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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-13

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-13

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-13

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-13
W. c. t. z. CONVENTION.
The Demorest Medal Awarded-Matter
Discussed.

Al the King county convention Of the ". c. I.
q held yesterday afternoon and evening in the
Market strsss Baptist church many good pepsu
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-13

WANTED - EMPLOYMENT BY YOUNG
w man, honest and industrious Address
ii, +" care Observation-Disclosures.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-11
Daniel Webster's Habits.

There has been IA good deal of con-
troversy about Mr.. Webster's habits.
When he went to England he acquired
what / do not think was his habit be-
fore. he became convivial; and on his
return he showed an evident liking for
the brandy bottle. He was never an
inebriate, but sometimes he made his
most powerful speeches while under
the influence of strong drink, and on
more than one occasion he was sadly
the worse for it. When he made his
speech at Richmond, under the October
sun. as it was called, he drank so
heavily at dinner that when they took
him out into the state house grounds,
where he was to speak, the governor
of the state said he was afraid for him.
Just before his turn to speak came the
governor leaned over and said to him:
"Mr. Webster. we will be ready for
you presently" Webster reused him.
self, drew his massive hand up and
through his hair, and smoothed his
face. and it seemed as if he had wiped
away all signs of intoxication; and
when a few moments later he arose to
face that enormous crowd he was him.
self again, aud for over an hour he
held that audience entranced with his
matchless oratorv.-Anaerlca
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-11
EGGS OF THE GREAT AUX.
Precious Relics of Creature That Not
Being Fittest Did Not Survive.

In 1888 an egg of the great aux was
sold for 100 guineas, whilst more re-
Gently an egg of the same species
fetched CPS; and although these may
seem enormous sums to give for a
relic the transactions are not without
others to keep them in countenance.
Only a few years ago two eggs of the
same kind fetched 100 and 1O2 guineas
respectively, while the egg first named
realized little over twenty years ago
f33 los. At that time it was discov-
cred, together with four others. packed
away in dust-covered box in the
museum of the Royal College of Sur
geons, these being sold in 1865. From
this it would seem that in the ornitho-
logical market the complete she'll of a
great auk's egg is worth nearly f170,
and broken one only f70 less. 1t
will be seen that the purchase of one
of these may be a good Investment.
and what a mine of wealth a great aux
that was a good layer might prove to
his fortunate possessor can only be
conjectured. At the present time the
number of eggs of this species known
to exist is siXty-siX--twenty-fiv of
which are in museums and forty-one in
private collections; of the total mum Der
forty-three are retained in Great
Britain.
When a bird becomes so rare that
the individual remains can be counted.
the same may be taken to be practically
extinct as a species. The great aux
has pursued a policy of extinction for
the past two or three centuries. until
now, like the mighty moa and the do
do, it has ceased to exist. The great
aux, or garefowl, was one of those
birds which, from long disuse. had lost
at once the power of flight and preser-
walton. 1t was a great shambling bird,
as large as a goose, and ill-adapted to
travel on land. How these things told
against it may be inferred from the
story of one Captaine Richard Whit
bourne, who, writing of the discovery
of Newfoundland in 1920, saws that
among the abundant water fowl of
these parts are penguins (great auks)
las bigge as geese, and FIVE not. for
they have but short wing, and they
multiply so infinitely. upon certain
fiat island. that men drive them from
thence upon board, into their boats
by hundreds at time"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-11
AN INVENTIVE NEGRO.
His Talent Displayed in the Building of a
Steamboat in Liberia.

Some amusing descriptions have
been written about the homemade
steamboat that plies on the st. Paul's
River, Liberia, but little has been said
of the mechanical genius who knocked
the boat together out of material that
was never intended for steamboat
His name is Irons, and he used to be
a slave in South Carolina. A while
ago he made up his mind that it was
high time there was a steamboat ply
ing on the St. Panl's River between
Monrovia and the first rapids. He Sc
cured the engine of an abandoned
suGar-cane crGshcr and went to work
to build his steamer. He took canoe
fifty feet long and ripped it from stem
to stern with a saw. He placed the
halves nine feet apart. ribbed and
planked them and before long the hull
was ready for the machinery. Hardly
any two pieces of the machinery were
ever together before. He had to make
a score of things before he could in-
duce that engine to turn a paddle
wheel. He picked up bits of iron
shafting and so on here and there, and
with the aid of a blacksmith shop
hhoNhCN thILh IlIo SUI PC ~ IHdI iHcN
would work smoothly together. He
made a pair of paddle-wheels, built a
deck house, secured an old steam
whistle, fitted up a rudder Wheel
launched his creation, and was ready
for business.
This man was once an illiterate slave
on IL cotton plantation, but inventive
talent was born in him. His side wheel
steamer is not conspicuous for speed or
beauty, but she is serviceable. and is
noteworthy as the first steamboat ever
built in Africa, and probably the first
that was ever built out of picked-up
material. One of Liberals disadvan-
tages is the fact that the former slaves,
who compose her citizens, are most of
them poor. not only in purse but also
in intellectual equipments. But she
has her men of mark like Dr. Blvdeu,
who would be respected anywhere for
their attainments and ability; and she
has reason to be proud of such a man
! as Irons. who was known for his re-
/ markable inventive and mechanical
| talent long before he built Liberia S
first steamboat. 7. Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-11
FAST MATCH MAKING.
A Machine that Cuts Out Ten Millions of
Them Every Day.

