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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-18

That night Brown was much i'm
proved, and Van Tweet was admitted
to his room. Mingling with the odor
of iodoform and carbolic acid Van
Tweet's olfactories were able to distin-
guish the scent of roses that came
from an enormous bouquet on small
table near the invalid's bedside.
Brown himself was in bright spirits.
He held out his hand with happy
smile.
"Phlebotomy seems to have done
you some good. Haven't seen You in
such lively state of mind since you
fell in love with Miss Chisholm" said
Van Tweet, slyly.
eyes," said Brown, with smile,
''the operation on my heart has done
me much good in that connection.
"You'll get over your wound, the
same as you'll get over your love for
Miss Chisholm" gravely remarked
Van Tweet. "When q man of sense
comes to the conclusion that woman
doesn't love him the recovery is rapid. !"
eyes," said Brown, with concealed
smile of supreme happiness.
"She isn't worthy of you"
"You thought she was too good for
me-" said Brown, in tone of resent
ment.
$50 did," said Van Tweet, "but
then I've sounded her and found she
doesn't love you. On the whole,
you'd better give her up and let me
try my luck. I've taken rather a
fancy to her myself. and I think I'm
not altogether Indifferent to her"
"Do, if you want to be laughed at,
like the rest of the fellows" replied
Brown. He pointed to the flowers.
"Aren't they refieshing?" he asked.
every beautiful" said Van Tweet,
hardly noticing them. ''From your
landlady, I suppose?"
"No!" said Brown, "irom Miss CHS.
holm"
"Get out!"h he exclaimed. "The age
of miracles is over"
"Van," said Brown, ''if this infer
nal wound doesn't put me hors de COM
bat I'll marry Miss Chisholm in six
months. Just read this"
"My Own-I have learned of your
injury, and my heart is pressed with
nameless agony lestsomething serious
should ensue. 1t has prompted me to
quick decision, o decision I could
have given you many months ago if
you had but spoken. For my sake
get well, my hero and deliVererl I
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-18
Earfiest Onions PAY.

Activity Is what life is, and when you ceas,
to work, to ali purposes you cease to live.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-18
THE WORLDS WAY.

those
who knew him best
would never have
suspected it. A club
man, a bon vivant,
hero of an endless
array of more or less
exciting love screpes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-18
Uow,s This,

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F.J. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f. j. Che
ney for the last 16 years, and believe him per-
fecrly honorable in all business trans" ctons
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tion made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo,
Ohio.
WALDING, KINNAN g. MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-18

It Is More Than Wonderful
how patiently people suffer with corns. Get
comfort by removing them with Hindercorns.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-18

FITS stopped free by DR.. KLINE's GREAT
NERVE RESToRER. No fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81: 90 trial bot.
tie free. DR.. Kline. 93l Arch St., Phila.. Pa.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-18

Ibelieve Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my boys life last summer.@eMrs. ALLIE
DOUGLASS, Leroy, Mich, Oct. 20, '9t.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-02-21
Change of Heart.

First Female Advocate-Whatp Do
you mean to say Mrs. De Sweet has
resigned from the Woman's Rights
Society, and says she has all the lights
she wants?
Second Female Advocate-Just so.
F. F. A.-Mercy me! What has han
pened?
S. F. Aim sure 1 don't know
Johnny! Have you seen Mrs. De
Sweet lately?
Little Johnny-No, ma am, but as I
was passin' her house this mornin' 7
sawd furniture wagon stop and un-
load a cradle.-N. Y. Weekly.
Horrible Vengeance.
The peasants of the Russian VILLAGE
OF Jagodziata, in Lithuania. wrealxed
their vengeance on a. suspected horse
thief recently by setting fire to his
dwelling during the night while he. his
wife, mother. and family of five chill
dren were within, and burninp tbf
whole family to death. The peasants
stood around the hut, and when the in.
mates rushed out 1ney We're thrust
back into the burning house with pitch.
forks and scythes. One of the womer
was murdered outright in the attemp,
TO force her back into the flames. The
peasants gave themselves up. to. thu
Russian police. and will most probabl,
be imprisoned for year and then ex
Ned to another part of the country.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-02-21
.-~.,I FERTILIZATION.
-;arbaric Traits OF tho Arum Crinf sum
and Other Plants.

