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Mxdfohd, Friday, Jan. 7, 1898.
THIS PAPER rAttS
nnuiu Aceno7, M ana at neronania ki
chug, Baa Francisco, California, whore ooh
irmou i of aavenuiBf oaa oo maao lor it.
Our Clubbing last.
TBI Mail and Weekly 8. F. Call 12 25
ii ii Examiner 8 35
,f " " Chronlola 2 35
" " ' Orogonlan 2 00
" " Cosmopolitan.... 2 10
i"-:. " .Weekly Cluoln-
nati Enquirer, - 1 75
Read opening chapter of "Clar
enoe," by Bret Harte.in next week's
Mail.
One great trouble with tbe
country is found in tbe fact that
very few of the people are' trying to
get wealth in the old fashioned
Manner. ' - -
IB home production of beet
Bug&r will be a powerful ally for
, cane sugar in this country. It will
also be something of that nature
-in the American farmer's bank ac
count.
' A gallant California judge has
decreed that "a wife can be com
polled to support her husband by
labor." It is an undoubted fact
that multitudes of wives do that
without any order of courts.
, ; ; .
, Ignatius Donnelly claims that
if he had been nominated for presi
dent instead of Mr. Bryan, President
McKinley would have been defeated.
. Ignatius needs no nerve tonic.
There is no perceptible need for a
bracer for that "tired feeling."
In the light of the teachings of
revealed religion, what death could
be at once more touching and beau
tify than that of the Oakland, Calif.,
widow who last Sunday breathed
1. I 1 - V.L 1 1
xici uit iu uuuruu, ua uer Knees,
ana in tne very act oi prayer f
It is a notable., fact, although
multitudes fail to note it, that an
immense amount of gold will be
carried into the Klondike, as well
as out of it. It would be interesting
if a correct balance could be struck
"' between the amounts going in and
out. .
plre holding its possessions against
tbe several nations whioh are now
taking on war attitudes in the east
As a Christmas surprise tbe
Goulds raised the wages of all thei
railroad employes, As a Now Yoar
"inoident" the New England cotton
mill owners out the pay of all their
workmen and workwomen. Where
would a fellow be required to go to
dig up a basis of argumont on either
side of the above named directly
opposite incidents?
Tiik Mail today starts volume
ten; Five of these mile posts have
been turned by the present pub
Usher and the paper is still iude
pendent and with a,, circulation of
1920 papers even up. Our friends
are the kind a fellow needs to have
on his side at all times, while the
enemies we have made are those
for whom we don't give a durn, and
in this respeot honors are even up
This managers of tho entertain
ment given last Friday night re
quested that the ladies remove their
"head-gear" in order to permit.
others to see the performers. This
was done and it is remarkable, the
cloud of obstruction that was re
moved from before those sitting in
the rear of the hall. Since this
little hint has ' been brought out
among ourselves, here at home, how
nice it would be if this would be
come a habit at all publio gather
ings, for very often the ostrich tails
at theaters offer to the majority but
little more advantage than is re
ceivea Dy me small Doy wno pays
nothing and sits under the window
outside and listens.
What Keswick Is Like.
A o 1 1
aao- ivunu juuusuu uoe Bucveeuea
in iMioxoeraDninsr a thought, it in
quite probable that someone will
turn this new invention on Mayor
Pennoyer .of Portland and ascertain
precisely ' what that gentleman
;tbinkfl of Harvey Scott and the
Oregonian.
.Klondike is no farther north
than the inhabited portion of Nor
way land Sweden. It is the fact
that -everything up that way is
practically in the crude condition
whioh nature left it that makes the
going a trip possessed of hardships
and privations. ,- '
A Pennsylvania man sold his
wife for $3. -Ttnew York City
Hannah Robinson got $25 for her
liusband, John. However, this need
not be taken by, the new' woman as
establishing .the' market, value of
the respective life' partnerssome
' are cheaper than those . mentioned.
