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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-10

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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-10

under the head OF Situations
and Work Wanted, until further
notice.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-10

TORY or Advertising" tnat at Une Fefe Ia
Chaise Cemetery, near Paris, there stands
in a conspicuous position a splendid
monument to Pierre Cabochard, grocer
with a pathetic inscription, which closes
thus
"His inconsolable widow dedicates this
monument to his memory, and continues
the same bushes at the old shop, NO. lo7
Rue Mouffetard.n
Now q Partisan paper relates that a
short time ago a gentleman, who had no
ticed the above inscription, was led by
curiosity to call at the address indicated.
Having expressed his desire to see the
Widow C~abochard he was Immediately
ushered into the presence OF a fashion
ably-dressed and f~nll-bearded man, who
asked him what was the object OF his
visit.
II came to see the Widow Cabochard,
sir"
Gwen sir, here she is"
II beg pardon, but l wish TO see Inc
lady in person"
"Sir, i am the Widow Cabochard."
81 don't exactly understand you. l al
lude to the relict of the late Pierre Cabo-
chard, whose monument | "a yesterday
at the Pere la Cheise."
81 see, I see," was the smiling reJo1n-
der. ALLOW me to inform you thai
Pierre Cabochard is a myth, and there
fore never had a wife. The tomb you ad-
mired cost me a good deal of money, and
although no one is buried there it proves
q irst-rate advertisement, and | have no
to regret the expense. Now, sir,
what can / sell you in the way OF grocer
ies?"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-05-24
Cooling Off a Piano.

One young man in an Albany board
ing house is in trouble. A young lady
residing in the establishment for some
time had made life miserable by play
ing on the asthmatic piano in the par
Tor. Finally patience became a vice,
and the young man resolved to sacri-
flee himself for the good of others.
He procured hose. attached it to the
cold water faucet in the wash-roOm,
carried the other end into the parlor
and turned it upon the fair disciple of
Vulcan. The effect was even more
than could have been expected, for it
not only stopped the noise but poured
into the works" of the piano. In the
subsequent excitement this was not
noticed. The wires had time to be-
come rusted. and an expense of $50
was necessary for making repairs.
The landlady is now endeavoring to
collect the amount of the young man,
whose financial condition makes it
impossible for him to comply with the
demand Albany On. Y. Journal.
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PROMISES OF SCIENCE.
How the Earth Is Gradually Being Used
Up by Mankind.

How the Earth Is Gradually Being Used
Up by Mankind.
Every body knows that the world is
wearing Out-that the time is coming
when we will have no coal to burn in
our CRATES. and no iron to make our
CRATES of, even had we the coal A
close record of the output of the oil
field discovers the fact that the
petroleum reservoirs are running y
and investors have not the faith in the
inexhaustible flow of natural gas that
the sellers of wells could wish. We
know that precious metals are dug out
in less quantities than formerly; that
the diamond market, in spite of Kim
berly, is cornering itself; that mahog-
any and pine will some day be things
of the past, like the buffalo-robe and
dodo We are confronted with the
fact that the guano deposits will not
last forever, that there is a human
limit to the production of electricity
and that our children several times re-
moved will have neither quinine,
chloroform nor anillne dyes.
OF course this general exhaustion
OF old earth's treasure house is some
time ahead of us. 1t will not happen
in our day nor in the next centu ".
We can go on burning the candle at
both ends for few hundred years be-
fore humanity has to adjust itself tc
the newer or more economical con-
ditions. But. despite the fact that the
time of stress is so far ahead of us
that we can look on to it jokingly, il
is pleasant to learn that science is
getting ready for the rainy day. We
are OF the eve of a new age and on
the threshold of a new civilization.
Aluminium, according to nature, is
making ready to take the place OF
steel. and it will be cheaper, lighter,
stronger and a thousand fold more
plentiful and cheap.
Heat and food, according to science.
we are to gather from the sea in
proper fish culture and wise electrical
work. The economist brightly be-
lieves that we will solve the labor
problem before the middle of the
twentieth century, and solve it to the
satisfaction of both parties. Chicago
News.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-05-24
USES OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
The Art Employed to Make Dry Official
Reports Entertaining.

