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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

oarSa 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
he bad treatment which Frank L. Bang
,voelved during his last visit TO the far
Nth. no has decided {, revisit ALASKA
snd again attempt to lay a foundation 10,
4 fpstuae. To tina. end. he has associate q
Win himself Mr.. u. q. Reed and Mr.. sol.
omon. an experienced miner, who ass
s,snt several years prospecting in thai
con -try. These gentlemen have par,
chsss,t the fast sailing and s,anneh sioop
Advcst,.rcr from Captsla Wn. LAKE,
psyinx hin. ass for the vessel, her tackle.
apparel and furniture. Yesterday n,,,t sn ns
WE engaged 10 buying several hundred
dollar worth OF supplies from our msr-
chants for their own n.s. and also %
trade 10 the MIXERS and Indians Oh VA
h. The object OF the trio Is tao ., three
told. The men expect to do eonsls.eifso.es
prospecting along the coast for soia snn
siivcr while engaged IN dispcsins OF uhsat
cargo. and they will ALTO ec prcpsfCd 70
capture any fur seal. tha, nsy coale IN
sAcir way. CAPTAIN Hangs ana nts 49,
ciAfcs sxpee. 20 be ready To san tof the
softh about the flrst of the week.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

MA fecNT cy gCsYIcS = be sgs,cs 1
.sSs'sa ter gsssce q sAe po4ee Il
ss<AseF - clncr. Whsca to-k E2Gea
Isnas~ Hsrs essr :. y l.sSksss,s Is !
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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

IAsr NIeHr's LEcTunE.-Df. }. thariss
Harrison delivered his last lecture 70 men
only last evening. Although the weather
go very unclefaent. yet II seemed 70
have no effect In Keeping The audleneo
away, a large and apptec ause ons oeln ~
pre~ent. The subject chosen WAS. Sp.eihe
diseasrs. their causes and cures. ana tne
advice offered was OF most pfacuoni
character which. II heriec, Will result IN
much good. not opiy toward improsins'
,.ut p-esonsing the yea and noslth OF the
r,a,s poouiasloa. Lurins the ooaIao q
M. "a marks DE. Harrison, aided oy h's
...,s..rt. had occasion 20 dfssect vainA-
lie panisr nachs manikin before Ills
snd,snrc and which proved TO be n esf
inter,a,ios eyeat OF the evening. pr'
Wsx,ison 4. an attractive public spesAcr.
ia h. thoroaghiy ct some on ths stass.
hriess himsalf iato sympathy Nisn nss
audience and By his apt witlc,sm-. - y
dotrs and espc4isaees fendsrs he snslec'
not aniy Instructive. but enter ainine
"a well. The lecturer ecntsnded thas she
a.as.sion % social purity was y ltai otr.
reaohins TO. aud having its feg nusso '.. ~
sac .r..rai condition OF man. Tho brufati-
Nv "a tbs father 81 the dndiscfessoa et VIC
g,o,b.sr often planted The sefse .. ,hia
AR and social crime IN the minu i,, " tne
Ssngrn child Mrs. Dr. OTIS Wi osm
si,ta the seriss Of lectures 1haisdsS
xaxhs choosing for her ther :. Loss.
.rtshtp and ssafrtage. This - 1lkniy
l1morous lecture. and shocld atifaes =
krae audience,
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14
TEE LAKE sH0RE AVID East
ERyS LATEST H0Tz.
II vrEL ~ cozszxo5TKp DorH vDz
AID RAs- - TIVE csLr1D-A-
ouAx1r9 KxRzAxsxo.

