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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-10-19
FRANK G. DEcKEBAcH, Register
UNITED STATES LAND oFFICE,l

Olympia, Wash Aug. 20, 19OO.}
Notices hereby given that in compliance with
the provisions Of the act of Congress of June 8,
1898, entitled San act for the sale of timber lands
Washington Territory as extended to all the
Public Land States by act of Aug. 4, 1852,
ALBERT +. BIGFORD,
of Dunlap, County, of King, State of Wash
has this day filed in this Office his sworn state
ment No. 626, for the purchase of the SwA OF
Section No: II, in TownshipNo. IAN, Range No.
wv, and will offer proof to show that the land
sought is more valuable for its timber or stone
than for agricultural purposes, and to establish
his claim 10 said land before the Register and
Receiver of this office at Olympia on Friday,
the 18th day OF October, 1900
He names as witnesses: " d, Card A NJ
Capps, A. G. Gapps, James j. Cloyd. Seattle Wn
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above-dcscribed lands are requested 10 file their
claims in this Office or before said 18th day of
October, 1909.
FRANZ n nrovrp ,crr Dooistor
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-10-19
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE

Wy Hpld, w dSll., "A uS. AVtA, l5OO,
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Congress of
June g. 1878, entitled San act for the sale of tim
Der lands in the States of California, Oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory as extended
to all the Public Land States by act of August 4,
1892
ALVA NJ CAPPS,
of Seattle, County of King, State of Wash, has
this day filed in this office sworn statement No.
GA, for the purchase of the SE14 Of SW14 and
Let4 of Section No, Z, NE14 of NW14 and Lots l
and Of Section No IL in Township No. "a N
Range No. W. and will offer proof to show
that the land sought is more valuable for its
timber or stone than for agricultural purposes
and to establish her claim to said land before,
the Register and Receiver of this Office at Olym-
pia, WASH on Friday the 26th day of October
1900.
He names as witnesses: A Capps, w Card
J Little, of Dewatto, Wash John ALL, of
Hoodsport, Wash,
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file their
claims in this office or before said 18th day of
October 1900
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-10-19
APPLICATION No 3119
Notice Of Sale Of Second Class
Tide Land.

nj Office is hereby given that on the goth day of
IN October 1900, and the hour of Two o'clock in
the Afternoon, on said day. at the door of the
Court House in Mason County, Washington, the
1oliow1ng described Tide land win be sold at
public auction to the highest bidder therefor,
to wit:
All Tide Lands of the Second Glass, owned by
the State of Washington, situate in front Of adj
Meander line in front of Lots and s Twp. ION.
Z. 3W. according to the certified copy of the me-
ander notes attached to the application, and
made part thereof.
Being a distance of q .04 chains and described
as~follOws:
Beginning at a point on the Government
Meander line from which the Meander corner
to fractional sections 10 and IL Twp 19N. r. 3W.
bears N. 81 deg. 55 min. E. 9.57 chains distant;
thence s. &C deg. w 500 chains; N. 20 deg. W.
IA. chains; 8. 20 deg. w. LOO chains
Appraised at $500 per chain, or $105.20
!, SAID Ilde lane will be sold for not less than
the appraised value and subject to the improve
ments situated thereon, and as appraised by
the Board of State Land Commissioners in the
manner provided by a law, a statement of which
county.
Terms of sale are Under contract, one tenth
TO be paid on the day of the sale. aud one tenth
annually thereafter on the first day of March of
each year, with accrued interest on deferred
balance at per cent per annum: Provided,
That any purchaser may make full payment at
any time and obtain deed.
The purchaser of such land will be required to
pay at the time of sale the appraised value of
any improvements or valuable material OH such
land IN full in addition to the one-tcnth of the
sale price.
sale by virtue of an order of the Board of State
Land Commissioners made on the 18th day OF
September 1900, duly certified and on file i'll the
office OF said county auditor.
A. l.. BELL, County Auditor.
Dated at Shelton, WASH, this Is day of Sept. A.
d. 1900. Sept. 81, 5w
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-10-19
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
Olympia, Wash. Aug II 1qao

