t
I PURELY PERSONAL.
J. A. Whitman iu at Aabland 8atr
urday. . '
Wm. Owens was la from Wellon Sat
urday.
S. H. Noalon was In from Table Rook
Monday.
Judge Null was over from .task son
Vine .Monday.
Honry Hoist was In from Dry oreok
last saturuay.
F. M. Oonlers, of Wellen, was a Mod
lora trader last woek.
Perry Foster was over from Beagle
last week upon business.
L.J. Slippy, of Talent, was In the
City yesterday doing trading.
Ohaa. Hanllton eameover from Union'
: town last week to do trading.
W. W. Estes, of Talent, was In the
city last week upon business.
J. W. Marksberry was up from Gold
Bill last Friday upon business.
A. M. Ford, of Central Point, was V
Medford Monday upon business.
J. Croy, of Central Point, was doing
, business In tne metropolis mis week
O. L. Wells, of Phoenix, was doing
trading with Mediord meronants mod
day.
Attorney R. G. Smith, of Grants
Pass, was in Medford Monday upon
business.
Mrs. Fred Downing, of Central Point,
was on Wednesday's train en route to
Aabland.
Al. Crystal left Tuesday morning for
Sacramento, cam., wnere ne expects
to reside.
Mrs. Helen Little, of Central Point,
was a Medford visitor Wednesday and
yesterday.
Miss Lulu Crystal left for Ashland
Tuesday, where she will remain for
some time.
Perry MoGee returned this week
from a prospecting tour In the Apple
gate country.
Jas. MoDonough, the veteran horse
fanoierof Willow springs district, was
In tne otty Monday.
A. C. Ramsey, of Central Point, was
in' Medford this week visiting his
brother, C. O. Ramsey.
Mrs. I. F. Williams was up from Ceo
tral Point Wednesday paying a visit to
ner many Memord iriends.
TXT TT n.Mlo. nl T T TVinrnlntt
two of Gold Hill's best citizens, were
in our metropolis oity last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jackson left
Medford last week, for Gold Hill, where
Harry will do cooking In a hotel.
Uncle Jaok Compton was over from
Brownsboro last week visiting his many
friends and doing business on the side.
R. J. Everett, the photographer, is
visiting Mrs. Everett and her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. N.Butler, In Medford.
Postmaster Davis, of Asbestos, was
in Medford last week for a couple of
days' visit and business stay with
friends.
Brakeman C. M. Wilson was taking
couple or three days' lay-off the fore
part of the week and was visiting Med
ford friends.
F. W. Wait was at Grants Pass this
week engaged in putting up a monu
ment over the grave of the late Juiige
Chaa. Walker.
Rev. Adolph Haberly was at Ash
land Sunday where he conducted ser
vices in the Presbyterian Church, morn
ing and evening.
J. W. Short, the Foots creek miner
and farmer, was in the city Tuesday
viBitlng J. A. Morey and family and
attending to business.
Johnnie Jacobs was visiting Central
folnt relatives and Iriends over Sun
day, returning Monday accompanied
by Mrs. Jacobs and the baby.
Mrs. M. W Skeel and little Dorris,
of Grants Pass, were visiting Medford
friends this week. While here tbey
were guests ol Mercnant U. L,. Davis
and family.
Mrs. F. E. Birge and her niece, Miss
Bessie Coude, returned last week from
their quite extended stay in San Fran
Cisco, and the many friends of both are
extending to them a hearty welcome.
Mr. aod Mrs. A R. Rhodes, of Tal
ent, were doing business in Medford
Saturday and were pleasant callers at
THE Mail shop. These good people
will read Tub Mail and Oregonlan an
other year.
Ruben E. Peyton, of Leed9, was at
Jacksonville last Saturday making final
proof on hiB homestead, also upon a
homestead formerly owned by bis
mother, Mrs. Sullivan, deceased, as
her only surviving heir.
O. L. Sargent and family have moved
to Jacksonville for permanent resi
dence. Mr. Sargent has taken a posi
tion as track repairer on the Medford
Jacksonville shoriline and will also do
firing on the locomotive.
Miss Sarah Griffin, who has been
stopping at home, near Grants Pass,
for several months, returned to Med
ford last veek and will remain here
(or a couple or three months. The
lady's health has not been good for
-some time, but she la hopeful that this
locality will improve It.
