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Mitt VOL XVIII. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY i, 1903 No. 40 4 i! VV w- vvWvvVVVvvvwVWvV'k i ! ( - - - iT' tl- Jji &JQ v) oar Ey J. '1. br Frederick R. Tootubs 1tJ(VVIll1V,lflllTT(TVVTItSfinffTI. , TTEIt I." 3eneral Washing- ; !ra the sentry did ri :ht. Perhaps i' soughing wind, u .llfilit of Dec. 31. snowing hard. ' story bouse of lolphia paced a "; 'iitiy with mils ttonnlly stopping - .. .a. . 8 cocked bat. Through t M-t ween the shut ters of Mrs. lJarrnli s parlor the mail could see ns he passed and repassed the plow of the big open fire within and could catch the glint of It on the fold shouldc knots of the two olllccri sitting besid .t mid on the hot tie and Classes on the table near by. The fire was the only liftht in the room. He knew that one of these was Sir Wil liam Howe, for Mrs. Durruk's bouse was general headquarters, and be tried to make the t. je pass quicker by guessing who the other was. Ho did not once guess aright It was General Knyphausen. the llessinn commander. "I'y lilimncl, inein cheneral, I shtop (lis vnr so qvb-k I 'make all de vorld chump!" cried Knyphausen. "How could you do '?" Knypliauscn bent forward and imir mn red a word or two. Howe recoiled sharply "Assassination! lit said In a tone of deep disgust. "Murder (iciieral Wash ington!" he cried In louder tones. The sharp ears of the Hessian caught the pause ill the soft footfall of the sen try ou the carpet of snow, and he raised a naming Anger to his lips. "No need of such dishonorable means, baron." said r William. "Without a commissary, vlthout money, with lit tle iiiiitnunlliG be cannot bold out In Valley Forge.' Listen to the storm. The elements favor us. Besides, Ilur goyue must have taken Albany and I New York by this lime. When I get J word from :ni. I'll send the dispatches to (ieneral Washington by way of 'jjshowing him that further resistance If useless, especially as the rebel eon 3 press' embassy to France appear; to 4 have failed." " 'TIs so long since ve hear from dot Purgnyne." " "I'was the day before we tried to surprise Washington at Whlteinarsh. Iltirgo.ruc sent one of his Indian' run ners to say that he had crossed the i Hudson mid was face to face with the 1 rebels at Saratoga. That was on Sept. ! 1 1, and the Indian did not reach here i until lice, 3" "I dink ills vomau. Mrs. Dnrrali, inaiTivJuok r' us for dot surbrlse. I dink she send vord to de enemy." Sir William, who watched all this with excited Interest, struck a silver bell sharply and an orderly entered from the hall and saluted.' "Light the candles and beg Mrs. Dnrrnu. with is, ' ?limcnts. to favor us with a visit.'','1 A light sti'p hi the hall and there was a kuTnT on the door. Sir William arose and opened It. A tall, slender, handsome woman of forty, dark complex loned, with features ml her long to be called bcautirnl. but Willi a gait and mien that were queen ly, entered and courtcsled to botli. "Mrs, I in mill, may we ask that you will give especial orders to your bouse hold to cease spying on us'r" warmly nsked the Itillisli commander. "Von may. Sir William, but I will is sue no such order." "And why not, pray-" "l'.ecause my household, to the new est servant. Is loyal and to be trusKd. I har!)or no spies, and I will not Insult my people by any hint of treason." She arose. "Is that all. gentlemen?" "Veil you got leaf to ride nut off our lines aider de guuncii of vnr belt here on lie secnnil. dit you go to de mill 01 to Vhltenmrsb?" ns!:cd Kuyphaiiseu. "The mill Is In Whlteinarsh.", alio said calmly and then added warmly: "You know, general, that my husband was a loyalist und was killed In the king's cause. If be were alive, be would not suffer me to lie Insulted:" She began to weep. "Besides." she went on, 't,ie rebels have not the price to pay for spies even If I were merce tiary." Stung to the quick by the last word, which she bad emphasized. Knyphau en aiurrlly retorted: "No, but iof of dr handsome cbeneral dot gafe de grea pa" here In Phila delphia" "Stop!" thundered Howe. Mrs. Dar rah flushed red and was about to leave the room when the British commander aid to her: "Mrs. Dnrrnu. I crave your pardon. I