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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31
POWER OF SHORT WORDS.

THE author being asked If one could write as
forcibly in monosyllabes as in words of length, at
once wrote the following lines:l
Think not that strength lies in the big, round
word,
Or that the brief and plain must needs be weak.
To whom can this be true who once has heard
The cry of help-the words that all men speak
When want or woe or fear Is in the throat
So that each word is gasped out like q shrek
Pressed from the heart or a. o strange. wild
note,
Sung by some fay or fiendi There Is a strength
Which dies If stretched too far or spun too fine,
Which has more height than breadth, more
depth than length
Let but this force of thought and speech be mine
And he that will may take the sleek. fat
phrase,
Which glows and burns not. though it CLEAN and
shines;
Light but not heat, flash without blaze
Nor Ia it naught but strength the short word
boasts;
It serves far more than wind or storm can tell,
Or roar Of waves that dash on rock bound coasts.
The crash of tall trees when the wild winds
SWELL
The roar of guns; the groans of men that die
On blood stained fields 1t has a voice as well
For them that far Off on their sick beds lie;
For them that weep. for them that mourn the
Tor them that dance and laugh and clap the
To joys quick step. as well as Grief's sac
tread;
The sweet, plain words we learn at first keep
time
And though the theme be sad or gay, or grand.
With each, with all, these may be made to chime,
In thought, or speech. or song. or prose. or
DR. Addison Alexander
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31
PITH AND POINT.

knowledge directs practice, YET
practice increases knowledge.
1t is as hard to keep your mind OH
of a trouble as it is to keep your
fingers off of tooth that is loose
1t is the sins of other people thai
self-appointed reformers make the
most fuss about 0. Picayune.
AS empty vessels make the loudest
sound. so they that have the least wit
are the greatest babblers.
AS man gets older he knows more,
but he does not get any more attractive
in learning it.-AtchisOn Globe.
"A man always feels ready to re-
turn the compliment when you speak
in praise of his good judgment. -
Somerville Journal
The man who in time OF peace
deems himself capable of beating an
army, in time of war thinks himself
lucky if he succeeds in beating re-
treat. American.
We all know that worry kills. I'm
fortunately it only kills the worried.
The worrier thrives; like symbolic
Jeshurun he wakes fat and kicks in a
lively fashion. Here is case of the
survival of the unfittest. -Christian at
Work.
The polite of every country seem
to have but one character. A gentle
man of Sweden differs but little, except
in trifles, from one of any other coun.
try. 1t is among the vulgar we are to
find those distinctions which charac.
terize country.-Goldsmith i
Genius is dazzling thing, but it
won't plod. Talent is forced to plod or
get left, and so with the instinct of self
preservation-it generally plods. &C.
MUS starts out petted darling, and
ends by lodging the bailiffs, and dying
in the poor house, while talent raises
a monument in it's honor, and pays the
bill out of it's well-flled pockets. Joel
Chandler Harris.
There are many shining qualities
In the mind of man, but none so useful
as discretion. It is this. indeed, which
gives value to all the rest, and sets
them at work in their proper places.
and turns them to the advantage of
their possessor. Without it, learning
is pedantry; wit, impertinence; and
virtue itself looks like weakness, and
the best parts only qualify man to
be more sprightly in errors and active
to his own prejudice. Addison.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31
German Discipline in Penal Institutions

German Discipline in Penal Institutions.
The lash has never been abolished as
means of discipline in penal institut ms
of Germany. Generally they use a
thong twenty inches long, fastened to
handle yard long. Tie lash is thick
est at the end. The thickness varies &C
cording to the provinces. But the small
est lashes are two inches thick. Only in
Saxony are the dimensions fixed by law,
the handle there being thirty mine inches
long and the lash thirty six inches.
The maximum number of blows is left
to the judgment of the prison directors,
but it must not exceed twenty-five in
Mecklenburg and Oldenburg. thirty in
Saxony and sixty in Prussia.
The German penitentiary regime pro-
vides still another means of repression,
namely, confinement in cells, the walls
and floors of which are covered with
sharp points. In these they put prison.
ers dressed in wooden, with nothing but
socks on their feet. The cell contains
no chair. bench or bed, and after GER
tain time the prisoner can neither stand
up nor lie down. His body and feet
bleed everywhere. and for month after
Le is let out he cannot walk. Such con-
finement was resorted to in Prussia fifty
six times during 1888. and of the suffer-
ers fifteen were women.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31
Printers' Old Shoes.

