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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-01-04
A STONE: SHIP.
The Mysterious Formation Seen on the
Pacific Coast.

The Mysterious Formation Seen on the
Pacific Coast.
The mystery of the strange bark that
three ship captains have reported
stranded on reef fifteen miles west of
the Straits of LIE Marie, with all masts
and rigging standing, seems to be
solved. A few days ago, says the San
Francisco Call, a vessel reached Lodnon
and reported having passed within
short distance Of the deserted bark, and
interest was renewed in the thrice-re-
ported stranded vessel. All agreed in
saying it was an iron ship. and most
likely of German construction. 1t was
bark rugged, and had black painted
portfolios. Shipping and insurance
men have been trying to determine the
name of the wrecked bark, but without
success. No vessel of it's description
should be anywhere in the vicinity of
the Horn, and none is overdue at any
port that would pass within thousands
of miles of the spot.
1t is not likely that it could be taken
for the Crown of Italy. which ran on
reef in the Straits of LIE Marie about
two and a half years ago. 1t was a
full-rigged ship, and when it struck
most of her masts went by the board
A few days afterward the sea was
strewn with wreckage, and nothing
was again seen of the wreck. A few
days ago the British ship, Cedric the
Saxon, arrived in port from Swansea
and it passed close to the spot where
the mysterious bark has been seen.
Capt. Rees tells story which further
complexities matters. He says the So
called bark is nothing but q rock. al
though it's resemblance to ship is so
striking that he made an entry in his
log to the effect that ship was strand
ed, with all the rigging intact He says
that he was out fifteen miles when he
first saw it, and was sure it was a
wreck.
AS he approached it he found it was
huge rock sticking out of the water.
1t was only about half mile away, but
even then its resemblance to a bark
with painted ports was so striking that
all hands had to be called for an opin-
ion. The puzzle to the sea captains
who have rounded the Horn dozens of
times is that the strange rock has new
er been seen before
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-01-04
GENTLEMAN BROWN.
A benevolent Dog Who Cared for His
Vagrant Brothers.

a benevolent Dog Who Cared for His
Vagrant brothers.
Brown was simply large dog, who
was SO strong, so fearless. so intelli-
gent, and so active in affairs that he
was considered the champion of the
town. He could thrash any dog round
about and always did it when it was
necessary.
But he was extremely kind and be-
nevolent. He showed great kindness
to tramp dogs and protected many g.
wretched little vagabond and saw him
safely out of the town in good condi-
ton.
One day he brought specially bad
specimen home with him. He came
into the house and into the dining
room, where the family were at dinner.
the wretched little tramp dog at his
heels.
he looked up at his master, wagged
his tail. asking for something to eat
A plate of food was set down and the
little dog snatched at it ravenously.
Brown seemed to think that was all
right. When the little dog was through
ne asked for another plateful and had
his own dinner.
He kept the little dog for quite
awhile, always permitting him to eat
hrst. At night he took the dog into
bus kennel, himself sleeping on the
outside.
lie was not at all intimate with the
1os' treatlng him as visitor, not at
any time as friend. The tramp final
y went on his way, strong and we'll,
and as plump and sleek as any dog
need be. What was said between these
two dogs, both at meeting and parting,
would be very interesting to know.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-01-04
TOWN REFUSE AS FUEL.
Result of Experiments with furnace ut
Halifax, ngiaDd.

