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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-30
SATISFACTORY TO HIM.
An Argument Terminated Without tn
Defeat of e .ther Side.

OeTeat OF Ether Side.
The young man who always wears n
Prince Albert coat and never seems to
enjoy himself was talking to a bright
young woman Of this city. The bicycle
was the theme of conversation, says
the Washington Star.
No." said the young man; 81 do not
approve of women's learning to ride the
wheel"
81 don't see why"
Because it's just passing whim. It's
a diversion which will go cut of vogue
just as other crazes have done. And
then what lave you gained by all this
expenditure of time and money!"
'But, [ don't see, Mr.. Slimmins, what
reason you can have for regarding the
bicycle as mere fad"
MY reason is the disfavor toward it
that is already appearing. Where
everybody was once talking about its
being good exercise, people are coming
out and denouncing it. Bicycles are be-
ing more abused every day. Don't you
agree with me?''
"Of course I shouldn't think of quar-
1eling with you, Mr.. Slimmins, and I
will admit one thing"
"What is that?''
There never was time when BIZ
cycles were sat down upon by so many
people"
And the young man in the Prince
Albert coat smiled self-satisfed smile.
and said that was exactly the point he
was trying to make.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-30
10 BUY THE POPE A CITY.
Constantinople, More Than Rome. Is
tn, re PI1rcs,ased.

Constantinople, More Than Rome, Is
Likely to BE Purchased.
1t is suggested that the Roman Catho-
lies of Christendom shall subscribe ST.
00,O0o,O0O to buy Rome and a nearby
seaport for the pope, says Harper's
Weekly. The belief is expressed that
he Italian government might sell the
roperty without serious detriment to
its political integrity and that the
money could be used to great advantage
IN relieving Italy of part of the burden
of her public debt. 1t is not proposed
to turn over the principal to the vendors,
but to place it in trust and to pay its
annual proceeds into the italian treas
ury as long as the pope remains undis-
turbed in the papal territory.
The plan is a very pretty one and
there are those who think the money
might be raised and that King Hum
bert's government would appreciate
the advantages of such bargain. but
would Rome be the best purchase the
pope could make with the money ?
Chicago would take him vastly cheaper
ard give him port privileges on Lake
Michigan, but she could not engage to
make him monarch of an American town-
ship at any price. But there is Con-
stantinople, an excellent city, where
popes have lived before, full of ready
made churches built by Christians and
nearly ripe now for reconsecraiion
Constantinople seems liable to come
into the market any day. If the pope
could buy it Of the sultan that would be
a deal worth subscribing to and worth
turning a page of history to record.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-30
The Sexes in Rurmob

Inc new woman should take her wa
20 burmah. There, travellers say, is I'll
only place or earth where true eonal;.
. ueu"e :. the sexes exists. In spite
tnis' 1T IS claimed, no women are mo,
womanly than the Burmese womei
whose good sense enables them tn &c
the me where they ought to stop. +,
the higher classes a woman has nror
erty OF her own and manages it herself
in the lower classes she ALWAYS hoe ,
'rade and runs her business ON her owr
responsibility, the sexes choose thei,
own operations, and it is curious to seq
the men sometimes sewing or embroif1-
ering' while the women have nearly all
the retail trade of the island on the;r
hands. VIC
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-30

TOBACCO IN WILLS.
curious directions Left by the King OF
Smokers.

Smokers.
Klaes. the merchant of Rotterdam,
was called the king of the smokers,
from his devotion to the gentle weed.
and he had a right regal funeral. By
the terms of his will, every smoker VIII,
chose to attend it was presented witt
ten pounds of tobacco and two Dutch
pipes, ON which were engraved the
name, arms and date of the deceasei of
the testator. All his guests were in
yited to be careful to keep their pipes
alight during the funeral ceremonies,
and to empty their ashes into his grave
is oak coffin was lined with the ceda
# his old Havana cigar boxes, and
acket of old Dutch tobacco was place
t the foot of his coffin. His favorit
i,se was laid by his side along witt
teel and some finder, as ne had eX-
PRESSED an opinion that there was nc
moving what might happen" Some
nti-tohacconists of the period seem to
ave wicl:edly remarked that these pre-
buttons about procuring light would
found superfuous.
The courts recently set aside claus
the will of an anti-tobacco leagUe1
Ireland. This gentleman had a
reiudice against smoking, perhaps be
ause it made him sick, and inserted
lis paragraph in his last testament,
I have told my sons, John, Ricbar@
nd Samuel, that if they indulge in The
labit they would forfeit 6 500 each.
o be divided among their sisters, and
hould they at any time begin this habit,
heir sisters may sue them each for
r. sOOo
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CIGAR AS A SOCIAL FORCE.
Bright Young Man Insists on Teach
ing His Father to Smoke.

