/ y THE ASHLAND ADVERTISER. ASHLAND, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6. IWK. VOLUME VI. OFFIOIAU THE FARMER WON. DIHBOTORV FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. Hut Hchwefcr Considers It the Hhortest Gaine of Ills Life. Western Division... Judge H. K. Hanna • ‘ Judge II. L. BeiiHon Eastern Division Some year« ago,” said a «jxirting Prosecuting Att’y.. _____ C. B. Watso ’ man, “when Sciiaefcr kept a billiard Mem. Board Equal. ........... R. A. Eiurnitt room in this city, he was always ready JACKSON COUNTY. to ¡»lay all comer« who de«ir<«d a game. Judge,.......................... ........... W. S.Cr«»well I Many si ranger« and jxmiji I i « unknown to IG. S. Butler Schaefer naturally «trolhsl in; many, Conuuissioneis,........ ........ (M. Perrv too, w ho probably (lid not know’him. < Mork Recorder..................... .... Peter Applegate But it made no difference to Schm fer. Sheriff........................ ............... Alex Orme Honietime« stranger« would «lesire to Senator....................... ... .Theo. Cameron I lay for money, but this Hchucfer would iE. V. Carter ui ver do. To all «uch projMisition« he Representatives,........ -J Matthew Stewart would say: ’No, 1 won’t [day for mon­ ( E. A. Siu rw in ey, but I’ll tell you what I will do— I L. L. Jacobs w ill play a game, the loner to treat the School Sup’t ............ ......... G. A. Gregory house. ’ Assessor....................... ... J. C. Pendleton “One «lay an old farmer ent«-red the Purveyor...................... ............. G. T. Jones Coroner...................... ............. Chas Hines [ lace, and after wandering alsmt look­ ing at the picture« <>n the wall« and ex­ ASHLAND PRECINCT. . . Milton Berrv 1 amining the tables he asked if thcr«« Justice.......................... Constable,.................. ................M. N. Long 1 was any one present who would like to CITY OF ASHLAND. [day him a game of billianla. Schaefer, Mayor.............. ........... ............... J. P. Dodge J as usual, said that he would play th«« Marshal,.... .... ,.. J. W. O. Gregory stranger. Street Commissioner, .... J. W. Hatcher | “ How much shall we play for?’ ask­ Ml ton Bin. Recordet,..................... ed the farmer. ...II. C. G ilev ! Treasurer.................... “’I never play for money,’ replied . . .. 1. C 1 lodge Supt. Water Works, . Survey« r...................... . . J . Le-lie C irlx-tf Schaefer, ‘but I will play you for the Attorney,..................... ............... E D. BriggK drinks for the house.’ “ ‘AU right,’ «aid the fanner, * I low cot NCtLMKN : E. F. Loonii.«, F. 11. Carter, W. A. Pat­ many [xiints. shall we play?’ rick. A. C. Dixon, G. W. Crowson, D. L. “ *0h, ’ replied Schaefer «lemur« ly in Minkler. all the consciouKiiesN of his «u[xrior Regular meeting« of city council held in jxiwers, ’we’ll just play until you are council chamber- in city hall on the even­ satisfied, and we will call that a game.’ ing of the first Monday in es< Ii month. «< The crow«! nnilcd as th«» players prepared for the contest Th«« balls were CARDS. placed on the tabl«*, and S«’haefcr brought «>ut Ins favorite cue, and it fell ELIZ/A A. INGALLS, to bis lot to ojs-u the game. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. “The opening shot in a billiard game • • .. . •• i.iVv • « u ' ,£* ail , ««I. ’it , players know, and Schaefer, probably Special Attention to Diaeaaea of the Eyo. through indifference, niissisl ft. He not Opposite Wiiite Sulphur Springs House. only mi«si«l it, but left the balls «do«*1 A shland , • I kegon . tiigether m ar one of tile cushion«. It was what is termed in billianl [Miriams« I)R. J. K. READER. a ‘«et up.’ “The ol«l farmer carefully chalked HOiTŒOPATHICIAN. hi« cue, and after deliberation mini«« the Chronic diseases and disease« of women shot. He then gazi <1 at the balls a mo­ and chiliiren. ment, laid down his cue an«l exclaimed: CorreHjsmdence solicited. “ * 1 am sutisfit <1. ’ Residence ami office, Cor. Gresham and “The won» was then 1 to 0 in favor Vista St«., near South School. of the old farmer, but as Schaefer had agree«! to make the game a« long or ASH1.AXIJ, OREGON. Jiort as the farmer desired he had to l«< satisfied. Scha« t> r of course had to in- PAINLF.