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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
The MadiRval Housewife.

The housewife of the middle ages
cooked over an open fire on a stone
hearth in the middle of the room, hole
in the roof letting the smoke escape.
Over this fire the people shivered in cold
weather; but at later time some of the
queens had braziers or small iron fur
naces in their rooms. There were no
carpets in those days, and rushes and
sweet herbs were spread on the floor in
stead, especially when company was ex-
pected. There were tapestries on the
walls of the finer houses. At dinner
people sat on wooden benches and stools
at heavy table of boards set on trestles
and this was covered with cloth. The
bill of fare changed with the centuries
in those days, and not much from day to
day; the food was barley and oaten
bread, bacon, fish, capons, eggs and an
abundance of home brewed ale, and the
mobiles sometimes had wine from the
east.-Good Housekeeping.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
When You Are in Europe.

In travelling on the continent get Be
daeker's guide books. Look up the
hotels, and if intending to stop at any
place for several days write ahead for
terms. Ask for a price including light
and service, as they are always extra.
When the price does not include lights
take candles along. The charge for
lights is fifty cents night for each per-
son, and dozen candles cost but twenty
cents. Soap is always an extra except
in England.
Those who ask for anything not on
the bill of fare will pay handsomely for
it. In all the Paris restaurants they
charge for the table cloth and napkins
TO BEGIN with.-Exchan0e.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
FlRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

When one is fatigued and foot-sore
from much walking it is very refreshing
to battle the feet in warm water and ruh
them with extract of arnica.-Old Home
stead.
1t is convenient to have an iron
holder attached by long string to the
band of the apron when cooking; it
saves burned fingers or scOrched aprons.
and is always at hand.-Good House.
keeping.
If you want lovely odor in your
rooms, break off branches of the Norway
spruce and arrange them in a large lug
we'll filed with water. In few DAYS
tender, pale green branches feather out.
soft and cool to the touch, and giving
the delightful health-giving odor.-
Scientific American.
-Pie-plant Sauce, baked: Cut into
small pieces after washing and leave the
skin on. Lay in an earthen pudding
dish, sprinkling lavishly with sugar
during the process. Cover and bake in
moderate oven. Cooked this way it
requires no water, and is nicer than
when stewed in the ordinary way.-The
Household.
Baked Whitefsh: Clean the fish.
cut it open in the back, remove the
backbone and lay it in buttered drip
ping-pan, the skin side down. Season
with salt and pepper as for the table,
dot it with bits of butter, drop little
lemon juice over it, pour in half tea
cupful water at the side, but not over
the fish, and bake in hot oven twenty
to thirty minutes according to siz =
Orange Judd Farmer.
Orange Marmalade: Wash and wipe
the oranges, peel and put the peeling in
kettle with little water, boil several
hours; cut the oranges and squeeze the
juice and pulp in a kettle; drain the
water from the peel, and pound it fine,
put with the juice, to which add pound
of sugar for every pint of juice; boil one
hour. when it should be thick and solid.
Put in little cups and cover with paper.
Ladies' Home Journal
"A Good Dressing for Sandwiches:
One-half pound of nice butter, two
tablespoonfuls of prepared mustard, two
tablespoOnfuls of salad oil, a little cay
enne, little salt, the yelk of one egg;
rub the butter to cream; add the other
ingredients and mix thoroughly; add
the last thing teaspoonful of lemon
juice, if desired; set away to cool; spread
the bread with this dressing and add the
ham chopped fine.-Boston Herald.
Quite handsome and serviceable rug
can be easily made by knitting in coarse
tapestry wool strips from four to six
inches wide, choosing the softer tones
of color that will harmonic side by
side. Wood browns, old reds, old blues,
olives, and ecrus are handsome. Make
some strips to go at ends, and some for
sides, fitting them so as to form oblongs.
Overcast or crochet them altogether to
form your rug; then finish all around by
a wide band of dark brown or black
astrakhan cloth. One can even utilize
in this way astrakhan that has seen
some service as trimming. - Yankee
Blade.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
William ms He Was.

The name William was moi at first
given to children; it was a name con-
ferred upon man as a reward OF
merit. When the ancient Germans
fought with the Romans, the Germans
were armed only with light weapons,
swords, spears, shields, etc., and if
German killed on the field well
armed Roman, wearing a gilded he'll
met, the helmet was set on the head
OF the brave German who had slain
Its owner, who ever after was known
as Gildhelm, or, as we would say,
Golden Helmet. Among the Franks
the name was Guildhelme, and with
the French, Guilheaume, afterwards
Gulllame, and with the Latin speak
Ing nations, Gulielmus. Finally the
< inch Guillame became Wuillame
and soon evoluted into William.
Louis Republic.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
Be Prompt in Appointments.

