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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05

There are several things that want to re-
mind you of to make the disagreeabl part
of our work easier. If you must las some
times happens) take up carpet without car
fying out your stove, do not get down on
your knees and lift till you Zee stars" and
every bone in your body creaks. Do not
try to lift the stove with one hand and pull
the carpet out with the other; but get big
stick of wood and use it as q lever. You
will scarcely feel the weight at all that way.
and a little child can draw the carpet out
for You, if you tell him just how. After
your carpet is out, sprinkle the floor plenti-
fully with wet sawdust or damp earth.
This will clean the dirt up so well when you
sweep it all out together) that you need not
scrub the floor till your wood work is all
cleaned
Put little aqua ammonia in the water
when you clean your paint
raxine in the scrubbin ,-water will save
you time, soap. and "elbow-grease"
Beat Your carpets with horsewhip.
Use turpentine to take out paint-spots.
Pour hot tallow through ink-stains to re-
move them
Use hot vinegar to take paint-spots off of
the window.glass
IL there are moths in your garrett or
closet, sprinkle the floor with benzine. KEEP
IT CAREFULLY AWAY FROM THE FIRE.
Fut salt in your whitewash to make it
stick. A few drops Of liquid bluing will
make it look all the whittier when it is on the
wall
Use turpentine to clean nickel plated orna-
ments
Use salt and vinegar to clean brass orna-
ments
Use common baking-soda with damp
hannel rag) for silver.
When you whitewash the top and sides of
your cellar, put copperas-water in the white
wash, to drive away all kinds of vermin.
II vegetables on the cellar-bottom have
made damp spot, sprinkle copperas- water
there also
hub old furniture and picture frames with
Kerosene oil.
When you clean your stoves, a little sugar
IN the hla cking will make it stick better and
last longer
10 clean willow furniture. use suit and
water Apply it with coarse brush, and
dry thoroughly.
wash the mica in your stove-doors with
vinegar ana water to remove the smoke
from the inside.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05

After each rain the ground should
be cultivated lightly in order to pre-
vent evaporation Of moisture. The
loose dirt serves as a covering and
shields the earth from the direct eff
fects of drying winds and the heat OF
the sun.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
The Latest Fancy.
lGndev's Magazine !

affection for birds, which about equals the
pug-d0g mania now on the wane. The
mania for birds Is as strong as it was in the
days OF the Empress Josephine. In every
fashionable boudoir you will find on q plush
covered table. amid books, reviews, bon
bonnires and feminine trifies of all kinds,
lovely cage OF carved ivory, tortoise shell,
mother-of- pearl or chased silver, which inn
PRISONS two or more rare exotic birds. or =
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
Coming Rapidly into Favor.

No drug ever came SO rapidly into con-
spicuous favor as the hydrochlorate of CO.
caine. which has been used for several
mouths to allay Gen. Grants sufferings.
Its anasthetic properties were discovered
last October, and now it is known and used
the world over.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
Mark Twain's Children.
lEXch ange.

Mark Twain's has written a letter in
which he asserts that his children are we'll
behaved, we'll governed, and occasionally
charming. and he refers to Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe, Charles Dudley Warner,
and his other Hartford neighbors as wit
nesses. He attribute, this goodness to his
wife's training. He emphasizes the point in
her discipline that no promise is broken to
the youngsters, whether it involves whip
ping or picnic. In administering corporal
punishment she invariably lets a few hours
elapse between the sentence and the ex-
ecution, so that no anger on her part shall
enter into the matter; and he affirms that
the "child never goes away from the scene
of torture until it has been loved back into
happy heartedness and joyful spirit"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
The Sexes Drifting Apart.
boston letter.

