Wtotf mumt. VOL. XIX GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1903. No. 39. I f ho BnCohllH Ralrnnu )! a AND i CONFECTIONERY PARLORS MISS ETHEL JOHNSON. Propr. 30 5c Oread Tickets FOR $1.00 I LUNCHES SERVED f 6th St. next Bl AK E SKILLED TAILORS Skillful Tailors are not all conscientious. Conscien tious Tailors are not all Good Tailors. Durable clothes don't ahy tys possess the rijjht kind of style. Stylish clothes don't always possess durability. , It takes a great combina tion of things t.. produce the kind of clothes you should wear. Our reputation is your warranty for expecting all these uood qualities in the clothe -p mit n i.-..n - and inter ooleiis are all 111, time to make selections. Lome your clothes, you'll man, regardless of who he may Front 1,3 mm r Lowney's Chocolates, by tlmir Delicious Quality, Perfect Purity and Delightful Flavor, achieve tho largest, sales I of any 'Confectionery in (lie world. t W m iownev s flrc So Ony at Horning & Depuy's l Box Gandies The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co, I Springfield, Mass. Incorporuted 1831. rays Annual Dividends, Guarantees Loans. Cash and Paid up values, and wrius policies more in the interest of policy holders than any other company. See our agent if seeking insurance. PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT H. G. COLTON. Manaokh .310 311 Chamber oft .oninierco, Portland (irants Pass Banking & Trust Co. PAIII I'P CAPITAL STOCK Trah-ai i, litntral Hanking business. Hfi'-ive deposits subject to check or on deuntnd ecriiilc at. "ur cutonieis are ais.ired of courteous treatment anil eery consideration! e .1 Mli .11 mi liankinu principle-.. M iy rirposjMioxca or rent. J. KHASK WAT.snS. I'rev ' K. A. !. T II . V Pres. I.. I.. JKWKI.I.. a-liit-r. The First National Bank OF SOUTHERN OREGON. CAIM TAI, tT K, Keceive depo-its suhjf d tn check or on rertilVate pavaMe on demand. tl "ithl ilrall on New Y"rk fan Krawi-r". and I'ort.and. TeieKraphir iratoOers mild on all point in the I'nitnt fute. f ml Allentioli mv n lo ( oile. ti.m anil peneral liu-inei of our i ulonir. CulliH-tiona ma.le tlirouKhoiil fouilnrn on-pm, and on ail a-iwUil pointa. K. A. ltOfiTII. I'rw. J. C. ( A M IM1KI.I.. Vlre Pres. H. L. (ilLKKY, t'a-liier MARHLE AM) GRANITE WORKS J. B. rAIfOt'K, I'Bof-E. i am prepared to (urnifh anythinn in the line ot Cemetery work in any kind A.RB1E or GRANITE. Swrly thirty year oteirrii-nre in tb M irble buainesf warranlt my taring I rn till tour or.lert in tbp very b. ?t manner. Canfnrniah work in S-ot'h, fSwe!e or Aineriian Granite or ny kind of J. U. PADDOCK, front klrpl. Neit ! Pwnf'i Oi.hop Courier and Oregonian $2 a yearij AT ALL HOURS j to Coe. j NOT .......... VU IICY I'llll and just now is a splendid and see the new styles. If be dressed as well as the next be. Street, Grants Pass, Oregon. WHI0Ht Lo Wiley's Candies zanaies from 25c tn Sfi V. K. HORN. Aok.nt, Grunts Fa.-., Oregon i!n ono (. S.VI.OOO OO. n mm sn. mm. ML sniLuKu... I fc in ta dv mi WANT THE ROLL PUBLISHED! Movement Is Started to Pass Such Lb. w in Oregon. The Salem Press Club iH taking an aottTe interest in tho liiovenumt iu favor of tho enactment by tho state legislature of a law similar to that iu force iu Illinois snaking it obligatoiy upon the jiart of ssissors'to have tho assessment roll imblisbed before being equalized, and thus givo every tax payer nu opportunity tn examiuo it thoroughly. The plan workivery sneeessfully iu Illinois, and iimsmnrb as only one lino is required for the assessment of the jirojierty of the tax payer, tho burden falls lightly npou all. The jmssago of lliu law in Illinois lias resulted iu largely in creasing tho amount of taxable prop erty on the roll, so that in reaiity it Is an important source of revenue, rather than of expense. BctUr Than a Platter. A piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound on the afTected parts, is better than a platter for a lamo back and for pains iu tho side or chest. Pain Balm has uo superior as a liuimoiit for the relief of deep scaled, muscular and rheumatic pains. For sale by all druggists. Paune-tlon t ih row jour nioni j away bin