THE IDFOi LIAIL
Published Every Friday Moraine.'
A. 5. BLITON.
MAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE.
He la of low date) but quite plenty
SUBSCRIPTION $i.So PER YEAR,
Entered In be .Poatomce t Medford, Oregon
Hkdford, Friday, Oct., 8, 1897.
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cnaage. Ban PranoUco, California, where oon
InuU for adrertuing can be made for lu
Our Clubbing List.
hb Mail and Weekly S. P. Call 12 25
" " " Examiner t 85
" " " Chronicle 8 35
" " " Oreyonian 2 00
" " Cosmopolitan 3 10
" " Weekly Cincin
nati Enquirer, - 1 75
A Maine man has gone blind as
the result of chewing tobacco. . But
chewere will probably be able when
confronted by this fact, to point to
a large number of them that didn't.
With yellow fever raging in both
Louisiana and Alaska a fellow don't
know just whether to congratulate
those of the north or sympathize
with those of the south or sympa
thize with both.
"There is an unusual amount of
rot in potatoes this seaso'p," says an
exchange. The Mail has noticed
an unusual and unwarranted
"amount of rot" in the Grants Pass
newspapers of late all of which is
no greater affliction upon the peo
ple than are the pin-headed sources
from which emanated the rot.
Is days agone The Mail and
Jacksonville Times have not been
allied very closely in any society
which bad for its object mutual
.admiration, but this paper is just
generous enough to express its ap
preciation of the courteous treat
ment given Medford upon the .oc
casion of the recent fair .by the
Times. The Times did a whole lot
of good work for the fair and Med
ford and The Mail is watching
for a chance to return the compli
ment. T . . .. '
The Courier and Observer of
Grants.Pass bellowed, scraped and
tore the earth last week in their
pen picture of the alleged great in
suit given their base ball team by
the Medford nine during the fair in
this city. These papers in their
tirade go so far as to accuse the di
rectors of the fair association of be
ing parties to a put up job to fleece
the Grants Pass team. This is all
wrong ana unjust, ii mere was a
job put up the directors bad nothing
to do with it. As a matter of fact
he people of Medford regret that
there was a misunderstanding and
would have welcomed a game even
though the odds be all in favor of
Grants Pass. The fact that the
good people of Grants Pass who
visited our town upon the day in
question were not given an oppor
tunity to trumpet aloud their ribbon-trimmed
tin horns and rosettej
covered cow bells was of course
grievance sufficient to warrant them
in throwing aside some of their ac
customed' pretty ways and taking
up those little pettish' peculiarities
of babyhood, but they wre ladies
and gentlemen .and should not be
catalogued with the Observer editor,
whose brain calibre is qutweighted
by that of a . humming bird and
whose appreciation of extended hos
pitality by our people amounts to
his open abuse of our town arid those
who treated him loyallv. But just
why the coarse, mad electric splin
ters should loose themselves from
the trolley wire of the carminic
head of the' Courier editor is some
thing our people can hardly fathom
they always having considered
him a pretty square fellow and in
tellectually all right but he's been
associating too plentifully with the
Grants Pass pin heads of his pro
fession;'. ' "
Croup Quickly Cured. v
Mountain Glen, Ark. Our ohilUroo
waro suffering with oroup when we re
ceived a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Hemedy. Tt afforded alraoBt instant
rcllof. F. A. Thornton. This cele
brated remedy 1b for sale by 0. H. Has
kins, druggist.
For $1.60 we will give tt year s sub--scription
to Thb Mail and the 'Toledo
Dinar:. This will apply to old subscrib
ers who will puy in udvanco as well as
to (tew ones,
KIM wor for Our Fair.
The North Paoltio Uural Spirit, pub
lished lit Portluud, has always manifest
a deep interest in Southern Oregon's
fairs, particularly so thia year, fal
lowing appears tho rouoi tor our recent
fair as printed by that paper:
"The 4th annual fair of tho 1st South
ern Orooo Dlst. Agricultural Associa
tion was held at the now fair grounds
near Medford Sept. "let ti ' iuoluslve.
A week of beautiful weather helped the
enterprising maunders to hold the
most successful fair ever hold In tho
sunny clime of Southern Oregon. The
meeting throughout was wull attuuded
by the reiiresentallve oeoule of the
district and every day the grand stand
was (airly packed with Oregon's fairest
women arrayed In their beautiful sum
mor dresses, which gave the meeting a
tone rarely seen on a race course, The
exhibits In the Davillon were - as larire
as usual and of a high order of merit.
