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DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-03-20
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-. rou ever noticed that when you're buy
i'e ,sS hcrrie4 by the peck
.,,tDo.e on top are large ana ripe "lthout
~ spot rspeck; ALI 49,, -
nHV not ,t worth the looking at
altogether worthless-haVe you ever
noticed that
have you ever noticed in the summer when
he DAYS are cold
man leaves larger chunk than what
yorr box viii hoid'
nearly fry your fat
,onyes the merest trae-hayc you ever
noticed that!
re you ever noticed that the man who's
always telling you
,,t tbe wondrous things he's done and
what ne's going to do
/ ,oo8ng at the present timc-his purse is
busted fiat,
ii won't YOU loan a tiyer?"-have you
ever noticed that?
,ro Won ever noticed fishermen all have
such awful luck,
E,o mammoth fish they nearly get fall back
into the brook,
md while of great fresh water whales they
ever wildly chat,
Fhov bring home tiny minnows-have you
ever noticed that:
lave YOU ever noticed office seekers, ere
election day,
;rssp every bodys hand and something kind
and fetching say,
Inf who when safe in Office, with a salary
big and fat,
orget the humble Voter-haye you ever
noticed that?
Chicago Herald.
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-03-20
HOUSEHOLD BREVITlES.

-.-Meat for roasting should always be
put into a very not oven at first to scar
it over quickly and preserve the juices.
After few minutes lower the tempera-
ture and keep up a steady heat until
done.
Every thing that can vitiate the air
of the cellar should be removed. The
air of the cellar permeates the whole
house, and especially when the windows
and doors are closed in winter should the
cellar be kept clean and wholesome.
Picked Turnips. - Scald enough
vinegar to cover them, with some whole
spice, pour it over them, and let them
cool before using them; carrots, cauli-
flower, beets, Jerusalem artichokes, cab
bage, beans, in fact nearly all cold boiled
vegetables, can be made into pickles in
this way.-Housewife.
One of the best methods of cleaning
hair brushes is to put full teaspOonful
of household ammonia into basin OF
warm water. Dip the bristles in and
rub briskly with the hand, or better still,
y
cleansed put in the sun to dry bristle-
sideup. Two brushes may be thus
readily clcansed at once
To take iron rust out of white
goods: Pour teacup full of boil
ing water stretch the goods tight
ly across the top of it; then pour
on little OF the solution of oXalic
acid dissolved in water and rub it
with the edge of teaspoon or any thing.
If it does not come out at once, dip it
down into the hot water and rub it again.
Barley Pudding Soak a toacupful
of pearl barley overnight in water. In
the morning drain off the surplus water,
add to the barley two spoOnfuls of sugar,
a spoonful Of butter, a quarter of a
pound Of raisins, stoned and chopped.
Mix these ingredients together, turn
into small battered pudding dish and
cover with pint of milk. Crate lit
tie nutmeg over the top and bake in a
slow oven one hour and a-half.-Rural
New Yorker
Don't fail to keep in the house a
pint bottle of linsced oil and lime
water. Mix half and half and shake
well every time you use it, When
some one burns or scalds himself cover
the wound quickly with baking soda
(cover Bi-Carb.) until the pain is gone,
then wash off the soda and bind up in
linBeed oil and lime water, and use this
dressing until the cure is complete. It's
an old-fashioned remedy. but there is
nothing better.-LadieS' Home journal.
Oysters and Bacon.-This is some
what novel way of cooking the luscious
bivnlve, called by our English cousins
Pigs in Blankets" We prefer it with
out the name. Have as many thin
slices Of salt mot smoked) bacon as you
have large oysters; wrap each oyster in
a slice of bacon, and fasten with a tiny
skcwer-a small wooden toothpick will
do; have ready a hot frying-pan, and
lay them in side by side, turning to al
low the bacon to color slightly all
round. Have a tiny square of thin, but
tered toast for each one: add a table
spoonful Of butter and spoonful OF
milk or cream to the liquor in the pan,
pour this eqally over the toast, lay one
of the rolls on each and serve.-Amcri-
can Agriculturist.
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-03-20
Violet Ink in Vogue.