Official reports of land surveys and
explorations are not very popular
reading, and in some countries the
aid of illustrations is called in to make
them more attractive. The Canadian
Department of the Interior expects
hereafter to illustrate the reports of
scientific men who are still studying
the great northern portion of the con-
tinent The processes of making
photographs and reproducing them
in printers ink have been SO cheap
ened and improved that it is found
they can be introduced in Government
reports without largely enhancing the
cost.
Since dry plates came into use in
photography with various processes
of utilizing photographs to illustrate
printed pages. the su vey departments
of every European Government has
established Photographic offices. We
have finely equipped illustrative de-
partments in connection with the
Coast and Lake Surveys, the Hydro
graphic Office and the Geological
Survey In those Offices the views
taken by explorers are developed and
multiplied. trees, plants. fossils and
other specimens are photographed,
the wonders revealed by the micro
scope are caught for general inspec-
ton, and thus facilities for illustra-
ton have not only been greatly in
creased, but the cost of pictorial aids
to study has been largely lessened-
1t is found. for instance, that the
quickest and cheapest way to enlarge
or reduce maps and plans is by means
of photography. and a great many
maps are now cheapy produced for
general circulation by photo-litho-
graphic processes.
With all the new methods of pict-
ure making. it is considered mex
cusable nowadays to issue a book OF
explorations that is not prOfusely
illustrated. 1t will be Interesting to
examine the next reports of the Cana
dian Survey, whose Illustrations, we
are told in the report of the Interior
Department, e expected mot only
to make the reading matter attractive,
but also to impart much additional
value to the information given. IN.
Y. Sun.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-05-24
CHARMS OF THE WEST.
Some Remarkable Attractions Discovered
by Huget Sound Tonrisf.

1 SSusc AhcHarkable AttractlODS uncovered
by Puget Sound Tourist.
Mr.. +. w. S. Jingle has returned
from visit to Tacoma and Seattle,
where he went to look over the field
with view to starting daily paper
somewhere in that far Western land.
MIR. Jingle is very enthusiastic over the
country, and thinks that it is a trifle
more like the Garden of Eden than any
place he has seen of late years. when
you climb over the Rocky Mountains
1t Is like getting over the garden wall, :"
he said. in burst of enthusiasm. II
am thoroughly convinced that it was
on this spot that the Deity smiled His
sweetest smile. Flowers bloom per-
ennially in that sunny land. and the
murmur of the cowslips as they raise
their heads in the balmy air chimes in
with singing of the birds to form the
most enhancing melodies. The bread
fruit trees grow luxuriantly in Seattle.
and l discovered one variety on which
grew rye bread with caraway seeds in
1t. such as is often imported and used
on free-lunch counters of our modern
civilization. Flamingoes and other
tropical birds are common there, and
IN the stream abound purple mullet
and goldfish. l caught some of the
latter, have seen roses there grow
ing on bushes as large as the ink roll
ers OF my late printing press. while the
rose leaves are so large and succulent
that the citizens fry them and use
them for food. Altar of roses is a COM
mon beverage, and the entire commun-
lty Is very sweet-scented by reason OF
this fact. At Tacoma the entire picture
Is duplicated. Nature has not spared
her bounties there. was shown some
samples of wool that grew on the hy-
draulic rams. am convinced that
factory for the manufacture of n.y.
draulic rams could do paying bust
ness at wOol-growing. Cows are KEEP:
for their beef alone, for the ingen-
lous citizens have reduced the cult
walton OF the milk weed to such
high degree of perfection that
they furnish all that is needed in the
way of dairy products. Some of those
milk weeds produce the richest kind of
cream, aud DIS the warm breezes SWAY
them to and fro, this cream soon turns
to butter by the gentle undulation.
think a newspaper could be made to
bring in rich return to its owner.
The county printing there is very fat.
for 1t seems to keep pace with the other
native products. Carrier pigeons are
trained to visit merchants and solicit
subscriptions and display advertise
ments, and they do this with an intel
Hgence that is remarkable. The print
ing press could be run by water power,
and under that clear sky and healthy
atmosphere / am convinced that the
Office boy would soon acquire the habit
of writing leading editorials and con-
densed paragraphs. So the running
expenses are bound to be light. 1t is
possible that / am too conservative in
my views. but | can not help saving
that L was favorably impressed with
the entire country which 1 visited. -
Minneapolis Tribune.
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CHINA AND IT'S PEOPLE.
ODD SUPERSTITlONS AND NOTIONS
OF THE CELESTIALS.
Or 1.-THE JOURNAL"

