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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
Little Laughs.

If you doubt that silence is golden, look at
the profits of the still.-Duluth Photographer.
Whatever else may be said of her class in
the genus homo, the society lady bares her.
self bravely.-Duluth Photographer.
@Berty" wants to know how he can retain the
love of his sweetheart, Elizabeth. Eternal
vigilance is the price of Lib, Berty.-Texas
Siftings.
'0hr ,est shelter for a girl is her mothers
ring, especially when she is disposed to be
81 hat the Frenchmen call little chic
Sllftings.
Mrs Graft, of Dakota, presented her hus-
band with twins, and he said he would run
over to the station and wire his motner-in-
law pair o'Graff.-Duluth Photographer.
1t is when a baggage master comes to
handle the baggage of star actor that he
realizes the force of Hamlet's remark about
Yorick-a fellow of infinite chest-Siftinrs.
Blobson-Don't you think Siniis;lls is a
very bright young man? Dumpsey-Well.
yes, he would be if his cheek was polished
Burlington Free Press.
"A boy assassin hanged" read Mrs. Bas-
com from the newspaper. "Well," she re.
marked, "a sassin' boy is a great trial, but
don't think he ought to be hanged for it,
Burlington Free Press
Miss Shawsgarden (of st. Louis, to Miss
Breezy, of Chicago)-Wcli, how is everything
in Chicago? Dull as usual, suppose? Miss
Breezy-No, things are looking very bright.
How is the pasturage in St. LOUISE New
York Sun.
Minister making a calD And do YOU
always do as your mamma tells you TO- Flos-
sles Flossle (emphaticaliy)- guess do, and
SO does papa.-New York Sun.
A correspondent asks: "Can you give me
the salary of the speaker of the house?n
Kind friend: we can't; we haven't got it; and
if we had we'd probably conclude to keep it.
Philadelphia Call.
"Hurry! hu,Ty!" cried Brown, impatiently,
up the stairs, well be too late for church. "
ooh, no, DEAR" replied Mrs. B., buttoning
her glove as she came down, 1--WE can't be too
late. I've got on my new suit New York
Sum-.
Queen Victoria's favolite dish is tapoca
pudding. Her ministers seem to prefer Irish
stew-New York Star.
Jack lat the club II saw a mighty pretty
little country girl this afternoon, Gus. She
was climbing to the upper deck of Fifth
avenue stage Gus with interesD-No is
that so? Plain or stripeds Jack-Striped-
New York Sun.
Il wonder which Mrs. Simperton loves
most, her bull terrier or her baby?" allow
can you ask? You know lalics are not
fashionable. Flown Topics
The question is being asked. "Why does q
man eat before he is hanged?" Perhaps it is
to prevent his dying from starvation-Pitts.
burg Chronicle.
We don't question the statement that
George Washington never told lie, but he
certainly was never asked by a fond mother
what he thought of her cute little baby
Washington Critic.
anada boasts a printer 103 years old. He
members having seen q clean Office towel
whe' he was boy.-Burlingto Free Press.
How to srend a holiday-One nice way is
to lie = a big tree and dream that some
c. o fer has left you $4,000. New
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
A Horses Suicide.

The horses moved along the edge of
the crag as though they chung to it,
their bodies aslant towards the wall of
granite on their right, their legs NOV
ing with the precision of creatures
feeling and grasping every step. Like
deer they moved-not like horses
and as they advanced the carts they
drew swayed behind them, and l
thought every jolt would hurl them
over the precipice. Fascinated |
watched-l could not choose but
watch.
At last came a gray horse. not draw
ing a cart, but carrying something on
his back-on a pack saddle, apparent
ly. Like the rest, he came on stealth
lily, shifting every inch of the terrible
way, until, just at the worst and gid
diest point, he paused, hesitated and
seemed about to turn. Isaw him back
himself in crouching attitude against
the wall of rock behind him, lower
ing his launches and rearing his head
in strange manner. The idea flashed
on me that he would certainly turn,
and then-what would happen9
More horses were advancing, and
two beasts could not possibly pass each
other on that narrow ledgel But / was
totally unprepared for the CHASTITY
thing that did happen. The miserable
horse had been seized with the awful
mountain madness that sometimes
overtakes men on stupendous heights
the madness of suicide. With a
frightful scream that sounded partly
like a cry of supreme desperation,
partly like one of furious and frenzied
JOY, the horse reared himself to his
full height on the horrible ledge, shook
his head wildly, and-leaped with a
frantic spring into the air, sheer over
the precipice and into the foam be-
meath. Anna B. Kingsford.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
THE DANGEROUS "sEA PoosE.D
a Caprice of the Ocean That Threatens
the Bather with Danger.

