" W V "T Í k»a «»« ¿¿“ <»S •« « -« m j *•» '.r*D n / W EST S i r 1* u r“ ‘ n*¿2 *>? * ^ 5 il !’ Í fi> >- HJR H O H E P A P E R S U P P O R T IT ? * s S j I A D V E R T IS E R S SIUSLAW’S ONLY PAPSB. fc- i O P P O R T U N IT Y 1 Z^- • li!u* ¿ t NO. 28. FLORENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY. Nov. 9, 1900. TR AVELER S’ GUIDE TRAVELERS’ GUIDE. STEAM ER REGULAR THE 3 ' wuhii , V -'^ '—O bb «« ( J ;; R . K in c aid . L . . J . R . H ill I . D . E d w a rd s .B . U . Lee L 8. P a tte rs o n . . . . . . . D . P . B u rto n jfc., W . M M iller “ B. M. C ollier ..G . W . G riitin . . . C. II» H o ld e n ¿ l.C . C u m p to n f '" ’ . . . . . . .G . C. C n m p io » th e U m p q u a for F lo ren ce S a tu rd a y s . R e tu rn in g , S tage L eaves F lo re n ce E x tr a T rip s W h e n N ecessary L U E L L A C h arg es R e aso n ab le. EÜGENE-FLOKENCE "Will carry freight and passengers S T A G E L IN E . from Florence to San Francisco. E. B a n g s , P r o p r ie to r .| W ill also bring up freight Stage leaves Eugene on Mon­ days , W ednesdays, and F ridays nt F or further inform ation inquire 6 a. in, arriving- a t Florence the day following a t 10 a. m. - OF— R eturning stage leaves Florence A. W. BEADLE & CO. Monclays, W ednesdays, and F ri­ days at 2 p. m. arriving a t Eugene 22 M arket St, the folio w ingday a t 9 p. in. San Francisco, California. M . M orris Wm B e rn h a rd t L. «Christensen D . W . Srihliens I ..'••• • * U N Single fare - - - - 5.00 R o u n d trip - - - - 9.00 Tickets for sale a t E. Bangs’ livery barn, Eugene, and at O. W. H u rd ’s office in Florence. Ail through freight on the stage either way between Eugene and Mapleton, will be charged a t the rate of two cents per pound during the m onths of October, November, December, Jan u ary , F ebruary, March and April, and one cent per , pound during tin, m onths of M a y ,: June, Ju ly , A ugust and September. R S P u llm a n S le e p in g IE 0 R E T 8 0 0 IE T IE S . C a rs NOTARIES. D in in g C a r s r o i flge N o. lötf. Rt io n o n second neh memth. y C obb , W . M . S le e p in g C a rs A. R. B U TTO LPH , N o ta r y P u b lic , S u r v e y o r 8T. PAUL F lo r M IN N E A P O L IS DULUTH j P ont, N o. AS g rth S a tu rd a y s TO O ro g o n HOP, FRANK B. W ILSON. FA R Q O ORANO FO RKS Commander, ■u, A d ju ta n t. CRO O KSTO N NOTARY PUBLIC. W IN N IP E O F L O R E N C E .-- - OREGON H E L E N A «nd BUTTE EUGENE T H R O U G H T IC K E T S | Loó «e, No. 131, 3d Tuesdays a n d v isitin g C H IC A C O ng a r e c o rd ia lly [FU NK«, M . W . W A S H IN G T O N TO P H IL A D E L P H IA NEW Of Eugene, Oregon YORK N o. I l l , m eets B O S T O N A N D A L L S uing in Ixrdge P O IN T S E A S T “ > S O U T H . B ro th e rs in For Inform ation, tim e cards, m a p . s lid tic k e t, t a tte n d . etc., c a ll on or w rite »w sky, N . G . R. M c M urphcy , at h e r so n , Sec. General Agent. R a.m a 2 and 4, Shelton Block, KDGKSK, ORKGOX. A i N o., 133, m eets sin g in M eyer A I O re g o n . B ro th - a rear, «tire pay. Hvnorty more thaneX|MTi- t* 1 M-e required. Uur rriew nee, anjr Iwnlc in nnv cltjr. Iv»»el«iae addir»-ed Y aw ped enrekwfw. k anufavturvr*, Third Fl««»r, :i3i Denrbom M., Cblrngo. CENTBALLV LOCATED. FR 2E SAMPLE ROOMS. T ram M * * « « D taiona CorVRtOMT« Ac. s «SH* .n« a«—d,<*»y "»J Mr nMW , rw. wlr»b»r Itfitfbooh t * : Hatrica». lew ‘ In every cough there lurks, like a crouching tiger, the probabilities o f consumption. The throat a n d ’’ S 'Y lungs become rough and in­ flamed f r o m coughing a n d t h e germs of c o n s u m p tio n find an e2sy entrance. Take no c h a n c e s w ith the dan­ g erous fo e . For 60 years there fibs been a per­ fect cure. What a rec- ord! Sixty years of cures. H .H . B arrett, Prop’r, S u n d a y s. STEAM ER P a c ific , Ry. .»