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AN I n D*TKNDKNT I a FKR, DKVUTKD E m XCIALIY TO TUB I n IKKKSTB OF Sol'THKRN O r XGON GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1899 ■**> local Uappcnlnoe Bicycle hospital for all repairing at Cramer Bros. Mr«. G. G. Kearns came in from Wolf Creek Monday. Great üiearanos Sale Mr. Kiley from Grave creek was at the Lavtcn Saturday. T. Cameron of Jacksonville went to 9 7' Suits Sell at 7 75 Waldo Sunday. 15.0c Suits Sell at «’■75- >ol Abraham of Roseburg was in town Fhursday on business. Ladle- Low Shoes worth $1.15 sell For a first ciasa meal, go to the City Ladies ’ Low Shoes worth 1.50 sell hotel; B. A. Williams,proprietor. Ladies Shoes worth $2 50 sell at $1 Take your blacksmithing to Trimble worth $1.50 sell at $1.15. Meu's Shoes ; it Barber for first-clan« work. Fifty good men wanted for ditch work. Men's Shoes : worth 2.50 sell at Apply at Hotel Layton. Shoes worth 4.00 sell at Men’s : Grant Matthews came down from Foot’s creek Monday. lie reports good They can’t last long at the price. crops in his section . We haven't room for prices on all goods. Come and see Dr. Parrona and wife of San Diego, Cal . are visiting Judson Bent of Galice what you can save at on a short summer vacation. The social dance given at th« Fire men’s hail on Friday night was well attended and every one reports a nice lime. Rev. I. J. Lauzon, private secretary ol Opei* H^uso Block Arch-bisbop Christie, who has been fill ing the place of Rev. 'Father Desmarais, left Monday tor Gold Hill. J B. Laber, representing the Bulletin of Frisco, went north on a freight train Monday of this week to Glendale, after completing his labors in Grants Pass. QEORGE H BINNS, PM2TO SUPPLIES Are you going East? If 90 call on ASSAN L.R, S. F. Cass or E. E. Dunbar at the First National Bank, Grants Pass. They Office Opposite Hotel Josephine, will sell you tickets via the old reliable G kantm P ass . Northern Pacific. You can er.joy your trip via that line and get as low rates as any inferior line will give. A C. HOUGH, The Christian Endeavor society of the ATTORNEY AT LAW, Presbyterian church will hold its regu Piacticesin all State and Federal Courts lar weekly prayer-meeting next Sunday at 6:30 p. m.,the topic being, “Honoring Office over First National Bank. the Lord’s Day.” Ex 20:8 11; Rev. G bakts P aus , • - O regon . Film and Plate Cameras for Sale or Rent, 1 :10 Everybody is cordially invited to attend. ? 7.ex > Suits Sell at $ 4 75 Welch's Clothing Store, /ÇRTHUR P. HARTH, A. E. VOORHIES. Courier Office. DOCTOR OF DENTAL SURGERY Ji Office over First N itional Bank, The Beit $5 Camera in Town. O rkg »» n . G rants P ass , — J J C. PERKIN'S, Smith & Holman, U. 8. DEPUTY MINERAL >1 IlVEYoR, I»hiò. linkers, O regon . G rant « P ash , JJR. J. JENN1N Notice. This is to certify that I am no longer . responsible for debts contracted by my wife, May Mansfield F rei » M ansfield . July 13, 1899. (Opposite if ouri Hanse. ■>, RESIDENT DENTIST. 30 Years Expetience. G rants P a »*«, Notice. Notice ie hereby given that the mines, namely Sijoahnfondaz and Bellashazz.er, on the Louse creek mountain, and the I S» imrock claim foot of Bald Mountain, j are the property ol the undersigned. F rank W ilson . ■Josephine county, Or., June 7, 1899 Preserves Office in Opera 1 lou-e block ; >ee the .sign of The Big Tool!i ( »KE .ON A ¡—fruit'«, Jrlllf 9, pi. k'..“* "r eritsup -r® easily, more quickly, mor® healthfully sealed with Ketined Faraiiniv wn* than gtmri uy .» ... oilier ------- Paraffine Wax by any ti ».