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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1898)
; j NEWS OP THE STATE. The new railway from Goblo to As' lorin wm do nnisnua May 1st, Thore are 120 applications for par' don of oonv(ou m tho slato ponttonti' ary uu uie wua ino governor, Bheop are in demand In Glllliun County. - Prices ran ire front 12 25 2 35 lor yearlings after shearing, or a uu ffitn necoe Tho MoOloud railroad from Sleson will bo extended next summer and it will thon be a competition route for freight to Klamath ana Lane uounues, Rov. T. L. Ford, presiding elder of the la, K. utiuroa lor ine boutuern Oreron distriot. arrived in the city last Friday and remained until yestor day, holding regular quarterly confer- enoe. Robert Buohanan brought to Corval lis Inst Thursday 20 chlokens, only lour oi wnioo weignea less man six pounds aresaea. rue largest one weigh eu jut pounas on loot ana eight pound dressed. A Chinese gardener in Albany was arrested last week and fined tlS for cruelty to animals. He beat his horse unmercifully, and with an ax chopped off its legs while still alive, prepara tory to curving it, not taxing tne irouoie to Kin it. County Commissioner Reasoner, of Hiddleton, has received returns from a three-ton shipment of dried potatoes ; to fuget sound lor tne Alaska trade, and have placed an order whioh will , keep the dryer going lor 60 days, County Commissioner Frank Pllter, , Of Gilliam County, who lives near Con don, Is making preparations to sell Mb stock ranches ana sow bead of sheep. He ha been successful in the sheep , business, and can clean up 120,000 by tne saie oi ms sneep ana otner prop erty. - '... A man from Hood River presented to the county clerk not only the scalps but the hides of eleht bears, one eougar ana one wnacat ana ciaimea bounties ' there on. He didn't want to damage the pelts by removing the scalps, so he took the whole hides to the court souse. Joseph Craven owns 640 acres of land In Folk County. He has three fields of 80 acres each on one side, three fields of 80 each on the other, and along the mall stream in the center are 150 acres which is In Umber and pasture. He generally has two-thirds of his plow land in crop and one-third in summer fallow, eyery field opening to water. It is not surprising that Portland people encourage travel to Skagway. Already this year 3222 people have . ' sailed from that citv. no doubt outfit- ting there' In order to keep np the suicidal exodus the Portland papers . ' even try to make the publio believe : there is nothing in the stories of death and great hardships there, at least that tney are overarawn. Albany Democrat. A little son of B. B. Kelly, of La --Grande, narrowly escaped a serious ac cident law Thursday. The child had found in the yara & box of giant powder miu hh awjuk k owyiK open tne . uua wiiiu unwuu. jar. A.euw stopped . him, end, upon-examination found .j'.. , that the strange box contained sx plo sives which would undoubtedly nave ' 'created havoc had the box been bat tered open. , Saturday 81 head of fine beef cattle. . .,, . which will average about 1200 pounds, .v- were delivered at the stokyards, in .... Tfee Dalles, by Wm. Davis and John v, west, oi f apinitia. . Tbe cattle are tall-led, and as fine a bunch of cattle as anyone could desire, They were purchased for the Union Meat Com pany, of Portland. The price paid for them, was about 4. cents per pound, which will amount to a handsome sum. Reports from different sections'- in Umatilla County are to the effect that wheat is very early this season, being further along than is usual in the mid dle of April. In not a single instance " '-. lave the reports been anything but "favorable. Northwest of Pendleton, where a cron is not considered so cer tain as in