V MINIFY ANH MININH. 1 GOING TO ritOSl'ECT I'OK COM.. The Mail has spoken many times regarding the coal mines east of Medford, but the developments have not been of suflicient magni tude to base a calculation as to the extent ami quality of the vein of coal which has cropped out at various points along the foot hills. However, enough has been learned to convince practical men that a large vein of coal underlays a few feet of earth in that locality. To the end that this proposition might be developed Mr. L. G. Porter, of this city, has for a number of weeks been engaged in securing a bond on certain tracts of land, embracing a farm belonging to J. A. Crain and another belonging to Sam '1 Furry and one owned by George Dickey, in all about 2000 acres. The bond holds good for one year. The pro position is backed by a number of Med ford's moneyed men. whose names for the present, are not made known, and who propose to at once begin developement work. The first work will be that of running a tunnel into the bill a distance of from 500 to 1000 feet. The work will begin on the Furry place, at a point where there is already a tun nel in quite a distance and which has been run r.carlv the entire dis tance on a vein from twelve to four- t?en feet in width. The coal taken j out is of a very good quality and i the further in the" better is 'found j the quality. Should this proposi- j tion deveiope into what is ex- pected it will there will be mill ions in it for those who have cour age and monev suflicient to bring it to light. While prospecting for ooai other minerals will as well be watched for. W. L. Halley and wife returned recently from Garve creek, at which place he has been looking after the interests of A. A. Davis in a big placer mining proposition. The mine is about forty-five miles from here, and twelve miles of the dis tance is made over a pack trail. No clean-up has been made at the mine, but there is no question but that it will show big money. Mrs. Halley worked out a few pans o dirt herself, and as a reward she has a bottle filled with coarse gold. The mine is a very premising one. MIXES OX OSRORXE (KEEK. To The Medford MA:l: Espey it Co. have the foundation ready at Osborne creek for setting their 200-horse-power pump in po sition to run water to their new iiume for carrying water towards Hawkins from the top of the hill. over 500 feet above. The flume is i nearly completed, and when the ! pumD and pipe are ready, the giants will he started on the work of sluic ing down the banks of rich ground never before mined, on account of lack of water. Mr. Barron, an ex- perienced mining engineer and ma - chinist. is sunerintendintr the min-!tin: ing apparatus, and expects to have it ready for operation about the first of July. The Nelson hovs have been do-1 , ; .n n ti;-" ,0.,; stiot i creek, a tributary of Osborne creek. They took out $800 in two weeks' time, and have been realizing a steady yield of coarse gold for some time past. The miners in the dry gulches and small streams high un in th up m the -mountains are ail very busy just now, washing pay gravel before the water fails this season, especially in localities where the snow has 'melted off. Wra. F. Brown, of Washington, has bonded the YVillburt quartz mine for $ 10,000. and has gone to San Fsancisco to purchase machin ery for a ten-stamp mill, etc. Large numbers of miners are working and prospecting this spring in the foothills in this vicinity, and from reports all seem to be meeting with excellent success. H. II. Ntxi.nx. Saxe creek and vicinity is one of the most promising fields for min jng and miners in Southern Ore gon, and as little known to the gen eral public. Being out of the realms of the strong tide of prospectors, its richness is but little disturbed; but a few enterprising miners (in speak ing of miners I mean genuine miners, and not the so-called miners enciap-ut-posai) are opening up &me promising mines, and realiz ing rich results. A more promising vicinity for capital does not exist in Southern Oregon. Saxe creek is a tributary of Evans creek, on the left side, two miles above Wimer jostoffice and ten miles northeast of the railway station of Woodville. M. II. II. Travelers lind a safe companion in De Witt's Colic and Cholera Cure. A change in drinking water and in diet often causes severe and dangerous complaints. This medicine always cures them. Geo. H. Haskins, druer-gist. Brownsboro Items. - HY KEl.KCOA. Tj. A. Tucker, of Phoenix, was in town Friday. O. Tj. Irwin, of Lake Creek, made us a business call Friday. Mrs. Obenchain, of Pig Putto, visited relatives in town Wednes day. James Martin and Mr. Casto, of this place, visited Eagle Point Mon day. Mr. Simpson, of Pig Putte, call ed on us Monday. He informs us that be intends to go cast of the mountains soon. Newton Prothers. of Central Point, passed through town Tuesday on their way to the Pig Putte country. They are hauling down shakes. Mrs. P. Farlow, of Lake Creek, accompanied by her father, T. Baldwin came down Monday. She is visiting with her sister, Mrs. I. A. Miller. