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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-20
REAL SMYRNA RUGS.
IIl-Paid Laborers Who Weave the
Richly CoIored Carpets.

The following letter is based entire
ly on the writer's personal observa
tons:
Perhaps few people who decorate
their homes with these beautiful rugs
know where and by whom they are
made. 1t is not at Smyrna, as their
name would imply, but far in the il
terror of Asia Minor, many miles be-
yond the reach of railroads.
Whole villages are engaged in their
manufacture; they are not made in
factories, but in the peasants homes
if that name may be applied to the
bare walls, (Often quite open on one
side, to admit light, where, exposed
to cold and storm, Turkish women
weave, without other fire than the few
Goals contained in the brass men
gal" This is scarcely sufficient to
keep their fingers supple enough for
their work.
From early in the morning till night
the peculiar dull thump of the heavy
mallets beating down the pile, may be
heard throughout the town.
The "pater" or head of the Turkish
household usually makes the loom
conforming its size to the number OF
women in his family, allotting a space
of three or four feet to each person
He also prepares the wool, and this
done he reposes till the next season
rolls around, but the slow tedious
weaving and beating of the pile are
parts of the woman's work which sis
never done"
The ordinary Turk has at least three
or four wives, which often means Just
that many slaves to work for him.
Many of these women subsist on black
bread, soaked in water, and on this
scanty diet they weave from dawn till
dark, fashioning the warm rugs
which give such a cozy appearance to
the homes Of more fortunate women.
During the Mussulman's "Ramaan''
Ca fast of twenty-eight days. not a
morsel of food Or drop of liquid passes
their lips from sunrise till sunset.
Whatever they eat is consumed during
the night.
Turkish girls are quite pretty. and
are scarcely in their teens ere they
are given in marriage to
men very much older. The father gets
some remuneration for the loss of a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-20
Hadn't Studied the ESSEN

What do you know Of the MOSQUE
of Omar?" asked the teacher.
THE Musk of Omar is e. fine ner-
fume," said Tommy Tucker, which
costs 35 cents a bottle at the drug
stores
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-20
Envoy.

Prince all the other games are slow.
And fall beneath the public ban:
There's only one game now-and so
Behold the lusty football-man,
Clinton Scotland in Smart Set
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-20
HARVARD MURDERS
PARALLEL CASES IN THE SAME
CLASSIC SURROUNDINGS.
ONE PROFESSOR HANGED

Another Lies in Jail Today Awaiting
TriaI-Great Sensation Which Stir
red the Country Just Half Gen.
fury Ago-Eminent Edcator Goes
to an Ignominious Death.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-07-06
Remarkable Old Time Character,

/
Among the thousands who will cele
brate the Nations birthday in Sc a til
/ TO morrow, few do so more heartily q
with more consecrated memories thar
G. A. Bowie Mr.. Bowie is remark
able man in many ways. He is 9.
years of age, yet he is hale and heart,
and for the last three and a half year.
he has been at work, good hard work
too, at Mat1ock. in this state.
He was born in louisiana, about &
| miles from New Orleans. His fathe,
was the famous Bowie who Tough,
with Crockett at the Alamo, and for
whom the deadly Bowie knife was
named Four years later he was fight
ing under Houston in the war of Texas
independence, and was in the battle OF
Goliad and in the bloody struggle at
San Jacinto.
He came back to the United States
in i848. The following year the dis
covery of gold in California aroused
the nation, and young Bowie was one
of the Fortyniners who sought his
fortune there. When the Indian war
broke out in Southern Oregod he en-
listed at Fort Jones and served through
out the campaign.
Mr.. Bowie married one of the wealth
lest and most beautiful women in the
South. Pauline deVIllers. daughter
of one of the arlstocratic creole fam1l-
les of New Orleans; but their immense
fortune in slaves and realty was swept
away by the results of the Civil War.
In that war he naturally fought on the
side of the South. He was at the bat
tie of Gettysburg, of which today aud
tomorrow form the anniversary. By
a singular coincidence, at O'Clock on
the afternoon of that fateful July day.
just thirty-seven years ago a bullet
struck him in the mouth, severely
wonnding him, aud from the results of
that wound his speech is still impaired.
Like most of the best and truest
men OF the South, by an urexenpled
paradox in history, he is glad the
South was defeated. even though it
cost him his fortune and well nigh his
life. and not a man in Seattle this
afternoon sa1utes the stars and stripes
with heartier loyalty than does he.
Mr.. Bowie is thirty-second degree
Mason, having been compelled to go
England to take his degree, and is
one of the oldest Masons
n Am erica.-Seattle Time S.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-07-06