F. M. Wade, the mining man who
was connected witn tbe onoe existing
v-rana Appiegate aiming uompany,
was in Medford for a few days this
"week. Mr. Wade Is hopeful of. again
putting the company on a firm footing
and that the prope-ty may be developed
and work on tne mines and water ditch
resumed.
R. A. Proudfoot started for the Olson
mills last week but after laboring for
about four or five hours in half a mile
of sticky road somewhere en route he
decided to return and a'ter laboring
as many more hours to get back off of
the same piece of road he returned to
Medford and the mill ha not as yet
been visited.
Eno Conger, by letter from Iowa:
'Enclosed find $1.50 for a year's sub
scription to The Mail. No doubt you
will wonder at a subscriber so far away,
I.... " - T 1 - . t I 1 J n
UUK WS L UKVO IVVJUB reBLUOU IB IVOgUO
river valley, and expect to again, I
want to keep posted and know of no
better way tban to get The Mail.
'"hink It is hotter than a letter."
Attorney and Mrs. A. S. Hammond
returned Monday morning from a few
days' visit with their daughter, Miss
Bessie, and Mr. Hammond's parents at
Eugene. They were accompanied upon
their return by Mrs. John Butterworth, I
I a oousiu of Mr. Hammond, and whose
nuabaud Is express metsengor on the S.
P. between Ashland and San Franulsoo.
The lady will vialt In Medford (or a
while.
County Judge J. F. Wlllottsnnd wife,
of Klamath County, were in Medford
last week upon a visit to Merchant 0,
W. Woltors and family. These people
loft Ashland yostordny for a couple of
weeks' visit In San Franoitico. Mr. W.
was elected oounty judgo of Klanmtu
County at the last uleutlon and as all
who know him ox poo ted would is
proving himself a most worthy aod
reliable gontloiunn for the position.
J. Mealier, ho who last fall runted
Frank Galloway's place, up near Beanie,
waa in Medford last week upou business.
Mr. Moaner la but receutly from Cali
fornia but he Is becoming fully com
vinood of the superiority of Southern
Oregon over that part of California In
wbloti he resided, and he is not baak.
ward In making known hit opinions.
He Is a thorough hustler and will sural
do well now that he la locatod on tome
or southern Oregon's fertile acres.
Mra. J. Beck. Jr.. arrived in Medford
laat week from Albany, Ore., for a
week's visit with relatives and many
frlenda. She left last evenlnir tar Port
land whera ahe will be ioined by Mr.
nee, auu iney win go iroiu tnere to
Blllinirs. Montana, whore Mr. Boek has
secured a position as salesman in a
hardware store at 175 per month. Their
friends here, and there are a great
many of them, will wish them all kinds
of success and bappluess in their new
nome.
ll.a rVntRntl ai.h 1
'." wm. ... u 11 1 kwu mi war
friend la the Appiegate oountry, was a
visitor to Medford Saturday. Miles
lives In a mining oountry but, ttrange
to relate, he has never struck a pick In
the ir round in ouestof the vallow mntal
whioh is otttfmea delusive and la not
tnere when vou think vou have it cor.
railed. In hla own worda he "allows
not gold n the rough to 'jolly' him on"
but prefers rather to till the toll and
trade Ita products for coined gold with
the eagle's profile thereon.
T. W. Judy, of Healdsbunr. Calif..
arrived in Medford thia week and la
now out at Mr. Heimioth's farm home
enjoying a few days' visit. Mr. i Judy
is here Intent upon purchasing a piece
of farm property In the valley. He ia
formerly from Missouri and has been
in California for about a year. He says
that farm land In California that Is any
good at all Is worth more than gold
dollars and land that can be boueht at
reasonable Heure Is In a locality
where the purchaser mav reasonably
expect a failure of orops and where the
chanoes are sixteen to one that his ex
pectations will be realized.
BEATS THE
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The CnitediStates contains 33,467 drug
stores.
Waltham has joined several other
Massachusetts cities in adopting a cur- !
lew ordinance.
According to a census taken by the
Maine bureau of statistics there are
1,577,252 hens in-that state.
