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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-14
SWIFT AS THE LIGHTNING.
The Speed OF John L. Sullivan's Terri
bio Rl0K MAnaurAd.

no OPcou Oh OOhu II. SUII1v10'0 I0ffl.
bio Blow Measured.
BAT HEAD. IL L.. Aug. l2-John L.
Sullivan was measured today. The official
figures are: Chest. 4211 inches: waist, S65 in.
ches; thigh. PAS inches; upper arm, 1877
inches; neck, les inches; chest capac-
tty, 80 cubic inches The ehampion's
swiftness of blow was measured
; by new device. He covered l55< inches in .534
of second. 6arony took six pictures of the
gladiator and q vast number of visitors hocked
to see his various training efforts.
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Our facilities for doing business and the i'd
vantage we have in buying stock in large guam.
titles, are such that none can compete.
DENVER MARKET COMPANY.
Second and Madison streets
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Victims Of = Poisoned Well

LAUREL, Del, Aug. 1a-John Williams, q
colored farm hand, died this afternoon, the Sec
ond victim of poisoned well ON John Rosser's
farm, while three others are 90 i'll that they can.
not recover. More live stock also died today.
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California

California League Games.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 13-San Francisco Z,
Oakland 4.
Los ANGELEs, Aug. l3.-Los Angeles 4.lean
Jose Q.
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The Shasta Catarrh Cure consists of three
months treatment Spray No l, three months
treatment Combination Shasta atomizer.
guaranteed, SO. p. O. Box 106, Seattle, Wash.
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Accident to . Knights e'empIar Train.

CLINTON, Ia, Aug. 13.-Asa special passenger
train of nine cars, loaded with Knights Temp
afternoon. one sleeping csr rolled down .
twenty foot embankment End two others LETT
the track. No one was killes5 but fourteen were
more or less seriously hurt Reuben Beisel, OF
Hazleton, Pa, IL badly injured. bruised
seriously has internal inquiries and q bad
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Monmouth Park Races.

MONMOUTH PARK, Aug. 1a-Jockey Garrison
made his first appearance since his illness, rid
ing Raceland in the Railway handicap, and was
literally applauded. The handicap was the
feature of the day and Ktldeer covered a mile
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Pacific Northwest. California.
National League.
A POPULAR MOVE.
Reduced Rate Of Admission to tho ssKin.
dergarton'' 1T the Ball Park.

UeIBo1sOH - ssH0 DohH o1As
After an enforced rest of q day on account of
the rain the Hustlers and Billy Works Daisies
wiz be up and at each other again today. The
two teams are still tie for the lead, and in or.
der to break it one of them must win both of
the remaining games of the series With this
state OF affairs there Is bound TO be tremendous
struggle for supremacy The two teams are .
Splendid match, aud today there is reasonably
certain to be a repetition OF the stubborn fights
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We make the lowest prices in meats for the
laboring class of people, and can please the
most fastidious at the Denver Market, Second
and Madison,
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Pension for Washington Veteran.
WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. 13.-fSpcciaL wash
ington pension granted: Original-John b.
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TRKNroN, N. J., Aug. 13.-Jim Corbett made
his appearance at Taylor's opera-house tonight
in William Brady's play "After Dark."
Corbett boxed four lively rounds with
Jack McVey In the concert hall scene
of the piece, and showed up in
fne form. The audience was divided in SYM
pathies, and while Corbett was repeatedly
cheered, . number of admirers of Sullivan made
their presence felt by catcalls and by loud ap-
plause for the champion Of the world" The
bills announced that this would be Corbett's
only public appearance before the fight on Sep
temberz
Zimmerman Lowers Canadian Records.
TORONTO, Aug. 1a-In the bicycle races here
this afternoon Zimmerman, of New York, low
cred the quarter OF mile Canadian record for q
flying start from IS seconds to 81 3-a In the
half-mile handicap Zimmerman reduced the
record from ZIP As to los 4-h In the mile
handicap he also reduced the record from 2:32
to 2:2S rs
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Runs earned-Portland 2. Two-base hits
Baldwin, Beard. Three base hit-Mains. Double
plays-Werrick, White and Mains; Werrick aud
Mains Bases on balls-McNabb l, Bofchers 5.
Struck out-By McNabb S, by Borchers7. Passed
balls-Balcwin /, Wilson 2. Time-2 hours
Umpire-March.
RECORDS OF rHE LEAGUES.
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UNDER THE LrEeRrY BELL.

