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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13
A Very Knowing Horse.

Horses are just like men-sOme have
sense and some have none. There is
one hill horse on our line that knows
as we'll as do when his work is done
and with what car he is to go to the
stable. The car leaves the terminus
at midnight and passes the corner
where he is hitched ten minutes later.
| don't know whether he knows the
number of the car, or the team, or the
driver, but he knows the time, and
one night when they tried to keep him
to help up another car, few minutes
later, he kicked, and squealed, and
bit, and refused to pull. so that they
had to let him GO. The other hill
horse that works with him doesn't
know thing, and will pull cars up all
night without having sense enough to
object -Street-Car Driver in Globe
Democrat.
"A j. Drexel, Philadelphia million
aire and philanthropist, proposes to de-
vote 81. 500, 900 to build and endow an
industrial institute in that city for the
instruction of and training of thou
sand girls in the daytime. ind an equal
humber of boys at night.
Among the converts to Christianity
from Mohammedanism at Ooroomiah
there are five Sayids. direct descend
ants of Mohammed, who are held in
special awe and reverence. They at
tribute their conversion to the reading
of the New Testament.-N. w. Chris
tian Advocate.
The State of New Jersey has the
proud distinction of having larger
proportion of its boys and girls in Sab
bath-school than any other State in the
Union. 1t appears by statistics re-
Gently taken that there are just about
two hundred and eighty thousand chill
dren in the 1897 Sabbath-schools OF
New Jersey.
Editor Phelan, of the Western
Waterman (Catholic), writing from
Italy. says Venice is the most religi-
Gus city in Italy. The churches are
full Of people on Sunday, and at any
hour OF the day you may behold old
and young, men and women, soldiers
and sailors, kneeling at the affairs and
praying with all their heart"
The colony of Victoria, Australia,
with 100000 inhabitants, is said to
muster $50 religious sects." easily
beating the record of our country, of
which it was once said that we had "a
hundred religions but only one gravy"
But what is a religious sect?h Two of
these Victorians are set down as ''se-
cret worshipers," one as a 'fatalist.
and six profess religion e d"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13
PROVERBS OF The SEA.


Some of the Favorite Sayings of the Men
Who Man Our Ships.
He who would learn to pray should
60 to sea.
When one falls into the sea he stays
there.
When you walk, pray once; when you
go to sea, pray twice; when you 60 to
get married, pray three times.
Women are ships and must be
manned.
The sea refuses no river.
All the rivers 60 to the sea, and it
never overruns.
The sea is not soiled because a dog
stirs it up.
TO drunk man the sea only reaches
to the knees.
If the sea boiled, where would one go
to find water to cool itp
What comes by starboard goes by
larboard.
Being at sea, sail; being on land, set
tie
He that will not sail till he have q
full, fair wind will lose many voyage.
Unless you..have the wind astern
You must know how to navigate.
You can not sail as you would, but as
the wind blows
In calm sea, every man is pi-
lot
To rotten ship every wind is con-
trary.
What fear would he have OF
the waves who had Noah for a pilot.
Every sea, great as it is, grows
calm.
A large ship needs much water.
Where the ship can 60 the brigantine
can go.
1t is easier to get away from the bank
than from the bottom.
The ship which doesn't mind her
helm will mind the hidden rocks.
He who can steer need not row.
1t will not do to have two mainmasts
III a ship.
Better lose an anchor than the whole
ship.
Good roller. good sailer.
Do good and cast it into the sea; il
the fish ignore it, God will know it.
# clouds look like they had been
scratched by hen. get ready to reel
your topsails then.
The full moon eats clouds.
He who sends mean man to sea will
get neither fish nor salt.
Every port serves in gale
A mariner must have his eyes on the
rocks and sands as well as on the north
star.
Ill goes the boat without oars.
From the boat we get to the ship.
Don't Judge of the ship from the
land.
The freshest and sweetest fish come
from the safest sea-
No one can complain of the sea who
has been twice shipwrecked
He gets his passage for nothing and
winks at the captains wife.
The sea isn't burning.
He that isn't embarked with the
devil must sail with him. United Ser
vice
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13
IN LUCK.

