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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28
1nE LOTUS IN AMERiCA
An Orient al Plant Brought Hither In Pfs-
historic Times.

An Oriental Plant Brought Hither in Pfs.
historic Times.
Seeing how forcihly this wonderful
flower OF the lotus impressed itself upon
the minds of the ancient Egyptians and
the East generally, how prominently it
figures in Eastern religions-''all idols
of Buddha are made to rest upon
opened lotus flowers it is safe to con-
clude that when familiar to all, even in
this utilitaran age, it will not be mere
ly ranked as one of many Towering
plants: it is Of too commanding an APP
pcarance for this, and to literature will
prove a boon. Asters. golden-rods and
buttercups can have q well-earned
rest.
Years ago the cultivation Of the
American species proved a failure, and
those who are now best capable Of
Judging still record the curious fact
that the native lotus IS much more
difficult 10 establish in our waters than
the Eastern. and does not grow. with
quite the same luxuriance. Its intro
ductinn by aborigines along our East
ern sea-board has been mentioned; per-
haps it has lost vigor since it lost their
care and h IS disappeared excepting
where is environment was peculiarly
favorable. And the question arises,
| after all is it in the strict sense a
hnnn
brought hither in prehistoric times?
The question of superlatively ancient
communication between The continents
is tempting subject for study,
and how appropriate when rest
ing in the shade of the Eastern lotus!
Such train of thought need not
stir up any ghost of a mythical lost At
lantis. Still the American form has
certain marked peculiarities. The ma
ture tOrus has decided construction
some distance from the insertion of the
stem, wanting in the foreign species,
and the seeds of the former are glObu-
AT instead of distinctly oval. Whatev-
CT the history of the American form,
that of the Eastern, or Egyptian. as it
is usually called, is too well known to
need repeating, however briefly, and
yet the plant is still wrapt in mystery.
A word. however. concerning the term
Egyptian in connection with it. At
present it is plant of India, of China
and Japan, Australia, the Malay Archi-
pelago and the Caspian sea an enor-
NOUS range; but it is no longer found
in the valley of the Me. The use Of
the name rests upon the fact that it was
there, not only Il cultivated plant, but
held sacred by the people of that coun-
try, as it is by the Hindoos. Egyptolo-
7 gists. however, are not of one mind as
| to the relation Of the lotus to the an
Equities OF the Nile region, some ques-
tioning the matter altogether, and con-
sidering the sculpturing to represent
the lily of the Nile. one of the grandest
of the white nymphaas. Quite recent
] ly, too, it has been ably argued to be
the renowned rose Of Sharon. ''Of such
a kingly flower Solomon might we'll
have said, Il am the rose of Sharon. :"
DR.. Charles c. Abbott, in Harper S
| MaraZine
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28
GAZE OF lNVALlDs.
Hints for Nurses and Others HavinG
Charge Of Sick-ROoms.

Hints for Nurses and Others Havfna
Charge OF Sick-Rooms.
A large, sunny room should be So
pet so much the better. Sunshine as
disinfectant is worth bushels of chic
ride of lime
The bed linen should be changed at
least once in ,hree days; the blankets
once a week, those that have been re-
moved being hung in the open air for
few hours. then thoroughly aired in a
warm room.
The room should be kept thoroughly
ventilated, and temperature not low
er than $50 nor higher than 700. Ii
the patient is kept warm, air may be
freely admitted without the least danger.
The carpet of sick-room should be
lightly brushed once day with wet
ted broom. The furniture and wood
work should be wiped with damp
cloth. Dry busters and feather brushes
are worse than useless.
The cross-sheet should invariably be
these are frequent cause of bed-sores.
Whenever the least redness shows on
the patients body the skin must be at
once bathed with alcohol. thoroughly
dried and busted with powdered oxide
of zinc.
Asheet folded lengthwise. laid across
the bed, with the upper edge just touch
ing the pillows and the ends lightly
tucked under the mattresses, will be
found to add greatly to the patient S
comfort. 1t does not wrinkle like a
single sheet, and crumbs may be read
lily brushed off it.
The nurses dress should invariably
be neat, tasteful and pretty. Slippers
or boots of felt should be worn. To be
continually smoothing the bed, poster
ing the patient with sympathy, and
saying a dozen times an hour: ..How
do you feel nowp" is enough to drive a
sick man wild.
Meals for invalids should look as
tempting as possible. The tray should
be covered with the whitest napkin,
and the silver, glass and china should
shine. with cleanliness. The patient
should not be Disguised by a display
OF too much food. ana should not be
consulted beforehand as to what he will
eat or drink
In bathing the invalid never uncover
too large a surface at once. Pin a
blanket round the shoulders. fastening
it behind, and remove the night dress
under that Put the hand under the
blanket and sponge the skin, small
portion at time A wOman's hair
should be combed every day if she is
able to bear the fatigue If it has be-
come tangled little sweet oil will
loosen it.
Household troubles should be kept
far from the sick room. Above all, an
invalid or an apparent convalescent
should be saved from his friends One
garrulous acquaintance may in half an
hour undo the good of week of ten
der nursing. In long illness small
Oed table will be found indispensable.
Every cup, glass; spoon and utensil
used should be taken out of the room
and washed as speedily as possible AS
to walking on tiptOe and whispering.
nothing can disturb nervous person
more. Home Topics.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28
POULTRY ON FARMS,
Systematic Rules Summed Up in Seven
teen Brief Paragraphs.

