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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
Lime Water and Milk,

When the stomach is intolerant of
food, it is the general practice of ply
sicians to order lime water to be
given with milk; and, if they are
rightly given, they are almost always
well borne. But, unless duly instruct
ed as to the necessary proportions Of
each, the majority of people are quite
sure to make the mistake of not using
enough lime water 1t is, of course,
only of value as an ant-acid; and it is
but very slightly alkaline. AS COM
pared with the bicarbonate of soda an
ordinary dose of the same is equivalent
to six ounces of lime water. So a
tablespoonful of the latter in cup of
milk-the scanty proportion used by
many in sickness-is really of no
value. To obtain an action of any
moment, it is necessary in giving
milk and lime water to have the mix
ture contain the latter in the proper
ton of at least one-third. Very often
where they are in equal parts the milk
is vomited up in hard, sour curds, in
which event, if the mixture has not
been given too freely, it is best to use
stronger ant-acid. Bicarbonate of
soda is good substitute, and about a
teaspoonful should be dissolved in a
large cupful of water, and that solu-
ton be added to the milk in place of
the lime water.-Boston Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
Whv Mortar Hartlens.

Until very recently it was held by
most engineers and architects that the
qualification of mortars took place in
consequence of the absorption of car
bonic acid gas by the lime during the
process of crystallization, but it has
been fairly objected to this theory that
the quantity of carbonic acid gas con.
tanned in the atmosphere which could
be brought into contact with large
body of cement would not suffice to
saturate the latter. The generally re-
ceived opinion on the subject now is
that lime hardens simply in conse-
quence of the combination with water
which takes place during the slacken-
ing, and that the rapidity of the set
ting and the permanence of the newly
formed hydrate of lime depends upon
it's being combined with some other
salt; the pure hydrate Of lime is, in
fact, soluble, the hydrated silicate of
lime is tolerably insoluble, but it forms
slowly, while the hydrated double sill
icate of lime and alumina, or of lime
and magnesia, are practically insolu-
BILE. This may be taken as an explana-
ton of the general conditions which
arise, but the obscure subject of the
chemical action which takes place
under the influence of high degrees of
temperature has not yet been thor
Ougly investigated, and offers most
interesting field of experiment and re-
search.-New York Star.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
Deep Breathing.

Deep inhalation is said to be the key
to health and beauty. Breathing,
like learning, is a dangerous thing
taken in small draughts. Breathe, as
we'll as drink, deep if you would be
refreshed. Men of science frequently
assert that, if we breathed properly
we would have no impure blood.
How is this deep breathing done9 by
what process? Simply thus Stand,
inhale deeply, fully, completely. As
you do SO, let the waist expand, and
don't be afraid to have the abdomen
protrude. At the last of the inhala-
ton let don't make the chest expand
Let the air out gradually, and repeat
the operation five or ten times. T[e
who thinks he must begin inhalation
by making the chest spread, falls into
serious error, because this course
prevents complete inhalation. Thirty
or forty deep inhalations every mora
ing in as pure air as possible, will do
more to keep the circulation of the
blood good, the blood itself pure, the
lungs we'll and strong, and the move
ments of the secretions active, than all
the medicine any one can take"
Ladies who incase themselves in cor
sets which narrow their waists to pain
full proportions, or no proportions at
all, cannot practice deep inhalation
Neither is it for the tailor made girl
she has all she can do to breathe at all,
and stagger under the weight OF
heavy skirts which hang upon her
hustle. Halls Journal of Health.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
A Poisonous Practice.

If housekeepers everywhere would
start and maintain crusade against the
sale of undrawn poultry in the markets
OR by farmers, it would work most
wholesome hygienic reform. 1t is a
vicious practice, an abuse, in fact, that
people have endured, as they have many
other abuses, because there is no remedy
except in concerted action or legislation.
1t is impossible to keep undrawn poul-
try even few hours without the begin
ming of putrefaction from the effects o.
the gases from the undigested food in
the ''crop' and intestines. The longer
it is kept, the more of the poison goes
into the flesh, and, in the majority OF
cases, the poultry that reaches the
kitchen from the market is actually un-
fit for food. Housekeepers could well
afford to pay larger price to have the
poultry dressed Immediately upon being
killed-they pay for much weight that
is thrown away, as it is, besides having
left mass of poisoned flesh. 1t is
urged that some people prefer the flavor
of undressed poultry, but that fact only
makes the matter more alarming, siace
it indicates that we are cultivating &
taste for putrid meat.-Good HousekeeI-
ing.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03