! OlS IA Dists " dStl, Aug 10. 1891
Notice is hereby given that in comnii . moo win
the provisions of the act of Congress of June :.
i8'8 entitled An act for the sale of timber lands
IN the States of California Oregon. NeyaSia anS
Washington Territory" as extended to ali tha
Public Lands States by act of August 4. 1899
ASA q CAPPS,
Of Seattle, County Of King, State of uas1
has this day FLED in this Office his srynr,
statement No go. for the purchase of the lots
and 4sla OF NV & NE1x ofSWI<of Section No No
ana viii offer proof to show that the land
sought IS more Valuable for its timber or stone
tnan TOR agricultural purposes, aud 10 establish
Receiver Of this office at Olympia. wash o.,
thursday, the 18th day of October. 1907 -
he names as witnesses: Cart Frizzeil az Ga
Dewatto, Wash, John Ali, OF Hoodspost Wasi,
Any aud all persons claiming adversely the
20 ove-qescrlbed lands are requested 10 file their
October, 1900. -. s-e'' -
FRANK g. DEcKEBAcH, Register
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9 "A g III O ia.
Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature a. MZNzz<m

NyANTED-ACTIVE MAN OF GOOD CHAR
Nm acter to deliver and collect in Washington,
for old established manufacturing wholesale
house. s900a year, sure pay. Honesty more
than experience required. Our reference, any
bank in any city. Enclose self-addressed stamp
ed envelope. Manufacturers, Third Floor, 1884
Dearborn St., Chicago.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-10-19
UNlTED STATES LAND OFFICE
,r,ix.

Notice is h reby given that in omplianee with
the provisions of the act of Congress of June 2
1878, entitled IAN act for the sale of timber
lands III the States of California, Oregon. Ne
vada aud Washington Territory" as extended to
all the Public Land States by act of Aueust 4
1892, JAMES JONES, .
OF Seattle. County of King, State of Wash hos
this day flied in this office his sworn Statements
No. 6S, for the purchase OF the Sell Of SEP.
ton No. 10. in Township No. "A N, r, s ", and
more valuable for its timber or stone thsn fa 40
agricultural purposes. and TO establish his claim
to said land before the Register and Receiver IF
this office at Olympia, Wash, on Friday, the
9th day of Novemb Der 1900 VIC
He names as witnesses. A Morrison. PAT
Rogers. of Seail,, Wash. H u. Powelson. CastIe
Rock, wash, Alfred Goldthwaite, of Inglewood
Any and all llersons claiming adversely tha
unprecedented lands are requested to file their
claims in this office on or before said III Sav
of November, 1900. "a oas
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-10-19
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

jul
Notice is hereby given that in compliance with
the provisions of the ACT of Congress of June 3.
1878, entitled IAN act for the sale of timber lands
Was ;ngton Territory as extended to ali the
Pubic Land States by act Of August A, 1892,
ARTHUR Fl MORRISON,
OF Seattle, county OF King, state of Wash, has
this Gay filed in this Office his sworn statement
No. GA, for the purchase OF the SwL Mel, Sell
NwM and Lots 2, 8, and q; of Section No. IL, in
Township No. "a N. Range No. W. and will
offer proof to show that the land sought is more
valuable for its timber or stone than for agri.
cultural purposes, and to establish her claim to
said land before the Register aud Receiver Of
this office at Olympia, Wash. on Friday the
9th day OF November 1860
He names as witnesses: James Jones. of So
attic Wash, Pat Rogers, H Fl Powelson, of Castle
ROCK, WASH; Goldthwaite, of Inglewood Wn
above described lands are requested to file their
claims III this Office on or before said yfh dav
Of November 1900. s
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No. sc.
IN THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON,
WESTERN DIVISION
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-23
INCREASE IN SUICIDES.
Self Destruction Growing More Com
mon to the Whole Civilized
World.

