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Mower County transcript., 1890-07-16
FOREIGN.

COLONEL MARTINovIcs, cousin and
chief body-guard Of Prince Nicholas, of
Montenegro, was murdered on the 7th
by personal enemy, and the murderer
was Immediately lynched.
OWING to financial crisis Uruguay
on the Sth suspended specie payment
for six months.
The Greenland seal and whale fishery
was on the 9th said to be almost a total
failure, the ice having interfered with
the operations of the vessels engaged
in that industry. so.
ADv1cEs Of the 9th say that at Osaka,
Japan, tifty-nine people were drowned
during the launching OF new sailing
vessel.
Dr.. PETERS, the German explorer,
reached the coast from the interior of
Africa on the 9th. He was we'll.
OVER 700 persons were killed by q
cyclone in Arabia on the 9th, and i'm
mense damage was done to houses and
plantations.
THE Argentine republic on the 9th
issued $l00, 100000 in paper money to
ease the financial strain.
SILVER money to the amount of $10,-
se4, ,440 was coined by the British mint
last year.
News was received on the 10th that
Fort de France, town Of $4,000 inhab-
itants on the west coast of Martiniq ue,
French West Indies, had been almost
totally destroyed by fire and that many
lives we're lost. ~ >-
IT was asserted on the 10th that Gen.
eral Boulanger had asked the Govern.
ment to pardon him and permit him to
return to France. ~'<* T.. !.
DISPATCHES of the 10th say that a
number of Armenian peasants at Ala
kiles who failed to pay their taxes we're
burned alive by Turkish Zaptiehs.
ADvIcEs of the 10th say that fire at
Kirin, Japan, destroyed one-fifth of the
city and caused loss of S., 600, 600. Ton
lives were lost.
THE cable connecting Bermuda with
Canada and tho rest of the world was
completed on the 10th.
Mower County transcript., 1890-07-16
An Insane Mother Murders Two Of Her
Children and Cuts Her Own Throat.

Children and Cuts Her Own Throat.
Troy, n. X, July 1s.-Mrs, James
Williams, who resides about two miles
east Of Fair Haven, Vt, murdered her
two children, 9 girl II years old and q
boy OF 9, set lire to the house and cut
her own throat, The terrible tragedy
was enacted about 5 O'clock yesterday
morning. One other child, 2 boy OF IL
years who was sleeping upstairs, es-
capped with his life She was undoubted-
ly insane. About two weeks ago her
husband was killed In his slate quarry
at Hydeville, by falling from consid-
erable height.
Mower County transcript., 1890-07-16
To Make Binding Twine.

The State Board of Prison Managers
in session recently authorized the
warden to advertise for bids for ma.
chinery to be used in manufacturing
binding twine from flax and hemp.
They also authorized the warden to ask
the farmers for bids for supplying the
flax and hemp The machinery will
produce 2,ooc pounds of twine in ton
hours.
Mower County transcript., 1890-07-16
lsrouK Kht Homo for Burial.

The remains OF Mrs. George G. Howe
arrived at Faribault recently 70,
burial. One week ago Mr.. Howe and
family started for Waterville. Wash.
When near Drummond, Mont, they
met with an accident whereby Mrs,
Howe lost her life. Miss Benson, who
was travelling with Mrs. Howe, was
somewhat injured, but she was able tc
return to Faribault.
Mower County transcript., 1890-07-16
Bank Books Found In . Grave.

hank BOOKS FoOhQ IN y Grave.
At Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis
the other day two men employed in
packing graves found, about fourteen
inches under the surface. a tin box
which contained two bank deposit
books one on the Farmers Savings
Bank Of that city and the other on the
St. Paul Savings Bank, the two show.
ing deposits of $3.50, made in 1917. The
books were taken to the banks and tn
deposits found intact, with interest du,
for thirteen years. No one could ex.
plain why the books were buried.
Mower County transcript., 1890-07-16
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

P. D. WIaG1NaroN, who was the can
didate Of the American party for the
Presidency in the last campaign, and
who had served two terms in Congress
from California, died at Oakland on the
5th.
Mower County transcript., 1890-07-16
& pitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
CONGRESSIONAL.


