Rogue River courier., April 29, 1897, Image 1

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An Independent Paper, Devoted Especially to the Interests of Southern Oregon.
PIPE COLLECTIONS,
The body of Charles Hoffman, a well-
know a citiien, was found in a chapel
about lour mile* from Brunswick, Ga.
lie had allot hiiaself thro ugb the head.
R» vt-if*rs iu business and luabUily to
get work were the causes for the act.
Arrangemeuta have been made for
taking a census of l/w Angeles. A law
was passed nt the last legislature au-
thariiing thia, with a view of securing
belter postal facilities.
Summer Delights
An exquisitely dainty­
line of Summer
WASH
FABRICS»
Tasty effects which we wish every Lady to inspect
and compare styles and prices with those offered
elsewhere.
WOLFF & ZWICKER
IRON WORKS
[INCORPORATED]
Portland
631 st WEEK.
GRANT S PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 29. 1897.
THIBTEENTH YEAR
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Oregon
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And All Kinds of Machinery
for Mining Purposes.
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BRIDGE WORK. BOLTS RODS IRON SHUTTERS CELLS
WINDOW GUARDS. DOORS. AND
Cast-Iron Structure Work.
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
ESTIMATES FURNISHED
Groceries!
First-class goods kept in stock and sold at
the lowest prices, quality considered.
--------ALL KINDS OF--------
’ Staple and Fancy Groceries !
HARDWARE, TINWARE,
TABLEWARE.
Every article sold warranted as represented. Farm Produce tikeu
in exchange
J. M CHILES.
FOR PURE FRESH DRUGS
----- Go to the-----
CITY DRUG STORE.
I E. PETERSON, Proprietor.
ALL PRESCRIPTIONS filled by Mrs C. M Stone, a registered Phar
ma i-t of twenty three years' ex|->erience. and Patrons can rely
upon being served with accuracy and promptness.
"ouaiaiHV”
tl»n
s*o AFTER
The newly formed Farmers' club of
Fresno, which had its origin in a
farmers’ institute, has decided that it
will hold monthly meetings, at at each
meeting will have a paper upon some
inqortant agricultural topic.
Eastern and Loa Angeles capitalists
profxwe a mil lion-doll ar water project
in the Big Tejunga canyon, above Bur­
bank.
It is said that extensive placer mines
have been discovered on the Huruboldt
about three miles from Carlin, Nev.
With placer mines away from the rail­
road at Gold creek and along the rail­
road near Carlin, Elko claims to be the
El Dorado of the state.
Subjects of her Britannic Majesty in
Southern California will celebrate the
diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria at
Banta Monica, the committee in charge
having accepted the invitation of the
chamber of commerce of the city by
the sea for the loyal Britons to congre­
gate there June 22d.
All prospects indicate that Harrison
gulch, in the extreme southwest corner
of Shasta county, will be the boss min­
ing boom camp of Northern California.
Work is going on in many mines, and
quartz mills are in demand, while
buildings are going up as rapidly as
lumber can be procured.
Shasta and Redding sports have made
some good kills hunting pigeons lately.
The birds have been more numeroua
this year than for some time *yast,
though not so plentiful as they were
every season until the last few years.
They are feeding on manzanita blos­
soms, and make good “chemuck.”
A. M. I> we, a man about 50 years of
age, was arrested at Astoria for de­
bauching several little girls. There is
great indignation over the affair, and
the cltiacna may take the law in their
own hands. Rowe is a married man.
Thomas Watson, who was convicted
on April 16th of robbery in having
"rolled" a drunken man in a saloon al
Red Bluff, was sentenced to four years
in Folsom.
The Randall Banking company of
Eureka, Cab, an institution which until
a few weeks ago was supposed to be
one of the most solid on the 4»>ast. has
closed.
J. S. Murry, the cashier, is
said to be in Mexico, for his health.
Eli S. Dennison of Oakland has given
up hope of the appointment as superin­
tendent of the mint at Ban Francisco,
and is trying far the post masters hip of
Oakland.
Arrangements are being made at the
army
ba racks at Port Townsend,
Wash., for quarters for the officers who
are to superintend the construction of
ti e government fortifications on Puget
sound.
E. McNeill, president and general
manager of the Oregon Railway and
Navigation company, has denied the
rumor that negoations are in progress
for the consolidation of the Oregon
Short Line and Oregon Railway and
Navigation company.
The bicycle club of Bakersfield ha*
presented a petition to the supervisors
asking permission to remove the cobble*
stones in the streets of that town.
