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T I r -il jw.tta, .',r T This Home Built Here No more to be built like it. Let us plan you a real t Spanish home of the Sunny South, or a Swiss ( 'hatch t. J. A. McINTOSH,. Architect, t Third Floor Medford National Bank Building. tf : tfgfegf,,,.. HERE'S OUR RULE. I I'm ilimi' f i Mil 1 it v ami price .tv (!,.,! ihn'. vim will !":! it ItM'h iJTt.fil.tlite ": ple.-iMiniUy tti hnve ns Ho vour vitltH'intr work. I ) i; n i" nnd -i t our iew m-riug fubrics. Km'! Iniy a band me don- '(.. w"i "ini t o milor rn;Hi' - i he sninr prica W. W. EIFERT THE PROORliSSIVB TAltoR THE WILY COMEDIAN. ! Hit Mix up With Contract, a Legal ' Fee and an Opinion. I There was h ft-rtiiJu eum.V oin-ra cumeillan who ni.-ulc no I'm! uf money ami who monuil tuiyttiiiiR Ilk ohtiii- I tntlous rwkh'ssuesa In the HiK-mling of i II. was almost iiiorliM un tin' sub j JecL Id fact, uud tlifre were tliose wlio ; said that ho went to ereniui; Instead ; of morning wrvlce so that lie might have the use of the money he dropped into the hux a little lonpr. This Ik by way of explaining the jrrlef which once befell him In Cleveland. Homebody had played an etiKupeuieut at a certain theater and had received a frigid reception, which stage people call a frost. The comedian wasn't ro lng to run any risks. He wouldn't play at the theater unless n certain amount of money was promised him. The unuiaper of the theater offered a very large percentage of the reeelptBi but. oh. dear. no. the wily comedian wasn't going; to be caught by U"h ehaff as that. He insisted upon a lump sum regardless of receipts. The sum was guaranteed, the contract signed. The comedian came to town and. stroll ing ns If by change Into the box office, asked how tbe house was selling. "Oh." said the ticket seller, "we sold every w ar in the house ten days ago!" The comedian's Mood boiled. "AVould." said ho to himself, 'oh. would that T had accepted the percent au'e! It would have been double what I pet nm.' It was too late, however, to rely on' Pimple woitldlnff to i-hange matters, so be fought ihe foremost attorney of the town, showed him the contract and ex presve.i m hi desire to break It oud nbide by the i-ustoniary percentage plan. Before ihe attorney would con sent to express an opinion the ques tion of fee cntiie up. and the comedian handed htm The man nt law theu took the paper and examined It. ' "My dear .., said he, "that con tract can't possibly be broken. I drew It up myself.- - It Is not told what the temperature of Cleveland according to the govern ment report wax that day. hut in the neighborhood of that comedian things fairly sizzled. Washington Star. THE DEATH PENALTY. RELIABLE The STORE ON THE CORNER MAIN AND C ST. Medford Loan Office Money .SAVED WHEN BUYING JEWELRY DIAMONDS WATCHES Money Loaned Just received, a large shipment of IVainonds, Watches, Clacks, Novelties, Jewelry, etc. Come in and examine our stock aud see for yourself. Get our prices before you buy elsewhere. OLD GOLD BOUGHT UNREDEEMED PLEDGES CHEAP. COAL AS FUEL. P. C. Hansen. Tom Moff.il We Biake any kind and style of windows. We carry , glass of any size on hand. Medford Sash & Door Co. Before You Invest IN City Property Orchards Unimproved Lands or Mining Property VISIT THRIVING ASHLAND It Was In Uce as Far Back as the Time of King Solomon. The first mention of coal in the an nals of mankind occurs tn the Bible. Proverbs xxvl, 21, ns follows: "As coals are to burning coals and wood to Are, so Is a contentious man to kindle strife." This wns written ulmtit 10H1 B. C, at the time King Solomon came Into power. I 'art of his dominion was Syria, and ancient coal mines are worked In that country today. There nre several other references to coal In the ltible. all of a later date. Tools find cinders have been found near the Koiimii wall. Indicating that the Brit ons were familiar with the use of coal prior to the komnu invasion In 54 B. C. The flrsl actual record of a coal transaction in the receipt for twelve cart londs of coal written by the good abbot bf Peterborough, A. K S.VJ. Years before the Christian era coal was In common use In China. Anthra cite coal Is powdered, udsed with wet clay njid rolled into balls. These are dried la (he sun, and the poor use this fuel In little hand furnaces precisely as they did centuries ago. Marco Polo speaks of 'seeing In 127."i "a kind of black stone In