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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-25
GREAT NORTHERN FOR SEATTLE.
Material For Eighty Miles Of Track on
the Way to headquarters Here.

TACOMA, Jan. Especial. Ia promi-
nent and well informed railroad official
stated this evening that material for eighty
miles of track, including steel rails, bridge
belts, plates, ETC., and all necessary articles,
are now en- route over the Northern Pacific,
the same being consigned to the Great
Northern Railroad Company, Seattle.
This fact, said railroad man lis decidedly
significant. Seattle will be the headquarters of
the Great Northern's operations"
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washin s.on Man on Indian Commission

WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. 23.-The secre-
tary of the interior today appointed 4. X.
Smiley. of Rhode Island; James ID. Moore,
of La Peer. Mich, and Charles l.. Painter,
of Washington, members of the Mission
Indian commission, provided for by re-
cent act of congress.
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The morning call., 1891-09-13
Curious Finds of Lost and Thrown Away
Articles in the City's Rubbish.

Curious Finds of Lost and Thrown Away
Articles in the Citv's Rubbish.
A curious series of statistics establishes
the value of the refuse of the Paris streets.
The figures seem incredible, and show that
the rag pickers discharge duty of primary
Importance. Working at night, busy under
the gaslight with hooks and panier, the
value of what they collect is estimated at
e20O0 each day. Assuredly half the world
does not know how the other half lives. or
course the conditions OF Paris life are ex-
ceptiOnal. Population is very close; the tall
houses are crammed with inhabitants; there
are no gardens, as with us-there are but the
houses and the streets. The Parisians have
a way OF emptying all kinds of lumber and
refuse into the streets, and then the rag
pickers gather in their harvest. A use is
found for everything. and metamorphosis
never ceases. All the details are interest
ing, though some are rather disturbing.
Rags, of course, go to make paper; broken
glass is pounded and serves as the coating
for sand or emery paper; bones, after the
process OF cleaning and cutting down, serve
to make nail brushes, tooth brushes and
fancy buttons; little wisps Of women's hair
are carefully unrayeled, and do duty for
false hair by and by. Mems hair collected
oniside the BARRIERS serves for filters
through which syrups are strained; bits of
sponge are cut up aud used for spirit lamps !;
bits of bread, If dirty, are toasted and
grated, and sold to the restaurants for
spreading on hams or outlets; sometimes
they are carbonized and made into tooth
powder. Sardne boxes are cut up into tin
soldiers or into sockets for candlesticks. A
silk hat has whole chapter of adventures
in store for it All this work employs a
whole regiment of rag-pickers, numbering
close on 10000, and each earning from
twenty pence to bali crown day. With
all the wonders OF our great city, we have
The morning call., 1891-09-13
MRS. SEARLEY HOME.
"reminiscences Of Her Life at Great Barring
ton.

Old residents in Great Darlington remem-
ber when. nearly fifty years ago, Mrs.
Searles was Mary Frances Sherwood, daugh-
ter of William Sherwood. principal of a
boys school in New York. She was pupil
in the Kellogg Terrace School. conducted
by her aunts. Sarah, Mary and Nancy Kel-
logg, and belonged to coterie of pupils
whom the young men regarded with admir-
ration and certain feelings of awe. In this
company of schoolgirl friends were three
who still live in Great harrington. OF the
Hopkins family c. w. Hopkins was living
at Great Burlington in retirement and ad-
vanced the money that his nephew Mark
needed 10 start for California when afflicted
with the gold fever. Marks brother Moses
kept store where ready-made clothing was
sold, novelty in those davs.
After marrying Mark Hopkins and set
ting in California, Miss Sherwood was lost
to Great Darlington people for a long time.
After the death of Mr.. Hopkins, the
widow, who, with her sister, Mrs. Critten-
den, had inherited the Kellogg terrace
house, moved back to Great Darlington and
remodeled the mansion for a summer resi-
dence.
The principal public gift Great Barring
ton received from Mrs. Searles was the fine
Congregational Church. She first gave
largely to secure repairs and improvements
on the old building, and when that was
burned she practically built the new struct-
ure. besides adding a parsonage and elab-
orate barn. The church was provided with
a $4,000 organ, and the people found it
difficult to support a player suitable to
handle it. The parish expected Mrs. Searles
would do something, and. as a result, there
WAS friction, ending in Mrs. Searles' with
drawai from the organization entirely.
She was afterward confirmed and attended
the Episcopal Church. Springfield Repub-
lieau
The morning call., 1891-09-13
1ne erplo,ton, in mfd.henpcn.

