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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-17
EDHEM PACHAS ARMY ADVANCING

GENERAL SMoLENsKf AWAITS THE TURKISH At
TACK AT ALMYRo.
Larissa May 1G-Edhem PaCha's plans for
the capture OF Domoko being rapidly per-
fected. Reinforcements are arriving and all the
Greek positions are carefully watched. The bad
condition % the roads and the heavy rains de-
lay the operations for which the Turkish officers
are anxlousIy waiting but a general advance
began at dawn.
A number OF Greek deserters who have been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-17

torpid liver means torpid brain, DON 20, I'LL, arr
brought into healthy action by Tarrants EHe.te ,,
cent Seltzer Aperient soc a. 81; all drugssts-hu'"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-17
HAPD TINES IN ARGENTINA.

MANY COMMERCIAL FAILURES AND LocusTs
RAvAGING CROPS.
Buenos Ayres. May l6-Ihe commerclai SITUATION
49, ~ 80 ov,ronclv difficult ono. Failures are
ro,,r,nd daily and the locus.s are ravaging the
interior proNinces.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-17
VICTIMS OF THE PARIS FIRE.

,,Nr DE LAUME AND HER DAUGHTER sUc-
ct,MB TO THEIR INJURIES
Paris. NAV is-Mme. de Laume and her daughter
have succumbed 10 the injuries they received az 'he
Charity Bazaar fire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-17

MR.. o'BR1Ey's BEoUEsT OF si5oOoO TO BE USED
IN ENDOwING THREE CHAIRS.

baltimore May 1G.-It is reported here that the
Cstholic University at Washington has received a
leoacv of sl50O01 from the estate of Mr. O'Bren OF
New-Orloans The money viii be used 10 endow
three chairs 10 be selected by the authorities OF
Oh nil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-17

Parquet Flooring guaranteed work. with 80 years
experience. National Wood Mrg Co.. i29 Sth Ave-
Advt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-17

THE HAMMOND TYPEWRITER co. moved to
1877 Bway. Have you Tied Number Hammond'
-Adyt,
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28
Everybody Saws So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won.
oer1ul medical discovery of the age. pleas.
any ana refreshing to the taste, ACT gently
anu positively on kidneys, liver and bowels.
cieansing the entire system. disnel colds
cure headache, fever, habitual constinat;on,
ae1 ol,iousness. Please buy and try o box
% y. =. Z. to-day; 10, 25, so cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Mr.. James Rowland of this village
states that for twenty-five years his
wife has been sufferer from rheum.
atlsm. A few nights ago she was in
such pain that she was nearly crazy
She sent Mr.. Rowland for the doctor
but he had read of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm and instead of going for the
physician he went to the store and so.
cured a bottle of it. His wife did NOT
approve OF Mr.. Rowland's purchase at
nrst' but nevertheless applied the
Balm thoroughly and in an hours
time was able to go to sleep. She now
applies it whenever she feels an ache
or pain and finds that it ALWAYS gives
relief. He says that no medicine
which she had used ever did her as
much good. The Is and so cent sizes
tor sale by all druggists.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28
"BOYS ALL OVER"
How Two Youngsters Experimental with
Poison Ivy.

