"A3 old as the hills" and pever excelk ed. "Tried and proven" is the.verdict o f millions. Simmon Liver Regu.- l:it.or ia t.liA 1 pff'PyonY Liver CCy and Kidney medicine to which you can pin your faith or a cure.f A mild laxa Th tive, and purely veg etable, act- 7 7 ing directly A-' C on the Liver J- tftJ &nd Kid neys. Try it. Sold by all Druggists in Liquid, or in Powder to be taken dry or made into a, tea. The King of Liver Medicine. I have used your Simmons Liver Rejttt lator and can conscienciously say it is the fctn? of all liVer medicine, I consider it a medicine chest luitnelf. Ubi, JV. Jack son, Tacoma, Washington. AS-EVERY PACKAGE- !as tn T Stamp In zed on wrappei. 4 r MAN Has ever been known Xp have the Cholera who r haC his shaving and hair cutting done at THE PALACE. CLEANMNESS ISA COMPANION TO &ODUNCSS1 P'ir baths are tsro bits each. " Seventh street, Med ford, Oregon. THE PALACE. HE SINGER SEWING MACHINE Th3 Best Lightest Running and Host Durable. tne rmt of every ten Sewing Machines in nse in the world are siisraEns. Sold for cash' or Easy installments. Agents in every county. Head office for this laic at oii aiomson street, fori mnu, ore. Send for Catalogue. SAST AND SOUTH -BY THE- The Shasta Route OF THE mothers pacific mm. EXPRESS TRAILS LEAVE DAIL?. PORTLAND South 3:15 p. in rf8 p. .m :'IU:45 a Ui North fcJJa. m 5:05 p, m 7.-00 p. m it. Portland -. ile-Jfcrd r. San -Francisco Ar. Lv Lv. Above trains stop at all stations from Port land to Albany inclusive. Also Tangent, Shedd.i. Halsev. Harrisbursr. Junction City. Irving, Eugene and at all stations from Rose- jurg to Asniana inclusive. R&.ShLRG MAIL DAILY. 8 JO a. ni I Lv 530 p. in Lv Portland . Koscburg Arl Av 4:.) p. m Dining Cars on Ogden Route. Pullman Euftett Sleepers and Second Class f Sleeping Curs attached to all throngb trains JJetwoen Portland and Corvallis. WEST SIDE DIVISION. Mail trair.s3ariy, except Sunday: l-Xi a. ui I Lv' ' Portland Arl t15p.Tn 32:15 p m I Ar C'crvallis Lv i p. ra - At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains jr ' of Oregon Pacific railroiid. Express Trains daily, eitci't-slinday: :40p.mtLv- - orUand' ArH:25a. m ?iop. m;Ai McMinnville Lv5xa. in ' -Thron:rh tickets to all points in Ihc Eastern states, Canada and Europe can be ob tainrd at lowest rates from W. V. Lippincotl, " Agent. Medford, K. KOEHLKR." E. P. ROGERS, Manager. " AssL G. F. St P Agt PORTLAND, ORC0ON. Do net stand in vour YOUR OWff 1 ijht. If you have a bad Cough and Cold it is dangerous to neglect it. Mrs. R D. Whit .aore. of Chipperra Fills, Wi3., says she tried -511 the DOCTORS in that secti jn and found no yelief for her LUNQS, untill by accident she tried ' MONARCH BALSAM and got relief almsst !n antly. Rev. Stabler, pastor M. E. church, Rie ille, Iowa, says Mon; arcn nalsa 13 xne mob eiiecovis uugu uu Lung remedy he evet used, for golden results followed its use. Monarch Balsam is double the aize of all other remedies, the best and th? cheapest. Price, 23 auH SC ceats per bottle e Mig'. oy ViLX.soN. luttw., tklgerton. Wis couui. i'or sale by G. H. IIASKINS, Medford COPYRIGH CAIf I OBTAIN A PATENT t For a n- honest opinion, write to nmmnt nunr md in- Sl i; N S fe n.:who have bad nearlvaftT rearaF experience tn the patent business. Cotnmunlea xions strictly eonfidentlsL A Handbook of In formation coneeraio Patents-and how to ob tain ttiom sent free. Also a catalogue of Tn'llivn Ical and scicntiOCbookasent free. Patents taken tbroajcb Munn A Co. receive special notice in the Scientific American, and fthas are brpuKht. widely before the public with out cost to the inventor. This splendld'psper. 4asucd werlr,eieKantly illustrated, has by far tba largest circulation of any scientific work la th .wonq. a ayeer; .eantpie MUllPJ Mlt f riML Building Edition, monthly, lS0a year. Btngle- foples,a.l ies, oenu. Kverx munDer'eantains e il n!aee. in colors, and Bhotoeraaha of kimi .Otase. With plans, enabimff builders to sbow the Mwfiffiiwglffi teSSwAT. I'lueiiix Flashes. BY MANAFKA1DOFABEAR. Miss Ida Naylor visited Phoenix Tuesday. Miss Ida Taylpr paid Phoenix a visit Wednesday.. Several Medforditefl were in our city the past week. Mart Baker paid Jacksonville a business yisit Saturday. The last high water damaged the Weeks ditch considerable. Mr. White bought a fine team of horses last week .of Clint. Stewart. Miss Myrtle Griflii) paid Griflin creek a visit Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. I. Wright returned home from Woodville pn Tuesday of last week. L. A. Rose hrs several men out on the roads and is doing sonie good work. The infant child of Warren How ard died Thursday and was byried Friday afternoon. . , " Phoenix is without, a minister at present. Rev. Haworth tried it a week and gave it up. Miss Minerva Naylor has been visiting with her sister, Mrs. Griflin, for the past two weeks. Cora Taylor and wife spent two or three days visiting in Phoenix the fore part of last week. Rev. Mr. White has rented the Hammersly place in Phoenix and took posession last Monday. A little child belonging to Mr. Razon, living near Phoenix, died Tuesday and was buried Wednes day. Wiley has" rented Eben Car ver's pasture and has turned his cattle in that he ljas been feeding all winter. A drummer stopped over in Phoenix and attended the. mask ball. A number of mashes were made, of course. Bert Ilukill cracks peanuts at a different eate, nowdavs, from the one he used to lean over but of course, it is only temporary. Tom Hammersly was up to at tend the ball Friday evening. Tom is a