No class of men is so fond of old shoes
as printers. 1t isn't that they wear old
shoes, for they don't, except when stand
ing at their case. Then they either in
case their feet in shoes of the most dis
reputable character or have one or more
pairs of shoes that a ragman would sniff
at stuck under their frames in such a
position as to attract instantly the atten-
ton Of all who enter a composing room
and who are not of it,
Everything about the new composing
room of The Times is in the most admit
rable condition, except the shoes. The
same old shoes that disfigured the old
frames in the old composing room orna-
ment the new composing room. When
the printers marched upstairs, cases in
hand, they marched down again and re-
turned, shoes in hand They liked the
new room, with its white walls, it's lofty
ceiling, it's abundance of light and air.
There was absolutely nothing in COM
mon between it and old shoes, yet the
printers took great care that not single
old shoe should be deserted, and the new
composing room of The Times contains
just as many old shoes as did the old
composing room in it's palmiest days.
The printer likes comfort during the
hours of toll. Old shoes mean comfort
to him in the fullest sense.-Printers'
Ink.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31
Stranger-Is the cashier in?
Janitor (emphatically)-Yes. sir!

Janitor (emphatically)-Yes. sir!
Stranger-Can see him?
Janitor-Yes, sir! Visiting hours at
the Jail from 2 to every afternoon
Lowell Mail
--Barber-''Does this razor hurt YOU,
sir?" Victim-sIt would If l weren't .
Christian Scientist. Boston Herald.
-Unconquerable.- Robber (en-
tering smoking-car)-"T up your
hands!" Jenkins (engrossed in eucher)
Hanged If will: here's both bowers
and the joker. Texas Siftings.
IL am sorry to say" said sheriff to
young widow, who was handsome
'that | have an attachment for you.r
Il am happy to say, sir, that it isn't
mutual" she replied.
Il kissed her for her mothers sake,
But now the years have flown,
I'm very glad to get the chance
To kiss her for her own.
-Kearney Enterprise
Marriage" remarked Biggs, sis .
sort of brief swoon. When / was first
married / thought Mrs B. and were
one; but it wasn't long before we came
wo."-Boston Transcript.
-Prodley-sT hear you have been
getting married" Tooker-sYes." Prod
ley-"Whom did you marry?" Tooker
-"Mi1ly Jones, her mother, her STEP
father and two maiden aunts. "-Har-
per's Bazaar.
"A Jew went up to a railroad station
and said: Gimme tiget to Spring
field" "What Springfield?" asks the
ticket-seller, illinois or Massachu-
settsT Il don't gare. Viehever's the
sAeauest. "-ExchanRe.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31
Skinned Milk for Hens.

! don't know" but think that if
skinned milk is fed to the hens in
stead OF the pigs it will yield greater
profit. Our hens get nothing to drink
but milk. and they lay right straight
along. One advantage in butter over
milk dairying is that the skinned milk
and buttermilk are left for use on the
farm. Another advantage is that ia
selling butter you carry of none of the
farms fertility, whereas in selling milk
you do. Still another advantage is that
you do not have to 60 to market so
often. Horses and wagons cost money;
neighbor of mine sold milk and kept
two wagons; as he put it. .'he had one
wagon on the road and one at the
shop. Rural New Yorker.
"A French electrician has submit
ted q proposal to the municipality Of
Paris with view to supplying the
electric light in novel manner. which
would tend to conciliate intereste
which at present enter into the oues-
tlon-namely. by obviating the neces.
slty for laying down conducting wires.
The originator Of the idea has. Il an
pears, invented miniature gas motor
which ne proposes to ok in the lamp
standard. and above or below. the same
8 . dynamo would be placed, "a actu.
ate an arc lamp on the top Of the col.
umn.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31
SOMETIME.

Well, either you orr
After whatever is to say Is said,
Must see the other die,
Or hear, through distance. Of the other dead
Sometime.
And you or must hide
Poor empty eyes and faces wan and wet
With Lies great grief, beside
The others coffin, sealed with silence, yet
Sometime.
And you or must look
Into the others grave. or far or near,
And read as in a book,
Writ in the dust words we made bitter here
Sometime.
For both must lose the way
Wherein we walk together. very soon:
One in the dust shall stay,
The other first shall see the rising moon
Sometime.
Oh! fast, fast friend Of minel
Lift up the voice love SO much, and warn
To wiring faint hands and pine,
Tell me may be left forlorn, forlorn-
Sometime
Say may kiss through tears,
Forever falling and forever co.o,
One ribbon from sweet years,
One dear dead leaf, one precious ring OF gold
Sometime
Say you may think with pain
OF some slight grace, some timid wish to please
Some eager look, half vain
Into your heart some broken sobs like these
Sometime.
Sarah M. B. Piatt.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31

