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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-21
THE PICTURE WINDOW.
So"ething About the Most Critical Stag,
fS

In Its Developments.
Inc search for material ended. the
work OF construction may begin. Two
aupscate copies of the cartoon are
hrst made. One operation suflices to
accomplish this. The cartoon is laid
on large table, and beneath it are two
sheets of similar paper and two sheets
OF ordinary black transfer paper ar
ranged alternately. BY passing a
small revolving wheel over the out
uhes OF the cartoon. the acings are
quickly and accurately made. Each
space Is then numbered correspondence
~ on both tracings. and one of them
Is cut up to make patterns for the
glass-cutter. An ingenious dissecting
instrument is used for this purpose.
1t consists of pair of double-edeed
shears. which, in cutting, removes a
strip OF paper just the width of the
lead which will separate the fragments
OF glass when they are finally bound
0ogether. In this way each pattern is
precisely the size required. When the
glass Is ready to be put together in the
window. there is very little coaxing to
De done to get it into place.
The picture window has now reached
the most critical stage in its develop
ment. The paper patterns are to find
suitable counterparts in glass, and
upon the nicely with which this sub
stltutlon is accomplished depends the
effect of the entire work Nothing is
lett undOne that will assist the glass
cutter in forming correct color-iudg-
ments. Throughout the entire proc
ess' and he particularly, the work
progresses under precisely those con-
dltlons that are best calculated to
make surprises and incongruities i'm
possible when the whole shall be COM
pleted. A sheet of pain glass, the
size OF the cartoon, is laid over the un-
dissected tracing. Outlines of the in
tended lead bands are then painted on
he clear glass in black lines of &C RE-
spending width. On the model thus
prepared the paper patterns are stuck
by means of a little wax. 1t is now
ready to be taken to the fgure-room,
whe it's placed directly in front of
II large window, and the Glow work of
substituting colored glass for paper
begins. Prof. G. H. Henderson, in
Popular Science Monthly.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-21
PICTURE. or WASHINGTON.
The Personal Appearance of Our First
President in 1889 and in 1r98.

The Personal appearance OF Our First
President in 1889 and in 1898.
As described by David Ackerson, in
1871. Washington had a large, thick
nose. and it was very red that day,
giving me the impression that he was
no. so moderate in the use of liquors as
be was supposed to be. | found after
ward that this was - popularity. His
nose was apt to turn scarlet in cold
wind. lie as standing near small
camp fire. evidently lost in thought
and making no effort to keep warm.
He seemed six feetand a half i'm height,
wa, as erect as an Indian, and did not
for a moment relax from military
atliIuGe.
Wa.hington's exact height was six
feet two inches in his boots. He was
then "a little lame from striking his
knee against tree. His eye was so
GRAY that it looked almost white, and
he had a troubled look on his colorless
face He had a piece of wooden tied
aronnd his throat and was quite hoarse.
Perhaps the throat trouble from which
he finally died had its origin about
chen.
Washin9tOn's boots were enormous.
They were No. Is. His ordinary walk
inc shoes were No. IL. His hands were
large in proportion. and he could not
buy glove to fit him and had to have
his gloves made to order His mouth
was his strong feature. the lips being
always tightly compressed. That day
they were compressed so tightly as to
be painful to look at.
At that time he weighed 200 pounds,
and there was no surplus flesh about
him. He was tremendously muscled.
and the fame of his great strength was
every where. His large tent, when
wrapped up with the poles, was so
heavy that it required two men to place
it in the camp wagon. Washington
would lift it with one hand and throw
it into the wagon as easily as if it were
a pair of saddle-hags. He could hold
q musket with one hand and shoot with
precision as easily as other men did
with horse pistol. His lungs were
his weak point and his voice was never
strong.
He was at that time in the prize of
life. His hair was chestnut brown,
his cheeks were prominent, and his
head was not large in contrast to every
other part of his body, which seemed
large and bony at all points. His
finger joints and wrists were so large
as to be genuine curiosities. AS to
habits at that period | found out much
that might be interesting. He was an
enormous eater, but was content with
bread and meat, if he had plenty of it..
But hunger seemed to put him in a
rage. 1t was his custom to take a
drink of rum or whisky on awaking in
the morning.
Of course all this was changed when
he grew old. | saw him at Alexandria
year before he died. His hair was
very gray and his form was slightly
bent His chest was very thin. He
had false teeth which did not fit and
pushed his under lip outward. Al
banv Express.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-21

