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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-05-25

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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-05-25

lection is contrary to the laws of the
state. This bill, if it becomes law
will make the laws of the state para
mount to those of the United States
and the decisions of state courts para
mount to those of the United States,
which would be in accordance with
the doctrine taught by southern demo-
Gratis from Calhoun down to the pre-
sent day, a doctrine which four years
of the bloodiest war in history should
have forever ended, but somehow il
did not.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-05-25

THE cyclone season is opening uI
early in the East, Ohio and others oi
the Northern Middle states were swept
by severe storm last week. Nearly a
score of deaths were reported and
much destruction of property.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-05-25

AT this time cayuse horses are very
cheap in this part of the state. A
very fair one can be bought for IS and
less says the Ellensburg Localizer'
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06
His Honor Gets Even.

"The charge against this msn, your
honor, is drunk and disorderlY," said
the officer.
Il don't deny it Judge, said the pris-
oner. Il got pretty drunk, Y guess,
but it was ny first offense, and know
when I've had enough, | shan't do it
again"
In that case, " said the magistrate,
II am disposed to be-but haven't !
seen you before"
81 reckon you have, judge. l live
right across the street from YOU"
You do, hey? Have you lawn
mower?"
YES"
you get up at five o'clock in the
morning and run it till breakfast time,
don't your
Yes. That's the kind of a man ]
am, I'm always busy, and never let
any of my time go to-"
Thirty days. Take him away and
call the next. Chicago Tribune.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06
ABOUT TENDER FEET.
Their Care Through the First Hot Weather
Important.


Many women can manage to look
sweet-tempered in spite of various
forms of physical suffering, but there
are very few who can do so when en-
during agonies from bad corn or from
tender or swollen feet. The first really
hct weather is trying to the feet of
most of us, particularly if we live in a
town, even if we have not corns, There
are several ways in which suffering
caused by tender feet can be lessened,
If not entirely got rid Of.
First and foremost, the boots and
shoes for summer wear should be
size larger than those worn during the
winter. Shoes are generally consid red
more comfortable than boots, md
should certainly be adopted, if posi-
BILE, in the summer, for they leave the
ankle free and urimpeded. However,
If boots must be worn they should not
be very high, as any additional pressure
means additional suffering. 1t is hard
ly necessary, l hope, to mention that
extremely pointed toes and really high
heels should never even be thought of
by anyone who values peace of mind
and comfort. The leather for summer
footgear should be light, but not too
thin, and brown in preference to black,
when brown is suitable to the occa-
sion.
The evil effects of tight lacing will
be very soon realized by the woman
who has tender feet. The undue COM
preston adds tenfold to the pain, and
very often the ankles, even of young
girls, who are silly enough to sacrifice
then well-being for the sake of having
a waist of eighteen inches, are so
swelled and inflamed by the end of the
day that they are utterly shapeless.
In cases of this kind the remedy is
not far to seek, but it is more difficult
90 relieve those who suffer legiti-
matcly, so to speak. The following
treatment should be persevered in; it
will give immediate relief, and when
practicable should be resorted to twice
a day DO not wait until you go to
bed, but if the opportunity offers when
you come in, weary and footsore, apply
the remedies then:
Soak the feet well in tepid water, to
which little ammonia has been added,
and as the water gets cold pour in more
hot to keep up the temperature After
drying the feet rub them gently and
thoroughly with mixture made thus;
Add one ounce of the best linseed oil
to the same quantity of lime water,
shake the bottle in which the ingredi-
ents are until mixture about the
thickness of cream is produced, then
pour in half dram of spirits of cam
phor, shake again, and it is ready for
use. The feet, after being rubbed,
should be wrapped in soft linen for a
little while, and then powdered with
boracic acid before the stockings are
replaced. In the event of the feet and
ankles being in a very inhamed condi-
ton, after soaking them as l have de-
scribed, apply an arnica lotion, which
will soon allay the discomfort. This
is made by adding twenty drops of
tincture of arnica to half cupful of
tepid water; saturate piece of lint
sufficiently large to envelop the entire
foot with the lotion, cover it with a
piece of oiled silk, and rest for an hour
or tWo.-Chicapo Times.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06

