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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16
Never Irritate Your Husband.

A wife must necessarily learn to form
her husbands happiness, in what direc-
ton the secret lies; she must not cher
ish his weaknesses by working upon
them; she must not rashly run counter
to his prejudices. her motto must be,
never to irritate. She must study never
TO draw largely on the small stock OF
patience in a mans nature, nor to in
crease his obstinacy by trying to drive
him; never, never, il possible, to have
scenes. l doubt much if a real quarrel,
even made up, does not loosen the bond
between man and wife, and sometimes,
unless the affection of both be very sim
cere, lastingly. If irritation should oc-
cur, woman must expect to hear from
most men strength and vehemence OF
language far more than the occasion re-
uuires. Mild, as well as stern men, are
prone to this exaggeration of language;
let not a woman be tempted to say any
thing sarcastic or violent in return.
The bitterest repentance must needs
follow if she do. Men frequently for
get what they have said, but seldom
what is uttered by their wives. They
are grateful, too, for forbearance in
such cases; for, whilst asserting most
loudly that they are right, they are
often conscious that they are wrong.
Give little time, as the greatest bocn
you can bestow, to the irritated feelings
of your husband. N Y. Ledger.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16
AMERICAN FABLES.
Good Stories with Morals That Can BE
Understood by Every Body.
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Understood by Every Body.
THE OK AND THE ASS.
An Ok and an Ass dwelt together in
the same Field, and many of the ami
mails went to them to Inquire about the
Weather. When the Ok was ask &c
whether the winter was to be open or
vigorous he Invariably replied:
Il can not say for Certain Just now
Please call Again.
The Ass, on the Contrary, was
Prompt to reply:
This is going to be a very. very
open winter, and buds will start in
February" Or,
This is going to be the Coolest win
ter we have had for twenty years, and
we shall get no Spring before June. "
When Winter was over it was always
found that the Ass had missed it, while
the Ok had gained further Reputation
for wi sdom by refusing to express an
opinion. 1t thus came About that the
ASS was spoken of in Ridicule. and
Contempt.
MORAL: This also includes Virgins
and the Kentucky Goose-Bone.
THE WOLF AND THE HARE,
A Hare which had been seized by 8
wolf uttered loud Lamentations and
Besought him to spare her life.
Give me one good reason" replied
the Wolf
Because we are both Hunted by
Man. Even now l may be Pursued by
some Boy Seeking my life. :"
"Ah! then, it will be a Favor to put
you where he can't find you," said the
Wolf. as he bit her in two and BOlted
the pieces.
MORAL: When you are the Wolf it is
safe to Argue. When you are the
Hare, it is wiser to run for it.
AN UNGRATEFUL PUBLIC.
An American City Treasurer having
been absent from home for Three Whole
Days, the Common Council ordered an
investigation of his accounts. 1t Was
soon Discovered that he was defaulter
and had Absconded to Canada He
was Located and interviewed by COM
mittee, whom he Received with great
Dignity and Courtesy.
Gentlemen, this speaks i'll for your
Manners, he said. as they Referred to
the little Shortage of 100000 Il did
hope you came here to show your Graf
itude. but you insult me. Some De-
faulters would have buried that Money
or used it for Personal Expenses. ]
laid every dollar of it out in buying
Wheat, and encouraging the Agri-
culture of the Country. Go Hence,
base Ingratesr'
MORAL. Agriculture must be En-
couraged at any cost.-Detroit Free
Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16
sIAM.s nANclNG GIRLS.
A Spectator Describes Some Of Their
Graceful Performances.