How Two Youngsters Experimenteo Win
Poison Ivy.
Superintendent Kimball, of the life
saving service, told a story OF two boys,
and it is so 'boys all over" as most
mothers would say, that it ought to be
printed. The now accomplished officer
saysrthat when he was boy he had a
chum, and both were poisoned year
after year while running about the
woods by poison ivy. One day, says
the Washington Star, they heard or read
something to the effect that if persons
would swallow two or three leaves Of
the ivy they would never again be at
fected by it. To relieve themselves OF
the regular summer and often-recur-
ring annoyance they decided to take a
few leaves of it as medicine. Mr.. KIM
ball was of an Investigating turn OF
mind, and found out that on the under
side of the leaf there was very fine
dust. He told his companion that as
they were experimenting it would be
we'll to see if it made any difference
whether one side or the other con-
tanned the poison. He rolled up his
three leaves so as to cover the dust, and
his friend rolled his so as to leave the
dust side exposed. With glass of water
and as little chewing as possible they
swallowed their doses. The result was
something horrible, especially for the
boy who took the dusty side of the ar
gument. For weeks after he could not
shut his mouth on account of the terri
BILE condition of his mouth and throat.
He had to be fed with liquids by quill,
and it was only miracle that he did not
die Mr. Ki1nball Jared somewhat bet
ter, especially as to his mouth and
throat, but there was trouble enough on
the inside to make up for it. And there
was no cure worked. The next season
they suffered as before.
"Now, vast that like a boy?" IS
what everybody said, and what all will
say now.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28
A MISSED KISS.
The Reason Why Two Ambassadors Lost
Their Places.

Hl8CcSs
Two ambassadors have lost their
places through their failure to take adj
vantage afforded them to kiss the hand
of the cZarina, says the Seattle Post
Intelligencer. Count Monticello. the
French ambassador, lost his place. 1t
is not made known whether he only
obeyed orders or, not, but he had to suf-
fer the penalty. It was very unfcr-
tunate for him that when the French
people through their government had
undertaken to show their friendship for
Russia BY most lavish display of os-
tentatious ceremony and the expendi-
ture of many millions of dollars the
entire effect should be lost by the fail
ure of the chief functionary to press
his lips to the imperial hand.
The other ambassador who lost his
position is Prince Radalin, the repre-
sentative at the Russian court of the
German empire. No reason is given for
his omission to observe a customary act
of homage. He had not the excuse of
being the minister from republic. He
represented a court where such cere-
monies are strictly observed and an i'm
perial master who is as strict in re-
Quiring observance of court etiquette
as the Russian emperor. These pun
ishments should be warning to all men
never to lose favorable opportunity
to kiss lady's hand. Many man has
lived to regret that he has not seized
a suitable occasion to snatch a kiss;
there seems to be more danger in being
tooremiss thanh being too bold. Where
the danger lies and how great it will be
either in abstaining or acting is mat
ter for individual Judgment. But it is
sometimes worth risking, it would
seem.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28
JOKES BY sPORIsMEN.
Tricks That Hunters Play on One Another
In the Woods.

Ir1cks That Hunters Play on One Another
In the Woods.
Sportsmen like to play tricks on one
another. Some of the Jokes are older
than the hills, but always ready for
service, says the New York Sun. A
dead deer braced up against the side of
a tree has more than once been mark
for pounds of lead. Eight men once
shot their repeating rifles at such a
deer, some 60 shots being fired at it be-
fore it fell. The joyful hunters, on
going to it, found that the beast had
been dressed and that As bullets had
gone through it. Hunters sometimes
doctor the shells of their mates, putting
IN double charges of powder and TAX
ing out the shot. Firing pins are ex-
tracted and putty ones substituted.
Brckshot is substituted for IS, and
the amazement of hunter when
he finds how the IS punched, as
ne supposes, and tore a woodcock half
III two is the sport that comes from
1T. Rifle shells are filled half with
powder, half with red pepper. Tie
powder drives the bullet after a
deer and burns the pepper. Unlimit-
Ell sneezing follows.
False trails made by man with
bear-foot 0occasins in the snow have
led many tenderfoot over weary miles
only to end in mans trail at some
log where the bears feet could be
taken off. 1t sometimes happens that
q pack of fox dogs are led on drag
trail when the dog followers thing it
is live fox's.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28
CURIOUS CLOCKS.
How Some People of Foreign Lands
Reckon Time.

