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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28

The sovereign Of a little Greek island
during the middle ages styled himself:
THE Protector Of Religion, whose
Fame is Infinite; who Exceeds the Sun,
the Moon, the Unexpanded Buds, the
Stars, the Jewels; whose Feet are as
Fragrant to the Noses of Other Kings
as Flowers to Bees; the most Noble
Patron, the God of Custom"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28

The Massachusetts divinity student
who Is stranded at Denver, whittier he
went absolutely without funds to meet
a mythical wealthy widow whom
jokers had married to him by mail
deserves little sympathy. A man study.
ing for the ministry ought to have q
higher view Of the solemnity Of ma,
rage.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28

Among the degenerate Romans from
A. d. 100 to A. D.. 800 titles were
graded with almost mathematical ex-
actness. and men Of different social
rank insisted on being addressed as
Hlustres, spectables Clarissimi, Per-
fectiasimi, Egregii, and % on, accord
ing to their position.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28

William Waldorf Astor Is going to
build the finest hotel in the world in
London. If he we're anybody but an
Astor predictions Of speedy financial
collapse would be warranted for he has
two or three newspapers on his hands
now. But "Astor' is only another
name for Midas" rs everybody knows.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28
The Letter AM', ON SILVER Dollars.

"a Inc ActSc1 AZ ~
There is a popular idea prevalent
that the minute letter m" to be seen
at the base Of the head OF Liberty on
the face Of the silver dollars stands for
mint and is an evidence Of the gen
uineness OF the coin bearing it. This Is
q mistake. The M stands for Nor
ean-George r. Morgan-who is the
originator OF the design. Upon the
same side there is another M" also
the initial OF the designer This Is to
be found in the waving locks OF the fair
goddess, and is 70 cleverly concealed In
the lines Of the design that it can only
be seen after d long scrutiny. "a prom
inent mint official, in speaking OF this
other initial, said that he had 1t shown
10 HIM scores 81 times, but could never
find it unasisted-RostOn Io.,sno1
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28

The existence Of the Colossus Of
Rhodes is considered by some histor-
ians as extremely doubtful. There is
90 evidence that the ancients were able
to cast pieces Of metal of such size as
must have entered into it's composition.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28

President Palmer, of the worlds fair
commission, is out in another appeal
to the American public for contributions
In aid Of the duke Of yeragua, whose
fortune has been d~issipated in gambling
and riotous living. II Veragua has q
claim upon the American people SIM
ply because he is q descendant Of Chris
TOPPER Columbus, has not every other
person a right to ask charity because
Of his descent from Adam, the original
and only discoverer Of this earth?
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28

Kerosene oil is rapidly growing in
favor as a cheap nluminant in China.
The consumption, which was s,256,OOO
gallons in 1892, had risen to 49, 900
eagerly drink lemon extract and SINH
was imported from America and 20 per
cent from Russia.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28

The Chinese doctors lot Is not wholly
a happy one. -Four members Of the I'm
perial College of Physicians at Pekin
failed recently to make a proper dag
nosis Of the emperor's indisposition and
were punished by being fined a years
galary.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28

King Hunbert Of 1tay has offered
Bismarck a castle in which to spend his
last days. Bismarck's patriotic tradi-
lions would not permit of his accept
ance Of the kind offer, but it was none
the less considerate of Humbert to ten
der the honor.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28

Some Of the beekeepers in Skagit
county, Washington, will take 100
pounds from each of quite a number of
colonies this season. This means $40
per swarm, gross, which is regarded as
better than 100 per cent interest OH the
Investment.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28

Those Brazilian revolutionists evident
~ patterned after the United States
senate. They wasted a lot of ammuni-
ton and an immense amount of time,
kept everybody IN the tiptoe OF expect
ancy and then accomplished nothing.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28

The fintlock was invented about 1910
and before the end of the century was
in general use. Firing, however, was
still very slow, and rarely more than
twenty-five shots were fired by a SOL
der in the course Of a day.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28

The equipments and arms Of all mod
ern armies are substantially the same,
with the differences in material and
workmanship, the English, French and
American armies being deemed the
best.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28

In time to bring the deal to 3 most
satisfactory conclusion, and do q hand
some piece Of busine IS On his own ac-
count in the light Of the instructions
I had given him about the business Of
the syndicate.
Francis Dana, in Youths Companion.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28

The Russian Jews who are expelled
from Siberia will be congratulated in
stead Of commiserated by the average
perscn, because Of the mistaken idea
that Siberia is a barren waste fit only
for criminals.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28
It Any syndicate has purchased Lower
California for 100000 that syndicate
has an immense gold brick on its hands.
The intrinsic value of Lower California
Is about $13.S5.

