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Somewhat Crooked.
In a certain crooked county
There is a crooked town,
Where a lot of crooked sht'stera
Are always to be fonn (d).
In this ten-as crooked city
There is a crooked ring,
Who know lots of crooked wa3'6
To- do a crooked thing.
They hud a crooked treasurer,
Who kept a crooked book,
He always gave a crooked smile.
When you wished to take a look.
He took a crooked notion .
. His crooks were getting thin,
So he bit a crooked railroad,
And took a crooked spin.
He left some crooked bondsmen
To straight his crooks all out,
But they were the crookedest lot of
crooked crooks
That a crook could find about.
They hired some crooked lawyers
To fix. up a crooked muddle,
And it was. the crookedest lot of
crooked crooks,-
They call it now the Jackson
county fum-fuddle.
But all those crooked lawyers
Told- so many crooked lies
Before the crooked court.
That he shoost vinked his crooked
eyes.
S9ys he, "Of all dees crooked -pecs-.
ness,
It makes me nodding crooked
oudt.
But you must keep your crooks
well in
Or some other crcoks will find
your crook all out."
So, says.this crooked court,
"This is a" crooked, crooked rticss.
And though I am a crooked court.
It out crooks me I must confess.
About these crooked bondsmen.
That they are crooks I do not
doubt,
But these everlasting crooked crooks
Are bound to let thern out.
So now the crooked farmers
Must crook their crooked backs,
To dig tip the crooked six pence,
To pay their crooked tax.
So Mr. Editor, the above lot are
about all the crooks I have in stock
just now. I could have crooked
some ot those crooks a goou oeai
crook eder if I had some ot me
Jacksonville ring to help me crook
them. Hoping you will got get any
of those crooks crooked up in your
hair so you can't vt.ncrook them. I
will close by saying the alove
crooks are from an Evans creek
crook, the two first letters of bis
name being,
" Tubs. H. B. Taylok.
A Sure Cura for Piles.
Itching Piles are known by moisture
like presperation. crusing intense itch
ing V7ben warm. This form as well as
blind, bleediuir or protruding: yield at
once ' to Dr. Bossnko's Pild remedy,
which acts directly on the parts effect
ed, absorbs tumors, allays itchine and
effects a permanent cure. 50.;ts. Drug
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Student Of The Old Sc'-iool.-
BT BETSEY AXSPIKES.
Sqnaws Fl.;.t and Poor Man's Camp.
My Dear Ed: In akkordancc
with our previous arrangements, I
I take this opportunity of skribbling
I ver a fu lines, which, perhaps, ma
be uv use ter yu, or some interest
tu the cineral publick, (I mean
thoze who are interested in the
mining industry). You ma not I e
aware uv the fackt uv the which
am jist about tu promulgate, (kin
der Drivatelv.) bekaze there haz
bin some terable round ht ded liz
told in regards tu mines, etc.
wuz at Jimmy' McDougal's tuthcr
day and tuck a walk over to hiz
hizolick plaster mines. Mack haz
done lots uv work this, spring and
expeckts tu klean up a rite smart
chance uv the yaller stun this sea
zon. The same dav I past by Mis
tersers. Huston & Deen's mine, and
they wuz running a, higolick pipe
in full blast. The ground that
theze centlemcn iz' worken is kon-
sidered mity skukum rich, and jist
a little further on iz the celebrated
Wilier Springs mines az iz owned
by John Baker and West Ingram,
tu old batches, uv which 1 don t
take any stock in, (the batchelor
part) but thair mines keeps them
frum starving, and that beats farm
ing and hens az laze skrambled
eggs. J. H. Morris, Phillips, and
J. R. Hardin kum down heretuther
day, kinder fishin around fur suthin
more az a Dulcet JJuenna, lur ma
seemed mighty well plezeti with cur
mines. More sum other da.-
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bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
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Forsale by G. H. Haskiu-, Medford
talent News Notes.
Front the News.
The five-stamp mill now being
erected on the "Shortv" rhine on
Wagner creek will be
in about two weeks.
in operation
The three-year-old child of Joe
Kerby who was badly burned about
two weeks ago, is improving and
will probably recover. It suffers
terribly, however. - .
J. J. Miller,' who formerly lived
on Wagner creek is now in Salubria,
Idaho. . He writes to the News that
there has been 8 feet of snow there
and three feet at date of letter
March 15th. He is suffering from
a cancer on his right hand and will
soon go to Portland or Ban Fran
ciseo to haye it cut out.
. Mr, Horton, a young man who
has been cutting wood for Mr.
Lvncn . Jor several months, met
with a singular .and cainful aori
dent a few days ago. Cutting off a
Ismail limb that was under tension.
