The Medford mail., January 12, 1906, Page 6, Image 6

III
; Bowser Has
Weak Nerves
Decides to Ride Horseback In Or
der to Steady Them and
Ward Off Collapse.
SMALL BOY TAUNTS HIM
He and His Saddle Finally Part Com.
pany and He Has a Viid Ridu.
Lands on a Sand Eank.
Copyright. 1SK. hi- K. V-.civ .
A T 2 o'clock !!:: or!:!'! m'ternoon
Just us Mrs. Uoyjit was rwuly
to go out uml i!o u llttlt: Miiop
plnj?, Mr. Ilowsm HudtU'ijly up
poured, uml wlili Jiini wan n buy and
a bundle.
"Vov tlio lund's nuk(!, but what ha.-?
brought you homo at this liourV" ox
claimed Mrs. Bowser.
"Oh, I thought I would come home
as there was little doing at the oiikt-.'
"But what have you gut in that bun
dle?" "Sit down a moment, Mrs. Bowser,
While I talk with you. You know how
my nerves have been for the last three
months,"
"I haven't heard you nay u word
about your nerves for the last year.
"What is the matter of UiemV
"What Is the matter of my nerves';
Why, you know us well lis I do that I
have been on the edge of a collapse for
weeks past. It has come to such a
point that any sudden sound jumps me
almost out of my shoes. I don't know
that 1 have said much to vou about It
as I didn't want to alarm vou and a
m
"THEY AltH imiNOINO HIM HOMJ3," 8AIII
T1IH POLICEMAN.
it Is not my wny to complain, but I
have reasons to bo alarmed about my
self." "I nover saw you bo fat, and you
sleep llko a log," observed Mrs. Bow
ser. "Are you trying to rnnko mo out u
fool or a llarV" demanded Mr. Bowser
as the boiled lobster color began to
show In his face. "I havo told you that
1 am almost on the point of a nervous
collapse, and yet you aro trying to be
sarcastic about It"
"I was simply surprised at tlte news.
Let It go that your nerves nro way off.
Have you consul ted a doctor?"
"Certainly I havo. That's what I was
coming to. Yes, I consulted a special
ist, and 1 am homo at this hour because
ho recommended it."
"And what else?"
"I am going to tako horseback exer
cise. My riding suit Is In tills bundle,
and a horse will bo brought Into the al
ley for mo presently. Now, then, have
you any objections?"
'N-o."
"Am I too short and fat and bald
beaded to rido horseback?"
. "No."
' "Aro you afraid I'll run over the pop
corn man?"
"No. If you havo boon told that it Is
tho tiling to do for your nerves, why.
go ahead. I dou't remember of your
being on a horso's back sluco wo wore
married,"
. "There aro lots of things you don't
remember, Mrs. Bowser, and tho world
wags on Just tho same. If you wore
going downtown, run right along."
"No. I will lot my shopping go to
another day. You may nocd mo."
"I. don't .know what for, , But stay If
Ilmv hard a tnnthor has to coax before
pint cud Ka her child to tuku lis Ill's t stop.
it is lust. about us imrti to m-
tltioe a ooii- mftX tinned In-
vuhd, espu- flr V 0,10
Bufforinir W SU iraSS w,t" WOilU
I lU'SS Ol 1 1 10
lungs, to
take the first stop to
ln'.d:h. Tlicro Is a lack
f if ouniVK;U'. and perhaps a crushlni?
exporieiK-e of a former fulluro which
di'jiVoM's and dlsoouraito-i tho sufterer.
In sptlo nf doubts ami fears you will
tako tfio tirat step to health when you
take tho lli-.tt dose- of Pr. Pierce's (loldon
Me.Hcul DUcovery, It never falls to
help. In nlnoty-oijrht cases out of one
hundred It never falls to euro. Never
mind about the symptom. Obstinate
conirb, bleedlnif of the limits, splttliin of
blood, urn aviation, night -sweat, condi
tions which If neglected or unskillfully
treated tennluato hi euiisumptlim, havo
all been perfectly and permanently cured
by'Hiukleu Medical Discovery. "
"I nut ttiuiiltrul to nay that Ur, IMoreo's
OoUlen Mt'dk'al 1 l wo Very cured Hie of con -sumption,"
writes Mrs. Mat tip 1. HoiUoii. of
Morgan ton, N. O. "Mr health had liecu had
and f;-r sovernl mom lis lie fore 1 began tho
uu of your medicine I Imd Hymptonw uf con
sumption. Had night-sweats, a had cough,
lusi of nptietito nud n grerit lovt of llesh.
Thorn wero oilier ityniptom of dUento tlmt
disapti'nied by the uso uf tlio nietlteiria tty
the lime 1 used one Umlnuf 'tiolden Med
ical Discovery I hctfiui to regain my npi.o
tlt43 ami lifter using two anil a Imlf Indues
niy cough wai cunnl, I omiM ont lieiirtlly
and. nil symiitonis of consuinnllun lnul din
njipcnml. Took ftoven bottles uf 'ti.iluVn
5h:ittcnl Discovery' nnd ono of tho 'I-'avor-Ito
I'l-esorlpitoii.' Am very thankful I n
Celved mi tniieh Iviiellt. I Ivltevo I would
have been tlerul If 1 bndwntted nnd not taken
Dr. I'leivo'n tiobleu Medlcul DLscovury."
