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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-15
JEWS IN JERUSALEM,
Their Condition Worse Than That of An
of their Race the World Over.

Their Condition Worse Than That of Any
of their Race the World Over.
The Jews of Jerusalem have many
paupers among them and their con-
dition is worse than that of any of their
race the world over. The numbers
who have been forced here by persecu-
ton are supported almost entirely by
the different Jewish churches over the
world and the number of different de-
nominations of Jews and Christians
who are so supper ed has made Jeru-
salem q city of mendicants. At certain.
hours of the days bread is given away
at certain places and the people come
to these in crowds. The Jews them
selves in the fewest of cases change
their religion, but the different denom-
nations of begging Christians move
about from church to church as the
supplies rise and fall, just as the bad
boy changes his Sunday-school accord
ing to the prospects of presents at
time of Christmas. Such giving has
made Jerusalem the hOt-bed for the
propagation of beggars. and this is true
of other people than the Jews. The
number of aims takers among them has
made the Jerusalem Jews, as a class,
regardless of their personal ap-
pearance and they live in dirt and
squalor. | have visited great num-
Der of their houses; whole families live
in one cave like room of the size of
hall bedroom with no windows, and
lighted only by the door at the front;
both walls and floor are of stone There
is little furniture to speak Of There
is only a bed or two for the grown
people and the rest of the family must
bunk on the floor. The kitchen is in
most cases little box just high enough
for the woman of the house to stand
upright in and not more than three
feet wide and four feet deep. At the
back of this there is a rude stove of
stone for the burning of charcoal, and
somewhere in the catacombs, which
make up the tenements of a score of
families, there is a we'll, which is the
common property of all. On the door
posts of each dwelling. whether it be
OF only one room Or more, there is
tackled rolled up strip of white parch-
ment six inches long on which is writ
ten the name of Jehovah and the ten
commandments, and every one of these
Palestine Jews wears the command
ments tied upon his arm under his
coat. They have in some cases ply
lacteries for their foreheads at time of
worship and the most of them are very
devout They do not approve of wear
ing any other than the Jewish dress,
and most Jews who come here adopt
the dress which | have described
Under the laws of Bulgaria if
patent medicine is warranted to cure
certain disease and fails to do it the
manufacturer can be prosecuted and
sent to prison. No cures for con-
sumption can be found in that coun-
try.
London has eighty-one hospitals
and fifty dispensaries supported by
voluntary contributions. Last year
1,038, 600 outside patients were treat
ed at the dispensaries and out-service
department of the hospitals. One in
every four of the inhabitants of Lon
don receives graluitous medical treat
ment when ILL
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-15
ELECTRICAL AGONY.
Uncomfortable Pain Caused by Death from
the Lightn ne Volts.

Uncomfortable Pain Caused by Death from
the Lightn ng Volts.
Of course, electricity can instan-
taneously kill a person, but in that in
initesimally small space of time OF
the transition from life to death the
person will suffer inconceivable pain
Although the speed of electricity is at
the rate of 286. 900 miles per second.
the killing can not be so instantane-
GUS as to preclude all pain. Every
particle of the nervous tissue
is polarized. Polarization causes
each particle of matter to re-
volve on its axis, which means the
stretching of the nerves out of all pro-
portion. and consequently the most in
tense pain.
But the great fault with execution
by electricity is that it is almost i'm
possible to ascertain just how strong
current will kill man instantaneous
ly and yet not be barbarous mode OF
killing. If the current be but few
volts stronger than that required to
instantly execute certain person the
consequences would be terrible. 1t
would disfgure the body beyond recog-
milton. and would disintegrate every
portion Of the corpse. Should the cur
rent be just trifle too weak to exc
cute person. it would throw him into
q trance SO deathlike that it is p-ob-
able that the body would be buried
alive. London Sun.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-15
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me OsO,y Or s-ySIndIIOn.