-’» -1. ' of other ust. -uses will w ill Lc be more * W ®Q JJRICE A V0ORIHES, REAL E'Ttl i , ai.d INSURANCE. x Refined Daraflina Wav Wax I tn Paraffine every household. It ia clean, Repreeenling he mo>i reliable (<m- panies in existe ne*, bolli tire indille). Notary Public. (ÌKANTS l’AMH N Ladies tan Wear Shoes tAStek*HN and odorless—air, water and tv id proof. Get a pound cake of It with n lint of Its many use« from your dru^istor grocer. bold everywhere. Made by ftTANl»AKi> OIL < O. < »HEG' One si/.»* smaller after using Alien’s l oot Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. It makes tight 01 new «hoes feei easy, gives instant relief to corns and bunions. It is the greatest comfort dis covery of the age. ('urea swollen feet, b'istersand callous spots. Alien's Foot- Ease is a certain cure for in growing nails, sweating, hot, aching feet. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FREE bv mail. Address Allen S O mated. LeRoy, N. Y. P. BOlXiE, 1MUR \N' i al i REAL 1-1 \ I PARKERS HAIR BALSAM Life. Fire and Accident Insurance Office with Price de Voorbics. CI hum «'« and beautifies the hair. Prmnolea a lnxuriant frowth. Sever Fail« to Restore Gray Hair to ita Youthful Color. Cure* waip it aea.t a a hair falling. > and«lo-at Ilrugg rte G rant « P ahs Dissolution Notice. Notice is hereby given that the co partnership formerly existing between Harry Smith and S. A. Benson, doings blacksmithing businees in Grants Pass, has been dissolved by mutual cent-ent. Harry Smith will continue the businesi«, will also collect bills and ¡»ay all ac counts of the o d firm. H arry S mith , 8. A. B enson . Dated June 10, 1899. {JOSHO W A S H ER I DA N, FKOSrEQT$KJ ATTENTION —— MINING ATTORNEYS, One Assay Free With Each Suhrcription to the Courier. Send in $i 25 tor one y ear 's subscription to the C ock I kr . mentioning this offer and you will receive, in addition to the paper, a ticket entitling you to one Gold or Copper assay. Old subscribers can secure a ticket by paying all arrears and one year in advance. Sj>ec!al attention given to Mining and laind l^aws.and Land Office practice. R umkblbc . - • O bboob . ROBERT G SMITH, If You Want a Ticket Mention this Offer. H I). NORTON. KOSklE RIVER COURIER. A ttorneys and C ounselors I at L aw . erss, .A. Offi<-e in Fimi National i.ank Building O beuiin U banti , P aw . Staple anil Fa jcy Groceries,Provisions Graduate of Horology Pa*”-au Uni ver- fe. sity. Germany. FLOUR AND FEED. I Joseph Kessler, Grants Pass Marble and Granite Works ....PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER. J B. PADDOCK. Propr Having pnrcbMed the .Va»ble Stock and Butines» heretofore owned/snd con din ted by M iil JackMon, I am now in position to furni«h anything in the line ol Presi Bt . GH IM S P.IM, OHE Cemetery w<»rk either in MARBLE z r GRANITE I have had over a quarter ol a century oi experience in the Marble and Granite Business am! can fill your or- , -1er* pmmptly and give you the bent of workmanship. Will make a specialty of constru« tion work from your own designs. Prices Moderate ; full Guarantee Given. FIRST NATIONAL E JL JST ŒC Í — OP ¿T. S. T^AIDIDOCIC. Grants Pass & L. vocent City --STAGE LINE- — SOUTHERN OREGON Capital StocK, $50,000 Enei ve dspo* ts subjert to check «w oo oertibcate p«ya‘ • un detnand. t . .Mails, Passengers Stage SdUaightrW on New York. Krxn Iran St je« cun loth way* daily between Grant* Pa«n , Oregon, and Crescent Ciscn. tnd PufJa^rl City. Cal . parsing through the fol wing interior points Wilder- Te'emphk tran- ’ -r« «old oc al) poir.te in rille, love'*, Anderson. Kerby. Waldo. Shelly Creek, thè United ÌJtet»- Patrick * ( reck. Gasquets. KfieiMi Attedi >n givrt» to < «»Berti'»ns arx TIME TABLE. generai bumne— of our »mer». WESTBOUND EASTBOUND CoHecùnv tto-vie throorhn*it -w >ithern nts Pas* ....... 8 a m , Iteave Crescent City Leave Oreg<m. and oc all accttaible puinta. 6 a ni Carries J. D. FRY. PiWtat. J. T.rUFF' Vie« Prea 4 it. R. A. B«»«» th < Ropit Rn er tv» rieri Ani vc Leave W. Arrive at :*■* a I S. and 111 tn. Express, à p m. ? Waldo ... . .6: 30 a m e at Grants Pass .