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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-08-05

The shipbuilding record OF Puget
Sound for the past year will prove a
surprise to people who have not been
familiar with the work. While the
Alaska business has been responsible
for the building of large proportion
of the ninety-five vessels with over IL )
600 tons capacity, many vessels have
been built for local trade, which is in
creasing. Two years ago all the
"boneyards" on the Sound were filled
with idle steamers, while now every
craft that can turn wheel and carry
freight is in use. Alaska, increase of
general business and the larger num-
ber of canneries have caused these
changes, and the prospect is bright for
a continuation of the improvement
Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-08-05
August Ladies Home Journal.

All those who are fond of bright
entertaining fiction for midsummer
reading will find the August Ladies,
Home Journal entirely to their taste.
AS usual, the August issue of the Jour
nal is largely given up to short stories,
there being nine in the one number,
and all by wellknown writers. These
include picturesquely weird story by
Julian Hawthorne; a strongly realist-
ic tale by Clara Morris, the actress a
humorous adventure by John Kend-
rick Bangs, and romances told in a
tenderer key by E. H. Maybe, Able
Carter Goodloe, Sewell Ford, and Bet
tina Welch. Virginia Woodward Cloud
graphically pictures GA Girl of Salem"
in vigorous verse, and Julia Magruder
concludes her novelette,, ga Heaven
Kissing HILL"
There is genuine humor in Robert
J. Burdette's "Tongutless Liars" and
fresh interest in Summer Piazza
Stories" There are practical articles
in needlework, millinery and on a
variety of homely topics, and the
musical feature is song "When l
Wait at the Bars for Nell" 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, 1898-08-05

physicians accounted
~> wise, searched vainly for the
~--.@ Elixir of Life, or the knowledge
whereby life might be prolonged.
We now know that there is no such thing
as an Elixir of Life. But we have learned
that life may be prolonged by those who
take the right measures.
Any man or woman who will take care of
health and take the right remedies for ill
health, may live to a ripe old age. When
a man feels out of sorts, when he gets up
in the morning tired out after restless
night, and goes home in the evening COM
pletely knocked out with his days work,
without appetite or ambition, he is sick
man. If he does not take the right remedy
he will soon be in the grasp of consump-
tion, nervous prostration, malaria, or some
other serious malady.
A man i'll this condition should at once
resort to DR.. Pierce'S Golden Medical Dis
covery. 1t is the best of all medicines for
hard working men and women. 1t makes
the appetite keen and hearty. 1t gives
sound and refreshing sleep. 1t tones and
strengthens the whole system. 1t invigor-
ates the heart and nerves. 1t makes diges-
tion perfect, the liver active and the blood
pure. It cures oS per cent of all cases of
consumption. 1t strengthens weak lungs,
and cures bronchitis, splitting of blood and
obstinate coughs. It is the great blood
maker and f1eSh-builder. 1t does not make
fabby flesh like cod liver oil, but firm,
healthy, muscular tissue. 1t does not make
COrpulent people more corpulent. Thou
sands have testified to its marvellous merits.
Sold by all medicine dealers.
You know what you want 1t is not
dealers business to tell you.
Send to Dr. R. v. Pierce Buffalo, N. Y,
for free copy of the Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser. For paper covered
copy enclose 2I one cent stamps to cover
mailing only. Cloth bound 81 stamps.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-08-05
SZirinlIs When 1t Ia Worn.

Concerning porpoise leather, the
Shoe ard Leather Reporter says that t
is peculiar in this that instead C
stretching it shrinks when it has been
worn. It is practically waterproof,
and is, therefore, as hard cn the feet
2s rubbers would be when worn con-
stantly. 1t is made up into shoes for
winter wear and shoe laces, its strength
and other qualities fitting it particular
ly well for this purpose.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-08-05
Shoes for Y-rntir~ I:rc-s.

Dogs wearing canvas shoes st2rtle
eastern men who are hunting prairie
chicken ard quail Gil Nebraska Lair.
While the dogs waddie somewhat like
ducks when wearing these shoes they
manage to comfortably cover 4 let CT
ground in Z day after having been
broken to the userof tie incumbrarccs.
Shoeing the dogs saves their feet from
soreness induced by running over the
sf fubhle
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SunnIy Limited.

