R"G"h K'V-" COU.IER. OgANTS PASS. OREflOV DECEMBER 37. 1907 3hiver Just scratch a match light the Perfection Oil Heater and stop shivering. Wher ever you have a room that's hard to heat that the fur nace doesn't reach there you'll need a PERFECTION Oil Heater (Equipped with Smokeless Device) Just the thing for blizzard time or between seaon. Its genial glowing heat makes any room cheerful and cozy. No smoke nn A iv miiiu Miiuuma ucvkc prevents. rass font holds 4 quarts of oil burning 9 hours. Fin ished in japan and nickeL Every heater warranted. The J?AVh T . Va-' P steady, soft light which is so much appreciated by workers and students. Made of brass, nickel plated with the latest improved central draft burner. Every lamp warranted. Write our nearest agency for de scriptive circular if your dealer cannot supply the Perfection Oil Heater or Rayo Limp. Standard OH Company (Incorporated) CLEMENS SELLS BOOKS AND DRUGS MSMt" GRANTS PASS, ORE. Tea, to i (joldenCate 1 Tea 1CEYU Japan Gunpowder Oolong' The choice of flavor is a matter of taste J. A. Folg'er d Co. Importers of Have you ever seen a Sunset? A beautifully illustrated monthly magazine of the wide awake West with fascinating short stories, picturesque personal point-of-view description of the interesting development of ths West, and the romance and his tory o' the wonderland of the earth. Ask your local newideilar for current issue or send SI. 50 foryear's subscription. The book. "Road of a Thousand Wonders. -120 beautiful Western views ia four colors will be included free. SUKSET MAGAZIIB FLOOD BVILDIKG sai riABCtsco i. CAuroiwu .A.Ni:iyiiir ' .50 fw. PIOSEER ASSAYING AND REFINING COMPANY Capital 100,000, established 2T yarn, 'jold. ae Bullion, Cyanidw. , Fieri Ore., etc, boouht, Spot cash oo.as&Aj value. All work by expetts. 131 Fifth Street Near V 5. Mint SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Kiss J-Your bedroom mast be try bealtny place, dear. Miss P.-What makes yon think so? "Because I notice that when yoo are downstairs sometime you are pale, tot If yon fro up Into your bedrootr for a abort time yoo come down wIC t beanttfn color." , JjpJ L - l J : r be Good, should be free from artificial coloring it should be pure. Folger's Golden Gate Teas are pure healthful re freshing. Six flavors English BreaKfaM Ceylon Black (SX Green Packed flavor-tight in dust proof cartons. San Francisco Pure Teat The Ferocious Muskellunge. In the lied of n drained off hike waj found the skull of a uiUNkelluiiKe wltli a swan's nkull Inside of It, and the teeth were locked In the bone, showing that the strung, powerful bird had been attacked durlnc a time when Its head was under water, and possibly In the lierre battle that must have ensued each combatant drowned the other. The fish was supposed to have been about seventy pound lu weight An other rase on record Is that of a Ave pound I'sh liein found dead, apparent ly choked by the partly swallowed body of another tih of three pounds. So voracious Is the mu.-kelliMifc'e that It will devour any bvifi I'lini; rii.it comes within Its vision, lull own Imll- froy. aquatic lirJu. niatu::i:i!s. 1 1 yawtiltiir s-t'i .d i. e a. I of I kl... IL);lll J fi Rbend In Metro ')' Troubles of the Juggler. "Tea, I'm setting disgusted with the business, " said a Juggler at a local Taudeville house. "Nowadays we have to risk our lives at every show to get m wtnnil nf A nr-itn niu. nnfl Vet the hack- neyed monologue artist can get Just as j much by denouncing his motber ln-law. There was a time when the audience was satisfied if I Juegled a fancy par lor lamp on the end of a whip or tossed op three or four balls while standlnf on my bead on a trapeze, but now well, tbey don't seem to get thrilled at anything. I do some difficult stunts and break about $7 worth of stuff a wees. J , niL.u a ' " ' " . furnish an ordinary two story house. , I have triple the expense of a come- I dlan, have to keep in perfect physical condition, can't smoke or drink, and i yet I don't gt as much as a cracked voice Joke buckler. Don t c a jug gler. Philadelphia Record. Locaiing Mrs. Porter. By CARL WILLIAMS. Copyrighted. by J,-se Morgan. "Poyou know," said Porter, with the air of a persou who makes a great dis covery, "I think I ought to get mar ried." For a moment Kdn icirin-'s h..,, stopped beating, but Porter continued In bis ennv i,1n.ni You see. t mn pretty comfortablv fixed now. and It Is high time l'S , aoout me. I think I shall take a vara Hon and go to the mountains. I ought to find some one up there who should ult me well enough to be Mrs. Porter. And so I won't be around again. I leave tomorrow night." lie rose heavily to his foot, aud Eda sprang to get his lint, forcing to her Hps the smile that masked but poorly the quivering of her mouth. For three years she had loved John Porter. For nearly that length of time she had thought nlso that he loved her. "Goodby and good luck." she said as he passed through the door. "You will let me know when your quest has suc ceeded, won't you?" 