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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

-"Karline, whad jer dom wild yo'
bes fur muff?" ''Only jes' sprinklin' a
little hair restorer on it. De woods
fallin' OUTLINE.
-Physician-''Why, man, you sent
word you had the grip" Patient-'1
know, doctor, but I didn't think you'd
take time to visit a fellow who only had
common every day broken leg Phil
adelphia Inquirer.
-Smarty wonder how the moon
manages to sustain her social status
among the heavenly bodies when she
gets full so often" Tarty-"Oh, the
stars all wink at her delinquencies." -
brakes Magazine.
-Ponsonby-'I understand that Dig
by's wife is deaf and dumb" Snae gs-
THAT SO? | wonder if she converses
with her fingers?' Ponsonby-''Guess
SO. Digby is about the baldest man /
ever saw. Huntington Free Press.
Employer William, Mrs. Sprig-
gins complains that she received onlv
one of the bundles she had put up here
last night" William That's funny,
sir. l wrote Mrs. Spriggins on one
bundle and put ditto On each Of the
others.''
-Bride-"Are there many tunnels on
this railroad, Charles, dear?" Bride
groom-''Quite a number, dearest. /
selected it on purpose. If | remember
rightly we are coming to one in few
moments" Brakeman (entering) -s'Se-
iect your partners for the tunnel,
please. America.
Stern Parent-"You can not have
my daughter unless you love her as
your life" Lover-''Oh, sir, I'll die if
she isn't mine" Stern Parent-ssWhat.
sir? You would take your life?' Lover
mo, would hardly do that" Stern
Parent = ''Then you can't take nv
daughter. "-Munsey's Weekly.
-Stranger-"Where does that new
dentist have his Officer" Policeman
You mean the one who pulls teeth
without pain?" Stranger-s.Yes." Po-
hceman-''Go right around the corner.
You will have no trouble finding his
Office. You can hear his patients veil
half block away."-Texas Siftings
-John-'sClara, I've got an impor-
tant question to ask you" Clara-sI
know what it is. You want me TO be
your wife, | dreamed it. Well, take
me" John rather nonplussed)
dreamed it?" Clara-''Yes, I dreamed
last night that you asked me what l am
asking you, and that you took me in
your arms and kissed me after said
YOU What could John do?-Boston
Courier,
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21
THE GERMAN DOMESTIC,
She Wears No Bangs, But She Does
Work of Two Men,

She Wears No Bangs, But She Does the
Work of Two Men.
The German servant girl has no bangs
nor bangles, nor fur-lined coats, nor
four-buttoned kid gloves. She is square
shouldered, heavy-featured and large
limbed. She is neither clean, quick,
nor intelligent, but she can work. She
has the strength of an OK, and is always
willing to use it. Most servant girls in
German cities are peasants. Daughters
of the poor town-bred families usually
become factory hands, shop girls or
mattresses.
The conservative peasants, however,
with their old prejudices in favor of
every thing feudal, prefer domestic
services for their children to any en-
ployment. AS soon as the peasants
daughter is fourteen or fifteen years old
she learns how to split wood, hoe pota-
toes and plant cabbages. She milks the
COW before breakfast, bitches her to the
pillow after breakfast, and often turns
burrows all the morning under the direc-
ton of her father, who, in the mean
while, smokes pipe and rests. She
mows hay and digs water trenches.
During the harvest she carries great
basketfuls of vegetables from the fields
to the barn on her back. When her
younger sister becomes old enough to
help her parents to work the little farm,
however, the eldest daughter loses her
grip on her fathers heart. She is re-
garded by him as an incumbrance, for
nothing is more useless in the eyes of
German peasant than grown daughter
who does not earn her living. There
fore, if no Hans or Fritz wishes her to
be his helpmate in raising cabbages and
potatoes, she must go into domestic
service in the city.
Like almost all novices in an occupa-
ton on the continent she serves an APP
premiership. For several months she re-
ceives no wages, nor does she deserve
any, for her stupidity is phenomenal.
She has never walked on carpet be-
fore, and doesn't know napkin from a
diShcloth, or a coal-bucket from ket-
tie. She blacks the Heirs patent
leather shoes and oils his rubber boots.
She puts the table-cloth on the floor and
the rug on the table. In fact, she is as
strange to most of the furniture and
customs in comfortable house as
Persian or Indian. She learns slowly
and laboriously, but she never forgets.
indianapolis News.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21
SOME FAMOUS GARDENS.
Nothing in Modern Time te COmpar,
with the Works of Antiquity.

