I OUR COUNTY
Correspondents
At -A M
UolU Hill lcuiuH.
II Y M'KUTATOII,
Cant. T. J. Plurooaud wife visited
Medford Monday.
Mrs. J, 0. Hall and ion. of Mod
ford, were hore visiting with Court
last week.
Rev. Ilaborly, of Medford, hold
Bur vice at the M. K. (Juuroh hore
Thursday evonlng.
MlleaP. Ward and J. 8. Howard
are ttlll among ua worklug In the
intereat'of the High Line Ditch Co.
Houok's stamp mill I running
day and night, It hat boon to crowd
ed (loot the roads have beooine
good.
J. F. Landreth, reoently of Sump
ter, has purchased the II. Q. MoNeil
property, on 0 street, and will lo
cate here.
Mint Genevieve Ileames, of Jaok
eonvllle, and Minn Meda Plytnale,
of Medford, visited friends hore last
Thursday.
J. H. Beeman's frleuds are push
ing hiui forward for the Deraooratio
nominee for the legislature from
this end of the county.
I. Ilumison's household goods ar
rived from Portland Monday and
lie is awaiting the completion of bis
new resldeuoe In the Dekum addi
tion. Kellogg & Darling have com
pleted the flume and dltoh for the
Uold Hill Light & Power Company
and the water will be turned on
this week.'
Mrs. C. P. Parker, of Phoenix, Is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. K
Kellogg, this 'week. Mr. Parker
and family expect to leave soon for
asoo County.
Stickle & Stantenger are olean
lug the ground for a new brio;, yard,
vest of Huraison's quarts mill, and
will begin operation as soon as the
weather will permit,
Foster & Wolfe this week sold
their quarts mine, on Galls creek,
to Portland parlies for a good sum.
Tbey had in a thirty-foot shaft
which developed a four-foot vein,
C. F. Young has purchased the
Is. Moon residence, on U street, and
will make some improvements on
the property. A. L. Harvey, the
hardware man, will occupy the
same,
Wm. Russell, the brickyard man,
has formed a partnership with Kel
logg & Darling for the manufacture
of brick and they will soon begin
operations for a large output during
the summer..
The night cap and box social
given by the Rebekahs last Tours
day at their lodge hall was well at
tended. After refreshments Prof.
I'urkeyplla's orchestra furnished
the muslo and those so inolined
To Take
Thin, pale, anemic girls
need a fatty food to enrich
their blood, jive color to
their cheeks and restore their
health and strength. It is
safe to say that they nearly
all reject fat with their food.
SO
COD LIVER OIL
WmtHrPOPHOSPHITI-S orLlftC SOM
fis exactly what they require i
.. . . II 1L - 1
It not oniy gives mem me im
portant element (cod-liver oil)
in a palatable and easily di
gested form.but also the hypo
phosphites which are so valua
ble in nervous disorders that
usually accompany anatmia.
SCOTT'S EMULSION is a
fatty food that is more easily
digested than any other form
of fat. A certain amount of
flesh is necessary for health.
You can get it in this way.
We have known tier-
J sons io gain a pound a
a, trtd li.oa. all drURfkU.
ar.OYT & DOWNS. Chtmliu, Ntw York
ja) O)0) taa ss)f)fl) Ps9s)s)wV
It s Easy
SSMMMIICM1!
spent several hours In danolng,
making It altogether a very enjoy
able evening.
T. II. Ray, a millionaire of New
York City, who has nurohasad a
long list of mining property in this
violnlty through his brotlior, Dr. V.
Kay, Is expooted soon on a visit to
his brothor and a tour of inspection
and for now Investments. lie is
president of ..,Nw York corpora
tion capitalised at 4 2,000,000.
J, H, Beeman, of tne Lucky Bart
mine and mill, has resumed opera
tions for the season with plenty of
rich ore to work on, He has a live-
stamp mill with all modern im
provements. As soon as the roads
will permit Mr. Beeman will ship a
oarload of concentrates to Selby A
Co., of San Franoisoo, for treatment.
There will be a grand May day
oelebratlon In Ooldlllll on May 1st
and ball in the evening, given under
the ausploes of Gold Hill board of
trade. There will be a matched
?;ame of base ball between the Med
or juveniles and Gold Hill ju-
voniies for a sultablo purso, and
three horse races is a part of the
program for the day. A large at
tendance Is expooted and everything
will be employed to make it a grand
success.
moomx Item.
Br x, v.
Gus Epns made Mtdfor J a
busi-
ness visit Wednesday.
