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Imperial press., 1901-06-08

man who fell amongst thieves. It is
 hard to realize that the world powers,
 who are engaged in the work of des- polling China, have inc most oblique connection or sympathy with Chris, or his doctrines. Their inspiration is to be found in the lines
 The good old rule. the simple plan, That he may take who hath the power And he may keep who can.
 Just there is the real animus of the coalition of world against China. If the principles of these ostcnsibiy Christian Powers were applied to one of themselves a howl would go up that would not only make the wcikin ring, but which would break the tympa nuns of all earthly ears. Without any ex- aggeration, there is food for profound thought and much dejection at the thinness of the veneer of Christianity and Civilization that overiays the fe- rocious and predictions fibre of the Caucasian race.
Imperial press., 1901-06-08
JUST CEfORt GOING TO PRESS

Work on the canal at Cameron is being pushed day and night and it is thought the water will be in this town during the next week It is flowing in large body by Cameron and will be turned this way in few days.
 l. W. Gleason brought the following party over from Riverside: David Pyle. k. (. Donovan and Robert Jen- sin. They are now at Blue lake. Will return here tomorrow.
 F.. A. Slaue of Los Angeles, is in charge of the mechanical work on the lumber sheds of Holt Brothers.
 Arthur Razey of Riverside is paint ing the town white this week.
 l.. C. Nickrey of Redlauds is here doing carpenter work.
Imperial press., 1901-06-08
AT IMPERIAL TOWNSHIP
Continued from first page


 
 head of cattle are kept on the range near the lake.
 Our townsman. Dr. Burdick, Of the County Farm, has a claim of 52O acres near this fine sheet of water that will, with cameron lake. be permanently filled from the irrigation canal that will pass this way.
 The sun was approaching the sum. init of the mountain range to the west ward when we headed for Imperial, X miles distant. This fine body of land between the Salton and New river. which we again crossed, will be the hrstto recicvc the water, which it is believed will be turned into the dis iributing ditches by June IS of this year. All the way going and back ,o Imperial the land was the same rich sediment dcposi, from the Colorado river. A remarkable feature of the country over which our so mile drive of today took us was the small area of waste land. We know of no portion of California that has any thing near so little in an equal area of territory. Our days journey ended little be- fore sun down. The weather was all sve could ask. A cool breeze blew up from the Gulf and the mid day sun was not oppressive. The temperature marked on the registering thcrmom- ctcr at Imperial al 9O degrees, though II did not seem that warm 10 us.
Imperial press., 1901-06-08
THE BOOT ON THt OTHER IfG
From the Western Graphic

From the Western Graphic
 IL is a tradition that the ancient
 Egyptian priests and the Roman aug
 urs were wont to laugh in each others
 faces, while fooling the people at the top of their bent, The high and mighty allies who arc engaged in the work of dispoiling China must perforcc in- dulge in many seancc of this kind.
 When they come to pronounce the word ''indcmnity" the temptation to the broad guffaw must be very great indeed. In our wild and woody West there is q catchword about knocking d man down and then kicking him for. falling. This is about the experience the Chinese are undergoing. With the exception of the United States, which is uulcarncd in the arts of rob- bcry, and has always shown knightiy and most modest avoidance of the role of bully and spoliator, the powers who are just now engaged in the business
 
 displaying themselves unblushingly in the role of highwaymcn. The pro- babiiity is that China, through the acts of her Boxers. did do ten or twelve million dollars worth of damage to the several European powers. The killing of Baron won Kettcler and the s.., ~, .f. plorable. There is little doubt that China would have made ample repar- ation for these injuries. But when it comes to making up the Chinese side of the ledger, ye Gods and little fishes, what "demnition total" as Mantilini wonid have said, is to be noted? When it comes to the equities of the matter, when it comes right down to it, what a colossal indemnity the powers ought to pay to China. Assessing damages to the Caucasian race at SS50,OOO,OOO. the latest figure reported from German headquarters, China ought to be awarded at least S65O, ,OOO, 600. Thus, by passing over to the Celestials $500, ,OOO,- GOO, an equitable solution of the ques- ton might be reached. It was not known by the public until the other day that Italy and Spain had put in demands for big indemnities-big con sidering the fact that nobody had ever heard that they had been out and in- jured SO much as a sou marquee. The poor disciple of confucius is evidently the lineal descendant of the gentle
Imperial press., 1901-06-08
New Buildings Going Up

