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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1895)
OUR COUNTY I Correspondents Lake Creek Items of Interest Mrs. M. L. Hanley is visiting friends and relatives in Jacksonville. Mrs. Alberts, of Central Point, is visiting her Barents, Mr. and Mrs. Peck. . J. Hanley accompanied by his wife came to Lake Creek last week on a hunting expedition. Miss Elsie Nichols is visitine Mrs. Ellen Nichols, one of the teachers of the Central Point schools. M. L. Hanley and J. V. Slinger left one day recently for the Hanley ranch near Jacksonville with a band of one-hundred head of cattle. Our school, under the manage ment of G. H. Samuels gave a grand entertainment at the Lake Creek hall Friday, October 25th. The pupils were well trained and exe cuted their parts in a most credit able manner. 1 he large ball was crowded with the many friends and patrons of the school and all were greatly pleased with the exercises of the evening, The pupils and teachers received the congratula tions of all who attended. Following is the program of the evening: Trio Recitation Sinda Nichols Dialogue Demons or the Glass Tableaux. First Lesson Recitation Henry Thumb rg Dialogue... J Sedley and H Frey Tableaux -Sleeping Beauty Instrumental music, E Hutching Dialogue, ....Squire Fuller's Hired Hands Recitation, .Maud Thumberg Tableaux. -after the BaU Instrumental music .. .-Mr Hutchins Tableaux ,. English Woman's Wash Day Instrumental music, E Hutchins Dialogue; Hike Donovan's Courtship After the above program was duly rendered the seats were removed and dancing was the order until one o'clock, when a splendid sup per was served. After supper danc ing was resumed until an early Lour in the morning. Central Point Items. Alonzo Castro, of Canyonville, spent Friday here. Mr. Harmon, of Kubli, is spend ing the week here. Win. McDonald, of Tolo, attended church here Sunday. Mr. See and wife, of Kubli, visited friends here last week. Elder J. Merley and wife attended church at Talent Sunday. T. J. Kelson, of Etna, was here a couple of days last week. Chas. Basye and wife of Jaekson yilie", 6pent Monday in our city. S . W. McClendon has sold his drug store to Dr. Alex. Patterson. Elder Jones, presiding elder of the Mi E. church, was here on Sun day - -T -. v . - ........ N.5 A. Young, of Eagle Point, spent sever! days here- during the weefc'i--r,r"?,it'" ' ' ' John Sixemore, who has been visiting his bid home in Kentucky, lias teturned. Elder Buchanan and wife, of Ap plegate.Y spent a couple of days here Jftst week: Micid, . Stella Stidham, who is teaching in the Drake district, spent Sunday at home. Elder A. J. Stevens, or Talent, preached Elder Thos. Moore's fun eral sermon here last Sunday. C. '" G itchriat, late of Portia nd , has bought1 'the building formerly occupied by H. H. Clark, and is keeping flour and feed for sale. Mr'.' Elwarts, late of Palouse, Washington, has become a resident of ourcity and is more than pleased with our country- says we have no hard times here.- : . Griffin Creek Gatherings. BY OCCASIONAL. Kim Anna Fry spent a few days last week visiting friends in Med ford.; Miss Abbie Griffiin, of Woodville, is visiting her aunt, Miss Alta Nay lor, of this place. Messrs. J. McPherson and Willis Griffin made a business trip to Ashland Tuesday. The" farmers are rejoicing over the rain as the plows will be able to start in a few days. Miss Eva Randies has gone to Medford to spend the winter with her cousin, J. Kandles and, wife. Robert Lawton, of Medford, has been farming the past few weeks on his father s Crooked creek ranch Deputy Sheriff Barnes, of Jack sonville, made this place an official Visit on Wednesday, of last week. Mrs. Guches, of this place, paid a visit to her daughter Mrs. G. V Priddy, of Medford, a few days last week. A. N. Soliss, of Jacksonville, made Crooked creek a visit Wed nesda combining business with pleasure. : Messrs. A. W. McPherson, of this place, and Elmer Faucett, of Med ford took a load of fruit to Klam ath county last week. N. Kime has purchased twenty acres of improved land on the west side of G. W. Bashford's place, and has moved his family there for the winter. L. A. Murphy has returned I from Prospect and is taking advan-1 tage of the good roads by hauling I wood to Medford. lie expects toi remaiu here until the rainy season sets in. Eagle Point Eaglets. BY A. C. HOW