women had died young, leaving their
handsome boys" with bitterest tears
and sorrow.
Both looked thorough ''men about
town." each had a tailor who rivaled
that of the other, yet, it always hap
pened (their tastes in some respects
being identicaD that the same waist
coats and trouserings appealed to both,
while their BARRIERS appeared to have
entered into rivalry to cut and shave
them, hair for hair, alike. Both at
tended all the principal race meetings,
both loved music and good play, each
drove carriage, and rode in the morn
ings, each had rooms in st. James
street, and, to cap the whole thing,
they moved more or less in the same
set, and were both in love with the
same woman. There was, in fact, no
outward difference whatever in their
appearance, manner, and, so far as the
world knew, mode of life, but there
was all the difference possible between
the heart and disposition of the two
men, as more than one woman could
have told. Naturally, they knew all
each others secrets, thereby increasing
the respect and hatred of one man for
the other, who in turn despised and
scorned his double, making, however,
no effort to unmask him.
Pretty, trembling women would at
race meetings, or under the trees in
the park, or in the lobby of the opera,
whisper strange reproaches into Jack
Inchequin's honest ears, and sweet
faced honest girls and wives would
treat Blair Athol with a respect he
most assuredly did not deserve, so that
often he did not explain the mistake
at once as Jack did, thereby perhaps
escaping trouble, though it was seldom
his not to see that agony of shame in a
woman's eyes that poor Jack alasl all
too often had to face.
Thus they were circumstanced, a po-
tent cause of discomfort to one an
other, and real stumbling to their
friends and acquaintance. Often a
woman who liked Jack, yet in some
vague intangible way mistrusted
Blair Athol, would see Jack driving up
to her door, and tell the servants she
was at home, only to see the other man
walk in few minutes later, with a
smile that told how thoroughly he was
aware of the mistake that had led to
his admission. Many women furious
at repeated failure to distinguish one
from the other, refused to bow to
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06

either, or If accidentally drawn into a
conversation with Jack or Blair Athol
pointedly refrained from giving him a
name.
There was only one sign by which
the initiated became aware to whom
they were speaking. The right sort Of
person in Jacks company had sense
OF rest, of satisfaction, even of pleas
ure, while Blair Athol's inspired vague
nneasiness, and, among certain class
of men, dislike. The inferior order of
woman, the woman who is bound to
succumb to the Ease nations of some
one man or other during her life, in-
hnitely preferred Athol to Jack, and
possibly be found satisfaction in the
fact, for he Rvsiled himself of the pref
erence very thoroughly.
1t did not at all lessen his enjoyment
h>that Jack frequently got all the credit
atm his doubles misdeeds, and that
likelry Dasent frequently frowned on
beysnonoeent victim of enc Of natures
pndureo -
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06
made him blush, Tommy Atkins once
~, ,,.,,. 4, "a L. ,,..l

made him blush, Tommy Atkins once
more saluted and retired.
But once alone in the corridor, his
feet sinking without sound into the
velvet pile carpet as he passed be.
tween the pictures and statuary with
which rich men of taste fill their
houses, his face changed suddenly,
and once he came to full stop, hest.
tating, as if he would have liked to
turn back.
what a beauty he said to him.
self softly, "and good heart, too
and for him"-and it is fact that he
never set foot inside those doors, or
brought any letter to her again.
1t was true enough about the riots.
Moreover, Jack had got rather badly
stoned, but such was his impatience to
openly call Kitty his, that In his
fourth letter he asked her to breach
the matter to Mr.. Stranbenzee, as
often women had so much more influ
ence over crusty old guardians than
their aspiring suitors. Kitty was
nothing 10th, having indeed thai fine
independence of spirit common in
great heiresses, and moreover, if ne
did refuse, she would be twenty-one
in six months, and who would not
willingly wait longer than that for hel
Jack?
So she went gayly to the old gentle
man in his study one evening and in
formed him that Capt. Inchequin, of
the TIL lancers, had done her the in
estimable honor of asking her to share
his hut at Aldershot-and his heart.
Mr., Stranbenzee showed his apprecia
ton of the compliment by using co,
pious language and dancing.
Now there is the dance of enjoyment,
the dance of pain, and the dance Of
rage, and it was this last in which Mr
Stranbenzee INDUCED, and being al.
most as rich as his ward, and able to
afford any little thing he fancied, he
did his dance thoroughly-if without
dignity. Possibly Kitty might have
forgiven the exhibition if it had not
despatched Jack with such epithets as
fortune hunter" ''half-pay beggar,"
''hand-to-mouth adventurer," and SO
on, and when in addition to this he an.
nounced that he should write to the
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06