4 Caprice of the Ocean That Threatens
the Bather with Danger.
1t may be well to speak of another
phenomenon not infrequently observed.
I do not recall ever seeing the name by
which it is known in print, and, as the
word is ignored by Webster, l shall in
vent my own spelling and write it "sea
poose." This term is loosely used on
different parts of the coast, but the
true significance of it is briefly this:
There will sometimes come, at every
bathing ground, days when the ocean
seems to lose its head and to act in
very capricious way. On such occa-
sions it often happens that the beach is
cut away at some one point, presum-
ably where the sand happens to be
softer and less capable of resisting the
action of the water.
There will then be found little bay
indenting the shore, perhaps ten feet,
perhaps ten yards. The waves rolling
into such cove are detected somewhat
by it's sides and "set" together at its
head, SO that two wings of breaker, so
to speak, meet and, running straight
out from the point of junction, form a
sort of double under tow" which
will, if the conditions that cause it con-
tinue, cut out along its course a depres-
sion or trench of varying depth and
length.
1t can be readily understood that
such a trench tends to strengthen the
current that causes it, and these two
factors, acting and reacting upon each
other, occasion what might be called
an artificial under tow" which is
sometimes strong enough to carry an
unwary bather some distance out, in
fashion that will cause him either to be
glad he is, or to wish he were, within
the rectangle of the life lines.
have sometimes heard old surfmen
speak of what they call ''false poose,"
but / have never been able to find out
just what was meant by the expression,
much less it's causes and character.
shall therefore leave the question for
those who delight to delve into the
mysteries of local nomenclature.-Duf-
field Osborne in Scribner's.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
Ab1e BODIED Chicago Liars.

Said Col. Phil Hoyne yesterday: aThe
hottest day in the history of Chicago was
July 4, 1887. At noon that day the Their
mometer registered 123 in the shade. The
lake stewed and steamed like tea kettle and
fish foated ashore already boiled and cream
gravy on them"
"June %, 1S4g, was the hottest day l ever
knew Of" said Long John Wentworth. II
was living on farm then-the Cooley farm,
near where Kinsley's RESTAURANT stands now.
1t was SO hot that we had to hang the ther-
mometer in the well and keep tanning it r
prevent it from bursting"
@On Aug. 6, 1896" said Amos Tucker, 1--WE
caught a blazer. Along about sunset I went
out to the barnyard to see how the stock was
getting along. We had twelve fine hogs just
ready for the market. Well, when l got to
the barnyard all I could find of them hogs
was twelve buckets of leaf lard"
1.-THE hottest day ever knew of was July
Is, 1853" said Jonathan Young Scamrnon. u
remember the exact date, because on the
morning of that day our hens all laid hard
boiled eggs Chicago News.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
Trouble in a French MadhOuse

There is nothing, mad doctors say,
more unusual than for lunatics who are
together to act on common impulse.
Last Sunday, however, six inmates of
the Bicetre asylum were so irritated
and oppressed by the sultry weather
preceding the hailstorn as to take an
Identical course in letting off their nerv-
Gus excitement. The outbreak took
place in the refectory, where lunatic,
who has often had to be kept in a pad
ded room, complained that a new
keeper had deprived him of a potion
of food to which he was entitled. The
complaint was well founded. As the
dish was being fetched the mailman
lost patience and dashed the plate be-
fore him against the wall opposite.
Five others followed his example, and
then ran to pitch everything they could
lay their hands upon out of the win
dOws.
M. Pinon, the governor, was called,
cOmpulsion of violent kind never be-
ing suffered unless by his order. As he
entered the refectory dish was broken
on his head, and he and keeper who
was with himhad difficulty in escaping
with their lives. The mad people tore
down the iron bars which formed par
tition between their part of the hall and
a section where other patients were
dining. Then they got to the keepers
rooms, and, Selling knives and razors,
went out to cut the threats of those
who denied them their liberty. Troops
were summoned from the fort, and ar
rived as the mutineers had got posses
sion of the kitchens and courtyard.
When twenty soldiers with fixed bayou
cts entered the latter there was a sud-
den collapse. The six ringleaders
dropped their knives and razors, begged
pardon and submitted quietly to be
taken to their cells Nearly all the
keepers were seriously injured. One,
Fourier, was beaten with a chair and
his arm broken in two places A mad
man named Jolly rifed desk of bank
notes, all of which he ate.-Paris Cor.
London News.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
An Extraordinary Story