The readersof this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure IN all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the medical
paternity Catarrh being constitutional dis.
ease, requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces o.
the system, thereby destroying the foundation
os the disease and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollors for any case that /
fails to cure Send for list Of testimonials.
FL. CHENEY & co. Toledo. O..
ER-SoId by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-07-06
The Indemnity From Turkey.
Union. Wash, June 18th, 1000

Union. Wash, June a5th, 1900.
EDITOR TRIBUNE:
I'm quotation from Georges Weekly,
which you reprinted in your issue of last
Saturday we're included a few mistakes
which am sure must have been done IN
Willingly.
1.-The quotation says that the United
States claims 500, 900 from the Sultan of
Turkey for the killing of missionaries.
The truth is the U. S. claims nothing for
this reason, because none of its mission
aries have been killed there. 1t does ask
for a payment of 500, 900 for college build
ings and other property owned by Ameri-
cans, which was destroyed when the Turks
were killing the Armenian Christians.
Again the quotation says 1t takes
ninety cents of every dollar to get the other
ten cents to the heather. The fact is that
the America Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions, which for many years
has carried on nearly all the missions in
Turkey, by Americans or English, uses
about seven cents of every dollar given to
get the other ninety-three cents to the
heathen,-a very small per cent. for the
support of its officers and cost of publica-
tons, when compared with insurance
companies or most other missionary socie-
ties, either home or foreign.
'sOnce more it says that of all the fakirs
that every lived none compare with these
ministerial cranks bent on Outstanding
that people. The fact is that English
Christians have highly commended the
work of Americans in Turkey, as being
far more successful than they could be,
and for this reason, they have almost
entirely left that. field for Americans,
and further have even sent consider
able money to support the American mis-
sionaries there.
'"rhese Americans have also been very
highly commended by our consul and many
others there for their aid and protection to
the Armenians, duringand since the Ar
menian massacres, who have>never joined
our Protestant churches but who belong to
an old Christian organization which dates
back nearly fifteen hundred years.
M. EELLS.
IfDeclined notification bv the Tribune.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-07-06
Around the County.
Hoon CANAI. I,,,v ,tt' 1ooo

loon CANAL, July 9Th 1900.
The report of the weather bureau 70,
june gives GO inches of rain. This i.
more than as much as for any two tunes dur
ing the past six years; more than three
times as much as the average. which j.
2 ID; and more than half as much as for ali
the six past Junes which is ra.S4. The
range OF the month since 1894 has beer
nom % in 1895 to $40 in 1903
For July. during the same six years the
average has As, ranging from nothing in
1890 and 1899 to I,oS in 1897. The
highest temperature during the past
June was So degrees. the lowest 81 the
average 500, which is very near the aver
age for the month during the past six years.
There were fourteen rainy days, ten clear
ones, ten partly cloudy, and ten cloudy ones.
Born, at Hoodsport, June 81, to the
wife of Oscar ALL, son.
Mrs. w. o. Daily and two children re-
turned last week to Union City from Seat
tie, where the children have been at
school during the past winter
Miss Peacock closed her school at Oak
Patch week before last and Miss Nellie
Bellows expects to close hers at Clifton
lower district this week.
The sad news has been received of the
death of Mrs. Hagan at Tacoma about two
weeks ago of scarlet fever. She lived at
Clifton few years ago. One SON died of
the same disease a short time previous to
her death. She left husband and ten
children, her husband however being in
Alaska. Mrs. Johnson and her sister Miss
Jennie Anderson went to Tacoma last
week to attend the funeral, as the plan was
to keep the body until Mr.. Hagan should
return
People hereabout are anxiously waiting
Tor the weather to settle so that they can
cut their hay. Some however has been
cut, part of which has been ruined, a
part put away injured, and small part
saved, uninjured between showers.
About five sixths of the Indians left last
week for the Puyallup reservation to
spend week celebrating the Fourth
Only seven or eight families are left on the
reservation. S.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-07-06
Cooperative Investment Company

