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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
A Morning Call.

Mrs. Gadd-I'm nearly tired to death was
at Mrs. Nabb's party last night.
Mrs. Gabb-I didn't go; in fact did not get
an invitation. Were there many therea
Mrs. Gadd-Oh, no; it was very select
New York Weekly.
Near WauKeenah, Fla, stands an
A. M. E. Church, known as the ''old
Springfield Church" 1t was built by a
former generation when Indians were
numerous in Florida. The savages were
very hostile, but gave no trouble till
the house was up and the ceiling placed
overhead, when they furiously came
from swamp and massacred three or
four of the mechanics engaged in the
work, and while the remaining two
escaped and fed for assistance, the In
dams dipped their hands in the blood of
their victims and entirely covered the
ceiling. Although this occurred many
years ago the prints of the red mems
hands ags still plainly to be seen
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

SEATTLE, w. T., November 5, 1889.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN COM
IN pliance with the provisions of the Act of
CONGRESS of June 8, 1878, entitled San Act for
the sale of Timber Lands in the States of Cali
fornia, Oregon, Nevada and Washington Ter
ritory."
of Shelton, county of Mason, Territory of WASH
ington, has this day filed In this Office his sworn
statement No. 5O94 for the purchase of the
VIZ of swH and seq of swH of section
rs In township 20 north, range west,
and will offer proof to show that the land sought
ID more valuable for its timf or stone than for
AGRICULTURAL purposes and to establish his claim
to said land before the Register and Receiver OF
this ofice at Seattle, w. T., on Tuesday, the
He names as witnesses: william D. Dunbar,
James B. Trease, Henry Keezer, Lansing
Decker, all of Shelton. Mason county, WI
ANY and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to Ole their
claims in this ONCE or before said 18th Day OF
February, 1890. T. NJ. REED, Jr., Register.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03

TWO AMERICAN FABLES.
The Turtle and the Sage and the Wise Man
End the Foolish One.

cnd the Foolish One.
THE TURTLE AND TIE SAGE.
One day, as the Sage pursued his way
along the edge of the Pond the Turtle
called upon him to stop for moment
and Relieve her Distress of Mind.
''You must know" began the Turtle,
as she recovered her Breath, ''that Mrs.
Moss-Bach, who has for year or more
been my nearest and dearest Friend,
now suddenly Refuses to even speak to
me. l can't possibly Understand it, 1
have spoken no word to give her offense,
and / have Felt towards her as Sis
| ter"
"Ahem-yes. replied the Sage. "She
is your neighbor?"
| Eyes, lives in the mudhole."
| 'Are you in the Habit of Borrowing of
her?"
| ooh, no.
"But is she of you?'
eyes, indeed, have lent her tea, COT
fee, sugar, eggs, starch, bluing, my flat
irons, quilt-frames, coffee-mill and every
thing else she asked for and was always
| glad to accommodate her."
"And when did this GOODNESS begin?"
Last Tuesday"
| "What preceded it?''
| Nothing. She ran in to borrow my
best table-cloth, a dozen napkins and
my silver forks, but couldn't let them
go, as expected company myself"
There's the Milk in the Cocoanut,
my dear Old Innocence" replied the
Sage. eff you once Lend you must
never Refuse. The Neighbor who Lives
off of you has no Further use for you
when you Shut off the Supply"
| MoRAL.-A cup of Sugar or drawing
of Tea will make Enemies faster than a
kind heart can make Friends.
( rHE WISE MAN AND THE FOOLISH ONE
| A Workingman who was going home
from his Daily Toll, his Back full of
Aches and his Hands sore and blistered,
turned aside to call upon Wise Man
and ask his Advice.
| "Behold in me-" he began, ga Man
who works early and late, lives Poorly,
dresses Shabbily and has never enough
to Eat. There's something Wrong here,
and how shall Remedy it?"
"My Wooden-Headed Friend, have
often thought of your case" replied the
Wise Man-''often held it up as Warn
ing to others. Gaze on me! There are
no Aches in this spinal column-no
Blisters on these Hands. Feel of my
Fat! Do you ever see me Working?"
| "Never, and that's why 1 came to you.
How do you Manager
Call in the Philosophy, my Boy. In
this day and age the man who won't
Work is Supposed to be Physically in
capable, and Charity is only too glad to
help him grow Fat. Charity is Hobby.
Every Hobby searches for Victims Be-
hold in me Victim. Come in and have
some Cold Turkey and think it over"
| MoRAL.-Just you notice next spring
if the man who had rubbed a lamp-post
all summer has lost a pound of flesh
through the winter.-Detroit Free
Press.
Edwin Everett Hale says that when
he was in college he and his chum took
the first daguerreotype ever made in
| Boston.
Bishop Fowler thinks that Prince
Ii, the Viceroy of China, is zone of the
greatest statesmen the world has ever
| produced"
| The richest woman in Wisconsin is
Mrs. Alexander Mitchell, whose husband
left her an estate worth many millions.
She is the widow of the late president
of the Milwaukee & St. Paul road.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
Consumption of oreomarx~rins.