and Other Plants.
Those who have written or the
curious subject, the agency of insects
in tho Gro Decentralization of overs,
love TO tell Of the mutual inter ests in
yolVcd. Tho insects want honey
flowers want foreign pollen so the
plans receives the bee as a welcome
'orcign trader. 1t receives the needed
pollen, and g!addens the heart of the
busy little merchant. who departs
laden with the treasures for which
the flower had no use of it's own.
But in the little world of plants and
lowers, as in the wider intercourse
among human beings, mutual interest
is not always the basis of change.
There are Wrctched instances of
i|nObic scllishnesS that set all moral
law at deiiance-plants that are worse
than cannibals, for they not only
actually kill and eat the little traders
that venture within their domains,
but have not the higher motives out
side Of mere love of delicacy,
which Seaman tells us the Fiji ISL
ander5 have when tempted to dine on
their celebrated dish of roast mission
airy. Among the many instances
illustrative OF this barbaric trait in
plants that have appeared in print,
a very interesting one has recently
been contributed by an English OBJ
server, Mr.. A. ID. Webster. 1t relates
to Arum crinitum, an old and we'll
known Corsican plant, though in
modern times it has been given the
dreadful name of HelicOdiceros mus
civOrus, the last, of course, in refer
ence to its fly-devouring propensity.
1t is closely allied TO the well-known
Indian turnip, of our woods, but has
a fetid odOr similar to the skunk-cab-
Gage, to which also it has relation
ship. Mr.. Webster says the carbon
like scent is very attractive to large
numbers of flies, which enter the
spathe but never return. After being
open for two days he has found as
many as seventy-two captives without
counting the smaller creatures. With
insects were destined to act as agents
in fertilization. he was amazed to
find that the pollen was not in a con-
ditlon for use till after the captured
insects were dead. These, he found,
lived long enough to deposit eggs,
which, by the time the pollen
matured, had become little s'wig-
glers," which, crawling about the
spadix, carried the pollen from
male to the female flowers. 1t is not
yet quite clear whether the flower
acts from pure viciousness in this
murderous course-in charity we may
suppose the selfishness already limited
at, and believe that in some way the
heterogeneous material of the insects is
used as food, as in the case of pitcher
plants and Venus fly-traps. IN. Y.
Mail and Express.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-02-21
Notice of Application to Purchase
Tide Lands.
Office of Commissioners of Public Lands.

Office of Commissioner of Public Landsi
Olympia, Wash.
Not1cel is hereby given that A. J. Smith and
William Krise, of New Kamilchie Washington.
have filed an application in this office to pur-
chase the following described Tide Lands of
the Third GLASS; situate in Mason County,
Washington, to-wit: All tide land of the third
class, situate in front Of adjacent to and abut-
ting upon portion of lot 2, Sec q, Twp 10, N
K. West, w. NJ. having a total frontage on the
U. ). Meander Line of said lot of 21.5O chains
which said meander line is described as follows.
to-wit: Commencing at the corner to lots / and
2, In said section, township and range; thence
on the meander line of said lot 2 as follows s
"a deg w.. OPS chains; S. &C deg w., O.S0 chains:
5. 81 deg W., OBS chains to point on said
meander line.
:. Also commencing at point on said meansler
line, which is S. 81 deg W.. OBS chains: s. 66
DEG W., O;S0 chains; s. 81 deg W., 195 chains;
5. 69 deg W., ga chains S. 65deg W., L5S chains
and s. 81 deg W., 1850 chains from the corner to
lots and 2, said Sec. Twp. and Range: thence
on the meander line of said lot las follows: S.
81 deg W., j so chains; g. Al deg W., LIS chains
): 521s deg W., 2.60 chains; s. IL deg W., $50
chains; S. SO deg W., 4.66 chains; s. A deg W.,
o.l4 chains; S. 81 deg W., 0-8s chains to point
on said meander line.
Any person may appear and protest against
application or may file an application for the
purchase OF the above described tide lands at
any time within FIVE weeks from the date of
nrst publication of this notice:
Date OF first publication Feb. IA. '96,-6w
W, Z. FORREST, Com. Public Lands.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-02-21
AN ACT OF KINDNESS.
How Phillips Brooks Once Assisted a Lady
Who Was in Trouble