IT vuL n oozszxuorKp BorH vBl
AID RAs- - TIE csLr1D-A-
ouAxoTs KxRzAxsxo.
The Iase1 msss taken in tee intefeae
Of the Seattle. Lsks Shore ana Eassefn
Railway b TOE mes. iug oztacs 10 char
acsss that has been ooSssmraied since
the sogrsny v.s organised
II 10 nov arranged that tie read I'll.
not only be rapidly extended across the
mountains aud 10 tSe Csi5nbss river
h1t frora . point 10 eastern Washineton
Territory tie F9Ad VIII 10 p7shed vest
ward. tins haeseuics lie tsDe WHEN tue
road viii reach ths great psotacfns
sections in the territory, AID relieve
them fran tue thsottiina hAnds nov
ncou th<ir shroets-
A. n. Csarou, president OF the s2o-
kane an1 psicuse railway, and the 0an
Fails, and Paul Aohr. engineer Of the
same read. are 10 Seattle, sud have
been engaged 10 completing the arraae-
meuts. That tk one OF the reasons Why
Mr.. Nohs has beea selected - she sac
csssof Of ] g. Ssarry. the retiring en- :
Riceer Of the Seattle, Lake shore and
Eastern. Remotely, teis arranRemsnt
lad someshing 10 do With the recent
changes IN She constructions companies
connected With the Seattle. Lake Shore
and Eastern Railway
The r.al basis OF the syrsnR< nent IL,
that tic eastern capitalists, Who have
piaoed at the disposal Of sEs company
all the money IL nseds. and more than
10 can Immediately use u The rate vti,a
The road h nov being constructed. havs
tsksn the position that there 10 no rea-
son Why the road should not be graded.
as least. through the territory beyond
the Columbia river. 90 THAI wien the
road extended from the vest to the Col
ambia river. IL will only remain TO lay
the ties and rails 20 have the rad oom'
pisted.
II IL expected that by this arrange
ment more than . falhiiment OF the
promises Of the company will be realized.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

White Shaker flannel D., all WOOL red
twill flannel 2oc, fancy staple all wool
aannsi 2&c. Great removal sale. 1ok-
las 4 Singerman.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

ssa,dn's Givs any sxssanssisa- he vss
shen taken 70 The psnhaas eoart fos tie
pzrposs of ksvius him examined % -
II b 80 not insane. HA ecc1oet -
eoers vaa rather ed3- II be haDpsoed
10 nod his head be would eontiase Do
ing - cpsli so1e 60 stopped him.
1Aeo be vns liable 70 move III head
ss6evi1s snd vsuId keep u going ensfi
ssopped. whits exaniBtn3 him Ne
physician fnrayted one motion 10 the
fixha arm Of the man And eoctFaRy cs
se<ssse mssior, 10 tbs ether. and with
singular perssstanos both asms ksps IN
motion o. originally smpa4t<d 10 teeD.
His eyes indicated that be had yellow
js1Gd.se. IL vas esreioded 20 keep
him 10 jsii until the evsnine 10 The kope
that some oae woaid BE- kuutisg sof the
man and thus enable the a1shosikiee 70
learn nis name OF thai be himseif voold
be able 10 say scuefhiu2.
In The evening friends did appear and
Ii vas learned tbss his name 10 John
Layer, and that while be sa9efs frt-
Qaecfiy ff1n Temporary sbsxrAlion of
the utnd. be 10 harmless snd With PROV
er tfeAtnent be viii scon recover. The
EXAMINATION vas postponed and toe
man vsiI te given medical treatment
He vas In the asylum At S:siiacocm
once heretofore.
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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

hsxay SOS SEA -TAs sAip Sp4ssey.
cxs<Asa CzriiHz Gnssaea be- csnso q
~ tssrs 81 Sc Assis casl AS, evening. md
ssxg~ri n e 80 . sak a. ar early hos .
- neSaasS. CApfAsz Cuslsx sfStre
- siSstns re s9nrsr= fnNatAS BE asa
~ eersle@ sSa teas Ct cisal sSst 10 tae
sfSs. sAez gac7c j. 4srSes g so a.
esrsfs1 &c t7fs .rs4 tis has chartered
saissp 70 ne . e<sz iHsgoscsssest Goa
tAay tor srosAeT cxsge-
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

Arrea gtngssm s., 5rsss sicEeas, &c.
new Frenen sa.een plain aGd fsgcy -
Removal sale. Ioksss ? , sngeTGasn-
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

