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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1901)
rogue n conn PUBLISHED CVCRV THURSDAY BY A. E. VOORHIES BATE! Or UBBCRIFTIOX; One Year, in r-dvanoe, - Six Months, ThrM Months, . . . .36 Binitle Conies. .06 All subscription! continued until ordered to cease, and until all arrearages are paid. Law. custom and the keenitm of accounts make the payment of debit imperative before the name can be removed Irom the mailing lint. AUvemsinK raies uu apuiivauuii, wj for change of"ad"must he handed in before luesaay noon, omerwwe wihur m matter will be charged for at the rate of 6c ' per running inch, single column. Altera tions and additions to copy will be charged or at the rate of lUo per running inch, sin- Entered at the post office at Grants Fas, Oregon, as second-class mail matter. Thursday, Januahy io, 1901, The 8 P. railroad company deserves considerable credit for their quit k work in breaking the gigantic snow blockade la the Sisklyom last week. The Oregon Maiesmsn issued a very hondsome souvenir New Years edition, handsomely illustrated, devoted prin cipally to the enter prises of Marlon county. . TheOregonian issued its customary annual New Years edition, full of infor mation concerning all parti of our state. One section of the issue ii devoted to Portland alone while another tells of the industries, resources and developments of the state at large. It is, as in former yean a moat valuable compendium ol reliable information and is a credit to the great journal that produced it. It must have rested the eyes of the travelers on the trains during the past 1. . .1 k 13..-. I... Will, ink iw sju vuruugi uiium a - snow both north and south ol us, there has been none here save a very alight sprinkling on two mornings, melting almost immediately. Tho boys who felt that they were obliged to indulge in snowballing have been obliged to use the Imported article which was furnished in quantity by the topi of the freight cars. Fill lip D. Armour, the millionaire pork packer died at his home on Prairie venue, Chicago, Hundar evening. The trouble was a muscular affection of the beart called miocardii and he had been ill for two years. Since the beginning of the present winter, be had failed teadily in health. Ills death will make little difference In the conduct ol the business of Armour A to. as the most thorough arrangements have been made In anticipation of bis death. Ills wealth ia estimated at from thirty to filty million!. Ootn Paul Kruger is expected to visit America tome time next month with , the object of securing, if possible, Inter vention in the south African con troversy. While the Boers have many sympathisers in the United States, there is a large percentage of thole averse to taking any decided stand In their behalf. The chances of intervention In behalf of ' the South . African republlo by the United States or any other nation Is very meagre. It is easy and cheap to express sympathy when the expression implies no further measures. Nikola Tesla, the great electrician, thinks It possible that planets may ex change signals with one another and has observed electrical phenomena which lead him to accept the possibility that we are even now being signalled by tome other planet, perhaps Mars. Such speculations sound very Incredible to the average mind, but great scientist, who have a fuller realisations of tl.e Immensities of the unknown, receive inch speculations much more In a spirit of modesty. The common opinion allows itself to assume the position that nearly everything is known, but nore know bettUir than the most profound students of the very imperfect character ol much that is given out as scientific knowledge and of the vast possibilities that are yet left for the acquirement of mora knowledge. Weather llcport. Following is a summary weather ob servation at Urania Pass during the mouth ol Ieceuilier,llKIU, as reported by J. 0. Paddock, local voluntary observer lor the Oregou Stale Weather Service. Mai. Telil. "48 4U 47 4:i 40 40 40 40 3W 311 02 00 Ml 67 62 60 02 67 U'i 4ti 4r 64 63 f:l 6J 64 60 4H 45 43 Min. Jem. a& 33 34 34 30 jo 36 36 Wl 4 40 37 38 31 34 47 40 !U 31 42 41 HI Menu iVrecip KATI Teni. "40" 42 40 38 37 37 38 38 K 37 44 48 liu-hos 1 2 8 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ia 14 ia Id 17 , 18 , l'J at i!J 2:1 !!4 iW l 27 28 2 80 31 10 31 03 04 Wi I 111 25 10 06 I till 07 15 33 48 47 45 42 48 62 64 41 38 48 47 42 42 41 SO 37 M 31 31 '.'8 20 27 111 Ht'MMAKv: Mean temperature, 40 in as I in iiiii tmieratiire,(l2i date, I HA 20; min ilium temperature, I". Oato, Jim Total precipt. Inches, 6.60: number riava clear, f) : partly cloudy, 3; cloudy. 