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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-06
TREED BY AN ELEPHANT.
Desperate Plight OF Hunter in Search OF
Adventure

Desperate Plight OF Hunter In Search OF
Adventure.
Elephants in a wild state are remark
ably exclusive. SO much so that if an
individual becomes in any way hope
lessly separated from his own herd he
is not permitted to join any other. Be-
ing compelled to live thus by himself
he develops peculiarly vicious dispo-
sition. and is commonly known and
dreaded in India as a ''rogue ele-
plant"
In the Natural History of Ceylon"
there is story which illustrates both
the od-thirsty temper and the ex-
traordinary intelligence of such ami
mails:
We had expected to come up with
the brute where it had been seen half
an hour before, but no sooner had one
of our men, who was walking foremost,
seen the animal at little distance than
he exclaimed: There! there" and i'm
mediately took to his heels, and we all
followed his example.
had run fifteen or twenty PAGES from
the spot where we turned. Then he
gave chase, screaming frightfully as he
came on.
The Englishman managed to climb
tree, and the rest of my companions did
the same. AS for myself, l could not,
although | made one or two great ef-
forts. But there was no time to be lost.
The elephant was running at me with
his trunk bent down in a curve toward
the ground.
At this critical moment Mr.. Lindsay
held out his foot to me- with the help OF
which and then the branches of the
tree, which were three or four feet
above my head, managed hastily to
scramble up to limb.
The elephant came directly to the
tree, and attempted to force it down
First he coiled his trunk around the
stem and pulled with all his might, but
with no effect Then he applied his
head to the tree and pushed for several
minutes, but with no better result He
then trampled with his feet all the pro-
jecting roots. moving as he did SO sew
eral times around the tree.
Lastly, failing in all this, and seeing
pile of timber. which l had lately cut,
short distance from us. he removed it
all, thirty-six pieces, one at a time. to
The foot of the tree and piled it up in
regular business-like manner. Then
placing his hind feet on this pile he
raised the fore part of his body and
reached out his trunk, but still he could
not touch US, as we were too far above
him.
At this point the Englishman fired,
and the ball t. ok effect somewhere on
the elephants head, but did not kill
him. The wound made him only the
more furious.
The next shot, however, leveled him
to the ground. | brought the skull OF
the animal to Co Jumbo, and it is still to
be seen at the house of Mr.. Armitage
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-06
a SYMPATHETIC JURY.
1t Reimburses a Litigant for the Loss
Valuable Tooth

1t Reimburses a Litigant for the LOss of
Valuable Tooth.
A case was recently tried in one of
the Boston courts which involved a
peculiar state of facts. 1t was an
action of tort against the keeper of a
restaurant to recover damages for per-
sOnal injuries and the loss of a tooth.
1t appeared in evidence that the plant
if. man of high social standing in
Boston, and one who thinks a great
deal of his personal appearance, went
into the defendants restaurant to get
lunch. Among other things he or
dered some lettuce. Being somewhat
of nervous temperament and being
in haste to make a train, he ate rapid
ly. While eating the lettuce a promi-
nent tooth struck a large-sized gravel
stone and was badly broken. The res
taurant keeper refusing to make any
satisfactory adjustment of the matter,
the injured party brought suit to re-
cover damages for the alleged negli-
gence and carelessness of the defend
1ub cdllO ulS SUI w w dCu duu ClGdu
the lettuce properly. The court, on
the plaintiff testimony. ruled that the
case was proper one for the jury.
The expert testimony as to the value
of tooth apart from the physical and
mental suffering of the plaintiff, was
conflicting, it being a novel and per-
picking subject in which to fix the
measure of damages The plaintiff
claimed that the lost tooth was of
particular value to him, both as to use
and looks, and that he would not have
lost it for $500 The jury was of the
opinion that the defendant should be
more careful, and gave the plaintiff
substantial verdict, a sum sufficient
to buy an entire false et.-Chicagc
Journal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-06
GARDENS IN JUDEA.
They Played No Conspicuous Part in Roys
and Priestly Life.

