davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Huntsville gazette., 1890-05-03

Wigwam Slippers and Base Ball
Shoes.
F. T.. ERERHARD & BRO.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

Every day We see playing around the
ship and skimming up and down the
wave hollows companies of lovely little
terms and sea swallows, the latter no
larger than thrushes. These fearless
people Of the air have not by any means
followed us from the land, living, as
gullS often will, on the waste thrown
from the vessel. They are vague and
casual roamers of the ocean. who, spy
ing the great steamship from afar, have
sailed close up to see if we are a rock
or an island, and will then skim away
again on their own free and boundless
business.
Yonder tiny bird, with purple and
green plumage, his little breast and neck
laced with silver, is distant 1OO0 miles
at this moment from a drop Of fresh
water, and yet cares no more for that
fact than did the Irish squire who
lived twelve miles from a lemon" If
his wings ever grow weary it is but to
settle quietly on the bosom of a great
and roll him amid the kissing spindrift,
the milky, flying foam and the broken
sea lace, which forms and CLEANS and
disappears again upon the dark slopes
When he pleases stroke Of the small
red foot and a beat of the wonderful
wing launch him off from the Jagged
edge of his billow, and he fits past us at
100 knots an hour. laughing steam and
canvas to scOrn, and steering for some
nameless crag in Labrador or Fundy, or
bound, it may be, homeward for some
island or marsh Of the far away Irish
coast.
Marvelously expressive Of power as is
our untiring engine, which all day and
all night throbs and pants and pulses in
noisy rhythm under the deck, what
clumsy, imperfect affair it is compared
to the dainty plumes and delicate mus
Giles which will carry that pretty, fear
less sea swallow back to his roost.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

The next room to the throne room of
the Kremlin palace contains probably
the hnest collection Of jewels in tl,e
world, even more valuable than those of
the holy synod. but not so rare and curl
Gus. Here is an assemhlage of crowng
most OF them coming from the palaces
where the thrones were stolen. and some
time worn by royal heads. The crowns
OF Poland kazan, Georgia, Astrakhan.
Persia and others are more splendid, be-
ing covered with some Of the largest and
most precious stones ever known
crowns upon crowns, oceans of pearls.
rivers Of diamonds, as one writer has
expressed it. Beyond them are the an
Gent crowns of the ears, the double one
Tor Peter the Great aud his half witted
brother being the most curious. and it
sits before double throne, with place
behind the drapcry where their sister
SOPHIA used to sit and prompt them what
10 10 ana say on occasions Of ceremony.
The costliest crown in the entire col
lection was made by the order of Peter the
GREAT for the Swedish peasant girl who
became his wife and the Empress Cath
ERNIE l, the number of diamonds in
IL beng 1855, all of them large, flawless
stones of the first water, with the largest
and finest ruby in the world as a crest.
The crown of Ivan the Terrible has some
OF the rarest stones very large and pei
1ect turquoises and sapphires Of great
purity and value. In this room is
large caSket of solid gold, which contains
the code of the Car Alexis. w. E.
Curtis in Chicago News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
Inside of n Mhnle,s Mouth.

The great Greenland whale has no
teeth, its baleeE plates, or whalebone,
taking their place. Along the center of
the palate runs a strong ridge, and ON
each side of this there is wide deprcs-
sion, along which the plates are inserted.
These are long and fiat, hanging free,
and are placed transversely-that is,
across the mouth, with their sides parallel
and near each other The base and outer
edge of the plates are of solid whalebone,
but the inner edges are fringed, tillingup
the interior of the mouth and acting as a
strainer for the food, which consists of
the small swimming mOllusks and me-
dusB, or jelly fishes This whale rarely,
if ever, swallows anything larger than a
herring, shoals of these small creatures
being entangled in the tibers of the ba-
leen, the water which does not escape
from the mouth being expelled by the
blow holes. Though the cavity of this
whales mouth is large enough to contain
a ships long boat, the gullet is not larger
than mans fist. The lower Jaw has
neither baleen nor teeth, but has large,
1eshy lips, within which the upper is re-
ceived when the mouth is closed.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

The canal schooner II. G.. Ely, of
this city, George Moore, of Delaware,
master, has arrived with n cargo of
lumber from North Carolina. Mate
John Bennett reported that when in
Chesapeake bay, Off Point-no- Point.
on the afternoon Of March II, with a
light breeze from the westward, two
whales were seen first on the port
bow, distant about quarter of mile,
Iashng the water into foam. AS the
vessel drew nearer il was seen that
one was about thirty feet in length,
the other little larger, and that they
were engaged i'll deadly combat. The
whales would rush at each other,
sometimes striking with their huge,
square heads, but oftener lodging the
blows, and the smaller seemed to have
the best of it, They sounded often,
and as often as they came to the sur
face they threw the water fifteen or
twenty feet INTO the air from their
blow holes, When they came together
the blows sounded like the fall of a
pile driver, only not SO clear, and the
thrashing of their tails threw the
water half masthead high. The crew
OF the Ely watched the combat for
nearly half an hour, during which the
larger whale was steadily driven to-
ward the Shore PHILADELPHIA Times
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