Sick persons are Invito! to consult Dr.
It. V. Pierce, by letter, absolutely without
feo or charge. Kvery letter Is regurdetl
a sicredly ronlldeiitial. Each answer I
mailed In a plain envelope. Address Dr.
It. V. Pierce, Invalids1 Hotel and Surgi
cal IiiblltuU;, liullulo, N. V.
KMxis "I
you want to. I will now go upstair
and change Into this rig."
When Mr. Bowser camo down the cat
jumped over threw chairs and fled for
her life, and Mrs. Bowser got so weak
In the knees that she had to sit down.
It came very neur being u jockey's
suit. There was n peaked cap and
spurs, and tho wearer of tho suit was
so well satlstled with himself that ho
paraded up and down tlio hall with a
sinilo on his faco. Mrs. Bowser want
ed to laugh and cry at the same time.
Tic looked ridiculous In tho garments,
and tho iboys on the street would Ijo
sure to make It interesting for him,
"Well, what's tlio verdict?" ho usked
as ho continued to parnde.
"Aren't you going to wait till after
dark before you rido out?"
"W-h-a-t! By thunder, Mrs. Bowser,
but what do you mean"
"I thought the cool of tho evening
would bo a better time."
"Oil, you did? Well, I propose to go
out now. Of course you don't llko the
suit. That's you nil over. Anything I
do you naturally opposo. You can op
poso and bo hanged!"
"I hopo nothing will happen," fllio
said as ho made ready to go.
"What tho dovll can happen? I go
out to tako a little gallop and you
nUmd thero llko an undertaker and
hopo nothing will happen. You and I
have got to havo a long talk together.
There aro certain tilings that must bo
made plain to you."
Mr. Bowser looked around for the
cat, calculating to give her a glare tlmt
should settle her business for a week,
but, failing to find her, he descended
to tho kitchen and made his wuy across
the back yard to the alley. Thero be
totmd a boy holding a saddle horse. He
bad asked for u quiet horse. Tho ani
mal before hint held his head down and
switched at the Hies with his tall, and
lis the boy saw Bowser looking his
mount over he said:
lie's as quiet us a sheep, sir. A lit
tle girl ten years old had bltn out yes
terday afternoon,"
I hope he Isn't too quiet. I like a
horse with some life in him."
"Not too quiet, but Just quiet enough.
Ono can tu-o tlmt you aro used to
tiorKes."
Mr. Bowser smiled with satisfaction.
flow tho boy could see ft he didn't
know, but determined to reward him.
lie bad arrived at this determination
!ind was about to mount when the boy
"Von are trying to get up on the
wrong side, sir."
Mr. Bowser drew his foot from the
(tlrrup and got around to tho right
fide and at the same time determined
to do that boy n mcun trick If the
chance camo his way.
"Uutiier fat and short legged, sir, but
up you go. Don t hit him with Uie
spurs until you want him to go. Hides
like a rocking chulr, and his mouth Is
as tender its a baby's. Aro you all
right, sir? Then away you go."
Mr. Bowser had uttered half a dozen
grunts and grown liory red In tlio face
as ho drew himself up Into the saddle,
but after tho homo had walked Blowly
and steadily down tho alley for two
blocks thero camo a sense of exhilara
tion. Ho had steered around a coal
cart, passed a boy and dodged two nsh
barrels, and his confidence was high.
t tho end of two blocks he turned Into
the stroet and camo upon a crowd of
boys.
'HI, but what's tlmt?" yelled one.
"There's a circus In town!" added a
second.
"tJoo whiz,, but lot's catch it!"
Mr. Bowser put on a look of dignity.
It might havo boon good for five min
utes but for tlio uctlou of one of tho
boys. Ho tli row a stone and hit the
borne, and tho horso suddenly stood up
on his hind legs and pawed tlio air. It
was n perilous moment for Mr. Bow
ser, anil how ho passed it he will never
be able to remember. The horse finally
assumed bis natural attitude and then
uttered a whinny. Then ho danced up
and down in sportive mood.
"See de old man grow In pale!" shout
ed a ml headed boy.
"He'd give a mlllyon dollars to be on
ilc ground!" added one with n sun
burned noso.
"Say, cully, why don't you hire u
cow Instead?" was thing at Mr. Bowser ,
as the horso suddenly bolted. I
He bolted because he wanted to get;
somewhere, but as the spurs acci
dentally struck hhu ho bolted because
he was mad alhiut It At tho first j
Jump Mr, Bowser lost the saddle Ho
didn't lose it as a man might loso his
.log, but, ho and tho saddle parted.
Their paths diverged from that time I
onward. Ho was thrown forward on i
tho horse's slwulders and clung to bis
neck, and away went tho equlno for !
liberty or death. Ho chased push carts, J
ho followed autos, ho galloped after!
ico wagons and moving vans. In his
glee he ran over brick piles nnd Jump
ed ovor wheelbarrows. Some said he
galkied nine times around a block,
and somo said tt was ten, but that was
a matter of small moment. At a time
most convenient to himself he camo n
sort of double twist and left his rider
on a Bond pllo nnd galloped homo. Mrs.
