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i ROflUfi RIVER COURIER, ORANT3 PASS, OREGON, OCTOBER JO, 1904. EVILS OF EATING ALONE. The Digestion of a Solitary Dinar Ii Always at a Disad vantage. Thorn nre tmw. few linptiily dltv posed iiiilivi(!ii:ilH, :ivh the Lon don Laurel, who can dine alone, 11 11 J not cnt too fust, nor too much, nor to t little. With the innjoiitj it is 1 i :'! 11 1 . Tii' uvcniK' man puts hit novel or liia jiii'icr before him und (liinki thiit If will lengthen out the men with due deliberation by rt'iMliiigu little Willi, und more Let ween, the (mimed. lie will just employ hi mind enough to help, and too lit tie to interfere with indiK'Htion. In fact, he will provide that gentle mental iiccompliHliinent which with happier people conversation Kiveg to a meal. Tliii Is your soli tary' excellent idea. In reality lie become engrossed in what lit! is reading (ill, suddenly, finding IiIh food cold, he doninlirthca It in a few nmuthfuls; or elHe he flndi that he ii huDgry, and paying no attention to the book, which h fling aside, be rushes through hit food ai funt bi possible, to plunge into hit arm chair and literature afterward. In either ruse the lonely man miiBt digeiit at a disad vantage. For due and enay nutri tion, food should le ilowly taken and the mind should not be in tensely ezi'ited during the process. Every one knows that violent bodily exorcise is bad just after a meal, and mental exertion Is equally so. Wise people do not even argue during or just after dinner, and observation of after dinner speakers neither endure themselves nor excite In their bearers any severe Intellectual ef fort. In fact, the experience of countless generations, from the red Indian of the woods to the whlte-shirted diners of a modern party, has peretuated the lesson I hat a man should not eat alone, nor think much at thla time, but should talk and be talked to while he feeds. Most people do not think much when they talk, and talking is a natural accompaniment of eat ing and drinking. How does it fare with the many solitary women of to day? No better we know than with the men, but dif f'fenily. Alone or not, a man 1 my generally be trusted at any time to take food enough. DUYING RUBIES IN BURMA. A Transaction Which I BoUa-ad lata with the OrMttMt Ft- MUtluB. The peculiar business methods of oriental merchants ar illus t rated by the manner of buying rubies in llurma. In the examina tion of rubies nrtiflclal light is not used, the merchants holding that full sunlight alone ran bring out the color nnd brilliancy of the gems. Sales miiKt therefore take place between nine a. m and three p. m., and the sky must lie clear, says the Jewelers' Weekly. The purchaser, placed near a window, has before him a large copper plate. The sellers come to him one by one, and each empties upon this plate bis little bag of ru bies. The pun-hnscr proceeds to arrange them for valuation in a number of small heaps. The first division Is Into three grades, nc cording to size; each of these groups is divided Into three piles, according to rolor, nnd each of these piles, in turn, is again divid ed into three groups, according to fchape. The bright copj r plnte lias a curious use. The sunlight reflected from it through the stones brings out, with true ru Lies, u color effect different from that with red spinels aud tour malines, which urn thus easilv Hcparated. The buyer nnd seller then go through n very eculiar method of bargaining by signs, or, rather, grips, in perfect silence. After Agreeing Um.ii the fairness of the clanhillcation, n.v jj XMr right hands, covered with u hand kerchief or the (lap of a garment, and by grips and pressures mu tually understood among all these dealers, they make, modify and ac cept proposals of purchase and ale. The bunds are then uueov red and the prices art recorded. A Guarantee that Is One HPHE Kaufman label on a garment means that de sign, fabric, coloring and tailoring are right. It means that the garment sold you will positively fit you and please you and keep shapely, whole and handsome. Or and here's the buyer's safety your money back. The guarantee means just that: your money back on your word that you're not satisfied. The makers put the quality in to protect the guarantee, and the guarantee in to protect you. You . win both ways when you wear Theffaufinan Garment H tod-tat lord of th btt weavet and newest pattern. All the Individual art I it le beauty and perfect At ot beak mercheo (-tailored voo4a at a third thm price ForjSole by Calvill Welch WORTH? OF EMULATION." w York Coantr's Ravel im la- provf Us Hoada. Somehow or other Oneida count, N. Y., seems to be brimful of sugges tion! Id regard to road Improvement which are of practical everyday use, says tba New York Tribune. Not only Is she active through her Oneida Coun ty league For Uood Itoads and through her board of supervisors, whose resolu tions In regard to local road Improve ments and stuto road Improvements are without doubt the strongest reso lutions In the state on these matters, but the highway commissioner of thi county are not found wanting In their upprcclntion of the Importance of roud Improvement. Itocontly, on