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\ T H E S T A Y T O N MA I L C. D. ALEXANDER, I'ublnhrr Entered et the poetofllc« »« steyton. »'rogon ee mall wetter «** the revend clnw T h * M ail t* welled re*ulerlr tolt« »uh«erlb- er» utttll e detinlu* order t» di' unti..ne te re ceived end eli errm ren* «re |«ld BUSINESS DIRECTORY W I L B U R N. l ’IN TLK U . P . M. P . DENTIST Office over F red Hook’e Sture STA Y’ION R olU X i > A. E L W O O P , ATTORNEY AT LAW Office o v e r R ockV » to re , STAYTON, J. - OREGON M . K IN O O , S tic 4 *t»ft«nr t o \V » K. T h o u m * Funeral Director and Embalmer L eav e order» at S t a y t o n H o t e l . STAYTON, J O H N OREGON. H E N K E L Merchant Tailor / I have on h a n d a full line of sam ple» for S pring a n d S u m m er Suita. Repairing and Cleaning a Specialty trTAYTON OREG O N CITY MEAT MARKET Sestak & Stowell Deeler» In Fresh, S a lt and Sm oked M EATS HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID FOR STOCK AND HIDES Stayton, Oregon Grand Central Hotel Is open to th e public. All new ly fur* niehed room s. A ccom m odations first- jlasf*. Nice, w arm d in in g room and first'Class m eals. M. J. SPANIOL, Prop. Stayton, Oregon 0 . K. BARBER SHOP I \ Call at tliH T onsori.il !':• r 1«*r a n d l ‘ a first Has* H a ir C to a n d an O K R u b . It i- lu a liiu : atnl cm d in g tu itu- scalp, re sto re s h a ir to it* nut urn; h e a l t h , o p e n s t h e pores a n d s t r e n g t h e n s th e ro o ts, G. W. PLA STER , Prop. N e a r F lo re n c e S t. STAY I O N lob Printing K eep it in y our m ind th a t T he Mail p rin ts Note Heads, Bill Heads, Letter Heads, Envelopes Or Anything Else You May Want at Very Low Prices [Original.] G eorge R ln g w alt an d l w ere school fellow s, and w hen the S p an ish w ar broke out both ran a w ay from home to euliat, n e ith e r o f ns being eighteen y e a rs o f age. P a r in g th e siege of S an tiag o G eorge w as le ft w ounded In a n exposed posit ion. 1 w e n t back uud c a rrie d him to a s a fe r place, lie sot g re a t sto re by an act .w hich 1 consider only th e m ust n a tu ra l In the w orld am i declared th a t he w ould n ev er re st c o n te n t till he hail repaid the debt. B ut h e d id uut recover from Ills w ound an d In ad d itio n co n tra c te d typhoid fever, of w hich he died a t M ontnuk P oint. H e ex p ired brooding o v er th e fa c t th a t b e could not live to repay th e service I h ad doue him . W hen I w as m u stered o u t o f th e s e rv ice I w as offered a com m ission in the re g u la r arm y , b u t 1 decided to study m edicine. W hile ta k in g a finishing co u rse in P a ris I u n in te n tio n a lly won th e reg ard o f a girl wlie, u n fo rtu n a te ly fo r me, had a lover a lre a d y . H ad 1 know n of th is m ail's ex iste n c e I should .h a v e en d eav o red to keep th e girl a t a d istan ce. T h e (irst in tim atio n 1 had o f him w as a t a su p p e r I w as en jo y in g w ith a n u m b e r o f my fellow stu d e u ts. A m an in p assin g behind uie b ru shed n g n iu st m e so forcibly a s to Uuock m e off my ch a ir. L ooking up a t him . 