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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04
THE DIREcrolRE STYLE.
The Most Hygienic Gowns That Can Be-
Worn BY Women.

The Most Hygienic Gowns That Can Be
Worn BY Women.
The present style of the directoire
suit is probably the most hygienic
dress that has ever been worn by
women. The absence of full drapery
aud the plain skirts prevent it from in
numbering the limbs and relieve it
from the unnecessary weight which has
been so serious an objection to the old
styles.
The custom of making many of these
dresses without pockets is not ne.
cessity. The dress with seven pockets
is of the directoire style. Four of
these pockets are inserted in the vest
in the same manner as pockets are
made in gentlemen's vests. Two are
In the upper part of the vest-one for
a watch and the other for pencil.
The owner of this dress has had occa-
sion many times to exclaim: "Oh,
what comfort that pencil-pocket is
to me. never before could find nv
pencil" Two of the pockets referred
to are placed in the lower part of the
vest. to be used for car tickets and
small articles. In the back drapery
are inserted two oblong pockets, the
openings of which are drawn together
by elastic cord. One of these is found
most useful as receptacle for men,
orandum book; the other for card
case. Under one of the panels on the
right side is inserted long pocket to
be used for the handkerchief and
purse; and on the other side. hidden
also by one of the panels, can be
placed another pocket for keys and
other articles that are not needed tor
immediate use.
1t is to be hoped that this style of
dress. the directoire, will not be of the
ephemeral nature Of many others, but
will be generally adopted by business
women, with the improvement in the
way of pockets which we have sug-
gested. There is cry going out
through the land from the lips of self
supporting women against the bond
age of fashionable dress. 1t is, in
deed. matter of great Importance
that dress shall be worn by business
women which shall combine all the
artistic features of fashionable dress
with the comforts and cOnveniences
required.
The annoyances that have been
caused by non-hygienic dresses here
tofore in vogue are only fully appre-
ciated by the self-supporting woman
who generally finds herself constantly
hampered by them. That women have
been successful while struggling with
such difficulties is an unanswerable
argument in favor of their physical
endurance; but whatever success those
of remarkable intellect can attain un-
der such circumstances the ordinary
woman can not expect to 60 fitting on
the road to success with shoes which
give her the appearance of having club
feet with waists reduced to twO-thirds
their natural proportions, and without
pockets in which to carry the articles
which business life requires. BUSH
ness Woman's Journal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04
Romantic HeIigoland's Doom.

Oklahoma squatters are complain.
Ing that the new landoffice is pulling
the ground from under their feet" but
the literal meaning of that phrase is
at present illustrated on the island of
Heligoland. where stormy sea re-
Gently toppled over a large cliff, to-
gether with its top, stratum of pas
lures and cottages, And at the same
slime revealed the existence of a cliff
undermining at least one-third of the
remaining scant area, which has now
been reduced to little less than one
third of an English square mile. Year
by year the sea encroaches upon the
rocks OF the west shore, but the full
extent OF its ravages was only lately
ascertained by the discovery of an old
map, showing not less than eighteen
different villages, with castles, forts
and monasteries, where the water
now covers the submarine rocks to a
depth OF half hundred fathoms.
Like the island of St. Helena. the cliffs
of Heligoland rise abruptly from an
ocean abyss. which more than probably
will swallow up the last breakwater
before the middle of the next century.
Albany On. ~ Journal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04
BLACK Is WHITE.
Seemingly IncOntrovertible Argument
from EtymOlOgy.


