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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04

- Z. Cross Post No. 80, q. A. H.
Meets mi O. o. F. hall first and third Saturo1!
nights of each month. Comrades are coruiahs
invited to visit ant. Join.
FRANK MUNSON, b CALD ELL dow
Adjutaut COHudhooi
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NuELTON LODGE, NO. g.
= l. y. D. F.
Regular meeting every Wednesday evening
7S0PM in the Odd Fellow Hall. Shelton
Wash. All members il good standing, cordially
I F RILEY L. ]. MORRISON
n g. K. Sec.
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necessity for it.
If men only knew it. they could work to
almost any extent on through middle life
and into old age, if they would only take a
little common sense care of their health.
The trouble is that they do not take the lit
tie stitches here and there that are neces-
sary to preserve health. They pay no at
tention to the signs of on-coming i'll health.
A little biliousness, little indigestion, a
little loss of sleep anG appetite, little
nervousness, little headache, little
shaklness in the morning, and little dull
ness all day, little this and a little that
all these little things they neglect Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery makes
the appetite keen, digestion and assimila-
tion perfect, the liver active, the blood pure
and the nerves steady. 1t is the great
blood-1naker and f1esh-builder 1t is the
great liver invigorator and nerve tonic It
fits a man to work and work and work
Medicine dealers sell il and have nothing
else Just as good"
81 was sufferer five six years from indi-
Spartanburg Co., S. c., also from sore stomach
and constant headache. then used Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pei
let's which in a few days gave me permanent
relief :
A man or woman who neglects constipa-
ton suffers from slow poisoning. Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipa-
ton. One little Pellet is gentle laxa-
tive, and two mild cathartic. All medi.
cine dealers sell them.
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DACIFIC LODGE, NO. 66,
K. OF P.
Meets the first and third Friday evenings OF
Of each month at the Masonic HAN. FIsi'in
Knights cordially invited to attend,
l.. l.. HUNTER. y = SAi'ih
X of L. & s. Y. u
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Society Cards.

EIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
REV. F. \. GREGORY PASIOh
Preaching services every Sunday at II, a. m
and 7;3O D. m. sunday school at 10 p, m B
\. P. U. at $50 p. m. Prayer Meeting every
Thursday evening at Z o'clock followed by Z: T.
c. class All are made welcome at these services
Corner Fifth and Gotta SITS.
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CEDAR CAMP No $50.
Meets every lst. and 3rd Tuesday at Masoi1o Mas ;n
Hall, Shelton. Visiting neighbors cordially III
- ,i'TN W,'mn1a w. U"n,o Ciart "ttm U.s. Consul
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DUBY REBEKAH LOD iE, No75.
II 100. f. -.
Meets every End and 4th Friday evening IN oud id
Fellows Hall shelton. Visiting brothers ana
sisters are cordially invited to attend. Social
session on Third Friday evenings, -
PAULINE HILBERT Sec. CELlA NOhIo-N, ~. -
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FIRST TMETHODIST-EPISCOP HURCH.-
Preaching every Sabbath at 1890 o'clock A. M
and 7:3O z. NJ. Sabbath School at II A. NJ
PRAYER meeting at 730 P. NJ. every Thursday
Everybody is invited to attend. Seats free.
REV L. ]. COVlNGTON,r
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MT. MORIAH LODGE, No. IL,
Wl F. & A NJ.
D OCULAR Communications Saturday eve
n On or before the full of the Moon. cor
dial invitation is given to all brethren IN good
standing. Masonic Hall, Shelton, w. i.
HUGH MORRISON W. M. l.. H. MuNooN' Oeo'
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CAHAwAMISH LODGE no. 10
= l. o. g. T. .,o
Meets ever Saturday evening at 7:oo in .rond .ni
/. 0. o. F. Hall. Visiting Members III soo0
standing are made welcome. - pc
GEORGE EMMOTT G.. L. ELMER " iH"' - =
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The record-union., 1898-01-16
THE GREAT ELIXIR OF LIFE.
APPLICATION OF ELECTRICITY
TO DISEASE.
Interesting Lecture Last Night at
the Congregational Church by
Mrs. o. S. Fowler.

