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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-18
PENNIES At THE FERRY HOUSE.
You Would sThink There Would BE q
Plenty, but That Ii Not So.

Plenty. but That II Not So.
"Gimme 81 worth of pennies.
The grocery man up on the next cor
ner sent me, shouted boy as he put
up q crumbled bill at the box in the
ferry house at the foot of Roosevelt
street yesterday.
Cant do it," said the ferry master
"havent got 'em to spare"
"What're you givin' us9" returned
the boy as he again closed his dirty
fingers around the bill. you've got
dead loads of 'em over there, only
you're too mean to give 'em to fell
low" With this the boy made a gri-
mace and darted into the street.
NEARLY every one imagines that we
have pennies by the thousand" said
the ferry master to Sun reporter,
''but the fact is we're nearly always
short of pennies"
"And doing a penny business, too9
It doesn't seem possible"
81 know it doesn't, but / can make
you understand it very easily. Just
stand here for ten minutes and keep
track of the money take in, and you
can figure it out"
The reporter kept tally as directed.
In ten minutes forty-six persons passed
the box. The largest bill that was Of
fercd was 50 bill. Two fares were
taken out, and four pennies had to go
with the $1.94 change. One fare was
taken out of 81 bill, and two pen
MES went with the 81 cents change.
-Four fifty-cent pieces for four fares en-
tailed a outgo of two pennies in the
forty-seven cents change to each pas
senger. Three single fares were taken
from three quarters, and the change
in each instance contained two pen
MES Two other quarters were offered
and two fares were taken from each,
making necessary the return in the
change of eight pennies. Four dimes
were offered for four single fares, and
eight pennies went in the change, and
two dimes for two fares each required
the return of eight pennies more.
Single fares were taken from eleven
five cent pieces, and twenty-five pen
MES went in change. Thrice passen-
gers laid down three pennies each as
they passed.
This business occupied just ten
minutes, and single examination
shows how it affected the stock of pen
MES. Sixty-one pennies were paid out
to make proper change, and only
thirty-nine were received, showing
decrease of twenty-seven pennies.
When the ferry master had min
ute OF leisure he looked at the figures.
''That is little above our average"
he said. 1--WE usually pay out from
100 to $50 more pennies an hour than
are received. Our biggest outgo is on
Sundays and holidays. Then we start
off with $50 in pennies, and before the
day Is done we frequently run short"
New York Sun.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-18
Inspiration from Dreams,

Since Robert Louis Stevenson wrote
"A Chapter on Dreams, and gave the
little Brownies of his sleeping brain
the credit of many of the fanciful Gre
ations of his waking hours, several
we'll known novelists have acknowl-
edged to the dreaming of plots. The
Duchess, in a recent newspaper ar
ticle, wrote that at least two-thirds of
the innumerable characters who figure
In her innumerable novels have been
spun from the stuff which dreams are
made of, and if she meets an interest
Ing man or woman, who is in the least
suggestive of material, and goes to
sleep with this new personality freshly
photographed in her mental camera,
she is pretty sure to dream it up into
shape before the dawn of day.ICur-
rent Literature.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-18
John T. Raymond's Hotel Joke.

heard funny story the other day
about Jimmy Pigott, that clever actor,
who first came to this country think
with Mrs. Langtry and afierward act
ed with young Sothern. Jimmy Pi-
gott was at one time very well known
in the gay set about London. and like
many another good fellow lost his
money and had to turn round and
make his bread and butter Just be-
fore he came to this country he met
John r. Raymond, whose advice he
asked about the hotels and other mat
tiers. This is the result: When Mr..
Pigott got here he stepped into cab
and requested to be taken to the
''Hotel Tombsl" The cabby asserted
that he did not know of any such
place. Then" said Pigott ito the
Hotel Ludlow" Again cabby insisted
on his ignorance 'Well, of all stupid
cabman l ever came across, this is the
stupidestl What hotel would you
recommends" Hotel Dam, sir. I"
Dam yourself" said Pigott, getting
out of the cab and posing himself for
q fight. The cabby was quickly off
the box, only too ready to begin, and
it was only after the surrounding cab
men had explained that Pigott realized
that he had been sold by his friend
Mr.. Raymond, and that the cabby's
intentions were quite honorable. That
same afternoon the genial English
man went to the ticket Office to in
quire the price of a ticket to Salt Lake,
as he had a brother there, and he
thought he would like to spend the
afternoon with himl His astonish-
ment when he discovered that the
ticket would be in the neighborhood
of 5000, and that he could scarcely be
there in time for dinner, can be better
imagined than described. New York
Cor. Chicago Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-18
Longevity OF Insac%.