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Charley died last Wed nesday. The bereaved family have the kindly sympathy of their many j friends. J. Oitman. arti.-t of Tolo. spent j Saturday night in town. He was on a return trip from Mt. Pitt, i where he has been taking sketches jofthe mountain and several other 'picturesque mountain scenes. I Prownsboro will duly celebrate the 1th of July. One int.-re.-ting feature of the program is the riding hi a tournament to crown the Queen of Reality, ami a No the tbree most successful Knights in uimh uie rings irom me hHiks to receive each a prie -v.f the lirM. second and third grade, according to standing. A good time is antici pated and a hearty invitation ex tended to all. l-ruit Items. From the Rural Xorthwesl. Sun-dried apples havi lnvome practically extinct, the evaporated fruit having taken its place The Oregon Citv Kntcrnrise savs that the Crown paper mills of that j citv have an order from one firm of i fruit growers in Lahlornia for f . tons of fruit paper. Although the price of prunes has tended downwards in Eastern mar- ; kets. of late, reixjrts indicate that wholesale grocers have very small stocks on hands and there will be a' very small quantity of last year's crop carried over. President Ht-rsey. of Santa I'lara , Fruit Exchange, says that prunes ; should not be dipped in lye which I is too strong, as the result of the use i of too strong lye is to crack the skin, i deprive the fruit of lustre and make; it show a sugar coating. j Th,- ilver prune trees are carry- inir Tr.,t deal t.Mi imicli fruit. ' If the fruit is not mercilessly thinned it will much of it be too small to sell well as silver prunes, the trees will break down badly and 'the fruit will be in . - danger ot r.u-; Our Northwest prunes confuse; j Eastern dealers. The Prune of j J. A gen, or Petite d' Agen which wej commonly call the French prune, j is so cured in t ranee as to be black and is nearly black as cured in Colifornia. As cured in evaporators it might almost be called a red prune and it is hard to make East em dealers believe that it is the variety of prune which is grown nnd dried so extensively in California ;T)ie fr n i t trrowers nf California have j ,!.,.,:, 'i ... ,),.. t.v....,.i. prune, as grown a, id cured in that state, the California prune. It al most seems necessary to have anew name for the French prune as crown j and cured in the Pacific Northwest. A Specimen QUEER AFFIDAVIT. or Legal 1'hraeeolog-y y a Rural Jnittlce. The pioneer lawyer, in whatever country his fortune may be cast, is certain to hare experiences worth re membering'. Officers there are usually not elected for any special qualifica tions, but because lietter men are not available. A correspondent offers a ease in point, says the Youth's Com panion. In a western village a certain "Squire" Thomas was elected justice of the peace, and as his bailiwick whs many miles distant from the county site, he was furnished with blank affidavits for use in cases returnable to the county court. These blanks con cluded with the statutory words, "con trary to law and against the peace and dignity of the state." The first affidavit the county court received from the newly elected justice read: "Ilefore me, a justice of the peace, appeared A. II., who, being duly sworn, deposes and says that on the day of C. D. committed an aggravated assault upon the person of A. R. by throwing a rock the size of an egg at the bead of the said A. R., which would have hit the said A. R. on the head and killed him, if he hadn't V dodged con trary to law and against the peace and dignity cf the state." Not knowing whether to indict C. I), for throwing the rock, or A. II. for dodging contrary to law and against tba peace and dignity of the state, the attorney compromised the matter by dropping the case. PACIFIC COAST ITEMS. NEWS NUGGETS PICKED UP WEST OF THE SIERRAS. !