The decay of religious sentiment
which is to be observed in all those
countries which are in the foremost
rank as regards knowledge, and es.
pecially the growth of scientific knowl.
edge-has perhaps conduced more to
| the spread of suicide than has any
other single cause. That the decadence
of orthodox belief, says the Medical
Record, is an important factor in the
/ increase of self-murder is demon
strated in great cities like Paris, Ber-
lin and Vienna, where agnosticism is
rampant and the greatest number of
suicides occur.
DIR. Ireland traces the greater por-
tion of the causes of suicide to severe
strain upon the nervous system which
may be the outcome of multiplicity of
causes. Among these causes may be
mentioned the increased strain of mod
ern life upon the nervous system. The
following are the mean annual rates
per 100000 population of some of the
European countries: Saxony, 1S61-70,
suicides, 2S1; 1S71-1SS0, suicides, 325:
1SS1-S4. suicides, 80; 1SS5-SS, suicides,
1913. In Denmark during the same pc
riods, 2S3, 266, 249, 259. In France, 129.
161, 1S9, 212. In Prussia, 127, 153, 19s,
2O4 In Belgium. 61, 81, 107, 116. In
Sweden. so, Sc, 90, 11O. In England and
Wales, &c, 20, ~, rs. In Norway So 20,
6s, &C. Italy, 27 81. 81. As, As. 1t will
be observed that with the exception of
Norway the suicide mortality rate has
increased, and in most countries very
considerably within recent years.
The diminution in Norway is attrib-
uted, says the Nineteenth Century Re-
view, to the energetic attack which
the Norwegian government has made
on alcoholism. The same journal says
that in the case of Italy particularly,
emigration accounts to some extent
for the low rate prevailing there. 1t is
evident that emigration provides an
outlet for a great deal of misery and
constitutes hopeful alternative to sui
eide.
The rate of suicide mortality in the
United States is one in $4,000. DIR. d. .
r. Dewey finds that in the New Eng |
land states since 1860 suicide has in
creased about 35 per cent. In Massa-
chusetts it has increased in 30 wears, |
1S6O-9O, from 70 to 80 to the million |
living, and in Connecticut from 81 to .
lO3 per million. A steady increase of
seIf-destruction is common to the .
whole civilized world.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-23
ABOUT HANDKERcH1EFs.
Some Things That Every Girl should
Learn as Soon ms She Can
Sew.

There is no better way for a girl
to learn to sew than to make for her
sself number of dainty handker-
chiefs, as very neat sewing must be
employed in all work of this kind, and
as yard of sheer linen is enough for
several of them it is much cheaper to
make them at home. If she wants
trimming other than hemstitching
she can make this also, if she can knit.
crochet or make tatting, and any of
these are very dainty as well as dur
able, says the Housekeeper
1t is quite a feature of economy
to get a width of linen that will cut
two handkerchiefs, and there is moth
ing better than India linen of fine,
close quality In hemstitching only
three threads should be drawn, as it
gives a much neater effect, and to
make the threads easier to draw the
material must be dampened and
pressed before beginning the work.
The girls should not only learn how
to make their own handkerchiefs. but
they should learn to launder them as
well, for the average laundress is de-
void of conscience and pity toward
these sheer articles. and if they are
washed by the owner in her own
washbowl they are spared the sacri-
flee occasioned by hard rubbing on
the washboard.
Soft water is always preferable for
washing these dainty articles, and to
wash them so they will be beautiful
ly white stir enough pearlne in the
warm water to make foamy lather,
then wash between the hands. and
while still damp spread smoothly over
marble slab or large window pane
or mirror. Let them remain until
perfectly dry, then fold evenly and
press between boards or in a large
book.
II one is an expert needlewoman she
can have quite a number of handker-
chiefs with very little expenditure of
and if she will launder them
herself she may keep them looking
fresh and dainty. 1t is said that moth
ing shows woman's degree of refine
ment more than her handkerchief.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-23
KITCHEN HELPS.
Items of Information That May BE
Useful to the Busy House,
wife.

A small, strong table, covered with
zinc or tin, on castors, so that it can
| be run back and forth between the
kitchen and pantry or dining-room,
saves innumerable steps and any
amount of time and patience, says the
Home Magazine.
Keep high stool in the kitchen to
sit on when ironing small articles.
Wear gloves when ironing and you
will save many burn.
In washing greasy skillets the adj
dition of little soda to the water
will neutralize the grease and make it
much easier to clean, These are best
cleansed when hot.
To clean the range after frying
crumple newspaper between the
hands and rub the range with it.
This will absorb the grease and leave
the range bright as before.
The small paper bags that groceries
come in are better protection to the
hands than the gloves made purpose
ly for backing stoves.
If there is a holder or two hung
near the oven door there is not the
temptation to use the apron and per-
haps soil or burn it.
Make a muslin cover to draw on
your thumb when pairing apples and
potatoes to avoid, cutting the skin.
A soft mat is restful to stand upon
when at work.
Half the battle in washing dishes is
keeping the dish cloths and towels
clean Wash out once a week in am
monia water.
Use soapy water for making starch.
The linen will have a'glossier appear
ance and the iron will not be so apt to
stick.
Next winter try wearing shoes of
old jeans in the kitchen. Use an old
overshoe for pattern.
A sponge large enough to expand
and fill the chimney after having been
squeezed in, tied to slender stick, is
the best thing with which to clean a
lamp chimney.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-23
SUPERSTITIOUS WOMEN.
There Are Many who Place n Great
Deal of Confidence in
Dreams.

