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LOCAL NEWS
GLACIER PARK INDIANS GIVE NOTED ACTRESS
PAIR 0E EXQUISITELY BEADED MOCCASINS
Illumination by Phosphorus.
Before he begins to feast the glow
Phosphorus Is sometimes used for Il
worm administers an anaesthetic. Ho luminating. purposes, but the (jglit is
vlrtnrofornis his victim*. rivaling in the ratlier dfnT 'H7e' mediotH? 11s follows.,
process the wonders of modern
nud'-ft 'li—sftrVtjciible when means of
gery. which render the patlemt lusbu; striking a light arir^pur atMi ind: Take
sible before the surgeon operates k>u a long and marrow vial of |he whitest
him. The usual game Is a small snail, and clearest glass/'ptrt tn in piece of
hardly the size of n cherry, which lu phosphorus about the- ,siz.c* of a pi i,
hot weather collects in clusters ou the upon which pour sbmeXfllVe oil heat' I
st iff stubble and other long, dry stalks to tho boiling point;.Mil the vial a bo. t
by the roadside, remaining there mo one-third trfl and tl Jm'seal the vl I
tionless, in profound meditation, hermetically. To’use It remove ti e
throughout the scorching summer days. cork and allow, tjie afr to enter the
It Is in some such resting place ns vial, and flton ^ecork *iq The empty
tills that I have often been privileged space In the bottle .will*then become
to light upon the lampyris banquet luminous, uml tire Ijfflit Obtained will
'
'
. As
lamp.
ing on the prey which he had just be equal to thaf of a dull
paralyzed on tts shaky support by his soon as die Unlit .■beciwults weak Its
ir be lucrgiised^Uy
IqcransedJ^y opening ti e
power calli
surgical nrtlflces.
i
Hut he is familiar with other pre vini and allowing it frdih supply of ;>ir
serves. lie frequent» the edges of the to enter. In winter It Is sometimes
Irrigating ditches, with their cool soil, necessary to heat the vini between the
their varied vegetation, a favorite hands to Increase the fluidity uf the
haunt of the mollusk. Here ho treats oil Thus prepared the rial tuny be
the game on the ground and under used for six months.
these conditions It is easy for me to
Four Sons of Fam«.
rear him nt home and to follow the
It is a rarlt.v for more than one mem
operator's performance down to the
smallest detail.—Henri Fabre In Celi- ber of any family to become famous.
Nature seems cov about centrallttfng hi
ury Magazine.
more than one scion of tlx- snme'bonse
enough of stamina, grit, gdlihm and
Holding Thumb« For Nilsson.
My professional vocation has brought ability wherewith Io cut a niche In the
me up against almost every concelv- temple of Mm»«- The exceptions to
i ible superstition, from Brignoli’s stuff- ■tills rule are very ftwv The Pitti. th*
| eil deer’s head to tlie trore commou- Adamses, tho Van Buren« ami the
! place fetish against thirteen as a num licei ln».'-s have already beeil’ Muored
one —
more with lids distinction, and Id’ tills roll
1 tier. lint ’ 1 never saw any
..........
by
an
Idea
of
this
sort
than of holler n:mt la- added* the Fields.
■ obsessed
There is hardly a |m ra I let ’case In his
Christine Nilsson. She nctuully would tory
where four brothers attatned’sucli
1 not sing unless some one "held her .1
thumbs" first. "Holding thumbs" is prominence as David Dudley Field
quite an aucient way of Inciting good Henry M. Field. Cyrus IV. Field and
luck, One promises to "hold one’s Stephen .1 Fit Id. These men 'were
tlitinibs" for
. . a friend who is going truly called four sous 'of fame,'aye.
through some ordeal, like a first night and four brothers in fat le.—Mngazine
I or an o|>eratlon for appendicitis or « of American History.
wedding or anything else dcsperatet j
■i < a . t *
Nilsson was the first person I ever j
Strength In tho Arm«.
knew who ptactleed the charm the oth ,
Equality of strength In both arms
■*r way about. Before she would even
go on the stage somebody. If only the occurs almost twice ns frequently iwith
stage carpenter, had to take hold of women as with men. more men .than
her two thumbs and press them. She ■women being stronger in tile right arm
was convinced that the mystic rite than in the left
brought her good fortune.—"Memoirs
of an American I’rtma Donna,” by i ;
Clara Louise Kellogg.
Ed Helms was a visitor at Medford
Sunday.
J. R Collings of Watkins was in town
Sunday.
E. W. Wilson maae a tripto Medford
Sfiinday.
