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IF YOU D01TT READ IF YOU SEE IT Irt j The Plaindealer me ruimut'uiuj 1 IT IS SO. I You Don't Gettue News. i Vol. XXVII. ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1896. No. 75. L..,.,, , : A. SALZMAN, (Successor to J. JASKULEK.) Practical : Watchmaker, : DKALKR IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELHY, AM) FANCY GOODS. Grouuiuo ISruasllinn JSyo A COMPLETE STOCK OP Cutlery, Notions, Tobacco, Cigars and Smokers' Aiticlcs. Also Proprietor anil Jlauaor of Kosoburg's Famous ltargaiu Store. e ww rr r I 1 J UK I roallry, twu aua Gnmci li. 1. tLUiYlt, in Season. rroptictor ol I The City Meat Market, AuJ Dealer In PRIME BACON, HAMS, LARD, AND FRESH A! EATS Orders taken and Delivered Free to nr part of the City. BBeBBCBESflaBBBBfl8BCeeB9BBBBCB9BeBaBBeBeB9B A.C.MARSTERS&C0. Wall IPapex A Choice Collection, at Prices that Sell. LIME PLASTER AND CEMENT. A FULL LIME OF WIrtDOW GLASS ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. Real Estate Bought and Sold Farms, large and small, to Rent, AND IMMEDIATE POSSESSION GIVEN. Stock Ranges, Timber Lands and Mining Properties, Prune and Hop Lands of best quality, in choice locations, in quantities to suit intending purchasers, at reasonable prices and easy terms. Inquire of tj. s. k:. btjiok:, EAST AND SOUTH -via- THE SHASTA ROUTE OF THE Southern Paciiic Co. Express trains leave Port Una dally. bouth North 6-jot.x. 5:25 A. X. 11:15.1. K. Lt. Portland Ar. Lv. - Roseburg Lt. Ar. - San Francisco Lt. 8:10 A. M 11:15 r. u. 7:00 r. X. City, Woodburn, Salem, Turner, Marlon, Jcfitr son, Albany, Tangent Shedds, Ualsey, Harrls bur?, Jonctlon City. Eugene, Creiwcll, Cottage Grove, Drain, and all tlaUom Iron Roseburg u , Aauland Inclusive- Iloscbnrg TIall Daily, j 6:30a. X . Lt. 830 r. Jt. I Ar. Portland Roseburg Ar. 4: r. x Lt. IlilO a. K Salem Paasenjier Bally. (ft) P.M. ILv. - Portland - Ar. 1 10;15 x. x 6:l5r. X. I Ar. - Ealem - Lt. 80 a. m. Dini.f CAKS OX OUDE.-V ItOUTE. Pullman Buffet Sleepers AND HIXOTtD-CIASM Sl.r.VVITHi VAUS Attached to all Through Train. West Side Division. Bcttvccn Portland aud C'oryal I li Mall train dally (except Sunday). 7-ari a. if. I Lt. Portland - Ar. I C.-'JOr.M CorrallU - Lt. I 1 Xi r. x U:br.tt. Ar. . a l.n v ITnrrlllfl rvmnrvt with tmlnit ol Oregon Central & Eastern railroad. Express train dally (except Sunday). l:V r. X. I Lv. : Portland ' Ar. 1 :" A. H. 725 p. c. I Ar. - McMinylllo Lt. I b-.ri a. x. Through Ticket to all I'oiuts In llio I&atcrn .Mule. Canada and Jiuropc can be obtained at low cat rale Ironi CJcorgc Eatca, Agent Iloaoburc B. KOEHLER, E. P. HOGERH, Manager Awt. U. K. S Pan. Agvu PORTLAND 'JKEUOM Jeweler : and : Optician. Glasses antl .Spoetuolew ...... OF ALL KINDS. Roseburg, Or. S fE0M TERMINAL OK INTERIOR fOLNTS The) Northern) Pacific) RAILROAD Is the Line to Tako To all Points East and youth. T - the DINING CAR ROUTE. It rum through VE3TIBULED TRAINd EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR to ST. PAUL nd CHICAGO (SOCUASlJEorcAHJ) Comooud ol Dinlnj Ciri Unsurpasied, Pullman Drawing Room Slecperi, 01 Latest Equipment. lot.itiST m.m-im: :.vit!s Bent that can bo constructed olid 111 which accommodations aro both FREE and FUKXIdHED to holders of First or Second-class Tlckcti, and i:i,i:;a.nt ii.w c;ouctii:s A Coutluuous Lino connecting with Ail Llnis, auordlng Direct and UnlntcrTiiptcl HcrTlre. Pullman Skepcr rcscrvatlous can bo tccurcd In advance through any agent ol tho road. THROUGH TICKETS To aud from all Points in America, England and Europe, can be purchased Btau iiuAei uuict; oi icis company. Full Information cnnccrnluc rates, timo ol trains, routes and other details (uruUhcd on application to U. H. IC. IIUICK, IjCnl ngcntut Rowbrg.Or., or A. it. ciiaiii,to;y, AwUtMit General Passenger Agent, No. 121 First Ht., c-Jir. Wiwhfiixtoii, PORTLAND, OREGON, IE RAPP'S DRUG STORE. WW 5 DOUGLAS Zr TAR I Pi 1 E RAPP'S DRUG STORE. AR(fBROS'. Sacrifice Sale Now in Progress. ZIGLER & WALL,. Depot Grocers DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF STAPLE AND . FANCY . GROCERIES.