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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-07-06
PLYMOUTH ROCK TO MCKINLEY

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Tariff from Plymouth Rock to Mckinley" (96
pages), published by the American Protective
Tariff League has just been revised and ISSUED
1t should be in the hands of every person who
wishes complete and reliable information upon
Address Wilbur F. Wakeman. General Secretar,
No. l35 West 23d Street, New York.
SHALL THE REPUBLIC Do ITS OWN WORK?
is The title OF the famous speech of Hon J. P
Jones t. S. s. OF Navada, which has just been re
issued by the American Protective Leagae. The
speech makes pamphlet of 96 pages, and is OF
great value. Send stamps 70 cover coz OF print
ing. Address w. +. Wakcman, General Secretary
No. 135 West Twenty-third Street, New York.
Whatstops Neuralgia? Dr. Miles Pain Pills
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-07-06
New Meat Market.
G.. S. FREEBURGER

Q. -. e LIE EB y KGEK
Has opened new Meat Market at
the Stand formerly occupied by Car
stairs Brothers, and expects to merit
a share OF your trade by low prices
and fair dealing. %~a 5
M& Give me trial.
G. S. FREEBURGER, Prop.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-07-06
Call for Town Warrants.

Notice is hereby given to all holders of war
rants of the Town of Shelton. issued prior to
May LIST, 1894, that the same will be paid on prs,
sentaton to the undersigned. Interest will not
be allowed after June goth. GEO VoGTLfN,
Shelton, June Is, 1891 Tr.asurer
WANTED-Pushing Canvasser of good ad
w dress. Liberal salary and expenses paid
weekly. Permalent position. BLOWN BROS
CO., Nurserrmen, Portland. Oregon
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-07-06
Dr.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
City Of shelton.

covr r.crs OF GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT
Us,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28
TIE GARDEN CITY STATION

Less than year ago the government
agricultural experiment station at Gar.
den City was discontinued by order of
Cleveland's agricultural secretary. Nor
ton. 1t is now stated that the station is
to be re-established at that point. though
the experimentation are to be carried
on under direction of the state acricult-
ural college managers. II is understood
that the experiments to be made will
include the matter of irrigation-sources
of water supply and best methods of
obtaining and applying il to the land.
There is no question but that the gov
ernment may aid in the irrigation
movement to this extent, and fact.
that is as far as governmental aid viii be
invoked. Let the government settle the
points mentioned. and If in the afiirma-
tive private enterprise will do the rest.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28
Hebbard.s strange Crotchet.

Sol Miller. in the Troy Chief, has this
to say of j. G. Hebbard, the statistician
and newspaper man. who died last week:
"We first knew Mr. Hebbard in the years
before the war, from 1853 to 1861. He,
with other eastern people, took a claim
near Albany, Nemaha county, and they
put in several winters getting out saw
logs for fencing. on Rush island, near
White Cloud. During these times he
was frequently in town and haunted the
Chief office, sitting for hours reading
the exchanges, and would generally
carry away a pocket full that he had
solicited. Sometimes these papers
would contain items that we wished
to print in the Chief, and we would
suggest that we could cut them out
without interfering with matter that he
desired. But he seemed to have a
superstitious aversion to paper with a
piece cut out, and would stoutly object,
even declining to take the paper rather
than take it with hole in it. -
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28
TIE TERM "HEAT-SOAKER y