Cbas. Taylor, of Ashland, spent
Tuesday In 1'hoenlx.
Mr. and Mrs, John Robbins went
to Ashland Wednesday for a short
visit.
Sunt. O. A. Gregory, of Medford,
made Phoenix a business oall last
Friday.
James Morton started Monday
morning for Klamath, with a load
of dried fruit.
Mrs. H. P. Margrave and Miss
Gertie Weeks visited friends in
Medford Tuesday.
Mr. Foudrey, brother of E. D.
Foudrey, and niece. Mrs. Hicks, of
Henley, Uailf., are here on a visit.
B. O. Adams, of Smith River,
California, brother of Mrs. It. T.
Blackwood, arrived in rboenix
Wednesday for a visit.
Central Point items.
Milo Caton, of Wellen, was in
after a load of pi o visions on Tuee
day.
Miss Roberta Ripper commenced
a term of school, near Beagle, last
Monday.
Elder A. J. Hanby, of Phoenix,
preaohed here last Sunday and will
told services again on April 22d,
at 11 a. m.
The M. E. Church building is
almost completed, it. (Jorum is
painting the interior this. week.
Mrs. Lucinda Guy, of Portland,
who has been paying her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Leever, a visit,
returned home Monday.
The froBt the first of the week
damaged the early fruit very muoh,
but our orohardis think the late
varieties were not badly injured.
Mrs. B. Pleasant and Miss Maud
Downing will have an Easter open
ing of fine millinery next Saturday.
All the ladieB are Invited to oall
and see their stock.
John S. Sims and I. J. Carson
who have been employed st Pokes
ama the past month erecting some
buildings for a mining company
arrived home Monday.
Beagle Items.
Merrill and Hila Gee are making
preparations to start for Cape Nome
in a few days. . ..
The frost of Saturday and Sun
day nights did considerable dam
age to the fruit orop of this violnity
Jas. and Eli Amlok went to Sis
son, Calif., last Wednesday, where
tbey have employment tor the sum
mer.
Thos. Jones, who has bean at
work in the mines at Jump-Off-Joe
for the past four months, 1b visiting
his parents at this place.
We are sorry to report that B. F
Wade, an old and respeotod citizen
of this plnce, is in a very danger
ous oondition with hemorrage pt the
lungs.
Mrs. Flora Carter, of Portland
oame down last Friday and will
spend the summer with her par
entB, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rogers, of
this plaoe.
Brownsboro Items.
BY KEUECOA.
R. Wright, of Big Butte,
trading in town Saturday.
was
Miss Nora Charley is spending a
few days with Mrs. Geo. Nichols, of
Lake Creek.
W. J. Freeman, of Central Point,
accompanied by Mr. Steel, of Inde
pendenoe, made a business trip to
this violnity Friday.
Mrs. W. 0. Daley, of Lake Creek
oallcd on friends in town whilo on
her way to visit hor son, Georgi
Daley, of Eagle Point.
Creek, accompanied by Miss Sophia
iiaine, moue a pleasant visit with
relatives here Saturday.
George Brown in ado a very pleas
ant visit to his mother and friends
hore Saturday and Sunday, He
returned Monday to school at the
normal, where he is well pleased.
Doings ol the circuit Court,
J Nudud vi A J nralln; Judgment
for pluloUflT; IU1.40, 111 oosts, 125 at
torneys' fuel and ordered to tell attached
property.
J Nunan vs O B and Addlo Dews;
Judgment by default for 1210.00 and
12.00 oohU, and ordered that property
under attachment be sold to satisfy laid
Judgment.
The White Sewing Maobloe Co vs W
H Brunk et al; defoudaot's motion over
ruled and time given until Batvrday to
plead; dofendant'i demurrer In laid case
withdrawn.
Jaokson County bank vs Hsrab Har
per and Frank Walt to recover, money;
Judgment by default for I21M and coats,
and that property under attachment be
sold to latlify said Judgment,
White Sewing Maoblno Co vi W'H
Bruuk; property garnlsbeed and hold
pendlbg reiult of lult.
John Devlin, who loit bli naturaliza
tion papers, wai re-admlttud tocltlzon
ship. T T Goer ot al vi Chai Nlckoll et al ;
Judgmont for plaintiff! for 17752.60 and
0500 attorney!1 foot, and ooati taxed at
$10 and mortgaged property to be sold
to latlify laid Judgmont,
Sugar Pine Co v M A and Dora E
Shirley; confirmation of tale of prop
erty. State vi A J Hamlin; verdict of Jury :
"Wo, tbe Jury In the above entitled
cauie, find tbe defendant guilty ot the
crime of aiiault with a dangerous!
weapon, and recommend that It be made
finable offense." Hamlin shot Ed.
