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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28
COURTEOUS MANNERS.

The Intangible Yet Perceptibie TrifleS
That Make the Man Gentleman.
A keen observer of our young men
can not but be struck with tendenc,
On the part of great many of them. at
least, to disregard the small courtesies
OF life-the intangible yet very per-
ceptible little things that make the
man gentleman. Many persons con-
tend that outward manner is a very
secondary consideration if the head is
well stocked with knowledge. and that
II young man has the faculty to get
on in the world it is a matter of very
little Importance if his manners do not
model themselves after Chesterfield.
That this idea is prevalent is proved
by the great number of well-educated
men-men of ability and power-who.
however, one would never accuse of
being gentlemen-who, clever and
with no lack of brains, are painfully
deficient in good breeding. With no
Intentional lapses, they are awkward.
bumptlOus, presuming. even vulgar
In most countries an educated man
ana gentleman are almost synony-
nous terms. On this side of the At
lantic they by no means always belong
to the same man. Educational advan-
tages are within the reach of all
classes fpeople-people who have the
benefit of no home training for their
manners, or any cultivated persons
among their acquaintance. One
fact is true all the world over,
that where. by some freak of nature,
man shows himself superior to
his own class in intelligence and tai
ents. he is never content to remain
on the lower stave of the ladder.
Many persons assert that the self
made man is always the best In
point of ability he proves without
doubt that he has within him that
which has determined his fitness for
the place he has earned for himself.
But because man by his brains. en-
ergy and pluck carves out his own
fortune, putting himself in a prom
lnent position, Is it not very desirable
also that he should also cultivate the
courtesies of life so that the talent be
not hidden by rOughness and uncult-
ured bearing? Because a man is a
successful lawyer. it does not Justify
him to say that he can be his own
tailor or that ill-fitting clothes. if be-
longing to him and of his own make,
are as suitable as those of good cut
SO it is with the intellectual giant
who takes no heed of his manners.
He may learn much from less talented
people. who are nevertheless his
superiors in many things. Desirable
as it may be for young men to shun
the extravaganza of the aesthetic, and
to despise the shams of society, thew
can not afford to neglect the courtesies |
of life. and they do well who while |
devoting their energy to mathematics
and the classics, ply attention to the |
in manners. 1t is while I
young that manners are made: the |
most strenuous efforts will not remedy |
Or eradicate in after life the gauch- |
cries formed in youth Toronto
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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28
ChILDHOOD.S DREAMS.


4 Theory That Knocks on the Head Many
Poetic and Popular Conceptions.
In the course of the meeting of the
Medico-Psychological Association re-
Gently held at York. England. DR..
Clifford Allbutt, of Leeds, read pa
per on the Insanity of Children. :"
which. if its statements be we'll found
ed. knocks on the head many poetic
and popular conceptions. Wordsworth
speaks OF child's ideas being a remi-
niscence of 1.-The fairy palace whence
he comes" DIR. Allbutt sees in them
only step toward the insane asylum.
Most people regard it as healthy
sign If children have pretty fancies.
and those are thought to be happiest
who keep their illusions longest. But
Dr. Allbutt would reverse this iudg-
ment. The fairy dreams of childhood
are only the result of defective organ
izatlon. and healthy growth consists
In their evaporation. Here are some
OF the chief passages in DR.. Adults
paper: 1.-The insanity of children was
the vestibule of the insanity of adults;
In children they saw in simple and
primary forms that with which they
were familiar in the more complex
and derivative forms in adults. If "a
man lived in vain show, far more so
did the child; if mans mind was but a
phantom in relation to the world. so
fantastic was the child's mind in rea-
ton to that of the man. Fantastic
that was the key to the childish mind.
In him was no definite boundary be-
tween the real and unreal Day
dreams which in the adult would be
absurd to the object of insanity were
to child the only realities. As the
child grew older and sense impress
slons organized themselves more
definitely and submitted to compar-
ison, phantasy became make-believe,
and the child slipped backward and
forward between unconscious, semi
conscious and conscious self-deception.
Pretty were the fancies of child, vet
the healthy growth of the child con-
sisted in their evaporation. But if
the growth of the mind were some
thing Less or something other than
healthy. then these fancies kept their
empire; they did not alternate, and
the child did not put off it's visions.
They were not likely to forget that
the persistence OF insanity in children
might prevent the due advance of the
organization of the results of impress
sions. and might ultimately. as the
adolescence approached. leave the
sufferer in a state of more or less i'm
becility."
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28
READY IN ANSWER.
Some Of the Bright Repartees of Camp
Meeting John A lien.

