THE W EST t j A D V E R T IS E R S SIUSLAW’S ONLY TAPS?.. O P P O R T U N IT Y YOUR HOHE PAPER > S U P P O R T IT ] OREGON, FR ID A Y, May 4, 1901), FLORENCE STEAM ER o — Second D istrict sating Attorney TRAVELERS’ GUIDE A QUEER EXPLOSION spiwis o! sacce» S te a m e r R o b a rts HOW A MOUNTAIN LOCOMOTIVE CAME TO AN UNTIMELY ENO. A vacant chair and a _ portrait on the wall—strange symbols of success I Yet, in many a nonie these are the symbols of the success of the man who did not find time to care for his health, or neg lected the increasing warnings of disease TRAVELERS’ GUIDE iENERAL DIRECTORY M A R G U E R IT E , Will m ake regular W ill m a k e ------- . . . . T. T. Geer. R E G U L A R D A IL Y , ,F. I. Dnnliar. ----Between----- .. F. S. Moore. J. II. Ackerman .. W. H. Leeds. . N. Blackburn . . . ,R. S. Bean .. .F. A. Moore E. Wolveiton J. W. Hamilton Geo. M. Brown T R IP S trip s M any a school« girl is said to lazV a rd s h iftle s s from Florence to Yaquina Calling nt ALSEA. And from doesn’t deserve rp iffith e least bit of it. She can’t study, easily falls asleep, is nervous and tired all the time. And what can you ex pect? H er brain is being fed with im pure blood and her whole system is suffering from poisoning. Such girls are w onder fully helped ar.d greatly changed, by taking Florence to Coos Bay Calling a t the EM PQUA. F or passenger ami freight rates — APPLY TO — M eyer & Kyle, Will carry freight and passengers front Florence to San 1’ raneisco. W ill also bring np freight . .E. O. Potter. j ............W .. W. T. Bailey ’ Ì ........ H H. 1 D. Edwards F or further inform ation inquire ......... E. U. Leo - OF — W. W. Withers F lorence, Or. S T A G S I_iINZ33. H .H . B a r r e t t , P r o p ’ r, Stage Leaves Steamboat Landing on the Umpqua for Florence Saturdays. .A. 8. Patterson A. W. BEADLE & CO. D. P. Burton sor. ............... .. W. Returning, Stage Leaves I1 lorence M. Miller 14 California St, tl Superintendent , .C. M. Collier ;yor........................ . W. San Francisco, California. Sundays. P. Cheshire ner........ . ............... Extra Trips When Necessary ce of P eace......... . .C. H. Holden . . . E. A. Evans ta b le---- Charges Reasonable. ORTHERN Pacific, Ry F. B. Wilson I ■d of Trustees M. Morris Wm Bernhardt L. Christensen D. W. Stibbens teurer sh a l.. P u llm a n B, M ills , T o u ris t ST. PAUL M IN N E A P O L IS DULUTH A. tt. General Lyons Post, No, meets second and fourth Satur tacli month nt 1:30 P- >"■ 8.Y>. C olvin , Uommandi J. L. Fue.sisii, Adjntai *U. W. Perpetua Lodge, No. 131, toots every 1st and 3d Tuesdays month. Members and visiting .reihiryood standing are cordially od to attend. A. O. I unke , M. W • KxamV Recorder. grand St.flO a hottie. fo rks CRO O KSTO N HELENA THROUGH TICKETS “ One b o x o f A y er’s T ills cu red to y d y sp e p s ia .” L .D . C a k d w i l l , J a n . 12,181)3. _____ B a th , I f. Y . All through freight on the stage either way between Eugeno anil Mapleton, will he charged at the rate of two cents per pound during the m ouths of October, November, December, Jan u a ry , F ebruary, M arch aud A pril, and one cent per pound during the m onths of May, June, Ju ly , A ugust aud September. PROPERTY C H IC A G O Alex. W A S H IN G T O N NEW Lodge No. I l l , meets evening in Lodge gon. Brothers in J to attend. Alexander, N. G. E. A. Evans, Sec. P atterson, M. D P H IL A D E L P H IA G a rd in er, O regon. Y O RK BOSTON ANO A L L P O IN T S E A S T «»'I S O U T H For in f o r m a t io n , titn eca rd R , m a p s a n d t ic k e t s Special attention to Diseases of the Eye. e t c ., c a ll o n o r w rite R. MCMURPHEY, NOTARIES, 4, G eneral A g en t. R o o m s 2 an d S h e lto n B lo c k , E U G E N E , O R EG O N. 0 . 