We offer until sold, to attract attention and
pay our patrons, for sending away, cases of
dress pl aids, browns, blue, and different shades
full 36 inches wide, heavy and strong at IL cents
or yards for 81; aud 40 pieces plain brown,
garnet and other shades Of Cashmere IS inches
wide, at same price; 20 pieces of gray goods and
pla1ds, 30 inches wide, heavy aud strong, for
good wear, IL yards 81. These goods are not all
wool but are great bargains at these offers For
mailing add cents per yard. In Ladies' Hose
we offer some white at $50, formerly sold at soc:
unbleached, full Sizes at 1Oc, used to bring 50 a
dozen regular; we have black, brown and mixed
at same price, but not so good; Mems striped *
hose for Sunday wear, 81 per dozen up; Child
rens hose, soc per dozen up. Some extra bar
gains In genuine French, all colors and all
sizes, rs cents, used to bring IS Ter dozen. In
dress buttons nearly every shade, we can send
you at &c per dozen, or 800 gross two-bits
dozen asked for them elsewhere. We TO got to
mention a wooden linsey in red and black
plaids and other colors, alb ut IS inches
dresses. Muslins, ginghams, prints, Canton
nannels, and many other goods, retailed at u
cent yard above closest jobbing prices until
Jan: l, 1890. Good warm gloves and mittens for
the North Country, at 15 and Is cents. 1t would
take 10 columns to hold all we want to tell you,
But send for full list, free, aud it will be sent
you--everything q family wants to see. Address
smiths Cash Store, AIS Front ST..
San Francisco. Cal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13
He Stopped Looking.

whats the matter, bubp" queried
the kind old man of a newsboy near
the Grand Circus Park the other even
ing, who was trying hard to weep.
.'Pve lost-lost nickelr' blubbered
the boy.
Have you, indeed? That's too bad.
! am sorry for you, and here"
'.Oh. thank you sir!'
Here are my spectacles They are
q new pair. and very strong. I'll lend
them to you to look for your nickel"
To his great surprise the boy took to
his heels and disappeared among the
trees. -Detroit Free Press
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13

"A large American eagle few on the
ship William Starbuck recently in tn
Gulf Stream. and was picked up in an
exhausted condition. The bird had a
glass eye, with the undecipherable in
itials of the supposed owners name in
1t. The birds craw was entirely emp
ty, and it is supposed to have been car
ried to sea by the force of the wind and
was unable to reach the shore.
In Western drama called "Black
Hawk" the bartender finds himself
obliged to listen to this: You don't
know me? You don't know me? I'm
Bloody Bill, the Howling Terror! I'm
q creased thunderbolt from Hell's Can.
yon! When twitter the clouds hide
themselves! When l yell the rocks
split, the waters stop running, and the
sun turns back. When l shrek
'Y-e-i-o-ur it rains b-l-u-dr'
-Americus and Sumter County can
boast of the oldest horses and mules Of
any city or county in the State of Geor-
GA There are seven horses whose
ages will aggregate 200 years, and six
mules whose ages will aggregate the
same. Some of them are remarkably
young looking and get about in as live
~ manner rs if they were only five
years old. One Of the horses included
In the estimate was offered for sale at
auction recently that is known to be
thirty years old.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13
Row to Reduce Both Work and Expenses
on the Farm.