buy aoinei lilnir useful ul I'adilm k ili )i le Di n. L. Gr HICGINS Assay Office CIIAUUES: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Jt each. Gold and Silver, ft. GOLD DUST Bought und Kenned for Dental Trade. Kaeh and every assay done with the idea that it may be checked. JRED'K D. STRICKER, M. D. HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Masonic Temple, Rooms 2 & 4 Grants Pass, 'Phone 633 OllliGON. C. HOUGH, A1TOUXKY AT LAW, nines in all State ami Federal Courts Uli'e over First Naiional Bank. 1ANTS I'ASH, . . OltltUON. II. II. RARTON, WATCHMAKER and JEWELER. full assortment of Wuti lies, Clock, Sil verwura and Jewelry. A ti.Kni lssorliiicnt of liriicclets and Heart Bundles, u'lemsn' Drug Store. SWEETLAND & CO. FRESH and SALT MEATS, c- I'llONK 21 N. E. McCREW, PIOXEER TRUCK and DELIVERY Fiiriiiluro knd I'iano Moving GRANTS PASS, OREGON. The popular barber shop Get your tonsorial work done at IRA TOMPKINS' On Sixth Street Three chairs bath room in ronnertion Hentv Bso!(s For Boys 10 Cents Also a liirc line of other paper bound books at low prices. Col. Johnson, .Main (. nearSuar Pine I'actory. DRV WOOD Dry 16 inch Heater and Cook Stove Wood or 4 foot wooI, if desired, can le had ... ON SHORT NOTICE.... by leaving orders at the Sugar Tine Store or the Demaree Music Houe or by addressing W. H. HEATOX, Grants Pass, Ore. Ch itlmis it here and people will buy pret end; its 1 habit they have. Why not buy something uieful? We have therir from a key ring up at Paddock'i. LADIES, ATTENTION! Original and only fenulni Kkkwii Tasiit Wfrn. for nale by leading druui-t-4. e pr l. Sale and rehulile. Accept e lubttituu. llllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMt WOMAN'S CLUB ADDRESS 'Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern." Tho following jiaper was given by Mrs. R. L. Demure:) at the December 11 meeting .of tho Music dmwrtiueut of the Woman's club. The word Carol from tho Italian, French, Welsh (and probably Latiu) signifies a round dance, song of joy, and Is also a Christmas hymn that may be traced to the primitive church. It was customary to call up on such as would slug to praise God in a hymn, either iu words of the scriptures or of their own creation. Aud it wus also customary for Bishops on Christmas Day to mako sport with their elergy, and to sing which ens torn it was in imitation of tho "Gloria iu Kxcelsls" of tho Angola. The first Christmas carol was sung when Christ was born. As tho Angles appeared unto tho people saying "bo hold I bring you good tidiugs, for nn to you is born this day, a Saviour which is Christ, the Lord. "Sudden ly there was with the Angel a multi tude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, "glory to God iu the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.' " Ak to tho exact year it is not definitely known, as on these points there ate differences ot opinion. It is generally agreed that the birth of Christ ought to be. set back at least four years. H seems to have hapjieu ed very shortly before the death of Herod tho great. Herod died in tho 50tli year from tho building of Homo 1. e. fonr years before tho nsual start ing point of Christian chrouology. The Christian church, observed the 2, ith of December as a fei-tival day, in memory of tho birth of Jesus Christ. There is tiowevor, a difliculty in accepting this as the dato of Na tivity, December being the height of tho rainy aeasou in Judea. when neither Hocks nor shepherds could hltvo been at night iu the Melds of Bjthli hem. But history tells us that tho first feast to bo celebrated ou the J."ith of December was established by Commodus, emperor of Koine, who flouriHhed about IS.) years after the birth of Christ, and as everyono is satisfied to take this as the nativity of Christ, it matters littlo whether it is historically correct or not. The Christum era was ushered in with a burst of heavenly music, und through all the succeeding centuries of toil and conflict, each re turning Christmas tiiuo has wakened anew the echoes of " Peace pu earth, good will to men." The practice of sinking Carols or at all events, sacred hiukIo iu celebration of