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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-17

Caught Fire From o spark While tho
Waterman Slept at Fairhaven.


FAIRHAvKN, July l6 Especial - Steamer
Triumph. 100 tons register, licensed to ply be-
tween Tacoma and Lynden. the head Of naviga.
ton on Nooksack river. was burned to the water
line between 6 and o'clock this morning on the
beach at the foot OF Mckenzie avenue where she
was tied up at O'Clock to discharge a cargo Of
hay for Hamilton d Co., OF this city.
The Triumph vas built three years ago, partly
at Lynden and partly at Sehome. and was the
property OF Captain C. N. Maltby, of Lynden.
She cost 5000. and is total loss except the
machinery which is not much injured. There
was no insurance. The wreck was carried out
into the bay by the wind and tide and was
towed into Ocean dock by the Evangel. Five
persons aeosrd at the time escaped without in-
jury. but lost everything except the clothing
which they had hastily donned. One man los.
vi. The IRE is supposed To have caught from a
spark OF coal from the fire box while the watch
man was asleep.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-17

SHELTON, July 6-fSrscs a. dennis Conuo-.
= grader On the Puget SOUND & Gray's Hartor
railroad enployet on new swttcA scout eis =
miles sbovs Ksmsichte. WAS instantly killed
Yesterday ~ small stone. thrown fron blast
fully i.Ao feet away. The stone, about the siEa
q, an sgs, struck bin on she temple. TasnS. ng
his face beyond recognition lie was aac0t 3
years cid and hai ias; cone from tie Gres,
Northern at spokane. tuesday being lis second
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-17
Opium Smuggling at Buffalo.

BUFFALO. July l6-william Malta, q WELL
known produce dealer who brings most OF his
goois from Can tda, has been arrested on the
charge OF smuggling opium. Officials learned
that he was in the habit of brining over ABOUT
s2,00o worth of opium on each trip. A dozen
Cinnamon were employed in the smuggling
scheme, and they will be arrested. The Cana
dian gang viii also be taken into custody.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-17
EAiThANen Ifnnrnx eInNnfs.

FsIRH.vrN, July I6.--tSpsciaL The city
Council today ordered the construction OF about
one mile more 81 sewers. TIE work now Ia
progress GA contracts aggregates about sjo,0t0.
When al now building aud contemplated this
wear are flashed about s',c0y0 viii have been
Ea.S
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-17

vIcTosJs, July I6-,speoiaL Fourteen ar
rests have been made in connection with tho
whisky celebration Of the Fourth Of July al
Chicst, which resulted IL the death Of one
whiie iaau and three Ind ans and the wound
ing OF several more. The trouble is laid 10 tho
coas;ing steamer which supplied tile uquor.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-17
Port Townsend Con,emp, Case.

Posr TowNsRSp. jay l6-tSpeelaL The
contempt proceedings against the city eouncA
has beet adjourned 20 next Thursday ~ JGGEs
SachS Only four members OF the city council
an.aar.f
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-17

GRENADA, Miss, July IA crowd 81 negroes
entered tne i4il here ana took negro " 90 raped
D'tle g'sl years ol4. causing heE death, and
lyucaed Alzl.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14

A snake not often heard of, at least in
America, is the liver-co lored snake with
two heads, or perhaps they should be
called mouths, though it does not have
two mouths at the same time. They are
reversible mouths, occupying the opposite
end every six months. 1t lies with the
two ends crossed IN each other, as with
folded hands. Every six months the
change of the seasons reverses the func-
tions of the two ends, the head becoming
the tail and the taIl becoming the head.
The mouth at one end heals or closes up
all but a small opening, while the oppo-
site end becomes the mouth for the next
six months.
A friend of mine in India who told
me about this remarkable snake said he
refused for a long time to believe that
the functions of the two ends were re-
versed every six months, but one day he
found one of these snakes in the Jungle
and carried it home, where he had
physician examine it. The result was
the physician confirmed the stories of
the creature, and my friend was skeptical
no longer. / learned no other name for
this singular reptile than that of "the
liver -colored snake. ."-Hartlord (Conu.)
Tunes,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14
How Dust Gets In.

