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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-09
SEWING ON BUTTONS.
IF You Don't Know How to Do 1t Read
This Article,

IF You Don't Know How to Do 1t Read
This Article.
To the mother of a family the subject
of buttons is an important one. The
buttons that are ''gone-forever gone, -
and have to be replaced, occupy not a
small portion of her time and thoughts
She wonders, often and despairingly, if
there is no way in the world that they
could be sewed on to stay.
There may be some mild-mannered,
q uiet people in this world whose buttons
never come off; who never find shoe
buttons missing and glove-buttons van
ished just as shoes and gloves are need
ed. But the majority of healthy. active
men, women and children break off and
loosen buttons as surely as they wear
out clothes and shoes. This means sew
ing on again for somebody, and the
woman who is responsible for the but
tons of two or three or more people can
afford to put a thought into her work
that will make the buttons stay on
longer than they would without it. She
can make her head save her hands.
In the case of shoes, gloves or any
article bought in shop where the sew.
ing is not done under your orders, sew
the buttons on yourself before the gar
ment is used. This will insure their
staying on for few wearings. There
is no thread or time wasted sewing but
tons on shop-made clothes.
Do not use too coarse thread fo1
shoe buttons; smooth, tight-twisted
one is better. Always wax your thread,
and put knots on the right side; it is
more comfortable, and the knots are
less likely to rub off. When shoe but.
tons have been on, and you are replac
ing them, pick out all threads left un
derneath. Leave a loose thread be-
tween buttons, and do not pull the
thread too tight or jerk it in sewing.
A loosely sewed button fastens more
easily, and so has less strain on it,
No button should be sewed on tightly.
Begin by putting your knot through on
the right side. Place the button over
it. Hold the edge of the button up
mot DOWN, with your left thumb,
and draw your thread evenly,
slowly, never too firmly. Make a good
neck with your thread and finish off on
the right side with twisted knot with.
out too many stitches. The under
clothes always have an extra piece OF
cloth under the button, and let no gar.
ments be buttoned too tightly. For
skirts it is we'll to have two buttons and
button-holes a couple of inches apart
in case of one giving way. Whenever
your material allows use..silk for sewing
on buttons; it pays.
Lastly, sew not with sorrow, but pa.
tience, for in spite of all your pains
sometimes the buttons come off again.
Home Maker.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-09
SHAN SUPERSTITiONS.
Primitive People Possessed BY Belief
In Evil Spirits.

Primitive People Possessed BY a Belief
In Evil Spirits.
The spirits both good and evil have
their origin in human beings, and all
the common events of life, all phases of
good or bad fortune, are regulated by
these. Both Hinduism and Buddhism
have, to certain extent, left their
traces upon the primitive creed, and the
ceremonials of worship are naturally of
the Buddhist type. Among the Shans
Guadama very significantly ranks as the
deity of mercy-an Indication that his
bloodless rites came as relief to the
older human sacrifices to the spirits.
The village and family and household
spirits, as the nearest to hand and most
active, bulk most largely in the minds
OF the people, and exercise very Sc
rious influence upon their ordinary life.
Malicious as monkeys and can only be
kept in good humor by constant coax
ing" is the sentiment which the people
have regarding their unseen encompass
ers. Each house has part assigned to
the spirits belonging to it, good or bad.
Possession by evil spirit is common
belief, and every malady is attributed
to.>witchcraft or to the influence of some
evil being. When descending the rapids
of the Meh Ping Mr.. Hallett found that
his boatmen had to propitiate the Pee
Pa, the spirits that guard the defile, be-
fore they could venture on the descent.
These jungle spirits once belonged to
human beings who had died violent
death and not received proper funeral
rites. All who are killed by their agency
have to join their unhallowed company.
They direct tigers to the lonely traveller,
decoy him into peril in the form of some
other animal or by initiating the human
voice. More dangerous than the Pee Pa
are the Pee Song Nang the spirits of
two dissolute Processes, who, in the
form of beautiful enchantresses, lure
young men to their doom. -Blackwood's
Magazine.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-09
ANCIENT HUMAN EYRIEs.
The Queer Homes of the Cliff Dwellers 4
ln Ear

