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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-06-27
WHERE THE KISSES GROW.
ey leap from the soul of a baby

They leap from the soul of baby
And then all over it spread
From the white and pink of its toe.tips,
To the halo of gold round it's head;
From the depths of it's dainty dimpes,
From the roseate, laughter-turned lips,
From the smooth, shapely neck and shoulders
To the tapering finger tips.
They're hidden within every heart-fold,
And cuddled down close to the core,
And, tho they are evermore gathered,
Still find there a thousand-fold morei
And each one seems softer and sweeter
Than the treasure found just before
Till wonder if ever the sweetest
Is taken from baby's vast store.
So daily I search for and seize them,
And hourly pluck a new prize
Sometimes from the whitest Of foreheads,
Sometimes from the brightest Of eyes;
And whisper-Ol angel-kssed baby
Do you feel-can you ever quite know
OF the wonderful worth of these kisses
That ever continue to growi
OF the wearisome woes that they soften?
OF the heartcare they curtain from Slghtf
That their magic scars out through the sun
shine,
And on thro' the knells Of the night?
hold that we're higher and better
For every fresh kiss that we take,
For every fond love-token given
When given for sacred loves sake;
For, il purty's planted in earthdom,
Then surely it springs from the soul
OF that beautiful, angel-like being,
AS its life-page begins to unroll.
So I'll gather them early and often,
From the bright curly head to the toe,
can't rob the wee tot of its treasures
For still they'll continue to grow;
And IN after-years therell gleam mem'ry e !
That backward forever will flow,
To that bonnie-eyed babe Of the bygone,
Whose kisses no longer may grow.
Detroit Free Press
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-06-27

where. Miss Keziah's been offered
nigh on to $4,000 for the lands, and they
say she will get ever so much more if
she only holds on"
''You don't mean it?"
81 dew; it's as tHew as Scripture.
''She'll hold out, never fear" said the
deacon; land l hold it to be our bounden
duty, as neighbors, to advise her to that
end"
Instead of lingering, as usual, for the
village gossip-for New Bethany post
office on Saturday night answered the
purpose of weekly paper-the deacon
seemed to be in hurry to get home.
1t was the night of the choir rehear
sal, and in driving by the church he
saw Mary Mead, Miss Keziah's niece
going up the steps He suddenly
whipped up his sleepy old mare and
drove home at break rate of
speed.
''Nows your time, Solomon Pinch. he
muttered to himself. s'Its 1nebbe a
long while afore yell have such good
chance ag'in. She'll be sure to be alone
for couple of hours or so-hi, old
ladyl no stoppin' here tonight" he
added, giving the lines sudden twist
as Mary Jane show an inclination to stop
before Betsey Hills house; sswe've other
nsh to fry now, old girl"
when he reached home he drove the
mare under the horse-shed and tied her
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-06-27
PRETTY DINNER TABLES.
a Descriptive Article Which VIM Be An
preciated by All Housekeepers.

"A Descriptive Article Which VIM Re An.
preciated by All Housekeepers.
Here is description of three very
pretty dinner tables. There was long
strip of dark-green plush down the cen.
ter, worked at each end in gold and cop
per shades, narrow border Of the Same
at each side. This had been ruffled at
either end into easy, outstanding plaits,
and at each corner of the table there
was new and charming cachepot hold
ing white double primula with album.
dant light-green foliage. But to more
fully describe these covers they were
circular, one light pink, one light green,
one light blue, and one yellow silk. The
vase, made of cardboard like a mans
hat, only smaller, was about eight inches
deep, and to this was sewn a frilling of
silk cut on the cross, folded double, and
sewn on so full that it stood up like a
lip on one side, turning down opposite
to give more ample space for the display
of the foliage. Two round silk handles
crossed the top, and were secured on the
outside. In the center was huge CEN
ter-lamp, vailed with very large
square shade, covered with white
pinked-out silk, and a deep frill of lace
sufficiently deep quite half yard) to
reach from the top to the extreme edge.
1t would seem just now almost impossi-
BILE to have TOO large lamp-shades. Very
much admired are the crinkled paper
ones, one founce over another, with ap-
parently deep ruche at the top, and
are really not difficult to make. 1t takes
ten sheets of tissue paper for each
founce. They must be first
crinkled by passing them long and
persistently through the hand; then
they are pasted tightly together, ten in
a circle, and spirally tied round the top
of the frame, the darker over the lighter
paper, in such way that the two form
sort of ruche or box-plaiting at the
top.
On the second table the center was
Oiled with soft eau-de-nil silk, puckered
up round four low-growing pots of
lycopodium and ribbon fern, the pots
completely hidden. On the green silk
were loose punches of delicate mauve
orchids, the petals bordered with band
Of deeper cOloring; the amalgamation
of color was very perfect. There is
great art in throwing these 1eafess
flowers artistically on the groundwork
of silk, but the success on this occasion
was perfect. Snowdrops and spirea
leaves on another table were laid on a
square of white muslin, worked in gold
with Turkish embroidery. Each corner
had been plated with box plat, SO
that sort of pocket was formed, and
on this handful Of white blooms with
their tender green stalks were laid. and
apparently kept in place by a handsome
gold spoon, in repousse silver and gold,
and round the lamp were four specimen
glasses, well alphabetically filed
with the snowdrops and spirea leaves.
Nothing could have been simpler than
the whole arrangement, but it was a
huge success with the light of the lamp
thrown upon it.-Fashion and Fancy.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-06-27
Blood as q Medicine.

