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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-25

Perhaps one of the saddest effects of
the late war which yet remain Is the
great number of people who are still
missing from their former homes and
their old friends and relatives For
instance, l had an uncle who came
home shortly after AppomaftOx- He
arrived about O'Clock one afternoon
at his home In Kentucky, dismounfed
and kissed his wife fondly, walked
about the place for an hour with her,
scarcely speaking and very moody
Then mounting, remarked Mary,
I'm going of for little while; be good
10 yourself and the baby until | come
back, and he has never been seen BY a
relative since We have indirectly
heard Of him number OF times. but on
going 70 the point where he had been
seen be had, invariably, Jus left We
traced him to a point In Dakota.
finally. where he had established quite
= large sheep ranch, but week be
fore his nephew got there uncle had
sold at a great sacrifice and left
Southerners can relate hundreds of
such cases from personal knoKl-
edge There are secluded regions In
The Ozark country which are inhabited
only by these broken hearted men. now
heEmifs. self isolated from soci
ETY. and their relatives Their fast
nesses seclude many a husband Of a
supposed widow, or father of children
who have incurred him As dead for
more than q quarter centurv-Sk
Lozis Globe Democrat
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-25

One cold day during the war, a fu
giive slave was Standing before fire
In Washington warming himself
Where did you come from, uncleg
asked pro-slavery bystander- From
Culpepper, sab Leave your mas
terri YES, sab" Was be bad 10
your No, sab, very good, kind
master, sah-7 Gave yOu all you
wanted to eat and wear, did heg
YES. sab. never wanted for much OF
anything, sab" We'll, don't you
think you'd be much better of with
him as a slave than grDbbing around
Washington for yourselfR' We'll
sab, the Job up dab Is open for any one
DAT wants II, responded the negro
calmly, and In the laugh that went up
the admirer of slavery DISAPPEARED
Chicago Mail
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-25
The Old Man Had an Oct

The other day We learned the facts
In the experience Of an Americas
Young man who wooed and lost-fige
dollars He had coarfed the fair one
all along the winter months. burning
both wood and kerosene freely, and
had had z splendid time He sold the
father OF the young lady COW, and
received all the pay except Eve dol
lars In course Of time there came
upon the scene another young lady,
whom The young uaan liked better
He courted her. proposed. and hardly
was the marriage feast over before he
was IN need OF the FIVE dollars He call
Cd upOn the father OF his old sweetheart
and asked for the money. His request
was refused with the reply: Iou
burned my wood and my kerosene,
and now I'm going 10 keep this five
dollars Is pay" Sadly the y0sng man
took his departure, and he gets LIT
tie mad now when you ask him about
that i've dollarz.-Americus lGa) Re
publican
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-25

Speaking of pictures. why is II thai
people are SO much more prlaaisf:
about them than about the books they
take homer Everybody who sto,ss 10
think about II viii know that the dis
hnction Is made. and nobody will find
IT easy to explain the inconsistency. II
is safe to say that nude figure cen
not be found among the Paintings in
any private house In Memphis Ii
would be considered the height of i'm
propriety to have such a thing about
the place for young people TO look at.
although it would probably be admit
ted thai the work could not beaccused
of impure suggestion, since il repre-
sented only the human figure IN re-
pose. Ii would be no more immodest
than the cuts In the physiologies that
the young folks study ID school. On
the other hand, books are read by the
family that are not only full OF vile
innuendo and calculated TO give an
unhealthful stimulus 10 the magma
ton of the reader, but which have the
purpose Of undermining the very
foundations of the home.
Indeed, there seems TO be a genuine
craze for books of this kind. The
most valuable advertisement that can
be given a new novel, for instance. Is
to denounce ii as immoral The pub
lie does not want TO know If II Is nice.
but if II Is nasty. II the latter. ii is
read with avidity, and the book sellers
can scarcely supply the demand
Memphis Is scarcely SO eager for liter
a1y filth as some other cities are rep
resented TO be, but too many books OF
the Hernia Suydam1 kind are sold
here. They are the outcroppings of
depraved minds which feed upon the
vices and meannesses OF our nature,
and seek TO spew them out upon So
ciety as true exemplars Of humanity.
The brave, honorable men and pure
women, who are found on every side
of US, are left out of the collection OF
these naturalists Of the lola school
No traits or impulses are wanted be
fore their camera which do not bring
with them the scent Of the sower.-
Memphis Appeal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-25

