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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
MY FAIR LOVE
fHarper's Meekly-l

fHarper's Neekly.l
Little keen tll .ai bird
Had L tnoa ever bearl
How sEeeter than sweet b.rries
Are fha lip, of nv fair love,
Tnon'i Quit that perch assove.
And dro ~ where. mu sing free,
She dream but not Of mat-beneafh the
fruited tree
O, tusy bee, could~t tell
How than each honeye1 bell
Spiee3 pink, or iewy rose
That in the morning glows
Is sweeter my loves kiss
TDoQ7dst spread, for such rare bli =.
Thy glapcing wings and light
But lightly lighti-to drink from her rel
lips SO bright
] would, o bird o haei
NY love-S0 coy 10 Tue-
Should let me- steal anigE
Her lips, that We might die,
l. ST in boundless gain
OF sharp. delicious pain.
I'd creep TO breathe her breath
Into your shells, content to die Your blissfui
DEATH
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
BoTTLE-NOSEO WHALES.
Capture of one of Thes- Rare Cesaeeans
on Atlantic Civ n l.

Capture of One of Tae>- Rare Cesaeesns
On Atlantic City, -. y.
One OF the late valuable acquisitions
OF the National Museum at Washing
ton Is bottle-nosed porpoise, or whale.
Ii was recently caught al Atlantic City,
n j., BY the United States life-saving
crew. The animal had stranded itself
in shallow water.
The whale is not what would he
called monster in size 1t is l2s feet
In length and weighs about LOGO to
l.oOo pounds 1t is a fllll-grown female.
belonging TO species that does not at
tain great size. The males grow some
times TO length of ID feet The whale
Is considered a great prize by natural
lists on account of the rarity of animals
OF this kind Prof. True said that this
was the sixteenth of its kind captured
In the North Atlantic. These whales are
cosmopolitan in character and occur in
other seas, but this is believed to be
the nrst one ever seen by naturalists
Such whales have been caught by fisher
men, and their skulls and portions of
their skeletons have been saved. There
is skull of one at Harvard, which was
captured in 1867. The best known rela-
tive OF the botttle-nose is the sperm
whale The head of the whale is small
and terminates in long slender jaws,
forming a proboscis from which its
popular name of bottle-nose is derived.
The males are marked by two teeth
that stick up out of the lower Jaw, one
on either side. Sometimes these teeth
curve around or lap over the upper
Jaw In such a manner as to make il
doubtful whether the animal could
open its mouth. The bottle-nose feeds,
it is supposed. mainly on cutie fish. 1t
has breathing hole on top of its head
and pair of small eyes located well
down on the side. The color of the
whale as if appea red to-day was black,
with light gray sh shade on the belly.
The color of the whale when in its
natural element is dark gray, but the
color changes rapidly. after the animal
is brought ashore.
The whale was photographed soon
after it was brought TO the museum
grounds Several views were taken
from a window above the spot where
the cetaeean lay. Arrangements are in
progress for taking cast of the crea-
ture with view to having an exact re-
production of ii in size and other re-
spects made in papier mache. For this
purpose the tail was cut off, as this
part will be cast separately. A plaster
mold will be taken from one side of the
animal, and then it will be turned over
and similar mold taken from the
other side. Separate casts will also be
made OF the head with the mouth open.
so as 10 show the structure of the Jaws.
When this is done the carcass will go
TO the PSYCHOLOGIST. The flesh will be
stripped from the bones, which will be
placed in the maeerating watts. In the
course of months they will Issue forth
glistening white, be rearticulated by
the osteologist. and mounted as a per
feet skeleton III the department OF
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
The Moral of Flirting.

