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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
END OF THE CHESAPEAKE.
The Old Man-of-War Turned Into Fio1
Mill.

The Old Man-cf-War Turned Into Flour
Mill.
An English journal contains the fol-
lowing item:
1T IS not by any means widely known
that the Chesapeake, famous for her
historic encounter with the British
ship Channon in 1913, is in existence to-
Gay, hut is used in the somewhat in
cio~' Gus capacity of flour mill, and is
na' re money for hearty Hampshire
miller in the little parish of Wickham.
After her capture by Sir Philip p. v.
Hrcke she was taken to England in
1914, and in 1920 her timbers were sold
TO Mr.. John Prior, miller, of Wickham
IIants. Mr.. Prior pulled down his own
mil at ETicllham and erected new one
from tho Chesapeake timbers, which he
found admirably adapted for the pur-
rose. The deck beams were 80 feet
long. and served, without alteration,
FOR ioists. Many of these timbers yet
bear he marks of the Shannon grape
shot. ard in some places the shot are
Il 4 to bc seen deeply imbedded in the
pitch pine. The metamorphos:s of q
naE-of-war into a peaceful l.fe-sustain-
ing flour mill is, perhaps, as near an ap-
proach to the prophecy that spears and
swords shall be beaten into plows and
pruning hooks, as the conditions of
modern civilization will allow
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
A Great Magazine Feature.

The Ladies Home Journal has Sc
cured what promises to be the great
magazine feature of 1898. 1t is en-
titled "The Inner Experiences of
Cabinet Members Wife" In a series
OF letters written by the wife of a
Cabinet member to her sister at home,
are detailed her actual experiences in
Washington, frankly and freely given.
The letters were written without any
intention of publication. They give
intimate peeps behind the curtains of
high official and social life. They are
absolutely fearless, they study Wash
ington life under the search light as it
has never been before presented. The
President and the highest officials of
the land, with the most brilliant men
and women of the Capital, are seen in
the most familiar way. AS these are
all actual experiences the name of the
writer is withheld. The letters will
doubtless excite much shrewd guessing
by readers and study of internal evil
deece to discover the secret. The "Ex-
periences," which will be beautifully
illustrated, begin in the December
number and will continue for several
months,
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
FINANCIAL REVERSES.
Disappointment OF an Investor Who Over
worked the Market.

Disappointment OF an Investor Who Over
worked the Market.
They had been talking about trusts
and the immense profit realized by cap
ital, according to the Washington Star
''A man is never satisfied, however
big the gains may be- remarked the
man with the patient expression.
Yes said the plump-looking citi-
zen Y .th a meerschaum cigar holder;
mo matter what q person achieves, he
is always haunted by the thought that
he might have done better. The trouble
about making money rapidly is that q
man fails to be content with fair per-
centage of gain on his s-invest1nent.
81 have 4 friend who is exactly that
way. He turns up his nose at a mere 10C
per cent. or So"
''He must be a plunger.''
''No; he's a conservative investor.
''What does he handle?"
'Well, you. might call them govern,
ment Obligations
s'He must have new kind of a good
hing
''He used to have. But he's lost me
And it's positively distressing to read
what he says because the two-cent
stamp he recently bought to put on a
letter to me didn't realize the usual
dividend of five dollars
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
SHELTON. COUNTY, WASHINGTON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 10 1897

About the only place the democrats
won anything substantial was in New
York city, and, unless Tammany has
changed for the better since it was
last In power, that victory will, in the
end be harmful to the democratic
party at large. The republicans have
gained another Senator and learned
some useful lessons on The necessity of
party harmony that will be ce: tain to
bear results in the future. Success of
the party, not of an individual, is the
motto that can never be departed from
without danger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
NO.. 48