When the air around us becomes cou-
densed-shrinks into smaller volume
it becomes heavier, puts greater pres
sure on the surface of the mercury and
makes it ascend in the tube; then the
mercury is said to rise When the AR
eXpands-swells into larger volume
it becomes lighter, the pressure on the
mercury is less, the mercury sinks in the
tube and the barometer is said to fall.
Therefore every change of height of tho
quicksilver which we observe is sign
and measure of change in the volume
of air around us.
Further, this change in volume tells
no less upon the air inside our cases and
cupboards. When the barometer falls,
the air around expands into larger
volume, and the air inside the cupboard
also expands and forces itself out at every
minute crevice. When the barometer
rises again, the air inside the cupboard,
as well as outside, cOndenses aud shrinks
and air is forced back into the cupboard
to equalize the pressure, and along with
the air in goes the dlst. The smaller
the crevice the stronger the jet of air,
the farther goes the dirt. Witness the
dirt tracks 50 often seen in imperlectly
framed engravings or photographs. Re-
member, ladies and gentlemen, whenever
you see the barometer rising, that an adj
ditional charge Of dust is entering your
cupboards and drawers. Detroit Free
Press,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14
Cooking WIN Ice for Fnel.

The generally accepted theory of the
cooking of meat relates to the application
of heat; but DR.. Sawiczeyosky has called
attention to the fact that almost precisely
the same chemical and physical changes
can be accomplished by the exposure Of
animal flesh to extreme cold. Indeed, the
sensation experienced by touching freez.
ing mercury is very much that of a severe
burn.
Then the experimenter referred to ap-
piled his method to the preservation of
meats, first by subjecting them to a TEN.
perature of thirty-three below zero,
Fahrenheit, and then sealing them up
Theoretically in tin vessels. Animals and
substances which had been so treated and
for some time kept in these boxes, on
examination proved to be extremely pala-
table, and, being partially cooked, re,
quired very little heat to prepare them
for the table.
An establishment in Hungary is now
engaged in the preparation of meat by
this method on an extensive scale New
Y TX WNTld.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14
WE BUILD THE LADDER.

Heaven is not reached at single bound,
But we build the ladder by which we rise
From the lowly earth to the vauted skies,
And we mount to the summit round by
round.
1 count this thing to be grandly true,
That noble deed is step toward God,
Lifting the soul from the common sod
To apurer air and broader view.
We rise by the things that are under feet,
By what we have mastered of greed and
gain,
BY the pride disposed and the passion
slain,
And the vanquishsd ills that we hourly
meet.
We hope, we aspire, we resolve, we trust,
When the morning calls us to life and
light;
But our hearts grow weary, and ere the
night
Our lives are trailing the sordd dust.
Wehope we aspire, we resolve, we pray,
And we think that we mount the air on
wings
Beyond the recall Of sensual things,
While our feet still cling to the heavy clay .
Wings for the angels, but feet for the men
We may borrow the wings to find the
way;
We may hope and aspire and resolve and
pray,
But our feet must rise or we fall again.
Only in dreams is a ladder thrown
From the weary earth to the sapphire
walls;
But the dream departs and the vision
falls.
And the sleeper wakes on his pillow of stone
Heaven is not reached single bound,
But we build the ladder by which we rise
From the lowly earth to the vaulted
skies.
And we mount to the summit, round by
round.
j. g. Holland.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14
Uses of the Umbrella.