Bright Young Man Insists on Teach
ing His Father to Smoke.
That adage about the child being IA
Their to the man received an odd inter-
pretation by young man who lives in
Oak Park. He thinks it means that
the child should run things and make
the old man stand around.
This bright young man, says Chica-
go paper, lives with his father in bache-
lor apartments. 1t CHANGED that the
old man led an exemplary life in his
younger days and had never learned to
smoke. The son, however, being thor
eughly up.to the times, is very fond OF
his cigar, and many colloquy ensued.
When the father came home to find the
rooms redolent of cigar smoke he
would argue with his son that it was no
nice way to do, and that he should re-
spect the feelings of those who OBJ
jected to smoke.
"But, father" objected the young
man, you must recognize the fact that
the cigar is great social factor. Fa-
Their, you must learn to smoke. 1t is an
accomplishment Of every gentleman,
and YOU should not overlook it,
The next day he brought home box
of cigars and pipe for his father, and
the old gentleman, who had spent so
years in this vale of smoke without
knowing the comforts or solace of to-
bacco, began industriously to learn to
smoke. After three trials he gave it
up and confessed his defeat. His son
smoked up all the cigars and the pipe
was given to an irreverent young man
who laughtcd at the story.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-30
Thanked bx the oneen.

One OF the many cOngratulatory let
tiers sent to her majesty apropos of the
length of her reign was from a little in
valid girl of nine, Catherine, daughter
of DR.. Smith, of Dumfries. The child
was so interested to hear of the queens
long reign that nothing would satifsy
her but she must send a message to the
iege lady, and so her parents allowed
her to forward a simple little note.
Three days later Catherine was delight
ed to receive note from Miss Phipps
thanking her for her mice little let
ter" Her majesty also sent her photo
graph, thinking the child might like
to have it ir - =
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-30

Two years ago Il. j Warren, drug
glst at Pleasant Brook, N. Y. bought IA
small supply of Chamberlain Cough
Remedy. He sums up the result as
follows: AT that time the goods
were unknown in this section; TO-DAY
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is a
household word" 1t is the same in
hundreds of communities. Wherever
the good qualities of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy become known the
people will have nothing else. For
sale by all Druggists.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-30
SAVeO r..O... O4OWNING.
The Heroism of a Miller in Rescuinr q
Little Girl.

Tho AerO16m OF a Miller in RescuinF q
Little Girl.
The brave work of a miller in saving a
little girl from drowning is described
by the Indianapolis Journal. The mill
wner and his wife, it appears, had gone
o the city, leaving an eight-year-old
girl at home. With other children she
went down to the mill to play, and by
some accident fell into the sluice which
feeds the turbine wheel.
The head miller heard a scream. and
not knowing what had happened, APP
Piled brake and stopped the machin-
cry. Then he ran out, found the little
girl just disappearing under the water
and in he went after her.
Then he found himself in a, haro
place. The water was eight feet deem
and he was four feet below the top O.
he sluice, the sides of which were
mooth as polished floor. The OF,
vas unconscious. How was he to ge
her out?
1t took one hand to hold her bea.
lDove water, and the other to keep him
elf from sinking. He must try tc
arrow her out, and this, by a grea
effort, ne did. But the rebound dro,
nm under water and against the whec,
Fhere ne was in great danger of /,
ng caught and held. He came L
gam, however, and now new d.
-ulty confronted him. How was he +
get cut himself? He sank to the bo,
som' gave an upward spring, and as
ne came up half-blinded, succeeded il
catching the top of the sluice. Then
ny the greatest exertions, he drew him
self out.
The girl was still unconscious but by
vigorous measures was at last revived
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-30
The Nervous 49,. I'D by Dill
ferent Kinds Of Sounds.