dandy in the ball room and helps to make things pleasant. Mr. Kirov s child that was so i seriously burned last week is still in a critical condition, and doubts are entertained of its recovery. Jim Briner moved out from the Cinnabar mine this week and will eo to the Hammersly mine to work. Jim is a good hand and they did well when they engaged his services. Bert Mills let his fingers get in contact with a chisel the other day. It didn't hurt the chisel any but cut two of his fingers severely, but however, not bad enough to stop him from working. Rilev Hammersly left for the "Jump off Joe" mine last week to Dut things in order preparatory to going to work as soon as the receiver turns over the mine. Riley says he is in it now, and feels happy, of course. The deputy sheriff was here on Saturday summoning witnesses before the grand jury' and there is considerable speculation indulged in by the residents of Phoenix as to the cause, but it hasn t been figured out at this writing. The masquerade ball at Phoenix Friday evening. March 30th, was decidedly the finest dance held in our city for many years. An im mense crowd was present, a large number of whom were masked. Everything passed off smooth and nice. Crit Tolman and John Griflin had a bear chase last week which lasted all day and well into the niaht with the result that his bearship came off victorious, after slapping one of the dogs into the middle of next week. It is seldom that a bear gets the best of this combination, but he did it this time, and no mis take. Carver Smith and Bill Bain were arrested last week at the instance of Frank Bobbins for disturbing a religious meeting. The trial was held Saturday in Justice Fondray's court and resulted in the acquital of the defendants, after a jury trial. Frd Furry, H. Standcliff. Ed. And erson, Win. Coleman, II. Hulall and J. Wiley were the jurymen. A Sure Cure for Files. Itehintr Piles are known by moisture like presperation, crusing intense itch ing when warm. This form as well as blind, bleeding or protruding yield at once to Dr. Bosanko's Pild remedy, which acts directly 011 the parts effect ed, absorbs tumors, allays itching and effects a permanent cure. 50 cts. Drug gists or mail. Circulars free. Dr. Bosanko, Philadelphia, Pa. Sold by G, H. Haskins, druggist, Sledford. Eagle Point Eaglets- BY TALKO. Rev. Fysh preached at the school house Sun. day morning. School commenced last week with forty scholars , Mr. Fish Is the teacher. The fruit prospect was never better almond, paach, pear and cherry trees are In bloom. A school teacher from Washington was through here hunting for a school last week. Grandma Daley, who bos been up the creek at her s-jn William's all winter, enme back to her home in Eagle point Sunday last. Rev. Caldwell spent the fore part of the week in the neighborhood four miles north of town, the rest of the week including Sunday he was at Brownsboro, Cbas. Griffith, the man who was paralyzed bv falling from a wagon a month ago, died on Thursday night of last week. The funeral oc- cured on Saturday at the Central Point ceme- DR. GUNN'S omoN SYRUP F0R COUGHS, COLDS AII0 CROUP.. A REMEDY FOR CHILDREN. WhM a child mX bom, toother mftde me take a tea poonfal of onion syrup at eight, the next mornins uj eoush was none. For Cronp it-hacl no equal. Mjr cJitulren inalrt upon naviug Dr. Ounn'a Onion Wymp which ia already prepared, more pleasant and without taata or mOXoi Um onion. Sold t 6Q9. F?r SaIe by Ge0 H- HMttas, Medford. .OTTO LEHK OTTOLBN1 OTTULKNt 'COTTOLSNCj jCO' TTOUCNB EC o o O Has come not a little knowledge as to cook ery what to do, as well as what not to do. Thus we have learned to use J al O C MTTiJEI the most pure and per fect and popular cook ingmaterial for all frying and shortening purposes. o bra u sc J -1 n a a PROGRESSIVE STT Si ml ml is the natural outcome of the age, and it teaches: O ITS K Z H J J P us not to use lard , but rath er the new .shortening, o a) u J J 0 c H H which is far cleaner, and more digestible than any lard can be. The success cf Cotto lene has called out worth o less imitations under similar .names. Lookout -i j o c ft O C for thesel Ask your Grocer for Cottolene, and be sure that you get it. Made only by N. K. FAIRBANK Jt CO.. - ST. LOUIS and o STff X X m m J hi ICHICAOO.NCW V0KK.BO3T0N. CoTTOLBIC Q p COTT0UMK C' .OTTOLaKa f .COTTOLEKC ! tery- Rev. Hawlett preached the funeral to a large gathering of reititics and friends. The people of Kusle l'oiut will be sorry to near that Mr. Jeffries, formerly of Dry creek but later of Washington, committed suicide by hanging himself last month. The cause was trouble over llnatirial matters. John Phipps, In attempting to cross Rogun river, in u skiff, met with a current that carried him down over a big ripple, capsizing th. boat The boat came ashore a little way below, but Ibe man has cot since been seen, and it is (eared that he has been drowned. Bucklen's Arnica Salvo. The best salve in the world for cuts bruises, sores, uleers, salt rheum, fever sores, totter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and nil skin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satis faction or money refunded. Price "c per box. For sale bv Ci. H. Haskins. Forsale by G. fl. U;tskitis. Medford Kaues Creek Items. by sru ROSA. Born: March 35, lM, to the wife of Mike Foley, a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Bogis siKnt Sunday visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Root. Swindea. R. F. Swinden and wife and Perry Knotjs took in the sights