the districts farther east, thousands of aces are green with young and growing wheat, and another rich harvest is promised. , The controversy as to wages between Judge Wm. H. Reed and his late em ployes on the Hammersley mine has taken the form of an injunction re straining the men from withholding possession or in any way interfering with the operation of the mine by the piainim. snerin tuau went up to the nine and served the papers, and tbe men quietly gave up possession. This, we presume, ends the unpleasant in cident. Oregon Mining Journal. G. W. Smith will this week start tbe rest of his beef cattle, ISO' bead,- from Klamath Falls to the.. railroad., They . ww ruti property oi tne fontanel :, union meat iwmpany, ana were pur- - v vumvu mi me uaaawme sum OI nearly 49000. They will be weighed in Klam , ath Fail! and for each pound of their . net weigni Air. amitn win receive , 7i . cents, tne top price paid lor cattle in v -. .. Boutnern Uregon, or anywhere else, i- bo r ai cnown, in many a long day General Manager T. H. Curtis, if i -. . tun nstona a. uoiumoia river railway, . stated last Saturday that only fifteen i miles remained to be covered with rails . so connect Astoria ana Portland, and : . rnas ne ran connaent now that the road , , would Dennisned In time to-run the urst tram lor the accommodation .ne delegates of the state convent: ': wnion will meet in Astoria April ,- rxne event will mark a double dateline Astoria's history the oompletJftn of "r.un P""eu ranroaa ana trje first t s?01!11' ?' 8 PUtlosl coyTentlon h.jm. no ,jrR9PBnions ajre being p i&j9. ?EProP"yr . eelrate the ae western union ' -uompany vat gang of'nli .Wltrneir-HllB between J aPorttahd, which will be op! oou.swaay;v .., . - Jtiarry sv Stephens: iwhl v. wens to ma uonerai v Grove at 10 o'cl habitual drunkard for tho last two vears, and was a yery dangerous man while drunk, baying commlttod many acts of violence. Ho threatened to do up Jones because the latter rofused him liquor tlrao aftor tlmo. Ho loft a young wife and baby. It is, or should be, tho hlgbost aim of every morchnnt to please his cus tomers; and that tho wide awako drug firm of Moyorsife Kshlomau, Sterling, 111., is doing so, is proven by the fol lowing, from Mr. Kshlomau; "In my sixteen years' experience in the drug business I have never seen or sold or triod a inedioine that gave as good satisfaction as Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Koinedy. Sold by G, H. Hasklns, druggist. Real Estate Transfers. Henry Roblnion to UenjamtQ J Abbott, SSU noma, tu Sti . r 1 w S 9A00 T D couklln to Fannlo Ulrdsoy, lou 1, 3, S, i, ft ami , blk H.GoM 11111. X) 0 M Graves to Max Pracbl, 4 acrtii, bo twera io anU IS. tp 3D , r 1 c SM) C M Armbruit loCM Oravpt, 4 semt, belwoen Kti and 16, Ip 91) a, 1 1 a 1 Santb K Ottiilanl to John LoTaeo, blks u ana u, in fcuon, liowoy c nou s sod to Aahltnd 1000 Laura O Donosbua to Sarali E Qaalard, i Aaniand 100 aherifl of Jaakaon Countv. to Laura O Uonoshue, blks Q and H, MAKING MEN BEGGARS. In Pslton, Holej & Nell's add to Ash land: aberltra deed lftro L Kenton to August Costal, Aihlaad Ironworks 1900 Aininno Limine rower ana Lignt to to aa aoro la Aabland, reverting rlpalr lan rlhu; ooaalderatloD, eaterprUo and lmnrovement Oscar 8waeker, CM Clemens and Jobn uatcn to w c rairaa and O C Ral, a , one-hair Interest In a quarts mlae In Foots ereek district Mm Margaret Jonas and llcry A Prjroe to I Arcnie vunningnam, a.w Acres, see w, lD36s.rlw...... ' Lombard Lliiuldatlon Co to Tbos Carr n auon, iota i, i ana s, see 21, tp 90 s, r ivKrai oi mil 1 A S Barnes, aheriS ot Jackson County. to Lombard Liquidation Co, s e V o( a w H and lou 1, 8 and S, all to seoll, tp 90s. rS w ... ' not D Linn, president ol the board ot trus tees of JsekaoniUle, to tbe helre of Andrew Davison, lot No SIS, Jaeksoa Tllla eemeutrv Ed(aab Williams to Jokn Prali' lota 10, mm miu i, uiK i., uoiu ma, kiiu goTera niint lou 1 and 2 and seXofaeii'of women In Lomlon Lrowtlliig Out the Hteruer Seat "I huvo before mo," says Walter Helmut, lu a reoent taauo of tliu liontloii Queen, "tho tlilrty-uoveuth uuuuul . port of tho Society for l'ronioting llio iCuiiloynient of Women. 