"An umbrella is one of the most USE
full articles that man can carry with
him." said Lamar j. Saunders from Jack
son, Miss. "One can be used a dozen
different ways. When the sun is shin
ing hot, or when il is raining, q man
without an umbrella must either remain
indoors or suffer. AS weapon of defence
there is nothing better. You can keep
man at his distance with one better
than you could with stick. You re-
member what conspicuous part the UNI
brellas played in the tragedy at Home.
stead the other day In the hands of the
infuriated women2 Next to a shotgun
or pistol there is no more dangerous
weapon.
az remember one time was in hotel
that caught afre in the morning. The
guests were awakened by the sitting
smoke and noise. My room was on the
second floor and by the time had slip.
ped on my trousers the fire had gained
such headway that all avenues of escape
we're closed. But there was my um.
brella and a window and the rest was
easy.
"Another time was walking through
pasture when a bull with his eyes
ablaze with fire made for me. l kept
my senses, and when he got within about
fifty yards of me l ran towards him,
opening and closing the umbrella as fast
as | could. The bull wheeled around
and ran from me faster than he ever ran
before in his life.
Sand for frigntning dogs had rather
have an umbrella than an arsenal. "-St.
Louis Republic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14
Bees and Glover Heads.

Each clio yer head is a compound ag-
gregg ton of flower spikes or tubes, the
whole number averaging about sixty-ive.
Each Of these contain sugar not to eX-
ceed the fye-hundredth part of a grain.
Therefore the probosis of q honey bee
must be inserted into 500 Of these clover
tubes before one single grain of honey
can be obtained. Think of the labor in-
yoIyed in the mighty task of collecting
one pound of such sweets. There are
1000 grains in pound, aud as honey
contains three.fourths Of its weight OF
dry sugar, each pound of clover honey
represents the insertion Of the bees pro
bosis into not less than 2, 800, 900 clover
heads.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14
Rubber Tires For Carriages.

The success of rubber tires on bicycles
has frequently led to attempts to increase
the comfort of buggy and carriage rid
ing by fixing tires on to wheels, but
in the majority of instances the attempt
was not success, as the tire either came
off or wore out in a veIy shor5 space of
time. Since, however, pneumatic tires
have displaced the solid ones on bicycles,
the attempt is being renewed, and bug
gies and other vehicles are likely to be
seen on the bouleyards in large mum
bers before long as noiseless and free
from vibration as bicycles. Carriage
builders believe there is an immense
amount of money to be made out of
vehicles with rubber tires on the wheels,
and they are likely TO keep on expert
menting until they finally succeed in
producing the desired article. st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14
THE EARLY OWL.

An Owl once lived in hollow tree
And he was as wise as wise could be-
The branch of Learning he didn't know
Could scarce on the tree of knowledge
grow.
He knew the tree from branch to root,
And an Owl like that can afford to hoot,
And he hootei-uutil, alasl one day
He chance1 to hear, in n casual way,
An insigpf ant little bird
Make use b term he had never heard.
He was flying to bed in the dawning light
When he heard her singing with all her
might,
"Hurrayl hurray for the early wormF
"Dear mep said the Owl, "what singu-
lar terml
would look IL up If it weren't so late;
! must rise at dusk to investigate.
Early to bed and early to rise
Makes an Owl healthy and stealthy and
wise
SO he slept like an honest Owl all day,
And rose in early twilight gray,
Aud went TO work in the dusky light
TO look for the early worm all night.
He searched the country for miles around,
But the early worm was not to be found.
So he went to bed in the dawning light,
And looked for the worm again next
night.
And again and again, aud again and again,
He sought and he sought, but all in vain,
Till he must have looked for a year and
day &
For the early worm, in the twilight gray.
Atlast in despair he gave up the search,
And was heard to remark, as he sat on his
perch
By the side of his nest in the hollow tree,
"The thing is as plain as night to me-
Nothing can shake my conviction firm,
There's no such thing as the early worm"
Oliver Herford, in st. Nicholas.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14
The Secretary of the Treasury has re