Cathay that Is used to burn heller than wood." Marco Polo's country men refused to believe the traveler's tale. 1 The earliest historic mention of coal , In the Cubed States Is by the Krenii Jesuit missionary father Hennepin, who In his journal In KtTII speaks of truces of co.il uppcnrtiig on the banks of the ' Inois-river and makes the site of a "cole mine" on the James river, near Kh-hmond. the first mine opened for the market. In 17tt anthracite was discovered in the Wyoming valley aud a sample of the coal sent to Thoip as and William Penn In London. Car rlngton Phelps In Metropolitan Magazine. Horrore Incidental to Old Time Exe cution by Drowning. Execution h drowning was abol ished in Prune by Henri Quatre. only to be revived by one of his successors. It was finally uholishcd as a Btatutory uiethid of execution by the earliest de cree of the gnat revolutionaries. As late as the eighteenth century distil Ly drowning was decreed to a felon lr Edinburgh, and Id the middle ages It was a common enough mode of doing a convicted criminal to death. That execution of this nature was con: sldercd ns humane us any other, so far as the victim was concerned. Is shown by the fact that It was not unknown among the early Jews, who varied the punishment of stoning adulteresses by drowning them. Among the Egyptians It was common. The Human lex cor nella sanctioned the method by placing It ou the statute records, Tacitus tells ns that the tiermans copied the irac Mce from the Romans. The Teuton termed It th "last baptism," and he did not allow his powers of Imagina tion to sleep when he set about de vising r.ddlllonal varieties which should add to the excitement attend In;: upon the doomed person's depar ture from life. The convict wan sewed up. Monte CrUlo fashion, in n bag, and with hbn were Inclosed a vicious dog. a hungry cat, a violent rooster, a ven omous viper, nil very much alive nnd presunis'bly kicking. For what re-ison It Is hard to see, but death by drowning was by ninny peoples -oe.sdered 'referable for crim inal wo'.mou. In the case of very de based or very mean offenders tm Ib'tnans had u more or less pleasant fashion of drowning the doomed ones In marshes, firvt Incasing them lu elaborate crates. per refined cruelty In killing off their femnleVrtininalR the earlier Albanians were certainly the most Inventive in the matter of Ingenuity. It Is com- tL loi.niv Lmivii of einirso. that even the 'n modern Albanian has less respect for womaukiad than any other known male lu the human catalogue, not even ex (bnMiitr the Chinese. The approved method of doing a criminal or even n displeasing woman to death prevalent nmong them up to rather less than a eenlnry ago was to chain her In a tank , Into which the water was allowed to1 How gradually. As the water reached her breast, It was allowed to recede. . sometimes back to her ankles. whotC 1 the refilling of the lank began nnow.j i Tf the wo-n in had children the torture was varied 1 y the drowning or inutHa- j lion of them before her eyes. To vari ous parts of her bly was attached such food as attracts rats, of whMi ; a number would be let loose. New , York World. 1 The Medford Pharmacy The Store with the Yellow Front How Germany Dealt With the Waster. Ccrmauy has a law that provides that If It can he proved that a man Is earning a siilhVIent wage to suport those dependent on him, but that he Is dissipating that wage by vicious hab its, he can he declared n minor, and he Is then trtiitcil as a child. His em plover Is told that the wage must be paid not to the man. but to a cuardian appoint. fl by the majrHtrate of the district in which, he lives, w ho uses It fr.r the support of the wife and chil dren. In England a hum who could not get his wage might n-fu-e to work. In (Jermnny the police would see that he did his work.