A Greek army was composed of the
hoplitae, or heavy armed infantry; the
thetes, or light infantry; an intermedi-
ate class, the peltastae and bodies of
m%ercenary singers and bowmen.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28

1t was a half sheet of paper. On
the middle was written my name in
my own hand. Above it was room
enough on which to write the necessary
power of attorney. My correspondent
at Gray's Harbor knew the signature.
T gave Nelson full instructions, and
he wrote the power of attorney over
my signature, which the guide wit
messed, as I acknowledged it.
Can you stay here alone?" said he.
II shall be more comfortable than
you will on the way to Gray's," said I.
He and the guide threw me an extra
blanket, with a Ratchet wrapped in it,
a novel, a huge piece of bears meat
and a bag of tobacco. I caught all
easily and then they went ahead.
Then I employed my Ratchet to chop
of the ends of branches and make a
more comfortable couch for myself near
| the trunk of the tree.
Three days later the others came
back with the rope. 1t was a weak
looking thing, made of one long piece
and several short ones-the best that
the little settlement afforded. They
had thought 1t long enough, but 1t did
not reach by ten feet.
Never mind,' said one of the men.
He cut @ stout sappling some twenty
feet long, dashed q crcespiece to one end,
fastened the other end to the rope
and let the sappliDg down. I caught
the crosepiece swung myself up and
stood upor: 1t, holding the pole with
my hands.
"Pull!' said I.
And pull they did. ] swung in against
the rocks, bruising my knees, but In
a few minutes was up on the shell.
1t is seldom that q man has to be
hofsted out OF a tree-top. Equally sci.
dom is n benefited by idly %scribbling
his signature In blank for Tom, Dick
and Harry to write over. But both
these experiences were mine.
Whel we Joined Nelson at 4Grny's
Harbor we found he had arrived lust
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-28

whom many cock and bull" stories
were told to the effect that he was
afraid Of Watt, and was obliged to
make trial of his engine at night. It is
also narrated that during one of these
trials his engine ran away down hill.
nearly frightening a good parson of the
Church of England who CHANGED to
see the Internal machine at night belch-
ing forth fire and birthstone, into a be-
lief in Martin Luther's personal devil.
Soo1. American genius has to demon
strate it's superiority in the domain of
invention. In 179O Nathan Reed con-
structed a vertical locomotive with q
multitubular boiler, the first ever in
vented. Thirty-seven years afterward
a Frenchman named Seguin managed
to stunbl On to the principal Of the
m~ultitnbular boiler and subsequently
received the credit Of being the invent
or. Two years later still, Booth, an
Erglishman, reinventcd Reeds multi
tubular boiler, and Englishmen still
claim the credit Of this great advance,
for him. a..
Richard Trevethick, the Englishman.
is called the father Of the locomotive.
A reproduction Of his famous engine
is here. It was the FIRST locomotive to
have a horizontal boiler. It was pro-
PEELED by cog wheels fitted into a cogged
rail. We may date the origin of the
freight handling railway upon which
steam was used Is the propelling power
back to the successful operation Of this
engine In 1904, when 1t was employed
to haul limestone from Morlais Castle
to- the Plymouth Iron company's fur
mace over the Merthys Tydoil tramway
In South Wales. 4
After him comes another American.
who, by other clever Inventions made
On epoch In the history Of locomotive
building.
He devised the first locomotive which
proved that steam propulsion upon an
Ordinary road was possible. He n.
troduced the now ccrdensing hiRh pres
sure steam engine and invented what
p known 90 the Cornwall and Inncas.
Ter boilers claimed to have been invent.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-10-27
The Festive Smugglers