A priest whose education has been
according to rules of respectable So
ciety, is unspeakably surprised when
he hears for the first time some young
woman, apparently of careful con-
science. ask him if it is a sin to firt?
For what is called flirting? 1t is sim
ply. deliberately and wontonly
acting In a way to attract the
attention of particular persons of
the opposite sex; to make signals
which are understood as marks of pref
e7ence for. or a desire of acquaintance
with some young man or men whom
she may chance to meet on the street.
A sin to firt? How can You ask such
a question: Why, outwardly, and at
first appearance, the acting is not very
different from that Of an abandoned
woman seeking for custom from those
who. she thinks, viii notice her. The
intention, OF course, in your mind is
comparatively harmless. it is true; but
by outward standard, the act is simply
disreputable- Furthermore, it shows a
feeling which any Lady really worthy
of the name would hesitate to show.
even to one whose character she well
knew to be good, and who had for
long time given her respectful and care
ful attention A woman or girl who
firts seems TO be, if she Is not in reali-
ty. iost to all sense ofdtcency, and those
are almost as much SO, who shameless
~ walk up and down the avenue in
hope Of attracting attention -Paulist
EstherS
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05

Professor Fresenius- of Wiesbaden.
after a long series OF chemical analy-
ses, declares that an egg contains as
much nourishment as a pound and an
ounce of cherries, a pound and quar-
ter OF grapes. a ponnu and half OF
Nlsset apples, two pounds OF goose
berries and four pounds of pears. and
that ia pounds of grapes, 127 pounds
of russell apples, 1872 pounds OF pears
and 327 pounds OF DlnIns are equal In
nourishment to 100 pounds of potatoes
In Sweden the manufacture of
wooden honses for export 10 foreign
countries has become quite an important
industry The principal factory is that
OF the Ligna Company at Stockholm
These buildings are erected in Sweden.
then taken down, and re-erected al
their destination A recent order for
twenty houses was received from South
America, also large villa for erection
In the Paris Exhibition grounds
-Fihers OF unequal ineness. useful for
scientific purposes, can now be made
by melting rock crystal In an oxy-hy-
drogen jet and drawing 1t into threads,
then drawing these threads into the
finest fbers By attaching them to the
tail of an arrow, which is shot from q
cr0ssb0w- Threads of less than l. 10000
of an inch are produced and they are
stronger than steel Their ends can
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
THE ART OF DINING.
The Small Party of six or Eight Persons
the Traest Enjoyment

The Small Party of Six or Eight Persons
the Traest Enjoyment
Think of me with envy" Thackeray
said to an English friend in Paris who
had called to take him to a dinner
party at which both were expected.
Sir Joseph told me that, so far from
being ready, he found Thackeray had
sent an excuse based on a very slight
cold, and had settled himself to COM
plete comfort. In loose morning
clothes, with his feet to the fire, he
was established in deep armchair,
with a small table beside Linn: on it
shaded lamp. with roasted pheasant,
claret and fruit, and by way of COM
pany new French novel This made
the entertainment he had bid his friend
remember with envy when he found
himself imprisoned for two hours next
an unknown person, possibly a dull
one II thought nothing was lacking
to my comfort, but to see you in even
ing rig and know I've escaped from
what's ahead of you makes me settle
down to complete enjoyment OF my
book and my bird. Just say you called
for me, but found me covering over
the fire.
Thackeray's well-known dislike to
formal dinners is shared by many, who.
like himself, are fashion of the time
and liable TO be invited because they
are fashion, not for the real charm of
the man, which can never come out
naturally in that sort of company.
No way of meeting in society is more
thoroughly agreeable and refreshing
than the small dinner where congenial
people meet, where the SIX or eight
chosen persons at table can talk freely
together and the different minds give
freshness to each topic, and where gay
nonsense has its underlying knowledge
and bias of character. Such dining as
this is the fine Towering of civilization.
and it is best found in the great centers
where the easy play of minds together
has been a growth. But all favoring
conditions are nothing without tact,
that faculty combining all faculties
into harmonious and instant percep-
ton and execution. This is vital to
social success, and, as the Scriptures
saF of charity, 'tall else Is naught
without IT," 1t is as much lovely gift
of nature as the artists eye or the
musicians ear. an enviable, charming
gift which training and use can de-
velop, but not give.
Constantly one sees people puz-
zled because they are not the social
success they believed inevitably due
their position or wealth, or unfagging
efforts to do the right thing In the
finest way They can not see why
s-some little house round the corner"
succeeds where they fail, and gathers
the important and charming people
whose verdict makes the Law of fashion
a law unwritten but ENTHUSIASTICALLY. I.
Mail and Express
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
OLD BRITISH NAMES
The Manner in Which They Have Been
Contracted and Corrupted.

