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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1906)
Topics of the Times from $175 to $200 per acre. Twenty years ago Halt River valley tn Arlsona was a barren waste. Now It contains three cities and has a population of 25,000. That l* what water will do. It is the same old story. A happy young husband and u devoted wife T o «void petticoat rule lu the struggle through hardship to success schools, pay trouser salaries. and thou eu toward wealth and mis ery. Is Mrs. Laura Corey, w ife of the Sometimes a woman’s alleged fright millionaire, W. Bills Corey, wishing for at the sight of a mouse U simply an the good old days of poverty? The advertising scheme. father of the millionaire says-: “ I f my son think* that Laura doe* uot love Any boy who would rather go to him, he Is wrong, dead wrong. When •chool than to a circus will never break a woman slave* aud starves through a Into the strenuous class. f-k) per month period with a man, when TH E P R O F IT OF P IE T Y , jjy R ev. H enry F. Cop«, Suppose the American Cabinet should she mends his clothes and divides the | last crust with him. when she b « M |,,lth Job t m * '.>.,1 (Of tut tight?— follow the example o f the Sauto lk> m Inga ns and decide to "tire" the Pres him children aud rears or buries them, j 0|, | tut I-aura did for hills, It ts safe to say That was the question which, lit ident. that site loves him." And still we are thl8 8trlk lll> 5 ,jratUHi WMs asked by great adversary. It la a must The London Literary World says the told the same old story, the story of a pretty face, a man’s mad Infatuation; llatura, ,„ lt. from the'sntanlc ja.litt of oovel-readlug habit Is spreading. Evl dently London Is beginning to feel the the story of a man’s million* and of a vlew where selfish gain Is the only w ife s broken heart. The last crust, admissible explanation of any action, influence of Indiana. In the good old days for the trusting where the sole question Is. will It pay? The Russian revolutionists who are wife, the last crust was sweetened by and where personal advantage la the being beaten to death by the peasant* the love of the only man In the world. \ only known standard of ethics. It Is In the Interest of the Little Father, Empty Is the success that bows In 11))t 8traUKl, that the ledger view of shame the gray bead o f a devoted fath llie |,Hlks OI1 «.n^ion as a posstbly prof- wonder “ where they are a t ” er. Cursed la the gold thut only feeds (table business venture, a side line to A New York actress has left the In the evil desire* that break the heart j [,e t.arr[,.,i for what there la In It. come from $ 15,000 for the care of a of a faithful w ife! Aud sometimes we T he accusation In the question Is dog, a parrot and a cage of love-birds. of poverty complain of our hard lot trlu. enough to-day; but It only per It ought to be worth more than that is there no glitter of glass upon your i„ H.a„ Rl. 0f the truth In I t The table? Maybe the ablne of glass and ■ Christian soldier who live* for the loot Set a thousand rules for the "Anal silver Is not for you. Ixiok for tbs k,.^jia a||ve this sneer at religion. A good-night hug” of lovers. If you wish . shine In the eyes of the husband, still mail's testimony In prayer meeting ts but they will be shattered straightway your lover. Though his hands are oiten OIliv „ „ economical method o f by a last Anal and several more finals. grimy with toll and though your own advertising his sugar or Ills dry goods, are hardened with homely duties. If the Many a man Is serving God with an The Albany mother’s record of two shine o f love Is there, tie glad. Think eve 8in„ i e to the g.aal of his trade, babies In four months ought to con of the broken-hearted woman of wealth w i,||e to others piety Is but a profes- vince President Roosevelt that race and count your mercies. Look and a|oual pull. To yet others religion Is •ulclde Is not a live Issue In New York think, then break your crust, and a performance to be regarded as one State. though It be the last, be grateful for o f tile penalties paid to social conven the love that keeps It sweet tion. President Roosecvelt says hs Is go More dangerous because more sub- tng to mate few addresses between Yes, you oeu pay $500 for a toy tie Is the error o f those who took on now and his retirement from office. automobile, aud there are walking, pious practices as means