The police of Buda-Pesth are inves
tigating a truly marvellous case. A
boy at the public grammar school has
confessed to his father that he has
for some time past, taken money from
the till in his shop, being ordered to
do SO by man who had made him the
subject of experiments in hypnotism
The father went to the school authori
ties, and it was discovered that g
whole class of boys were in SINH
lar plight. They acted as mediums,
and by process known as ''sugges-
ton" were made to steal money Srom
their parents and bring it to the ar
dent scientist in question.-PaK Mall
Gazette.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01

Eastern Stranger-My, myi 1 didn't sup
pose you allowed baseball playing here on
Sunday.
Omaha Mantle playing is being done by
an cut of town club and we don't feel respon-
sible for them, you know.
9But isn't that the Omaha club they are
playing againstp
eyes, but the Omaha club is composed Of
very conscientious young men who wouldn't
think of breaking the Sabbath"
9But there they are right in the field and
ON this hallowed day of resi-"
aH you look at the score you win see that
they are not playing; they are resting."-
Omaha World
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
Deaths at the Fife, Tower.

In talking with the workmen at the
Eitfel tower l was surprised to hear
of number of fatal accidents which
have never been made public. l was
sure that these amounted to nearly a
hundred; but the census would not be
taken until all was over. AS the
French say, omelets cannot be made
without the breaking of eggA-Leeds
Mercury.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
You Can Learn to Swim in an Hour.

You Can Learn to Swim in an Hour.
One often hears of the difference be-
tween the feminine and masculine
stroke in swimming, but there is really
no difference, unless it be that a man
can naturally put more strength in his
stroke and has longer reach than a
woman. In all other essential points
they are identical, but men cannot
compare in gracefulness with lady
swimmers
Mr.. Labouchere, editor of The Lon
don Truth, after noting that probably
not one in twenty of the persons who
indulge in bathing on holiday can
swim, proceeds to tell his readers how
to acquire the accomplishment. His
advice is offered to men, but it is as
applicable to the ladies, as advice
generally very cheap commodity
usually is. Nothing" he says, lis
more easy than swimming. When the
air is out of the body its owner sinks;
when the air is in the body it's owner
floats. Let any one slowly draw in bis
breath as he draws back his legs and
pushes forward his arms, retain it while
he is preparing for the stroke which is
to propel him, and slowly allow it to go
through his lips as his arms are passed
hack from before his head to his sides
and bis legs are stretched out.
'The action of the stroke should not
he quite horizontal, but should be made
ON slight incline downward. The real
reason why people take weeks to learn
how to swim is because swimming pro-
choose to teach the philosophy of
breathing so as to render the body
buoyant. would engage to make any
one tolerable swimmer in an hour,
unless he be a committal idiot"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
IT'S Often Tins

In the dry goods house: Mrs. Dove
leigh-Edgar, you had better let me
carry few of those bundles. I'm
afraid there are more than you can
manage.
MIR. Doveleigh-Never. You know
as we'll as that it is my duty and my
chief delight to bear your burdens, nv
dear. (AdEiring glances and muir
murs from all the other women.)
At home: Mr.. Doveleigh = Maria, &c
get bod Of coal and be quick about
it. And sayI The next time you
have such load as this to bring home
you'd better hire dray, do you hearg
-Terre Haute Express.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
IneIr own scenery.

Memorial hall, Eastport, has beau
tiful drop curtain of which the citi-
Gems have good reason to be proud.
The view painted thereon is one OF
the finest and also one that all can ap-
preciate. II is not a scene in Italy,
France or Holland, but gem from
Maine scenery, giving a view OF
Todd's Head near Eastport with the
New Brunswick hills in the distance,
taking in Indian, Thumb Cap, Spruce,
White Horse and other islands, with
the sunlight touching up the cluster
of houses on the head near Wilson's
beach, at Campobello, and glimmer
ing on the water.-Lewiston Journal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
SwalIows a Live Fish.

