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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-20
SPEED or GAME.glRDS.
What an Old Sportsman Related to an In
oujsitiye Reporter.

What an Old Sportsman Related to an In
Quisitive Reporter.
II have held my watch on severai
kinds OF ducks and geese, but the main
part of what l am going to tell you
comes from several old hunters who
have favored me with their experience,
and one of these Old-timers in letter
says: i can tell you just about to the
sixty-third part Of a dot how much
space any one of them can get over In
an hour There is not a railroad train
that can hold candle to the side OF
the slowest duck that flies
THE canvas-back can distance the
whole duck family, if it lays itself out
10 do it. When this duck is taking
things easy enjoying a little run around
the block. as it were, it goes through
the air at the rate of abuut eighty
miles an hour. If it has business
somewhere and has to get there, 1t
puts two miles back of it every minute
and does it easily. If you don't be-
lieve this. just fire square at the leader
In string of canvas-backs that are out
on business cruise some time. Duck
shot travels pretty fast. but if you hap
pen to hit one you see if it is not the
fifth or sixth one back of the drake or
leader. A drake does not alwa ys lead,
but it generally does if there is one in
the flock; if there are more they will
seldom take the lead. If you wish to
bring down the leader you must aim
at space of st least eight feet ahead
of him, and if he falls you will find
him long distance, probably two or
three squares Off
1.-THE mallard is a slow one; it is all
he can do to make a mile a minute,
but he can do it if he wants to. His
regular rate is about fOrty-tive miles
an hour.
1.-The black duck is a slow coach.
He is about as good as the mallard,
and the fintail widgeon and wood duck
can not do much better. The red hea~.
can 60 easily, and make ninety miles
an hour as long as he likes, all day If
necessary. The blue-winged teal, and
its beautiful cousin, the greenwinged
teal, can fly side by side for one hun
dred miles in an hour and take it easy.
The gadwale. you see them here
very seldom. though we'll known
further West on the Allegheny river
and at Kishammock, though looking
| like the mallard is a smarter duck and
harder to shoot. 1t can make ninety
miles in an hour and not try hard.
MAY be you may think a goose can't
fly. Why, it can double the speed of
the fastest trains on any of our rail
roads. Of course mean wild goose.
Well. it has a big corporation, but it
can get from feeding ground to feeding
ground so suddenly that it fools oar
best wing shots.
IF you see flock of hOnkers NOV
ing along so high up that they seem to
be scraping the sky with their backs,
you would not think that they are
making close on a hundred miles an
hour. but they are. The wild goose is
not much on foot, but it means busi-
ness every time.
| 1.-The broad bill goose comes next to
the canvas back duck in speed Put
the two together and in an hour the
brOad-bill would not be more than ten
miles behind. - Wilmington DeL)
| News
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The Northern's new sieepers.


Railroaders speak in high praise OF the
new vestibuled sleepers of the Northern
Pacific, saying they are without doubt
the finest sleeping cars run upon any
road. Each car has two state rooms
one single and the other double room.
Each has its own private toilet room.
The remainder of the car is altogether
different from the ordinary sleeper. The
toilet rooms are large and much more
private. I1the old style of Pullman the
gentlemen q T0ilet room has no privacy
whatever. In these they extend across
the car and are partitioned off so that one
passing through the car sees nothing of
the gentlemen making their toilet. Each
car is supplied with hot and cold water,
and ice water as well. The water is car
ried in tanks beneath the car, and by a
new arrangement the necessity of pump
ing water for toilet purposes is done
away with. The water IS forced into the
pipes by means of air pumps. Warm
water is obtained by having the water
pass through coil of pipe encircling the
heater. The drinking water passes
through pipes upon which is placed
large quantity of ice. In the toilet room
is an air gauge carrying The same amount
of pressure in tank beneath the car as
is in the drum under the engine. This
constantly has sufficient pressure to
keep running both hot and cold water,
as well as ice water. The two water
tanks beneath the cars are sufficient to
supply the capacity of the car for sixty
hours. Should the car be cut off there is
attached an air pump, with which by the
manipulation of an employe sufficient air
can be forced into the tank to keep up
stream of RUNNING water for ten hours.
In case of fire the car is supplied with
hose which, attached to the toilet room
faucets, will give stream sufficiently
heavy to check any ordinary blaze. The
interior car is all hand finished, the trim
mings being in blue silk glace, making
altogether the finest cars yet turned ont
by the Pullmad shops.
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1t Is pretty severe test Of any doctors skill
when the pawn MT of his fee is made condi-
tiOnal upon his curing his patient Yet after
having, for many years, observed the thousands
of marvellous cures effected in Liver, Blood and
LING diseases, by DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, its manufacturers feel arranted in
selling It, as they are now doing through all
druggists, the world over, under q certificate of
cure in every case of disease for which they
recommend it, if taken in time and Civ. n fair
trial or money paid for is will be promptly re-
blood, skin eruptions scrofulous 's Sores p and
swellings, consumption (Which is scrofula of
the lungs,) all yield to this wonderful medicine.
1t Is both tonic or strength restoring, and alter
alive or blOOd-cjeansing
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THE TWO NAPOLEONS.
Both Attached superstitious Importancs
to the Letter M.


