The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-02-07
HINTS FOR AMATEURS.
Things That inexperienced SpOrtsmeI
Should Make Note OF.


Should Make Note OF.
An excellent treatment for bullet
wound is to wash the wound clean and
cover with clean muslin saturated with
solution of carbolic acid or alcohol.
The great object is to keep the wound
clean and protected from the air. Do
not foolishly probe for the bullet. 1t
AN be better extracted after the heal
ing of the wound.
To extract fish hooks from your flesh
or clothing cut the leader free and push
the hook on through, depressing the
upper end so as to bring the point out as
near as possible to where it went in.
Don't try to pull the hook back over the
barb.
Thirst can be abated by the eating of
acid fruits or plants. The chewing of
twigs, banks or leaves of trees and
shrubs will also afford temporary relief.
Snow and ice aggravate the thirst by
chilling and closing the salivary glands.
Learn to shoot without shutting your
yes when you pull the trigger. Begin
2erS will find it hard to do this, but it
must be done.
In sighting either shotgun or rifle the
eft eye should be closed, except in the
Use of left-handed persons; then the
light eye should be closed. Some men
.ep both eyes open, but the majority
shooters and all the crack shots close
he left eye.
An extra pair of socks are handy on
ne-day outing trip. Then, with your
hoes nicely dried at any lady hosts
Ere, you will be in comfort for the next
morning on your way home.
Avoid sleeping in close rooms. Keep
he apartment we'll ventilated. Let in
fresh air, but keep out of the draught.
When out shooting carry a small
square of channels skin saturated with
pure oil. Then you are prepared to well
grease your gun in case of rain-storm
Nature.
Think Twice Before Writing.
1t is always difficult to make people
appreciate the fact-which is certainly
4 fact-that things said in the black
and-white forcefulness and permanence
Of a letter are far more effective than
hey would have been if they had been
spoken. The writer meant them just as
he would have meant them had he said
them, and he does not in the least re-
fleet that by the loss of accent, look and
gesture, the thing he writes may be
widely different from the thing he would
have said. There have been countless
quarrels engendered by things written
in all innocence, and which would have
had no such effect had they been deliv-
cred by the living voice. People vent
their petulance in word, and easily cor
rect the impression by following it with
smile of apology, a glance that soft
ens or word which modifies. All of
these things are, of course, wanting in
the case of letter. The words tell for
their worst, and in the absence of the
writer there is nothing to moderate the
annoyance to which they give RISE
Liverpool Courier.
How Diamonds Are Split.
The diamond has grade of cleavage
plane, the same as most mineral or
crystalline substances, and hence it is
possible to split or divide one into two
or more parts. Sometimes large piece
is removed at once from gem by split
ting, but it is process attended with
much risk. To accomplish this matter
the stone is carefully studied and it's
line OF cleavage ascertained; it is placed
in hardened cement, in the proper posi-
ton. and the sharp edge of a steel
chisel, resembling razor, is carefully
adjusted so that the division will be at
the points desired, and sharp rap with
hammer is given it. Perhaps no more
costly blow may be struck in any
mechanical work than this, for in ma
nipulating large diamond, if it is un-
skillfully given a gem OF several thous-
and dollars value may be spoiled
Memphis Scimeter.
hen man has done good thing,
ne sits down to rest, but when he has
done bad thing, he loses no time in
doing another.
If your heart is larger than your
head you injure yourself, and if YOUR
head is larger than your heart you in