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SOUTHERN OREGON MAIL, FRIDAY, SEPT. 16, 1892.
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WHEN THEY WERE BQY
The Grand Army Will Celc
brate Real Old Times.
-ON TO WASHINUTOXT THE CT.
A Retrospect of Their First Trlj to th.
Capital Scenes " That He Beynm.
The Crack Regiment That Earned ln
mortal Fauio ou Rasteri. nattleflcl.ls.
fCopyriaht. ISft", by American Press Assoc!:. -
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Sept. 20 the- veterans. will meet to
live the war days over on the banks
of the Potomac. They will glide over
the course to the grand encampment iu
parlor couches, they will flout there in
palace steamers, and even couch their
rheumatic limbs in the downy berths of
those supreme luxuries of the age
Hotel cars feasting at will, sleeping
when the fit takes them, and awaken
big from dreams as charming as "an
to hear tlso train call,
oriental's vision
"Wasnint.v.iP
tlill to Five Forks, let there be a new
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their eyes, piuch their flesh and hunt
through their clothes for mementos to
identify .themselves, for all will be so
straaee. When' they wens' boys tVey
joked about rooms bespoken at Wil
lanTs or the Spottswood, the swell war
time hostelriesof v ashington and lvich-
mond. Now thev will be honored
irueets in quarters that are kingly ia
(Contrast with those noted models, and
will have the keys to a city where splen
dor paints the nir with a royal lingo.
In 1851 they were happy to secure a
tench in a bos car, and thought nothing
of ruling ou the hampers and holding on
Jto the brakemen's ladders. Anything
Above an open- flat car was a prize, and
they would oven bo thankful for stand
ing room in one of them as a means of
getting to the seat of war somehow, or.
If put to a pinch, go afoot and not
grumble at bin! walking. Once there a
berth ou the pavement wis a stroke of
fortune, for a bed iu the mad was a
- oommon lot. while a sirip of sward 6
i feet by 9 wa"CtpKl Groen was elegance
Jtself..-,;" -.
Very fKPst and timid ct first about
:Z iing liberties, in tha holy city, their
- " "ihyisee vanished in a flavor two- and
i" yashingtesi.thatdidn't press honors and
cheer cp-thJO contained nothing too
' -- good m their cv-ss for the men who were
. to nave ttv. They made a cooking camp
OU thv.'jrxoands around the treasury.
'1 ; 'ptroaa&e& ondcr the overhanging staf-J.-,.-
.folds of the Csfitol rotunda and iu the
lumbers and committee rooms of con-
TO SU.CKE "PATHER ABR.VM S HAND.
canonization a calling out of tho forty
immortals of the Army of tho Totomnc,
the forty infantry regiments whose dead
on those fields scored above CJO killed
in battle. There aro just forty of them
and in state lines know no east nor west.
Now Hampshire heads the list of these
crack - regiments with the famous
"Fighting Fifth," that scored a death
roll on the field of S93. Pennsylvania
follows with the Eighty-third's death
roll of 2S2. Ton other Keystone regi
ments arpear in this list, the Ono Hun
dred and Fifth, that lost 24o: tho Sixty-fii-st,
SS7; the Eleventh, 233; tho Forty
fifth, 227: the One Hundredth, 224; the
One Hundred and Forty-eighth. 210; the
Eighty-first, 20S; tho Fifty-fifth, also
0)5; tho One tiumlicd ana orty-nitu,
203. and tho Fifty-third. 200.
The third place on tho list is held by
Wisconsin, with the Seventh, that lost
281. The Sixth Wisconsin has a place
lower down, with 2!4 for a record of
killed, and the Second Wisconsin is
close to that, with 23S.
Michigan is in tho fourth place, next
following ht-r sister state. Her Fifth
regimiEt lost 263.,Sve other Michigan
reyiments have places the Sixteenth.
with 24T; tho Twenty-seventh, 223: tne
Second, V.so 225; the Eighth. 223, and
: the Seventh. 203.
- !Cass..cbnsct:s conies fifth on tho list.
First, with 101; tho Fifth, with 141, and
the Sixth, with 133.
Vermont claims a placo in this list
with its First cavalry, that scored 13-1.
New York has two names on tho roll,
her First Dragoons, that lost 100, and the
Second cavalry, thnt lost I'M. New Jer
sey is represented by hor First cavalry,
with 128 killed, and Pennsylvania by tho
Eleventh regitneut, with 119. The troop
ers won their honors by hard fighting,
where Kilpatrick, Custer, Gregg, Tor
bert, Wilson and Kuntz led them against
Stuart, Hampton, liosscr and tho Lees.
Another band of immortals whoso
honors belong to the Potomac field com
prises tho ten regftnuuta that sulTered
tho heaviest in killed, counting percent
ages on tho number enrolled. The first
threo lost over 19 per cent., or about one
in every fivo enrolled. Theso wero the
Second Wisconsiu, 19.7 per cent.; the
First Maine Heavy artillery, 19.2 pyr
cent., and the Fifty-seventh Massachu
setts, 10.1 percent. Tho Ouo Hundred
and Fortieth Pennsylvania lost 17.4 per
cent,; the Seventh and tlio Twenty-sixth
Wisconsin, each 17.2 per cent., and the
Sixty-ninth New York. 17.1 percent., tho
killed in theso four regiments being
about one iu six of thoso enrolled. In
the remaining threo of this immortal
ten the loss was aiint or.o 1:1 seven 01
the enrollment. Tuey were all I'eun-
svlvaniar.s, the Eleventh scorirg li.
percent.; tho Ono Hundred r.nd loriy-
secor.d. 115.3. and the Cao Hundred and
Fortv-tirst. 10.1 percent.
Last cud greatest of all. when tho su-
preiuo test i i nppli-id, coino tho immortal
five regi:ne:its mat lost 1:1 k:ikd in
sinalo battles a proportion cocstdereMy
greater than one to fivo of the numbi r
cnage-.l. Theso hvo mails tueir ron::r.--ab'.a
record.-, on the eastern fields. At the
top stands tho Firs: Minncr-ota, which in
a char;;; at ttettyslmrg U-It Co per cer.t.
of its men h':nl or mortally wounded.
