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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-14
NAVAL. STATISTICS.
A Comparison of the Navies of Germany
and the United States.


The German navy, April l. 1888, had
twenty -nine iron-clad ships, of which
thirteen were sea-going irOn-clads.
with armor thickness at water line
from to II inches; twelve coast
defense armOr-clads. all excepting
one having S-inch armor, and four
deck-prOtected cruisers. Besides these
there are about. 122 torpedo boats.
first and second class and the numbers
are being continually increased.
There were also put in construction in
January, 1899, two frigate cruisers,
three corvettes and two dispatch boats.
The most powerful vessel OF the Ger
man navy is the KONG Wilhelm, which
has an armor twelve inches thick amid
ships at the water line, tapering grad
ually downward to a thickness of seven
inches at seven feet below the water
line. Two other ships carry sixteen
guns each. The entire iron-clad fleet
carries 173 guns, the heaviest of these
weighing thirty-six tons. ana the en-
tire tonnage OF the feet is over 1OO. COG
tons. The German navy has also six
unarmored sea-gOing ships intended
for offensive warfare and constructed
for great speed. Four of these have
a speed of sixteen knots per hour, the
other two nineteen knots The Ger
man navy is commanded by seven Ad-
mirals, who have under them S23 Off
GERS of all kinds, including engineers
and surgeons, and IA, 743 nOn-cOmmis-
stoned officers, men and boys, marines
and sailors. The navy of the United
States can not at all compare in eff
cheney with the German navy, but it is
prOspectively better than may be sup
posed. Our navy has been, of late
years, mere cipher in the ornaments
of the world. In September, 1886, our
navy contained but twenty-four vessels
fit for service exclusive of such of the
steel cruisers as were then completed,
and the old monitors, none of the latter
being really fit for active use. But a
great deal has been done during the
last few years toward building new
vessels. Since 1885. $50. 773, lip have
been allowed for naval purposes, out
side of the s., 100000 in the naval ap-
preparation of March, 1889, and since
that time twenty-five steel vessels have
been ordered, which include different
sorts, having a total tonnage of 63, 500
tons. armed with two -12-inch, twenty
six 10-inch, twelve 8-inch and eighty
one 6-inch guns. The above batteries
do not include the dynamite guns, the
tOrpedoes, the Hotchkiss rapid-fire
guns, and the Calling revolving guns.
One of the most remarkable of the new
vessels is the dynamite cruiser Vesu-
vius. which is fitted out to carry three
of the new Zalinski dynamite guns.
This is an exceptionally fast vessel.
running from twenty to twenty-One
knots an hour. The navy Of the United
States is commanded by one Admiral,
one Vice-Admiral and six Rear-Ad-
mirals. who have under them 965 Off
GERS. from cadets to COmmodores.
There is a marine corps of 1850 men
and officers, and besides 1900 enlisted
men and $50 boys.-Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-14
Prince AIexander's Shadow.

Now that Prince Alexander of Bat
tenberg, has accepted the consequences
OF his marriage, and retired into COM
parative obscurity for the moment, all
the story of his short. though brilliant,
career will be forgotten; but no ones
life has been more full of incidents of
romance. He was adored by his army,
which would have followed him to the
death, and by his own immediate fol-
lowers, to whom he was real hero in
every sense of the word. Through his
Servian career he was attended by a
tall and handsome jaeger. who never
left him for a moment and who on
many occasions ran great risk of
losing his own life in his de-
termination not to lose sight of his
master. At night he slept on a couch
in the ante-room outside his bedroom,
and at least one plot to assassinate
Prince Alexander was frustrated by his
vigilance. After Prince Alexander left
Bulgaria. the servant who followed his
master disappeared, and the solution
of the mystery-for mystery it was to
those who knew the Prince-was then
discovered in the fact that the hand
some jaeger was woman in disguise,
who, being madly in love with Prince
Alexander, determined to devote her
life to guard him from danger during
his stormy reign in the Bulgarian
kingdom. What became of her was
not known, but she was not seen again
with the Prince after he left Sofia
Chicago ualald
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-14
MARVELLOUS DEPRAViTY.
How Gang of French Burglars Abuse,
One of Their Victims.