1 tun sorry to learn from tills report that the denmiul for women elerks and bookkt-eiwrs is on (he invrease. "At tho siuiie time I nm Inforiuril in other quarters that Oioueniuls of men elerks nro triiinptng tlie atrwIH of Lon don, wearing out shoe leather In going up anil down stairs In the woary work of trying to II ml places. "They find, instead, women doing tlic work, which should keep them and tlielr wives, for half tho pay. One haa no objection to women doing men's work If they get men's pay. Tuev mnv even keep the men lu Idleness, if they please, like the luundresKca, "How shall we make these promoters understand tho cut-thront policy of pushing women in everywhere, at half or quarter the pay, and driving the men abroad? However, there are other and more satisfactory features about Uiis report. r.. "In tho lower walks something has been done by the society In getting places for women ashalr-drcssers will tney ever become such admirable art ists In this walk as the men? in ilnl ing cooks and waitresses, and In getting temporary wora oi nil lilmla for women. "But the numbers and figures given demonstrate that the work of the so ciety is but a drop in the ocean. We have 40,000,000 of people, with 130,000,000 of women and girls, and all who are past the age of 15, with uu Insignificant minority of nbout 500,000, are clamor ing for work." OH to Thos Riley, 100 seres. 1000 1S00 74 90 nd assault N. R.I relegraph sat work: )rla and tea in 4tjxl J in ai'day the '(he first ml Am. nl m .l 1UU VI ns; He asked ystat4erg . but jtuBhed at .OtOpliODS nhest ariii f Stephens; home.. He ad been a sep IS, IpSB ,r w..., nrr uarosuga to T aeoa 11 ud 14. tn M A 8 Mora to G k Walker, lou S, s and , blk 1, Saau Valley Manna S?Jler to Ida Behermerhorn, lou w , uu oo,aiouivni O V c R B Co, Patent No 100, southern ry adary of Oregon. I desire to attest to the merits nf Chamberlain's Cough Remedv as nnn of the most valuable and efficient rjrer arations on the market. It broke an exceedingly dangerous cough for me in 24 hours, and In gratitude therefor, I desire to inform vou that I will be without it, and you should feel proud of the high esteem in which your remedies are held bw nannla in rnrl It is the one remedy among ten thou sand. Success to it. O. R. Downey, Editor Democrat, Albion, Ind. For sale by G. H. Hasklns, druggist. QUICKLY FILLED. A Place In oasce Taat Did Hot Hesal Lena- Vacant. -, Great as is the agility of office seek ers, a story which was told some years ago seems apocryphal. It was) orig inally told by Mr. Jobn C. RItp, 0f iianmngmn, a man well Known In both social and business life in that ipity.' The story concerned Maj. Hobbie, trace member of congress from New York state, who, on the accession of Gn. Jackson to the presidency, was mae assistant postmaster general, which po sition he held until 1850. Maj. Hobbie. like man v of onrTir.. high officials, was ever readv with ti.