bad no notion when 1 sent for you that anything like that was to be said. 1 will make amends for this unfortu nate affair tu nny way that lies In my power. Any favor yon ask Is yours." She paused, greatly agitated, with eyes east down. Suddenly her face lighted op with eagerness, and she spoke: "I have a nephew," she said, "whom I would Ilk. to see win honors in this , war which would bring him to the fa vorable " his king." nqJease." i ii mm ., nichea again, me cotrr ,,,'-:tructions. and In a few --"V - a l-svy lutniini win heard talrv and tall, broad a the . shouldered ond young man al'h this lips entered. He mr.su nil . Ill c "1 - - wnr. . . -lA'in suit of gray. Ills se w. .T"''1 euty-one; his manner "-us. Mrs. Dar- rail lntrod V'e hlm to Slr w"ll,,m " her i,pf Elijah Btrong. Hardly bad she spoken mi name wbett Uie orderly knocked on the door. Elijah wheeled around and opened It. "lTioner with dispatches, sir," said the orderly. A swarthy little msu in IUkln clothe stood In the doorway letweeo two snow covered soldiers. "Thee were found ou blm, sir," v vvVvv. VV vvvVVVVvvVVVVWVN Greatest 1 s Day 1 HARLESTON said one of the two soldiers, handing Sir William a packet of letters ad dressed to Ceueral George Washing ton. The seal.- were quickly broken, and the English general hurriedly scanned the contents and then the seals. Next he spoko to the prisoner In French, and the man answered sulkily. Sir William asked the soldiers how the capture had been made, and they told him that I lie man wag the skipper of a Fivueb brig which was overhauled as It tried to enter the Delaware a few hours before. The skipper was taken completely by surprise, as he expected to liud Philadelphia In Wash ington's hands. '"Huron." said Sir William, "these are from Dr. Itenjamln Franklin and Arthur Lee of the embassy to France, assuring General Washington that King Louis has been won over, will make a treaty and will send aid. Well, General Washington will not get that news to cheer hlin for New Year's day." "Y'ou petter dink again of my plan," said the baron. Sir William looked at KlljaU from head to foot and then walked up and down the floor In grim silence. Another knock on the door. "Indian runner with dispatches, sir." Jingling with bis ornaments of beads ' and bronze, a tall red son of the forest entered. The solitary eagle feather In his long, straight hair, on which the tJrclGod-h kn5 surrendered' half frozen snow glistened, bespoke a chief of low rank. Ills fiery eye and i punting nostrils showed n man of j pride and spirit In his left hand he held a musket, and be thrust the right j Into the besom of his bueksklli shirt, j drew forth a roll of paper and threw , It oil the table.' j Sir William Howe took up the roll of paper, and as be did, and while the looks of all else were on It, the eyes of I.vdia Dnmih and the Indian met In a swift glance of mutual under standing. "From Hiirgiiyne," said Sir William, with a smile. "Now, here we have something to send to the rebels as a New Year's gift." lie began to read He stnL'uered and sank Into his chair. "Great Go.!!" he cried. "Ho has sur- rendered to Gates with 5.7!il men. 42 cannon and Ti.O"'! muskets!" I "No. you vou't send dot to Valley j Forge." grimly remarked Knyphausen. t "Mayiie you dink petter now of my , plan!" I The I'.ritlsh commander stood up with a sigh. "Take the Frenchman to the barracks," he ordered. "And this Indian what's your name?" he In-' quired of the red man. I "Wild Eagle, me." grunted the In-' dlan. tapping his breast. j "I'll send him to the kitchen to be fed." said Mrs. Darrab. moving to the door, followed by the glanrof the for est "Very good. Elijah, remain here. Good night. Mrs. Darrab. Knyphau sen, 111 leave you to question this JOUIIg II1UII nuu uririiimii: -nutiu.. , .1.. t.r not there Is anything In blm." With that General Howe left the room. "Gok1!" muttered Knyphausen to himself. "Now. if I am mistaken not I vlll eud dls var mlt der assistance off der young man Elijah." The two were In close consultation for more than an hour. CIIAPTEK II. In a cozy upstairs parlor lighted by so oil lamp sat Mrs. Lydia Darrab, with her workhnsket In bcr lap. The Indian stood before btT. "If 1 