The operation of making matches
from pine log may be divided into
four heads, namely.
Preparing the splints, dipping The
matches. box making. and filling
When the timber is brought into the
cutting room of the factory it is seized
upon by gang of men who place il
before a circular saw, where it is cul
into blocks fifteen inches long, which
is the length of seven matches. 1t is
then freed of its bark and taken to the
turning lathe, where, by means of d
special form of fixed cutting band run.
ming its entire length, continuou;
tool. the thickness of the match is cut
off
As the block revolves and decreases
in diameter the knife advances and a
band of veneer of uniform thickness is
obtained. As the veneer rolls off the
knife it is met by eight small knives,
which cut it into seven separate bands.
each the size of match. By this one
operation seven long ribbons of wood,
each the length and thickness of Il
match, are obtained. These are then
broken into pieces six feet long the
knotty parts removed, and they are
then fed into machine which looks
and acts like straw chopper, which
cuts them into single matches. The
machine eats $50 bands at the same
time, and mechanical device pushes
them forward the thickness of match
at each stroke of the cutter. This
little machine, with its one sharp knife,
can cut over 10000, 900 matches a day.
From the cutting room the splints
are taken to the dry room. where they
are placed in revolving drums, which
absorb all the moisture the splints may
contain. They are then prepared for
the dipping process, which is very
important operation, as each splint
must have sufficient space to be fully
coated, and yet not placed so close to
the others as to cause the mixture to
clot the heads of the other splints. To
do this they are placed under an in
geniouslv constructed machine which
seems to work with human intelligence.
and are caught up and placed closely
but at regular intervals in a dipping
frame. These frames contain forty
four movable laths, and between each
lath the machine places, with clock
work regularity, fifty splints, making
over 1000 in each frame.
The heads of the splints are all Of the
same level and single attendant at
each machine can place over 1000, 900
splints in the frame per day. The dip
ping vat is a stove of masonry which
contains three square pans. The first
pan is for heating the splints, so they
will absorb the mixture; the second
contains molten paraffine, in which the
points are dipped, and in the third they
are coated with igniting composition.
Over 5000 matches can be dipped by
skilful workman in one day. After the
dipping process the matches are dried
while still in the frames, and are then
taken to the packing room, where they
are put into the boxes by hand
The WOOd1COrker
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-11

such crops as 1t ua that fall. and in
spite of the Improvements she thought
necessary, Mollie paid her interest and
a good round sum down on the mort
gage.
In the late fall, just before the
Thanksgiving SHOWS covered the
ground, Mollie received a morning call
from two strangers whose every move
ment was full of business. Their err
rand was soon told. They had dis
covered coal on land adjoining her farm
and they wanted to buy that part of
the farm through which they imagined
the vein ran.
The price they offered fairly startled
her. But Mollie had developed into a
fair woman-of- business in these months
and her first thought was, If they'll
pay that, they'll pay more, and it's only
the south lot, that never would give a
decent crop of anything anyway" If
they were some time agreeing on terms.
they did agree at last, and Mollie felt
with pride that they were not to her
disadvantage.
The SHOWS fell and Thanksgiving
came and went and then one day the
door opened and a thin, STOPPING figure.
wet with the storm that ragged without.
came feebly in and sank into his old
place before the fire.
Neither spoke. The anger that
swelled to bursting in Mollie's heart
softly changed to pity as she watched
him. Whatever had been the expert
ences of the last months-and Hiram
never told them - they had sadly
changed him for the time. At last he
raised his shrinking eyes.
I've come back, Mollie," he said.
land l didn't find the pot of gold. I'm
ready to 60 to work now like man
and prove that I can be worthy of
your respect if never have been be-
fore"
Mollie disappeared for a moment in
another room. There, Hiram" she
said. as she laid her handbook in his
hand, there's the pot of gold you've
been hunting for, and it was right in
the south lot all the time, just where
you did not want to 90 to work that
morning." she finished with a fearful
smile as she pressed a kiss of forgive
ness upon his lips.-lNI's. r. ". Brad
leg IN Detroit Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-11