How a Gang of French Burglars Abused
One of Their Victims.
That mournful establishment the
morgue, was surrounded by bowling
and angry mob yesterday. The burg
lars who plundered the villa at Auteuil
the other night, and cut the throat OF
the caretaker of the house. were taken
to the morgue for the purpose of the
usual information" with the corpse of
the victim. and as they were entering
and leaving the dead house the people
rOared and made Intellectual dashes at
them. M. Guillot, the Juge d'Instruc-
ton, had arranged an extra dramatic
bit of business for the occasion, having
brought down to the mOrtuary M me-
Bourbon, the mother of the man who
had been murdered by the burglars
The magistrate had done this for the
purpose of making an impression on
the miscreants, who are all hardened
in crime, and whom the mere spectacle
of dead body would not move.
Allorto, the Italian, who was cap
tured the night of the burglary, was
the first prisoner examined at the
morgue. He said that when he and
his cOnfederates went into the draw
ing-room of the villa they saw Bour-
don pretending to be fast asleep on his
iron cot Thereupon they danced
around him, and Cathelin, one of the
gang, said: ''Your last hour has come,
old chap!" and struck him several
times in the face with his fists and
then with burglars chisel Allorto.
according TO his own account. made
Bourbon turn pale and green by screw
ing his wrist in wise, but the victim
still affected to be asleep, and bur-
glar named SELLER the Manchot then
said: 1--WE must finish him off," and
stabbed him several times in the chest
and stomach. After that the band be-
gan to dance, Cathelin and the fellow
nicknamed the Manchot informing the
popular ditty, ''Pere la Victaire. -
Finally Cathelin, who, as Allorto said,
is "a stage-struck, suggested that all
the burglars should place their candles
around the dead body as in the scene
in SardOu's ..Tosca. Paris Letter.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-14
PURCHASE A HOME.
why Ii Is Not Always Cheaper to Rem
Than Ii In tn HWY.

WHY - ~ >ot always cheaper TO Kent
Than 1t Is to buy.
cit is cheaper to rent than it is 10
buy, is the remark of many persons
when asked If they own the house in
which they live. There is some truth
in the statement. 1t is undeniably
true when the maker has his money in
some business where more can profit
ably be used and from which the re-
turns from the investment are greater
than from real estate. But with this
exception. it may be set down as a
general proposition that, apart from
all other considerations, and there are
many of weight, it pays a man to own
a hOme-tO have spot which he can
absolutely call his own.
The natural tendency of men is to
live up to their means. There are
few whose income is so large that, to
use popular expression, .'they do not
know what to do with it, which means
that 1t Is greater than can possibly be
expended for maintenance alone. hut
the average mortal readily finds an
Whether part of it goes in payments
on house or to the owner for it's use.
the year finds it all absorbed in one
way and another But if a man deter
mines to have a home for himself he
understanding that he has a small
income-shape his resources to that
end. Little by little he makes prog
rcss, until finally he has a roof over
his head which he can actually call his
Own-has substantial stake in the
community. and has laid a solid foun-
dation toward a competency. In manv
cases he is just home better of than
he would be if he had continued to act
upon the theory that it is cheaper to
rent than to buy
Desirable as it is in the CITY for a man
to be the owner of a home it is even
more so in the country, where one gets
his living from the land. In this coun.
try, as yet. the actual occupiers of ae-
ricultural lands are in the great major.
ity of cases the owners thereof This
is great factor in our national strength
and prosperity. There is no man who
has justly more right to feel independ
ent than he who has the means of pro-
viding at first hand all the necessities
of life for himself and family. Every
man who makes his living from the
first fruits of the earth should strive.
If he do not now, to own the land he
tills. Even now, in some sections OF
the country, the delusion that renting
is more economical has led many men
into relaxation of effort, with the re.
suit that, instead of themselves keep.
ing their noses to the grindstone, with
a reasonable hope of respite in the flu.
ture. they are compelled to keep them
there with little prospect of relief.
There are exceptional cases to which
these remarks do not apply, but the
general rule is as stated. With verv
limited qualifications to meet such
cases, it should be the aim of every
young man to get a home for himself:
and there are many men, no longer
young, who. if they would but set about
it. would find the procurement of a
home much easier, and its possession
much more satisfactory. than they have
supposed. -Detroit Free Press.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-14
IN STRAIGHT ROWS,
4 System of Planting That Will Reduce
the Work of Cultivation.

