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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-21
The Cigarettes.

The ingenuity of the women of London
and Paris in inventing new dissipation lie
without limit. To the morphine habit
the devotees of sensationalism have now
added the practice of smoking tea cigar
cites. Special grades of the finest tea
are used, and the effect of the cigarettes
is said to be delightful for fully an hour
after one has been smoked After that
comes the reaction in the form of a ner-
vous trembling and excitability, but
which is subdued. according to woman
of title, who rather goes in for all these
things, by a thimbleful of frozen absinthe.
Thus by industriously ringing the changes
on morphine, tea, cigarettes and absinthe,
with a few intrigues, some scandal and
a raft of white hot French novels, the
woman of society manages to worry
through the day. wonder if the Ameri-
can girls great success abroad is not due
to her naturalness and health. -London
Cor. Philadelphia Ledger.
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Washington's Jump.

A story is told of Washington making
! famous jump for a wife during his
youth. HE was riding, so the story
goes, along the Potomac above George
town, when he came to the house of a
large estate, and seeing crowd on the
lawn. he asked the cause of the gather
.ng. He was told that jumping match
was in progress, and the prize was the
hand of the farmers daughter. He
looked on for a time at the different
jumps, and finally asked if he might
not also try his skill. The host con-
'ented, and Washington jumped farther
han the farthest. AS he did so he noted
that the countenance of the maiden fell,
and that she looked rather woefully at
the face of his leading competitor, who
lad made the next best jump, and who
was evidently her lover. He resigned
his claim to the lady's hand in his rivals
favor, and it is said that this lady after
ward recalled the circumstance when
she met him at one of his presidential
levees. "-Cosmopolitan
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The indians of Ecuaco.

While the Indians are under the rule
of the priests, and have accepted the
Catholic religion, three hundred and
fifty years of submission has not en-
tire divorced them from the ancient
rites they practiced under the pre-his-
toric civilization. Several times a
year they have feasts or celebrations
in honor of some event in the Inca his
tory. They never laugh and seldom
smile; they have no songs and few
amusements; their only semblance to
music is a mournful chant which they
give in unison at the feasts which are
intended to keep alive the memories of
the Incas. They cling to the tradi-
tons and the customs of their an
cestors. They remember the ancient
glory of their race, and look to its
restoration as the Aztecs of Mexico
look for the coming of Montezuma
They have religious relics which they
guard with the most sacred care, and
there are two great secrets which no
tortures at the hands of the Spaniards
have been able to wiring from them
These are the art of tempering copper
so as to give it as keen and enduring
an edge as steel, and the burial place
of the Incarial treasures. American
Magazine.
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Some Dates of Easter Sunday.

Thomas Cunningham. of this place,
who is corresponding member of the
Numismatic and Archaeological society,
of New York, possesses, among his many
other ''curios," a complete file of Phin-
ney's Almanac from 1903 to 1887, inclu-
sive, the publication Of which was stopped
in 1887. In looking over them one is
struck by the variety of dates on which
Easter Sunday occurs. every day in the
month of April being represented except
the last five. Throughout the file it &C.
ours five times on the 10Th and five times
on the 10th of April; four times on each
the 1st, Cd, 18th and 18th of April, and
four times on the 31st of March; three
times on the 4th, 9Th, 9th, 18th, 9Th, 10th,
18th, 18th and 22d of April and the 27th
and 2Sth of March; April %, 1886, being
the latest and March %, 1918, the earliest
dates on which it occurs. Eight dates in
March are represented, viz: 22d, 23d,
25th, Goth, 9th, 2Sth, 30th and 31st.-
Utica Herald.
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Disarming an Unseen Foe.