This process of extinction went on in
Iceland and elsewhere until about the
middle of the present century hardly
any birds remained. The Icelanders
robbed the auks of their eggs for do
mestic use, and upon one occasion the
crew of British privateer remained
upon one of the Skerries all day killing
many birds and treading down their
eggs and young. This went on until
the last birds were taken, and there is
but the faintest hope that it may yet
linger on in the inaccessible north.
Although awkward and travelling with
the greatest difficulty on land, the
great aux was perfectly at home in the
water. and travelled both upon and I'M
der the surface with the rapidity of a
fish. The time of haunting the land
was during the breeding season, in
early summer. at this period the aux
resorted to the rocks. in the dark
recesses Of which the females deposited
one large egg-large even for the size
Of the bird. These had awhitish-green
ground, streaked with brown, and
nearly five inches in length.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-11
Successful Experiments in Electro
Plating.

One day, about three years ago. a
silver-plater named Downing took a
fresh egg, and, after proper prepare
ton, threw it into the silver bath and
turned on the battery. The result was
what appeared to be delicate work of
art-a silver egg, which, under a strong
glass, showed all the minute pores of
the she'll. The egg was exhibited for
over year, and not one person in a
hundred would believe that it was any
thing but cunning specimen of the
silversmiths art. To settle a discus
sion, which ran high one day, Mr.
Downing seized sharp, heavy knife,
cut the silver egg in twain, and it was
found to be as fresh and sweet as the
day it was electroplated. The egg had
been Theoretically sealed. He then be-
gan a series of experiments in the line
of his trade, which were highly success
full, and have opened up most
astounding possibility-the embalming
of the dead in casts of nickel, silver, or
gold. according to the purses and arts
tic desires of the survivors of the de-
ceased.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-11

handsomely ornamented waiter of
unusually large size, over one hun
dred years old, and many smaller arti-
Giles. A ''grandfather's clock over
one hundred and thirty years old was
kept in the family.
Snails are largely consumed by con-
sumptives in England who can afford
them. Of course they are imported
The best come from the vineyards of
France, and for this reason they are
considered especially fine. They are
certainly Il luxury. for tin of snails
cost As Cd. Frogs hind legs are eaten
in larger quantities than is generally
supposed. You can't tell them from a
bit of chicken; and no doubt a good
many people who are not careful about
consulting the menu at swell dinners
eat them as such. Another novelty
for epicures is crawfish tails. They
are little things like shrimps, and are
used for fiavoring all sorts of dishes,
soups, sauce and vegetables. Boned
larks in aspic jelly sounds well. The
young bachelors who lounge through
life in chambers of Piccadilly 90 in for
these potted things. They are con-
venient.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-11
Uses of Paper in Japan.

In Japan, as is we'll known, it has
long been customary to manufacture a
multitude of articles, from overcoats
and window panes to string and pocket
handkerchiefs, out of paper, but the
japanese Government, not content
with these feats of national ingenuity,
is just now bestowing great attention
on the paper industries, and expert
menting with pith, old silk rags, and
many kinds of vegetable substances,
with Il view to other emplOyments of
paper in the arts Mr.. Liberty, in his
recent paper read before the Society of
Arts. described visit that he made to
the Government paper factory at Shiebu-
Ogi, where he watched hundreds of
intelligent little japanese girls and
women preparing the ''mitsumata. or
bark of the famous paper mulberry
tree and arranging the snowy layers
of pulp on the rectangular straining
sleeves. Toughness and silk-like sur
face are the usual characteristics of
japanese paper, which, in spite of our
recent progress in this department of
the arts, still remains far superior to
European paper.-Lo1adon Daily Ne0s.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-11
Hannibal Hamfin at so.

Il dropped into the Tarratine Club at
Bangor recently" says a writer in the
Lewiston Journal, and looked into the
pretty little parlor where there were
groups of gray-haired men at tables
enjoying afternoon whist and smoking
peacefully. 1t was raining like fury
out Of doors, and the patter on the
east windows was alluring. l sat down
near the window in the reading
room adjoining the first parlor and was
doing little or nothing when heard a
voice from the next room saying: My
trick, old boy. Got you that time.
Didn't play that just exactly right, did
you? Well, well, live and learn The
voice sounded familiar, and stepping
into the parlor | saw an old friend just
slapping down the winning card in an
alluring game of auction pitch. He
looked up and said 'How-dye-do." 1t
was Hannibal Hamlin, and he was
playing in good look. An hour later I
saw him walking home in the rain
without an umbrella. "-E1chdnge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-11
A Moonlight Maid.

