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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-06-05

Mayor Turner escorted HERALD man
through the Hotel Mctiinty yesterday,
which is even tighter than some Of Its
patrons frequently get. Chief Parker has
attended To the furnishing Of the Me-
Ginty. aud while IL has no grand pianos
or harps of David aud very few oriental
prayer rugs and perhaps not a single
hand painted cuspidore or lace adorned
tete a tete. IL will hold the whoopers all
right until the Jail can be built.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-06-05

The "Fairhaven Visitors Guide ans
Spe 'ial business Directory" is inishes
and being delivered to its customers. /
is published by MeSsrs. Chandler 4 Sneec
and printed by Sharpe 4 Quigley. Tn,
work Is neat, unique and compact, credi
to FairhaVen, its publishers and its pat
rOns
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-06-05

j. II. Whaling, the pioneer furniturs
dealer. is now located in his new quarters
and has some of the choicest and hand.
soonest furniture ever brought to Belling.
ham bay. lie can be found ON Eleventh
street, next door to the Blue Front drus
store. where his display will open tn.
eyes Of the oldest nhabitant.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
Danger of Gas and Geyser Baths.

AS is well known, the geyser bath is an
ordinary bath with geyser attached to
it. The geyser is kind Of urn, gener-
ally standing on the edge Of the bath,
into which the cold water from the
main runs over plates heated by series
of gas burners, which are contained in
itself, and then runs out at the other
side into the bath at given uniform
heat. At meeting of the Balloon So
ciety of Great Britain, one of the mem
bers gave sad experience with the gas
bath. His son had entered bathroom
provided with the geyser apparatus, and
half an hour afterward was found in
the water dead, suffocated by the deadly
gas generated by the bunsen burners.
The society was so impressed by the
facts adduced that it passed the follow
ing resolution "That this meeting is
of opinion, in view of the many fatal &C
cidents that have arisen by gas and gey-
ser baths, due to a want of more init
mate knowledge of their nature, that the
time has now come when the possibility
of further fatalities should be avoided"
They further submit to the secretary of
state presentment with the view of
compelling the makers to stamp into the
metal work of the apparatus these "di-
rections for use." Caution-The bath
must be filed while the room is being
ventilated, and before closing the door.
When filled, turn off gas and water.
The bath must on no account be entered
"untl this is done. New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05

One circumstance to which I must al
Jude happened during my stay at Trini-
dad, and with it will close the subject
of Obeaism. Just before Christmas, in
1888, a negro child was kidnapped. The
authorities instituted an investigation,
which led to the discovery of the child's
skeleton, and one or two negroes who
were supposed to be connected with the
deed were arrested. Kidnapping children
often takes place at Christmas in spite
of the vigilance of the government, and
it is done either by Obea men or in &C
cordance with their commands. The
child that has been confscated land in
the particular case to which I refer it
was captured in broad daylight, at 8
o'clock in the afternoon) is taken to Sc
cluded place and murdered. Some of the
entrails are removed, the heart, spleen,
etc., and a magic mixture is made with
mystical herbs.
By distilling or drying powder re-
suits, which Is given to one of the racing
horses, and this is supposed to give the
horse the power to win the coming race.
have no doubt that this does influence
the result of the race, for the jockeys on
the other horses, who are negroes, are so
convinced that they will not win, for
they cannot hope to beat an enchanted
horse, that they will not exert themselves
as they otherwise would have done. This
great power of the imagination is, in my
opinion, the great factor il the success of
Obeaism, for if man knows that Obea
has been worked upon him his magma
ton will do all the rest that is necessary.
Professor Sharpe in Philadelphia Led
oar
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
A Word About Globe Trottinr.

