The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909, March 06, 1908, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Texti t t RJCECDOTES OF FIELD, lacidantt la Um Cumc of Cat. caa'a McrchaX Kin. imxaionooDMTi ftaU Of Cfcseso, st Mm 1m ttta vortt. tho lortaot tsYtttftttM saaf M tfc CiiM IUM u pa faopo fetr wsjaJtoiaot OOmrn to Vfttts tota wu tbo assada. Om irbo know AooTWr.daf'ttlW tbla of htm f Ht wu bor a. Wboa ho wu at J acbool to wu a trader of jackkarru- i wa called tbani Barlow knives tbta and I lamembar tbat be Mm made a i Irado to which be did not get the beat " knife. I have Ufted the lid of hie desk and counted u runny u ttftreo Bar low knives piled up In one corner, lie . wu not a playful bo; at school, u most boys were, lie wu generally re served In his ruaiiiR'r. "Marshall Field," said a Cbtcaeoan to a reporter of the Cincinnati Enquir er, "was never more delightful than when he talked ubout his experience aa a dry gjod clerk In rittsueld. Mr. Field in bin boyhood wan a clerk fur several years lu l'ittsueld, aud au ex cellent clerk he made too. He wan talking one night about temperance lie said a PlttanVld lady on a certain morning stopied before bis counter , very Indiguaut and suapped: ''! con Rider that I buvu been trwln died. I went to a teiaiHnmce lecture to hear Dr. Ituutley Hawkins, the fa mous total abstainer, but when ItT. Hawkins got up to speak be found that there wasn't a man In the audi ence, and this inimt have made bhu mod, for be la u ached forth In a bitter onslaught affiiltrnt women. 'I never heard women so vilified b) my life said the woman. The doc tor said we were all alike all painted and laced and Ros1ped and ruined out buabawU with our extra vaKunee real ly. It was scandalous. And not a word about temperance not a word.' "Young; Field repressed a smile, and. since the woman hating Hawkins was to lecture a pi hi that nltfit, lie derided that he would i. All Hie me a of littsUeld, Jl roomed, must nave vouiv to the saiuo decision. The bull wuk crowded, luid the alidlence was made p entirely of males, chuckling and w hiking at one another In anticipation of the attack on women that they wen How to hear. "Pr. Iluwktatyue forth. There wa? applause. lie mild: 'I logs I lings! I've g'it you now! "The audience looked mystified. ."'ALa, liof! Tan nre trapped nicely, and do yiui vsiit to know, you men why 1 call you trapped hogs? It Is he causo In the we t the hoes run wild, and when they want a batch for bacon , they catch a young pig. put a strap Under Its body aud hang him to a sap ling that will Just swing him. off the . feround. Danr-tng up and down, the pig squeals; hu raises s frightful mm , pus; Die uld hos come from all giur ters to pevwhM the trouble Is, and the farmers shoot theiu in droves.' Ir. Hawkins sinlletl grimly. ast night,' he said, 'I hung a phi dp. I hurt it a little, and It squealed. The old hogs have turned out now to oee the fun. Well, you nro going to bb riddled, skinned: roasted.' " Everybody knew Marshall Field, the dry goos prince of Chicago, but J doubt If more than a select few have beard of the tragedy which occurred tlie day bcfitr. his marriage to the belle of Ijiwrence county, O.. mnuy years agu, nays a writer in the IMUs burg Dispatch. The story seems worth the telling, and as 1 have It from a 4n - tleman who s,tcnka of wnnt he bimnell -tJQW there Is no doubt rcgitiMlng Its Murslmtl J-'iHd at the time he came a-courtfugat Mount Venion Furnace, a place twelve u iles from Irontuu, O., wn a yoimg man, hut I tii.nl? ttlltt m had ahtatiy started In that bus lues In hjoRgo Ji-lj,idi him many timet u iiitlM.'uiaire. i he Tady Mtb liud cap tunJ Lis nffivtions was.he daughter of au iromiiii'ter named Kcott. Field mot tier lu pome New Knglaiul city, In Which she wax attending a seminary, aud I believe from the brut their regard for each oilier was strong. When she went hone Field visited her father's bouse. Mr. Scott was a very hospitable man, aud under bis roof more revelry f an Innocent sort took place than he Death any other In the district After au engagement of reasonable length Marshall Field canio to Mount Tr-tnon Furnace to claim hla bride. He arrived the day before that set for the wedding. That night tbat Is, on tin so of the welding-there was some sort of jolltncHtion suitable to the oc casion, nud when the rejoicing was at Its height, ns Misa Nnu Scott, a young r sister of he bride, was passing through tha bell, a kerosene lamp ex ploded and iiivclonod the girl at once and completely hi biasing ell. It nrovot'. ber winding heet, for, although her father and others rushed to her rcscus, the unfortunate ftrl was so bodjj burned that she died the same night Of course the wedding was delcyed bat eventually Miss Jetinlo 8cott be came Mrs. Marsfeall Field and. as It turned oat, married a man who was auTterward flie lnviuiiahle friend an guardian of bur family. Such a frleui1 Uw Bcotts came to need In later ynrs fur Mr. Scott became embarranKd dur Ins tne panicky tlrmv of 1873 mal frui., aliluence was brought to the verg ot poverty. But Mr. Field's generu.l ' and nobility are tm well known t nil for further remark upon the sub Ject s ' Mr. Field had sn Instioctlve capactt; for estimating the ability ef his a ststant. nays the New Tork Word Be al o hsd a bumnn side In hU nla ttoua wl'h them. The story h a small nor In Ms employ vi--- ou. dared to a U M: K.'