'This was sometime paradox as Hamlet
and other lands have been enabled to Dit Hos
letters Stomach Bitters against that unseen foe,
malaria, 1t is no longer a paradox, bat an easy
possibility Wherever malaria evolves its misty
venom to poison the air, and decaying unwhole.
some vegetation impregnates the water, there.
IN IN the very stronghold of mlasma, is the aux
iilary potent TO disarm the foe and assure eff
Gent protection. Fever and ague, bilious re-
mlttent, dumb ague and ague cake, no matter
now, tenaciously they have fastened their clutch
on the system, are first forced to relax their
grasp and eventually to abandon it altogether
But it is its preventative force that should
CHIEFLY recommend the Bitters to persons dwell
Ing In malariacursed localities. for it is a GER
tain buckler of defence against which the
enemy is pOwerless. Cures. likewise, dyspepsia
rheumatism, kidney and bilious ailments.
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Making Out a Prima Facie Case.

Here is yarn about the incorrigible
small boy which heard yesterday. An
Albany woman was telling a Bingham
ton woman, who was visiting in this
city, of the rapidity with which rents
were shooting skyward in Albany. The
Binghamton woman, after listening
awhile, began to tell of the Binghamton
rents. Then her small son interrupted
her. just as she had finished telling what
she paid per month in Binghamton, by
remarking: "Why, that wasn't for a
month, mamma; that was for a day."
Both the women laughed at the boys
idea, but the little fellow kept right on
and paralyzed his mother by adding: sit
must have been for day, any way, be-
cause the man used to come every day
for the rent" Reports sayeth that the
the Binghamton woman collapsed
Albany Express.
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Cultivation of Boys.


There are as rule plenty of boys on
the farm, but, as the Iowa State Register
said recently, their cultivation is fire.
quently sadly neglected. They are not
cultivated in a way to make them con-
tented and successful farmers. The ia
theirs of the boys on the farms do not
sufficiently take them into their conf
dence, to consult them about all of the
farm operations and give them to feel
they are partners in all that is DONE
The father should also, when he sells his
hogs, cattle, horses. or any of the crops,
sit down with his boys and tell all about
the sale, the amount received, and COM
pare the cost and profit of one class of
farming over the other. Show them by
figures what it costs to raise wheat and
corn, as well as what amount of corn and
grass each animal eats during his life and
what each brought in the market. In
this way boys will be cultivated into
thinking, intelligent farmers, instead of
mere drudges.
Then the boys should be consulted what
to do with the money received from the
crop that their joint labor has produced.
The father can point out to them what
debts have to be paid. what the necessi-
ties of the family for food and clothing
will require, and how the balance shall
be Observation-Disclosures in buying more
land, laying foundation for improved
breeds of stock, and what it shall be. In
this way report all of the operations, the
same as you would to partners in bust
pess. They are partners, and they should
be made to feel that they are truly part
ners in the work, and partners in direct.
ing all of the operations Of the farm.
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HOW 1 SAVED nv LIFE.

