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"Opportunity kaecka but the most
of u hear only the hollow echo."
LAUGHS
MomcHtsu.' Question.
Duslaees 1-alher I received qulto
a number of sealed proposals at the
otflea
leaser Daughter Were any of
them addressed to we, pa? Balti
more American.
Tho Intwpfd Hex
"Dob'I you think women are nat
urally mere courageous than menT"
challenged the champion of her sex.
"Of coarse," said the horrid
cfnlc. "No man would ever dare
te get off a ear the way the aver
age woman da. Kansas City Star.
ChtUktiged
"lr. Wllgus tried, to kiss me last
evening."
"How dared he?"
"Ho didn't I dared hita." ritts-
burg Press.
"
Used to That
"I read out to liiy wlfb a headline
this morning about the Ottaman
masMere."
"Wwa't she horrified?
"Net she. Thought it waa a cut
rate .bargain sale in a furniture
store." Baltimore American.
.
Utit Ict Wing
Pat, who waa left handed, waa be
ing atreru la as a witness in the
West Side court of Denver,
"Held up your right hand," said
the Bilge. Up went Pat's left hand.
"Held up' your right hand!" com
manded tho udge sternly.
"Shure and I am, your honor," do
dared Pat. "Me right hand'a on me
left-hand aide," Tho Advance
My Lady Mils
Slie calls them Tlpperary hats,
I don't know why it'o so
No woman's lid was over known
A long, long way to go,
Shu wears tho thing n day or two,
And thOil to JiIpcvs plucks,
When It's good-by PIcndllly
To another thirty bucks.
Hut w hat's tho uso or kicking It
You'vo really got tho dough
Hotter buy that Tlpperary
For the sweetest girl you know.
San Kranclsco Chronicle
Tompkins Tumbled
"1b it Iruo tiint tho widow
posed to Tompkins?"
pro-
AM JMugf''
r hhm
ID PR
"Yes, Jn a way. Tompkins was
cttllln thero one ovonlng whon Bho
JiRiiiletf hliu a novel to read entitled
'Put Yourself in His Place.' Tom
kins took tho hint." Uostoa Trans
cript, Natural iiuNHjucheo
"J ipty'r-lto 'ou HnnW Khrl J'H d0
Mt llru,IcaUi you looking through
4 a knothole In the bahcMiall fence?
Hoy Suro, you'll clums mo away
and look through yourself.
i Htt-afeKy
7 ' 'lulrni! tAhd when tho hounds
. , fMaeed yeu, hoydhi you raanogo to
' Mave tkeui behind?
Fok I 'ran with ifom through a
sausage faory
I ," " '
"' Aftt't, hew young Beutley
Oi abtft. )iU hiiis.
Hi-'iCti be nldMtci the
Clliior,
POOR RAILROADING.
GONSIDURTKa the fort that it litis ho contention, tho
Southerly Paoifil1 gives ordiimril.v a Very good aervieo
to tho traveling putilic-rav boHor tliaH a fo yoai's Ugo
when its sclicdnlo was nntoh lONVol anil ila e(jnpniont con
sisted principally of objjolclo fin's dist-at'ded Troin ids east
cm main lines.
There is nothing spotnly about the Southern Pacific as
yetits trains ineaider aloi'ig very lcisUvOlyjiiil thorOWrb
saieiy, lor mere ik ho rivalry
courso there is tbe Shasta Unutod niakinj:al)out a Reed
timoasanavconnnodatiou train in the eastlait that is for
tho rich" who can afford it.
It cannot, hdwevor, bo
through passenger train to wait from an hour to two, hours
wane uautomut sirawoerries are noun iceti to ociier siano
sliipinont as is being done daily at Ashland. "Why should
the California strawberry shipper be favored at the ex
pense of the traveling public?
express on passenger trains,
company to furnish refrigerator ears as other fruit ship
pel's are compelled to?