uutlce given, tliey gutlicred together ut Clinton, tbc home of Klihu Hoot, nnd held the hint hlghnuy commissioners' convention ever held In the county und possibly ever held In the state. The temperature was below sero, the ronclH were blocked, and yet of the twenty-right highway commissioners four-lift lis were present The meeting wss held on the lines of the old fash loued town meeting. The commission- er of each town reported whether his town was under the lubor or the mon ey system, the character of the w,rk dono and his plana for the following year, nnd then came a brnud new ug Kent Ion. The county of Oneida tins ZX-V ml leu of road, and there arc fifty mull cur rlcrs, whom routes are twenty mile each, which are traveled every day. and these mall curriers arc actually patrolling a thousand miles of the eu tire county system dally. The highway commissioner appeuled to the mall curriers to prepare and send to tin dully reports showing where road work was needed and hIso reports shnwluu that the roads were lu good condition. Koad work Is expensive, snd on the condition of the mnds depends tin vslue of farm lunds, and the Idea of asking the aid of t'ncle Ruin's mull curriers Is one Unit we would rccom mend to tilghwiiy commissioners and mull curriers und ask why It would not be a gissl thing to hold a hlghwu) commissioners' convention In every comity lu order to put forward the question of road Improvement. Coatlr For tha Paraaa-ra. Many times It happens that the fsria srs In the stormy season cannot get to the rallrouds, and therefore the prod uce which he would like to market and for which the market Is clamoring Is eut off by bad roads. Could the farm er st sll sensons draw his produce to the nearest shipping point h would use his own time to better advantage because he would do this drawing In dull seasons, and the rolling stock of the ralli-mla would be far mors ef fectual, because a steady supply of freight would lu s measure do swsy with tho congestion of truffle which happens from time to time and which Is a source of great loss to all con cerned Vaaremta Work Oaorajls RoaSa. Georgia's new vagrancy law makes It lawful to put to work on the high ways sny sdult who cstinot show hs has regular employment. As s result of the enforcement of this law the highways of thst stats are being put In the finest condition. Southern Oiegon Slats Normal. Tho Southern Urcgnu Stuto Normal School began the year's work Wednes day, September the Utli, with an at tendance unprecedented lu numbers and character. It has become the polioy of the state to maintain the school, aud new building! with good equipments havo sprung up si if by magic, and the large cam put covered with shade trees Is now alive with busy, ambitious happy young people who have como Iroiu various parts of the statu, from Washington and from Northern California. The course of study is so arranged as to qualify teachers for the public schools of the state, but music, literature, elocution, aud the lan guages are taught, and many perilous are takiug advantage of the opportun ities here offered for genetal culture. Tho faculty Is composed of eleven men and women, who are specialists in their rt'sHctive lines of work. The dormitory life U wholesome and many of the bvst students live at the campus in the commodious buildings irovlded for their home. The ex penses, including tuition, board and lodging, may be estimated at $135 to tl&O wr year. Student may enter at any time. For catalogue of information address r It Null, Secretary of the Faculty. " II. F. Ml'LKKY, Pres. October 27. 2 and 29. Through the effotts of the Great Northern Kailway, World's Fair ex cursion tickets will be sold on October 3Tlh, SHlh, and 2Utb lu addi tion to October ad, -till, aud 6th. For full information apply to auy Great Northern Ageut. Ask your dealer for Hogue Hirer Creamery flutter made at Medford is now (S3 cents per two-pound, square tall weight. THICKS OF KNAVES. Ingenious Methods by Which They Evade Purtirng Officers. Soma f rarfaaea of Sharp-era mm4 Trlek tera Wkjlek Have Saved Them Areas Terana of Peaal I Servllade. To the habitual criminal it Is often of vltul Importance that he should be able to coiuiuiiliickte swiftly and e cretly with ail s complice, either to elaborate a scheme of rasculity or fiend a warning i.f imminent danger from the police. Nobody knows Let ter than lie, however, by avail' ng him self of the orthodox channel lie ruin the risk of dlscoicry. Hence it is becoming a common practice for clev er rogues never to counnunicute in a utruightforwurd nuy if they can avoid It, but, instead, to set up and use pe culiur pott ofllce, which are raeen tlully their own, says Cstiell's Sat urday Journal. A typical cure was that of a man who was "wanted" in connection with certain notorious turf frauds. When the warrant was Issued heiought shrl ter In a shabby lodging in a buck rt reel "t five milci from the Itank of Kn-.'ltii. . He hud friends vho strung-I- objected to I. is cspture, mainly be came hit appearance in the dock would hare led to unpleasant come queiices to theiutelves. Hut they were all so well known to the police and detective that it was impossible