-Farina Dumplings. One quart of
milk, ten ounces of farina, three eggs,
me and one-half teaspoonfuls OF
baking powder, teaspoonful of but
ter, and one-half pound of flour; let
he milk boil; stir in the farina and
boil until we'll done; allow the mixture
70 cool, and add the melted butter and
beaten eggs, and last add the flour,
baking powder and salt; drop with
tablespoon into sailed, boiling water;
boil about fifteen minutes. till they
rise; remove with skinner and serve
with fruit sauce.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-21

tine of the chief features of the
use of paper fabric for building pur-
poses is the ease with which it can be
worked into sheets of any required
width or thickness that will not be af-
fected by changes of temperature Or
humidity.
The Italian Admiralty. as the re-
suit of numerous experiments, have
given orders that henceforth all ex-
posed parts of machinery are to be
fabricated exclusively with castor oil.
while mineral oils are to be used for
cylinder and similar lubrication.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-21

"A asnlngton Territory farmer
was digging post hole on the banks
of Smoke River when he unearthed a
skeleton richly dressed in old-fashioned
clothing. The coat was especially fine
and was adorned with velvet collar
and cuffs. The place where the skele-
ton was found had been used as horse
corral for the past fifteen years.
"A clever horse thief. who had been
stealing many animals in Queens
County, New York, was arrested, when
considerable difficulty was experienced
in identifying him. Witnesses stated
that while trying to dispose of his
stoson horses he had two eyes. When
arrested he had but one eye. A glass
eye was found in his clothes and when
placed in the socket every person
>scognized him.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-21
HUMOROUS.

"A New Jersey man has made a
ballot-box which can not be stuffed.
Now all the country wants is voter
built in the same way. -Yonkers
Statesman.
The girl who went to service for
the first time wrote to her mother
that her master and mistress were
very dirty. for they washed their
hands ever SO many times day.
We do not know very much about
the ancient Egyptians, perhaps, but
the grand old Sphinx with its silent
womans head shows that they were a
very sarcastic people. of
Education.
Affidavit Editor-.'Dearest Ma
thilde, can you doubt the strength
and sincerity of my love?' Mathilde
-"Swear it, Alonzo. swear it!''
Affidavit Editor (absent-mindedly)-
ii swear-we have the largest circu-
lation in the West. and it is rapidly
increasing. America
There is no excuse for the use of
profane language" says an exchange;
and this is no doubt correct, but if
there were any the drug clerk who is
aroused at three o'clock IN the morn
ing by drunken man who wants to
look in the directory to find out where
he lives would seem to possess it.
: "A gentleman said to one of his
friends that for some years his wife
had persisted in saying that she was
only twenty years old. "Mine is
more reasonable" replied his friend.
Il have succeeded in making her enter
her thirties, but | have failed to make
her come out of them. IN. Y.
Ledger.
-RoOney-"Sure Oh can't see why
mustn't be a mimber av yure Union if
vi want to keep ne job! It's only u
week I've been over here, but | know
this is free counthry." Mooney
(walking delegate)-"But reminder
now, man, that vure an Amerikin, an
mustn't perfect yuresilf against i'm
ported pauper lahor!'
I'm Bookstore. -''Have you got
the Blue book?' "The blue bookp
We've got 'Burton's Anatomy of
Melancholy" That ought to be blue
enough" mo, no. That isn't it. /
mean the book with the list of Offices"
1--WE haven't got it, But if you are
after an Office, you had better take the
book on melancholy" Chicago Her.
aid.
"A Useful Instrument. - Musical
Visitor-'What a handsome pianor'
Mrs Tiptop-''Yes, do not know of
a single piece of furniture l have that
l am more proud of than of my piano.
1t was made TO order at q cost of
70, GOO. y 'Oh, l must why, it's
locked" Yes; lost the key some
months ago and have forgotten to get
another. Philadelphia Record.
The noise of a man stumbling
recklessly against Instructions in the
hall and making hasty remarks in
general way that sounded like Mis-
slssippi river steamboat mate making
a landing at IL O'Clock at night to
take on a lot of pork barrels was dis
tinctly heard in the sitting room,
"Children,'' exclaimed Mrs Rambo,
hastily, run up stairs and 60 tn bed.
Your father, judge, has been paying
a gas bill. Chicago Tribune.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-21
Prevention Of Seasickness.

