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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-31
IMPORTANT FOOD TESTS.
How to Produce More Economical and
Healthful Articles for the Table.

Healthful Articles for the Table.
The official food analyses by the
United States and Canadian govern
ments have been studied with inter
est The United States government
report gives the names of eighteen
well'known baking powders, some of
them advertised as pure cream-of-tar-
tar powders. which contain alum.
The report shows the Royal to be
pure cream-of-tartar baking posder,
the highest i'll strength, evolving 1905
cubic inches Of leavening gas per sim
gle ounce of powder There were
eight other brands of crean-of-tartar
powders tested, and their average
strength was 1ll.5cubic inches of gas
per ounce of powder.
The Canadian government investiga-
tions were of still larger number of
powders. The ROYAL Baking Powder
was here also shown the purest and
highest in strength, containing forty
hve per cent. more leavening gas per
ounce than the average of all the
other cream'ot-tar,ar powders. These
hgures are very instructive TO the
practical housekceper They indicate
that the Royal Baking Pow
der goes more than % per
cent. further in use than the
others, or is one-third more economi-
cal. Still more important than this.
however, they prove this popular arti-
Gle has been brought to the highest
degree of purity-for to its superla
tive purity this superiority in strength
is due-and consequently that by its
use we may be insured the purest and
most wholesome food.
The powders of lower strength are
found TO leave large amounts of i'm.
puritieS in the food This fact is EN-.
phaSized by the report of the Ohio
State Food Commissioner. who while
finding the Royal practically pure,
found no other powder to contain less
than 10 per cent. of inert or foreign
matters.
The statistics show that there isused
IN the manufacture of the Royal Bak-
ing Powder more than half of all the
cream-Of-tartar consumed in the Unit
States for all purposes. The wonder
ful sale thus indicated for the ROYAL
BAKING PO~der-greater than that of
all other baking powders combined
Is perhaps even a higher evidence than
that already quoted OF the superiority
OF this article, aud OF its indispensa.
blenesS to modern cookery.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-31
He Was onsiderate,

When the business man saw the
tramp approach him in his office. he
very naturally concluded that the
time had come To take up a collection,
but the tramp did not come at him
that way.
:EXcuse me. sir, he said, are YOU
married."
The business man was slightly dis
concerted.
Yes" he replied half in doubt.
"Wife living?:'
eyes"
GLOW many children"
six
amy grown daughters"
Three"
Gown your own house,"
eyes"
Got any horses and carriages"
YES: ahlG dozen"
II wasn't any of tue tramps business
but the merchant wa, humoring him.
Are you rich?"
Hardly that. guess"
I'm very much obliged for the in
formation. Good day, and the tramp.
started out
"Here, hold on" exclaimed the
business man. what the deuce do
you mean by coming at me in that
style? Are you a census taker?''
Hardly that, sir" smiled the
tramp, but l make it a rule in nv
profession never to strike u man in
your fix for a dime unless he is at
least a millionaire, and ! always do
from your kind, and it makes me feel
like was imposing on good nature.
Good morning, sir" and again the
tramp started off, and the business
man never said a word.
well" exclaimed the tramp after
he had got outside, and as he gazed
into his empty palm, with a comical
grin. II wonder how his nibs got on
to my snap? I'm dead sure | never
tried him before. = Detroit Free Press.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-31
ong and Narrow Maine Farms.

Maine probably has many oddly
shaped farms, but we doubt il one
can be found more peculiar in form
than that in the east part OF Dexter.
This was eight rods wide and half a
mile long, with the highway cutting
it at right angles into unequal por.
tons. The inconvenience OF so mar.
row a farm, with the pasturage and
woodland at one end, is obvious TO
anyone, but in its form it has con.
tinued since the days OF the fore.
fathers to the present time. in use
as farm all the time A farm only
twenty rods wide and about half
mile long was in use great many
years near Pennington Falls. and
may be so used yet, but the Dexter
farm beats it By nearly two-thirds for
narrowness and general oddly.
Farms OF this shape are numerous
in Canada Lewiston journal.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-31
Judicil Sarcasm.

