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VOL, I.
MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCT. 14, 1898,
NO. 41,
the moat of them
toe beat of them
It tliu luudlng family news
. 1 paper In Juoknon County .,,
Circulation 1900
flEW ARRIVALS.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
12, KIROHQICHBNKR,
I'HYMCIArl AND HUIKJKON,
Mo'dford, Oroiion
untoe-Undlny llulldlnx, Hovimlu rltreol. lie
rtonoe On County rud.
,
f, M. K1CICNIC, D. D. 8.
OPKIIATIVK UKNTIMTitV A Hl'KUIALTV.
OlAooa In Adktna-lJuuol lilook, Mcilfird, Uro.
We Have a Great Variety of Fishing Tackle1 Guns and Ammunition.
J. BEEK & CO.
W. 8. JON ICS,
PHYSICIAN AND BUIKIKON,
Medford. OrayoQ,
fsr"Ofnco-Opor lilook.
J, 8. HOWARD.
HUHVKYOIt AND CIVIL KNUINKKIl.
U. . Deputy Mineral Hurvmror tor the Suite
01 UroKOu. I u.luiliu. uuium.
Modford, Oregon.
W, II. PARK Bit,
ATTUKNItY AT LAW,
llumlln illook. Medlord.Ora.
J AMMOND A VAWTKR,
AuatlD 8. Ilmnincind. Win. I. Vawtor.
ATTOIINKYH AT LAW
Offlce-I.O. O. r. bull'IIUK.
Medford, Ol
J, B. WAIT.
PHYSICIAN AND HUHCKON,
Office In Chllder.' lllnck.
Medford, Oi
K, B. I'ICKEI,,
PIIYrttCIAN AND tlH',t.H.
Offlr hour. -10 to li a. m. uuJ a to I
Kanilaya-M to I.
Omce: lluktn Block.
p. m,
Medford, Or
J; W ODOURS,
DKNTIST,
IV"0?. "J".'. mr- MEDFORD. ORKGON
'
Satin Finish AjumJnum.Ware.
AIho a Lame AriHortmont of Nickel
Plated Copper Ware in Kitchen Uten-
hub, at uroatly iveuucou rncos. iiiobo
ftiost uurauio wares
A LITTLE OF
are the Boat and
Now in use.
You and Your Horse
Look Better, Feel Better, Act Better
WHEN DRESSED
...IN
NEW CLOTHES
Kverytliln tint's good fur the Winter Wardrobe of your Home now In btook.
Naff Karnes, Now Itlunkots, Now Itoben, Now Wblps, New K very t bio if.
J, G. TAYLOR,
MEDFORD OREQON.
DON'T
THE FACT'
Thut I tm to tho largest and best selected stock of furniture,
carpels, wull pupurund window shades to bo found In South
ern Oregon ....
Escape Your Attention. ..s
If you aro a prospective iiurchaser ysu will And my goods
tho blgest In grade and tlio lowest In price. Undertaking
In commotion
: A.. WEBB
JflGKSQHVILLE
IUSRBL
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J. C. WIIIPP, Propr.
Ooes General Contracting in all Lines.
GRANITE AND MARBLE WORKS.
J acksonvillo,
CEMETERY WORK A SPECIALTY
Oregon.
RATES FK0.1... .
$i to $1 HER DAY
L. HAHILTON
... phopkictoh .
W. t. Vawtwi. I'roa. II. V. Aiikikh, Vl'ro.
J. E. KurAHT. Caahlor.
Jackson County Bank
...CAPITAL, Jjo.ooo....
.MEDFORD, OREGON
Loan moaey on approved aoourlty, receive de
poalta auliloot lo ohoek and trommel n aonors
hanking biilni. Your hualnoiw solicited....
Correpondonta:-Lndd Hush, balom. Aiiilo
California Bank, flan PraiiolMo. LaUd A
Tlllon. Portland, Coruln Hanking Co., N. 1 .
Chas. Perdue .
Tactical Oi anil
Bioyolus ripairod on short
notico at living pricos....
v Shop in J. A. Whitman's
wnrerooiris....
Wilson & HunsaKer
Blacksmiths
Are to be found at tho Brick Shop
Shooing horses, plnln or fnucy,
Wo will miinutttoliiro wagons or
buggies to ordor,1 ' ' '"
" Cull nnd 8oo our now oart wheols
already tirod. Wo p;uiirnntoo
our work.
Wood : Shop ; in : Connection.