AAC IScISOuS Dy LII
ferent Kinds of Sounds.
The old story that Saul when out of
temper used to summon David to play
the harp, and found the music to be a
sedative, may prove to be more than a
simple historic incident, for both Char
cot and Tarchanow have declared that
musical sounds are a remedial agency
in disease which no physician can af-
ford to ignore, says the New York
| Herald.
Mr.. Warthin, of Michigan, who has
given great deal of thought to this SUBJ
Ject, asserts that different kinds of
sounds are more effective than drugs in
the cure of disease. For instance, he
! boldly assures US that the music of
Valkyrie will increase perspiration.
and, therefore, cure certain forms of
allment caused by checking it's flow.
Ihe operative energy is not the music
as such, but the peculiar vibrations
made by it. Tannhauser, on the other
hand, is vibratory soporific and in
duces a serene state of mind and body.
M. Coriveaud, of Paris, asserts that
violin playing is at least a temporary
remedy for sciatica. He adduces the in
stance of patient who found almost
instant relief in that way and who sue
cessfully resorted to it whenever threat
ened with an attack.
Perhaps this is an appeal to the ina
agInation, but what matters it if the
patient is cured? Perhaps, again, there
is a law hidden somewhere in the pile
OF apparent Representatives, which
VIII some time be discovered for our
benefit. We never smile with increduli-
" at anything in these wonder-worling
DAYS
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-30
BUYING LAND.
IL Requires Tact to Buy Timber Land in
the Mountains.

IL requires Tact to Buy Timber Land in
the Mountains.
1trequires time and tact to buy noun
tain land. The following is typical
experience as related to Star reporter
by timber land buyer:
Il was riding along Tug river. in Ken
lucky, when ! saw tract Of land upon
which concluded it would pay to erect
asmall sawmill. l hunted up the owner,
finding him seated on log fishing.
DO you own this land":'
'Sh, stranger-fust bite I've he'd he
answered. in stage whisper. In about
minute he caught fish, and 1 repeat
ed my question.
Got any baccer?' he asked. I gave
him O. chew, and in few minutes he
said: Which land?'
THAT along the road for a mile
back
"'Yaas.'
"'How much have you?'
"Whar yo' frum?'
"'Chicago. How much Land have
your
"Five thousand acres
What do you ask for it?'
"'Waal, it's worth $50 an acre, but fer
cash I'll swap fer $40 an acre. KANT talk
about it now. Hev ter ketch fish fer
supper
II sat on the log beside him for three
hours, neither Of us saying a word, I'M
til he rose and started for home, while
amounted my horse and followed.
THAT night | got so far as to see his
deed for the land and get description.
"'1t may be n leetle Short he said,
AN reckon I'd take 100000 fer it with
out suryeyin'."
mo inducement would move him
from that figure, so 1 went on to the
next tract. which 1 did not want, the
timber being too thin.
How much does Phillips want for
his land?' | asked.
"'Thousan' dollars
How much is there of it?'
"Thousan' acres
Can you buy it for me?'
Il reckon
Two weeks later / received a deed.
raid $1,000, and when surveyed the
tract measured $50 acres. '.Washing-
The Early Man.
Speculations as to the early condi-
ton of the first men and women are bv
no means pleasant ones. There were
no words expressive of love or hate,
simply coughings, splutterings, hiss
ings. We did not stand erect, but
crouched. The legs were without any
calf. If the Ainu is taken as type,
we were covered with short hair, which,
it is believed, ran into shades of red.
Foreheads were low and protruded,
mouths mere muzzles, and the teeth
were like fangs Ears ran to points,
and there We're no lobes at the base.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-30

w Women to travel for responsible establish
lished house in Washington. salary $3.50, pay
able SIS weekly and expenses. Position per-
manent Reference. Enclose self-addressed
amped enyeloIe. The National, Star Building
bicago.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-30

Have you used Postum Cereal
better, and healthier than coffee
Hunter & Eaton keep it.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-30
The Early Man.

The Rev. w. H. Weaver, pastor of
the U. B. Church, eDillsburg, Pa, rec
ognlzes the value of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, and does not hesitate
to tell others about it. II have used
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy" he
says, "and find it all excellent medi-
cine for colds coughs and hoarseness. !"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-30

Dir. Cady's Condition Powders, are
Just what q horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price rs
cents per Ta niza0o
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-30

The whole of the blood in the BODY
passes through the heart in about 80
beats; in man of 70 years of age a.
bout 675 500 tons of blood will have
passed through his heart during his
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-30
American, OF Fhila delphia,
Pennsylvania; Of Fhila.
G. c. ANGLE,
journal Differentiation,
letter, sait-Iiheum and Eczema.

letter, Soit-kihGunl and Eczema.
The intense itching andsmarting, Incl
dent to these diseases, is instantly allayed
by applying Chamberlain Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
have been permanently cured by it. It
is equally efficient for itching piles and
a favorite remedy for sore nipples,
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
md chronic sore eyes. 80 cts. per box.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-30