LETT. Mrs. Geo. Morine and a child of J. E. Stickles are reported sick by Dr. Officer. Mr. Henercartd, who has been living on the J. S. Fryer farm, has moved to Tolo. G. W. Berton, of Ashland pre cinct, has been the guest of the Sim on family for the past week. John Sizemore, one of our pioneers, is reported back from his visit to his old Kentucky home. Rev. L. L. G rover and Joseph Riley, who have been mining on Steamboat, returned to Eagle Point Saturday. A. C. Howlett will preach at the Bettz school house, on Reese creek, the fourth Sunday in November, at 11 a. m. Our school directors have en gaged the services of our present teacher, P. II. Dailey, for two months longer. Mrs. J. B. Saltmarsh accom panied by her grandson was visiting her father, A. Pool, at this place Friday of last week. The school house, in Rogue river district, has been completed. The young folks intended to christen it last Saturday night with a social dance. Mr. Whipley, of Prospect, a son of the late Thomas Whipley, was in town, on Thursday of last week, on business with A. J. Florey, no tary public. On account of the scarlet fever our school has been slimly attended during the past .week. Every pre caution is taken to prevent the spread of the disease. There are two cases of scarlet fever rejiorted in our town, two of Rev. ood s children, and they are in a fair way to recovery. Dr. Officer reports the cases in S. A. Carlton's family doing well. The report that Mrs. Gordon, liv ing in Flounce Rock precinct, was very low with congestive chill is a mistake it proves to be a nervous chill only and she is getting along as well as her advanced age will permit. Miss Cecelia Brown, daughter of one of our merchants, Geo. Brown, returned home from Portland Sat urday, where she has been stopping for several months past. She was accompanied by Mr. Eddy,' one of the railroad - commissioners, and wife. ' Prof. Rigby, of the Medford Busi ness college lectured here Satur day night on the subject of astron omy. His audience was small on account of failure to make the an nouncement. It should have been Eut in The Mail and then it would ave been generally known. The Lewis brothers living near the mouth of Little Butte lost three head of cattle last week with a dis ease called the mad itch, supposed to have been caused by the cattle eating the leavings of the fattening hogs eating the ends of the ears of corn that the hogs had slobbered on. The cattle were taken with an erruption of the skin about the head and neck, and com mence scratching with the hind feet and then rubbing against trees or fences until they tear the flesh off to the bone. They are said to be very dangerous while in that con dition as they will attact any one they can reach. Died Mrs. Mary A. Williscroft, the beloved wife of John Williscroft, at her home near Eagle Point, on Sunday, November 10, at 11 o'clock p. m. Mrs. Williscroft, nee Miss Mary A. McLaughlin, was born in Wallace township, province of Ontario, Canada, in 1855. She was married to John Williscroft in Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair, dold Medal, Midwinter Fair. DR.- Host Perfect Made. 40 Years the Standard. mum mAmm 1875, and removed from Paisley, Canada, where her parents then re sided, with her husband to St. Paul, Nebraska. They lived there about six years, and from there removed to Watertown, S. D., and then in the fall of '89 they came to Eagle Point where they have since resided. Mrs. Williscroft was a respected member of the Presbyterian church of Eagle Point. She was greatly devoted to her family and leaves for them the memory of a faithful life. She leaves seven children, the youngest a babe but a few days old. The husband and family have the sympathy of the entire com munity. A RUSSIAN ROMANCE. A Touching Story of NllillUm, Lot. ana Devotion. In the blind asylum at Stoglitz, a short distance from Berlin, thoro lives a man who until recently was as mys terious a personage ns the famous "Man of the Iron Mask." Certain persona high in authority mode appli cation for apartments at the asylum which should be worthy of a wealthy occupant. lie appeared a short time after, accompanied by a beautiful woman, who was addressed as his wile. The man was tall and woll made, and dressed in the height of fashion, with hands that betokened gentility of birth. The woman was young and aristocratic in looks and bearing. About the face of the man was