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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-07-01

junction of the North and 81
lodging this way and that to avoid
the overhanging branches that dashed
our faces with morning dew and thus
added another charm to the delights
OF that early canter.
"Nicodemus'' may he live long and
prosper-was the name in which my
sturdy beast rejoiced. and, though I
shortened it to "Nick," there was
nothing in his manner to indicate any
relation to the individual commonly
spoken of as "Old Nick; in fact, there
was SO much the opposite that | shall
hereafter hold the name in Profound
est respect.
But to tell of that ride. Following
the old elk trail, we wound our way up
the river, past the gorge, past the
camps of the exploring party of 1890
-leaping huge logs that lay across
the trail, our ponies making the jump
in sections, a most surprising feat of
one not acquainted with this peculiar
ity Of western riding. Through mag
niicent heavy timber that shut out all
suggestion of sky, and then along open
spaces, where we caught glimpses of
the rushing river, mirroring the broken
reflection of the scarlet naples, which
warmed the whole greenwood with
their radiance, we finally came down
to Il walk, ascending and descending
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-07-01

reach at tn,,ur three large hors'-ilie-,
MS | supposed, which had been Tin
cause of the trouble. | signalcd my
distress, and my escort returned, his
quick eye lighting on the busy nest.
yellow jackets!" he exclaimed, un-
der his breath, cautiously proceeding
to construct for the pests an artistic
funeral pyre, on which they all perish
ed miserably If a short time.
We then crossed over to the middle
fork, and were soon within hearing OF
the torrent1 which, when the water Is
high, leaps IL feet in one straight fall
and forces its way through . n1rrow
canyon whose walls are richly covered
with every variety of moss and fern
sheer vertical sides 100 feet high, clad
in the most brilliant verdure. We
dismounted, tied oar horses, and ven
tured carefully to the side of the awful
chasm, holding fast to shrubs and
trees; for a single leap would have
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-07-01

Puget Sound, Hoods Canal, the Olym-
pic Mountains and Lake Cushman.-
Bernice E. Newell in Northwest Maya
zine
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-07-01
A MODERN SOLOMON,
Pathetic Incident That Acquitted a Poor
French Woman.

Pathetic Incident That Acquitted a Poor
French Woman.
a pathetic little drama was recently
enacted in a French court of justice
y poor needlewoman was charged with
stealing two gold coins from her en-
plOyer. Her defense was that, while
waiting in her employers house, the
child in her arms, unknown to her, was
attracted by the sight of the glittering
gold on the mantel shelf behind her.
and, leaning forward over her shoulder,
clutched the coins in it's chubby fist,
and had so carried them away. This
she persistently and solemnly stated on
oath, says the London Weekly Tele-
graph.
The court, however, was incredulous.
and reproved the mother for her at
tempt to deceive him. But she asserted
her innocence with such pathetic power
that the sagacious judge determined
to test the truth of her statement He
hade her stand by his desl- v'th her
child facing over her 81
had described
sd coins from h:
~lac Il them on the desk W.
Of the child.
A breathless silence ensucd. Try
one awaited the touching SEQUEL T8.Cn
suddenly the child's eye cau~h' sight
of the cleaning gold, and, with az eager
smile, the tiny hand was outstrctched to
the desk and the coins were clutched in
its tenacious grasp. The mother was
promptly acquitted.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-07-01


sent us down the fearful precipice.
Mr.. Church obtained photograph of
the scene by letting himself down
nearly 10 it by a strong rope, and the
kodak worked like charm, to our in
tense satisfaction.
One especial attraction of Lake
Cushman lies in the variety and the
accessibility of its resources for pleas
ure. One may be as energetic or as
indolent as one plea>es. You can
spend quiet days on the lake, or wade
streams where the finest speckled
beauties Turk IN deep. dark pools. In
the proper season You can stalk the
splendid game that still abounds in
the mountains; and for the lover Of
Alpine sport there is no more inviting
range, within asy distance of the inn
While we were there several parties
started off for trips of a week or more,
loading the little pack ponies with
everything necessary for camp life;
and yachting parties from Seattle and
Tacoma ran up from the canal to pay
their respects to the pioneer mountain
house of Puget Sound. If one is
weary, it is the place to rest. If one
is young, strong and happy, it is the
place to exercise these gifts. No sum-
mer outing can be he;ter planned
than that which includes a visit to
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-07-01
LIBERTY CIR REVENGE?
- oodenF0f. Night Have Got of Jail
Eat q TO Keep CorI1ieC In.