We had wandered forth at eventide
Through the poisoning lane for stroll;
Twas young and shy, but ardent-eyed,
And she was the queen of my soul.
The moon shed silvery sympathy
Aswe gazed in the sky of June,
Snow, what would you do said my love to me,
eff you were the man in the moon?"
In her dmpled face / gave one glance,
And hope leaped high in my breast;
What lover could wish for rarer chance
To put his fate to the test?
IF j were the man in the mOon," said /,
is gaZed in her face divine,
I'D scatter the enviOus clouds on high
And for you alone I'd shine.
''Td gather the stars in buckle bright
To CLEAN on your dainty shoe;
To comet I'd hitch my car tonight
And wander through space with you.
I'd snatch" Now stop, that's enough,
dear mel"
And gayly her laughter rung.
IF you were the man in the moon," said she,
You'd admire me and hold your tongue"
Samuel Minturn Peck,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-11
A Wonderful Well.

There is wonderful well down near
Del Norte. The force of the water
brings up from the depths an occasional
lump of native silver or gold nugget.
Local scientists claim that at a great
depth and nnder enormous pressure.
the water is washing away a ledge of
rock. whose softer parts go into solu-
ton and give the water its mineral
qualities. but whose gold and silver.
not being dissolved, are brought to the
surface in a metallic state.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-11
A New Tire.

The owner of d new tire, made of hol-
low spring steel, circular. oval, or
square. thinks that it will succeed rub
Der tires for wagons or bicycles. 1t can
be fixed on so that it can never come of.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-11

The two meanest men the Seattle
journal has heard of live in Tacoma.
They consDire to evade the law that
Furnishes wife-beaters, swapping wives
for the time and each whipping the
others better half.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-23
Millions who Speak English.


1t is computed that at the opening OF the
present century there were about Il ,O0o.OO0
people who spoke the English tongue. The
French-speaking people at that time num-
bered about 81 500, go, and the Germans
exceeded 30,000.0O0. The Russian tongue
was spoken by nearly 31.000.000. and the
Spanish by more than 26. 100000. Even the
Italian had three-fourths as large con-
stituency as the English, and the Portu-
guese tnree-eighths. OF the 162 90, 600 peo-
PIE, or there's bout, who are estimated TO
have BEEN using these seven languages in
the year 1901, the English speakers were
less than ID per cent while the Spanish were
Is, the Germans 1874, the Russians 1873,
and the French 1876 THIS aggregate popn-
ulation has now grown to- 4OD.OOO,OOO. OF
which the English-speaklng people number
close upon 1850 0.000. From l3 per cent.
we have advanced to 81 per cent. The
French speech is now used oy 5O,OOO,UO0
people. the German by about 100000. the
Spanish by 100000. the Russian by TO-
000. 0C0. the Itliian By about 3 100000, and
he Portuguese by about l3,O0J,OOO. The
English language is now used by near y
twice as many people as any OF the others
and this relative growth Is almost sure to
continue. English has taken as its own
the North American continent and nearly
the whole of Australasia. North Amer
lea alone will soon have 100 900 coo
of Eng ish-speaking people. while there
are Az 000., % in Great Britain and Ireland.
In Sou b Africa and India also the language
is vastly ex ending.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-23
WINE DEALERS v1crrMrzED.
New York "Firms" systematically d.
fraud Caiifornians.

New York "Firms" systematically De-
fraud Californians.
sAS Francisco. July 22-The Chronicle says:
Recent Investigations made by several promi-
nept wine dealers in San Francisco have led
them TO believe that they have been
systematically yieiimized by set OF
Italian and Greek firms in New York.
who are said TO constitute q ring to
carry on these on IA Ms Several OF these
firms are SAID TO be simply the same concern.
Dealers here have been receiving orders from
New York for large amounts of wine. ami the
firms used as 'ef rences are asserted to be mem
bers of the clique Several dealers here have
me- c shipments as requested, and never re-
ceived a ce in return.
is cond ton Of affairs was brou rht TO ligh'
in an investigation fol owing the rec Mt receipt
of an Or er r quantity OF wire and brandy
from W. F. Gorini & Co., No. lie Pearl street
W York. The reference given in this case was
Edward II. Calcagni. 40 Broad street, New York.
The agent of the firm in San Francisco. by
whom the order was received, Investigated the
matter and reported that Gorini & Co. had two
other times gone under he name of the West
India Company and ] p as ore & Company.
Calcagni was reported in the same Category as
having gone under he name of s. Menesi & Co
He also reported the existence of ring in New
YORK engaged in these transactions. One Char es
Blrsoti would take bills of lading received by
these alleged fictitious firms, an sell the goods
in tn market, and shippers would never re-.
ceive anything