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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-04-01
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SAWED A SALOON IN TWO.
Straddling a State Line, 1t Made a Lot of
Trouble.

Straddling State Line, 1t Made a Lot of
Trouble.
Bill Lewis, one of the first to settle
in Kansas City, and one of the wicked
est men that ever lived there, died a
few days ago, says a western exchange.
Since 1866 he has been known as the
king of Toad-a-Loup, a district which
harbOred about adj the known criminals
in town. The. saloon he kept in Toad
a-Loup was hardly Hess notorious than
himself. 1t WAS .Ruilt exactly on the
state line between Kansas and Mis-
souri, and was. furnished with nova
bic bar. LeWisi paid no license, and
when the Missouri tax collector called
upon him hemoved his bar over in
Kansas. When the authorities of the
latter state attempted to arrest him he
transferred his business in minute tC
Missouri. He was arrested many times
but had to be released. Concerted ac
ton on the part of the authorities o1
both states finally ended the career Of
Lewis barroom in Toad-a-Loup. Ths
direction of the state line was challSeC
off on the saloon and the structure wa.
sawed in two from roof to- cellar will
an immense crOSS-cpt saw
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-04-01

Stop SMOKING AS to the influence
of tobacco on health, this appears
from an analysis of the statistics gath
cred by Russian doctor: "Out of 100
smokers, 1909 per cent. fell i'll from
affections of the respiratory organs,
and out of 100 non-smokers, 1896; i'll
from affections of the digestive organs,
out of 100 smokers, 11.SS, and out of
100 non-smokers, 9.92; affected in both
apparatus, respiratory and digestive,
out of 100 smokers, were SIT per cent.
and out of 100 non-smokers, only 3.22 !;
in general, 1914 per cent. of smokers
and 1888 per cent. OF non-smokers
we're taken ILL.," As these facts were
derived from an inquiry among 1000
young men of about the same age and
physica! condition, they seem to show
unmistakably that smoking is deleter-
ious to health.-Ex.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-04-01
FOlLED AGAIN.
The Grocer Could Not Be Deceived by the
Honest Man.

The grocer was weighing some sugar
for the woman in the dyed blue bonnet
when the man in the black frock coat
and yellowish white tie, who had been
standing in the door for some minutes,
came inside and laid silver quarter on
the counter, says the Detroit Free
Press.
Il picked it DIP On the floor, just at the
edge of the steps," he said. "It must
belong to you. A quarter or $1,000, sir
it is the principle of the thing I look
at. L want nothing that is not mine.
There is the money"
The grocer laid large forefinger on
the quarter and showed it back across
the counter.
You put dot money in your pocket,
mein FRIEND" he said.
but, Sir, you or one of your clerks
must have dropped it and it rolled over
there. My motto has always BEEN
Il believe" said the grocer, "dot you
yoost moved your family in dot house
agross the street dis morgen; vas it not
sop
eyes, sir, did, and it being conven-
lent, we expect to do a good deal of
ira
You put dot quarter back in your
pocket righd away. Dot vos not mein
quarter. You put him back in your
pocket, und ven your wife come ofer vor
dose groceries you will remember dot
my derms vos spod cash efery time"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-04-01
Easter Ladies' Home Journal.

The April Ladies' Home 10 ournal
opens with drawing by Alice Barber
Stephens of an Easter morning in a
church choir. Several other illustra-
tions also take the great festal day for
theme, and an article on "The Last
Week in the Life of Christ" giving
the incidents of the Saviour's persecu-
ton and cruci6xion, is especially
apropos of Holy Week. A feature of
novel interest is the illustrated
anecdotal biography of Thomas A.
Edison, in which the characteristic
traits of the great inventor are told in
a series of anecdotes. Joseph Bona
parties flight to America and sojourn
here is recalled IN an article, "When
the King of Spain Lived on the Banks
of the Schuylkill." Miss Lillian Bell
writes from Berlin her impressions OF
the Germans and the Fatherland.
Julia Magruder's novelette,, "a
Heaven-Kissing Hill," is begun in the
Easter Journal; it is the romance OF
one of the most beautiful of New
York's bellies and talented young
artist. Robert j. Burdette's MEND
ing Basket" is filled with the spirit of
his homely philosophy, and "Why the
White Farm Failed" is quite as humor-
Gus in another vein. "a Cabinet
Members Wife's" letters are continu-
ed, and another view of "Inside of a
Hundred Homes" is given. Four
special pages are devoted to flowers
and home gardening, and there are
half score of practical articles on the
home and its surroundings, all aimed
to make them brighter and to help the
busy housewife. Published by The
Curtis Publishing Company, Philadel-
phia. One dollar per year ten cents
per copy.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-04-01