The r;fie-i::h New Jersey left 24 per
cent, of its lighting strength de.nl or
dying at Spottsylvauia, and two weeks
PEOPLED PARTY PLATFCHrVl
uml olhiT cor, -or;-, lions in excess of tJit-Ir aetutil
need ! nml nil ...iuU owni-il tty a!ifi nlioiihl Imj
rt'laiiiicti by Iha iruvt-rnnivul uml liuid lr
tuulbtlLlciiicnt only.
HOB EXKD VOT SJkVAOB CtAB ZOUAVES.
'--v.- srresa. Groups of mild eyed but savage
jdd lonaves picketed tho streets and
- "' -r juaK, picturesque reminders that th
ranch decried military power- was for
" onco on "top. .Fremont, tho ex-pioneer
mna exrrer , an uro the Sevntbt that
l)iroaa Dmnaer, nuiDg """--' she is at the head in two other
with the Twentieth r-giment at 200.
Just below is the Twenty-eighth, with
23' and dovru the liu-s the Fifieeuth.
WU.l Eli: tne iw.enty-p-.-coiiU, wun -io;
the Ninth, with 209. and tho Fifry
sevr nth. 201.
New York, that shed more heart's
1 blocd than tny other slate, because sho
(had inore but sho did give it New
Yo:k comes in for thoEixia place, anit
that is held by tho gallant .Sixty-ninth
(IrL-di), with a roll of 239 killed. The
Empire State appears again witn me
Fortieth (Mozart regimen. . s-ccring -5;
the One Hundred and Twenty-first. 226;
the Ono Hundred and Eleventh, 220, and
the Fiftv-first, 2C2.
New Jersey holds tho twelfth place
on the bst, tho seventh to eleventh being
taken by regiments uanied with their
state leader. .The Fifteenth New Jersey
lost 210 killed. ,
Vermont has her first honor in the
I twenty-third place, with the Second, that
lost 021 kiUed; the iitia lost i-ua; mo
Third, 00, and the Sixth, 203.
"These fenr regiments, together witii
the Fourth Vermont, formed tho famous
Vermont brigade, that lost more men
killed on the field than auy other brigade
I in tho army, east or wct.
Maine scores ono in the thirty-second
lost 207. But
lif of
- - .i niia ia a iuu i,mt v v -
r- . -UTmnia avenue, the one va nis wua west . resriments noted below.
- -rHnB8. the other in his tnm, simple. Uoiinecticut is thirtv-ufih, with the
"-i'jwgnlar army clotbea, gave notice that I pooytecth. that lost 203, and Indiana i
- Si nation had .suspended the chase ' tbjrtv;ighth. with the Twentieth, that
" 'miter the almighty dollar to go gunning ' lost g01
for marplots. .-,; ; Another band of immortals that
The social entertainment of the bdys fonght over the blootly ground of the
at the capital in 1881 was as informal j potomac jg the jne regiments of heavy
and primitive as their fare.-- Guests of artiiery that scored records of over 200
the republic's court residence and in- Thev were all recruit el for gar-
;1ted there to' defend it, they were irison auty,Bnd went to the front in
obliged to help themselves to a smack of j lg&4 Their losses were remarkable, be
Waahingtop life, yet even in that man- ! the neariy all occurred within
uet eaw something to recall at this date . ninety jn tho battles of May. Juno
for their children and grandchildren. Jul.( at Spottsylvania, Cold Har-
1 ney ciamceroa over uuuucxo va
itLe Capitol plaza, dodged among scat,
foldings and derricks that encumbered
ihe way around porticos, galleries and
corridors, querying whether the mam
moth pile was ever to be finished and
serve its trno purpose.
: They haunted the navy yard and nr
aanal to see how solid Uncle Sam might
lie to thunder making supplies, roamed
through the Smithsonian and patent of-
, eyed the treasury and war build
ings with awe or witn scepticism, ac
cording as pay clays wero proinpi or
languishing and battles good or bad for
jjor side. They scoured the town looking
for ducal parks and palaces in their inno
oence. and at last voted tho place a
'worm eaten, ramshacVlo" village," then
polled- their war enthusiasm" p to the
fighting point by elbowing through the
crowds to shake "Father AbrainVhand
1 ji t1j tViano firm while com-
n ved inartvr that bor and Peteralrarg. The list is headed
uwi"' - I . . -
be was in the president s cnair. 1
' Thia trip public spirited Washington
jpfll kk nfteT their good cheorin a way
to set their eyes . agog, and once more
they'll look back thirty years, with the
exclamation, "Is this Washington?" or,
"Am 1 myself or' some other fellow?
In some respects the great contrasts will
ie reversed. The parade on Pennsyl
vania avenue to comuietaoratetiie grand
review of 1M will lack nothing ia en
thusiasm, though the color of tho great
original can never bo reproduced..- It
will be a renewal of yontli to every man
to the. Grand Army Ur.e. Then when
, ittit tattoo sounds iW:,;do. the Poto-
mac'a shore the plodding t;i Jgriinage will.
begin to scenes of other memories. Wash
ington reealls the victory, the glory; the
kuttlefields beyond rocall the deeds that
purchased both. On that pilgrimage two
columns will join their marches, our
brand Army and the Grand Army gont
before,-that ghostly column the poet had
. . n yiskm when lie wrote
"Lrrru: mac" and devii. das.
later, r.t Cold Harbor, the Twenty-fifth
Massachusetts droppel 21 per cent. if
its mou in front of a i in;ilo breastwork.
The Ono Hundred and Forty -first Pcr.n
sylvaaia aUro lost 2i vr ct at- ia tue
Peach Orchard fight at Gettysburg.
Tl;e fifth in this, lift is t!:e f:iaor.