was taken sick while at the dinner table
this had been hearty and strong For fourteen
days kept getting worse, despite the efforts of
two doctors / lost forty pounds, aud was salts
BILE was Stomach and Liver Complaint, result
ing in an attack of bilious collie. At this time
saw Dr. David Kennedys Favorite Remedy, of
Rondout. N Y advertised and sent for bot
tie. also sent for my physician, and told him
that was going to try the Favorite Remedy
He examined 1t and told me to use it three days
and let him know the result. In the three DAYS
l walked four miles. DIR. Kennedys Favorite
Remedy has saved my life.-W S. Bitter, Slate
Mills, Ross Co., Ohio.
DR.. KENNEDY's FAvoRITE REMEDY, made at
Roundout, n. Y 81; 6 for S..
Send for book, how to cure Kidney, Liver and
Blood disorders.
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mrs. Stoves Uncle Toms Cabin
is still selling in this country at the
rate of 1000 copies week.
Prof. James Bryce, author of The
American Commonwealth" attained
great eminence, years ago, by making
the ascent of Mount Ararat.
DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes COM
plains of the prosecutions inflicted
upon him by volunteer correspondents.
Twenty or twenty-five letters in his
mornings mail is considered a light
delivery, and nearly all are upon sub
]ects OF interest to the writer's alone.
Hans Won Burlow, the famous
pianist, is noted for his eccentricity as
we'll as for his musical talent. When
he has done any thing to shock his
friends and enrage his enemies he
makes no apologies, but simply shrugs
his shoulders and says: Its a way |
have"
Toward the end of his life, it is
said, Charles Reade was accustomed
to dictate his compositions to a secre-
tary while he paced the room, suiting
his actions to his words. In Love and
Money the remark occurs in the dia-
logue. 'Ihere's smut on your nose. "
The dramatist gave the original excla-
nation with such perfect information
and gesture that his secretary was for
once deceived. He rose and went TO
the mirror, handkerchief in hand.
only to be laughed at by his employer
Miss Will Allen Dromgoole, saws
report, IS literary lady who has cut
her official throat with her little pen.
Some of her recent magazine sketches
of life in the Tennessee Mountains
carried a sting to the denizens of that
section, and when Miss Dromgoole re-
Gently sought an election to a Senate
clerkship, big, rough-bearded Scion
from an up county arose and roared
out: "She wrote agin the mount MS! l
war be known'st ter it, an I'm agin
herr The Senate sat petrified and
Miss Dromgoole incautiously giggled
1t sealed her fate Another hill-coun-
try legislator was hoisted to his feet by
his indignant colleagues to second the
objection. He did it tersely and effect
ually. ''She lowed the wimmen folks
went b arfoot an Their men talked a
diurlec. I'm agin anybody as is agin
the mount MS. !" The issue was Joined.
and on the ballot being taken, Miss
OrOmgoole was beaten.
1ii9 article IN the new constitutes
OF Japan guaranteeing freedom of re-
ligion is as follows: Japanese subject
shall, within limits not prejudicial to
peace and order. and not antagonistic
to their duties as subjects, enjoy free:
dom OF religious belief"
"A plebiscite has been taken at Mi.
Ian. The municipality has directly
asked the heads of households thei,
opinion as to whether religious teach
ing should form part of the curricu.
lum in public schools OF the ~ 51a
votes recorded, over 25. 600 were in tb1
affirmative. That is an answer which
agltators will hardly dare to overlook
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Senator Edward F. Reilly, New York, writes:
estate OF NEW YORK, SENATE CHAMBER,
ALBANY, n. Y, March q, 1887.
Some weeks ago, while sleigh riding, l
was upset and thrown with great force on
the road. My left side and shoulder were
much bruised and suffered great pain. /
tried various external remedies without
avail. Fortunately friend brought me
four ALLCOCK'S PoRUS PLAsTERS. 1 put
two on my shoulder and two on my side
In two hours the pain diminished and
slept well that night. l was very much
better the next morning and continued to
improve for four days, when l found my
self completely recovered. 1t is astonish-
ing how quickly ALLCOCK's PoRUs PLAs-
TER relieves the soreness and swelling"
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PHILOSOPHY OF FEARS.