$ 3° P rn. passes is I ■cauti ful A y Crewcent C itv. E Apportionment of County School fund. July 3. 1399 Supt Hate« has made another appor tionment of «chnol funds and each di«* trict receives the amount as below stated: D i » t . C lkmk .Ur. 1 Will Anderson » 8« 20 2 Chas. Hansen 69 70 3 C. W. Whipp . . 78 26 101 00 4 A J A lams 5 C. F i^ovelace 71 15 6 A. V Hanseth . 46 95 7 J. A. Jennings 1151 20 59 75 H J. T. Piincc 9 J. S. Jensen . .. 54 10 10 Wilber Will ams 31 30 7 5 40 11 A. A Porter 45 5ft 12 C N. Hathaway 38 45 13 Louin Starch .3ft < 4) 14 A. 1». ’’unter 61 15 13 L, N Browning 85 3ft IH J. R Bailey 46 95 17 J. T. Everton.......... 18 C. A. Hervey .............. .... 78 25 19 J Christie 65 45 20 Sherman .less 62 60 21 .1. R White . 59 75 22 < ¡errett Croi kftt 66 85 23 W J. Savage 78 25 24 W. A. Massie 148 00 25 G A. Savage 29 90 44 10 2fi F. M. Miner 27 IV. (’. Smith. 105 30 28 J. M. Briggs............... 6.8 30 •29 F. E. Norton. 65 45 30 J. M. Ration 39 85 31 J.T. Hartley .. 71 15 32 A M. .lea. 54 10 33 J. H. Fleming 2 > 00 34 J. G. Turck 51 20 35 Pat Fianagan 21) 00 :k> E F. Meissner. 19 ’*» 37 Atlah Morrison. 19 00 38 W. D. McIntosh. 64 GO 39 J. T. Love .......... . . 23 00 40 H. W. Taylor.......... .... 12 0 » \V hut iw Shiloh? A grand ohi remedy for < oughs, Colds an<! consumption; used through the world for half a century, has cured innu merahle cases ol incipient consumption and relieved many in advanced stages. If you are not satisfied with results, we will refund your money. Price 25 et«., 5 cts. and 31—W. F. Kremer. 3 The Scissors, E tch of the numerons dispitche« I todi Gen. Otis costs the goverrment about ! $225. Th« total bill for the telegraph ing between Washington and Manila amounts to about $18,0o0 a week and ag gregates a total of $228,000 sine« the be ginning of boatiliiiee. The telegraph companies regard the prospect of an in terminable war with complacency.— Roseburg Review. FURNITURE. CARPETS, MATTINGS. wall PAPER. COTS, MATTRESSES. PILLOWS. LINOLEUM. 1 TABLE OIL The peace conference at the Hague CLOTHS. will probably adopt some kind of an arbitral ion scheme that will I»« satisfac tory to all. It will, however, be very far I from being the “no war” pmpo«iti«n «1 the pra< e loving people, for it will be hedged around with so many protective clauses and provisions that it will leave matters very mu«*h as they were before. The American proposition tor the ex emption from seizare of private property ! at tea during war time» is favorably re- i ceived and very likely to be adopted — | Union Gazette. The sheriff and commissioners at Wallace, Idaho, have been found guilty of wilful misconduct in refusing to take action to prevent dvstruction of property by rioters Judve Stewart held them guilty of neglect, sufficient to justify their removal. In the case of the sheriff he said: “The defendant by his own testimony has convicted himself of the most flagrant violation of official duty.” — Herald Disseminator. One of (lie moat intaraating incident« <6 the opening of (ha 20th century will Iw the changing of the Ku.aian calendar so an to tuake it conform to that need by the real ol the civilized world. Step. IO that end are already being taken by or der of the Rueeian government .