Various obstacles, mainly lack of carpenters, have caused considerable delay in the completion of the Chris tian church and parsonage, and other buildings. all of which are really in course of construction, though no great headway has as yet been made on any of them. w. r. Holt, who is having these buildings erected, reach here Tuesday. after an absence of d week. and gave it out that he was very much displeased with tho pro- grcss of the work. hence he had en- gagged the services of four men who are now completing the unfinished buildings. The city of Imperial will present d different appearance in a few weeks.
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01
M.,..on,.r. Cut. Gardener.

good story il being told about a
gardener who was for many years in
the service of Meissonier.
This gardener was not only wonder
fully skilled in the art of cultivating
flowers and vegetables, but he also
was true scientist, and as he was
endowed with phenomenal memory
he was able to give offhand the botan-
ical name Of any plant that was shown
to him. Some Of his employers
friends frequently tried to battle him
by handing him seeds or cuttings Of
exotic or other out-of-the-way plants,
but they never succeeded.
Now Meissonier was proud of him,
but he vowed that he would, once at
least. bewilder him, and one day,
while Emile Augier was dining with
him. he summoned the gardener, and
taking from his pocket small paper
package, In which he had previously
placed some eggs of dried herring, he
said to him: Here are some curious
seeds. Can you tell me what they
are?"
"of course l can, SIR" replied the
gardener. and after examining them
for a moment or two he gave them a
most impressive Latin name.
IF you sow them now," asked the
painter. how long will 1t take for
them to appear above ground?"
fortnight" was the reply.
Well" said Meissonier, II wish you
would SOW them at once. for 1 am cur
ious to see what kind of plant 1t is. !"
fortnight later Emile Augier. de-
string to see the end of this Joke,
came to breakfast at the painters vii
la, and as he and his host were at
table the gardener presented himself
and said: IF you gentlemen will OBJ
ige me by stepping into the garden I
will show you the plants that those
curious seeds have produced"
The two friends o''owed him to the
conservatory. where he pointed out to
them twelve odd-looking objects in a
box filled with freshly watered brown
earth. They stopped to examine them
more closely, and the next moment
they burst into shouts of laughter. for
the strange objects were the heads of
twelve red herrings.
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01

at once. She was telling them all how
she had learned to shoot carbine aa
well az any one. and they. the men.
at any rate. were hanging on her
words.
Mr.. Greville taught me-" she said
''and SO did Mr.. Burton" (This was
the first either had known of the 9TH
er's part in it, and they exchanged a
lookD They taught me with their
own carbines. too. The very same
ohes they used themselves in the COM
petition. But l shot best with Mr..
Burton's carbins. He must have fixed
his trigger to pull more easily; it was
almost like. what do you call *. a
hair-trigger?
She looked about for an answer, and
saw on their faces a stare of stony
horror and surprise. They moved a
little away from Burton. and the COM
manding officers steely eyes were on
his face. The face had turned white
even with the sunburn, and Burton's
voice was just trifie unsteady as he
spoke.
This is our dance think, Miss
Mivart," he said.
The innocent, round. blue orbs
looked just little coldly into his.
No" she told him, 81 think you are
mistaken. 1t is Mr.. Greville's dance"
And she turned and laid her hand on
Grevilles arm.-Argopaut.
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01
The Few Handwriting.