- COUNTRY PRODUCE Give us a call. Goods delivered to Corner Lane & Sheri lan Streets, WYLIE PILKINGTON, 'SacccMor to General Blacksmithing rROTTING AND RUNNING PLATES A SPECIALTY, REPAIRING OF AU. KINDS PROMPTLY DONE, ttliop on Corner 'Wn.nliluglou and If nil c ma., Roseburg. ROSEBURG Marble and Granite Works. E. W. Marble Estimates Furnished on all Six-' onicc unci HalcHrooui. :71s Ouk Ktrett. To The iJiifortimatc. Dr. Gibbon This old rcliablo and tho most succcsslul Specialist iu Ban Fran cisco, still continues to .A f& -ja?.t Seminal Diseases, such cure all Sxxual and Jj?7iHSRitJ " aonnorrhesa. Oleet is. 11?. z' .. ji r - .oSsesS.:." ol rianhood. the consc- quenco ol sell abuse and excesses producIUR the followlns symptoms; sallow countenance, dark siots under the eyes, pain In tho head, ringing In the cars, loss of confidence, diffidence in ap proaching strangers, palpctatlou ol the hearts weakness ol theilmbs nnd back, lossol memory, pimples on the lace, coutths, consumption, etc DR. GIUUON has prnctlccd in Ban Fruncico over thirty years nnd thoso troubled should not fail toconsult him and receive tho benefit ol his Krcnl' skill and experience. The doctor cures whcri others tall. Try him. Cures guar anteed. Persons cured nt home. OharKc reasonable. Call or write. Dr. J. P. (llbbon, 615 Kearney Strce 5a n Francisco, Cal. NOTICE. Notice In hereby riven to all hum lt may con cern that I hive arr)lnte-l D, W. Htoarns uf Cala. ro-ii precinct Deputy Inspector ol Block for precinct; ploincc adilreaa, Oakland; also A. J. (Jhaproan of Wilbur, and Ralph Kmlth, at Roh burg, to act during my absence, and others wil beaddedaspartloa ln.fucted make Itcir desire known to me. Ruaeburir, May tlh, 1887. THOU, K111TI1, lufsctsur of Btuek fr Dunglas county. Or. For Recent and Chronic COUGHS AND COLDS Bronchltlf, Hoinencsj, Loss of Voice, Irritability of tho Larynx and Fauces, nnd other InQamcd Conditions ol tho Lungs and Air Pasage. BOUGHT AND SOLD. cny part of the City in short order. ROSEBURG, OREGON. G. W. NOAU.l AGHISON k CO., Props. Dealers in all kinds ol and Granite Monuments and Headstones, Portland Cement Curbing For Ccmctory JLotH. kinds of Cemetery Work CATARRH is a LOCAL DISEASE and Is (he ret ult of colds and sudden climatic changes. It can bo en red by a pleasant remedy which is applied di rectly into the nostrils. Be lcz quickly absorbed It gives relief at once. Ely's Cream Balm Is acknowledged to bo the most thorough euro for Nasal Catarrh, Cold In Head and Ilay Fever of all remedies, lt opens and cleanses the nasalpassaEes, allays pain anil inflammation, heals the sores, pro tects the membrane from colds, restores the senses of taste and smelt Price We. at DrnKjIsts or by inaiL ELY BROTHERS, M Warrea Street, New York. SUMMONS. tUSTICE COURT FOR THE PRECINCT OF j 1.00 wint: ciass. i?TATK or OnEfiON, County of Douglas.! ' Vi V,. ........... Plain! ifl 1 '"" ' ( Civil action to J. L. Iluntliic." Dcfoudnut.) recoteruionoy. To J. L. Hunting. In the name of the SUnte ot Oregon. You aru hereby required to appenr bciorc tho uniierMgneti, a JiiMieooi me renco lor tno pre cinct uforesnld. on IheSOtlt dny of November A. 1).. IV1. at 10 n'eliH.'k in the forenntm otsnlil ilnv nt the ollicc of said Justice in said precinct, to nusncriuu auovcuauieu iinnuiii 111 11 civil 111' lion. Tim defendant will take lmlku tlint if lie falls to answer tho complaint herein, tho plain tiff will tnke judgmput against him lor the sum of J-UUO aud costs of this actlou. Given under my hand this 5tli day of October .. 