How Phillips Brooks Once Assisted a LADY
Who Was in Trouble.
Stories of Rev. DR.. Phillips Brooks
abound. A Boston Gazette writer
tells that a lady was travelling from
Providence to Boston with her weak
minded father. Before they arrived
there he became possessed of a fancy
that he must get off the train while it
was still in motion; that some absolute
duty called him. His daughter en-
deavored to quiet him, but it was diff
cult to do it, and she was Just giving
up in despair when she noticed g. very
large man just across the aisle, who
was watching the proceeding intently
over the top of his paper. AS soon as
he caught her eyes he arose and
crossed quickly to her. II beg your
pardon" he said. "You are in
trouble. May [ help you?' AS soon
as he spoke she felt perfect trust in
him. She explained the situation to
him. ''What is your fathers namep''
he asked. She told him, and with an
encouraging smile he bent over the
gentleman who was sitting in front of
her, and said few words in his ear.
With a smile the gentleman rose.
crossed the aisle and took the vacant
seat, and the next moment the large
man had turned over the seat and
leaning toward the troubled old man
had addressed him by name, shaken
hands cordially and engaged him in
conversation so interesting and so
cleverly arranged to keep his mind
occupied that he forgot his need to
leave the train, and did not think of it
again until they were in Boston. Here
the stranger put the lady and her
charge into a carriage, received her
assurance that she felt perfectly safe.
had cordially shaken her hand and
was about to close the carriage door
when she remembered that she felt so
safe in the keeping of this notebook
ing man that she had not even asked
his name. Hastily putting her hand
against the door, she said: ssPardon
me, but you have rendered me such a.
service may not know whom | am
thanking?" The big man smiled as
he answered.: Phillips Brooks and
turned away.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-02-21
SISTERLY DEVOTION.
HOW Caroline Herschel Assisted He
Brother in His Great Work.


Caroline Herschel had one passion
devotion to her brother. Sir William
Herschel, the astronomer. His wish
was her law. He began his career in
England as musician. leading the
orchestra in the Pump Room at Bath.
He thought that his sister Caroline.
who was living at the family home in
Hanover, might assist him by singing
at his concerts. and accordingly re-
quested his brother Jacob to give her
lessons. Jacob ridiculed the plan, but
Caroline determined that Williams
wish should be obeyed.
81 took every opportunity she
says, "when all were from homo to
initiate, with gag between my teeth,
the solo parts of concertoS, shake and
all, such as had heard them play on
the violin; in consequence I had
gained q tolerable execution before l
knew how to sing"
subsequently, when her brother be-
came an astronomer, she showed the
same decision, ingenuity and perse-
verance. She made q pasteboard
tube eighteen or twenty feet long, that
he might have more perfect tele-
scope than the small and poor ones
then used. The brothers suite of
handsome apartments was turned into
workshop, and Caroline became as
useful to him as a boy to his maste.
George Ill appointed William
Herschel Astronomer Royaj, and he
removed to a house in Dachet, near
Windsor, where he had grass plat
on which the twenty-foot telescope
was erected. Caroline was supplied
with telescope for "sweeping" the
heavens in search of comets. Every
starry night she had 20 spend on the
grass plat covered with dew or boar
frost, without human being near
enough to be within call
Her education was SO defective that
she was obliged to learn the mathe-
NAUTICAL formulae necessary to astro-
nomical calculations when she was
about to use them. Even her memory
was so poor that she could not remem-
Der the multiplication table, and al
ways carried a copy Of it in her
pocket; but her intense love for her
brother and her desire to assist him
enabled her to overcome these OBJ
stacles and to respond to his demands
upon her.
Il am nothing" she wrote; II have
done nothing. All I am, all know,
l owe to my brother. | am only the
tool which he shaped to his own use.
A well-trained puppy-dog would have
done as much"
Such unseltish devotion to a brother
is almost unparalleled. Caroline
Hers chel had no ambition but to serve
him; no vanity except pride in his
achievements. She was Jealous of his
fame, and after his death moderated
the progress of astronomy, because
she thought any development therein
detracted from her brothers reputa-
ton. Youths Companion.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-02-21
BUY A CHEAP LOT IN ANGLE
SIDE AND STOP PAYING RENT.
Notice Of Application to Purchase
OYSTER Lands.
Office of Commissioner of Pub
OlVmDia Wash.