- fatal answer: "No vacancy," to all ap plicants for office. Mr. Rives said the major had promised to aDDointa fri of his to the first vacancy, and he'had laineu on nira repeatedly to fulfillthat promise, but the invariable answer: "No vacancy," was the excuse, until he had abont concluded to relinoniai,. tt,. matter as a bad job. . At length one dav his frionrt onhim.outofbreathfromruni5?l!lir and told him that Mr. Paine, a post office L. just, oeen drowned j the canal, at the aame time luo-n;. a.. he would eo with him to secure jii8 nlace ATk.Vl.! 1 i .. '"'"'"e "c naa a sure hine this time. Mr. Rives said theyytoth has tened to the major's jfficeand.oonfi dently renewed. their application "No vacancy," said themajor.' " "Yes, there is," said v, , i:. Paine is dead, drowmCa in the canal, and I have just seen his body on tho bank nwaiting the obroner-g inquest." Whereupon Maj. gobble sent Imme diately forlns-misellaneous clerk, Mr. Marr, and to tW astonishment of ah i..cw j.iurrconnrmed the stereo, typed reply cfy0 vacancy." ' V.13'-.' yesj(,ere is," the applicant in sisted, 'jfaine i8 drowned." ' 'aVTrl this?" said the major. "Is f";,' 7ine really gone?" - . J v ' . . , . u.un utu ,u lfjna1' nnd his P'nce was "Iled an Houf ago by the abnointment nf the man ..who anw Mm foil i " v vt , iu. 1VU1U If mpaon. GAMBLING WOMEN. Coosplcaons at Osteod, Which Is Fast Ont trlpplni Monte Carlo. A very noticeable nnd unpleasant fea ture of the Ostend kursaal is the num ber of women who are to be seen gam bling there, says the New York Jour nal. English women take the lead as heavy players. The nightly scenes at the kursaal are of a startling nature. A correspondent writes from Ostend to an English newspaper: "At Monte Carlo the maximum rnW is nine napoleons on a roulette numher. Here at the Ostend kursaal , one can go up io oou ironcs, and it Is calculated that 300,000 francs con be won ad stroke. At txente et ouamnto ihe mnl. They Thoaght the Pretty Ulrl Who Bought a I'aper All Kla;ht. A young woman stood at the corner of Ilalated street and Archer avenue waiting for a downtown car. She had refined, sweet face, her brown hair waa parted over a smooth forehead, and pair of wonderfully expressive and beautiful blue eyea. Her drew waselc- gant, but modest, and seeing bar in that locality one instantly thought of sweet charity, says the Chicago Chron icle. Two ragged litle newsboys came up to the corner and gazed at her in frank admiration. Their look was re turned with one of kind Interest, and the ffkrl bono-ht a iinnir fmm hov-K t,,, t. ,n An m . ... I., " - ' 1 1 " "" iroucs, dui tne croupiers inem. just then her car came, and v. ;.i ucrmii, a supplementary stake of with a amUe she left the corner. PULLING A DOG'S , TEETH. Dentist's KsHrlfiiieo In lleniovlnn; Teeth from a Canine. "I have never been culled to pull it dog's tueth but. once,'' volunteered a well-known dentlat, reports the Wimli. lngtou .Star, "Had I known for what purpose I. was needed 1 would not haw reHKimled, but being on the. ground ( was too nervy to refuse. The eime was thut of a dog belonging to the wife of u Michigan senator. She hud several nice dogaof fancy breeds, ami I noticed that one of them acted strangely. Tliu telephone directory or that day had my nuiuo well up on top In the lint o'f dentists, and I presume Hint Is why 1 was called, it la no unusual tiling for dentists to be called to the hmiMSHof pa. Hems wno are sick or otherwise unable to go to the dentlat, and I packed up a row neeesKiii'lea and started. 1 was met at the door by the lady, who spoke of the sufferings of Miulge, 1 took It that Madge wna either a child or a favored servant, and triped as softly as 1 could upstairs to the room to which I waa directed. I noticed there were two or three little pug dogs lu the room, but did not dream that Madge. was one oi them, in a Tew lnomeuts tho ludy came up and picking up tho dog Bpoke sympathetically of Madge's sufferings. I was lu for' it, and lu a short time had a towel tied In Madge's mouth, and the next thing Madge knew she was three teeth short. I was asked my fee, but as I had never )erforineO such a service for money 1 did not know exactly what to charge. I made it three dollars and was paid. Since then when I iun culled