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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-05-05
have been a greet sufferer from cons.:Dat,oa

have been great sufferer from constipation
for over five years. Nothing gave any relief.
NY feet and legs and abdomen were bloatcd 90
Icould not wear shoes my feet and only a loose
dress. saw Ripans Tabules advertised IN our
daily paper. bought some and took them as direct
cd. Have taken them about three weeks and there
Is such a change am not constipated any moro
and owe 1t all to Ripans Tabules. Tam thirty
seven years old. have no occupation, only my
household duties and nursing my sick husband.
He has had the dropsy and am trying Ripans
Tabules for him. He feels some better but 1t win
take some time, he has been sick SO long. You
may use nay letter and name as you like.
Mrs. MARY GoRMAH CLARKE.
have been suffering from headaches ever
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Ny seven-year-old boy
suffered with pains In
his head. constipation
and complained OF his
stomach He could not
eat like children Of his
age do and W hat he
did eat did not agree
with him. He was thin
and NJ n aaffrou color
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-05-05

CHELTON LODGE, NO. e.
y l. o. 0. F.
Regular meeting every Wednesday evening
7@P.M. in the Odd Fellow Hall, Shelton
Wash. All mempers il. good standing, cordially
invited to attend.
J. A. MORRISON, L. j MoHh1soN
r. g. *. sec.
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EACiliI iDuGF. No. rs.

X. or 2.
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,iv,cd rt,i.th at Ike slaSn,ii' Halt Nis''in
knights c)ldiaii, ,nViie'i |" aii+nt'.
l.. L. HVA1R& J. +. Shi"H'
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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-05-05

MT. MORiAH LODGE, No. ii.
III f. l. A Nj.
= OCULAR COMMUNICATIONS Satnrcay eve
Ii On OF before the juii OF the tio"h- a cor
dial invitation IS gwen 70 all krstl.rs.s good
Standing Masonic Hail. shelton, ~ l.
CHaS irAKE *. H. W. H. -iiNsr,.i.L sec.
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Reading some Of the testimonials In favor Of
Ripans Tabules. tried them. Ripans Tabules noe
only relieved but actually cured my youngster.
the headaches have disappeared, bowels arc in
good condition and he never complains Of hie
stomach He Is now red. chubby faced boy. This
wonderful change I attribute to Ripans Tabules.
I am satisfled that they win benefit any one (from
the cradle to old age) II taken according 60 direo
lions. NV. P1scR
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-05-05

WELCOME CHAPTER, NO 40.
w ORDER EASTERN STAR.
Meets every Saturday after Full! moon OF each
month"; All members in good standing are
made welcome.
MAGGIE HILTON, U. u. foOL
Worthy Matron. sec.
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Mother was troubled
with b heartburn and
sleeplessness. caused by
indigestion. for . good
many years. One day
she sasy . testimonial
IN tho paper indorsing
Ripans Tabules. She
determined to give them
. trial. was greatly
relieved by their upe
en- d now takes the
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-05-05

Tabules regularly. She keeps > AfeW cartons R1panD
Tabules In the house and says she win not be with
out them. The heartburn and sleeplessness have
disappeared with tho indigestion which wAs
formerly great . burden Tor her. Our whole
family take the Tabules regularly. especially after
= hearty meal Ny mother II nifty years Of ago
and + enjoying the bestof health and spirits also
eats hearty meals. an 1mpossihility before she
took Ripans Tabulea AxzoH H. BEAuKn-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-05-05

FIRST METHODIST-EPISCOP CHURCH.-
Preaching every Sabbath at Ii O'Clock A. M M
and 7. NJ. Sabbath school at H:I2 "A. 1M
praver meeting at SP Nj. every Thursday
Everybody is invited to attend. Seats free.
REV. L. J. COvINGTON, Pastor
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Society Cards.