hud kuown that you Fre com ing. I would never have made this desperate plan," she was saying. "1 would give you this money to take io the ratr,u(- thoiuh how to get such a large sack out of the bouse in your hands without arousing suspicion will be a pusle. I must trust H In Elijah's n tmtmmm mm hands Hut. hush! Away! He's com ing." The Indian sank to the floor and was hidden In a second under the ta ble by the cloth which ou all sides touched the carpet. "I hope I'm sure you have secured a commission from Sir William?" the woman said, beaming on Elijah as he entered and clasped both bis hands In hers. "ll'ni! I have If I want to take It up. though It will not come from Sir William, who knows nothing of the nasty business. But 1 .don't like It. Still, Knypliauscn promises to pay me well, to stand by me to the end and to give me the commission. But I don't like lt-1 don't like It." "In that case you need not have any thing to do with it, dear." "Yes. fait there's a power of money In It, aunt." "Then you ought to like It. dear. Ton know bow you have been longing for a chance to get the sum that Edith's fa ther Insists upon your having before you marry Edith. What Is the objec tionable feature?" "Oh, I must not tell that, aunt. . I agreed to the proposal, and I swore to secrecy. But 1 don't think I'll carry It through, after nil." Lydia Darrab hit her lip. . "Faint heart" she began, shaking her knitting needle nt him and smiling. "Y'ou can't move me, aunt I know what It Is, and you don't I'm sorry to lose that much money, though .-.00u." She turned pale and tapped her foot Impatiently on the carpet. Presently a new light shone in her face. "Suppose, dear, you could get that money by pretending to perform the service required of you?" she whis pered, drawing her chair close to his and putting an arm around his neck. Ills small eyes lighted up with the fire of avarice. Itlght well did she know his weak point. "Hut how?" he asked. 'Listen," she said. "I happen to be In the confidence of both sides. 1 know -what Is required of you. Y'ou arc to have safe conduct out of the British to Oa-tej". jXj' j'" lines any time after Hie bells ring In the new year. Y'ou are to bear forged dispatches to General Washington, some telling him that Hurgoyne tool; New York and some from Paris stat ing that no French aid may be expect ed; this to dishearten nnd disband the armv. and If these wiles do not In- stnntly sutlioe you are to enlist In his! army and find opportunity to assan- j slnate III nt. And It Is to be all done to-' morrow, the first day of 177S, for the greater effect on the people." While she spoke the young man looked at her III open mouthed wonder. '! don't know how you know u'l this." he said, "but It's nil as true as pel. And I promised Knypliauscn to do It, for the money was so very tempting. Hut who Is going to give me as murli for pretending to do it?" "I will." "You will! What interest lias It for you. nunt?" She arose, went to the' door, Jih n-il Into the hall and. then sitting close to her nephew, again whispered: "You love Edith Smith. You know what love Is. Ii'J: h! Not a word now. You would say that I am an old woman who oeght to know better. I. t us to the ixi!:it. I will give you .'" If you will deliver from urn to General Wash- liigtim with the false diqia'cln-s a note tiling lil :n the truth and a bag of money as a New Year's gift" "A bag of money?" "Y'es: U7."!,n inb-r-ribed l.y n society In this city koo'.iu as the Friendly Sons of St. Patrie!:. It Is In this house, I.j-oi-ljf InasaPai of tlodr. They did . not know how to get It Into the Ainerl I can Hie exce; through my agency. , and It was to g' you to carry this New i Year's (.-ift to Gi ru ral Washington thet ( I seizisl a long de-lred opportunity to I get you a o.niuii.-ie'.n. I know your leanings are Tory, but I thought I could make It worth bi" "Aunt, nur.t. what a clever woman rou ere! I ll do It. of evnrse. But of all places to have money for the relicts bidden! Itight In the headquarters of t'- British cio:ma:ider! Well, well, well! I'm ready to start, aunt But when do I get ray reward?" "Meet me nt the mill nt Whlteinarsh tomorrow at sunset with reply from General Washington. I will ride out thPrt. lnd 1-ring the money" ie ponder.