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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1900)
OUR COUNTY ... Correspondents Jacksonville News. 0. Diode's Uiuulo Htund Ih doing a Ilnu business. He bus all he oun do ovory night, until a Into hour. Win. and Graoo Curroll, of Roao burg, were visiting friends In Juok Honvlllo Sunday, the guusts of MIbh Kate I'lyuialo. Hon. Henry K. Ankeny, wbo went to Philadelphia an a delegate to th national oonventiou. returned the taut of the week, well pleased with the work ot the oouvention. Geo. MoLean, of the Sardloe oreek mine, of Kclley & MoLean, was at the oounty seat the first of the week. lie says everything is moving along smoothly at the mine, and that development work so far is very satisfactory, Jas, MoCully has completed bis census work and forwarded It to the commissioner, and bus received notice of its approval, with the thanks or that oiUuer for the per fect work done and the faithful and Intelligent manner in which he per formed his duties. Prof. Horton and father fitted out a nice covered conveyance and have gone to the coast. After enjoying rock ood. clams, shrimps and other salt water dolicaoies for a while, thoy will return and take a trip ast of the mountains. They have a good team and are splendidly fitted out for the trip. John Bievenue, who left Jackson ville about six weeks ago, accom panied by two sons aad a daughter, to work at Niagara, and who was badly hurt by a log rolling over him, was brought home by his chil dren last week. It was thought his it!roal Injuries were suoh that be could not live, but there appears now to b hope of bis reoovery. Most of the forest rangers weut out the first of the week. It is the S roper time to go now, before forest res have been started. There Is a chance to control a fire when It is first started, but after it has gained headway and spread over a wide extent of territory it is almost im possible to do anything with it. This Is preeminently a case in which an ounoe of prevention is worth many pounds of oure. The benefioiary policy of 12000, neiu oy me laie ueo. nines in onu ner lodne. A. 0. U. W of Jackson ville. was Daid to Mrs. Pauline Hlnes, widow of deceased, by the treasurer of the lodge last week, iust 80 davi from the death of Mr, Hiues. The order is allowed 00 days bv law in which to par .' .rfflicv. but if the money is on hand, . generally is, payment is made :MA IliTaka frliA avnlrol inn a' the IokuI limit. It is impossible to approximate the good this great ordor is aocomnlishimi in the relief of distress, and the protection of widowed homes and dependent or phans. The figures representing the relief extended to bereaved families, though startling, convey but little Idoaof the world of distress whloh has been averted, and the number of homes saved from wreok and ruin. The order was ornanizod Oot, 14. 18(18. and elnoe that date to Jan. 1. 1900. it has oald out in round numbers for relief. 00,J3i 806.84. Thluk of It; the amount is eimnlv stuDendous. The small jur iadiotion of Oregon slnoe its organi zation, has paid out for relief the munifioent sum of $1,700,000: and our people, our neighbors and our mends, and not strangers, nave re ceived this monev. It is the duty of every man who has a family or persons aepenaenc upon mm, w as sociate himself with the order and beoome a member of the great army of relief that is growing and extend ing Itn nnnfiilnoBs until it will num ber millions in the grand work of humanity and protection. The grand 4th of July rally at the Presbyterian Church Sunday night, under the auspices or the Christian Endeavor Sooiety, was a meeting inspired wholly by patri otic Christian sentiment, and dur ing the proceedings developed into one of earnest solicitude for, and confident hope in the ultimate des tiny of the Amerioan neonle. Misfl Maud Prim oooupied the ohalr of president and direoted the course of trie meeting witn tne grace uu dignity of a person many years her senior. During the evening the oholr sing number of beautiful and appropriate songs. The more important subjeots discussed were : "What Nations Have Suffered for Safety," by Miss Lemberger; "Spe cial Dangers of Prosperity," Honry Doxj "Cause of the Downfall of Na tions," Lulu Jones; "What Reosons Are There to Holleve the Amerioan Government to Be Moro Stable and Knduring Than Other Govern ments," J, C. Whlpp. There were several other Important subjects dis cussed but space will