tho nativity of Christ as early as the 2d century is considered as proved by tho circumstance that a largo surcophagus belonging to that periud has sculptured ukiii it a representation of a Christian family joining iu Choral praise for this pur )se. A century or two after this, however, the Christinas Carols seem to have sadly degenerated and become, in fact, so indecent that the clergy found it necessary to forbid them. Under the Auglo-Stxou kings, inrrriTiiciit niiil piety were pleasantly combined in English life, a jieculiar ity that effected tho Christmas Carols of that period not a little. In the hitler part of the 4th century in Alexandria, they celebrated Christ mas with sougs of praise. Christmas iu Koine iu tho last years of tliu (Itli century was qnito different from today. You would enter the cntheilral and listen, to long-drawn-out, mysterious sounds, strangely un certain iu movement, with apparent ly no accent, with no definite tonal ity, without form, wandering awuy up into the shadowy arches and losiuy themselves in prolonged whisperings among tho carved cnpitils of the columns. What music is this which is almost without melody, and wholly without lnnniinyV The Knnmn chant, the pure Gregorian in which now the joy of the Christian church at the hirth of its Redeemer is published. Today you would hear harmonious tongs of praise. Between Uni lith and l.'th centuries tho world seemed to ho shrouded in gloom, and I find no record of any o'ii demonstrations during that lirn but during tho I'Jili century, the veil of darkneia was lifted, aud the js-ople again celebrated lln birth of Christ w ith their Christ inas Carols. In 1H0 Paris celebrated Christinas ill a strange way. Wo are listening to a mass by ono Jean I'erotin, and again we lo ur the device of imitation employed one voice repeats the ac cents of another voice, and then they toss tun fragments back and forth to one another, but so slowly and so carefully, as if they were afraid they might break it. Iu Kuglaii'l a littlo biter we might hear the "waif" singing their carols from town to towu and see them feast ing ou the good rherr proffered hy reverent women, while beyond the lthine iu Germany, tho good folk, pious and homely, would cluster round tho fireside and sing their ( hristmaa song. By the I. '1th Century the jocosity had unhappily l;iwd into what would now bo considered profanity. The oldest printed cohTtioua of Knglish Christmas Carols U ar the dato of !.',.' I. The majority of these, though written by men of learning priests aud teachers, exhibit a lamentable ig norance of the two most prominent I arsons iu the Carols Mary aud Jesus. In r:.j was kept the "still Christmas" on account of the illnesa of King Henry ; but with this excep tion, the sacred season appears to have Is-eu regularly celebrated with joyous mnsio aud songs during the Tudor period. Iu loi3 Christinas Carols of a more solemu nature were introduced. By the Purit iu parliament,' Christ mas was abolished altogether, aud holly ad ivy wero made seditious badges and iu 1M0 the Psalms, ar ranged as carols again exhibited a hearty, cheerful ana even a jovial character. In France tho Carols at this season used to be much less sacred than gay, often, Indeed, they were grently Bacchanalian!. Iu 1600 Christmas was celebrated in by the singing of Chants, Iu 17IM iu St. Thomas chnrch in 'Leipzig, (lie worshipers wero bowed with awe as tho strains of new aud wonderful muslo float out from the choir loft as they sing Sebastian Bachs' Christmas Oratorio, it was the newest develop luents of the old Gregorian chant iu tho modern recitative, the echoes of the early Greek and Latiu hymns iu the strange treatment of tonality. Whence came those wonderful Latin hymns? T':ey aro anonymous, the names of their authors have perished from off the face of tho earth. But down through all the centuries of tho history, of the Christ inu church, com poser after composer has treated these hymns, aud one most intimately as sociated with the Christmas period, has stood too test of time. It is the "Magnificat," the song of the Virgin to her own Glorified child. This song was undoubtedly