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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-02-21
LIFE IN THE TROPICS.
Encounters of Travellers with the Re
and Black Ants of India.

Encounters of Travellers with the Red
and Black Ants of India.
am not sure if the Indian ants are
identical with those which are the sub
jects of Sir John LdbbockS interesting
experiments. When a man arrives in
Calcutta his acquaintance with the
small red ants soon begins. | shall
never forget the jump that friend gave
when he first saw train of red ants on
The floor. He was stout Englishman,
newly arrived from home, and with an
innate horror of insect life. He thought
the train of ants was snake. They
were merely marauding party out on
an expedition to plumber the sugar
basin on the breakfast table. Some
active ant scout had discovered that one
end of the table-cloth touched the
ground, and so afforded passage to the
sugar on the breakfast table. Instantly
the expedition had been organized, and
there was continuous stream OF ants
from the hole in the wall where they
dwelt along the floor, up the table
cloth, on to the sugar basin. With
sideboard in which any thing sweet is
KeDU III Is USUAL w pun III ooo o~oOSAS AN->
of water under the feet, so as to keep
the ants out. The water must be con-
stantly changed, for if it gets covered
with dust, or any debris that will carry
the weight of an ant the little creatures
soon find it out and cross the moat. 1t
is always expedient to have the feet OF
your bed planted in brass saucers, full OF
water, so as to prevent the ants getting up
into the bed l was acquainted with
lady who suffered severely from neglect
ing this precaution. The doctor had
given her some ointment to rub on her
arm for a rheumatic pain, and she ap-
piled it when she went to bed. During
the night she suffered considerable pain,
which she attributed to the working OF
the ointment. When daylight came
great was her horror to find that she
was being eaten alive by swarm OF
red ants, which had been attracted by
some sweet ingredient in the ointment,
and had bitten through her skin into
her flesh, SO that she carried the scars OF
the wounds to her grave. No doubt the
rheumatic pain was cured, but the rem
edy was good deal worse than the dis
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-02-21
WOMEN AT HARVARD,
What They Have Accomplished During
the Past Ten Years.

WHdC IHey nave accomplished During
the Past Ten Years.
The first announcement that courses
of study were to be offered to women by
professors of Harvard College, says Sec
rotary Arthur Gilman in his tenth an
nual report, was made in circular da-
ted February %, 1879, and the first
examinations for admission to the
classes occurred in September of the
same year. The report which is now
presented is, therefore, for the tenth
year of completed work. The first year
began with twenty-five students, who
called for so many courses of instruction
that they formed twenty-nine classes,
and brought into it's service Immediately
seven professors, four assistant profess
sors and twelve instructors twenty
three teachers. The tenth year finds us
with 115 students, distributed into fifty
five classes, and directed by fourteen
professors, eleven assistant professors
and sixteen instructors orty-one teach
ers in all. From the first year to the
close Of the tenth there has been con-
tinual growth.
The following table exhibits the grad
ual increase in the number of students
during the first ten years of our opera
lions, and also the income from tuition
fees, and the outlaws for instructions:
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-02-21
Others Got the Diamonds,

1t is not always, perhaps not often,
that an important discovery particularly
benefits the discoverer. The opening of
the diamond fields of South Africa, from
which thousand million dollars worth
of diamonds have been taken, was due
to the pertinacity of man named
O'Reilly, who was trader among the
natives and first conceived the idea that
the country was rich in diamonds and
gold. O'Reilly himself did not go to the
diggings and did not profit by them. On
the contrary, the rush to the diamond
fields ruined his trade with the natives
and South African correspondent says
that he is now working for his living.
There is probably moral in this story,
if we could only get at it.-Philadelphia
Times.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-02-21
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.