for them to send a niessnRc directly to the fugitive, though he had adopted an nliat. lunch lets to pay him a vl,it. All of them, however, agreed to keep watch on hit behalf and to tend him word Immediately they had reason to fear his place of refuge was In dan ger of discovery and the time come for him to make a final bolt. One of the watching gang learned of the coining danger to the fugitive by methods he taw lit not to talk shout, and rureleiilr tent the servant of hit lodgingi to dispatch s wire to snother of the slliet in Kdluhurgh, to the ef fect that his sunt wst desd. The be reaved nepltrw mattered his grief to far at to lu turn dispatch a lre ac---otopanied by a telegraph money or ler, to a hostler in the city of Lon don, desiring him to send half a dozen black ties to a given addreri without delay. The articles were duly taken to the gentlemuii in retirement by an untuspivtiiig errand boy, aud the trick was done. Kvery apparently in significant detail was a rt of a pre arranged code. The firm sending the ties, their number and color all con veyed a hint to theerson most inter ested as to the ,aiv. mode of flight, the best port at which to attempt em b.-irkatiou, and the eery street in which he was to jostle against s sup poked stranger who was to surrepti tioiifly transfer to him a store of money and hit passage counter-foils, which had been tsken under a fAlse name. Nothing is too elsborste or ingen oiily sudacioiis to men playing s game the tots of which mesns penal ervitude to them. In a midland town lived In lordly style and the odor of outer respectability s person who was strongly, smpected ef Iteing in league with a gang of "smasheri" that it. coiners- who also disposed of sham foreign notes snd did quits a brisk himnehs in worthless tecuritiri There wat no doubt that, while they were all teattered about the country, their operations were being directed by a ma!er mind, whom the authori ties tiad no moral doubt wns identical with the aforcii't'itbinrd gsntleman, who may be cnlled Smith. Smith wss neier to he seen in dubious company nnd the postman never brought him a letter which he was not willing to af fably show to anybody. For months there came to Smith's house every morning a young milkman with' s o'acld smile and a shiny brow of inno--enee. He had set himself up to es plain to his customers generally with a legacy left to him by his uncle, and cery morning he handed s quart can of in ilk in at Smilh't ares door and ecrv morning Smith's Illegal eorre-n.nilrm-e was lying st the bottom ef thst quart can In a metJil Im-i, and the stout cook who took it In (for appear ances are shockingly deoeiifull was one of the most rool and daring of alt Smith's tools, while the milkman wa mother. The "sinssliers" had set Mm up in business limply and solely that they might haie an inaoeant address to which to send the saisslees it was his July to deliver. It aerokall rtaalat. A Milan correiondtnl tells of a pianist name,) Ham-la, who at Venice recently set himself to break the rec ord of piano playing, so tar at time is concerned. Apparently what the nncsicisn had to surpass was a 10 hours' titling st the inttrument. This ic undertook to do by htmmering the keys for (l consecutive hours, that ap villing period being ouly broken by three short rests of ten minutes each. This feat was duly accomplished in the presence of a committee of doc tort and musiciast. When the two .lays, two nights and two hours had expired. Itancia played the Italian na tional anthem with s jubilant Sourish, and left the piano amid the entkesi istlc cheers of SB enormous sudfence. The whole of the receipts were gisen to the fund in sid of the sureinm ef the recent voles sic ditattert la the West Indiei. London Newt. INI ' ' DIDN'T SPEAK DUTCH. "I thottlsi acrer drem of foing to Euroj ud to tor part of Kurupe, even includ inf without .lAViiu umebody long u interpret!," Mid amiable Mtutit Pleauat matron wiio recently re turned from a tour of tbe continent, "huch a dreadful tin.e a we had, mjr husband and I, and he wined to get cruiser and more 3ut of pa ci e nee with tnepoor, unmntructed foiki who couldn't speak Kngtieh every mile that we traversed. We were in lots of places in Kngland where we actually couldn't understand ft word tr.e people said, although they were supposed to be speaking Knifhsh, and my poor dear of a testy hus band came near getting into hit. cuffs with some of the restaurant folks and barbers and tradespeople in Yorkshire txciuse they bridled up and seemed to be huffy when he, not being able to understand the paton that bhey behT is English, aksd tbam why they didn't speak tbe language of then king. "But in the really and truly foreign coun tries our difficulties were beyond belief. Neither of us knows a word of any other language but English. Now, I, being a wom an, and therefore a reasoning being, am willing to concede that there are several languagt-s spoken on the globe besides V.nx lish, and to admit the right of the j c 'e who are burn and raised to these lang net to speak them in tiieir own lands. But my hutttand, being a man, and a man of ex clusively Knglish speech, became more and more ferocious over