A very old Hallow eve divination,
formerly much practiced by English
rustics to tell from what quarter of the
compass future husband or wife will
come, is performed by stealing out un-
observed at midnight, plucking small
lock of hair from ones head, and cast
ing it to the breeze. Whatever direc-
ton it is blown toward is believed to
be the location of the future matri-
monial partner. This divination is
also mentioned by Gay in his "Pasto-
rails" as follows:
I pluck this lock of hair from out my head
To tell whence comes the one shall wed.
Fly, silken hair, fly all the world around,
Until you reach the spot where my true love is
found.
.-Hush-money, when used, is more ant
than any other money to make noise.
IN. o. Picayune.
AS long as young man estimates
pretty face above Industrious hands. he
Is not old enough, or has not sense
enough. to marry.
-sDsspite medical warnings" saws a
German newspaper, marriages between
blood relations continue to be quite ire
quent in Germany. OF 1,549 marriages
contracted in Prussia in 1887 between
blood relations, 1,423 occurred between
cousins, Ill between uncles and nieces.
and 16 between nephews and aunts-the
proportion of these marriages being one
to every 149 marriages recorded
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
WOmen's Shoes.

An active woman will destroy more
upper leather in the house in a given
time than she will on the street; there
are many more obstacles to the square
yard to be encountered in the house
than on the street; more stair climb
ing, more rubbing of feet on the chair
rounds, and last. but not least, more
feet sat upon in that luxurious femi-
nine pose.
The wear of uppers of women's
shoes by the friction of the skirts is
greater than many people suppose.
Mems trousers do very little damage,
compared to the heavy and constant
rubbing of the skirts against the back
of the shoes.
There are no shoes made for women
that will compete with mems calf skin
shoes in durability under hard knocks.
Unfortunately women do not and will
not wear calf skin shoes; they are at a
disadvantage in this respect.
delphia Record.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03

The great crested fly catcher and
several other birds adopt an exceed
ingly novel method to brighten away
other birds or lizards that would prev
upon their eggs. They wind into their
nests one or more of the old skins which
have been shed by snakes, so that these
appear to be live snakes coiled about
the nests.
In Italy women continue to pursue
occupations which seem properly to he
long to the stronger sex. Women brick-
layers and women hod-carriers are EN-.
ployed in all Italian cities. Thev dress
wretchedly, go bare-footed and their
fare is of the poorest. Their WAGES ara
twenty cents day.
Italians are not yerv strono :,
domestic ties. Of $4,000 Italians no+
landed in Castle Garden last wear "A non
were males. The emigration of females
from Italy is smaller than from anv
other country, averaging but 10 per cent.
OF the whole number who landed. From
Germany the percentage is 40: from Ire
land, 45.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
To Keep Up with the Dance.

Time was when lady or gentleman
who, after term or two at a dancing
school, could waltz fairly we'll, could
polka or schottische little and walk
through quadrille withouta blunder,
considered his or her terpsichorean
education complete. Not so nowadays.
No longer is the graduate ''called out"
for the guidance of the dancer. The
cotillon, with the military and ancient
minuet features of the early part of
the century has been revived, and
new dances are brought out every
season. Many of them are quite intri-
cate. They are known only by their
names. No word of direction is
spoken. The person who desires to be
up to the usages of polite society as ex-
emplified in the ball room, must, there
fore, be they ever so graceful or expe-
rienced dancers, take few lessons at
the outset of the social season or run
the risk of being surprised some even
ing in, may l call it, the meshes of a
new cotillon, to his or her deep cha
grin and modification and the un-
mistakable annoyance of the others
who are so unfortunate as to have
their pleasure married by a blunderer,
for one person ignorant of the figures
is enough to disconcert the remaining
seven DEMONSTRATING Master in
Globe-Democrat.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
Supersedes the SilkWOrm.