The word black (Anglo-SaxOn blac,
1lgc. bleak. is fundamentally the same
DIS the old German blach, now only to
be found in two or three compounds,
as Blachfeld, level or plain; Blach-
mahl, the scum which floats on the top
when silver is melted. and BlachfrOst,
and it meant originally ''level, "''bare, y
and was used to denote blackness, be-
cause blackness is (apparently) bare of
color. But the nasalized form of black
is blank. which also meant originally
bare, and was use to denote whitenesS,
because whiteness is (apparently )bare
of color The same word was used to
denote the two opposite things. From
which it would seem that black is white.
To any one who shall point out flaw
in this chronological argument shall
endeavor to be grateful, provided he
does not disturb the very satisfactory
conclusion. This [ should naturally
resent. 1t may help him to a conclu-
sion and serve as further support to
my contention to point out that blGc IN
Anglo Saxon actually means white
as we'll as 'black," so that it is not IN
it's nasalized form only that the same
word is employed to express opposite
things. Why is this, unless that to the
primitive mind both white and black
appeared to agree in being bare or
void of color, and for that reason TO
deserve the same name? And here
can not help harboring suspicion
suggested by the Old German Rlach-
frost (Which appears to be nearly OBJ
solete. or only used in some localitles}
that our "black frost" meant originally
frost bare of Accomplishments, as
boar, rime, and it is coincidence only
that it should be black in color ana
blacken the vegetation. But we have
long lost hold of the original meaning
and believe it to refer to the c0lor.-
Notes and Queries.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04

-"What is fool-killer, ma" asked
little johnny. ''Go and ask your
father. my dear; he knows everybody. +"
"A fool-kil'er. my boy" returned Mr..
Brown, lis little thing called cigar
ette."
"A leading Presbyterian minister of
chattanooga, states that on the ton of
white Mountain, in Western North
Carolina, are three trees of the cachoin
species growing close together and
eacR being about a foot in diameter and
ABOUT fifteen feet in height. The top
OF the trees is about twenty feet in di-
ameter and perfectly fat, being so
completely interviewer that number
OF persons can walk on them with ease.
Twelve persons can lie down on the
top OF the trees without danger of fall
ing. Indeed, SO close are these tops
that holes had to be cut in the middle
tor persons to get on top.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04

Statistics Of sleep may not prove
any thing of Importance, but they are
interesting. According to statistics
prepared in Russia, the need of sleep
Is greater in women than in men. the
duration OF sleep being longer and the
percentage of tired morning and even-
ing and of not tired being 8 to 2 and 2
10 8 respectively as compared to the
men. Students sleep longer and are
less tired than other men. The time
needed to fall asleep is about the same
In all three classes-2O.8 minutes for
me men, III minutes for students and
zl.2 minutes for women. In each case.
however, it takes longer for those who
are frequent dreamers and light sleep-
ers to fall asleep than persons of oppo-
site characteristics.
"A stingy man Of BurlinigtSd, VT,
drew up some valuable papers and
used ink Of his own make to save ex-
pense. The other day he found that
the writing had all faded out, involv-
ing him in loss of $1,000.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04

Light colored fruits, such as pears.
peaches and apples, should be dropped
into cold water as they are pared.
THE will preserve their color, but
they must not be kept there long, or
the flavor will be destroyed. 1t is not
SO important to keep peaches light
color as it is pears. In all preserves
there is danger of the juice of the
fruit reducing the strip; it is well to
let it remain uncovered for twenty
four hours, and then if the strip is
found thin. pour it off and scald again.
Recently negro woman near Cen.
terville, Wilkes County, Georgia, hav-
ing her young baby in her lap At
church, got to shouting and POUNDING
her child. She beat it go severely that
several of its ribs were broken and tn.
child died in few days from the
injuries.
The "real red poppy" has recently
been found to have the valuable power
OF binding with its roots the soil in
which it grows in such q manner that
1t will prove most valuable in support
ing entertainments. Already several
engineers have undertaken the sowing
q railway emRankments with peoples.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04

americans are gradually being
recognized as the greatest YACHTING
people in the world. Nowhere al.e
can one lind so much enthusiasm and
interest over yacht race as here. and
what Is more significant, this is the
only country in the world where the
masses nave any idea of the details of
sailing and the maneuvers of yachts in
a race. The yacht-race reports in the
great daily papers of the United States
which are read Understandings and
with great interest here, would he
Greek to the average newspaper reader
on the other side of the watar
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04