EIRsT BAPTIST CHURCH. eroD
REV. F. A. GREGORY, PASTOR
prosching services every Sunday at II, a. m.
and nI';S'' y. m. sunday school at 1Op. m. B.
Y.P. U. at $50 p. m. Prayer Meeting every
Thursday evening at o'clock followed by Z. y.
G. class All are made welcome at these services.
Corner Fifth and Gotta Sts
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have been suffering from headaches ever
since was Q little girl. could never ride in Q
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-03

which is the father of all genuine Re-
publican children in the States and
Territories should be promptly warned
that an effort will now be made to
furnish here a bogus Republican baby,
without the strawberry mark. The
nurses. if the scheme is executed, will
hold up the bogus baby, and conceal
his arm on which should plainly ap-
pear this infallible mark of genuine
ness; the godfather will ask for his
christening, and the godfather's organ
will furnish a bottle of asses milk for
the food OF the little one.
If any one asks to be allowed to see
il the baby has the genuine marks Of
home rule" the nurses will shout IN
concert: you are a liar you mean
thing" and each will hug the little
bogus dear, and give him a pull at the
patriotic bottle.
If the bogus baby can be substituted
for the genuine Republican baby, all
the nurses will be at once appointed
trustees of his estate, and will grow
fat on his income. If any misguided
men say they would prefer the real
baby with the clear strawberry mark
they will be Indignantly crushed with
contempt, or asked to become honorary
nurses with a good salary.
However, President Mckinley is the
trusted agent of the Stalwart Republi-
can father, and he will do as he thinks
best with the bogus baby when he
comes
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-03
ENGINEER FORCE WORK.

The strenuous service required occa-
sionally from the engineer force on
board steam vessels is illustrated by
an occurrence on the Castine. During
action and while the forced draught
was in use a socket bolt in back con-
nection at the farthest interior eX-
tremity of the furnace became loose
and steam was pouring in upon the
fire. One OF the boilermakers, named
Huntley, ordered the forced draught to
be turned off and the fires banked with
fresh coal. Taking a plank, he threw
it into the furnace on the top of the
wet coal, and then climbed back to the
place where the steam was rushing
from the loosened socket. For three
minutes he remained inside, forced
draught was turned on, and in a few
minutes the ship was proceeding on hel
way as though nothing had happened
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-03
A BOGUS REPUBLICAN BABY.

The anxiety for Republican baby
seems to be growing. Nurses Fisher,
McStocker and McCandless are impa-
tient and Godfather Sewall is walking
the floor.
The trouble is that the nurses don't
want a real Republican baby, because
it will have a strawberry mark under
it's left arm which means 'hOme
rule" The godfather and the nurses
want the baby without that odious
designation. OF course its papa, the
stalwart Republican Party, living on
the Mainland has this strawberry mark
OF home rule very plainly on his arm,
and he is proud of it. But his off
spring with such a mark on him will
be treated here as an unfortunate
founding, and be put in basket and
left ON some door step-perhaps Mr.
Doles. The nurses, with the advice of
some transient political doctor, have
pursuaded themselves that the straw
berry mark of home rule" on the in
fant's arm will simply breed the mi
crobes of political cholera, and it will
end in a little casket, some flowers, a
funeral by the nurses, and very silent
little grave.
The National Republican Party
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-03

portfolio he has so ably held, is en-
titled to the sympathy of thinking and
considerate people. Sagasta has been
the Spanish balance wheel, fighting off
anarchy. He has had the confidence
OF his nation, but the hOt-heads have
cast his advice, in the main, 10 one
side. Sagasta and Campos may be re-
garded as the best men of Spain-men
fit TO hold high position in any coun-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-03
THE PASSING HOUR.