—Drain Watchman' TIN WARE, GLASS WARE, GRANITE WARE, CROCKERY, LAMP BURNERS, CHIMNEYS, LOOKING- GLASSES. A ' V. v ' Buy House Furnishings Right. Are you taking advantage of our mer BUY ZISLOW »**■ Camp and Kitchen Necessities ■« |—|TT~V~ Books, Standard Novels, 2 for 25c. Windsor Ties for Boys, midsummer prices and to close out. 10c each Camp Kettles, Camp Tools, Axes, Saws, Hammers, Etc. Camp Stools, Hammocks, Camp Tin ware A Granite Preserving Kettle for 35c. A Tin Preserving Kettle for 20. Carpets Carpets Carpets isrow Carpets The advance samples ol fine Carpets for the fall and w inter of 1899 and 1900, are now here some beautiful good* in Axminster, Moquet and Body Brussel's. We cordially invite you to call and seethein. No trouble, that's what we're here for to keep you posted, so whether you want to buy or not come in and look at them. ____ For Things for the House or Camp Go to Thomas’. been necessary to ship them to the in terior of Germany by rail, with inspec tion at the frontier stations Venlo and lierbestbal. This entail« an important increase in th« coat of such productions, as follows : Mr. Pingree, the potato governor of For freight« of the class to which dried Michigan, has declared himself for Mc fruits belong, the average rate by|river County Treasurer's Notice. Notice is hereby given that there are Kinley with some interesting its: ‘‘If steamer from Rotterdam nr Antwerp to funds in the county treasury for the re the president opposes expansion and it Frankfort is 1 mark i»er 100 kilogram«, deniption ol the following warrants, not in favor of the murder of the inno or 10 marks (equal to $2.38) per metric protested to November 17, 1890: Nos. cent Filipinos.” “If he is opposed to ton of 2,204.6 American pound«. The trust« and legislation which fosters and rale by rail, on the other hand, from the 183 185 182 184 encourages them ” ‘ If he is not in porta named to Frankfort, is 30 marks,or 1 227 642 229 126 232 210 236 sympathy with the disieputabla polili $7.14, |>er ton in carload lot« of not le»s 219 j. r. T\YLOR, <al methods of Mark Hanna and his than 10 tana each. For lena than a ear* Jul Iv 12th,, 1899. County Treasure IT. friends.” Guess whether Pingree will load, the rate is from 5 te 6 mark« per Believes in College Education. support the president or not for re elec 100 kilograms, or from $11.90 to $14 28 In an address to the graduating dat-s tion.—State Right Democrat. per ton, bwsidea the coat of inapection. of Cornell University, Gov. Roosevelt The exact coat of handling and otbcial An eastern editor, who came all the examination at the frontier railway ata* said: ''There has bean a good deal of discussion recently—I am thankful to way from Minnesota to attend the meet lions can not yet lie definitely aacer- say that 1 believe it is a one sided kind— ing of the editorial association in Port tained, and no customs official in Frank due to the statements of ceitain gentle land, bought his wife a piano while in fort can give any precis« information on men, who have amassed large fortune«, that city. That editor knew how to ap thia point; but at Hamburg where the to the effect that they do nol believe in a preciate Dome oí the good things to be whole inspection process has been beat col lege education. Thia country could bet* had in Oregon.— Eugene Register. and most liberally systematized and pro ter afford to lu»e every man in it w ho has vided for, the cost i« 20 pfennigs (equal amassed a large fortune than to lose one fhe bhrgest ‘trust” after all, is the to 5 cent«) per package— hardly more hall of its college bred men. We can country newspaper. It trusts almost than the bare coat of handling and open* get along without the men of immense everybody, and for that reason the peo ing. The effect of present conditions fortunes. Sometimes we can do very ple like it. It is the only trust on earth will he to concentrate the import of well indeed without them, but we could that is worked to the limit, and the only American dr<ed, aa well as fresh, fruits not do the best work ¡lossibie to be done . trust where the proprietor gets the into Germany at Hamburg, the princi save for the men who took the chances Smallest share of the dividend, Every pal seaport ol the empire, where all