And, oh, I would like to see mother when I am so near to her!" "Never mind, dearest,” said Evans, <1 “I'll try to take the place of parent* O and husliand to you. And now we’re making an awful stage wait." He l>eut over for a final kiss, and when Ella removed the tnukeup she By Colin S. Colila* < ) succeeded also In hiding almost every trace of her recent grief. It was a I * Copyright, loot, by A.H. Klchardsou I * smiling young woman whom he finally I I I i led to the head of the great table. After If Bradley Evans had not been so all, he decided, as he glanced from one Beeply in love, he would certainly have cheerful face to another, he would an­ nounce their engagement at the dose been angry. The curtain had just fallen on the of the dinner, and the compauy should Thanksgiving matinee, and the stage drink their health, and it would not be hands were already clearlug the stage such a bad climax. But again were the plans of Manager for the feast which Manager Evans had onion'd for his company. That Evans set at naught. With the salad astute gentleman had personally su­ course came an urgebt summons from perintended the preparations and ar­ the box offla.». Evaus rose with mut­ terings that did not portend happily ranged every detail. The stage was to be set with a dull for the sender of the message. When he came back, however, the oak interior, ablaze with electricity overhead. In the flies and at the foot­ expression on his face had undergone lights, with the front of the house in a change. He was smiling in a nerv­ darkness to heighten the brilliancy of ous fashion. No one noticed two fig­ the Improved dining room. Gor­ ures which stopped in the shadow of geous chrysanthemums he had ordered the wings. "Ladles and gentlemen,” said Evans from New York tor the centerpiece, and the menu was the very best that impressively, “it gives me pleasure to the leading caterer of the small New introduce two unexpected but most welcome guests to this board, the England city could" furnish. Evans had just stepped into the lead­ father and mother of our leading lady, ing man’s dressing room for the as­ Mr. anti Mrs. Ransom.” A girlish cry that would have surance that his personal appearance was In keeping with the festal occa­ brought the house to her feet could sion before presenting himself to the Ella Ransom have given it on the young woman in whose honor the dln- stage, and then she. too, was in the •uer was being given, Miss Ella Ran­ wings with her mother's arms about som. He had meant to be careful as her. When order had been restored and to speech before that dinner, and after­ ward, when the company was trying the feast hail progressed to the coffee, to amuse itself until the evening per­ old Mr. Ransom rose and unflinchingly formance and to forget the folks faced the merry crew. “I ain’t much at speechmaking, but gathered round home firesides, he would have a little chat with her alone I want to say right now that I’ve made in her dressing room and put the mo­ a mistake. My forefathers were of old mentous question. Surely this little Puritan stock, and I can’t get over the act of thoughtfulness would pave the idea that the stage is a bad place, but way. He knew in a general way that I guess there’s other business in this she was a New England girl and that world that's worse. Anyhow it’s no Thanksgiving day was to such as she cause for a father to turn against his the all important festival. The theat­ child, and I’ve lost five good years by rical instinct in Evans was so strong keeping up this ill feeling toward my that even his own love story bad to be girl. 1 want to thank you for the kind worked up to the proper climax. But way you’ve treated her when she's Miss Ransom with true womanly con­ needed the comfort of mother and trariety set all his fine plans at naught. father, and If you're round this neigh­ When he entered the star's dressing borhood next Thanksgiving come out room in response to a muffled “Comer’ to the farm and have dinner with us. instead of facing a. handsomely gowned My wife's a master hand at making and smiling girl, as he had anticipated, pumpkin