-H 1: \ 1 RACTION. vitcall present, including his <•onquenir, to partake of the h< -pitalitv «if th«» DR. C. W. BARR, house. A h th«- crow d laughed and drank DENTIST, Scha« fer remarked that the game was 1.0. O. F. BUILDINS, the shortest ho had ever played, and probably the shortest on record. ” ALL KINDS OF FILLINGS CAR ftijll Y *’.D S ' LtrilLLY INSERTED. Cucumber« For the «kin. QEO. W. I REFREN, ATTORNEY-at-LAW and NOTARY PUBLIC. OFFICE : MAIN ST., NEAR BRIDGE, Collection« a Specialty. ASHLAND, - - OREGON. L. R- ULEN, Contractor for LATHING AND PLASTERING, ASHLAND, OREGON ASHLAND, JACKSON CO,, (OREGON.) REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE. Choice City Property, Orchard« and Farm« for Sale. Houses for Rent, City Property to Exch. for Farms. DAVID ALLEN. DEPEAT BLOCK MAIN ST. DENTIST, °0<-D CLASP* i f Remember uh for Job Printing. “A flue skin?” «aid a girl to a New Y«>rk Times reporter complacently. “Well, I do think my skin has im­ proved a little, ami I am using only a natural cosmetic. What do you think? Cucumbers? Oh, yes, 1 eat plenty of them, and I believe they are healthful in hot weather, but Itesidcs that 1 take the thick pooling«, if I am at home, and rub them on my face, and also on th«1 backs of my hand«. It ih the cucumb« r juice which i« so whitening, and which is also an astringent and keeps the pore« from becoming coarse. It is uhc <1 in the best face cream«. If I am at home, I use the cucumber peelings, but away it is no trouble to lake a few slices of co cumber, before the dr«-sing has been put on, from the table. It is a good thing. Just try it if you don’t think ho .” The Fit «if a Mho««. It i« an oxploded idea that corn« are caused by tight shoes only. An ill fit­ ting boot, bo it tight or loose, will work harm. A shoe must fit, closely and smoothly without being so tight as to pinch at any point and yet not so loose uh to work up and down and rub the tender fle«h. Low shoe«, when new, often blister the heel« by slipping just a little a« the wearer walks To prevent this it i« well to rub the inside of the shoe at the heel with soap before put­ ting it on. i Faithful Into Death. NUMBER 29. Their lU-autlful Curl«. On the point of courage we have not A fat woman, with a baby large yet seen in print a very notable instance enough to reach out and grab at what­ that i« current in service circles. It, re ever excited it« interest, boarded a 1 it1« to one of the numerous heroic but Third avenue open car yesterday morn u.-eleHH struggles on the northwe«t fron­ ing and nettle«l down in the thir«l seat tier of India when our men were sent i from the front. On the «eat in front of forward to carry positions that had to I the fat w< man were two young women be relinquished a« soon as occupied. in freshly starched shirt wai«t« an«l When the men were retiring, harassed high collars. Two beautiful cut I h atrag- bv the fire of the hilJsmen and bewil- glod carelessly out of the braids «>n th« < ered by the growing darkness, a party back of each girl’s head and hung down of 13 went astray and found themselves over her collar. A dozen men whow’erc in a position where resiHlanco and re in th«» «eat« b<:biu«l watchod these curls t’eat were alike hopeh-s«. They were as they hung in the prevailing fashion exposed without protection and were and swayed gently in the br«;ze us the shot down one by’ one. «•ar pa«H<«l a cross Htreet. They were When their comrade« retook the val­ immaculate curls, and perhaps an unso- ley and discovered the bodies they dis­ phi«ticaled man or two may-have won- covered also the evidence« of a rare act dered how young wonieh whnsu front O' courage, devotion and cool judgment, hair was so «traight had coaxed their b nowing that their end had come, and. l>a« k hair into such perfect curia, ’«he 1, owing further that every !,«•«• Metford fat woman gland at them and then be­ r *!tj that fell into the hands of the Af­ gan to doze. Her baby lucked at