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t A A rieanL6oking:... LETTER HEAD V your Receipts .... Advertise you business in the columns of Has lost maiiv a dollar for business men. J If a man is judged by the coat he wears. he is also judged by the letter head ne ; j TUP MATY. liU uses. An artistic and business-like letter 01 head has frequently been a basis of credit. u-el 11 may pe tooicea on as a gooa invesiraent it may be looKei Let THE MAIL with a new coat fori We will write your ads. for you and display: 11 'tbern better than any other paper in jacjt- Let THE MAIL office fit your business if VOL. VIII. MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 18S6. NO. 34. son county .... PROFESSIONAL CABDS. "WVC. JENKINS, ATTORNEY AT LAW : v-. i.1 Medford, Oregon "Office with W. H. Parker. J. S. HOWAKD, SURVEYOR AND CIVIL ENGINEER. U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor for the State of Oregon. Postofllce address: Medford, Oregon. M. S. CROWELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Jacksonville. Oregon. V. H. PARKER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hamlin Block. Medford. Ore. J. H. WHITMAN, . , ABSTRACTOR AND ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in bank building-, Medford, Or Have the most complete and reliable abstracts of tide in Jackson county. HAMMOND & VAWTER, Austin S. Hammond. " . Wm. L Vawter. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office l. O. O. F. building, . Medford, Or WHITE & JEFFREY, G. W. White. J- A Jeffrey. ATTORNEYS. AT LAW. j Medford, Oregon.. Will practice in all the courts of the state. c;ruv-i;U attention (riven to all kinds of convey-: ancing. Notary work and collections at reas-1 onable rates and remittances promptly made. Mining law a specialty. - umce on seven ui street, opposite Opera House. Q B. COLE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Chronic diseases, and diseases peculiar to women a specialty. Office Opera Block.. Medfonl. Oregon. wrBr0FFICERr PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Eagle Point, Oregon. Office Inlow residence. J. b! WAIT, l-s , PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office in ehilders' Block, Medford, Or 0EARY & PICKEL, ' PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, Office hours M to 12 a. m. and 2 to 4 p. : aadays 12to L - - Medford, Or Office: H&akia Block. y m r- 'i r- QDGERS & HALL, - DENTISTS., ' Hve permsnentlyiocsted in Medford for the 'practice of dentistry. From a continued prac tice of over 14 years, we are prepared to guarma ' tee entire satisfaction. : Oiveosaeall. Over The Palace. OhasPerdue.r... LoCnSilli:.. Bicycles ripaired on notice at living prices. short Shop in J. A. Whitman's warerooma..,. CityDray ann Transfer WELLS & SHEARER, Propr's SPBINfJ TRUCKS FOB MOVING ....HOTJ'iEHOIJ) G00U3.f.. . . Baggage Transferred Wood Delivered.... Hard and Soft Wood for Sale ... . ....Honest Charges .-JS Try us once and you will come again . t t t t t ttttt; Hotel Nash Barber Shop Bates B res., Props First class work in all branches of the toosorial art. Satisfaction ...guaranteed... HOT AND COLD BATHS , The Mail and Cincinnati Enquirer one year for $1.60 is one of our best clubbing propositions. ATTENTION If you. are going anywhere for an outing- don't forget to call on us for gunsj ammunition and fishing tackle. Shells loaded to order with smokeless powder j. BEEK flEDFORD, WAY UP AT .... PROSPECT Is where the long, graceful pines and cedar nod their plumed branches to the Oregon breezes. These long waisted fellows make mighty good lumber for all kinds of buildiug purposes when sawed, seasoned and dressed. There is a wealth of .... ; ', Sugar Hne, Yellow Pine, Fir aM Ceflar To select from, and we have it carved up into Flooring, ceiling, rustic, trimmings, saeh, doors, mouldings, stairs, manties, newels, balusters, cedar posts, shingles, pick ets with plain or moulded head and fruit boxes ... Mills five miles below Prospect. Medford office and yards, Sixth street, west of railroad track. Having Had Forty Years Experience ... IN Furniture and THE lT " iniv thA TMnntH nf Jurlrsnn to ropplymil articles neeaea in tno two aoove mentionea lines. We manufacturer superior work in store, hotel and office fixtures. WiiEKSBROS. DEALERS IN - na G9 i. , B3 t "Hit m HB --. E3 - G9 ..! B3 ' '133 r ga Buy the Mitchell wagon acknowledged by "a all teamstera to.be the best wagon on the gi 'marketJiGaUJand see us and we wHUhow gg you the largest and meet complete stock of SS vehicles ever" brought to Medford. You ea want our wagons and we want your custom. , g Send for- catalogue and prices ..... ii n T I JVWTON riaruger Medford Branch - - - - C9 BOtialiiJtucacatLJCUcacutuBaeatukauauiLicuuuct Medford Brewery Our Beer is on Tap at Write to u9 for prices. There is no better beer on the arket. ;It Is brewed from pure malt and hops PURE Now the Roads are Good . We want to call