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PURELY
PERSONAL.)
-St & -
. Mrs. A. S. Foster was at Ashland
Monday. ,
R. T. Laavton, of Gold Hill, was
visiting Medford friends this week.
Mrs. A. L. Penwell, .of Gold Hill,
was visiting Medford friends Sunday.
Isaac Kelley, of Halsey, Linn
county, was visiting in Medford this
week.
Misses Belle Cochran and Anna
Carney returned Sunday from a visit
---with Gold Hill friends.
John Shideler came over from
Jacksonville last week upon business
and to renew his Mail subscription.
Mrs. D. W. Crosby and the babie
returned to Medford Sunday, after a
weeks' pleasant visit with relatives at
itidaie j
It. M.xKincaid was up from Central
Point Wednesday. The Mail was ac
corded a pleasant visit and $3 on sub
scription.
H. G. Mathes, of phoenix, came
over Monday to do business and pay
his respects to The Mail and Oregon-
lan two dollars' worth. f&
Stephen Jones, of this city, was in
Gold Hill a couple of days this week
looking after a mining proposition
which possibly he will purcnase.
' R. w. Gray, the saw-mill man of
Prospect, was in Medford last week up
' on business connected with h's mill.
He is arranging for a big spring run
J. W. BONTRAGER, of Central Point,
was in the Hub city Wednesday. The
gentleman has recently taken up a
couple of estray cattle and he wants
the owner to call lor tnem
Stehen B. Jewel, of Grants Pass,
was in Medford for a few days' visit
this week, and while doing this be was
casting his eyes about for a location
that would just suit hira.
JOS. MACKEY, ot Wellen, wa3 in
Medford last Saturday. Mr. Mackey
. has the stock ranch of George Morine
'under lease. Hereafter he will read
The Mail and Cincinnati Enquirer
botn one year for 31. tU.
A. W. Lacy is down from Soda
Springs engaged in putting in crops on
his father's ranch, a couple of miles
south and east of Medford. At Soda
Springs Mr. Lacy has s stock ranch
and has an hundred or more bead of
i . stock upon the ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Willits, of
Ashland, came down to Medford Tues
day evening for a visit with merchant
C. W. Wolters and M. L. Alford, and
their families. Mr. Willits is assist
ing the two feather-weights, above
named, in taking stock of Charlie's big
store lull of groceries and crockery
Chas. Riley, of Eastern Oregon, was
a visitor in Medford a few days last
- j - week, the guest of Mr. A. Z. Sears.
Mr. Riley has not been through this
valley since '56, at which time he was
en route from Yreka to Eastern Ore
' gon, . In :54 he mined and fought Me-
j uocs coange about, in tnls valley.
Merchant W. B. Stevens will leave
tonight for Chicago and New York
city, to buy a stock of spring and sum
. . mer goods for the firm of Deuel &
Stevens. While absent Mr. Stevens
will stop at Trenton, Missouri, to look
over the business of the firm of Stevens.
nonman W)., ot wnicn ne 1 senior
member.
Mrs. M. F. White, the lady who
Vina YiAfkm .4 ..n. s - j i
mwu wuuuutiuv u uressmaKing
establishment in Medford for the past
three months, left Tuesday for the
home of her father, S. E. Paxton, near
Central Point, where she will visit for
a week, after which she will go to San
Francisco and accept the general coast
agency for a Chicago book house.
Prof. L. L. Freeman was up from
- Central Point Saturday. The gentle
man will commence a term of school at
Gold Hill-as soon as his school closes
- . at Central Point, which will be within
four or fire weeks. Mr. F. has taught
the Gold Hill school for two terms
nence his third engagement. He is
all right and gives general satisfaction
H. t,. COOPER, of Grants Pass, is a
Phoenix visitor for a few days. The
gentleman is a half-brother of E. W.
Carver, Jr., and has been appointed
. . administrator of the estate of E. W.
Carver, Sr., recently deceased. The
work incident to the proper adjustment
of the estate's affairs to the good of
all interested we are satisfied will be
properly handled.
