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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-06

If severe, is sometimes accompanied
by quite copious hemorrhage, giving
the wound a CHASTITY and sickening
aspect. Sometimes, if the stroke is
given with great force, the wound may
be not only confused, but also lacerat-
ed. This is about as much damage as
the locust, Or even the ebony or rose
wood, is capable of inflicting; still,
when the weapon is swung with the
full force of a powerful man excited
by hand-to-hand fighting or desperate
ly defending himself against several
armed assailants, a skull is sometimes
fractured. A case of this kind is at
times peculiarly dangerous, as the fol-
lowing incident will show:
A man was brought to the station
house apparently with nothing worse
under his hat than ''brick." There
was no external appearance of any
wound. He was partially uncon-
scious, but revived sufficiently to give
his name and address, and was put in
cell. In the morning he was taken
to court, paid his fine, and was re-
leased. He was about the streets for
several days. but finally was obliged
to take to his bed and send for q ply
slcan on account of trouble with his
head. A close examination then, for
the first time, revealed the fact that
his skull was fractured. In spite of
the doctors efforts the man died.
That is, of course, very unusual
case, but it shows how great should be
the care of the surgeon in examining
what may seem to be slight wound
or no wound whatever, provided he
knows that blow has been struck. In
the above case the fracture was not felt
until Inflammation had set in around
it and emulation had caused a pressure
on the brain. This does not generally
occur until twenty-four hours have
elapsed and, as in the above case. it
may not be felt for forty-eight hours
or more. 1t is dangerous to neglect
even ordinary confused wounds, erysip-
elias being liable to set in.
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A FAMOUS AUTHORIZES.
Who "The Duchess" Is, Where She Liv,
and low She N 0rks

Who "The Duchess Is, Where She Lives
and low She " orks.
"Who is The Duchess ?'' is oues-
ton asked by the thousands who read
the novels of this remarkably popular
writer. And perhaps never has a
nom de plume more completely screened
the identity of it's owner. The Ouch
ess'' is really Mrs. Margaret Hunger
ford, residing in home of comfort and
beauty in lreland's famous county
Cork. She is an Industrious woman.
and writes d complete novel with more
ease than many of us would exercise in
writing short article. She is domes-
tic in her nature, and dislikes to talk
about her work. Her modesty is pro-
verbal among her friends, and MANY
of her neighbors in the little Irish town
where she lives are ignorant of the fact
that MADAME Hungerford, as the ,
call her, is the author of the novels
that lie on their tables. She rarely asso-
ciates her personal self with her liter
airy nom de plume in her correspond
ence with friends or strangers. The
authoress. in years, is past middle
age, but retains a youthful appearance.
She is fond of children. and their little
characteristics are often Incorporated
in her stories as she sits writing at her
window. watching them at their pla =
on the lawn beneath. 1t is estimated
that more copies of her novels have
been sold than of those of any living
writer. Any new story by her is al.
ways sure of wide reading on both
sides of the sea. OF what is generally
regarded as her most popular story.
Phyllis. more than a quarter of p
million copies have been sold. Her
literary work brings her a neat income
enabling her to live in comfort. She
has been twice married, her present
domestic relations being of the happi.
est nature. Edward w. Box, in Ladies'
Home Journal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-06

-Ihe cynlc Is man who has failed:
the woman-hater is man who has
been unsuccessful in love. The drama
Is mirror of life.-John Liston.
-Going into village at night, with
the lights cleaning on each side of
the street. in some houses they will be
IN the basement and nowhere else
Beecher.
me man who is most likely to get
MS salary raised is the one who al.
.eaoy makes his present salary more
.nan just enough. He's worth more
lor mat very reason. He's forging
anead. christian Union
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-06
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

Inc Introduction of electric light
ing In mines. it is believed, will result
III It's being possible to more effectively
guard against the caving-in of the
walls and ceilings of the mine.
recent experiments in the ear hos
pital in London indicate that stammar-
lns Is not a nervous defect only. In
operations Tor deafness in several cases
the patients were cured of stammar;no
also, and the result is the opinion that
s.ammerlng comes from some defect in
the hearing. -
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-06
COLUMBUS BIRTHPLACE.
An Honor Claimed by Several italian
Cities and q COrsican Town.