on the Farm.
There are many little items that II
attended to at once would require little
time or no work, but which, if neglect
ed. not only add materially to the cost,
but increase the work.
Harness gets broken. A rivet or two
or few stitches would remedy the
damage. If not attended to it often
causes an extra strain on some other
part. and the consequence is more
serious break that necessitates a trip
to the harness shop.
A bolt gets loose in a wagon. pillow
or other piece of machinery. A few
minutes would either tighten it up or
put in a new one, and the expense
would be trife. Let it 60 and Sc
rious break is often the consequence.
The wood work of machinery is al
lowed to go implanted long after the
first coat has worn off, and the wood
begins to rot. A little paint laid on in
good season would have helped mate
rally to preserve it.
Flows and other tools are left out or
stored away with no protection to the
polished parts. A few minutes work
would have put coat of paint or var
nisb over them, and often would have
saved hours of work in getting them
in condition in the spring. There is
plenty of time now to do all that is
necessary, while in the spring work is
pressing.
A leak in roof that single or q
piece of tin would have stopped with
five minutes work is allowed to 60
through the winter. By spring num-
Der of shingles are rotted and often part
of the sheat1ng and rafters. while
more or less damage has been done to
products stored away.
A low place in the field is seeded to
wheat, rye or grass. A few minutes
work would run out furrOw that
would give an outlet for all the sur
face water. The water stands the
greater part of the wintar and spring,
and instead of a crop of grain or
grass. crop of weeds Is all that is
made.
A board or door gets loose. A few
nails and little worn would soon
remedy this and add munh to the COM
fort of the animals. Let it go, and
feed several times the cost of mailing
back the boards will be fed during the
winter to make up the loss of animal
heat. Stock are allowed to pasture in
the cultivated fields after the ground
gets soft. Next spring the increased
work of properly preparing the soil in
suitable condition for planting the
crops will be found of far more value
than the small amount of feed Sc
cured.
A plank or wire gets loose or rail
broken in the fence. A few minutes
work at the right time would have re-
paired the break at a trihing cost.
Let it go and the stock gets through
and serious damage to the crops is
done; or some of the stock gets out
and the time lost in hunting it up and
getting it back home again would have
repaired the whole line of fence.
An animal is allowed to run down in
flesh when little extra feed and care
would have kept it in a good, thrifty
condition, and more feed is required
to get it back into a proper condition
than would have been necessary to
keep it so, while there has been 8
steady loss of growth that by all
means should have been secured. -St
Louis Republic.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13

Annual, known as Hostetter's Almanac, is now
ready, and may be obtained, free OF cost, o.
druggists and general country dealers in all
In every civilized portion of the Western Hem.
isphere. This Almanac has been issued regu-
larly at the commencement of every year for
t 1Nes ome1onrsn OF century comoinss w1.n
ton and restoration of health, large amount
OF interesting and amusing light reading, and
the calendar, astronomical calculations, chrO-
biological items, etc., are prepared with great
care, and will be found entirely accurate. The
issue of Hostetter's Almanac for 1890 will prob
ably be the largest edition of medical work
ever published in any country. The prOprie-
tors. Messrs. Hostel er & Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.
ON receipt of a twO-cent STAN ,, will forward q
copy by mail to any person who cannot procure
one in his neighborhood.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13

leiegrapn EdlUor Ito managing editor)-
Big food. Two thousand people drowned.
Managing Editor-Good. Give it hesS
that would frlghten saint. Where's tn,
food!
T. En- China
NJ. E. (crestfallen)- many did YOU
say were drowned?
L. 1.-Two thousand.
II. E.-Amounts to nothing. Throw il
sway.-Arkansaw Traveller.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13
The Guaranty Loan & Trust c.

The Guaranty Loan & Trust Co.
The attention of our readers is called
to the advertisement of this company in
to-daY's issue. They are the original
and only reliable and responsible COM
pany operating these popular monthly
loans. The enterprise was original with
them, and through their active and ener-
getic management they have put their
business beyond any question of an ex-
pertinent. 1t is an assured success,
with Offices in New York, Boston, Phila-
delphis, Chicago and Montreal, Canada.
Their home office at 1896 Market
street, junction OF McAllister and Jones,
this city, is large and elegantly ap-
pointed-in which it is a pleasure for
any lady or gentleman to transact bust
ness.-S. F Examiner.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13

Logan county. W. Va, has an area OF
ooo square miles. The only town in the
county IS Logan Court House, with a
population of 3OO There is only one
cnurch building in the county. and that
was erected by a private individual. The
nearest railroad station to the county seat
Is nIty-nve miles. Goods are taken Ia
me county IN push boats at seventy-five
cents per 100 pounds, as there are no
ROADS throughout the county. Land sells
from 81 to So per acre. Dense forests
,over the greater part Of this billy and
mountainous county. The hills are full
u velnsof coal varying in thickness from
sour 70 twenty Zone feet-Exchanea,
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13
CkTARR RI.
HAY FEVER, CATARRHAL DEAFNEs
A NEW HOME TREATMENT.

