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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02
DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.
Their Relations at Various Periods of the
Worlds History.

Their Relations at Various Periods OF the
Worlds History.
Looking back from this common-sensc
era upon the laws and customs OF the
past, the cruelty and folly of the old
laws for the satisfaction of debts seem
enormous.
The stern Romans were more merc1.
less to debtors than to criminals, for
while their wealthy felons could com.
pound for various atrocities with money,
the insolvent debtor became, in many
cases, the slave of his creditor, who
could sell him in open market, or even
put him to death.
The Greeks, who are extolled by some
worshipers of antiquity as models OF
equity, at one period of their history
not only made bondsmen of debtors
themselves, but of their immediate
kinsfolk.
The Hebrew laws also permitted the
enthrallment of unfortunates who could
not fulfill their pecuniary obligations,
but there was saving clause in their
code, by virtue of which the bankrupt
helots recovered their freedom at the
end of seven years, and were reinstated
in their patrimonial rights to begin the
world anew, with all their liabilities
cancelled. This enactment, of which
Moses was the author, was really very
liberal bankrupt law" considering the
age that gave it birth.
In China creditors, from time imme-
mortal, have had the right of quarter.
ing themselves and their families upon
those who owed them money; but as
boarding and lodging with wretches
utterly without means must be pen
ance rather than privilege, we infer
that well-to-do Celestials rarely avail
themselves of their legal opportunities
to take pot-luck with their pauper debt
ors. If Chinaman gets into debt by
gambling, or any sort of trickery, he is
soundly thrashed and banished to Tar
tary, which, upon the whole, is about
what he deserves.
1t appears from history that our An.
glo-Saxon progenitors had very little
consideration for people who could not
meet their liabilities. and, strange to
say, as they became more civilized in
JULIET ToSpcCGS GHcy grew uOTo Savage 10
pecuniary defaulters. AS late as the
middle of the last century, debtors were
confined in chains in English dungeons,
debarred from the fresh air and exer.
else necessary to health, and refused
permission to see their friends. Even
the dead body of bankrupt could be ar
rested in England a century ago. In.
deed, it has only been within few years
that the treatment of debtors in Great
Britain has been any thing short OF
brutal, and even now the absurd and I'M
christian idea that incarceration is an
expedient penalty for indebtedness re-
sulting from misfortune, has not been
entirely abandoned there.
In America the honest debtor-except
in particular class of cases-can not be
subjected to imprisonment. We have
worldly wisdom enough to know that it
does not pay to deprive men of the op-
portunity to cancel their monetary obi
cations by putting them in Jail The
creditor lays his hands-if he can-upon
the property of his debtor, but sees
neither profit nor justice in Selling and
holding his body.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02
USEFUL LETTERS.
New Version of the Origin Of &C. o. D..
and 80. X"

New Version of the Origin OF &c. o. d..
and 80. X"
There are two sets of letters which
have come to be used so Familiarity in
place of the words they represent, that
many who employ them freely do not
know for what they really do stand.
One of those letter combinations is
&C. o. D." Everybody understands Its
general significance; namely, that who
ever receives parcel thus marked must
pay for it before he can get it.
Say, Jim," said one clerk to another,
after he had marked box with these
letters, do you know what C. o. d..
really means?"
"Why, it means-oh, of course
knowr'
well, what is it?''
why" said the other, scratching his
head, sit means. Come Immediately
Down.
1t would certainly take great deal OF
were always written where the simple
&c. o. d." serves SO we'll.
Another curious combination of the
same sort is 20. K" In this the letters
do not happen to correspond at all with
the phrase they stand for. The words
''All Right" do not so much as contain
either of the letters in question.
The origin of 80. X" is a matter of
tradition and not by any means of exact
record, but it is said that the practice of
writing 80. X" had its beginning with
John Jacob Aston, the famous million
aire merchant of New York.
Mr.. Aston was known to be so honor
able, and so familiar with all sorts of
mercantile matters in New York. that
he Was frequently consulted by his
friends as to the commercial standing or
solvency of other merchants. And if a
note of inquiry was received by him re-
lating to the standing of one whom he
had good reason to consider financially
sound. he wrote so. K" on the bottom
of the note, and promptly sent it back.
Being a German by birth, and not,
perhaps, perfectly familiar with the pecu.
liar spelling of the English language, Mr..
Astor supposed that 20. K. was an alb
breviation of ''all correct" which, in his
own mind, he spelled ''oll korrect."
The joke upon Mr.. Astor found its
way into print, and was SO much appre-
ciated that his 80. k" soon passed into
common use.-Youths Companion.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02
PLEASANT MANNERS,
Some of the Lines which Unselfishnes
Works I'm Daily Life.

