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Telegram-herald., 1890-08-24

THE B0GCs CoUsr AID FAKE COUNTRY GIRL
OF sudden the bowling success OF q
London season. This Is the way the
Duchess" hxss 10 mp and where IS
there a country girl who hasn't read
the Duchess
This imitation nobieman at Newport
understands all this and takes advant-
age Of 10. He has made golden prom
ises TO more than one silly girl, who
probably is dreaming yet that he will
return to keep them Some OF the Nsw
York girls discovered his little game,
aud one of them rather more saucy than
the others, determined TO have some
fun So she got herself up for the
part. took basket on her arm aud man
aged 10 meat ths young man during
one of his country rembles. Her affec-
tations of shy modesty almost caused
the girls who were hidden behind the
trsss Watching 90 have spasms. They
managed 20 control themselves, how
ever, while His Highness told the vouns
lady how beautifGl she was and how
she deserved bst.er fate than to milk
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-24
4 Young Commanaer-in-chlef.

Among other business transacted by
the national convention Of the regular
army and navy union recently held IL
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-24
SCHOOL BUDGET.
oFFICf of TsF B0AKn go klfgAuos oFl
4af tiF1 90 usaNp hAfitres
f.-l-T I-rt

Notice is HEREBY given tnat taf euart et Ia
uc.tl1l 90 tnC CTS ef araf1 Nanlas hns l4a4t
lhr ioli0Nlf.r eslimAleeu 81 llsa aineuAi ai tsAce
Ge med necessary Tor The ensuing Atar iar -l-
Ear. loses % expenditure Hlt1l- rae power oi
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-24
FROM CARRIES PEN.
Ez-Sscretary HEisusys Wife Hzs
TAX With Wor1h-

Th@ D~@s eiEis Ls@e- VIA Elssi.s
H4lF-A CsHn- 81 - Aesaaat M-ets
HLs E4Eaa- saa Ss.s f.r ghs
F4seRlsa G8gL
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-24

LEWIS, ETaEL AID HlIH-
son has n any things 70 be rz0ud o., the
eonkdence Of his constituents, the ac-
ceptability Of ais VIII aud his standing
es a lawyer. bat above al these he
planes himself on being the father oI
seven bright and handsome children
who grade down as 10 size IN regular
perspective.
The eldest is Lewis. a hearty boy OF
i6, Just ROW in a well known Washing
ton military academy. The next l.
Ethel, 2 girl cf IA SUMMERS. by her
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-24
TO
CHI0AG0l
TEE
POPULAR ROUTE.
The Magniscvnl New Fast
-. -. CITY OF RACINE
Aud the Popular
g. - MIN feksEN NV.eT~


-. *. MEN &ONEs%TcE
VIII leave GraLd Haven fcr Chirag1. GsiiY eK-
celt -afltdsy. Al h. a.. on aIrlfG. ~ tEe De-
ffOif. gfald Haven a MllAalkre Railway
train from Detroit tsrsnd Rapids rte.
CITY or kAClAL-suuday. Tuesday aid
Thu sGay.
MEN0MlNEE- Monday. "Wednesday ana
EiidEs
Returning. VIII leave Chicago every evening
except SUNDAY at O'Clock. arriy.as 81 Grand
Haven next u.tr4lng in tire Tor early irala
last.
FARG-Grand Rap'dsto Cicago. 03y $500
$3.50 Cor RouRl iGip Stale Room Sef.a iaCPd.
Through lct,ets c.,L De- sad a tue lity oince
and drpot of Tie u. q. Ii. s. "a. Railway. Grand
Rapids; also at az stations on tine D.. G. Il. z
=. R'y. D.. J.. 4 =. H. H.. g. r. s. + d, i. and
L. =. !. 81. liy. JOIN SiN6LEiOA,
Gen. Pass gt. Goodrich Trans. Co.. Ihicaso
In Eject Apfii 4. $50
GOODRICH TRANSFORMATIONS co.
eSS-tf Chicago.
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-24
DULUTH, SOUTH SHORE { ITLlETIs

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uretxT wtestR BUFfET sLEEPERs
Tks D-agih .soBtF Shorss 4 t'isnir ~. IS fis
sayr Linz fr0u lowsr krfesr r. MAJ
uus.ss. Hoagiion, tegssuss s. Psg. ka-
nessol s. Dalsfs. Por,lsra, seattle, Is1ors,
sss fas Great Northwest
Ter Vars Loves Rates ets 81 - rsarss.
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FsN BhAki Sal JaeE eeH. Nleh.
f.efIrf Faes A9eHt
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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
OF GENERAL INTEREST.


