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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-11
Fell 6.415 Feet and Lives.

The remarkable series of Alpine dis
asters in 1888 were evidently taken to
heart by mountain climbers, for the last
season has been almost without TRACE
dies above the snow line. The thou
sands who last summer scrambled up
and down hundred slopes in Switzer-
land all returned home unscathed.
though few of them had some ugly
tumbles which will teach them to OBJ
serve greater caution when they next
appear on the Alpine snow fields. The
season would have been entirely devoid
of exciting incidents if two or three
fatal accidents had not occurred in the
Bayarian and Austrian Alps. There
were also some hair-breadth escapes, as
for instance, that of the North German
tourist, who, with his guide, tumbled
head over heels down a mountain side a
distance of 5,415 feet, and still lives to
tell the tale. A story like that will en-
terrain his grandchildren fully as much
as though he had conquered the Matter
horn IN " SIM
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-11
Had the Requisite Experience.

Superintendent of Dry Goods Store
So you are an applicant for the position.
Iwant some one who has had good
deal of experience in floor-walking.
Applicant have specialized in Wall
street for twenty years.
Superintendent of Dry Goods Store
You are engaged. Epoch.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-30
PERSON AL.

POSTMASTER GENERAL WANAMAgEE Is said 20
look worried and weary,
Hoy. J. D. G. ArKISs declines TO become a
candidate for governor OF Tennessee
NRs. IoAA \. HARPEE has been made the man
aging editor Of the Te-re Haute Ne,rs.
RCaoRED that on leaving the Isle OF Jersey
Gen Boulanger viii come 10 New York.
TIE Ss-IrAx OF TuEKzr has sent the Emperor
Of Germany handsome copy Of the Koran
MAYOR TITLEa Of Philadelphia would like to
succeed ex-senator Palmer a. minister to Spain
JogS B. CCRTIs OF Portland Ne, has made
nearly Sl,0O, 00O in the manufacture OF chewing
gum
TAG SECOND VOLUME Of Donald @. Mitchell's
English Lands, Letters and Kings is nearly
ready.
PRESIDENT HARRIsoS suffers good deal from
DYSPEPSIA lie really ought to give up pie for
breakfast.
AlEkAvDER IRELAND of Manchester. England.
has ndertaken to write u sketch of the life Of
PRIME MISIsTEa CRIspI is millionaire. though
poorest among Italian revolutionary exiles
thirty years ago.
LAWRENCE BARRETT is at Nice. He writes to
friends inthis country that he is greatly i'm
proved ia health.
Mrs. MARSHALL o. RoBERTs will ply S12, GO
for the use of Lord Spenc.r's Lon ion house
during the season.
TIE SULTAN OF TURKEY has been advised by
his physicians 10 take more exercise. He is
growing very feshy.
The Prince Of Naples heir apparent to the
throne of Italy, is suffering from oyerstudy.
There IS no royal road to learning.
EMPEROR WILLIAM OF Germany win soon visit
the Belgian capital. King Leopold, who is now
IN Italy, viii meet him at Antwerp.
PRINCE Henry of Battenberg has had an
other quarrel with Queen Victoria. 1t is ru.
| mored that he vas caught matching coins with
| q iac8ey.
POSTMASTER GENERAL WASAMAKER is more
sensitive to newspaper comment than any men,
Der Of the cabinet. Poor John! He mus: have
suffered severely of late.
A NEW POET has arisen in the far west whom
William D. Howells praises for his "let-loose-
ness, whatever that may be. Perhaps it is
the same as q cycioles leading characteristic
AN AMERICAN, who recently saw Prince Murat
| in Paris. says that the gilt-edged matrimonial
catch is looking old and worried He should be
| careful. His marTet value depends somewhat
| upon his personal appearance.
REPRESENTATIVE MCKIHLEY Is looking very far
| from well. He has not recovered from his re-
cent illness. Roger Q. Mills weakened his con-
stitutiOa by his work on his tariff bill A man
who tries TO originate u satisfactory tariff
measure places his health and happiness in
| jeopardy.
THE LATE DUKE OF MANCHESTER was q very
| good fellow. He had pleasant face and was
very popular. His wife was the charming
| Countess Louise Frederick Augusta Won Alton
| of Hanover For a quarter OF century she
1 be a leading place in the highest circle Of Lon
| don society.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-30
A Visit to TolstoL.