HOW Some People OF Foreign Lands
Reckon Time.
Neither clock nor timepiece is to be
found in Liberia. The reckoning of
time is made entirely by the movement
and position of the sun, which rises at
six a. m. and sets at six p. m, almost
to the minute, all the year round, aud
at noon is vertically overhead, says
Popular Science News. The islanders
of the South Pacific have no clocks,
but make an ingenious and reliable
time marker of their own. They take
the kernel from the nuts of the candle
tree and wash and string them on the
rib of palm leaf. The first or top
kernel is then lighted. All of the kerr
enls are of the same size and substance,
and each will burn a. certain number of
minutes and then set fire to the enc
next below. The natives tie pieces of
black cloth AZ regular intervals along
the string to mark the divisions of time
Among the natives of Singar, in the
Malay archipelago, another peculiar
device is used. Two bottles are placed
neck and neck, and sand is put in one
OF them, which pours itself into the
other every half hour, when the bottles
are reversed. There is line near by,
also, on which are hung IL rods with
notches from one to twelve.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28

Ihere is no end to the anecdotes that
are told to prove the superior culture of
the Bostonians. A friend writes mo +bo+
ne was riding on the front platform of
d street car in that city, and, as there
was no one out there but himself and The
url'er' me- in fit of Observation-Disclosures
repeated few lines of Virgil in an un,
uertone. TO his surprise, the driver of
me car took up the lines where he left
OH and carried them on to the end and
"a Latln. And yet, in cultured Boston
mere hangs a sign board on which is
printed this legend: veterinary Sur
geon. Horses Clipped Satisfactorily in
.ne near. Perhaps this is Boston
way OF clipping horses, and not a case
Oh faulty construction. French boobies
Us we know, and sometimes St Pa
nards' are so clipped, and whv not
horses ?-Critic.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28
MARRIAGE IN FRANCE.
Does Its Expense Account for the De-
crease in Population?

crease in Population? ~e
Nav not the cost of getting married
in France act as check upon marriage,
and so partly account for the shrlnkage
of French population? The other day
a wedding was thus celebrated by we'll
TODD middle-class folks in Burgundy,
and may serve as type. NO less than
five sumptuous banquets were given by
the brides father, namely, two dinners,
two breakfasts and one ballroom sup
per. At one of the dinners, 10 which
sat down 60 guests, no less than so bot
ties of champagne we're drunk, to say
nothing of red wines and hqueurs.
Strange to say, no one seemed any the
worse.
The respective professions to Marie
and church on different days. involved
the hire of 60 carriages, this cost also
falling upon the young lady's parents,
the entire ceremonial involving. an out
Law of several hundred pounds. Nor
was the affair less onerous to invited
friends and relatives. The ladies were
expected to display a new and fash
ionable toilet upon each separate occa-
sion-banquets, balls, civil and religious
celebrations.
To the bridegroom fell all kinds of
expenses, such as fees, gifts to the
church and the poor-these, however, a
trife compared to the mental and
bodily wear and tear of three days per-
petual merrymaking; last, but not
least, the necessity of looking pleased.
When Anglo-mania has altered all
this, and a Frenchman's wedding day
means two OF three hours ceremonial
only, we may expect the marriage rate
to go steadily up.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28
In ps,sSS TT

The governorship of state is held
yearly by the man who gives the shah
the largest present; during his period
OF office he collects from the people the
taxes, the present he has given the shah
and good substantial sum into the
bargain for himself. Absolutely pitt
less, his men viii often seize the last
sticks of an old man, and if the people.
seeing starvation staring them in the
face, resist, they are liable to be put to
death by torture, if what was in the
mouth of every one was true. In the old
days it was necessary to make a fright
full example O.. a few-caravan robbers to
keep the road through the Kotabs safe.
In country where it is customary TO
commit suicide in fanatical wav. as.
for instance, when wives throw them
selves on their husbands funeral pvres
in India, an cutlery often is made in
England. and yet in country full of
Europeans men are taken out in broad
daylight and cruelty murdered by the
roadside.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28
Thought He Could Tell Old Maids from
Married Women.

