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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-05-13
The Ga o., III Luck Which Has tor

the @. ooi III Luck Which Has tor
yea o-ownd q Washington Woman.
It Loo = though social notoricty is
not to b. ~ fate OF one VA = 'ectOn
woman y. s.a name for sorao crut-
ul?u r. 3l for tic last half-jlozcn
ven H. broQ omitted from all pub
iihc acco-Gts Of gatherings in which
sh0 has tc'-Cn part. An overmastcr-
Ing cj1r,o..,y finally prompted her to
institute an Investigation into the
matter, says the Post. She then found
that, SO far from the omission having
been intentional on the part of the cor
respondents. it arose from the fact that
she was personally unknown even by
sight TO them. Having satisfied her.
self on this score, the incognito short
~ thereafter ordered her carriaTe,
and. calling for o friend, took her for
q drive. The little excursion, planned
for pleasure, had q most disastrous
termination, as the horses, taking
fright, run away and, getting beyond
the control of the coachman, the
vehicle was overturned and both
ladies injured. the owner of the car
ri"gc quite seriously. In the midst of
hcrpain as she was being carried home
there flashed through her mind the
thought that the runaway would be
given space in the papers. Then, as
the turnout was her property, her
name would of necessity figure in the
account. The following morning a
detailed account Of the accident ap-
po@rol in TIC paper, but by strange
2otal-t- nat has for SO long ruled her
cl::-:..--::: On from print, her name was
rot mentioned. That of her companion
We @e| times repeated in the
article. which wound up by stating
that =" ar,end who was i - "a--
rage a. INC time was also injured"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-05-13

William Henry Domville, who has
Just died in London, was associated
with Huxley, Tyndall and others in the
formation of the Sunday Lecture So
ciety and the movement for getting the
national museums and art galleries
opened to the public on SUNDAYS.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-05-13
GVerYI Nv Saws So

Cas9nrats ANDY Latl.artic, the most won
derfW medical disco, cry of the age, peas
ant Gnti refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels
cleailSi'!:E TIE entire system, dispel colds
cure headache. fever, hahitual c0nstipatjo,
and b. jcnsness. Please buy and try bo,
CT {. &. &. to-day; 10, 25, 80 cents. Sold ant
guaranteed TO cure by all druggists.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-05-13
OCCu..TiOs, ND DEATHS.
C!eF1-~;en scc,.. - LeII the Most
iieI;t; 81; Lives.

C!aF1-..;en sccI1. Le-I the Most
Heat; a Lives.
The rec'et-a' RAJ has just issued
supH'c fit. -fih a4nu@
"epo: tbs ,-r.a
:. + IS, w. c
uo. tally, Is ..ow.
HE ments CT lie Il
perSo: lie ages or.5 &c.
y hose e registered tur
1890, L.. .~ %. Members of l..
clerical PROCESSION are easily frs;
their resistance to the forces Nh
make for dissolution. The ..2s
Ised to denote the clergy OF the esq. D.
lished church, Roman Catholic priests
and ministers of other denominations.
Their numbers in 1891 amounted. to 3C.-
500, and they died at every age period
less rapidly than any other class In thr
community. All necessary corfcc
beir~ made. "rd the genera, lrc-.
# males be ~ represented =
lat of the to- = is no more TIA
lie LEGAL re sion, as COT ~ose,
arristers a!d solicitors. contains
more than half the number CT
clergy, or 1878 persons, and the.
death rate was greatly larger, reachiac
821 as against 1000 for all males. and ao
against 953 for all occupied males. IT,;
medical profession included 1882
males, physicians, surgeons and &C,
eral practitioners. The comDaratiy
mortality frure for the medical T.,
is 9C6. An Interesting paragrari Of
report is devoted to railway vCrl.e
and speaks well for their stead;ncss.
sobriety. Excluding directing ofY.ti..
and clerks. railway servants ruDl
141,4Go, and they fall into two r.:
sections, which exhibit considerable
ferences in respect of death rate. t..
their 55th year drivers and stc1c.y
less rapidly than guards, portccs
polntsmcH, but after that acc ;,
much mere rapidly. The CO. X.
mortality figure for the former s
stands at $40, that for the latter
!he mortality from alcoholism ~.
drivers and stokcrs is the same
among the clergy, or only two. w,
among guards, porters and pointsn1,
IS five, which is still considerable
than half the standard figure fer
pied males. An excellent place /.
tables is held by agriculturists, iY~
ing farmers and laborers, so as t.
fy the belief that an active ~
open air viii 10 much to neut,a,,..,.-
effects OF exposure to cold and
The liquor trades. as might be cyrc.
.evy an enormous toll on these VIII;
engaged in them; and so also &C
cral industries which are WEI T..
to be injurious; but it is difficult
derstand. unless it be as corsGo,
II lntemrerance, why butchers $.
die IN great excess of the bu.l C.
population. Their comparative
1906. SO that, roughly speallir~.
IN an equa! number of both, two but.
ers would die to single clercvran.
Next to alcoholism as q cause Of
mature death are placed the irdu2tr.
which are carried on in foul CT l., Z.
'aden air, and to these is attrih~
~reat hut largely preventable WI
Re. There are trades in which Ga; =
Onduces to high wages, and in viii, |.
hose concerned have objected to arv
abatement OF the danger, lest it might
abate the wages as well.-London
Times.
The age-herald., 1898-03-20
Courage mounteth with occas- ion. King John.
MT. Platt's Press-Gag Bill.