New fancy ribbons aud lsces. Caes-
Ter Cleary.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

Gosr CyFR 70 xaE As=olssrN.-Ar
James ". Watson. yho for several years
pssvtaas to his aTpoisfsusnt 20 the cfioe
q Territorial coal m,na iasreetor. wSs 80
snBsete Of the O.ccoa Improf 'f'isns
tssnrsry. ard " he sigC8 the expiration
g his e. m ct oJflce has hccn - the ,rsl-
~ a. The saH1n corporation. has S.ses ~
"a position vita ,ae Scs'slc. las Sh9 :
Z kA>tesn railway. a. suVcrs ntaedert os
ertaSss and b0 & AK. Mr.. " 2fsnn I. s
s.sa<asss8sn o. 80 meas ability, Sss p
w Dc g ven swg}e nasSns or tnc dlssiaY
- Is ta.lrts b. Ii ~ ..nlI..nvera
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

Sev ere;ores ana e.apsriss last ope1.
ed. at Chester Oiesry's.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

ARRIVAL oy zHs Fannie. --Tes Ca.
madam Psciss Nsv;sssien Conapaay's
s.ssrne. Premier. IN ecrmsnd of Pilss
Charles Davis. arrived here yesterday
aftarrccr, several honrs isse, tas tsisy
navirs been oscs<sossd By q s.os ST
IrouAslA where sas lock % % teas OF
vis iron Ter ssipng Q; 10 ssisu, Oregon
Shs arsnsht 20 Seattle Sa.To pcEEas Of
sseei fer e@r s1iss. sn3 is toes % Ets-
-rl!sneons rzeEceaa3Ss. From here
sas iaox - toas Of Iasrcaspi.se 10 Ia
coma. Her ssx,tis passenger issi vAs
q. fellows: wm. hecx and wife. Geo.
Hayes. r. =. s-rslsif, H. Arssns. W. 3.
wlason. n. hyss;I. Besi. A. Cariesoa,
A. Nelson. @ Nsisoo, n. :. Arson.
q. Sassaan. A. q. Gsrrsis, :. Besks-
vin, -. folsz. Cara CAiissnar. VI.
wiicax. john oan3sssn, n. Hanson, N.
n. Cs1se ard esesss-
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

Poonlso TRApR.-Ctester Clesry re-
ceivf q a large lot OF handsome English
cretones dirsct from New York auction,
he viii sell the same for l25S, yard this
week, on scsoont Of the low prioe at
vhich these goods are offered he will
not sell over twenty yards to any one
rustufrfP
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

Immense bargains in crnahet shsvls.
81 line redaced 10 DDS. clio to U.s.
Doa's miss them. prices less than man
ufactrrcrs cost. 1oklas 4 Sin2efmfn
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

Wall pager, room and picture mould
ing, new designs, at Canaan 4 Oo.'s,
second aod Marion streets. 1877
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14
SOMETHING ~ THE AIR.

New lines table IinensI eastern csss
prices. Chester Clesry.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

ksit EsrArE ASSOCIATION Articles
q snns'rossston q trc Seattle Real Es'afe
Asssssatsea sera nied yesterday by "a
soe susts. q. y, >iorsc. f N Carr tsous
- Nezrg Il. X law, & "A Cant,
Sea<aes &c .ssseir. aAg = Nesr. T. J.
sAhArr. = "a. Scott, & y, Dam J. e
slsess N G Z aoTuson. : 4. McNlgty.
J. fsusEEoe. sEe9 nscN assu. J. l. KS.
sa'<y. W. u Anagcse, a. III. Aa5cs Roe-
- AeMsaa : g. B9Y&. a. g., ssfneazs.
ssa ssrsfsl sos - nXea AZ slssl'.sA e.
ssdss. insa .aae estss a. Sla each.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14
SIS RTyD WAS G0gE.
n- rrnsr xSSv Hss SANE MOI eocID
So nxLP aIssk.E.