to the Letter M.
1t is not generally known that both
Napoleon |, and Napoleon III, attached
the most superstitiOus Importance to
the letter NJ. This will be understood
when it is remembered thatMarbOeuf
was the first to call attention to the
genius of young Bonaparte at the mil
itary college, that Marengo was Ma
poleon's first great victory, that Molae
was the General whom he superseded
in the command of the French army
in Italy, that MOrtier was one OF his
best Generals, that it was MOreau who
BETRAYED him, and that Murat, King OF
Naples, was the first martyr to his
cause. Marie Louise shared the Gull
minating point of his fortunes, Mos
COW was the scene of his greatest dis
aster. and it was Metternich who de-
feated him in the fed of diplomacy.
No less than six of his Field Marshals
and twenty-six of his best Generals
had names beginning with M. and
Maret, Duke of Bassano, was his most
trusted confident. His very first
battle was that of Moulnotte, and his
last that of Mont Saint Jean. subse-
quently and more universally known
as Waterloo. Among his victories
were those of Millesimo, MOndOvi,
Montmirail Monterean and Montmar-
tire. His first Chamberlain was M. de
Montesqieu, his last residence in
France was at Malmaison. He sur
rendered himself to Captain Maitland
of Her British Majesty's ship Bellero-
phon, and his attendants at ST. Helena
were Month dion and Marchand.
The superstition attached by Ma
poleon III, to the letter M may be ac-
counted for by the fact that his wife
was Countess of Montijo. that his
most intimate friend was the Duke of
Morny, and his most dreaded enemy
Manzini. The most glorious feats of
arms by the French. army during his
reign were the capture of the Malakof.
and of the green Mameleh during the
Crimean war. His most famous Field
Marshals were Mcmahon, Duke of Ma
genta and the Duke of MaiakOff The
great victory of SOlferino in 1859 took
place on the banks of the MinciO and
the cities of Mantua and Milan played
an important role during the cam
paign. The Mexican war and the exc
cution of Emperor Macmillan caused
his power to wane perceptibly.
Malmesbury was the name of his most
intimate friend in English political
life. Sedan, which witnessed his fall,
is on the banks of the Meuse; the sur
rende of Metz rendered his restora-
ton to power impossible, and Moltke
was the name of the man to whose
genius he chiefly owed his defeat.
Y. Times.
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THE AGE OF MEOiOCRITY.
Reflections and Reveries of a Wise Poet
Philosophers.

