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The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27
The Mis,is,junj's Months.

When the jctties were built the
other passes on mouths of the Mis-.
sissippi river were not closed. On
the contrary, they are all there, Just
as many OF them as there have even
been in the historic period. The jet
ties were placed in the South pass
when it was only eight feet deep.
Now it is more than thirty feet deep,
giving tree passage to the largest
class of ships. Southwest pass, which
was formerly the chief channel of
navigation and had to be dredged
daily TO secure an extreme depth of
eighteen OF nineteen feet, is now en-
tirely neglected as Il route for com
merce, but rs IN outlet for the river
water it is doing its duty, as are all
the other passes. New Orleans Plea.
yune.
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27

st. Anne, the mother of the Virgin
Mary, is worshiped on July 2G. She
was the third daughter Of Matthew
a priest, and Mary, his wife, and was
married to Joachim in Galilee. Theil
wedding ring was kept by the nuns
of St. Anne in Rome, and it worked
miracles 1t was stolen during the
sacking Of the city III 1924, hut was
brought back by IL crow, which laid
it upon a stone where the nuns found
it.-St. Louis Globe Democrat
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27

The hedgehog runs the roads y
England freely. He is quaint Nv y,
tie fellow, our hedgepig, having !I
more intelligence than people sns s
him credit for. 1t is curio,s, as w.
stand perfectly still in the mlddlt~
the road, to see him come rullalAIi
along, then stopping to snlif III" u"
whine and examine the high, Sti'l;,'
object that hardly breathes les. ~ u
startle the little creature lH'r
with "a gentle g1unt he will pass ~, .,
by. A very low yet decided sI,D
he gives, and he whines as well
Blackwood's Magazine.
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27

Two of the liveliest rows we bavt
had, says Washington correspondent
occurred in committee rooms. In one
Mr.. Enloe, Of Tennessee, was SO angry
At General Raum, the commissioner of
pensions, that he picked up an ink bottle
and was about to hurl it at the of.
tenders head when Others interfered
In the other disturbance Mr.. Stump, OF
Maryland, denounced Assistant Secre.
tary Nettleton, of the treasury, as any.
thing but gentleman. and Mr.. Nettle
ton offered to see Mr.. Stump later. Nc
blood was shed in either case"
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27
hOMESiCkNESS.

II should leave my home, and 90 away
To pass year and day
Mid other scenes. should not early find
That had left behind
A portion of my lifes felicity
Which could not follow ine2
And II, when the allotted time had passed,
turned my steps at last
To enter at the old familiar door
or kindly home once more,
Might not learn what my heart had sought,
With back returning thought,
Was missing still-in homes securest spot
And could find it not? q
Might not vainly wander to and fro.
Seeking again to know
That fond completeness Of felicity
Which could not follow me?
All, yes! and II II longing soul in heaven
Free passport might be given
To come again and tread earth's weary soil
With feet unused to toll
To leave the converse of eternity,
And linger lovingly
Ger earth's poor haunts, the Fairgrounds Of
those years
Whose smiles were dimmed with tears.
So would it find that nothing here below
Was what it used to know
That all the peace which memory had cast
Around the cherished past,
All the familiar kindly home delight
Had vanished from it quite.
Soon would it spread its wings with sigh Of
pain
Too thenkful to retain
The power of entering heavens open door,
And leaving nevermore.
Let us not weep, then, though we lose the light
That made this earth SO bright
Though all the single sunbeams. one by one,
BE gathered to the sun:
Assured that there, in fullness rich and free.
They will restored be.
And home. the dearest name that we can
know
On weary earth below,
Shall be a mother wholly reconciled
To each desponding child.
-Cornhil Magazine.
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27

While strOlling the beach at As
bury Park Il New York newspaper
man found = small gold watch half
buried IN ihe sand. a chain and
charms were attached to the watch
The finder, upon returning to the
city on the following day. caused an
advertisement TO he inserted III the
'FOunh" column of his favoritc news
paper. He described in his advcr
tisement the locality where the
watch was found Within twenty.
four hour, from the time that The
advertisement appeared III print the
finder Of the watch had five re-
SpOnsrs.
Strange to say, the writer of each
letter claimed, in apparent sincerity.
to have lost II gold watch in about
the same locality, and ON the day
named. but not one 'uf the five de-
scriptionS Of the lost watch applied
to the tim"picce found by the news
paper writer. 1t is curious that SO
many gold watches should have been
lost Ill the same neighborhOod and
On the same day, unused that honest
young man. II wonder who found
the others. New York Times.
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27