23 ; prevailing wind. 8 W : dales of fnsl, light Int. 23d, tllh; killing 20ih to 3lal. Hla Wife Waved Hliu. My wife's good advice saved my life writes F. M. Ron ol Winfleld, Term , (or I bad such bad cough I could hard- ly breathe, I ateadily grew worse under doctor's treatment, but my wife uiged me to uae Pr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, which completely cured ." Coughs, C?'ds, Bronchitis, I-a Npe, Pneumonia, Asthma, Hay rev all maladies of Cheat, Throat i are positively cured bThis medicine. DUC. and u.tu. guaranteed. Trial koHIo vnier'a drug strr, tire little liver pills V Little Karl Kisers V. W. F. Kreuier Mess At tho Red Star Store there are some very 2 desirable, stylish, up-to-date t fcred for less than wholesale prices to close out. m t This is an opportunity to buy at a very low J (f price, which should not RED STAR STORE, W. E. DEAN, & CO., Propr. Front St., oppo. Depot. MINING AND COMMERCIAL CLUB. Prciidcnt Outlines Committee Work Thru New County Roidi Proposed by Committc. The quarterly meeting of the Mining and Commercial club was held Tuesday in the council rooms of the city hall. The call was made for the bank parlors but there was a conflict of dales and the room was in use. President Booth read his retort (which will appear in full next week) and so also lid the secretary and treasurer. The secretary's and jtrcaauier's reports were referred to the executive committee. The committee on traniiportation and roads reported as follows : Chants Pahs, Jan74, ltibl. We, your committee, would beg leave to report as follows: We favor the opening of a county wagon road, commencing near the foot ol Sixth street in Grunts Pais and ex tending eastward near the banks of itogue river to intersect the county road Irom Woodville, at Bloody ltun creek, believing that the opening ol said road will add largely to the trade which will come to Grants Irom Evans creek and its tributaries, the trade now golug to other points. The committee also favors the opening of a county road from Orchard Avenue across to the Merlin road, distance of about eighty rods, crossing the lands of M-iars. Blake, Conklin, Vass, and Scheli- ger, provided said land owners will deed a roadway for public use and move their fences back to ssid line of road, ne also recommend that the property Big Reductions - 1N - Remnants. To clou n out till broken Clothing. Dry Goods, You oiiii pick up soino rare bargains in our store during tlio next JJO days. Come while (lie assortment is good, owners along the line of said -road from head ol Sixth si reel, up Orchard Avenue, across to the Merlin road near Schvligera place and down said road to the city limits be petitioned to improve the road so tint It may be made a public drive way during both summer and winter. This comiitiltee aho favors the open ing of the county road and its main tenance as a public driveway commenc ing at Sixth and I streets and theme weet to the city limits along s.iid stieet past the Mors place and along present road as far as tho Coimino's place and the opening ol a new county road Irom that point, westward a dialauc ol aliout three miles luriher to the old Johnson place where it will intersect a lane lead 1114 to the prevent count) mad, provided that the pinporiy owners along said route will dedicate to the public a sixl leel right of way and clear and fence same. Itespcctlully suhiuilted by F. It. Sniuinr, K.O. l'usinNU, II. I., l.swis. Stx-retary. It was moved that this committee shall push Hie work ul owning the road along itogue river to llloody Hun creek and carry out all the recommendation! in their repoit. Committee on entertainment iviMttuI the cost ol a suitable hampn-t at ft 13, and on motion the report was adopted arid placed on tile f ir future n-leri'iie . Mr. Scott Grilliit addressed