at Central Point last week. Misses Annie Knotts and Ada Swindon were visiting on Gnils creek one day lost week, with friends and relatives. Cnas. Swindon, of Grants l'ass. who has been visiting with his brother, R. F. Swindea, re "turned home last Wednesday! James Jaylor add wife and Mrs. Russell, of Gails Creek, were visiting with the famil) of Mr, Kiiottscuc day lat week. We are sorry to say that James Birdsey came near bleeding to death at the nose, one day last week, lie is sonic better uow. We are sorry to say that Mrs. Tom. Dungcy. of Galls creek, has been quite sick with typhoid fever, but we think that she is somewhat Un proved at the present writlog. Panthers were heard yelling on the hills close to Mr. Knolls' place. They were heard by Miss D. Know, but we thiak the paalhcis were some girls by ike cume uf Knolls and G:bsrn. SICK headache is the bane of many lives. To cure and prevent this annoy ing complaint use Dr. J. II. Mc'Lean's Little Liver and Kidney Fillets. They are agreeable to take mid gentle in their action. Co cents v vial, For sale bv W. II. Parker & Son. Griffin Creek Gatherings. BY OCCASIONAL. Mr. J. McPhcrson, of this place. Is on the sick list. Miss Alta Naylor returned from the fair lost week. - Miss Cora Bashford spent a few days visiting in Me.lford last week. There will be Saaday school at Enterprise every Sunday al 2 p. m. Mis3 Kimball, of Medford. is visiting her sister. Mrs. Tolcy. of this place. No rain f-:l on Easter tliis year, consequently we can expect a pleasant spring. Mtss Nerva Naylor spent last week visiting relatives and friends In Phoenix. A numberof the young people here attended the masquerade ball at Phoenix last Friday. rcv. M. A. Williams preached at our school house last Sunday and will hold services the fourth Sabbath In each month. Already some of our friends are beginning to say "It has rained so long I am afraid now it will stop for the season and we a o it raise ct os." Don't borrow trouble, there has never been a fallureof crops in this valley within the memory of Ibe oldest inhabitant. The fjreat western Pnnaorma showed up in this neighborhood again last week in a small tent at the oltl parsonage grove, admittance ten cents. Owning to the money market your correspondent was unable to attend, got having been favored with a complimentary ticket PAINS in tho small of the back indi cate a diseased condition of tho Liver or Kidneys, which may be easily re moved by tho use of Dr. J. II. McLean's Laver ana luuney Maim, ei.uo per oollle. r or sale oy w. ri. Parker. Big Sticky Ileitis. BY KILL NYE S BROTHER. Marlon Page, a new comer, has been looking for hind for several days. Miss Lillie Gregory was seen on the streets of Medford one day last week. John Schneider, wife and baby, spent a few days in Jacksonville lust week. Miss Pearl Wheadon is spending a few days with her friend, Mtss Annie Sivanson. Russ Moore, of Central Point, has been visit ing friends and relatives on Big Sticky. Mr. ant) Mrs. David Clnendo were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Mooro, lust Suuduy. Mrs. Kittie Morris, of Central Point, formerly 01 uig oucay, is quite ui, we ure sorry to suy. F. Morgan was appointed school clerk In place or J. S. Hagey, who sent In his resignation. Miss Jessie Gregory Is now staying with her sister, Mrs. Myra Cox, and attending Central Point's excellent public school. A good many farmers are plowing now, and all arc taking advantage of the plcasuut weather to do long neglected work. Oliver Adams and family, after visiting sev eral weeks with relullvcs on Big Sticky, re turned to California. A furewell party was tendered them at Mrs. Adams', but owing to the inclement weather, only a few friends were present. J. S. Hagey, having sold his farm, has moved his family tj Medford. We are sorry to have thera leave our neighborhood, for they wore good, kind friends. Mr. Hagey taught the Mound school for three terms and was liked and respected by both patrona and pupils. Miss Lulu Roberts entertained a few frionds last Friday night. Promptly at 13, refresh- menta were served, and after en ', t .em, OTTOLlWir. , i (C(V selves for two or 'three hours longer, the com pany dispersed. Those present were, Misses Llllle and Josie Gregory, Pearl Wheadon und Ada Dixon, uud Mesdaincs Owens, Moore and Wheadon, and Messrs. Russ and Forest Moore, Jumes, Calvin and Johnnie Owens, Will un Frank Gregory and Thomas Wheadon. There was a social danco at Mr. Wlieadon's, Friday night, March Sth. There was not a large crowd, but just nough to tyuve a good time. The company did not disperse until at ter 8 a. m., and all appeared well pleased w)th the night's entertainment. Those present vere, MvsdamesCrabtree. Aduuis und Owens. Masses LUlie. Jessie and Josie Gregory, Annie Swan son, Zuda-, Lydla und Agnes Owens. Nellie and Lulu Roberts nud Maud Aduuis, Messrs. Will and Frauk Gngory, Charley, l'.lvin, Watson and June Adams, Alfred, Lou' aDa Leroy Smith, Ellsworth Roberts, Jumes, Culvlu and John Owens, Charles Turpln and Alfred Fish. The Mound school house club met March 17th, and carried out an interesting program. A se lection from Bill Nye's writing, read by Char ley Adams was greatly appreciated. Will Stimpson followed by reading a comic political spocch. V. Morgan sang n song entitled. '-Only a Violet." J. W. Smith greatly ltiturested his hearers with a short People's Purty speech. Mr. Sehnellbocher read. "Love-making on Uutte Creek," and Alfred Smith, "The Murch j te the Capitol." A poetical composition on "Rogue River Valley," by Lulu Roberts, was next iti order. Prof. Barnard then favored the company with a few chosen remarks. Kllswerth Roberts read a short selection cutitled. "A Narrow Kseupe." A couple or Alliance song: were sung by K rank Gregory and his slsti rs. Misses Lillie, Jessie and Josie. The president thea appointed Miss LUlie Gregory, Mrs. Mor gan and Ellsworth Roberts committee to ar range a program for the uexl meeting. Lake Creek Creeklets. 