Bowser know nothing of what was
hapiMMiing. She had gone about her
dally duties, when n policeman rang!
tlio boll and said to her: j
You needn't bo at all alarmed, mad-1
nm."
"What about r
"About Mr. Bowser. They nro bring
ing him homo, but he isn't hurt much.
Ho will, come to In half an hour or bo."
lie-hC-Ho
Just got off his horso to rest,
ma'am, nnd a building fell on him. No
hurt, ma'am. He'll simply know mow
wbeu ho gets over it, Fact Is, it will
probably do httn good. Fine weather,
ma'am. Just lay him on tho lounge
and glvo him time. That's it. t?ood
day, ma'am." M. QUAD.
Ronjrh on tho 11 titling
Bishop Blomfiuld discovered ono day
as ho onroml tho pulpit tlmt ho had
forgotten tlw manuscript of his ser
mon. It was impiCilblo to do as tlio
Scottish minister did in similar cir
cumstances, send for the sermon from
his homo while tho congregation sung
Bsalm IIP. No, ho must preach ex
tcmporo, nnd did bo, taking for his
thomo tho exist enco of God. Very woll
satisfied lie felt with hla effort. As he
walked homo ho overtook ono of his
congregation, wIkwo opinion of tho ser
mon ho Invited. "Well, It wero a very
good sermon," wna the reply, "but I
don't ngroo wi' It. I believe thero Is a
God," ..... u .
SAMPLE SPELLINGS.
WonlH on Which DIetlonurle Affrva
and i'cnplu Differ.
It is not strungu considering that our
language is In u stage of transition
growing, urf all languages do that au
thorities should differ on many points;
benco wo find thav our three great dic
tionaries sometimes differ in the mat
tor of spelling. Tlio following spell
ings, however, aro agreed upon by the
Century, International (Webster's) and
'(Standard dictionaries, though many
people often vary from them:
abslnthhi glycerin
Bcoiwtlo Kully
ax huL-lenda
amid In fikirtu
antumutic Hindustan
urubln Muhumrncdan
I aW. mold, -c-r, -Injf
! b.-iptlzo molt, -el, -lntf
biii;.t.ono moneys
I b:! v.An mustache
1 !-: . intj (noti) nickel
j 1 (adj.) oculist
1 b. offense
buuiuit parufiln
JllMilpL-Ht (JL-dugOh'y
bur wit
cnMron quartet
calk, -jr, -Ing quintet
culiKruphy rarefy
eumeUlu. ruble
aunltmraOtn struitlaced
eurlnireled ett:t or sextet
ChtJe (H. A.) mnolUt-r, -lng
colter nobriuet
eonscnHUB .4 lunch
eozy supersede
darky tranquillity
fV.-R'r.HO typify
denouement veranda
dilettante vermilion
dram (wehiht) vitreous
dumfounded whir
H.sklmo whisky
gelatin
How many readers are aware that
all our dictionaries give "wolverene'1
as tho correct spelling of the name of
tho animal from which the Wolverene
State Uikes its name? Here is whero
the dictionaries vary' from popular
usage. Chicago Chronicle.
WHAT IS ELECTRICITY?
Mmnu of tlie Nmueeoun TUcoWch on
tho MyatKrluuH Current.
Well, what is it? It is scarcely pos
sible to suy. Thero are theories many
of them. It Is evidently something of
which we cannot take a part. Wo can
not cut a piece of it oft' and subject it
to analysis, nor can wo pour a llttio of
it into a bottle for future study and
contemplation. It Is like the wind Its
effects can be measured; Its force,
Htrengtb and quantity can now be cal
culated to a very nice degree. Still, to
liken ft to the wind, it is a stupendous
power, a mighty typhoon, blowing, us
It were, without moving, two ways at
once along all parts of Its path, giving
off a halo of magnetism at right angles
to that path everywhere.
Ono of the nicest theories perhaps 1e
tlio ono that considers electricity a
"condition" of atoms brought about by
chemical action, as in n battery cell, or
by what might be called a severe irri
tation of the magnetic halo, as in a dy
namo, and by other means, such as heat
and friction.
What tills condition Is Is beyond us.
It may tie a violent rotation or it may
bo an equally violent vibration of at
oms, but as no mau has seen an atom
at any time, not even with the most
powerful microacoK!, it is Impossible to
suy. Friction in some form or other la
present, as boat is produced before
burning or destruction takes place.
Exchange,
Ever Ilcnil u Cento Ilookf
"This volume," said tho bibliophile,
"Is a cento. It is composed of detach
ed sentences taken from tho works of
Thackeray. It makes a novel, sensible,
but short, and It was comiwsed In sev
en years by a bedridden baroness. The
best known cento Is probably the Em
press Eudoxhi's 'Life of Christ. made
entirely of lines from Homer. Thero I?
n similar life, comiosed by lioss, that
consists wholly of detached lines from
Virgil. Centos are often very valuable.
One compiled by Alexander Hamilton
from Milton's 'Paradise liOst' sold not
long since for 500. Ttie tnwk was a
history of America."
A Plrart? of OitornUSnrs.