mer offered to train themselves so that they c ity in the state has u branch office ol cantile operations are conducted on as can do the fine delicate work which must this trust, and the trusting soul, who broad and liberal a scale aa ia |>osNible be done if we are to raitseour civilization goes down in hit pocket tor the dust to under existing laws. above a purely material basin. keep this trust going, is abused like a Meanwhile, treat interest has l»een If your college training teaches you to pirate it he even hints that Ilia paper aroused in commercial circles by the think that you belong to a little select needs something besides air to keep the announcement from America that the set of people apart and unsympathetic trust inflated.—Roseburg Plaindealer. department of agriculture at Washington with the rest of your countrymen, then has demonstrated by ex|»eriment that il is an unmitigated curse, and it turns One of the members of the woman’s the vitality of the Kan Jose stale is you out useless to your country and to department of the editorial excursion effectually destroyed by each of the sev youiself; but if your college turns you one of the ludy editor«) «aid the way eral methods of commercial drying prac- out feeling that you aie exac tly like your the visitor» were few.te.l upon tbe good | ^ced in tbe United Htatea Be applied to fellow«, save that oa you rests the heavi tiling, ol ibe earth in Oregon wee apples, |»ear«, |»ea< hes, apricots, prunes, er responsibility, because you have enough to tneke them ell eipeneioniete. nectaiinee, viz, sun drying and artificial advantages, if it —< »regon Sieteinen. had exceptional evaporation, with or without the use of makes you realize more keenly than Ameritan Dried fruits on the German frontier. sulphur. The allusion to this subject in ever before your sense of identity with ih« annual ine«Hage of the president is ihem, and your sense of duty to the Early in October last, the German generally accepted here as proof that the state; if it gives you keener tools with newspapers contained a press telegram demonstration is already definite and which to do your work, and does nol from Hamburg, announcing that eggs or conclusive, and hopes are expressed that divert your mind from the tact that you larvae of the San Jose scale (called in no effort will be spareii by the govern are to do that work ; if your college edu German “Bcbildlaus”) had been di «cov ment of the United Plates to convince cation has done all this, il has made you ed in a shipment ol dried pears of Cali the foreign office, and through it the i»r.- immeasurably better citizens than you fornia origin. <>n the 28th of the same perial government, that the San Jose month, a similar re|>ort appeared, slat mi ale on American dried fruits is dead were befoie. “Above all, do not become of the class ing that the scale had also been discov and innocuous as the trichinae in thor ot so-called highly educated and cul ered in a consignment of dried ('alifornia oughly salted and cured American pork tured who sneer at American institutions nectarines. 80 far as was then reported In so far as defensive meanures are and American cuetoms. D,you recognize or can now be ascertained, no evidence« applied to trees, cuttings, and plants a fault, come forward and expose it, and of San Jose scale have been found in from the t nited Htales, the government strive to remedy il. Ito nol become one any American dried peaches, apricots or here i« fully sustained by public opinion, of the class who lose faith in tbe ability prunes, although all these fruits come for the Kan Joke scale is a disastrous of Americans to govern either them from the same district as pears and nec |ie«t, against the encroachment« of which tarines similarly dried in a natural con