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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24
A Russian Empress Watch,

At the time of her coronation at
Moscow, in 1924, Catherine l., En-
press of Russia, was presented with a
watch as wonderful in every particular
rs the famous Strasburg clock; even
more wonderful when the delicacy of
its construction is taken into consider
alton. 1t weighed seven ounces, and
was both repeater and musical time
keeper. On the opposite side from the
works or time-keeping part of the won
der there was an exact counterpart of
the holy sepulcher with carved i'm
age of the Roman guard; this scene
could be viewed through the glass in
the case. Upon opening the case the
imitation stones would roll away from
the mouth of the miniature sepulcher,
the guard would kneel, angels appear
at opposite sides of the opening, and
about this time the music would start
up and play in soft, sweet strains the
Easter songs so well known to all Rus
slams. The maker of this wonderful
piece of mechanism is said to have
worked upon it almost unlnterruptedly
for a period of nine years.-Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
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He Had No Use for 1t.

''And now" said the eminent lectur-
or at the close of his discourse, ..in or.
der to amuse you and at the same time
illustrate what | have been telling Won
In regard to this most wonderful dis
cOvery, l have directed my assistant TO
prepare small quantity of. the famous
elixir while | have been talking to YOU.
and 1t is now ready. shall be happy
to administer dose of it to anv per-
son in the audience who will step ND
on this platform. shall prefer to op-
crate upon some one who is suffering
from low vitality and needs rejuvenat-
ing.
There was no response to the invita-.
ton.
Twill not somebody have the ex-
pertinent tried upon himP" INQUIRED
The lecturer in persuasive voice III
is only slightly painful and will do no
hahn. Will not my friend here. +" he
continued. addressins a dead-lookino
nan on the front sea; "have a dose of
it?n
Il don't need it. sir" replied the
iead-looking man. slowly. II ALWAYS
work by the day Chicago Tribune
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THEY LOVE SWEETS.

How Bread Is Made in Different Coun-
tries of Asia.
The bread of different Asiatic nations
is worthy of mention. Ia China, India,
Japan and Corea by no mems all the
people live upon rice. In North China
much wheat is used, and NJ. thern India
is one OF the best wheat-grow.ng districts
of the world. The Chinese DOLL all their
bread instead of baking it. or if baked
at all it is Drowned after boiling. In
Egypt the bread of the lo'yest classes is
largely made of Sorghum seed, and in
North India and North hina millet is
largely used. Both Chk.ese and Japan
csc are fond of sweet Gaze, and in Japan
one of the most populax cakes is almost
exactly like our sponge cake. 1t is said
to have been brought ever from Holland
by the Dutch Christians when they came
to Japan centuries ago, and you will now
find it all over the c. untry. The Turks
are very fond of sweet cake, and the
sweet-cake peddlers of Cairo and Con-
stantinople are the noisiest of their kind.
1t is the same with candy as it is with
cake. Some of the best candy I have
ever eaten bought of pig-tailed mer-
chant in the Chinese city of Picking. He
had nut candy o. all kinds, and he told
me he imported some of his nuts from
Mongolia for his shop. The Smyrna fig
paste is noted the world over and you
will find it in every confectioners store
in the country. Turkish nugat is one of
the favorite iainties of the harem, and
it tastes better when you eat it fresh at
Constantinople than when 1t is six
months Old and is sold in America. At a
dinner which once attended in upper
Egypt we had course of candy between
each one of the other courses, and we
had at least ten desserts during the meal.
The Turkish tooth is a very sweet tooth,
and with sweetened water sherbets,
candies and cakes he makes his thick
blood flow slower and slower.-F G.
Carpenter, in Omaha Bee.
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GEOGRAPHICAL POETlCA.