That Pygmalion. best known to
classical and other readers, is the one
OF whom Ovid has sung. He resided
on the Island of Cyprus and was a
statuary. He became what would be
commonly called woman-hater, ow-
ing. it is tabled, to his having been
witness of the revels of the females of
Amathus, a city of great antiquity on
the southern side of the island, and
celebrated as the favorite residence of
Venus. Pygmalion resolved never to
wed. and the affection he had denied
to the fair sex he gave generously to
the works of art which his genius had
created. He finally became enamored
of a beautiful statue of ivory which he
had made, and at his earnest request,
as the legend runs. the goddess OF
beauty vivified this statue. and he
made this creation his wife. Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-15
THE VANILLA PLANT.
How One of the Most Interesting OF Trop-
ical GrOwths Is Utilized


ical GrOwths Is Utilized.
In flavoring our ice-creams and
cakes, and the various dishes that will
receive it, with vanilla. we Sc dom re-
member that we are turning to utility
one Of the most interesting of tropical
growths-an orchid that grows as few
other orchids do, by actual climbing,
clamping itself along its way on 3rla
roots, and which has to be fertilized
by insects or else yield no fruit, except
when the fertilization is done by hand
in an artificial process. The odor OF
the vanilla, like its flavor, has an in
terest of its own to those OF fanc1ful
tone, for it belongs not to the full
tones of odor so to speak, as the rose
and the honeysucl1le may be said to
do, but to the half-tones-the flats and
sharps sharing a part of that chro-
matte scale in which the orange, the
heliotrope, the lemon, are to be found.
A curious thing about this same va,
nilla, in relation to its use as an ex-
tract, is that it's essential quality. that
which gives it perfume and SAVIOR,
vaniline. can be produced arti-
ficially from the sap of pines.
Vanilla has long and poet
ical history in its use in Spanish
and Oriental cookery, in chocolates
and dressings, and in various Mexican
dishes, from before the time of the
Montezumas, and the thought of it
brings up the scence of many a repast
with the picturesque adjuncts between
palace Or monastery walls. 1t is not
without significance in this connection
that, used in excess, it develops poi
sonous qualities. 1t is obvious that the
first step beyond the pure necessities
in the way of food is taken by adding
a flavor to the food, and such simple
additions as the rose and the vanilla
must have preceded much costly cook
cry and ransacking of seas and forests
for novel and stimulating substances.
We read in the tales of the Thousand
Nights and One Night of incessant
marketing. havoring, and feasting; but
it is all made up of the same general
line of articles-the lamb and the kid,
rice, pomegranates and ounces; much
of the rest is in the added 1avOrs, and
the charm of the cookery seems to be
more in the favors than in the food
itself. Among the varied extracts
used now among ourselves in cookery
most are absolutely harmless, as the
lemon and the orange and other fruit
favors; the genuine almond, peach
and nut fiavors are comparatively safe,
but not altogether so; but the vanilla
is to be used with care. For, whether
justly or not, the vanilla has been
made to bear the odium of various
cases of poisoning by means of ices
favored with it. But used with dis
erection and in small quantity, it is one
of the choicest and most delicate ad-
ditiOns that we have to our sweetmeats
and sauces, having not only pleasant
piquancy, but leaving certain tonic
and cleansing effect upon the palate.
Harpers Bazaar
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-15
Yung Wo is probably, like so many of
his countrymen. a Christian for rev.
enue only. Y. Graphic.

IT other mothers have been troubled
as have been with the inevitable holes
made in the tops of stockings by every
variety OF stocking-supporter, they
may be glad to learn If my way out of
the difficulty. To one end of strip of
elastic four inches long sew a doubled
piece OF tape long and wide enough for
stout button-hole This buttons on
the waist To the other end sew two
narrower strips of tape. four or five
inches long. and these | tie to CORE
spending tapes on the stocking. Each
stocking is finished around the ton on
the inside by piece of tape, from the
opposite sides of which come the
strings which tie over the knee. At
night all that is necessary to do is to
un6utton them from the waist Baja-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-15