They Played No Conspicuous Part In Royal
and Priestly Life.
We may conclude that while gardens
were known and priced in Judea, they
played no such conspicuous part in
royal and priestly life as they did in
most Oriental countries, while the
private citizen, usually devoted to agri-
culture and devoid of wealth, rarely,
if ever, created them on an extensive
scale. Moreover, we can divine that
the royal gardens Intensely es were
primarily places for the propagation
of fruit trees and other useful plants.
Even the poetical imagery of the Bible
reveals this fact, speaking much more
of fruits, sweet-smelling herbs and
servicable trees than of plants priced
for their beauty or for the luxury OF
the shade they gave. Flowers were
not required in religious ceremonials,
but incense was, and odoriferous herbs
are constantly referred to in the Scrip
lures, sometimes as very precious
things. A ''balsam garden" at Jericho
was important enough to be noticed
by Strabo, but in reading authors OF
his time we must not forget the great
influence which Greek and Roman
conquest had then had upon the
world. Of course flowers can not
have been neglected in Judea-there
is no civilized time or country when
this has been the case. But their role
was private, not public; and plants are
only mentioned in connection with the
temple in those simulated forms OF
pomegranates. palms and ''fowers OF
lilies" which entered into the carven
decoration. So learned and enter
prising King as Solomon may well
have filled his gardens with exotics OBJ
tanned from his constant helpers, the
travelling and trading Phenicians. and
the mention of planting ''strange
Slips" in Isaiah, xvii, 2, seems to in
dictate that they were especially valued.
The Levitical law against the propa-
cation of mixed species must, how
ever, have stood in the way of such
horticultural operations as have en-
riched the garden fora of modern peo-
pies. The Jews had peculiarly keen
sense for the beauty and grandeur of
natural scenery and of wild-growing
forms of vegetation. Why, then, were
their gardens less numerous and inn
portant than those of other Oriental
nations? Partly, as L have said. be-
cause of their relative poverty and
simple ways of life, but partly because,
while the Egyptians, for example,
were artists by nature. the Hebrews were
not. The same difference which shows
in the history of gardening shows in
that of other forms of art Art of every
kind was vitality essential to the
religious ceremonials of Egypt, but it
played minor part in Judea, and in
many of it's developments was abso-
lutely outlawed. 1t was prescribed as
a spring of spiritual danger. But it
would hardly have been prescribed for
this or any other reason among peo-
pie endowed by nature with strongly
artistic temperament The Jews were
a highly imaginative race. but their
imagination concerned itself most of
all with moral and spiritual things,
least of all with the things of art
Garden and Forest
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-06
sMooTH.FAcED D0DEs.
The Latest Whim of the Young Men VIII
Pretend to He in Style.

The Latest Whim of the Young Men Who
Pretend to He in Style.
It is becoming fashionable for men
to shave their boards and 60 around
with smooth faces. This applies par
ticularly to the young men who have
been wearing close-cropped pointed
boards and mustaches as long as the
points of their boards. 1t is not con-
sidered the best of form for these
young men to be seen in q public bar
Der shop. OF course to have their
faces constantly smooth they must
shave themselves or get shaved some
where, but there is beginning to be a
prejudice against sitting in a line in a
public barbe shop, just as there has
been for some time past against sitting
on the public bootblack stands at the
street corners. A man must have his
shoes shined. unless he wears patent
leather or russell shoes, and even then
they need some looking after, but he
is expected to have the work done
in some place where he will not be
seen during Iu0 pfOCoSS.
This recent within against appearing
in the public barber shops will not
hurt the barber shops any more than
the prejudice against public boOtblack
stands among the same class OF men
has seriously injured the business OF
the bootblacks. The class of men who
pay attention to all these things is not
so large as to hurt the trade OF more
than dozen places.
The theory of it is that mBn is
shaved by his valet and that every
man who can afford to be sufficiently
good form to pay attention to all these
things has enough money or credit to
have valet; or, if he has not valet.
to make bluff at it. On the same
assumption that his man looks after his
clothes and shoes is the other assump-
ton that his man also shaves him. No
fashionable young man would be seen
taking his clothes to his tailOr's to be
pressed, and though most of them who
have the creases in their trousers fire.
quently renewed get the work done at
their tailor's, they make pretense of
having it done by their man. and to
the other duties of this man, in many
cases supposititious being, is added
the care of his masters face.
This fashion of the smoOth-shaven
face is said to have come from the
actors. just as actresses influence the
styles of dress of women, actors have
been to less extent influencing the
apparel and appearance of certain
class of men. The way of wearing the
hair which was prevalent a year or
two ago was begun by actors. Almost
all actors have smooth faces, especially
almost all the actors who pose on the
stage and who attract audiences of
women to admire them.
The fashion of having smooth face
is just coming in, and it has not yet
been taken up to great extent. A
man may sacrifice his beard, but if he
has bad mouth or face which would
be harsh in outline without the curves
of his mustache to change it, he will
not abandon his present advantages
quickly.-N. Y. Sun.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-06
WILLIE WINTERS WIT,
He Was Forgotten Once, But Forgetfulne
La an Excuaahla Fault