Mrs. Emma Harley of Phoenix, A.
T., died from the effects of arsenical
poisoning. Before she died she accused
her divorced husband of putting the
drug into a coflee pot in order that she
would drink it. The man is under
arrest.
Juftt a Little of the Gravy.
An ex-Confeclerate soldier of South I
Carolina Ulis this story to a writer in)
the Detroit Journal: “I bad a friend
who was a chaplain in our army—a
good man, as such men should be. Sev
eral of his own church members were in
the same regiment. He kept a sharp eye
on us. and tried to train us in the way
we should go. And, when we were
rather short f«»r rations, some of the
boys brought in a fine young porker.
‘Now, boys, that's wrong,’ said he. ‘It
is simply stealing. You ought not to
do It
" ‘Well, our consciences don't trouble
us, and yours wou’t trouble you when
we get this meat cooked. You will want
seine of it too. ’
" ‘No, I won't eat it I'd as soon eat
stolen meat. *
"But we divided it up among the
boys and proceeded tn cook a ham in the
best possible style. The smell of it fairly
made our teeth water, and when it wm
cooked we were more than ready for it
“ ‘1 here’s a flue piece. Cut that off
for the chaplain,' said one,
•• ‘No, I thank you,' said he. ‘I said
I wouldn’t eat it, and I won't, but’—
passing up his plate—'I'll take a little
of the gravy. ’ ’’
A. Had M Thtof
DiTOL MEDICI» (*,7 0 Bni
For Sale by M.
te
C lemmns
Oak
HOTEL
JOSEPHINE
N orth S ixth S trkkt , G rant ' s P ass , O r .
I This well-known and'popular Hotel is the Great Headquarters for
Cow mercul Men, Transient Families and Steady Guests.
It« sightly location insures re«t and quiet from the Inoue of loco-
tuot. v- .vhi’e the di.tari.-e - - 1 ' k fr m the depot is not enough to
cause inconvenience
j B <ard an l.Roms by the Day,[Week or Month
J. 0. BOOTH, PROPRIETOR
"Who «hall perMuada comiug ages, "
oaks a writer in the Chicago Times Her
aid, "that the busiest city in the world
harbors women who pursue whist as the
chief duty of life; who orrew up their
household finan*'« « to th* tightest pood
ble point in order to pay on < «¡x-rt $3
an hour for instruction iu its sacred
code; who meet over cor»I table» at V
o'clock rn the miming, hurry up their
marketing and hush up their children
in order to attend whist lancbeom at 1,
come home again wita vexM and wea
ried brains to sit silent at dinner, absorb­
ed iu regrets for leads uj ire turned and
sign ala unanswered, and wind up th»-
unregenerate day by lingering over a
whist table until midnight?"
Foiy Fr.4-
‘ ‘So you want to marry Krwt, de
yoo?" laid the father
‘ Y«a. papa.” replied the daughter. I
with ber arms about b>. »»^k
"And go away and ¡ear. m* all I
aJoue’-
“Why, on. papa’ I know Frwi will ba j
willing to leave mamma with your*— i
Yonkm »UPm.iu.
Mr, Pmay—Reading Uqu>U* a pa.
>ic«i with my huatamt
Mr. Drewer—8r> it la with mina
when he nada my nulUoar'i billal—
Uuodrai Fuu
BABY
MARKET
IN
LONDON.
llbmarck't M«er*ch*um Foretold the im­
portant Events of Ills Life.
Aa Ka<IUh Reformer « Tlaa to Provide
Home« fur Little One«.
One of the two greatest pipe collec­
tors who ever lived was Marquis de
Wat re ville, whose «mok ing^room in
Paru» haff the walls covered with costly
types. some of them worth.it ia claimed,
as much aa llO.oCO, and all arranged
with great beauty of design.
The other was tliv well-known Capt.
Bragge, of London, whose collection
was laJued al $500.000. who had agents
in every jMtrt of the known world, and
whose collection was deemed worthy
in 18S9 of being made a «pedal exhibit
during the summer season at the Crys­
tal ralace.
Prince Bismarck is a great pipe col­
lector, aixi the gem of hie collection lias
a curious history. Many years ago, ns
Bismarck was strolling in the suburbs
of Friedrichsruhe with his two hound«-,
lie w as accosted by a Bohemian peddler
and «¿J;cd to buy a plain meerschaum
pipe of the type that Bismarck most af­
fected. At firs* Bismarck declined, but
the peddler claimed for the |Mpe the
power of foreciuit, and told him he
would serve three emperors as minis­
ter, and that three important changes
in his life would be foretold by acci­
dents befalling the pipe.