Some of the Lines on which Unselfshness
Works in Daily Life.
The old-fashioned division of society
was into superiOrs, equals and info riOrs.
One of the rarest things in American So
ciety is genuine courtesy toward superb
ors. Toadyism there is plenty of, and it
sary to condemn here. The more COM
mon and less conspicuous mistake is
within gliding through selfishness the
Difference which is due superiority. Let
a person of little more culture, a little
better position, larger experience, be
thrown among us and we too often as
sumo cold dignity. The glorious doc
trine of the equality of all men we quote
in self-defence. Unselfishness would
alter this manner and tell us to do the
honest thing-and the only polite thing
give his worth its due and ourselves
the opportunity of gathering what we
can from his broader life. This princi-
pie is constantly ignored in our villages
and towns. The sharp lines which are
drawn between cliques is really often,
if not as rule, the fault of those who
feel their social position to be less than
that of another set and who assume
rigid formality when thrown into their
CO mpany. The manner which shows
Difference combined with self-respecting
independ ence is one of the most charm
ing good society sees. The great strain
on this principle undoubtedly comes
from association with equals. A man is
polite to his daily associates in proper
ton as he lays aside his own claim for
consideration and substitutes theirs.
But it must be spontaneous, natural, I'M
pretending unselfshness. An affecta-
ton of misunderstanding up thing
in so pronounced manner that every
body will see that sacrifice has been
made-is never good form. 1t calls at
tention to the doer. 1t suggests to all
who see it that they have missed an OPP
portunity to do polite ing. 1t is in
better taste to omit doing an unselfish
thing which one sees the opportunity
for, if it is going to make others feel
that they have been rude or careless.
Good manners are like dress, that is in
best taste whose harmony is SO complete
that nobody thinks of it. Respect for
opinions, tolerance with eccentricitieS,
kindliness toward the embarrassing,
willingness to give up comforts, readi-
ness to join in suggestions for social en-
tertainment, ignoring unpleasantness,
the daily practice of social niceties,
sharing pleasures, generosity in admir-
ing, these are but few of the lines on
which unselfishneSS works in daily life.
Chautauquan
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02
BOSS NOBLE GAME.

Was the Dogs Point an Honest One or
Was it Sarcasm?
John Slate had pointer dog which
he called Bob He was a well-bred
dog and liked to hunt, but not in the
regulation manner. preferring to scour
the woods on his own account leaving
the hunter to do the same.
No amount of whipping availed to
keep him in; therefore, as help to the
hunter he was not a success.
One day, John, with several other
hunters, went out cunning for grouse.
Four men and two dogs made up the
party, Bob being one of them.
AS soon as he got the word to ''hunt
'em up" he started like flash, and for
half an hour they saw no more of
Bob"
At last John discovered him standing
on dead point and Immediately
yelled to his comrades to Come up;
Bob's on point"
STEADY. Bob, steady! Oh, no; Bob
amt no good; oh, no. Steady, Bob.
Jim, you get over to the right-steady,
Bobby! Charley, you go over to the
left. Steady, there, Bob! that's a good
dog. Oh, no; Bob amt good for
nothing; oh! no. Steady, Bobby! Hank,
you come over here by me. Steady,
Bob! See him stand there, will you;
amt that beautiful point, though?
Steady, Bob! Now let's move up slow
ly. Are you all ready?"
''All ready; here we CO."
The whole calvacade moved SLOWLY
forward, ready to empty their rifles into
the first thing that few through the air.
They gradually closed around the dog,
which was now pointing at some object
apparently not six feet away, and which
utterly refused to move another inch.
Wait minute" said John, land I'll
go and flush the bird"
He moved slowly and cautiously in
the direction indicated by the dog, and
there, under the shadow of big stone,
discovered not a grouse, nor quail, nor
woodcock, but big mud turtle.
In the suddenness of his overwhelming
chagrin and rage, John turned around
to shoot the dog, but he had gone of on
another hunting expedition-I. w.
Burgess, in Santa Claus.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02