Reflections and Reveries of q Wise Poet
Philosopher.
The age of great men is going; the
epoch of the ant-hill, of life in multi
plicity. is beginning. The century of
individualism, if abstract equality tri-
umphs, runs great risk of seeing no
more true individuals. By continual
leveling and division of labor, society
will become every thing and man moth
ing. AS the floor of valleys is raised
by the denudation ana washing down
If the mountains. what is average will
Use at the expense OF what is great.
The exceptional will disappear. A
plateau with fewer and fewer undula-
lions, without contrasts and without
'ppositiOns-such will be the aspect
II human society. The statistician
Will register growing progress,
md the moralist gradual de-
line; on the one hand, progress
If things; on the other, decline OF
souls. he useful will take the place
If the beautiful. industry of art. polit-
ical economy of religion. and arithme-
ic OF poetry. The spleen will become
he malady of leveling age. Is Thu
indeed the fate reserved for the dem.
'cratic era? May not the general
vell-being be purchased too dearly a,
'uch price? The creative force
which in the beginning we see forever
tending to produce and multiply diff
ferences. will it afterward retrace its
-teps and obliterate them one by one?
And equality. which in the dawn of ex-
stence is mere inertia, torpor, and
leath, is it to become at last the
Natural form of life? Or rather, above
he economic and political equal
ty to which the socialist and non
-oclallst democracy aspires, taking it
90 often for the term of it's efforts
will there not arise new kingdom of
nlnd, a church of refuge. republic
II souls, in which, far beyond the
legion of mere right and sordid utility.
beauty. devotion. holiness, heroism.
enthusiasm, the extraordinary. the in
Unite, shall have u worship and an
abiding city? Utilitarian materialism.
barren well-being, the idolatry of the
desh and of the Il of the temporal
and OF Mammon, ARE they to be the
goal OF Our efforts. the final recon-
pense promised to he labors of our
race? | do not believe it. The ideal
OF humanity is something different aud
higher. But the animal in us must be
iatlsfed first; we must first Danish
from among us all Suffering which has
its origin in social arrangements. be-
lore we can return spiritual goods.
Fl ON Amiel's j ,-..,,
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THE SOUTHERN CROSS.
A Constellation Which Australians Have
Chosen for an Emblem.

Constellation Which Australians Have
Chosen for an Emblem.
l have seen the announcement of a
book called Under the Southern
Cross" That means a great many
countries, over half a hemisphere, says
a traveller writing from Australia. for
the cluster is visible in ten and fifteen
north latitude, or even further north
OF the equator. have often mentioned
the brilliance of the stars of the south,
and here was this beautiful constella-
ton of the cross (crux) wheeling
around us, barely dipping to the hori-
ION at her least or lowest sweep. The
Consul-General for Australia said to
me one day: Captain, do navigators
use the north star and southern cross
as beacons or guides when projecting
their courses over the vast northern
and southern Cceans?" l looked at
him a moment and saw he was not
quzzing me, for he was an educated
man, and replied: mo, sir; not as a
rule. The star Polaris will do in the
north Atlantic-i. e., when she has,
say, an altitude of reasonable height,
but is seldom used now, in these days,
and south of twenty degrees north lati-
tude never, for then she is seen too
dimly. The southern cross never, for
only when it is on our meridian is it
directly south, although Polaris, on
the contrary, varies from the true north
only small amount; she is north her.
SELF May | ask why you propose this
question, STRIP He said that on the last
Sabbath in church the clergyman an
nOunced that the marines made con-
slant use of the north star and the
southern cross as guides over the track
less ocean. and he (the ConsuO was not
SO sure of it. 1t is said that King Cete-
wayo, when in church in England,
heard the minister make such a foolish
remark that he arose, gathered his
toggery about him. and said gravely
to his attendants: Come. let us 90. -
should have done the same if had
been where our Consul was. It is thus
that often learn how men appear, no
matter how great they are, when they
do not know what they are talking
about; for instance, the Kennebecker
talking about spiritualism or any kind
OF religion.
Well, the Australians have captured
the beautiful cross of stars that wheel
over their heads, chosen it for an en-
Diem (of trials, perhaps, or to apply to
themselves as a crucial test), and
placed it in the field of their flag, with
the English Union Jack in the upper
left-hand corner They are ahead SC
lar as the cross is concerned, and prob
ably the book means Australia" and
us crucial est.-Boston journal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-20
A MOTHKE'S LOVE SAVES HER
TEN YEAR OLD CHILD.