Some OF the Bright Repartees of Camp
Meeting" John Allen.
"Camp-meeting" John Allen was al
ways ready with retort for friend or
! foe, sometimes scathing, and always
humorous. After his conversion he
met an old minister who piled him
with searching questions of the genu-
ineness of his experience, and the
young man complained of the severity
of this -catechism.
Elf the tree be- well-rooted. said
! the minister, lit will not be harmed if
we shake it."
But" said the convert, 1.-the Mas
ter said to His disciples: Feed my
lambs, not Go and shake them'n
At another time when Mr.. Allen was
about to begin his sermon in new
place, former pastor said to him:
"Are you long preacherpn
Five feet. seven inches," was the
immediate reply.
AT meeting of ministers Baptist
was invit d to give his views on the
subject of Methodist economy, and at
once rose. saying that, although there
were many excellent things in Meth
odism. it seemed to him to have too
much machinery.
Mr.. Allen was on his feet in a mo-
ment.
1.-The Methodist Church may have
more machinery than the Baptist" he
replied. but it doesn't require as
much water to run it, y
When the question of prohibition
was under general discussion, red
faced topper one day said to Mr. Allen:
81 shall vote against you on this ques-
tiOn."
Your face voted before you spoke"
was the quick reply.
A lawyer Of opposite politics said to
him, about the same time: ..Mr. Allen,
on which side are yon going to vote?
for | hall vote against you.n
''On the right side.n was the answer.
(Which side is yoursp'
One morning at a Methodist camp
meeting young man arose. and said
pompously; II do not believe in sing
ing, oh, to be nothing propose to
be something. and | want people to
know it,
Brother Allen instantly rose and re-
peated the verses:
IF a man think himself to be some
thing when he is nothing, he deceiv
eth himself. But let every man prove
his own work. and then shall he have
rejoicing in himself alone. and not in
another"
The question of ambition was not
discussed further that ay.-Yonth's
C0Rranion.
DR. Mary L. Thompson, in leo
t'ire on Dress says: ..,The corset
properly used is boon to feminine hui
mainly. 1t should be large enough to
allow full expansion of the chest. and
the bones or cords should be flexible
and Hat lacers used. Then it protects
the chest and abdomen from injury.
Straps from the shoulders TO support
clothing are bad. They compress the
bust and make girl round shouldered.
while tho corsets distribute the weight
OF clothing.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28
Mrs. Darlington in Old Age.

Mr.. B. P. Shillaber, better known.
perhaps. as Mrs. Darlington, began life
as printer on the Boston Post. He
Is now nearly seventy-ive years old
and cripple from rheumatism. He
Is unable to walk, except about his
house with the assistance of a cane.
and has not been in the city of Boston
FOR seven or eight years, although he
lives in the suburbs and drives out
daily. He suffers tortures from his
lmplacable enemy, but is beautifully
patient under the affection. and
always receives his friends cheerfullv
he has made little alliterative Joke
about his really pitiable condition and
says: Here | sit, from years end to
years end. armed with pen. paper
pipe, pills and patiencer-Current
Literature.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

Before warm weather comes on
put up that spout to carry the slops
from the sink away from the house. Ii
there is fall enough it may be put on
pile of muck; if not, let it spread on
the grass. bat in the latter case scatter
some disinfectants over the spot occas-
ionally.
Home life is the best field wherein
to cultivate the sweet flowers of
courtesy. This is their native soil,
from which they spread over all the
relations of life; no nature, no condi-
ton which their fragrance can not
reach But the root must be planted
deep in the heart; no poor, borrowed
blossoms will stand the test of all sea-
sona Elizabeth Eddy Norris.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28
4 sAR oe IRON.
Its Value When Converted Into Horrs.
shoes, Pen Knives and Watch Springs.

