MEDFORD SQUIBS A * M iss Atones Miller, of Chicago, speaks to young women about dangers of the Menstrual Period — how to avoid pain and suffering and remove the cause by using Lydia E. Pinkham *s Vegetable Compound. “To Yo’ no _____ ___ with ___ _________ _ — I surte red ________ for six years (lysinenor- rhea (painful ivri.kl-i, so nuieh -o that 1 dretuled every month, as I knew it meant three or four «lays of intense pain. The doctor said this was dtie to an in'kim« d condition of the uterine appendages caused by i-epeate«l and neglected colds. “it young gir.s only ruaiizi-d how dangerous it is to take cold at this critical tu.: •, mu h tiff« ring would be sparetl them. Thank God for Lydia E. .‘iuk-mm’s Vegetable Coninound, that Mas the only medicine wait . helped inc any. Within thive weeks after I started to take it, I n J i mark d improvement in my general health, and at the time of my n- xt monthly ]>eri«xl the pain had diminished consider­ ably. I kept up the treatment, and was cured a month later. I am like another |«ersoi! since. I am in perfect health, my eyes are brighter, I have added 12 pounds to mv weight, my color is g«xid, and I feel light and happy.” — Miss A gnes M iller , 25 Potomac Ave., Uhieago, Ill. ; ! The monthly sickness reflects the condition of a woman's health. Anything unusual at that time should have prompt and pr«»|M’r attention. Fifty thousand letters from women prove that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound regulates men­ struation and makes those periods painless. BEAD WHAT MISS LINDBECK SAYS: Jk “D ear M rs . P inkham : — Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound has greatly I e- titted me. I will tell you how I suffered. Mv trouble was painful menstruation. I felt as each month went by that I was getting worse. I had severe hearing-down pains in my back and abdo­ men. “ A friend advised me to try Mrs. Pinkham’s medicine. I did so and am now free from all j'.iin during my ]« riods."—J essie C. L indbeck , 1201 Gth Street, lioekfonl, I!L Fl EE ABVICE TO WOMEN. Ite'»u‘in?»er, every woman is cordially invited to write to Mrs. 1‘iiikliain if there is .in.it ii‘14 about it( r syn ptoins she does not ui’.il rs m l. Airs. Pi ik ham’s address is I«ynn, Mass., her adv i< > is f •< ■<* ml cli^erfii J/given to every ail­ ing woman who asks for it. Iler ad rice hn ■ •«•stored to health more than »me hundred thou.-,a nd women. Why d«Hl the little cab­ in bad a phorphorous hue. and th«* men who watched the form had their eyes riveted on the fireplace. They could not. in spite of their own will, take their gaze from the form huddled over the fireplace. Finally after what seem­ ed an age the form by the fireplace straightened up and start«*«! as If to PAINE’S CELERY COMPOUND The Tongue« of Jobanneibnrg. Johannesburg Is a town of many tongues. You might walk from one end of <'ommissiuiier street to the other and at each of Its very numerous cross­ ings hear a different lingo spoken. The court of justice la a veritable tower of Bubel. Within Its walls al) sorts of lan­ guages are spoken. One moment the witness box will be Has Made People Well When occupied by a sturdy black “clicking” like a couple uf bones in the hands of u Every Other Remedy clever manipulator, the next you may hear the elegant French language be­ Has Failed. ing unmercifully murdered. Provision I’aine’s Celery Compound cures disease! Is mude for Interpreting some twenty It has saved the lives of thousands of sufferers. tongues. Besides the many native lingos— It has made the weak strong, vigorous, and happy. Amaxosa, Basuto, Zulu, Fingo, etc.— i’aine’s Celery Compound purifies the blood you muy from time to time bear such and builds up the nervous system as nothing languages as Livonian, Greek, Yiddish, else can do; it is pre-eminently the great life German, Assyrian, Turkish, Spanish, giver and health maker. French, ('hiñese, Hindoos! a nee, Arabic, Overworked and tired women stand in ur­ gent need of this health giving prescription to Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese make and keep them well. All women should —and, us the song says, “many more take advantage of the remarkable power of besides.” this l>est of medicine for restoring vigor to the blood and strength to the nervous system, lhe all important thing for nervous, run down, ami sleepless women is that I’aine’s Celery Compound fortifies the whole physical system, and t»y correcting digestion and regulating the nerves, it insures sound, refreshing sleep. In every case of sickness I’aine’s Celery Com­ pound completely and permanently brings back