..J o h n L Butterfield ............... / . « ) • W . llu r d L IN E . S tage le a v e s S te a m b o a t L a n d in g on Florence anfl Head of Tide. ............. F . A. M oore . .. C , 8 . W o lverton ,> . W . H a m ilto n . .Geo. M . B row n OFFICERS- S T A G E D A IL Y T R IP S —— Between —— ................It. S. Bean THE ATTEMPT TO FORM A COMPANY OF HOME GUARDS. M A R G U E R IT E , o ----- W ill m ake — . . . T . T . G eer. , ,F . I . D u n b a r. .. F . S. M oore. J . H . A ckerm an ,..W . H . Leede. D . R . N . B la c k b u rn A JE R IC H O F A IL U R E . • • . • • FIR S T-C LA S 8. HOTEL EUGENE* 1 HOUJtXB EC K BROS. A- BRISTOW. I’«,>r». R A T E S t l . 0 0 to EUGENE. »2.00 P E R D A T *«* OREGON. or* n s i t i < * i k fatsxt Qeleklr •ere I bmr <«4, «Itotrili or pbetk with OBTAOTD ««•moti-»* for froe r»pTrt»wtxi f-»*.-atei»•lit' '«r*lyr,r*«tU>A«»orkr s eetoat eterni-*, aaJ m jtY UTTll KOM O O fii *KAD Ti Iwforr stylet for paUat. illr w H.B.WILLSON&CO. PATENT LA W V tn», U M H M f , W A S H IN G T O N , P. C . P a p P e r k in « , t h e P o a d a M t e r , T e lls How D ill S p r in g 111« S c h e m e o n th e M e e t in g a n d H o w D inh B l l l l n « « Q a r e I t M S la c k E y e . [C o p y r ig h t, WOO. b y C. B . L ew i«.] I was glttln the m all ready to put Into the Turrytown bag when Hill Lnp- hnrn comes In. B ill runs a gooso farm just out of Jurlcho and boa bln glttln up lu the world llko a basswood tree. I'vo known fu r the hurt year that he wanted to do aunthln smart to git hls- self talked about, and when I seen him eome In with his chin In the air I s’pcct- i d he’d hit IL "Look here, pop,” he whispers, though wo was all alone, “ I ’ve struck the big­ gest, broadest, tallest, heftiest Idea ever thought out by mortal man, and I ’m hevln hard work to catch iny breath. I ’ll be hanged If my bead don’t swim and my knees wabble over It.” “Is It how to grow geese feathers on h e n s? ” says I, knowln ho’d bln ex­ perim ents In that direction. " I ’d tell you. pap, qulcker’n any oth­ er man In the United States, but I soothes and heals the w ounded th r o a t and lungs. You escape an at­ tack of consumption with all its terrible suffering and uncertain results. There is nothing so bad fo r the throat and lungs as coughing. A 25c. bottle w ill cure an ordinary cough; hard­ er coughs w ill need a 50c. size; the dollar bottle is cheapest in the lor.g run. "O ne o f m y sons wns «pitting blood v/ii.ii n hi^n fever »r.d w as very ill. We could tord ly ace any eigne o f lile in him . The doctor, did him no good, r ia l one hottie o f your Cherr'- Vectoral cured liiinar.d in v c d h U lite ." C.O . A n io - c m o x , N o t . 10, loiiS. Pukwana, S. Dale. “ I'VR STBC’CK THR C1GUIUT 1DKA EVKB rKABU o r ." want to keep it to hit the crowd wtlh tonight. I w ant the biggest, bnstlnest crowd to gather here tonight that the town of Jericho has ever seen. Glvo ■ every man notice ns he drops In today, and nloiig about 7 o’clock I ’ll hev tho I lire hells rung and the horns tooted, j Tell 'em It’« a big thlug. pap; tell 'em It's simthiu that's bouud to Jump thia (her own «election) to e*ery Bubucrlber. Be autiful eoi» town over a teu r„ll feuce and make ored lithographed piatte and Illustration«. Original, U.b*t, artlBUo. esquif ito and etri t t« s up-to-date designa. city lots wutli a thousand dollars uplecc.” There was a good deal of excitement around town that nfteruoou, and wheu night enme the crowd at the poatotllce was as big na the time when w ar was declarisl ag'in Simin. Moat of 'em Tres*making econowilee, fancy work, fieuaehold blot«, »’ art «torlo». currant toph i d « Subscribe to day. thought Bill Ijip bam was goln to de- Lalj 60c. ycar.y. Lady agente wanted, ocud for tenne. clar war ag’in Mexico or Canada, and every'nody was look in pale when Dea­ con Spooner called tho incetln to order und said: “Sons of freedom, we bev gathei-cd hei-u tonight to hour some remurks from our esteemed feller townsman, W illiam Ijip ham . and we kin take tt that them remarks