1)., O. II. ni'KI.L, olil7 Justice of thu Pencf, SOnE RAMBLING THOUOHTS. UY "NKMO. (Copyrighted) (These "Thoughts" by a layman, are read In a quarter of a million homes, scattered in every State of tho Union. In this county, they will be louiiu wee oy wecK in inc columns 01 tnis pa per only, as wo have made arrangements with the author for their exclusive publication.) Life in ''(tie home of the bravo and lli6 land of the free" is not by any means tho selfish tooth-and-nail struggle for ex istence that some vronid hare us believe it to be. One phrase of evolution has become eo commonly accepted among us that wo rattle off "euryival of the fittest" quito glibly, and imagine it explains ev erything of tinevenness in the lives of our fellows who are better or worge off than wo. When, however, you and I can aeo eo many "unfit" both 6uryiving and flourishing, we must look for some law in operation different from that which Herbert 8pencer shows to prevail among lower creature3, "carniverous an imals remove from herbivoruus herbs in dividuals past their primp, and weed out the ticlrly, tho malformed, antl the least fleet and powerful." And what may this different law be that explains the continued existence of those who aro weak and feeble and puny? The law that in the hearts of tho high est being3 of the earth there shall grow with their progress upward from the an imal an increasing recognition cf the claims that the feeble have upon the strong. This impulse of man to look after and protect his weaker brethren is more completely pervasive of our civil ization than would appear from the sur face of oar daily life, covered as it is with people scrambling eagerly for self and pelf, these two. But turface indica tions are net enough for our inquisitive human race, else were coal mines and other forms of mineral wealth practi cally unknown, and we would ttill creep in and out of caves and gather our scant sheepskins about ua. Look then with me, just for a few mo- menU, beneath all the fierce struggle for wealth, food, life even, going on around us, aad by the law of "the snrvtval of the fittest" explain to me the existence of eo simblea thing as your public Echool. You will find yourself unable to do it, for you will find there the children o! worth leas, shiftless parents who make no con tribution to the maintenance of the teacher, and yet who reap the benefits that are secured to all children alike by tbo industry and thrift of the parents of some. By that same law explain a hospital where suffering creatures, maimed in many cases beyond all hope of future utility, are kept alive by the most expen sive appliances of science ; where even the slightest neglect of the poorest pa tient, if that neglect becomes known, arouses an apro.tr. You cinnot by any possibility see from such a place that the fit alone survive or are deemed worthy to suryive. Endeavor to uuderstand how, by the rule of "every man for himself," your little country church came into exist ence. Your task will be a hard one, for into it are built the widow's mite, the farmer's haul-earned dollar, the mechan ic's gift saved out of some perilous em ployment all given up gladlv without hope of personal gain. Again, tell mo or yourself whence come public libraries instead of the pri vate aggregations of the "middle ageB" ; public parks instead of enclosures pro hibitively walled against all that are "common or unclean"; public art gal leries, where the connoisseur needs must jcstle against the poor and the thread bare? In all tho foregoing examples, tho chief beneficiaries are those who have succeeded in doing least to gain such pleasures. From the well-to-do have been abstracted tho advantages they or