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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11
PLEASANT DREAMS.
The Nervous Young Minister'S Night
Peace.

The Nervous Young Minister'S Night of
Peace.
A nervous young minister in visiting
remote village had an unpleasant ex-
perience, says the Boston Traveller.
The old lady at whose house he stayed,
in showing him to his room, said: cit
amt everybody I'd put in this room.
This here room is full of sacred associa-
tons to me-" she went on. "My first
husband died in that bed, with his head
On these pillows, and poor Mr.. jerks
when I come into the room in the dark
I think I see him sitting there still.
My own father died lynn right on that
lounge right under the window there.
Poor pa, he was a spiritualist, and he
allus said he'd appear in this room after
he died, and sometimes [ am foolish
enough to look for him. If you should
see anything of him tonight you'd bet
ter not tell me. It'd be sign to me
that there was something in spiritual
ism, and I'd hate to think that. My
son by my first man fell dead from
heart disease right where you stand.
Tie was a doctor and there's two skele-
tons in that closet there belongs to
him, and half q dozen skulls in that
lower drawer. If you are up early and
want som ething to amuse yourself with
before breakfast, just open that cup
board there and you will find a lot of
dead mems bones. My poor boy thought
a lot of them. Well, good night and
pleasant Dreams
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11
LEGAL ADVICE FREE.
Given to a Lawyer by Judge Sage in Self
Defense.

Given to Lawyer by Judge Sage in Self
Defense.
Here is a story told by a bright young
Cincinnati lawyer on one of his older
and less scintillating friends, says the
Cincinnati Tribune:
The older attorney was pleading a
case before Judge Sage, and had talked
necessarily for two hours. He had
gone over and over the ground and up
into the air and down below the surface
of the question, until it seemed as if
nothing was left for him to say. He
had talked and talked until most of the
listeners were either asleep or wished
they were, and those who were still
awake were about making up their
minds to rise in their might and throw
chairs and things at him, when sudden
ly and unexpectedly the long-winded
man stopped short and coughed.
II should like glass of water" said
he to the court attendant, and the man
disappeared to get it for him.
For a moment there was long-drawn
sigh from the listeners, and then Judge
Sage leaned forward to the young law
yer who tells the story, and whispered:
"Why don't you tell your friend, AL
fred, that it is against the law to run
windmill with water?" -
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11
FOREIGN PERSONAL GOSSIP.

Slams king has left Bangkok for a
two months vacation IN Java. He will
stop at Singapore on the way.
DR.. Dover, the man for whom Dover's
powders were named, was the finder of
Alexander Selkirk on his lonely isle.
In consequence of ill-health the we'll
known English artist, H. S. Marks, has
been compelled to entes' the ranks of the
retired Royal academic ans.
Lord Hugh Cecil, fifth son of the mar
quis of Salisbury, has just made his
maiden speech in the house of commons.
and is said to have exhibited unmistaka-
BILE signs of oratorical ability and
statesmanlike intelligence.
By the death of NJ Cernuchi the citv
OF Paris comes into possession of his
tine collection of Chinese and japanese
bronzes and porcelains, his early italian
pictures, and his house in the Pare Mon
ceau, which will be turned into a muse
UNI.
Princess Adelaide, of Braganza, wild
ow OF the late Don Miguel, pretender
to the Portuguese throne, having mar
rled Off the last of her six daughters.
has become Benedictine nun at Soles-
mes, In France. She was princess of
Lowenstein -Wertheim- Rosenberg.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11
MOURNING GARB RENTED.
Novel Business Built Up by an Enterpris.
ing Dealer IN Old Clothes.