Spectator Describes Some Of Their
Graceful Performances.
Poised on tip-toe, bending their limbs
back as far as they will reach and pick
ing up bits of straw with their eyelids,
the dancing girls of Bangkok are all
ways exercising in the royal gymna-
SUM. The new volume in the Ngzag
cries, Journeys in the Antipodes,"
gives very graphic description OF the
wonderful physical training of these
girls, whose ages vary from five to
twenty years. The curious and subtle
feat of picking up bit OF straw with
the eyelids can be learned only by the
Youngest of them, who are made to
practice it in order to render them
flexible in every part OF the body.
There are two long rows of benches,
one little higher than the other. On
the lower is q row Of little girls and on
the upper bench are laid fine polished
bits of straw At the sound OF the
drum the little girls altogether bend
the head and neck until they touch the
bits of straw, which with wonderful
dexterity they secure between the cor
ners of the eyelids.
The cup dance is the most graceful
and poetic of their dances. A row OF
young women with tier of cups on
their heads take their places in the cell
ter of the gymnasium. A burst OF JOY
Gus music follows On hearing this
they simultaneously, with mill
tary precision, kneel down
and fold their hands, and bow
their heads until their foreheads almost
touch the polished marble floor. keep
ing the cups steadily on their heads by
some marvellous jerk of the neck. Then
suddenly springing to their feet. they
describe succession of rapid and intri-
cate circles, keeping time to the music
with their arms, head and feet.
Next follows a miracle of art such as
may be found only among people of the
highest physical training. The music
swells into rapturous tnmult. The
dancers raise their delicate feet, curve
their arms and fingers in seemingly i'm
possible textures, sway to and fro like
withes of willow, agitate all the
muscles of the body like the
flutter of leaves in q soft evening
breeze, but still keep the tier Of cups on
their heads. At other times a cup full
of some liquid is placed on Che floor in
the center of the hall. A girl will
spring to her feet and dance about it in
round wild eddies, and suddenly laying
herself down, keeping her arms folded
tight on her breast, will take up the
cup with her lips and drain the liquid
without splitting drop.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16
CON ClENCE MONEY.
Substance of an Inter es ting Talk with
Catholic Prize Z.


Substance of an Inter ting Talk with q
Catholic Prize b.
Conscience money is something well
known to priests, for in the confess
sional absolution Is not granted to
repentant thief unless he promises to
return the monsy and property stolen.
OF course the absolute secresy OF con-
fession encourages men. and especial
ly women, tor tell their thefts, which
| among certain classes are common.
In many instances 1t Is easy enough
for the perpetrators to return stolen
articles, but frequently it is impossible
or would lead to discovery. 1t is an
easy matter for priest to act as an
agent in the case, and tho owner Is
usually so glad to receive the goods
or money that he appreciates
the secresy OF the confessional.
Most of the cases. are OF small
articles and which have been taken
from the household or a store So
many people are inclined to klepto-
mania that they take things which
they Immediately afterward want TO
restore. Fear generally restraints
them. Where the sum OF money taken
is large 1t generally requires long
time for consciences to make the
proper upheaval. Sometimes even this
desire OF restitution Is only obtained
on the death-bed. A common case is
where man finds purse or some
thing Of value, and allows his cupidity
to prevent him from seeking the owner.
The church doctrine is so absolute on
the subject of restoration that more
things are turned over to the con-
science fund than the public is aware.
Cases only come to light where it Is
necessary to advertise. The doctrine
OF the church in regard to re-
storation is that II the thing re-
main the same 1t Is to be returned as 1t
Is; II not, the value thereof, and dam
ages where these can be measured. ]
used to hear an Irishm ans story Of
how he outwitted the village father.
that passed current as joke on this
subject. The father laid his watch on
shelf beside him while he heard Pad
dy's confession. The latter stole the
watch and then confessed he had stolen
something and wanted the priest to
take it. The father said he would not
have 1t. But" said Paddy, al offered
it to the owner and he would not ac-
cept it !" Then keep it," said the IA,
ther. and Paddy kept the watch until
the father accused him of the theft
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
-Citizen-"Do you know any thing
about hase-balla" Stranger-.,No air.
DO not At least so my friends saw
Citizen-nThep you don't take anv in
terest In the National cumeF"
Stranger-''A little. I'm manaeee Of
a club. IN. Y. Sun.
The Women of this country have
no occasion to demand their rights.
IL has always been their privilege b
say what the country shall have to. cal
three times day. and that's mora
power than the men ever had or win
have. Detroit Free Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16
MIGHTY sollruoEs.
Intelligence from Party Exploring the
Great Canadian Northwest.