of plarat- Great Scott! Ia he going to devote talking dolls, full of clockwork and lng the wrath o f the deity, who hope himself exclusively to eermona? equipped with real hair and silk Hu- to buy passports to heaven by prayer gerie, that come at $700. The rich meeting pretenses on earth. Acts of It appears that President Morales can spend money like drunken sailors worship are to them things devoid of was afraid of his cabinet. We can to temporarily please their pampered delight which they dare not forego think of one president who will find little ones. But here is a trade note for fear of future pains. I f heaven it hard to understand why anybody that counts: "The demand for rock- could he earned this way they would should ever be afraid o f hla cabinet ing horses and Noah's arks grows with certainly deserve It. or be in the least delicate about tell the years. It Is bigger now than ever But the hypocrites deceive no one. ing It "what’s what.” before." It wasn’t so long ago when Their pretenses are too palable. They Honestly speaking, there Is no you sucked the paint off the blue ele- alone are Ratified with themselves, phants and green tigers. Odd about 1'lty for profit alone Is almost Its own Christian nation— no Christian people. that paint! You grew fat on I t You sufficient punishment Who can help The real followers o f Christ are every slept soundly and smiled while you pitying the masquerader* who toll so where ln such a hopeless minority that slumbered. And you guarded the hard to produce no Impression. Nelth- they are unable to engraft In public broken, faded, worn animals In the er heaven nor earth takes any stock sentiment the humanitarlanlsm that little menagerie that came to you on In them. Their mummery has no more their Leader taught. a Christmas morning, and there was to do with religion thnn charity halls Joy In your heart. And then came a have to do with beneficence. It neither In the Paris Figaro Plaisantin says : “ Trees are sacred. I consider them as day when romance departed from the pays as business nor ns religion, ancestors; for we have come down ark and a woman laid the animals j In spite o f all pretender*, who are from monkeys, and the monkeys come away to be loved and fondled and re- after all relatively few In number, re down from trees.’’ Jokeologlsts have membered years later when her boy liglon Is a reality In the life of man found fragments of this hoary bit of had grown up and all hut forgotten and the question, does religion pay the golden days of his childhood. For deserves a fair answer. L ife ha* no humor In the ruins of Nineveh. into life came the first rocking horse, [ place for that which does not pay. Tha Martians are declared by as spotted aud prancing, builded on the Neither superstition nor sentiment can tronomers to be several million years same lines as they are builded to-day. sanction the waste of life on useless ahead of us. How, we wonder, have No steed of warrior ever possessed ends. Taking the soul s Infinite stand- they solved the question of municipal more fire than did Dobbin as he reared ard of values all things must come to ownership, the Jury problem, the re and tossed on the sitting room floor, . the I*’** of their service, the profit to bate problem and several other prob gripped by hands that were so pink mankind. and soft that mother often kissed The profit o f piety can never be ex- lems that are burning with us? thein. Ah, there have been horses pressed In cash; It is personal, n mat- slnce then, pedigreed aud costly, ter of the soul. A man serves God The most notable feature o f the lat- There have been automobiles, perhaps, for the satisfaction secured; not for »st census bulletin relating to Illiteracy and palatial cars. But not one to Belf-sutlsfactlon, hut because deep among our population Is the statement compare with the horse that made the within him he feels bis need of the dt- that there are few er illiterates among the children o f foreign-born parents trlp from the old settee to the rocking vine, of one who can satisfy his thirst chair, and that was a part of your for good, who can surpasea his high- than among those o f the natives. This life. And then Dobbin went to the est aspirations, who can constantly Is variously accounted for, but the uttic and life stopped being all sun- | tone up his life and lead him to things chief reason for It appears to be based shine and the sky