The Congregational Church was filled
last night to hear the lecture of Mrs.
Q. S. Fowler, every seat being filled,
and she held an interested audience
from beginning to end. Her subject
WAS Electricity, the Great Elixir of
Life; Its Application to Disease and
she handled it as one who understood
it we'll
She said that every time we breathe
we are breathing in the electric forces
of nature and purifying our blood
Through contact with the air. She did
mot believe that the little eight-ounce
heart could propel the blood through
The system. She was satisfied that it
was the electric force of the breathing
Ahat propels the blood through the
body. She found that women do not
breathe below the ribs, being confined
below that point so that they cannot
We need some one to teach US how to
breathe. She understood how TO do
so. If she did not she could not talk
day after day.
Every particle of life, mentality and
everything else come from the nerve
center, the brain. The law of vibra-
qion is the first law of nature. The old
ancientS knew what they were talking
about when they named the solar plex-
ms the center of vibration. These are the
two great centers on which everything
depends. The third great center is the
epulsator, the heart. From this rebate
a1he aorta, the vena cava and the ar
1eries and blood vessels that branch out
Through the body. All the nerves, too,
sn'adiate from the nerve center, the
brain, and run throughout the body.
1--WE have~the physical, intellectual and
spiritual departments in our bodies,
Dut unfortunately We use only the phys
:acal and some of the intellectual, but
very little of the spiritual. If we used
all three, as we should, we would not
+need electricity from outside to develop
our bodies. The brain uses more blood
than any other part of the body to
The record-union., 1898-01-16
SUPREME COURT.
o.. A. No. 269-Department One-Filed
January A. 1899

O.. A. No. 269-Department One-F1led
January IA, 1899
In the matter of the estate of Joaquin
Fernandez, deceased. Commercial Bank
of San Luis Obispo, creditor, appel
liant. Order settling final account of ad-
ministrator modified.
Without an order of court for the pay
E1ent of general creditors such pay
ments are made at the peril of the adj
ministrator The settlement of an an
nual account, however, if not appealed
from within the statutory time, is con-
elusive against all persons in any way
interested in the estate.
If the administrator sells the estate,
or portion of it, the amount received
upon each sale becomes the evidence of
its value to the estate, for which he has
to account and upon which his commits
sions are to be interested.
Where the administrator sells prop
erty under an order of court for the pur-
pose of paying debt of the decedent,
he is entitled to commissions only upon
the amount for which it was sold. He
cannot be entitled to any greater sum
by reason of its having been sold by the
Trustees without Intervention on his
part.
The record-union., 1898-01-16

tism is caused by defective circulation,
and how uric acid causes infiammatory
rheumatism. Medicine. she said, is
good thing, when we know how to use
it and apply it to the chemical condi-
tons Of the human body, and when the
doctors learn this, they will be able to
treat disease successfully. There is a
chemical law that man can depend upon,
and there is a chronological law that
man can depend upon. and the doctors
cannot ignore phrenology and be sue
cessful, for it is a science. Surgery is
science, but medicine is not, at present.
Paralysis in old persons may be benefit
ed, but there is SO much of calcareous
deposit in their systems that it is very
difficult to cure. Electricity is life, how
ever, and can aid them much. The
knife is a good thing where it is needed,
but it is used too much, and often when
it is unnecessary. A little common sense
and little understanding of this hu-
man machine will help us to do more
to cure disease and alleviate human mis-
cry.
She felt that she had the key ii hui
mainly. The brain is the seat OF lire,
and in it the soul and the spirit dwell
side by side. She believed in lncarna-
ton, but not in reincarnation. She saw
no need of it in Gods dispensation to
mankind. The brain is male and female,
and the blood globules are sexed
throughout the system, while the AMI
NAL soul is unfolding the human soul is
Unfolding, and when the animal soul dies
the human soul unfolds. We have not
so much to give up as We have to IN
derstand.
Mrs. Fowler is not only an interesting,
but convincing speaker. She is thor
oughly in touch with her subject,
good reasoner and therefore very eff
fectiVe in her lectures, making those
who missed hearing the earlier ones feel
that they had met with a distinct loss.
She illustrated her talk by some line
anatomical plates, which enabled her
hearers to gain much better idea OF
what she wished to explain than they
would otherwise have had.
She will lecture to-day at 2:3O p. m.
IN THE Unwilling of the New Covenant
and the Attributes of God and Man,
when she promises to prove her position
by Biblical declarations.
The record-union., 1898-01-16
ITEMS MaCkintOshes
to SIS and $40.

