Published Every Friday Morning,
BLITON & BATTERSON, Publishers
MAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE.
Ho la of tow days; but quite a plenty
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Entered tn lb Poalofhoo nt Modtord, Oregon
u SooondClaaa Mali Matter.
Mbdpord, Friday, April 2, 1897.
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oatl Enquirer, 1 75
Nevada how wants to license the
operation of lottery schemes, but
Governor Sadler refuses to call
special term of the legislature to
pass such a law.
An eastern exchange tells that
a scientist has discovered that the
earth will be dead in three hundred
million years from now. " Whether
it will be totally annihilated or just
dead, like a whole lot of Oregon
politicians now are, is not stated.
Fitzsimmoks has been giving ex
hibitioDS of his ndeptness in the
manufacture of horseshoes in San
Francisco. Blacksmithing is his
trade and slugging his profession
the former a worthy, honorable
trade, the latter an unworthy, dis
honorable profession.
A commission will be sent to Cuba
from the United States to inquire
into the cause of the death of Dr.
Ruiz. The commission will have
the satisfaction of knowing that it
will be backed by the home govern
ment and not left to 6ufFer the
humiliation of any one or two offi
cials' whimsical ideas.
A gkeat European war might
help us over our present unpleasant
financial difficulties, but it is not
very honorable to hope for a better
ment of our own conditions at the
expense of the misfortunes of others.
The great trouble will be with ua,
should there be a general European
was, we haven't fool sense, enough
to keep out of the scrap ourselves.
This country is full of brave
fellows who would like no better
sport than to go down and help the
Cubans wipe Spain off the face of j
, the earth. It might be a good
scheme to allow them to go but the
complications with other nations
which would perchance arise might
cause a whole heap of unpleasant
ness and regret to the American
people.
I a
Editor Kaiser, of the Valley
Record, who, a couple of weeks ago,
accused Senator Holt ef riding home
from Salem on a free railroad pass.
learned later that he had been
misinformed and in the last issue of
bis paper he did the one and only
honorable and manly thing he could
do denied the charge previously
made and gave out the source of
his information.
subjects as there are children iu
whose homes there abides love and
honor.
How oontemptiblo is the minor
able man who, by smooth tonguo
and slick ways, gets worthy people
into his clutches to be bunkoed,
robbed or murdered ! Conspicuous
in his class jutt now is llutler, the
Australian murder, who was re
oontly captured in San Francisco on
board the Sn-auhilda. This fiend
is now claiming ho killed a soldier
at Walla Walla, Washington, be
fore he was a deserter from the
United States army. This sdmis
sioit is made, it is presumed, to save
himself from being- extradited into
the hands of Australian officials, he
preferring to profit bv the leniencv
of our laws rather than face the cer
.. lit 11 . a
win aeam wnicu awaits mm in
Autralia, That Butler is a clever
and very dangerous man is evi
aencea oy ms conduct when on
board the Swanhilda. He was
known there, in sailor, parlance, as
an "angel sailor." He used no bad
language and objected to any coarse
or profane expressions being used
by his shipmates. One dav at mess
when a sailor rudely snatched a
piece of bread from the hand of an
other, Butler who valued human
life as cheaply as that of a gnat,
was so outraged at this breach of
table etiquette that, after glaring
angrily at the offender, ho re
marked that he had once killed a
negro in West Australia for a less
offense than that. Altogether this
man, who lured his victims to the
mountains and made them dig their
own graves, was much too nice to
associate with the herd of common
sailors he shipped with. Beware of
confidence men men who have
pells of being too good. They are
either after your money or your
life.
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES.
AVe .hear, from time to time, criti
cism of missionaries which is a
once sweeping and slanderous. On
the other hand, official testimony
to their worth and work is abun
dant. The secretary of state for In
dia bears witness in this strong wav:
"The government of India cannot
but acknowledge the great obliga
tion under which it is laid by the
benevolent exertions made by mis
sionaries, whose blameless example
.and self-denying labors are infusing
new vigor into the stereotyped life
of the great population placed under
English rule."
Brought to light by a recent
street brawl in Portland, in which
a number of daughters of respect
able parents were chief participants,
is the need of a reform school for par
ents. 'Neath family roof trees is the
. exact spot where the depopulation of
reform schools and penitentiaries
can best be accomplished, Instill
in the hearts of children a love of
home, a respeci and honor for par
ents, and you have cheated these
public institutions, and possibly the
gallows, of just bo many possible
The fifth crude will have srjecial ov
erclses this, Friday, afternoon.
Words are being coined in rich nrn-
luaiuu iu iuu Aieaiora puoito school.
i oust is ine latest.
a ue exercises in toe various rnomi
last triday afternoon were enjoyed
very much by the visitors.
