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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-10
Women VINO Draw Mems salaries.

The writer was in downtown bush
ness Office talking to the cashier. Three
women came in, were handed envelopes
containing money, and departed. "They
are not employees" said the cashier in
answer to a question. "They are the
wives and daughters of men who are in
eur employ. Why do the women draw
the mems pay? In one case the woman
draws it because she wants to; because
she is the boss and her husband doesn't
dare say his soul is his own. The other
eases are different. The women get the
pay in those cases at the request of the
employees, who admit if they get their
bands on money they could not resist
the temptation to gamble it away. They
are fellows who deserve to do better,
but they can not, so they say, overcome
the disease There is another man
working here who has enough money
withheld from his pay every week to
keep him on good terms with his land
lady, who comes regularly for the sti-
rend. You see these fellows are honest
They want to pay their way, but SO
money-mad are they that they can not
be trusted with a dollar. Chicago
Tribune.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-10
AMERICANS ARE GALLANT.

Kate Field Testifies to the Fact, and II
Can Not He Gainsaid.
The swinish propensities of the hui
man race are confined to no nationality,
sect or color. / have met with them in
England, France and Germany quite as
often as in America. Indeed, 1 am fal
from sure that, take him with all his
faults, the American has not a larger
share of the generous virtues than the
man OF any other country. remember
once returning from an extended tour
abroad, during which had seen women
sickened with cigarette smoke in close
railway carriages; standing on the
decks of the Rhine steamers while their
wedd ed lords enjoyed the scenery and
the Bauer-bier on the few chairs in
sight; and wading through seas of mud
at street crossings, while a gallant
Gaul, perched on the only dry spot,
barred his head in Difference to the fair
sex as they passed by.
The day 1 landed in New York I rode
once down and up Broadway in an
omnibus to see how the city had changed
in my absence. The street was in a
vile condition, as usual Next me sat
an elderly woman of the middle class,
very plainly but respectfully clad. She
was evidently visitor from out OF
town; and, when the stage stopped for
her to alight at her destination, she
looked timidly this way and that, as If
fearful she might lose her footing on
the. slippery stone pavements and be
run down in the crush of moving We
hicles. In an instant young man who
had been reading his newspaper alight-
ed, held open the door and helped the
old woman down, escorted her to the
sidewalk in safety, ran after the stage
and caught it, jumped aboard again and
resumed his reading as if he had done
the most natural thing in the world. A
thrill went through me as 1 felt that /
was once more in the country where,
even though polish of manner was
sometimes lacking, the real essence of
politeness was deeply seated in the Ma
tional heart. Oh, yes, we do have the
great human hog here-nobody denies
that-but he's the exception, not the
rule.-Kate Fields Washington.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-10
An Important PersOnage.

"You'd better go and get that piece OF
ice on your doorstep" remarkedlA per-
fectly immense party to the lady OF the
house; sit is so small am really afraid
It can not take care of itself.H
ssAnd who are you?' asked the lady OF
the very familiar intruder.
"Ohp' was the impudent reply, don't
worry abont me. I'm the price,
Washing ton Star.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-10
WIT AND WISDOM.