But there is new market opening
up for both the fruit and vegetable
product of the gardens in this in this
state, in the Klondike. How great
the rush to that recently found gold
region will be next year nobody can
calculate with accuracy, but every-
body realizes it will be very large. It
is reported with confidence, that the
Cook Excursion company is planning
TO bring 10000 people to this coast
next season. 1t is also reported that
the transportation companies IN Eu-
rope have booked enough people to in
dicate that 100000 will come from
Europe, bound mostly for the Klon-
dixie. All these people will have to be
fed on canned goods. These canned
goods ought to be produced in wash
lngton,sfor they can be produced
here more cheaply and more abund-
antly than anywhere else, and if pro-
duced here in sufficient abundance, IL
Will be easy to get the canneries to
prepare the produce for market. The
great drawback now, as those have
found who have attempted to get can
nerles located here, is that there is no
certainty that they can be regularly
supplied with material to keep them
going. A cannery cannot be success
fully operated for few weeks, or
few months at a time, when started.
IL must be kept going, because the
margin OF profit is small, and c,mpe-
tltlon with eastern markets will be
keen. 1t needs that supply of ma
terial for making pickles, canned fruits
and ned jellies, sauces and pre-
serves shall be regularly furnished dur
ing the winter.
A curious fact about canned goods,
especially fruits, is that the cities of
Tacoma, Seattle and Portland and all
their neighboring towns, although To-
Gated In country where the best of
fruits grow in abundance, and where
more vegetables can be grown bett er
than anywhere else on earth, are all
supplied during the season when both
fruit and vegetables cannot be used in
green state, by canned goods from
California, and even from far awav
states like New York and New JERSEY.
We pay $1.50 per hundred on these
goods whereas we could send our own
to Minnesota and neighboring states
in which there are Two and one-half
million people who would be glad to
get them, as we'll as into Manitoba,
where there are another million peo-
pie equally fruit hungry, at $1.25 per
hundred pounds. These three and
one-half million people as we'll as other
millions in the western and middle
western states, will some day be sup
piled almost entirely by Washington
and Oregon.-Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
GATHERING AQUARIUM STOCK.
How Live Fishes Are Selected and Pre-
pared for Transportation.


pared for transportation.
Men experienced in gathering aquari-
I'm stock never ship fish long dis
;ances Immediately after they are
caught, if it can be avoided; the NOR
tality is almost sure to be great among
stock SO shipped. BY whatever means
a fish has been captured, says the New
York Sun, it is likely to have been more
or less excited and it may have suffered
some injury which would make it liable
to attack by fungus. 1t is the practice
when possible to place the newly
caught fish in fish cars or in some other
suitable place at or near the shore in the
vicinity of where they were caught,
where they may be rested for the jour-
ney, accustomed under favorable con-
ditions to captivity, and accustomed to
feeding, and where the weak or injured
fishes may be weeded out.
In this way only good and sound fish
are finally started, and these are start
ed in the best possible condition. Fishes
thus selected and prepared are far more
likely to get through all right, and
such fishes are, of course. far more like.
ly to survive in an aquarium.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19

equally astonished, though perhaps not
disposed to laughter had they known that
the women of western nations, through false
ideas OF dellcacy, suffer in silence untold
agony, and sometimes death, through neg
lect of their health in womanly way.
Women, who suffer in this way shrink from
the embarrassing examinations and local
treatment insisted upon by the majority of
physicians. If they only knew it, there is
no necessity for these ordeals. An erni-
nent and skillful physician long since dis
covered a remedy that women may use in
the privacy Of their own homes. It is DIR.
P1erce's Favorite Prescription. 1t acts di-
rectly on the feminine organism, giving it
strength, vigor and elasticity. 1t stops all
debilitating drains. 1t is the greatest of all
nerve tonics and invigorators for women.
Thousands of women who were weak, SICK
ly, petulant and despondent invalids are
to-day happy and healthy as the result of
the use of this wonderful medicine Good
druggists do not advise substitutes for this
incompatible remedy.
t. I have used DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton and Golden Medical Discovery in nv
family" writes Mrs. G. A. Conner of A1eghany
Springs, Montgomery Co., Va, and have found
them to be the best medicines that ever used"
Send Fl one-cent stamps, to cover cost of
mailing only, to the Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association Buffalo, N. Y, for a
paper-covered copy of DR.. Pierce's Common
Sense Medical Adviser; Cloth binding ten
cents extra A whole Medical library in
one Iooo-page volume.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19

Mr.. N. N. Osburn we'll known at
Woodstock, Mich, was troubled with
lame back. He was persuaded to
use Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It
gave him relief in one night. This
remedy is also famous for its cures OF
rheumatism. For sale by all drug
gists.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19

