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PKOITKSBIONAL OABDB.
J$, K.IR0HGICS8NKR,
IMIYHICIAN AND BUllUI'.ON,
Mudford, Oregon
r OBloo-l.luilluy UuIIiIIuk, HoveulU Htruol, Hua
" donoo On ('ouuly ruiid.
J, M. K1CEN1C, D. I). 8.
Ol'KUATIVK UKNTIHTIIY A HI'KCIA I.TV.
"OOloca In AilUlim ll.iuol blocK, MaiHord, Ore.
W. 8. J ON KB,
IMIYHICIAN AND HUIIOKON.
Madford. OrouoD.
iVOIBoo Opera lllooli.
COLVIQ A REAM KB,
W. M. Colvlg A. K. Itoami-a
I.A.WYKKH.
Orlb Minsk, Jackonvlllo,OroKin.
Will praollce In All Iho court of tho mla.
fjauoful couuaol glveu In ml matter
J, 8. HOWARD,
nURVKYOK AND CIVII, KNOINKKIV.
U. . Doputy Mlnrrul rlurvoyur (ur tbo Stale
qi urcgoa. i oaiuiuec auuroaa.
MtHlfiird. Oretfnn.
V. U- PARKER,
t ATTOHNKY AT UAW,
Hamlin UlocW. Mcdlord, Ore.
HAMMOND & VAWTER,
Austin 8. Hammond. Wm. I. Vawlor.
ATTOHNKYH AT LAW
Offit.-l.O.O. H. building,
Mcdford, Ol
J, B. WAIT,
PIIYHICIAN AND HOIIOHON,
0 la Chlliltr' Black.
Mcdford, Ol
K, B. PICKRL,
PIIYHICIAN IANU BIIK'.r.OM
onto hour 10 lo I'i . m. and J to 4 p. m.
Uunday.-lilo I.
Medford, Or
OBJc: Uaskln Block.
W. I. Vawt. In. U. '. AliKlH. V lre
J. C. eTRT, Chlcr.
Jackson My
...CAPITAL, $50,000
MEDTOUD. OREGON
Loan monBv on aonro'ftd aocurlty, receive d
pualla autijcol lo chock and tranaaol a mmn
bauklng bualneaa. Your bualneaa aollclted....
California Bank. Han Kranolaco. Ladd
Tlllon, Portland, Uorbln Banking Co.. H. Y,
C has. Perdue . .
Taial Gi and
Bicycles rtpaired - on short
notice at living pricoa....
Shop in J. A. Whitman's
warorooma....
: Backsmiths
Aro to be found nt thu Brick Shop
Bhoolntr horses, pluiu or fancy.,
Wo will mumifuutiiro wagons or
liiiueloB to onlor.
Call und see. our new cart wlioole
already tlroil. Wo guurtinteo
our work.
Wood : Short : In : Connection
You
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You oan have U oil for
Per . . eAi Per
Month OUC Month
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OroitoB. It Is tho Inrpost ovonong news
paper publtahod In Oregon 1 It contains
all tho mows of tho stnlo and nation.
Try II for n month. A sample oopy will
too mailed to yon froo. Address
THE TELEORAM,
Portland, Oregon
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VOL. I.
flEW ARRIVALS.
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We Havea Great Variety of Fishing
J.
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WELL SADDLED
la niforjr homo that la BtlcU out with now lontbor at my harness abop.
Fly Nets, Fly Shaets and Dusters-
Kvoryihlnu tbal'a good for aummor ua now In atock. Carrlano wblua
aud lap rubca. (im your buggy lop and huruoaa Hied up.
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MEDPOKD,
G. TAYLOR,
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DON'T LET
Tliat I haio tbo luruont and boat aoleolod Btook of furniture,
carpoU, wall pupur und window alludes to bo found In South
ern Oregon ....
Escape Your Attention..."1
'fy;" "ro a pr(wioollve purchuaer yeu will Ond my (rood a
tbo iiiifom In ifi-adu und tbo loweat In prloe. Undertaking,
lo oonnootlon
JULIE
IQBLE
J. O. WJHIPP, Propr.
Does General Contracting in all
GRANITE AND MARBLE WORKS.
