TH E STAYTON MAIL
have coet considerable, 'm e owners or i
ilie property did not «'are to s|wnd the
money.
*l'he city offlclala whose duty It
t. D. AltXXNDtR, Publish*
was t»> see that flretrap hotels wero not
permitted t«> run did uot Interest them
Entered at the i><wtoltk-<- at Stay ton. Oretnui. a* selves In the matter. Consequently a
mail m atter at tile second class.
number of people were burned to death.
Fort Wayne is far from being the only
All the testimony g*»es to snow m i n i town with an old hotel building which
the American hen acquitted herself as so«>n as it has gone Into smoke and
nobly.
ashes will he disimvered to hate been a
flretrap. The discovery would lie ma«lo
It la probably Just at» well that eon-
too late to save the lives of unfortun
frees never adjourns out of reai>ect to
Q n a llt r »1 Ir e « !« .
ate oceuiKtnts. Cities and towns which
As thè result ut testa ut alfnlfa. red
a dead bill.
wish to do their full duty by tin* strang
dover ami grnsa »«-od» aei-ured In Ilio
er within their gates should be stlmsl
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o|K*n market Chlef Gnlloway of thè
An Insane man has made a cent Into
to action by what has happened ut .
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, bureau of pianta Indusry inakes a re-
• screwdriver. Demonstration of bow
Fort \\ayne.
The nuthorlties of eacb
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port that ls certalnly of Interest to
• lunatic can get things twisted.
place should have Its hotels investi
fa riaers.
gated to Hml out wbather there Is u
Red Clover. O f the I 217 aamples of
A royal wedding has been held In
flretrap among them.
Where one Is
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Russia without any dynamiting. Kven ,
fouial the changes that will uiake It
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Nihilists like a change once In u w hile.
safe should be ordereil. 1 hls ts what
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contalned traces of yellow trefoll seed,
18a ^
PvldPUt,, of huvl„g orig-
A Montana man has inherited a coun- should bedone genera ly. t omim.n hu-!
nianity and regard for the Uvea of
chUe
try home from a dog. He will be both
noiue peoiue and tttran^iM'M domind It.
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I Airalfm. Of the 390 tMtnple« of nl
fashionable and grateful if he calls his l , i ■ o l , n o 1 o u 1
. k . m o i . l . i e n t i. > n o
eil. m
it'
Business considerations
require
it. l In
faifa seed secured UH, or alsmt «»lie
place “The Kennels."
some places the lesson of the Fort
Wayne lu»tel tire will 1 m » heeded. In
«-ontaliieil a truce of yellow trefoll
As for us. give ns the kind of man
others the authorities will trust to luck.
who. notwithstanding It may I k » cloudy
»•“«si. 120 contained a trace of sweet
They will assume that the gissl fortune
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to-day. believes that to-morrow will be
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clover seed, ami 111 «»»iitalnc«! a tra<K>
which has protected Inm-cun- hotels of buf p|ow teed
a sun-kissed dream.
hithert«» will staml by them. They will | nr%mm Inermls.' Of the ftft samples
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It eost a mau $4.7«V> to kiss an un not hunt for flretraps. but will wait of Bron|UH
until a Are shall have revealed their ex
willing woman. The price seems high,
contained seed u t cheat, or «'hess, 28
considering how many girls are only Istence.
contained from 2 to 3 |s*r t'eut of sisal
waiting for a chance.
It Is frequently said tliut a family of ,he
krasses, averti
eoo-
Isive is the name of the Chicago
woman who was recently granted her
sixth divorce. She should retain the
name and use It for bait.
The philosopher of the Atlanta Con
stitution says that “men like widows
because they pretend not to know a
lot of what they really do know."
Madame Paderewski paid $7,500 for
four chickens. This seems like reckless
extravagant'« until we reflect how
easily her husband make« that amount.
In celebrating Kaster the Crar of
Russia released 20.000 political prison
ers The B u « an reactionaries will
not be likely to regard this as a cheer-
*ui spring opei. g
Pvery kir. 1 of ic. gion is permitted to
flourish tn America so long as it keeps
the peace. The first Hindu temple In
the Western work! -was recently dedi
cated in San Francisco.
“The excessive talker," declared h
London clergyman, "is a human vam
pire who saps the vitality of those
about him.” Bat he meant “her" but
didn't dare say it because his w ife was
In the room.
We are delighted to see that Miss
Jean Reid’s flaiu-e “attends the king
and queen at all state and social af
fairs.” Any man with a vigorous ag
gressive life work like that ought to be
a great and constant Joy to any Ameri
can girl.