1 sa w th a t Ills ac t w as in ten tio n al. Q uick ns a Hash I s p ra n g a t him am i knocked him dow n. B efore he could re ta lia te I w as seized by in) co m p an ions, and my a n tn g io n lst. th ro w in g a c a rd a t me. left th e cafe. T he c a rd bore th e n am e o f A n to in e D upuy. and o n e o f m.v p a rty Inform ed me th a t he w a s th e lo ver of th e girl w ho had hon ored me. W ell, 1 w as obliged to tight him — th a t is, I sa w no w ay of av o id in g m eet ing him u u d er the P a ris cotie w ith o u t su b je c tin g m y self to a w orse fate, for th e frien d he se n t m e w ith a challenge Inform ed me th a t his p rin cip al w as b e n t on killing me, an d I p re fe rred to die in a r e s e c t a b l e fash io n r a th e r th an be stab b ed in the buck. I had little o r no tra in in g as a sh o t or a fencer, so I th re w dice to decide w h eth er 1 should choosy (I had the rig h t a s tbe ch a l lenged party» foils o r pistols. T he dice said lolls, and foils It w as. I knew the fellow could d o w ith me w h a t he liked, and. as his second had told m e he w ould kill me. th e prosj>eet w a s gloom y. B efore S a n tiag o th ere h ad been no m ore ch an ce of my g ettin g killed th a n a n y one else. It w as the c e rta in ty in «lie p re se n t c a se 1 d id n ’t like. H ad 1 not had soldierly in stin c ts a n d a f a ir sh a re o f pride I believe I w ould h av e le ft P a ris by a m idnight tra in . T he n ig h t l»efore tb e m eeting I w as asleep in bed. Suddenly I aw oke. T h ere stood G eorge Itin g w a lt. My first im pression w as th a t I had been m is ta k e n In his d eath . B efore I could p ass to a second Im pression be said to m e: “G et up!" I did so a n d stood in m y p a ja m a s, w aitin g th e n ex t m ove In th is s tra n g e affair. A couple of foils w ere sta n d in g in a corner. G eorge ft*ik one, handed m e th e o ther, th en placed him self on g u a rd . I p assively d id th e Buine. A fter a few p asses he p u t back bis left foot an d toyed, w ith my foil. T hen su d denly he lunged. I saw , b u t did net f e d . Lis foil pass th ro u g h m y l»oiIy W hile I w as w ondering, he said. ‘‘On g u a rd !” a n d m ade th e sa m e m ovem ent a second tim e, ag ain ru n n in g me th ro u g h th e body. “T ry it y o u rself," be said. I did a s he su g g ested , m ak in g sev- er.ii tria ls, every one o f w hich fa 11yd, n o t because o f the d efen se, b u t because of m y ow n clum siness. B ut I k ep t on until a t la st It seem ed to m e th a t It w as not G eorge s ta n d in g before me, b u t m y en em y of th e m orrow , a iu ^ th a t my life depended on m y m ak in g th e lunge successfu lly . C o n c e n tra tin g all my w a tc h fu ln e ss, my a c tiv ity , my stre n g th , I th rew It w ith one su p re m e effort, ruu- n in g my foil clean th ro u g h th e body before me an d b re a k in g my foil a g a lu s t th e w all. T h a t’s th e la s t o f consciousness for m e till 1 w as aro u sed a t 4 o'clock by m y second. H ad I d ream ed o r had G eorge Itin g w a lt com e back to show m e bow I could w in? T h e foils stood in the co rn er. N eith er w as broken. 1 m u st h av e d ream ed . As soon as I had got into my clo th es w e w en t d o w n sta irs, step p ed Into u c a rria g e a n d roll ed a w ay to th e place o f hi ee ting. T h ere stood m y a d v e rsa ry , w ith a self s a tis fied look on b is face w hich seem ed to say, “ I sh all kill you in a few m in u tes.” I rem em leered the iuuge 1 had p ra c ticed in my d re a m , if it w as n d ream , an d fe lt th a t it w as m y only chance. A lm ost a s soon a s we h ad cro ssed w eapons I p u t m y le ft foot back a u d toyed fo r a few m om ents w ith m y a d v e rsa ry ’s blade. W h a t th e re w as In m y eye th a t d isconcerted