Ihe Body Of Murdered Seaman RiRein
Lying In State ia Ehiladel phfa.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 1.-The remains OF
Charles W. Riggin, the murdered boatswsin of
the United States ship Baltimore. lay in state
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John Browns Old Home.


Kate Field tells, in her washing.
ton, about her first visit to John
Browns old home, up in the North
Woods, some time ago, and her
scheme for buying it when she heard
it was for sale. Hurrying to Boston,
she mentioned the case TO Wendell
Phillips and Ralph Waldo Emerson,
who sent her nice, sympathetic
notes, but neither money nor advice.
A male friend then volunteered to
rush out on the street and collect it
among his friends, but he failed.
Only one person, lady up there,
actually contributed any cash, that
is, aside from Kate Fields own 500.
But within forty-eight hours after she
had stated the case to New York
gentleman he had picked up eighteen
subscriptions, each of that amount.
With this 50, 900 the farm was bought
and good tenant secured, who still
remains. when revisited the Adj.
rondacks recently" says Miss Field,
II found our property worth three
times what we had paid for it, the
house in good repair, and John
Browns grave the mecca Of all
tourists"
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A Point of order.

It is almost impossible to teach
neatness to men and women; but 1T
is possible to infuse into children a
horror of the anti-social practice
which helps great deal to dlsfgure
and vulgarize our cities, of throwing
down refuse of whatever nature-pea-
nut-shells, bits Of paper, ends of
cigarettes and cigars, old shoes, hats,
ashes, and so on, in places frequented
by ones fellow citizens, such as
streets, roads, lanes, sidewalks, and
public stairways. Our indifference
to this practice, which appears to be
the result of long familiarity, is in
comprehensive to foreigners. 1t dis
appeared from European countries
completely fully one hundred years
ago. 1t is now found nowhere in the
Eastern hemisphere except in Turk
ish or other Mussulman towns and
cities, and is looked upon as sign OF
low civilization. 1t is considered in
every European city grievous
offense against a mans neighbors 70
make any public display OF filth or
rubbish of any description. A horror
of it might be taught to any child in
the public schools. To instill it should
be one of teachers first duties, fol
it must be remembered that the chief
observable superiority of the civilized
man over the savage lies in the great
er cleanliness Of his person and dwell
ing. No child should leave the
public schools without having dread
of refuse ground into him. He should
be taught to hate the sight Of un'
swept streets or sidewalks, of saliva
stained marble or granite, of ashe:
and refuse of every description, anc
especially of bits of newspapers ant
ends of cigars, as signs of gross self
ishness and low social tone.
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DEADLY Fumes.

