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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-02
PLANTING OF TREES.
Secretary Of Agriculture Nor
ton FOUNDED Arbor Day.
OVER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
01ll1oaa q frees Hantoa - . Result e
the Aovement-Jhs Day Celebrated
IN Many states.

The institution Of Arbor day, proposed
By Hon. John Sterling Morton, Of Ne
oraska, now secretary of agriculture in
Mr.. Clevelaud's cabinet. has reached its
majority. % to speak. Twenty-one years
ago or more, specifically, on January 4.
1S72, Mr.. Morton introduced and the Ne
braska state board Of agriculture passed .
resolution urging the people Of that state
to plant trees on Wednesday, the 10th of
the following April The board supported
Its resolution with offers Of premiums for
the largest number of trees properly
planted in any one county and by any one
person. The resolution Was. of course. not
mandatory, nor had it the support Of any
action by the Legislature, but the people of
Nebraska responded by planting on the
day indicated more than Loo, 900 trees
The outcome Of Mr.. Morton's resolution
has been perhaps the most widespread
movement that has resulted from the ac-
ton of an agricultural board. The people
voluntarily observed the day in 1873, and
Gov. Robert w. Furnas in 1874 made
official proclaDAtion recommending to
the people that they again observe the
day and petition the state legislature to
make it . legal holiday. For the next
eleven years the inhabitants of Nebraska
celebrated Arbor day with constantly in
creasing interest, but it was not until 1885
that the legislature took official action in
the matter. Then the date was changed
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COLUMBUS.