| Its Value When Converted Into Horre>
shoes, Pen Knives and Watch Springs.
have curious. calculating friend.
who is fond of startling his comrades
with immense possibilities in the way
of figures. The other night he threw
us all into a violent perspiration by
propounding the proposition as to how
much wages and national profit could
be derived from the raw material of a
bar of iron. value 20 shilings. [ am
thankful to say that none of us made
asses of ourselves by attempting any
wild guesses, but solemnly smoked on.
1t would indeed have been cruel to an
ticipate the cOnjurers solution. which
we knew was already worked out. So
presently. after "a slight. very sight.
| pretense at mental calculation. our
friend and philosopher said that if
worked into horseshoes the value of
the bar of iron is turned from 20 into
40 shillings. Well. no great shakes
that We breathed again, and began
to fancy that there wasn't so very
much in the conundrum, after ALL
But. continued our friend and phi
losOpher. if made into needles the bar
OF iron is turned from FL into f7O:
meaning f69 to the credit of labor and
national profit of some kind or other
earned. Then we began to gasp. and
few OF the more devoted disciples of
the cause of home industry contem-
plated their domestic consumption
of needles from the patriotic point
OF view. However, more was to
come. Made into the blades of
pen-knives, it transpired that the bar
Of iron. value FL pound. becomes worth
1907! Was there a man among us
that did not henceforth regard his
familiar pocket companion as symbol
OF industry, the sign and token of labor,
the eloquent example of the majesty
of labor
But our mathematical minded COM
rade had not yet made his point All
the foregoing was but as airy trifes 10
play with. When we were all wondering
and admiring ourselves as the happy
O"hS VI CH-hlIlNCC, HS SuuucUlV
sprung on us his last surprise. If the
bar OF iron be made into balance
springs of watches it is turned from
value of FL to value of ESQ, 0OO No
less sum that f49, 900, perforated our
friend and philosopher, is gained by
the nation in wages and in profit
earned by the workers, the capitalists,
the distributors, the owners of the
houses and shops in which they are
made and sold, anil by the hordes en-
gagged in the building thereof; in the
rates and taxes paid by every man..
woman and child directly or Indirectly
concerned in this enormous wage
earning capacity of our little bar of
iron, value 2Os. to begin with-tO say
nothing of all the other trades and in
dustries that find employment through
the customers whom this national
earning of $4,000 brings into ex-
istence. London Fair Trade.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28
bAaRlNGER's JOKE.
A Heads-I-Win-and Tails You-Lose So
1f q WAGER

a Heads-I-Win- and Tails You-Lose Sort
Of a Wager.
Bromley was seated in Darr'ngers
Office mercilessly scoring the stupidity
of wives in allowing themselves to be
duped by impostors who called at the
house and pretended that their hns-
bands had sent them for this and that.
They'd never get any thing from
ma wife," Darringer emphatically
declared.
Under no circumstances" asked
Bromley.
Under no circumstances, echoed
Darringer.
"Then you have posted her."
mo. Bromley; we never talked 1t
over. She wouldn't even respond to a
written order"
"Signed by yourself?"
Yes"
"Darringer, that's putting it too
strong. l wouldn't mind going you a
ten on it."
.All right, Bromley. 1t is a bet. :"
Darringer wrote a note on his
printed letter head. then handed it to
Bromley? 1t read:
DEAR WIFE: Please let the bearer have
my best overcoat. Lovingly yours.
''ABNER DARRINGER
lis that squarep" Darringer asked.
YES" assented Bromley. Now
call the office boy. I am to give him
his orders"
Darringer touched the bell and the
boy entered the rallied compartment.
Here. Charlie" Bromley said.
take this note to Mrs. Darringer.
Either bring what you were sent for.
or Mrs. Darringer's reply"
In half an hour Charlie returned
without the coat.
Did you see Mrs. Darringer?"
Bromley asked.
Yes, sir" replied the boy,
Ibid she read the note?''
Eyes. sir"
Ibid she write reply?"
mo. SIR"
What did she say?'
"She said: What's the matter with
Abner, anyhow? Has he'been drink-
ing? He wore his best and only over
coat to the Office this morning.
You see, was right" Darringer
said. with a grin.
Yes. but it was mean to lie in wait
for a fellow in that way" demurred
Bromley.
'Oh, WELL" Darringer said. "never
mind the bet. A few prime cigars wiN
offset it. detroit Free Press.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Battle tired eyes in hot water two
Or three times day; it will rest them.
Many people take sweet cream in
large quantities as cure for nervous
debility. 1t is said to serve all the pur-
poses of cod liver oil. !.
10 get rid of soft corns, apply wool
soaked in castor-oiL- Hard ones should
De painted with the following solvent
sallcylic acid one drachm. atropine two
drops, hexile collodion one ounce.
If from their infancy they are pre-
vented from indulging in cakes and
pastries, and are INDUCED in an abund
ance OF ripe fruits, cereals, milk and
pure sugar. they never know what a
headache Is.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

