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SOUTHERN OREGON MAIL. FRIDAY, JAN. 20, 1893. Free la iub BffiiGtsa. Tbe staff qf Pliyaioiaris of the ALIF01JNIA MEDICAL AD SUR IHyiKMAKY, of San Francisco, jPTitl examine all c:isos frea of charge. -The doctors describe the different dis .eaaes better than tho sick can them selves. '' It is a wonderful . gift for anyone to possess. Xhoir diognostve povers have created wonders throughout the coun try. The doctors are well known as ucoess(ul practitioners in all of the .chronic diseases -and discuses of the .eye and ear, and all forms of nervous j&nd private diseases will be successfully treated ou the most scientific princi ple. Cancer positively cyred without .pain or the use of a kni'le. Important The doctors after many to years of experience have Ladies, 'discovered the greatest cure icnown for all diseases of their sex. Fe male diseases positively cured by a new Vemedy. The cure is effected by n jaome treatment, entirely harmless and 'easily applied. -Consultation free ar.d Strictly Confidential. Correspond 'jsbcs will be promptly answered. Married persons or yottsg Marrlaja. men contemplating matri mony, aware of their phys ical weakness, loss of procreative pow ers, impotency or othjr dUrjualiSca $jon, speedily restored. Blood Poison. Vemvial Private Taint, Gleet, Stricture. JMseaseg. Seminal Emissions. Loss of Sexual Power, Weakness of Sexual Organs, want of desire in malj and female, whether from imprudent habits of youth, or sexual habits of mature years, or any cause that debil itates the suxual organs speedily and permanently cured. Consultation fate And strictly confidential. Epilpesy Positively cured bv a new or Fits, and never failing method. The doctors, afteryearsofcxperier.ee iave discovered the greatest ' known 'cure for wjia&cass in tho back and 'limbs, Inraluniary discharges, impo tency, general 'debility, nervoiwuvss, languor, confusion of ideas, palintatioa .of the heart, disease of the headhroat, nose and skin, affections of the liver, lungs, stomach and bowels those ter 1 ibl disorders arising from'tha soli tary rice of youth, and secret practices blasting their most radiant hopes and anticipations, rendering marriage im possible take one candid thought be fore it is too lato. A week or month may place your case beyond the reach pf hope. Our mothod of treatment will speedily and permanently cure the most obsiinate case, and restore perfect manhood, - - ' .' t - ' TO MIDDLE AGED MEK. 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Send sS cents to pay ex ' - - ia Money.:-: - ... J . tin zpressage on catalogue, I a buyers' .guide. We are the only, concern that Sella nt mnmi rnturnN1 prices, allowing the .buyer the same discount that the manufaetarar Kires to trie wholesale trade. We cuauatee all coods to be aonal m - H..w ncuJlcplo trade. We guanatee all goods to be aqual to MUMMtat&ina m- mnnA J h ' " v. wvue; I ' I JUUIU, VVUUS i sent by express or freight, with privilege Ot ex representations or money refunded. Goods ''In. ... ji LATtPEW CO., , - 1 Quincy St., Chicago, III. PRIDE AND POVERTlf ; .'-' ' By AUGUSTA LAMED. '(Copyright, IS9S, by American Press Associa tion. ' " T fCOSTlNUED. - "I am no worshiper of money, Mr. Ren.wick. -: There aro things I would lay down millions to gain if I had them to command. ' After father died I had my old mother to care for, and, thank God, I have been able to place her in a good home and provide for her a happy old age. I had my young sisters to edu cate and my brother to establish in life, and there .were other poor relatives a pair of aged aunts and (in old decrepit uncle. I.cpnld not let them go to the almshouse. It was my first duty to take care of those dependent on me." "Very commendable no doubt, vety .commendable,' said the old man from the surface of his false teeth end laying together his chilly fiiiRer tips. . But he had gone into his shell and did not emerge again that day. Judith flitted out of the room after placing the glass of antumn leaves and red berries in the middle of the table. She had folded under the frayed edges of the tablecloth and placed a napkin over a hole too much in evidence. Mrs. Sparkler had now brought the basket of dinner, smoking hot, to the back door, and swiftly Judith conveyed it to the board. Old Ken wick took the place at the head of the table, waving Mildmay to a seat at his right hand. Judith sat down behind the tray, but