Si.
PURELY PERSONAL. 1
J . Court Hall was up from Gold Hill
asl Saturday.
Captain M. Caton, of Phoenix, was In
Modford Wednesday.
P. M. Hulse, ot Ashlaud, was a Mcd
ord visitor Monday.
Miss Oarrlo George wcut to Ashland
Wednesday to visit rlonds.
Tbo Missos Poos went to Ashluud
. Monday morning to visit friends,
i Attorney W, I. Tnwtar went to Salem
Wednesday evening upon business.
J. D. Heard, the mining expert, re
turned home froln San Francisco this
week.
Mrs. Jas. A. Slover, -of Grant Pass,
is visiting Modford relatives and I Honda
this week.
Mrs. I. C. Robnett, ot Central Point,
was lu town Wednesday visiting her
many friends.
Mrs. Lou. Whittle, of Central Point,
i e in Medford this week, visiting Mrs.
Jano Ply male and family.
Mrs. Clark Mitchell and son John,
t Gaiolle, Calif., are visiting- in Med
ford with Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Mitchell.
A. A. Davis returned to Medford
Monday evening, from an extended
business and pleasure trip to San Fran
cisco. Miss Kato Chapman, who has been
attending school at Salem for several
months, returned to her home in Med
ford Wednesday,
Miss Ida Redden, who has been vis
iting her brother at Dinuba, Calif., tor
several months, returned to Mejford
Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, of Elgin, Or.
arrived In Medford this week and may
locate here if Mr. Wheeler can find a
business opening to his liking.
; Hon. J. H. Stewart wect to Portland
Tuesday evening on business. He will
bo absent several days, intending to
lake io the legislature before returning.
Mrs. V). T. Cox, who has been at San
. Jose or several weeks, for the benefit
of her health, returned home Tuesday
evening. She was disappointed in the
-climate of that sectioa, which was dis
agreeably cold aud damp during the
.whole time of her stay.'
G. F. Palm, of the Palm-Whitman-Palm
Co., returned from a two weeks'
business trip to Chicago and other east
i era cities last Saturday.' He purchased
r, a large, quantity of leaf tobacco for
' their Medford- faotory, which is now
begianing to arrive, here and which
j will enable them to put a large force of
' xirls at work in the factory.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Langley arrived
j in Medford Sunday morning for a few
' days'' visit with Medford friends. Tte
. anill, at Niagara, in which Ernest was
! employed as engineer, has closed down
J - for a few months. It is possible he will
1 remain b ere If employment can be se
cured, and again, it Is possible he will
' go down into California, where a po-
! sition has been offered bim.
I Mrs. F. E. Birge, accompanied by her
. protege, M iss Bessie Coode, will leave
this week for San Francisco, to join
.her husband. Mr. Birge is interested
quite largely in oil lands in California,
i and will probably locate there perm
anently. They have been residents of
i Heortord for several years, and have
many friends who will regret their de
i parture, but who will wish them much
; joy and prosperity wherever they may
' lect4e.Wjoc.te.
.Among the Churches.
- . -episcopal church:
' 'Bishop Morris; will hold service in
St. Mark's church on Monday, January
28th at 7:30 P. M. All are'cordlally in-1
ited .tp attrfapd, J :
' -pitESBYTBBIAN CHOltCH.
'The usual services will be held next
'Sunday morning and-evening. The
'eubject for 11 a. m. will be "Religion as
Han's Chief Business." Subject for
' -the evening "The Destiny of the Ira-tpanitenl-'"
All are welcome.
(CHRISTIAN CHURCH. -
"Rev W. F. Cowden, of Tacoma, will
-nrpeVi neict Sunday morning and even
ing Revival, services will be held
every evening through the week. A
cordial invitation is given the reader
of this announcement to attend these
- aervlces. O. J. Gist, Pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH.
-Quarterly meeting The second
quarterly meeting of the M. E. church
will be hold next Saturday and Sunday
Rev. D. T. Buinmervllle will preach
'- Sunday at 11 A. M. and administer the
communion. Quarterly conference on
Saturday at 7;30. - All official members
lined to attend. W. B. Moore, P. C.
Dissolution of Partnership.
. " NntfoA Is hereby given that the oo-
-- nartnorship heretofore existing by and
between H.B.Nye and fl. L. Stoner,
- doing business under the firm name, nf
21 ye & Stoner, is by mutal consent this
. '.day dissolved, All accounts due the
I ' tfi rut are payable to H. B. Nye, who
t wiH continue the business, and all ac-
counts owed by the firm will bo paid by
. aaidH. B.Nye.
ated at Medford, Oregon, this 17th
day ot January, 1901.
H. B. Nye
- ."-' H. b. Stoner.