Verdict of coroner's jury in Della
ware County, n. Y: THE jury finds
that diseased came to his Death through
the infuance Of Liquor and carlessness
on his part and while ling on West
bounded track. and killed by train No.
generating the Company from blame"
The French Academy of Science has
discovered, by experiment that each
human body is in itself an electric bat
terv, one electrode being represented by
the head and the other by the feet.
Therefore it is the proper thing to sleep
with ones head to the north and feet to
the south.
A wealthy farmer of Palestine, Ohio,
was arraigned before United States
Commissioners Hagerty, at Columbus re-
Gently, charged with opening letter
addressed to his daughter. ltseems that
the old gentleman discovered that his
daughter was corresponding with
Young man against his wishes, and he
resorted to this means of putting an end
TO it. He was required to give bond in
$500.
An Englishman who came to this
country thirty years ago, leaving a wife
at home, to whom he soon after ceased
writing. was amazed recently at his
boarding house in Cohoes, n. Y. by
coming face to face with her. They
eyed each other for moment and then
embraced. She had been searching for
wears for him, going from town to town
all over the country. he IS weaver,
and went to Cohoes from Philadelphia.
At the Paris Exposition Florentine
triar showed a watch only quarter of an
inch in diameter. 1t has not only the
two regular hands, but a third which
marks the seconds, and microscopic
lial which indicates the days, weeks,
months and wears. 1t also contains an
alarm, and on its front lid or cover an
tngeniously cut figure of Saint Francis.
On the back cover, by aid of powerful
ylass, you can distinctly see and read
two verses of the ''Te Deum."
There is something curious about
the American silver dollar and half-dol-
lar of 1904, :" says numismatist. There
were about 20, 900 of the dollars coined,
but not one of them got into circulation.
Two of them are in coin collections to-
iav, however, and they are the most val
pable of all American coins. Why the
dollar of 1904 was never in circulation
after leaving the mint is one of the I'M
solved ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The half
dollar of 1904 is surrounded by mys-
terry equally profound. There were
100000 Of these coined, but not one was
ever known to be in circulation"
Among the countries in which re-
strictions are placed on the press is
France. The Home Ministers there may
prohibit a single number of newspa-
per. The whole Council of Ministers,
duly convened, may prohibit the circu-
Iation of a foreign newspaper absolute
ly. In Spain and Portugal, in Germany
md other countries somewhat severe
press laws have prevailed, a system of
censorship being carried out. In Russia
considerable restrictions are placed on
the press. According to a recent return
only 1O7 foreign political journals were
at the time of the return allowed to Cir
rT1ate in the country
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
a War Relic.

General II. Y. Boynton has a section
of tree standing Gp ir 2 corner OF his
office in Washington. 1t is about eight
feet in length and about ten inches in
diameter. None of his lares and pen
ates are considered so valuable as this
trunk of a tree. The General
brought it from the battle field OF
Chickamauga 1t was in the line OF
march, on the very hillside over which
the brigade of the Army of the Cumber-
land in which General Boynton served
charged upon the columns of General
Bragg. This tree-trunk, although only
eight feet in length, contains seventeen
grape shots, and the iron hail IS deeply
Embedded in the bark. 1t shows quite
plainly how hell-like was the ground
over which the brave boys in Boynton's
brigade charged upon the enemy. How
we ever got through there without all
being killed is a mystery to me-" says
General Boynton. Those iron balls
thinned our ranks rapidly, but, some
how. we got between the shot, some OF
us. and carried things before us with
hurrah By the way, even to some old
soldiers who have seen hard service, IL
is to-day a source of wonderment that
any body of men could be found to
cheer and hurrah at such time; but
they did"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
At the Bargain Counter.

With here and there bright excep-
ton, intense selfishness and utter dis
regard of others appears to be the rule.
In the eagerness to get the first pick OF
the bargains, buyers forget the rights
and have no respect for the weakness of
others. have observed that the woman
wearing the sealsk1n sack and the dia-
mond earrings too often pushes in
ahead of the pale working-woman with
the gingham dress and the plaid shawl.
The bargain would perhaps be god
send to her, while the former could well
afford to pay the usual price of the ar
ticle, but there is no human appetite
much stronger than the appetite for
bargains, and it seems often to take the
form of an uncomfortable mania. No
where else is there wider field for the
observance of the golden rule than in
the great retail Observation-Disclosures
: ger
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
a MEAN HUSBAND.
How He Made His Bright Wife Feel De-
cidedIy Small and Cheap.

