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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1905)
' I S c ie n c e v e n f io n C O N SU M PTIO N An attractive Held for wireless tel egraphy has been opened Up by the organization of the Dannma canal project, lllflclula are coualdi-rlug the Postage wus always n mire point In feaslhlllty of «-«tahllshlug wireless con th«> old «lays. It might be cither pre nection between New Orleans and the paid or collected on delivery, and un lathAfis. Between tbeao plucea there lucky recipient» of Iong winded epls- la a clear »euwuy of 1,300 miles, tie» or oilier uaclcs« matter often had through the Oulf of Mexl<-o and the a ■uhMtuutlal grievance. The author Caribbean Hea. of "The old Farmer and hi» Almanac/' Work for the Insane 1» a »pedal give» a few of Mr. Tboma»' frequent study at the Vllejulf asylum, l'»rl». hint» to hi» contributor» to pay the 1'alutlug, carving, sketching and ev«-n postage ou what they »eut to him. tattooing are Included, and recovery Is Ilia tlrat allualon to the matter wai often due to the employment In other In the Almanack for 180(1, ami 1» ap case» tit» condition of the patient'» pended to u compliment which he paya mind Is mlrror«-d In the work done, to a highly rcapocted (junker corro- aiding the ph.v»b'lan In hta study of apoiident: the caae more than any amount of •‘Friend It. 1». la tendered tho edi dla«'USHlon or consultation. tor-» beat thnnU m . for tils keveral valu The earth's Interior, Instead of be- able coniinunlcntlon», at the aanie time aollclla a continuance of hi» corre- lug fluid, 1» now known to he exceed •poiiileiice. The poatnge the editor ingly hard and rigid. This la due to will ever lie happy In paying, though the Inconceivable pressure, and I’ro- fesaor T. J. J. K«-e points out that as In Home la a great looacr." One of tho "looalug" caae» appear» the lu-ut la beyond the critical tern- p«-reture o f every known element, the In 1X01): “ A. It. (J. la thanked for hi» seu»on- matter must he eaacnttully a gaa r**- able Information. Though we would duced by pressure to a hurdiieaa and remind him that hla communication» rigidity iMisaesaed by no substance come ao coated up that we are obliged known to us. What la believed to he the largest to pay double poatnge ou them, we would advise him In future to leave off white sapphire ever discovered has Just been brought to Berlin by M. tlie wrnp|ier or puy the postage." Again In INK): “ K. W. and other« Heppmcr, a German engineer, who hn» will V>e kind enough to pay poatnge on resided for many year» In Brnxll, anawera to Itlddlea In future, or they where he p<et»e»sca a«-veral mines. II«-- fore cutting the stone welgh«*d 1.2.V) will not he noticed." A little Inter: “O. S. our Itoaton «•arnta, but a flaw rail»«-«! the cleavage <1 uerent, have no objection to hi» aak- I o f a piece weighing 4'») carats. This Ing questions every day In the year, pi«-«*«* will produce a cut atom* of 11») provide«! he pay» the poatnge." j carats. That cut from the larger pl«-ce K. F. In 1X12 appear« aa a »Inner ' weighs 4 IX carats, 1» two Inches In agalnat aevcral ptiurlples: hla "anec length and one Inch and a half wide dote la «»f the conraer kind, and not and thick. callable of being pollahe«| without In Mintlatlcs collect»*«! in Germany juring tho pith. Ilia Mi'teorohiglcal show that thiee-«|uarteni «if all the tin obaervatloiia, If correctly (nkeii, would 1 used In the world comes from south- b«* uaeful, lie will do well to remotn- «•aatern A s i a . The t«ital production In b « T the poatnge In future." I ll*o:i amounted to 1*3.01*3 tons. AI Ity 1X14 tli«' poatnge nulannce acema /hough lb«- output Increase» every year, to have I mvobih Intolerable. "J. II. the supply Is still l»»uff|elent for the Jr.” la Informed that "w e conceive demand. The l'ulte«l Htates 1» the hla (Jueatlona to ho uniniportnnt, and great «-at tin using nation In the world. not worth th«* money wo paid for . It consumes 43 per cent of the entire them,” and lluully there la an eniphntlc supply, although contributing very llt- pronunclaniento to the world at lurge: j tie t«i It. A tin mine was opened In "No notice will In future ho taken of South Carolina a year ago. and there any anawer* to queries unit*»» post are said to be deposlta In North Caro paid." lina. South Dakota and Wyoming Next to th<* United States. Great Brit Different View* o f It. Hln Is the greatest consumer. It takes (Nellie Munaon Holman in “ Hucceea 2X per