Experience is good if not bought
too dear.-Herburt.
"A man never forgets how good he is
to others.-Atchison Globe.
The Cornerstone of Philosophy
IT you can't have what you want, don't
want it-Puck.
Blessed is the man who at4 has the
fire of 90 and the peace of 70 together in
his soul.-Phillips Brooks.
Mrs. Grundy: One OF these days the
real ''old family servant" will be exhib-
tied at the dime museum.
No one need expect to prevent
earthquakes by building cities in the
neighborhood Of volcanoes.-Goethe.
HAS your girl a keen sense of the
ridiculous?' Eyes, she laughs all the
time i am with her."-Detroit Free
Press.
There is field for scientific inquiry
in the fact that the more brains man
has the lasger his head isn't. -Washing-
ton Post.
-She-But you must have some dis
advantages at Harvard! He-No; the
faculty has just been abolished. -Har-
ward Lampoon.
Papa" said talkative little girl,
sam / made of dust?" mo. my child.
If you were you would dry up once in
while. "-Exchange.
If there is any thing more interest
ing in life than doing nothing, it is
watching another person hard at work.
Boston Transcript.
Yet he who means nobleness, tho he
misses his chosen aim, can not fail to
bring down precious quarry from the
clouds. Fuller Ossoli.
Going camping out this year?"
''No. I camped out last year." why
don't you camp out this year?" 81 just
told you! camped out last year,
Lowell Citizen.
Polite Passenger-Pardon me. sir!
Can sit down in this seat? Our Sour
boy-Well, i presume you can if you try
hard enough. didn't have any trouble.
Boston Times.
Must you go out again to-night?''
asked the Sand Flat. Eyes, / must"
answered the Tide; land when / come
in I'll be full. See?' High sea-" was
the sad answer.-Puck.
lit was the next thing to railroad
accident that deprived me of my lover, :"
said Miss Antic. my back hair fell of
and he knew that had deceived him. !"
''Those misplaced switches are dreadful
things" Epoch.
Not day passes over the earth but
men and women of no note do
great deeds, speak great words
and suffer noble sorrows. Of these
obscure heroes, philosophers and mar
tyrs, the great part will never be known
ill that hour when many that were
great shall be small, and the small
great.
Life is periodic. It is made up of
cycles, Of grand currents that sweep all
around and then come back again. II
angels go out, it is only that archangels
may come in. There are transient, back
ward eddies in the stream. but the gen.
eral current is onward, if only we our
selves will keep true, and prove stead
fast. All who live know life is a con-
nict; it may also be victory.--Emsr-
son.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-10
The Seat of Harvard University.

The name of Cambridge, Mass, was
first Newtown, and was changed to its
present name in honor of the English
university at which nearly all the Mas
sachusetts ministers were educated
Harvard university was the first institu.
ton of higher learning established in
America, and its first president was
Henry Dunston, noted Hebrew scholar.
The first graduating class consisted of
nine, and received their degrees in 1912.
The first honorary degree, that of ID. D..
was bestowed upon Increase Mather in
1892. Rev. John Harvard, the young
and noble founder, died at Charlestown
in 1888, leaving to the institution his
library and half his estate. about 81. 600.
considered munifcent sum at that
time.-Boston Budget.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-10
Rogers. of Straits

-Lightkeeper Rogers. Of Straits
mouth Island, off Rockport, Mass, re-
ports that while sitting on one of the
headlands one evening recently, he ex-
perienced peculiar sensation The air
seemed exhausted and he had great diff
ficulty in breathing. There was rush.
ing sound like that made by skyrockets.
and there was shower resembling mill
lions of stones falling into the water,
after which Mr.. Rogers noted that the
water was boiling, as if some large,
heated body was submerged therein.
he Is Of the opinion that it was > me-
tsoz.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-10

MIR. Jasper Gibson. an Englishman.
has invented new form of bell buoy.
1t will serve for warning both in case
Of fog and storm. 1.-THE buoy" says
Chambers Journal, supports two bells,
one above the other The lower one be-
ing a fog-bell, and the upper
a storm-bell The fog-bell is actuated
by a rod attached to float which moves
up and down with every ripple, and it is
thus in no way dependent upon rough
sea for its warning note. But the storm
bell requires some thing more than this
e force it into acLion.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-10
How to Make Clothes Last Long.

Mr.. Einstein-Jakey, vot's de matter
NIT you? Vot for you getup so early in
der mornin', Ell?
Jakey-vy, fader. got up by seven
o'clock. Dot don't vas so early.
Einstein-Und vot time you go to
bed?
Jakey-Halluf past ten
Einstein-Now, after dis you 20 to
led ct eight and sleep till nine. De
longer you sleep de longer you can wear
dol suit OF clothes bought You, Amer
ice.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-10

Nothing in the world is so destruc-
tive of the true educational spirit as for
school officials to cease being appointed
upon grounds of fitness as instructors and
to obtain their places by political pre-
ferment. At the very moment such APP
pointments are made either in the
teaching or supervisory departments, at
that moment dry-rot attacks the whole
educational system OF the State,-Rsl-
umors HeraA
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-10
Very Close.