the chili ill behalf ol the oil and water well drilling company recently incorporated, and asked that the club investigate its claims. The matter was re'erred to the committee on Manufactures and Power. The next meeting of the club is the second Tuesday In April. ili WnMi Act tii I Aits. uuabairuu. Tii ci,.L vm t L -1 5 G iiants Pars, Ore, Jan. 5, 1901. Ladies' Jackets of- be missed. I Kerby Itemi. I had planned in my own mind to send yon the locals for the holidays for last weeks impress, but "the best laid schemes of mice and men oft gang-a-gley." I laid it over for a week but good things like Christinas turkey ami the .variety of side dishes which ac company such a spread do not lose their flavor by keeping. On St. John's Day, LVceiuber 27th, 1100, Bolt lodge No. 70, A. F. and A. M, installed ita new olllcers in form and the craftsmen assembled seemed to enjoy themselves greatly. The ladies of the Eastern Star Chapter No. 60 with their usual generosity, invited Bolt lodge to dine with them at five o'clock p. ui. and assist them by their presence at llieir Installation in the evening. Of the installation I shall not speak, but of the dinner provided for the entertainment of the craitsmen and over which Sinter Louisa I). Hart W. M. presided, lean not speak too highly. Had von been on hand you would have had to acknowl edge that the ladies of Southern Oregon, known full well how to cook and enter tain their friend. I as a traveler fioui the lar East extend to them my sincere thanks with my wishes for their pros perity anJ happiiiun in the good work. May every member become a living green bay tree filled wi'.li the fruit of sweetness and joy. 1 send you the names ol tho olliceis elected to serve in the several Kerby lodges for the entiling year. Kerby villi) leilgo No. 65, I. O. O. F. Noble Grand, T. O. Naucku; V. Grand, l'nil One 'iiger ; Secretary, II. T. Tine ; Treas urer. 1'eU r Hansen. Kebekah lodge Noble Grand, Annie linos iiml odd sizes in Jackets, Mackintoshes. M. Kienlerj V. i. Julia Skeeters; Sec, Mrs. M. A". Morrison ; Trcaa., Ilnance, AugiiKla F. George ; Treat., Alice George ; Warder, Mrs. Josephine Glenn; III. G. I'll il 1'esneuger; O. li , T. O. Naucke; H. S. N. l-'rauk IVMcngor ; I.. S. N. G., Peter Hansen; II S. V. G Thus Gienn ; I, S. V. G., Chris Skeet ers ; Con., Miss M try Morrison. Holt lod No IS A. F.aud A. M W. A., Win. Leonard; S W., Jacob Kllpple; J. W., II. S. Woodcock ; Sec , J. F. Siiih ; l'reas. F t n.til.-y; Tyler, J K. Ilodtd.'ii ; S. 0., J. G. Lake, J. l.,lie,iS. Malh. w smi; S. S., Win Kerr; J. S 11. II. Gitilm. O. I-:. S. Chap'er No f.l-W. l' Mi. K'ltalieth llolgien; W. P. J. T. Gil inoie; Asst. M. Mrs. Snphia Gilniore; Con.. Mrs. Martha Matheson; Ast Con., Mis. I. tii, Woodcock : See , .1 E. Ilolg. en; Ticks.. M rf, l.ouite 1. Hart ; Adah, Mrs. Mary F. Kellogg; liuih. Miss Minnie A. Johunui ; Esther, Mrs. Mrs. iKilia .4. Stith; Mar;ha, Mrs. Jose phine Glenn; Electa, Mrs Mary F. Gilniore, Marshall, E l. lUiley; Warden, Mrs. Sophia Leonard ; Sentinel, II. 8. Woodcock: Chaplain. S W. Forbes; Organist, Mrs. IV n Howcmoi. The Pitting ( nr. Ol the Northern I'acitlc lor the Improved and new train rarvice taking elle. I May :l, aio Ihoioiuhly modern, electric light ed, and ill be cooled by eh-i ti ir l,t is They will atwii.uio.lale So persons at one tune. A l. Charlton. Ass't Gcn'l Pass, Ag't, '.'.& Morrison St., Cor. .H I Portland, tire. For Sale 1 Koh Sai.k Twenty tlv no ret on and una hall unlet eaut o( trantt Taut on Knells river, partly cleared, tin all or chard, piit-e 9-M0 half cash, al.o 111 iv one acret of nhat ia known at tha hide plae, pric (.V), bal! caah. For addi tional in.oru'ation addreM, CfT llRa, lirande, Uron 1 flTMntna IRotca. J The Cook & Miller quartz mine on Foots cruet has been purchased by J. A. FiUj.i'ibon. This ledge shows two feet in width ol $50 ore and a recent mil! run ol Id tons yielded (1100. Jo;. II Beeman, ol Gold Hill, has sold the Lucky Bart on Sardine Cretk, . together with mill and concentrators. for tl2,Ot0. He has also disponed of his interest in the Ki'.ter claim. F. M. South drove in from the Victor, Jr. mine Thursday returning on Friday. That property is being operated steadily with its 15 stamp mill and is accredited with an output of $25,01)0 to $.'