There has been quite an increase ia the
oleomargarine trade since the enforcement Of
the law requiring it to be sold by its proper
name People find it more palatable than
2Oc dairy butter, and it can be kept much
longer without the offensive smell. tits rap
idly taking the place of the lower gra1es of
butter in private families, as well as in cheap
boarding houses and observation-disclosures
Dealer in ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
THE BLUE GENTlAN.
1t Is One of the Most Beautiful of La
Autumnal Flowers.

Autumnal Flowers.
Among the most beautiful of the late
autumnal blossoms may be mentioned
several species of blue gentian. The
gentian is one of very few flowers which
may be described as true blue-most of
those generally called blue being in re-
atty more of purple order. The hand
some punches of deep azure, tube
shaped flowers seen on the streets with
in the last week, were principally COM
posed OF the soap-wort gentian, or gen.
tiana saponaria. This grows quite
abundantly ''down jersey" and is
brought to market by the colored peo-
pie who sell quantities of botanical
treasures the whole year round. The
stalks of the soap-wort gentian are tall
and straight and the blossoms are borne
in upright clusters in the axis of the
leaves that is in the joints between the
leaf-stalks and the main stem. The
flower might be called tube or trumpet
shaped, but if it ever fully opened it
would be bell or funnel-shaped. Itdoes
not open, however-only slight bright
break at the top shows the scalloped
edges of the corolla. This is regularly
striped, on the inside, with blue and
white.
The closed gentian, or gentiana An
drewsii, does not open It's blossoms even
as much as does the soapwort gentian.
The flowers of the closed gentian might
be described as like those of the hare
bell, only turned straight up instead of
dropping. The tip of the blossom is as
much rounded in the flower as it is in
the bud, the opening being no bigger
than pins head. The flower only de-
velops from bud, it would seem, by
growing little longer and taking on a
shade of cobalt blue. These flowers are
arranged in close cluster at the top OF
the flower stalk, not along the stem as
in the soapwort gentian. Moreover.
the leaves are not narrowed and grooved,
but are broad, smooth and glossy, some
what like those of the lilac. The closed
gentian is the species most abundant in
Pennsylvania. 1t grows along the edges
of woods and shady roadsides.
The fringed gentian is the species
commemorated by Bryant. 1t is rare
here, but is abundant further north. 1t
closely resembles its relatives, but the
flowers are few and the stems and leaves
simple. Its chief claim to distinction is
It's fringed lobes, not petals, as the
flower is all one piece like trumpet.
The corolla is open and the lobes are
developed so as to resemble petals of a
deep blue with fringed border. The
gentians form an interesting family OF
themselves and include great number
OF foreign species.-Chicago Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
Told to Dickens by LOngfellOw,

To Wilkie Collins from New York,
under date of January 10, 1868, Mr..
Dickens writes: Being at Boston last
Sunday l took it into my head to go power
the medical school and survey the holes
and corners in which that extraordinary
murder was done BY. Webster. There
MS the fuxnbc the grim spouts
81 sinks opd cheniSsl applIances and
What NOT Az dinhef AftefWard Long
sfe7lowtold me a terrific story. He dined
with Webster within year of the muir
der, one of party of ten or twelve. AS
they sat at their wine Webster suddenly
ordered the lights turned out and a
bowl of some burning material to be
placed on the table, that the guests
might see how ghostly it made them
look. AS each man stared at the rest in
the weird light all were horror-stricken
to see Webster, aoith rope round his neck,
holding it up over the bowl, with his
head jerked on one side and his tongue
lolled out, representing a man being
hanged. "-Philadelphia Record.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
A RUST-RED DADO,
How It Astonished an American Visitor to
q Wretched Siberian Prison.