Armstrong on the night of Sunday,
February 11th, In Medford. He was
sentenced yesterday to eighteen months
imprisonment In the penitentiary.
J I Fredcnburg vi Geo W Smith et
al; order to make sheriff's deed.
T T Goer vi J E Randies et al; Judg
ment for plaintiff In the ium of 0531.26
and 150 attorneys' feel and order to sell
mortgaged premises.
Bute vi H C Collins ; a sentence of
one year's Imprisonment. It was Col
lins who secured $25 from I L Hamilton
In Medford lait January noon a forged
draft. He wai arretted In Junction
City and preliminary examination was
bad before Judge Jos. Stewart in Med
ford, ane be wm held In the sum of 1600
bonrti and oommltted to the oounty Jail,
where he has since been confined. He
baa been seriously 111 with rheumatism
during hli confinement.
Car of 1 banks.
To tbe many Medford people who
were so kind to us during our recent
sad bereavement, that of the death of
our dear little girl, we wish to express
our deepest and molt heartfelt grati
tude.
MB. AND MRS. GBO. KURTZ.
aicn Cam
Easily?
Are you frequently hoarse?
Do you have that annoying
tickling In your throat? Would
you feel relieved If you could
raise something? Does your
cough annoy you at night, and
do you raise more mucus in
the morning?
Then you should always keep
on hand a bottle of
K throi
ft care!
treat
I 1 cold
vou have a weak
throat you cannot be too
careful. You cannot begin
treatment too early. Each
makes vou more liable
J
to another, and the last
one Is always harder to
cure than the one before It.
r. iter's cttrri Mtttnl Hsjttf
ttMttti vt loci rra c44.
Help at Hand.
If you have any complaint
whatever and desire the beat
medical advice you . can pos
sibly obtaiu, write the doctor
freely Vou will receive a
prompt rsply.
. Address, DR. J. C. AYE,
lowell, Mass.
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Aprs
Cherry
sectorial
Rogue itlvsr Valley.
. The valley of tho Rogue river Is one
of tho ohaln of beautiful valleys ex
tending from the Willamette on tho
north to tho Sacramento and lower
valleys of California on the south.
These fortllo doprosilons, blooming
llko fabled gardom within tbelr moun
tain fastnesses, and rich In every ele
ment of productive energy, are separ
ated from eaoh other by transverse
columns of mountains which link tbe
Cascades with the Coast range, tbui
segregating and creating of eaoh a
distinct lection within Itself and pos
sessing it! own peoullar characteristics.
Tbese valleys, it may be aiuumed,
onoe formed the coast line of the Pa
clflo ocean. It has been olalmed, and
with some reasonable brobablllty, that
there have been three ibore linei on
the coast, and three distinct recessions
of tbe waters of tbe Paoifio, tbe tint
shore lino being at tbe foot of tbe Blue
mountain!. Whether this debatable
hypotbeili be true or not, it may be
assumed ai a certainty that Rogue river
valloy was once a lake The evidences
of this fact are too numeroui and un
mistakable to admit of serious question;
and that lis waters were once dis
charged through what Is now known
as Sterling creek, there li every reason
able probability to believe. The great
bed rock wash of Sterling creek, from
100 to 175 feet wide, and from 26 to 50
foet deep, shows the action of a large
volume of water for an indefinite period
of time. There may bave been, and
probably was, a high spur of tbe Sis
kiyous near tbe head of Sterling oreek,
wblob slid in at some time in the past
and blocked the channel and forced
tbe wateri of the lake to out their way
through tbe gorge at Rook Point, and
flow into the old channel below Grants
Pasi. In support of this probability.
there Is every evtdenoe that Applegate,
below the mouth of Stirling to its
oonfiuence with. Rogue river, was once
a large stream.
Rogue river valley, viewed from any
standpoint, Is an irregular amphi
theatre walled In on all tides by moun
tains that rise from the valley In a sue-
cession of undulating hills and plateaus,
one above another, until tbelr hoary
summits tower in perpetual mow.