The sarcastic Justice Maule die
not spare his judicial brethren. =.
do not believe" he said to the couu
sci once, "that any such absurd law
has ever been laid down, although il
is true that have not yet seen the
last number OF the Queens Bench
Reports. When a witness wa:
telling an impossible story, and de
clared that he could not tell a lie,
for he had been welded to truth
from mis- infancy. Justice Maule OBJ
served: "Yes. but the question is,
how long have you been a widower?'
The counsel who objected to bill o.
costs in a case before Justice Maule
and jury. declared that the account
was 'diabolical bill" The Judge
told the jury, however. that even il
the statement OF counsel we're true,
it was still their duty to give the
devil his due. "-Argonaut
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-31
COTTONSEED OIL,
The Many Uses to Which This Valuable
Product Is Now Put.

Product Is Now Put.
at is astonishing to what a mul.
titude OF uses cOttonseed oil is now
put. and how enormously the de.
mand for 1t has grown. and that
makes it surprising that the merits OF
the oil were not discovered sooner, =
said c. j. johnson, of Atlanta, to thu
Globe-Democrat man. For CEN
turtles this important part of the
cotton crop (the seed), except what
was used for planting, was either
thrown away as waste, used for en-
riching the soil or fed to cattle.
Only of late years was the mercantile
value of the oil discovered. 1t de-
veloped very rapidly. In two or
three years mills for crushing the
seed and rendering the oil sprang up
all over the South, and the new in
dustry increased, until now | belle e
the cotton seed oil trust is second
only to the Standard oil trust in cap
ital and magnitude of It's operations.
At first the product was modestly
used for cooking purposes in place
of lard, but its sphere was very soon
enlarged. Its value as lubricating
oil was soon discovered, and it would
be hard to tell in how many ways it
is used now There is a large market
for the seed after the oil is extracted,
too. 1t is sold in the shape of cot
ton seed oil cake and meal for cat
tie food. The oil has become an
article of great commercial import
ance, and it is shipped to Europe in
large quantities. A movement is on
foot to export it in bulk like pc
troleum. The first vessel has recent
ly been launched, built for the pur.
pose. 1t has a capacity for 500, O)1
gallons OF oil, besides other cargo.
1t is built of steel. 1t is almost
superauOus to add that it is in the
service of the American cotton seed
oil company"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-31
MOUSE AND LION IN ONE CAGE.
They Scared Each Other in Turn Until
the Little Animal Escaped.

INC Littie animal Escaped.
One day a keeper wishing to test
the affection popularity supposed tc
exist between a mouse aud a lion put
q mouse in the cage Of a tull-srown
Nubian lion, says McClure's Maya
zine. The hon saw the mouse be-
fore he was fairly through the bars,
and was after him instantly. Awas
went the little fellow, scurryiug
across the floor and soueaking in
fright When he had gone about
ten feet the lion sprang, lighting a
little in front of him. The mouse
turned, and the lion sDrang again.
This was repeated several times. the
mouse traversiDJ a Shorter distance
after each spring OF the lion. 1t was
demonstrated that the lion is too
quick for the mouse. at least in a
large cage. Finally the mouse stood
still, squealing and trembling. The
lion stood over, studying him with
interest Presently he shot out his
big paw and brought it down directly
on the mouse, but so gently that the
mouse was not injured in the least,
though held fast between the claws.
Then the lion played with him in
the most extraordinary way. now
lifting his paw and letting the mouse
run few inches, then stopping him
again as before. Suddenly the mouse
changed his tactics and, instead Of
running when the lion lifted his paw.
sprang into the air straight at tho
lions head. The lion, terrified,
gave a great leap back, striking thu
bars with all his weight and shaking
the whole floor. Then he opened
his great jaws and roared and roarei
again, while the little mouse. stiD
squealing, made his escape. OF ttr
two the mouse was the more fright
ened. 1t is fact we'll known in az
manageries that mouse will fright
en- an elephant, more than locomo-
tive. Let one appear in an elephants
stall and the elephant, his mountain
OF flesh quiverlng, his trunk lashine
the air, will trumpet in abject tor
or; and he will not recover for an
hour afterward. The trainers say
that what the elephant fears is that
the mouse will run up his trunk.
There is a tradition that a mouse
really did this in one instance while
the elephant was sleeping and caused
the elephant such intense pain that
he had to be killed.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-31
A New Faculty.

do you know" asked the snake ed
idor, that color can be detected BY
the touch?r
NO" replied the horse editor.
Have you learned the scheme?r
Not all of it. but have learned a
little"
"Indeed?"
"Yes, without the slightest dificul.
ty can tell when feel blue"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-31
Positively Brilliant.