No. 6 East, Leaves Olympia 3 10 P. M.
No. 5 West Arr. Olympia IL: is A. M.
Daily Except Sunday.
Freight Monday, wednesday and Fri
day, to Ocosta at IL 30 A. NJ.
Freight Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day toward Tacoma at 4 80 P. NJ.
For Information, time cards, maps and tickets
call on or write
=. Z. Stanford.
Agent, Olympia, Wn
A. D. CHARLTON, A. G. P. A.
No. 255 Morrison St., Cor Third Portland.
A. NEEDHAM Local Agent.
SHELTON, WASH.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-12-17
Parauraphs for Children.

Taffy-Three cupfuls Of granulated sug-
ar cupful of vinegar and water in
equal parts (one-third vinegar and two
thirds water). piece of butter the size of
:, walnut. Boil these ingredients thor
ouehly until done. When done. you can
snap it after it has been dropped in wa
ter Pour it into buttered tins and flavor
with vanilla extract poured on top. To
make red taffy use red confectiOners
sugar. .-.. b.. ..s .
Cream Walnuts-Rub together enough
(white) confectioners' sugar with water
TO make a thick paste. Then separate in
parts and flavor each part as vanilla
strawberry lemon. chocolate. etc. But
be sure after your fiavoring has been add
ed that your paste is thick enough to
mould into oblong shaped masses about
the size of the confectioners' cream wal
nuts Then on each side of the little
moulds add a half of an English walnut.
then set away to cool. If done neatly the
candies will look very pretty as well as
being wholesome.
Candy making always proves delight
during the joyous Christmas season to
the children Taffy may be formed into
work must be quickly done as candy
cOols so quickly and as We all know can
not then be shaped easily. If you would
like to make hOrseshOes baskets. or
canes with which to decorate your tree.
first form the taffy into long strands
which can then be braided and formed in
to the shapes mentioned. To form a bas-
ket.> wind a strand of taffy around the
bottom of cup until the desired depth is
obtained, then remove the cup. twist a
strand of the taffy and attach as han
die. Then set away the basket to cool.
The strands may be striped by pressing a
roll of colored and roll Of white taffy
together. Then cut with pair of sharp
scissors into small pieces and you will
have very pretty candies
For the small brother or sister a scrap
book can be made of several pieces of
colored paper muslin. or cambria, which
can be purchased at any of the dry goods
stores for a few cents a yard. But be
sure and select bright colors. three-quar-
ters of a yard of each shade. namely red.
light blue, yellow. pink, green. white. etc.
Then as the muslin comes double width
this will make the book oblong. fasten
the parts together securely with bind
ing of light colOred ribbon and pink the
edges of the leaves. Then cut from ad-
vertising cards the bright pictures and
also from old magazines. etc. pictures of
dogs. cats. animals and brownies or any
funny pictures that will amuse. Then
mount on the leaves of colored cambric
with -four paste. which is made by sim
ply pouring boiling water on flour and
blending thoroughly. If done neatly this
little book will look very pretty and also
prove an enjoyable as well as indestruct-
ible toy.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-12-17
d. Arrangement Of
%Z Trains
~ In effect Oct. 4, ~.