Duryca's Zouaves, that lo-t 23 per cert,
in one dash r.t Sooond E;ill Han. Its
death roll was 117. the highest in any
Cnion regiment in a eing'.a lv.t'.lo dur
ing tho war. Every unit in all these
startling nnnibers represo:it3 a hero, and
it is not getting very close to t'.ia indi
vidual to simply name a regiment's total.
But to his comr.:d"? each brave b-jy will
seem to stand in HuT.nd r.nswt-r "Hert-r
on the very gronud where bis young 1::V
was given to his country.
GEor.cs !. ua.vr.R-
A Terse and iomlnciicnsivo bccluratlan
of Vltnt rrlnelplcfl.
The Peoplo's party nssembled in na
tional convention at Omaha on July 4,
1892. nominated James Baird Weaver,
of Iowa, and James Gaven Fields, of
Virginia, for president and vice presi
dent of tho United States respectively,
and adopted as its preamblo and plat
form the following:
Assembled iiKn tho UBili anniversary of
the Declaration of Iudtjiendonoe tho I'unplu'a
party of Amerlcn. in tliflr llret national con
vention. Invoking upon their action ibo blrs
InBOf Almighty God, puts forth. In tho name
and oil behalf of the people of this country, t lie
following preamble and declaration of princi
ple: The conditions surrounding us beat Justify our
CO-operntion; we meet in the midst of nation
broUL-bt to tho veruo of moral, political aud
material ruin. Corruption dominate.' Ihe bal
lot box. the Irelslaturcs. tho concress, and
tonches even the ermine of tho bench. The
people are demoralized; uivt of tho Mates
havo lieen compelled to isolate tho votern at
the polling places to prevent universal intimi
dation or brilwry. The nowMiapen are large
ly fcultsidizcd or murzlcd; utllc opinion hi
lcnced; buainets prostrated; our home cov
ered with mortgage; labor inipovcrUhol and
tho land concentrating iu tho hand of tho
capttaliMa. The urban workmen are denied
the right of organiratiou for !f protection;
Imported pauiHTiztd labor beats floun their
wacea; a hireling btandiut army, unrrcog-niz-d
by our laws, b vt.ib!Lhed to f hoit thetn
down, and they are rabidly ilcgenerating into
Kurojran conditions. The fruit of the toil of
millions are boldly stolen to btuM u; roloasai
ftrtunes ftr a few. unprecedented In the his
tory of mankind: and Ihe iossc jnra of tbe.
Iu turn, desph-e tho republic aad endauger
librrty. Krom tbe same prolific womb of the
governmental injustice we breed the two great
clacs--tramps and mllllonalreft.
The national power to create mouey is ap
rrr.orio:cd to enrii h bondhUderp; a vast public
debt, payable in legal lefijcr curruccy. has
been funded into Rt-.:,l uearltig uua taerer.y
addinz ciilliims to the burdens of tho people.
Silver, which has been accepted a n in since
the dan u of hUtory. has len demoiit liret lo
add lo tho purchasing twcrof gold by de-
rreasiiig the vaiue of ail forms of n-perty m
well as I'.umaa labor, ar.d tho supply of cur
rency Is punicly abridged to fatten usur;rs,
bankrupt enterprises aad enslave industry.
A vajt conplracy against mankind has been
orgnniM-d on the two continent, and it is
rapally taking niwessioa of the world. If not
met and overthrown at once It forebodes ter
riMe social convulsions, the desttuctlon ef
ciiiiution or theestahiishxeat of an absolute
G e po i MU.
Wo have itnesscd f-r mere than a quarter
of a century the struggles rf two great po'.iii
cal pcrtics fer IKiirer and plunder, w bile griev
ous wrxings have been Inflicted on the sulTcr
Ing jmot. We charge that tLc controlling
Influence dominating both thee (Arties have
permitted the exbung dreadful cotiditams lo
develop without serious effort to prewnl or
restrain them. Neither do they now pruniU
ns any .ttbslaotial retorm. They Lave agreed
l.-e:i.cr to Ignore In the ami: g can-.iiiga
every Issue but ore. They wiok to drosn
ihe oaterles i.f a tinauerea t'ot-ie wun u
ntiroar of a shara hattlc over U;c tariff, so that
eatiitalisls-corrratlons.riAtioual banks, rings.
trusts, watered stock, tho dmoart;zation of
silver and the oppressions of the ururcrs may
ail be hist sight nf. They propose to tacnt'.ce
oor homes, lives and chiliirea oa tea aitar tf
'Mammon: to destrcy the taultitudc in order
to sectjre corruptloa fauds from the cuii:un
THE SENT'.MCNT OF
THE PARTY.
Inelitiled In
H. F. WOOD.
MEDFORD, OR.
tor
Jobbing of all kind.s. Plans and
estimates furnished on application.
Jack screws to let.
liitpnrtimt X.e.oIt.llui Nut
tho llutrrm.
When thi platfonn hia tecn adopted
at Oini.hu tho cwnnnittco on resolutions
mt and unanimon.ly ugnicd njwn tho
following resolutions, which wereadoit
ed by tho convention:
Whvrcus, Oiht-rqiicrtfiunfib.ive been
td for our coniiikralion, wc licrthy tubuiit tb
folliiwlncr, unt ii a part of tbe ilatform of tb
Pcoi'le'rt i:iriy, but ua roaolmious ex;rwilvo of
tho buntimcut f lbi couveiition:
Ucsolvetl, That wo demand a frt ballot and
a fair count in all elections, and pledge our
eclvi'd to becure it to every lcjriil vot.r without
KdiTal Intcrvoution through tbcndoptlon of
tho titatoa of tho un perverted Aublraiian or
set re l hnllot wyleiiu
IUjlve'l. That tho revenue derived from a
graduated income tux should bo applied to the
reduction of tbe burden of taxation now rut-
ln uion the domestic Indus trice of thus coon-
tr".
tlfwjlved. That wo pledge our support to fair
and lilcral pensions toex-Uulou soldiers and pi t f j j t O
Hewjlved, That we condemn the fallacy of
pntiv:inj: American tabor under the present
evsteu., whicli open our port to tbe pauper
aud crimiuai cl&Nic-i of the world and crowds
out our n earners; and wo denounce the ;
present Incdecllve lawsacainstcoutract labor, j
and demand the further restriction of unde
binihle eminition.