| 1t doesn't seem possible that in this
enlightened age superstition could be
rife among the educated, but there are,
I nevertheless, number of young wom-
en- who converse huently if not elo-
/ quently in three languages, and who
read Spencer and Browning and Emer-
son, but who place dreambook with
their Bible on the table beside the bed
and consult it in the morning the first
thing, says the Baltimore News.
With credulity worthy darlty
nanny if their sleep has been visited
with unusual visions they seize this
volume as soon as their eyes are fairly
opened and look for an explanation.
If misfortune is foretold by it, the
seeker after knowledge assumes "a
bravado she is far from feeling.
Il don't care" she says to herself,
by way of oolstering up her courage,
I'm not superstitious, anyway, and I
don't believe in such arrant nonsense" !"
But she's nervous, just the same. for
couple of days, until other troubles
have driven this mythical one out of
her mind.
There's one young woman known to
the writer who never dreams of a
young child without shivering and
shaking for days after, in fear of some
dreadful thing happening to her. She
has not consulted dream book on the
subject, and so she doesn't know how
infants and bad luck became connected
in her mind, but, nevertheless, after
she's had visitant of this sort while
sleeping she says prayers of unusual
length and then makes up her mind
to be patient under Affections sore.
She's an intelligent woman, mind
you, but she doesn't attempt to explain
the terror that besets her at this par
ticular dream.
She doesn't call herself superstitious.
of course no woman does, not even the
one who won't walk under a ladder.
but her friends do, and make light of
her until she exposes some fetch of
theirs when the subject is carefully
avoided afterward.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-23
ONLY TWO PASSENGERS.
A DiR Ocean Liner That Mnde n TriT
with n Very Small List of
Tourists.

speaking of running hotel for one
guest and railroad train for one pas
senger," said a well-known New Or.
leans artist, according to the New Or
leans TimesDemocrat, 81 believe can
lay claim myself to the queerest expe-
rience of that kind on record. 1t hap
pened some years ago when | was on
my way to take course of study in
Paris. | had started from st. Louis.
where | was then living, and had bare
ly time to make connections with the
liner on which | had engaged passage
in advance. 1t was a big, fine ship, be-
longing to one of the famous trans
Atlantic fleets and plying between New
York and Atwerp, but, for reasons
which you will understand in mo-
ment, I'd rather not mention the
name. | rushed straight from the de-
pot to the dock and went Immediately
on board, where little polite purser
assigned me to my cabin. was an en-
tire novice at ocean travel in those
days, but as | looked around l couldn't
help being surprised at the absence of
the crowd and hustle which l had al
ways associated mentally with the de-
parture of a great ocean-going vessel.
IA good many people were moving
| about, but they all seemed to belong to
the ships crew or staff, and the small
sprinkling of onlookers on the wharf
didn't have the air of folks who had
come to bid friends good-by. The only
person L could see, who was evidently
passenger, was a pretty girl in New
market coat, who appeared to be as
lonesome as myself. After we cast off
it leaked out that the ship had had
several cases of smallpox on board dur
ing her incoming voyage, and when the
fact was exploited in the papers there
was a rush to cancel tickets. The up
shot of it was that the pretty girl and
l were actually the only passengers On
board. She had come from small
town in interior Pennsylvania, and,
like. myself, had heard nothing of the
smallpox scare, but fortunately she
had plenty of common sense and wasn't
in the least alarmed.
AT dinner that evening the captain
met us at his table in the big, echoing
saloon and put us at once at our ease.
You two have the whole ship to your
selves, he said, 'and as this is the first
time such a thing has ever happened |
want you to make the most of it. We
are carrying our regular staff and full
supplies. In short, the vessel is yours.
Well, we took him at his word, and /
look back on that experience as the
jolliest of my life. The pretty girl was
an opera singer and proved delightful
companion de voyage. We had our
meals served in an elegant little salon
on the deck, we wandered all over the |
big craft, exploring it from end to end;
an army of servants were at our beck |
and call, and, before we reached Ant
,werp, L could hardly believe that |
wasn't royal parsonage, cruising on a
mammoth private yacht. 1t took me |
several weeks to get entirely out of the
clouds. If that episode doesn't eclipse
all your one-man train and hotel .
stories I'll eat my palette"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-23
praised Ducks with celery sauce,