Mrs. H. E. Kentner was at Medford
Tuesday.
Mrs. Ray Bunch was in Medford
Thursday.
Judge Prim was a visitor at Medford
Wednesday.
Fred W. Mears of Medford was in
town Tuesday.
Billie Anderson of Applegate was in
town Thursday.
J. S. Sawyer made a trip to Medford
Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Dora Harbaugh was a visitor
at Medford Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Norris were al
Medford Wednesday.
Mrs. Fred Colvig of Medford was a
visitor in town Friday.
Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Golden were re
cent visitors at Medford.
Mr. C. Hoefs and son Elmer made
trip to Medford Tuesday.
Miss Ida McClain of MeJford was
recent visitor in this ity.
E. L. Jones of Hutton, Calif,
r c mt visitor in this city.
The levy for state and county taxes
has been fixed at 15 mills.
Mr. and Mrs. George Barnum were
recent visitors at Ashland.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. M. Cronemiller
wee at Medford Thursday.
Mrs. Pearl Stewart of Roseburg is
visiting relatives it this city.
J no. G. Dunnington was transacting
business at Medford Monday.
Miss Lerna Jorgenson of Medford
was in Jacksonville Thursday.
Mr. ¡.nd Mrs. L. M. Moore of Apple
gate were in town Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Klienhammer of
Human life is governed more by for
Buncom, spent the week in town.
tune than by reason
E. E. Oman of Medford was transac
ting business in this city Monday.
C. C Pursell of Buncom was trans
fliUAGO.—A band of Glacier National Park Indians sent to Chicago by Louis W. Hill, chairman of the board
acting business in town Wednesday.
of directors of the Great Northern Railway to attend the land show, sprung a surprise on Mary Garden,
Mrs. A. Elmer and daughter Miss
tlie noted actress, by serenading her with their weird music and songs ns she stepped from her private car.
Clara, were visitors at Medford Mon
These Montana Indians from the Roof of the Rockies are great admirers of the distinguished stage star,
who appears in the role of Natomah, an Indian maid. In the opera of that name. The real object of the Indians'
day.
reception to Mary Garden was the presentation by them of a pair of exquisitely beaded moccasins which the best
B. R. McCabe of Medford was trans
beadworkers of the Glacier Park reservation made for her. More than 200,000 beads of twenty-five shades of
act!.ig business at the court house Mon
color were used In decorating this buckskin footwear. It took ten squaws six months to complete their work.
day.
When the squaws had finished their labor the medicine men of the tribe .went through the mystical rites of
making "good medicine.” so if the wearer of the artistically beaded moccasins does not find herself becoming more
Mrs. Elizabeth Klippel and daughter
nimble ns Natomah it is no fault of Chiefs Lazy Boy, Medicine Owl. Bird Rattle. Wolf Plume, Fish Wolf Robe
Miss Allie, were recent visitors in this
city.
and The
Eagle
Calf. was delighted with the gift as well as the unique reception tendered her by her red friends,
actress
Misses Emma Wendt ami Mary S.
whom she promised to visit In Glacier National Park next summer.
Hurst Bpent New Year’s day at Med
The Post manaffemant has mule ar
ford.
Rough Training at Eton.
rangements with the Portland Evening
Roy Ulrich and family and Mr. and
Charles McKell of Medford was in
Early In tin* last century many boys 1
Man Wanders Away.
Mrs. Chris Ulrich autoed to Phoenix town Tuesday.
at Eton. England, hail to undergo a
Telegram whereby we can give subscribers
Sunday.
rough training. Au old Etonian who
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Ulrich were at
Martin Perry, residing on North left the school lu 1831 describes his
Misses Berenice Balcom and Eva Os Medford Sunday.
the advantage of a gigantic combination
Main street, who h is been ir. pocr experiences there as "worse than tbut
borne of Medford were visitors intown
John Os3enbrugge of Applegate was health for some time, wandered away of many inmates of a workhouse or
Wednesday.
offer for a limited period. You can get a
in town Saturday.
one day last week while suffering tem- jail. To get up at 5 on freezing win
Hon. Multlon Purdin, mayor of Med
Miss Ekron Gail visited friends at , porary aberration and walked clear to ter mornings; to sweep tlieir own
Metropolitan evening paper with all the
ford, was a business visitor in this city Ashland recently.
| Central Point to the home of a friend. floors and make their own beds; to go
two
by
two
to
the
pump
for
a
scanty
(
Wednesday.
latest news from all over the world and all
Mr. Perry left home rather early in
Mrs. S. A. Pearce visited friends at
wash; to ent no mouthful of food until
Mr. and and Mrs. W. H. Barnum are Medford this week.