the lsnguages of the people as we pngrenned on the tour. It didn't make any difference where we were, whether in the Tyrol or by the Italian lakes, he seemed to take it as a persona) affront when the people addressed him in their own tongues, and he became even more angry when he inadvertently aiked one of them a question and received only a shake of the head in reply "'The infernal imbeciles!' he was ei rlaiming to me all over Europe, 'how in the Jickens do they exjwet a white man to talk uch idiotic rubbish as that?' " 'Hut,' I would expostulate, 'they are talking the only langtifige they know.' " 'Well, that's the rrnson 1 call 'em im xeiles!' he would hotly retort. "'Hut' I would start to say, when he would interrupt me with such an outbreak ts this: " 'There are no ifs, ands and buts about it; they talk like a lot of monkeys the idea of a man who talks Knglish that's fairly decent at any rate not being able to get a word of sense out of a single one of about 2,0 10,010 alleged human beings that he's addressed ntrcettsary questions to all over a continent that's supposed to be civilized!' "And there spoke the average American 9ian abroad, fur ail the world. I'll never forget the morning we first arrived in Am sterdam. We started out early to explore, and my husband became more gloomy and morose every step we took over the utter inability of sny of the people we met to litderstand us. I suppose the Dutch people are the U-t accomplished linguists in Eu rope at least they struck us as being so. We didn't strike a single individual in Am iter dam that could speak Kngliah. Along in the afternoon we became hungry and de cided to hunt un some restaurant for lunch eon instead o??eturiiing to the hotel. 8o my husband began asking everybody we met where there was a good restaurant. They all stared vacantly at him and shook their ieads with awful solemnity without a word and pained on, many of them turning about to look after us as if they considered us escaped insane folks "'I'm going to get one of these Dutch baboons to give me some kind of an intelli gible reply to a civil question if I have to tay right here on the streets of Amster dam for 4,000 years!' he said tome, hoarsely, and with such utter unreasonableness that I couldn't for the life of me have helped throwing my head back right there and 'aiivSing at him which didn't tend to in- crenie his cheerfulness a particle, as you mny imagine. "Finally he went up to a gendarme one )f those funny-looking little squatty male persons with the exaggeratedly ferocious sBpression of eounteiiance-and he fnjrly bawled in the astonished gendarme's teeth: 'Say, my adiinise friend of the Hroad- way squad, can you and will you tell me where I can find ft place in this burg where two pilgrims can get a bite and a sup of something fit to eat and to drink?' He aflked this question, as I say, in an eieedingly loud tone of voice I observed that most traveling American men shouted their questions at foreigners, as if mere volume of lung power would suflice to bridge the conversational gulf that yawns between two persons of different nationali ties who attempt to make thenuelvcs plain to each other in their respective tongues. The getulsrme gazed at my husband with amasement. He undoubtedly thought that my husband was threatening him, snd he tuddenly hopped bark a couple of paces snd gave a peculiar whistle, which was im mediately answered by a couple of other iciidarmes who came running around the corner from a schnapps shop where they had been regaling themselves. My poor unreasonable husltand wasn't a bit taken back by their appearance, although I began to have visions of him being haled off to a noisome dungeon, full of rats and l-ati and thingi, and of my being compelled to go on my kneeu to the American minister at The Hague to hsve him released, and of my friends in Washing-ton reading of his being arrested as a deipernte C Sara e'er, and all .hat sort of thing. 1 tried to pluck at his sleeve snd to get him to come a way, but he put that inquiry as to the location of a restaurant to each of the other two gen darmes in a tone louder than he had em ployed before, and shook his fist at them when they pulled at their bristly little mus tachios and endeavored to look awe inspir ing. It wss a miracle that they didn't eire upoa htni aud arrest him, but they didn't. He is, as you know, sit feet three inches tall, and broad in proportion, who re ts none of the three gendarmes was much tlwve fivs feet in htight, and that is per haps the reason they decided to make no attempt to molest him. However, tbey baked arms and stepped back about six 'acse and shook their fists at him and said very guttural things in the Dutch language 1 make no doubt they were swearing ter riblyand then l.Xy suddenly wheeled and arched off, still with their arms baked, in the opposite direction. The funny way they held their heads erect and their backs as stiff as ramrods in eiecutmg this movement earved to restore my husband's good hu mor, ana he stood right thereon the pave ment and bellowed his amusement. When they heard his huge laughter they faced about once more iid shook their lists at hi it, and then they went ahead again, whervat he only howled the more. "W found a little old, gloomy, but clean, restaurs at after another half hour of search me bat I was still so nervous over my husbsnd's narrow escape from a donjon keep that when 1 tried to slice the long loaf ef bread that they put before us 1 came ear cut ling oi one of say lingers."