AN attempt to get the tariff bin up for con
hderation in the Senate on the 9TH was de-
teated by vote of 23 to 90. The conference re-
port on the silver bill was presented, and the
election bill was received from the House. -.
In the House q bill was introduced appropriate
Ing &0O0,O00 to establish Industrial training
schools. The bill for the establishment of In.
dian industrial schools in California, Mime.
sofa, Wisconsin and North and South Dakota
were favorably reported. Hat ~,
ON the 9Th the conference report on the silver
bill was discussed in the Senate, and petitions
were presented from many States praying for
an Acknowledgement OF Almighty God and the
Christian religion in the constitution OF the
United States. Memorial exercises were held
in respect TO the memory Of the late Repre-.
sentative S. s. Cox. of New York. -. In the
0ouse the Senate amendments to the House
bill for the admission OF the State OF Wyoming
were concurred in. The Mississippi contested
election cases were decided In favor Of Messrs.
Catchings and Hooker, Democrats. A bill was
introduced to establish public schools In New
Mexico, and the bill giving army nurses pen.
sion OF Sig month was favorably reported.
THE sundry civil appropriation bill tss1 ,s41. :
6sO) was reported In the Senate on the 9th and
the silver bin was further discussed. The pre-.
siding officer (Senator Ingalls) announced his
signature to the bill for the admission OF
Wyoming rs State .. In the House q resolu
tion was adopted calling for Information on the
negotiations between Great Britain and the
United States on the Behring sea question. A
favorable report was made on the bill appropri.
ating $4,000 for public building at Wausau,
Wis
THE Senate adopted the conference report on
the silver bill on the 10th by vote of 80 to IS w
In the House the journal was approved, after q
long discussion, by vote of lO3 to 81. The con.
ference reports on the diplomatic and consular
and the agricultural appropriations bills were
adopted and the land grant forfeiture bin was
further considered A concurrent resolu.
tion was introduced providing that the Presi-
dent Of the Senate and the Speaker OF the
House be authorized to close the present
session Of the Fifty-first Congress by adjourn
ing their respective houses the 3lst day Of July,
1890 at 3 p. m.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-17
Those Smoking Cars.

The smoking car is "a novelty on the
South Side lines. and it looks AS tbouoh
it would always be novelty to the fair
sex. The poor conductor may warn them
when they get on that il is a smokino
car. but they never seen, To heed him
Then, when they sit down in the clo,,d
of smoke inside, they begin to kick ii sor
ously. The other day a nicely dr,vs,.,i
lady persisted in boarding ..smeker
on State street, in spite of the condu. tor j,
explanation. Three men were putlip.
away at more or less questionable cigars
while fourth man had stalwar1 pip
which was loaded to the rim with that
powerful brand of alleged tobacco known
as 'Brakemen's Pleasure" AS soon as
the lady entered this asphyxiating at
mosphere she turned to the door and pro
ceeded to berate the poor conductor fo,
permitting smoking in his car. In vain
he tried to explain that the companv-s
rules permitted smoking in certain cars
She kept up her TRADE until every man
in the car who had a cigar. cigarette O,
pipe lit it for the purpose of giving hel
the full benefit of the new rule. AS she
sank into her seat, thoroughly exhausted.
two flashily dressed women stepped on
the car. This is a smoking car, ladies'
said the desperate conductor "All right,
that's just what we want" said one of
the females; and they took seats and ig-
nited cigarettes At this the objecting
lady signaled the conductor and sailed
out of the car in high dudgeon. She
walked down town.-Chicago Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-17
Familiar Ouutatious.