DR.. Alice B. Stockham OF this city, says the
Chicago Tribune, who during her recent visit
to Russia was for two days the guest OF Count
Tolstoi and his family, has many interesting
facts to tell of their personal appearance, char
acteristics and methods of living. She IL esps-
calIy enthusiastic in her praise of the countess,
q beautiful woman who. although IS and the
mother OF thirteen children, h - still the fresh
ness OF youth in her face as well as in her heart
Her habits are simplicity itself. When first
seen by DR.. StockhaID at her country house the
noble Russian la iy. dressed in q calico wrapper,
was engaged in trundling her baby in the woods
Almost as unpretendinZ was her afternoon
dress OF plain black wooden made as simply as
possible.
Countess Tolsto is busy woman, for not
only does she attend to her domestic concerns,
which, with large family and inefficient Rus
sian servants, demand both time and labor but
also to her husbands business affairs. She has
IN addition to all this made rfimerons hekto-
graph copies of some of his books that are for
hidden publication, but that in this form are
circulated through the mails Her children are
taught to make themselves useful and assist in
domestic work. Nine of them are now living.
the younge.t being CHILD of years. The old
est daughter at home, sweet girl of lS, with a
pretty, spiritual face. is in ardent sympathy
with her fathers views and often helps him in
his labors for and with the poor. All members
OF the Interesting family speak English per-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-30

4 nice-looking artist of pleasing address who
was sent to Vassar college by one of the news
papers to make sketches OF the pretty girls,
says the New York Star VIII not be forgotten
for some time by three of the young ladies he
met there. Toe advent of q handsome New
Yorker is enough to cause commotion in the
seminary, but the appearance of an artist, and
one who was going 10 draw their pictures set
the hearts of the susceptible young girls a-aut-
tering. They were ass duOuS If their tentions
to him, and he enjoyed the pleasure of being
courted instead OF counting until, during a
jocoSe moment hs mentioned to several
grouped about him that ne probably had more
correspondence with them than any of their
gentlemen friends. The students were sur
prised, and asked him TO explain.
You received the corset | sent you, | sup
pose, he said. speaking to Miss F.
~ said the girl, her eyes distended with
establishment.
Yes; bust GO, waist 49, respon lei the artist
Sir" said Mss F., Indignantly
YOU said the visitor. turning TO Miss c..
wrote asking mo to send you six pairs of
CLICKED silk No. SO hose did you not?'
Il never h ard Of you before to-day" re-
spon1ed the girl. her face flushed aad her
breast heaving with excitement.
We'll now, Miss l." said the artist. Il
hope you won't deny that l. at your request
sent You a cream colorei satin dress and pair
of No % corsets,'
This was too much for cNe MODEST youny
women, and they fled from the room scream
ing. To one OF the professors, who demanded
an apology, the artist explained that he hal
been private secretary for the head of the hi
dry goods house of - at the time he received
the letters
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-30
The Work of the Cyclone.

1t will be several days before an approx
mately correct estimate Of the loss of life
and damage to property, caused by Thurs
day nights cyclone, can be made. The storm
swept over a great extent of country, but
the ruin it wrought in the country and
small towns IS overshadowed by the Louis
vile calamity. 1t is certain, however, that
very many persons were killed, and a vast
amount Of property was destroyed outside
of Louisville. The dispatches say that there
was great loss of life and property at Ma
rion, KY, that Bowling Green. KY, was
completely wiped out, that BLACKBOARD, KY,
was almost totally destroyed, that in Point
Township, Posey county, Kentucky, nearly
100 persons were killed, and that Metropolis
and other towns in Illinois were virtually
wrecked.
There are reasons for thinking that the
estimates of the loss of life and property In
Louisville are below the truth. Il will not
be possible to know definitely for several
days how many were killed or what the
value of the property was that was de-
stroyed, and the extent of the calamity in
the entire territory swept by the storm will
never be accurately known. There have
been many great wind storms in this
country, but it is safe to say that Thursday
nights storm caused a greater loss of life
and property than any other.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-30
No Navy Yard For New orleans.


Two committees, one from New Orleans
and one from Pensacola, are in Washington
in connection with the proposed navy yard
on the gulf coast. The commission that
was appointed to select q site reported, as is
already known, in favor Of New Orleans,
but the Pensacola people think that if the
advantages of their port are properly pre-
sented their city will stand a better chance
OF getting the navy yard than New Orleans.
The Times Democrat, Of New Orleans,
has reached the conclusion that neither that
nor any other city Is going to get navy
yard from this congress. 1t has found out
that the republican majority in congress is
not in favor of making appropriations Of
public money that do not help their party,
but what had dampened its hope more than
anything else is that Mr.. Tracy, the Secre-
tary of the Navy, says that he is opposed to
government navy yards. He declares that
ships for the government can be built to
much better advantage by contract in pri-
vate navy yards. He has therefore refused,
thus far, to send to congress the report of
the commission that decided in favor Of
New Orleans.
The secretary says that it might be advis-
able to build a dry dock and a repairing yard
at New Orleans, and he may recommend
something of the kind. 1t is pretty positive
however, that New Orleans isn't going to
have navy yard yet awhile
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-30