I:.o Cd men were cC-GG>
cent Ill iii lite I1c:tc.
M. IA q. wooden leg a3.N
.-tI, W Z greater rasca- ard
Lad more means at his command, wore
a cork leg. Apparently we,l-behaved
and quiet, both men got the privilege CT
the prisoners walk which ran around
outside of the cells. Beyond this was
the jailor's walk and beyond that was
freedom
The cork-legged man was really
desperate character. but sly and cur
ming He meditated much on the relation
Of the jailor's walk to the outside world
It was only a step farther" he face
tiously tod Lis companion. who &C
mired his humor. In some manner h
became possessed of file, with which
lie converted a case knife into saw
With this he. succeeded in saving in
,wo ere CT the bars Of his cell. He
made a confidant Of his fellow prisoner,
who expected to join him in his es-
ape. The plan was so wei, concealed
that finally nothing but enc ircrl bar,
which could easily be sawed II two dur
ing the night, stood between them anC
liberty.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-07-01
WEBSTER'S LEGAL EARNINGS.
A Little Leather-Co Book That Gives
His Receipts.


One of our correspondents has been
so lucky as to fall in with little
leather-covered book, like those of
bank depositors. which contains Dan
iel VVebsters autograph record of his
legal receipts. This chronicle, says
the New York Evening Post, fills TWEEN
ty-eight pages and extends a little
more than from 1888 to 1886, inclusive.
The first entry, dated September in
the former year, is of $50, and the
Second is of $50, for retainers on the
New Hampshire circuit. The first fee.
Of LOCO was paid in May, 1884, by a
Mrs. Badger. Services regarding Gil
ley's will commanded $500. The total
amount for the first year was footed up
as S13, 40, with the remark: ''Septem-
Der %, 1884, thus done and concluded"
4 similar summing up appears at the
close Of each other year. The second
total is SIS, 1874; the third is $21, 793.
The first entry Of $4,000 was in 1885,
March Z: the first Of SO 900 December
in the same year. The last payment
was in respect to Florida land. The
largest single hOnOrarium was $500.
In February OF the fourth year S., 900 is
set down as bestowed in a case of Trim
itv church Sew York;. In turning over
r. II leading metropolitan and
.liciGl lawyers are astOniShed
,.~y-.or. Clrcatly twenty years in
.so5uon. 50 uadervalued his services.
IL learned better at lastc. When Rob-
III c. Winthrop looked up the earliest
lie nc LA: That's just the time I
wa ending my studies in Websters
once, and the chirograph led him to
add that Webster never wrote firm
hand. Nobody has surveyed the relic
with more interest than DIR. o. w.
lIolmcs. Among other things he said:
lad the influx been ten-fold, Web
sters purse would have remained
empty still. Had its capacity received
like the sea, whatever entered there
would have run off like water from the
back Of a duck
Training Husbands After Marriage.
1t really is asking too much Of a
woman to expect her to bring up hus-
band, and her children, too. She vainly
imagines when she marries this piece
OF perfection, with whom she is SO
blindly in love, that he is already
trained. or rather. that he is the one
human being in the world who has been
perfect from infancy, and who never
needed training. She knows that
mothers have to put in 90 years of close
study and hard work before they can
turn out man or woman who won't
be a social pest. She never dreams of
the curious fact that mothers always
train their daughters to make good
wives, vet never think of training a
boy to make q good observation-disclosures
ans Home Companion.
The Rupee and the Railway.
The last annual report of the Indian
railway administration shows that in
India there are only 1880 miles of
railway laid down and 10000 sane
toned. Since 1886 the yearly addition
to the mileage has been dropping stead
lily. Then it was 1000 per annum. For
the next four years there was steady
average of 900. In 1891 it sank to 600
miles. This year it is only 428. The
government, hampered by the vanish
ing rupee, can do nothing or next to
nothing more, though the takings are
lucrative in times of depression.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-07-01
oritical moment Y
= his hand irto