"Oh, no" says she, '''twouldn't be per-
lite to hit him with poker. I'll jest
take this feather duster, an kin jab him
with the end of it,
.Now foller me-" says l, "an' keep
close.
An we crope along. still as mice, to
the door, an | opened it as easy as l
could; an. la! there stood the burglar.
shore an sartin. right by the cupboard.
/ was powerful skeered. but the
thought of Jonathon's wallet give me
strength. an rushed at hsm an hit him
on the laigs with the walkin' stick.
ssGit out O. here" says l, in stertorous
tones, ''or I'll call the men folksl"
An at that moment Liza Ann throwed
the boot jack and hit me in the small of
the back.
1t hurt like sixty an took my breath
away fur minute or two, an afore +
got it back ag'in Miss Petifish rushed up
an throwed herself into the burglars
arms.
'sOh, OIL" says she, I'm so skeered!"
An then-what do you think-the
burglar says: ''Drat it all-lemme gol
Do you want to squash feller?" An,
bless you, if it want Jonathon hisselfl
81 swan to Peter" says he, eff you
wimmen folks hain't passed. of loony-
ticks, a-whackin' man an tumblin'
onto him that away! A buddy mout as
well be killed outright as skeered to
deathl' says he, as crabbid as Sam HILL
We all felt mighty sneakin, but
want a-goin' to let on.
"What did you come home so soon
fur?" says l. ''An' how did you git in
the kitchen when the door was locked"
An then it was his turn to look sheep
ish
st want the night fur the meeting,
after all, says he, IAN Jest rid over to
Seth Soperses an back, an / snuck in
through the suller, SOS to not wake you
up, an got me bite to eat, an had jest
took a mouthful of pie, when you
thumped me on the laig an Miss Petifsh
tumbled into my arms an tried to hug
me-"
"She tuck you fur burglar" says I,
IAN you ort to be thankful you got off
as well as you did,"
Miss Petifish sot down on the wood
box an laughed till she cried; but I
sorter suspicion she was a leetle grain
disap'inted to think it want burglar,
after all.
But no more at present. - Belindy
Bluegrass in Saturday night
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31
The Usual Tip.

An amusing story is being told that
concerns the late emperor of Brazil.
When the novelist Anthony Trollope
was an official at the general postoffice
Dom Pedro desired to inspect the build
ing, and Trollope was deputed to show
him over. He did so, and plumed him.
self upon the fact that he had carried
out his task with remarkable tact and
discretion. Dom Pedro apparently was
of the same opinion, for. after taking
his seat in his carriage. he sent an
equerry at top speed back to Trollope.
The latter, thinking it was some one de-
string to say farewell, held out his hand
for cordial shake, and then found to
his horror that two half crowns had
been dropped into his palm. Toronto
Globe
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31
A Norwegian Christmas Custom.

There is very curious old Norwegian
custom, which, l think, has died out,
excepting, perhaps, among the country
people. City folks lose old customs first,
and new customs obtain last of all among
the country people. The custom speak
of is for some person to be selected, who
sits clad in skins in the midst of throng,
with pointed bundle of straw in his
mouth. while the others dance around
him. The straws sticking out by his ears
were supposed to represent the bristlen
OF boar, and he typifed the victim Of
the sacrifice.-Fales-C Curtis.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31
THE EYE OF MAN.
Originally 1t Could Distinguish but
COlOrs, Black and Red.

Originally it Could Distinguish but two
Colors, Black and Red.
Science gives US interesting details
about what the human eye has been and
what it may become. The Vendas, Of
India, which are the most ancient writ
ten documents, attest that at times most
remote, but still recorded in history,
only two colors were known, black and
red. A very long time elapsed before
the eye could perceive the color yellow,
and a still longer time before green
could be distinguished; and it is remark
able that in the most ancient language
the term which designed yellow insen-
sibly passed to the Specification of
green. The Greeks had, according to
the generally received opinion, the per-
ception of colors very highly developed,
and yet authors of more recent date
assure, us that in the time of
Alexander the Great the Greek
painters knew but four colors,
viz: White, black, red and yellow.
The words to designate blue and violet
were wanting to the Greeks in the most
ancient times of their history, they call
ing these colors gray and black. 1t is
thus that the colors in the rainbow were
only distinguished gradually, and the
great Aristotle only knew four of them.
1t is well-known fact that when the
co!ors of the prism are photographed
there remains outside the limit of the
blue and violet, in the spectrum, dis
tinct impression which our eyes do not
recognize as color. Psychologists tell
us that it is reasonable to suppose that
as the color organ becomes more highly
developed, and even before the human
eye becomes perfect, this outside band
will evolve into color perfectly dis
cernible.-St Louis Republic.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31
VALLEY OF THE WINDING WATER.