Shanghai. the Paris of Asia-Boat Life on
the Great River e-Kiang-Pecu-
liar Belief Concerning the Making of
Medicine in America.
Shanghai is about midway on the Pa
cific coast between the northern and
southern boundaries of China. 1t is near
the mouth of, though not on, the great
river, the Yang -tse-Kiang, which divides
the empire into two equal portions, and
which forms the great central avenue of
trade. This is one of the greatest and
one of the longest rivers Of the world,
and it vies with the Nile in the rich de-
posts which it carries down from the
mountains of Thibet and spreads over the
rich plains Of China. Its waters where
1t enters the sea are as yellow as clay, and
their contents are, | am told, as rich as
guano. They form fertilizer which the
Chinese use by irrigation, so that it is
spread over much of the 548, 900 square
miles which forms its basin and makes
this land produce from two to three crops
per year.
LIFE ON THE YANG-TSE-KIANG.
The Yang-tse Kiang has fall nearly
1t is so wide at its mouth that when we
sailed up it in coming TO Shanghai we
tor long way were hardly able to see
the banks, and this width extends up
the river foi hundreds of miles. 1t is
navigable for ocean steamers to Hankow,
city Of the size of Chicago, which is
situated on its banks 600 miles above
Shanghai, and river steamers can go
1900 miles up its winding course
Above this there are gorges and rapids
which the foreigners now think can be
passed, and there will then be an open
ing into the interior of China by this
means for more than 1900 miles. The
iang-tse-Kiang is SO long that it would
reach from San Francisco to New York
and push its way out into the Atlantic
If it could be stretched out upon a plane
OF the face of the United States It is
longer than the distance from New York
to Liverpool, and it is said to be the
best stream in the world as to the ar
rangement of its branches. Its boat
population is numbered by hundreds of
thousands. and it is city hundreds of
miles in length, made up Of junks, ships
and barges. These Chinese junks are
gorgeously painted and carved. They
have the same style of sails and masts
that were used thousands of years ago,
and their sails are immense sheets of
cotton patched together and stretched
on rods of bamboo which look like fish
ing poles. The sailors are pig tailed
men In fat clothes of cotton who sing in
cracked gibberish as they work, and
who understand how to manage their
rude sails so well that they can often
pass ships of more modern make. All
OF the Chinese boats have pair of eyes
painted on the sides of their prows, and
the Chinese sailor would no more think
OF navigating without these than he
would think of eating without chop
SUCKS If asked the reason he replies:
No have eyes. no can see. No can
see, no can CO."
BISHOP Fowler, while sailing up the
9'eHo to Picking, happened to sit with
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-05-24
Eastern lady lin Colorado

Eastern lady lin Coloradoi-'.4t
makes me sick to hear some of your
Weste. names. The idea of calling
pretty town like this 'Wagonwheel ~
RESIDENT isn't nice name, and
if we ever change it / promise to let
you know at once" Il wish you
would" Where shall address your"
Households. n. 7.
"A correspondent of the Writer
asks why pound of manuscript pass
ing between author and publisher
should need more postage than a pound
of calico. The answer is simple 1t
is wise duty imposed by the Govern
ment for the protection of the most
defenseless mortals on the face of the
earth editors.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-05-24
Sherman at the Theater.

General Sherman is a frst-nighter,
and usually sits in an aisle seat or a
proscenium box. A popularity of the
Generals is that he seems to forget
that any one besides himself is in the
theater He talks to his companion
about the performers on the stage with
out regard to his surroundings. The
other night. at one of the fashionable
houses, he broke in upon silent bit of
stage action which was being worked
out by a young actress with the stento-
rian praise of:
'.She's going to make an actress.
Every body near him stared, and then
laughed. The General did not appear
to be aware that he had been heard.
He settled back into his big collar with
an exclamation of contentment. At that
theater, where every body knows the
old warrior, his rumbling Interruptions
are accepted good-naturedly. But down
at one of the Bowery houses the man
in the gallery would bring down his
rattan cane to command silence, and
the gentlemanly usher would come
down the aisle. touch the soldier on
the arm, and say:
..Soy, old man, bite off yer stories
now, or go outside and lose your voice. !"
IN. Y. Sun.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-05-24
PROPHETS OF EVIL,
WOuld-Be Scientists Who Have Knack OF
Ma ing Every Body Tired.