Laughing, Bismarck bought the
|Mpe. He has since served three em­
perors. Two dai s before the historic
moment when he waa refused an audi-
*noe t he stem of his pipe separated and
came to pieces. Later he chipped a
piece from the aide of the- bowl, and
within a month he was pro*'ticaJly dis­
missed by the present emperor. The
third sign has yet to come.
William T. Stead, reformer, agitate*
aiui phkliiuthropist, han furni&hvff th«'
world a new sensation by establish­
ing in London a baby market. The
baby market, or, as some term it, baby
exchange, ia a prettily-furainhed suite
of apartments iu one of the eminently
respectable jxjrtions of the English me
tropolia. The object of attempting thia
experiment was to create an institu­
tion that woul<i provide children for
married couples entirely w ithout fam­
ily, but who felt the desire to fill up
the blank in their heart« and homes
by adopting a«» their own aonie of the
homeless among the. little ones. It ia
this want that The baby market fills.
To the comfortablv-furuishvd roiims
where the babies w ho may lie adopted,
together with absolutely correct in­
formation concerning them, are to U
found, many women, young and old.
charming and ugly, weed their wuv
every (lay to see what sj»ecimens of
juvenile beaut.v are candidates for home
honors. Of course, the babies are like
all other humanity, both bad and good
Rut the w ell-treatA-d, well-fed and well
washed baby is not inclined to be ill
natured, and so all look their prettiest
and smile their sweetest nt the tender
hearted women w ho come to view th« in
on adoption bent. The babies vary in
age from six months to three years,
but the tender age predominate«.
Sometimes it happens that children
beyond the. customary’ age seek pn
rent« and hope for would-be parents to
seek them. For instance, the mother
of two little boys, eight and five year®
old, respectively, recently wrote to Mr.
Stead asking him to find a home for h *r
childrer
The death of her husband
hn«l left her almost destitute. These
two little fellow’s are grandsons of one
of the beat known judges of India. As
a rule, the antecedents of a child
are not revealed, owing to the fact that
innocence woul«l frequently I m * forced
to Ruffer for the guilt of others. Such
instances an the one quoted an* by no
means rare, for in England, ns in no
other country, it is the caoe that good
blood and poverty often dwell together.
While it is not always the caae, and.
perhaps, not in the majority of in­
stance«, that a baby is sold ns if it were
an infantile specimen of the pug dog,
it is true that it not infrequently hap­
pens that a mother receive»» a cash con­
sideration for parting with her little
one. Generally it occurs that persons
who are deairous of procuring ready
made children are. plentifully supplied
with this world’s goods. Therefore, it
is quite natural that they should offer
no objection to, and generally prefer,
giving a reasonable compensation to
the lorn mother.
It sometime* happens, however, that
the foster parents reverse this order
of things, and, after »electing a desir
able y»Mingster, inquire how* much they
are to !»»* paid for taking it.. This class
of )arsons are frown«*d upon by Mr
Stead and he has formaJly notified
th«-«n that their presence at the bahv
market is not desired, and will be
piomptJy dmpensed with, if avoidable
ilk «io other fashion.—8L Louis Globe-
I ^-m<KTat
AUSTRIAS GRIEF.
The Unhappy Couutry Benet by the Fee«
of Iler Own iloiisehold.
The cruel humiliation Austria suf­
fered in Italy was followed by the
«•rushing blow at Sodowa, and the not
less painful collapse of a brother’s am
bit-ions in Mexico. If the dignity of a
Caesar was to be saved for the Haps
burgs out of the wreck, it seemed most
likely to be achieved on the lines sug­
gested by Count Beust. The choice once
made, it was impossible to turn back.
What is given as a lioon to distressed
nationalities in the name of progress
cannot afterward be withdrawn on the
plea of prudence. The result is pa­
thetic, but there is no help for it.
We pee Croats, Rut hen inns, Pole^.
Servians, Wallachs and the rest of the
half-barbarous hordes cutting one an
other’s throats when they are not com­
bining to insult the civilized Hungari
nns and Germans, whose fate it is to be
J heir neighbors; we se® Vienna itself
in the hands of a fanatical unti-Semetu*
rabble, and we see the power of th'
only capable parliamentary party in
Austria broken by hopeiesa dissensions.
