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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02
PERSIAN CIVILIZATION.
False Impressions kntertertained by Flu
rOpeans and Americans.


rOpeans and Americans.
l have been much surprised to hear
even well-educated Englishmen, in re-
cent discussions on Persia, speak of the
Persian nation as if it were completely
wanting in civilization and were ages
behind Europe in manners, customs and
ideas. Such false impression of the
characteristics and social condition of
our good friends, the neighbors of our
Indian Empire, is, | think, due to ignor-
ance, and, L fear, also to insular preiu-
dice. Persia has not progressed as
Europe has done, but Persian civiliza-
ton and Persian art had reached high
degree of development when England
was covered with tangled forests and it's
inhabitants were half-clothed savages.
whose highest skill was shown in the
slaughter of wild animals with the
rudest of weapons. Persian civilization
has not refrigerated, though Persian art
is certainly stifed by the introduction
of cheap but inartistic articles from the
commercial West. In Persia a polite
etiquette is as strictly observed as in any
country in the world, and though
in some trifeS the manners of
Persian gentleman may appear strange
and even amusing when observed in the
West, it is safe to say that nothing
which Persian gentleman would be
likely to do when mixing in Western soci-
ETY. would in any way shock the delicate
feelings of that society. In this respect
it is fortunate that the recent Journey.
ings of the Shah and his suite were suf-
fciently extended to give a practical
and widespread contradiction TO the
numerous absurd stories which had been
current concerning the disagreeable ne.
culiarities of Persian manners and Gus
toms.
AS regards habits of personal manli-
ness, on which Englishmen so greatly
pride themselves. it may astonish manv
OF my readers to learn that the Persians.
with considerable reason, consider them
selves far superior to any Westerns in
this respect. will only mention, as an
instance, that the Persian considers
that to remain sitting in small bath
and to commence and complete ablu.
tons in the same water is far from
cleanly habit, and it is one which is
never practiced in the heated baths
which the natives frequent with such
pleasure in Persia, and which he greatly
misses when travelling in the West
Nineteenth Century.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02
HE WAS AWAY UP.
Stranger Whose Title Produced Surprise
in Tennessee.

I'm Tennessee.
A dignifed-looking stranger entered
the ticket Office of the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern railroad yester-
day, and stated that he wished to purchase
tickets for himself and family to Texas,
and also wanted to secure rates for the
transportation of carload of household
furniture. Colonel Harry Wilson waited
on the gentleman and ascertained that
his name was Martin. He negotiated a
trade with him for the tickets, and re-
ferred him to the freight on Monroe
street for information about freight
rates.
AS the stranger displayed a goodly
roll of Doodle, it was incumbent on Col
mel Wilson to treat him with the con-
sideration due his Importance, and so he
told Billy to take the Colonel over and
introduce him to Mr.. BARLEY, and he
took care to lay the accent on the Col
onel.
Billy got the stranger safely over to
the freight Office, and in his politest
manner presented him to Will BARLEY,
as follows: 'Mr. BARLEY, allow me to
introduce you to Colonel Martin"
The stranger drew himself up haught-
lily, and striking an attitude with his
right hand over his left breast pocket,
said: Il am no Colonel, young man;
am something better than that"
Excuse me; / meant to say Briga-
dier," apologized Billy.
81 have higher title than that" said
the great man.
Billy was equal to the occasion, and
came again with 81 really meant to say
Major-General, you know"
He was knocked out again, however,
by the supposed officer ren1arking with
heightened dignity, which, however,
was softened by quiet, amused smile:
"You have not got up high enough yet"
"You must be the Commander-in-Ch Chief
of the army" suggested Billy in doubt
full sort of tone, but the stranger para
lized him by announcing that he held
still higher title.
Billy was stumped. He thought the
distinguished visitor was no other than
the President travelling incog, but he
dismissed that idea, and then his Gu
riosity got the better of his reverence,
and he blurted out We'll, who in
thunder are you anyway"
The stranger softly replied. 81 am a
minister of the Gospel SIR" and Billy
tainted dead away, while Will BARLEY
made half-rate for the divine on &C
count of his high e.-Memphis Ava
lanche
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02
~sHaa1z--z-----.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The last census of New Zealand re-
veals the interesting fact of profession
OF religion on the part of no less than 81
per cent. of the whole population.
The Salvation Army recently SENT
abroad thirty officers to continental and
colonial stations. Their work among
the Tamil coolies is very successful.
The Armour Mission in Chicago, es-
tablished about three years ago, carries
on church, Sunday-school, industrial
schools, kindergarten, day nursery, free
dispensary, and four reading-rooms.
-Mohammedanism in Turkey is evil
IDENTIFY declining. The multiplication
of mosques has almost ceased. Only
one new one has been erected in Con-
stantinople-one for the private use OF
the Sui tan.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02
WEBSTER.S ELOouENCE.
What Is Said of the Great Statesman in .
Recent Book.