Book Which, When Published, VIII
Create Profound Sensation.
we are about getting out book tc
contain biographies of all the occiden
tai and accidental poets OF the hemi
sphere. Applicants will. please, write
out the answer to the following aues
tions:
what is your full namep
Your name when you are not fpllp
Inc name you maintain in the com.
munity?
Wnen you were born. and whyp
Male or female? Don't give an
nasty answer.)
where were your grandparents born.
In TINS country or any other?
what asylum do you reside imp
were You born in the city or in the
woods?
Dld you early lisp in great numbersq
is yours very bad attack
Are you educated or not?
What colleges didn't you attend?
What is the color of your red hairp
Inc estimated length of your feetp
Dlo you ever have poem printed?
Dlo you ever have any other kind of
fits?
what do you think your station is
among the great bardsp
how often does the spasm come on?
Are you saddest when you writer
have you ever consulted physicianp
Ii male, how oldp eve know the
poetic age of all female writer's
DO you effect the present stvle of
trousers?
How often do you change your style
OF stockings?
now were you brought up and what
editors brought you DOWN.
Are you married, and how oftenp
DO you consider divorce failurep
What do you think of onions as SOUL
food?
10 your poems come in kind of
spontaneous combustion, as it we e?
What is your height-when you see
your name in your village weekly pa
PERI
how many poems, in the course of a
year, do you turn and have returned?
What is the extent of your poetical
works, and what trade do you follow
for pastime?
What publications have your effu-
sions disappeared in?
We're any of your ancestors ever
burned for writing poetry?
What other renowned poet do YOU
think you resemble?
What soap do you use, if anyp
Do you ever have to rewrite any of
your poems?
Can you compose poetry and the
baby at the same time?
DO you consider one or all of YOUR
poems the best?
What is the size of hat required after
you finish a poemp
Write answers to the best of YOUR
ability and don't sign your name with
cross Send photograph of yourself
or your next best friend and five dol.
lars, not for publication. but as a guar
antee of good faith.-A. w. Bellaw. in
Time
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FACTS ABOUT PALMlsrRv

A professor" Tells What He Knott.
concerning the Art.
Look at your hand DO You read vonr
character in it? Or, study your 9;rl,s
hand, and be wise.
Inc science of chironomy, or the
meaning OF the human hand. ALWAYS ax.
cites curiosity; but few people under
stand 1T Can a mans character no
read on his hand as well as you can read
1t In his face, or by the bumps on bis
head? Ills so claimed, and the scianco
by which it is done is a pretty ono -
has many branches, all of them we'll
worth studying.
Ii the palm of the hand is skinny
ana narrow, said professor of the
science 1T denotes timidity, feeble
mind and want of moral and intellectno1
force. If the palm is too thick. bio and
strong, 1T denotes a low intelligence
and tendency to brutality. A bo1-
low, deep palm always signifies misorv
lll-iuck and failure il life. Fingers
which are smooth denote tendency to
act upon instinct, impulse or intuition.
rather IMAM by reason calculation and
deduction. Knotty fingers denote a
tendency to order and arrangement
People with short fingers are Quicker
more lmpulsive, act more on the snur Of
the moment, than people with long fin
gers. If the fingers are very short Il
signifies cruelty and want of tact.
Long myers denote love of detail
Such persons are tidy as to their appoint-
ments, easily put out and very carefu,
about trifies Workers in small things
always have large hands, and the CON
structors OF colossal works have small
hands. Small-handed people write
large, while large-handed people al.
ways write small.
Thick fingers denote luxury. Twist
ed and malformed fingers, with short
nails denote cruelty, tyranny and a
worrying, teasing disposition. If a
hand is stiff and hard, opening with Diff
hculty to its fullest extent. it betravs
stubbornness of character and avarice
II the myers are supple, having a ten
dency to turn back, they denote, as a
rule, cleverness and inquisitiveness.
nearly always generosity, ending in ex-
travagance. If the fingers fit close TO-.
gether, it is sign of avarice. IF twist
ed SO as to show chinks between them.
1t Is sign of curiosity. If thew are
smooth and transparent, they betray in
ulscretlon and loquacity. Indianapolis
News
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ROgsER TANTIA EHEEL.
midas Robin Hood aIakes Full Col
fession or Grimes.