Southern Trip OF the Pan-Anl sricans.
Several towns in Georgia are ilc.uded in
the programme that has been arranged for
the southern trip OF the pau-Americans,
AMI We are glad OF their good fortune. bnt
We wouli Ike TO know the real reason for
leaving Savannah out Of the list Of cities to
be visited. Has Executive Oficer Curtis a
grievance against Savannah. l. would
seem 50. since he has a map in his Office on
which Savannah does not appear. It can
not be possible that he is 50 ignorant that
he does not know that there is such city
as savanna. l. is true that he is ignorant
about a good many things. one Of them
being the amour. paid flr carrying the
mails from Key West to Havana.
If we are not mistaken this Mr. Curtis is
the man who published a paper not very
long ago, IN which he tried 10 make it
appear that the Plant steamers running
from Tampa to Havana We're paid an i'm
Inense sum as n subsidy for carrying the
mails between Key West and Havana. In
a little pamphlet, II answer TO Mr.. Curtis
paper, MIR. p ant pointed out quite clearly
that Mr. Curtis was wholly ignorant Of Jhe
matter Of which he pretended to be SO well
informed Mr.. Plant showed, as a matter
Of fact, that the greater part of the amount
which his ships received for CARRYING the
mails was paid for transporting the mails
from Tampa to Key West, ard toat the
government was paying less now for the
mail service which he was performing than
ever before. As Mr. Curtis could not con-
tradict Mr.. Plants statements he took
refuge in profound silence.
But it cannot be due TO ignorance that
Savannah has no place on Mr. Curtis map.
Savannah is known all over the civilized
world, and Mr.. Curtis, having Travelled
about coed deal, must have heard of her.
He must have some grievance. If he will
come 10 Savannah and bring the pam
Americans with him he will find that our
artillery punch will make him forget it. A
few drinks of that delicious and seductive
beverage will make him wonder how lie
came to purchase map upon which Savan-
nah has no pace. Perhaps the programme
will undergo sill further changes and that
Savannah will appear upon it. If the pan
Americans miss seeing Savannah their
Southern trip will not be complete. 1t is
admitted that Savannah is the most beauti-
full city in the SOUTH and Hon. Abram
Hewitt says that she is destined to be the
great metropolis of the south. II is, there
give them the opportunity of seing her.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-30
BRIGHT BITS.

THE ADVANCE AGENT OF spring appears to
have made dates which he was unabl. TO fill.-
Galrest0R Aees.
The BEGINNER is never quite sure whether he
is riding the bicycle CT the bicycle is riding
him. WASHINGTON Star.
THERE Is no use of shedding tears over split
milk 1t probably has BEEN wateIei enough
already.-Terre Houte Express.
JAcK-Miss Kaw owns 10000 acres Of corn
land in Kansas.
Bo5-Job's turkey! Is she so poor as that
Washington star.
PsSELoPE-Isn't it detestable to hear a man
keep time TO the music with his feet'
jack-O, the music probably appeals to his
Sole.-MuHSsyS Weekly
wArTs-When my wife wants TO know what
kept me downtown 50 late l always tell her
like man.
Potts-In other words, you lie out of it
Ierre Haute ET0Yess.
Mr.. DE BoER-Miss Emma, perhaps ought
not to call during Lent, for understand you
deny yourself ali amusement.
Miss Eyes, l do, Mr.. de Boer. Come as
often as you like.-RGcket.
GRocER---what would you like to have my
good man?
I'd like to have a postoffice, but just now I'll
take half q pound. Of soda crackers.-IeruS
Sttings.
CLERx-That was fine-looking old couple
Floorwalker-Newly married. tao.
Cierk-HoG do you know:
Fioorwalker-He said we want to look at
some silks, instead OF I want.-Iere Hdute
Express
IN scHooI+--'Now, Katy, how many kinds of
poetry are therey''
The lyric, the dramatic, and the 9
cpl"
Elsie (breaking mo, know! The epidemic.
Bitegehde Batter.
IRISH IMMIGRANT "a few years hence)-Bad
luck to ould England. Dim in free Ameriky at
last. Can yez tell me phere Oh can find worruk?
Citizen-Go to No. 10 Blank street and ask for
the Employment Bureau OF the English syndi-
c4te.-AetC York Weekly.
ATTENTION is again directed to the use of
banana fiber for the manufacture of dress and
textile goods With stair carpets made of
banana fiber, how long would il take man to
get down from the top floor of the ten-story
building ?-Chica9o Herald.
THE MODERN PICruRE-BUYEa-"What kind of
a picture would you like to look at, sir?"
Very large very dear, but it must be by
some real modern painter; none of your com
monpace, worn-oilt names that everybody
knows '-fNegenGe Btditer.
JARRErr-Peterson IS absolutely the meanest
| man ever met. Do you know what that fellow
did when n was married?
Garrett-What: Declined to fee the Minister
Jarrett-Fee the miaister! Why, sir the
| ushers took up u collection at the wedding
LIFE
A NATURAL ACCOM- ANrMESr-Mfss Olive
| Green II sorry, but you know | sing at
| musicale tonight.
Jack Spicely-Indeedl May accompany yous
Miss Olive Green (surprised)-On what instru-
menty
Jack Spicely Gnjuredlyl-Why. on my feet, of
course ii mericdft Grocer.
PERHAPS HIS MEMORY WAS BAD.-An Austin
merchant says that Col. Harris Cheever, mem
Der of TIE Texas legislature, is tue champion
impolite man Of Texas What did he do that
was so impolit.:" asked friend who overheard
tue remark.
Il met MIN on the avenue" replied the mer-
chant, land he did not lift his hat to me- and it
Is the Identical one that / sold him on credit
during the last session of the legislature. and
waicn is not paid for yet. "-Terds Stftinqs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-30
McCalla and the M!dshipm N.