.l fjri.ri.Ise U. aaiary. Tou're no bigger man a pint of cider,- said tha mercnant grmnty. Then, u the boy kept allent, Mr. Ftosl "Haas aBBcb art you getdng 'Taesa OoUara a waak," ra nawT BBtoCSJ. Kew fork to a mvutaon of Haw Task Slsaaa. It to BliiW to sasaa. l kaaw af u asu to totav T a' ataaUar Hiarat in lbs aatty. I e maMat oam aaattoa af Ms town, to aD-af Its tor awMs -puitofl oat af atranaa tol arsalaa, be hsvlng tba raapact and sonastouos of the popolnee tnan any au to the city. "An Incident which occurred In New Tork a few days before Mr. Field's death llrastratos tha bold to) bad upon Chlcagoans far better than an words of praise tbat can be spoken. A som ber of former residents of bis city gathered Informally In the upper west aide of the city (New York) to express In some fitting manner their apprecla tlon of Mr. Field. 1 happen to know that In this generation not one bad ever spoken to Mr. Field. I do not think be would have recognized the name of an individual present They were unable to formulate any expres sions suitable to the occasion. Finally one man arose and said; ' 'I am not what the church could call a religionist, but I believe. In prayer. What we want la to see Mar shall Field's life spanM. If anybody here knows bow to phrase a praVer, I move that be lead ns while we all kneel and Join him In our hearts.' "in all of my experience I never heard a man or woman make a motion to engage In prayer, but in this In stance It seemed to be entirely proper. An elderly mun responded. 4Ijut ns pray to God to save Mar shall Field's life,' be said. The words were not cold before ev ery one present was on his knees. I am no authority on what constitutes pray er. Like the man who made the mo tion, I wouldn't know bow to utter a prayer hi public. 1 am glad to aay I kitow how to do It In the privacy of my home. But If the prayer that was na do on this occasion was not sincere uo ouo. In my opinion, need ever try to lunke one. It was not tlve minutes long. When It was finished the man who luade the motion said: I make another motion. I move tbat as many as are gauiercd hero go Into some church In this city every day at noon and repent as nearly as we can the prayer we have Just heard. If any one Is unable to got to cbarob at that hour, let him say the pniyer whSrevet be may be dally until Marshall Field recovers. I do not prophesy,' be con tinued, that we will get what we ask for. bu$ we won't get It nuless we do.' i iniUK every man preseut seconded tbat motion. It was not puL Why should It have been? I believe every man present kept his promise. One man told me be had not been In a church for thirty years, but he added that he would go three times a day If he thought It would save Marshall Field s life. "The prlvute Individual whose life couM Inspire the Incident which 1 have tried to describe Is ruro In Oils or any country." fj The mercantile and commercial ca reer of Marshall Field stands us a monument to his Industry, persever ance, energy and faculty for Invention. Ho was ftitod one of the world's great est merchants and In the east and west was accepted as a man of ex traordinary business talents. Terhap the test epitome of the rules of his life Is furnished In his own words: lift vr gives a note. Ho never buys s share of stock on mv gtn. II Is ae-aJnt speculation. H Is no borrower. lie has mad it s point not to Incumber bis pustatss with mortKBfTcs. Se Aw business on a "cash basis." rritfs to on shorter time than comPSUtorfc r.-' lis trUI to sell the same grade of goods tor a smaller prloe. TT boldsjsls customers to s strict meet tnj f tiwtr obligations - .JIj W?e. those rules yeaj-s ago and nevftf Ahuoiiuced ailjTFe vision. If any of his groat enternrises afterward re quired the borrow: g of money l was nevOr known that be had borrowed it. And Mr. Field did more than make himself rich. lie made his associates rich. On man after another has step ped out of the bouse of Marshall Field & Co. and retired with a fortune. Put, while others sought ease, Marshall Field, tho front of the concern, re mained to command till the last. Rifled Firearms. In the South Kensington museum are several wheel look muskets with rilled barrels made during the reign of Charles I.. If not earlier. Such barrels were then usually calleiT "screwed." Zachary tJrey In a note on "lludihras," part 1. enrtto 3, line 533, says tbat Fringe It n pert showed his sMll aa a marksman by hitting twice In succes sion the vane on St Mary's Stafford at sixty yards with a "screwed" pistol. London Notes and Queries. The Forests. A true forest Is not merely a store house full of wood, but, aa It were, a factory of wood and at the same time a reservoir of water. When you help to preserve our forests or to plant new ones, you are actktg the part of good Cl t lie ne. Roosevelt Reputation and Character. Lawyer (examining Juryt io you anderstand the difference between character and reputation? Juror Hen ntatlon Is the name your neighbors give you; character la the one they take from you.Jndge. Strategy. "How did pa act when yo asaad him for nw baud?" , "Very (.'