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The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-07-19
The Forests Of Alaska.
Isan Francisco Chronicle. ]


Alaska forests contain enough timber 10 supply
the world The forests Of pine, spruce, T, aud hem.
lock cover every island Of the archipelago and a
goody portion OF the mainland. Tie trees arc
straight and tall and grow close together The only
haw-lni al present IN operation Ia al Douglas Island
aud 80 lar there has not been cord OF tiInber cut
up into good-sized boards. For fuel, however the
wood IL excellent, and much OF ~ is available for
building purposes There Ii little decorative wood
although the yellow pine Is richly cOlored and might
be used TO advantage In Interior work Alaska spruce
u an excellent variety, aud often measures i've
feet IN diameter. II II considered the best
spruce In the world, and the supply lsyery abundant
Ia the Interior OF the country timber is OF muot
heavier growth than near the coast ana on the
ialands. Regarding the hemloeg, there u large
supply. and the bark compares fayoTably with thai
Of AL the eastern trees used In tanning establish
Iaents. No one has yet atl lnpted 10 compute tht
value OF the Alaska forests II may be they will moi
be necessary for year, 10 co me- but whenever wood
grows scare elsewhere, or whenever civilization
fastens Itself upon Alaska, the timber OF tue reRlOf
Will be found ready at hand and existing In rl1l
Iofoslon. Calculating only approximately thl
value OF our pOhbehsions Today, the forests must hl
considered. Practically lnexhanstible, they ADJ
most materially " the wealth Of The territory.
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OUTDOOR SPORTS.


The Nationals landed In Newark yesterday morn
ing, and In the afternoon met the rcotganIzcd team
Of that city: The Newark boys took kindly to the
Nationals from the start, Us they secured tho UNI
precedented number OF eleven runs IN the flrst IN.
ming by some of the best batting ever seen In that
city. Powell started Into pitch and was severely
handled from the start so much 80 that Hoover and
Morrtssey each attempted to stem the current hut
without avail. The Nationals played fair fielding
game, Cook making the worst errors In thol left field
but the batting OF the visitors, the will show
was too much for them. The best plays were made
by Fumor, White. aud Knowles while Gladmon
Powell, and White led ut the bat. The Nationals
hope 10 retrieve their defeat In The game on Mon
day. The following Ia the score:
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THE WEATHER.
LOCAL MENTION.

A ma RUS on the establishment OF Mr. +. II. Fin
ley 1906 street, was made last week Tor his Bohe-
ever brought 10 this city. The demand for his cee-
braied Rochester beer and his Milwaukee brand was
also large but with the increased facilities of his
new establishment he was enabled tomcet every de-
inand made on him The above embraces three OF
the purest aud best brands OF beer in the
market, and The public are beginning to find 1t out
Family orders are made y specially. orders can he
sent TO the above number, also to 1906 PENNSYLVANIA
avenue. Those desiring imported beers, such as
Kaiser. Culmbach. and Erlanger, can also he sup
piled by sending their orders TO MIR. Finley.
Owing TO the largely Increasing demand for the
celebrated Rochester beer Mr. T. II. Finley, the sole
agent for It's sale in this city, has had to seek more
cOmmodious quarters in order 10 meet the demands
made on him. and TO this end has just removed 10
the large and commodlous building, 1906 street, OF
course reialning ,ne on oice iYSS rennssVan h
Rochester beer is one of the purest and best brands
OF beer made, and those who once use II viii have
no other. Family orders are made specially. ASK
YOUR grocer for IT, and II they can't supply order 1t
from headquarters.
A uAsrrsoNE souvenir Of Cleveands Inauguration
and all past inaugurations, from Washington to
Garfield an elegant n9os OF oyer one n hundred red
Pennsylvania avenue, to his customers, and will
mail to any living out of the city on reccp, Of
three-cent stamp.
"oRtoLE PooL,"t the new invention OF niteen-ball
pool Is one OF the leading attractions at the billiard
parors of our friend scanlon, AIS Ninth street. The
game Ia greatly enjoyed by all who have played II,
pronounclng y superior 70 ,he oia one. Every ,soe
been added.
KtSG's PALACE.-Do not neglect 10 attend the
closing sale at Kings Palace. Ii will pay all In need
OF hats and bonnets, tips and pumes, parasols and
Jerseys, aces and gloves fine French flowers corsets,
ribbons, vevets, and silks. Special inducements In
black treble English Grape and mourning goods.
SuEpps EXCELSIOR TuRco-RussrAS BATHS, Z
street, near NINTH established in 1871, the finest
and best.
KSoXs EXPRESS deliver baggage 10 all parts Of
city for 20 cents. Telephone 81.
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THE EXPECTED MEXICAN EDITORIAL VISITORS.

