I . •4 THE W EST $ A YOUR HOHE PAPER SUPPORT I r A D V E R T IS E R S BIUSLAW’3 ir O P P O R T U N IT Y t L 1 ONLY PAPE3. 1 A i NO. 39. F L O R E N C E , O R E G O N , F R I D A Y , J a n . 2G, 1 9 0 0 . VOL. X . G E N E R A L D IR E C T O R Y steam e STATE OFFICERS- ■ - m a r g u e r it e o -------------3= 2 win m*ke T H E LUCK O F A H O U SE T R A V E L E R S ’ GUIDE T R A V E L E R S ’ G U ID E. | , S te a m e r R o b a rts V /ill m ak e re g u la r o lovernor................................. T. T. Geer. I cretary o( S ‘a te ............... F. I- Dunbar. r e g u l a r d a i l y t m f s 'reasurer......... .................... F. 8. Moore. upt. Public Instruction J. II. Ackerman tate Printer....................... W. II. Leeds. ttorney General D. R. N. Blackburn ........-........R. 8. Bean THE STEAM ER ................F. A. Moore . ...O . E. Wolverton edge Second District. J. W. Hamilton rosecuting A ttorney.. .Geo. M. Brown trip s from ” F lo r e n c e to C oos B a y F o r passenger an d freight ra te s — APPLY TO — M eyer & Kyle, W ill carry freig h t an d passengers from F lo ren ce to San Francisco. G W ill also b rin g up freight . . . *** *** F o r fu rth e r in form ation inquire - A - Z E Florence, O r. t l D S T A G E I l S r E What does it do? It causes the oil glands In the skin to become more active, making the hair soft and glossy, precisely as nature intended. It cleanses thescaip from dandruff and thus removes one of the great causes of baldness. It makes a better circu­ lation in the scalp and stops the hair from coming *out. K L IN 0 . H. H. B arrett, Prop’r, lerk ........................................... F . U. Lee Stnge Leaves Steamboat Landing on — OF — lieriff .......................W. W. Withers reasurer..........................A. S. Patterson the Umpqua for Florence Saturdays. A . W . B E A D L E & CO. ¡ssessor..................................... D. P. Burton Returning, Stage Leaves Florence sliool Superintendent . W. M. Miller 14 C alifornia St, urveyor........... ....................C. M. Collier Sundays. San Francisc.o, C alifornia. oroner.............................AV. P. Cheshire istiee ol Peace.................C. IL Holden Extra Trips When Necessary ¡instable..............................E. A. Evans Charges Reasonable. ORTHERN Pacific, Ry. eugene - florence C IT Y O F F IC E R S . ......... W. IL Wi-atherson | •esident. “ O. W. Hurd Win. Kyle J. L. Dahlin M. Morris ard of Trustees ' IE . B a n g s , ecorder.....................John I. Butterfield reasurer..............................F. B. Wilson arshal............................ G. C. Cumpton c u o n ln » S le e p in g S E C R E T S O C IE T IE Í E le g a n t D in in g F. & A. M. Florence Lodge No. 107. T o u r i s t i Regular somninnication on second d fourth Saturdays in each month. E. W. C obb , W. M. B, M ills , Secretary. C a rs Single fare - - _ - $e.00 R o u n d trip - - - - 89.00 T ick ets for sale a t E . B a n g s’ C a rs i liv ery barn, E ugene, an d a t O. W. ! I l u r d ’s office in F lorence. S le e p in g ST . PAUL M IN N E A P O L IS A ll th ro u g h freight on th e stage e ith e r w ay betw een E ugene and M apleton, w ill be charged a t th e ra te o f tw o cents per pound d u rin g th e m o n th s of O ctober, N ovem ber, j D ecem ber, J a n u a r y , F e b ru a ry , M arch an d A p ril, an d one cent p er pound d u rin g th e m onths o f M ay, DULUTH A. R. General Lyons Post, No. 58 meets second and fourth Saturdays each month at 1:30 p. m. 8. B. C olvin , Commander. J. L. Fvitxiaii, Adjutant. FA R G O TO C R A N D FO RKS C RO O KSTO N W IN N IP E G H E L E N A «mt O. U. W. Perpettta Lodge, No. 131, i meets every 1st and 3d Tuesdays BUTTE :n month. Members and visiting m r t i i A r TC t r rl, r r ’V F T C jthren in good standing are cordially l i c K E i h rited to attend. A. 0 . F unkk , M. W. TO G. K notts , Recorder. C H IC A C O through A lex. P H IL A D E L P H IA NEW Patterson, M . D. Special a tte n tio n to P O IN T S E A S T a n d S O U T H R. M G en eral A g e n t. c urphey , § prop . § FLORENCE, OR. § I . F lo r : Oregon. 