For wet weather there is moth
y ing like a Macintosh, and just
now if you buy there is big
chance to save money.
All our Box Coat Mackintoshes
selling as high as $40 reduced to
F$5.
Those selling from $I2 so to
sly 50 reduced to $40.
The record-union., 1898-01-16
BED Lounges, SIS IS.

Durable Bed Lounges, upllol-
stored in satin russo, red or olive.
The back of this lounge may be
let down, making a double bed.
And at the unusually low price
H of S. Is.
The record-union., 1898-01-16
OUR JANUARY SALE MOVES BR|SKLY ON.
EAdelina
dances Daily.

y This automatic skirt dancer,
"Adelina," may be seen in a
! booth near the Furniture Depart
q ment. Beginning Monday she
/ will dance daily between the hours
of o:3o and II; to 6 o'clock.
! You will find her well worthy
\ of visit.
The record-union., 1898-01-16

Fortunes wings are made of Times
feathers Many a man expects to
pluck young 1898.
The record-union., 1898-01-16
MONDAY, $50 A. M.
Fancy Goods Event.

During socktang every dollars worth of goods the store
went under careful examination In the Fancy Goods Depart
ment found many short lines; odds and ends which
have decided to push out by heavy price cutting
The articles themselves all right and good condition.
and will be still for several months yet 1t simply
that do wish risk carrying them for another
The record-union., 1898-01-16
dining Room Chairs, ST.

\ Durable dining room Chairs of
solid oak, heavy brace arms, fine
woven cane seats, fancy enameled
backs, ST.
The record-union., 1898-01-16

Try McMorry's 35c tea. 531 M.
The record-union., 1898-01-16
TUESDAY, $50.
Stamped Linen Goods
and Embroidery Silk.

The industry OF the women of
Sacramento in the way of artistic
needlework is proverbial and dur
ing the recent holiday season our
counters for stamped linen goods
were crowded constantly. AS a
result of much handling, some OF
the pieces became slightly soiled,
and as no one wanted them for
holiday giving, we placed them
aside. After several weeks OF rest
buyers are again coming to us for
stamped linen goods, SO we have
thought it a happy idea to bring
out the unused pieces and reduce
them to prices that cannot fail to
interest. We have also added
other goods from our regular
stock, SO that there is quite a
complete assortment, as follows:
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
WADDESDON MANOR.
One of Baron RothschiId's MagniH-
cent Country Seats in
England.

Waddesdon manor, at which the
prince of Wales met with his unfor-
tunate accident, is one of three coun-
try seats in Buckinghamshire owned
by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild.
There are in Hertfordshire, Tring
park, belonging to Lord Rothschild,
and Halton, belonging TO Mr.. Alfred;
but Baron Ferdinand owns, besides
Waddesdon, the Manor house at Win
chenden, and Leighton house, Leigh
ton Buzznrd, in the county of Bucks.
Waddesdon is in all respects model
village, and, il the dwellers there are
not happy and well off, it is not the
fault Of Baron Ferdinand, who is the
llindest and most popular of landlords.
He may often be seen in the village
and at busy times, or when any affair
CT local interest takes place. he is al
ways in evidence. Sometimes, with
few friends from the manor, he visits
the shops and makes small purchases;
but the game is a very expensive one,
for the villagers invariably refuse TO
give him any change. When a man
offers a sovereign, or even half SOW
ereign, fer one pennyworth OF nuts
intended fcr immediate consumption,
he may we'll be surprised to find his
claims for change ignored. The tray-
eler who passes through Waddesdon IS
surprised at the outward and visible
signs of prosperity, and the villagers
welcome his astonishment, since 1T
gives them 4 chance of enIarging upon
their fayorite topic-the baron's mu-
nificence.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
SUBURBAN LITE AIDS MORALS.
1t Causes n Former City Resident to
Give Up Swearing and He
Feels Thankful.