The number of guOtable and much
quoted things in The Merry Wives is
considerable Shakespeare Lad an ex
traorlinary knack of saying what
would bear repetition, and prove a
future bon mot. I'D all manner of al
tered circumstances. How often have
we not occasion to remark with Nym,
His mind is not heroic, and there's
the humor of it. But how seldom,
alasl in the changes and chances o!
mortal dinner parties. can one observe
about the lady who sits next him al
the feast 'Ispy entertainment iii herr
You are not young, no more am
is quotation more frequently appro
pirate, though never to be ventured.
Again, He wooes both high and
low, both rich and poor how well ii
corresponds with the charming modern
vulgarism, George is d general cour
ter. up with all, Oh with none. Often
we are tempted to exclaim with Shal
low, Though we are justices. and doc
tors, and churchmen, Master Page. we
have some salt of our youth in us; we
are the sons OF women, Master Page =
Nor is any quotation from all Shake
speare more frequently in the human
mouth than that of Mrs. Page, What
the dickens The wild Prince and
Poins, spoken of by Mr.. Page, runs
now as a mere household word; and a
household word is the jolly hosts de
scriptiOn of FentOn: He capers, he
dances. he has eyes of youth, he writes
verses, he speaks holyday, he smells
April and May" This is Chaucerian
He was as fresh as the moneth Of
May" Who but Shakespeare could
have put the essence of youth into SO
few words. and those in the hosts
mouth?-Andrew Lang in Harper's :
Magazine.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-17
Doubling Tin.

Another bright little Chicago girl
has been learning to spell, and She has
experienced great trouble with the
double letters. Her aunt. who is teach
ing her, insists upon her saying
double when the same letters occur
together, instead of repeating each
one separately for instance. In spell
ing bubble she must say ''b-u-double
Bile, instead of b-u-b- I-e. This meth
od annoyed the little one greatly. She
could not get it fixed in her head and
when reading or spelling she became
all mixed up with thinking of this
double" rule. The other day she
was reading and spelling out the story
of little girl who was eating an ap
pie, and she became mixed, as usual
She came to the sentence, ''Up, little
girl and she rendered it. Double up
little girlI' 1t might have applied to
the apple episode, but it shocked the
little ones patient aunt immeasurably
Chicago Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-17
The Smallpox Microbe.

DR.. Sicard, of Beziers, in a memoir
handed in to the French Academic de
Medecin for competition for the Alva-
renga prize. announces that he has at
last discovered the long sought for mi
crobe of smallpox He reports it to be
bacterion belonging to the class of
cocci, round, with transparent center,
unbilicated in the middle. while its
edges are raised ''This bacterion can
be readily cultivated on gelatine that
has been sterilized by bichloride of mer-
curry. 1t can be found at all stages of
smallpox, not only in the pustules of the
skin, but in the mucus of the bronchial
tubes and in the blood as we'll 1t is
likewise found suspended in the air of
rooms containing smallpox patients, and
If water be allowed to stand in such
rooms in open vessels. it soon contains
the smallpox bacterion. However, when
animals are inocuIated with cultures of
this bacterion, although they manifest
uneasiness. the symptoms are entirely
transitory, not at all serious, and, above
all, show no relation to variola, either in
Its form or evolution"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-17
A Story Of Mrs. Chapler.

Miss Amelie Rives had host of ad-
mirers when she lived in maiden lnedi-
tation at the home of her ancestors,
Castle Hill, Va. She was petted and
spoiled beauty and treated her lovers
with Indifference and sometimes, it is
said, with absolute rudeness. Once,
according to one story, when a dozen
gentlemen called upon her in the
morning, she entered the parlor in a
bewitching riding habit, excused her
self. mounted her horse, rode an hour
or two, and finding the gentlemen
waiting for her on returning, she went
to her studio back of the parlor and
amused herself by drawing caricatures
of her admirers, representing them
sitting in various attitudes Of idiotic
vacancy New York Telegram.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-17
How to Keen Warm.