!0,UOO per month. Dr. Kay of Gold Hill has purchased the rich vein of quarts discovered last summer by Jackr-on and Moon in the Galice diatiict. This vein is situated on the right hand fork of Calico, a region rich in auriferous deposit. "Toe Meadows," in the Sams Valley region, 10 miles from Gold Hill hss lately come to the tront as a mineral district ol great promise and many locations have been taken. Besides its riches ol gold and copper, the district aliounds in cinuabnr, asbestos and oilier valuable minerals. 1(0 ItewarU, 100 The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dri a led discs e that science has been able to cure in all its stages and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical frulernity. Catarrh being a constitutional dijeaje, requires a con stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cine is taken internally, acting diuctly upon J lie bloid and mucous surfaces of the BiHlfin, thereby destroying (he foundation A tiie riirae, and giving the patient strength, by building up the coiiHt.tulioti and aeKiiUiiig nature in doing its work The proprietors have so much faith in Its curative powers, that they oiler one Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for iist of testimonials. Addreev. F. J. Ciikkky & Co. Toledo, O. Sold by dtirggiulH, 75c. Hall.s Family Pills are lliu best. Holiday Olfcr. Beginning from IlrcemW 6 to Jan uary 1, 1'JOI, will tell gold filled opecni ties at $ I per pair, usuul tr 50 value. We U-st your eyes nnd g ve you an ac curate fit. This is a rare bargain to get a nice pair of glasses for the old folks a Omniums present. We have the goods, you have the money, you need the goods, we need the money. I'.vans, Optician. Aclverilseil Letter J,lt. Following is the lint ol letters remaining uncalled for I is the Grants I'nss p ist ollice, Suturday, Jan. 0, 11101 : I.AI11KH Bwyer, Mrs.Uobert, Kerley, Mrs Ida, Morrow, Mis. Carrie, Stone, Mr-. L. C Spink, Miss May, Miivuly, Mrs. Many. Itialie, SlisMllurn, Itarrailn, I. sum, t:ianioii, liur(y, Moevey, Mrs. 11. Weston. Mis. A. K. Uoherison, Mrs. S. (t fcNTI klll .l Cowell, J. F. Coirev, W. C. (.lalkius, II. M. 4. t arter, F. II. Calloway, C. M. 2, Mctiowean, Harry, Johnson, S. J. Morrow, G. II. Manning, J. iiolien.", Geo. 2, Miilth, A. C. 2, (juadu. M Lud) iiskey.l'eter, .iiideisou, S. Artlnir, W. II. It.irry, Hugh, itoard, Itoht. II. I'.r.Klt- a ii b , G.o. Honey, C W. Iluiiny, William, Cartur, M. W. Kusted, Kdd, Glass, M. 8 (jrinien, r raim A. iildurmuu,Wuller, (inioiiui, 1' K. Ilaniiiieri.lv. I'. A. IIuihI, I'. II. Keeileii, L. M McAbe, Chas. .Martin, It. K. ilim, I rank, I'eninngloi, K. C Wilcox, G. W, Woodriill, Fiank, (iruy, Win. .Mgr die (len, Hyan, Hilly, of Ole Olson, C. K. II.UIMON, i'oMitiasler. THE OUTLOOK lor u witnuin's hi.plnei in th m&rrivd It.ite ilciwinU Ks5t as a rule, upon the tiMn she it to marry than uxin iter own health. The woman who enters upon mUTUKi imuVnng fnwn winnanly weak-tit-M, H"hruninK up Irouhle ngaiiut the dav tf trtmhU-." Wc.ik. woman are made fHroiif and tick women nre matle well hy the uk of Ir. l'lerce'i l;iivorite rrescriMion. It la the one relUhle regulator. It driea en feebling dr.iin, heaU intlammation ami ulceration nnd cures female weakness. It nouriahca the nene ami invtKorntea the entire womanly Digamnm. It make the luhy'i advent practically iinUwa, and ives atrenlh to nuraiug muthcra, mtfftnl fr Isrtf vwirt with frntale trill.- tllr Mi Miltm' liMiiwtv of AiUit. A'tmr Co H which brniht oil other tli cneft hriri tmurtir, UnaBt iUc, nrnrtw n- o1 l tuiir-ti wmuUI t ucHily nnn.lyirl. Hh.I ncuTttikitsi of ttmich I rnn frrvlv uiy vtutr iitr.luiur mlnr lav.itU in alt. live of ' K- oriie i'rtwtuiUDn.' fmir f (.l.il.Wn Mnltcal r t 1 I1U llKvcrv,' ttl two vial of IV lsl rrlUUt, kavtr cutnl mr I t0 Wotk with ifttftTt l'W, but Wmit I WMtiUl t tlrt.! All th tiin nd hav a iluay hrmUche. And mv nrrvc woultl I m ultwlftiiiK no I inUl not alrrp NoW I Orn lrrp antlUo Nt tliv'i wrrh tKitne-thlin 1 had not doiir tor ovri cVcwU yMrt bclof. lr. lHerce's Common Seuae Metlical Adviser, in jvth,t covera, aent free on receipt of at one-cent sUmpa to av ex- P-use of niailiuK only. Addreaa Dr. llL V. lerce, BulUlo, 'N. V. ELICKENSDERFER. Model No, 5. 