My little girl, ten years of age, had Brights
disease. Her ankles, feet and eyes were terribly
swollen; Four of our best physicians attended
her, but her life was despafred Of A mothers
love surmount all difficulties, and determined
to try DR.. David Kenndys Favorite Remedy,
made at Rondout, N. Y. Bright's disease! How
for one by one the well-known symptoms OF
the disease left her. Words fail to express my
gratitude, and | cannot too earnestly recon-
mend the FavOrite Remedy Her recovery was
entirely due to the Favorite remedy, which was
the only medicine taken after her case was
abandoned by the physicians-Mrs. Laura A.
KemptOn, West Rutland, Vermont
DR.. KENNEDY's FAvORITE REMEDY, made at
Rondout, NY. 81; 6 for IS.
Send for book, hOwto cure Kidney, Liver and
Blood disorders.
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"A Philadelphia tool manufacturer
mstructs his workmen to hold large
steel tools in north and south line
wnlle they are being tempered. He says
that many years ago he noticed tina,
such tools would often fly apart when
being tempered if held ..east and
west" and that the liability to such
accidents was greatly lessened, if no,
entirely obliterated, if the tool was
held north and south"
An English doctor saws that of
l,o4O cases of govt only one was that
OF total abstainer, and his ancestors
were beer and wine drinkers.
AN old lady residing in Michigan
has very large white cat over ten
years old to which she has become 40
attached that she has made provision
In case her demise occurs first. that a
be put to death and buried with her
An Alabama woman heard 4 ghost
In the house. Her husband heard moth
Ing but rats. She stuck to ghosts and
he to traits, and they began suit for
divorce the next day on the ground Of
ancompatability OF temper
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RIO 40 is Wen Is -. VS. how i
lar attainment in morals: but IN
Know what one ought To do. and then
do it. is more than a fair attainment
Many conscientious person is SO sadly
denclent in moral perfection as to fall
very far short Of well-doing even while
:oing his best order to 10 what is
flght it is essential to know what r;ub,
5 IL is not enough to keep up to ones
'wn highest standard, but ones own
highest standard should I've correct
standards. S Times
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swept by the Tide Of Popularity
To the topmOst pinnacle of success, Hostetters
Stomach Bitters stands a shining proof of what
genuine merit, backed by the 1iving orce of
proven facts, can attain. The North and South
West Indies, Guatemala and Mexico have all
contributed wide patronage and testimony OF
the most favorable kind-but unsolicited-to
swell the reputation OF this sterling remedy.
Among the maladies for which the most con-
vincing public and professional testimony
proves that it is a benign curative. are chills
and fever, bilious remittent, dumb ague and
ague cake. dyspepsia liver complaint, nervous
ness, debility, kidney and bladder complaints.
1t mitigates the infermities of age, hastens con-
valescence, has tendency to prevent i'll con-
sequences from exposure and exhaustion. Per-
SONS of sedentary habits and laborous occupa-
tions will find it an ever useful tonic.
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Sure cure for blind, bleeding and itching Piles.
One box has cured the worst cases of ten years
standing. No one need suffer ten minutes after
using ktrk's German Pile Ointment 1t absorbs
tumors, allays the itching acts as a poultice,
gives relief. DR.. Kinks German Pile Ointment
is prepared only for Piles and itching of the
private parts, and nothing else. Every box Is
warranted
Sold by Druggists aud sent by mail on receipt
of price, $1.00 per box. j. ]. Mack & Co., Whole
sale Agents, San Francisco.
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White Elephant of Siam, Lion of Eng.
land, Dragon of China, Cross of Switzer
land, Banner of Persia, Crescent of Egypt
Double Eagle of Russia, Star of Chill, The
Circle of Japan, Harp of Erin.
10 get these buy a box of the genuine
Dr.. G. MCLANE's CELEBRATED LIVER
PILLS, price % cents, and mail us the out
side wrapper with your address, plainly
written, and cents in stamps. We will
then mail you the above list with an ele-
matte cards.
FLEMING Bros, PITTsBuRG, PA.
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Have you tried Tansilps Punch Cigar