Valuable Information That May Prove
Uncom fort able to Some Young Men.
was in company the other day with
my friend, the professor of chemistry,
and, being in a reflective mood, l
CHANGED to say: Professor, tears are
q curious thing"
by no means" replied he, prompt
ly. Their composition is quite
simple: about ninety-eight parts water.
and two parts salt. albumen and
mucus."
| did not pursue the conversation,
but thought, without saying so, thatif
tears are not curious thing, pro-
fessor of chemistry certainly is.
/ happened, few days after, to re-
peat the conversation to our professor
of physiology, who, bringing his SUPER
ciliary muscles into play. said:
Simple as it may appear to DIR.
Atom, the genesis of tears is quite
complex process, and they have
multiple mechanical functions. They
are secreted by the lachrymal gland,
and partly by the orbicularis muscle
are conveyed into the lachrymal canal,
and thence into the eye, which they
flood, and thus effectuate detersion,
facilitate the movement of the eyeball,
and preserve the transparency of the
so-called cOrnea"
l could only respond: II dare say.
All you tell Inc is very wonderful and
very complex. but how an earth do
the little babies learn to cry so early
and so well?' | did not tell him that
/ did not comprehend word he had
uttered, and hence the wonder-onane
ignotuns pro magmifco. Much less
did reveal what was passing in
my mind. 1t seemed to me that sci
ence is like a pin-very useful for
sticking things together, and very
nicely contrived for this purpose; but
one man spends his whole life in coil
ing the head, another in shaping the
shaft, and another in sharpening the
point, while each understands nothing
but his own part of the pin.
1t next occurred to me to find out
what the poets say about tears. They
travel from earth to heaven very rap
idly, in daring, desultory way, and
always through mists and clouds, see-
ing things and parts of things very
indistinctly, and rarely telling the
truth about what they do see; yet,
Notwithstanding, they now and then
seem to find out some things of more
or less value which other people do
not know.
AS we do not at present keep a pro-
fessor of poetry at our university, l
began to rummage among my books.
The first lines that met my eye were
these:
"Tears, feelings bright, embodied form, are
More pure than dewdrops Natures tears"
Here is definition of tears that we
Can accept without aversion-tears
are the bright, bodily form of feeling.
The poet does not tell us that when we
weep we are doing nothing more than
secreting a mucous fluid by means of
the lachrymal gland. He feels bound,
however, to state the fact that tears
are not more pure than dew-drops.
The whole truth would have been that
they are not as pure by good deal.
Perhaps Mr.. Bailey did not know that
they contain mucous. albumen and
salt. We wish we did not possess the
uncomfortable information. We shall
never again be able to kiss the tears
from her cheek with the relish that
once we did j. 7. L. Preston, in At
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A Snake Vein.

What was known as the Sullivan Fall.
mine is now only marked by pile of
broken rock; but in the days when mems
brains were fired by the glittering pros
poets of untold wealth it seemed a b.
nanza and assumed corresponding pro-
portions. Ground was broken there in
winter, and the first thing that was
struck by the prospectors after going
down through the frost was a vein Of
snakes! And such snakesl There were
tiny infant snakes that had just been
ushered into this sinful world; there
were hoary headed old grandfathers, and
uncles and cousins. and aunts! There
were black snakes, and green snakes
and yellow snakes, and every color of
the rainbow snakes! There were thou.
sanos in the colony. 1t wasn't a very
good paying vein; but some of the Maine
gold mines u,dn't pan out so well as this
ven.-Lewlston Journal.
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GOING OUT AND COMING IN.
Going out to buy us clothing,

Going out to buy us clothing,
Going out. the bills TO pay;
Coming in so very slowly.
Coming In each working day;
Going out from US so easy,
Coming in. SO hard to win.
Ceaseless stream of little pennies
Going out and coming in.
Through the many wants of home life.
From beneath our humble cot;
To the butcher and the baker
Where the meat and bread are bought
From the old and much worn wallet,
To the cruel world Of greed;
Going out with signs and sadness,
To supply each family need.
Through the wants that crowd us daily
Through the bills that must be met,
Through the many needs of children,
Where the family growing yet;
To the busy world about us,
With its heartless woe and sin,
Restless stream OF little pennies
Rushing out into the din.
Coming back so very slowly,
Though we try to toll and save;
Coming to the dear old homestead
Coming in to keep us brave;
Weary, are we very often,
Weary, when we try to win,
From the world the little pennies,
Which are slow in coming in
Going out to pay the taxes,
Coming in our hearts to cheer,
Going out to pay for schooling.
Coming in to family dear;
Ceaseless stream Of little pennies,
Which we find so hard to win,
From the doorways of the homestead,
Going out and coming in.
Portland Transcript.
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Inc lack OF public school facilities
Ia some portions of New York greatly
AIDS lew score of enterprising young
women. who get an abundance of pin
money by setting up private schools
Tor the children of the neighbors in
their homes With from FIVE to twenty
pupils in the primary branches girl OF
ordinary intelligence can make very
comfortable sum. In one ward there
are 5000 children who attend these
little private schools. There are 5, 600
other children in the same ward who
can not lind room in the public schoola
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-21
A Piece of Her Mind.