An Honor Claimed by Several italian
Cities and COrsican Town.
Four or five great cities of the Union
are now struggling for the honor of
the quadri-centennial exhibition in
1892, which is to celebrate the discov-
cry of America by Christopher Colum-
bus. 1t is. therefore, very appropri-
ate time for furnishing up our knowl-
edge of this great navigator.
We know when he was born and
died, the achievements of his life and
the discoveries he made. but, strange
to say, we do not know to certainty
where he was born or buried. The
Cubans claim that his bones lie in Ha-
wanna. and the Dominicans are posi-
tive that the remains are in the city of
Santo Domingo.
But this is a trifling trouble compared
with the war being waged over the
birthplace of Columbus.
Our school books assure us that he
was born in Genoa, but this statement
is based on insufficient testimony. No
authenticated document is in existence
proving that Christopher Columbus
was born in Genoa.
The three biograrhers his contem-
poraries, Gallo, Guistiniani and Fog
lietta, merely designate him as a ''Ge-
noese."
Now, it happens that at the time of
the birth of Columbus. the island of
Corsica belonged to Genoa, and the
Genoa Senate had granted to the town
of Calvi. in Corsica. the special privi-
lege then called city's right; so that
the Calvi people were called ''Genoese
citizens" The municipality used on
the legal and official paper the very
best seal of Genoa. with the motto.
"SigiIlum comnaunitatis Calvi."
So, then, if Columbus was born in
Calvi, he would have been Genoese,
just the same as if he had been born in
Genoa. That is one point in Calvi's
favor, and the city has many local ira
ditions to support it's claim. ,,Altogeth-
err. they believe in it so fully that on
July 80, 1886, they placed memorial
plaque upon house of Colombo street,
formerly Del Flo street (Threadneedle
street-Columbus father was a weav-
cry, where tradition says the great
navigator came into the world.
Moreover, there was at Calvi fam
lily by the name of Colombo, whose
traces can be followed in the parish
registers from the sixteenth to the
eighteenth centuries. 1t is worth
noticing, also. that, according to the
narrative made by Don Fernando of
the discovery of America, there were
on board the aotilla of Columbus a
pack of Corsican hounds, and also a
pretty good number of Corsican
natives. probably from Calvi.
The above facts, recently published
in Europe, do not settle the disputed
question relative to the birthplace of
Columbus. but they indicate that
strong tradition is in existence. &C
cording to which his birthplace would
be the seaport of Calvi, in Corsica.
Of course it makes no practical diff
ference to us where Columbus was
born or where he was buried. and it is
quite likely that the general conviction
that he was born in Genoa will remain
undisturbed. We are only interested
in his achievements as to making
known to the world the greatest coun-
try the sun ever shone upon.-Golden
Days.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-06
Doctors Controversies.

Fond wife-What are you so busy atp
Young Physician-I am writing a
letter TO the newspapers, abusing DR..
Blank, the great scientist.
"But DIR. Blank has never done Won
any harm, and you agreed with his
theories
True; but it's against the rule for
physicians to advertise, and must get
myself before the public somehow
N. Y. Weekly.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-06
ALWAYS BE ON TIME.
The Importance of Doing Things When
They Ought to BE Done.