"A carpenter would be handy in a
BARRIERS shop, especially the one who is
good lather.-Kearney Enterprise.
-Wife-"I believe you only married
me for my money" Husband EVERY.
body else thinks the same thing.
Epoch.
Brazil has had successful revolu-
tlon. Would that so much could be
said for the Keely motor. PHILADELPHIA
Press.
-Tommy-'Paw, what is the las.
word in the dictionary" Mr.. Figg-.sI
don't know. Don't bother me. Go ask
your mother. Terry Haute Express.
-Spiritualist-''I have related nv
wonderful experience; upon what theory
can you explain it?" Sl1eptic- Upon
the theory that you are liar" IN. Y.
Sun.
do you remember how ten wears
ago in this place you offered yourself to
me?'' 80, yes, and you refused me. "
u have been reconsidering the matter. -
$50 have |" -Fliegende Batter.
-Husband-''Did you ever notice, my
dear, that loud talker is generally an
ignorant persona" Wife-''WeI, YOU
needn't talk SO loud; I'm not deaf
Yankee Blade.
-Bashful Lover-"My dear, do you
know there are over eight hundred
terms in the English language to ex-
press the state of being in love?" I'm.
patient Maitland can't you think of
one of them Rome Sentinel.
-lrate Housewife-"Say, you tramp,
that dog of yourn has run off with one
OF my new-baked pound cakes!" Tramp
so, don't trouble on his account.
ma'am. He's good deal tougher in the
constitution than he looks!''-Grip.
Miss Snapper stop the car! ]
won't ride if l can't have seatr' The
conductor with an air of gentle re.
proach)-'I have to stand up all day,
ma'am!' eyes, but you don't have to
pay five cents trip for it!"-Boston
Times.
Visitor (from the West)- am sur
prised, my dear, to find that you do not
move in society here" Gotham (sadly)
II can't get in. When I was abroad
/ wasted my time among art galleries
and old ruins instead of staying in Lon
don and picking up English slang. IN.
Y. Weekly.
He was tall, thin and hungry look
ing" and when he told the editor he was
poet the editor didn't say disputatory
word. But he didn't get his poetry in
the paper, just the same, and the man
with the blue pencil and the preoccupied
air made several remarks. s'Poets are
born, sir!' he said. haughtily, as he
rolled up his manuscript. "And I'm
doggoned sorry for it," said the editor
Merchant Traveller.
AN old bachelor was rather ta-
ken aback one day as follows:
Picking up a book, he exclaimed,
upon seeing a wood-cut represent
ing a man kneeling at the feet of
woman. 'Before l would ever kneel
to woman l would encircle my neck
with rope and stretch it," And then
turning to a young lady he inquired,
ssDo you not think it would be the best
thing could do?" est would undoubt-
eddy be the best fer the woman" was
the sarcastic reply.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-02-21
REMARKABLE TRIALS.

Mice, Worms and Hogs Sentenced to
Death According to Legal Forms.
The first cases of animal trials of
whic n we have any account was when
the Bishop of Leon issued his Injunction
against the caterpillars and field mice.
The mice and worms had been eating
up their crop and the county sued them
and won the suit, hence the Injunction
that they should stop. In criminal cases
the mode OF trial was similar to that
prevailing to-day. The animal which had
committed the crime was arrested and
put in prison. The prosecuting attor-
ney heard and committed to writing all
the testimony in the case, and if the
animal was convicted of being guilty of
some heinous crime-say homicide for
an instance-the Judge pronounced the
sentence, which was that the animal be
hung by the neck or legs, according to
the nature of the animal, until he was
dead.
An example of sentence is found in
the "Annuaire du Department de
lAisne," which was pronounced on
hog, June IA. 1894, for devouring child.
1t concludes thus: 1--WE, in detestation
and horror of this crime, and in order to
make an example and satisfy justice,
have declared, judged, sentenced, pro-
nounced and appointed that the said
hog, now detained in the abbey as pris-
oner, shall, by the executioner, be hung
and strangled on a gibbet, near the ral-
lows which now stands within the iuris-
dlctlon OF the monks whose names are
appended, being near the copyhold of
Avin. In witness of which we have
sealed this present with our seal"
This remarkable document, now in the
museum at Paris, is labeled: ssSentence
on hog executed by justice, in the
copyhold of Clarmont-Avin, and stran-
gled on gibbet at the place last above
mentioned" It is sealed with red wax
and kept under glass cass.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-02-21
SEEKING LOST TREASURE.
something About the Fabulous Tale of
the Lost Cabin Mine.