The Queer Homes of the Cliff Dwellers IN
the Far West.
Here and there on that portion of the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad, near Es-
pamela, or along the romantic branch
to the mining region of Silverton, Dor
dering the San Juan Valley, glimpses
may be caught of ancient human eyries
perched high up on the face of what ap-
pear to be inaccessible cliffs. 1t looks
as if no animal except the sure-footed
goat or the chamois could reach them.
Leaving the line at Durango, drive
of twenty miles through magnificent
scenery opens up near view of one of
the most celebrated groups of cliff
dwellings. The perpendicular buttress-
like walls of the deep valley contract
and furnish an impregnable castle.
Access from above is impossible. From
below there's narrow zigzag path that
conducts to some lodges high up the
side.
On these lodges, partly clinging to the
surface, partly built within shallow
assures of the rock, sometimes seven
hundred feet or more above the ground,
are the remains of the dwellings of the
early denizens of the valley. They are
usually of two stories. They are built
of the contiguous sandstone. Each block
is about fourteen inches by six, care
fully cut and accurately fitted. The
cement is now harder than the rock
itself.
On the ground floor-if that be not a
misnomer when the building is half
poised in the air-are usually two or
three rooms, from six to nine feet square,
with partition walls of faced stone The
upper story was originally divided from
the lower by wooden floor, portions Of
which are sometimes found, and also re-
mains of the cedar beams over the doors
and windows.
The rooms are about six feet in height
They are roughly plastered, the color
being dull red. No traces of stairways
have been found, and the upper cham
berS must have been entered from with
out. The windows are square openings,
with no appearance of shutters. They
are so placed as to command view of
the valley.
Outside, on the rocky ledge, suitable
little inches are built into slopes re-
sembling modern cupboards. Water
reservoirs, holding two or three hogs
heads, are formed in convenient angles
and recesses. Sometimes the natural
ledge is widened or strengthened by ar
tificial means. In other cases an abut-
ment of masonry is constructed on
smooth piece of rock at an acute angle.
Many of these cliff-dwellings have
never been entered within living mem
DRY, nor are they likely to be reached.
In the slow trituratiO of time the lodges
have crumbled away, or the narrow
tracks leading to them have been COW
cred. 1t is not easy, even with power
full glass, to define some of these old
habitatiOns. The glare of the sunshine,
the rarefaction of the atmosphere and
the identity of color with the rocks in
crease the difficulty caused by the alti-
tude.
Such dwellings are invariably found
with full eastern aspect, so as to catch
the first beams of the morning sum-.
Y. Journal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-09
THE WOMEN MEN WANT.
Suggestions for Girls Who Are in TIN
Matrimonial Market.

Suggestions for Girls Who Are in the
Matrimonial Market.
Men often admire women for their
intellectual culture, their skill in music
or their taste in matters of dress; but
they do not love women because they
possess these distinguishing qualities.
Brainy women, SO called, have a great
many admirers, but they are not in de-
n,and in the matrimonial market: at
least they are not fought over to any
great extent.
Business men want wives who are
competent to manage the domestic end
Of their business, and not such as have
to be managed, or who want to manage
all or nothing. The latter usually
wreck the business of the firm. or keep
the man in such state of worry that he
only gets along tolerably we'll.
A sensitive, sensible business man
doesn't want a wife who poses as the
head of the domestic concern; who
carries the purse and the night key, and
practically wears the trousers There
are some men who like such wives, but
they are exceptions to the rule.
The best husbands in the land want
wives who are intelligent, practical and
affectionate; who take pride in their
home S. feel an interest in the success of
their husbands, and are ready to share
either fortune Or misfortune. Such a
woman is brave, generous and indie
pendent, and will command the respect
of any honest, courteous man in the
land. 1t will not be asked of her
whether she speaks French or plays
high-class music on the piano.
A man wants wife of whom he is
proud, either at home or abroad. He
wants her to be neat, tidy and we'll
hammered. 1t is not really necessary
that she be pretty, but she must be
agreeable, of kindly disposition, loving
and affectionate.
The woman who is fitting herself for
the position of wife should be careful
not to bank very heavily on either her
pretty face or good shape, nor even on
her boardingschool accomplishments.
These are good enough to secure pass
ing admiration, but they are not just
the points sensible man looks for when
he starts out to select wife. He pre-
fers good, everyday common-sense, gen.
tleness of disposition and soulful affec-
ton. Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-09
A Fast Electrical Vessel.

Leonide Apostoloff, a Cossack engi-
neer, is at work on new boat, which he
says will make eighty knots an hour on
the surface of the sea, and 100 knots at
full speed under water. His idea is to
use the motive power of the screw to
the fullest extent. The boat is shaped
like spindle, and consists of an inner
and outer she'll, the inner one revolving
on journals fitted at each end of hori-
zontal shaft that runs through the axis
OF spindle. beginning at point near
the bow and winding twice around the
outer shell is blade perpendicular to
the axis of the spindle, very much like
the thread of a screw. AS the outer
shell revolves this screw thread will
worm the craft through the water The
screw will be turned by an electric
motor with storage system. Boston
Budget
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-09
THE RUNAWAY WIFE.