George Frederick Handel, although
native Of Germany, being born In Halle,
Saxony, on Feb. "A, 1885. passed the
greater part Of his life In England Even
In childhood he sacrificed his hours of
play and his meals for the study of
music. and at 10 years of age composed
set Of sonatas that were not without
value. As a composer, Handel was
great In every style. In his choral works,
ne throws at an immeasurable distance
all who preceded and followed him.
Very soon after his arrival In London,
In l7l0, Handel attracted the attention
OF Queen Anne. 4 TIE Deum and Jubi-
late, composed to celebrate the treaty Of
Utrecht, gained him a pension Of goo.
Handel died On Good Friday, April IS,
1853, and was buried In Westminster
Abbey. The composer gave perform
ance Of his own compositions in l749,
by which $500 were realized for the
Founding hospital. which institution re-
oeiEed 81 900 from The annual repetition
Of this performance during the ten fol-
lowing years.-Philadelphia Times.
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After Lucia Zara1e, the smallest liy-
ing human being on the face of the
earth, Is Pnygn-Fra, who resides al
Shigaken, Osaka This pocket edition
OF a human being Is but fifteen inches
tail by measurement taken BY DR.
Burns In 1887 Americans who have
been In that country twelve to fifteen
years. and who have known the little
wonder ever since their arrival. saw
they do not doubt that Pnygn Is asold
as he clalms-3355-as he has been a
man In every particular, except In
height, since the beginning of their
acquaintance with him The foreign
ers have taken him In hand and edu
Gated him to a high standardized
even for one OF ordinary physical Ca
pacity- He Is a fine Enguiss. and
writes q hand that a teacher would
envy
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-25

Herr Nehrlng, speaking OF the do
mestac animals of the ancient Peru
vians, observed that the subject was
scientifically important, because all
the other peoples OF ancient America
were very poor In this kind OF prop
ery AZ compared with the Peruvians
aud lsolivians and some of the Central
American peoples; and, secondly, be
Cause the influence Of domes1lcation
on the formation of races could be
better followed on these animals than
on those Of the Old World We are
concerned In Peru especial y.witl the
dog, llama, paca and guinea pig
the speaker had examined eighteen
dog mummies from ancient Peruvian
graves; and had determined thai they
belonged TO three different raees-a
shepherds dog, a dachshund and q
bull dog or pug He believed thai the
Inca dog" was derived, not from
other South American Gambia. but
from the Mexican wolf lupus ooci-
dentalis), perhaps through the feebler
Texan variety; and that several races
had been formed from it In Peru
through domesticatioh In this Herr
Nehrlng oissents from and contradicts
Won Tschudi's opinion thai the Tarl-
cites had arisen from crossing with
European dogs As the dog and like
wise the llama and alpaca are undonbtr
edly Of America. SO also, In the speak
er's opinion, Is the guinea pig, not
withstanding B. Hensel and other an
thors believed that II was introduced
from Europe. - Popular Science
Marfhlz
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Grants Laeouie yicksburs Letter.

President Guild Of the Boston Art
club possesses letter wrTttea by Gen
Grant after the fall Of Nlcksburg,
which furnishes an example OF The re
markedly concise expression for " Inch
the great captain was noted Even
the magnitude OF the event did not ez-
cite any exubarance OF Jubllatlon-
TIcKsBCRe. July 6, 1859
Dssr Father glcksb1rg has II lasI SURRENDERED
strsr Eiegeof over forty days The surrender took
MACE on rhe morning OF the 9th Of july found
! tad continuously undsress1raGISd Ihe force q
tn. <.-ss7uT both Il rlsn and u artillery The
number Of prisoners surrendered Was 81.21a The
zr5ocess Of I1aroflng is TEDIOUS hCEEFtr- Llal
many who are dasiroas Of getting I'd their homes
VIII escape bafars ths paroIiug officers gst around
u than The arzns taken are about 40 pieces 1i
artillery and over 30 ODD stand Of EnaA arms liz
ENEMY s.zl tad about four days rs1111s Of 001'
and meat and large qlzntaIy OF sugar IL
weather Is aDE exceedingly EErn and lns r1a4as
suroieratly dzsty Z czna0t be expected L-1i-l-'
xhsss circumstances LaaI The health f 11ls CON
usnd CEN keep up e L has dons NJ lzolE'
x,esus r,or allowed oae hours TINE amer LIE sf
r=ndsr. t1ur were FL o3ee SERTED AdI4r o-aea
rsuua Nv health has continued very gooa LII
Eag the cauEaiyn which has g1sz c11ssl
RzuEu5sr ne - al II h1ina IEE1@
Springfield Union
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-25