pies. I guess that's about — ... he saw h forlorn figure curled up on all.” When the laughter and handclapping the sofa. Miss Ransom still wore the frock used in the last act, and a« she which followed this speech had sub­ straightened up she made a futile ef­ sided, Manager Evans took the floor, fort to hide her grief with a lace trim­ and in words not half so eloquent as med bit of cambric. All the graceful he had rehearsed In private, but sof­ little speeches which Evans had been tened by the happy family reunion, he conning for hours failed him at this announced his engagement to Miss critical moment. He forgot the flower Ransom. While the members of the decked table on the stage and the ac­ compauy had been making some pretty tors who by this time must be hurry­ shrewd guesses on the subject, they ing from their dressing rooms to the were properly surprised and congrat­ scene of the festivities. He knew only ulatory, and before Deacon Ransom that Eiia was in trouble and—he loved realized what bad happened he was standing with the rest drinking cham­ her. "My dear girl, what has happened?” pagne to the health of his daughter Alas for the cleverly worded pro­ and his son-in-law to be. When the great day was over and posal that was never to be spoken! The tone, the gesture and the love Mauager Evaus had tucked the robes around Deacon and Mrs. Ransom for their homeward ride and he bad taken a last kiss from Ella's happy Ups, he murmured to himself: "Well, the stage business worked out rather different from the way I had planned It, but the climax and the pic­ ture were not half bad after all." :: AFTER ths CURTAIN :: FELL & A Tlrete«» Official. A good story is told of Mr. Ham­ mond. former chief clerk of the British foreign office. One day when he was suffering from gout au officer called to ask for leave of absence for his son, who was a queen’s messenger and aft­ er several fatiguing journeys was In need of a rest. Mr. Hammond was sit­ ting in an armchair before the fire reading The Times. "I suppose,” said he, “he wants to go out shooting?” “No,” replied the visit­ or; "my son is not in the habit of tell­ ing falsehoods or making excuses. He wqnts rest." “Rest, rest, rest!" ex­ claimed Mr. Hammond. “I never take rest.” To which the gentleman rejoin­ ed» “No; I dare say not WitL your feet sinking into Turkey carpets and with nothing to do but sit before the fire and read The Times I dare say you don't require rest”—From “Reco,lec­ tions of the Old Foreign Office.” Having a Run oa Chamberlain'* Cough Remedy. Between the hours of eleven o’clock a . m . and closing time at niglit on Jnn. 23. 1901, A. F. Clark, druggist. Glade Springs, V»., sold 12 bottles of Cnamberlaljt’s Cough Rem­ edy. He says, “1 never handled a medicine that sold better or gave better satisfaction to my customers.” This remedy has been in general use tn Virginia for many years, and the people there are well acquainted with Its excellent qualities. Many of them have testified to the remarkable cures which it has effected. When you need a good, reliable medicine for a cough or cold, or attack of tne grip, use Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and you are cerlaiu to be more than pleased with the quick cure which It affords. For sale by City Drug Store. ’»IV DltAB OIKL, WHAT HAS HAPPENED?” light In his eyes told tlieir own tale, and Miss Ransom understood. That is why a few minutes later she was sobbing out her little heartache in bis arms and incoherently pouring the cause thereof into bis ear. “Oh, it was lovely of you, perfectly dear, to think of this plan for my Thank -giving! But yon did not know how close you were bringing me today to my old home. It’s just ten miles from here. Upper Dalton, and I haven't aeon It for five years.” “Why didn’t you tell me this, and In­ stead of the dinner we’d have ridden there between the matinee and niglit performance?” asked Evans, gently smoothing the golden head resting on his shoulder. It was nature’s own tint. There was something genuine and wo- tnsnly about Ella Ransom. He bad recognized this from the first. “Oh, you see. I wouldn’t—be—wel­ come—there.” The sweet lips quiver­ ed again, and Evans felt in duty bound .f to do what be could to put a stop to that pathetic expression. Then Miss Ran­ som continued: "I—I ran away to go on the stage, and fai her said he never would for­ give me, whether 1 became famous or sot, and be always keeps his word A pretty Hneedote comes from Brus­ sels Illustrating the generous spirit of a banker of that city. The bunker is fond of outdoor exer else. As an exhibition of his skill lu skating he made bis autograph on the ice in a very artistic manner. Some gentlemen, having admired fair signature, proceeded to write above 11 as follows: “On demand I promise to pay fot the benefit of the poor the sunt of 5.00C marks.” They sawed out the block of ice and, having called a cab, proceeded to the bunk and carried the frozen note ol hand—of foot, we mean—to the cash ler's counter. The cold temperature happily pre­ vented the melting away of the icy draft, and the banker, having beer appealed to, ordered it to be paid. OUR STOCK IS THE LARGEST. Prices Always the Lowest. NUNAN. PROFESSALA! CARDb An American City In England, Ndar Manchester, England, there Is GEO. O’B. DE BAR, M. D., rapidly being built a new town that will be the home of some 7,000 work­ PHYSfiCIAN AND SURGEON men. The town is unique for England Jacksonville, Oregon. in that it is being built upon strict American lines. The Westinghouse in ■Office tn Kahler's Building, up-atalrs. Kes tereets are at the back of the work, for td< no. on California street. Dav or night oails attended orumnllx their large electrical plant is located near by, and the inhabitants of the town will be employqd in the works. J. M. KEENE, D. D. S Aliout 1,000 houses have already been erected. The streets are being laid out after the American plan and instead ol OPERATIVE DENTISTRY A SPECIALTY being named In the English fashion art OtHces .n tbe Adkins Deuel block being numbered consecutively. Both Oregon. the streets and houses will be lighted Medford, by electricity. Americans have the work of building in charge, and the H. D. NORTON, whole enterprise is a mareel to the ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Britisher.—Municipal Journal and En­ gineer. Grant’* Pa**, Oregon OO YOU GET UP Snowy Butte Flour With the sad results achieved from the use of cheaper flour? 1'he one, the highest triumph of cookery—the most useful of all the arts; the other, a monument to wasted energy, blasted hopes and poor judgment. But why continue the compari­ son? If yon have made the mistake in the past, trying to exist on inferior Hour, redeem yourself by ordering Snowy Butte flour only in future. Every up-to-date dealer Handles it- ANY Wm. M. COLVIG, LAWYER. Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. Almost everybody who reads the news­ papers is sure to know of the wonderful cures made by Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy. It is the great medi­ cal triumph of the nine­ teenth century; dis­ covered after years of scientific research by Dr. Kilmer, the emi­ nent kidney and blad­ der specialist, and Is wonderfully successful in promptly curing lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou­ bles and Bright’s Disease, which is the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec­ ommended for everything but if you have kid­ ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found just the remedy you need, it has been tested In so many ways, in hospital work, tn private practice, among the helpless too poor to pur­ chase relief and has proved so successful in every case that a special arrangement has been made by which all readers of this paper who have not already tried it, may have a sample bottle sent free by mall, also a book telling more about Swamp-Root and how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper and send your address to ,iTia/VgSi Dr. Kilmer’x Co.. Bing-F-Is'• . aKrlH "¿£¡2 hamton, N V, The egular fifty cent and n«m- of «-■■••np-iioot. dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists. Did you ever compare a delicious, flaky/ delicately browned loaf of bread made: from ■Office above S P. D. & L. Co ’s Store. WITH A LAME BACK? » Office la Red Men’s Bu Idin À P. P. PRIM A SON, ALL. CASES OF attorneys and counselors at law Jacksonville, Oregon DEAFNESS OR HARD HEARING ARE NOW CURABLE ‘Will practice In all court» of tbe State. Of­ fice in tbe Court House last door on tbe rtrbt from entrance by our new invention. HEAD NOISES CEASE IMMEDIATELY. F. A. WERMAN, OF BALTIMORE, 8AY8t attorn ey - at - la w arsnt’s Pa... - • Urcgoa. • otn.e over Halr-R.ddle Hardware Store. A. E. REAMES, ATTO KN EY-A T-L A W. Our treatment doen not interfere with ¡/our uttual ocruputioiLn Oregon. Jacksonville. B altimorf ., Md . March jo, 1901. Bring entirely cured of denfnes* thank» to your treatment, I will now give yewj a full hist or ■. of mv case, to I m - u »< <1 nt your dUcrcUon. AUmt five year« ngo my right car began toning, and thi» kept on getting worac, until I lost my hearing in tn is car entirely. I underwent a treatment for catarrh, for three months, without my succeaa, cotisulietla num« bcr of physicians, among othe rs, the mo*t emtticut» ar apecialjut of this city. told me that onlv an operation could help me and even that only lemtioraiily, that the head iiuik » would then c•-a.se, but the 1.earing m the affected » ar would be lost forever. I then saw vour advertisement accidrmally in a New Ycik jmper, and ordered your treat- mrnl After! mid iim »| it only a few dnyn according to your direction», the nofaeacenaed, and to d , 1-, A. WKRMAN, 7308. Broadway, Baltimore, Md. YOU CAM CURE YOURSELF AT HOME —SS!^ ISTEStlAIlM,-,I AMU CI.II.'IC, 596 U SAllE AVE., CHICAGO, III. gWOfflc« In Red Men’s Building. HOBT. G. SMITH, attorney and counselor at law . Grant'* Pa**, Oregon. «T Practice» 1 b all the court» lulldlng op-stalr« Offlc« tn Hank The Best Photographs Are still being marie by VI/, H. C. MACKEY & BOYD, IN MEDFORD ---- or TH»---- I Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. This preparation contains all of the digestant* and digests all kinds of food. It gives Instant relief and never fails to cure. It allows you to eat all the food you want. The most sensitive stomachs ctin take It, By itsusemany thousands of dyspeptics have been Cured after evervihlng else failed- It prevents formation ofgason the stom­ ach. relieving all distress after eating. Dietingunneces ary. l’leasanttotako« Kntlelnix Lobsters to Death. I It can’t help hut do you good Preptircd -mly hy F„ C. DzWiTTAtCk»^ < nlraga J) be JI. bdUlo Only tlioee bom deaf are incurable. ft A. C. HOUGH, The • Shasta • Route Don’t tie the top of your Jelly and preservo Jars In tbeold fashioned way. Heal them by the new,quick, absolutely sure way—by a thin -.atlngof Pure Retined Paraffine. Has no taste or odor. Is air tight and acid proof. Easily applied. Useful in adozen other ways o-out tlid house. Full directions with sx-h cake. . Bold everywhere. Made by CO. HEAD NOISES? Oregon. Jacksonville. find SOUTH Why th«- Wren la King, This line tills out tlis column. Feet by 27 in., Mociuet, $2.00, Regular $3.00 Rug. Feet by 2V4, Plush, $1.75, Regular $2.50 Rug. 3 Feet by 18, Ingrain, 25c., Regular 50c. Rug. The Spring 1902 SAMPLE BOOK WALL PAPER is open for vour inspection. This YEAR’S PRICES are unusually LOW. We have several Odd Lots WALL PAPER Ten Cents Double Roll, worth twice as much, will pay you to look at. New Assortment of TRUNKS, TELESCOPES, VALISES, HAND SATCHELS. EAST The wren is chased every St. Sie- phen’s day on account of it betraying the Saviour by chattering in a clump of furze where he was hiding. It is called the “king of all birds,” because it con­ cealed itself beneath the wing of the eagle when that lordly bird claimed su­ premacy by soaring highest. “Here 1 mn,” said the wren, mounting above the eagle’s head when the latter could go no higher. In the neighborhood of the Bermudas the sea is extremely transparent, so that the fishermen can readily see the horns of lobster* protruding from their biding places in the rocks at consider­ able depths. To entice the crustaceans from these craanies they tie a lot of snails In a ball and dhngle them In front of the cautious lobster. Wnen