Stick a pin in the center of this grand
amphitheatre of picturesque beauty
and productiveness, and you will ex
actly locate the wide-awake, progres
sive, Uve, bustling, building and busi
ness town of Medford, situated on the
through line of the Southern Paoifio
railroad from San Francisco to Port
land. The geographical position of
Medford In the oenter ot the valley,
and in the heart of the largest and best
body of agricultural land in the county,
cannot but make It preeminently the
business and commercial center ot the
oounty. The trade of Medford, through
the liberality and foresight of its active
and energetlo business men, now
reaches and ramifies almost every sec
tion of the valley. With the rapidly
increasing volume of business done at
Medford from year to year, it is sale to
predict that its future li one of assured
prosperity, and steady and healthy
growth.
City Council Proceedings.
The following bills were allowed at
the last session of the city counoll
J Beek A Co, hardware .1
S It Murray, marshal salary
1 D Hooker, street work
Mra R P Anderson, meals (orprlaoaera
J R Wilson, blsoksmltbtna;.
O M Phelsttr, 2 stone crossings
17 29
45 00
H 00
5 M
IS 10
76 39
4 00
18 00
5 IS
10 00
67 00
U 00
40 00
127 90
21 40
17 6.1
SMOOO
7M 80
w I. H .mm. wnrir na i.n, numn
E B Lyons. lailDK pipe and hydrants.:
J W Lawtan, height and drayage on
pipe (or town
A M Hlbbtard, flr wood, 1 cords.
an i jones. surveying
S Chllders, repairing fornaoe and rook
rot street crossings
R B Lswton, engineer salary for March
R A Proudroot, lights and sunderles. . .
J W Lswton, recorder's fees tor March
a H Hssklns, mdse. and hall rent
R A Proudroot, electric light plant
R A Proudfoot, wood
The fallowing named firemen were
allowed l each lor serjies at the are
of March Mlh: Chas Perdue, W J
Fredenburg, H A Fredenburg, Ira
Anderson, D T Lawton, J W Curry,
I N Norrls, 1 W Lawton, H 9 Nlohol
' son. At the are of March Slst: D T
Lawton, Eugene Araana, i W Carry,
H O Nicholson.
For Sale or Rent House with two
acres of ground good fruit and garden.
D. B. Russell.
For sale A full blood, Jersey heifer
calf. Registered. J. J. Howser, ttaat
Seventh street.
Eggs Full blood S. C. White Leg
horn eggs, 50 cents a setting. A. H.
Cheasmore.
Sewine machines this week from
$5 up, at White's sewing maohine store,
Medford.
All kinds of sash and doors and
screen doors, at lowest market price.
W. Woods.
' W. H. Meeker & Co. wants to buy
your niohuir. Highest market price
paid.
Spring truoks for spring house
hold moving, wens at suearer.
Fresh Btook ot garden seeds in
bulk or paokage, at G. L. Davis'.
You never drank coffee that's bet
ter than Hawaiian.
. Look out for La Flor Do Alfonso
next week.
Por Sale or Exchange.
200-aore farm situated Ave miles from
Ashland and about six miles from Med
ford; 60 acres under plow; all fenoed;
fair bouro; spring water. Will ex
change for residence In niedford. ' Also
no block of building lots in Ashland,
600x240 feet; inside property; nice lo
cation ; fenced; some fruit. E. E.
Miner, Gold Hill, Oregon,
Thb Mail Is the best oounty paper.
County CoHSMtasloners' Court.
BUty-flve scalps of wild animals were
counted by the commissioners.
Io tho matter of tho county road peti
tioned for by John K Inkle and otberi,
report of viewers and surveyor read
second time and continued to next term
of court, Robert Orrao having presented
claim for damages.
A warrant for f25 was drawn on
special fund for postago stamps for
county-officers.
Dr G R Ray having paid into the
county treasury $44.86 for assignment
of certificate of tax sale In soo 86, tp
32 1, r 1 w, and paid the sheriff the
taxes due on said lands, the sams was
by order transferred to the laid C R
Ray.
In the matter of Hattie Howard, In
corrigible, ordered that a warrant for
7.60 be drawn in favor of W J Howard
for presenting ber before the court
pending an examination Into tbe charge
against her.
In road petitioned for by T H Fredeu-
burg and others, Ira Wakefield, Wm
Perry and Cbas Edmonson appointed
viewers, Garl T Jones, surveyor, to
meet April 27, and view out and survey
said road.
In road petitioned for by F F Bailey
and others, further hearing continued
to next term of court.
Report of hospital contractor for
March, examined and approved.
Bid of Horace Mann for printing
official reports and advertisements, be
ing the only bid, was accepted.
