The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27
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vIRsr ARrICLE
Nov thai H. century - slravins Co =
elooe. . PARTIAL review Of IT, paae may
prove both tnesessefn8 AnA nstruesivet
To ons Who hAs lived nsaxsy fous~srors
yeAxA. Whose memOsy reaches oack To
Aas wlsnsaDsd tie change that hAvs &C.
eusroa II THAI period tha pase sss0s
moro visionary than real TAo chnnona
have bsea - numeroas ana OF such UAg-
nituds - to seem incredible even TO psc-
pie Who have lived through them To
many of IL present. oeD.catton- 40
have only = vague coocep<ton a. t. co..
ago. they must - . DAtter ot won6sr
ana amA1o0eat: voodse that - w0xid
had nAde - little progrsss ~ thai -
Rod. anA Aaassosat as IL raptd devel-
opnsns % IL setsaess and DsehAn1e
arts s1nceL
Few realise shs extent and fupsetnnco
% this dsvesop0snG Oae instance must
su6lcs here. Not . day pAsssd. SIXTY
years ago. IN which one o. more boiler
explosions dsd not occur. always Aftenasd
With loss Of life. O. the Wssfsrn river
steAmars especially we're they Frequent.
nsver Without fatal result HApully tn1o
b among the least az our periss today.
Seventy years ago thoee were M water.
works. no cook stoves. no Gas az elecsfee
ifghta no policeman. No fricff0a mnecheA
no hard ccal In use tcnArcoal was IN
ecmnen use). NO photographs No coal
oil. ~ envelopes. no postage stAmpA no
flnh. fruits or vegetables preserved -
now In tins. Tomatoes. which Grsw Wild
In many localities. were regarded -
poisonous and children were cautioned
against eating them There werO no
waterproof garments, no rubber hoeo or
shoes. no sewing machines. none Of the
farming supplements that are In commoa
use now. a few crude grsst and sav-
mills. with here and there . tAnnery er
manufactures
Many other articles might - men,
toned, did time and space permit. Of
which people knew nothing seventy years
ago. but which confribute In no SMALL
measure to the pleasures Of life today
But IL IL not necessary - look hark
seventy years SIXTY years embrace the
entire period In which the world has
made marked progress. 90 little advance
had been made prior to lS>0 that u -
hardly worthy Of record
Around the year 10 cluster more
marks Of progress than appear IN any
previous century In the worlds history.
In the two or three years precedinU 10
and = ike period later the most impor-
tant inventions Of the century were COM
pleted. while others were IN embryo. To
the writer IL seems 70 - the starting
point Of the grand achievements which
distinguish this are above all the aees
that have rome before. Many new metals
have been discovered within this period
while hundreds ef discoveries. all tend
Ing To the amelicration % the condition
OF mankind, have from time to the been
chronicled. Il vas in 1s<z that Morse
on which he had been vorkina many
veara n ~. ahout tht. ttme nat =.
Hoe = Co. maAe improveme,ts n tn
printing press which r~volutsonaz>A IT,
Art Of urintfnR and eliminated lnsoe m
tn perfectine press. without vhech n
would b. inposefnte to nset the exsptine
demand for newsuaperu. But : few wears
before these events it vaa shcvu thar
ships could cYoss the Atlantic under
steam. despite the assertion Of the
learned Dr. LArduer and others that NO
vessel could carry suhlciens fs,el for the
purpose. In short. the are Of progress
may b. said 20 have commenced IN 80
y,ntU sbout $50 the ueople IN tn CITY
ussA vrooA exelussveYv FOR Aentfre ana
cooking. oak ana hickory were the
woods useA WITH a mite nina wood for
ksnd1gn9 The DWELLINGS were an CON-
sfructed with farre 6replae>s on each
foor. each fltsed WITH a crane from which
"a suspend pots ana tettYes over the f4r~
Ahove the frenaAee ~ = NrcaA .panteI-
.heif on vhich vns hepe = sinder-Aox
0fnt ana steeI. lucsfpr matches. candle
.tirts ete Thourh The tsnder-box v.s
vent within reach. the usmose care vas
taken 70 render tn daily use unneces-
sary. This was accomplished by never
permitting the IRE on the hearth TO 70
entirely out. The hast member OF a
household 70 retire AZ nirhs always rahesi
together the remaining i've ecals henpsd
them AGAINST the haehicg ana carefully
covered them With ashes The arst 90
arise In the morning rekandIed the are.
af,er removing the ashes ana piacsne On
the Goals sorp> yseht wood. with the all
Of a bellows. with which every hearth
was provided Two andirons. . shovel.
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