"THE aggregate bank clearings OF II
cities of the United States during the
month just closed amounted to S9,-
534 ,432 ,676, an increase over February
1897, of nearlv 81 per cent. and COM
pared with 1892, the heaviest Februa-
ry on record, a gain of more than .
per cent. The percentage of gain In
February is the largest on record. =
Bradstreets' March 5, 1893.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-04-01
KETTLESON FIGHTS FOR CUBA.
Joins the Salvation Army by Mistake,
and Fetches up in Jail.

anu EclCHeS up Ill Jalls
Maester Editur: Efter Ay get tro
vld LEGISLATOR Ay go bek to Skookum-
yuck var Ay leev, and vurk on farms
Efter det, mae en- Matilda en- de fellow
nag go to Klondak, en- Ay get plainly
OF de hwiXteen to vun, en- soc Ay tank
Ay vii take life eesy.
Cose Ay ban vun dem old solyar fall
ars ho fate vid Yeneral Grent thretty
sex var ago, en- Ay lack to took vid de
Ye. A. r. bote de guide tames We juced
to ho Ell de ormy.
Soc mae en- Lilak Helson en- Square
Timberson en- Tumbler Overson, en-
Two-Paint Battleson kom bay Olympia
en- tenk We skal no naice tames vid
boys en- falars.
Ven We get en- town som falars sa
det We ban goin to no vars vid Spein
bote de Kuba bissness, en- det de Spen-
yerd rabals blodet oop de Maine Gun
bote.
Ven Ay har bote Diet ct maket mae
plainly hat ell kolor, en- so We go bay
Pat Dolonson en- Frenk Dickson, en-
Ole Norkson, ell drenk plainly beers,
ell We no offul naice tame, en- konklud
ct ban de basta tang to yoin de ormy
en- 60 down bay Kuba en- bust oop de
rabal Spenyerds.
Bot name klok ct mite Ay har offul
nols on strete, en- Ay loaket ote en- see
falar vld red kote, en- bras buttons,
bloom on bras horns, goin oop Main
streete en- nudder falar vas playen on
bass drums, en- voOmans got de flag,
ell de vas sengen en- playen en- haleren,
en- hoen guide bulla tame yust lax ct
juced to be en- aten hwlxty vun.
Ay tank ct ban de ormy, en- Ay feel
offul guide, en- tank Ay laka to go long
Ell late IOF UnKl0 Oonl.
Soc Ay go ote en- streete en- tai falar
ho got drums Diet Ay laka to go long
vid hem.
Haze esk mae "ef Ay laka to yoin de
ormy en- fate egenst hal?"
Aye tai hem cay kon fate lax hal,
too. Ay ban dar plainly tames."
Val, hae sa ''da ban fiten for Yesus."
en- wanted to kno "ef Ay ban on hees
side"
Ay tol hem "ef Yesus ban en- favor
of Unkle Sem en- Kuba, ct ban oil rate
you bate, en- eff hae don't ban det Va
Ay Skal buck de propositson laka stiff
leg mule.
Soc hae sa "kom long vld hem, ct
vii do mae guide"
Ay TAXA de drums en- meket offul
nois, en- jel for Unkle Sem, en- ole Clio
ry, en- sweng mae hat, EN- tai efry falar
nae batter yoin de ormy Ell fate for
Kuba.
Pooty quick de procetSon stop bay
Fort streete, en- de falar vid red kote
kommens to seng en- pra en- tai Diet ct
ban de bastra tang to yoin de Saliva
ton ormy.
Ay don't lax Diet pooty guide, en- Ay
tai Eve van:a to get solyers for Kuba,
en- eff de Salwashun ormy don't vanta
to fate, da batter go home en- lat Ket-
tleson run de maskeen.
Falar say Ay ban "no gude," en- Ay
tai hem hae ban "dem FOOLS" en- so We
no fate, en- de polees KUN en- taken
mae en- yails.
De naxt mornin de yudge tai mae
"why en- hal Ay tray to bust oop de
Salwashun ormy for?"
Ay tai hem Ay ban fatin for Cuba .
De yudge sa Ay batter tank de pro-
positsion over for tan days en- yail
Marshal Swan run de maskeen, en- keep
the Salwashun ormy away.
Eff falar kant fate for Unkle Sem vid
out goin en- yail, Ay tenk ~ skall
amigrat on oil kountri en- putet on
shoert yaket. Jours,
KETTLE KETTLEsON.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-04-01

