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WILD BEAST WHIMS. FIERCE ANIMALS OF THE FOREST WHO HAVE PREJUDICES. Wolves VJintliers mul Hear SeuUtlve About lur Overcoat An April Sullivan County Hunter Telia Some KijmtIouccs Jlltwtrntlnc TUIa Queer rct. "A bear or n panther can't stand tlio tight of a wolfskin or a coonskin over coat," raid an aged hunter of Sullivan county, "and both alsodisliko tho looks of an overcoat uiado of buffalo skin. They bocomo enraged when tlioy seo a hunter striding through tho woods with a fur coat on. They will start for him tho instant they got sight of him, and nnless ho stops them with a riflo ball or a charge of buckshot they will invaria bly tacklo him. A wolf or oven a pack of -thorn will always turn tail and niu away from a hunter that wears a wolf kin coat, but they will chnso a man who wears a coat of any other kind of fur and will attack him if they got n chance. In tho winters early in tho for tlfslhunted panthers, wolves aud bears, killing a deer onco in awhilo for n change. When tho weather was bitter cold. I wore a coouskiu overcoat until a panther ruined it, and hero is what is left of it "I killed an qven dozen of panthers and a tcoro of wolves while wearing that eoai It was in January. 1S44, that I had to stop wearing it. One very cold morning I put on my snowshoes and started for tho head of Kitchen's creek to hunt panthers and wolves. Tho snow was three feet deep in tho woods, and., tho wolves and panthers were ilanchterinK tho deer at a frightful rate. In a sprcsco ravine to tho right of tho creek I saw a movement in an over green tree and raised my riflo for what I thought might be a panther. "I hadn't been standing a minute when I heard a twig snap back of me. and before I could turn half way round Something struck my back and drovo mo ferward on my hands and knees. Of efforse I instantly realized that a panther had landed on bit bac':. It stuck its claws into my shoulders and began to JdcJc with its bind feet, snarluig and rearing at tho coenskin with its teetu. I knew in a second that the only thing fox mo to do was to throw myself bac ward, and this 1 did at once, bnryiuj the panther in the snow beneath ma. The panther then started to tcrcam, but the snow and my weight kept i: from raakinc much noise. It continue! to claw great rents in tho coossfcin coat until I stabbed it three times in tho side, when it stopped kicking and be;jan to gasp. I knew that the point of the knife had touched a vital spot, so I lay still till the panther stretched cut dead. Then I get up and pulled the beast cut of the snow by tho tail I'd hardly dropped it on tbosurfiv-o than tier' was another movement in the evergreen tree. "This time I spied a pair of eys on a limb about 15 fee: above the snow and blaaxl uway at them. A panther tumbled out, began to pitch and due in the sacw, socn taming up its t-Then I pulled off the overcoat and discovered that the panther had ruined it The claws hadn't touched my flesh, though, for I were three thicknesses of deerskin and two of wool under the overcoat. On that trip of three days I got five pan thers and four wolves. "The same winter I surprised a pack of wolves that had cornered three deer in a pen up in tho Mehoopany country. I had on a wolfskin coat, and thewclves legged it out of the pen the mcmcnt they got tight cf me. I pulled off the coat and put it behind a tree, and the wolves, when they stopped to look back, acted as If they had been scared by a false alarm. When they saw that the ever coat wasn't in eight, they didn't care any more for me than for a saphn They Immediately returned to the deer pea as bold as you please, and I shot tho whole five as fast as I could load and re. "One winter Joel Wright, who usd to hunt and