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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-05-27
A Historic Key.

This interesting key of Loeb Leven
Castle is still in existence. 1t was
found in the lake, and is supposed to
have been the one thrown in by young
Douglas, when Mary queen Of Scots
made her escape The key was orig
inally in the possession ofW ill;am Hamp-
er. Esq, who presented it to Sir Walter
Scott. having first had an engraving
made of it. The Castle of Loeb Leven is
situated on an island of about two
acres, near the northwest extremity OF
the lake. Queen Mary, when she dis
missed Boutwell, on Carberry mill and
ioined the insurgents. was carried cap
five to Edinburgh. and on the follow
ing day committed to Loeb IeveD castle.
On the 25th of March, 1657-S. she at
tempted to escape from thence. in the
guise of a laundress, but was frus-
trated. On Monday, May 2, 1868, how
ever. while the family were at supper,
the boy. William Douglas, secured the
KEYS of the castle and gave egress to
the queen and her maid from the strong
hold; then. locking the gates behind
them to prevent pursuit, he placed the
fugitives in boat that lay at hand, and
rowed them to the appointed landing
place on the north side of the lake
Strand.
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4 Car Built of Native Wood.

A fine large car of native woods
made at the South Tacoma shops OF
the Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany for the Omaha Exposition, from
lumber furnish by lumber mills of the
state, was in the yards yesterday says
the Tacoma Ledger.
The car is a splendid specimen of
what can be built OF Washington fir in
rolling stock. 1t is forty-two feet
long, and of the regular furniture caI
style. The main work is in fir, spruce
and cedar, with a little native ash for
door frames. The stock used was
none but the best, not blemish being
in single piece. The exterior is the
same as the interior and the whole
finished in oil.
The car bears the sacred Hoo-Hoo
number 9,999, and beneath the num-
ber, on each side of the car, is black
cat with back up and tail rampant.
About year ago Assistant General
Superintendent Pearce of the Northern
Pacific agreed to manufacture the car
if the lumbermen would donate the
lumber. The donations were made by
the following state mills:
Tacoma Mill Company, Tacoma; !;
Grays Harbor Commercial Company,
Cosmopolis; Seattle Cedar Lumber
Go. Seattle; Stetson & Post Mill Co.,
Seattle; Bell Mill Co. Everett; Slim
son Mill Go, Ballard; Atlas Lumber
Co. Seattle; St Paul & Tacoma Lum-
Der Co. Tacoma.
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AS necessary national highway
No we'll posted man could doubt the
advisability of building the Nicaragua
canal. AS benefit to this coast there
Is wide range of opinion. At one
time, when the subject was first
brOached, the general, almost univer-
sal opinion, was that it should be
built at once and that it would build
up the Pacific northwest with great
rapdlty. The question, however, is a
two sided one, which perhaps can only
he settled by building the canal. It is
alleged by some that after the compile
ton of the canal Europe would be
brought so much nearer to this coast
that there would spring up an enorm-
Gus demand for our lumber. On the
other hand it Is asserted with equal
positiveness that it would permit tho
mills of the eastern and middle states
to dump their product into our Pacific
Coast markets. From either stand
point the view is a selfish one. The
canal is needed, and this war will de-
termine how necessary it is and how
essential that it should be built and
owned by the United States.-Puget
Sound Lumherman.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

"A Chinese typewriter has been in
vented by DR.. Sheffield, of Jungcho,
China, which has wheel carrying over
1000 characters, arranged in 30 circles.
1t is said to exceed so far the speed of
the swiftest Chinese writer, that its
value is assured.
Heretofore, perfumery has been de-
tached from flowers by soaking them in
lard. A Partisan has now found a way
of gathering the fragrance by simply
soaking the flowers in water, a process
which can be repeated several times
without destroying the flowers.
Nearly $4,000 patents were granted
by the United States patent office last
year, or more than in any preceding
year. Inventive genius is evidently
active in this country. Not one in a
hundred of these inventions will per-
haps ever come into practical use.
The total value of the mineral prod
ucts of this country last year is re-
ported to be about $740,00O,O00. The
greatest loss is in silver. The yield
was 2,370,00O ounces less than in 1896,
and the value dropped about $500, 600.
The gain in gold was $4,000 ounces, or
$2,650,00O
During the course of recent lee
ture at Montevideo," says Science, CDR.
Sanarelli stated that the serum he has
obtained from the animals with which
he has been experimenting, is effective
against yellow fever, and that it will
very probably cure yellow fever in hu
man beings"
The Massachusetts cattle commits
sioners' annual report, just issued, says
that the number of cattle paid for as
victims of tuberculosis during the year
was 5,255, and the amount paid for them
was $179,S67. Quarantine and killing
expenses and arbitration brought the
average amount paid for condemned
cattle to $34 per head.
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LAFAYETTE THE COURTIER-
Stories of the Charming PoIiteness
of the Great Frenchmnn.