The live stock deoartment made a verv
oredltable sholng, though not a fair
representation of the Industry in that
district and brooders should not allow
this industry to lurk In Interest, when
it is In their power to make an exhibi
tion equal to any nortion of the statu.
The racing on a whole was good, oiean
ana satisiaotory and the management
nas taia tne foundation tor much
better fair and race meeting another
year, j ne meeting was a nuanclal
success aud every horseman was paid
promptly, ana monoy leu lu tne treas
ury. The people of Southern Orecon
are to be congratulated that they have
such men as President J. C. Pondleton,
Secretary W. T. York and Treasurer
J. E. Enrai't at thu head of their fair
association, who were ably assisted by
G. L. Davis. T. P. Judson aud Joseuh
Dame as judges in the speed depart
ment.
The same paper has the following
notes bearing upon our fair:
'Pathmont's mile in over the
Medford track is the fastest mile ever
trotted or paced In Southern Oregon,
The r irst bouthern Oregon District
f air neia at Medford last week paid all
their premiums and purses in full and
had money left.
"The horsemen speak in highest
terms of the' treatment recoived at
Medford, Ore. 1
"Three horses went In the list in one
race at Medford, Leland W., 2:2r, by
Wayland W., Volo, 2:28, by Ante Echo
and Hiae, 2:30, by Clatawa."
County Institute.
The following nrozram has been nre-
Sared by County School Superintendent
ewburv for the county institute to be
held at Ashland October 13. 14, 15 and
10:
WEDKKSDAY. OCTOBER IX
Afternoon eeadloo 1 :30 o'eloolc.
, Organization of Institute.
Music.
School Management Mrs. C. P. Shepiord
Physical Culture. Prof. Irving B. Vtdiof
eat Among Parents. ....GeaeratDiscusslaa
Evening session 7:SOo'eloclc.
Music, Vocal Solo........ Miss Ada P. Thomas
-Address of Weloomo. . . . . i Mr. K. V. Carter
response. ..nor. J. a. Harvey
Duet. Prof, and Mrs. C. P. Shepherd
Lectors Hon. H. L. Bsnsoa
- rHIIMDAV fV-mHR 14
Morning session -8:a0o'oloek.
rae AaapiaDuuy oi rsronoiogical Prin
ciples to tne Teacher's Dal It Work... . . .
Pre. Dai Parker
cngusn jrroi. u. A-Urefory
.-American Hlsiorr Pnrf c A Rindipacft
Afternoon session 1 :30 o'clock.
tub Teacher's influence In Forming a '
Taste for Uood Literature . .
. , MlssJda C. Bawley
Alaska, Its History and Geography
iProf. Gregory
Penmanship Prof. W. H. Ledgerwooa
The Rise and Fall of the Slave Power In
America
.Pres. Hawlev. WlllamettA rTnlvraitv
Evening session 7 :30 o'clock.
MUSIC. .
Recitation.
Lclure Pres. Hawlsv
FRIDAY. nrrmnRR IA
Morning session 8:30 o'clock.
r radical Engnsn (continued). .Prof. Gregory
Problems That Teachers Must Solve ...
Prof. RlceS. Eubank
Things to be Learned Outside of Text
BOOkS MlNtt nlla J tl..lrl
Aiternoon session l -so o'cloob.
i raternai spirit Among Teachers
Miss IdaC. Hawley
The Psychology of Childhood..
Pres. C. H. Chapman. 17. of O.
Drawing Prof. K. E. Washbnrne
The Rise and Fall of the Slave Power
(continued) Pn. Hawlnv
Evening session 7:30 o'clock.
nano toio miss Thomas
Recitation
Vuartette Gore Bros.
Lecture Pres. Hawley
RATUROAT. OCTOBER IS.
Morning session 8:30 o'clock.
The Teacher's Duty to Himself and His
Duty to His Profession... Prof. W. F. Chase
FroebePs Lnws Prof. Hitchcock
Vertical Penmanshlo.... Prof. Grpunrv
Afternoon session 1 :ab o'clock.
Drawing (continued) Prof. Washbnrne
Personal Experience In Conquering an
Unruly PupU General Discussion
The Psychology of Childhood (continued) . .
Pres. Chapman
The Students Coming.