The Manufacturers Gazette thinks
there is nothing more damaging to
business than to be found wanting in the
matter of promptness in filling orders
A great many firms will promise to have
an order at a certain time. when they
are confident in their own minds that it
will be almost an utter impossibility to
do so. This is done to secure the orders.
but cannot fail of damaging effect in
the future. 1t is just as important that
an order be filled at the time agreed as
that any other engagement or appoint
ment be kept. The man who arranges
for meeting with another at certain
time is expected to be on time. In these
days of great enterprise and push, every
business man has his time fully taker
and promptness in keeping an appoint
ment is an important matter to him
Just SO it is in filling orders. Prompt
ness is as much to the credit of concern
as is the quality of the work or the mate
rial used
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
Remarkable Cause of Death.

The Sumterville (Fla.) Times tells q
remarkable story in connection with
the phosphate excitement 1t says that
several persons have been drowned in
the Withlacooche river while diving
for hidden treasures. ga colored man
named Abrams is the last victim, and
his case was a very peculiar one. A
party was sounding the bottom of the
Withlacooche for phosphate, and when
an extraordinary bone or tooth was dis
covered Abrams would dive down and
bring it up. At last he saw very large
bone and dived for it, but remained at
the bottom. Waiting a few moments
and seeing his body at the bottom, Crap
pling-hooks were obtained by his COM
rades and his body was brought to the
surface. AS he came up huge horn or
tusk was seen sticking out of his head.
Upon examination it was found that in
diving he had struck head first huge
elephants tusk that was standing on
the rivers bed in an upright position.
1t had pierced his brain, causing instant
death. The tusk was over four feet
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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22

There was, some time ago, a doctor
whose morning levees were crowded be-
yond description. 1t was his pride and
boast that he could feel his patients
pulse, look at his tongue, probe at him
with his stethoscope. write his prescrip-
ton, pocket his fee, in a space of time
varying from two to five minutes One
day an army man was shown into the
consulting room. and underwent what
may be called the instantaneous process.
When it was completed the patient shook
hands heartily with the doctor and said.
II am especially glad to meet you, as !
have often heard my father, Col. Fores-
ter, speak of his old friend. DR.. l..
'Whatl' exclaimed the doctor, ''are you
Dick Forester's sonT "Most certainly
am" my dear fellow, fling that in
fernal prescription into the fire and sit
down quietly and tell me what's the mat
ter with you."-Murray's Magazine.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
THE WHITE SQUALL.
Graphic Account of Sharp, Short Storm
in the Gulf of Gascony.

Graphic Account of Sharp, Short Storm
in the Gulf of Gascony.
In the month of July, 1886, the schoon
er Swallow, recently overhauled and
made ready for scientific exploration
of the Gulf of Gascony, following the
line of coast which borders the great
depths, commenced the first attempts at
dredging the bottom at a depth of 500
meters.
On the second day our rope scaffold-
ings and dredge were let down under a
cloudy sky and into muddy sea. The
barometer did not indicate anything alb
normal. still the aspect of sudden
cloud, forming rapidly in the west-south-
west in the course of the operation,
seemed sufficiently threatening to cause
US to postpone the drawing up of the
dredge until the passage of that inoppor-
tune danger.
1t was necessary to shorten sail with
the utmost rapidity in order to avoid too
great traction on the cable, the break
ing of which would have caused the loss
OF our only deep sea dredge. The viO-
lence of such a squall not permitting the
exposure of any ordinary sail we found
we would only be able to carry the jib
and that only if the space before us wa
clear.
terminated these arrangements Won
ing whether we were going to lose our
principal implement when the first puffs
Of wind which preceded gale of gath
ering intensity struck us powerfully,
careening the schooner to the larboard.
A dust Of water was raised by the first
puffs of the squat from the waves which
were almost instantly formed, and this
Joined the singing whips of an icy tor
rent of rain and hail and dashed the sea
to a crystalline whiteness which reflected
the brilliance Of meteor
The crew, sheltered from the wind by
the lee bulwarks, awaited in silence an
order for action there where it should be
most necessary. But at the supreme mo-
ment Of such cataclysm which sweeps
all, which bruises faces, stiles voices,
when the water has stiffened the cordage
and sails, when the vessel under bare poles
crouches and quivers under the anger of
o1AO OOLupOSt, leg uIdI WOIh ID OuC VI tuc
question and the helmsman is the only
one who pursues any active labor, but
the schooner, held by the weight Of the
dredge which she drags, does not obey
the helm with her usual readiness.
After an hour of fierce rage the thick
masses of cloud are suddenly broken,
and behind them hangs thin curtain OF
vapor which is dissipated in few min
utes and the blue of heaven reappears.
Soon the squat hiding the opposite
horizon glides away from us by mys-
terious power and no trace is left on the
mobile sea to betray its passage.
The schooner anchors and hoists one
by one her sails, whose folds as they
open shed cascades of water which have
accumulated there, and soon the soaked
garments of the crew float, or are spread
out to dry, and the wind which blows
now with kind benevolence on those
multicolored lines of tricots, sabots, tar
paulins, caps and shirts seems to i'm
pose a vulgar labor upon itself which
so recently had threatened their lives
Prince of Monaco in Sunny Hour.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
NaDOleOn,S Lost Came0s.