Ordered that $76 be allowed for gravel
ing newly graded road in district 23,
under direction of Martin Perry, com
missioner. Ordered that H C Turpln be allowed
$200 to continue rocking road bed on
Big Stioky road.
In elections at Gold Hill and Boxy
precincts, J W Marksberry was ap
pointed judge of election in Gold Hill
precinct io place of Geo R Hammersley,
non resident; and H H Taylor was ap
pointed olerk at Roxy preclnot in place
of John Hockersmith, not now a resi
dent ot said preolnct.
Journal of March term read and ap
proved. W F Wilkinson having tailed to pay
to the county the amount bid on oor
taln lands, and other parties having
bid the same, county judge ordered to
make deed of conveyance to said lands
to suoh parties, on their paying over to
the county 1160.
The follwing bills were allowed at
the April term ol tne Uounly uommis
sioners' court :
BILLS ALLOWED,
mnmra salaries. lnfllQdlnff laaltor and
Ibwii. rtv.tr fMrtnu S 1107 17
OBHasklnssuppllesforoonntyoBoers lib
H Rosenthal, supplies lor Olson and
Johnson fsmUles IS
Medtord bank, sundries 6 00
Irwin HadMn Co. Minnllea for BhArUTs
omes w
Ifmlfard Enanlrar. Drtntlns; 1 60
Glass Pniahomme, reglslrauoa sup-
o'fils " T. mo
W B Jackson, work on county maps. . ..
97(0
B Obenchala, witness
tartm lmtt nnnrt -
lees Beptemoer
, m'
J Nunan, supplies for O M Pierce 10 00
a a KOtl, ramffTinit aouwuH w ow
nltal and clouting o i
8 I Myers, removing McOlnntss to bos-
pltal V 09
Cost bUl, road petlUon for by John
Kinkie u .
Mrs J H Whitman, supplies for Robin
son family e"
Mrs C I Morgan, supplies for Rebecca
Morgan 12 00
J Nunan. supplies for Mrs Hudson S 00
8 O Motherland supplies for Crosby
famuy w
Mra o 1 Courtney, sunnlies for self. .... - S 00
W FTowne.supplleslorJasCoUle.... 6 00
tltttenison at iumsaen. suppuea lur
Klnnald fun II V & 00
Amy Wilson, supplies tor Pearl Wilson 6 00
Cost bill, stale vs H Collins 61 SO
Cost bill, state vs Wm Ulrica. .-. 20 SO
Coat bill vs A J Hamlin 21 10
Alex Orme, board and washing for
prisoners
Chas Prim conveying Hattie Howard
26 45
to urmenuon nome, moiuuiog uuu
ston fee of f
Glass St Prudhomme, supplies for
clerk's offlce
J R Wilson, Irons for scraper .
W n Parbnr. Kflv 1a statute for iudffe's
78 85
18 00
22 00
offloe : WOO
Cost bill, state vs 1 O Hawthorne 8 45
Peter Applegate, allowance for deputy
for March M '
Samuel Jolly, taxes ana costs on prop
erty assessed to "unknown'
W S Crowell, sundry small bills
Dr J W Kobtnson, medicine and attend
ance on prisoner
O S Butler, per diem and mUeage as
commissioner
Martin Perry, per diem and mileage as
commissioner
Ous Newbury, express charges on sup
piles
Cost bill, slate vs Wm Ulrica
Cost bill, state vs Wm Ulrlcb
11 88
4 90
81 10
18 80
12 00
4 10
14 85
12 25
Total bills allowed. ...1 1611 03
- Superior job printing at this once.
Dissolution of Partnership.
Notice Is hereby given that the co
partnership heretofore existing by and
between J. C. Hall and W. F. Isaacs,
doing buBlneBS under the-firm name of
Hall & Isaacs, is by mutual oonsent this
day dissolved. All aocounts due the
firm are payable to W. F. Isaacs, who
will continue the business, and all ac
counts owed by the firm will be paid by
said W. F. Isaacs,
Dated at Medford, Oregon, this 5th
day of April, 1900.
J. C. Hall,
W. F. Isaacs.
A Bargain tor Someone.
Seven hundred acres of land nearly
all tillable two and one-hall miles east
of Phoenix dcDot and iwven miles from
Meuroi a. viooti oruuoru as gooa wneat
land UH is In tlio vulBy, gooa corn lana,
twn. irond housos. irood outbuildings.
five good springs of witter, plenty of fire
wood. Will eell onttlo, hogs and horses
with farm. Will sell r.'iwonaoie.