The study of tho Roman E
been commenced by the tenth grade
and the pupils find, it very interesting.
As soon as the weather permits the
botany class will be seen roaming tho
hills, as they have fifty specimens to se
cure. . -
Miss Erma Wigle exhibited her wax
works last Friday afternoon in all the
rooms on the upper floor. Many of the
members of her collection were unique
and beautiful:
The study of Greeco was verv timelv.
coming as it did when that plucky little
nation is defying tho powers of Europe.
Little Greece once defeated an army
of one million. men and she may have
it to do again
The little people of the south primary
were pained to hear of the accident
which befell their little .play mate, Dar
ragh Earhar't, at his home south of
town . He was kicked by a horse which
resulted in a broken collar bone.
. Visitors this week were Mesdamps .1.
O. Johnson. B. F. Adkins. L. I.. Rpamn.
J. Redden, W. Sturgis, W. H.Meeker,
S. A. Smith, J. A. Smith. N. H. Vow
els, J. Morgan, Misses L. L. Lloyd, Lil
ian Phinnhnrl tfamia Vr(nl.nK.A ft
Pickens, Rifle Grizzle, Messrs. E. P.
Orser, A. C. Faris, Warren Cameron,
Guy Childers, John Gainey and Rev.
J. A. Crutohfield.
A LITTLE OP EVERYTHING.
Late telograms state that thuro is
a possibility of a poaooablo solution
ot the Cretan trouble.
Mora big guns ami ammunition
havo boon landed in Cubit for tho
iiiaurgenU, and the tight goes on
A Donvor professor hits invented
an instrument by moans of which
he claims the deuf-cau bo made to
hoar.
When tho Quoon of Italy enters a
store to do some shopping, tho doors
are olosod and tho public excluded
until she has left.
An ordor for 000,000 foot or lum
ber has boon filed with one Wash
ington mill tho lumber to bo
shipped to Duluth, Minnesota.
General Rivera, successor to Gon
oral Maceo, in the Cubau army, is
reported to havo been captured by
Spaniards on the 27th, together
with his staff oflioers.
Ex-Champion Corbott has gono
into training ngnin for a second
mill with Fitzsiiuinons. No articles
of agreement have as yet been signed
but Corbott is satished thoy will bo.
The steamship Pennsylvania car
riod on a recent trip from New York
to Hamburg 18,500 tons of cargo,
It would take lilb' ordiuary freight
cars to transport that amount of
freight.
A French Canadian couple, Dar
win and bis wifo, now living at St.
Paul, recently celebrated the eighti
eth anniversary of thoir marriage.
The husband is 107 years old and
the wife is 101.
The Japaneso government has
contracted to have built two large
war vessels to cost eaoh $4,000,000.
The vessels are to be mado in Eng
land and are to be completed with
in two and a half years.
San Francisco passed an ordi
nance last week prohibiting Chinese
laundrynien spraying clothes with
water emitted from the mouth, and
the following day fifty of the Mon
golians were arrested for the offense.
They were released because of their
ignorance of the new ordinance
Aneighteen-yoar-old Chicago girl
recently died from fright. Upon re
tiring at night she saw an object
in ner room wuicti sue thought was
a man, but instead it was a gar
ment hanging on the wall. Medi
cal help was summoned but she
died a few hours later ' from fright
alone.
SCHOOL REPORT FOR MONTH ENDING
MARCH 20, 1SII7.
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: CS b b!
. - --j n n
First Grade North 0!)! 64 54
First Grade South G7 53 53
Second Grade 78' 63 59
Third Grade 77 (12 53
Fourth Grade 70 57 6ff
Fifth Grade 07 53 38
Sixth Grade.. 43 3K 34
Seventh Grade 67 41 311
Eighth and Ninth G"d's. 52 37 30
Tenth Grade.. 24 21 21
Totals , - - 504 479 437
The above report is in some resnerui
iiio ueav one eyer puousnea OI tne
school. The presistent endeavor of the
teachers to eradicate tardiness is bear
lag gooa i run. xnree rooms had no
pupils tardy and one room only one
tardy, 42 out of 479 in attendance were
taroy. We believe wo ought to do still
oetter next month.
G. A. Gregory, Principal.
Save Your Grain.
Few realize that each sauirrel de-
stroys 11.50 worth of trraln annually.
Wakolee's Squirrel and Gopher Exter-
uiiiiawr is me most euectivc ana eco
nomical poison known. Price reduced
to 30 cents. For sale by Chas. Strang,
Medford; Dr. J. Hiuklo. Central Point:
J. V, RobinBon, Jacksonville.
Miss Martha Cardwell. who
recently finished the winter term of
school at Merrill, arrived in town
Saturday and went out to Lost river
Monday for a few days' visit. She
left on the Ashland stags last night
for her home at Central Point?
