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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11
Watershed of the Plate.

The watershed drained by the Plate Is
estimated to represent an area of 1860, 900
square miles, the largest in the world,
with the exception of the Amazon, and
possibly also of the Congo, the area Of
which has never been even approximately
estimated.
The Parana contributes an outflow Of
Al 100000 and the Uruguay one of H.
100000 cubic feet a minute, the Plate
having volume of So, 900, 900 cubic feet,
as compared with so, 600, 900 for the ANA
zon and 100000 for the Mississippi.
La Plata takes it's name from silver, but
it has tawny hue.-Export and Finance.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11
FAITHFUL.

1t is something, sweet when the world goes IN
To know you are faithful and love me still;
To feel when the sunshine has left the skies
That the light is shining in your dear eyes;
Beautiful eyes, more dear to me
Than all the wealth of the world could be-
1t is something, dearest, to feel you near
When life with lbs sorrows seems hard to bear;
To feel, when l falter, the clasp divine
Of your tender and trusting hand in mine;
Beautiful hand! more dear to me
Than the tenderest things of earth could be-
Sometimes dearest, the world goes wrong,
For God gives grief with his gift of song,
And poverty, too! but your love is more
To me than riches and golden store;
Beautiful Lowell until death shall part
1t is mme-as you are-my own, sweetheart
F. L. Stanton.
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POliteneSs in New York.

1 heard the other day of delightful
old country parson who came to New
York as the guest of son who is success
full in business here. The old gentleman
did not go about alone after the first
time, because he said it wrung his heart
strings to hear the tales of woe the beg
gars poured into his ears. He could no
more wave beggar aside than you or l
could strike child, and yet he only
grieved at the pain their stories gave
him, and at his inability to solace them
all with money. When the rampant
newsboys tugged at his sleeves and
yelled, "Here yer evening paperr he
bent over with studied politeness and
said in his gentle voice: ''Pve got one
already, thank you, johnny" How the
little ruffians stared at that!-Julian
Ralph in Chatter.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11
Tho Popes.

Leo XIII is the 25sd pope, fact seldom
thought OF when the great pontiff's name
Is mentioned. OF the total 25S successors
OF st. Peter 10 have been Frenchmen. IA
have been Greeks, 8 have been Syrians
9 have claimed Germany as their birth.
place, 8 have hailed from Spain, 2 were
from Africa, Q from Savoy, which wa.
also the numbeg sent by England, Swe-
den, Dalmatia, Holland, Portugal and
Crete. Italy caps the climax with a to-
tai OF 1874, all since 1923 having been se-
lected from among the Italian cardinals.
Eight of the number did not live a
month after succession; 40 lived less than
q year, and % more died when they had
been less than two years on the pontifical
throne; "a between four and five years;
81 when they had reigned less than ten
years; 81 before they had finished the
fifteenth year, and Is died after reignine
between Is and 20 years. Only 8
lived over 90 years after their elevation
to the "Chair of st. Peter" Plus TX.
who died during the early part of 1878,
reigned longer than any of his predeces-
sors, his pontifical life extending over a
period of 81 years.-St. Louis Republic.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11
THE LAST GOOD NIGHT.

Clad In their night gowns. clean and white
The children come TO say good night;
Father, good night" says Marjory.
Climbing for kisses on my knee
Then Ernest Kittie Harry next =
And tSaby-till feel perpIexed.
Wishing the last good night was said,
And each and all were packed to bed.
These small folks take me unawares;
Ihear them call when safe up stairs,
As sit down to read or write,
Father. we want To say good night"
The book or pen is laid aside;
fine them lying open eyed
Five rosy rebels, girls and boys
Who greet me with tumultuous notSa
Can be stern with such as these?
Can charming ways aud looks displeasei
They hold, and scarce will let me go
And all because they love me So
Then, in a vision, suddenly
The future seems unveiled to ma =
1t is my turn, though ali In vain, -,
To long to say good night again
Isee the years stretch on and on,
The children all grown up and gone;
No chamber echoes TO their tread,
The last good night has long been said
And by his fireside, desolate,
An old man sits, resigned to watt
Recalling joys that used to be,
And faces that he may not see.
Therefore, what bliss Is mine that now
! still can smooth each fair young browi
And feel the arms that clasp me tight
The lips that kiss the last good night.
The Culver.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11
Disraeli's Collateral.

