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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-08
The Trade In Loves Fetters.

''It is an ordinary occurrence for a
gentleman to purchase an engagement
ring on the first of the month and
about the last to return with his lady
love to select the hoop of gold that is
to bind them together for life. In
some instances, and not a few, either,
the lovers come here together and buy
the engagement and wedding rings at
the same time. Some years ago such
thing was never heard Of"
do we ever sell engagement rings
to women2
'Of course we do. When the man
hasn't got the requisite cash and is at
all backward in making advances, the
Lady is often considerate enough to
buy the ring herself, and to save him
any embarrassment she is thoughtful
enough to name the day without put
ting him to the trouble of asking.
Strange, too, that women who do that
sort OF thing are generally old enough
to know the value Of money. n"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-08
Modifying the Prescription.

A friend of mine laid down the
medical law the other day. He SAID
the first thing a doctor finds out wher
you send for him is your pet TASTE
habit, article of diet or beverage
Then he orders you to stop it. If you
aren't very big patient you have go1
to do it. But, said my friend, know
a man who was little sick the other
day and consulted his physician.
''Stop drinking whiskyr' said the
doctor.
''Is it as serious as that2" asked the
man, in alarm.
Eyes, it is"
They had bottle of wine, fine
cigar, and long chat, and the doc
tor became very agreeable. When he
got up to go the patient said:
Il wish there was something else
than whisky Icould stop. You see
"Well, don't know" said the doc
tor. ''Lemme see. Do you eat but.
teri"
eyes"
''Then stop butter and 60 on with
the whisky. Good day"-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-08
JACQUEMlNCTS.

Snay noe speak In words. dear. but Ist my words
be 0owerR
To tell their crimson secret In leaves Of fragrant:
hre;
They plead for smiles and kisses as summer fields
for showerA
And every purple veinlet thrills with exquisite
o let me see the glance. dear. the CLEAN OF soft
confession
You give my amorous roses for the tender hope
they prove;
And press their heart leaves back, love. to drink
their deeper passion,
For their sweetest widest perfume Is the
whisper OF my love.
Ny roses, tell her, pleading. all the fondness and
the sighing,
An the longing Of a heart that reaches thirsting
for Its bliss;
And tell her. roses that my lips and eyes are lying
For the melting Of her iovelook and the rapture
Of her kiss John Boyle OReilly
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-08
Force and Energy.

As far as we know at present, the
simplest forms of matter-the ele-
ments-are distinct entities and in.
capable of being transformed into one
another They unite. among them
selves to form all the innumerable
substances of which the universe is
made up, but in themselves are un-
changeable and indestructible. A
piece of iron, for instance, can never
be changed into piece of copper, or a
grain OF hydrogen gas into oxygen;
neither can we destroy or annihilate
single atom of these elements. There
is just exactly as much hydrogen,
oxygen, iron, copper. etc.. in the uni
verse, as there has been in all the past
ages, and exactly the same amount
will continue to exist to all eternity.
although their combinations with
themselves and other elements may be
altered an infinite number of times.
Until some future investigator in fol-
lowing certain clews at present but
dimly perceived by us, discovers that
the elements are but notifications of
one primal form of matter, we must
continue to believe that they are un-
changeable. When, however, we
turn to the different forms of force
and energy by which, with matter,
the universe reveals itself to our SEN
ses, we find very different state of
affairs. Heat, light, electricity, chem
ical action, magnetism. force or work,
are all readily changed from one to
the other with the greatest ease. A
pound of coal or pure carbon will,
when oXidiZed or burnt, always pro-
duce exactly SO many units of heat.
From this heat just so much power or
work can be obtained and no more;
this power will produce an invariabls
number of units of electricity or mag
netism; and the electricity, when
transformed into chemical action, will
decompose a definite weight of
chemical compound Every pound
OF coal, every ounce of food, repre-
sents a certain amount of energy, and
by no possibility can a greater amount
be obtained from it. 1t is the legiti-
mate field of the inventor to endeavor
to utilize all this energy in the form
in which it is desired and prevent the
enormous waste by it's transformation
into undesired forms, which at present
occurs even with our best and most
economical machinery Any attempt
to do more is as sure to end in failure
as would an attempt to prove that two
and two added together make five.-
Popular Science News.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-08
Boiler Explosions of the Year.