How 1t Astonished an American Visitor to
Wretched Siberian Prison.
The first thing that particularly at
tracted my attention after l entered the
kamera (of the convict quarters of AL
gachi, Siberia), was broad band of dull
red which extended around the dingy,
whitewashed walls, just above the sleep
ing platform, like spotty dado of iron
rust. Noticing that 1 was looking at it
with curiosity, Lietenant- Colonel Salt
stein (warden of the PRISON. remarked,
with a half-humorous, half-cynical
smile, that the prisoners had been 'try-
ing to paint their wall red"
what is it, any way?" 1 inquired,
platform, made a closer examination.
The dull red band at once resolved it.
self into a multitude of contiguous or
overlapping blood stains, with here and
there the dried and flattened body of a
bedbug sticking to the whitewash. I
had no further difficulty in guessing the
nature and significance of the discolor-
alton. The tortured and sleepless pris-
oners had been 'trying to paint their
walls red" by crushing bedbugs with
their hands as high up as they could
reach while lying on the mares, and in
this way had so stained the dingy white
wash with their own blood that at a little
distance there seemed to be a dado of
iron rust around the three sides of the
kamera where they slept. How many
years this had been going on, how many
eand conyicts had helped to ''paint"
e I do not know; but 1
ha4 gka1 lin Siberia myself
from xorI61 ofIK 10 understand and
appreciate tKe siRn1ficance of that dull
red band.-George KEENAN,, in Century.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
The Useful Camel.

Camels can go eight or ten miles an hour,
if their load isn't too heavy. The ARABS eat
camel's meat and drink camel's milk They
make clothes out of the camels hair and
leather out of the camel's skin. So, you see,
the camel is a very useful animal. Little
Men and Women.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03

"A biogfap ner of David Bennett Hill
recalls the fact that the bachelor Gov
ernor was never fond of the girls. He has
always avoided their society, and he has
been known to walk around a block to
avoid meeting one.
e. ]. Baldwin, the California mill
ionaire, has been blacksmith, farmer,
stablekeeper, commercial traveller, boat
swain of a canal boat and grocer dur
ing his extraordinary career: He is now
sixty years old and worth SIS, 900, 600.
In place of the yellow button
which usually surmounts the top of the
cap of Mandarin of high rank, the Chi
nese Minister at Washington wears
magnificent opal as large as pullet's
egg. surrounded by circle Of two-carat
DIAMONDS.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03

An Indian on the Cheyenne agency
preferred to die rather than suffer am.
putation of an injured leg, until a mar
with wooden leg was brought in te
show his agility, and then the savage
expressed a desire to have both legs
taken off as he was troubled with colo
feet every winter
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03

"A curious accident which happened
recently in Paris points out possible
danger in the wearing of combs and
bracelets of celluloid. A little girl sat
down before the fire place to prepare
her lessons. Her hair was kept back by
semi-circle comb of celluloid. AS her
head was bent forward to the fire this
became warm, and suddenly burst into
flames. The child's hair was partly
burned off, and the skin of the head so
injured that several months after,
though the burn was healed, the cica-
trix formed a white patch on which no
hair would grow. The burning point of
celluloid is about $50 degrees, and the
comb worn by the girl had attained that
heat as it was held before the fire.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
A Valuable Pair of Brooches.


