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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28
WORDS or WISDOM.

Find a way or make one. Every.
thing is either pusher or pushed. The
~crld always listens to q man with
will in him.-Marden-
The only worthy end of all learning,
of all ccience, of all life, in fact, Is that
human beings should love one another
be.ter.-George Eliot.
A loving confidence in the God We
have offended is the key TO his heart,
the key which unlocks the treasury OF
his grace.-Rev. L. VI. Gouldburn,
ID. ID.
The are no songs comparable TO the
songs of Zion, no orations equal TO
those Of the prophets, and no politics
like those which the Scriptures teach.
John Milton.
IL yoa would be well with great
mind. leave him with favorable i'm
preston of you; if with little mind
leave him with a favorable impression
OF himself. -Coleridge.
When God sends darkness, let it be
dark. It's so vain TO think we can
light IL up with candles, or make IL
anything but dark. II may be be-
cause of the darkness We shall see
, some new beauty in the stars. The
Story of William and Lucy Smith.
Restraining grace is an amazing
work of God. 1t is more wonderful
than his setting n bound TO the sea,
that it cannot pass over. Think what
n hell every unconverted bosom would
become if the Spirit were to withdraw
and give men over TO their own
hearts lusts. M Cheyne.
The universal reign of love. creating
new economics. new commerce. new
politics. new social lie. supplanting
greed Of gain with passion for service,
aud mutual competition with mutual
helpfulness, unreal as Il seems 70 us.
immersed in the struggle and held 10y
the habits and ruled by the ideas OF
to-day. is vet the destined result and
fulhlment Of the centuries and ages of
divine teaching. Philip Moxom.
Creation Is the organ, and gracious
man finds ont its keys. lays his hand
thereon. and wakes the whole system
of the universe 20 the harmony OF
praise. Mountains and hills, and
other great objects are as it were the
bass Of the chorus; while the trees o.
the wood, and oil things that have life
take up the air Of the melodious song
-Spurgeon.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28

II a fish dealer depended upon the
sale of German carp for livelihood he
would starve In double-quick time.
That particular member Of the fish
family Is several hundred thousands OF
miles away from the pinnacle of popI,-
larity. and there Is nothing these days
20 indicate that it Is going 20 decrease
the distance. German carp are quoted,
Wholesale price, AT a penny pound.
"How in the world do you manage
10 make anything ont of them:" asked
the inquisitive buyer of the South
Water stree, fish dealer the other day;
Il don't see where it pays to handle
them"
1T really doesn't pay 10 handle
them. nor does the fisherman who
catches them make a fortune out Of
his business, said the fish dealer.
Just imagine what the fisherman
makes when We are supposed 10 sell at
profit at a penny a pound. He
wouldn't DO right we'll even II he had
a good business. German carp are FAR
from being entitled 20 recognition rs
fine fish They are coarse IN flesh,
and il is an impossible matter 10 refine
them. / handle them because there
are some people who buy them from
me. II is not that / sell them for 3
reasonable profit, but merely as an &C
commodation. Chicago Record.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28

pots and kettles, without a single add
dition thereto, which he IN his day in
herited from his parents But that he
is TO any extent unhappy, miserable
and wretched over il / very much
doubt. 1 have watched him singing
land lingering) at his work, and going
home at night in droves, still cheer
fully sociable. solaced with his ting
pipe and fairly hilarious over the
least morsel aud drop of rice and
cheap saki. / have gone with hir,
TO his matsuri, or festivals, and I
know how often they recur and
how ight-hearted they find him.
| I have stood with him 10 laugh
at the fun-makers and dancers at the
| frequent street celebrations and local
fetes. and don't believe there Is much
rancor and bitterness TO his poverty.
Besides, his wages are going mp.
Guilds he has had always, and he is
learning about strikes. Dock laborers
get eighty cents day now, where
formerly they received nearer TO eight.
Considering their labor capacity and
the cheapness of their living. the former
is not n bad wage Ricksha charges,
those for laundry work. and of vsri-
Gus craftsmen las all the dyers in
Osaka, who have Just procured them
selves a twenty five-per-cent. raise,
the wages Of house servants and the
salaries Of policemen and other officials,
all are slowly and steadily increasing,
and the explanation is that the wants
OF life are on the increase. meat is be-
ginning 10 be eaten. wool is coming 70
, be liked for clothing, some simple lux
uries are now understood and desired.
and SO the time Is 70 come when the
workingmsn of Japan is TO have rather
more OF the conveniences and neces-
saries OF life To- buy, and considerably
more money with which TO purchase
them. At least that is considered the
trend of affairs AZ presen
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28