1ueers' FOX teton the side where
---dn't fee, found that Cork,,--~ ncx
robbed him CT his pile, q fae-dol,a1
b!I He he2itated a moment. Free
dom is sweet; he knew that, because he
had been deprived OF his joys. But re-
ye1gc, to him, was sweetcr. Just as
his companion, flushed with success.
was almost ready to step out into tn
wide, wide world, Wooderleg squea,ed
and the csG2 - was frustrated.
The two a.e still confined in the iai,,.
and, while tie one meditates upc.~
honesty being the best polio, the cthe.,
ponders over the question: rs 1ihertr
or revenge the sweeter?"- Y. 'ruo3
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-07-01

zine.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-07-01
EVERYBODY Saws So

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derfuI medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, ac's gently
and positively On Kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dis, el colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual co nstpation
and biliousness. Please buy and try box
OF G. G. G. to-day; 10, Is, so cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
GREAT MUSICAL STARS
 COMING TO THIS CITY
A GRAND OPERA COMPANY OF
 ITO PERSONS.
Eighteen French, Italian and Ger man Operas, Including the
 Three Wagner Master
 pieces, Promised.

The greatest operatic event in the his
 tory of San Francisco will be the three weeks season of the grand opera company which has recently been organized by Charles A. Ellis who will bring his com bination of talent consisting of ITO per sons, to this city March next. The com pany will make the trip from Chicago to the coast without stops. In addition to the special train of Pullman cars for the members of the company, there will be a train of seven baggage cars for scenery, properties and effects. The expense of transportation and the rental of Morosco's s Grand Opera House, where the operas are to be produced will be enormous, yet MT. Ellis believes that the engagement will prove profitable, as he has confidence in San Francisco's pride and ability to sup port this great amusement venture.
 This is the first time that MT. Morosco has ever consented to allow his house to be used for any other purpose than his own business, although he has had numer- ous tempting offers to deviate from what has been his settled policy; He Is to turn gagement in completely renovated con- dition, which will require its closing for some little time and the expenditure Of considerable sum of money.
 When the people assemble there they will undoubtedly indulge in "reminiscences of Patti, Gerster, the International Opera Company Irving, Bernhardt and other great stellar attractions in the musical and mimic world that have shone so bril- liantly in this playhouse. While no thought of financial loss is entertained, yet it is not unlikely that a number of wealthy and public-spirited men will raise a guar antee fund to make the engagement an as sured fact. The success of the enterprise. however, seems to be beyond question when Melba's recent engagement here is taken as criterion.
 There will be operas in French, German Ttali hp renarfOfrl meo and Juliette," Faust" La Travi- ata," ''The Barber of Seville" Lucia al Lammermoor," "Rigoletto." Aida" Les tha," "Cavalleria Rusticana,n II Pagliac- ci :" La File du Regiment "Lohengrin, D "Tannhauser," Flying Dutchman," Die
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10

Walkure,' "Siegfried." "Die Meistersing- err and "The Marriage of Figaro"
 The orchestra will be that of the Sym phony Society of New York. The soprani and contralti are Mime. Melba. Mime. Cad ski. Mile. de Lussan, Mile. Behune, Mile. Toronto. Mime. Mattfeld, and Mime. Van Carteren; tenors-M. Bounard, Signor Pandolfini. Herr Krauss, Signor Soler, and Mir Van Hoose; barytones and bassos Herr Stury, M Bensuade. Herr Steh- mann, M. Boudouresque, MT. Rains, Sig nor Viviani
 It Is unnecessary to say anything re- garding Mme Melba, she Is too we'll known here to need any words of intro duction. Mime. Gadski is the leading German lyric singer; Herr Krauss Is the greatest German heroic tenor; and Herr Stury is the most renowned German lyric tenor. With these artists and other Ger man singers 1t Is made possible to produce the Wagnerian operas and other operas of that class never before presented in San Francisco and in as artistic style as given anywhere in the world.
 M. Bonnard the principal French tenor, is from the Royal Opera in Brussels, and sang with Melba at Covent Garden in London this summer. Signor Pandolfini. a celebrated young tenor from Italy, comes from the Grand Opera at Rome. Mile. de such brilliant European success, sings in French and Italian NJ. Boudouresque, who ranks in France with Edouard de Reszke, is a brother of the great Boudou- resQue of the French Opera. With such stars the production of the French and Italian operas cannot be otherwise than artiStically successful.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
Jas. Kennedy Drowned
 Off Hunters Point.
HAD BEEN SAVED ONCE
JUMPED AFTER HIS HAT AND
 SAVED BY A BOATMAN.
The Same Man Tried to Reach Him the Second Time bu Failed in the At
 tempt.