of the Great Frenchman.
Many charming stories have been told
by old ladies who were in their prime
when Lafayette made his second visit
to America, of the gallant Franchman's
courtesy.
On the day of his public reception in
virginia he rode in an open carriage
without his hat, exposed to the rays of
a brilliant sun, bowing to the crowds.
always ready to greet him. There
was some apprehension that sun
stroke might be the penalty of his po-
liteness; but the marquis was an old
soldier. Before leaving home he had
put damp towel into his capacious
wig, and protected by this helmet, he
could indulge his French politeness
with impunity> French and American
revolutions and Austrian dungeons had
taught him the art of self-preservation
The most charming story is of earlier
date-his visit to the mother of Wash
ington. He found her in the garden.
raking together dried weeds and sticks,
preparatory to a bonfire, arrayed in
hnsey skirt, sack and broad-brimmed
hat tied over the plated border of her
cap.
The hostess met the situation with
the composure of duchess. Dropping
her rake, she took between her bare
palms the hand of the nobleman extend
ed, as he bowed before her. and said:
"Ah, marquis! You have come to see
an old woman. I can make you well
come without changing my dress. I am
glad to see you. have often heard nv
son George speak of you. But come in"
Precedin" him into her living-room,
she placed herself opposite him, erect
as a girl of 1S, never touching the tall,
straight back of her chair, whilst she
listened to the praises of her son poured
forth by the eloquent Frenchman.
Then she mixed with her own hands a
cooling drink and offered it to the gen
eral with plate of homemade ginger
cakes. The man of the world accepted
the beverage as simply and gracefully
as it was rendered, pronounced it de-
licious, and arose to go. Would she
give him her blessing?
She looked up to Heaven, folded her
hands. and prayed that God would
grant him "safety, happiness, prosper
ity and peace."-Youth's Companion.
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knew no medicine, save the simple herbs
gathered by his squaws
Civilized man leads an unnatural and an
unhealthy life. Unlike the Indian if he
would maintain his physical and mental
health, he must take reasonable precau-
tionS to combat disease. Nearly all dis
eases have their inception in disorders of
the digestion, torpidity of the liver and
impurity of the blood. DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is made of simple herbs.
1t restores the lost appetite, makes diges-
ton and assimilation perfect, invigorates
the liver, purifes the blood and promotes
the natural processes of excretion and Sc
cretion. 1t sends the rich, red, ife-giving
blood bounding through the arteries and
corrects all circulatory disturbances. It
dispelS headaches, nervousness. drowsi-
ness 1assitude, and drives out all impuri-
ties and disease germs. It cures o8 per
cent of all cases of consumption, bron-
chitis, asthma and diseases of the air-pas-
sages. 1t gives sound and refreshing sleep,
drives away all bodily and mental fatigue
and imparts vigor and health to every or
gan of the body. Medicine dealers sell it,
and have nothing else, "just as good"
"A few of my symptoms writes Charles
Book, of Climax, Kalamazoo Co., Mich, were
heart burn, filllness after eating, pain in my
bowels, bad taste in my mouth, and occasional
fever and hot f1ushes. DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery cured all these and am
perfectly we'll"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are sure,
speedy and permanent cure for constipa-
tion. One little "Pellet is gentle laxa
tive and two a mild cathartic. They never
gripe. Found at all medicine stores.
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NO.. %

ands: "No other power or concert OF
powers can be allowed to have any
thing to say as to how long the U. S.
shall retain possession of those islands.
We are at war with Spain, and the
capture of the islands is one of the in
cidents of that war. No other power
has anything to say about it.
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Made 1t warm Anyhow.