Klamath Falls Express.
Since the change of administra
tion, over 80,000 applications for
positions have been filed at the post
offico department. The number is
said to be somewhat smaller than
four years ago. All the careers have
Dcen recorded and classified and
the cases made up to date. One
thousand applications have been
filed in the appointment division of
the interior department for presi
dentiai positions.
A very ingenious device has been
adopted by some eastern druggists
to prevent the frequent mistakes
which occur at night in administer
ing dangerous medicines for a sim
pie one. This is entirely obviated
by putting up prescriptions contain
ing powerful remedies of poisonous
drugs in rough bottles as prickly as
the coat ol gherkins. A clerk ris
ing in the dark is at once- warned
of his danger. Many lives have
been saved by this simple contriv
once.
The Idaho Falls Register says
that with ail the rabbit drives and
shoots and those killed by ranchers'
boys, it is estimated that not less
than 40,000 rabbits have been killed
within the limits of Bingham
County during the present winter.
The bounty of accents per scalp,
nas stimulated tne slaughter to- a
certain extent. Notwithstanding
the 8laugter, a person driving a few
miles out of town would think there
was a "flock" under every sage
brush.
A bill recently passed the Astoria
council which licenses gambling
houses. The licenses are for a first-
class $900 ier year, and for six
months $500. Second class license
f 450 a year, and $250 for six months,
niL!.l 1
i mm ciass -tauu, and tuu lor six
months. . First class permits anv
and all kinds of games and second
class licenses permits the holder to
any one ot the games mentioned in
the ordinance. Third class permits
billiards, cards and any of the com
mon games, including nickel-in-the-slot
machines."
all of Yakima County's farmers
may expect to bo tho recipients
their mall on that day from the
hands of a carrier. This is dono as
an experiment in u few localities i
Washington, and if it proves profit
able, that is, nut too expensive mid
the revenue increases, it will uu
doubted ly be mndii general through
out tho state, o know ol no mm
experiments having been ooutoin
plated in Oregon.
The mail of Senator Mark llamui
is said to average over 200 letters
day and about StXH) per month
Siiico ho wont to Washington hi
mail has largely inuroascul. The
majority of tho letters contain up
plications tor oiitue, winch are
promptly filed in their departments
1 ho heavy mail is looked after by
private Secretary S. A. Perkins anil
llyo stunogruphurs and typewriters
and four inoii. Every letter is gone
through and tho contents briofoi
for Senator llanna to eoo. Thon
ho or Mr. Perkins dictate answers
Kvery letter is answered on the
day it is received, and Mr. llanna
personally signs each, boliovine
that it is u courtesov which is due
oyory man. Every letter is indexed
and filed and can be turned to
years afterward.
A recont law passed by congress
relating to the mutilation of coins
is in the main an extension against
that of counterfeiting. It provides
that tho passing of mutilated or
defaced coins or tho mutilation or
defacement of coin for any purpose
shall bo hold to lie a criminal of
fense, punishable by imprisonment
tor a period ol ono to five yoars and
a fine of 1100 to $2000. Under
this taw the practice of presenting
ladies with coins of gold or silvor,
with tho initials ol tho donor on
graven tnoreon, to ho worn as
bangles, will bo a criminal offense.
1 lie iaw also drives out of cxistonco
a number of people who havo made
a living by purchasing mutilated
coins nt a reduction from their face
value and plugging up the holes so
.skillfully that the original mutila
tion could not be discovered. Even
this kind of tampering with money
will be regarded as an offense under
the statute.
An Ode to the Candidate.
(COXTIIIIIUTKII.I
The town council of Oakesdale,
Washington, has passed an ordi
nance licensing dogs $1 1 each and
in case the owner refuses to pay the
tax, he is guilty of a misdemeanor
and is subject to a fine of not more
than $20 nor less than $5. ' The of
ficers will in no case kill any of the
animals, that task being loft to thoir
owners, who, if thoy rofuso to pay
the tax or dispose of thoir docs, will
have to go to jail and servo out the
amount of tho tax and a fino such
as the judge may seo fit to inflict.
Postmaster Wilkinson, (it North
Yakima, received notification from
the department that tho froo rural
delivery begins April 1 . ; Thoroforo
All the. candidate (or ottlre, when election (lay
la near,
Are as good aa atoro mola-tacn, II indeed they
don't excel It.
Tbey wllliruard tho pcoplc'a Interest with vlior,
never (ear
To hear tnura tell It.
