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The evening world., 1889-07-17
Doomed to w~etcheduc...

TTFUW NJ tHItuYU HoTdTH.I
II that two-headed girl who was born the
9th r dav in Upton County. Ind, lives the
allotted period of human existence she will
die an old mid. No man will he ~foolhardy
enough to undertake the responsibility of
paying her milliuer's bills.
The evening world., 1889-07-17
A Popular Artist.
tITOm I'UcL.

Miss Rose Madder-What2 Employed
D'Auber TO paint your portrait? Why, he's
n still life artist. He never made a decent
portrait in his lite
Miss Wor by Bluesprn-I know, hut he
paints dresses exuuisl ely!
The evening world., 1889-07-17
Too Much for One small hoy.

Chicago Girl-Come, Bobby. I want you to
go down to the shoemaker's and get my
shoes.
Bobby-All right: whit till I get Willie Sey-
mour to help me carry them homo.
The evening world., 1889-07-17
An Anchor TO Windward.

Agnes-What Is troubling you so, love?
George-I was thinking that II you de-
clined me when I proposed tonight, whether
l should acceptthat heiress who is 30 anxious
to marry me.
AGneS-Why, George, you know 1 love
Won.
The evening world., 1889-07-17
Wanted.

Mr.. Smith-Yes. Miss Lena. I saw a man
guilIotined in France.
Lena-Ah! how long did he hang before
his neck was broken?
The evening world., 1889-07-17

One year ago, before I left st. Louis, I was
fishing in the Missouri. Feeling a bite on
my line I drew the line up, and on the end of
it I found q cigar-box, water-soaked, and IN
it were two fish. This can be sworn to by
Mr.. Howard, 1889 preston place, ST. Louis.
CARL HEYNAN.
Care E. II. Homer, SS Wall street.
The evening world., 1889-07-17
This Fish Beat the Indians.

The following story is furnished by q
modest man who does not care to have his
name mentioned. The fact that human lives
were saved by a pet fish kept in q trough in
bis house, which stood on the river bank,
deserves men ion. One day he went up the
.ktream to fish. leaving his family alone.
Nothing out OF the ordinary run happened
until in the afternoon; when, upon, getting
h pi, CO If paper tied to its body. Hastily
Examining the missive he read this message:
1.-The house surrounded with Indians. Will
try and hold out until uelp comes.". Recog-
MIXING the handwriting of his daughter, the
the missive 10 the pet fish, which they then
released as u forlorn hope. but, Providence
directing, it had reached HIM. Suffice it tc
say that help was secured and the miscresnts
routed. My uncle never forgave himself for
forgetting i'll his excitement the pet fish.
whose dead body was afterwards found and
suitably inferred. E. II, n.
Pine Plains. n. Y.
Vr.s HgoLa Eyau Tfah rnnnxeh.
The evening world., 1889-07-17

Mr.. F~leischmann. who is building tho new
Park Theatre in Philadelphia. and Mr..
Kelly, manager Of the Grant OPERA House,
will "evoto their establishments TO the pro-
duction of comic opera next season. They
are led to this curse by the success which
comic operas In this city have met with.
The evening world., 1889-07-17

Manager Aronson has closed contracts with
III electric lighting company for the lates
and most improved system of incandescent
ligh' ing throughout the stage, stairrnsos and
buffet floor of tho Casino. The wiring is to
be completed. fixtures in place and everv-
thing re DIV for use on next Wednesday even
ing, July "a, the occasion of the seventy-ffth
representation of The Brlgnnds."
The evening world., 1889-07-17

she-And do you really, truly. love me,
George?
He-Of course. Why do you ask. dear2
why. you hnve seemed 80 Indifferent Of
late. We haven't had q quarrel for two
weeks"
The evening world., 1889-07-17

Miss Rose CoGhlan's company started for
San Francisco yos, erdRy, They open the sea-
son In - Jocelyn" Aug. 8, at the Baldwin
Theatre in that city.
The evening world., 1889-07-17

Mrs. Leslie Carter is diligently pursuing
her dramatic studies in this city. The date
of her debut has not yet been told.
The evening world., 1889-07-17

Mrs. Mary Brady, of Jersey City, has had
another overwhelming honor thrust upon
her. She has tho distinction of being the
first Jersey lady to be convicted as common
scold under the common law.
The evening world., 1889-07-17

JUS Make Even Fish Crooked.
While fishing in the Kills in July, 1888, I
felt q pull Mt my line and endeayored to draw
The evening world., 1889-07-17
LAW FOR TONGUE LASHINGS.
MRS. BRADY CONVICTED OF BEING A
COMMON SCOLD.