Ilka nr.A l:i - 1 ." .. A
nn 1 1 va u r-iiitiiiig mm tinoer
the" jaw, penetrated ' to the mouth
ani tore out tw-Tpr Jhree teeth,
Go
mas
eat are
Sfi71 better Wien
ftiacfe with
r ihen am
Rt from QfiEKSS
korTemnti xnd all
Coorjma fourJboae.3
otTolens is etfer
a, hd jburet matt lard.
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Appleatc, Items.
BY THOMPSON CREEK.
Johnson is cleaning out the tun
nel on the Major miue.
Archer and S!user had quite a
supply of tools come out last week,
from Grants Pass, to run a tunnel
on their.hicky No. 1 -quartz claim,
on the east side of Mee's ranch on
Thompson creek.
Mr. John Bolt is making quite a
lengthy run nrraetring quartz, at
his Calico creek mine, and is said
to be turning out gold, at quite a
lively riite. The hist two days run
turned out $350.00.
Kramer and Johnson are running
a tunnel to strike the Hopeful ledge
about fifty feet lower than the one
they run the past winter, and hope
to have that amount of good quartz
to stope for milling.
Mr. (Quartz) Smith returned to
lav from Steamboat, where he has
been .looking after his interest, ar.d
the report is, good rock has lately
been struck on suine of ins property
and that h s is to put a number, of
men to work soon.
Messrs. Kubli and Knight, who
latelv bought out their partner, Ben
Thurston, on their (Jail's creek
quartz claims, expect very shortly
to he grinding 'out gold again as
they have a number of tons out all
ready for the 'arrastre.
Mr. Herriotte was at his home
here over Sunday, and says he will
have to put his full force at work
at once at his sawmill on Evans
creek, as there is a brisk demand
fr lumlfcr. They are cleaning up
at their placer claim oa Thompson
creek.
spring has certainly come at last,
and farmers and miners are happy
that the long siege of wet' weather
is over. ' There will lie a much
larger acreage of late sown grain
than usual, but with late rains crops
are likely to be fully up to the aver
age, and prospects, so far, for fruit
of all kinds is fine.
The mill at the Mountain Lion
was to be running before this, and
as it is equipped with concentrators,
amalgamator, etc., ought to give a
good account of itself. A contract
was lately let at the mine to run
quite a number of feet of tunnel at
eight dollars a foot, the writer is
informed.
Mr. G. W. Anderson, who has a
good five stamp mill on Williams
crtek, was investigating the Thomp
son creek mines a few davs since.
and thinks that there is plenty of
quartz in this vicinity that will pay
well to mill. lie panned from five
different claims and got free gold
prospects each and .every time.
Pains in the small of the back indi
cate a diseased condition of the Liver
or Kidneys, which may bj easily re
moved by the use of Dr. J. H. McLean's
Liver
and Kidnev Balm. 1.00
per
bottle.
For sale by y. H. Parker.
Phoenix Flashes.
UY MAXAFKAIDOFABiSAR.
Mrn. Walbridge paid Jacksonville
a visit last week.
Mr. Jacobs, of Ashland, "paid
Phoenix a visit Friday.
Mary Standiff has gone to Ash
land to remain a while.
Bill Coleman was in town Friday
the first time in a week.
Mrs. J. Grillin paid Mrs. Hetty
Hamlin a visit, Wednesday.
Johnny M' right lms gone to. Cal
ifornia, to work in the mines.
Win. Hamlin, of Woodville pre
cinct, is up visiting his father.
Mrs. Smallcy was at Medford last
week, the guest of Mrs. II. Kelley.
- Rev. Ira Wakefield, who has been
very ill, is now able- to be around
agiiin.
Tom Hanimersly passed through
Phoenix on his way to Ashland,
Friday.
Several Phrenixites have been
spraying this week, and making
gardens and so forth
Miss Mina Stoups is leaching
school in the Anderson district and
is getting along finely. '
Philip Mullen, of tho Spencer
mine, was in Phoenix Friday, visit
ing Riley I lam merely.
Owen Dunliip is thinking of going
down to the Hammersly mine to
work, in the near future.
Riley Hammersly is back from
HT., ,.tV T..I 1 ...Ml
.uiij..- on ook hiiu win cuumieii.ee
work in earnest next weel:.
i
Mr Patterson, who bougljt a piece
to
of the Fish land near Phoenix, has
the same cleared and plowed, ready
for a corn crop,
Mrs. Martha Matthews and two
daughters came up Wednesday
from Woodville, to pay relatives in
Phoenix a -visit, '
Jeff and Bob Deveney left .last
week for Siskiyou county, to go to
work in the mines for. their brother-in-law,
Mr. Walters.
Manafraidofabear is going put on
a bear hunt, so the next time you
hear from him perhaps it will be
from another locality.