Stage, the famous Yale pitcher, will
play baseball this seas n. He will 60
into the ministry eventually. At present
his delivery of the baseball is more prof
liable than bis pulpit delivery.
Governor Campbell of Ohio sine he
entered upon his Office isreported to have
become grave and dignifed as com pared
with his former jovial manner, and has
the studied air of man who hears the
terms President and Vice President sung
continually in his ears.' He will have
plenty of time to practice dignity before
he is called upon to exercise it in either
Office.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02

The correspondent of the Independence
Beige telegraphs that he has G cd reason
to believe that King Leopold wants STAN
ley back in the Congo State, and that
England also wants him in East Africa
A committee of Chicagoans are now
considering the feasibility of getting from
Genoa the house in which Columbus was
born for exhibition at the Fair.
Mrs. Maria Ganor, Mexican living on
q ranch five miles be'ow Tiajuana, CAL,
deserted by her husband, became de-
spondent over her husbands treatment
and her poverty, and committed suicide
with strychnine.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02

The alleged confession of Isaac B. Saw
telle is universally discredited at Great
Falls, N. 81. 1t is generally thought the
story is fabrication. If Sawtelle is the
author, he has constructed it to make it
appear that the murder was committed
in Maine. 20 that he may ESCAPE the gal
lows.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02

A New York Assembly bill provides a
fine of 81 600 and one years imprison-
ment for any person who prevents col
ored person from enjoying any resort or
convenience open to the public.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02

Senator Brown of Georgia is devoted
member of the Baptist church, aud has
proved his zeal by large contributions.
He has made gift of $50, 900 to the Bap-
tist theological seminary at Louisville,
KY.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02

The Pan-American Conference has
adopted the report of the Committee on
Eanks and supplementary report of the
Committee on Customs Regulations, rec
ommending the establishment of a CEN
trail union bureau of information and sta
tistics concerning customs.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02

There are three one-legged members
of the National House of Representa-
tiyes-Henderson, of Iowa; Stone, OF
Kentucky, and Boothman. of Ohio.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02
4 CONDUCTORS HEART.
1t Was of Stone and Not Even Threats
Could Move It.

1t was oil Stone and Not Even Threats
Could Move 1t.
When a certain conductor on a Michi-
gan Central train got down to the depot
the other morning for his run he found
a stranger awaiting him, who asked him
if he was SO and so, and added:
'Four weeks ago left Ypsilanti to
come to Detroit. When you came around
for my ticket couldn't find it. Do YOU
remembers"
eyes, | believe do"
''You said l must produce the ticket
or pay cash"
eyes,
81 had no cash. / told you l had
changed coats and forgotten my wallet"
Eyes"
"You didn't believe me-"
emo"
''You looked upon me as one trying to
dead-beat his way"
"Yes."
"But you stopped the train and put
me off five miles from town."
Eyes"
81 protested and assured and asserted.
butyour Obdurate heartrefused to melt"
Exactly"
well, sir; have come twenty miles
to prove to you that am no dead-beat.
Here is the ticket had at that time.
See the date. had put it in the wrong
pocket"
"Well.'
swell, want to sue the railroad for
damages. want $4,000. Can you di-
rect me to the proper official?"
certainly. Right through that door
up stairs-turn to the left-ffth door
down. Knock before you enter. All
aboard for Ann Arbor, Jackson, Niles
and Chicago. Detroit Free Press.
The Original Grand Old Man.
1.-THE Grand Old Man. is phrase that
is popularity supposed to belong to Mr..
w. T.. Gladstone, and to have been in
vented to especially distinguish him.
This is not the case. In speech
't'owd Vicar" of Leeds, the late DIR.
Hook made at Manchester about thirty
years ago. the reverend gentleman used
the phrase in reference to the composer
Handel. He was addressing working
1ng-class gathering at a popular concert.
and here is the sentence in which the
phrase occurred: Il dare not allude to
the sacred oratorio, The Messiah as
merely an entertainment and an amuse-
ment, for l remember that when the
oratorlo was first produced in London.
and Handel was congratulated on hav-
ing entertained the town for whole
week, the grand old man in his usual
outspoken manner, said: L did not wish
to entertain the town; wished to do it
good. There you have at once an in
terestlng anecdote and the precursor of
the most famous sobriquet of modern
times. Notes and Queries.
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-23
Decomposed Remains OF Two BOYS
Pound Ina Negro Cabin--Tpo OH.
ers Dying-Parents Arrested.
A Michigan Pastor In Jail for Getting
Too Much Affection From Females
or His Flock.
Fiendlsh aud Successful Plot to
Wreck Milwaukee and vt. Paul
Train ON Trestle.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Oct. 23.--In-
formation from Spottsylyania county
says that in the neighborhood OF Peaks
few days ago, gentleman while hunt
ing il backwoods came near misera-
bic hut IN which Ii was known lived a
family OF negroes. Lie econ discerned
that the air was filled with II terrible
stencil, and that buzxartis sat around In
tue trees near the house. On inyestiUa-
uon the bodies OF two negro bows ia a
deeomposed state were found IN tho mt.
IL seems that they had fought several
days previous, and one of them had
killed the other, while from wounds the
other had received death resulted. "A
cnild IN the hut had It's collar-bone
broken nnd was in critical condition.
Another male child who was i'll was 50
cruelly banda9ed by the woman who
had him IA charge that the little fellow
was suffering horribly when discovered.
The negroes In charge OF the children
have been arrested aud will le tried as
being parties TO the crimes
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-23
IA MAFIA IN new oaLsAns.
Fifteen OF the Italian Gang of A ssassIns In
JmiI---TFiaI Postponed.

