The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-31
BILL NYE In SEATTLE
Where the Jackplaneis Music
Salutes Receding Forest.
The HUNGRY MARINE woRM.
Ffledrivers the Pioneers Of Cfsilizstion
Deep ssew in Tr@e-Chopping Tins
-Daarhs<r 81 the Ph@nix.
Edgar ". Nye.

beautiful sheet OF water twenty-six miles
long and averaging four miles in wisit h. It
also has good and sufficient dep tn for the
anchorage Of the Great Eastern anywhere
through its entire length
There is already . log canal connecting il
with the land through Union lake, and it
would not be . bag job 70 make ship
canal, IS the lake Is bat few feet higher
than Puget sound. and the ground easily
worked without blasting. The chief asa-
vantage OF . fresh water harbor for ships,
OF course. is that the tegedo. or ship worm,
The pest OF all warm salt waters. and es-
peciaisy of Puget sound, would be elimin-
ated. Large bills for naval vefmifuge
would thus be rendered unnecessary, and
ironclads especially would become less
porous.
The teredo is one Of the genus OF ace
phaious. tesfaceous mollusks that bore and
penetrate the bottoms Of ships and other
submerged wood The ship worm belongs
to q family OF conchiierous or lamelli
hranchiates. They are not. strictly speak
ing. worms at ali. as they have true mol
tuscan organixatJ3n and the eiongation Of
the body is simply due TO the excessive
protraction backward Of the siphonsI tubes.
which thus give us a long, twisted mol
lEsk, vulgariy called . worm. II do not
make myself perfectly clear. or II l use
words which bother or confuse tho scien-
tist. hope he will not be az oil backw ard
about coming TO me for an explanation.
The abdominal or shell-covered portion
OF the animal is comparatively small, and,
according to Theodore Gill, is almost sub
globular. The siphonl portion is. in pro-
portion, extremely long and xormiiKe.
The description of this bird increases in
interest IS We proceed, and . word or two
further regarding this little acephalous.
testaceous mollusk. which patiently goes to
work to sink a great ship. may not be en-
tirely out of place at this time, for | am
not radically opposed to facts in the alb
stract. 1t Is only the abnormal. protrscted
and chronic use of facts that deprecate
and deplore.
The family OF Teredinide. to which the
ship worm belongs. have siphons that are
united for the greater part OF their length.
but free toward their ends, and these are
armed with two peculiar. elongated shelly
APPENDICES called styles or siph onal pa
letfes.
The teredo does notcare for social recoe-
milton. but devoses its life TO this great
task. With no appetite for club life. yet
ignoring its marital relations ard negligent
OF domestic responsibilities, the teredo
gives up its whole existence to mistaken
and ill-adylsed efforts 70 damage he COM
In this family the mantle is well de-
veloped. its lobes unite except at the pedal
opening reflected behind over the valves of
the shell and developed above into lobe
like expansions. which are rejected over
the hinges of the shell and serve to keep
the valves in place. The gills are large aad
extend far into the siphonai portion. The
mouth IS provided with paIpi, and it has
sweet breath like that of cioyef-fed COW.
The foot is sub-cyiind.ical and sucker-like,
with foiiaceous margin, moderately pro-
tractive and well supplied with nerves.
The shell Is composed OF two equal valves
of peculiar form
sitora. the kuphess, the Calopates, the
Xylotrys. the Tperotus and the Lyrodus,
all of whom are highly connected. On en-
tering the navy the Teredo famiiy's motto
Is Ever onward and upward, !" and though
at times he is s bore. the teredo retains
his hold on society like retired pngilist
who has married WELL
The Teredo Navalis, as We call him in
scientific circles. does his boring and de-
structive work by means OF the armature
OF the valves already described and vet
Professor T.. Percival Wright very truth
fully says that the ship worm Is no arma-
ture at his business.
The sexes of the Teredo family are un-
equally divided, there being about twenty
males to one female. The latter LAYS It's
eggs IN the months of June and July, in
large quantities Sea-sickness never inter-
feres with her plans.
To remove ship worms bafhe the bottom
of the ship every morning in hot borax
water, rinse thoroughly in tepid, distilled
a &1s 4.
and then smear thoroughly with creosete
oil. This should be kept up for at least
fortnight, after which il will be found that
the worms are so stupeted that they may
be readily removed from their holes by
means OF nut pick.
In preparing the above interesting de-
seription of the Tereto. am indebted for
valuable 81 ggestlons 10 the Natural His
tory of the Tereda, BY Z. Percival Wright.
volume y; Monograph of the Family
Teresls, q. W. Iryon. and q little bro
chure by L. IL Baamhauer. entitled 'tSnr
le Taret ct les Moyens de Preseiyer les Bois
de ses negats," or words To that effect.
Seattle cut loo 90. 90 feet of luna Der last
pear and had TO import lot more fer its
own use, and yes it costs $ioo an acre 10
clear of and destroy the beautiful timber
that now stands on what are the lots and
additions to the city. | saw pine tree
growing in the park that was forfv-four
feet in circumference SIX feet from the
ground. Many Others near il were about
as large.
Most every stranger thinks the snow
must have been very deep In Washington
ia winter because the stamps are 50 high,
some OF them beng cut OF eight or ten feet
above the ground. bat thai Is not 80 /
learned very early that this pine is ex-
tremely pitchy At the base o. hatt. so
much so a. 10 be practically worthless so
the iumhermsn cuts a notch above this OBJ
iectsonaoie point, and. inserting q spring-
board with iron or steel points 10 H. he
mounts this little scaffold and cuts of the
tree 81 point which would have been two
or three Eees ADORE his head Il be bad
stood on The ground.
To test the courtesy OF the wozaismeu
Mr.. neaso born and 1, one afternoon while
driving through the forest. assumed the
Parker house role of Boston tourists in
search 81 information. and asked thirty or
forty different wcosfxTnen abou; thi. appzr-
eut depth CT SNOW on the land, and in each
case Cos polite and iseld explanation Of
TIE Shots matter. 80 plain and clear that
anybody with a single dsssnfsrted brain
could not help understanding H. could
not ave2d contrasting this uniform courtesy
- the pauev woods with the gaGcsty Of t~o-
llteneSs and intellectual drsoaaISoa scsre-
tEass uset With at tte elevated railway
gates and oaAsr thought gangiia OF New
York
Seattle is called the Phssnix city This IL
eecsnSe she zss consumed hy Ere szss
summer and IL now almost entirely rebuilt
TIE Fkeenix VAS iasiea bird which could
reaAh2tsiats Itself after having heea coz
samed bv FIRE. and mas evsn mere bright
ansl cheerful after xAgSi than before Even
the scorrasea feathers OF tire rh0nIx IL is
s2sa. sssa ROT szaell siiszrreeAhsy. Plnrixes
are new VERY scsres. ard q setting al
FGanix eggs this syvsag woald bring .