Arsu vas .caDd aiGa'essiy ~4A1sr-
go Aaca. tie streets yesterday. Re
naaisy attracted tie sste1t.s1 OF the
Kaliee, ard weea 80 szos: vas n2-s 70
Ana sas something Ahoes The man. -
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

Eev dress goods. full line, all the lat
est shades. new spfirg styles, double
width. lie; saneRoods sold everywhere
at 80c. This line on sale for the hfst
time Monday morning. Great removal
sale. Tokiss &. Sinaerman.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

DRINK ''5afsapsri.la and Iron Wat
e." most PHEASANT and heaitbfnl bev-
sraas- Ihe A. r. Hotslira Co., sole
agents. 1876
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

Az ArPEAL TAKKS.-In the case Of
David 7. Cooper against the Seattle Lum-
Der Z Commercial Company. 10 which
tho plaintiff recovered a verdict Of 81 50
the defendant company yesterday took
out IN appeal to the supreme court The
the costs viii likely Be three or -four timee
larger before tho case 10 finally decided.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

Opening OF new goods. Chester
C.ca,y,
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

Piano for sale cheap al Gross d Co's.,
opers house block, Front street. l36
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

Special drives in lace curtain neis.
Chester OleaFy.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-07-06

ing across tnc SKY the other night wonder
II u was not the same one that pointed down
10 where Jesus lay m the Munger, and il,
having pointed out his birthplace, it has ever
since been wandering through the heavens,
watching TO see how the world would treat
him. When Adam awoke IN the garden in
the cool OF the day he saw coming out
through the dusk of the evening the same
worlds that greeted us on our way to church
To night.
In Independence Hall is an old cracked bell
that sounded the signature of the Declara-
ton oil Independence. You cannot ring it
now; but this great chime of silver bells that
strike in the dome of night ring out with as
sweet tone as when God swung them at the
creation. Look up at night, and know that
the white lilies that bloom in all the hanging
gardens of our King are century plants-not
blooming once in a hundred years, but
through all the centuries.
Tue star at which the mariner looks to-
night was the light by which the ships OF
Tar'hish were guided across the Mediterra-
mean and the Venetian 1otilla found its way
into IepantO. Their armor is as bright to-
night as when, in ancient BATTLE the stars i'm
their courses fought against Sisera. To the
anclents the stars were symbols of eternity.
But here the figure of my text breaks
down-not in defelt, but in the ma iesties of
the Judgment. The stars shall not shine for
ever. The Bible says they shall fall like
autumnal leaves. Ii is almost impossible for
a man to take in a courser going a mile in
three minutes; but God shall take in the
worlds, flying a hundred thousand miles an
hour, by one pull of his little finger. As,
when the factory band slips at nightfall
from the main wheel, all the smaller wheels
slacken their speed, and with slower and
slower motion they turn until they
come 10 nun stop, so THIS great
machinery of the universe, wheel within
wheel, making revolution of appalling speed,
shall by the touch of Gods hand slip the band
of pres, mt law and slacken and stop. That
Is what will be the matter with the mount
tains. The chariot in which they ride shall
halt so suddenly that the Kings shall be
thrown out. Star after star shall be carried
out to burial amid funeral torches and burn
ing worlds. Consultations shall throw ashes
on their heads, and all up and down the
highways of space there shall be mourning,
mourning, mourning, because the worlds are
dead. But the Christian workers shall
never quit their throneS-they shall reign
forever and ever If, by some invasion
from hell, the attempt were made to carry
them off into captivity from heaven, the
souls they have saved would rally for
their defense, and all the angels of God
would strike with their scepters, and the re-
deemel, on white horses of victory, would
ride down the foe, and all the steep of the
sky would reSound with the crash of the
overwhelmed cohorts tumbled headlong out
of heaven.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-07-06
NEWSY GLEANINGS,

