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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-09
A LYRIC.

When winds blow high and frost is white
And roads arc steel, and trees are ice,
Ana window panes wear tracings light,
And all the world bears cold device:
Night falls and careful mothers pray
In sweet content, though storm wind whirls
Beneath one roof, Til break OF day.
Sleep safe the careless boys AMI girlsi"
All safe and unGcr one roof tree,
All safe because the mother heart
Is near them; scft an calcrly
1t broois until IL clclIs depart;
The time vii! come wiz birds must go
From out the parcai nest away.
When lonely, Il ,;1-r'l wild Winds blow
The mother heart =. i sadly stay
All, mother heart, ah, mother heart,
How lonely are the hours thGt PISS
When sleet and EIil from heaven dart.
Or when there's sunshine on the grass:
How often you wish b,scl. The night
When the storm y iU"y seemed 10 fall;
How often strive 20 soy time flight,
And that drcar winter blcl, v.ari call
What matters storm: All, welcome rail-.
And the weird s,rictiG2 OF The wind
Rather than sunshine and HE pain
OF loss that sllG.aS ..rt aad mind.
The dumb cry iol' Ia Wandering,
Come war without ii peace within.
If love beneath TIC ROOF i.cc sing
WHAT evil thing can enter in?
Maurice L. Z AN, il Catholic annual.
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HIS LARGEST.

IHE largest park in the United
States is the Yellowstone. It is 65
miles north and south, SIS east and
west, contains 1875 square miles
and is 5000 feet above sea level.
TIE largest church is St. Peters .
Rome. The interior is 613 feet long
the nave is 1913 feet broad, the transents
have length. of 446 feet. The dome is
1876 feet IN diameter and 448 feet hiob
The largest fresh water lake is Lalxo
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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-09
GREAT AMERICAN RESIGNER.
An Expert Bank Accountant Who Takes
frequent Vacation Spells.

FREQUENT NdcdCgOn Si,eliSs
Living in fashionable town within
committing distance of New York is a
gentleman who invariably attracts at
tention by his long hair. Strangers al
ways conclude that he is nothing less
than a great lawyer or bank president.
When reporter for the Commercial
Advertiser asked his fellow-townsmen
story: One day the gentleman, who is
one of the best accountants in the
metropolis, stepped up to the president
of the bank by which he is employed
and said he had decided to resign, and
that the resignation must go into eff
feet Immediately. The president was
10th tt, lose so valuable a man and
urged him to reconsider the matter
He talked with him for an hour, but to
no purpose. The employee, whose skill
as mathematician was beyond any
thing ever met with by the officials of
the bank, has bound to leave the in
stitutiOn, but absolutely refused to
give any reason for doing so. The ac-
countant left that day and the bank
was obliged to get along as best it
could without him. Ten days later the
cashier was astonished on entering the
bank to find the accountant hard at
| work at his old desk. The mathema-
tician said good morning, just as he
had done every day for years before he
resigned, but offered no explanation.
The president and cashier let their
strange acting employee keep at his
work and ask no questions. Three
months later the accountant went into
the presidents office again and ten
dered his resignation. 1t was accept
ed and the man was absent for week
or more. Then he suddenly returned.
The same thing was repeated again
and again. Now it is standing Joke
in that bank that the accountant has
resigned It is his way of taking. a
vacation. He never stays away more
| than two weeks
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-09
Oface
MRson COUNTY PRopUcE excHHncE.
To DEALERS AND PRODUCERS OF ALL KINDS OF
ATTENTION TO AN IMPORTANT NATTER:

A
devised will
in curb
thee
life and nthe
S S
VIII canonly be remeded by finding
six them fail
ha
handewh do
is
combined
Sufficient
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should their
oomss be II
according
To several and
to O ssuere
month all sold
We handle wheat
building material
Of
handle dock and lighter
Mason
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-09
Worked E3Ic q lay.

The people of 1Ianitou were enter
tanned the other day, says a CORE
spondent OF the Denver Republican,
By the spectacle OF nan carrying a
stone around 4 triangular track, letting
it drop and shouldering it again at
cv1ry turn. The performer was man
who has q reputation for a diGinclina-
ton to labor, and the incident was the
outcome of wall he was making
about the hard times and his inability
to get work. A citizen told him he
would not work if he got chance, and
offered him fifty cents an hour as long
as he would carry the stone. To the
surprise OF all he accepted the offer
and held out for five hours. A large
crowd gathered to watch the perform.
lnCe.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-09
"When | was a B0y,"

Writes Postmaster j. C. WOODSON,
Forest Hill, w. Va, 81 had a bron-
chial trouble of such persistent
and stubborn character, that the
doctor pronounced it incurable with
ordinary medicines, and advised
me to try Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
1 did SO, and one bottle cured me.
For the last fifteen years, have
used this preparation with good
effect whenever l take
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-09
STORY OF MARK TWAIN.
He Was Willing to Play Dog But Nante
the Perauisitcs.