Of tho plague of caterpillars tlmt
overran the Scottish lowlands in 1S5-1
Richard llctl in his lwok "My Strange
Vets' says, "The caterpillars marched
in armies straight ahead, and tho con
sequence was that when they encoun
tered 'sheep drains,' which tire open
drains about eighteen incites deep and
eighteen inchos wide at the top, they
tumbled into them tn such numbers
that tholr dead bodies dnmmcd up the
water nnd they might havo been taken
out in barrow loads."
Whnt In nil K.I I turf
Somo boys In an Kngllsh school were
asked tho other day to define "editor."
Hero are some of their deUulUons; "An
editor is a man who handles words."
"An editor makes his living out of the
English language," "An editor is some
body who does not do anything him
self, nnd when somebody else does
goes nnd tells other people all about
it," "An editor is a man who has the
industry of a beaver, tlw instincts of a
beo nnd tlio patience of au ass."
WItnt llecnmo of Mrthuitclnli t
According to the ltlble, Methuselah
begat Lantech nnd lived 7S2 years
thereafter. Lamech lived 1S2 years
and begat Nonh. Noah was GOO years
old when the flood occurred.
Was Methuselah drowned? New
York Times.
12n v tml ro m t n w ,
Sho I woukln't tn? surprised If tho
servant girl were listening at tlw key
hole. n-Nor I. That's n woman's
trick. She Oh, ituleod? Ho Of
course. That's why It's called Eve's
dropping. r hi ladel phi a Vross.
In tlw tomperate zones the maximum
of heat Is attained about a month after
tho longest days.
Sickening, Shivering Fits.
of Ague and Marin, can bo relieved
and cured with Electric Hitters. This
is ti pure, tcnie medicine; of especial
benefit In innrlurla, for its exerts a
true curative inlluoueeon the disease)
drivng it entirely out of the system
It is much to be preferred to Ouiiilne
having uono of this drug's bad after
effects. K. S. Mmidny, of Henrietta,
Tex., writes "My brother was very
low with malarial fevor nnd jaundice,
till ho took Electric Hitters, which
saved his life. At Chas. Strang's
drug store j price 50c, guaranteed.
Humor and Philosophy
By DUNCAN M. SMITII
PERT PARAGRAPHS
Philosophy Is tho reflections of Uie
man who ian't penionully interested.
By purchasing nu accomplished plnn
Ola a man may dance and not be oblig
ed to dig down to pay the fiddler.
Injustice, when tho advantage U on
your side, appears to bo an exact pho
tograph of poetic and even handed jus
tlco. Canada lays claim to the north polo,
but if I'cary gets there first wo may
show it that findings Is keepings.
When a man lets his Imagination run
away with him there aro seldom any
bones broken.
Money makes the mare go, but first
you must do a little sleight of hand
work and transform somo of it Into
oats.
Thero aro women who live happily
with u spoiled genius, and yet thero
are tome people who raise a question
ns to tlio sex of angels.
It is n wise man who Bays nothing.
The gold euro Is a tiling famous for
broken hearts und muddled heads.
Practical Literature.
Ho was a writer, and be lived
On Easy street, it miLy seem strange,
For writers nearly tdwuys dwell
Whc-ro rent Ik paid In umatler change,
But hu waa always In the swim.
And nothing wtw too good for him.
No garret dim, with midnight oil.
Was his nbodo, aa In the case
Too oft with writers who aro doomed
To sell their modest goods on space.
For when his fountain pen would flow
It arways brought htm In tho dough.
It mrikCB a difference what you write.
Somo spin a weird and wondrous tale
Of war, detecting or romnnco
That doos not nnd a ready sole,
Hut ho could always coin annex
His writing ran to writing checks.
Tho moral of this little tale
Is ono that wrltors well may hood.
For if you follow tn his steps
Tou will bo far removed from nood.
Just got a check book and a pen
And work thorn when you want a ton.
Useful Purpose,
'Ijct mo sell yoa some frenzlod llfo
insurance."
"What is it good for if I die?"
"I don't know, but hustling to pay
tho premiums will keep you In splen
did health while you live."
Right In His Line,
"From now on ho is going to lead the
simple llfo."
"Well, ho Is qualified."
'How is that?"
"Uo always struck me as being kind
of simple."
Same Result.
"It didn't take us long to lynch the
bandit after we had caught him."
"You hung him on the spur of the
moment, I suppose."
"No; It was on a telegraph polo."
Had a Will or Two.
Sho married William. When ho died
For Hoveml weury months sho crlod nnd
cried.
And then sho wed another Will.
Her third ono was a William still.
And William was her fourth protector.
Say, wasn't sho a bill oolloctor?
One Way,
"IIo mnlcea It a point never to disap
point his wlfo."
"How charming In htm."
"Yes; ho has her trained not to ex
pect anything."
Didn't Match.
"My husband hasn't a lazy bono in
his body."
'How docs It come, then, that he
hasn't any 'bones' In his pocket?"
Golden Silence,
For bar bora, I am nun, we'd show
A koon appreciation
1 when they cut our hair they'd 6a
Llkuwlso tholr conversation.
Modem Kissmg,
"What can they bo doing out tn the
orchard so long?"
"Trading microbes, I guess." . .
A tirim Tragedy,
is daily enatocd In thousands of
hornet, as Death claims, in each one.
another victim of Consuption orPneu
uioia. Hut when Coughs nud Colds
aru properly treated, the tradegy Id
averted. V, U. Huntley, of Oak
lauden, Ind., writes: "My wife bad
the consumption and threo doctors
Have her up. Finally she took Dr.