him I d o n 't know . H e m u st h av e seen so m eth in g th ere, fo r be show ed a m o m en tary frig h t. Seizing my o p p o rtu n ity , feel- lu g a confidence I could not acco u n t for, I lunged. My foil ptissed th ro u g h uiy en em y 's tssly an d p ro tru d ed e ig h t een in ch es from bis back. I w as h u rrie d a w ay tq. u tra in fy r Ha viv, w hore l sailed fo r home. I b av e nev er been alile to m ake up uiy m ind w h e th e r G eorge B ing w a it r e tu rn ed from th e dead to sav e my life, w h e th e r heeffected the p u rpose th ro u g h u d ream o r w h e th e r th e d ream , if sueh it w as, w as b u t n a tu ra l. N a tu ra l or su p e rn a tu ra l, th e visitatio n gave me th e victory. W hat ad d s to th e com pli catio n Is tliut I have slnee I hmmi told th a t w h a t I learned of sw o rd sm a n sh ip Is well know n to certa in e x p e rts and Is called th e Irro sistitile lunge. J . E U G E N E DBA BRIL A Bundle of Blunder». I»ou’t say th a t “clean lin ess Is n ex t to godlluess,” n sta te m e n t w hich would be u n tru e if it w ere not unm eaning. If you m u st g au g e th e v alue o f th is ex cellen t q u a lity q u o te th e original co rrectly a n d say th a t cleanliness is uex t to goodliuess. m ean in g th ereb y th a t, w h e re this Is lacking, u clean aud well k e p t person lias a n a ttra c tio n an d a com eliness only second to a c tu a l beauty. N ever ta lk of “ the w o rst com ing to the w o rst,” a n Im possible occurrence, since it is alread y th ere. T he w orse m ay com e to tlie w orst, as, a la s, It o f ten docs, b u t w hen tlie w o rst h a s com e th ere is no m ore to lie said. P lease d o uot speak o f y o u r “ m u tu al frie n d ." If A Is n frien d o f B and C, A Is uot a m u tu al b u t a com m on friend. But, ab ove all, If you w ould bo blam eless n e v e r ta lk o f ’‘com m on scn*e." a s though it w ere o r could be a n ex cep tio n al o r ra re possession of a fav o red few . C om m on sen se is the sen se com m on to all, w hich long m ay w e all enjoy. S h ak esp eare V ersus B urns. A t th e close of a lectu re to th e m em - tiers o f a c e rta in lite ra ry society the follow ing dialogue betw een a Scotch m an m id th e le c tu re r w a s o v e rh e a rd : "Ye th in k a tine lot o’ Shakes{ieure, d o ctor?" "I do, s ir," w as th e e m p h a tic rep ly , "A n ' y e th in k he w a s tn a lr clev er th a n BObble B urns?” "W hy, th e re 's no co m p ariso n lie- tw een th e m !” “ M aybe uo. b u t y e tell us th e u ieb t It w as S h a k e sp e a re w ho w ro te ’U neasy lies th e h ead th a t w ears a cro w n .’ Now, B obbie w o u ld 'n e v e r h a v e w rit ten sic n o n sen se ns th a t.” "N onsense, sir!” th u n d e re d th e iudig- n a n t doctor. “ Aye, j u s t nonsense. B obbie w ould Lae k e n t tine th a t u king, o r a queen e ith e r, d isn a gan g to bed wl th e c ro w n on h is bead. T hey h a n g It o w er th e back o' u c h a ir.” T h e d o c to r's fuce dropped, fo r ho realized th a t his lec- tu re had been given in v ain .—S cottish N ights. <!»" - ■ ---------------- — - ♦ R u r a l D e liv e ry Notes Monuments «>■■■■ - O f Hu* 37.311“ ru ral »‘re* delivery ro u tes m ain tain ed by the in>«tolUcu d e p a rtm e n t of the U nited S u ites 253 are reg u larly served by women carriers, and th e re a re four tim es th a t m any fe m ale su b s titu te carriers. C ongressm an Lloyd of M issouri w as advised le ie n tlv th a t com plete country ru ral delivery service has been ordered estab lish ed In A dair co u u ’.y, Mo., effec If you arc in need of a mon tiv e J iiii . 