was not all blue aud better than himself, on the fact that the greater portion of you entered on that period of exist- [ Friendship Is not without Its fruits; the foreign-born children live In dties, ence when duty often takes the place yet the true friend does not figure on where the educational opportunities of pleasure, and the days mean more them. He who unselfishly seeks un- ire better than In the country. In and the smiles are often mixed with other soul, who delights in his service, the country the illiteracy among chil tears. That Is life as It Is lived. It and counts all sacrifice as Joy, finds dren Is eighty-nine per thousand; In Is good to know that the demand for rewards such as the cunning of selflsh- cities of over 25,000 Inhabitants It Is Noah’s arks and rocking horses Is ness could never extract. So is It with only ten per thousand. This Is a rath growing. We will try to start our | the service o f the Most High. The er remarkable showing. children right, along the simple way, soul man seeks after the soul of please God. W e try to do our duty religion Is service for this supreme The greatest canal ever dug was by them as long as we can keep them ¡friend; worship the communion with successfully put through the Isthmus children. And after that, hope. It la him, work the doing of things that of Panama, or Darien, a hundred and please him; who shall measure the the only way. twenty years ago by the prince of lit- profit o f such love, or what shall a irary liars, Baron Munchausen. In man give In exchange for Its Joy and IT nmlatalcable P r o o f . a volume of his travels published In peace ? The estate owned by the late Col. England, the noble baron says that he The soul’s need o f God, the need of drove his chariot rapidly from shore to Crownlnsbield In a New England sea the sources of our lives for the source port town adjoins the pasture o f a •hore of the Isthmus, tearing up the **ie '“ '‘-‘‘l tlle *nner HIdr,t rocks and forming a tolerable bed for sturdy farmer. A valuable dog owned by the colonel used to get Into th e ,0' man for touch w,th t,*° * r‘‘ut "I'lrlt the water. Then a million people from North and South America cleared pasture and chase and worry the of a11 la na renl- a* dcfinit*< am> aa farmer’s cows. Finally, the Boston 1 ■ • " « t lv e as the need o f the away the d irt “ The sea came In with Herald says, he went to Col. Crown- bo,1>' for food’ There an‘ men 80 b’,ay tremendous magnificence, and enlarg making money that they think they ed the bounds o f the canal so as to Inshleld and requested that the annoy have no time even to eat; but their make a passage some miles broad ance be stopped. "H o w do you know It Is my dog?” folly Is as wisdom compared to that from ocean to ocean.” And yet our asked Col. Crowulnshleld, rather un o f those who think It does not pay to engineers are still lingering over their take time to feed the Inner life, the satisfactorily. plans. eternal man. “ H ow do I know?” exclaimed the Nor enn a man estimate the profit with rising In<llgna*k>n, There are In the West 200,000,000 farmer, Why, I ’ ve seen him, time and again!” , of religion by Ills own soul possessions icres o f ordinarily barren land, much “ You must bring ms better proof,” ,done- " lierever even two or throe if which can be made productive by Ilft UP thHp n,‘d to nobler neans of Irrigation. For a number of replied the colonel, .coldly. rears the government has lieen en “ A ll right, sir,” said the farmer, In ! t he who,p rar<! ,M The tb,‘ G'lngs thnt arc worthy gaged In the work o f reclamation. The no uncertain tone. “ The mvxt time i wond,iP results are marvelous, but It remained the dog bothers my cows I ’ll bring ,n" kos the whole worM m,,rp worthy, tor President Roosevelt, who knows you all tho proof you want— In a i T,lp o f one ," an’8 falth b« ' om‘>8 i a comnion possession, and the most Shs West and loves It, to systematize wheelbarrow.” ____________________ godless share the benefits o f the godly the plans and prosecute them on a Birger scale. A t present eleven proj- There are some people who would i llfo’ Krts are under way. At a cost o f $37,- carry cheerfulness so far that they I The 'ln" y " onrch for ( i r A *" t,,e tbe whole life closer to the 100,000 they will transform 1,300,000 would demand philosophy from the ret *-un’ n,I .music of the Infinite; the harmony, icrss o f desert Into fruitful land worth In a trap. JAMES