the Perquisitcs.
A traveller now in town On q visit
heard a now story about Mark Twain
from an old Mississippi river pilot with
whom Nj. Clemens once worked for
awhile in q pilot house on that river,
says the New York Sun. It seems that
he came up in the pilot house carrying
an enormous and expensive black Ha-
vana cigar which excited the envy of
the master pilot. where did you get
that cigar, Sam?" the pilot asked. "a
gentleman in the cabin gave it to me- -
said the budding humorist. WELL do
you think you ought to keep that
cigar and / ought to go without it?''
the pilot asked.
Nov, look here" said Mark Twain
II know an only your helper and I'm
willing to play dog to you. You can
throw sticks il the water and let me
jump in after 'em. I'll do whatever
you say. but and here he drawled
in his peculiar way-''I do think
ought to have come parquisites.'
The Butler weekly times., 1894-09-27

negroes are sometimes hanged in
these cases, but there is no definite
and reliable testimony to that effect.
As rule, ample opportunity is Civ
en- for the accused party to show, if
he eau. that he is not guilty. There
is always an Identification of the
criminal by the victim herself when
she escapes with her life. or there is
other evidence equally positive and
conclusive; and in majority of IN
stances, confession precsdes lynch
ing. It would be better, unques
tionably, if judicial forma'ities could
be duly observed with regard to
thesp offenses;but there is somethin g
to be 2ardoned, nevertheless, to the
pecui. II indignation which they ex.
cite, rnd which is the expression,
after Nil, Of one of the most credit.
able Impulses of human nature.
The Butler weekly times., 1894-09-27
No Discrimination.

Washington, D. c. Sept. 2O.-It
is said at the Treasury department
that Secretary Carlisle has no inten
tion of discriminating against women
clerks in reducing the Treasury
force to it's legal limits under the
operations Of the Deckery law cut
ting down the force over $50 persons,
and that the recent removal of the
two women of the 1,SO0 class does
not indicate a policy hostile to the
sex. 1t is said that who of the fe.
male clerks render unsatisfactory
service will be treated the same as
inefficient clerks of the other sex. and
as general proposition, the ques.
ton of sex does not enter into the
matter at all, except in the cases
where the nature Of the services re.
quired calls for it. 1t is said also
the removals already made have beer
equally divided between male and
female clerks, s,although that question
was not consldered at the time
The Butler weekly times., 1894-09-27

ocratic control as safely and ecc-
nomically administered as any
government on earth! Are they not
better administered Can Won po'rt
to a single Populists or Rephlican
State or county, enjoying the advan-
tages that we do here in Bates coun.
ty, Missouri. there the taxes arr not
higher Was it any better. or, even
as good, here, when the Republicans
were in power, or during the period
when Populists had control?
No. No fair minded man can
point to single condition that i an
improvement over the present Then
why should Democrats, above all
others, desire change. They don't
desire it, These claims of the enemy
are all bosh. They expect by their
hldeous bowling to friShten n few
or the tlmid INTO their ranks, and
they may succeed in this Bat the
rank and file will stand where they
have always stood.
The fight i'll Bates county and in
Missouri is, as it was in Georgis,
Arkansas and other States wh~re the
test has been made. between the
two old parties, the Democratic and
the Republican. Aud when the votes
are counted at the close Of the next
election, it will be perfectly safe te
count on the success Of the Demo
cratic tickst-State, Congressional
and county.-Rich Hill Review.
The Butler weekly times., 1894-09-27
The Missouri Democrats .

The dem ocratic campaign in this
state will be prosecuted with great
vigor and earnestness. Within the
history of the party greater inter-
est in the work has never been felt.
The Hon. Fred W. Lehman of St
Louis, one of the most eloquent and
persuasive orators in the country,
will begin a series of speaches next
| Saturedy. Senator Vest will open
, his stumping tour in this city on the
evening of Octo Der l. Senator
Cockrell will follow a few days later.
Governor Stone aud congressman
Dockery are buckling on the armor
for the fray and within a fortnight
the hills and valleys OF the state will
be ablaze with enthusiasm.
1t is au encouraging sign when
such men as Judge Lehman appear
in the political forum to advocate
the cause of the party. 1t is the
best evidence that the people are
stirred by the political developments.
1t is disclosure of hope and conf
dsnce Judge Lshman is an aspi.
rant for no political favors or official
patronage. He appears not in pur
suit of spoils. He is moved only by
profound conviction of duty to the
people aud to the country to give
his time, talent and energy to the
advocacy of Democratic men and
measures His voice will be the
voice of unselhshness and pure pat.
riotism.-k. c.. Times.
The Butler weekly times., 1894-09-27
DR.. Mcintosh Shot Down IN the Streets
Of SherrIll. Ark bv J. l.. Jenkins.

