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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-10-12


few streets away, blessed that same
little girl from the lowest deeps of his
grateful and astonished heart.
Meanwhile Mile went buoyantly
on. with the old crumpled rose on her
hat bobbing up and down in the sum-
mer wind.
Soon she met two girls who seemed
to be quarreling. One was larger than
the other and appeared to be very old
indeed She was possibly sixteen
years old, while her companion could
not have been more than fourteen.
II won't go back home, Kate" said
the Younger girl, who was pretty,
with face pink as seashell and
great liquid eyes, full of dark, starry
shadow. Fathers drunk half the
year OF course l love mother, but
she's always got the young ones to
mind. 10, III earn my own living the
best WIS, can"
''Susie!' cried the other girl, with a
Mortified accent.
Eyes. | viii! Oh! you go along,
Kate. ! know what I'm talking about
Amt got irst-class CHANGER
mo; it's y. rong'
Wrong? OH go along with your
notions. Went the Bowcry Paradise
give me eigE, dollars week to dance
only about :. half-hour every night in
the new pantomine? I'm to be one of
the Moonlight Fairies. Why. Kate,
just think! My dress'll be an white
lace and silver, and a pair o silver
wings and spangled slippers aud a
wand and a big half-moon On the top
o. my headr
Don't go. Susiev' urged Kats. s'It1I
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-10-12
Siberia IL Large.

A graphic idea of the immense size
of Siberia may be CLEANED from the
following comparison: All of the
states, kingdoms, principalities, en-
pires, etc, of Europe Except Russia)
and all of the United States. including
Alaska, could be placed side by si;le in
Siberia. and yet the uncdeered space
would be equal to country contain
ing an area of BOG, OOO, 600 square miles.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-10-12
Genius Rewarded.

Congressman sometimes adopt queer
expedients to gain the good will of
their constituents. Years ago, mem
Der from a western state was afraid
that his first term would be his last. as
he had not managed to make himself a
power in congress. While he was de.
batting what he should do, friend
said: "You live near the center of the
United States, don't you?'' Eyes"
Then, why don't you introduce bill
to have the capital moved to the prin-
cipal town in your district?'' The
congressman introduced the bill, and
the people of his district at once con-
cluded he was great man and sent
him back for another term He rein
troduced the bill in the next congress.
and, although it was promptly :. econ
holed in committee, his constituents
gave him third term, as reward for
his 0eniua.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-22

by name, bought new prospecting outfit,
consulting OF six horses and months pro-
visions, and the party set out over the Mullen
trail for the eastern slope Of the Rockies.
After many hardships the party reached the
Yellowstone, constructed a big raft and
floated down to tho Big Horn river, where
they made camp in the widest and most
hostile portion Of the United States. The
geography OF the country was little known to
them, and they did all their travelling 10y
night to avoid the Indians, so that when they
finally did make camp they had but
vague idea OF where they really were. The
range OF mountains which doomed up before
their eyes were nameess to the hardy pros
peotors, but they boldly set at work in
guleh. Prospecting and panning as they
went they struck better and better pay as
they went up, and finally in a denle in the
heart OF the mountains they came to a streak
Of pay-dlrt so wonderfully rich that it exceed
ed anything any OF them had ever seen or
heard Of They put down shaft to bed rocl,
only seven feet below and found gold from the
grass roots down, pannlng out from Ave cents
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-22


do not know how much could lit. An the
things that do arc equally easy, and can
not say that any one is more difficult than
tho Others
Shadows physician afterwards informed
me that this statement was literally true
That Shadows strength had never been fully
tested. One Of his feats is 10 support the
weight Of three horses. A gentleman once
asked him why ho had the horses so fat, and
he replied that It really made no difference.
for thousand pounds more or less we're
nothing 10 him
Have any noted men ever placed them
selves under your Instruction."
yes; among my pupils have been the
Prince Of Wales and the late Emperor Fred
erich OF Germany"
sandcw is not easy to interview upon mat
tiers which involve the suggestion OF self
praise. He is not only the strongest Of men.
but is also the most modest and the gentlest.
1 asked him number OF questions which he
excuse himself from answering, because his
responses might have been takon as implying
criticism Of others. He appreciates the fact
TINT he has boon handsomely received In this
country, und It Is his constant caro- to avoid
giving uttorance 10 anything that might Of
fend tho people Of the United States. In
private life, too he is considerable OF the
$1,000 -. 80, se'
ME- oairINa1 ~, -. - az w aiiowo
t,. 80 'I'',,9' ''ilV ie INNS
II u va '',,.' ~ ''a =, i'p''so OF our
u, En,,,, "',' ', .nt '''''' Il,'ny OF US
a,,,s- yius w, o.'''',s oo"9u' las,'loh
a,,, - Sa I'M ''''u "''on W. putS''uSo
t,lt , G. 80 we 'v up' 20 B9' 'n'i''S
I'D tat y, - ''tI ',. ~ ilu.'l,lou5 as
l'i' nv US elo EuBllsh
,' i'''''''' 10 p''y '''D'iy our super
sans,u.,, ..,-.---.,-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-22