’ the morning, and though he acted a lit 9 a. ui.; to live on an endless round of
the news of Jackson County and vicinity in
»pending the holiday season at San
Mrs. R. Bland of Grants Pass visited tle peculiar, nothing was thought of mutton, potatoes and beer, none of
Francisco.
the
matter
until
friends
reported
meet
-
them too plentiful or too good; to sleep I
friends here Sunday.
the Pont at a remarkably low price.
Miss Viola Kasshafer who had bem
If you want to buy, or sell a lything, 1 *n*f him on the street apparently de in n dismal cell without chair or table
ranged. The family and others at once i —such was the lot of boys whose par
visiting her parents in this city, left
The Evening Telegram is the best
advertise in the Post.
1
startou to search for him but were un-1 ents could m ut afford ‘ to pay for n prl-
Monday for San Francisco, where she
Commissioner
Smith
of
Rogue
River
Kotne
of
these
underwent
able to learn anything of his wherea- , vote room I
will make her future home.
paper in the state, market reports unexcell-
was in town Monday.
...... might have broken
bouts further than tnat he had gone privations that
A very pleasent entertainm ent was
Mrs. C. L. Grant of Medford visited ' down
(
the valley on the north side of down n cabin boy ami would bethought I
ed, Saturday edition contains a magazine
given at the new school house at Ruch
inhuman if Indicted on a galley slave.”
friends
1
ere
Thursday.
Bear
creek
until
they
received
word
I
Friday evening. The program through
Sheriff Stngler transacted business | late in the afternoon that he had arriv-1
and comic section in colors.
out was especially well rendered ar.d
Ancient Egyptians.
ed at Central Point very muddy and
at Medford Monday morning.
was followed by a dance.
Tlnit tlie ancient Eg;, ptlnns were not
$5. per year
W. I. Vawter Esq. of Medford was wet, apparenty having walked the en negroes Is certain, mid it is equally
A “watch meeting’’ was held at the
The Evening Telegram-
tire distance.
centaln*that they dill not belong to the
M. E. church Wednesday night, A t ansacting business at the court house
He is seriously sick and will be tak Semite or Jewish race. Said the late I
1.50 “
The Jacksonville l’est-
number of persons were present, At Wednesday.
en to the home of a brother at Gold Professor Huxley: "1 mu not aware
JACKSONVILLE PRESBYTERIAN i Hill.—Ashland Tidings
midnight the New Year was welcomed
tli.it there are any living people who
i i
CHURCH-Paui S. Bandy, B. D. Min-
by ringing the church bell.
resemble them, except the Dravidian
Total- $5 50
Missing a Great Chance.
Morning
worsh
’
p
and
sermon
at
i
ler.
worsh'p
tribes
of
central
Indi.i
and
the
Austin
Andrew McCallen a retired banker
During nn aviation meet In Chicago Ilans, and I have long been Inclined
Ser-
and former resident of this city, died j j 11 o’clock. Evening Serv.c s ai d Her
a professional pickpocket, who was
at Oakland, Calif. December 25, aged i , mon at 7:30 o'clock. Y. P. 8. C. E. at locked up In jail pending trial, sent to think that the latter are the lowest
nail tlie Egyptians tin* highest mem
about 65 years. He was president of i 6;:w P. M. Sunday School at 10:0) A. for the prosecuting attorney nud beg hers of n race of mankind of great
one of Ashland's banks for several M. A corJial welome is extended to ged to be released
antiquity, distinct alike Ironi Aryan
| all. On Monday evening Kev. Edgar
"But," said the P. A., "you picked and Turanian on tlie one side ami
years'
I M. Wilson, of India, will give a lecture a man's pockets, of course you'll have from negro ami negilte on the other.''
H. M. Shaffer of Oakland, Calif, and
on his life and work in that country, to 'do some time.' "
In n word, noliody can sny with any
Miss Ada Dunn, daughter of Judge
"Well, sir." replied tin* prisoner, “I degree
of assurance what breed of I
I
Dann of Ashland, were married at the where he has been since 1894.
suppose you're right, and. to tell the men the builders of tlie pyramids ,
home of the bride’s parents, Friday
truth. I don't mind the mere fact of
being In jail; Imt. gee, it's tierce to be were.—New York American.
Dec. 26. Only relatives were present.
Installation
of
Oiticers
here during this aviation meet, with
The biile was born 22 years ago in the
Explorer’« Remarkable Feat.
everybody looking up In the airl"—Ev
house in which she was married.
