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The Stayton Mail I>. AI.K X itM tK K , r a b lla k a r . K nte rei l at the p o . t -o fl c c at H ta v to u , O re g o n , an m a l l m atte t of Ih e m- vond clans. T ii v M a i l I s mailed re g u la rly to t u subscrib ers u ntil a definite order to discontinue is re- r e iv td and all arrearages are |>ald. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. ^ I L B U R N. P I N T L E R , D M . D. D E N T IS T Office over F red R ock’s S to re. S tayton , • O regon . DR. J. W . COLE, Office and residence on T hird S treet, one block n o rth of p rin tin g office. Too Advanced fo r lllm . In Chicago th ere is a principal of on« of the public schools w ho In his collcg« days w as cousUlerctl som ething of u "sh ark '' a t l.atin am i ut m any other stiMlles besides. W hat lie did not know about physiology w as hardly w orth kuowtng. H e w as a "g rind" und a scholarship m an. H is little girl, aged six. is now a pupil a t the experim ental school at the university, w here she loarus many things out of the order of public school education. Recently she fell and h u rt herself. H er fa th e r found her crying. "W h a t's the m atter, Noreou?" he asked. "1 fell and hum ped my p atella." she replied. R em em ber this w as iu C hica go, aud not In ltostou. Papa w as sym pathetic. "P o o r little girl!" he said, and proceeded w ith the best Intentions to exum ine her elbow. Noreen broke aw ay In disgust. " Ilu h !" she sn o rt« l. "H av en ’t you never learned an y th in g ? I said my patella! T h a t Isn't my elbow. My el bow is my g re a t sesam oid." P apa w ent for a I.ntln dictionary. The lle n e llt o f F a i r y Ta le s. I t is very reasonable to arg u e th a t no creation of hum an fancy could last as fairy tales have la s t'd through no one S TA YTO N , OREGON. know s how m any hundreds and thou sands of y e a rs unless It w as very good. F or th a t w hich is not good and not JOHN H E N K E L, sound m ust surely die. und only th a t which Is good and sound shall Inst through th e grinding of the ages. So I believe th a t p a re n ts should tl!l th eir ch ildren’s Im aginations full of fairy talcs if they w ould m ake those STAYTON, OREGON. im agination» strong and healthy. As I have on hand a full line of sam ples fo r th a t imui or w om an w ho has not th e se b rig h t and Joyous th in g s of faucy for Spring and S um m er S uits. flying like goldeu bees through th e dim R epairing au d cleaning a specialty. recesses of his memory. I can only say th a t 1 th ink his or her p a re n ts m ust have been neglectful of th e earlier F . SILH A V Y’S tra in in g of th e ir child and th a t I niu sorry for th a t poor soul w ho has lost so much p leasu re out of its life.—H ow ard Pyle lu Book News. rierchant = Tailor W a g o n P a in t a n d S lio p As It L o o k e d on t h e Yln p . O f every hundred to u rists w ho visit R epairing and P ain tin g W agons. Hag th e C anary islands q u ite seventy-five gles, E tc., a s|*ecialty. New wagons, hacks, and buggies m ade to order. a re B ritish. N aturally, therefore, th e natives of th e C anary islands ta k e a F irst-class work guaranteed. g reat in terest in ev erything w hich a f W ater Street, Stayton, Ore. fects England, i t is perh ap s u pity th a t th e ir general Ignorance Is not a little less appalling, but th e ir very dis regard for accuracy lends n eertalu “c h a rm ” to th e ir conversation. A m an in a b a rb e r's shop pointed to a dilapi d ated m ap of th e w orld w hich w as nailed