--Progress. AND CONSULT JAMES M. POTTER Mills-McCall Building Her Opportunity. Tho in:in li:itr hull Just jiiiiioun-e! hiT 'HuPiiHMit. "Hut ynu :il;jyw snkl ih:it meu wfr' hurrM Ttitun'S,' hhM lii-r friend.. "So thfv iir-," repH'! the tirido to lie, ":uid Ii'T""'! my ifppurtunlty to pun ish one of thorn." - Thr all airreil t tint It wnn rtal no ble of hiT - I'htliulHphla Lt-dcvr. 1 Fog filters In London. ".Ml London piililli- Inilldlncs nrn now I'ici ied ,vllli fir IIIHth." said an nrrhlto't. "Tliey itri' efscnllnl. Lon don's yellow I'l'own fiiis. . inude of the smoke of n million Hoft io:il fires, mnells of KUllihur. Iri'lliiles eyci nnd thtvill nnd i-.'iiwes lieiidni lie. It iieni' l Inites houses. Witklnc on n winter ' niomluir. you entft see nevoss your licdrniini for II. So now nil pulille Imlldlnps inter It. Tho nir Is drnwii In' one orlnre only. :ind funs hurl It itL-nlnst eurtnlns of eoiton si Ire-hoi' : thick. It Is foreert tliroii -h l!i e our- Inlns. It eonies nil on tl thrr side ! for ilhlrli'iillun llir"U;-li l'ie vnrlous 1 rooms :i fulrly elenu. iure. iriinspiirent nlr. 1 En t the white lil'ei- ruriiilns: liv ery 1il y they si I IiiiukoiI. It lakes only un hour to (irn.v lliein. nnd ly ni'.diifiill they nre ns Mnelt ns ik." Scottish Impartiality. Color serennl if lilirlihind eompnny ln whl.-h were one or two Knirllsln enlllnit the roll: "Aniriis Mncknyl" No reply. (I.i'md er.) "Aiikus Mio kiiy:" Still mi reply. (Sotlo vis-e.i "I kru ye're there. Ver ' nye nl yer Jooly, ih-ent inon. hut ye're j on'i-r in. dest to spenk before sae inony ! folk. I see ye line." iMnrks hi in down ! In ihe roll.) "John Jones!" Siineiiky vol.-e replies. "'Kre." Seri:eiiiittni. nye, ye're here or sny ye're here, l.llt ye're sle n mu.-kle leenr I eiinnil liellove n word thllt cornea ool o' yer iiii.nl h. sue I'll Jlsl murk ye doon ns alieiil "'London .Answers. Much Like Demosthenei. "Woni.-iii." he snld. "really oiichi to! be n lietier ..rator IImiii innn." "A'li.v so?" she asked! j "Uecause." he replied, "to a certain extent nt least she 'follows the nietll- j ods of that famed orator Demos-; thenes." ' j "lu what way?" she Inquired, still j busy with the llulshliiK tollchea of her 1 toilet. ' "You remember." he answered, "that; Iieuiosihenes used to practice talking. ' with Ills uiolllh full of pebblen." She hastily took the pins out of her mouth aud Informed iltil that he was a mean old thlui: anyway. New York : Times. IF IT'S IN THE ELECTRICAL LINE "IT'S HERE." S.v waste no more timo call on us. We hnve (be most eompleto lina of eleolrienl sundries nnd equipments in electric lamps, liell buttons, houH 'lihoiios in short, it would bo easier lo mention what we haven't. As to jineis '.hoy nre always beyond com petition. ROGUE RIVER ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION CO. W- AIM: NOT I IN T H F TRUST This melius that you get the highest grade of trees ;tt tho lowest possible cost. Insure your trees by buying them here. All varie ties of ornamental and fruit trees constantly on hand HOG UK im'ER VALLEY NUJiSERIES C. P. Cook' Proprietor WANTED Timber and Coal Lands Apply to- B. H. Harris & Co. MIrDFORD, OREGON Ofilce in Jacksoa County Bank Upstairs Summer Rates East During the Season of 1909 via the Southern Pacific Go. From MEDFORD To OMAHA and Return $69.90 To KANSAS CITY anil Return $69.90 To ST. LOUIS and Return $77.10 To CHICAGO and Return $-4.40 mid to other principal eities in Ihe Kust, Middle WuM uoo -nouiii, Correspondingly low fares. , On Sale June 2, 3; July 2, 3; A:i;;i:ft 1 1 12. To DENVER and Return $G4.90 On Sale May 17, July I, Augus t 1 1. (ioiiig transit limit 10 Any lj"Ui diilu of s:iiu, lii.nl return limit October 31st. - These tickets present s.a(n .illr.iclivo leiiiurc- n ibu way of stopover privileges, and choice ol ionic-; iheieliy pi.nlilu. piismni gois to make side trips lu many intciesline. points en loiiiu. , Ko'jtin on the return trip throi-eh (.unioiuia n.a.i l-e had at u slight iidvanee over Ihe rates quoled. Full partictiliirH, slccpinir ear ruserMili'.us anil lichetn wi'l be lUir nished by any Southern l'neifie loal nttent, or WM. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon. ; ' ' .' !n l-lo Ml- luil :!l oi I I ' wr si.itn ;sil h ytlvs. rena 1'Cjimpton Usaacs Instructor of "piano. "Llst 3tlett)CO Studio t t.lotnc Mortb Oftiaae Strtct - K. Eli J.. There Is no tyrnnt like enstom rhu do freedom where tti edlcti are not resisted. Boree. I The Eternal Marathon. ; "Mull." ilechired the old fashioned ! preacher, "Is a worm." ! "And." said a man who hnd been j marrl.sl three limes and who was oc 1 cupylris a small space In a rear pew "woman Is the enrly bird." t'hleac. ! Kecord-IIerald. J. K. ENYAI.'T, Tresitlent JOHN S. OliTH, Cashier. J. A. PEltl! V, Vice-President. , W. IH. .JACKSON, Ass't Cnshier. i r: : i he THE MEDFORD NATIONAL BANK CAPITAL $50,000 SURPLUS $10,000 Safety boxes for rent. A fleneral Banking Business transacted ri, sue We solicit your patronage. I at inn l con ? ..r : iron