your attention to our VOLUNTEER BICYCLE, a strictly first-class wheel at a moderate price. When you go angling we can fit you out with anything you need in the line of fishing tackle. Our garden hose is all new and fully guaranteed. We have hoes, rakes, iorks, spaaes, spaaing ioms, etc., etc. oausiacuon as to price and quality Eame & Gilkey, Medford, Oregon Get a Cook Beok for 10 cents "CAMPERS! a t & CO. ORE. cauntv th&tt wa ara now fullv eoulDDed Salesrooms at Medford, Ore iron Factory at Phoenix, Oregon ....... DnMn iTv ' ra tvV ff r.a - - , lia ' lj - oa l;rLewis & Staver n LiO. II By II ig felines. - and Ice Works Medford Bars" DISTILLED WATER ICE anything you need in garden tools See advertisement 5th page ra - BO It oa if 1 CO isa oa na NEWS OF THE WORLD. In New York City on the 11th, 118 people died of sunstroke. The total deaths reported in the East on the same day was 270. A cooler wave gave final relief after a week of unprece dented disaster. The Southern Lumber Manufacturers' Association at Memphis adopted a reso lution asking Congress to restore the tariff on lumber to protect American interest from Canadian importations. The association discussed a syndicate plan, the design of which is to control the output and in some measure govern the yellow pine market The scheme was received favorably but no action was taken. Baron Fava, the Italian Minister, left Bar Harbor for Washington in resjonse to a cable about the Louisiana lynching affair. William II. Whitlock was hanged at Somerville, Tenn., for the murder of Constable Ilolliday on August 9, 1895. The festival of mountain and plain will be held in Denver next October. The committee will spend $-10,000 in the entertainment of visitors. The first trains over the Colorado Central since July 24th, when a great cloudburst washed away twelve miles of the roadbed, ran through on the 13th. The Arlington mills of Lawrence, Mass., manufacturers of worsted, have shut down for five and a half weeks. This throws 3000 hands out of employ ment A boiler explosion occurred at Sum- merford's sawmill near Navasota, Tex., kilting Jim Winters, Ben Johnson and illiaiu Hennv. JSed Johnson was fatally scalded. S. K. Martin, a millionaire lumber man of Chicago is dead. Judge Henry W. Scott of the Third Oklahoma judicial district has resigned. Fire destroyed the building of the Anamosa penitentiary at Cedar Rapids, la. The manager of the Bohn mine at Leadville, CoL, states be is ready to start the mine at the old rate of wages $2 50 per day. Four workmen were suffocated by sulphuric acid gaa at the chemical works of Phillips, in the outskirts of Camden, ra. A heavy hook and ladder truck iu Kansas City ran into a pile of rock, overturning the truck. Andv McDon ald, the driver, was killed. At the Koveltv Theater, in London, the spring dagger made for stage use failed to act and an actor was stabbed to the heart R. M. Pnyder of Kansas City has be come the owner of nearly a mile of land in that city on the strength of a quan tity of Indian scrip which he holds. The Newfoundland Supreme Court has quashed the indictnwnts against the directors of the defunct banks of St John's, who were being prosecuted for malfeasance in office. A dispatch from Norway states that Dr. Kaasen had arrived at Vardo island, Norway, from hia search for the North Pole. The dispatch does . not say whether or not he brought back a speci men of the pole. Hubert Anson Newton, the head of tne mathematical department of Yale College, died at New Haven aged tiC years. .During the visit of the Bryan presi dential partv at Pitteburg Mrs. Bryan lost her engagement ring. After a fruit less search it was given up as lost. Two days later the ring wa found in. a car riage in which the lady had loat it Liberals and Freethinkers from all parts of the world are preparing for a congress in Chicago November 13th, 14th and 15th. Section men ran a handcar at a high rate of speed on the Lexington and Eastern railroad in Kentucky when it jumped the track on a trestle and fell fifty feet Three of the men were killed and two others seriously injured. An electrical supply manufactory burned in New York City and five or six laborers were burned to death. Professor Otto Lilienthal of Berlin in vented a flying machine. He took a voyage in his machine a few days ago. A widow ana lour ciniureu survive him. Tom Cooper won the championship pennant in the two-milo race at the Louisville meet, beating Bald, Zeigler and half a doxen of the other fast men He made the two miles in 4:26 2-5. A cloudburst occurred at the town ol DcIIaven, near Pittsburg, on the 13th, causing much loss of property and the death of about thirty people. A washout on the lino of the Lake Shore railroad at Otis, Ind., precipitated a mail and express train into a holo thirty feet deep. The engineer and fireman were killed. The bank at Montpelicr, Idaho, was robbed by hiehwaymen. About $10,000 was taken. The men