rntailisence from . Party Exploring the
Great Canadian Northwest.
William Ogilvie, who has been en-
gagged by the Dominion Government
since 1887 in exploring extreme North
western Canada, has arrived at Edmon-
ton via Laclabiche and Victoria The
route pursued by the party was from
the Pacific coast up Chilkat inlet by
steamer, over the Taing pass to Lake
Lyndeman, on the Lewis river, the
main branch of the Yukon. and down
the river in canoes to the international
boundary line.
1t has always been supposed that the
Lewis was the main stream OF the 1u-
kon, but the Hootilengus, which joins
the Lewis from the east about two
hundred miles from the coast, Is the
main stream proper. The party went
into camp on the Yukon near the in
tevnational boundary in the latter part
of September. The greatest cold was
IT. February, when the thermometer
registered 81 degrees below zero
Camp was struck on March 4. when
they descended the Yukon thirty-fve
niles to the head waters of the Porcu-
pIne river-another of the main
branches of the Yukon. This pass is
5000 feet above sea level. The
Porcupine was descended twenty miles.
when, on April 10, camp was made I'M
til the ice broke in the spring, which
was on May 18.
The average depth Of the snow DUR
ing the winter was about three feet.
The Porcupine was descended to its
confluence with Bells river, coming in
from the east. This was assembled to
a pass in the Rockies about eight and
a half miles long, with nothing to pre-
vent railroad being built through 1t.
From the east end of the pass small
mountain stream was followed to its
junction with Peel river. flowing into
the Mackenzie. On this stream coal
of good quality and an abundant crop
of abestes were seen. The distance
from the foot of the Rockies to where
they entered the Peel was seventeen
miles in a straight line. The total
distance travelled from the Yukon at
the boundary to Peel river was S1e
miles, crossing two mountain ranges.
McConnelrs geological survey party
was met at the Peel. The ascent of
the Mackenzie was begun June q, and
the survey continued until it combined
at Chippewa Yam with the survey of
the Peace and Athabasca rivers, made
by Ogilvie in 1886. distance of LAT
miles. The only real obstacle to navi-
cation in this distance was the rapids at
Fort Smith.
Wheat and barley are grown every
summer at Fort Providence, in north
latitude 81 degrees. A sample Of wheat
grown there was brought out, and
makes good -four. Mining is carried
on on the Yukon and tributaries, and
pays during three months of the year.
Forty-Mila creek, the seat of the gold
Excitement of 1887, unites with the
Yukon about forty-one miles of the
boundary. Twenty-three miles from
this creek is in Canada.-Cor. Chicago
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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16
REAL IRISH FRlEZE.
The Chief Features Which Distin guish
from All Other Cloths

| The Chief Features Which Disting uish &c
from All Other Cloths.
Among the various textile products
of Irish manufacturing skill most ex-
tensively known is the justly celebrated
Irish frieze. Its manufacture has come
down from time immemorial. The
process since 1t was first woven On the
primitive hand loom, and the subse-
quent manipulation to prepare it for
the only garment for which it is pre-
eminently suited. the cotlbd more (big
coat or overcoat), has been handed
down from one generation of the Irish
people to another, until at the present
day the rapidly-increasing steam power
looms of the Irish mills are engaged in
manufacturing friezes which are max
ing their way by sheer force of real
merit in the best markets of the world.
The chief features which distinguish
frieze from all other cloths, is its alb.
solute imperviousness to rain, and its
extraordinary durability. In these it
resembles the famous blankets of the
Navajo Indians. OF course, we are
speaking Of real Irish frieze, not the
counterfeit article, which Is quite
plentiful in American markets. These
points of excellence are secured through
the peculiar methods of manufacturing
the longest and best wool, selected
from the best Irish aeeces, without
which there can be no genuine Irish
frieze: The process in itself Is quite
simple, but tedious. demanding much
time, care and attention.
Nothing but WISHED wool of the
longest and strongest fiber Is used.
This is first dyed, and afterward, when
spun, 10 doubled SO as to resemble
yarn; in fact, it is a softly-spun
wooden yarn which has not been
treated by acids in any manner, 30
that the whole natural strength of
the wool fiber remains unimpaired.
This yarn is then woven, after which
1t Is put through the thickening or
tusking process, as 1t Is termed. This
latter Is practically somewhat pro-
longed washing or sousing of the cloth
In carefully prepared solution, slow
ly heated up to the boiling point and
then as slowly cooled again. This
shrinks and consequently thickens the
fabric which comes from the loom to
such an extent that it becomes i'm.
possible. after cutting the goods, to
separate one thread Of the cloth from
a hAv I'll
and so interdependent on one another.
The final operation is the dressing and
finishing of the goods. From this
brief explanation it will be perceived
In what the chief points of the excel
ence of Irish frieze consist. Dyed In the
wool, the color is Observation-Disclosures
Ell by acid. the natural virility OF the
wool fiber is preserved. Clothier and
Furnisher.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16
Thin Women and Fat Women.