An Ancient statute Revived In n Jersey
Court-Whnt Residents ON Vas Horn
street Have Had 60 Endure-Hor IIus-
band Has survived Twenty-niue Years
of Married IIGc-The Ducking stool OuI
of Date.
The evening world., 1889-07-17
TALK OF THE G%REENROOM.
BITS OF GOSSIP PERTAINING TO THINGS
THEATRICAL.

DiGby Bell and his wife, Laura Joyoc-Bell.
will spend six weeks at Block Island, begin
ming from next Monday. He has as yet
made no engagement for next season.
The evening world., 1889-07-17

day. One at her very feet bore this inscrip
ton
The evening world., 1889-07-17
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.
INTERESTING INCIDENTS PICKED UP by
EVENING WORLD" REPORTERS.

The Bowery Must Lave Tempted a Pet Cat
Which Is Missing from Its IIOmc.
II OSr OR STRAVED, on Bowery, Maltese cat. A
~ liberal reward paid on return to la5i9 Bowery..
MT5. Griffith,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23
Evil Effects of Corse.s,

A Russian physician has renewed the
assault on corsets, and charges them
with causing weakness of tho lung and
muscular structures of the trunk. lax
abdominal walls and protuberent
bellies, local Inflammation of the liver
and growing OF that organ (discoV-
cred post mortem), gall stones, hillary
colo, wandering liver and displace-
ment of the kidneys, displacement and
flexions of the womb, curvature OF the
spine, dyspepsia, cramped lungs and
oxygen starvation. an8mia, albumin
uria weak eyes and intercosta
neuralgia, Tight-lacing evidently
cramps the vital organs. Interfere
with their normal functions and thus
brings about great variety of dis
orders, commonly known as female
complaints. But all the excessive tip
piers of alcohol don't die young, and
all the women who enjoy the dissipa<
ton OF tight corsets don't kill them
selves thereby. Most of them do man
age, however, to prolong rather g
miserable sort of existence, plague the
doctors and deplete the family purses.
Heath MonthlY.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23
A Boston Woman's Age.

There appears to have been no lack
of humorous incidents attending the
registration of the women voters here
in Boston. The latest story comes
from the headquarters of the regis
trars, and may be accepted as entirely
authentic. A large number of the
women seem to have been exceedingly
annoyed at being obliged to give their
age to the registrars. and in number
Of cases they forfeited their right to
vote rather than to state how old they
were. la one instance a spinster gave
her age as ''twenty-one plus" What
do you mean by 'twenty-one plusP'
inquired the registrar. II mean, sir,
that | am over twenty-one," was the
tart reply. I'VE can not allow any Of
that nonsense here" said the Official;
"you must give your exact age If Won
desire to be registered. This she
persistently declined to do, and con-
sequently her name is not on the yot-
ing list.-BoSton Herald.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23
Water-Proofing Wooden Goods.

What is asserted to be an effective
process for water-proofing wooden
goods has come into use among Ger
man manufacturers, the cloth in this
case gaining considerably in weight,
and, though perfectly waterproof, i'm
pedes neither air nor perspiration. A
solution is made of one hundred parts
of alum and the same of glue, five parts
OF tannin, and two parts of soluble
glass, by dissolving alum in moder-
ate quantity Of boiling water. The glue
is stepped in cold water until it has alb
sOrbed twice it's weight of water, and is
then dissolved by heat; the tannin and
soluble glass are weil-stirred into the
solution of glue, to which the alum
solution is then added, and the whole
stirred and allowed to cool. One kilo
OF the gelatinous mass is boiled for
three hours in fifteen litres of water,
fresh water being continually added to
compensate for evaporation. The bath
is now permitted to cool to eight deg.
Cent, and in this the material to be
rendered waterproof is kept for hall
an hour, then withdrawn, and the
moisture allowed to drip from it for
several hours. Finally the cloth is
stretched on frame, and dried at
temperature of fifty degrees, then cal
endered. N Y. Sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23
Manufacturing Jewels.