Something About the Fabulous Tale of
the Lost Cabin Mine.
There is certain element of human
ity that will always become inflamed
with report that lost treasure is sup
posed to be situated in some locality
One popularity of all these reports,
however, is that they fail to locate the
treasure in any exact spot, but it is to
be found within a given radius from
some center, which is generally estab-
lished by tradition. The hope of rolling
in wealth acquired without work-get-
ting something for nothing, you might
SAYS the motive that fires with en-
thusiasm the seekers after lost treasures.
Since the first massive fake of this ma
ture-Captain Kidd, the pirates buried
wealth-was given to the credulous
world, thousands of people have been
taken in" by these glittering stories
One of the most successful stories of this
kind, the success being gagged by the
amount of excitement it created, was
the fabulous tale of the Lost Cabin mine.
1t set great many people beside them
selves, and was given publication far
and wide in the newspapers. happen
to know just how the story originated.
Back in 1885, believe, 1 was in Lead
vile, Col, specializing in mines. A
brilliant young newspaper writer,
who afterwards became notorious
forger, was in town, and often came to
my room to hear mining men relate
their experiences. Floating around in
mining camps are always tales more or
less fanciful. One night 1 related one
of them-the story of the Lost Cabin
mine. The story went that in an early
day in the West, before civilization had
sent stamping mills and smelters into
the mountains, two miners had struck it
rich in mountain gulch, built log
cabin on the claim and piled up one
corner of their tenement with bags of
golden ore. They suddenly disappeared,
however, and also their gold. 1t was
whispered they were murdered. The
log structure was the only one that was
known for hundreds of miles around in
the mountains, and the claim was, there
fore, designated the Lost Cabin mine
Time went on, and the site was lost. 1t
was supposed to be somewhere in a
ravine in the Rocky Mountains north
of Wyoming. The young writer took up
the story and elaborated upon the de-
tails until he ran several highly sensa-
tional fakes in serials, and the publica-
ton caused widespread comment among
the credulous. The story died away
soon, and forgot all about it. But two
years later l was in Montana, and one
day ran across man in the mining
region who said he had found the Lost
Cabin mine. He told me he had read
some newspaper articles describing the
mine, and he set out from Cheyenne,
Wyo., gong north, and after walking
over one thousand miles, exploring
gulches, lodges and ravines, ne found
the place of the lost treasure, l learned
that he had accidentally found an old
cabin, deserted, in the mountains. In
it he found two gold nuggets, and he
immediately concluded that this was
the Lost Cabin mine.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-02-21
THE MUSICAL FROG,
It's Liquid Notes Said to BE Much Like a
ChiId'S Cry.

Its Liquid Notes Said to Be Much Like a
Childs Cry.
Most people hear in the song of the
frog only dismal croaking. Doubtless
frogs differ in various parts of the world
and perhaps much depends on the spirit
of the listener, whether the sound is
agreeable or mournful. A traveller in
South Brazil was once struck by the low,
plaintive cry of some creature calling in
the night. He was at first impressed
with the idea that it was the cry of
child, but the tones soon convinced him
that such could not be the case.
81 never heard" he says, "a more pure
and liquid musical sound than this was
The pleasing effect upon the ear was but
little diminished on learning by what ami
NAL it was produced. The vocalist was
frog, and soon another from a more
distant spot took up the strain, and the
two sang together, now in solos, now in
duets. Curious to see this musical frog,
| took torch from the fire and went to
look for him. l arrived at the spot
whence the sound was proceeding, but
as stopped to search the grass the mu-
sic seemed to float away to another place
some yards distant. 1 followed, and
still the sound moved, and nowhere
could l discover whence it came. ]
searched for nearly a quarter of an hour
without being able to fix the spot, and
then l gave it up in despair. The fact
is, the frog is recognized to be ventril-
oquist of no common order. Ihave many
times since heard him crying in broad
daylight, and the power of ventriloq uism
is no doubt given him as protection
against the numerous cranes and other
frog enemies that would otherwise be
guided by the sound, and soon render
the species extinct IN. Y. Voice.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-02-21
The Lord Mayor of Loudon.

The Lord Mayor receives from the city
OF London for his year of Office $50, 900,
and on an average spends $40, 900 to $780,
600 in excess of allowance. He has no
other provision except the use of the
Mansion House and it's furniture. Wine
stands as one of the chief items of ex-
penditure. In the basement of the
Mansion House there are quite as many
cellars as there are aldermen who have
not passed the chair, and it has been the
practice of aldermen to lay in a stock of
wine long before their mayorality. This
was done to much greater extent some
years ago, when it was more the fashion
to drink port wine. Then an alderman
would place in the cellar allotted to
himself pipes of port sometimes years
before it would be put on the tables of
the Egyptian hall. The wine not con-
sumed is usually sold or removed by the
outgoing Lord Mayor. There is no rea-
son to doubt that Mr.. Whitehead's nav
orality has cost S10O, OO.-Manchester
Guardian
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-02-21
ENGLISH FOLK RHYMES.