NOVEL BUSINESS EuliL Up Dy an E0CerpTlS:
ing Dealer IN Old Clothes.
Persons who are forced to undergo
a sudden change of clothing because
of the death of relatives, and who
haven't the ready money to buy out
right an entire outfit of black for brief
use, have found a welcome assistance
in their embarrassment in man whose
business is obscure, comparatively, and
of recent origin, but who has an active
trade.
The Office of this man has funereal
aspect, filled as it is with heaps of
somber garments, but it's proprietor is
anything but grave. He was, until
lately, a dealer in old clothes, and was
dismayed at the amount of competi-
ton. Everybody seemed to him to be
dealing in that commodity.
A friend, short of cash, whose father
died, borrowed mourning outfit from
him one day, paying a. small sum for the
loan. This transaction suggested to
the dealer the idea of hiring out mourn
ing dress as a business. He tried it,
and soon found his peculiar trade well
patronized.
He began to read death notices in
the newspapers, and to send his agents
to visit those whom he considered were
not in extra good circumstances. Seven
agents now act for him, being paid IN
commissions. Each has regular cir
cult of streets marked out for his can
vaSS.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11
The Unit OF Heat.

We cannot, of course, measure heat
by yards, pints or pounds, but the unit
of heat (the standard measure of that
those whose business it is to philoso-
phize on that subject to be that quaint
ty which can raise pound of waterone
degree Now, to turn pound of water
into a pound of steam requires OCT of
these units of heat; that is to say, if
we boil pound of water until it all
goes away in steam we shall have used
in doing SO quantity of heat which
would have raised 967 pounds of water
one d~o~nn hioher in temperature.
In the rooms of Prof. e. d. Cope, Of
Philadelphia, the person fortunate
enough to gain admission may sec the
creature which all naturalists, says the
st. Louis Republic, are unanimous in
pronouncing the first representative of
the hoofed animal species. The ami
NAL is not alive, neither is it entire so
far as flesh and blood are concerned,
but to the paleontologist, who cares
only for the fossiled bones, the speci-
men is perfect. 1t is not larger than a
yearling calf and not nearly so tall,
and was found in the Wind river coun-
try in Wyoming. Prof. Cope named it
Phenacodus prim@vus when it was
first discovered, giving it as his
opinion that it was akin to a specimen
which was found several years ago in
france (the paleotherium), and which
gave Cuvier and the other naturalis.s
so much trouble to classify. At the
time Of the discovery of the French
specimen the savants of Europe de-
cided that it was the ancestor of
"hoofed Critters" but the Wind river
fossil, which is easily distinguished as
oeing the type of the same, is believed
TO be much more ancient. Cope's curl
oslty was found in rocks belonging to
1he eocene period, and the time when
IL grazed on the western pfairies has
oeen placed as far back as five hundred
Thousand years! Every bone is perfect
ana the specimen could not be pur-
chased for ten thousand dollars,
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11
DIFFICULTIES OF THE LAW.
Some Of the Peculiariti.~ If Courts anu
LAWYERS Considered.