Nickwire-I tell You. old boy.
there's nothing like baby 70 brighten
up "a mans home.
1nbsly--Yes. I've noticed that the
gas seems to be az full heighth in your
house almost any hour of the night
Harlem Life.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-31
GENERAL NEWS IN BRIEF
Photographed CURRENT EVENTS
or THE WEEK.

Cleaned from the Four Corners of
the World aud Condensed in Short
Paragraphs for the Conyenience Of
Hurried Readers.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-04-20
Was His Own Grandfather.

A medical publication relates the
following: William Hartman, a resi-
dent of Titusville, Pa, committed ST.
lclde from melancholy conviction
that he was his own grandfather
Here is singular letter that he left
IL married a widow who had grown
up daughter. My father visited orr
home very often, fell in love with nv
step-daughter and married her. So
my father became my son-in-law and
my step-daughter my mother, because
she was my fathers wife. Sometime
afterwards my wife had a son. He
was my fathers brother-in-law and
my uncle, for he was the brother Of
my step-mother. My fathers wife
(my step-daughter) had also a son
He was, of course, my brother, and in
the meantime my grandchild, for he
was the son of my step-daughter. Nv
wife was my mothers mother. I was
my wife's husband and grandchild at
the same time. And as the husband
OF persons grandmother is his grand
father, was my own grandfather"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-04-20
SEQ West, Young Man."

Horace Greeley, whose advice, "Go
west, young man, and grow up with
the country" has been accepted with
profit by thousands of young and old
men, founded the New York Tribune
many years ago. 1t has long been re-
cognlzed as leading New York news
paper, and we are pleased to be able to
announce that by a. special arrange
ment we can offer to our readers the
New York Weekly Tribune, the Seat
tie Weekly Post-Intelligencer and the
JOURNAL, all three papers, one year,
Tor 500. This offer is good to old
and new subscribers, and at the low
price named must meet with popular
favor.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-04-20
LIN Town Council.
SHELTON, Wash, Apr. X. 1Se

SHELTON, Wash, Apr. X, 1894.
Council met in regular session: pre-
sent, Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer, Mar
shall, and councilmen Eaton, Shorter,
Munson and Potts. Minutes of pre-
vious read and approved.
Hiram Dunbar appeared in regard
to opening up Eleventh street from
Gotta to Grove. Matter referred to
Committee on Streets and Alleys.
Reports of Street Conn.,, Water
Supt., Treasurer, and Clerk, for the
quarter ending March 81, were read
and On motion ordered placed On file.
Committee on Ways and Means re-
ported in regard to purchase of the
property of G. H. Stone for Town puff
poses and recommended that on find
ing the title perfect, that the PROPOSE
ton be accepted; On motion report was
received and ordered placed on file.
The following bills were presented
and referred to the Com. On Claims:
Mason County Journal, printing
warrants, etc, $3.50; Sandy Marshal,
labor on streets Dec. '93, 81; Geo Beers,
labor on crossings, $40; Harry Fort
MUM, labor on streets, s.; Sam'1 Ca1d-
well, same, $3.50; W E Daniels, NOV
ing desk, $50; Thos Murphy, labor
On streets, ST. Ralph Potts, cutting
trees out of road, ST.
Com. reported favorab1y on above
bills and warrants ordered drawn.
Resolution in regard to the purchase
of the property of c H Stone was read
and adopted. Motion prevailed that
the matters as set forth in the above
resolution be referred to the Com. on
Town property, with powers to pro-
cure legal advice to perfect title under
the conditions imposed in resolution
On motion Council proceeded to ap-
point Councilman to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of A F
Chapman; W M Beach and w L Sar-
gison were placed in nomination; for
mer receiving the majority of the
votes cast was duly declared elected
and being present took the oath of of
flee and was duly qualified.
On motion the action of the Clerk
heretofore had in the removal of Coun-
Gil Chamber from the Court house to
Bank building be ratified and accepted.
Matter of application of L L Hun
ter relative to encroach1nent of water
on his premises referred to Com.
On motion Clerk authorized to pro-
cure one dozen chairs for Council use.
DIR. Beach, Health Officer, being
present made report and recommended
that action be taken by Council for
purpose of drafting su table Ordinan
ces for sanitary purposes; matter was
referred to the Com. on Law and Orci-
nances, directed to report early date.
No further business Council adjourn
ed. JAS. w. HALL, Clerk.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-04-20
Facts of To-Day.

