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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-11-17
Facts About Mason Co. Washington.


The editor receives many inquiries
from people il all sections Of the I'm
ION, as to industries, wages, lands, ETC.,
and to sobyiaae the necessity of writ
ing letters, the following general re-
plies have been prepared. The Editor
will add further information, but en-
quirers should always send stamps.
WAGES.
Logging camp wages range from ~
$3.50 per day, and the employees are
charged board.
Carpenters 50 to So per day.
Ordinary labor SI.50 to So;
Woodworkers $1.50 to So:
Farm labor $40. to $25. per month";;
The nature of work, the skill OF
workman, and condition of the mark
ct makes difference in wages.
RENTS.
! A house in Shelton rents from SO
to $40; some poorer buildings are
cheaper, but a good comfortable d vel
ling brings So to SO. Houses are.
scarce here.
There are some farms and ranches
which can be rented cheap. and one
or two places, which can be had for
year or two for keeping them up.
FUEL.
Wood is burned almost entirely.
Fir wood sell at 80 cents to ST.. per
rick (half cord) delivered. Hard wood
alder and maple will cost alittle more.
On the ranches and away from town
wood costs the cutting.
LIVING.
The cost of living in section is very
moderate, very few things being much
higher than in the East, and many
much lower.
Best flour is so cents to 81. per sack.
Butter, Is to 80 cents, according to
season.
Eggs, Is to 30 cents according to
season.
Potatoes and other vegetables, 25 to
80 cents per bushel.
Fruits and vegetables are becoming
very plentiful, producing heavily, and
are within the reach OF all. .
LAND PRICES.
Practically no good vacant land
convenient to settlement, is available
for homesteaders. The Northern Pa
cific and the Mill companies own large
bodies of logged-off lands, some of
which are we'll situated for agricultur-
al purposes, which are offered for sale
at prices ranging from ST. to So per
acre on the and 10 year contract
1 plan, which is very reasonable.
I We advise homeseekers that the
best and cheapest plan for them is to
find partly improved ranch and buy
lit, where they will find everything
ready to begin making living. This
is a good section for workers, and idlers
and people who are not willing to
work are not wanted There are good
| openings for milling, or other business,
or intelligent farming IN Mason Co.,
but no one should come without suffi-
Gent means to secure start.
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Where could the money have gone.
and what would he do about It?
suddenly there flashed upon his
mind the recollection of the man who
had called the day before. Could It DC
possible that the mistake he mentioned
was in favor of the bank, and OF sc
grave a nature? Yes; it must be So.
There was no other way to account fof
it. Selling his hat, out OF doors ne
rushed.
The evening of the same day Mr:
Johnson was seated in his pleasant
home, his wife on. one side of him anc
his Youngest boy on his knee, when Mr.
Joslin entered.
.sMy name is Joslin. am cashier o.
the Bloomingdale bank" said the neW'
conner. almost breathless with. haste
and agitation. y
Putting the child from hisknee Mr.
johnson stood up.
ssOh. yes; remember. The man who
never makes any mistakes. Iroud &c
see you under my humble sof, SIT
NV DEAR" turning to his wife, This Is
the Young man was telling you about,
A most extraordinary person! Survey
him we'll; you will not be apt to looA
upon his like again.
Mr.. Joslin turned very red. Drop
ping into the chair that Mrs. johnson
considerably placed for him, he wlpee
the moisture from his forehead.
Mr.. johnson, am forced to &C
I do ON
mistake yesterday mornins: when
cashed that check for you. giving 20,
a FIVE hundred dollar bill instead of !
| five."
'sThat was what supposed after
got home and counted the money over
Thinking you would be uneasy, los
no time in going back to make the mat
ter right. should hardly have takel
SO long ride, however, at seasol
when those of my calling are especial
ly busy, had known your rule to b
SO infexible as to the rectifying O.
such.'
but expect to have it rectifed,
was the alarmed and excited response
'Unless you do, it will result in thu
loss of my place and the ruin of m,
prospects. 1t is no joke, but a serious
matter"
| II am far from regarding it in thu
light of joke" said the farmer, coolly
sStill / see no reason why any differ
ence should be made because the mis-
take happens to be in my favor
| Come, father" interposed Mrs
johnson, in low voice, why do yol
torment the young man SO? You know
you put the money away for him. D.
go and get it"
Thus adjured, Mr.. Johnson took tn
money from the family Bible, between
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-11-17
DO you GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK !?
kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
naners Is sire to know of the wonderful
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the leaves of which he had placed it
on his return from his second visit tc
the bank, the day before, merry
twinkle in his eyes as he did so.
Mr.. Joslin's fingers closed over it
with feelings of JOY and thankfulness
that he vainly strove to put into words.
zone moment, young man. said Mr..
johnson, as his visitor turned towards
the door. Solomon says: He who an.
swereth matter before he heareth it.
it is a folly and shame unto him. II
you had heard what / had to say yes
terday, you would have been spared
all this modification and trouble. TIC
this counsel let me add something OF
my own: Don't be SO sure, again, that
you never make any mistakes!''-Dem.
orest's Magazine.
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ASLEEP ON GUARD.
How a Green Sentinel Was Caught
and Saved Himself from
Serious Charge.