them with "You mustn't do that,
You can't have this, You mayn't
go there" Among the common peo-
pie. at least. there is no sequestering
Of women; they. too, are everywhere,
cheek by jowl, helping and doing. APP
parently, as freely as the men. If 1t
Is only a wooden tub which they have
70 scrub out. girls with bare feet and
arms, deliberately dressed hair and
clean and pretty blue and white kim
onos. are apt 70 bring Il out on the
sidewalk and scrub away gregariously
for the next half hour or more.
Unloading great stones from the
sampans in the canals. women work as
cheerfully, Justify and effectively as
the men. They share. seemingly on
equal terms, in the small shop keep
ing. and help in all the labors Of the
various avocations. / don't see how
one Of these men can have any secrets
from his wife or escape her society on
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28

On the backs Of small brothers and sis
tiers wait about the tea-fring places
that 1t the regular hour. they, too. may
paxsaks Of refreshment-
This interval Of rest IL 80 elastic in
its application that there seems hardly
IN hour of the day when one group or
another Of 'rickshs men by the road
side, of boatmen In the canal of coolies
n the go-dovS compounds or Of crafts
men in the shops may not be seen
esxhsrsd, sea&ed on their heels, about
the little charcoal freboxes, plying
thsix ehopsticks II small lscsuered
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28

waist and allowing him TO crawl up
and down the village street, the free
end of the rope being held in the hand
OF the Lebashi
Whenever the thief -smeller enters
house its master il at once convicted
of the theft without further evidence.
The person who has been robbed Is
sent for and made 10 swear TO the
value Of the stolen property, and this
value must be paid at once by the
owner of the house to which the scent
has led the able detective.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28

Aoucen bee Thursday led her swarm
OF 1000 odd subjects right into the
heart Of Rochester, y. Y, and tele-
graph pole was selected as the final
resting place of the swarm. Their
presence attracted large throng, but
il made many OF the pedestrians some
what nervous 20 have a swarm of bees
lowering about them, and, though the
bees do not appear TO have stung any
one. they were inclined 70 he altogether
too familiar for comfort.
Walter Il. Bargy is a man who has
passed his life In the care OF bees. and,
"a The i'll luck Of the swarm would
have it. he happened 20 he passing
along while they were cutting mp their
antics. lie determined 20 attempt
.hcir capture. He took an ordinary
soap box aud climbed 20 the top OF the
pole. He was surrounded by the
insects. and they could have stung
him 70 death had they chosen TO do so.
But they seemed 10 recognize him as a
friend. and none of them interfered
with him. He set the soap box on
top Of the telegraph pole and awaited
developments. In about half an hour
about nall me OSeS were s"At lAinS III
side the box.
he climbed up again, slipped news
paper under the box. and took 1t down.
Cut he was not content with the cap
ture OF only half of the tribe. he
took the box across the canal and SET
il on the pile of logs just under the
canal foot bridge. On the top OF the
box he set a keg. and this proved 81
much more attractive that the bees be
gan to leave the box and crawl Il
thousands into the key. The bee
which still fingered about the pole OF
the other side of the canal crossed
over, and by night Mr.. Bargy took I
his home 1000 bees. They are wort
SI5 or $40, so he had done prett
good days work-Chicago Chronicle
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28