How He Made His Bright Wife Feel De-
cidedIy Small and Cheap.
His wife had just made remark, in
the wit of which she experienced feel
ing of pride. The husband was the butt
of the wit, and be became angry.
l mention this because cases OF hus-
band becoming angry are extremely
rare, and new instances should always
be recorded with scrupulous care.
The husband smiled-with pain. The
wife saw the pain in the smile, and
hailed a writhing victim. She therefore
turned to Mr.. r. w. Smith, who was
guest at the time, and made another re-
aection on her husband.
She believed that having made two OF
these remarks, it was close call II she
were not gifted in epigram. A thought
of Madame de Maintenon crossed her
mind and made her giddy.
''You are very funny" saidth with
ing husband.
The wife tossed her head and pleaded
guilty, with pleased look at the I'M
comfortable guest who was hugely en-
loving the whole affair, but who, in
afterward telling of the scene, said that
such things make a person feel very Ill
at ease.
s'Yes, you are very witty" said the
husband; IF could write down all you
say it would be worth two million dol
lars-to write it down"
Here the guest who has the height OF
good breeding, tactfully interrupted, by
stating that he would take some more
SOUP. '-Williston Fish. in Puck.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
BURMESE Oil WELLS.
An Interesting Description of the Way IL
Which They Are Dug.

Which They Are Dug.
The native method of digging oil wells
in Burmah is described in very inter
esting manner by DR.. Nothing of the
Indian Geological Survey. In the first
place, a square shaft is dug, the sides
measuring about four feet each. Over
this pit is placed cross-beam, supported
on stanchions at either side, and in the
center of the beam a small wooden drum,
or cylinder, which with it's axis is made
Of single piece of wood. A leather
rope running over this drum, is used to
lower the workmen into the pit, as well
as the earthenware pot in which the oil
is brought up. The walls of the shaft
are lined with wood, and timber is used
to support them. The workmen are
lowered in an ingenious manner The
man sits on two sings formed of strong
rope running between his legs and knot
ted over his left shoulder. To prevent
sliding, thin rope runs down from the
knot, across the breast, underneath the
right shoulder to the back, where it is
fastened to the rope forming the sings.
A second rope for the same purpose is
fastened around the hips No light can
be taken down the shaft on account of
the explosive gas; the workman, there
fore, ties up his eyes before going down,
so that he may see during the short time
he is in the well. Two hundred and
ninety seconds is the longest time any
man, however strong, can remain below
without becoming unconscious. The
workers object to descending more than
two hundred and fifty feet, and the limit
is three hundred and ten feet. The
manner of drawing up the oil is also
primitive. The rope is fastened around
the neck of ball-shaped earthenware
pot, which is lowered and filled by sink
ing in the oil below. The oil is poured out
into larger pot when raised, and twelve
of the latter are packed on cart.-Dem-
orest's Monthly.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
a FEW COMPARISONS.
Geographical Facts Based Upon the Most
Reliable Measurements.

Geographical Facts Based Upon the Most
Reliable Measurements.
When we learn from astronomers that
the sun is twice as large in circumfer-
ence as the circle made by the moon
in passing around the earth, we are
inclined to draw long breath; yet we
have on dry land" and by actual
measurement, some comparisons of
sizes which are, to say the least, quite
interesting.
Asia is more than four times as large
as Europe, and considerably larger than
North and South America together. The
United States and Europe are almost
equal in area; British India is more
than half as large as the United States,
and Canada is nearly equal in area, in
Guiding Alaska. Ireland and Indiana
are about the same size. England and
Michigan are about the same size. You
could take enough land from Texas to
make England, Ireland, Scotland, Bel
GUM, the Netherlands, Switzerland
and Denmark, and still have enough
left to make Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire,
NCL4AOlls IfEAhh art ANCH OCASOIs -heeh y
land and Indiana. California is the
second largest State. Nebraska is more
than twice the size of Indiana. The
Island of Cuba and the State of Tennes-
see are equal in area. Brazil is nearly
as large as the United States, but the
population of the latter is seven
times that of the former. If all
the people of the United States and
Canada were placed in the State of
Texas, the number of persons to the
square mile would be fewer than at
present in China. Colorado is as LARGE
as New York, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey together. 1t would take ten
States as large as Massachusetts to make
a State as large as Kansas. There are
twenty-seven States or Territories each
larger than New York. Oregon is equal
in area to New York and Pennsyl-
vania Massachusetts is smaller than
either New Hampshire or Vermont.
Minnesota is twice the size of Ohio. The
three States bordering on the Pacific
are larger than the thirteen States bOr-
dering on the Atlantic. Montana is
thirty times larger than Connecticut
Iowa is five times as large as Belgium,
and four times as large as Denmark.
Maryland and Switzerland are about the
same size. London is as large as New
York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, Bal timore and Cincinnati together.
There are twice as many people to the
square mile in England as in Rhode
Island, the most densely populated State
in The Union. Japan is equal in area to
Montana, and supports more than half
as many people as there are now in the
whole Of the United States Ireland
had double the population in 1871 that
she has at present. Help and Home
Study
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
A BRAKEMAN'S STORY.
A Life and Death Struggle on the Top OF
Freight Car.