midas Robin Hood aIakes a Full Con-
fession OF Grimes.
Tantia Rheel, the bold Robin Hood Ok
the Central provinces in India, who was
recently captured, has just made full
confession. Fifteen years ago he left
his village and took up the occupation
OF Sultivator of land. He committed
some minor police offense and was SEN
fenced to years Imprisonment in The
Nagpore Jail. He was subsequently inn
prisoned in Jubbulpore Jail, and on his
release settled in Holkar's territory
but was forced to take refuge in the
jungle to escape arrest consequent on
false charge of robbery. He carried on
petty depredations for a year, and was
arrested and imprisoned in Khundwa
jail, whence he managed to escape.
He then formed a dacoit band and
commenced robberies on an extensive
scale. His first dacoity was accom-
panied by murder, and his men next
pillaged and burned village. In one
of his raids a policeman's nose was cut
off subsequently, Tantia raided
Pokur, where he cut off the nose
of woman who had helped to
betray him, and he robbed her
daugh ter-in-law of all her Jewels.
AT robbery in the Behut district he
again cut off policeman's nose. For
the last two years, being much harassed
by both the Central Province and Hol-
kar's police, he got tired of his Jungle
wanderings; he was growing old. and
his eye.sight was failing. On commence
ing his career he could travel sixty
miles on stretch, but now not more
thar twenty. The greater portion of
his lime was spent in Holkar's territory.
lie lad never killed any body himself,
',u> had robbed the rich to help the
poor. Last year he distributed 5000
rupees among the poor on the banks of
tbs Norbudda. He had frequently pur-
chased bullocks for poor people.
'He was eventually arrested through
the treachery of a Gumpoot Rajpoot. to
whom he had frequently given large
sums of money, with which the latter
had promised to buy pardon. He had
latterly suffered severely from want of
food and malaria through sleeping with
out shelter in the rain. He states that
other bands are now committing extern
sive robberies in his name. Raiaram,
a native magistrate, accused of partici-
pating in Tantia's robberies, has been
convicted by the sessions Judge and SEN
fenced to seven years rigorous impris-
and fined $1,000 rupees. Pail
Mall Gazette
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Scotland.s First Pbe,sants.

1t is curious fact that pheasants,
which are now killed in Scotland by
thousands, were first introduced into
that country only about ninety years
ago. The then Duke of Athole attempt
ed to acclimatize them in his extensive
woods around Dunkeld, but the Duke of
Buccleuch was more successful in the
border counties, as he introduced them
{after successful trial in Dalkeith
Park at Bowhill, in Selkirkshire, and
in Dumfriesshire, both at LanghoIm and
at Drumlanrig. The Fifeshire pheasants
are now regarded as being the finest,
]ust as Caithness yields the best grouse
and East Lothian the best partridges.
George ". sent pbeasants out of FASH
ion TO, long time by repeated. y an
nouncihg that he did not care for them,
but infinitely preferred a good fowl
Chambers Journal.
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--iu BrownvilIe, Schuylkill County,
Pa, the other day. some senseless
young men, in want of lark, soaked a
lot of corn in whisky and flung it to a
flock of geese. An hour later the
woman who owned them found them
comatose. and, believing them dead.
picked their feathers off and flung the
carcasses down mine breach. During
the night the birds slept off their de-
bauch, and next morning were found
huddled at the gate in naked and
prodigal condition.
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An Uncons cious Catspaw.

Brown always make it rule 10
conceal nothing from my wife; I tell her
every thing.
Jones-Yes, and can't say that like
you for it.
Brown-How so? Why not?
Jones-Why, your wife tells every
thing you tell her to my wife, and my
vile just rakes me over the Goals for it.
-Munsey's Weekly.
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REMARKABLE TOYS.
Inc curious COntrivances to Be Seen al
the Paris ExDOsition

Inc curious COntrivances to Be Seen at
the Paris Exposition.
Among the many curious articles ex-
hlblted by Austrian and Hungarian
merchants at the Paris EXPOSITION.
there Is case of toys which will
bring special delight to the small folks.
older people, indeed, often stand with
greatly amused visages watching the
surprising antics of these ingenius play
things, which appear not only to DOS
sess llfe-so cunningly are their inter
. nal parts contrlved-but to be possessed.
each, by some imp of mischief.
There is gorgeous peacock, which
not only walks with nodding crest and
stately step across the stage, but ex-
pands its broad, many-eyed tail in the
most natural manner
"A small dog next dashes forth, banks
furiously, then, as if recognizing his
master, ways his tail and frisks about. so
true to life that one can scarcely believe
he is an automaton.
a rabbit-a very lifelike little bunny
then comes out of his warren, pricks
up his long, soft ears, stares timidly
about for few moments and hops rapid
lyaway.
Afterward monkey drops down from
his perch and performs variety of
amusing antics, which invariably set the
children shouting with laughter.
But the most attractive toy of the ex-
hlbit appears to be a fat Chinaman.
which is in reality huge top. His
large round hat seems to be another
top, top atop of a top. The hat turns
around upon the Chinaman's head,
while the Chinaman himself turns slow
~ around, nodding, and presently un-
folding his large, gaily-colored fan, with
which he fans himself in a most languid
out aristocratic manner.-Cor. Denver
Republican.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Amongst the mackerel caught on
the coast of Ireland lately was one
which contained large live toad.
which, on being taken out, hoped
about on deck, and seemed quite at
home.
At the Philadelphia zoo the other
day monkey tore the blue tulle off a
lady's bonnet. wrapped it around his
its stomach as . sash and then posed
in the most dudesque manner imagine
BILE for the admiration of the visitors.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24