Theo. Engle has about half of
one field that ho cleared this
winter, plowed and in grain. Theo.
is a rustler; a ud no mistake.
Willis Griffin and wife, Henry
Grillin and wife, and Frank True
and Milt Kearn. were paying Phoe
nix a visit ono evening last week.
Mrs. Mary GrifSn, of Wildcrville
precinct, daughter of Jus. Hamlin,
arrived Wednesday evening, to at
tend her father, who is seriously ill
and not expected to survive long.
Andrew and Hugh Calhoun,
Lawrence Griflin and Walter Nys
waner are chopping wood on Bill
Coleman's land, in the absence of
other work. These hoys aro 11
under twelve, and are to be 'com
mended for their rustling qualities.
Start in early, boys, and vou will
always have plenty.
Mr. Creed, a populist speaker,
wus here Thursday evening and
spoke to a small audience at the
alliance hull. It seems that Mr.
Creed is dissatisfied with the way
the. people's party ignored the
preferential vote, and is trying to
get their forces together and
straighten things out.
Sick headache is. the bane of mnny
lives. To cure ami prevent this anuoy
iS complaint use Dr. J. 11. Mo"Leun"s
Little Liver and Kidney Pill-.os. They
are agreeable to take" and gentle, in
their iic. ion. ) cents v vial, t'orsald
by W. II. Parker & Son. .
His Sticky Items.
MY BILL NYE'S llltOTnF.K.
Miss Lydia Owens is visiting her brother Cal
via and wire.
Georxe and Ed. Page.arc worUinjf oa.a farm
below Grants ia.ss.
Miss LUlle Gregory wl'.l spend a few weeks
la Medford, the guest of her grandmotker, Mrs.
Cochran.
W.X. Moore, ho hs been spending a few
days at Central Point, returned home one day
last wee It.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Crnev and daughter
Pansy, made a trip to Jacksonville, via Medford,
last Friday.
Alfred' Smith has Oepartcl for Tolo, where he
has a' cord petition, and will probably remaia
there sense time.
Mr. Teck. cf Itke creek, ai-cc-mpanlcd by his
lktle dauKhu-r. made a flcosaut vhit at John
Schneider's, one dj last week.
A family by Ujc name of tioodell arc now It
ing on Ulc old leleron place. They are now
summer fallowing for O. Itarbaufa. who has
rented It.
Xound school cramesccd April Snd. with
rrof. Harvard for l-'sirtcior. Wc expect ii
bare a for d cho,l. as the professor cotr.es well
recommended.
Charl'T Turpln. of Iake creek, was vi-iiicg
i'iends ar.d neiebors In our vicinity last wcc'.
He says the Teoplc's rrty are CJthtrrin,; in
foree in his neigh aorhood. aud getting ready to
csrry ihc next election.
Calvin and James Owens were bsUlnc hey;
fur Vrs. lh last w ek. They are tisonz the !
most energetic worki rs in the valley, and are i
boond to eiim to the top of the ladder. Tbry ;
baled forty tons in Uin c days. Who can beat ;
that? j
Her. Fyahe prcacheJ at the Monad schoo :
honso last Friday rltrht. An attentive audi
ence was there to listen to his remarks. Your
correspondent never er. joyed a sermon so much
before, lit preached so sensibly and earnestly
thut it was a great r!eaure lo listen to htnj.
The next appointment is the tlfih Sunday in
April . at hail past two p.
attend.
All are invited lo
The Mound school house club met March "1.
Only a few were present, as the farmers are
busily putting in their crops aid rould not
leave their wc-rk. An executive committee,
consisting of Kve members, was chosen. W. J.
Gregory. Mr. Fish. Thos. Wheadon. Jas. Greg
ory and ill Stlmpson. The committee chose
Mr. Wheadon for chairman. Will Stlmpson
read an interesting piece laa very entertaining
manner. F. J . Creed read the electoral v.tes
at the Medford convention and also made a fv-w
remarks which showed clearly the duty of every
People's Tarty member. The next meeting
will be heldat night. April 1.1th. when an enter
tainment will be given. Four new members
were enrolled at the las! meeting.
It Is Good.
The more Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy is used tho bettor it is liked. We
know of no o'.hT remedy that always
gives satisfaction. It is good when
you first catch cold. It is' good when
your cough is seated and your lungs
are sore. It is good in any" kind of a
Cough. W have sold' twenty-live
dozen of it and every bottle mus given
satisfaction. Stcdman & Friedmun.
druggists, Minnesota Luke. Minn. f0
cent bottles for salo by G. II. Ilaskins.
More P. P. Resolutions.
Publl shed by request.
Editor Mf.ufokd MAtr.: Sir. at our last club
meeting of the People's Party, at 1 his place,
the following resolution was adopted: He it
Kk.mh.vfd. That It is the sense of .the
People's Pony Club of Anient, that said cnmli-
dates (named in preamble to this resolution, J.