the plea that business Will detain him |
at the store. II business did, he would
probably find her there before him, as
much az home as in the kitchen or
nursery, which apartments, IN truth,
seem 70 be pretty we'll done away with;
and # she wasn't there in person, at
least all the other women on the block
would be In the near vicinity, able TO
supervise his movements.
Living Is reduced almost 20 Us sim
plest elements here, where a single
garment will DO for a covering, ana
that. II necessary, for years; where a
few cents worth Of rice, picked vege-
tables and dried fish make an appetiz-
ing and satisfying meal, and where
single bare room for dining, for guests
and for sleeping is practically all that
is required by even ambitious house
holders.
Ia Japan the poorest people are not
without their comforts and convent
ences. Cooked foods, so cheaply pre-
pared in public kitchens. have been
mentioned. Milkmen and other pur-
vey0rs are In almost every block, with
their goods In smallest packages il de-
sired, for the fractional copper cur
rency. The Housekeeping is the
easiest, and at the same time the dain-
test, In all the world. No dust and
dirt ever are brought in to tarnish the
fair white floors. The low-ceilinged,
empty rooms and narrow verandas are
readily brushed aud washed each day.
The mats on which the poor man sleeps
are as soft as those OF the rich.
lighthouses In the neighborhood
too, are frequent, where the tire,
mother and all her fretful progeny
wearied by the heat and the hours o
work, at the close of the day enio.
their regular evening hot and COLI
water plunge and splash.
The improvidence Of these people
| probably is in no danger of being ex
aggerated in the telling. 1t is doubt
i, less quite trne that the impoverishe
'ricksha pulier or factory operate
3 pawns his bed daily to buy his break
e fast, and after earning enough TO rs
e deem the futons before night, reckless
e ly expends ia riotous living in the ter
!, sen eating houses the whole balanc
G OF his capital He looks as il he doe
a all that he is accused OF in the way (
Q ever patching his blue kimono instea
Is Of buying q new one, in living In on
d ven a month houses, and OF handin
e down TO his descendants only the san
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28
Interesting work of Mound builders.

The Dayton Journal says that Fort
Ancient, which is picturesquely stu
ated on the high bluffs overlooking the
valley of the Little Miami river. nea'
Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, Is
believed to be the largest, best pre-
served and most interesting work OF
the Mound Builders. 1t has been
visited and studied by the leading
psychologists OF Europe and America,
and models of it are now on exhibition
in the museums of London, Paris and
Berlin. The fort, which covers about
one hundred acres, and one hundred
and eighty-seven acres outside OF the
walls, is now the property of the State,
part having been purchased in 1890,
and the remainder in 1896.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28

bowls and square wooden boxes of
cooked rice. and drinking tea from cups
like good-sized thimbles. Besides the
dressmaker and tailor, the cooper and
the basket-maker are other artisans
pursuing their avocations IN quite as
queer ways. The carpenter hacks NJ
his boards with n sort of rough adze or
stands on them and saws them with
what looks like a notched butchers
knife set in a long handle, or planes
them carefully toward him. The man
in the rice mill ignores belts and
wheels and machinery generally. and
jumps all day on the end Of
plank, a cog or weight in the other
end Of which pounds away at the
grains. The lsntern-maker and the
umbrella-msker sit patiently tying and
FASTING their frail wares, the stock in
trade slowly piling up, day by day, be
hind them. Lonely men, each IN his
/ little booth, make the thick straw mats
or sections Of flooring for the native
houses. Boys work deity, tossing
shuttles back and forth that weave or
tie the bamboo window blinds.
watched an actual boy with warts
on his hands. at work alone IN an
open doorway, on great square OF
pale blue silk on which he was en-
broidering without model or copy the
most exquisitely shaded pink roses.
Little girls sitting on the floor hem
stitched silk handkerchiefs and made
the fragilely beautiful drawn and EN-
broidered grass-linen work. couple
Of blue men. with hawk noses and
severe c0untenances, like American
red men gone a wrong color, bobbins
about among their indigo watts, will b'
, the whole visible works Of big dye
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28

Ia Bosnia one of the austrian bat
teries had to go into action just "a din
ner time came on, and the artillery
men, resolved not to lose meal, cut
their meat into small trips, placed it
on the breech of their guns and cooked
j; by the heat of the metal They
found it delicious, and voted the bif-
sick a La cutasse de cannon infinitely
superior TO beefsteaks cooked under
the pommel of the saddle. Tartar
fashion.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28

streets still more conveniently to re-
fresh the toiling masses. The meager
coppers SO scantily earned jingle all
day right merrily into the pockets or
pouches of the caterers.
Babies are everywhere swarming
about, afoot and shack. with their
share of the good things going. No
body seems ever TO startle and depress
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28

James A. Anderson made the largest
purchase of walnut timber last Wednes-
day ever made in this section Of the
State. He bought of j. G. Hamilton,
on Flat Creek, 100 choice trees out Of
about IT'S trees on his farm for S1l00.
This timber will be exported TO Eu-
rope.-Owingsville (Ky.) Democrat.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-08

0hamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment
is unequalled for Eczema; letter. Salt
Rheum, Scald Head, Sore Nipples, Ch1apped
Hands, Itching Piles, Burns, Frost Bites
Chronic Sore Eyes and Granulated Eve I ids.
For sale BY druggists at 25 ceuts per box.
TO H0RSH oWNE1S.
For putting horse in fine healthy con-
dition try DR.. Cady's Condition Powder
They tone up the system, lid digestion, cnre
!o9 q appetite, relieve constipation, correcl
kidney disorders and destroy, worms. MN
nav lie to an old or over1worked hotse d
eens Per packsee. For sale by drusRisls. Z
For sale atTnell's.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-08
A Happy Escape.