'sIsn't there some sort of relationship
between Madge and Mr.. Dashing?"
''Oh, yes. indeed He was the first
msn she ives ever engaged to The
CoRttpept
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-10

VIII Never BE Understood.
Tramp-Folks don't seem to under.
stand me. r
Householder-Theyn never will
''But why can't they, sir?"
1.-THE Scriptures declare that every
man is known by his works. and you
never work, Chicago GlobA q
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-10
NATURAL BARRIERS.
The Degree of Hindrance They Offer to
the Extension of Species.

The Degree of Hindrance They Offer to
the Extension of Species.
The relations Of the fauna of different
regions are intimate in direct relation
to the ease by which barriers may be
crossed. Distinctness is in direct pro.
portion to isolation. What is true in
this regard of the fauna of any region
as whole is likewise true OF any of it's
individual species. The degree of re-
semblance among individuals is in di-
rect proportion to the freedom of their
movement, and variation within what
we call specific limits is again proper
tionate to the barriers which prevent
equal and perfect diffusion.
The various divisions or realms into
which the surface of the earth may be
divided on the basis of the differences in
animal life each has its boundary in the
obstacles offered to the spread of the
average animal. Each species broadens
its range as far as it can. 1t struggles
knowingly or not to overcome the bar.
riers of ocean or river. of mountain or
plain, of woodland or desert, of moisture
or drought, of cold or heat, of lack Of
food or abundance of enemies, whatever
these barriers may be. We're it not for
these barriers, every species would be-
come what only man now is, practically
cosmopolitan. Man is pre-eminently the
FREDERICKSBURG animal. The degree Of
hindrance offered by any barrier to the
extension of species is only relative.
That which constitutes an impossible
barrier to some groups is high-road to
others. The river which opposes the
passage of the monkey or the cat would
be the kings highway to the frog or the
turtle. The waterfall which checks the
ascent of the fish would be the chosen
home of the ouxeL--President David
Starr Jordan, in Popular Science
Monthly.
-Dabbs--.'So poor Dicks in trouble
again; any thing serious?" Jabbs-"0
NO. in love Howard T.amnoon
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-10

"A bridal couple in Springfield,
Mass, were so anxious to avoid the Curl
Gus glances OF the neighbors on leaving
the house that they climbed over the
back yard fence. and, passing through
the adjoining yard, entered the carriage,
which was waiting on the next street.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-10

-Dabbs--''So poor Dicks in trouble
again; any thing serious?" Jabbs-"0
no; In love. Howard Lampoon.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-10

A narrow lane, a wooden porch with
the paint chipped off, little chilly sit
ting room, where woman sat embroid-
ering by the failing light
This was the picture Mrs. Estes car
ried away with her when she went back
to town.
She was woman whose nerves ware
iron. Had they been less, they might
have apjYered little nov. - =
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-29
Gore.

Mr.. II. S. Bowden has fully re-
covered from his sickness which
confined him to his room several
days last week.
VIM. Shingler moved his family
into the hall over his store room
while replastering his house.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. George
Lantz, Nov. 10Th. a pair of twins,
son and daughter.
Capt. G. w. Hite, assistant rail
road agent at Middleport, o., spent
Saturday and Sunday among rela-
tives and friends here and at
Webb's Summit
John j. and Robt. Nutter and
families of Lancaster, spent part of
last week among relatives at this
place.
We now know why Jacob Nutter
was treating the boys SO literally
with such broad smile on his face
last Friday-it's girl.
Mrs. Ann Everett, mother of
Mrs. John w. Campbell is very ill
at this writing.
Mr.. G.. r. Baird of Columbus,
spent last Sunday with his folks at
Baird's Furnace.
John II. Nutter is shipping fire
clay from his farm, one mile east of
this place to Columbus.
We would judge from the amount
of hunters. we see every day that
this is not a healthy season for the
quail family.
Upon delivery of book last
week kown as the Business Reyiew
of Athens and Hooking counties,
several of onr citizens were able to
realize how badly they were bull
dozed by subscribing for the same
some weeks since. Many of them
claim 1t will not be healthy for .
book or paper canvasser to stop In
this community soon,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-29
OBITUARY.