A Shelton branch of the Co-Opera
tive Investment Company, of Portland
Ore. was organized in Shelton last
week, with membership OF fifteen,
and the following officers were select
ed: F c Wiley, Pres, G B Gunderson
Vice Pres, L r Byrne, Sec, G c
Angle, Treas, 4 Wehnes, ] B Wood
and c W Fisk, Jr., Appraisers.
The plan of operation is along the
lines of the building and loan COM
panies, but without some of the ob1ec-
tionable features. The stock has par
value OF SIS share, and is payable
in fifty monthly insta1lments, drawing
interest in cash semi-annually. Loans
are made on the monthly payment
plan at 8 per cent on approved securi-
ty.e Persons of moderate means can
thus secure good profit from small
monthly savings, or can secure loans
for building purposes on payments but
little more than rents, and thus build
homes for themselves.
If good propositions are offered more
money will be placed in Shelton than
is taken away, and considerable build
ing should be done in town by this
means. The plan affords better pro-
fit than any other for small invest
lnent, and will be explained to those
interested by the Treasurer or any of
the local officers.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-07-06
500 Reward 800.

Declined publication by the Tribune
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-07-06

|
in a quiet celebration at home, and
wound up with dance in the b1g barn
on the Carstairs' farm where all were
Accommodated, and everybody enjoyed
Ia genuine oldfashioned country dance.
1t is safe to say that .Satsop people
who staid at home feel whole lot
better than those who went away.
CARD Or THANKS. We desire to
express our appreciation of the many
kindnesses shown by our friends and
neighbors, and especially the ladies OF
the Eastern Star, during the long and
trying illness of our daughter, Ragn-
hid, and to assure all that their efforts
to share in part our burdens will be
| remembered always.
MIR. AND MRS. ALBERT JOHNSON
The weather still continues unsettled
Wednesday morning it was misty, and
did not clear off until nearly noon.
The farmers have much hay ready to
to cut but fear to drop it until weather
is more propitious More summer
weather would be appreciated by all
Before buying your new hat, invite
you to call and look over my stock Of
Hats and trimmings, rooms over Nc
Donald & O'Neill's store.
MRS. o. L. TEw.
Ed Simpsons new steamer Olympic
just completed for the Canal route
will visit Union City on her first tri,
tonight. She. will run on alteruat,
days with the present boat Albion, Civ
ing the Canal people a daily service.
1 Finest and largest lot of Baby Car
riages eyer shown in Shelton. Com,
and see them. F. M. Co.
| The County Commissioners were i,
session Tuesday and Thursday, set
Ting with the road supervisors and ex
auining the books and accents of til
County oncefs.
You can find no greater pleasur.
iduring the Fourth week than to selec
pair Of Ladies'. Misses. or Children.
aAoes At greatly reduced prices TO
that week, at NEEDHAMs.
There WAS quite gathering 0
neiRhboriBE people who joined in
j eeners picpic at saeger's LandinI
4 ~ cIresdays and they al spent ! pleas
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-07-06
LAND OFFICE AT OLYMPIA WASH.

Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make. final proof in support of his chim, and
that said proof will be made before Grant G.
Angle. U. S. Comr at Shelton, Wash. on FRI
tlav. August Ord, 1900. viz:
ADAM E. C0wan,
OF Hartstein P. o. WASH, HID Entry No. 1910, for
Lots Q, 8, and Sc of Sc, Sec n, Tp u, r wv.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land, viz: NJ e Jones, Elias johnson, OF
Shelton Wash. ] w Lott, D Layne, of Arcadia.
FRANK G. DECKEBAcH. Register.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-07-06
Seobey's Olympia Jammery.