Out in western Kansas, a hot-bed of
novelties, heat has become commodity
For long years, one editor has suffered
without repinng the sings and arrows
of outrageous fortune. Ia his particular
locality, outrageous fortune when she
wants to dazzle her victim, sends sings
and arrows in the form of cheat
soakers." These men are in the habit of
oozing in through the front door, de-
posting themselves in the newspaper
office chairs, embracing the stove with
their legs, and doing off into gentle,
innocent slumber.
Occasionally they wake up. If the
editor is around, they kindly suggest
where he has made mistakes in the
past; offer gratuitous advice about his
course in the future; always being care
full to avoid anything that would cheer
his dropping spirits.
But sleeping or waking, they never
leave the stove. The heat spreads out
through the room and the editors per-
enuial guest absorbs il. At first the ex-
pense of coal is slight, but con-
tinued practice enables these cheat
soakers" to drink III the heat as a
sponge does water. The editor, living
by sufferance and screwing and twist
ing and moulding his thoughts to COM
munity's demands, sighs, dumps in the
cool and swallows his woe. When the
heat soaller has exhausted the powers of
his absorption, he wanders out again. 1t
is said that eight or ten "heat-soakers"
leaving at once, will force the tempera-
ture of hot room below freezing point.
One editor has rebelled. His crushed
spirit has revolted and he has sailed III
to stop the heat-soal;ing practice or pull
the pins that hold the universe together
III the attempt. This week he has made
this insertion on the debit side of his
ledger:
John Smith, To heat soaked this
week ............ .................,S L w
Jasper Jones, To soaking in temper
ature Observation-Disclosures. / 5D
BTyon Brown, To sponged warmth. l 90
Willie Brown, his son, ditto. .. 25
This editor has sent out the bills. He
means to collect them. He has burned
the determination in his will, to wipe
out the heat-soaking virtuoso or die in
the attempt. Nav he do it,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28
HER SECOND WIND.

II the railway people would give Wichita a
g chance. that town would have an nGhdred
Thousand population in ten years.-Ei Dorauo
Republican.
And nobody appreciates the truth con-
tanned in those three lines more 1ullt
than the railway people themselves. In
fact, such possible and probable one
hundred or two hundred thousand popu-
lation in Wichita is what the railways
of Kansas have been hedging against Tor
more than ten years. And why: Ihere
are several assignable reasons, among
which the personal interest OF manage
ments and directories in other points,
might be mentioned. But tho controli-
ing elements in such policy Will be
Sound in the facts that three OF the
trunk roads of the Missouri river basing
line combine did not reach Wichita, and
that the greater number which did reach
Wichita were not only bound up in traffic
contracts with said roads, but in addition
all had common terminals on the Mis-
souri, river; so that from the long haul
consideration as from the expense OF eX-
tensions and farther division OF tratilc,
it became the interest or all the
railways composing the transmits
souri, Traffic association to re-
tard, and as far possible, hinder
the developement of any new common
poipt'' between the Missouri river and
the Rocky mountains, thus avoiding the
necessity of additional short hauls and
the operation Of all their trains ito and
from" Wichita instead of "by and
through Wichita. This is the key, the
sum and substance Of the recondite
policv and elusive attitude maintained
for SO many years towards a natural
commercial and market center for
vast and rich region, whose ultimate
hevelopement has been impeded to the
hurt of both this city and TO the rail-
WAYS serving il. But for this forced
Limitation and countervailing contingent
CIV, all the numerous orders of railway
commissioners and the findings of
courts, touching reasonable and equir-
S5e rates for this city, would have been
complied with by the railways. Only
for this contracted, illiberal and self-de-
feating conjuncture Wichita as grain
market and as 1--we stock and packing
point and as a jobbing center, would
have heen rivaling Omaha for years and
~ without drawing from any territory
more distant than one hundred miles.
However, the strength nor the ad-
vantages of naturally superior points
can ever, in the long run, be overcome
That hundred thousand people now due
Wichita are living somewhere ready to
come with all their capital, their in
terests and energy as soon as Wichita
shall have won her own. The plans of
the final contest have been drawn up
with the right wing of the enemy in the
ditch and the center ready to capitulate e.
Seeing this, representatives of great in
terests have been visiting the city of
late, representatives of banks, of various
jobbing lines and concerns, of grain and
lumber and coal and Implement handlers
and shippers, and Wichita is catching
her second wind in a race for COM
mercial supremacy, the purse and prize
TO which she was entitled years ago, and
but for the handicap Of selfish and
shortsighted policy would have been
iers sooner.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28
ARKANSAS VALLEY IRRIGATION.
Too much cannot be S aid in favor