health. Mrs. Mary M. Myers, Haiti- more, Ohio, saved by I’aine’s Celery Compound after the failures of able physicians, gratefully writes as follows:— "I suffered for eight years with nervous prostration and the general debility common to women, and had such pains in my back that I could not get around the house. I used several remedies and consulted several of the l>est physicians without obtaining any relief. Paine’s Celery Compound restored me to health. “ I also want to say to all mothers that Paine's Celery Compound is a splendid medi­ cine for their children.” Diamond What’s Ina Name? Everything Is in the nan e when it '■onus to Witch Hazel Salve. E. C. De Wilt & Co. < f Chicago discovered, -otne yeirs ago, how to make a salve from Witch Hazelthalis a specific for Pilis. F<>r blind, bleeding, itching anti protruding Piles, eczema, cuts, b.rns, bruises and all skin diseases, DeWi t’s Salve has no equal. This lias given rise to uumerous worthless counterfeits. Ask for DeWitt’s—the genuine. A STRANGE FUNERAL. b> TZIepb nt> durinl of an la u Hiver Bed. There is no doubt that the elephant A naturally cunning, and the following extraordinary incident related by e planter from Ceylon is only another proof: “1 went after a herd of eight ?lei>bunta.” he says. “After stalking 1 got a chance at the biggest of the herd »nd dfop|wsi it at tla* first shot About two hours afterward 1 had the tail and feet cut off and taken to the bungalow Next morning 1 went to the spot tc look at the elephant and to my surprise found no trace of the body. After look ing round I saw that the herd had been back during the night, and I soon dis covered a track where they s<‘einK‘d tc have retired in a body, Following elite up. I eventually came ui»on the dead elephant lying at the bottom of a rocky stream. From the tracks ft was quit« ev blent that the is sly had not been rolled but carried to the bank, and it was plain that It Lad been takei. through tlie long grass which grew oi> the bank Into the stream. My neigh lairs wen* increduloua until I showial them where the elephant's tall hui I feet had been cut off and where the body lay in the stream, which proved conclusively that by some means or other the body had been got over the intervening space In the night It is difficult to understand how elephant« with their trunks and feet could raise and support the dead body of a corn rade. However, they seem to have managed to do it. and it is a pity no human eyes saw this strange funeral.” Through Salt Lake City, Leadville, Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver, and the Famous Rocky Mountain Scenery by Daylight to all Points East. 3 Fast Jains Daily Between Ogden and Denver 3 Modern Equipment, through Pullman and Tourist Sleeping Cars and Superb Dining Car Service . . . . STOPOVERS ALLOWED For r»Uf>, folders and other information, address W. C. McBRIDE, Gen. Agt. 124 Third St., PORTLAND, ORE. Your appetite is poor, your heart “flutters,” you have headaches, tongue is coated, bad breath, bowels con­ stipated, bad taste in the mouth ? If not all of these symptoms, then some of them t It’s your liver. is a natural vegetable remedy, containing no mineral or narcotic poisons. It will correct any or all symptoms, make your health, appetite and spirits good. At druggists, 50 cents. At City Drug Store, Jacksonville i 1 g Zl\ XI/ Zl\ XI/ 7ì\ XI/ zix XI/ /IX 7i\ XI/ /IX $ i » y.’ I'd 1 of all kinds. Pic­ g tures Framed to Order, and GLASS. Come in and See Our Stock UNDERTAKERS and EMBALMERS You have 200 Patterns to select from, ranging in price from. . . . 4c to 80c Per Roll. Mrs. Conk in As­ sistant in Ladies’ and Children’s Cases. Calls Promptly Answered at all Hours All of the Latest Styles and Col­ orings PHONE 573. RESIDENCE WORTMAN PLACE. TWO BLOCKS WEST OF STORE * XfZ Zf\ I Ä. BOYD & CONKLIN“«’ Wall Paper 3c Per Roll and Up Weeks & Baker Motlce. Editorial Notice (In magazine of th. I near future«—Owing to the press of ad i vertlsing matter the literary feature, have treeu omitted for thia mon th.