matter. | knew what the district is, and
that if rain by any means had been precipi-
tated there one might logically hope to bring
about thunderstorm in Satan's domain, so
j undertook the task-that is, went to
Texas and tried producing rain there.
II carried with NE sixty balloons each
about ten feet in diameter when expanded !;
a hundred kites five feet tall, a carload of
wooden mortars to fire bombs from, and
many thousands, of pounds of dynamite,
gunpowder, nitro -gelatine and other pow
erful agents for agitating the atmosphere.
Each balloon holds 525 cubic feet OF gas
a third oxygen and two-thirds hydrogen
and upon being inflated ascends under con-
troll Of double wire, which serves instead
of a rope to hold it by. When it reaches
the desired height the button of an electric
instrument on the ground is touched, a
spark ignites the fusee in the balloon, and
the oxygen and hydrogen suddenly combine
with a terrific explosion.
Each kite is held by double wire. Their
tails carry dynamite and other explosives,
which are set off in the same way by an
electric spark.
"The idea of this, you understand, is that
Just as water reduced below certain tenn
perature may bold ice in solution, and still
lee will not form so long as the vessel cOu-
tanning the water remains perfectly quies-
cent capitalization taking place only as the
The morning call., 1891-09-13

He tells you a lot Of fairy story about the
Count who has sought Your hand"
Where is nv other husbands?
''lhe Miser? That all comes out in 4
couple of scenes when you aren't on. GU
and the miser, driven to desperation by the
embarrassmentS OF the scene, told you OF
which was cut, manage TO get marriage on
the quiet. Meanwhile, papa finds out you
weren't married when he thought you were,
and has the miser abducted, not knowing
you really are married. You don't tell him
because-for some reason or other; and the
nabob wants you. Some mix up like that
leads up to this scene. The naoob
tells you the Count story. ending
with, What objection That Is
easy, being a question. You get up and
Julie de Mauprat in the calcium-at least
Bird used to have a calcium. Here comes
your long speech. Read it over, Daize. Get
the idea, and say it In your own words. Re
member to come to cue straight The nab0b
rattles unless he gets his cue straight. The
idea Of the speech is, first, how can your
father be so cruel. with frills; then. will no
power interfere to save you, with more
frills"
What do you mean by frlls?"
"Ob. work it upi Am to be abandoned
(tra la)? viii M one help or save (te dum)p
Then some invective with lots of trllls and
defiance talk, ira Ia and so on. 1T you per-
petrate this outrage (te dun te de- your gray
hairs will surely rumtabi sorrow like mine
to the ira Ia la grave Then break and get
in some pleading: oh, SPARE me-think
My heart is in - That's the cue. He in
terrupts: The lunatic asylum and exits. y
''What does he mean?"
"Oh, the miser is supposed to have gone
crazv and te means to remind yon that you
are idotic 10 love fellow in mad-house. -
"Freda, can never do that speech" said
Daisy with decision of despair.
"YeS, YOU can; it's easy. Just remember
the different heads. and frill them out.
Fathers cruelty, will no power intervene
invective and defiance: pleading, oh, spare
me- and cue: My heart is in - It's
easy. He exists. You have sort of prayer
speech by yourself. Say anything suitable
that comes into your head. Only use
'heaveD' instead OF God Audiences don't
like too much God. When you can't think
Of anything 10 say cry and say alas But
work up a change of mood for the curtain
line, Anything is better than this misery
will marry the CountP Back up into the
calcium on that and hold the picture. You
may get call. It's the only scene you've
got, so you must work it up"
IL thought you said the piece was a farce
comedy. | don't think this is funny"
The morning call., 1891-09-13
General DyreurorM-