CHELTON LODGE, NO. e.
l. o. o. F.
Reuular meeting every Wednesday evening
, IN p M in the Odd Fellow Hail, Shelton
Wash. All members il good standing, cordially
u p11rw L. j. MORRISON
q r. Sec.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19

,.,ELCOME CHAPTER, NO 40.
w ORDER EASTERN STAR.
Meets every Saturday after Full moon OF each
month. All members in good standing are
made welcome.
MRS. G, I. BARRON, w. H. MAXWELL
Worthy MatrOn. sec.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19

z E. Cross Post No. 80, G. A. r.
Meets lnI o. O. F. hall first and third Saturday
nights of each month. Comrades are coroiahS
invited to visit and join.
FRANK MUNSON, ,. CALD WE'LL
Adjutant COmmauuer
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19

FIRST NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CHURCH.
Preaching every Sabbath at 1890 O'Clock A. NJ
and 7:3O p. M. Sabbath School at II A. M
PRAYER meeting at 730P. NJ. every Thursday
Everybody is invited to attend. Seats free.
REV L. J. COVlNGTON, Pastor
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19

DACIFIC LODGE, NO. &C.,
X. OF p.
Meets the first and third Friday evenings OF
Knights cordially invited to attend.
l.. L. HUNTER. j. 4. Shioh
K of r. Us. e. y.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19

w men Lady
Marie Wortley
visited
he household of
he Sultan, she
wrote home to
England that the
ladies of the
b ar e m were
\ snothered with
\laughter to dis
icover that her
Iladyship wore
Jan inner vest
of steel and
whalebone,
; tight, impene-
trable and sti-
fling, in other
| words, a corset.
| The ladies
\of the harem
would no doubt
have heep
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19

DUBY REBEKAH LODGE, No rs.
X l. o. O. f.
Meets every End and 4th Friday evening IN Oad eid
sisters are cordially invited to attend. Social
session on Third Friday evenings
PAULINE HILBERT Sec. CELIA NORTON, N. U.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19

AIT. MORIAH LODGE, No. IL.
M F. 81 NJ.
B. OCULAR CommuniSations Saturday MaI eve eve
dial invitatiOn is given to all brethren in good
standing. Masonic Hall, Shelton, w. i.
HuGH MORRISON W. nj. l.. K. MUNsoN, Sec.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
Society Cards.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
REV. f. o. LAMOREUX, PASTOR
Preaching services every Sunday at H. a. m
and 7:3O D. M Sunday school at 10 p, m B.
Y. P. u at $50 p. m. Prayer Meeting every
Thursday evening at o'clock followed by z. Z.
Corner Fifth and Gotta Sts
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13
Declines TO be Fooled.

In response to telegram from tne
Journal of Atlanta as to the attitude
of the Cuban jlnts towards the new
Spanish cabinet, Thomas Estrada Pal
ma, head OF the Cuban revolutionary
bureau. telegraphs that paper as iol-
lows: lnasmuch as the Cubans ara
now more than ever firmly resolved
to accept nothing short OF absolute in
dependence, the offer of the new
Spanish ministry to grant autonomy
can have no effect in terminating the
war. We are satisfied that the hour
Of our complete freedom is st haud,
and this offer only confirms US in the
belief that Spain knows that she has
lost Cuba. We care no. whether there
is q liberal or conservative ministry.
We cid not listen to Canovas when
he offered autonomy; we Will not lis
ten to Sagasta. We have constituted
ourselves a nation, and will be ac-
knowledged as such by Spain, wheth-
er under liberal or q conservative
ministry, or under Republican or
Carlist regime, before We lay down
cur arms. We are confident of speedy
success. We are fully prepared FOR
the most aggressive campaign OF the
war.
Spain played her best cards first and
lost. What Campos and Weyier, with
more than forty generals and over
300, 900 men, failed to do, no other
general can accomplish. [ retlec! the
unanimous opinion Of all our generals
and our government when [ say that
the only solution is our independence.
(Signed.} Thomas Estrada Palma.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13
Dishonest Bank Omcsr.