ate nothing. She waited on the gnest and on her father with pnnctilious care. ' "Boiled beef," said the old man loftily. Sticking his knife into the tender pnlp on the platter before him. "I told yon, sir, it was pot luck, only pot luck to day. In my father's time, sir, the cellar of this house was well stocked with wine good, sound brands of port and Madeira bnt I was forced to give np the use of wine front my gouty tendencies some years ago, and I hope, sir, yon will pardon the omission." Mildmay saw Judith f.u-th a little as the old gentleman proceeded to draw the long bow, and he made haste to ac quit himself in a suitable manner as he raised a cracked glass to his lips con taining nothing more potent than water from the old Renwick well. He looked 'about without seeming to notice any thing. At the meager table service, the makeshifts of the frayed tablecloth, the old caster propped on three legs, the battered spoons, thin as shaved horn, and the ragged napkins all told a piti ful story to a man of quick perceptions, bnt Judith 'sat opposite. He saw her face framed in golden hair over Mrs. Sparkler's tin coffeepot, and the feast of a king wreathed with rainbows could not have been more beautiful in his eyes. '.; : Renwick was cased in frigid civility pn in a coat of mail. Secretly he re gretted having asked Mildmay to din cer, now that he had discovered that he was a mere nobody," not worth wasting his notice upon. He pressed his thiu lips, lifted his arched eyebrows and looked discontented and unhappy. But a current of sympathy had estab lished itself between Judith's blue eyes and MUdmay'a hazel orbs. cvemed to Mildmay like fizf crossing lines of light with electrii vibrations. He un derstood." all the dimcnlties and humilia tions of her life without an explanatory word, Egjover knew what he put into his month at that dinner, but strangely enough, even "while Judith tripped around - the table changing the old cracked plates and Renwick remained sank is himself, a stream of merry talk seemed to sow between them. Mild may was to her girlish apprehension the most unassuming and natural of men, and she had lived so long with preten sion aud unreality that naturalness was cf all things delightful to her. W hen this meal as miraculously pro Tided as if brought by ravens or angels was finished, Mildmav, strangely enough. displayedsuo disposition to take himself away. Old Renwick, as usual after din ner, had betaken himself to his place by the fire in his great shabby easy chair and had Iignted his long stemmed pipe, Judith and the stranger sat in another part of the large room, where the low afternoon sun came in through the win dow and touched his blond head and her golden one. She was sewing fast and deftly on a piece of needlework she had taken from the Ladies' Aid society in the hope of earning a few shillings for her pressing needs. Mildmay sat and watched her for awhile, saying a word or two now and again in a low voice. When the old man's regular breathing came to his ear, interrupted occasion ally by short, brusque snores, Mildmay leaned over toward Judith and said con fidentially: "I am afraid I have fallen out of favot with your father. He seems to be less cordial than at first. - Judith without raising her head gave him a reproachful little glance out of the corner of her eye. "Why could you not pretend to be descended from Sir Bruce Mildmay? Yon might have belonged to a remote branch, bnt still distinctly of that house, with the Pfantagenet quarterings in your coat of anus."-- "By heavens, Miss Renwick, if I had only known," exclaimed Milmay, wonld have sworn on the good book that Sir Bruce was my revered great ancestor; that I have his rusty coat of arms, bis shield and battleaz at this moment hnng up in the baronial ball, and I wonld have forged yards of parchment to prove my claims. ' "For an inventive man." said Judith, with a shy smile, "who had . cleared an abandoned mine of water by improved machinery, yon aid appear to me singu larly wanting." "What pan I do to win yonr forgiver ness for my stupidity," he asked, still gazing in her laco. ' ' "I don't know," she answered, with a suppressed sigh, "it may prove a more serious matter to as than yon think. f atner has old time notions deeply In grained, and I fear he is growing some what childish. . If he thought yon be longed to an ancient race he would trust you, because he so firmly believes that noblesse