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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-02
NO. II.

crat, declared that the letter demon
strated Morton's ignorance of agri-
cultural matters and his unfitness to
be at the head of the Agricultural
Department.
| Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,
who cast one of the "a republican
votes that made the rejection of
Peckham's S nomination to the Supreme
Court humiliating defeat for Mr..
Mr.. Cleveland, says of his reason for
so voting: "'Ihere were a large num-
Der of protests against Mr.. Peckham's
confirmation and great deal of SER
ious testimony as to his not possess
ing the proper judicial temper, of
which his dispatch to Judge Caldwell
repudiating in violent language an
order of the Court was an unfortunate
example. But that which weighed
most against him with me was the
manner in which patronage appeared
to be used by the administration in
the attempt to secure votes for his
confirmation, joined with the exer-
tion apparently OF every sort of in
huence of which the head of the gov
ernment was capable. / cannot con-
ceive of anything worse or more
demoralizing than to have confrma-
tion to Office secured by appointments
to other Offices or by threats of re-
moval. Against such methods pro-
always to protest and vote, in accord
ance with my conception of plain
public duty.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-02

Are the People with Them.

Referring to The Telegraph's expo
sure OF the rottenness of King county
politics the Bellingham Bay Express
says:
The Seattle Telegraph is after it.
official boodlers in a style that stamn,
truth on it. Names, dates, amounts
and charges are published and Ian.
guage used incapable of misconstruc.
tlon.
1t is fight for the peoples public
pocket book, but, brothers of the Quill
you stand alone. You are slashinp
right and left for justice, incurrine
the enmity of those you attack, but
the dear public do not arouse worth a
cent; they are not ripe enough vet.
Individually they are all right, but
The art of collectively attacking
wrong on business, moral and humane
principals is not fully appreciated.
They will club the robber who swipes
the nickel in their private till, but
when their public till is looted it re-
qulres unity-and there you are.
Political parties are not the kind Of
unity that will stop dishonesty-pro-
miscuous throwing of bombs will not
do 1.-THE moral force of the people
must be hurled on individual thieves ::
if that fails to correct the abuse, then
individual hanging is the only remedy :;
but general riot, killing innocent peo-
pie with bombs, is uncalled for. When
the people will be as brave and cour-
ageous openly as they are when no
one Is around, the fearless, honest
press will count; as it is now, the
dear people say they are all subsidized
dare not express an opinion. Let the
citizens of Seattle and elsewhere
speak out as openly and honestly as
the press. and monkey business will
stop. They are not ripe enough vet.
More politics and 'boodling must be in
dulged in first. But the clouds are
clearing away.
We are not done with the boodlers
yet. In fact, we have hardly begun.
The Augean stables of the court house
must be cleansed-Seattle Telegraph.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-02
Washington's Building For France.

CHICAGO, Feb. 22.-A schooner
heavily loaded with the huge logs and
tree trunks out of which the Wash
ington state building at the worlds
fair was constructed, will sail out OF
the harbor of Chicago sometime dur
ing the month of May. The destina-
ton of the schooner will be Cher
bourg, France, and thus the French
republic will come into permanent
ownership of one of the most inter
esting features of the greatest inter-
national expositions ever held.
The Washington state building wa &
one of the most interesting of the
state buildings at the fair. 1t is the
intention of those who purchased the
building to set it up in France exact
ly as it stood on the worlds fair
grounds.
If all these logs were reduced to
boards twelve inches wide and one
inch thick there would be 400 O,0OO
feet of lumber. [This action has
since been denied.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-02
Bonds for Costs.