'To be sure," he agreed. "Take care of yourself and don't get sick." He patted the slender hnnd that still lay within his own and turned to the stulrs. Eda watched him nnst th iwit landing and then stepped Into the apnrtment that had been her home ever since she had been forced to be come a wage earner. It was a tiny enough place, four small rooms opening off a hnll the si7.e Of II Rilim linr tint It nna . homelike, and Porter loved to spend - i -". ii nno linn uiiti i THEM ('AUK Till! TiXKOIIAM. bis evenings there when other distrac tions did not offer. He was always certain of finding Edu home and as regularly In good humor. He could i not know at what cost she recruited at times her flagging energy that he might not sec how hard the struggle was for her. , Now the cheery place seemed dark and lonesome, and, with a sobbing cry, she threw herself upon the sofa and gave vent to the grief within her soul. John Porter hail never been a demon strative man, but she had not dreamed that his calls were merely because be liked to spend n restful evening In her homelike apartment. , Now he had tone In search of a wife, and she should lead her life alone. Long ago Die time for making new friends hnd passed. Somehow during tho next two weeks she managed to keep up her work ' while always the dull aehe was In her ! heart aud the soft color faded from , her cheeks and the slender hands 1 came more slender. Porter bad not ' written. He never was much of a hand at letter writing, and she did not even know where he had gone. Then came the telegram that seemed to wring her heart afresh. "Have discovered her." It ran. "Will be home this evening and wlJI call to tell you about It." So his quest li:id teen successful. Eda signed the Ixsik and stood staring after the departing messenger, wonder ing what impulse hud led her to tip the lad a quarter fur bringing her bad news. Womanlike, she seldom t!pp"d, but some i'"tm!se leid led her to g"ve the ly the u.oney. and even In the first new access of her grief she had wonileriil at ber liberality I.nte In the afternoon Eda roned hers-if to make the little flat presenta ble. It would probably be the Inst time that Porter would ever come She could r.ot receive c.iil from an engng ed man. She v.ir.ted l.im to rernemlier th- pl.ice at - t.est. It was a very inv 'iris room that Porter er.'cp-d that p cning. The Mor ris chair w is driven cire to the win dow, and bis a-h tr iy was be',e it on the laborer. The shad-d lamp er,t mm ont a ." L'i' t'-.it. ii il.'l ' 'l.i. r,t . ' i." ' '-. i ilnT. I' t'-t Tii: - "or. ! I ' ; ' tiny If .I-rt. e' fn ..x .i Ii i i.:it il-i. it !. .'k'-I I 1 not '.u'-'t ;:r.'l !!.i In h-r ;!. '.::,t it. ,i!,,i!t h'.ni with hi- -'.-.V-! 1-. t!.!t Is :. a h-j'.-l roo-, Powd to get the lest. They can't make the rooms seem homelike." "Where did you gor she asked. "All over." he replied, with a laugh. "Surely you did not expect to Bud your idea! on the porch of the flrrt place you registered." she suggested. "What U worth having is worth look ing for." "lon t I kuow?" he admitted. "The (5) yrs ami over hut ami r I J y.nr trouble is thnt you don't have to look "f " 'U be sold at h'.f ihn ex hard enough sometime. Then you are cnrslon ratea oharg. J adnlis. opt not to see It. 1 went to (lleurllle w . ... , first Thev have the ,hi..H . ., 1 . L Ktc" t'ons-M.nimum ra for There was n golf tournament on and every girl was walking about with a lot of sticks. Some of them were for ommg tne hall, and the rest they ... . K . ' WeM lno,tlT The better chance for you." he re- minded. Porter shook his head. "I think," he said slowly, "that I could catalogue every variety of sum mer girl there Is. and there arc lots of them-about as many sorts of summer girls as there are girls." "And which kind did you select?" she asked quietly. "I weut from there to Ridge Park," he weut on. Ignoring her question. "There was no golf there. It mostly horseback riding. The women were rather more attractive, but I didn't like them, and I hit out for tho seashore." "Aud there you found a mermaid?" Her voice was light, but she irrlnned the arms of her chair nervously. 