When Mr.. Charles Boner was in
Pennsylvania he visited Mount Budos,
a volcano which is never in actual
eruption, but is all the time sending
out streams Of sulphuretted hydro
gen gas. In particular there are two
caves or clefts in the whitish-gray
rock, out Of which this gas, mixed
with carbonic acid, is emitted with
special freedom. The principal one
of these caves is about twenty PAGES
in depth, and, as will be seen from
Mr.. Boner's description, is much fire.
quented as health resort.
To enter the cave in safety care
must be taken not to draw the
breath. A long respiration is made
before rushing in, the nostrlls are
closed, and then with hasty steps the
farther extremity is reached.
A pricking feeling in the eyes is
caused by the warm atmosphere.
From the feet upward the whole body
has the agreeable sensation Of gen.
tie heat playing around every limb
But your stock OF breath is eX-
hausted, and you run back to the
open air.
The day before was there a man
had committed suicide by entering d
step or two. He dropped at once;
and when shepherd that was tend
ing flocks on the opposite hillside, and
who saw him enter came across tc
look for him, he was dead.
The vapors Of the cave are highly
valued as a cure for govt, and fol
diseases of the eye. At the end OF
the cavern tasteless, slightly warm
liquid, clear as crystal, falls slowly,
drop by drop, from the rock-the re-
suit, probably, of the condensed va.
pors rising from below.
A loose dress is worn by those who
take this vapor bath They go in,
remain as long as they can hold their
breath, then run out, breathe, and &c
In again
The second cave Is not far away,
and is called the Murderer. In fly.
ing past the opening, birds drop dead
upon the ground. Close to the en-.
france / found jay that. had thus
met its death. l thought of the upas
tree and its victims.
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so as to reach there early the next
morning, and by noon a light breeze
springs up, and the boats at once set sail
for home. Each diver on preparing to
descend puts clamp on his nostrils,
ties between his feet a large stone,
to which a rope Is attached, and thus
Silks like shot to the bottom of the
sea, releases his hold, and at once be-
gins to fill with the oysters small bag
or basket he carries in his hand. His
task completed, he jerks the rope. and
is drawn as rapidly as possible to the
surface. The time during which the
divers can remain under water Is often
grossly overstated. Some say that
trained divers will remain at the bottom
four, five, and six minutes, but this
statement is probably an exaggeration,
for actual observers Of the work OF near
ly l. 900 divers give an average of one
minute to each submersion. Retaining
the breath, however, for even this length
OF time, is so forced and unnatural a
process that very frequently, before the
days work Is completed, blood flows
from the noses, mouths. and ears of the
divers, and almost without exception
they are unhealthy and short-lived men.
When the fleet returns to the shore
to transport the oysters from the boats
TO the land; the precious cargo is counted,
and in baskets OF 100 each the oysters
are removed to large Enclosures, where
they are thrown in heaps, the catch" Of
each boat being kept separate. There
they are left to rot, for such Is the Indian
prejudice against this species of shell
fish that, although food Is scarce and
dear, no Indian can be persuaded to eat
an oyster. The stencil arising from the
decomposition of hundreds Of tons OF the
bivalves Is often intolerable, but strange
to say, no bad results to the health of
the oyster settlement have ever been
known to follow, and in a country where
the decomposition Of vegetable matter
is highly deleterlous, no sickness follows
the decay Of this vast mass OF animal
substance. In a few days, under the
broiling sun Of India, the oysters are
ripe for the next process, and
are then thrown into large troughs,
where the contents of each shell
are carefully scraped out with the
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Nothing could have come from the
Census Bureau more OPPORTUNITY than
The bulletin relative to the fisheries
Of the great lakes. 1t required sixty
one quarto pages for Mr.. Porter to
tell what he knows about our lake
fisheries, and some of the facts re-
ported will probably prove surprising
10 many readers. For instance, did
any of them know that in the ten
years ending with the census Of 1890
there were 1000, 900, 900 pounds of
food fish, worth $25, 900, 900, taken
out of the great lakes? We trow
not How many of them know that
$500 persons were regularly employed
in 1889 catching fish, and that 107
steamers and 1876 other craft were
used in the business? The money in
vested in fishing apparatus would
overwhelm with establishment the
majority of the readers could they
gaze upon it in lump. The nets
and traps were worth $500, 919, and
the total capital invested was 50, 832,
$50. The yield of the fisheries in
1889 was s2,615, 7S4 at first hands.
The rank of the five lakes, deter
mined by the value of their yield, IS,
Erie, first; then Michigan, Huron
and st. Clair, Superior, and Ontario,
the actual increase in the value OF