land revealed unto . sailors quest,
The mighty fruit of a great souls unrest,
Thou last and greatest prize upon the earth.
All nations honor him who gave thee birth:
Who scorned the dangers of an unknown sea,
Bursting The letters that would chain the tree:
Breaking through fatss and fears snthralling
Led by the white light of the Western stars.
narrow creed asserting all was known
With myth and fend had peopled every some.
With quip and juggle turned the mind astray,
Erecting barriers to the light OF day;
But darkness cannot hold the sun in thrall,
But flies before the brightness of his ray.
And thy strong mind had broken through the
pail,
Nor longer cropping in . stariess night.
Thou, from the summits. caughtst the dawning
light
That lei thee onward, to . fairer land,
Which slept. unknown. between the rolling
Save by the wild. barbaric, rowing band,
Save by the sea fowl on the ocean breeze.
YEARLY changed the phases of tho moon.
And changess were the leagues of sea and sky.
Becalmed and sweltering in . torrd noon
Or surgiug forward when the waves were high.
Still to the sunset held thy daring sail,
Though mutters of mutny filled thine ear,
Thy eagle spirit knew not how TO fail,
Thou vast . stranger unto human fear;
Tireless and steadfast though the starry throngs
Had wheeled themselves through weary arcs
OF space.
Calm in a faith that to the greet belongs.
A high resolve that time could not effacs.
Thy purpose formed no power could shake thy
. thy soul
True AZ the needle TO the Arctic pole.
Then came thine hour o. triumph, ON thine eyes
Arose land rs sweet a. Paradise;
Beauteous flowers and luscious fruits are there
Exnaling perfume oa the golden air:
Rest for the weary souls " no toied with thee
Beneath green trees that hide the barren sea;
1, in too much. aud tears of thankfulness,
Mutely, the hearts deep gratitude confess
II seemeth better then, that thou hadss died,
Thy mission ended and thy temper tried,
Leaving the secret OF the Western seas
Unto thy mariners, or the homeward breeze,
Than thou shouldst feel the low ingratitude-
A despot's malice in its basess mood:
His zea.ous care rewafdeth for thy pains,
And loads thee, not with honors, but with
chains.
But thou. Columbus. though thy form Is dust,
The ages honor thy heroic soul,
And time. triumphant, vindicates the just,
Placing thy name on the immortal roll
With ali the crimes OF church and state In view,
Whose deadly coils were round the nations
cast;
Another world. where man could start anew,
Untrammeied by the bondage Of the Past
Louis Lesh.
North Yakims. March q. 1893
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to April @, and the occasion made legal
holiday.
Long before this. however, other states
and especially those in the central arid
region. had followed Nebraska's example
in naming q public Arbor day. most of
them by direct legislative enactment.
Thence the interest spread East, West,
North and South. so that by the time Ne
braska's tardy legislature had seconded
the governors and the board Of agricult-
ure, millions Of new trees we're growing
in widely sundered regions. Secretary
Morton quotes ex-Gov. Furnas, now
secretary of the state board of agricult-
ure, as estimating that since the establish
ment of Arb0r day there have been planted
on that anniversary in Nebraska
alone 1000, 600 trees. Ex-Gov. Furnas
himself writes: ''Since the Inauguration
of the day in this state it has been instru-
mental in planting trees on our naturally
treeless praries numbering into the bill
ions. Nearly all the states In the Union
have adopted it. In foreign countries.
England. France, Germany and Scotland.
have followed. The work of tree planting
inspired by the existence Of Arbor day, is
simply wonderful"
The literature of Arbor day throughout
the world has grown almost into library.
Pamphlets. newspaper articles. speeches
and lectures upon the subject have been
published by hur dreds. Experts have
studied the arboreal needs of many states.
and minute instructions as to the
best trees to plant, methods of plant
ing and the best time to plant
have been issued in nearly every
state and territory. The friends OF tree
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vas imperfect, and it did not climb wick
we'll. but finally he discovered that, when
heated to . fairly high temperature, It lost
all of these Disadvantages and became
even better than sperm OIL This idea was
applied simply by arranging the oil reser-
voir Of the lamp 80 that il would be con-
stantly subjected to heat. 1t was neces-
sary 10 reconstruct Ill the lighthouse
lamps in the service, but in this way .
saving was made Of 500 900 per annum.
10 after years processes were devised for
refining petroleum in such . manner a. to
render il perfectly safe. and that mineral
oil is used in all Of the lighthouses now.
Senator John Ruggles, of Maine, who
accomplished the reorganization of the
United States patent system in 1895. pat
ented in the same year . locomotive for
inclined planes. Mark Twain IL the only
literary man Of reputation represented at
the patent Office. His patent scrap book
10 one of the things which visitors most
often ask 70 zee. It is just like an ordinary
scrap book, except that the pages are
spread with dry mucilage like postage
stamps. 30 that they have onlv to Be
motstened when scraps are to be stuck
upon them. This is very convenient for
persons who may have no bottle of mucil-
age handy. RENE BAcHk
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BILLIARDS IN PARIS.

The Csnditjons for Playing More Favor
able There Than Anywhere Else.
PAars, March 20.-fSpecial Correspond
ence. Paris is the greatest city in the
world for billiards and billiard players.
There 10 no room for argument on this
point. Not that the Partisan experts at
the game are necessarily more skillful
than those in America That does not
necessarily follow, although in several re-
spects Vignaux leads the world. Tho
point IL that whatever the relative merits
of such men - vignaux. Schaefer. Slosson
and half dozen other Paris players. the
conditions for playing billiards are more
favorable to the players in Paris than in
any other city in the world.
To begin with the Partisan public takes
. greater interest in the game of billiards
than 10 the case in our American cities.
That 10 to say, they are more interested in
watching the great players and are willing
to pay well for the privilege. In America
people who understand the game want TO
play themselves, and as for witnessing
great matches, they are satisfied with one
or two such in the course of year. In
Paris there are hundreds of men-and
quite respectable number Of wom.s-
who are not only willing to be present It
billiard match every day Of their lives,
Sundays included, but Who would be sadly
disappointed and consider the day almost
wasted If they had not had that satiafac-
ton. In Paris there are large number of
people afflicted with what I may call the
billiard habit, very terrible thing which
costs them thousands Of francs and untold
hours per annum.
Whether this billiard habit il the result
OF the constantly recurring billiard
matches, or whether the billiard matches
are the result of the popular demand in
dicated by this habit 10 problem. The
fact remains that not only in one place,
but in several places in the gay capital
there are billiard matches going ON in
steady succession from o'clock in the
afternoon until after midnight, with q
proper intermission for dinner. and that
every day Of the year. Furthermore there
are hundreds of good people who attend
these matches with the same assiduity
that Spaniards follow buil-fghting, or GER
tain American gentlemen cultivate the
festive game of poker.
The final consequence of this condition
of things is that the proprietors of the es-
adjustments where these perennial bill
lard contests are carried on do q roaring
business and grow rich rapidly. Another
consequence is that the billiard players of
Paris, the tirst-class ones, of course, are
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-02