The owner of very valuable pair of
trousers was lately advertised for in the
French papers by the honest finder of
the same who allowed the individual to
whom they belonged fifteen days in
which to come forward. After this
delay he stated he would consider him
self justified in preating ~ this Arrange
windfall, which, as he .pscc GIN
cumstances and about. 70 b. HI riBd,
would be very serviceable to him. On
the Place de la Concorde, Paris, he
saw one evening dark object on the
ground, which he first took to be a
sleeping dog. On closer inspection,
however, he discovered his mistake and
picked up the garment then in his pos
session. He took the trousers with him
on board boat which he owned, and on
passing them in review noticed that the
buttons seemed different from ordinary
ones. Prompted by curiosity he undid the
cloth that covered them and found, in
stead of wooden molds, gold pieces,
Carrying his Investigations further he
came across some bank notes stitched
value.-Chambers' Journal
Mr.. Mason-s'We's kim t. git mar
rid" Rev. Mr.. Dixon-"Why, Sam!
how yo' gwine t. support wife?'' Mr..
Mason-"We's gwine inter d. laundry
biz" Mr.. Dixon-'Yo' CANT wash"
Mr.. Mason-'sNo, sab; but rs gwine t
furnish d. s'iled clothes. Judge.
"A st. Paul jury, during weeks sit
ting on recent case, ran up bill OF
S27 for Turkish baths and $35 for shaw
ing, shampooing and haircutting, which
bill of $72 was presented to the county
commissioners for payment.
-"Cood heavens, man! your head is
laid open, your nose is smashed on the
back of your neck, one arm is fractured,
and your jaw dislocated! How did it
happen?" ''Ah, docther, Biddy-rist
her sowl-lammed me wild motty-
God Bless Our Home, Schwate Home. ;"
IN. Y. Herald.
-Yellowly-"You've married rich
wife, 1 understand" Brownly = 81
have" Y.-"Well, then, think you
ought to pay me that $50 you borrowed
year ago." B.-"I'll have to pay by
installments, then, my boy" WHY
SOP" B.-"She never allows me more
than dollar at a time. Boston
Courier.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
Milwaukee's Poor Vanderbilt.

Quite familiar figure on the streets
is little old man who wears a straw
hat that once had band, but long since
parted company with it, and now
slouches down over it's wearer's shout
ders, almost overing his head of curly
gray hair. He is so round-shouldered
that he appears to be hunchbacked, and
his face is covered with struggling gray
whiskers. He earns meager wages as
collector and lives nobody knows where.
Yet this poverty-stricken man is first
cousin of Mrs. w. III. Vanderbilt, the
widow of the millionaire railroad mag
nate. His father and Mrs. Vanderbilt's
father were brothers. When in an ex-
tremity he appealed to his rich cousin
for aid, he received very polite note
from her private secretary stating that
Mrs. Vanderbilt had so many calls for
charity that she was compelled to refuse
some.-Milwaukee News.
A new mixed drink is called q
ssbusiness BRACE" but its practical ten
dency is more of business suspender.
Baltimore American.
"A New ork saloon was TO be opened
and the proprietor applied to we'll
known florist to furnish him with stands
of flowers which should be appropriate
for the occasion and yet have some allie
gorical meaning. The pieces when
completed represented Columbus dis
covering the land of mixed drinks, Bal
boa refusing to take water when he
came to the Pacific, and Ponce de Leon
pouring water from the fountain of
youth in glass held above his head,
like bartender ma king gin fizz. For
some mysterious reason one of the big
gest floral pieces was scroll bearing
the words: 'sThe Press"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-09-28
ALL IN THE FAMILY.
The Daughter Gets the Dry Goods and
the Old Man Receivers His Coin.

The Daughter Gets the Dry Goods and
the Old Man Receivers His Coin.
A somewhat curious case has just been
decided by the Supreme Court, the decision
having been fled yesterday in the Office Of
Clerk Williams for the Sacramento Dis
trict 1t was on suit brought by one
Jaafe against the administrator Zone Lilien-
thal) of the estate of Solomon Lowenberg,
deceased. Judgment was given in the
lower court for the defendant on general
demurrer, and the plaintiff appealed the
case.
The complaint alleges that one Solomon
LoTenberg, who bad become engaged TO
marry the plaintiffs daughter, and re-
quested the plaintiff to make suitable pre-
parations for "betrothal reception" and
"weddine feast" to procure suitable wear
ing apparel for his daughter, and TO pur.
chase household goods for both parties, for
use in their married life; and that he then
and there promised plaintiff to repay him
whatever money he might ezpend Tor the
purposes mentioned; that plaintiff paid
out pursuant to said request of Lowen-
berg, and at his special instance, and on
his account and behalf, and relying upon
his promise of repayment, as aforesaid, the
sum of 81 GEO in suitable preparations CT
the character requested; that Lowenberg
died before the marriage, and that the sums
expended by plaintiff have not been repaid;
also that toe claim Of plaintiff has been
rejected by the administrator of the estate
In rendering its decision the Court says
il thinks the complaint is good as against
general demurrer. The re- pendent argued
that it did not appear what was done with
the articles purchased, and that the pre-
sumption against the pleader requires that
such articles be considered to be in the pos
session of the plaintiff, and that he cannot
have both the goods and the money.
But" says the Court, 1.-THE cause of &C.
ton was complete when the plaintiff ex-
pended the money in pursuance of the
request of Lowenberg, and it was not
necessary for the complaint to go on and
state what had become of the goods. =
1t is argued, in the next place, that it does
not appear whether the expenditures were
made before or after the death Of Lowen-
berg. But the complaint alleges that the
expenditures were pursuant to the request
of Lowenberg, and on his account and be.
half which would not be legally true if
they were made after his DEATH"
The Court then orders the reversal of the
Judgment with directions to override the
demurrer, the defendant to have leave to
answer.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-09-28

