THE STÄYTON MAIL
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N K W a W A H K H .
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D R U G G IS T S
Manicure M«t»,
W ork Box««,
Glove Box««,
X m u Curd«.
Cuudi««, Nut«,
OronxM, Biiuaua«
I tut««, Lemon»
uud Figs !
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S u b s c rip tio n , S I- 2 S P E R A N N U M
O N O A N
N umber 47
STA Y TO N , MARION C O U N T Y , O R E G O N . DECEM BER *o, 1904.
Brewer Drug Co.
Ladie« Autom o­
bil« Bag*
Lowney’«
Chocolate*
T u r*« Cord*,
N O T
Book« und Fan­
cy Htationery
Gifts for New Years
Gifts for everybody. If un­
decided let us select your
gifts for you.
We guarantee to please both
as to quality and price.
We mention a few of the
large line we carry.
Mirrora, Fancy
Comba mid
Brindi««
Perfumes, Per-
fume A tom I/.«r*
Allium *
Toilet ('<!«««
Cuff nnd Collar
* B ox««
Doll« uud
berap Book*
W e have a nice line of es­
P rn 4 ,rtl« n a .
John Runyan wrots “ Pilgrim's Prog-
reuu" during on« of bla term« In prison,
which altogether lasted twelve year*.
The brilliant Frenchman, Mirabeau.
during III« three years’ Imprisonment
ut Vincennes wrote many pamphlet*
and his "Lettres de Cachet et Prisons
d’Etat.”
Luther while In the solitary
castle of Wart burg wrote that noble
hymn, “ Elite Feste Burg 1st unser
Gott.” I Miring hla thirteen year*’ con­
finement In the Tower of l»ndon Sir
Walter italeigh wrote a history of the
world from the creation to 150 B. C.
Daniel Defoe, who was Imprisoned for
two years for the publication of an
Ironical pamphlet entitled ‘The Short­
est W ay with Dissenter».” produced
during hi« Imprisonment several of the
210 works he Is said to have written.
The poet Lovelace wrote "Lueasta”
while a political prisoner, nnd the Ro­
man philosopher Boethius wrote lt>
prison a work singularly appropr'ne to
hla situation, “On the Consolation of
Philosophy.”
pecially
N ew Y ear presents
that will be very appropriate
for those who could not get
around to the Christm as buy­
ing.
T h ese N ew Y ear pres­
ents are nicely adapted for re­
turning the
compliments of
Christmas.
Ladies 90c flannel night
gowns, now................ $8
Ladies 75c flannel night
To close out the odds and
gowns, n o w ...............60
ends of Men’s and Boy’s O v­
ercoats I give a io percent re- Ladies $1.00 flannel night
H o w to H . s t k s D e c la lo a .
1 duction. This reduction ap-
gowns, now ............... 7^
If Indecision runs in the blood you
Inherit arouse yourself and strangle I plies to all Cloth Overcoats
Ladies $1.50 flannel night
this Insidious foe to your achievement
To all Rain Overcoats,
before It saps your energy and ruins
gowns, now ........ $1.1 <;
To all Duck Overcoats.
your life chance. Do not wait until to­
> Our
Reduction
Sale
Continues
G . D. TROTTER,
morrow, but begin today.
Compel
yourself to develop the opposite <|uality
by the constant practice of firm de­
cision.
No matter bow simple the
thing you are called upon to decide,
he It the choice of a hat or the color or
style of a garment, do not vacillate.
Throw all the light possible on what­
ever you have In hand for decision,
weigh nnd consider It from every point
of view, call your common sense and
best judgment to your aid before
reaching a conclusion, and then, when
you have once made your decision, let
It be final.
I.et there be no going
back, no reconsidering and no open­
ing the matter np for further discus­
sion. Be firm nnd positive. Declare
the polls closed.
Let us show you
our Clothing bar­
gains.
Remember, we are offering all Dress
Goods at a liberal reduction in price.
Let us show them to you.
THEO. GEHLEN EST.,
N . J. G E H L E N , Administrator.
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We Desire
To thank thank the people
of Stayton and vicinity for
the generous patronage giv­
en us in the past, and to an­
nounce that the future will
find us ever ready and anx­
ious to please, with the best
of goods at right prices.