1t may not be generally known that
when exposed to severe cold feeling of
warmth is readily created by repeatedly
filling the lungs to their utmost extent
in the following manner: Throw the
shoulders well back and hold the head
well up. Initiate the lungs slowly, the
air entering entirely through the nose.
When the lungs are completely filled
hold the breath for ten seconds or longer
and then expire it quickly through the
mouth. After repeating the exercise
while one is chilly, feeling of warmth
will be felt over the entire body, and
even in the feet and hands. 1t is i'm
portant to practice this exercise many
times each day, and especially when in
the open air. If the habit ever becomes
universal then consumption and many
other diseases will rarely, if ever, be
heard Of Not only while practicing the
breathing exercise must the clothing be
loose over the chest, but beginners will
do well to remember in having their
clothing fitted to allow for the perma-
nent expansion of one, two and even
three inches which will fOllOw.-North-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-17
Helping a Sparrow LIN.

In University place the other day, g
boy picked up sparrow which was un
able to fly from having daubed its wings
with fresh paint from some cornice.
He was carrying it away i'm his hand
when poorly dressed man, who was
warming his back i'm the autumn sun,
held out his hand and asked for it. The
bird was passed over, and the man took
a very ragged handkerchief from his
pocket and began wiping at the paint.
saying, as he did so:
''That's the way of the world-go for
a feller when he's down. Fifty would
wiring your neck where one would give
you a show.
He wiped away for minute or two.
and then continued:
"lf somebody would give me an en-
couraging word and half show, could
be man yet; but somebody won't do it.
It's easier to kick man down hill than
to boost him up There, young chap,
your wings are all right now. Go and
be happy Next time your nose smells
fresh paint. you shy off,
He gave the bird a toss, and it flew to
the naked limb of one of the elms and
then turned about and cried Peek,
peekr' as if in gratitude.
"All right! All rightl" replied the
man, with wave of his hand Per
haps you'll do as much for me some
time. Go along now and attend to busi-
ness. New York Sun.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-17
The Zetetic Philosophy.

The Zetetic philosophy, which
proves absolutely and without a shad-
Ow of doubt that the earth is plane
and not a planet, has in it no theories,
but establishes its conclusions upon
facts alone. Many of these facts are
of such nature that not to know all
about them will soon be deemed a sin
of ignorance
The people should know that the
surface of standing water is level,
whether it be in the form of a pond. a
lake, canal. sea or an ocean, and
that it makes no difference at all how
many people, in consequence of false
teachings, believe it to be curved; that
in no surveyors operations in the con-
structions of railroads, tunnels or ca
mails is any allowance made for the
curvature" of the earth's surface, al
though the books tell us that it is nec-
essary; that the view from balloon
in the air is that of flat earth, and
not globe; that the river Paraguay
in 300 miles does not fall foot; that
for the last 500 miles the Amazon falls
but ten feet six inches, and that the
Nile, in LOCO miles. falls but foot.
Sailors can see the light at Cape
Hatteras forty miles out at sea, where
as on the globe theory it ought to be
more than 900 feet below the level line
of sight; strain your eyes as you
please, you can never see ship COM
ing up" for, at the furthest distance
that you can by any means see, a
ship is on level with the eye; the
horizon always rises on and on just as
you rise on; if the mariner were to
take globe" with him with which
to navigate the ocean he would wreck
his ship; meridians are straight lines
diverging from the central north to-
ward the south in all directions hori-
zontally parallels of latitude" only
are circIes-and on globe, the point
ing of compass north and south is
clearly impossible; sailing westerly is
sailing round horizontally with the
north star on your right hand, and
sailing easterly is sailing in the
same horizontal mode, with the
north star on your left = and
all the money in the United States
treasury would not buy a proof
of so much as the bare possibility of
sailing down globe, under globe,
and up the other sideI-Carpenters
Folly, Philadelphia
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-17
Dogs Can Talk.