Systematic Rules Summed Up in Seven
teen Brief Paragraphs.
In raising poultry or stock of any
kind it should be the aim of every one
to keep it healthy and improve it. You
can do it very easily by adopting some
systematic rules. These may be sum-
med up in brief as follows:
l. Construct your house good and
warm so as to avoid damp floors and
afford food of sunshine. Sunshine
is better than medicine
2. Provide a busting and scratching
place where you can bury wheat and
corn, and thus induce the fowls to take
the needfui exercise.
3. Provide yourself with some good,
healthy chickens, never to be over
three or four years old, giving one
cock to every twelve hens.
4. Give plenty of fresh air at all
times, especially in summer.
5. Give plenty of fresh water daily,
and never allow the fowls to 60 thirsty.
6. Feed them Systematically two or
three times day; scatter thefood. so
they can't eat it too fast- ler ..tw1thout
Fproper exercise 20 ). not feed more
than they vial eat up clean, or they will
Get tired ofthat kind sof feed.
Z. Give them a variety of both dry
and cooked feed; mixture of cooked
meat and vegetable is an excellent
thing for their morning meal.
s. Give soft feed in the morning and
the whole grain at night, except a little
wheat and cracked corn placed in the
scratching places to give them exercise
during the day.
y. Above all things keep the house
clean and we'll ventilated.
10. DO not crowd too many into one
house; if you do look out for disease.
IL. Use carbolic powder occasionally
In the busting bins to destroy lice.
II. Wash your roosts and bottom of
laying nests and whitewash once a
week in summer and once a month in
winter
IL. Let the old and young have as
large range rs possible, the la ger the
better
IA. Don't breed too many kinds of
fowls at the same time. unless you are
gong into the business Three or four
Will give you your hands full.
ID. Introduce new blood into YOUR
stock every year or so by either buying
cockerel or settings of eggs from some
reliable breeder.
IL. In buying birds or eggs 90 to
some reliable breeder who has his rem
utation at stake. You may have to paw
little more for birds. but you can de-
pend on what you get. Culls are not
cheap at any price.
IL. SaTe the best birds for next wear !,
breeding and send the others to market.
In shipping fancy poultry to market
send it dressed. m arsey's Illustrated
Monthly.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

"A man VIII bought a lot of Havana
cigars recently. OF being asked what
&c was carrying, replied that they
:fsre tickets to a course of lectures
TO DO given by his vita
very Valuable lnsularng maze.
rial, as it is regarded, is described in $
French journal. 1t is composed 81
one part Greek pitch and two parts
burned plaster, by weight. the latter
being pure gypsum raised to hioh
temperature and plunged in water.
his mixture. when hot, is a hemo-
geneo1s vlscous paste, and can be an
piled by brush or cast in molds. Il
is amber colored. possesses the insulat.
ing properties of ebonite, and can he
turned and polished. A peculiar adj.
vantage it possesses is the endurance
OF great heat and moisture without anv
injury to its insulating properties.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