- Wash ington Star.0 1 'iftv Msny Mothers of ft Llki Opinion. Mr. Pi Inter, of Cordova, Iowa, tsya: "One of my children was sub Jwt to croup of a so vera type, and the giving of Cbambernliu's Congb Routed prompt. .t, always brought rvlitif. Many mothers in this ooigli borhood think the samo an I do about this nnuedy and waut uo other kind fur I heir children. " For lo by all druggist. Worlds) Fair Rate Extended. World'a Fair excursion tickets to Chicago, St. Louis aud all eastern cities will be sold by the Great Northern Kailway on October 27th, attn, aud .'th, lu addition to October 3d, 4th aud Mh. Apply to any Great Northern ageut for rates aud full in formation. The Vnderwood Visible Typewriter doee everything any other typewriter can do and many things uo other writ ing machine will do. Agency at 65 Front St., Portland, will furnish catalogue. 3::n 0'::$ Tco fen tin- pit: is twiur's ne-1: 'I arJ. : ! -mess. The IsMirr ,, ji t i.-.,v.x at lie ro:::;s r : (lie ci;.-I ..-; vera of v.-in :v s .- ring uin-t U . r. ' list llie !sl-v 'i 4! ..ltir. turoni.- iii.aMism is a lii'ii nre to pav lur th.' (willful joy uf iiuurmty. yet it is at sm li x cost that many u wtmi.-ui ta-ciiinrs a iimtlier. Such a pri.e ii t'o in :i !i Iwcaiitv it is more than nature asks. Ev the use of Wr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription maternity is made practically painlrss, and a quick convalesence IS assarrd in almost every case. $5D0 Howard for Yfomon V.'Jia Cannot be Curod. The proprirtorsand makers of Dr. Pierce's Favunte l'rrfcnpliun now feel fully Wir rantrd in oftVring to pay $soo in U-fral inom-T of the t'nitcd States, for any case of liicotriiea. Ft male Weakness. Prnlap u. or Falling "f Womb which they can not cure. All Uiey ask is a fair and reason able trial of their means of cure. "There are thntwimls "f sitk women 1r.iinn'ns cut s weaiv. miscl.tlile existence, who wouid le well snd fi.pv ftil liny Itut have my experi ence with !-. 'I'it rcr l':.v orite Precri.t!.in." write. Mr.. Annie ltrn Tjuly Conitnumler Rl:.r of Ilelh'i-hein. Ulf- 7. of in Jackson 6tret, Atlanta. Us "roi.i years aso I was neariv 4.1(1 with nifl.nnmatifin anit ulreration. 1 en. hired daily untold acony. and life wa. s burden lo n:e. "I liiid ueil Micdiriiie. internally snd externally u-iltl I had intide up my mind that theie ! iiii r :i f in "(fin lor me. A friend of iniiie f-.i.i -i-'.-'l vimr ' l'..vorite Prescription,' Slid I drterinmi d then to (five it s trial. It look palienre slid in-rvverii f"r I was in 8 bad euudiiii'it. atvl had lo your medicine for oearly fiair nmntht liefcre I wh. cured, but what a chsutfe it hruntflit ; frmn despair to happiness, from misery to the deliKhlful. eshilaratinc feel iiiff that only hcillh hritift. I would not ehatiire back for s th'iusatid dollars. Your ' Prescrip tion' is a jrrand niedkiue. I wish everv sick worosn would ouly try it and be convinced. Dr. Pierce's Isavorite Prescription con tains no alcohol ami is entily free from opium, cocaine and all other narcotics. The dealer who offers a substitute for "Favorite Prescription " does so to gain the little more profit paid on the sale of less meritorious medicines. His profit is your loss; therefore, accept no substitute. Dr. Pitree's Pellets regulate the bowels. October 27. 28 nnd 2'J Tlirtiuh IIib rllons of ill) Gn-at Nor, hem Kailway, World's l'uir u uorsinD tickets will Yf suld on Octohcr 27th, 28tl, end SUtli, in ad dition to October ltd, Ith, and 5th. For full information apply to any Great Northern Agnut. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. No one who is acquainted with its good quit litis b bi surprised at the great popularity of Chamberlain's Coogh Remedy. It not ouly cores colds and grip cffecntnlly mid per maneutly, but prevents tlieso dUeiiers from rusnlting in pnomnoijia. It is also a certain euro for croup. Whoop ing coogh is not dangerous when this remedy is given. It contains no opium or other harmful substance and mny be giveu as confidently to a baby as to an adnlt. It is also pleas ant to take. When all of tlieso facts aro taken into consideration, it is not surprising that people in foreign lands, as well as at home, esteem this remedy very highly and very few are willing to "take any other atfer having oucu used it. For ulo by all druggists. A Guaranteed Curd Tor Tiles. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Pro truding Piles. DrnggiHta refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case, no matter of bow long standing, in 0 to 14 days. First ap plication gives ease and rest. 50c, If your drngigst hasn't it send 00c in stamps and it will be forwarded post paid by Paris Medicine Co., St. Louis,. Mo. Cause of Lockjaw. Lockjaw, or tctunni, is caused by a bacillus or germ which exihts plenti fully in street dirt. It is inactive bc long as exposed to tho air, bat when carried beneath the skin as in the woouds caused by percussion cops or by rusty nails, and when the air Is excluded, the germ is roused to ac tivity and produces the most virulent poison known. These germs mny be destroyed and ull danger of lockjaw avoided by applying Chamberlain's Pain Halm freely as soon as the in jury is received. Pain Balm is an atiseptio aud causes cuts, bruises and like injuries to heal without matura tion and in one third the time re quired by the nsual treatment. It is for sain bv all druggists Ytr-Prft4.(ii Woman's Hamate ensiles lutiaol orllMrts OUIu. "I dreaded the change of life which was fast anproachtnt;. I noticed nine of Cardui, and decided to try a bot tle. I teperienced some relief the iirst month, so I kept on taking It for three monthj and now I menstruate with no psin and I shall take It off and on aw until I have passed the climax." Female weakness, disordered tuenses, falling of the wemb and ovarian troubles do not wear cff. Thevfolli'W a w oman to thechaiiee of life. I'o not wait but take Wine of I'ardtii now and avoid the trou ble. Wine of Cardui never fails to betielit a suffering wouutn of any av'. Wine of Cardui relieved Mrs. v ebb when she was m dan ger. When you eometothechantre of life .Mrs. Webb's Utter will mean more to you than it il. now. lint vu may now avoid the uffi'rinif she embirvd. Iiruguists sell tl laHtles of Wine of t axdui. kWiWsoFCARDyr MOTHERS and DAUGHTERS tiy K EX I COXA 1 he Mtsdern KemtHiy for Women Ktico!ti ha t'uml feme of the orl cases of OVARIAN AND UTERINE DISORDERS tnv""'' Loncorrhoca THE REXICONA CO. I.inv Aossts W.stcuI Nrnd (or Itooklrt. ( San Juse, Cil. -a Farm For Sals lfiO acres, CO acres of fine sub-in 1 gated bottom land nnder fence .and cultivation, a million feet of flue tim ber, hundreds of cords of bard wood, near town and all down grade on fine road. Go:d two-strry dwelling with L. Well of splendid water at the door. Fine big barn and out build ings. Lots of fruit and berries of all kinds. County road and daily mail at I be door. A splendid place for health nnd a pleasant home. Address Box II", w'oodville, Oro. NOTICE FOK PUBLICATION. United Slates Land Office, Koeburn. Oregon, (-ept. 12, l'J04. Notice is hereby siven that the for- miiii-naiiied settler has filed notice of lis ii .trillion to male final proof n snpiiort ni his claim, and that nd proof ail! he made before John M'lior (hioiIi, U. S. Commissioner. at his llice a' ti'ants i'a.s, Oregon, on Novem Vr 1, 1901, vii: JAMKS FRAKSE on hij II 10. No. fi5tJ3, lor the K'j V'4'. M '' SK!4'. SE'i K V!-, Sec 3J, I'. 40 S.. K 8 W. He imines the folloalnz witnesses to prove his urn'iiiuous residence upon aud iil'ivntkm of said land, viz: Allen Ira Ke nobis, of Waldo, Ore ; OliverJ.Ailkins.nl Waldo, Ore. ; John O'liiii n, of Waino, Ore.; Frank Sisir wall, ol Waldo. Ore. J. V. I! moots. Revister. SCIENTIFICWSS. FORTY-FIFTH YEAR. S FA0E8 : WEEKLY : ULUSTBATED. INDISPENSABLE TO MINING MEN S3 PER YEAR POSTPAID. BIND FOB SAMPLf COPT. Mining IScientif ic Press 330 MARKET ST., SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. DIRECTORY JOhEI'HINE J udge Commissioners. . Clerk Deputy Clerk Sherill Deputy Sherill. . Treasurer .School Wupt Assessor Surveyor Coroner COUNTY OKFICEKS. J. 0. Hnotb J J. T. Lojran 10. K. Lovelace B. F. Cheshire T. P. Judson Geo. W- Lewis Krnest Lister J.T.Taylor Lincoln Savage W. II. Fallin II O. McCulloeh W. H. Flanagan CITY OFFICKHS. Mayor H. L.flllkev Auditor and l'olite Judge C. K. Maylwe treasurer uol. W. Johnson t'ity Attorney II. D.Norton Marshal (Jeo. Finch Street Punt John Patrick t.ouix ilnien .V. M. Mair, If. J. ltscher J. I.. Calvert, T. W Williams, V. C. Smith, J. A. Itehkopf, 11. C. i'er kins, James Trimble. FKATEItNAL S0ClETIF:o. Orants l'ass Lodire A. V. A A. M.. No. fM riyulur communication first and third haturdays. isiting brothers cordially iiiviieo. o. . liiuus w.w. A J. 1'ikk, Sec'y. If.ienl Areli l i.anrta. l..u...aa f ....... v.. M meets second and fourth Wednesday .Masonic hull. 11. C. llosziss, J. K. i'KTeKsos. Secy. H. P. K'llil.llt.1 Tamnla. Muli.. f I 1 .....,.... ...ci i, a. uiiiiiiaiiuery No. 8, meets, second Friday ol tact .uoiiui in .uHsuiuc temple. W. II. IUmaton, Liu. Com (iEo. JI. Calhoun, Kee, Kaslern star Josephine Chapter, No. 20 nrs anu itiiru neonesuay evenings of each month in Masonic hail. Masy L. Cue, W. M. jikb n. .olleb. Bee y. !. O. O. F., Uoldcn Mule bodge No. 78 meets every Saturday night at I. O. O F. hall. F. II. ScitaniT, T. Y. 1)A!, Hecy. N. U Visiting brothers invited. Paran knent.iiiinunr 1 tl ti l. v meets second and fourth Thursday at i. r. nun, rttl) SCilMIOT, T. Y. UKAS.Sec'y. CP Hebekahs F'.tna Kehekah, No. 4!i, meets secontt ana lutirtn Momiay, l. o. o. F hall. Flsik Okkks, N. U M. Jksnik Davis. Hecv. I'nited Artisans Clrants Pass Assembly No. 411, meets alternate Tuesdavs in A.u. l .W.tiall. A. K. Vooklliss. J. II. I'Aimoi k, Hecy. Master Artisan. Woodmen of the World Hogue Itlver t amp ro. oo, meets seeoml and fourlli Fridajs at Woodman Hall. tieo. H. Slover. C C. C. K. Mavbks, Clerk. Women of Woodcraft Azalea Circle, No is.', meets iir-il and tlnrd Mondays al nooumen nan. .Mrs. Al. E. Iltnny, Mrs. lone Frier. Clerk. t,. N Mmlern NVoodsneit of A merit's (Irani Pass v niui' ..... r-vi,,, meets iiu unti etllies day Evenings at Woodmen halt at 7 :M. Iks Al. Davis. V. C. W. T. (ioulder, Clerk. Foresters of America Court Josephine i.u. meeis eacu euuestiay except l.l.