Mr.. B. G. Mitchell says that while
he was boy he had friend named
Bill Chandler; that one day several
boys were in a crowd, and in going by
q branch they all stopped and drank
from it. Bill Chandler sucked a fish
in his mouth and swallowed it before
he could spit it out He says that the
boy could feel It flop around in his
stomach several minutes after it went
down, and the way it kicked and
squirmed made Billy feel skittish and
look DISQUALIFICATION (Ga-) Re-
publican.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
He Mixed the Children Up.

"Do you want to laughs Well, listen. l
have Just returned from a visit to Louisville;
friend with me; stopping at a mutual friends.
He is the father of eleven children, all girls.
One evening we were all seated in the recep-
ton room, when turned to him and said:
"'Captain, how many children have you?
He looked little puzzled at first and then
answered, 'Dick, I don't know. Out on my
farm there is board on which a notch is cut
every time colt is born. L used to cut a
notch in that same board whenever a new
member of tie family was introduced to us,
put of late years the notches have got SO bad.
ly mixed that 1 can't tell which are colts and
which are girls '"-Cincinnati Telegram.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
Orange Wine.

There is man in Southern Florida
who makes a delicate wine out of
oranges His process is secret which
he guards jealously. In flavor these
wines, for there are two or three va
tieties, are like fine sauterno, and one
has the suggestion of the white Rhine
wine flavor il. it He has had made
for the Paris exposition, to which he
sends some of his manufactures, bot
ties shaped like oranges, with the
leaves covering part Of the fruit, the
cork being made to initiate the STEM
Chicago Times.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
Gas n Ia DOuan.

Col. "Pat DOMAIN" sees great possibilities
in natural gas. Hear him sling adjectives
about it: with sewer sized main run into
the national Capitol and smaller pipes into all
our state houses, court rooms, city halls and
editorial sanctums, every shaft and spindle
and loom, every cogwheel, trip hammer and
hand organ, every buzz saw, wheat corner
elevator, scissor grinder, whirligig and merry
go round in our peerless, four ocean washed
empire of liberty can be run without cost.
free gratis for nothing without cent. New
York Tribune
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
A Pretty Slick Cat.

Norwich has many odd things, but
the oldest one, perhaps, is a house
hold cat that visits the barn twice a
day and gets two meals from a COW
which ''leaks her milk" The cat steps
under the COW, holds her mouth open
for a period. and the deed is done.
There are number of people in town
who would like to get a living as
easily. New Haven Union.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01

The Russian government has begun
the const. uction of line of railway from
Vladikavkas to Tiflis. 1t will have q
length of about 100 miles. and viii, it is
said, reach an altitude of nearly $4,000
feet The latter statement appears some
what Incredible. The cost is estimated
at nearly Sic, OOO,O 900.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
Baby's First Words.

Omaha Dame-Your baby seems very
bright for is age.
Kansas other-Oh, he's just as smart as
they make 'em.
"Can he say papa and mamma yets"
mo, he amt learned that, but you just
ought to hear him lisp 'weal estate.'"-
Omaha World
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
An Aristocratic Pair.

II tell you, I've moved in mighty swell
society,"" said the boastful travelling man.
"I've met the Clevelands and the Whitneys
and all OF EN-"
give moved in some pretty tony society
myself" remarked the quiet looking man to
whom the remark was addressed. Il was in
troduced to the Siamese twins"
"The Siamese twins! You don't call them
swell people, do you?"
"Why, yes. At all events, you can't deny
that they were well connected. Merchant
Traveller.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01

A considerate suicide in New
Hampshire, SO that there would be no
time wasted in graphing for his body
before jumping into the water tied one
end of rope around his waist and the
other to the trunk of a tree on the
hank.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
Getting Even.

@My neighbor has thrown her dead cat over
In my yardl" announced q female caller at
L-ice headquarters the other day.
"YeS'm."
"Can you do anythingw
"No, ma'am, I'm afraid not"
swell, cant I've got dog four times
as big as her cat, and III poison him and
throw the body into her yard this very night
so therel"-Detroit Free Press
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
inething Surprising.

Daughter-Tnere is only one thing more
astonishing than the readiness with which
Ned gave up tobacco when he became en-
gagged.
Mother-What is that astonishing thing?
Daughter-The rapidity with which he
took it up again as soon as we were married.
Texas Siftings.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-01
They Didn't Intimidate tho Flies.