An institution at present giving en-
ployment to number of people in this
city and in this county is Scobey's
fruit preserving plant in the Capital
hotel building On Jefferson street.
The public has no idea of the amount
of work being dono at the plant and
the number of people employed. Yes
terday an Olympian representative
made a visit to the plant and wss
somewhat astonished. There were all
told in the hotel basement 81 persons
buslly engaged putting up strawberries
in various forms-jam, jelly and pre-
serves. Mr.. Scobey has an establish
ment equipped with the latest and
most improved methods and cleanli-
ness is a feature of the plant.
At his ranch he has Is people en-
gagged picking and Grating berries, and
as fast as the fruit is boxed it is trans
ported to the ''jammery' in this city
Yesterday and for several days past
an average of 100 crates OF berries
have been put up. The plant is yearly
becoming larger and correspondingly
more of benefit to the business re-
sourcesof the community Olympian.
4.sNoRTHERN PACIFIC LANDs.-This
office has lists showing the remaining
lands offered for sale by the Northern
Pacific Railway company, price and
terms, perhaps there is something in
the lists of interest to you. Also have
plats showing the lands vacant in Ma
son County, and ether lists of lands
offered for SALE. If you are looking for
anything in the way of lands, call at
this office. 4s =
The Racyle is guaranteed, high
grade wheel, $40 at Barger's.
The new passenger rates over the
Northern Pacific went into effect Mon
day, and hereafter it will cost but
three cents mile to travel in this state,
which cuts the old rate of last year
almost in half. From Tacoma it costs
$S.95 to Walla Walla. to Portland, $4. IS
Yakima, $4.85, Eilensburg, $3.75,
Ocosta, $3.15, and to other points in
proportion.
CANADIAN PACIFIC Rv, the only
through service Seattle to New Eng
land without change OF cars.
J. F. RILEY, Agent,
Two teams of Mason County 1oggers
contested for the timber saving prize
in Olympia Tuesday, Henry Bode and
Frank Geitzea of McIutosh ,scamp and
Henry Smith and Ham Dorman, of
Kamilche. The former won by saw
ing the 42-inch log IN 5.061z, and raked
in $50 for spending money.
Children's Sun Bonnets, for the
summer,- at Needham' s..
/ William Whiting, an engineer in the
employ of the Seattle Logging com
pany, at Port Crescent, on the straits
was instantly killed june 18th by the
/ explosion of donkey engine.
Before Investing in new wheel, see
the Racycle, at Barger's.
Fresh taffies and candies at Norris
the candy kitchen.
/ Olympia would have been rather a
quiet place on the Fourth except fol
the Shelton people who helped them
out.
i Who ants Webster's international
s Dictionary. new. the latest. this Office
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-07-06

A $35 Columbia Sewing machine
new for $50, this Office.
SrRAYED,-Bay horse, with star in
forehead, branded ISL" on right
shoulder, weight 1850. Last seen on.
Upper Skokomish.
VIM. FRANK. Union.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-07-06

was used as bier, and appropriate
services were given until the deceased
came to life and produced the where
witha1 so that the mourners were like
wise provided with beers.
The Workmen dance was the main
feature of the Fourth in Shelton. De-
spite the deserted appearance of Shell
ton, it was one of the largest dances
of the season, and gave the order'quite
lift on the furnishing of their lodge
home. Those who spent their Fourth
ia Olympia returned in time for the
dance, and The country people were
well represented. Everybody had 2
good time and the dance did not break
lup until an early hour. The music
was furnished by the Shelton Orches.
ira and Was excellent. Doyle and
Lumsden did the prompting. Those
who desired supper were provided fol
| at the Blue Front restaurant.
Oscar Baily, local saloon-keeper,
was arrested early SATURDAY snornine
| BY Waterman Ludgate charged with
three complaints. disorderly conduct
carrying concealed weapon and resist
ing an officer On trial II the police
court Bsily vas iined S., SO and $5f
respectively. together With costs. AZ
first Baby decided 70 board Il out, but
=. - + :
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-07-06
Shelton POst-Office.

,,,i,s close the East daily except Sunday
At II A. NJ. aud P: M. on
MH Wn;is leave for Matlock, Mason, Juno, Grove
s,,Eon every Monday Wednesday, and Friday
nj A. NJ ,.,. c,.sor - on :, ~
,t"~ral Delivery open from A. M to 1870 N.
M ,eHa,o,. Orders and Postal Not issued.
No"O' AL. ]. MUNSON. POSTER.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-03-08