.n.i and ro-irteoua. Itqulte took me by - ir r .' MI told hint y ' o be a puU- 1st"-Uoiiston IV l Cras snd got onr"ft-il nrloao on Chtonrara. Allen A Kcsaa. sUad boy totoCftj. Mr. nut. "Way, wfcu I wu fsav au t auuty -Wsfl,- aaoto ap flat ai aa Aaaasaav M iTrt ranulity CHIrsawau wu aaaooa." aaad a ssaaur arttaan f tut city aaar uaMtoai to Jtaloutiet and Yearnirtff That Baut tha Smal Bay. to Mttanr aw TMrtsm. Maara Usury Daaa4y aHnesJ a? Tha otasr day at a aeatftry I uw ar ckkte 'batcher wesrtng pair of those basket atotva pratoctota, and I stood and tooajssd Uka a fooi" said the fat man. Tlrst time I'd seen a pair of baakat afcwva protoetora for years, and so I just bad to laugh. Tell you why. Whan I wu a tike I used to look with wonder and awe upon a fellow who wore a pair of basket sleeve protectors. I considered that fellow with a pair of thou things wu all right, all right, plus soma more. 'They bad a kind of , Jaunty air about 'em that I couldn't and can't de fine, but It wu there, and I revered and reverenced 'em. ' I made up my mind that If I over grew up and got the price, mo. too, for a pair of those basket sleeve protectors, no matter what sort of work I'd happen to tackle. "Queer dlckeuses, boys, eh? 'Mem ber those patent pencil attachments that market men used to have may hare 'em yet hitched to tbrV aprons? Well, I thought those were pretty nifty things, too. and 1 used to secretly hanker to own one of em. Made up my mind tbat I would own one of 'em, too, when I got to be a man. but some how I never w-eraed to want ooe when I reached tbe shaving ago. "Guess some of my ambitions aa a boy were pretty crazy anyhow. I was so' jealous of the first boy I ever met that could spit tli rough bis teeth at a msrk and bit it that I hated him. Tbat same I toy pretty early in life got a Job driving a delivery wagon for a grocery. Well, pretty soon after be got that Job he was wearing a pnlr of those patent elastic sleeve supporters, or holders, or whatever you'd call 'em things with a elntcb st either end that pulled the ct:ff hack from the wrist Ihls boy's p :lr of those things were pink elastic. and bow he used to flaunt 'em before :ny eyes! 'He knew blamed well tbat those pluk elastic s'oove supporters looked liner to me than any btar of India or Victoria Cross could possibly look, and be knew beskles tbat because. I bad to go to school aud wasn't earning any thing there wasn't a possible chance on enrth for me to get a pair liWe'em and so he Just held 'em over me and made my life miserable. Yet when I got to the wage earning ope I never seemed to care at all for a pair of pink elastic sleeve supporters. Aiiouier noy tuat l natea nau a maroon colored cardigan jacket. That was before the day of sweaters. This hated loy vore the cardigan jacket beneath his regular outer coat and so be didn't have to wear any overcoat That. I considered, was a gorgeous blessing not to have to wear an over coat to school. 1 despised this boy for havhig It on me that way. Anyhow, his maroon colored cardigan Jacket bad a couple of pockets In front that he kept full of all kinds of junk some times he evpa carried mire to school in em. Aud tbat mado my Indignation all the greater the fact that he had those two flue covered up pockets to Ms card! pan Jacket. "One great triumph did come to my tike life, though, and that was the fact Unit 1 was the first boy of my school to own a pair of copper toed boots. Well, I sprang the first pair, as I say, at my school, and I guess 1 didn't break the hearts of a) the other boys or nothln'I Itetddes the copper toes, these boots had red tops, with a silver star and crescent stamped on the red tops, snd that made the blow all the more fright ful to the other lads that had to see me stalking around lu those boots. After awhile, though, nearly all of the other youngsters showed up with cop per toed nHtn and thus took the wind out of my sails. We never see boys wearing peaked caps any more notice? I don't menu these dinky little cloth caps with peaks to 'em, but regular soldiers' caps with glazed peiks. First boy that turned up Id jur neighborhood with one of those things oh made a sensutton, all right. This same boy had got hold of a carpenter's pencil somewhere, and he'd Btlck that carpenter's pencil un derneath his forage cap, with the j sharpened end projecting IB a mljhty i blase way that certainly caused us to , regard him as sdme pumpkins. 