The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-12-29

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We wish our readers a Happy New
Year.
1899 has been prosperous and
happy year for everybody, but 1900
will be better.
MOODY, the great evangelist, who
has probably more christian converts
than any other preacher, closed his
life-work near Boston last week. Few
people in the United States who have
not heard Moody and Sankey, at some
time in their lives.
The Western Union Telegraph Co.
has 81 900 offices in the United States
and last year handled 62,175,748 tele-
grams. A revenue of $622,737 was
paid into the treasury as a war tax by
its patrons, who sent the kilograms.
The corporation did not contribute q
cent.
THE dispatches given rumors OF re-
ported uprisings Of the "fenians" in
the United States against Canada, and
other meetings are being held in Bos-
ton and other Eastern cities, where
the old-time agitators are trying to
breed trouble. One thing certain,
this government will permit 10 armed
mobs to operate within its bound
aries and this movement will probably
meet the same fate as did the former
one.
SOUTHERN California's fine winter
climate has its disadvantages, after all.
The populace of Los Angeles and a
large section of the surrounding terri
tory had their teeth Jared loose
Christmas morning by an earthquake.
Two small towns, Hemet and San
Jacinto, suffered severe damage, but
IN most places the property loss was
slight and no lives were lost. The
shock came at A 80 and spoiled the
"beauty sleep" for a lot of people.
IT must be blow to English pride
to read OF the succession of defeats
which have overtaken the British
arms in the war against the Beers.
England's power DER land and sea dates
from earliest history, and it is seldom
indeed, that its armies are not engaged
in battle somewhere on the globe.
Yet, with all the years of experience
OF British fighting men. that they
should meet with such continued re-
verses, and be outgeneraled by such
an apparent Insignificant power as the
Transvaal people, seems hard to under.
stand. England's men and arms must
be equal to any, but its generalship
appears to be very poor. What con-
:rast to the brilliant succession of VIC
tories of our army and navy during
the past two years, under every condi-
ton, due to the good judgement of all
concerned, from President Mckinley
down to the private in the ranks
Uncle Sam has no peer.
The first people who will live in the
twentieth century, according to the
computation of writer in the Jan.
uary Ladies' Home Journal, are the
Inhabitants of group of mid Pacific
islands. To women who contemplate
visiting the Paris Exposition next
year Edith and l in Paris" in the
same magazine. will prove helpful and
interesting. "The Boer Girl of South
Africa" "The Mother of the Stars. y
summarizing Maria Mitchell's achieve.
ments, and "The Home Coming of the
Nakannies," are also feature of nota.
BILE interest in the January Journal
Franklyn Fyles write on "The Rehear.
sal OF Play" and the author of "Mr
Dooley" gives convulsively funny &C.
count of Molly Donahue's musicale
Albert w. Smith contributes more ),
his exquisite nonsense verses. Ed.
ward BOX writes in protest against "A
National Crime at the Feet Of Ameri.
can PARENTS" and in contrast is shown
"The New Idea in Teaching Children. :
Ian Maclaren's discourse on aTht
Minister and the Organ" and the last
Ct the letters that passed between
Gail Hamilton and Whittier bring,
the correspondence almost to the close
q the poets life. A score or more =.
tlcles Of special value to women touob
every phase Of home making. Blythe
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