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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-07
The Queen of Madagascar Is de-

the Queen of Madagascar Is ae'
scribed as a small, slender ngn',
brown woman, with sweet smile anu
no end of Paris gowns. She is twenty
three years 4, has been four years d
Queen, and is really worshiped by hef
people.
The commercial crisis which "as
expected to follow the abolition -
slavery in Brazil, has not yet appearou
Exchange has steadily risen. until 'lo
Brazilian paper millreis-three year.
ago at discount of forty per CENT
actually selling to-day little aoo'0
par.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-07

The A. G. Darwin, an engine on the
Erie road, recently made straight run
from Jersey City to Buffalo, 423 miles,
without change or rest. This is great
feat. 1t is customary to change engines
about every 100 miles, on long trips, in
order to allow the fire box to be cleaned.
The Darwin sprovided with a double fire
box. This givestgreater steam generating
power, and one box can be cleaned while
the other is in use.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-07

The New York Methodist conference
has just passed resolution which will
be full of sweetness to young men whose
best girls are at once pious and fond of
ice cream. 1t was resolved that the con-
ference deplored the custom of raising
money by church festivals, fairs, bazars
and suppers.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-07

What will become of the world when
the wood, the coal, the petroleum and
the natural gas are all used up? The an
swer is perhaps not so difficult. By that
time some quick and cheap way of gen.
Grating electricity will have been discov-
cred, and this will take the place of all
that has gone before.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-07

Governor Richardson, Of South Caro-
lima, last year pardoned out Of the peni-
Tertiary two colored children, one 8, the
other 10 years old, who had been SEN
fenced for life They had stolen articles
to the value of $40.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-07
A Cunning Bird.

Canary birds are easily trained, as we
told you recently. Two of our girls
send us the following letter about one
belonging to their aunt. Everybody de-
lights in trained bird and there is no
reason why boys and girls should not
teach their little pets all the tricks our
young friends here tell us about.
DEAR MR.. EDIToR-After reading about
canary birds in your paper we thought
you would like to hear about one our
aunt has in Washington. 1t is very
tame and flies through the house, both
up and down stairs One day he follow
ed grandma out into the front yard with
out her knowledge. She was scared
when she saw him on the step, but spoke
sharply to him. saying, "Petel you ras-
cal! go in the housed" Rather to her sur
prise he turned and hoped in.
When any one uses the typewriter he
gets on the carriage and rides back and
forth. sometimes running along on it as
if trying to beat it. He will go to a
stranger when spoken to and he never
gets tired playing with any one He
will also lie on his back in the palm of
your hand and play dead bird"
People often bring their friends to see
him, as he is SO very amusing. Besides
he is beautiful singer. Philadelphia
Times.
Herr Nehring, speaking of the do
nestle animals of the ancient Peru
VANS, observed that the subject was
scientifically important, because all
the other peoples of ancient America
were very poor in this kind of prop
r'ty as compared with the Peruvians
aud Bolivians and some of the Central
American peoples; and, secondly, be-
cause the influence of domestication
on the formation of races could be
better followed on these animals than
on those of the Old World. We are
concerned in Peru especially with the
dog, llama, alpaca and guinea pig.
The speaker had examined eighteen
dog mummies from ancient Peruvian
graves, and had determined that they
belonged to three different races-a
shepherds dog, a dachshund and a
bull dog or pug. He believed that the
Inca dog" was derived, not from
other South American Canida. but
from the Mexican wolf lupus occi-
dentalis), perhaps through the feebler
Texan variety; and that several races
had been formed from it in Peru
through domestication. In this Herr
Nehring dissents from and contradicts
Won Tschudi's opinion that the vari-
cites had arisen from crossing with
European dogs. AS the dog and like
wise the llama and alpaca are undoubt-
edly OF America. SO also. in the speak
er's opinion. is the guinea pig, not
withstanding B. Hensel and other au-
thois believed that it was introduced
from Europe. - Popular Science
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-07

"A resident OF South ', lnonam. me-.
VINO has been almost totally deaf for
nearly two years. during a violent
sneezing attack a few days ago regained
his hearing.
The first pair of India-rubber shoes
brought into the United States from
south America in 1880, were gilded
and resembled in shape the pointed
slippers OF Chinese mandarin.
The professional molasses faster
frequently has twenty or thirty samples
to experiment upon, taking care to
swallow as little as possible. 1t is said
that only man with sweet tooth and
clear head can bear up under the
strain of the occupation.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-07
An Ample Excuse.