trap all the way from the Loyalsock to tho 3Iehoopany, rolled up his coenskin overcoat and placed it on a log in tho woods till he could go over a knoll and look at one of his traps. When he got to tho top of tho knoll on his way back, ho heard a bear bellow lng down In tho hollow, as if it was challenging another bear to fight with him. In a minute Joel caught sight of the noisy bear, bat couldn't make out where the other ono was. Tho challen ger was slouching toward the log on which the coonskin overcoat lay in a bunch, and Joel made up bis mind that the bear had got scent of tho coat and was about to tacklo it "Joel had a better fur coat at home. and he didn't care much what tho bear did with tho one on tho leg. Anyhow he was going to watch tho bear, and, if he got tho better of the coat, all right. He could seo that tho fellow was angry before he got within ten rods of tho log. Rushing up to tho log, tho bear seized the overcoat in his paws and began to squeezo and shako it as if it was a thing of life that he held an old grudge against Joel tramped down the kuoll then to boo all tho fun at short range, and protty soon the bear gave tho coat a dreadful hug, let out a yell, fell over backward and went to sprawling and rolling in the snow. Jcel knew what tho tronblo "was," but ho didn't tay a word. The bear'd had his own way, and ho was aa dead as a flint when .Tool got to him. Joel's hunting knife was in a pocket of the overcoat, and the point of it ha picrcod the heart of tho angry animal when ho hugged the coat to his breast in a fit of rage." Scranton Letter in New York Sun. Engraving on Diamonds. Diamonds can now lx engraved in it verj artistic manner. The development ot tho diamond cut ting art brings into xii-tenco a now clues oi jewelry, for which 11 considera ble demand id cutwied. It wad long believed that tho diamond could isotlo eugrnvi'd uiili safety or eutif;ictoiy re sults. Hut a few stones roughly e cravod were fount! in Iridic, and a dia mond wss shiblti'il :il lint l'arii "xhilii- ion of lSiS or 1 which .1 portrait of the king of Holland was (watched. lVut the ork v. as vr imparlec, and the stones, were rather dt nioiislied than vhraved. Suii'O cf llit fliiest 1 xntnple.4 uf i-iiptuv- 1RH on diaii:-mis are II o wnts -A a l'aris jeweler. CKe u n n.it I pin repro sentiKg a w.iwglian. of uhtVh tho blade is a blender diamond, and I ho handle is ruby. Another i laro riicnlar sior.e, on which a ts with ilfl IjIiiko in eOKi'tvcd. An tdalioiRte piete I work is .1 t iey- cle, uf libit the wheels ri't two rirtil.ir diamonds. Tbt eMiiM are tritroeiitcd by hi t s ciiK'av,l ou tha diamonds. A auial: liol U ioiod at lmoJi ui a'e Another dihinciid ii car ed !ik a lish. A han.l.-cnii' bio-n-h r- a mural wis, f ur- roundrd l-v rsi phi'' S ..11 II' t i'li .n'e Other exutupliM sao 1 roocho rvtire- Ft'imng Hue, ol which the. w!'g are tliiti. fciigraed iiiam j:id ; t wu dumouds - enxraCit wilt cniionai o.irnitfe, mo imperial arni 1 f UutMA Utng used in one instance on t-l'irt and cofi hutlonf. I-.iiiIun Ais'xtis E. Du Gas. I'lnf'can :id burgeon, otlicv in Mitrster' l ui'.Umc CVIle iti town and conntj prouifil ansuvred night or day. Itet-iJence. 011 MI Mrcct. Dr. II. V. Benjamin, lute of thodontnl Compotttion never worries us, nccaueo collegoot Atlanta Oa., has fitted up wo "buy right" hence "eon ngui. dental rooms in tho Marstera block, Tho facts are those; every move in our where ho is prepared to do do first class business is oDly made after tho most work in nil tho lutes improvements, careful consideration, notnif'g ion 10 Crown and bridge work, gold and porco- chance. Shoes havo advanced tn pneo lain crown, flllinga and extraction of but not with up. Wo sell you a goou 011 teeth at hiird-time prices and