by telephone I ask something nliout the work tn lxt done, for. uuless it is iny own dog, I preier to t)e excused from the work.' A Suffering Soldier. This veteran ought for his country,' suffered un told hardships and returned with health shattered. Many a brave soldier has the same history, Ttniay this one rejoices in a new-found strength and tells his experience to benefit others. CAUGHT THE BOYS' FANCY. No nun It belter known and liked In that rich tier ol Illinoii counties, of which Peoria b lbs centre, than genial Chester S. Harrington, ol PrlncevUle, 111. Mr, Harrtngtoa it a veteran ol the Ule war. Like many another brsve soldier, he suticreol not only during thai service, but lor years afterwards from dUeues con tracted then. Foe yean his health wu'ihattcred i his tulfcrinjp) fneteaaed. He was unable to gain relief, but now he tells a story which is oi peortt to many I "1 served three years In the 124th Ml nob, tainting at Ktwance, 11L," said he. MI was in Obey Prison and suifcrcd lUs roxny tnothtr Northern soldier. "The strain ol army tilt did its work in undermining my health, although the col lapse did not com lor sometime titer. "ForUtota ysart I suffered from general debiltty and rjcrvoeanrsa to badly that I could not siccp Indigestion resulted and my misery Ineretted. My eyes begsa to tail, and at my body lost vitality my mind teemed to give way. I cotdd scarcely remember vents that hap pened but a kw weeks before. ' For two years I wo unfitted lor busi ness. I vu just able lo creep around dur ing part of that ant, and there were many times when I could not get up. "My brother b a doctor, but all hb efforts to help ms lolled lo give any reiki, I triad a tMtmbtt ol remedies without 6,000 francs. lit should be added that wnne nt Monte Carlo j-ou can onlv nlav Ain't ahe a beauty?" asked one of the boya, while the other sang In a mav flirt wiin another, but I m sure she loves me," A middle-aged motherly-lookinir woman, wno naa watched the affair. with gold, at Ostend counters ire ol- clear, pretty voice: "She .uncu up to a vaiue of. 0,000 franca, and certain well-known persons obtain al most unlimited credit from the bank. I remember seeincr four nlnvci-. nt. nnn. who put the maximum of 12,000 franca aaked: "Do you mean me?" as ahe - u turn, ana uiis went on for naurs, nooody putting himself out In the least, while at Monto Carlo the fact pwyer risking the maximum is al ways publicly announced. Unfortun- n wiy, it. la the fnirsex which chiefly cul tivates the taste for gambling this year. - inaiea tajce the lead and are closely followed by tie Germans. It i. acanoai wnicn it Is high time should -ma BLOppeO. bought a poller, abe could not afford two. "Oh, no," answered the siiurer. "the jody with the pretty eyes." ow, I'm dieuipiiointod," sold the motherly woman. Weil," culled both boys.as they went on, "you're nil right, too. THE COWBOY CAUGHT ON But the Boetonee Girl's Blchfalotln Stag ion neaa waiter. Tha a. . juiiug nuuiau irom isoston waa at the table in a railroad restaurant in me inr west, and when she essayed to cut the steak with which she had been served she discovered that what she ueeaea was a higher ednoniinn t nthletics, anys the Detroit Free Press. After four or five ineffectual attempts ... uioaciit iv sne coiled to the waiter-iir1-1 ... nuiiu i you, sne asked, "give me a bit of steak which is characterized bv IDE. .a.