WENT Strili In s Measure form rolli«* BROKE. Ailiiplnl of lo .i to In« Ual|di (ìnwaii, a wealthy merchant, smiled contentedly In the realization that a duty, |s-rforuied regularly for four years, was now ended. Ills soli Janies had graduated from college, and monthly chocks imhn I no longer be for the health, the salvation of the world warded. depend oil Its coining Into complete .lames, however, did not care to as accord with that which rules lit its sillile business res|Miuslhltitles Immedi heart. Tills, then, Is the eternal, In ately, and In a most persuasive manner dividuiti, ami universal proti! of piety, Induced his father to let him tour Ilio that It causes all things more miti world with a (-ollege chum. The old more perfectly to work together for inali wu* pleased with his soli’s per the good of all. suasive power* It Indicated huslucss ability. Ile |a-ruiltttMl the hoy to go. MAN'S BEST W E LFA R E . James was given a goodly wad o f By Rev. John Milton Scott. money aud a positive warning that the The mouth o f the righteous man Is sum must Ntilllrc. He was further a well of life.— Prov. x., 2. given to understand that he'd have to Without water lift* cannot he. Take communicate with Ills futher by ismtii! water from the earth und the fevers card only, and thut all letters would of death burn their fires. remain open. \\ here deserts blight, u well of wu Hu has too much pride to bog on ter Is a possesion beyond price. To a public postal cani." ¿¡nnlnglljr "chuck the Hebrew o f the Psalms and P rov ieni the futher, "und, consequently, will orbs, therefore, who knew the heat ; mak„ IlloIM.y la st” and the distress of scorching sands. ! rnr<u fr„ m Kurope came reg- w1,o knew water as the synonym of ularly to Ralph (Iowan. He beoam# In- life, no more powerful language could ,ereat0d u,8 travels. The card. he list'd to set forth the value of right were [limisi tn thè llhrnry wall, wlth eousness than the brief seuteiice which a sort of geographlcul relatloiishlp. says, "The mouth o f a righteous man Many of thè [tostul* were Works o f Is a well of life." art, and In u few weeka thè exHctlug He speaks the truth always and his tuwlueaa man hud contraete»! un acute word Is like water from cool wells. It mania for Souvenir isiatal carda. A refreshes. It vitalizes. beautiful card wus dellveretl to tisi Mau builds nothing that Is not build merctiHiit mie mornlug, and In a mo ed on truth. The hands of his dally ment the «Ir wns split wlth shnrp ex- toll move In truth. This Is the reality pletlvea. Tue card was mutilatisi. from ore to engine, from quarry to A crack aerosa the giurisi surfiuv ludi house, from forest to furniture, in onted gross cu re listai less on thè part of dealing with things he Is dealing with the authorltlcM. More carda arrivisi, truth. I f he deal* truthfully, the uni thè tienuty of snob marrisl hy n creano, verse conspires to bless him with uiade, uuquisttloMnhIy, wlth malldou* achievement. I f uutruthfully, gravi delibo rallon. tation, lrot^ wood, water, fire, the "l/*)k bere." salii Gownn, angrily, as truth o f things prtstsisi the hitter cu p,. . . . . . . • , , , he approached the itostmnstcr and or rallure to his lips. In mans rela- . . . . ... • ... . . . . . . .......... .. handed him one of the cnnls, all my Ron with hi* fellow man, great civ lit . u _ _____ ,, , . . iMistnls are craokml like this otio. Home zatlons, us great worlds, can he built 1 ,, . . one Is to hlaiue. Here ure u down onij upon righteousness, upon every ,, mun’s speaking truth with his neigh mor® lkP ll’ , , . . . . The iMistmaster calmly gazed at tlie Every great state Is builded In truth 'm" ,la,-d <ard’‘- wording and of creasing, and premi »»si and goes to ruin In falsehood, through disloyalty to Its moral Ideals. Not to investigate. That same day the postmaster esilisi withstanding appearance» to the con on Mr. Gowan and. cnuckllng Immoder trary, this Is the fact which the uni ately, said; “ Read thorn- cards, and verse In Its every atom sanctifies. Through the mists of the apparent f" r evP7 ,rpa’‘*’ *uta,tUut* tta w<,r,, look with cleur eyes Into the reality, *>roke’ Build your career on the Integrity o f T * » merchant pondered for a mo th»- universe, mastered in friendly wise ,n‘‘nt- U,en to,,k uu " ,'" rrt hy the Integrity of yourself. Then ri-Hd : "I remain as «ver broke your you are building so wisely that every hiving *oi>. James. atom o f the universe