every government should defend the selves or their islands.” dition—that is, without being pared. farms and orchards of its |»nopie to the In consequence of these discoveries, last extremity. But how driad fruits the regulations which govern the In- which go from the packing box at the * spection of imported fruit have been grocers’ to the «tew pan in the kitchen sharpened ami are mo enforced a« to re an carry danger from a gerrn so micro quire the official examination at the scopic and inert as the egg ol the Mehild- frontier of not only fresh, but all dried laus is not «0 clear. fruits as well. Ir is com*eded that the It is only when the supply of Ameri scale can only deposit eggs on the out- can fruits is olistriK ted or cut off by any I side or skin ol the different fruite. and artifl ml restriction that the vast import* therefore fruit« which have been pared anew of thin trade to bo*h countries can in the process of curing are admitted be general I y realised—Frank II Manon freely without microscopic irispe* tion. in < 'onsnlar Report. I But as nothing is taken for granted by Ml< k lleailM« lie«. the official« in tbis country, it is necre- ' «ary to prove conclusively in each in* The curse of overw irked womankind, an* I «tance that all the dried fruit in any quickly and surely cured by Karl's ('Io given shipment has actually Iwen peeled ver Root Tea. the great blood purifier An Excellent Combination. 1 at «1 for this purpose it is required that ami tissue builder. Money refunded il The pl« a*ant method and beneficial 1 not I««» than 10 per rent of the boles in not satisfactory. Price 25 ct«., ami 50 effect« of the well known rene-dy, SYKt’P or Fl*»*. rnantlfBrtured by the each shipment shall I ni opened. If the I ct«—W. F. Kremer C alifoknia F ig S yrvi * C o . illuMrate i fruit is thus found to have been pared { Speaking to tht Point the value of obtaining the liquid laxa lit pasers without further formality; if tive principles of plant«» known to b«- From the Man Francisco I>aily Bulle not , it is submitted to the prescribed medicinally laxative and presenting tin of the 10th, we clip the following ex them in the form most refreshing th* | microscopic inspection. taste »o*i a> reptable to th»- system. It In consequence of the trouble and de Tact from an address made at the Inter is the one perrect strengthening lax* tire, cl»^(»«>ing the system effectually, I lay involved by such examination«, I be national Christlan Endeavor convention dispelling ©old*. hea«)ax'he« and fever« Rhine steamship line« having their ter- ; lately in ae«siofi at Detroit gently yet promptly and enabling one mini at Antwerp and Rotterdam have <>r»e of the principal nddreeneti m Tent to overcome habitual conatiputino p* r- since the 5th of November refused to re- I Williston was that of Rev. N. Howard m^nently. It* perfect fr«-e<!om from every oo^ectionable quality ami sub cieve a« freight dried triiita of American of Rochovter. N. Y., entitled “Our Conn- Marne, and ita acting <»n the kidney« jfigin ( arrying freight of that claw« 1 try’« Greatest Peril.” He Mid: liver and bowel«, without weakening would involve the stoppage of the steam* ’The Ametn an f>eople are (nee to face <tr Irritating them, make it the i*le«I er at the frontier river station ol Finer* . with a mighty problem. It ia not ' What laxative. In the pr*x,«-*s »f manufacturing fig* irk and the landing and extonntiion of shall be don« with Cuba or the I'hilip- are used. a*, they are pleasant to the a portmn of ea< h which would entail pio««*” but how sliall •• restore to tbe ta*te, but the medi< inal qualities«>f tf*e remedy are «»btained fr»>rn aenna ami handling and I»»« of lime that would i»eop!e tbe right of self government in other anunatic plant«, by * rnetb«id owrox am»* th«? fr«-i«lit value of the j tbe United Mtatez? It wouhj »mil trial known to the C ai . if * .