Some of the most singular processes
appear to be in vogue at Oberstein,
Germany, where the industry of manu-
featuring jewels is so largely carried
on. Chalcedony is the usual base of
false onyxes and agates, which arc
most frequently initiated, the stones in
this case being boiled in the coloring
matter and then subjected to intense
heat, the color permeating the whole
stone. One establishment possesses
the secret of converting crOcidolite into
eats eyes" Gypsum and hornblende
are also made into the same gems.
Ticons, which are cheap stones OF sill
icon and zirconia, have the color
washed out and are apparently dia-
monds until tested; thin slice Of dia-
mond is laid over topaz, so that the
whole appears to be one gem; emeralds
are easily initiated; many stones sold
as rubies are only red spinel, and much
of what is termed lapis lazuli is only
dyed Observation-Disclosures.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23
Or. HOLMES WEAKNESS.
The Autocrat's Vanity and InexplicaDie
Love of Notorietv.

The Autocrat's Vanity and IneNphcapAe
Love of Notorietv.
The popular superstition is that Bos-
ton worships DIR. Oliver Wendell
Holmes with passion that is little
short of idolatry. This notion, how
ever. is slight exaggeration OF the
fact. There is a considerable element
here which is not at all prepossessed
in his favor Representing this ell :
ment are very many intelligent people,
who think that the witty poet is alto
gether overrated. His digestion is all
gone. they say, and now he is reduced
to the necessity of living upon his repu-
tation.
This sounds very much like petty
jealousy. Nevertheless it is undenia-
bic that the doctors vanity is the weak
point. There is nothing he enjoys Sc
much as being advertised, although 6
person who has justly earned so varied
a celebrity might well dispense, one
would think, with vulgar notoriety.
Not long ago newspaper man asked
Mr.. James Russell Lowell for some
materials wherewith to construct a
sketch of the then British Minister'S
life and career. Mr.. Lowell politely
declined.
This happened, by the way, just be-
fore Mr. Lowell's celebrated interview
with Julian Hawthorne. The facts in
the latter case no fellow will ever be
able to accurately find out. Here in
Boston it was thought, and is still be-
lieved, that the interview in question
was pretty correctly reported. At the
same time, it is not for a moment to be
imagined that the ex-Minister to Great
Britain made all those scandalous re-
marks about the fat Prince of Wales,
and so forth, with any idea that they
we're to be published. The most dis
Greet of gentlemen, over his after-din-
ner port, is apt to relax his habitual
caution in speech, but every body has
always said that Julian Hawthorne
was goose. He is forever doing
something obsurd, and this was only
an instance in point.
To return. however, to the Autocrat
of the Breakfast Table.
About four years ago the Critic, in
New York, devoted an entire weekly
number of contributions, advertised
for in advance, eulOgizing DIR. Holmes
It was called the Holmes Number, >
and contained nothing but letters In
prose and poetry from all parts of the
country, with few editorials in like
strain. Now Dr. Holmes is an I'M
doubted genius. Of all her citizens
Boston takes most pride in him. He
stands unquestioned in the first rank
among the literary men of the age.
And yet he could swallow all this cloy-
ing fattery at one gratified gulp, anc
write an appreciative letter in reply.
1t would have made any body else sick.
Boston Letter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23
NEW DYNAMITE GUN.
An Invention Which Works Upon Wei
Known Principle.