escaped on horse buck. Havana newspapers urge the Spanish government to hold the United States responsible for damages sustained from fiibustering expeditions frum America gince the Cuban outbreak bewail. An gS international arbitration court is sug- It is reported that Americans who en- ' listed in the Cuban insurgent armv have grown weary of the life and are deserting to the Spanish authorities in large numbers. ' ' .. An Eastern Minnesota freight ran into a Great Northern engine at Gonnd House, demolishing both engines and killing M. Moore, a Great Northern fire man. v Spain has filed a claim for damages against this country, on account of the filibustering expeditions sailing thence to carry aid to Cubans. , Masonry and the Drosea. A few months ago I had occasion to enter into a business contract with one of my Druse farmers. When we were about to draw up the agreement, the Druse suggested that, as he could ntither read nor write, we should ratify the bargain in the manner customary among his people. This consists of a solemn grasping of hands together in the presence of two or three other Druses as witnesses while the agree ment is recited by both parties. Being always on the qui rive to gain a practi cal insight into the manners and cus toms of the Druses, I readily consented to this form of contract, hoping thereby to learn something more of their meth ods of procedure. Accordingly the farmer brought three of his neighbors to me, and the terms of oar contract having been made known to them one of them took the right hand of each of us and joined them to gether, while he dictated to us what to say after him. To my great astonish ment, the Druse who was grasping my hand gave me the grip of Master Mason. I immediately returned it, to his equal surprise. He asked me how and where I bad learned their secret sign, and this set me on the track of further inquiries. the result of which has been to render what was before a very strong belief on my part an absolute conviction. I now feel morally certain that my theory is correct, and, speaking as a Freemason and as one who has also searched somewhat folly into the mystic tenets of the Druse, I can assert that, in many particulars, the esoterio teach ing of both systems is more or less iden tical Owing to the extreme secrecy and exdosiveness of the Druae character it is most difficult to gain an insight into their inner rites and tenets, and it re quires many years of intercourse with them and the firm establishment of re lations of mutual confidence and trust before one can be in a position to learn anything concerning them. Black wood's Magaxine. 8U Peter, Philadelphia. The third oldest ch'nrch in Philadel phia, exceeded in point of years only by Christ church and old Swedes, is St Peter's, at Third and Pine streets. The old chimes have called many to worship who now calmly repose within the sturdy brick walls of its burial space. Here lie the remains of George AL- Dal las, Tioe president of the United States ; Commodore Stephen Decatur, whose monument bespeaks his illustrious and heroio naval achievements while in his country's service during the Revolution ; John B. Scott, boon companion and ad' viser of Edwin Forrest ; Benjamin Hall, signer of the Declaration of Independ ence; Benjamin Carr, philanthropist and distinguished professor of music. who died in 1831 and whose monument was erected by the Musical Fund so ciety; Charles Wilson Feale, whose tablet tell us was born 1741 and died 1837, and that "he participated in the Revolutionary struggle of our independ' ence, and as an artist contributed to the history of this country. " Near him lie comrades whose Talor in the days of 1776 established an inheritance for their country and progenr., In peaceful slum ber also teat such distinguished towns folk as the Willing. Craig. Biddies. Oadwalladers, Donaldsons, Craters, In- gersolls, Keiths, Wilcoxes, Wikoffs, Woods . and other eminent civilians whose names are most familiar to old Philadelphia residents. Philadelphia Record. Child Is If a Boy or a Oirl? "Is it a boy or acheel?" is a question asked in domestic circles iu the west country hundreds of times every day. A "chod" is, of course, a girl. Mrs. Hewctt, in her "Peasant Speech of Dovon" (1S92), thus illustrates the use of the word: "Well, miss, whot'tli tha missis got these time, than? A bwoy or a cheol (daughter)?" 