W. Marksbury. J. A. Jeffreys. S. Putterson, C.
Hawlings aBd eo. Jackson.) are hereby re
quested to withdraw their names from said
People's Party ticket. He it furthermore
Resolved. Tint It Is tho sense of this Club
that no true Populist is under any obligation to
support by ballot or any other way, any of tho
above named candidates, but rather to rebuke
corruption and bosslsm In our own ranks before
wc condemn such practices in other organiza
tions. Be it furthermore
Kmot.vr.D. That we favor and demand, Hint
the chairman of the county central committee
of tho People's Party of Jackson county, call a
mass convention of the voters of the People's
Party for the purpose of ratifying the nominees
made by the preferential vote ou Murch jrd
last, said convention to be called not later
than tho Slst of April, lVSll. and' such nominees
are thoue who received the greatest number of
such preferential votes. Signed,
A. J. Wilcox. Pres. pro tem.
Chas. W. SllEUMAN. Secretary.
lly vote of the club I wus requested lo send
this for publication. Respectfully yours.
A.J. Wilcox.
0 recoil's Appropriations.
The river and harbor committee
have agreed upon an appropriation
approximating if9,900,000. This is
$2,000,000 less than the appropria
tion for the current fiscal year,
while the estimates before the com
mittee amounted to $38,770,611.
In addition to this amount, carried
by the regular river and harbor bi l,
the sundry civil bill contains items
aggregating $8,300,000 for contract
work on rivers and harbors. The
total amount available, therefore.
for the next fical vear is neatlv
f 18,000,000, Among tho items of
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Mouth of thjB Columhia
Lower Willamette and Col urn
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moving obstructions at Marshficld.
PUZZLED
MONKEYS.
X CaterplUar Inarto ' T Jielr
Quarter
with Trat'o Results.
One of the cujres in the "menagerie
was iuhabitcd by an atelcs, or prclien-silc-tailpd
raonltey from Central Amer
ica, and a Jog-faced moulccy front
western Africa. Each held tho other
In supremo contempt- The African
mused silently over his own strength
and looked scornfully ct the spider
like arms of his cousin in captivity,
while the American didn't think much
of a moukey who had such a short
stumpy tail as his companion.
One day a caterpillar, a long brown
hairy one, crept into tho cage. Where
it had come from no ono knew, but
there it was treading its quiet way
across the cage. Tho ateles spied iu
and stopping in his gymnastic exer
cises dropped to the ground to investi
gate tho newcomer. I'or a short time
ho looked quizzically and. wonderingly
at the woolly object, which went qui
etly along. Then the right hand was
thrust out timidly, and as the fingers
touched the caterpillar it curled up
into a hairy ball.
The monkey lumped
back, blinked his eyes as if to be cer- j
lain nf nlint WM what o-ibliered and
then with the aid of his tail drew him
self up to one of the horizontal bars
and looked down wonderingly. Tho
dog-faced monkey looked ou from
above with apparent scornful uncon
cern. The little act was rehearsed
again and again, whenever the cater
pillar uncoiled itself and started for
some untold goal. At last a happy
thought ttruck the ateles. Thcre was
a small stick in the cage, and grasping
this with both hands the valiant mon
key, with many a grow-some look upon
his face, started in to "do up" the un
canny intruder. lie jabbed down at
the unoffending visitor several times
w ith a sauiy inaccurate aim, hopping
back after each attempt and making
such comical faces that the unlookers
were fairly convulsed with laughter.
The jiag-:aced monkey alone .was
- StHf,"si:ect and circumspect. At last.
alter many attempts, the stictc came
down Cat on tho caterpillar, crushing
out its life. The ateles bent forward
to scire the defunct crawler, and was
just about to make a meal cf its poor
victim when there dropped from the
upper perch, on the spider-legged
simian, -the dog-faeed monkey, who
quickly demolished the remains of the
caterpillar, while the ateles pave ver.t
to his disappointment in plaintive cries
u-ly tfrimaces and acrobatic perform
ances whi-'h "bronghtdown the h jusc."
the stwetators of this small tragedy.
NERVE-JARRING JOCULARITIES.
The Silly la-c with Wht.-ti Ton Many
I'eoplo Interlard Thrlr Talk.