For my part 1 protest against all this
struggling and globe trotting. If there
was any limit or end or any legitimate
purpose to it, it might be tolerated. But
there is not. It is simply a return to
vagrancy and nomadism. The same
people who are doing all this Struggling
this year will be at it again next wear or
the year after at the outside. Once the
habit is formed they never stay at home.
except for so long as suffices for neces-
sary measures of financial reinforcement.
Of course there is some use in travel
1t is instructive to have seen the world
and know what is in it. It gives the
means OF making comparisons. imparts
culture and opens the eyes genera1lv
But these contemporary tramps Of ours
nave long since passed the stage of learn
ing anything. Their notion of travel is
rest and repairs, and to have fun-good
things In their way, but by this genera
ton lnordinately pursued. say thew ara
frivolous lot-our tramps; that thew try
to dodge life; that by keeping perpetn-
ally on the go they succeed in evadine
the habits of work and the natural ties
that stay-at-home people have to form
and the responsibilities that thew have tn
are.-Scribner'R
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
To Raise Church Debts.

"Some of these fine churches Of your
city that are struggling under loads of
indebtedness, incurred in periods of ex-
traordinary fervor and hopefulness, ="
said a Philadelphia visiting New York,
''might be relieved more quickly, per-
haps, than they otherwise will if their
trustees would learn lesson from one
of our boards. 1t struggled on for a
great number Of years, paying interest
on big mortgage, but never succeeding
in making any appreciable reduction Of
the principal. Meanwhile the neighbor-
hood, which had once been fashionable,
deteriorated steadily, and most of the
rich members of the congregation moved
away. 1t began to look as if the interest
even could not be met, when wide
awake woman suggested that the parish
60 into business for itself and make
enough money to pay its own debts. A
lodging house-cheap, but clean, really
clean-was opened, and the innovation
was startling alike to church members
and dodgers. It was well patronized
from the start and proved paying in
vestment. Enlargement soon became
necessary, and the debt on the church
began to disappear, slowly it is true,
but steadily, and the prospect of its total
erasure seems certain. New York Trib-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
The Kind She Wanted.

Katie lives in the suburbs of Boston,
and her small head is not infrequently
badly mixed upon things that relate to
the difference between the ways of the
town where she lives and the ways of
Boston. She has always great scorn,
however, for having things different
from city fashions, and this shows itself
In the most unexpected ways.
Not long ago travelling photographer
came along and established himself not
far from her fathers house, and her
mother decided to improve the oppor-
tunity to have some pictures of the chill
dren taken.
Come, Katie" she said one morning,
after it had all been talked over before
the child, who had made no comment
whatever, ego to nurse and get on your
things and come with baby and me to
have your tintypes taken"
But Katie drew back.
"No, mamma, DEAR" she said, gravely:
''f you will excuse me, I won't have any
6ntypes taken. I'll wait, if you please.
I'LL you can take me to town and get a
real telegraph of me."-Youth's Com
psnion.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Professor Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
says he believes all that Mr.. KEENAN,
has said of Siberian prisons, because he
has heard so many stories of similar
purport from reliable Russian gentle
men.
Verdi, the composer, has secured
from the Italian Minister Of Public In
struction an edict forbidding the owners
of hand-organs to play fragments from
his operas in public since they pay him
40 copyright.
Mrs. Sallie Joy White, president of
the New England Women's Press Asso-
citation, has been in the newspaper
business twenty-one years. She is the
first woman who secured position on
Boston journal.
AT recent autograph sale in Lon
don the signature of Voltaire brought
only two guineas, while that Of Isaac
Watts sold for three; and while ten
pounds were given for Boswell letter,
one by johnson brought nine.
Dom Pedro and George w. Childs. Of
the Philadelphia Ledger, are warm per-
sonal friends and frequently exchange
letters. When the Emperor used to
visit this country he always made it q
point to be the guest of the wealthy
editor.
DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes is the
owner of an interesting relic in the
shape of silver teapot that has de.
seconded to him by collateral line from
Tutor Flynt, of Harvard College, whose
term of service extended from 1854 to
1869.
The Archaeological Institute that
purposes to explore and excavate the
site of ancient Delphi, has associated
with the names of the most distinguished
historians and scholars among men,
Julia Ward Howe, Elizabeth c. Agassiz
and Alice Freeman Palmer.
william L. Adams, better known to
his many youthful admirers and read
ers as "Oliver Optic" is nearly sixty,
but in vigorous health. He has made a
small fortune by his books, and in
dulges in yacht during summer time.
Mr.. Adams started in life as q hotel
clerk and bartender.
How do you read minds?n inquired
dude of mind reader. 'sWell," he
responded. with great deliberation, II
nrst get the mind"-then he stopped for
breath, and the dude for some reason
slipped out.-Washington Star. /
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
The Good Lived After Him.