entire structure eighty-fve feet in hight.
A novel feature of the tower is the iact tnat
there is only a difference of six feet ID the
diameters Of the top and bottomIsc an 81 :
sny taper being perceptiSle. 1t Is IN the
form Of a hexason. Midway between the
ton and bottom space has been lett ior
second. or reserve tank. The capacity Oh
the two tanks will be about 500Oo gaiionsS;;
Altogether the tower shows care and SIKH
irb1ilding, and The county may well be
proud of it. It shows up in strong contrast
with the old wooden tower which has
served the hospital during the past twelve
There is one thing lacking IN this new
tower" said one of the hospital attaches to
the reporter, land that is, there are no
facilities for ascending it. Nearly every
visitor that comes out here wants to mount
it, but when they fad out thst IN order to
do so thep must shin up little narrow
iron ladder, they change their minds.
There are not three men on the place here
that will climb it. 1 tell you when per-
son has climbed eighty feet on ladder
he's about ready to drop, and I'm afraid
there will be some accidents. Ny idea is
to have g spiral stairway built around the
tower. This would not only add 10 is
beauty, but would be a great convenience.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-09-28
INDUSTRIAL LODGE.
1t Entertains its Members and Friends
by Enjoyable Exercises.

1t Entertains its Members and FRIENDS
by Enjoyable Exercises.
Last evening Industrial Lodge, No. 157,
10. O.. f., gave az entertainment to their
members and friends. About two hundred
persons were present, and an interesting
programme was rendered. Prior thereto
an address was delivered by Past Grand
Robinette, who in the course OF his re-
marks, said:
The grand institution of Odd Fellowship has
been in existence for over seventy years, and
during that time has passed through az the
trials and edyelsities which meet organizations,
as well as individuals. We believe II IS des
tined to move onward in its work, gathering
within its folds all persons who are worthy to
become members, and teaching them the pr1n-
ciples of Friendship, Love and Truth" until
misfortune has no want TO releVe, ana sorrow
10 tears to dry.
We are proud of Industrial Lodge and OF
what it has done in the past as well as It's pros
poets for the future. On April q, 1859, this
Lodge was organized by few members OF the
Order; to-day il ranks second IN membership IN
this city and first in ali the enterprises OF the
Order lis name ranks high in the Grand Lodge
of this State, and in The order Il is known from
east to west aud from north to south through
out California. In the municipal affairs OF TINS
city; in the various mechanical departments OF
the railroad shops; on therailway trains; among
the illers of the soil; at the bench in the work
shop at the case in the newspaper office, and
in fsct in all places where there is industry Will
be found the members of this Lodge. This is
the greatest history one can give of any organf-
cation. and as long as the members continue in
this direction success aud prosperity viii fol-
low.
The programme was as follows: Instru-
mental, The Storm" Ethel De Meanwhile
eleven years old; song, Edna Stebbins /;
recitation, Maud Wilmington; vocal solo,
Mrs. Shook; trio, The Music Box" Miss
Woods and pupils song Miss Phipps; bass
solo, r. A. Spencer recitation Mrs. Sead-
Ter; song, Mrs Wessie Katzeustein recita
ton. Albert Hart song, The Village
Blacksmith, Ed. Ashworth.