BRAINS remarks that the motto,
"Strike while the iron is hot" is good
advice, but that CromwelPs amend
ment-"Make the iron hot by striking
it's better. If you sit around and
wait for the iron to heat itself, you
NAV lose a chance TO strike.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-04-01

have to be a physician to understand the
causes Of impure blood, or its far-reaching
effects. When mans digestion is disor-
dered, his liver sluggish, his bowels mac
tive, the blood is deprived of the proper
food elements, and the sluggish liver and
bowels supply in their place, the foulest
of poisons. The blood is the life-stream.
When it is full of foul poisons, it carries
and deposits them in every organ and It's
sue of the body. Bone, sinew, muscle, and
fesh-tissue, the brain cells and the nerve
fbres are all fed upon bad, poisonous food.
Serious ill-health is bound to result. The
man is weakened in every fiber of his body.
He is weakened physically, mentally and
morally. He suffers from sick headache,
distress in stomach after meals, giddiness
and drowsiness, loss of appetite and sleep,
bad taste in the mouth, shakiness i'll the
morning, and dullness throughout the day,
and lassitude and an indisposition to work.
Sooner or later these conditions develop
consumption nervous prostration malaria,
rheumatism, or some blood or skin disease.
Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is
the best of all known medicines for ambi-
tious, hard working men and women. 1t is
the great blood maker and fesh-builder.
It makes the appetite keen and hearty, and
tile digestion and assimilation perfect, the
liver active, the blood pure and rich, the
nerves steady, the body vigorous and the
brain alert. Where there is also constipa-
ton Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets should be
used. Both of these great medicines are
for sale by all medicine dealers.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-04-01

..,EICOME CHAPTER, NO 40.
ORDER EASTERN STAR.
Meets every Saturday after Full moon OF eacn
nonth. All members III goou stahulhe "is
made welcome. III uxvp,
MRS q, |. BARRON, w. H. MA r.
Worthy Matr0n. oec'
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-04-01

WOIlQ is full
of instances
W b ere m e IL
have done this,
but never in
history was this
accomplished
by a weak and
unhealthy man.
Ill-health not
only weakens
every physical
function but ev-
cry mental fac
ulty and every
moral quality.
If a man will
stop and reason
for a moment,
L. 49,
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-04-01
Society Cards.

r-IRsT BAPTIST CHURCH- roD
REV. F. A. GREGORY PASIOh
Preaching services every Sunday at IL, a. m
and 7.30 n m Sunday school at 10 p, m b.
y p r. AZ 6:3O D. m. Prayer Meeting every
Thursday evening at o'clock followed by =, =.
C. class. All are made welcome at these ser' i0e''
Corner Fifth and Gotta SITS.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-04-01

rIRsT HODIST-EPISCOPALt HURCH.-
Preaching every Sabbath at 1890 O'Clock A. NJ.
and 7:SO ?. NJ. sabbath school at y A. NJ
pravpr meeting at 7:30 p. NJ. every thursday
Evrryhody is invited 70 attend. Seats Tree.
PEW l. / CONlNGTON.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-04-01