William Wordsworth, the popular
English poet, was born April z, 1770
His first poems were published In
1873, al which time he was In very
straitened circumstances, and became
a writer On q London journal, but
soon after received a legacy which al
for0ed him great relief In 1923
Wordsworth settled al Grasmere and
became known as one Of the Lake
poets, the Others being Coleridge and
Southey. In 1902 be married Mary
Hutchinson and inherited p, 600 from
his father While his poems did not
pay him financially, he secured a
handsome competence from the Office
Of distributor OF stamps In 1880 He
succeeded S0uthey as poet laureate In
In 1913. In 1872 he was regarded as
the greatest Of living English poets
and received a pension Of 900 a year.
Wordsworth died April ., 1850
Philadelphia Times
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-25
ARCADIA IN A CANYON.
Queer Colony of observation-disclosures
Wome en- Members of It.

Queer Colony of observation-disclosures
Women Members Of It.
The route from Sam Diego to the
desert slope on the eastern side of the
county's mountain ranges, which was
partially described In Wednesday,
Sun, stopped midway at Ballena, 2,750
feet above the sea From this point
the road ascends through a narrow
canyon shaded with ancient oaks,
which soon open out into a great valley
OF surprising beauty. Turning south
SIDE road leading 10 San Vicente runs
down longcanyon where some inter
esting people, devotees of the vegeta-
rian. cult, have made their homes.
They, too, wandered down from Col
ton, distance Of 80 miles or more.
nearly three years ago.
The party comprised Mr. LIE Beuf,
his wife, and their ward, Miss Hadley,
all from ST Louis, No. Mr.. LIE
Beuf pushed large wheelbarrow be
fore him filed with their possessions,
and the women-notable for their
short hair and blooner dress-tro0
cheerfully along beside him. They
were seeking a location for home Cd
government land, and they chose II in
the widest part of the canyon Mrs
LIE Beufs health had broken down in
kindergarten work Al ST Louis, and
for this reason they came TO the coast
The invalid had found the weight OF
ordinary clothing intolerable. and
both of the women had therefore adopt
ed the bloomer costume, with high
shoes Of gray cloth butloning up the
leg instead of the usual trousers. Mr.
lie Beuf went 10 work clearing the
land and In a short time had stretched
circular canvas over the saplings for
their dwelling. making il resemble a
bee hive Lnseed oil was rubbed on
the cloth 10 make il waterproof Fur
niture was constructed of the natural
woods with their bark and moses. A
garden was planted and grain sowed
Then Miss Hadley found a pocket
In the rocks little higher up the can
yon, which pleased her. and she filed
a pre-emptiOn claim 10 eighty acres
A canvas dome also arose on her
clearing, which Is now a marvel Of
A44SS
vegetarian. came out from Missouri TO
assist her. These industrious young
women DOW have one and half acres
In grain, with moi weed on the en-
tire place They make their own four
They have sweet peas, onions, lettuce.
celery, etc, with blackberry bushes
and various other small fruits They
chiseled ten steps in the granite rocks
leading down TO a spring which breaks
a fissure In the rocks A cellar built
In the bank contains some 200 bottles
of peculiar grape cordial, which Is
their only drink 1t Is boiled down
without being sweetened, and is con
sidered sort Of grape cure
These resourceful people ulanufact-
ure all their own garments, including
shoes LIE Beufs garments are some
what like bathing suit
Several years ago a man named
Weidennliller, also a vegetarian, ap-
peared in the canyon. and week before
last he brought Miss Hadley down to
San Diego in the stage, and here they
were married Miss Cook continues
to reside with them The two men
/ work on the ranches Whereabouts as
opportunity offers, while the women
devote their leisure 10 books and the
cultivation of the gardenS-San Diego
4 Sun
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-25