In an uptown church last Sunday
evening, when the pastor had got we'll
into his sermon, he noticed an unusual
commotion among the choir. at his
Heht He.tried to ignore it. but the
t,Vublc became-so lively that he felt
1t his duty to Eebuke the singers in a
loud voice. The disturbance finally
quoted down and the services proceed
ed with due dignity. A member of
the choir managed to communicate to
the much put out pastor the cause of
the uneaslness before the services were
concluded. It was a mouse-onlv
little mouse. But with the perversity
OF its kind, this little mouse had man
aged to get under the skirts of one of
the ladies. The good pastor forthwith
explained to the congregation that the
trouble had been ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
no blame att""',cI =. the choir
, 1889-05-11

A gentleman who was present on
the occasion told mo today that sever
al years ago David Dudley Field and
Henry George met for the first time at
the Office of The North American Re
view. Mr.. George had just returned
from abroad, where he had made a
great reputation, but in New York
personally he was little known, al
though his abilities were generally
conceded everywhere. The gentlemen
met to interchange views on the sub
ject deliberately set forth In Mr..
Georges book, Progress and Power
ty." During the course of the inter
view Mr.. Field criticised alleged
statements in hat work on political
economy. His remarks indicated ig-
norance of the text to such degree as
to surprise Mr.. George into saying evil
IDENTIFY the gentleman had not read
the book he had como to criticise.
Strangely enough, this Mr.. Field ad-
mitted, which caused embarrassment to
both and cut short the interview. Sub
sequently, at another meeting, q more
thorough understanding of each other
was had, and the opinion of each as to
the others abilities was decidedly COM
plimentary. During these interviews
Mr.. Field, with the keen penetration
and artful skill of a lawyer, would try
to entrap Mr.. George into ar admission
Of some proposition, with q view to
prove its fallacy. The quick intelli-
gence Of the latter grasped at once the
| question in all its bearings and his
adroit and ready answers showed a
| genius for debate.
1.-THE duel between these two mas
ters was" said my informant, "a
thing to be long remembered and
showed the great controversial talent
Of the one no less than the exhaustless
resource of the other-both superb
New York Graphic.
, 1889-05-11
A Soldier of the Revolution.

The town of York claims the honor
of furnishing nearly the first and also
the last surviving soldier of the revo-
luton. This last named was William
Hutchins, who was born In York, Oct.
6, 1764, and died Ia Penobscot, May 3,
1866. At the close of the war he re-
turned to Penobscot which has been
his home since he was 4 years old, and
In 1865 he Joined In q Fourth of July
celebration at Bangor, a revenue cut
ter having been detached for his oon-
veyance to and from that city, and as
he passed by the Penobscot river the
guns of Fort Knox fired a salute OF
welcome, an honor said never before
to have been given to any person In
the stata-Lewiston Me.) Journal.
, 1889-05-11
AN OLD MANS DREAM.

An ehiId 1 watch you with the hrelights CLEAN
Lighting the beauties OF your golden hair.
Nesting within the glores OF your eyes
And kissing uenderly your check so fair.
Your bright young life is stretching on before
Whilst all my youth Is In tho far away;
] droam but Of the time to como no NOR,
Whilst you have hardly ventura into dayI
And yet l love you with a love rs pure
As ever found It's birth In human breast
love you with a love that will endure,
And hold you ever as Its first and best
How l have watch'd, as one would do a how'r,
Your many charms my darling, soft unfold,
Longing to shelter you thro' storm and shown
But you are young. my dear, and I am oIdI
1t would not do to place your slender hand
Within mine own, save for a little space;
II would not do for you and me to stand
Before the altar In Gods sacred place
Another one will come and WOO, and win
A lover, with a youth rs bright as thino-
And I will keep my cnvious thoughts within.
And pray that you may taste loves Soy divine
May and December arc not made to wed,
SPRING sun and winters snow can never meet
God bless thee-there Is no more to be said
And keep thee fair and pure for him, my sweet!
Drcam In the freight l am watching near,
Weave all your tender fancies DER again;
May all LIES happiness be yours. my dear,
Only for me the solitude and pain
All the Year Round
, 1889-05-11
Londnn.s Disabled uorses.