Kuig s .ew Discovery for Consump
tion, Coughs and Colds, which cured
her. and todav she is well aud
strong." It kills the germs of all dis
eases. Ono dose relieves. Guaran
teed at ut3 and $1.00 by Chas. Strang,
druggist. Trial bottle free.
'
TORTOISE SHELL
T';e Bent Imllution of It Ih Made ol
Celluloid.
"Celluloid makes the best Imitation
of. tortoise shell," says a manufacturer.
"J.t has tho requisite hardness aud lus
ter and approximates so closely to the
real shell thtrt, although I have han
dled both products many years, I can
not always tell ono from another at a
glance. Of course I can do so by
making a close Inspection. Hie ability
to distinguish shell from celluloid bj
the appearance can only be actjulriMl
by years, of experience in handling
both.
"Tho principal way in which cellu
loid Is revealed Is in Its susceptibility
to the intliieiico of heat. Hold a cel
luloid comb In your hand and tho heat
of the body will cause tlio teeth, after
a few moments, to give a trifle, and
there is not tho elasticity in springing
back that you will observe In real
shell. Tortoise shell will not bend un
less subjected to heat at tho boiling
point. There Is, of course, a great dif
ference In the celluloid employed in
manufacturing combs, and some of the
combs that are put out under that
name are not entitled to tho designa
tion. Kven when the celluloid Is of tho
highest grade It then should be season
ed from three to twelve months In or
der that there mny be no danger of It
shrinking." Jewelers' Circular.
A JAPANESE LEGEND.
The Girl Fifth and tlie Shinto Shrine
nt ChoHhl.
Most Shinto shrines in Japan havo. a
story. Here Is one which Is told of the
leading shrine of Choshl: A travelei
was entertained In the home of a rich
man. A daughter of the host fell hi
love with the traveler, who did nol
care for her because she was ugly
Being under obligation to the family,
ho could not Ignore the girl's love, sc
ho told her that be meant to drown
himself tho next day. She decided tc
do the same and did it. The traveler
gave up the idea If ho ovor had it
Ono of tlio gods changed the girl lute
a fish, aud to this day the fishermen ol
tlie town often seo that particular flsli
in the waters near their shores. Some
times she Is caught in the nets, but she
is ulwuys reverently returned to the
sctv. A shrine was erected on tlie hill
above the town and dedicated to the
memory of the girl fish.
Before starting out to sea the fisher
men go to tills shrine to pray for good
luck, and in their absence the families
continue to invoke tlie favor of the god.
A storm nt sea or absence of good luck
means that the flsh god has been of
fended and must be appeased by spe
cial offerings. Chicago News.
PANTS AND VESTS.
Tlie Difference Between Them and
Trouaera and Wnintrnnt..
Why do the trade Journals ignore the
word "pants," and what Is the differ
ence between "trowsers" and "trou
Bors" and between "vest" and "waist
coat?" asks a correspondent of the
Clothier and Furnisher.
"Pants" Is an abbreviation of "pan
taloons," a word foisted upon ns by
the French, though possibly derived
from the Italian "pantaleon," which,
according to tho poet Byron, has an 111
deflned connection with the lion of St
Mark's, in Venice. "Trowsers" Is old
English modernized Into "trousers,"
which Is tho proper spelling. "Vest"
Is an abbreviation of "vestment" An
other poet, Oliver Wendell Holmes,
traces It to Londoners In his line which
says:
Tho dnngorous waistcoat, callod by cock
neys "vest."
Genteel usage declares "pants" to be
vulgar, though It and "pantaloons" and
"vest" have their place in trade and so
receive recognition. We end tlie matter
with another quotation from Holmes:
Tho thing namod "pants" In certain docu
ments, A word not mado for gentlemen, but
"gents."
Ehlrly Bargain Saies.
There wero bargain soles even when
this country was in its early youth,
but most of tlio bargains offered were
choice lots of slaves to be disposed of
at tho old slave mart that stood at the
foot of Wall street In the Now Torte
Gazette of Dec 24, 1787, ono of the
largo slave holders makes this an
nouncement: Gorman Slaves For Sola. To be dis
posed of, 'three German servants, ono a
btucer by trade, one a butcher and the
othor a laborer. They are industrious,
good men, whOBo honesty has boon tried,
and taoy may be had on reasonable
terms. Inqulro of the printer hereof.
No Mlddlo Ground
Tho proprietor of tho dry goods store
had proposed to the milliner who
owned the establishment across the
way.
"But Mr. Wrappemnp," she said,
"I'm not sura that I like you well
enough to marry you. Let ns bo mere
ly friends, as heretofore."
"Wo can't Miss Wrlbbens," he an
swered through his set teeth. There
is no friendship In trade. You will llko
mo well enough to marry me or IH odd
a millinery department to my stocks
Chicago Tribune.
Tho Reason.
Magistrate 80 yon admit having
been ongngod In making counterfeit
money? Prisoner Yes, your honor.
You see, tho supply of tb genuine ar
ticle is eo very short
Cntttng.
"Miss Keenly has an awfully sharp
tongue, hasn't she?"