ceil of the entire supply. Magazine.” ) It Is the opinion o f the Ikimlnlon "W hat ia the secret of raocMS?” | superintendent o f for«-stry that Cana asked the magazine. da undouht<-dly holds the first plare “ Do write,” »aid the pen. among the timber-producing countries “ lie progreeeive,” aaid the euchre of the world, and riot withstanding the park. great drain now put upon Its resources “ He exact and on time,” aaid the In this resjrect by the demands o f for clock. eign countries, he thinks that Its lead “ Be careful not to break your word,” may he Increased by Judicious man raid the typewriter. “ Don't be afraid to strike when you agement of Its great for«-»ts. The vir gin white pine, h«> snys, cannot last find your match,” said the lamp. many years longer, hut In the Douglas “ Puah and pull,” aai<l the door. “ Stand firm and unyielding,” sai«l flr. the cedar, tin* Western white pine, the spruce and'the hemlock. Canada the flagstaff. “ Don’ t change with every wind that possesses all hut Inexhaustible treas ures. The spruce Is the most widely blow»,” said the weather vane. “ Never la-come dull and rusty,” said distributed. Various sp«-cl«-s of It ex tend from the Atlantic to the Pacific the hoe. “ Climb stea«lily up,” said the hill. coast, and from the American border “ Keep bright ami don't mind the northward to the limit of tr«*e growth. clouds,” said the sun. In Germany, where dlsnppolntnu-nt "Cultivate a calm exterior, but I m * has attended tfie employment of acety- ready for emergencies” said the inno lene for Illuminating purposes, a new cent flower; “ even I always carry a use has been found for the gas In the pistil.” form of an explosive for blasting. Car- bhl of calcium In small particles la en- O n e M a r r e d H e r re « . rlos«-d In a tin cartridge, the upper Darker— I have noticed that nearly all part of which contains water separat the articles «in “ How to Manage a llus- ed from the caridd by a partition. At baiid" were written by unmarried wom tho top of the cartridge Is an electric en. How «lo you account for it? Kvrwin—Oh. you don’t suppose a ninr- percussion device. An Iron pin, work- ried woman is goin to give her little plan e«l from the outside of the cartridge, perforates the partition and allows the • way, do you? water to come In contact with the car- hid. This Is effoctwl hy a blow five MALLEABLE IRON STUMP PULLERS inlntitea before It la desired to cause lli(lit«*Nt hik I Mrnntffftt Httimp Puller an explosion. At the end of that time, on tli«* m arket. Utf Horn» power on the aweep sufficient gas having been ilevelope«l In w ith two horn«»*. Writ«* tor i|«»ncrlpilve cAtnloK a ii U prlcM , the cartridge, the electric spark Is fired wi h p non m t c h in n y co. The eff»*ct To o t of M orrison Street I'ortlam J. Oregon nnd the explosion occurs. In blasting Is said to be the rending of the n»ck wllh Innumerable cracks, so flint the fragments nre easily re moved. PAYING I HI. POMACE. i Iowa Improved SEPARATOR LO W CAN r « - DEATH-DEALING BREATH. Am azon Insect w ith K rn iurk n hle Menna o f D efense. There exist» In the region of the Amazon, snys the Scientific American, a variety of Insect» which are pro Skima Cold vided with a truly remarkable im-nua or Warm of defense. These are ooleoptera of Milk the genua Clclndcla, with thorax and legs of a light brownish yellow, back 50 Per Cent elytra marked with yellow, and of a Cream total length o f whom 0.(1 to 0.7 o f an Inch. Although loss Inaects are some I T ’S T H E times seen In the daytime. It la at BEST EVER HKNP FOR OATALOOUK night that they can most easily do their hunting. "In the pnths of tny garden,” snys PORTLAND. OREGON M. I/e Comte, "by directing the light H K ATTI.K HPOKANK BOIBK of a dark lantern toward the ground, P. 14 . U Ne. 27—1 *0 5 I have seen them running In all direc fUKW writing to advertisers ptenae I tions seeking a rernge In the clefts m«nM»n this paper. I between the atones of the borders or Waiat High MITCHELL, LEWIS & STIVER CO. f concealing themselves und«-r tuft» of grnas. Every time that I have tried lo seize one of them a slight noise has been heard like that of steam uu der pressure escaping from a valve rals«<«l by Jerks, while a Jet of smoke has made Its exit with force. In most cases from the extremity of the abdo men, nnd sometimes even from the mouth, snd disseminating a strong odor of nitrous gas. “ At such times I have experienced quite a strong feeling of heat In the hand, mid the body of some of the