2, I IK is. T he tofnl n u m b er of ument I am prepared to ro u tes In the quality Is tw enty-one, of furnish anything in the w hich th re e routes a re ue v. P o s tm a s te r G eneral M eyer w as the monument line. I have a principal guest uud spuul-er a t th e re line of samples with prices cent a u u u a l o u tin g to M arbloheud, that will interest you. M ass., of the Essex R epublican club. H e said th a t one of tils recom m enda I also build stone and con tio n s to th e next co n gress w ould be a bill to e sta b lish a p arcels post. He crete walls. Send for cir also Indicated Ids Intention to ex ten d cular and price list and I th e ru ra l delivery sy stem , w hich he will convince you that my said w as doing m ore tliuu a n y th in g else to relieve th e (solution of fa rm e rs prices are right. au d o th e rs living tn rem ote co untry d is tric ts nnd th u s Incidentally w as L . L . m o riA S , g re a tly checking Insanity iu th ese d is tricts. Stayton, Oregon. “T h e ru ral free d elivery sy stem has caused us uo cud of e x tr a w ork." said the p u b lish er of n tra d e jotiruul th at has a larg e country circu latio n . " I ’rob ably uot even th e postu! a u th o ritie s realize so clearly as the inau w ho bus a hehvy co u n try co rrespondence how rap Idly th e ru ral free d elivery sy stem has gro w n In the Inst tw o y e a rs. T he books c o n tain in g tlie ad d ress of our , co u n try co rresp o n d en ts aud su b ecrlb ers have had to I k * e n tire ly overhauled, Scores of little po-dotllces h av e llternliy lieoti w iped off th e list, nnd Jo h n Sm ith Rigs, Horses and Accommo mid h u n d re d s of o th e r men w ho fo r • dations First-class. t m erly had th e ir mail a d d re sse d to tb clr home village an* tr*w on ro u te No 2. 3 H a c k s c o n n e c t wi t h t r a i n s at Ki n g s , o r t of th e delivery system o f t good to n aiul W»*»t S ta y t o n . sized to w n ." riarble, gran ite or Bronze StaytonLivery G. B. TRASK, Prop. j | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 THE HOUSEMAN. o_------------------ — ---------------- 6 S ta g e line Irom T u r n e r to L y o n s. STA Y TO N , OREGON. Y oung foals th a t a re stnbh*d w ith th e ir dn m s d u rin g cold ra in sto rm s will th riv e m uch ls*tter th a n those w hich a r e not > p rotected. T h e Idea th a t ex p osure to Inclem ent w e a th e r m akes a foal h ard y Is fallacious. T oo M u c h H a y . ; One fa u lt w ith m ost h »r*e o w n e rs Is the feed in g of i > • n rte li bay. A horse w ill eat m ore ti ii ! • n ■ essary . and. a ' gotuacb, I ow ing to tlie i tlie p a rtia lly dig ested liny Is crow ded on Into the Intestine*. A bout three- | fo u rth s o f n pound of liny jht h u n d red pound« w eight o f th e horse should lie fed per day. ad v ises nn a u th o rity w ho m akes th is criticism . REI5TLE5 PLATES ARE RIGHT REISTLE5 RATES ARE RIGHT FRANK RE1STLE ENGRAVER a n d ELECTROTYPER r » n * r IU4 1 4 2 0 * 2 4 l AW IK * t t O M V fB COLO Gold Is E veryw here. W a t e r in g A f t e r H a rd W o r k . G old can m ost profitably be e x tra c t W a te rin g yo u r lu * n f a f te r hurd ed fro m c e rta in m ines w h e re th e ore Is w ork, w hen h eated o r ex h au sted , rich a n d u o t too difficult to w ork, b u t should be <1 ne carefu lly . H o rses d if should th ese d ep o sits e v e r p e te r o u t , fe r ns m en differ; som e know w hen th e re is no fe a r th a t th e w orld would th ey h av e hud enough an d som e do su ffer fo r lack o f a gold supply, fo r ; not. I-ct them d rin k freq u en tly , but th e re a re inuny o th e r sources w hich not too much. u re a.s y e t u ntouched, b u t fo r w o rk in g Feet of the D raft Hores. w hich p ro fitab le m eth o d s w ould be d e T he feet o f the d ra ft liorse should vised ir need w ere. G ran ite, fo r ex- tie large, round, w ide at tin* hoof head, j co n ta in s a n ap p re c ia b le q u a n not t<*> shallow o r ty<> high hi the tity of gold, an d if It w ere n o t u n d er heels, an d , above «11. co n stru cted o f a i p re se n t co n d itio n s too ex p en siv e a m a t good, d en se born, w hich Indicates a b il te r to e x tra c t It w e sh o u ld tiud Scot ity to w e a r well. land a n d < oruw all riv a lin g th e T ra n s G reasin g the Feet. vaal a u d tin* K londike. T he sea also G re a sin g Is n ecessary fo r horses No appetita, loss ot strength, nervous co n ta in s gold In solution, a u d tlie m an w hich a re uiu lli exposed to d am p n ess ne-.s, headache, constipation, bad breath, w ho in v en ts a c h e a p m ethod of g e t and is a s good fo r tlie sole a n d frog general debility, sour ridings, and catarrh tin g it o u t w ill m ak e h im se lf ric h e r a s fo r th e w all. It "is a p p licab le also of the stomach are all due to In^gestlon. th a n all th e m illionaires th a t ev er Kodol relieves md gestlon. This new lilscov* to feet w hich h av e to sta n d on dry ery represents the natural juices of diges lived! Gold is also co n sta n tly fallin g bedding. I-Vet wlilcli, on acco u n t of tion as they exist In a healthy stomach, all o v e r th e su rfa c e o f th e w orld, blow n diseased cirtiditions, req u ire to Is* fro combined with the greatest known (onto to us In m in u te q u a n titie s alo n g w ith qncntly soul'.cd or ism ltlced ou g h t a! • End reconstructive properties. Kodol for cosm ic d u st, w hich com es from in te r dyspepsia does not only relieve Indigestion to lie g reased. B edding o f p eat inn s te lla r sp ace.—B lack a u d W hite. and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy an d line saw ilu -t. eq ual p arts. Is most j helps all stomach troubles by cleansing, excellent. All th e se m easures m ay lie purifying, sweetening and strengthening ad v an tag eo u s If th e feet ¡ire properl) the mucous membranes lining the stomach. N ot H is Place to Laugh. MIlly Is a sw eet y o u n g lady, usually shod.—( ’. It. W ood, V. S. Mr. S. S. Ball, of Ravenswood. W, Va.. lays — " I was troubled with lour «tomac h fir twenty year». very se d a te an d se lf possessed. B ut H ,crso S e n s e . Kodol cured me and we are now using it In milk to d ay sh e w as su fferin g u n d er th e T be good hab it b o n e ea i lie spoiled lor baby." Kodol Digests What You Eat. stres:. o f su p p ressed em otion. by tlie Imd h ab it m an. Bottle» only, Relieve* Indlceitlon, »our etnmeeh, ‘‘('aim y o urself, my d e a r," u rg ed a W i t h th e tea: i It’s sp are th e c u rry belehln* of r*s. etc. sy m p a th e tic frien d , “an d tell me all coflib an d s p o il th e coat. P repared by E. O. DeWITT & CO ., CHICAGO. a b o u t It.” T he slovenly d riv in g hom e Is tlie S u lil bv Brewer I b n g (\ i . "W ell, you see,” beg an Mllly, w iping p ro d u ct of a c.-i oh*; d river. h er,ey es, “papa c a u g h t n w icked cold, You m ay feed a b o n e corn to mak* | a n d m o th er p ersu ad ed him to cqddle him fa t, blit m ils a re w h a t give him | h im self to g et rid o f It. So tic sat, life. d ressed in p a ja m a s, on bis folding K eep c o n stan tly a goi d sized lump bed In fro n t of a b lazin g lire In tils of rock s a lt In th e feed l;ox fo r the bedroom . lie hail a « team in g bowl horse to nibble a t pleasure. It will o f g ruel on Ills knee, anil his feet w ere th en tak e Ju st as tnuc!i ¡is tin a p p etite I in a pall of m u sta rd a n d w ater. crav es nnd no m ore th a n I s lie >dfnf. “ P re se n tly w e h e a rd n terrific noise o v erhead, nnd we all ru sh ed u p sta irs to see w h a t had h ap pened to poor papa. W e found th a t th e folding lied Timber Land, Act June 4,1878., hail collapsed in th e m iddle, nnd th ere Notice for Publication. h e w as stu c k In th e angle, scald in g United H tiites L»in«l Olile«*, 1 gruel In Ids lap a n d p o u rin g all over P o r t la n d , o r e if o ii, J a n u a r y , I 190*. (tatto 1 - to••n !•> given in»*' in compliance I him , w hile ni^ w a s s ittin g in a pool w ith tue |» ro vi« io iih of th* net of r o n g r e iR of I of m u sta rd a n d w a te r on th e floor, J u n e J, 1* 7» . untiti«?«! *’ A n a c t for the? p a lc o ! CTTRKa lau g h in g h erself into h y sterics. A nd, tim b e r la u d a In th e Hut It* of « u lif o r t ila , O re g o n , ¿ttv a d ii, a n d W a s h in g to n 'I « r r t lo r y /* hf oh, th e th in g s he said because sh e e x te n d e d to a l l th«- P u b lic L a m i Stato* by a r i ( d id n ’t go an il pull him out! T h a t’s of A u tfiiM !, 1K.U, It • n ja u ih i K u a p i» . of K al* iftp cll, c o u n ty of l' la ttic a « !, H im «’ of M o n ta n a , w h y I ’m overcom e, m y d e a r!”—L on ha* tl»l* «la . tiled In th U ottico h i* *worn xtate- rn« n t N o . 7«*>l, f«»r tin* p i* n h iiM ? of th e h K '4 o i i don A nsw ers. Sour Stomach Coughs,Colds, S c h o la rsh ip , M V < |u a rtu r a m i Lot* J. I a m i •» of S e c tio n K o .fi, iu l« »v\u * h ip N o .'J H , R . N o. JJ K , a m i w ill m (T« i I ¡»roof to * ln i w th n tth e la n d nook lit in m o re v a lu ab le tor it» tim b e r o r ntoue th a n for h 14ri«*tjI t u r - | a l piirptinen, *« 11 «l to «• - 1111»11 m h hi-< r iu n ii to n a lil la n d l»« for» » H * ^ in tcr a m i It «»reiver at P o rt la m i, O re g o n , on S a t iii'd a y , the l i n i d a y of CROUP, Whoopingc«!^!; G enial C lergym an (v isitin g th e vil lage school)—W ell, my little m an, w b a t 190*. do you d o in school nil d ay ? T h e March, 11«? nam e* h \ if i i «*’ h «* h : M a re e llii* H, S to re r 1 Most P ro m isin g P u p il—I w ait till It’s an d A m lr e ii J Ilo b a t i, «»f I ’o r ila m l, O re g o n , ; This remedy tan always be depended upon am! I I ’M.1 K tid b e r an«l G r a n t S m it h , « * 1 .«III! 1 1 .* . 1 tim e to get out. sir London Opinion. j is pleasant to take, it contains no opium or ! O re g o n . It i l < ¡ it to lig h t fo r 111 - good th a n to rail a t th e ill.—T en n y so n A n y a d a il p«*r*om c la im in g m lv c rn e ly the iibov« -de c rlh e d l «ml* a re re«|m*>t«*<l to III«' t h e ir e la im * In H im office on o r before ¿ a id 21*1 d a y of M a rc h , I HUM. A l. .LRN'JN 9 . D k MHKH, K c f l l t C f . a other harmful drug and may be given as confi- j k rt«n ,|y *0 « bahy as to an adult. I Price 25 tents, large i l i r SO rents. 9 # % i i