OUR COUNTY sfca ftp qui I Correspondents - to correspondents. All correspondents ate requested to write on one side of the paper only. This will prevent our re-writing the matter written on the reverse pages, which must un variably be done, and will also prevent many Interesting items .from being entirely over looked. Correspondents who are short on supplies should notify this office, and we will promptly iurcusn wnat is neeaeu.j Eagle Point Eaglets. BY A. C. HOWLETT. Mrs. Giggray, of Table R ock was here last Sunday visiting the family ol Mr. Hubbs. D. T. Evans, one four prominent farmers,' was doing business in Medford on Monday. Mrs.Kingle.of Chimney Rock pre cinct, was visiting the family of Geo. Morine last week. Rev. Moomaw is building on the tract of land he purchased near Eagle Point and is getting ready to move there. . Mr. and Mrs. Eddv, (R. R. com missioner) who have been visiting mends here for some time, returned to Portland Saturday. tf i i , iuiss veceiia .crown, wno re turned from Portland a short time ago, is vititing her sister, Mrs Wm. Holmes, of Central Point. Mr. Spooner, of British Columbia, who has been the guest of Mrs. M .-v. layior, ior some time past, re turned to his htme last Monday. . James Hart started for Medfon on Tuesday of last week when his horse was taken sick on the road and he was unable to make the trip. On Monday of last week Miss Sophia Simonds, of this place, was m Juediord interviewing the mer chants. She was accompanied by Miss Ella Benson, who has been her guest for some time past. A short time ago Mrs. Griffith and her two daughters, Miss Etha and Mrs. M. S. Wood, and five others were riding in a hack on the T 1 , . xogue river roaa ana as tney were passing over a rough piece of road Miss Etha was thrown out and ren dered senseless for a short time mie ner motner ana sister were working to revive her she gasped out, "don't ten ttowlett." Owing to that long sticky lane between here and Medford the travel now has to go by the way of the I?h pasture through a series of gates and there is one that leads into the county road lo Medford that is not in a good condition One of most enterprising farmers on bticky suggested the other day that a subscription be raised to put in a new gate. If the parties to whom the place belongs will kindly let us pass through his nremises we might afford to contribute toward so laudable an enterprise. Some one put the ball in motion . Central Point Items. quite Dr. Pickel, of Medford, was here Monday. " Ex Sheriff Jacobs spent Monday in Medford. Mrs. Booth Lee has been ill the past week. Mrs. Lee Vincent, of Table Rock, was here on Monday. Frank Hubbs, of Sams Valley, was here on Tuesday. Mrs. J. C. Hall made Medford friends a visit on Monday. The school children will give an entertainment here Christmas. Wm. Gregory and wife started Saturday for Los Angeles to visit relatives. J. B. Williams will begin devel- j opment work on his ledge on Sar Uu.e creek this week. . , Arthur and Joe Bos well are now employed in Dr. Hinkle's North Star ledge on Sardine creek. Mrs. Reynolds, who went to ', Marysville, California, for her health, was improving the last time . she wrote to her children here. The many friends of Rev. G. M. Whiting will learn of his sudden death of heart disease, at his home in Eugene city Dec. 5th, with sin cere regret. Phoenix Shavings. . BYPODONT . Mrs. Beardsley is ill with throat trouble. J. H. Langston and son were over visiting friends in the Burg this week. Theo. Eagle contemplates start ing to Chicago next month to be absent a short time. Mr. Clements" has been very ill, but is improving so as be able to get up to the postoffice again. There is a good deal of sickness of one kind and another around now, but no contagions reported. Mr. Wyley's family is getting better. Mrs. Wiley is up and around after a threo months' illness. Bert Hukill was brought home from Medford last week. Bert has had a long siege of it, and his friends are hoping for his early re covery. Justin Morton, father of our James, has been quite ill at the home of his son, but is improving somewhat. Warren Howard is sick with pleurisy in the side. It is an old complaint troubling him when he has a cold. Messrs. Barr, Beardsley and Wright have returned from their hunt. They were not very .suc cessful nothing but a coyote. Cap Dunlap contemplates put ting a quartz mill near Tolo at his mines. Cap has good prospects for gold his rock running $20 to the ton. Born, to the wife of