Mr.. W. II. Ross, secretary to Harrison
& Barber, horse slaughterers. told to a
Pail Mall Gazette reporter the other day
that they have seven slaughter houses in
the metropolitan area, tho largest being
that in the York road, Camden town.
They slaughtered %, 900 horses a year.
When a horse broke a limb or sustained
other irremediable injury on the street
the police at once communicated with
their nearest depot. Tho company had
frequently been charged with cruelty in
allowing MANNED horses to lie about for
hours before sending men to end their
sufferings. The truth was they were
very particular In this respect, and if
such delays occurred it was through no
fault of theirs. Was horsefesh much
used for food7 Yes, to a considerable
extent, he should say.
Their charter did not allow of their
selling horseflesh for food purposes, but
there were such establishments in the
city. He had himself eaten horsemeat
in France, and at the company's annual
dinner it was served to the guests, some
of whom declared they would not have
known it from beef, had they not been
told Fine fat horses were slaughtered
every week, horses that were perfectly
sound, except for some accidental injury,
and he saw no reason why this flesh
should not be eaten. He had often seen
street gamins buy n slice of dried horse
flesh, place it between two bits of bread,
and eat it as a sandwich OF course.
most of the prepared horseflesh passed
under the name of catsmeat, but it
seemed Incredible that the Eats could
onsume it all.
Every part of the horse was put to
some use-hesh, hide, hair, hoofs and
bones. Now that (and Mr.. Ross held up
a small vial of beautifully transparent
OILY was horse oil. One would scarcely
think such oil as that could be got from
the horse. Those other bottles contain
oils of inferior quality. They were used
for lubricating purposes and for soap
making. Most soaps nowadays contained
horse rease
Armed with a cigar and an order from
the secretary of the company, our re-
porter made his way to the premises In
York road. The obliging manager said
they had had only four horses in today.
But about 1900 were slaughtered hero
annually. Most of the animals were
cab, bus or tram horses. The establish
ment turned out about twenty tons of
horseflesh every week. They had forty
six dead and twenty-one live horses in
now. They contracted with the various
cab, bus and tram companies for injured
horses at 80 shillings each, alive or dead.
Most of the live horses they got in were
injured internally by overwork or fall
ing. A few were gone with congestion
of the lungs. The work of Strengthening
went on day and night, there being two
gangs of men for that purpose. Horses
were killed at night by three 'knack-
ers." Fifteen horses were considered n
good nights work. The sufferings of
the Door brutes were soon ut an end, as
they were rendered insensible by a blow
from a heavy ax.-Pall Mall Gazette.
, 1889-05-11
A FINE TALKER.
John bright In Social Intercoure-His Ex-
cellent Language.

John Bright In Social Intercoure-His EI-
cellent Language
He always talked well, but l think
he never talked better than after his
practical withdrawal from public life.
1t seemed as though his powers as a
speaker, no longer used for the in
struction of the world at large, were
employed all the more unresevedly
for the benefit of his personal friends.
II was upon books and literary sub
jects generally hat he chiefly liked
TO talk. His knowledge of English lit
erature was in certain directions won
derfully wide and deep. l imagine
that there are very few men who
could have beaten him in a competi-
tive examination in our English poets
from the days Of Milton to those of
Wordsworth. His literary tastes were
no doubt he would have fallen under
certain cliques il they had been aware
But even they, If they had enjoyed the
privilege Of his friendship, would have
been charmed by hearing him recite,
as he was very fond of doing, favorite
passages from the poets he loved so
well. One evening in the spring of
last year, shortly before his illness be-
gan, l was sitting beside him in the
smoking room at the Reform club,
when he began TO talk about English
hymn and hymn writers.
By and by, carried away by his
theme, he repeated to me many of his
favorite hymns. AS he recited them
in measured tones the charm of that
beautiful voice which had SO often
thrilled the house of commons, and
subdued a hostile majority, made it.
self felt even in a club smoking room,
and from all parts of the room men
drew quietly near to the spot where
we were sitting, and listened with
bated breath as the old man eloquent
repeated verses Of a kind which, l
fear, are not often TO be heard within
the walls of a club. There was one
noticeable characteristic of his voice.
Though the tone was low, it was so
clear, and SO shllfully was it modu-
lated, that when speaking in his ordi-
nary tones ho would be heard with
distinctness at the further end of a
large room, even although several
groups of takers occupied the apart
ment And then, how admirably
chosen was the language in which he
spoke, even in ordinary conversational
I have said that some superfine critics
might, perhaps, have sneered at his
taste in literature. There is not an
English writer now living, however,
who would not be the happier if he
could write as we'll as Mr.. Bright
habitually spoke. For his words, wen
in the most commonplace converse
ton, were chosen so well that, as he
talked, you seemed to be listening to
some masterpiece of our literature
London News.
, 1889-05-11
A Ship in a CYCLONE.