Ino importance OF Doing Things When
They Ought to BE Done.
If you are going to do any thing, do
it promptly.
The longer you wait and think
about it, and dread it, the worse it
will be.
Be on hand. Life is a great deal
pleasanter to the man who promptly
does what he is required to do.
Don't keep your friends WAITING.
You have no right to waste the time
OF other people. If you are one-half
hour behind time in fulfilling an en-.
gagement you may cause a dozen
other parties to break engagements
and untold perplexities and DELAYS
may come out of just that little short
coming of yours which you look upon
as such a trifling thing.
10 an active, energetic, wide-awaka
person there is nothing more trying
and more annoying than to be made to
wait.
Brace up and make an effort. Won
shiftless, INDECENT, always. behind. hand
folks, and see if you can not come to
time.
Ii you have agreed to be at a certain
place at certain time, be there. I'M.
less you are sick, or dead. In either
case you might be excused, but not
otherwise.
Ii you are man, don't keep your
wife waiting dinner for you unless
there is some good and sufficient cause
and generally there is not. Waiting
dinner spoils not only the dinner. but
the temper of the woman who is man.
aging it.
Ii you are woman. and your hus-
band says he will be around at four
o'clock to take you to drive, be ready
for him. Have your bonnet and gloves
on. Don't keep him dancing on the
sidewalk for half an hour clinging to
hdgety horse, while you leisurely get
on your wraps, and look at your back
hair in hand-glass. and hunt up your
gloves and your parasol, and wonder
whether you had better take an extra
shawl or not. Have all these things
attended to and decided on before the
time he has fixed.
A little system, and a good deal OF
determination, will help you to be
prompt And after you once get in the
habit OF it, you will like it,
1t is refreshing to do business with
party who is always on time, and
who, you know. a0iW be on time. He
begets courage and confidence in every
body with whom he comes in contact.
He is power in society. He is
blessing to the world. When he dies,
he will be missed.
Teach the children early to be
prompt. Teach them to respect
promise. Bring them up to tell the
truth and stick to it. A broken en-.
gagement is a lie. Sometimes it is
worse than lie, and may cause
great many more unpleasant compli-
cations than a lie. Be careful in max.
ing agreements. but when you have
once agreed, stick to the terms of the
agreement.
And if you follow out the prompt.
punctual, persevering method of doing
every thing when it needs to be done,
there are ninsty-nine chances out of
hundred that you will be successful in
life; and if you are not, you will have
the delightful consciousness of knowing
that you have deserved success, and
you will not be contin ually beset by the
remorseful thought that you had only
come to time-if you had only been on
hand-you would have achieved sue.
cess instead of failure.-Kate Thorn.
in N. Y. Weekly.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-06
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-She-'tThis is Minerva" He
WAS she married." She-"No, she
was the Goddess of Wisdom. Life.
Joe, your wife looks as fresh as q
morning glory" "Bill, wish she was
q morning glory" why so, Joep"
because she'd shut up at night"
1t Is said that the reason dude
wears single eyeglass is because he
can see more with one eye than he can
possibly understand. -Louisville West
ern Recorder.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-06
CLUBBING BY POLICEMEN

Usually 1t Produces q Mere Confusion
Inficting No Serious Injury.
The scene of serious riot just after
the mob has been dispersed by the po-
lice is apt to suggest the idea of a gen.
eral massacre. says Captain John Gun
ner, of the New York police. in Medical
Classics. Blood is spattered right and
left and men are lying about apparent
ly lifeless or staggering away support
ed by friends. 1t is hard to realize
under the circumstances that in all
probability no one has been killed or
even seriously hurt, but that most of
those who have been Laid out" will
be walking about next morning and
detailing their experiences.
Generally no permanent injury is
done to any one, though the drug
stores in the vicinity may run short of
sticking-plaster and the surgeons in
the neighboring station-houses fire.
quently are obliged to send out for
more lint. Still there are generally a
number of cases bad enough to be sent
to the hospitals.
The blow of a policeman's club usu-
ally produces mere confusion, espe-
cially when applied, as it generally is.
to the body. In fact, for the purpose
OF disabling an opponent blow in the
ribs is one of the most efficacious. 1t
gives the recipient sense of ''gone-
ness in his inside that takes up his
entire attention for few minutes to
the exclusion of all desire to inflict
bodily harm on the myrmidons of the
law. Even after he RECEIVERS his breath
he is more inclined to use it in de-
nouncing police brutality than to make
any further personal experiments in
that direction.
Ii the blow falls on the head a con-
fused wound may be produced. This.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-06

"A woman returning to Paris from
the middle of France. was asked how
she liked the Pyrenees. Il hardl,
know" she replied, The country wa:
so mountainous 1 could hardly se
them. Texas Siftings.
Experiments or a very interesting
nature have recently been carried out
Tor the purpose OF ascertaining exactly
The relative resistance of various pig
ments to atmospheric changes and to
the corrosive action of sea water. The
prevention Of corrosion by salt water
vas found to be possible by the admir-.
sure OF the oxide of some electric-posi.
tive metal. such as caustic lime and
soda, but the efficiency of such cover
Ing diminished when its alkaline prop
critics had been neutralized bv the
absorption of carbon;c acid.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-06