J aoksonvillo,
rates PRon...
to $1 PER DAY
Medford,
. Tho N'BBh U one
Oregon, and do
accommodation
STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS
il. muigi.
beat brands of
ilJUl
Free Sample-Roomo F0B c"""'" men.
Presorit)tions
Main Street '
Carefully
FRANK W. WAIT
...STONE YARD
Gonornl contracting In all linos of stono work.
Cemetery Work
a Specialty
All kinds of mnrblo and granite roonumonts
ordorcd dlrcot from th quary...
Yard on 0 slrcot
Oommorlolal Hotel Block
IB
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I S3
Onion Luitetfy Stables...
, ' J. COMPTON Proprietor
Having latol y purohaBed this popular stable we are now pre
pctrod to furnish flrat-olass riis and safo and fast driving
horsos at roasona'ilo rates. , Horses boarded ....
Commercial . Travelers . Rigs a . Specialty
1
MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY,
lU.mlnum.Warei '
AIho a Largo Assortment of Nickel
Fluted Copper Ware ia Kitchen Uten
sils, at Greatly Reduced I'ricoH. Theao
arc the Bout und Moat Durable WareB
Nov in uho.
Tacklei Guns and Ammunition.
BEEK & 00.
OREQON.J
THE fact"
T. A . "WTHTTR
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lines.
WORKS
CEMETERY WORK A SPECIALTY
- Oregon.
L. HA11 LTON
... fROHIITOR ..
Oregon
of the most Mpulnr hotels In Southern
pains are spared for the comfort and
of jfuosts. Everything about the house
on, is aiways suppupa with the very
wlnos, liquors and cigars ....
V "THE iMORTAR
DtUG;STORE;
0. H. HASKINS, Prop'r.
Ha. .Tm. m tni unb t
Purs Diugi, Patent Medlelnea, Books.
Stationery,
PAINTS "o OILS,
Tobaccos, Clgara, Perfumery, Toilet Artlclea an
' everything that la carried in a first
olaaa URUU STORK
Compounded.
Medford Oregon.
"MEDFORD, OREGON
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OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1898.
WOJIKIKO I3W GUNS.
An Exciting Scone on a Great
" Battleship. ,
How at Tfclrteea-Iaeb Cmmi T-fcvow?
lroleclll Wrlialilas 1,100
Foeails Clearing for
Action.
"I am told," attld Copt. Iligglnson, of
the battli'aliip .MiiHHiivliiiKeUa, now of
the flying aqundron, "that the Indiana
put a Hhell from licr 13-inch gun
through a target ut 2,000 ynrda, and
then went through the name hole with
aenoud shell. 1'retty good work for
one of th cue fulluwa," and the mtiacular
little til pt 11 1 11 Htrolicil the muzzle of one
of the our 13-inch guns that make up
the main buttery of the big ship of the
line.
Don't get out a tape meuaure or a foot
rule and measure off 13 inches and
wonder to what portion of the gun that
refers, because It would avail you little;
but rather llaten to the account of the
stttpeodouanesa of this greatest cnginr
of destruction, of modern days. A "13
Inch brecch-loodlng rifle," as the big
gest gun used in the nary is technically
described, is a piece of metal weightnr;
130,000 pounds, a few inches over 3:
feet in length, and with a powder space
1S.S inches in diameter and 80.8 inchen
long.
The only reference to 13 Inches Is in
the diameter of the steel projectile fired.
This monstrous gua throws a projectile
that weighs 1,100 pounds, and the
amount of powder consumed for each
shot so Ilrcd ia O-'U pounds. The explo
sion of this powder sends this weight
of 1,100 pounds of metnl from the muz
zle at the speed of 2.100 feet per sec
ond, and with an energy of 33,627 torn
enough to send it through 24 inches of
steel at 1,000 yards, and 21 Inches at a
mile distant; and while the mechanism
of this gun is complicated, and while
every purt after every shot must be
cleaned, so complete is the discipline
aboard that It may be fired once every
three minutes. And there are four of
these terrible engines.