Office of Commissioner of Public Lands.
Olympia WASH
Notice is hereby given that S. X. Taylor, of
New Kamilche, Washington, has filed an appli-
cation in this office to purchase the following
described Oyster Lands in Mason County, Wash
ington, to-wit: Commencing at the meander
corner between sections 81 and % in township
10 north, range west; thence along the line of
ordinary high tide, east so chains; thence north
81 deg 80 min east, $50 chains; thence north 26
deg 80 min east, 167 chains; thence north 81 deg
so min east, 500 chains; thence north 45 deg
east, II chains to initial point; thence by the
following courses and distances; north AZ deg
80 min east. 313 c6ains thence east $50 chains;
thence south 60 deg 80 min east, go chains;
thence south 80 deg SO min west, 1925 chains;
thence north &c deg west S.S5 chains to initial
point containing 5.64 acres.
During the next thirty days following the last
publication of this notice a contest may be filed
in the manner provided in section 5, page 81,
Session Laws of 1895.
This notice will be published in four successive
issues of this paper.
Date of first publication Jan. 10 96.--4W
w. t. FORREST, Com. Public Lands.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-02-21
POTATOES FOR BREAKFAST.
Several Excellent Ways OF Preparing the
Indispensable Tubers.

Several Excellent Ways OF Preparing the
Indispensable Tubers.
For those who are unable to eat a
breakfast without potatoes in some
form, several ways OF preparing them
are given. For scalloped potatoes.
slice those that are cold boiled, and
put in baking dish a layer of pota-
toes, and season with salt and pepper,
bits of butter, and dredge with floor;
add another layer of potatoes, and
season them, continuing until the dish
is nearly filled. Over the top of the
dish scatter powdered cracker or
bread crumbs and small pieces of but
ter, and moisten with a cup of good
milk or cream and bake ten minutes.
Raw potatoes may be sca.loped IN the
same way, but they require half an
hour for baking. Mashed potatoes
are scalloped by heating mashed
potatoes that has been seasoned with
butter, milk and salt and beating it
till light, when beaten egg may be
added. Then put into dish alternate
layers of the potato and slices of cold
boiled eggs, seasoning the layers of
eggs with salt and pepper Cover the
top with cracker crumbs and bits of
butter, moisten with little milk, and
bake fifteen minutes. Mashed pota.
toes baked in scallop shells and glazed
with grated cheese and melted butter
are also good.
For potato crOquettes take warm
potatoes, mash them, and add the
yelks OF two eggs, thoroughly beaten.
Season with little nutmeg, salt and
dash of cayenne pepper and mold
into oblongs, or fiat balls. Roll them
In beaten egg, then in cracker or
bread crumbs, and fry them in lard
that is boiling. Fried potatoes NAV
be prepared in several ways. the sim
plest being to peel raw potatoes, cul
them in slices lengthwise, and ate,
trying them delicate brown in plent,
OF hot lard, to drain them. sprinkle
with salt. and serve at once, as fried
potatoes should be eaten while crisp
and hot.
Inc famous Saratoga potatoes are
not so easily prepared For them se.
lect small potatoes. peel them, anc
slice as thin as waters, either with
one of the little machines used pu,
posely for them or with .har2 kn.rs
taking care to have thu .,,s all G:
about the same thickness. Lay in ice
water half an hour. and then dry
them with cloth and drop into ket-
tie OF boiling lard. Fry delicate
brown. drain in the co.ander, scatter
with salt and serve immediately. A
wire basket is convenience in cook
ing them. and they may be drained @
brown paper laid on a ate in tt
oven. These potatoes are often serve
for tea as well as break fast. Whe.
cold they may be restored by stand.
ing in the oven a minute IN. Y. Post
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-02-21
Go to "TLt Journal" Office
Commercial Printing
Notice of Application TO PuchaSe
CySterE Lands.
Office OF Commits Toner Of Public Lands, /