Pine Bluff, Ark, September 10
DR.. c. u. Mcintosh, the correspond
ent In sensational divorce suit. in
which j. L. Jenkins, of Sherill, Ark,
is plaintiff, was to day at that place
filled with buckshot by jenkins
while standing among crowd of
people, dying this evening. Jenkins
a few days ago sued his wife for
divorce on the ground of adultery
with DR.. McIntosh, who is also mar
ried, while his wife at the same time
filed a $4,000 damage suit against
7. \. Nauglue,a wealthy planter and
| merchant, for slander and for alien
ating her husbands affections. alleg
ing that by Vaugines libelous re-
marks about her relations with Nc
! Intosh, which had only been of a
neighborly nature and those of a
family physician to her on his part
her husband became estrauged from
her and deserted her. jenkins few
days ago left for Texas, but return
ed to day, and the shooting of Nc
Intosh followed The latter claimed
that jenkins on more than one oc-
casion administered arsenic to his
wife. Owing to the prominence of
all the parties, the various suits and
the shooting have created big sen
sation, and more trouble is expected.
Jenking was brought here this even
ing and released under $4,000
bond. Subsequently, on receipt OF
a dispatch announcing the death OF
McIutosh, he was rearrested and
placed in Jail
The Butler weekly times., 1894-09-27
WOOL PRICES UNNEK FREE
WOOL.
The Wool Growers Get Good
Prices Under the New Tariff
Law.

Wheeling W. Va, Sept. 9.-The
good effects of the new tariff bill on
the wool market are coming more
rapidly than even its most hearty
supporters had dared to wish. The
Wheeling Register, through its
special correspondents in eastern
Ohio, West Virginia, and western
Pennsylvania, has made An inquiry
concerning prices and demands, and
the result has been far more than
satisfactory to the friends Of the
free wool measure.
The correspondent at Woods field
Ohio. the center Of large wool rails
ing country, represented in congress
by A. j. Pearson, whose place was
isopardized by his vote for free wool
reports that Alexander Harmon sold
10000 pounds of wool within week
at 26 cents, and was offered as much
for the remainder of his clip. This
he refused believing he can do better
before the first OF the year. Clint
& Paragraph also of Monroe county
have sold their wool within a week,
at % cezts, it being less desirable
clip than that of Harmon. Miller &
Co., of Beallsville, O., are offering
20 to 21 cents but are getting no
wool. The wool men are set against
anything short of % cents. The re.
port from Washington, Pa, is that
washed wool is selling and has been
for week at 20 and 81 cents
Markell & Co., of Monorgahela, are
Offering and have instructed their
country agents to take up 35O,0OO
pounds at from 20 to 25 cents &C
cording to grade.
Several instances where wool has
sold at 20 to 90 cents are reported
Most OF the wool buyers are repub
licans and the fairy stories they have
told wool raisers within the pas,
three months, are remarkable. They
have used every means to bulldoze
buyers to selling at from Is to II
cents and have been able to get some
wool at those figures.-ClevelanG
Plaindealer.
The Butler weekly times., 1894-09-27
CLAIMS Of the Opposition q.

The Butler Democrat has an
article on what the opposition claims
in which it says the adherents of
both the Republican and Populist
parties claim that the vote of all
three of the leading political par
ties OF this county is about equal
and that whichever Of the other
two is in the lead, will defeat
the Democrats the Demo
Gratis turn out election day.
This much is very evident that
unless the Democrats turn out on
election day either branch of the op
position can defeat them. But that
there is any particular apathy among
the real Democrats Of Bates County
we do not believe. We are aware
that some of the weak kneed fellows
men who allow every passing
breeze to blow them from one party
to another-are now on the fence, and
that the Populists are counting on
these fellows for their main strength.
In fact they compose the mainstay
Of the Populists party in this coun
ty. Many of the original ones have
come back and are going to vote the
Democratic ticket. Many of the Rs.
publicans have also returned to their
first love, and none who are really
claimed by the Republican organi.
will vote anything but Republican
ticket this fall.
There was some little disaffection
among Democrats before Congress
adjourned, but there is none now,
and as the masses better understand
the measures passed by Congress al
the late session and realize more full
ly the benefits derived from theil
party legislation there will be th'
same old.time enthusiasm, and every
mothers son of the real Democratic
element will march up to the polls
on election day as proudly and a
fsarlsssly as OF your and cast tn
usual Democratic ballot from top t,
bottom.
And why should they not' Ha
not the past Congress-even thoug1
We did not get all We expected, be
cause of q few traitors-acesmplish
ed more for the people than any RI
publican Congress that ever convsu
cd at Washington Arc not the ben
e6ts of the legislation enactst
already apparent on every hand
II not the State of Missouri an
the county Of Bates, under Dem
The Butler weekly times., 1894-09-27
FOR DOUBLE MURDER.
John Paynter Weakened Before Ge.
ing Through the Trap at Font
smith, Ars.