Mrs. Hashly-Gentlemen, what part
of the turkey do you prefer?
Two Boarders Tin chorus) = The
breast.
I'm sorry, gentlemen, but this is not
a double breasted bird" up To Date.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-08-05

mELCOME CHAPTER, NO 40.
w ORDER EASTERN STAR.
Meets every Saturday after Full moon of each
month All members in good standing are
made welcome.
Mas W. IL. MAXWELL ED. LEE
Worthy MatrOn. Sec.
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RCBl HEBEkAH LOD ,E, No 70.
al |. O.O +.
= Meets every End and 4th Friday evening in Odd
Fellow Hail, shelton. Visiting brothers and
Sisters are cordially invited to attend Social
session ou Third Friday evenings.
IDA NhHNE>, Sec. MoLLIE SNIDER, n. q
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e h. Cross Post No. SO, q. A. r.
Meets III ShoItcrs hall first and third Friday
nsh.S oltach month. Comrades are cordially
invited 10 Visit and join.
FRANK MUNSON, c. T. HUNTLEY,
Adiutant Commander
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ClRoT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HURCH.-
/ O.
9reaching every Sabbath at IL O'Clock A. NJ
and $ I. NJ. Sabbath school at H:l5 A. M.
PRAYER meeting at SP. NJ. every Thursday
Everybody is invited TO attend Seats free.
REV t. 7 COVlNGTON
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NHELTON LODGE, NO. Co.
~ l. .. o. F.
Regular meeting every Wednesday evening
7SOr.N in the odd Fellow Hail. Shelton
Wash Al memoerS il good standing, cordially
rrito attend.
]. B. WopD, L. j. MORRISON
G r. Sec.
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pACIFlC LODGE, NO. 66,
X. OF p.
Meets the first and third Friday evenings OF
oeach month at the Masonic Hall. Visitin
Knights cordially invited to attend:
/. l.. HUNIEk. j. E. SLIGH,
N. of Il. IL 5. e. Z.
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Society Cards.

ElRsT BAPTIST CHURCH
REV. F. 4. GREGORY. PASTOR
Preaching services every Sunday at IL, a. m.
and p. m sunday school at Top, m. b.
Y. ?. t. at 6:30 p. m. Prayer Meeting every
Thursday evening at o'clock followed by c. G.
C. class All are made welcome at these services.
Corner Fifth and Gotta SITS.
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Aa /. nUnIAn LODut., No. IL,
LM +. Il A NJ.
. EGULAK Communications Saturday eve
II On or before the full of the Moon. A cor
dial invitation is given to all brethren in good
standing. Masonic Hall, Shelton, w. T.
En-. LEE " NJ l.. X MUNSON, Sec
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SAHAWANIsH LODGE NO.19.-
l. .. u. L.
9te'> oHery Saturday evening at 80 in the
!, l. .. 2. +. Hail. Visiting Members in good
Ha.dins are made welcome
u Is. 0UNDERSON, CT GRACE WILEY, r S.
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REFRIGERATOR CRATE,

it. This, perhaps, saved space, but did
not carry the fruit in SO good condition.
The idea in the newest pattern seems to
be that the ice is distributed over the
entire upper surface of the crate, thus
cooling the whole evenly, and as cold
air settles, it goes all down through the
crate uniformly. The berries in these
crates seem to arrive in fine condition.
The construction is pretty well shown
in the illustration. This crate meas
ured, outside measure, about two feet
two inches by two feet six inches by
two feet seven inches. It held four
layers of quart baskets, 16 in each lay
er-64 in all. AS shown, drain pipe
extends from the bottom of the crate
up nearly to the bottom of the pan,
and a spout from the latter drains off
the water from the melting ice. The
ice-pan can be lifted out to get at the
berries. There is ventilator through
the middle of the crate, as shown. The
whole is solidly built. The cover is
fastened on with bolts set stationary
in the crate, projecting through the
corners of the cover, and fastened with
nuts. The latter cause good deal of
trouble to receivers, as they are sunken
in the cover, and it is difficult to get at
them with an ordinary wrench. Most
of them hold five tiers-80 quarts. The
artist drew 64-quart one.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-12
THE FARMING WORLD.
FOR FEEDING CALVES.
stanchions That Keep Them scpnrat-
ed and Compel Each Calf to Con-
finee Itself to One Bucket.