1t IS well known that Sir John Lub-
2 has shown how long insects may
1--we when kept out of harms wav
The greatest age attained by any in
sect, SO far as is known, is that reached
6y the queen of an ant Formica
fusca), which lived in his care until
Aug. ., 1888, when she must have
been nearly Is years old. Another
queen OF the same species died at the
advanced age of over Is years. He has
now a queen of another kind of ant
Uaslus niger, which is moro than 8
years ole, and still lays fertile eggs
which produce female ants. New Or
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-18

Did you ever think what place q
depot in city like Minneapolis is for
the study of human nature, and what a
world of interesting sights and scenes
are to be had there2 If one could become
ubiquitous for an hour or two and
stand disinterested observer at all the
railroad stations and become oblivious
to everything else for the time being.
what would be the impression2 Why,
# you look at the incoming trains as
they stop, you woulc be tempted to
think that everybody had run away
from everywhere else and come to
Minneapolis and brought his w. and
daughter, or somebody else's wife or
daughter, and all were hurrying with
all their nights and mains to get away
from the depot before they got arrest
ed. And this impression would not be
lessened by the rush and scuffie be-
tween them and the hackmen and cab
men and draymen and hotel and
boarding house drummers, as the lat
ter grab and nab, and rush and push
and yell and scramble to get baggage
and passengers into their various con
veyances, and the former lodging and
showing and rushing and Juggling and
pulling at goods and grips and other
luggage; dogs. canary birds and ba-
bies.
But then your attention is drawn
from all these before they are out of
sight by another such a crowd rushing
and hurrying the other way, just as if
everybody was running away from
Minneapolis and going to other parts
unknown, taking with them all the
money, all the portable property, all
the wives, daughters, dogs and-and
babies of themselves and their neigh
bors, and were all doing their very
best to get out of the city before they
were arrested. At the gate the keeper
seems to think so too, as he gives each
of them a punch as they pass out.
This hurry and scuffle, hustle and rus
tie and hustle, is being repeated every
hour in the day and many hours in the
night. This is too wearying, almost
bewildering to the brain. No doubt
good many of these crowds, both ways,
contain some runaway thieves, bur
glars, bank defaulters, clippers, etc.,
for the next thing that attracts the at
tentiOn is the crowds of ever dreaded,
ever welcome, never appreciated,
never feared and never half respected
ubiquitous newsboys, crying, in every
imaginable key and tone of voice:
Here's your JOur-'naway All about
the lates' scandal psf. Paul Pioneer
Press.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-18
Following the Line of Duty.

Postmaster pointing triumphantly at rat
holeJ-Do you see that holea That's where 50
much OF the missing mail matter has gone.
The cat caught the rat little while ago and
dragged out peck of letters, all torn and
chewed into little bits. That vindicates me
completely. 1t was the rat, sir-it was
the rat.
Citizen dubiously)- didn't you know
mail matter was missing all the timea
Postmaster course.
Citisen-Then why didn't you catch the rat
yourselfi
Postmaster with dignity I'm not paid to
catch rats, sir. Ny business Il to attend to
the postoface Chicago TribunA =
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-18
A Godsend to English Farmers,

Wire barbed fencing has proved to
be godsend to English farmers. They
are using it around their fields quietly
to annoy and prevent fox hunters
from trampling their crops They say
nothing of the sort, of course, only
keep on putting up the barbs as con
venient and cheap fence. The horses
and hounds are often injured by these
fences. There is no law to prevent
the use of the wire, and not likely to
be. So revolution is wrought in the
manners OF English barristers and par
sons and gentlemen by the bits of
twisted wire invented for us on our
western prairies, where timber is
scarce.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-18

Mrs. Potter's one overweening taste.
and one on which she spends not a
small portion of the $500 a week that
She receives, is new gowns. She
doesn't seem to care much how or
where she lives or what she eats or
what she drinks or about furniture,
bric-a-brac or jewelry, but fine dress
or q new shade so captures her fancy
that If she had to pledge all her other.
dresses to get it she would do so. Her
private gowns, as well as her stage
gowns, nearly all come from Europe.
New York journal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-18
No Occasion for Thanks.

One occasion when Tom Ochiltree
returned home from congress there
was very little travel upon the rail.
road, and he was the only person of
consequence on the train. When il
stopped at his town there was an u1,-
usual crowd around the depot. and
naturally enough he thought it had
assembled to welcome him. So he
stepped out on the platform and be-
gan:
Gentlemen, l thank you for this
hearty demonstration".
demonstration thunder!'' said one
OF the crowd. John Dills has inst
committed suicide in the depot
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-18
Speaking in the Singular.