Kc.vtt, That we cordiAlly f ympatbbse with
the clTorta of organised, wnrkiiijiuien to khorten
the hours of labor, and demand a r:rid en
forcement of the cxbtin eicht hour law oa
government work, and a.E that a penalty
clause be added to the said law.
Ucaolvcd. That we rv jard lie maintenance
of a iarKTJ btandlti army of mercenaries,
known as the l inkcrton fcyntem, a a menace
to our Ubcrifcs, and we demand lie abolition,
and wo condemn the recent invasion of tbe
territory uf Wyoming by the hired afftatslns
of plutocracy, air-iMed by federal ofllciala.
Keswdved, Tbt we commend to the favora
ble consideration of the people and to the re
form pre the le-cbUUve ayatexn known as tbe
initiative and referendum.
Heeoived, Tlint we favor a con!itu:!enal
provlabm hmiiit.ff the offlc of president aad
Ice pre-ident to one term ana proviuing mr
the election tf senators of the I nite Mate
by a direct vote of the peopb?-
Kcsolved, lhat wc oppose any raueicy or na
tional aid to wiy rrivate corporation forar.y
purto.
ai Mm
POLICE BHBBEB SHOP,
W. T. TOWNSEND, PRO.,
MEDFORD, - - ORJEOOIC.
C. Elder
MEDFOIiD, : OREGON.
Dealer in
DRY GOODS.
BOOTS, SHOES
G LO V ES SNOTIONS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
NELSON'S
DEATH ROLL Or THE STATES.
Tablo sbowintj tho cnailxT cf tiMo;rj
fnrnishcJ tho Union army by each state,
tho uuiabcr from cvr'a stata ki.Uil in
battle ami tho nnmlx;r tluit t!iiM in
service from disrate and other c.iiws:
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Asu bird oa the anniversary of !ie lirtli
Amr at ih nation. anJtUlJ itSit!ie iplrit exf
tie irranil ecaeration ho cstab!ilieJ ocr InJc-
prr.iirn.-e. v-e nxl to rvstoro tne cwernmcai
of tbe fei-a'jiic to the Uanls of "Hie laio r-
ilo - v iib shirk rla it orislaatol.
We a&crl oar 1 crrc 10 be hlea'.ical wtlb
tUcpurjof tbe o&tioral coaniit:;:on-to
form a more pcrlccl I'tston. calablisli J-fticc,
In.nni domes! c traBQUU.!:)-. ITov lOd ! T HC
eommoa defense, protr.le Ihe tvr.rral clfsre
ami tn-c-c ibe l.!csiineot Islwnr foroarselvc
rl our t-tiT1lV.
We d.-lro lhat rer-oblic can only en
dnro r.s a fri-r v-oii-r.r:en! Ulle out.l u;in :.r
W:-v of t'jc 1ioU- j ci.;.'f If r cacti ctLrr caa .or
the rati. 1:: 1! rarcut t? (.intra ;vr..ier Uf
.nei- ib.-.: iLr 11 -r ui-vrr.54 w
v 1.1 ...'on a-.l r--er.!:sral tiiicb Kteiro:i
..f ii m.t riin wlih It- '-d thai e ii'.-i W! Ill
ue are in cacie.tue uu;tcu trosacr-
ilnr roun'rr Rnd llself coafrontrd brcccll
ior. f.ir bicb llicrc l ot rrrvoc3t In tbe
r.rv of tbj trorM: oar n:moal ancoltui
productlcna tsosst to tl.iions 01 aoiir.r in
niontba bcel.-Lantfed forbJiioaaoT dollars of
eo:cc;o.!!ii ctittitimrl In tb-ir rr.inrtion;
the existing ennrrxv apvlv Is M y lui-e-
qnaie 10 nitko Ihl exebaner; Ibo rryulia are
fallitig vriocx lbe Iorraatl.n ot comwr anu
rln. acd lb lmpoveribmeal of tbe pro
dr.ciuc clata. We rloiiro o:mlvs tbal it
firea power ire will labor 10 correct tnee i"
bywland reasonable lcs.la:ion. ia accord
ance with lae leTrn or oar j la:tor:n.
DECISION.
Speaking of Patent Medicines, the
Jude savs : 1 wisa 10 deal lairly and
! honorablv with all, and when I find an
article that will do what it is recom
mended to do. I am not ashamed to say
!o. I am aoouainted with Dr. Vander-
pool, (having leen treat'jd bv him for
cancer) and have used his blood medi
cine?, known as the S. B. Headache
nr.d Liver Cure, and while I am seventy
vears old, and have ust-d many pills
and other remedies for the blood, live
and kidnevs. I must say that for a kid
ney tonic ia Briirhfs disease, and as an
alterative for the blood, or to correct
the actios of the stomach and bowels
it is a verv superior retmidy, and beats
anvlhin? 1 ever tried.
J. B. XELSOX.
Yakima. Wash
At 50 cents a bottle. It is the poor
man's friend and family doctor.
Hot and cold baths, pompadour hair
cutting; and clean towels a specialty.
Fair treatment for everybody. Give
us a trial.
Main Street, Opposite Postoffice.
J. R. WIISOU, BSMSSITH.
General BlacMlMM
AND
Horse and Oxen Shoeing-
MEDFORD, ORE.
Tito National Committee.
The lucmbrrs cf tho national commit
tee of the People's party, as reported to
the 0:i'.uha convention, are as. follows:
AInharr.il. J. B. Ware. J. C. Mannlnc. Georr
F.fiaiilier-. Arlanau. J. W. lvi'1'.son. J. M. PitU
run. V. i. Kav: l aliforr.ia. J.r Pootub-tone
OcorcrU. J"b:-roc.t;. 11. Hamilton; Co'.orado,J.