The tailor often sends home on
Saturday the trousers he promised the
Monday before. but, then, we are &C.
customed to these breaches of promise.
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-06

Mrs. B0bbs-s'She's q hateful old
thing, and I'm just going to give her
piece of my mind.'' Bobbs (brutally)
II wouldn't my dear. You have no
time for such hair-splitting."- Time.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-01
Senator WaShbuPn and EX-
Gov. PillSbury Dispose Of
Their Big Mills.
Six ard 8 Quarter Millions Of
Dollars Is the ConSid-
Grafton.
One Syndicate Will Operate
the Combined Mills Under
a New Name.
Kaiser William Departs From
Athens With Much Pomp
and Pageantry.

LONDON, Oct. 31.-SenatOr Washburn
and ex-GOv. PillSbury have concluded
the sale of their great milling elevator
and water power properties. concerning
which negotiations had been under way
for many weeks. The sale was made to
a company recently organized. and TO
be known as the Pillsbury-Wa ashburn
Flour Mill company. 1t is composed of
American and English stockholders.
Gov. Pillsbury, Senator Washburn and
G. A. PIllSbury and four English assO-
ciates, all men of high character and
business standing. will form the board
of directors for five years. Senator
Washburn said to-day that the new
company would make extensive ad-
ditiOnS and improvements in the prop
erty, as an infusion of English blood
would greatly increase the foreign sale
of the mills products, One-third of
which is now exported. The property
disposed of consists of mills A, B and
Anchor of the e. A. PillSbury Il Co.. the
Lincoln and PaliSade mills of the WASH
burn Mill company, 130 elevators of the
Minnesota IL Northern Elevator com
Dany, the water power Of the Minne-
sofa Mill company and st. AnthOny's
Falls Wa er Power company, and con-
trolling interest in the Atlantic Elevator
company, which has forty elevators.
The capital stock of the new company
is 81, 900. 600 and debenture bonds $685.
900. The amount paid for the property,
according to Senator Washhurn. is S6.-
250000. The sellers of the p roperty re-
tain large interest. Senator WASH
burn has been in England and the Con-
tinent for fOnr months, and will sail for
New York next week.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-01
CHERoKEEs CAN SELL.
Nothing to Prevent Uncle Sam
From Acquiring Their Lands.

Nothing to Prevent Uncle Sam
From Acquiring Their Lands.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-At the re-
quest OF Secretary Noble an opinion
has been given by Assistant Attorney
General Shields upon the question
whether the Cherokee nation can re-
Iinquish it's claim of title to the Chero-
kee outlet lands without violating the
constitution of the CherokeeS. The
opinion holds that the Cherokee nation,
under the authority given in the Indian
appropriation bill of last March, can re-
linquish to the United States all its
right. claim or title in the Cherokee out
let; that such REIMBURSEMENT would not
be in violation of the constitution as
amended of the Cherokee nation, be-
cause the constitution does not prohibit
such cession to the United States. and
sale of the outlet would only be change
in the character of the property; and
that if the constitution Of the Cherokee
nation did not inhibit such action it
would not have any effect, because by
the expressed terms of the treaty made
with the CherOkees they acknowledged
the sovereign power of the United
States, the decisions of the supreme
court from 1910 to the present time. and
the opinions of the attorney general are
cited in support of his opinion by AS
sistant Attorney General Shields, to the
effect that there is nothing in the con-
stitution of the Cherokee nation which
can present any legal obstacle to such
REIMBURSEMENT. According to this de-
cision the Cherokee-commissioD will be
able under the Cherokee constitution to
complete the negotiations for the re-
linqushment of these lands with the
consent of the Cherokee council.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-01
REDS TO BE EDUCATED.
Indian Commissioners Morgan
Will Tackle Illiterate Indians,