We have more calls for violet ink than
any other Some persons think this is
an atfectation. 1t is nothing of the
kind. Violet ink dries more quickly
than any other. 1t does away with the
use of blotters for that very reason. It
flows more freely than any other, too.
You can hardly ever make an indistinct
letter or mark when writing with violet
ink. And another beauty about it is
that it never changes it's color, and it
doesn't appear sticky on paper. Some
one was in here the other day talking
about inks, and he said that all English
novelists used violet ink. don't know
whether that is true or not. But know
ut least a dozen Chicago clergymen who
buy ink here, and they all use the violet
A Stationery Salesman, in Chicago
Tribune.
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-03-20
A LEAP TO DEATH.
7ate of Two Christian Maidens in
Escaping the Turks,

IN Southern Dalmatia there is a bit Of
Oast stretching from Cavtat, Ragusa,
tpccha, to Sutorina, which is called
Eonayie, and is noted far and wide for
be beauty of its women and the valor
II its men. Faces and forms of antique
iecian mold are by no means rare
mong the inhabitants of this pictur-
|sQue region, and this is the more sur
brising since their neighbors, the Herze-
|ovinians and the BoSnians, are not at
D prepossessing in mien or feature.
/ About the middle of the last century,
Fhile Konavje still formed a part of the
epublic of Ragusa, the family Radovic
ettled in the frontier village Of Uvjece.
Fhe possession of the hamlet had long
een bone Of contention between the
Bosnian Vizier and the republic of Ra-
PISA, The little republic had at last
een forced to give up the struggle and
bandon Uvjece to the Turks. The vii
Rgers were naturally dissatisfied with
|he result, and Minko Radovic, the head
n the family, was active in keeping up
fhe discomfort. He persuaded his neigh
tOrs to consider themselves citizens of
Ragnsa, and to resist with arms every
lttempt on the part of the Turkish Agas
b Beys to collect taxes
Nlirko had two daughters. The elder
Eosara, was a lovely girl Of seventeen;
|he other Ljubica, child Of eleven.
kOSara was the fairest maiden in the
Fillage, and had no end of admirers
lmong the young men. Her most eager
BultorS were two friends of her father
hamed Stanko and Toma. Stanko was
refugee, who, for some reason, had
PED from Turkish vengeance and found
IN asylum in UVjece. His ugly, weather.
Deaten face wore an expression of
'lclouS cunning, and there was nothing
y his appearance or disposition to win
lpon the young girl. Toma, on the
'ther hand, was far more agreeable
'haracter, but still he was nothing more
han n erbod F;l l. Jy ca ~
hll bonmt 49, ~ W '" e. 'ilo 90
made No oFont n.y. a "aiu' % nel @ . 1"vilol
elther Stanko nor Toma received any
Encouragement.
Tbinro stoaJ A..
rsicbt Sortosl w ""y M nv
,sa with tu,a uoDlool morning " Ut hlsn p:
Tviocp and ' ao,,lt oo1a '.niohs "pps",eu -
ten+bl ond md +ho e'e,liall'lou h ',io ue''rrn" NV
hrep frionas WV npl '''a lpoil- U"A'. I, Ino
illarars sp anS 1oGpu I, ss Spoheshleil ior Ine
rviace Io,areo, ~ OoIu,y ueoi"teo 1l 'laT
eyor na,. eiolseo t, W haguSa' anu "oO'iu
9rod / no S@ ,seo' W 'iie urhS' lio en-
o, oul1 make use of his weapon Stanko
~ 4.'u ms Sclmltar, and with one stroke
~. !. VII the officers head. Minko and
o'ha' Tor their part, threw themselves
Pon MS companions and cut them down
:. "h instant Then Stanko promptly
~ M W WORK TO plunder the bodies.
! iney lound rich booty. The pock-
% VI 'he fallen aga were full of money,
~ in weapons Of the soldiers were sot
i'n precious stones, and the horses
ere richly caparisoned with silver
ou ouhtea harness and gold-broidered
, oVn' The loot was taken to the
~ ,u'o ol hadovic to be divided. Stanko's
lie rich Trainings on +bo floor and
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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24
SINCE ADAM DIED,
The Number of People Who Have Lived
Since the Beginning IF Time.