Claim of excess of population" is as
good an excuse as any for taking ''un-
developed territory"
The year 1899 promises for Homo
lulu Rapid Transit and sewerage sys-
tenn. The goods cannot be delivered
any too soon.
The protest of the Sugar Beet people
of the States against acquisition OF
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines
| is evidence additional to the truism
| that self interest is the same the world
over.
| Again must the Y. M. c. A. be given
praise for what might be called its
l''institutionaP' work. The annual re-
ception brought within the walls many
men to whom, without such place,
only the door of the saloon would be
Iopen.
If it is correct that a book placed in
!, the mind of the Car the disarmament,
proposal, the incident is most remark
able as developing the advent of a work
of singular strength. The Car, how
ever, instead of putting forth his pro-
clamation, might have tried the expert
|ment of sending copy of the book tc
each of his cousins.
American contractors are to furnish
iron water pipe made in the United
States, for the city of Edinburgh. The
transaction is an enormous one imam
cially. Close following this announce
ment comes the statement that Amer
, lean contractors have had accepted
their tender for steel rails for the Col
ony of Victoria. There can be no ques-
ton of the benefits of this sort of ex-
; pansion.
The improvidence of other people is
always a favorite theme with the aver
age wayfarer. Harold Frederic, the
correspondent and novelist, made $1O,-
900 a year for a number of years, yet
left not a penny for his family II
can fairly be placed to the credit Of
Frederic that as the London represen
tative of one of the great newspaper:
of the United States he stood in almos
the relation of a diplomat.
After some calm contemplation a.
Washington and a bit OF thought IL
other sections Of the domain OF Uncl
Sam, the 100000 army is not as prett.
rainbow as at first. The initiator
e amendment is scaling down to 10000
;. This is but 500 above the peace foot
;, ing and would indicate that the garri
sons on the Mainland were to be a
but abolished. The police and the Ma
t tional Guard will be used to quell in
S ternal disorder and probably a fey
cowboys will be hired to fight Indians
90
. Sagasta, the Spanish premier, in hi
illness brought on largely by his hand
q ling a mountain of work and floods c
|, anxiety since his acceptance of tn
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-03

TIMELY TOPICS
January md, 1899.
The rush and turmoil at
tendant upon the approach
of and during the holidays
being over and peaceful
quiet having once more set
tied, now is the time to con-
slider the necessities of home.
In making out your list OF
goods to replenish the house
hold stock, do not forget
your wife when driving likes
to feel perfectly safe as we'll
as comfortable and up-to-
date.
Nothing so detracts from
the appearance of a horse as
a shabby harness and equip
ment.
Nothing so attracts and
adds to the appearance OF a
horse as a fine harness and
equipment such as we are
displaying.
| We have received by the
late steamer a full line of up
to-date Single and Double
Harness, Buggy and Carriage
Harness, Carriage Whips,
Laprobes and Whips, Ex-
press Harness, Mule Team
Harness, Dump Cart and
Sherwood Steel Harness.
We pride ourselves or
having a thorough complete
stock of reliable and attract
tive carriage and heavy
equipments.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
CHINA'S FIRST RAILWAY.

eFrom the Engineering Magazine)
The first railroad constructed in
China was narrow gauge line from
Shanghai to Woosung, put down in
1876. and intended chiefly as an ocular
demonstration to the Chinese. At the
end of twelve months it was sold to a
chinese official, who straightway tore
up the rails and deported them to For
mosa. The single dummy engine of
the line now reposes peacefully in the
mud of some Formosan harbor, to-
gether with the wreck of the junk in
which 1t was transported. During
these twelve months of its existence
the Shanghai Woosung railroad with
rs single dummy engine and it's train
OF small cars, which, by the way, were
CT American pattern, carried three
hundred thousand passengers. The
Chinese came from far and wide to see
and experiment with this new barbar-
IAN curiosity, and the people in the
neighborhood, soon finding It an insti-
tuition of great practical utility, be-
came regular patrons The predicted
uprising Of the people against the
construction of the road never mate
rallied, and, as for the graves along
the route, every farmer would manu-
facture as many graves as he could
get dollars for permission to traverse
them.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
THE HEARTS DESIRE.


(From the Pail Mall Gazette.)
When God shall crown at last the victor
head
And lead him home with song and min
strelsy,
How were thine utmost hope accom-
plished,
o warrior that has wrought so valiant
1y?
mo more for me the harness and the
sword,
I. fight no more the battles of the Lord;
ask alone
MY mothers lips, sweet. sweet against
When God shall brim the vessel that was
void
And in His likeness wake the satisfied,
What anchorage of rapture unalloyed
Wilt thou desire, Q woman, hungry
THE little babe that for one golden day
Slept on my arm and in my bosom lay
The clinging touch
That was so tiny and that meant so
much"
When God replenishes the empty heart,
And with His goodness fills the longing
soul,
What, wilt thou ask world-weary that
thou art.
What part wilt choose, who may'st at
tain the whole?
"a twilight Paradise a field of rest.
Green grass, green leaves flowers against
face and breast;
And in mine ear
Her voice, who passed so long before me
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
MOTHERS SONG.
(From Chambers Journal.)