540. Model No. 7. 50. PtKisi-TioN ix TvrtwniTKta la i l.Ar KiMiiimi. liiiekeniierfer (vuitiinm gvHHt Airk. eay oNration and durat.ihiy a( a minimuni Civtt. C K. KOOT, Agent, GitvNrs I'.vss. Mr. Oddie's Courtship. By IheelaE. Braine. Mil. M.'. !:KIIAM ODDIF. was a model lodger, an eld bachelor, and a heart-vl.t,!e man. That Is to say, be was all iliree until the duy consider ably pant his fortieth birthday that a special fate took him In band, and brought him face to fare with the younger of two ladies wbo bad recent ly come to live in one of the bouses op posite. They were evidently mother and daughter; both were comely and the liitt-named of the two bad one of the sweeteM fuces it had ever been Mr. Oddie' luck to behold. She happened to drop u small purcel whilst walking along their mutual roadt and he hurried after her wilh it. The smile with which she received It went straight through Mr. Oddie's somewhat an liquated waist coat. All the evening be thought of that smile. When be went to bed, be en deavored, with the aid of three candles, to get nn Impartial view of thnt region on the top of his hend where the hair ought to have been, but now, alas, waa riot. That bald spot hod not troubled him much tip to that time; now be re garded it with mistrust. Mr. Oddie I ad led an amiable, punc tual, uneventful existence, golngtoaud returning from the city every week day with regularity and dispatch the kind of person who is never asked for his senson ticket. ITe was comfortably off, and had no one dependent upon him; the few relatives he possessed lived in the shires. Mr. Oddie had remalnedia bachelor all these years possibly because nobody hnd ret to work to marry him. It was not that he objected to women; on the conjrnry, he admired the fair sex, as s whole, iiilte unreservedly. lint be hnd never given his heart to any one par ticular woman, and his landlady looked upon blm ns a fixture. The returning of that apparently In nocent looking parcel murked an epoch. Life was never the same again to the little old Imrhelor. He hnd not wntched Miss llexhnm's gentle face nnd well developed but graceful figure for ten days before he became convinced that It was not good for a corn dealer to live utone. "A man wanted softening Influences nboul liim" here he hurled a piece of fried ham to (he cat "he needed a gen tle hand to guide nnd restrain him." Mr. Oililie at this point discovered that he hnd forgotten to wind bis watch up the night before. The truth waa, he was In love, nnd with a young woman with whom he hod never exchanged a syllable. He learned her name fromliis landlady, an oimtere person, whose mind was set upon a curious form of religion, nnd who did not tahe much thought about frivolous worldly mutters. Questioned discreetly by her lodger, this worthy but depressing perwin could'lell him little regarding the two Indies who were now the object of such tender interest to him. They were a Mrs. and MiKS Hexham, so she hnd beard, and Mrs. Ilexliiiin wns either deaf or dumb, or il might be both, for her duughter talked on her lingers to her, and she answerediback in fbe same way. Mr. Oddie's courtship wns a very de corous affair. In Spain, despite his years, he would doubtless have adopted the role of an "iron-enter," as tbe voiiih who goes courting under his Imly-love's balcony Is styled. Hut in sober, iinroinnntit r.nglnnd, the Kttltor dors not ent Iron, or serenade the queen of his heart on the guitar. He lias to be properly Introduced, and the little corn dealer, knowing this re spectable custom, would hnve given nn thing for an Introduction which would line allowed him to cull and eat nrilit.li friendly relntlocs. The months imbued, and still he could not get that thin but necrsnary end of the wedge In. The mother ami daugh ter wemed to have very few friends, nnd never went out, prubnbly nn ac count nf Mrs. Ilehnin's nlllirtlon. It was linn! upon the diuightrr. Mr. Oddie thought, but he mlnilred her all the more for lier self -sacrifice. Miss lli'Nhnm became aware of his devotion, of that Mr. Oililie wss con vinced. When Ihry met and be took cre thnt they did meet pretty often he ventured tn rslke his list, and mnilt Were exchanged. Rut there the olTair halted. In the