born in the far-off days when the memory of Puul'g injunction as to spiritual songs, was fresh iu tho minds of the young worshipers of tho oriental church. Iu ono church for nearly 110 years Iliihdlo's "Messiah" in whole or part, funlshed tho music for Christmns day aud for several sugges tive repetitious of tho more suitable parts of it later cn. And never did the newness and beauty of that music pall. Iu tho 18th and lDth centuries. the Christmas Carols were very much the snnio as now. Iu the larger cities, the grand pipe organs burst forth, the glorious Christmas anthems filling every heart with joy and glad ness. We have somo lovely Christum music written or arranged by Aincri cans. That charming nnthein which Dudley Buck improvised ono Satin- day afternoon more than 80 years ago, in Hartford: "Brightest and Best of The Sons of The Morning," a hymn assigned by the rector for tho morn ing service Among some of our latest Christmas Carols of 1002 are "Bi thlu hem's Sart" aud "Christinas Bells" by Louis H. Dressier. "All Hail the King" (from the birthday of a King) and the "Guiding Star," by George B. Nevin. "Silvery Stars' by Cah b Simpler, and many others. It is a privilege to bo prized that the music tiuichcrs are enabled to gladden pud uplift human hearts by cultivating the music of Carol, Anthem, and Oratorio. May wo so livo that we help every New Year to swell the volume of the Angel's song "Gloria in Kxcelsls. " Revolution Imminent, A snre sign of approaching revo t and serious trouble iu your system Is nervousness, sleeplessness, or stomach upsets. Kleotrle Bitten will quickly dismember the troublesome causes. It never fails to tone tho stomach, regulat i tho Kidneys and Bowels, silniulale the Liver, and clarify the liliHid. Hun down systems benefit particularly anil all the nsual attend ing in lies vanish under its searchiug and thorough effect iveuoss. Kleclrlc Bitters is oiuy fiOc, and this is return ed if it don't give perfect satisfaction. UuurantiM d by National Drugstore anil (ir inls Pass Pharmacy. Stilled His Salmon. Gus Clrich, who has the l'cndet Ashing grounds at thn mouth of Srnilh Kiver under lease, tiiis fall caught aud salted III) barrels of salmon from which ho will net considerable profit, salt salmon bringing a good price at thn present time. Tho cost of pulling the salmon up was considerable Ik this year than last, from the slump in price of salt. In I'.iDl h4 paid In Kan Kniin isco l(i..V) a ton for salt, while this year the same article was pur- based at JS..V) a ton. Mr. Clrich lifts also madn arrangements for ship ping his salmon via Koreka, which will save him considerable over haul ing to this point and shipping to San Francisco. Del Norto Record. la Now Playing Checkers. A fellow named Frank Handle stole some money, a watch and violin last week at Myrtle Creek. He madi the mistake of bis life by stopping off at Gleudalo while en route south with his plunder. Marshal Jone. being notified, nabbed the thii f anil took him tack to Myrtle Creek, from which place he was bound over io the grand Jury, and is now playing checkers with his nose in the comity Jail at Koseuurg. Glcudale News. Coughinj Spell Cauud Death. 'Hany Duck well, aged 2.', years, choked to death early yesterday morn ing at his home, In the presence of his wife and child. Ho contra ted a slight cold a few days ago and jaid but little attention to it. Yesterday morning ho was seized with a fit of coughing which continued for some time. His wife sent for u physician, but before he could arrive, another coughing sjs-11 came on and Duck well died from suffocation. Ht. Loui Globe-Democrat, Dec. 1, I'JOI." Ballard's Horehouiid Syrup would havo saved him. 2V-, fit and (Jl.uO at Hlover Drag Co. lny Husui as Injrrui H'utrli Aacu at I'lullixk't lltryrlt Jjrm, EUROPE'S HIGHWAYS Foreign Countries Ma.king e. Big Profit From Good Roads. It is claimed by some that the build ing of roads Is strictly a locn-inattor, that the benefits are entirely local and that tho whole expense should be borne by the local communities. This Is not the view taken In the most progressive countries of Europe. There the