The Secretary of the Treasury has re.
quested the Secretary of State to in-
struct the United States consular Officers
everywhere to refuse to certify invoices
of goods on ana after September 1st uu-
less the merchandise is invoiced after the
metric system. This action is taken on
information received from the consuls at
Paris apS Lyons, who say that the
''aune" tem of measurement now in
use in France on invoices of goods in-
tended for the United States, facilitates
frauds on the Custom House, and that
the metric system would greatly simply
commercial transactions aud facilitate
comparison of invoices aud prices.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14

A man up from Venezuela, where
they have been cutting one another's
throats in revolutionary matinee, says
of that unhappy country's warriors;
"Falstalf's ragged regiment wasn't in it
with the soldiers down there. They are
the hungriest looking creatures you ever
saw. I've given pennies to them on the
street. They wear linen breeches and
an uudershirt, aud when they come into
town they wrap their blankets around
them to cover their nakedness. They
carry old flint-lock muskets. There
are few Remingtons and Winchesters,
but mighty few They have machetes.
A machete is a sort of big butcherknife
without point. 1t is about three
inches wide aud thirty inches long, aud
pretty heavy. Tney cut wood and kill
snakes and enemies with machetes.
Some of them have shoes, but the most
of them wear leather sole with strap
across the heel aud toe. The bare heels
and toes stick out"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14
The Horse in a Fire.

Few know that it is characteristic of
the horse to become frenzied when sur
rounded by fire. No appeal to his in
telligenca is of avail during the efforts
made to remove him from the presence
of flames. He is terror stricken, aud
seems to be in the same condition Of
mind as most human beings are when in
a panic. It is therefore useful to know
that by very simple expedient the horse
can be easily managed in case of fire.
All that is necessary TO DO is TO put a
saddle on him, and he ban be led without
the least difficulty from his stabls.--Our
Animal Friends.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14
rninue WAY of CATCHING SenI.

Mr. Dyer, who lives on a small island
near Seven Hundred Acre Island, Isles
borough, Me, has unique way of
catching seal. He takes a pole seven
feet in length, to which are attached a
number of common co fish hooks with
lanyards several feet in height. The
hooks are batel with a herring This
contriyauce is anchored aud buoyed, the
hooks being just below the surface. The
seals in swallowing the herring become
hooked aud are caught, Mr.. Dyer has
taken a large number IN this mauuer,-
New York Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14

II costs SlO5 per ton to transport dry
goods from New York to San Francisco
by rail, the time being from twenty-five
to twenty-six days. The same goods,
if brought via Panama, part rail aud
part steamer, pay SS4 per ton, the time
being about forty-fve days. By clipper
ship round the Horn the same goods can
be laid down of cost of $40 per ton,
the time being about eighty-five days.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14

Says the Galveston News: "The peo-
pie of the United States are thoroughly
organized in one way or another. 1t
would not take week to convert these
standing armies into very active and eff
fectiVe armies ready for battle. The or
ganization begins with political parties
aud runs all the way down to amateur
baseball clubs"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14

The Chicago Herald is astonished that
although the United States is a oountr J
possessing immense timber tracts, it ap,
bears that it imported wood and wood
roducts to the value of S2l ,772, 1S5 in
eyear ending June 80, 1891, and in
same time exported similur articles
the value of S44, ,S11, ,004.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14

Twenty million dollars is the I'll.
mated worth of flax products imported
into this country last year, and our farm.
ers are said, records the New York
World, to have destroyed /, ,07O, 600 tons
of faxstraw.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14

A joint committee of the two houses
of the English Parliament has reported
electricity suitable and efficient source
of motive power, and recommended that
electric railway construction be encour-
aged throughout England.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14

What is now North Berwick, Me-, was
known as <aanghty's Falls thirty years
ago. A postafelcrk says that occasion
ally letters are even now addressed to
Doughty's Falls, and that he has had
one such in his hands within the last
month
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14
woman voted at the recent Parliu