4 System of Planting That Will Reduce
the Work of Cultivation.
1t is an item to reduce the cultivation
AS much as possible-or rather, to re-
duce the work of cultivating The
greater the work that can be done
with the cultivators or plows, the less
will be the work required to keep the
soil clean and in good filth. This ap-
plies to all crops, whether in the field.
truck patch. small fruit patch or gar
en-. In addition to having the rows
straight, the plants should stand in the
rows as evenly as possible. This is one
advantage in using the seed drill; the
seed is sOwn much more evenly than it
is possible to sow by hand, unless more
than usual pains are taken. The gar
den cultivators. if properly used, will
very materially reduce the work of
keeping the soil mellow and clear of
weeds. If the plants are standing
evenly in straight rows, the cultivators
or weeders can be worked more closely
to the plants; and the closer this can
De done the less handwriting will be
needed.
With good set of stakes and a line
the rows can be made straight; and as
nearly, Or quite, all the seed drills are
provided with markers that while seed
ing one row mark the next, with care
n getting the rows straight at the
start. they can be left so. 1t is an aim
in the garden to reduce hand wedding
or hoeing. and the use of the cultivator
helps immensely in this direction
Then if care is taken to have the plants
in straight line and to work the Gull
tivator close to them. clean work can
be done much more easily than when
proper care is not taken in this way.
Farmers Call.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-14
HE MEANT WELL,
An Eastern Lady's Adventure at a West.
ern Railway Station.


ern Railway Station.
The talk turned the other day on the
rOughness of life in the West in the
early days, aud as a contribution to the
facts of the case lady who has tray.
eled much in the newer portions Of the
United States told of little experience
of her own.
Il have never had any very uu-
pleasant adventures, she said, "bui
some of the things which happened to
me were at least unconventional. One
of the drollest of them was only an un-
expected manifestation of kindness
train stopped for water, and the passen-
gers were allowed the privilege of try
ing to eat UNBEATABLE things at an enor-
nous price. A cup of black brew that
:hey called coffee was in front of me-
and was waiting for it to cool a little
and trying TO make up my mind to
swallow it. A big, clumsy, not over.
clean ranchman stood close to me, and
seeing that did not taste the beverage
he supposed that something must be
wrong. He knew that we had only
few minutes to wait, and that whatever
was to be swallowed must be made
away with at once; so in the kindness
of his heart he was moved to help me
out of my difficulty. Wants to be
stirred, don it,? he remarked, evident
y supposing that l was waiting for the
sugar which, by the way, l never take
to be dissolved. Here. I'll fix it,
Suitng the action to the word, he
whipped out dreadfully dirty jack.
knife, opened the biggest blade. and
with it gave my coffee a vigorous stir.
ring. Think of it! And he meant to
be sc kind. too!''
..And did you drink it'" asked one OF
her listeners.
..nrink it? | would have drank
poison rather than hurt the feelings o.
that great, laundering clown whc
thought he was doing me favor, and
was generous enough to have thought
20 spar. for others in place where
every body else was solely intent on
making the most of his time for his
own advantage or course drank it.
"A savoy and seasonable dish Is
Goldfish balls. made as follows: PICK fine
one quart of Goldfish, let it simmer on
the back of the stove fifteen minutes,
drain off the water. then boil gently
fifteen minutes; also boil six good
sized potatoes, mash fine to mix while
hot with the fish; season with salt and
pepper. add a teaspoonful of butter;
lastly, beat three eggs well and stir
through the fish and potato. drop into
hot lard from spoon or form into balls
and fry; lay napkin on the platter to
absorb the fat.
Milk is one of the best medicines.
Beat tea rarely contains more than
fourth of the nutriment of milk, and
raw beef juice is only equal to it in the
nutri.ive scale In diseases of the
stomach milk is invaluable and if the
patient finds it too heavy. lime. soda
or potash water may be added, or he
NAV take skim milk, which is deprived
of the fat or whey. which has no curd
and is very easily absorbed. In con-
sumption milk is an essential article OF
diet, and in Bright disease it forms an
importan. part of the treatment In
fact ne may almost say with the coun-
try minister, who took it as adjunct to
chlrssn grill. milk is good wi a.
th.sss. The Hospital. England.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-14
CHING Lung aU.PRtSEo
AVninese Mandarin Tells What He Know
of Western Women.