The Safety Valve gives this record
OF boiler explosions during 1888: Total
number of boilers exploded, 1858; es-
timated loss to property, 81, 100, 900;
estimated loss by stoppage of business,
81, 050,000; number of employees
thrown temporarily out of work, 49,
900; number of lives lost, 1926; num-
Der of persons injured, 491. OF boilers
in saw mills and other wood working
establishments there were 60 explo-
sions; locomotives, 81; steamships,
tugs, and other steam vessels, 10; port,
able boilers, holsters, and agricultural
engines, 81; mines, oil wells, golfers,
Is; paper mills, bleacheries, digesters,
etc., 10; rolling mills and iron works,
25; distilleries, breweries, dye works
sugar houses, and rendering works.
81; -four mills and grain elevators,
-; textile manufactures, 16; miscel'
laneous, 81. II
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-08
Exhaustion of Wafer.

Water expands with both heat and
cold. 1t is the fact that water expands
in freezing, which enables frost to act
SO powerfully as disintegrating agent
Water enters the cracks and pores of
rocks, and on freezing expands with
such force as to break off fragments
from their surface. Reaumur found
that three of the metals also slightly
expand, under the influence of cold
on becoming solid, namely, cast iron,
anthony and bismuth, and hence the
precision with which cast iron takes
the mold. If metallic bottle be filled
with molten bismuth and tightly
plugged up. the bottle will be rupt
ured when the metal solidifes. New
York TELEGRAM
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-08
Too Much Reading.

1t was said of some one. 'TIis sys-
tenn of reading smacks of the old
school; little but good-non multa,
sed multum mot many things, but
much)." Mrs. Browning, who wrote
verses before she was :, and produced
an epic at IL, indorses such system,
though it contradicts her own practice.
When still child in age she, as she
afterwards said, gathered visions from
Plato and the dramatists. and ate and
drank Greek, and made my head ache
with it.
She read every book she could find,
and continued that system of reading
through life; but later, when old
enough to judge of the system by its
effect upon her mind, she wrote to a
friend:
.! should be wiser, am persuaded,
If had not read half as much; should
have had stronger and better exercised
faculties, and should stand higher in
my own appreciation. youths Com
panion.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-08
The Profits Of Preaching.

The great body of the clergymen of
the United States receive salaries of
81, 900 or less year. There are many,
of course, in the larger cities who are
paid $4,000, So, 900, "a, 600 and $1,000,
and in Philadelphia there are several
who are paid from Sc, 900 to $40, 600,
DR.. Harper, for instance. New York
and Brooklyn are most generous with
their preachers. DR.. John Hall is paid
$4,000 by his church; he receives
$1,000 more as chancellor of the uni
versity of New York, and probably
makes from $4,000 to 5000 more q
year from his writings. Dr.. Talmage
does quite as well; DR.. VIM. NJ. Tay-
lor's salary is $15, 900; DR.. Lyman Alb
bolts, $4,000, and Drs. G. 81. Park
hurst and Morgan Dix from 81, 500 to
$1,000 more. Very wealthy congre-
cations are by no means the most lib
eral with their pastors. There is Rev.
]. 7. Wills, of Aurora, N. Y, whose
pews are filed with millionaires.
They only pay him 81, 500 year,
however. -Philadelphia Press.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-08
A New Canal System.

:. A new system of canal construction
has been designed and recently patent
ed by an Englishman. The object is
to do away entirely with the necessity
for steam or horse power in canal
traffic, and this end is sought to be at
tanned by the creation of a current of
water strong enough to carry the boats
along from point to point. Mr.. Pick
ard has designed a double canal, at
one end of which is screw, resemb-
ling the propeller of steamship. This
screw, which is worked by steam
power, forces the current in one direc-
ton and causes it to return in the par
allel division of the canal, the direction
Of the current being reversible at will.
By this arrangement all loss of water
is obviated and the bed of the canal is
kept clean. This current is, of course,
confined to each separate level OF
canal, and when locks intervene an
other current has to be created
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-08
To Stop a Runaway Horse.