The second attempt of the interruptions New York senator to stop newspaper com ment in the forms of cartoon and carca- ture generally, has come to grief. Tn, bill has been sent back to the committee from whence it came, and is considered virtually dead. It is safe to say that an- other attempt to muzzle the American press will not be made again in this cen- tury-certainiy not, in the next which is to be century devoted to freedom and the worlds enlightenment, and the press is to be its prophet, guide, and friend.
 In no other state has a serious ai tempt been made to put limitations upon cr1ti- cisms of public men, and therefore of public acts. In no other state are there such bosses as they have in New York-thin- skinned, yet defiant, arrogant and supreme. Both parties in New York have them. The ''boss" in New York seems to be an es- sential and necessary part of party.
 The bill would have been damned through, as other bills have been and more will be. if the bosses had been able to agree dmoHS lneIHSeiVeS. But BOSS BLACK, rom the governors chair did not look at the matter as Boss Platt did; nor did Boss Dave Hill accept Boss Croker's view of it. The two big bosses were beaten by sub ordinate bosses who had the people behind them.
 The state senator who had charge of the bill, a sour-looking lawyer from the hay seed section of the state. explained that he introduced the bill as an organization, that is, machine or party, measure. "The responsibility upon which rested its intro- duction,'' he added, "does not now deem it wise that this bill should be pressed to passage" Two interesting admissions are hid in these big words, namely the Boss could have passed the bill if he had kept on pressing it, but the fear of popular dis approval led him not to press it further. The history of the freedom of the press in this country will be incomplete if it does not contain good racy chapter devoted to the two press-gag campaigns of MT. Thos. c. Platt.
The age-herald., 1898-03-20
s panish Privateers Not Feared.

When the war matter Is carefully consid-
 cred 1t is seen that the only thing of an
 aggressive nature that Spain is capable
 of is a snake-like assassin-bred attack
 upon American commerce by means of pri-
 vateers But what can she accomplish in
 that direction after all?
 The entire commerce of the country, ex-
 ports and imports, is just about 1,sOO mill
 Hons year. Of this vast trade 1,5OO mil-
 lions was last year carried in foreign ves-
 sels-in such vessels, for example, as the
 Red Star line, which, although largely
 owned by Americans, carry the Belgian
 flag. No privateer will attemptt to touch
 a Belgian ship. About 300 millions of the
 country's commerce comes and goes under
 the American flag, but 100 millions of this
 amount is carried in cars to Mexico and
 Canada-leaving 1SS millions as the amount i at stake under the flag the seas. Sail- ing vessels carry 5S millions of this amount, and American steamers the balance.
 So that when the subject is carefully con- | sidered 1t is seen that only IS per cent. of | the country's commerce is carried under | the country's flag; that one-fifth of this | amount is carried in sailing vessels, which would be held in port soon as war was | declared, chiefly on account of marine in- | surance rates; and the remainder would ! go and come in foreign bottoms while the
 war lasted The steamers of the American l line and similar vessels would become l transports, and would be profitably em- ployed to the end of the war.
 The coastwise trade would, on account or insurance rates, be somewhat disarrang- ed but it is doubtful indeed if a privateer
 could be maintained near the coast of this
 country Some American vessel would
 sleep on her trail-to borrow a metaphor
 from the plains-and she would have all she could attend to in keeping out of the pursuers way, not to mention the difh- culties of coaling, for the ports of Cuba and Porto Rico would be closed to Spanish ships They would no longer be Spanish ports The harm that Spanish privateers could do to American commerce exists, therefore, chiefly in the imaginations or Spanish newspaper men, and has very little basis elsewhere-not enough to be an im-
 nortant factor in the settlement of the Gu han problem, now close at hand.
The age-herald., 1898-03-20
Yellow Pine.