-.!,.. .J II - .. nui:iiv ui iissuev The waiter staggered nr.d n cowboy uviua uit tutinur lookc-u up. i anin t tjintc ketch, miin.." snid the waiter, Venning forward wi-.h his hand to nis ear. i soul, and there was n t rade of an noyance in ber tone, "that 1 desired a portion of steak in which the cohe rence of the molecules was not so ap- "Oh," stammered the waiter, nnd h iioou nxeu wim his mouth open in niliuiCJIlCUl. . ' : ine young woman became embar rassed. - - "Here," snorte the gallant cowboy, coming to the rescue, with a sounding whack on the table, "git a move on yous what the lady want's is apiece of meat mu ain-i so tough she can't stick her puny tooth Into it; see?" and the young lady actually smiled as the waiter nnrrierl htj. 1 some one informed Hnhort .1 p Copelnnd, of this city, rbat boldlnc? a .uiu quanuiy ot carbolic acid in the mouth was a remrdv for the inninnk. He tried it. and the acid to pained him that, while easnlnir for hrrnth h .al lowed it. In less than an hour he - oeao. Mice are fond of music. This fnM suggested to an ingenious mechanic tbe utility of a mouse trap with a music box attached. He has constructed ono which plays for an hour. The mice, to get close to the strains of hnrmnnv wander into the trnn. and are enstlv caught. . London has a woman's rio-lits nm. tor who recently denied, in a nnhllo speecb, that women's attention topub licfliiisinpss made them nM7l,t. l,nm duties. She then requested any man In the audience who bad t-ufTered from this cause, to stand up. One meek Individual arose: it wn. hrr hit.band. STOOD BY HER RIGHTS. low a Womso lawyer Mad the Laet Word. The woman lawyer slammed a pile of lirlefa down before uh judge, accord ing to the New York Herald, and said: "I move to discharge tiie prisoner on the ground that the prosecution hnvo not proved their case nnd that the evi dence la irrelevant and immaterial." "Motion granted," said tho judge. "No more dastardly outrage was ever perpetrated," began the lawyer, "than the incarceration of this, my innocent client. He waa engaged in the pursuit of his dally vocation, when tbe strong arm of the law descended upon ill in. H--" "Madam," snld tbe judge, "have I not already told you that your motion was granted? The priaonrr la discharged." "He waa a man without guile," con tinued the fair couiwwlor. "He tup- poruMi nis rnmiiy as bent he could. He was In the initial of his family circle wnrn a minion or the law entered and demanded his Immediate ineorcrra Uon." i nave already decided In vour M . - . . . - iavor, maiiara, as I have told you twice," drawled the judtre. "What more do you want?" "What more do I want. Indeed V cried the woman lawyer, her face fluahins? to a crimson line. "Why, I want to argue this case. I stand on my constitutional right as a womsn to hare the last word, and I mean to have It." And ahe did. avail. Finally, having read articles re garding cures that had been eUacted by Dr. Williams' Pink PUli lor Pals People, 1 decided lo Iry them. That was in Iff. 1 bought a box and look Ihe pilU accord ing lo Instructions. -'Four dayt later I hid the happiest hours I had known for years, That night I went to ilcep easily and slept toundly as a child and awoke Kfrcahcd. "Alter I hid taken lour boirs ol the pills, I found that 1 was cured and had alto Increased 27 pounds In weight. " Thb greatly surprised my friends, who thought my cats was a hopeless one. I be gan my work again and bays coounMcd ever sines in excellent heal til " Another valuable gain lo me was, that wbllt I wu taking tffeac eiUi 1 had been cured ol Ihe smoking haNt, which had formed when I was a boyand had dung to me all these yean. Ths craving for tobacco left ms and I have never cipe rkneed h since. "I cannot uy enough loe these pUlt and have recommended them to many.' To verity thb statement Mr. Harrington made alfldavit lo Its tnithhuneat beiors Lincoln M. Coy Notary Public O Dr.TUIJanVPtnk PiUt foe Pale Ptosis strike st ths root ol disrate by acting di rectly upon ths impure blood. Their power Is marvelous and many wondarful cures have been made. Druggists oaoatiet them a potent remedy, and aOacll fMta BUTLER. ...JEWELER mm? 