Stage murders with guns and
pistols are often ridiculous farces. The
black-hearted villain fires at the flies
and the prosecuted hero facing him
drops dead" To escape the ridicu-
lous in this line of stage effort a new
weapon has been invented by M.
Philippe. secretary of the Bouffes
Parisiennes. Paris. It contains a long
spiral spring, which carries needle
at the end. The piece is loaded by
COMPRISING the spring, which is re-
tanned by simple mechanism. and in
sorting in the muzzle q cork. which
contains charge OF Illuminating mer-
curry. On pulling the trigger the spring
is released and the needle strikes the
illuminate, which explodes. blowing the
cork into dust 1t is said these guns
can be leveled directly at any person
and discharged without risk.
man wish to rightly grow IN
grace he must accustom himself tn 90.
ana look at the larger things in life.
and the larger world in which he
ives. A constant attention to the lit
sle WIZ dwarf him, and finally unfit
III" Ior his place among other men.
HE that will not permit his wealth
70 90 any good to others while he ia
- prevents 1t from doing any good
~ n.mseii when he is dead, and by an
.so.lsm that is suicidal and has =
.- soge' cuts himself OF from the
.auess pleasure and the highest happi-
eess hereafter.-Colton.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-15
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Many man could buy his wife
pony phaeton with the money he
spends for pony bfandy.-Texas Sift-
ings.
-Ap Uncertainty. = Husband =
What kind of cake is this, wifep"
Wife-''Why, my dear, can't you tell
marble cakeP" Husband-''I thought
it was either marble or granite,
wasn't sure which. Omaha World.
Daughter Il don't intend to
marry. intend to study" Mother
THAT'S absurd. The men will think
the less of you in the end if you know
much" Daughter-"O mamma! You
always expect other men to be like
papa. Time.
Father William, you are rum
ming up enormous debts around town.
You must remember your uncle is not
dead yet" His Uncle's Heir-"Yes.
but ne has discharged his doctors and
is undergoing treatment by a Chris
tian Scientist. Life.
1t always a relief to me when it
comes time to pay off Bridget said
Mrs. Housekeep. ''Why?" inquired
her husband. Because, that is the
only time when feel positive that she
doesn't employ me-" - Washington
Capital.
Jaw, Miss Belle" said Gus de Jay,
''Do you know I've been thinking?"
'Indeed?' ''Ya-a-s; thinking of doing
some work" Then you better hurry
up, or you will be so tired thinking
that you won't have any strength left
to work with. Merchant Traveller.
Two brothers named Hart were ar
rested for buncoing p farmer. AS the
judge sentenced them to five years
apiece he said it called to his mind that
touching passage, Two souls with
but a single thought; two Harris that
beat as one. Judge.
-''Why are the stars hung so high?"
asked Rollo. looking out of the window
upon the star gemmed canopy of
heaven. $50 that the class of 49,"
said his Uncle George, who graduated
in rs, ''can walk around at night with.
out knocking off it's hats. BRO oklyn
Eagle.
Mr.. Algernon Nibbs- "Miss Grace,
1 have something very important to
say to you, if your mind is wholly I'M
preoccupied and receptive" Miss
Grace-''I assure you it is, Mr.. Nibbs.
l have just been reading your article
on The Elements of Culture and
there isn't single idea in my head"
Miss YellOwleaf-'.I can not under
stand why you call Mr.. Sheighman
bashful. talked with him over an
hour last evening and he seemed per-
fectly at ease" Miss Flyppe-"rm
sure never said he was bashful. In
fact | have often heard that in the
society of old ladies he was a most
charming talker. ''-Terre Haute Ex-
press.
-Brown--"l am glad to see you
have recovered from your recent attack
of typhoid fever" Smy Thanks,
old man. You're very kind" Brown
What has been the worst thing you
had to contend with in connection with
your illnessp' Smythe-'' The stories
had to listen to from people who have
had typhoid so much worse than L.
America
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-15

in Dublin, small town in Laurens
County, Ga, there lives a blue man.
He is Caucasian, but instead of be-
ing white, is a greenish blue, and is
known as blue Billy" His whole
skin is blue, his tongue and the roof
OF his mouth are blue, and where his
eyes should be white is seen the same
CHASTITY greenish-blue color
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-15
Christian for Revenue OnIv.

Say that contact with Sunday-schools
and missionary societies does not i'm
prove the average Chinaman! Mis-
take, it does. There is a Methodist
Episcopal Chinese Sunday-school on
the corner of Seventh avenue and
Twenty-third street. Not far from it
an enterprising Yung Wo ,,as started
a laundry. Facing the entrance to his
shop hangs a large motto framed in
regulation style. 1t reads:
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-15
SWITZERLAND IN WAR.
The Military Importance of the Little
Central Europ. an Republic.