“Cuba libre" has long been a war
cry and watchword. A new kind of
“Cuba libre” Is reported by Governor
Magoon, who declures. after a careful
investigation, that the island has not
a single case of yellow fever. That is
a better kind of “free Cuba” than even
Its liberators dreamed of.
“The flag of the American frigate
fhesa|teake, taken by II. M. 8. Shannon
June 1, 1813, which was recently sold
at auction in this city, has been pre
sented to the Royal United Service Mu
seum by William Waldorf Astor.”— Lon-
don dispatch. It is an unpleasant lit
tle episode that one of the few Ameri
can battle flags ever captured by Great
Britain should be thus prevented by an
American from returning to America.
Kven an expatriate might wish to pre
vent Its permanent exhibition in an
English museum.
Appeal to authority may be so slavish
or so trivial as to dishonor the author
ity and make the appellant ridiculous.
Did Lincoln approve of reducing the
tarlft on wool, and If wood pulp had
been In use In hls day, what would he
have thought of the turiff on that?
What was I'aul Jones’ view of the need
of an American naval station In the
YappI Yappl Islands? Would Thomas
JelTerson have sanctioned a course In
Celtic in an American university?
What would Jackson have thought of
the Aldrich currency bill? These ques
tions are no more absurd than many
which are seriously discussed in Jour
nals and assembly halls. Great men
are great precisely t»ecause they act In
obedience to principles which are too
deep and broad to bind the answers to
specific questions which arise In after
times.
Now that a hotel at Fort Wayne,
lnd„ has burned down with much loss
of life the discovery Is made thMt it
was a flretrap. There Is no reason why
the discovery should not have been
made before the fire and the building
have been made less of a flretrap. It
was erected over fifty years ago and
naturally did not measure up to mod
ern standards of safe construction. To
bars mads It reasonably safe would
days;.corn, 8 to 14 day«; cresa, curled, I
It to a days; cresa, water, 12 to 14
days; cucumbers, ft to to duya ; egg
plant, 8 to 2U days; endive, ¡I to 7
days; lettuce, 3 to ft «lays; melons,
cauta loup«-«, ft to 10 «lays; melons,
water, 8 to 1ft days: mustard, 3 to d
days; onions, 7 to 14 days: parsley. 20
“I am going to have my photo» inker..
t«> Ho «lays; parulps. S to 14 days; pena,
I hop«- they Will do IIIU Justice’
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ft to 10 days; p«-p|»er, 8 to 20 days.
hop«* so, too—Justice teiiqa-red with
mercy."
W o o d Ashes.
A«h«-s made from hard w«s»d are
Mrs. Juntwe«! Why are these «-gga
more valuable than thoa<- made from so small? Gnss-r Dlckalwurst I rink
soft wood.
It Is claim«»! that aome dey were t«H>k from «1er neat t«s> soon
asln-s from soft w « hh I have not enough ulretty. Rhllutli'lphla la-dger.
value to make It worth while to bother
Teacher Johnny, wbat «1«» you un
with them It haa alao been dlacovennl derstand by that w«»r«l "d«*flclt?" "It's
that the value Is largely governed h.v what you've got, when you haven't na
the part of the tree from which the much ne If you Just hadn't nothin'.”
ashes are luaile.
It la «leclartsl by
(look— 1 undci'atnnd he marri«»! a
chemists that the ashes «if young twigs
o « mi I million. Cook
V«*a ; but h«-'a com
are of more value than the aah of |
plaining now 1 m - i ‘Siine he hasn't Is-eu
the trunk of the tr«»e. while the aah
able tn thaw out liny of It. Illuatrated
of the leaves la atlll more valuable.
Bits
“What’d Jimmy give yer f«-r yer
Thrr# llora# IIa*ItI#fr##.
I'lils here brass ring.”
A doubletree attachment to hinder j birthday V
or aulky plow «-an Is» made according “Ilow'tl yer know it ain't nothin’ hut
to the plan shown. The dimensiona brasa?" "He glv»» It b'r in«-."—4,’leve*
lumi leader.
“ le your hu*bati<l having any link
at the rac«» track?” "M<»in«- luck," an-
awerasl young Mrs. Torklna. “II*» hasn't
caught «siiti isir had hls p.s-kt'ts plcktsl.”
- Washington Star.