Blood drinking is rather an unsavory
medication. Every morning, however,
fashionable ladies suffering from an@mia
30 to the monumental slaughter house
of La Villette, just as if it was drink
tng-room at AK or Vichy. They there
rink bullock's blood at 80 confines Is
'ous) a glass, and observers say that the
blood cure is often eff1cacious. Raspail,
the real precursor of Pasteur, noticed
that the butchers and even the women
book-keepers in butchers shops, are
singularly healthy and that their blood
Is, as rule, purer than that of people
plying other trades. Mile. Rosita
Mauri, the famous opera danseuse, once
'prained her foot upon the stage. The
doctor ordered her to 60 to La Villette
every morning early and to battle her
1ainty ankle in hot bullock's blood.
The habit of blood-drinking, like hot
water drinking, is nauseous at first, but
the patients think no more of it after a
time than they would of gulping down
IN oyster or glass of absinthe. The
animals ought, naturally, to be healthy;
but this can easily be tested by experts.
Although the practice appears to have
spread in France, the "blood-cure" was
really invented by an English doctor
Paris Letter.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-06-27

members of the same spritooal family;
well now be members Of the same
human family"
Miss Keziah Strengthened herself up
in her high backed chair and drew in
her chin, while her voice rang out shrill
and clear: 81 rather guess it'll take
two to make that bargain"
A second look at the aged admirer,
who was edging up to her with sheep
ish shipper, exasperated Miss Keziah
beyond control.
s'The old fool" she said wrathfully.
The color came into the deacon's thin
cheeks, and he started to his feet look
ing anxiously toward the door, as it
meditating hasty retreat. But the
yarn was wound around his boots, and
he was forced to remain.
Miss Keziah likewise rose, and, fold
ing her hands primly in front of her,
remarked, grimly: "When you first
began your talking l hadn't the least
idea what you were driving at.
thought you were limiting about Betsey
Hill and wanted to take me into your
confidence. 1 never dreamed that you
meant me. Why, supposed that every
one in town knew that would not give
up my freedom for the best man living.
Betsey Hill is pious, likely woman;
she'll make good home for you, and
she needs a home herself"
The deacon was completely withered,
and Miss Keziah continued: eff you'll
step around little livelier, deacon, and
pick up the stones on your lot and put
them into good fences, and NOW down
those pesky weeds, there's no earthly
reason why your farm shouldn't look as
we'll as mine. If I've said any thing to
hurt your feelings, deacon, hope you'll
overlook it. Why, you are all tangled
up in that yarn; I'll untangle it."
The delay of unwinding the yarn from
the deacon's feet gave Miss Keziah
chance for further remark: zone word
more, deacon; have you heard about the
Western lands?"
The deacon wished he was anywhere
out of the range of those merciless
black eyes,
'I-think Eve heern tell suthin' about
'em," he replied, meekly.
II thought so! I thought SOL" ex-
claimed Miss Keziah, savagely. ''Well,
deacon, those lands rightfully belong
to my niece Mary; only hold them as
her guardian"
The deacon began to look upon his re-
lection as blessing in disguise, for,
without the Western lands, Miss Kezi-
abs attractions seemed tame, compared
with those of mild, blue-eyed, buxom
widow Hill. 81 can trust we never to
mention this" he asked, timidly.
81 sh all not mention it. Now follow
my advice. deacon; make sure of Betsy
Hill before another week goes by. You
have my good wishes. See to this at
once"
'"Thank We, thank ye; don't mind il
I dew"
The good woman followed her crest
fallen visitor to the door. AS a sudden
gust of cold night air put out the light
she said: ''The air is swapping tonight;
have frost, eh, deacon?"
And the discomfitted deacon felt that
he had been nipped by something sharp
er than frost.-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-06-27
Girl Bachelors In America,