all work grain Bhoe for $1.25 and upwards, fino aitaranto'd. Keinutnber, room 1 , Mors Bhoes in proportion. If you doubt us, " . . . , ' --.! lf ll.nl ters block. como ami see 113, couviricu juuiwu wc havo what we udvertiso. Wo uon t caro to do all the businoes in town, but want to get a share of it. Wo firmly believe that 11 concern that gives its customers exceptionally good values in every instance id bound to go ahead vear lv car. Tlih idea prevails throughout our entire business. Every dollars worth of goods must give the woarer (satisfaction, even tho all wool ibsolutely fast color $8 00 suits. J. Akraiiam'R Ulottitng uouse j, F. BARKER & GO. GEOCBES. The Central House. U'. U. Gordon is now tho proprietor of ihia iKjinilar Iiouec. The tablo will be supplied with the "I'etl in tho market vii.mI beds and courteous treating ut. Meiils Vj ceut, and beds lh: t."me r-ti- GojiI iiisiur.ige furnished at nj p.iet tures on Hobert creek. t'liarci- reBoaablo. All stock at ontcrV risk. The befit cl cue will bo given to all sto.-k entiustrd to :ny uhsryc. .1 M. iMiirKnit. Tin- Clinrclic-H. BArTisi rriUBCii corocr 01 t.snf "nr ko- tr-t-. SiukUi h-ivU'" rifrMiiR t ni n.l 7::i !. ci.: Yoips !t.p:-k Cnlun.C Xu.m. it. K. W. IlUrV. I'ifi'ltiit. rumlH Mii i 1C rrady which I applied dl . . ,-. 1 b.,,.. Into the noitrta. Bo- l'rut i!nlnk;. II:i.:t(!rrrcnitijM . n rtilct at once CATARRH lis LOCAL DISEASE and It the result of cotdi and tuaaen climatic changei. It can bo cored by a pleasant lng nalckly absorbed it sires relict at once Ely's Cream Balm 1 acJnOff!rdccd to b tho moat thoroogh ccra fcr Naial Catartb, Cold In Head and Hay Ferer of all remedies. It ojwns and cleanies tho ciaal puiaja, MKTitoniiiT CHrncH- -owner ol Main and Ijine u.-.n. -undmj Scrvltx- rrcarhlug !1 a. tnd .30 n. in ; Klili(h cliiol, 10 t. 111 , 1" w Wnnllrr. -niw Hnlniilont: C1m M(tlnc a etoac ol ,b Mml rvlce; Epnorth Uu, w P ta. naiuo uu cy, i-nwiurui i ijvi t or taote and smell. Price 60c at tlracjliia or oy mau. Mf . u1ti.Uy at 7sn p. m. ELV UltOTULTtS, M Warren Street, Kew Vork. Frisk L. Moo:, P!or. Pa-Minxpp. miner Main end Lane. 'hicyti:kia:j Chckch -corner o! Cj and I RotrerU. Sunday Service: Pupltc worttilp, m and 7 JO p m. ; Skbbath bthool. 10 n. rc.: ' V P. S. C. K..7 p m. Prayer ilcetlni. WeJnea- . : a) p ra K B. tn.orrn, Paitcr. M. ORAWTOBD, Attorney at Law, Room Mameri Balldlaj;, - KOSEBURU, OR. far-Bu!ncas before tb V. B. Ijinil Office and alutng cajes a tpeclalty. Ite Receiver U. S. Land Office. rEST w:th n tic KlackweU'c Geuulae Iu11mHh 81 l5 lhaE3 ' ln cS" 5 tj liitlt' C J Vl j fwo co" Mb- wUchs"lilofvalai!)Z8r.reier.linadbo-s .0 gel tbcm-pr jkokuc m. Muwy. rrr. nci-Tcmx, JROWN & TUBTIJT, Attorueys-at-Law, Rr-oms?aiidR fa .!. WlUon Block. KOSEfiUKG, OB. TEA A SPECiALTY. A rUl brand jt unadalteralfd 'let. On COFFEE 1 bavins a lare ule !tew atyl Glass and Delf Ware at iinlhiu ta i..'i:ei. Our own cnnd r.iin4 rr rvtf popular. WOODWARD tue - ROgEBURG Does Up ALL COMPETITORS his is the Place to Buy Groceries. A full and complete assortment of all goods usually kept in a first class grocery. Everything offered for sale is fresh; and sold at very reasonable prices. We have a very choice stock of canned goods, including both fruits and vegetables, to which "ye invite your special attention. Our line of Olives, Gherkins, Nick els, Sauces, etc., is also complete. We carry the largest stock of to baccos in Southern Oregon. C. W. PARKS & CO., Grocers. We are a'way in the Lead, ac J mean to Iteep there. yyr u.