''The Timber Trades Journal and Saw Mill Advertiser" London publication, as its formidable name indicates, confesses that 'bled' timber is just as good, if not little better, than unbled timber. Bled timber is yellow pine that has been tapped by turpentine gatherers. In a recent cir cular of the forestry division of this gov ernment's agricultural department, it was cautiously stated that tests of long leaf pine which had been bled did not show any deterioration in strength; and now the Timber Trades Journal, a high authority across the water says: Further tests and examinations permit now the announce ment, without reserve, that the timber of long leaf pine is in no way affected by tapping" After stating that the mechani- cal as well as the chemical properties have been examined, the Journal adds: ''Hence even the reservation that the wood might suffer in durability Is eliminated, and any prejudice against the use of bled tim Der in construction, wherever the unbled timber has been considered desirable, must fall as having no foundation in fact. being based only vague belief, proved to be erroneous" The Journal further desires that the fact 'be made widely known among builders, archtecs and engineers. who have hitherto made discrimination against bled timber, and thereby depreciat- ed or discouraged the manufacture and impeded the sale of an article which an- swers all the purposes of construction, and the unrestricted use of which is dictated by true economy
 It seems that 300 tests on 22 trees. bled and unbled, from various localities, were made and the bled proved to be somewhat the stronger of the two. possibly because 1t was at the start better timber. It was also demonstrated that the bleeding does not draw upon the resinous contents of the heartwood at all, being non-fiuld, and that the turpentine flow is confined to the sapwood. An expert was even sent to "the turpentine orchards in this section of the country, and he was not able to discover any difference between bled and unbled timber He adds that '.in spite of consum- CTS specifications for unbled timber they are almost invariably served with a mix ture without finding 1t out"
 authoyity in the chief market af the wcrld
The age-herald., 1898-03-20
PASSING PLEASANTRIEs.

Chumley-Your wife is Spansh isn't she? Chumley-Well, noticed she gives you a blowing up quite frequently.-New York Evening World.
 Mrs Jones-B s-Brown-Have you got Tom ready for war, Edna?
 Mrs. Brown-Smith-Yes, ma. I've packed up his slippers, his eau de cologne, his shaw ing set and his whist trrays.-Detroit Jour- nal.
 Blks-Hello where are you going with that door mat?
 Gilks-Taking it to the assay office. A friend of mine, just returned from the Klon- dike. called on me and wiped his feet on it.-Richmond Dspatch. Mrs. Joffes- -Brown-That new Easter bon net of mine is a dream. Jones-Brown-Yes, dear, even the price is immateral.-Chicago News. Mrs Darborn-How did your paerrot learn to swear so?
 Mrs Wabash-Oh, my husband has an alarm clock in his room.-Yonkers States man.
 ''Just listen how that steampipe puffs.' said the shingie on the roof. 'Id have you know" panted the pipe, "that my work Is exhausting. g."-Indianap- oils Journal.
 Drink to me only with thine eyes
 And I will pledge with mine.e
 H hre1fter we at six may rise,
 Nor ice our heads at nine.
 Chicago Journal.
The age-herald., 1898-03-20
COTTON PLANTERS NOT so BAD OFT

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 A southern merchant who has been buy ing goods in the city this week tells an in structive little story which throws some light on the southern agricultural situa- ton. He says that a year ago he fur nished supplies to a planter who planned to raise twenty-five bales of cotton. "If I can get cents for it, he remarked, "I shall be happy and prosperous" He brought his cotton to town for sale not long ago. Instead of having only twenty five bales it turned out that he had forty five, and as everybody's crop was in about the same proportion he got only or 51s cent pound. He paid the merchant for his~s supplies, but lamented the low price of cotton ''If I could only have got 6le or cents with my big crop" he groaned 'I would have been flying" Hold on," exclaimed the merchant, you started to raise twenty-five bales, and my count is that you are getting or 10 cents for it..
 The yield was the biggest ever made and no doubt the heavy production per acre was chiefly what made it So. This
The age-herald., 1898-03-20
HOW IT GOT OUT.

