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Year: 1877

Once taking stroll in the forest range.
There occurred a thing which thought


strange.
\ huntsman slowly by the lakes side
Backwards and forwards saw ride,
Deer, as they sprang past, needed henot,
Nor raised his arm for single shot,
But from his brass buglea loud blast sent,
Now say, good people, what couldit have


meant?
And as deeper into the wood strolled.
\ stranger sight yet did I behold
A girl in her little boat piled her car,
Rowing inwards toward the shore
Fish in the sunset glow had she none,
Nor threw her line to single one,
But verse from a song to the wildwood


sent,
Now say, good people, what could it have


meant2
And coming homewards at chill night


fall
And this was the stangest sight of ALL
A lonely horse to meet me strayed:
Round an empty boat the fishes played;
And as l came under the willow trees
Two were whispering there in the even


ing breeze,
wondered much as l homeward went,
Now tell me, good people, what could it


have meant?
Year: 1877

nhRBER SHOP is THE PLACE WHERE
ID you can get the best of work done in the
neatest possible style. Ladies' and Childrens
Hair Cutting nd Shampooing speciality.
Shop Opposite Old White Corner. Two Chairs
always found ready for business. Call and
see him and ge' Good Job. Ladies desiring
work done, by leaving word at the shop he
will call st their residence. l9
Year: 1877

We have seldom recorded more heart.
rending calamity than the burning Of the
Southern Hotel at St. Louis early yesLer.
day morning. It differs from the burn.
ing Of the Brooklyn Theatre in the fact
that many OF its horrors were exposed to
public gaze, and some Of them are sicken.
Ing to read Of, especially that one where
apoor creature let himself down twenty
feet from his window by a rope, and then
hung suspended, twirling couyulsively in
the air, afraid to let 20 and unable to re.
ascend. The multitude we're seized with
sensation OF blood curdling horrors as
they looked on the dreadful sight, IA we'll
they might be.


What is to be done to prevent these
terrible catastrophes by fire? They oc-
cur often enough to make this question
permanent anxiety in the breast Of every
traveller and Of every frequenter of
place Of public assembly like theatre.
The dodgers in the upper stories of the
St. Louis hotel were cut oil from escape,
although the Ere broke out in the base.
ment. This was owing to the tremen.
ious draught OF air through the elevator,
by which the flames we're speedily com.
municated to the upper floors.


There Oughtto be some better means
Of escape from burning hotels than any
now provided. A simple instrumental.
ty like rope ladder, capable of being
fastened securely TO window and thrown
out for immediate use, would add i'm.
mensely to the security Of life. Steam.
boats are required to carry life preservers
in every state room, and why should not
hotels be required to provide means OF
escape from a still more appalling form Of
death? Had such simple contrivance
existed in the Southern hotel many lives
would have been saved that were lost in
the flames or by jumping from the win.
dOws.


In some Of the Eastern cotton iactorie.
they have permanent fire ladders lie aiding
out OF one or more windows in eact
story, which have been found effective as
means Of escape, They would be
equally effective in a hotel, but there arr
obvious objections to them, such as the
facilities they would afford for the opera,
tions Of burglars.


An other, and, perhaps the most prac.
teal protection against fires in large
hotels would be TO require that they
should be built fire proof, that is OF IRON
and stone. 1t is claimed tha, the Palmer
House in Chicago has been built tire
proof At least the proprietor offered
some time ago TO light fire on the floor
Of any Of his reoms 10 order to show that
the house could not be materially injur-
ed in that way. Ii this il the case il
shows that hotels can be made
secure and the law should compel
them to build hereafter ON the fire proof
plan. Meanwhile, however, until this is
done travellers must protect themselves
as best they can. We know gentleman
in Wheeling who some time ago adopted
the practice OF carrying with him in hi.
yalise a small sized rope, amply strong
enough to bear his weight, US a means oi
escape in case he should happen to be
caught in FIRE like the disastrous conlll.
grafton at st. Louis. A rope like that,
with knots at short spaces, is Invaluable
under such circumstances.
Year: 1877