Too much cannot be S aid in favor of
irrigation in the valley Or bottom lands
of the Arkansas river, nor can it be said
too often as the subject is of the imp or
tance to our people. There are no ex-
act data procurable but it is entirely
safe to say that at present there are of
potatoes, cabbage and onions, enough
shipped from California, Colorado and
other distant points, enough in quantity
to be of 800, 900 value annually, sent
here for home consumption alone.
With a twenty acre patch here and
there in the Arkansas bottoms. irrigated
once or twice at the critical time,
enough could be raised at an immense
profit TO the producer to supply the
home demand and thus keep the $780,
900 at home Bnt an additional one or
two hundred thousand dollars could be
brought into this city and country
every year from the sales of the surplus,
using Wichita as distributing point.
This is not idle talk, and as matter of
fact the figures given are small and do
not tell one-half of the advantages there
would be realized. What is wanted is
some one enterprising farmer to make a
beginning. A single demonstrated sue
cess will start the ball rolling that would
in few years make a money balance
in our favor Of $500, 900 per annum and
would not of necessity reduce in the
least our present product of the great
grain staples, hogs and cattle.
The steam pump of large capacity,
equal to supply OF water large enough
to irrigate at any time needful, without
an expensive reservoir seems to be the
proper plan. Twenty-four hours ought,
with the right kind of a pump, irrigate
twenty acres. and when accomplished
the pump house would be
locked p,stopping all expense until an
other irrigation became necessary, which
would often not be until the next year.
Apples, grapes, plumS, apricots, small
fruits, berries, and other vegetables
could be produced with the same GER
tainty and of equal abundance as the
vegetables named previously, and with
as satisfactory profit. All it needs is
that start shall be made, and il the
press of the Arkansas valley will see
their way to usefulness to their patrons
as strongly as we do the beginning will
be made this year. The EAGLE calls
upon the press of the valley to put their
shoulders to the wheel and help to ad-
vance the car of progress which for
our people is irrigation. What enter
prising farmer in Sedgwick county will
acquire fame and money in pioneering
this most promising agricultural method.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28
STINULCS OF BETTING,

How much interest would have been
manifested in The Corbett- Mitchell fight,
had there beer no betting? Some, of
course, but it would not have been as
widespread or as intense without the
wager.
The world lives fast. 1t has been fed
on the sensational. Its mental appetite
is impaired. Mere sensationalism no
longer excItes that appetite. The tri-
umphs and defeats, the woes OF un-
fortunates and the joys of favored ones
are no longer, in themselves, sufficient
to thrill or please the average citizen.
There must he sauce to sensational
ism, and ii must be sharp and biting.
Modern, and it is ancient too, respect
for the almighty dollar raises betting to
the position of a great emotional factor
The question of the life and death of a
human being would seem to be stimulus
enough TO the emotions Of any man.
When the French jury recently an
nounced that Valiant would answer his
crime with his life, the crowd in the
touit lbOln biOhe cUt iHtO Inc
widest confusion. But the excitement
was not because the enemy of the gov
ernment was condemned to die. Nearly
every body present had been betting on
what the verdict would be and ii was
the men, who had wagered that the
verdict would be death, rejoicing over
their individual gainings.
The excitement over our national
elections is not sufficient to gain mems
close attention, partisan as our politics
are, and the betting at such times is
widespread.
There Is not contest, a trial, an
escape of the prisoner, parliamentary
ditiiculty,,or an ecclesiastical question,
which is possible of solution, that is not
the subject of wagers. The life of the
modern prize-fght and the race e-track is
almost wholly dependent upon the
emotional stimulus of betting.
There has grown up class of men in
this country who defend all their
opinions with the offer to bet 1t is their
sole argument, 1t is plain that the
betting habit is growing worse. but who
can place the blame or name the remedy?
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28
COMING OUR WAY.

There are many and indisputable
evidences that Kansas will receive a
large influx OF population and capital
during the year 1894. Almost every day
record is made of deals in real estate,
mainly farm properties, involving the
transfer of titles to thousands of acres of
land and tens of thousands of dollars in
money. The new secretary of the state
board of agriculture, Hon. F. D. Coburn,
is all but overwhelmed with inquiries
from all directions concerning the re-
sources of the state, railroad accommO-
daiions, etc., with view of seeking
homes and safe and profitable invest
ments. Mr.. Coburn has received word
that a party of citizens from Indiana
will emigrate to Kansas in March, and
that several colonies will come from
Milwaukee and vicinity.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

The notorious Hilimon case that was
set for hearing before the United States
district court at Topeka next month,
has been postponed again, On motion of
the attorneys for the insurance compa.
MES, and will come on for trial at the
April tern, in Leavenworth-if another
extension is not granted. As long as
ants will not have to pay the money due
on Hillmon's life policy. They claim tc
have Hillmon where they can put their
hands on him when wanted, but few
people believe it.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