oil Western Women.
A travelled Chinese mandarin who
mas lately communicated his impress.
siOns OF the West to his countrymen
deals with great particularly with the
position and treatment of women in
Europe. These surprised him beyond
measure. Thus the notion of husband
and wife walking arm in arm in public
places fills him with amusement "No.
body smiles at it, he says, land even
a husband may perform any mental
task in his wife's presence, yet no one
VIII laugh at him. Then, again, the
notion OF men standing aside to let q
woman pass. and the code of politeness
which requires men to make way for q
woman. are to him incumprehensible
In China when the men are gorged
the women dine off the scraps: but in
the West ''at meal-time the men must
walt until the women are seated, and
then take one after another their
places. and the same rule must be oh
served when the meal is fin shed -
western women have curious notions
about dress and appearance. They
set store by a large bust and slender
waist, but while the waist can be com.
pressed, the bust can not naturally be
enlarged; the majority have wicker
cOnt"lvance made VIII CHI ia con-
cealed under the bodice on either
side. and is considered an adorn-
ment. 1T woman is short
sighted, she will publicly mount spec.
tacles. Even young girls in their
teens pass thus along the streets,
and it is not regarded as strange"
AS for low dresses, he observes
in bewilderment that women going
to court regard bare skin as a mark
OF respect. He is greatly exercised
now to describe kissing; the thing or
word does not exist among Chinese,
and accordingly he is driven to describe
1t. 1T is" he says, "a form of cour-
tesy which consists in presenting the
lips to the lower part of the chin and
making a sound again, children.
when visiting their seniors, apply their
mouth to the left or right lips of the
elder with a smacking noise" Women
as shop attendants. women at homo
women with mustaches, then engage
the writer's attention. and he passes on
to lat homes" and dances. besides
invitations to dinner there are invita-
tions 20 tea gathering. such as are
occasionally given by wealthy mer-
chants or distinguished officials. When
the time comes invitations are sent to
an equal number of men and women.
and after these are all assembled, tea
and sugar, milk, bread and the like
are set out as aids to conversation.
More particularly are there invitations
to skip and posture, when the host de-
cldes what man is to be the partner OF
what woman, and what woman of what
man. Then with both arms graspine
each other they leave their places in
pairs and leap. skip, posture. and
prance for their mutual qualification
A man and a woman previously un-
known to one another may take part in
:t."-Lon Ion Times.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-14

-Pulverize about equal parts of COM
mon salt and alum, put the mixture Oh
cotton batting, and apply same in the
cavity of tooth and relief will generally
follow.
Brolled salt FORK. Gut the pork n.
hin slices, lay them on a hot grid;ron.
md when they begin to cook dip the
.lices into cold water, return them to
he gridiron. and SO continue until
hey are sufficiently freshened When
aicely Drowned take them up on hot
platter, add little butter, and serve
very hot.
Salt Fish with Cream. a
pound and half of fish over night
Simmer an hour and a half, then
Train and shred. Melt one large
tablespoonful of butter and mix in it
tablespoonful OF -four; then, add a
luart of hot milk and the fish. Add
the beaten egg AMI serve. Good
Housekeeping.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-14
THE SMOKING HABIT,
How Manners and Customs Change From
Time to Time.

How Manners and Customs Change From
Time tn Time.
Nothing changes more than the out
side laws and formulas of politeness.
Within the memory of any sexagen-
arian the whole code has been altered.
Where, fifty years ago, ito take wine
with you and bow across the table was
as much an expected attention, an
obligatory act of courtesy, as to salute
you on entering the room, the man
who should do this, save at supremely
intimate and half-jocular gathering,
would be as much ''Out of it, as if he
were to lay his hand on his heart, bow
as low as his knees and assure
madam" his fair friend. that he was
hers from his eyebrows to his finger
tips. Fifty years ago no gentleman
could have smoked in the presence OF
ladies. The unmarried girl or young
wife OF a certain social status met
walking with man putting cigar
would have gone home with few
shreds less of character than she had
set out with. But who has a word 10
say now? Now we have the cigars and
cigarettes brought in with the coffee
Immediately after dinner, and no one
is offended. The men are not con-
sidered too free, the women do not hold
themselves cavalierly treated when the
dainty little appliances for lighting,
ash ;vld cutting go the round of the
table, and the fragrant "batons'' are
lovingly handled and regarded. Often,
indeed. one of these ladies will herself
join the men, and if few prim old
souls think the exhibition shocking the
younger accept it as matter of taste,
and either decline or determine to try,
according to their individual liking,
with no moral afterthought whatever.
On this special question of smoking
In the presence of ladies we offer no
opinion. Those who like it and those
who dislike it must settle the matter
between them. 1t is one of those nova
BILE and temporary items which depend
wholly on acceptance. In Spain, the
East. South America ladies smoke with
and like the men. There are reasons
for and reasons against the practice,
but as we said, these must be discount
ed, each woman for herself, and those
who will may and those who do not
wish are not obliged, but the one does
not lose the finer part of her character
and the other is not guilty of unjust
prudery unless she confounds the pfac-
tice with the person, and because she
dislikes the former condemns the latter.
Toledo Blade.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-14
iUTlCATED CURRENCY.
low to Get an Old ami Worn Out 1911 o
CDin Rnda

Coin Redeemed.
From eleven until twelve o'clock
daily the United States Treasurer
throws open to throngs of visitors at
the Treasury Department many Of the
wonders OF the great treasury of the
United States. One of the rooms into
which the visitors are taken is that ir
which are examined and passed upon
la-lge amounts of Government currency.
tattered, torn. swallowed, burned,
chewed. eaten by drugs, ETC., but sent
In to be replaced by crisp new bills.
The majority of visitors to this room.
however. scarcely have time to ask
more than few hurried questions as
to how the lady experts can detect
counterfeits from genuine bills, what il
done with the old bills redeemed, and
like questions arising from curiosity,
yet in all their work these bright lady
clerks and their supervising officials are
governed by strict department regula.
tions. which daily affect numbers OF
people who find themselves in possess
sion OF partially worn or defaced cur.
rency. Aside from the regular bust
ness of examining and sorting the large
amounts of old but unmutilated money
sent in for redemption from the differ
ent sub-treasuries. individual pieces OF
mutilated currency are all inspected
and their value determined in this d.
vision without being sent, as are the
mutilated bills, to the offices of the sec.
rotary and register.
What are your regulations as to the
redemption of mutilated currency OF
coin in the Treasurer's Officer COR
respondent asked treasury official
IF a person sends us United States
note somewhat torn, but exceeding in
size nine-tenths of its original proper
tons in one piece he replied, ''the
governor will forward the sender a
new United States note of the same
denomination as the one sent in. The
proportion of any note present is de
termined by means of glass measur-
ing instrument which is placed over
the bills to be measured. This piece
of glass is of the same size as the
United States bills, and is suitably di.
vided into squares so as to furnish a
ready means of ascertaining what pro-
portion of the bill is missing. Mutt
lated gold certificates, silver certif-
Gates and United States notes are all
redeemed at their face value if no
more than One-tenth of their proper
tiCNs is missing, while fractional cur
rency notes are redeemed at their face
value, provided no more than two
tenths of their original proportions are
missing. A still larger margin is al
lowed in the case of National bank
notes, which are replaced by the Gov
eminent at their face value if only
three-tifths of their original proper
tons are presented, provided they bear
the name of the bank by which they
were issued and the signature of one
If its officers. This large margin is
allowed because National bank bills
are less easily manipulated when pieced
than other currency on account of the
names of the banks and signatures of
their officers being different on bills
of the several banks. Washington
Cor. N. Y. World.