At the Peach day observance in the
Omaha exposition 1,500 baskets of Ne
braska peaches were distributed among
the visitors.
About 5,000 words in the English lan
guage have no rhyme to them. These
include such important words as honor,
virtue, gulf, month and echo.
The whisky production in North Caro
lina last year from the 407 registered for publication bv the relief committee
distilleries was 60,716 gallons. It is ; Ol unester A. Arthur Corps No. 34, of
inougnt tnat tne product of the illicit ' lulB city:
Dknvkr, Jan. 80. A special to
tho News from Cripple Creek, Colo.,
suyg of the recent strike in Isabella
ground: Your correspondent biiw
chunks of sylvanite that were three
inuhos thick, and solid metal, and
chunks of oxidized ore of same
width that he whittled with a pookel
knife, No assays have been made
on the rook ; it is not necessary,
hut pieces of free-gold ore, if ore it
can be oalled at all, run over !500,
000 per ton. The Mollie Gibson
never produced any ore that oarrios
more ounces in silver per ton than
this Isabella does in gold. With
every hour's work the streak is
lengthening and widening. Join
ing this metallic body there are six
feet of quarts that will run from
1000 to 12000 per ton..
Mauager Kilburn said: "I don't
like to say anything that will ex
cite people any more than they are
at present. The nietallio ore body
has doubled in size both ways since
yesterday moring. Some of the
pieces of ore are 80 per cent gold.
I never saw such mineral, and I do
not believe its like was ever mined
in this or any other camp iu the
world. We have no assays taken
on the rock, but a ton of it could
be picked out that would run any
where from 150,000 to 1200,000.
The strike was made in a uew ore
body at a depth of 850 feet. The
chute has been cut at the seventh
level 200 feet above, and also at
the fifth. At the latter place the
aisay was obtained in tbe breast of
the drift yesterday, on two feet of
ore that went better tbau $1000 per
ton. I here 18 at least blocked out
in one level, between the ninth and
seventh levels, 15,000,000 worth of
ore."
The Corps and Ita Qood Work.
Few people there are who know that
the Women's Rellr! Corps is, aside
irom a social order, a benevolent Insti
tution. Such, however, is a fact, and
many homes in this and other towns of
the land have been made glad because
oi tne administering bands of lta mem
bers aod donations of food and cloth
ing from the homes of those of its mem
bers more fortunate in worldly posses
sions man are oiners. Tbe following
quarterly report has been handed us
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
Wcloomo Hack. She "Are you one
of our Sevcuty-flrat herons?" He
"No, I ain't uo hero, I'ut 'a regular."
Life,
lie "If I atole HO kltaea from you,
what kind of luroctiy would It be?"
She "I should call it grand."
Youkera Statesman.
She "Are you fond of canoeing'?"
He "Immense, Vou don't have to
take off your clothes when you but ho,"
lloiton TraiiKcrlpt, .
Kxoi'ptlounl Fortune. "Atron Burr
waa a remarkable man." "Decidedly.
Notwithstanding the fact that he waa
vice president of the United States h
hat not been forgotten." Truth.
"Marie, I dou't want yu to tie any
more strings on my finger." "Why.
John?" "I waated two whole hourt
this morning wondering what It was
you wanted me to remember." De
troit Free Press.
Diagnosis of Love. He "Bold on I
We canuot alt on thia bench. It is
freshly painted." She "If you were
really In love, us you say you are, you
would never huve noticed the paint."
Fllengemle lllnetter.
What It Wat. "Just listen how they
are pounding the floor with their
feet," tald the tragedian behind tbe
curtain'. "Yes," said the leading In
genue, "that is the stamp of public ap
proval," Cincinnati Enquirer.
iiois or it. is there any move
ment In Botcher's new play?" "Move
ment ? You ought to huve seen the au
thor move off the stage when the audi
ence yelled for lilni after the llrat uet.'
Philadelphia North American.
'Oh," suld the girl who wst looking;
over Miss Cayenne's shoulder, "you are
reudlug the account of Mrs. Yuu Snub
ber's party." "Yes." "You waul to
tee who wat Invited?" "No, dear. 1
wont to tee who wasn't." Washing
ton star.
ICS CREAM CENTURIES AGO.