AIT. MORIAH LODGE, No. IL,
iM F. "a NJ.
o OCULAR COMMUNICATIONS Saturday eve eve
d;al ;nr;tat;nn is given to all brethren In good
standing. Masonic Hall, shelton, w. i.
HUGH MORRISON W. M. L. ~ MoNooN' ooo
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-04-01

OUBY REBEKAH LOD iE, No 70.
n 10. o. f. 80.
Meets every End and 4th Friday evening III oud ud
Fellows Hall, shelton. Nlslung orosiiets rini anI
sisters are cordially invited to attend. SOclai
session on Third Friday evenings =
IDA WEHNES, Sec. MOLLlE oNlDhn' ~
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1t is altogether admirable
NJ when man, by dint of
N\NAss sheer will, wrings for
EzeASN3 tune from niggardly
IAg. EEAA circumstances The
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-04-01

-Olympian.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-12

and grist-mil, and also In the granite polish.
ing business at Williamstown village. He
owns the best farm buildings In town
and ranks among the foremost citizens.
In 1883 he was chosen town representative
and at the last county convention he re-
ceived nearly half the votes cast for the Of
nee OF senator, the nominee having lint
forty-two votes to thirty-seven cast for Mr.
Lynde.
Despite this emple supply OF good ma
terisl, II is announced by the local paper
that ut is probable that Randolph will also
try to furn sh the senator" This comes as
q gratuitous announcement, for that worthy
town has never been backward in coming
forward for Office, the past half century's
record disclosing that she has held the sem
atorsbip twelve full terms, while even Brad
ford. otherwise reckoned the most graspiDg
OF the seventeen towns in the county, has
been favored with only nine terms. Well
may West Fairlee, which has enjoy ed this
office but five terms during that period OF
time, and well may STAFFORD and Williams
town, which have had senator but three
terms each In that long time, begin to think
that they are entitled to some notice In the
distribution OF unity honors. Indeed the
good citizens OF the always Republican
towns OF STAFFORD and WILLIAMSBURG will
almost feel that they are to be permanently
ostracised, II at last, with such unimpeach-
able candidates as they now present, the =
are az in to be sent home from the Repub-
lican county convention empty-haDded.
POLITICUs.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-12

of hypocrisy and usurpation that, very
naturally, has called forth unstinted
adulation from the Mugwumps who are
never happier than when the Republic
cane, by whatever disreputable means,
are "put In hole" by the adherents
OF modern democracy. 1t is against
this sort of practice, against this steal
ing of the livery of heaven for the SER
vice of the devil, that Representative
Grosvenor is inveighing. 1t is for a
civil service founded on real merit,
regulated by common sense, admins
tered honestly, adapted to the efficient
performance of clerical or official duty
in accordance with the policy and
principles of the party in power, that
the critics and opponents Of the exist
ing law are contending. They ought
to succeed in securing the modifca-
tons in the law for which they are con-
tending.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-12

therefore, why Germany or the Triple
Alliance should take the initiative
against America. "If France and Eng
land move they would have the support
OF the Triple Alliance, and then the
United States would better realize its
own position" For Germany, and her
associates of the Triple Alliance, there
is saving grace in that it,"
Thus it appears that, while there are
In Europe advocates OF both political
and economic antagonism to America,
and loud expressions of opinion that
America should be curbed, when the
question is raised as to which OF the
powers shall lead in the application Of
restrictive measures, there is the same
hesitation in accepting the task as
there was In the council of the rats
when it was decided with great una
nimity and enthusiasm that it would be
q great protective scheme to bell the
cat. But when the question was raised
as to who should attach the bell to the
common enemy there was consterna-
tion and an abrupt breaking up Of
the assemblage. So will it be with
this threatened European combination
against this country. England will
shear competition in pate nce," even
now, it is publicly announced, her min
lister at Washington is making with the
government Of the United States re-
ciprocal trade arrangements under the
Dingley law. Neither England nor
France will undertake to bell the Amer
lean cat, and Germany and her part
ners in the Triple Alliance will await
the movement of these nations, which
have "the biggest trade at stake"
The only answer America can make
to the threatened combination of
Europe against her is q steadfast adhe-
renee to those courses of action, eco
nomic and political, which the wisest
statemsnship approves as required for
the perman ence Of the republic and for
its highest development, moral, mate
rial or political. None of the Euro
pean rodents will have the hardihood
to attempt to bell the American cat
while the latter is thus pursuing her
destined way.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-12