CHEMICAL ACTIoN ON GLASs--ln the
course of an article on this subject, the
Journal of Chemistry prints the following
paragraph; While, for ordinary purposes,
glass is one Of the most permanent of
compounds, it is not 50 indifferent to chem
ical action as it appears. Water acts more
or less on all kinds of glass, Faraday
found that powdered plate-Slass reddens
moist turmeric paper, showing that a por-
ton Of its alkali is readily dissolved out.
Pure water, boiled for long time in glass
vessels, likewise becomes alkaline. Mere
exposure to moist air gradually causes 4
decomposition Of the surface of the glass,
especially wher there is ammonia in the
air. According to Griffiths, flint glass
bottle, in which solution of carbonate of
ammonia had ben kept for a long time,
was SO much acted upon by the liquid that
flakes of glass could be detached by shak-
ing it. All acids also act upon glass, eS-
pecially if there is Al excess of alkali in
its composition, or, as already intinlated,
if it contains lead Vine and other acid
liquids kept in bottles have often been
found contaminated with salts, resulting
from the solution of the metals in the
glass. Wine is sometimes put into bottles
made of glass wholly unfit for the purpose,
and its taste and color are affected in a
very few days by the salts produced by
corrosion. We can imagine that serious
mischief might occasionally arise from
putting up domestic wines, fruit juice,
and the like, in bottles not intended for
any such use
Year: 1877

TUNNELLING THE BRITISH CHANNEL
Operations connected with the submarine
tunnel have already been commenced on
the other side of the channel, several bits
having been sunk to the depth of about
lie yards. At the same time the French
and English committees have definitely
drawn up the conditions Of working for
the route. The property Of the tunnel is
to be divided in half by the length-that
is to say, each company will possess halt
Of the line, reckoning the distance from
Coast to coast at low tide Each company
will cover the expense of It's portion The
general work Of excavation VIII be done
on the one hand 10y the Great Northern
Of France. and ON the other by the Chat
ham and Southeastern companies, the two
latter having each 4 direct route from
London to Dover. All the materials Of
the French and English lines viii pass
through the tunnel, IN order to prevent
any unnecessary expenses and delay of
transshipment, as in England and France
railway companies use each others lines,
and goods can pass from one line TO anoth-
er without changing vans 1t is understood
that an arrangement will be established
for similar exchange of lines between all
the English and Continental railway COM
panies when the tunnel Is completed. The
tunnel Will belong TO its founders. At
the expiration of thirty years the two GOV
ernments viii be able TO take possession
Of the tunnel upon certain conditions.
Year: 1877

MOUNT PLEASANT, June 9Th, 1877.


Mr.. EDITOR "A curious and interesting
phenomenon occurred in the poultry yard of
Andrew Eliason, near Mount Pleasant. An
old hen being very cross to her brood of
chickens were taken away from her and placed
in a box near by. A small pullet not more
than two months old seeing them motherless,
left her companion chicks and gravely assumed
the duty Of mother. She spreads her wings to
allow the little ones to nestle beneath, and
clucls to them in imitation of the old hen
All who have seen it agree in pronouncing it
most amusing instance of maternal instruct


q
Year: 1877

The storm on Tuesday night was the heaviest
that has visited this section this season SO far.
The rain came down in foods and the fash of
lightning and roar of thunder was almost in
cessant. About halEpast two binding glare
Of lightning followed by tremendous and in
stant crash of thunder startled the people from
their slumbers and scared some pretty nearly
out of their wits. Next morning the cause of
the great crash was ascertained to have been
the striking by lightning of the stable of Mr..
Joseph Geary, at the east end of the town. The
building was struck at the gable and the bolt
passed down and killed the horse of Mr.. Geary
in the stable beneath. It passed through the
hay NOW without doing any harm to anything
until it reached the horse. The loss is quite
severe to Mr.. Geary.
Year: 1877

The dry weather which was fast becoming a
drouth, received a temporary check on Tues
day morning by delightful, though not very
heavy, rain, which settled the dust and made
the women folks and storekeepers happy, fit
didn't soak the corn roots much, and did pre-
vent some persons from doing work that they
intended to do that day A heavy rain fell at
night.
Year: 1877