Complaint to railroad officials briuim forth the curt an
uouncement "take the first
The nrst section is composed
should the traveling public
tho Pullman companv to avoid unneccssarv delay? Lliev
pay as much to the railroad
Why discriminate?
It is poor railroading that daily iiieonvetiienees hun
dreds of passengers to remedy tho deficiency of an express
company and accommodate a shipper. Would such a con
dition be permitted if competition existed?
That fellow who litis invented a way of bringing either
sunshine or rain is a back number in this twentieth cen
tury civilization. He should
would kill a thousand men in
A Boston minister declares
men in Heaven. lie probably is merely trvintr to please
Bostonians who think heaven
.New Jiiiigland.
Upton Sinclair has written a poem, lie makes Lusi
tania rhyme with "sea" and with "View" proving that as
a poet he is a corking investigator of the Chicago stock
yards.
Ex-prcx lluerta has bought
if he only can get in with tho
think he was a teetotaler in
Evanston. 111., cops luivc
per block is the speed limit
Shorten the blocks.
The ncierhth of Caution
City, Iowa, man who already
scltni.
England now talks of fighting with "similar expedi
ents." It must be tough to be killed by a similar expedi
ent.
Mr. Buck Ilcrzog announces that he was not licek by
Mr. Zcckliiglcr, but merely forced to readjust his features.
Those fellows who argue that a circle cannot be squared
never let the baby play with one of their rings.
Speaking of the Power
wrote a poem called "Hail; straw hat day" and it did.
'-' v I t II II- '
Someone charges there is a trust in fountain pens. Im
agine anyone having trust in fountain pens.
The "invisible government" still remains invisible to
those who look the opposite direction.
Japan and China evidently conjugate it: ultimatum, ill
tinmtor, ultimatist.
TOOK SIX MEN TO PULL LION'S
WJiut would you do Jf you were
right clofco tip to a grout big lion nml
t!io lion opened his mouth and bared
his big HJjarp feuh Ih, u wide
buiile of huijiiiDSK n'ml Jelief.
Would you fimSId buefc. iimT
TlmtV wliat Vj) K'nyder, ehiof
keeper of he Ctnilpl ul'rk ?oo in
Now York City Mil
for B0);erul ihij'M Akbur, Uio bigyietl
lion i niiiu zoo, had been ugly. Tjio
keepers deeiijeij jt must ho.tho tooth
ucho, '
Snyder ufjil five .of Juh Jj-uKiy uiik'K
aniieil tIiciti,iJvefj wHh i-IuIik ami
,roK!s uud pieeyih'il to Aklmr'H ear.
(After foqr hour work tliey got
liittt yoped toid ted down.
Wlien Aktynr'n jaw wej-e pried oien
one of 1ih teeth waa found to he bro
ken. If vfaa rpiuoved; 1'liwi thvi
V wtj!r ' 1 '. 12SH SSH SSSSj
i
to iditi' ii luaictvijeiieumu. vt
ca'llod cood service, to force a
If strawberries must go by
why not force the express
section, if you don't like it.'
entirclv ot Pullmans. N hv
be compelled to pay a bonus to
on one section as on the other.
have invented something that
a second.
there are more women than
is pretty nearly the same as
a home in New York. Now
right gang they'll make him
.Mexico.
made a rule that three kisses
for couples riding in autos.
has been reached by a Mason
has' commenced to dig hini-
of the Press, a Chicago poet
TOOTH; DIDN'T GIVE HIM GAS
keepers fled. All but Snyder.
The" big: Hon opened JiU mouth
and bmilcd. buyuer hiuiled back.
FOK SALK
To closo an .estate, I offer for salo
0 acres of splendid land In the
heart bf tho valloy, all under cultiva
tion and fence, also containing an
olKjit room house, electric lighted
with water In kitchen, good barn
and other out buildings', about 7
acres young orchard, balance In grain
and alfalfa, on Pacific Highway and
close in, The best buy la the valley
at ICQ iii) acre. For particulars
cal at, rooms 20-20-27 over Jackson
(iounfy Dank bulhjlng, Med ford Ore.
or write MrSj iewl, administratrix,
Central Pdnt, bre. itAY LEWIS,
K'eo May Davidson, admlulstratrix.
