuhL floldi ,nd Croun wu onion urtun. dy for Cough. Colds and Croup iru onion syrup. It lilu a. .IT..UV. to-day .a it was forly yccra. aco. now my orandonuarn tiko nr. iunn-a Onion Syrup whloh Is already prepr.d and mow yloauat to tao taato. Bold at ou osnia a botu. FATHER3 OF Among the Churches. BAPTIST CHURCH. Services as usual next Sunday, morn ing and evening. The Lord's Supper after the morning service. Business and Covenant meeting on Saturday at 2 p. m. The pastor has begun a series of sermons oq the "Model Church." The congregations wera large and at tentive both morning and evening- hist Sunday The Sunday school the larg est attendance ig the history of the school. A eordiat- invitation is ex- tended to all. T. H. Stephens, Pastor. CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Services at tho Christian church Lord's Day, Feb. 4th. Sunday School atyl0a.ni. Preaching at 11.. Subject What do the Scriptures teach that tho sinner must do to be saved? En deavor meetings at tho regular hours. Preaching at 7 p. m. Subject The commission in practice. S. P. Grant. Howare of Ointments for Catarrh that contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destrov the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it j through the mucous surfaces. Such ; articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians us the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure man j ufacturcd by F. J. Cheney & Co., To- ledo, O., contains no mercury, and is laKen internally, acting directly upon ! the blood and mucous surfaces of I J"stem. In buying Hall s Catarrh tbe Cure oe sure you get the genuine. It is t.-iken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testi monials free. SsSSold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle. Uso XXX the largest bottle and best liniment for man and beast. Galls Creek Items. BY A SCB-SCHIHER. We are buring it quite damp here roads al most impassable on tbe account of hauling so muca ore and so full of gald : don't you know. Mr. Storey has returned from California and has taken up hi residence with Mnt. Culton. Times are so hard he cue Id not make a very crowning success of his medicine venture in thai Stale. Rev. Kahler hit been holding quite a series cf tnt'etlngs here and as a result much good has been accomplished, quite a cumber of names hare been added to the church reriver, among whom we notice S. C. Laurence and wife. IS r. Sloroy and Mrs. Culton and daughter. T. Dun- ' cev. T. Wesi -t several others. Weeding bells were heard to iicgle In our midst last Sunday. Mr. James Storey and Mrs. Magcie Culton were made one. This happy erect has long been anticipated by their many frieuds. We a-tsh them lou, of good times and plenty of luck along life's journey. People's Party Convention Call . Pursuant to the call oi tbe State Executive Committee, there will te a People's party coun ty convention held iu the Coilrve Kail, at Med !or2 Saturday. March k-lb. at 10 a. BL for the e mitiauve.':i rmuitiug a couniT pia-Jorm. aaj electing delegates to the State roavnuoa to be tehl March H. rix-c:nci and wanj cceucis for tt purpose of noc:.rat:c cantlitl.; by the Initiative and electing h'Vrat lo visa county coaveaUoo ore to b in-jil Saturday. Marvh 3d: when lhe cnt':uror of lhe c!ul& -Tv to vote by ballot for .iT lt. ii axitl choice for all Uie elcer$ lo be r!'