They sat with M,wed heads about
the table while tho minister invoked
the divine blessing.
More light, o Lord, arose the
prayer. Send more light to guide
our hating footsteps"
The small boy at the foot of the
table moved uneasily.
Amen"
It was the mother of the household
who made fervent response to the
preachers petition.
Ma, do
She managed to subdue the small
boy until grace had been said.
What is it. Willie?'
She spoke with excessive indul-
gence, as mothers are wont to do in
the presence of company.
DO you mean it.'
Mean what, my childs"
THAT you want more light"
The minister beaned cordially
upon the youthful face. It pleased
him to note signs of religious
awakening III the boyish mind.
Certainly. my dear" the mother
declared.
We all need more light the man
of God smilingly insisted.
The lad pondered for a moment.
We'll" he observed at last posi-
lively, ''all l can say is that you'd
better look out"
why, Willie?'
It'll go hard with you if you get
more light, cause pa said if the gas
bill got any bigger somebody would
get scalped.
For several moments afterward
conversation iiagged.-Detroit Trib-
me
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27
HOW A FIRE is FOUGHT,
Interesting Details About the Location
Of Engines, Lines of Hose. Etc.

of Engines. Lines of Hose. Etc.
Chief SweIie is fire fighting
strategist. When his flaming foe in
vites battle he employs all the arts o.
war to gain the victory. Sometimes
he begins the battle by massing his
forces at one point and charging
directly upon the enemy. Again he
throws out Il skilmish line or shifts
his position so as to take his opponent
upon the flank. II necessary he calls
up his reserves and at times is in con
stant communication with his chiefs
of battalions and captains of com
panies.
There is this difference, however
between fighting fire and fighting
armies. Commanders of opposing
armies are fully informed of each
others movements days before the
meeting and draw up their plans OF
battle accordingly. Not SO with
Chief Swenie Fires advance under
cover, every move hid from view,
until they are ready for the fight
then comes the burst of smoke, the
volley Of flame and the chief is sud
denly called upon to give battle.
Plan and execution with him must
be simultaneous; he must think. and
act wh,c thinking. Yet he has his
plan Of battle complete in every de-
tail. though it is made up and placed
on paper after the battle has been
fought
The captain of every engine com
pally makes Il report of the fire as
far as his company is concerned-to
his chief Of battalion, to be forwarded
TO Chief Swenie. That report gives
the time the alarm was received. the
tireplug to which the engine was
connected, the direction and the lead
Of the line Of hose and any changes
i'll the position OF the engine, together
with Other information. such rs
amount OF wafer pressure secured.
accidents incidents. etc All these
data are handed an expert drafts
man, who proceeds 10 draw an ac,
curate plan of the fire
He first obtains from the map de.
partneut Hn authentic plan of the
locality. aiving the streets. ALLEYS.
courts, building or buildings affected
by the ti.in"s, whether DESTROYED o,
merely Scorched, and adiaccnt bui.d
in%s. The water department. fur
nisf,t,' maps showing location Of fire.
plGS.i a;i,! ri:;cins aGd size Of water
pipe, mains or branches III the streets.
If necessary the scene of the fire Is
visited and personal investigation
gives him still further information.
With all this material the plan of
battle is depicted. Every piece Of
apparatus which had anything to do
with the fire is located. and the lines
Of hose leading to the fire are shown
by lines reaching from the engine to
the place occupied by the pipemen.
Where the line runs through build
INC the floor to which the lead was
carried and from which the stream
was thrown is properly designated
Chicago ttWS.
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27
How Winifred Explained.