There is nothing in the world which
produces the sense of mental nausea
more completely or is more certain to
turn the intellectual stomach than the
use of certain jocularities of speech
with which many people thir.k lit to
adorn their conversation, says the Lon-
don Spectator. The people who seem
to find it impossible to speak of an nn-
married mnn exeertt as "a rrav bceh-
elor,"
briny
' with whom the sea is always "the
" or the 'herring pond." and a
horse a hory steed, who eternally tat!;
about "Sunday-go-to-meeting" clothes,
and who. have such phrases as "no ex
tra charge,", "agitate the tinlinnabula
tor," "the noxious weed." "the pipe of
peace,"' "forty winks" and "braving the
elements" forever on their Hps. are ca
pable of producing a sense of disgust in
those who care to see language. kept
bright and clean which is absolutely in
tolerable. It is diiHeult to say whether
these cant phrases that is a perfectly
proper description of them are
more odious when used consciously
or unconsciously that is,t by people
who believe them to be fanny and in
tend that their hearers should consider
them funny, or by those who have
merely caught them up and repeat
them like parrots, and without any in
tention, good or bad. In our own opin
l ion the use of "common-form" jocular
j ities is most offensive in those who
think of them as wit, though most pain,
I ful in persons who use them nncon-
: seiouslv
and as mert methods of ex-
pressing their meaning. We f-l that
those who try to force a laugh out of
such expressions as "my downy coach"
or "committing matrimony," who
squirm into a smile as they ask if
"there isn't room for a little one," or
who speak of "jnppanning their trotter
caRcs," mifjht fairly be shot ot sight.
When some excellent mother of a large
and heavily fucetious family catches up
and uses almost unconsciously such
phrases as "getting outside a square
meal," "the clerk of the .weather,
"she's no chicken," or "put on your war
paint," and when even the father me
chanically talks of "performing his ab
lutions," the sense ol pathos overcomes
all others.
Welshmen la This Country.
"Wales," said a western Welshman,
"has given three presidents to tho
United States Jefferson, Adams and
Monroe. Thomas Jefferson was pure
Welsh, too, and tho Welshmen of Now
York are now organizing a movement
to erect a grand monument to him.
There are five million Welsh and their
immediate descendants in this country,
and over one million two hundred thousand-
pure Welsh and their first des
cendants. Tho Welsh, Irish and Scotch
arc, in my opinion, all offshoots Of the
little band ofAryians that passed over
from Little lirittuny and settled on
what aro now the llritish isles."
A Strange Tie.
Up in Barro, Vt, lived many years
ago a man and woman who believed in
free love, and began living together
without ceremony beyond mutual prom
ise. . Long afterward tho man fell
in love with some ono else and asked
the woman to release him from his
promise. She wouldn't. Still later tho
woman found her affinity, and pre
ferred a similar request. Tha man in
turn refused. Thus they lived together
without any tie except mutual hatred
for years, never conversing.
Jack Crowber, an associate of gam
blers and thieves, and known as Aspen
Jack, was found dead Sept. 13, lg98, in
a lodging house at Denver. His face
was black and blue and covered with
clotted blood, as if ho had been stran
gled. It is supposed he was mnrdered
by his criminal associates when they
learned he was a Pinkerton detective,
as lie had evidence on which they would
be sent to the penitentiary. Irish Jimmy
Sharon, a gambler, who was found dead
List week, occupied tho room next to
the one in which Crowber was mnr-'
dered, and detectives havo concluded ho
also was murdered, because when in
toxicated he dropped remarks indicat
ii)!j tliat he knew who killed Crawber.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
rrilch tho diseased portion of the
Thcre ls 0llly one way to cure Deafness.
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused b? nn inflamod
dilion of tho mucous lining of the Eu
stachian Tube. When this tube gets
inflamed vou have a rumhlinn- Hound
or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed Ueufness is the result.
and unless the inflammation cau bo
taken t)ut and this tulie restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be de
stroyed forever; nin cases out of t n
are caused by "catarrh, which is nolh
ing but an inflamed condition of tho
hincuous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any cnae of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's
CaUirrhCure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
65TSold by Druggists, 75c.
A prominent lawyer of New Orleans
has an elephant on his hands, not the
figurative artiele, but a real, live ele
phant. It came about in this way:
Davis' circus has been exhibiting in the
lower portion of the city. Business has
been lad and the employes salaries be
came in arrears. The people had to live
and the animals had to be fed, conse
quently money mast be had. Davis, in
his troubles, consulted the lawyer, who
agreed to advance the nereasary funds,
taking the elephant as security. What
is bothering the uttorney just at pres
ent is what to do with the beast, as it
is eating him ont of house and home.
Birlious Colic. Prevented.
Persons who are subject to attacks
of billiuus colic can almost invariably
tell, by their feelings, when to expect
an attack. If Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Itemcdy is
taken as soon as theso symptoms ap-
rear, they can ward off the disease.
Such perxins should always keep the
Ilemeav at hand, ready for immediate
use when needed. Two or three doses
of it at the right time wi save them
much sugering. For sale by G. H.
Haskins.
Governor Waite of Colorado
has
issued a proclamation forbidding en
trance to bis state from Utah of all
sheep withr-it a clean bill of health.