"OuINH FUICU 1T IHU TtCtnI FdtIIu-
mentary election at Birmingham, Eng
land. Some question arose as to the
Alidity of the vote, but the mayor and
town clerk agreed with the Liberal
agent that as the lady's name had some-
how got upon the register the returning
officer had no option but to receive her
hallot
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14

The aim of the University Settlement
Society of New York is to aid the citi-
zens of neighborhood, "without in
fringing on their self respect and no
patronlzing airs are assumed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14

The New York World cites as an in.
stance of the vestness of the insurance
business that the premiums paid in
Louisville, KY, alone this year amounted
to 81, 900. 600.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14

The number of fires in London has In
creased fifty per cent. since 1882; twen.
ty-iive per cent. of the fires occur in un-
insured premises.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14
THREE AGAINST TEN.
AN EPISODE OF THE SEMINOLE WAR.

ROUND a bend
on the ock-
lawaha, just at
sunset, there
appeared a dug
out padded by
t wo stalwart
fellows in a sort
of homespun
uniform, while
a boy dressed
as an officer sat
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14

The Farmers Review says that the
United States produce 300, ,00O,O 600
pounds of wool per annum and use
twice that amount.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14
Canada has about doubled its railway
mileage in ten years.

One child in every five in the north
ern half OF the United States dies before
it has lived year.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14
RATES OF ADVERTIsINci

One Square, one inch, one insertion. 8 100
One Square, one inch, one month. 90. 300
One Square, one inch. three months. B 90
One Square, one inch, one year ....., 10 90
Two Squares, one year .............. Is 90
Quarter Column, one year ar...,,.,,,,,. 30 OC
Half Column, one year. .............. so %
One Column, one year. .. ..... 100 no
Legal advertisements ten cents per line
each insertion.
Marriages and death notices gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements collected
quarterly. Temporary advertisements must
be paid in advance.
Job work-cash on delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14

This boy afterward became a dis
tinguished General Major General
William w. Loring-who led armies in
the far distant East as a Pasha in the
service of the Egyptian Khedive, as we'll
as in this country. But i'll his long ca
reer he never did anything more daring
and heroic than the feat planned and
executed by the boy of fifteen, the sub
stantial facts of which were told me by
the General himself. F. Ferris, in
st. Louis Republic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14

his e-trigger. But he waited, and the
savage sleeper made no further sigu.
At last the work was done. The ten
minutes had seemed year. The lad stag.
gered to the boat, staggering as if with
an ague. ''I must speak," he painted,
Tor I shall yell. 1 thought twice I'd
have to whoop or go into faint. But,
scraggs, 1 pulled through, didn't II
Help me in"
"Walll You've got the guns, Shore"
said Scraggs, "aud drat my skin ef the
biggest bully in Jessups camp would
done it."
No time had been lost while Scraggs
was relieving his mind; the dugout was
skimming out into the stream with lively
paddle strokes. The plan was boldly
executed in the morning. With the
coming of light the Seminoles discov-
cred the robbery of their weapons and
rushed to the edge of the swamp with
frantic yells, brandishing their toma.
hawks. But the marauders were far be-
yond the throw of axe or knife, aud sat
with levelled rifles.
Then came shrill voice, demanding
in Spanish the instant surrender of the
little Seminole band, for at that time
nearly everyone in Florida knew some.
thing of this language. After consider
able parley the red men agreed to throw
their knives and tomahawks into the
marsh. They were taken aboard in pairs
and their right wrists tightly fastened
together with stout strips of Scrsgg's
homespun shirt. The dugout towed the
canoes up stream, while the young officer
sat in the stern and guarded the captives
with loaded pistols.
So the daredevil returned to camp the
same afternoon, and instead OF a rowing
he was covered with praise and honor by
General Jessup aud his little army.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14
THE PETRIFIED FOR EST
THE WONDERS OF CHALCEDONY
PARK IN ARIZONA.

Solid Myri1ds OF Precious
Gcms-Au Enchanted Spot.