The Epworth League of the Methodist
Church of this city has arranged for the
appearance of the original Nashville
students the far famed colored jubilee
singers in Medford on Saturday even-
: . i i j- .t. m i . i . i - i
ni, wwuwr juwi. a ue place m wuicn
this concert will be given has not yet
been determined, but if not at the opera
house the Methodist Church will be
made ready for their appearance. The
price of admission is fifty cents and
twenty-live cents lor children. The
reputation of this company is far reach
ing and needs no comment, yet we ap
pend a few from the inany thousand
press notes :
The old plantation melodiefl seem to strike a
nonular chord in the hearts of the neonle.
Again and again were they greeted with
tnunuers oi applause, no concert was ever
more enjoyed by our peoples-Denver Tribune.
The students nave great eniovment to the
auaience oy tneir melange or souwern songs,
camp-meeiii
to well-nlKh
piause oi tneir nearers. Boston neraia
A LITTLE OF EVERVTHINO
The art of'tnaklos paper bits
progressed so, that ft tree out down
in the morning Is turned into paper
within twenty-four hours.
' The kaiser seems to have cm
braced the frugal policy of board
inir around among the Kuroiiean
monarohs and saving grocera' mils
at Home. .
It is said they have a happy idiot
in it auiiuiiKUiii son lias urivun peo
ple insane by asking thou) to repeat
quickly . this senteuoe: "A noiny
noise annoyed an oyster." -.
Three Chioagoans have been ar
rested for stealing the roof and up
uer half of a briok dwellinsr. The
lower half wad undisturbed: but of
course that s another Htorv.
Boston is to have a new publio
school building that will cost, in
cluding the site, $350,000, and it
will have baths attached to it.
Pupils from this school will be sat
urated with learning and culture.
The daughter of the ciar of
Russia, the little Grand Duchoss
Olga, is said to be the richest baby
in the world. The week she was
born 1,000,000, investod in Eneliah
and French securities, was settled
upon her.
A new diving bell at work in
Lake Michigan is claimed to be
able to withstand the pressure of
water at a depth of lloU feet. It
has discovered the wreck of the
steamer Pewabic, sunk in 1C0 feet
water thirty-two years ago.
The Southern Pacific Company
has completed an examination of
its trainmen, dispatchers, station
agents, and section men west of 1
Paso and Ogden for color blindness,
There were about 5200. Out of this
number, the sight of 193 was found
to be detective as to colors.
Some Swiss convicts have recently
escaped from prison, and nn adver
tisement announcing the fact saye
that "with the close-cropped hair,
knickerbockers and striped jackets
tne lugiuve murderers may easily
be mistaken for American or English
tourists excursioning in the Alsatian
Alps."
The following item is reported in
the Southern correspondence of an
electrical paper: "A curious thing
is reported lrom btaunton, Va. The
telephone people, whose experience
with pretty telephone girls has not
been altogether satisfactory, adver
tised for ugly girls, and there were
lo applicants.
-It was pot until 1878 that the
manufacture of hairpins began in
the United States. Previous to
that time those used in this country
came from England or Franoe.
Now the trade is such a large one
that it takes 50,000 packages, each
containing 24 pins, to supply whole
sale demand daily in. New York
alone.
camp-meeting tunes, etc., and were called upon
aouoie tneir selections oy toe ap
r hearers. Boston Herald,
For real, out and out neoro nlantatlon nnncrs
and oamp-meeltng melodies they are really im
mense, and It oan In truth be said they are at
home. The entertainment was pleasant, amus
ing and Interesting and very much enjoyed by
all. New Orleans Picayune.
. He'll Never Race Any More. .
A youDg McCarthylte, whose ambition was nigh,
To become a bioyele racer,
Got ready to run on the third of July ,, , --And
seleoted Adams as pacer,
His calling was missed, this yonng McCarthylte,
- For the pace Adams sot him was telling,
He had hardly flnlshed the first half of his runf
When the muscles of his legs began swelling.
He labored and coaxed and punned at his limbs,
But they pssttlvely refused to go round
So ho dragged his remains to the side of the
track,
. And silently stood on tho ground.
In tho course of time ho began lo como to
Young MoCartby you oan wager was sure
He's concluded he can't ride a bike no how;
And he'll never race any, more.
. , J, W.-B, ;
1 Want to buy 25 tiers 2 foot wood,
block oak and plrunulso .Ui.tiRre 14 Inch
mixed stoyo wood, Court Hull, Med
ford. ,
The Oregon girls are all right and
about as level headed as you will
find them. One of them when asked
recently why she did not marry,
replied: 1 nave considerable money
of my own, I have a parrot that
swears, a pet rabbit that chews and
a stove that smokes, so you see I
am not in need oi a nusoand very
badly."
Horace Greeley once said that
l:the darkest hour in the history of
any young man is when be sits
down to study how to get money
without honestly earning it." Judg
ing from the number of applicants
there are for fat federal offices at
present, there is a decidedly dark
hour with a good many young men
and some old ones.
To avoid mistakes by druggists
or the people Germany has a law
requiring that all drugs intended
far internal use shall be put up in
round bottles, and all intended for
external use in hexagon bottles. It
would not be a bad law if made gen
eral in the United States. "Mis
takes in the bottles" have been a
frequent cause of deaths.
A ten-mile-an-hour electrical cab
has appeared in London, and the
tare charged is the same as the ordi
nary cab. They carry power for a
nve hours run. That, if the thine
is not too complicated, will do up
the cab and coach horses of London.
It is just possible that the city of
the future is to be about noiseless.
The vehicles on noiseless wheels
will dart here and there with twice
the speed now obtained.
A naughty exchange says there
is scarcely anything that a woman
cannot do with a hairpin. She uses
it to pick her teeth, button shoes,
clean finger nails, punch bed bugs
out of cracks, fasten up stray bangs,
clean out her husband's pipe, piok
her toe-nails, dig out her ears,
scratch her headrun it into cakes
to see if they are done, and about a
million other things that the poor
deluded man knows nothing about.
Switzerland is to purchase all of
the railroads in that country, the
national legislature haying passed
tho bill of the general council which
has that end in view. A referendum
will probably be held, but there is
little danger ofvtbe measure's de
feat, for publio opinion in the re
public strongly supports it The
government will pay for thein at a
valuation which is 130,000,000 loss
than it would have to pay if it
bought the stock. :
' The total length of the world's
telegraph system bus now reached
4,UU,HV!l miles, exclusive of 180,
530 miles of suhiiiarlnu cables. Of
this Europe . has , l,7t4,7iX) miles,
Asia, 310,685 miles; Africa, UU,40i)
miles; Australia, 217,470 mlUs, and
America, -',010,511 miles. United
States Consul Germain, who sends
these figures to tho slate depart
ment from Zurich, says thoy show
that, notwithstanding tho steady
increase in the building of telegraph
linos all over Europe, America luuds
tho world, and has almost .doubled
the European mileage.
The postal savings bank was first
introduced in England in the spring
of 1801, tho project being warmly
supported by Mr. Gludtitono. Dur
ing tho first year of operations the
deposits amounted to 2,000,000;
in lSUti the deposits amounted to
over XHHl.OOO.OOO. It is stated that
at the present time ouo out of every
seven persons in England is a de
positor. The minimum deposit in
one shilling, or 24 cents, but a pro
vision is made in the form of stamp
cards, by which a penny stump can
be bought, afii.xed to the card until
12 have been purchased, when the
card can be deposited and a shilling
credited. I lus is to encouruiio chil
dren and small wage-earners to save
thoir pence. Ihu postal savings
banks pay 2.J per cent interest on
deposits, aud the maximum deposit
is JE50, but when the deposit roaches
the maximum tho depositor can
purchase per cent- government
consols and reopen bis account.
Postal savings banks havo also been
established in Prance, Austria,
Italy, Uelgium, Sweden, Russia and
Japan. In several of these countrios
provision is made for postmen in
rural districts to collect deposits,
thus saving time for busy people.
MINES AND MININCI.
I We Are Selling
From Dally Oregonlan, Oct. 1.
C. J. Brobst, of the Apollo Min
ing & Milling Company, whioh has
a fine property near Central Point.
Jackson County, brought the news
to Portland yesterday that a large
beam quartz mill is o be built there
next spring. The company haa five
claims on a vein that yields ore $1
to 110 per ton. It is fairlv devel
oped, but is growing riober as tun
nels are driven further, and ore of
much higher grade is looked for
in the spring. The present product,
however, can be worked profitably
by the new process, and Mr. Brobst
is enthusiastic over the prospects of
the mine.
"People who are rushing madly
. ,f i ,., ... .. .
to rvionuiKe don t realize what a
good thing they have near homo,"
said he. "It has always been the
babii for miners to pass the Cascade
range by as a range whore thore
was no gold. Considerable free gold
has been taken from Southern Ore
gon; but when it was all exhausted
that was the end of it, and the
country got the reputation of a
'pocket' district. But now quartz
operations hare begun, and thoy
pay. .
''There is great aotivity among
mining men in Southern Oregon.
Abandoned claims which are being
worked over are found to contain
good-paying rock. With a few now
process mills to work it up, an
amount of gold will be taken out of
Southern Oregon in the next few
years that will surprise people.
"We have already placed an
order for our plpnt in Denver, and
expect to have it in operation early
in the spring. I came to Southern
Oregon from Cripple Creek, and am
better satisfied with the prospects
here than I ever was in that district."
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A Muii'h lhnivy Fuwt HI nek Duck
Cout, linod till through with .Hub
bor, mid houvy Blanket insiilo of
liniif);, at ., ., ..
$1.50
We will rocoivu on Tuosdity next-
2,500 Yards
More of tho heavy twilled and kiiumu'd
Vicuna cloth, hitch as wo had last
..month. TIioho goods am remnants from
thu factory, and will bo tin hut lot we
shall bo able to get this season. They
arc extra good value. Call early anil
see them...
DEUEL & STEVENS
MEDFORD, OREGON
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Our many customers keep us hustling those
hot days, but wo still have timo to show in
tending purchasers tho host bargains ovor
.offorod in (Jrocerios. Call and see us and
you will surely como again
DAVIS & GILKEY
MEDFORD, ORE."
We have a fine assortment of styl
ishly trimmed hats ami patterns, which
wo Will (iisnlav next Tuesday. Wnlni.u.
day and Thursday, Sept. SJHth, 20th mid
30th. AVc will be pleased to huve tho
ladieB call and see them ut our store.
Mihh Medynski & Go. at the Pair store.
School Report.
.School report of district No. 44.
Table Rock, Ore., for the month be
ginning Sept. 6th, and ending Oct.
ist, io. .lotai number enrolled
22; average number beloneinor 20:
average daily attendance '18; The
names o) the pupils who were On
the monthly roll of honor for good
behavior are as follows: Mota
Morine, Florence Adams, Marion
Nealon, Maggie Nealon, Verne
Pendloton, May Nealon; Eddie Vin
cent, Rose Nealon. Marv Nealon.
Winnie Vincent, Ethel Davis, Harry
Nealon and Mollie Nichols;
Maud E. Downing, Teacher. '
Why suffer with coiighH, oblaV and
la grippe whon Laxative ' Dromo
Quinine will oure you in one day, Put
up in lablots convenient for taking.
Guaranteed to euro, or money re
funded. Price 25 cents. For sale by
Chas. Strang.
Spring trucks for prlnr house
hold moving. Well & Shearer.
I.iabbltt,
Mail offloe.
metal for sale , at Tub
Ready for Autumn Business
Our Fall Stocks are Now
Complete in all Departments
Our store is crowded with tho newest of new (tjV.
stylos, selected , with experienced care as to
quality and good taste as to style
' Our dress goods are positively tho very boBt
wo have ever had in stock. There is some
thing roally beautiful about them that you
I do not always find in tho ordinarilv Bolectil
i-stoek. Our iroods aro boutrht n.rnrr.mK- f,
2 suit the notions of tho ladies of Southern
fl Oregon. They aro up-to-date and worth
I more money than wo ask for them. Ladies'
and gents' furnishing goods .. ....
W, H. Meeker & Co.-
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X AT Tayler's, the
ruui riuer ...
School Shoes
i' or Children, Cirla and Boys, muuo extra solid-
All Sizea
and .. ..
Weights
pair warranted 'not to rip. i,owr prions. AIbo a line of
men's noavy plow and mining shoes oxtra cheap. I to pair
ing promptly attended to. Seventh street. Medford
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JUST flfffilVED I 0
New line of fishing tackol, ammunition and
hand loaded shells for tho Sportsmen
Clark's best sack twine for tho Threshers
and Mill men ...... i
All sizes of box nails for tho Fruit men ... .;.
Goneral' line of shelf and heavv hard wrtrn
for Everybody
BOYDEN & NICHOLSON,
THE HARDWARE MEN
Get Legal Blanks and Job Printing at Thh Mail Office.