a linen mask, with an opening opposite the mouth and nostrils, which was never removed in tht presence of attendants. He sat in a dark room, to which the servants were rarely admitted, and conversed with few. His food was given to hl3 wife, and the Inmates of the asylum knew nothing of their name and history further than tho fact that they were from Russia. Rumors were rlfo, as was natural, and many ingen ious stoiies constructed to account for the strange imprisonment. But the mystery has at last been solved, and the "Man of tho Linen Mask" proved to be the hero of a strange and touch ing tale. A year before the death of the late Czar of Russia, although the scion of a Mgh and mighty family, the young vtblcmon. like so many of bis clans, became interested in tho trials and hopes of the Nihilists. Time and association made him one of their ardent sympathizers and naeUtants. When tho murder ol the Emperor was planned, un fortunately the execution of the dread ful deed fell to him. Tho news stag gered him. His oath, bound him to the Nihilist, his (airily ties to the Cxar. Thoughts of his people and the attendant disgrace influenced him and finally deterred him; he refused to commit the crime. A year passed by. Another revolutionist had thrown the bomb which he had declined to do, and Alexander was dead. Ho had forgotten almost that he had been a Nihilist, but not to those whom he bad forsaken. Passing along one of the principal streets of St. Petersburg, when about to greet a woman on the opposite side, something was dashed into his eyes, and in a moment the light of day had gone. His mouth was deformed, his cheeks burned and dis figured. It was tho - work of a Ni hilist, before whose modern inquisi tion he had been found wanting; vitriol had performed the work. Mad with pain, he was taken home, but the injury was beyond reparation, and the doctor's aid la rain. The Government had confiscated his estates upon learn ing of his' revolutionary sympathies, but restored them in part when in formed of the fate whlcn had over taken him. The mask was placed upon his head, for he was unpleasant to look upon. But the heroism of one woman was shown, the heroism of his fiancee. She was a Countess and the daughter of a house as famous and powerful in Russia as was ms own. She was heart broken when told of the fiendish act, and the -meeting between the lovers was touching in the extreme. With sorrowful heart he offered to break the engagement and make her free again. But the brave woman refused and declared that she would remain with him till death took her away. And they were married in the little church on the old estate, attended by their relatives and friends. And on their wedding day they started for the blind asylum in Steglitz, where they had' hopes of restoring the poor man's sight And here his wife attends him with unfailing devotion and prays for the day when the afflicted nobleman can again look upon her faco. Berlin Cor. N. Y. Tribune. An Applied DlbllrBl Story. A little boy Inid his stick ot enndy on the ni:mrl while he hattotied his shoes. His sinter, tteeini: it, w.iltceil around ihe room, rcnrlting tho cautly ns she passed, ami hastily nte it. When her brother hnl finished bntton inst his shoes and reached for it, lot it was gone. "You have my candy, miss; give it to me." ho c ied. "Brother," site answered, "if yon ever eat. tliHt candy you will have to he the whale and I'll have to ho Jonah." Baby hood. - It is a truth in medicine the smal lest dose that perforins a cre is the pest. DoWitt's Littlo Early Risers are the smallest pills, will perform a cure, and are tho best. Geo. II. 11ns klns, druggist. Parties having property to soil or trade are asked to call on W. T. York before listing it. - - . . . Mining deeds at The Mail office Legal blanks at Thk Mail, office HAD A RAT-TRAP. 4ut B Had. a Mistake In Waking VJp Passenger. It was on one of the Sound steam ers coming down the other day. A man of middle age and much dignity had fa.1 Ion asleep In his rocking-chair on the promenade deck, when ho was approached by a sharp-nosed, hawk eyed man of forty, who had a parcel in his hand. "Hoy you!'1 ho exclaimed, as he slapped tho sleeping man on tho shoul der. "Sir! How daro you?" sternly de manded tho lattc r, as ho roused up. "1 haven't dono any thing that I can bo scntto State prison for, have I?" "What is your business with mo, sir?" "That's