r I' ;3 it I PURELY PERSONAL. J J. V. Short wan up from Foot oroek Monday. Horace Helton was up from Gold Hill Saturday. Undo Jack Compton mis down from Drownsboro yesterday. Win. MoClunnuhan waa la (nam Trail this wook upou business. John Nulson, of Beaglo, was In Mud ford Monday upou business. Almon Lawlor, a Wolf orook minor, was In tho alty Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs, J. A. Smith wore visit- - lnir Ashland friends suuday. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Ray, of Gold Hill, wee Medford visitors Monday. Mr. and Mrs. tsaao Wrltfht, of Gold Hill, ware Medford visitors xuosuay. Miss Mollis Barnoburg was at Ash land over Sunday upouavlsltlofriends. Nfra qhnrmnn OlUm Came UD.trOlU Slsson this wook for a visit with her parents. Minn Tva Purdln. of the Ashland nor mal, spout Sunday in Medford with nome ioiks. Karl Calkins was over from Jackson villa Tuesday upon a visit to hls.Mod- . lord Irlends. R. M. Klncaid and family, of Central Point, were in Medford last Saturday , upon business. Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Wolffatnott, of Talent, were in Medford and Jackson' . villo this week. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Jacobs were over from Jacksonville Sunday visiting their Medford friends. L. H. Bonon, of Portland, was in the oity yesterday, doimr business with our hardware merchants. - Mrs. J. P. Wallace, wife of Rev. Wal lace, was in Medford last week upon a visit to her many friends. Miss Frankie Barnes, who t teach ing school in Sams Valley, was viaitiun - Medford friends last Saturday. Mrs. E. Worman and two daughters kft Tuesday evening for a visit with relatives' at Hilisboro, Oregon. - Ohas. Anderson, of Foots creek, was in the oity Tuesday upon legal busi ness, as waa also George Lance, .Sr., of Gold Hill. . - Frank Krach, of Haggart, North Da kota, was in Medford a few days this week looking for an opening for a blacksmithshop. Mrs. A. S. Hammond was at Eugene ' last week upon a brief visit to her daughter. Miss Bessie, who is attend ing the university. M. 8. Thompson, of Climax, was in the oity Wednesday making filing oa a homestead. Mr. Thompson is a brother- - in-law of W. W. Taylor. Mr. and Mr. C. D. Smith, of Mt. ' Ruben, Oregon," were in Medford this week upon a visit to Mrs. Smith's sis ter, Mrs. C. A. Casebolt and family. W. T. York was at Ashland last Sat urday upon'a visit to his old Miobigan friends, Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Hitchcock, whom' he had not. seen for several, years. Miss Pearl Fiddler, of Grants Pass, was the guest of Misses Minnie and May Wiggins last week. The young lady returned home Friday, accompan ied by Miss May. A. A. Ulery, of Manchester, Ind., topped off in Medford Wednesday evening for a brief-visit with M. LoBand. Mr. Ulery is a business partner of Mr. . . Lofland's brother in Manchester. L. E Hoover, R. L. Wade, Frank Zell and Walter Hoover are over on Elliott creek this week doing a bit o' prospecting. Mr. Wade is here from Tacoma and is a cousin of the senior Mr. Hoover. Frank T. Lawrence, 'of Gold Hill, was in Medford Monday after the gold watch which he lost recently and wbicb was advertised in last week's Mail. C. P. Buck found the article and was rewarded five dollars' worth. C. M. Harvey returned to Talent last . week from Redding, Calif. .at which place he has been engaged in the feed business during1 the past winter." His family is still at Redding but will soon return to the Rogue river valley. Rufus Cox. J. W. Cox and Jos. Scott '. returned last week from a trip into Klamath County. They went over for the purpose of purchasing an additional tract of land in that county but the land being very wet the purchase was not made. O. S. Snyder, of Formoso, Kansas arrived in Medford last week and will remain for sometime with his- cousin, Perry Stewart, and family. He reports that the weather when he left Kansas . was anything but inviting, and when .,. compared with our mild Oregon winters there is a difference almost beyond be ..lief. , , . , :. Mr. and Mrs. George Justus were in "Medford Monday upon business. Thev "last week moved from Prospect to : their recently acquired possessions near " Trail the Voegeli ranch and are well pleased with the place. In fact, George -is throwing bouquets at himself because of his good fortune in possessing so desirable a piece of land. Mrs. Lucy A. Herron, of Blooming : ton, 111., who has been here upon a visit to Rube Peyton and family on Rogue river and Mr. Boussum's family , " in Medford, left for her home Wednes day evening. She went by way -of the , Northern Pacific and transportation ' was secured for her by the company's .. local agents, Messrs. Xork & Wortman. flat ban Kendall is one of the recent "arrivals in our oity from the east. He was here five years ago but did not at that time receive quite his fill ot a - good country and a good climate hence he Is here again. He owns a house and lot out near where the old business college stood, and will probably own more of Southern Oregon's soil ere many weeks. 