QUEEN
OF ENGLAND,
IS
Osborne House, Cowes,
Isle of Wight, Jan. 22 (0:30
p. m. The queen has just
breathed her last. She died
surrounded by her children
and grandchildren. Her
death was painless and was
so quiet that the group
around the bed scarcely know
when the queen stopped
breathing. It became evi-
. A RECENT PORTRAIT OF VICTORIA.
dent before 4 o'clock in the
afternoon that she was sink
mg. ier breatn became
shorter and the pulse feebler,
The medical attendants gave
warning that death was near
The Bishop of Winchester
and the Rector of Whipping
ham read prayers for those
in extremis. The queen is
said to have bade farewell in
a feeble monosyllable to her
family, assembled at her bed
side at mid-day. She first
recognized the Prince of
Wales, to -whom she spoke a
few words of great moment;
then Emperor William and
the others present filed past
and heard a whispered good
bye. All those in the bed
room were in tears.
Albert Edward is hailed as
king.
PRINCE OP
WALES. NOW
WARD VII
KING Kr
PUNGEN T PARAGRAPHS.
Slander. "What is the greatest
curiosity in the world?" "A woman
who hasn't any." Chicago Record.
"I was in an elevator once that fell
13 stories to toe Dasement,' -vuearme;
how did it feel ?" "I was never so taken
down in my life." Truth. j
Oarrahan VTh' forman..-flown at
th' new place phere Oi'm wurrkin' ' is
pury kind. He towld me tek me ch'ice
v any tools t' wurrk wid an' Oi tukme.
pick." Judge.
The Microbe War. "We are going
to give up having Johnny get an edu
cation." "For what reason?"' "Well
we can't get him sterilized every morn
ing in time to go to school." Puck.
Li title Presbyterian, aged three, on
his return from the Episcopal church,
where he had been for the first time
"Mamma, the minister came out with
a night-dress on, and all the ladles
were so 'shamed, they put their heads
right down." Truth.
Heady to Negotiate. .She "Ah,
count, you don't know how my love for
you distresses my parents. I heard my
father say this morning that he would
give $50,000 if I could never see you
again." The Count "Ees your fazairc
iu hees offees now, you sink?"-ChI-eago
News. .
"You know," said the6hlnese em
peror, "possession is nine points of the
law?" "Yes," replied the European
diplomat, "but I must remind you that
there are several hundred points in the
game we are playing. Nine points
represent a mere bagatelle in the
score." Washington Star.
A lady who saw that her servant
girl seemed to take a certain Interest
in the objects of art in her parlor, said
to hen "Whirfh one of those figures do
you like best, waryv "ima one,
mum," said Mary, pointing to the arm
less Venus of Milo. "And why do you
like tho Venus best?" "Sure, it's the
aiiest to doost, mum," answered the
triri. Harlsra Life, .:
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
Death has nguln vlaltOd our city,
taking another young and promising
life, that of Miss OUvo Murray, tho
clghteon-yoar-oUl daughtor ot Mr. ami
Mrs. S. 11. Murray, who died at her
homo iu Modford lust Monday, tier
death resulted from an ucuto ullnuk ot
intluiiiumtory rheumatism, uggiuvated
by tho effects ot a scvoro cold which
she oontrauted last spring while she
was recovering from the measles. The
young lady was a general fayorlto
among her friends and acquaintances,
and enjoyed tho respect and ostuom ot
ovoryono with whom sho was ac
quainted. Her illness, whllo was
known to bo Borious, was not thought
to bo dangerous, uiul tho sudden and
unlooked tor end came as u shook to
her many friends. The stricken par'
ents, brothers and sisters whose grief
at their loss is great, have tho deepest
sympathy ot all in tholr boreavement.
The fuuoral was held from tho family
resldenoe Wednesday afternoon, Rev
Ken worthy conducting tho servlues,
Interment was made in the Odd Fellows
cemetery. A largo number of friouds
attended tho funeral.
Mrs. D. E. Jones has tor saloa snan
of brood mares, weighing 1200 and 1300
Dounds. eood to work In everv ulaoe.
also a good wagon, with new California
bed on It, and set ot Concord double har
ness, handmade, nearly now. Will sell
reasonable, on easy tonus. For fur
ther particulars cull at residence at
Central Point.
W, B. Roberts: "I had a letter from
Barney O'Noll this week. He Is now
at Los Angeles, Calif.; but ho has been
traveling around a considerable since
he left hero. He reports having seen
two fields of barley 'heading out1 in
one locality in southern California,
while In another placo he caw wheat
just coming up that had been sowed
two years. I want to tell you that
Barney is having a cracking good time
this winter. He has been down iuto
old Mexico and several other southern
localities; but ho don't seem to havo a
disposition to drift into northern
climes."
it you can t tmu wnatyou want go
10 Lr. Li. DaVIS tie 8 got It.
On Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1901, at 2:30
p. m., in Woodmen hall, Mrs. J. V.