JACKIES SEWIMp
IN OUR NAVY
''Ullir
Nlxnln Grccly-Smltii Reviews Atlantic
r
Fleet Sees 'fillers' LKcAbreaJ n
IalUcjlili Visit ot Royalty De
scribed hy Captain of Wyomlnrj.
(lly "Ntxolii Clrecley-SmUh.)
NKW YOHIC, May 18. 1 loi.kvd nt
tho Kriui grj'y lalUosluiv, the nleep
in): beauties of the Atlantic fleet, un
they lie at luiehor nt tint Nutth river
and decided that like nearly every
body 0N0 In New York I wauled to
go out and look ouo ior from Up to
bottom and tell vou ju-t what hie 011
n battleship in like. They'll nil lieiv
for the bic rvvicw.
So WK went out to Admiral Fletch
er's flagship, the Wyoming. u'v"
were my hitter, one of our best
friends, Mrsi Henri!, wife of ("apt.
II. I. Hears of the 11. S. innriue eorpH,
the meo ea)tain of a battleship, now
nl Norfolk, a., uud myKelf.
Abonnl Uio W)xnnlng
At the foot of .Seventy-ninth t-lreet
we. were met by onn of the flagsbip'a
lnunchrs. o rveognitifd t ol. ltenjn
iniu If. Fuller, who hud eonie to meet
lis Col. Fuller commands the ma
rincs of the Atlantic fleet.
Oaee aboard tho Wyoming the other
members of the party willed them
selves in the senior officer's want
room n lontr. comfortable I'lueo filled
with books mid pictures and mngu
zincs but with two shiny five-inch
guns nt cither cud.
Then CoHiamnder Cyrus Miller took
me nil over the Wyoming and ns shu
has eight decks nnd about 1-00 men
obonnl you can imngiac that it vwis
some journey.
Vbltn the Pantry
e went to the broad room, n sort
of large pantry filled with row upon
row of freshly linked broad. I saw
the bread cut by machinery and along
side it n butter machine turning out
twenty Mpiures at one chop enough
butter for our inert-, the commander
said.
Then I saw the storeroom filled with
canned goods, tea hnd coffee and
huge bunches of bananas. There I
read tho Wyoming's bill of fnru for
tho next week. There was a tytx'writ-
ten slip for every day nnd the incnU
mado one's mouth water. .
On the Sunday preceding thu men
had pork and beans, oranges, coffee,
mid bread and butter for brcakfuxt
and chicken gumbo pn"P roast chick
en, two vegetables mid ieo cream for
dinner.
S" Printing Office
Next I saw the pritJting office where
nil tho orders ami tho program for
this review wero printed; and where
tho enlisted inott i-wuo their own mag
nzinc, "Tho Coyote," so-called be
cause tho'coyote is one of "Wyoming's
distinguished eitireii-. Thero I was
presented with a copy of (ho first
sue for tho Coyote was only born
this Jfuy and I was interviewed by one
(if the editors ulio asked me all about
(uy impressions of thu battleship.
Aft 011 this deck Jack Tnr nml
Miss New York were dancing. About
French Remedy Aids
Stomach Sufferers
Franco ias been called the) nation
Without .utojuac.li troubles. The
French have for generations used 11
simple mixture of vegutabla oils that
rollovo stomach and intcutlnal ail
ments nnd keep tho bowels free from
foul, poisonous matter. Tho stom
ach Is left to perform Its functions
normally, indigestion and gastritis
vanish.