If Moussa Efendi Khouri is right,
the value of silkworms will soon be
very much deprecated. This gentle
man is Syrian and native of Bey-
rout. For years he has been trying to
manufacture silk without the aid of
silkworms. and now he claims he has
succeeded. He has patented his in
vention in the east and in all the
countries of Europe. In this country
he has also filed an application for a
patent.
After studying for long time the
manner in which silkworms do their
work Moussa EHendi Khouri came to
the conclusion that quite fine silk
could be made out of the twigs and
bark of the mulberry tree, as is made
at present from the leaves. He there
fore experimental with the bark and
twigs, discarding the services of the
worm altogether, and, after years of
labor he succeeded In producing a silk
which has been pronounced by Euro
pean experts to be no whit inferior to
the article manufactured by silk
worms.
In appreciation of Moussa Efendi
Khouri'S devotion to science, the Tur-
kish government has granted him
certain rights over all the mulberry
trees in the sultan's domains. $50
long as l have enough mulberry
trees" says Khouri, II can produce
silk at less than half what it costs
when produced by silkworms. New
York Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
lane Austen.


The time has passed when bh-3 ,ls
geniuses like Keats can be killed py
Rarshness. or, like Chatteron, driven
from the world through neglect. One
of the faults of our age is its encour.,
agcmcnt of literary mediocrity, and
persons fit only to he called penny-a-
liners submit with complacency to
fulsome praise of their works" trum,
peted abroad by unwise personal
friends. Of quite another stamp was
Jane Austen, the novelist, whom Ten
nyson pronounced next to Shake
speare" in her power OF copying hu.
man nature, and whom George Eliot
called 1.-The greatest artist that has ever
written"
During her lifetime, so modest and
unassuming was this gentle woman,
that few of her readers knew even her
name, and none of them. to speak
broadly. knew more than that. She
had the greatest dislike for playing the
role of literary lion, and once. when
her fame was fully established, wrote
that she was frightened" because q
strange lady wished to be introduced
to her.
s:If am a wild beast, I cannot help
it" she declared. 1T is not my
fault"
Although her works have always
been the delight of the cultured few,
the authors retiring personality hao
it's effect in shutting itself away from
the knowledge of men, and it was full
sixty wears after her death that the
first memoir of her was published.
More than twenty years ago a gen.
tleman visiting Winchester cathedral
asked verger to show him Jane Aus
tens tomb. The man readily guided
him to the slab of black marble, and
the visitor stood for some time study.
ing the inscription with keen interest.
AS he turned away, his guide said IN
an apologize tone:
'Pray, sir, can you tell me whether
there was anything particular about
that lady9 So many people want to
know where she was buried"
Yet the fame of her genius is every
year increasing, and her readers may
be numbered by the hundred, instead
of the score, as was formerly the case
She chose to be first woman, then art
ist," and time has accorded her an
enviable renown in both characters. -
Youths Companion.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
JUSTICE EASILY MISTAKEN.
An Innocent Man Permits Himself to
Convicted of n Rrother,a Crime