On last Sunday morning Mr.. O. B. Shoe


maker, of Philadelphia, filled two gallon


sprinkling pot with benzine and dampened the


parlor carpets with it to protect them from


moths. In few minutes there was an explo-


sion, supposed to have been from the gas gen
Grated by the benzine and Immediately the
room and its contents were in flames, as well
as the clothing of Mrs Shoemaker and Mary
Ella Hall, aged 81, servant girl. The report
of the explosion aroused the neighbors and
brought instant help to the unfortunate women
Miss Hall, when found a minute after the ex-
plosion, had all Of her clothing burned from
her body, and her flesh was scorched to a crisp.
She died in four hours. Mrs. Shoemaker was
also badly burned, but the timely assistance
rendered saved her from Miss Halls fate. An
examination of the parlor after the fire had
been extinguished showed something of the
force of the explosion and the intense heat of
the flames. The window shutters were blown
open, glass smashed into atoms walls cracked
and the register knocked to pieces The heat
was so great that small bronze figure was
melted by it. Miss Hall was to have been
married in a few week.
Year: 1877

And cordially invite all persons who may have need
Of any Of these things any style kind of printing
to favor us with call and learn ourprices. We give
especial attention to the printing Of
Year: 1877

as beautiful thing in its way as one can ever nope
to see" Pity that uncharitableness should como
in to mar the sweetness OF it,


The Radicals of the Tower Hamlets must be reck-
ened among the people who do not know when they
are well off Mr. Gladstone's speech at Birmingham
about Radicalism, and his definition of Radical as
n man who il in earnest, might well have satisfied
practical politicians with radical views The dweiiers
in the Tower Hamlets were elated by 1t that they
have attempted formal capture of MIR. Oladstohe'
and as might have been expected, have been re-
pulsed They sent letter to Mr. Gladstone, re-
minding him of his Birmingham speech and asking
him to assume the leadership of the Radical party
in the House of Commons All the comfort they get
is a modified re-statement by Mr.. Gladstone OF
what he said at Birmingham, coupled with
distinct Northumberland now for the TWEEN
teth time-that he is neither in the present OF the
future the leader of any party or section tie ADDS
that while fully recognizing the right OF the LID
erals Whom. following Mr.. Mill, he described as
great political church) to form themselves In SUD
divisions for himself he sticks to the Liberal party
at large regarding it now more than ever the
party from which the country is to expect reasonably
good government ie has no morbid fear OF any oil
its sections and all his desires are TO urge It's union
and promote its interests as whole. mat Is al
very well as an answer to the too-mpaticnt Radicals

is what part Mr. Gladstone will take when that re-
organization of the party which is inevitable occurs
On this his letter throws no new light.


Mr. Browning's translation of the " "Aganemnon
which was expected before this will not be publish
ed till some time III the Autumn. He has compieteu
the translation as before stated word for word ana
almost IN the order of the original words; the proofs
have been read and the only reason for delay the
opinion of his publishers that the season is 100
far advanced for the appearance of such DOOR,
Few people care for new books IN June, unless, M
deed they have something to do with the war. Ar'
Conway is hard at work finishing book which has
occupied his leisure for many years-a study Oh
"Demonoogy." 1t bids fair to be fuil oi
historical and theological interests, with
not little artistic value. also for the Deyh
has been drawn and painted and sculptured IN
every variety of shape, from the days when he rst
wriggled into the Garden of Eden down to tine pres
ent, when ne goes forth clad in an irroproachabie
lress-coat and white tie with well-ilttrg tron@rs
and patent-leather shoes. Mr. Conway, who has
p riaps something If the usual bicgTapAers enthi-
sasn for his hero j. going to give up his we-earned
Summers vacation, in order to put the last touches
TO his book and to watch over the engraveIs who
are at work ou the illustrations of Beelzebub.


g. w. s.
Year: 1877

have right to count the vates, there is
still question lying behind that, and
Independent of il. and that is, as to what
papers the President of the Senate is re-
quired to open in presence of the two
Houses and hand to the tellers. The
electors IN several States are designated
by its seal upon their votes and lists
made up by the Government. and en-
close them to the President OF the Senate
endorsing names of the electors upon the
outside OF the envelope. He is thus noti-
fed who the electors or pretended cleo
tors arc who have voted, whose votes are
contained in the envelope. 1t is q certi-
ficate from the electors and none other
that he is required to open in the pres
ence OF the two houses He is not in
fact required to receive of any body but
the true electors of the State. de is
therefore required. in the discharge of
the duty of his Office, to determine and
present the true Z ertificates from the
electors OF State. He IS bound as an
cHicer OF the government of the United
States to take notice of those who have
been declared elected by the proper Au-
thorities of a State. and when a certIfi-
cate comes into his hands il is his busi-
ness at once to investigate and determine
tor himself whether it comes from an
elsctor or State. He must decide that
question upon lis peril and present the
certifcatet to the two houses OF Congress.