Mr. Ceo, II. Alayr, a leading drug
gist of Chicago, cured hltnseir With
this remedy In a short time. The de
mand Is so great that bo imports
these oils from Franca and com
pounds them under tho name of
iluyr's Wonderrul Kdmody. People
evorywhero wrlto and testify to the
marvelous relief they have received
using this remedy one dose will rid
the body of poisonous accretions that
havo accumulated for years and con
vince the moat chronic sufferer from
stomach, liver or Intestinal troubles.
Mayr's Wonderful Kemedy Is sold
by leading druggists cyery where with
the positive understanding that your
money will bv refunded without ques
tion or quibble If ON'B bottle fails
to give you absolute satisfaction.
Adv.
1 Mi .1 wmmmmmmimii
Jphn A, Pferl
UNDERTAKE
MJy AMisiaat
Pbw.es M. it aaJ 11 J
Awbabtac Sttm CNMr
w '
us everywhere won' fow upon vW lt
ditty biwS Hiu stpmtc, unpiitpled
wooden rceid'tucles ,yhco tho Haltor
lio keep, their dearest treasures.
Ono Jnoklo volunteered l show mv
what was lit Ids ditty box.
"It you luwo n j;lil In ovory purl
I'm hliru It's full of prolly photo,
gruplis," I said In him. Ami he ans
wered with u wistful smile, "Well, I'll
just show you."
Touch or Hnnmli Xatm-o
i
So hu o'iuMt tt) ditty box nnd 1
saw, In ItMiVrtly, piled (ellwii li
woamu's fiHhid viiting, a pi-ogimp of
ntliletio events ii)d jut oiu nhotd
gniph, IhAt of iiwcct'l'uecilvilinln
with iVred Riiiy liair and sndj lovely
eyes.
"My mother," said the younp sailor
dropping his voice. "Shu died at our
homu way out in Iowa last year.
These nnj her letter to inc."
Toiler 011 I saw thu tailoring ctnh-
lixhmcut when' Jni'k has his clot lien
madu and mended. It looked very
funny, I can tell ,nit, tu sec ouo of
our sailor boys pedalling away at a
sewing machine while (wo or three
shipmates waited iibout with ;ar
inenls to bo repaired.
into Dint) lug Spare
Then I looked down u dizr.viu;:
space we wem on llu .eeoml deck
and thero wen1 six decks below to
where he (or'Vdoe aiv kepi.
And tlic thought of those torpedoes
sobered me. It was ipieer to realitc,
so suddenly, that this flagship ho
full or guycly with Uh dancing sailors,
its thronging visitors, its holiday nir
is ready for grim war nt nny moment,
nek. in the officers' wardroom wo
found them telling slnrics. Jlerc is it
story u captain told of tho visit the
Into King hdwnrd of Knglaud paid to
his ship once when it was at Cowe.
"lie was then Prince of Wales,''
said tho captain, "ami he came aboard
with bis two daughters, the Princess
Victoria nnd Princess Maud. The
visit iNisscil off perfectly. We bad
dressed the yards in honor of thii
royal visit, that means be explained
for tho benefit of the InndliibhciN
prcsent that we hnd men in tho rig-
VWI of Itoynlty
"Ah the prince and the princesses
were going down the gang plank nnd
we were all congratulating ourselvc4
that the royal visit had ended no suc
cessfully the silence was ho lntcne
that you could hear u pin drop. Hut
n pin didn't drop. Instead 11 hlgli
Yankee voice eninc out of the rigging
ns n scornful jnekic took n birdseyc
view of retreating myulty.
11 'Thank (lod, wo haven't got nny of
them things in our country,' bo said."
Adrian Hose of Orlffln creek spent
Monday In Mcdford, attending tho
circus.
THE PAGE
Medford's Leading Theater
hAST TIMi: TONUIT
HELEN GARDNER
I
The Breath of Araby
Vltngraph Comedy with .Mr. and .Mrs.
Sidney Drew and other pictures
HA1UUF8 HOSAM.N'I), Ono Act
Featuring .MllB. CON'HO FIIHIO,
MltH. HOOV8.M1TII nnd FIXTCHBU
F18II.