Does going west work radical differ
enCe in man S character2 Hardly. We
are all cut out of the same piece of cloth.
The western man is the eastern or the
southern man let loose, with his leading
string cut. But the change of situation
creates immense diversity in interests
and in spirit. One has but to take up
any Of the great newspapers, say in St
Paul and Minneapolis, to be aware that
he is in another world of ideas, of news,
of interests. The topics that most inter
est the east he does not find there, nor
much of its news. Persons of whom he
reads daily in the east drop out Of sight,
and other persons, magnates in politics,
packing, railways, boom up.
1t takes columns to tell the daily his
tory Of places which have heretofore only
caught the attention of the eastern reader
for freaks of the thermometer, and he
has an opportunity to read daily pages
about Dakota, concerning which weekly
paragraph has formerly satisfied his Curl
ositv. Before he can be absorbed in these
lively and intelligent newspapers he must
change the whole current Of his thoughts
and take up other subjects, persons and
places than those that have occupied his
mind. He is in a new world. Charles
Dudley Warner in Harper's.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
CeuLenarians Rare.

1t is significant fact that twelve Of
the largest and oldest London life assur-
ance companies, which had, of course,
issued policies only to the most carefully
selected, could produce from, their lists
but single case Of centenarianism The
instances alleged Of persons reaching
their 120th, or even their 1lSth year, etc,
may be set down as without exception
not authentic. The three to five years
over a hundred, which science indicates
as the natural term Of human life, is
found to be the period beyondIwhich post
Centenarians, even under tue best condi-
tions of attendance, nursing, ETC., fail
to gO.-Boston Herald.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
WORKING woMENs ApPAREl
The Experience of Woman Who Has
Supported Herself for Years

The Experience of Woman Who Ha.
Supported Herself for Years,
IF you are working woman and
are ambitious to get on in whatever
you may be doing" said one of the
most clever and successful of thai
class, there is one thing which
you must do, and that is dress well
Simply from business point of view
you cannot afford to DO otherwise
ASIDE from the very direct and helnful
influence the consciousness Of beinq
well dressed has upon the mind of any
woman, the fact of her being so I'M
presses other persons in her favor.
Good clothes give her an air of pros
perlty that, IN working woman who
supplies her own needs, stands for
good pay, and good pay means cana.
bic work. More than that. the habit
OF wearing good clothes implies a rec
ognltlon on the part of the wearer of
her own dignity and worth. which
others are very quick to see and ac
knowledge Ii ought not to be true
perhaps, but 1t Is true, that there is a
quick instinct of consideration in the
minds of most men-and business life
brings most working women chiefly
INTO contact with men-toward a well
dressed woman that does not manifest
itself toward an addressed dowdv
looking creature. and so the GOOD
clothes give her a pleasanter atmos-
phere and easier conditions in which
TO do her work
And as for the money side of the
question, firmly believe that my per
Slstence in dressing well, even when |
was desperately poor, has been worth
at least $500 year TO me- Let me tell
you how found that out. | am not
by nature careful about these matters
but on that bitter day when | made
my first venture out into the world
IN search Of bread and butter some
worldly wise instinct led me to put on
the best gown | had | went to an
editor to ask for work as a fashion
writer for his weekly edition. Ashabbv
woman sat talking with him. lie of
fered her SIS a week to do half the
fashion work. She took his offer and
left. Then he turned to me.
" i want to do the other half of that
fashion work, | said.
We talked few minutes about it
and then he said: I'll pay you what |
do the other woman, SIS week.
1 can't do it for that, answered
1 couldn't live on SIS a week.
He looked me over critically from
the top of my best hat down to my
best French kid boots.
No, he said slowly, after a bit.
you look different, somehow, and ri
give you $50 a week.
That was my first experience in the
benefit Of being well dressed, and each
succeeding year has only added to it. -
New York Evening Sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
Value of Hand Reading.

l am acquainted with a sculptor who
declined an important commission for a
statue solely because he did not trust the
hand of the man who gave the order
At the time the artist was considered
little less than crank. But his hand
Judgment turned out to be correct after
all, for another sculptor, having under
taken the statue, had to carry his case
into the courts in order to get payment.
One of these hand readers fell in love
with a young and beautiful girl. He be-
came betrothed to her, although there
were some peculiar characteristics in the
shape and touch of her fingers that he
disliked. The matter weighed ON his
mind. He was a queer sort of fellow and
plain spoken. my DEAR" he said to her
one day, ''you are very lovely, estima-
Bile girl, and hold you in the highest
affection. But the more | study your
hand the less like it. am afraid we
cannot be happy together. Let US break
the engagement. They did. She mar
ried another man and eloped with a third
in less than four years.-Ralph Edmunds
in Kate Fields Washington.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