0.1^. Maple Lodge No., 139, n every THursday evening in Ne ill, Seatoii, Oregon. Brothers in inding invited to attend. G e o . B. G a m p , N. G, F e e d 0 . P eil , Sec. A- D- C H A R L T O N , A ss is ta n t G eneral P a sse n g e r A g en t, 255 M orrison S t., Cor., srt. P o r tla n d , O r, mMts in-I. o . O. F. hall in Florence E V E R Y T H IN G first - class . Special CH directory Attention to » * Travellers. A. C. WOODCOCK, Attorney «it Law, NOTARY PUBLIC. » L O R E N C E .-- - * * OREGON EUGENE Commercial tR IA N CHURCH, Florence, »Sabbath service; Sabbath- i'clock a. n t . Preaching 11 D. W. STIBBENS, Proprietor, I. and 7 p. in. Sacrament of 'supper on 1st Sabbath of F io r a n o » , O r e g o n , April, July and October. Is welcome to all the services. |uests Christians to make Tables furnished w ith all th e known. I. G. K sotts , Pastor. delicacies of the season. Give us ATTORNEYS Notary Pdblic, Surveyor FRANK B. WILSON. O O F. Irene Encampment, No. 42, e Meond and fourtli Friday of earl, »nth. Members of tliii degree aro rdialiy invited to attend. x V W m K yle , C. P. « ■ § £ .. J ohn L. F u b s i s i i , Scribe. A. R. BU TTO LPH, FLORENCE, OR. J. F. TANNER, prop . Loan s Savings Bank Of Eugene, Oregon a call. A G e n e ra l B a n k in g B u s in e ss E lk P r a ir ie H otel Transacts! T w e n tv -th re e M ile s W e s t U n ited S ta tes n ud fo rei» n co u n tr ie s. In te r e st a llo w e d on D em a n d C ertifica tes eti D ra fts is s u e d o n th Favcrab'w Terms p r in c ip a l C itic-io f th e of D e p o sit w h e n le f t s ta ted p erio d . C o lle c tio n s re c e iv e o u r p ro m p t a t te n tio n . O regon m s 7 a n d S M c ljtr e n 's B u ild in g , n tio ii g iv e n to c o l le c t i o n s a n d pro- irenne, Orecon, BO YEAF13’ C ity a n d C o u n ty W arrants b o u g h t. ON E U G E N E AND FL O R E N C E S TA G E RO UTE. M o ney Saved By P a tro n iz in g it e x p e r ie n c e W . E . BR O W N , P r e sid e n t. D. A. PAINE, P . W . OSBURN. C a sh ie r . , W . DROWN, V ice P r e s id e n t. A s s t C ash ier, “ For six years I w a s a v t e » l m o f d y s » 1 to u lil <»t n o th in g t u t m ilk t o a s t , and n t »'“ ’f ’" / « ' ( ’"’VfcJ'r'i», i n o t r e ta in raid d ig e s t e v e n t h a t Lvtst M arch I b eg a n ta k in g C A S C A R E T S a n d s in c e tb e n 1 h a v e s te a d ily Im proved, t n '.ll 1 a u a s w e ll ts I e v e r w a s iu ir.y lif e .” M _ n e p s la in t ’- a w o rst form . D avid U. M ohphy . Kcwark. O. T rade M arks D esigns CcwvRtcHTS Ac. ntliic flmirkati h is c o n tin u o u s re sid e n o a u p o n a u J f u lt lv a t i o o f sa id la n d , v is : C h a rley B a ile y , o f M ea d o w . O r eg o n , E W a ite, o f A e h m e , O regon , 1’ J iio k so n , o f Map! to n , O regon , W P B a ile y , o f M ea d o w , O regon. emme ihm . Ktraitcht« H O L L K M M C K BRO9. A BRIrfTOW, r*o p *. RATES SI.00 to $2.00 PER DAY New York n a m ed s e t t a r lia s Hied n o tic e o f Ills iu ta n tlo to m a k e d u a l p roof in su p p o rt ° f '“is c l do». »" t h a t s a id P roof w ill be m a d e b efo re C. I H o ld e n , U. S. C o m m is tlo n e r , a t PI,m um O regon , oil H ay l'J, Itusi, vlx: l . f a y e t l o B orin on l i b H . E. S o . 710! for th e BE H KK J4 i S p HE '4 dec 7 A 14 ffW 14 See i T 1 1 » , C 1 i Z4IIe n n riM th e fo llo w in g w itn e s s e s t o pro, J . T . m t in o g e . R eg ister. FRET SAMPLE ROOMS. ■s ten lin g a sketch and/.eserin tlon may ascertain nnr ep in loa free wheaaer s a iu Is nrnhably patentable. Comnionica- E tiy n uOdeittL-.L n -n d b u o k o c Patents O. , n 1—t -eew ey fat securing patents, t i Lakan tu t a u k N ntin A t a retwlvs p t t a , with.wit choree, la th e EUGENE, »f* OREGON knt. raUtxbte. ¡ever \Yc>fc*n.