-d gloomily. She watched every sbiMus; sliadc of emotion that j paed over bit countenance. There was a hall od the street below, a chal lenge and some orders Issued l-i a gruff voice. "Here. Elijah, Is the sack of sover eigns," she said, lifting a pillow from the sofa and revealing a coarse gunny sack which It had concealed. He essayed to life It. "By goodness, how heavy It Is!" he cried. "I'll never, never get this out without raising sus picion." "What! And you the strongest man In Germantirtvn! 1 have a plan. We'll put It In my husband's old knnpsack, get that ou your back while you go down the stairs and around to the sta ble, then balance It In front of you on the saddle. The horso. w ill do the rest" He nodded approval, and Mrs. Dar rah found the old knapsack. The treas ure Back was put Into It. She placed a letter In the young man's hand, and be put his arms into the straps of the knapsack. Ills aunt kissed him, and, panting heavily he started for the stairs while she held the lamp for him. As he rei'.chid the glow from the light In the hall below her lamp was blown out, and. putting Wild Eagle on the bad;, s'.:e whispered: "After hln" "Hiilt!" ;l:e heard the orderly cnll In the hall below, while her heart leaped Intj her throat. "It's the general's or ders that you be searched!" CHAPTER III. A horseman ullghtcd nimbly In the alley heshtc the residence of William Smith, the wealthy ship chandler, a few ininuteii after 11 o'clock on the last night of the year 1777. Like most of the houses In Philadelphia, it was all lighted up. showing that the family was sitting up to welcome the new year. The man tugged nt a strap which held a gunn.vsack on the saddlebow to make sure that It was nil fast, and then, tying the horse to a stake under one of the side windows, he ran up the steps and piled the knocker on the hall door. A servant opened It, and he was soon In the parlor clasping both bands of lovely Edith Smith. "Pardon uie while I look out to see If my horse is nil right." He walked to the window. "Now, Edith," said he. ''"a'cn':rj returning and this time taking one of her hands, "you know what I told you last year. Well, It's still true; It will always be true. Y'ou said that the man for you was'n man who would not Idle nt home while patriots were fighting for their country. That gave me some hope. I spoke to your father. nnd he told uie that when I should ,nve CM-,) pounds 1 might nsk him f,,r you. Now I'm going to light for my country and to make n.y i.i.UOO all at once, and, Edith, I've come to to ask what you will say in a few days when 1 come home with the money after serving my country will." "Sit down," slie said, "and tell me all nliout It "Here's the point," said he. "Here's seventeen thousand rive hundred pounds lu the king's good money going to those rebels, which Isn't right at all. Y our father Is a loyalist; so are you, of course, nnd. of course, so atu I. Whnt Is wrong In confiscating that money?" "Good!" cried a gruff voice. She started. Her father was stand ing over tiiein. lie bud entered unob served, a rubicund old gentleman whose fare suggested many a hard bout with good old port The beautiful girl arose, ond, raising her hand with n gesture which meant forbear, she said: "I would not pain yen, dear father, by making known the state of my poli ties or of my affections but that this proposal Is thrust upon uie. Now I must speak. I am nt heart a patriot a rebel. If you will. A mercenary man shall never be my buxLtfml. If God wills that be Is spared until this glo rious struggle Is over, I will wed the patriot hero. Captain Alexander Wil liams." "Well. I have that rebel money, any how, nnd I'm Just going to console my self with that and wash my hands of the rest of the business," Strong mut tcrciL walking out. In half n minute yells and on tin arose from the alley. The windows on that side of the hotue went up. "What blasted Ju-.