Some amateurs who indulge in poul-
try raising resemble a certain satirist.
He got ten hens with the expectation
of making fortune out of them. He
stopped to figure up how much he
could make in ten years. His calcul-
lations started off in this way; Ten
hens will lay Is eggs each and then
become broody all at the same mo-
ment, and this will be repeated three
times the first summer. Each hen
will hatch six pullets and six cockerels.
This routine will be repeated without
a single loss or variation year after
year, and at the end OF ten years there
is not room enough on the globe for
the flock. Luckily the man became
appalled, at the prospect and killed his
ten hens before they had a chance TO
lay an egg-and the world was saved
from an inundation of fowls. Happy
escape.-Fancier' Review.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-08
WHAT THE BABY THINKS:

It's a funny place that they've put me in
peculiar place. Why, can't begin
To tell all the curious things see
Things that are certainly new to me.
think if I'd been consulted, I'd
lave arranged things more from babys side;
'or fis things are now no wonder we squall-
sabi es don't have any show at all.
kn ow that I'm little and fat and red,
Wit b toothless gums and bare, round head;
But. what's the reason they talk as though
hadn't the brains Of q lump of dough?
sCute little singr "See its eyes, so bool''
Does it 'ove its mamma? Tum, now does 'oo!'
just look at its dear little, pink little toes!''
Do they think that I like such remarks as thoses
% they think enjoy the rubber ring
hey have tied to my b b with an old red string,
hen my older sister plays most all day
Nth doll that want the very worst way?
N trundled about in a baby cart;
is enough to break any baby's heart,
When other people have lots of fun
On velocipedes. Why can't have onefS
My Brother Tom and my Cousin Ted
20 out and slide, with big blue sled,
wish to ask, and want to know
If there's any reason why can't gore
I'm fed on milk, while the others-well.
They're really delicious. the things SMELL
I'm rocked to sleep when the sun is high,
But nobody else isl wonder whys
I'm kissed and I'm bounced, and I'm touseled
up;
rye rattle OF tin and silver cup;
I'm FUSED oyer dayttmes and walked with
nights
But 1t counts for nothing; want my rights
Emma A. 0pper, in Golden Days
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-08

husband to our Used 20 Oe oacA III
. 1veek. and W.. 5.our carriage in
which we were d. - lit.c 20 the station to-
cether. when her L Is land came in, looking
q good deal concerned.
He, too, had r, caiyed a letter. summonlng
him away on important business. 1t was
necessary he should leave at once-by the
same train with his wife, in fact.
Icath as we were to part with both our
friends at once. it was, after all, gratifying
TO think that Mrs. W. would be saved the
annoyance of travelling unattended.
At the station succeeded in pressing
couple of hundred more on the General. to
meet his oaon expenses. AS he was only to
be gone couple Of days, that sum, he SAID,
would be ample.
The kissing Of the ladies, and the hand
shaking Of tho General and myself, were
interrupted by thec yof ''All aboard ~ ana
in anot her raCnc.! nc train was numbering
off, Mrs WydcsE...- 4 waving her handker-
chief from nc window ct Mrs. Crumplehorn
standing weeping on the platform.
We were jlst getting back into the car
rage, when another train stopped. out OF
which Tires men rushed, if one ofwhom we
recognized the husband of the unsoclaole
lady that had given Mrs. Crumplehorn the
tsturn."
"Here's a couple Of themr' shouted the
latter gentleman. making dash toward US;
"and, by Jove. that's my wife's breastpln
that woman has On now!''
"What do you mean, you Villains" l
roared, aiming blow at one OF the men,
who had laid his hands somewhat rudely on
Mrs Crumplchorn' s shoulder.
"Come, none of that, my covey?" ex-
o1o Of before
knew it, pair of handouts were snapped
on my wrists.
We were about being hustled off, and
Heaven knows what would have come OF it,
if some Of our neighbors hadn't interfered
and demanded an explanation.
Every thing was soon made plain enough.
The General and his wife-sO called-Were
a couple of notorious thieves, in league with
goodness knows how many others. They
had been plying their vocation at Saratoga,
under the guise of pair of fashiOnables.
Among their victims had been the I'M
sociable lady. And Mrs. Crumplehorn and
myself, whom nobody knew, having con-
stantly been seen in the Wydeswarths'
company, were, naturally enough, suspected
as accomplices-a suspicion materially
strengthened, 1 may add. by one of the
stolen articles being found in Mrs. C.'s pos
session.
My own statement, however, and the tes-
timony of our neighbors, completely salts
fed the strange gentleman and the two de-
tectives, and Mrs. G. and myself were at
once released.
Twas willing to say no more about it, but
Mrs. c. being a woman of spirit, as she
handed back the breastpin. couldn't refrain
from sending he compliments to the gen.
tleman's wife.
And tell her, she said, if ever should
think Of stealing, it'll not be trumpery
piece of pincibccie like thatr'
She had called it 'love of thing"
that very morning; but circumstances alter
cases.
Polly and [ are nc going to Saratoga next
season To say no. lg Of the water, we've
had quite enough .shionable society for
ono whitley. /. L.alYer
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-08
DISCOVERY OF OXYGEN.