In one thing at least" said a man
who has moved into the suburbs,
according to the New York Sun, sub
urban life has been a benefit to me.
1t has taught me not to swear
= found right away in the suburban
town that people didn't swear, or not
in public, anyway. They c. didn't very
well. They were travelling back and
forth on the trains, all the time in con-
tact with all sorts Of men and with the
same people day after day, including
men who didn't swear. And how could
man swear under such circum-
stances. And it was just the same
around the railroad station and the
post Office. There were always more
or less people about, including neigh
bors, and often women and children,
and people didn't swear. Quite apart
from any other consideration what
ever, it was not good form.
"Refraining from swearing in the
suburbs has had a restraining inf1u
ence upon me here, and now I have
stopped swearing altogether. And I'm
glad of it, for it's a miserable practice,
and | feel better free from it. And
thank the suburbs for it. don't know
how the advantages as between city
and country life will finally sum up in
my mind, but do know that when am
setting down the figures I shall put
down a good generous amount to the
credit of the suburbs on this account"
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
GOOSE WAS A GUOD BOAT.
The Solitary Fowl Became vOlun-
teer Transport for Ducks
Adopted Babies.

The following remarkable instance
of the COMMUNICATION OF ideas among
the lower animals is narrated by Rev.
c. Otway, says the New York Wit
ness:
"At the -four mills of Tubberakee
near Clonmel, while in the possession
of Mr.. Newbold. there was goose.
which, by some accident, was left soli-
tary. without mate or offspring,
gander or gosli;:gs. Now, it happened,
as is common, that the miller's wife
had set number of duck eggs under
hen, which, in due time, were incu-
bated; and of course the ducklings, as
soon as they came forth, ran with
natural instinct TO the water, and the
hen was in q sad pucker-her materni-
ty urging her to follow the brood and
her instinct disposing her to keep on
dry land.
in the meanwhile up sailed the
goose and with noisy gable, which
certainly (being interpreted) meant
Leave them to my care she swan up
and down with the duclllings, and
when they were tired with their
aquatic excursion, she consigned
them to the care of the hen.
THE next morning down came again
the ducklings to the pond, and there
was the goose waiting for them, and
there stood the hen in her great hus-
tratiCn. On this occasion we are rot
at all sure that the goose invited the
hen, observing her maternal trouble,
but it is a fact that she being near the
shcre, the hen jumped on her back, and
there sat, the ducklings swimming and
the Goose and hen after them, up and
down the pond.
This was not a solitary event; day
after day the hen was seen on board
the goose, attending the ducklings
up and down in perfect contentedness
and good humor-numbers of people
coming to witness, which continued
until the ducklings. coming to days of
discretion, required no longer the Joint
guardianship of the goose and hem"
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
NAMED AFTER BISMARCK.
Death of the Great Statesman Recall,
the Founding of a Da-
kotn Town.

The death of Bismarck recalls tc
mind the fact that the capital of North
Dakota was named in his honor This
was done not because Of any German
settlement in that vicinity, but be,
cause of a desire on the part of the
directors of the Northern Pacific Rail.
road company to recognize his great
abilities displayed in the Franco-Prus.
sian war. An added reason, n doubt
was the fact that German and Aus.
trian capital had been secured for the
Northern Pacific railroad, and it was
compliment to these investors also
The crossing of the Missouri river By
this pioneer railway company was
proud step and at this time, 1873, Bis
marck's was the greatest name in the
political world. To the letter notify
ing Bismarck of this honor the grea-
chancellor wrote the following reply:
Berlin, May 19, 1S73.-sir: 1 have the
honor to acknowledge the receipt of youl
letter of the 2Sth of last month inclcsiEg E
copy Of resolution of the board Of d.
rector5 of the Northern Pacific Railroad
company, TO the effect that the town at the
crossing of the Missouri river by tina
road shall be named Bismarck. l beg vol
will be good enough TO convey to the sen.
tlemen on behalf of whom you write my
sincere thanks for so flattering a compli-
ment and to assure them that / am very
grateful for the terms in which they speal
of the service 1 have been able to do Il
my country and to those interests which
are common to all nations. Accept, togeth.
or with my best wishes for the prosperity
of your undertaking. the assurance of my
diStin guiShed consideration.
''V. BISMARCK.
Samuel Wilkescn, Esq, Secretary of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company, New
York"
This was the first city in the United
States to bear Bismarck name. Since
that time, however, ~ other post
offices in this country have received
this name, but they are chiefly small
places of little consequence.-Bostor
Transcript.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
BEASTS AND BIRDS.
Everything in the Brute Order Preys
On Something Eise-WiId AMI
mails and Death.