A lady correspondent has this to say:
81 want to give piece of my mind to Ger
tain class who object to advertising, when 1t
costs them anything-this won't cost them a
cent 1 suffered living death for nearly two
years with headaches. backache, in pain stand
ing or walking, as being literally dragged out of
existence, my misery increased by drugging.
At last in despair, committed the sin of trying
an advertised medicine, DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, and it restored me to the blessed
ness of sound health. l honor the physician
who, when he knows he can cure, has the moral
courage to advertise the fact" The medicine
mentioned is guaranteed to cure those delicate
diseases peculiar to females. Read printed guar
antee on bOttle-wrapper.
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White Elephant of Siam, Lion of Eng.
land, Dragon of China, Cross of Switzer,
land, Banner of Persia, Crescent of Egypt.
Double Eagle of Russia, Star of Chill, The
Circle of Japan, Harp of Erin.
10 get these buy box of the genuine
DR.. G. MCLANE's CELEBRATED Liver
PILLS, price 20 cents, and mail us the out
side wrapper with your address, plainly
written, and cents in stamps. We will
then mail you the above list with an ele-
CANT package of Geographic and chro,
matte cards.
FLEMING Bros, PITTsBURG, PA.
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First Little Girl-"What does
your papa do?' Second Little Girl
Hes got a position under the city
government" well, but what does
be do?' Il don't know; he never
said. Guess he don't know hisself."
Philadelphia Record.
In Gne hanos Oh men entirely
great the pen is mightier than the
sword. 1t is the same way with a
parasol in the hands of a woman. 1t
will SOP q hOrse-car.-N. q. Picavune
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--Bridget-''Shall l lave the hall
lamp burnin', ma amp" Mistress -"No
am pretty sure Mr.. Jones won't be
home until daylight He kissed me
three times before he left and gave me
twenty dollars for new spring
bonnet. "-Terre Haute Express.
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To THE EDITOR:-Please inform your readers
that / have positive remedy for the above
named disease. By its timely use thousands
OF hopeless cases have been permanently cured.
! shall be glad to send two bottles of my RENE
dy FREE to any of your readers who have COZ
sumption if they will send me their express
aud post0ffice address, Respectfully,
L. A. SLOCUM. M. c., 181 Pearl ST., New York
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Students, Teachers (male or female). Clergy
men, and others in need of change of employ
ment should not fail to write to B. F. johnson
& Co., 1909 Main street. Richmond, Va. Their
great success shows that they have got the true
ideas about making money. They can show
you how to employ odd hours profitably.
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Congenial Comnanx.

Mabel-There goes Mr.. Goeasy with
that dissipated Jack Washington; thew
seem inseparable nowadays.
Alice Yes; they do seem like fast
friends, Harvard Lampoon-
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money refunded. Once tried you will never be
without it. By registered mail, $780, Send postal
note to Panama Specific Co, box 32S Oakland, Cal
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The country is foo led with poor limitations of
Seal of North Carolina Plug Cut Smoking
Tobacco"
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He who is never guilty of follies is not 80 wis
as he imagines.
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REwARD--H you have an Old Sore that needs
healing, and that other remedies have failed to
or body; or Boil, Burn, Cut, or any ailment for
which a Salve is suitable, buy 25-cent box of
Mexican Salve, which is Warranted to
Cure when everything else fails If not kept by
your druggist send Is cents in stamps to J. c.
DEMENT,. Agt. Astoria, Or, and receive box
by mail.
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Badly Bruised,

Help somebody worse off than yourself, and
you will find that you are better off than you
fancipd
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For all arrangements of the liver, stomach and
bowels, take DR.. Pierces Pellets. One DOSE
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More hearts pine away in secret anguish for
the want of kindness than any other calamity
in life ''
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CONSUMPTION surely Cured.

The most painful way may be the right one
but 1t is not the light one because it is the most
painful.
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If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. lisa
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell 1t. 2: