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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-01-12
IRREPRESSIBLE jim.
Two Quaint Sayings of a Virginia Gentle
mans Yellow Servant.

Two Quaint Sayings of virginia GENTLE
mans Yellow Servant.
Mr.. Smith, of Virginia, has valet
whose eccentricities afford him ma
terial for some successful anecdotes.
Jim, who is of that shade known as
Upright mulatto,n has black silken
curls and a smile that render him the
delight and torment of all the ''yaller
gals of the city, and his temper is as
sunny as day i'll June. 1t is Mr..
Smiths invariable habit to discharge
his valet once a week in futile en-
deavor to persuade Jim that he does
not own his master body and soul; but
as the amiable African sweetly ignores
all such ebullitions, and always re-
turns the next morning, placidly I'M
conscious of any unpleasantness, the
habit serves only as a relief to his
masters overcharged feelings. On
one occasion he carried Jim down into
unfamiliar wilds in Georgia and pur-
posely lost him, after the fashion in
which one rids ones self of obnoxious
cats, and for two weeks after his re
turn reveled in his freedom. At the
end of that time, in answer to his bell
one morning, Jim put his head in the
door, and asked, in his usual tone:
''Mis' Sniff, did you ring fer me?"
and then his master resigned himself
to his obvious destiny. His only con-
ISOLATION is that a repetition of jim S
sayings sometimes helps him over
shoals of silence at stupid dinner
party. Here are two of them:
One morning, Jim having been in
structed to rouse Smith at certain
hour, woke him with exclaiming
'Law! Mis- Sniff, done he'd such bad
luck dis mawnin! l done clean forgot
to wake you up time you tole me-"
Smith groaned. Jim, you are toe
trifing to live. wish you would die.
I'll never get rid of you in any other
way"
The darby set about his duties with
out resentment, and said contempla-
lively, a few moments later, with an
evident desire to be obliging: 81 don't
mind dyin', Mis- Sniff; it's stayin'
dead so longs what LENDERS me-"
Jim and a young African companion
were one day fishing from the wharves.
His friend missed his footing, fell into
the water and was drowned. Jim's
grief was so uproarious that a sympa-
thetic bystander inquired if the
drowned boy was a relation. mo, "
said Jim, through his tears; she
warn't no relation, but he mout's well
been-he he'd all de bait. "-Harper'S
Bdzdr.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-01-12
Mathematics for Smokers.

A young man who not long ago was
an inveterate smoker, but who was re-
Gently induced to ''swear off," came to
me to-day and talked in this strain: 81
have been doing some figuring lately,
and the result astonishes me. When |
was smoking my hardest my average
was eight cigars day. Sometimes it
would run over eight and sometimes
under, bat eight was about the all
around figure. rarely bought my Oh
CARS by the box, and, as INDUCED in
straight 10-cent goods, so cents day
was what smoking cost me. This, with
40 cents added for cigars which gave
away and lost shaking dice, made a to-
tai of about Sc week that l now save.
1t is just nine weeks and three days
since l swore off, and by Saturday
shall have $50 in bank, without an eff
fort on my part save that required to
control an unnecessary appetite. l
must also regard as an asset the SUPER
abundance of animal spirits l enjoy as
a direct result of my abstinence from
habit that every body knows Is weak
ening, when INDUCED In to excess.
Smoke youself, do youp Well, try my
scheme. Swear off and put your cigar
money in bank. You might need it
some day, even if you are a newspaper
man. - Chicago Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-01-12
a HUNTERS MISTAKE.
A Faithful Dog Receives the Bullet Ina'
Would Have Killed Its Master.