Result OF Experiments with Eurnace ut
Halifax, InglaDd.
Experiments in seeking to utilize the
refuse Of towns as ftlel have been car
rio. SO far that plant. known as the
Livct plant. has been set up in Halifax,
England. with which it is expected to
supply electric energy. The success
full working of the Livet furnace. saws
the Popular Science Monthly, appears
to dGIcud upon the peculiar construc-
ton al It's flucs, which are SO built as
to utilize the effect of the decreasing
volume OF the gases Of combustion
travelling toward the chimney. SO pro-
noting hiyh velocity to the air pass
ing through the furnace bars and pro-
ducing r2rid combustion with intense
heat. At TIC same time the effect Of
this popularity OF construction is to
cause the gases themselves to move
slowly tArough the 1ues so that they
may part with their useful heat before
escaping into the atmosphere. The
force of (.raught at the furnace is such
that high and constant temperament
is obtained and efficiency Of combus-
sA0AA AAooASo. WhA4C uAplCGSduU
odors inherent in town garbage are de-
stroyed.
AS an example of the heat economy
effected, it is said that whereas in
previous generators the best results
ever obtained have been three-quarters
of pound of water evaporated on the
combustion of one pound of refuse, in
the Livet generator over three pounds
of water are evaporated into steam for
every pound of refuse consumed. in
spite of the fact that it is frequently
known to contain twenty per cent. of
moisture. The temperature of the
gases just before entering the chimney
is stated to be from three to four hun
dred degrees Fahrenheit lower than
hitherto obtained. The progression
Of the cases is partially arrested at
both ends of each fiue for the purpose
of permitting them to deposit the con-
: tanned light dust in suitable expansion
chambers or pits, which can be cleaned
out when desirable. This arrange
ments serves to overcome the objection
able dust, which in ordinary 'sdestruc-
tors tends to choke the f1ues and i'm
pregnate the air of the surrounding
districts
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-01-04

Germany. has for years possessed the
most efficient pigeon service in Europe.
At Strasburg there are six hundred
birds. at Metz six hundred, at Thorn
one Thousand, and they are kept by the
hundreds at other centers, such as
Aiainz, Cologne, Kiol and Danzig The
whole frontier is connected by pigeon
post with the military headquarters
and with towns in the interior The
service is supported by an appropria-
ton OF about nine thousand dollars
year. The practical use of the pigeon
post was fully demonstrated at the
siege Of Paris in 1870 Since then it
has become recognized part of the
military organization of all European
countries except Great Britain. Russia
has now Oh her Polish frontier alone
three thousand birds. and appropriates
yearly ten thousand dollars for pig
cons. The French appropriation is
twice as large.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-01-04
Returned to CannibalIsm.

The natives of one of the Fiji islands
have returned to cannibalism after alb
stinence from the practice for eighteen
years. Times are hard in Fiji and
white mans provisions scarce. Chris
tian missionaries have preached with
good effect against the disgusting
barbarisE, but now the missionaries
are likely to leave the savages to them
selves fer lime. 1t has been discov-
cred that missionary for dinner on
the Fiji irritation card is more at
tractive than missionary It dinner
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-01-04
Utilizing Human Hair.

Human hair would be salable com
modify in foreign markets, says Mr..
Hitler, British consul at Fusan, were
its existence more generally known.
The Coreans have remarkably fine
heads of hair and they put their comb
ings to use that he has never seen
elsewhere. A very large number of
the saddle cloths placed under the
packs OF their ponies are made of hair
woven into course mats or bags, and
the same material is utilized in MAX
ing the halters and head ropes of their
animals.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-01-04
THE NEXT PARIS EXPOSITION.
Attractive Fee lures Propose for the UNI
yer al Show in 1900.

yer al Show in 1900.
Already they appear to be commenc-
ing preparatio ions for the exposition of
1900 in Paris. 1t would strike Amer
leans that IT, introduction of electric
ity for general lighting had not made
that progress one would expect there
But this season. says the Philadelphia
Telegraph, the way in which number
of streets have been torn uplto put in
electric cables, shows that when the
exposition is open all Paris will be
brighter than ever by night. And now
everyone who gives thought to the
ceming show is racking his brains to
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-01-04
A NARROW ESCAPE!
How it Happened.