William E Breese, president, W.
II. PaenlaLd, cashier, and J. @. Dick
iuson, a director, of tbs dsfunct First
National Bank OF Ashsville, n. c.,
were arrested there Thursday morn
ing on indictments from the United
States court in session at Greensboro
charging them with enbezz!ement and
conspiracy. Thirty thousand dollars
bail was required in each case, which
was given. They have all been under
FIVE thousand dollars bonds since July
81 for violating the national banking
act. Since then National Bank Ez-
aminer Maxay has been in Ashville
and has made soma startling disco7-
cries Oae of these discoveries is al
legged to be ths fact that $780, 900 OF
''accommciation notes, singed by in
solvent persons and filed out by the
off Gals, aud soma forged papers, are
in the bank. Soms OF the insolvent
notes had been rediscounted in other
banks. G. B. Leonard, the man who
is SUP p5ssd to have secured the note
signers, comprising janisoEs, street
Car motormen, plasterers, carpenters
and others Of 40 financial standing,
has 1ed 10 Mexico.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13
CoSl Mlae Calamity,

A heavy ex xplosioa Of gas occurred
in No. 3 slope or the Parish Coal COM
pany at Plymouth Wednesday after.
noon, by which three men lost their
lives. The names of he victims are:
Isaac E1nIndS. minar, aged IS, wild
over; George Z idy, driver, aged %,
single; Louis Ricaards, driver boss,
aged 80, married, wife and two call
dren. The force OF the explosion was
felt on the surface AID reScuing par
ty was at once sent into the mine. bat
taey worked under grsat difficulties,
as the practice work WAS down and
the ventilation poor. Toe place where
the men were a. WORK was reached
ABOUT o'clock and their bodies taken
out. The body Of Elmulds was badly
burned. Ha evidently received the
full force OF tne explosion. His two
companions had started to make their
escape wnen they were overcome by
the hra-damp. The cause of the acoi-
dent is as ye: mystery. Ooe theory is
that ths men came uueIoactedl 2 upon
a pocket OF gas and set il on Ere with
their lamps. Another is that some
body carelessly lefG door open which
sent the gas in large volumes into the
place where the men were at work.
Tae company officials VIII make a
thorough investigation. About iorty
men were at work in the lower lifts
OF the mine when the explosion oc'
Cured. They all rescaed the surface,
though some of them had narrow es-
capes from the after damp.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13
i Most Rsvoltipe Grim ,.

Al angry crowd gathered about he
court house and jail IN Newport, Ky,
Thursday, upon the announcement OF
a shocking assault by eleven men upon
the young wife OF switchman recent
Iy married. The sheriff was obliged
to clear the corridors, aad threats of
vengeance were mad9. Thomas Glea-
son and MS wife started out the Alex.
aader pike t. visit a friend Wednes-
day night, wnen two m9a with revol'
vers, and representing themselves TO
be otIi GERS, separated husband and
wife and dragged the shciekjng wo-
man into field, where eleven men
assaulted der. The penalty for this
crime IN kentucky is daatl. TIE men
were gi7ea a preliminary hearing BE-
fore Judge Bennett, who held ten CT
them for the grand jury without bail.
Tns eleventh has not yet been identi-
fed. Owing to the excited state OF
feeling and the insecurity CT TIE New
port jail, the men were ordered to be
taken to Mayesville for safe keeping.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13
Curious Accident.

Z rather curious accident occurred
Tuesday morning at about S o'clock at
the South Carolina and Georgia rail
road company's yards in Charleston
in sIhica two coiored men were near-
ly dyo Sned. \ large wooden water
tank usei Dy the road, suddenly burst
into huGdced pieces, Supmer2ing Two
coiorad Laon. Jcmes Sm mllls and John
Benson. The two men were seated
beneath the tank when the crash came
and in an instant they were thrown 10
the ground oy deluge OF water and
splintered timber. 4 patrol wagon
removed them to the Infrmary where
they were soon revived.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13