11Y ZIP. We are glad to say our neighbor. I .em Charley, Is on the improve. Mrs. Howls, of south Hutte, ismuking friends a visit at Lake creok. . Crass is growing very fast at present and stock I-; correspondiugly elated. M. U. Bowls, of south Butte, made a flying business trtp to the couuty seat a few duys ago. Miss Foster, of McdforJ. has bt en employed to teach the Lt-kc creek school this spring. Political discussions are becon irg popular these days but the opu!isis seem to have the inside track. Hamilton Turpin, who left here some thre or four years aro for Portland, expects to re return to Jackson county in the early spring. F. H. Mastan, of South Butte, is going 1. 1 duck raising on a large scale. He expects to , raise about oue thousand this season. May sue- cess attend him in his new occu; alton. Postmaster G rives will soon turn the post office of Lake crcik over to Sutn'l Rendnl's, us he will soon begin to carry out his mail contract. We hope he will be successful, as he is a descrv ing gentleman. The windows of heaven have been cleared for a few days and the hoi sun, beaming down on the Butte Creek's with such teiiiug force, that he seems to puff up like a summer toad, but he must speed the plow. MEXICO NEEDS IMMIGRANTS. People- Froru'Northern Kurope Would set a Valuable Kxample of Itirlft There is a rumtir to the effect that an effort Will lo made in Mexico to turn the current of L'uropoan ci:iigt-.ili.i from the United States t- -that coun try. There is room in Mexico for mary more people, but it is by no means a suarselv inhabited a country as many Americans think, says the lVnver Ke ' publican- In area it is about one-fourth ' iu rrY.it -i c ,. lr5t.N-t Sir -i r.- Iti ti iiv- ulation is !-J.O00.0X. The same tlcm-ity in the I'nited Stat-s would give this country about 43.CO0.000. which is but 2.000.000 less than the census of 1N0 showed our population to be in tUat year. Mexico needs a different kind of population, rather than an increase. About one-half the people are full blooded Indians, and of these onc-hall are uncivilised. There ore about l.Ooo. 000 whites, the majuritv of whom, of course, are of Spanish descent. Tin remainder, with the exception of a fev negroes r.nd Chinese, are of raixet. blood. IYobably 9.-X).000 of the in habitants have Indian blood in their veins, two-thirds of this murtber being full blood. The hope of the country is. therefore, in the people who Vave In dian blood. If they shall not develop to a high civilization the country will always be governed by a small class, composed chiefly of the whites. Fortunately the civilized Indians of full blood arc a quiet, orderly pec-ple. capable of performing a great deal of labor and attaining to proficiency in t'ie mechanie nrts. .Juarez, one cf tin greatest of Mexican statesmen and gen erals, was a full-blood. The liybr t':s. like hybrids generally, arc worse thar. their paren ts of cither stock aixLhavc caused a great deal of trouble. Itu:ui gratson of a. good class from norther;' Europe would do Mexico good, l-ecusc the immigrants would set an cxampK of industry and thrift to the natives. I!ut there is not mnch inducement for immigrants of the laboring, mechanic or agricultural classes to settle in Mex ico. The demand for labor d.H-s no-, equal the supply, and the fanners v. otili". find but poor markets for their prod ucts. Mexico is a good country for men with money to invest in mining and other industries requiring large capital, but to immigrants without means the field is not 5 itintr. ARE It Bcenu WINTERS COLDER? So l-i Kurope, While Ours Aro Growing Warmer. It is often asked, regarding the sea sons, whether they alter from year to year, whether there is a positive change in climate from century to century. The general opinion seems to be, ac cording to the New York Press, that the springs and summers atfi cooler than they were once, and that the win ters are less cold. The reeordsof thermotnetrieal obser vations showth.-.t the temperature of the month of May is diminishing, but that the temperature of the year, taken together, rather tends to increase. Taking into consideration n period of Gfty or sixty inm-e years, there has been observed an actual diminution of the mean temperature in the climate of France. l!ut observing a longer period comparing, for example, the earliest centuries of French history with the present time no sensible difference of the seasons can be established. For example, the Roman emperor, Julian, was very fond of living at l'nris, and about A. 1). 