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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-04
DECIDEDLY UNROMANTIC.
Most of the Hotel Typewriter's Custom
ers Are Plain, er-of-Fact Men.

Most of the Hotel Typewriter's Custom.
ers Are Plain, Matter-of-Fact Men.
Typewriter at HOTEL have read a
number of paragraphs in the newspa-
pers about how various people act when
them come in and try to dictate letter
for the typewriter. 1t may be that
when the business was new there were
more instances and some that were more
funny. But have had no such expert
ences as are attributed to my profession
by the press. The only funny one 1 ever
had was that presented by an honest old
man who, after watching me for some
time, came up and in good sort of way
asked me to explain the machine, which
I did.
"You mean to say" he asked, ssthat
you can write letter on that thing fo-
any body?"
said yes.
"Then you may write one to Saman-
thy. l want to let her know that am
well, and that am coming home next
week, and that have got along fust-
rate in what came for"
l put all this together in readable
shape and then read it to him. He said
it was all right and signed his name to
it and dropped it in letter-box for
him. The next morning he came to me
somewhat excited and said:
'Say, miss, you remember that letter
you writ for me yesterday to Samanthy?"
said yes.
WELL" he continued, 81 want Won to
write another one to her telling her how
you done it and how signed it. You
see, when she gifts that letter that ia
printed jestlike the newspaper and then
sees my scrawl at the bottom of it she'll
know there's somethin' wrong. She's
mighty suspicious emmy way, and if You
can fix it up.so as to let nae out of it ri
be ever so much obleeged to you.".
To satisfy him did as he asked. He
took the letter and l have never seen
him since. But have found all NV
other customers to be plain, matter-of-
fact men. The novelty and romance Of
the typewriter are wearing away.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-04
Buy Land in Africa.

A gentleman who has just returned
from South Africa says that it is one
Of the best countries in the world for
profitable real estate investments.
South Africa" he says, already has
thriving and beautiful towns, and ii
is destined to DE the seat of a great and
progressive English speaking race.
When | was there some years ago |
was surprised at the extensive i'm
provements. at the energy of the peo-
pie, and the natural resources of the
land. 1t is the place of places to put
away a few thousand dollars to let
them grow. Toronto Empire.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-04

The People of Singapore.

The most beautiful women are from
Singapore. They have long hair,
bronzed skin, with peach bloom on it.
The men wear their hair long. It is
wonderful, black and glossy and wavy
have seen men whose hair dragged
on the ground. Many can show a
suite which reaches as low as their
knees. 1t is sometimes difficult to dis
tinguish the sexes. Especially is this
true when you can not see the faces.
The men wear oldfashioned band combs
to keep their hair from their foreheads,
and tie the rest in knot. The women
wear their hair in the same fashion.
The methods Of clothing do not differ
greatly. the men wearing skirt and
blouse-like jacket, which greatly re-
sembles female apparel. Then the men
are delicately made. We're it not fol-
the full boards they inevitably wear,
the men might be easily mistaken foI
women. Elizabeth Bisland.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-04
LOVES ANALYSIS.
I trace Affection to the source

II ye would trace Affection to the source
From which it springs;
II ye would gauge the secret depth and force
OF hidden things;
The searching heart must be attuned Alright
The spirit capable Of lofty fight
On Fancy's wings.
So fathomlessl illimitabel grand!
Loves bound or measure
Can neer be traced on either sea or land;
That peerless treasure
Is LIES pure light, transparent and refined,
The roseate tinge of Hope and Truth combined
With chastened pleasure.
High as the glittering orbs that roll in space.
Deep as the sea;
Wide as the wind sweep over Natures face.
Joyous and free;
Pervading Heaven and Earth, the chOirS above
Echo the music Of eternal love
And sympathy.
The costly gem, entomped for countless days
Within the mine,
But half conceals the iridescent rays
OF light divine;
So Love will sparkle in the darkest night,
And iii Misfortune's care beclOuded light
viii brightest shine.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-04
FEES TO PHYSICIANS.
The Liberality of u Standard OIL Magma
-ntI,or Ganornns Gifts