the fisheries of Lake Erie being
greater than that of all the others
combined. The causes of increase OF
the value of fisheries are increase of
population, the advent OF emigrants
from fishing and maritime countries
Of Europe, improved facilities OF cap
ture and transportation, and the
practice OF artificial propagation.
The fisheries OF Lake Ontario show a
very marked decline since 1880, chief
" ths result OF legislation against
commercial fishing In those waters.
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conclusive, owing to the many accu-
rate engravings found in their
mounds. Some of the engravlngs
were in porphyry, the cutting OF
which to-day would turn the finest
tempered knife-blade.
Although generally supposed that
the sepulchral mounds contain nu-
merous dead bodies, this is not exact
ly true. The latter Indian tribes laid
their dead In layers, and many of
them buried in the original mounds,
believing them sacred. But we have
no satisfactory reason to think that
the original sepulchral mounds, nc
matter how large, contained more
than one or two dead bodies each.
In some places OF the world mound
building is still being carried on +.
Not SO long since the bodies of the
slain on the field of Waterloo
were gathered in common tumulus:
to-day, in some English cemeteries,
the process of forming pyramid by
alternating layers of dead with layers
of cement is being carried out. Really
no definite meaning can be attached
to mound building; it is more fash
ion than Characteristic Of a certain
stage OF civilization. But it is inter-
esting to us as the relic of race that
has gone-whither? They have sue
cumbed before a stronger race, they
have migrated to other lands, but we
are never likely to learn more OF the
Mound Builders of the West.
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when, almost in day, the coast again
becomes the desert that 1t was before.
The divers do all the work, but by no
means receive all the pay. Various ar
engagements are made between them
and their employers; they are paid by
the number4f oysters they take out, or
by the day, or with certain number OF
the pearls found, but generally by one
fourth OF the number OF oysters taken.
AS rule they dispose OF their part OF
the catch" on speculation, which Is a
favorite method of selling the product
of q days labor. The oysters to be
sold are rcollected into one pile, their
number stated, and spectators are
asked to bid upon them. This is
veritable lottery; no one knows that the
pile of oysters before him contains
single pearl, and yet by competition in
bidding the price of LOCO oysters-for
on the pearl coast this is the proportion
Of shells 10 one pearls frequently
run up to double what the original own
or might anticipate obtaining from his
catch"
The dangers of diving, aside from the
physical disabilities to which divers are
subjected, arise mostly from sharks and
saw-fish. Although sharks abound in
every tropical sea, the Ceylon divers
are not very much troubled from their
watery foes, the presence OF so many
boats and men, the shouting, the
splashing, all tending to frighten them
away; but, as q protection, each diver
carries with him a short, strong knife,
with which to rip up the shark in case
of sudden attack. Some prefer a
stake from a foot to eighteen inches in
length and sharpened at both ends.
This'they consider quite as effective q
defense as the knife, for, when the
shark approaches, and opens his enor-
nous mouth, the intended victim, by a
quick movement, fixes the stake be-
tween his opened jaws, which, OF
course, are pierced by its sharpened
ends, and the discomfitted monster
swims off to rid himself of his novel in
cumbrance as best he can. Most re-
| lance, however, Is placed, not on stake
or knife, but on the charms of the con-
| jurers, one or more Of whom accompany
| the fleet throughout the days cruise.
For a certain sum they guarantee to
the divers immunity from the sharks,
and are said to be quite expert in ex-
planning any unfortunate mischance
which results in the death of one OF
their patrons.
The value of pearls has led to frequent
efforts to produce them artiflcially, and
in this the Chinese have been success
full. They ascertain the locality of an
oyster bed, and remove the mollusks
alive to some place where a constant
watch can be kept over them. Then,
opening the shell OF each bivalve, they
introduce bits of wood, grains of sand
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The pearl Is so highly priced an orna-
ment that from the earliest times special
Efforts have been made to develop the
fisheries in whatever part OF the world
they exist. The pearl oyster, which
does not differ greatly from the ordinary
variety, is found In almost every ocean,
and pearl fisheries have been successful
and lucrative, not only in the Mediter-
ranean and along the coasts OF Africa,
but also in many parts of the Caribbean
Sca, In the Gulf OF Mexico, along tho
Pacific coast, in the vicinity OF most OF
the South Sea islands. and In almost
every part of the RedSea. The Persian
Gulf has from the dawn OF history been
a fayorite fishing ground for the pearl
oyster, and most OF the pearls known to
the ancient world came either from the