G. larrj. J. A.WayLmd. A.Coiernan: Connectl
cot. 1'.. Urt I'vr.r. Alfred S. Honitblon. Henrj
C. I-aUain: r inrlda. A S. Hr.rvry. l 11 Jea-
kisn. Y. li. Lytic: Orcrila. l.wr.T 11. Turner
Ucone H. F.!i:njr!on. Jame F. Brown: Idaho.
A.T. 1-ne, J. H. Ani'.eroa.D. It. Mnnroc: till
noLv A. Taj'ncrfc. K u;rrr.e Smith. W. U
Dm: Indiana. M. t . lUntln. f . A. Kou:n,on.
Kraccl. Thoaia; Iowa. W. !1. Caihooa. W. .
Pco:t. A. J. Wcal'aSl: WIL'K. II- Tlfler.
W. Ii. Vtaccnt. J. . Iiytoc: Kentucky. A. t.
Pardin. J. G. 1'ialr. W. I !?cot:: IxcUSan. O.
W. limce. B. F. Hardcwiy. J. . Hcrt; .Maine. I a new ar.d Ccm'ctc Trcattrcct coostattag of
n I!"' Hennr Pelt. C. W. Bornton. ' Ptppot'.fne. C'lntment In Capsnlca. alio In
i'a.Vacbu-et!-. . F. Wnhbnrnc. Gcrrj I lUx and l' U: a r:tlre Core for Eternal,
irff 1 it... f..' V, ve.in JoLn J I Internal. H-ind or B!dtn. Itchinff. Oironlc,
r'j.y. i. J. Alien. Kd IU Greece; Minnesota
lu-rjt:u Donne'.ir. K. Haivcrsoa. H.
V artin: M-.t!pr- . W. Ilwyrr. O. T 1 .( roclSca; cure recder.njr an operation wit
Mi.tf-i V. V. Hradf.wd: Mtouri.
V. rarroil. A. F,;ic. G. M.
!..t-l!,r- t harlcs Iiarccjn. Jcsel.h
len. J. H. llr-nrlicn New H.-imhire. L.
IVrtrr: New Jersey. Jrhn :ton. Jum-;b
Itticbar.an. H. II. V
M.-l-arlia.
DRUG STORE.
The leadinc Drag Store ot Medford is
CEORCE H. HASKINS.
(Successor to Ilakins A Lawloo.)
He has anything in the line of
Pure Drugs,
Patent Medicines,
Books, Stationery,
PainU and Oils,
Tobacco, Cigars, Perfumery,
Toilet Articles,
And everything- that is carried in a
firci-class
DRUGSTOEE.
Prescriptions Carefully Com
pounded.
Main Street, Medford, Oregox.
raw 13
JAPANESE
CURE
I Ktfrnl or licroJilarr mitr. anU cut other
i li ' . I fM: H-A'.'-nMtt- It 4& r : a
J pn-at ix-nrti: lo the health. Tfc 0r:tl:socrT
T t.( a moiical curt ne-nJcr.cr an oprratioa with
M ' th iini!r nr;-sj.rT hereafter. This Rrfficdj
(kwh i ha ocTcr bvtx kno a to lau. W V r box, lor
' km to rvfua:t th money if cotcurvd. Seati
ivkc: New Yora. I- J i u-,.!:viRt ri iKKBicU. WhVe! A K
H. A. Hfckft. I. C l?.obcr:s: North ' ; Iruin i-;5. !rVi Ajrnt. rorilaad. Or.
Carolina, W. R- Un;!vay. Thorns IV lxr.p. ( u u. soie H-'
Oih VtIon; North Eui.;A, Waiirr Mttir. W. J .
T VctuiUxh. Hcntmn Miclar!cn: Ohhx ;
otjrw.ufroj'wiyl- NOTICE FOR PUF-LICATIOS.
ri:c!i: r,n. lyat.ia. V. A.lclvr.J..U ! Reb-re. Ore.. A tar. SI.
l:e. Jcir rr.e li. V.iee 1 teJvVY Civen that tho f..;iW!DS
d.-U. A. M. Ailrn. 1. r-cr; i: lenrfwe. . 11. r.-.i M-i.;.-r ba u ol n.:.re o! h!s inteatuni
L. M. LYON.
CONTRACTOR
AND!
BUILDER.
Jobbing of all Kinds.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
Medford," - - Oregon.
Ylrlnia. J. H. !.r:i. !a:n Kac - 1- -tVusty I !
: t h' c'.a m. and
rA lw RiaV U lorr tbe Ju-V i
Jackn -en;. Orrron. at
ROOFING
GTTM ELASTIC ROOFISO FELT eoat
oclytiiDpr Km jnar feet. Make? a food
root Jcr years, and anyrtc can r-as it oa. b4
5an:p l.ir satnp'.e arl luit (rticulars.
c:rM W-isric K.orssa Oo
39 i 41 '.VIST HMOAL.W t. Nrw Vokk.
LlOL AG L NTS WASTED.
lit-bcrt rVlilUir.u. C. M. Hat:, iicnrr 0-Ijien-; - ,, ,he lollow'.ec witnee to prove !
Iiiitrict ft Columbia. Ivce t ranoail. Anr.;e l.
K. A. Itlaail: t"..:alionia. P. O. CaxsJ-Ir.
I). lvc-r.
r.i cr.::owria rc:cno; upon acu cuiuikuiw
oi iij land, v.s:
J..h3 A. Wi!:iaiiis. Sr . John A. Wfilian-.. Jr..
J.o b Sha.il-r. 1. S Innlr. r. all of Mcslfonl.
Ja.-kKn cvantv. iT,-jvn.
; (i Jims H. 5nrrE. Rcvxer.
snw in ;
lienwjr-
Totals 2.TTS3H 110,07(1 Sia.tts
Kecrnited at largo and deaths not Included
wltii Uicir states.
And I saw a phantom army com
With' never a sound ot life or dram.