1 was always crazy for a cartwirier's pencil when I was a boy. but 1 never got hold of one never did have much luck when I was a boy anyhow. My folks wsre too blamed respectable. "As a matter of factyou can beliove it or not, but I'm teltlug you the truth they wouldn't let me nt the age of ten apply for the Job of brnkeman on a passenger train. That, I thought, was the finest Job In the world brake man on a passenger train Just swing ing a red lantern all the time, and wearing a peaked cap mostly on the left oar, and the peak pushed back so as to show an oiled hang plastered down, and sitting on a wood box In the amoker talking to fellers, and car rylnjr a pair of red fines around every w ;.tfn, and all that. Hut the main ap peal of the brakesman's Job was the pair of red lanterns. Oh. well, that pair of basket sleeve protectors that 1 saw at the poultry market the other day certainly car rled me back a long way, and I wti still laughing tike a fool when 1 troll ed away." Charleston News and Cou rier. R;ding the Rail. . A Georgia paper v who rides on the rail courts dr.t" It was an Irishman, ndu-'ii t a nil. who s Id tbat except for the Iwnor of th -v " )g he would Juat as soon walk. It Was There. ComposerDid yon hear the torment and despntr In my tone poem, "Tan talus." tbat I Just plsyed you? l.ls ftver No, hw l notice i -.n on the ...cvs of the audience.- Tk iiUe El;.:- Good paatoie makes Urodplcturu Kipling at Work. "I have lounged In Radyard Kip ling's den at. Brattleboro. Vt. before aa deserted America for England and saw him at bis work. Ba ut at aai tablo la a revolving chatr. I bad a book to mj aaad and uld nothing aa ku I wu apeftM to for I was eojay toe a taut prtvUeu that wu granted te no one eiu bat bki wtfo. Ha weadi vatta far a nwaaaaC aataau) for ton ar tttou mtnotu at ttaw. H aa wu vrtttoc varus aa wavM ham racy aaftty to tomurf aa atr wtoan nuaa bly kept to rhythm to ato mind. Waaa wrrttof proaa. a sn aOent, toil I afto) would to aVnra ton pea. . whirl sound to bia chair aaal caat for awhOe. ,tt might ba sooetsring retst bag to the subject ha wu touting or tear no reUOoo to It tosMeniy would wheat back ante, and ton pea weald fairly fly over the paper. Ba can easily concutrato. ato thoughts and u aully descend from cloud bind to tba commonplace of tha day, though In bki mind and oo bis lips nothing la ever commonplace. Some of als puma ao nu written when speed rag to a Pullman car at tha rata of alxty miles an hour." Pacific Monthly. . Birds Shot With Watsr. Shooting a humming bird with the smallest bird shot made is out of the question, for the tiniest seeds of lead would destroy bit coat Tho only way to which the bird can be captured for commercial purposes Is to shoot him with a drop of water from a blowgun or a fine jet from a small ayrlnge. Skillfully directed, the water stuns him. lie falls Into a silken net and before be recovera consciousness Is suspended over a cyanide jar. This must be done quickly, for If he conies to his senses before the cyanide whiff snuffs out his life he Is sure to ruin his plumage In bis struggles to escape. Humming birds vary In size from spec luteus iK'rhaDs half as larce as a spar row to those scarcely biftger than a bee. The quickest eye caunot follow them In full flight It Is only when, though still flying furiously, they are practically motionless over flowers that the best marksman can bring them to earth. New York Press. The Feeding of Dogs. "No dog kept Indoors and Indeed very few outside should be fed ou meat nor should he lw fed from the table at mealtimes, as be will soon become a nuisance, especially when there are visitors. If he Is always fed. at the conclusion of a cerUiu n:eal dinner, for instance he will wait pa tiently until the presi rlUnl time. It l a good plan to feed after one's midday meal, giving plenty of gre:Mi vegeta bles, bread nud priors, wi h a very few scmps of fluely cut meat, t i who! e well mix ed f 1 1 1 ; 1 i r n y cn v r Doured over it. If two men Is uvu c'v-n one should In at break fast time and! one In the evening. One should con sist ot only a little oatmeal and milk or a piece of Jry dog biscuit. "At no time should the dig have more than be wlH ent, and If be leaver anything on his plate except the pat tern his nl Iowa nee should be reduced or a meal omitted. Suburban Life. t ' - The Shoulder Strap. If It were possible to com pi It such data it would be extremely InttdYstlng to know to what extent women have Influenced the uniforms and eiul ment of their fighting states. A little Instance ln point is t!ie steel -curb shoulder strap of the British cavalry. When Sir George Luck was Betting out for Kandahar during the Afghan operations Lady Luck, knowing prob aMy something of the fighting methods of the tribesmen, whose four foot knife can cut cleaq from shoulder to belt, sewed a couple of steel curb chains under each of the shoulder straps on her bustuind's tunic." As a protection from sword cuts these proved so ef fective that at the end of the campaign Plr George made a report In relation thereto, with the result that Utry were adopted as a permanent feature "f the cavalry uniform. Harper's Weekly. 8eized Hr Opportunity. lie was not a very rapid wooer, and she wns getting a bit anxious. Agalu be called, and they sat togeth er in tlie parlor, "just those two." A loud rap came at tlie front door. "Oh, bother!" she said. "Who can be calling?' 'Say you're out," aaid the deceiver. Oh, no; tbnt would-be untrue, mur mured the Ingenuous 6h. " - - "Then say you're engaged," he urged. "Oh, may I. Charlie?" she cried as -he threw herself In his arms. . Aud the man kept on knocking at the trout door. Illustrated Bits. A Rejection 81 i p. "Sir," said tjie shivering beggar, stopping the prosperous magazine ed itor on the street, "I have a long, sad story" "Sorry," briskly replied the maga zine editor, passing on, "but we are only open for short, funny stories now; full of the other kind." Success Maga zine. Ne Thanks, "I broke a record today. Had the last word with a woman. "Didn't thluk tt possible. How'd it happen?" "Why, 1 said to a woman In the car. Madajn. have my seat.' ' Philadel phia Ledger. Good Trade. 'Oh, my bustness Is good, said the trombone player. "In fnct, I am al ways Mowing about It." "Well, rm tooted with mine, too," jald tho chimney sweep. "And mine is out of sight." said tho diver. Do cite i V"jr st a time and tha big things iL.ii. Mncoln. Qood For h very body. Mr. Norman R Coulter, a prominent architect in the Delbert Uuildlng, San Francisco, aaya: I folly endorse all hs has been ssld of Electric Bitters a a 1 ii lie medicine. It Is good lor ev erybody, tt corrects stomscb. liver and kidney diw 'e "omotand efflci pnt manner or?" thesyatem. Electric Biltr i? est spring med icine ever sold over a druggltt's ouo ter; u a blood pmti"?r It is unequaled 50c. at Chaa. Strang's drug store. For aalo-Aa eiJ'e- dlty of biick lo any qoso'(j. a rra dy. Medford. OisaTD. tf, THE "TUPPENCE HABIT. M Has a Firm Oris a Leu and Ha labatosanto. Tupponoa moaning, of course, two pence and aqul to the ram of 4 eaato to Galted It M U to u taaak u a fairly wall to da worker ou aOosd for ato uaal at aatodny. to tha poorer raataaraato tut amn fato ton two aUeu and a tojt arac or thru atteu and a ttttto mug, ar a portloa of cake and a drtak, or a Mad an ertee and small mag, ar a unsafe with auaa ar bread, or a faaau of baean. In tba next higher dau ainijrntot drmkabie la twopance par cop, watte paatry, plan, etc are tho aama ram per bud. At tho "popular t o., "no gratuities res taurants tba waiters expect a tuppen ny tip (though It la advertised other wise by the proprietors), and the non Upper hu a bad time. At most cafes tipping Is the usual thing, and tup pence Is expected and Is accepted with the servile bow and pleased expression tbat distinguish the English and con tinental waiter upon such occasions. The tuppenny tube Is well known. You deposit that sum, and you get In anywhere and get out anywhere else you please. On trolley cars and buses tbat amount will carry you for an hour or two very often, usually to the ter minus. The Mllroad porter w ho car ries your rug a few yards or w ho says "Vus" when you ask If the train has atopied always has his hand out for the usual fee., though he will carry your two large bags and whatever else you have for half a mile over high stairs end low lines and accept the same amount with the same sat is tac tion. The cabby to whom you give coppers over the legal fare salutesyou respect fully, but If you pay double fare In a lordly manner lie wants more and Is apt to make disparaging remarks about your breeding, as mny the bootblack to whom yoJ give 1 instead of 2 pen-, uies. The cabby Is the surer of the j two, however, for disparaging re-! marks, to which characteristic, I real ly believe, can be traced the advent of lm fnvlmM.n Vr... V,.-1, tl,.c THE ART OF JUGGLING. (t Demands Much Hard Work and Un limited Patience. "Tm uo a :niecuidful Jugiur it Ik net-on-bait to possess lulinite patience. So.ue tricks require uch long andc mttnin us practice that unless a man pcHesNed great patience and uulimlted powers of perseverance be would despair of ever being able to perform them," says Taut Clnquevalll in the St Louis Post-Dispatch. "Take a trick, for example, like balancing a tall glass on four straws placed oh the forehead. It looks easy enough, but It took me years of prac tice U'fore I could do it. While I am balancing the glass I also Juggle with five hats at the same time. I never, as a matter of fact, soo the bats. They arc handed to me by my assistant, and I then set them go rag. but the whole time my eyes are fixed on the straws upon which the g1nts Is balanced. If I took my eyes from the straws for a hundredth part of a second their bal ance would be upset I know Instinc tively where the hats are all the time and know exactly where each hot Is when I put out my hand to cntch It "It took me close on elglit years' practice before I was able to balance two billiard balls on top of each other and ttieu balance the two on a billiard cue. I started practicing tt an hour a day. as a rule. After a couple of years' practice one night I woke up. having dreamed that I had performed It I got up. rushed downstairs and be gr.n to practice with my cue and two billiard balls, and at the first attempt I balanced them. About five years later I performed the feat In public. "For the cannon ball trick I first nsed a wooden ball weighing Just one pound. I caught tt on the wrong place and was knocked senseless, but I kept on prac ticing until I found ont how to do It. Now I use an Iron ball weighing sixty pounds. Tf I didn't cnhh the ball on the right place on the back of my neck It would kill me, but there Is no chance of my making a mistake." Surfaoing Natural Wood. White pine, birch, cherry, whltewood, maple, sycamore, gum and hemlock need no filling at all. They are classed as the close grained woods, and their surface presents no pores or cellular tissue to be filled. Still the surface needs to be sealed up ao the wood will not suck the oil out of the varnish. This Is called surfacing. It consists of coating tlie surface with shellac and then sandpapering down to a smooth finish. When thus treated the wood Is readv for tbe varnish. Odd but Legal Will. Tho following will successfully stood the teat In tbe supreme court ot Cali fornia: "Crolldepedro february 8 1892. This la to serifey that le levet mey wife real and personal and she to dis pose for them as she wis Patrick Don ahue." Beautiful City ef India. Jaipur Is called "the Beautiful City of India" and la noted among travelers for the exquisite rose color which all of Its houses sport at flvu tho Im pression of a pink coral city rising from tbe sea. pailsh Hands. Russians have long bat buotlfully shaped hands, while thou ot Span lards are often spoiled by tbe thick neu of tho fingers, which ara apt to round at tho tips. Netherlands Fisheries. About 100,000 nets are In nu during tho herring season by tho 800 fishing smacks of tho Netherlands. A net lasts about three seasous, but swing to loss es from storms and other caiates be tween 40.0( sod ftO.OCU new nets are bought yearly. For tho but bargain t Id Farm, Dairy, or 8tock Raoobee, or Fro it Lao da, call oo ot add rest ti arc ess A Thornton, ToooaUa, Oregon. tf. atu enrreaey to the doov toattog mas to Loads. u luOillua u sW aw Asht. but or tto) aaus of aatoaai. Waawsny paa ttt wtortMar pu dm, Usasiiar pasj nV wftsusasff ua apaa poor asoach :t to toppian ar aortas of (tost ansa -not to 1 1 til ati, from raw. It aura tow toau aha ptou sftaiw aaad panto to nasartai ar tba Ctovasnsssa tot an the stostait swsaaaassaa. OruQgia'V Lights. Aa apothecary f mn l himself minus ato rod light one u.fflit at a time whn It ru customary for tradesmen of Ms KiBia Hunt h.,i tnr frners with a stmpta red la nip. To snrnly bH aud ba took a stats bottle (Wkd wtfh a rod Psdd and placed a eawfie bratad It ITU afloat u Masai Mm that he Kivni arnavms w to anvo bts peatrtss for tte MHiia - B Bad m afloat a4 tuM one or twk TIM t Lord." at tMMl don't tot Jin, th. Mutt tm aowa UM MM.' "Mha Facfcta," MM Mr. TbnmM tt th, otter tM al tte tot. "If I wr to throw 700 a klu I wonder whit roo d My." "Well," replied MIm Pechl. "I'd m yon were the laciest man I ever taw." -Philadelphia Preaa. A Distinction. "Tell me," nnUl MIm Wlthernpp, "Mr. Newman remarked to yon that I didst ahnw mT aire, dltln't he?' "Not exactly. He said yon were careful to concent It," replied Mlas Frank. Eichnnge. It la entlmated that there are 70.000, 000 Kuropenna who wear wooden aUoes. Baawood Is ordinarily cm. ployed for aabnta, but willow la the best material. NOTICE OF SCHOOL INDEM NITY SELECTION. United Htatf h Land Office. rtoMbnrs. Oreffou. FvbrnarT K. 1W. Notice iihor. by ciTn :Lt Hit- sLite or ore- ton, on i-tjDruttry l, W7, Applied lor nw1., M iA ot scctiuu SO, towuihl 34 fontb, range 2 tjsi,auu m. yA or Ki-non i mua aw e and oiiita '4 w yA or M-ction, tiivnhii una tiled In thin oilico li.ti ot wliool iiiiU mill ty neltctiotjn In which it ek-cieJ wi'd land; a. d thut said lUt re open lu tl. public for lnBpttciloa. Any and all (wrfon cUUmmc ad veiatly tbe above dncrtbed J and or auj legal Mib-divU'o-j thereof. orclatmiDZ ibi- fame un der tbe m In tut law or dt JrUg to lliovr laid land to bo more valuable for mineral ihan for aRricnltnntl pnrpm. , or to object 10 mid ie 1 motions for any lnwml reason, hlouIo Die their I'laims or their affidavit of pr.-te-n or Don'ertt Id tMi otlloeoa or before the 14th duy ol April, 190N. I hereby dealtcoate the 11 itnroRo Mail, pub liabod at Medfor i, Oregon, the uen-'paper to which tbe abort nutlcw to be puMmhed. Bknjamim L ddv, Hesutat. ADMlNISTltATOH'S FINAL K0T1CE. Notice li hereby fttven tbat the undtr-itftie-l, ai tho AdmlDU'ratnr, with tbe Kill annexed, of the ea ate ol Hurrlet Ada a Taylor, decea-d, baa filed bia Uaal account In the matter of said mate w.th the Coumv t'ourtof J;u-koti County. Oregon, and that Monday, the iKJrd day of March, lftW at the hour 01 1 o'clock, P. M.. at the courtroom of aaid court- In Juckaonvlllo, Oregon, baa been etby wafd court a- tbe time and p'ace for heart : objectloai thureto and tbe eettlmeot thereof. ALBERT CLIFTON TAYLOR, Admlnlatrator. with the will annexed, of the extete ot. Harriet Ada Liela Taylor, de- ceanid. bated and flrat publlfhed Feb 21,1906, VAWTKR A POKD1N, Attoroeri (orEitatf NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Pef-artmento thelrterlor Land Office st KosebuiK- Ore.. Jan. 22, 1Mb Notice U hor. by (tlren tbat Joiah McrUy, ot Hlg Butte, (iregon, baa ti ed rotlcuof hla Intention 10 ntBk final five year p oo. m rapport of hia rlalta, viz: Ilonte ri ad fclniry No. I2n07, m.tde tKSt. let. lPUi, lor he K 'i , N V 'i SVV yAt tie 6. Twp Si. f wh. RangpJI KaJt tnd that ;iid prool will be made bclor A. 8. Blitor., U. 8. Com m 11 kloner, at hi office. In Medford, Oregon, on Wednesday, Marih 2S, 1Ji. He names the fo'lowlng wltneiee to prove h1& cotitiLUoux reaidence uuon. and L-ultWutioc of th land, viz: .rrederkk . MedynkL James L Pat ton. Aaron Heck, William W. Parker, all of liif Butte. Oregon. BENJAMIN L. EDPY, Register. Administrator's Notice. In the matter ot the Kttateof Jotepb J. Van Harden burg, deceaaed. Notice la hereby given, that the undersigned, by mi order of tils t'ountr Court dulv made and entered, wax appointed, und la now the dulv qualified and acting Administrator ttx r is non, of tbe eat ate ol Joseph J. Van liar denburtr, dcceaaM All per-ona having clalma again.1 1 auia eataie are ncrcoy ooucoq 10 prr eent the uie d"i verified to me, or my at tornevt. Ct lvlr Durham, at Medford. Ore gon, within if mo::th from this dato. ALDfirt I AA MAHDr.'MIKKU, Admlnl-tnttor, UUouls Non. COLVIti 6i DURHAM Attyi. Dated Feb. 14, 10O&. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department ot the Interior, Lnnd Office M Roacburg, Ore., Jan ! , lwOK. Noels hereby given that Frederick V Mcdynakl of Bl; Butte .Ore., bus flied notice of hla intention to make final tlve-ycara proof support of bia claim, .vit: Homestead Entry No. 11174 me.:- Dec 14, 1V01, for tbe hWJ4 Section 2x, Township Si. Sonih, Ranice 8 Eait, aud tbat said pnmf will be made before A. S.Bllton, L'. S. ComtEtsnloner. hla office, at Medford, Oregon, on Tueaday, March 24. 1908: He names the following witneaaee to prove Mr continuous reMdcnce opou.acd cultivation of, the land.vtz: Joaiab Merley. ?.ark Mazcy, Jamef I. pat ton, Frank D. Nt'thcrland, all ot Big Bntte' Oregon. DsKJaanr L.Eipt, Reglmer. NOTICE FOK PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior. Land Office at Koeb'ir. On:.. Jan. a IPC. Notice U hereby g.vn tbat Monroe Baldwin, ot Big Huttr uregoti, haj filed notice ot hla Intention to rnake commutation final proof In aupport;' bin claim, viz: Home stead Entry No. 13479, made April 13. 1904. lor tbe N E , Section IS, Township S Sooth of Rauge 1 East, snd that sat i proof will be made before A. tt. Uliton, TJ. 3- Com missi oner, st his office. In Medford, Oregon on Tuesday, March 24. 1908. He namee tbe following witness. to prove his continuous residence upon and Cultivation of the land, viz. Char lea A Rdnondsos, John A Obeacbatn Charles U bench ain, Jead md Edeell, allot Bi BattS, Oregon. BrsjAMin L. Edpy, St glit r Administrator! Notice. In tot natt-r of the sstate ot Jails A. Ed ward, deceased. Notice Is hereby glrn that tbe undersigned has been duly appointed and qualified aa Ad tnlnlstraior .f the estate of JulU A. Edwards, late of Jackson county, Oretron, deceased. All perion! having claims against aaid es tate are notified to present the aame. duty verified, to the undersigned at his teildence In the City ot Medford, Jackson Cotiaty, Oregon, within sli months from and .ier the date hereof. Rl'fTS EDWARDS. Administrator of the t state ol Julia A. Ed wards, deceased. Dated this 12th day of february. A. D., V , Bean tha "r ' Hifl4 tu Hw Ahnp Bxt aaaad aawtoa satoatsd ttodr wtoaVrwa, tocroasfsa ass Mil, tt MM, mm! (to rk,(i Aw Man. mbm tfct h3m tetw wait, tott temp I irV . . . Om 9m mack iin"""it kuWf .i I. id in, f. bim fat mtt- torn tad MM SocletiM of Meel.ord I. O. O. F Lodge No SI, meets In I. o. O. Ml aaw".- aai. W.MU W1B art always weiovas, VouraT Duos, Bts See. ' I.O.O. TfcDfM Rlvy EscasipsieBt, Ms M.meetala I. O. O. F. haU the aasoad a&4 foanh Waassoaarafi assh ssaath sis. p. a7 I O. . M.-Medtsra Wastoaaa , saau vary Sat vOaj t MiaeaMsU.Aitlt hUu Ui wsit vsm vi ssprns. Mi ra.rv anAtalh. ia Badai w. T. oooutaa. aWaury. Olive Bsbekali LoageHo.2", meeU In I. o. I a, r, Bt um auiu auu uwiata ia, aau moatk. VUiUtsuierslnvitd to attend. ... 1 1 " "! 4THW. BrsUai DocLos, Has. ass. A. F. and A. M.-Mesu Irat Friday o or ba tor tall moon at I p. a., to Msaonie ball. stroaoix, W. M. J, W. IaAWToS. Baa, Sec u. B. sV Reamee Obapter, ho. (M, statu ass ond and fourth Wednesday's of Mb sooth at Masonic Hall. Medford, Oregon. VUitlnf Sta. ters and Brolhera always welooKt. MKS. MTTIB F I CEIL, W. St. Hat. Lillxaji B. woourosi). Secretary. K.of P Talisman lodge No. 81. meets Mon day evening at p. m. Visiting brothers al ways welcome. E. G. THOwaaUMia. V. C. BAatLUaKUOBV.K.ot R. and A. Kofcbts of the Maccabees. TrlumphTent No. 14, meet in regular review on the lot and 8d Fridays of each mouth in A. O. U. W Hall a 7:au p. ui. Vlultiug 8lr Knights cordially In- C. KBt'Bkk, R. K. A. O. 0. W.LodgeNo.9, meeU every Brat vi I third Wvudradav In tne mo t at tp, tu. in their bull lu the Opra block. Vlslliug broiberalnvlted to attend. John Do Dot, II. W, Asiiakl HcDbabd. Kccordur. K of A. Medford Lodire No. 421. meet tb! second and fourth Tm-duy evvnloga Id vicn mouia in iut it iiuoua uau. vuiuug. FrattTi luvltcd U atU-tid . KHAIiCM JnjOAN, F. M. L. A. JOBDAN. Bee. Woodmen of the World Camn No. 90. nifpta every Thumduy evuulng iu ouiith's wall. Medford Oregon. (V. n. jatiitaT,v j. W. B. JACKfOw. Clerk. Chrvftiintbemum Circle so. S4. Women of Woodcraft Meets aetrond and lnurth Tueadav of each moulh at 7:;a p. m. lu fmith'n b',': laiLiugaiaiera tnviieu. WHK. AKB OTIWAHT, U. ft. fairs Ana LB. Clerk F. O. E Mei'ta everv Thursday Evenlnc at 8 p. m., In liediueu'a Hall. Jambs Btrwart. becrttary. A. R. Cheater A. Arthur Pout No. 47, :ta In Woodman's 'ball evcrv first and third Wednciday eve in en eh tnonlb al the old K. ol I Hall. Vudtiug Comrades cordially in vi led ut attend F. M. BTEAABT, Coumaxdeb. D. B AurBUA, A-ijutimt W. V. T. V.- Mf-etl everv other Tnutrtilav al tlie 1'Lff.byt! r'.ni t-hui-iii. mks. ni'tiit rrcaHT.'Ot. Miti. J. M.ih(..N, btcrtUi). Fralernal Br-thcrhKd Mpms 'rat ard third Wednluy - evt-iat .( i-ueli mnu'h. Ht 7: JO p. m., tn the Kcdmeu's HmII Mtoford. fr :on uniua. eii u ro anu ur.-iuers curuiaiiy .nvtted. W. VooBLl Pres. L 0. Howai d, TiesHtir-r. A.O r -Pturi Metifurd. Kn.R.' meettaver Ui and Urd Mo .d..y nigbta at 7:S.) p. m. fn A. O. U. W M Ol Atig oIk-b. Medford. t)re go. Vlititins ror;nUr(i oordlttlly w'loome-1. ) aLBY VOUrXI.C tt. C. K. MCtI.INTItCK. Uuc CliUKCHES OF MEDFORD., Mt:hjtfitt rptitcopal Cburcn W. c. Keuter pa!...-. Pnaibiua t;tery bat bath li a m.ti T:A,p.cu Snn-Iuy M.bol at :u ,ir... D. I.r.wu-U. aupt tllj.Hf nietlnn lullowt reai tiit- ? urv-e fcunday morn.iig, Julius -Weekrr. icailer. ki i tlh I.oanio m ft:1 0 o. m Fied Frlde ;er, president. Kegular prayer meut iiiK every Thurmlay evening ut 7:W p. m. Ludlt-a Aid P. lety every Tuesday aitrrtioon at 2.W Mra. J hoberts, president. W . F.M. 8 meet 1 lirt Fr.'lny in each mon:b. Mrs. Mary PrcHbvtenun Cmircn Rev. W. r. Shields P'tur. fn-achlnK every Sabbath at 11 a. m y ( 7:30 p.m. Hut.day school at 10 cm., Jas, Martin. Suut. Cbrintinii Kn.lnavni- R-!tn n. m Junior Christian Kudeavor, p. m. Kvorr Tuurmlay prayer metturf, 8 p. m. First Tues- y oviiiim ui every monin caon o aoctai. .jond Ttietdav ererv manrh.'i:B0 l. m.. Hia. Inn wln. Fiiitaud third Tuesdavs every month. 2:a n. m.. Aid aoeietv. Uev. W. W. i. iit-ids la5:or; Miss Betilab Warner. Sv.pt -. o.i ! e-'iim mu dtki ouperiounoen C. K. ; David M. Day. Pre-. 8. .. E. t s.J O. Van -Dyke, Prea. Aid society; Mrs. J .Cox, frea. Miaalon Society. Christian church Corner ot Sixth and I streets. Services on the first and third tiun aays of each month. Sunday school and Chriatlan Kndeavor at uHua boors very ur a, rinyur uiithuj wery i nu rm' evening peopltt weleouo. Bcv M, F. HoX, PuHor. M"thodlHt RolBCODBi Church Houth W.T Gould er, pastor. 1'reachlng every Sunduy a 11 a. 111 . luu ' "'F- i;aiinuyac'HKii ai wa, m PraycruieetinKThursdavevcnlnu at 2 d. id Woman's Home Minion Society meets first Wednesday In each month at 2:80 d. m Everv one la cordially invited to all our aor vices Free Methodist Church Sunday School It i'cWck. Preai-hinir hi 11 a. m.: ai d tiM n. m. Ptayer mi-etlug Thursday evening. RT. Fbamcib Bw ith. Pastor. WRC meets tbe standard Werineadnva la the month al OA B ball Visiting members art tuvlted to atteud uur meeilDgs EDUA E MOBS1, FrtS Ella Bhoclts, bc NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIOM. DepATtment of the Interior. Land Office at Ko.-eburg,OreL, Jan. 22.1908. Notice lt herebv trWan thm wltliam T. An. duwH, ol Medford, Oil , has filed notice of his mention to make final commutation proof In support of bis claim, viz : Homistead 'iutrj No. 14417, made Jtilyl9.luu7 for the H 9y soctlon 2, Township 87, Bout h. nauKd 1 ntim, aoa tnai iaia prool win do made bfore A. 8. Uliton, XJ S. ('ommfisloner He nsmes the followln wltneaaaa tn nrnva his continuous reildt nce upoi , and cul tivation of, tlie land, vis: Charles D. ilaselrigge. James Mace, Rdward M. Andrerp. Kammld T. nardnnr. Itnttrv- Humphry, aii o( ItedfontOregon. ncnjAJdin 1. cum, Beglsttr. SUMMONS. In the Circuit Court of the Btatt of Oregon. F, w, OalneSr 1 VS. 9 Suit In Equity lor FJU Oalnts, wiToroa Defendanb I To Ells Oalnts, the above named defendant 1 m tub name or the statb ok nacriosr You are hereby required to appear and aoawer the complaint of the plaintiff filed agalnat vottt la tbt above entitled court and cause on or before the last day of tut time prescribed in tbe order for publication of summons herein, to-wit on or before tbe 15th day ol March, Win. fld date being the expiration of six w.eks Tomtbadavof the first publication of tbt S'. jim on a. And If yon tall to appearand answer, fr.r v -nt thereof, tbt plaintiff will BDplytntht tfor tbe relief prayed for In filalntlfT's cumvls'-.t, lucclnctly stated, as oIIowh: For t decree ol the Court abrogating and dissolving tbe mr 'rls-re contract now exltl.i between plaintiff and neleodant; for Judgrv -i SKa:rt iuc defendant and in favor 01 pla.ntlff forth osts atid disbursements of this suit to be t 1 and for such otbrand further relief as to thr court mT -p ear lust ard "qittablt. ThU tLjmons i-, shod In t) WuDFOKD MAIL by or.ier ol Hon. r.T " indue of the above eotltled Cotjrt,wf ,Wder was made snd entered ol ret--' t;i day ot .'annary, 1908; ard, in ol l 1 o tbt '- the erst pnblleaaoi. u iiat vt January, irog. W.I. M.ff Attorney aar riau, ' 1-