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...
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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 <y, after five v. t< k ■ iny bearing in the discaMcl cui ha» been cntitcly reatored. I thank yog
heartily and teg to remciu
Very truly your>,
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/,
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IN MEDFORD
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Digests what you eat.
This preparation contains all of the
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stomachs ctin take It, By itsusemany
thousands of dyspeptics have been
Cured after evervihlng else failed- It
prevents formation ofgason the stom
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Dietingunneces ary. l’leasanttotako«
Kntlelnix Lobsters to Death.
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Preptircd -mly hy F„ C. DzWiTTAtCk»^ < nlraga
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Only tlioee bom deaf are incurable.
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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.
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12x9, all Wool, Art Squares, Neat Design, $7.00
9x9
$5.00
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AT THE
leave Medford for Portland andway
stations at frit A M and 4 .Sii P M
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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
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rortlaod (>
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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»»
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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.
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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
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City Drug Store, Jacksonville.