to th e wall. and. p u ttin g his fore Are Good Lights. finger upon Spain, he exclaim ed: " I f w a r b reaks out. Spain m ust re ta k e G ib raltar. H ave no fear. Tlie E nglish Are You Using Them* ships may come dow n to us because It is all dow nhill, but a fte r w e have crip pled them they will not find it so easy to get back to E ngland, because it is all P h o n e 21. uphill.” Electric Lights Slayton Electric Light Co. STAYTON STATE BANK Teis H o n » « In Jh p n n . In Ja p a n nourishm ent is to be ob tained by th e tra v e le r chiefly a t the .K IO PORATKD picturesque and om nipresent tea houses C A P IT A L , $ 2 0 ,0 0 0 scattered all over Ja p a n . W hen to u r ists stop a t one of these places the “ru n n ers,” w ho carry the jin rikishns, P. C. F k k r e s , N. F r e r e s , b athe th e ir ow n feet and w ash th eir P resident. V ice-President. m ouths w ith cold w ater, a fte r w hich they are served w ith th eir m eals on W. L. F r e r e s , Cashier. the benches outside th e tea houses. Their meal, w hich they eat w ith avidi ty, consists of s a lt fish, rice, pickles T ran sacts a General B anking Business and a soup m ade of alm ost everything odious. A fter they have eaten they STAYTON, - OREGON . will sm oke tiny pipes, w ith only three w hiffs fo r each filling. Next com es the delicious nectar, w orld fam ed, and of this "cup w hich cheers, hut not inebri ates." foreigners also are alw ay s glad to partak e. It Is tea (clia) and when Undertaker brew ed by tlie Ja p a n e se is perfection. A p re tty tea bouse girl p resents It on a Em balm er lacquer tra y , bringing w ith it a china or bam boo charcoal holder and ash pot. Good A s s o r t m e n t of C a s —W h at to E at. k e ts and C a s s e s . W. E. THOMAS— ^ o f th eir linos are blurred and softened, tu this clear northern a ir the million lum ps hhir.lng from the w alls of houses, shining across the Interm luuhlo streets and glow ing In a stra ig h t Hue down the w hispering «venue», have som e thing Of the m agic gentleness und se n suous Inspiration of an A rabian story. You begin to think Berlin Is the g re a t est city In the world. M t«n l Types. Some y ears ago the editor of u down east new spaper undertook to com pli m ent un ciuluent citiseli us "a noble old burgher, proudly loving his native sta te ," hut the neatly tu rn ed com pli ment come from th e com positor's hands "u nobby old burglar, prow ling round In a nakyd sta te ." T ills w as as per verse and shocking as the blunder In the m essage E rnest Renan hml occa sion to telegraph across th e English channel on the subject of a proposed lecture by him In W estm in ster abbey. T he subject as w rlttA i liy him w as "T h e lufiuence of Rome on th e F orm a tion of C h ristian ity .” It w as announc ed In Fughim i as "T h e Influence of ! Ruin on the Digestion of llu m u u lty !"— S aturday Evening l'ost. llii n c l n u lltrd a . Sailors v isitin g the island of Lnysnn, In the H aw aiian group, a re greatly umoNcd by the curious nutlcs of the : Lnysnn alb atro ss, or gony. T hese birds | som etim es perform In p airs a kind of dance, or, us the sailors call It. "cak e w alk.” T w o nllm trosses approach each other, nodding and m aking profound bows, cross th eir bills, produce sn a p ping an d groaning aoumla, rise on th eir to»*». puff out th eir b re a sts am i finally p a rt w ith m ore nodding nnd bowlug. only to com e together again am i repeat the perform ance. O ccasionally three engage u t once lu th is sin g u la r aiuuse- ! ment. The lin p rp a