what is the most characteristic
thing you have found in our American
ilfeY' was asked of an observant En-
glishman who has been spending a few
months in New York. 1.-THE girl bach
elors," he said. "There are no spin
sters here, as we called them in Eng
land. The unmarried woman in Amer
tea is type altogether unique. She
has all the independence of a man, and
still keeps every essential trait of the
best woman. She thinks and plans and
executes for herself, and she does not
seem to make mistakes. The girl BACH
elor often has her own home, and she
values it exactly as she would if she
we're married. She is always gracious
and companionable, but never oversteps
The bound of her dignity. Oh, the girl
bachelor is the most wonderful thing
America has yet produced, and she is al
oGether charming."-N. Y. Sun.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-06-27
His Quest After Western Land on
the RISE.

showed any signs of life and energy.
The rest of the week it droWSed and
languished after the fashion of small
country towns remote from railway and
manufacturing centers.
"Whoa, Mary Jane!'' said the deacon,
with unnecessary emphasis, throwing
the reins on the mares broad back and
springing to the ground.
But the respondent Mary Jane had al
ready ceased her shamming from sheer
force of habit. Ten years service with
the deacon had made her perfectly famil.
lar with the accustomed round of stop.
ping-places. Wednesday night it was
prayer-meeting; Sunday, the church
service, and Saturday night invariably
the postoffice, and, as late variation
an after pause at the house of Mrs.
Betsey Hill, the milliner, who, for a
quarter of century, had supplied the
women of New Bethany with headgeaI
fearfully and wonderfully made.
The moment the deacon stepped inside
the Office he knew, from the unusual
buzz of conversation, that something
extraordinary had happened.
'Heard the news-eh, deacon?" asked
one of the village loungers.
The deacon looked up, inquiringly.
''Miss Keziah's had an amazin' streak
of luck"
'It's been nothin' but an amazin'
streak of luck ever since she was born,'
returned the deacon. eff ownin' the best
farm in town and havin' money at inter.
est isn't luck, I'd like to know what is. :"
Eyes; but this is something out OF
common. You used to know her broth.
er, who died years ago and left his only
child for Miss Keziah to bring upf
Wa'al, when the old man Mead died,
Miss Keziah took the farm as her share
of the property, and her brother, bein'
of rovin' turn of mind, took the few
thousand of personal property as hisn,
and invested 'em in Western lands
which turned out to be worthless, and he
lost every cent he put in. Folks al.
ways blamed him for bein' so foolish
and hasty, and they say grief and morti.
fcation like hasten his death. Wa'al,
it turns out they have put a railroad
square through the land, and it's sent
real estate way up, nobody knows
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-06-27
SONG OF THE scHooL-BELL.
In the tower the school-bell rings
With a music all its own.