What Is Said of the Great Statesman in q
Recent Book.
Mr.. Dyer's sketch of Webster, is, per-
haps. the most picturesque and powerful
portion of ''Great Senator's" 1t begins
as follows:
The last and greatest parsonage of
whom l have to treat is Daniel Webster.
| have written of three great men-three
very great men-Calhoun, Benton and
Clay, but great as they were, Daniel
Webster, in downright intellectual
power and main strength of mentality,
was equal to all three of them taken to-
gether.
The reader is doubtless familiar with
the fact that in Websters day, he was
called ''the godlike Daniel" The ap-
pellation fitted him. He was godlike in
appearance and power. He was not so
tall as Clay, but he was much larger and
more massive in every way. He had
broad shoulders,a deep chest and a large
frame. 1 have seen men taller, but
never saw any one who looked so large
and grand as he did when he was aroused
in debate.
Webster's head was phenomenal in
size and beauty OF outline and grandeur
of appearance. 1t used to be said of him
that he had brain enough to make sew
eral good heads. His brow was so pro-
tuberant that his eyes, though unusually
large, seemed sunken, and were likened
unto ''great burning lamps set deep in
the mouths of caves" But large as his
perceptive organs were, his refectives
bulged out over them. His CASUALTY
was massively developed, and his organ
of comparison, which was larger even
than his casualty, protruded as though
nature, in building Websters head, hav-
ing distributed her superintendent mate
rial as well as she could, found at the last
that she had such lot of brain matter
left on hand, that, in despair, she dabbed
it on in front and let it take it's chance
of sticking; and it stuck. The head, the
face, the whole presence of Webster,
was kingly, majestic, godlike.
And when one heard him speak, he
found that Webster's voice was just ex-
actly the kind of voice that such look
ing man ought to have. 1t was deep,
resonant, mellow, sweet, with thunder
roll in it which, when let out to it's full
power was awe inspiring. In ordinary
speech it's magnificent bass notes rolled
forth like the rich tones of adeep-voiced
organ; but when he chose to do so he
could elevate his voice in ringing, clari-
on, tenor tones of thrilling power. He
also had faculty of magnifying word
into such prodigious volume and force
that it would drop from his lips as a
great bowlder might drop through the
ceiling, and jar the senate chamber like
a clap of thunder
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02
BACHELORS IN WASHINGTON.
Unmarried Young Men Can Have Good
Time at the Capital.