- sxia Fm fcvari rnertbandi*e- d«nHM'ra<*y ha« given place to rumwrar y. ( 0. only, in order u> get it« beneficial B it *• large <pi«nliti«-s of American I t»« American por/pte have abdicate«! the effects and to avoid imitations, pb-ase 1 w»*re already p»irri.««ed and throne of government to the saloon remember the ful I nam*" of the Ownpany printed un the front of every package. in tran.it o thie country via Ho lerdam erdam I Red-banded anarchy «pita upon our CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. ani Anti rvp. nt d «• tluee sbipmen*« ’ law«, ineult« our flag, rob« our house«, « ah rBAweiaco. cal a ><>.l not »* «topp'd «•* r*»tt e, tl h*« 1» ureea our muUt«rrb<Md an«! •iamnsotir tzrtnmn i <▼ hkw to »«, w T. rw «al* 1« *u O< r«te.-FtK« tec. pu taxu* children, while we are pouting out the nation’s treasure, and offering our «on« to the god ok way to shout th« Declaration of Independence intu the hearts of the insurgents at Manila. “The immoral condition of our great cities is a blot on our civilization. The saloon runs the caucus, names the candidate, robs the public, and spits on tiie law. “The saloon is the nation's greatest foe, because it murders its citizens in cold blood. Because it destroys the character of its citizens, the units u|»on which the national structure rests. Be cause it fosters ignorance, immorality and crime, wh*ch sap the vitals of the nation and mean death to a democracy founded upon the virtue and intelligence of its subjects. Because it defiles the ballot, entrenches the boss, defies the law and im|>overishe« the people. Il is a crime against the state, a crime against humanity, a crim« against Ged. It has opened dens of anarchy, schooled our young manhood to a life of sensual indulgence, ¡»ersoual impurity and pro fanity, sickened the public conscience w ith its daily horribl« detail of debauch ery, deviltry and .rime; blocked the wheel« of «very righteous reform ; para lyzed industry ; crucified labor, defeated the church, outraged the heathen and blasphemed the Almighty. “The biggest farce outside of ¡»erditioii are the laws on the statute bookn «1 America that were passed to regulate the saloon. The I ic « rmi laws of America art* the biggest humbug that language ever framed into law. Under them a mother'« boy is not >afe until after he gets into th« penitentiary. Regulation will plant a saloon opposite the factory, on every corner ot the main street, and next door to the boy’s home, burn out his man hood, school him in crime and send him to state's prison, and after bolting the , ponderous dour, slamls upon the thres hold with colossal mockery and »ays to the liquor traffiic ‘Thou «halt not come in.’ “There are, no doubt, more than a thousand preachers at this convention. 1 No other profession can gather together into one convention a body of men that will equal the brains, culture, |s*rvonal integrity and moral power of a thousand < American preachers who are ministers ol tbe Gospel ot the Hon of God; and if they only knew their power and u-ed it without fear or favor to glorify God in the service of the ¡ample, they could build a railroad to hades, ami »end the rum pow«r horn« on the first train. The regular meeting of the W. C. T.U. will be held in the grove at the residence ef Mr». Holme« ou Friday evening, July 21«t. Busineet meeting at 7 -30 p. m. succeeded by program and refreshment«. It being L. T. L. day, the children are all invited with a view to organizing a Loyal Temperance legion, alto all par ents who are interested in tvm,»«rance work. A Pot of Daisies. “ Bessie!" She started and looked up with fear. ‘Well, father?” “Come here, Bessie,” She approached him wonderingly, for hi« tone was gentle and kind. “Who