"I should sny so! She's cut most of
her friends off her list with It" ;
"Tho plensnntest way to tako cod
liver oil," says an old gormand, "Is to
fatten pigeons with It and then oat the
pigeons."
OA3TOH.IA,
Emm ti. 11,1 te v !m's
A 9 'H Act dircclly on the liver.
"XT&iPGZ lid They curc constipation,
r V L8 Si S iiS biliousness, sick-headache.
x slj aaaw Sold for eo fcsaraa,.
TXXZTZZ
t reftmlra! Drown or flee 512CK? use
THE "LOST ARTS.'
They Are Tiot So Much Lo(.t am Till
. Aro Dlucurdcd.
''Not no many years ago it was quit,
commonly asserted that modern vrork
men could not quarry, or, having qaar
rled, could not handle stoucs as laiyi
as tlie monoliths of Egypt," says n ac!
en 1 1st, "aud the writer lias heard n pub
lie speaker of note assert that It woulc
be Impossible to handle, with modon
Implements, such large stones ns wen
used In the pyramids or to join then:
as perfectly as they aro Joined there
Vet, when occasion arose, larger stone
thuu any of these were quarried ir
Maine, and noma of the larger mono
llths themselves were transported not
only to sua, but across it and erected iu
England, Franco and America.
"There are Individuals today whe
might if they chose cau.se the transpor
tation to aud erection in this country
of tho largest pyramids or build now
ones ten times larger and more dur
able. Pyramids aro not being general
ly built nowadays because they arc nol
in line with the trend of modern ambi
tion, that's all.
' MIt Is very doubtful If a 'Damascus
blade' would stand half as seven
usage as a modern band saw blade ci
even as much as tlie spring of a fortj
cent clock, while the ornamentation ot
those wondrous blades, so far as the
mechanical execution Is concerned, cau
be excelled by apprentices and ama
teurs of today."
NEWSPAPERS.
Striking Tittups That Great 31 ea
Have Said About Them.
A correspondent requests that w
print some of the striking things great
men have said about newspapers tb at
Is, sayings that embody the purpost
and doings of the press. With pleas
ure. Bryant miid: "The press fc good ot
evil, according to the character of those
who direct it. It is a mill that grinds
all that is put into Its hopper. Till the
hopper with poisoned grain, and It will
grind It to meal, but thero Is death 1jj
the bread."
James Parton eald: "The newspapei
press Is the people's university. Halt
the readers in Christendom read litlli
else."
Jefferson said: "The basis of our gov
ernment being the opinion of the peo
ple, the very first object should Ik to
keep that right, and were it left to mc
to decide whether we should have n
government without new-pipers or
newspapers without a government I
Should not hesitate n moment to prefer
tlie latter."
Cardinal Gibbons said: "The dread ot
exposure In the public press keeps many
a man sticking close to the path of rec
titude who otherwise would stray off
into the byways of graft." Chicago
Journal.
The Velocity of Light.
Watch the train as it dashes past
you with a speed of sixty miles per
hour, and after It Is lost in the dis
tance sit down on the track and figure
a little on the velocity of light Tho
trnln has passed with a mighty rush
and great noise, but the silent beam of
light flits past with a speed 11,171),
500 times greater! Tho initial Telocity
of a ball fired from a twelve pounder
is 1.7C5 foot per second; that of light
1,500,134 feet in tho snmo length of
time. Comparisons give us but a very
poor Idea of the velocity, but they en
able us to partially comprehend tho
lmmonsity of tlie universe, for we
know that with all Its prodigious speed
It takes light four hours to flash from
Neptuno to our earth.
A Spool of Thread.
To make n spool of thread, says a
mttnufacturcr. Is a complicated process.
Only tho very best cotton can be used
for this purpose, Tlie cotton is taken
in the raw state and torn all to pieces
by a machine called a breaker. It then
goes through several other machines,
by which it is carefully combed and
freed from impurities. A machine
called a slipper takes it up and twists
it out Into soft white yarn. This Is
carefully combed again, and it is taken
into another department, where sev
eral small strands of this yarn are
twisted into ono flno one. Threo of
these nro twisted together, and you
then have sis cord thread, which, after
it is bleached, is ready for the market
Sofo With n Dend Wren.
The fishermen of the Isle of Man al
ways feel safe from storm and disas
ter if they have a dead wren on board.
They have a tradition that at one time
an evil sea spirit always haunted th
herring pack and was always attend
ed by storms. Tho spirit assumed
many forms. At last It took the shape
of a wren and flew awny. If the fisher
men have a dead wren with them they
are certain that all will bo safe and
snag. London Fishing Gazette,
Letter Writing.
Lot yocr letter be written as accu
rately as yon are able I mean with re
gard to language, grammar and stops
for as to the matter of it the less trou
ble yoa give yourself the bettor It will
be. Letters should bo easy and natural
and convey to tho persons to whom we
send them Just what we should say to
the persons if wo wero with them.
Chesterfield.
BtTto or Physical Culture f
McPryme (whoso wife won't let him
come to breakfast unless his shoes are
polished) I wonder if Mlrandy really
wonts mo to bo stylish or if this is only
to work up nn appetite to cat her bis
cuits, Success Magazine,
Charity.