Tae Dslleloaa luntnier Coafsollsa
rirst Manafaelared la Italyr
low It Orlalnals.
ONE EXAMPLE AT LAST.
tout GUIs Who Had No Montr,
111 NsvsrluoliiM llsoams Proas
laaat In ftvolstr.
Ktrly June days generally see Ilia lee
cream aud aoda parlors doing a stead
ily inorenalug htitlneu. Joe cream it
a much older sweetmcut than many
pertoiis suppose. In the beginning of
the toventeeuth century iroblels mndu
i..- i i .....r, ".. ....... " 1
ui iuo uiiu uiBu ivi'u ii-iuv viiiit ia, rruit t lity said at
ubu u uivi ,,vtw i, lav umiifiib iu
table. The llmonailiers, or lemonade
tellers, of Parlt, endeavored to luartase
the popularity uf their wurrs by lolug
tuem, and oue, more eii'torprlslug thuii
the reat, an llulliin mimed l'rooopo
Couteoux, In the year MOO, conceived
the Idea of converting tuck heversgea
entirely Into , lee, nnd ubout SO years
inter Iced liquors that It, llquort
'hanged lino lee were the principal
hlnga told by the llmonailiers. ily the
'ml of Unit century Iced llquort were
l nil eonimuu Iu I'm l.
lee cream, ur leeil "butter," nt It wat
lint culled, from Its supported resent
bluuue to thai subbtunvc, soun followed.
It wat tlrtt known In i'arlt In 1774.
Duo de Churlret often went nt that lliiir
to the I'arit coiTee-hooici to drink a
gluts of I ml liquor, uud the luiullord
having one day presented 111 tit with hit
"una." form 'd In edible Ice, this kind
uf iweelmeii'. became the fashion. Ucr
ni im cookt ul once touk up the new art.
j It wat not long In reaching ICugluud, for
iu 1770 a French cook resident In Lon
don, named Clermont, wrote "The
Modern Cook," in which tweet Icrt were
llrsl described for the Instruction of
Kngllih cooks. The leo cream of
these dayt it an enormously elaborated
twuetmeat compared with that of the
oldeu time.
THE WESTERN FARMER.
Is a Great Haee Thai Pesollasj
the Plalaa and Prairies of
Oar Coanfrr.
distilleries was fully as large
It is an inexplicable fact that men
buried in an avalanche of snow hear dis
tinctly every word uttered by those who
are seeking for them, while their most
strenuous shouts fail to penetrate even
a few feet of the snow.
The duke of Cambridge, who is fond of
collecting swords, always wears on
state occasions the diamond-hilted
weapon which was presented to ham by
the shah of Persia. He dislikes donning
a military uniform, believing that his
stoutness is not so apparent in evening
dress,
Mnny sailors believe that the frigate
bird can start at daybreak with the
trade winds from the coast of Africa
and roost the same night upon the
American shore. Whether this is a fact
or not has jet to be determined, but
it is certain that the bird is the swift
est of winged creatures and is able to fly,
under favorable conditions, 200 miles an
hour.
HAS INFINITE PATIENCE.
JtT CMy Railroad Has Who
Oblltrina-lr Aaswen 10,000
ttaestloaa a Dar.
Some men are great in silence, some
are grand in talk. The Pennsylvania
itauroad company has a maro in charge
of its bureau of information in Jersey
City who answers on an average 10,000
questions a day, and the person does
not live who has seen his feathers
rumpled. Remarkable man I The trav
eling public can ask more fool ques
tions than any other public on' earth;
but to interrogate stupidly, foolishly,
idiotically or otherwise R. 13. Caldwell
is to discover a reversal of the Biblical
injunction to answer a quick wit ac
cording to asinlnity. ' Over 300 trains
go and come dally at the Pennsylvania
station, and all these Caldwell must
have at his tongue's end, as well as a
complete map of the uaiverse, says the
New York Press.
Caldwell is everyone's main depend
ence. I have heard people Inquire after J
lost, parcels. 1 Have heard others ask:
"Have you seen a man -around here
looking as if he expected to see some
one?" "Did a long, thin chap with
eyeglasses leave a message here for
me?" "Did a young woman with a
child tell you she expected' her hus
band to arrive on the Chicago limi
Ited? I'm the man." Caldwell knows
at sight every politician thnt travels,
every prominent mon In publio life,
every regular nnd nearly every irregu
lar patron of his road. Being a man ol
mried knowledge he is In demm.a
among his fellows when arguments
wax hot. In political forecasts he has
fa unbroken, record.