Sufferers are not generally aware that these dis
eases are contagious, that they are due to the
presence of living parasites in the lining membrane
81 the nose and eustachian tubes. Microscopic re-
search however, has proved this to be fact and the
result Is that simple remedy has been formulated
whereby these distressing diseases are rapidly and
permanently cured in fro one to three simple ap-
plications made at home by the atient once in two
weeks. pamphlet explaining this new treatment
is sent free on application by A. H. Dixon & Son,
8S7 and 339 West King ST., Toronto Canada-Sciea-
tifc american
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13
SURE CURE FOR PILES.

Sure cure for blind, bleeding and itching Piles.
One box has cured the worst cases of ten years
standing. No one need suffer ten minutes after
using Kinks German Pile Ointment. 1t absorbs
tumOrs, allays the itching, acts as q poultice,
gives relief. DR.. Kinks German Pile Ointment
is prepared only for PLIES and itching of the
private parts, and nothing else. Every box Is
Sold by Druggists aud sent by mail on receipt
of price, $1.00 per box. J. ]. Mack & Co., Whole
sale Agents, San Francisco.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13
A Bit of Indian Wit.

A certain bright lad in one of the In
dian mission schools, while working al
MS bench. was accosted by visitor who
asked him a number of questions to
which he replied in the best English
at his command:
do you speak EnglishP' was the
last astonishing Interrogation.
mo, do you?' was the prompt reply
OF the dusky carpenter as he turned
again to his bench. Lewiston (Me. J
Journal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13

"A writer in q scientific magazine
says the earth is being bored too much
and is liable to lose its place among
the heavenly bodies in consequence.
The busy editor can sympathize with
the earth. He is also likely to lose his
place among the heavenly bodies by
being bored too much-judging from
the language he uses when the bore
leaves. -NOrristown Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13

About two years ago our daughter had CON
gestion Of the kidneys, which developed into
Br1ght's Disease. Her body was swollen to an
enormous size-measuring Do Inches around
the waist, and Is inches below the knee. Ate,
physicians had given up her case, determined
EDY," of Rondout, n Y. Gradually the swell
Ing was reduced from 45 to 20 inches. She be
gan to gain strength, and was able to walk
without fatigue. We do not know how to ex
press our gratitude for what it has done for ouI
child. We are conf dent the Favorite Remedy
will do all that is claimed for it-surely God
has blessed 1t In this case and we earnestly
recommend 1t to all suffering from kidney dis
Orders-S. d. Van Buskirk, Demarest, N. Y
DIR. KENNEDY's FAvoRITE REMEDY, made al
ROndOut, n Y. ST.; 6 for S.
Blood disorders
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13
Had a Bet on It.

Young Husband Gin railway CARY
Emily. you can hold some of this bag.
gage on your own lap awhile. The
next time you go on trip with whole
carload OF useless traps and calamities,
by jocks. you'll go aloner
Interested Observer. two seats back
(handlng half-dollar to friend) You've
won, Grindstone. This ism their wed.
ding trip-not by year, at the very
least : Chicago Tribune.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13

IT'S cad to see q woman growing old before her
time
All broken down and hopeless when life should
hold Its prime;
She feels herself burden when a blessing she
should be
And longs for death to bring her release from
misery.
If these poor, discouraged women who suffer
from diseases peculiar to women could only
know that health could be regained by the use
of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, how
Of 1t. They ought to know it, and try it.
Every woman who Is still healthy ought to be
told about the wonderful virtue in this medi.
cine, and understand that 1t Is a safeguard
against the terrible diseases common to her sex
1t Is guaranteed to give satisfaction or money
paid for it will be refunded.
Cleanse the liver, stomach, bowels and whole
system by using DR. Piarce,a Pellets
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13
PILES! PILEs!I PILEs,u

DR.. Williams Indian Pile Ointmentis the only
sure cure for Blind, Bleeding or Itching Piles
ever discovered. It never fails to cure old
chronic cases of long standing.
Judge Cof1nbury, Cleveland, O., Says:
II have. found ~ experience that Dr. VIII
1ams Indian Pile Ointment gives Immediate
relief"
Do not suffer an instant longer. Sold nv vii.
Iamson's Manufacturing Co., Props, Cleveland,
Ohia. SOC and 81
Sold by L. Blumauer & Co., Wholesale Drug.
gists, Portland, Or 80
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13