The following remarkable event in n lady IS
life will interestihe reader: For long time |
had a terrible pain at my heart, which fiut-
tered almost necessarily. / had no IL. pei i; G
and could not sleep | would be com pelicd
to sit up in bed and bclch gas from my ST on
ach until thought every minute VIC aid Q
my last. There was II feeling of OppiYssiL n
about my heart, and Was afraid to d-:iW {,
full breath. COuidn't sweep Il room \ L.
out sitting down and reS;;nr: but, than!:
God, by the help of New Heart Cure ALI In:
Is past and feel Ike ano. her woman -
fore using the NeT Heart cure l had III j
different sO-calied remedies and been treat i
by doctors without any benefit until | vas
both discouraged and disguised. lily hus l,an<l
bought me bottle Of Dr. Miles New Heart
Cure, and am happy to say / never regretted
it, as l now have a splendid appetite and
sleep well. | weighed 125 pounds when he
gan taking the remedy, and now weigh 1907
It's erect In my case has been truly marvel
gus. 1t far SurpaSSeS any other medicine L
have ever taken or any benefit | ever re-
celved from physicians. Mrs. Harry Starr,
PottSyille, Pa, October Il, 1892
DIR. Miles New Heart Cure is sold on q posi-
tive guarantee by all druggists, or by the Dr.
Miles Medical Co., Ell<hart, Ind, on receipt OF
price ST. per bottle, six bottles s., express pre-
paid. This great discovery by an eminent
specialist in heart disease, contains neither
opiates nor dangerous drugs.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-01-04
THE SHOCK OF BIG GUNS.
Unpleasant Sensations Produced by Their
Reports.

Reports.
The man who has never been in
clos. proximity to a one hundred-ton
cun when il is fred can have little
conception OF the noise and vibration,
said a retired naval officer to Cincin-
natl Enquirer reporter. Partly by
courtesy and partly by chance was
on the Thunderer at the siege of
Alexandria some twelve or thirteen
years ago. Two sets of advice were
given me as to how to act when the
big guns were fired. Old experienced
seamen can stand the shock by raising
on their toes the moment the word is
given to fire. The majority OF people,
however, find it necessary, in order to
preserve their ear drums from perfora-
tiCn, to lie down, resting most Of the
weight on their hands and toes Even
with this precaution the sensation is
most unpl~ asant until one gets used to
it. Even with the compare lively small
guns IN general use in our navy, the
conclusion on board a ship when a
shot is fired is very annoying, but the
enormous guns used SO generally in
European navies are a source of
terrible danger to the crew as well as
the enemy, and doubt if they could
possibly be used in hand-to-hand en-
counter, useful as they are for destroy
ing distant ports.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-01-04

For forty years the principal of a.
young lady's school in Copenhagen has
Deen respected asa lady. Lately ssshe''
became very rude to one of her pupils
ana was arrested. After two days in
carceration it was noticed that ..she.
needed shaving. Then it became mani
Test that the principal was really
man.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-07-05
OUTCOME
What Happened to q Family from
Drinking Imprexuated Water.

What Happened TO q Family from
Drinking Imprexnated Water.
A remarkable story comes from thu
upper Yakima country, Washington.
Two years ago Peter S~tromshadt To-
Gated on q piece of land neal what Is
now known as Borax Springs, his fam
lily consisting Of his wife and two chill
dren. A few days after his settlement
Stromshadt discovered a spring close
to the shack he had built, the water OF
which was strongly im%pregnated with
iron, but not ~unpalatable. Stromstadt
dug and deepened the spring, and since
July, 1893, the family has used the
water for all domestic purposes.
One night recently q heavy electric
storm passed over the cascades, ac-
companied by vivid displays Of light
ming. The following day Mrs. Btrom.
stadt, while kindling q fire In the stove,
found 1t almost impossible to separate
the stove litter from her hand. Her
husband, hearing her scream, ran to
her assistance, when, to his surprise,
he found that he, too, experienced
great difficulty In detaching any arti'
Gle or iron with which his hands came
n contact.
Breakfast was finally prepared and
the family sat down to the meal. The
children, girls Of FIVE and eve years,
respectively, drank their milk from tin
cups, and upon raising the cups to their
mouths, found themselves unable to de
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-07-05
Gus Thomas Fills Space.

Long ago, when Augustus ThomaA
was a young newspaper writer, he had
d contract under which he wrote n
weekly article at SO much a column.
MI. Thomas, says the St Louis Repub-
lie, is q first-rate artist, along with his
other accomplishment, and 1t was stfp-
ulated that he was to draw the pictures
necessary for the elaboration of each
of the contributions. In the series In
question the ancient Romans were hu-
morously treated. From the outset Mr..
Thomas avoided all fat heavy-set citi-
He only drew long ones-the
more lanky and bony the better. After
a while he made each Of the lengthy
soldiers with q spear in banda long
stick that extended far up in the dlree-
ton Of the margin Of the newspaper.
It was some time before the purpose Of
Mr.. Thomas one-sided anatomical stu
dies was OWNED. Then the editor OBJ
served that the Roman and his spear
grew and grew, while the accompany.
Ing text became shorter week after
week, Sometimes the soldier would be
looking at some grass plot far below
him-and thus would more space be
filled.
In spite Of the space-flling Roman
soldiers and citizens, the articles con
tinued to be Of interest to the last
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-07-05
News in Brief.
-Yucatan exports hammocks.