For stopping small calves, stanchions
may be constructed in the field similar
to those shown in the. cut. The sill may
be of one piece of six by six, or it may
be of two pieces of two by six with the
upright pieces fastened between sim
ilar to the way shown at the top. If a
six by six be used, mortices will have to
be made in which to put the lower end
of the vertical pieces. Piece No: is
securely fastened at both ends. No. 2
is secured at the bottom by means of a
peg, and the top is free to swing back,
making an opening through which the
calf can put his head to the pail. 1t can
then be brought into position and Sc
cured by means of a peg at the top, or
by means of drop which shall fit into
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-12
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Plant out plenty of small fruits.
To grow large onions from seeds SOW
very early.
One of the best ways of improving
the farm is to set out an orchard.
Fine, well-rotted manure used as top
dressing will help make the garden
grow.
One of the best preventives of mil
dew on plants is powdered lime busted
on them.
Commence the cultivation in the gar
den as soon as possible after the plant
ing is done.
Growth in the garden may be slim
ulated by early, thorough and contin-
ued cultivation.
Allow no fruit to grow on strawberry
plants the first season. Pick off all
buds and blossoms.
Of the different kinds of fruit goose
berries will give the best yields of any
when no care is given.
Pull up any weeds that may have
started in the strawberry bed, but do
not disturb the mulch.
Do not let the plants in the seed bed
grow too thickly or they will grow tall
and spindling and be weak.
One advantage with spring setting
out of strawberry plants is that it is the
surest way of securing good stand.
Place. circle of cardboard two or
three inches high around the tomato
plants when set out, to protect them
against cutworms.
Plant grapes where the vines may
be exposed to the rays of the sun all
day. This is better than shade.-st.
Louis Republic.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-12
Peas for the Orchard.

There is no grain that can be profit
ably grown in the orchard except the
pea. A summer growth of buckwheat
may not do any injury, but it does
not enrich the soil even when plowed
under, as does the pea crop. Besides,
the pea vines lie close on the ground,
and their large leaves shade it just
as it needs be shaded during the hot,
dry weather of July and August.
Large as it's leaves are, the pea vine
takes very little moisture from the soil.
Usually it's leaves are wet with dew in
the night, which runs off and fertilizes
the soil below, and also keeps it moist.
If the peas are sown late and not cut,
but allowed to lie on the ground and
be fed off by hogs, there is very ma
terial gain in soil fertility over leav-
ing the land uncropped through the
season.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-12
CALF-FEEDING STANCHION.

the shoulder shown at the top. When
the calves are small, the opening be-
tween Nos. 1 and 2 should be four
inches; as the calves grow and it be-
comes necessary to enlarge the space at
the bottom, bore another hole through
the sill at the base of No. 2, so that it
can be set back five inches from No. l..
The tastenings at the top may also be
arranged so that the space between up
rights may be enlarged to accommo-
date the growth of the animal. Up
right pieces Nos. and 6 should be
nailed to the front of the horizontal
pieces so that they will not interfere
with the free swing Of Nos. and s.
Rural New Yorker.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-12
HE WAS DISAPPOINTED.
The Unsatisfactory Experience Of .
Farmer Who Planted Squash
Crop ON Muck Land. 81