6 0 YEARS' E X P E R IE N C E P atents I HADE MAKI'« FRANK B. WILSON. E V E R Y T H IN G Attention NOTARY P U B L IC . FLORENCE. - - - OREGON F IK S T -G I.A 8 3 . to EUGENE Commercial Loan *3 Savings Bank Of Eugene, Oregon D. W . STIBB EH 3, Proprietor. F l o r s n o e . O i'e q o n . S e w i n g M a c h in e s w e m a n u f a c t u r e a n d t h e i r p r ic e s b e fo re y o u p u r c h a s e a n y o t h e r , O l l A N a B , M AHH . n Union Square, H. T . C A P I T A L Ltallaa, Toxae. Chicago, III. Ban F renciw o, C al, S t L o o t., Mo, A tlanta, 'Fa, FOR SALE BY T ables fu rn ish e d w ith a ll th e delicacies of th e season. 2,500 G ive us A G eneral B anking B usiness Transacted on Favcrabla Terms E lk P ra irie Hotel. T w e n tv -th re e M il e s W e s t Eugene. ON E U C E N E AND FLORENCE STACE ROUTE. U n it e d Good donlers wanted in every town. Write lor prices and terms to San Fran ! cisco, Cal. p r i n c ip a l c i t i e s o f t h e S t a t e s a n d f o r e i g n c o u n t r ie s . I n t e r e s t a l lo w e d o i l D em and C e r t if ic a t e s of D e p o s i t w h e n l e f t s t a t e d |* r i o d . i C o lle c tio n s r e c e iv e o u r prom p t a tte n tio n . | C i t y m id C o u n t y W a r r a n ts b o u g h t. W . E. BR O W V , P rssM en t. F . W . OSBURN, Cashier. n . A . P A IN E , V ic e P r e s id e n t . W .W . BROWN, A .s ’l Cashier. Ça cl,’» wyfarel OUB T S » D 7 ? yntrt TATSTO I OBTAilfXD. S« b 4 m rfceteh or p h o to w lffc I d . -i i ti< n f rtr* - rfcpertaato f •teutrbilit*. 4S-FAQE HAHD-BOOK n t r ^ U- fo U I.« r v f j r e u r - « A nd ftiQ | * | rm ú oa. WXIT2 FC» OCPT OF OÜK »FF.OIA1. GFrZB. nU U kSack' . Talir-.J ■iti' n evk/rn'tiiR by I a pAiwiit attom .y, anJ F T th T IKVWTQP. BH0ULÍ» *EAO XT k*f»e spt -Z »? ja U a t Addicts ; H.B.W ILLSOHâCO. P A T I H T L A W V tR S , 1«DroitBid< , W ASHINGTON, D. G. AC. A n v o n « s e n d in g a « k e tc U a n d d e sc r ip tio n m a y is^ ertaln o u r o r ln lo n f r e e w h e th e r as i in p r o b a b ly p a te n ta b le . C cim n u n lca - Btly oom flcentiaL H a n d b o o k o n P a t enu WRITE FOR CIRCUURS SSS*«S.,.f.sMw í-.¿tí»re< of . SlCdU.4 IS 6Ctt.B ASM A J 3 3 0 > PIAMO V»’s *xad trrr mupUtf V»*«/t4- fcl’HSI i !.Kt Yn arfll a« î V6”. lw M jy Frta Ut f l v An instance has recently occurred of I a well known man icfutdng for super- I Ftitious reasons to live in a beautiful honso ho hud built until some one elso, I a perfect stranger, hud occupied it for . some little limo. if ever there has been a superstition that appears justified by solid fact and precedent it is that which prevails nbout the bnlliling of a house. Few ; who erect costly mansions for their own use ever live to occupy them. An ill fate seems to bar tho doors of these abodes upon which has been lavished so much thought and money and hope Sometimes it is death and sometime» It is ruin that overtakes the owner. So widespread and so powerful Is this »trntgo superstition that ono finds even an intellectual man like Lord Salisbury insiating on leasing to strangers for sev­ eral months tho beautiful home which he h is had erected for himself at Bean- lien, on the Riviera, before ho will con O P P O S IT E sent to occupy it himself or to permit any member of his family to cross its H O T E L E U G E N E tho «hold. Lord Sullshury. however, has only to EUGENE, loojr round him in London to find ample gTL-unds for tlie adoption of snch ex­ Lane County, Oregon. traordinary and ai first sight unneces- e.'