not permit us to mention more. However, tney were all from a patriotio and Chi Is tian standpoint and commended themselves to the haart aud con science of all patriots and Christian believers nresent. Hon. Wm. M. Colvig made the ohier address oi the evening on tne suujoot or "unns tlan Citizenship." whloh was given to him by the president after he was oalled forward to sneak. The Impromptu appeal of Mr. Whlpp for assistance in the Sunday school and Christian Endeavor, was a veritable Macelonian cry for help, Ho Bixike as one touuhed by the onlrlt. nf Are. It was an anneal which will 1)0 remembered and that will bear good fruit. W. W. Oore made a fine Impromptu address on "Patriotism and Christianity." He said many good things whioh will be lonir remembered by those pres ent. Mr. Oore also favored the meeting with a solo, "Jerusalem," whloh received many favorable com meats, The meeting was more than a success and was greatly enjoyed bv all present. Mr. Colvig s ground work, largely formulated from the facts of the Bible, was a master niece of ideal mechanism, so con struoted that it seemed easy for this able gentleman to rear a grand and beautiful literary etruoture which would please and fascinate and at the same time indicate correct course in life, and -instruot in the principles which was his purpose to eiuoidate ana impress unon the minds of his bearers. He could not be followed in his 30 minute talk, bristling: with history . . . . ii .sots and simiues, ana rounding in fervent patriotism and Christian sentiment, without seeming to be invidious, and it were better to stop herewith the remark that aa an imoromotue sneaker. Mr. Colvig has few superiors, ills aaaress was received with muoh salisfac tion. week. He has sold all bis land and stook In thai oounty and will rest for a while. Mrs. Cal Wlnningham is in Doug- as County upon a visit to relatives and friends. Mr. Winningham has returned to work in the mines, he having purchased Charles Jones' nterust in tho tollman mine. Rev. Kby, of Jacksonville, and Rev. Ploxie, of Williams, Josephine County, conducted services at the Forest creek school lu use last Hun- day . Sunday school was held at ten o'clock, and at eleven Kev. Iloxie preaobed an interesting sor mon. After tbe morning services bountiful dinner was spread on tables in the sohool house, to whloh all did ample iustioe. At three o'clock we were favored with a ser mon -bv Rev. Ebv. after whloh all returned home feeling that tbe day had been well spent. Central Point Items. of Prospect, spent Talent News Items. The railroad carpenters are re pairing the depot at Talent. Sam'l Netherlund came up from the mines at Keswick, California, Tuesday. : Ueorse Blaak came un from Call fornla Tuesday to spend the Fourth with friends in Talent. A. Alford, who has been prospect ing over in California for some time, spent the Fourth at home. Talent was nearly deserted Wednesday, most of the people having gone to Med ford to spend the Fourth. W. O. Knighten, who has been working in a logging camp at Pokegama, came up a few days ago for a visit with bis family. B. F. Mvers came up from Pokeg ama the first of tbe week. He went over to Montague Tuesday to spend the Fourth with friends there. A. T. Bell, wbo has been in Call fornia for the past couple of months at work in tbe mines, came over the first of the week to spend the Fourth. Woodvtlle Items. place. The ceremony was performed by Mr. Osborne, J. P., In the pres ence of a few relatives and friends. Tbe many friends of tbe young oeuple wish them a happy ana prosperous life. Mrs. Helen D. Harford, state president of the W. C. T. U., leo tured here last Thursday evening to an attentivo audience. A union was organized here a few weeks ago by Mrs. McCain, of Medford. Much interest is manifested by tbe ladies in this vicinity in this work and new mombirs are coming into the union at each meeting. Our sohool closed last Friday evening with an entertainment which reflected much credit on both teachers and scholars. The literary selections were well chosen and de livered in a proper maoner. k noticeable feature of the exercises was a series of Oreek poses, in which the girls were all dressed in Greek costumes, and showed care ful training by their teachers, Miss Maud Merritt and Hiss L,uiu new- ton. After the entertainment ice cream was served to all, and daneing was indulged in until a late hour. ' School Closing Exercises. S. S. Aiken, Sunday bore. Rufus Cox, of Medford, spent Saturday in our city. Irvin Pruett aud family are hav ing a siege with the measles. Mr. and Mrs. B. Vinoent, or Tible Rook, were tradiug here the first of the week. W. F. Doran, who has been visit ing his old home in Boone, Iowa, returned borne last week. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Bolle, of Wellen. were trading with our mer chants the first of the week. Miss Marv A. Mee left for Grants Pass on Monday's train to visit her sister, Mrs. E. H. Bebb, wbo is very ill. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Amy, accom panied by Miss Effie Pankey, left Mondav for Crescent City on an outing. Mrs. E. Ross, who has been visit : 1 J Ul.. u. W-T Ct.n. lug ucr ubukuki, tU.O. II . " w. ley, at Ashland, returnaa nome Sunday. .. K C. Sherman and John Hessel grave, wbo have been working in their mines in Josephine County, returned home last w eek (Received too late (or lost week.) The little son of Mr. and Mrs, Wilcox is now convalescent after a lengthy illness. Mrs. AnnaDimlck returned home Sunday from a several days' visit with her mother, Mrs. Lizzie Magerle. Mrs. I. E. Deboy. of Gold Hill, returned to ber home Monday morning. She bad been here a few days with Mrs. A. R. Merritt, whose baby is seriously ill. Mrs. Harvey also of Oold Hill, came down Mon dav evening and remained with Mrs. Merritt until Wednesday. The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Milton was the scene of a happy wedding on Sunday, June 24th, at high noon, the bride being their accomplished daughter, Miss Ollie. Tne groom was Wm. Beck, a highly respected citizen of this SCROFULA thin blood, weak lungs and paleness. You have them in hot weather as well as in cold. SCOTT'S EMULSION cures them In summer as In winter. It is creamy looking and pleas ant tasting. (oo, and fi a i all droisists. I MMHHM Forest Creek Hews. by opera . Farmers iu this section are re ceiving seven dollars per ton for hay in the field. Wm. Caton's family is afflicted with the measles. With that ex oeption health on the oreek is good, James Armorlest. of Forest oreek, has some good miloh cows, with young calves, for sale. Call and see them if you want to buy. A large amount of alfalfa bay on Annlecate was badly damaged by the late rains. The grain, oorn and vegetable crops will be immense, however. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Davies, of For est oreek, have been visiting friends . iin n ii on lower Appiegate. w nue were Mr, Davies purchased a fine driv ing horse from Fred Knox. Wm. Pernoll, an old and highly reBDected resident of lower Apple gate, died at his home on June 29 Interment was made in the Ja?k sonville cemetery the following day. Wm. Bostwiok and James Arm priest are busily engaged in haying. The latter has forty tons of fine grain hay, out sinoe the rain, for whioh he expects to reoeive a good price, - Wm. Robinson, a stookman from Sprague river, Klamath County, was visiting James Armprlest last A. VISIT TO PARIS. Americans Who Oo to the Exposi tion Will Need Much Cash. HaUl stats Baltad aaa vesrtalasr Will Have a rmmmr Prtae Tacked Oa to rlaaae Visitors. Beaole, Ore., June 28th. Publihhkr Mail: School closed here last Friday with an excellent literary program. There bad been no time taken from the studies but one would have thought, from the promptness with wbich everything moved along, that several weeks bad been required. It shows how much interest pupils take in school when they have an instructor they like. As a usual thing all children are glad when the last day comes, but this was not the case Friday, Your humble servant heard all of tbem Baying suoh as "I wish school had just commenced." "I don't want to take my books home," etc. Every patron as well as child is speaking in the highest terms of the work done during the past three months, and all are eager to secure Miss Lila Sackett again for the fall term. uitize.n. LIVELY MAIL SORTING. SMrla lirlaiei of m w Task aa la th Oelerate Mlalaar Paaatry. SPOTS BALD " w w s' a-- rr . . a w 1 1 n -out help, a bald spot never grows smaller. It keeps until M at last your friends sav. " now bald be is getting." Not easy to cure an old baldness, but easy to stop the first thinning, easy to check, the first tailing out. Used In time, bald ness is made with- it stops falling, promotes growth, and takes out all dandruff. It always restores color to faded or gray hair, all the dark, rich color of early life. You