n lo u a Tu rk. Collecting money from T urkey la a heartbreaking enterprise. A dlstln- I guished A m erican once w eut th ere to rolleot it deb t of góUO.UOO ow ing to un English syndicate, w hich Included tw o m em bers of p arliam en t anti n cabinet m inister, lie expecteil to see the b u si ness through in tw o o r th ree m ouths. Rut a foreign am b assad o r undeceived him. “Say th ree or four m onths nnd | then you will he as fa r off from ob taining y o u r money us you a re today.” tie rem arked. Men bad gone out there lo prosecute claim s, he added, whose h air bad tu rn ed gray w ith the stra in to w hich they w ere subjected and w ho had gone hom e thoroughly broken in health, unable to obtain n T u rk ish lira to show fo r years of fru itless luloir One victim of T urkish duplicity and procrastination died in a lunatic a sy lum. One of th e em bassies hud liven twenty-five y ears prosecuting claim s w ithout realizing a cent. Wan* o n F o rb id d e n G ro u n d . “ A d eb atin g society w as form ed In one of th e countlos of my d istrict." said a K entucky congressm an, "und am ong th e first questions debated was, ‘Resolved, T h a t the negroes have more cause for com plaint th a n th e In dians.' " I t w as stip u lated th e arg u m en ts should he confined to th e F n lte d S tates. The first d isp u tan t on the nfflrm ntlve opened w ith a speech to sustain his po sition, every word of w hich w as lis tened to w ith close a tte n d in by th e ch airm an . T he d isp u ta n t for th e neg ativ e m ade a few rem ark s in an sw er and th en turned to th e Bible and com m enced reading p assages for the p u r pose of proving th a t som e of the points m ade h.v his opponent w ere not bucked up by th e good book. "T h e ch airm an stopped him w ith: ‘H a lt rig h t w here you are, Jim . Don’t go any fu rth er. You h av e gone out of th e U nited S tates fo r urgum ent.” — N ashville B anner. A R o b im t Hub«*. n iu .-l.rr and Ilia l*l|ie. » C rom w ell's lroii*Ult*N w are smokers, ■ ml large num bers of pipes have lman dug up from the sites of W illiam III.'» camps. T he w ars of the eighteenth century found tobacco esitam i«! lu all arm ies, und W ellington w a s the only generiti w ho objected to It. Even he » a * m oved to adm lrutlon hy the tin conscious heroism of H lucher's pipe servant a t W aterloo. E veryw here he Went B lucher w as a tte n d « ! by C hris tIan H ennem un, a bussili, currying • lay pipes and tobacco for tlie gener ili'* refreshm ent. As Ills share of the tight began a t W aterloo. Blllcber sat Ids ch arg er gravely pulling aw ay. He had reached out his hand to take a re fill«! pipe w listi a cannon ball plowed up the ground before hlm. He e x clu lm «l: "G et u fresh pipe for me! I'ln going to drive those rascally Frenchm en hack!” It w as evening bi fore lie retu rn ed , riding w ith W elling ton over th e stricken field. W here lie had left him Itlucher found Heime- limn, wounded and bleeding, hut w ith the pipe ready according to orders. "You have been ad m iring my highland era," said W ellington, "h u t w hat shall I say o f Ulta brave m an ?” “W ell, your highlanders had 110 tobacco to Inspire them ." replied Itlucher.