The Russian method for stopping a
runaway horse is said TO be very effect
i've, and is not particularly cruel
They place cord with a running
knot around the horses neck near the
neck strap. To this slip moose attach
a pair of reins, which may be thrown
over the dashboard ready to be seized
at once. When the horse starts take
up the extra reins, and tighten the
cord around the horses throat The
most furious horse thus choked stops
instantly, and will not kick or fall
True Flag.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-08

A lady was visiting a friend at
Americas lately and she wore set of
false teeth. A little 5-year-old boy
saw her take the teeth from her
mouth, and ran terrified to his mother,
exclaiming: Mamma, mamma, Miss
Mary pulled out whole handful of
teeth at once, and tore all the skin out
OF her mouth, and didn't cry one bit
It didn't hurt, but you'll have to give
her all of old SPECIFIES eggs to eat, for
she can't chew her victuals." He
couldn't be made to understand that
they were false teeth and was sure the
lady would starve to death
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-08

The greenish color of certain cloths
was found some years ago to be due to
. parasitic growth of alg@ upon the
hair; Two genera and three species
Of these minute plants-one genus
green, and the other, with its two spe,,
cies, violet-have since been described
by Nine. Weber Won Bosse. A single
hair may have upon it from $50, 0OOto
200, 900 individually York Tele'
cram.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-08

In California, during the past fiscal
year, lis postoffices were established and
43 discontinued, making a net increase
of ~ offices. In Oregon SO Offices were
established and % discontinued, making
a net increaseof 60. In Washington 1872
Offices were established, and only dis
continued, making net gain of 125.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-08
Fully Accounted For.

Jack-Who is that unfortunate
cripple minus one arm, one leg, sew
eral teeth, one eye and three-fourths
OF his haira Its rather early for base
ball umpires.
Iom-Ohl that is what is left of poor
Mugglns. He served as Judge in a
Beauty show down east somewhere,
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-08
Explosion of Petroleum.

Experiments made since the late ex-
pioslon OF a petroleum vessel in French
harbor show that mixture of one part
OF petroleum vapor to five or less of air
does not explode. With six parts of air
the mixture is feebly explosive, with
seven to twelve parts violently so, with
sixteen parts feebly explosive, and with
twenty parts of air is not likely to ex-
elode.-New York Telegram.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-08
Comfortable If Not Pretty.

IA Chinaman is not pretty to look
at, and his clothes do not fit like the
traditional paper on the wall. but l
think his attire the most comfortable
in the world" said a gentleman the
other day. ITO begin with" he re-
sumed, 1.-The Chinaman wears soft,
low crowned, broad brim felt hat,
which is easier on the head than
stiff derby or silk hat and a greater
protection to the eyes. Then his neck
is dressed more comfortably than
ours, too. He wears but a single band
around the neck, or two at the most.
Have you ever counted up what we
weara mol Well, just figure it out
now. The undershirt bandits one,
possible chest protector is two. shirt
band is three, collar is four, neck
tie is five, vest collar is six, coat
is seven, an overcoat collar is eight,
and a neck scarf sometimes makes the
total nine-nine bands around the
neck. What chance for perspiration!
Yes, the Chinaman's rig is more COM
Portable. Chicago Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-08
No Faces at the Windows.

New Workers never sit in their win
dows to enjoy the entertainment fur
nished by the procession of people and
vehicles, writes a New York CORE
spondent of The st. Louis Republic |
don't believe | have seen gen.
timely fashionable New York man or
woman looking out of a window of
their own houses in years. 1t is an
unspoken and unwritten law that you
shall keep out of sight, and shroud the
interior of your houses with layer on
layer of lace curtains, oftentimes with
as many as four different sets of them
at each window. The only time man
is privileged to watch the promenaders
is at his club, and there many of
them do it with vengeance. = wo-
man never looks into the street from
her house. You may walk down
Fifth avenue at any time of day, and
under no circumstances, unless mill
tary parade was in progress, would
you see any woman of that house
other than the servants presume |
have passed by the houses of the Van
derbilts. the Astors, the Goelets and
Goulds hundreds of times during
recent years, and not sign of life
have seen beside that contributed by
the menials. The custom is doubtless
founded upon common sense, because
by sitting in windows people become
conspicuous, and the alleged intention
of good form" is to remain screened
from the vulgar scrutiny Of the pub
lie. But it is we'll enough to set down
this particular feature Of our advanced
condition of civilization, because, if |
am not mistaken, the enjoyable habit
of sitting in windows is practiced in
most other cities Of course, we lose
vast amount of entertainment by fore
going the habit, for study of human
nature as you find it on the street is
educating and charming. But here
we are, for the sake of that severe
granddame Good Form, yelling the
sun and our fellow creatures from our
fashionable gazes by these very stun
ming sets of expensive curtains. 1t is
like a theatre with the drop always
obscuring the pictures behind it.
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1HE CATOCTIN CLARION
Church Directory.