(From Chambers Journal)
When the thrushes cease their singing and
the wild bees leave the clover;
When the glory of the sunset fades and
leaves the heavens pale;
When above the hillsand mountains misty
shades of twilight hover,
And the discords of the daytime far
away in distance fail;
When the rath wheat greatly rushes and
the tinid aspens shiver,
And the west winds, sghing softly,
scents from the sleeping flowers bring;
When the peewits cry together plaintively
by brook and river
Then 1t is that l hear the old song that
my mother used to sing.
Round my neck 1 feel the pressure Of her
fingers, warm and slender
And in sleeping dreams and waking I
have felt it many times
Just as when of old / listened to that
ditty, quaint and tender,
Till the boughs that waved above US
caught the cadence of the rhyme;
And my heart throbs loud and quickly as
/ hear it rising clearer,
Youth is mine, it's hopes and visions,
dreams and plans are mine again;
Earth is fairer, life is sWeeter-aye, and
heaven itself seems nearer
To me as / list in fancy to that meier
forgotten strain.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
THE SPHINX


What is her silence saying,
AS she peers from her stony eyes,
Creature of massive sternness,
Woman of monstrous size?
Ever the ages ask it
OF the Deity of the Sands
And the Spirit of Egypt answers,
The ancient one of the lands:
Drought is my old-time menace,
Rain brings my happy while,
blossom forth like garden
With the flooding Of the Nile.
cit means good grain for my people,
Yea, life for my maids and men;
My kings in their great hewn sepulchres
Zen they grow joyful then.
I'm the SIGN of the Lion stately,
In the Sign of the Virgin, too,
Do the waters come upwelling,
And the fields turn fair to view.
80 of old my servants builded
The Sphinx; she rose amain.
A shape half beast, half human.
Above the burning plain;
FOR a sure, eternal token
OF reverence and praise,
A sacrifice to Father Nile
Done in the elder days.
"And if, in Times later lapses,
Numerous aliens come
To guess at her mystic sembance
And her front seems riddlesome,
my race will comprehend her.
Their goddess. and laud her high
In her worship Of the waters
Beneath rainless sky
Richard Burton in the Churchman.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
HOW IT ENDED.

cannot quite forget our last
Long promenade among the flowers;
You voted me bit too fast.
And ] wished all your moments ours,
We talked about the aims of life"
And golf, and subjects Intervening;
You asked me how liked ''rhe wife''-
An antique theme, but full of meaning
answered that could not tell
Until ! had made shift to get her,
But if loved the maid so well
I sure would love the matron better;
Your eyelids dropped beneath my gaze
And wilful bushes ESQ distressingD
Illumed my future with their blaze
For knew what your heart was guess
ing,
At last the time had come for speech!
The rates seemed kind, the night propl
tious,
When. with G must confess) a screech.
You fled as IL from something vicious
What wonder that / growled an oath?
"A snakeH you cried, and frowning
left me-
A bit of hose betrayed us both.
And thus has tickle chance bereft me
Chicago Record.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
CALCIUM CARBIDE.
Rules Governing Its Sale in New York
Liquefed Acetvlere Gas Prohibited.

l. Superintendent Murray of the bureau Of
combustibes has made regulations gov
erning transportation, storage and sale Of
calcium carbide which the fremen de-
clare to be source of danger in a burn
ing building, because when water reaches
1t acetylene gas is given off. A number of
stores keep 1t for use in bicycle lamps.
Hereafter, in transit or on storage, it
must be inclosed in Theoretically sealed
iron receptacles, marked Dangerous, IL
not kept dry" No package may contain
more than 100 pounds. 1t must be stored
in isolated buildings that are fireproof
and waterproof. No artificial light or
heat will be permitted in the building
where 1t is stored. Not more than 20
pounds in bulk or in cartridges may be
kept in any store or factory, and this
must be in lireproof safe or vault above
the, street grade, and It must be kept six
inches above the floor.
The manufacture, transportation, stor-
age, sale or use of liquefied acetylene is
absolutely prohibited within the Traits Of
this city.-N. x. Sun.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
DICKENS MINUTE OBSERVATION
(Andrew Lang in The Fortnightly Re-
vieW)