300 ho made several long sojourns in that city. In his Mis opogon he relates that ho was greatly surprised one fine morning to see the Seine stopped in its course and its waters changed into blocks of marble. So we see that there was at that time. as well as to-dy, winters severe enough to freeze the rivers, nnd that the cli mate has not changed much if any. Perhaps the men of tho present time have a more sensitive epidermis than had their hardy ancestors. S&DR. GUNN'S ItCPBOVED lit rn ONLY ONE FOR A DOSE IS YOUR STOMACH SOUR, Breath ted or Head achlncrP On. of the.. plU. re lieve. dtetreM in tbe atomecb .nd oure. beadaetie. pa. euh night for aweek sweetens th. stomach una purines th. breath, Tbey Insnr. perfaet dig estloa, rTul.te the bowel, .nd cure oon.tlp.ttou. nhejr eat prompUr. yet mildly, n.ver grip, or slakes. SAe prucglst. ox mul. BoMUko Med, CcrhUe, V. . For Sale by Qn. H. Haskins, Medford. JMIIIIHIIMIIIIIIMIIimillllHIIHIMIIIimillHMIIIIIIII iaw Death ! InHtuntly removes and forever destroys r oblation able hair, whether upon the hauds, z ; tuu&. nrmsor nttuk, without dlscolorutfon or : injury to the most delicate skin. It was for z z fifty years the secret formula of KriiHrnus : V ilson, acknowledged by physicians us the -; highest authority and the most eminent r dermatologist and hutr specialist that ever r Z lived. During his private practice of a j Z life-time among the nobility and arl h to- ; crucy of Kurope he prescribed this recipe. Price, 1 by mall securely packed. Cor : respondent vouflduntiul. Sole Agents for America. Address : 1 THE SKOOKUM ROOT HAIR GROWER CO. ? Dept. U., 67 South Fifth Ave., New York. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiniiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiii in iiimr 'rSOME FAMOUS OLD WO MEN, The Conntesa of Desmond Lived to Be 145 and Then Died by an Accident. It is an acknowledged fact that a mat acre is attained by women of tener than bv men. Tissot, with what the' St. Louis Post-Dispatch calls doubtful gallantry, accounts for this by deolar ing that the large amount of talking for which women are famous is a very healthy exercise and promotes the cir culation of the blood without overex erting the organs.. The true reason, probably, lies in the quieter and more regular life usually led by women, whose nervous system and brains are consequently not worn out so quickly, as a rule, as those of men. One of the most famous of female centenarians was the countess of Desmond, who lived to be one hundred and forty-live and died in the reign of James I. from the effects of an accident. This won derful woman found herself at the age of one hundred so lively and strong as to be able to take part in a danec, and when she was one hundred and forty she traveled all the way from Ilristol to London no trifling journey iu those days in order to attend personally to some business affairs. Lady Desmond is, however, quite thrown into the shade by a French woman, Marie Irion, who died in St. Colombo in June, 1S5S, it is said, at the wonderful age of one hundred and Qfty-eight- Toward the end of her life she lived exclusively on goat's milk and cheese. Although her body was so shrunk that sho weighed only forty-six pounds, she retained all her mental faculties to the last- It is an extraordinary but incon testable fact that some women at the age when most people die undergo a sort of natural process of rejuvenation the hair and teeth grow again, the wrinkles disappear from the skin, and sight and hearing reacquire their former sharpness. A marquise de Mir- nbeau is an exnmnle of this rare and re markable phenomenon; she died at the age of eighty-six. but a few years be fore her death she became in appear ance quite young again. The same change happened to a nun of the name of Marguerite Verdur, who at the age of sixty-two lost her wrinkles, regained her sight and grew several new teeth. When she died, ten years later, her ap pearance was almost that of a young girl- THE CHAMPION MEAN MAN. !e Wu Too Mean to Live But lie Man. aged to Survive. 'The meanest man I know of lives n Kansas," said Di. Asa Doolittle. a member of a traveling fraternity at the Lindcil, remarks the SL Louis Globe Democrat. "He is a farmer worth a j0.1I one hundred thousand dollars. His wife was taken suddenly iil, and he came to town to consult me about her case. I told him that I could not pre scribe intelligently without seeing the patient, but ho declined to incur the rxDenstf of a visit. I charge-J him oue ii!ar f,.r the prescription, and he sx'nl half an hour trying to Wat me down to ninety cents. He ma le me" write the prescription in English, then bought the drugs and compounded it hinisolf Lisare the apothecary's fee. tue of the ingredients was capsicum. He thought he had some at home, but was mistaken, and had to come back to town, a distance of four miles, after it. "I'.y the time he had succeeded in sav two dollars' worth of time, his wife was dead and the medicine a dead hiss on his hands. That so wore on him that he fell ill. IU took the medicine prepared for his wife, but that only aggravated his malady. When he final ly rvcovcred he sued me for ten thou sand dollars and was beaten and had to pay costs. He then went before the grand jury and tried to have me iudicted f r malpractice. " DIGGING FOR FISH. Novel Way of Catching Them la Vogne In Oylon. In some parts of Ceylon the natives are accustomed to dig in the mud dur ing the hot season for fishes, which are found buried in the soft clay at a depth of two feet or more. It is thus that the curious animals hide themselves during a period of torpidity. More than oue species indigenous to the island have this remarkable habit., which accounts for the appearance of full-grown fishes in ponds which have shortly before been entirely dried up. This phenomenon was for a long tisue regarded as an inexplicable mystery. The creatures as they find their ac customed element disappearing by evap oration during the dry time of the year bury themselves in the mud. sinking to a depth at which they find sufficient moisture to preserve life for months. while the lwd of the poud above them may perhaps become a hardened crust dried and cracked by the heat of the sun. As soon as the water comes again they emerge and people take advantage of the opportunity while they are still floundering about in the shallows to ef fect their capture in large numbers. The Submerged Tenth. Gen. 