may depend upon it every time. It brings health to the hair. Sl.OOibottU. All Druggist. - 11 1 have mod jrour Hair Vigor and mm greatly plaaseu with It, I have only used ana bottlo of It, and yt my hair has stopped falling out and aMQ aMi avis, tVMiun wajioia asivws t mm M&otr vosor M March 38, 1 nr.tHH Witt. canova, a. imk. Wrttm thm Dtm. If jron do not obtain nil th tmneflta Ton axpootett from the ua of 4h6 vigor, writ th Doctor about It. iddreti.DB. J.C. AVER, - Lowell, Man. ViVi Nichols D. Bragaw, now a staid com mercial manin New York, was a citizen for many years of Colorado and other mining region. Bis brother Robert wm heavily Interested in mines and was postmaster and njuyor of Ouray. One winter, what with busy times in the camp and such unexpected acci dents a-, premature blast and lynching bees, there was a dearth of men, and to help bis brother in the post office Mr. Bragaw took charge of the railway postal service for the government In that district, says the Philadelphia Post. "It was not an unpleasant life after you once got used to it," he said, re cently, in describing it. "The grandeur of the scenery, the bracing air of the mountains and forest, the ice cold water of the streams and the good-nature of the people more than offset the accidental bullet and the occasional bowle knife. One day, in 1882, we started from LeadMUc out at the top of a long incline which followed1 the meanderings of the California gulch. We were 15 minutes late on account of a blizzard, and wanted to moke up lost time. The day was a very dark one in January; my lamps were burniugand my little stove blazing fiercely. I no ticed the train was goiup very fast, but supposed we were making up lost time. As the velocity Increased 1 suddenly realized that the train had run away. Nothing was to be done. If we were go ing to smash no power could prevent it, and if we were not my mailhags would have to be ready for delivery. I worked hard, it seemed, for hours. As a mat tcr of foot, however, it was only a few minutes. Then the front of the car, the nshpan and the mallbags seemed to rush at me, aud I became unconscious. When I came to I found myself thump. Ing the floor with my headland strug gling with imaginary foes. I then re called where I was, and slowly and painfully extricated myself from the mountain of letters, papers and mail- bags which hnd providentially served as safety buffers for my body. "We had run Into a train ahead of us, and the mallear had been crushed at both ends, while the middle had been left intact. We wore not far from 'a telegraph station, and In a few mm- uteR the news had been carrieain every direction. Now here comes the queer part; a locomotive and a wrecking car were not far away and were sent, promptly to our relief; the track was cleared, the mails were transferred, and I had the pleasure that evening of alighting at my destination on time and with all of mymail. I was received with a wild weloome by tho population ot the place, who had come prepared to reoolve the dead." Ben C. Truman, well known as a newspaper writer In Ctiicago, is now In l'aris and In a recent letter offer, through the Chicago Chronicle, some suggestion to thou contemplating a visit to that city during th exposi tion. He says: ' "The hotel have all railed their rstes from 40 to 80 per cent. Th Grand hotel I th leading robtwr of th gang. Twenty year ago a good room could be secured there for six franc per day, candle and attendance included ; coffee for two francs, dejeuner a la four ehette, four franc, and dinner for six, including wine. Ten years ago, during the exposition of 1880, the same room was seven francs, coffee three francs, dejeuner five francs and dinner seven, Including wine. Now, however, the same room (Incandescent light) is IS francs, coffee four francs, dejeuner five francs and dinner seven, or about S per day, and all tbe meal (lumpy same thing every day; same old poulette and chicken salad twie a day. Can you Imagine o prodigious a steal a 80 cent for a cup of abominable coffee and a few counted roll? Th Continental and L'Athanee - ehargt about the lame. All the other hotel of account charge about from 18 to 28 franca per day for full board per month or per day everything I o much per day, even if it Is by th month or year. "And then yon are compelled to fa from six' to ten people almost contin ually. Elegant pensions, engineered by widows of 'distinguished and la mented army and navy