ln- ■«s'ts that I succeeded In «-atcblug ap peared to me to he hot. My fingers and the parts of my nands that ha<! been toueb«-d by the hot smoke were stained an Indelible brown. It would »«•«■in as If this were a very caustic substance which the Insect project» with violence In an Impalpable dust against the encml«-« that tlireaten It, and that It holds In reserve for Impor tant occasions. "This process 1» not absolutely ab normal, since a number of other ani mals also have recourse to projections of Ihiulds or odors against their ene mies for their defense, lint this de notes In our Insect l*«»th a special chemical tal«-nt and n special resist ance o f the lnt«-Mtlnea that may be <|iia!lfte<! aa most remarkable. “ Upon the whole, tha llt'Je col«»opfer la nothing lesa than a dragon that projects (Ire and tiam«-s from l*oth of Ita extremities and that differs In prin ciple from the famous monster of an- thjulty only In Ita dimension». It may very well have l>een that onr ances tors also knew some gigantic ctcln- dele, the remains of an antediluvian fauna, and that they have not prevari cated as much as might seem to he the case In relating to us the mlsd«-«-ds of the marvelous ami terrible antmal com muted In the days of yore In guard ing caverns In which was hidden ev ery sort of treasure worthy of th« name." FURIOUB FO E8 T FIRE8 . M in u n d H o i s t A r c , I! el p i c » » A g a i n s t T h e ir O n com in g. IVot a F a v o r i t e f t r e e d . I/OV« ts of good, pin Iii doga, which have been allowed to grow naturally, will appreciate the story of the En glish peddler who went to a dealer In dogs and thus described what he want«-«]: "HI wants a kind of dog about so 'Igh an' so long. Hit's a kind of gry- 'ouud, an’ yet It ain't a gry'ound, be cause 'la tyle la shorter nor any o’ thij-se 'ere gry'ounda an’ 'Is nose 1» shorter, an’ 'e ain't so slim round the body. But still 'e's a kind o’ gry- ’ound. Do you keep such dogs?” "So," replied the dog man. “ We drowns ’em." A J ra lo u a E lep h a n t. A large elephant, formerly the cen ter of attraction In a certain Zoo, found Itself supplanted In public favor by a new arrival—a young camel. This camel was the latest acquisition, and very naturally engaged the attention of visitors. The elephant for a long time show ed signs of dissatisfaction, and at last hla Jealousy reached a point where It must find expression. When the usual crowd gathered about the camel the elephant prepared for action. He flll«*>l Ills trunk with water, and with de liberate aim discharged the water all over the people who stood looking at the baby camel. W h e r e Idea t h e E a s t ? “ Yes, I’ve Just returned from a two month»’ visit In the East,” the Port land young lady was saying, "and. oh, I bad such a lovely time! Those East erners are so different from ua. though.” "W hat point» did yon vlsJt?” In quired the new comer In Oregon. "I do hope you saw deer old Boston.” "BostonP the Portland girl ejacu lated. “ I should any not I was In Montana."—'Portland Oregonian. Own Up You d o n ’ t like those gray hairs, d o y o u ? A n d y o u r hus band certainly d o e s n ’ t like them. T h en w h y not try a bottle o f A y e r ’s H a ir V ig o r ? It restores c o lo r to gray hair e v ery tim e, all the d e e p , rich co lo r o f early life. A n d it cu res d a n d ru ff also. " I certain I t b elieve th at Ayar*« H air V igor Is a •plen d ld preparation fo r tbe hair and •r a lp , fo r I h a v e n*ed tt m ore or leet fo r six years. I can c h e e rfu lly recom m end II to a n y one In need o f such a p rep aratio n ." — M il*. K a t k H o y t , M inneapolis. Minn. Æ M ad» b r J . C. A y e r C o.. L o w e ll, Maee. ** A lao m an u factu rera o f SARSAPARILLA. PILLS. CtltkKY PECTORAL. Is N a tio n o f C h a n f f e u m . Tbe French nation so closely guards her supremacy In the motor world that Just Discrimination in Railway Rates. plans are being made so that every All railroad men qualified to speak French boy will be made familiar with on the subject in a responsible way are the operation and the principles In likely to agree with President Samuel volved in the construction of the auto Bpencer of the Southern railway when mobile, says the Philadelphia Record. he says: "There is no division of | A course of instruction Is being arrang- opinion as to the desirability of stop I **d for lntrmluctlon into the public ping all secret or unjustly discrimina ; schools. There are a number of techni tory devices and