8 he wanted to hear the worst at once. She wanted to get It over with. Then she couui congratulate him, and he would go away and leave her alone. "She's not a mermaid," be answered IiCa...! .. . ' u,im-,iUW i never did rancy mer maids, i hey are rather moist compan ions, and, lelng part fish, they are apt i i V "low"'" sutures. I did not , tlnd her on the shore. I found her un i W" r,Mml 0" nlKnt" - - mn n ennmner I maldr cried Eda In horror. Porter laughed. There was a bovlsh ring to the laugh that she hnd never Deard liofore. i hue is not a chambermaid," he as- sureii gravely. "I was all alone. It was one or those hot nlghta that come ; lato In tho season. I could not sleen. , so I lighted a cigar and sat by the win- now wntcning the sea." "Moonlight and solitude are danger ous," sho reminded. '.Not always," he demurred. "I fot to thinking over all the girls I had seen. There were girls all the way from sixteen to sixty girls to suit every taste Dut mine. Then I got to winking of bow cool and pleasant It must be In these rooms of yours. j Somehow you always manage to keep them cool and shady. Then I looked about the room I was sitting In and I got homesick for this." "Or a home of your own like It," she corrected. "That's It," be explained. "A borne of my own like It Instead of my bach elor apartments. Then all of a sudden I realized a great truth, and I found out whnt I wanted." He waited for ber query, but Ma was looking out across the green of the back yards, gleaming with a touch of silver In the mrmnllght. Hlie did not turn her head as ho rose and came to ward her chair. "I realized that It was you I bad wanted nil along." he said. "None of them was like you, and so none suit ed. We had lieen friends for so long that I did not reullzo how I loved you until 1 got away from you and missed you. "I'm only a stupid, blundering man, Kdn. I mn more stupid even than most men. I have no right to expect that after all these years you will forgive my denseiiess. hut don't you think that you ran learn to love me, dear?" "I knew that It was right to give that Imij- the money," she murmured. Porter puzzled at the words, but she drew his head down against her cheek, and he did nut rare. He had found Mrs. Porter, and that was all suillcleot OVERTAXED Hundreds of Grants Past Readers Know What It Means The kidnets are overtaxed; Hsv too nioch to do. They tell aUiot it In many a' hi s and pains Packs' he, idesche, heartache, early symptoms of kidney il's. t'rinary troubles, dial utes Unci S di"aJ- follow. i. Matthews, of IliKJ Short Ht , lirisrhtirg, tire., Dsys "I Has troubled with bw ki lie and kidney complaint and though I ued a greet msnv remeilii s and snt lots of money for treatment, I culd get no jsisitive re lief. I hurt my hack at in time and that s-emed to make me pnnan-nt troiihln. lieing attracted by ate. i ment. recommending lloan's Kidney j Pill". I nwirtMl to try ttx tn, lino oi i ABBi,I).,, ( tt.lr.k no. Tliorp nr nil n"!n " ?,,lM!Jr!r ,,. .,.'. who l.av.-f,'t r'Hv1 Hill, my kirln.y, lv Un tir. l j ,. r ai,.l tr.tiiftli. Th. a' hn f,d ctt.r , thrn f'l t; M' l TiiitOfTin yon. I rr.itiv -n- j ,.(n ,,,v " H'rujulcl !!, rlilfr. tiotimy itatc u.t u'mu rvi'in-T i , ht' the te-f ki'!r; r-iiity I know f.f.'" For tiy 11 fJhr I'm . 0 rnjto K''.tr Iiltiorn (a, lijffnlo, N'i-w York, '-1 ir!rit for il.o I'n it'-'l r-tw. Iteon-mhT the Damn liijun'n and tkn no otl.-r. A Dutqcroni Ded''f k utirnm t'ruiiruU' fatally, i' ! A tl, tl"! f liT-r and tiwH funr. ii. To 'I'n'kiy find thin condition ; rni.ut M;ir'-f ' -nvT . '.r,, tt. ; ':' i.'