"When l was finally persuaded to take
hold of this matter, for various reasons, too
technical to be popular, l was Immediately
satisfied in my mind that the elemental parts
of drop of water, hydrogen and oxygen,
were the explosives we wanted to introduce
into the atmosphere to get rain. II it could
be got | was not satisfied that 1t could be.
| am an artlleryman myself, and during my
service both in military school in Germany
and in the Civil War the relation of rainfall
following the discharge of heavy artillery
had excited my curiosity, and l had given
the subject some study. When a Chicago
man named Powers brought out book that
strove to establish connection between war
and the weather [ was not interested in it as
Senator Farwell ana others were. All the
data Powers set forth in his book only sug-
gested TO me the enormous task Of searching
out all the battles that have taken place and
were not followed by rainfall before one
could reasonably be satisfied with the theory
advanced.
More than this, the theory demanded the
expenditures of from $4,000 to $4,000 in
experiments, which means, of course,
$50 600 or none at all, since thing cannot
be said to have succeeded or failed when
anything remains possible to be done in the
way of trying When Senator Stanford
cited the instance of rainfall following the
blasting of rock in the arid districts of the
Sierra Nevada during the building of the
Central Pacific l began to think about the
The morning call., 1891-09-13
THE CHIEF OF THE
RAIN MAKERS.
He TELLS How HG Causes Rain to Fall
On the Just and the Unjust.
General Dyrenforth Discusses the Result Of
His Recent Experiments-He Consid-
ers Them Very Promising
Special to THE SUNDAY CALL.

WASHINGTON, Sept. Upon General
Dyreuforth, he who has had charge of the
recent rain-producing experiments in
Texas, returning to this city met him. and
in the course of conversation, asked him il
one Daniel Ruggles of Fredericksburg, Va,
had not patented a rain-producing device.
General Dyrenforth replied: Yes; Rug
giles has a device for producing rain by
means of explosives discharged from bal
loon. 1t was patented before the Govern
ment gave the idea thought or dollar.
But want 1t understood that I'm not ex-
plotting his patent or anybody's else. His
device is to produce rain by carrying up
xplosives-dynamite, nitro-glyeerine. what
not that makes big report-and discharg-
ing them from balloon, while l, to the same
end, send up balloons and make the ascen-
sional force Of the balloon the explosive.
His device may be very good one. 1 have
not tried it, But balloon large enough to
carry up any amount OF explosive matter
would be so costly as to render the expert
ment impossible to begin with.
The morning call., 1891-09-13
EREDA SONADAY;
In The FooHIghts' Glare and Shadows.
ws,7rEg FOR THE SUNDAY GILL BY Emu ssERDAA ACTRESS

"The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the very first?"
Enter at the end Of the rope read
DaiSv, despOndently.
you Gerdn't bother about entrance cues.
You can watch your part while you are out
side, you know" said Freda, impatiently.
Get to your first eech."
But shall l carry my part on with me?"
81 wouldn't; just shove it back Of brace,
or drop it at the entrance as You 90 on. You
can run for it directly you get off"
"Oh. Freda. | shall lose my head."
''Sbut up. When you get your entrance
cue, END of my rope come on right upper
and get center Don't see Kildare; he's
the miser. He's down right with his back
to YOU You are sort of wandering down.
It's garden scene. you know; parasoi, big
hat aud all that"
ooh, haven't any"
Never mind clothes now. Don't inter-
rupt; keep your mind on what l am telling
you. You wander down c humming."
"What do hum?"
Anything you like Bird huns Where
Art Thou Now, My Beloved Kildare turns.
See-this way. will be the miser. He
turns and gives an exclamation at seeing
you. You haven't seen him yet, but the ex-
clamation makes you look. Now-whafs 5
your line?"
Does all that happen before speak at
an9"
"Yes. The whole piece is business
Most modern pieces are. What's your line?"
"Can 1t he-no-yes-I am not mistaken.
An. it is Mr. CnrderOy," read Daisy, adding
with tears. That's such hard speech. 1
worked over and over and over it, and you
see | don't know 1t at all. All those dread
ful little words"
Nonsense. Just remember the name
Mr.. Corderoy. The fast unierstudy who
| played said Mr. Pants, and Kildare didn't
The morning call., 1891-09-13