"Why
Is It?” ask«sl the dear giri,
cun Is- varied slightly to uccouiumdat«» "that tin- bruit-groom's attendant la
horses of dlff«-r«-nt slz«-s.
calle«! (lie 'Is-at man?....... I supj»»*«- It’s
because he la the Is-at off,’’ growled thu
H « l > l i | H h u ltsrlt.
fussy old bachelor.
. Rhubarb requires a deep and very
Mother You and Willie have Is-er»
fertile toll.
I'he great secret of su«'-
a I my cherrit-a agalli. I found the
«■«• mm In raising It la high manuring. It
stones tn the nursery.
Johnny It
la a gross feeder, him ! r«s|ulr«-s a lib
wasn't me, mother. Vatin«- I »wallowed
era! application of manure every year.
A grower wins«- small patch produ«'«*a all the stones of mine.
Muriel — Would you marry for
rhubarb of enormous size explains hls
I
want
success from lila practice of throwing ! money? ('arsone Not I ;
Murli-I Yes. I should think
soapsuds over the ground on washing brains
dava, lie had sold $3<> worth from a so. If you «lou t want to marry for
pat<-h of two umi one-half roda In a "i.»ney.-~Brooklyn Life.
single season.
"Y*»ur l«»ve, ’ he cried, "woulil give
me the strength to lift mountains!”
K a r r a N n le a .
• Dean-st," she imirtnur«-«!. "It will «»nly
When the wheels get so dry thnt Is» n«-e«-**nry for y«*u to raise the
they ratti«-, have the tlr«-s properly s«-t ; •«lust.’ " — Town Topics.
do not try to chink up tin- spokes.
"T«*ll me, brother, Is It |m#»ll«l«- to
With all claaaea of stm-k the value oi
let U«*!»*rt know that I am an h«-lr*-«*s?”
the f«»«sl is the same, whether It U sup
"Ilii» he pr«>|Msusl to you?”
*’Y«*».”
plied to the sc raw nies or the ts-st of
"Well, you may Is- sure be knows It
thoroughbreds.
alr«*ady."- The Gossip,
Teams that have been partially Idle
“ It eosls more to live than It did
years ugo," said the man who com
CONSTRUCTION.
plain« “Yes," answered the mail who
ui Joy a naslerii couretilen<-«*a, "but It’»
worth more." Washington Star.
ran live for much less In Kuglaml than ‘« ‘'“i*
of nM*»dow f* * u# " nd
in America, although the «letails are « ’ntalmnl more than 24 |K»r .•eut of
s«l«l«>m giv*‘ii lu support «>f the state-1 meadow fescue and rye gmss seed to
meat. A committee of representative gether.
Kentucky Blue Grass.—O f the 420
English working men. which visited
America not long ago. has re trie d that
of Kentucky blue grasa seed
there is practically no difference in the! ‘j o i n e d only 8 were found to be free
prlce of food in the two ctuintrìes, and from any trace of Calinda blue grass
In most of these samples the trt»«»e of
that in some parta of Kngluml provis
lons are more expenslv.» than in New Can," ta l'11“!
fooud waa l.nma
"howlng that It was harv-
York. Rent Is higher here than In tun*
But even with th«
w,,h the Kentm-ky blue grass
Great Britain.
seed. The seeds of the two plants not
greater rent the American working
rl|>eulng at the same time. It Is Im
man Is better off. for his wages an- so
probable that mature m-cd of t'annila
much higher than tints«- paid on th«
blue grass woulil Is» hnrvested with
other side that, as the committee hai
Kentucky blue grass seed. In 110
reported, the American can save two
samples, however, t'miada blue grass
d«>llars as easily as the Englishman
se«*«l was found In quantities exceed
flfty cents. The contented workman
ing 5 |s»r cent. 32 of these being Can
is the one who saves fifty cents or two
ada blue grnss seed misbrand«-«! as
dollars, rather than the one win
Kentucky blue grass see«l.
complains that hls wages are so small
The
l»o l»lo
R ue.
that he can save nothing. The news
pais-rs noted the death the other day
The potuto hug, or Colorado potato
of a man in Scotland who had never j beetle, passes the winter In the ma-
earned more than eight dollars a week
F A R M -BU ILD IN G
yet had educated two of his five ehll-1
«Iren well enough for them to enter th«1 1
learned professions, and had a surp
of movable property worth two thoi
sand dollars. There is lu u New Eng
land town a sh.*» worker who. when he
was a young man. resolved that he
A 1
would save enough out of hls wages to
M«gow#r
be able to retire and live on his Inter
CM tH
est at the age of sixty. II«* retired at
the age of flfty-cight, with a home and
a competency; yet he never received
more than flft«*cn dollars a week. It
is men of this ty;»e the world over who
are the bone and sinew of their respec
tive countries. In democracies such a»
England and America th«*y control In
a real sense the national | m >1I c |** s . The
cost of living d<*-H not trouble them
very much, for they have s<-h(H>lt-d
themselves to adjusting their imme
P L A N OF A PIOOKUY.
