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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-25
FORCE IN SILENCE.
How John Randolph Defeated Campbell.
the Scotch LOgician.

the Scotch Logician.
In painting the great picture OF the
sacrifice of lphigenia the artist, it is
said, exhausted the emotions of grief
and horror in the faces of the bystanders.
He has left nothing unsaid. How
can he depict her fathers sorrow?"
asked anxiously his friends who were
watching the development of the
picture. He threw mantle over Aga
memnOn's face. The blank silence was
more effective than any pictured woe.
One OF the most extraordinary effects
produced by absolute silence is recorded
in the reports of a convention in which
the foremost men of Virginia took part
John Randolph had measure to carry
in which he looked for the opposition of
Alexander Campbell, afterward founder
OF large sect. man then noted for his
scholarship and power in debate.
Randolph had never seen the Scotch
logician. but he had heard enough of
him to make him and his partisans un-
easy. When. therefore, the gaunt
stranger first rose to speak in the con.
vention, Randolph looked at him with
such an air of alarm as to attract the
whole attention of the convention. and
as he glanced around seemed to be ask.
iSg for sympathy in his coming defeat.
He then composed himself to listen in
rapt attention.
Campbell, aware of this by-play, hest.
tated and lost the thread of his argu.
ment. Randolph's face by turns as he
listened expressed WEAKNESS, indiffer.
ence and finally unspeakable contempt,
He leaned back and yawned. Campbell
sat down hastily. He had lost the
whole force of his speech. Not word
had been spoken, but he was defeated.
Youths Companion.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-25
THE MISTLETOE.
Enough of 1t Growing in This Country
for All FestaI Purposes.

for All FestaI Purposes.
There is mistletoe growing in our
own country quite good enough to am
swer all the festal purposes of the
mistletoe descended from that which
the old Druids in their white robes cut
with golden sickle just after the new
of the moon, and distributed for charms
against all evil to their believing tribes.
1t is not, indeed, the true and ancient
mistletOe; but it takes bOtanist and
good one to tell you why not; and it is
quite as interesting in it's appearance.
with the long olive-like leaves and the
singular translucent berry with CLEAN
of green in it's wilderness, something be-
tween moOnstOne and pale cat's-eye
quartz in tint. 1t grows any where in
the Virginia ATTITUDES, abounds upon
the mesquite in Texas, and is usually
to be found in the Washington flower
market through the Christmas holidays.
The plant is certainly beautiful and
curious; but except for its parasitical
origin and growth, which gave it sort
of a mystery to the unlearned and prim-
tive mind, it is difficult to see why ii
ever attained such eminence as it had,
although it is true that the Druids gave
it generation only when found growing
on the oak, which was sacred to the sun
the Druidical worship and that of the
old Persians having much in common;
but it held with them, for whatever
reason, an important part in the great
rites of the winter solStice, correspond
ing to our Christmas festivities. One of
the old northern myths makes the dart
which killed the beautiful Balder out OF
the mistletoe, which alone of all nature
had not been bound to do him no harm,
possibly as showing that there is moth
ing in the universe without significance,
and with Him there is no great nor
small" Nowadays the strange plant is
found less often on the oak than on the
apple tree, where it kills out whole
orchards. being all but indestructible it,
self, and living just as long as there is
any sap in the tree it has chosen; in
some regions it has, indeed, become
more profitable to raise and sell than
the apples would be. In England, and
in the wild state, it is most often sown
by the misselthrush; but it is raised
artifcially by crushing the berries on a
bough, to which their glutinous matter
adheres and where they generate: others
make slit with penknife on the
underside of a branch, so that it may
not be observed by the birds. and there
insert the seed, and something of a
weird and mysterious character is seen
in species of intelligence manifested
by it, since, in whatever direction the
seed is pointed, the radical will turn
toward the surface, and fasten itself in
such manner as to draw the most nutri-
ment it can and it has even been sue
cessfully grated upon another miseltoe.
That it should still have part in our
Christmas keeping is owing to the fact
that we always have a tenderness to-
ward the customs of our ancestors
Harper's Bazaar.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-25
THE LITTLE STROUD.
Why Mothers Darling Could Not Sleep
in His Grave.