Faithful Dog Receives the builet Ines
Would Have Killed Its Master.
Some eight or nine years ago four OF
US were camping for a fortnight, and
on the day when the incident l relate
occurred, we had all gone out early,
and had hunted until past noon with
out success. On our trip homeward
we agreed to separate, two and two. as
we have done to-day, spread out widely
and surround an immense marsh,
whose brushy borders were wont to be
a favorite resort for the game we were
in search of, and we accordingly de-
parted on our respective routes. L had
nearly reached the lower end of the
marsh, which, by the way, was en-
tirely open, when my companion, who
was slightly in advance, beckoned to
me. and, upon coming up, told me that
he had seen q large deer slowly feed
ing along a strip of alders which
reached to tongue of high ground
running out into the marsh, and that
if | would wait for few minutes, he
would 90 around to the further end,
and thus one of US would be sure to
get shot. A moment after my COM
panion had left me, our separated
friends, one of whom was accompanied
by his dog, crossed a narrow lagoon
in the marsh about q mile distant, CIV
ing no indication of having seen me;
soon after l approached the place
wnere the deer had been seen by my
friend, and as nothing had occurred
to disturb it, / counted conf
IDENTIFY on getting good shot. A low
brushy point covered me until l was
within one hundred and fifty yards of
the mound. which was covered with
scrub oaks of very dense growth,
with here and there open spots, where
an animal in motion would have to
show itself in ascending the ridge !
had approached very slowly and eau
tiously, and waited for some minutes
for sound or motion, but in vain; and
had about concluded that the deer had
either escaped or laid down, when
slight rustling on top of the hill at
tracted my attention, and the next
moment l saw family through the
foliage the unmistakable whisk of a
Iecr's tail; again, little further on it
was repeated, the same quivering
shake of the flag so familiar to every
deer stalker, and catching quick
sight, where supposed the body was,
fired. My shot was answered by
yell of agony that told too truly its
own story, and upon hurrying to the
spot found the dog of my friend lying
dead at the feet of his master The
mans hand at the moment the fatal
shot was fired had rested upon the
head of the animal, whose joyful re-
Spouse to the caress of his master had
been the cause of his death. 1t was
the wag of the dogs tail and not the
deer's that l saw. l was thunder
struck, not at the death of the dog.
but at the thought of the consequences
had my aim been ten inches further
to the left.-ForeSt and Stream.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-01-12
STORING POTATOES.
The Best Way and the Best Place to Keep
the Tubers.

Potatoes can be stored in pits or in
the cellar or clubhouse, but in either
case should be free from dirt and dry.
Concerning the former method it is
said: Sometimes they are covered care
lessly and in a slipshod manner, with
first thin layer of straw, and to COM
pensate for this deficiency in straw, a
foot of dirt is heaped upon them out
side. The moisture and foul air which
slowly accumulates in winter is held by
this thick layer of earth, and it rises
to the upper point of tho conical heap
and causes decay of the tubers, which
is mistakenly ascribed to the freezing of
this apparently most exposed part A
much better way is to use plenty
of straw and less earth A farmer
who never lost one bushel in 80 in
his winter-stored potatoes outdoors,
made it rule to put on the heap
one foot of compact straw with only
three or four inches of evenly laid
earth to hold it in position. Ventilat-
ing holes were made with a crowbar at
the apex, and filled with whisps OF
straw. He found it safe to place as
many as seventy bushel in heaps thus
treated. The thick mass of straw not
only served as protection against frost,
but acted as an excellent absorbent OF
bad moisture.
In the cellar or clubhouse being
clean and dry, they may be placed on a
broad Slated floor on the north CT cool
side of an clubhouse, so situated that the
air can circulate freely from below
and pass up through the potatoes. They
should not be placed in too large masses
so as to obstruct ventilation. Crops
which would rot badly in wet ground,
would not seriously suffer If properly
treated in this way. In some unfavor-
able seasons, when more than half the
crop was ruined by rotting when dug,
the selected and sound remainder, thor
oughly cleaned and placed on such slat-
ted floor, has nearly or entirely ceased
to decay, so that not one bushel In thirty
has suffered. 1t is very important,
however, that the work be done thor
oughly and in the best manner, for II
carelessly performed, it would be OF
comparatively little use.-Boston Globe.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-01-12
How to Bury a Rock.

How many plow-points have you
broken, first and last, upon that fast
stoneP How many times has it been
criss-crossed By the harrowP How
much injury has been done to your
horses by the shocks received when
they were brought to sudden stand
stillP How much less has the yield
of your crops been on account of this
cumberer of the ground? Now is as
good time as any, perhaps, to dig 1t
out and convert it into fence material
or bury it. Having buried many large
stones, l affirm that the danger in
Cured Is very slight if the work Is at
tempted in the right manner. Do not
dig under it at all. Keep the excava-
ton about six inches from the nearest
side of the stone. Make it long enough,
wide enough and deep enough to con-
tain the stone with room to spare.
When the hole is dug sufficiently large,
then with long-handled tools carefully
remove the six-inch shelf Of earth as
low as you can reach easily without
taking any risk of being crushed. A
plank laid along the further edge of the
hole may give you some advantage in
digging. Next dig a narrow trench
along the opposite side of the stone
from the excavation Make this trench
close to the stone and partly under it.
Now pour water into the trench and
keep on pouring until the earth under
meath is softened into mud, when the
stone can usually be slid without much
trouble into the hole. A lever can be
1sed to give it start--FGrm Life.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-01-12
MAKING A "MASH."
How Pretty and Mischievous Senoritas
Do 1t in Mexico.