*,r Grip«. JS CURE C O N STIPA T IO N . ... T*y*. *11 «1 gnarantrcfl by an <nufl C V B K T tu a cc o IlatoiU which Nature gay* him. When the stomach is" stesk" and food la Imp«* f ectly digested and assimilated, it W only a question <w time until ths break-down coeaea. The stomach very center of vi tal power and mast be kept in health if sickness ia to he avoided. Doctor P ie r c e ’s Golden Medical DiacovetT cures diseases <T the stomach m m other organa of di gestion and nutri tion. It increase» the supply o f p«M^ rich blood, a n a U ttw | The sluggish liver made active by Dt> NEW ORLEANS POL1TENES8. E ig h t E - ln c a t a T o itr I t o w c l s W it h C a a c a to » » . Car.dv C a th a r tic , eu ro c o n s tip a tio n fo rev er, k- 25«. If C .C .C . f a ll, « ir u g g lsts refu n d m oney. be the most hcatitlfnl »eat I d England. The large baron’al hall 1» a magnificent room. It 1« decorsted with the moat perfect specimens of armor, furnished In a luxurlcns manner, nnd ran»«te» of flowers and large palm» sliound on ev ery side. M en H e lp » S tr a n g e r H o u s e a t N ig h t . to F in d B- “ I was given ft good example of south- ern politeness the other night,” said S- gentleman from the north. “ I had gone to the Comas ball and had agreed to es cort a lady home. She was also a stran ger iu the city and was stopping with some friends on Bourbon streot, about three blocks the other side of the open houso. As it was only a short distance we decided to walk. I was of oourse totally utinoquaiuted with the street and when we left the lights of the open house I felt very much at sou. The houses were dark and I could not see the numbers, and it was only by the number that tho lady oould identify het boarding place, us she had only been- there once. “ Ahead of me was a small m a n asked him if he knew where the nun», her was. He answered very politely ! that he did not, but was going that w ay and would help me hunt. He told an other man in front of him about it, and- that man told some of his friends. In » few minutes the gentlemen had fvdimd an advauce guard in oui Interest We walked calmly behind w hile they wand In front, ou either side of the atreeK striking matches and looking for number. There were eight of them, and> their matches would go oft one after the- other. It was a regular flambeau pared«. I was overcome. ’Here it Is,’ shouteA an advance scout. “ We approached the house rapidly and found the eight gcntlomen standing ! before i t It was almost w ith emotion I that I raised my hat aud thanked then for their efforts. ‘Nothing at all, ’ they said politely, nud the entire eight raised i their hats and walked into the dark- dcss . "—New Orleans Times-Democrat. T b » m illn c v n n d C oolnsr. Uncle George—You do not appear to think tt necessary to spend so much time nt homo ns you <ll<l when you were first married. I suppose the bill ing and cooing nrc nil over now. Harry—There doesn’t seem to be much of a let up In the billing, find, as for tho cooing. I am dreadfully afraid of it. It Is sure to mean a new hat or a new gown or a new some thing.