If every aUonaam in this land knew for
herse the actual quqlity of Dobbins'
Electric Soap, no other washing soap
could be scld. Millions do use it, but
other millions have never tried it. Have
yOats Ask your grocer for it.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13

More helpful than all wisdom Is one draught
OF simple human pity that will not forsake us.
George Eliot.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13
HOLIDAYS are Com q

Rare novelties, shapes and artistic i'm
ported Geographic and chromati,, cards
A large and beautiful collection sent by
mail to anyone who will do this: Bny
box of the genuine DR.. McLane's Cele
brated Liver Pills, price rs cent, and mai
US the outside wrapper with yonr address
plainly written, and cents in stamps
We will then mail you the above list with
an elegant package of Geographic cards
Fleming Bros, Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13

Though the presence of imaginary good can.
not make as happy, the absence of 1t may make
us miserable.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13
THE Woodworking.
1t Finds Tongue and Deals Out Some
Sage Advice.

1t Finds q Tongue and Deals Out Some
Sage Advice.
For want of little thought. many a
wedding-ring has cut as it were, the
wearer's finger to the bone. Many a
wedding-ring has been heavier than a
ton of lead. Men must make allow
ances for women. as Uomae7, if they
want to be happy themselves, and to
make their wives happy, and women
must make allowances TOR men, and
for men as men. They each have
their own troubles and their own
needs, and very often the one does not
understand, and can not understand,
the needs of the other. Men have
their own troubles and worries, and
women have theirs; let each be as
sured of that as regards the 9TH
er. and act accordingly. 1t
will be appreciated - don't be
afraid of that. Beware of nag
gledom, my dear. The man that will
stand being nagged at is a saint, and
saints are not as plentiful as black
berries in the world. There's male
nagging, my dear, as well as female
male grumbling and never being
pleased; and folks who expect to come
out as duck" at the end of one hun
dred and twenty years would, after
eighty or ninety years nagging. ms Ike
poor figure in a matrimonial poultry
show. If the man had been grumbling
and the woman nagging all that time,
they'd look like two moulting birds,
and not like two well-established
healthy fowl. Each to be the other's
help. each the others blessing; each
to hope to be with the other for ever
and ever, and so to live here that they
may be fit for being together there. -
Culver.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13

By not doing without the things we dom,
need we sometimes have to do without the
things that we do need.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13

The wise man expects everything from him
self; the fool looks to Others.-Jean Pau
Richter
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13

Law are like cobwebs, which may catch
small flies, but let wasps and hornets break
thrOugh.-Swift
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13
We recommend "Tansilps Punch" Cigar

The best education iii the wO Id is that got BY
struggling to get living.-Wendell Phillips.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13
The Origin

Of the famous medicine, Hoods Sarsaparilla,
is interesting. Among the customers at the
pha macy of C. l. Hood & Co., in Lowell,
Mass, many years ago, was a gentleman
who suffered intensely from neuralgia
pa ms, and who said If he was sure he must
endure such agony much longer he should
commit suicide. After trying many physi-
clans without success, he one day ok to
Mr.. Hood q prescription from a B ston
physician which included ingredients the
experienced pharmacist had never seen
used in the same combination. The result
of the new medicine was awaited with in
himself entirely cured. The idea of this
peculiar combination haunted Mr.. Hood,
for in it he believed was the germ OF sue
cess To 1t was added various Alternative.
diuretic and anti-bilious remedies, and
after long study and careful experiment
the now popular HOODS Sarsaparilla was
the result.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
by c. l. HOOD Co, Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13

"A young farmer and his best girl
living in Tyler county, West Virginia.
have established a code of signals
whereby they communicate with one
another when they are both at home
Their abodes are on opposite hilltops
nearly two miles apart
The young man is egotistic. dog
matte and confident. because he does
not begin to suspect how many smart
people there are on the globe besides
himself. how many sides there are to
several of his facts, and how big q
world he has to conquer. anyhow
Texas Siftin9a
The annual report of the secretary of
war shows expenditures from approprla-
tons for the past fiscal year, SAG, 654, 121 !;
appropriations for the curreDt fiscal year.
SIS, 989, 290. The estimates for the next
FISCAL year are, ~, Isl, 1913.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13

Speak what you think, be what you are an6
pay your debts of all kinds.-Emerson.