The Liberality of Standard OIL Magnats
Other Generous Gifts.
What is believed to be the largest fee
ever paid to a physician in single
case was paid by j. FL. Flagler, one of
the Standard Oil kings, to DR.. C. G.
Sheldon.
A dearly-beloved daughter of Mr..
Flagler, who afterward died while cruis.
ing on yacht in southern waters about
year ago, was lingering between life
and death. There was not more than
two or three chances out of one hundred
that she would ever be able to leave
her bed alive. The devoted father an
nounced that, if DR.. Sheldon could re-
lieve the suffering of his child and
aid her in recovering, he would give
him the largest fee that was ever paid
to physician. Miss Flagler rallied
and was finally able to leave her bed,
and in the course of time was sufficient
ly strong to drive out. The young
heiress to several millions lived to en-
10y her great wealth for a long time
after this and DR.. Sheldon, was pre-
sented with $250,000 worth of stock in
the Standard Oil Company.
DR.. w. H. White, who is the family
physician of the Vanderbilt family, is
another of the highly fortunate of our
medical men. The money in fees that
he has received from this family alone
would make him Independent. Dr.
White has been presented from time to
time with blocks of Vanderbilt securi-
ties as an evidence of the millionaire's
| regard for his medical skill. Thus the
doctor is enabled to indulge his hobby
OF buying the most valuable kind of
furs.
DIR. John p Num- who is engaged to
look after the health of Jay Gould and
his family, is another fortunate physi-
clan. Mr.. Gould is great man for con-
sulting doctor on the slightest provo
| cation. and some of his friends wonder
that he is alive, because he takes so
| much medicine. l could not learn that
Mr.. Gould ever paid any extraordinary
| fee, like Mr.. Flagler, but a gentleman
| who saw check from Mr.. Gould to his
| physician said it was for $40, 900 and it
was drawn shortly after the death of
Mrs. Gould.
Mr.. Gould's business associate, Mr..
Russell Sage, hear pays his physician
| by the year and Mr.. Sage makes sure
that his doctor earns his salary.
Dr. Fordyce Baker is the medical at
tendant of the Aston family, and the
fees he receives from them alone could
be divided by two and then considered
handsome income for first-class doc
tor in smaller city. John Jacob Aston
many years ago had an operation per-
formed by the late DR.. Agnew, in return
for which he presented his check for
$4,000.
Judge Henry Hilton, who has the rep.
utatiOn of being the most liberal giver
of any of Gotham's millionaires pre-
sented his physician with a valuable
house and lot on one of the fashionable
thoroughfares.
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll makes a
confdant of his physician. When the
ColonePs daughter was recently married
to Millionaire DIR. Thomas Robertson,
the Ingersoll family doctor was the only
person outside the members of the fam
lily at the wedding.-N. Y. Cor. Louis.
| vyi11Q
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-04
A POETS MISTAKES.
Anomalies in the Text of Several of Camr
bells Best Works,

A0OmaleS In the Text OF SeVeral Oh lamp
BELLS Best Works.
1t is extraordinary that so fastidious
and careful a writer as Campbell. whose
painful slowness of composition gave
Theodore Hook his joke that the poet
had been safely delivered of couplet
this morning." should have been be
trayed by his ignorance of natural his
tory into certain not very important,
yet none the less egregious. blunders
concerning the fauna and flora intro
duced into his tales. In 1.-THE Pleasures
of Hope" and Gertrude of Wyoming"
we find the tiger standing along the
banks of Lake Erie and the panther
domiciled in the woods of Ohio, while
the flamingo disports itself on Pennsyl-
vania waters and the tropical aloe and
palm flourish in some northern latitude.
These errors were pointed out to Camp
bell by his friends, in order that he
might rectify them in later editions; but
to revise his work when once printed
was always an uncongenial task to him,
and, in defiance of the botanist and
zoOlogist, the anomalies were therefore
allowed to remain in the text. An
other and more pardonable error
into which Campbell was led in his
chief narrative poem by trusting to
work entitled the ''History of the De-
struction of Wyoming in IT'S" was
brought home to him in very strange
and unexpected manner. Following the
authority just mentioned, he had de-
nounced as the treacherous destroyer OF
Wyoming Mohawk chief named Brandt
-s'the monster Brandt" he called him
in the poem-and it might well have
been supposed that, right or wrong, this
poetical account of so distant an event
would have passed unchallenged. But
it was not so, for fifteen years after the
publicat ton of Gertrude of Wyoming"
Campbell was surprised by visit from
Brandt's son, no Mohawk in appearance,
but ''a fine young man of gentlemanly
Manners" and Lieutenant in the En-
glish service, who had come to adduce
proof of his fathers innocence. 1t ap-
peared that Brandt, so far from being
the monster" he was represented, had
been a civilized and philanthropic In
dian, who had accustomed his tribesmen
to peaceful habits, had built church,
and translated one of the Gospels into
the Mohawk language! Campbell, be-
ing placed in the awkward predicament
of libeling red Indian, was compelled
to do penance in the notes of subsequent
editions; but even here he could not be
induced to introduce alterations into
the text.-American Notes and Queries.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-04
Effects Of Good Drainage.