It is strange fact that with the progress
of civilization there come always two differ.
emit and distinct results First, the inter.
course between men and women becomes
easier and pleasantsr; second. there is a
tendency on. the part of both men and
women to separate their interests AMI even
their pleasures. A certain portion of the
day and of the evening is given up to COM
mon pleasures, but there is large part of
each day when both mon and women prefer
to be apart l think myself it is good
thing, and so long as what separates the
sexes is their distinctive duties it is we'll
enough.
But among the growing leisure class in the
east who have no duties these hours of sep.
aration are devoted to amusement. You
would be astonished TO know how many So
ciety women in New York and Boston both
smoke and drink. To have nothing to dc
is curse to men, but it is deadly poison to
women. They are not, as rule, so capa-
BILE of self amusement as are men and they
are prone, as in the matter of smoking and
drinking to tamper with the coarser passe
temps of the mon. Out of this grows a
boldness, carelessness about the minor del.
icacies of social life, which is noticeable the
moment ore touches the borders of society
in Boston, New York or Washington.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
The Fashionables at Rome.


They are robed in the hight of the fashion.
Not even in Paris, in the great Bots, can
more expensive costumes ! Q seem Masters,
servants ant. horses are sleek and pampered
The coachmen are tricked out more gorge
ously than even those Of London and Paris,
and they drive, or sit, with the ends of
their long whips on their knees with gro-
tesque dignity, for even they and their
horses must contribute something to the
general impression of pomp and high breed
ing which the masters and mistresses must
maintain.
These ladies are accompanied by fewer
dogs and more babies than the fashionables
Of Paris. Those who have babies with them
have nurses to attend to them, and these
nurses are arrayed wonderfully in the an
cient, picturesque costumes of the common
people, with gorgeous head-dresses of yellow
blue, or crimson ribbons futtering abroad ;
with petticoats of bright colors, often
trimmed with gold bands or gold fringes-
Thus thee fair and imperious donnas trick
out their servants and thus they drive
la8ily about and loll and chatter in the lazy
air of an Italian evening.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
Familiarity Breeds Beauty, Too.


After you come to know people very inti-
mately, you do not know whether they are
pretty or not. Their ways make an impress
sion on you, but not their noses and ears,
their eyes and mouths. In time the soul ex-
presses itself to you. and it is that which
you see. A man who has been married
twenty years scarcely knows what his wife
looks like. He may declare that he does,
and tell you that she is bewitching little
blonde, with soft blue eyes. long after she is
fat and rel and 40 because the image of his
early love is in his heart, and he doesn't sac
her as she is to-day, but as she was when he
courted her.
Or, being an Indifferent husband he may
not know she is the fine woman that other
people think her. You have known men
who have married the plainest women and
think them teautie. and you know beauties
who are quite thrown away on men who
value wife for her success as a cook
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
Training for Her Station.
tCbioaoo Harold

Five years ago remarkably bright and
pretty girl of II worked in San Francisco
laundry. The son of wealthy parents fell
in love with her. She returned his passion,
but said she would not marry him, as he
wished, because she was uneducated and
coarse. Then he offered to send her away
to school. She accepted this offer. During
the ensuing four years she was in a Mon
treal convent, very apt and studious The
training wrought all the change that was
desirable, and the wedding took place. with
long tour in Europe afterward. The COL
pie returned to San Francisco lately. To
show that she had neither forgotten nor was
ashamed of her former employment, the
bride gave gran supper to those of her
old companions who could be brought to-
g0thor
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05

A balloon is higher than a stump, but it
isn't half so reliable to hitch to in time of
storm
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
The Gir1ful Game of Cricket.

1.-THE girlful game of cricket" flourishes in
England. The other day match between
eleyen of a well-known girls school in Sur
rey, and eleven of the ladies of the neigh
borhood took place. Tne ladies wore their
usual costume, and the school girls were at
tired in white tunics, Elton blue caps and
sashes to match, black stockings and white
knicker bockers. They also wore red roses
as badge. while their opponents wore
white. The school were the victors-mak-
ing as many as ninety-nine runs in their
second innings-and retired amid great ap-
plause, wearing the white roses of their OBJ
DOnents
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
Fresh Air" Philanthropy.