The United States has paid out
2,500,000 in the last seven years
to protect seal in return for which
Uncle Sam has only received $70,
000. .If that is to be the condition
of the future the sooner Congress
man 'Johnson's proposition to kill
' the seal off is adopted the better.
-it ' mmm ;
The New Years edition of the
. Oregonian was truly a beauty and
( full of much information that was
of direct , benefit to its readers all
over the land. It was especially of
interest and profit to Portland, as
it pictured that oity as the post of
supply purchase for the Klondike
countiy.
China is .the moBt . ancient em
pire in the world and contains . one
fifth of the human race. Because
of the fact that her. people will not
become enlightened and tip-to-date
there is little hope of tho great em-
In Shasta County, .Calif., is the
mining town ot Keswick, and in
Keswick are the smelters for the
great English copper mine. Kes-
wiok is the Butte City of California,
and the Butte City of Montana is
accorded the distinction of being
the morgue of the world because
of the unhealthy atmosphere
made so by the smoke from the
smelter. A correspondent to the
Yreka Journal thus describes the
big smelters and the town:
"The Iron Mountain Mining Com
pany have three big smelters here,
employing buu men lathe mine and
bw men at the smelters, on the
railroad, in the woods, and in the
yards, all being paid, monthly. The
company piles up hundreds of cords
of wood, in long winrows, and places
on top of same at one time one hun
dred thousand tons of ore, just as it
comes out of the mine.' Then thou
sands of gallons of coal oil poured
over the ore, is allowed to soak
through and into the wood, when
the whole is ign;ted. It burns for
two or three months, or as long as
there is any sulphur left in the ore.
It bubbles and sputters like a big
pot boiling, giving off a bluish
smoke, strongly impregnated with
sulphur and arsenic. When the
sulphur is all burnt out of the ore,
the slag is taken to the furnaces,
where the copper, gold, lead and
silver is separated from the rock.
This combination of metals is called
the mat, and is shipped to New
Jersey to be refined. Four carloads
per day are shipped, valued . at
twelve thousand dollars per car.
For this transportation the Southern
Pacific Company is paid $1200 and
there is gold enough in the ore to
pay for all expenses, which run very
close to $100,000 per month.
'.'The smoke from the smelters
and roasting processes clings to the
earth, and destroys all the vegeta
tion for a radius of a mile, while it
dainagSB vegetation for five miles.
Even here in Redding you notice
the pine trees look yellow. As you
approach the smelters it is more
noticeable, then suddenly you notice
all the vegetation is dead. Not a
blade of grass or green twig is to be
seen: in the town of Keswick; no
flowers in the yards, no lawn, no
plants in the windows; .no birds,
rabbits or squirrels to be seen
there is nothing for them to live on.
I noticed rosy-cheeked children,
pretty girls and hearty men, and I
met hollow cheeked men, who said
their lungs were not strong enough
to stand the smoke. I was told
chickens could not live there, but
the, falsity of the statement was
proven, for the chickens are there
in evidence, crow just as loud at
four o'clock in the morning as they
do in other towns, and none of them
died at the hotel where we stayed."
In Olden Times
People overlooked tho importance of
permanently beneficial effects and were
satisfied with transient action; but now
that U is generally known that Syrup
of Figs will permanently - overcome
habitual constipation, well-Informed
people will not buy other laxatives,
whieb act for a time, but finally Injure
the system. Buy the genuine, made
by tho California Fig Syrup Co.
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES.
May Spink and Mary Wulkor entered
uie sixut grauo Monday.
Glum loaders in seventh grade
Maggie Glutns and Olive Hurt,
Miss Kiith Peter, of Jacksonville, was
among tho visitors during tho past
monin
Addlo Bkootors returned to tho sixth
grade this week, after an nbsouoo of
sin-oral weeks.
The north primary enjoyed a visit to
Urs. rotor's room during their Christ
mas exorcises.
Tho pupils of tho fourth grade uour
uioncod the study of elementary googm
phy with tho new year.
Almost all ot tho fifth grado are ready
to worx again alter tuo vacation. Tliev
have begun tho study ot North America.