He Was Forgotten Once, But FOrgetfulness
Is an Excusable Fault.
Willie Winter is one of the wits OF
the New York press, says Marshall P.
Wilder in his new book. He is very
salemn-looking fellow, and have heard
that he confines his humorous exuber-
ance to the columns of the newspaper
on whose staff he has been a valuable
contributor for good many years, but
the only time ever heard him speak
in public he was quite equal to the
occasion. 1t was dinner at which
General Sherman presided. Ny name
was on the list, but perhaps the Gen.
eral had mislaid his glasses. for in
stead of calling for Wilder he named
Winter. Winter, who had seen the
list himself, arose and remarked grave
ly: Il had found myself almost en-
tirely forgotten here, but General
Sherman, who never yet disappointed
any expectations which were made OF
him, looked for me in the person of my
esteemed friend, Marshall Wilder. ]
was not in the least disappointed. It
reminded me of an old yarn about a
negro preacher who used to open a
Bible at random when he went into the
pulpit, and one day he stumbled on a
chapter which is the terror of young
people who attempt to commit the
Bible to memory, and read as follows:
And unto Enoch was born Trad, and
Trad forgot Mehujael, and Mehujael
forgot Methusael, and Methusael forgot
Lamech, and Lamech took unto him
two wives and forgot Jabal. Now, my
beloved bruddern, dis text am meant
to show you firstly dat dem old patri-
archs dey was mighty forgitful.' Never
mind about the rest.''
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REMARKABLE MEMORY.
Anecdotes of General Grant Related b
Mr.. George w. Childs.

Anecdotes of General Grant Related by
Mr.. George w. Childs.
Mr. George w. Childs, in his recol-
lections of General Grant in Lippin-
colt, relates the following incidents il
Illustrative OF the Generals extraor-
binary memory for faces and names:
''They came to my house and we
walked across the lawn to the Gen
erals. He sat on the piazza and could
not stand alone, but was on his
crutches, and was presented to every
one of them, shaking hands with each
one. He would say to one gentleman:
How are you, professor? l met you
in Liverpool;' and to another, WHY.
how are you? met you in London;'
and 4 am glad to see you; met you in
Manchester. So he recognized each
OF these visitors as soon as he laid ewes
on them, and they said to me after.
ward, why, l only met him casually
once with party of people,
''Ihis power of recognition was re-
markable. | asked him afterward
whether he had lost the power. He
answered.: No, l have not lost the
power. If fix my mind on a person |
never forget him; but 1 see so MANY
that don't always do it, l can illus
trate an instance of his memory of
persons. During one OF the times he
was staying with me in PHILADELPHIA
we were walking down Chestnut street
together. and in front of large Jewell
er's establishment lady came out of
the store and was entering her car
rage. General Grant walked I'M to
her, shook hands with her and put her
In the carriage. General, did you know
that lady% %, yes he replied; i
know her. Where did you see her?
well, l saw her good MANY wears
ago out in Ohio at boarding school.
She was one of the girls there Did
you never see her before or since? He
said, No. The lady was the daughter
OF very prominent Ohio man, Judge
Jewett, and the next time she saw me
she said: i suppose you told General
Grant who | was.' l said did not.
why, that is very remarkable she
answered. In surprised tone; i was
only one of two or three hundred pirls
and L only saw him at school. I have
never seen him SINCE"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-06