-inttl fur Tliiinklng a .IimIk Minors' A MM'Intion AA'iiIi'n Itlt'etllng to Doutli from a Knxor Cut Cnlironil a 1'ruitH In 'til-ni;u Stilliforri l-:tntt Sttlt. 1'tieycliMs who ride on the sidewalks of San .lose re subject to arrest and ". iv Fresno county supervisors liavo niwarllied a trump farm in mi obscure corner of the county. The Hritisli warship Nympho hits left Victoria, B. C, to join t ho warship Pheasant in Bering 8ea. On her return she will go to England. Considerable excitement prevails over the discovery of rich gold and silver de posits on AiiHcupu island, one of the Siinta Barbara channel group. A prolmbly fatal shooting affray oc curred recently at Kennedy, a mining camp 00 miles south of Winnemuccu, New, in which W. T. Jenkins, it promi nent mining man and sheepowner, shot C. II. Mcintosh, n merchant. While unloading bay with a derrick fork at Klmira. Cat., .1. K. Miles, a farm ' lalorer. was killed by the breaking of a i harness. Miles was driving the horse ; when the tugs broke. The Mngletree J ll w back and struck him in the head. I Argument on a demurrer in the case i of the federal government against the. Stanford e-tate for $l.i.(iiiii.iMU U-gau in ' San Francisco a feiv days ago. .hiilre i ' Koss of Los Angeles is presiding. Immi nent lawyers are employed by ln.it U j sides. ! John Brown. Sr.. an old resident and '. prominent man of Clallam county. : Wash. , committed suicide by shooting! j himself in the head with a revolver. He j ; said to his wite U-fore committing the . ' deed that the revivalist who is preach ; imr in that section had made him fee! ( ; that he was not worth living. S. A. Mcl'herson was fined $10 for ; eoiitempt in th- superior court at San ) i Jose by Judge Reynolds for writing a i i letter to the court commending the ! i judge for giving a judgment in his j ; tavor in the suit against M. J. McKl- ' j hannv. The letter. l.idi- commend- i j ing the court, fcferred to the defendant ; as a scoundrel. i At Champaign. III., the University of j California athletes defeated the Uni 1 versitv of Illinois hands down, winning wv,,, out pf w',,v vents. nd th l-""""" co.nj in two ... ... o.,,, , i. . , .;. . ,i " , and the 220-rani dashes, tying the col- j l,.jj,at. record 0f .m ,i-OIis in the lat- j ler. The Berkeley Wirs are now the corneals. rvij;jrins won tue i-yari and I he S20-ynl dushes. tyiiin thp col- champions of the West. S. L. Hansconi. a w.-ll-known hisj. diMit of Modrsto. i defendant in a suit uislitnt.il in which felonious assault n non woman i eharirr-.l. Tht -un- (Uin.int in Frank Hishop. who swear HaustMui att.-inpt.vl to axsanlt his sis ter, who an adult. Mivi Bishop says Hansooni s-ltnl her and attempted to ki, her. but did not use violence. Kanseom alb'es blackuiail. The Miliars" association of Oilifornia is in !n-s! ,if nioii.-y. At a in.t-ting of tllp exeetlttve coiniuitter held at San Franeiseo Presi,l,.nt NetT said hi felt distlurar;sl ln-caus the minmi; conn- tii-s which are dnwtlv i!iteriste,l in thi work of the jtsMM-iatiott had not con tributed more. S.4H Francisco, which is 1 only interested indin-ct ly . has done much. The (irass Valb-v Miners' union is -ill to irive the proceeds of a tucnie to the ass.xna'.iou. Otherwise Nevada, i county, thou-1, it has more mines and, liimeowners than any county in the state, has jnven no material assistance. The insurance aijeiiLs of Santa Clara county are dissatisfied with the license ordinance and appeared before the supervisors to have it changed. At present the license is if'.i.'i a year and is I on the company. The clmui;e desired is i that the license shall Ih taised to a ; quarter and that t lie levied on the j anient. In the county there are IM j agents, and the aim of the represent a- j tive agents is to crush the smaller ones ; so that competition will lie les. The 1 supervisors took no action in the niai- ter as they could not see it in the light ' that the agents did. II. Weiustock of Sacramento, presi- '. dent of the California Fruit exchange. has received a telegram from Chicago asking hat the California fruit grow ers consent to have hucksters and ped dlers Iwirred from the open auctions. It said that US per cent of all California fruit in Chicago was bought by mem bers of the association who want to bar out the peddlers. Wei ns tuck replied that 08 per cent should not In- at raid of 2 per cent, and that California fruit growers in state convention had unani mously agreed there should lie but one auction house in each city and that it j