10y Distracted by revolving toothed
~ The faster the " heel goes round the
Nc Is the pitch OF the shrek uttered
Ne machine, so that it goes up and up
amer note until the listener feels as If
49, or two higher would render him
4 80 lrnatic. Incidentally 20 studying
operation Of this kind of fog signal,
~ nenry discovered the cause of Ger
- add acoustic freaks which had been
70 navlgators. Il had often been
~sa, tast such n signal. though clearly
10 miles from land, could not be
~ q ali 10 miles off shore. This. As he
Vas due 20 u refraction of tho
ssSs.saves occsslonsd by wind. He also
Isaned that the blowing Of the fog
- mus rendered inaudihle on the
A-sW vessel At sea. could often he heard
~. oy ascending 10 the masthead-a
suggestlon Tor sailors.
zen froi. Henry became chairman of
nnsxakaoase board. sperm whale oil W ~
All the lighthouses. having been
20 be The best of sill iIiuminants
"a .ahaele. Ii became very expensive,
nAsmueh as the consumption of il
purpose amounted 10 hundreds of
-, OF gallons annually, the item
IArla =. lse one. a. the same time. il was
-. ss aeihing but The best thing could
- .taered good enough where the
fssrn, " sealarine people MAS concerned.
nm, was oGt o. the question, on ac-
Aara..o OF the danger of using IL.
~. Prot. Henry expert
A1rsss. VIA lard oil. which he found
~ IN every respect IL was
c'snuy nuid. i'll COMBUSTION
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ready Nebraska's newly-planted trees
would form dense forest covering 1t
least 400 square miles.
While the movement has thus spread
Tar beyond the bounds of Nebraska, the
interest Of Nebraskans In Arbor day con-
tinueo to b . matter Of special pride.
Several Of those most active in the early
Arbor day movement have adopted en-
blemstic devices for their letter heads. BY
way OF commemorating the anniversary.
Secretary Morton. whose home, "Arbor
Lodge, near Nebraska City. is on the
farm he originally settled upon when he
first went to Nebraska more than thirty
years ago, has for his letter head . green
tree Standing in q eleensward over .
scroll bearing the motto, "Plant Trees."
Ex-Gov. Furnas has for letter head .
somewhat similar tree and sward with
Forest Park Place." the name of his
homestead. over the emblem, his own
name beneath. Mr.. Furnas appropriately
uses green ink on his typewriter. piece
Of consistency that Secretary Morton has
not thought it worth while to follow.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-02
UNREST.

The farther you journey aud wander
From the sweet siinnle faith OF your YOUTH
The more you peer iato the yoader
And search for the root OF all truth.
No matter what secrets uncover
Their yelled. raystic orows in your quest.
Or close on your astral sight hover,
ssill. still. you walk with unrest
n YOU seek for strange things you shall and
them.
Rutiae finding shall bring You TO grief:
The dead iocK the portsis behind them,
And he rho breaks through 10 a tniei.
The soul with such ili-goitea pluuder.
With tts premature know ledge oppressed,
Shall grope In unsAtls5ed wonder
Always by the shores OF unrest
There are truths too sublime and TOO holy
To grasp with q mortal mind 8 touch.
We are happier far 20 Dc lowly.
Content means not knowing TOO much
Peace sells not with hearia that are yearninE
To fsthom all laeyrin;hs unguessed.
And the soul that 10 ben; on vast learning
saall end with its know e tge-unres;
ia WacsSer Wt.rox.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-02
GOOD MORNING.

sleepily. iazily eyelids lift.
In through the window the sunbeams drift;
GAY birds are calling To you, to me:
come live in she glorious morning. see
The mountains are tipped with a rosy red,
And We are so happy; the roses have shed
Their sweet dewy fragrance since earliest dawn;
Come Join Us before all the glory 10 gone.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-02
GOOD NIGHT.