In the tower the school-bell ringA
With a music all its own,
And right merrily it sings,
In lively tripping tone:
"Jing- a-ling-l ling! jing-a-ling-lingl
Come to school and seek and find
Treasures for the youthful mind;
Come, and enter learning's presence,
In the days of adolescence;
Come, for language here discOurses,
And reveals her secret sources;
Come, and read on history's page
Wondrous deeds in every age;
Come, and roam the wide world DER,
Mountain. plain and sea explore
Jing-a-ling ling iing-a-ling-ling
That is what the school-bell says,
To the man, toil-worn and weary,
Bringing back his boyhood days,
AS it carols out so CHEEKY:
"Jing-aling-ling! jing-a-ling-lin
And the lawyers parchment brief,
Dry and dull beyond belief;
And the bankers balance sheet,
Where the debts and credits meet;
And the busy weaver's loom,
In the dingy factory room.
Mirror back familiar faces
To their old, accustomed places,
In the schOol-house, gray and Olden,
When lifes day was bright and golden
'Jing-a-ling-lin jung -a-ling-lingr'
But the school-boy, unpoetic,
Hears no music in the bell
For it sounds unsympathetic,
Something like a brazen yell:
"Whang-a- blang-blangl whang "a blang- blangi
Come, thou slave Of book and slate
To your usual daily fate:
Come, the mystic figures grim
Long to make your thick head swim;
Come, and with your grammar wrangle.
All the parts of speech untangle;
Come, and weep an hour away
With the solemn algebra;
Come, thou book-environed mortal
Enter education's portal
Whang- a. blang-blang! whang- a-blang- blangw
Soon the boy will disappear,
And the toil-worn man be found
Listening, with smile and tear,
To some SchoolbelPs welcome sound;
"Jing-a-ling-l ingl jing-a ling-ling!'
Then he'll ponder long and sigh
Ger the happy days gone by;
Then he'll know the gay school-boy
Surely must life's sweets enjoy;
Then will come the vain regret
Wasted hours of youth beget;
Then In fancy he will roam
Once again to childhood's home;
Then he'll hear memory-bell,
With an old, melodious swell
"Jing-a-ling-lingl jing- a-ling-ling!'
p. G. Fossett, in Golden Days.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-06-27

"A strange battle is reported 10 haFo
lately taken place in Toxic, Japan. "A
stream runs through the compound Oh
Tobukuji Temple at Sugamo, and some
hundreds of bull-frogs gathered on either
bank Then terrific battle ensueo'
lasting from a. M, to p. M. and IL Is
stated that when the combat was m
ished the brook was blocked to such an
extent with the bodies of the slain that
the course of the water was almost
totally impeded. Large numbers Oh
people visited the place to witness the
strange spectacle"
"A woman in Woo-foh village, Fukieh
province, recently gave birth to boy
with four eyes. The mother was very
much frightened, and wished to nave
the child killed, but the husband Wouiu
not allow it to be done. 1t was tlnallS
agreed to exhibit the child for rev
lays to prevent such an unfortunate
affair ever occurring again in the lam
ily. The Chinese believe that such de-
formities are caused by evil spirits
After it had been on view for some time
The mother put an end to the childs eX-
istence by drowning it in a tub OF water
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-06-27

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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-06-27
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

1t is estimated that out of every
hundred pounds of fresh meat consumed
In England the home supply gives sew
euty-five pounds
The Emperor of China is making a
close study of railroad construction. He
Is said to have considerable ability as
scientific investigator.
AT the opening of a culinary ex-
ambition in Paris, some distinguished
guests were entertained at a table on
which were two hundred different dishes
differently cooked.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-06-27
About Pies.
st. Lawrence River Wolves.

evolves are no longer found in
packs on this side of the St. Lawrence
river" says The Biddeford (Ale)
Journal. occasionally, single ones
may stray over the northern border OF
Maine, but they are old leaders which,
having become feeble or decrepit with
age, are vanquished in fight by some
ambitious young whelp, and driven
out to die alone"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-03-26

ASHLAND, Wis, March 19.-The great
est sensation in the Perrin case was re-
served until to-day, when Dist.-Atty.
Rossman brought a charge of bribery
against Under Sheriff Cohen, anu caused
his discharge. A thorough investiga-
ton has been started, and Mr.. Rossman
alleges that it will reveal any amount of
rottenness.
Dist.-Atty. Rossman said to the Wis
coNsIN correspondent, this morning,
that at least two jurors in the case were
briSed the first night after they were
chosen.
Rossman asked the court to have a
ballif appointed to take charge OF the
jury the same day they were chosen.
The court appointed Bailif Boyd. Co.
hen came to Boyd that night, it is al
legged, and as superior officer urged
Boyd not to lock up the jurymen but
let them loose. Boyd did so.
That night, Mr.. Rossman says. at
least two jurors were bribed by the de-
Tense. He says he proposes to push q
thorough investigation, and will impli-
cate number of prominent persons.
Cohen was seen to-day, and denies
emphatically that he did anything with
criminal intent. He says it is a scheme
of Rossman's to kill him (Cohen) for
the next nomination for sheriff Cohen
is OF good family, and stands well finan-
cially and socially. He perhaps has
been indiscreet in freely expressing,
during the trial, the opinion that Perrin
could never be convicted, and enter
tanning defendants attorney, Lennon.
About noon the jury came into court
and reported that it was impossible for
them to agree upon verdict. They
stood six Tor acquittal and six for con-
viction. Judge Parish Immediately dis
missed them.
Perrin takes the matter very coolly,
although it is evident that the failure of
the jury to acquit him is crushing dis
appointment.
The first ballot stood to in favor of
acquittal.
The jury went out shortly after s
O'Clock Saturday evening, and there
fore deliberated nearly ninety hours.
The entire term of service of the jury
was thirtyfour days.
Detectives will begin working on the
case again at ones, for a new trial. The
defense doggedly claims to have money
to fight the case with, and will spend
100000 to clear Perrin.
It is announced. this afternoon, that
change Of venue will be asked in the
case, from Judge Parish's jurisdiction,
on the ground OF alleged prejudice
Perrin was rearrested this afternoon,
on the charge Of embezzlement, on ac-
count Of error in the record.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-03-26
DANIEL NJ. FOX DEAD.
The ex-MayOr of Philadelphia and
Superintendent of the Mint