.t.lrt h',mj Kiii'- N' t y 'jr 1-st 1 y p;it ; -.' ' -y in vry r or ni,ii-T h: if at nil 'Ir-ijf t'.n-x. V Holiday Kfctea. R 'diced Round-Trip Rat" Vijuuit Cliristiua-and New Ye.rs. IWMU08. Ratee n Aral lHsa farw atid one third fir tne Moud tr p bte.Mnll points on the Oregon linw pi.ii liug Dtanrh s. Childr n Tickets for nliillrwii h fftrM ,iok,,'8 33 ar "' k' U' 83 cvMr S,e EMes Christmas Ti ke - , o t 41, sa, 9S. 34 and M UK) I "ew le,M lot-lM ntnur i0. .n, luui and January 1, lUOS He- turn Limit: Jsnniry 9, llhKS W. J. MAHONKY, Ag nit. J. 9 13 St Warm end Dry to Ste.y Well Now is the time when th" doctor get busy, snd the patent ni'dicliie manufacturers reap the harvest, onions great care ia taken to dress warmly and keep the feet dry. Tlila is the advice of an old eminent autliont-. whn "ays that Rheumatism and Kid- ney trouble weather is here, aud also toll what to do In case of an attack. Get from any good prescription pharmacy one-half ounce Flnid El tract Daudelion, one on nee Compound Ksrgon, three ounces Compound Syrup SarsaparlUa. Mix by shaking In a bottle aud take a teaiipoonfiil after meals and at bedtime. Just try this simple home-made mixture at the first sign of Rheuma tism, or if your back aches or you fuel that the kidneys are not acting just right. This is said to lie a splendid kidney regulator, and almost certs In remedy for all forirs of Ulienmt m, which Is oaused by urlo acid In the blood, which the kidneys fail to filter out. Any one can easily prepare litis at home and at -mall cost. Druggists iu this town and vicinity, when shown the prescription, stated that they oan either supply these In- gredlents, or, If oor readers prefer, they will oompound the nilxtnre for them. "My girl's father Is an undertaker. He has Invented an automobile hearse. Polks are Just dying to rids In lt.M Kxchange. The native women of Ecuador are so naed to strong heat and light that they even do their spinning ont of doors In the hissing sun. Monkey What make that giraffe hold his head so high? Owl He's baldheaded ami doesn't want anybody to find It out The first settlement In the state of New Jersey wss by the Dutch, at Iter- gen. In 1017. Newark received Its first charter In 1713. An Irishman was asked If his horse wss timid. "Not at all,' said he, "he frequently spends the night by him self In a dark stsble." The French carpenter going to work protects his street suit by a work men's blue blouse, hut be does not wear overalls. I will pay your debts today, but It Is positively for the Isst time." Oh, dear uncle, then wait at least until tomorrow."- Ellegende Itlatter. A cable's length Is one tenth of a nautical mile (fl.OHO feet). The longest mile Is the Norwegian, which Is with in a fraction of seven times ours. Norws f Is more properly Norea, meaning "North Isle." It Is common ly railed by the natives the "North Kingdom." Krlend -What's the mstter, old boy? Ton look disappointed. Algy-I thought 1 had appendicitis, but the doctor asld It wss only Indigestion. Teacher Now, Harold, ran you tell me what wisdom Is? Small Harold -Yes, ma'am. It's In forms tic n of the brain. Cook X links suffers from hay fever, doesn't he? Hook I should ssy he does. lie rn n't even pass a grass widow without sneezing "Nsgr Is very fond of entertaining. Isn't her' "Yes. His wife hss to be plessant when there's rompany."- Kirhsngw. "Ifcxa the rur-tw bust, tifT toftlrwl the barber anxiously. "r'an't sav," replied the victim test ily, "but my face does "- Harper's. Manner We must put a good deal of realism In this wkh! scene. Can yon get lU'irie one to growl so ss to re- : ,-,.inU nriv nn-rgr-wy that , .. , . , ... j forio ",':u;'X'il il ttm HjiwilK-r shit- '1 Kris! .iTti.'r!,:iii'ifi Mow 'I' hlro l:itt-r Tl,:.' ''. -Win' t iOf.i. 'T- "Tt"-O-ii- of f!' iri I .'.ii r 1:,' ',ot o' f t.-, or lit t!.)lt nli?' t!l7 ikl-d did not hrf " ; tr.':',!". M,ie?'-? Toil y l vutti t!i t'ln, iniiiii t' ri' f'i"'.i 'i" t-.' n'vnl .- r,' t;.i- n'!,'r Id howl ;.,.;. .Ill' tif'W.lt t!l i i 'i. t tell whl'-h on It Is Not Too Late yet to pot sotno of tlicso nieo things wo have been promising you Wo do not olaim to liavo a complete assortment but w feol eocfldont that wo have somo article of value for vou mm win oo pleaded to hnve you visit TheQualityShop More you decide upon all thoso gifts you intend to give Japanese Assortment CHINA and GLASSWARE Just Arrived Mrs. J. G. Gamble 412 Front Strict. Bee Hive CAMEKON A DoiXiK, I'aoaH. DtALMS IN stationery, Post Cards, Bicycle Supplies, Mission Fumltnre, Novelties, Notions. Hcfore buying nee our line of Christmas Goodn. We enn save you money. Repair aliop In connection. We repair Bicycles and Locks, Guns, Furniture, etc. CHURCHILL BlILDINU 3()' 6th tS. Grants Iss, Ore.' First National Bank Of Southern Oregon CRATS PASS. 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