An Innocent Man Permits Himself to he
Convicted of Brothers Crime.
"Years ago." said one of the we'll
known members of the Louisville bar,
81 was called on to defend a man OF
nearly middle age, who was accused
of having stabbed man in quarrel
on the street. Imagine my astonish-
ment when at the first consultation he
told me these facts: Yesterday after
noon,' said he, about dusk, my
brother, who resembles me somewhat,
was crossing the street, when he met
stranger coming the other way. The
crossing was muddy, the stranger JOS
tied him, and a quarrel ensued that
developed into fight, in which my
brother, who had his penknife in his
hand, stabbed his opponent several
times, and then ran away as police
man and several citizens came up
After we were all in bed last night, the
officers came to the house after the as
sailant, and much to my surprise the
warrant was made out against me.
My brother is a man of dissipated
habits, who has several times been in
trouble, and if this case is pressed
against him l am afraid he will be
sent to the penitentiary. On the other
hand, am law abiding citizen, and
can prove an excellent character.
Now, what l propose to do is to stand
trial on this charge, plead not guilty,
prove an alibi, as l can, prove my
character, and take the consequences
If am convicted, may get off with a
fine, and am willing to pay that to
keep my brother out of prison.
Il tried to persuade my client out Of
such romantic proceeding" continued
the lawyer, but he was determined.
and in order to do him justice in the
defense obtained the assistance of an
other lawyer, who did not know the
facts, and would act in the defense as
if our client was guilty. Well, the
case came up. My client was identi-
fled by the man who had been stabbed
and by the policeman and other dis
interested parties who had witnessed
the fight in the semi-darkness and
were sure of their man, as they
thought. My client swore that he did
not commit the assault, but that he
"SAo CIV AOAAAS CIV thO ClllO w IlOIl IL w.
CURED, and his family swore to that
fact. Then several leading members
of the church testified as to his good
character. But the jury found him
guilty and fined him $50. He paid it
without murmur, and the record of
his conviction stands in the orders of
the court. All through the trial my
clients guilty brother sat by his side
in the court and heard the testimony
without flinching. l asked him what
he would have done if his self sacrifc
ing brother had been sentenced to the
penitentiary. 4 intended, in thai
event, said he, to get up in court and
acknowledge my own guilt The
other lawyer was thunderstruck after
the trial when l told him the facts
He refused to believe it, and said tin,
evidence was sufficient to convict any
man who lived. Only the proof o.
good character saved the accused from,
severe sentence to the state prison ;
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
Oueer Marriage Notices.

The following queer marriage no
tees have been cullea from old news
papers published WITHIN the last hun
bred years. Some of them seem, it must
be admitted, to have been made up for
the occasion, and we do not vouch for
the fact that any one of the notices is
genuine, except the first, which re-
ports the marriage of one of the most
famous of New Hampshire politi-
clans.
In Concord, N. H., Feb. 8, 1914, Mr.. Isaac Hill,
one of the editors of The Patriot, to Miss Susan
Aver, daughter of Capt. Richard Aver.
AS walked out the other day,
Through Concord street took my way;
saw sight 1 thought quite rare
A Hill walked out to take the Aver,
Since earth and air have met together
think there'n be a change Of weather.
In Haverhill, Mass, August, 1929, Cotton K
Simpson of Pembroke, N. H., to Miss Sarah R.
Marble
An old calculation Of gain and loss
Proves stone that is rolling will gather no moss
happy expedient has lately been thought on
By which Marble may gather and cultivate Cot
In Bozrah, Conn.,, August, 1919, Mr.. John Bate
of Williamstown, Mass, to Miss Mary Ann Bass
hour.
Is this not angling WE'LL 1 ask,
Such tender bait to take?
He caught in one short hour Bass,
The Bass though, caught the Bate
In West Springfield, Mass, December, 1926
Stephen Bumprey, aged 76, a Revolutionary zen
soner, to Miss Sarah Dewey, aged 49,
In '76 he fought and bled;
At 76 he wood and wed.
In Washington May II. 1884. Joshua Peck te
Miss Amelia BusheL
Alzookers, hobs and wedding cakes!
What changes of measures marriage makes;
Quick as a thought, at Hymens beck,
A Bushel changed into Peck.
At Herculaneum, Mo-, May %, 1921. John W
Honey, ESQ.,, to Mary S. Austen.
From sweet flowers the busy bee
Can scarce drop of honey gather;
But oh, how sweet flower is she
Who turns to Honey altogether
Youths Companion.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
BAGS IN MANY FORMS.
How to Fit Nearly Every Corner in the
House with One of Them.