'Hooth claims a marvelous meas uro of success for his Darkest England scheme of colonial industries and metropolitan shelters, upon which he has expended about 1S5,000. lie has, he says, helped to feed 5,000,000 of hungry people, furnished a million with warm shelter, found work for over ten thousand unemployed, re claimed and placed in situations 1S4 criminals, gathered from the streets and sent to situations 1,017 friendless girls, found and restored to their friends 1,205 lost people, and, generally speaking, wrought an' immense amount of benefit, to say nothing of the miraculous reformations effected. lie has' spent 05,000 more than he re ceived, and is therefore that much in debt, and he asks to have it made up. Shallow "Why, just read thnt sign; 'Dental Parlors. Isn't it absurd to call a dental room a parlor?" . Dceper-"It is probably tho painter's mistake. Ho meant drawing.rootn." Bos ton Courier. "DocTon," asl;ed thp seeker after knowledge of tho clergyman, "why do people get on their knees to pray In stead of standing?" "They want to save their soles," responded tho clover min ister. Jlrooklyn Life. Gui'FLBY "I had a very close call lost night," Molliwitz "Why, how woo that smash on tho elevated?" Out? fley ''No, but I went up "to see tho Smiths in their new flat. Another man came in and Smith had to alt in the jhalL"-- Field's Washington; -1- TWenty-one dead in the streets of Dar lington, S. fj., twice as many wounded and furions mobs of citizens expecting armed conflict with the state militia, described the awf nl condition of affairs in South Carolina the other day. It was the culmination of the long battle be tween Governor Tillman and the people over enforcing tho liquor dispensary law with its odions system of spies. The fight was the result of an attempt of the constables to search a private house. This was tho object of the calling to gether the entire state force of whisky spies and the militia from Sumner to back them np in their attempt to fight the people, who were armed and deter mined. For two days the citizens had followed the spies and prevented an at tempt to enter a dwelling, though sev eral stores were searched for liquor. Governor Tillman ordered ont the mi litia at Columbia and Cliarleston, but the men threw down their guns when the situation was explained to them. The officers tore up their commissions ind the companies disbanded. See The World's Fair for Fifteen Cents Upon receipt of jour address, and fifteen cents in postage stamps, we will mail you prepaid our Souvenir Port folio of thk World's Columhian Exposition, the regular price is Fifty cents, but as we want you to have o-ie, we make the price nominal. You will Dnd it a work of art and a thing to be prized. It contains full page views of the great buildings, with descriptions of same, and is executed in highest style of art. If not satisfied with it, after you get it, we will refund the stamps and let you keep the book. Ad- II.1 E. BUCKXEN & CO., Chicago, 111. The jury in the suit of Laidlaw against Russell Sage, the multi-millionaire, for damages, was decided against Sage, the jury giving plaintiff $25,000. It will be remembered that Laidlaw was a clerk in the office of Sage in Xew York at the time that gentleman was visited by a crank, who, demanding money and being refused, exploded a dynamite bomb he carried, killing himself and wrecking the office. Sage himself was unhurt, having seized Laidlaw and nsed him as a buffer against the force of the detonation. Laidlaw was seriously in jured and was laid up for several months in a hospital. Sage refused to recom ienre or reward him and the suit fol lowed. Bi..'ioua Colic Prevented. Persons who are subject to attacks of billious colic cau almost invariably tell, by their feelings, when to expect an attack. If Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is taken as soon as these symptoms ap pear, they can ward off the disease. Such perrons should always keep the Hetnedy al hand, ready for immediate use when needed. Two or three doses of it at the right time will save them much sugering. For sale by G. U. Haskins. The Delaware tribe of Indians in the northern part of Oklahoma territory have themselves solved a problem that the government has been vainly trying to solve at an enormous expenditure for a century namely, how to keep the In dians from drinking whisky. Some of the Delaware Indians recently took the Keeley enre at Kansas City, and the leaders of ihe tribe, seeing that they were fully relieved of their desire for strong drink, have just issued an edict that a member of the tribe caught un der the influence of liquor will be sent to a Keelev institute at once at thr- peuse of the tribe, and in the case- of a constant inebriate his rations will be en tirely cut off until he succumbs. It Is Good. The more Chamberlain's Cough Rra- i edv is used the belter it is liked. We know of no other remedy that always gives satisfaction. It is good when you first catch cold. It is good when your cough is seated and your lungs i are sore. It is good in any kind of a i , Cough. We have sold twenty-five j .dozen oi it and every pome nas given satisfaction. Stedman & Friedman, i druggists, Minnesota Lake. Minn. f0 ! cent bottles for sale bv O. H. Haskins. The net earnings of the Burlington for Feliru.