II has often been said that the in
dustrious newsboy, though shoeaess
anS poorly clad. has in him the max
ing of the successful business
man. An incident which occurred
on La Sale street the other
night was a potent argument IN
favor of this assertion Near the cor
ner OF Washington street big bully
picked a quarrel with a small but wiry
newsboy. The latter was not looking
for fight. but he responded nobly TO
the call and was Furnishing the big fel
low severely. greatly 10 the delight OF
a crowd Of his friends who would
have gladly rushed TO his assistance
had he appeared 10 be getting any the
worst CT ii. when up ratified the pa
troll wagon OF course the officers
took the wrong man, and the valiant
gamin was hustled into the wagon IN
short order Then II was that his
business instinct asserted itself. AS
the wagon started of he singled hls
partner" out In the crowd Of boys
and yelled instructions 10 him as 10
the proper care of his route the next
morning His faithful associate ran
along with the wagon for a block or
two. making a mental note Of the
reg lar customers" referred to BY his
unfortunate friend, and the ins1ruc-
tons given were carried ont TO the let
ter a newsboy who thinks so much
Of his business and his newspaper
route In the face Of such misfortune
as ride in the patrol wagon is bound
to make his mark In the world sooner
or later.-Chicago Herald
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-25
A BEAR STORY.
Running Down and Staying n Big Old
Grizzly with q Hand Sled.

BANNING Down and Staying a Big Old
Grizzly with Hand Sled.
Three of US had a camp on the west
ern slope OF the Bitter Root noun
tains. Idaho. and one afternoon
took the hand sled and went up the
trail 10 bring down a deer Kennedy
had shot There was plenty of snow
on the ground, with a crust hard
enough 10 bear up horse. and | had
no trouble IN reaching the spot where
the carcass hung. The last 100 feet of
the way was passage not over ten
feet wide, between high walls, and the
pitch was about the same as an ordi-
nary house roof
As there was no danger from the
Indians, and as expected TO have my
hands full with the sled | did not
take my rife We hadn't sighted a
bear for four weeks, and | worked
away getting the deer fast on the rude
but stout sled without the slightest
uneasinesS | was about ready 10
start when | heard -'woofI" above
me, and | looked up 10 see big griz-
Fly standing on a sort OF shelf about
seventy-five feet up the mountain He
was looking this way and that for a
spot 10 descend 4 second wool"
caused me 10 wheel about and right
below 10 the far end of the roadway
was Ephraim No ?. He sat In the
middle OF the road, and I'm a preYari-
Gator If his countenance didn't wear a
grin
The bears had put up a Job on me.
On my right was cliff, on my left a
precipiee. If got down al all II must
be by the road | came up. They were
IN no hurry TO bring matters 10 a
crisis, seeming rather TO enjoy the
situation, and the lower bear sort o
winked al me, and probably observed
Say, old fellow, does your mother
know of your whereaboutsg7
Ny revolver was of no more use
against grizzly than a popgun. and
did not take ii from the holster. In
deed, / was too badly ratified 10 have
madea line shot al an object ten feet
away. | saw that my only chance was
by the roadway. but there sat the bear.
waited for the upper one TO make a
move, and after about ten minutes he
curled up and rolled of the shelf.
jumped for the sled the same instant.
gave a vigorous kick behind, and
down that steep path | went with the
velocity of q cannon ball. The sled
struck something-there was a roar
and a howl | seemed 10 rise into the
air, and opened my eyes 10 find my
self turning a big bowlder TO the
trail / couldn't swing the sled far
enough, and went down T. rough the
short scrub, made a jump of twenty
feet over a tree top, bit the trail al an
elbow, and might have been going
yet If / had not smashed into a rock
near our hut.
Ny friends had seen me make part
OF the journey, and were on hand to
pick up the pieces They got their
guns and went up the trail 10 look
for the bears They found ore by the
big bowlder, and be was as cad as il
hit with a brick house. The her had
left handfuls of his hair clea through
the scrub, but had finally checked hi:
tumble, and sneaked off.-New York
Sun
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-25
John Wilkes Booth.