boston Cor. Albany Journal
Only the other day. a benevolent lady
here went with an ASST tant into the very
lowest quarter of the city and invited six
poor, dilapidate1, half starved children un-
der 10 years Of age to spend the day at her
seaside home. She said it was break.
ing to see the wistful faces of the other
children in the neighborhood, who watched
the departure Of their wretched little play
mates Every summer this lady gathers up
these stray waits ana gives them days
pleasure, independent OF charitable associa-
tiOns or "fresh air" funds
There is large, airy room in the stable
on her estate which she has fitted up for
these little transient guests, and there they
have hearty breakfast before being taken
down to the shore, where they are given a
sea bath and afterward allowed to play in
the sand OF on the grass under the trees.
There Is a swing for them, and toys, shovels
and pals and dolls for the little girls, and
dinner, with plenty of good Leef and vege-
tables and a pudding AFTER that one tot
whose eyes were bigger than her capacity,
cried because she couldn't eat any more of.
This is indeed noble charity, for the kind
and generous heart that provides for the q
children makes no fuss about it, ami would
be much surprised to hear it spoken of as an
unusual act of kindness
Another lady who formerly lived in Bos-
ton, now of New York, does even more for
the poor children in this vicinity. She has
charming summer place at Braintree,
Mass, and every summer she has twelve or
fifteen sickly youngsters taken from the
poorest families and brought down to lit
tie cottage near her own house, where they
are given week of sea air and country
food, with all the happiness that can be
crowded into seven days, under her personal
supervision. The benefit that some of these
little children derive from this outing in the
country can not be calculated, but the one
shadow on the picture is the despair they
show when obliged to 60 back to their homes
in the city. That is saddening; some are
Indifferent to the change, or they do not ap-
preciate what good time they've had till
it is gone
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05

cincinnati Commercial Gazette]
Cholera infantum is quite as much a filth
disease as Asiatic cholera; unwholesome or
improper diet being the immediate cause
and foul air and generally unsanitary sur
roundings the predsposing and aggravating
condition. A good deal of real missionary
work might be done among the poor in
showing mothers how to save the lives of
their infant children. Experienced physi-
clans will tell them that care of the diet is
everything, but nine mothers in ten need
more explicit directions. Overlooking, the
almost universal mistake Of American
mothers, is one prime cause of digestive
troubles, and doubtless many fated baby
might be saved by simply giving its over
taxed stomach long intervals of rest.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05

Jelly "specked" with Strawberries is the
favorite dish for suppers after dances in
England.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-10-24

ENCOURAGING BOYS TO DRINK.

Cases which occasionally come before the
police court in this city, of boys of tender
years arrested for disorderly conduct while
under the influence Of liquor are settled by
the imposition of fines ON the young culprits.
This is far from an adequate treatment Of such
matters, however. The boys could hardly
have got their liquor except through an older
person, who ought to be found out and prose-
cuted to the full extent Of the law. There
arg class of dealers who will pander to the
appetites of youth and take the risk. They
usually know the boys and have = grip Of
some kind upon their parents or guardians
which is a practical assurance against prose-
cution. But it seems as if some means ought
to be found for drawing out of the offending
lad, or his elders or witness to the transac-
lion, the necessary evidence to sustain =
prosecution. In legal cases where mere
money liability is concerned, testimony is not
so hard to find when earnestly looked for,
and to check the Generalization which is
wrought by spreading the liquor habit among
minors is worth infinitely more trouble than
the settlement of any dispute over dollars and
cents.-Washinoton Star
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-10-24

upon the piazza, ana the next moment
Lulu was in their arms, amid general and
confused congratulations.
/ signaled Hank and Lannigan not to go
away, and then hastily drew Doc to one side.
is Jocelyn here?" l asked.
Yes; he got home several hours ago,
looking glum and dispirited. He has shut
himself up in the library, believe"
Where is your father-up at The Spi-
ider?p
"No; couldn't resist the temptation Of
bringing him here into the house this morn
ing. He has been with Marion aud me up
in my room nearly all day. and no one else
has been aware of his presence here.
Good. Now follow my directions, and
you will have an opportunity of witnessing
the final scene in this eventful history. 1t
will do no harm to render it little dra-
matte at the close.
I'm do whatever you tell me to, cd fell
low
Take yourssister up stairs, then, at once,
and have tho meeting between her and he
father over us soon as possible. Then as
semble every one concerned in your affai
in the large drawing room, for genera
revelation and wind-up. viii you do this
and let me know when You are readyY'
OF COURSE" and away he went on the
heels of those who were just retiring from
the piazza.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-10-24
Riding an Elephant.