Years ago there lived in town not
far from Portland a man of property.
education, ability and good habits. He
was elected several times to the legisla-
ture, and served with credit to himself
and to his constituents. In old age
misfortune came upon him. He lost
all his property and went to live viii,
his younger brother because he had no
where else to go.
But the brothers children would not
have the old man in the house, and or
dered the selectmen to remove him
He was taken to the poor farm, and
there he died. Later these same chill
dren removed their uncle's remains to
the village cemetery, and at the head
of his grave set up marble slab and
placed upon it this inscription:
Farewell. dear uncle, until we meet
you in Better Land. Portland Ar
ans
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
Where the Old ShiDs Co.

A man stepped into one of the ship
ping offices on Front street the other
day to have look at The Maritime
Register. An old sea captain who had
been reading it remarked, as the visitor
laid the sheet aside, after an apparent
ly fzuitless inspection, "Don't find what
you were looking for, eh9"
NO" was the answer. II was look
ing for the B, but she isn't listed in
this number"
"Old shipg"
Eyes. sailed in her twenty years
ago."
ooh, well, then, she belongs to the
Germans by this time"
Flows that?'
''Wen, the Germans don't build ships
leastwise not wooden ones, so much as
some other people do. They buy sec
ond hand ships, and they do most of
their buying in America. The German
merchants operate on smaller capital
than ours, and they can't or won't put
as much money into timber as they do
here. They have sharp eye for bar
gains, too, let me tell you, and when
they find tub that's somewise slow or
leaky, but presentable and cheap, they
buy her, copper bottom her and start
her on her travels again. Lord! There's
lots of American built ships flying tho
Dutchman's flag at our wharves. Some
Norwegians buy 'em, too, but it's mostly
Germans that get EN-"
This throws a light on old ships, but
the pins, pianos and sewing machines
are still to be accounted for.-New York
Sun.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
A BAD OPINION OF BERMUDA.
It Grows Nothing but Onions to Perfec
suI, A No

1t Grows Nothing but Onions to Perfec-
tion, and Its Fish Are Not Good.
Bermuda brings to the minds of most
people vision of tropical luxuriance.
1t is not a tropical island at all; it is
only semi-tropical. The tropical trees
and plants here, with the exception of
the banana, live just as long as they
are cherished and watched with care
full culture. There is nothing spon-
taneous in their growth and they never
spread to much extent, even under the
aiding process.
There are limited number of palm
trees of the different varieties, and
few handsome ones are among them.
The palmetto and pawpaw are seen.
The India rubber and the calabash tree
are represented by few specimens,
and the former in one or two cases has
grown to great size. But none of these
trees looks as if it belonged in Bermuda.
Their appearance is very much as if
gardens in the summer season. |
scarcely saw an orange or lemon tree
on the islands In fact there is but one
tree that seems Indigenous to the soil
of Bermuda. 1t is the cedar. This
grows to a considerable size, and it
grows spontaneously. If there is any
other tree that does it escaped my OBJ
servation.
The soil everywhere is thin, composed
of red loan, and is not fertile. In
stead of the luxuriant richness expect
ed, find the islands barren. They grow
nothing In abundance but the onion.
Not even grass is raised to any extent.
The tomato comes to useful maturity
and limited number of potatoes are
raised of which white and sweet are
both good, but the islands import every
thing else Aside from the banana,
which is smaller in size than that to
which we are accustomed, there is no
fruit here which has not been imported.
l have not seen Bermuda orange or
lemon, to say nothing of figs or pome
granates.
An islander would almost have to in
quire what a strawberry was if he saw
it; the peach, the apple, the plum are
here only by importation. You see
everything in air and climate to suggest
fertility, and the soil denies it all. Ber
muda is far beyond Boston in the pos
session of fruits, vegetables, meats and
game for the table, except always the
all pervading onion. They do not even
keep COWS enough to supply the peo-
pie, and for their eggs and poultry they
send very largely to the continent.
looked at least to the fish for some COM
pensation. Here, too, was disappoint-
ment. The ocean fish are not anything
like as good in Bermuda as either
in Boston or New Orleans-Boston
Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
Compressed Air Chisel.