'Some of our exchanges are discus
sing the necessity of law compell-
ing complaining witnesses in cases
brought before justices of the peace,
to furnish bonds for costs. The rea-
son given is that many cases are
brought into justices courts which
should never be considered in any
court, and the consequence is no con-
viction follows, and the county must
pay the costs of the action.
Ceases of this nature have frequent
ly come to our attention, and the
same solution as above suggested, has
presented itself. Such law would
prevent many trivial and foolish cases
being tried in justices courts, and
save the county considerable expense.
"We do not believe, however, that
such law would always be just or
reasonable. No one who had been
deeply wronged should be prohibited
from obtaining justice, and there are
times when the required bond could
not be furnished by the complaining
witness; yet his complaint might be
righteous. A penniless man should
have the same rights as the richest
citizen; and stranger should be able
to invoke the protection of the law as
as well as the best known man in the
community. Yet such men would
hardly be able to furnish bond."-
Montesano Vidette.
The idea suggested in the Vidette
would be good one, except that it
would make it very difficult to secure
complaints in many cases, where it is
already trouble enough. A better
plan would be to leave the fixing of
costs to jury, and in cases of frivo-
lous complaints, the complaining wit
ness. could be made to pay the costs.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-02

N. Y. Sun says that on the 18th OF
last August Senator Morgan, of Ala
bama, said in his speech on the silver
repeal bill: "The clock had struck at
the White house and the Cuckoos all
put their heads out and remind us OF
the time of day."
That is to say: Cleveland is the
clock and the Democratic member
the Cuckoos to vote as directed.
So when the repeal bill was return
ed to the house Tracy made a speech
occupying one minute, in which he
lauded Cleveland and thanked the
members who had voted for the bill
that the President wanted passed; al
the close of which our John L. Will.
son arose to his feet and gave forth a
perfect imitation of the cry of the
Cuckoo bird and brought down the
house.
Some time after this Boutelle wal
urging his Hawaii resolution when
Tracy interrupted him, and turning
upon Tracy, Boutelle exclaimed
"Why this impatience? The White
House clock has not struck this morn.
ing" This made Tracy hotter than 8
lime kiln.
Ever since that time when q mem
Der arises to urge any measure which
the President favors, he is called 6
cucko statesman that always comes
out when the clock at the White
strikes. .
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-02

A remarkable funeral took place at
at the mid-winter fair grounds-that
of Catilo Thiemann, the lion tanner
who was mortally wounded by lions in
the arena of Boone's wild animal show
last week. The services were held
within the cage where, from day to
day, the fierce brutes which mangled
Thiemann perform. AS the services
went on they were, from time to time.
interrupted by fierce roars from the
beasts in their cages near by. These
suggestive and uncanny sounds were
supplemented by sights as strange.
Grouped together on the raised seats
surrounding the arena were Hawaii
ans, Esquimaux, Yaquis, Sioux, Turks
and Arabs in native costume. The
Iowa State band played the same melo-
dies as at the funeral of the victims of
the cold storage warehouse fire in Chi
cago; the Hawaiians sang dirge in
their native tongue, and procession
was formed which proceeded to the
Odd Fellows cemetery, where the lion
tanner was laid in his grave.
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The Market Report.

The following are the prices paid to farmers
and producers by Seattle business houses for the
articles named, goods delivered in Seattle This
report is corrected weekly and can be used in
local trading:
HAY-Puget Sound, $40 q IA q ton
HOPs-New crop, Is @ IL cts.
GRAIN-Oats, $50; Barley $40; Wheat, $24;
Corn, $25; Feed meal, $50 @ 26.
observation-disclosures, new Puget Sound,
SIS and $17; Carrots, $l2.
BUTrER-Creamery, 25 cts; California, 20 q IS;
choice ranch ,26 a 30.
EGGS Eastern, Is cts y doz; Ranch, Is 90
PoULTRY-Spring chickens. s4 a 3 q doz
LIVE SToCK-Choice beef, 81 cts q COWS,
3a cts; Sheep, ~ cts; Hogs, ~ cts; Calves, to
HIDES AND PELTs.Heayy salted steers, 6 cts;
light, 3 @ ~ cts: calf, 05 cts; green hides,
ct les, dry, cts. Dry Elk, 10 q 16 cts; deer.
summer, 80 cts, winter, 25; sheep skins, Is cts,
full wool, 81 @ 40. wool, a q 16 cts.
$3.50 q $50 p M choice cedar, $3.50: common
logs, $4
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-02