Winifred's grandmamma had tried
to explain to her about the letters
that were vowels, and had told her
that each word must have one or
more of them i'll it. Later, the young
lady wished to inform her papa upon
the important subject. Papa" she
said, "the reason they are called
vowels is because there has to be one
I'm every woodland they VOW they
will get there. New York Tribune.
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27
The Streets of AmsterdhlIl'

Amsterdam, in Holland, ci'l .,r T
ten miles in circumference. is iH''., !,
built on piles driven into the san Li.
subsoil, but the flowing OF the w, w,
and the debris of the Ainstel Ipn ;.r
has made ninety islands, and theT-s m.
has more canals than streets ~ -,
watery ways are traversed by V "a:
300 bridges, SO that Amsterdam -
earned the designation of the >'A'
Of the North. .-Bcston Globe
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27

Il have hunted tigers in India and
polar bears in the regions of eternal
snow. but the worst fight ever had
was with Il common house cat" said
&. w. Cooper. II had IL fine black
cat of unusual size that | kept i'll the
store to discourage mice One day
Tom disappeared and was gone dur
ing the entire summer. When he
returned with the advent of cold
weather it was easy to see that h
had been prOwllng in the woods
He had become wild and savage, AMI
when | attempted to carcss him he
bit me. | determined to punish him
tor that little bit of pleasantly, and
procuring a switch followed him into
The storehousc and shut the door.
Now u tom eat that fights at fifteen
pounds is no despicable antagonist
and l soon realized the fact.
He would spring for my face and
I would knock him back. losing con
siderable cuticie at each round. Fl
nally he fastened his teeth in the
side Of my neck and it required all
my strength to choke him off
When | succeeded in doing so was
afraid to let go Of him, and he tore
my arms terribly with his claws. |
finished him at last but looked as
though had been run through Il
,hr;lshing machine. Hereafter when
| attempt to chastisc II cat will pro.
cure Il suit of armOr and q club stud
ded with brass nails st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27
THE NICKEL is KING.
ATLANTIC CITY is THE GREAT FIVE
CENT RESORT.

tncOunteG thousands (iO There Tor Rest,
Bathing and Refreshment, and They
Find the Nickel Is the Coin Most in
Demand-The Peoples Paradise.
Especial Correspondence
ATLAETIC CITY, Aug. 1S.-This is the
greatest summer resort in the United
States. No other attracts one-half so
many visitors. 1t is city of pleasure
whose magnitude astonishes all behold
ers. Atlantic City stretches three miles
or more up and down the shore, and ex-
tends back from the sea about half
mile. Within this area are 200 hotels
and cottages licensed to entertain
guests. Seven hundred is large num-
ber of hotels for one town when you
come to think of it. Besides there are
thousands of cottages owned by people
who come here for the summer months
and invite their friends to sojourn with
them.
In this way Atlantic City. which ordi-
narily contains about 10000 population.
swells up to regular population of
about 100000 during the month OF Au-
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27
Atlantic City board walk is about the

Atlantic City board walk is about the
most interesting thoroughfare l have
seen in America-excelled only by
| Broadway. 1t is three miles long and
| has an average width of thirty feet
| Some Years ago there was no board
walk, merely a planked way down in
| the sand. The young men of Atlantic
City, who saw the possibilities of their
community. insisted upon raising this
walk to the dignity of a great PRONE
made. OF course the old men and the
principal taxpayers resisted, but the
young men had their way, and the
board walk was lifted in altitude. broad
ened in feet and made the feature of
Atlantic City. 1t was the pioneer board
walk, and met with such great popular
approval that now all the pretentious
seashore resorts have their board walks
too.
But there is no other board walk quite
like the Atlantic City board walk. Up
and down its great length move 10000
people, all watching each other. 1t is a
study in human nature, in clothes, in
millinery. in style. On one side, the
beach and the duly roaring sea; on the
other, the strangest aggregation of
alnusements and temptations the eve of
mortal ever beheld. Merry-go-rounds.
always moving, all crowded. roller coast.
ers which fly so fast that the air is
often rent with the screams of fright.
ened but not endangered passengers: an
Conservation railway whose cars 90 at
such speed YOU can't see much. and then
go through tunnel in which YOU can
see nothing; figure railroad. ON
which YOU describe two circles at diff
ferent heights over and over to the
time of Maggie Murphy's Home" from
a steam music machine; Il huge wheel
when lifts humanity laden baskets above
the housetops; Il melry-go-round com
posed Of bicycles bolted tandem and
propelled by steam; another merry-gr-
round which initiates ii motion of a
IA snip at sea, and thus produces in most
passengers Il delightful an inexpensive
seasicknesS: scores OF other queerthinys
TO ride upon piers to walk out into the
ocean upon. finding half way ont Il the
atrical or opera troop; Photographic
galleries warranted to make one look
ugly III his bathing suit: restaurants.
theatrrs. horse shows. illusions. candy
stores and taffy factories galore: ice
cream. soda, lemonade. popcorn, pea
nuts. cigars. cllriositics, TOYS, rclics-o,
these II revcl
Atirn,ic City is the city Of the hoi pol.
loi it is also the city of the nickel.
Given three or four children. AN indul.
gent father and five dollar bill. Re-
suit. more fun than any sane man lad
ever thought could be had in two hours.
and not nickel left. Almost every.
thing is five cents. 'TiS SO cheap Won
take everything in sight.
BY strict attention to business. nimh!e
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27
Headache. from Highly CoIored Objects