Contracted and Corrupted.
Some of the contraetions and cor
rupiions of place and personal names
in Britain are TO the American at once
bewildering and amusing. Several or
probably most of what follow have
already appeared, but at the risk OF
repeating even "a twice-told tale we
Gull the following from our scrap and
note book: Cholmondeley we find
pronounced Chumley; Maioribanks,
Marchbanks; Weyms, Weems; Hair
stones, Hastings; Eyre. Air; Geofrey.
Jeffrey; Colquhoun, Cohoon; Urquhart,
Urhart or Urkurt; Dyllwyn, Dillun:
WoldegraFe Waigrave; Cockburn, Co
burn; Mainwaring, Mannering; Cow
per, Cooper Fronde. Froods Knollys.
Knowels, Cover. Cor; Meux, News:
Kerr, Carr; Mcleod, MeCloud; St.
John. Sin jim; ST. Clair, Sinkler:
Bourne, Burn. Place names fare no
better. Thus we have Pontefract,
Pu1nfreI, Blythe. BY; AbergaTenny.
Abergenny, Kirkcudbright, Kircoobri;
Derby. Darby; Pail Nail, Pell Nell;
Rotherh, the, Redriffs Glamys, CLANS;
Gladys, Glads- Even the historic
Snifbfield becomes in the mouth of the
native Londoner Smiffie- Carlisle l.
locally Cayrl; Penrith, Perth, and
Edinburgh, .'onr own romantic town,
becomes Embro, while Sevenoaks
threatens to be known as Shocks The
Scotch Kilconquhar is first transformed
into Kinnucher and finally into the
noted kennaquhair or Kennawhere.
Cockburnspath passes through Co
burnspath into a final Coppersmith,
while the finely sonorous Druidhall de-
generates inBo the pleheian Droodle--
American Notes and Queries
prince Bismarck and Pope Leo
Kill. says NJ de Blowifz- the cele-
brated correspondent ARE the only
men-l have seen nearly all the great
personages of the time-whO have not
disappo :nfed me. hut have even sur
passed my ca pecfations-
A Mobile fisherman is known by
the singular appellation of Pork and
Beams The name was originally be-
slowed on him as a nickname. bat In
course of time he adopted 1t regularly.
and has since used it i'm all his busi-
ness transaction, his family name be-
ing entirely forgotten
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
FEMININE DRESS.


sBab" Thinks That Man Does Not N
derstand It.
How willing the general man is to
take all the burdens of femininity on
his shoulders Mankind resumes the
responsibility of corsets and high-heel-
% shoes; he troubles himself about
petticoats and he thinks women ought
not to earn their own living. As far as
the last goes am with him rapturous-
y and enthusiastically. shake him
BY the hand and ask him to produce a
man and brother to earn bread and
butter and jam for every woman who
hasn't got it. From Miss Muffet down
We would all to like sit on the tufet
and be fed with curds and whey There
Is no reason in the world why a man
should object to a properly made high
heeled shoe If it fits you well it
doesn't hurt your foot half as much As
one OF those dreadfully broad so-called
common sense ones in which slender
'eet waddle around and are male un-
comfortable The high heel keeps you
Out OF the mud; if you are small wo-
man ii adds to your dignity and it IL
too altogether womanly-looking for any
thing. Whenever / see, in a hotel cor
rldor, pair of men shoes, and just
beside them, waiting to be brushed, a
pair OF common-sense, broad. low-heel-
90 denominations. am always certain
There Is woman in the room who OBJ
lecls TO fleeing the walters, who wears
Loose corset, who is fat-chested and
won't let her dress-maker put any
Cotton IN 10 make her look better. and
who thinks il is perfectly silly in John
10 expect to be kissed at any time ex-
oept when he is going of on long trip
or II 1t should be discovered that he
was dying, and somehow / have an
IDEA that John himself has long ceased
10 hunger for those kisses
Now, why should a man bother about
The health of petticoats? He doesn't
nave 10 wear them The Lord didn't
oollo him so that he was to have them
hung around his hips. and when He
made women he did. Those marvels of
lace and silk were thought OF, and it
was known that their appearance would
Dc entirely spoiled if they were slung
rom her shoulders by pair of braces
axe any wild country where civilized
Dress Is unknown where the natural
woman IS found and You win discover
mat she carries her baby on her hips
ana pitcher of water on her head, but
mai she sings nothing over her shout
0ers. think it is only necessary for
mankind to trouble themselves about
"e way We wear our petticoats when
We raise an obisc ion to the adjustment
" his trousers For my own part he
oan wear them by string about his
uock Ii he wants to. though l don't
1iink ne would look pretty in that way.
ano perhaps il would be better for him
w SICK to his braces m. Y. Star.
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AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.
why jewellers in the Antirodes Expeet so
Much fraxn the >f.f.