This shots ;nt 150,000 Utah sheep, and
Colorado cattlemen are credited with
threatening to maintain quarantine for
10 days, which will ruin the sheep.
Professor Sargent of Harvard has in
vented a tew outdoor game which is
said to meet all the requirements of
gymnastic work and has no objection
able featm. It can be pkiyed by any
ncmber of both sexes. The new sport
is caUVl "haltie Uul, and
combines
rlin" and
baseball, football, tennis, bowling and j
cricker.
Arthur A. Zimmerman, the champion
cyclist or the worM has final; v decided
totnrnrofessionaL The sum of $10 OM
was the bait which drew kiuifrom the
amateur ranks. For a number of weeks
he has been negotiating with managers
of the professional cycling circuit in
France with a vie of racing there this
coming season. Satisfactory arrange-
ments were niade and Ziintuy will leave
the Lcasne of American Wheelmen,
Who Sav Rh'uuintisai Can Not B
Cured?
My wife was confined to her bed fo
iver two mouths with a sevore attai--if
rheumatism. We could get no'.hin
:hal would afford hs-r any reiif. and ?
la?t resort gave Chr.mberlcin's Paii
;alm a trial. To our croat surpris
il.e b-.'gnn to im:rove nft-r the first aj
ilication. and by usitis it r-gular sb
was siMti able to g-t u and attend t
her house work. F. H. Johnson, of C
I. Knut.-on A Co.. Ken-ington. Minn
cent bottles forsale by. G. II.' Ha
ktns. , .
Mia? Alice Linirs! of Sanbeacu, Penn..
2o years old, and weighing &JS poundr'.
has gone to Ccenr d'Alene. Ida., to
marry Harry Crasher, whom s-he never
saw. Crather advertised for a wife and
the engagement resulted.
Mrs. Tarter, a wealthy widow, has
been committed to jail at Evaaston,
Wyo., for refusing to pay a bill as ad
ministrator of her husbaud's estate.
There is general indignation and public
sympathy is with Mrs. Tarter.
Governor Tillman of South Carolina
has the best of the di?peusary dispute.
The Populists are coming to his support.
Everything is quiet, and the governor
proposes to try the rioters at Dariington
in the courts, and they are being ar
rested. "Only the Scars
Remain,"
Says IIknuy IIvdsox, of the James
Mnitii woolen
Machinery Co.,
Philadelphia,
Pa., who certi
fies as follows:
" Anion; tho
many testimoni
als winch I see
in regard to cer
tain medicines
performing
cures cleansing
tho blood, etc..
fj noiieimpress me
more tiiiin my
o w n c a s o .
Twenty yenrs,
ago, at tho age
oils years, I had
swellings come
o ii my legs,
w hich broke and
became ruu
nlug sores.
Our family phy
sician couM do
Hi5 m
pj" van
Is? i
ma no good, and it was feared that tho
bones would bo affected. At last, my
good old
Mother Urged WSe
to try Ayer"s Sarsaparilia. I took threo
bottles, tho sores healed, mid I have not
been troubled ainco. Only the senrs
remain, nud the memory of the
past, to remind me of the good
Ayor's Sarsaparilia hits done me.
I now weigh two hundred and twenty
pounds, and am in tho best of health.
I have been on the road for tho past
twelve years, have noticed Ayer's Sar
saparilia advertised in all parts of tho
United States, and always take pleas
ure iu telling what good it did for mo."
Ayer's Sarsaparilia
Prepared by Dr.J.C. AyerS: Co., Lowell, Muss.
Qijresfthers,wH!curoyou
I BALD HEADS U
What is the condition of yours? Is your hair dry,
harsh, brittle? Does it split at the ends? lias it a
lifeless appearance? Does it fall out when combed or
brushed? .Is it full of dandruff? Does your scalp itch?
Is it dry or in a heated condition ? 1 these are some of
your symptoms be warned in time or you will become bald.
Skookum Root Hair Grower
is whatyoo need. Its production ls not an accident, bat the result of telenttSe
research. Knowledge of the clzeaaesof the hairand scalp led to thsdueor- "
erf ot how to treat teem, "Skookum " contains rentier mlnorais nor oUa, It
is not a Dye. but a tlelUbtf 0II7 cooling and ret resting Tonic, hi elin-TilsUng
the folUcles, it ttojx alttug
heads.
9 s-scp tb ec&Ip dean, bcftitar. i3 rrw rran m-itaiicf crcptxras. 07
the ux of is,kum Mem Oocp. It deotrcys parastsio tnsecit, ichicU JcmL on.
and tlcrtroy the hair. a
If your drnsrri cannot rappl 770 dlrec- to sz. wal TorwrtrJ J
prepn!J, m r-cWptof price Ciowez, $Uti jk.t IxHilo ; 5 X-r tA. cl..Suc
a" I Jfr fa??.. ' M Jit
iwr jr u lot ; uu.