The Number of People Who Have Lived
Since the Beginning IF Time.
Did you ever make a calculation of
the number of people that have inhab-
tied this globe since the beginning of
time? No doubt you will say that such
calculations involve loss of time, and
are, after all, barren of results, but as
we are engaged in giving curious read
ings and odd calculations, let us take
a few minutes time and approximate,
with certain degree of accuracy, at
least, the number of souls that have
been ushered into and out of this sinful
world since the time when it was not
good for Adam to be alone. At the
are 400, 100000 human beings on our
globe; but let us suppose there has been
but an average of 100000, 900 living at
one time since the creation. To give
room for any possible doubt as to
the average length of life, we will put
it down at so years. ct may have been
longer than that during Bible times, it
has been much shorter, however, since).
With the average length of life reck-
oned as above, we have had two genera
tions of 900, OOO,OO each every century
for the past 5000 years. Taking this
for granted, we have had about 66, 627,.
S43, 237, 075, 266 Inhabitants on this globe
since the beginning of time.
Admitting that there is great deal
OF guess-work about this calculation,
and that it has been hastily and per-
haps inaccurately done, it will be per-
ceived, nevertheless, that our earth is
vast cemetery. On each rood of it 1889
human beings have found a burial
place. A rood being scarcely sufficient
for ten graves, each grave must contain
the remains of 1919 persons. The whole
surface of the globe, if all peoples bury
within the earth as we do, has been dug
over 100 times in order to get room for
burial places.-St. Louis Republic.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24
HIDDEN JUST IN TIME.
An Incident of MIR. Remnants Travels
the Land of the Gar.

An Incident of Mr.. Kennan's Travels In
the Land of the Gar.
Mr. George KEENAN,, the Siberian ex-
plOrer and eXpOser, Is one of the most
entertaining conversationalists whom a
person can meet. He is very unas-
aiming man and very modest. Some of
his most thrilling experiences will prob
ably never be put in print, or, at least,
not for number of years, for, strange as
it may seem, Mr.. KEENAN, hopes to again
visit Russia at the end of two or three
years. He had very many narrow es-
capes from death and the mental strain
produced by them was naturally very
great. One of these which has not been
printed occurred once while he was in
Nihilist's house. He had papers with
him which, if found, would result in his
being instantly shot. He was informed
that the officers were on his track, and
would arrive at this house within five
minutes. Russian officers are very thor
ough when making search for any
thing of this nature, and what to do
with these papers was most pertinent
question. But to think was to act, and
taking up hand-glass upon the table
he pried out the back with his knife,
hastily put the papers in the frame and
restored the back to its place Just as the
officers arrived. The search was made,
the glass raised from the table, but the
papers were not found. This is but
sample of the many experiences Mr..
KEENAN, had in Siberia. He says that
the horrors of the prison system there
in vogue can not be described in words
so as to convey any accurate idea to the
reader or Observation-Disclosures North
American.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24
Are We Landowner?

81 have heard it said that, taken as a
whole, people of these days are not so
handsome as those of olden times" said
an artist to Washington Post reporter,
"but have theory that they far excel
in beauty of form and feature their an.
cestors of many hundred years ago. The
only way we have to judge of such COM
parative merits of the people of today
with those who are made known to us
by tradition and history is by the means
of statuary. We compare our modern
men with old works of art and pronounce
them inferior without taking into con-
sideration the deception that has been
practiced by the artists whose work was
done for those whose form and feature
they portrayed and from whom they
were to look for their pay.
at was the easiest thing in the world
then, as is done now, to smooth over
blemishes and defects. The art of pho
Biography will not permit such deception
to 30 great an extent as it was formerly
carried on"
''Do artists not f1atter their subjects as
lhuCH Ho"dudyS dS was uOuo VI OlU!
''In making oil paintings this is done
by great many, and that is the reason
why many people will not sit for photo
graph, but prefer to be represented by
an artist. The photographers recognize
this and do what they can to overcome
it. knew one once who, having sitter
with nose very much out of shape, &C
tuaaly used putty to straighten it out.
and with that improvement in his GUS
toners appearance took the picture"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24
Will Exclusion Exclude the Chinese ?