-t. Ml .1. ... I,. ,f , iih.i. F. li. Mrtfker. F. H. V. Felsch, C. R, losephine LtMlge, No. It'.', A. (). V. W. ineels in A. t). C. W. hall, Dixon build ing every Monday evening. K V". Ill .I.IKKTIl, M. W. II A. STARAkit, Itecortier. Hawthorne l.odce. No. 21. D. ol II a ii C. W. meeus every alternate Tuesday evening in A. (I C. W. hall. Dixoii lillll.llllg. JISS. A. Al C( AkTH Y , C Of II Mas. I.vhia Dii.s. Itecortier. Koisl NeiKhtMirs of Atiierii's s'.,l,;h t Nip ( amp No. '.IMt, meets 1st and arti h'ri,l..uM ..A 111 lir . n. v, . . ... ii B Kos (iravlin, Oracle. Henrietta Zoller, Kecorder. Order of l'rndo While Kock Council No. Uf!. meets in Woodmen Hall Saturday nights. tiso. A.Hvnit. Counselor." Mt is, W. Kokhinh, Sfcretary. Ued Men-rahkilms Wigwam No. Ji I. (. It. M. It M. Kbksus. Sochem O. A. Tuosas, Chief of Hecords. knihls of the Maccjihees t. rants l'a-j. lent. No. l.i meet, iirst and llnrd i tiursoays al ootlmen hall. W in. Allred, K. A. Mowsss, l.ecord Keepr. C-Jnimander l.ad-.es of th Maccabees-Urania Pass ' Hive No IS holds regular "K.vi," tirsiaml llnrd Tliurvlavs at A. O. t". W hall. Visiimg n'sters cordially niTile.1. Mrs. Delta flale, L, C. ' .-. .-iiiiiihiiis. oecorq iveeper. . hi..-.. iTiuiterntKMi ot i arimnters and Joiners of America I mon No. I Ms meets Si-.iti.l aii.t r......l. tu'i i - - r ri.iays VI each monlli al A.O. C. W. Hall It. D col It. S.-. J. p. liaieener. Pres. D. A. Fitjgerald, F. Isec'y, Kuigliis of Pythias Thrnioivla No. , meets each l'ursttav night 7 ,) W. O W. Hall. M.'l.l llv, C. C. Ton WiiLtivs. K. of K. and 8. 'rand Army of th Itepublir-ltrn. Logan Post No. mrets iirst W.tiidar at A. li. C. W. hail. Jons Patbi. s J. LM'srskiHis, Adju -OID Woman's Pelief Corps- -(inrl Logan No 2 meets and 4th Saturdays at 2 o m al A. O C. W. hail. r' x. -r i.M."' Ko" Weidman, l'raa. Mrs. T. ll.l nriieil. r-n-v. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, jc Sevo MHBon sWnes toU b fmt li Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. ! PAIO IT CAPITAL STOCK Transacts a General Hanking bubinesa. Receives deposits subject to check or on demand certificates. Our customers are assured of courteous treatment and everv eott.i.i...., .intent with sound banking principles. bafety deposit boxes for rent. . The First National Bank OF SOUTHERN OREGON. CAPITAL STOCK, lieceive deposits subject to check or on certificate payable on demand. Sells sight drafts on New York San F'rancisco, and Portland. Telegraphic transfers sold on all points in the United State. Hpecial Attention given to Collections and general business of our customers. Collections made throughout Southern Oregon, and on all accessible point. K. A. BOOTH. Pres. i. 0. CAMPBELL. Vice prM H. L. G ILK EY, Cashier MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS J. B. PADDOCK, Pbopb. I am prenered to furnish anything in the line of Cemetery work in any ,m f MARBLE or GRANITE. Nearly thirty years of experience in the Marble business warrants my Mti hat I can till your orders in the very best manner. ' Can furnish work in Scotch, Swede or -American Granite or any kinri.i Marble. V i nt Street Nest to CJreene'a Onnshop. Worlds Fair Bates Extended. World's 1st excursion tickets to Chicago, St. Louis nnd all eastern lit it's will be sold by the Greut North irn Railway on October 37 tl i. SKib, nil 2'Jth, in addition to October 3d, till und olli Apply lo hhv Grcnt Sorthein Aiirnt for rates and foil In formation. . Saved His Life. J. W. Davonport, Wiiiro, Ky., writes, June 14, l'J02: "I want to tell you I believe Ballard's Snow Liuimenl euved my life. I wus under the treatment of two doctors and they rold mo ono of my lungs was enitrely one, and the other badly affected. I also had a lump in my side. I don't think tlmt I could have lived over two mouths longer. I was induced by i frieud to try Ballard's Snow Lin i --uent. Tho first application Rave me rent relief; two 50 cent bottle cured tne sound aud well. It is a wonderful medicine and I recommend it to (offering Immunity." 25c, 00c, $1.00 it Model Drug Store. Notice. J. P. Fnle holds a note against mo, lated Muroli 18, A. D., 11)04, Duo March IS, A. l 1905. I hereby warn the public not to purchase same. N. f!. NIDAY, JOHN NIDAY. Has Stood the Test uf 2.1 Years The old, original UKOYE'S Taste lees Chill Touic. You kuow what you are taking. Xr is iron and qolu ine iu a tasteless foim. No cure, no pay- Cures Winter Cough. J. E. Gover 101 N. Muin St. Ottowa Kan writes: "Kvery fall it lias been my wife's trouble to catch a severe cold and therefore to cough all win ter long. Lastfull I got for her a bottle of Horelioond Syrup. She used it aud has been ahlo to sleep sonudly all night long. Wlienover t lie cough troubles her, two or three doses stops the cough, and she is ahlo to be up and w ell. ' 25c, 50c, $1.00 at Model Drug Store. To Cure a Colli In