Coming Wcduetdjay and Thtimday
LIONEL BARRYMORE
In great photoplay
The Scats of the Miuhty"
lly Mr Ollbort Parker
No Advance lu Admission
r-o-iru
STAR THEATER
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
Matinee Every Dtty
The Most Sensational Comedy Ever Produced
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Marie
ADMISSION
TIN CENTS
SIX FARTS
Charlie Chaplin
Mr c W
TRIESTE WING , k
CHtCKED BY TRdOPS
HOMU, May 18.-tlpatehca from
Trieste telegraphed from tho frontier
to tho I ilea Nnxlunalo statu that tho
uiiiiiboi; hIIM Jn Uio rioting or Huu
day was about fifty, Inclmllnu several
iIroiI mOK Thu Austrian nulhurltlus
had three cannon tutlnod on tho
own from tho height of Oplrlm uud
nlxo threatened t Havo tho city bom
bnrdotl by warships. A renewal of
Mm Revolutionary outbreak has nn
tvitili'oil . Iinpossllilo liccniiso strung
force of troops occupy the city,
Thero linvo Ix-on oxptoHloiis In two
powder nuiKiulnes nnd uuttompts to
pillage gunsmith's shops.
CORPORATIONS PAY
ai
40 PERCENT OF TAXES
WAMIINUTON, May IR.-Of 300.
OOi), 000 collected aniiunlly for purely
state purposes In thu southern nnd
southwestern states, railroad, bank
lug, and Insiirnuco companies espec
ially, pay forty per cont about
? 120.000,000, nml, or that num. rail-ro.-uln
pay almost half. Thnno nnd
other exteuslvo ntntlnllc.il details, ot
taxation In tho section named were
disclosed today In tho flnnl portion
TT Theatre
TPKSDA Y-WKDNKHU VY NIOHT
Changed
Lives
(lold Seal t'nlversal, 3 Purls
A Vivid Komanco of I.ovo and War
King Baggot In One
Night
IMP
the Fox Trot
Craze
Sterling Comedy
IT IB MICHT
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Med ford 'h
Most Popular
PJayhousc
Dressier
Greatest Comedy
Stars Ever
Assembled
Mabel Normand
Ambrlca's ii
1 Greatest i
1 Cigar btte!
of it ropurt by tho obi bureau of cor
porations Htthmlttud to President
Wilton, oilier iortlum on tnxlloii
In ulhor sections, or tho country liuvo
lieon imhllshed provloiisly. Tmlay'ii
report cowrs Vlntlnla, Wvst Virginia
Ninth nnd Hoiith Cnrollnn, tloorgla,
Florlditt Kentucky, -Tunnesiioo, Ala
bumn, Mbmlsnlppl, Arliiinsns, Louis
Inun Oldnhuuui, and TexiiH,
All tho reports liuvo omphnstxed
the lark of unlfprmlly n tailng epr
porntlomt lu various ntitten and bo
tweon eliiHses of rurporntlonn III tho
nniiui slate.
With Moilford Trmlo IrMUtird Mado
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lie Gasoline
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You'll hrtvc less
trouble with your
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orJ'stnlllK" tf y
tise Kcil Crown.
rrii.-U'i becnusc Kcl
Crown Is uniform.
There's iowcr In
every ilrop nun
every drop's tho
game. Dealers
cvcryvvhcrc.
StaiuUrd Oil
Company
(CitllainU)
Me truril
H
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Is bound to hurt mnui one
this summer. Will it bo
youT
t
OLMES
will protect you by Insur
ing you In tho
ART FORD
at a small tost,
phono or rail.
NOW.
Wrlto,
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Solves tlio problem Torn des
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Any flavor. Brick, fancy
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A pimlffD, 6f-ptooI, up.o-(Ula Hotel,
loested in ilia center ol everything sod on
a direct liae lollio Eipotliloa Giouadt.
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