water is disturbed, so the air may hold
moisture in solution, which will be precipi-
tated by violent concussinn. The explo-
siye power OF hydrogen and oxygen is great
A soap-bubble filled with mixture of the
gas, two parts of the former aud one of the
latter, exploded like the report of pistol
With the explosion the gases mix and form a
drop oil water. so by using this rather than
any other explosive, we have produced in
the atmosphere nucleus which, according
to the nebule theory that like gathers like,
operates also to gather rain.
AFTER the experiences in Texas think
the venture unquestionably promises sue
cess The cost has not been enormous. All,
or all but some nconsiderable parts of my
apparatus, is manufactured, and | have
spent less than one-half the Governments S
appropriation, $7000 Every natural condi-
ton was against me. We went to quarter
of Texas where the wind blows at such
rate that operating our balloons was like
reasoning with lunalic or arguing with
bucking bronco. We had to build tanks in
which to form the gas, and after doing this
one of them burst aud had to be rebuilt
s. IL has been said that atmospheric condi-
tions worked with us. This is directly OPP
posite to the truth. All but four of our first
experiments were made with rising bal on
eter. The cowboys, who know ten times
mnre about The subject than these special
advisory agents Of providence or weather
The morning call., 1891-09-13
QUEEN VICTORIA.
The Way in Which She Travels-Her
Private Car.

The Way In Which She Travels-Her
Private Car.
Many times | have seen items in the
American papers which said that the Queen
of England Travelled very plainly; that her
private carriage was no better than any
other frst-class English carriage. l wish
right here to say that these reports are
based upon no authentic evidence. An Off
-cial Of the Midland road took me into the
Queens carriage as it stood in st. Pancras
Station, and l must say it is as fine as any
Pullman car ever built-and that is saying
good deal. The walls OF the saloon are of
satin-wood, highly polished. The cushions
are of white silk, embroidered in gold
thread. garter containing her motto.
"Honi soft Qui NAL pense," surrounds her
initials, "V. R." Her large chair-and it
takes large one, t0o-iS at the back Of the
is silver plate, in which are electric enun-
cators, pressing which she can call her diff
ferent attendants, who occupy another COM
partment Three other easy chairs are
in her compartment, besides a satin
wood table about feet long and
feet wide, upon which were piled the
latest English French, German and Ameri-
can periodicals. The carpet is of velvet,
and in q good state of preservation, con-
sidering it has been in use over fifteen years.
Inc curtains AT Ine WINDOWS anu pOIuere
are hung ON silver poles. The doOr-handles
are solid silver, and the whole salon has
the appearance of solid luxury. Victoria
herself selected the furnishings, which are
said to pattern after the white drawing
room at Windsor Castle. The whole salon
with fittings cost between $50, 900 and S35 900.
The carriage is about half the length of an
ordinary American railroad ear. AT first
sight the carriage impressed me as being
gaudy, but this idea wore away in momeD,.
The railway official informed me that the
Queen paid about 81 80 per mile Tor travel
ing, besides first-elass fares for every one in
her party. AS the official from whom re-
ceived my information was in a position to
know this explodes other reports that the
Queen and her suite always sravei free
From England Through Yankee Eyes," i'll
Frank Leslie's Weekly, September 9Th.
The morning call., 1891-09-13