Trul v, the domestic state of the empir •
is nothing le**s than pitiable. Its in
fluence in Europe is also a thing of th •
past. The Balkan states, which were
its props in the south, have publicly
gone over to Russia, and its solitary
remaining protection against.
dis-
meml>ernient is the alliance with Italy,
which covets Dalmatia, and with Ger­
many, which is moving heaven and
earth to establish secret relations with
Russia.
THE
8TRANGC WHEELS.
BRAIN.
Hach War« th«
Noorl.hed More Than Other Organa,
lienee Iloee Not Grow Old.
Archaeologists wrM be interested to
know that the first record of a bicycle
is that of a stained-glass window in the
church of Stoke Pogis, near Windsor,
in England. It was this churchyard,
by the way, that inspired Gray to write
his ever famous elegy. The rider of the
cycle in the picture on the window,
writes John Gilmer Speed, in Lippin­
cott’s, which is dated 1642, would be mis­
taken for Pan with his pipe were it
elsewhere than in a Christian church,
where pagan deities are not made at
home. Rut history is silent as to the
use of any such vehicle at that time.
One hundred and twenty years or so
later there wax exhibited Iwfore the
French court a manumotive carriage of
several hundred pounds' weight; but
the bicycle ran scarcely have grown
from that. It was much nearer our
own time that the first genuine bicycle
was invented. It was quite the fashion
to ride such a vehicle in England
in 1M1V; the new invention was vari­
ously called the “dandy horse,” the
“hobby-horse,” and the “velocipede.”
There are many allusions to it in the
records of the day. and in a letter from
John Keats in February, 1X19, to his
brother in America I find this mention
of it: “The nothing of the day is a ma­
chine called the velocipede. It is a
wheel carriage to ride cock-horse upon,
sitting astride and pushing it along
with the toes, a rudder wheel in hand.
They will go seven miles an hour.”
How it would have stimulated the
po«*t s imagination if, in th«* year he
wrote that epistle, he had been grant­
ed a vision of the modern bicycle, a
thing of grace, swiftness, and outdoor
delight. PrrhaiMi a really great |x>em
of the wheel might have resulted. For
there is p«jetry as well an utility in it,
and anybody with a spark of ideulity
must feel this, except in those moment j
when the mind U taken up with the at­
tempt to «vape being run down by one
of the r«*‘-I c I cm flyers.
Think of seven miles an hour and sev
eral hundred pounds weight act against
tlu* figures concerning the modern
“bike!* Verily, the world mores and
bicycles move with it. It would be
dangerous in the light of the post to
say what the machine of the future
may evolve into, one ran hardly believe
in an improvement proportionate U>
that of the last fifty years, but anyway
it furnishes another reason for wishing
to live a hundred years or so that one
might behold the wheel of 2<M)0 A. D
The “nothing of the day” <#f 1H19 has
become an almost indispensable of p r
sonal business and pleasure 1X95. It
muet be left to eoBW John Keat. of the
present to attempt a better prophecy
than Lm f® How bard'if England eighty
odd years bock, whose gifts were not
<>f the kind to give him a hint of the
great prosp»-ct» of the “veloe!peda.”
There arc two parts of the human or­
ganism, which, if wisely used, large­
ly escape the decay of old age. These
two are the brain and the heart. Per­
sons who think often wonder why
brain-workers great statesmen and
others should continue to work with
.Imcst uh Im pa ¡red activity and energy
ip to r. t<rio<l wlu i’. most of the orgom
sr d funcT >r.s of the body are In a <*or.-
iitlon of r.dvanccd decay.
The ronnal brain remains vigorom
to the lavt, Iwrause itx nutrition is < :»-
►ecially provided for. Ab-.ut middh lif
,r a littl • later, th** generrl art< rics of
1 to v. («il’cn slot ■ lv but f un ly.
1 0M« 1 n fon , ii ii* h 1 •
fi.'clíüt curriers o f the r.utr l «U 1 >lo »•’
! ’ •
S l.ot
• f th® cu| llary a*
! hr
with th o int« 11 ul «•.. i this.
h ir*li supply ih. ' capillary ar x** < f th
du in. Cn the conf ; aiy, th< s'
• •/« !• Vf H •
.chi rohC.Kite to r lain their cl.r t leit y.
•O tliat th« blool prev* tire rr:ina In «
h< r than v.ith' ii th«* capillary cr»' i
•f p.ny o'h«r orgnn of th® ! odi. The
Jo od pnths of the brain 1^ ln^ thli*
/t <>¡/vn, the bi s ii tissue is bettor
X>l iriabcd than ticr otlu-r t'^m sof the
body.