practices of whatso cal schools where the details of auto mobile Instructions are imparted to ever character.” Mr. Spencer, in speaking of “ unjust | those who desire such knowledge. ly discriminatory” rates and devices, It Is said that no city in the world makes a distinction which is at once gives the same encouragement to au- apparent to common sense. There may ! tomoblling as Paris. It has been de- he discrimination in freight rates which ' cld«*«l that all the public hospitals shall is just, reasonable and imperatively re- be equipped with self-propelled ambu <1 uired hy the complex commercial and lances and a very speedy car has been geographical conditions with which ex ordered to be attached to the municipal pert rate makers have to deal. To abol laboratory, where all the bombs found ish such open and honest discrimina on the streets of that city shall be ta tion might paralyze the industries of ken for investigation and destruction. cities, states and whole sections of our national territory. This distinction between just and unjust discrimination is clearly recog nized in the conclusions of the interna For Infants and Children. tional Railway congress, published yes terday : The furyof a forest Are ts Indescrib able, especially In soft wood or conifer ous forests. Here the flumes sweep through, making a roaring wall of bluzc that reaches from the ground, carpeted with Inflammable material, to the topmost branches where resin ous sap snaps and crackles fiercely, '•TarlflH sh o u ld be ba «ed o n c o m m e r cia l p rin throwing blazing particles to Ignite c lp le s , ta k in x in t o a c c o u n t t i e s i e -ial <o-idi- other trees at a considerable distance. ito n s w h ic h bea r u i o n lu e c o m m e r c ia l «ralue ( th e se r v ic e s r e n d e re d W ith th e re * e rv « - In nddttlon a high wind blows. In o tlon m a t ra les sh a ll be c h a r z e d w ith o u t a rb i- many cases genernt«*d by the fire Itself, tra rv d l-c r lm in a t lo n to a ll sh ip p ers a lis e u n l i k e c o n d it io n s , t e m s k ln x o l rate* sh> u ld the heated air rising causing an In d aa e r lar a* p o -a ib • b a r e a 1 th e e la s t ic ity n e c e s rush of colder air from adjacent areas sary to p e rm it tr.e d e v e o p m e n t o f the traffic a n a lo p r o d u c e th e x r e ste st results to th e p u b that acta like a draft of a furnace. Be lic a n d to l i e r a ilr o a d s t b e m a e lv r s ." fore this combination of ground and The present proposal is, as M r. crown Are nothing can prevail. Ani Walker D. Hines, of Louisville, slow -d mals flee before It or are roasted to in his remarkable testimony the ottier death. Inning the fires In Wasblng- day Itefore the senate committee at on and Oregon In llt(i2 lakes were Washington, to crystallize flexible and found packed »olid with putrefying justly discriminatory rates into fixed nnd pnrtly roasted bodies of bear, deer, government rates which cannot be panther, nnd other animals, fearless of changed except by the intervention of each other In the frenzy that brought some government tribunal, and by this them together to perish through very process to increase “ the tempts- drowning, heat, or suffocation. In I tion to depart from the published rate these same flr«* a picnic party of nine , and the lawful rate in order to meet persons, with team und wagon, was some ovepowering and urgent commer cut off by flames near ML St. Helen, cial condition” — New York Sun. nnd all that was found later to prove T o o D e e p (h r H 'm . the tragedy were the Irons of the wag "There's one thing I can't understand on, the carcasses of two horses, ves about farming,” said the city chap who tiges of the remains of human beings, had contracted with a farmer for a the buttons of the clothing- the only week’s board, as he watched the hired evidence left to show how they fell. man turning the soil. “ What he that, young feller?" queried The horses had been cut loose In a the honest old gran .c., as he bit off a vain mercy that sought to give them generous hunk of home-made tobacco. a chance to shift for themselves. Near "I can’t understand,” said the city the tires of the wagon were the re chap, “ why the ground was placed bot mains of the women of the party and tom side up. so that it has to be turned the position of the men at various over with a plow before the crops can be points from the central group of the planted." tragedy show«*«! that they had tried to At the present moment