Sir John Bowring not only testified to
this perpetual outflow of Chinese immi-
grants, but he paints in vivid colors the
causes which lead to these results. He
says: sThere is probably no part of the
world in which the harvests of mortality
are more sweeping and destructive than
in China, producing voids which require
no ordinary appliances to fill up Multi
tudes perish absolutely from want of the
means of existence; foundations destroy
towns and villages and all their inhab-
itants; it would not be easy to calculate
the loss of life by the typhoons and hur-
ricanes which visit the coasts of China,
in which boats and junks are sometimes
sacrificed by hundreds and by thousands.
The late civil wars in China must have
led to the loss of millions of lives. The
sacrifices of human beings by executions
alone are frightful"
1t is such condition of things, and
such causes as these, that induce the
laboring classes of Chinese to immigrate
to other countries Considering the in
centive which exists in these densely
populated districts to escape from the
misery which marks their existence, and
to seek new lands where their condition
may be bettered, the dangers that
threaten from such inexhaustible sources
of human supply become easy of appre-
citation. Willard B. Farwen in Popular
Science Monthly.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24
Nutmegs an a Medicine.

The medicinal qualities of nutmegs
are worthy of great deal of attention.
They are fragrant in odor, warm and
grateful to the taste, and possess de-
cided sedative, astringent and sopocific
properties. In the following affections
they will be found highly serviceable:
Gastralgia neuralgia of the stomach),
cholera morbus, fatulent cholic, dysen-
terry, cholera infantum and infantile
eholic. In all cases nutmegs may be
prepared for administration in the fol-
lowing manner, Crate one or more nut
megs into very fine powder. For chill
dren, give one-sixth to one-thlrd of a
teaspoonful, according to the age, of this
powder, mixed with small quantity OF
milk. For adults, from half to two
teaspoonfuls may be given in the same
way according to the severity of the
case. Every two hours is generally the
best time to administer this remedy.
Insomnia (sleeplessness) is very often
effectually relieved by one or two doses
of nutmeg, when much stronger agents
have signally failed.-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24
furgenien-s Dinners.

A habit of Turgeneiff, says The
nightly Review, was to invite frienPrt-
dinner and be absent when they car 10
not deliberately of set purpose, but te'
cause of the little value he set on hf-
pledged word and the very faint impress
sion it used to make upon his mind. He
once invited the famous critic Belinsky
and five others to dine with him at his
house in the country, where he had a
chef de cuisine whom he looked upon as
agenius. 81 will organize a banquet for
you the like of which you never dream
ed of. he said
He fixed the day and made each per-
son give his word of honor that he
would come. Don't fear for u.s." re-
marked Belinsky. I'VE shall be there
without fail, but you must not repeat
the trick that you played upon us last
winter, when you asked us to dine and
were not at home when we came; but,
lest you should forget your invitation,
shall write to you the eve of the day OF
our arrival"
1t was sultry day when the whole six
of us set out for Pargolovo in an open
caleche at IL o'clock in the morning, says
one of the persons invited. We were
thoroughly fatigued by the heat and dust
of the road. Arriving at Turgenieff's
country house, we alighted with Joy in
our countenances. but we were all struck
with the circumstance that Turgenief
did not come out to meet us. w.
knocked at the door of the glass terrace.
The silence of death reigned in the
house. All our faces grew visibly long
er. "Can Turgenieff have played the
same trick as last winter" exclaimed
Belinsky.
But we all Gained him, saying that we
probably arrived earlier than we were
expected. "But l wrote to him that we
should be here at o'clock" objected Be-
linsky; "what can it mean2 If they would
only admit us into the room we could
wait, but here we are scorched."
At length boy came out of the door
and we all piled him with questions.
His master had gone off, he said, and the
We gave the urchin money, sent him to
fetch the chef, who should let us in, and
meanwhile we sat down on the steps OF
the terrace.
We waited long in vain. Belinsky
wanted us to return, but our hired coach
man refused to take us back until the
horses had had a long rest. So we sat
on, hungry and hot. Panaieff went to
the public house to see if anything eata-
BILE could be procured, but there was
nothing to be had. At last the
chef made his appearance. "Where is
your master?" cried Belinsky. He did
not know. Ibid your master order a
dinner for us today?" insisted the critic.
"He did nothing of the kind" was the
reply. Amusement and terror were de-
picted on all faces. Belinsky famed up,
and, looking at us in his significant way,
exclaimed: "Turgenieff has indeed given
us banquet"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24
THEY DIED TOGETHER.
4 kingfisher Seized by Pickerel an
Both Are Killed.