oblige. He was not brought up With business habits and has been sadly taken in by speculators, and now if he thought you belonged to that class he would refuse to sell the western land, and we do so need' the money, ; I can't jnake him understand how poor we are.!? The last words were given in a thrilling whisper. ' - '' ' Mildmay ' felt that this young girl had made a direct appeal to him for neip in ner iron Die. ne coiorea and looked embarrassed, and for a moment remained silent Judith drew back ashamed and aston ished at herself for having betrayed so much to a total stranger. She sat there covered with confusion, unable to speak or attempt an explanation, whon a confused sound of feet was heard invad ing the kitchen, and in a moment the door burst open, and Mrs. Sparkler ap peared, followed "by her husband with Sally in his arms, and Frne holding on to the tail of his .coat. The children were tattered and torn, hands and faces quite black with dirt, and hair in a wild tangle. CHAPTER IV. "I have convinced father." "We've got 'em back at lnstr cried Mrs. Sparkler excitedlv, not caring for the presence cf the stranger or even old Reuwick himself, while Sparkler, who on all occasions allowed his wife to be spokesman, hung bark by the dooi. They d started to seek their fortunes. just like Tommy Sawyer in the story book. They bad five cents atween cm, and they went to the bakery end bought eix cookies to provide for the journey. Then they footed it down the railroad track, and the wonder is they wasn t run down by a train. Prue got over into Beecham woods aud Sally went tagging after. They got into a swamp, and Sally lost one cf her shoes, and her hat flew up in a tree. Pruc shiuncd up the tree and got the hat, but it was all torn to shoestrings. "At last they worked their way out of the woods at a place called Ford's Cor ners, about seven miles from hero. I guess they was pretty faint and hungry and beat out by the time they got there, for they stepped at Dr. Cook man's house and asked for a drink, and if they could lay down and rest in the barn, just as Tommy Sawyer did on his travels. And the doctor happened to be at home, snd he kind of smelt a mouse, so he wormed it out of them who thev was and where they lived, and then he hitched up his horse and brought 'em home." Mrs. Sparkler had given her narrative in a breathless way, without semicolons or even commas, and old Renwick was now fully awake, eying ht-r with cold disapprobation. "What is it all about, my good wom an?' he said sharply when be could stem the torrent of her speech. 'Good woman indeed, sir," cried Mrs. Sparkler, spunking np. "It's about them children. I wonld have Sparkler bring Vm over to Fhow Miss Renwick what a iness they an; lu,'-.'! to ask her if they shouldn't be soundly- spanked." - "Spnnk them, by jdl , means, . Mrs. Sparkler, but don't perform the oper ation here on my premises." "Sparkler is that t-nder hearted he won't let me, but I thought Miss Reu wick would tell me what ought to be done short of spankin or switchin, for she's been tenchin the children these few months past and they've learned real well." "My daughter teaching your children, Mrs. Sparklcrr "Yes, sir. tho has, and they think a sight of her, too, if they are nanghty sometimes; and that reminds me that I'm owing for a fjuarter's tuition," and she pulled a little roll of bills out of her pocket. Old Renwick stood up and hanghtily waved her away. "My good woman, my daughter cannot take money for any instruction she may have given your children. If she has done it at all sho has done it ont cf kindness to a poor neighbor. Keep your money, madam." "We ain't poor neighbors," cried Mrs. Sparkler, raising her voice to the point of shrillness; "we're respectable, honest and well to do, and we pay onr ways, which is more than some folks do that are dirty proud. If you knew where your dinner come from this very day I guess yon wouldn't talk about poor neighbors." Judith, with an agitated, beseeching face, now camo forward and laid her hand on the woman's arm. "Remem ber," she whispered, "he is a helpless old man." Sparkler, on the other side, was twitching his wife's skirt and say ing: "Come home, Marier. We ain't wanted here," and suddenly the little procession turned about, Mrs. Sparklet convulsed with angry sobs, and filed out of the house. Mildmay caw that Judith was pale and agitated, her eyes f nil of tears, and he made haste to take his