What q Samoan hurricane Is like and
what chance a ship has while at its
mercy, may be imagined after reading
Abercromby's "Seas and Skies in Many
Latitudes." He says;
Much has been written about han
ding ships in hurricanes and elaborate
maneuvers have been described which
they are to perform near the center of a
typhoon. Many a ship has been saved
by skillful sailing on the outskirts of a
cyclone, and even after the characterize
tic squalls and driving rain have begun.
But when near the center she gets In the
kernel, as 1t were, of the hurricane, and
the wind comes in great gusts which no
canvas a Withstand, when the roaring
of the wind is 30 tremendous that no
voice con be heard, when the sky and
cloud and spindrift are mixed up in
distinguishably from one another In a
general darkness, then 1t Is as impossible
to give an order as to obey 1t, and the
sailor can only hope hat her tfmbers
may not open 30 as to spring a leak, and
that her steering gear may hold so that
she may not breach to and be over
whelmed by the waves."-New York
Telegram.
, 1889-05-11

l suppose if there is one thing women
may be permitted to be p~rejudiced about
it Is their own babies. The baby before
you is always the handsomest and the
best and the cutest in the world. He is
indeed n man of tact who can hit the
right remark to make about a baby all
the time. You cannot be sure that you
are pleasing the mother by saying it
looks just like her, or the father by point
ing out It's extraordinary resemblance to
him. But still the mother desires to find
the beautiful in her features reproduced
in the baby, and she Is willing to concede
that possibly mentally the boy may take
after his father. On the other hand, she
may wish to believe it is like its father.
The simplest remark l eve heard of
made by n mother on the subject of her
baby was made by n lady who believed
herself and knew her husband to be very
homely. The child was really a lovely
little girl, 30 much SO that when the
friend, visiting the house, saw her he
involuntarily said:
What a very pretty childr'
The pleased mother looked up and said
quite sincerely:
"Ees. She was such n surprise to u.s."
San Francisco Chronicle.
, 1889-05-11


A few years ago a party of British
and blew over here. It was, if the
recollection is correct, when the Duke
of Sutherland was in America for the
first time with Mrs. Blair. ANYWAY,
when they got to Washington some
kind heart steered them up against
Col. Dick Wintersmith, who did his
very best to entertain them, and
brought out some of his Oldest and
rarest stories.
Tho Englishmen warmed and did
their best and, as all E~nglishmen do,
came down to Southdown mutton.
How they praised that mutton, and
said there was nothing like 1t in the
world, told how its peculiar and ex-
quisite flavor WIS due not alone to the
rich grasses of the Downs, but to the
snails which abounded there and
which the sheep ate with avidity.
"Snails, said Col. Dick, hoarsely,
Is he laid q restraining hand upon the
speakers arm. Don't say another
word. Come with me-"
He led the way to Chamberlain's
and had q brief confab with John.
Half an hour later the party were eat
ing some of that Kentucky mutton
which has fame on three continents.
The Englishmen were forced to &c
knowledge its superiority in ineness
and flavor.
Gentlemen" said Col. Winter
smith, gravely, "for two months be-
fore Kentucky mutton is slaugh-
tered it is fed exclusively on chopped
blue grass and pate de foie gras."-
Washington Post.
, 1889-05-11
A Dream.