build ing ana majntenaueo of roods arc important functions of government. France. Uenuany and Switzerland are covered by a network- of the finest roads In the world. As a result the western half of Europe Is tho pleasure ground of tho world. Tho revenue de rived from tourists is one of tho prlnci pal sources of income for iieoplo of nearly nil classes. But without these good rosds this revenue could never be secured. The aim of the people In thoso coun tries Is to make their grand mountains, their beautiful lakes, their lovely val leys, their castles und monuments eas ily accessible by means of fine, bard, smooth roads. What a contrast appears when wo turn to our own country! We havo the fine scenery In tho world In tho great mountains of the west, but It Is pructl' r.-V,.; rcxA-fi v .-..:-:j.t J OSU or (IKKIUSV'S GOOD 1IOAII8. cnlly imicivsslble. Kxcept ns they get glimpses of It from enr windows, the grnudeiir of our mountains und can yons and the beauty of our mountain hikes, streams mid valleys are a sealed book to the general traveling public And tills will always lie the cuso so long us steep, stony mountain trails aro the only means of travel beyond the railway lines. Imbed much of our finest scenery cannot be reached even by such trails. If tho Fulled States government. In co-operntion with the states and local communities, would build great smooth highways, making the wonders and beauties of our great west easily ue ccsslblo to tourists. In a few years tho tide of travel would bo turned west ward. Not only would millions of dol lars spent annually by Amerlcatis In Europe bo kept at home, but other mil lions would bo brought to our rliores by tourists from foreign hinds. But tho natural attractions of our country are not tho only things which uro made Inaccessible by tho lick of good roads. Our places of historic In terest are mostly In tho sumo category. Take, for liislaiico, Muntloello, homo and tomb of the Immortal Jefferson. Few Americans even know whert It Is, intich less visit It. Montlcello In only three miles from tho clly of Churl ttes vlllu. Vs., which Is ou two grent trunk lines. Why, then, Is It so little kutiwn? Bucausu threo miles of ubout ni bud road as can be Imagined lie between It and tho railway ntutlun. o:.o c.vuiu.t travel over that narrow, steep, rough, muddy country road without a feeling of sliauie. At present nil effort l be ing made by a small baud of patriotic men and women to build what Is known as tho Jefferson Memorial road, to make Montlcello accessible to tho pule lie, but only a beginning bus been made, and they aro finding It uphill Work to raise funds to complete Hid task. But, after all, tho encouragement of travel Is not the most Important renvoi for the building of good roods. They are absolutely necessnry for the pros perity and happiness of tho people. Tho era of railroad building ou a hu-gn scale Is practically at an end. In tho course of commercial und Industrial de velopment we have reached a po'nt where the great problem of Improving the common roads must be faced. We cuii no longer treat It us a local mics- tlon. Wo have tried that for Ihree- (puirlers of a century, und In nearly every section of the country the miser able results are apparent. The good ronds problem will never ho solved locally. It Is too viut. It run bu solved only by Hie genius, the wealth, the labor und the patriotism of the whole people. A great lilt I tonal movement Is necessary. In co opera tion of the nutlon, tho states, the coun ties aud the local communities lies the solution of the problem. Murketlns- Farm Trodacla. In a report of the Industrial coinnds l!. in on tho innrketlng and distribution of farm products I ho cost of liuullng tho products from tho farms of the I'nltiil State to the nearest market or railway station Is given ns J:ski,isi,im) s year. The overugo haul to the near est shipping point Is twelve miles, the average cost 'Z" cents per ton per mile, or f.'l a ton for the twelve miles. Few farmers take Into coiinlderatlon this item of expense. The most Important factor In reducing the cost Is gisd roads, for much larger loads can bo hauled, much less time taken, and a great saving In hor-e ll. sli and Iu the wear and tear on vehicles effected. An other Important factor In favor of good roads Is In being able to get produce to market during the time of high prices. Mow to Prevent Group It w ill be good news to the inolhels of tnmll children to ham that croup an bo prevented. 