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with the masses, for copper will buy
long stick of it. The fruits are
mostly new to any one not tropic.
travelled, and the familiar-lookine
bananas are tucked in with sapotes.
manages, aguacates, chabacanos.
manages, and great variety of other
products rarely ever seen outside those
ATTITUDES. This fellow will soon be
shouting out his stock with loud.lunged
persistency about the streets and into
the patios of the houses. and will then
sleep and smoke away the rest of the
day.
LAUNDERING wains come straining
into town, drawn by heavy-necked
Jokes with restraining nose-hitches.
a four-team of these cattle and their
great cart will alone block the average
side,street, SO the country ox-carts
rarely get very far into town. When
Two OF them meet there is an ABLY
conducted debate on road rights and
considerable native profanity. An am
bulating hsystack adds picturesque
touch to the scene and breath from
The fields. As the diminitive horse
ander the load swings down the way
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NONPLUSED JOkERS,
Ono Verse of Poetry Paid for Robbie
Burns Dinner.

Here IS story told of Robert Burns
In his youth: Burns was living in the
town of Ayr, and, though still young,
mad attained more than local reputa-
ton as poet. One day he was pass
Ing through the main street of the
town and saw two strangers sitting at
one OF the inn windows. With idle
curiosity he stopped to look at them.
Seeing him, and thinking that the
rustic might afford them some amuse-
ment while waiting, the strangers call
ed him in and asked him to dine with
them. Burns readily accepted the in
vitation and proved a merry, entertain
ing guest. When dinner was nearly
finished the strangers suggested that
each should try his hand at verse max
ing, and that the one who failed to
write rhyme should pay for the din
ner. They felt secure in their chal-
lenge, believing that their rustic guest
would pay for the meal. The rhymes
were read and Burns read the follow
ing: II, Johnny Peep, saw two sheep;
two sheep saw me. Half crown apiece
will pay for their fleece, and l, Johnny
Peep, go free" The strangers aston
ishment was great, and they both ex-
claimed: "Who are you? You must be
Robbie Burns
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creamy cast. Even With the COWS
MIXED before the door one must con-
tinue to watch the milkman, for I have
even heard of their having rubber
bag of water concealed under their
loose frocks and connected with rub
Der tube running down the inside of
the sleeve, its tip being concealed in
the hollow of the milking-hand Only
agentle pressure upon the bag of water
within is needed to thus cause both
milk and water to flow into the CUP at
the same time. The milk-venders of
Italy and India have also learned their
trade to perfection, for they practise
this identical trick.
Havana has many quiet hooks and
corners which escape the American
visitors. The walk from the Prado to
the little park of the Punta takes
hardly more than a minute, yet this
spot remains unknown to many.
The Cathedral of Columbus NAV be
approached from it either by a walk
along the parapets, on the water front.
OR by strolling through one of the mar
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mon report gone. They might have
been removed openly with the consent
OF the United States Government il
it had been asked. The ceremony
would have been of historic interest.
but the painful reflections to which il
would have given rise may excuse
Captain. General Blanco for the mvs-
terry with which the removal Of those
ashes was accomplished. Santo Do
mingo can henceforth dispute With
Madrid instead of with Havana the
genuineness of the ashes.
The Cathedral will lose none Of it's
attractiveness if the disputed ashes
are no longer in the urn er under the
slab which was supposed to cover
them. And good poetry and good
epitaph writing will bel the gamers
that the tomb Of Columbus is no
longer subject to the Inscription:
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as she entered, but the captain brought
herround in straight line with the can
yon, and no damage resulted. The
engines were kept at full speed to
give her steersge way, and as she
tore down the river the excitement
was intense. After fifteen minutes of
suspense, during which five miles of
swift water was traversed, the steam
er took her last leap in the foamine
White Horse, and entered the lower
branches of the Sixty Mile. Then Oh
sne went through Lake Lebarge to
the Pelly River. Though the waters
were unknown, and the rocks and
sandbars not shown an any chart, the
captain, with an apparently instinc.
tive knowledge and with consummate
Judgment, cleared every obstacle, not.
ing each treacherous place for use in
future trips.
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You are taken ashore from the ship
at Havana by rowboats hooded with
canvas against the sun, and the sturdy
boatmen give the visitor the first i'm
preston of the real Cubans. They
are an admixture of African and In
dian and Spaniard, with the blood of
the African very evidently supreme
among the lower classes. There is a
frowzy crew of hackmen and hotel
runners bawling out an almost unin-
telligible Spanish patois at the landing
as your welcome to 'the pearl of the
Antilles" and the Cuban cochero i'm
presses your American nationality
upon you at once. Like other cabmen
the world over he considers the Ameri-
can as his legitimate prey, and while
Cubans pay one price, and foreigners
in general figure one-third higher,
the proverbially wealthy American
must pay two-thirds more, as a gen
eral thing. unless he be an adept at
parrying an Overcharge.
Havans is dilapidated and pictur-
esque, and the traveller will find as
much of the bizarre and unique in a
stroll up the Prado and about the lesser
streets as he has perhaps ever en-
countered in like distance anywhere. |
10 me the most interesting hour in
the day in one of those antique towns
is in the very early morning, when the |
place is just getting awake and the
hucksters are coming in.
These country people arrive in all
sorts Of ways for the daily market.
One group comes afoot, with tremend-
ously heavy loads of fruits and vege-
tables carelessly balanced on their
heads or swung on their backs. Here
is a swarthy fellow leading horse
bearing capacious reeded panniers of
fruits and stalks of sugar cane, which
latter is favorite natural confection
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THEY WANT TO TELL
These Grateful Women Who Have
Been Helped by Mrs. Pinkham. !.