The telephone is great convenience,
but it has been costly one. Since 1880,
when the first company was organized
to introduce it to public use, the divi-
dends declared have aggregated $23, ,106,-
093. 1t was q great invention and the
reward of the inventor has been proper
tionally great. Now that the patent has
expired the public should be accorded a
service that bears some reasonable rela-
ton in the price exacted for it to the
cost of plant and maintenance. We say
this should be the result, but so far there
is no indication that it will be right
soon.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

No better evidence could be given of the
souudness of Uncle Sans credit than the
blind offers that have been made TO Secre-
tary Carlisle by a number of bankers to
take all the bonds Of any sort that might
be issued.-Kingman Democrat
Quite true. And it is equally patent
that the proposed issue of bonds is in re-
sponse to the demands from eastern cap
italists for such issue. The secretary S
refusal of the offers was simply a little
blind to throw the public off the right
scent. But it is mighty hard to fool all
of $1,000, 900 people at once.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28
THREE KANSAS STORIES.
Trio Of Yarns Told Of People OF the Sun
flower State.
He Wore Decorations.


Here is one of the latest stories on Ed
Little, ex-minister to Egypt, as told by
the Hayes City Sentinel: 'Ed Little was
invited to a swell reception in Cairo one
night, and upon the card was this
legend: Full dress and decorations.
Now Ed was supplied with spike-teiled
coat all right, but he was powerful short
on decorations. So he put his head to-
gether and pondered. His host wore the
glittering emblem of the Order of the
Garter, and Ed knew it, and gathering
together his proud Beta Theta Pi emo
tions he resolved 70 go that naughty
Britisher one better. And you may bet
your boots Ed raised him. He appeared
at the reception wearing the glttering
emblem of the Hose-Abilens Hose COM
pany No. l.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28
Mrs. Lease and a Mouse.

The story is told that Mrs. Lease wa:
one day sitting in the depot at Florence
Two men had discovered her, and, after
looking her over with curiosity, began
to comment on her.
"Shes very masculine, don't you
think"
"Well | don't know"
':You don't! Why look at her face,
man."
Eyes know. but she is not so miscu'
line as l expected
"Pshaw! Why, she hasn't spark of
femininity about her.
While they were talking tiny shadow
slipped before them on the floor.
"See" cried one of the men. "Theres S
mouse and its going straight for her.
ThatIl prove whether she is feminine or
not"
"She'll never bulge"
The doughty Mrs. Lease, conqueror of
men, and Warwick, pussant of tongue
and bitter in spirit, glanced to the floor
just then.
She saw the mouse at her feet. 1t was
still and Mrs. Lease never moved.
One of the men moved slightly and
the mouse darted for Mrs. Leases skirts.
With wild frenzied cry, she jumped
high in the air, dug her finger nails into
the plaster and crawled up the side of
the wall with drops of cold sweat burst
ing on her brow.
She was still clinging there when one
of the men acknowledged that the treat
was on him and went thoughtfully
away
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

The postoffice at Emporia has been
robbed seven times within the last three
years, or during the incumbency of
Postmaster Lambert, and each time the
robber has been caught. The last scoop
of cash occurred the past week, and the
scooper, night clerk named Harry
Smith, was scooped by two postoffice
detectives and Postmaster Lambert
before he had disposed of the money,
which was marked and readily identi-
fled. Smith confessed, and is held in
the Emporia Jail. The Emporia office
seems to be good office to let alone.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28
KANS as BIRTHDAY,

Tomorrow, Jan. 90, will be Kansas
thirty-third birthday as a state. And
what third-of a-century of experience
it has had. 1t was born in troublous
times and full share of its first expert
ence has been with it pretty much ever
since. Aud yet, despite the turmoil and
vexation that has attended it, weighing
it down as if 10 destruction at times. no
state has progressed with equal strides
the while. \ less enterprisiug. determ-
ined and progressive people than the
Kansas pioneers and those who have
come later, would have failed. proba-
bly,, to make the desert blossom AS the
rose, and TO stud the broad prairie lands
with comfortable and in many instances
beautiful homes. such as make Kansas
the most charming landscape of ali the
rest. One cannot but wish that the fu-
ture may be free of many of the dis
couragements and troubles of the past.
while the hope is uppermost that her
successes and achievements will be COM
mensurate with her experiences and DOS
s,b,i;+;o-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