Thin women are dangerous. A far
woman has got to be good tempered
and easy going. l think temper is all
in the bones, any way, and when vo-
man is fat the temper becomes absorbed
before it come to the surface. But when
the woman is thin the temper is right
there on the surface. If ever fat wo-
man has temper it is awful. She
never cools. A thin woman cools off
quickly, but she heats up just as quick
Iy. A thin woman with good temper
comes as near being an angel as any
BODY can on this earth--if she isn't too
thin. A thin woman can dress in
white robe, and if you put harp in
her hand she'll look just like an angel.
Could a fat woman ever look like an
angel in any dress? No. When a wo-
man has a stout. full figure there's no
expression to her. She's a series Of
curves that don't change. No. There's
something about thin woman that
you can't describe that is dangerous to
the peace of man. Still, people do love
fat women often.-N. Y. Graphic
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16
ALGERIAN zouAvEs
What These Adventures Soldiers ef
France Were Originally.

What These Adventures Soldiers ef
France Were Originally.
Many of our readers will remember
class of soldiers in the civil war
known as ''Zouaves." A writer of q
magazine article upon the war in the
Crimea, offers the following account as
10 what these soldiers were originally:
AS considerable misapprehension APP
pears to prevail as to what the Zouaves
really are, we may observe that these
regiments originally consisted of Arab
natives of Algeria, and were so called
after an Arab tribe. They were after
wards disbanded and reconstructed; only
Frenchmen, with very few excep-
tons, being admitted into their ranks
Native regiments were then formed I'M
der the name of ''Indigenes," or ''Tur-
cos" The Zouaves are notorious for
their activity and courage, and at the
same time for their propensity to plum
der-a habit easily contracted in an
African campaign. They chiefly con-
sist of men who, having served their
prescribed five years in the army, have
no desire to leave it, but prefer the
perils and excitement of a military life,
and of various other adventurous spir-
its who love war better than peace. 1t
requires the strictest discipline to keep
them under control, and to place some
check upon their natural propensities
They wear loose Oriental dress, with
fez and turban, both becoming and con-
venient Christian at Work.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16

TURNING The TABLES.
How q Thoughtful Lover Outwitted HI
Best Girls Father.

How Thoughtful Lover outwitted Hi
Best Girls Father.
Mr.. Hummer had appeared to be
nervous for some time.
Ever and anonymously he would
lower his paper and look over hil
spectacles at the clock, and his face
would take on more cruel and deter
mined expression.
Mrs. Hummer said nothing. as she
rapidly piled her needle, but OCCASION
ally she also would cast furtive and
anxious chances at the clock and her
husbands face.
Neither the husband nor the wife
broke the silence, until the old-fash,
Toned clock on the mantle-piece had q
mysterious inward CONFUSION, ant
chimed out the hour of eleven. Then
with a sudden gesture, Mr.. Hummer
threw down his paper, and turned tt
his wife, with suppressed fierceness il
his manner. and asked:
us that young Beauman in the par
lor yet?"
Mrs. Hummer could only nod in re
ply, while her face assumed an ever
more anxious expression.
A moment Mr.. Hummer hesitated
and then, rising with but poorly con
cealed anger, he drew upon his goot
right foot the heavy boot which hat
covered it during the day, and, Will,
dear, ti1nid little Mrs. Hummer con
ceafed her face in her handkerchief
tipped softly out into the front hall
and as silently closed the door.
All was still The silence seemed
almost painful to the tender-hearted
little mother waiting in the living
room. and she longed to warn hel
daughters lover of his peril.
Minutes passed, which seemed a.
hours, but there came to her ears M
sounds of violent alteration. The sus
pense was terrible.
Suddenly the door opened softly. and
old Mr. Hummer tiptoed in again. like
the "Son John" of history, with one
boot off and one boot on, and stood be,
fore her.
For full minute he stood gazing
silently at his wife, with puzzled ex-
preston upon his face, while family
and indistinctly from the parlor came
the soft sounds of sweet converse still
unbroken.
"Well?" Intercepted Mrs. Hummer
at length.
"Well," answered the old man
''what do you b''eve that impuden'
young shipper snapper has got, bu'
short-nosed. lop-eared, cross-eyed
bow-legged. white bull pup layin' OF
the mat in front of the parlor door
that wont let fond parent come with
in ten feet of him.-C n. Hood, IL
brakes Magazine.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16