A friend of mine was talking to Lieu.
tenant Craven. U. S. NJ, in New York
the other day about seasickness. Said
Lieutenant Craven: 'When you 20
aboard ship take a broad towel and tie
it about you in such way as to com.
press the abdomen, generally with toll.
cradle tightness. Wear this bandage
during the voyage, and I'll be bound
you will not suffer from seasickness. p"
The gentleman to whom Lieutenant
Craven gave this recipe said to me: 81
believe that bandage applied as MIR.
Craven suggests is an excellent pre-.
ventive. l had generally been very
bad sailor until the last sea trip l made,
when | wore for the first time an cleo.
trio belt. This belt was fastened about
me as the bandage should be. In spite
OF the fact that the voyage from Der.
muda was excessively rough, and near
lvevery one was sick. passed through
the Ordaal without aven "Ma!m -.
The crown of Charles H., made In
1860, is the oldest existing in England.
The monastery of Melk, in Austria.
lately celebrated the eight-hundreth
anniversary of its foundation.
Some of the handsomest shops in
Paris are now devoted to the sale OF
Japanese wares, and are wholly con-
Quoted by Japs.
Holland reclaims an average OF
eight acres per day from the sea, and
the salt water is no sooner crowded
out than cabbage is crowded in.
Queen Victoria objects to the gem
eral use of electric lights at Windsor
Castle. because it is too strong for her
eyes, and it is therefore restricted to
few localities.
including policemen, post-office
officials markekEcn and women, care
takers, hospital nurses. and newspa-
per writer's and printers, it is estimat-
ed that fully one hundred thousand of
the inhabitants of London are night
workers.
The Eiffel Tower is now declared,
even by those who feared that it would
be unsightly. to have a Eight and
graceful appearance in spite of its
gigantic size. and to be an imposing
monument. worthy of Paris. +"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-21
OLD EASTER CUSTOMS.
singular Illustrations of Life i'm the Day
of Our Foregathers.

q
of Our Forefathers.
At Queens College. Oxford, the first
dish brought TO the table on Easter
day used to be red herring riding
away on horseback. On Holy Saturday
evening in some parts of Ireland great
preparations are made for the finish
Ing of Lent Fat hens and pieces OF
bacon are put in the pot by the cotter' S
wife about eight or nine o'clock, but
woe to the person who dares to touch
1t before the cock crows. The peas
ants rise at four o'clock on Easter
morning Ito see the sun dance in
honor OF the resurrection" At Twick-
enham there was an ancient custom of
dlvld NJ two great cakes among the
young people. In 1915 Parliament
looking upon it as superstition, or
dered the custom abandoned, and that
lOaves OF bread should be bought with
the money for the poor of the parish.
These were thrown from the steeple
to be scrambled for. In some parts OF
England there is still the custom OF
eating a CANNON of bacon at Easter:
this was founded on the adherence
our forefathers wished TO express to-
ward the Jews for their part in the
crucifixion. One superstition is ex-
pressed in the following lines:
On Easter let your clothes be new,
Or else be sure you will it rue"
A superstition long practiced on the
continent was to abstain from eating
flesh on Easter day. in order to escape
fever during the year. In Derbyshire
is spring called dropping Tor"
10 this young men ana maidens re-
sort. each with a pound of sugar in
one pocket and a cup in the other.
They fill the cup with droppings from
the spring, dissolve the sugar in il
and drink it with anticipated matri-
monial results. Judging from the
quantity of sugar. the anticipated re-
suits, if realized. are sure to be sweet.
yet stranger custom was once COM
mon among all classes in England and
still prevailed at the beginning of the
present century. ION Easter Mon
day." says the historian, .'parties OF
six or eight women surround such
persons of the opposite sex
as they happen to meet, and. with OF
without their consent, lift them three
times above their heads, shouting at
each elevation: In representation OF
our Saviour's resurrection The men
in similar parties do the same on Eas-
ter Tuesday. A Gu ,tom happily fallen
into disuse is that of wives beating
their husbands on Easter Tuesday, and
husbands their wives on the day fol-
lowing. Such customs, as we'll as that
of young couples rolling down Green
wich hill, are proofs of the rude and
coarse manners which prevailed in
earlier English life
Of the decorations of ''pace-eggs''
it is needless to speak. Every Easter,
in the time of Louis XIV, eggs thus
embellished used to be piled high in
pyramids on the royal table at Yer
sailles. When the King had surveyed
the pile of toys, be distributed them
among his courtiers American Aeri-
culturiSt.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