Medford, Oregon
The Niiah Is one of the most popular hotols In Southern
Oregon, and no pulns aro spared for the eomfort and
accommodation of guests. Evtrythlng about the bouse
STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS
THE HOTEL BAR Is always supplied with the vert
best brands of wines, liquors and clears ....
Free Sample Roomn "or commercial hrn.
THE MORTAR
DRUG STORE,
Q. H. HASKINS, Prop'r.
IPresorit) tvions
Main Btroet,
Pura Diuii, Patent Medicine., Books,
Stationery,
PAINTS nd OILS,
Tonnccoea, Clnra, Perfumery, Toilet Artlctea an-
KveryinmR mat la oarriea in a nrat
Olaaa DRUQ STORK
Carefully Compounded
Medford Oregon.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land olttoo at Ronolmrg, OroRon, Sont. 17, 18(W
Notion la hnroby lvon that tho follmvlnn
namod aottlor him nivd notion of hla Inlontloi;
to make llnnl proof In aiipiinrt of lilaoliilm, i and
thai said proof will bo inado boforo Gua Now
bury, Uounty Olork of JnakMin County, OroKon,
at Jnokaonvlllc, Oregon, on Novornhor W, mm,
yi"''' WILLIAM FORBYTH,
On H, (0, No. OfltiH, tor tho oH oK, aw aoJi
aoM 8W), aoo 10, tp 33 a, r a wnst,
Ho niiiiioH tho followfiiK wltnosacia to provo
hla oontliiunua rosldonae upon and oultlvatlon
ol. anld land vim . , , ...
Dnn lioyilflioai ITnnK imvin, vipiuiivo
u Luaa.
iinlila ani
OroKon.
Hammond, all of Antiunion,
FRANK W. WAIT SS:
...STONE YARD
Gonornl oontraotlng In all linos of stono work.
Cemetery Work
a Specialty
All kinds of marblo and granite monumonts
ordered dlreot from thquary...
Yard on O slroDt
Commorlolal llotol Dlook
'MEDFORD, OREGON
I Union hi Vetty Stables..
J. COMPTON Proprietor
Hoving latolv purohased this popular stable we are now pre
pnrfd to furnish firet'Olnss rigs and safe and fast driving
horses at reasonaWle rates. Horses boarded ....
Commercial . Travelers . Rigs . a . Spclalty
Aguinaldo claims to have 67,000
FIllplnoB under arms.
. The recent war is estimated to
have cost Spain about $384,800,000.
Every German regiment has a
chiropodist in its ranks.
In some parts of Norway corn is
till used as a substitute for coin.
Rain falls on the eastern coast cf
Iroiand about 208 days in tho year.
Within the Antarctio circle there
has never been found a flowering
plant.
The man who wants to bet $5
Saturday night generally wants to
borrow that amount Monday morn-
ng.
In time of war France can put
370 out of every 1000 of her popula
tion in the field, Germany 310 apd
Russia 210.
The death rate has fallen from 70
per day to 20 at Santiago de Cuba,
since the Americans have begun a
system of sanitation.
Secretary Long has named the
four new monitors contracted for
last week as follows: Connecticut,
Florida, Arkansas and Wyoming.
One farmer in California secured
140,000 feet of lumber on the beach
from the lumber raft which recently
broke while in tow for San b ran
cisco.
In fifteen years Russia has sent
24,000 persons to Siberia, fully 100,-
000 relatives of prisoners having
accompanied the exiles with their
own free will.
Grocers charge 1 cent a pound
for salt; druggists call it chloride
of sodium and tax you 50 cents an
ounce, yet we are told there is
nothing in a name.
The largest tobacco warehouse in
the world burned last week at
Clarksviile, Tenn. The floor space
covered over five acres and was
estimated atf4C0,000.
According to Nilsson, the zoolo
gist, the weight of the Greenland
whale is one hundred tons, or 224,'
000 pounds, or equal to that of
eighty-eight elephants, or 440 bears
Railroad cars are being fitted with
small burglar and fireproof safes in
the sides of the car near each seat,
to receive the valuables of passon
sere, the safes being locked with
keys.
It was the belief of Livingstone
that nearly all lions were "left
pawed." He watched them closely
and when they desired to strike
fierce blow they always used the
left paw.
Cigars And cigarettes are being
manufactured in England with
plug of absorbent material located
mear the end to be placed in the
mouth, to retain the poisonous nio
otine, a mouthpiece being also pro'
vided oomposed of split straw ce
mented to a retaining band.