- Smart Set. F igprune CereeJ A perfect cereal coffee of delicate flavor and fragrant aroma The blending of California figs and prunes with well ripened grain makes a fruit and grain co fiee far superior to any other cereal beverage. By our process all the delight- ful flavor of the fruit and healthful strength of the grain is retained. Wuiura noil Store Detectives. WINEorCARDUI ’AIK P uja . “Onecnut a dose." AÍdrucrtat» 1 Picture Moulding Are you thinking of Papering this Spring ? If so, Cnlike Sone. Tastes like coffee—looks like “The very thing that newspapers AN ODD FIGUKX SAT UN A BOX. want to know alw>ut the way detectives coffee. Healthful—nutritious. leave the cabin. Tbeu they conld see work in big department stores are the Boil from 3 to IO minutes only that it was a tnan, old and beut, and things we don’t want to tell." said u sujierintendent when asked about a ALL GROCERS SELL his neck appeared to be drawn out to twice Its natural length. One of these conspicuous shoplifting arrest. ’’We FIGPRUNE CEREAL. men who watched had long been a res­ should l«e glad to dis|H*nse with them ident of the basin, and he took just one altogether, but we can't afford to. A look at the odd looking figure; then he clever woman will outwit the shrewd­ ■creeued his eyes and screamed in ter­ est store detective that ever walked ror, “My God, It is Dutch Gus!” As We have to work cautiously or we lose the words left his mouth the light went our trade. If the detective is a man Robt. Johnson of Corvallis, former­ out and the vision disappeared. The and starve at a woman too ban!, she ly a prominent journalist, was on the only sound that could be heard was the makes a complaint at the desk and delayed northbound train Wednesday frightened scramble made by the men tells other women bow sbe was insult­ as they stumbled over the rocks and ed. If the store detective Is a woman, evening. fallen timber in the effort to get back she is likely to get ‘fresh.’ I think the R. H. Jonas has given up the role of to the bunkhouse. Once there, they liest store detective In New York today r* ¿ » reporter and returned to Eagle Point, told their story, and since that time is a tnan who used to be a minstrel where he is operating a photograph not a man has bad the hardihood to performer. He took the job on trial till gallery. »a ri ^nd light loads. visit Dutch Gus’ cabin after nightfall. good times came again, but nothing good enough lias come along to tempt The light has been seen in the cabin Carl Hackeman, who has been stop­ him to give up a $5.000 Job, and he Is ping on his homestead, located in Big several times since then, but not a man worth every penny of It.”—New York has had the courage to Investigate the u Butte precinct, left for Lane county matter. No one has cared since then Tim“«. one night this week. to meet the “spook of the Ajax mine.” So Sweet and Pleasing in Taste ’ood for everything Hon. and Mrs. J. H. Stewart, who Dutch Gus was an eccentric charac­ Mrs. C. Pearson, 625 Lake St.. have been making San Francisco and ter who prospected the greater part of that runs on wheels. ’-ka. Kan., speak ing "f Ballard's Oakland a short visit, returned the his life in the mountains. He found Top ll< rebound Syrup, says: “It has never some claims on Miner creek and failed Sold Everywhere. forepart of the w«jek. lo give entire hutisfaction. and worked on them to a considerable ex­ of all c .ugh iemrdiee it is my favor­ Thos. Beaters of Peyton was in Med- | tant Three years ago this winter he Mad« by STANDARD OIL. CO. and 1 must confess lo my many ford the forepart of the week. He is I had a cabin mate who was known by ite, liii'iuls I hat it will do, and has done, in charge of J. H. Stewart's property, | the title of “Deaf Smith.” One day what is clain ed for it—to sireedlly located in that section. the men had a row. Gus was lying In cure a ct ugh or a cold; and it. is so ’Sq uire Berry, T. H. Simpson and bed, and he did not like the way his sweet and «o pleasing iu la-te.” 25c, 50c. uud »100 bottle at City Drug Mr. Powelson of Ashland were in Med-1 companion went about getting break­ Store. ford this morning. They have been at­ fast and they quarreled. One word I brought on another, and Dutch Gus tending circuit court. Early Marrlag-e In China. finally reached for his gun, which was It is nothkig rare In China for boys Senator Carter of Ashland, Hon. W. just over bls head. Smith made for A. Carter of Gold Hill and H. E. the door, and as be went out of the twelve to fourteen years old to marry. Ankeny are among the celebrities who door he threw his hand back, pointed The physical, moral and intellectual de velopment of the contracting parties attended the Republican county con­ his pistol toward the bed and pulled has nothing to do with the matter. Oth­ the trigger. The bullet found a mark vention. in the old man’s body, and be fell back er considerations entirely regulate the J. H. Roberts and his wife arrived on the bed mortally hurt. affair. An old Chinese aphorism says from Pendleton one day this week, with Now It Is said that the spirit of that the great business of life is ended the intention of locating. He is a bro­ Dutch Gus has returned to earth to when