Women who have suffered severely
and been relieved of their ills by Mrs.
Pinkham's advice and medicine are
constantly urging publication of their
statements for the benefit of other wo-
men Here are two such letters:
Mrs. LIZZIE BEVERLY, 25S Merrimac
st., Lowell, Mass, writes:
1T affords me great pleasure to tell
all suffering women of the benefit have
received from taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. lean hard.
lyfnd words toexpressmyg gratitude for
what she has done for me. Ny trouble
was liberation of the womb. Twas un-
der the doctors care. Upon examine
ton he found fifteen very large ulcers,
but he failed to do me good. l took sew
eralbottlesofLydia E. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound, also used the Sanative
Wash, and am cured. Mrs. Pinkham's
medicine saved my life, and 1 would
recommend it to all suffering women"
Mrs. AMOS TRoMBLEAY, Ellenburgh
Ctr, N. Y. writes:
Il took cold at the time nv baby
was born, causing me to have milk
legs, and was sick in bed for eight
weeks. Doctors did me no good.
surely thought l would die. l was al
so troubled with falling of the womb.
l could not eat, had faint spells DIS
often as ten times day. One day .
lady came to see me and told me of the
benefit she had derived from taking
Lydia E. Pinkhams medicine, and adj I
vised me to try it. l did SO, and had
taken only half bottle before l was
able to sit in a chair. After taking
three bottles could do my own work.
l am now in perfect health"
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row streets lined with substantial
warehouses. Following the quay
there is the view of Cabana fortress
across the bay, and Of the masts and
rigging of the ships in the harbor.
Commerce had not yet spread its
wings, and the shipping is not extern
sive. A pleasanter walk is through
Cuba street, with glimpses into the
barracks of the Spanish soldiers and
chance views Of the home life of the
people who dwell in their stores and
shops. Seeing the soldiers in the
barracks one is tempted to ask if thew
are ever clean. And of the dwellers
In Havana houses the question will
recur thousand times: How can
they help feeling themselves prison.
ers behind those massive doors ard
grated windows?
1t is better to come to the Cathe.
dral this way than to take a cab and
drive directly from the hotel. Com.
ing in cab the two towers stand out
Just like the towers of innumerable
other cathedrals. and the crumblinp
gray stones are as other time-eaten
But coming upon the
Cathedral out of some byway unex-
'ectedly, the whole panorama of its
history may sweep across the mental
'lslon in flash. As for the sacred
zones OF Columbus, they are by com.
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/! he was born March 26, 1875, and is
therefore in his twenty.third year. As
Prince OF WED he would have attracted
little attention in European court cir
Giles; as the consort of Queen Wilhelm.
ina ne will be the first gentleman. in the
kingdom OF Holland. Only the Queen
herself will take precedence of him. and
bis place will be beside her at all court
ana other official ceremonies. He will
share her income, and his children
will inherit her throne. In word he
will occupy in Holland the same posi-
ZION that Prince Albert occupied in
England as consort to Queen Victoria
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- Inc Cubans are like every other
spanlsh.tinctured nationality in their
utter indifference to time. Theirs is a
land OF manana indeed, and almost
nothing can ever hurry them. Over
IN the railroad yards the crews can
sometimes be seen switching the
trains back and forth by Jokes of
oxen, while the locomotive engine
stands idly by, and the engineer and
hremen smoke cigarettes in the cab.
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Wilhelmina is to Wed.

Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is to
marry her cousin, Prince William of
Wled' 1t is love match, and, while
1t does not particularly please the
courtiers and royal match makers. who,
wanted the young Queen to wed some
monarch or heir apparent, the gentle
Wilhelmina is happy.
Prince William of WED il The
second son OF Prince William A6olphas
Macmillan Charles, whose ! family
domain is at Neuweid, Rhenish Prussi<.
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is the way the acute Cuban housewives
have taken to assure for their tables a
lacteal supply which is entirely fresh
and absolutely pure. Otherwise the
guile-loving vender might dilute the
milk before delivering it to his Gus.
toners, and craftily stir into the
watery fluid the juice of the sweet
potato to color it up to . duly rich and
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P0liteness,

"Pausing tho other day at q push.
cart standing by the sidewalk to buv
an apple, said Mr.. MIDDLETON. Il
dropped q nickel, which fell between
the curb and the wheel Of the cart. an
inconvenient place from which TO "A.
cover it. As I stopped to pick il up.
the vendor said: Don't and he
handed me nickel from his own
pocket He would pick it up. New
York Sun.
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Ind in remembrance of our nation!
SHOOTING KLoNDlKE RAPIDS.
Many Dangers Presented Even to til,
Water Traveller,

water Traveller.
There are dangers en- route to the
klondihe, even when the water route
is followed. The river steamer, in
shooting the dangerous White Horse
rapids AID Miles Canyon on its way
from Lake Bennett to Dawson, goes
through zaany difficulties. On enter.
ing the canyon with its huge wall-like
sides, there is an abrupt turn, and it
Is most difficult to prevent the steam
or dashing against the rocks as the
turn is made. The illustration rep
resents the steamer Goddard on her
way to Dawson City. She just grazed
her side against the sheer rugged cliffs
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How many COWS there are about
the streets!". somebody exclaims, and
then ne is calmly Informed that the
mornings milk is simply being deliv.
cred. A bunch Of cattle and their
driver stop before a house, and the
portero comes out with cup for the
mornings supply. It is seen then
that the COWS are being MIXED from
door to door by the dairymen, for this
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THE CATHEDRAL, HAVANA.

the grass often brushes the houses on
either side and crowds the foot-men
20 the extremity of the eighteen.inch
sidewalks. An o1-cart, load Of hay
ara icng-poled volante blankly re-
garding each other in narrow street
ana each with an eloquent driver, is q
Jam" combination excelled nowhere
an lower Broadway.
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japanese air cushions are made Of
paper and cotton, take up, when empty.
no more room than pair of gloves.
and cost only one-third as much AZ
rubber cushions.
The Progress., 1898-12-31
The Savage Bachelor.

"They say" said the scientific
boarder, that microbes are the cause
of badness" 1--WE said good many
means things about wives" said the
Savage Bachelor, "but I never called
them microbes. Indianapolis Jour
nal,
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on, rest thou, image Of the great Colonl
Thousand centuries remain, guarded in the
urn,
Ind in remembrance Of our nation!
Don Jose Garcia de Arboleya, a
learned Spaniard who wrote a histori-
cal and descriptive manual of Cuba
half century ago, pathetically asked
where the muses. were when these
lines were inscribed. He received nc
answer.
The Progress., 1898-12-31

Hours are consumed by this and like
leisure and primitive pursuits, but no
one Is so foolish as to heat his blood
by raving over the delay, as do those
nervous Americanos from the North.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-09-02
The Latest Gold Ship.