An extremely interesting example
OF the serious importance of sanitation
Is found i'll the German town of Mu-
nlch. An excellent system of drain
age works was established there in
1881, and the annual deaths from ty
phold fever. which had numbered 245
up to 1880, were reduced in 1881 to
40. the yearly average since that time
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-04
Some One LIVED Ther..

Respectable Book Agent Ito snappiah
iadyEDoes Mrs. E. live here?
Snappish Lady-No, sir! She doesn't!
Book Agent-Yes; well, does any one
1--we here2 (The door closes with q slam. ]
West Shore.
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PRETTY Far Come.

First Soldier-How is your captain
coming on? hear he is not we'll
Second Soldier-You are right. He is
sick man. He tried to throw a boot at
me yesterday, and was so weak he
couldn't do it.-Texas Siftings.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-04
Life in Ocean Abysses.

DR.. Regnard has raised the question
as to whether corpse which sinks to
a very great depth is preserved indefi
nitely or otherwise from putrefaction.
According to his researches, published
in the archives of the Biological soci
ETY. of Paris, putrefaction does not take
place in decomposable substances sub
mitted to pressure of 900 to 700 at
nospheres. These figures correspond
to a depth of 5000 to 1000 meters at
sea. From these experiments it must
not be concluded, according to DR..
Regnard, that there is a total absence
of putrefaction in the greater depths
of the sea. The curious "abysmal"
fishes discovered in the Challenger
and other expeditions appear to rise
after death, so that they are sometimes
found on the surface, though, as a
rule, they go to pieces, as the sur
rounding pressure diminishes long be-
fore they reach the air. Still, there is
no proof that bathybial or abysmal
micro organisms do not exist; and, if
so, they could cause decomposition in
the corpses of men as well as in the
dead bodies of abysmal fishes. The
question is of considerable medico-legal
and yet greater biological interest, and
it is far from settled. British Medical
Journal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-04

Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. President OF
the London Board of Trade, has been
discussing the latest schemes lropf sea
for a tunnel under the English channe.
with Watkin, and he has conclude thai
none of them are practicable.
Miss Sophia Raffalevich, who recently
became Mrs. William O'Brien, Is a
daughter of one of the richest mer' b mus
at Odessa. One of her brothers has han
q distinguished career in the Rus ian
diplomatic service, and another is poet
of some ability. The family is said 70
be pure Irish formerly O'Raferty.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-02-15
Tho Finest on Earth,