1t may here be said with propriety
that, with his health, youth, personal
grace and dramatic inheritance, he
could earn, IN the very alluring work
Of leading actor, from $500 10 81 600
per week at that time. Yet the eccen-
tricity born within him made him
ambitious. when In a strange mood,
OF emulating the youth who fired
the Epheslan dome, or 10 act the part
OF Brutus IN real life His abduction
plot was nlatured plan, conceived In
the fall OF 1854, brilliant, daring and
full OF danger. but it failed, and he
felt the modification as if it were q
sort OF disgrace The assassination
was the Brutus impulse, and it came
to him only on the day of its perform
ance, and after he learned of an OBJ
portunity, as may be seen by what
followed his arrival al the theatre
Letters from other cities were wait
ing for him there that day. He re-
ceived and read them IN front of the
building. He was pleasantly taunfed
BY some of his Union friends there
with the information that the presi-
dent and Gen Grant would both be al
the theatre that evening, and one add
ed: Gen Lee viii be with them >
Booth quickly responded: They
won't parade Lee as the Romans did
their captives, hope" The remark
about Lees coming was Withdrawn,
but the effect of the information As 10
President Lincoln and Gen Grant was
apparent Booth grew distracted and
thoughtful, and soon departed, with
the first possible information he could
have had of the presidents intention
to visit the theatre that night,
Al 1920 o'clock he asSassinated Presi-
dent Encoln.-JohnT Z. Ford In North
American Review
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Mrs. Partinsfon,s-, Old Age.

B P. Shillaber, better known as
Mrs. Darlington, now lives al Chel-
sea, one Of BosIon's many suburbs. He
is "a years of age and crippled with
rheumatism He walks about The
house with a cane and goes ont OF
doors only in carriage He has moi
been 10 Boston for seven years He
began life as a printer, entering The
Boston Posi- .n 1888 He once gave
two or three years of his life TO lee
turing tour, and though he was sue
cessful, he regretted #, feeling him
self not cut out for that line Of work
Now, he says, he goes nowhere.
With pen, paper, pipe and pills / ST
here from year end 10 years end pa
tent as may be, receive my friends
and wait for better life "-Pit1sburg
Commercial.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-25
SHE KNEW.


On the front ROW we ss&
While her large opera hat
Quite sheltered rs both from the reae,
And enabled US vel
Ny great passion 10 tel
10 her charmingly shell Ike pink err
Twas Al opera troupe,
Where the star Eas q -,upe-
Ballet large and Of scenery lot
Wow. what think your said
As the lime Light shone red
Tout ensemble Is fine, Is II no1y-
AE spoke came blare
From the orchestra there:
Al the brass horus were put to the test
Ali no Boston girl she,
With her -Ihisness-- of the
NY companion came from the far west
She said rs she smiled
On the great ballet Wild
They are gandily dressed, no dispute;
The ensembles intense.
And the chorus immense.
But there's far. far tho much Of the toot. -
Omaha World
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An Italian vender Of oranges was 50
surprised the other day at the reckon
ing Of Boston merchant that fe has
not YET gotten over his perplexity-
How much are your orangesg was
asked him as he entered the Office.
Three for ten" was the answer. ~
don want three; L u take two for five
said the would be purchaser. ..Alia
r1ghta. and the oranges were deliv-
cred Then, with sudden change of
mind, the buyer said, with a twinkle
% his eye. IN take two moro for
i've This bargain was made. and
then the Italian realized that he had
lot an orange He Is SIN looking
Tor that oEznee.-Rookiyn Eaele.
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In the largest jexelry shops In New
York. where S.. 600 worth OF gold IS
used IN day, the gold IS not weighed
ont to the workmen, and nothing Dur
the honesty Of the employees prevents
loss But while the gold IS allowed 20
be thus exposed, tobacco has 70 oe
locked up because It has been fo1n0
that the man who would not Steal =
grain Of his employers gold Hco,n
not hesitate 70 appxuMSAte his naGe
bxs tobacco. -Dekzut gfee Pre-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-25

Little Randall was pounding vigor-
ously at the door one day and calling
his mother TO unlock il and Let him
IN. One OF the neighbors hearing him.
said, why, Randall. you are max
ing an awful noise, what If you should
break the door DOWN." Il could gel IN
then was the reply.-POrEland me
Argus
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-25

About 100 years ago man named
Droz made 3 very curious CLOCK Upon
the top sal negro, a shepherd and q
dog. When the clock struck the Ne
gro played SIX tunes upon . flute ard
the dog moved toward him IS though
clad TO sac him
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-25

There are in South Carolina 1900
whites who cannot read or write. an
equal number IN Tennessee zs-9eO lia
Georgia 1000 An Alabama, il, GOO ia
Mississippi, %, 600 In Louisiana 20 too
In North Carolina, and =, 100 Ia Nlr-
ginia- Brooklyn Eagle
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Ny little Q year old has added some.
thing new to the story Of Joseph ana
his brethren I told him the Bible
version Of the story, and he seemed
uuch interested IN Joseph7s coat o.
many colo,z- When had finished he
said: sPspa. tell me about his pauh
TT H. 1EnnE.