How Pretty and Mischievous Senoritas
Do 1t in Mexico.
The stranger in Mexico, especially if
he be young and good-looking, is
liable to be considerably surprised at
his first ball here, when some pretty
senOrita whom he has never seen be-
fore, trips up to him with an engaging
smile on her face and something that
looks like an egg in her hand, and sud
denly smashes the latter over his
Uranium. To one not acquainted with
the cascarOne custom it is startling, to
say the least. Luckily, however, the
egg has been robbed of its usual in
terror, the original contents having
been emptied through small hole at
one end. The shell is then refilled
with ely-chopped tinsel and colored
paper, perhaps with tbe addition of
perfumed satchet powder or some
dainty tripkets, after which the open
ing is neatly closed by a bit of paper
pasted over it.
In the good old days of the Spanish
aristocracy the egg-shells to be used
by the proud grandees at swell fan
dangos were filled with gold and
diamond dust. Similar eXtravagances
are sometimes INDUCED in nowadays,
but rarely. Occasionally small gold
coins, charms, pearls, Opals or spiced
candies are stuffed in with the chopped
tinseI, making the advertisement rather
expensive. One can buy very pretty
cascarones, however. for about a
dollar dozen, and it is quite the cor
rect thing for belle or beau to go to a
ball armed with several dozen of
them.
Often the shells are hand-painted or
otherwise beautifully decorated, much
like Easter eggs in the North. Society
matrons who propose giving balls dur
ing the cascarone season have the
shells of all the eggs used in the house
hold carefully saved for the purpose,
and many an hour is spent by herself
and friends in filling and decorating
them. The act of breaking a casca-
rome on another's head is considered a
compliment to the recipient, who feels
in duty bound to return the honor at
the first opportunity. Previous ac-
quaintance is not essential, it being Of
itself sort of informal introduction.
Thus any Mexican lady may literally
"make a mash" on every strange
gentleman who pleases her, and with
out offending her countrymen's ex-
tremely sensitive notions of propriety.
Me1ic0 L. tier.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-01-12
Good Words from Good Books.

Poverty saves a thousand times more
than it ruins.
Poverty is one of the best tests OF
human quality in existence.
No woman without piety in her
heart is fit to be the companion of any
man.
A young man is not fit for life until
he is clean-clean and healthy, body
and soul.
There are very few men in this
world less than thirty years of age and
unmarried. who can afford to be rich.
God makes men, and men make
blacksmiths, tailors, farmers, horse
Jockeys. tradesmen of all sorts, gov
errors, judges, etc.
A daily prayer from the heart of a
pure and pious wife, for husband en-
crossed in the pursuits of wealth or
fame, is chain of golden words that
link his name every day with the name
of Cod. G. Holland.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-01-12
England in a Bad May.

Mr.. George R. Sims, the London
writer, thinks that the English climate
makes people insane. He says: "In
the highest circle in tho land wa find
morbid sentimentality and gloomy fore
bodings rampant. Lost relations are
mourned for twenty years, and the
mourners isolate themselves from the
public gaze. Year after year the re-
naming relatives are compelled to
gather in gloomy mausoIeums, and
Grape and crying seem to be the watch
words OF certain illustrious lives. In
circles trife less lofty we find old wo-
men OF seventy marrying yosng lads OF
twenty-three, hereditary peers consert-
Ing with blacklegs. welchers and men
who have been in her Maiesty's jails.
We have great nohlemen displaying the
manners and using the language of
drunken costermongers during a do
mestlc quarrel, and society as a whole
teens with scandals which are abso-
lutely due to the madness of the prin-
clpal actors or aotresses-a madness
with method-but still part and par
Gel OF the general lunaey which is be-
ing developed by the British nation
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-01-12
VALUE OF ENsiLAGg.
Testimony in Favor of the Practice Fur
nished by An Ohio Farmer.

nished by An Ohio Farmer.
The following experience in regard
to ensilage adds more testimony in fa-
vor of this practice 1t is an Ohio
farmer who thus relates what he knows
about it:
''My farm is an experiment station
for myself, on which items of interest
are carefully noted, and any informa-
ton I can render to visitors will be
cheerfu'ly given. have no doubt that
nine-tenths of the visitors who come
here and see how ensilage Is used on
these farms, will go away almost per-
suaded' to try and get out Of the old rut
of feeding cattle. Several Of my neigh
bors within a few miles of my farm,
who have seen for them selves how |
have grown enough ensilage and beets
on IA 1-2 acres of land-one acre of
which was beets-to feed some Is head
of Jersey cattle and horses from No
vember 9 to July so, have become so
food as to build silos this year, and
thus avoid in the future purchasing hay
at market rates. Two men are erect
ing silos of $50 tons capacity, which
will be filed from the product of 10 to
10 acres of land. Had these men de-
pended upon hay crop this season,
that amount of land in meadow would
have given them about Is tons Of hay,
or sufficient to feed about 10 good sized
COWS six months, whereas the ensilage
crop will sustain their 60 head of cattle
and horses from November until June l,
when their pastures will get a good
start, and after that date they can have
enough to feed a half ration every
morning until August"
A few farmers who have tried it for
the first time, and have made mistakes
for want of experience, have lost faith
in it, but there has not been one failure
in a hundred cases, which speaks well
for the value of the silo.-M Y Tunes.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-01-12
MEDICAL STUDENTS. 7
One of the Fraternity Tells ADoo'
Qualities of Good Doctor