A. M. Helms, of Redding, Calif.,
and his brother Dr. CI T. Ffs-T-f nf
San Francisco, are stopping with their I
naMn at TatAn 1. . I Z I I
called there by the illness of their
mother. A. M. Helms left these parts
a few months ago for Redding where
lie soon established himself as a dealer
: i. in second hand goods and is doing
well financially all of which his many
friends will be pleased to learn.
. .; - " HWs This?
We oflcrcne hundred dollars reward for any
rane ot catarrh that cannot be cured by Hull's
Cdt:irrh Cure.
V. J. Chrnkt & CO., Props,. Toledo, Ohio.
. Wa the uudersighe!, have known F.J. Cheney
, s for the last fifteeu years, and believe blm per
- - lectly uouorablo in nil business trundactions
and ucianctully able to carry out any obliKa
ti.ins made by thutr tlrm.
i - WHtr&TKUAJC. Wholesale Drupjnsts.Tolcdo.O.
Wai.dino, K1NNAW& Martin, Wuolosale Drug
gi stH, Toledo. Ohio.
" Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act-
t, Ing directly upon-.tha blood and mucous sur-i-
Iie at the systetm f Price 75c.- per bottle.
. UaU'H Family fills are the best. .
For Sale .Cheap. - : ;
Teu-acre fruit ranch, one mile from
- - Medford , a good six-room, ne w, house
all finished, good, large, new barn,
well and. pump. The ten acres all set
to trees, biack-berries, straw-berries,
raap-berriea and dew-berries. Wili
' bear some this year. . Will take some
vacant' lota as part pay. 'Inquire of
: .. v Jack Morris, Medford, Ore.
Cheap Reading Matter.
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' weekly just fifty-two times for $1 50
' and will furnish you with the home and
state news, and for just ten jcents more,
when full payment is made in advance
we send you the Cincinnati Weekly
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Enauirer gives you the news o the
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and general interest, making it truly
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oiace.
EAT TOO MUCH MEAT.
Americans Too Prone to the Consumption
of Flesh and Fowl.
"We eat altogether too much meat,
anyway," said Dr. Cyrus Edison, the
health commissioner. "I venture to
say that most of the ills we are heir to
come from habitual eating of too much
beef. If the present era of high prices
of beef will only compel people to
choose other foods, such as llsh or u
greater variety of vegetables, the 'beet
combine,' as it is called, will have been
the unconscious instrument of doing a
vast amouut of good.
"Fish is much better food for city
people than flesh raised on land. It
does not contain as great a proportion
of those stimulative nutrients that do
so much to produce nervousness, indi
gestion, constipation and the host of
attendant disorders to the human
body for which the medical profession
is so continually called upon to pre
scribe. Wage-workers who earn their
living by physical exertion farm
laborers, shoveiers, ditch diggers, etc.
require solid foods, such as beef and
pork, but men and women who take lit
tle exercise, whose employment is se
dentary .calling for no continued physic
al strain, fish is eminently more satis
factory as a regular diet. Fish is the
coming food. Long after our land has
become denuded of those proerties
that nourish animal life in the field, the
waters of the deep will be teeming with
fish.
"The scientific culture of carp has
shown conclusively that one acre of
water will produce more edible and
wholesome flesh than three acres of
land, and some of these days we will
awaken to the importance of preserv
ing our land-sustaiued animals by the
systematic and methodical cultivation
of our fish.
"As to the quantity of meat that a
man really needs people seem to be
ignorant. The United States govern
ment allows the soldiers but three
quarters of a pound of meat a day.
How many New Yorkers, do you sup
pose, get along with so small a ration of
meat? The government, through its
physicians, has learned that soldiers,
even on the march, do better on that
seemingly small allowance than if they
were permitted to gorge themselves in
discriminately on the flesh of steers and
sheep. New York city allows for its
hospital patients but one pound of meat
a day, and that pound is unt rimmed.
When cooked and ready to be eaten that
pound represents really less than the
army ration for able-bodied men. The
average energetic well-fed New Yorker
consumes from one and a half to three
pounds of meat every day that he is
able to eat. It is altogether too much.