her at all. Why look at her now, she's
quite happy"
And so she was, and although not salts
fed that the man was right, l felt he
knew las business better than / did.
The delay caused by this incident
made it very late when we rounded
point of trees and came in sight of
Baulu village. 1t presented beauti-
full sight, lit up by the red light of the
setting sun. long line of brown build
ings under bright green foliage ex-
tending for nearly mile along the
bank of the river, a background of
dark, seemingly impenetrable forest,
while the blue smoke from the evening
fires Heated out over the stream, and
enveloped the upper end of the here
broad reach of river in dim haze,
The sun sank as we drew near the
bank, where we found the chief attired
in cloth of dark red, waiting to re-
eeive US surrounded by crowd of men.
armed with the most perfectly made
spears and copper-handled knives we
bad yet seen.
ROGER EASEMENT.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-09
OVERRIDING 1t.

A prominent fault to be found with
New York drawing rooms is the too
great profusion of furniture and brio
a-brac crowded into them. 1t trips you
on the floors, drops down at you from
the chandelier and cornices, makes it
dangerous to stretch your legs or move
your elbows when you sit, and rem
ders it impossible to find bit of un-
occupied wall big enough to lean
against. 1t is great pleasure, of
course, to have lots of pretty things,
but they need not all be on exhibition
at once. One fashionable woman in
this city, who can afford to buy al
most anything that strikes her fancy,
has store room in her house filled
with bric-a-brac and furniture. Every
week dozen or so of these precious
treasures are brought out and ar
ranged about the rooms, and as many
others as have been on duty for
time are packed away again. Thus
her parlor has always certain express
sion about it, so to speak, widely diff
ferent from the look of bazaar, high
~ fashionable, but exceedingly un-
restful, that too well filled room has.
1T is understood that the reason for
McGinty's failure to appear is due to the
soothing influence experienced by one
who is being rocked in the cradle Of the
deep.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-09
John C,linaman's Comfortable Attire.

"a Chinaman is not pretty to look
at, and his clothes do not fit him like
the traditional paper on the wall, but
! think his attire the most comfortable
in the world" says dress reforner.
TO begin WITH" he resumed, 1.-THE
Chlnaman wears soft, low crowned
felt hat, with wide brim to protect
his eyes. He wears but a single band
round the neck, or two at the most.
Have you ever counted up what we
wear2 mol Well, figure it now. The
undershirt band one, a possible chest
protector is two, shirt band is three.
a collar is four, a necktie is five, a vest
collar is six, coat collar is seven. an
overcoat collar is eight and neck
scarf sometimes makes the total nine
nine bands around the neck. What
chance for perspirationl Yes. the
Chinaman's rig is more comfortable.
London Tit Bits
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-09
An Act of Charity.

Johnny-Can't 1 have another penny?
Mother-You extravagant boy! What
lid you do with the one gave you?
JOHNNY gave it to poor old woman
with only one eye.
Mother-That was good boy. Here,
you can have another penny.
Johnny next day)-Can have a
penny to give to that poor old woman
to-day?
Mother-Yes, you can have one. What
do you want to give it to her for?
Jchnny-For stick of candy Nun
sey's Weekly.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-09

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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-09
,rnoral nunishmeHs on the small boys

corporal punishment on The small boys
who ventured too near his august per-
son. He had already presented US with
a fine tusk of ivory on our having
sealed our friendship by an admixture
of blood, and he now came to see what
we were worth, while discbarging the
obligations of African etiquette by re-
turning our mornings visit.
We gave orders to clear the decks of
all would-be bead and cowrie buyers,
and to hoist the anchor attached to the
little windlass in the bows preparatory
to moving out into mid-stream, where
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-10-03
nichMaY Lcgi.Iation.

A second edition Of little pamphlet en-
titled Improvement Of Highways, series
of articles on the making and care Of good
roads, is at hand, and we find this con-
densed statement OF legislation necessary to
begin uniform system Of scientific road
construction and repair: "To begin uni
form system OF scientific road construction
and repair--so far as the peculiar condi-
tions of the various States will admit--the
question OF legislation is Of the greatest i'm
portance and, TO bring about tho desired
results, should be founded upon four prin-
cipal features; first, State superintendent
Of highways, who shall be civil engineer,
with duties and powers clearly defined; sec
ond county or district engineers, subject
10 control by the State superintendent
third, abolition of the present methods Of
working out the road tax, and system Of
bonding, or in other manner, raising money
for the construction and maintenance Of
the highways; and fourth, Il classification
Of the roads into State, county and town
highways"
One thing that is lacking in the discus
sion Of roads and road making in Vermont
IS dihnite suggestion, Sometimes a man
will offer nn admirable amendment 10 a
motion previously made by some one else,
who could not DO induced 80 present q
motion directly, The above is something
definite. As a whole it may not be the best
thing for Vermont, but it contains sugges-
tions that the next Legislature may profit
ably consider. Some radical change from
she present methods Of highway supervision
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-10-03
Speaker Start.