"oh, Indefinitely. toll my friends that l
am going to live to he a hundred years old,
and he Just as strong when reach the CEN
tury mark as am now"
what Ia the heaviest weight you ever
liited?"
In harness, have lifted $500 pounds,
and without any artificial aid whatever
have raised a weight Of $500 pounds, but 1
never strain myself in tho least, and really
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-22

men out OF employment found lodgings n
the cheap bed-houses along tho Bowory.
where Aitecn o9nts would secure blanket
and a cup Of coffee. A great majority. how.
ever, found lodgings In tho oity'B many sta
uon-houses, while the yetorans Of tie calling,
soon after arriving IN tho city, by why's well
known to themselves. succeeded In being
sent 10 tho Island as paupers, until tho win.
Ter was over and the return Of tho robin and
the blue-iay made them think OF tho country
again.
Spring has returned and tho great army Of
ramps Is preparing for It's flight into the
country Although they number tens OF
thousands no great preparations are neces.
Hary. There gro no trunks 10 bo pleked. no
bills 70 DO settled, no houses to be closed up
and assigned b. tho cara Of watchmen. no
eouvcyuneoa to be procured for the trans
ference OF themselves or baggage, no country
homts 10 be- attended 10 or secured In al
vance, for when tho tramp puts on bis torn
shoes, his ragged coat aud his ahapoless hat,
he ia In complete marching order. equally
indifferent to tho place that he IS about 10
leave and to tho point where he may lind a
temporary homo. Tho limo "a on us when
The trqmps, old and young, alert and decropit,
arc hurryins from tho city. II thore bo any
truth in phrenolosy, those tnmpa were born
without tho loyo OF homo or location.
The children Of wanderers themselves, or
mora frequently outcAsts who know neither
home nor parents, IL IL not to bo expected
that they would form any strong attachments
to any particular place.
siI years ago, while trnmps by hundreds
were 10 be found GU al OF the country roads
during the GUNNER season, 1t was a rare
thing to ind woman among thom. now
however, this Is changed. and while the men
are stll lhrgolyiR the majority, it is lament
nhl9 70 500 that tholr ranks have been 10.
oruited by the accession Of large numbers OF
women, ADD these, not the old haggard and
doorepit, by any means. II the trampa
united and travelled in one large army. uiey
would indeed DO formidable. but while there
exists among them spirit of cnmarad,rle.
they have no Idea Of organization, md as
consequence, are rarely to bo found moro
than four together, usually two, aud now
one Of the two ia apt to be woman. ItiaR
strange commentary ON our civilization, and
on tho marriage tie. which Is the basis of
good citizenship and good government. that
tho tramp regards marriage in much tho
nams way as do the birds OF the dir. az a
thing 70 be entered into in the spring, for
mutual convenience, aud ended in the fall
Tor the same reason. After some invoatiga-
tion, this has been discovered to be tho
method OF forming these temporary marriage
contracts. AZ this season, when mated birds
are flying northward, and the male tramp
lightly turns his thouehts to country roads
aud green trees, he looks about fora woman
OF his OWL class, not hand to dnd In these
times. ! am sorry TO say. There Is no Pre-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-22
THE EXODUS OF THE TRAMP.
one of the Queer Features of the
Returning Spring.
POOR WANDERERS WHO HAVE NO HOME.
The Female Tramp Product Of the
Last Five Years-iIow she and Her
Vale Tramp Pursue Their sum-
mer TanderInEs = The Army
YearIy Increasing.