The Empress of Russia always
carries large fan when she goes out
TO screen her face from those who
stare at her.
If all of the Indians in the United
States were congregated in one village
it would not be as large as ST. Louis
Total Indian population In United
States. 247.761.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The Progress of Electrical Invention
LabOr-Saving Devices.
An expeditions way to lower the
temperature of small vessel of water
is to drop into it a few crushed crys-
tails of nitrate of ammonia. The
crystals will reduce the heat about
fifty degrees.
From experiments made in Rich
mond, Va, with electric heaters, it
seems probable that passenger coach
can be kept warm at an expense of
two cents an hour, the current being
supplied by dynamo on the locomo-
tive or tender.
Inventor Edison is at work on a
'far-sight" machine which he hopes
to have perfected in time for the
worlds fair in 1892. By it's aid the
inventor says it will be possible for a
man in New York to see the features
of friend in Boston.
Recent experiments at the Royal
Polytechnic school at Munich show
that the strength of camel-hair belt
ing reaches 6.S15 pounds per square
inch, while that of ordinary betting
ranges between $3.50 and 5, 26O pounds
per square inch. The camel-hair belt
is unaffected by acids.
A natural bed of substance resem-
bling shoe-blacking is reported in
Rush Valley, Utah. Analysis shows
that it contains 16 per cent carbon,
81 per cent. aluminium, and so per
cent. clay. When properly applied to
leather it produces a fine polish that
is not easily destroyed.
Builders are now making doors of
two thick paper boards nodded into
panels. glazed together with glue and
potash. and put through heavy roll
ing process. Covered with a water
proof coating, they are hung like
wooden doors, and are both beautiful
and serviceable. They possess the
additional recommendation of being
comparatively noiseless.
French steel-makers are manufact-
uring steel containing a variable por-
ton of copper, two to four per cent,
which is capable of far greater resist
ing power and is more elastic and
malleable than simple steel. This
alloy is to be used in making artillery
OF large caliber, armor plates, rifle
barrels, and projectiles. It will also
probably be valuable for making grid.
ers for building purposes and shin
plates.
The relative hardness of woods is
calculated by the hickory, which is
the toughest. Estimating that at 100
we get for pignut hickory Sc, white
oak "a, white ash ~, dogwood "a
scrub oak 70, white hazel u. apple
tree 20, red oak SO, white beech g.
black walnut IS, black birch g.. vel.
ow and black oak 60, white elm So
hard maple Sc. red cedar SO, cherry
30. yellaw pine So, chestnut 50, yellow
poplar 81, butternut and white birch
A. and white pine S5.-Chicag,
News.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04

Thoughts are not o'gr1at calam
ity, reasons the New Orleans Picayune,
as poor farming and poor land. An
ordinary drought would hardly be no.
ticed if all farms were skillfully mar
aged on the intensive plan.
1t is said that CulIman County,
Ala, is the only level arabic and fer
tile tract of land in the Southern States
in which there are virtually no negroes.
In census population of more than
10000, including an area of over LOU
square miles. there are only fourteen
negroes.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04

Tommy was at Sunday school in
his first pair of trousers, and picture
OF lot Of little angels was before the
class. Tommy, would you like to be
little angelo" asked the teacher.
mo. ma'am." replied Tommy, after a
careful inspection of the picture
mo. Tommy why notP" inquired the
teacher, in surprise. "Cause, ma'am.
Ia have to give up my new trousers. y
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04