II handwriting is an index of char.
acter American women are all getting
to be exactly alike. Every fashionable
woman now writes the angular Enx-
iish hand and others are cultivatinR 1t
Good form DEGREES that paper. ink and
wax must be Of certain style, and
this, taken in conjunction with the
similarity OF penmanship, makes one
fashionable woman's letter resemble
another's almost exactly.
The angular writing possesses one
merit, that of being easily distinguish
able. Contrasted with the fine. light
slanting. Italian handwriting that was
the fashion for women thirty or forty
Yeas ago the writing of the modern
woman shows remarkable change.
Even ten or fifteen years ago the
school girl who wrote with a heavy
black stroke of the pen was consid-
cred at fault, while extremely light or
delicately shaded Spencerian penman-
shiI was commended as perfect. But
all this is changed nowadays. The
blacker the writing the more charac-
ter 1t is supposed to possess, just as
luc ShelCueb VI SOu1e dTIlSLS VINO are
lavish with their India ink are rated as
strong. Shading has gone out en-
TREY
1t was quite fad with women of
long ago to cross their four and five-
page letters of finely traced writing.
Such letter today would be unde-
cipherable to modern eyes. There is
no need for the average woman to
cross her letters nowadays, as they
are as brief as possible. The long soul
full outpourings with pen and ink be-
tween women friends are no longer in
dulged in. 1t has been said that the
art of letter writing has completely
died out and that there are no more
love letters Of the old sort written
between betrothed couples. Even
among women the telegraph and the
telephone have done much to make
letter writing as it used to be practiced
considered an out-of-date accom- plish-
msnt.
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01
Rubbing 1t In.

Miss Cutting--I have good joke on
my cousin Clara. Without her glasses,
you know, 1t is almost impossible for
her to distinguish one person from an
otner. and this morning she actually
talked to dummy in front of cloth
ing store for 10 minutes. thinking 1t
was you.
enthusiastically! And how did
shs-aw-discovah her mistake?
Miss Cutting-She didn't; there's
where the Joke comes in.-Chicago
News.
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01

Father-"Tommy. this is a very bad
report You bring from school," Tom
MY know 1t, papa; but you said
II brought home good report you
would give me quarter. and l wanted
to save you that expense"
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01
UnpracticaI Man.

Impractical Man.
Cooke-It's surprising how unprac-
tical some men are.
Brooke-Why, how's that?
Cooke-Well, there's Prof. Lnguist
for example. He spent the best part
of his life acquiring fuency in nine
or ten different languages, and then
went and married wife who never
gives him chance to get word in
edgeways.-Tit-Bits.
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01
A. Might Have Been.

Wsderly-'T don't believe the aver
she II painted"
SSngleton-"Don't you, rsally?"
Wsderly-"No. My mother-in-law
tried to do me favor once that
would probably have made me happy
for life had she succeeded"
0engleton-"What did she do-at-
tempt suicide?"
WsderlS-"No. She refused her con-
sent to my marriage with her daugh-
tsr, but ] like blooming idiot. in
dsoed the girl to elope with me-
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01
A. Acknowlsdgmsnt A 9

A man sometimes attaches great
deal Of importance to himself" re-
marked Mr. Meekton's wife. Yes"
answered Leonidas. with Chester
feldian air, especially when he gets
married. washington Star.
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01
The PrOfeAAnr.

n was early on the morning of Oct.
9. 1901. the thirtieth anniversary OF the
great fre.
The professor being unable to sleep,
had gone out of doors to look at the
stars.
Suddenly the glare of a tremendous
conhagration downtown caught his
eye, and he heard. the rattle and rum
BILE of fre engines fastening to the
scene Of danger.
We'll" he said, Its quite evident
that for the last thirty years Chicago
has been between two fires"
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01
ANstural Term.

Papa, here's an expression / never
heard before: That's the word with
the barkon.' What does 1t mean?" hI
suppose 1t means any word that's writ
ten inca ships log'-Chicago Tribune
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01
At an Advantage.

binz Is a bit of bore. but he's very
lond OF children. Yes" answered Miss
cayenne. He can tell them all his
stories without 80 much risk Of thsiy
saying they have heard them before"
= Washington Star.
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01
Kindly.

Kindly.
Miss Anteek-Shes very rude. She
told me yesterday that was - home
ly old thing"
Miss Goodheart-Yes, heard hss.
and 1 took her to task for It aftsrwarA
Miss Anteek-Did you really?
Miss Goodheart-Yes; told her she
should think how sensitive you must
be about it.-Philadelphia Press.
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01
Pictorial buf1or
~
KNEW HIS DUTIES.