works with you. ' Gowan meekly mailed a check. Then willing your success. "Beauty Is It* hl* nnn •w*I’t Tl‘ l<-tisly over his library own excuse for being.” Ulgbtismsiu-ss w°h. and In a few moments the at- Is Its own Justification. Truth Is Its mosphere was permeated with the odor own bliss. (o f burning pai»er. Whether the eyes o f men see or not, LIFE IN ICELAND. the Joy In which God loves and lives enters Into the heart of the righteous. h l m p l l r l l r o f I . I v i n a 1» f ' o n i l o e l v e Within the soul o f the righteous Is life. lo H lah Mural». To that ll^e I* the abundant good for There are no manufactories In the tune with which righteousness re country. Each homo Is a factory and wards Its own. When he expresses every member of the family a hand, that righteousness It Is llko the hills says the Pilgrim. expressing themselves In streams Shoes are made from goatskins. The which run among the vnlleys, giving long stockings worn over there In wad life to bird and beast, to grnss and ing through the snow are knitted by tree, making farms possible and the the women and children, and even the hum.in life f i Gie fetors of death. ' |>«>nutlful broadcloth comes smooth and There Is nothing so line as n right perfect from the hand loom found In eous man. No beauty can is|tml the every house. beauty o f holiness. It has a loveli The sweet simplicity o f their na ness more gracious than flowers. tional costume doe» away with the ne it has a charm beyond the enchant- cessity of fashion Issiks. Young girls ment o f birds. It has a grandeur out who are about to be mnrrteil nt-ed take doing mountain anil sen. No sunsets no thought as to “ wherewithal shall are so splendid, not guns nor stars nor they tie clothed.” When they array dawns, not music nor Hhakspeare; not themselves In the wedding garments canvases, nor cathedrals; not anything of their ancestor, two or three genera built by man. tions remote, they are |»-rfi-ctly up to- The chief passion o f the soul should date In the matter o f attire. he the passion for holiness; for In Its Tills simple life Is conducive to a beauty all other beauty Is hallowed; #u tc o f inora|a. higher probably In Its spirit nil other achievement has than In nuy other part of the world. worth and In the soul o f the achiever There Is not a drop o f liquor manu the eternity o f God Is awake. factured In tho Island, and for the 7R, Things pass. A brief while and the (KK) population there Is but one iki II co - places o f earth we know are no mon- mun. There Is neither a Jail nor any forever. Even while here thing* can place o f Incarceration for criminals, not satisfy. They disappoint. They nor yet Is tlu-ro a court In which a enslave. The greatest good fortune high crime could lie tried. any one enn achieve Is Integrity of The [K-rccntage of crime Is so small heart. The dlvlnest welfare Is that thnt It does not warrant the expense conscious rectitude, the pence of which o f keeping up a court. When a crim never forsakes a mnn through all inal trial Is-i-omes necessary tho o f years and all worlds. The Imperish fender Is taken to Denmark to answer able riches of God are this good for to the lnw for Ills misdeeds. tune whose youth Is a well spring of The women are among the most nd- life. vnneed In tho world. Their Woman's I'olltlcnl League tins a membership o f Short Meter Sermons. 7,000, and they enjoy more civil rights Fear Is a poor kind of foresight. than tin* women o f almost any other Every word of profanity Is a prayer. country, having a choice In all elec Love lasts long after pity Is worn tions save thnt for members o f th " legislative body. out. Little duties are a school for larger Narrow Ram p«, ones. "H o w ’s business?” A little modesty often hides n lot of “ Fine! It’s a mighty poor day when vanity. I can’t mnkc $10 or $15 now.” He rejects all rewards who refuses “ That’s good. Can’t you pay me moral responsibility. that $5 you owe me?” The logic o f love convinces more “ No. There’s been a lot o f mighty thnn the love o f logic. poor days lately.” — Cleveland Leader. A golden heart Is not gained hy set It’s enough to make the averago ting the heart on gold. „ bride blush to recall her strenuous ef- Mnny a ....... Is breaking his back forU t0 one. under a bag o f shndows. Getting on to the ropes o f trickery It’ s easier to teach a baby to talk ends In getting Into them. i than It Is to teach a woman not to.