No wonder that nature relx-bi fmmpnt.
lr and Smclate I. n m . IT , I
for whole days at a time. That is na
ture's own. recourse. That's when a
man is sick when he can't eat meat."
N. Y. Press.
HOW SHE FIXED HIM.
A Hint to Girls That Have Cndealrabla
Suitor.
He was a theatric lover, and she didn't
like his style a little bit.
He was constant in his devotion, how
ever, and that made matters worse.
She had tried gentle means to get rid
of him, but he had disregarded them
with painful persistency.
In this moment of her desperation he
felt it incumbent upon him to proiose
to her, as men under similar circum
stances often do.
Which they wouldn't if they had any
sense at alL
"Dear one," he exclaimed, hurling
himself tragically at her feet, "I love
you! .My life is yours. Y ill vou take
it?"
She did not look like a murderess.
"Mr. Singleton," she responded, with
calm determination, "I will."
He gazed at her rapturously.
"Don't do that," she begged, drawing
back from him as if in horror. "I have
taken your life, as you requested me to
do, and you are henceforth to all in
tents and purjoses dead." '
" He seemed dazed.
"I do not, Mr. Singleton," she contin
ued, turning aside, "desire to have a
dead person in the house, and if you do
not' go away at once I shall ring for an
ambulance and have you removed to the
morgue." . ' '
Then the dreadful situation in which
his own precipitate folly had placed
him was revealed, and he removed him
self with neatness and dispatch: X. Y.
Sun.
ABOUT THE OPERA.
"Nixon Lenclos," a new opera by M.
Edmond Missa, a pupil of Massenet,
was recently produced at the Paris
Opera Comique with success. The music
is said to be Wagnerian in character.
Ilr.Rii TTi:mpf.rdixck. according to the
r..Tr.l.fni.tn. 'itiiTifr 1ji4 iifll;pfl 000 1
for two years royalties on "llaenHel
and Oretel" for .Vienna alone; by the end
of this year he will have made 250,000
out of the opera.
A new four-act opera by FJ II. Cowfn,
entitled "Harold, the , Last of the
Saxons," will be produced at Drury
Lane this season. V The , libretto is
written by Sir,Edward Malet, the Brit
ish ambassador to Berlin. .
A nbw operetta by Audrean, the com
poser of "La Mascotte" and "Olivette,"
has just been produced with success
at the Bouffes Parisiens. It is called
"La Duchesse de Ferrare," The char
acters are chiefly art students and
artists' models.
Baby opera having proved successful
Herr Humperdinck, the composer of
"Haensel and GreteV' has just com
pleted another fairy tale called the
"Royal Infants," after a story by E.
Rosmer, in which, as in his first opera,
the two leading parts are written for
women, who represent children.
Is Germany the seed of opera fell
upon stony ground. Heinrich Schutz
wrote music to a translation of Peri's
Haf ne, which was performed for a court
wedding at Porgan in 1027, but only
importations of Italian works with
Italian singers came before the public
until nearly the end of the century. ,
QUARTERS.
The Thrilling Adventure
of
Pantlie.
Hunter.
Col. Bairns, in "India and Tiger
Hunting," says that during a pause in
panther hunting, ho and his compan
ions wero about to take luncheon on
the borders of an impenetrable covert
where the animal lay. He adds:
The "tiffin-basket" stood just on the
other side of my friend Sandford. I
stretched across him to reach it with
my right hand, and had just grasped
the handle when a succession of short,
savage roars broke upon our ears,
mingled with the wild shouts of the na
tives, who were evidently being chased
by that ferocious brute:
At this time I felt that my hat would
probably do more for me than my gun;
so I crushed it down on my head,
seized the gun and faced the enemy.
The panther came at me with lightning
bounds.
Owing to the beast's tremendous
speed, I could see nothing but a shad
owy form with two large, round bright
eyes fixed upon me with an unmeaning
stare, as it literally flew toward me.