young man saying he had received an
offer for his ward that he con-
cluded was intended for one of his
honsemaids, Kitty arose in her wrath,
called him money grabbing old
wretch, and rushed away, with just a
pause in which to bang the door with
all her might.
She took her maid Ito whom it
was no secret) into her cent?
dence, and the passage of letters
between the lovers was adroitly
managed with the result that one
black morning little more than week
from the receipt of Jacks declaration,
two darllly cloaked and deeply yelled
women left the house at Park lane al
most Immediately after Mr.. Stran-
benzee had gone out, and getting into
cab were driven swiftly to st, Georges
square, into. which they passed
quickly, choked and blinded by the
dense fog that filed every nook and
corner of the dreary old church in
which so many happy and sad mar
riages have been celebrated.
With all their haste they were late,
as Mr.. Stranbenzee had out of pure
contrariety gone out half an hour later
/ than usual, and it was not till they
were close to the altar rails that they
half saw the bridegroom, who moved
at once towards them, and at the same
moment the white robe of the clergy
man doomed through the fog, and be-
fore word could be exchanged be-
tween bride and bridegroom the
service had begun.
The bridegroom's voice was so low
that when after the II wills" were
spoken and the maid had responded
to the inquiry OF "Who giveth this
woman to be married to this man?"
his voice was quite inaudible when he
pronounced his own name In making
his vows to take his Kitty for better
and for worse; and Kitty's was but a
murmur when her turn came to utter
| his name and her own, and make also
those vows to which she plighted her
troth.
emily haste, of the almost criminal
secrecy of the whole thing weighed
her down: she had been overpersuaded,
and she yielded. And somehow even
| her groom's presence beside her, his
hand-clasp, did not cheer her. When
he gave her the ring, and she laid it on
the book, and the clergyman gave it in
! turn to the man, strange shudder
ran through her; he drew her hand to-
wards him. but she snatched it away
as one suddenly gone mad, seized him
by the shoulders, and peering as at some
frightful sight into his face, uttered
one long shrek, and broke up into a
heap on the altar steps.
In the confusion Blair Athol van
ished, faded indeed out of London life,
ruined man, who caused crashing Of
teeth among others besides his cred
itors. Steps we're hurrying up the
aisle-and it was Jack Inchequin who
lifted the poor girl up, aud soothed
her in his arms, and called her by
every fond and foolish word of love
that he had resolutely held back so
long.
My man confessed the whole hell
ish conspiracy this morning" he said
later; ''he had been heavily bribed by
that scoundrel, and | feared lest ]
should get here too late. We viii
come back to you, sir, before long" he
added to the clergyman, and III
promise you it shall be the right man
next time.
And il was.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06
ERA OF ENGINEERING FEATss
Some Ancient and Modern Examples Of
Bridge and Canal Building.

Bridge and Canal Building.
The present era is one Of great engi-
neering accomplishments. The great
improvements made in mechanics, and
the application of science as well as art
thereto, have made possible of compile
ton plans, some of which were con-
ceived as far back as the days of Christ,
notably the recently-completed Corinth
canal, a waterway between the gulf
of Lepento and Arhina, the Adri.
attic and the Mediterranean. Fernandez,
tyrant, of Corinth, in the year B. G. 626,
was the first to entertain the idea of
the canal. The present canal was be-
gun by French company in 1881 and 4
the work was continued until 1886,
when financial difficulties overlook
them and new concern was formed,
which finally opened the canal for traf-
fic on August 6, 1898. The canal, near
ly four miles in length, is rs feet in
width, the same as the Suez canal, has
a depth of 90 40 feet. The canal
shortens the voyage from the Adriatic,
Constantinople and Asia Minor ports
by 1876 miles and was completed at q
cost of $13, 100000.
The Trans-Siberian railroad, now be-
ing completed by the Russian govern"
ment with force of some $500 people,
is probably the greatest undertaking
now In progress in the world. This
road connects at st. Petersburg with
the Pacific coast, preceding part of
| tho " ol Ion tha hnr6e.ro -
China. The next great important work
is the New York and New Jersey bridge
across the Hudson river. This bridge
is proposed to be 4,120 feet from shore
to shore and with g span of not less
than 1000 feet. This spar Is the iarg-
est ever proposed TO be built in the
history of the world. The Manchester
ship canal of England, making the city
of Manchester seaport, is thirty-five
and half miles long and cost $75, 000,-
900, and required six years to build ii
The Firth or Forth bridge in Scotland,
which is at present the largest bridge
in the world, cost about SIG, 900, 900, and
was built to shorten the distance to
Edinburgh in the neighborhood of
thirty minutes. The height of the
bridge is 800 feet, and the length, in-
Guiding viaduct, s,09S feet and has two
spans of ITO feet each, the longest
in existence. Two OF the most interests
ing bridges of modern times are the
Hawksberry bridge in Australia, which
has seven spans Of 400 feet each, with
depth for piers Of 100 feet which are
the deepest pier foundations extant.
The Poughleepsie bridge has three
spans of 525 feet each, with depth for
piers of 1870 feet each. Another very
interesting structure is the Niagara
cantilever, which was one of the first
of its type. 1t has one span of 400 feet
! and height Of 24o feet. 1t is 912 feet
! in length and was completed in thirty.
! three weeks. The Canadian and Pacific
, Railroad Co. has been one of the best
, bridge builders in the world. 1t has
: built along its line, which is over 5000
miles long, some Of the finest ever cons
structed. They are of steel, various in
5 style and construction and combining
: all the latest ideas and improvements
in the cantilever, suspension and truss
systems.-Washington News.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06
UNAPPREClATED BLESSINGS.
The Worth Of Commonplace often Not
Realized Until Removed.