The steamer Roanoke, the great
gold boat of the n. A. T. & I. COmpa-
ny's fleet arrived in port yesterday
from St. Michael She brought down
about four millions in gold dust and
drafts. At st. Michael three KlOndik-
ers aboard the Roanoke were, they say
robbed of gold dust worth more than
$4,000 When the steamer reached
Seattle, passengers aboard were not
allowed to land for some hours. All
were searched, but the alleged missing
gold did not turn up. The search is
still going on. Doubt is expressed by
some familiar with the investigation,
as to whether the three Klondikers
ever lost the gold.
P. B. Weare, of Chicago, one of the
head men OF the N. A. L. & T. Compa-
ny, came down on the Roanoke. He
gave out statement as to what he be-
lleved will be the output OF the klOn-
dixie for the present season as we'll as
that for next season. He is considered
conservative and his words will carry
with them great weight. He says the
Roanoke had 100000 in gold and
drafts aboard. ~ believe that this
years output of gold in the Yukon
country will be $14,O00,0OO at the
least calculation. The estimate of
500 100000 for next years output,
made by Major Walsh, the retiring
commissioner, is very moderate, pro-
vided the Dominion government
makes a radical change in the mining
laws and removes all the grievances"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-09-02
How to Tell TOmOrrOw's Weather.

A short, clear, entertaining and
valuable lesson for amateur weather
observers lie J the September
Ladies' Home Journal in the form of a
series of pictures of clouds, with brief
explanatory not S. The page is we'll
worth examining and saving, for there
is nothing in the article which would
not be understood by anybody, even
child, and a little close study Will
make one qualified to form better
opinions than ever before as to what
the weather will be.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-09-02

Your friends may smile
But that tired feeling
Means danger. 1t
Indicates impoverished
And impure blood.
This condition may
Lead to serious illpaess.
1t should be promptly
Overcome by taking :
Hoods Sarsaparilla,
Which purihes and
Enriches the blood,
Strengthens the nerves,
Tones the stomach,
Creates an appetite,
And builds up,
Energies and vitalizes
The whole system.
Be sure to get
Only Hoods.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-09-02
For Universal Peace.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 2S.-By order OF
Emperor Nicolas, Count Muravietf, the
foreign minister, on the 22nd, handed
to the foreign diplomats at St. Peters
burg a note declaring that the main
tenance of peace and the reduction OF
the excessive armament now crushing
all nations is the ideal for which all
governments ought to strive.
The car considers the present mo-
m ent favorable for the Inauguration
of movement Hooking to this end,
and invites the pc wers to take part in
an international conference as a
means of insuring real and lasting
peace and terminating the progressive
increase of armament.
LONDON, Aug. 2S.-The czar's propo-
si;ion for an international conference
for the purpose of obtaining real and
lasting peace among the powers and
the termination OF the progressive in
crease in ornaments, as conveyed in "A
note from Count Muravief, the Rus
sian foreign minister, to the foreign
diplomats ut ST. Petersburg, is likely
to produce sensation throughout Eu-
rope, and coming from such a quarter
and with such sincerity Of purpose, it
is likely to have important effects.
There is no doubt that with Russia
taking the lead in such step, Ger
many, France and the other nations
will be ready to follow.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-09-02
Where the Money Goes.

The accompanying diagram table is
designed to show how the people of
the United States spend their money,
or the greater part OF it. 1t shows
that we spend over three times as
much for liquors as for flour. This
liquor bill is even bigger than the
meat bill, and about six times as great
as the money we spend on public edu-
ca tiOn
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-09-02
1. is Just as Important