HI looked everywhere for you at the
church fair Inst evontner." an, w.
ardent devotee, "but I didn't see yoa.H
iou rorget, nne answered sweetly,
"that I am Charity." Judge.
Never let a man Imagine that ho can
pursue a good end by evil means. The
evil effect on himself is certain.
Southey,
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE
r-77 c-.-. c- r.-. 2. ?. jci wssr. !.
Societies ol Med ford
I o O F LodHtf No. utvQl hi I. 0. 0. K
imll ewiJamnwr aiS . w. VUUiutf broth
J. L. PEMMEB, Ktic. Sec.
1 n O F EoRue KiviT Kiic'iiii'iHK'tit, No.
30 nieetiinl. J. O. F. hall ih "J
tourik Wwiiwsdayi, ot vh JJJ'i;!.
H . II. Hakvkv, Scribe.
vi-rv ThurnUiiv in HoUm'-n Hall, A ilc blfc.
,vt.r 'uri'u'l-L,h;EJAixit;i1ClilyIol Keconu,
C. C. RAGrDAI.K, 1110 lit.' til.
Modern Woodmen - Meet tlrat ftiid It ird
Friday of everv month, Uumt-tt tommUlLt-
hull. .
(ill v.. M.-lx-knh 1.0(1 Kl- Nn
t 111 1. f-
O.K. bull urfci auu mini Timdiiys ot tuc
montli. VlbiiiuB sMits o
' fan MB llAMvir. a
01 cue II
lllI'DIK HA IX KCC. SOI
A. K. auu A. M.-Mvctri UrM Friday uli or
toju full mooa at a i. ui., '"'Jtg'jlv. M
J. W. Lavton, Kec. See.
K.of ' Talisman lodge No. al. meets Moil.
dayeveiiuiK ats p. m. Vlitlny '"'.ttiers al
ways welcome. Lv
ilAHI.n.v fURUlS, K. of It. and c.
Kniirlits ot the MaccaU-op. Triuun-hrent
No. 11, meets in reilur review on the l&t ui"'
;;d Fridays or eueb month in A. U. b . nail a
T::(0 p. in. VUliiuu Mr Kiuehls cordially in
vited tofitleiid. A. B. Ellison, Commander.
W.T. YtiKK. K. K.
A.O. U. W 1-odfrc No. meoL every tlrst
mid third Wemiesdny b toe mc"t al S ). m.
in their hall in I he Operu bloclt. isitiuif
brothers Invited to attend.
I.UION DAMON, M. w.
A SUA EL HCIiHAKD. Keecrder.
i? 1. of A. Medlord LoJce No. uifieu
the fecouil and fourth TutsUuy wonting In
ouch uionih iu the Ktilmens hail. Ul.ug
Frutcrs iuviieu to aiteiul .
FKASCIS JCIIMN, F. M.
L. A. JOUDAN. Sec.
Woodmen of the World Cum p No. SO. tuems
every Thureduy evening in K. of 1', imll.
Medford Oregon.
II G. SllEAHEK 0. C
W. ft. Jackson, Clerk.
Chrysunthenmin Circle No. SI, Women or
Woodcraft Meets sueond and fonrtli Tia-Mluy
of etich month tit 7:30 p. m. in K. oi I', hu...
Visiting sifters invite
i.
Mus. ADA II i l.l -S, U. N.
I'i:e Angle, Clerlt.
V. Ji. C Chester A. Arthur corps No. M,
meets first iiuii third WedneHiluy of eiieh,
mofit.il nt 2 o'clock p. in., iu Woodman's hiOl.
Visiting sisters invited.
iMKS. VAN IlDMASON.PrCH.
3IHS. HKSTEK HAltU'.KI.l., Sec.
. A. R. Chester A. Arthur Post No. 4".
meets in Woodman's hall every llrst und
third Wednesday night iu eneli month nt 7:0
Visiting Comrades formally invited tu nttend.
Geo. Wk'1)i:siiammkr, Com.
F. M. Stbwakt, Ad uluiil.
W. C. T. C Meets every othei Tuursilay.at
thePresbyterinu church.
ilKs. BUCK, Fretiidexi.
MiiS. J. MORGAN, Secretary.
Fraternal Brotherhood Meete first and third
Friday ereningsat 7:50 p. in.. In their hall iu
K. of V. building, Mtoford. Oregon. Veiling
Sisters uml Brothers curdlully Invited.
O. W. Muri'HY Pres.
W. J. Hockesyos Secretary.
u. S. Heames Chapter, Xo. 60, meets sec
one &Ld fourth Wcdiiusuay's ot each month at
Alnsonlc Hall. Med ford . Oregon. Viailh;g dis
lers and Urothers alwavs welcome.
MattieHutciiison, W. M.
HATriK;WHiTE:8fccretnry.
Uniform Knnk.K. of P. Meet at the cnllot
the cuptaln in K. of P. hull.
II. H. Howard, Captain.
E. L. Elwood, Recorder.
A.O. F. Court Medford,Xo.8it85, meets every
Monday night at 7:30 p. m. in A. 0. U. W Hal),
Angle bltck, Medford, Oregon. Visiting
Foresters cordially welcomed.
L. IS. Hoovek, C. tt.
Frank H. Hull Rec. Sec.
OSUBCHEB OF HEDFORD.