LEAVE Portland. 11.oo P. M: Augusta
1.5O A. M: Waterville, 2.45 A. M: Ban
gor, 200 A. NJ; Arrive Lagrange. s.15 A
NJ: BrownviIIe; s.5s A. ; M; Katahdir
ll2O A. M; Smyrna Mills. 1l55 A. M
Masardis, 1.1O p. NJ: Ashland. lbs P
NJ; Houlton, 1220 p. M; Bridgewater
LIS P. M: Presque Isle. 2.05 P. NJ; Car
ibou. 2.s5 P. M; Fort Fairfield. 2.3O P. NJ.
Dover and Foxcroft. 9.l5 A. NJ; Guilford
$40 A. NJ; Monson. 1918 A. M; Greenyille
11.00 A. NJ.
LEAVE Portland. 11.2o A NJ: Augusta
LIS P. NJ; Waterville, 1.55 P. NJ: Bangor
Norcross, 6.22 P. NJ. Sherman. 7.2O P. M
Island Falls. 7.45 P. NJ; Houlton. $40 p
NJ: Littleton. 9.01 P. M; Bridgewater. 9.3
p. NJ: Presque Isle, 1922 p. NJ; Caribou
1850 P: NJ; Fort Fairfield. lo.4O p. NJ.
LEAVE Bangor. AIS p. NJ.
ARRIVE Dover and Foxcroft. $40 P
NJ; Guilford, 7.05 P. NJ: Monson juno
ton, 7.23 P. M; Greenville. $50 P. NJ.
LEAVE Greenville, 5.25 A. NJ. Monsor
Junction, 6.25 A. NJ: Guilferd. S.42 A. NJ.
Vile. Ills A. NJ; Lagrange. '.57 A. NJ.
ARRIVE Bangor, 915 -. N.
LEAVE Fort Fairfield, $50 A. NJ; Car.
ibou. 5.45 A. NJ; Pressure Isle, 615 A. NJ.
Houlton. 7:55 A. M; Ashland. $40 A. NJ.
Masardis, 7o5 A: NJ; Smyrna Mills. 81!
A. NJ: Island Falls. $50 A. NJ: Sherman
9l3 A. NJ; Norcross. 1913 A. NJ: Brown.
vile, 11.07 A. NJ; Arrive Bangor. 1245 P
NJ; Waterville, 2.E P. NJ; Augusta, 33(
p NJ; Portland, 5.45 p. M.
LEAVE Caribou. 1105 A. NJ; Presque
Isle 11.35 A. NJ; Fort Fairfield, lilo A.
NJ; Bridgewater 1925 P. NJ: Houlton. la
P NJ; Island Falls, 2.1S P. NJ: Sherman
242 P. NJ: Norcross. 3.45 P. NJ: Brown
vile, AS P. NJ; Lagrange, 5.24 P. M.
Greenville. 2.4O P. NJ; Monson. 3.15 p. NJ.
Guilford, 357 P NJ: Dover and Fox
croft. 4.25 P. NJ: Sebec, AS P. NJ: Ar
rive Bangor, 635 P. M; Waterville. 1oot
P. M. Augusta, 1880 P. NJ; Portland, 1.+t
A. NJ.
GEO. M. HOUGHTON,
Gen'l Pass. and Ticket Agent.
f. w. CRAM,
v. P. and General Manager.
1angor Sept. 30. 1897.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-12-17
Mswsy Glsaninqs.

Harvard may lay claim to the title
of national university. Every state in
the Union is represented in it's roll of
students.
Japanese officers who fought in the
late war against China have petitioned
their government to erect a monument
to the memory of the horses that fell
in battle.
At the Duchess Dues last hunting
party one sportsman followed the chase
and was in at the death on motor
phaeton, while another used petro-
leum tricycle..
Godstow, near Oxford. with the ruins
of the nunnery where Henry II. FIRST
saw fair Rosamond. and where Queen
Elinor put her to death. has just been
sold at auction.
In 1918 the force Of teachers employed
in the public schools of Philadelphia
was in the proportion of one for every
2s4 pupils: now the proportion is one
teacher for every AZ pupils
Abraham Kinklestein was denied
naturalization papers in New York
court the other day because. when
asked about the constitution, he said it
was written by Tom Platt.
Albert Watts Of New Richmond, Ind.
went hunting recently and became
overexerted by chasing wounded rab-
bit. When he came home he set his
gun in the corner. gave a gasp and fell
dead.
The cottonseed industry of the South
amounts to 100000 tons annually.
valued at $113,O0OOO0. In 1867 there
were only four mills in operation: in
1897 there are over 300. with more than
$4,000 900 invested.
An old negro in Kentucky, being told
that one of his race had been arrested
on the charge of forging a note, fer
vently exclaimed: Oats what comes
er eddication. Use got ten children,
and. thank heven, not one er dem kin
read or write.
The Russian government is buying
large quantities of army supplies in
San Francisco to be shipped to its sea-
port on the eastern shore of Asia. In
all the mutations of international poll
tics the czar maintains uniform
friendly feeling for this country.
A Montreal banker says that there is
an uncommonly large amount of
money on deposit in the leading banks
of Canada, the last government state
ment showing it to be $2l5000.Ooo. The
deposits. too he says. are constantly
on the gain. and it is "a matter eX-
tremely difficult to explain.
A movement is on foot to preserve
the Levi Coffin homestead at Fountain
City formerly Newport). Ind. This
house was the most important under
ground railway station in the Hoosiei
State in the years just preceding the
war. Money has already been sub
scribed for the purpose of it's preserva-
tiOn.