Chas. Hukill, on the 8th iost., an eleven pound boy. ' Mother and son getting along splendidly and Chas. he smiles. Kanes Creek Items. BY SINK DIE. Perry Knotts was in Jacksonville the latter part of the week transact ing business. Farmers have commenced plow ing as the ground is wet sulhcient for that purpose. Miss Etta Brown was visiting one day recently with Mrs Mardon, of this place. Mrs Darling and son, Bert, of Gold Hill, spent Sunday with Mr. Knotts and family. Mr. and Mrs. Joel Stover spent last bunday the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Knotts. Miss Lou Holler, ot Sams Valley. spent Sunday visiting Mr. Dame- wood and family of this place. Speaker Reed's Gavel. The gavel which called the pres ent Congress to order came from nest Virginia and was made of West Virginia wobd. It was fur nished bv a Mr. Dorrence, of Thorn as Tucker county, and was made of a large piece of Laurel. The gavel was presented to the speaker bv Hon. S. B. Elkins. The English Point of View. We have observed with some amusement the tone of English jour nalists, conspicuous among them beingour colleaeue.Mr. W. T. Stead. says Review of Reviews . Mr. Stead rebukes with just anathemas the American journalists who would suggest the possibility of war be tween England and the United states. The measureless harm of such a war is shown with elo quence and truth by Mr. Stead. but the best way he can suggest for surely averting so much unspeak able calamity is for the United States always to let England have exactly her own way in everything. The humor of the position gravely assumed by these English journal ists is something they seem not able to perceive. The American reply, obviously enough, is that Bince England perceives the incalculable gravity of a breach with the United States, it might be well for Eng- and to act justly in a little matter in which the United States simply stands disinterestedly for the prin- iple of fair play and international order. day he ran around the bottom of the hole, trying to find some'means of escape, but could not get eut The second dav he settled down to business. He began steadily and systematically to dig a spiral groove round and round the inner surface of the hole trying to find some means of escape with a uni formly ascended grade. He worked night and day, and as he got further from the bottom he dug little pockets where he could either lie or sit and rest. Interested wit nesses threw in food. At the end of two weeks the mouse struck a rock. This puzzled him. For nearly a day he tried to get under, around or over the obstruction, but without success. With unflinch ing patience he reversed his spiral and went on tunneling his way in the opposite direction. At the end of four weeks he reached the top, and probably sped away to enjpy his well-earned freedom. His es cape was not seen. When his food was put in, in the morning he was near the surface, but at hight the work was seen to be complete, and the little engineer whose pluck and skill had saved his life, had left. The Southern Oregon Fair. The second annual report of the First Southern Oregon Agricultural society has been submitted by Sec retary J. H. Downing to Gov. Lord. The report shows that the appro priation of the state for the society is $600; that with this the society had a balance of $134.29 left over from last year, and that there was paid out on premiums this year, over and above the amount on hand $33.57. The receipts and disbursements for 1S95 are sum marized as follows: Receipts Entrance fees license, conccaslot s. etc fci.Wtf 9. Mtate appropriation left from lStfl In so Stale appropriation for IS93 fluu O) Total KM 43 t5 Kxpenses Expense warrants Premium warrants I'urse warrants 3S 1.34S 10 Total i' licit S3. m I 0 17 The secretary's report says that me lair seems to have been a suc cess, inasmuch as the quantity of displays was much greater thai lasi year ana the qualitv unex celled by anything before it. Judgment Exemptions. CHEATING THE SLOT MACHINES. The Monroe Doctrine. President Cleveland in his message enunciates the Monroe doctrine in these words. In speaking of the corre spondence between the United States and Great Britain on the Venzuela matter he says that the general con clusions therein reached and formu lated by this government are in sub stances that the traditional and estab lished policy of this government is p posed to a forcible increase bv anv European power of its territorial pos- ession on this continent; that this pol icy