One who knows the law must know
how to choose from its armories spear
to pierce it's own armor or shield PROOF
AGAINST its spears. The law is long, and
hath no end: it is uncertain unto dumb
ness. often silent or ambiguous for the
future, yet demanding rigorous opserv-
ance of the past 1t is subtitle to include
the craft of the ages; sordid, fierce ana
unjust. bound by the presidents OF haif
savage times, vet holding latent within
itself all the betterment OF times 10
come. How difficult is law!
Strangely enough, the practice OF the
leoa, profession is often illegal. have
known two or three lawyers VINO sue
ceeded in freeing their clients and set
ting them unbound, in the primrose
maths Of liberty while they themselves
were detained to walk the thorny pains
of bribery and subornation.
As a class lawyers are unusually valh'
being in this respect as VAN as men III
other professions, and approximat;ng
70 editors and drummers. 1.-The law,
saws the lawyer, "sharpens the percep-
tions. cultivates the Judgment and
opeps the mind to reason and argu-
ment." The grocers speak equally
highly of the grocery business. they
claim that selling a Goldfish puts them
ahead of their generation, and that dis
posing of a crate of mildewed raspber-
ries after four o'clock Saturday after
noon leaves them without companions
in intellectual converse.
1t is a pet sophistry Of lawyers that
they are enabled by their special train
ing TO look upon both sides of the ques-
ton. When lawyers fall to telling you
of their unbiased minds You will have to
ask them to go slowly on account of the
excitement. But, in fact, lawyers see
merit on only one side, and that is their
own side. That their side deserves the
verdict they have the absolute belief.
Tt is true that in addressing judge or
Jury they employ such magnificent
rhetoric that YOU think their belief is
affected or assumed, but it is in real
fact. Every lawyer thinks he should
win, if not Oh his case then on his almost
sinfully ingenious way of presenting it..
It is said that the pursuit of the law
makes fair man, but fairness law AMI
lawyers think little of. So little, in
deed, that if lawyer should attempt to
introduce evidence to show the right
eousness, and even holiness, of his
cause, opposing counsel would immed'-
ately object to il as trifing and imma-
terial. The judge would sustain them.
saying: ut is not pertinent"
Il understand that, your honor" tn.
hopeless lawyer might say. 81 wish to
throw in the Righteousness of my case
merely as makeweight."
"That will not do" the Judge would
aternly reply. Il cannot listen to ex-
'raneous matters. If you have no
"rafty evasion of the law or ingenious
Tubterfuge to bring forward you will
be adjudged in contempt for pretend
ing to occupy the time of this COURT
Harper's Weekly.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11
a DIFFERENCE.
In Your Two Hands, Your Two Feet, and
Even Your Two Ears.

Even Your Two Ears.
OF all the twin organs Of the body,
the ears are probably more alike than
any other: Still, there is difference.
And so it is with other parts of the
body, says the Cincinnati Examiner.
One eve, for example, is generally
more omen than the. other, and often
there is shade of difference IN COLO
between them. Oculists say, too, that
It is rare-almost unique-to find two
eyes in the same head that have exact
" the same powers of vision. I'M.
arises from using one more than the
other; and, like the hand, it is generally
the right eye that is most frequently
called into use, and is the stronger.
Few people not tailors have ever no
ticed that the right shoulder Is neral
" lower than the left. They say that
this arises from the almost Universal
habit men have of resting the left elbow
on the desk while writing, and also
to the equally prevalent custom OF
those who carry heavy burdens resting
them on the right shoulder.
In arms and legs there is generally
but a slight difference as regards
length; but in size and strength the
right arm and the left leg, being often
est used, are the more fully developed
muscularly. 1t is the~right hand and
the left foot also which exceed their
companions in size.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11
DISTRIBUTING THE HUMANIrIEs.
The College Bought "Mugs Of the Old
Greek DIFFERS"

1t is charged, with good deal of
vigor and generality of statement, that
the college fills the mind with useless
knowledge and trains it in antiquatcd
methods of thought and action, saws
the Forum. In the same breath it is
added that the scientific school gives
practical knowledge and that it's train
ing is vital. The comparison between
the dead languages and the modern is
made-always to the credit of the mod
ern. The value of modern history and
OF economic science is made to appear
greater than that of ancient history
and of philosophy. Scientific studies
are lauded as by far the most precious.
The hurnanities are discredited. T re-
member hearing at a hotel table cor.
versation between two recent graduate
OF the scientific school of rich arc
famous university. 'Mr. -, said
one, gave several thousand dollars 70
any use the officers wished to nal,
OF the money. And what 90 YOU thin
they did with it? Why, INSTEAD Of bu
ing something useful, they spent it al
IN buying some mugs of the old Gree,
buffers. 1t was evident that the stud
OF the humanities had not seriously In
fuenced the manners nor the linguistic
tastes OF the graduates in question.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11
TO SLEEP WELL,
A Light Supper just Before Retiring IL
Usually Beneficial.