officers,' are higher priced than th high-rate ho tels, while life at a regular pension means taking chances ot being starved or frozen to death. Next to the hotels and pensions a freebooter come th Uores. that have put up their price quite 40 per cent. - "Hat and shoes are SO per cent, dear er than in 1889; neckties that range from 25 cent to 50 cent in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, range from three francs (SO cents) to seven francs ($1.40) here and this U the country of silk manufactures! Cot ton, linen and woolen goods hav near y all advanced from SO to SO per cant, over what they were in 1869. Cane and umbrellas and such from 20 to 40 per cent. Shirts, handkerchief and glova teem not to have advanced so much. "Druggists' goods have gone diabol ically out of all sight of all grades of polite robbery. A prescription that would cost 25 cents in San Francisco is II here. An ounce of oastor oil is 50 cents, a pint of witch hazel is 90 cents and an ounce of borax 40 cents. Candies, fruit, clarets, tobacco, cigars nnd cigarettes are the only things that have not been atrociously advanced Soap, lead pencils, pen, ink and paper have advanced 100 per cent. Omnibus rates are six cents as against four cents some years ogo. The only thing cheap in Paris to-day is the cab, which is still only 30 cents from any one point to an- jther within the city, for from one to three persons, or 40 cents per hour for me, I have met a score or more of Americans who had come here to stay for several months, bat who are going back on the North German Lloyd steamer of the 18th. AH of these go home without making purchases, and none of them will return by the French line. Really, the foreign feeling against the hotels and stores here is intense, and the American and Eng lish papers of Paris publish complaints of some kind daily." Truman is an old traveler and know what he is talk ing about. It would m as if the ex position were a good plae ts stay away tram. 44 Give Him an Inch, ; f He' It Take in ELI." Let the smallest microbe gtin lodgment in your body nd your -whole system wiU be diseased. The microbe Is microscopic. But the germs become inches and then ells of pain. Hood's SarsaparUU destroys the microbe, prevents the pain, purifies ther btood and effects a permanent cure. PUHGEHT PARAGRAPHS. . First Waiter "How's- the- new guestr Second Walter 'Tip-too." Town Topiea. "Jones Is rsry superstitious." "Way, do you think so?" "He owe me tM snd won't pay it." N. O. Tlmea-Ucn' ocrat. Bacon "You say your son at college writea ' bold hand?" Egbert ''I rbould say so. He's just written tor f ISO more." YoDkers Statesman. On the Road. "And what does the local critic say of me?"' asked the Ohost. "Oh! he lets you down easy." replied Hamlet. "He merely says that the Ghost wasn't true to life." Puck. Senility. Mr. Dullerby "I wonder why they call those tall, old-fashioned clocks grandfathers' , clocks." Mrs. Dullerby "Oh; I suppose it's because they're generally run down." Jewel ers' Weekly. Remote and Safe. "Our literary club is going to stludy the Elizabethan era," "Isn't that rather hackneyed?" Yes; but in discussing people who are dead, you know, w won t bo tempteH to gossiq." Detroit Free Press. ' A schoolmaster sends us an answer given by a boy in a "general informa tion examination. Asked who loin Mann was, the boy replied: "Tom Man ia what one calls a woman what behaves like a man, as one calls a boy ish girl a torn boy." London Truth. 'Can you trace the resemblance of a baby to anything under the sua but another baby?" "Oh, yes, Indeed," re plied the social diplomat. "To what?" "To whichever Darent asks me about it." All the masters of diplomacy are not in public life. Tietroit Journal. HIT EVERT TIME HE MOVED. Caaavlaalc SSxaaelaaaa at m SaHta HlTlaaar la. a risiat EARTH IS GROWUrQ. - To Rover. . . , A faithful companion, more loving -and trustworthy, more constant than man, Sir H. Sebon-Qordon, Bart. The time will surely come when the Washington. dog and cat graveyard will be so attractive that pet animals will fade away and die in the hope of being interred in such a congenial and beau tiful spot. Washington Post. Bxaltattoa of the Uoasaaolleraa. rata Slaka at Oar la Oalala ka Waisjkt at Bat at rive las taaa Taa a Yea. The earth, is growing heavier at the average rata of 500 tons a year. The meteors or shooting or falling stars (of which now and again suoh bril liant displays rejoice the careful