leave. "You will let me come again," he whispered as he pressed her hand at tho door. "I shall be detained here a few days until I have come to terms with yonr fathet about the land." The events of the day had not dis turbed old Renwick. He was too close ly wrapped in his tattered pride and sell importance to feel their f nil force. It was his plan to avoid scenes and explana tions with Judith as far as possible. In tho first place, he looked upon her as a child, and in the second place, he had nothing to oppose to her logic but sheet obstinacy. When things went too fat he was always conveniently deaf. Foi three or four days now the old hidalgo was terribly hard of hearing and misin terpreted everything his daughter said. He went as usual to the library, and nte his potatoes and oatmeal without re mark. But as Mildmay continued to linger on in the town there grew up in the old man's mind the suspicion that he was a sharper trying to get the best of the bargain. He conceived an exagger ated notion of the value of these acres of sand and scrub oak, which happened to be near a railway station or a branch line, and were wanted for tho company's workshops. Though Mildmay offered him ten times the actual value of the land, the old man stubbornly refused to sell and curtly dismissed the young man from his presence. Meantime he was as regular as clock work in his appearance in the alcove, where he sat day after day poring over the histories of great and nobje families ..1 ' and making notes lit his tittle diary. " In spite of the hopelessness of his un dertaking, Mr. Harry. Mildmay still lingered at the hotel, and strangely enough soon after the old nian was well out of the honse in the morning he ap peared regularly at the door of the Ren wick homestead. Tho neighbors began to notice the phenomenon, and questions were asked about the young man that no one seemed able to answer. Judith had no teaching now, nothing but dull and unremunerative needle work to fill the vacant hours, and her days would have been sad and lonely bnt for tho visits of this new friend. They seemed to have a thonsand tilings to say to each other, as people always have who are bound by a secret sym pathy. He was never tired of telling her stories of his early life, his poor chnnces, how much he had loved his eccentric and unlucky father, with that strain of genius in him. All the trials and hardships of his boyhood were sweetened by family affection. He wished her to know his old mother and his sisters and talked endlessly of them, but strange to say, of his later experience he had but little to relate; over these he seemed to draw a veil and Judith did not seek to raise it. She was deeply in terested in all he had to tell. It was a joy to Judith to make acquaintance with Mildmay as a boy and to perceive that he was still what he hud beeu then loving, unostentatious, gennino to the core. It never occurred to her to ask who he was. She thought she knew him better than others could know him, sad why should she ask? The Indian summer came on more rolden and tranquil than usual, and then the neighbors saw Jndith and the young It ranger walking out togothor toward ton u try places, rustliug the fallen leaves under their feet, and returning with bands full of the late autumn blossoms Uid colored leaves. It was after an excursion of this kind, when Judith had returned home filled Willi strange, sweet, agitating emotions, for something very wonderful had hap (lened that day, that Mrs. Sparkler came running to the kitchen door with an ipron over her head. Miss Renwick was kindling a fire in the stove to pre fire the evening meal and was some what surprised to see her neighbor who had fought very shy of the place ever since that painful interview with the old roau. "Miss Renwick," she exclaimed, all out of breath, and seeing Judith there ou her knees by the stove, "Do you know who your Mr. Mildmay isT' Judith turned her head and just shook it gently without venturing upon a word. "Well, lean tell you," she went on, panting. "It's all over town now. He's the millionaire of Arizouy. Owns lots of mines and two or three railroads. They say he could buy up the whole of this little town and put it in his pocket. And to think. Miss Renwick, that you've been keepin company with him and never knew he was the biggest man in all his part of the country;' Judith blushed prettily as she rose to her feet and faced her visitor. She said she