Cumso-I hear that Swayback has
been saying exasperating things about
you?
Cawker-Yes; but I have attended TO
his case.
II suppose that you heaped Goals OF
fire upon his head?'
"Well, something of that sort. Igave
him a most effective roasting. Puck.
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Spraying Solutions.
QUASSIA AND WHALE-OIL-SOAP,

QUASSlA AND WHALE-OlL-SOAP.
Quassia chips one pound, whale-oil-
soap or any good soap about one
pound, water 8 ID 10 gallons. Steep
the qussia in hot water for several
hours, then strain; dissolve the soap
in hot water and mix the two ingredi-
ents adding enough water to make
formula,
Use this for the aphis on apple trees,
also on other trees and rose bushes.
For the woody aphis only half the
amount of water should be added.
most effective if used when hot.
TOBACCO.
Tobacco stems may be stepped in
hot water at the rate of one pound to
five gallons, and mixed with solution
of one pound soap to five gallons. As
with the former it is best used hot.
BORDEAUX MIXTURE.
Dissolve one pound blue stone (vitrioD
IN water, slake one pound lime in an
other vessel, mix the two in a larger
vessel with s to 10 gallons water.
Spray on apple trees to destroy the
scab when the fruit is about the size
of marbles. Add one ounce Paris
green to each ten gallons of water
when fig hting the codling moths.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-05-27
Has a GOOdCase.

The English Dowager-So your hus-
band, the duke, doesn't love you?
What are you going to do about it?
American Heiress-Sue him for OBJ
tanning money. under false pretenses.-
Town Topics.
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The Micrahe War

I'VE are going to give up having
Johnny get an education"
For what reason?'
"Well-we can't get him sterilized
every morning in time to go to school,"
PUCK. :. :
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AbdicatinC Nothing.

"Theophilus,' said the officiating
clergyman, ''do you take this woman
Lady" corrected the bride, former
ly OF the ribbon department at Spot
cash & Co.'S dry goods emporium
Chicago Tribune.
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Sensible Persons.

"Does your husband worry about the
grocery bills?'' asked the thin-faced
lady.
why, no." said the lady with the
silk skirt and patent shoes. eve let
the grocer do all that .'-Tit-Bits.
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iWrM i'll the ,jdu Fellow dan. ~ chnii
Wash. All mem rer> IL <"ffSfa" ing '"'f"'a"s
lnviteI To attend ,.
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Meets everv 2nd and 4th friday evening i'll ''dd
Fellows Hall, shelton. Visiting broihers anu
sisters Nr, cordially invited to attend. social
session ON lhrd Friday evenings
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SAHAWANISH LODGE No. i9.-
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Meets ever saturday evening at :oD III .liI
/. 0. 0. F. Hall. Visiting Members III soou
standing are made welcome. Nc
GEORGE EMMoTT c. I. ELMER Z. iEw' N o.
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Her Sentiments.

His art has all that's grand and free
And fine pertaining to it;
But oh! it has my sympathy,
Since he is welded to it!
IN. Y. Evening Journal
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Meets me first and tniri ri la evenings {"
u each month at the Masonic Halt Nisi"p
Knights cordially invited 80 attend.
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ClRST BAPTIST CHURCH. r,,
+ REV. F. A. GREGORY PASTOR
Preaching services every Sunta! at IL, a. nj.
ana u m sunday school at 10 ?. m n.
: + e. AZ $50 y. IN. Frazer Teetlns ever
riurs,ia. evening at ,'cio, followed by :
:, rls>S All are ma t. welcome at THESE serNi i'ts
,,rucl Fifth af.d f',,fa 80.
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:MaKes connection both morning and evening
WIN olympia, Tacoma and cattle steamers.
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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-23

i 1,t 'aoa nor ten mon,ns from s1ay sub
dolia l0sos to October l.t, 1899 Ds ses
NEW =, ;ros a., otssrsv1s, g.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-23
NEWS BOILED DOWN.