the ridi« meant the loss of many English <>thcr pasHengen around her listlessly iizcs, the men had extracted th«’ breech until th«« two pairs of swaying curls if. ks from the rifles and hurled them caught her eye-, and then «Im began to d' Wn the ravine, sc. that the rifles when reach < jui for them. Baby’s arms were t ikon should be tiHelex« to their captor«. t«x) short. The mother 1-. ke«l forward - London Saturday Review. as the car camo to u sud«l< .’i stop, and the baby gripped a pair of curls in «ach The Nag nr anti the f iddle. hand. The car stai b <1 Ht that moment and back fioppetl the fat woman and the Here is a story that the Into Freder baby, an«l in tn«? latti r’s hands wen irk Douglass nsi <1 to tell «bout himself, say« the Bnffalo Express. Once when the curl«, one pair in ea«»h hand, and each pair attached securely to a hairpiu. hn was in Dublin he felt very lonesome». He was wumbring about the stn-eLs The young w< men in trout felt the v hen he wils attracted by’ two violins tugs. Their hands w> nt back to search for th«» curls, an«l then they turu*.«! in the w indow of a secondhan I «baler. F «slerick entered ami asked the price around. The fat woman was stili doz­ ing. The babv was ch ickling with glee of one of the instrument«. “Five «hillings, «or, ” «ai«l the Irish over her prizes, un«l u dozen men were d< tier. smiling < agerly. “^V^, ’ )>ewr ,’’ sajd «io .J tj,),. girl <^ xf- ,i, r; i: tune-l th« violin end b> gan ■ s hijii caught sight or her Carls. t< play ••Kn’my (load to Dublin. ” Soon “Isn’t it awful?” «aid the other, an«l the proprietor’« wifo heard the music and « nterisl the rear d«x»r. Then Fred­ each girl grabbed the hand which held erick started in on ’’The Irish Washer­ her curls and opened it by force. The woman, "and the couple began to «lance babv began to cry and its mother awak for dear life When the music and ing ami seeing two young women twist «lancing stopped, Frederick tendered the ing it« wrists protested volubly in Ger dealer 5 shillings, but hi« |w*rformance man. The girls secured their curls and on the violin bad greatly < nhanoed its flounced off the car at the next corner, folkiwed by polysyllable words from the value in the mind «if th«« «torekeeper, and ns he hurrml away to a place of child’« mother, who ha«i not discovered the cuuhc of the attack. The German security be «•x-biinnd: “If a black nagurean git «ich churn « woman was angry when she left th«? out of that fiddle, I'll never sell it at car, but the baby was chuckling as if it hu«• determined. Women are certainly growing mon- complex with every «lay, testing man’s faith t > the limit,.—New York Letter. Crusty Old Unde—Well, William. I’ve decided that you needn’t pay back the |o0 you got from me last summer I'm going to make you a present of it. Reckless Nephew —Thanks! (’rusty Old Unch—Well, that’s not a very enthusiastic way you have of ac­ knowledging my generosity i thought you'd be overjoyed at getting this debt off your mind. Reckless Nephew—Oh. it hasn’t been bothering me! I bod no intention of fiaying you anyway. -Cleveland Leader For «onio skiiiH which cannot Htand constant washing, but needing to be cleaiiHed after a walk or ride by other means than soap and water, lait vir­ ginal i« a delicious preparation and is rmulu as follow«: A pint of rose, orange flower or elder flower water, half an ounce of the simple tincture of benzoin and ten drops of the tin< tore of myrrh Ilin Trade. i The Policeman What’s your trade? The Suspect-—An ironw orker ”1« that so? I’ll see what yon know about it f used to be in the trade my­ self.” ”1— I mean in a laundry —Indian apoliH Journal Fairbank’s White Star soap We per box—régulai w holcsale price— until pres­ ent stock is exhausted . Wm. Hevener. ^TRICTLY UP TO DATE! That is what our new Fall Stock is, and no mistake. ii In Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Furnishing Goods, La­ dies’ .Jackets and Capes, Shoes, Underwear, Mackin­ toshes, Blankets, Comforters, Carpets, A7VM3 T^ISLZG: TIIE LEA! Our goods are carefully selected and sure to please. "W»SVAUPEL, NORRIS & DRAKE. I