An Informal meeting OF representatives OF the
press, prominent merchants, and others was held
last evening at WIZARDS Hotel for the purpose Of
making arrangements for the reception OF the Mexi-
rive here Tuesday evening next II 10 thought that
their visit here Will last four days, during which they
will be given reception lby the President, ylslt
Mount Vernon and other attractive points inter
est The only business Transacted was that the va
riOus propretOrs OF the local newspapers, with the
cooperation OF o. q. Staples, he requested to act
IA committee 10 make preliminary arrange
inenls for 1.-THE entertainment OF the visitors.
formal meeting will be aeld Monday evening h
appoint reception committee, perfect programme
receive subscriptions, and make all other arrange
nents necessary 10 insure the visitors 1ttng vel
come to this city. subscription was opened at the
meeting. and quite nice sum was subscribed.
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UlIANGE or pLAN rOn Tur nrsrnyoIn

READERS OF THE SUNDAY HERALD will remember
That II recently pointed Out some faults Ia the plans
on which the large reservoir Howard University
was belng constructed Those plans were made
and the work begun before either Col. Lydeeker or
Capt. Sym0ns took charge. Acting doubtless In con.
eurrenee With Capt syInOns's Views, COL Lydecker
has very properly recommended that Instead Of car
ryng the drainage from the hills In q sewer under
meath the reservoir, II be detected into q channel
outside. THIS would remedy the grave danger
pointed out by The SUNDAY HERALD. Coils. Casey
Cralghll, aud Lydeeker had been appointed board
Of engineers 70 examine the protected changea in
The construction OF The reservoir The bOardto meet
at tic call Of The senior member.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-07-19
Ba, nIdxe Tie Couey I.land az Ma,,,.nd

There will he an encanpment and Held day al this
instant, Of the Maryland aud District militia also the
Dominion Guards, OF New York. The Union Veteran
Corps, "Old Guard, having been specially Invited,
Will give an excursion on That day leaving here al
S5D A. NJ, via rail, TO Annapolis thence by Btcemer
down The severn River aud Chesapeake Bay 10 Ray
Academy aud grounds. Tickets for the round trip
are only f.J0; children from i've 10 twelve years,
rs cents. aud as this Will he the only excursion OF
the season 10 this beautiful and popular resort we
predict for the "old Guard" grand success.
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ABsER's SUMNER GARDEN.

Mr. Abner has secured the seryices OF Mr.. George
French, the celebrated and popular baritone, 10
contribute 70 the pleasure Of The many habiues OF
sympafhelic barlione Voice Of higa register which
he uses In a thoroughly artlstlc manner, and
which Is the delight OF all who hear him. Pro-
feasOr Arth'B delightful orchestra cannot be ex-
cellcd In the rendition Of the beautiful music
rendered each evening, aud Mr.. Abner Ia TO he con
graduated on giving 20 washington the opportunity
and place 10 pass delightful evening.
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The select excursion announced by the Pennsyl-
yanla Railroad 10 Cape May and Atlantic City for
nexi saturday VIII undoubtedly be well paironzed
that has ever been made Gut Of Washington, and Is
an opportunity extended to the great number 10 visit
either one OF these popular Watering places at
little cost and without loss Of time The special
train, which Will be made up Of drst-cass coaches
VIII leave the Si1thstrcet station OF the Baltimore
shore about A. NJ. Returning, the special will
leave Cape May az r. NJ. and Atlantic City at b:3O
i. NJ, reaching Washington about midnight. IL is
now the height OF the season at these two famous
resorts, and more delightful time 10 visit them
could not be named The rate for the round trip
city Will be ~. AZ only limited number OF tickets
VIII be sold for this excursion, II would be well TO
secure them Ia advance. For information concern
ng these excursions apply TO the olees OF the COM
palyi Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue,
ana at Baltimore aud Potomac stations.
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Runs embellishments, 10: Nationals, /. Two.
base hits-Bnrchall, 2; Coogan, 1 Jones, l. Three
base hits-Walker, Il Knowles, 1. Ilome-runs-
walker, l; Hoover, l. Left on bases-Newarks, g;
Nationals, :. Double plays-Walkcr and Jones, ;
Hatfield, Walker, and JONES' Struck out-Ncw-
arks, Nationals, g. Bases on balls--Newarks, Z /;
Nationals, 1. Passed bals-Fulmer, I. Wild
pitches-Morrssey, I. Time, hours, 30 minutes.
umpirc-C. Murphy.
GAMES ELSEWHERE.
At Boson-Chcagos, G; Bostops, b.
Al New Iork-New Works, 3; st. Louis, 20 in
nings
Al Observation-Disclosures s; Detroits, L.
AT MISUNDERSTANDING, 6; Batimores, |.
At st. Louis-Athletcs, s.; st. Louis, 3.
At Observation-Disclosures, $; Metropolitans, 3.
AT Lancaster-Lancasters, 4; virgnas, 3.
Al Observation-Disclosures, s.; Bufalos, all in
nngs.
Al Louisville Brooklyns, 4; Louisvillcs, 3.
The record to date as follows In the three asso.
Citations.
Il
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Mn. Tnoas AND His cLEnKs.