w ill go bey a ad geese und goalln'a. Make your p’lnt. For ladina, ml««*«. M t « n i » « « • children. T ia t Uin «tylHh ” chic * effect not aitainc-l by the ora of an; Bill." •ther patterns Have no eqtioj iornylennd perfect «I **My p'lnt is this,** says BUI as he drnws a long breath and steps out to g it room. “ We nr1 now In the midst of the turmoil of a political cam­ p aign. Somebody is goln to be electeil. I ain’t sayln who It'll be, but the gold­ en opportunity fu r which Jericho bos Tjk-iir put together Onir io and 1» sent« m ca nun» sig h ed Is a t baud. When the newly aljrhftr. hold la n*«rly p*rry city und town or by m»uL Ask lor th u o . Absolutely w ry latest up to-datt> stylM. e le cte d official takes the oath o f of­ T IIE M cC A LL COM PANY, fice. iie w ill be escorted to and fro.” H i m »M l 14lk Ulrsst« • • • • Kr« Turk Cllj, R. I. " T h a t 's k’rect,” aaya Deacon HpooDer ns Blil pauses fu r breath. “The speak­ e r a in ’t th ro u g h ylt, but he’s made a *T p’lnt ulrendy. Wheu he refers U tho turmoil of cnmpuign. It’s not only high llown language, but a strong p’ln t Go uliend. B ill.” JCivcatcfind Trade Mur« W obtained sn d jill Pat- : "T hat escort w ill not only do the pres- c t t b’u i'i •' g * cosi ;nrt l r t rnmilcst! advice, w rits th e Doc­ tor ir se lv . Add ram l>r. J. C. A y k r . Lowell, Maas. ;A F R E E îP A T T E R N to her." as!,) •Liberty or deathr As captain of tbs Jericho Guards you’ll find me at tbs fro n t and i f 1 don’t kill a t least seven Invaders a week you kin bounce me out.” “The seven uncles and seven Invad­ ers la a p’lnt, Moses," says the deacon, “and I ’m proud th at we both live In the same town. B ill Laphatn seems to be oneasy, and I ’ll ask him I f lie haa any­ thing more to say.” “ In the fust place,” says Bill. T d like to know If everybody Is In favor ,f organlzln the Jericho Guards.” Everybody swung his hat and yslled out that no was. “ In the second place, I ’d like to know If everylxwly wants to be captain.” Everybody swung his hat and yelled out that he did. “But everybody can’t be.” protested Bill. “ I don't w ant nobody to charge ine with beln selfish or conceited, bat I'm tefiln you th at this Ides Is mins nnd that I'm the man to boss the Jer­ icho Guards. I believe I'm the only man In this town who wanted to enlist to fight the Spaniards.” "B ill makes a p’lnt. nnd we eon’t de­ ny it," says Deacon Spooner, “but when I offered to lead them guards to victory or death 1 felt that I was the man to do IL I don't w ant to crowd B ill Lnpbnm out of place, but"— “Neither do we!” yell 40 men. “But he must see” — “ O f course he must!” Then thur was yellln and ihoutln and I a great uproar, and Bill Igipham said It was n doggoued crowd, and be could lick any two of ’em rolled together. Deacon Spooner hammered on tho stovepipe with his eaue till he could bo heard, nud then he said: “ I t appears as If we nil want to lead the Jericho Guards nnd die fu r our country, nnd It further appears as I f this meetln was glttln mud about aun­ thln. 1 notice Llsh Billings over by the ’leraes hnr’ls. Llsh, what d’you think about things? D ’you waut to be cnptnln. same as the rest?" "Noap,” replies Llsh Io bis keerless way. “ Ain't you w illln to die fu r your country?" “Not by a Jugful, but I f I was thnr wouldn’t bo any Jericho Guards to die with. You’ve a ll bln wastln your breath.” “ H o w ’s t h a t r ’’T h a r’s Jest Ofl men In thia town." continues Llsh. “nud when the w ar was goln on and thur was talk that it might come to a d raft the hull crowd of us went to the doctors to bo examin­ ed. We bail busts and ruptures and short legs and sprung knees. W e had consumption and rheumatism and heart trouble. W e was deaf and nigh sighted and toothless. T h a r wasaft one blessed critter In the hull 04 who was fit to Jump over a tow string or chaw oesDUts. and 1 kinder reckon we'd better git sunthln 'o f t to eat fo r