SAN Francisco, April 6.-Ex- Presi-
dent Harrison, in an address before
the Ethical association of San Fran
cisco last night, said that things
have to grow as. bad as they can before
a change for the better takes place.
"People know it," he continued.
"They know that the cities are In the
hands of thugs and thieves and bood-
lers, but they do not try to improve
matters. Forget your partisan spirit
and come together in movement for
the purity of the country's morals,
for good government and the nation.
at is because our police regulations
have become insufficient that the peo-
pie take the law into their own hands.
This thing seems to be growing and it
should be suppressed. 1t is disgrace,
scandal to our country that one
cannot take up morning paper with
out reading of some murder to avenge
another crime. / think it would be a
good thing now and then if we could
build monument to the officer of
the law who died in doing his duty
in saving criminal from lynching.
The next thing to do is to see that the
law must take its course. Lynching
is the result of the inexcusable tardi-
ness of our criminal courts in bring
ing criminals to justice. You can
regulate that by holding those respon-
sible when you come to do your duty
at the ballot box"
"There is a tendency in all forms to
be extreme. A distinction that ought
to be made is often missing. If you
meet people who differ with you, treat
them kindly. Denunciation is not
the weapon for an ethical society. 1t
is not hammers you need in work
like this. Heaven is the agency. That
subtle force that enters into the
hearts of men and works outward.
We have too much headline oratory
in this age.
Another thing I wish to suggest, is
the appearance of one class of men to
set about reforming another class.
That will not do. Take the labor
question. What is the embarrass-
ment in settling that question? 1t is
that one side is heard in the directors
room and the other in the workmen's
lodge. The differences are prolonged.
There is no common forum for them
to DISCUSS questions in, and it has
come to this-they won't meet fol-
discussion. If there is to be COM
promise those two sides must be
brought together in kindly, liberal
and friendly discussion"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-04-20
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Most Perfect Made.
Land Cases.

LAND PATENTS secured for settlers in
the shortest possible time.
CONTESTED CASES intelligently and
skillfully handled.
OLD CLAIMS AND DISPUTES speedily
settled.
CONTESTS between individuals hav-
ing conflicting claims under the agri-
cultural land laws, and those between
claimants under the mineral laws and
agricultural claimanst; and also those
between claimants under any of the
public land laws and the Railroad com
panies and their grantees, and the
State and it's grantees under the swamp
land and school land grants.
Speciality made of securing patents
in the shortest possible time for set
tiers who have fully complied with the
laws under which their entries were
made, and who are annoyed and wor-
ried by delays in the issue of their
patents, caused by trifing Irregular
ties viii h can be easily and speedily
removed.
Advice also given in all matters re-
lating to the public lands, especially
on points arising under the new laws
which have been recently passed pro-
viding for the disposal of the public
domain.
Ii you want your land patent in a
hurry-If you want your land bust
ness, of any character, attended to by
skillful and competent attorneys, and
promptly disposed of, write. to
Press CLAIMS COMPANY,
John Wedderburn, General Manager,
d. G. P. o. Box 3S5.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-04-20
Shipped Four Million Bushels.