Reformed Church-Rcv. G. A, WhitmoIc
mas or Weekly Lectures Tuesday evening.
Acctiny of Ladies' Aid Society every second
Wednesday evening. Regular services by
appointment from the pulpit.
Lutheran Churcll-Rrv. J. II. Barb, pas
tor. Services, Sunday 10 4. NJ. and $50 L.
M Sunday School, :. p. NJ. Prayer Nee,
ing, Wednesday, Gas p. NJ.
Moravimn Church, (Mcchanicstown) Rev.
n. w. Hrrl,st Pastor. Preaching every Sun
,!av, alternating morning and evening
Iravcr Mcetin. every Friday evening Sun
day School 8 o'clock, a. m.
Merav,an Church (Graccham) Rev. II. w.
Herbst, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday, alternating NOR,
ring and evening.
Mite Society every Monday evening.
PRAYER Meeting every Wednesday evening.
United Brethren Church-Mitc Society
Second and Fourth Wednesday
Sunday School , p. NJ.
PRAYER Meeting every Thursday evening.
Regular Services by appointment from the
pulpit.
Methodist Episcopal Church --Rcv. J.
+. F. GRAY Pastor. Services every alternate
sunday at 10 A. NJ Sunday School A. M.
Prayer Meeting every Thursday evening ut :
=, NJ.
United Brethren Church-Hrv G, j.
Roulah,l.h Pastor. Services every alternate
Sunday a! 3 p. m. Sunday school every
SUNDAY at 2p. IN. Prayer Meeting every
Thursday evening at y m.
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MONOCACY VALLEY RAILRohD.

NEW TINE TAsLE.-On an lttcr We'd
lrsday August 22nd, 1887, trains on the Mo-
.ovacy Valley Rulroad will run as fnlinws:
Leave Mtci;anlcstown
IA. M. / \. NJ. 6 So p. NJ.
Leave Catoc,in Furnaces,
S25 \. NJ. 31J p. NJ.
Tickets !Dr sale at McchanicstCwn by Mr..
Frank licssOn
Local Freight viii be delivered on all
rains.
5. Schley, Pres. l.. r. Wacsche, Supt.
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'Why, darling, what can be the mat,
ter with these onionsr ! he calculated
as he pushed back his plate.
The young wife burst Slto Gears.
'There, | told th5 grocer they smelt
awful And I soaked them III that.
nice cologne ever since yesterday morn"
ing, too"
Suh-alihc fnr IuE CLAElNN..
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IN HAPPINESS AGAIN.

"But the chlld will be wet through
quite wet through I
The cry came from the village school
mistress, who was standing III her open
doorway.
She was bcckoning ami calling to the
nurse who WAS hurrying past with the
little lady OF the hall bul died in her
arms.
The schoolmistross was right. The
rain was rclting down in a genuine
wintcry fashion, with no triillng about
it. 1t evidently meant business. and us
the business it had in hand was the
thorough drcnching of the two hurry
ing figures. Nurse Nora was not sorry
to hear herself hailed.
"1ndaae, then, an It's true for you
she said AN if ye'd be after lettin
the little lady wait here bit wld yez,
till Id be comm for her in the carriage.
'Tis little Miss I.ilias from the hail.
But she's that shy wld strangers, bless
her heart =
The achoolmistress was holding out
her arms to the child, who strais shtway
contradicted Nurse Nora by putting
out her arms in turn to be taken.
Perhaps Miss Patience's rather trem-
ulous smile was the magnet; perhaps
the gay wood fire cracking away in the
wide hearth. AT all events the baby
was laughing when Miss Patience CARR.
ed her in out of the cold and wet, and
shut out the dismal afternoon, and sat
her in the big arm chair before the
dancing flames.
"It's like Little Red Riding Hood and
the wolf" 1llias remarked presently in
her baby voice, with nod at her scar.
let cloak drying before the fire, and
then looking up into Miss Patience S
face, as she sat on her lap, "Gran IMAM.
ma, what great eyes you've got ? What
makes them so BIG and queer? Norah
hasn't got them. | want Norah.'
She had put up her lip with pitifui
expression of distress, starting ut the
great blue glasses Hiss Patience always
wore.
Miss Patience promptly took them
of.
Such soft pair Of brown eyes smiled
down at the little one that 1t was no
wonder that she smiled back. More
especially as the two pairs of brown
eyes were so wonderously alike that
each seemed to be the reflection of the
other.
But the small critic had not finished
yet.
"You'ye got cap like Norah. Only
it isn't like Norah's; it's so big and
ugly. wonder if you've got red hair
under it like Norah, too -
Miss latience's unsteady white hands
went up and put aside the cap. OF
with it came IL frontlet Of grizzled hair.
But that which shohe on Miss Pa
ience's own head was certainly not
red like Noral's, bat of spun yellow
gold.
Daring little Miss Lillas pulled it
down over Miss Paticnce's shoulders,
and fell to matching it with her own
sunny curls.
"It's most like them. Papa says it's
a little sunshine got all tangled nr III
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ktUs D.