The valley OF the winding water
Wears the same light It wore Of old,
Still Ger the purple peaks the portals
OF distance and desire unfold
Still break the fields Of opening June
To emerald. in their ancient way.
The sapphire Of the summer heaven
Is infinite. as yesterday
Ny eyes are on the greening earth,
The exlltant bobolinks wild arwfng;
And yet, of all this kindly gladneN,
My heart beholds not anything.
But In still room far away.
With mourners round her silent head,
Blind TO the quenchless tears, the anguist,
] aae. todav = woman dead
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31

Abraham Lincoln has not many monu-
ments worthy the name II the will Of
John Crerar Is able to pass muster in the
oourts without being broken, he win
Saye one IN Chicago that Is worth look
.ng It John Cserar ieft $l00, 200 to
ieockEik
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31
why the Blind Never smoke.

A popularity about the blind is that
there is seldom one of them who smokes.
Soldiers and sailors accustomed to smok-
ing, and who have lost their sight in &C
ton, continue to smoke for a short
while. but soon give up the habit. They
say that it gives them no pleasure when
they can not see the smoke, and some
have said that they can not taste the
smoke unless they see it. This almost
demonstrates the theory that if you
blindfold man in room full of smoke,
and put lighted and an unlighted cigar
in his mouth alternately, he will not be
able to tell the difference.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31

The 6eetest ocean steamers do not run
IN midwinter. when ocean travel is light
The reason Is that it takes $40 tons of
coal . day to maintain the speed Of an
ocean racer
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31

Brussels Steak: Take half dozen
good sized onions, cut them into thin
rings and soak one hour in salted water,
drain them and fry quickly in hot fat;
broil a good beefsteak carefully and
pour the onions over it; put on plenty o.
butter, dredge with pepper and serve .
once.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31

"A monntaineer preacher down i,
Maryland astonished part Of his audi
enee by exclaiming in the midst of {
burst of rhetoric in one of his sermons
my friends, all the world shouted Il
10y when the good r sof Christ's bir'
haahed over the wires!''
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-01-08

N. b. Passengers not purchasing tickets be-
fore boarding the train at stations whore tickets
are sold. will be charged 10 cents additional to
the regular fare for train rates.
The above time tables and rates OF fares to take
effect on Thursday, January 2, 1890.
W. q. ASHLEY,
ls3-h Superintendent.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-10-23
The Governors Reply.

COLUMBIA, S. O., Oct. 19, 1890.
Hon: J. Z. Irby, Chairman Democratic
Executive Committee, Laurens, s. @.
DEAR SIR: In view of the very grave
and complicated political situation in the
State at this juncture, Ihave given to the
preamble and resolutions in regard to the
commissioners of election, passed by the
committee of which you are chairman,
aud which were handed to me by you on
the 10th instant, the most careful aud
anxious consideration
Rejecting has only confirmed me in
the view Ihave heretofore expressed in
relation to this matter, and feeling assur-
ed of the high and irreproachable char
icter of there appoiDtees, l cannot con-
silently nor justly make removals OF
worthy and tried Democrats under the
assumption that they will prove. untrue
to duty, honor and patriotism.
a perfectly fair, honest and peaceful
expression Of the popular will-always
of the :rstimportance--has now become
animperative necessity. and this it shall
be my earnest and, persistent effort to
insure in the absolute confidence of the
hearty support of every good citizen and
Democrat.
have the honor to remain very re.
ispectfully yours,
j. P. RICHARDSON, Governor.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-10-23
Judge Haskell on the Coalition.

10 e. a u
In an interview with Judge Haskell
yesterday, a Register reporter asked
"What have you to say, Judge, about the
charge of coalition with the negro, and
that your party is breaking up the Demo-
cracy, and are 'dickering' with the color
ed vote ?'
Judge Haskell says: ~ bavo only to
say that the members of the State ticket
on which my name appears are Demo
Gratis, holding now, as they have always
held, the principles expressed in the
platform of 1876 and reiterated by Gov.
ernor Hampton throughout the canvass
of that year. That is it the government
of the State is committed to our control,
we pledge ourselves to protect the per
sons.' We have not made, nor will ne
make, any terms or bargains for the sup.
port of ticket, which has been put in
the field as matter of principle and to
secure our State, from control by officials
in whose hands it is believed that the
rights of neither white nor black will be
safe.
"Those who vote for our ticket must do
so because they are convinced that We
are actuated neither by selfish motives
nor By the wish to rule, but by the pur.
pose of saving the State If possible in her
hour of need."- Columbia Register, Oct.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-10-23
Trustees Sale Of. Land.