-g'ery Is this? This ain't iuj horse! Watch! Watch!" Elijah rushed along the street, leaf ing the substituted horse behind him, and run stumbling through the tnow to h!s Aunt Darrab. "ll.e money:" be muttered hoarsely. "Cone!" A DELICATE CHILD Let a delicate child take a little Scott's emulsion of cod liver oil after breakfast or dinner not too much too much will upset the stomach, fietter too little than too much. The effect will be slow; it ought to be slow. In a week, you will see it began the first day. Don't be in a hurry. We'll lend you little to try U you like. SCOTT & UOWNB. g PurliUret, New York. OREGON'S GOLD INDUSTRY Has Grown Quietly Now Attracts the World. lu a territory as vast ns tho United States each particular section des ignated by tho namo of n statu or gronp of states becomes associated inseparably in the mind with some uutural product. When tho mime of California is mentioned the thought at once is of gold; Texas means cattle; Minnesota means wheat; Mis sissippi or Alabama suggests cotton; Oregon and Washington make one think of lumber. But these impres sions, although they are fixed pretty firmly in tho minds of most of us, may be misleading. And this is particularly so in the caso of Oregon, fur lumber is only one of its resources, and not tho least of these is tho pro duction of gold. This is a unique condition, for here is a tremendous in dustry that lias been moving forward quietly through many years, attract ing only now and then the attention of the public, yet constantly growing in iniQprtanco. There is a single vein of gold in southern Oregou IS miles long which lias produced more of the yellow metal than any zono of its length in the world; This is culled the Cracker district, mid it alone en titled Oregon to ft high place, among the gold states. ' If it were not fur tho overshadowing reputation of California, Oregou would jicrhaps bo known as tho gold stato of tho Union. If the "Forty niners" had not gono to Cnlifomin, hut to Oregon first, and iiad ocned there their first camps and bad made among tho rich veins of Oregon's mountains tho largo fortunes which havo since been made there, then the s'nrics and romances of the, gold craze would havo arisen from Oregon. Had Bret Harto and the others who have iinted the picturesquenesH of the early mining days of California taken their Inspiration from tho gold fields further north, the Impression which is now in tho public mind might have la-en different The Mncknys, the Floods and tho Fairs, who made mil lions in California, are known all over tho world. The men who ac quired their wealth in tho gold fields of Oregon retired to enjoy their for tunes in privacy, building splendid homes, traveling about the world wherever they wished, giving of their surplus to help those who were, less fortunate. Hut all this they did quietly and without ostentation. They nru unknown mining kings of t I'm West, but kings nevertheless. And all the while the world was reading of the l!iun.a. miners and their fabulous wealth. Tin) situation finds a parallel in other branches of American industry. There are those whose mimK are in every one's mouth, about whom some thing npiiears lu every issuo of the daily paiiers. Soinetiu.es these men seu the notoriety which comes to them, while ostensibly they endeavor to avoid it. Sometimes they become rc n-tpieunus hf accident, and, having once become so, they continue to be followed nnd watched and talked and written alsmt. Hume of them tire presidents of great cororiitioiis, and of tliern it is told that they rose from the bottom by their own struggles. They are called "captains of indus try," and they are feted and dined by kings and cmiTor. At the same time the papers and the people know nothing of tlib "unknown captains of industry," the other men who have by their own efforts organized and carried to success great industrial Inst nin th and men who sometimes have actually pet formed a vast part of the work for which some of the noted ones have received the glory. So it has been with Oregon, lie- cently, however, business enterprise has begun to appreciate the resources which havo not been developed lie- cause stories of them were not ou the lijs of cviryone. Altbongh Oiegon has been known for its lumber and grazing and agriculture, the state is in reality largely mountainous. The Cascade range and liluo mountains divide it into three principal sections, and these mountain ranges are rich