May the New Year bring
you all prosperity and hap­
piness Is our wish.
Fred Rock Mercantile Co.,
S T A Y T O N , OREGO N.
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S T A Y T O N , OREGO N.
Tbe
" P o ‘ LIT* R a m ! ”
A ram. famous lu a West Virginia vil­
lage for Its propensity to butt, was en­
raged one morning, says the Pbiladei-
phla Dress, to discover Uncle Billy, an
aged darky. a*leep In the pasture.
Uncle Billy sat with his head bowed
low and bis bald si>ot shining in the
sun. The ram eyed It from a distance.
Uncle Billy nodded, and the bald top
of hla head bade defiance.
The ram stood up and waved a ehal-
| lenge with its horns. Uncle Billy nod­
ded In acceptance.
With a sharp
T i ll- E l e p h a n t * « T o i l e t .
In an Interesting little paper upon the “Ba a-a-a-a!” the ram charged and
grooming of wild animals It says that launched Itself like a catapult at tbe
from every point of view the toilet of offending pate.
A little later It packed Itself np from
the elephant la hy far the most Inter­
esting performance of the menagerie. j the ground and wandered away to the
It requires nt leant four weeks to com­ farthest side of the pasture to ruminate
plete the toilet of a single elephant over the collision. Uncle Billy looked"
The operation Is very expensive. The np drowsily.
“Po* UT ram!” he murmured. “He
assistance of the elephant's valet de
chamhre mnst lx* engaged by the day done wandered font de fold and foun’
or week, while un experienced valet— sorrow and tribulation!”
he Is known by another name—must l>e
S tale B re a d .
engaged to superintend the work,
It Is generally supposed that the
usually at a large salary. Then, again,
the soap used In the process must be staleness of bread arises from its be­
purchased by the hundredweight, the coming actually drier by the gradual
sandpnper by the gross, and the oil,'an loss of water, but this is not the
Important Ingredient Is used by the case. Stale bread contains almost ex­
barrel. The toilet of a single elephant actly the same proportion of water as
will not infrequently cost ns much as new bread after it has become com­
pletely cold. The change Is merely in
(400.
tbe Internal arrangements of the mole­
cules of the bread. A proof of this Is
J o k l n s W i t h R o y a lty .
When Marshal Bassompierre was de­ that If we put a stale loaf into a close­
scribing to Louis X III. his embassy to ly covered tin. expose It for half an
Spain and how be bad entered Madrid hour or an hour to a heat not exceeding
In state seated on a mule. Louis ex­ that of boiling water and then allow
claimed. “An ass seated on a mule!" it to cool. It will be restored In appear­
"Yes. sire,” quietly retorted the old ance and properties to the state of the
soldier, “and what made the joke the new bread.
D o r o f fb e
Doer.
Time was when “Has Been” was ac­
cepted and respected for the sake of
what he had done. Not so today.
"Am N o w ” has Introduced himself
and is tbe lion of the hour.
No one cares what has been done.
The world is too busy keeping In toneb
with the “Doer" to bother about the
•‘Done.”
Maybe you composed an opera yes­
terday. No one cares. What are you
composing now?
You tell us that your last year’s pic­
ture was the success of the day. Yes.
of that day, but that day is gone. W hat
are you painting now?
Nor does the world care for promise.
It accepts not the bud, but the blos­
som.
The “W ill Be” Is no more welcome
among the world's workers than is the
"H as Been.”
You may be about to sing a beautiful
melody which premises to ring down
the ages. Nobody cares. Sing It. The
world cannot afford to think about un­
sung melodies.
The world has room for the “Doer”
only; the "N ow er" Is the rage.
This Is
age of “Do, we must be
shown P
It is an age of now. nn age of today.
It recognizes no yesterday. There is no
tomorrow.—New York World.
K e e p li^ r I p Y o u r C o i r a t r .
There is first the belief that we are
well and capable of continuing so.
That Is nothing more than faith In our
own human powers. It Is a faith that
every self respecting person should
have. I>o not abuse the organs of the
hotly, and then there will be no neces­
sity of thinking of them and wonder­
better wns that I represented you.”