One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUIN INE Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. V. Giovo's signature is on eacli box. 25c. ASK- THE AGENT POR TICKKTS !7 VIA TO SPOKANE. ST. PAUL. DULUTH, MINNEAPOLIS CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS and ALL POINTS EAST AND SOl'TIl 2 OVERLAND TRAINS DAILY r THE FLYER AND THE FAST MAIL MM, K.N III l KKKVICK I I'.TO-liATK Kyi IfMK.Vr COl IITKOI H KMI'I.OVt-g Da) light trip across the Cascade anil ICoi-ky Mountaina. For ticket., rates, flders and full infor mation, call on or address H. l'K'KSDN, c T a laa Third Street, Portland S. (J. YF.KKKS t; V 1 a t)12 First Avenue Seaale, Va.,. We give np-dued se. vice on lieiL.it. UoU'H vullr llTl.lliu..!. . I. f. . V . t I ' inJir.i OT!I etn. Full information from "St. Uahhek, (ier.eral Agent, Portland, Oregon. sVlV ."a"" -JrA rTT .. Trsoc Mirks 'n11 COSVSIIGMT AC. ol.s awiin our i.mi..ti fr. h,Vl.erii lnvlt.w M pr.MT etem.M( " T."' r","'"n"1 on F.r'.S lffn'a taken thm.r. Monii aVa racrtra swxl , ith,.ot clu-vfc m ta. Scientific Jltncrican. esslatuw of nr .nt,oo ).,ur,.l. hJAiZil, CY.. rr""',L ""' eeci; MUNN i f!n seiBr,. f'a,v inri a osw. cs r st. ws,!l ,JJ ,, V; ' I M 1 1 U E To Cure a Cold in One IW aaoartha. This signature,1 $23,000.00. "H- J. FRANK WATSON pre. If. A. BOOTH. Vtce-Pre, 'L. L. JEWELL. Cashier.' 950,000 00. J. Ii. PADDOCK. Estravs Te-Uen Up. i There came to my place, formeilj '' knoun as the Custnr place, on A p. i plegate, two miles from Murph-, tie following nescribed stock : nnc Inrg roan speckled cow, marked win underbit in riglit ear; one rid cow crop in right ear, split in lift; on' ronn yearling steer, mrdoibit in riulit : ear, split aud underbit in left; one -red ycurling steer, crop and underbit f in right ear. underbit in left; one yearling boll, crop nnd split in right ear. No visible brands. ' Owner m ty have anio ou paymeut of charges und damages; otherwise j the stock will be sold. Mrs. M. S. Jennings. ' . The Best Doctor. ' Rev. B. O. Horton, Sulphur Spriugi ' Texas writes July lUth 18U'J: "I hate . used in my family Bullard's Suow i Liniment and Horehouud Swnpand ' they have certainly proved satisfscl ' ory. The liniment is tho best have ever used for headache and paiui The cough syrup has been our doctor for the last right years." 250,500, $1.00 at Model Drug Store. Cures Chills snd Fever. i G. W. Writ, Nacogodohes, Texas, ; eiiys his daughter had chills nnd fever 5 for three years; he could not find any thing that would help her till he used ; Herbino. His wife will not keep house without it, and cannot sny too much for it. 60c ut Model Drug Store. ir BRIGIIT'S DISEASE The largest sum ever paid lor a pre fcription, changed hands in Sun rian cisco. Aun. 30, 11)01. The transfer in volved in coin and stock $1 12,500 O'l and was paid by a partv of business, men fur a specific for 2: right's Disease and Dia betes, biluertu incurable diseases. Tliey commenced the serious investi gation of the specific Nov. 15, ltKK). they Interviewed scores ol the cured and tried it out on its merits by puttu.K over three dozen cages ou the treatment and w atching them. Tbev also got h y sicians to name chronic, incurable cases, aud administered it with the physicians forjudges. Up to Aug. 25, 87 per cent of the test cases were either well or progressing favorably. There being but thirteen per rent ol failures, the parties were satisfied and closed the transaction. The proceedings of the investigating committee and the clinical reports of the test cases were published and (till be mailed free on application. Address John J. H i.TnN i:onrASY,420 Montgomery 8t. Sail Fran cisco, Cal. rmseooosoo T ATYTrcj ATrrrnTTTrmi I f Original und only gentilno KitRNun Ta.nmy W'afkrs for sulo by lending druggists, i'l per Ikix. Safe and reliable. Accept no substitute. .OREGON ShotLine and Union Pacific Three Trains to the East Daily Through Pullman standard and tourist leepmir ears duily to Omaha. Chicago, i-po-kane; Imin-t sleeping cars dnitv to Kansas City; through Pullman tourist sleeping cars (personally conducted) weeklv lo Chi cago. kftnM I'it... u..lt..;nn I'.uip ..nr (seats free) to the tast duily. 70 H OU R S POSTLaD TO CHICAGO No change ot car.t. 70 Dki'akt' TlMB Sr'HKlU.I ! Arkivs itiit ! From i Portland I from Chicago Salt Lake. IViivcr, Kt lortland Worth, Omaha, : p. m. N'lal ; Kansas City, st.i :loa, 111. Ixiuis. Ch 10:1 if,. nd ington.J Atlantic Salt Ilke. rii.n-rtr.r r.ipresit Kt. Worth I l,l, 8:l.i p. m Kansas t'ity, St. 7:15a.m. via Hunt ington. "uis. thicagts andrjtst. ivV.ii., "it-.nirr- 1 St. Paul . ,, ., " o 1 In. LPS is rast Ma,i ton SjK.knne. Wal l o:l p.m. lace. Pullman. Min o0 a. m. V1U n..u.li i.-. it 1 i c, , "...'u.-.. rib. 1'HUI.) hjsikane. Duluth Mll.m.u. I ''hicago and hitst.l Ocean ami lt1Trr 8 lirdulr. For San Krantico Everv tivs dav- at S t '"i. ,." ",ori. sv is'iints and' orth l.u1 ll!r ""'Pt un.lav) at s p.m.; Z lu Y " 1U p'.m' n""' rivers " Wlll,""l,e '! Yamhill nl' '."."V" m'oriiiatilrirk orirrit"7our nare.-.l ticket arenl, or ' A. L. CRAIG. I'eueral l'aenger A uent. Porii.V V. nauroati algalloD Co. rortian.l. ( lre..n Cm CHs la Two Days. or. everv vnrtrL DOX.25C m - m 4 0