A very impartial review of the inf1u-
ence of the climate of Colorado on the
health of cOnsumptives sent there from
other states has appeared, the statements
made being based on an analysis of a
hundred recorded cases in which the pa
tient has been under observation long
enough for the effects of his sojourn to
be determined. Fifty per cent. of all the
cases received SO much benefit that they
were able to pursue their occupations
without serious Inconvenience. Seven
teen per cent. We're somewhat improved
but had always to use certain precautions
and to limit their exertions Many of
these returned to their homes. Seven
per cent. of all these cases became worse,
largely because of their own imprudence.
Twenty-six of all the cases died. Thus
two out of three received benefit from
their residence in Colorado Nearly all
of those who were entered as worse"
and nine out of the twenty-six who died,
were doing well until some imprudence
caused permanent relapse. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
Congressional Pages.

The boys who serve as pages in the
house and senate are a lucky lot.
There are 16 of them in the senate and
80 in the lower branch. Their ages
range from Q to Is years, and they get
So 50 per diem for their services,
which means about $500 year In adj
dition to this regular stipend they
pick up a good many odd dollars in
the shape of gratuities from the sena-
tors and congressman whom they serve
with alacrity They all wear knicker-
bockers and are bright lads Senator
German, eX-Congressuan William L.
Scott and the late Richard H. Town
send all began their careers in Wash
ington as page boys, and there is
probably the making of numerous
congressman in the boys who are now
running errands for statesmen. -Bos-
ton Herald.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
Adams Daily Swim,

Old John Quincy Adams left definite
record here as swimmer, and was per-
haps the lastof our presidents who SWAN
in the Potomac river as he would have
done in the Charles river. l wonder
whether the people of Washington would
have any clear idea of John Quincy
Adams at the present time had it not
been for this Independent habit he had
of going back of the White House to the
river margin and taking his morning
swim.-W ashington Letter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
NANAiE.


'sThs word Of the wind to the sea-
You ould know her if you saw her
Once, forever after,
Know her by her eyes so true
And her merry laughter;
Know her by her rosy mouth.
Where the winds have kissed her,
Blowing from the scented south,
Nanaie, that's my sister.
In her hair of chestnut brown
Sunlight dies a-nesting;
In her eyes demure, cast down.
Cupid lies a-restiug
Have you seen her, do you s'posef
You could not have missed her;
Near her lips a dimple shows
Where Love, the rascal. kissed herl
White Iaurustine, perfect fiav'r,
Fragrant foam from out the sea,
Star white sweet that lives an hour
That the billow brings to me
She's like thee, oh, fair and sweet
Sun and winds have kissed her;
But daintier far. from brow 10 feet
Anemon8,-Iny sister,
Buffalo Courier
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

1T is very singular about my dog"
remarked a clerk in the electric light
works to a friend.
"What about your dog? l haven't
heard"
"Why, took him to the works with
me and he was galvanized so badly l
nearly lost him."
That's strange. remarked the friend,
II thought it was only watches that
were galvanized by electricity"
"Well, he was watch dog. Detroit
Free Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

Hamilton & Brannaman, the butchers,
purchased a steer a day or two ago of
Squire John Henry Blose, well known
resident of fremont. When the steer
was killed silver watch in good condi-
ton, was found in. the stomach. Two
years ago a laborer on the farm hung his
vest on rail fence. A silver watch was
IN the pocket, and both vest and watch
disappeared. 1t is believed the steer ate
the garment and contents The watch
is on exhibition at Tremont.-Cincinna
ENQUIRER,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

The relics Of a sea washed beach are a
strange study, Here you pick up bot
tle-there a can-here a basket there a
box-here an old hat or cap-there boot
or shoe-here a great spike-there bit
of rope-here a piece of cabin gliding
there a bit of stout planking. The sea
never rests. 1t brings in and it carries
out. The beach one day is shelving. The
next run Of the tide cuts it full Of runs
and ravines. One tide brings in a splin-
tered spar-the next carries it far out to
sea. Where there is great bed of oyster
and clam shells to prevent you bathing
today, there may be only smooth hard
packed sand tomorrow. Atlantic City
Letter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

