The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

California fruits are shipped in large
quantities to England, where they are
very popular.
One Of the curiosities found by the
census enumerators in Madison County,
Georgia, is boy nine years old who has
never been given name by his parents.
Proprietor of country hotel Ito serv-
anita stranger has arrived. Make a
fire In No. IA" Servant-"A big fire,
sir?" Proprietor-"No, he is little
bit of fellow"
If there is any thing that exceeds
all else for appallingness it is the situa-
ton of man who gets caught in rain
storm in flannel shirt that is already
too tight for him.-Washington Post
AT Chisamba. Africa, the young peo-
pie have asked the missionary to raise
a flag Saturday evenings, that they
may know that the next day is Sunday
and come to the meetings.
"A wild westerner attended church
in Winnigep, Manitoba, for the first
time in twenty years, and during the
service lit pipe and enjoyed smoke.
He was fined $40 for disturbing worship.
"A New York woman who is suing
for a divorce because Of failure to pro-
vide stated that when her eight children
were in need of shoes her husband sent
her basket of flowers and lot of his
own poetry.
Ever had a cyclone here?" asked .
Kansas man who was visiting a country
aunt in the East. so, yes" said his
aunt. 'Deacon Browns son brought
one from Boston spell ago; but, law,
he couldn't ride it. Tumbled off every
time he tried. Golden Days.
An obliging clergyman in Aroos-
took, Me-, was lately called upon by
loving young couple who were DESTROYS
OF going 10 housekeeping. The clergy
man married them, and then thought Of
asking their ages The bride is fourteen
and the groom one year older.
The first steam vessel which sailed
on the Mississippi was in 1910, and the
enterprise was considered extraordin-
airy. In 1926 the steam navigation on
the river had so improved in respect to
facility and quickness that fifty-one
boats, of 2S, 916 tons, were employed.
The two hotels which Waldorf Astor
has decided to build in New York are
not intended for transient guests. but
for rich families, such as can afford to
pay $4,000 to $50 year for a suite
Of rooms and board, and it is believed
that there are enough of this class to
I'LL both houses.
"A well-known London lady of rank
has just had pair of ten-button gloves
made in which each button Is a dia-
mond. The pair cost $500. Gentlemen
in London are now wearing mousque-
taire gloves which 60 higher than the
elbow.
1.-THE kola nut, of which q good deal
has been said lately" writes the Lon
don correspondent of the Manchester
Guardian, sis rapidly increasing in
favor as an indispensable adjunct to
travellers kit. The French Alpine Club
have just adopted it as a stimulant and
nutrient in their Notwithstanding x-
petitions"
An athletic Cuban negro, about
thirty years of age, escaped the other
night in Boston from a strong cell in
police headquarters. Reaching between
the bars of his door he pried off the face
of huge paddock with case knife and
the wire handle of a bucket, pushed
back the bolt and opened the door. He
got through a corridor window to the
top of shed, dropped to the ground,
climbed fence or two and was off for
parts unknown.
Two Cincinnati women thought they
would make fortune by opening a res
taurant and hanging out sign "Home
Cooking Here" But the patronage was
80 poor that they were threatened with
bankruptcy, when recently-married
man advised them to change the sign so
as to read ''No Home Cooking Here"
They are now doing rushing business,
and WI II soon 70 ri no with for&uua