'J he first sign of roup is hoarseness. A day or two be fore tho attack the child becomes hoarse. Give ( iTuiulo r I tin's Cough Remedy freely as soon as the child bo. omes borne, or ( yen after the rough cough appeals, aud it will dismll all symptoms of croup. It is iu fact, the only remedy that cau always bo depended upon ami that is plcntant and safe to take. For sale hy all druggists. V."r.H VV.5T!il 5- Easy on the Pocket Books and Pleasing to he Eve. Satisfactory in Every Way ! . You aro most cordially invitod to call and iuspect tho finest display of Fine Fine Ever shown in Southern Oregon. Tho Big Salo still goes on and our patrons are profiting by it. Try tho 10 cont Hot Trices on MOUNTAIN TOP TUMBLES And Che.nu.es Configuration Old Rtvnier. i prodigious slide, lasting several days, has entirely changed the con figuration of the southern and high- est eminence of Mount Hauler, aud has reduced tho height of the mount ain. Tho peak at tho tunimit of the mountain toppled over aud millions of tons of earth and rook went crash ing down tho mountain side. The phenomenon (was witnessed by mauy business nieu of Olympia. G. E. lluggius, a woll kuowu itockmau, gives the following account of the affair lu the Kveniiig Telegram: "Myself and others, including ex- Stalo tSeualor lluth, were startled last Tuosday morning by what we at llrst bcliuved to be a severe earthquake shock. What wns'at first a'trembliiig aud shaking of tho earth was soon ac companied by noises as of great ro ports similar to tho firing of heavy ait tilery. These gradually Increased to a great roar. It was then plain to bo seen what wai hapiwulng. Tho southeastern junk of Mount Hauler had broken off, and the entire mass was tumbling down tho slope of tho mountain. For a long time it was impossible to toll just how much of tho jsaik had broken loose, us tho truck of the ava lanche of rock slide was enveloped iu dust. Tho first slldo was followed by others of lesser magnitude, and until Wednesday night tho roar and rumble of successivu falls of rock wero plain ly audiblu. When tho atmosphere ad cleared suilioiuntly to see the top of tho mountain, wo could see that the greater portion of tho highest peak had broken oh", and where before was to be seen nothing bat a dazzling white field of snow, there was now a broad black streak of bare rock, mark ing the inth of tho slide. Thursday forenoon there wus a heavy fall of snow on thu mountain, nud this has :artlally ooverod tho track of the slide,, although its path is still plainly marked. Thu altoiud con figuration of tlio peak shown that hundreds of acres of rock must have fallen." It is now conceded by tho residents icro nud iu Olympia that the ava lanche carried away with it all the monuments and records placed there hy is-opln who have from time to time am ended tho is'uk, but there will bo mi means of ascertaining this until next summer, when the snow has melted. FlflitU Gre.de F.xn.mlne.tlons. Statu Superintend! ut J. II. Acker- man lias Issued the following circular to tho county superintendent regard ing tho Klglh grade filial ('lamina tion : Latest- January -i", 'JH, !!i, IWI; April i:i, I I, 15, luiil; May IH, JU, 2d. Iliol; Juno IS, l. 17, Iliol. rogram : Wednesday Arithmetic, Silliug, 'hyslology. Thursday Mental Arithmetic, Head ing. Writing, C ivil Government. Friday Ijingung!', History, Ge ography. Sources of (Questions: Question in tho following subjects w ill be take'j from tin' sources Indica ted : Geography Statu Course of Study; the coarse priut iu Frye's Klenients of Geography; map questions iu both coarse und fine print of Frye's Kle mi'iits of Gcograhy. Ss Uing-Kighty per cent from miscellaneous test words In Reed's Word Lessons, and twenty per cent from manuscript. Writing Vertical ; specimens of penmanship as indicated iu