theirs have earned, and these advantages are given to others who have not earned them. Yet not a voice of protest is raised, though this is all manifestly in favor of tfie "unfit" at the expense of the "fit." Wo run counter to this "animal" law, a law that has ruled even human beings through many a dark age of the past. becauso the great advancing common sense of civilization is superior to any such brutish, beak-and-claw method of making progref s. You and I belong to society to some one government, if you will and we are no longer regarded by it as individuals. We are members of that government, much as your fingers aro members of your body, and, ts members, are to bo protected, guarded, cherished as part and parcel of ycur own life. By our social instincts and our government, which, after all, is more for the protection of tho weak than the strong, nn end ia put in some degreo to the inter-individual struggle for exist ence, and the strength and advantage of all is in a senso given to each one. In fact, an unhindered struggle for exist ence would break up government, soci ety, everything that now surrounds uf, tho defeated and the weak, with pleas ures that would hayo been unreachable by us in the days of JIagua Charto, or oven in tho days of tho Declaration of Independence. This priticiplo of government explains the theory of our courts of law, whero tho tuoet feoble, represented by "the State" as plaintiff, may bring to his knees tho most haughty and wealthy criminal. If you aro enjoying any of tho mental, logal, physical, spiritual helps that surround you ou every side, you may set it down as a certainty that some one somewhere has given up something for you, whom he has never teen, just because you are a member of the same society or the Eamo body politic. It amounts in all to this, that wc are com ing more and mora to recognize the value of human beings as brothers of oars; that the interest of all is best subserved by throwing the best products of a high civilization unreservedly before thoso J who, in their individual struggle, are least able to attain to them. You may poEsibly say in your heart, "Uut what 13 all this other than the old principle 'Do unto others as you would they should do unto yon! Possibly you are right. If so, then the fact that the Great Social Reformer uttered words which we are only beginning to fully un derstand after 1000 years of crab-like de vouring of one another, ages of slaughter and selfishnets, proves Him to haye been a teacher whose spiritual insight most of U3 are far from equaling. If you aro a thinking reader, you will recognize the incompleteness of the line of thought in . this one column. Very well ; then think further for yourself, lt will do you good, for most of us are in too much of a hurry to thick. If yon are nn unthikins reader, this is quite enough for one week; it may startle you to a faint understanding of your relation ship to your fellow?, and your mutual responsibility. Let us break together here week by week tho bread of good sense and helpful hopefulness until, on paper, we become more firmly ac quainted. Pfelster Won His Bet. Chicago, 111., Nov. 6. One of the happiest men in Wisconsin is Charles Pleister, of Milwaukee. Mr. Pfeister made a bet preceding the e!e tion of $3000 that McKinley would have 205 votes in the electoral college. This was onlyoueof his many bets, but the others were comparatively easy. When he saw tho table given oat by Henry C. Payne he called him up by telephone and asked if that table was correct. .Mr. Payne said that it was, aad that the re publicans had 201 votes certain. This was one less than enough to win his bet, aud he asked Mr. Payne if he could not scare ap another vote, as a iSOOO bet de pended upon it. Jnst then Mr. Payne received a telegram from Senator War ren of Wyoming, assuring the national committee that one of Wyoming's elec toral votes was sure for McKinley. 