the sons and daughters are mar­ ther of our esteemed fellow citizen, W. haunt the place where he died. Rut ried. The Chinese parents do not care be that as it may, the miners of the to run the danger of postponing the B. Roberts. Ajax mine are all firm believers in marriage of their children, especially D. E. Morris, superintendent of the spooks ever since that night in July. I of their sons, until after their own M iss Ida. M. Snyder Trt-naarer of (be Fish Lake Ditch Co., spent a few days death. llrooklyn Eaat »:•erfortr. the many curt» they art given Sister—Why do you think so? credit for. Iggs from full-blood Brown Leg­ Wounds, Piles, it’s the best salve in Little Johnny—I told him all about “ In consulting with my druggist he ad­ horn chickens for sale at. reasonable the world. Cure guaranteed. Only 25c. vised McEIrte’s Wine of Cardui and Thed­ the funny way you rush about and Sold by City Drug Store. prices. 3 be best stock mi the Pacific ford’s Black-Draught, and so I took it and bang doors when you get in a temper, C a t, and they are layers of large, have every reason to thank him for a new and be didn’t laugh a bit. white eggs, too. Afldreis Reduced Rates tromthe East life opened up to me with restored health, F. W. H errin , and it only took three months to curt me.” A PHYSICIAN WRITES. Ashland. Oregon. Commencing Feb. 15th, and con­ Wine of Cardui is a regulator of the tinuing to April30th,there will lie low "I ’I am nm de-irius de-ir.ms of knowing if ti e menstrual functions and is a most as­ rates in effect, from the East via the profession ctn obtain H< rime in bulk THE SURE WAY tonishing tonic for women. It cure« Illinois Central IL R. to all Washing­ for p escribing purposes? It lias been «canty, suppressed, too frequent, irreg­ To prevent Pneumonia and Consumption is to ton, Oregon and Idaho points. If ariy of gn a1 us»- to me in treating cases of stop your cold when it tirst appears. Acker’s of jour friends or relatives In the East ular and painful menstruation, falling dy p psia brought on by excesses t r English Remedy will slop the cough in a i>f the womb, whites and flooding, ft night and drive the cold out of your system are coming West while these rates overwi rk. 1 have nt vc knnwt.it to is helpful when approaching woman­ A lways u quick and sure cure for asthma, bron­ are in effect give us their name and fail In restoring tbeoigans all cted, chitis and all throat and lung troubles. If it address, and we w ill make it our busi­ hood, during pregnancy, after child­ to their healthfu1 ac’.lvlty. 50c. bottle does not satisfy you the druggist will refund birth and in change of life. It fre­ your money, write to us for free sample ness to see that they are given the at City Drug Stole. quently brings a dear baby to homes A P Estabrook, Gold Hill, Leading druggist best possible service. We operate that have been barren for years. All through iiersf iially conducted excur­ A NEW ESTABLISHMENT. druggists have $1.00 bottles of Wine sion cars, and in fact give you tlie of Cardui. benefit of tlie latent conveniences Will. McDaniel has opened a neat known to modern rallioading. We cigar, confectionery an«i fruit store in have 15 different routes between Ryan’s building, Jacksonville, and I the Eist and the West, and are In keeps a complete assortment of the In Two Days. I>o-ition to give yi ii the benefit of the best of everything in hisllne. Standard best combinations. Write u- and we brands a specialty. Give him a eall, will give you full particular«. B. H. for he will treat you well To Cur, Cou«t1|>ation .or,,.r Trumbull, Coin’l Agent 111. Central ske Cascareis Candy Cathartic BACIIEcured in20 minute« by Dr. Mlles R. IL, 142 Third St., Portland, Ore. " C. C. tall lo cure, drucc'st. -uiuud •»<»«• To Cure a Cold in One Day fé"! 1 First Hog -He’s such a good natured | log. SiNNtnd Hog—Is he? First Hog—Why, yes. He's willing to let auybody else have anything he does i not want—Puck. (»REASE THE SCENIC LINE ! WALL PAPER WAÜ P™ I Apprndici tin. Home Use Direction book aud 45 dyed «ampie« free. DIAMOND DYEtì, Burlington, Vt. fU An Egyptian mummy of 2.000 years ago recently examined showed evi­ dences of having died of apjiendicitis, so that the disease is not by any means new. Four hundred case s were oper­ ated on in Londou hospitals last year, all but ten successfully. Sir Francis Treves lias operated with success on 100 consecutive cases. It is said that the modern tine Hour is one of its causes, 'l’lie increasing occurrence of the trouble lias opened a new Held for insurance in England. 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