She pressed her eager kisses on the
child's hair, the child who sat and
played with the great blue spectacles
on her lap, not needing anything Of the
low and thrilling voices around her.
I left the child she answered him,
because knew | could trust her, at
least with you. And it was better for
her; she wonld be quite happy, she
would forget. And-Harold, do you
think did not care, that it would be
better and happier for yon to have Lily
Bells little innocent life In your keep.
ing:
She held her left hand, ringless, in
the freight.
THAT night found I had no right
to wear your wedding ring
Bell. Are you mad?'
That night she went on, trying
to steady her trembling lips-'that night
that other woman came and told you to
your face that she was Harold Fergu-
son s wife, Haunting her marriage GER
tiiicate before yol and daring you to
prove that she lied
Bell! And 1 WIS so sure you had
not seen her
The poor thing hid her working face
in the child's curls.
And would condemn me utterly -
he said without word, without giy-
ing me chance
What could be the good Of that, or
Of this p she answered brokenly. You
never denied that marriage certificate ;
l could see as muca in your stricken
face before | crept out at the library
window on the terrace, where I had
fallen asleep among the curtains, when
you and she came in there. Oh, new.
er thought you meant it Haroll No
doubt yon had married her long before
when you were so young you hardly
knew what you were doing-and you
thought the woman was dead. No
doubt it was all her fault, the the
mistake, she looked cruel and wick
ed woman. But VIII at else could l do
than just to creep away TO die l
thought. But misery does not kill -
she cried out with bitter laugh.
Bell, did you ever hear had a broth.
err?
"A brother? Never
"A brother who had fed the country
for the crime of forgery? It's no won.
der that you never heard Of it. My
proud old father would never let his
name be mentioned among us when we
moved to this distant part Of the coun-
try, and built our fortunes anew-here
where no one had ever heard Of the
crime and shame Of Harry Ferguson
"Harry-Ferguson ?
Her voice died in gasp.
"Ah, now you see how you mlsunder.
stood the name on that certificate, and
how it was a thundeSbolt to me-
There was one long, long moment Of
dead silence.
Then Bell Ferguson put the child
from her lap and fell down on her
knees, her cl;sped hands raised, her
pale face wet.
$50, Lllyhell--ask papa if it is too
late indeed-if he could let me come
and be your mamma !:
And so when Nora presently arrived
with the carriage from the hall, it bore
back not the little lady only, but also,
as Lilias triumphantly announced, that
new mamma whom Norah had said
papa would be sure to give her one of
those bright days.
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AGhamcshwn Frederick County, Maryland Thursday June 49, $780,
<$$rlett }:1ottru,
COUNTING BIR7.HDA US.

Onc tiny birthday,
And baby can walk,
Two bonay BIRTHDAYS
Baby can talk.
Three merry birthdays,
Baby can run.
Four gala birthdays,
Childhood Is begun,
Five happy birthdays,
Learning to spell;
Six sunny birthdays,
Reading quite well.
Seven pcrfcctbirthdnys,
Childhood is past
Eight joyous birthdays,
"Girlhood at last "
Nine precious birthdays,
The happiest time;
Ten tlowery birthdays,
Life all q rhyme.
Eleven hriyht!birthdays.
Never to see
Twelve more sweet birthdays,
So careless and free.
Thirteen and fourteen,
Fly away fleet.
Fifteen and sixteen,
Maidenhond greet.
Seventeen and eighteen,
Ilalcyon days.
Nineteen and twenty,
Cupid's sweet maze.
hen swift on the wings OF old Time fly III
years.
unsllne and shadow and laughter an
tears,
prihStime and summer and autumn an
snow,
Z T.
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