—Boston Transcript. S k la . •{ w u g sufferer Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. W n n S e d tn t r r «be P r e s id e n t. The IVaHliington Star say« Hint n big. gawky country ln<l went to tlie White House the other t in y Just ax the presi dent had gnno out for a morning stroll. “1 want» ter see the president.” he announced to the first ninn he met. “ Well, there goen tho president now,” said the man addressed. polDtlng to the president'» i-etrcnilng form. “Hern my Hruc!” t l i e yobnq man ejaculated. “He walks Junt like nuy other man,” and the fellow struck out so that be could gel close eucitgh to see the president wcIL ■■■ I ■ - ,mJ from w h a t t h e d oc t o r , ca lled in d ig e s tio n , b u t after t r y in g eereral .m b n en t p h y sicia n s failed to g e t a cu re ,’ writes Mr. F ra n k M ertcle, o f In d ep en d en ce, J a ck so n Co., Mo B ox 473- “ S om e of m r s y m p to m e were so ren ess in p it o f stom ach , fu lln cM , tired feel in g , c o n stip a tio n ; s o m etim es so ren ess wotsta e x te n d to b o w e ls. S om e o n e recom m en d ed m , to ta k e Dr. P ierce’s O olden M ed ical pi«“ ” */; w h ich I did, a n d after ta k in g o n ly ¿ o t t iM o f ‘ D is c o v e r y ’ a n d y ° u r • P leaM n t P t l.e U sa y I derived m ore b en efit from th e m than any o th er m e d ic in e I ev e r tried . I lm ganio gam flesh from th e start. H ave recornmcnaCQ It Mr o th ers a n d w ill co n tin u e to d o ®o." utca lute on account of having to p u t t , _ out a crippled engiuo. 1.129. She b u tt burned out her tiucs aud had to be titus«1 hauled to Graud Junction for repairs. “That night about 10 o'clock, after 1 ' had passed tlowu the Suit Lake ex press. I heard the freight coughing up the long grntle from (Tear Crock. There was a snowstorm raging, aud the wlud howled around the atutlou like the j mischief. When the overdue 0:20 pull ed Into the shelter of the big snow- sheds on the wind swept summit, the first thing 1 asked was, ’Where’s the < dead engine?' ••’Behind llie doghouse:’ shouted the i ‘con.’ But ns I held my lamp above i my bead I failed to see IL 1 was Just about to call bis attention to It when, I during a lull In the storm, we plainly beard the familiar rattle of the rails ns the runaway engine flew nt light ning speed down the mountain. No. 1,129 had broken loose aud was tear- I lug down the grade to destruction. “I jumped and pulled the lever which S e w in g M a c h in e s w e m a n u fa c tu r e a n d th p r ic e s b efo re y o u p u r c h a se a n y o th e r . I opdnctl the spur switches. This I ' knew would prevent a smasbup, as the THE O K3KE SEWiXS MWKISE DO engine would run up ou the switchback M ASS, Bfc. Louis, Mo, ts U nion Sqnaro, N . Y . Chicago, III. nud come to a stop. But I was too A tla n ta , Ga. Dallas, Texas. Bsn Francisco, Cal. itte. Almost nt tho some Instant I FOR SALE BY threw the lever a terrific explosion was L o n d o n * ! G r e a t C lo c k . Whatever complaints rnny be made ' Good dealers tvauied in every town. ' heard from far down the mountain. 1 The runaway had exploded.” igninst tlie tone of Big Ben, tlie fa- ; Write for prices and terms to San Fran “ I thought you said a moment ago, iiious Loudon clock—and musicians say cisco, Cal. Mr. Alqulst,” Interrupted Tho Scltnl- It Is a terribly bad “E.” nt any r a te - | ! tar man, “that the locomotive was a every oue will acknowledge that the •dead onoT If she hod no fire under clock In the boose of commons tower her boiler, how could she explode?” | Is a wonderful timekeeper, not vary “That was the only thing I couldn’t ing n second lu time all the year understand myself,” the railroad man through. The mechanism for settlug replied. “1 could easily sec how the In motion tho massive hammer which dead engine could break loose on that brings out the tone of Big Ben’s 1(1 grade, and I could understand not ton bell Is very Interesting. The strik hearing Its descent during sucli a I ing machinery Is driven by weights of howling blizzard, but the explosion about a ton anil a half, which hang on ,«.1 article» aaU li usthoa. floored mo. The only theory which lu a shaft 174 feet deep, and It Is so ar a hü or « ne C».m. i Wl!