viving patriots and heroes who suffered
most for their flag and country"
The Suns purpose, secondly, els to
afford the country an impressive object
lesson in dimensions" On this point
the Sun says:
THE names OF the pensioners receiving
annually from S64O to S1. OO0 occupy nearly
fifteen columns Of this newspaper. Yet they
number only 1868 in all. They constitute
but little over one third Of one per cent Of
the gigantic total OF 976 Ola. The annual
expenditure represented by this fragment
Of the list is less than $4,000. 900; that is to
say. about one: Jorty-sevent OF the total an
nual expenditure. II the Sun should UNDER
take the publication of the entire list OF
$4,000 names. giving q single line to each
pensoner In the type employed this morn
ing, the completion OF the task would re-
quire 1850 columns of our space. II we
could devote whole page Of the Sun every
day OF the week to tho publication OF the
900 names, we should fill about ga pages
with pensioners names before we got
through. We should not finish the work
until some time In October OF 1899. Such is
the magnitude Of the pension list thirty-two
years after the end OF the civil war. Ma
tionsl interests OF the gravest character re.
quire the publication Of the entire list The
job is beyond the power OF any one news
paper. 1t must be done by the government
ITSELF by means Of lists prepared In Sec
tions and posted or otherwise published &C
cording to geographical distribution
Neither the Sun nor any other news.
paper, neither the editor of that jour-
nal nor any other person who is calling
public attention to the fact that thirty
two years after the close OF the war the
pension rolls contain nearly as many
names as the total enrolled military
force on the side of the Union at the
time of Lees surrender, and the fur
Their fact that several hundred thousand
applications are awaiting the action of
the pension office, and the still further
fact that the payment of these pensions
now calls for the expenditure of $780,
VoV,oVV ohhuoiiyS Gum ehop 10 " oOii-
GUS menace to the national revenues,
sum that is immensely swollen by i'm
positions upon the bounty of the gov
ernment,-no newspaper or individual
that is directing attention to these facts
is begrudging the payment of the most
liberal pensions to the disabled or suf-
fering veterans, or to their dependents
who would be heir to suffering and
deprivation but for the national aid.
II is the abuse OF the national bounty,
which has become a national scandal,
that is made the sut ject Of criticism, by
the veterans themselves as we'll as by
civilians. Pension commissioners and
multitude of others are witnesses to
this fact, and there is growing public
demand for the purging of the rolls of
the names that have been placed there
in violation of the purpose and intent
of bestowing pensions.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-12

The foregoing list includes only
those pensioners whose present resi-
dence, as appears by the records, ia in
Vermont, and which are paid through
the Concord, N. H., agency.
The Sun explains that it's purpose in
publishing the list is, first, "to estab-
fish the principle that the pension
list is roll of honor, and that the PEN
sioner whose name belongs there by
right has nothing to fear, but much to
gain by the publication of all the
names" 1t charges upon the secrecy
which has been the policy of the PEN
sion office the responsibility for the
frauds that exist. BY tearing off this
cloak, through publicity, the locality of
frauds will be disclosed, and "the pro-
cess of publication properly begins with
the higher pensioners" OF the part of
the list which it has printed the Sun
says:
But the great bulk of the names in.
cluded are those of the veteran privates
whose injuries in actual military service
were 30 severe, and whose resulting disabil-
ity was 30 nearly absolute that under the
general pension laws they were clearly en-
titled to their 800 month, their S72 q
month, or their $50 month. In the nature
OF things, this particular installment OF the
whole pension list represents the minimum
OF deception, of imposition, of mslingering
OF pension agents jugglery. That is why
1t ought to be put forth first OF all. II any
part OF the list will Withstand the severest
scrutiny this part will Here are the sur