A light supper just before retiring is
usually of advantage. Babies and brute
animals are usually somnolent when
their stomachs are well supplied with
food, the activity of the stomach with
drawing the excess of blood from the
brain, where it is not needed during
sleep. On the other hand, people who
are very hungry usually find it difficult
to sleep. And, then, habit of sleep at
a regular time and during proper hours
should be cultivated in case this habit
has been lost. In accomplishing this
the attainment Of a favorable state of
.'1nd is of great Importance. Sleep car
not be enforced by direct exercise of
the will.
The very effort of the will to command
Steep is enough to render it's attain
ment nugatory. The mental state to
be encouraged is one of quiescence, one
OF indifference, q feeling that the re-
cumbent posture is proper one for rest
and that if the thoughts are disposed
to continue active they NAV be safely
allowed to take their course without
any effort toward control. This state
OF mind and thought is next akin to
dreams and dreaming is next akin to
sound sleep.
Many mental methods have been ad-
v'sed and put in practice for the pur-
pose OF securing sleep. the design being
TO turn the thoughts from objects Of
interest to condition of monotony: as
by mentally repeating well-remem-
bered phrases or sentences, or by count
ing. But the state of indifference. if
this can be obtained, is likely to be the
most efficient, as being the least active.
The mere mention of these simple
methods will be sufficient to suggest
others equally effective.-Medical Req
ord.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11
A SEA TRAGEDY.
The Startling Story of the American
Barkentine Herbert Fuller.

The Startling Story of the American
Barkentine Herbert Fuller.
The sea has ever been a favorable scene
with romancers for desperate conspira-
cies and tragic crimes. This has been
due to the seclusion which it offers
and also, perhaps, to the traditions of
piracy which hang about it. There was
time when the line of demarcation
between the pirate and the peaceful
mariner was not very sharply drawn,
and the late Prentice Milford, who
grew up i'll a seafaring town and had
even served on shipbOard before the
mast, once wrote an article maintain
ing that the relations which still pre-
vail between the master and the crew
of a ship are relic of the days when
all seafaring men were practically pi-
rates. Possibly d juster explanation
of the harsh treatment to which sailors
are subjected would be found in the
arbitrary authority which law and GUS
tom necessarily bestow upon q shipmas-
ter, for it is almost an axiom that un-
restricted power always leads to tyran-
ny-that nothing but lack of author
ity prevents every man from misusing
it. At all events, the reader of sea
novel expects to meet with various
orts of mysteriously dark deeds, while
ne reader of the marine columns of
newspaper is regaled with plenty of
etual crime. albeit of n generally COM
onplace and uninteresting character.
The story of the American barken-
ne Herbert Fuller, which the newspa-
rs have been recently telling, however.
as tragically startling as any ever
Iated by Stevenson or Russell. The
''cers of vessel have often enough
en- murdered by the crew, who then
zed the vessel, and it has sometimes
opened that some officer has Joined
crew in multiplying against the cap
N, as in the case of the Bounty. What
as especially to the sensational fea-
res OF the crime on board the Herbert
liler is that it does not seem to be
nown positively who killed the cap
lin, his wife and the second mate.
be evidence against the first mate
~npears to rest on his supposed I'M
Willingness to make port after the dis
eovery of the murders. He is even sus-
i'ected OF having intended to turn the
sessel over to the Cuban insurgents.
y hat must have been the establishment
the pilot on going on board to find
ne vessel in charge of the colored
seward and Harvard sophomore pas
niger. the mate in irons, and the bodies
IT the three murdered persons towing
'4Stern in the small boat! That last
touch is characteristic. The survivors
Gid not dare throw the bodies overheard
''ecause they were needed as evidence
% protect themselves as well as to con-
ct the guilty; their superstitious no.
ons were appalled, at the notion .
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11

"There's no use in talking" says w.
H. Broadwell, druggist, La Cygne.
Kas., "Cham berlain's Collc, Cholera
and Diarrh@ Remedy does the work.
After taking medicines of my own
preparation and those of Others / took
dose OF Chamberlain and it helped
me; a second dose cured me. Can
didly and conscientiously can recon-
mend it as the best thing on the mar
ket." The 25 and so cent sizes for
sale by all druggists.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11
Stone Cream.