Rutherford b. Hayes ought to be in
augurated. and must be inauguratcd. ur-
less bill should be passed to count him
out in defiance OF well knowH principles
OF law. He was not well enough to-day
to argue this question as fully as he
would like to. The Democratic Senators
would not support this bill if it did not
give them chance to count IN Mr.. Til
den by going behind the returns. At
2:1O Mr.. Morton said he was not able to
proceed further to-day, and therefore
suspended his remarks.
Year: 1877

He was neeing, for he could endure no
EloTe.


What should he do to save himself from
himself'


This was his one thought as he rushed
through the night air.


Whittier, be neither knew nor cared.
Year: 1877

sake ofdcvcloPing the coNl fields of that
region and to obtain title TO coal lands,
and that they never intend to push the
road across the mountains. Whether
true or not we do not pretend to know.
Precisely the same charges are brought
against the Seattle and Wnlla Wala
road. We neither endorse or deny the
C argps. We have at present about as
much faith in the purity ofone company
rs the other. We want to see n road
built across the mountains, but we do
not care rush which company builds
it. The company that shows good faith
and determination to speedily push
the enterprise through. will have our
feeble support and hest wishes. We
have no particular desire to take u hand


in the rivalres and speculAtions of
either Seattle or Tacoma. A CONNER
cial metropolis at either or both OF
those towns will benefit US here on the
Snohonish. We are not exactly de.
pendent upon either. We have IN open
highway to the ocean by way OF Port
Townsend and are not compelled to pay
tribute 10 either of those places unless
we please. Our merchants here can sell
goods here, bought in San Francisco, AS
cheap MS Seattle, Tacoma or Portland
merchants can; and the day is not very
far distant when products and goods
will 60 and come to us direct, without
touching at any Of those ports.


What we have said above, concern
ing railroads and the scheme presented
by Hon. Judge McGilvary, are only our
individual views OF the matter. If they
nre wrong We are willing to correct
them. We do not claim intallibllity and
shall pick no quarrcls with those who
differ from us. ...
Year: 1877

The Vest Shore comes TO us in July
with splendid illustrations OF scenery
&C., and full AS usual OF profitable read.
ing matter. MIR. Samuels more than full
fills his part OF the contract with his
patrons by furnishing 50 valuable pa.
per for SO tritling cost. The Pacific
slope is an excellent field for an illus
trated paper, and the proprietor, by his
liberal expenditure, is bound TO supply
the want. The paper Is most welcome
exchange and may his energy and enter.
prise bring him his Observed golden re-
ward.


The engraving OF Mt. Rainier ia he
last number is accompanied by poem
by Lenno, which originally appeared in
the STAR. Perhaps Lenno has sailed


under his non de plume long enough
In almost every number Of the STAR, has
appeared contributions from his ready
pen, many of his little poems far supc-
ror to his, Mount Rainier" The
author is Mr.. l.. L. Beach, Que of the
gentlemen who at one time worked in
this office and helped to issue the first
number of the NORTHERN STAR. He is
at present engaged teaching in the
Skykomish district of this county, and
we may judge of his ability as u teacher
from the fact that the trustees OF that
district, have engaged HIM to teach two
months more, alter the close of the regu.
lar term. This speaks volumes for the
residents OF that district. who taxed
themselves last year to build u school
house, Gt being " new district and now
again put their hands in their pockets to
continue the term long after their por-
ton OF the school.tund is exhausted.
We predict that not resident there will
regret paying that self-imposed tax, for
next to spending money to actually keep
the, "wot from the door," laying it out
for the education of their children is the
wisest thing they could be put too.