Time at the Capital.
eff 1 were a young bachelor-more
particularly poor young bachelor-I
would certainly live nowhere else than
In Washington, said a society matron
the other evening. SIN this town a
young man. unencumbered matrimonial
~, occupies singularly desirable posi-
ton. Of course, bachelors are in de-
mand, socially speaking, everywhere,
but nowhere so much so as at the Ma
tional capital. Thus it happens that
any passably agreeable youth is sure to
have life made very pleasant for him.
1t is not accustomed to be said here of
poor young man that he is detri-
mountaineering that he is merely
fellow without the money necessary to
render him an available parti, and at the
same time sufficiently attractive to keep
off practicable suitors. Indeed, as you
are very we'll aware, there are
scarcely any young men who go
out in Washington society that
are. not poverty-stricken. There
fore discrimination on that score is out
of the question. One must have young
men at ones parties, you know, or else
the girls would not have any sort of a
time. The situation is an unfortunate
one from some points of view, but what
are you going to do about it?''
Nothing that l can see." said the
writer to whom the lady was speaking.
''But 1 don't exactly see why the young
men should be poorer in Washington
than anywhere else.'
Don't you? Why, it's very simple. In
the first place, this is not town in
which young men can make living,
unless in the hopeless situation of de-
partment clerks, where they literally
dare not seek advancement beyond a
certain point lest their places should be
sufficiently desirable to make it worth
while for the first new Administration
to grab them. Most of the men one
meets here, more especially the unmar-
ried ones, are in Uncle Sans employ.
Then, again, the rich people who come
here, while they always bring their
daughters with them, very seldom fetch
their sons-partly because Washington
is generally imagined to be dissipated
city. SO, to sum up, few young
men come here, and those native to
the place who do not go elsewhere to
seek their fortunes, usually remain
poor--too poor, indeed, to venture upon
matrimony. Thus you observe the
spectacle of a society in which the
young women greatly outnumber the
young men, and the latter are, general
~ speaking, not available for marriage.
The anomaly Of the situation is rather
aggravated than otherwise by the fact
that so many of the girls are rich,
either actually or in prospect, and,
though things might be fixed delight
fully by the rich girls marrying the
poor men, things do not go that way.
have heard it said that $50, 900, 600 wor tn
of prettiness In petticoats was some
times seen at once in single Washing
ton ballroom, and shouldn't wonder if
1t were true. But the men, poor as they
are, are so few as to be priced as rari-
ties, and the result is that they are the
worst-spoiled lot of young fellows have
ever seen. They are apt to have an ex.
cassive notion of their Importance"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02
WIT AND WISDOM.

1t takes almost superhuman strength
to hang on when you begin at the top OF
the ladder. milwaukee, journal.
The man who depends upon wages
will get rich sooner than the man who
depends upon wagers.-Boston Herald.
Many a young man who sows his
wild oats trusts to the grasshopper of
forgetfulness to destroy the CROP
Texas Siftings.
1t is better to lose a jest than a
friend, to miss an opportunity of saving
good thing' than to make an enemy.
IN. Y. Ledger.
when man admires woman who
can argue, you can depend upon 1t that
the woman is some other mans wife,
Atchison Globe.
HE is happy whose circumstances
suit his temper; but he is more excellent
who can suit his temper to any circum-
stances.-Hume.
If there is ever a time when it's a
blessing for a man to be blind, it is
when he is in love. He can't see what
fool he makes of hfmself.-Bingham-
ton Republican.
Have you learned the lesson of YES
terday or the infinite meaning of to-davp
1t has duties of its own; they can not be
left until tomorrow. Tomorrow will
bring its own work.
In private conversation between
friends the wisest men very often tall
like the weakest; for, indeed, the talk
Ing OF friend is nothing else but think
ing STANDARDIZATION.
Men and women, to lead worthy
lives, must have just respect for them
selves. Whatever tends to realize and
to strengthen these promotes human
welfare.-N. Y. Ledger.
"A sure cure of poverty, about which
we are hearing a good deal, is primarily
a cure of character. In free countries
certainly most of the poverty we find is
the near result of weak intellectual
or weak moral, character, or both.
If we live on the surface all tba
tlne, our experiences must all be sinner
hclal. 1t is only by Going down among
the roots of things that we gain knowi.
edge and power such as we need.-Uuit-
ed Presbyterian.
-"one thing" says Lucy Larcom.
we are at last beginning to understand
which our ancestors evidently had not
learned: that it is far more needful for
theologians to become as little children
than for little children to become tbeo,
logians."
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02
Objected to Her Taste.