Sir James Barrie's affection for ex
erybody’s.
The Fireman’s ball given in Orth’s
plorers Is no new thing. All who know
Adarcl Chapter No. 3, O. E. S. held
his "Edinburgh Eleven" will remember '
hall New Tear’s eve was the social e- annual installation of officers at the
Puzzled Him.
t ie eulogy of Joseph Thomson, the
vent of the season. The attendance —
puzzled
about
tills
custom
of
eve
"I’m
lodge room in this city Thursday
Dumfriesshire Scot, who did pioneer [
was much larger than usual, the mus*c ning.
to
music."
ning. The hall was beautifully di cora eating
work of the Livingstone kind In Af |
was excellent and the mauagment ail ted and a large number of the num "How's that?”
"I can't understand whether the food rlcn. It Is a tine pen picture of a dour,
that could be desired. The best of or-1 bers of the order and families attend
is intended to keep your mind < IT the brave num. but it Ims tlnslies of the
dvr was maintained throughout the en- 1 ed.
early Barrie Tills, for example:
i music <>r the music Is Intended to keep
tire evening and everybody seemed
‘‘Perhaps Ills most remarkable fi*at
The fello.vtrg < ffieers were inrtalled your mind off the food."—Musician.
consisted In taking a bott.e of hr. » ly
happv and joyous. The event will be to serve for the ensuing year: W. M„
Into the heart of Africa and bringing
long remembered by those attending. Mollie Brit:; W. P. , Jas. Cronemiller; i
Handel’« Philosophy.
ft
ba« k Intact.''- Glasgow News.
Handel. wlnft the curtain would rise
Remember the Methodist church will I A. M., Mrs. Kate Grieve; Con., , M rs.
be open Sabbath morning and you and I Jennie Florey; Ass. Con., Mrs. Zone upon a nearly empty bouse, would say
Your Silver Teapot.
That this year will be most happy and pros
your children are invited to be present i , Collins, Chaplain. Mrs. Minnie Lewis; soothingly to bls associates:
When the It.side of a silver teapot
“
Ach.
never
mind:
the
music
will
>n;
in Sabbath school at 10:00 lets btgin ' Secretary, Mrs. Nettie Trompa
starts
to
Bill
i*
the
following
Idea
Is
~
perous for everyone, and hope you .. ill remem
sound all the better!”
the year with a good attendance. Ser ¡Treasurer, Mrs. Anna Langley; Ward-
very good to m ike It hsik like new:
Put a large piece of washing soda into
mon at 11, subject Some Resvl rtions. ' en, E. A Langley; Sentinel, Mrs. Liz-
ber vs \ hen in retd of d ugs, i-ta onery and
Repartee.
Young people's meeting 6:30. Sermon | zie Cron- miller; Pianist, Mrs. Nellie
Repartee is made up of the bright the teapot ami till with Isiillug water
■|:3> The Victory of an Unyielding Pur Fick; Adah. Mrs. Bertha Keegan; Ruth things other people say while oar own Then ls>ll it for one hour over a spirit
teilet al UUCP.
pe •. Special music will be provided. Mrs Amelia Elmer: Esther, Mie« K ite minds are running along alsmt thirty lamp mid you will find It will Is ce ne i:
as bright Inside us out. and the soda
seconds
behind
time
Toll
do
Blade
S, cial services each evening through- , Cronemiller; Martha, Mrs. Delia Dun-
will not injure the silver In any way
V
he week. All who have the wei- nington; El* eta. Lull Williams.
Fin«
Excuso.
of the town and uplift humanity
1
After the install«1 ion ceremony de- j Collector- Why haven't you paid your
Five Button«.
.eart are urged io attend the.* sc.-' 1 cions refreshments were »erven b? . gas
Chinese coats li * e (b e buttons s*;
olili Consumer The light was so
v c.-s. Woul i li ;c all who can ai d will Cjm.mttce cjm,.vo.d ci i>. .lam z poor I could not read the bill.—Califor uifylng the five fcpfn I II t rilles
humanity, justice, ordir priideu e mi I
» ■g Io come and join the choir. A. u. I Grieve, Finney, Ket gan, Lewi-, Lai,, -! nia Pelican.
rectitude.
Jenkin», Pastor in charge.
I ley, Fick and Dunnington.
c
Grvcat
Combination
Offer
Both papers thi ough
this office if paid in
advance for 1 year
on or before Dec
ember 31st 1913.
CITY DRUG STORE
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