Freight Car.
81 remember" said the freight brake
man, ''of an adventure | once had which
came near being my last. We were over
run with tramps during the summer
and had to use pretty severe means
sometimes in order to get rid of them.
Two big stout fellows whom | found i'll
an empty box-car next to the engine re-
fused to move until, by having hot
steam turned upon them by hose from
the engine, they were forced to vacate.
They made threats of getting even with
me, but | thought no more of it.
Zone cold, rainy night in the follow
ing autumn the train stopped at a way
side tank for water Going back over
the train releasing brakes l came across
a man seated upon car directly over a
creek which, swollen by the rains, had
become a rushing torrent. / told him tc
get off the train. The sound of my voice
had a singular effect upon him, for he
sprang to his feet and grasping me by
the throat exclaimed:
"'Now I've got you. You don't remenr
Der me, do you, sonny? Well, haven't
forgotten yoU, nor the time you drove me
from the car with hot steam. That creek
down below is just the place for you,
and in you 60
The top of freight car, made Slip
perry by rain, is not the best place for a
life-and-death struggle, and as he was a
heavy man and held my throat with a
grip that prevented cutlery, my chance
OF escape seemed slim.
Il made the best effort possible to es-
cape, but each move brought me nearer
the edge of the roof until it needed but
slight effort to send me whirling into
the stream below.
Seeing this he braced himself for a
final effort Events, however, were in
my favor The car, instead of being OF
the modern pattern, was fitted with lad
ders running up the sides near the cen
ter, and | grasped the top rail just in
time. For, as l did so, the train started
with jerk.
Losing his balance, my would-be as
sassin plunged forward, and releasing
his grip upon my throat, fell with
splash into the stream below. 1t was
some time before | could regain strength
enough to go forward to the engine. BY
that time the train was miles away, and
the fate of my would-be murderer was
never learned. Santa Claus.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
SERFDOM STILL EXISTS.
A District in Russia Where Slavery Com
tinues to Flourish.


tnues to Flourish.
Hitherto the impression has prevailed
in Russia, as elsewhere in Europe, that
serfdom was abolished once and for all
time in 1861 by the late Emperor. This
is, however, far from being the case,
and it appears from the Russian news
papers that serfdom in all its pristine
form flourishes on the northern shores
of the Caspian Sea. Indeed, the official
gazette of the Transcaucasus Govern
ment announces that several great land
owners on the steppes have been exiled
toSiberia for perpetratIng barbarous and
revolving cruelties on their serfs.
On inquiry it is found that when
Alexander II issued the ukase abolish
ing serfdom in 1861 he for some reason
or other excluded the Kalmuck serfs OF
the ''Aimans," as the landed estates are
called on the steppes, from deriving any
benefit under said ukase. Simultaneous
with the discovery of this considerable
remnant of the horrible slavery known
as Russian serfdom is the appearance of
numerous letters in the leading papers
of st. Petersburg, Moscow and Kieff on
the question as to whether or not the
use of the knout should be restored for
the punishment of the peasantry. Cen
eral opinion is, sad to relate, in favor OF
its being brought into fashion again.
The Grashdanin, which is edited by
the well-known clubman and society
leader, Prince Metcherwski, and which
is regarded as the official organ of M.
PobiedOnotsoff, the Procurator of the
Holy Synod, openly advocates the knout
as a means of civilizing the ignorant
and degraded peasantry. 1t is well
known that the late Count TOlstoi, the
Minister of the Interior, was in favor
of that terrible instrument of torture,
which he regarded as the basis and cor
ner-stone, if one can call it so, of the
Russian governmental and social sys'
tenn Both he and most of the upper
classes at st. Petersburg claim that the
knout is far more merciful and just
means of punishment than fines or i'm
prisonment, for in both of the latter
cases the family of the offender suffers;
whereas, if the culprit is well tlogged,
he alone is visited with the reward OF
his wrong-dOings. Cor. n. Y. Tribune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
A SINGULAR CRAZE.
Thousands of Dollars the Price Paid for
Dutch Bulbs.