Premier sagasta's condition is much
worse.
The Spanish peace commissioners are
all home.
Two small Syracuse boys were drown
ID NV ice breaking on the Oswego canal
Eight women appeared in one ne"
vorn nolice court accused Of shopiiftlng'
,rhe French chamber of deputies mas
voted G., ooo,o francs for the new ar''i-
lery. ,.,a
r,e baltimore Cork company,s puli 'I.,
,rr in baltimore has been paf''a''S
burned. Am. ,os or
The transport Gran Antilla mas .u ar,
.;,ad I at Cadiz with Spanish troops IRON
Havana. o.ou,h,1, nj
rhe body of Mrs. Charles Crawpa aa " "
,, hme s Mills Pa, will be disinterreo ''
SaaI evidence of murder.
rhe presence of American w vars y,
| movana is having gooo eiiee' -
the spanish soldiers there
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-23
A Complicated Election Case

Wheeling, Dec. pa curious mix
has been caused in an old recount case
in Tucker county. Many new and novel
points of law are involved, and the
courts are digging for something by
which to guide their future course.
Two years ago William Clayton. a
newspaper man, was elected clerk Of
the county by 16 votes. His opponent,
H. c. Hebb, demanded a recount, and
after securing a mandamus took the
case to the highest court. 1t required
just two years to bring the matter
down to the inspection of the canvass
ing board, but now there is nothing to
canvass. According to law, Clayton, as
county clerk, burned the ballots one
year ago, and hence the orders of the
supreme court for a recount cannot be
carried out.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-23
New Coliseum For Chicago.

Chicago, Dec. ga company, OF
which Alderman Gunther Is president
backed by 100000 capital, will erect a
new coliseum on Wabash avenue be-
tween Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets.
Work will be begun as soon as the land
can be cleared of the buildings now on
it. The hall will be completed before
next fall, and an attempt will be made
to secure the national convention Of
1866. Tho extreme inside height of the
new building will be Sc feet A seating
capacity of 10000 on the main floor and
galleries will be provided. capable of
extension to $4,000 or $4,000 for extraor-
binary occasions.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-23
CHINA MUST Be FIRM,
we Protest Against Any French Elk.
tension at Shanghai.
ENGLAND TAKES ACTION TOO
minister Conger Notifies the Emper-
or That There Must BE No
Yielding to Frances De.
mands For Jurisdiction.

washington, Dec. 23.-Edwin H. Con-
ger, the United States minister to Chi
ma, was instructed to make a protest to
feklng against the extension of French
jurisdiction at Shanghai. The state de.
partment has received advices that this
protest has been entered and that 1t is
OF similar nature to the one filed by
the British government.
The cooperation Of the United States
and Great Britain, the first action of
the kind since America became a factor
IN the politics Of the far east, is partic-
ularly significant, coming at this time.
The united action Of the two govern
ments will without doubt strengthen
Ch1na's resistance to the French claims.
1t is confidently expected that Japan
Will also take formal action similar to
that already taken by the Anglo-Saxon
nations. The interests of the three
countries at Shanghai are all threat
ened by the French aggression.
Many Valuable Buildings.
American, English and japanese
wharfs and warehouses are situated
upon the land at Pc Tung. a suburb of
Shanghai, which the French govern
ment has demanded to be conceded by
China.
M. Bezaure, the French consul at
Shanghai. has threatened to take pos
session not only of Pc Tung, but also of
Ming Pc unless his demands are imme-
diately granted. He has threatened to
land Marking volunteers and French
naval force and demolish the wall
around the joss house at Ming Pc.
Bezaure has also tried to intimidate
the Chinese government by saying that
II one Frenchman lost his life in the
undertaking further demands would be
made. French warships are now pres
ent at Marking. Among the American
interests involved in the Shanghai
provinces is the great railway conces-
sion recently secured by the syndicate
Of which the late Calvin S. Brice was al
the head
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-23
Hard Luck of a Hunter.