Fort Smith Ark. Sept. 2o--John
Payuter. a handsome young white
man, was hanged il the jail yard
of the Federal court To day for the
murder OF Samuel Nandever and
William Belding He is 2l years
o.d. He WAS taken TO the sallows at
about o'clock.
About three quarters OF All hour
before the time for his execution he
he broke down completely. Up to
that time he displayed wonderful
nerve He had his own selection
Of the hour of execution, setting it
at $50. but as the time approached
he became nervous and asked for 80
minutes more time. Fifteen minutes
more was granted and this he occu-
pied by lying on his bed. Marshal
Scrup read the d-ath warran: to him
as he lay on his pallet. When he
was taken to the gallows he was sup
ported by deputies G. P. Lawson
and jerks Baxter. His nerve failed
him. On the way, he said dose of
poison had been given him by a
trusty. but physicians, who were
present. examined him and said he
showed no sign of poison.
He made a rambling statement
when he arrived at the gallows, say
ing that he did not kill Nandever in
that he would meet Vandever and
in short time, where he would not
be crippled as he was at the time Of
his death.
As be stepped upon the trap Jenk
Baxter asked him if he had anything
to say.
Give my love to father ana the
girls
Shortly after this the trap WAS
sprung. He made no struggle after
the drop. His neck was broken in
the fall and death resulted in thir-
teen minutes
The Butler weekly times., 1894-09-27

1t has been discovered that Rob
ert Tyler Jones, grandson of ex pres
ident Tyler and first male infant
born in the white house, is starving
10 death in an attic on the outskirts
of Washington. With him are his
invalid wife and little baby. His
uncle, John Tyler, Jr., who was a
son of the President and his private
secretary at the white house, was
stricken with paralysis in July 1887,
He had held the Office of special wit
ness to certify to the destruction of
Cancelled currency. The nephew
came to nurse him and was appoint
ed his alternative during President
Clevelands first administration
Every month he divided his salary
into two equal parts, one of which
he placed in An envelope and sent to
his helpless uncle. This he did six
years without intermission.
During Mr.. Harrison's administra-
ticn an attempt was made to oust
him because had been a confederate
soldier, but was unsuccessful. The
last congress passed law that no
substitute should be employed in
any OF the departments, and this re-
suited in his loss of official position
and consequent distress. The case
has been taken up by the Southern
Relief Society.
The Butler weekly times., 1894-09-27
Southern Lymchings.

Globe Democrat.
The question of the frequent
lynching of negroes in the South for
outrages upon white women has
been invested with international in-
tsrest by the efforts of Miss Ida B.
Wells to create foreign sentiment
Of protest and reproach against such
a method of enforcing justice. Ger
tain philanthropic persons have come
over from England on kind of mis-
sionary tour, with view to promot-
ing the interests of civilization by
causing the rapists to be dealt with
in more considerate manner; and
the colored people are thus encour-
aged that their race is being terribly
wronged for the sole reason that it
happens not to be white. 1t may
we'll be doubted if such crusade is
calculated to do any good. The in
reference of critics and reformers
from other nations in the affairs of
this country is not an agreeable thing
to start with, and the people of the
South can not be blamed for resent,
ing it. However we'll, disposed these
individuals may he,they have chosen
an offensive way of manifesting their
virtue. They can not be supposed
to understand the situation as we'll
as those who are personally familiar
with it, and even if they did. sense
OF .propristy should restrain them
from meddling with what does no,
practically concern them or their
country. when they can certainly
find evils enough at home to occupy
all Of their time.
1t is much to be regretted, oi
course, that 80 many lynchings oceur
in the South; but it is far more te
be regretted that there are so man,
occasions fer them. If the negroe.
did not commit the atrocious crime
for which this penalty is inflicted
then the whites would not be in
famed to summary vengeance. Th,
violence begins when unbridled pas
sion assaults a white woman in /,
way that is worse than death: anc
the perpetrator of the hellish deed
has no right to complain when tn,
law is executed upon him in q swift
and merciless manner, according t,
the teaching Of his own villainy. 1
is asserted, to be sure, that innecen
The Butler weekly times., 1894-09-27

1t is a comfort to know that the
Mississippi Republicans have recon.
ciled their antagonisms and agreed
to work harmeniously in the future;
but the ugly fact remains that at
their best they can't carry voting
precinct in the State.-Globe- Demo.
crat.
The Butler weekly times., 1894-09-27
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