A German photographer, Herr
Ottoman Anshultz, has succeeded in
preparing Photographic plates SO SEN
sitive that an exposure OF l-5,O00th OF
a second is sufficient to procure per-
feet impression. A very small lens must
be used, SO that the pictures are gen.
orally only 7-16th of an inch in length
and breadth. Enlarged to an inch
and half on glass plates, and rotated
in series of twenty-four before Cess
Ter tube, the pictures are used for re-
producing the motions Of an animal on
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16

81 desire to insert this small adj
vertisement in your paper tomorrow
morning" she said. This" said the
advertising clerk. looking it over, twill
go among the wants." Have you
no wish column" mo mum"
Then, SIR" said the young lady from
Boston, haughtily. you need not insert
it. l simply wish situation as gov
erness That is all. 1t is not a case
of want. Is there any newspaper print
ed in English in this plaee?"
"A buyer of goods should remera'
Der one thing when merchant talks
about "letting him in on ground-foor
price" There is often one floor below
the ground floor, where tho cellar
comes in.-Harper's Bazaar.
What comfort dull but kindly
person is to be sure, at times! A
ground-glass shade over a gas-lamp
does not bring any more solaee to our
dazzled eyes than such one to our
minds. O. w. Holmes.
The truly virtuous do not easily
credit evil that is told them of their
neighbors, for II others may do amiss,
then these also may speak amiss; man Ia
trail and prone to evil. and therefore
may soon fail In words. Jeremy Tay-
l0r,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16

-Anere is not in the world SO diff
cult an employ as that of getting q
great name Life Is closed when the
task has scarcely begun La Bruyere.
Fame and reputation are weak ties;
many have not the least sense Of them;
powerful men are only awed by them
as they conduce to their interest
Dryden.
As they who. for every slight In
trinity, take physic to repair their
health. do rather impair it. SO they who,
for every triie, are eager to vindicate
their character do rather weaken it.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16
How He Lost Time.

Pedestrian can you t-t-tell
me how f-f-far it is to the po-po-post-
Office?
Newsboy-What dye say, mistere
Pedestrian i : I-reckon you you :
heard me. How f-f-far is it to the po-
post-office?
Newsboy-Only half block. mister.
If you hadn't stopped to ask me you'd
a been there a'resdy.-L2e-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16

There was a good deal Of unde-
signed humor in a cable dispatch which
ran. Mr.. Bright is daily becoming
weaker. A doctor is in attendance day
and night
81 want you TO know" said Mrs.
Snapper to her husband. shat facts are
stubborn things" AZ know it," he an
swered meekly. woman ia fact. ~
Boston Courier.
~ nat are called .shealth slices',
are toast soaked In beef blood and
then fried.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16
Charity and Low-Neck Gowns.

AS she is a German Princess the
Queen of Sweden, of course. attaches
great importance to etiquette, At the
same time her deep desire to relieve
poverty of every kind prompts her to
favor what Carter calls ''the simplifica-
ton of life" Sometimes the conflict
between these two interests leads to
funny incidents. For example, on one
occasion the Queen was told that some
ladies did not care to be presented at
court on account of the great expense
incurred on this occasion. This was a
revelation to the Queen, and thought
struck her.
well" she exclaimed, sat my next
drawing room every body must come
in calico dresses"
"And must be cut low in the neckp''
one of the courtiers asked.
''Of course. You don't suppose ]
intend my guests to come in everyday
attire?"
'.But your Majesty forgets that these
gowns, too. will be of no use after
ward, for nobody wears low-necked
calico dresses"
"Ah! don't theye / thought OF
course they Boston Transcript
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16

An Easton, Pa, woman bought a
pair of shoes, and at home found a
small purse nesting in the toe of one
OF them. 1t contained one thousand
two hundred dollars in negotiable
bonds. She found the owner, who re-
fused to believe she had lost the bonds
at first, but was soon convinced.
The new course in journalism at
Cornell University is pronounced a
great success
We want characters that will stand
temptation, and not snap undor the
sudden pressure of life.
"A colored woman Of Atlanta, Ga,
is trying to establish an institution In
which negro children shall be taught
''to work and be fitted for the service
Of white people"
"A society has been formed in France,
under the patronage Of many men OF
high scientific and political standing.
for the purpose of developing proper
system Of physical education.