Jenkins-Say, Brown, what has occa-
stoned the GOODNESS between you and
Miss Jones?
Brown-Oh, it's all due to her moor
taste.
Jenklns-lndeed. l did not suppose
she was deficient in that particular.
How did she manifest it?
Brown-Why, she came to the con-
clusion that she preferred that fellow
Smith to men. Y. Press.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02

Altar of roses is worth from go n
Sl 90 an ounce at wholesale. 1t takes
5000 leaves to make one pound of attar
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02

Mrs. KEENAN, is great helm to
ueorge KEENAN, in his work for the on
pressed people of Russia. She RECOGNIZES
manuscript. reads proofs, translates
Russian works, goes over the receints
from his work, and sees to their invest.
ment or deposit. Mrs. KEENAN, ia DO
scrloed as thorough business woman
OF considerable business tact and mncb
personal attractivenesa
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02

"A letter of Buckles has been pub
Eshed, giving his list of the really i'm
portant authors whom the world has
produced according to his Judgment.
excluding physical and mathematical
works. he specifies as the principal
original writer's Homer. Plato Aristotle.
Dante Shakespeare, Bacon, Descartes.
Hobbies, Grotius, Locke, Berkeley
hant' Hegel and Comte; Mills Logic
Smiths wealth of Nations" Maithns
on population" and Ricardo's sPolit.
ical Economy, with Don Quixote." the
Pllgrlms Progress and Goethe's
"faust-' The Romans, it is added
produced nothing original, except iuris,
prudence. Their philosophy they stole
from the Greeks and spoiled IT.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-15
THE DOCTORS.
The State Association to Meet This
Morning.

Morning.
The State Medical Association will
meet this morning at 10 O'Clock, at No.
254 South Main street large number
Of physicians arrived yesterday, and to-
day over hundred will arrive.
A delegation of twenty San Francisco
physicians went to Riverside with their
ladies yesterday, where they were royalty
entertained by the Riverside practi-
TONERS.
The following directory indicates the
hotels at which those who arrived today
are stopping:
Nadeau-Dr. George r. Frink and
wife, DR.. Preston H. Bailhache and wife,
DR.. Winslow Anderson and wife, DR.. w.
w. Kerr and wife, Dr. George F. Shiels,
DR.. r. I. Allan, San Francisco; DR.. H.
N. Miner, Colfax; Dr. j. G. Lundburg,
San Francisco; DR.. III. H. Pond and wife,
DR.. w. J. G. Dawson, St. Helena; DR..
Mary w. Moody, DIR. Kate I. Howard,
DR.. G. G. Kenyon, wife and child, Dr..
John Wagner, wife and child, DIR. S. A..
Mcdonnell and wife, San Francisco; DR..
G. p Reynolds and wife, Alameda; DR..
Thomas w. Huntington and wife, DR..
and Mrs Cluness, Mabel Cluness, Sacra-
mento; DR.. j. Marks, Ventura DR.. VIM
Ellery Briggs, DR.. James FL Parkinson,
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-15
REAL ESTATE RECORD.
MONDAY, April ID, 1890