should lie open to any and all buyers. j A case which is now attracting great ! interest among the members of the i medical profession in Mendocino county ! is that of Frank Ureen, who lives at j Calpella, a small hamlet six miles north I of Ukiah. Some time since, while shav- ing, (ireen cut himself slightly at tlm I point of the chin. The razor barelv i penetrated to the flesh, and to the ordi nary man the wound would have been merely of temporary inconvenienco. Green, however, is subject to hemor rhagic diathesis from the slightest punc ture, and the surgeons agree that there is a possibility of the result being fatal. Green is a member of a family in which this result from incised or lacerated wounds is hereditary. Soon after the infliction of the wound Green applied the usual remedies to stop the How of blood, but the flow continued and it was not until medical assistance had been summoned that the How was stopped. Even then the relief was but tempo rary. The wound was inflicted on May So, and it has bled intermittently ever since. The physicians think there is an utter absence of fibrin in the blood of Green, and as this substance is neces sary to coagulation it is probable that death will result. THE CZAR'S LAST GIFT. An Inntanoo or tlio Thoii;litrulnri nf Alexander. The late czar of Russia may have pur sued a mistaken and somewhat crawl government policy, but in his domestic relations he was nil thoughtfulne.ss ami a tTeetiou, says a foreign exchange. It is told that last summer the czar ami empress visited a, great shop in St. Petersburg to buy jewels for their son's future bride. The empress (Teat ly ad mired a beautiful bracelet, nnd told the czar that she wished to possess it. tin their return one of the scrirms attacks to which he was subject came upon him, nnd the empress forgot, the brace let. The czar died, and to the empress in the early days of her widowhood came, November 1, the first birthday she must pass alone. On her other birthdays the czar had been wont to place u bouquet in the morning room of the empress. Inside the flowers was always found some rich, rare gift, chosen months beforehand. The empress had avoided the room as too full of painful memories, but this morn ing, the morning of his wedding day. Nicholas requested bis mother logo there as a favor to him. The lirst thing she saw was the bouquet in the usual place, and inside the flowers was a case, fastened and sealed by the czar's own hands. It contained the bracelet. lie had ordered it on the same day that tin- empress saw it. and i given instructions m his deathbed for the birthday be near to com- gilt. Imliiing Ins son ti fort her v. hen she received it. CLOTHES MADE OF WOOD. Our f tin- Tti.n Wlil. fi tin. t'uturp ill I'ruliwlily llrm i orlli. Time was when references to a wooden overcoat" were understood as the irreverent equivalent of measuring a man for a iMl'.ji, but it would seem that suits of doilies made of wovhI iuav so,,n i,e an accomplished fact. The writer, says the Kdinburgh Scotsman, is indebted to a merchant of the city of dot h Leeds for a glimpse of samples of a specic.snf cloth, anil also of a sort of cotton, made wholly out of wihhI liber, these two woven pieces baring all the appear ance of utt motive articles of their own kind. Both these novel textile fabrics are the result of prolonged rxx-ri-mcnt.s with pirn-wood and spruce, w hich have Ihcii ingeniously torn to pieces in the lirst instance and then bleached by an elaborate chemical process. After chemical treatment in manv ways the vxnl Iwcomes n soft, white pulp, which is run through jH-rfonited plates, the resulting threads being l: 1 - ... -. ., , , ' , j threads can lo woven, and the ma- j tori! is susceptible of taking readily j any sort of dye. The fabric can be i made at an astonishingly cheap cost; it ; lonkM well anil has u iYrt;mi amount n( 1 ' s!r exixTitnent-. in this conniv i ti,,n an" H'iir earrietl miti. nn ! "I'l ara:uv on the market, sooner or lat.r. in the is atisolutelv ii-rtam, e.sjH'eiallv form of imitation eotton. A hlnimnn'i AtTntur. . . There are a larev mitntHT of Chinese oinrajrecl in mining in northern Califor-I ; ma, uml twooi tnese t eiesiiais nan a queer adventure during the closing- i davsof last winter. Three Chinamen in camp were taken ill. and two of their ' companions volunteered to e;o to the' nearest town, sixteen miles away, furi mclit-inc. The weather was clear, and !' the town was reached in safety. Hut m the return trip a snowstorm