diate wants to the necessity of provid
The above dlngHim show» a cross section of h piggery building thirty fom
ing for -a future when they may rest feet wide, which may be of any desired length The foundation Is of atone
from their labors.
but may be built of concrete to be In keeping with the floor and the piers
which are c«»n<-ret«*. The floor Is In two layers, the lower thr«s- Inches ls»lng
O a r I k 1>
AnoRNlom.
comprised of coarse gravel seven parts and cement one part, tin* up|s*r Inch
"All our ancestors,” Bald a physi
tx-lng mixed thn-c parts sharp sand to one of cement The alley riiiiiilug
cian, /‘were pockmarked, an«l small
throughout the center of the building Is six r«-»'t wide, with n crowned fl«»>r
pox was a recommendation if you were |
one-half Inch higher In the center, to Insure Its Is-lng k«-pt |s-rf«s'tly dry
looking for work.
The fl(s»rs of the jiens are given a fall of two Incliea from the alley to the
“What I mean is that you couldn't
outer doors.
get a Job If you had not had small
The partitions nre constructed «>f one and a quarter-inch hoards cut Into
pox. No one wanted a servant who
thre«*-foot lengths. These are placed In an upright iswitlon, the bottom «-tuls
was
liable at any moment
to be
mdlng on a two-by-four and the tops capped with similar material. The loft
stricken down with the loathsome dis
above Is about «-lght f*-et high at top posts and furnishes an abundance of
ease. I lenee----- "
room for storage of straw, crat«-s, crate materials, etc. No meal f«-«-d should
He opened
a
newspaper volume of
be stored her«*, as It Is likely to be«»oiiie contaminated.
1774.
The illustration shows the ropes and pulleys by which the doors an«l
"Hen«»e ‘help wanted’ ads. read like
ventilators are o;s*n«*d and clowd from the feeding alleys. On the right side
this:
the door and ventilator are open; on the left side closed.
“ ‘Wanted, a man between 20 and 3b
years of age, to be footman and under
ture form. As soon ns the potatoes for some time should come Into work
butler In a great family. He must
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are up these hugs t>egin fee«Jlng and again gradually and their shoulder»
have had the smallpox In the natural
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laying eggs on the young leav«*s. ! he bathed with salt water.
way. Also a woman, mlddl«>-Hgeil. to
young that haft-h from th«*se eggs, as
The cutworm Is the larvne of a
wait upon a young lady of great for
well as the next broo«], nre the on«*s moth ; the worm Is of a brown color,
tune and fashion. The woman must
that do the tlamage. Therefore, It Is fat and sluggish, about an Inch long
have had the smallpox In the natura'
necessary that treatment should be be and f«-«*ds only during the night.
way.’ ”
gun as s<»m ns the young lieetle« «;»-
For bumble-foot In poultry j uint the
M n r v e l * In M l n f l n f n r e .
pear on the vines. Dust the plants ■torn lll(erally with tincture of Iodine
An English paper has an account of j w hi]e the dew Is on, with a mixture
dally for a week. If thin la «lone In
a tiny boat made by an Itnllnn and made of 1 pound I’arls green to 10
the early stng«*s the corn ean he spread
formed of a single pearl. Its sail in of. pounds of slak«»d lime or cheap flour,
If given la-fore the hogs get past
beaten gold, studded with diamond«. Another good method Is to spray the
and Its headlight, cnrrled at the prow, pinnts with n composition of 2 ounces the eating and drinking stage, the fol-
is a perfect ruby. An emerald serve» ' ot
Kreon |n ftO gallons of Bor lowing Is claim ed to be an infallible
as the rudder, and Its stand Is a slab dcaux mixture, sprnylng the vines two cure for hog cholera : To a barrel of
of Ivory. It weighs less than halt an or three times. For this purpose the good slop add one pint of Venetian re«l
ounce and Its price’is said to be $.".«>00, Bordeaux mixture should be made out and one pint of kerosene oil. Mix well.
lhe flrst rule for getting a good
The Italians are adepts at minute of 3 pounds of Milestone and ft poundn
work, for there are artists In Florence of lime to 50 gallons of water. Thla profit from poultry Is to get the chicks
who will take particles of stone and mixture will not only kill the beetle, hatched early, aud the next tn to keep
glass no larger than a mustard seed hut alao prevent the early blight from those chleka growing no fast that they
and piece them together on the head dcstroyl- : the lenv. -• nnd atenm of the will reach laying maturity before the
commencement of cold weather.
of a shirt stud with such nice adjust vine«.