Sleeping on guard is one of the fail
ings of green soldiers in war time. I'VE
had lots of trouble" said the major,
sin the early years of the war, but l
cannot remember a single case OF
sleeping on guard in our brigade in
the later years of the war. One night
while we were camping at Gauley
Bridge Col. Frizell, coming down from
Hawks Nest to consult with Gen. Cox,
found the sentinel on duty in front
of headquarters asleep. The guard,
grim-looking German, was leaning
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MR.. JOSLlN'S MISTAKE.
BY GRACE TERRY.

I was with a feeling
of relief that Mr.. JOS
lin, cashier of the
Bloomingdale bank,
saw that the hands OF
the clock, at which
he had glanced so
frequently during the
last hour, were with
in five minutes of the
time for closing. Va
rious things, aside
from the intense heat,
had conspired to try
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ssYoUNa MAN, YoU MADE A MISTAKE"

AVuNu NAM 1OO MAIZE a MiSIAAEs
anything to say to me of sufficient inn
portance to repay you for as great an
effort as it has cost me this hot day to
come such q distance. 1t will be late
now before get home. Good after
noon, sir.
The following day the cashier sat
examining his balance sheet, look of
perplcxity and dismay in his coun-
tenance, such as had never been seen
there before.
Every check taken by the bank was
before him, every dollar paid out had
passed through his hands, and vet. in
spite Of all his efforts there was def
cit Of nearly five hundred dollars.
After the third attempt Mr.. Joslin
laid down the pen and wiped the per-
SEPARATION from his forehead. Ruin
stared him III the face.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-15
Isabel Irving Kept Her Word.

Miss Mabel Irving's mother died on
Dee p. Just before her death she told
her daughter her last wish was that her
death should not interfere With Miss
Irving's theatrical engagements The
daughter hears-broken though she was.
promised that her mothers dying wish
should be observed.
So well did Miss Irving keep her word
that on the afternoon of the day on
which her mother died she played her
part in THE Liars at the Empire.
There was not one before or behind the
footlights who knew the laughing cap
tivating irresponsible Lady Jessica Ne
pom had just lost her mother. In the
evening she played again. The next
day her raother was buried. When the
sad news was made public on Monday
Miss Irving's understudy came pre-
pared to take her part.
Miss Irving viii play tonight" said
the stage manager. and the actress re-
deemed tl,e promise made II ha~ fvin-
mother.
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Donald, Forbes and Campbell checks
still brighten our landscape, and the
quite simple skirts are made up with a
bias seam down the front Such skirts
in the dark green, blue and fViolet Mac
Donald plaid are purcIasable at the
January sales, prethly made up on
silk foundations, and the proper thing
to wear with one is a coat body OF
solid green, blue, or violet cloth, seal
loped over the hips. clasping the figure
snuSly with small plaid-faced revers
turning back just under the chin and a
chiffon jabot Towering out on this
Absolutely simple, comfortable sleeves
are typical Of all these dresses. The
wrist is long. but cut off plainly round
the hand, and the one bit of coquetry
the tailors assume is more or less deco
ration on coats by the aid of small bull
let-shaped enameled buttons. These
buttons, by the way, are peculiar to
1899, and are different from the colored
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THE BEST MAN.
How He Comes to Have a Part In
the Marriage Ceremony.

row lie comes to have Fart In
the Marriage Ceremony.
Under the title, When Maids Mar
RED" Frederick Boyd Stevenson in the
January Womans Home Companion
traces the origin of some of our mar
riage customs back to the days of prim-
tive MAJ.
While we smile at the wife-stealing
propensity of the savage or half-savage
nations. we cherish as our dearest form
a custom that had its direct origin in
this very self-same practice. The best
man, vino plays SO important a part in
Wenregulated marriages that nova
days have any pretense at all to the
fashionable, once on a time in Sweden
occupied a position that was useful as
well as ornamental. In the old days the
Sweden groom found it desirable, in
fact, to have several best men to de-
fend him from the assaults of rivals
and prevent them from carrying away
his bride. The scandinavian warrior Of
ancient times was far Zoo lofty in his
ideas to condescend to plead for a
maiden's hand. So he patiently waited
until some other man who was more
gallant had obtained the fair ones con-
sent Then when ali the details had
been nicely arranged, the proud war
riOl, with q body of Weil-trained re-
tainera, dashed down on the wedding
party, and, if strong enough. carried
away the bride. The best man land it
was very essential that they should be
the best men in those days., therefore,
became necessary fixtures to the mar
riage ceremony, and they We're so well
esteemed and their popularity became
so permanent that when the reason for
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The Woods In Winter.