says. Since, however, the people of America
and other lands have been enabled to pit Hos
letters Stomach Bitters against that unseen foe,
possibility. Wherever malaria evolves It's misty
venom to poison the air, and decaying unwhole-
some vegetation impregnates the water, there.
In the very stronghold of miasma, is the aux
cient protection. Fever and agHe, bilious re-
mittent. dumb ague and ague cake, no matter
how tenaciOusly they have fastened their clutch
on the SYSTEM are first forced to relax their
grasp and eventually to abandon il altogether
But 1t is its preventative force that should
chiefly recommend the Bitters to persons dwell
tain buckler of defence against which the
enemy is power1ess. Cures, likewise, dyspepsia,
rheumatism, kidney and bilious ailments.
Great wealth and content seldom live to-
gether.
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To THE EDIToR:-Please inform your readers
that 1 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
sumption if they will send me their express
and postofice address. Respectfully,
T. A. SLOCUM. M. c., 181 Pearl st., New York.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28
THE GROWN OF THORNS.
A Popular Error Which Has Been Sane
toned by Artists.

A Popular Error Which Has Been Sane
toned by Artists.
know the masters of painting from
Guido in his wonderful s'Ecce Homo"
down to the present time have depicted
the crown that rested upon the head of
our cruciEed Saviour as a twisted
branch of bare thOrns, and that is, so
far as k ow, universally accepted as
the true crown.
Some years ago an incident that oc-
Cured in the Holy Land caused me to
think that this popular belief may be a
mistake. A party of us who we, jour-
neying toward Jerusalem at this season
of the year, which is Identical with the
passion and death of the master, had
stopped to rest and lunch just after en-
tering the hill country, some miles be-
yond Remleh, when lady of the party
who was gathering the beautiful flow
ers that covered the landscape on all
sides wreathed an exquisite spray. and
holding it up exclaimed: The crown
of thorns!''
Our party were delighted with the
wrsath and upon examining it we found
that lonsaRarp thorps -wsfes concealed
By the Low Sailllx ifiowctsy Viewers
Econyinced S Is TIE true crown
4 "a 50 - : llc bward Jerusalem
sew ~ vi country, even to
The walls of ~ sity, was covered with
this towering Thorn
The plant and flower are very SINH
lar to what we commonly call the flow
erlng almond, with the addition of the
thorn. The bloom is very thick, so
that by merely entwining branch a
wreath is made. while the long, sharp
thorns set out at right angles about an
inch apart make it a very painful
crown to wear upon the human brow.
When we remember that the soldiers
who dressed our Saviour with the pur-
pie robe and crown did it as a mockerv.
it is reasonable to believe that thew
chose this plant. which was SO accessi-
bic and would make a beautiful appear
ance. while at the same time wounding
his holy brow.
Many who have visited Palestine at
this season of the year have doubtless
had this suggested to them, vet I have
never seen comments upon it in any
book OF travels. Letter in N. Y. Her.
aid.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

Dr. Williams Indian Pile Ointmentis the only
sure cure for Blind, Bleeding or Itching Piles
ever discovered. 1t never fails to cure old
chronic eases of long standing
Judge Coflinbury, Cleveland, O., Says:
81 have found ~ experience that DIR. Will
liam's Indian Pile Ointment gives immediate
relief"
Do not suffer an instant longer Sold by Will
liamsons Manufacturing Co.. Props, Cleveland,
Ohia. soc and 81.
Sold by L. Blumauer & Co., Wholesale Drug
gists, Portland, Or.
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There is nothing I now enjoy that do not
owe to having used DR.. David Kennedy's Fa-
vor1te Remedy, of Roundout, n Y, at a time
when was suffering all that a human being
could endure. My troubles began in my kid
neys, from which never expected to recover
Ny physician said had Bright's disease. Later
Ihad bad attack of gravel. Six years ago last
June-how well l remember that day. saw
DR.. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy advertised in
our paper. After using three bottles was we'll
have never had a return of the disease, and
though am over sixty years of age am Wig
oroHs and strong, as was in my prime What
physicians and the many remedies had taken
could not do, DR.. Kennedy.s FavOrite Remedy
did; it stayed the disease and made me a well
woman.-Afrs Emiline P. Miner, Burg Hill, 0,
DR.. KENNEDY's FAyoRITE REMEDY, made at
ROndOut. N. Y. 81; for s..
Send for hood, how to cure Kidney, Liver and
Blood disorders.
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DR.. Pierce's medicines outsell all others, be-
cause OF their possessing such superior curative
supplying them to the People las they are doing
through all drugg1sts) Oh such conditions as no
other medicines are sold under, viz: that they
shall either benefit or cure the patient, or all
money paid for them will be refunded The
Golden Medical Discovery" is specific for
catarrh in. the head and all bronchial, throat
and lung diseases, if taken in time and given a
fair trial. Money will be refunded If 1t does not
benefit or cure
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