TRANSFERS.
w Buster to w Carter-Bond for deed to
NJ lot bl 10, DoWney; 81 600.
J p Colver to Carrell-Lot commencing
100 feet from Sc cor OF lot % bl 9S, Long
Beach; $4,000.
Co to w r Goodwin-I4ot bl 80, Providencia
Ro lands; $2,279.
Hannah Emeline Perkins and II Perkins to
A NJ Hough, Ameron b Stafford and J Mathes
--Fral part of lots l and 2 Sec 13 T l S r 10 w;
$2,400.
James higgins to Mary F A Foote-Lots l.,
2 and 3, higgins Bros sub, Il 36, p %; ST.,
Joseph C Oakes to Mary Frances Livingston
Lot 16 Ralphs sub OF bl 161, Pomona; 81 ZOO:
pit lot s. blk 27, II S, except lot 13, blk 43. and
lots l. 2 and IS, blk II, Diamond st trt; 81 900.
De Soto Heights Lands 4 Building Co to "
r Hagan-Lots II, 13, IA, blk IL, lots and q,
blk 25, lot IL, blk 4, De Soto Heights trt:
81 900.
John f Packard to G Robertson-Agreement
to convey lot %, Packard's Orange Grove
Lewis Davenport and James Ferguson to
Crystal Springs Land and Water Co-32 acres in
John Rush to Christian II Hulvel-1O acres
probably in Ro La Cienega; 81 600.
Mrs Jane Elms to Peter Gano-LOts 10 and l 2
blk F. Moore Kellehers sub OF lot 2, blk CO.
Isabel Lugo to Pierre Nicolas-Pt OF lots 9 and
10. blk 33, Q $; $500.
William w Widney to Nosburgh--Lots 8
and 8, Williams subof blk 73, 0 s; $3.50.
William Galbraithto to Clark Hazeltine-E
acres off E end of n Z of NV Il of lot 1, Temple
& Gibson tract, Ro San Pedro: 81 800.
Jennie Pauly and n Pauly to William
Wilson-Lot %, o Mair's tract: 1000.
Katie Scherer to A Gwynn-Lot 80 Miller &
Herriott's sub OF Harper tract; $1,000.
Anson III Wood to Cummins Jones-Lot >
blk 4, Greenwell tract: 81 600
SUMMARY.
Number transfers 81 900 and over, 90.
Amount, $2S,O61.
Number transfers under 81 900, 80.
Amount, 81 ,S79.
Number nominal transfers, 6.
Total amount of considerations, S42 $40.
NoTE-Transfers of which the consideration
is less than $1,000 are not published in the
above list
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-15

Sacramento; DIR. d. d. Crowley, Oak
land DR.. M. F. Price, Cotton; DIR. G..
M. Fem, San Diego; DR.. Martin Reg
ensburger, wife and mother, San Fran
cisco.
Hollenbeck-Dr. Charles McQuesten,
DR.. w. M. Lawlor, DIR. r. Beverly Cole
and wife, DR.. James Simpson, DR.. j, lie
TourneuX, San Francisco; DIR. ID. ID.
Crowley, Oakland; DR.. VIM. L. Zeilin,
San Francisco.
Westminster-Dr. Charles f. Blake,
wife and two children, DR.. Beverly Mac
Monagle, DR.. Washington Dodge, DIR.
Agnes Lowry, DR.. Emma i. Merritt, DR..
G. w Merritt, San Francisco.
st. Elmo-Dr. w. H. Wells and
daughter, Dixon.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-15
A BALLOT-BOX.
1t is said to Have Been Stolen from
Vineland.

A complaint was filed in Justice
Austin's court yesterday by w. ]. Fin
ley, OF Vineland, charging George w.
Sells, a resident of that place, with a
felony. Finley alleges that on the End
inst. an election was held at Vineland
for Assessor, Tax Collector, Treasurer
and Board of Directors for Vineland
irrigation district, and that Sells stole
and carried away the ballot-box from the
Third precinct, for the purpose of pre-
venting the officers from counting the
votes
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-15
THE COURT-MARTIAL
A Decision in the Palmer Case-The
Russell Case Argued.

HNuSS~Hf OteoC III ,uOus
The court-martial which is to decide
on the case of Colonel w. II. II. Russell
charged with misappropriation OF funds
and un-military conduct met yesterday
afternoon at O'Clock. Colonel G..
Wiley Wells, Judge-Advocate, spoke for
the prosecution, concluding his remarks
about 4 o'clock Judge Fitzgerald asked
that his speech for the defense be post
poned until the next day and the court
adjourned. The court on the Palmer
case then convened and considered their
verdict. The result will not be made
public until it has been sent to head
quarters. The court on the Russell case
meets this morning at 8.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-04-20
BAYONNE CRACKS.