-c;rt at Uu June election I "VI and tne re suit for State ofliorr. to be iaciiucd by mall U ;hr vcrt-urT t-s the State Kircut:ve luin tmtu-.and UT crusty oSlocrs to hc e&sirm&a cf tbe cvun;y. Kara preciacl is entitled t one tie U (rate tor the precinct cuib. and one for every tvcn.yOe. votes and nuor fraction thereof cast (or W. II. Wa.ker for Miprrme judjpe at tbe aat eieetioa. oae dtrltyaie from eava precinct U to be a mi'dber of tnc County Central Com' nsfttec iocre two ytars. Tae l-ople' party believe ta the prand principie of e;uai rirhvs to all and special priv;Utra to otic' aiid L In fact tbe only jirty iu which the wht'le tcople and not a rui. Citruiate candidates Ur tbrir public orHces. Ho would reconunend that the friends of human liU-rty and freedom be watchful. Send none but tried and true men. who have had at lext a Year's pool standiojr tn the party. a d. legvtofr tothecunty and taie ccnentuaa. KfUectHT that "cterual Tnn.ance U the price oi i.bt rty." To Unve lie whole county represented at the convention. It is r.ccr-sarv to have in each rr- einct a iwple'y party onranlsanoa. becau:e in-ne but accredited driote beiontiine to a club crfruikxat.uu can take I art tn its dvl'.bera ua. Therefore we would Krje that all pre euivt not ei vnranlied should !o o al once. Let anyone In empathy with the csuse cail a xueettn; and oivanix. or oottly either of and f will Iaily avuM tn such organization. Tbe only cudition of membership Is an avowed wui:ni;e to i.u;rcrt ite oonUia Platform. lct Uie women jtn your onranuauon. In this stru'c fuost ors-r.ixd cvrvorate jnevdwe nreo tee help of all trcc-i men and women. IHMciraie ure rcoueted to be on time a lhe re Is coai.idera.bic to do. t.;uA?CT Uowx.tSGS.Caairma. W. 11. Hkkck, Secretary. County Centtal Com.. F. i The dank aud decavinsr vogetatiou of regions newly cleared of timoer. ex ported to the rays of tho sun is sure to brevd malaria. Dr. J. II. McLean's Chilis and Fever Cure. ry miid aud gentlo action will radically cure, oj wnrs a bottle. For saJe by AY. U. lurxer & Son. It may not be known to the gen eral reader, says a medical journal, thai a rifio ball detlecteti from its course imiscd lately resumes its line ef flight after rimming the object it is u liable ta pass directly through. That is to say, a ball turned from its course by a rib, passes under the skin until it reaches a point mathematically opposite to the point where it entered tbe soldier's body, and then lvasses out, resum ing its exact line of flight, if enough 01 its initial velocitv remains. Ud? r ,v.Vr GSRS. EUURA HATCH. HEART DISEASE 20 YEARS. Dr. JTUVa MtdUaX Co COehart, Ind. DaB Bibs: For 20 yeara I was troubled wlta heart disease. Would frequently have lalluic U aud unothering at uIkIiu Had to sit up or get out of brd to breathe, ilod pain in my- left aide and bock most of Uie time; at last I becamo dropsii-a). I waa very nervous and nearly worn out. Ilia bast excitement would cause me to THOUSAN DS f?55 with fluttering- For tho last fifteen yean I could not bleep on my leftside or back unt ULdckuu tahintr Jour ew Jearf Cure. 1 had not taken it very ng until lfcU much better, and I can now sleep on either sM or back without the least dtsoom furt. I havo no pain, smothering, dropsy, no wind on stomach or other disagreeable symptom, lam able to do all my ou housework without any trouble awl coiulder myself cured. Elkhart. Ind.. 1N. Mrs. Kutnu Haws. It is now four years since I have taken any medlcln Am In better health than I have bees in 40 years. I honestly be- a.. n mm lieve that Dr. XUf JTw nURED Hrart CWra saved myUtov and made me a well woman. I am now 62 yeta of axe. and an able to do a good day's york. -May 8th, ISM. Mas. Eutltu, UatCB. Sold on a Poaltlve Guarantee. Dn. MILES' PI LLS.50 Doses 25 Cts. DEATH HAS CLAIMED Constance Fesimore Woolsos of Cleveland, O., a widely known writer, at Venice, Italy. Miss Woolson was a