Much from the state.
III We ind our presidential year q
serious financial Inconvenience by rea-
son of the uncertainties connected with
every canvass, how much more. should
one think must not the colonial capi-
iaiisf fees the presence and the risks
of politics in his life. when. for him. a
general election is always possible. is
very often expected. and may at any
nine lead to important changes in the
business policy of the government. and
SO OF the whole communityl But the
eolonlst, used to the vigorous political
activity amidst which he has so LONG
hFed, makes few or no complaints OF
these risks He seems to enioy the
game. When / asked people, during
my travels bow they could endure to
hear so much OF their government. they
were generally surprised to learn how
little many Americans have occasion TO
remember. from moment TO moment.
what their legislatures are actually do
ing Government by responsible min
lslrles Is always picturesque. even if it
Is not dangerously drastic; and the
ct-onlsf thinks so much about the
latest great political speech and the
most recent ministerial crisis that he
hardly knows how freeman could
live and be so completely without
dread as We here in America often are
concerning what may happen next in
the political world A presidential
canvass. like our recent struggle. is for
Us refreshing draught of genuine ma
tlonal politics. after a number of wears
OF comparative d.: mess But the colo
mist Is used to excitements that for him
are almost As great, and that perhaps
once session. This doubtless is one
reason why he expects SO much from
the State If the gods will ALWAYS be
appearing TO mix in the affairs of daily
life, then, to be sure, even the herds.
man must try TO get the gods to do his
work for him. With us the gods often
inhablt for years a heaven all their
own, and we are thankful enough ii
they mind their own business, and dc
no more serious mischief than some
how to spend the revenues
Royce. in Atlantic.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05

MIR. Sogus--Nhat meks dat Miss
Spacer ser kinder lon'sum t'night?'
Mr. Wheets-.-D boys amt quite suah
whedder dat 'rangement stickin' out
of her bodice is one OBJ dem new
fash'ned lawneftes er a razzer, an
dey's shy Judge
Citizen - How much do you
weigh, Pat?" Pat-4.SOmetimes 400.
sor. and sometimes 900" How do
you make that outgu We'll, sor, I'm
driVin' for a coal dealer, and / always
weigh the difference betwane The coal
End the ton, n-UaxzaS iftinaA
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
SHETLAND PONIES.
An Importer Tells Where and How the
Little Horses are Obtained.