I raised my gun, and fired with all
the care I could exercise at such short
notice; but I miascd, and the panther
bounded light as a feather, with its
arms around my shoulders. Thus we
stood for a few seconds, and I distinct
ly felt the animal suulling for my
throat. t
Mechanically I turned my head so as
to keep the thick-wadded capo of my
helmet in front of the creature's muz
zle; but I could hear and feel plainly
the rapid yet cautious efforts it was
making to find an opening, so as to tear
the great vessels that lie in the neck.
I had no weapon but my gun
which
was useless while the animal was close
ly embracing me; so 1 stood perfectly
still, well knowing that Sandford
would liberate me if it was possible to
do so.
As may be supposed, the panther did
not spend much time in investigating
the nature of a wadded hat-cover, and
before my friend could fire the beast
pounced upon my left elbow, taking a
piece' out, and then buried its long,
sharp fangs in the joint till they met.
At the same time I was hurled to the
earth with such violence that I knew
not how I got there, or what had be
come of my gun.
I was lying on the ground with the
panther on top of me, and could feel
my elbow joint wabbling in and out, as
the beast ground its jaws, with a move
ment imperceptible to the bystanders,
but which felt to me as if I were being
violently shaken all over. In a few
seconds the loud and welcome sound of
Sand ford's rifle struck upon .ray ear, and
I sat up. I was free, and the panther
had gone, ne had bounded away, shot
through the body, into a thicket, where
he was afterward killed by a spear
thrust. .
BIG PRICES FOR FURNITURE.
Anctloaeers Talk of the Private Sale of
Rich Men's Effects.
A party of auctioneers en route from
Chicago to Buffalo were in the smoking
room of a Lake Shore sleeper the other
night telling stories. "Selling horses
and farm stuff by auction is all right,"
said one, '"but for genuine fun give me
the private sale of a rich man's furni
ture. When Anthony Drexcl died there
were a lot of things which had personal
reminiscences connected with them
which everyone wanted. It was finally
decided to hold a family auction and
sell them to the highest bidder. The
first" thing I put up was a small clock,
worth, I suppose, about twenty dollars,
" 'I'll give five hundred dollars,' was
the first bid. It came from a nephew.
" 'Make it one thousand dollars," in-1
terjected a younger son.
" 'Fifteen hundred dollars,' replied
the nephew.
"The nephew won and got the twenty
dollar clock for money with which he
could have bought the finest clock in
Philadelphia. I never knew what the
history of the clock was, but it musl
have had a peculiar one. Then I put
up a big arm-chair. It was the chair
Drexel had sat in for over twenty years
and it had a valuable association fur
each one of the family. A married
daughter and young Anthony Drexel
were the ones who wanted it the most,
and the bidding, which opened at one
thousand dollars, was spirited and
lively. I finally sold the chair to An
thony for six thousand five hundred
dollars. The day's sales brought iu
over twenty-five thousand dollars."
"I never had anything as good as
that," said another auctioneer, "but I
sold the Childs effects in the same way.
The chief contest was over one of those
old-fashioned tall clocks. Childs eld
est son linnlly bought it for eighteen
hundred and fifty dollars, anil it is now j
in the Ledger oH'.cc in Philadelphia." j
BIRDS THAT LOVE FINLRY.
This 1'retly Little' Story IlrrUi tlio XAt
liral UiftoricH Out ot Mght.
tn order-to investigate the migratory
habits of birds, some time in the fail
two years ago an Arkansas woman se
cured a line Ualtimore oriole. She tied
a bit Of red silk around his leg,' turning
him loose in time to "wing his flight
along with his companions.
. Last-April, says a correspondent of
the Philadelphia Times, 'the bird reap
peared; bringiug with, him a mate hav
ing a bit of blue ribbon tied around her
leg. The pair-took up their abode in.
a big oak tree, soon swinging a nest
and bringing forth a brood. . The wom
an watched the movements of the be
ribboned couple vory eagerly, and what
was her astonishment one day, soon
after they left the nest, to behold the
young birds ell strung out in line on a
limb, while the parent birds, with deft
beaks and feet, tied a bit of bright
cloth about the leg of each.