The Worth OF Commonplace Often Not
Realized Until Removed.
Our best blessings fail of appreciation
by us because of their very common
ness, Only when some temporary in
PERMISSION of their benifcent influence
brings to our mind sense of their real
value, do we see them as they are. 1t
is when we are sick that we realize
how good ordinary health is. If we
lose our breath for single minute
during some spasmodic construction of
the throat, we have a fuller knowledge
of the blessedness of breathing, in
those sixty burdened seconds than we
have gained in six years of uninter-
rupted lung power. When we are
away from home, we see home in a
new light. A temporary estrangement
from a dear friend gives to US a
fresh consciousness of The worth
of the friendship that now
seems imperiled. So of all the bless
ings that we owe most to. A little boy
lay sick at home while his mother was
away. She had been sent for, but the
hours dragged YEARLY while he waited
for her, BY and by, after a troubled
sleep, the little fellow opened his eyes
to see his mothers loving face bent
over him. Throwing his tired arms
around her neck, he drew her down to
him, with the whispered words from
his overlooking heart: Mothers arc
great" Yes, mothers are great; and
the boys and girls who do not realize
this while their mothers are near them,
will realize it by and by, when in their
loneliness they reach out their tired
arms after mother" without finding
the dear neck to clasp and the loved
face to kiss once more.-S. S. Times
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-06
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL


The national school of electricity
with Thomas A. Edison as dean, is an
nounced.
In miralce God for one moment
shows Himself, that we may remember
it is He that is at work when no
miracle is een,-Robertson.
The Lucknow Christian college has
taken the field first among the mission
colleges to teach stenography, type
writing and general business writing
and accounts.
President Harper, of the Univer
sity of Chicago, gives the average sal
airy of college presidents as S3,047, OF
college professors as S., OBS, and of in
stIuctors as 81, 40.
By far the largest of any of the re-
cent gifts to Harvard is that of DR..
Harry Willard Williams, who has
given S25,000 as a special fun toward
the maintenance of professorShip in
opthalmology in the medical school.
The love Of God, be it much or
little, is talent and must be improved.
But in every portion and stage of it, it
is the free gift of God, more to be de.
sired than gold, yea than much fine
gold, and we are accountable to the
Giver for the use we make of it,
Keble.
The dismissal of two Harvard pro.
fessors and four instructors for eco
nomic reasons reveals the fact that il
costs 81, 900, 900 year to run the veneer
able university, and that instruction is
impaired by no less than 322 teachers
It's pretty big school over there il
Cambridge.
1T seems that at Amherst college
athletic men do not wholly neglec
general culture. OF the fifty-tive mel
selected as competitors for prizes il
oratory and defamation seven ar,
members of the ball team, including
the captain and two pitchers; and tn
captain of the athletic team is also on,
of the speakers.
The United Presbyterian churcl
has the present year one more synot
and two more presbyteries than it hat
last year. There are 500 ministers, al
increase of 90; 70 students in theology
a gain of A; 939 congregations, which i
4 more than last year; and 115,27 mem
bers, which is net gain of little owe
1000. There are 1896 Sunday-schools
with 101 ,G67 scholars. The total con
tributions of the church were 81 SOC
O64.
Cornell university will soon begi
the erection of an athletic club hous
as memorial to George Peace Withe,
bee, the Cornell hero who was browne
at Lake George last summer in an al
tempt to rescue boy companion. Tn
house will be built on Percy Field an
will contain quarters for visiting atf
letic teams, facilities for training, ett
The total cost will be over four thol
sand dollars, of which amount the elias
of 92 has given $780, the Alpha Delt
Phi fraternity, of which Mr.. Witherbe
was a member, $500; the editors of tn
'04 Comedian, the college annual, hav
given 500, and contributions hav
come in from other sources. The elias
of "a has voted 500 to be paid out {
the class treasury, and the other classe
in the university have promised to rails
a like sum. AS soon as S., 600 is in hanC
work on the club house will be begun