It is a bright, clear day, and the Mas
sachuetts has sighted an enemy's war
ship. The preliminary work of clearing
for action has been accomplished; rail
ings, ladders and boats urc down and
hnve been stowed away, and everylhing
movable in the big ship fastened. The
glass port lights have been replaced
with steel, the water-tight compart
ments closed, the electric plants for
lighting the ship, turning the turrets
und working the ammunition Jilt:
aturtcd; the ammunition magazines
opened, and, lastly, the sick bed pre
pared.
In the forward turret with the great
pair of 13-inch rifles stands a crew of
12 men, six to each gun. In the hood of
the turret, just above the men, sits a
senior oliicer and a junior othcer. "si
lenre!" is the first command, uud grim
ly the half-naked men of the gun crew
stand behind the guns. "Cast loose and
provide," sharply riugs the order, and
every man is Instantly working.
The gun copluin and numbers two,
three and four, who are the practical
gunners, unshackle the great monster
from its peace fastenings; one sees that
repair tools and cleaners are placed,
gets water aud hose ready; another
opens the safety valves and exhaust
pipes, starts the smoke fan, and ships
1 lie sight; and another provides drink'
Ing water and docs a dozen other things,
But all is done within a space of four
minutes, und again each man in his
place stands like a statue of bronze
The ammunition has come up pre
pnred with fuses, and then come the or
ders, in quick succession: "Open
breech, sponge, land shell,
The great
hydraulic rammer pushes in the big
1,100-pound ' steel projectile. "Load
first cartridge," and the brown pow
der, oue-half the quantity necessary,
goes In. "Load second cartridge," and
in.goea the second. "Down lift," and
the ammunition carriage goes down for
more. "Close breech," comes the order
quickly, and followed in an instant by
"Prime," when the captain puts in the
electric primer.
Then the captain of the gun, seeing
everybody clear, says "Heady," and the
ofllecr In the hood above responds with,
"Point." Slowly both turret nnd gun
are moved until the range finder indi
cates that the muzzle is pointing nt the
enemy. Then, quick as a (lash, the offi
cer In the turret hood closes the electric
circuit aud the big projectile goes on its
path of destruction. George Edward
Graham, in Leslie's Weekly.
A Iluoy'a Long Journey.
The Inhabitants of the lonely isle of
St. Kilda were astonished not long ago
at the appearance of a great blood-red,
conical object floating on the wild At
lantic billows to the westward of the
Isle. With much difficulty the derelict
was brought to shore, nnd, as the at
Klldnn8 ld never before seen such a
queer-looking thing nnd could make no
guess as to its purpose or place in the
scale of created things, they indulged in
wild visions of its valuable nature. But-,
when the factor came across on his
yearly visit from the neighboring but
distant Island of Great Britain, he iden
titled it as a great iron buoy, which, il
subsequently appeared, had broken
awny from its moorings in New York
harbor and drifted in the gulf stream
across the Atlantic. It had taken two
years in the passage.
NO. 29.
Won't Talk Into a Fboaoarraph.
Mr. Edition has persistently refused
to register his voice upon a phonograph
cylinder for repetition. To some friends
who urged him to talk into one of these
muebliica he gave his reason: "it would
make me stck with disgust to see
placarded on phonographs everywhere
I turn; 'Drop a nickel In the slot and
hear Edison talk. No, no; none of that
for me." The tone of voice In which he
stated his objection made it clearly ap
parent that be could neither be coaxed
nor dragged into granting the request,
even though he has had an offer of $10,
000 for a five-minutes' talk. In perfect
ing the phonograph be has, of course,
been obliged to talk Into the machine
frequently, but the cylinder is always
craped so that his voice cannot be re
produced. To one close friend, how
ever, he reluctantly gave a cylinder re
cording a few of his words, and to a
young man who particularly interested
him he gave another on which ia re
corded bis favorite story. These are
the only two in existence.
alt Watair Oa.aeh fir..