-try. 1SJH, were $T4.S03, a decrease of T4l.IC9 from the same mouth of 1S93. At the meeting of the Medical asso ciation at New York there were present 7SG1 members, including physicians from all parts of the world. The Iowa legislature has passed the woman suffrage bill, giving the women the right to vote for cilp-. town and school ordinances and on the question of issuing bonds. A new railroad system has been or ganized to comprise the Cincinnati, Hamilton ami Dayton and the Cincin nati. New Orleans and Texas Pacific and their traflic connections. Two sisters. Sarah and Linda Billings, aged 35 and 40 respectively, committed suicide by taking poison at Winchester. O., rather than be separated. It had been the intention of one to marry. ' L J Li 1 1 "Whoa I was a Boy " Writes l'ostni::ster J. ( Woodson, Forest li ill. W. Yn., "I had a bron chial trouble of such a persistent and stubborn character, that the doctor pronounced it incurable with o.tlinary medicines, and advised me to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. 1 tlitl so, mul one bottle cured nift. For the last fifteen years, I have used this preparation with good effect whenever 1 take A Bad Cold, and I know of numbers of people who keep it iu the house all the time, not considering it safe to be with, out it." "I have been using Ayer's Cherry Pectoral in my family for SO years, with tho most satisfactory results, and cau cheerfully recommend it as bring espe cially adapted to all pulmonary com plaints. I have, for ninny years, made pulmonary ami other medicines a special study, anil I have come to the conclusion that Ayer's Cherry Pectoral occupies a position pre-eminent over other meili- , cities of the class."-r-Chaa. Davenport, Dover, N. J, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer A Co., Lowell, Maei. Promptto act, sureto cur Legal Blanks for sale at this office. J8f fi IBALD HEADS.f r What is th condition of your? Is your hair dry, f harsh, brittle? Does it split at the end? Has iti j iifeless appearance ? Does it fall out when combed or unshed ? Is it full of dandruff? Does your scalp itch ? 5 Is it dry or in heated condition f tt these are some of 3 your symptoms be warned in time or you will become bald. SkookumRoot Hair Grower p ! whatyoo need. ItairadnetlnaUBoteaaecnt,battbenniKorectentiae munrrh Knowledge OX um ery of bow to treat tnem. is not a ore. but a daugtitniny eooiinf ana reirunmc 7 onie. by surmuatta. J Ui. follicles, a ttof IaUtm kair. ram dandtvf OMt grvisi kairmbaii iuad. m ir Keep the scalp deaa. healthy, and free from Irritating erostinns. by a the une of Shookwn iiktm boap it deArors piruic iK.-;i, tcLuJi on and dr.Mtrryp the hair. a If ytHT druirffltt caaoot supply yon end dh-eet to ns, and we win forward .a prepaid, on receipt of prjee. Grower, SUA per bottle ;C for SVCJl fcoap.Suc fta per jar 6 forego. m ' 1 " ' THE SKO0KUH ROOT HAIR GROWER CO., ; T3j? ".wRK - 5? Fifth Avenae, New Terlt, K. Y. 5 w,VA"A,rVW.VJVJmWWVrVWfVt,WM,J The Best Shoes 35, for the jLcatst Moaey. Jill iltT . BEX- PSX- r---l X'r a? i t.f t i irm KThis lSTmTS555 W. L. DOUGLAS Shoes are stylish, easy fitting, and give better satisfaction at the price advertised than any other make." Try one pair and be con vinced. The (tamping of W. L. Douglas1 name and price on the bottom, which guarantees their value, saves thousands of dollars annually to those who wear them. Dealers who push the sale of W. I Douglas Shoe gain customers, which helps to Increase the sales on their full line of goods. They ova afford to cell at at leas proflt. and we believe yon can save money by baying; all yonr footwear of the dealer advaa IUn Dolow, yaraiQK tree oyon application, w. a. xjmtiaua. wwn, nam. For Sale by A. C. TAYLOR, A committee from the Salt Lake smelters has gone to Denver on the in vitation of the owners of the Colorado and Nebraska smelters, with a view of making a combination of smelting inter ests. Tbe governor of South Carolina is finding it difficult to prevent the smug, gling of contraband liquor into, the houses of citizens. The latter are in open rebellion at Darlington, against having th ir houses searched. B. .C. Faurot, late president of the Lima (O.) National bask, has issued a circular letter to stockholders, with a tabulated statement showing that he is unable to get an accounting from the government sor nearly 90,000. The Colorado state veterinary board has decided that if Utah sheep in Delta county are found diseased to ask the government to issue a proclamation placing sheep on the same plane as inj fected cattle, and they will be kept out bv subieciinc them to Quarantine. It is possible that an important -eoilJr. souoanon oi packing interests win shortly take pla-e at the Union Stock yards in Chicago. It is expected the cousolidarion of certain houses under the name of the Winter National Pack ing and Provision company, which has had an existence, at least in name, for past two years, will be an actual fOct Sheriff Bnrchinell has sent a letter to Governor Waite of Colorado telling him that he has a sufficient force oi good men to preserve the peace and to pror tect iJid property in Denver without the aid i the police. He says if the police department is rendered powerless by the courts it is entirely minecessary to declare martial law pending the set tlement of the controversv. Deafness Cannot Be Cored by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in