.iy precautions. Tho completion of Lord Revelstoke's palace in Charles PU N ISH IN G AN E D IT O R . T H E B ISC U IT DIDN’T R ISE street coincided with the bankruptcy of the great firm of Baring Bros., of T h e C a r to n s M e th o d A d o p te d I n A B ow a T o n n e Cook T h o u g h t to Bom ody which he was tho principal, and it has M o n th A m e r lc a u C o u n tr y . » M istake. remained ever since on exquisito monu­ Cut ions methods of punishing indis­ They had been visiting and while ment to tho futility of human hopes and creet editors are in vogue in soilfe coun­ away had heou given such delicious a tp bi lion. tries. In “ South American Sketches” •Mr. Sanford had hardly finished re­ Mr. Crawford describes the interesting ' homemade biscuit thut the memory of building the exterior of his magnificent experience of an editor who had bepn I them still lingered in the mind. Why unnaion in Curlton House terrace when unfortunate enough to give offense to } shouldn't they have such things them­ tho collapse of Argentine securities oc­ the ruling powers by the freedom of his selves? The mistress of the honse de­ rided that they should, if she hud to curred, involving him in ruin and com­ criticisms. moke them herself. What good wife pelling him to dispose of it to Mrs. Tho editor was arrested and confined would not bo w illing to take a little Mackay, of ••Bonanza" fame. In n narrow passage between the cages Tho Marquis de Santnree, having of two juguara, notorious for their bud trouble to please her husband? So In [nrchased tlio neighboring honse from tempera and their intense dislike for hu­ this virtuous frame of mind alio repair­ ed to tho kitchen, and there she stirred Lady Granville, spent a fortune upon man society. up her biscuit iu the most approved tlie reconstruction and adornment of The intervening space was so regulat­ tlie interior. But befcro tho work was ed that neither of the ferocions animals fashion, shaped them daintily and pa« completed lie in turn was overtaken by could get its paws quite to the middle them iu the pin. But she was not ao- the terrible disaster which befell the line between tho cages, so that a spare, oustoinod to this work, and it was not well known Anglo-Spanish banking active person, if very careful to follow strange that she should forget some of house of Murriotn. of which he wiib the the classical advice about the advan­ the ingredients. It was the baking pow­ chief director, und he had no alterna­ tages of steering a middle course, might der, a small hut somewhat important tive fmt to sell the house to Mr. W. W manage to pass without special injury, item in the construction of light bis­ cu it She did not once think of it until Aqtor though the achievement would be both the biscuit had boon lu the oven a few Tho downfall of Hudson, the railway exciting and dangerous. moments. Then, os she stood gazing king, occurred at the same time as the Our editorial friend happened to he completion of tho great house he wus stont, and therefore was the more easily admiringly at the outside of the range, which contained this urocious proof of having built for himsolf at the Albert reached by tho occupants of cages. gate entrance to Hyde pnrk, while in As if to add insult to Injury, ho was her culinary skill, sho suddenly ox- tlie same manner Baron Albert Grant given a chair on which to sit and at claimed: “ There, I forgot all alxmt the 1 witnessed the piecemeal sale of the gor­ the same time was furnished with a geous palace h.» had erected at Kensing­ copy of his own paper, the Issue which powder. ” Thnt would have been a 1 ton. but was never deetinod to occupy. had brought him into trouble, ¿n order This is why there are, comparatively, that he might meditate npon its con­ tng thought to most honsewlvea, b a t not to this one. She was a woman o f so few new» mansions of a pnlutiul char­ tenta expedients acter eithoT in London or the conntiy. He tried to ait motionless and holt “ Never mind,** she said aa aha hot- Persons possessed of adequate means upright, feeling those sleepy, cruel eye« and in need of either a town or country fixed upon him. At the slightest move­ rledly thought over various