By Sara Abby Davis, in Springfield Repub- lican. He told the story first himself-told it to
 his chum, And made him promise he would keep the
 dumbest kind of mum, For fear some bold reporter beyond the read of grace, Would use a morsel of the joke to fatten
 up his space Then all the other fellows would laugh aloud and shout, No, he wouldn't for trip to Mars, have
 the papers let 1t out Now, Chimmie was a sober lad, but
 Chummie had a girl, Around whose little finger he was often
 made to twirl; And when ere long they chanced to meet
 within quiet nook, The tree of secrets in his heart the maiden
 gently shook, And though the tale of which I speak fell
 softly on her ear, It rolled off like the cannon boom, which
 all the town can hear. Of all the many wonders, the greatest, l
 declare, Is the vibratory power which gossip has
 on air! The damsel said some other girl the story
 might repeat, But she of course, would never do a thing
 so indiscreet; And then she lost but little time in telling
 it to ma, ...E And mamma lost no time at all in telling
 it to pa, And papa told young Harry Jones, and
 soon told Reuben Snooks, And Betsey told her husbands niece, who
 soon told Reuben Snooks, And Reuben told Miss Kate De Marr and
 Kate told Mrs. Hodge, Who straightway told her brother Bill, and
 Bill told Dr. Dodge. Thus on and on the story went, nor stayed
 its fearful run, So strange, when no one told the tale
 except it may be one. But, oh! the size and strength 1t gained,
 as hastily it tripped, From tongue to tongue, through teeth and
 lips which never shipped or clipped! Distortion having done it's work, the people
 rose in wrath. And vowed the monster guised as man
 should no more walk their path. Meantime this man who feared the press
 began to feel the chill Which comes before social storm and
 threatens ev'ry i'll; The darkness gathered overhead and made
 his cherished name Far blacker than though printers ink had
 lightly touched the same; And, knowing that the cloud had grown
 from just a tiny speck, He felt that something must be done in
 time to save his neck; So then, unto the editor he took lively
 sprint, And begged of him to put the facts-the
 simple truth-in print.
The age-herald., 1898-03-20
Home Rule Denied.

The constitution makers of 1875, for reasons perhaps springing from the pecul- jar conditions of the time, had very little faith in popular control of local affairs. This operates injuriously in various di- rections, but particularly in restricting the action tf citizens in matters they need and are willing to pay for. In no other state is the right of the citizen to tax himself for confessedly useful public works de- nied. As rule the utility of public works and the like-is left to the citizen. What ever in the direction of betterments and Improvements he is willing to pay for, It is prudent to let him have. The dangers of presive idea is carried so far in the pres- ent constitution that there is very little margin left for local enterprise and ener- gy. At every turn the citizen is met with limitations and prohibitions, until his vaunted American liberty becomes a mock cry. It is paternalism of the dreariest sort negative supervision that is un- wieldy, benumbing and wholly unsuited to the times. The people need home rule in local affairs, and there can not be con- siderable and general growth or prosperi- ty without it. It is freely conceded in oth- CT states-why not In Alabama?
 This principle of central supervision also operates njuriously in the legislature. The assembly is overworked. It is overloaded with purely local affairs-with bills relating to school districts, special stock laws, and the like, all of which could be better and more intelligently handled by the county commissioners. There are many classes of local affairs that should be determined by county boards, thus relieving the legisla- ture. and affording more time for the con- sideration of general measures.
 The people need in short, more freedom in local affairs "The Instrument of Prohiti- lions" stands in the way, and, strange as it may seem. the most repressive state con stitution in the country is practically in- capable of amendment. It was Washing ton who said, ''The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and alter their constitutions of govern ment." The terms of amendment in the Alabama constitution are practically in operative as experience has demonstrated. The right of the people can only be secured in a constitution convention.
The age-herald., 1898-03-20

being the case the planter is not so bad off after all, though he still could not get as much as the s00O,OO0 bale crop brought him. At any rate we do not hear so much talk of bankruptcy from scent cotton now as we did four years ago. Southern merchants are buying all kinds of goods literally, collections are good, and the south Is far better off than it was in 1895 or 1896. Also 1t is noticeable that very large purchases of fertilizers ara being made and that 5-cent cotton is not so bad that a heavy acreage will not be planted.
 The truth is that farmers everywhere have learned to economize, and to pro- duce eheaply as well. That is the way to get rich. and the planter has learned to take it.
The age-herald., 1898-03-20
GOSSIP OF THE STREET
 AND COUNTING ROOMS