The ex-Mayor of Philadelphia and ex-
Superintendent of the Mint.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 20.-Daniel
M. Fox, ex-mayor of this city. died at
the Windsor Hotel, Atlantic City, at 7
O'Clock this morning. Mr.. Fox was a
descendant of one of the oldest families
of Philadelphia, and for fifty years had
been prominent factor in the social
and political progress of the city. He
was born June Is, 1919. He was elected
mayor of Philadelphia on the
Democratic ticket in 1863. 1t was
during his term of Office that
the centennial movement took shape,
and from the start he was firm and act.
i've friend of the patriotic enterprise,
and was member Of the centennial
board of finance. Mr.. Fox filed many
other positions of trust. His last pub
lie office was that of superintendent of
the United States mint at Philadelphia,
to which ne was appointed by President
Cleveland, on June 10, 1885. His sue
cessor was appointed October II, 1889,
and on November l Mr.. Fox retired.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-03-26

HURLEY, Wis, March ia great fire
| is raging in the Germania mine, and
threatens heavy loss of property. Five
mlners, penned in the burning mine,
| have persisted. All efforts to stay the
| flames have proven unsuccessful up to
this afternoon.
1t was about midnight, last night,
when fire was discovered in No. 2shaft,
at the third level, in the Germania mine.
The alarm was quickly given to the force
| of men at work in the mine, but in
| spite Of their efforts to escape five OF
sixth level in the same shaft, were cut
| of. The men are James Thomas, his
son Joseph Thomas, Hugh Waller,
| Jimmy Sullivan. and William Banks, all
miners.
The fire burned fercely, and soon
found its way to the surface and de-
stroyed the shaft house and threatened
the engine and boiler house. The en-
tire timbering of the shaft and the
rooms in that part of the mine will
doubtless be destroyed.
AS soon as it became known that sew
eral men were in the burning shaft
searching parties were organized and
sent into the mine to rescue the missing
men or find their bodies. Waller came
20 the surface once and returned to look
for his companion, and there is no
doubt that he suffocated and fell down
the shaft.
The bodies of Thomas and his son
were found shortly before noon, on the
fourth level, near No. shaft. Could
they Lave gone twenty-five feet further
they would have been saved.
The damage will be upwards of $780,
600, and probably many times that, be-
fore the fire is put out, as shaft No. is
caving from the surface. Desperate
efforts are being made to confne the
fire to the west portion Of the mine, but
this is likely to prove impossible, as the
timbering throughout the whole mine
is as dry as finder.
Hugh Weller, whose heroic effort TO
rescue his ompanions, was a fireman,
and his last words were, II must save
my men,"
At the time the fire broke out there
were 400 men at work in the mine. It
is belle we'd that all escaped except the
five named.
Searching parties have been exploring
the mine with torches, in the hope of
finding the other three men, but they
were finally compelled to give up the
effort and return to the surface, It is
reported that two strangers went into
the mine, at late hour last night, and
were not seen to come up again.
At noon it was decided to give up
searching for the entombed miners, and
shut down the mine entirely, closing all
shafts, In the hope Of smothering the
flames. If this does not succeed, the
entire timbering of the mine will prob
ably burn.