in mineral. Gold, silver, lead, ropjs-r, iron, and coal are found in them, and the most profitable of these is gold. Ernest C. Lowe, in Leslie's. HEADS KiioL'LDNKvI:R ACHE. Never endure this trouble, 1'se at once the remedy that stopped it for Mrs. N. A. Webster, of Winnie, Va she wrlte "Dr. King's New Lift Plll wholly cured me of sick head aches I bad suffered from for two years." l ore headache, constitution biliousness. Vm at W. i. Krcmer's drng store. Fountain Pens Waterman's W to f..X) at Cramer liros. Id ul JOSEPHINE'S INDUSTRIES County's Numerous Resources, e-nd Mtvny Advantage. Josephine comity, situated in the southern part of Oregou, possesses many qualities desired by the home seeker. The county appears to be the natural home of the applo, peach, prune plum, almond, and in fact all the fruits that can be grown in a tem perate climate. The peach tree will bear the second year after transplant ing, and it is no uncommon thing to seo a peach tree one year old in full bloom. Apple trees bear in four years. Fruits are grown on hill land without irrigation. Hops are grown successfully and of tho very best quality. Grapes of all varieties do well on the foot hills. The raisin grape has no superior. Timothy, red clover if id alfalfa do exceedingly well and grow luxuriantly. Cattle find a good range the whole year. Gold mining is extensively carriod on, and some of the best properties lu the Northwest are found in Josephine county. Tobacco is grrvu success fully, nnd cattlo, horsoi, sheep, hogs, mules and goats bring a large sum into the comity annually. Tho county seat is Grants Pass, situated in tho center of a beautiful and picturesque valley ou the Hue of the Southern Facifio railroad. It possesses that most desirablo of all good qualities, a mild, equable, healthy climate. Josephine Comity's 1U02 assessment roll sIiowb an assessed valuation of fl,251,ir, au increase of $1(7, 305 over the valuation of tho preceding year. The remarkable increase shown this year has largely been made in mining properties. A number of mines that were but holes in the ground last year are producing properties this year. A number of mines have addod to their equipment and have likewise greatly increased thuir value. There has also been an increase in tho value of farm lauds and town property. This increase will bo much greater this coming year than it has been dur ing tho past. Tho county court has been doing much good work during tho past mouth in the matter of rais ing tho taxable value ol a number of Josephine, mines that were paying practically no taxes at all. Telo gram's Christmas edition. ROGUE RIVER THE BEST J. W. Olwell Finds No Better Apple Country. J. W. Olwell. of tho firm of Olwell llros. the woll-kuowu apple growors of Southern Oregon, returned last even ing from a ten days visit to various sections of Eastern Oregon and Wash ington, whero he went to see what lie could learn about fruit-growiug and lucking. "We are generally credited with being quite successful in apple growing and marketing in southern Oregon, " said Mr. Olwell last evo uing, "but I havo observed that there is much to bit learned by visiting other K-opleand observing their ways. No community lias a niontvjKiiy of the best methods, and moro visiting around might do ns all a great deal of good. Last year 2"i00 acres of apple trees were set nut ill the ltogue river valley and nearly as many will be set out this season. In 15 years from now every acru of good apple land in the itoguo river valley will bo covered with applo trees. With an industry growing jjkn that it is well for people interested in it t() tuko advantage of every opportunity to learn. "Of course I came back more lu love with the ltogue river country than ever In-fore, and yet I saw many suc cessful apple sections.1 Tho apple- growing regions east of the mountains, lecordiug to tny observations are at Hood ltiver, Yakima and Walla Wal In. I am convinced that the greatest success of the apple-growing industry deisnds uiou producing a variety of fruit which will bo a favor- to ou the market and can be grown better here than in any other place. That is the advantage wu have in Southern Oregon. We grow Newtown Pippins