James Kennedy was drowned in the bay off Hunters Point yesterday after noon after having been once rescued by Martin Burnett, who is employed on the wharf Burnett made an attempt to save Kennedy the second time he saw the man in the water, but failed to reach him before he sank.
 Kennedy, with a companion named Hutchinson, had been fishing on the wharf during the afternoon. Shortly before 4 o'clock Kennedys hat blew into the water and he being slightly intoxicated jumped in after 1t. Bur- nett noticed that Kennedy was making but little progress toward shore after reaching his hat so took a boat and brought the man safely to the wharf. A half-hour after this Kennedy was in the water again and according to per sons who saw him he seemed to be showing his friend how well he could swim. He soon began to call for help and Burnett again went after him in a boat, but reached him too late.
 The police, to whom the drowning was reported, believe that Kennedy was taken with a cramp, but no one who saw the affair seems to know just how he came to be in the bay the second time. It was at first reported that Kennedy had Jumped from the boat after Burnett pulled him from the water and another story is that he lost his hat a second time and went after it again.
 The body went down inside the cur rent where the water is twenty-five or thirty feet deep, but employees on the wharf think it can be recovered to-day.
 Kennedy was employed by the Union Iron Works. He was married man and leaves two children besides the widow. The family lives at the corner of T1UentV-aip and Sanchez streets
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. Simon Lafferty, a Laborer, Was
 Struck by an Electric Car.

A. D. Allen. motorman on the San Francisco and San Mateo electric road, surrendered himself at the Seventeenth street police station yesterday and was taken to the City Prison by Detectives Fitzgerald and Graham, where a charge of manslaughter was booked against him. He was released on his own recogniZance by Judge Joachimsen
 While a gang of laborers was engaged working on the track at Eighteenth street on September 3, Simon Lafferty, one of the men, was struck by Allen s car. He was taken to St. Luke's Hospi- tai. where 1t was found that five of his ribs were broken, besides his collarbone. He died September B. and the cause of death was given as per1tonitis, brought on by a shock.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
C0NVALESCENT HOME
 HAS MANY INMATES
THE RED CROSS soCIETY'S GOOD
 WORK GOES ON.
Donations Daily Received From Throughout the State-Sol- diers Receiving the
 Best of Care.

The restoration tent conducted by the San Francisco Red Cross Society has been in operation during the past week. An average of fifty soldiers a day have been entertained. Those not i'll enough to go to the hospital and not well enough to eat regular ratons are given suitable food well cooked and served. This in- novation is to prevent convalescents go- ing to the hospital for food.
 The society's greatest efforts last week were devoted to the new Convalescent Home at the Presidio. which was opened on Wednesday. and now. has twenty pa- of the State Society. The local society has furnished the dining and sitting from Mrs; Kohl of San Mateo. Mrs. L. L. Ha1tbews % nhvsician in a,iu cbarge te has da. cided to allow visitors to call on Tues days and Thursdays, between and 1 D. m.
 It will be 8 pleasing sight to those who visit the hospital to vlew the comforta- ble table-chairs, lounges. writing desks. young ladies at 16 Post street; table sil- yer, the gift of Mrs. Kohl; lamps, pic lures, and, in fact. everything that will add to the comfort of the convalescing
 Magazines and light reading matter would be gladly accepted by the society received by the hospitality committee dur ing the last week from Miss Cerf. Miss Rosenbaum, Miss Loring. Mrs L. L. Baker. Mrs. Gilmore, Mrs. A. w. Scott. Miss Tillinghast. Miss Hastings MT. Gull lette, Mrs Gibbons. Miss Meyer
 Twenty-three hundred and forty lunches have been given to the soldiers during the week by the hospitality committee of the San Francisco Red Cross Society Some of the sick who are on their way home come into the hospitality rooms in such a weakened condition that a com mittee, under Miss Elliott. now looks out for these men. buying their tickets and seeing them safely on the boats.
 The last donations received were: From Mrs David P Marshall. $3 Mrs. l.. L. Baker $50: Hamilton Grammar School, $43 35; graduates of Hamilton Grammar. for Convalescent Home. s10; entertain ment by Josie Flyshaker and Hazel Ra- mon, s23; Stanford Kindergarten No. 5, g 45; friends, g 9.
 The generous friend known at IS Post street as grandfather" Is requested to hmake more invalid cards" as they are greatly appreciated by those too Ill to hold book.
 The Government granted the society permission to supply the division hospital with a good cook, which has been done The Government furnishes the provisions and the Red Cross sees that they are nrnperly prepared for the sick.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
DENIES THE CHARGES.
Greenwald Claims He Never Touched a Registered Letter While
 in San Quentin.