fiissen OF the Italian Gang of AssassIns In
Jmii---TriaI Postponed.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 28.-The second
trial of the Provensonoes for lying in
wait and attempting to assassinate the
Matranga gang was to have begun in
the criminal court Tuesday, but owing
TO the feeling against the Italians the
district attorney has consented 10 a
postponeplent of the case. This is a
great disappointment To the public. who
We're anxious that the case should be
disposed Of, as it was expected that the
workings Of the Malta would cuIne out,
The situation here in the Italian case IA
quiet, The police believe they have all
the guilty parties under arrest, with ey-
idenoe sufficient 10 convict them. There
are ffteen persons in the parish prison,
four charged as principals and the rest
With being accessories before and after
the fact. Scaffiro, who was shot in the
prison Friday by Tom Duffy. Is now
almost well, and is able TO walk about
the Jail. The committee of fifty met
IN the evening, and denounced the
search OF the honses Of Italians as an
outrage.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-23
cslgFs ctlAReE FRAup.
Lac duI IFianabsau Indians say Agent
Iehy Has swindIed Them.

Lao daI II'Ianabsau Indians say Agep.
Iehy Has swindIed Them.
AsHLA9D, Wis, Get. s3.--It Is de.
'velopcd Aere that grievous charges have
been Ertferred by Indians residing on
lac du FAmbeau reservation against
IA. a. Ieahy, agent in charge OF La
pointe Ill aCy.
The es5alEes, which are addressed 10
secrefafg noble, recite that list Of In
dians eAtitled 10 an allotment OF lands
was inade up and approved by the
Indian Farmers, and Leahy took the
list and agreed to forward IL 10 the in.
terror department for final approval,
that petitioners went upon the lands 30
selected, but afterward discovered that
Other Names OF indians
had been substituted for those ON the
original list, and forwarded to Wash
ingf0n o. those entitled TO allotted lands:
that thereby fraud was perpetrated upon
the petitioners, and they therefore ask
that Col X, y. Gardner, United States
land inspector, be directed to investi-
gate the charges, and that the fraudu-
lent list be cancelled and lands restored
to the petitioners.
The 4atitiQn Is signed and sworn TO
~ xelyH 1AEM8 Nh3efs 0f the Lac an
flamheau band Of Chippewas, and
many ether members of the tribe.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-23

Eighty Per Cent. OF the Manufacturers Of
the Country in the New Organization.
CHICAGO, Oct. s9.--The window glass
manufacturers will to-day complete
their organization. Subscriptions to the
capital stock OF the American Glass
company, by which the glass trust Is
known, are being made. The CAPITAL
stock Ii 10 be 500. 900, the factories con-
nibuting $500 for each pot in their
plants. Manufacturers representing
], 200 pots signed the agreement. about
BOO pots remaining independent Of the
trust, The organization a. completed
imran1ies ali 1ase 4@os1ases ~ Keisaahasxxx.
all IN Ohio and all In Indiana, except tie
factory Of G. II. Cole at Dunkirk, that
state. The United Glass company. u
smaller trust, will probably be absorbed.
The companies refusing to join the trust
say that no attempt win be made to
lower prices or interfere with the oper-
ations of the organization. They win
mark prices up 20 the trust scale, and TO
all intents will be ia IL, except that they
viii have no part in the expenses Of the
operatiOn
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-23
Az ENelNEER,s MISTAKE.