—London S ta n d ard. Trout Ttin l A re Not Tro u t. Dr. T heodore Gill of th e Sm ithsonian Institution In calling atten tio n to the m lsim m lug o f our nativ e fish hy early settler!: Instunced am ong oth ers th e trout. T h e pilgrim s, finding In New England stream s a fish th a t rem inded them of the tro u t of England, gave It the slime name, although Izaiik W al ton would* have told them Unit It w as not a tro u t, hut a char. In Maine land- lock«! salm on and In c ertain lakes un- other salm onld fish w ere also culled trout. In th e south th e mime tro u t w as given to black bass, lu C alifornia a peculiar fish w as nam ed tro u t, a p p a r ently for no o th er reason th an Its pos session of spots. T he Gila river tro u t Is not a tro u t at all. OREGON S hort L ine «o union P a c ific Three Trains to the Bust Daily T h r o u g h P u ! ! n t « i i « t e n d e r a i « l i d (ot«r l» l »le r|e l u g t e r * «telly tu o m e l i e , r h l c e j f o , M p ok en « *. • •Mirini « l i M 'i d H g p e r « d $ i l y t o K e i m e « < Ì I > t h r o u g h P i l l i m e l i t a t u i t i e le« li I I t i M i r e ( |*er««ui a l l y c o n d u c t e d ) w e e k l y to t ' l i l u e g o rue II III tig c h e l r r e r « '«« et« fr e e ) to t h e Ke**t d a l l y ■ --------- - -----—- — — — — ■ ■ ■ ■ ' w — H O U R S P O R U N O T O C H IC A G O No t'liengc o f c « i ’* (Il w iHcrtHT FOR 7|t « |f A iiN ivr VMllM i i M i M l'lik lil’ l.l Kram r . i r l U t » ! Ihle««** port l«m t S|.cfl«l w:!.•»« h i vie Hunt* iugtoii. Hull l,«ln*, I*-liver, H W i«rili1O m » h » ,K » n - .»• n i r . m i . i*>tii>, ritió m e •ii*l K ««t A lle n ila Kx lire»»« K 1 * i ' M vie H unt« Ington Hall t.Hko t»«n v* r. C l. Wort li .Oinahii. K i n - i m . *t 1 .mi* ■ Tilc*in> nixl K*.t. .1 iti (I III ____ ______ 7:10 V« »lln Wnll»,l.**wl»tou -1 reni *|Hiknlii', W allace, 1 1 M R1 1 l'a IIln « a,M l urn*»|*>- m • in HI l'* u l, h lltlllll, v|e Ml1wniik**«l <Tilr*i(ii ■ a it Ka*l. a n d R iv i r S c h e d u l e . F a rte li P ren de rò Kvury tu Ki»r \ » t o r l « , w e v l u d u t « I t e lI y ( e x i ' e p t i l l u d e v i e l «: e l 10 uo p ut l» *H v n e rvie r o n W llie tm -tle e n d V e i n h l l l K >r f u l l e r I n f o r m e tl«»ti U c« re*t ticket « gellt o r m «.un e tu 0 !t 6 p o c i a n b . flv* « le « * et MÌNI |» e n d N o r t h Ha? et? ti <• p mi ; M e t u r d e v <wet«\r |>< m i l i t i t i * H iver* e«k or writ«- >our A L C R A IG , fiel«**feI H * «»rnger Agent Th e Oregon Itellioed A N evlghtioil • «» • V P o r i le m l , O r e g o n Ask the Ag-cnt for T IC K K T S VIA I <»n o | » l r n l o r n . It will su rp rise m any to know th a t W ashington Irving w as a confessed irehard thief. Once, w hile picking up an apple In Ids own orchard, lie w as n«*o*t«l hy nn urchin of th e neighbor- lussi, who. not recognizing him as the proprietor, offered to show hlm n tree where lie could get som e b e tte r apples than those. "B ut.” said the boy. "w e m ust not let th e old m an see u h . " "I w ent w ith him ,” said Irving, "an d we stol«> about a doren or tw o o f luy own npple* and then w ent sh ares.” Sh. I nn. T h n t '« n K art. Boyce Why does a wom an give so m uch a tten tio n to d ress? Is it because she w an ts to a ttra c t men or because she cicslr»** to ou tsh in e h er sister w om en? Mrs. Boyce—C a n 't a w om an do tw o things ut once?- S m art Set. « Excursion Rates to faquina Bay TO Spokane, St. Paul, Duluth, Min neapolis, Chicago, St. Louis m ni ail |e.intt* K ««( am i b o iith . 