Nothing in Modern Tim es te Compare
with the Works of Antiquity.
By the time of Alexander the Per-
sian love for gardens and parks, with
many other forms of luxury, had OBJ
tanned a strong footihodd among the
Greeks, especially in their wealthy
colonies, and wherever the conquerors
footsteps are followed we read of adj
miration for the works of the Persians
and of desire to initiate them in new
Governor of the province of Babylon he
was DESTROYS, says P1utarch, ''to adorn
the palace gardens and walks with
Grecian plants, and succeeded in rails
ing all but the ivy, which the earth
would not bear, but constantly killed"
When the city of Alexandria was laid
out sin the form of a plethrum or mill
tary cloak its vast palaces and public
buildings were surrounded with squares
and gardens to such an extent that,
buildings and grounds together, third
of the space within the walls was abb
sorbed. DinocRates Tor Dinochares) was
the architect to whom the work was
confided, and it was he who conceived
the idea of carving Mount Athos into a
statue of Alexander with city in the
right hand and reservoir of mountain
streams in the left" Is such a scheme
entitled to be ranked among landscape
gardening designs? And if not, where
shall we find it? for it can hardly
be called engineering, since beauty, not
utility, was the main object in view. AT
- I, Ii
tious idea that was ever conceived with
regard to the adornment of the surface
of the earth. Lucian tells us that at
Cnidos there was great pleasure
ground dedicated to Venus, where even
distinguished citizens" enjoyed them
selves on the verdant meadows, and
where the common people came in
crowds on holidays; and he mentions its
expresses, planes and myrtles. In
Sicily, where luxury went hand in hand
with tyranny, gardening seems to have
been practiced in an especially sumptu-
Gus way Dionysius, of Syracuse, had
famous gardens Where his feasts were
held; one of the Hieros built war gal
ley in which the poop deck was covered
with earth and beautifully planted; and
some modern writer's have thought that
the famous quarry pits near Syracuse,
where the Athenians persisted in agony,
were afterward planted as pleasure gar
dens. About three hundred years be-
fore Christ, Kotys, King of Thrace.
s'took his pleasure by cool stream" in
a forest through which he had built
sslevel roads" A hundred years later,
near Athens itself, Herodius Atticus
possessed villa surrounded by large
forests, which is spoken of by Aulus
Gellius in his 'sAttic Nights" and
when Xenophon retired from his native
country to Scillus, near Olympia, he
erected an exact copy on smaller scale
of the temple of Diana at Ephesus, sur
rounded it with similar grove of cul-
tivated trees, bearing whatever fruits ,
are eatable at the different seasons, and
had spacious hunting grounds in its I
vicinity, Garden and Forest.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21
How to Dispose OF Sewer Gas.

A plan for disposing of sewer-gas pro-
posed some time since by Mr.. John
Penn, of Greenwich, England, has come
up again for serious consideration. The
scheme is simple, and as experiment has
shown, effective. Chambers Journal
describes the method as consisting in
causing ordinary street lamps to be
made air-tight. except an opening below
leading into the sewer or drain, and
chimney above to carry off the products
of combustion" Test papers applied
Immediately below the burner, by dis
celebration show the presence of the gas
in abundance; applied above attest its
absence. thereby proving that the gas
has beap consumed.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21
Why Some Women Are Ill.

The average woman understands just
about as much about anatomy as a
French doll. Look at our girls and tell
me how many of them are up in that all
study = physiology. Yes,
every thing else under the sun is
crammed into their heads, while they
are allowed to drift into womanhood
totally ignorant of the needs and neces-
stiles of that delicate structure, the
human body. A time comes, and it is
too late when they awake to
the fact that they are physical wrecks.
I do not think that / am exaggerating
the matter at all when / speak so en-
phatically. / am constantly called to
visit women who have, through ignor-
ance alone, developed the most distress
ing complaints. Troubles that, were
frank with them, they would under
stand as incurable and must go down
with them to the grave.-A Philadel-
phia Physician.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21
a NEST AND A HOME

pee Is pretty, fragile thing
That some bird has made:
With what careful fashioning
Every twig was laid!
fliied with happy song by day,
And by night with rest,
Now It's but that useless thing
a deserted nest.
See yon empty dwelling-place;
once 1t was home:
-Children's happy, dancing feet
In and out did come.
Now the curtains close are drawn.
Death hath been q guest;
ihere no step is heard; tits but
"A deserted nestr'
Where have flown the joyous birds
mat the nest did weave?
Tell me why so fair a place
Did its inmates leave?
DO they miss its sheltering wall
Where they took their rest?
Do they pine in sadness for
Their deserted nests
Nay! on strong and gladstone wing
Did they take their flight;
Far in sunny lands they sing
Songs of true delight.
Pltiful would be their CIV,
Sad each feathered breast,
Should they now be forced to seek
Their deserted nest!
80 the dear ones "gone before"
From an earthly home,
Wait upon the shining shorer
Till we, too, shall come;
In that safe and blest abode
Now they sing and rest;
Would st thou call them back 10 claim
Their deserted nests"
Helen Percy, in Good Housekeeping.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21