when saiei with Lieutenant Commander
McCalla several years ago." said young naval
officer to a Washin Ston Pos, reporter he hai
already made reputation as a rigid discipln l.
rian. One day it chancei that a mid shipma1
whom he had sent ashore went trihe beyond
the instructions given him with relation to his
errand. The matter was not OF the least i'm
portance, but McCalla chide1 him sharply, say
ing:
what you are told 10 do and never a particle
more nor less.
The midshipman touched his hat respect
fully, but he thought the rebuke uncaled for
and blded his time for getting even. few
days later IcCaIla summoned MIN and sal /:
lyon will take a boat, sir, and 20 ashore to
the postoffice. See If there is a package there
for me-.
lay. ay. SIR
''Tne milshipman took the boat aud went
ashore When ne returned McCallA asked
"'Wei. sir. was there package for me at
the postolfce' .,.,,-,,
his cap.
"'Where Is ~
''At the postohice. SIR
what you dldnt bring IL With youf'
$50. sir
"'Why not, SIR
"'B-eaIse nal no orders 10 % 49, SIR
~ Told you - get thu package
''Iseg pardon. sir. Bat understood you %
tell me merely ~ es n tbers was "a packa for
you "a the p0ltOnice. ana could n0t venture -
DO particle more nor less tnaa nyinstract Ons
iads4feg
"Bccalia looked just then a. n h you'd have
lkef - a ~ ~ 90 tsIlpfn a.. tsyt b. Bas "a .
possible iof him - az anything yss mli
sEipniaD hsa g9i sglafe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-30
Woes of q Hotel Clerk

1T is mighty hard work to suit every one that
comes to this counter" said the CLERK at a
Chicago hotel TO Tribune reporter ''One
guest wants to know which is the best church in
Chicago, and before you can tell him another
wants to know the limit at some gambling
game. OF course they think we know il all
Just this moment directed visitor TO a hat
store. He want ID to know the latest style and
then asked il he would Look we'll in a brown
derby. As he has one of the best rooms in the
mouse answered thai he looked well in any
thing. The greatest trouble is ex-
perience1 i'll directing guests to places
OF amusement. There's no accounting
for tastes in that line Never before got
such set back as did one day last week
rich chap wGs here from st. Louis Nice fellow
you know. but you had to know him we'll
When he asked for the best place to spend a
few hours looked him over and made up nv
mind that good tragedy would just catch him
so told him TO see Richard Mansfield in Rich
ard Ill He looked at me for minute and I
repeated the directions.
wouldn't want to go there he said
" Papers say it's good retorted
Well. I've seen all the shows and know a
BIT about them. That Mansfield is a good
enough actor, but Richard III is such chest
nut.
Another jar like that" concluded the clerk.
and I'll quit"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-30
Ruling Passion strong in Death.