breakfast and carry each other homo." If. Quan. MULES, RATS ANO MEN. B H a e ra S h o w W ls d o a s I n P o v l o d H o o d to O e r t a t « r k e a e a « « « , ••Well, that isn't lu p en tltto ttj I f « reality," and the coal mine Inspector didn't seem a bit pleased w ith the suggestion that superstition might sometimes be responsible fo r the ac­ tions of miners. “Coal miners," ha w ent on to say. “are not superstitious. H e ar noises 1 O f course they do, but do people sup­ pose those noises are Imaginary? i t beats all how little Is known generally about coal mining. "Folks get It Into th eir heads." the Inspector continued, “that a man who w ill quit work In a certain part of a mine because he sees the rats desert­ ing that section Is superstitious when, ss a matter o f fact, he simply displays sound Judgment Very soon a fte r the rats quit sounds w ill be hearth and later on a slide follow a W h a t would have happened to the man had be credited his fears to superstition by disregarding tho exodus of the rats and the subsequent noises? “ Kats are the first of a mine's Inhab­ itants to realise danger, and then comes the mule. Man Is the la s t Bo It la only natural that he should take as positive Indications of trouble the actions of the others, and he should not he regarded as a superstitious creature on that account. "A fte r ruts desert nn entry It la next to Impossible to get a mule Into I I not because the rats left, but because the mule realizes the ilnngcr. I s'ft to themselves rats or mules would never I be enught In slides In inluus, but It Is different with men. who w ill not fol­ low the lead of the other two.“—Dew- i ver Post A C ra s l Jo k s . A Ynle Summit girl recently played • cruel joke on her mother, and this Is how It happened: She occldeutally found a love letter that her father bad written to her mother In the balycon dnys of their courtship. Site read the letter to her mother, substituting her owu name nnd that of her lover. The mother raved with nnger and stamped her foot In disgust, forbidding her ilnnghter to hare anything to do with a man who would w rite such nonsen­ sical stuff to a girl. The girl then gave the letter to her mother to read, and the house bernnte so suddenly quiet tbst she could bear the cut winking IB the back yard.—Salisbury I ’rx-sn. flovvn a e S Un. “ Ilctlo, Mike, do yuu Uud much to do now T' “ Yls. I ’m Jest afte r cuttln down a trnc, nnd tomorrow I ’ll have to cut It up.”—Albany Journal False friendship decays. Is libs Ivy and ruins the wall It embraces, I true friendship gives new life and I matlon to the object It supports. Never say die. Expire sounds mil better.—Chicago News, A N IG H T O F T O R T U R E IT BROUGHT A FORTUNE TO ITS IN ­ NOCENT VICTIM. Twtee SSrM« V» >V LgaehOM, erw aeh VtahlwsSeA » 4 S»OXMM r n a U te A a s a tla a S s . Late In the fifties George W . K ing was the proprietor of a hotel la Ox­ ford, 3d miles from Lafayette. lad . la 185U a stranger arrived at the hotel and gave hla name as D r. Rowe. H e tokl K ing that be bad no money and asked to be trusted for his board till he could get practice In the place, promising to pay him aa promptly us possible. King consented to the arrangement, and Rowe soon liecame a favorite with thw people on account of bis couipunk»n- ablr disposition nud superior Intelli­ gence. The doctor, however, fell deep­ er and deeper In d eb t H e had beuu at the hotel for nearly a year when King reminded him one morning that be had not paid anything ou bis board MU for three mouths. The eonveraa- tlon. tt afterw ard uppearetl. was over­ heard by some one In the hotel, though nothing was thought of It at the tltua. A week a fte r the conversation ltowe was called out late at night to see a tsttlent and failed to return. Days istnsvd without any word from him, and bis disappearance soon was connected w ith the conversation that had passed between him and the