Persian Gulf or from the Red Sea.
There is another locality, however,
which contests with both the palm OF
superiority, for from very early times
the west coast of Ceylon has been
known as the habitat Of the pearl oy ster,
and the fisheries there have been carried
on with success for at least 1900 years.
and how much longer no one is able to
state.
Formerly the Ceylon fisheries were
the property OF the kings OF the coun-
try, says the Globe Democrat, but alter
the conquest of Ceyon by the East
India Company they passed into the
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quently became OF immense size,
doubtless having relation to the i'm
portance of the parsonage to whom
erected. And these sepulchral tumuli
are scattered over the globe-in the
new world and in the old. They
dot the Mississippi and its tributaries
and the low lands of the Gulf; we
meet them in the tropical forests of
Mexico and Central America; the
British Islands are sprlnkled with
them: Scandinavia knows them;
Italy has them and so has Marathon;
while the steppes of Russia and Tar
tary are sown with them as is the
sky with stars. In our own country
many of these mounds are reposi-
tories of the dead; others are fortifi-
cations erected by some forgotten
race against the ravages of its enc
mics. Between the Alleghenies
and the Rocky Mountains, but
chiefly in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana
and Missouri they abound; they
reach from the Gulf to the great
lakes. Some of these are of immense
size. On the Ohio River. at Grave
Creek, near Parkersburg, Va, stands
one 90 feet high and 300 feet in di-
ameter at the base. Another at Ma
rietta, Ohio, is among the finest
specimens Of the relics Of forgotten
people. Who built them? History
is silent and so is tradition. OF
course, conjecture is busy and tells us
the Mound Builders were the ances-
tors of the Natchez and other kim
dred tribes whom the Spaniards
found along the Mississippi. That
they were religious and defensive
people their works attest: that they
were stationary and agricultural is
equally certain; and that in their
mounds on the banks of the Ohio
there should be shells from the Gulf,
minerals from the region Of Lake Su.
perioT, obsdian from Mexico, cetacean
fossils from the mari beds of New
Jersey, show them to be a widely
spread race with intercourse among
many tribes. That they were also
advanced in the mechanics is also
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a fancy comb. Merchants. traders IN
pearls, spectators from all parts OF
india and the East are also present, for
this Is their harvest: while caterers and
purveyors also come In numbers, for II
IL common saying In Ceylon that more
money ls made by feeding the divers
than by diving. Regiments OF troops
from the Indian army are detailed W
keep order among the motley multitudes.
and feet Of small government boats Is
also present TO accompany the fishing
boats TO the grounds and see that
all regulations are observed
and that fishing on forbidden
ground Is not carried on. Prominent
among the crowds are the pearl-drillers,
native Indian artisans, who, with the
simplest possible mechanism, consisting
only OF block Of wood. needle-drill,
and bow, such as Is used by jewelers.,
will In wonderfully brief time bore
holes through the pearls with almost
mathematical accuracy. Squatted on
the ground before the huts OF their en-
ployers, they will do the work in sight
Of the little crowd always gathered
around to witness the operation. Towns
spring up as II by magic on the shore,
towns of the most unsubstantial char
acter, for within the limits OF city
comprising 10000 people there will not
be one house Of materials more durable
than poles and leaves; yet the season Is
fair, the rains at this time Of year are
infreauent, and no better shelter Is
needed by the multltudes engaged In
the pearl fishery.
The boats employed in the fisheries
are capacious in size. for each must car
ry, in addition to master and crew OF
four or five seamen, from ten to twenty
divers. These relieve each other. for
while one party is engaged beneath the
surface Of the water, the others are
resting, and as soon as those who went
down first come up, their fellows in wait
ing at once descend. SO the fishing goes
on interruptedly during the whole time
allotted to it. Little clothing is worn by
the divers, except in localities where
sharks are numerous, when, in order to
frighten away these monsters OF the
deep, the pearl-divers frequently wear
a white gown. The boats usually leave
for the fishing grounds about midnight,
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The HARVARD.

1t is more economical in open
barnyards to allow cattle to trample
the coarse materials, the manure be-
ing composted in heap under shell
ter until the materials in the barn.
yard are broken fine by the feet OF
the animals, when they may be
added TO the heap, the whole to be
composted and enough fresh manure
added to create heat in the heap.
When the rains are permitted to
wash out the soluble matter there
will not be enough available plant
food remaining to pay for the haul
ing and spreading Of the "made" ma.
nure on the land in the spring.