After the close of his present term,
Mr.. Beach contemplates returning to
this place, and in all probability, will be

engaged IN this office. 1T any rate, We
are safe in assuring our readers that he
will continue to be regular contributor
to our columns.
Year: 1877

is something more in the new theory OF
evolution than mere conjecture, even ii
all that is claimed for it is not fully
proven. Hence he is quietly preparing
the way for religion to adopt all that is
true, in science, history and morals; in
fact seeks to make religion conform to
nature, break her shaCklGs, OF creed, for.
mHlism, and pag4nism, come up to the
standard of the age and become the van
guurd instead Of the struggling tail 0t the
army of intellectual progress.


Brother Utter will find this up hill
work, but very pleasant and agreeable,
if he does not place too high an estimate
upon popular opinion. But if too SEN
stve ,ind timid lie will soon vaCate the
field OF liberalism. Some of the ortho.
dox organs have already opened fire. A
prominent official has already publicly
snubbed him by haughtily refusing to
join him in Sunday School excursion.
Even the secular press has gone out OF
the way few times, to snecr ut the
poor little .AdrOcate." Brother Utter
has told some very wholesome trut lbs,
not wayside seeds, to be choked with
bigotcd thorns, but sown broad cast,
and as his stock is like the widows
cruise Of oil, almost ineXhaustiblc, moth
ing but lack of nerve and firm hand,
will prevent paying harvest.


We are glad to find Brother Utter as
much of liberal as he is. We are sorry
he does not discard the cloak Of seCta-
rianism, worn SO loosely by him, and so
unbecoming too, in any scholar, and he
come one Of the great brotherhood of
men, who love humanity and the truth
more than creed.
Year: 1877

The following account of the great
fire in Olympia we copy from the In
tellgencer. 1t broke out on the morning
of Augtst Sth and came very near burn.
ing the whole business part of the town,
AS usual, the fire broke out IN China
wash house.


Next to the building where the fire
broke out is an old two-story stable,
built in 1854, by f. Sylvester, and oc-
cupied for many years by George Coggin
Year: 1877




PARsoN MuRRAY's TRoUT.-The IN
leiligencer has well told story of how
Parson Murray tortured beautiful
trout, with small hook, fine silk line
and slender rod We are fond of fish.
ing but not Of torturing our game, We
always use rigging stout enough to hold
the fish we are seeking, we haul them
aboard the boat as soon as they stick,
and kin them as soon as possible after
they are captured We have used both
rifle and shot gun as well as rod, and
troll, but we confess to the enjoyment of
no such, physical happiness as the
parson describes, in prolonging the
death agony of any OF Gods creatures;
were they hoofed, winged or fined,
There may be poetry in matching fish
of three pound weight against rod
and line hardly adequate for one weigh
ing as many ounces, but there is no hu-
manity in it. Prolonging the torture of
fish by playing him in the water for
AN hour, and exhulting in his agonized
throws in attempting to escape, may be,
"extatic bliss but we think it re-
tinemcnt of cruelty that calls for the in
terterancc of a philanthropis Burgh. We
suppose the parsons, physical happi
ness" must be of that order exhibited
by the cat in torturing mouse or the
dog in worrying its prey. If so, and
there is any truth in Darwinism, there
must be considerable of the feline still
lingering in his moral nature, in spite Of
his present development and high min
isterial position.


We are not in sympathy with this class
OF scribbling sportsmen. We love poet
ry and fine wood painting, but not that
kind which requires the agony OF help
less dumb creature to inspire. Had we
been present with him, no doubt we
should have remembered the picture of
that helpless trouts leap in the air by
the pleasure it afforded him. We are
painfully impressed by the picture drawn
by his pen, and see the weak point in
his moral nature, in spite of his g,lded
description in glittering words.





The use OF such appliances for fishing
as he describes is unscientitic and bar
barous, and only used because high
toned and fashionable. We love the
pure air the murmuring brook the placid
calm OF the lake, the picturesque clouds
aud the shadows of the green tress and
all the natural scenery OF Il Country fish
ing excursion; but we despise the
mawkish sentimentallty of high toned
tourist fisherman and the tiendish cruelty
Ot fashionable tackle.