watchers) in passing through the sarth a atmosphere ar burnt up and (all on the earth' surface, occasion ally in a heavy mass, but most usu ally in small mataorio dust. Prof. Nordenskjold, from hi great expe rience, estimated that, from the ause named, 500 tons fall uniformly and steadily over the whole globe in each year, and the observations of Russian scientists yield a similar re sult. These meteor streams, says an other astronomer, are really small planetary bodies, revolving around the sun in fixed orbits oy tne lorce ot wavitv. The earth revolves on its axis at the rate of 1,000 miles an hour. and speeds through space in its orbit around the sun at the rata of 1,000 miles every minute, and In August and November plunges into the very midst if the meteorlo stream going in the DDDOaito direction. The rapidity with which they enter our atmosphere, and the friction thus generated, are so enormous that they are sat fire to. the smaller ones being consumed and falling in dust, while the larger ones occasionally reaoh the earth in the shape ot meteorlo stone or iron. loath Carolina's Comlna? Bspealtloa. South Carolina in 1901 proposes to hold a state exposition which will be illustrative of the new departure of that state in the swift development of its material resources. The undertak ing has the general approval of the political and business interests of the state. Chicago Chroniol. A private soldier in the Second bat talion, Gordon Highlanders, recount an experience In the following letter. Indicating that the marksmanship of some Of the Boers at least is better than has been alleged: "We, the Devons, Imperial Light Horse and others, had a fight at Eland slaagte with: the Boers, and I never en joyed myself so much before. You first have to get christened to fire, and then yon think nothing of the shells bursting about you, and the bullets which go whistling past like bees. We went forward by so yard rusnes. and at every rush you could hear a groan and down would go one of our comrades either killed or wounded, poor chapt "When we were miles from tne ene my they opened fire on us with shell, and as we were going along in mass one of the shells burst on the left of the company and one of our men of my section Bobby Hall got shot dead with a piece of the shell going straight through his head. That was what made more than one wisn to turn and run. But what would Britain do if her soldiers ran from the enemy? At last we got to where we could get a shot at the Boers with, our rifles, ' and you may bet we gave them more than one, as, perhaps, the papers have told yon. I got through the rifle fire down tc the bayonet charge on the hillside, when. I felt a sting in the left arm, and looking down found I was shot in the wrist. In changing mr posi tion I got shot in the center of the forehead. The bullet dfd not go straight through, it glanced off my nose bone and . came out above my right temple. . . . . On looking round I was just in time to see the blood squirt from the first wound. "I shifted my position in quick time, for I did not want another from the same rifle. I lay still after doing this for awhile, when the thought came to me to get my wrist bandaged and try to shoot again. On changing my posi tion I got a bullet right In the 'nap per.' I was out of action then, for all was dark. I heard the officer I was going to get the bandagee from say: Poor chap, he's gone.' But no, I am still kicking." N. Y. Herald. The Chlafof tarn Coaaaaahas. The affairs of the Comanche tribe are absolutely controlled by Quanah Parker, who ia supreme in everything, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. He has the white man's keen percep tion, and the Indian's cunning. He converses well in English, and away from the' tribe he wears the white man's dress. At home he paints his taoe and dons a blanket. His resi dence is a large, two-story house, on the southern slope ot the Wichita mountains. The rooms are elegantly furnished and carpeted, and his din ing table amply supplied with china and silverware. Costly pictures adorn the walls, among them one In oil of his mother. Quanah may as well aban don all hope of a congressional car eer he is the husband of seven wives. His last domestic acquisition is a beautiful and charming woman, said to have been purloined from a neigh boring Indian, who threatened dire vengeance, but was Induced to stifle his anguish upon receiving $1,000 in money and mustangs,