J. X. fAYNE
CASTOR I A
lor Infants and Children.
Tin Kind Yoo Have Always Bought
Bsars the
ature
hS
County School Note
By Supt. O. A. Gregory
School In district 40 began April 2d,
for a twelve weoks' term with Cora B.
Lemon In oharge.
Geo. McCune Is exercising bis author-'
ity in No. 77 and we beliove he will
prove his ability to do good work.
M. Ella Griffith Is busy with the pu
pils In N. 48. The school house will
need enlarging If the school oontlnoe)
to grow.
Mils Etta Wilson has possession of
the four lower grades in Eagle Point
school. We predict a successful term
for her.
Word comes from Miss Jessie Rose,
teaoher in No. 80, that there will .be
school entertainment for Bag and II'
brary purposes during the torn.
A glance Into the busy school room
of Miss Donegast in No. 8 showed all at
work and eager to learn. There will
be an entertainment there In a few
weeks.
Teachers who are preparing pupils
for the eighth grade examinations In
the rural school should not lose sight
of the fact that the main objeet of tho
study which leads to graduation Is the
development of power. A certificate of
graduation is a snare and delusion un
less true culture has been gained before
securing it. Too much stress has been
laid on the fact of graduation, and not
enough on the value of the power whiob.
should be first gained. It is far better
to fall to graduate than to do so with
out having earned the right. ." " ..
A. Slover, the dravman, get him
to do your hauling. Household goods
and heavy artloles carefully and safely
handled. Teams always bandy and
teamsters courteous.
Advertised Letter List.
Following la a list of letters remain In aa-
ealled for la the Medford postofltce on April
11, lsw.
Abbott, Dr B CaleaderA O
Lawson. T . Shields, Phrona E
VesceUno, Chas H White, J M
A charm of one sent wtu be made uooa So.
livery of each of the above letters.
Persons calling for any of the above letters
will please ear " Advertised."
u. r. hishuus, roatasaster.
Bee Supplies.
I have just received a full line of be .
supplies suoh as foundation combs,
frames, hives and smokers.
H. H. Howard & Oo.
City Property lor Sole. .
One lot situated on Eighth street,
at rear of J. R. Wilson's shop, which
can be bought cheap. Saildiog on
property. Inquire at MAIL offloe.
Dlssolutioa of Partaterafclf).
Notice is hereby given that the co
partnership heretofore existing by and
between Emil DeRoboam and . P.
Orser, doing business under the firm
name of DeRoboam Orser, Is this
date viz: April 11,1900, dissolved. All
accounts due the firm are payable to
Emil DeRoboam and all bills owed by
tbe firm will be paid by said DeRoboam,
who will continue tne Dimness.
kmtt. DeRoboam,
E. P. OK8KR.
LONDON IN 1784-
There Wee Maaty HtaTBiOTstraMei aeteT
ttaovatere ItwMa.
In 1784 M. La Combe published a book.
entitled "A Picture ot London," fa
which inter alia he says! 'The high
roads 30 or 40 milea round London ar
filled with armed highwaymen and
footpads."- This w as then pretty true,
though the expression '.'fUled" is some
what of an exaggeration. The medical
student of 40 or 50 years ago seems to
have been anticipated in 1784, for M.
La Combe tells us that "tbe brass
knockers of doors, which cost from
12 to IS shillings, are stolen at night
if the maid forgets to unscrew them"
a precaution which seems to have)
gone out of fashion. "The arrival of
the mails," our author saya, "is un
certain at all times of the year. Perr
sons who frequently receive letters
should recommend their correspond-.
ents not to insert loose papers, nor te
put the letters in covers, because the
tax is. sometimes treble, and always
arbitrary, though in a free country.
But rapacity and injustice are the dei
ties of the English."
M. La Combe does not give us a flat
tering character! "An Englishman,"
he says, "considers a foreigner as an '
enemy, whom he dares not offend open
ly, but whose society he fears; and he.
attaches himself to no one," Perhaps
it was so in 1784, but such feelings have .
nearly died out at least among eilu
cated people. M. La Combe, in another
part of his book, exclaims: "How are
you changed, Londoners! ' Your women
are become bold, imperious and expen
sive. Bankrupts and beggars, coiners,
spies and informers, robbers and pick
pockets abound; the baker mixes nlum
in his bread; the brewer puts opium
and copper tilings in his beer; the milk
woman spoils her milk with Bnails."-
Gentleman's Magazine. '
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