Some That Are Sarcastic and Others
Which Are Complim entary.
On the walls of the Newington Church,
London, in 1898 was written rhyme
anent the rebuilding of the church wi tn
eut steeple md selling the bells:
Pious parson, pious people,
Sold the bells to build the steepel
very fine trick of the Newington people,
TO sell the bells to build the steepel
Rhymes on steeples are very common;
perhaps the best known is the one ON
Preston, Lancashire:
Proud Preston, poor people,
High church and low steeple.
In somewhat similar strain is the one
on ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
New church and old steeple,
Poor town and proud people.
Lincolnshire rhymes are very numer-
GUS, and complete collection would al
most fill book. Here are three:
Gainsbro' proud people
Built new church to an old steepla.
According to the next:
Huntington poor people
Built a brick church to stone steeple.
Aquestion is put and answered thus:
Boston Bostoni
What hast thou to boast onf
High steeple, proud people,
And shoals that souls are lost on
The village of Ugley, Essex, supplies
satirical couplet:
Ugley church, Ugley people,
Ugley parson, Ugley people.
A Derbyshire rhyme refers to the in
habitants of four places as follows:
Ripley ruff1ans,
Butterfly blocks
Swanwick bulldogs
Alfreton shacks.
Equally severe is the following on
the people of the villages between Nor
witch and Yarmouth:
Halvergate hares Reedham rats,
SOuthwood swine and Cantley cats
Ace asses, Moulton mules,
Brighton bears, and Freethorpe fools
OF Derbyshire folks it is said:
Derbyshire born and Derbyshire bred,
Strong in the arm, but weak in the head
We next give two Kentish rhymes:
Sutton for mutton,
Kerby for beef,
South Darve for gingerbread
hartford for thief.
This is complimentary:
English Lord, German Count, and French
MARQUEE,
A yeoman of Kent is worth all three
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-02-21

N man wruJe TO Irlend In Greece
asking him to purchase books. From
negligence or avarice he neglected to
execute the commission; but fearing
that the correspondent might be Of
Tended he exclaimed when next they
met, my dear friend, / never got the
letter you wrote me about the books"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-02-21

The leaves Of house plants should
be kept clean and frequently sprinkled
with water, or washed with plant
syringe; this not only keeps OF the In.
sects. but clears the leaves of dust and
opens up the breathing pores
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-02-21
laws for instructions:

Thirty-two of the students were dur
ing the tenth year enrolled in the four
undergraduate classes. Nine were fresh
men, seven were sophomOres, eleven be-
longed to the junior class, and five
seniors. To the members of the senior
class certificates were awarded at the
close of the year, certifying that they
had during the previous four years
pursued course of study equivalent
in amount and quality to that for which
the degree of Bachelor of Arts is con-
ferred in Harvard College," and had
''passed in satisfactory manner exam
nations in that course corresponding to
the college examinations. At the
same time, on the recommendation OF
the committee of classical instructors OF
Harvard College, certificates were given
to one candidate for final honOrs in
Classics, and to two candidates for second
rear honors in classics.-Boston Herald.
The opoponax tree is not only very
pleasant but profita one to the ladies
of Charleston, S. c. The News and
Courier remarks: s'There are score or
more of ladies in Charleston who actual
ly get all their winter dresses from the
opoponax trees in their gardens. A
young lady who has tree in her garden
has already realized twenty-three dollars
from the sale of the flowers, and her
neighbor, who has younger tree, has
bought handsome winter cloak from
the proceeds of her tree. The flowers
are made mn in tinv buttonhole bou-
quets and are given to the cooks son to
sell. He sells them at five cents bou-
quet, and has no trouble in disposing OF
them to Northern tourists who pass
through the CITY,"
Names oldest man died lately at
Belgrade in that State. His name was
Elihu Stevens, and he was 101 years old.
He was married three times and was
the father of twenty-five children, most
of whom are living. On the day ne dled
he had 326 descendants.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-30
SOUTHERN WAR CLAIMS.
The Eouse Passes the Omnibus Ap-
preparation Bill.