"A robust woman keeps saloon IN
Cincinnati. and during the past five
years she has broken heads, arms and
legs for seven different men VINO
wouldn't walk out like gentlemen. A
wagon spoke is her favorite weapon
Virginia preachers are said to make
the best farmers. They make the best
crops and get the best prices. A dea-
con says: Il won't give cent to the
support of my pastor. He makes
better crop than do and gets better
prices
"A Steubenville CO.. man thought
something was wrong with his nose
1t was nearly stopped up. After SUI
fering from the annoyance almost "a
year or so he went to the doctor, who
removed shoe button from the base
part OF the nasal cavity. The man
pow breathes more freely.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28
THEY ALL DID WELL.
But TheOphilus' Sagacity Touched the Old
Mans Heart.


Mans Heart.
Once upon time an old man called
his three sons to him in the dusk of
the evening, and in faltering voice
said to them: ''My boys, in little
while you will have no father. | am
standing on the shore of the river of
death and soon / must launch my boat
upon it. Now. have. as you know
splendid farm upon which one man.
can thrive, but as there are three of
you have been sorely perplexcd as to.
which should have it. | have there
fore decided to give each of you two.
dollars that you must spend to-mOr-.
row. and to the one making the wisest
purchase shall the farm be given
Come to me tomorrow evening at this:
time and tell me how you have each,
expended your money. Now, good
night, and Heaven bless you ALL" On
the following evening the three sons,
assemb' ed before their father. Reg,
inald, Said i'd uhe latter to the eldest.
what did you purchase with your
two dollars?" Father" returned Tire
son, Il pondered long that | might
make wise use of the money, and at
last l bought a pair of strong shoes. ~
''Well done, well done; the journey
through life is rugged and hard, and
the thorns are thick upon the way.
You have shown prudence and fore
thought. and | love you the better
for it. And what did you buy, Angus
tusP'' 81, too. thought long and
deeply" responded the second son,
that might not purchase any thing
trivial or foolish. Since the cap that
wear is worn and ragged, bought a
hat with wide brim, which show to
you, my father The old man re-
garded him with glance of pride and
affection, and said: You, too, have
done well, Augustus; often in this
world the brow is fevered and the suns
rays beat fiercely upon the aching
head. and your hat will comfort YOU.
rejoice that my sons are filled with
wisdom And you, Theophilus, what
did you buy?" my father, answered.
Theophilus, Il didn't ponder worth
cent. AS soon as left you last even
ing blew in my stuff for five tickets
to the baseball games" With tears
of joy streaming down his furrOwed
face, the venerable man embraced
Theophilus and murmured in "a voice
hOarse with emotion: Had / farm
as large as Texas, with wind mill on
it, it would be yours!' And then Reg
inald and Augustus moved sadly away
into the gathering gloom, and while
one tried to keep the flies off himself
with his hat the other kicked himself
severely with his boots. Nebraska
State Journal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

says the key. DIR. j. Nj. Buckley.
bribery is general in Spain. Almost
any tning can be done with fee. No
more than 40 per cent. of the taxas
levied by the Governments can no -,
'ected. Mayors of cities get rich in q
year one at least of the most inn
por'ant cities is destitute of credit No
one will lend it any money. Spaniards
- ois'rust each other that money is
not forthcoming for great public
WORKS The English manage the
"aterworks. street cars, and almost
every thing else.''
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28
A Mighty Stingy Man.

oympathizing friend-Your rich old
uncle. they tell me, did not leave you
a cent. thought he once entertained
the idea OF making you his heir.
Poor relation (bitterly) Entertained
the idea? He never had the hospi-
tallty enough to entertain any thing.
Chicago Tribune.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28
LEGEND OF MARCOLlNt,
A Curious Ceremony Observed in the
Courts of Venice.