3Ir. Payne told Mr. Pfeister of the tele gram and the Milwaukee man wa3 made happy, winning his bet. Sharkey is Confident. New York, Nov. 0. Tom Sharkey, the sailor, matched to box Fitzsimmons for $10,000 purse, has one necessary re quisite to success, and that is confidence. In a letter to a friend just received from San Francisco, Sharkey says: "Everything t3 finally settled for my comiDg fight with Fitzsimmons. I haye just started to train at the Cliff House, ocean beach, near San Francisco. I was neyer better in my life, and after five weeks' work I am confident of winning sure. You may smile and say all fight ers talk that way before a contest. All who think different can bet against me, and that will leave some nice paste boards to show after the fight. We meet December 21, and then every one will know who is the best man. Our friend, Jack McAuliffe, if training at Barney Farley'd for his match with Carroll, which takes place November 12." Look Here, Popocrats. Mt NctE, Ind., Nov. C Ball Brothers glass factory company say they will build another mill at once, employing 500 more hands. Tne Indiana Iron Company, which worked about one-tenth capacity for a year, is tlooded with orders and will re sume with S00 hands next Monday. The Midland Steel Company reports an immenso influx of orders. Tho Muncia Iron Company put their men at work on double time yesterday. Five other factories report more orders than iu anv one week for live months past. The window glass factories are idle be cause of a strike. John Sherman's Views. Mansfield, O., Nov. 5. John Sher man gave out tho following signed state ment: "I sincerely hope that the election will settle forever a question that in my opinion threatened tho honor and good faith of the United States more than any other since iho close of the civil war. Confidently assuming as I do the elec tion of McKinley, I hope tho present gold standard wilt bo maintained, with the largest use of silver that can be maintained at a parity with gold. This settled, we ought promptly to make such changes in our tariff and revenue laws as will yield a sufficient supply of money to meet current expenses of the government aud create a sufficient sur plus to pay outstanding bonds withiu a few years, and to sufficiently and im partially protect American industries. Jons Sherman." California long iu doubt has shown up and now stauds solid for law aud order and for prosperity. Sho gives u major itv for McKit.ley and Hobart. Why Boers Fight so Well. HAving many chances at success provcsoften a disadvantage. General W. F. Molyneux, a fighter in the Trans vaal, tells in "Campaigning in South Africa and Egypt," about going to tho house of a Boer, upon the Iattei's invi tation to become his guest on a deer hunt. The general arrived on horse back, accompanied by oue servant. Dismounting, he carried into the bouse a bag containing what would measure a peck or so of coramou cartridges. The Boer looked at the bag in astonishmet, and exclaimed : "Yen Englishmen mu3t be very rich Cartridges cost sixpence each here." Rather mystified, and declaring that there are poor Englismen, General Molyneux asked : "Where are your cartridges?" "In this," replied the Boer, tapping his doable-barrel. "Then you don't intend to do much shooting?" "Well, two spring bucks are as much as I can carry." "Suppose you miss." "Nobody misses when a cartridge costs sixpence." The sequel was that the Beer got his two deer, one for each cattridge, while the general fired five shots and got one. Of Interest to niners. New York, Nov. C C. W. Truslow. an attorney of this city, has received a cablegram announcing that the high