darned con dition of the mucous lining of the Eu stachian Tube. When this tube get inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and uuless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal conditiou. hearing will be der stroyed forever: ninrases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is noth ing but an Inflamed condition of the mueuous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's CatarrhCure. Send for circulars, free. ! F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. STSold by Druggists, 75c. j Sheriff Fahrenbaci and Folice Ser geant Qnackenbos stopped a prize fight in the Methodist church at Weruers ville. Pa. They fouul the ring pitched ir. the corner of the church and the benches and pews occupied by a motley crowd, who were prepared to see the fight in comfort. The principals were Mike Butler of Wilmington and Henry Kramer of Reading. The fight had progressed for five minutes when the officers arrived and stopped it. No ar rests were made. The census statistics show that there are 58,440 white convicts iu the peuiteu tiaries of the United States who know where they were Dora. Of these 1.815 are natives of this country and 14.3T5 were .bora abroad. Similar statistics show that 51 per ceut of the initiates of the poorhouses in the United States are foreign-born, and 24 per cent of the in mates of benevolent institutions, such as iusane, deaf and dumb aud idiotic asy lums. These statistics ar nsed to jus tify and sustain the rigorous inspection that is now being made of all immi irrants. . Who Says Kheumatism Can Not Bo Cured? My wife was confined to her bed for j over two months with a severe attack of rheumatism. We could get nothing that would afford her any relief, and as a last resort gave Chamberlain's Pain Balm a trial. To our great surprise she began to improve after the first ap plication, and by usiug it regular she was soou able to get up and attend to her house work. E. H. Johnson, of C J. K nut son & Co., Kensington, Minn. 50 cent bottles for gale by G. H. Has kins. - A benefit will be given Tgni Magnire, the pioneer theatrical manager of the Pacific Slope, on May 10 at Xew York. Arrangements for it are already far nnder way. Tom Maguire, who is 70 years old, has lived in New York for eight years. Eight St. Lonis banks were swindled by .clever forgers recently. The forgers adopted a new method. Fac similes of lithograph checks of private firms were nsed, and the signatures were perfect. The forgers cleaned up $20,OOQ in St. xnU and then disappeared, A FRFK and easy expectoration is produced by a few doses of Dr J.' H. McLeau's Tar Wine Lung Balm, in all cases of hoarseness, sore throat or difficulty of breathing. For sale by W. H, Parker & Sou. mtmam Ol toe SMraaa scaip Ma to we diicoT- "Skookum "oociLaIm peiiuer nUMrl nor oiu. It IV. L. DOUGLAS $3SHDf FCH- eeitlei:: S4 and 33.SO Dress Shoe. 83.50 Police Shoe, 3 Soles. S2.50, 32 for Workingmen. 82 and 61.75 for Boys. LADIES AND MISSES, 83, 82.60 82, $1.75 CAlTXTOX-ir aar deaOOT Sera 70a W. I Doaclaa ehoee at m redoeed prirr or aayabebaathem wtta- cne Basse stamped tae botxvai. pet alia Medford, Oregon CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. We are prepared to gtre estimates on any building from a woodshtAd to a slate capital. All work in oar line guarrantced first class tn ererr respect. Medford, - - - Oregon. Thofi. F. Oakes. Henry C Payne, Henry C. Boose. Receivers. TVTORTHERN JUT PACIFIC R. R. Pullman Sleeping Cars Dining Cars Sleeping Cars Elegant Tourists TO A Caooasroa Htxcaa ano I z TRUiGH TMEIS" -TO- WASHINGTON PHILADEIPHIA BOSTON AND AIL POINTS EAST AND SOUTH A. D. CHARLTON, Assistant General Passenger Agent, I No. 121 First St., cor. Washington r"OIlTIJaIID, OM NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at Roseburg. Oregon. Feb. S7, ISM. Notice is herebv Riven that the toilowing named settler has flled notice of his intention to matte final proof i support of his claim and that said proof will be made before the judge or county clerk of jacksvn county, Oreijen. at Jacksonville. Oreson. oa Saurdav, April w. Isvt. via; Fonunatus Haobard. Jr.. on Homestead Ectrv No. SSJt. for ihe N H of SW and E , of NW a. Section 8 Township 34 S, Range 3 Fast. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of. said land, viz: Kenry A. Sutton. Jamet t. Edgerton. Levi Sutton and WiUiata F. Tag gart. all of Leeds, Jackson county. Oregon. -M-9-A-13 John H. Shcpb, Kesuter. MEDFORDJABKETS COHRSCTKO IVliST WKO.VCSDAV. VTieat, No. 1, ; per bushel, 40 cts Oaks, " - 36 " Barley - " " 3S Corn, " 4Q Potatoes, . " 40 " Mill Feed. Bran antj Shorts, per ton, flS.09 ilay. " ' baled, 9.00; loose, &J Wood Oak, per - Flour, wholesale, per barrel, tA Flour, retail. Butter," : Eggs, Onions, Apples', Bacon and Bast Shoulder ' 4 " Beans - per sack, ?0 cts per roll iaro aesnds) 50 " per dojea, S per pound, IH per box, (one tuhrj) SO " per iti. t 13 1 -" " is :f " f 13'; .Lird Shawyer Nicholson .H' Ofc lpsisi7iaTiii?iiiisisT'iii B reini.snltiii.lllusv, ltlnepieURiteiysy I JB Bxpertenee niii-r ry. " afTsTV I fl 4.enaiQbegna.ca liberal 1 II en.nileiliiii to local pare- -grT rfnf H gfeweza of eleaa. One, S aardy.naahton mSj 1 B l"r7.el3 11 Ffcwtn.crohard. H ou' T. hv U uwa end gwnlsa m IB gVgVveweatyoaow.whllB 1 W9 (rat laser mi Mmpertaat. Qood lhss torH I VU VMnaenaot. Outfit aadtnll par-II I hnUntns. BmpWs BKOS. CO. aer- I rit PortUae. Ore, rral.aeea.ajl I rehabto. KMthlp.p. BA .fl ' " - ' . f -, ;; I V; . ' iH " 11 ' ' ' L"'v.'-.- i t - . .