ways ef- residence prefer us a rule to purchase ment or the rustle of the paper unsoay mendiug matters; “ those biscuit have homes tiiat have been lived in to build­ muttering» arose from the cages, and a only been iu a short time, and 1 w ill ing new o n e s I t they do any building paw would stretch stealthily toward just sprinkle the baking powder over at all they, in general, cause it to take him. Leaning quickly to the other side, tho top, and it can melt and soak in. ** the form of additions to or alterations he was suro to he met by tho ugly daw s And she did, but the baking powder did not The housewife herself tells this of edifices no longer new. of tho second jaguar. It was a case of story of her cooking now with great Even then the owners endeavor to nnd Charybdis. glee, w hile her husband, being a patient safeguard themselves from the possibil­ Scylla Every few minutes the jaguars be­ ity o f danger by iettlng their residences came wildly excited and clawed fiercely man, never says a word about his port for the express purpose, as they »ay in at the shrinking editor, who, do his of it in the eating.—New York Tim es France, of “ wiping the dost from off best, could not escape those rending la a W.t | the plastered walls. ” “le o e ,” the editor eaid, “ th atyoa toe nails. His clothing was torn to Nowhere is this superstition more shreds, but except for . a few scratches have rhymed ’again’ with ‘rain.’ ” powerful than in Bavaria, whore many he was not really injured. “ Yessir,'* the office poet assented. of the most picturesque spots, especial­ “ Well, it doesn’t go. It may be all ly in tho mountainous districts, are right in the weather report, but yon asw AN E N C H A N T E D P IT C H E R . adorned with fairylike palaces. None of hired as a poet ”—Cincinnati Enquirer. tlii in has been entirely completed, for T h . R a ila a t a F a t a l K v . I t I s P r e - insanity and violont death overtook the a a r v e tl l»y S « * e r a t l t t o a . Im o k fl ae Th ey W ash. brilliant und accomplished King Lod­ About five milee from Aiken, S. C., Cigarette smoking is a common prao- wig. who conceived their design, bnt on the Charleston dirt road and lu tice among the ooitaed washerwomen o f unfortunately perished before their sight of the railway. Is n little place New Orleau* They lean over tbs tab completion. thnt was first christened Polecat, but anil make a quaiut picture as the i Nor even have the builders of many afterward changed 4o Montiuor^cj, tho i rolls from their lips.—Nebraska of tho splendid structures that adorn French for that odorous littlo animal. Jouruul. tin) French metropolis been more fortu­ Many years ago a young woman came nate. Thus M. Jules Grevy had scarce­ with her pitcher to draw a bucket of ly completed tho construction of his water from a well at Montmorenci and lordly mansion in the Avenue d’lenu set the vessel In the hollowed top of a when the scandalous behavior of his ■tone post that some of the railroad sou-in law. Daniel Wilson, overwhelm­ men had moved there. While drawing ed him with disgraco and compelled the watur a flush of lightning came that him to resign tlie presidency of the re­ Struck the chain to which the well public amid a perfect hnrricanoof pub­ bucket wus attached, and the woman lic obloquy was killed in her tracks. Her remains The Empress Engonie’s only sister, wero removed, but the pitcher was left tho lute Duchess of Alba, had not occu­ just where the dead girl hod set it. To Who trust to Dr. Pierce’s Golden pied tho lovely pnlaco erected for her this day the pitcher remains fu the Medical Discovery. It cures niiMty- in the Cham i* Elysaes more than a few same place, and, so far from being re­ cight per cent, of all who me fe. months before she was seized with a moved. it Is said that no living hand Old iorms of disease, obstinate sudden illuees and died there in a man­ has ever touched it save its'» owner's, cough, week