The Military Importance of the Little
Central Europ. an Republic.
The Italian General, Clemente Corte,
writing to the Adriatico of Venice,
speaks as follows of the part that
Switzerland may have to play in the
next war in Europe:
II firmly believe that the Swiss
army, or, more properly speaking the
Swiss nation, must have gained COM
paratively in military power more
than other nations. This opinion is
formed upon the high national senti-
ment that animates the Swiss people,
their virile and patriotic education,
their long traditional personal service.
their training in the use of the rife.
and the great confidence which thew
have in their arms and in the natural
defenses OF the country. In my opin-
ion, the Swiss, if they are united and
compact, are invulnerable in the up-
per portion of their country. And il
must not be forgotten that in this DOR
ton they dominate the Rhone. the
Rhine and the Tessin. A German
army that would have Switzerland with
it could easily threaten Lyons and
turn the defensive works recently con.
structed by the French parallel with
the Vosges. But, on the other hand
a French army that could count upon
the aid of the Swiss would be alb E
from the Lake Constance to turn all
the defenses of the Germans on the
borders of the Rhine and threaten the
upper valley of the Danube 1t could
also fall upon Italy by the routes OF
Simplon. st. Gothard and the Grisons
Il have never been able to compre.
bend the badly concealed menaces O,
Germany against the Swiss neutrality
because it seems to me that to attack
the Swiss in their own country consti.
tutes problem before which the Ger
man army might we'll hesitate, partic.
ularly as a few weeks resistance on
the part of those mountaineers would
be sufficient to permit a French army
70 come to their assistance. Now. the
French army that would be the maste,
u the routes of Switzerland could. in
my opinion. offer insurmountable diff
cultles for even the triple alliance
1t is true that the allies would have
considerable forces. But could thew
act together? And would not the
great number be in itself a. difficulty
when it would be necessary to operate
In mountainous country whose de.
lenders could take advantage of the
good roads of the interior.
lit is beyond a doubt that in the
present state of Europe. with the trinle
alliance on the one hand and the tac;,
or apparent union of France and Rms.
sla on the other, the military action Of
Switzerland must exercise a nrenon.
derant influence upon the result Of tn .
war In case the confederation should
De com eled to abandon it's neutral
ity."
urihg a recent thunderstorm y,
superior. Wis, lightning knocLod :. "a a
pipe out of a mans mouth and a 'n'
charged rife which was nean hu ois'
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-15

Surihg a recent thunderstorm a,
superior. Wis. lightning knocked az a.
pipe out OF a mans mouth and AZ
charged a rife which was near bv ~
b.s 49, herman museum in Nurnbere
las oought Prince Sulkowski's famo,
81, ecu OF armor and weanons to.
s..,Voo Specialists estimate the v.,, -.
OF The collection at $500. 600 "'ue
Is Considered q Wealthy Man.
Japanese with an income of a ooo. !.
year Is considered wealthy man. and .
. .m who has 500 laid by is ranked
among the capitalists of his districr n az
ooe empire, out OF population of r. M,
~. there are less Than 10000 pauners =
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-15

Then below it hangs big. printed
placard announcing that
washing Is Done Here for Church
Members at Reduced Rates.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-15

The Peace of the Lord Abides in
This House.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-10-26

"A titled lady In London has formed
guild of clear-starehers and ironers
OF fine linens and laces.
The head roller in a Pittsburgh
iron mill makes fifty dollars day.
His family ride behind spanking
team.
William o. Fitzgerald. a deaf
mute. has been . clerk In the New
York Custom House for twenty-eighs
years.
Annie Perkins. OF Cleveland,
wears boys clothes, subsists on oat-
meal and sells papers for n living. She
Is thirty years OF age and poetess.
M. Eiffel. whose name has been
exalted by his great tower. Is ffty-
seven years old His real name lie
said to be Bonickhausen. and his rea-
sons for changing IL are unknown.
-Shoe-buckles came into England
with the Restoration. and became so
large, costly and popular that at one
time their manufacture gave en-
ployment to four thousand people In
birmingham alone. When shoe strings,
always affected by the Puritans and
Quakers. tesumed their eway. the
buckle-makers petitloned the Prince OF
Wales TO Cry 10 avert their ruin. This
he endeavored 10 do by wearing
buckles himself and commanding his
household TO follow his example.
The invention OF omnibuses Is due
70 the philosopher. Pascal. who. in
February, 1867. obtained o priv
ilege'-what we should call patent
for public carriages TO travel through
certain streets of Paris. They held
eight passengers. who paid ak sous
each. and were very successful, al
though an act OF Parliament OF Paris
forbade them being used by lackeys.
soldiers and other humble folks. Pas
ral died in 1867. and his useful inven-
tion did not long survive him. The
omnibus reappearea in London about
the beginning OF this century. and was
adopted in several French provincial
towns before Paris accounted il aSaIn.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-10-26
Can Life Be Prolonged?