That worthy chip of an old block.
Dumas the younger, inherited no small
share OF the paternal gift of repartee.
Many years ago, when the pair were
travelling in Spain, they came to a part
OF the country said to be infested by
brlgands: What idiots we were, ex
claimed Dumas the son, Ito forget our
pistolsp "You might as we'll speak
in the singular NUMBER" quietly sug
gested Dumas the father. TRUE" re
piled the son, with smile, II stand
corrected ] ought to have said, what
an idiot you were to forget them !''-
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-18
Tho Natural Result.

Feddler-1 am introducing . new kind Of
hair brush which
Business Man dmpatiently1- rve no use
Tor hair brush. Can't you see I'm baldi
Peddler-Yes, sir. Your lady, perhaps
Business Man-She's bald, too, except when
che goes out
Feddler-Yes. sir. Child at home, proba-
Thy
Business Man-Only . month old. Bald
too.
Peddler-Yes. sir. You keep . pet dog,
maybe
Business Man-We do; but its . hairless
dog.
Peddler tdesperately)-Can't I sell you .
~ trap. sirf-Chicago Tribune.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-18

A French ballet girl has recent,
been proven the daughter of deceased
marquis and the heir to fortune OF
several millions: America says that
she Is now enriched by her father
after having long been supported by
her grande pas.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-18

A revolution is threatened in the wine
trade. Some one has discovered q method
of making wine from raisins, which, it is
said, gives better results than wines
made from grapes. However that may
be, the Ere 1ch Government have been
80 much influenced by the proposal as to
impose heavy excise duty on rlisins.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-18

Sentimentalists like Byron and Shell.
Icy might have a horror of woman
who confessed to a hearty appetite;
but the women who fill homes with
sunshine are those who can both cook
2 good dinner and help to eat it,
Christian World
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1890-05-15
NUMERO4 4
TARIF DES ANNONCES.

Par semalne
|Un Pouce. s. sc
Un quart de Colonne. .............. 800
Une demi Colonne ................ 40C
Une Colonne. 700
Tariff special pour les announces all mois
ct 'annee. Par lignes
Avis-Chaque insertion. ....... 10 cents
Avis de Deces. s................. cents
Avis de marriages, so cents.
Demandes mploi--demandes de do-
mestiques ou mployes-annonces pour
chambre ou pensicn-annonces pour Oh.
jets perdus ou trouves,
Au taux de UN CENTIN par met.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1890-05-15
Tue au tribunal.

Un drame sanglant s'est deroul6
au tribunal de Memphis, Tennes-
see, It cause une grande sensa-
ton dams la Vile. Un nomm6 Jake
Ackerman etc tue par sa femme,
en- plein tribunal, pendant l'audien-
ce.
II faut dire qu'Ackerman 6tait
un dangereux malfaiteur, ayant su-
bi d6ja nombfe de condamnations
pour vols de grand chemin ct pilla-
ge de trains de chem1n de fer ct
autres crimes du meme genre. Ar
ret6 de nouveau, lundi soir, pour
avoir battu So femme, Alderman
devait etre jug6 mercredi matin.
Sa femme s'6talt rendue q aPaudien-
CO pour soutenir sa plainte, ct Fac
cus6, Sc trouvant aupres d'elle, s'est
pench6 pour lui parler a l'oreil]e,
mais en- meme temps, la femme qui
faisait semblant de P6couter, sor-
TAFT un revolver de gros calibre de
uS6SOuo 0Ou mduV0du ol 1ul OIL VI {.
rait trois coups dams l'abdomen.
Tout celia s'est pass6 81 vite que
personne ma Gu le temps d'intreve-
mir. Ackerman a roul6 sur le plan
cher, en- peraant des fots de sang
par ses pleasures ct il est mort apr4s
une heure de souffrances atroces.
La femme d'Ackerman, quolque
appartenant, dit on, q une famille
honorable de Camden, Missouri,
await personnellement une r6puta-
tion aussi d6testable que celle de
son mari. Ellie etc arret6e i'm
m6d1atement apr6s le crime, mais
ellie men manifesto aucun repen-
tir, meme lorsqu'on lui a aanonce
qu' Ackerman 6tait mort de ses bles-
suree.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1890-05-15
POUR RIRE.