Methodist Episcopal Churcn Cbns. T. Mc
pherson pastor. Preaching every Sabbath 11 a.
m.and 7:80 p. m. Sunday school at IU a.m., D.T
I,uwton, siipt. Class meeting follows
preaching service Sunday morning, Julius
Meeker, leader. Kpwurth League at 0:30 p. m.,
May Pblpps, president. Kegular prayei meet
ings every Thursday evening at 7:it0 p. m.
Ladies Aid Society every Tuesdnv afternoon
nt -J.H0 Mrs. D.T. Law-ton, president. W. F.M. S.
meets first Friday In each month. Mrs. Mary
Fielder, president.
Presbyterian Cnurcn Rev. W. K. Shields
jas-tor. Preaching every Sabbath nt II a. m
und 7 :M p.m. Hun day school at 10 k. m., Jna.
Martin, Supt. Christian Endeavor, 0:30 p. ni.
.Junior Christian Endeavor, 3 p. m. Kvery
T tiu red ay prayer meeting, 8 p.m. First Tues
day evening of every month chtmh social.
Second Tuesday every mouth, 2:S0 p. in., Mis
siou society. Fit st and third Tiiei-dats every
mouth, 2::M) p. in.. Aid society. Kev. W. F.
.Shields, Pastor; Miss Beulah Warner, Supt.
S. S. ; Mies Edith Van Dvke Superintendent
C. E.; David M. Day, Pres. S. C. E. ;
Mrs.J G.Van Dyke, Pres. Aid society; Mrs. J
W. Cos. Pres. Mission Society.
Christian enurch Corner of Sixth and 1
streets. Service on the rlist and third Sun
nays of each month. Sunday school and
Christian Kndeavor at usual hours every Sun
day. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening
The people welcome. Rev Jones. Paster
Methodist Episcopal Church South II, B.
Yaeoubi, pastor. Preaching every Sunday at
U a. in. and 7:30 p m;Sunday school at 10 a.m.;
PruyormeetlugThursday evening at 7::!0 p. in.,
Woman's Home MIssIod Society meets first
Wednesday in en eh monlb at 2:30 p. m. Every
one is cordially invited to all our services
Christian Science services are held every
Sunday morning at eleven o'clook at tho res
ilencootE. H. Dunham, ot Talent. All are
welcome.
CITATION.
In the County Court of the State of Oregon for
the County of Jackson.
In tlie matter of the guardianship of the in
competent heirs of II. H. Magruder, deceas
ed:, order to show cause,
it appearing to the court from the petition
this day presented and ffled bv James H. Gay,
the guardian oi the estate of Addle and Jennie
Magruder, incompetents, praying fcr an order
of sale of certain real estate belonging to tho
estnte of said incompetents that it will be
for the best interests of said incompetents
that such real estate be sold.
It is hereby ordered that the next of kin ef
snld wards and Fll persons Interested in said
estate, oppear before this court on Monday'
the ?2d nay of January, A. D. 19C0, nt 10 o'clock
a. m. of raid Avy at the court rcotn of this
court, at the town of Jacksonville, la the
county ol Jackson, state of Oregon, then and
there to show cnuse why an order should nol
tie granted for the sale of such rt-al estate, de
scribed in said petition as follows:
Beginning at the south-west corner of ihe
Thomas Hopwood donation (and claim No. fid,
in Township 37 South, Range, 2 West, W M.,
and running thence East 8.50 chains; thence
South 3.13 chains: thence West S to chains;
thence North 3.13 chains to the ploce of begin
ning, containing nn area of 2.6t acres.
And it Is further ordered that a cony of this
order be served upon said incompetents in tho
mnnner provuiea oy taw aua mm a copv be
served upon nil others interested by publish
ing the same in the Medford Mail, a news
miner oubltshen reeularlv once a week in
Jackson Couuty, Oregon, for tho period of at
least (our successive weeks prior to the dale
ol the bearihg herein.
imiea jjeccmoer ii, awe.
GEO. W, DUNN. County Judge.
fo the Unfortunate.
Dr. Gibbon
This old r!lBhle and the
most snccfjofiil spccSnl.
1st in San Fmncif-co. still
continues to euro n
Kexnnl nnd Mcinlual
IJ oil 41 rf lilt's. ji.....
M1 i i ; 1 1 . : p ' 1 ' 1 1
a4:
r'v'uc:!!? tlio following symptom"; !nl!ui c.i-. i :'
.lark Rfcis tiiiJc-r the eves, pain it. " a
..'..r'nirine In t!io ears. Ic"s of coiiIMp: ct. .
fiue tn approaching stra:i5irs. p:ilpltatiin
1 rt.wi'!k:ii'saor the liml.s anl bark. loss nfu-..
ry,pli;iji'-s on the fact?, c.mglis, co'i' impiN ;-, - .
r. (ilblxm h.is prnr::ct?d in Sun Fraiui -, i
.'r.rsaml tho tronbl-l s'-mild not fall t,. ,
i;n i.ii.l rectlri? the tm-flt of his srcr.l vt
i! irww. Tbp-lctnrcurewliciif'iti-rsf ! 9
dm. fnrn cuarnmrrot. Poruis n-Vr-t V
om.ChnrnPriftonahi. fall or write. Hi- j '
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