Twenty employees Of the nrTn OF q. W. Thorn A.
Co. united In petition 10 the managing partner last
week that they he allowed weekly half holiday on
Saturdays during the summer season, from $3.50
O'Clock. MIR. Ihorns reply was brief but satlsfac-
tory. lie said; "The store Will be closed ON
Saturdays at 1902. NJ. from July Is until September
~. and any clerk or employee found Ia the store
after that hour Will DO nned slOO."
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Undertakes.
Spfftal Notirsg.
nW@cAR u.

The undersigned having Withdrawn from the late
firm OF CLARKE GIVEN, proposes locontinuc the
business In which he has been engaged for the past
thirty years, ana he hopes from his past experience
in the selection Of pure coal from the most popular
mines will enable him to merit and also 10 receive
his share Of the patronage OF the old house, as well
as the favors of his friends and the public.
All communications or orders sent by mail will
reach me at my central office, 1873 Tenth street,
between ID and streets northwest, iitc doors north
Of gas ONCE. where will he permanently located.
Main Depot and wharf will he at the old locality,
corner OF Eighth and Water streets southwest.
ONCE telephone call, 5034.
Wharf telephone call, 1884.
iyI2.2 Join n. GIVEN.
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RoMiEK.

The fourth annual regatta OF the Potomac River
clubs WIZ probably attract greater number OF out
side crews than ever before. In the elgnt-oarod
race there will be at least two starters from outside
clubs namely, the Atalantas, Of New York, who are
not satisfied at all with their showing on the Schuyl-
Kill laleiy and who looked upon as tie best eiRht
New YORK cry las ever produced They row Ia
magnificent shape and members Of tile Columbia
Club who saw them say their form ID perfect The
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-07-19
SUNDAY EXCURSION

Boat Will leave her wharf, at foot of Seventh street.
al 10 A. NJ. ahd y. NJ. Returning at and r. Nj,
Fare round trip, 25c.
FiiS-claBs catering nt the Hall tel1-tf
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KfSG's PALAcE.-Do not neglect 10 attend the
closing sale at Kings Palace 1t will pay all in need
OF hats and bonnets, tips and plumes, parasos and
Jerseys laces and gloves fine French flowers, corses,
ribbons, velvets aud silks. Special inducements In
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-16
e. ST. JOHN.