Une refexion bien f6minine:
Madame va pour louer une v,lla:
Cos fenetres sont bien NAL pla.
Gees; les voisins peuvent voir tout
CO qui Sc passe dams la maison.
Isl vous louez la maison, ma
dame, le proprietaire fera murer
les fen6tres.
-Mais alors comment ferals-je
pour volr chez les autres?
***
Marriage moderne:
Eh bien! t'es-tu decide d de-
mander So main?
"Non. Je ne sails pas encore au
juste co quill y a dedans.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1890-05-15

Trois families venant de Finlande
vinrent s'6tablir la semaine derni4-
re pres de Broadland, Dakota du
Sud.
Dams la premiere il y a l9 en-
fants, dams la deuxieme IL ct dams
la troisieme l6 Solt So personnes
avec les p6res ct m4res.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1890-05-15

Sommaire de la livralson de mai
1890 du Canada F'rancais.
Dix ans aux Canada. de 1910 3
1850 (suite) "A. Germ La]oie.
Aux temps des vleux cr6oles.-
La plantation des bellies demoisel-
les (Traduction) Geo. w. Cable.
Les grands drames-A. B. Rou-
thier.
LIE souvenir. .-Po6sie-Sylyain
Foret.
Annibal. .--Nouvelle canadienne
(suite) Napoleon Legendre.
Barbe bleue-Louis Fr6chette.
LIE N1colet. -Poesie = Adolphe
Poisson.
Voyage en- Gr6ce.-athenes, IA.
cropole (suite) )--Chs de Martigny.
L'Asile Galignani.--Mme Raoul
Dandurand.
Stances.--Jullette, quatorzieme
enfant de la famille FIRE.
chette.
LIE pays des grands lacs au
XVIIe steele Benjamin Suite.
LIE Printemps.- --Poesie sie-Sylvain
Foret.
L'Honorable P.-J. O. Chauveau,
"A. B. Routhier.
Revue 6trangere-Napol6on LIE.
gendre.
photographic - Liable Aug.
Gosselin, N. L., L. F., T. III.
Documents in6d1ts. .-(Sur PAca.
die.-Suite.)
C.-R6glement des limites.-
1853. (Suite.)
CI.- -Registres des Acadlens de
Belle-Isle-en-Mer. (Suite.)
Paroisse de Sauzon.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1890-05-15
SOMMAIRE DES~ ANNONCES

Nous appelons dune facon toute
particuliere lattention de nos lec-
teurs sur les annonces qui parais.
sent dams PEcHo DE L'OUEsT.
Toutes les maisons de commerce
qui font de la reclame dams notre
journal peuvent etre complies par
mi les premi6res de la vile tant au
point de vue de l'assortiment en-
marchandises qua celui du bon
march6.
Dun autre cote la plupart den
tr'elles emploient de nos compa-
triotes CONNIE commits, ct il est de
notre devoir de patronner les mai
sons qul donnent du travail aux
n0tres.
Done de preference, quand nous
avons des achats a faire en- mar
chandises seches allons chez:
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1890-05-15
j. @. MARQUIS, Collaborateur

Mon notaire nest pas en- Belgi-
que. Je ne suis done pas RUNE j'ai
phonneur
Ma1s asseyez-vous done, mon
cher enfant! Je vais appeler C5ci.
le...
Mon! pas C6cilel Nous nous
etions tromp6s, tous les deux: nous
ne nous aimons pas! J'ai Phonneur
de vous demander la main de Mile
Alice, que j'adore! Et, 81 vous me
la refust z, Je me brittle la cervellel
Heinz. C'est Alice, mainte-
nant? r6pllqua lancien magistrat,
complement ahuri. Mais je nv
vols aucun inconv6n1ent, puisque
vous n'6tes pas RUNE!
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1890-05-15

Cling minutes apres, Bernard en-
trait CONNIE une bombe dams le sa.
lon quill await quite, 81 triste une
heure auparavant, ct, s'adressant q
l'ancien maglstrat qui sly trouvait
seul:
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-07
\ COWardIy Murder.

TusCALA, Ills, May "A murder
occurred Sunday night near Hum
boldt that has created considerable
excitement, and there are many
threats of lyBching. 1t was alleged
that while three prominent young
farmers of that vicinity were on
their way home at late hour, one of
them, James Rogers, was set upon by
the other two, Alfred Campbell and
George Kingsland, and beaten to
death with clubs. They were all in
toxicated and had with them jug of
whisBey. Campbell was arrested
last night in Nation.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-07
Nearly Killed by the Strikers

SAN FRANCISCO, May 7.-Edwin
Stokes, of Philadelphia, who came to
this city to take the place of one of
the striking iron moulders, was
nearly killed Monday night by a
crowd of men, whom he says are
strikers.
He worked in the Union Iron Works
and had agreed to join the strikers
when he was set upon by crowd of
men and fearfully beaten and stab bed
in the leg. He was taken to the
strikers headquarters and his condi-
ton was not ascertained until yester-
day. Frank VIII, one of the non
union men, captured at the Fulton
Iron Works, Sunday, was practically
held by force at the strikers head
quarters all day Monday.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-07
4 New Fan Power.