poor little mnn's frequent derpnlr. He could get no "forrader." Once, when he attempted to speak. Miss liexhnin turnrd the color of a red rose. 11 nil promptly hurried away. "I have neer been properly Intro duced, thnt is why," was Mr. Oddie'e ntigiiikhi'd retlectioti. "She must have been expiit.itely brought up; the very pink of rnpriety. "Soim tiling will have to be dbne, cried the poor num. isesperntrly, on the da) tint; he went to the city withouta tie nnd an unfeeling aeipiaiutunce Jrernl at him and inquired if his liver were nut of order. His liver! Perish the thought! It wns his heart. He decided at length that, like lleze- kiah, he would ask for a sign from henven. He would send the object of his adoral ion a bouquet, an anonymous bouquet of the choicest; she would surelv guess from whom it came. If she placed it in the window he would write to Mrs. Hexham, explain himself nnd his intentions, and request per- mliMon to call. Mr. Oddie took a holiday the day the bouquet was sent off from I'otcnt gar den; to sit still In his ot!Ur was a thing luiKitilile. He went for a long walk, but where his neat little It g look hliu he wns nrter able to say. The ucxt day the agonv increased; there was notigu. Mr. Oddie fell plump Into the depths ot despair, and waa convinced that be had offeuded his lady love. He had not been properly Intro duced; the phrase became a perfect nightmare to him. I'.ut the second dny there was the bouquet in ilie window in ell Its glory, nnd. iron-over. Mim llrxhani wns bend ing over il. i ti lut 1 1 1 g its perfume. he was a beautiful woman; not loo young for a man nhem in his prime. The wonder wus that such u treasure had Dot been snapped up before. MiuUmiii IMilie wrote to Mrs. Ilex ham. It lovk him hours and hours to coni' o" the letter, and il was the most deli, iou'.ly old-ftiNhUuird cpifttle ever pei ind iii a practical century. Two whole thiys elapsed before a little note cauic in reply; "Mrs. Hexham presents her compli ments to Mr. Markhsm Oddie, and would te plenird to see him, if he could make It convenient to call this eveuing between ei'it or.d nine o'clock." The note was a forma! one; but when the agitated little old bachelor was shown Into the sitting-room at Holm wood, Mrs. Hexham, who was alone, re ceived him with a very kindly smile. Her eyes looked as if she had been cry ii g. "Please take a seat," she said. "It has been very close all day, has It not T" "Terribly." answered the visitor. "Do yon feel the heat much?" "Vcs. I am afraid I do" was tne re ply, and Mr, Oddie suddenly recollected that bis future motber-in-lav? waa said to be deaf and dumb. Tbia lady was certainly neither. 'My duughter," said Mrs. Hexham, after a pause, "desired me to tell you bow very, very grateful she is to yon for your letter and the flowers, bne has gone away for a short time to stay with friends. She she thought it best." Mr. Oddie sat there, unable to otter a word. "She had gone away, because she thought it best." That meant that there was no hope for hitn. Mrs. Hexham's eyes filled with tears as she looked at him. "Oh, she cried. "I am so sorry so very sorry! You are such a good, kiucl-bearted mnn, I am sure. Of course, you did not Know, or you would not have thought of it." "Thought of what T asked Slr.iwaie, heavily. "Of marrying my poor Agatha. You did not know that she is deaf and dumb?" Mr. Oddie stared at the speaker In blank amazement. It was fully a min ute before be grasped the significance of what she was faying. It was the daughter, not the mother, who was "nfTlieted," as Mrs. Koper would have phrased it. He was silent, and Mrs. Hexham continued: "My poor girl Is over-sensitive, nnd your kindness went to her heart, I can assure you. Mr. Oddie pulled himself togelher, and rose to his feet. At this moment there was something almost noble about hit rnther tubby Utile figure. "Madam," he said, firmly, "your daughter is on nr.gel, and I love her. Will you huve the goodness to give me her address that is. .If you will sanc tion my ai'kiiip- her to do me the honor to be my wife?" "It seems rather unconventional," she said; "but it is not exactly nn or dinary cake, 'is It? And 1 am sure you nre a good mnn. Mr. Sedlt-y. the vicnr, was talking about you only the other