A young clerk in a wholesale house
has been spending large portion oil
his salary for the last few days buying
cigars for friends who are "on" to a
joke that was pcrpetrated on him. His
employer engaged new boy and as
soon as the boy came to the establish
ment he was instructed in his duties by
our friend, who had been promoted to
the position of assistant bookkeepsr
and given a small office by himself
About an hour after the boy started in
the boss came around. and seeing him
working. asked:
Has the assistant bookkeeper told
you what to do?'
"Yes, SIR" was the prompt reply; he
told me to wake up when l saw you
coming around"
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01
Why He Escaped.

The Literary Editor: THAT fellow
scribbler sent in poem this morn
ing entitled Why do l live?"
The Editor: What did you do with
it,"
The Literary Editor: Returned n
with an enclosed slip saying: Because
you mailed this instead Of bringing It
personally"
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01
wOmnn-Like.

Tess|She says she cant understand
why people call him dattsrsr.
Jsss-She does, eh?
Tess-Yes; l guess it's because hs
never said anything nattering To her.
Jess-More likely he did say some
thing hattering and she's trying -
make herself believe he was In earn
est.-Philadelphia Press.
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01

He went fishing, and when he came
back a friend met him and asked:
Ibid you catch anything
Not" In tone of scorn.
Well exclaimed the friend. you
are truthful. anyhow. which all fish
ermen are not"
"As to that" responded the fisher
man. perhaps you might have called
them fish, but wouldn't. The big
gest one got only weighed II
pounds STRAY Stories.
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01

Rheumatism IL said to be remarka-
bly, prevalent in Kansas. Certainly
The state has had great deal Of trou-
ble lately with Its joints.
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01
Worse Yet.

Mother-If you marry him in haste
you will repent at leisure.
Daughter-Well, can't bear to
think Of any other girl repeating at
leisure with him.-Puck.
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01

There is thought in nearly every
line Of poetry; the versemaker has to
think of one word that will rhyme
with another.
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01
An Earthly Angel.

Said he: IF you will be my wife
You shall never know a care;
With an angel for an earthly mate
There is nothing I'd not dare"
mo doubt" she answered calmly,
But somewhere have read
That fools oft rush in blindly
Where angels fear to tread"
The Dolores star., 1901-11-01

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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1901-03-01
Local Notes.

Those who attended the Sousa con-
cert at Olympia last Wednesday pro-
nounce it simply grand.
ApetitIon asking for the opening of
the Pan, Exposition on Sun
days was placed in the postoffice for
signatures. and large. number of
Shelton people have signed it.
q The pastor ofthe Baptist church will
preach in Forbes school house Sunday
afternoon at O'Clock If the people
in that neIghborhood desire preaching
let them attend the services.
The subject of next Sunday evenings
sermon, at the Baptist church, will be
"The House That was Four Thousand
years insBuilding.' A good programme
OF music may be expected.
/ Two old-time Shelton boys have
been heard from this week and both
wrote that they are doing well. r. w.
Lee, Boundary Falls, B. c., and Hugh
MUTTON, at Ketchikan, Alaska. The
latter says it rains there all the time.
except when it SHOWS, but it is a good
mining country. and capital is fact
opening it up.
A parent writes to us that he is an
noyed and panied by his son staying
out nights, and asks us if we can pre-
sent remedy for this. rapidly growing
evil. The bows spine can be broken
with an ak, or he can be na1led to the
floor with a red-hot railroad spike
driven through his abdomen; but the
most effectnal way is to compel him to
wear patched clothing.-Olympia
Chronicle.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1901-03-01
Around The County.
HOOD CANAL, Feb. 26. 1901