The Perry statehood convention, ac-
cording to the estimate of the Okla
homan, was "a grand victory, won by
that patriotic and conservative conven-
tion, for the truest, largest and noblest
interests of the people of the territory
and the coming state" 1t was, as far
as could be accomplished at this end of
the line. The full import of the effort,
however, as for the potentiality of its in
fuence, will be seen when the admins
tration and its party in congress comes
to deal with the subject practically.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Wichita is the center of the Santa Fe
system, that is the Santa Fe has within
city seventeen hundred and twenty-five
miles of track, which is more track than
any railroad has within such distance
of any town in the world. Wichita is
the center of the Santa Fe's trunk line
from Chicago to Galveston, and Wichita
is half way between Chicago and Santa
Fe. as Wichita is the western terminus
Of the St. Louis and San Francisco.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28
sibllitleS.

The Santa Fe road now makes the
same proposition to all the counties in
the state, through which its lines pass.
that was accepted by the commissioners
OF Edwards county. that is 10 pay the
counties taxes for 1893 on the basis OF
the 1892 assessment, the road agreeing
TO pay the balance of the '93 levy if the
courts shall decide that levy 10 be just
and binding. The counties generally
viii no doubt accept tie proposition. Is
it VIII give them the bulk of the amount
claimed at once, ana the balance later.
If so decided by the courts: whereas. to
reject il VIII probably result in delsyirc
the collection yea. and il NAV be
longer.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28
The philadelphia Record advised Con

The Philadelphia Record advised Con-
gresham Sibley of that state to not re-
sign, but stick to his place, as it is his
last chance. .1f the Record means the
last part of the remark as applicable to
Democratic congressman in general, and
as indicating popular disgust for the en-
tire crew, it is no doubt correct; but Sam
Randall was the same sort of Demo-
crat, that is he stood up for the interests
of his constituents, and they stood by
him. Sibley would no doubt have shared
Randall's good fortune if he had stood
firm.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28
The attorney general has filed in tht

The attorney generaI haSs IIIeu N Tie
supreme court demurrer to the petit
ton of Mrs. Lease, in lfer case against
J. w. Freeborn, in which the member
ship of the state board of charities is
involved. This will be argued Febru-
airy Z. Mrs. Lease was in high glee
when notified of this action. ''It shows
they are afraid" she said. 81 knew
they never would permit the evidence
of Governor Lewelling and others inter-
ested TO be introduced. still feel con.
fident that | shall win the case."
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

II is noteworthy incident that the
reconciliation between Emperor
William and Prince Bismarck should
have been brought about by a natal
enemy of the German empire. And the
consummation may be as fortuitous to
France as TO Germany, in the interest of
peace. II Will require stronger provoca-
ton for any power TO attack the empire
united than if 1t were divided in senti-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

The honorable senators are-soma Of
them-manifesting a degree of impa-
tience at the dilatoriness OF the house in
passing the Wilson bill. The real rea-
son for this anxiety, however. is proba-
bly, wish TO get away from the Haw-
aiian matter and the federal elections re-
peal bill. that have been tormanting
them ever since The session began.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

Since the Missouri river went dry, and
the A. l.. Mason sank in the Mississippi,
the Cliff Dwellers have been in despair;
but now comes freight war between
the roads running from the Missouri
river to Chicago, and they are Growing
as if permanent prosperity had come to
them
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28
Tie Conway Springs Star of last we.

The Conway Springs Star of last week
tated that citizen of Sumner county
while on his way to that place day or
two before. encountered snake which
he killed. The Star told il in sober earn.
est, but when asked by an exchange il.
in fact, the citizen wasn't on his wav
home from town. i. had to acknowledge
the corn. And now the Prohibs there
about are threatening 10 raise Cain.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28

No red headed man, according to
medical authorities, was ever sunstruck.
1t may comfort George Martin, the red
headed aspirant for governor of Kansas,
to know that this phenomenon does not
include lightning.