bettor. That's coming to the point. Let me draw up a chair and tako it easy as we chat You told mo at Stonington that you thought you would order twelve dozon as a starter. Suppose you double the order and take ten por cent, discount?" "Sir, what are you taiklng about, and who do you tako me for?" de manded the man. "Your name is is Faxon firm of Faxon & Brown, dealers in hardware, isn't it?" "No, slrl" What! Why, I'd bet a farm aglc a wheel-barrow that it was! Didn't we have a conversation at Stoning tonP" "No, sir!" "Didn't I show you my centennial rat-trap and exhibit its workings?" "No. sir!" "Didn't demonstrate the fact that it would catch and hold any thing from a mouse to a raccoon, and that the publlo was bound to buy millions of 'em?" "Sir! Do you intend to insult me?" shouted the other. "Not for Joseph. I never Insulted nobody. It's curious if I have made a mistake. Didn't you spend half an hour yesterday investigating my anti friction, double leverage, antl-cogless centennial rat-trap, warranted to clean out a whole county of rats, mice, chipmunks, gophers and rabbits in side of ten da vs. or no pay?" "No. sir! No. sir!" "Well, that's queer! I'd take my affldavy it was you. And you didn't order twelve dozen, to be shipped the first of the week'" Never! You ought to have more sense and manne-s, sir! Go away about your business!" "My business is to sell the centen nial rat-trap only thing ever invent ed to entice rats without bait; no deli cate machinery to get out of order; no cost for steam power to run It. If I havo made a mistake I beg your par don." "Then go away, sir go away be fore I forget my position and do you injury!" "You wouldn't injure a follor for wanting to sell you a rat-trap which lays over all other inventions in America, would you? If you ain't the man who ordered the twelve dozen, you may want to give me an order just the same. I wli show you how it works." "No, you won't! Go away, sir go, or I'll do you harm! You are the mot Impudent rascal I've met in a year!" "And you won't look at my trap?" "No, sirr "And you want me to leave you in solitude?" "At once, sirr' "Well. I'll do it. Some folks force their inventions upon the public. That ain't my stylo. - My centennial rat trap speaks for Itself. I go, sir; but I leave my card. Peruse It at your leisure. All mall will reach me promptly at that address. Send you a dozen on trial, or give you a discount of five per cent, on all over three dozen. Send in your orders as early as possible, as the season is forward. Au revoir. sir." N. Yt Sun. REWARDS OF INVENTORS. Fortune RtmllxfHl from tht Rarb4 VTlr and tirmtii ltlnlr fatanta. The ups and downs of inventors are re markable, especially the ups, says W. H. Osmer in ths Su Louis Globe-Democrat. While acting as a pateut solicitor several instances came to my notice. The barbed wire patents, which havo netted fortunes to their owners, have an . interesting history. The first patcuts were issued to a man named Keliy, living down East. About two years later a farmer at Do Kalb, 111., conceived tha idea of keeping bis anruly cattle in tho posture by putting short barbs of wire and then twisting it with a plain wire. Tbis is known lu tho market as Glidden wire, being named after its in ventor, Joseph U. Uildden. One day while ho was experimenting vith it a neighbor going by shouted: "Joe, you better bo out harrerin, in your outs instead ot foolin' awuy your time with patents." Glidden thought otherwise, and in less than two years receivod a bonus of (00,000, with tho guarantee of a royalty on all mude under his patents. For tho year 1SSI his royal ties exceeded $174,000. Tho Appleby groin binder, which, in being perfected, bank rupted the owners, Appleby, Parker, Stone and Bishop, by a loss of Kti.000, eventually came to the surfuco with f l.W.OOO for each of the owners, vhilo its present owners have realized over $1,000,000. In thisreo ord, however, tho fact should not be lost sight of that hundreds of inventors in this and other lines have wasted the best years of their lives, and as innny capitalist. have witnessed the fading of their hist doi lar in schemos that nevor "panned." SCRAPS OF GOOD THINGS. A womax seventy years old, who lives on the island of Monhegun, Me., has never seen a horse. As Atehinson man bus bad the pleas ure of rending his own obituary notice, lie wrote it himself, and has laid it aside, to be published