The vagrant lie a product Of civilization,
and the higher the civilization tho more thoro
is Of him. Every country has its own partlo-
ular type. and there Is no mistaking the one
for the other. Those who have not studied
this matter carefully arc apt to confuse the
tramp with the though, but they are on
tireiS distinct species Of the genus homo.
The tough is lawless but usually has horne /;
tho tramp 10 not necessarily lawiess, but
never has home.
As the Now York tough Is the progenitor
and most perfect type Of the class in this
country, so the New York yagrant, or tramp,
in himself illustrates all the varieties to be
found in the other great cities Of the Union.
The hard times Of the past year have added
enormously 10 tho army Of homeless men
and women, but Il would be mistake and
an injustice to rank the temporarily unom-
ployBd with those who arc idle from choice.
or TO cloAs the honest msahanic and laborcr.
vino has grown heart-woary looking for work,
with the tramp who has horror OF labor.
and who would not do work II he could get
it When the streams and ponds began to
freeze last iall. when tho trees wers ieaGoss,
and the farmers work for the year was done,
with the regularity Of tho seasons the tmmps
began to pour into the cities. and, New York
being the largest and most accessible, re-
ceived tho greatest part During tho day
tlmo. oxceptng when tho weather WIS too
ineloment TO permit thoir being out doors,
those tramps swarmed in all the city'a open
spaces, and occupied tho benches la All the
public parks from the Battery 70 Harlem.
Atnight,those who had suoeeeded In begging
money on the ploa that they wero honest
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-22
GOLDEN WILL OF THE WISPS.
The Strange Story of the Lost
rIine of flontezuma.
TRAGIC FATE OF THE MAN WHO FOUND II.


Denver. COL, April 1s.-The glamour Of
romance clusters thickly about the mines OF
this western land There is always an in
terest in wealth and It's possession and pro-
duction, and over no source Of riches Is there
so much romance. comedy and tragedy as
there is over gold IN its virgin state. The
marvellous wealth Of the Montezumas, the
search OF Monte Cristo and the deeds OF the
Forty-niners who took from California a
store OF wealth, but endowed the coast with
a neyer-ending glory Of adventures, un-
equalled and unapproaohabe, instead, are al
ways Of interest. Tho adventures, deeds OF
daring privation and distress, some Of them
rewarded with fabulous finds Of gold. have
been related in song and story, and in every
part OF the world have been discussed time
and time again by the side Of lonely trail
fires, in the cafes Of eastern cities and in the
courts Of royalty. The search for gold in
business pursuits may be prosaic, but the
search for gold in its native condition is
never unRecompanied by adventure and
dangers more or less pronounced. With
gradually growing suspension Of the indie
pendent gold mining industry on the Pacific
coast the old timo prospectors scoming to
enter tho services Of the syndicates which
came into being, turned their steps north
ward and toward the east locating In Arizona
Montana, New Mexico and this state. They
are the men who developed the silver
resources OF this section, and they are the
men who have discovered new mines Of gold
in regions where the metal had not been
known to exist, developing for the states and
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-22


from there down BY DAY IA II.
start was made, but an a, y
know that they would have r.
est Indian camp eyor
America. The camp siretch. ~.
the river for more than N.Y..
sheltered 5000 to G.ooo bra, ~
dog saw the raft and rnvs 4
their hurry to escape ~ -
raft and were made prisoo. w
killed and one became lnsera
OF suffering endured A..
Despite this, a large partv !,
took the demented fellow
mountains and tried to =, ~.
to the lost cabin, but he xas
so. Almost monthly other 81
IND the mine are fitted Out u.
tho Lost Cabin mine is as Thor, -
1t ever was, despite the faet nv
ment is made from TINA I, I,
last 1t really has been found
Full of human inteDst IL
the story Of the Albright nina
this state. The "lost Vein y Z.
designated for years, was disc.
the sixties by Amos Albrirht N
from a farm in Illinois. Be o., Y.
he was broke, and found blm.'
Denver then more Of a mlnIrr
village, and in no way resem6a,.
city 1t is to-day. Unable IN -
stake or get assistance OF anv1,
dered aimlessly on into tho ,n,'..
Boulder, disheartenad and ready
last news he received from hos.
left Denver was from his VITA 1,
that George Carlisle, a nelchb,,
of the Albrights, had threatens,
a mortgage on their place. aDa
himself disagreeable to det.r.
Albright. With all this trou1l.
his minG, Albright wandered J,
mountains as long as his strepg,b
then lay down, ready to die. a.
lessly and almlessly to one M
there he saw thin layer Of NM.
ore, but virgin silver. 1t wns n
ON a bright moonlight nieht (,
worked until morning, taking Il
metal. At dnybreak he paek.,
silver he could carry, aud aiter i,
rest and obliterating trace, &,
started back for Denver. M
silver to buy an outfit, and aral,
why to his claim. He woriednr
know he had but little timetol
a few weeks was back in Denvar
load Of silver so pure that eys,,
then worth a dollar. Fabulous
made him for directions to he N
would not sell. As fast as /.
transportation to his old homel.
hurried back there, and had jus (
his vito several thousands a 4
some rather indistinct direction,
location Of the mine. when he a
before his arrival home Carlisle /,
the missing mans wife. and n
drove him into the war where h,
In his first battle. Albright lea
Frederick, and Carlisle one namas
They grew up together Ia the ans
four years ago came to Colorado b
in the search for tho olost yoin.
all the miners in the west had bo,,
Ing since the death OF the elder An
without success. With the ann.
tons OF Amos Albright to guide
two young men, after two years d.
located the mine, one Of the,e
finds ever made In this couniB,
menced working II, Up to he Ii |
legislation hostile to the silver lrt
claim was steadily worked, and d
silver in the world was taken outs
of several tons a day. When tie
opened the silver found was valued
to $4,000 a ton, and the supply hp
inexhaustible. NELSON 1
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-22