An Invention Which Works Upon Well
known Principle.
A gun without barrel, which is to
be fired without powder or other ex-
plosive, and whose discharge is COM
paratively noiseless, is the curious in
vention of Walter T. Hicks, of Brook
Ign. The principal that this gun in
wolves is the same as that which
hurled the stone which killed Goliah.
The gun consists of two solid stee'
wheels placed concentrically side by
side, and made to revolve by means OF
Westinghouse engine. In the circum-
ference of each wheel are placed two
proiectiles at equal distances from
each other. On either side of this
double wheel is quadrant, which is
so arranged that the gunners may
by means of it give the desired dl
rection to the missiles. When all il
ready he pulls the lanyard,
and two shots on opposite sides
of the disk are discharged simultane-
ously. Then, if desired, the lanyard
on the opposite side may be pulled and
the other two shots released. 1t is i'm
possible to fire single shot at time.
Either two or four shots must be dis
charged at once. The shots may be
fired vertically, straight toward the
ground, or in any intermediate direc
ton. The apparatus is designed to be
placed upon a turntable, so that mis-
siles may be projected in any direction.
The especially ingenious part of the
invention is the continuance to release
the missile at exactly the proper time.
Thus, if 1t is to be projected horizon
tally, it must be released at the exact
fraction when the part of the wheel
where it is confined Is uppmost. AT
that instant it may be considered as
moving horizontally, and when it is
released it will not change its direc
ton. but will fly forward in a tangent
to the top of the wheel,
Mr.. Hicks calculates that gun with
wheels ten feet in diameter. revolving
1000 times per minute will throw
projectile with an initial velocity suffi-
Gent to send 1000 pounds five miles
If the wheels could be revolved in
practice 1000 times minute the mis-
sile would in fact start at the rate of
1900 feet per second. The velocity
impaired TO round shot by charges Of
powder vary from 1,400 to 1,750 feet
per second.
The projectiles to be used for ma
chine of the size described are to vary
in weight from 10 to 800 pounds.
They are to be dynamite cartridges
and must be designed especially for
the machine. 1t is said there will be
nc shock at the moment OF discharge
and that, therefore, dynamite may be
fired with safety.
1t is asserted that the Hicks centri-
fugal dynamite gun, as the new inven-
ton is termed, will throw four shots in
five minutes. 1t is Mr., Hicks inten-
ton. after little more preliminary
work, to exhibit his model before the
Ordinance Board of the National Gov
ernment-N. Y. Cor. st, Louis Repub-
lie.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23
COMMON POLlTENESS.
1t Costs Nothing, and Is Always Received
Gratefully by Every Body.


Gratefully by Every Body.
Common politeness is very simple,
very easy, very cheap. It costs moth
ing in effort; it is no tax upon either
the physical or mental powers; it is
always gratefully received by polite
people, and it gratifes giver as well as
receiver. 1t makes all within the
range of its influence happier and bet
ter, and it smooths many of the rough
er paths O. life.
Many Intelligent and well-bred peo-
pie are often uncivil for want of
thoughtfulness, and they sometimes
give good reason for offense, or for the
assumption that they are uncivil, when
they do not mean to be guilty of such
an offense Such persons are usually
understood and excused by their init
mate acquaintances; but it is mis-
fortune to yield to the habit of even
apparent rudeness. 1t often grieves
people whose respect is valuable, and
it never accompli6hes any good.
The gravest complaints about in
civility often come against those who
assume to be exemplars of society and
good manners, and they are only too
often lust. So common is it for lady
to refuse the acknowledgment of the
courtesy extended when a gentleman
gives his seat to lady in street car
that many gentlemen have abandoned
that particular act of civility, except
in cases where they know the lady,
and they certainly have great provoca-
ton.
1t is not at all rare to see ladies of
social distinction accept seat from
a gentleman without the semblance of
acknowledgement, and in all such
cases the gentleman must feel like re-
senting the objectionable rudeness,
for it is not simply a want of civilty, it
is the positive rudeness that can be as
ISOLATED only with vulgarity. No true
lady ever committed such breach OF
common politeness. and it is only just
to say that as rule, only those who
pose as ladies ever commit such fla
grant offenses against good breeding.
The true lady or gentleman never
forgats common politeness to all with
whom they come in contact, and the
surest sign of the social pretender is
displayed in public inciyility to others.
The genuine lady or gentleman is
always so well assured of her or his
position that they dignity it by courtesy
to others who merit it, regardless of
condition or circumstance, while the
upstart, uncertain of position, repeats
upon others the snubs he or she has
received in the effort to climb into
social recognition.
The true lady and gentleman are
ever polite and courteous to all when
those admirable qualities can be ex-
hibited, and when those attributes are
not exhibited on all proper occasions,
it is always safe to assume that vul-
garity is masquerading in the thin
guise of the gentleness that ever marks
the lady and the gentleman. -Phila-
delphia Times,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23

am sorry to say, leads me to believe
that the use of cosmetics Is alarmingly
on the increase. As some one has
said: at will soon become a national
eyesore. There was a time when a
woman applied her violet powder in
secret, and as to rouge it was relegat-
ed entirely to that one-half of the
world the other half is presumed to
know nothing of. IN. Y. Mail and Ex-
press
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23
THEIR FORTUNE.