2 Overland Trains Daily the Flyer and the Fast Muil £ S P L E N D ID S E R V IC E UP I O 0 A T E E Q U IP M E N T CO UR TEO U S EM PLOYES On J u n e 1st th e S o u th e rn Pacific Co. w ill resu m e sale of ex cu rsio n tic k D ay lig h t tr ip aero*« th e C ascade e ts to N ew port an d Y u quinn Bay. an d Ih.cky M o u n ta in .. B oth season an d H u tu rd u y -lo -M o iid sy ticket* will be sold T h is p o p u lar re F o r tic k e ts , ra te s, (older*, a n d full sort i* grow ing in favor each y ear, h o in fo rm s t ion, es II o n o r uddrcs* tel rules are reaso n ab le an d th e o p p o r II. D IC K S O N , C ity T ick et A g en t. tu n itie s for ti-liin g , h u n tin g a n d sen 122 T h ird S t, P o rtla n d , O r. b a th in g a re unex celled by a n y o ilie r S. (». Y KICK ES, G. W . P. A. reso rt on tlie Pacific C onst. «il2 l*t Ave , S e a ttle , W n*li. M e give ex p ed ited «ertici*nn ficig h t. Portland and Return Only $2.75 R o u te y o u r sh ip m e n t* x ia th e G reat T h e S o u th e rn P acific Co i* now N o rth e rn . F ull in fo rm a tio n from selling ro u n d trip tick et* to P o rtla n d W M II A R D E R , G eti’l A g e n t, from \\e * t H tsy to n for if2 7">, good g o Port land, O regon ing S a tu rd a y p. m . o r a n y tr a in of S u n d a y , r e tu rn in g S u n d a y an d M o n d ay , giving al! S u n d a y and M onday ill P o rtla n d . T h e sam e a rra n g e m e n t a p plies from P o rtla n d , g iv in g P o rtla n d people a c h a n c e to visit V alley p o in ts a t g re a tly red uced ra te s. S ir Jo h n R ichard Robinson In his “ F ifty Y ears of Fleet S treet” tells of an am using Incident d u rin g the visit of T h e S t o r y o f a F a m o v m 1’ h r n n e . Personal a tte n tio n given to funerals ' All th e world know s th e rem ark of the Sw azi dep u tatio n from th e T ra n s when desired. E m b alm in g after latest th e governor of N orth C arolina to tlie vaal to England a t th e close of 1M!>4: m ethods. governor of South C arolina, " I t's a "T he Sw azi b rav es w ent to W indsor tim e betw een d rin k s." Tlie tru e and had an audience of her m ajesty GEORGE K O E N E K E , A First-class Hearse at a Mod long history of th is fam ous anecdote w as Queen V ictoria. T hey w ere very g ra DKAI.KK IN erate Charge. told by a South C arolinian. It ap p ears ciously received. One of th eir num ber began to speflk, and an In terp reter fol th a t th e p h rase w as first heard a t a B u r ia l R obes, S h o e s, G loves Fresh, Salt and Smoked political d in n e r w hen the governors lowed him p h rase by phrase. ‘We come, a n d H o sie ry F u rn ish ed . O great m other,’ he said, ‘to bring to of both N orth and South Carolina w ere fl^T-Teleitraph or telephone at my e xp e n se . present. T he first governor had deliv you our babe. T ake him, O m other, to ered a fiery political speech. T he situ th y knees; fold him to th y b re a st.’ H ere W . E . T H O M A S , STAYTON, ORE. ation w as Intense w hen th e tu rn catne th e queen, h a lf frightened, exclaim ed; All kind* of Sun «age, M ince M e a t,E tc . fo r th e governor of South C arolina to ‘B ut w h ere Is the child? I don’t see H ig h e s t m a rk e t price paid for speak. It seem ed th a t any w ord the him. W here Is he?’ ‘H ere, O m other,’ S tock a n d 11 ides. ♦ said the Sw azi gravely, a t the sam e ♦ governor m ight say would com plicate ♦ th e situ atio n . E ven should he keep s i tim e bringing fo rw ard a big black STAYTON, OREGON. ♦ It about «lx feet high an d w eighing well ♦ lent his opinion would scorn clear. ♦ w as a t this critical m om ent th a t th e over 200 pounds. ‘l i e 1« here.’ ” 6 0 YEARS* governor of th e o th e r C arolina rose • ♦ ♦ ♦ and. inspired by a stro k e of genius, re- ( E X PE R IE N C E D i a m o n d « o n Ilo n r d S h ip . ♦ ♦ m arked. " It's a long tim e betw een | ♦ M illions of d o llars’ w orth of d ia ♦ drin k s.” T he absolutely noncom m it m onds are Im ported Into th is country ♦ tal rem ark saved th e situation. every year. In carry in g packages of a v City Meat Market M ! Pioneer White Lead X is absolutely PURE and X B e rlin x I : ♦ w in OUTWEAR all \ other Leads. 2 If your loon! dealer d o n ’t carry It write to ’ ue and we will »ee that you get it. : W. P. FULLER & CO. P O R T L A N If, O R E . i ▼▼▼▼ ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼ VTYY WWWW — AAAS a a a q AAAAAAA. AAAAAAAA A — t n E n try C ity . Berlin Is a t Its best a t night. I t has discovered the secret of electric lighting, and when people step out from th eir offices nnd shops at H and » o’clock a t night It is Into an enchanted city. T he solid palaces, the m onstrous statu es, the enorm ous bou * L and w ide spaces of th e long and sta te ly stre e ts a re then so ft and gracious w ith n fairy radiance. I t Is a city not only of pros perity. h u t of p u re delight. T he heav iness of th e buildings and the rigidity such trem endous value over seas ex tra o rd in a ry p recautions a re taken. T hey a re Im m ured lu stro n g safes and so carefully guarded th a t not an Instance has ever been recorded In w hich d ia monds have been lost o r stolen, though s m an could easily w alk off w ith h alf a m illion d o llars’ w orth of gem s in his I w aistcoat pockets w ere It not th a t It Is one of the m ost difficult u n d ertak in g s In th e w orld to com m it such a th e ft or even to find w here th e gem s are stored on shipboard. B A T S P atents T D e s ig n s C o p y r i g h t s A c . A n y o n e sending * afcfUrh and (1*«or1ptlnn m ay q u ick ly MRcertuln o u r o p in io n free w h e th e r h o in re n tto n tn p ro b n h ly patentable, f o n im u n lm - tlo n « R trlctl? co nfide ntial. HANDBOOK on P a te n t« •eut free. O ldest ripency fo r nwMirtiig pa te nt n. Patent« taken through M unn & Co. receive tperial notice, w ithout charge. In the Scientific Am e rican . andRomely I11n«tnited weekly. T.urgent d r - •Ion of any nrtentlflc Journal. T e r m « , $:i a r; ; four month«, month 9L Sold by «11 newsdealer« JNN&Co ' " ¿ r S iraocb OHM * i lS Ä * MONEY rOR SOYS Boys—s i least one in every town, lev f t m ail. In the O regon c o u n tr y - c a n m oney, end earn 1« easily sailing T H « D A IL Y and »U N D A Y JO U R N A L. No m oney ta required to matte the aiert. and only the ability ta n t e t b M needed T a any boy who will try the an we will send 10 coowe ol T H B »U N AY JO U R N A L , to be sold et • corns each. After that all papers that are re quired will be delivered to him by (hail ee aapreea at wholesale prices, end ha ha com es a “full fledged new spaper You ran sta rt any time, and if successful handling T H K »U N D A Y JO U R N A L , then orders can be sent In tar T H B D A IL Y JO U R N A L . T H K SU N D A Y JO U R N A L A L L T H E N E W » , and m any spec tel lee hire# of Interest to m an and t besides has sll the children's comic pages carried by the big Sunday papers of «he seat. JO U R N A L boys are m aking aa m uch | a t 11 io W a week in email tow ns la «h * n o rth w est D on’t yon w ant «a try e f B > U S f t CAM as a a tra prises will be divided m onthly, tn addition to the regular pr aAaa. < those JO U R N A L boys w hs d a «ha w ork—who increase the«« orders the latj sot percentage In this way the boys I the smaller place* will have aa m uch chanc* to t i n this a s tra money aa hi the large« tow ns Oat tn T H B N A L p ro c e ss* « T H K JO U R j ml THB JOURNAL. Portland, Or fU 1