1t Can Not BE Compared With That of
Dogs, Elephants or Parrots

Dogs, Elephants or Parrots.
There is an immense deal of super
stition about the intelligence of
horses. l stopped to-day at the curb.
stone to chat with an expressman. /
said to him: ''How much does YOUR
horse know?' THAT horse, sir" he
replied. "knows just exactly as much
as a man." This is the way every
body talks who owns a horse. or tends
horses. and it seems to me to be per-
feet nonsense. | have seen horses
walk around a post until they had
wound the bride all up, and then
stand Tor hours with their heads up
against the hitching post, simply be-
cause they didn't have sense enough
to walk the other way, and unwind
themselves. l have seen them, when
hltched to ring in the pavement, get
their feet over the bride, and then 90
into tits because they didn't have sense
enough to lift their feet back over the
bride again. have seen them dance
around in burning barn with their
names and tails on fire, simply because
they didn't have sense enough to run
out. Anybody can steal horse with
out any objection from the horse. A
morse will stand still and starve or
freeze to death, with nothing between
MIN and a comfortable stall and a
plenty OF oats except an old door that
h0 i -
ne could Kick down with one foot, and
tnat could be opened by removing a
PIN with his teeth. If this shows a
nigh degree of intelligence. even for a
orute' l can not see it. Compared
with the dog. the elephant, or even
the parrot, the horse seems to me to
De a perfect fool.-Chicago Journal.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-15
Casting Plate Glass.

The casting tables, the most impcr-
tant piece of apparatus in plate glass
works, are 10 feet long, IA feet wide
and inches thick. Each is provided
with an iron roller, 80 inches in di-
ameter and Is feetlong. Strips OF iron:on
each side OF the tables afford bearing
for the rollers and determine the thick
ness Of the plate Of glass TO be cast.
The rough plate is commonly GIG Of
an inch in thickness; after polishing,
il is reduced to clio or 7-l6. The cast
ing tables are mounted on wheels and
run on tracks that reaches every fur
mace and annealing oven in the build
ing. The table having been wheeled
as near as possible to the melting fur
mace, the pot Of molten glass is lifted
by means Of a crane, and its contents
quickly poured on the table. The iron
roller is then passed from end to end,
spreading the glass into a layer Of uni
form thickness. The whole operation
of casting scarcely occupies more time
than it takes TO describe it. Each
movement is made with almost nervous
rapidity. Few industries offer such
fine scenic display as the pouring Of
the molten glass. One feels like cry
ing encore" it is so very brilliant
In contact with the cold metal OF the
table. the glass cools rapidly. AS soon
as possible, the door OF the annealiug
oven is opened, and the plate Of glass
introduced. The floor Of the oven is
on the same level as the casting table,
so that the transfer can be convenient
" and quickly made. When. after
several days. the glass is taken out of
the oven, its surface is found to be
decidedly rough and uneven. A small
quantity is used in this condition for
skylights and other purposes where
strength is required without trans
parency. 1t is known in the market as
rough plate. The greater part OF the
glass. however, is ground, smoothei,
and polished before it leaves
the establishment Popular Science
Monthly.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-15
The sure Tip Of Prophecy.

A correspondent takes me to task for
my skepticism about dreams, and says
he ''knows that dreams sometimes
come true" Why. OF course; so do /.
believe that dreams sometimes come
true. But TO bring this about you
must dream about the incident after it
has happened, not before. That's the
trouble with people who want their
dreams to come true; they are often too
inpatient TO wait until the thing hap
pens before they dream. Now when /
want to prove that dreams come true,
l dream about something that hap
pened last week, and that know hap
pened. And then, If / can't make a
dream fit all around it. I'd better not
go to sleep. I'd better not any how,
until l get the dream all fixed; you
can't tell what you might dream if you
fall asleep. Burdette in Brooklyn
Eagle.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-15