Cash on hand as per last
report 17 09
Amount added to fund
since last report 8 00
Total receipts $ 20 09
Total cash disbursements 11 CO
Balance in hands of re
lief committee 3 00
Total cash balance on
band I 15 DO
Value of clothing do
nated ... 20 00
Value of fuel, provisions,
etc., donated 30 00
No. of families assisted with food. . . .10
" in families assisted with food (10
" of porsons assisted with clothing. .20
" of visits made by relief commit
tee, including visits to the sick.. . .50
Doctor
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G. H. HASKINS'.
When one heart testimony, says Dr.
Albert Shawiu an article on the frans
Mitsissippl exposition, to the flnenetk
and beauty of all this array of ma
chinerya beauty that lies in the ever
increasing perfection of Its Htiicus for
the conditions that have to be met
one Is really paying a tribute to the
brains, energy, aud character of thi
western farmer. I have been ou tin
Hungarian plaint and witnessed the
costly attempts of the progressive gov
ernment to teach the landowners am'
peasants the use of improved farm ma
ctilnery imported from America o
else adopted from American types.
i nave also observed what it con
fessed by the government and noted
by all who visit those regiont the per
sittent fact of tcores of meu, women
and children in the cornfields with old-
fashioned hoet, while long rowt of
white-tunicked men. In the hayfleld or
the ripe grain, are twinging tickles and
tcytbet. And a little later In the tea
son it is common enough to tee the
oxen treading out the grain, or to hear
the thud of the descending rlnll. .Mean
while, the new-fashioned corn plows
are rusting; tlie rejected mowing and
reaping machines rot in their neg'
leciea corners; and the threshing mu
chine is viewed as an ill-omened mon
st rosily.
It Is all simply a difference In men
It is a great race that bus peopled our
prairies and plains, and that is pro
ducing corn, wheat, and oats by the
thousands of millions of butfliels here
only a few years ago there was I lie
ancient matted sod of the prairies, un
broken for centuries. The men who
drive the gangplow, ride the atilkv cui
tivutor, manipulate the twine binder,
ar.u send millions of horned cuttle.
hogs, and sheep to the packing estab
lishments of Omaha, Kansas City and
Lhicago ore to be credited with
series of achievements worthy not
merely of respect, but even of en
tliuslasm. I ennnot for a moment
doubt the ability of such men to rear
u fine and varied fabric of civilization
upon so great a material foundation.
Century.
His Interest la the. Tree.
A man stood on the bank of Chap
man creek, in Dickinson county, the
other day and gnzed long nnd curious
ly at a big cottonwood tree that stood
well down on the bank and then to a
reporter he told of the Interest felt by
himself in that particular tree. In
I860 a cloudburst In the vicinity
flooded Chnpman creek and washed
away many farmhouses. While the
flood was at its height one Peter Berg
man saw a baby floating along In tbe
torrent. He rescued the child, and
then, with his shirt torn into strings,
tied it up in the branches of a cotton
wood tree beyond the rench of the
water. There the baby remained nine
bours before being taken to n place of
greater safety. The name of this baby
waa John Bostwick, and he It was who
stood and gazed for the first time in
many years at the old cottonwood tree
that had served as his asylum. Kan
sas City Journal.
Tlicro was a young innu from New
York visiting In Cleveland some lime
ugo, tnyt the l'lnlu Dealer. He was a
great lalker on tho theme of social
deiiKii'iiicy and hud nil the wnlters on
I Iu subject ii ii il n good deal of wnut
tongue t end.
"llah," he suld, "Ihe worn) forms of
ahum urlatocrucy are found In the went.
Out here you give toulul recognition
only lo the money bngi a man carries,
Wu are bad enough In New York, but
wcttlon't look dowu upon humble be
glnnlnga ns you do here, I'm told that
the only thing lo make your society
people pardon a iiinn's humble par
entage it a bmhul of ootids or other
wealth,"
"Somebody hat laid you wrong,"
laughed lil" Cleveland entertainer.