Fatal ceilision Near Birmingham, Ala,
Caused BY misinterpretatIon OF sig
mails.
BIRMfSaHAa, Ala, Oct. 23. Late
Tuesday night passenger train ON the
Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham
railroad, pulled out Of the depot here
without conductor or iiag1nan, the
engineer misunderstanding signal
Five miles out the engineer discovered
his mistake, lacking his train without
lights or a map ON the rear platform OF
the car. he ran into an outgoing freight
train, killing two persons and seriously
injuring twenty others. The dead are:
j. ID. Franklin, travelling passenger
agent, Louisville, Tenn; John Kilrain,
fireman Of the freight train. Those dan
gerously injured are: Joe w. Davis,
Shellmound, Tenn: Mrs w. r. Agnes
and her two daughters, Greenyille. SC:
4. +. Rose, Lynn, Ala; j. e. Owens,
Westtield, NJ. Gil w. Fenrrell, New
Orleans; j. A. Taylor, Magnolia, Ark,
head smashed and eye knocked out
Others whoee names could not be
learned are supposed TO be- fatally hurt.
Engineer Russell, of the passenger,
II held responsible for the accident.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-23

LYONS, Iowa, Oct %. Clinton and
Lyons are 10 have an electric street
railway line probably two on them
The Baldwin Electric Railway company
has asked for . franchise to build and
operate an electric line, agreeing to give
bonds OF $4,000 10 have the line built
and ~ operation In one year from the
date Of their charter. II granted. They
ask, however, the exclusive right n
usa such motive power one year from
the completion Of the line. The Clinton
and Lyons Horse Railway company.
who own and operate ten miles of track
here have made similar request.
They offer TO give bonds of 20. 600 ID
change their lines into an electric avs
tenn before Oct. 81, 1851, II II likely
kpth charters VIII ~ granted.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-23
REED TALKED POLITICS.

The Election Bsn and the anIqnitses OF
the Present Laws HIS Theme ~
| PeorIa.
PEORIA, MS, Oct. %. Speaker Reed
and party arrived In the city at D. m.
by special train. The party was met at
the union depot by large and enthusi.
astic crowd and escorted to the National
hotel In carriages. After supper the
speakers party, escorted by many prom
inent citizens, drove to Sylvan park.
The speech-making took place In the
summer opera house at the park, which
was filed to its utmost capacity. Mr..
Reed began his speech with a reference
70 the election bin passed by the house.
He pointed out that more than s. 1000 900
people IN this country were
Denied Representation
by vote at the polls. He did not COM
plain OF this as question Of sentiment
nor call it mp to create bad feeling. He
had no desire 10 hurt the feelings OF any
Southern man. He was talking to Peo-
ria people about their own interests.
This election bill belnngned TO their In
terests. These 5000, ,0l0 disfranchised
people were of interest to the people OF
Peoria. Ii was a geographical question.
The power taken from them was not
given To all the other people not disfran-
chiseds Ii was only given to a part of
them, that part living in the south.
South Carolina had seven congressman
and hansas had seven congressman. But
Kansas had seven times the voters that
South Carolina had. This made
One south CarelInIaa Equal 20 seven
kansmns,
when, as It was, the Southern man only
10 be equal To five Northern
men. Wisconsin had nine congressman
and Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana aud
Mississippi, with only 25, 900 more voters,
had twenty-six congressman. This
made the question one Of Importance to
he North, and, Mr.. Reed said, the pan
shnenf Is swift 10 follow the crime. |
Dur SIN will be sure To find ms out. liz |
his nation permits itself 70 do such an |
injustice to one part OF It's people il viii |
1ring its own retribution, as did slavery. |