put that pot of daisies in the wiudow?” he asked. ‘ I did, father, for you,” was the trem bling answei. “For me?” he questioned in surprise. “Yes, for you; it— it—1« my Christian Endeavor. ” “Your what?” “My Christian Endeavor, something I did for Christ's sake, you know. I want ed you to stop drinking. Oh, father, will you stop?” In her ragernvss the child was kneel ing beside the man. Tears were running down her cheeks. Tears fell down the father’s face, too—tears of remorse and repentance Presently, he, too, was kneeling, with one arm thrown tenderly around the little one, whom he had treated so cruelly and neglectfully. ”lx»rd Jesus,” he said brokenly, "I promise thee and this blessed child of mine kneeling beside me that, with thy mighty help, I will cast off my chains. <> God, be merciful to me, a «inner, and blot out all my sms, for Christ's sake I beseech ol thee ” Bessie was sobbing—“sobbing for joy,” nlie told herself over and over, for she had never been so happy before in her life. Could this man, with his arm around her, praying aloud to the dear I-ether in heaven, be her father? Yee, it wan her own father, and he was sober and in hi« right inind. “Dear littte pot of daisies,’'«be thought gratefully—“dear little put of daisies!” — National Tern;»«rance. Th« f x< itement not Over. Th« rush al the drug store still con tinues and <iaily score« of people call fer a bottle of Kemp's Balsam for th« Throat and Lungs, for the cure of Cough«,Gold«, Asthma. Bronchitis and Consumption. Kemp's Balsam, the standard family remedy, is «old on a guarantee and never fail« to give entire satisfaction Price 25c and 50c. An Excellent Bargain. Any one wanting to buy a farm would belter < all at this office as we have one ot the beet bargains that ha« Iw-vn put on the market lor year». One hundred twenty acre«, seven miles from railroad and has 7S acre« of excellent grain this for Sale. year. The land is rich creek bottom, Three hundred and twenty acres, of has on it a good house and barn, goo<l which 260 acres is bottom laud. On water, fruit ¡for family u«e lhis will thn ground are bars which prospect 50 to 100 < oiors of gold to the pan ; 190 min er • inch« of water with 50 foot (all goes with it. Inquire of R Thomae. Town lots in any part of the ( all at this olii :e. Get yuur l.aan Mower •harpened at (‘rimer Ilio». State Normal School, MONMOUTH, OREGON. Training **■ bool for Teacher«.—New Build New IHpartrnrnts.—Ungraded uoun— i school work. < •raduates secure good position« Iro ig cour-en. Well equipped training ifiment. Normal course qmckeal and way to state certificate I pen-e for >rar $120 to |lff); or board • » > to$3 per week. Tuition $6 2d per term • ol fen weeks fall term commences Sept. 19. Munimer term June 27-N«pi. 1. Fo' Catalogue, A<hire«a K. L (\ mi * rkll . President. Southern Oregon Slate Normal School This School Is Now Under Stats Control. I« the Largest and Moil Pro^rr5»ivt School in Southern Qrvgon. N*»w L'liltling« new apparati»* an t iixlur« - fin« campii«, healthful luca lion, delightful rlhnaU*, «»‘ «.'limi inducnc«* fur studente. .................. I \ .rn, j« of the «late. It. M vt»nt »**'••- in V — al nn-l hiMru »irntnl n»u-i lotie found in Southern Oregon. i raining school fully rqitipp«*«! and in > hnrge of a thorough eritk* leather. Tuition $*> 2 » per term »iiu-i- f • an*l ||u pr term: Ituariial hail $1 75, and lodging AOc ¡•er week, -iu tenl- luniiMhing t»e«l • iuthitig , iatuil) board $3.50and $<3. $125 poy» nU f<>r //r cr’a e**Au«/»ng, ter/««</o»g I he -hort’ t and n» t thor«»tirh >»ute to a «tate < »Tilt ' «te, 1.» tbe normal - our*«. Re view < temas fur tea» her» th rough«»«* t th« year. Fir «< term» <»|wt» .^eptrnilxr II. For < aialogun or inr*»rrn*lmn. mMneis • W T VAN 84’0Y, Pre-«klent, Addami, Orngor«