Praise, to mean any thing at all,
must be spontaneous and prompted by
real approval of character or admira-
ton of excellence; otherwise it is Us
futile as a bubble that floats NONE Mt
in the air and is gone forever. Once
Week.
Experiments by the New YorS
Dairy Comm: ssion show that oleomar-
garine will not dissolve and digest in
the human stomach in its natural and
ordinary temperature, and it is, there
fore. an Improbable substance as food
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-06

was taken sick while at the dinner table
with terrible distress in nv stomach. Before
days kept getting worse, despite the efforts of
two doctors. lost forty pounds, and was salts
fed that could live but a few days. My trou-
BILE was Stomach and Liver Complaint, result
ing in an attack of bilious collie. At this time
saw DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, of
Rondout. N. Y advertised, and sent for bot
tie. also sent for my physician, and told him
that was going to try the Favorite Remedy
He examined it and told me to use it three days
and let him know the result. In the three days
| walked four miles. DR.. Kennedy's FavOrite
Remedy has saved my life.-W. S. Bitter, Slate
Mills, Ross Co., Ohio
DIR. KENNEDY's FAvoRlTE REMEDY, made at
Roundout N Y. 81: 6 for S..
Send for book, how to cure Kidney, Liver and
Blood disorders
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-06

The Latest Agriculture News
Jack observation-disclosures, you know
that lemon-pip l planted last year that
came up pea-vinep Well, it's got
string beans on it!'-Life.
-Flatte-'I see that the English
are buying up all our lager beer brew
cries. L wonder how they will carry
tne beer across the water?" Sharp
80, in schooners, suppose. IN. Y.
Tribune.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-06

-"Have you any offspring?' in
quired the severe, ong-haired passen.
ger. through his nose, of stranger by
his side. "Oh, yes was the polite reply.
"a son." ''Ah, indeed. Does he use
tobacco" Never touches it in any
form. 'Tm glad to hear that. To-
bacco is monstrously sinful. Does he in
dulge in spirituous liquors." Never
tasted a drop in his life. ""Excellent. Stay
out at nightsP mo, sir; never thinks
of going out after supper "rm very
pleased to know this, sir. Your son is
remarkable young man." ''Oh. he S
not young man. He's two-months-
old baby Falstaff.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-06
Mrs. Harrison reoon+1u

MRS. Harrison recently said TO a
irleno: 1T may be that after a time I
snail get used to the unpleasant feat
ures OF my present position, but lust
now l am not in a contented frame Of
hina' l don't like the White House
Is residence. detest the publicity
when pertains to our home life, and /
regret that am obliged to see so lit
Tie OF my husband. Is it not absurd
maj my father and the babies should
% gosslped about all over the conn
Try. my husband is President, but
t9at IS no reason why the rest of no
snoald be made public characters y
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-06

What in the world is the use of setting
around waiting for something to turn up.
You might just as well sit down in the
meadow and wait for the cow to come up
to be MIXED. Get up and shake yourself
and make up you mind to turn up some
thing. If you have nothing definite in
your mind, then write to b. f. johnson &
Co., Richmond, Va, and they will tell you
thing of two that will make you jump
for joy.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-06

In the kidneys, When inactive thew, Speedily
fall into disrepair. Those obstinate and fatal
naladies, Brights disease and diabetes, ensue
with terrible certainty upon the inaction of the
organs affected. Catairh of the bladder, enuresis
gravel and strangury are also to be apprehended
from partial paralysis of the bladder, of which
weakness and slHggishness are the cause. Hos
letters Stomach Bitters is fine tonic and pro-
moter of activity for the renal organs, and one
which can be relied upon to afford them the re-
quisite stimulus without exciting them-an
effect to be feared from the unmedicated alco
holic excitant of commerce. A further benef-
cent effect of the Bittcrs, by renewing activity
of the kidneys, is to enable them to drain from
the blood in its passage through them, impuri-
ties productive of rheumatism and dropsy
Nervousness, fever and ague, constipation and
dyspepsia are conquered by the Bitters.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-06

Sure cure for blind, bleeding and itching Piles.
One box has cured the worst cases of ten years
standing. No one need suffer ten minutes after
using Kinks German Pile Ointment. It absorbs
gives relief. DR.. Kinks German Pile Ointment
Is prepared only for Piles and itching of the
private parts, and nothing else. Every box is
warranted.
Sold by Druggists aud sent by mail on receipt
OF price, II 90 per box. j. J. Mack & Co., Whole
sale Agents, San Francisco
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-06

Lady Ito intelligent sa esman in a
bookstore)-I wish to purchase die
tionary, if you please. Intelligent
Salesman-Yes'm IN. We have Webster's
and Worcester S, ma am. Which will
you takeP Lady (desirous of obtaining
the most complete and authoritative)-
What is the difference between them,
may | ask? Intelligent Salesman Fiji
ty cert.
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PILES! PILEsU PILEsl!!