The ingenuity of the oriole is well
known, and it is probable that the first
l)ird became so pleased with his deco
ration that he tied a blue ribbon to
the leg of his mate, and wished to hnnd
down the custom to his progeny. The
young woman is now eagerly looking
forward for the reappearance of her
little friends this season, and means to
bestow on each a bright new ribbon
should they come again.
CLOSE
mines nd mini nclI
V. I. Loffman reports mining
operations on Forest creek in a
flourishing condition. Miners in
that locality have a large head of
water anil there seems no end to
the yellow metAl there is there
awaiting to be washed out. Mr.
Coffman is opening up some new
ground this season and it ought to
be rich. Rich ground hal been
worked both above and below his
property.
I. M. Muller, Jas. Murray, Bert
Brandenburg and' J. C. Baird have
formed a copartnership and have
this week begun operations upon a
placer mine about one and a half
miles from Jacksonville. The boys
did some prospecting on the proposi
tion 'this week, and were greatly
flattered by the results. There is
nothing too good for these four of
Medford's young men, and The
Mail will be pleased to note pro
gress later. '
Mark Armstrong was in from
Thompson creek this week. "Every
thing is blooming out that way 'says
Mark. Says there is not an idle
man in camp and himself and Bur
re 1 Miller are doing effective work
on their mine, which promises to
roll out plenty of gold dust when
the spring cleaa-up comes their way.
j They have one-forth of a mile of
the best ground on the creek and
not a foot of it that don't prospect
well.
Teachers' Examination.
Notice is herby given that the regu
lar quarterly examination of applicauts
for certificates will be held in the
court house in Jacksonville, beginning
at 1 o'clock p. m., on Wednesday, Feb.
12th, ISSKi. Applications for state
oapers will be examined on Thursday
begining at 1 o'clock p. m.
Gus Newbury,
County Superintendent
Phoenix, Oregon, January 29, 1SSMJ.
la Probate Court.
Itossnna Wilson elal r A J tlsmlln etal:
motion to set aside will of Isle Eliza J llsmlln
taken under sdrlsemeot.
Estate ot John Weiss: order ot citation to
show cause sroy real estate, property should
not be sold. '
KMsle of Spencer Chllders; order appointing
aumlotKlrairix ana appraisers. Mary m qm
der appointed administratrix with bond
axed
at mvo and C W Halm. XI
rurdln and Henry
KUppell appraisers.
Call and Settle at once.
It is quite necessary in my business
that I have a little cash. I have several
accounts on my books that ought to be
fixed up. You owe me, 1 owe some
other fellow. By paying me your bill
you settle two accounts. The man :ho
responds when asked is the man who
is extended further accommodations
when he needs them. Can't you hustle
some money for mef
C. W. MlLTOM.
The U. S. Gov't Reports
- show Royal Baking , Powder
superior to all others.
Dynamos and Motors
For Quart i Mills. Hoisting. Tumping
aud all kiniLt of mining work
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CO.
34 and 3d Main Street
San Francisco, - Cal.
Moments of Leisure
Making bread is hard work so
hard, in fact, that ail bakers em
ploy men to do it. Yet there are
' hundreds of women who perform
all this labor themselves. They
; forego many pleasures and never
.. have "a moment to sit down.''
They have an idea that to bake
their own bread means economy, '
but there never was. a bigsjer
mistake.
- ; ' Housewives who buy bread of me
not only save a little ou each loaf,
.' but they have momenta of leisure
' . like the lady in the above picture.
Wilson, The Baker
East Side MILL...
On and after January 25th. tho
East Side Flouring Mills will be
prepared to exchauge tine Hour
for grain. Am now ready to
grind graham, corn meal and
chop feed.
Mill located one-hnlf mile
East or Bear creek bridge
-.Medford, Oregon.
Electricity in Mining...
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. GcVt Report
ABSOLUTELY
Betsyannsplkes In Her Study.
BUMBLEBEEZE Fl-AT, Feb. 31.