'firialu Watch Reporting Onnaaltan uoiel Nub A Illelorlo Km- This interestinc- Itev nf T, t o.. Castle is still in existence. It n found in the lake have been the one thrown In by young, Douglas, when Mary queen of Scot made her esenne. Thn KrttW.entnaa atn InallylntheposscsslonofWilliamHamm er, Esq., who presented it to Sir Walter Scott, having, first had an engraving mode of it. TheCastloofLochLeven is situated on en Island of about r.n acres, near the northwest extremity of the lake. Queen Mary, when she dis missed Bothwell bn CorhirrvU,lll o.I joined the insurgents; was carried can- 4 !.-r In. .J t 1. . ,. . . l . ...c jau.uuurijii, nnq.on.thc follovv Inrrdny commlited foLochTn On the 2.Mb. of Morel), JCS7-8, she nt- icinoteu to escape from thence, in the guise of n lnundreos. b lit wna i riio. trated. . On Monday. Mnv 2. ishr. ever, while tho family were at supper the boy, Willlom Doniruia. key of the Castle and gave egress to the queen and her maid frorrHhiBW. hold;' then, locking' the gates behind them to prevent pursuit, he placed the fugitives in a boat thotlflvnt haml n,i rowed them to the appointed landing place on the north side of the lake. Change of Climate Breaks Down the Health of an Oregon Man What a Few Bottles of Heed's Sarsaparllla Did for Him. . "Our home is in "Clark oounty, Wash ington. Uy little boy wss taken with asthma when etnly two years old, and grew worse until as was Ave, when the physician advised as to take him to a dry climate. I resolved to go to ths great wheat fields of Etstera Oregon and work in harvest, bat I soon fonnd mv own health waa ftHlng. I could neither sat or drink without getting sick. I was blind and ditty. I procured a bottle of Hood's Sarssparilla and began taking It, snd In s few weeks I wss well and able to work every day. My little boy Is now taking Hood's BarsaparUla with good results." D. Pattee, Wasco, Orogon. ' J e Sarsa S Darilla ts the bett-ln fact the One True Blood FurMtr. Bold tty all droggUto. i six for to. - When a woman tstla overboard ahe some, times drosrat mhm there Is a life buoy just wimiB a icw ttroaet Of her all because she doesn't happen to tee it. Sick neonle nftrn penan in tne aame way, nuy is Hood' Dillo 004 PTOi Pain or rl tains. - Drosjrtita sso. elp it within reach, but ther don'l V know last where a? it is. Tney be i"Teom discouraged ana disgusted with taking med icines and givs uu in aeenair. . Hrs. ' Usry 1. etewart, of oeratoga, nanta uara to., Cal . in a letter n TW t tr Pierce, ohief coniultlnar nhvslden. nl th jovaiiuB- notci ana surgical loatitutt, -Buf. tmm. HI tr lit er . r . ' . , mmjm. m nuucieu lor lOUItCCn years' with female weakness, nervousness ana senerai aeniiity, trying everything could find to helD me ell In an anil. Al thoutrhi I waa thnrnfivhlv HI r.t&mm-mA mmA disgusted with takingmediclnewben I heard of Dr. Pierce's medicines, I thought I would try once more to find relief. I took the I n,.1 u M II , T.1 M 1H . . Prescription,' and too rival praise cannot be given for the rapid relief they gave me. . I am now free from the former f rnnfileB . ait may God blets Dr. Pierce in sll his under takings to cure suffering humanity." . tnouiaaaa wno naa reached this forlorn and hopeless condition of body snd mind have found new hope and rescue in the use vi ueae marvelous remedies. Dr. Pierce's great thousand - page book, "The People's Common Sense Medical Ad. iser" ia sent free in paper covert for ai one-cent stamps to psy cost of mailing only) or, cloth -bound for 31 stamps, Address, Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Se7.,c Thompson, of Bast Calais, Washing. !P? CO i.V'n writes concerning this great word ' I am charmed with the tlyle and general sub ject matter of the entire work. I consider It a valuable addition to my carefully selected