It strikes me as a bit funny that the council should pass an ordinance making rates for new gas company, pronibirlns 2 a charge of exceeding SIPS for illuminating gas, and 10 cents for fuel gas this year. company to go right along charging $i.e5 for gas.
 More action Is needed.
 But hear the aldermen were so en grossed In talk over the telephone ordt- nance Wednesday that they forgot all about the gas business.
 And, by the way, the telephone ordi- nance is hung up. It is simply an ordi- nance to allow the telephone company to put poles in alleys and on certain streets and requiring the company to put It's wires underground in the center of the city. The proposed ordinance seems to have put some of the aldermen on their mettle, be- cause it has in it no maximum price per telephone that the company can charge.
 Other opposition, hear, comes from some local parties who are thinking of putting In another telephone service. They dol't want the underground ordinance passed To put wires underground is expensive, ana they think an ordinance requiring all tele- phone companies to put their wires under ground might prevent them getting the desired capital for new company. Aga h. one of them argued to me yesterday that so long as trolley car wires, telegraph wires and other wires are allowed on poies it would be a hardship to require lele- phone wires put in conduits.
 ,.yo ba ftto the DreS- ent telephone company put Its wires under ground, but don't want any new company that might put in service to be required to do the same"
 Speaking of new companies, the much talked of new artesban water works com pany seems to have gotten lost in the woods somewhere between here and Gate City. If these people ever thought serious ly of doing anything they might haul a nine or two through the stretes as an evl' dence to good faith to the board of alder men which granted them charter.
 But the new gas company and bi-product concern is said to be quietly getting Into action. Sol Haas and Alex London arc said to be saving wood with quite degree of speed Indeed, I hear the contract wlln the bi-product company has been signeu' sealed and delivered and work IS apou to commence.
 am glad to see MT. James Bowron talks like that proposed Tennessee company steel plant will materialize. l believe these pople have finally made the proper hhan- cial arrangements to begin the construc- tion of a big steel plant soon. Everypody hopes so.
 Where are all these big men our friends promised should be sent to the legislature. Only A. few of them have come out up to date. Bring them out.
 THE GOSSIPER.>
The age-herald., 1898-03-20
CoULDN,r HEAD HIM OFF.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
 During the visit of a political gentleman to Kentucky his servant came into ms room early one morning and announced the coldest weather of the season, Hit so cold, Kunnel,' he said, "dat all de whsky's froze hard"
 "What!" shrieked the colonel, jumping out of bed.
 "Dey tells me de whisky's froze, suh.'
 "Well, well. That beats my time! But say, John!'
 "Yes, suh."
 Just go down and bring me up a hunk of it. I always did like cracked ice!'
The age-herald., 1898-03-20

It makes no difference whether Jefferson Davis was manacled by Gen. Miles while a prisoner at Fortress Monroe upon the order of Charles A. Dana, then assistant secretary of war That incident should cut no figure in the case of the pending bill before congress to promote Gen. Miles to the highest rank known to the Ameri- can army-that of lieutenant general. Grant, Sherman and Sheridan were given the rank for merit upon the field. Miles has no war record which entities him to the rank. His vanity knows no bounds. He is dress parade soldier and entitled to no more consideration than he has already secured.
The age-herald., 1898-03-20

settles the controversy; and the ascertain ed facts should become widely known throughout the pine belt. Tapped trees are just as valuable for timber purposes as trees that have never yielded to commerce a drop of turpentine. A pine tree should, in other words, be worked for all 1t Is worth, and the prevalent theory as to blsd trees should be put out of sight and out of mind.
The age-herald., 1898-03-20
POSSIBILITIES IN JERSEY.

From the New York Herald.
 Weather prophets in New Jersey, who swear not by the goose bone. neither by the retiring gorundhog, declare that winter has gone, and that the summer will be hot. They base their predictions on the early appearance of the mosquito, which this year, is said, will be of the twin-screw variety, with a siren whistle and beak like the brow of the Katahdin There are wirse prospects than those of war.