SNAG
FOR HIGH
BUILDINGS.
The Elevator Itecomes Tronhloom* with
the Inrreoer of Height.
Pending the result of a movement to
jeatrict the height of our tall buildings,
there is one feature of the problem that
liar recently l>een railed forcibly to ’
attention of the public by the .icci<h nt.
to the elevators in the American Tract
society building, the details of whi< h
were described in the Engineering Rec­
ord of November 21, and that is th •
;>eril attending the occupancy of au< h
structures where high-s|M*rd elevator«
and higb-preastire plants are intro­
duced. It. is quite practicable to rrgu
lbte this matter in antjeifjation of action
cn the larger question of the restriction
of the height of buildings
The risks attending th® oj>eration of
elevators designed to run at «peed« of
from 50t) to 700 feet per minute ar®
aDurh gr®ater thsn is generally sup­
posed. yet they ar® fully appreciate«! by
experts. The demand for excessive
Bje*eds like that required of the builders
of the elevators of th® Tract society
building warn Assumed to l»e nerc«wvir\
in or»h»r tn make available for renting
the ten Vpper stories of this 23-«torv
building To reach quickly fbes® high
er stories an excessive sfieed is called
for. and with a view to eooaomiie th»
of operation and minimize «pa«*®
in th® hssemeat. high-pressure plants
are d®«Mrn®d. with th® result fhst the
rererd for safety of elevator travel
creditable to our elevator builders in
’he past 1« likeh- tn be impsJrwl To
obviate thia It should be made illegal
to operate passenger elevators at a
■ ;e®d greater than tom feet a minute
This will permit the safety derlee to
operate when the «feed r®arhe«J 500 to
W feet |jer minute Engineering R®.
ord.
tnwte «hat for th® Feaalsa.
The government al way* withboHs
the fraction» of a
nny in its periodical
dirtnbutem of dn Klenda on a«nounl of
e
the stat® has a**cun> uiated iu the last 100
j ears the sum of I75OJMX)
Hleyel®« of “Ye Oldeu
Tim® *
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LITTLE THINGS.
•
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Only a UM1« thin« —a word or two—no more
But It pierced wits a tiny atin». aad Utt a true
heart acre
Il huaLvd awhil« the muste that heart* alone
can hear.
Aud dimmed the Inward bun shine that els« had
been «o clear.
Oaly a little th.ng a word a »mile- ao «llsht.
One could not tell the reaaon why it made th«
day ao bright;
Why it brought the llsht of H«av«n ao elo«« to
the troubled hesart.
▲nd cleared the du*ky shadow*-like morning
mixta apart.
Only a litti« thln<— th« breadth of a hair—ao
•mall
That either ey* nor ear could trace it* *ilent
fall.
Yet It turned ewect chord* to diacord. and
jungled the noble »core.
▲nd not till it ha* been banished can th« mu-
•io breathe once more.
Only a little thing a withering breath that
New
O'er the exquisite bloom of the flower, and
dulled it* lender hue—
Yet ne er avain shall it smile al th« kiss of th«
morning sun.
For the soul of it* beauty hath vauished. and its
fragile life ia done
Only a little thin«-yet from small beginnings
flow
The wondrous way* of life, from whence a
world might grow -
And in tiniest gvrma may lurk the poison-bear­
ing breath
That may lay the hop« of a nation low in th«
grasp of death
Only a little thing—yet smallest things may
grow
To mightiest future issu««. that now we cannot
know;
And. handling the little things with a soft and
reverent touch.
We shall prove that the faithful In little is the
faithful, too, in much!
—Agnes .Machar. In Chicago Interior
FUNNY SNAPS.
Brigg»-—“You haven’t any idea how
much I suffer from the infernal heat.”
Rev. Mr. \S ilgus (mildly) ‘‘In antici­
pation?”— Indianapolis Journal.
Her Father—“Ha* my daughter given
you nay encouragement, air?” Suitor—
‘‘Well, she said you were always n very
generous parent.’*- Philadelphia Amer­
ican.
Mamma—“1 think the baby is grow­
ing very font, don’t, you?” Papa—
‘Decidedly. I thought he weighed three
pounds more at four o’clock this morn­
ing than he did at two.”—Truth.
Fortunate Awkwardness. He—“ ‘Pon
my soul, Mioa Amy, 1 never projx»M*«l to
a girl before!” She-—‘‘1 Indieve you;
and, for your ow n sake, I'll see that you
never do it again!”- Brooklyn Life.