day, and tnying how charitable you were. Agallia has the swectcs-l dispo sition, and she is so quick you hardly renli.e that she Is not like other people, indeed. I think you would be very hup py together." "I think we three would be very hap py together." answered Mr. Oddie, em phasizing the "three." He took the wIiIovv'k ln I'd and kissed It with old ftiM.ioMd cnllniitry. It is urn. eccssaiy to mention at what unearthly hour Mr Oddie required bis breakfast ihei.ext morning, or to slate thai he hiirdlv ale a mouthful of it. In the afternoon of the sume day Mrs. Hexham might have been seen rending a telegram, with a beaming face. It wri nnl n long one, for it con tained only live words: "l-ove from Agatha and Markhnm." Sketch. An Obaervatlon Car 01 unique detin. will always be found st I lie end of the Northern Pacific's Norili Coast Limited, both east and west bound. Observation platform is six and a half feet long and entire width of car. Ladiek' observation parlor is 23 feet long A. I). Charlton, Aps'I (ien'l Pass. Ag't, 255 Morrison Hi.. Cor. 3d, Portland, Ore. if You Are Going To get married this Bpring or summer reserve passage on the Northern Pacific' North Coast Limited, whether east bound or west bound. A rilit start in married It fe means a good deal, and you get it in this way. Send to a N. P agent for our little leaflet. A. 1). Charl ton, Ass't lien'l Passenger Agent, 255 Morrison St., Cor. 3d. Portland, Ore. ORIGIN OF AUCTION POOL. Am American Invention Tiiat Became a I'opnlnr 8slem with Iledura. "I suppose inn ii v people do not know the origin of auction pool selling, suid Frank L, Herdic, the famous pool seller from Wiiliiiuikport, I'll., to nu interested group nt the Hotel Kiveis during his last visit to New York. "It a of Amer ican invention, ulul before it was start ed betting on races was, jurforce, be tween individuals, on honor between uc (Uiiiiiinuces, mid by depositing the stakes with u third person, known to each, uiuong striiugcrs. "In the vv inter of 1MSU there wus a rnce meeting at New- Oi-leuns, and one day several men around the gambling house kept by the lute Price MeCit'uth wanted to bet on a certain nice, but they nil fancied the siiine horse, which, fiy the way, was ').ucky' I'uldvviu's eld stul- lion Ituthcrford. "Mctlra'li suggested thnt na this horse was such n great favorite lie should be sold at miction, and the other horses us well, the aggregate sum to be put in u pool for the winner's hackers. "This was the lirst auction pool, but shortly afterward this method wns adopted on nil the race tracks in Amer- -ien, the pool seller taking five percent. of the lot.il for expenses and compen sation. "It was very popular, and many of the tild-tiiners regard its passing into dis use as a bad thing. It's n good thingas far as faimcbs is concerned, but there were tminy scniulalswhcn il was in gen eral use, as those w ho ran the pool boxes were known at times, after the bettirg was over, lo have turned on the crank thnt is, marked up the number of tick ets sold on the winning horse, so that the winners would pet but a siniill por tion of what rightlv belonged to them, lint to see the crouds unxious to buy pools nt the grand circuit races, it looks ns though auction pool selling Is wtill a popular method with the tret ting public." l ) e v THIRTY-SEVENTH VgrXR. ! WORLD-WIDE CIRCULATION. I Twenty Pages; Weekly; Illustrate i. T7RII DOLLARS fll TIAR. rOSTFAID. samki eo4a rust. I MIKING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, j220 MivtT St , Sn Fncisco, Cal. Prices Cut the AND- On a window full of Tinware and other Bargains, and a ....Big Reduction on Collarettes.... and Capea and Jackets. Fascinators for one-half Price. Don't think it over too long as good things don't linger here New York Racket Store, HARROWS I We have the famous H Y Ii. u. C TJ 13 I? LOWS And all farm machinery, Wagons and all manner of wheeled vehicles. Hardware, Paints and Oils. F. Sie Jimakun The Amateur Photographer is not as active these days as in mid-summer but there is work for them to do work that is interesting as well as profitable, viz.: Looking overaIl'"negatives, destroying all that are worthless and preserving in envelopes all that are valuable. Take a print from each