sary to procure him pair OF dark
glasses, and even with these he could
not 60 abroad in the August sun, for
it was during the latter part of August
that he was released He was given
transportation to Atlanta, but he had
long forgotten all the ussges CT out
door life. and be was as ignorant as
child OF how to conduct himself. ar
rivei in the city he asked 8 policeman
:he way to Decatur street. for that was
about the locality ne could remember.
But when be reached that street be
was unable to recognize any of the
landmarks. Everything vas SO
changed that be was at g loss.
Finally he was accosted by woman
who became interested IN him, and to
her he told his story. she took him
home with her to her cabin cn Butler
street, and kept him for day or two.
But ne had grown sick at hesrt. he
had not 8 relative nor friend in the
whole wide world, aud ne did rot
know how 10 DO anything. At last be
made an effort to get back to toe
mires, but was told thst he would not
be received there as they only worked
convicts. His new friend interested
herself in him, and finally he secured
work in coal yard and is now en-
ployed there in loading wagons and
trucks, his instincts directing him to
the kind of vocation that came near
est to the employment in which he
had been engaged for % years. He
was compelled to learn how to talk
ordinary street language again, as his
dialect was unintellieible when be
first left the mines. He still has trou.
bic with his eyes on bright days, and
bis vision is very dim in the middle OF
the day, but he is hard al work, quiet
and obedient, and his long schooling
in the mines has humbled him until
there is nota better hand in the yards
where he is employed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13
Tao Cuban asrolne Esespss.

The beautiful young Cuban patriot,
Sanorita EVangelina Cossio Cisneros,
heorine of the sensational adventure
with the Spanish governor Of the Isle
OF Pines, has escaped from the Casa de
R9cogidas (aouse Of scrapings), vhere
she had been confined for several
months on a charge of conspiracy
against the crown OF Spain and OF an
attempt upon the life of Governor
B=rsz, governor Of the Isle of Pines.
According to the statements Of the
jailers or attendants, she made her
esc2po some time wednesday night.
Ct Thursday mornings roll call she
was mis-: and when search was
made f :. her the attendants found that
one Of the iron bars in the room IN
which sac had been confined had been
fled and bert outward. The bar could
not have been moved except by great
cp. lag OF strength, and all the circum-
stances 90 % prove the co operation
CT outsiders in her escape. The au-
taorities have cot yet secured any
clue as to the whereaoou OF Senorlta
ETangalina. Several Of the employees
Of the esta a5isLne2t have been arrested.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13
ssxon aIr,s Burnt to Daath.

Oae of the worst disasters that ev:c
happened in South Dakota was the
burning OF the girls dormitory OF the
State Industrial School at Plankinton,
in which seven girls lost taeir lives.
The burned structure was OF wood,
three stories high, and Was but recent
ly completed. Ine origin Of the fire
is unknown. TIE watchman saw the
flames bursting from the upper win.
doTs while he was in building some
distance away. There was no FIRE
fighting apparatus st the school, and
the building being over mile from
town, no aid could be rendered. In a
short time the entire annex was enyel-
oped in flames, aud in less than TWEEN
ty minutes from the time the fire was
seen the building was destroyed.
Nothing whatever vas saved. There
were about twenty-five otner persons
in school who escaped il their night
clothes with the creates: difficulty.
Search for the bodies w&s commenced
as sooa as possible, and lat2 Thursday
afternoon all had been recovered aud
were Immediately buried. Each vas
burned beyond recognition. The loss
On the building is $25 GOO.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13
Ssw sr,,a,nq H,own Dew,

Two men are dead and ten Djuced
as the result OF the blowing down Of a
big new hotel at Lindsay Park, Mica,
wednesday afternoon. The structure
had been all enclosed and partly
plastered. About 80 men we're at work
in and around the blilding when the
crash came. Al were buried N the
ruins. After the rescues were com
pl.ted it was found that bat two had
lest their Ii7es-Pierce kendsil Ct
Charleyoix and an unknowa, who IS
still in the ruins. The building was
44O feet long and the south end Lesaa
to sway, the roof seemed 70 Eft, and
the whole immense Structure caraeQ.
ed and crashed, lhs r,;ia f0l!o8ing
like a tidal wave ID II: north end.
1t is asserted tnat the Duild.ng was
not properly Oraved, and wo:kmen
blame Charles Hoar Z, the sUperyising
carpenter, who IS noI oat OF town.
rle Building is total wreck and the
loss will oe many thousand OF dollars.