He is but fisherman,
She an oyster seller;
I-well, I'll be il l can,
Their true fortune-teller.
He has lost his heart to her
Love has thrilled his being.
And for him her pulses stir,
That is easy seeing
He is jealous as the South,
Bound with Loves stern fetter;
She-well, watch her rosebud mouth
She is little better.
So they'll quarrel many time,
Quarrel till the morrow;
Then, like their own sunny cline,
Joy will follow sorrow.
Doubling, always loving still
They will pass together
To the shore where comes no i'll,
Strife or angry weather.
Simple tale you say this is,
Lacking point or glory;
True, but myriad tales like this
Make the wide worlds story.
--Casselrs Family Magazine
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23
Certainly the highest and dearest

Certainly the highest and dearest
concerns of temporal life are infinite
ly less valuable than those of an eter-
nal; and consequently ought, without
any demur at all, to be sacrificed to
them, whatsoever they come in COM
petition with them. South.
A habit of reading when good
books are provided will do more to pro-
tect children from wrong doing than
much advice and lecturing. No child
can take into his mind the beautiful
sentiments of Longfellow, or Whittier.
or Lowell, and make them his own.
without being better for it.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23
Marriage a Success.

"How do you do, dear Mrs. Jones?"
Mrs. Smith-Brown, if you please. 1
have been married twice since / saw
you, but l use my second last husbands
name as prefix.
A week later-''Dear Mrs. Smith
Brown"
Excuse me, Brownsville. l be-
lieve in progressive marriage. l will
send you cards to my wedding re-
union. Goodbye, dear. "-DetroH Free
Press
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23

1t is not slgu ..
Christian that he is constantly keeping
MS spiritual ear near his heart to hear
us beating. The best Christian life.l
ilke the best physical, does not think
much about itself Herein lies a verv
strong objection to the whole race Of
faith cures and its allies.
Out OF Chinese population of 500,
In Denver, Col, 175 are in school. and
doo OF them under decided religious in
nuence. In San Francisco there are
z4o members connected with the Chi
nese and japanese Church, SO having
oeen added during the pass year
christian Advocate, Nashville,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23
Severe on a Poor Man.

Woman Ito tramp)-Are you man
of family?
Tramp-Yes, I've got wife and
seven children, but | left them. Its
hard enough for me to get my own
livin'. let alone such family as that.
Woman-Well can't give you moth
in to eat nor drink, nor old clothes nor
shoes, nor nothin'; so be off with you.
Tramp (sadly turning to go)-You're
pretty hard on man, madam, who has
a wife and seven chi, dren.-M. Y San.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23

The true lady and gentleman are
polite and courteous to all when those
admirable qualities can be exhibited,
and when those attributes are not ex-
hibited on all proper occasions, it is
always safe to assume that vulgarity is
masquerading in the thin guise OF the
gentleness that ever marks the lady
and gentleman.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23
Wavs of Our Best People.

Barber Ito customer)-Oil, sir?
Customer (emphatically)-No!
Barber-You are right, sir. None of
our best people are using oil on their
hair nowadays.
TO next customer)-Oil, sirP
Customer-Why. yes, | guess so.
Proper thing isn't itP
Barber-Yes, sir All our best peo-
pie are using oil on their hair now.
adays.- Chicago Tribune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23

A single gold dollar can be made
into a sheet that will carpet two rooms
16I feet square. 1t requires 1,400
thicknesses of gold leaf to equal
sheet of thin paper, and 100000 to
form an inch.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23

"A fourteen-year-old miss of Holt
County, Neb., recently dug fifty bushels
of potatoes with fork, then harnessed
couple of cows and carted the tubers
to the house, where she slowed them in
The cellar, doing all the work herself.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23

it has been found in Norway that
banks of snow will stop cannon balls,
which penetrate only a little way when
the snow is properly prepared.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-13
A GLOOMY PROSPECT.

Boston Courier
When spring IL nearing.
And SKIES are clearing
Asa love ia iae heart OF youth and maid
A nest IS making,
And n0wers are waxing.
AID TIE hinfs return 20 the grove and
slide:
When the h7asks are aowisg.
And The grass Is growing,
Aa5 Eae warm winds blowing over green.
tng leas.
And the woods Generous
VITA the elne birds chorus.
And TIE bnts appear "a the cherry trees.
Then the housewife xausTers
heT Hsogzs sai busters
AID tics = sauei round her head aasl cha.
AID tAe husband hamhie.
We care uas gFHzaAie.
Nsl Knows sprSsg cleaning ssn sSzoS De-
gin
A. align; returning.
Fer 2uaet yDarnlEg.
he nss1s ais w1fe IA q tassered gown.
No sarpes waiting
Assd low &gx|AVAs1nG
His sozas- Yzsos Enaa, tE-ue4 upside 9own.