Indian Commissioner Morgan
Will Tackle Iiliterate Indians.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-Commissioner
Morgan, of the Indian Office, has elab-
GRATED a system of education designed
to reach all Indian youths of school age.
now under control of the Indian bu-
reau. 1t is practically the American.
public school system, ada pied to the
special requirements of the In dians. 1t.
contemplates day schools, grammar
schools, and high schools, so related;
that promotions can be i..ade from grade
to grade, and from schools of lows
order to those of higher. 1t is to be;
nOn-partiSan and nOn-Sectarlan. and
teachers are to be employed and dis.
missed solely Oh the basis OF efficiency
or inetficiency. The industrial feature
and particular pains are to be taken
to equip the Indian students for the
practical duties of life. The "outing
SYSTEM" by which pupils are placed in
white families and attend public schools.
is to be encouraged wherever practice
able. The fullest opportunity is to be-
afforded to any Indian youth who de-
sires it, to find a home among white
people. Stress is laid upon the neces-s
sity of co-educatiOn and of bringing to-
gether in the same boarding school
members of as many different tribes as
possible in order to destroy tribal aYl !
tagonism and to a general feeling =
common brotherhood and mutual re-i
spect. The scheme contemplaIes the
organization of perhaps twenty-five
grammar schools, fifty primary. or home
schools, and enough day, or camp.
schools to reach all who cannot be
brought into boarding schools. Con-
gress, in the commissioners an
nual report, will be asked
to make a sufficient appropriation To
enable the Indian office at an early day,
to bring in every Indian youth of school
age that can be reached under proper
instruction. In no other way, the COM
missioner says, can the Indian problem
be solved. but Dy this plan of universal
education administered in the same
spirit that characterizes the administra-
tfOn of public schools matter in the Vari-
Gus states its solution is easy. Enough
has already been accomplished to show
that the scheme is entirely feasible.
The Indian youth now in school are
making excellent progress, ami there is
a constant demand made upon the In
dian Office for more and better schools.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-01
HEARD IN MINNEAPOLIs.

Daily Business, a Chicago grain
paper, says that subscriptions will be
opened in London within a day OF two
for the stock of the Pillsbnry and WASH
burn mills. which is placed at S, 600, 900,
while the price paid was S6,5OO.00O. 1t
is said that the name of the new COM
pany will be ''The Pillsbury and WASH
burn FIGURING Company" and the Pills
burvs will retain large block of the
stock and the management of their mills.
&. a. PilisbuTy was seen last evening
by GLOBE reporter in regard to the
sale of the mills. He said that Gov.
Pillsbury was to have sailed from Liver
pool for home yesterday, hence 1t was
impossible that he could have signed
any papers in London. He said,
furthermore, that he did not expect to
know any more about the matter until
the governor gets here. Speaking of
what has already appeared in some of
the papers about the sale, Mr.. Pillsbury
said:
These statements are mainly
rot without any foundation
whatever and are fast becoming a stale
chestnut. You can see for yourself
that deal involving a transfer of so
much real estate could not be cOnSum-
mated without the signatures of a great
many persons"
MIR. PIllsbury's manner of speaking
about the affair convinced the reporter
that, while the deal is not yet
fully cOnSummated, it is in the
point of becoming SO. and will.
without doubt, be closed within
few days. 1t is more than probable
that all of the details have been agreed
upon, and that the remainder OF the
business is only matter of form. Mr.
Pillsbury spoke of the interview with
Senator Washhurn in London, which is
printed herewith, and saiu that it con-
tanned number of statements which
were new to him, but he did not doubt
that they were subst Intially true.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-01
BensOn's Depot Burned.

Special TO the Globe.
BENSON, Minn., Oct. 31.-Fire was
discovered IN the Minneapolis q Mani
tOba depot at I2:45 this morning. The
depot, with entire contents, burned to
the ground in forty minutes. FOrtun-
ately the night was calm, and what
otherwise might have been a disastrous
fire was averled. A. N. JOhnson's lum-
Der yard caught fire several times. but
the very efficient work of the Benson
fire department prevented any loss.
The fire caught from defective Chin
ney. MIR. Jones, the night clerk, mar
rowly escaped death. The first Intima-
ton he had of the fire was the falling
of the burning ceiling upon him as he
was selling ticket. The small safe,
with contents, including tickets, were
destroyed. All the silver was melted
into one solid mass. The building was
an old landmark, having withstood the
elements for eighteen years.