A curious sight was witnessed one
afternoon on the wharf at Cincinnati.
A gentleman, accompanied by two
tine specimens of the water spaniel.
went down to the landing of the New
port ferry, at the foot of Lawrence
street Somehow he became separated
from the CANNES, or rather they failed
to follow him aboard The boat had
got out IN the stream. when the dogs
caught sight of their master and dis
covered he was fast leaving them.
Standing on the edge of the float, they
both set up vigorous yelping. which
attracted the attention Of the bystand.
erS
Suddenly the older and larger dog
plunged into the river and began to
swim rapidly toward the Kentucky
shore. He had gone about 100 yards
when he seemed to become aware that
his brute companion had not followed
Turning around, he SWAN back toward
the spot where the younger dog stood
As he drew alongside the hoat he
made no effort to get aboard. The two
began to bark at each other-to hold
an animated conversation in the dog
tongue, as ii We're The older dog, as
he 1oated by the side of the landing,
barked encouragement to the more
tinlld animal, and apparently was urg
ing the latter TO jump into the water
The barking duet lasted some minutes,
and then the younger dog. seemingly
convinced by his companions assur
ance, grew bold, and suddenly bound
ed into the river.
The first dog gave a delighted yelp,
and, both turning their noses toward
Kentucky. began to swim straight
across, side by side Both continued
to bark until they reached the shore,
and could be heard on both sides of
the river. The people on the ferry and
the Kentucky shore saw the strange
race. and, with people on this side aud
on the bridge, watched it to the end
The dogs landed opposite to the bar
racks, where they were awaited by
their owner, who, with several other
gentlemen, had hurriedly walked
down the bank There was no limi.
to the delight of the two animals as
they rushed up to their master. The
river at that point is nearly half q
mile wide The action of the dogs
seemed to indicate that they had Ian
guage of their own, and the paterual
manifestations of the elder brute were
most interesting TO see. ee.-Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-17
The Prairie Chickens law.

Suppose you get dozen birds. Sup
pose you get half dozen. You have
a splendid bag of splendid birds. The
birds all look so big you can't tell
which are the young ones and which
the old. Take up bird by its lower
mandible, which you hold between
thumb and finger If the bill breaks.
the bird is one of this season If il
does not break it is an old bird. There
is an old hunters saying that the bill
will break up till Christmas. In Oh
viding up the bag. you may slyly
choose the birds whose bills break
When you come to broil these your
wifes heart will relent and she will
forgive you for wanting TO 90 hunt
ing. and may, indeed, perhaps en-
courage you in that insidious vice. e
Hough in Globe-Democrat.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-17
A Good Investmen..

Several winters ago woman was COM
ing out from public building where the
heavy doors swung back and made egress
somewhat difficult. A little urchin sprang
to the rescue, and, as she held open the
door, she said. "Thank you" and passed
on.
Dye hear thatg' said the boy to a
companion standing near by him.
mo: what?''
"Why, that lady said Thank ye' to the
likes O me.
Amused at the conversation, the lady
turned and said to the boy:
'It always pays to be polite, my boy;
remember that"
Years passed away, and last December,
when doing her Christmas shopping, this
same lady received exceptional courtesy
from clerk in Boston, which caused her
to remark to lady who was with her:
''What great comfort to be civilly
treated once in a while, though don't
know that blame the store clerks for
being rude during the holidays"
The young mans quick ear caught the
words, and he said:
Pardon me, madame, but you gave
me my first lesson in politeness few
years ago.
The lady looked at him in amazement
while he related the little forgotten Incl
dent. and told her that the simple
"Thank you" awakened his ambition to
be something in the world He went and
applied for situation as Office boy in
the establishment where he was now an
honored and trusted clerk.
"Only two words, dropped into the
treasury of a street conversation, but
they yielded returns most satisfactory
The Congregationalist.