-Citron Pudding: Mix one-half pint of
cream or rich milk with a tablespoonful
of four until they are perfectly smooth,
then add two ounces of fine sugar, lit
tie grated nutmeg and three well-beaten
eggs, the whites and yelks separately;
when thoroughly incorporated, add two
ounces of citron cut in slips dredged
with -four. Pour the mixture into
nolds and bake fifteen minutes In q
quick oven. Send 20 the table hot
Good Housekeeping.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21

nlaced one within the other before the
dressing commences, pains being taken
to avoid wrinkles and folds, ana tnoy
are put upon the child as but one gar
ment with very little trouble. Ihey
are removed with equal ease. Boston
Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21
THE MARRIAGE TIE
An Eloquent Defense Of the Christie, Co...
ment and the Ethics Involve5

An Eioq"enC Deiense 0f the Christian Sacra-
ment and the Ethics Involved.
The enemies OF proper marriage as-
sumo that Christianity is hopelessly dis
credited. Well, for the sake of arcu-
ment, let us suppose that this is %
Does it follow that the ethics of marriage
which, as matter of fact, the mod Arm
world has received from Cbrist;an;+,,
are also discredited? Ireply most CO...
tainly not. The ethics taught by Chris.
tianity are independent of those mvs-
teries and would subsist to all eternity
though Christianity and all religions
were swept into oblivion.
The moral law is ascertained NOT from,
the announcements of prophets. apostles
evanglists, but from natural and ner-
manent revelation of the reason The
great fundamental truths ofethies are na-
cessary, like the greatfundamental truths
OF mathematics. So much concerning-
Christianity and ethics in general. And
now, of the ethics of MARRIAGE in mar
ticular. The earliest form of marriage
known to us was that in which the bride
was obtained by capture; her yolition
counting for nothing, her consent not
even sought. Then, she was accounted
a mere chattel. Now she is recognized
as person; her liberty inviolable: her
will free; to be won she must be wooed.
Now marriage is contract, and is sub
ject to the ethical rules that govern all
contracts.
Marriage is something more than a
mere contract. We may safely put aside
the ecclesiastical view of it. Quite apart
from that view, from those considera-
lions, we must so account for it. For it
is symbol of the mystery whereby our
spiritual life is joined to our bodily
frames. Nay, it is more than that. It
is the outward, visible, sensuous means
whereby we attain to the inward spirit
ual grace OF the purest joys, the most
unselfish affections that this world
offers. 1t is natural sacrament. of
which the husband and the wife them
selves are the ministers.
1t is the accomplishment of the mans
manhood and of the woman's woman
hood; the blending of two personalities
in a social organism embracing their
whole existences. But the personalities.
though equal, are diverse More, there
are far-reaching psychical differences.
The old platonic fable that the woman
is the other half of the man is pro-
foundly true. She is the complement of
him and he of her.
Let the perfect ideal of indissoluble
marriage be once defnitively rejected
by the world, and human society will in
evitably fall back to that wallowing in
the mire from which the Church rescued
it. And in whatever degree you tamper
with this ideal and derogate from it's
strictness, in that degree do you demon
allze woman. Yes, and man, too; for
assuredly he speedily sinks to her level.
The moral tone of society, say, de-
ponds upon the chastity of woman. And
the chastity of woman depends upon the
absolute sanctity of marriage-W. S.
Tillv in Forum,
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-12

Judge Kelley had been suffering foi
five years from an irritation on the u-
side Of the right lower jaw, caused ~
an incessant use Of tobacco. The
affected parts, showing indications of "a
malignant tendency. caused some APP
prehension on the part of the Judge,
and led him % consult the most eminent
physicians in Washington, Philadelphia
and New York. They did not cuoour-
age him, however, 10 undergo a surgi-
cal operation, bat were disposed to
rely upon medical treatment. This
proving unsatisfactory. the afflicted
representative determined o. go o.
Paris, and there, after consultations
with the most skillful surgeons, under
went the severe operation Of rcm0v-
ing the infamcd parts
The treatment was successful, and n
the course OF two or three months the
parts operated upon entirely healed
The Judge was feeling So encouraged
that he pald a visit 10 h.s daughter.
who was attending school DO Germany.
Although the parts subjected f0 thp
operation bad healed. the law and
muscles were so much injured f. portion
Of the Jaw having been removed that
It was impossible for the distinguished
patient 20 open his mouth more than
half an inch. On hsacc0unt hc could
cat only with The utmost difficulty.
For two years there was no rocl.
renee Ui tIr trouble. and d was SOD.
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-12
MINOR MENTION.