The floral tributes that adorned the
desks of the ''big six" combination tri-
umphant trio at Tuesday evenings seq
sion OF the Board Of Councilmen were
labelled by some punster. who evidently
has designs upon the lives of the recipi-
ents. The card on Councilman Meigs'
basket saids-"H Henry Meigs. Whether
Junior or Senior, ii Meigs no difference y
On the Offering to Councilman Cadmns
was the legend:-. John r. Cadinus,
whom they started out to Stay; but the
Si(e)aman was not equal to the task. .
The writing on Councilman Scofield's
rnissiye read as follows Ebert SEQ
field, who represents the people the
Bayonne Burger ZeitHag to the contrary
Notwithstanding
II w0n't say farewell TO We" remarked
Councilman William Kelly, the Fourth
Ward Demosthenes, to his colleagues
and the several score of spectators on
Tuesday evening, "but l will say as me
German friends say, 'Auf wiedersehen,
Tor, piaze God and me eonstee-too-ants,
viii be back with ye twelve months
hence, if / want to. .
The TACT that tine new city hospital
now contains seventeen patients fully in
uicates how much such an institution
was needed in this community
Tonsorial Artist Alexander Seikirk
Hegenbalg has abandoned politics His
action Is probably due TO The fact that at
the recent charter election he was so snc-
cessfui ia his canvass for City Recorder
that he received all of foar votes.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-04-20
Notice to Contractors.


CEALED PROPOSALS Will BE RECEIVED AT
- the nfiice OF the Board OF street and Water
Commissioners on Monday. Nay ath. 1850 al ten
CLINTON PLACE AND wEscuIT AVENUE,
IN accctTance with specifications file in the
Office % the CHIEF Eagfneer. corner OF Jersey
and agreement Of snretiss must be ohfafaeu
ESTIMATE o. QUANTITIES.
shout Stssi cubic yards ef earth excavation.
About zoe cubic wards OF ROCK excavation.
About 90 cutie yard u earth niling.
About Az cubic yards 81 sand gravel diln2.
About 100 50 care yaros OF stone paving
Aoout @,txo ltneni feet OF new curb stone.
About go square feel OF new bridge s<one.
About 9stti square fces ar faEgink
= boif ~ square yards OF Fepaving.
About I. HtD iineai feet of reset curb stone
About 10 square fest ct relala bridge sfobe
About s,tfN square feet Of retz3d fistszstag
About go itneEsl feet % Y inch drain pipe.
t.aoRtS new resolving basins.
About reset feesiy ting basins
1frlo allowed Tor the cosapletlon OF the WORK
one islnHred sife txen q Ire isal woSlsiNE days
.ae IeA ~. =. tne aooye nl16rc geinen, ana
the relnonstfanoe al The aw8ers of the property
iiahse 70 more chan onehalf the assessment there
Proposals. mast he cneicsed IN sealed envelopes
endorsed Proposals for Improvement Of Clifsoa
DiHc- zfU u tscotf Avenue directed "ttea II.
Benton cierk q me Hesfa Of Street and watas-
wnen ealie Tor ia the ordef 81 business relating 10
NJ city ofsicla VIII be ancepted as surety. nor
VIII substitution e s.gesies bs allowed.
ne attrsltsua OF bidders rs espeeiaiaY called 70
Section y o. The New Charter OF lsx. under the
terms v reof no contract shalt bintiing pson
taf hs.ve oreu approved hf the Eosnl of F;sanrt,
tss Pretlt<st 81 seia beard having power 10 Z 4
anime the proposed bonfisaae1i l,fier eatli.
b ort,er or the EoErd o. street. ana Mater Com
Gro. !. Rou1oS
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