Thought He Could Tell Old Maids from
Married Women.
He was still young enough to know
everything, and while they waited for
a car he was giving her his opinions on
various subjects. AS for her, she was
SO interested that she didn't know her
feet were cold and forgot that the wind
was blowing her hair out of curl.
YES" he was saying, ''you may talk
as you please about your bachelor
maids, but can tell an old maid from
married woman by glance. How do
1 manage it? Oh, it's easy enough. /
can just tell her by her looks, and I am
never mistaken"
''You were always so CLEVER she
murmured. ''Now, l am sure never
could do it. To be sure, a married wcm-
an usually puts on a bonnet sooner
than an old maid does, but then some
old maids affect bonnets, and have
seen grandmother in sailor hat, so
that isn't sure test"
ooh, it isn't a matter of hea1gear
With me, 1 assure you," he replied, in
patronizing tone. Here, I'll let you
zee me do it. Look at the two women
-onder, now. That tall one is an old
maid beyond doubt. In the aggressive
urve of her elbow and the sour droop
# her mouth. know, as we'll as if 1
lad been acquainted with her for years,
nat she pretends she has remained
ingle from choice and that she hates
II mankind"
''Dear me, how awfully clever you
re-" she gurgled. 81 declare you real
y alarm me. Why, it's quite like Sher-
ock Holiness
ooh, no, you fatter me. It's really
,uite simple. Observe the woman who
talking to her-the stout, motheriy-
ooking one. 1t does not require much
,erspicuity to know that she is a happy
wife. Notice her helpless air and her
general appearance of contentment."
POSITIVELY, you are so deep that
I'm actually afarid of YOU"
ooh, not at all. Now, come little
closer, so we can hear their oonversa-
ton, and you will see that am right"
ooh, but am sure that you are right
without that"
Nevertheless, they moved on to po-
sition Immediately behind the pair. The
tall, aggressive-looking woman was
speaking: EYES," she was saying, "this
is the tenth anniversary of my wedding,
though it hardly seems possible. tell
you, Mary Ellen, I have the best and
the kindest husband in the whole world
and that is saying great dealt"
Then the stout motherly-looking per-
son responded and there was vinegar
in her tones. "Well, when I find q man
as sensible as my Maltese cat, as COM
forting as cup of tea and as entertain
ing as my political club I may follow
your example, but not till then, Jane,
not till then!"
And the very young man! Oh, he
cleared his throat violently and asked
the girl if she didn't wantanother cam
paign button.-Chicaoo Times-Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28

The Westfield Qnd.) News prints the
following in regard to an old resident
OF that place: Frank McAvoy, for
many years in the employ of the L.
n. A. q c. Ry. here, says: L have
used Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhea Remedy for ten years OF
longer-am never without it in my
family. / consider it the best remedy
OF the kind manufactured, T take
pleasure in recommending it'". It is
= specific for all bowel disorders. For
sale by all druggists.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28
ANCIENT ADVERTISEMENTS.
They Were Written on House Walls In
Spaces Called Albums.


Spaces Called Albums.
When some enterprising Greek or
Roman merchant of old first whitened
portion of the wall of his house and
on this album, as it was called, rudely
scratched the symbols of his trade he
little dreamed it to be the dim fore
shadowing of miles upon miles Of pic
torial advertisements, first produced in
the interest of commerce, but destined
to come so close to art as to attract
more than passing notice from the es-
thetic connoisseur and collector, says
Lippincott's.
Yet from the very earliest times
: some sort of public advertising was
felt to be necessity. Thus we read of
notices in the first days of the children
of Israel being posted in the high places
of the cities-proclamations, generally,
of kings and prophets, inscribed on
parchment; and papyri more than 5000
years old have been exhumed from the
ruins of ancient Thebes on which are
written descriptions of runaway slaves
and the rewards offered for their re-
turn.
Another heather mode of attracting
attention was to hang on the statues
of the Internal deities, within the
temenos of the temples, sheets of lead
bearing curses and prayers of venge-
ance against those persons who had
stolen goods or otherwise injured the
advertiser, the evil to be deprecated
only in case of the restitution of the
property. A collection of such impre-
cations that was discovered in the tenn
pie of Demeter at Onidus in 1858 may be
seen in the second vase-room of the
British museum.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28
HE HAD BEEN IN PRISON.
And Was Not Unjustly Confined, as He
Confessed.