The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton II, n IA
the only line running Pullman's Perfected
Safety Vestibuled Trains, with Chair Parlor
cinnati. indianapolis and Chicago, and is the
Only Line running Through Reclining Chair
Cars between Cincinnati, Keokuk and Spring
field ILL.,, and Combination Chair and Sleeping
Car Cincinnati To Peoria. ILL.,, and the Only Di-
rect Line between Cincinnati. Dayton. Lima.
Toledo, Detroit, the Lake Regions and Canada.
The road is one OF the oldest in the State Of
Ohio and the oaly line entering Cincinnati
over twenty-five miles Of double track and
from its past record can more than assure its
patrons speed. comfort and safety. Tickets on
sale ever whcre, and see that the read G. H.
a. d., eth II in or our of Cincinnati. Indian
apolis or Toledo. T.. o. MCCOR MICK, Gen
era! PaSse lger and TicLei Agent.
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plaintive pleading in his voice as he
said 10 the last conner: "Say, hadn't
you better send the rest up at once r.
"They are all up now, sir" replied the
stowaway with depressed cheerfulness,
and the officer gave a sigh of
relief. When the vessel arrived at Que
bee the captain sent dispatch ashore
with the pilot boat to be forwarded to
Montreal, asking that detachment Of
the harbor police be at hand when the
vessel came alongside, to arrest the
men. The police were in readiness on
the wharf, but the steamer stranded in
midstream, and lighters had to be sent
off to relieve her of part of the cargo.
One of the lighters was alongside when
darkness came on, and she had to lie to
until sunrise. When the lighter was
fully loaded she drew to the wharf to
discharge, but hardly was she moored
when there was a movement among
some sacks and stowaway leaped out
and made break for the wharf. An
other Immediately sprang out from the
other side, and in another instant the
whole deck of the lighter was alive
with stowaways, running up the wharves
and leaping over the obstacles that came
in their way. The captain was power
less with amazement, and did nothing
but stand and look on in dazed sort
of way. When the last of them had
cleared the vessels side and things had
Quoted down bit, he recovered him.
self, and. walking over to the sacks, he
poked carefully about among them, but
finding nothing he resumed his former
position. Suddenly another stowaway,
who had been unable to get out with
the rest, jumped up and cleared. This
was too much, and the captain shouted,
IF there's any more passengers going
ashore they had better go now" But
the whole consignment had escaped free
of duty. Chambers Journal.
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The East Indies.

The name East Indies is now gener-
ally disused; it was formerly applied
vaguely to that part of Southern Asia
living east of the river Indus and to the
islands adjacent. Thus it took in on
the mainland Hindostan, Burmah, Siam,
AMMAN and Malacca and the islands OF
Ceylon, Sumatra, Java Borneo, the
Celebes, the Philippines and the rest of
the great archipelago. More recently,
according to Colton's atlas, the name
was applied to these places, excluding
Hindostan and Ceylon. So the term
takes in both mainland aud islands.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-02-15
A Famous Wooden Leg.

A celebrated wooden leg has been
discovered in an old Vlncennes shop,
which was once smithy. There is
abundant evidence to prove that the
relic in question is the sham limb which
replaced the leg which General Dau.
mcsnil lost in the big wars OF the First
Napoleon. This rugged old warrior
defended the fortress of Vincennes
against the allied army, and is famous
for having said to the invaders, when
summoned to give up the place, "Bring
me back my leg which you shot off and
you shall have my keys" The wooden
leg now found had been sen. by Dau.
mesnil to Viucennes smith in order to be
"shod," as the general himself
expressed it. Before the article was
sent back the old warrior died suddenly
and his sham limb remained in the
ancient smithy until the present day.
1t will now be placed in the artillery
museum of the Hotel de, Invalides
among many other martial and hist ORIG
souvenirs.-London Telegraph.
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Flower Worship in Persia.

In ancient times plant-worship was
universal IN the East, and it seems that
even In our own times a system of flower
worship is kept up in various parts of
Persia and India. A recent traveller in
India gives the following description OF
fiower-worship as practiced by the Per-
sions in Bombay: "A true Persian in
flowing robe of blue and on his head
sheepskin hat, black, glossy, curly-the
fleece of kar kal-would saunter in and
stand and mediate over every
flower he saw, and always as if half in
vision; and when the vision was fulfilled
and the ideal flower he was seeking
found he would spread his mat and sit
before it until the setting of the sun, and
then pray before il and then fold up bis
mat again and 60 home. An,: the next
night, and night after nigh. until thst
particular flower faded away ne @c.ld
return to sit and bring lis friends IN
ever-increasing troops to it and sit AID
play the guitar or Lutte before it, and they
would altogether pray there, and after
prayer still sit before it slipping sherbet and
talking the most hilarious and shocking
scandal late into the moonlight, and so
again and again every evening until the
flower died. Sometimes, by way of
grand 6sal, tke whole company would
suddenly arise before the flower and ssrs-
made it, together with an ode from HATH
and depart. "-Lirpincott. SS1SEAP =
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800 Reward. sion.

learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con
stitutional disease. requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure "a take;, in
ternally. acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system, fheI ely de-
stroying the foundation If the disease and
giving the patient strength by Building VI me
constitution and assisting nature Il doing ,:s
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative power that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for a,y ,ase that it fails TO cure.
send for list of testimonials. Address,
+. J. CHENEY a. Co., Toledo, o.
~ Sold by Druggists, .5c.
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A Dog Thief,

When the other afternoon we saw q
great dog receive an umbrella in his
mouth from the hands of his mistress
and then bound off with it across the
lawn to the station, where the train
from the city had just left his master,
we thought what an intelligent animal
is this. But, alas, that very day
paper contained an item going to show
to what base en1s the intelligence Of
even the brutes may be debased.
1t seems that a Newfoundland dog
had Just been arrested and taken to the
lock up in Baltimore, charged with
robbing a house. A policeman had
seen him trotting out of al alley with a
bundle in his mouth. which proved to
be a soft cushion. The officer watched
the dog. and soon saw him return for
more booty of a like nature, which it
seemed he secured from a house in the
alley, the door of which had been left
open. The articles were deposited at a
certain corner three blocks off, where.
It was surmised, the thieves who had
doubtless trained the dog for his
criminal career, were in waiting to 70
ceive them. Golden Argosy.
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StOwawayS,

The ship was hardly well out on the
ocean when two stowaways made their
appearance, and later in the day FIVE
iore. The next morning six more
o.,e up, and during the two following
"a. they kept coming up in twos and
w, until they numbered Is all told.
ship seemed to be teeming with
ways, and the officer on watch
farly bewildered. There was a
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-02-15

In the new process Of making wbjte
lead the ore as it comes from the mine is
volatillzed and oxidized by the air, the
fumes are condensed in q slightly acid
liquor, and the resulting sludge is washed
and dried for the market without having
been touched by the men. Quickness Of
manufacture, starting with ore and not
with the purified metal, and avoidance
OF danger to tie workmep, are among
the advantages of the new system.
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IT'S sad to see q woman growing old before her
time
All broken-dcwp and hopeless when LIE
should hold its prime;
She feel. herself burden when blessing she
should be
And longs for death 10 bring her release from
misery.
II these poor, discouraged women who suffer
from diseases peculiar to women could only
know that health could be resained By the use
Of DR.. Pierce's Favofitc Prescription. how Gag
erly they would hasten 20 avail themselves OF
it. They ought ~ know It. and try It. Every
woman who L. still healthy ought 70 be told
about the wonderful virc1e in this medicine,
and under3,aud that IL T. . safeguard against
the terrible dissA ASS COMMON to her sex. Il Is
guarantee! ~ give satisfaction or money paid
FOR it viii 80 refunded
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A planter in South Carolina has sue
ceeded in propagating the male cotton
plant by itself, until he now can raise
cotton seed without the lint or cotton.
The gain appears t be in the increased
yield of seed.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-02-15

A scientist states that medical science
is keeping alive unhealthy people to breed
unhealthy children.
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Sir William Gull says ths: when tagged
out by professional work he recruits his
strength by eating raisins, and not by
drinking wine or brandy.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-02-15

The disinfecting power Of animal gas
is such that when introduced into sewage
it very quickly destroys the microbes of
putrafaction and of many diseases.
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II afflicted with sore eyes, use DR.. 1san,
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell d.
2Jo per bottle.
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A Pleasing sense

Of health and strength renewed and Of ease
and comfort follows the use of Syrup Of Figs.
IS It acts In harmony with nature to effectual-
y cleanse the system when costive or bilious
For sale in &c. and 81 bottles by all leading
druggists.