VriTl ZKCKUCHTA
e
TEA'SS.i'iEK P u-u viftli Sctt Trrt. X. Y. " :
The Best Shoes
: Least Money,
85, S4 and CG.EO Dress Shoe,
c ? w j S3.CO Pclico Shce, S Solos.
m j' s, ' T S2 and SI.75 for Beys. .
$m4ix$ w LADIES AND MISSES,
Smi-M yK GG, S2.SO 2, $1.75
l-asa---!' "V " '- NV ' CAUTION. IT cy feeler
ts 'ssa53-- offer yoa W. I Dowclaa
K-i Tt.re. Tr-. TrvrSss- 3v shoes at o reduced pricw,
I S t!" KEc A Stsaw A 3v er ea;t he hn lasa wlib.
. y&r . in "Eai-AQ rraasa5ss:5?lv oat ih. u pt,i
Vs-i.'"'i'!iii.i, .-'-. SJfi. -lv oirUi. boLixjm. pet hisi
W. L. DOUGLAS Shoes are stylish, ezsj fitting, and give better
satisfaction at the prices advertised than any other make. Try one pair and be con
vinced. The. stamping of W. L. Douglas" nam: and price on the bottom, which
guarantees their value, saves thousands cf dollars annua!! to those who srear them.
Dealers -who push the sale of W. I Dauplas Shoes gain customers, which helps
increase the sales on their full line of roods. Tarr can eCoTd to sell stt a leas mV-
smd we believe too can aave vaomy trr bwvfxis all yon r fooewajr of tfa demlr advs
For Sile by A. C. TAYL03,
The Illinois fruit crop has been ruined
by frost.
By a law of Iowa liquor cannot be
legally manufactured in that state.
The new Chinese- treaty will be con
sidered by the senate in open session.
Wheat went -up to COf cents at New
York the other day, the highest point
reached since February.
The Republicans made a clean sweep
in Rhode Island. The vote.polled is the
largest in the history of the state.
John Rice of Valparaiso, Ind., lost his !
house by fire. Three of his children
perished and he was severely burned.
The Massachusetts legislature refuses
to give municipal snifrage'to women,
while the Idaho legislature grants it. j
A gang of opium smugglers have been
operating with St. Louis as their base. ;
Shipments have come from Vancouver, ;
B.C. .
The members of the Colonial party of
ulriu cnuu wia oamoa annexeu, aiiu
' a"c!aPe the triple alliance a complete
tail are. J
i l oeea toT an mvestiga- ;
1 bcn 5310 tJle saty 0f Prendergast, tie
! san of Mayor Carter Harrison of
j Chicago.
' Bidwell's Bar school, in Batte
' county, CaL. and one c-f the oldest in
tfce state, having been established in
i ls;i3. "e discontinued. ". -
j The Choctaw council has adjourned,
It parsed s resolution refusing to treat
with the Dawes commission and favor
. ing holding their lands in common.
I The fire acd police board of Denver
' dispute promises to adjust itself in the
courts within a week. The militia,
however, is ordered to recruit to ita
fullest extent.
JudgeWnde of Chicago, in a recent
decision, held that a lie-told by an em
ploye to his employer annulled a con
tract, and the employe cannot recover
. damages for his discharge,
j Internal Revenue Collector Mize, up
. to date, has been able to register but $52
j Chinese under the Geary law in Chicago,
j There remain 2,000 yet to be registered
j in his district before May 3.
President Tracy of the National Re
; publican league has called a special
' meeting of the league's executive com
mittee to meet at the Arlington hotel,
Washington. Monday, April 23.
Plans for the spring " round-cp " of
range cattle in Wyoming have been
completed. The state officials expect
no trouble, as the rustlers have been
compelled to cease tliei? operations.
There is trouble oa hand among the
Colorado miners, especially at Cripple
Creek. The operators assert they will
use non-union men or not work their
mines. all attempts to compromise hav
ing failed.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, has ad
dressed a letter to Vice President Stev
enson protesting against the ratification
by the senate of the proposed Chinese
treat v.
A VKEE and easy expectoration is
produced by a few doses of Dr J. H.
McLean's Tar Wine Lung Balm, in all
cases of hoarseness, sore throat or
difficulty of breathing. For sale by W.
H. Parker & Son.
' Are You Going East?
If so and desire to go via Portland
and enjoy the luxury, safety and com
fort of a t rip over the old reliable North
ern Pacific Railroad, you can do so from
Grants Pass aud all S. P. points iu
Southern Oregon as cheaply as by any
other route. The Northern Pacific
runs through trains from Portland to
St . Tanl daily without change of cars
free colontstleepers, elegant Pullman
t and Tourists' sleepers accompany every
train.