A Kingfisher Seized by q PickereI and
Both Are Killed.
A kingfiSher sat on branch Of dead
tree, on the edge of Lake Keuka, the
other day, near Fairchilds' Point, watch
ing for his dinner. A black-bass fisher
man was in his boat in the cove only
two or three rods above the spot
where the bird was sitting. He
quit fishing and kept his eye on the
klngfsher, curious to see the bird dive
for it's fish when the time came. He had
to wait but short time, for a fish came
within the line of the" kingfsher's
vision, and the bird dropped like stone
into the water and disappeared beneath
the surface. 1t reappeared almost i'm
mediately with fish impaled in it's
strong, spear-like beak. The birds body
had scarcely come to the surface, how.
ever, when it disappeared again with
suddenness that left no doubt that it had
been jerked back by something that has
seized it. The kingfsher did not CONF
up again, and the fisherman rowed tc
the spot where it had gone down to see
If he could find an explanation of the
birds strange disappearance. A deaf
pickerel, about eight inches long, wa
floating on the water. A hole through
its body below the dorsal fin showed
plainly enough that the pickerel was
the fish the kingfisher had speared,
The fisherman drifted about the spot
for some time, but being unable to dis
cover any thing that would solve the
mystery of the birds disappearance, wa,
turning his boat to row back to the cove
when something came to the surface
near the shore, twenty-five yards below.
The fisherman rowed down to the spot,
and to his surprise found an immense
pickerel, and with it the kingfisher.
One of the kingfsher's legs was be-
tween the great jaws of the pickerel,
the latter's long teeth being set through
and through it. The kingfsher's long,
keen bill was thrust through the pick
erel's body from side to side, six inches
below the head. The situation ex-
planned itself. The pickerel had seized
the kingfsher as it was rising from the
water with the small fish and pulled it
back beneath the surface, expecting to
dine on it. The big bird had l.. stinct-
lively turned and jabbed its beak through
the pickerel, inflicting fatal wound.
The pickerel, with the bulldog tenacity
of its kind, had kept its hold on the
birds leg, and the two had died togeth-
er and aoated to the surface The DO
sltlon of the two was not changed, and
they have been sent to a Rochester
taxidermist to be preserved and mount
ed as they appear in their death en-
observation-disclosures IN. W Cor. N.
Y. Sun.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24

Pumpkin Preserve: Wash the pump
kins and peel them thickly, cut in quar-
ters and take out the seeds; put the
seeds and skins in pan covered with
water and boil for half an hour, then
strain and keep the water; cut the pump
kins in pieces one inch broad by about
two inches long; weigh them and take
! one pound of sugar to each pound of
pumpkin and one teacupful of the water
the skins were boiled in; put the sugar
and water on to boil with little essence
OF ginger. When it has boiled about ton
minutes put in the pieces of pumpkin
and boil all for half an hour or three
quarters, till it looks transparent.-De-
troit Free Press.