First, the rawhide is cut in thin strips
as long as possible and half tanned with
the hair on. Then these strips are soaked
and stretched over a block. Then thev
are braided into rope, care being taken,
of course, to pull the strands as tight as
possible. When the RATA Qasso) is made
it should be buried for a week, ten DAYS
or even fortnight, in the sand. 1t takes
up moisture from the ground without
getting hard. Soaking it in water won't
do, nor will anything else that know of
except, as | say, burying it.
When the RATA is resurrected it should
again be left for time stretched over a
block, with a weight to hold it taut. Then
the hair should be sandpapered off the
outside, and when the RATA is creased
with mutton tallow and properly noosed
it is ready for use. Every vaquero that
pretends to take care of his apparatus
will bury his RATA and stretch it every
six or eight months.-San Francisco Ex-
amlner.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

Russell Sage says he keeps on at stock
dealing because he does not know what
else to do. He thinks New York supe-
rior to Paris. and says Broadway is good
enough for him, and adds: sd rather
stay at II Broadway and guess on the
prices of things than be anywhere else IA
the world. New York World,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
To Perrorate Earthenware.

A method which is said to be very
satisfactory is recommended by Profess
sor Stuart as follows: Instead Of a drill,
a soft copper rod or pipe is used in the
lathe, it being fed with mixture of pow
dered emery and linseed oil. The emery
is embedded in the copper by the fric-
ton, and cuts right through the hardest
material in a very short time.-Scientiiic
American.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
Food and Eating.

If the food taken by the average man
were of better quality, and eaten with
less haste, he would probably be strong
er than he is now. If the average wom-
an learns to cook better, the average
man of the next generation will be bet
ter physically and mentally than the av-
erage man Of today.-D. B. St. John
ROOsa
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
Wild Turkeys in Austria.

Wild turkeys have lately been accli-
matized in Austria, though such thing
has hitherto been considered almost i'm
possible From four hen turkeys and
three cocks, brought from the American
prairies, the colony has increased to
about $50 individuals Trav-
plpr
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
WHO settled Kentucky.

Col. T. w. BuIlitt, of Louisville, says
that it was not Daniel Boone who made
the pioneer settlement in Kentucky, but
an ancestor of his own named Walker
In proof of this assertion he shows a
Ratchet with which the said Mr.. Walker
blazed path through the trackless
woods in Chicago Herald.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
Effective Pulpit Work.

For effective pulpit work rested brain
is the best of all immediate preparations.
Had to choose between a manuscript
with weary head on my shoulders, and
and no manuscript. / would select the
head,-GeQrge Q, LMimer in The Writer,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
Tho Coming American Girl.

The prediction Is freely ventured that
as result Of the cosmopolitan mixing
Of races in his country the American
girl of the future will he a brown haired,
dark eyed creature. smaller as a type
than the girl Of today. but plumper and
less angular Halls Journal Of Health.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

A well known old Philadelphia gossip
was counting on her fingers the other
dav some of the fashionable people whose
marriages were the result of runaway
matches, and in not a single instance had
they turned out well, - Philadelphia
Times,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

The English army is in state of dis.
content because some London theatres
refuse to admit non-commissioned Off
GERS in uniform to those parts Of the house.
where full dress is required.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
To Be Avoided.

Like repulsive features, awkwardness
hurts a persons business. shun, first
the man Of slovenly person; second, the
totally unreliable man; third. the awk-
ward, bungling man.-Winters Hewitt
in Globe Democrat.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
Pure Water for Plants.

Persons whose plants nysteriously
sicken and die are warned by DR.. j. w.
L. Thudicun, in a communication to the
London Society Of Arts. that only pure
water must be used in watering them.
Impure water breeds a sort of fungus at
the roots, which soon destroys them
Chicago Times.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
Does Not Apply.

The law allowing three days grace on
note does not apply to musicians; they
must take up the notes at sight as they
come due, or the whole will 60 to pro
test.-Dansville Breeze.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

The latest English word in Paris is
''struggforlifer." meaning one who has
TO struggle to get living,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

By a system of dry cold storage straw
berries can be kept for several months
with unimpaired freshness and solidity
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-03-20

SEMI IN your orders for 6rst-cIsO
Job work u ll,is office.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-03-20
Weekly Excursions.

On and after Tuesday, February
25th, tho Union Pacific, 1.-THE Over
land Route" will run a furnished
Pullman Colonist Car from Portland
to St. Joseph, Mo, without change,
leaving Portland every Tuesday at
900 p. ~, arriving 1t St. Joseph the
following SATURDAY..
This car will be- fitted up with mat.
.resses, pillows, bedding, curtains and
toile, Appliances. leaving nothing to
he furnished BY the passengers, and
will be in charge VI y uniformed
porter.
B~r,hs car he secured at the very
low rate OF $500 for an upper o'
lower double berth from Portland to
St. Joseph.
Passengers holding tourist, first.
class or second. class tickets will bt
carried in this car.
For rates, through tickets, sleepe,
berths, or detailed information. apply
to the nearest Ticket Agent Union
Pacific system, ur
7. w. LEE,
General Passenger Agent,
m5dAw5w Portland, Or.