Olympia, Wash.
Notice is hereby given that A. J. Smith
of Kamilchie, Washington. has filed an applica-
ton in this office to purchase tn" following de-
scribed Oyster Lands. in Mason County, Wash
ington. tO-wit: Beginning at the meander cor
ner to fractional sections p and % township 10
north, range west; thence south g. Geg 0S min
east. 20. % chains to initial point Of survey.
ner No for place of beginning, from which the
cOrnertO sections 20, u, Is and % township 10
north of range west bears south 67 deg "a II IN
IS west. 103.46 chains; thence south 81 deg O.
min east, 7.01 chans thence south IS deg 20
min west, 537 chains thence south 81 deg 40
min west, $50 chains; thence north GS deg a
min west, 90 chains; thence north 81 deg so
min east, A. Is chains thence north 40 deg OF
min east, 7.05 chains; thence south sc deg II min
east, 1926 chains to place of beginning, contain
ing us acres.
During the next thirty days following the
last publication of this notice contest may be
filed in the manner provided in section 5, page
81, Session Laws of 1925
This notice will be published in four success
sive issues of this paper
Date of first publication Jan.10 '96-4W.
W.T.. FORREST. Com. Public Lands.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-02-21
BRIEF FUN.

The woma I of thohour'' is the one
who has brea! fast on time.
HE YOUTH And what shall do
to have my + llow-men speak well of
me?' The So e-'sDie."
WILLIE ha a terrible cold on his
chest. "Dea- me! How did he catch
lt?' Went out one day without his
chrysanthemum."
SrADEHoME-s'Th They tell me the aver
age cowboys language is full of dash
and plquancy." Binwest--"I don't
know about the piqnancy. From a
printers standpoint. though, it is GER
tainly full of DASH"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-02-21
TO HORSE OWNERS.

:. For putting horse in fine healthy con-
dltlon try DR.. Cady's Condition Powders.
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss OF appetite, relieve constipation, correct
kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving
new life to an old or over-worked horse. rs
cents per package. For sale by druggists.
And at l.. X. Munson's
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-02-21
Notice of Application to Pur-
chase Tide Lands.
Office OF Commissioner of Public Lands,
Olympia, Wash,

Olympia. Wash,
Notice is hereby given that B. Frank Mossman.
OF amiiche, Washington, has filed an applica-
ton in this Office to purchase the following de-
scrlbed Tide Lands, of the third class, situate in
Mason County, Washington, to-wit: All tide
land OF the third class lying in front of AUDITING
q, Township 10 North, Range West, W. NJ,
having frontage of 2.O6 chains measured on the
following described meander line of SAID lot:
commencing at point ON said meander line
where the line between lots and of said Sec.
Twp. and Range would intersect the same:
THENCE n. AZ deg E., 1O4 chains; thence N. 81
deg E., 1.O2 chains to point on said meander
line.
Any person may appear and protest against
SAID application or may file an application for
the purchase of the above described tide land at
any time within=five weeks from the date of
first publication of this notice.
Date OF first publication, Feb. IA '96.-6w
w. T. FORREST, Com Public Lands
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-02-21

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