The old doctor was in rather a sentimental
mood, says the San Francisco Chroni cle.
have noticed that of ali liquors to make people
sentimental hot Scotch whisky seems to be
the most effective. II mellows the emotion so
TO speak, and plays on the Iachrymal ducts
Strange that from such bleak, cold country
should come the most emotional OF liquors. A
man when he Is full Of hot Scotch whisky grad
ually becomes affectionate and kindly and
quotes poetry sentimental poetry. The old
doctor had been talking very sentinentally
about sick people and death and other cheerful
themes
"Ah. well, he said 'I'ye been doctor forty
years. l bage seen many sad scenes. but |
never stood AZ death-Ded without mourning
for TIL living.
= have seen some laughable things. too"
SAID TIE doctor. Human nature cOmes out
when people hrc very sick WAS called ia
once - attend lady who was taken sud
denly ~ and WAS quite SIRE she was a0inR 70
de- There sas uutbirg very serious the mat
tfg with her, but ne wa quite sure her end was
near.
"'Doetor.' sha said. 4 know ! am going 20
DE-. D4ut Tell ny husband, but VI me ash you
ofse favor before "a.
"'Nhat "a ~ ! asked.
"iMfisfeF, dgefQT Afl MerF % hE niy
bangs isgf0fe they bury me
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-30
Wnat We Know About Farming.

Hon JOAN 7. Henderson, commission er
of agriculture, a day or two ago wrote a
F letter T. Hon. R. T. Nesoitt, Of Marietta,
. Ga. and closed it with assurances OF his DIS
{ tingaished consideration. Trese assurances
may be entirely sincere but the questions
which M Henderson pat to NJ. Nesbitt
create the impression that they were ten
dered in a spirit Of sarcasm.
I Mr. Hs1de-son'i letter was written in an
swer to an open letter from Ar. Nssbitt
1 In that letter Mr. Nesbitt was anxious, APP
parently. TO know quite number Of things
about which Mr.. Henderson could give hin
information. For instance, lie wanted 70
know the amount Mr.. Henderson drew
from the state annually, how much he had
drawn in all, how much his son and brother
il-law We're drawing. how many cle-kships
he had created, etc.
To al Of these questions. Mr.. Henderson
made very frank answers, aud then be asked
Mr.. Nesbltt some questions. He wanted to
know, among other things, what Mr.. Mes
bitt had ever done TO advance the agricul-
tural interests Of the state, or what sugges-
ton he had made that had helped the farm
g = A1G dISO WaIS5Nl 10 KNOW II MT. NrS-
bitt did not join the farmers alliance efter
the Office Of commissioner of agriculture
had been made elective, and whether he did
not join it 10 make the race for commits
sioner. Mr.. Henderson asked good
many more questions but the fore
going are a sample, and they are
sufficient TO indicate that Mr.. Nesbitt wants
to be commissioned agriculture, and that
Mr.. Henderson, notwithstanding his assur-
ances OF distinguished consideration, pro-
poses TO hold on TO the Office himself not
only because he thinks he is better fitted for
it, but also because the farmers have never
found any fault with him.
1t is probable that Mr. Nesbitt will answer
Mr.. Hendersoa's questions, and he may ask
some more questions. Indeed, very inter-
esting correspondence between these agri-
cuiturists may spring up, and they may get
along so far as to tell the people what they
know about farming. If they should get
| along that far the farmers would take a
decided interest in their letters Il fact,
the questi II of which should have tho nom
ination for commissioner might be decided
| by such letters
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-30
A Very Good Story.

The gentleman seen about Hcvicker',
Theater las, week with long. gray side-whiskers
is T. c. Harriott, the husband OF Clara Morris
tie used to BE- a newspaper reporter in New
YORK. There was poor devil-his name was
kuioisOn-Hho was in the Tonbs Tor murder.
HaTIou wrote the story OF the murder. In
dong SO he became interested in the fellow AMI
o1eref 10 defend him in court, which he did.
Rlio5 son was convicted and d ID on the scaffold
harrlott never deserted him He went with
him 70 the scaifold and the last words of Rulof-
son were the ones he spoke to Hsrriott
Several years elapsed. Harriott was in san
Francl co. He went TO a picture gallery one
G;ay and saw man whose face vas familiar.
he said to him: Il must have seen you before.
What is your name:"
"Rulotson"
defended man by that name. accused OF
murder, IN New York. He was hanged"
The man turned wlits trembled ant walked
out OF the room The next landing above was
Ihe roof. The man went out there and com
united suicide. He was the brother of the man
whom HarriOtt had defended