For many years the Bibliotheque Ma
tionale Of Paris has bewailed the loss of
two dozen very fine ancient canoes bor-
rowed by Napoleon and never returned.
The emperor had them mounted in a
tiara, and when Louis XVIII came to
the throne they were found among the
crown jewels, and were sent along with
them to England for safety when Napo-
leon escaped from Elba. Since then they
have been hopelessly lost. The curator
had failed to preserve detailed descrip-
ton of the gems. M. German Bapst,
however, has been able to provide the
substance of the missing document, and
has published it in his "Histoire DIES
Joyaux de la Couronne. Should the
canoes ever come into the market, they
may be recognized and bought back by
the authorities. 1t is generally supposed
that they are retained by the heirs of the
Comte de Chambord. -Jeweler's Weekly.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
Time Saved by Electric Lights.

In the Postoffice Central Savings
bank, in London, it has been found af-
ter two years experience of electric
lighting that the average amount of
illness has been diminished by about
two days per year for each person on
the staff. This is equivalent to gain
to the service of the time of about eight
clerks in that department alone. TAX
ing the cost at the overtime" rate
only, this would mean saving in sal
aries of f640 year. The cost of the
installation Of the electric light was
93, $40, and the annual cost of working
9700 per annum, say total annual
cost of 1,034. The cost of gas con-
sumed for lighting purposes was e7OO
year, so that on the whole there was
a direct saving of something like 9266
year to the government, besides the
material advantage of the better work
of the staff resulting from the inn
proved atmospheric conditions under
which their work is one.-New York
Telegram.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
Count Moltke.

Count Moltke appears in public only
when the reichstag is sitting, and until
quite lately he was one Of the most regu-
lar members of the house. where he takes
a front seat on the Conservative benches.
If speech is made in which he is par
ticularly interested, he gets up, ap-
proaches the speaker, and holds his hands
to his ear, in order to catch every word.
He himself speaks very rarely, and the
last time he said few words was last
year, when he moved vote of thanks to
the president at the conclusion of the
session. Atlanta American.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
Confusion of Tongues.

A fve-year-old boy had been spend
Ing the afternoon at the house of one OF
his playmates, says the Boston Tram
script.
The little fellow came home full OF
stories about Jennie's wonderful nurse.
who, as it appeared, had said many Gu
rous things during the afternoon.
well. we'll" said the boys father at
last what IS the nurse-French. Ger
man, or what?''
i don't know" answered Harry, but
guess she must be broken English; It
sounded like that"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
InsoIenc.e Rebuked.

At a table in restaurant diner
said to another ON the opposite side OF
the table, Il beg pardon, sir, but viii
you kindly pass me the salt cellarg"
"Humph!'' said the other insolently.
ssDo you take me for the waiterF
The first diner made no reply, but
calmly called, Waiter"
The waiter came up, bowling, and
asked him what he desired.
Nothing" said the gentleman,
Except to apologize to you: 1t seems
that took this man for you. Youths
Companion.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
Palpitation of the Heart

A French physician announces that
distressing or excessive palpitation of
the heart can always be arrested by
bending double, the head down and
the hands hanging, SO as to produce a
temporary congestion of the upper
portion OF the body. In nearly every
instance of nervous or anamic palpi-
tation, the heart Immediately resumes
its natural function. If the move
ments of respiration are arrested dur
ing this action, the effect is still more
rapid. Herald of Health.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
When Buffaloes Were Plentiful.

81 remember the time when we used
to get from $4,000 to 100000 buffalo
hides in St. Paul" said hide dealer.
I'VE used to get them for 81 or S.
each. Now the whole business has
been cleaned out The last herds were
slaughtered by white men, chiefly in
1882. Buffalo furs are SO high now
that people don't buy many. l had
two or three hides last year, but it was
very hard to sell them. Several sub
stitutes have come into the market.
They are cheaper and people buy these.
st, Paul Pioneer Press.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
A Skating Princess.