The woods in winter have a peculiar
charm, and one who walks with nature
from sspring TO frost and rests loses a
period of continuity, which mars the
perfectness and destroys the symmetry
of the while In wintes, the woods are
not dead-on the contrary, they are
very much alive. There. or every side.
life is abundant, and often is cbtrusive
-inanimate things appear animate
Vegetation dormant and active is
everywhere. The 'pOssum curls him
self in the rOOmy cavern at the base Of
a hollow dead tree; rabbits bound
through the scrubby underbrush, court
ing no risk; in the trees overhead the
squirrels are never absent: the birds
fit quietly through the clearing. seek
ing shelter in the hemlOcks. The snow
stretches up through the laurels to the
top of the hills and reflects a dazzling
light; from the highest plane 10 the
stream the springs are replenished and
gCrSed to Overlooking; they bubble
down the slope, endowed with a life
which would seem their own. This is
winter in the woods. and sensibly pres
ent there is ever to a lover of nature
that indefnable cOmpaniOnship OF ma
ture-a presence as personal as nature
is real, both alike being Spiritual-if
spiritually discerted.
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and the adorable chintZes that are glor-
flying the January openings, and they
have sworn themselves not to make an
other silk or cotton dress without an
oveTskirt.
These draDeries will, at first, be only
the long skirts of the coat-shaped dress
waists such as are already seen here
and there, but it does not require q very
prophetic soul TO see that by Easter
time the full-fedged Overdress viii be
enjoying undisDuted reign. Tor the
present it falls from the hips IN what
is called peplum form to the knees in
front, and longer behind, though the
popularity of the Louis XIV fronts IS
undated. The study of the tailOrs is
always after long perpendicular lives,
and nothing short and bunchy is al
lowed about the hips.
SPRING SUGGESTIONS.
When the time comes to discuss wash
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years, or even one or two months
longer, and / told him so frankly.
You don't need money said Pilot,
the academy, the government will pay
your expenses. will hire your studio.
give you your paints. buy you your
canvas, engage you your model
I thanked him, but I went back to
my studio and resumed my single can
vases and tried to reach the hearts Of
the Munich are dealers. This will show
you how the master regarded me even
before l had submitted the picture that
gave me my first successful order
While / was painting the portraits Of
the children, Pilot asked me how I
was getting along with my Columbus
picture. had not begun it. 1 never
had any intention of beginning it, and
I didn't know exactly what 10 say to
him. Suddenly an inspiration came to
me.
DO you think, Her Director said
l, that Munich is the place to paint
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AuroaRApH roRTRAtr on wI1zIAM N. cIEAgn.

be executed on the other side, and we
viii have the money advanced to him
for his studies.
I very willingly gave UP my studio and
went to Munich, where l entered the
academy Of which the great Pilot was
the director I took with me several
hundred dollars and I filed every com
mission according TO promise. The
most expensive commission was of Dr..
A. Cole. one Of no RaGr known col
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What DreSSmakers Have Pledged
Themselves to For 1899.
REIGN OF THE RUFFLE
SPRING SUGGESTIONS ALREADY
IN THE AIR.
Collars Continue to Grow, Having AL
ready Passed the Ear Line-An
Indestructible But Eminently
Smart Gown That Proves Itself
the Joy of the Owners Life.
(special Correspondenee.l

New York, Jan. 11.-Having run out
the old year, the caterers of fashions
follies are ringing in a number Of
changes, il not distinct novelties. What
we have kept over from last year are
chiefly trains. long, tight sleeves and
high, tight collars, but on these things
the dresSnakeTs are going to exercise
an improving influence. They are
pledged to cut every gown en- train,
even the pretty muslins and dimities
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goods. it will be found that ali reliance
is 10 be laid on the long-trle0 F ~, ts's
much occupied by woolens and furs 20
think Without shiver OF cotton ana
li2en. but It is as well To know lhat me
present latitude Of fashion allows
dress waist TO be cut with knee-iois
tails, or short off at the hlps =
Were a close basque Is ad9peeH' -
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GROWING CoLLARg.