SCOTLAND has " Sunday closing MNs
CALIFORNIA has concluded TO try nickels
and pennies.
ATLANTA, Ca, obliges its bootblacks to
pay license Of s42O-
THE election of General Diaz as President
of Mexico is assured.
THE new German Kaiser will be crowned
at Koenigsberg in the autumn.
DR.. j. H. ZUKERTORT, the distinguished
chess player, has died in London.
AT least 1900 people were drowned in Leon,
Mexico, during the recent flood.
ONE half of the Panama Lottery loan is
believed to have been subscribed for.
GREAT pearl discoveries are reported in the
Gulf of Mexico. One was so for So, OOL.
IT is expected that thousand Icelanders
will arrive in Manitoba during the summer.
THE Yale Freshmen crew outrowed the
University of Pennsylvania at New London,
Conn.
A RAILROAD will soon be built from Gil
braltar to communicate with the rest of
Spain.
WILLIAM H. BARNUM was reelected
Chairman of the National Democratic Com
mittee
THERE are 400 less boats engaged in the
salmon industry at Astoria, Oregon, this
year than last.
THE Russian military maneuvers are to
take place this year at Odessa, in August, and
the Emperor will be present.
MRS. TIEBEN, of INDIANAPOLIS, has become
insane through fear for her husband, who
some time ago was bitten by rabid dog
HARVARD UNIVERSITY has made Secretary
Fairchild a Doctor of Laws and Yale has
conferred asimilar honor on Secretary Whit
ney.
NEAR Wheeling, W. Va, William Shep-
per, whose trial for murder was to begin on
Monday, was killed on Sunday by falling
tree.
So far Pasteurs receipt for killing the
Australian rabbits with chicken cholera has
failed. The rabbits inoculated showed no
signs of disease.
THE huckleberry crop in the Georgia
mountains has been so abundant that child
of ten could make a dollar a day picking
them to sell at twenty cents per gallon. They
are shipped to Atlanta, where a large can
merry is at work.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-07-06
He Was Boss of the School.

A city clergyman in active service
tells good story Of his early expert
ences as a schoolmaster in the lumber
region of Maine. He is very power
full man physically, and in his youthful
days worked at cutting and rafting
logs. He had saved enough from his
earnings to pay for years schooling,
and had returned to work, when he re-
ceived a call t o take charge of the dis
trict school in his native town. The
school had a hard reputation, for on
several previous seasons the big, rough
boys had "fired OUT several teachers.
He agreed to take charge and maintain
order in spite of the unpromising as.
pect. On the first morning of his APP
pearance in the schoolhouse he was pre-
pared for action, and he soon had it,
for the big bully of tho school stood up
in his seat and exclaiming: "Come,
boys, let's put him outw stepped for
ward, only to be seized by the mast er,
lifted bodily from the floor, and thrown
through the window. This feat of
courage and strength paralyz,d the rest
Of the crowd, and the master was
"boss" thenccforth. Boston Budget.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-07-06
THE LABOR WORLD,