Layne, manager ot the Southern Ore
gon Viavi Co., will give a lecture to
ladies on "The Evolution from Dis
ease to Health." This is tho most im
portant lecture in the course now be
ing given and every woman in Medford
is urgently requested, to be present.
No admission.
A new lot of Japanese goods lint
received. Call and see them. G. L.
Davis.
The continued cool, cloudy weather,
while disagreeable, will prove of in
calculable benefit to the fruit growers
of the state. The greatest menace to
our fruit interest is a warm January
which causes a too early swelling ot the
buds. This danger avoided, a good
crop can be depended upon.
It you want to build
fruit cake
you will find the proper material at
G.
L. Davis'..
The next lecture in the Star lec
ture course Is Mr. J. W. Hudson, sub
ject, "The Passion Play of Oberammer
gan." He will appear here Thursday,
Feb. Tth. Admission 25 cents. Mr.
Hudson is recommended as a fine
speaker and one sure to give satisfac
tion. We want all the eggs we can get;
cash or trade. H. H. Howard & Co.
The Western Oregoo college of the
M. E. Church, south, will probably be
located at Rosoburg. The committee
having the matter in charge having re
ceived encouragement justifying them
in the belief that
the required bonus
will .be forth coming.
Fine line of very nice jardinieres
receivea "' wee at u. jj. uavU'.
E. B. Jennings, the liveryman,' re-
porta business unusually good in his
line for this. time of the year. He says
he has never known the roads to be in
such bad conditions before as they are
at present, especially the road leading
from Medford to Gold Hill:'
-See the latest In piano chairs at the
Coss Piano House. .
Jacob Waltz, who resides a few
miles west of Medford, purchased a
fine, new piano from the -Coss piano
bouse Saturday, S. L. Bennett ot Med
ford and St. Mary's Academy of Jack
sonville have also purchased new pianos
from the same estaollshmcnt.
You can't beat Prltohard s prices
nor tho quality of his g-oods.
The Maccabees of Medford will in
stall officers on Monday evening of next
week at their regular meeting place.
State Deputy Sherwood will be In at
tendance and it Is earnestly desired that
al! members be present.
Spring trucks tor spring house
hold moving. Wells & Shearer.
Gladys, the youngest' daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, F. M. Wilson, has been
seriously ill with membranous croup,
this week, but is much improved and
Is out of danger. Dr. Pickol was in at
tendance. Chase & Sanborn coffee at G. L.
Davis'.
J. W. Abbot t and W. A. Woollover,
of Grants Pass, are in Medford for tbe
purposo oi orgniihtlug a lodge, ot tho
Modern Woodmen of tho World.
70 sowing iiinohltii'B IIO to M5
call ou Jno, !' White, .Mod lord.
F, M. Stewart has boon appointed
a notary iuhllo, by Governor Goer, and
Is now prepared to tuko noknowlalg
inont ot all legal doemnents.
Try Kurti's linnd-nmdo cigars,
llov. Adolph Huborly will prom h
at tho onturprtsu n-hool house, next
Sunday, January, 27, at 3 p in.
Ihnu To Mr. and Mrs. 11, K, Pey
ton ot Peyton, Oregon, on January M,
1001, a daughtor.
Suhool supplies at Wost Sido gro
cery. Fred Punlngor who formerly re
sided near Central Point, Is uovv lo
cated at llurton, Wash.
Mrs, W. H. Parker and four chil
dren are quite sertouly III with la
grippe.
For Salo flight horse powor an
glne and boiler. M. M. Gault, Medford
uiaohinlst.
J . T. Wiley, of this city, Is qui e
111 with an attack ot oryilpoln.
For Sale
One Bonanza chcok row dorn planter,
2 riding corn cultivators: all In gnou
order. W. it. JONKS & SON.
PROBLEMS IN BUILDING.
Th settllna of lluve Struoturvs Mast
Always lie Curefally Provided
fur llefure Krectluu.
Next to the strength of materials
the distance that a building of a given
weight will settle Into the ground Is
perhaps the most erloii8iUeiloii pre
sented to the Chicago nrehitpets, says
the Chronicle of tluit city. Such sct-
tllngi vury with the chnruelcr of the
ground, and calculations of great
uleety must be made to insure the fu
ture stability of the strurture. Thou
sands of people have noticed the enor
mous slant of certain downtown sido-ti-alks
without understanding the rea
'ii. Tin explanation is simple. The large
paving stones are solidly attached o
the structure and settle with it. The
architect has made niont minutecalcu
lalious, and when the continued prt'K
ure of the large building has packed
the earth beneath it to the greatest
possible extent tho great flagstones
will hr-e '(ended to exactly tho
right h.vii-' .(.r j proper drainage.