How the Vital Substance Was First IT'LL
lied by Lavols1er.
"Fixed air" and "combustible air"
had been speculated upon, and ssthe
air that is left after combustion'' had
attracted attention. But the phe-
nomena OF this kind, inconsistent as
they were with the phlogistic theory,
had cot been sufficient to overthrow
it. The first germ of Lavoisier's the
DRY on these matters was embodied in
sealed packet which he deposited
with the Academy in 1770. Reccg-
nlzing that the calcination of metals
could not take place without the &C
cess OF air, and that the freer the &C.
cess the more rapid the calcination,
ne "began to suspect" as he express
es himself, that some elastic fluid con-
tanned in the air was susceptible, under
many circumstances, of fixing itself
and combining with metals, and that
to the addition of that substance were
due calcination and the increase in
weight of metals converted into cakes.
From this thought came, after much
cropping with erroneous conclusions,
the idea that air is compound coz
tanning a vital part and another part,
and that it is the vital part that is
absorbed. The behavior of charcoal
when burning in oxygen pointed to the
nature Of that substance and to the
true theory of combustion. This new
vital substance, which, uniting with
the metals, formed cakes, and with
other substances generated acids, he
called Oxygen or the acid-producer:
the air that was left after com bustion
was 0zote, or lifeless. The inflamma-
Die air which, com bining with oxy-
gen. was found to form water, was
called hydrogen. Popular Science
Monthly.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-08
Administrators Notice.

NOTICE OF SALE.-To all to whom it
may concern.
The heirs of Leonard D. Prince, de-
ceased, are urging me, as administra-
tor of said estate, to sell the lands be-
longing thereto, described as follows
Sc. OF Se4, N of Sci, Sw4, Sci, Sec
IS; w of Ne4, Sci, Nw4, lots 2 and 3
Sec. 10; also that part of Nw4 of Ss4
Sec. 10, lying east Ct branch or
stream running South through the
above described tract of land; all in
Up. 20, N. R. 2 west.
I have an order of Court to sell the
same, either at public or private sale.
Now tins is to notify all interested
therein that the said property will be
sold very soon to the highest and best
bidder for cash, or for part cash. bal
ance six months time. The lands are
appraised at So per acre.
GRANT G. ANGLE, Administrator,
Estate Leonard D. Prince, Decd
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-08
Notice. of Sale.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON, IN AND FOR MASON
COUNTY.
In the matter of the estate of
WILLIAM PORTS, deceased !
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that under and by
virtue of an order of the above named Court
duly made and entered, the undersigned, adj
ministrator of the above named estate, will on
the End day of January, 1897, at the front door
State of Washington, at the hour of 10 O'Clock a,
m. sell at public auction, to the highest bidder
Tor cash the following described Real Property
lying and being in Mason County, State of Wash
half so of the North East quarter (Ne14 and
the Southeast quarter of the Northwest quarter
(SeA Nw14) Of Section Twenty-Six (26) in Town
ship Twenty t20l North Range West.
RALPH w PORTS,
Administrator of the Estate of William Potts
deceased
Dec all 1926