The essentials of watering place
may be alliteratively summed up thus:
Sea, salt. sun, sand, shells, shrimps.
steamers, ships, sailors and single.
"A man in Milwaukee was lately
convicted on the charge of putting
sticks loaded with gunpowder in his
divorced wife's wood-pile. He wanted
to get even somehow.
Where were you born, little girlP'
asked philanthropist of street beg
gar. "I'm not sure, sir" was the re-
ply, .sbut l often heard my ma say that
was born in poverty. MY. Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-21

Here was private soldier who
would have made good judge. He
would have known how to s.construe
the law" as the phrase is, so as to get
justice done. Two men were cooking
fat fowl at their campfire. when a
q corporal shifted the unaccustomed
odor. Hello, boys! where did ven
get that chicken?" 20. we confiscated
him for talking treason. talking
treason! What do you mean? Chickens
can't talk. = mo, but they can crow;
and as sure as you live, we caught
this rooster, this very afternoon, crow
ing with all his might for JEFF Davis"
The corporal passed on.-Y Youth Com
paaion.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-21
Education Is the great safeguard

Education Is the great safeguard OF
ire people. and that education whlca
affords the best preparation for the
practical duties of life is indispensable
when the highest success is to be at
tanned.
The American Educational Aid As
ISOLATION helps women to secure
scholarships and spec al favors in in
situations of learning who have no one
on whom to depend to get self-sup-
porting education.
In the proposed Williamson Indus
trial School, the college system with a
central organization building Will
probably be adopted. The trustees
are now examining some OF the mosl
prominent schools of the country, IN
order to get suggestions:
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-21
The Faith Is Lacking.

Doctor, if there is no such thing as
hydrophobia how does it happen so
many persons who have been bitten by
rabid dogs die afterward in convul.
slonsp"
They die of fright, sir. They are
scared to death. The imagination
sometimes exerts power sufficient
to kill"
Then why can't a patient who
thinks he has hydrophobia be cured in
the same way by making him imagine
he is going to get well?''
Because we can't inspire him with
any-er-faith in our medicines. -
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-21

Almond Cheese Cakes. Line pat
ty pans with pastry, and drop in a
mixture of the whites OF three eggs,
one-fourth of pound of powdered
sugar, juice of one-half of lemon.
one-half of pound OF blanched and
chopped almonds. Bake in a mod
crate oven. Good Housekeeping.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-01
RING DOWN THE CURTAIN.
Final Act in the sensational Liti-
oatiOu Of the T,iudauepS

CHICAGO, Dec. 31.-All the parties in
terested in the Lindauer case were
again assembled in Judge Prendergast's
court this morning to participate in the
final act of one of the most sensational
litigations that ever occupied months
time of several courts of Cook county.
The final act was nothing less than the
offer of settlement by Lindauer Bros.
d Co., at 40 cents on the dollar: such
compromise to extend to the unsecured
as we'll as the judgment creditors. The
offer was made in open court and was
accepted and that probably ends the
matter. This end was not reached until
much preliminary talk was INDUCED in,
and after the court, in accordance with
his decision of Saturday had appointed
Frank Collier receiver. The court had
rlso decided to attach the Lindauers for
contempt in refusing to turn over the
cash in their possession. This was done
in order to facilitate an appeal to a
higher court OH the question of Judge
PrendergaSt'S decision. The attorney
for the firm said that negotiations for
settlement were pending, and asked a
pOStpOnement of two weeks in the entry
of the order of attachment, which was
of the insolvents, that the court suggest
basis of settlement, and Judge Prem
dergaSt said that in his opinion, 40 per
cent all around was as much as the
creditors could reasonably hope to get.
1t is thought probable that the appeal
as to jurisdiction will be dropped.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-01