desrndod or remarkably Intelligent, and with
evidences OF refinement about them which
their rugged raimonts cannot hide nor their
eyidont poverty wholly conceal. In the for
iner case it Is possible that they may be maxi
ing an effort 10 better their condition. though
the chances arc that they arc spending their
obieetless lives IN wandering and moving on ;
in the lattcr case they are invariably women
with a story which they conceal from tho
public, story OF error, It may be. perhaps
Of crime but mover devoid Of romance, and
never. Il the truth were known, chewing that
for their degradation.
Although these people are never seen with
children, possibly never have any, yet year
by year, the great army OF tramps is incraas.
Ing. IL Is not long since this army WIS com
posed exclusively Of men. but now that
women have come to re-aniorce Il, we may
look In the course Of 0yents for tho accession
Of children, particularly OF those old enough
70 be OF use 70 the gardener and farmer.
These people know nothing Of law, and less
Of religion, while mary Of them can read aud
write, but Tow can be said TO he intellectual,
and even those are apt oiidleule tho schools,
aud 70 ask what good education has done
them4 Day by day now social problems arc
coming mp and tho attention Of the thinking
public has boon called 10 those elements m
our midst that endRngsr life aud property.
The tramp has a vote. aud. 1t need not DO
seid It Is always Tor sa0. No inntter who
may be busy, the tramp has ever ample leis-
uro. and he Ia ready, Ike damned stream.
70 swell tho great army Of tho irresponsible
mob, whenever the barriers are broken down.
IL mny, perhaps, be We'll 10 spend millions
for the redemption o. the soul Of tho savage
African, or % tho oontentcd Poiyuesian, but
~ looking round ior ayeanQs for the exercise
OF phihnthrophy and humanity II might DO
well TO give some thought 70 tho heather who
Are In ovr midst
ALyRsn R. CALHOUN.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-22

His normal chest measurement il AZ inches.
The chest OF an average man is 81 inches
round, and pugiists and athletes reach as
high as 40 inches. Mr.. sandow's expansion
is ID lnchos, so that during expansion his
chest measures 81 inches. An ordinary man
expands his chest inches, and good ex-
papsion ia inches. The best record, except
ing Sandows ia 6 inches, which was mnde In
Rome. So you 800, sandow has a good 8
inches above all rivals"
sandow tolls you that what he has you may
do,
lsi not as said at the beginning. mes
sage Of encouragement?
GroEar II. sAtfra.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-22