OLYMPIA, Oct. 23.-This vicinity is
beset with customs collectors on the
lookout for smugg1ers. Since the seiz-
ure of Chinese at Oyster Bay every
avenue has been closely guarded. but
Notwithstanding the precaution, it is
said that dozen celestia1s have re-
Gently slid in. Inspector Lyons, who
never lets anything in the shape of a
portable package pass his eye, attemp-
ted to enter the Northern Pacific ex-
press Office this morning to examine
a gripsack, but the agents clerk OBJ
jected, and the matter ended in row.
The inspector was arrested, and was
fined.
The Ledger says that a sloop of
ten tons burthen was seized in the har-
Dor by deputy Collector Dorsey. Ed
ward Girard, of Olympia, commonly
known to the customs officers as the
:" Preacher Smuggler.'' and Albert
Farnham, were in charge of her. The
s1oop had just come in from Olympia.
She was seized as a result of inform
alton given by a passenger on the
Multnomah, who reported that the
men were stealing the boat.
The two men were taken ND town
but afterward released on account of
lack of evidence to hole them. The
sloop is held, however, for the violation
of two requirements of the navigation
law, having no name or hai1ing port
painted on her, and carrying no side
lights, the penalties bling $50 and 5000
The boaNwas probably
stolen/to make a smugglef>o of her.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-10-27
The Alaska Gold Miners.

i The steamer Topeka from Alas kS
last Friday brought down a party of
seven Yukon miners. They are of a
party of thirty-eight gold hunters who
came out of the Yukon country last
June. All boarded the revenue cutter
Bear at St. Michael, being carried to
Ounalaska at government expense
There they took the steamer Crescent
City for Sitka. Some of them have
already reached San Francisco and the
balance left on the steamer Umati11a.
These miners have been in the Yukon
diggings from three to six years, and
all have more or less gold dust, their
combined wealth being $4,000. Joe
lanai, Frenchman, is the nighttime
miner among them. He prospected the
Yukon a little more than two years
and brought down a valise filled with
dust worth at the United States mint
over $4,000. Chas Grava1 had $4,000,
Anton Benito had $4,000. The latter
are partners and prospected in common
Both went north from San Francisco
i'll 1888. All three of the men are
Frenchmen and with miner named
Patrick Murphy, who was unfortunate
and came down broke, are travelling
together. The total wealth of the par
ty was locked up in the First National
Bank for safe keeping, until it was
taken aboard the Frisco steamer, we'll
guarded by shotguns. There are at
present 800 prospectors in the Yukon
country, and all of them are reported
doing we'll.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-10-27
Portland Industrial Exposition.

PORTLAND, Sept. 81 to Oct. 28.-
The Northern Pacific Railroad Co.
at Olympia will sell excursion tickets,
including one admission on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays of each week
during the Exposition at $50 each,
good to return four days from date of
sale. H. E.. STANFORD. 4w.
The long distance telephone line
between Tacoma and Spokane. by way
of Portland, $50 miles long, is complete
in good working order, and cost $780,
900. The wire is of hard drawn cop
per, and the poles of first class live
cedar. One pole contract was furnished
by Frank Knee1and, on the Shelton
Southwestern.
PRUNE INDUSTRY AND ORCHARD
WoRK.-This is a pamphlet of 100
pages, written by S. A. Clarke, and
handsomely printed with numerous
illustrations by Poisson & Son, Port
land, Oregon, that contains the sub
stance of many valuable articles. Mr..
Clarke has published for two years
past in the Oregonian on horticulture
in the Pacific Northwest. The value
of these articles are generally appre-
ciated. Mr.. Clarke has endeavored to
combine in this handsome pamphlet
all that is known of the prune indus
try the world over; its history on the
Pacific Coast, reliable facts as to the
different yarities of prunes and meth
DDS of gathering, curing and packing
same for market. The book also con-
tains full instructions for orchard
work of all kinds, spraying for all
insect pests and fungus and is pro-
! nounced Invaluable by all fruit grow
ers. It's cost is so cents and we can
supply any subscribers it, with copy
at club rates.
Book THREE of the series of 25 vol
times, to comprise the Book OF the
Fair being issued by the Bancroft
Company, shows that the set will be
one of the grandest and most enter
tanning souvenirs of the great Column
bian exposition. The pages are royal
size and the engravings high class
of the art, while the type is large and
the whole perfectly printed on first
class paper. IF you wish something to
keep the Fair of '93 fresh in your men,
DRY until the next one cones-if such
another should come in our day and
generation-corresp with the Ban
| croft Company, Auditorium bulId1ng'
Chicago, Ill.
DEPUTY State Treasurer Lindsey
has just returned from Chicago and
says that fifteen thousand people from
the State of Washington have visited
the Worlds Fair. Thirty-two thous'
and people from all parts of the coun-
try have entered their names upon the
register in the Washington building.
The average number OF visitors to the
building daily was $4,000.
| BROTHER MOORE issued splendid
"boom" edition Of the Hoquiam Wash.
ingtonian last week containing fine
| illustrations and articles showing The
progress of the town. Considering the
dull period upon us, this effort 10 show
that Hoquiam is strictly in the van
is commendable, but it must OF taken
deal OF rustling and good work.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-10-27
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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-10-27
n;ssolutiou of Co-Partnership.

TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.--NOTlCE is
hereby given that the Co-partnership heretofore
existing between A. B. Winters and G.. X. Rob-
bins, under the firm name of Robbins d Winters
general merchandise, was dissolved by mutual
Consent. Oct 1st. A. B. Winters retiring and
G. X. Robbins continuing the business.
" G. X. ROBBINS.
Hoodsnort Oct 49, 1893-2w. A. B. WINTERS.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-10-27


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AWAKE TIK-EH. speaking of the
big run of salmon Wednesday, Charlie
Leake, from his store of knowledge
gathered from long residence, tells OF
a small stream on Hood Cana! which
the salmon for some reason have NO
use for and never enter it to spawn,
and no kind of fish were ever found in
it. It is below Lillewaup Falls, called
the Wake Tikeh, Don't want it, Old
Indians tell a legend in connection
with this creek, and aver its truth. In
the past generation an old klootchman
went in the early morning to dig CLAIMS
at the mouth of this stream, and she
never came back. Some offended god
must have turned her into stone, fol
until a few years ago passengers could
see this big rock at low tide and note
| its striking resemblance to an old
klootc Gilman, with the inevitable basket
| on her back, in the act of digging.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-10-27
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Shelton POSt-Office.

Mails close for the East daily at II A. NJ.
Mailsclose for the North daily at II NJ.
Mails arrive daily IL AN.
General Delivery open from 6 A. II. to Z p. NJ.
ing For Grove and Gray's Harbor every
Tuesday morning
Money Orders and Postal Notes issued.
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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-10-27
Reduced Passenger Rates.

The Northern Pacific Railroad takes pleasure
in notifying its patrons that its rates to st. Paul
chicago and points east, are as low as by any and
allother lines Full particulars will be cheerful
iv furnished upon application to
= A. p. STANFORD, Agent, Olympia.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-10-27

THE Ledger has finally awarded its
nrize for the second series of the old
settler stories to Mrs. Sarah A. Hart
man. of Thurston County, daughter
of pioneer James McAllister.
Walter McBryde was over from
Montesano last Saturday, visiting
friends, and it seemed like old times to
see him about McBryde again.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-02-04

In book entitled "rhe Physical
Causes Of Christ's Death" the writer
states that Christ died from a broken
heart, 10 that, when the soldier pierced
his side, blood and water flowed out,
which whould have been an impossibility
N no rupture had taken place.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-02-04

In Holland men can no longer be
trusted TO work the switches on tho rail
ways, and women now fiji their places.
This Ia slap in the face indeed TO the
male soI, and a great triumph 10 the ad-
vocatoa OF female labor. But we have
yet 20 200 how the thing works. The
men say that there will now be looking
glasses in tho switch boxes, and that the
women will never leave them till they
have smo0thed their last hair and settled
tho bow Of their last ribbon, and that in
tho meantime there will DO collisions;
that when left 20 themselves they never
have been Ia time for tho train as pas
sengers. and will not b. more punctual
as pointswomen; and. finally. that If they
hear their lovers whistle anywhere In
tho neighborhood they will pay very lit
tlo attention TO that Of the locomotive
IL these objections are not valid, con
clude the men, 1--WE arc not Dutchmen."
--London Queen.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-02-04

Moves the bowels each day In order "a
- healthy this IL necessary
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-02-04

A fast penman will write at the rate
OF thirty words a minute, which means
that in an hours steady writing he has
drawn his pen along space OF 800 yards
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-02-04

There II an old fashioned phrase of
hospitality which consists Of only two
words, and | find it parallel 10 the
Greek salutation, and like it. CON-
mand. "Sit by" says the comfortable
Now England farmer 10 his guest be-
meath his roof, Now compare this com
manding phrase with the more modern
polite question, "Will you partake Of
refreshmentsT' which is as empty and
void as Chinese invitation. and throws
the choice OF acceptance on the guest.
Ono Is the living soul Of speech, the
othor mere dead forinality. Detroit
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