higher this morning and was purchaser OF
a few stocks at the opening, which induced
some covering of shorts, and, with the linn
tied offerings, this was sufficient to give q
strong tone to the market, what there was OF
1t. But there was less disposition to trade
than usual, even among the traders ana the
position for most OF the day was simply
stand-of between the opposing forces, re-
sulting in stagnant and utterly uninterest-
ing market. Some little demonstration was
made by the bears, and efforts were made to
utilize the high rates for money prevailing.
which reached 10 per cent at the close, but
late in the day there was marked increase
in the number of buying orders and New
England. the coalers and the Northern Pa
cites led a fractional upward movement.
Opening figures were from is to " per cent
above Saturdays closing. but dizziness set
in Immediately and was unable to noid
up to the opening figures. The move
ment however, was for Insignificant fractlons
Only, and soon ceased altogether aftel the
early losses had been regained. The market
then remained Stagnant on constantly oe.
creasing volume of business until the last
hour, though Philadelphia gas rose sharply
2h2 per cent, and afterward lost part OF the
improvement. Oregon Transcontlnental,
Lackawanna and New England developed
marked activity and strength, and the rest OF
the list followed. although in no case did the
advance equal l per cent The movement
was short, but the market closed firm thongn
dull at fractional advances for the day. Ine
final changes are generally fractional, out
the last squirt carried several stocks up ma
terially and Delaware & Hudson rose Ia;
Lake Erie & Western preferred 1k and
Oregon Transcontinental. Reading & Phila,
delphia gas each 1 per cent. The railroad
bond market was in close sympathy with the
share list and was dull and generally firm
with little or no feature of importance. Inc
sales of all issues reached $4,000. Gov
eminent bonds were dull but steady to firm:
State bonds were dull and steady. The total
sales of stock to-day were 109,933 shares,
including:
Delaware & Hudson, 1918: Erie, 1900;
Lake Shore, BIB, Northwestern, 1000;
Northern PACIFIC preferred, $3.50; Oregon
Transcontinental, 9,l10: Reading, $4,000;
St. Paul, 1925. The following are total
transactions in the New York stock exchange
during the past year compared with the pre-
yious year: 1SoS--Stocks, shares, 62, 945,-
772; government bonds, So, 799, 600; state
and railroad bonds S346, 51l, 4O2. 1887
Stocks, shares, So, .o27; government
bonds. S6,637, 100; state and railroad bonds,
1896. 966 25J. The banner year for stock
speculation was 1881, when the transactions
amounted TO l l7.01S. I67 shares.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-01
Kansas CITY.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Dec. 31.-The Live
Stock Indicator reports: Cattle-Recelpts,
1.66s; shipments, blank; beef steers strong
to Toe higher; choice COWS 5@10c higher;
stoekers and feeding steers quiet; good to
choice corn-fed, $4.4O@4.s so; common to
medium, So. 25@3.5O; stockers and feeding
steers, S3@3. 40; cows, $1.25@2.sO. Hogs
Receipts, 4.O41; shipments, blank; active;
strong sc higher; good to choice. S.. O7Y2@
5.l2l2; common to medium, Sd. 5O@5. Sheep
Receipts 557; shipments. 269; good NUT
ton and fat lambs in demand; strong to loo
15c higher; $3.25@4; common to medium,
$2@3.5O.
Kansas rCIrY. Mo-, pDec. 31-The Live
Stock Indicators annual report shows the
receipts Of cattle for the past year to have
been 1.O56,6O3 all increase Of 81, 40; of
hogs, 2,O1O.S47, a decrease of 4lO,411; of
sheep, 351 ,4S1, an increase of 141,27 The
average of the lowest prices paid during the
year for hogs was $3.S2l2, against So. "a in
1887, and the average Of the highest price
paid was $3.50. against IS 40 last year.
The general condition of the Western cattle
trade is much better than year ago, al
though the general average of prices paid
the past year was not appreciably higher
than last year. The receipts of cows. native
and range, has been unusually large. The
quality Of the grass range was somewhat
better