But keeping step to a muffled hum
' Of wailinK and lamentation.
3rh martyred heroes of Malvern Mil,
Of Gettysburg and Chaccellorsvllla
Tho men wliose wanted uodias fill
1 - 'The patriot eraveaof the nation.'
AH nicbt owf moved Ibo strange array:
Aad all nlsht lonit till tbe break of day .
I watched fr oiu who had poxacd away.
VC'Ub reverent two and wonder.
TiU blue cap waved In the lcuxtueninc line
jUHl TkuvW-Uiat one wbo was tin of mine
'llod conic
When that mnrcU begins tlieolil arniy
trill muterialiaftiito regiments, brigade
nt nf t un nnsts of the O. A. R.
rU VUiJWU." ( "
While noing the rounds f rcnTCciaetery
bv the First Maine, with" its 4Zi killed,
Next ' follows the Eight u ew ork,
vrith 801. ---Tho Emriire State has four
other representatives in the band the
Seventh, with 291 billed; the Four
teenth, with 22C; the Second, with BH,
and the Ninth; with 204. The Second
Connecticnt lost 254, tho First Massa
chnsctts 241, and tho Second Pennsyl
vania, 2:J3.
It m Ttotmlaily snpposed that heavy
"rtillnnr reriincnls had more men to
espce.-to .tho eneiny'8 bullots than
r'.iil the infantry, and for that reason
cannot "fairly rival the latter in a com
parison of loascs. ECere uro threo facts
bearing on that point.- Tho forty im
mortals in tho infantry of t'i Army of
the Potomac are led by the tifthftew
Hampshire, which carried 2,500 men on
its rolls, and 295 ,f them were killed.
The Seventh New York Heavy artillery
carried les-s than 2,700 men on its rolls,
ar.il 21)1 of ihem were killed. That is
about even, allow ing for all conungen-
... w.. . 1- V T .ill 1 1 U
cies. tint t no r-igiun ai
the artillerymen ahead by a long rcacn.
It carried less than 2.C00 men on its rolls,
wir nf tliprii were killed. In other
words, with only eighty more men on u
rolls its killed nnmoereu bixtj-aia mv.
than tho New Hampshire infantry lost.
K,iw for the immortals on norscoacK.
The nine cavalry regiments of the Union
that lost over 100 men killeu in uit.ue
belonged to tho Army of tho Potomac
and rode to the charge aud raid in vuo
narrow strip between tho Susquehanna
and Jho James. Maine hcad3 this b;:ud
also, and with its First cavalry nud a
score of 174 killed. Michigan follows,
with threo claimants in rotation tho
THE LATEST TRIUMPH OF MEDICAL
KNOWLEDflE AMD SKILL
THE MOST PERFECT AND EI.EOAVT PREPARA
TION AND SClKSTIl-IC tOMIlINAT OS
EVEll OKKEKED TO THK FUMJO.
I In the lanrent honpltals In the worM,preMed
orer by tho mo.t .klllful of iwinK physicians,
"hi InVrert lenft arc prescribed more than twice as
of ton as all othors put toKothor.
LjJ
RIPAHS
TABULES
A RELIABLE REMEDY FOB
DYSPEPSIA, BILIOUSNESS,
CONSTIPATION, HEADACHE,
And tbatrosolt.
Stomach, Vmt er Bowels.
Jurloun to the most delicate
HluainTabulos aro pleasant to tnke, sale ana u
wnvs efTeetuaL Oue dose Klves relief. M
The beS gouVral family medicine erer offerod
to the public. Circulars sent on application.
Vsnarlenced and thoroughly qualllled pliyelel
ni an rinnnec3 lth theltlpansChenilcal Com
psnyfSnUenCi aro l.,vlte;fw j te fjj -spwlal
lni.triictlnus lo laicnllar eases. Their lettenl will
ISoeTrS luSi attontloa as they require, freo of
'"aIwms keep Ttlpans Tnboles In the house
and whi yS travel take sum, with wo. The
5 Zit un lu smallylols. which may be conToul
Sutly carrci lui vestWetor porunoanale.
D.u TiramrisU. or sent by mall in the follow
ing a uantllles upon receipt of prB-fl s
S'c Ix-licve that the pors of cverntncr.t
In oti.cr won!, of the poy:e !ioa.l p -
per.i.-U ias In Ihe ca-o of tho pntal nervire) a
rapiilly ami as far as too pi sense , u m
nliiscnt people and the toachink- of eipe
riencc shall Justify, to the end that oppression.
Inju.-tlce antl poverty shall eventually ccae u
ili 1--.I
W '..lie otir aymisathio as a party or rctor.ii
arcnamraiiy upon tho !'.c of every prixM
tion which will lend to make men iniriiicni.
Tirtuous anil tcrniKxate, e nceri.hele rr-s-.nl
ihesoncstliulintrtant as they are
H-rc.ularr to ihe creat isjurs now prosinsj
for solut Ion. a:iJ nin which not only our in
dividual pnvorty hut the very eibtci-.co of
re Institutions iletMiI: a:-.S we a.k all men
o llrst help us toih-ivruihie whether ao r.re to
n-iuili e toailmlnislcr ociore we oiner
t ihernIHirn uin ahlrh it hi tolK-al
n-.lubTcd. beilcviiiic that the force of reform
this dty otvatiixeil will never ccaso to move
forwar-l until eicry urons is remedied and
equal rights and nnal pr!vilee securely c-tabllo-d
lor all tho men and women of th J
country.
We doi-lnre. therefore
That the union of tho lalior forces of the
Vnltcd States this day consuimualcd shall
bo nrnnam.nl and perpctual-niay its spirit
enter Into all hearts, salvation of tho republic
l.A n.ift Ini. of mankind.
Wealth' fcclnniri t" him who creates It. and
every dolla- taken from Itidnsiry wnnoui an
..i. -i..-,, mi.iu.rv. "If anv man will not
work neither snail no eni. iaimn
rural aud civic labor aro the smu tliclr ene
xovn nrc Identical.