The San Antonio Gas Company has
placed fine Onc-horSc power OTTO Gas
Engine in the Two Brothers Saloon, cor
nrr Alamo and East Commerce streets.
for the purpose of turning the rotary fans
i'm this establishment. The engine was
started this morning and is now working
to perfection. being much more preferable
than the common water motor heretofore
used. The Gas Company sell these en-
gincS and put them up, and while this is
the first one used for this purpose. in San
Antonio, and HarniSch & Baer will have
the second, the company is prepared Ofll
all orders for them.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-07
Not a Necessity of life.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 7.-Accord-
ing to decision rendered by Judge
Creighton in the circuit court of San
CANON county yesterday, tobacco is
not Ole of the necessaries of life and
a tobacco bill cannot be collected by
process.of law from a minor. Some
time ago j. J. Seaman got judgment
in a justice court against Charles
Smith on an account, the items being
mainly whiskey and tobacco. Smith
appealed the case and the circuit
iudg &c decided as above.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-07
The Cushing a Hustler.

New YORK, May The New York
Sun says that the United States tor
pedo boat Gushing made the run from
Newport TO New York in 6 hours and
81 minutes, thus breaking the time
of the steam yacht, Now Then, made
three years ago, by seven minutes.
She did this in the face of head
wind choppy sea, and in spite of
the fact that her crew is composed
entirely of green men. The Now
Then when she made her famous
record on July II, 1887, had every
thing in her favor. She awaited a
clear day when the wind was in her
favor, and she started at II o'clock in
the morning so as to take advantage
of the tide.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-07
Heavy Mortality Bills,

ALBANY, May The monthly
bulletin for March, Just issued by the
State Board of Health, indicates that
the mortality for that month is in ex-
cess of any March record for the past
five years by S44. The average daily
death rate for the State in March was,
however, only 300, as against 3O6 for
February and 39S for January the
grip month.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-07
TEXAS STAT
SELECTED FROM OUR Z
AND STATE SPECIA

rains are NbIlN'' ltl'l' hIlIllil- I
between Oak Cliff and Dallas.
The Austin base ball club has rem
home from Waco.
The widow Of the lat" postmaster a.
Richardson. wants his place. Y
The new depot at Georgetown i nearly
completed.
The BrazoS river is five miles wild" at
the confluence of Mill creek. near S"aly.
The assistant state gcologiSt> ar" start
ing out for various points IN tn" state.
Two thousand fine b""v"S have Just
been shipped morthward from SraIy.
Colorado City expects to handl" more
wool this year than at any previous time.
I.ockhart will have a regular mail ser
vice over the :. \. Z. on the 10Th.
The poles for the telephone lines be-
tween Brrvillc and OakVll" ar" ready.
Kyle has been visited by another sever"
wind and hail storm.
G.. W. TucK Kills Thomas Benton fom
miles from Argyle. Both Wcr" drunk.
Fort Wooden Mills company files char
ter.
Austin real c>tat" agents HAY" formed
into an association.
The Miburn Wagon company will con-
Struct brick warehouse at Austin.
Alfred Hardic. who twice tried 10 sui
eide at Galveston. is recovering.
Seven tine horses are missing from the
| hotel lot at Tuyah and il is feared they
! are stolen.
The Caddo farmers HAY" to carry their
| cotton fifteen or twenty miles 10 gin ana
| feel the need Of on" nearer home"
Spencer Ware. a farmer. while attempt
| inr 10 board a local freight AT Gainesville,
fell and had part of his right foot cut o ',
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-07
Valuable Timber Burned

SALTWATER, Mimi, May Mil
lions of feet of pine are being con-
sumed in the st. Croix valley by for
est fires. For miles the air is so
filled wirh smoke that breathing is
almost impossible. Hundreds of men
are at work blowing around their
meadows to prevent the spread of
the forest fires. The wood land can
not be saved, and the fire will cease
only after exhausting it's supply OF
combustibles. Many woodsmen have
deserted their homes and gone south
ward.