= O. =. &c. 8
A number of years ago broke up q
tract located just back of the horse
barn. The soil is jet black, the location
low and during the winter overfowed.
1t is too soft at any season of the year
to team over, but during the sumner is
sufficiently dry for tillage crops. Jim
Lane Ga hardy, tough Irishman, who
has rested from his earthly labors now
for many years., and I tapped a cess
pool which bordered on the meadow,
and carried the night soil on handbar-
rows to each hill, manur3ng very liber-
ally. AS the season advanced the vines
started off almost on the run, for with
the nitrogen in the night soil added to
the nitrogen of the rich meadow they
had a mighty dose of it. The rankvines,
with the ends of their runners lifted
into the air, and their tips bent just I'M
der, looked for all the world like tan
gle of green serpents straining to free
themselves. The crop was large one,
of large Hubbard squashes, of a Pc
culiar rich, light green color. With the
exception of few which grew along
through the meadow, that were more
or less eaten by muskrats, the crop was
safely housed before the first frost. The
final result was anything but satisfac-
tory,for the quality of the squash proved
to be quite inferior; they were rather
runky in their structure and soggy in
their make up, both of which character
istics helped them on to an early and
rapid decay. The two lessons learned
from that experiment were, first, to keep
squashes off muck unless it had first
been heavily treated to sand or gritty soil,
a hundred loads to the acre, to supply
the silica which is wanting in all mere
| ly vegetable deposit; second, to use min
eral manures, such as unbleached wood
ashes and dissolved bone, rather than
those strong in nitrogen on soil tina,
is already rich in that element.-James
j. II. Gregory, in Prairie Farmer.
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Poultry and Plum Trees.

It is a good plan to scatter trash, with
little oats and corn in it, among the
plum trees, where the chickens can
scratch at it early in the morning. a
flock of chickens can destroy more de-
structive insects than all the concoc-
tons ever made. This scattering should
commence two or three weeks before
the trees are in bloom, and continue
until the plums are as large as peas.
Plum trees should always be planted in
groups. For one thing, they fertlize
each other, and the industry mentioned
above can be followed with ease. It is
we'll known that nature plants her
plums in thickets.-E. B. Heaton, in
Farmers Review. ..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-12
UNSEASONED TUBS.
Large Quantities of Really Good But
ter Are Spoiled by Their Use
All Over the Country.

great many unseasOned butter tubs
are being marketed by one or two
firms, which ought to be in better bust
ness, but which somehow in the COM
petition between them do not exercise
the care they formerly manifested in
all their manufactures. Of course, it
will be said of the guilty concerns that
it is some one else that is turning out
such fresh material, but investigations
show that the concerns in question
ought to be in better business if they
desire to maintain any sort of reputa-
ton for honest, decent goods. In writ
ing on this phase of the question to the
New York Produce Review, Mr.. Dodge
says among other things: Gail the
trouble that have had in the past three
years has been from sappy green wood,
and the trouble can only be overcome
by having the wood thoroughly dry and
fit for use. There is nothing manufac-
tured, that is made out of wood, until
the wood is properly seasoned. I see
no reason why this should not follow as
regards butter tubs" No reason what
ever, except the rapacity and narrow
greed of some of these manufacturers.
It makes a great difference in the price
of butter that is not packed in first
class and thoroughly seasoned tubs or
those raw and fresh. Tubs may look all
right on shipment, but after the butter
has been in transit to market, the de-
fects become apparent and the goods
are reported as off, affecting top quo
tations. Butter-makers should exer-
else the greatest care in such matters,
and if possible make such concerns
sign contract to make good any losses
sustained through want of properly
seasoned tubs. There is no excuse for
it any more than there is for any other
kind of fraud.-Prairie Farmer.
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HON. DAVID MEEK1sON. OF OHIO.
It is to Congress that our nation must look
for all power. Every volition of the govern
ment must originate in this body of repre-
sentatives. The President simply executes
the will of Congress. Congress is supposed
to carry out the will of the people. Con.
gress is the brain of the nation. The people
are. the blood of the nation. Good blood
makes good brain. Good brain makes sue
cess, contentment and happiness, whether
of nation or of an individual A man with
poor blood cannot succeed. His nerves are
weak, his brain logged and his will para
lyzed. Good blood is simply we'll digested
food. A stomach with the slightest catarrh-
al impairment cannot properly digest food.
Pe-ru-na quickly procures perfect digestion.
Pe-ru-na cures catarrh whether of the head,
stomach, throat, lungs or kidneys. A man
perfectly free from catarrh is nearly always
we'll man.
Washington, D. c., April, 1898.
The Peru-na Drug Mfg Company, Column
bus, Ohio:
Gentlemen have csed several bottles of
Pe-ru-na and feel greatly benefited thereby
from my catarrh of the head, and feel en-.
couraged to believe that the continued use
will fully eradicate a disease of thirty years
standing. Yours respectfully,
Address The Peru-na Drug Manufacture
ing Company, Columbus, Ohio, for free
catarrh book.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-12
Numbering Country Homes.