YEARLY. tireiiy eyelids fall.
sieepiiy. lax.iy bird notes call,
Silently, noisslessiy night erecps on.
softly and quietly day has gone;
YEARLY. tirediy eyelids TALL.
S!espiiy, iaziiy bird notes call,
Dreamiiy, drowsiiy thought sicne
Brings US together at Dream ads throne
-kGvy Barrett Hocan
Seattle. March &c, ls9&
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/ nechanism was devised by Prof. Henry,
1rst secretary Of the Smithsonian institu-
ton. He produced many other inventions,
! ~ scientific mind being throughout his
~ devoted to the achievement of discov-
o calculated to benefit the human race.
EJE years he made experiments for the
Epopose of finding out how to conduct
~ electric current through length OF
vim. At that time it was supposed
that the ease with which this could be ac-
emplished must be in direct ratio to the
Eds Of the electro-magnct employed. He
eonstructed magnet that weighed ton.
bat Il did not work satisfactorily. At
hngth ne found out that BY multiplying
The coils on the magnet. using finer wire.
Without increasing their aggregate bulk,
y could solve the problem of overcoming
~ assistance offered to current by long
VIM. This discovery made the electric
tleuaph possible.
o. this account Prof Henry has been
called the father of the electric telegraph.
Nevertheless. he cannot be said to wholly
deeerve that title. Great inventions are
usays growth, arriving at their develop
Int through the brains of many invent
~ The eye-pointed needle. which was
- most essential feature of Howe's sew
20 machine, had been used in France as
embroidery needle for q century before
~ time.
The invention of that diabolical con-
fsancc. the steam siren. Is commonly at
enbuted to Prof. Henry. In fact. how
sssf, he merely adopted the idea from
french device for recording the vibrations
4 musical notes and applied 1t in shape
sof use as fog signal. OF all the instru-
nents for making loud noises ever con-
1acted this one is by far the most infer
9A Under favorable conditions it can be
eaaFd forty miles Mt sea. Recently 1t has
ome into use 10 some extent in cities A.
1estiture for the factory whistle, and at
and O'Clock daily peaceful neighbour
socds are disturbed by its frightful below
~ The sounds are produced by project
- Jet Of steam through tube which Is
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-02
The Painiess DensIst.

DR.. Griffin. of the Griffin Dental Associa-
ton. has the reputation OF extracting and
filing teeth without pain. The doctor
has been located here for four years and
has no peers. His prices are moderate.
Offices, 8, 8, 10 and IL Union block (7l3
Front street,
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II you seek for strange things you shaii d


They lay us down, but not 10 sleep.
And turning DER and Ger We keep
Rocked In the cradle OF the deep
-TAonscs ", zresiGdey.
Seattle. March q, 1885
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Are free from all crude and irritating matter
Concentrated medicine only. Carriers Little
Liver PiiIS Very small; very easy TO take, no
pain; no gripping; no paSginS. Try than
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saoF. HENRys ACHIEVEMENTS.


ere stored, without finding more than Two
- three that were produced BY persons
vho have attained distinction in other
ways.
One remarkable exception to this rule
= Abraham Lincoln's device for lifting
sieemboats off shoals when they get
around. It consists Of huge attachments
ressmbling accordions on an enormous
scale. made of wood and canvas, which
are listened beneath the sides Of the craft.
When she gets stuck on . shOai. poles
thrust through the deck from above cause
he eroat bags to fill themselves with air,
y the same time raising the boat, which
, thus rendered light enough TO float OF.
This isa very ingenious plan, the only
point against 1t being that it does not
york sny better than the attempt Of .
nsn to lift himself by his boot straps.
Another model, though itself Of no prac-
deal utility, represents the first electro
magnetic motor known to the world,
patsnted in 1881. By an arrangement de-
pending upon alternate magnetic attrac-
ton and repulsion. sort of walking-beam
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-04-16