good nega tive and mount it in a flexible leather album, where it will be kept nicely and will bo convenient. . A person's friends always enjoy looking at a Kodak album. I have albums iu stock ranging in price from 15 cents to One Dollar. Also 4x5 negative preserving envelopes. I have a good supply of nearly everything the Amateur may need. tootliieS XOTICB FOR PUBLICATION. Land office at Roseburg, Oregon,) January 3, 19111 ( Notice is hereby given that the follow ing named staler bas filed notice of bis intention to make final Drool in sunoort of his claim, snd that said proof will be anaue Deiort a be Axtell, county judg attirante i'mt, Oregon, on February 15, 1001, v:x.: j Mrs. Kmnia DanltU, formerly Eiima MuAlister, on II. E. No. 8107. for tin SWJ.' KV!.' ol Sec. 10. In. 37 S, R 6 West. lie mmu tha fullowiiiK nilnetsos to prove his continuous rei!ence upon and cultivatioiiof said lunil, vis: Samuel J)jnicls. lot Murphy, Oregon, Georne Few, of Murphy, Oregon ; Wil liam Svt iraten. of Murphv, Oregon, Wil liam Hayes, cf Murphy, Oregon. 1. T. BRIDGES. Register. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. In the County Court of the Stare of Oieuon, ur the County of Josephine, in probate. In 1 lie tm'ter of the estate of ) Anvils U Hopkins, deceased, f Notice iahereby uiven I bat James 8. Moore, theeseciitnr of the estate ot said Anijiis 11. Hopkins deceased, lias pie rented for settlement and Hied in said County Cturt the final account of bis administration ol said estate. It ia therefore ordered that Tuesday, ihe 12th sty of February 1!K)1, at io o'clock in lie forenoon of said day in the Coutifr Court room, in tho Conn House at iriints I'ass in said County of Joscpbile, Slate ol Oregon, be and ihe same hereby is appointed by this Court for tie settlement and allowance of said tl'ai account and for the di. charge the Baid executor and his sureties ; .t which lime and place all persona bit-rested in said estate ni.iy appear ail file exceptions or objections in wrilig to said account or any patticula item thereof, jirid i is further ordired that this no.ice bpubli8bed once a week for four sui-cemit weeks in the Rooi'K Rivkk Coikikr a weekly newspaper published and priiied at the city ol Urants I'ass. County of Josephine, and Siate ol Oreiion. loiie h open Court on this 7ih day of Jaimry, A. D. lyOl. A HE AXTSI.1., County Judge. A Few Pointers. The revnt statistics of Ihe number of deaths sow that the large majority die i'b cosuuiption. This disease may couiuieoe wilh an apparently harmless cough, tliich can be cured instantly by Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lnngs, ilnch is yuaranteed to core and relieve II cases. I'rice 2bc. and 50c. For sa)ey all druggistf. Re; Porous Plaster This Toiler is made after our special fcmula for double strength BELKD0NNA AND CAPSICUM A-ombinstion that has lieen found to make Tho Best Porous Plaster For Couhe, rneumnnia. Rheumatism Coldsleurisr, rkiatia. Hoarseness, Aslhtn. Lunibaizo. Itrnnchitta liiffi. cu t teething, Backache and all accet lid pains. I Made 1 xpresaly for loyer Drag Co. APOTHECARIES, Irant St., Opposite Depot. Figure We Cut the Prices II. SCIOHOT. jPhotogtapiefi - Gouliev Office $2.25 for $1.50 The Rogue River Courier AND- (". 1 The Best and Most Practical Farm and Family Paper Published. Relieving thnt every one of our reailers should liave at least one iiood ni;ric iikiirui anil family journal, we have perfected nr rantfeiiieiitn whereby we can Bend that prailiial and instructive journal, Farm snd Home, in connection w ith Xne Week ly World and Homemade Contrivance!, on remarkably liberal terms an j(iven below, back of space forbids hut a brief descriii tiun of the contents of Farm and Home, Which is lltlf.illllll.wl for vapi.,1., -...I eellence. I'roiiiiiient ainuiif its mum departments may he mentioned the Farm and Harden, Market Reports, TheOuestion Itny A-,m,i.l il.a 111.. I in..' ... - , ,c , mli9 UIm inveii- u-""i i'? e,eril""'y.. Fashions and Fancy "" ipwry, ine rmmry ) ant, lalks villi a Lawyer. Fruit Culture, l'lants and Mowers, Live stock and Hairy, The Veterinary Fashions and Fancy Work, Household Features, Farm and Home is published femi- nifllltll V. 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