Hea,laches from Highly COIOred Objects.
For persons doing much writing
DR.. l.. Webster Fox advises the use
of paper tinted green, blue or yel-
low. He also explains the cause of
headaches to many persons after
night at tho theater by stating that
Il drop curtain with poor perspective
is very trying to the eye, and has
been known to affect persons. The
use of tobacco and quinine, says DR..
Fox, sometimes has an effect-pro-
ducing color blindness. He thinks
railway engineers should be tested
twice a year for this. .--AnaFst
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27
The Y. ID. Well. hardly.
No Chance for isust.

Householder want you to send
a man up to my house to take out
the meter.
Gasman What for,
Householder am going away for
three months.
Gasman Oh. don't worry about
the meter 1t won't get rusty
New York Weekly.
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27

Fair lnquirer-Is it true that in,
tense emotion can result fatally?
The Young DoctOr-C Certainly. In
tense grief or Joy have killed.
F. !. And embarrasslneGt or re.
gret;
The Y. ID. Well, hardly.
f. Ives, I'm right Ihave heard
of death ensuing because mortifca.
ton had set in. n.--Pittsburg Bulletin.
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27
\ Manly Feeling.

Every one thinks he must have
looked trightfully green when he
was young and fiatters himself that
he looks very wise now.-Atchison
Globe.
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27

When the thermometer registers
100 degs. the cable which draws the
cars of the East river bridge is Z
feet and 6 inches longer than when
the Thermometer is at zero.
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27

There are 95S street car plants III
the United States and Canada now
of which $50 are operated by AMI
mails, 50 by cable, 24' by electricity
and ~ nv steam
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27

There is perhaps nothing for which
an educated Chinese feels keener
appreciation than for what is called
a ku-tien. or historical allusion, in
whatever shape it may present it.
self
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27

IT the sun gave forth sounds loud
enough to reach the earth, such
sounds, instead of reaching us in the
space Of about eight minutes, as
light docs, would only arrive after a
period of nearly fourteen years.
The weekly tribune., 1892-08-27

A woman might as well propose
her husband never admits after mar
ria9e that he was the ono who did it.
-Afch1son Globe.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-17