Confessed.
The evidence the witness had given
had been very strongly against the law
yer's side of the case, and, lawyeT-like,
he was trying his best to break the tes-
timony, or throw discredit on the wit
ness, says the Pittsburgh News. He had
tried browbeating, but the man ignored
his efforts and in an easy, self-con
tanned way stuck to his story. He tried
cross-questioning him, but with no bet
ter success, and he was on the point of
giving up when a chance remark caught
lis ear and riveted his courage.
81 gather from what you just said
that you have been in prison. Is that
true?"
eyes, sir, have been in prison"
Theattorney' eyes snapped and con-
tented smile spread over his features as
he drew sigh of relief. He proceeded to
make the most of his triumph, though
he felt confident that his case was won.
'The jury will notice that the witness
confesses having been in prison. How
long were you in prison?''
Eighteen months"
"You do not pretend that you were
not justly confned?''
NO, sir. Under the circumstances, L
presume it was all right"
"Of course the gentlemen of the idry
will understand without my calling at
tention to it how much value to place on
the evidence of man of this kind. Will
you please state the name of the pris-
on?"
Certainly, sir. Andersonville."
A Spiritual Bond Between Them and
Their Pupils.
Allchildren who present themselves at
the veat for study are received. 1t is
not ever required that their parents
bring them or send them, says Popular
Science Monthly. The newcomer
chooses his professor, and, if accepted,
begins at once to study under his direc-
ton, installs himself in his cell or in
the school hal, and becomes his servant.
Ii the professor has already too many
pupils, he refuses the new pu-
pill and advises him to choose another
teacher; sometimes he guides his choice,
directing him to a master who has few
or no pupils, or takes him to the su-
perior who will select teacher for him.
The choice of a professor is always
grave affair, because it is held in Cam
bodia, as in all Buddhist and Brahmatic
countries, that professor and pupil are
bound by strong ties of spiritual af-
Unity, and that the pupil ought to re-
spect his master as he does his father
and mother. The law inflicts the same
penalty upon an offense of the pupil
against his master as an offense by
son against his father and mother and
it prescribes that in certain cases the
pupil may be heir of his professor when
ne has cared for him or supported HIM
OF served him when studying under his
direction; not only family bond but
religious bond, too, Is established be-
tween them, for the professor makes it
his business to teach his pupil the course
by which he may earn more advanta-
geous reincarnation and reach the Mir
vana, and becomes his spiritual guide.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28

MANTED-SEVERAL FAITHFUL MEN OR
III Women to travel for responsible establish
l1shed house in Washington. Salary SEQ, pay
able SIS weekly and expenses Position per
manent. Reference Enclose self-addressed
amped envelope. The National, Star Building
hicago.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28

DIR. Cady's Condition Powders, are
just what horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price rs
cents per package
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28

This Is Your Opportunity.
con receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon.
strate the great merits Of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
Sc Warren ST., New York City.
Rev. John Reid, Jr.. OF Great Falls, Mont,
recommended Elys Cream Balm to me. I
can emphasize lis statement, ''It is posi-
tive cure for catarrh if used as directed."--
Rev. Francis w. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena, Mont
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, so cents.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28
P Pennsylvania; Of Phila.
G. c. ANGLE,
journal OfiCe---SheltOn.
letter, Salt-Rheum and Eczema.

letter, Salt-Rheum and Eczema.
The intense itching and smarting, incl
dent to these diseases, isinstantly allayed
by applying Chamberlain s Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
have been permanently cured by it. It
is equally efficient for itching piles and
a favorite remedy for sore nipples,
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. IS cts. per box.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28

BUY A CHEAP LOT IN ANGLE
SIDE AND STOP PAYING RENT.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28

Inc Best Remedy for Rheumatism.
From the Fairhaven IN. W Register.