Dutch Bulbs.
Tulips were introduced into Western
Europe about the middle of the six
teenth century, and about fifty years
later Holland and the Dutch became
tulip mad. The beauty of the new bid
for popular favor was regarded as daz-
zling, and no price was high enough to
be prohibitory. All business was neg
lected by the bulb hunters. Long jour
neys were taken in the hope of finding
a tulip, and when found it was regarded
as a pearl of great price, and purchased
at no matter what sacrifice. One man
decided his farm and house with all his
stock and furniture for a bulb whose
actual value was scarcely a dollar, but
which he resold for over 100, 900
francs. Never were corner lots in
booming cities in greater demand.
Tulips were sold on time payments and
equities were bartered freely. Prices
had no limit, and those who had choice
specimens were regarded with general
envy.
At last bulbs were sold by weight and
so great was the price that the unit OF
weight was the pert, or less than
grain. Scales were tested to the great
est nicely, and if it had been matter
of life or death weights could not have
been more carefully ascertained. The
frenzy continued and many complica-
lions resulted. A sailor who had just
left his ship and had never seen a tulip
bulb, mistook one for an onion and cut
it up. A botanist was guilty of sim
liar crime, to the horror of a man who
had tulipomania very badly. Another
man was arrested for stealing bulb
which he declared he mistook for a
worthless onion, and was sentenced to
a long term of Imprisonment. The
madness wore itself out, and was fol-
lowed by a financial panic, during
which the prices of tulips fell to some
thing very near zero. 1t is estimated
that at least thousand families were
completely ruined by the craze.-St.
Louis Globe~Democrat
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
TRluMPHs OF INVENTION.
They Are Due to Hard Work Stimulated By
a Desire For Wealth.

They Are Due to Hard Work Stimulated Nv
Desire For Wealth.
The traditions of great discoveries
that have come by chance are, for the
most part, myths. True, lucky accident
may occasionally give a hint to an in
ventive mind that will help towards
long-contemplated contamination. but
such an occurrence is only a link in a
chain of circumstances all tending to
common end. Sir Isaac Newton gotsuch
a hint in his philosophical researches.
when, on a certain occasion, he noted
the falling of an apple. He had seen
many apples fall before that time, no
doubt, and no day of his previous life
could have passed without presenting to
his sight similar occurrences. having the
same relation to the object of his study.
But that particular apple happened to
fall and be noticed by him just when
his study of the greatest of all philo-
sophical problems had reached the right
point to make the object lesson valua-
BILE. Tradition gives another alleged
accident, the familiar story of the ket-
tie, as the turning point in the discov-
cry or invention of the steam engine,
but he who studies the life and works
of James Watt will find that there was
nothing accidental in the kettle acct
dent. 1t was but link in the long
chain, all of whose links he wrought bv
patient toll.
All the great triumphs of invention
that are now employed as factors in
human progress have reached their pres-
ent development by successive steps.
The telegraph of Edison's time, although
like that of Morse in its general features,
is very unlike that in detail, and in the
manner Of operating it. A single inven-
ton of Edison, not by any means an ac-
cident, quadrupled the capacity of all
the wires strung, or thereafter to be
strung. The engines that drive great
ships across the Atlantic in less than six
days are the result of the work of sue
cessive generations of brainy men. Mill
lions have been lost in experiments,
change has followed Change, one i'm
provement has succeeded another, until
the marine engine of our time bears
little resemblance to that of thirty years
ago. Go into the pressroom of a great
newspaper, and see the printing ma
chimes at work, and you see the results
of hundreds of inventions, the progress
of generations. Accident had nothing to
do with it. All has come from work,
work of the best brains, stimulated by
the desire to get fame and fortune
Inventive Age.