Nesscs. T. II. Winnett, travelling
freight agent of the Chicago, 1t. Paul
q Kansas City; F. NJ. Caldwell, travel
ing passenger agent of tho Erie, and
Harry Dimock, travelling freight agent
of tine Chicago, Milwaukee ~ 81. Paul.
were IN the city yesterday.
A. Il. Beadle, prominent furniture
dealer from Auburn, Ind. J.. c. nIgclOW.
an extensive plOw manufacture OF
Batavia, Y. y, and j. a. HoughstOn, a
leading Official of the Union Pacific
Railway, at Chicago. are among lhe
prominent arrivals ut Sweets Hotel.
Among the distinguished arrivals at
the Morton yesterday was Hon. Frank
II. Thomas, OF Washington, secretary
of the National Democratic Executive
Committee. Mr.. Thomas only stayed
n short time at the hotel and then left
the city, but returned late u the even
ing
The was an Insignificant blaze in the
house of John ]. Boycc, 232 South
Divis.on-st., about half past 10 ycster-
ddv morning. The house was occupied
by George McDorman, and the fire was
OccaslOned by the explosion Of a gasO-
line stove. The damage was only
slight.
The Prohibition Club held its regular
meeting NcMulicn block, Saturday
evening. ". =. shield delivered an De
tcrc-tng address and several ncmhcrs
read papers. Next saturday night the
club IS give farewell reception %
Rev. W. j. Richardson. who g about %
lcsvc for 1s ucH field 0l labor.
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-12
LATE ROTEL ARRIVALS.

SwEET's-E. Buckley, Detroit, Frank
Dean, Detroit; A. Markson, Big Rapids
Louis Adler, Detroit; Ben Meyer,
Rochester; A. Il. Beadle, Auburn, Ind.
Ira ". Wesley. New York; +. c. Big
low, Batavia, \. Y; J. A. Hugston,
Chicago.
MORroN HoUsE-GeO. :. Proud, Phil
adelphia; +. Misner, Muskegon; I. w.
Hayden, Beldng; Sol Harris, New
York; James Holden, Bellyue; Arthur
Marks, Detroit; Frank III. Thomas,
Washington, u. c.; j. w. Chesebro,
New York; +. J. Slottcn, Toledo, o.;
j. G.. Brock, Toledo, O.; Chas. Weine-
mann, Philadelphia; +. J. Billings, Gin
ciunati, O.
EAGLE-W. Chalmers, Detroit; .. A.
Bayliss, st. Louis; Geo. 3. Porter, Cam
bridge, y. y; j. :. Irwin, Jackson; W.
J. Fisher, Findley, O.; Josh Beardman,
Akron, o.
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-12

fasy Ast al ths ssldtsrs Hsnas. hiscsoa
oncers Gnd Had q 0eoa ilae.