came up. nnd the Chines.' Weame hopelessly l... il.lere.l ill I tie roll I'll moll II t a i nous .. . n ... ,i...: , .1.1... ,i,.... i i inn i ri . in ami t" uii H in'u'-ns, in. i ,.,.,, ,;3(, ai,Terent ideas as to which ,iir-etion t take, and finally .marrclcd t nn1 M.in,ted. One of them had not ! j,,,,,,. f.ir iH.forv he found a hollow tree. , into w hich he craw led. lie had matches j with him anil built a small tire, and there he stayed until rescued, ten days i later. WtrhniBklti In Japan. The manufacture of watches has at-1 tained a considerable degree of imjvr-; tance in .lajian. That -inp:re now sup-, plies Itritish Hon e Kong w ith watches. : Yokohama has tin-finest watch making machinery from this count rv. wi GIVE AWAY A Sample Package ( 4 to 7 dosei ) of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets To any one sending name and address lo 14 s on a postal card. OSCE USED THEY ARE ALWAYS IN FAVOR. fence, our object in sending litem out broadcast .m ON TRIAL wm. They absolutely cure Sick Headache, Bil iousness. Constipation. Coated Tongue, Poor Appetite, Dyspepsia and kindred derange ments of the Stomach. Liver and Bowels. Don't accept sovie substitute said to be "just as good." Tlie substitute costs the dealer less. It costs you ABOUT the same. HIS profit is in the "just as good." WHERE IS YOURS? Address for Free Sample, World's Dispensary Medical Association, No. 663 Mala St. BUFFALO, K K "Aftcr Many Days. Dear Kil.. you must cxchmc nie lor Hi in awful lonx delay. Hot ii. .w just please lo Mst'en Ami hear mi; wliat 1 say. I'm just a rommoi! hayseed. And must every day 1 tlnii Tin re's lots ot iiKiiii y Iwre In funning. Hut It's mostly in your mind. Tile evils Dial liesr-I me An- mure iti:."n 1 ran lienr. And .hiui.-li I'm iniist an iinm-l, Siiini linn-s I have to talk nuuflity. One lmrse I have is lialltv Mi 's jiisi a unisianx srruli; And il I wish to draw a load, I have In lalo- a dub. My cows they SI1! Jitm-VS, Aim so awful so in 1 1 ai ti);'ii, I h:ic In li.mse llieni un of nights To keep I hem from the cat. My tiiis tin y are so thin and poor, Tin y hmk just like a fright: I eiUier have to knot I heir tails nr make my fence- air tli;lil. My potatoes they Kt frosted. 'i nuse I planted them too soon; I ran i ti-ll how II happi-iii-d, r"or 1 planted In the moon. My parsnhis (rew to Chlnu, And my beets they were so red Tin y i-uuseil so mui-li attention That the cahtmk'e lost their head. My pumpkins they Rri-w hollow, lltil my melons they were line: tine mirhi the boys they rnme aloni;. And Ihey never left a vine. My i-uc!uiiliers they were hu!Ty. And :hey yot up mi tiieir sptue, 'Cause 1 wouldn't let ihom 1,'row on a sweet potato vine. Vt in n yon speak of mv religion. I hupc you II (.-enllv .scan: I think il ail may he rluht here, I'o do tin.' tn-st we fiin. sri! atieii's road is very plain: The ood 1moU st:i:;s iUil'Cool Wavf.n lT, man can nevi-r err, ll'l II IhotlL'h lie lie a fool. 1 s-itejy -m, ,, pessimist To th!f:k W ere H i -I.e o r ! 1 ; 1 lepra-. il . that si ale old piii. : lf - Ml.-.:esed by the devil. I N--W I hope VoU Will excuse Hie, ! l' r '.!.! you only facts. ! A: I 1 have l!i ni solid - j v hen- the chicken -..t tin- ate. j Yours icrv Ir::'.v. i T. 11. H. Tavi.oU. I -Tin: Mail h:us desk l-uoni for rent, j nid light and central location. Legal blanks at TllK Mail otlice. v.uvTnt. l-rei Win. SLIXOEK Vice l'rcs. Jackson County Bank. 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Medford, ?l QONTR ACTOR joBBijsra All work guaranteed first-class. all kind of work Hill: ot LVM1IKR ot nil kinds tilted on short notice. Slush, Doors and Mill, work of al kinds uny thing in U' sl-.upe of wood work cuu be had on short notifce. Medford, I RipansTalbuIes. Ripans Tabules are com pounded from a prescription widely used by the best medi cal authorities and are pre sented in a form that is bc cinnin; the fashion every where. Ripans Tabules act gently but promptly upon the liver, stomach and intestines; cure dyspepsia, habitual constipa tion, offensive breath and head ache. One tabule taken at the first symptom of indigestion, biliousness, dizziness, distress ;'hvr eating, or depression of spirits, will surdv and quickly remove the w hole uiiliculty. n ce. cents a i ox. RipansTabuIcs may beob i liiu-d 1 1 1 nearest druggist; or 1 v mail o:i receipt of price. ill -ANS CHEMICAL CO., !0 Jrjruee Eireel, M.W YORK. E. EXYATtT. Cashier Corbin Banking Co., X. 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