In tics, spitting ef ner so mysterious as to give rise to ru­ although near the side of the public blood, weakness and cmadation son mors of foul play Tho building was road. perfectly and permanently cored kg? this powerful remedy. subsequently pnllod down. But the most wonderful thing is the Another equally unlucky honso is superstition attached to the pitcher. “ M y wife had hemorTlisge o f (he lun»>,” writes W . A. Sanders, Bs^ that now owned by the widow of tho There is an indescribable influence sur­ H era, M » « - i C»., W . Vs. *1Shs late Baron Hirsch. Situated at tho cor­ rounding it thnt prevents its touch. ten hiinorrhas*«, and the people ner of the Rue d<> I’Etysee and of the Hundreds of people havo gone with the around Iwre m id she would nevi w ell again. But she begaa to Avenue Gabriel, it was erected by the firm determination of lifting tlie pitch­ Dr. Picrcs’s Golden M edical Discovery Due de Monchy He had not occupied er, but when they approach it n strange and she soon began to gain streams tlie house more than a few weeks tiefore repugnance comes over them, and they and flesh A fter ta king ten bottles »he was e n tire ly w ell. I f say one dosbts It wus the scona of a during hr.rglary hurriedly depart without carrying out this, they may rn c lo w aeif addressed that covered its noble owner with ridi­ the object of their visit. envelope w ith staiup, and I w ill answer. cule Two months ufter. his daughter One night n bnlly in the neighbor­ Sick persons arc in v ite d to consult died tlicro so suddenly and under such hood, while under the influence o f Dr Pierce by letter f r r t o f e U ^ g t . ' strange circumstances that tho duchi whisky, made a het with soino friends A ll correspondence s tric tly privets. , would not Cona nt to reniniu longer In thut ha would go and bring back the Address D r. R . V. Pieroe, snch no 111 omened honao. —London pitches, He left to do so. but soon re­ B uffalo, N . Y . Mail ________________ turned »» psle ns a sheet and empty handed, “ Bays," he remarked, "no O l r d a T h a t P la y . person tliv e cad lay hands cn that Solns birds, like all children, like to pitcher, and I wouldn't attempt it 1 play and Australia and New Guinea again for the whole of Aiken county. ” j produce the “ bower bird. " which hnildr Ho refused to tell his experience nnd rcgulai playhouses These bouees are said ho would not talk about it. Other i n o t a purt •>( rn-ir nesta. hut sie con- partiia have gono to see it, hut met rtruct.d n-rally iu tee shape of covered with the same reunlslve feelings — ' trchwaya of little Doughs two or. three Cleveland Plain Dealer. feet king. 18 inches high and ubont rs N tthi© . , wide They use these houses simply for Mrs Hicks (shoppwgj— Hark I Didn't their games, as If they wets clubhouses | Hi-nernlly these playhouses are decorat­ I hear something smash? Bloks—Good heavens, yon havo good ed with bright colored shells an 1 feath- . era. jnst as chiMtun deoorots tuuir play­ ears. It was only we go. .g broke. — Uarlstn Life. houses. J. Y. Kauffman. Ayer’s Hair Vigor will surely make hair grow on ' bald heads, provided only there is any life remain­ ing in the hair bulbs. It restores color to gray or white hair. It does not do this in a moment, as will a hair dye; but in a short time the gray color of age gradually disap­ pears and the darker color of youih takes its place. Would you like a copy of our book on the Hair and Scalp? It is free. S tage leaves E ugene on M on- d ays, W ednesdays, and F rid a y s a t G a. m. a rriv in g a t F lo rence the day follow ing a t 10 a. m. R e tu rn in g stage leaves F lorence M ondays, W ednesdays, a n d F ri- P a r a dfty s a t 2 m * a r riv in S a t E ugene b u r S |j ie f l o w i n g d a y a t V p. ni. The price of all Men’s and Boy’s Suits. arc sold cheaper in our store than any other store in the County.' li P re ra ts a e d H Cures BKr SHIPWRECKED @ IN HEALTH A