Tha proposition to ley an auxiliary
system of water pipe through the bust-
neca section of New York, ia order to
procure a larger supply of water from
tne North and Eat rivera for the Are
department, also to utilize the auperior
r jwer or tne engine on tne Are boats,
has again been brought forward. Com
missioner Sheffield, Chref Bonner and
Foster Crowell, a civil engineer, have al
ready inspected the pipe ia Boston
which will bring sea water into use in
case, of fire, and they will leave for a
visit to Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit and
Milwaukee, in which citie the fresh'
water from the great lakes is used. A
yet alt water in this country has sot
been tried, although for Are purpose
and for fluahlng streets it ha been sat
isfactorily employed 1n Kngland, nota-
bly at Plymouth, Berwick, Birkenhead,1
Bournemouth, Falmouth and
Yr-
mouth. Borton Transcript.
Spala'a Treatment at Oolambaa.
Some of the Spanish papers in the
controversies of the past few weeks
have aecused Americans of ingratitude
toward the land-which sent Christopher
Columbus on his voyage of discovery.
While Spain, or rather Queen Isabelln,
is entitled to the credit of that great
navigntor's achieves. !ct, the former haB
no special reason for pride in recalling
her treatment of him. Columbus was
not a Spaniard, and it was on'.y after
years of wenry waiting that he secured
the authority and aid to make his first
voyage. After the first excitement of
his discovery wore off Columbus expe
rienced all the fickleness, ingratitud';
nnd treachery of the Spanish charac
ter. Froni one of his voyages he was
sent, horn in irons. After Queen Isa
bella's death the king. Ferdinand, who
never was friendly to the one man who
had made his reign famous, treated
him with shameful neglect, nnd Colum
bus, who had added a new world to the
posFessiiiis of Spain, died in poverty
and difRrncc. It was nharncteristic. of
his adopted people and of the ir.yraU'
king that a pompous funeral was ac
couicd to the remains of the man who,
while living, had been turned out, like
an abused and abandoued horse, to die
in penury and neglect. The dust of
Christopher Columbus now reposes in
the Cathedral of Havana. Should Spain
be driven from Cuba it is to be hoped
that in abandoning the last of her Amer
ican possessions she will leave on the
soil of the new world discovered-by him
the remains of the great explorer of
whose achievements and glory she
proved herself unworthy. Slexican
Two Republics.
lie Woa Nearly fllOO.OOO.
The latest coup nt Monte Carlo was,
it appears, made bv an Englishman,
I not. it is said, wholly unknown on the
I London stock exchange. Theorherday
he went from one table to the other,
placinjr the maximum on the same num
ber, and, strange to relate, ateach tabic
this number came up. The lucky player
then went to the trente-et-quarnnte
room and put the maximum on three
of the tables there, and at each he se-
lerted the right color. One of the head
croupiers said it was the worst day the
Monte Carlo rooms had known forsome
time, nnd, moreover, stated that he be
lieved the Englishman had won a sum
of money amounting to nenrly $200,000.
St. .Tamos Gazette.
Pretty (Jaae for Uolllea.
A pretty doily cacc is made of a piece
of linen nu inch wider than the doily
and three times its width in length.
This is the size finished. The edges arc
all 'hemstitched with a hem about three
quarters of an inch wide nnd then one
end is doubled up and made into a
pocket by joining the edges with a
piece of lace insertion. 'This leaves a
flap of the same size, which may be dec
orated to match the set of doilies which
the case is intended to hold, either fl
ail white embroidery, with lace, or ir.
olors. It is n dnlnty wny of sendlnr
1 set ns A present or keeping them to
aether In tho drawer devoted to table
embroldory. Chicrtgo Tribune.
: Somewhat MnillAerl.
"You any that I nm the first man that
you hnve kissed!" he exclaimed, rnp
turoualy. "This wecki" alio added, in an explan
atory tone. "You must remember that
this is not the first time that we have
had good sleighing this winter."
It is never wise for a young man to get
the idea that lie la the only one who
drives u .gentle horse to a narrow cutter.
If You Want to Reach
the People of
Jackson County. , .
the moat of thorn
the best of thoin
You've Got to
Use the Paper,
that Reaches
the moat of thorn
the best of thorn
THE
MAIL
CIRCULATION 1900
LIGHTHOUSES IN WAR
Can Be Used to Lure an Enemy'
Ships to Destruction. ,
peelal Datlea af the Keeper la Tlaaa
of Troable How the Meal
Might Be Maalpalate
to Advantage.