'This expression is sometimes heard in the south of England. For instance, "Is it a boy or a child?" When asked for an explanation, the answer is, "A boy is a boy; a girl is a child." It may be worthy of note that the phrase, "a young person," as properly employed, is almost invariably used of a female, Notes and Queries. She WU1 Tell. Lulu We cirls are cetting up a se- oret society of our own. George Indeed 1 What's the object? Lulu I don't know yet. but I'll toll you all about it after I'm initiated. Strand Magazine. The "era of Antioch" was devised by Panodorus of Antiooh, who lived in the fifth century. He assumed that the world was created Sept 1, B. C. 5492. POLITICAL NOTES.;, A Bryan reception committee from Pittsburgh met the train at Canton, O. and as it had to wait a couple of hours, it called on Major MeKialev. who greeted each member cordially. : - Nearly all the states of the Union are holding conventions and sending dele gates to the Gold-standard Democratic convention to meet at Indianapolis in. September. ' Complete fusion was effected by Iowa Democrats, Populists and Free Silver Republicans at the Democratic state convention on the 13th. Hale Johnson, staight-out Prohibition candidate for the Vice-Presidency of the United States, was formally inform ed of his nomination at Chicago. Rev. Oliver W. Stewart of Illinois, chairman of the notification committee, delivered the formal notification to Mr. Johnson. In the course of his speech be said he favored free silver, but thought that under present conditions it would do no good, as it would simply result in more money being spent in saloons. . The state convention of Gold-stand ard Democrats of Illinois will be held August 27th in Chicago. C E. Bentler, candidate of the Na tional party for President Lincoln, Neb., is out for a tour on the stump. - Ex-Senator Felton of California paid a visit to Mr. Hobart and other mana gers at Republican headquarters in New lork. The journey of William J. Bryan to New York to be notified of his nomina tion was successfully terminated accord ing to programme. Mr. Bryan suffered from sore throat, which somewhat in terfered with his oratory, but he read his argument to a vast throng in Madi son Square garden and afterward ad dressed 10,000 people in front of his hotel. Owing to the inability of Sena tor White of California to be present. Governor Stone of Missouri acted as spokesman for the committee. If Mr. Brvan had anv doubt of the success of his speech at New York he did not show it He read the New York newspaper interviews and comments. The adverse tone of most of the articles did not seem to worry him in the least. He was especially gratified at the fact that all the newspapers printed the speech. When asked his opinion of the various cnUciems he said : "I did not expect to overcome all prejudice at one blow. Neither did 1 expect to set the North river on fire with oratory. It was not the time for oratorv, but for serious argument and discussion. " lam pleased with my reception." Ex-President Benjamin Harrison will deliver a number of speeches during the campaign iu favor of Mckinley and Hobart. , . . : At Canton, Ohio, Major McKinley ad dressed the survivors of the lC4th regi ment Ohio Volunteers, who are holding their annual convention in that citv. Chicago has' been selected as the headquarters for the Democratic nation al committee. It is said this was done in compliance wjth the expressed prefer ence of Mrs. Bryan. Fusion of the Populists, Democrats and Free Silver men who left the Re- ' publican party, has been effected in the state of Washington and the name of i the combined party will be the-People a 1 party. . It was brought about when the .' Populist convention decided., to allow- j the Democrats to nominate' one con- ' gressman in addition to the other offices allotted to them. , The ticket named by 1 the Democratic state convention u : 1 Presidential electors H. JC. Cator, Whit- j man; L N. Maxwell, Whatcom county; Judge of the Supreme Court, John B. Reavis of Yakima; state printer, Gwin , Hicks of Thurston; congressroan-at-large, James Hamilton Lewis of Seattle. ; The free silver Republicans made the ' uuowiug nominations : for congress man, W. C Jone6 of Spokane, present attorney-general of the state. The Democrats of Watertown, New York, have read ex-Governor Russell P. Flower out of the party on account of his action in bolting the Chicago platform and nominees. The Republican campaign was opened at Foxeroft, Me., by a big rally, at which Harold M. Sevall of Bath, Me., son of the Democratic candidate for Vice-President, delivered his first speech on the issues .of the day. Re publicans and Democrats came from far and near. Sewall declared for protec tion, which he said was first in import ance in the campaign, and then deliv ered a strong argument in favor of a sound money. Sewall will stump the state in opposition to the ticket of Bry an and Sewall. Ile is on good terms with his father, and they agree on even-- ; .. . i l:. ' I tning except pouues. ; C. E. Bennett, formerly secretary of Society for the Suppression of Vice at San Francisco, who was convicted of attempt to murder for shooting at George Gray, whose daughter Bennett had be trayed, has been refused a new trial and must stand punishment Santa Barbara's walnut crop is esti mated at about 220 carloads. i ROYAL Baking Powden Highest of all la leavening $tTCHZ?tl.V. S. Government Report, Legal blanks at Ths Mail officeJ