MA ing Every DOuy Urea.
Either he is ubiquitous Or there are
a good many of him. refer to that
perambulating scientist whom every
body knows, who has student voice,
and chooses for his rostrum the full
street-car, or the street corner. which,
however. is no windier than he This
morning the stroller met him at the
latter place while the news of Penn
sylvania earthquake was still seethine
in his mind. Its coming, sir! / al
ways knew it would. I've said so a
thousand times he excitedly began.
Il don't see it, said the near-sighted
Stroller, peering vainly westward for
the street-car. .'It's the caving in OF
the earth's surface On this continent, I
refer to, sir" cried the self-taught sci.
enlist, waving his paper. This shak.
ing in Philadelphia is premonitory.
Water, gas, sulphurous emanations, all
will be elected from the convulsed earth.
| can not think what our Government
means to allow this wholesale disem-
boweling of the earth that is going on
among the oil wells and in the natural
yas regions and in the coal mines.
And here a couple of years ago boring
for water in town in Iowa they struck
A river-like to have flooded the town,
strand that river has been pouring
out of the bowels of the earth ever
since. And the oil wells are draining
out the earth at a rate and volume
greater than the Mississippi, and i.
leaves a vacuum, sir, in the earth-a
vacuum. And look at the millions of
tons of coal dug out, which releases
the pressure down there! Now, what
is bound to be the result sooner or
later? A caving in of the surface,
sir, sure as your born. Just as soon
as enough is dug out so that the
unsupported crust bends under the
weight of the outer atmosphere, then,
sir, it will cave down into the vacuum.
Our Government should take lesson
from China, sir. One or two hundred
years ago they found oil there. After
while the inevitable premonitory
earthquakes began. just as they have
here along the Atlantic coast and in
California. Do you think China went
along like our fool Government and let
the oil men destroy the world? No,
sir. They shut up their oil wells in
stanter. and they have never allowed
one to be opened since There's a
Government for you. sir!'' '.And
here's car for you, sir" said the
weary Stroller.-Chicago Journal.
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"A nL>oa:a Who Overc6fnes his
wlfe's fits of temper by means OF con-
Iectlons, speaks in glowing terms of
MS sugar-curing process.
Traveller.
-Professor-"M icroscopical inves-
legations lead us to believe that there
are colors too delicate to be dlscerned
by the human eye-invisible cplors,
we may call them" STUDENT
know the name of one of them. sir.
Professor (surprised) = Indeed!
What is it," Student-..Blin mans
buff. "-narper Ba....
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-05-24
HIS JAPANESE MAJESTY.
How the Mikado Spends His Time an
Some of His Money.

SoHuo Oh MS Money
The Emperor of Japan is rich. He
is allowed $2,500,000 for his household
department, and his private fortune is
large and increasing. He thoroughly
understands business matters. and
keeps himself well informed as to his
investments. Some of these are in
the public lands and roads, and they
are, OF course. managed by people ap-
pointed by him. The household de-
partment has to do with all matters re-
lating to the imperial palace and the
Mikado. 1t prescribes the ceremonies
and attends to matters connected with
the life of the Emperor and Empress.
1t has a board of chamberlains,
board of ceremonies, a department
which takes care of the Emperor's
horses, and one which has charge of
the imperial sepulchres. 1t contains
bureau of nine physicians. Prince
Iwakura is grand master of the i'm
petal kitchen and the cooking.
His Majesty is very studious man.
He rises early and breakfasts at seven
or eight o'clock. He uses the knife
and fork in eating when he takes
foreign food, and he adopts the chop
sticks at his Japanese dinners. He
eats at a table and sits upon chairs.
He varies his meals, sometimes taking
foreign food and sometimes japanese.
He is fond of meats and has a well
trained Japanese cook to serve them
for him. 1t is customary for him to eat
with the Empress, and he usually eats
alone. After breakfast is over he goes
to his study, and at nine o'clock he re-
ceives such Ministers of State as have
matters to report to him. His audience
with them often lasts until twelve
o'clock. He then returns to his own
room and takes his lunch. This usually
consists of fish, meats, bread and wines.
He is a good eater and likes good
wines.
After lunch the Emperor spends
some time in reading the newspapers
and books. All of the leading Japa-
nese newspapers come to the palace,
and he watches closely the current of
public opinion. Many of the news
papers are marked. and in the case of
the foreign papers of Japan the more
prominent articles are translated for
him. Articles in the New York, Lon
don and Paris papers, which have a
bearing upon Japan, are also trans
lated and handed to him to read, and
he is especially fond of the illustrated
foreign papers. After reading he
takes his exercise and dinner comes in
the evening. Sometimes the Empress
dimes with him. and at times the little
Prince who is the heir to the throne.
has seat at the table. Both have,
however, their separate establish
ments. The dinner is served in table
'hote style and with all the European
accomplishments Paris Figaro.
Allen Thorndyke Rice is one o.
the richest writer's in the United
States. He is but thirty-three, hand
some and bachelor. He has stable
of fast horses, a steam yacht, New
York mansion and cottage at Tuxedo
Park.
-Ruskin refers to the way in which
the English patronize literature in
this characteristic fashion: I'VE call
ourselves rich nation, and we are
filthy and foolish enough to thumb each
others book out of circulating Ii
b-ari e..
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-05-24

Dean Burgon once ended an ami
mated sermon with-.And SO Jonah
was lodged in the whales belly, where,
nv dear brethren, we will leave him
until we meet again next Sabbath.
Mrs. De Serted-"ro on never
come and throw your arms about me
like you used to before we were
married and ask me if | love you. !"
Mr.. De Serted-''Why should /, when
know now that you don t?'-Town
Topics
-Husband-"Wha does the paper
say about the big fire of last night?''
Wife-(reading the morning paper)
1T says the boile. burst and then the
scene that followed baffled descrip-
ton" HIS that alp" W.-'.No;
two columns of description follow
that. ~ onkers Blade