When a man is struck by ( upid'x dart
he trembles like the balloon sleeves of
the bicycle girl; it is only when he is
paaaeil by by the little hunter that In* is
as self-jo- eHAcd as a vvell-Hturehed
four-ply collar.— Boston Transcript.
Fnddy—‘‘Rut don’t you think that
Bender ix a terrible bigot?” Duddy
“Bigot? No, indue«!. What put that
into your head? I never knrv. Bender
to disagree with me either in religion
or |x>JiticR. Why, he's the fairest man
going." Boston Transcript.
Old Friend "Are you making a «uc­
ees« at your profession?" Dr. Carbo­
late (thioal K|’vctalist) “Oh, \< m . It
wa« ii ph 111 work at first but, In th«
language of the poet, tho* • w ho “came
to cough remained to spiny.” Indian-
a|M»lis Journal.
He "I am going to pay you tin* high­
est <*oinpliment a man can pay a wom­
an.” She “This is m » ñu ,<li n.” Hi
“I know it, but I came nv.py w:thoiit
my pocketbook can you b nd ni • a dol­
lar until to-morrow?” N. Y. World.
The Dear Girls. “Now, Kitty, let
there be no «ecr< ta between «learext
friends. What whs your first thought
after you a<*<*<*ptcd Harold Lawler?”
“Honest Injun?” “Of coiiinc .” “WeJI,
then, my first thought was that now he
could never marry you.” Detroit Fiee
Pre»«.
HOLIDAY TIMES.
Preparations for the Midwinter Season of
Festivity.
With the pausing of Al! Saint«’ day
and Halloween the holday a**eaon draw’«
near. H has been the fashion of recent
years to begin the. season weeks be­
fore Christ mua oct uaJly arrives Christ­
mas gr<*eiiH decorate the shops and are
displayed with holly and mistletoe
from Thunksgivinig until the high tide
of the holidays sets in with Christmas
week All this time the holiday feeling
t&kea hold of all of us, and for the time
at least the golden rule btx*onies a living
principle. Every one feels the new’ im­
pulse which binds us cJoser to our fel­
low men. The young, who are forever
hopeful, are filled with bright antlc«pn
tions of the season. The middle-aged
forget their sordid cares—forget, al
mosL their struggle to keep the wolf
fnvnt the door--end join in the holiday
gladness.
The blessing of the holidays is «een
abrotel in the cheerfulness and self-
Mbcriftaa with which home p«‘ople bur­
den themselves down with bundles, all
to give pleiusure to loved ones. Men
who superbly order all their jmckages
M*nt home, take pleasure in carrying
home therir Christmas bundles, all for
the pleasure of introducing them se­
cretly, to hide them away until the day
arrives.
There are thooe among us to whom
Christmas brings sad memories, to
whom Thanksgiving recalls a scattered
household, but we cover our cares and
sorrows for this beatific season and re­
joice with those who rejoice. Such aac-
riflee of self will I m * a |>>wcr which shall
h t the despondent into an atmosphere
of courage anff hope. A large portion
of these blessed w«*eks before Christ­
mas is spent in preparation of holiday
gift« and holiday feasts for poor chil­
dren. There are a myriad of missions
going forth on errandis of nu rcy at this
season.
Thanksgiving day, the first festival
of the holiday season, is peculiarly an
American feast day
Though it par­
takes ¡something of the nature of the
Jew ish feast of the ingathering, it is not,
like tli.it, a purely religious festival. It
is a eeaaon when families that are sep­
arated meet .again under the old parent.'U
roof. Like nil fentitala of Puritan origin,
it is celelinitswl W'i’t.h religious observ­
ances in New England. The Thanks­
giving sermon was formerly as much
a part, of the celebration of the day iu«
tin* dinner that followed. This day has
been compared to the Harvest Horn®
da-vsof th«* English farmer or the “Kirn”
*f Scotland. Both these day« w ere pub­
lic rejoicings of the«,nt*ire community
in the completion of harv«*«t, and were
<*«lebrated with conaklerable rout, and
rabble. These were seasons of pictur­
esque procession and merry drinking
bout, and not of rcLigious and homeob-
se rvance.
Ix’t us all remember the holiday Rea­
son in the holy spirit, of goo«! will to
men. It matters little what our ex­
ternal giving may be, if we give to
lieavenagrwteful heartfor the blessings
that are showered u|M»n us. Ixt us nett,
profane this season by vulgar oxtenta-
tiotiH gifts, which arc beyond our means,
am! serve only to gratify our own self­
esteem anid pride. Isvt. uh meet the sen­
won in the spirit of Tiny Tim, with the
prayer: “God bless us every one!”—
N. Y. Tribune.
Professional Cards.