is as well founded in principle aa it is strongly supported by numerous pre cedents; that, as a consequence, the United States is bound to protest against the enlargement of area ot British Guiana in derogation of the rights and against the will of Venzuela. Some Smooth Engineering. A Western Union line man ates that while digging holes telegraph poles at Byron, Mo., became interested in watching ingenuity of a mouse. He fell to one of these hoies, which four and a half feet twentv inches across. deep The re for he the in- was and first Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair, Oold Medal, Midwinter Fair. . DH CREAM Most Perfect Made. 40 Years the Standard. A judgment debtor is said to be execution proof when he owns no real property and only such personal etlects as are absolutely necessary to the maintainance of himself and family. The laws of Oregon are most generous in this regard and it has been claimed by many that the clock of exemptions should be giv en with a less liberal hand. Exemption, however, in order to be good, must be claimed by the judgment debtor at the time select ed and reserved. The principal articles, exempt from execution in Oregon are as fol lows: Books, pictures and musical in struments to the value of $75. Wearing apparel to the value of $100, and if the judgment debtor have a family, 30 for each member of the family. The tools, imple ments, team, etc, necessary to en able any person to carry on his oc cupation, to the value of $400. Ten sheep, two cows and five swine, household goods to the value of $300 and food sufficient to support such animals for three months, and pro visions necessary for the support of the judgment debtor and his fam ily for six months. Bull Run's Field Sold. Hundred! of Bog a Penntfis Iunerted. Sup posedly Made by Italian Counterfeiter,. From time to time references are seen in' the daily papers, referring to the difficulty experienced by the ferry companies, car lines, etc., in disponing of enormous accumulations of ordinary copper cents. The reader is very apt to remember this, particularly if in exchange for a dollar bill he is re turned ninety-five one-cent pieces by a conductor. As a matter of fact, says the New York Herald, there is no ex cuse for the item, much less for a car conductor or change-taker in unload ing his weight of copper upon the al ways more or less abused passenger. The United States subtreasury, at Wall and Nassau streets, makes, and has mide it a practice for years, of ex changing minor coin for United States money of large denomination, and it has many regular customers who are 1 o served. There are a number of cu- ' rious things about cents as they corns to the sub-treasury. In the first place, they are quite extensively coun terfeited. This may seem strange, as the profit in a counterfeit cent is neces-, aarily small. It is true, however, nev- I ertheless, and is supposed to be the ' work of Italians, who, more largely than any other nationality, seem to favor the imitation of our minor and subsidiary coin. The Brooklyn and New Jersey ferry companies, the ele vated railroads of both New York and Brooklyn and the various slot-machine companies ore regular customers for the exchange of cents for other money at the sub-treasury. At times they turn in enormous rjuntitities. the slot companies alone raii:n between one hundred mil twenty-live and seven hundred dollars a day. As might be expected, all sorts of oddities in the way of coin come in with the quantity taken in the machines. In 1 additlun to the counterfeits are scores of "net cue cents" of war times, metal discs and foreign copper. Austrian money predominating. As the copper cent is simply it token, no matter what its condition is. it is redeemed at par if it can in any way W identified as Uuited States money The popularity of the slot machine a year or so apo drought about a curious condi tion of affairs in the country. This was nothing abort of a "cent famine." 