A very pretty story is related of the
crown princess of Denmark. Prince
Waldemar and Princess Marie are good
skaters, and one afternoon when, after a
long run across the ice, they sat down to
rest, they noticed a little boy who was
vainly trying to put his skates on. On
seeing the royal couple he took off his
hat and said: "Oh, dear Princess Marie,
can you not help me to put my skates
onY The royal lady smiled, knelt down
on the ice and firmly fastened the straps
round the boys ankles.-Boston Tran
script.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
Adams POIifeness

A mother on Delaware avenue was on
Sunday giving her child, a boy of Z
years, some Bible instruction. She was
telling him the story of Adams fall
Having narrated the tale of the apple
and what mischief it did, the mother
asked: Nov. don't you think Adam did
very wrong to eat the apple?" The little
fellow thought momont and then an
swered: "Why, would it have been polite
to refuse the apple when the lady offered
it to himY'-Buffalo Courier.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22

sis 1t proper to say blown up or
blown DOWN."
Teacher-Either. If it is the result of
an explosion. it is blown up; if the re-
suit OF cyclone, blown down.
Boy-An' couldn't the result of an ex-
plosion be blown DOWN.
Teacher-No.
Boy-Whats the matter with sneeze?
brakes Magazine.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
Mans First Love.

Probably your first love and your first
watch were contemporary; they gener-
ally are. Have you forgotten the ~
year-old coquette for whose sake you
forswore solid food, and moped discon-
solate in solitary places, and coveted
unattainable personal adornments and
longed to be 81? Of course, you have
not. A dozen tides of passion may have
surged through your heart since then,
but they have not washed away the
memory of your "calf love. New York
Ledger
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22

The literary production of Mexico is
quite wonderful. One of her latest
photographed lists mentions no less
than $4,000 volumes by 5000 native
Mexican authors. The first book
printed ON this continent was pub
iahnd in Iaxic0
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22

Patterson When was in London
. friend of mine, Charley Ferguson
Barrow Charley Fergusonl Why,
I know himl
Patterson-Well, he's good fellow
all the same.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
William Waldorf Astor has employed

William Waldorf Astor has employed
artists at an expense of something like
$4,000 to illustrate one copy Of each of
his novels. These copies form a private
edition de luxe, each one being labeled
''my personal copy and occupying a
prominent place in his library. Verify
few can thus indulge in the embellish-
ment of their own literature.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-03-15
$1.OO Per Year.
WOMAN's SPHERE.
From. Woman's Journa'.l

Woman's Journa.l
"Keep to your sphere" said the liquor men,
eat home is woman's place.
Take care Of your children, cook and sew,
And cherish your womanly grace.
These forward women who war on US
Disgrace themselves and thersex;
Plunging in filthy politics,
The peace of the land they vex."
So, gentle mother, sit still at home.
And Groom to your baby boy.
While monster turks in the street without
Waiting his chance to destroy.
Soon as those little feet can pass
Out of the garden gate,
He'll be fair play; but st you still,
Sing him to Sleep 'Tis fate.
Love and cherish your winsome girl,
Train up the fair, sweet life
To every pure and gentle charm
BETTING the drunkard's wife.
Make her so fair and sweet and wise
She will win some careless love-
So pure that drunken stab or shot
VIII only send her above.
What, dropping your song, and starting out
With eyes and heart afre,
And striving, with your soft white hands,
To throttle the monster dire?
Why not2 The hare for her young will fight;
The tiny bird grow wild
Defending his nest; and dare you think
woman cares less for her child?
Yes, home is q womans truest sphere,
Its spoer her deadlest foe;
If viper coil by your sleeping child
Is the gentest too mild for blow?
Because you are womanly, tender and true,
And your home is your chosen sphere,
Fight, fight as for life! II you shrink or fall
You may lose all life holds dear.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-03-15

Miss Anthony, with golden scarf thrown across
one corner and surrounded by smilax and yellow
roses. If space permitted we would give the full
account, as given by the Woman's Tribune.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-03-15

NEW YORK women are asking for the appoint
ment of women physicians on the medical staff of
the State insane asylums under the authority OF a
statute The women of Illinois will do the same
at the next legislature.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-03-15

AT the February meeting Of the Illinois Wom-
ans Alliance, Caroline G. Huling, president it
voted to petition the members OF the Cigarette
Trust, dealers of tobacco, and manufacturers OF
cigars and cigarettes against the traffic to the
young. 1t also asks that a law be passed to pre-
vent the sale of cigarettes and brandy drops near
public school buildings. A law ~as passed by
the General Assembly in 1887 prohibiting the sale
OF cigarettes or liquor in any form to school chill
dren and the proposed ordinance will be passed
on this law.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-03-15

ANNIE BEsANT, the English Socialist, who is
about to visit New York, is tall, thin, sad-factd
woman, with wavy, dark hair and "the pluck of
famingo"