matters, our bureau officials. to man de-
elared for fair weather The night of our
last eXperiment the weather was so pro-
neuncedly fixed to be fair that one cowboy
took me aside as friend and urged me not
to try that night. He said that 1 had done
so well up to the present time it was a pity
to dim the luster of my glory by final.fail-
ure. ard he Thought would better just de-
clare the date postponed. But for all this
friendly counsel went ahead. We fiji ed from
8 TO IL O'Clock that night. and at o'clock IN
the morning l arose from the floor, where
was sleeping on ramp feathers, in response
to clapof thunder. The storm was on us
and the rainfall great.
" have beeD-given the lie for saying that
those rains never were the first 10 fall in
that country for three years. That is be-
cause every reporter / have talked to has
seen fit to neglect TO quote me as saying the
first grass rain. BY grass rain i mean a
Continued rain that makes the grass grow.
Besides this, we have made dew, something
unknown there. Go out in the early morn
ing, your boots are covered with dust. The
ground is so red hot the moisture in the air
does not condense upon 1t any more than
it does upon cook stove. On the contrary,
a body of hot air is constantly arising to
repel the clouds that may approach. After
the ground was thoroughly cooled by
the rain, dew formed, and | am salts
fed that it is only a question OF time
when we shall transform these arid plains
into wet regions. The operation should be
carried ont by the Government. and some
statutory measures adopted to prevent
everybody bringing on rain,t to please HIM
self. Regular stations should be estab-
lished, and, in accord with providential in
tent. rain be caused to fall on the just and
the unjust alike"
"Do you not think this device may prove
a disastrous political machine in the hands
of the Democrats?" / asked the General as
L was about to leave him.
"It had not occurred TO me-that they
would use it to keep the Republicans from
the polls, you mean. There's danger. We
Will have to keep it subject to civil service
examination and abolish it if we discover it
engaged in any offensive partisanship."
BREWSTER TERRY.
The morning call., 1891-09-13

exhibits to US. What magnificent sights are
to be contemplated from these oDServatlons!
Colossal Jupiter is the most marvellous
object of their heavens; to them ne Is Tue
sovereign Of the universe-the true Jupiter
and they admire him no less tnan we au-
mire the sun. For to them the sun Is only
a small, brilliant disk, while viewed from
the first satellite the immense globe oil Ju,
piter exceeds it by 30, coo times. Let us add
the magic cOlorations which decorate this
with glowing tnts, from orange and red to
violet and purple; let US add. also, the rapid
changes produced in its appearance by its
rotatory motion, and we shall have ALI ap-
proximate idea Of the magnihcence OF the
picture rs seen from these four worlds as
they are carried along by the giant star into
the far-otf depths of lmmenslty.
AND NOW A LAST QUESTION,
And one of personal interest: What effect
does the earth produce as seen from up
wonder? Assuredlv very ordinary effect
as regards our vanity. 1t is very probable
that the inhabitants of Jupiter and the
planets beyond consider the region OF the
solar system in which we live as empty Ii
Jupiter and the earth were to exchange sit
uations the inha bitants of the former would
see our globe as pale star OF the sixth
magnitude, and scarcely perceptible TO the
naked eye, Just as Uranus appears TO us.
But in the position that we occupy with
respect to Jupiter the earth, at the moment
to phases which render the whole or the
greater part of its disk invisible. Almost
always lost amid the solar rays, IL would
appear like a black point when an observer
on Jupiter chanced to see it PASS across the
disk of the sun, and not as F0ntenelle sup
posed, with the aspect of n star visible at
night This little black point has not as
much Importance in the eyes of the inhabi-
tants of Jupiter as that which Mr.. Bismarck
attaches to the mOmentary possession OF one
of his minute provinces, and were 1t known
on this far distant world that certain philos-
ophers of the little black point had assumed
that the whole universe was created and
put in the world on purpose for them, there
is reason to believe the whole population OF
the four worlds of Jupiter would be seized
with fit of laughter worthy of being sung
by Homer. and that the uproar produced
would be so great that it might well be
heard from here.
[Note-Af'er reading Mons. FlammarIons elo-
quent description OF the appearance OF Jupiter
TO know that with magnfyng power OF 1900
diameters Jupiter would appear as large TO us as
from the iuneTmOst of his satellites, and that
with the great LICK telescope this power could
be used with perfect definition under sufficiently
favorable circumstances With power Of $50
(aud twice high power could be well EN-
ployed with that telescope this year, Jupiter
would appear exactly the same as II seen from
the outermost of his satellites. The best nights
to visit Mount Hamilton to view him will come in
OclODer1