Out in California they are urging the
adoption of a system of numbering
country residences, reckoning from the
county seat as center, and thus render
the location of point i'm the rural Sec
tons as simple as within city limits.
The plan is to name every road in the
county, first arranging them in as long
lengths as can well be done. Then d.
vide each mile into ten parts or blocks
Of the same length, and number them,
. new number to each frontage.
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Gratitude.

Mrs. Crawford trust you realize
how much have done for you, Bridget.
Since you've been with me have made
you competent cook.
Bridget-Yis, mum. That's pwhy
Dim after stroikin' yez fer five dollars
extree a month. IN. 7. journal.
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Material Near at Hand.

The abundance of large stones and
powders in many localities can be
taken advantage of to reduce the ex-
pense of building stone roads; when
properly broken they can often be used
for foundation purposes. They are not
SO likely to be suitable for the wearing
surface Of the road Good Roads.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-12
The Wood Oil Tree.

Mr.. Augustine Henry tells the Amer.
lean druggist that the famous wood oil
of China is expressed from the seeds of
Aleurites cordata. It belongs to fam
lily of oil and gum-producing plants,
euphorbiaceae, of which our castor oil
plant is familiar representative. Like
most trees from Japan and China, it
ought to thrive in our country. Wood
oil is priced from the fact that it ex-
cells all other for wood vanishing,
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REFRIGERATOR CRATES.
Shipping Strawberries from Flor
ida to Northern Markets.

A correspondent of the Rural New
Yorker describes what he says is the
favorite style of refrigerator crates now
in use for shipping Strawberries from
Florida to the northern markets:
The improvement is in the manner of
supplying the ice; the latter is in
shallow galvanized tray fitting in the
top, and the full size of the crate. One
old style that I saw this morning had
narrow, upright receptacle for the ice,
which formed sort of partition
through the center of the crate. An
other had a shallow ice-pan in the CEN
ter of the top, of a size that allowed
row of berry baskets to be set around
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-12
Denfne.. cannot "a cu-ed

tSDcWAASO19 O0NAOI ~ 8CUTS0ssss
BY local applications, az they cannot reach
only one way to cure deafness, and that =
by constitutional remedies. Deafness II
caused by an infamed condition Of the mu-
cous lining Of the: Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infamed you have rlmbling
sound or imperfect hearing, ard when it %
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases of Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition
of the mucous surfaces, 90.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness .(caused by. catarrh that
Send for circulars, free. .
- F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. :,
Sold by Druggists, Use. - s'
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-12

To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Qunine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Csc.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-12

Very few girls who look coyly out of the
corner of their eyes at the men are good
housekeepers-A Globe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-12
She Was Surnriaed

Mrs. Huntley-It must have been very an.
moving to have had to appear in court.
What did You do when they asked YOU to
give your age? .t5 -
=, Mrs. Dustleigh- I gave it, of course,
my goodness! And didn't they fine you
tor contempt" Chicago Evening News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-12

Mctive-It is not the motive, properly
speaking, that determines the working Of
the will: but it is the will that imparts
strength to the motive. As Coleridge says:
"It is the man that makes the motive. and
not the motive the man."-James McCosh.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-12

There never was day that did not bring
its own opportunity for doing good, that
never could have been done before, and never
can be agsin-W. H. Burleigh.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-12

A man marries lovely creature in white
satin, and then lives with woman who
wears Mother Hubbards and dressing sacks.
-Atchison Globe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-12

We have noticed that the man who is
lucky says nothing about the proverbial
luck of a fool.-Atchison Globe. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-12

Piso's Cure is wonderful Cough medi.
f 95a; v Piekert Van sicl eg "a and
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-12

The pulling of sound tooth tries the
acoustics of the dental chamber.-Chicago