0." F. Ralston, advanoe agent for the Jessie Shirley Company, came over from Ashland Monday and billed' the town for his show, which appears here next week. Mr. Ralston is a fine ap iftearlng young man and if his whole . company 'Is a clever and as much a gentleman as be It la little wonder they ' are meeting with success with their Beveral plays. R. B. Bragg, formerly engaged J n, the grocery business in Pullman, Wash.', was in Medford last week looking for a place to engage in business, but very wisely came to the conclusion that bis apeolal line was well represented In this oity. Eastern Washington, he Bays, Is all right in a busluuss sense, but then it Is too dog-gasted windy and oold eight months of tho year to suit him houco his meander to Southern Oregou. Oliver Weaver, of Table Rock, was in the uitv Sulurday and wus a ulonsmit onllor at TllK MAIL, ollloo several dol lars' worth. The gentleman's family has not leon In goou health tor some time past all sick with fover and ague, and to better tholr condition ho Is go ing to move thorn to thu Elk uruek country. They will be located at tho Johnson pluoe, noar tho fish hutuhory, and will oonduot a feeding station dar ing the coming season. Mr. Weaver will remain at the farm, at Table Uock. Alfred Woeks returned last Friday from his ten weeks' sojourning, in thu land of his blrth-rCauuda. His place of longest stay, and where Canadian girls were most plentiful, was at Wood stock, and, notwithstanding tho- fact that the thermometer was down pretty close to twenty below -zero during his slay, ho bad a oraoklng good time, but despite the possible infatuation far those Canadian people and the ways they bave of being hospluiblo, ho la glad to be onoo again outside tho range of billiards and froion thermometers. Merchant A. C. Tayler returned last week from a couple of weeks'- visit in San .Frauclaoo, Oakland and Berkeley. In each of these oities ho has many English, Scotch and German frlonds of prominence, and it was to them he was paying a visit. He reports having en joyed a delightful vacatiou amid the beauty and grandeur of these cities. Especially did the sights' appear more entranclngand awe-inspiring because of the fact that many of the beauties now were not thore upon the occasion of bis last visit, eleven year ago. H. L. Gregory and family came over ironi LMiigell valley, last week, and are now living .on a farm whioh Mr. Gregory purchased a few months ago. The farm. comprises 162 acres and Is situated north and east of Central Point the old Mitohell place. It is (arm and timber land aud Mr. Gregory expects to make It bloom as the June rose; He' relates that while crossing the mountains he encountered four feet of snow. Says thev have not had bad winter in Langell Valley and that me snow uau aa disappeared wnen ne leit. B. F. Myers, of the glove firm of Anderton & Myers, of Talent, was in the city Saturday upon business. He reports the glove trade everlastingly Dumping itsell tnese times. Aside from supplying the greater part of the valley towns with gloves this firm Is reaching out Into other territory. It waa only last week that they -received an 1 100 order from Haines, Oregon. These gentlemen will leave soon for eastern Oregon lor the purpose of buying hides, pelts and furs for use in the manufacture of their gloves. This is another insti tution that deserves the patronage of ail valley people. Mrs. E. J. Brown and son. Floyd. oame in from Eagle Point Monday night and on Tuesday Floyd took the soutn bound tram lor iantna, Missouri, his old home, In whioh place he has se cured a position In a lumber and grain office. This family came to Southern Oregon about a year ago lor Mr, urown's neaitn, wnion waa not good- lung trouble. They rented a farm over near Eagle Point and so well has the climate served Mr. B own that be has gained thirty-seven pojinds In flesh since his coming. They will probably soon buy some form property.near Eagle Point. Mrs. B. was a pleasant caller at the mail office ruesaay and w title bere she subscribed lor a period of twelve months. W. D. Clumpner and family, of Mar bfield. Wis., arrived in Medford last week. Mrs. Clumpner is a sister of W. E. McCauley and Mrs. E, J. Cole, of this