You don't have to take oar aco7d for the
good quality of D. bbip's Electric Soap.
just get one bar of your grocer, and | t it
tell you its oaca story next Mo7tlay, and
be governed by that, good or bad. Re.
member D0bbi7a's Electric.
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J. II. Fisk, Chemest and Assayer
81 Washington ST., Portland, o. Packages b,
mail or express promptly attended to.
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DR.. Williams Indian Pile Ointment is the only
sure cure for Blind, Bleeding or Itching Piles
ever discovered. 1t never fails to cure old
chronic cases of long standing
Judge COffinbury, Cleveland, O., Says:
81 have found by experience that DR.. VIII
l1am's Indian Pile Ointment gives immediate
relief"
Do not suffer an instant longer Sold by Will
l1amsons Manufacturing Co., Props, Cleveland,
Ohia. SOC and ST.
Sold by L. Blumauer & Co.. Wholesale Drug
glsts, Portland, Or.
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Be sure to read H. T. Hudson's advertisement
In this paper He carries the largest stock at
lowest prices.
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For Bronchial and Asth matte Com
plant and Coughs and Colds, f" Br0,Un's Bro,:-
chat 1Toches" have remarkable curative prop
critics. Is cents box f1~r
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We grow wise as we grow older.
but It is by forgetting what We thought
We knew.-Life-
There's nothing like being all bro
ken up to make q man see the necessity
OF mending his waya-Burlington Free
Press
Young men are apt to think
themselves wise enough. as drunken
men are apt to think themselves sober
enough.
Reflect upon your blessings OF
which every person has many. not on
your past misfortune. Of which all men
have some.
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True religion Is not merely winter-time ex-
perience; tits perennial and eternal life
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Lay down a method for everything and stick
to it inviolably -
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Look out for H. T. Hudson's advertisement,
next week in this paper. -
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Taking it altogether there never was a
time when our country was enjoying
greater prosperity than at the present
moment, and yet there are thousands of
people in thu land who are fussing and
fuming about hard times, No doubt but
what many of them are honest in their
complaints, and it is often because they
have not found the right kind of work or
the right way to do it. Now if business
is not moving along with you satisfac-
torily. take our advice and write to b. Fl.
Johnson & Co., Richmond, Va. 1t is more
than likely that they can help you, at any
rate it would cost you nothing but q post.
age stamp to apply to them. ns $50
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No Cure No Pay.

No man is so insignificant as to be sure his
example can do no hurt.
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Piles! PlLESi, PuLEs,u

One half OF the world must sweat and groan
that the other may dream.
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PERFUMES OF FLOWERS.

How to Produce and Store Sweet Odors
for Parlors and BOudoirs
Boxes of heliotrope, mignonette and
pansies, placed in windows, will
sweeten the air of all dwellings,.
The seamstress and all of the labor.
ing classes should have sweet-scented
plants blooming in their windows to
keep the atmosphere fresh and pure.
and act as disinfectant. We can also
use the petals of roses, violets, pinks.
tuberoses, etc, to produce a sweet per-
fume for the parlor Or boudoir; and by
the aid of modern science it can be
very easily done.
Fill small. wide-mouthed jar with
ether, and use glass stopper, dipped
in glycerine. to thoroughly exclude
the air. Fill this jar with the fresh
petals of any fragrant plant, cut after
the dew is dry; and only the petals
should be used; but clusters of hello
trOpe can be cut off close to the stem.
Ether possesses the property of taking
up the fragrant PARTICLES from the
flowers, and every day the old petals
must be taken out and new ones added.
Quantities of flowers are required, but
when the ether is ALI evaporated il,
will leave an essen al oil of the
flower. and three Or four drops of it,
added to deodorized alcohol, will give
delicious extract.
All delicious odors can be imprisoned
in deodorized alcohol. which is made
by filtering pure spirits through ami
NAL charcoal or bone-black in powder
1t can be used over many times. and a
thick flannel bag, with wire run
around the top. will make good filter
Fill it with bone-black and pour in the
alcohol. hanging the bag over bowl,
so that the liquid will drop into it.
Take jars as described above and ill
half full with alcohol. and then fill up
with peach leaves. lemon peel. slices
If pineapple. raspberries, cherries,
.rawberries- indeed, any thing from
.aieh you may desire to extract es-
:. ICE, and you will have as fine an as
sortment of essences as the mann-
racturer can furnish you. Household
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Chronic Nasal Catarrh positively cured by Dr..
Sage's Remedy. so cents, by druggists.
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wept by the Tide OF Popularity

lfhQrs
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He who has no silver in his purse should have
silver on his tongue.
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To keep good actions in memory refresh them
with new =
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There aremore people who can forget them
selves than goern themselves.
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SURE CURE FOR PILES.

Wit is fully, unless wise man hath the keep.