1 The headquarters of the company is in ! New York, and all agents sent" their j J ERSY cents nere lor redemption, which drained the country of itssunplv and overstocked the minor coin vaults of the subtreasury here with cents. Chinese Cannibals. The Chinese are cannibals. China's so-called civilization of thousands of years lias not succeeded in doing away with cannibalism among its own people. Wlicn Chinese have been en gaged in warfare with tribes on the mainland, we hear of this eating of hu man Uesh, but not until I reached For mosa did I have proof of its truth. After killing a savage on the island, the head is severed from the body and is placed on a pole to exhibit to those un fortunates who are not at hand to wit ness this heartless display of slaughter and mutilation. The body is then divid ed among the captors and eaten. The kidney, liver, heart and sole of the foot are considered the most desirable por tions, and are usually cut up in very small pieces, boiled, and eaten as a sort of soup. The flesh and bones are boiled and made into a jelly. The Chinese profess to believe, in accordance with an old superstition, that the eating of this savage flesh will give them strength and courage. To some this superstition may be a partial excuse for this horrible custom, but even thatfallf through if one stops to think that su perstitious beliefs are at the bottom ol cannibalism as practiced by the most savage tribes of the world. What this country needs is maple sugar that will pass a thorough Civil Service examination. Detroit Trib- Very Clever Girl. A young woman with a pretty little voice, but with no great possibilities in her singiuT, has laid out a course for herself which is so decidedly shrewd that it may well be worth noting. She devotes herself entirely to Scotch songs, most of them the old ones of Burns or Scott. Now, every listener, except the severest musical critic whom she could not hope to satufy in any case, is sentimental and likes to have that sentiment catered to by means of the ear. The singer has taste and wit enough to eschew "Annie Laurie" and "Comin' Thro' the Rye," save "by re quest," when her compliance gives an added charm of kindliness. She bunts up sweet old tunes and pathetic words and after the most brilliant perform ance of her rivals she seats herself at the piano, and, like the heroine in the lackadaisical novel, she charms her audience by "running her fingers over the keys" and singing softly "some dear old scng" or other. Ah, that U a very clever girl! At the meeting of the American Po mological society iu Washington it con ceded that the fruit exhibited from the extreme north was much brighter in color than that from the middle and southern states. ROYAL Baking Powder, Highest of all la leavening Strength V. S. OoTaranwrt Report. J. W. LAWTON, DEALER IN - JJARNESS and gADDLERY Order Work Given Special Attention. Hand-made and Campbell lock stitch machine-made harness always on hand. Repairing is right in my line. Branch at Gold Hill . . . MEDFORD, OREGON. GOLD HILL, OREGON. Sany Bank s Stock Farm BREEDER AND SHIPPER OF A Good Shot. Prince de Joinville tells in his "Memoirs" a story that is rather hard on the Americans he found during his visit to this country in war times. "One of the chief members of soeietv at the time was the British minister. Mr. Fox, a diplomatist of the old school. 1 was told that one day as he was leaning against a chimney piece in a drawing room, where dancing was going on, in deep conversation, an American came and stood just in front of him in a country dance. Soon the young man began to show signs of anxiety; his voice grew thick, his cheeks swelled al ternately, and he cast anxious glances at the chimney piece. At last he could hold no longer, and with the most ad mirable precision he Bhot all the iuice of his quid into the fireplace, just be tween Mr. Fox and his interlocutor. Fine shot, sir." the old diplomat con tented himself with saying, with a bow." CATTLE IMPORTED CHESTER WHITES Mature Quickly and Fatten at Any Age OF THE BEST... Mitt -Bntter Strain IMPROVED CHESTER WHITE .SWIXE AND JERSEY CATTLE Intending purchasers arejjinvited to call and inspect my stock. AS1 correspondence promptly answered. All Stock Registered. Farm one mile from Scappoose. H. WEST, Proprietor, - - Scapp se, Oregon Pursuant to a degree of the cir cuit court of Prince William county, Va. over 5d0 acres of lorkshire tract belonging to the . McLean es tate, and lying on both sides of Bull Run and adjoining Blackburn s ford, have been sold at public auc tion. This land embraces a large portion of the historic Bull Run battlefield. One of the purchasers is the son of Major Wilmer Mc Lean, who resided upon the prop erty at the beginning of the war, and in whose house at Appomattox the terms of surrender between Lee and Grant were drawn, and thus it was said by Major Mo Lean that the war began and ended on him. A Fifty-Cent Calendar Free. The publishers of the Youth's Com panion are sending free to the subscrib ers to the