Louis Greenwald, who is accused by Turnkey Jamieson of having abstracted $50 from a registered letter while in San Quentin, makes a complete denial of the accusation.
 II used to assist Jamieson in his of- flee and clipped the ends off the letters which he inspected, but I never touched a registered letter. I remember this enc letter addressed to Bayard Saville in par tisular and saw Jamieson open 1t. That was at least six months ago.
 "NCw that I am away from the prison and unable to protect myself, he tries to cast all the blame upon me. I wrote him a letter this morning and gave him my address, so if he wants to find me he knows where I am. If he thought I took the money he should have accused me at the time instead of waiting until I presumably far away from here"
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
CASSIUS k. CLAY IS 4
 BLUEGRASS WID0WER
Marriage Contract Between the An cient Kentuckian and His
 Child-Wife Dissolved

LOUISVILLE, Sept. 9.-A special to the Evening Post from Richmond, Ky, says: General Cassius M. Clay, the sage of White Hall, has been granted divorce from his girl-wife, Dora Richardson Clay, by Judge Scott of the Madison County court. The decree restores defendant to her maiden name. The suit for divorce was filed several weeks ago, and as it was not contested by the defendant every, ef- fort was made to hurry it through the courts. No reference was made to ali- mony as 1t was understood by the at- torneys and the court that General Clay had already made ample provision for his wife by the purchase of a large and pro- ductive farm near her old home. The marriage contract which existed between them was dissolved.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
ROBBED AND BEATEN. Chicago Shipping Clerk Held Up by
 Three FOOfDadS

CHICAGO, Sept. 9.-As bold robbery as was ever committed occurred yesterday at the south end of the Asnland-avenue bridge. A. J. Hahn, shipping clerk for the Webster Manufacturing Company, was crossing the bridge on a bicycle, carrying s622 intended for the weekly pay roll AS he reached the south end of the bridge he was attacked by three men, who knocked him from his bicycle, dragged him into a freight yard ripped open the valise con- tainfng the money and made ther escape without interference. Hahn made a fight for the valise, but was beaten on the head with a revolver until insensible. His skull is fractured and he may die. There Is no clue to the robbers.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
MUCH NEEDED WATER.
Spring Valley Has Commenced to Lay Mains in Precita Valley
 and Vicinity

The deniEens of Precita Valley are now on the eve of realizing their fondest hopes. They are to have water not only for drinking, but in sufficient quantities to eXtinguish fires. Already eight-inch mains have been hauled and deposited along Precita avenue from Mission street to San Bruno road on Alabama street and Army to Ripley to Folsom to Army About twenty of the latest patterns of fire plugs will be placed in the valley and Its vicinity. All the valley now needs is gas, and as all things come to him who waits it is expected that the light of the corporation will soon shine in their midst
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
Swallowed a Needle and Died.

A tailor In Chicago accidentally swallowed a needle and died result of the inham- nation set up by the small needle Little things frequently have great power. as is seen in few small doses of the famous Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which. however, has an en- tirely different effect from the needle in this notice. The Bitters make nervous. weak and sickly persons strong and well again. They are also good for dyspepsia and constipation.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
Under a Chinese Laundry Wagon.

Evangeline Lennon, little girl aged seven. years, was run over by a Chinese laundry wagon driven by Gong Wah on The little girl, whose parents reside at 366 San Carlos avenue, on finding that she was not injured declined to have the Chinarnan arrested.
 The Mongoian on seeing what he had done became terribly frightened. As soon as he found it safe he ran away like a scared wolf. leaving his wagon and con- tents behind to take care of itself. He returned, however, on being assured that no injury would be inflicted
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
MUST PAY THE DEATH PENALTY Delaware Supreme Court Approves
 the Sentence of Rev. MT. Fisher

DOVER, Del, Sept. 9.-The Delaware Supreme Court has sustained the decision of the lower court which imposed sen- Fisher of Wilmington, charged with breaking into the house of Mrs. Maria Hunt of that city at night for the pur- pose of committing an assault. Fisher has been sentenced to be hanged on Oc- tober 2.