At word from his stmahout'
wild Hooking creature who sits between
the elephants ears and pricks him with
an iron staff he goes down on his
knees, and one climbs on to his hack as'
bes; one can, holding on by his tail with
both hands and trying to get footing
on his slippery quarters. At last one
manages to scramble up, and fnds ones
self on a square cushion, almost as slip
perry as the elephants back. The frat
time, when the great beast rises on his
forelegs, then on his hind ones, il Is IN
one can do to hold by ropes which ana
fastened to the sides Of the pad: hut
practice makes perfect, and III abort
time one learns to adapt ones self 10 10
curious motion.
A good small elephant will shu61a
along easily at the rate Of five miles n
hour, climbing steep ravines md otkef
distractions, SO that therider often finds
himself hanging on in an almost per-
pendicular position. No animal Il ~
sure-f footed as an elephant He WIN
climb steep banks and slide down ihl8
river beds with as much ease - H.
Irish pony, but he particularly objd616
to bog, and let no one attempt q rida.
him over one, for IL be finds himt6'<
sinking In, his first impulse is 10 df&6
the rider off and put him under his ri
by way Of having something to stand o.
e proceeding one would her1ly appxolo.
Of. I'D Nineteenth Century. n
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-10-24
IT HAS MUCH TO OVERCOME.

Without doubt electricity is the highest
force known, but when you come to "hitchn
your lightning to a machine, it will work
well or ill exactly in proportion to the skill
of your adjustments, and not in proportion
to its quantity of force. That is never ques-
toned All failure is attributed to your
bungling apparatus. Precisely SO the moral
truth and force Of prohibition are not to be
questioned. All failure lies in che attempt
to gear it to the civil. law. Here there are
SO many elements of failure that the marvel
is not that so little has been done but that
so much has been DONE Ignorance, preju-
dice ayarice conservatism, custom, politics
and even some mems religion, must have a
hand at the newlegal machine which prohi-
bition is expected to run. Then if all the
stupidities and perversities do not at once
work together tremendously and fruitfully,
the cry goes up; away with prohibition
Prohibition does not prohibitF' You might
as well cry: Away with steamr' because it
will not run leaky engine. Rev. j. H.
EcOb ID ID
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-10-24
Brass Buttons in the Regular Army.


The present brass buttons are by no
means the same as those that have been
always worn in the United States army
or the other branches of the service.
Up to TIT the army buttons were Of
white metal but in the last mentioned
year Washington ordered that the regu-
lation costume was to consist of "a dark
blue or back coat reaching to the knee,
and full trimmed, the lapels fastened
back, with ten open worked button-holes
in yellow silk on the breast of each lapel
and ten large regimental yellow buttons
at equal distances on each side, three
large yellow regimental buttons on each
cuff, and like number on each pocket
flap. The navy officers were also or
dered to wear yellow buttons, the off
ce's' uniforms, with these buttons, blue
coats with red facings, red waistcoats
and blue brooches, being o very gay
and attractive affair. On the other
hand, the marine officers wore green
coat with white facings, white breaches
edged with green, white vests, silver
epaulets, black CATERS and white but
tons.
In 1779 the uniform of the army was
changed again. The coat was ordered
to be blue, the facings white, buff or
red, while the cavalry had white but
tons. In 1882 the infantry also were
put into white buttons, the rest OF the
uniform being of blue ground with red
facings and white Innings. In 1876 the
infantry still wore white buttons, with
dark blue coats reaching to the knee,
and full trimmed, scarlet lapels, cuffs
and standing capes, white trimmings,
white underdress, black stocks and
cooked hats with white binding. A
number Of changes in the uniform of
the army was made in 1910, by one of
which officers of tho general staff wore
cooked hats without feathers. vests and
breeches or pantaloons, white or buff,
high military boots and gilt spurs, and
singlebreasted blue coats with ten gilt
buttons. When the civil war broke out
in 1861, some Of the volunteer troops
were dressed in gray with white but
tons, but as the confederates adopted
the same color for their regulars, the
United States troops were clad in blue
with yellow buttons in much the same
fashion as they wear them to-day. The
regulations concerning the arranea-
ment or grouping of buttons as indica-
tions of rank are, however, Of much
more recent date. - San Francisco
Chronicle.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-10-24
Salt Water Good for Men Doing
Hot Work. & III