Herewith his the public
the liberal bestowed
inform outside
ness, requires he
day MAY 1893, his Dry
Goods Carpets, Below Cost Ali
remaining hand with will fixtures
May ID, 1893, wi be Al
This is 10 Ind tc Iase Ever
took to lect
Sell IONS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-09
MnINT VERNON

The Board Of Education Of the Fourth District
which includes Washingtonvtle. organized anu
elected officers and committees on Saturday night
A. Noel Blakeman was elected president Inc other
offices were filled as follows: Secretary, Charies
~ Moseman: clerk William =. Sleight: librarian
Miss Mary Irwin; assistant librarians, Misses
Victoria Rel and Jennie Irwin; Committee on Re-
pairs and Supplies. J. y. Farquharson. G. NJ Nose
man and 4 J. Pearson; Committee Teachers
and Discipline William II. Bard, J. ID. Patterson
John F. Luther and Messrs. Farquharson ana
Moseman: Committee Assessment and Taxes
Mcssrs Patterson, Crooker ana Pearson COM
mitee on Finance. Messrs. Moseman Patterson
and Bard: Committee on Library and Apparatus
Mr. Luther Henry T.. Rhoades and Mr. Croker
Committee Printing, Messrs. Rhoades' Far
quharson and Croker After the routine or
business the members OF the board were enter
tanned at a supper by Mr. Sleight, in recognition
OF the close Of his twenty-five years of service as
clerk Addresses made by Messrs Zabrskie
Brakeman. W. \. Armstrong. Moseman, John
Irwin, Patterson. Bard and Rhoades.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-09
NEW YORK CITY.

The Universalst Club will have its first monthly
dinner and meeting OF the season at Clarks. in
Twenty thlrd-st.. this evening.
Edward j. Phelps. ex-United States Minister to
England and one OF the counsel FOR the United
states before the Behring Sea Commission. Is stay
INK at the Clarendon Hotel. lie VIII b. here sev-
eral days before he returns 10 his home, In Bur
lington. VI.
Tie New-York Churchman'S Association will
have a luncheon and meeting at Clark's in Tween
ty-third-st. to-day at ! p. m. Covers Will be laid
for forty Bishop Potter will address the meeting
on "Intcllectual Culture Il Source Of Power in
the Ministry"
Yesterday was an ideal day for n promenade on
the Brooklyn Bridge. and thousands OF men,
women and children improved the opportunity.
Fifteen years ago the only ferry company which
had gates on its boats that running to Hobo
ken. Now gates used on all the ferryboats on
the two rivers. and the safety of passengers Is in
creased. as well their patience.
The clocks in the Bridge stations in New-York
and brooklyn usually two or three minutes
apart in time. Passengers sometimes wonder
which the trains are run by
Some preachers in the city are beginning to dis
cuss politics in their sermons When moral
issue like that created by Maynards nomination
is at stake. there Is good reason why they should
do So
II.
who died suddenly in an apoplectic fit in
Eighth-ave surface car Friday night was held
yesterday his home. No. West Fiftieth-st. The
burial was at Woodlawn.
Bangs & Co. No. 739 Broadway. this after
noon begin three days sale of the library of the
late George H. Rousseau. OF this city The list in
cludes many books Of engravngs arranged by Mr..
Rousseau.
Commander Timothy A. Lyons who was re-
Of hi.
Monongahela will leave here tomorrow for the
South Pacific to take command of the sloop-of-
Alliance. relieving Commander W. H. Whit
ing. who IL to marry the daughter OF the
Chinese millionaire Of Honolulu.
Gustavc Strube. crazy German aborer. who
had been fretting over the loss OF his wife. last
night went down into the basement OF No. l37
West Twenty -seventh-st. where he boarded. and
ended his life with two bullets from Il ~ calbre
revolver.