The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-19

rnerrimsnt by Inadvertently putting his loot In
it, said the chief last evening. The judge
called attention to the opsu-hearted and ge1er-
ous manner in which the Tacoma knights re-
eeived the Seattle visitors, ana IN his entnu-
siayu he had occasion TO say that they reminded
him OF that great, snow-clad towering peak,
tho pride of Washington familiar to Us All.
Mount - The Judge broke off short as he
waved his hand towards Mount Rainier. and II
was plain that he was very much confused. He
wouldn't say Mount Tacoma, and smoihered
iaugh ran around the hall Finally the judge
found his tongue, ana lifting up his voice,
said: Fellow Knights, have fought on the
battlefield when bullets flew by thick ana fast:
have faced many dangers in the dark and in
the daylight and Knew no fear, but have DOT
the courage TO call the name of that mountain.
Its out there, all the same. and you all know
what it's Everybody yelled. and the roof of
the hall was nearly raised from the rafters."
John z. Aver has in his ONCE lot OF panels
OF Washington woods showing the high finish
which the native lumber will receive when
polished and vanished with the best tools and
materials obtainable. There are specimens of
hr, maple, alder, spruce, cedar, hemlocx and
ash. finished in various tints, but ali showing
the grain of the wood. Mr. Aver said that the
panels were treated by some chemical posi-
ton which acted much filler does. and in the
fr kept the pitch from coming out
which were given such a high polish, that they
were very beautiful, were an evidence OF the
various uses TO which even the native fir could
be pu; In making handsome furniture. "These
woods are so cheap here" said Mr.. Aver, shat
we ought to make fura;.ure, even the finest,
cheaply as anywhere in the world. Indeed,
company is now being formed to man ufacture
furniture, finished and polished as these panels
are, from the maple, ash, cedar, spruce, alder
and Er, which are SO abundant in Western
Washington. believe that before long furni-
ture making will be one of the established in
dustres of this region. and that we shall send
our goods not only all along the Coast but even
to the East"
'.You can understand the terrible destruction
wrought by an explosion OF fre-damp from the
fact that the explosive force of ono pound OF IL
is equal to between 400 and 500 horse power"
said superintendent Corey, OF the Oregon I'm
provement Compsnys mines, yesterday. at 10
most liable to explode, and with the creates
violence, when il is mixed with the air in the
proportion of one part TO nine of air. When il
is mixed with the air in either greater or
smaller proportion its explosive power de-
creases. One stopping in the first entry OF the
Roslyn mine, which is at great distance from
the place where the explosion began, was built
solidly OF stone securely plastered up aud had
great quantity of loose stone piled behind it, but
was moved two and one-haf feet by the ex-
piosion."
"You can't beat William A. Hardy on fish
| story" said l. J. Heacock yesterday. 'No mat
| ter how many fish you claim TO have caught, he
always has one more. c. w. Loomis and went
| fishing in the Pillchuck the other day. and
came home with a good string apiece. l had
basket full-ffty-fve fine trout; yes, I'll swear
| to it before notary il necessary. On the way
| home we met Hardy with basket about half
| full-a good mess, but not nearly many as
! had. He asked me how many had, and tod
| him ifty-fve Then next day, when his fish
| were all gone and there way OF testing
| il, he said he had ftty-six. He was bound to
| have one more than me-"
j. G. Paine, a well-knOwn citizen of Walla
| Walla, is at the Arlington botel. Mr.. Paine
| came to Washington in 1864, and settled in the
eastern part of the state. There he has since
| lived and prospered, being now recognized as
! one OF the substantial men of Walla Walla
| county. He has a large farm, OF which about
| 1000 acres are now in wheat He follows the
plan common about Walla Walla of letting part
| OF his land lie faliow every other season. Yes.
| terday Mr. Paine said: ave have never had bet
| ter prospects for good grain crop and general
| good times. Pretty nearly every body is happy"