native of New Hampshire. Her mother was a niece of James Feniniore Cooper. Lacea Sciiirmek-Maplesox, the well known prima donna, at ITew York. She was pne of the most (merest ful gingers of the present day. During an engage ment in Constantinople it was reported that she was imprisoned in the sultan's harem and was poisoned when the American minister demanded her re lease. The story produced a great stir In' Europe and America, but American newspaper correspondents investigated and proved the story a hoax. The supreme court of Minnesota has declared the new insanity state law nnT constitutional. This decision releases several persons, and may release the 470 insane sent to the asylum since the new law went pto effect. .R3 MULLER. - 11 rr rn ta ta ta YOUR morning corTee will be wii enjoed if boo?bt Irora nie. I oniy keep the very best q-salitieii. but the prices are very reasonable, and the satlaction is akl to be greai lo all con sumers. ta ! ! ta ta KV; SSi - C3 ta C3 ta ta ta T HAVE al! tbe wen. ta I known brands of Oat meal Moaareb Milan -ta Co ir. Oats. Davis' meal and olbers. com C3 ta are acknovlolsed bntahjf ; : pareac " :C3 ta tbe bealibieel and nu breakfast disb oroanc rirf nM .- 1 T3 ta K3 ta ta en .ta r.3 ta r.7i ;ta C3 ta CI ta The Corner P3 ta Meofokd. ta r.i r.3 ta ta 4 C3 m m n ta ta ta ta EI3 - H3 cn ca ta ta T3 ... C3 " : MULLER. ta ' ta CMSFILL&JiTGJISOJ, Shoe Department.. We have just received an decant show our many patrons the Latest Spring OUR - STOCK Our Motto-OASH,. Is a Complete Ivnockout to the old wornout Credit business, be convinced that our Cash Prices beat 'era all. CranfiU & Hutchison, MEDFORD. .... OREGON, WHY - DO YOU When you. can get it haud-rne-do.-.vu suits? GOOD BUSINESS SUITS, FRQSt $25 UP. FINE DRESS SUITS. FRDrrt $39 UP. Article FETSCII, the Front St. MOTEL Formerly Best Accommodations in the City5 Rates Reasonable. QONTRACTOR JOBBING O.F AJUiu KI3STDS, All, work-guaranteed first-elass.- Plans and estimates furnished, all kind of work either brick or wood. Bills- of LUMBER ot all kinds-filled on . .. ,1.1.. I.. . ., . . . ...... n Ladies: Don't fail to see our. lin of dress goods and trimmings before purchasing. Angle & Plymale. ' For sale, a good, second hand singe! harness been used very little. J. W.' Lawton; the horse clothier. Come to the Second Hand Store to buy goods cheap. SUPERIOR- PHOTO GRAPES, PHOTO COMPANY. BABY PHOTOGBRPH I HB j A SPECIALTY. I Hamlin Block, - Medford, Oregos ca r.n r.s ta ta ta YOCR afternoon tea will also grive great pleasure to yourself and iruesls if it is purctinea in my store. I make a s-peciaiiy of finely bieaded cat, and tne nopnir opinion is teat taey are wuieo. ... . . . ta C3 i ta m ta. cn j ta ! ta: ;r T ; lt KD for afternoon tea 4 I carry a lare va : rjety of ilrst-class crsct- . jus me tmng lor a at enack. and Quite tbe Llo ofler viib a cup of . tverylalcg I sell ftbe best and at fair ca ta . CS: ta Orxook. n rn cn Ca ta v ta ta ta cn c ta t rn ta ta 63 "..'.ft' t - line of Shoes, and will be nleased ta Styles. IS COEPIZETE, Call&nd; Not ret vour CLOTHING WISTi 3T i . " Y , y tti ,E3 C3 . C3 ta a ta ta r t3 ta . -- T3 I ra ta r,r ta i fT3 ta E3 ta I C3 ta 1 E-3 ta ta r V JV1RDE TO 0$DE$ cheaper than you can buy ready made, ii Pants to $6 1. Tailor, Medford, Oregon. EDFORP Grand Central. Only white help employed. M. PTJRDIN, Prop"r and gUILDER short notice. Sash, Doors and Mill work ot 1 . ... Ann 1 V .. . .i ! i 4 pa Ir?K gen&r" it. th' was rescued, and ho still clun Transerlpt.''J , but 1 H. Haekng. leflfika MedfQ?. ' . ' 1 l?ot Bala by Qoo.g. Basking Modlord. t Tien 1- ! lni Snla hv CcJnl tne I f . s