Have two ducks and put them into
a saucepan with sliced onion, two
thin slices of salt pork, three bay
leaves, a couple of cloves and some
peppercorns, with good pinch of salt
but this last need not be added till
they have cooked for an hour. Cover
with water and add claret glass Of
white wine. Boil for two hours, more
or less, but till they are tender; then
take out and serve with a sauce made
in this way: Put an ounce of butter
in saucepan, and when melted
thicken with little -four. Then add
gill of water, salt and white pepper.
Add also another ounce of butter and
the yolks of two eggs At the last
stir in half dozen nice celery stalks
cut into half-inch ngths.-Boston
Budget
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-23


Enfield post Office, which is shortly
to be removed to a new site, at pres
ent occupies a building which pos
sesses some remarkable traditions. IT
was Queen Elizabeth's palace. A por-
tion of the center and south wing OF
the Tudor structure still remains, and
within there are richly ornamented
ceilings, oak paneled walls and a mas
sive chimney piece, standing on Ionic
and Corinthian columns; and here
are seen the letters sc. r." with the
arms of England and France quar-.
tered, the rose and portcullis, the lion
and the gryphon, and the motto, "Sola
salus servire Dec, sunt alterae
fraudes." At the back is a gigantic
cedar, which is regarded as the first
of these trees ever grown in England.
as unquestionably it is the largest.
The story runs that it was reared
from seed brought over from Mount
Lipanus.-London Telegraph.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-23
IN A SIGNAL TOWER.
erty on the Pennsylvania
Road,

For eight hours every day Miss Har-
riett Hawk stands in the signal tower
on the Pennsylvania railway at Irwin,
Pa, and guards the passing trains
from accident. She has a strong hand
and a cool nerve, and no one along the
line is more implicitly trusted by the
managers of the road. An average of
rs trains passing is the rule during the
daily working period of this self-pos-
sessed young woman. There are track
complications, too, that call for a con-
slant clear head and quick thought,
says local exchange.
To the east is sharp curve that
takes the tracks out of the operators
sight within 200 feet of the tower.
just in from the curve double tracks
are made to connect with the four
track system leading into Pittsburgh.
1t is here that the west-bound freight
trains must be crossed over" to their
tracks to give the right of way to the
fast flying passenger trains. A half
mile to the west the Turtle Creek
branch connects and sends out on the
main line the heavy coal trains from
Export IS. H." must see that they
are kept out of the way of the regular
trains.
There is never a moment in the eight
hour trick" that there is not the
rumble of trains in her ears to remind
the little woman in the tower of her
duty. At her table three telegraph in
struments click in sharp chorus, Civ
ing IS. H." orders and warning her of
changes in schedules. The division
foreman's telephone is near at hand
and over this wire come many orders.
At the operators side are the levers
that control the intricate switches and
in front on the wall is the indicator
that records every movement of the
switch rails.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-23
Fault Finding mt Home.

The home is no place for the scold
1t ought ever to be the scene of for
bearance, love, charity and affinity
Husband and wife, parents and chill
dren should be kind, gentle, responsive
and helpful. Thus will be realized the
sweetest of joys, the noblest of conf
1ences and the dearest and most en-
during of onships.-Detroit Free
Press.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-23
Tanning the waves with Net.

A new plan for diminishing the
force OF waves has recently been tried
at Hayre' 1t is the invention of Baron
dAlessandro, an Italian residing in
Paris. The apparatus consists of a
network of waterproofed hemp, 800
feet long by 80 broad, anchored on the
surface OF the water. 1t fattens OUT
heavy waves and prevents them from
breaking. after the manner of oil
spread upon the sea.-Youth's Com
panion,