AT the Greenwich observatory
i.ooo hours OF sunshine were recorded
IN 1893, about $50 less than the aver.
age OF the preceding eleven years ard
900 below that of 1887. The aggregate
number of hours the sun was ahov,.
the horizon was 1865.
French scientists support the
tneory that vegetable forms which now
cover our continents have spread
slowly and continuously from north to
SOUTH recent species forcing back or
obliterating those of more anc;ant
origin.
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A CANDID PHYSICIAN,
How an Honest Me iicaI Man Was Re-
warded for Telling the Truth.

How an Honest Me iical Man Was Re-
warded for Telling the Truth.
Some people were discussing the germ
theory of disease few evenings ago,
and doctor who was present laid down
the law very emphatically upon the
germ as being the physical cause, or
rather inseparable antecedent of every
known form of disease. When asked
why, if he knew so much about it, he
and the members of the profession didn't
kill the germs, or at least explain to the
public how such causes of disease might
be exterminated, he just stroked his
beard and said the germ had yet to
be discovered although it was known to
exist. Why" he said, 1--WE are only
at the beginning of medical science.
There's leprosy, which has been we'll
known throughout this world since
the Hebrews left Egypt in the time
of Pharoah, and as yet we do
not know whether it is heredi-
any way. We know absolutely
nothing about it's causes or it's cures.
All we seem to know is that it is in
some way connected with such diseases
as cancer, scrofula and rheumatism, and
that, like them, it is incurable.'' just
then little child in the room began to
break out with whooping cough. 1t was
the beginning of the third weeks whoop-
ing, and every thing that medical skill
and careful nursing could do had been
done tC relieve the little one. ''You see
there" said the doctor; I'VE can't stop
the time of that disease by one day. We
may put the child to sleep and soften
the cough little, but the germ has put
in his appearance and must run his
course. The fact is that medical science
is now employed not so much in finding
remedies as in discovering preventives.
And, indeed, in a truer sense than Sir
Isaac Newton, we doctors are like chill
dren picking pebbles on the shore, while
the great ocean of truth lies UNEMPLOYED
before u.s." The strange part of the
story is that although the lady of the
house admired the doctors candor, she
determined in future to call in phy-
stefan whc had more faith in his own
medicines.-Ch Journal
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"A new marble saw cuts two and q
talf inches minute.
In Norway they build all winter.
using unslaked lime, and the work is
superior to summer construction.
"A New England inventor, says the
Ironmonger. has perfected machine
that is warranted to make $4,000 nails
minute, or three tons per day.
1t is fact that sculptors and
painters find the old daguerreotype
better to work from than the photo
graph. for the discarded daguerreotype
registered far better the true modelling
Of the fsaa-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24

IL never pretend to know thing
that | do not" remarked Brown.
When / don't know a thing. | say at
once, II don't know" "A very
proper course said Fogg. "But how
nonotonous your conversation must
be!'
An Austin woman says 1t takes
some men a whole lifetime to learn tc
carry a ten-dollar bill home without
breaking it. And when they do get 1t
home it doesn't take some wives fifteen
minutes to spend the whole business.
Texas Siftings.
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Machinery in the Shoe Trade.