lowe boasts q wooden shoe mill.
A husband should wear mourning
for his deceased wife for q year. The
| children six months.
Electric power is now used to operate
ore crushers, often several miles from
the PURGE Of the power.
Barrier Reef is q coral reef extend
| lng along the northwest coast OF Aus
tralia for nearly 1900 miles.
-When first taken from mines opals
are so tender that they can be picked
10 pieces with the f%ingernail.
One OF the most popular religious
books inJapan is "Pilgrim's Progress"
illustrated by Japanese artists.
The possible ORGANIZATIONS and
combinations of o game of dominoes
are reckoned at 24s. 52s, al, $40
Species of snakes that are enemies
of another in captivity will cool up into
heir winter sleep In the same bun
die.
Britain there are 2, 200, 600 dog owners
and 300 0 exhibitors and breeders of
dogs.
The scales used in weighing diamonds
IRE SO deIicately poised that the weight
of a single eyeIash will turn the
| scale.
The chance of two finger prints
| being alike is estimated ut in Ga.
| 0OO, QUO.
Thirty London tradesmen boast
title of surveyors OF whisky to Queen
Victoria.
The CHEF value of fish as s'brain
food" is that il is easy to digest and
does not tax the head heavily for
blood.
liz 1871 1t was decIued tnat q bank
rupt could not sit in the House Of
Lords.
Elizabeth, N. J., has q lamplighter
who travels on his route on Q bicycle,
and who is SO expert that he lights
the lamps with his torch without dis
moupting.
If Hertfordshire IEngland girls
are lucky enough to ind q pod contains
ING nine peas they lay it under a gate
and believe they will have for a lus.
band the first man that passes through
it.
English market reports show thai
eggs are becoming scarcer in that
country from year to year.
THE newest puncture proof band
tor nae on evcles is made OF strips Of
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-07-05

~sffectiye and useful improvements. A
bay gives to q room often the slight en-
iargement that % needed to make II
comfortable.
The cuts gtvsn herewith sllustrate
ncmodeling that was fairly successful
All the conditions were unusually IA
yorable. The old frame was az good az
new. the foundation walls were perfect
lad OF s~uficiert height. the arrange
Of rooms vas satisfactory and
very little In the way of new trim and
decoration was required for the In
teFior. The cnly new wall built was
FOX a wing on the right side, indicated
on the floor plan by black lines. A.
shown by the plan, the wing provided
for a square hall, q staircase with
landings and e library. But the Intel
IigesAt student of plans will note all the
chang readily. It seems necessary
b . only that thu YipE. the IaEaadaA
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-07-05

thick has beeh discovered at Williams.
port by William Mertz, who was sinking
a well.
Warrants are vut at Shamokin for
the arrest of Mrs. Curtis Bolts, who, it
is thought, eloped with Richa I'd Night
hawk, a travelling medicine 5
Old boats on the Schuylklll Canal
that cost $4,000 each sold for $40.
lehigh Valley collieries will operate
SIX days this week, for the first time in
several years.
Engineer Harry Mcdowell was seri-
ously injured at Norristown by being
struck by a train.
Proprietor Frederick Hall, dropped
dead in his hotel at Peckville, Lscka-
wanna County, from apoplexy.
In the 81 years of its existence,
Montgomery Lodge Of Odd Fellows, at
Reading, which has disbanded, paid
$175, 900 In benefits.
The Order Of Solons has asked the
Allegheny County Court to compel the
Mercantile Trust Company to show
what has become of $3.50, 600 in mort.
cages held in trust. 1
Seven men were nabbed at Reading
for an alleged attempt to drown Harry
Allen, a negro.
The proprietor of Black Bear Inn,
near Rearing, Joseph F. Canister, has
been mysteriously missing for ten days.
Daniel E. Kennedy, who resided al
Coal Castle, Schuylkill County, jumped
from one train in front of another and
was killed.
Suspicion of murder has been dis.
PEELED in the case Of Patrick Mcclure,
whose body was found in an ASHLAND
mine.
In a collision on the Baltimore {
Ohio Railroad, near Pittsburg, between
a passenger train and an engine, Brake
man Harvey Louther was killed.
An appeal to the Supreme Court re
leased from Hollidaysburg jail Martlr
Hoelle, the wealthy brewer, who wa
accused of fearfully thrashing a debtor
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-07-05
Pennsylvania
v Items.