Disraeli once went to certain Israel
lite and asked for loan of several thou
sand pounds. "On what security, Mr.
Disraeli?" queried the Hebrew doubtful
ly. son the security of my ambition
and my genius, said the young politician
calmly. Every extraordinary collateral,
Mr.. Disraeli," mrrmured the other, 'sbut
call on me tomorrow, if you please, and
we will talk it over" The Jew was wise,
and Disraeli got the money; and, per-
maps, when he saw young man of merit
struggling along he recalled, as he STOP
ped to help him, with thrill of supreme
satisfaction that bitter hour of failure
when his first speech was drowned by
the noise of the opposition, and he closed
it abruptly with the passionate prophecy;
"The day will come when you shall hear
me."-The Arena
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Merciful

The Indians believe that if the stiffness
over the waters of lake be broken by
any careless word the spirits of the place
will be offended. In the days of the
early settlers, we are told, white woman
had occasion to cross Lake Saratoga, and
the Indians, who were to row her across,
warned her of the danger that one rash
word might bring; but of course, being
a white woman, she was superior to all
such superstitious notions.
1t was calm, cloudless day, and the
canoe sped like an arrow across the
smooth waters. Suddenly, when in the
middle of the lake, the strong minded
woman determined to prove to these
simple folk the folly of their belief. So
she lifted up her voice in wild cry that
woke every echo of the hills.
The Indians were filled with consterna-
ton. They uttered no word, but, strain
ing every nerve, rowed on in frowning
silence. They reached the shore in
safety, and the woman triumphed; but
the Mohawk chief looked upon her in
scorn. ''The Great Spirit is merciful,"
he said; she knows that the white wo-
man cannot hold her peace."-Youth's
Companion.
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Mother and ViIe.

In no country in the world have moth
ers more power than in China, and in no
place is filial affection more shown How
Qua, though 40 years old. obeys his
mother as well as when he was 10, and
he would not think of going out at night
without asking her permission. Not long
ago he was invited to our consulate for
dinner. He replied: II would like to
come. but cannot tell till | ask my
mamma" Still, How Qua is nearly so
and his mother SO. The Chinese mother
selects the bride for her son, and How
Qua, during his visit, seemed much
prouder of his mother than his wife.
He introduced us to the old lady, who
was sitting in chair wrapped in furs
and powdered and painted. Her seat
looked out upon her flower garden and
she had two maids beside her. Upon her
cloth cap was great button of diamonds
as large as the biggest full blown rose
and of about the same shape. 1t was
made of numerous stones and the central
one was as large as the egg of robin.
Pearls hung in her ears, and what inter-
ested us most were the golden lilies"
which shone out beneath her embroid-
cred petticoat. Golden lilies" is the
Chinese expression for the smallest of
ladies' feet, and Nine. How Qua had
shoes not more than two inches in dame
ter. Their soles were round rather than
oblong, and their tops were embroidered
in silver and silk. They were so small
that she could not walk alone, and this
old lady. who has for years controlled
a fortune greater than that possessed by
Miss Mary Garrett or Mrs. Mark Hop
kins, cannot move from one room to an
other without the assistance of her maids.
Frank q. CARPENTER,
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11
Pompeiians Liked Roast Pig.

The citizens of ancient Pompeii knew
what was good. They relished roast pig.
A family in that aristocratic city, one of
the F. F. P.'s, perhaps, were about to
dine on the rich and succulent dish on
the very day that the restless Titan under
Mount Vesuvius expectorated from his
fiery lungs the shower of red hot ashes
which entombed the Pompeiians in their
dwellings. The pig was being cooked,
and was probably nearly done at the
time, when the volcanic storm burst in
and spoiled it.
This is not matter of conjecture, for
a mass of indurated lava and ashes has
been found in stew pan standing on a
cooking stove in the kitchen of a disin-
tered house, and on opening the lump a
perfect mold of a sucking porker was
disclosed. A cast was taken of the hol-
low and the result was fac-simile in
plaster of the little animal, which had
been trussed in scientific style, and is
supposed, from the shape Of the matrix,
to have been just ready for the table,
Chicago Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11
What Is q Good BookS

A good book is one that interests YOU.
One in which the bright rather than
the dark side Of life is shown.
One that makes you see how mean are
the small vices of life and how despio-
able are the great sins.
One that glorifies virtue in woman and
honor in man.
One in which the good are rewarded
and the wicked are made to suffer-suf-
fering, by the by, that may be of the
conscience-or in more material way, a
reward given either on earth or prom
ised for the future.
One which convinces you that this
world is filled with good men and good
women.
One that breathes forth the goodness of
a Creator. and respects his all governing
laws.
One that makes you feel you ara meet
ing real people-people who elevate your
thoughts as you associate with them.-
Ladies Home Journal.
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"A School for HOusomaids

Housemaids should be taught that
some OF the new securing soaps. and es-
pecialy that housewives treasure. soon
centrated lye," will take off paint or color
stains from floors and bath tub ledges
when we get the new high school after
MISS Charlotte Pendleton's heart, all girls
VIII be taught the defensive effects of
potash and strong soda. Until then you
had better caution the housemaid. while
putting the indispensable touches of the
I've (potash) to either bedstead Stats or
closet corners, that it must not be dropped
on stained boards or painted surfaces. as
IL Will leave bare or white spots when
tne stain is "scalded" off by the I've.
House painters use potash, in fact. to
clean OH a surface that they are about to
paint Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
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Color and Music Allied.

1t is well known to all who have studied
music that there are three fundamental
notes, viz: The first, third and fifth of
the scale, represented in the natural key
of G major by the letters G, E and G..
These notes, when sounded together, pro-
duce the common chord, and are the
foundation of all harmony in musical
composition. So it is in chromatics-
there are likewise only three funda-
mental colors-blue, red and yellow,
forming the triad, whence arises all har.
mony in painting.-Dry Goods Chronicle.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11

Sprains are among the most severe
accidents to which we are liable. When
a joint is sprained swelling comes on
gradually. In dislocation the swelling
and loss OF motion of the joint happens
Immediately after the accident. A
sprained limb should be kept perfectly
quiet To prevent Inflammation use
poultices Of wormwood, hops or tansy.-
Herald of Health.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11

To Tell the Day Of tho Week Of Any Date.
Take the last two figures of the year,
add a quarter of this, disregarding the
fraction; add the date of the month and
to this add the figure in the following
list. one figure standing for each month:
8-6-6-24-0-2-5-1-3-6-1. Divide the sum by
seven and the remainder will give the
number of the day in the week, and when
there is no remainder the day will be
Saturday.
AS an example take March 10, 1890.
Take 80, add %. add 10, add 6. This
gives 1877, which divided by 2 leaves q
remainder of 4, which is the number of
the day, or Wednesday. - Providence
TELEGRAM.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11
Fantastic Handwriting.

A little English girl years old writes
with her left hand, and writes backward,
as characters are reflected in mirror
from ordinary writing. Her friends have
to read them by means of a looking glass.
The child was taught writing with sis
ter, but would do things her own way,
with the result that she writes fuently
in this fantastic way.-Montreal Star.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11
STUDYING Nature.

"Ouida's" first work was sold for $3.50,
and Mr.. Tinsley says she vas glad to get
as much. He adds that how she OBJ
tanned her close acquaintance with the
manners and customs of those languid
heroes, whose manners belong to the
mess room, was by invitingiyoung Off.
GERS to her mothers house to dine and
smoke. She would entreat them - lear
ry on" just as If no ladies were present,
and while they took full advantage OF
her permission she noted their peculiayi-
ties for literary use in the future.-Ssn
Francisco Argonaut.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11
Good for the LAWYERS.

Under the extradition treaty with Can
ada almost any sort of criminal charge
will extradite, land those planning offenses
against the law will be obliged to take the
advice of a criminal lawyer. Indeed, the
treaty is good thing for the lawyers,
and they will, no doubt, charge regular
fee for advising a criminal to go to Mex
leo instead of to Canada.-Detroit Free
Procs
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11
A Diplomatic Answer.

Editor latter a discussion about the
spelling of a word)EWell, you wouldn't
take my say SO, but you had to see
whether was wrong by looking in the
dictionary.
Reporter did not look to see if you
were wrong, sir, but to see whether or
not was right.-Epoch.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11
A Blind Mans Gift.

A true story is told of wool dealer
who, after the loss of his sight, became
better judge of wool than he was be-
fore, visited Melbourne in 1881, and dur
ing ten weeks bought more than $780,
600 worth of wool, doing all the business
it Notwithstanding, exchange and ship
ping-without a broker.-London It'd
Bits.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11

1t has been observed that snow is de-
structlve OF marble statuary; and this
may be due. In part at least, to the re-
Gently discovered fact that snow absorbs
sulphurous acid. according to Herr
Sentner. becomes ozonized into sulph,lric
acid. In the neighborhood Of gas works
the results are likely to be more marked.
NV York Telegram.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11
Goods for Children,s Dresses.

There are pretty fannels in the market
that retail at twenty-five cents, wash
like linen. and make very serviceable
dresses for children. It is not necessary
to buy dull grays. The cream grounds
striped with rose. lilac, orange or brown
are SO much more suitable for baby wear
and keep clean quite long tims,-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11
Beefy Discipline.

Col. Ruff-Well. I've met my man and
got my money.
Maj. Meek-How on earth did You
manage him?
Col R-By the bovine method.
Maj. M.-And what IL that?
Col R-oowed him BY bullying him.
-Rittlhprg Hpllain.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11
It was No Man,s LAND.

"This fine farm, remarked Cumso, a.
ne showed friend around the suburbs,
sis sort of no mans land"
"Whys it looks as though it had an
owner
$50 it has; but the owner il = widow
Judge,
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11

Land In the financial section Of Broad
way, New York, recently cold at the rate
Of q. DOC. 900 ner acre.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11
From The Times. Aug. 10, 1877.
IA chin Iorniv,n To-k .

Tfo1II 1Ho IIIueS. AtIg. 10, I61-.
The ship Jemima, Capt Bowles with iron rails
and cutlery, from Ujji, arrived this morning She
brings with her a gentleman and his dog, who
were discovered by Capt. Bowles' son Thomas, on
a desert island where they had been cast away
ten years ago
There is no reason now why this con-
fession. written on that island, should be
kept from the public. Pickle is agree
able to its publication; and if she is not
ashamed OF her share in the story, l am
sure need not be.-George R. Simms.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-11

| Vic IlcdI I'll EuS.
"You shan't have that bone again at
all, if you don't answer" cried the
master, angrily.
For moment the dog cooked her head
on one side. and appeared to be thinking;
then she resumed her narrative, but in a
hesitating, timorous manner, not usual
with her when talking.
Ibid any one see the-ah-accident
Pickle?"
"No; but Tommy Bowles' father and a
neighbor who'd dropped in said they'd
heard you threaten to do it over and over
again. Then one of them said, 'Ah, if
that dog of his could speak, it would tell
us all about it, warrant and them
go on, go on!'
"Hush! Perhaps somebody listening. Z"
"Whisper"
swell, then the detective jumped up
and said, BY Jove! it wouldn't be the
first dog who'd hanged mani and then
said presently. If that dog saw it done
and ten to one she did-I'n have it out
of her, see if DON'T"
what did he mean, Pickle?"
"Why. he's found out that you Won
Glabenize me, and make me talk; and
he'll do the same if he catches me. When
heard this, master, sneaked out of
the room and ran for my life: and |
went, on! sucn long way roun0, ana
waited till it was quite dark, for fear he
should see me come in; and that's what
made me SO late. may finish that bone
now, maynt IY'
Freeing the dog from control, the
young man flung himself heavily into a
chair. His position was desperate The
little harmless dog. gnawing away at its
bone as Il nothing had happened. had
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-01-06

The Stanton Hall Company held their
annual meeting last Saturday, at which
time the following directors were elected
to serve the ensuing year: VIM. Y.
Cranston, VIM. Chandler, Charles Z.
Dickey, John w. Mitchell, Albin Sat.
terthwaite, VIM. II. Robinson, Samuel
Mccoy, Gilbert W. Chambers and Joseph
| ii. Kirk.
The report of the financial committee
showed the company to be in excellen,
tinan clal condition. The report showed
the resources OF the company to be 70
0ls. S. and the liabilities, including stock,
a, 2S5.63. This leaves gain OF 1874. ..
, in three years. or since organization, L
, was decided to pay no dividends at pres
ent, but to continue using the surplu
, towards liQuidating the debt.
The amount OF stock was limited a
one thousand dollars, and As there wa
! but six hundred and eigh'y-iive dollar
4 paid up 1t was decided to give the pres
- ent members the preference In buying
a The members present immeuiatei
avaied themselves Of the privilege to I'd
extent OF twenty-oue shares, leaving hu
: iorty-two more to be taken, which, II
:. thought, will be subscribed in le'
y days. The above statement shows Una
y what Is thought to be by many sinkin
p Investment will, with continued goo
'c management, eventually tie iinanrii
success. j. II. X.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-01-06

The cornerstone Of the chspc, OF the
Coed shepherd, adjoining Blshopstead,
Fourteenth aud Orange streets, was laid
at 4 o'clock yesterday aiterno II, with
simple but impressive ceremonial OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church. III. Sev.
leighton Coleman, Bishop Of Delaware,
o,iiclated, aud wAs assisted by the Pro-
iestaut Episcopal CLERGY Of this city.
only lew spectators were present ihn
stone ls eautilul specimen of brandy
vino granite, the outer surface, which Is
highly polished, bearing the inscription,
-. D.. ts"o " 1t WAS the gilt oi Milo
". Loskc.
The leupth Of the chapel Is 2s feet
width Of nave. "A feet q inches; SIZE Of
yes,ry room, 7x6 feet. AZ the chanc FL
the width will be y feet u Inches. The
chapel will be east and wes'.
The design provides lor q nave, porch,
chaucel and yestry, sulmouniel by a
coppcr-covered splie, with III aliioliatci
| cross, the elevation OF which viii b1 10
/ feet from the ground, The chafel VIII
seat 10 persons. Bishop Coleman wi !
| have private entrance TO the chapel
from his study which Is III tue south.
eastern portion OF il residence. COY.
cred vest,bulc Will lead to the public yea
;ihule, which Will he eltylel ilom the
Fourteenth street side.
The neat little edinee WAS 1esIgned by
4 g. y. Burns, Jr, Philadelph . arohi-
rrct, who was sDhoolna'o OF Bishop
CO emau. W. II. iuulk X Son are the
contractors, A. $. Reed Is doing III hti,k
work, aud Miller ~ jenkins ate doing
the plumbing.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-01-06

The Third street bridge draw was not
put in operation this morning for travel
As It was announced In morning paper
that it would be. About II o'clock this
forenoon q representative OF the kEpub-
LIcAN called down At the bridge to see
how matters stood, expecting TO see the
draw sw ngiug back and forth and loot
men aud teams passing and repassing::
Here 10 what he saw. The draw OIL and
pointing up and down The creek. IL
looked very pretty, poised a. II on .
pivot. .,,
The grea! iron braces In the middle re-
srmble n kind Of double "W' mono
gram. The braces are painted alter
nately pale green aud maroon color.
Considering that it is TO be operated by
electricity there seemed TO be very little
machinery about 1t. The electric motor
il said to work all right. Some men
wrre at work with AIDES and hammers on
tie draw. Tic ratings for the foot
walks have not been put up yet. The
approaches 10 the bridge were tom
M and piled with lumber. A man with
hammer and chsel was cutting Il square
foundation in a stone In the west abut-
ment for the reception OF an iron plate.
seeing uAublN tioo ia W." ~
gate, ihe KgruBLiCAN representative
asked:
"Iiow long before tho draw will be
ready for traycl3'
"About week yet, said the man
with the chieel.
"Why, see it was to have started
this morning" said the man with The
pencil. ..
'Oa, yes, 50 jill I; but ! don know
why they said so, for II is not ready yet, :.
said the man with the hammer.
iDoes the electric motor work eats'
factorily," asked the man with the pen
ell.
ayes, so far as It has been tried, but Y
may take some time 10 re-adjust II yet,
said the mau with the hammer.
Here the conversation ended, and Al
the man with the pencil started TO leav'
he raw II man come down In carrisg'
to cross. He stopped his team ant
looked Tor some t me, and turning roun'
he went away mutttring something tina
didn't square strictly with orthodo'
morality.