Old Sowergrout-By dunderl belief vos
scheated in dose Wy screens. vos hung dem
in de most conspicuous part of de room, but
dose fly schoost gone in as bad as never
Judge
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-14
WEST VIRGINIA CLAIMS

Before ongress-Damngss Claimed for
& Injury to Property During tho War. i
The Secretary Of War has transmitted
to Congress statement prepared by the
Quartermaster General giving a list of
claims for the use and occupation Of
church and school property by the
government during the late war. Up to
the present time claims Of this character
aggregating SlO2,27O have been paid,
and orders amounting to S247,707 have
been rejected or romain unpaid. The
records Of the Quartermaster Generals
office show that among the latter class OF
claims the following are from West Vir.
ginia: .7,a ,f.. s
: Lutheran, Mar.insburg, sl,o75 rent
aud damages; Presbyterian, French
Creek, destroyed, amount OF claim not
stated; NJ. E. church parsonage, Har.
per's Ferry, S7Sj damages; Presbyte-
rian, Hardy county, 5000, destroyed
Methodist Episcopal, Harper's Ferry,
claim not stated; Mt Olive Baptist,
Phillip, $3.50 damages; German Evan
geltcal,. Martineburg, destroyed, amount
OF Claim not stated; Presbyterian, Bev'
erly, $1,000 rent and damages, Methodisi
Episcopal, New Greek, 81 300, destroyed
by Contederates; Trinity Episcopal, Mar
tinsburg, claim not stated; Mill Creek
Randolph county, amount not stated
Mingo Flats. Randolph county, amount
not stated; Baptist, Fayette county, SEE
damages; Burlington Free, Mineral
1886 tent and damages; St. Joseph
| (Catholic,) Mar.insbure, S395 rent ant
damages; Methodist Episcopal, Web
ster, .S720 rent; st, 1lary's Protestan
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-14
THE SAWYBLLB MYSTERY,
The Brother Of the Victim Makes
a Confession to His Counsel
DUPLICATING MRS. .SAWTELLE,
Tho Murdered Man Was Lured TO n
Lonely Place, whcro he was Kept
ri, a Prisoner Uutii Murdered by
Two, Interested Parties.

BosroN,i April lS.-The Globe this
morning prints what 1t claims Is a con-
lesion made to his counsel by Isaac p.
sawtelle, Of Boston, now In Jail ut Dover,
MIL, awaiting trial Tor tho murder Of
his brother Hiram, whose mutiluted
body was found buried In the woods in
Lebanon, Me-, last February. In this
alleged confession, Isaac says that no and
tliram's wife were parties to a conspi,-
acy to luro Hiram to and abandoned
camp in Lebanon, Me-. where he wa, 10
be held captive by the notorious Dr.,
Blood and tho ex.convict Jack who ha, 0
been suspected Of having guilty knowl.
edge, at least, OF the murder} until l.e
should relinquish'in writing all claim to
the estate left by his father. .api6'
Isaac decoyed Hiram to Rochester, N,
H., and drove him to point near tho
camp, where he was turned over to
Jack" Isaac claims that his connec-
ton with the case ended at this point:
and that he did not know OF Hiram'u
death until he received q letter while in
Portland, telling him that It had been
necessary to get Hiram out OF the way,
and that each OF the trio must look for
himself. The so.calfed confession and
The evidence in the possession OF the
government accord with this theory CT
tlirams taking of, and claims that tho
murder was committed in Maine by DR.,
Blood and convict "Jack,"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-14
VIII Sue the CompMuY.

PlTTsBURGn, April l3.-The Feder-
alton OF Railroad Employees, which en-
braces nearly all the conductors, brake
men and switchmeu on the various lines
running into Pittsburgh, held n secret
meeting here to-day, which last
ed until nearly midnight. at
its close the members refused to
give any information regarding the pro.
ceedings. Surmises and rumors of all
kind we're in circulation, but nothing
could be learned. 1t was stated that it
had been decided to enter suit against
the Pennsylvania Company for damages
for the recent wholesale discharge OF
conductors, the dismissed men placing
the damages in each case at
$50, 900; also that number OF griey-
ances had been considered which would
be presented to. the railway officials in q
few days, and il they we're not adjusted
a strike would be ordered. Whatever
action was taken was evidently unani-
NOUS, as all the members seemed to be
in good humor over the result Of the
meeting. About l35 members were
present. H ;" .aG sfUsl.uss. =. l.-9. "