Seattle, WASH, Dec. 23.-Jack Schmidt
a hunter and prospector, who started
from Skaguay on Nov. 81 for Juneau IN
a fishing boat, was wrecked on Chilca'
island during the storm that sunk the
Detroit and nearly caused the loss OF
the steamer Utopia. For 10 days ne
managed to exist on raw birds ana tne
flesh of a land otter which he shot. ne
was rescued when half dead by the III
tie steamer Olympia and has been re-
stored to health.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-23
DREAMED OF MURDER.
And Now Knows That Her Dream
Was Enacted In Fact.

Kalamazoo. Mich, Dec. pa special
to the Kalamazoo Telegraph from South
Bend, Ind, says: Mrs. Ferdinand Ma
bicht of this city Is sister of Mrs. Mi
chael Emil Rollinger. who Is alleged to
have been murdered by her husband in
Chicago recently. Thursday night she
dreamed that she was in her old home
In Germany, and her father asked her
If she had not heard of her sister being
murdered in Chicago by her husband.
In her dream she was transported
back to Chicago, and on arrival there
she met her sisters daughter who
threw her arms about her and said:
They're taking papa away and are
going to kill him just like he did man.
ma. Save him!"
Friday Mrs. Nabicht wrote her sister
and has since received telegram an
nouncing the murder of Mrs. Rollinger.
The latter is said to have often written
complaining Of her husbands cruelty to
her
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-23
Y
ARMY's MASTERING our
setts Slated No~ "A"ssaOl

'" slated For EARLY Di .o,,.
washington, Dec. 2s.--rh.
p'heht mas not yet made Saea
,,ou. s lor the muster out of tho En noo
nteers which was decided on a. 49,
"n,het meeting, but 1t ia under.tens
10 'h.s work will be pretty we'll man.
pea out by the fist of the wear ~
time required to complete the mustar
out VIII depend on whether the derart
ment adopts the plan of 3 two months
THROUGH or Of an Immediate d,scharrs
with two months extra paw "a s,e-
gested by Congressman Hull.
tnere are a number of regiment,
which have already returned from for.
eign service and are awaiting their dis.
charge in this country. Among these
are the First engineers at New Yorl
ana the Sixth Massachusetts at Boston
Ihese, 1t Is understood, are slated TO,
early discharge.
II mas been practically decided also t.
muster out all the volunteers in tn,
philippines as fast as they can be re.
paced with regulars so as not to ham.
per the military administration of the
island.
The forces on this station at pres.
ent are Company A, United States en-.
gineer battalion; Troops e, c, G, I, X
ana l.. Fourth United States cavalry
Batteries G, H, K and L Of the Third
and D and G of the Sixth United State.
artillery; the Aston battery, which ha.
already been ordered home; Batterie.
A and D, California, A and B, Utah, ant
First Wyoming artillery; Fourteenth
Eighteenth and Twenty third United
States infantry; First California, Firs
Colorado. First Idaho, Fifty-first Iowa
Twentieth Kansas, One Hundred ant
Thirtieth Minnesota. First Montana
First Nebraska. First North Dakota
Second Oregon, Tenth Pennsylvania
First South Dakota, First Tennessee
First Washington and First Wyoming
infantry,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-23

Quincy, Mass, Dec. %. = The most
peculiar shooting affair which has ever
been brought to the attention of the
police of this city occurred at the win
ter home of John Shaw, In this city
when a robber, who had plundered the
house, lost his life. The whole affair is
very mysterious, as the occupants OF
Mr.. Shaw's house declare that they
heard no shot fired and did not know
that their home had been entered until
the body Of the man was found by
servant, who was the first in the house
to arise and who stumbled over the
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-23
To Survey Porto Rican Coast.

Baltimore, Dec. %. - The coast and
geodetic survey steamer Blake has left
Baltimore for Porto Rican waters. Her
departure marks the beginning Of work
by this government in the new posses
sions, this being the first expedition
sent to any of these islands for the
purpose of making surveys. Most of
the Spanish possessions have been
poorly charted, and the coast lines Of
Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines
contain many good harbors of which
little is known. Accurate surveys of
these harbors will be made by the gov
eminent at once.