Henry r. Start of Bakersfield was elect
ed speaker of tho House yesterday on tho
third ballot. The story of the electing is
told in our Montpelier dispatches. The
House was fortunate in having on its roll Of
membership number of good men we'll
qualified for the position OF speaker, and in
the election of Mr., Start one OF this num-
Der was selected Mr.. Start is well
known as a clear headed Franklin county
attorney, IIo was a member Of the Senate
in 1880 and hence brings to the position
some legislative experience. His dec lara
ton that he accepts the Office uuincumber-
ed by any pledges made or to be made,
save the one pledge to concientousy per
form his duty, and his practical suggestions
to the House regarding the business Of the
session will meet with general approval.
lie viii be a capable competent speaker aud
his reputation for fairness and reliability
should secure him the good will of the body
over which he is called upon to preside.
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To prove ONCE moro h. i.tt,c prolibtory
luNa nave 10 do With practical temperance,
The republican nominee for state attorney
was C.ccfe b. o large U'ainrt., though be
lns often been seen drunk On tlo streets and
Guuug court hour. Kate IIvll'e Washing
ton on the Vermont election.
All OF which proves that Kate Field, al
though remarkably bright woman, can
say as foolish things as anybody else when
she is on the wrong side of a question, or
when she is talking about something she
knows nothing about. Vernon. has no
State attorney in the sense in which the
brilliant but inaccurate Kate u.s. the term
and consequently lie wasn't elected by n
large majority" aud has not "often been
seen drunk on the streets and during court
hours So far as We know none of the
numerous county officers known as States
attorneys in Vermont answer to the above
description either. Was it Kate Field or
some other bright woman who said the other
day that prejudice lives forever
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-10-03

Here is good news for the hungry. Tho
several granger ana other wheat carrying
roads Of the West have practically complet-
ed their arrangements for tho movement Of
this years wheat crop, and every car posi-
BILE will be pressed into service. In tine re-
pair shops work has been pushed for months
repairing every available ,l., that adequate
equipment might be at hand when the sea
son finally sets in, At t., best, however,
there will probably DO "a shorlast OF rolling
stock, and shippers will doubtless be oil a
to take turns in getting cars This is geoI
news for the hungry-proyiding the middle
men do not monopoli2e all the benefits TO be
derived from abundant crops
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-10-03
FREDERICK BILLINGS DEAD.


-o-1r1,oI ru.,,AiOp 1rAD
''''ON
one Of Vermont, Mo-t Prom trcnt Citi-
zen, Passes AWAY.
II uo doo,, Of rro, Fr,dcril. Rilin,.
}" '"' 80
"no u 'i''u ,i'' i'''' 90 ~,
day evening" 0eP'''l"er ''' NeI"''"' l"''9
one OF her foremost cltlIeh5 ana the "oiId
Il noble man.
Frederick Billings was the son of the late
Gel Billings ana Sophia Netherhr, ana
was the fourth child Of a family OF nme
chidren-slx sons and three daughters ait
all of whom lived to adult age and five OF
whom arc still living
The Billings family is an Old one, dating
back to the time Of Henry H.. and mum
bering among lis more distinguished mem
bers a Lord Chief Justice OF England. Am
American ancestor OF Mr.. BuIns3. samuel
Billings by name, Of Ne" London, Conn.
was killed in the defence Of Fort Gri,Wo.d
in ISL: and hi. "randiatnrr John Bill
lugs, wa, also soldier in tuc war of the
Revolution Tie latter married Nanny. the
daughter Of Governor iona, Ca'u~hu Of
Vermont. and they had ten, chlrou of
whom Gel Billings the father of Fred .ricl.
was enc Frederick Billings was born in
&oyalton. Vt. Sept 81 1928. When Ire
was / , years old hc removed wiki his father
to Woodstock. which wa, thereafter the
family home He fitted for college at Ncri-
den. - H.. and at the age of : entered the
University of Vermont. from which egradu-
ated in August. 1Nl4 Amoug hi, class
mates in college were Bishop ". T. W.
Howe of South Carolina. Judge c. T.. Bone
diet of New York. the late Rev. 81. NJ Cob
burn and the late Hon. William Collamcr
of Woodstock. Young Billings was
brilliant scholar and his wit and
nov of ,uirits made hun a
favorite in college and social circles. After