Each recurring hot season in q mil
district suggests naturally the subject
Of quality and quantity Of the liquid
with which man should allay his thirst
By the use of salt, water can be very
much improved as thirst allayer, and
at the same time BE- made as healthful'
as the costly mineral springs water.
Enough salt in drinking water, to be
perceptible to the taste, removes the
insipidity, and is not only wholesome
but tends to keep the stomach and
bowels in good order. When these
organs are all right, the remainder Of
the man cannot be assailed by the ordi-
nary diseases, inasmuch as good
blood and open pores result
The fact is that the chief medi-
cal virtues Of nine in ten OF the no
ted mineral springs are due to TIE naIt
contained therein. Saratoga N2t9r6,
for which one pays at The rate 81 6pl-
lar gallon at the drug stores have.
from 375 to $40 grains Of salt to the gall
lon. Other waters vary from zoo tof00
grains. Take this salt out. and tl33ea
waters would be little, if any mora cax-
alive than plain spring water. The
best charge Of salt for health and thtfSb
satisfaction is probably about 100 ef11nnl
to the gallon. This would taste sliaf) Nv
Lin the water, but after a few day3 NGe
the flavor would not be noticed & But
there is this to recommend the ema1ler
proportion of salt (150 grains) Of the
prepared drink over the mineral springs
200 to 500 grains the latter must Be-
taken in limited quantity, while the {drs
,nov. yoav 1,o II cod xvif1,o,,t o%;,,k 81 Az.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-10-24
THE DRINK pEMoN.

IN New York the other day, John Lynch,
cobbler, wound up series Of drunken
quarrels with his wife by shooting her fatally
with pistol, and he is now in jail. Until a
few months ago they lived happily together,
he industriously working at his trade and she
taking care Of their humble home and their
three little children. But she took to drink
and he initiated her example, frequent quar-
rels following. Result wife-murder, the
scaffold or dungeon in the prospective, and
orphaned children. Isn't this terrible pict
ure? Itwould be if it were not SO common.
1t happens every day. What can be done I'd
check the evil drinks 1t is The grayest ques.
: ton that this country has to deal with now.
What can break this awful bondage? There
Is hardly a corner in New York that hasn't
its saloon, and they are mainly supported by
the wages of the poor. Wipe them OUT
TerQs .Siffin0s
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-10-24
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

The retail liquor traffic is now prohibited
n seventynine municipalities Of the pro-
vince of Manitoba.
In one year the police of st. Petersburg
arrested $4,000 persons for drunkenness and
100 died from inebriety.
The profits earned by the brewers GUM
iess q Co., Dublin. last year amounted to
'he enormous sum of 81, 954, $50.
The reason that some men can't make both
snds meet is because they are too busily en-
ragged In making one end drink.
In year the people of London drink 2OO,-
No. 600 quarts Of beer, aud consume 500, 900
,xen, 1000, 600 sheen, 200, 900 calves, and $780,
700 swine.
The National Coffee Tavern Association
held its annual conference lately at Peters
borough, England. The Duchess of Rutland
was present. and spoke hopefully Of the
movement.
Lord Salisbury, the British Premier, in let
;ers TO the Duke of Westminster, promises at
she coming conference on the slave trade in
Africa to take measures to repress the liquor
traffic among the natives.
Cardinal Manning at eighty-two, at q re-
sent mseting in London Of the depositors OF
he South Eastern and Metropolitan Railway
Savings Bank, made an impressive plea for
emperance on the part Of railway men.
The Belgian Government have appointed
1 commission Of inquiry on the condition OF
the working classes. A workingman has
pointed out to the commission that drink is
the main cause of the miserable condition Of
bis class in Belgium.
Statistics show that the consumption Of
alcohol in France doubled between 1875 and
1885, No wonder the Anti Alcohol Con-
gross resolved that the Governments of the
world ought to place prohibitive duties on