Many erroneous ideas prevail in re-
gard to the trade in Shetland ponies;
in fact, the vast majority of Americans
know very little about the manner in
which these animals are raised and the
character of the people who raise them.
For instance, it is the popular belief
that the buyer goes TO Shetland and
picks up drove of ponies as easily as
he would flock of sheep in Texas.
But such is not the fact, by any means.
The large island is about forty-fve
miles square, very rough and hilly,
and is populated by small farmers
The climate is quite severe in the
winter. These farmers own small
patches of ground, and live in small
stones houses generally. Every farmer
owns one, two, three or more Shetland
mares. from which they raise the
ponies, and shelter them in rude
sheds. The animals live principally
on potatoes, turnips, and a peculiar
kind of spear-grass, indigenous to
that country. As soon as the warm
spring days come the country is visited
by buyers from England and the CONT
nent, who come TO catch bargains for
the nobility. The ponies are in great
demand for the Weather classes of
England, who buy them for their boys.
These Shetland farmers are a common.
ordinary set of men, not what you
would call really intelligent, but they
have keen eye single to a good bar
gain in selling pony. and the buyer
has to use as many tricks of the horse
trader in that country as In Yankee
dom To gather the last drove of
ponies / purchased there had to ride
over a large portion of the island
over hills and through ravines covered
with picking up one and two
ponies here and there. The price for
a pony is usually f5, and it costs from
fS TO E10 each TO ship them across the
North Sea to Aberdeen, Scotland. By
the time pony is landed in America
it has cost the shipper about $i75- Sey-
eral of them always die on the sea- Out
of sixty-one in the last lot ] lost thirty.
The smallest full-grown thoroughbred
Shetland pony is thirty inches high and
the largest only forty inches high But
there is large trade In the United
States in ponies raised In the north Of
Ireland. and they are sold here for
Shetland ponies But they are not
Shetlands- They are bred with other
horses and are larger than the
genuine specimen---St Louis Globe
Demo<rat
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05

She looked sharply at the steak as the
butcher placed it on the scales. and "a
he was wrapping it up she observed:
You don't dehOrn your cattle, /
seen
mo. ma am"
What do you think of the idea2n
-Nere- gave it any thought ma amp
81 wish you would. SO that the next
time / come In You can tel me why
tEey should say OF and throw away
two or three pounds of horn instead of
finding . way to sell them with the
stake At sixteen Giants per poundr'-
Detroit Free Press
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
THE TOWN OF SHELTON.
Inducements Offered to Enterprises mad
Manufactures
THE REASONS WHY SHELTON
PoRTANT CITIES PUGET SOUND

SHELTON incorporated of about 500 inhabitants located
on Big Bay the Southwesey arm of Puget Sound 1t
is of Mason County fully
upt needs of the people for come being large
twotory public school building with departments present
work under the instruction of teachers Among
the substantial buildings purposes
splendid twosory Courthouse 4Sx4S and Hail. 32x1OO
fitted up for theatrical and public purposes
being built the upper floor purposes
Though years DID, the growth steady
and during tpast few months rapid Many
represented and several industries be started be-
@ present operation factory
engines employ about 50 hands construction
THE >AT>0P RAILROAD
been operating here for three and they have substantial per-
buildings warehouse and the railroad This company
has IA miles of main line operation nearly
etracks and spurs parts contiguous
line of the railroad The Satsop largest logging
Puget Sound and during the busy average
RATS scaling about 100000
mills lumber that our main article of
export
The Mason County Central Railroad enterprise will be
operation with the opening spring. and promises be
the development and opening the region
well the town They also have sawm of fair capacity
ply demands Also the Port
will pass through Shelton and line of direct
by rail with California and he East
beauty elegant ground
side superb of the hoay monarch Mt Rainier be
every weather upland opposite
obtained fine view of the Olympic mountains with their
and snowcappd peaks which lie between Hoods the
Pacific
Without doubt Shelton, lying does in sheltered
facing of the piest bays of this region possesses eligible
that hardly be improved upon
tered from continuous streams from the of of which
being made supply the with abundant pure water
fall of more than fifty feet.
These few OF advantages and they worth investigating
There BOOM headng of umpets Shelton proportion
ae growing rapidly than point the Sound Town
from $50 upward. For further information address
DAVID SHELTON.
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ABOUT PRAiRIE-DOGS

INK Visitor to One u Thear sToUus~
says Of Yham.
ine prairie-dog Is no more like dog
snan be is like an elephant Instead Of
oine carnirorous Gamma nth ds.-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05

Mankind worship success. but think
ZOO little OF the means by which it is
attained
No matter what a mans work is,
ne Is better man for having a thor
ougf -mindz1rilling- -Beecher.
Fred L. Anies, who is worth $70,-
000, 600. is supposed to be the rich
est man in Boston He lives in the
finest house In the city, enterfains g0r-
geously and is regarded as the aristo-
GRAFT of the aristoerats- Nevertheless.
his grandfather, old Oliver Ames the
first. use 10 peddle sh0vels of his own
make In that town