ami Spit.cnhcrgs principally, and our climate, altitude and soil en able us to produce a better apple of that variety than can Iki grown in the i-aslern stales. For that reason we eati demand and receive a better price lor our fruit than can the eastern growers. There is always a plenty of the common grades of fruit, and it is by raising something extra good that an extra price is obtained. People who go into fruit growing should study the conditions of their ltsalities so as to determine what variety of fruit wilt do best, and then not be content with growing anything .In ferior to the best that conditions will I-rmit. Orcgouiau. Glendale Items. Miss Myra Montgomery arrived ou Wednesday evening's traiu from Forest Grove to sjsnd the holidays with her parents. Misws Catherine Clarke and Katie McGregor left Sunday for Sun Fran cisco where they ex ct to remain for two months. Miss Jeane Clarke will follow them soon. J. It. Hale and sister Mrs. llrown moved to Grants Pass Saturday, to reside for the winter, we hear a Mr. KoImtIsoii and wifu of Grants Pass have rented the meadows. Kd. iioyd and his (unions dog hare been after a iithcr teu miles north of this place this week. The panther has been committing depredations ou Mr. Folks baud of graded goats killing a number of them. At last account, the animal bad not been overtaken. 56e Economic Buyer Cannot fail to profit by our Special Sales on the various articles vc here enumerate Special Sale Manufacturer's Sample Rugs at COST. Special Sale Lace Curtains 25 per cent off. The manufacturers have with drawn prices on Furniture. This means an advance. Don'fdelay if you contemplate buying Furniture, but call and see our immense stock. Don't miss our 10c j& Red Hot VSi. TU. Column Twin Ballots. Furnished by Rev. R. I Johnson, D. D. ' Alnug in November, when chill was the weather, rwo ballots woro cast lu a box togethor, nestled up close like brother to brotlior, They Yon couldu't toll one of the votes from tho othor. Clio They wore both rum votes, And sanctioned the license plan ; But oue was cast by a jolly old brewer, And one by a Sunday-school man. The Sunday-school nian no man could be truor, Kept busy all summer denouncing the brewer, But his fervor cooled off with the change of the weather, And lato in the autumn they voted together. Sunday-school man had always The been noted For lighting saloons except when lie voted ; Ho piled np his pray'r with a holy perfection, Thou knocked them all down ou the day of election. The foxy old brewer was cheerful and mellow ; Said ho, "I admire that Sunday school follow, He's truo to his Church to his party lie's truor, He talks for the Lord, but ho votes for the brewer." The regular mooting of tho W. 0. T. U. will be held at the home of Mrs. E. A. Wade, Deo. 3fl, at :80 p. m. AU the members are earnestly re quested to be present and others who fuel Interested iu onr work. Tho oldest member of the W. 0. T. V. iu tho world is found to bo iu Southern California. Joint J. Over ton, 106 years old, was made an hon orary life member or the Southern California W. O. T. U. last July, at tho institute hold at Long Beach. Upon being introduced to tho audi ence be elicited great applause uy statins' that he had never drank a quart Of liquor iu Ills life, uor had over used tobaofd. Mr. Overton hav ing been bom in 17(17, has lived in three centuries, and is an' interesting member iudeed. At a recent meeting of a local W. C. T. U. the subject ol "Non-alcohol-io Medication" was discussed and tho following points emphasized : "This d.)irtment opposes alcohol from a strictly scientific basis. Many leading physicians of noto tell us that alcohol is as Injurious in health as in disease; that not only does it fail to help, but it really delays, and In many cases altogether prevents recov ery. The names of many physicians who are strong advocates of non alcoholic treatment were nicntioued, among them Sir Astley Coojier, who said: "I never suffer ardent spirits iu my house, thinking tliem evil spirits"; Sir Andrew Clark, physi cian to Queen Victoria, who called alcohol "an enemy to the race"; Dr. Martin, of John Hopkins University; Dr. A. B. Palmer, of Michigan University ; Dr. Word of