(Andrew Lang in The Fortnightly Re-
view.)
The observation of Dickens was as
peculiar in kind as minute and sleep
less in exercise. Every human being,
of course, down to the semi-idiotic
landlord of the inn in Barnaby Ridge,
sees existence at an angle of his own.
We look at life each through our per-
sonal prism. But the prism of Dick
ems, If the phrase is permissible, was
peculiarly prismatic. 1t lent eccentric
ity of color and of form to the object
observed 1t settled on feature, and
exaggerated that. Now, to look at
things thus il the essence of the art of
the caricaturist. A very good example
may be found in the amusing changes
or Max Beerbohm He shuns or omits
everything but that which he considers
essential for his purpose Of diverting,
and he insists upon that
1t has been denied that Dickens
work is caricature and to say that it
is always caricature would be vastly
unjust. Nevertheless, the insistence on
Carker's teeth, Parks snort, Skim-
poles manner, Jarndyce's east wind.
and Rigauds mustaehe, to take only
a few cases, rs exactly what we mean
by caricature: and it is caricature in
the manner of Mr.. CarlS-c. The histor-
ian, like the novelist, was wont to fix
on a single trait or two--in Robes
pierre, St. Just, or whoever it might
be-and to hammer inaistently upon
that. 1t was a. ready, If inexpensive,
method of securing q distinct impress
sion. Both Dickens and Carlyle over
worked this method which becomes, in
the long run, stumbling bock-to
Monsieur Taine for example
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
REST.

Not with the ears I hear;
Not with the eyes l see;
Night and the day are near,
Yet they are naught to me,
Green grows the grass above,
Birds to my graveSide come
Only the feet ] love
Thrill through my lonely home
Naked to Gods clear eyes
Since the warm vesture died,
Here, where the body lies,
Here doth the soul abide;
Bred of the heart and brain,
Child of their marriage-how
Frail was its garb of pain
Gods peace enWrapS it now.
When to my soul you come,
Missing the body so,
Think not that ! am dumb
All of your grief | know;
1t is my voice you hear.
When, loving life so well,
You feel no passing fear
With my glad soul to dwell.
Here, in this narrow bed,
God gives me clearer eyes
All that ! did and said
Lives on for Paradise.
So simple heaven is
is but truly blest
When Death in speechless bliss
Holds wide the door of rest.
Fred G. Bowles in Literature.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
GOOD VERSES.
THE ALL-PREVALENT.


(From N. Y. Sum-
Zip!
And the grip
Has got its nip
On your neck,
And you're wreck.
You cough
Your head and your heels off,
And your hands and your feet off.
And still you cough;
And your remains
Are full of aches and pains.
You take no pleasure in your friends
And all the ends
Thou aim st at are the grips.
From Maine to California,
From the mountains to the sea,
The old sweet song
Has all gone wrong
And the chorus is misery.
O. for a ray of sunshine,
o, for a spot of blue
In the leaden sky,
To tickle the eye
And pull our livers through.
Say, grip,
Wont you get onto our tip
And skip?
Or must we say
In a vigorous way,
"D-n!' and OIL" again,
And the whole land
Join in a grand amen
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
THE BEER TRADE IN RUSSIA.
(From the London Saturday Review }

VI rum LbC i%pildpli oetLuLlely INeNicW. y
The growing taste of the Russian peas
ants for beer, and the recent action of
the Russian government in reference to
the production and sale of vodka in the
rural districts, have led to q considerable
increase in the brewing industry Nearly
all these brewerles, though nomlnally
Russian, are really worked and financed
by wealthy German firms. and, having
almost undisputed possession of the mar
ket. arc realizing Immense profits. The
demand for English pale ale" and
stout In the capital and the larger
price Is extravagantly high. The brewing
Of English pale ale and stout is now one
of the most important and profitable
branches of these Russo-German COM
panies, but as yet no serious attempt has
been made by any English firms to estab-
fish Anglo Russian breweries in Russia.
It IS certainly .humiliating, to our national
stout made In Russia by German brewers
and sold by them at fancy prices.