there are 194 make some sort of a fight, 'm e task monuments in Germany that have been was as hopeless as making a living completed to Prince Bismarck, while space In the midst of a blast furnace. forty-four others are in process of con struction or are planned. —The Chautnuqtinn. Peculiar Funeral Customs. Swiss funernl customs are most pe cullar. At the death o f a person the family Inserts a hlack-edge«l announce ment In the papers nsklng for sympa thy, and stating that "the mourning urn” will be exhibited within certain hours on a special day. In front of the house where the person died there Is placed a little black table, covered with a black cloth, on which stands a black Jar. Into this the friends and acquaintances of the family drop small black-margined visiting cards, smne- tlines with a few worils of sympathy on them. The urn Is put on the table on the day of the funeral. Only men go over to the churchyard, and they generally follow the hearse on foot Come Now There is a grave-digging school in Brussels, and all the candidates for the post of sexton in Belgium to be eligible must have grndinted from this school. Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.— Richter. CASTOR IA The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of H er P urpose. "Mother thinks you'll make me a good wife.” said the girl's intended. "Indeed?” replied the girl with ths determined j a w . "you tell your mother I’ll make you a good husband.’’— Phila delphia Ledger. For roughs and colds there la no better medicine than Piso’s Cure for Consump tion. Price 25 cents. A Ron's Suggestion. Father (cutting the whip smartly through the air)—See, Tommy, h o w I make the horse g o faster without strik- iug him at all. Tommy— Papa, why don’t you spank us children that way?—Glasgow Times. M o th e rs w ill fin d M r.. W in slo w ’s S o o th in g B yru p the best re m e d y lo u s e lo r th eir c h ild r e n d u r in g th e te e th in g p e rio d . O ff D nty. “ Hello!” cried the policeman, “ read ing a paper, eh? I thought you were a blind man.” “ So I am during business honrp." the blind beggar replied, “ but I’m off duty now.” —Philadelphia Press. r i T Q Perm anently Cored. No n t. or nervousness I 11 U after Brst day’ s use o f Dr. Kline's tlreat Nerve hestorer. Semi for F r e e S 3 trial b oolea n .! treatise. Dr. H. H . Kline, Ltd., Ml Arch St.. Philadelphia, Pa. P a rtic u la r. “ Darling.” whispered the anient suitor, “ may I press you with my man ly arm?” “ I am from Missouri,” replied the beautiful girl, "and you will have to show me.” "Show you what?" "Proof that you belong to the Press- era* Union.” _ Those afflicted with Eczema know more than can be told of the suffering imposed by this “ flesh'" fire. ’ ’ It usually begins with a slight redness of the skin, which gradually spreads, followed by blisters and pustules discharging a thin, sticky fluid that dries and scales off. leaving an inflamed surface, and at times the itch ing and burning are almost unbearable. W hile any part of the body is liable to be attacked, the hands, feet, back, arms, face Eczema made its appearance on my left limb the and legs are the parts most •ize of my thumb in 1893, and spread until it s a t often afflicted. The cause of large as my hand, burning, itching and paining Eczema is a too acid condi me, and for which I could get no relief, until see ing the other cures advertised by you I wrote and tion of the blood. The cir secured the advise of your physicians, commenced culation becomes l o a d e d S. S. S. and it cured me. with fiery, acid poisons that Mayetta, Kan. J. H. S phjvcb . are f o r c e d through the glands and pores of the skia which set the flesh aflame. Since the cause o f the disease is in the blood it is a waste of time to try to cure it with local applications; th o cause must be removed before a cure can be effected. S. S. S. has no equal as a remedy for Eczema; it enters the blood and forces out the poison through the natural channels, and builds up the entire system. The skin becomes smooth and soft again, and the Eczema i3 On a rainy, windy night when you cured. Cases that have persistently refused to be are unable to eleep, ever look yourself cured under the ordinary treatment yield to its purifying, cooling effect on over candidly, and admit your faults? the b lo o d . B o o k o n Skin Diseases and any advice wished, without charge. And waan’t the result pretty tough? TH £ S W IF T S PEC IFIC C O ., A T U U IT A , GAm T