after his death. Ax Indianapolis man litis constructed a bicyele of steel tubing and aluminum, which, though exceptionally light, is claimed to be practically unbreakable. A WIDE RANGE. Accokdino to the Baltimore Ameri can Baltimore has not had a bank fail ure for fifty-seven years. The giant Galabra, brought from Arabia to Home during tho reign of Claudius Cwsiir, was ten foot high. Tin-: iit-.t stentn oneiric of which there is any history was the .Kolipiio T Ih-ro, exhibited in tho Sernpeum of Alexan dria, i:.o B. C. Sax FltA.NTisco resembles London somewhat. It has a fog utmost every afternoon and the wind blows in from the ocean at a high rate. IcntKK'Js have lwcn seen in the An tarctic ocean which rose 400, TOO and even 1.0U0 feet above the water, and were from three to five miles in length. A scientific journal states that a lit tle sugar put on the hands with soap will greatly increase its lather and cleansing power, and will remove dirt, chemical stains, etc. House and lot for sale. Inquire at this office. Sunny Banks BREEDER AND J1'-.IJ& .... CATTLE OF THE BEST... Mitt- Butter Strain IMPROVED CHESTER WHITE -"-"SWINE AND JERSEY CATTLE Intending purchasers are invited to call aod inspect my Etock. All correspondence promptly answered. All Stock Registered. Farm one mile from Scappoose. WEST, Propr ietor, JACK MORRIS ... r7K5S5 MAN The 2nd (jrjT A new stock of stoves, guns, furniture, tinware, dishes, bedding, also wagons, horses and harness for sale. Will exchange sroods for wood, shakes, j shingles or posts. New stoves exchanged for jold ones. Call and see me before buying o;itl.i of nd Lying but a few rods more than one mile to the east of Amount of Land In I3 situated Tract especially Now on the flarket JJThis land has recently .been placed upon the market and is now offered for sale in tracts of from 2 to 10 Acres. Commands an Ex cellent View of Medford How Payments may be Hade Fruit and Fruit Culture ysis the soil is found to contain all the elements required to produce fruits from the semi-tropical to the hardiest varie ties. Over these favorable conditions hangs a climate co-ordinated and adjust ed to the nature of the soil. Who to Address For further information cencerning this desirable property call on or address S. CHILDERS, MEDFORD, - - OBEGON. The German MmM-gei ant. The German servant-maid receives from f20to70a year in wages. The girl who gets the maximum wages is expected to do an enormous amount of work. She is often the only servant in a family of seven or eight. 8he rises at five o'clock and blacks the boots of all the members of the family. She prepares the light breakfast and serves it. Who polishes all the brass and bronze in tho house, scrubs the corridors, the front stops and the walks before the house on her hands and knees. She carries big hods of coal from the basement to tho third and fourth stories. She sweeps the rooms, makes cil tito beds and washes and scrubs every pot, kettle and pan in tho kitchen till it reflects her stolid face. She goes to mar ket with her mistress and a big basket, and returns loaded down like a mule with vege tables, meat and earthenware. She does errands all over the city gratuitously for the family and for 'a couple of cents for its guests. She frequently sleeps in a room smaller than an American wardrobe and without means of ventilation. In fact, so many abuses In lodging servants prevailed in Berlin that city ordinances some time ago prescribing size of apartments in which . be quartered. Stock patfm SHIPPER OP IMPORTED CHESTER WHITES Mature Quickly and Fatten at An; Ago Scappoose, Oregon Wants to See You "South of Clarendon Hotel, Medford, Ore. mm mm ....Medford, Oregon, 160 acres of land which is adapted to Fruit Growing. The name, "Fairview," is given this property because, that being located as it is, on a slight eminence, a view of all parts of Medford and a good portion of the valley can be had from any part of the land: Nearly all of this land has been cleared and has been under culti vation for a number of years. The soil is of an exceptionally fine quality and its adaptability to fruit-growing has been proven. This land will be sold upon the Installment Plan. Payments may be made at $1.25 per week, 0 per month or $15 every quar ter, or a liberal discount will be made for all cash purchases. The success attending fruit culture is 110 longer an experiment. By direct anal