Michael Reno, who lived at Tower
City, sent a bullet through his brain
Intentionally.
\ young Reading machinist, James
A. Doyle, Jr., was killed while trying
to couple cars.
A trolley car at York ran over and
killed Helen, the little daughter OF
William B. Klinefelter.
Chauncey Arnold, who last week
shot ex-Constable Callahan, at Column
bia, in the mouth is now in Jail.
A huge boiler he vas assisting to
move at Lancaster rolled upon George
Schoenberger, breaking his neck.
The body of a well-dressed man VINO
shot himself to death a month ago was
found on the Shenandoah Mountain.
While returning from visiting
friends, Michael Mulherrin, of Pitts
ton, was run down and killed by a
train.
The remains of George Brown and
Anthony Grujiniskie, entombed In a
Shamokin mine since October, were re-
covered.
A thief who plundered George Weld
ener's house al Douglass, Berks County,
was chased by armed men, captured
and taken to Jail. :
j. G.. Gilbert has been appointed
fourth-class postmaster at Manhattan,
vice W. B. Riddell, resigned.
A horse, wagon and harness were
stolen from lands Brothers stable Al
Yerkes station.
A meeting has heen called by the
Psychologists of Schuylkill County to
mark the sites of old Indian towns with
marble slabs.
A Pottsville letter carrier was stood
off for two weeks because he stopped
while delivering mail to talk with a
citizen about the location Of some PEG,
pie on his route.
Falling from a cherry tree at Potts
town, agd Melchie Guska was fatally
hurt.
Lightning killed Cyrus Thumm,
farmer, in North Middleton, Cumosr-
land County.
AT the Carlisle High School com
mencement thirty-two graduates re-
ceived diplomas.
An Allegheny County jury convicted
William Little, who killed Hugh Nc
Clure, or murder in the second degree.
Michael Balog, who was stabbed at
Reading, is still alive, and Michael
Z~boronski, his assailant, has not been
captured.
William Smith, a tramp, deliberately
undressed himself and appropriated the
suit OF clothes from a Pottsville cloth
ing store dummy in broad daylight and
he is now in Jail. 4
In a fire clay pit al Dubois young
Robert Gargin had his back broken by
a fall of earth.
General David Mem. Gregg, Of
Reading hopes to be recommissioned
by Congress and then put upon the re-
tired list.
A charter was granted to the Dime
Saving Fund and Trust Company OF
Franklin County; capital, $4,000.
August Kline was sent to Lancaster
jail after telling the police he wouldn't
beg.
A vein of bituminons coal 10 feet
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-07-05
Enslish and american Debts.

Is It merely a coincidence, we wonder.
that connects the decrease Of the ma
tional debt and the increase Of local In
debtedness? Since the Crimean war
tho national debt has been diminished
by moro than f100. 00o. 0o0, while tn,
local indebtedness in the same time has
increased by nearly the same amount.
and now stands f210.o00.000, or some
thing like 80 per cent Of the national
debt. The same peculiarly Is seen in
the United Statea.
The Americans have wiped out q vas
war debt with astonishing rapidly, but
their local Indebtedness has increased
considerably faster than their national
indebtedness has diminished. There IA
something intensely conservative and
genial In human nature. You are apt
to economize by giving up your stables,
and two months later find yourself the
proud possessor Of q yacht; or ono givea
MP champagne at dinner and soothea
ones temperance with a glass OF really
f1ne cognac and q wonderful cigar.-
London Saturday Review.