One rarely finds in the woods or
fields the dead body of wild animal,
as such carcasses are soon devoured,
although the bones may often be seen,
says Lippincott's. Everything preys
on something else; the wounded, the
old and the sick speedily fall into the
power of their enemies. The crea-
lures can scarcely find any place so
secluded as to be secure; the hurt
bird sees the shadow of the hawk as
it scars with keen eye, looking for it's
prey. Day and night the birds and
beasts prowl about and the dull of
sense, feeble and aged meet speedy
destruction.
How much do the wild animals know
of death? 1t is impossible to say;
yet two things are certain; they have
a fear of it and they understand how
to kill each other eXpertly. II y
know the right place to bite an en-
emy. Their object in killing is gen
orally to obtain food, but one animal
does not attempt to bite a piece of
food out of another living creature;
it aims to XII first and then to eat.
The wild creatures within the re-
gions thickly peopled by men have
now an inherited fear of man. A man
upon horseback can ride under a tree
on which hawk is lodged without ex-
citing it, while it would speedily fly
from a man walking. On horseback
one can get near to covey of par
tridges. Squirrels do not show dread
of horses or cattle, but by this time
they all know man.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
STRANGE USES OF x-RAYs.
Hens, MunnIies and n-idges All are
Tested by the Use CT E1oeut-
gems Invention.

Rudolph Spreckles, of California, has
found a curious use for the X-rays. He
has an enormous poultry farm there.
and has lost lot Of money in his time
from keeping hens that have been
"deadheads,' owing to not laying eggs
So the egg farmer has conceived the
idea of perimenting on hens with the
X-rays, TO see if they are CT any value
in this respect, and he has found the
experiment highly successful, About
80 hens can be dealt with in this way in
an hour, and Mr.. Spreckles sends all
that are proved useless as layers t o the
poultry market at once. He has had
great saving in corn since he thus be-
gan his novel use Of the latest develop
ment Of science, says an exchange.
a well-knOwn dealer i'll mummies
from Egypt has also used the X-rays in
a novel manner. He found himself and
his agents being frequently swindled
by Egyptians selling him pretended
mummies, which afterward proved to
be all "fakes.'
But there are certain internal marks
beneath the cloths in which mummies
are wrapped which are unfailing tests
as to their genuineness. Now the X
rays enable the agents of the dealer to
tell unerringly whether they are being
oftered real mummy or only fake"
and the dealer has found himself much
in pocket in consequence
The Roentgen rays have become so
commonly used in hospitals as scarcely
to attract much notice. But it may
not be known that they are now being
widely used in many foundries and
engine shops for detecting any fault
in the various pieces of iron work that
go to make up an en inc, a bridge or
any other iron structure.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
USES OF DALLOONING.
Tlere Are Many Scientific Problems
PrOpouEdcd fer the Attention
of AeP0RRuts.

Other objects of balloon ascents are
thus enumerated:
To test the forms of speaking trum-
pets, transmitters and receivers.
To discriminate between the audibil-
ity Of Eand Instruments, tested singly
ard in concert.
To make Investigations (various) Of
echoes, acoustic Clouds" and the de-
cay of sound on diverging from axis
along which generated.
To measure velocity of sound be-
tween earth and upper strata.
To experiment on pitch and audibil
ity of instruments taken aloft.
To decide the maximum range down
wind (D of human voice; (2) powerful
sound instruments.
To note rise and fall of sound of
influences, e. g., whether merely fitful,
rhythmic, or otherwise.
To look for conspicuous stars before
sundown, noting their altitude and
angular distance from sun.
To look for alleged markings on the
surface of Venus.
To note any darkening of the sky in
ascending.
In regard to refraction, to take snap
shots of the sun disappearing below sea
horizon at known times and attitudes,
with simultaneous temperature meas
urements.
To observe and photograph the spec
trum below and aloft, determining the
proportion of telluric lines, etc.
To investigate by photography the
relative actiDic qualities of the atmos-
phere at different elevations.
To measure atmospheric electricity
by Kelvin electrometer.
To experiment with Aitken's dust
counter.
Under direction of Prof Ramsay to
entrap air at high elevation to be ex-
amined by him.
% record the lag of aneroid barom-
eters during descent.
To attempt to photograph the solar
corona from high altitudes.-London
Chronicle,