- iwlievn thai the tlmo has come when
the railroad corporations will cither own the
n...i.. ..e tl. ixvinlo must own tho Tnllromla,
and should the Rovcrnmeut enter u'xmj the
work of ovrnlnit and managing any nud all
railroads wo should favor aa amendment to
.v.- .u, .tin-, h which all persona cn-
Bbkc'1 In tho iMVernraent scrvu-o sha.l bo
placed mid-r a civil scrvtco rcKulation of tho
most rlitld character. o aa to prorent the In-
- .fk.mrnl tho national adminis
tration by tho use. of such additional pivern-
mcnt emplnyvu.1. .
V .L.ti.nMil n lull lntinl currency, sale, oum.m.
n...u.i luiniui lv the einoral coverninont
- ..n l..,,l i....,l.-r fur all doht.i. puhlio
and 'private, and that without Iho use i of bank
hut corporations, a Just, e.Ultnble iui.1 efficient
.,f .ilirH,..ih,n. iliriKt totho people, at
a tax nut to exceed 3 per cent, per annum, to
bo uravidod aa sot lortu iu m ..u..v...;
. f Allium', or SO1U0 iK'tUT
ivKtnm: also by payments in dlschonso of Its
i.it .i....u t, i.iil.lie Imonivunients.
UJ.'K.L,v" . - , l,,,,,m
We demand tho iree anu 0111111..." -".-of
sliver and sold at the present IoriU ratio of
' ......i t,.t.
XX'.. .tmnnil ll.nl t Its AlllUUIli. VI lliv . U-.i"
inmmlluin hesniH ilily increased to not losa
Are Yun SuiT.-riiiir.
Krom i:;-K lc!H'. i:i:;.i".-.:-u
l.l.-vi.'.o". Kii-k du:-t J.-tvi; or i
!h lvn!-l- r. ir in f.ioi nny
mnT. '! in- K..;:i. " u::.i.-i.
ami vi-.v.t? tr.oui y . i;m-v ......
men:. and worv jilator. lull strike til ;
:io :ll l-l t tc i:..--.v- . ..;..v .......p.
tho :-3'.--:t of all known r.ir.i'.i -..
ho i-o'c!.v.i!-i trro- Ki.inoy
rioaint to lako. !"rx"!.v' vo'
SaV;sf:u-liru i vory iiaio.
rri. ELrVXTZJETTS
tab'., M.JU1-:'
V I VS Iff
Ctnncl be soccenlul't Irart'cd with
out cood huM'A. Ts rtKh we.-.:iti or anj
rmslel peitica ia ll!t fesulre the (nil
osion ir.4 cpsratlc.i cf all c
ultlet Vlr.i rtiurs hat r.ilc.ri cj with.
Theie cor.Jillcns cinriot c.i;t un'.tts th
physical bcinj Is la r'f'cct siortlng
erier, and this Is lir?osiib! when lh
llcr and t?ltcn are torpid, thusobttruct
Ing le tecre'.'itit, cseslrj lr.dlgeiilo
nd (Jj-spcpjiJ, iih all ot thslr accoi
panjing horrors.
DR. HENLEY'S
English Dandelion Tonic
tierts a specific Influents ever Ihtltrer. !
xcltet It to hcii'.h) action, rohres It j
rhroalesnooraetnents, and promotes the
secretions: curis Ir.dlgcst'en and coastl-
psllon, sharpens ire sppetuo, tones up
tha entiro syslera, and u-.skes Ills wonn
llvlas.
e iii a!
lATI2T?.ULMTSr?f .t.'ITR tUCTC
BEST iPVSS? CKTIC
narSOVEHfSTS. -- SUSPEKSORT.
Try,! rrr VCV.hrt Vs ilc.s. "?' B"l T-nttfff fsa
o..-ia..0; t-is. rr-r? hwnw or lr-Jlscrvt.
., 1 , .. c '.. U. .. it lin. U.Mir.T s'rp.
IntsM. u.srtr. rfc..ai-.t.ta. lTr blsji.r
cai'McU. 'tx S..s. ftssrl l'; -.ua.
eic. T . .ri IC S., I c9lS'S WMSSI less-t Ttt
Sll rti.Il. SSJ rl'SS S PrTOl ISjl U iSftSStJ f.M S lS
. r er - :orfrll S1.M.HS. ss 'U esre s:l Ifccsbsvs
cftw sr ss. TScwsJ. ---.' bests rrsrei sr taU essr
.11 -..tiii.-o sftrr Oter errcUrs tsllei. e4
mr fcruJrrJ. of tlll. .s Ifci ss4 rrrrr ..-.k.r ftsts.
OorsnrTsl UI'II.UP SUVTRIC SI iSjiaT. US
erroimiScwi srsreSarro t.fc csro.. WITH ALL BKLTS
rs;tli oa.iors..r. of1hsl I aiYTKKt.oSSlSO Osr.
SbU fsr utclrsit l'-STSrsu. ttsi!. ssslpo. rrss. Addessa
evxsTXSftrsT siisunuo cx.
No. 172 First St., rMRTLANO, OR.
One Dollar Weekly
Buvs a irxHl GoUl Watch bv our Club
! ivsu-m. Our 14-karat po'.d-filled cases
! an? warranu-sl for ysars. Fine Elgin
j or Walrham niovomtjal. Slom wind
I anil set. Laiiy's or Gonl's size. Equal
to &nv!SJ watch, seouN ajrenis
wherv tre have? nooe, ire soil one of th
Hunting fas Yatoht-s for the Club
pricv ar.d sond C. O. D. by express
with privilege of examic&tion befors
naviti for same.
Otir aircr-t al Iiirh.im. X. C-. writes:
Our .eweVrs have cxifeeJ thev donT know
oow you can furnish such work for ihe Mooy-
Our ajrent al lUalh S;.riuf-s. S: C. says:
Ycur -saTchrs take at loc rrn-ccss
who grt :he la watch sa:J that he examine
an.1 priced a jeweicr's watcrres In Lancaster
that were no better thaa your, hul lh prtcw
was fV."'