-villis. Attorney and Counselor at Law, Will 1'nctl- in til tb cooxta of lb SUtt. Ot ic In th Court Hvaae. Ikroilaj rannty. Or. c. A. SEHLBRBDE, Attorney at Law, Hotrtntry, Orrgort. Oflr 9TtrthIWcf2eon Jaekaoa atrtct. w. W. CAIIDWELL, Attorney at Law, KOaEBURO, ORTGOS. The (Jolden Harvest is upon ua, and farm era are amiling because Woodward ltvo to tbeir intcreat. BIKSOV IHARNB-:S6 Kali Trimmed TEAM HARNESS Thee are all Leather and Warranted. At Kedaced Prices. Conialt your parae and be nre and n Woolwartl nJore Luving. W. G. WOODWARD ANE & L0UG1IAKY, Utornevs Sz Counselors at Law Ko.ronry, rrrijoi. ill Mrft is sit lb' eonna of Oreem. c la tar r.,h.i-'.VilMn block. Of- 1." D STaATTOKD. IRS. N. BOYD, Attorney at Law, "ty.L Jjq Bli-.a. RU-Bl-R(J. Ol Staple and Fancy Groceries, m YnA BROWN, M. D. Crockery, Glass and Del fu arc. Tobacco and Cigars, Toys. Notions and Fancy Goods. Higest Prices Paid for Country Produce of All Kinds. KlucMt X.tiic of TIMS In tlic City. r-."H 'ro- l' :u rr p"iaJ OITICE, S JacVwn Etrett, at rt. iJtnet-ttl Jin. . Kirnr. ROiZBURG, OR. .AN EXTRA IXDUGEMEXT.. iza If lo; 10 10 I'J li ltf 1" !'" I- v ; : :o 50 v ;i , .. I ant yo-.r ! as as ic-Jtuccseiii tu pet it K ( make ibe (ultonltK '- 10 : oZm Can and I vill 10 prt'tnt yon i:b a card i ike the one rriat4 o?- : 5' (Otite, ir! when sse 5, earJ i! nel op yots r:ay ( 5 ecure the jortrait. S I B RIVG rrl with vi aud hae your 0.111 ri RCHA? iunchl cot to taeamaaatel w. and roa can harK a Ul l.i Tortntt. Crayoa or Water Color Tint, tora r.ay rihotocraph or tintype )oi may 'in Ire. We further a;m-e you that it tb po-Uait I? cot 54 1 lilactory you need not aetcft it. g L. BRADLEY, 11. D. Physician & Surgeon. t)3c Houri, !:o3 I: to 3 T it. rajtor &. A jUon Brick ROEEBCRG, KESMIH'S FREHGH FEMALE PILLS. Minlrig Cotton Root and Penojrojal. Clt tnt tzt strt nUiiU tisHt taiij ti Ul Tl a wnca ro- cila nils, niTo txs cU4 I jt ctet tirmty ' i atw tiiitii'Taro uoeicelled. S -1 A as a rjc.ic monthly cVi? r:edici3e..'ri:'liata VV Tii oi PaisfuL aad V . T' Title Weakceia etc rrfco. fJ COabOi, Iti tisr o srESTrrtrrri. ca sroaors inrrinosa. . JliSlUIi CnSHlCiX. CO- ErrEorr, Mica Sold bv A.C Marsters& Co. Mineral, Railroad. Aricultural. We tlve joi the. fraae. the lortralt rRRn. ye4i ray only fcr 5 Tc eoJt tl the raai, sle.u. etc., will be at whole Je cost pritej. J 25 2i P R. OOFFilAN, Ph'siciau and Surgeon l". 2. Eiaminlng Surscon.) OFFltK Ko.im6and 7 MarMers' BulMins. KetJcace. First coor south ol Mrs. Currier a Boarding Hou. CaV Srocial' attention to fursrerr and the Diseases of Women. V, at iJWiTS, 16 ; luHiTIa , ioH& 1 1 tUTHI 1 l.s u a 0- Call an4 :e ax.le cf thc beautiful rortralt! d jplajel la zr.j sho-T nrlndnc and let me prvsent yoa with a 110 tieitct, very truly your?, Corter Jacison and Ctft Street, ROSEBl'KO, OK. I. H. I hat on liand a larre tr-ortrient of BOOKS, suitable for both !trjr and "rnall chil dren, which 1 will wit ; wholtsal prices The entire lot for ale rery cheap. N. J. o.ias, n. D. Physician and Surgeon, .HOSEDl'RG, OR. OScc In 5. Stalks & Co.'s Block, upstairs Cal! promptly answered day or night. FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY. J L. MILLER, M. D., Surgeon and Homoeopathio Physician, Kturtttrff, Oregon, tC"Chrjnie dlet' a peelalty. ( G reat The tine a VC101 riLL. P. HEYD0N, Couuty Surveyor, and Notary public. Orrtcz: In Court House. Ordera fur S.irvpTln and Field Notes should be aildre.ise-! to Will I' Heydon, County Sur cyor, Koftburs, r. D ictionarv Not a IXiwdy." Little Mies Mngg (proudly) My papa is going to boy mo a bicycle. Little Miss Fiocklen (loftily) 1'vo had ono for a year. Little Miss Mugg (disdainfully) Hob I I wouldn't bo been riding a last year's bicycle. Good Nows. The republicans ate in favor of a pro , tecttve tariff laid oa the specific inattad of the ad yaloruw plan, as tho latter ecbeme opens (he door for frauds by under valuation of irnports and iu that way tbegovernment lor.ee a just amount of revenue, while imparts flood the country withxiat stint. Behold, we ctand at tho door and knock. If Governor Lord hears U3 a:id open unto as wo will sup with hiui and be will sop with us ami have a glorious goo-l time together. 