Congress is in session and every
voter in the Pacific Northwest is like
ly to be affected directly or indirectly
by the proposed changes in the Tariff.
1t is needless to say that every one de-
sires to keep fully informed on these
various points, and in no way can this
be done better than by taking advan-
tage of our clubbing rates, in which
we offer to send the II page Seattle
Weekly Post-Intelligencer and the
JOURNAL, both one year for $3.50.
Sample copies to be had free at this
office.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-02
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 its 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 trifling Irregular.
ties whi 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. 8 e
If you want your land patent in a
hurry-If you want your land busi-
ness, of any character, attended to by
skillful and competent attorneys, and
promptly disposed of, write to
PRESS CLAIMS COMPANY,
John Wedderburn, General Manager,
Washington, D. C. P. 0. Box 385.
na n~S->l- (~>~~>a Ralea>.1. noxxrdoss
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Olympia Standard: P.B. Johnson
to John McReavy-"Shake!'
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-02
ssPat Rooney" Dead.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 2O.-The zoologi-
cal garden of this city has suffered a
great loss in the death today of its
male chimpanzee, known as "Pat
Rooney" "Pat" has been six years al
the garden with a female mate, and
was probably the most highly educat-
ed monkey in the world. His mate
survives.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-02

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-02

A VAsHoN Island rancher thought
when he found some opium on the
beach last fall that it was mineral
paint. It is now reported that he
used dope to paint his house, taking
about 5000 worth to do the job.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-02

Olympia Advertisements.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-02

SHERIFF MATHEWS of Pierce county,
has returned to Tacoma from Balti-
more without Hart, the Buckley alb
sconding banker.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-06-08
THE MAN THE PRINTER LOVES.

There is man the printer loves, and he is
wondrous wise;
Whenever he writes the printer man he
dottetb all his is,
And when he dotteth oil of them with care
fulness and ease,
lie punctuates each paragraph and crosses
all his is.
Upon one side alone he writes, and never
rolls his leaves
AID from the man of ink SMILE and
mark "insert," receives,
And when question he doth ask-taught
wisely he hath been
He doth the goodly penny stamps for
psstage back put in.
He gives the place from which he writes
his address the printer needs
And plainly writes his honored name, so
he that roimeth reads,
He reads, rev ses reads, correc's and re-
writes all again;
Aud keeps one copy safe and sends one
to the pr. nter man.
And thus by taking little pains, and triaing
care and cost,
Assures himself his manuscripts will not
be burned or lost.
SO let oil those who long to write take pat
tern by this ran
With jet black ink and paper white do just
the best they can.
And then the printer man shall know and
bless them as his friends,
All through life's journey as they 60, until
that journey ends.
-London Tit. Bits.
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correspondence of the TIMES.
Past, Present and Fntprs I:,

