The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-06-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS
"A man Of ''might"-The chan vho
soesn,t know whether he really will or
not.-Puck.
st Joseph, Mo-, boasts OF being the
only city in the Union which has two
separate and distinct post-offices within
its limits.
The total population Of Greenland
Be the end OF 1888 was 1921. There
nad been 1872 deaths during the previous
year. OF which 81 had been by drown
ing from the native canoes and ton bv
other accidents.
-Pannikins: Warm minced meat or
poultry in cream sauce and pile in the
center OF platter. Break each egg !.
hot, buttered cup, and bake until the
egg is trm; turn them out and arrange
around the meat.-Good housekeeping.
The largest tree in the world, ao-
cording to statistics lately published by
the Italian governments, is q monster
chestnut standing at the foot of Mount
Etna- The circumference of the main
trunk at sixty feet from the ground Is
212 feet.
The festive jack rabbit is a strict
vegetarian and will not touch grease Of
any kind, nor will he touch vegetables
that are seasoned with grease. Orchard.
ISIS In Colorado take advantage of his
tastldlousness and protect their trees
rom his incisors by rubbing the body
of the trees with bacon rind.
"A certain Young Mems Christia.
Association recently invited a gentle
man to deliver an address. He did 80.
and battered himself that he made good
impression on the audience, but was
somewhat taken aback when the chair
man at the close Of his address gave ont
the hymn: cart thou weary, art thou
languid, art thou sore oppressed?"
The will OF prominent attorney in
cincinnati is peculiar document. and
TWO OF the provisions have attracted
considerable comment. II desire that
no bar meeting shall be held for me. for
such occasions are utilized by lawyers to
explode their eloquence without cause.
desire that no Grape be worn BY my
family for me, but if any member
choose to do 80 the same shall be
charged to his account"
Two young men were recently ar
rested in Chicago for personating women
advertising for husbands They found
many dupes throughout the land. Photo
graphs usually accompanied the replies,
and the swindlers then pretended that
Che applicants were found suitable, and
II railroad fare was forthcoming they
would go and be married. The prisoners
were held for trial on charge of fraudu-
lent use OF the mail
-"Arkansaw," the alligator SLAYER OF
East Orange, Fla, recently killed one
'f the "varmints" that had three of its
legs bitten off, portion Of its jaw had
been eaten by stronger kinsman, and
holes were found in him where he had
old the penalty Of pound Of flesh
simply because his opponent was the
stronger. Arkansaw states that alliga-
;ors feed upon each other to the extent
that regulates the supply to the de-
nand, and that If they were to cease
rom their cannibalistic habits they
would sson abound in sufficient num-
oers to pile alligators four feet deep all
over the st. Johns river country.
An important addition to the data
which the recent discussion of the
height to which waves attain has
brought out is reported from Portland.
A fearful storm was recently expert
snced at the Tallamock Light rock, and
"dornick'' of basalt weighing sixty
TWO pounds was thrown up by the force
of the waves and fell on the roof of the
lghtkeeper's house, 40 feet above the
lea level. breaking hole in the roof.
The waves were SO high that the water
'ame down the chimney of the boiler
house Of the fog siren in torrents and
poured out through the tubes of the
boiler. The chimney is about 100 feet
Ibove sea level. The spray entered the
'owl OF the chimney over the lamp,
which is $50 feet above sea level, and
an in streams to the bottom.
OLD-TIME CURRENCY.
The Dangers That Beset Business Men
Sixty Years Ago.
A few days ago the Albany Journal
reprinted in fac smile the first page OF
he first number of the Journal OF
March %, 1880. The post of honor as
the most important news OF
hat day, was given to table filing
more than a column and half, to be
corrected weekly. In this table was
ound information about the bank bills
which a person was likely to find among
lis money. One of the prime neces-
titles of that time was bank note de-
ector, and one of the risks was that
nan might wake up any morning and
Ind half the bills in his pocket worth