In leather manufacture, modern
methods have reduced the necessary
number of workers from to so per
cent.
In the manufacture of boots and shoes
the work of 5000 operatives is now done
by 100, displacement of wage-earners
of 80 per cent. by aid of machinery.
In mailing on shoe heels one worker
and boy, with machinery, can heel
800 pairs of shoes per day. 1t would
require five workers to do the same by
hand.
The introduction of machinery in the
manufacture of childrens shoes, during
the last thirty years, has displaced six
times the manual labor now required.
and the product of manufacture has
been reduced 80 per cent. to the con-
Sumer.-ShOe and Leather Review.
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ANTl-SLAVERY CONGRESS.
A Movement to Break Up the Slave Traf
fic in Africa.

A Movement to Break Up the Slave Traf-
fic in Africa.
Cardinal Lavigerie's appeal to Amer
lea for aid in suppressing the African
slave trade should not go unheeded. A
congress is soon to meet in Brussels to
consider some plan Of international
action. The Cardinal thinks that it
would be poetic justice for the emanci-
pated blacks of the United STATES to
send delegates to this congress and as
sist in its work. This is a very peril
nent suggestion, which ought to meet
with favorable response. This move
ment is confined to no race or creed, and
it deserves the encouragement and as
are desolating the Dark Continent.
Their atrocities are greater, if possible,
than ever before known in the fearful
history of the slave traffic. The Car
dinal, who is especially well-in-
formed on this matter, declares that
never since the days of Livingstone has
the slave-trade been so active and wide
spread as at this moment. The reports
of it's suppression at Zanzibar, he de-
clares, are false, and he accuses the Sui
tan of that country of being in league
with the slave-dealers. 1t is reproach
on the civilization of the age that the
Arabs should be allowed to continue this
traffic in human flesh. Where one
captive lives to reach the coast ten die
on the way. while the old men and wom-
en- and young children are mercilessly
killed at the start. Village after village
Is decimated by one of these Arab cara
penditure of $4,000 900 would accom-
plish the purpose of breaking up the
traffic. If this is true there should be
no difficulty in accomplishing that very
desirable nd.-Philadelphia Press.
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Fond Mother -ssSee the darling
arlnk!' Visitor-sY Yes, indeed, the little
cumming! How much he resembles his
pa?-Time.
"A Minneapolis man claims to have
invented motor which will do all kinds
OF Kitchen work. It is understood to
nave no cousins. Boston Transcript
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Charity is a paradox to the covet-
Gus. The doctrine that teaches aims,
and the person that needs them, are
by such equally set at naught. Tell a
niser of bounty to a friend or mercy
to the poor, and point him out his
duty, with an evidence as bright and
piercing as the light, yet he will not
understand it. He shuts his eyes as
close as his hands. In both cases,
there is .in incurable blindness, caused
" resolution not to see; and, TO all
'ntents and purposes, he who will not
pen mis- eyes is for the present
Is blind as he who Can not
adoar
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No Use as a Typewriter.

Blinks latter the storm)-You would
never make good typewriter, my dear.
Mrs. Blinks-And why, should like
to know? If l wasn't as intelligent "a
that hussy in your office
Mr.. Blinks-It's not that, my dear.
It's because you won't be dictated to-
N. Y. Sun.
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Despair makes despicable figure,
and descends from mean original. 'Tis
the offspring of fear, of laziness, and inn
patience; it argues defect of spirit and
resolution, and oftentimes of honesty
tn -Cnlliar
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The New England Farmer says that
everywhere in cities fruits and oatmeal
are used on the breakfast table, while
in the country the farmer still compels
his wife to keep him supplied with pies
ad libitum, and, worse than that. to
make pork the principal meat diet.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24

mo man can afford to write bad
ly," says somebody, but the tired com
position knows better. = Somerville
Journal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24

In some unaccountable manner the
telegraph, telephone and electric rail
way wires got in contact one night ir
Erie, Pa. There was dazzling cleo
trio display, all the telephone bells
were rung. the fire department was
called out and a number of coils burnt
GU. at the phone exchange
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Your husband was a great suffer-
sr in his last illness, Mrs. Kooley?'
''Yes. an awful sufferer. But. do you
know, think it is mercy he died. If
he'd lived. he'd never got through
talking about that illness. OF course
it would have Leen great pleasure to
him, poor man; but think how all the
rest would have suffered" -Boston
transcript. ).