ROBERT O. SMITH,
ATTORNEY AT-LAW,
O ranti P aah , O bboox .
Practice« in alístate and Federal Caarto
Ornea in B ank B i ilihxo .
WILLARD CRAWFORD,
ATTOR N EY- ATLA W.
Practice« in all Federal, State and fln-
pranie Court«.
Ornci at R bsiokncb T hikd S t . M ost *.
Notary Public.
HENRY L. BENSON,
Attorney-at-Law.
GRANTS PASS, OR.
OrrrcB—Over the Bank.
Courte of the State.
PracticM in all
ARTHUR P. HARTH,
Doctor in Dental Surgery
Orrict ovkb tiik B ank
Grant'« Paw,
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Oragan
EAST and SOUTH
ADVICE TO MEN.
Don't W«ar Lon« Knlr nnd nn
Dtahabllla.
Thousands of women are cost-up dead
on the shores of life because of their own
ignorance or neglect. No woman can be
free from pain, or safe from the ever-threat­
ening breakers of death, who neglects to
take proper care of the organs that con­
stitute her womanhood.
A woman who
neglects her womanly self will be sickly,
nervous, pain tacked and fretfill, and ap­
proaching maternity will be a menace of the
grave. It is easy for a woman to avoid this
suffering and danger.
Wise women know that Dr. Pierce’« Fa­
vorite Prescription is a marvelous remedv
for those troubles that make a woman'« life
miserable, and fill the period of prospect­
ive motherhood with fears. It is the dis­
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Dr R. V. Pierce, for thirty years cnief con­
sulting physician to the Invalids’ Hotel and
Surgical Institute, st Buffalo, N. Y. Over
qo . ooo women have testified to the almost
miraculous action of this wonderful remedy.
It works directly on the organs distinctly
feminine.
It makes them strong ana
healthy. It cures all weakness and disease.
It prepares for wifehood and motherhood.
K insures baby's health and makes its ad­
vent easy and nearly painless. Druggists
sell it. Nothing else is “just as good.”
Mm G. A. Connor of Alleghany Spring, Mont­
gomery Co . Vs., writes: ** My dsugnter, aged is
years, had a goitre coming on her neck snd it
disfigured her very much. I am happy to say
that U has disappeared after the use of one bot­
tle of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription."
Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Ad­
viser is in plain English. Contains 1,008
pages and over 300 illustrations. If you
want a copy, paper-covered, send ai one-
cent stamps, tn cover the cost of mailing
only, to the World’s Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, N. X. If you prefer
cloth cover, send 31 stamps.
Air
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In seeking to win the affection and
friendship of women, dear loys, you
will find dr« sa an lm|>ortant thing to be
considered, says a woman writer.
Although I will not go ns faros tosay
that a woman’* lieart, has ever l»«*en
broken by a badly-brushed hat, I have
QUEER SETTLEMENT.
known a woman to look at a bulging
If or n® tw Mini Hirds Breoin® Friends and th«
■
Former Guard the I-atter’s Nests.
•oiild ever consent to pillow her head
On the broad, brown salt meadows i|H>n such nn uncotnfortalilr-looking
that skirt the Housatonic river, just
pot th«* loud vivacity of the waistcoat
above its mouth, is a vast colony of
iM-ncuth w«»uld make rest there quit«*
marsh wrens, relate» the St. Pau* l)is-
inixissible. I am riot going to tell yon
' patch. In the acres of tangled tule»
what to wear.
That is the work of
and cat-tails the nests, which an* as
mightier intellects than mine.
And
large as one’s head, are so compactly
•here nre th® young lady male im|x r-
construct« «! ami so thoroughly t hatched onntors of tlw* variety stage to copy
as to l>e entirely weather-tight. As
Those represent th«* woman’s ideal of
a rule the thrifty little chattering
man’s clothing. I may, however, prove
wrens prefer not to occupy a laet year*»
myself ns« fill in telling you what not to
nest, ao there are every season hun­ w«*ar To begin with, there is one rule
dreds of empty ones. They ar«* not al­
you should have written on your mir­
lowed to remain vacant long, for there
rors. It is this:
are too many creatures seeking just
Do not dress like a genius, even if you
such snug quarters. One specimen of
field or meadow mice take ¡»osseKsion are one.