the Univer sity of Pniinsylvai) at and hosts of others. Kvery young; man should realize that character I of inestimable valuo in business life. To know just where he can bo found, and what in fluences control him, are questions! which have more to do with his stand ing than anything else, Tho young mau can get along and make a succors of a business career without brilliant attainments. The men who are to-day doing the great bulk of the world's work lu every department are meu of moderate attainments. He cau get along without capital except what he makes himself. The masters of the financial world started on their own resoures. But the one thing which he cannot get along without, and reach any permanent success, is character. T hat means the power to resist evil influences. That is the meas ure of his wortlL It is the standard by which he will be judged and rightly judged, both here and here after. Ilou. ThotJI. Murray. Furn'.turs . j 42 ' I'l turs Mouldings Laos Curtains fJ Uranitewars i Mattresses f YJ llw rf fdl j,J Tinware cots ilWz&Lt(n aittMwar" Linoleums Mm MtlM M' t Lamps Mattings V'r WZrZS Cutlery Mirrors sr Woodenwars and 25c Tables of Bargains. j& TO AMEND THE FISH LAW Pankey'a Amendment Does Not Specially Favor Hume, John Paukey, the Rogue river fish erman, lias prepared au amendment to the present fish law and is solicit ing signers to a petition, which will bo presented to the legislature, re questing that tho changes as suggested be mAdo. The amendment proposes to chango section six of the present law to road as follows : "It shall be un lawful to take or flsli for salmon in Rogue river aud its tributaries, ex cept, with rod and line,, commonly called angling, from 6 o'olock Satur day evening to 8 o'clock Sunday eve ning following, in any weok of any year, or from the first day of March to tho first day of April, and from tho first day of September to the first day of November, or at the mouth of Rogue river where it empties into the Pacific Ocean, or within three miles outside, thereof, from the first day of May to tho first day of August of any year." Mr, Pankey contends that such a law will be of benefit to the people, at large aud will work no hardship upon anyone. It is upon this argument that ho is asking for signers. Mcdford Mail. . Concentrates. Mnlng sud Bcieutiilo Press. Oxidized ore containing gold to the value of $100 per ton or more some times affords uo visible trace iu a pan or hornspoon upon vanning. Iu the construction of a quurU mill steel plates placed above tho chutes on tho inside of the bin will be found to be economical. Tho plates should be 2 feet wide and 8 foot loug at least, aud will save the wearing out of tho planking of the bin. The best method of "killing" powder in underground workings is to havo an abundant supply of pure air driven into tho mine, under pressure which will send it to every face and stoiw. Other mothods spray ing with water, etc., only give par tial relief. A discovery may ho made anywhere within the boundary lines of a mining claim that is, tho boundaries may be fixed without referenco to the sulut of tho discovery; but the law requires that the claim be located in such maimer that tho vein shall pass along its center. A miner lu Mariposa county, CaL, who fouud dilllculty iu saving gold in panning, because of its being "greasy," mixes ashes with the gold licarlng dirt iu an iron tank, and water being added, a tiro is built under tho tank, heating to the boiling point. Tho water is drained off aud (inning then becomes easy, the gold being saved without dilllculty. Platinum oro is of somewhat uncer tain occurrence, although there are several reports of its discovery. In the State Mining Bureau, San Fran cisico, Cal., is a rock siwcimen from New Zealand, which is said to con tain platinum. This peculiar and very valuable metal is found lu tho placers of many countries. It is usually, if not always associated with gold, duo to the high specific gravity of both metals. That platinum does not exist whero gold is not fouud is not known to bo a fact. Blue Prlut Papor by the yard or roll at the Courior office. THE OLD RELIABLE P0VDHL1 Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE mm