-:Ou*l can l>e nny way solved the mystery was that ranged that after tho chimes are over r» oi «ecuring si ibuvribcrs a ttra rt' (.• Atures oi car.vi l Hang o' je c tf : the old kettle was blown up by corn- tho hammer falls on the big bell with ' pressed air. in one second of Greenwich mean A . . . . . ev I la »Ädi’U» t« o«.- Ke¿taUr •‘You sec, when tho engine broke , P IA N O I Ir.m in r. . time. _____________ loose from the freight and started W e « ri.4 our roir.pl- ie outfit »nd c»»y I I I . “ D „ r O ld J im .“ j down tho mountain the pistons In thu d e in « thibn Frets xl’ O our Mùmir.oih 1 remuin» ist '’ You v h üe s 'irptK -ù d (M ig h tci. wWh u»e “Corbett is my friend nnd benefac cylinders began to act as air com- • .' •v o n d ivrrat «M ortin. M of o " r prerrium». , , í / ¿ . l . L u Y - t - .............. .. . AiOOO.OO ‘ pressor». During the rough trip up tor,’’ says Mr. Jeffries. “I was once n Gol.1 »» J a W.'»» OO »’»ano. I» i « p a her throttle probably Jarred open, and Ills sparring partner, and he treated "sti ¿.-»rd to-d.iy for lull |»«rii .x r j , uo r.ct dU»y. t r r y h ng will be -.ent you F rO C’. as the speed Increased with every rev- ICNTLEwnMAN PJBLISH’NO COMPANY, > elution of hpr drivers her boiler soon l i f n i i e i r o t m t h JI m i h t l t ’V' V r w Ytn-li N , F. filled with compressed air. It was not long before those flying pistons had worked up a pressure of nearly 500 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION pounds to the square Inch, which came In faster than It could escape by the safety valve, and before the old ma chine reached Clear Creek her boiler o o l l c e l s h e r e b y g iv e n th a t t h e f o llo w ln j let go.”—Memphis Scimitar. CENTRALLY LOCATED rrw T s’ Ail droEglsto. If your bowels arc consti pated’ take Ayer’s Ptils. You can’t have good health unless you have daily action of the bowels. 25 eta. o box. Single fare — — - Round trip - - - Tickets for sale a t I C a rs livery barn, Eugene, and H u rd ’s office in Florence, S le e p in g S ecr eta ry P ro p rieto r. Stage leaves Eugene on Mon days, W ednesdays, aud F ridays at 6 a. m, arriving a t Florence the day following a t 10 a. nt. R eturning stage leaves Florence Mondays, W ednesdays, and F ri days at 2 p. m. arriving at Eugene C a rs the following day a t 9 p. nt. S le e p in g Florence Lodge No. 1( ¡oininiiuicfttion ou seco urditys in each month. E. W. Conn, W. M EUGENE-FLORENCE STAGE LINE. E. B a n g s , s John I. Butterfiehl ..........F. B. Wilson .G. C. Cumpton H undreds of thousands of schoolgirls have taken it during the past 50 years. Many of these girls now have homes of their own. They rem em ber what cured them, and now they give the same medi cine to theirown children. You can afford to trust a Sarsaparilla that has been tested for half a century. In Nicaragua.” said a visitor who ia largely Interested In mining In Central America, "1 had on opportunity of see ing how the lazy natives tap nature’s till when they need soino small change. “Near our camp by the river wan a but occupied by a typical Honduranian family, consisting of husband and road mail, relates the story or n c u r i wife, grandfather and grandmother ous wreck, the facts In which he wll. ■ and a dozen or so of assorted children. vouch for. ' The only one of the crowd who did ‘•It Is such a remarkable thing,, salu anything except rest and smoke was Mr. Alqulst to a reporter, “that I fear the wife. At Intervals of perhaps a many will be inclined to brand It as week she would sally out with the •pipe.’ I have been railroading now I family tlnpan, erstwhile used for cook for over 20 years, and never lu all my ing, and proceed to nn old plucer dig varied experience have I seen such a ging on the river bank. There she unique and complete wreck as the oue would squat, throw a few gourdfuls 1 speak of—that of engine 1,120 of the I of dirt Into the pan. fill It with wa Klo Grande Western. Railroad men ter and begin the usual circular motion will tell you that locomotives seldom of gold washing. explode nowadays, but 1,120 did and I “She wns very skillful and would in a very peculiar way. i i keep a little sheet of dirty water spray “At the time this wreck occurred I ing over the edge like a mlulatuie was holding down the Job of train dis cataract When the water was ex patcher at Soldier Summit, Utah, aud hausted, a few spoonfuls of sand a tough old Job It was. Never been , there, 1 suppose? Well, Soldier Sum mit is a station ou the top of one of the Wasntch divides, a bleak aud lone ly place, where the Itlo Grande West- I I ern has a roundhouse and coal chute . located. At the summit are long snowsheds covering the tracks. These sheds protect the lino from the win ter. And It Is only due to this method that a train ever gets over the moun tain. “On both sides of the mount-un the line winds down lu a succession of winding curves to lessen the grade. Running off from the railway are switches, which, diverging from the grade, run up Into the hills aud grad- would trade the whole amount tor 1 tially come to a dead level. T hese whisky; but. ns a rule, he brought back switchbacks, as they are called, are so tobacco, salt, ntenl or calico. “There are hundreds of native fami ! constructed that they can be thrown from any point ou the grade. And if lies who live In exactly that manner n train breaks In two while ascending In Olnnclio. Sometimes the woman ! the steep grade the runaway cars can ( will be lucky enough to strike a rich be switched ou to one of these spurs, j pocket that will yield a dollar or more i where the breakaway finally stops aft- j n igtn, but they never dream of wash or It has run up the spur as far as the J ing It out nt ouce aud getting a stake. momentum attaiued iu Its descent will It simply means that they enn secure their usual amount wyfti less work. ’— New Orleans Tlnies-btinocrat. . I ths- paralysis. Tito proportion is probably net high in any army, tho majority. It in health, being able to do their duty < aud having intense motives to do it, but ueithor is tho proportion high of those who literally foci no fear.— London s p e c ta to r ._______________ A C y e ll .t a ' P a r w I tM . Cyclists in rural France are well oa- terud for In dulightful little couutriflcvl cates, with open air tables often set in an arbor of evergreens. A franc and a hHlf or two will get yon u perfection ol an omelet, n r late «lowed wild rab bit, soft chcoae. wine and black eolfee. and for an extra 4 sons cr so tlie wait ress, if the wheelman is uugallau* enough to let her do tt, w ill iuflate his tires, the merest “ marclmud I'e vins” being nowadays tho proud possessor o f u standard pump.—Caterer. Warst ipe were <a i ¡Dually distinguish ed from , Jitrchaittim-u by their great« size. Now this distinction does not ob tain, and tho war vecsel is of a totally | didi ien t o-nstrnctioii. Au elephant etui carry about threa ioti» ou its hack. Each average human being has about 15,000 square feet of sktn to look after Bi',1 -How about that Honud »tramer y and nearly 8.00O.000 oil and sweat Jill—I guts» »he s all right. There's glands. The outer Layer of »kin 1» con stantly wearing off nnd runst be con a rumor achore that «he » afloat 3111 — That'« good. I hnaril there was stantly removed to allow the nevr akin beneath Io form fresh, white aud l»eau- a tumor nfi.nit tiiat she was s»hors.-s Youkc-rs Ststiwman. tlfuL