landlord abottt the uupald board. One night three months later a party of disguised men entered the hotel and, overpowering King, took him to a woodland adjoin­ ing the town. H e recognized the voices of several of hla captors and especially of the leader, who told him that he was sue- peeled of murdering ltow e and de­ manded that he confess. King stoutly mslutalaed his luuoceuce. and the leader of the molt ordered bis com­ panions “to string hliu up.” A ropw was placed srouud his u iw k. a doaets men pulled dowu s stout limb, over Which the other end of the rope WM- thrown. and when the lluib was re­ leased It carried Klug off his feet andt le ft him hanging Ity the neck. He was nearly unconscious wheu let down and agulu ordered to confess. A fter much delay he was tvetored sutUcleutiy to understand what was said to him, and be again refused, de­ claring hla Innocence and aaylng be did not know w hat had become o< Rowe. A second tim e be was strung up and a second time let down, bot life was nearly extinct, nnd be was much longer la being restored than be­ fore. The luckless landlord knew he could not pass through another such ordeal, and live, so be consented to cunfv««. H e purposely lengthened the eonftw slon In order to g n lti time, ami ssld- that he and two ingu, unni«*d Huger» and Haggard, had poisoned some whis­ ky and Induced Howe to drink It, aud afte r hla death they had buried h im In a hollow some distance nwny. Ih was nearly daylight wheu the confes­ sion was made, and the lyuehers de­ termined to take King to Jail In Lafa­ yette and then arrest Rogers and H a g ­ gard. Before tbs JaU was reached day had dawned, and King recognised hie rap tors as members ot tho Horae T h ie f Detective company o f Banton. W arren and Tippecanoe counties, nearly all o f whom were known to him. Confident o f hla guilt, tlse men made no attem pt to conceal their Indentlty. Ro great was the excitement and so Intense the feeling ngnlnst K ing that he waived examination and went to Jail, hoping- that something would turn up to es­ tablish his luuoceuce. Prom the >11 at lA fs y rtte K lu g ad­ dressed letters to editors of papers In* (.'Inctnnalt. Chicago. BL Louis, Ixmls- vllle and other cities, setting out the circumstances of hla confinement and asking them to keep hla letter In tho- papers lu bn|we that ,t might fa ll un­ der Howe's notice. The appeal was a pathetic one nnd was copied Into many papers throughout tbs north wesL Tw o weeks after Ito first a p pi-a rance D r. Rowe rode Into Oxford and. at­ tended by a number of cltlxeus, pro­ ceeded to Istfayette. where his appear­ ance caused the Immediate release o f the accused htadlonl. Io ex pis nation of M » disappearance Rowe sold be bad left hla home In the cast on account o f domestic troubles: that he had learned that Ills w ife was on her way to Ox­ ford and he had determlowl to le a v e tbs place eeeretly In order to prevent her from learning where he had gone. H e liad gone to s little town In south­ ern Illinois, and It was there that Mr- learned that the mao who had be­ friended him wes suspected of his mur­ der and was lu Jail In Lafayette. As soon ns King was released bo brought suit ngalnst 32 members of the Horse T hief lietertlve company for fitl,onu each and also agnlust the com­ pany as a coiqsii-atlon. Thomas A. Ileodrk-ks. afterw ard vlcu president waa bis counsel, but the case was not allowed to come to trial, the lynchers rout promts! ng by paying King fUS.GOQ. W ith this money lie purchased a farm and other pr»>t*eety near Isifayefte. where lie lived tIU his deatli. nt the ago of IB years.—Indianapolis Corrcspoud- A RotoesU l« » e le r . “ Papa." said Tommy Trvsdw ay. “ Now. Tommy.” replied Mr. Tread way. “ I shall answer only one more question today. Mu be careful w hat "Yes. paps.” “W e lt go no.” •W h y «ton’t tt» 7 So nr-H o ueeb oh AI l Ws A« This Is tha eys «M ttty of ssnss ih» Duad