Some days before the late disaster at
Samoa tho wife of an officer at Mare
Island awoke from her first sleep,
trembling and in tears, and related to
her husband a fearful dream experience.
She thought she had been In her dream
transported to the island of Samoa, and
from the shores of the harbor of Apia
looked upon tho American and German
fleets. Suddenly u storm arose, and the
harbor was swept by q fierce tornado.
Ship after ship went ashore, and the
spectators united in offering up prayers
for the preservation of the remaining
vessels. Lastly the Vansalia and Tren-
ton dragged their anchors, and, as the
former vessel was dashed upon the reef
and almost Immediately sank, Mrs. -
witnessed the death of Capt. Schoon-
maker, Lieut.. Sutton and Paymaster
Armes, the three officers who were the
victims of the actual disaster of March 10.
The picture was so vivid and real that
Mrs. - for days was nervous and agi-
tated, thinking only of her dream. and
relating 1t to others, always insisting
that the vessels and friends SO recently
gone from Mare Island must certainly be
exposed to some fearful peril, and when
the fictitious story of the sinking of the
Nipsic reached us she concluded this to
be the Interpretation of her dream. The
falsity of this story being proved, Mrs.
- was, of course, disposed to make
light of her vision; but now comes a tale
of disaster infinitely more sad than the
fiction which agitated our country for so
many days-an event corresponding most
closely with this apparently prophetic
dream.
In this story-capable of perfect au-
thentication-we have q good record for
the archives of the psychical seventy
Vallejo Times.
, 1889-05-11

A curious cause of death was re-
Gently recorded in India. A native
who was fishing in a stream caught a
flat, eel like fish, about fifteen to six
teen inches in length. Being DESTROYS
of killing it, he put itinto his mouth in
order to bite off its head. The fish,
however, scarcely approaching this at
tempt at decapitation, vigorously es-
sayed to make other arrangements, In
which 1t was successful. Gifted with a
slimness, which made 1t very difficult
to hold, 1t slipped through the mans
fingers into his mouth, and conveyed
itself partly down his gullet The sit
uation now was bad for the fish, but
still worse for the man, but owing TO
the sharp fins on the back of the fish
it was not possible to withdraw it The
man died in great agony within an
hour.-Detroit Free Press.
, 1889-05-11

A Hiram correspondent of Tho Ok
ford Democrat thows some light on
the origin of names of places In that
vicinity. Bill Merrill mountain got
its name from one William Merrill, a
hunter, who got caught on the noun
tain in a sever snow storm and
couldn't make any one hear his calls
for assistance. It is said he always
calls for help now Just before a storm.
Another hill near Hiram is named Old
Mares hill from a poor old horse that
some one turned out to starve TO death,
and a steep precipice near a road has
been known as Horse Hi ever since a
horse fell down there and was kicked
over the bank by its owner. Lewis
ton journal.
, 1889-05-11

Those householders who have passed
through the experience are we'll aware
that tho task of measuring n dwelling
for carpets is a formidable one. 1t occu-
pies q great deal of time, even with ex-
perts, In making diagrams, taking fig
ures, etc. One of the large retail firms
In this city has adopted a system In this
regard whereby a great deal of time is
saved. Every house that Is measured
for carpets Is entered on n book indexed
for streets and numbers. Whenever a
new order Is handed in this book Is
searched to see whether the house has
eve beer measured before. AS the firm
In question has been In business since
Chicago has been q city, 1t has upon its
books n record of the floor measurements
Of more than half of the houses In town,
and q great deal of tlme Is saved thereby.
II the measurements of a house are In
the book they IRE taken off, and a man
visits the place to see that no changes
have been made. Thus he can accom-
plish In ten minutes what would ordi-
narily take three or four hours. Such
are tho benefits of a thorough system.-
Chicago Herald.
, 1889-05-11
Lumber Yard to rrnae for CattIe,

A Lumber Yard located in a good live
town, situated in a fine agricultural dis
trict in Southern Nebraska where crops
have never failed, to exchange for good
], 2 and 3-year.old steers. Yard will
invoice from $4,000 to $4,000. Address
Lock Box 222, Red Cloud, Neb.
, 1889-05-11

that people linger along always complain
ing about that continual tired feeling2
One bottle of Beggs' Blood Purifier and
Blood Maker will entirely remove this
feeling, give them a good appetite and
regulate digestion. Sold by w. N. Hunt,
druggist.
, 1889-05-11
Editor of The LEADER: Please a,

Editor of THE LEADER: Please an
nounce in the columns of your valuable
paper that we are sole agents for St. Pat
rick's Pills, the most perfect cathartic and
liver pills in the market. They not only
physlc, but cleanse the whole system;
purify the blood and regulate the liver and
bowels; they are vigorous but gentle in
their action and can always be depended
upon. For sale by B. B. David, druggist
, 1889-05-11

Sir Percy Florence Shelley, the son of
tho great poet, is a musical enthusiast
and has composed the score to many of
his fathers songs.