The Well-Deserved Promotion of a Prom
fnent, Faithful and Efficient Railroad.
OmciaI.
President R. R. Cable, of the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. has
issued the following important notice:
..Mr. Z. St John is hereby appointed
assistant to the General Manager. The
General Ticket and Passenger Depart
ments will remain under the jurisdic-
ton of Mr.. ST John as formerly, and
all communications in connection with
those departments should be addressed
to him as General Ticket and Passenger
Agent"
The above announcement of Mr.. st.
Johns promotion will be read with IN
terest and pleasure by the many who
have become intimate with him during
a very long career. He has been asso-
ciated with the road so long that he is
always considered part of the system,
good, reliable, and ever on time. Mr..
St. John entered the railway service in
1862; was clerk in the General Ticket
Office and Depot Ticket Agent of the
Quincy & Toledo Railroad at Quincy,
ILL.,, until its consolidation with the
Great Western Railroad, when he as
sumed a clerkship with that COM
pany in its General Ticket Depart
ment at Springfield, ILL.,, remaining in
its service until July 8, 1868; on July
4, 1868, and until November, 1864, he
was employed as clerk in the General
Ticket office of the Chicago & Rock
Island Railway. November 1, 1864, to
September 1, 1869, he was chief clerk
in charge of the General Ticket De-
partment; September 1, 1869, he was
appointed General Ticket Agent, and
January /, 1879, he was appoint
ed General Ticket and Passenger
Agent which position he continues
to fill. On Saturday, July 4, Mr.. st.
John celebrated the twenty-second an
niversary of his connection with the
Rock Island Road Mr.. St. Johns
promotion is another illustration of the
well-known fact that the Rock Island
Road appreciates the merits of its Off
cals. and gives tangible evidence Of
its appreciation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-16


de crossest man in Alabama lives dar j,
said the driver as we approached a wave
side home, near Selma, Ala, to ask accom-
modations for the night At supper. and
after it, mime host" scowled at every on !.
founo fault with every thing earthly, and
was wondering il he would not provvl n
the heavenly halo didn't fit him. when in
cidental mention being made of the comet
of 1882, he said: 81 didn't like its form. its
tail should have been fan shaped,n
But, next morning, he appeared half.
offended at cur offering pay for his hospi-
tality! My companion, however, made him
accept as present sample from his cast
of goods.
Six weeks later, drew up at the same
house. The planter stepped Hthely from
the porch, and greeted me cordially. l
could scarcely believe that this clear
complexioned, bright-eyed, animated fell
low, and the morose being of a few weeks
back, were the same. He inquired after
my companion of the former visit and re-
GREETED ne was not with me. "Yes,o said
his wife, Two are both much indebted to
him."
"How?" asked in surprise.
''For this wonderful change in my hus-
band. Your friend when leaving, handed
him bottle OF Warmers safe cure. He took
it and two other bottles, and now"
"And now" he broke in, tsfrom an ill feel
ing, growing old bear, am healthy and
SO cheerful my wife declares she has
fallen in love with me againl''
1t has made over again thousand love
matches, and keeps sweet the tempers of
the family circle every where Copyrighted.
Used by permission Of american Rurat
Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-16
PREMATURE BURiALS.
An Undertaker's Belief That People Are
Often Buried Alive.


Often Buried Alive.
The world would be Mortified, -
said well-known undertaken the other
day, IF it knew the number of bodies
that are buried before life is extinct
Once in a while one of these cases
comes to light, but no steps are taken
to prevent its recurrence.
''Something that happened to me
about twelve years ago has worried me
ever since. was sent for one day to
take charge of the body of man in
- street. The man was tailor.
and had fallen over while. sitting on
his bench sewing. He was big. fleshy
man, about forty years of age, and
weighed about 250 pounds. The body
was warm and the limbs very limp. I
did not believe the man was dead. and
said so. His friends told me that a
physician had pronounced him dead.
/ was ordered to put his body on ice at
once. but delayed this operation, on
one pretext or another. for nearly two
days. During this time the body Law
on the bench in the tile shop. Finally
could delay no longer. The limbs
were still as limp as when I first ex-
amined the body. / prepared the
body for burial, and the next day it
was buried. do not believe that man
was dead when the earth was shoveled
in on his coffin. If the same thing
were to happen again / would let
somebody else do the burying.
about the same me a young woman
living up town was supposed to have
died very suddenly. A physician was
called in. He said she was dead. An
old woman who was present thought
otherwise and insisted upon it that she
was in trance. The body was buried.
A week later the old woman deter
mined to satisfy herself about it, and
bribed the grave-diggers to dsinter
the coffin. The lid was removed. and
a horrible sight was seen. The young
woman had come to life and had made
a terrible struggle for liberty. Her
hair was torn out and her face was
terribly scratched. She had turned
over On her face.
"A person is generally believed to be
dead if there is no acton of the heart
or pulse. But if such person is in q
trance there is no action of the heart
or pulse. A vein should be opened.
If blood flows the person is not
ucdu. 4AS OpeIdtiOu WOuIu TAKE ABOUT
thirty seconds, but it is not often re-
sorted to. Suppose the person is suf-
fering only from a temporary suspen-
sion of animation. Before he can re-
cover the use of his faculties an under
taker comes in and he is put in an ice
box, where whatever life there may
have been in him is frozen out. The
Board of Health should take hold of
tn is matter and devise some means of
ascertaining beyond all doubt that life
is extinct before the body is buried. I
have thought of good many different
means. A receiving vault could be
built in every cemetery where bodies
could be placed until decomposition
had begun, when they could be buried"
PHILADELPHIA North american.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-16