stone cream is very simple recipe.
FIRST dissolve half an ounce of gelatine
IN little water, then add to it one pint
OF sweetened milk, which has been
boiled with lemon peel. AS soon as it
Is cold pour this slowly over a layer
OF jan in deep glass dish. When quite
set. stick strips of blanched almonds
into The cream and serve.-N, 7, Times.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11

Hundreds of thousands have been
induced to try Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy by reading what it has done
others, and having tested its merits
for themselves are today its warmest
friends. For sale by all Druggists.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try box
OF Z. g. g. to-day; 10, %, 50 cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11
STRANGE POST OFFICES.
Queer Arrangements Seen in Other Parts
OF the World.

Until quite recently the postal system
in Persia was very loosely conducted.
1t was under the superintendent of a
minister of posts, who, however, does
not work the system himself. Each
road is farmed to some merchant or
wealthy person, who pays certain sum
to the minister for the privilege, and
makes as much money out of the bust
ness as he can.
On the south coast of Patagonia is the
most remarkable postal service IN the
world. Close to the post is large sign
post with the inscription: 'Post Office"
Attached by chains to the foot of the
sign post is a strong chest, which has
served as a post Office, master, clerk, all
in one, for many years. The ships pass
ing through the Magellan straits send
a boat to the shore to fetch any letters
that may be addressed to their places of
call, and at the same time to leave any
letters they may wish to have taken in
other directions.
In a small group of islands off the
south coast of Iceland the islanders have
bottle post, which depends mainly on
the wind. When the wind blows from
the south they put their letters into
well-corked bottle. To insure delivery,
plug of tobacco or a cigar is put in
side, and people on the mainland are
usually on the lookout for and ready to
deliver the letters so dispatched, in re-
turn for the inclosed remuneration.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11

III 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 envelope. The National, Star Building
hicago.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11

DR.. 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 IS
cents per package
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11
Pennsylvania: OF Phila.
&. c. ANGLE,
journal OmCe---Sheiton.
letter, saIt-Rheum and Eczema.

letter, SaIt-Rheunl and Eczema.
The intense itching and smarting, Incl
dent to these diseases, is instantly allayed
by applying Chamberlain s 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
and chronic sore eyes. 25 cts. per box.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11

No. 6 East, Leaves Olympia sos P. NJ ~
No. 5 West Arr Olympia 1925 A. NJ.
Daily Except Sunday.
Freight Monday, "Wednesday and Fri
day, to Ocosta at 10 % A. M.
Freight Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day toward Tacoma at 4 % Pm.
For information, time cards, maps and tickets
call on or write
a. 6. Stanford.
Agent, Olympia, Wn
A. D. CHARLTON, A. G.PA
No. 255 Morrison St. Cor. Third Portland.
A. NEEDHAM Local Agent.
SHELTON, WASH.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-06-26

if the B. & o. would possibly serve
them. These are mostly passionate
admirers of natural scenery, to whom
the gigantic panorama along the B. &
0. route can never become stale. In
deed, why should it when it is never
twice the same! Scenery on a scale
of such immensely is like the ocean in
its susceptibility to change. Not only
with the seasons, but with the days,
does its beauty vary. And even
through summer day it is never the
same scene an hour at a time. Like a
kaleidoscope, with the slightest altera-
ton in position occasions Il totally new
view, so the forests and the mountains
along this scenic route assume wholly
new appearances with every passing
cloud and every weather condition.
Now that the exaggerated bug bear
of the B. & O.. curves has been finally
disposed of, and its road-bed made
second to none, the excellence of its
equipment and the peculiarly "make-
yourself comfortable we'll do. every
thing we can for you" atmosphere
which surrounds the traveller the in
slant he steps aboard through train
on this road will shortly double and
treble the number OF B. & o. enthus-
asts, to whom the journey over noun.
tains is less II journey than pleasure.
-Pittsburg Star. June 5, 1897.