The prolongation Of human life. the
restoration Of decayed functions To their
normal activity by electricity, even when
suggested ms q remote possibility, r. use
and chain the attention. When this sug.
gestion is made by man whose record Of
achievements has given him reputation
ON two continents. and whose statements
are always received with respect. u not
with Difference, incredulity forgets to
smile, and we listen with the feeling that
the path Of discovery always runs through
apparent impossibilities. No snap judg
ment avails in this modern age T1say of
anything that IL can't be done In TO exhibit
ignorance Of what has been done. The age
of miracles is not In the past, but In the
present and future. We wsls In the com
pany OF marveis ev ry day, Which the
science OF electricity has recently achieved.
Dr. Darrin has al amy rate given us some.
ny serious to think about, and cncour
aged the hope OF new victories over the
Ills TO which flesh is heir by his system Of
electro. ma gnetic treatment, rs the follow
ing references show:
Geo. ii. PapenberR. Tualition, Or.-Desf-
ness ten years 80 he could scarcely hear a
sound; cured In twenty minutes
Mrs. John McGinnis, Vancouver. w. 7.
---paraly red arm cured sixteen years ago
by DIR. Darrin while Ia San Francisco.
Ex- Mayor &. II. Hills son, of Aibina,
Or.-Cured of an offensive discharge oil
both ears since five months old.
John Il. Doughcrty, Roche Harbor. w
T.-Hydroceie entiriy cured and removed
by one operation of five minutes.
| Mrs s. A. Wooden's girl, ~ Columbia
street, Portiaud-N Nervous debility and
malarial fever and discharging ear: re
stored.
WIN. Altnow, Drewsey. Grant county
Or Catarrhal deafness and ring In lhs
| ears for twenty years: perfectly cured.
Mrs. s. w. Meixgar, Gresham, Or. Dys
pepsia, liver complaint and pain In stom
ach twenty-five years, restored.
Mrs. q. Msgenson, Merchants hotel
Portland Rheumatism. neuralgia, and
female trouble; cured permanently one
| year ago.
w. L. Ogle. Seatco, w. t. Liver ane
kidney complaint and dyspepsa, also deaf
ness and whole ~ stem run down: cured
William Little. Seattle, w. Pain In
his chest of over eight years standing: en-
tirely cured by electromagnetic treatment
j. W. Zumwait, Albany. Or, dbrmcris
of Moro, Wasco county Or , cured OF al
aggravated case OF rheumatism and spina
| complaint.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-10-26
AN0TH xR FAMILY OUT o. TR0U.
RLE AND. Az A RESULT. HAPPY.

Such a remark M this will always draw
the atten ion Of every good thinking man
or woman. We all desire TO be out OF
trouble and happy. and when we read 81
above, our hearts Join In congratulations.
This IL one OF the many cases that our
heading meets exectly:
-, q. w. Morley. 36i Howard Street,
have been a severe sufferer for years, and
have had the best doctors In San Francisco
attend me, without any results for the
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pains In my hack and chest; headache; loss
Of appetite; languid, red feelings; skin
rough and greasy. and, In fact. generally
broken down In health. pur based two
bottles Of your Great Sierra Kidney and
Liver Cure. and after two weeks | find
myself cured from all my ailments. Ny
appetite In fine, my palms are gone. mi
skin In clear. and ! can surely say ! am
well and will ey thank your wonderful
remedy for my health. and, In fact, my life
Very truly yours, @. w. Monthly.
"a Howard ST., San Francisco, Cal"