Kensie P. G. Swepston, was born
in New Mt. Pleasant, o., January
5, 1856, died in Logan, o., Novem-
Der IA, 1890, aged "a years, 10
months and 8 days. When a boy
at school he was very apt in all his
studies, and at the age of fifteen
years was granted certificate to
teach. He taught his first school
when but sixteen years of age.
He continued this avocation for
a number of years; in February
1877, he went as teacher to Marion,
Crittenden county, Arkansas. Af-
ter teaching one term in this place
he was appointed deputy Clerk OF
the Court which position he held
until the outbreak of the yellow
fever epidemic in 1879, when he re-
turned to his home in Ohio. For
the next two years he followed his
CDOoSh PtOISooioH anu III "a pm 1901
he enlisted as q musician in the
regular service of the United
States and served five years and
six months. He was soon promo
ted tc sergeant of the band and
musical director which is a position
of responsibility. Owing to his
knowledge of medicine and phar-
macy ii was found that he could be
of greater service In another capac-
ity, and he was made hospital
steward of the frst-class which
made him eligible to any govern
ment dispensary in the country.
He retained this position until his
discharge in 1886. During his army
life he served Mt Fort Sully, S. d.,
Fort Yales n, ID, Fort McDermot,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-29
TREAsURER's OFFICE, LOGAN, O., October lst 1890.

There is a great mad-dog excite
ment at MaXville and surrounding
communities; many citizens have
killed their dogs.
G. G. Amendt, railroad agent at
Sand Run, spent Sunday with his
folks at this place.
Last Tuesday being the 2lst. an
niversary of G. l.. Martzolff's birth
day, about fifty young persons of
that vicinity congregated at the
residence of his father, Jacob
Martzolff, one mile north of Baird's
Furnace, in the evening to await
his arrival from Dicksonton, where
he is teaching school. He was
much surprised but soon learned
the object of the occasion. After
disposing of%a, b9untiful supper
which was spread in readiness for
them, the balance of the day was
spent in different plays and music
when the crowd departed for their
homes wishing Mr.. M. many re.
turns of the same. PUFF.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-29
What Ails YOu2

The big failures reported daily
are only part of the late election
Ceceldnd World.
What is the matter with charg.
ing them up to the Mckinley law
if excuse for them must be found
The failures come in too close con-
junction to the election to be attrib.
utable to its effects, and they begin
at the wrong point in the CONNER.
cial world. If we have not lost our
recollection it was claimed for the
new tariff law that it was a severe
blow to foreign countries generally
and to England in particular, and
strange to say the great banking
house of the Baring's of London,
Eng, was first and those that fol-
lowed in this country and in conti-
mental Europe are but the reflex OF
the great London House misfor-
tune.
Now did the Mckinley law break
Barring Bros. or did the Republican
newspapers and stumpers lie about
its effect on foreign commercial in-
terests.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-29
The Australian Law.

Mr.. Charles l.. Jewett, chairman
of the Democratic State Central
Committee, in an interview pub
lished in an interview published in
the last edition of yesterdays Sen
tineI, declared that to the Austria
lian election law, more than to any
Other cause, or to AL others COM
biDed, was due the splendid Demo-
cratic victory Of Tuesday. Indiana
is, and always has been, naturally
u Democratic State. Since 1860 it
is doubtful if the Republican party
could have carried the State at
a sirgle election, exception,
possibly, that of 1885, under
such a system as we now have.
The Republican victories in Indi-
ana have been notoriously the re-
suit of the employmento of the meth
Ods of Dudleyism, and those meth
ods cannot be successfully practiced
under the existing systeg;. so long
as this system remains in force,
and so long as the Democratic
party continues faithful to its prin-
ciples, SO long will Indiana be
reliable Democratic State. When
one recalls the objections that were
raised to the Australian system
when the election bill was before
the Legislature two years ago, and
the criticisms that have since been
passed upon it, in the light of the
RcfR8l WORKINGS Of the system upon
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-29

Neb., and Fort Smelling, MINI. AT
ter coming out of the service he
made his home at Fontainell, Iowa
where he engaged as salesman in
a general store. In the early part
of the present year he returned to
his native State and soon secured
"a position as salesman with the
firm of Guthrie & Wadsworth of
Logan, where he remained until
his death. He was bright, intelli-
gent young man, kind hearted,
very gentlemanly in his deport-
ment, and wherever he chanced to
be, was soon surrounded with
friends.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-29