Curious Ceremony Observed in the
Courts of Venice.
In the courts of Venice a curious
custom has been observed for five
hundred years. When the Council of
len. body of men acting as a. jury,
brings in sentence of death, before
the presiding judge puts on the black
cap the venerable crier advances and
cries three times in a loud voice: Re
cOrdatevi del povera Marcolini Near
the grand landing place of the gon-
dOas are the columns of Saint Mark
and Saint Theodore Nearly all the
people passing the grand landing place
pass around the columns Only for
eigners and strangers pass between the
two slender pillars. 1t is the ancient
place of execution, and there Mar
colini met his death. Many years ago
Marcolini, a young Venetian noble.
paid court to the beautiful Giulietta,
whose family occupied palace on the
same square. One night as the dial on
the clock tower marked the early
morning hour he was returning home
from visit to his inamOrata softly
singing in the eXuberance of his spirits,
for he had been accepted, and the par
ents of his fiaYcee had given consent to
their nuptials. Passing across small
campo he picked up an embroidered
belt. with an empty jeweled scabbard,
and fastening the girdle around him,
he continued his course, still humminp
his tune. When he came to the steps of
the .RialtO he was seized by the
guard and accused of murder. He
was taken to the spot where Senator
Rinaldi lay dead with dagger in his
heart. 1t was found that the stiletto
exactly fitted the sheath which Mar
colini carried. He was speedily tired,
condemned and beheaded. Giulietta
went mad and was confined on the lit
tie island devoted to the insane Many
years after bandit on his death-bed
confessed to priest that he had been
hired to murder the Senator. The
sentence against MarcOlini was re-
versed and his confscated estates were
restored to his family. But poor Giu-
letta's reason could not be restored bv
an edict of law. When the Judge who
condemned Marcolini came to die he
provided in his will that a mass should
be sung every night forever in chapel
OF the ducal church, ST. Marks, for
the soul of Marcolini and others who
had suffered from unjust Judgments
Such is the story of the Twilight Mass
and the words of the court crier: RE
member poor Marcolini. Every night
the bell is rung and ray of light is
seen to issue from the little Gothic
window that looks upon the ancient
place of executions recognition of
human fallibility. Y Star.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28


--Ine ilgntness OF the food greatly
depends on the freshness of the eggs.
and in some cakes. notably sponge cake
and the companion two, angel and sun
shine cakes. failure almost invariably
follows the use of ''sort OF fresh eggs.
In summer. e.pec ally. the eggs will
beat up more lightly if they are put into
basin of ice-waler half hour before
using. The ligbtness of even plain
cake with its single egg is greatly in
creased by beating the white and yelk
separately. and when. by some mis-
chance, cake is TOO stiff after the flour
is added, the trouble is best remedied
BY adding part ct the whole OF beaten
egg;
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

The full capacity of the lungs IL
about $40 cubic inches.
"A man in Indiana recently received
legacy of $40. 900. and the irst thing
he did was to buy $751; worth of dia-
monds and a 81. 900 team.
The idea that fish food was brain
food had run of ten years lefore any
one asked why tho Esquimaux, who eats
most fish, had no mental smartness.
"A Western man has devised II con-
trivance which rings bell in hotel
Office and registers the room number
when some verdant person blows out
the gas.
Excessive gum-chewing paralyzed
the muscles of an Indiana woman's
face, and she WAS compelled to send
for physician before she con'a opcn
her mouth.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-28

-"What are you chewing?" asked
one travelling man of another. Gun
arabic. was the reply. Gum arabic?r
"les; expect the firm to send me to
western Asia pretty soon, and NAV
want to learn the language. "-Mer-
chant Traveller.
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