branches of congress. Both measures
provide for the redemption of the
governments currency specifically in
gold, and not either in gold or silver,
at the option of the secretary of the
treasury. Several minor features are
in the senate bill which are not in the
house measure. One of these provides
for the refunding of certain classes
of bonds at lower rates of interest in
longtime securities. The other stip-
ulates that the act lis not intended to
place any obstacles in the way of the
accomplishment of international BIZ
metallism, provided the same can be
secured by concurrent action of the
leading nations of the world and at
a ratio which shall insure permanence
of relative value between gold and
silver" The refunding feature of the
senate bill is opposed by several prom
inent republican papers, but it has
chance of acceptance in the confer
ence committee to which the two bills
will be presented.
There is a strong probability, on
the other hand that the senatc's BIZ
metallic provision will be rejected by
the conferees. Every republican pa
per of standing and ability in the
country has opposed this provision. 1t
received large majority in the SEN
ate, it is true, but the house will un-
doubtedly make a powerful fight
against it, and is hHely to win. 1t is
understood, too, that the president is
opposed to the blmetallic deliverance,
rhis concession to the silverites will
gain no votes for the republicans
from the 45-cent dollar side, while it
is calculated to offend many gold
standard men. OF course the pro-
vision. if it is retained, will not en-
danger the stability of the gold stand
ard. The concurrent action of the
leading commercial nations of the
world" in favor of the restoration of
the double standard. which this pro-
vision mentions. will never be OBJ
tanned, and not half n dozen of the
senators who voted for il ever expect
this. Therefore the expression is use
less, and ought to have been omitted
in the senate. n it's principal fea-
ture, however. the senate bill is wise
| measure. There will be sharp con-
| test in the conference committee, and
| the bimetalic stipulation will prob
| ably be out of the measure when II
| goes to the president. but whether it
| is in or out the act will make dis
| tinctiHe advance on the present coin
eGe and currency laws. and will
| OF ri bnp rantniicD y c
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-03-08

Gratis of ability in the east who might
be named are not in touch with the
Bryan democracy. Mr.. Mclean is one
of the most conspicuous democrats
west of the Alleghenies, but he is not
the man upon whom the democrats of
the country opposed to Mr.. Bryan and
his heresies can unite. Mayor Harri
son is another, t~t with him the ultra
populisti, elraept of the party will not
agree. There being no man upon
whom those opposed to Mr.. Bryan's
candidacy can unite, ex-senator Cor
man recently admitted that the claim
ant from Nebraska will be the candi-
date. The democrats who would do
so cannot prevent Mr.. Bryan's nomina-
ton and have practically ceased oppo-
sition, seeing that the only way to
get rid of Mr.. Bryan is to let him be
defeated again. Those who mistake
fake-making for news-collecting may
be able to evolve an Olney or Cor
man movement for few newspapers,
but Mr.. Bryan's nomination is a fore
gone conclusion.-Indiana Jour
nal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-03-08
POSTAL STATISTICS.
Figures that show How the Principal
Cities Rank in Amount Of Mai' Han
hIeI

Washington March second AS
Sistant Postmaster General Shallen-
berger has submitted to the poStmas-
ter general a report showing the re-
suit of the special weighing of mail
throughout the United States, in a.,
GS4 post offices, from October 3 to No
vember 6, 1899. The 17j frst-class
post offices have been separately tab
uIated in the report. This is the first
special weighing of mail since ten
years ago. when weighing was done
for seven days. The figures obtained
at that time have been found to be
misleading. The mail matter originat-
ing in the United States during the
time of weighing amounted to $780,
1872, ,405 pounds. and it is estimated that
upon this basis the total amount of
mail carried during a year is 1860
G66.50S pounds. Revenue is derived
from 4O.57 per cent. of this, while 50.43
yields no revenue.
1t was found that during the 35 days
New York City furnished by far the
largest amount of mail, 16,440,312
pounds, and Chicago the next largest
quantity, S,67s,2O7 pounds. Boston
follows with 4,053,533, Philadelphia
3,SO1, ,364. st. Louis 3,410,279 and Wash
ington 3,244,211 pounds. Other cities
furnished the following quantities in
pounds: San Francisco 1,123,1S4; Min
neapolis 1,017,773, St. Paul S97,S60,
Kansas City 1,171 1862, Cincinnati l.
6s5,511, Atlanta 45G,10S, Baltimore OIL
PIP, Cleveland 766,S07, Pittsburg S52,-
SO, Richmond 2l6,423, Milwaukee 1873,
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