T h e ir F irst E xperien ce.
ing If they are working all right. By
Ferdinand II. wns a man of very un­
A day or two ago a Brooklyn clergy­ dwelling too much upon Borne weak­
certain moods nnd would allow bis man received an evening call from an
ness we can always aggravate it
jester to take liberties with him one elderly man and woman, who ex­
through nervous reaction. This in some
hour while resenting any familiarity pressed a wish to be Joined In the
cases can become such a confirmed
the next. One day he turned round on bonds of matrimony as quickly as pos-
habit that serious troubles will be In­
Jonas, his favorite fool, and thundered: 1 sible.
duced. There are many patients In the
“ Fellow, be silent. I never stoop to
“Have you ever been married be­ world today who might be up and
talk to a fool.” “Never mind that," an­ fore?” asked the clergyman of the
around, enjoying good health, if they
swered Jonas. “I do. So please listen man. a good nntured. weather beaten
but willed that they should do so.
to me In your turn.”
person of seafaring aspect.
They are Invalids through lack of force
“Never, and never wnnted to be be­ of character, for will makes character
A " L a r k y T h ir t e e n “ Stroke.
fore." was the prompt reply.
of one sort or another.—Household
“Big Ben.” the bell In the clock tower
"And have yon ever been married be­ Ledger.
over the houses of psrlinment In Lon­ fore?” the question came to the wo- j
don. Is alleged to have struck four­ man.
A V ic tim o f S m a ll Beer.
teen on a recent midnight. The Inci­
A correspondent sends to the London
“No. sir,” she replied with equal
dent reenlls the well authenticated cass promptness. And with a touch of humor Public Opinion the following quaint
of the Westminster “Great Tom” going that appealed to the clergyman at once epitaph on what Is known as “Thetch-
astray tu like fashion.
er's Stone" at Winchester, England:
I she added, "I never had a chance.”
During the reign of William III. *
The marriage ceremony was speedily "In memory of Thomas Thetcher, a
sentinel on duty wns sentenced to death performed, and the clergyman refused grenadier in the North regiment of
on the charge of being asleep at his j to take any fee. telling the bride, with Hants militia, who died of violent
post. This the man denied, and he de­ n twinkle In his eye, that it had been fever contracted by drinking small beer
clared that ho heard the clock strike nn unusual privilege to officiate.—New when hot the 12th of May. 17tH. aged
thirteen Instead of twelve at midnight. York I*ress.
twenty-six years. In grateful remem­
The fart wns deposed to by several per­
brance of whose universal good will
sons nt the trial, nnd the life of the
toward his comrades this stone Is plac­
H e r Retort.
soldier—named
H atfield-w ns saved.
"M y ancestors came over In the May- ed here nt their expense, ns a small
He died In 1770 in Aldersgnte, aged •ow er," said the young woman who testimony of their regard and concern.
102 years.
(oasts.
“ Here sleeps In peace a Hampshire gren­
adier
“Yes,” answered Mrs. Pack Ingham
Who caught hla death by drinking oold
H o w She Acted.
of Chicago, “I nnderstnnd that travel
small beer.
Holden—When you naked her to mar­ was very cheap on that boat”—Wash­
Soldiers, be wise from his untimely fall
ry yon did she hide her face on your ington Star.
And when you're hot drink strong or none
at all.
shoulder and whisper “Yes?” Tllden—
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F U n n H K a n 'i W a y .
On the contrary, she looked me square
“ An honest soldlar never Is forgot.
Cassiijy—Flannngnn's thinking of go­
In the face and remarked, “Not on yonr
Whether he die by musket or by pot "
He
life!” Somehow I got the Impression to' Into the haulin’ business.
that she wouldn’t have me.—Boston bought a fotne new cart today. Casey
P otato P e e lin g «.
Pot:*o peeling», if dried in the oven,
Transcript.
—But ahnre he has no horse. Flanna-
gan- No, but he's golu' to buy wan. are very useful for fire kindling. If
The most changeable things In ths
Casey—Well, that's lolke Flannagan. sufllrlently abundant they may be used
world are the course of waters and the
He always did git the cart befoor the instead of wood, but In any case they
humot e f w om e..—Pittncua.
will economize It.
borsA.—Philadelphia ledger.
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