was Yery much obliged to Mrs. Sparkler. It was really neighborly and kind of her to take so much pains to let her know atnt the young man, and Mrs. Sparkler went homo more mystified than ever. It was the very next morning that old Renwick happened to meet Mildmay in the street not far from his house. As he had gives Eimtyilnhiryfnsai of ths laud nearly a week Before, tho old hi dalgo was rather surprised to see the young man on his path. "Mr. Renwick," said he, looking at him frankly with his brown eyes full of cheery light, "I am here to ask yea for the hand of your daughter Judith." "Of my what?" said the old man, pre tending deafness, and patting up his hand in the form of an ear trumpet. "The hand of your danghter Judith," repeated Mildmay. "Xo, sir; no, sir." said the old man, straightening. "That is too presump tuous in a person of your birth and breed ing. I suspected you were an adventurer, and now I see yon have laid a deep plot to secure my property through tho hand of my daughter. But were it otherwise I would never consent to her marrying out of her sphere. You hare my an swer, sir: good day." Mildmay stood on the walk while the old man walked stiffly away with head held high. His face was crimson and his hands were clinched in wrath. He began to stride rapidly np and down the pavement, mnttering under his breath; "The proud old beggar. As if I had in tended designs on his property," and then he broke into a hearty laugh. Judith must have been on the watch for her father, for the moment he opened the door she Sow to him weeping, clasped her arms around his neck and cried: "Oh, father, you cannot know the miser able state of poverty, misery and desti tution to which we are reduced! I have tried not to trouble you with these things, tried to earn a little money secretly for our needs, but you refused to let me rent part of the house; you refused to let me take pupils and recsive pay for them. You mortally offended those good Sparklers when they offered me my pay, and there was nothing I could do to earn money bnt to secretly take in sewing from the Ladies' Aid society, and now they have no more to give me. Come with me, father, and let me show you to what we are reduced." , She led bim into the kitchen and opened one by one the cupboards, the pantry, the safe, the flour barrel and the bread box all empty, not an ounce of meal or a pound of potatoes. Then she led him to the coalbin and the place where the wood was kept. That, too, was empty. "You see, father," she said sobbing, "we must go to the almshouse or live on the charity of the town the silent poor fund. Which shall it be?" The old man turned without a word, wandered back into the living room and fell prostrate into his chair. He seemed dazed and lost for a time, and looked about him with a wandering eye. When he tried to speak his tongue was thick, as if he had received a slight stroke of palsy. Judith in fright knelt down beside him and began to chafe his cold, tremulous hands. ' She heard him murmuring the name of Mildmay. "That young tmiii, you know, Judith" he made an effort to clear his voice "offered ' me ready money for the western land, aud I re fused it because 1 thought him a spec ulator but tho money would keop us from from Btarving. Do you think, Judith, be has left town? Do you think he would reconsider?'" "He wonld not tako the land now, father, unlets you cr-iif-wil' his ink ing me." "And you would marry him, Judith a mere nobody, not of .our class?" said the old man fretfully. "You don't know him, father what he has dnoe for himself and others be cause be is too modest and unpretend ing to boast of his success. He is the great man in his part of the country and the richest, a millionaire, they say, and it is be who condescends to take a penniless girl like me. He has done it all by his own energy and genius. It is' cot for his money I care, father. He showed me what he was in heart and mind before I suspected bis wealth?" "You love him, Judith?" "With all my heart." "If he hud only been of the family of I old Sir Bruce, the right Mildmays," i murmured Ken wick; "but perhaps he is. after all, without knowing it," the old man went ou, brightening, "a collateral branch, you know, Judith. Do you think you could call him back? Could you wnte or telegraph "I will try," said she. "Perhaps I may succeed." She ran to tho door, flung it wide open and celled "Harryr with her clear silvery voice. The young