Why Mothers Darling Could Not Sleep
in His Grave.
There was once woman who had a
little son about seven years old, who
was SO lovely and beautiful that no one
could look upon him without being kind
to him. and he was dearer to her than
all the world beside. 1t happened that
he suddenly fell i'll and died, and his
mother would not be comforted. but
wept for him day and night. Shortly
after he was buried he showed himself
at night in the place where he had been
used in his lifetime to sit and play, and
when his mother wept he wept also, and
when the morning came he departed
Since his mother never ceased weeping.
the child came one night in the little
white shroud in which he had lain in his
coffin, and with the chaplet upon his
head, and seating himself at her feet
upon the bed, be cried
"Oh, mother, mother, give over cry
ing or else [ can not stop in my cof-
lin, for my shroud is never dry because
OF your tears, for they fall upon it,
When the mother heard this she was
sore afraid and wept no more. And
the babe came upon another night,
holding in his hand little taper, and he
said:
Look. mother, my shroud is nowquite
dry and can rest in my grave.'
Then she bowed to the will of Provi-
dence and bore her sorrow with silence
and patience, and the little child re.
turned not again. but slept in his under
ground bed 70, mo- Eoll. oro
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-25
How He Made His Money.

"Mr. Faber,' said the old millionaire
eyes, sir" answered his private Sec
rotary.
"Here are fifty begging letters. An.
swer them all with refusal"
eyes, SIR"
"And you will observe that every one
has two-cent stamp inclosed for re-
ply"
''Yes SIR
"Well, answer them all on post
cards. It'd Bits.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-25
Effects of Anthropotoxine.

Every one knows that the air of a
close room in which many persons are
sitting becomes bad, and that it is in!
furious. For long time the injurious
effects have been attributed to carbo mic
acid gas, but recent experiments con-
Quoted by capable observers would seem
to show that this is an error. It has
been found that air containing very
large amounts of pure carbonic acid gag
can be breathed with absolute impunity.
but that air spoiled by the breathing OF
human beings contains small quantities
OF one or more very poisonous substances
to which Prof. Debois- Raymond has
given the name anthropotoxine, or hu-
man poison. To this alone is due tho
nervousness of the air in unventilate1
rooms. Recent experiments of French
scientists show that this poison comes
from the lungs. But the fact that the
poison has been named, and that we know
just where it comes from, doesn't make il
any more wholesome.-Chicago Her
aid.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-25
And He Probably Did.

ImpecGAious Dude-Fd like to put
this gold-headed cane in soak.
Pawnbroker examining it and hand
ing it baclx)-In that case I guess you'll
have to keep on carrying one end of it
in your mouth, my friend. Chicago
Tribune.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-25
Quite q Difference.

American girls come cheaper than
Circassian maidens."
.'What do you mean?"
why, the Sultan of Turkey buys Cir
cassians. but we often read of American
girls being presented to Queen Vic
toria- IN. Y. Sun.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-25
No Better Evidence Possible.

Mrs. Billus-John, you don't seem
AZ grateful for that box of cigars
you for birthday present
Billus Tin anguish of soul)-Not
a o"ful, Maria? Thunder! Amt smok-
81 Anem?-Chicago Tribune.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-25
Harmonious Inharmoniousness.

He-Dr. Pulpit surpassed himself to-
day. Grand ideas and beautifully clothed
beautifully clothed!
She (aroused from profound medita-
tion)-What did you say dear? Oh,
yes, to be sure. DIR. Pulpit's clothes.
He does dress well-elegantly. But was
just thinking what dowdy his wife
looked. Really. she's disgrace to the
church.-Texas Siftings.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-25
"A guest at a TAMPA FLA bote

"A guest at Tampa (Fla.) hotel
arose in his-sleep and walked about the
city for hours without waking. When
discovered he was trying to go into
foundry, claiming that he had slept
there. be was finally led to his bed,
and on awaking in the morning was as
tonlshed on being informed of his ad-
ventures
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-25
1t Did Not Apply.

Attorney-Yonr Honor, my client is a
sufferer from that most distressing NAL
ady, kleptomania.
Magistrate-O, nonsense. He is a
poor. man, and stole a ham.-Yenowine' q
News.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-25
Likely to Inspire Confidence.
;ustomer-How much?

Customer-How much?
Druggist-Seventy cents. By the
way, L wish you would tell me, next
time you happen in. whether this helps
your bronchitis or not | filled the
same prescription last week for a man
whose corns were troubling him.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-25
Seven women and eleven men

Seven women and eleven men re-
Gently stepped from Pullman sleep.
r at Cincinnati in their stocking feet.
'hey made immediate tracks for cabs.
leaked out that the porter bad taken
leir shoes into a forward car to shine
I'D lad forgotten TO return before the
sleeper was switched of at Columbus
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-03-07

To II. Booth, d D.. Huston. Thos. Bow
ers, j. j. Reinmouth, Mrs. Mary Me
Caderty, John Johnson ADD any other
interested persons:
Yon are hereby notified that the trus.
tees Of the townsite of Lordsburg have
named March Goth az the date at which
al probate judge deeds for lots in the
tow nsite Of Lordsburg must be taken from
their custody and the charges and fees
thereon paid.
If by hat date ron do not come for
ward aud pay the tees and charges on
your deeds they will he returned to the
probate Judge and the lots covered by
them will he entered on the Inst Of unsold
lots and offered for sale at public auction
to the highest bidder.
THE TRUSTEES OF THE TOwNsITE OF
LORDsBURG.
By BEN TITUs. 5 cretary
Dated st LoRDsBURG, New Mexico,
March 8. 1890
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-03-07

A petition to congress has been e%irculat
ed around town, and generally sIgn-d,
for the severance Of Arizona from the Fl
Paso customs district, thereby making il
an in ependent district -Stockman.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-03-07

drove. The pay streak is about % feet
vide. The ore Is free smelling and carr
ries lead. silver. bromidts and chlmides.
sampliuR over 800. There are about ten
tons on the dump. The property is situ-
ated in the Copper mountain mining dis
trict at tbe head Of Gold eulch.
J q. Van Orden j. going to erect a bath
house asa fixture to hls barber shop
Pablo Salcido points proudly to bic well
assorted stock Of merchandise aud Says
that be has FRESH goods on the road all The
time.
NAHANr.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-03-07

THE New Mexican is making a vigor-
Gus effort to show that the railway mail
service Of the west Is in a bad way,
principally because the railway mail clerks
are overworked. A pointer in this matter:
There Is but one clerk on the Southern
Pacific train between Los Angeles and
81 Paso and be has to work over thirty
hours on a stretch. bow is this for being
overWorked?
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-03-07

tx the district court proceedings this
week we give extracts from and the moSt
interesting points in the grand jury re
port. 1t will be noticed that the grand
jury bears down particularly hard on the
petit iuries which have been so reckless
in scquittiug prisoners. The course Of
the petit juries has been most r%eprebensi-
bic and unless there Is a change and a few
criminals convicted there will BE- a home
here for all the hard citizens in the coun-
try. Another point in regard to the mat
ter is the terrible expense Of running a
lawless county. The taxes are high
enough now and if crime increases there
is no telling how high they will 20.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-03-07

The senate has made the following con-
armations: Chief justice Of the supreme
court Of New Mexico, James O'Brien Of
Minnesota; associate Justice Of the an
preme court Of Arizona, Joseph H Kibby;
United States attorney. Harry r. leffords
Of Arizona. What is the matter with
Jadee LEI? The answer does not seem to
be sall right"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-03-07

AT Santa. lie u Mexican justice OF the
peace was tried in the district court for
packing a gun. and at Las Cruces another
Mexican j. p. lie 10 the chain gang for re-
fnsiDg to obey an order of the district
court. Slowly but surely Il is being beat
into the Mexican head that there is a DIFF
ference between the modern justice Of
the peace and the ancient alcslde.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-03-07

Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup for
children terthing, Is the prescription OF ONE
Of the best female nurses and physicians
il the United States, and has been used
for forty years with never failing success
by millions of mothers for their children.
During the process Of reclining its vein" is
incalculable. II relieves the children from
pain. cures lyseutfry and diarrhoea. grip
ing ia thu bowels and wind collie By piv-
ing health to the child it rests tho mother.
Price 25c. a bottle.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-03-07

TurRE have been thirty-nine bodies,
the rctims Of the Walnut Grove dam dis
aster. fouod and buried. It is thought
there we're at least a dozen more victims
whose bodies have not been recovered.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-03-07

rortify your System against disease,
with Wright's Conc pound Syrup of Sar-
stparilla. Ciednses and enriches the
Wood and gives % new impetus to life.
sid at Eagle drug store.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-03-07
MIEIEG MATTERS.

Reports from varioas C-amps-Items Of
General Interest TO Miners.
The latest Quotations are: Silver 959s
copper IA so. lead 3 IS.
Col. HuIiBg left last Friday night for
OIL City and other eastern points. He in.
tends to be gone about six weeks.
W. T. Fondy. who is largely interested
in mining properties at Galley vile, was in
town this week and vent down to that
camp ard has set a pumber Of men to
work on his properties. Gailyville was
once a large producer, and the mineral is
yet in the ground which wall make 1t az
important place.
superintendent Enstice Of Carlisle in
forms the Liberal that the report which
has been published to the effect that The
Carlisle company had ordered the sinking
Of a 1000 foot exploration shaft was iu-
correct. The doubtless grew out
The fact that MIR. Eustice bad recommend
ed such a shaft. The company has not as
yet acted upon the superintendent's rec
ommendation.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-03-07
CLIFTON oULLIEas.

The Copper King co%mpauy's rs ton
smelter was ''blown in" last Monday as
an experimental test Of the machinery and
furnace.
Anastacia Mellenudo was convicted be-
fore Justice Slas for the theft of three bot
ties Of beer from the company store and
sentenced to Jail for twelve and a half
days.
Mrs. +. J. Baker has entirely recovered
from the serious attack of paralysis that
she suffered from and is attending to the
wants of the p%atrous of the Grand Hotel.
To say that her numerous friends rejoice
because Of her recovery is but to feebly
express a fact.
Miss Grace Brown, a sister of the Brown
brothers who lost their lives in The Walnut
Grove disaster has gone to Prescott to at
tend to the interment Of her brothers.
She met her father, who resides in Colo
RADIO, at Albuquerque and jourueyed from
thence on to the scene of the calamity
The sympathy Of th.s community attend,
her, and her relatives, on her sad mission.
That prince Of army officers (Gen.
Miles) has enshrined himself in the hearts
Of the citizens of this territory by cham
pioDinR the cause OF the people of Anzona.
in the attempt being made at Washington
by Gen. Crook, Catspaw 1t. Kennon, Fl
al to have that pions. devout, meek, limo.
cent ard harmless cless leader aud Suhda,
school teacher Geronimo. returned 20 ou.
midst Nos m,l not be CONN All,
known 0rt-i3- o. irz ua AtE
co that he char.c'ri of piiir w psrs3D
fed by G ropimo fh- 'suuiay .lo
Teacher is . auslt4 o@r-aoiogl ta
will meyer be beiey iln Ihe blood j.
our friends and nsishbors-l3 m D. D. ~
ton, Ford. Dick Mass Wind M ana o..
Dutcher Bro. - be uas s.cn6c 4 or th
altar OF ms 'rrhRiou" cries 10 thu"iem
TONES against IL
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-03-07


Persons who nave 4 cold ARE much more
hkei, 10 take TIE influenza Or 20 called, la
grippe.
lis much more severe when accompan-
led by a cold.
The most cgitical time ia when recover
ing from tbe disease, as slight exposure
will often cause a relapse add tina, is az
most certain to end IN lung fever or pneu-
mona.
The feet should he Kept dry aud warm,
the body well clothed aud care used to
avoid exposure.
The bowels should be kept regular and
persons physicaliy weak should take qui-
nine to Keep up tac vitality.
With the precautions and a frye use Of
Chainbeflain's eongh remedy a prompt re-
covery is reasonably certain. That rem
edyls onequaled for "a ,evere cold and this
di,ease requires precisely tbs SANS treat
ment. Por sale ut Eagle drug store.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-03-07

Weighed in the Balance and found A
Perfec' Dentifrice Wright's Myrrh Tooth
Soap Preserves the teeth, removes tar
tar. DESTROYS bacteria Of the mouth. Sold
az EAqle drng store.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-03-07
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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-03-07

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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-03-07

Almost every one is nov interested in
knowing the proper treatment for this dis
ease. According to the best authorities it
requires precisely the same treatment as a
severe cold, and 1T Is generally known that
there is nothing better for severe cold
than Chamberlain cough remedv taken
as directed. Extreme care should be TAX
p q to keep the feet dry and warm, the
body well clothed and to avoid exl osure,
especially when recovering from the DIS
ease, and to keep Up the vitality. Per
sons physically weak should take tonics to
keep up their strength. Its also import
ant thst the bowels BE- kept regular. 10
Ordinary case IS likely to require any fur
Their treatment than this to insure a com-
plete recover. For sale ut Eagle drug
store.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01

A young teacher in an intermediate school
wished to communicate with teacher at one
of the grammar schools about a mile away.
For this purpose she chose one of her bright
scholars and dispatched him with note di
rected to the young Indy. When the messen.
ger arrived at his destination the teacher
CHANGED to be illustrating some lesson to her
pupils at the blackboard. She therefore sent
word to the boy to take a chair. When at
leisure she summoned the boy, who was sup
posed to be seated in the corridor, but he had
disappeared. The young lady was nouplused,
but the mystery was solved when, some time
later, the boy returned bearing with him the
chair which had been given him to sit upon.
He had accepted the invitation "tO take a
chair" and had carted it upon his shoulders
back to the school he came from. The teacher,
after she had recovered from the shock of
seeing him drag the strange chair up TO her
and deposit it by her side with conscious air
of duty well performed, had sent him back
with it. He was pretty well tired out when
he returned, and his only explanation was a
sob, and you told me to take it. "-Provi-
dence Journal