Our ajri'iit al rctir.ington.Toi.. writes:
"An: ia receipt of t tie walrn. ue am i.resuwr
it hv.v.t measure. Ail who haie sn it say si
would be cheay at cK"
One srood reliable A cent wanted for .
ech plscc. Write for pnriicuiars. ;
EvriKK Watch Co., New York..
Salary $25 to $50 a Week.
Wc will pav above salary lo any good sr.
vlUnK our Hue ot cvhK either to dealers
n Wcdral in first-class cvwls 01
and sell at the lowest marnfaciurers'e pnees- Lb
oolv to A. KAKrr.N x tXI.. 1
1JS V nr.cy St.. Chicaiw. HI- 0 rci
PORTLAND
t:
Mm
Skilled help furnished hotels and Restaurant.
Private boarding houses aad families.
Labor hired for railroads and contractors. .
gistcr strictly Best class cooks, waiters
and domestics.
ISH X. Srd. St.
S. R. PHILLIPS, Manr-
EAST AND SOUTH
-BY THK-
kTss
1SV lr.
ioaim Faoifio We. Farmers
THE MOUNT SHASTA ROUTE.
1 Bottle,
6 Bottles,
. 11.25
. 2.00
1 runts. I 12 Bottles.
76 cents. 1 24 Bottles.
annncss
THE BIPANS CHEMICAL CO..
than llfty dollars per capita.
..r .1 n.i a (.mtinted Incomo tax.
of the country
should bo kopt as much as possible ill i tho
hands of the people, nun ue...
that all national and state revenues shall hj
llmlteiltotlie ucces8aryexK)iises,ecoiionilialiy
and honuslly adutinistcrcd.
We di'maud lhat postal savins hanks be ea.
Ubllshcd by tho Kovoriinient for tho de
posit of the carnliiBs of tho pcoplouud to fncili-
Up5lon bolna moans of ex. hanp.
and a pnbllo neoosslly. the
own itfld oiiorate tho railroaiU tn tho lutonat
0tM-"?.ie-n .n.l toleohone.Hk. tho po.U
ofllco system, being a necessity for too irv
So ul new, should hoowne, an. 1 tatad
tr... .m..r,i l tho imprest of tho people.
Tho laud, includinit all tha nMixiral '
........... 5. .k i..,rli.,tr.i of all Iho iK-oiilo.n'id
Should not bo monopolized for spcoulullvo pur
nosos and alien ownership of laud should bo
Iw!SuSl. AU laaOA now Uld hi- luilrwtd
Bhenmatism, Nenralgia, Corn
HEADAOHI. and ALL PAIN.
Ths OsllforniaPoslUve nd Htgatrrs
KLECTRIC COUGH CUR
CUBE 9 00LDB, 0K0UP, 00H8TJMPII0sT.
Sold by all Druggists. ach SSe.SOo 1.
OrMSlnger Oa.. Prop's, Ls AngJsa,Osw.
" 1
sj. i i ii ' a lTTTi TTrTi
4 f s. w v.,o n
H vr if v.i- l.o M
.1 aA--:.-tt'V.y.
vvPKKSR TRAIN'S I.KAVE POllTLAND
11AILY.
c!...r. i . I North
TtX . m 1 l.v. Portland Ar. .:!. m
6--HP. in I.v. MiMforvl Lv 51 p. m
si5k.u1 Ar. San Knmchico Lv. 71p.m
bovc trains stop onlv nt the rollowmr
Hons north of Roscburir: Hast rortland.Oro-
,n Cltv. Woodtmrn, Salem. Alhany. iwnseni.
Shedds, llulsoy, Uarrlsburg, Junction City,
lug mid l-.uiteno.
ROSKHi-'RO MAIL DAILY.
a-,. ml,v Portland ArllrOop-m
ta n. m Lv Rtswbuni Lv I a) a. in
ALBANY LOCAL DAILY tExcept Sunday.)
Sfti p m Lv rortlaml Ar I &S5 p m
un Ar Albany LvlasWam
Pullman Buffet Sleepers.
Save
Wrlu for our rcammoth
Catalotrue, a .X page
book, plainly illustrated,
giving manufacturers .
lowest price with manu
facturers discounts en
all goods manufactured .
aad imported into the
Vnited states.
Si to 50 cents on every
dollar you spend. We
sell only flrst class goods,
groceries, furniture.cloth
tng. dry goods, hats-raps,
boots and shoes, notions.
crockery, jewelry,
tries aud harness.
cultural implements; ia
bug-
sgri-
. Ire-
Money.!
fact anything voa want.
Saved by buying of us.
Send x cents to pay ex
expressage on catalogue,
a buyers' guide. We ara
the only concern that
sells at manufacturers
prices, allowing the buyer the same discount
tnat ine niaiiuiivu.- w nuvuv
trade. We guarantee all goods to be equal to
representations or money refunded. Goods
sent by express or freight, with privilege of est
animation oeiore ys-o iuk
139 Quiney Street, -shicasio. IU.
Arl yso p-m
Lv I liM p. m
, .... t!i.,u,.. c.rr..r ihe accommodation I
1 ..... r. . i" I ...f.. , ...--..ertKsl
of sucuud class piissensvns nu.'"- I
iniius.
Tr.t wpsn Portland and Corvallis.
WEST S1DK U1VISION
Mall trains daily, cxiypt Sn',-V;
7:80 a. 111 Lv ,1.w"Yr
..ii..., ... Ar Corvnllls
At Albany anil Corvallls lOTMrt with trains
Ail ortwii wm
1.-.,. Triitus dally, except suaday:
,rs.e iissts
" .1 1?.',.. r,,ies. miios. eic.,cllou theconipany s
iiK.-nt al" Medford. vnrTr-us
KOlillLKR. K-.r-RCiP?-.R2
,. . Mauitscr.
AsiiL Q. K. & P AC Spoedanslpsriaaaei
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