How to Fit Nearly Every Corner in the
House with One of Them.
AS if in protest against the sneer of
those who declare that women suffer
from a scarcity of pockets, bags have
been introduced in many forms-for
busting clothes to hang in all rooms,
from the drawing-room to the bedroom,
for shoes and stockings in the bedroom,
for laundry in the bedroom closet OF
bathroom, for the silver of chamois
skin, for the dining-room buffet. In
fact, nearly every corner of the house
may now be fitted up with an ornamen.
tai and useful bag for something. The
busting bag properly may hang in every
room in the house, and contain little
hemmed square scrim, which should
be changed when soiled for fresh one.
This bag is properly made of linen, en-
broidered in white linen floss, or OF
cretonne or any nice ornamental cotton
that can be laundried. A curtain-ring
of wood is the proper thing to suspend
it from, as it can not be soiled like rib
bon. This bag may be very orna-
mental piece of work in any of
the graceful South Kensington pat
terms of flowers, or in a graceful
geometric design work in wash
able crewels or silk, which are war
ranted not to change color. A flower
and spider-web is an especially appro-
pirate design for this purpose. A shoe
bag is very useful article, well-nigh
indispensable to well-ordered house
hold. These bags should be made of
some washable material like chintz or
cretonne. A towel of large size makes a
very useful laundry bag for small articles
like handkerchiefs and collars. A will.
low hamper is the most suitable recep-
tacle for the main part of the washing.
The bag of chamois leather to hold the
silver not in use is probably best made
simply with or without lining of cot
ton flannel, though this material is
specially recommended to wrap silver by
silversmiths. The most useful bags
which may be made of silk or velvet OF
other rich materials are the large
square workbags which are carried by
ladies generally now. These bags
should be lined, closed at the top with
drawing strings of silk cord. Such bags
should measure about ten or twelve
inches square in size, or larger as the
wearer fancies. A dainty bag is now
sometimes hung across the top of a
chair, and is furnished with perfumed
head-rest on the chair, while the bag
hangs at the back.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
Mothers Interested in Their DAUGHTERS.

I was in book store the other day
when lady came in and asked for a
line of juvenile literature. After she
had gone out, the salesman said: eff
the daughters of Chicago do not
amount to anything it will not be the
fault of their mothers. There is course
of lectures being delivered in a quiet
way in various parts of the city which
are for the benefit of these children.
Their mothers support the movement.
When lecture is delivered, the mo
theirs attend with their daughters
Sometimes these lectures are given at
the homes. The children do not know
their mothers are interested in the
movement. If they did, they wouldn't
want to go, in all probability. Itseems
to be part of child's nature not to
appreciate what the mother does for
it. In this age of the world, when
croakers are going up and down pre-
dieting that the next generation won't
know enough to get in out of the rain,
it is some consolation to know that
there are a few women who are striv-
ing industriously to cultivate the
minds of their little ones. Chicago
Tribune
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-03
AS ARNOLD SEES 1T.
Sir Edwin's Impressions of America-Crit
icism and Praise.

Sir Edwin's Impressions of America-Crit-
icism and Praise.
sit is wonderful for a British ISL
ander to discover what mere step up.
on your broad States thousand miles
make" says Sir Edwin Arnold, ''and to
conclude from what Ae sees what must
be the life, the enterprise, the opulence,
the energy, the natural and industrial
resources, the boundless future possibil-
tiles of the territory he has not seen.
A feeling of gladness and confidence
about the earthly part of mans develop
ment beyond all expression has pos
sessed me in perceiving how strong and
sound your national vitality is, how lit
tie you are really spoiled in courtesy of
manners, in civic kindness, in social
grace and in reverence for law by your
large liberties.
IAN Englishman, no doubt, notices
here an absence of Difference and formal
attention, but he also notices the pres
ence of nearly universal and most
manly and frank comradeship, the bios
som, perhaps of wider and healthier
| air. l am far from saying this to f1atter
| America. The impertinence of such an
intention would be rebuked by its alb
surdity. Your Nation of 10000, 900
stands we'll beyond the reach of compile
ments. History rather waits to see if
you will deserve the gifts and opportu-
mites which destiny has brought you
in both her hands,
ST should not be an Englishman, how
ever, if did not grumble, and you must
allow me to denounce and execrate the
oobblestenes of your New York streets,
that rob the Briton of sleep at night and
rack his bones by day; the snake-fences,
which waste alike land and lumber, and
torture the eye of an artist; the lack of
official luggage porters at your rail-
way stations, and those mysterious,
ugly, implanted telegraph poles, with
which you mar the vistas of your finest
streets. But your public buildings often
astonish and enchant me; your colleges,
Libraries, museums and observatories
leave positively no excuse to American
youth. They must henceforth create
and not import poets, authors, artists,
sculptors, scientific geniuses and as
tronomers. You really owe us. with all
your glorious chances, a galaxy of great
names. IN. Y. Herald.