The American Sunday School
Union has organized, during the past
year, l. 1853 Sunday-schools in thirty
one States and Territories. in places
hitherto destitute of religious priv
ileges. IL also gave aid to other needy
schools in 6, 4S8 instances. In many
cases the schools have developed into
churches of different denominations.
1t also distributed, by sale and gift.
S.5SS Bibles and IL. 66S Testaments.
and made 40, 04l visits to families, In
the winter its missionaries conducted
ovangclistic work, and gathered many
hundred souls into the churches
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28
AMONG THE POULTRY.

A Breeder Tells How to Care for Fowls OF
Every Description.
Sulphur is not good to give the young
chickens
Kerosene and lard make good oint-
ment for scaly legs
2 After the chickens are two or three
weeks old they can be fed on cracked
wheat
If the eggs are to be Matched keep
drake for every five ducks in order to
be sure.
Never keep slop hole where the
poultry can help themselves if you ex-
zpect to maintain health.
One advantage with ducks is that
they do not harbor lice. They have
10 much oil.
lne advantage with Pekin ducks is
That only a low fence is needed to con-
411e OF keep them out
the farm the laying of five dozen
&6EsoSght to pay for keeping a hen a
All above this is profit On the
- will nearly always pay to plant
s rows of sunhowo- seed espee5 ~,
the poultry. Geese a7Go
edA specially of purslan u
efteA de- good service in ling out
sd destroying weeds. Very efte4a
few drops of turpentine put in the
drinking water at this time viii pre-
vent the gapes. If the chicks are al
ready affected. a drop or two on small
piece of bread will cure. AS a rule
guineas should be Matched under hens
near the house. They are naturally
rather wild. and this will aid materi-
ally in making them gentle, if the
young guineas are kept near the house.
Milk is much better food for poultry
during the summer than corn. Corn is
heating and fattening, two conditions
that. as a rule. ought to be avoided,
unless feeding for the market
The value of the manure should al
ways be considered in keeping poultry
properly managed. 1t is one of the
best fertilizers that can be had and is
well worth the trouble of gathering up
and storing until ready to use.
Care must be taken that the nests are
kept as free from lice as possible. One
way of doing this will be to clean out
occasionally and substitute fresh, clean
material, burning up the old and using
kerosene. carbo,ic acid or sulphur to
clean out the nests.
AS the weather becomes warmer it is
necessary to provide good ventilation
and the more thoroughly this is done
the more comfortable the poultry can
be kept Direct. drafts should, how
ever. be avoided. and yet at night. dur
ing the summer time, care should be
taken to have as cool as possible. ST
Louis Republic.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

ourteeh Thousand tons of beets
we're crushed in the beet sugar factory
u Claus Spreckels in California last
season. Ihe sugar from these beets
weighed l,64O tons. The farmers. who
o"'ereo upon beet culture netted an
average OF SS5 an acre. Next season
sne production OF beet sugar will be
much larger. - 20
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

Miss Fussanfeathers Mr.. Bacon
always does the right thing at the right
aime- Mrs. Yeast-How so? WHY
ne proposed for my hand on Sunday,
And was Sunday any more appropri-
ate than any other time?' '.Why. GER
tainly; don t yeu know it was Palm
Sunday?'
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

