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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-