' Mv Deer Ed: Yer will pleeze
exskuze the liberty I take ov pquib
ling you a short communication 2
yer valable paper, but, I am chock
full of nuze and must give vent or
something iz liable 2 bust. My
deer Ed., did yer see the last isshue
ov the Ashland Tiding and read
that hepe big time they had in the
republikan camp? The Tidings
haz got the politikal pot iist bilen
over with republickan and sums up
the kumming kamppain with pre
6ize ackerracy fur the kounty offi
ces in Jackson kounty 2 be filled
ut the June elecktion and in its
Fumining up ov the matter kon
kludez by 6aying, the republickans
will go in2 kamp at All Hazzard.
I axt 2 ov the kandidates az
mensioned in the Tidings what waz
tha goen 2 du at kamp Hazzard.
Well, one ov em sed he dident no
az it waz anv ov mv hizness. if I
wanted 2 no I had better go home
and ax my huzbin. I jist nz up,
fur I waz siten down afore then.
Sez I, "I want yer 2 understand I
am an onmarried woman, and," eez
I, "more than that I woodent marry
no man on top ov this green airth."
Then sez he, more perlite, "Betsy
ann," eez he, "I'll take it all back
and sory I eed it;" eez he, "Betsy,
yer no most ov wimen kant keep
seekrets but I'll trust ye;" sez he,
"Kamp Hazards waz a hi degree in
republickanship." He sed the same
can hardly be sed ov the pops fur
there order waz 2 young and
kouldent 6tick 2gether like the
reps long a nuff to have this degree
konfured on them. "But" sez he,
"I think 6um ov the demmcrkratz
and DODDulist have Rneekerl in9 nnr
t r
order az spize, jist 2 learn our
signs, password, grips, so az 2 post
one a nuther " Az I mi n wimpn
dident have the rite ov suffering
and kouldent vote, I draped the
subject. He sed he beleaved
We Have Opened
MEDFORD
On C street, first door s uth
do a general business in our
POULTRY and EGGS'
We guarantee our meats to be of first class quality. Call and see us
O. R. PELTON & CO.
UP TO DATE
"D
and Workmanship...
These are the things that make hit m
Furniture, Carpets Wall Paper
So justly popular. Spring will soon be here and I can fit you out
with new carpets, wall paper, etc., of the very latest designs at
reasonable prioes and guarantee to please von
I. A. WEBB, Medford, Oregon'
Go to
G. L.
He will treat you right.
Good goods at hard time prices.
We buy for cash and sell for
cash, and will not be under
sold by an house in Medford.
We carry a complete line of
DRY GOODS
AND GROCERIES
McAndrews Block
Prescriptions - : Carefully Compounded.
Mam street,
Powdor
wimen ort 2 have equal rites with
men in everthing. "Now" sez be,
"I am a meaiber of the Mystick
Kombinashun of Orientz and tbar
iz 2 be an axillery ov this wonder
full order, and the wimen wili be
alowed to jine. I axt him if an old
made like me kould jine. "Lawzee
yes," eez he. Then I axt him if
wimen az wore them ar blumers
wood be lowed to jine. He eed be
guesst so. Then I eez, "jist keep
my name out." Deer Ed, if yer
ever kum down this way kome and
see me. Yours az ever,
Miss Bet6yxxspikes.
DROP IN
And Join the Procession
The other nleht as I strolled iowt. the street
A brace of lorers I chanced to meet.
Along the walk they softly tread
And this is what the young man said:
"My beautiful angel, come, go with
me to the bright sunny south, to my
Old ancesteral hnm. arhsro ik. Ka.
ful birds carol forth their sweet songs
and the orange blooms in mid winter."
She looked into his face with a sweet
and loving smile and said, "I'll go if
VOU'II hllV ma tt Kn rmnA. A S.
self a Cigar at the Crater Dan knows
uu wj put mem up.
I CRATER . . .
D. I. Waldroop, Porp'r.
Seventh street, opposite Hotel Nath.
THE..
MEAT MARKET
of Jackson County Bank, and aim to
line. We will alo buy
IN EVERYTHING...
P ssi mi TVTn i : on' o 1
DAVIS
Medford, Oregon
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Tobaccoes, Cigars, Perfumery, Toilet Articles aud
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