man must have been am bushed in the near neighborhood, for suddenly he appeared, darting up the steep path toward the house. Judith's face was radiant as he came toward her in answer to her summons. "Come in," cried she, beckoning with her hand. "I have convinced father that you are at least an indirect offshoot of the race of old Sir Bruce Mildmay aud twice as good and noble as any other Mildmay that ever lived, though he bore a hnnilr! Plantagenet quarter ings in 'llILJc 'heon." .;z END. L. Intelligence, such a we find planted and permeated in all our public schools, give an impulse to all the elevated and nobler senti ments of the people, showing that merit, virtue and character are but the Hag leading to victory in a ma terial 6enso precisely as christian morality is sublime, because it is the safest guide we can follow and the best and wisest counsellor of our highest private inte-est. The people are looking to the schools more for the moral and aes thetic culture of the people. All the great reforms that have been inaugurated by the women are be ing carried to success through the schools in the education of the children. Music has long been con sidered one of the simplest and most refining pleasures given to man. Xo home, no social gather ing, no public entertainment, no re ligious meeting is complete without music of voice snd instrument; and you cannot find an Evangelist who will not tell you emphatically that he believes in its power to lead the souls of men to higher thoughts. If this is true in religious education it must be true in all. If music of are necessary Jfcomitants of church ivorshTt'fiurch education ; if all tlttsc have an elevating influ ence on Sunday, why are they not Jjust as valuable for every day use J in the school room, 011 the school I grounds, anywhere. We believe in music, both of in strument and voice; we -believe in its moral, social, intellectual, patri otic and religious influence; we have been teaching it for twenty years and know of its influence on school and community. It is a part of our school course and a part of its pleasures; bringing teachers and pupils into closer and friendlier re lations; making both happier and better, and our joyous school songs have been carried into every home of our community, doing their part towards making these homes bright and cheerful. We like to live in a community whose citizens believe in music of voice, orchestra and band. Our social relations depend much upon the influence of the pub lic schools. Our society in a short time will be what the boys and girls are today as they are accom plished, refined and intelligent, so will be our intercourse. We are doing our duty, "as we see it," to cultivate every desirable tendency to root out the undesirables. We are working with sixteen boys two nights in eaeh week, keeping them off the streeU and developing a taste for something better than street loafing, and at the desire of their parents. Who can find any fault with that? In our isolated condition we must depend upon home talent, for recreation and amusement and if re do not have the best it is not for lack of ability. If none of our people do nothing worse than to cultivate the musical taste of the people, encourage them all you ean. j Dr. Lestie says: "Show me a musical people and I will show you a moral, social, intellectual, patri otic and religious people." The new pupils this week are Chas. Pcnninger, Ed. Hitch. Justin Wigle, Alva Jordan, Geo. Mitchell and Miss Maysie Foster. F. G. Plymale, Jr., Bert Branden berg and Mamie Isaacs visited us on Friday afternoon. Earl Van Antwerp, of Central Point, visited the Public Schools on Monday. The last subject of debate, "Re solved, That Inventions Do Not Benefit the Laboring Glasses," was decided in the negative. The liter ary work of the society is a credit to its members, ' : ' Placer and quartz claim notices for sale at this office, ' " THE DZt. 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Tourist Sleeping ( ara for the accommodation of second class paaarnxrra, attached to expreas train. Between Portland and Corvaliis. WEST SIDE DIVISION. Mail trains dally, except Sunday: 7Jua.ni I Lv lortutr.d Ar 110 p. m j Ar Curvalis Lv Ar J p. m r 1 12s p. rn At Albany and CorvalU connect with traln oi on-trai Puciac raiiiva . Ejt.-ivjL Train- dally. exeejt Sunday: H0p. mlt.T Portland Ar$2.'a-m TOi p. 111 1 Ax McMinuvUle -Lvi.