The compressed air chisel was first
brought into use in this country An
improved form is now being used in Eu-
rope by stone dressers, sculptors and
metal workers. The economy OF labor
compared with the hand chisel is four
Cur five fold. At the same time the sur
face cut by the compressed air chisel is
cleaner and smoother than is possible
with the hand chisel This is especially
the case with granite The new instru-
ment is said to be of great service in
metal working and wood working
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
Breaking Her Postof1ce Box Glass.

An event at the postoff1ce Sunday has
caused some talk. It appears that on
leaving church Mrs. A. s. Ludlow, &C
companied by two lady friends, called
at the postofice and found the general
delivery department. closed. There were
letters in her box, No. 172, and express
ing strong desire to secure them, her
companions laughingly suggested that
she smash the glass. This was no sooner
said than she tapped it with the head of
her umbrella, and it broke. She then
remarked: IT will have the letters now,
anyway" and securing them through
the glass passed out and went home.
There was clerk in the rear office at
the time, and he claims to have wit
messed the affair, but failed to present
himself. He says Mrs. Ludlow's re-
marks quoted above were spoken as the
blow was given. On reaching home
Mrs. Ludlow, fearing that she had done
an unwise thing, wrote to the postmaster,
asking that repairs be made and that
the bill be forwarded to her. This was
not answered, and on Monday forenoon
she sought ont Postmaster Carney and
gave her version of the affair. Judge
Carney expla. aed the serious nature of the
offense, but good naturally allowed for
the circumstances, and said that he
would permit the occurrence to pass un-
Observation-Disclosures Cor. Milwaukee
Sentinel.
Able Desgodins, Vicar Apostolic OF
Theibet, who has been a missionary in
the Chinese borders of that country for
thlrty-five years, and whose name &C.
ours In every modern book of travellers
In that region, has lately returned to
France with the manuscript of a
dictionary of the Thibetan language on
which he has labored for quarter of
century, and which he is DESTROYS of
having published in Europe. 1t will be
In Latin, French and English.
An example of the high cost of book
making 500 years ago is furnished by a
bill for designing and writing a manu-
script in the year 14O2 which was
recently found. At the charges made
In this bill the parchment, writing, the
miniatures, gold-plated and enameled
silver nails, ink figures, seventy smaller
gold-plated nails. . gold-plated silver
clasp, sky blue satin and binding would
amount. according to present value $3.50,
the miniatures themselves going ct $50.
American BookmaksE.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05

But few persons who view . passenger
train as it goes laundering past have an
idea that it represents cash value of
from SD, 900 to $120, 900, but such is the
case. The ordinary express train repre-
sents from $50, 600 to $4,000. The en-
CINE and tender are valued at $40, 500;
the baggage car, $1,000; the postal car,
$1,000; the smoking car, 5000; two ordi-
nary passenger cars, 10000 each; three
palace cars, 900 each-total, $83, 600.
Many of the trains which pull up to or
out from the Union depot in this city are
worth $3.50, 0O0.-St Louis Republic.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05

My business has grown that obliged build large
house goods which will enable stock furniture
enough for the demand have bought it right by
each grade of furniture by the carload will get freight much lower
And by the benefit of all these will
enable them buy cheaper than
have also secured the of sa uphosterers and
carpet direct from San Francisco that prepared
hrsclass work both repairing and work
wants uphostering capyg done
ing me at
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
A Large Fish in a Small Pond.