he grabs the ball, they haul him up. We Offer You Special Low Price on Rugs to Close An Odd Drwft. Tlir Ancient Manotactnre of Copper. The ancient Syrians and Phoenicians are well known to have been active traders In copper, and they manufac­ tured this metal into bronze by melt­ ing it with tin.. Learned antiquaries assure us that the Phoenicians actually came to England and to Ireland in search of tin for this purpose, and a few years ago some curious bronze ar­ ticles were found In several of the old mine workings in Cornwall, which are believed to have been left there by that ancient people at a time when i.-> bronze was either made or used in England.—Chambers' Journal. ALL WOOL THREE PLY GARPETINC. LINOLEUM, FLOOR OIL CLOTH, MATTINC. 12x9, all Wool, Art Squares, Neat Design, $7.00 9x9 $5.00 m n n n w SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. AT THE leave Medford for Portland andway stations at frit A M and 4 .Sii P M 8:» P m F dO A M Leave Portland 1I:2U AM 1! . 46 P M Lea vs Medford U NS A M 12 36 A M Leave Ashland 6:00 A M Arrive Sacramento 6:C* P M 8:66 A M Arrive San Francisco 7 ..56 PM 7:u0 A M 4:66 A M /*rr\e Ogden 9:15 A M 9:80 A M Arri ve Denver 7 A A M Arri ve Kansas City 7 :2ft A M tf :30 a It 7 42 A M Arrivi Chicago 4’00 P M Arri ve I a > s Angeles Arriva Arri ve Arri ve Arrive 7:00 A M Houston New Orleans 6.30 r m Washington fi:42 A M 12:10 r M New York C Street, Opposite Van Dyke’s Store. MAX MULLER & CO. 8 05 A M 7:00 fi:« A 12 12:10 A r A P M M M M •Sul Iman and tourist cars on both trains. Chair oars Sacramento to Ogden and El Paso, and tourist cars to Chicago St Louis Now Orleans and Washington. Direct connection at San Francisco with steamship lines for Hawaii, Japan, China, the Phfoppines and Australia. For through tickets and rates call on or ad­ dress W V Llpptneo’t Agent. Medford. R KOCRLK* R B MILLER Manager G F * F Ag’t rortlaod (> IG TENT Jacksonville, Or., Are the Leading Dealers in Gent’s Furnishing Goods, Hats. Boot and Shoes, Crockery, Glassware, Groceries, Cigars, Tobacco Confections, Tropical Fruits, Stationery, Notions, Etc., Etc. Goods are Fresh and First-Class and Prices the Best .AAAAAAAAAAA.A»» GIVE US A CALL FORFEITURE NOTICE. To J F. Km.i.iv awn C h *« H rhhv : YOU AND EACH OF YOU ARE HEREBY notified that I hare expended during the year Win one hundred and fifty dollars and during the year 1U00 elabtr dollars In labor upon tie Black Bear. Van -ee Girl and American Belle mining claim». »Vnstert In Coleman ereek dis­ trict,Jackton counts. Or .under the provisions of Sec 2.121 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, to hold said claims for the pe­ riod ending December 31, 1901 And. If within ninety <1avs after the publication of this notice you fail or refuse to contribute y-rnr proportion ef such expenditure as a co-ownsr, vour Inter est In said claim Will become the property of the subscriber. your co owner, who has made the required expenditure by the terms of said section. -- DAN DINEEN. p»tfd Jaeksonvllle, Jan », iimm vm! VIGOR I VITALITY I MORMON BISHOPS’ PILLS hsvt beer in ns. over ho years by the leads rs of the Mormon Chnreb and their . , _ , _ .... followers. Positively cures the worst eases In old and rnun, arising from effects of self at>u«s, dlssipaUon, excv.se«, or cigarette smoking. Uwre.^La.t <<■« 1» ----- I* on fl, l._In«l>et-nc>_, ] nt t> o«irg>o, Remlnal KmfMiona/Lamo l>«»bllUy* Pal»« |jg In Bn< Back Kvll Desires, (emissions, t.ams Hjtk, Na, k, Nervo«« N^rvVas DebTlTrr ■‘•••iaelse, Unfitness to Marry, lx>«s nt Armen, Vari- --------- --------- ----- - * roeolf», or Consti pa» tlon, glops Ctnlckne.s •< Discharge, St.p, Nervous TwF;rhin|rnf Ey«. lid«. Efforts are ImmMiate. impart vigor and potency .1 > to evcrC . > cesTs .*« fGflrtloa. Don’l de upon d* m, a cure >* at hand. Jfte.Ntorua Ftnell, endwe lotted iM*MBoruaa«. Rtlmalatet the braia and nerve ce rem. 60c. a box, 6 for *2/^ s.„.,_I1UOT to cura or >r (Z. j O by mali, a «rittea guarautee, re fu a de a, with % < •». Cirvi., _m free. -------------- - 50 Ad Jr«»®, BISHOP REMaDY CO., San Francisco, Cal. City Drug Store, Jacksonville.