0 A limi'e'J number of Pett I .his Rreat work will bo dietiibatoi' 1 Kosoburi: and vifinity at the low t-..o.liiutory prices. NEW FEED STORE CAWLPIULD 4 CAWLFIELD Have last opened a Hrtt-class Feed Store and have on hand n larco Invoice of the beat Roscnuivnnd Vnlley r ionr, uaicu nay, urain and f i-v frco Co urvnnd Vnllev Ktonr, Ualcl Hay, Grain .wl of nil kluiia. All ptirchaaos delivered Cor. Casi and Kose street. At once a Dictionary and an Encyclopaedia. L'.'0,003 Words OO.OUJ Kncyclupti-.lic Subjoc1 Produced at a coet of .7."O,C0i). Ko'ir Mapfcive Vulumes, weight -10 pound. One dollar r-erttn-s the delivery of the entire work ; balance to bo paid at t lie rate of $1 T per month for one year. .SenJ your name and address to tho I'.icillc Cjast Newspaper Syndicate, care of The I'lAiMiKAt.nt, and you will ho dtipplied with satnplo pacs for examination. LOST MANJEIOOD Easily, Quickly and Permanently Restore;). Cilcdiutid Exousa lUutnr It Is eold on n rositlto Kuanntco to euro any form of nervous pros trat'iwor any disorder vl tho genital orgacaof either tes, caused Rnlnrn. Ii eirossito US0 Cf AftOr. Tobacco. Alcohol or Onium. or on account ot youthful Indiscretion or over indulcenco etc.. Illnlnc", Convulsions. Wakefulness, lleadacho. Manful liMtn.inn. ortrninir of tho ltrain. Weak Metoory, HnnnK Down l'ains. Seminal Weakness. Hysteria. Nocturnal Kiuissiona, Srermatorrlm a, Liisa ni Pnirpr and IniDotcncy. which If necloctcd. I mnyjend to premature old ok'o and insanity. J witivoly cuaraiileeu. iTicc.51.1v n ooii u d-jtci fnrSi.OO. bent by mall on receiptor prlco.A vrriucn guurantco furnished with overy Si.CO order received, to refund the niouey It a permanent euro is not cucctod. ' 'KEIIVIA MEDICINE CO., Uclioit, Mich. Sold by A.C. Marsters & Co. H. G. POTTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 1106 G St.. S" W. Washington, D. C. For raanv vears in the General I-and Otace. Examiner of Contests. Mineral vs. Mineral as Railroad and Acticultural claims, and Late Chief ot the Itinera Division. Correspondence Itcd. f STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS, -f HOTEL McCLALLEN. MRS. D t MrCI-Vl-LEK. Trop. HATKS IIKASOXAIII-K. Large, Flnf Sample Hooirs. Fre 'Bus to and From Train S0323USS, JERRY J. W1LS0M, Watchmaker and Jeweler. Jnclisoti Street, Two doors south of Slocum s Hall ROSEBCRO All Repnlrltisr entrusted to my care will be PROMPTLY and carefully done. PRICES REASONABLE. 13 Jl-w JVts mm. M. M . THE GREAT GOLD SILVER COUNTRIES Ol- UllITISll COI.U.HIUA AMO ICASXICllK OREGON ARE ALL REACHED The 0. R. d ft Tio CltntiKe ot Cars betwecu POKTI.AND audj V? Shortest Line 1 Spokane uiiite;iitis null ALL RAIL ROUTE to TRAIL, ROSSI.AKD, MAltCl'S Nl-LSOX, and all Kootcuny Mliilujr CampH .... LOW BATSS AND THBOUuH TICKETS, Tor l'ainpkts an 1 Detailed Information, rite U W. II. IIl'ltl.m'KT, Ci'neml l'nssengcr Ageut. O. It. ft I. Co., Portland, OrcKoit. M. JOSEPH50ISPS New York Cash Store, ROSEBURO, OREGON. "WE SELL THE FAMOUS Charter Oak Superior AND COOK STOVES. The Best Stove is Always the CHEAPEST. CHURCHILL, WOOLLEY & MIKENZIE'S Roseburg Hardware Co. A SQUARE DEA1 We are Here to Stay. 4 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' I 1 ' 1 r 1 ' I 1 f ' .) '") 1 - 123458789 IB 11 11 CO Is -wliat xre give to every cus tomer, for -we believe the best advertisement possible is a cus tomer pleased with what "we have sold them, thty will come again and again, and their friends will come too. We are not here for a day or for a month. We are Here to Stay. WOUENBEBG) (&) flBSlHii) .Roseburg, Or.