copied matter and from manuscripts. Heading From indicated select liti?. I.iuguago Heed's Graded 1'ssotiS in F.uglish, no diagramming. Civil Government Chapters 1 to .:, inclusive, and Si to io, inclusive of Thu American Citizen. Merry Chrinlmiln tu family and fi icujs, vu Aor one fif thin (UumAia kiyh gnule T'llitntf Mihint4,for ttde at J'adttocli'i Jli ryclt A. E. Vourhies Photo Supplies. China Furniture Bargain Couutcr. Hot Bargains. THE HOtSEFURNISUER GRANTS PASS, OREGON TIU.C.E.'U. Column The W. C. T. U. will meet at tho homo of Mrs. Lee Calvert, Friday, January 1, at :80 p. tn. A missionary, whose busy Ufa was suddenly arrested by an Illness that brought her to tho parting of the worlds, had visions or service and in fluence fur beyoud the common bounds. "O", said she. "I never thought before of every woman putting her baud under the hand of every other woman 1 Had you ever thought of it that way?" And her pale face shone with smiles of joy as she saw the possibility of womanhood, the world ovor, thus enlisted in mutual helpful ness. The figure is worth pondering. For the open palm extended In greet ing is also the gesture of assistance aud relief. It is the sign of friendship and lovo, of invitation and good cheer. It expresses genoroaity, service, consecration, uplift. It is like the hand of Him who welcomed little children, aud who said to wear, sin cursed multitudes, "Come onto me, nud I will give you rest I" What if that dream were realised, aud every woman who knows his love would roach her hand of sympathy and help toward every other woman for whom he died Rev. V. B. Prloe. Eugouo, Or., Deo. 18, The olty authorities have ordered all money paying nlckel-iu-the-slot machines to be closed, aud today the scores of niachluos iu the varions saloons and cigar stores were tamed faoe to the wall and the "rounders" who were wout to throw away their small chango this way wore a disappointed look when informed thai they could, uot play the machinea This move is following on tlx heuls of the closing down of the gambling games. While many con tend that the present moral wave Is only a repetition of former spasmodlo actions ou the part of the olty oOlcials along this Una, the polios declare that they intend to keep the games closed all the time If It is possible to do so. Would not tho ! morals of Onnte I'nss, bo better, and the people hap. pier, if Eugeue was Imitated In this instance? Is not the law on our tide? ind if so, cannot some of our good people make a more In this direct loo? Fight Will Be Bllt.r. Those who will persist in closing their eais against the continual recommendation of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consunipticn, will have a long and bitter right with their troubles, if not ended earlier by fatal termination. Head what T. R. Deal, Miss., has to says "Last fall my wife had every symptom of oonramp clou. She took Dr. King's New Dis uovery after everything else had fail ed. Improvement came at once and four bottles entirely cured ber." Guaranteed by National Drug Store and Grants Pass Pharmacy. Price iOc, aud 11.00. Trial bottles free. The printer's hoy was devoted to the minister's daughter, and the finally prevailed upon him to go to church. Whether her father knew of their coming Is not dvnfiitely settled, but there is evideuce that be did, for be gave oat his text, "My daughter is grievously tormented with a devil" Tho printer's boy has been a little afraid of church ever stuse. Chicago Post To improve the appetite and strengthen the digestion, try a few doses of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Mr. J. U. Belts, of Detroit, Mich,, says, "They restored my appetite when iniired, relieved me of a bloated feeling and caused a pleasant aud satisfactory movement of tho bowels." For sale by all drag gists. Every box warranted. Southern Oregon must be receiving the overflowing of the crook element from Portland At least there bars been burgUrlet aud hold-ops reported from Grants Psss and Ashland, and now comet Gold Hill with two burglaries In one night Austin's Report Cards for school use for sale at the Courier ofHoe 74o per hundred.