to dollar each trial. They decided to sta,
all winter, put up rough sIuce boxes across
the little creek and slulced from morning
until night while the warm weather lasted
| The average yield was $500 day until snow
| flew and cold weather settled down. Then
the creek iroze upand theprospcctors turned
their attention to building log cabin, which
they surrounded with stockade in which
were kept the horses, the hay cut for them
aud the game shot for the winter. In the
following spring the men were early at work,
taking out as nue. gold as ever One day
while Hurlburt was cooking in the cabin. a
small party Of Indians stellthily approached
the mine aud Killed and scnlpcd Cox and
Jones. Catching up a lnapsack full OF gold,
Hurlburt ran into the woods and made his
escape, without looking around or pausing
to notice landmark. The Indians looted
the cabin, drove on the stock and left in the
direction from which the prospectors had
come the year before. Hurlburt wont the
other way. After many days tramping across
the foot hills and afterwnrd tho prairies, he
struck what proved TO be- the North Platte
river, ninety miles above Fort Laramie.
There he met the first strange white people
ho Ind 3aan in t,,o ysars frbo ,,,,,t,. -.
m, gr ,,,. a., W. ,, I'M We, g''7
g1,cb arJ tbng t 81 '', '','Is az -Nil'oi
fo, tI,o Iisg,,,s NJ Grass,',, - $50 ,,,,u'''
,roti ne AL t1s,l,,,,,t a51l5 4i,l
,oii,,. ,,,,,,,,t ~, t,,i,s w. ',io pr,
ovhnt,, '''','7 Jus ri,i'i. anu
snraad a,5 ,5,a,,,,,,a.,, sY'p, i"u news
ca.r,, IL, fr,,,, all si,,as T.. -, W. ST.
WINS retrocins, AS roorI ~. ,.,i IN, ~ ~, =
cour.o oyor which he hal -,,,i. a l'9
"uisr no niu so Wluly ned
crowd a, moi Lace ,har 10 80 Wa "a a
rnen ,ro,no, and oht,dra,, "'e'"'' WIN '''
Days ,.,..,,. No. - 49,,
months mud still tbo mart, ,ra,,n,I - ~,
lowing Hurbnrt,s lad over,,,sha.o , "a ~ ~
inc for ml0nmont ~ Ike et, 'I,,1 ~
nromiss 10 ,and tban a, .,,u VI? o''eii-I l'
bnustibl, yoId Fi,aIl, n, ,t,,r,m ~ i,
confessed thot bc WA i.st ''',, l,ut'u'.'
cabin and nine md t,.t ~. TO-, 10y ''s i'i9
bono ot endin,. tfs ,,,,,.ii. ''' nv ii' ''ler
md boen Iootod nm 10 ali Az. 1899 ,. ne
no,, th,r,. ,r,s s,,,t,, i,'.''''Ii'' pu'
aod ,,ro,,,,,t i,,,s u,
pllot dba rono ,yas a., " Il 'i'l ',,e Oae
was nbont Ia he ruII,d ts,,t No., ''l'''
ous and lass vent,afrt ,,o,,',,,,. 80 ~.
snrnnt, 10 uurlbrrt,s siI, ,.,n '' l"1Y
reyoiyor and ,,rs,.o,,,.. =, ,,.,. "''- a ui""n
tbo bioo,,birst,, ,I's - u'i'''l',ol OIL
and won't Ne W., 'ui' W. ied''seu
Indians took to the wnrnath and tho ', as. s,le
prospectors wore stamnoJea h,atin, s'' ~
land whore tbere ,yas ,.roa,a. aa',onE ,or
''' ii ",g.e 'liero was creator safety, If less
City lato that fall, and probably norishaS
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-22
HERE AND TullHR.

The machinery failures in the British navy
have become so frequent as 10 call for q
Parliamentary investigation.
Rreiheit the organ Of the American So
clalists, edited by the notorious johann
Most, has bcen forced to suspend publication
for the want Q, funds.
Every ofilclal Of Spring Hill. Kansas, is a
woman, and tho reason all the men don't
take to the woods, ia that the surrounding
country is entirely prairie.
+, has been suggested that as the State Of
South Carolina has gone into tho whlskoy
business, It should also establish state inst
tutons Tor the cure OF inebrioly.
The great revolving observatory known as
"'rhe Ferris Wheel, and which was such q
conspicuous i,aturo OF the Midway Plaisanee
at the Chicago iair, sto become permanent
New York attraction.
Colonel John A. cockerin is said to be the
author Of the exceedingly clever and sar-
castle letters from Washington. over the
nom de plumc Of Randolph Gore Hampton.
0ate major, q. S. A,l'
Tho hin Tor womans suffrage In MRssaeau-
sets passed the Houss. for tho reason that Il
was known It would be killed III the Senate,
1t has just bosai laid cut With vote OF % to
10, but The advocates q the measure do not
seem to b diahcaFtened
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-22

History; The Amazons werea a,
like females who inhabited the o0s 4.
TO better use the bow, had theft ~
surglcally removed. They parile9l11
siege OF Troy, a place noted 9i ~ y
duced Paddy Ryan. The armyH -
now disintegrated, and can b. Z Z
various theatrical stages lfvp y
that they no longer resort toasa's'
ton TO WELD the beau.