That YOU enrich and purify your blood
in tl:- Pa: IS in the Spring At this
tin'', ,al',-. to decaying vegetation, a
low waite, level and other causes, there
are ,,aea-" germs all about us, and a
weak a',, io5iiitated system quickly
yields to attacks of malaria, fevers,
etc. BY cnriching your blood with
Hoods Sais"parilla you may build up
your sy>.e'n 20 resist these dangers, as
we'll as oushs, colds, pneumonia and
the grip Which come with colder
weather. t. ne on the safe side, take
Hoods s'''>aparilla now, and always
be sure it is Hoods and not something
else represented to lie ''just as good"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-09-02
Summons for Publication.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MASON
COUNTY STATE OF WASHINGTON.
THE AMERICAN FREEHOLD LAND
MORTGAGE COMPANY OF LONDON,
limited Plaintiff :
MARCEANAS JACKSON, Defendant.
The State of Washington, to the said Marcea-
mas Jackson, defendant:
You are hereby summoned to appear within
sixty days after the date of the first publication
of this summons, towit; within sixty days after
the 18th day of July, 1898; and defend the above
entitled action in the above entitled court, and
answer the complaint of the plaintiff and serve
copy of your answer upon the undersigned at
tOrney for the plaintiff, at his office below stated
and in case of your failure so to do, Judgment
will be rendered against you according to the
demand of the complaint, which has been filed
with the clelk of said court. The object of this
action is to recover judgment in favor of the
plaintiff and against the defendant in this act
ion for the sum of Five hundred nine dollars
and twenty cents, plus interests, costs, and at
tOrneys' fees, and to fOreclose certain real es-
tate mortgage executed on or about Feb. 4th,
1891, by the defendant in this action to the
plaintiff in this action, and covering the follow.
ing described real estate, tOwit: The South west
quarter of Section Twenty four, (2D. Township,
Nineteen, Q9l, North of Range Six, (6), West of
the Willamette Meridian.
GEO. Fl. FUNK,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
P. o. Address, Olympia, Thurston County, Wash.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-09-02
A Battle-Ship's Destructive weapons.

A twelve-inch rifle is thirty eight
feet long, with four feet external diam
eter at the breech, and weighs forty
eight tons. Its S50-pound shot driven
by 430 pound charge of brown pris-
matte powder leaves the muzzle with a
velocity exceeding 1,400 miles Ter
hour and would reach target at its
effective range of five and one half
miles in twenty-four seconds, while it
would take the report OF its discharge
twenty-seven seconds to traverse the
same distance. At range of mile
and one half this shot would pertorate
nineteen inches of solid steel. The
250-pourd projectile of the cight-inch
rifle will penetrate foot of armor at
the range of one mile. The six four
inch rapid-fre guns within the super
structure each delivers eight forty
pound projectiles in a minute, while
the twenty six-pounders, distributed
over the vessel can be relied upon to
clear cnemy's decks or to disable tor
pedo-boats by maintaining terrific
hail of explosive shell capable of de-
stroying any unarmored position. The
final offensive resources of the citadel
are the four torpedo tubes, each pre-
pared to launch automatic and dirigi-
BILE destroyers containing one hun
dred and fifty pounds of gun-cotton.
-Chautauquan tor August.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-09-02
THE Cline Dispensarv lin

LIE Cllne D,spensary bill, a radical
popuhst measure, which proved a
nature alter trial in South Carolina is
10 ooo up In the state again. 1t is not
a temperance movement and has no
redeeming featnres,-it is simply an
cratic idea. brought up in the hone Of
creating lew more soft public snaps.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-09-02

We are offering Shoes for all ages,
sexes and conditions at special clear
ing out prices. Hunter & Eaton.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-09-02

AN official of the Department of
State, whose position makes it neces-
sary for him to be we'll up in interna-
tional law, disposed of all the fool talk
about this or that foreign government
being engaged in negotiating with
Spain for the purchase of naval or
coaling station in the Philippines, by
saying: "By the terms of the protocol,
entirely aside from the surrender at
Manila, Spain parted from her sover-
eighty over the Philippine islands, and
the sovereignty will lie in allegiance
until the work of The peace commas
sion, which will meet at Paris, Oct. 1,
is concluded"
CA9ToRTA.
Signature Sign. 'as T.x,,,;I;0';;;E:::;:: -: '''<'
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The Socialist-Labor party in state
convention at Seattle denounces "a
system that depends on war and broth
ers' blood to lubricate the wheels of
prosperity as cruel, as barbarous and
inhuman," and eve call upon the
working people to stand up like men
and overthrow it at the ballot box"
1t is more than probable that the very
men who denounce the war we're
among those who scored the admins
:ratlon fo1 its attitude before the war
was declared as attempting to prevent
war in the interest of Wall street and
the MISUNDERSTANDING Vidette.
CASToREA
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C10 t0 "A nm PAID TO EVERYBODY
W Qi,ooo entering the subscription
~ oontesb OF the overland Monthly, San
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Send &c ior particulars and sample copy.
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