all the good times ever had think {
have had the most fun ut a champagne
blondining party. Tho blondine sold
by hair dealers and dyers is usually a
champagne solution. It's rather too
expensive for most girls pin money,
and have never attended more than
two or three such parties. But they
have lots OF fun, can tell you. You
see, you have to drink the champagne
that is left to keep il from spelling
just imagine.'
''If the peroxide OF hydrogen and
ammonia mixture is used, and that is
what most Of us have TO use who can't
afford the champagne, said ono, '.there
is no doubt but what tho brain viii be
affected in time. There is Miss -;
nothing else under the sun killed her
but that. OF course her family kept
the cause as secret as il could, but the
physician knew what was the matter
with her well enough Her death was
what scared me into stopping"
After person has once used blondine
the only way to get rid Of it effectually
is just TO let the hair grow out and cut
of the old, dead stuff. and that requires
a great deal Of patience.
Sage tea might have little effect, -
said the one who mad first spoken.
you know it's quite the thing now to
have heavy, rich, glossy, dark brown
hair, and almost as many women use
sage tea now as formerly used blondine.
II was first used by persons with dirty
brown hair. but now others apply it,
too. The tea is made tolerably strong
and applied as wash without soap. Iii:
said 10 be good for the scalp. The hair
gets darker with each application but
never dead black"
Another fashion isnow much in vogue
among servant girls, it is said. BY the
use of beer straight hair can be made
as pretty and kinky as any head OF hail
you ever saw. Baltimore Herald
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-15
oranama lsashlonp.

Black velvet Is my hobby for grand
mothers. Shn wore Il. my hearts idol
have only 90 shut my eyes and can
SOC her. the ideal graudmnmma.
Her eyes look gu; Ehrewdly from q
sensitive. highbred face She holds
her slight figure erect like queens.
Once asked her childish question:
Are you proud, grandInammAy
she answered: at Is wicked not 20 be
proud
But II IL not every grandmother
whom would pu, into black velvet.
This little grandmother went to a re-
ccpiion. this little grandmother stayed
az home; this little grandmother drank
tea In Russo, this little grandmother
drank none; this little grandmother
went trottinR all over the house, the
slave 81 baby and the boys.
There are SO many different kinds.
The giddy Young grandmother Of 50,
the Jolly round grandmother Of 60, and
placid, comfortable grandmother OF 20,
the dear old tircside grandmother of 90
cant be brought into the Same cate.
CORY.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-15
some Mexican superstitions.

II is believed that the murderer who
has slain his victim with sword or dag
ger will escape il the body falls upon
its side or back; but if the body falls
face downward, then the murderer
surely soon will be captured and put
to death. This belief is said TO be so
firmly rooted among the people Of
northeastern Mexico that when muir
dered man falls upon his face his
slayer makes no effort to escape, and
even sometimes voluntarily snrreuders
himself TO justice, II bride, while
dressing for her wedding, is pricked
by a pin so that blood flows, great mis-
fortune impends II two people think
OF the same thing. az the same time. 9
soul is loosed from purgatory. Serb
ner's Magazine.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-15

ter
Then escaped. Jake sat down on
the table and liz cigar. II was the
same old weed. IL never would burn
more than half minute az time, and
then Jake would have To light il again
Every time IL WAS lighted IL Hneiled
twice as bad Ms il did the time before.
IL never burned up. Il only smoldered.
Jake had had the same gigantic stump
since last summer, when q colored horse
jockey had given il 10 him. When he
had set il on fire once more he waited
little Uf the smoke gracefully over to-
ward the Rev. Mr.. Jones, and said
Now, gents, let's discuss the problem
Mr.. Jones turned pale when the smoke
HE him. Ahnni i've minutes later he
io,iered out 81 the little room. and rs he
passed me no murmured lyon must
excuse me, sir: am really loo in 20 dis
GUESSED the matter further
Dir. smith filed out about two min
utc6 later, smiling lint puliid. ! asked
him II he considered his complaint set
tied and he said he thought druggist
might settle IL for him ii he lived % get
there. In quarter ~ an hour I ven.
tured 10 look into the littlu room. Jake
vas just lighting his cigar. odd
Butch" was smoking. too. AS prccau-
tionAry measure. and both were sitting
on tho table talking horse, Kansas City
Journal