Grain dealers say that the wheat
movement is now about over. Less
than third of the crop remains east
of the mountains and what does re-
main there is not being hurried out of
the country, owing to the low price of
grain.
The shipments of grain from Taco
ma during the present season have
been enormous. Alexander Ballie
manager for Balfour, Guthrie
& Co., one of the largest wheat ship
ping firms in the world, said yesterday
that in round numbers 4 100000 BUSH
els of last seasons crop had left Taco
ma. Very little of the wheat now
coming into the city is injured so that
scarcely any grain is being rejected,
Yesterday the American wheat ship
Manuel Liaguna was lowed to sea.
She is destined for Hamburg, having a
cargo of 2, 4O5 long tons. Several other
wheat ships are now in port loading
or preparing to load. So far as known
no recent wheat charters have been
made for this port, though more ships
will be necessary to handle the balance
of the present mOvement.-Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-04-20
The A. @. U. w. Prosperous.

The grand lodge of the A. O. U. w.,
which has been in session three days,
is nearing an end, and the representa-
tives will leave Seattle we'll satisfied
with their treatment and with an en-
thusiasm that bespeaks much for the
future growth of the order. The pre-
sent financial condition is most gra-
tifying, while the gain in membership
during the past year has been 1000.
The report of Grand Receiver
Amunds shows that when the bills of
the last grand lodge session were paid
there was cash balance on hand in
the general fund of $1117.1O, over and
above warrants drawn. The benefi-
clary fund was overdrawn to the
amount of $23O2.44. In the relief
fund there was but $31.85.
Since that time 33 death claims. az
gregating $4,000, have been paid or
provided for; the supreme lodge re-
lief cali Of $5452.50 (being $1.25 per
member in good standing on June 80,
1889; the amounts awarded the Ore
gon jurisdiction by the board of arbi-
tration, aggregating $2S3.OS, and run
ming expenses for the current term,
amounting to $974O.79, have all been
paid. To accomplish this only Is as
sessments, including numbers six and
seven Gin addition to the ordinary
revenue), have been levied. To-day
there is in the beneficiary fund the
sum OF $74S9 and in the general fund
an amount equal to $4S71.S1, with NO
outstanding Observation-Disclosures
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-04-20
News of all Sorts.

The United States has per capita
debt of 1923; Great Britain, $S5;
France, $124; Germany, $35; Russia,
$1S, and China 81 cents. The per
capita revenues of these nations is
estimated as follows: United States,
1913; Great Britain, $11.25; Germany
$5.7S; Russia, $3.50; China. 1922.
Judge Langhorn has rendered de-
cision in effect that whenever the
holder of a mortgage is obliged to buy
the real estate covered by it under
foreclosure he will not have to pay the
two per cent commiss ion allowed by
law to the sheriff for conducting the
sale. The fees 60 to the county of
course and in the greater number of
foreclosure case the plaintiff almost in
variably has to buy the property in
Chehalis Bee.
The production of gold throughout
the world of $15O,OOO,OOO for the cal
endar year 1898 is the latest estimate
of the bureau of the mint, The pro-
duction of 1892 was 100000 is
mainly furnished by the United States
South, Africa and Russia. Figures
for the United States, although not
yet quite complete, indicate an in
crease, for South Africa is about &c.
100000; in Russia and Australia $780,
600 each. There will be small gains in
other countries, including China and
Japan, but they may be offset by small
losses everywhere. Reports reaching
the treasury department indicate the
production of gold is being pushed to
the maximum; that improved process
ses were being used to the utmost to
increase the output for 1894.
Judge Bellinger rendered decision
in the United States ci rcuit court in
the case of the Puget Sou nd Pulp &
Paper company VS.. the Willamette
Pulp q Paper company. The suit
was brought to recover $500, the
value of lot of pulp bought by de-
PENDANT of plaintiff on sample, and
ordered shipped to Seattle to be for
warded to Portland. While on the
wharf at Seattle, the steamer Hay
ten Republic, in attempting to make
landing at the wharf, knocked it
down and the pulp was thrown into
the bay and lost. The case depended
upon what constituted delivery of
goods, involving the ownership at the
time they were lost. The court found
that the goods were the property of
the defendant at the time of the loss.
holding that the delivery of the goods
to carrier designated by the pur-
chaser was delivery to the person,
and gave judgment for the amount
claimed.