/ HOOD CANAL, Feb. 20, 1901.
! Harvey Smith, aged twenty years, dice
very suddenly on the 18th, at Nelita, fou,
miles below Holly. He and a friend
Isaac Ludwig, both from Snohomish. were
there cutting wood. They slept together,
At three O'Clock Mr.. Ludwig walked uu
and heard Mr.. Smith move and cough or
gurgle 10 his throat. About five O clock be
walked again and touched his friend two OF
three times, but he did not move and on
examination found him to be dead. He
concluded that he must have died about
three clock, from all appearances, from
heart failure. He was taken to Snohomish.
where his parents live, for burial.
The family of John Lucky, of Brennon.
move this week to Granite Falls where Mr..
| Lucky has been at work for some time.
Mr.. Phillips from the East, moves his
family onto Mr.. Lucky place this week,
which he has rented for year. He has
a wife and six children, and is a cousin of
the Horner's who live in the neighborhood
Mr.. Coates, road supervisor, with two
men, has begun work on the new county
road at Humahuma, working northerly
towards the county line. He expects to
put two hundred dollars worth on the road
at present.
Mrs. Lillian Bailey, of Aberdeen, is
visiting her parents at Lilliwaup. o. A.
Furness and wife.
Prof H. A. Sharpe and wife (nee Miss
Marybelle Gonzalves) whose marriage on
the 10Th at Seattle you mentioned last
week, came 70 Lilliwaup on the first steam
er after their marriage to see her mother
and sister, after which they started on
their bridal tour, going to Port Townsend.
A Sabbath school was organized in the
Eagle Greek district last Sabbath by Mr.
Shepherd, Presbyterian Sabbath school
missionary. Mr.. William Uric, the new
purchaser of the Eagle Creek farm is the
superintendent, Miss Julia M. Aaro, treas
urer and Miss Uric secretary.
VIC lCSlel 10 ledIu that the SCdrlatlna,
which has been prevalent around Harri-
son during the winter, has made its APP
pearance at Holly, quite number of per-
sons in two or three families having it..
1t is quite light.
We are glad to say that the report that
there was case OF smallpox at Clifton is
wholly unture. There has been none at
all, nearer than Bremertop, if there was
one there.
A few salmon are now being caught on
the Canal, especially about Dewatto and
Lilliwaup. They bring six cents pound
Mark Wilson, with good crew of men,
is steadily at work building the bridge
across the Duckabush river They hope
to have it finished in from two to four
weeks, according to the weather
DIED, Sabbath, February "a, near the
Oak Patch, of rheumatism, Mrs. Charles
Maths, aged fifty years.
The family of Fred Gush moved from
Dewatto the first of this weeh to Tacoma,
where Mr.. Gush had preceded them.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1901-03-01
The Skookum Oyster Co.

Papers tor the Incorporation of the
Skookum Oyster Co. were. completed
and filed last week, Arthur Needham,
w. FL. Kneeland, Henry Faubert, Mark
Drallam, O. G. Hanson and George
Draham being the incorporates. The
company will now combine and handle
the oyster lands owned by its indi-
vidual members. amounting to more
than 100 acres. They intend to go into
oyster culture on large scale, and will
spend considerable money in preparing
and seeding the best of their grounds
II several parts of this county. The
company has already contracted for Is
tons of oyster seed from Willapa har-
Dor, and contemplate some Eastern
oyster seed by way of experiment.
Judging from the general interest
taken in the scramble for oyster lands,
and the amount of money heing spent
by individual owners in experimenting.
planting aud cultivatlng oyster beds,
this industry will be close second to
the umbering in Mason county within
very few years. Mason county is the
leading oyster county in the state; in
fact, already produces more than all
the rest of the state. Shelton" oys-
tiers top the market.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1901-03-01
branching out and logging from a diaerent

branching out and logging from differen,
direction, '-i -
?. Wyatt is spending the week with hi,
mother at her home at Holly.
The masquerade ball given BY Mr.. BERG.
IN the hall at Allyn, February first was !
great success. heing well attended; and
lnucn amusement was caused by the in.
aDliity OF those masked to distinguish tbe;,
trends. The prizes could not be awarded
owing to the fact that Mr. Burg had un-
fortunately lost his Allyn home by fire inst
a lew days previous, and the prizes were
burned with the house.
From Nelita comes the sad intelligence
Of the sudden death. Monday night of
MI. Smith, cordwood cutter. who has
been working at that place all winter The
unfortunate man was presumably. in the
pest OF health, but his partner on calling
nm at the usual rising hour Yesterday
morning tailed to obtain a response and
put his hand on Mr.. Smith face, when he
was horrlfed to find it cold in death. The
cause OF his death is presumed to be heart
failure. Little is known of the deceased
beyond the fact that he comes from Sno
homish.
AU REvoIR.