court at Pretoria, the capital cf the Transvaal republic, had declared void the MacArthnr-fiorest patents for the cyanide process for the recovery of gold. This decision was giyen in a uit brought by the combined gold-mine owners of Johannesburg and the Transvaal. The announcement w said to be of great in terest to gold miners. In 1497 Vasco da Gam3 doubled the Cape cf Good Hopo and Sebastian Cabot discovered the coast of North America at Labrador, 3nd now Pori u gal proposes to celebrate the one event and Canada the oilier, and you can take your choice which one you wish to attend. Slow Jerry has got amove on him and changed to the shop formerly oc caried by Miss Baird on Jackson atreer. LITTLE LOCALS. Lime and sulphur at Marsfers'. A Salzman, the reliable jeweler. Caro Bros, are the boss merchants. Go to the Roseleaf for the best cigar. Good goods at the lowest prices at Salz man's. School book nn.! sf.t;rnprf it "To- sters' Drug Store. Dr. F. W. Haviies 1ops 11 f up-to-date dentistry. 1. S. Wpst iloen inkiir-in,- rttKoa opposite the post office, Neatsfoot oil, machine and lubricating oils at Maraters' Drugstore. A fine line cf gents' shoes at J. Abra ham's. Prices just right. Mnrivnn's ITnmnoTMtlif. T?omo.t:n r- j l ........ sale at Marsters' Drug Store. An endless variotv of i-omli !n?r ct-.i clothes brushes at Marsters'. For hfir;?Ain in f.iinilt- irmportoo .11 a . w,i. 1 . at the Pepole's store, Cass street. Munyon's Homeopathic Remedies at A. C. Marsters & Co.'s drug store. Bring your cIock3 and watches to Slow erry the reliable jeweler tor repairs. Dr. Havnes dops rrnvn mid l.rvLa work and guarantees the same. Don't forget the number. Dr. Haynes makes all kinds of artifi- :5nl dpntnrps Rnnh iq rrd,t ,ili iinm .... n w . . . , j.iunuuuj i;u aluminum plates, also rubber and cellu- ioiu. Savo monev nnil tim TV, ,-;... going East, go by the O. R.&N. short route. Call on or write to V. C. London. Roseburg, Oregon. A. fl. T-TYlTIP spITq !?nnr 7m qml Cn.. u u . Mb u V. UUb t sack, and 10 pounds of lard for 75 cents. reopie snomu rase advantage of these prices and give him their patronage. N. Rice, one of cur enterprising furni ture dealers has now on sale a tine lot of fnrnitnn of the lutpxr at-!. or,.l Give htm a call before purchasing else- nuue. L. Lani?pnbnri .ti!! n, t.. II.. carries a full stock of choice music, mu sical instruments, violin, guitars, accord eons etc., violin strings of best quahtv always on hand. Slow Jarrv thp iiirinr luo u ........ W J -" X. lUU A. X . T kSb filled gold ladies watclies auw ou .. e. i ncea reuucea irom i.o so $16, liecided bargains. Don't fail to examine them before purchasing elsewhere. Those having second hand stoves, furniture, etc., for sale can receive the highest cash price by calling upon N. Rice, the furniture and supplv dealer, 221-23 Jackson street Roseburg" Or. Mis. G. W. Rapp will continue to buy and ship fresh salmon from Win chester or Wilbur to Portland as hereto fore and pay the highest market prices for same. Address pest lUce box 12o. Good pastureage lor stock at reason able rates by tho mouth. All stock takou absolutely a.id entirely at owner's risk in everv particular. For particulars enquire of J. 31, Shafer Roberts creek . The cheap rates of five dollars cabin and two-fifty steerage including meals and berth are still in efftrt on the O. R. & N. Co's. steamers from Portland to San Francisco. Steamer leaves Portland every five days. Dr. R. W. Benjamin, Lite of the dental collegu at Atlanta Gj., has fitted up dental rooms in the Marsters block, where hu is prepared to do do iirst class work in :ill t!.i- liiiw Ir,.,,,,-.,. Lrown and bridge work, gold and porce- ,...., aim extraction of teeth at hard-time prices and all work guaranteed. Remember, room 1, Mars ters' block.