1. q. q. T.. Kent District lodee Ne.
sS, met il regular sossIou 81 tAe Soldiers
Home ia the hall II Veteran Lodge NJ.
sss, January S. sth D T.. key.
Frank Wright Of kocklora, n .he caaf.
The forenoon SESSION Was devoted 81
the appointment OF committees. re-
ports Of otboers and other preliminary
work
Al tie afternoon sess.o delegates ald
members wege present frum etay
lodge ia the county, some oi taem have
ing come eighteen miles v.th taams
through the severe storm Nhlla are.
vailed throughout the entire day The
seofeiary's report showed that oae year
ago there was eight lodges u the
county With a membership ol l1o. At
the time ol tbs session there are ten
lodges with 500 members n good sard-
ing, over 600 having been Installed duI-
ing Tie year. -Four new lodge, have
been organized and two dlsbanded.
Immediately after The opening oi he
afternoon session, hity-slK members
were introduced and instructed n Ihe
work OF the District Lodge degree. over
hail 0i them veterans. The Dommf.
tee on Credentials made Their report
after which the annual election ~
officers took place, with the following
result.
T.. &. T.-Rer. Prank Wright Of Rockford
p.C.-Earl Stokoe of Valley city Lodge
-. \. Mrs. -. ". Barber oi talCd1nia a
D.. sec-w. 7 Hawk. Of Grand Rapids sls.
j.. A. S.-N r. shisirr. 81 Caledonia lodge
- thap--Nrs. =. = Davis, 81 Rockford
D.6.-Mlss Tiaa Kelley. % Kent CRY Lodge
T. rent- jasper stewart. of Veteran Lodge
u. Nj. ID. Tucker. Of sparta Lodge.
D. u. NJ Miss Libble Hale. oi Caledonia
j.. Ia A. symes. Of sparta Lodge.
-. :. 81 l. I.-NTs. A. Al. Greenwood. oi
Greenwood Lodge.
The officers were installed by o. e.
T., O. ". Blain. The committee con-
credits, or rank OF lodges. reported
Veteran Lodge the banner lodge. WISH
Grand Rapids second. they having
made the greatest number al point,
during the quarter.
The next session VIII be held at Gale
donna. March %, 1890
Rev. J. ". Kcld. of the Second street
Church, was present az the public meet
ing IN the evening. and gave an address
20 large audience, composed mostly
Of veterans. He urged the BOYS % blue
20 become members of the Good Icm-
plar Lodge, and tight for the de-iwc
ton OF the rum power, and tic uI-
building Of sobrioty and happiness in
the home and country. Since the CLOSE
OF the meeting twenty-slx Of the vet
Grams expressed a desire % become
members OF the order.
The delegates and visitors wish t0
tender Gen. Pierce and associate
their thanks for the many favors re-
ceived; also 10 the veterans, who done
all IN their power 10 entertain all pres
emf
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-12
BELL BOY BURNED
Macy Bros Stables al Versailles
KY, Destroyed.
THIRIY-FIyE HORSES CRENlTED.
Anlong Them the Noted aud NslsSbls
Beli Boz The tire Thought To Nave
Been sf Inccndisrs Origin-LOss
Estimated 81 $500 600

VERSAILLES. KY Jan. 1.-THE stables
belonging 10 Macy Bros burned tins
morning II 4 o'clock, destroying thirty.
five out OF thirty eight horses. Among
those burned was the horse Bell Boy,
that was sold mere II auction by Jcffer-
son and Seaman % J. Clarke for S5l 00o.
IL Is said that Clarke refused 500 600
tor the horse.
Fire .n Macy & Bros. stables, IN which
Bell Boy was burned, was discovered
about 4 O'Clock tins morning. The FIRE
Was supposed 10 have been inoendiary,
and when discovered almost the entire
structure WAS in flames. The stables
cover almost an entire square, consist
ug Of sheds for training and adjacent
stalks for horses Bell Boys quarters
wefe adjacent 10 the officeof the stables,
where "a man was on guard.
An effort was made 10 reach the
horse and get him out, bat the animal
refused To move, and before sufficient
assistance could be mad 10 force him
from the building the intense heat
drove the Would-bo rcscuers away and
he was left TO his fate. He was un-
tethered and through the occasional
rcfts Of smoke and flames he could bc
seen plungIng and kicking until the
fiery flood swept over him and with a
mighty plunge he went down 10 rise no
more.
The charred body. burned so that the
entra.ls protrude, lies IN full view of
the people who congregate IN great
crowds 70 inspect the scene of the dis
aster. It Is sand now that forty horses
were destroyed, but their ownership
can not now be ascertaiucd. Many of
them were IN training, and some valu-
able ones are believed TO have persisted.
Three small cottages near the stable
and a general store belonging TO Lands
burg were burned, and the Christian
Church was ON fire. but suffered little
damage. The entire loss is estimated
at $500 900.
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-12
A POISONED FAMILY
Another Fatal Mistake n the
Medicine Given.
STRYCHyIyE GIVEN FOR QClSlSE
herriu Griasa Accidentally Polsons ii IA
sSif, His Wtfs and Tao Children
Oae Deaa Ana One Dying
f4s Others Diay Recover

DEAEs0Es, Mieh.t Jan. IA tern
bic mistake Was made the family of
Merrill Griffin. three-quarters Of n. ie
south of here, last night. Tie mem
bers OF the family al had the influenza,
and ln trying 10 take quiulne ior i,
took sgTycnnne.
Mr. Gr.fin, bis wife, a daughter aged
Is and a son aged 8 were the victims.
and the daughter died al , o'clock tbs
morning, and there is no hope for Mr..
Griffin. Mrs. Griffin and the SON have
a bare chance 10 pull through, and the
doctors are dong everything possible
for them.
The Gr.ftins have one more child, a
daugntCr, who is married and hvt> al
Nortlyle. She came down on tne
morning train % care Tor llem.