WASHINGTON, Aug. ea-Aftsv the read
ing of the Journal this morning. the House
went into COMMITTEES of the whole, with Mr..
Allen Of Michigan In the chair, on the
private calendar.
The first bill to be considered was that
which has been pending for the past sixteen
weeks, the omnibus southern war claims
bill.
Mr.. Thomas of Wisconsin, who had OBJ
iected to its passage, on the ground that
some OF the claimants whose claims were
covered were disloyal, offered substitute
striking out the Objectionable features, and
by unanimous consent it was agreed to-
The bill carries about $3.50, 900. The COM
mittee rose, the bill was passed and the
committee resumed its session.
When the committee again rose half a
dozen private bills were passed.
On motion of Mr.. Washington of Tennes-
see the bin was passed TO establish a Gus
toms collection district of Tennessee.
The House then, at 5 o'clock, took recess
till o'clock, the evening session to be for
the consideration OF private pension bills.
The House at its evening session passed
seventy-two private pension bills, and at
1870 o'clock adjourned till IL o'clock to-
morrow.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-30
sANDERsvILLE SETTINGS.
a Merriage-rhe Race for the Judg
ship-A Barn Burned.

a Merriage-rhe Race for the Judge
ship-A Barn Burned.
SANDERsvILLB, GA. Aug. 29.-George
Yonge of the City of Mexico was married
to Miss May Weldon at the residence of her
father in this city Wednesday morning.
The groom is a young man of good busi-
ness qualifications and high character. The
bride Is daughter OF w. H. Weedon, and
a niece of Hon. J. w. Renfroe of Atlanta.
In parting with her Sandersvile loses one
Of her most accomplished young ladies' Tho
bridal c1uple have gone to their distant
home accompanied by the congratulations
aud best wishes Of hosts Of friends.
The barn OF Is. T. Rawlings, just out
Of town, was bur ed yesterday. The build
ing was new, and contained this years. crop
OF fodder. all Of which was destroyed. The
dwelling was IA close proximity, but was
saved. IL ia thought that the fire was the
work Of an inceBdary.
The race for the Judgeehip II still on.
Hon. J. n. Gilmore Is indorssd by tbs pres
ent judge, Hon. j, X. Hines. and ths homs
bar. aud his chanoss for election are good.
U. H. VITA, one Of tbs most publlo-splritod
aud energetic citizens Of this town, a5d one
of the prop ietors q tbs Eagle Iron Works,
is very seriously m
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-30
NOSE AND NOSE AT BRIGHTON.
and Monsoon Run Dead
Heat in the Second Race.

Appomattox and Monsoon Run a Dead
Heat in the Second Race.
New York, Aug. 29.-The racing events
at Brighton Beach to-day were as follows:
FIRST RAcE-Six furlongs Gertie D. won,
with Tioga second and Waldo johnson third.
Time 1:16A
SECOND RAcE-Six furlongs. Appomattoz
aud Monsoon ran a most exciting finish, and
finished nose and nose. Rover was third. ID
looked as though it would be another dead heat,
but Monsoon reached the wire a short head in
front. Time 116A.
THIRD RAcE-Seven furlongs. Thorndaie
won, with Jack Of Diamonds second and Lizzie
third. R. K T. fell at the start. but horse and
Jockey were uninjured. Time 1904.
FOURTH RAcE--One and one-sixteenth miles.
Gendarme won, with Falcon second and
Parthian third. Time 1:49Ik.
FIFTH RAcE-Oae mile. Tea Tray won, with
Ballston second and Monta Hardy third Time
1:4t.
SIXTH RAcE-Seven furlongs. Firefy won,
with Urbana second and Little Addie third.
Time 1:2914.
SEVENTH RAcE-Farewell steeplechase, full
course. Repeater won. with Killarney second
and Pat Oakley third. Time 5:l61s.
MURPHY SUSPENDED.
MONMOUTH PARK, N. j., Aug. 29.-The
executive committee of the Monmouth
Park Association has suspended Jockey
Isaac Murphy until after the Brooklyn
meeting, but it has refused to give the
public the result OF its investigation into
the alleged drunkenness of Murphy while
riding Firenzi.