paper, a handsome four page calendar, 7x10 in., lithographed in nine colors. It is made up of four charming pictures, each pleasing in de sign, under each of which are the monthly calendars for the year 1896. The retail price of this calendar is 00 cents. New subscribers to the Companion will receive this beautiful calendar free and besides, the Companion free every week until January 1, 189(5. Also the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years double numbers free, and the Youth's Companion fifty-two weeks, a full year to January 1, 18!)". Address, The Youth's Companion, 195 Columbus Avenuo, Boston. Suppose you go take a look at that elegant line of capes, at Angle & Ply male's, and while there ask to see their new line of up to date eloaks. -Watermelon seeds were found in Egyptian tomb that was S.Z J A Good Combine. Thk Mail, hits mado arrangement whereby it is enabled to furnish its patrons with the Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer one year for 10 cents when ordered with a year's advanee sub scription to The Mail. The En quirer is one of the very best all round faintly weeklies published is the Lnuct btaWs, is a nine column eight page paper, contains but utile adver tising matter, and is replete with matters of general interest. This is undoubtedly one of the best and cheap est newspaper combinations to be found anv where The Mail and the. Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer each one year for 1.60. Sample copies to be had at this office. Are You Going to Prove up? Parties who contemplate making final proof on their land can savo a big item of expense by having us prepare their paper, which work we will do free of charge. Bring or send us the name of party making proof, description of land, the names of four persons who appear as witnesses and the dale upon which proof is to make, giving time for six weeks' publication. Real Estate Transfers. Edward Smith to Robert Newton 5 acres in section la tp s r 1 e T J Downing to W H Patrick of an acre section S2 tp 36 Alice C Kggers to It L Parker, lots S and 0 blk M It R addition to Ashland.. Michael Chnmcr ot al to T J Roberts lot 13 blk It) Mold Hill Cheater 11 Hrace to Milton Maul lota 1 and 9 blk I Medford John P Walker to S P Hameburg 160 acres in see 6 and 8 tn XS a r 4 e W I Vawter to W T York lots 7 8 9 and 10 blk 8 Medford W H Shepherd to R Ellen Nickerson property in Ashland precinct J M Eagle to O W Slockwell 9 10 acres seo 8 tp 3W s r 1 o Larkin MoDanlel to H H McCarthy 160 acres bco 4 t p 8S s r S w The Oregon Transportation Co to right Rev 11 Wis tar Morris lots 10 U 12 and IS blk fvS Modford Will W Nicholson to V II Shepherd land in sec SS and St tp 8S a r 3 e 900 130 1 ISO an 400 s 1600 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land onice nt Roseburg. Oregon. December 5, 1N95. Nollce is hereby given that the follow. Ing named settler has tiled notice of his Inten tion to moke tlnal proof in support of hU claim, and that said proof will be made before J. R, Nell, judge of Jackson county. Oregon, at Jack sonvillc, Oregon, on January 'Jf, 1SSW, viz: Lewis K. Land, On homestead ontrv No ftMft for the s4 of se4, of swsec. 8,1, tp. s, r 1 wost lie names tho following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of. said laud, viz: V. ,T. Creed, A. P. Creed. J. W. Smith and A. L. Creed, all ot Jackson county, Oregon, d 8 j 17 R. M. Vkatch, Register. m S. CHILLERS' ADDITION Location of Land Lying but a few one Amount Tract of Land in 13 Now on the flarket Commands an cellent View of Medford Ex- How Payments may be flade Fruit and Fruit Culture; rods more than mile to the east of ....Medford, Oregon, Is situated 1G0 acres of land which especiall' adapted to Fruit Growing. This land has recently been placed upon the market and is now offered for sale in tracts of from 21 to 10 Acres. 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- Installmont Plan. Payments may be made at $1.25 per week, per month or $15 every quar-m ter, or a liberal discount will be ' made for all cash purchases. The success attending fruit culture i no longer an experiment. B' direct anal ysis the soil is found to contain all the elements required to produce fruits from the semi-tropical to the hardiest varid ties. Over these favorable conditions hangs a climate co-ordinated and adjust ed to the nature of the soil. Whoto Address cencerninsr For further information this defirable property call on or address S. CHILDERS, MEDFORD, - - OREGON.