A horse will never run Into any other
ment of delicate shndea of color that
burning building besides hla own, or
S>oA U r r m lp a lln n .
flower« and Inseota nre repreaented In
It require' fr< n
30 day« for even pass a bonfire If he can help It,
perfect detail, with all the truthful
asparagi
■ i to g '■ Inate; henna, hut when once he scents danger he
ness of nature.
ft to 10 day ■ bore- « > l-roc-coll, Brus trios to get to his stall— hla home— and
When a woman ha« a cow and nell« sel« «p rn r- cabbage nn>l cauliflower, when once he reaches there ean only
milk, she credit» more luxuries In the ft to 12 «¡ay»; m rrois, 14 to 21 day«; be driven away by fright or shock •»
house to the cow than «he credit« tv «•Jery, 14 t 2M da *: corn aalad, 14 perlor to hla dread of fire.
h«r husband.
j
Professional Faster 1 should like
to undertake a fast of four wos-ks In
this show of yours. How much will
you |>ny me? Showman I can't give
you any salary, hut I will pay for your
ki*«-p.
"What would you do," nskeil the «-x
riled ladltlclan. "If a paper should «-all
you" a liar and n thief?” "W ell," an Id
the lawyer. "If I w«-re you I'd toss up
n is-nt to h « h * whether I '«I r«-foriii or Ib'k
*he «*illt«ir."
Miss lllondlisk How dare you t*-ll
issiple my hair Is Idearlx-d? You know
it Is falsi-!
Miss lUvi-nwiug Y«s«,
dear, I know It Is I told them It wa«
hleaehe«! hefori- y«iu g««t It. I’hlla<lel>
(■lilii Inqnlrer.
“ I n<»tl<’«*«l she how«*d to you. Is sho
an old aequaliitaiice?" "Y-yes; we're
slightly acquainted.
In fnct, «he's n
»ort of distant relation. Slu* was tho
first wlf<* of my mh - oik I w lf«-'s husband.”
— < 'h lea go Tribune.
Officer Flynn An' so y«-/, ain't a fake,
hey. How did yes lost-yer solglit? The
Blind Person Oh, I was once <>n the
police fore«* with orders from my «*it|>-
taln not to sea anythin'. It got to he o
habit with me.— Puck.
l-oril Lewnon Why, Pat, then- us«si
to be two windmills th«-r<*. Put—Thru«»
for you, sir.
Lord Ijewson Why Is
thi-r«- hut one now? Pat Bi-dud, tln-y
took one down to lave more wind for
t'other.— I/ondon Tit Bits.
II«»— Do you remember the night I
proposed to you? She— Y«»s. d«-nr.
He— We sat for one hour, and you
never opened your mouth. She— Yes, I
remember, dear. H«» Ah, that was tho
happiest hour of my life. —The Catholic
Mirror.
Farmer Sack»— Here’s a letter nskln*
about board for th«* summer, an’ want
in' to know Is thar a bath In tlu» house.
W hit'll I tell 'em, Mlrnndy? Ills Wife
— Tell ’em the truth. Tell ’em If th«*y
np,.,| n bath we’d advise ’em to tnke It
th«*y come.— Harper's Bazar.
"Every ballot must Is- counted,” the
flrst s|s-nker had declare«). *‘I ngr«*«»
with the gentleman you have Just
lienrd,” began the otic who follow«»«!.
..but j RO „„ f„ r J(B p, „„y (j,at |n t>cr.
{„|n em ergen cies some of them must be
counted twice.”— Philadelphia Ledger.
”1 was rending a magazine article
the other day/' said the Inndlndy. "In
wlikh the writer advance«! the theory
that fully two-thlrda «>f the «llsenn«-»
that afflict humanity are due t«» over
eating.” "Well, I guenn thnt'n about
right,” rejoined
the
aentity-hnlml
bachelor at the foot of the mnhognny.
"Anyway, It It months since anyone
wan sick In thla boarding house.”- «
Chicago Dally News