Two New Yorkers have designed
a new druggists' label, whioh
formed of a flexible card, having
dock dial printed thereon, with
movable hands, to indicate the
time for taking the medioine, the
remainder of the card being appro
priately lettered and ruled for direo
Hons.
Paper floors for dwelling houses
are coming into, use in Germany.
They are formed of several thick
nesses of stout paper, dampened,
pasted and rolled. They have no
I crevices or joints to harbour dust
or varmints, and are yielding to
1) tho feet.
C. W. Woodruff, who is under ar
rest at Buffalo, N. Y., is said to
have been married more than fifty
iD times since 1885; and yet he lived
to be found out and proseouted for
) indulging in the whims of matri
mony so many times without t
death or a divorce in his numerous
households. -
An Illinois woman has designed
a simple burglar alarm, in which a
clock mechanism is fastened to the
wall, to be set off by oords running
to the door, window and transom
when those entrances are opened,
the chekwork carrying a cord
which ignites a lamp set on a
bracket near by.
Thirty prominent women of
Bowling Green, O., led by the wife
of-a state senator, have donned
calico dresses and begun work peel
ing tomatoes at 3 cents a bucketful.
They do this to set an example to
many girls of the place who need
mployment, but are too proud to
seek it in a canning factory.
The deepest lake in the world so
far as known, is lake Baikal, in
Siberia. While nine thousand
square miles is its area or nearly as
large as lake Erie, it is 4000 to 4,-
500 feet deep, so that it contains
nearly as much water as lake Su
oerior. Its surface is 1350 feet
above the sea level and its bottom
is nearly 2900 feet below it.
Some one has noted that nobody
as heard of anyone kissing Samp
son as yet. uoDson ana scniey
have monopolized the kisses. But
when Dewey comes home he is
likely to be kissed to death. Samp
son may be short on kisses, but ho
it long on cash. Although he took
no active part in the destruction of
Cervera's ships, he will receive the
lion's share of the prize money from
the government. His share will be
about $40,000.
A good story is related at the ex
pense ot "BOD" ingersou. ine
colonel was recently talking with
an old colored woman in Washing
ton conceruiug religious mi-Iters.
Do you really believe aunty," said
he, "that people are made out of
dust?" "Yes, sah. De Bible says
dey is, and so I b'lieves it." "But
what is done in wet weather, when
there is nothing but mud?" "Den
I 'spects dey make infidels and sich
truck."
When a man dies now-a-days the
first thing they ask: "Was he in
sured, and for how much?" The
papers also generally wind up the
obituary notice with the amount of
insurance. Soon the obituary no
tice will read something like this :
"Peter Jones died and left a' wife
and two children. Loss fully cov
ered by insurance." Or, if the de
ceased is not insured, will read
about as follows: "John bmith is
dead. He leaves a wife. Total
loss; no insurance."
That the Hawaiian islands are
no place for the poor man is clearly
demonstrated by an Oregon volun
teer now stationed at that point.
Relative to the business station
there, he says: "Japanese, Chinese
and native labor are in abundance.
These work at low wages, and do
work that Americans will not.
Chinese and Japanese earn $1 to $2
rr diem : Portuguese, $2; Ameri
cans demand $3, but seldom get it.
Servants get $10 per month. There
is any quantity of skilled labor to
be had at very low figures."
The Hawiian Star publishes the
outline from a government, decided
upon for Hawaii, by congressional
commission. The Star Bays it is to
be called the territory of Hawaii,
and" allowed one representative in
oongresB just as though it was a
state. The governor to be appointed
by the president and paid five or
six thousand dollars a year salary.
Hawaii will have a legislature and
make its own laws, subject to ap
Droval by oongress. There will be
no ohange in the present form of
legislature. To vote for senator in
the territory of Hawaii the elector
must possess an annual income of
$600. In everything else the Iran
chise is free and unrestricted by
any qualification. The judiciary
syBtom will remain undisturbed
THE
MAIL
CIRCULATION iooo
rnc AMcrtiOAN SAILOR.
Mky Hh Baeean. Bswelalta ra4 Cra4tt
toth. Navy. ' i' .,
Jaoky, who used to be more sailor
than gonner, is now mora gunner than
sailor. Jnst in proportion as be baa
censed to be a part of the great engine)
on.wbiob be lives, so be baa coma mot
awl more into the control of it, and a
tbe cardinal purpose of a warship is to
bit things with her pro jeot ilea Jacky
bas become a specialist in getting that
work ont of her. He does It in two
places at the gnns and at tbe engine.