"Cun .vtiii point me out a single In
stance Hun uiil prove me wrong?"
queried llie iillhe New Yorker.
They were til ilie opera liuuneind Ihe
Cleveland mini looked over the audi
once. "Yes," he nuswrred. "Notice the
young man In Ihe fourth row, end teat,
left section. Do you tvo him?"
"Yes, 1 see him."
"Well, that young man It one of our
prominent cltUcim, both In business
and toclely. He Isn't rich, and IrU father
when a hoy drove horses ou the ctasl
towpnth."
The New Yorker looked aghast.
"What's hit name?"
"tiarlleld."
Then the subject clitoged tad tbe
curtain wriu up.
THE GINGER HABIT.
New War Preserve Bodies.
A Neapolitan physician has Intro
luced a new system of preserving
bodies from corruption. lie simply
gives the body a series of baths for an
indefinite period. For anatomical pur
poses the body may be made to'rcsume
!ts primary freshness, but If the bath
treatment is sufficiently indulged in
the subject .attains th density and
consistency of marble and gives forth
a metallic ring when touched with
metal. Though the sole Intention of
thi; Inventor was to preserve siibjeols
for the dissecting-room, It Is believed
that hi process may supersede re
frigeration In Cases of long transit of
carcasses of beasts. Chicago Inter
Ocean,
Will Oaeo formed It la aa Bsesod
laair UIOIoull Tains to
Got Rid Of.
"What la it I am chewing?" asked the
man coming out of the drug store In
response to a query from his com
panion. "Why, it's ginger root, nnd It
is a fine thing to nibble on between
meals. It It a great tonic, too, and a di
gester. WIU you have a nibble?" and
be extended a bit of tbe root to the
other man.
"Thanks, no," tnld the other. "How
long have you been doing It?"
"Couple of yean, or such a matter."
"Have you tried to quit It since you
began?"
"Of courae not. Why ahould I?"
"Suppose you try to quit."
"Why?"
"Simply to test the strength of the
ginger hnblt. I had it once. A friend
of mine talked to me just at you ire
doing, and I, thinking It win harmlrtt
kind of thing, bought a nickel's worth
and tried it for indlgettlon, I think It
was. Anyhow, whatever It was, I tried
the ginger, and before I knew what I
wat about It wat tt necessary for me
to have ginger root to chew at it Is for
a tobneco chewcr to have tobacco. Itt
stimulating effeat had become a need
I had to meet, and ns soon as I felt the
force of the habit I proceeded to break
myself of It. 1 did it, as any hnblt al
most may be got rid of, but I wunt to
tell you it wna no rusy job, and If you
doubt me, just you throw that away
you have and try going without It for
a week."
LOSER'S NAME FIRST.
It Is lo riaood la Maar Caaos Whoa
Ivoaklns; of War Hstwooa
Nalloas.
We are commonly known among
third parties by the names of tho two
nations involved, and It It a serious fuut
that the name of the toning nation usu
ally prccrdes I lint of the victor. Consid
erations of euphony nnd not sentiment
ubtalu, in llnwnr between Franceand
1'riiHnlii France win completely crushed
In a short lime, but the contest, by gen
crnl consent, It known n the Frauco
I'rutalun war. The recent war In the
far east, which led to the partition of
China now actively In progress, was
known as the Chinese-Japanese, or, la
Kuropcan phraseology, the Hlno-Japan-ete
war. A still more recent examplo
Is the Grneco-Turklsh war, In which
Greece waa badly whipped.
To the superstitious the name cur
rently given to our conflict with flpalu
may, by nnalogy, teem tn augury of suc
cess for our arms. Kurope calls It the
Spanish-American wnr. An objection
lo the name Is that It gives rite to tm
blgultlri, as the term Spanish-American
Is commonly used to designate the
various countries of South America.
Perhaps for this rrnton there Is a grow
ing tendency In Kurope to call the war
IIIspnnn-Amerlnnn. Another objection
In the eyet of Europe to either of these
nnuiea la the jrnlnusy with which It rc
gnrdt our assumption of the name
Amerlcn. America, It Is contended, ap
plies to the whole of North and South
America, nnd this country It more often
referred to ns "the Slnict," even by
Knglnnd.
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