' For tickets and full information ap
ply or write to A. D. Charlton, Asst.
General Passenger and Ticket agent,
Portland, Oregon, or to S. F. Cass N.
P. Ticket agent for Southern Oregon
First National Bank, Grants Pass, Ore.
Mrs. O. W. Palx has just received
a niee selection of spring millinery. '
:
Spring millinerv goods at prices to
suit the times, at Mrs. C. UT. Palm's.
Get groceries at I. M. Midler's,
corner Seventh and C streets, Medford.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at Rosebnrg. Or.March St. ISM.
Ivbttce is herebv eiven that the followintt
natued settler has tiled notice of his intention
to make Una! proof in suppertof bis claim, and
that said proof will be made before the Judgw
or county Clerk of Jackson county. OreKon, at
Jacksonville. Oregon, on Saturday, Mays. 1SH.
vlr: Olaus lioluin, on Homestead Kutry No.
NVU. for the ws of uwt aud nV, of sw;,', see S4.
tp Si s, raw.
Ho names the following witnesses to prove
In continuous residence iixn and eultiva-
tlon of said land, via: Eiley Morrison. Geortre
T.vni.h. of Gtnn: T. Kuinev. ot Beairle: E. P
Hammond, of Medford ; all of Jaeksoa county,
Orettou.
a-13 m tS ' John H, SncrR, Besister,
haxr, cunt dandrujf o gmct hair eotni Z
ja
tCOT HAIK GROWER CO.. r
itttt i
Medford, Oregon
nil
CONTRACTORS
-AND BUILDERS.
Wr are prepared to give estimates on tay
bailding from a woodhead to a slate capital.
AH work in oar line gaarranteed first das
in erery respect.
Kedforrl, - Orejcon.
F. Oate. Henry C Payne, Henry
House. Receivers.
Northern
1M
PACIFIC R. R.
XT
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?u!!m3n
tieant
Dining Cars
Sleeping Cars
rciirists
! Minneapolis
Grand fouks
L CnooKSTOtt
f K&XCMA AND.
nil ran$"
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-TO-
WaSHINGTCN
j PHILADEt PHia.
! NEW YORK
j BOSTON A-SP AIL
POINTS EAST fcNO SOUTH
s
A. D. CHARLTON,
Assistant General Passenger Arent,
IXo. 121 First St., cor. Washington
IOEiTXi3T3. OR
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at Rosebanr. Orecoa. Feb. ST. 1SW.
Notice is herebv given that the followine
named settler has nled notice of his Intention
to make Anal proof in sapper of his chtim
and that said proof will be made bcTur
the judge or county clerk of Jackson county,
Oresn. at Taeksonville. Oregon, oa Saturday.
April It. l&H. via: Fonunatus Hubbard. Jr.. oa
Homestead Knlry No. SS3I. for the X S of SW i
and E H of NVV a. Section S Tosmship St S,
Kance 2 East.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultiv&tioa
of. said land, via: Henry A. Suttoa. James i
EJirerton. Levi Sutton and William F. Tag
gart, all of Leeds, Jacksonacounty. Oregon.
M-9-A-13 John H. Shups, Kegister.
SalarraadexpcndeepaldveeltlTCroca
ltrmutectpotiUoa. llxclcjx trmtey.
Experience unnvccesATT. IVeallar
drmnta5stbs tetters, labcral
cosimtssloB so lacl psxt-
lUne Largest
crowed oC clea.
l.t. M
rrtaKl. M
tardva. l
';V -VXiV. i We aBtjiaM. while H
-r-3f fsa ibt -
important. Oo.t clt.aw ivr ih
.rfvMiurat. OutHt sad full I"
..ccsr, BUOWi as CO- tar- jS
TW' seraa. rort'aaj. Oro. Ohisfcorseis !S
4fi3 rv4il. KTntalppeft Ea-i
MEDFORDMABKETS
COKRCCTED SVBKV WBPtCCSDAT.
Wheat, No. 1, . perbasaeL 40 cts
Oats, " x "
Barley ' " '
Corn, t' ) "
Potatoes, " eo
Mill Feed. Bran aa$ Shorts. per ton, 1 15,00
Hay, baled, S9.00; loose. 8.00
Woodt 9' per cord. a
" f Fir, . " " 3.00
Flour, wholesale, per barrel, 2.00
Flour, retail, per sack. 70 eta
Butter, per roll (two sounds) so '
Egss, . . per dozen, 08 "
Onions, per pound, m "
Apples, per box, (one bushel) SO "
Bacon and Ham per lb. 11 IS "
Shoulder par lb, 11
Beans " 08
M
Lard - " " 15
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