Rev. DIR. Primrose Are you not
ashamed to be in class with bows so
much smaller than yourself?
Little Johnnie-Not much, I amt. I
can lick every mothers son Of them
London Bits.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
inducements Offered to Enterprises and
Manufactures.
Some of the Reasons Why Shelton Will be One of the Important
Cities of Puget Sound

SHELTON Incorporated about inhabitants located
Big Skokum Bay the most Southwestery of
the County seat of Mason County Its educational %
the needs the people for time there being large
wostory public school building with departments present
at work under the instruction of Among
the substantial buildings used for business
the splendid twooy Courthouse 48x4S and Hail. fitted
for theatrical and public purposes three large buildings bank
building three large hotels machine shops During year
dwellings have all the the
the land cleared and opened which makes pleasing
viewed from the bay by the incoming passenger.
Though but four DID, the growth of Shelton
and during hepa few months rapid Many of the branches
represented and several industries
sides those present operaon factory and saw
MILL engines employ about SO hands, construction
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
Son of the Old Roman.

Young NJ Thurman is gray haired,
and has but one arm. He lost the other
IN an accident many years ago. He is a
prominent attorney at Columbus, O..
and is said to be making money out of
the new natural gas fields that have been
discovered near THEREFOR. New Orleans
Times.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
THE SATSOP RAILROAD

Has been operating here for three and they have substantial
manent buildings warehouse and the railroad This
has about IA miles of main line in operation and nearly
and all the body timber
the line of the railroad The Satsop the largest logging
road Puget Sound and the busy
RATS of logs scaling about 100000 feet EACH towed
mills each week to be the lumber
export.
The Mason County Central Railroad enterprise
operation about year, and important develop
men and opening of the region round about
They also have sawm of fair
Ao the Port Townsend Southern Railroad will through
Shelton and line of travel direct by rail with California
the East Among the railroad foot is the building
road from Port Orchard bay Shelton and Gay Harbor
transonnental connection with the Union Pacific Railroad
will become a metropolis of the Upper Sound.
AS for scenic beauty from the elegant residence ground the north
side of town. superb view of the hoay monarch Mt Rainier
had almost every weather. while upland opposite
be obtained fine the Olympic mountains their ireg
ular and snowcapped peaks which lie between
Pacific
Without doubt Shelton, lying it does in sheltered valley
facing one OF the prete bays of this eligible
site for townone that hardly be improved upon 1t we'll
tered from continuous the
mens being made osupp the with abundant pure
fall of more than fifty
These are few Of advantages and they worth investigating
There no boom heading of umpes but Shelton
atey growing rapidly than point the Sound Town lots
from $50 upward. For further information address
DAVID SHELTON
Or THE JOURNAL.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05

Direct from the factories in the East and will be prepared
wholesale and retail
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-04-23
InE neleArs ANp 1aE valley

He stood in the valley with eager eyes
Turned TO the peaks where the sunshine lay.
20, for the heights that are near the skieA
The glorious heights that are far away"
He cried and ever his longing grew
To climb the sleeps TIN the heights were wo2.
And ever Wild unrest broke through
The daily tasks that must stih be done
.It must be lonely on those far heights..'
Said the friend he told Of his Wild dasire
Better the valley of old delights;-
But the heart o< the dreamer was all on fire
with the thought Of reaching the hills afar.
And he would not tarry with friends OF old.
But followed the nash of ambitions star.
And climbed up the mountains bleak and cold
There were awful chnsms vherc danger inys
Through nights Of darkness and days OF need
Towards the peaks he ioaged for he took his way
And nearer. nearer. the peaks Of snow
Each day the climber In rapture drou.
Forgetting the valley that lay below
And the valley fricnds who were Kind and trsze-
AT last the terrible heights were scaled.
Alone on the desoiate peaks stosd he
In the moment OF triumph his courage failed,
And his heart turned valley ward longingiy.
o, TO hear tho roices.of friends again.
To clasp = hnnd that was warm and truei
o. 70 love and be loved. and 70 share with men
The Little joys that the valley knew
Better the valley with peace and love
Than the desolnte heights some souls nttpin-
Lonely Is life on the hiils above
The valley lands and the sunny plain
What Is fame 20 lover Can it satisfy
The longing and lonely hearts Of menf
On the heights they must hunger and starve and
die.
Come back TO the valley OF peace again.
-Eben Z Rexford