There are three ways in which hay
is spoiled. viz: BY weeds, by cutting
at the wrong time and by faulty cur
ing. Either of these may make poor
hay of what m ght be good grass, but
when all three faults exist the hay
must be poor indeed. Weeds are the
baue of our grass fields. 1t is rare to
see field just now as 1T ripens to the
harvest that is free from noxious
weeds. the glaring or eve daisy being
the chief of the tribe. 1t is not uncom-
mon to see good grass so intermingled
with vile weeds, such as Canada this
ties, ragweed, burdocks, the aforesaid
daisies, briers, brambles, toad flax and
score more, that 1t is even pernicious
to stock and might better be burned
than kept to be source of danger and
loss and the means of further spread
ing these pests. Persons who have be-
come acquainted with what is known
as ''baled hay have lively ideas and
recollections of the fact here pointed
out
But it is unfair to suggest even that
this fault is half so common as that of
the spelling of hay by too late cutting.
Chemically considered, for its nutri-
ment. grass cut when approaching the
poisoning stage is worth twenty-five
cents per hundred pounds when
green, while the same grass cut when
past the blossom is worth for feeding
only seventeen cents per hundred
pounds. Here is a loss of sixty-six per
cent. which in any other business
would be ruinous and soon end in
bankruptcy. and the Sheriff would be
called to bury the remains. 1t may be.
as it is alleged by farmers who cut
their grass very late and in its poorest
condition, that the late crop is heavier,
but then it is the only crop that can be
cut in the season. while the only
slightly lighter crop will be followed
by a second cutting later, and the two
cuttings will be twice as valuable and
quent mistake, perhaps. is made in the
curing. A good deal that is new has
been learned in regard to this from
the numerous investigations which
have been made into the process of en-
silage. and we know now that the pro-
cess of curing in the cock, with as little
exposure to the sun and wind, is far
preferable to the common one OF thor
oughly air and sun drying the grass
and putting it so in the barn while it is
so dry as to lose large. and the bet
ter. portion of it in the leaves. This
method of curing has been described
so often that it is not necessary to re-
peat any more here than that it con-
sists in putting up the hay cut in the
morning and dried by exposure all day,
from outside moisture, into tall conical
heaps or cocks, which are covered, if
need be, with cloth caps as a protec-
ton from the rain, and thus leaving
the hay until the whole crop has been
cut and cured. when it is hauled to the
barn. The slight fermentation under
gone in the cock cures the hay thor
oughly without any loss of substance or
aroma, but preserves all the fine odor
and sweetness, and leaves it dry enough
to go into the barn in the very best
possible condition.-N. y. Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-16
A Curious Theory.

The Phtloloaische ,Hfochenschrift of
Berlin, referring to the recent discov-
cries of number of cornlce mouldings
of porous stone at the Propylaa at
Athens, starts the cur Gus theory that
these belonged to the older Propylaa,
but that they were used as building
mater ais when the new structure was
erected in the fifth century B. c. These
stones are brilliantly colored blue. red
and gold; they are in good preservation,
and therefore may be given asexcellent
specimens of architectural color deco
ration as practiced By the Greeks 1880
years ago; beautiful art. which of
late has been successfully revived in
our own country. and when carried
out with care and Judgment, must al
ways have superb and striking effect.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-16
Traffic in Futures.

A very curious agitation is going on
In the London corn trade in favor of a
system of dealing in wheat futures. y
In New York. where wheat is graded
and is available for delivery ia differ
emit qualities from the elevators by
turning on a specified tap. so to put it,
immense speculation is conducted, and
one honest fellow asks: "Why pay the
Yankee to speculate for us?" But
while it is comparatively simple mat
ter to grade American wheat there ar
riyes in London such a variety of
kinds, as well as qualities. from vari-
Gus parts of the world that disputes al
to dne delivery would probably be end
less.-PaU Mall Gazette.