library. The purpoaetosetmen right physically Ittaoble one. 1 am also .pleased with the refined and at the same time Ifarleta way In which you handle noee delicate subjects pertaining 10 biology, thut making the work admirably fitted (of the young." SCANT COURTESY. Americana Aeeoeed of Belns Bada tn Women lo Sleeping Care. I tm sorry to hnvo to nnv II " r marked, a sleeping car conductor. reports the Wnalilngton Star, "but somehow, and I have no cxplamvt Ion for It, m travelling arc not its courti-mm and '.'commoda,ting to lady travelers u tney snouitl lie. I he men who link for all klnda of nccommoiiationa, whem they have their wives, sisters or female relatives trav. eling w:lh them, nnd thev never fnll then to cJalm evvrythiiur In hiirhl. nr.1 rn nwny cases the men wlio dccliiu to givn similar favora to otlicr lady puMncJiarcni. 111. .. . .. ... u namuLT 01 incc, tno upper berths in a sleeping eat- arc tbe bent, the best ventilated, and I think cxpeirl ence has shown the safest In cases of wrecK. ritlll, the demon! is nearly al ways for tho lower berths, because It w etwier to get Into them. This Is par ticmlarly so with lady travelers., "In my last half-dozen trips from and back to the city I have hod mnrn than the usual percentage of lady passen gers, mnd I have not succeeded In ono onae. in getting any of the men travel ers to surrnnder a lower berth for an upper berth. The men, boing more ex perlencetl, seemed the lower berths anil refused to give them up." A Smart Brother. , A negro waa discovered carrying a very largo armful of books, which brought forth the Inquiry: "doing to school?" - 'Yen, sah, boss.'' . '. , , DO you study oil those books?" , "No. snli ,lio m... t a Iffnornr.t kind cr nigger side' him, boss. ou j(.t orter oce dat nigger clean through addition, partition, ub trnctloin dlstrnctloni abomination, jus tiUcatlon,, orotition. ' niniuiiniin. .i Jllott's Nerverine Pflls Tbs; great remedy ior nexvoua pros tration and all nervous dtataaes oi Ihe fenerttrve or- i twsroaa am arrsc Pswu. tea. stttn aa Neawaua TK,mt,miLmt v.nu- fftlit tat oi Toeawco ot Optuen, which tad to Cmmtm ud Intanlty. $140 ktz. ua try tnaii 1 sxuus tor lUKL iLsrawtL kuH OTTSOHI For sale by O.B rVt l, Carftbjit; Hasklns, Medford. 16 to 1" Barber Slop J. B. HARDEN, Prop'r All work Btrlotlv firstolrma and my prices are the low est In the city.... Shop on Seventh stceet. op posite Union Livery Stables. EAST AND SOUTH BY TIIU . . , ' The - Shasta - Route ' or rat ' " : '-' SODTHERN PACIFIC COMPAST. BZFRB8S TltAIKS LEAVE DAILY. POHTLAND Rnnth :00p. m :1T t.m 7:6 a.m Lv. Lv. Ar. rorlland Ar. Medford Lv San Franolsoo Lv. North " ttiOa. m 1:1? p. m 800 . m AbATf (Mid, .Im a. - I . . 'I. Vnrtimmm LZma 7 F Z" "WWHS DOlWOeB hu-m ii. . .i.T . " mii iron noee oarg to Ashland Inclntlve. 08RHURO MAtLDAlLY. . It,m S'sO p. m Lv. Ar Portland , Ar Hoeetmrt - ' Lv 1:30 p. m lao. an - . :vr i Erf aTrFnT7&, i n4 'V nf ill liUlwlilNfX ELY'S flRfliM a ... - APP.J Into tte noVuH!..' lZSSJSSt S?5 f T&m: br mail i Uniia STtaiaT Wntog COTbn Ogdei. Route. 'ailSIH BXm S'P"S and Becond Class Bleeplns Cart atlaehea to all through trains Between Portland nnd ComlHs ! wkst sinn piVwion.' trains dally, exosptBundayi : 7 :S0 a, m 13:16 pm Xv Ar "iWtlancT Oorvallls Ar Lv I 6:fe p. m I l.-Oip.m At Albany anrti Dorvallla oonneet with tralna - of 0,0, B. railway. Etprett Trains dal.y, ezooptsnndayi JiMpTm 7:80 p. m 8 S0 D,m Xv" Ar Ar Portlanid ' MoMlnnvllle indopfindonoo ' Lv Lv 8:25a. m 6:Ma, m I:f0 a, mi Tllrent mih..iiu clilnni.i Zir "". 'V D"P frnncisco wiin oe. un nnniicaUDn. ' . . ' Aunui. iHt"iS', 01'1i "nnnolulu snd; sou A?n!.r'1,td a-W. V.Lipptn. . ootl, Agent, Medford, 4 . KOBm.ER, ' O.H. MARKHAM, O.K. Sir A ORISON. BUT una, M Warren St,, new lork Olty, 1 Manager. SOSTUND