It hn been a thousand t linen re
marked that tall buildings In Chicago
have been gradually crowding their
more humble neighbors out of exist
ence, and in some instances this Is
proving literally, as well as flgura'tive-
y, true. The natural settling of tall
and heavy buildings sometimes im
parts n lateral movement to less heavy
adjoining foundations, more or less se
riously affecting the stincrstructurs.
SOUTH SEA ISLAND CUSTOMS.
font Pecallarltlca of Lot Maklas
d Marriage Amona ta FIJI
lalaadars and Othv
One would Imagine that love making
In Fiji was a very tame affair from the
fact that marriages are often arranged
whllo those most nearly concerned are
still in their infancy. However, court
ship - there is quite as Interesting aa
anywhere else, and it has some peculiar
features, says the Chicago Times-Herald.
Cupid's happy hunting ground Is gen
erally a garden or a plantation, and on
moonlight evening he is generally
pretty busy. At that time, high up in
the branches of the bread fruit trees,
those who have eyes to see may spy a
pair of human love birds perched en
the branches 40 feet or so from the
ground. Fijian etiquette seems tode-
mnnd that the fair ono and her lover
should occupy different branches, and
should be separated by the trunk of
the tree this, at any rute, is tho usual
custom. -
Spare the bite and spoil the child,"
would probably be the South Sea island
mother's rendering of the wise man's
saying, for she knew nothing ot the
use of the rod as a means of correc
tion.
Instead of punishing her offspring
in ways known to European matocrs,
she pulls hair and bites some part of
Its body, generally selecting the fleshy
pnrt of its arm for the purpose. Thus
it happens that travelers note among
little Bouth Sea islaaders many bear
ing wounds or soars which have keen
produced by the mothor's teeth.
The mode ot caress Is as queer as
that of punishment. It is cither to
gently take hold of the child's neck
with the teeth, or to pass the thumb
deftly over Its eyebrow ax cheek.
STRANGE CASES OF POISONING
Ulla Bite Was Not Deadly. Mat Um
brella Tree Was.
In the far northeastern part.of Ari
zona territory, that is to Bay In Navajo
county, a young man was bitten by a
Gila monster recent!. Almost at the
same time, at Yuma, in the extreme
southwestern corner of the territory,
a little girl nte some berries 'that fell
from the umbrella trees that grow so
plentiful in aouthcrn Arizona. The
vouug man lived, but the llttlo maiden.
died. The lotter case is the more re
markable, perhaps, for until this in
stance not even the medical professien
suspected that there was anything
nolsonous about the umbrella tree. The
ohlld's name was Dora. Lynch, her fa
ther being well-known In Yuma. The
lucky young man, in the northeast was
Orrin Unrney, who had started out with
a party for Utah. He was following a
wugon up a hill and "scotching" it with
rooks, He reached down for a rock
and picked up a Gila monster. The
monster's head had to be cutt Tft to
loosen the grip on Barney's hnnd. Tho
latter suiierea severe pninior iwoaays,
but then recovered. His only remedies
wore tobacco and whisky, .. .
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BUGGY ROBES
I have Just rooolvod a fine lot of robes which D will
be-ploaced lo show you. These roboa are ot tho newest
and moat arllatlo patterns and cvibrlngs, and a visit to
my shop witt convinco thut my prices aro right, J have
also added a hirgo assortment of
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Machine ropairingTspocialty ffc g tjj seoml -Hand.EnginebSttfd
Steam Pumps- Brought and
?ol4 Bicycle- Cones and Axles
. Made- to Order 3f H 9t ft f
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LUMBER
Fir and Yellow Pine dimension lumber all sizes
and lengths; also boxing. Orders for speoial sizes
promptly filled. ,
Mill 5 miles west of Talent on Anderson Crook.
Postoffioe address, Talent, Oregon.
Let Ite Figure on the Next Bill of Lumber You Order.
A. 13. Moore.
i majiiiiiiiin uuiiiihiiiiiiii it imu
I (Holeman Creek lime -
Absolutely
the best Lime for all purposes ever
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burned in
I ... Kept In Stock at Medford . . .
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: Handled la Mediord by J. R. HARDIN.
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best location in town (or hotel or mor
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dress E. B. Miner, Gold Hill, Oregon.
ma largest lino of pipes over
brought to Southern Oregon, at
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Cigars at
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lirnnds of Cigars curried in
Stock nlao Smoking and
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the Rogue Rivor Valley.
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the romoaj thm curea a cold a one day
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