DR.. Williams Indian Pile Ointmentis the only
sure cure for Blind, Bleeding or Itching Piles
ever discovered. 1t never fails to cure old
chronic cases of long standing.
Judge COffinbury, Cleveland, O., Says:
81 have found ~ experience that DR.. VIII
liam's Indian Pile Ointment gives immediate
relief"
Do not suffer an instant longer. Sold by Will
liamson's Manufacturing Co., Props, Cleveland,
Ohia soc and 81.
Sold by L. Blumauer & Co., Wholesale Drug
gists, Portland, Or
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that I have a positive remedy for the above
named disease. BY its timely use thousands
OF hopeless cases have been permanently cured.
shall be glad to send two bottles of my RENE
dy FREE to any of your readers who have COR
sumption If they will send me their express
and pOstOffice address. Respectfully,
T. A. SLOCUM. M. c.. 181 Pearl st. New York
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-06

White Elephant of Siam, Lion of Eng
land, Dragon of China, Cross Of Switzer,
land, Banner of Persia, Crescent of Egypt
Double Eagle of Russia, Star of Chill, The
Circle of Japan, Harp of Erin.
To get these buy box of the genuine
DR.. G. MCLANE's CELEBRATED LIVER
PILLS, price 70 cents, and mail us the out
side wrapper with your address, plainly
then mail you the above list with an ele-
CANT package of Geographic and chro-
matte cards.
FLEMING Bros, PrTTsBURG, PA.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-06
ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE

1t Is Unquestionably Due to the Imita-
ton of Ma. ural Sounds.
No subject has been more fertile OF
speculation than the origin Of language,
and on few perhaps less satisfaction can
be obtained. The Jews positively in
sist that the Hebrew tongue is the
primitive language, and that spoken by
Adam and Eve. The Arabs, however,
dispute the point. OF antiquity with the
Hebrews OF all the languages except
the Hebrew, the Syriac has had the
greatest number of advocates, especi-
ally among the Eastern authors. Many
maintain that the language spoken by
Adam is lost, and that the Hebrew,
Chaldee and Arabic are only dialects
of the original tongue. Goropius pub
lished work in 1880 to prove that
Dutch was the language spoken
in Paradise. Andrew Kemp main
tanned that God spoke to Adam in Swe-
dish, Adam answered in Danish, and
Eve spoke French, while the Persians
believe three languages to have been
spoken in Paradise Arabic, the most
persuasive, by the serpent; Persian, the
most poetic, by Adam and Eve; and the
Turkish, the most threatening by the
Angel Gabriel. Erro claims Basque as
the language spoken by Adam, and 9TH
ers would make the Polynesian the
primitive language of mankind. Leav-
ing, however, these startling theories,
we may sum up the words of Darwin
"With respect to the origin of articu-
late languages, after having read on
the one side the highly interesting
works of Wedgewood, Farrar and Prof.
Schleicher, the lectures of the cele-
hrated Prof Max Muller on the other
side, | can not doubt that language
owes it's origin to the imitation and
modification, aided by signs and ges-
lures, of natural sounds, voices of
other animals and mans own cries.
chronological Journal.
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A soap that is soft is full of aUater, halt
or two-thirds it's weight probably. thus
you pay seven or eight cents per pound
for water. Dobbins' Electric Soap is oil
soap and no adulteration, therefore the
cheapest and best. Try DObbins'
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-06
Ask your druggist for ''Tansill's Punch

All men are frail, but thou shouldst reckon
none so frail as thyself.
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Farming tends to cultivate ;nde-
penoence OF character. The farmer is
MS own master more largely than most
otner classes OF men. He has not to cater
10 the whims of the public, and it is
susceptible of demonstration that tbeso
Things favor health and longevity
American Agriculturist.