-43a.n SarThroajrh tickets to all points east ana sntith. For tickets and full InformaUon re-g-ard;&s rate, maps, etc., call on thecoaapanyV jrr-i f Merrd Manager. Asst. O. F. & P ARt CHEAPEST WATCH IN THE EF3ELD. CaVK. Mf M'lIU, r cava lamia V 9 AM SI CAS WATCI fCl d.ac:ai-.'c al rer BAMr, M : car ntiuu kj. awl fitattAITU 1 :f lf cnodUtMlM (St TEAL rM4 nut aail tVMTKL'T .yvftrs, I is ma inula T AStK W f Uisw prav. wT aT tv--a rr.l la La.- prwa (aaV&taTTa. ntavitsx IVr rciiv .adj.itsi, r. rUaavlsKl Ufl Ml imlrloc avo kT. Bu MtNt vtt.n alUCSCMmt r KtlM Trm latvtd Kr Sl.MH S f-r S.0l 4 wiitM ruru it aM-wapta. sctL M-nU liN paprr Empire Watch Co. New York. JAPANESE A new and Complex Treatment consisting ot Suppositories. Ointment in Capsule, also in Box and Pills: a Posture Cure (or External. Internal. Blind or Bleeding. Itcbine. Chronic. Recent or Hereditary Piles, and maay other diseases and (vmale weakness; it is always a treat beneSt to the health . The first discover of a medical cure rendering an operation with the Cnite unnecessary hereafter. This Remedy has never been known to tail. 1 per box. 6 tor K: sent by mail. Why suffer from thU terrible disease when a written (ruarantee is given with 6 boxes to refund the money if not eured. Send stamp for free Sample. Guarantee issued by Woodward, Clakkc & Co.. Wholesale a Re tail Drugvisu. Sole Agents. Portland. Or. Q. K. Hasktns, sole agent for Medford. BILIOUSNESS The 8. B. HEADACHE & LITER CURE 18 A I DUVCTP ( SURE & sax's, ( rrixolC; , CHEAP If taken as directed we guarantee satisfaction or refund your money. DONT SICKEN. DOVT GRIPE. 50 cents per bottle, by G. H. Haskins J. R. WILSON. BLACKSMITH. lit AND Horse and pxerr Shoeing BEDFORD, ORE. .aW a. aaaaaaa Al 3aXN BnaaJ wjf- aw3t-x wmM a7 r L -at V sax jScti IttvTtwtKti-lsaU rtatWssVM aMakt Bd CURB General B in Deafness Cannot be Cured. by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear.-' There is only one way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed con dition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. . When this tuba gets Inflamed you hove a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the re sult, and unless the 2nflamation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be des troyed forevr; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is noth ing but an inflamad condition of the mucous sulaces. 1 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot ba cured by Hall's . Catarrh Cure. Send forcirculars, reef, t F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. C3rSold by all Druggists, 75c Who's Carson? Why, he's the prin- ier. H- FETSCfl, t . Tailor; Suits to order at all prices. Fit Guaranteed or no sale Cleaning and repairing neatly done Main St Medford, Ore. PORTLAND Emplopit : Bureau skilled help furnished hotels and Sestaarasta. Prirate boardicc; honses and rij-a Labor hired for raUruads and eontraarbora. Te register stricUj first class coaks, matters aad ( ISHX.3rd.8t. 8. R. PHILLIPS, atan'r. Salary $25 to-$50 a Week. We will pay abor salary to any good scetit sellUifr ocr line ot roods, either xo dealers or euioxners. We deal in first -class goods only, aad sell at the lowest inaaiifactcrers's prkc. Appljto A. EARPEN & CO, US Qaiscy St., Chicago, JUL Mrs T. CTot Kiss Y. f earcr Dressmaking and all kinds of Sewing Doi.e. Odd Fallows; Bldg, Room Xo 1, TU st j. C. Elder UEDFURD, : OREGON. Dealer ta GROCERIES. DRY GOODS. BOOTS, SHOES GLOVESaSuNOTIONS " foreign and domestic-. L M. LYONS, (FlfePaGt5P OAXDO BUILDER, Jobbing of all Kinds, ALI, WORK GUARANTEED. Medford, - - Oregon. H. F. WOOD. MEDFORD, OR. ;t( Jobbing of all kinds. Plans and estimates furnished on application. Jackscrews to let. The TTorld Enriched. The facilities of the present day for the production of everytliing that vill con duce to the material welfare anrj comfort of mankind are iTl"t unlimited and when Syrup of Figs) was first produced the world was enriched with the oar perfect laxative known, aa it is the onlj remedy which ia truly pleasing and re freshing to the taste and prompt and effectual to cleanse the system gently iq the Spring time or, in fact, at any time and the better it is kaowa the more po; talaritbrimnea, Merchau (Ferry's Seeds 1. f rm- to demand. miy tiie beat X f FERRY'S SEED ANNUALll II Ft 13 tev&ftimbaat to ry Passive. I I 11 U it am rrydop ot thm latat tkrmiac I f 1 fnaWaq-aa-rla. fWva31 1 Itath r4Tisam. M M Contractor ana Builder I 1 : , ..... -' 'la-rKV