city. Mr. Clumpner for twelve years has been in the employ of the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company in Marsnneld in tbe capacity of rate and billin clerk. He has tired of in door work and is now taking a lay-off, and if he finds our country quite to tbe liking of his family and himself he will cast anchor right here. He has owned for severs! years five acres of land out near JJavlsvllle. which Is planted to trees, and he may now invest in a few more acres in that locality. Mr. U. is an alfired fine gentleman and his family is a- most estimable one and THE MAIL, hopes our country, our climate and our people will suit them. He tells that tbe thermometer was eighteen degrees below zero when he left Marshfield. money! Money Our Country Needs. . Thousands of dollars aro sent away from Southern Oregon 'each year for plants of different .description to en rich eastern florists and build up east ern oities, while those same plants can, and are now being propagated right here at home. I have dabbled with plants and flowers to a limited extent without any knowledge of the business yet It has convinced me that a success ful business can be. built up among us and that the mooey heretofore sent away can be kept bere for home circu lation and thousands of dollars can be drawn from other placet, and thus build up one home industry which may' be the forerunner of other industries. To back up my faith I bave employed an experienced propagator for two years whioh I think will prove my. claim; I trust that people will see that it Is to thetr Interest to encourage us in our business not from charity,' but from self interest, as we propose to give them better plants for the same amount of money. Besides this, the plants will be healthy and fresh and can be planted with a ball of earth around- the roots and save nearly a year of growth. Space will not permit a description of plants and prices, but we invite every one to come and see. We guarantee that plants and prices will be right. Roses will be our specialty. t Respectfully, . Feank Sutter Si CO. Spring Tiredness Is different from the weariness oaused by labor. Tbe last .Is cured by rest: the first requires a few bottles of Heap's Sarsaparilla to cure it. That distress after eating la oured bv Hood's Pllla. They do not gripe. 25 oents;; ''' ' - Spring truoks for spring house hold moving. Wells & Shearer, Manila. Muroli 20. -It is roporttxl on hitherto reliable authority Hint Agultmlilo la taking extrmno menu tires to Biipproua signs calculated to cause a cessation of hostilities, Twelve Adherents of the plan of iitdepondonoo, residents of Manila, have boon condemned to deaths bo cause thoy wrote advising sur render and all loyal Filipinos bave been called upon to perform the natural service of dispatching them On Friday last La Oarda visited Lagordaa for the purpose of advls ing Agutnaldo to quit. He argued with the insurgent leader, and at' tempted to convince hiui of the folly of his persistence in the face of overwhelming oddst Aguinaldo was furious at the advice, and or dered General La Gurda to be exe cuted irainedintel'. Tbe unfortu nate general wub promptly decapi tated. A dispatch ' to the New York Herald - from ' Ilo Ilo, island of Panny, says that a ' battalion of the Eighteenth, infantry, a pla toon of the Sixth artillery and the machine gun battery made a recon naissance in -the direction of -Man durraioco and Santa Barbara Thurs day. While thev- were, returning the iusurgerits attacked the outposts on the right. Although fatigued from marching in the boiling sun for two hours, the entire command proceeded to the assistance of their comrades and a heavy engagement ensued. General Miller directed the movements of the Americau forces and had several narrow escapee. The Americaas lost one man killed and fifteen wounded. The insurgent loss is estimated at 200 killed and 300 wounded. Additional Local. ' - John Veit has moved to Etna. Calif., where he expects to reside and wants the mail. Have you seen that swell line of silk front shirts at Meekor's? Born In Union, Oregon, March 13, 1899, to Mr. and Mrs, Hugh Briner, a ten-pound girl baby. . Lemons ten cents a dozen throe dozen for 26 cents, at tbe Crater. W. H. Vaughn, of Hay Fork, Calif., registered at Hotel Nash' Wednesday evening. The ChtlderB boys expect to com mence manufacturing brick next week. Farmers! We want your hen eggs highest market price. W. H. Meeker 4 Co. W. H. By bee shipped two carloads of hay to Redding last week. Mis? Laura Webb has been quite ill for several days past. Get Wells St Shearer to do' your moving satisfaction always. La Bella Marie at the opera