THE New York World never
crows. For what it has done it asks
no favor and no consideration.
That is ancient history-to'be for
gotten. Our hopes and fears, our
joys and sorrows are before us-all
not one behind, In the World's
work for 1891 every American cit
izen is vitauy interested, and not
one-no matter what his politics
may be-can afford to be without
its weekly edition, which has not
an equal on earth as newspaper.
Nine men out of every ten know
this to be true. Every tenth man
should send to-day for a specimen
copy, thet the knowledge may be
universal. Subscribe at once. Three
months costs only rs cents, and by
every weeks delay you miss some-
thing worth more than the subscrip-
ton price for the year--which is
only one dollar. Address the World,
New York,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-29
Take Away the Carcass.

From under the ruins of the Re.
publican machine in Kansas creeps
rumor that several Alliance and
Democratic members of the legis.
lature will vote for Ingalls,. This
is futility. Alliance and Demo
cratic members who would consent
under any circumstances to vote
for him would be Hessians and mer-
cenaries. ingalls, was an issue.
Before the people of Kansas he
was squarely and completely de-
feated-he and all that his "vari-
egated and picturesque" career
contains. To vote for him is to null
lify the will of the State. Neither
Democrat or Alliance man can sup
port him honestly. He made his
plea on the ground of intense Re-
publican partisanship. On that
ground he excused his voting for a
tariff law he admitted to be against
the interests of his constituents.
His political creed, taken from his
own lips, has been: Ingalls, first,
corporation next, party third and
the people afterwards il there is
anything left. He is the one man
in America that Democrats and
Alliance men cannot support, for
he is exactly what they are pledged
to condemn. Senator ingalls, has
been the creature of corpora tions.
He has been the party man who
refused to study questions or pay
attention to the people. He made
money out of the one and got a
ring Endorsement with the other.
lie chuckled,as he looked at his
prospects of success with money
and the ring.-Kansas city Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-29

its first trial, their puerility and
triviality and utter inconsequenti-
ality become more apparent than
ever. 1t is unnecessary to recapit-
ulate these objections here. The
proposed system was denounced as
an American, cumbersome, compli-
Gated, intricate, impracticable, etc,
etc. 1t was predicted that it would
disfranchise thousands of voters,
that it would impair the rights and
privileges of American citizenship,
etc, ETC., etc. All of these objec-
tions disappeared under the first
trial of the new system like a mist
before the morning sun. The COM
plications, the intricacies, the cum
bersomeness all vanished at the in
itial test. The process of voting
under the Australian system is
simplicity itself. Elections held
under it's provisions are deprived
Of all the degrading and disgusting
features which have so long attend
ed them. They are quiet, dignified
and orderly as becomes the express
sion of the peoples will under the
solem n forms of law. The friends
of the law anticipated that on act
4, n I fr;o Iafoofc O ,rDnlI ho I,x,o1D~,I
which would be required to be rem
edied. We shared this expectation,
but we must say that it was not
realized. 1t would be well, per-
haps, if larger square, or circle,
were placed in front of the title of
the ticket than was used on Tues
day, but that this is a matter of
detail that is within the discretion
of the boards of election commits
sioners, and is not regulated by
law. We confess that we do not
see how the machinery created by
the law can be materially simpli-
fed or rendered more efficient. We
do not think the new Legislature
will feel called upon to make any
amendmendments to the law or to
do an!thg on the subject of elec-
tions, unless it is to re-enact that
portion of Sec. 13 which defines
residence, and which is not open to
the constitutional objections sus-
tanned by the supreme court, and to
the law with rigid
corrupt practices act.-Indtanapo-
us Sentinel.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-29

THE new method of beating tu-
burcular consumption as practiced
by Prof. Koch of Berlin, is attract
ing considerable attention in this
country. DR.. John Gutter, one of
the professors of pathology in the
Pennsylvania University has been
deputed to visit Berlin for the pur-
pose of investigating the matter.
He sailed from N. Y, ON Thursday
last week and will make the most
careful and minute observations of
the Koch method and it's results.