m. of the Fraternity Tells Abcus tn'
Qualities of Good Doctor
..Medical education at present Is In
state of transition" said tab, blonoe
vopno man who stood near the hush
Medical College with a book on materia
medica under his arm. The youth was
student at the college, and owing
to the fact that he would graduate early
the coming year had already assumed
the air of a medical man. 1t was evil
dent that he was in mood to morallze,
and by series of questions he was leu
to talk about his chosen calling.
There is no profession, =" he went on
mot even the profession OF arms, wnere
manly qualities are SO essential as IN
medicine. 1t is here that life and death
hang In the balance and human hands
adjust the weights. A doctor Is subject
to the greatest irregularities and must
have the self-possession and decision 10
act in emergencies. Like fireman, ne
is out at night in any kind Of weather.
He must have the brains Of a man, the
courage of a man and the strength OF
man. He must also have natural talent
that is complemented by good educa-
ton, and he must at least attend col
lege four years before he Is capable OF
practicing medicine intelligently. Inc
State law which goes into effect next
year will have the effect to raise the
profession, at least in the State OF ILL
nois, for it fixes the college course at
four years. There is mistaken idea
that collegiate course of two years
means two full years of study. This is
wrong, for the years are simply course
of lectures which last about five
months. Perhaps 1 am telling secret
when l say that medical diploma Is
within the reach of any man who can
scrape up a small amount of money. OF
course this Is wrong, but 1t Is apositive
truth.
"And you want to know something
of the habits of students, do you? Well,
Chicago has about one thousand stu
dents, and most of these come from the
country. New men are inclined to talk
very learnedly of medicine, but as the
end of the college course draws near
this inclination disappears. On the
Students first introduction to the dis
secting-room he Is generally stimulated
for the occasion by some alcoholic
preparation so that he may habituate
himself to the overpowering stencil.
With trembling limbs, but wearing a
look of haggard bravery, he approaches
the corpse for the first time, fully con-
WINGED that medicine is not his forte.
His assumed air of Indifference is easily
penetrated by his older companions,
who wink at each other and slyly slip
pieces of amputated human anatomy
into his pockets. The corpse which he
has Gissected follows him home, as a
rule, and gets into bed with him to sit
down upon his chest as soon as he drops
asleep"
At this point in his conversation the
young man seemed suddenly to recOl-
lect that he was telling too much about
the secrets of a medical students life.
He looked suspiciously around him, and
buttoning up his long overcoat in a pro-
fessional way, soon vanished within the
college DOORS Chicago NeUs.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-01-12
How Letters Are Disinfected. :

Letters from stricken sections are
fumigated in a novel way, so that
there is little or no chance for the dis
ease being brought Northward. The
letters are stopped when they reach
the quarantine lines. Each letter is
put under a machine with a long arm
attached, and this is provided with lit
tie teeth punctured at the ends. A
powder that is used for fumigating
purposes is forced through the arm
and down through the teeth. The
arm comes down on each letter, and
while the little teeth are perforating
the letter, the powder is blown in be-
tween the sheets, disinfecting the let
ter thoroughly. Then it is forwarded
to the person to whom it is addressed.
Some complaint has been heard of
damage to letters, but SO long as they
remain legible a little Disagreement
should be welcomed as a proof of
protection. -Amersca9 analyst.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-01-12
Children as Suicides.

Eight years ago an English writer
on suicide announced to the startled
world that of the 10000 Europeans
who annually took their own lives g.
900 were children. The youngest case
then recorded was that of boy of
nine, who drowned himself for grief at
the loss of his pet canary. Since 1880
we nave beaten the record many times.
The number of suicides has increased
enormously, and America alone can
point to more than one baby of seven
who has wearied of his hardly tasted
existence. From twelve to sixteen,
however, appears to be the age at
which children are most prone to self
destruction, and if we examine a few
of the instances so persistently brought
before the public we shall see but too
plainly how links are wrought in the
sad continuity of crime. just as one
daring robbery or brutal murder
gives birth to dragon-brood of sins,
so each miserable piece of childish
folly leaves behind it the germ of an
other tragic development - Catholic
World.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-01-12

The only place in which amber is
found in paying quantities is said to ex-
list in the Baltic Sea- Formerly the
supply depended upon the storms,
which tore up the amber lying at the
bottom of the sea and threw 1t on shore;
but for twenty-five years past various
appliances have been used for obtaining
it cheaply and quickly. The most
profitable strata have been found in the
vicinity of Memel, and there are twenty
large dredging boats constantly at work
day and night for eight months of the
year. Further to the west the amber
is obtained by divers.