bouse Monday night. Blaak-aad-Taa Tlaars. ' Glance at your family cat or your fox terrier, or the cows In the field. All their markings, and those of nearly all domesticated animals are .mottled' and totally irregular. This is the curious result of domestication. Wild animals are, as a rule, marked with beautiful regularity. Look at the stripes of the tiger, the spots of the leopard, the ab solutely even streaks on tbe sebra's coat, and a dozen other similar in stances. There ' is very little doubt that all these animals' colors could be changed if they were tamed by man and kept in captivity for a few genera- lions, jraney a btack-and-tan tiger, or a leopard with the irregular markintrs of a tortoise-shell cat . It is said that Saturday has been a fatal day to the royal family of Eng land for the . last 18S years. Wil liam III., Queen Anne, George 1.. George II.. George III., George IV., the duchere of Kent, the prince consort, tbe duke of Clarence, the duke of Albany sod Princes Alice ell died on that day. TaeiB Kxfri'.eted aa' mn ladnaamcat. The n-.nii(.-er of a London music hall announce ll.at anyone who purchases a ticket for I lie performance may have his or her teeth extrne'ei for nothing. On Tuesday , of last week, during the absence of John Dian and wife, of Greenfel, Manitoba, from their farm,, their residence caught fire and their five children were burned to death.- . Doctor' MEYERS 4. CO. Specialists forMan t Thfttt phptcikru'rikri bxn eUtiBM tTaatkUMa' aVtld toOl tmaUd KilwitU ilnoe. 1M1. Tiny bftr tb Urnti bwt tqulpuad Uwll la iitltutlon, ma thf auMi ' Unlvf tmctiM In .ha IT B. H Py TUl Cn4, tTrJoriuoaU am who can not mil should mlU for 4 rut Ma pnnw bom MAaUHMKA ay tfsaa AUU rsM 9mmwm' Thou m mli nrid t! linim. anMtmaaiAattili Ms Cku( far CaaralUtlea. 73l?a"l8ufc0 Jf.rs.wI-?. THE COLOR LINE IN CUBA. tana Habataa at II Will Have to II Don Datura ttabls Uovaru amta! la r"oraaad, There will liave to ba some rubbing of the oolor Hue If the good people of Cuba the untirva of all nhitdea, the Bpnulsh Cubitus and the other rewldoiitt of foreign' decent combine (u forma vtitbtv gorvTiiiueut, It UeUltiiuled that about 40 per cent, of tho people of Cuba ai colored. Under unJverMil sulfmgu tthey would control ninny part of (he Island, To n American or Spaniard tills la rather un nlurmlug condition for a now state to face". It doe not worry the Culmii 111 the Iwust. There is prac tically no oolor lluu among the Cubauu proper. It U not nn uncommon thing to find familie of white Oulinns In which a oousiu, a uevhvw or au aunt is uumlHtukably colored. Nor Is African blood a bur to tJie finest Cubnu suolety, provided the person ladvseeuded oti one aide from a family of bouorablocnnneo tlnns, say the Cincinnati Tluieatar. The 8panlard, however, .draws a dls tluet difference between the African blood he may hare inherited from Moor and the colored admixture in Cuba. In a general way lie claaaes all Cuban a nvgroea, aud refer to all the Cuban' utrogglc ' fur freedom as "nigger uprldnga." He no4ca wi,th sur prise that we hold radical vlewaaomc what similar to Main Illinois and North Carolina, yet are honestly preparing to turn Cuba oyer to the Ctilmu. A REFUGE FOR NEGROES. Taa Island ot Hard Mar Sarve Ualo tattle Hanlal Troublis of Tpla Country. An experience of a thin! of a century since the war haaiown that the while and black nice in the southern elutei will never harmonize, my the Chicago Tribune. The recent Injiwtlcra Intllct ed upon the blacks In North Carolina are but one Item in a situation prevail ing all over tbe south. To a certain de gree nishop Turner I right when he sny there I no ."manhood future" for hi race In these states. It would be to Ihe mutual advantage of both whites and black If all thcdianntletled negroe In tbe cotton state could be Induced to go to some country .where they could lire their own life and develop in their own way. The world boa not failed to note what a poor atogger the blackaof Day tl bare made at development during the century of independence which they hare enjoyed since they got rid of the French and Spanish yoke. But thl Is tbe fault of the peopleend not of the Is land. There I no better or more eon venlent country In tbe world for the American negroe to emigrate to than this same rich and luxuriant Island of Hayti. If our discontented southern negroes cannot Improve and progrm there, winning for themselves an In crease of wealth and of comfort, th'en they cannot do it in Africa or anywhere on earth. SLEEPING MACHINES. lacaaloaa M.ohaaleal Apparataa for BrlaslB Aboat tk Coadltloa -. of tlaaibar. Experiments have been made recent ly with some