There is no article made, that purity is as i'm
pOrtant in as soap. Thousands, however, buy
cheap adulterated soaps, to save a few cents and
lose dollars in rotted clothing. Dobbins' Elec-
trio Soap, perfectly pure, saves dollars.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

lin the city of New York there are
upward OF fifty able Methodist preach.
ers' who a. paid less than $500 per
GEAR.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

A LITTLE LEAVEN LEAVENETH THE
WHOLE LUMP.
A disease in one part of the body will
eventually fill the whole body with dis
ease. Every year or two some part of the
system grows weak and begins to decay.
Such part should be removed at once, and
new matter be allowed to take its place.
There's no need of cutting it out with the
surgeons scalpel. Pure away the old.
dis ased and wOrnout parts with BRAN
DRETHs PILLS. Then the new body will
take care of itself
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

White Elephant of Siam, Lion of Eng.
land, Banner of Persia, Crescent of Egypt
Double Eagle of Russia, Star of Chill, The
Circle of Japan, Harp of Erin.
To get these buy box of the genuine
DR.. G. MCLANE's CELEBRATED LIVER
PILLS, price % 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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Consumption surely Cured.

He that makes the best use of his time has
none to spare.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

Time is cried out upon as great thief; it is
peoples own fault
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

Dr. Pierce's Pellets-gently laxative or act
lively cathartic according to dose 25 cents.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28
PILES, PILEs.. pILEs..!

If you have an enemy, act kindly to him ant
make him your friend.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

Play with the fool at home and he will play
with you abroad
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SURE. SAFE. SPE

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Pleasant to take. Guaranteed to succeed or
money refunded. Once tried you will never be
without it, By registered mail, $1.50. Send postal
note to Panama Specific Co. box 1913, Oakland, Cal
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IL. CRAGlN & CO. Philadelphia

!. REwARD--It you have an Old Sore that needs
healing, and that other remedies have failed to
heal; or breaking out or itching of the scalp
!or body; or . Boil, Burn Cut, or any ailment fol
which Salve is suitable, buy Decent box OF
IMox1cam Solve, which is Warranted TO
Cure when everything else fails. If moi. kept by
your druggist send 25 cents in stamps toJ. o.
:DEnEET. Agt, Astoria, Or, and receive : boz
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Why TheY Lead

Nobody can live longer in peace than his
lleighbOr pleases.
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The country is foo ed with poor limitations of
Seal of North Carolina Plug Cut Smoking
Tobacco"
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Happy Recovery.

He hath riches sufficient, who hath enough to
be charitable.
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For Bronchial, Asthmatfc and Pull
mOnary Com plants, "BrOpn's Bronchial
Troches" manifest remarkable curative proper.
Sofc bny
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a Mosque hi Tie Sanara.

A discovery OF much archaeological
interest was recently made in the AL
gerian Sahara. Nj. larry, who has
been carrying on work in connections
with the proposed Transsahara rail-
road, having noticed a mound OF sand
in the neighborhood of Wargal. had
dug up. and discovered the top of q
dome. This naturally aroused his in
terest and, getting his Arabs to dig still
deeper, he found underneath the dome
a square tower then "a platform OF ma
sonry, and finally a complete mosque.
Continuing the excavations NJ. larry
soon unearthed sevel houses in per-
feet preservation and came upon a SUBJ
terranean water-cOurse. At the last
news nine houses had been disinterred
and NJ. larry was getting additional
assistance to clear cut the precious wa
ter-course, which he describes as suffi-
cient to irrigate small forest Of palms
1t is well known that the Sahara was
at one time much more populated than
it is now and its trade much more ex-
tensive, but no one seems to have sup
posed that cities had been buried under
its sands. at least so recently as ssnce
the introduction of Mehammedanisr. =
n. Y. Star
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

Great wealth and content seldom live to-
gether.
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-"How is it you have had so few
deaths on your hands, doctorp" That's
easy enough. When find have a bad
case order the patient to take trip
abroad. Judge
photographs of the flight and ex-
plosion of dynamite cartridges are
among the achievements of the instan-
taneous method of photography. How
our grandfathers would have wondered
at such pictures!
The Electrician reports rumor
from Berlin to the effect that means
has been discovered of using electricity
Tor ascertaining the true north, instead
OF the magnetic needle; that, in short,
the new means will be superior to the
compass and is likely to supercede it.