The ininlls of the second arado are
sorry to lose Bonnie Morksberry, who
baa moved toUold Hill with his parents.
Several new Diotures have been
ilaced in the dlllorent rooms by the
eacners in elmroo. Those are instruo.
tivo as well as ornamental,
Tho little iwonle of the south iirlmarv
were greatly pleased to see so manv
iaronu and friends present at their
Ihristmas oxerclios. Tliov bono to be
more prutlclont In their ontertuining by
the timo wo aro so nluasantlv HimiriHod
agaiu.
Tho pupils of tho public school aro
vory much opposed to the uction of
some of their number who tnko fruit.
etc., fram the disoluv boxos in front of
the stores. Such actions are considered
to bo stealing, and if it is not stooped
some arrests will follow.
Visitor: UmdiiUBii J. II Whitman J. R.
llsiwy, Wm. I'lrloU. H. Klxoh, ttcravnt, M.C.
IVl'MOOT. &1. Mtlllll.. I.. KCImll. 11. II. llhKk I1M
S. S. I'enti, A. B. Janlna. . U. Taylor, lluth.r,
J. O. Suillh. W. ii. Hun-. Vaulns. 1. I'. Itcsuu',
K. Fisher, Khodon. Mlssrs Lucy Illlch, HoU'tiu
Mitchell. Knima Wilson. Emma t'oltmian. Muv
PblDDH. L. Mlllor. (1. JnhtiMtnn. Mlah Altt'li.w.
Core Kouati, M. Qavltt, H. McPhenon, wilov,
and Messrs, J. S. Hum, Olio Ovmlt. W. D.
iH'uuerouu, J. n uev. w. pilonolsou, s. n. I villi,
l'rof. riavla, lr(. noyd, Kov. A. 8. Kostor, J.
II. Whllmuil. K. r. lluwmond, K. ltho.loii, II.
H. Hollliigsworlh. J. O'Coudor, W. K. Davis,
Kd. Kordyce. A. Mol'honton. Gavitt and L. U.
Warner.
Death of Miss Stewart.
A LITTLE OP BVBRVTHIMO;
Died At the faiullv resldenco in
Southwest Medford, on Friday, Dec. 31,
181)7. Junto Isabella Stewart, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stewart, aged
twenty-one years, six months and
twenty-four days.
This sad event lias oast a gloom over
this entire community whore Miss
Junie has been long and fuvcably
Known, sne was corn in uuinov. ill..
and came with her paronts to Oregon
in September 1885, where she was tho
light and joy of the beautiful homo of
bor fond DarenU. She was a member
of the first graduating class of the Med
ford high school. She won a lover'of
music, and would have graduated from
the San Jose musical conservatory,
where she had spent one year, bad she
not been called away. Possessed of
remarkably quiet dignity and firm
christian character, she greatly Im
pressed all of her young associates, and
gave a charm whioh brightened tho
walks of society la whioh she moved.
To know hor was to love her." Dur
Ing the autumn she took a eroat inter
est in her father's large fruit business.
ana perhaps oyer worked both mind
and body, bringing on tbe typhoid
fever, wbioh challenged the science of
the best physicians, and she passed
through the ''Golden Gate" just as tho
morning sunbeams shone upon her
face. Hor hope in Christ was expressed
in these lines she sang just before she
passed away:
"I know that my Redeemer lives
And baa prepared place lor me."
Funeral services were held at the
family residence, Sunday afternoon and
was very largely attended. She was a
member of the Baptist Church, and tbe
pastor, Rev. Geo. N. Annes, conduoted
the services. The Ladies' Quartet, of
Medford, sang very sweetly several
hymns appropriate for tbe occasions.
"Go to thy rest fair maid I
Go to thy dreamless bed.
While yet so gentle, uodeflled.
With blessings on thy head."
"Fresh roses In thy hand,
Buds on thy pillow laid,
fiasto from this dark and dreary land,
wnere nowcrs so quicsuy laae.
"Ere sin hath seared thy breast,
Or sorrow waked the tears.
Rise to thy throne of changeless rest,
In yon oelealtal sphere 1"
' O. N. A.
City Council Proceedings.
The city counoil met in regular ses-
present.
sion Tuesday evening. All officers
The treasurer's report was examined
and accepted.
Tbe report of Recorder Jones and
Engineer Oardor on an examination of
Recorder Stanfield's, (deceased), books
was presented ana accepted.
Street Commissioner Amann's report
was also filed and accepted.
The appointment of John O'Conder
as deputy marshal by the mayor was
confirmed by the council. O'Conder Is
to serve without pay.
Bond of Recorder Jones was ap
proved. The following bills were allowed:
Wm. Ulrich, wood I 93 23
Wm. Churchman, nlghtwatch salary,. .. 40 00
J. K. Darnell, doputy marshal, 3 00
O. B. Hasklns, hall rent, u 60
E. W. Carder, record books and engi
neer's salary 43 00
W. W. StanSeld, recorder's fees 8 26
F, Amann, street work, 17 00
Chas, Pbeister, oross walks -28 80
O. T. JonoB, recordor's fees 14 00
W. W. Woods, lumber, ' 10 00
John Fox was, on Wednosday,
uppoiutod collector of customs for
the distriot of Oregon,
A man with four hearts has boon
discovered in St. Louis, As long
us no Dnsirt given tueiu to iiH.mtuty
women, he amy still bo comfortable,
Klondike hits ono udvuutngo ovor
llIlnoiH, the oliinato is not ohaiiso
able. Illinois paper. It isn't, oh?
About liuu below itero in winter and
150 above in Hummer,
It appears from a reoont roport
mm tne tools wno try to "break the
bank" at Monte Carlo contributed
last year $7,700,000 to that great
gambling institution's collars.
The women of KanBaB still con
tinue to hold the balanoe of power
in soouring an ttie lucrative otlioos
in tho Btate. This in equal suffYugo
for womon, with a surplus in tho
treasury thrown in.
Tho recently oomnletod elevator
in New York, known as the Groat
Northern, lias a storage cupauitv of
3,uuu,uuu btiHiiois. it is tbo lurgust
in the world. The bins are cylindri
cal and built of steel.
Since Queen Victoria UBeondotl
tho throne there have boon ovor 500
of the X3 donations which hor muj
eaty usually bestows on mothers of
living triplets who are in poor or in-
aigcm oirctinititiuiuoB,
One of tho stations of tho railway
which is to bo built from the Heil
soa to the top of Mount Sinai will
be on tbo spot whore it is supposed
Moses stood whon ho received the
two tablets of the law from Jehovah
A Maryland man accused of kiss
ing a pretty girl, went to the tron
ble and expense of proving an alibi,
He should bo fined twice, once for
making such a dolenne, evon if in
nocent : and a second tune for not
being guilty.
"A man novor fools thoroughly at
nome at a bouse until be can smoke
in the parlor, says an exchange.
About the time a follow feols like
that the lady of tbe manor usually
wishes it was his home he was in
and not hers.
A young lady who received a
proposal of marriage in a letter,
and was requested to answer by
wire, and was told that ten words
would cost 25 cents, tho same as
message blank,
Will Probably Hang Today.
Durrani's ohauoos for osouh) from
tho gallows today have materially les
suited during the past low days, Iu tho
u in toil states circuit court Wednesday
Judges Morrow and Do Uuyuo rendered
their decision Iu tho Durrunt case,
stibinlltod Tuesday. Tboy denied the
apptluutlon (or a writ of habeas oorptis,
and ulao rofusod to grunt Durrani's
attorney leave to appeal from this dir
oisiiin. An appeal has boon made to
Govoruor Hudd to either commute thu
sentence or grunt a reprieve. Chief
Jtistloo Huatty, of tho supremo court,
who dissented from deolslons of his
colleagues against Durrani, visltod tho
governor Tuosday, but the result of
tho ooufurouoo it not known.
Doings of the Circuit Court.
Josonh G lliinlnn mi,! w ii ur,i .
" O Dollarhldo et al; confirmation of
sherilrs sale; sale eonllrmod,
1IC Allen, trustee, vs Hydraulic Min
ing Co; ot al: n ulntiirirlvnn until .inmi.
ary (1 to take further depositions.
J H Lamo vs Ilarriiitte Klllson; fore-
.'"''K1' ' jnugmuni lor plum
till for SI70.M) and :6 attorney fees am
iiiortgiiKod promises to lie sold.
Total tm 77
r Following will be found Oity Treas
urer Strang's report for the quarter
ending December 31, 1897 :'
RBCKOT8. . . r . i
Ool. 31, oash on hand 133
Water, 341 23
Licenses...
Taxes,
Fines andmarshal'a costB,.,
Empoundlng oow
Hale of horses,
DI8DDBSBMSST8.
Warrants paid with interest.
Treasurer's fees, .
Cosh on hand Deo, 31,
837 80
76S7
. 20 00
. 1 00
. 800
879 78
I ISO 08
878
720M
87V 73 I 879 78
The treasurer's booke show that from
January '97 to January '98, the warrants
issued amounted to (3096.67 and the
warrants canceled including Interest
amounted to (5415.21; a dlfioronco of
(1718.64.
Tin Mail can handle all the good
wood which our farmer friends have a
mind to bring in in payment for sub
scription. We can not take wood on
onr elbbing proposlt ions.
one, wrote on the
"yes," ten times.
Southern California will market
12,000 cars of oranges this winter.
about one-half of which will go east
over the Santa Fe and the other
half over tbe Southern Pacific, and
it is estimated that in five years
orange shipments will bo two to
three times as largo.
A prominent capitalist who was
recently offered for $75,000 an in
terest in a Klondike scheme war
ranted to pay $100,000 a . month
from the start, responded with this
message. "Pay for it out of tho
first month's earnings. Send tbe
surplus at once.1' The negotiation
railed to go through.
According to the press reports.
V. H. Kent, a Brooklyn lawyer.
lived by robbing his clients. He
seems to belong to tbe same class
the man who some time ago
wrote from the east to Portland in
quiring what sort of an opening
there was in Portland for a lawyer
to practice a little law and a good
deal of fraud.
The Chino Champion reports that
the beet sugar factory at that place
paid for beets during the season
ust closed $420,000. The number
of net tons of beets worked, up was
4,uuu barrels of petroleum
and 1,400 tons of coke were used
for fuel. 9,000 tons of burned lime
and 10,500 tons of lime rock were
used. 0,000 gallons of lubricants
were required to keep the machin
ery running smoothly. For next
year's campaign about 11,400 acres
of beets will be grown.
Durrant has made the following
request: First, that the rope used
to hang him shall be destroyed im
mediately alter his death, that no
person can say that he holds a niece
of it as a memento; second, that
none of the spectators shall be al
lowed to gaze upon his features
after he is executed; third, that no
autopsy shall be held after, death
and that no physician be allowed
to examine his body ; fourth, that
after he is pronounoed dead his re
mains shall be delivered to his
parents as soon as possible.
The Oregon Agriculturist says:
"About $10,000 have gone east from
Portland within the past month to
pay for eggs. It is probable that
$25,000 will not cover the whole
oost of eastern eggs imported into'
Oregon and Washington during the
month of October. It is unfortunate
that we are sending away so mnch
money that ought to bo distributed
at home. It is not because of a
lack of hens in this country that wo
are importing so many eggs. Thero
are hens enough, but wo nave not
lear'ned how to induco them to lay
a sufficient number of eggs at this
season for homo use."
Beauty, lllillty and Value
Arc happily eomuliiml In Hood's Humamirillu
Coupon Cakmlur lor IKiW, Tho lovoly nhiid'a
head In an I'lubouu-d kuIiI Irani, surrounded
by sprays of (lower, in inoxalo. the harmonious
pad lu tiluo with oltmr IlKuros, nnd the coupons
by moans or which many vuluablo books ami
ollmrartleliw may bo oUnuiiml, umUu up iln,
most dtislrubto imlomlur wo have ovor soon.
Tim Ural iwiumi urllolo Is Hood's ITr.tii
Cook's Hook, a hnudnomo, usohil volume of 360
pniina. Ask your druioilst lor Hood's Coupon
Calendar, or send cents In stamps (or one to
C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
la rttmory ol W. W, SUnrftld.
Wesley W. HUiullold wits born in tl o
statu of Ohio, Oct. 0,18211, and dlod In
Medford. Oregon, Duo. to, 1HK7, aged
sixty-eight years, two months and ten ;
days. He was married Moll, IN. 1K&0,
In New Unfile, Mich., 10 Louisa C,
BurnoM. Nino children were born to
them, four of whom are living ono sou
In Wavmly, Kansas, and one In Mis-,
soui'l, and two daughters' who reside In
Mudford with their mother. The eldest
daughter, Mrs. Minnie Dim Viuil, died
In Mudferd less Hum ono year ago, leav
ing hur little diitmhtor. Kdlih. i !
eared for by tliu loving graiidpurouts:
Little wonder that those riiiiiuinllig are
disheartened and sud, us successive lie-
roavumouta enter their homo taking from
them their dour and lovlnu futhnr mi. I
sister.
In the your 1801 Mr. Htuulleld enlisted
lu the war, II rut us a private In the 14th
Iowa Infantry, lie was afterwards
promoted to contain and fouuht llko
many a brave soldier In many hard con
tested fields, showing his devotion to
his country mid thu old lluir In Dm
of Hhlloh. Fori Donolsou mid l'lttsburg,
Ho waa discharged from duty ill the close
ol the war, returning to his home and
family then living lit Dos Moines, lows.
On leaving thero the family went to
Alum where Mr. Ktanlleld practiced law
for a nilinliur of veaiH. Ahu- ,llu,l,,u
of his properly and settling up tils busi
ness, ho, his wlfu unci four youngest
child run journeyed to (Jnllfortiia, stop
ping lu Sun Frunelsco (or a short time.
From hero they went to Vleora by water
and lu IKKII setlleil, at Heattle, Wash.
On mimtlng with I .verses and losses
there thoy came to Oregon in hopes of
lieltorlng their conditions, anil thoy have
resided In Southern Oregon uvor since,
XX,
"I'm olT ug!n, on uglu, gone agin
to Wo I tors, of course, (irocurios'r'
Yes."
W'al blanks at Tiik Mail cilice.
WANTED
A CARLOAD
IV
OF
HORSES ...
For particulars write to
Wm. Good fellow,
Fort Wayne, Ind.
8 and so, Holman St.
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Stove Wood
Is "Better than Gold" just now, ami wo havo
purchasod a lino of the fmnouH
Simond's Saws
Wo hovo four grades "Crescent." tl. "Ilon-Hnn "Mn "t.
ma,"7fioand "Wobfoot," ftOo, per foot. Thoy aro all made
expressly for us and boar our namo. Kvery blade warranted.
Wo havo tho best Axes tho world oan produno-alo a com
plete lino of General Hardwaro, Stoves and Tinware...
B0YDEN 6
NICBOISON
Just Arrived
Two now lines of ladles' up-to-date button and lace,
Goodyear welt and o
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Heliotrope and black silk brooado tops. Also a spoolal lino at 1.7f nor
pair low and spring boel, coin and squnro toes, light
and heavy wolght. beautiful Christmas prosonts ...
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talking loud that wo havo no
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and aee If wo don't troat you
whlto, and glvo you 100 cents ff
In valuo for ovory dollar you fl
invest...
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just bo regular do wo fill our shelving and countors with
Holiday Goods..:
Parker t& Higgins, medford. Oregon
Our stook comprisos Candies, Nuts, Cigars. Smokers'
Sete- and Toys for tho little onos nnd Chriatmns'Troos
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