Democrats. The ill-feeling found vent
last Friday evening at the NEE ting of
Local Assembly 3.4l3, X. of L., when, ac-
cording to Bridges complaint, the follow
ing communication, signed by J. Z. Craw-
ford, was read by the secretary:
SEATTLE, April Is, 1892
To the Officers and Members Of l.. 4. S,Gl3: As
there has been Il good deal of unnecessary talk
on what told J. Davidson. OF /. A. 3,i13, and
Lewis Huney, of the same /. A., and Patrick H.
Prunty, of the same L. A., in regard to the
X. of l. and the Farmers Alliance, will say
that have been approached on the same SUBJ
ject at various times since. l will further say
that ii has become a byword OF the G. o. P, not
only to members OF the X of L., but to the
Doodle element OF the Robert Bridges outfit
He has since my acquaintances with them, lived
by fraud and deception, SANDER and vilifcaton.
do not for one moment class the great true and
noble men and women. who are true defenders
of the principles OF kuiehthood. among this
gang OF political prostitutes who hang to tho
chariot OF r. Bridges. The X. of L. has nothing
to do with these acts; but what said that day
is direct to this element, who constitute a
gang of departed ofiice-seekers, who would sell
their God for u few pieces of gold. i have no
apology to this Judas, but to those who desire
to be among honor and virtue, come from the
outfit Of Robert Bridges. The Alliance and K
of L. have no dissension and trust that, If you
would keep your eyes on those who live without
labor you will have no trouble. submit the
following and remain yours in s. o. NJ A.,
J. E CRAWFORD.
In his complaint Bridges alleges that, in
writing the above letter, Crawford intend
ed to provoke him to wrath and expose
him 10 public hatred, contempt and ridi-
Guile. and deprive him Of the benefits of
public confidence and social intercourse"
As soon as Prosecuting Attorney Mill drew
up the complaint Bri dges went
before Justice Neagle an swore
out the warrant for Crawfo rds arrest.
Constable Terry King served it on Craw-
ford at the office of the Peoples Call, in the
Seattle National bank building. He was
very much astonished that the secret pro-
ceedings OF Knight of Labor assembly
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to be 125x72, and the two side wings
each 7axfls. Four staircases, one in each
tower. will lead so the offices, etc., in
the half-story OF the middle portion. The
height of the main part of the building
will be so feet. and OF the side wings 30.
Three of the towers are 65 feet high, and
the fourth 100 feet The flagstaff will be
$50 or 175 feet high. Some 5000 feet of
floor space are provided.
The specifications will be ready in about
two weeks, when the Washington Worlds
fair commission meets in Seattle. Requi-
sitions will then be made for material,
which will be collected on the Northern
Pacific's water front at Tacoma. The ma
terial will be put into shape so far as may
be there so that as little as possible will
nave to be done at Chicago.
Mr.. Skillings is one of the younger
architects of this city. Born at Portland,
Me-, he attended school there, and after
ward was graduated from Bowdoin col
lege. After seven years spent in the
leading architects offices of Boston, he
came to Seattle three years ago. He
planned the building now occupied by the
MacDougall IL Southwick Company on
Front street, Harrington 81 Smiths block
and several others. A number of the
prettiest dwellings in Seattle, among them
those of George II. Heilhron, ]. Loring
Wilmington and Maurice nc Micken, were
designed by him.
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meeting will be held October s, at Olympia.
The visitors from out of the city, of whom
there were number, were entertained at
luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce by
the local teachers.
In the afternoon the following pro-
gramme was taken up:
'Should the State Furnish Text-books?"-J.
NJ. Hit.
.sWhat Are Tests of Good MethodsT-B W.
Brintnall.
Teachers Examination s" (report OF commit
tee).-B. S. Bingham.
''The Best Method of Promotion."-F. J. Bar
nard.
"The Grammar School Course:" Ia, .swhat
Branches Should 1t Include?"-B. +. Gault. (b)
"Relative Time to Give Regular and Special
studies."-0. s. Jones.
.Infiuenee of High Upon Grammar Schools"
s'should the School Year Be shortened?'
Charles Pagan.
After Professor Hits paper on the
question of the states furnishing text
books, a vote was taken, resulting in
II for the affirmative and for the mega
tive.
In the discussion of the tests of good
methods Professor Brintnall said that the
nature of the results was shown in habit,
application, continuity, concentration,
order and courtesy. The object of school
training was to develop the whole being in
its several parts-mental, spiritual and
physical; to give a boy possession Of his
powers, for knowledge is gained after his
school life is over.
The committee on teachers examine
tons, consisting of B. S. Bingham, J. w.
Heston and B. w. Brintnall, reported IN
favor of amending the present school laws
so that for positions on county
examining boards those possessing
life diplomas shall rank first, those
with state certificates next, and first
grade county certificates third. The
committee further recommended that
those actively engaged in teaching
should have first and second grade
county and state certificates renewed with
out new examination; that teachers In
cities of TO- C0 inhabitants be excused from
the county examinations. Several other
minor changes in the law were suggested.
Professor Frank J. Barnard advocated as
the best method of promotion the division
of each class into sections, so that the
bright pupils could be steadily advanced
without being held back by the dull ones.