The average woman hns a strong
of a great, many of them. Big spider«,
aversion to go out with a gentleman
too, love to nest in the abandoned has
who- because laurel wreaths have gone
ket-like abodes and live for many sea­
out «)f fashion substitutes for them
sons in them. The moat desirable ten- long hair, short trouser«, decollete
' anta of all are the big black and white
shirts and a generally carefully ar­
hornets. By far the greater numlier of
ranged dishabille.
the old neats are inhabited by these
The average woman Is a silly little
fiery fellows, and. odd to relate, they
thing, t on k now. and ah«- would rather
are the best of friends with the land­
that you looked commonplace and well
lords.
groomed than that, every newsboy
Aa if by agreement with the wrens,
should be ahi«* to tell that she is walking
they keep a ¡>erj>etual guard over the
with an intellectual giant.
new nests, as well ns those when* they
As for the woman above the average
live. I/et a dog, an unconscious i ail or
well, «he knows that you’re not a
snipe-«hooter, a bin! egging boy or any
genius, anyhow. You can’t, fool her
«reature whatever approach the rests
with freak neckties and domrknob
without warning, a cohort of winged
studs’
warriors will fall on the intruder, an<r
Remember that T am directing you®
flight is the only saf«* course.
The
doings to meet the tastes of the major­
wren» se®nj full conscious of the value
ity of women. There nr® ladies who
of such sentinels, for they take rare
go riding on tandem bicycles with gen­
to build their newts always very near
to the old. The birds are themseltes tlemen who wear r««l suits, and sorm*
women love th«* society of a necktie or
entirely «lefenaeiess, and, their nests
vest that alm<»*t bnrks.
l»eing easily locate«! on w<*ount of size
The ring, watchchnin and bric-a-brac
aud the noise made by the wrens, they
have Is-en in some hx-alitie« entirely i habit in populnr with young ladies who
wi|»e«J out by egg collector». The boys j stand on the other side of the foot-
have learned to give this colony a wide flight« and hate a taste for anything
I flint glitters even if it isn’t ;x carat.
Ry this class of lady y«>u may be love«l
ftflTHIW •'«■» Hnntlag. **•
Russian soldiers in Siberia are not for your srarfpin, but a large percent­
only encouraged to exerciw their mar- age of the ui ik®r sex prefer to do all
ti,il ar«lor on big game, but are actual I” 1 the glittering that is 1«» be «lone them-
led out in mjuim I m to take ;wirt in the •rlvr«.—N. Y World.
hunt. On a recent occasion » local ;»o-
FOR YOUR HEALTH.
lice inspector ^oined in the hunt, ami
There i» no Iwtter aid to digestion, in
got two of the soldier betters to act a*
certain install «*s. than the rooked apple.
his Irwly-guard. When the l»rar «■an»«*
A few crackers, or a sheet of bread
merrily romping toward him over the
M« re Pie for tu« »loewy.
snow the ins;»♦*<■ tor got, Hurried, mi-K®d
A Fren« li journal toll» a story of a with lx>tb barrels, flurig down his gun
Udywhoi* t.h a ma J went to purehao® anti buried hi» head in the snow, seek
a still-life picture fur h< r dining-room lug to burrow out of »right. The bear
Two of the
• '•d a «anvas on which were came on in a gr« »t fury
painted a b’.ncfr ftf flowt rs. a pir rut is Idlers wajfed until he carne to do-«-
in two m ! a ha f f-eDDV roll, him ! wan quarters an«! turned hii ii Imrk with a
paying vx f an' » for It w hen tlM rated volley. They then char r«J with fixed
1 to whisper in her ear.
>»ayoneta and finished h im off in true
’ said th® ««ervsnt, “you are military style. They have been re- for«* going to lied, will always induce
a • tn rmin. 1 saw a picture warded for their presetire of mind in sleep, no matter how nervous or worrier!
® thia sold th® other day 1 Si.vmg the life of the gt lanliaii of he a iMiin may I n *.
A new cure for insomnia has been di«*
for 4' i fn
p«®te® by having their photoftraf ua
"An! •* ns it n* g«»od as ♦ Jila7°
hung in their headquarters and »«dug |aov< r<<| !»y a French physician. It i*
MY®*, madam*, it was better; there aaeh presented w^th ou* ruble. -4’Ui* I aim pi v to nr >«• your feet h«r' r than
I your lira«! toha\ r,l ■ pillow *n >t nn-
wa« a good «Jesi more pie in it.*
cago New«.
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