'oNEsrlLLE, June 4th.-Last Fr;joy
moroing there was slight frost in our com.
nunity, but everything being dry il did bn,
NIUE harm. or course the cold weather ~ = .
very detrimental to the growing crons IIs
COTTON especially looks very sickly.
Last saturday number of Farmers w,ro
~ :own, and they all said they were up with
aneir 1arm work and ready for rain All
" % agreed upon that point aud will take
Gardens are suffering badly for rain, and
what is worst Of al, the weather prophets
don't promise us that it will rain soon. If
they would make promise Of rain soon it
would cheer up many that are despondent.
see n case where death was caused from
the bite of a blue gum negro at Cross Keys
the other day. This makes me feel little
on my place. shall be careful not TO have
any biting matches with any Of them.
Mr.. Claud Whilock, who went from
Jonesvil'e to Florida II year or mole ago, has
lately married in that land of flowers.
Mr.. Jas. II Littlejohn, Of Asbury, has
been seriously sick for some days. but he is
better this morning.
Capt Benz. Kennedy is very sick at pres
ent. lie is so seriously Ill that DR.. Sump-
ter Means, of Spartauburg, has been called
in consultation with DR.. X NJ. Littlejohn
this morning. Dysentery was his first
trouble, but there are other troubles now
which makes his case serious one.
Charley IIames, colored youth, died
rather suddenly last week. Charley was
rather noted boy about Joncsville, as he
lost one of his legs by m accident several
years ago and since then has been going on
a wooden leg Of his own making. lie played
base bali and was good catcher and pitcher.
1t was remai kable to see how he could get
around on his peg leg.
Revs. Nj NJ. Boyd (uncle Mark nnd his
son, Geo. NJ. Boyd, arc in town. Rev. G.
NJ Boyd exchanged rulpits with Rev. j. S.
Porter yesterday, and preached at New
Hope in the morning. "Uncle Mark" filled
the pulpit at Bethlehem in the evening, and
Rev. G. NJ. in the Methodist Church here
last night. Large congregations greeted
thc.e hrc' hrcn ut all these appointments
Rev. G. NJ. Boyd served the louisville Cir
cult in 1878. and he has Il host of friends
in this community vino are always glad to
meet him and 10 hear him preach. "Uncle
Mark is really benc1icivc to his hosts,
and in the pulpit he is yet quite effective in
song exhortati,n and preaching the word.
What a wonderful man he is, tC do all these
things in his 90 h year
Mrs. Nancy lIan"y. of Woodstock, Ga,
spent day aud night in louisville last
week, visiting friends Mrs IIaney is
daughter of the ate Johu Spears an! came
out to attend his funeral.
Mr.. c. c. Harris is on q visit to relatives
here.
ProtractcI services will commence ut the
Methodist Church here next Wednesday
night.
Miss Cattle liolcomb. OF Browns Creek. is
visiting the family cf Rev. j. 5. Porter.
Mr.. f. l. Eson, of Union, was in town
yesterday
Tie carpenicr work on DR.. Southard's
new dwelling is about mpcGd and ready
for the painters brush.
Miss Mildred Perkins is attending c,m-
mcnccmcnt at Converse College.
TEIEpnONE.
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Vacation,

The mouth of June will finish tbe v..,..
WORK IN the school room. Rest and recr..o
uoh wil! be looked forward to with mucb
pleasare and anxiety. How Sto..spsnd. -
Time bieasartlu ODD ---a. ssss---.---k.s--1
how easy your school has been or how suc-
cessful yCu have been as O teacher, teaching
is hard, nerve-dcstroying work, and you
should use this period as . time ofrecupera-
ton aud enjoyment. The constant control
of the minds Of others the unceasing dis
cipline exertcd over others, the energy and
strcngth required in the work Of teaching,
sooner or later must have their effect on The
most robust constitution, and the teacher
owes it ns II duty to himself and to the
children to improve every opportunity for
rest.
BE sure to leave the school behind wien
you close the door for the last time. Do not
take your work with you porting over the
same vcxing problems aud fighting the same
old battles. Seek the best ways by which
you may enjoy yourself and even lose your
self i'll the sacred happiness that attends the
rest of the weary ;oiler. Read, travel, change
of living, &c., will b, Of use to the hard
worked teacher. Learn to enjoy yourself
fu ly, have good time, and return to the
schcol-room better fitted than ever to take
up your work.
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Personals.