DURsUANT to the provisions of the
i Deed of Trust executed to me by
Mrs. Eliza F. Burriss aud J. B: Burriss,
and for the purposes of the trust therein
expressed, will sell at public outcry in
front of the Court House in Anderson,
8. c., on Salesday in November next, at II
o'clock a. m. or as soon thereafter as the
same can be auctioned off during the legal
hours of sale, all Of that Piece, Parcel orr
TRACT OF LAND,
containing three hundred and thirty.eight
acres, more or less, adjoining lands of John
W. Daniels, J. 0. McAdams, ct al, for
merly belonging to the late Joshua Bur.
riss, deceased, and now occupied by the
said Mrs. Eliza F. Burriss. This Land
will be sold In two Tracts-the McCollum
Tract being one, and the remainder of the
said Land being the other Tract.
Persons desiring further information
can obtain the same from the undersigned,
or from Messrs. Tribble & Prince, Ander-
son, s. G.
Terms Of Sale--Cash. The purchaser
will also be required to pay for all neces-
sary papers.
E. B. MURRAY, Trustee.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-10-23
Federal Election Notice.


ANDERSON, S. c., Oct. is, 1890.
IN o71cr is hereby given by the undersigned Conn
mfssioners of Election for Federal officers, for the
election of member to Congress from tho Third
Congressional District, to be held in Anderson
County on the 4th day Of November, 1890, that the
following named persons have been appointed by
them as managers Of such election:
Anderson c. Nv. R. Dillingham;, s. H. Pre-.
vost. G. N. Broyles.
Pendleton-J. A. Price, J. NJ. Keels, ]. N. Hun
ter.
Sandy springs-W. L. Milan, W. A. G. Nc
Whorter, ". D. Garrison.
Centreyille-J. L. Jolly, WI. Hembree, James
Smith.
Bethany-Ed. whitten, W. Il. McMurtry, james
A. Carson.
Hopewell School House-W. A. Neal, ". Il.
Gray. Welborn Martin.
Greenwood-John ". Glenn, E. F. Allgood, W.
E. Long.
Williamston-s. j. Duckworth, ]. J. Cooley
James Gaines.
Belton-J. T. Rice, J. T. Green,J. N. suther-
land.
Bonea Path-J.C C. Milford, VIC. Branyan, J. J.
Trussell.
Clinkscales' MILL. T. Ashley, J. r. Pennell, D..
A. Reed.
Carswell Institute-J. B. Leverett, W. NJ. Spoon.
henry Tate.
Cedar Wreath-s. G. Williams, l. ". pickens,
J. D. Sitton.
Dark Corner-R. l. Stewart, A. NJ. Cheek, T. A.
Williford's store-B. F. Shirley, Jos. P. Ander-
son. J. 81. Little.
Broylea-W. P. snelgroye; J. NJ. Broyles, N. o.,
Farmer.
Marst's Store-G. W. Maret, P. A. Mahafey
Thomas Dalrymple.
starr-E. C. Prultt, C. s. L. Stewart, William
Jones.
Hollands store-Wm. Wright, J. L. O. Shaw,
Chaflcs NJ. Finley.
Piedmont F. White, NJ. O. Sims, ]. F. Clar-
dy.
pelzcr-W.ci. Field, A. B. Carpenter, T. ]. Nc.
Elroy.
The polls will be opened at seven o'clock in the
forenoon and close at four o'clock in the afternoon
Tho votes will be counted immediately after the
closing Of the polls The poll lists, the boxes con-
talning the ballots and written statement of the
result OF the election shall be delivered to the
Commissioners of Election as provided by law.
One manager for each precinct will please meet
the Commissioners Of Election in the Office of ].
W. Quattlebaum, Esq, Anderson, S. c., on the 3lst
day of October, $780, for the purpose of receiving
the ballot boxes and further instructions.
]. E. BREAZEALE,
J. N. PAYNE,
j. W. QUATTLEBAUM,
Commissioners of Federal Election.
Oct 16, 1890 Is