IT you question both ta.lors and
ofessmakers as to collars, they viii say
mat excelsior is still the cry in that di-
rectlon. BY constant wear Of very high
neckbands, women are destroying ali
the beauty Of their throats, and giving
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Mrs. HARRY HARDY, Riverside Iowa,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham the story of
her struggle with serious ovarian trou-
bic, and the benefit she received from
the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. This is her letter:
g How thankful l am that took
your medicine. l was troubled for
two years with Inflammation of the
womb and ovarics, womb was also very
low. was in constant misery. | had
heart trouble, was short of breath and
could not walk five blocks to save nv
life. Suffered very much with nv
back, had headache all the time. was
nervous, transformations were irregular
and painful, had bad discharge and
was troubled with bloating. I was a
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taken local treatments, but still was no
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Very Cheap.

(Jewish Comment.j
Patience-What is the cheapest thing
you ever saw about a bargain coun-
ter?
Patrice A husband waiting for his
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is invariably cut in a series of seven
graceful ScailoDS about the hips. These
curves are not ornamented with any
thing, and, in fact after season of
friyolity, the tailor dress IS regaining
its old tidy simplicity of outline.
At the start Of the year number
Of handsome new tailor frocks have
been noticed and chiefly in reriwinl1ie
blue. Their waists fit back and front,
without d wrinkle, the skirt is fully
trained, Of course, and a pronounced
tendency is toward a renewal of what
used TO be known as a complete suit:
that is, q waist and skirt, and Inen d
longish coat of the same goods.
SMART JABCTS.
With such costumes the elevating In
fiuence OF the smart jabot is most keen
~ felt. There are jabots and 5abots,
but the one thai now has the longest
train of followers is the largest. It IS
either a very vide limousine ribbon
folded twice about the neck, and tied
in a really gigantic bow in front, or it
is a long piece of white satin, laid
twice around the throat, tied in i 1Uur-
in-hand or ArdsIcy knot in front and
letting fail q couple of lace-edged c1lds
nearly to the izGees. With the linen
sine ribbon a collar that has turnover,
hemstitched bands is worn, and i smart
little pin is thrust through The knot Oh
the bow. Butterfly bows of White, pale
blue and Nile green tulle or chiffon.
fastened to a stock of the same, are
still seen broadcast among the women
whose winter coats are dark and but
ton high. These airy nothingS the
tailors themselves not only recommend,
but make.
In spite of prejudice, women con-
tinue, more or less. to use certain types
of plaid goods. The Mackenzie, Mac
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their existence was removed they were
still retained. Hence, the custom Is
preserved in the best man OF today"
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his picture in. Isn't salamanca a bet

this picture in. Isn't Salamanca a bet
ter placer
Quite right returned the master
OF course. Come to think Of il, your
models here are all Bavarians. You
want Soaniards for models. Wait IN
til you so TO Salamanca Do it there
THAT is the last ] ever heard of my
Columbus composition. But have the
original among my paintings IN my
studio now
RULE FOR SUCCESS IN ART.
what IS your rule for success in
art?" I asked.
Years ago." said Mr.. Chase, as he
led me to the front window and point
ed to the trees in the park and the half
witherei grass, i thought that ma
ture was master. Now l know differ
ent. Art transcends nature. One must
paint what is behind the eye of the
artist. AS l paint, and love to paint,
there is somebody standing by my
shoulder who says to me, Don't paint
that, or paint that and L follow
these directions. L can almost see this
somebody. 1t is conscience DersOnifed.
1t speaks to me. 1t directs me- Every
day 1 pant whenever it is possible,
whether it be we'll done or badly done.
I paint if 1 have to scratch it out the
next morning. 1 work because 1 can't
help working. l love work"
And your best picture, Mr.. Chase?"
1 suggested.
MY best picture? In my studio
there is an empty canvas. My best
picture is painted there. It's in my
mind. 1 am always painting my best
picture. 1 am always at work on it.
If L only could paint the pictures
have in here" and the artist touched
his forehead. 7 don't suppose. though,
that I ever shall. My best picture is
still implanted, and 1 hope the time will
never come when I snail look at that
canvas and say, There is my best pic
ture.' :" BENJAMIN NORTHROP
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OPEN LETTERS FROM
Jennie E. Green and Mrs. Harry
Hardy.

JENNIE E GREEN. Denmark, lows,
writes to Mrs. Pinl1ham:
81 had been sick at my monthly
periods for seven years, and tried
almost everything 1 ever heard OF. but
without any benefit. Was troubled
with backache, headache, pains in the
shoulders and dizziness. Through my
mother L was induced to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
it has done me so much good. am
now sound and WE'LL