Capt. Farr returned last Fri Biay from the
meeting Of the PrssbyterianS General As
sembly, and gives very interesting account
of the proceedings Of that able body of
ministers and laymen. The Captain is the
best mau that could be selected as delegate
to such high ecclesiastical court, for he
"takes in" oil that occurs and can tell all
about it in most .sn' ertainiug: and intelli-
gent style when lie returns.
We we're not aware that our esteemed
young friend, Willie Gibbes, of the
National Bank, at Columbia. was in town
until he called on us last Saturday and told
us he had been here nearly two weeks.
Willie had been in iii health for some weeks
and came TO inhale the hcalth-giving and
health.prcserving atmosphere Of this goodly
town, to regain his wonted health and
strength. lie left a stronger, il not better
man, as all people do who come to Union in
quest of health.
Our esteemed young friends, +. L. Eison
and Robert Munro, left last Monday Cor the
city of Atlanta, where they Intend taking
three months curse in the business col
lege of that city. Our best wishes attend
you, young gentlemen.
Mayor Sloan, of Columbia, paid us a pop
call on Tuesday, to convince us that he had
not been Prendcrgras'e by a State detect
i've from th- ill of Texas. We have seen
His Honor look stouter and less careworn,
but that was before his pucrnity of whole
city, when he was plain Nc. with only one
hopeful TO look after
Mrs. j. II. McNcacc left last Monday to
visit relatives and friends in Asheville, and
from there she viii GO 10 her home in Roa-
nokc, Va.
Mrs |. G. McKissick left last Monday for
the mountains.
Mr.. Eugene Scaifc Of Eltcrton, Ga, is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. F
Scaifc.
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VERY Tiny LITTLE BABY.-There is
quite curiosity at ~ East Hunter street
in the shape of q recently born girl baby
which is attracting much attention and caus-
ing considerable discussion.
The child, which belongs to Mr.. and Mrs.
V. II. Kown, is probably the smallest one
that has ever been heard of in the country.
1t is just eleven inches lorg and weighs a
pound and thrce-quartcs.
SOmc five weeks ago the babe arrived at
the home of the parents aud the friends and
family thought il was such a small child that
it could hardly live, but strange to say, il is
as well and rs hearty as Il child years of
age. The little girl enjoys the best of heal h
and gives the parents no trouble at all.
One Of the strangest things at out it is its
little limbs, which are about the &c of n
mans finger. The arms ami legs of the babe
are no larger thsn the Inside of common
sized finger ring and it is with case that the
ring can be put on its arm, by simply putting
: fingers together aui push'ng the ring on
It's hand. Tho ring goes TO the child 5
should without any trouble and does not
seem to hurt it at all, for after the ring is
taken Oft no signs Of ~heie IL was slippei on
arc VS. be
The tiny infant can be easily place in u
small, cigar box, where it has ample room
to kick and rc!l about.
Since the chi'd was ,orn the parents have
not had to purchase for it, single garment.
1t is not at all necessary, for the lutte girls
about the house who have dolls arc furnish
ing their doll dresses for the little one and
they are just the right size.
The carld Is iudec curiosity and there
have been many people out to see it, Mrs.
Mckown takes much pleasure in exhibiting
it to all who may desire to call -1HaHta
J0NrMNI.
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STRAIGHT DCNuCRACy.-Thc UmHxjoro
-Nr'cS W'd UrHld says The Oakland Demo-
cratic Club met Oh the 18th inst, re)rganiZ-
cl and elected is tprmcr officers
Pres dent john Hollis stated that The pur-
pose OF the meeting was 10 rtitcratc our
allegiance to the National Democratic party,
nni that he would appoint W. : Durham
l. :. Pagan anl Il. '. Bray committee to
d..ut sritnb'c resolutions conveying the sen
tim rs Of the club.
me committee on resolutions submitted
Ia" fol owing, which were adopted:
= "'"rI !. That htving been Democrats
al "Ur lives, and having never been lei
aStray hy passing political fails, and tclicv.
inf thai the lnturc prosperity of our State
i national government depends on the
p"rpctullion Of Democratic principles. we
desire to enter our protest against admitting
a2v but pnrc Democrats into the clubs now
icing formed in this State.
- That we have now hal four years Of
Reform i'll our State governments and not
icing a'lc 10 see wherein any good has been
accomplished, but harm, and as We have
EccHmc bywOri and II reprtach, we feel
lhAt II l. time that something was done for
me salvation Of the Safe
.. ih't we are in favor Of 'cctng the
best ma'cTitl to b" found in the State from
Governor down to coroner. an making our
fight at the general election in Novcmbcy
next.
4 That we have od AMI sufficient rca-
son 10 believe thai numbers of our friends.
good and true men. who have supported "ur
present StGte government. aud having re-
ccived nothing but busted hopes ADD untu-
Glled promises, only nccl an opportunity to
rcinstate themselves in the its Of sounI
Democracy to all such we extend hearty
and 'rdm invitation TO ion our standard.
The club adjourned TO meet again on the
third Saturday in June at 3p. III
X. V. BRAY, Secretary.