When a man la n"mtaa!ed by a party or a clique
Uow he talkrt about hta honor? He will never,
never aell It!
Ho will keep hla tool untarnUhcd tbo' the
"hoodlo'a" Hying thick
To hear blm tell It. . t
Then It la a human weakneaa to be good Is
aplte ol (alth,
Though the people have auaplclon, yet bli
noneyeu worda dipe! It.
For no man la hal( a virtuoua an the candl
date
To hear him tell It.
Tho late legtalative hold up wan a round o(
natural cvetltft.
Yet the woods are lull of honent people who
doubt It.
These rural people have heard us how men have
a price nna too cundiaulu aln l no hero
To here them tell It. i
Tho several little railroad passes didn't sort o
cut no timer.
Hllll we (armurs on tho ranch and merchant!
.In tho town don't btllove It.
Railroad (arcs rost a heap pattelKMrd passes
nil; candidates wu elected will never go
- again.
II they'll let ua tell It. "
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The Jackson Conunty Schools.
School Superintendent Gus Newbury
kindly sends Thk Main tho following
report of the schools of Jackson County:
Number children In the county.,. filOSt
Number school districts in county 80
Number children in Ashland
school district 782
Number children in Medford
school district 734
Number children in Jacksonville
school district 3(10
Numberchildren In Central Point
school district 207
Average salary paid male teach
ers per month. ......... S38 00
Averugc salary paid female teach-
era ki 00
Average number of months of
school taught in the county for
year ending March 1807 4.8
. Changes In Mall Service.
The following chances In tho wall
route between Gold Hill and Asbestos
has boon announced bv tho nostolllco
department at Washington:
uoiu Hill to Sams Vallov. Leave
Gold Hill daily, except Sundays at
12:30 p. m.; arrive, at Sams Valluv bv
2 p. m.i leave Sums Vallov dnilv. ex-
cept Sundays, at 3:15 p. m.; arrive at
Gold Hill by 4:45,
Sams Valley 'to Asbestos. Leavo
Sams Valley Wednesday nnd Saturday
at 6 a. m.j arrive at Asbestos by0:4" a.
m.; leave Asbestos Wednesday and Sat
urday at 10:16 a. m.; nrrlyo at Sams
Valley at!) p. m.
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A DRUE ....
IN
. Stands at the Head.
Aucr. J. Bocrol. the Icndinc drtiirarlst
of Shrevoport, La., says "Dr. King's
now mscovory is tho only thing that
euros my cougn, ana it is tne ncet seller
I have." J. l' Campbell, merchant of
aanora, Ariz., writos: "Dr. King's
New Dlscovory is all that is claimed
for it; it never fulls, and is a sure cum
for consumption, coughs and colds. I
cannot suy enough for Its merits." Dr.
Kinir's New Dlscovorv forcotisumntlnn.
coughs and colds is not nn experiment.
j t nas neon irioa lor a qimrtor or n con
tury, and today stands at tlio head . It
never disappoints. Free trial bottles
lit Chas. Strang's drug store.
Doctor Dnnlclson.
Offlco In Hnlloy block over lioslolliou.
llironic tllHcasos, nnd diseases of I
womon and children u specialty.
Blue grass and clover seed the
best in tho market at the Wolters
grocory.
Fast Black
Hosiery
See East ....
Show Window
We place on sale to-day
1200 pair Fast Black Hose,
which we bought at a sac
rifice sale and will offer
cheap while they last. Call
and see them...
DEUEL & STEVENS
Spring Goods ...
No tirguinciit will inure fully convince tlio
womon folk t lint frinr is entirely here than
tlie arrival of
JSleai Dress Goods.
Our dress jjootls depart nient is filled to tho
ceiling with Worsteds, Wash Fabrics, White
Goods, Lappet M tills, Tissue Urodes, Tain
mis Cloth in fact all kinds of dress goods...
.In trimmings and linings we have everything
needful: Spring 'capes and' Indies' skirts..',
fient's furnishing goods ....
W. H- IWeekei & Co.
BOYDEfl & JNlICHOliSOlSl...
"Have just received
a new stock ol
m mn rm.m av bjih mm m.um mm a h
Vigilant Steel Ranges....
Universal Stoves and Ranges ....
Direct from the east. Thoy are tho best stoves
, ever brought to Medford, and it will pay you to
call and see them before purchasing
5
1
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Is No One 5o Blind...
CLiOTHlflG
(so) That thoy cannot fool tho difference even If thoy
cannot seo between goodelothing and ChoopJohn
I
i now navo in suien the linct lno of fall and winter clothlnir
over shown n Medford and more coming. Call and see iov
" i" reus. io trouoio to snow goods.,
8. ROSENTHAL, Medford, Ore.
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