The narrowest railroad gauge is said to
tie twenty inches.
A SOUTH KEENE On. H. firm has orders
from France for sewing machines.
In Altoona, Penn, they can build loco
Motive in eighteen hours and ffty-five
minutes.
SEvENTYFIvE machinists at Rochester,
N. Y, struck because the windows were
nailed down.
NEARLY 1900 girls and women are EN-.
ployed around the Omaha (Neb.) mines,
many of them at night
The Mayor of Willow Springs, Mo-, is a
sectiOn hand on the railroad, and was elected
10 his position by the workingmen.
Two farmers are the candidates of the
Union Labor Party for President and Vice.
Observation-Disclosures and Cunningham.
THIRTY cobblestone PAYERS employed by
the City of Brooklyn struck for 81 day in
stead of So so. The men have been working
eight hours day.
THE National Steamftters's Union has
been formed. 1t has members in Mas
sachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Wis
consin and Minnesota.
In 1861, Russia had $4,000 manufacturing
establishments, producing annually $780,
000 900: in 1881, she had 35, 100 establishments,
THE Secretary of the London Electric
Company reports that the stokers struck
and stopped the lights because "gratuitous
meal of roast beef was served cold instead
of hot"
THE largest self-adjusting leather link belt
ever made has just been put in place in Law
renee, Mass. 1t is rs feet long, 80 inches
wide, weighs $50 pounds and it took 106, no
links to make it.
The girls who do homework in Lewiston
and Auburn, Me-, propose to form Union
and to hold county convention to consider
the wages question, 10 ask for better pay and
better treatment
THERE are ten shoe-peg mills in the United
States. They employ 300 persons. A New
Hampshire firm makes 10000 bushels per
year. England used to send us a great deal,
but our factories now send large quantities
to Europe.
COTTON mills at Nashville, Tenn, now en-
ploy more than 1900 persons, and consume
yearly about $4,000 bales of cotton, whose
finished product is double the value of the
raw material, though cotton goods are lower
than ever before.
The New York Anarchistic Cabinet
Makers Union has instituted a lottery for
dsposing of tools of deceased members. The
shop reports make it appear that a general
movement is contemplated among the bosses
for increasing the hours of work and reduc-
ing wages.
The railway telegraphers, who have been
in convention at Indianapolis, have ad-
iourned to meet in Cleveland next year.
They passed resolutions to the effect that the
Order was not organized for the furtherance
or commencement of strikes, and that the
officers are forbidden to enter into any con-
tract to further any strike.
THE inspector for the Oppein (Austria) dis.
trict reports that out of A,SlS persons en-
ployed in mines, furnaces, salt-works, and
turf digging, 20,517 were males and 1901 fe-
males, thirty-tw per cent of the latter be-
ing employed by the zinc furnaces. Girls are
employed night and day in bringing up iron
ore, and the inspector thinks it unlikely that
they will be replaced by machinery, because
the girls are cheaper than machines
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-07-06
A Practical Electric No or.

The trains on the electric railroad be-
tween Ansonia and Derby in Connect
cut, run fifteen miles an hour. The
custom is to make a mile in five min :
utes. The train which consists of a
motor car and passenger car carrying
so persons, can be brought to full
stop in fifty feet. 1t is found that the
cost of running is about one-half that of
horse cars. There is a practical con-
venience in the fact that no time is lost
in watering or changing horses. The
electric steed does not fall down to DIS
tress the sympathetic passenger. The
road carries freight as well as passen-
gers and one of its benefits is a reduc-
tion of 25 per cent. in freig hts by the
steam railroads with which it completes.
i Times Democrat.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-07-06
The Humming Bird.

There Is no part of America where
the humming bird is not found. Five
species are found north of Texas, but
the greater part Of this family belong to
Mexico, the West Indies and Central
and South America. The humming bird
is very interesting study. It's flight is
marvellous. 1t hardly ever alights, con-
stantly hovers over flowers, its wings
keeping up a hum, by their rapid vi
bration. The hover over flowers is
designed not to smell their odor, nor to
extract honey, as many persons er-
roneously suppose, but to capture in =
sects. To this their bill and tongue arc
admirably adapted, being so long and
slender that they can reach into the
deepest recesscs of the flower, where
the insects conceal Themselves. The
humming bird is the only bird that has
teeth, having short rudimentary ones,
7ne of the arguments of the evolution
lists that all birds sprang from the rep
tiles, and originally had teeth.
If you can find humming- bird nest
1t will we'll repay the trouble of hunt
ing for it. 1t is constructed of such
fibrous matter as may be at hand, as
grass, stalks, cotton, etc, and lined
with vegetable down. The outside of
the nest is covered with moss, bark
or lichens, so that it looks no more than
knot on the branch upon which it is
built, while the whole is glued together
with the saliva of the bird. The mate
rial is generally wound in part around
the branch on which the nest is built,
so that it is firm and difficult to detach.
1t is cup-shaped, and, in the smallest
of them measures not moro than half an
inch across the widest part. In this
tiny domicile two pure white eggs, very
small, to be sure, but quite large in
proportion to the size of the bird, are
laid, and after ten days of patient sit
ting are Matched. The young are able
to fly in a week, and another brood
takes their place. National Educator.