curious device in tlie hspe of "sleep machine." Sleep will sometime result from fatigue of the eyes. Looking at trees or other object as we miii along in the train will fre quently "send us off." Aaingeniousgentlemsn ha produced machine for till purpote. It is a box surmounted by two fanlike panels, one above tbe other, revolvlng'boriBontally In opposite direction. These panels are srtudded with mirrors that throw upon tflie retina a vibrating flood . of twinkling light. . A similar effect is produced by star ing at a bright ball placed high above the head, so that some slight strain is caused by storing t it. Another apparatus for causing drowvdnes i formed of clamp for squeezing the arteries leading to the brain. The clnmps'rcmain- in position for less than half a minute, and by that time the sufferer from Insomnia has been placed In a state of somnolence by bhe decreased flow of blood to-the brain. " Still another method 1 to arrange an electrlo battery in tbe bed so that a mild current act upon the spine. Gladaton st Csreh. A writer in the London Church Ga zette tells this story about Mr. Glad stone: "I happened to be In a church one Sunday morning when Mr. Glad stone came in; It was a church he at tended very rarely, so he was quite un expected. He had much difficulty in finding a seat, for it was a free and open church and -apt to crowd, up dreadfully. A curate deacon, whom we all loved, but whose forte was not preaching, happened to be in the pul pit, and caught sight of the prime min ister as he hurrried in and looked around for a chair. It w,as almost hil first sermon, and, nervous before, this quite upset him. This Mr. Gladstone quickly perceived, and picking up his hat and umbrella, he scurried to the top of the church, and, findlng'a seat among the children, sat through the yhole of a long sermon with his hand to his ear, paying the most marked at tention to every word. This gave the curate I am sorry to say he Is sinoe dead more courage, but after the service Mr. .Gladstone took an oppor tunity of thanking him." risk with Klaalla Stomaah. The good old rule that a receptacle must be larger than It contents finds apparent refutation In the case of the cblMmodon, a flab popularly known as "the black swallower." Hi noted for It voracity and for the enormous dls tenibllity of it stomach, whioh per miaa It to w&How fishes larger than It Mif. - . - (flpera House ONE WEEK! i a Supported by her own coin puny ol su luut players, iimlur the imuiiigO' iiiontot Harry W. Smith, (oimiiio week, uuiumoiiutiig In u rupoi lolro of plays Dow to Mudlord umlleuous, CHANGE OF PROGRAM NIGHTLY! Monday La Hello Mario Tuculuy.. Daughter of tho Kmplro Wednesday Mollis Thursduy. , .Child of thu ttcglmeiit Krlduy Divorced Saturday .Under Two Klugs Miitlnoo Saturday at 2 p. ui. Lost for A Day, Prices. 10. 20 and 30ci3 Reserved ots on sale at Woltors At Howard's. Uniformed band iiarnile mid open air concert dully at 1 1 M a. in. HEY .OfedKv Monday, Hard f HE "CRATER MRS. L. For ICECREAM its TOUAUL'O Spring and summer Boys' and 3 SHOES I Latest colors In Tans. If vou want a nobby Boys' Dress Shoo In Tan, Chocolate or Black, call and son tT. Also a full lino of Rubber Bottom NASH LIVERY and FEED STABLES. PERRY I EOSTER, Proprietors. Having. lately p'urubasod' those slablos we are prepared to furnish' First-Glass Rigs am Teams m ReasonaDie Bads. Boarders and translont will recoivo careful attention. Commercial travelers rl(rs a specialty. FRONT STREET Shone & Schermerhorn ... .. .. .. The Second-Hand Men Not second-hand in principle, but in the matter of goods they have new and second-hand of all descriptions Frtore, Stoves, Ranges j SfHH Branch House Gold Hill Mitchell, Lewis & Slaver Co., DEALERS IN , ' jyiaehineity .. and .. Vehicles m.mmmr, I IHBl"! We have a complete line of the Celebrated Case Black Land Plo'ws, both in Single and Walking Gang. Steel Frame Lever Harrows, Barbed arid Smooth Wire, Mitchell Wagons,-Hacks, Etc.; Single and Double Harness, and in fact .everything carried by a first-class implement house. JEir Send for catalogue. . . , - . D. T. LAW TON, Mf?r. Miedford Branch In Buying Get the Best That's the a THE ONLY WIIICKI, Warranted for One Year ! 'DO riiconix Whuol M0.00 '00 Golden Kuglo 30.00 9'J Solar tins Lump 3.00 f Uloyclo nu t,iillo currlvU to loi'K, CND fO CATAIOQUK Or WHICH AND LAMP LEWIS & STAYER CO D. T. La'wlon, Mgr. Atedford Branch. 99 M. WOOD, Prop. HJUjaAJVfV ( Confectionery I i Seventh St., Medford, Oreion stylos in Ladies', Men's, Children's Tayler, tie Foot Fitter Tennis Shoes. 7th St., Medford. - MEDFORD, ORE I West Side, Medford, Ore aaaaiglgj - .yjLjiiii.,,.i..Z " r ' A