Correctly pointed gnns are of no dm
unless the platfonn on whioh they rest
is put in proper relation to the thing to
bo bit and koptthore. Equally it is use
less to get tbe ship into proper pise
unless tbe gnns are correctly .pointed.
Men who can do either of these thing
must have natural capacities and be sus
ceptible to education, and only men of
this sort are eligible for our navy. '
Accordingly the "beach, comber,!' or
tbe "rock scorpion," or any other va-
rioty of tbat ruck of marine refnsa
wbich drifts aronud tbe great,maritinie
porta and ships iu aoy craft where
"grab" is plenty and work light, no)
longer slings bis hammock on tJnole
barn's berth deck, as he used to do, to
the shame of the service, in years gone.
by. Nor can the tramp nor the jailbird
nor even tbe incorrigible black sheep ot
the family tbos be provided for, to the
relief ot constables and long Buffeting
relatives. No man or boy can now pass
a United States naval recruiting officer
unless he is clean, healthy, honest,
yonng, strong and intelligent, nor can
be afterward get tbat advancement,
w hich is cortainly open to him without
fear or favor, unless be continues to
show aptitnde and ability. Park Ben
jamin in Independent
ARMY AND NAVY GUNS.
A Tut DUraiwoc la tb. Mnmbar at Bf.a
Baqolrad t Baadla Tb.m.
The number of men required to man
naval guns of tb British, French, Ger
man and American navies is about the
game, although the French an under
stood to have more men as a role for
scu.e of tbo larger guns.
- For the 4 inch and 6 inch all serrloea
require four men to work eaoh piece ;
for tbe 6 inch, six men are needed, and ,
for tbe 10, 13 and IS inch tbe same
number. .......... .
Ab nearly all oar 8, 10, 13 and II
inoh guns are used in pairs and mount- ..
ed in turrets tbe 13 men working them .
are protected by heavy plates of steel.
Vat the little 1 pounders three men are)
necessary to work them rapidly, and
for the 8 pounders and 0 pounders four
men are assigned, and for tbe Hotobkisa
three men. '
Treble the number of men seem to be)
required to work tbe same caliber of
guns in our coast defense system, al
though there is no special reason, for ,
this, unless it be due to the fact that ;
the army guns are mounted on diaap-;
pearing carriages and are not provided ! ..
with turrets, which naturally limits thai .
space of the operators. An army 8 inch
gun takes 16 men to work it; a 10 inoh '
gnu requires 18 men, and all iaohp
gun, the largest now constructed by th
army, calls for 31 men. j
It will be seen, therefore, that a IS" 1
inch naval gun is operated by six men. ; .
while an army gun of one inoh leas cali
ber calls for 31 men. The navy gun can.
be fired just as rapidly with its six men,
as the army gun can be fired with its
larger number. Boston Herald."
ItSuoiMatot. :i V
A funny scene occurred many yean
ago in congress. A present of Arabian
horses, a sword, eta, arrived from the)
imam of Maskat for President Adams.
A western member with some heat
moved that the gift should be sent
back, with a letter from congress, in
forming the ruler of Maskat that the
president of- the United States was no
king, bnt the servant of the people, and
was not permitted to give or receive
presents. -
Another metnoer rose. onon a tet
ter, Mr. Speaker," he said, "can easily
be written. But where is it to be sentr
Where is Maskat?""
There was no response. Apparently
not a member of the house was prepared
to answer, nor could Maskat then be
found in any atlas published in this
country. It was found nt last on a Uer-
man map. A oivil answer was returned,
and the geographers made haste to in
sert Masknt in the next edition of their
maps. Exchange.
The Other Way Aronnd.
The loyalty of the Scottish blghlander
to liia kilt is it picturesque thing. He
will never admit that it makes him
cold, and highlauders who were suffer
ing from oold In the ordinary dress of
oivilizatiou have been known to substi
tute the kilt for it in order jp get
warm, though this would be muoh like
romoving one's ooat and waistooat and
rolling np one's shirt sleeves for the
saute purpose. ; , . : ,
It is said that a stranger, seeing a
soldier in full hlghlandor uniform shiv
ering iu a oold wind, asked him:
"Sandy, are you oold with the kilt?" :
"Nn no, mon, " tbe soldier answeruA":
Indignnntly, "but I'm nigh kilt with,
the cttuldl" Kxchnugo.
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J. T. umuaits, Roglstor,