The lighthouse keeper has his special
duties in times of war, and it is in his
power to render valuable service to his
country's cause. The extinguishing of
the lights in the bay was the beginning
of a policy which was outlined early in
March by the lighthouse board.
At that time general instructions
were Issued to the keepers of the light
houses ordering them to familiarize
themselves and their assistants with all
the requirements Incident to the exi
gencies of war. The extinguishing of
the shore lights will be a last resort, as
the extensive commerce of foreign mer
chant vessels would be seriously inter
fered with by it. The order to put out
these lights will only come in case of
actual danger of Invasion by foreign
men-of-war.
, In considering the various means by
which the lighthouse keeper can render
service in war time, il is necessary t j
know something of the lights them
selves. In every lighthouse station the
beacon has some characteristic with
which the mariner is familiar, or which
he may readily recognize by an exami
nation of 'tis chart. In some Cases the
beacon is a fixed, white light, which
uever changes, but sends its rays far
out to sea, where the watchful pilot
recognizes it at a glance.
Other lights change from red to
white, or the reverse, or show a disk,
one side of which is white and the other
red. The approaching mariner know
at once in what direction be should
steer. If the red light is on the right
and the white on the left side of the
disk, be kuows that by keeping to the
left he will find a sate channel, while
dangerous shoals await him in the op
posite direction. Of course, it is obvi
ous that the lighthouse keeper by re
versing the colors on the disk could do
Inestimable damage to unfriendly ves
sels. In all such cases it is obvious that.
our own mariners must be warned in
time of the changes contemplated. .. ... .
Other lighthouses have a beacon flash
ing white at regular intervals. Thu
the characteristic of the light at Fire
island is "one flash every minute." If
this were changed, so that the light
would flash only once in two minute,
the mariner would be as badly off as If
there were no light-at all. With the
idea in his head that he had reached a
point near Fire island, the unusual sig
nal would signify to him that his cal
culations were wrong, and that he was
in an entirely different locality.
Another means by which the pilot
gauges his location is the distance of
visibility of the light. Shinnecock light,
for example, is a fixed white light situ
ated on Panqtiogue point, on the north
side of Shinnecock bay, Long island,
one mile from the line of sea beach and
about midway between Montauk point
and Fire island light stations. It is
visible at a distance of 18 nautical
miles. Now, if it were known that an
enemy's ship were approaching, the
light could be screened so as to not be
visible at all or to be visible at a halt'
or quarter of the usual distance. The
vessel might thus be led into a trap be
fore its pilot realizes his proximity to
the dangerous coast.
The changing of fog signals has also
been contemplated' as ' an effective
means of deceiving the enemy. It is the
opinion of those most familiar with the
subject, however, that In cases of actual
invasion of our waters by the enemy's
ships the signals would be discontinued
altogether. ,
The characteristics of fog signals are
indicated by the length of blasts and
the intervals at which they are given,
and it is thought that changes might be
misleading even to our own pilots,
N. Y. Sun. .
Shape of Rtee. "'' " "
A quurt of milk, four tnblcspoonfulB
of Carolina rice, vanilla flavoring, ten
lumps of sugar. Put the milk, rice and
rugar in an enameled saucepan and let
it cook gei.tly over a slow firs fornbout
on hour; it should be stirred every now
and again to prevent the rice from stick
ing to the bottom of the saucepan;
when tho rice is quite soft flavor with
t few drops of vanilla and pour it into
n dump n.old;. turn out when cold on a
-lass dish nivl .:u: ro'.-.r.(l v.-' ' h any jam
preferred. For creams, jellies, blano
nnnges. cold 1 ice, etc., I!'.,' ;nold should
N wet, not f r. nscd; fii! it with cold
water while the sweet is being prepared
nnd empty just whui wquircd for use.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Shoe In Japan. ' ' ?
Japan, with over 40,000,000 -. inhab
itants, has only one leather shoe fac
tory. Nenrly all the natives still wear
snudnls of straw or wood. Albany Ar
gus. Maatia for Sailing- Veasela.
The highest musts of sailing vessels
ire from 1(10 to 180 feet high, and spread
from 00,000 to 100,000 square feet of
!nvas. Chicago Times-Herald,