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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-12
THE BARRING OF THE DOOR,"
The Eastern Incident Which Furnished
the Theme of a Scottish Song

the Theme of Scottish Song.
1t is not generally known that the in
cident which forms the subject of the
droll Scottish song, 1.-The Barring of
the Door," which also occurs in the
Nights of Straparola, is of eastern
origin In an Arabian tale block
head having married his pretty cousin,
gave the customary feast to their re-
latlons and friends. When the festiyi-
ties were over he conducted his guests
to the door, and, from absence of
mind, neglected to shut it before re-
turning to his wife
Dear cousin, said his wife to him
when they were alone, ''go and shut
the street door" 1T would be strange,
indeed, " he replied, IF did such
thing. Am just made bridegroom,
clothed In silk, wearing shawl and
dagger set with diamonds. and am !
to go and shut the door2 Why, my
dear, you are crazy. Go and shut it
yourself. 'Oh, indeedl'' exclaimed
the wife; Am l young, robed in a
dress OF lace and precious stones, am
to go and shut the street door2 No, in
deedl 1t is you who have become
crazy, and not L Come, let US make
a bargain, she continued, land let
the first who speaks 90 and fasten the
door. Agreed" said the husband,
and Immediately he became mute, and
the wife, too, was SILENT while they
both sat down, dressed as they were in
their nuptial attire looking at each
other and seated on opposite sofas.
Thus they remained for two hours
Some thieves happened to pass by,
and, seeing the door open, entered and
laid hold of whatever came to their
hands. The silent couple heard foot
steps in the house, but opened not
their mouths. The thieves came into
room and saw them seated motionless
and apparently Indifferent to all that
might take place. They continued
their pillage, therefore, collecting to
gether every valuable, and even drag
ging away the carpet from beneath
them; they laid their hands on the
noodle and his wife, taking from theil
person every article of iewelry, while
they, in fear of losing the wager, said
not word.
Having thus cleared the house the
thieves departed quietly, but the pail
continued to sit, uttering not a sylla
BILE. Toward morning a police officer
came past on his tour of inspeetion.
and seeing the door open walked in
After searching all the rooms and find
ing no persons, he entered their apart
ment and inquired the meaning OF
what he saw Neither of them wouId
condescend to reply. The officer be
came angry and ordered their heads to
be cut of. The executioner's sword
was about to perform its office when
the wife cried out, Sir, he is my hus
band. Do not kill himl' ''Ohl OH
exclaimed the husband, overjoyed, and
clapping his hands, you have lost th'
wager; go and shut the door" HI
then explained the whole affair to the
police officer, who shrugged his shout
ders and went away.-St. Louis Re
public.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-12

Early in 1888 the Continental con
gress was discussing financial ques
tons. Alexander Hamilton proposed
to fund the public debt and issue Ger.
tlticates for officers pay which were
to bear interest. and in this position he
was supported by Madison. The OPP
ponents of a strongly centralized gov
eminent insisted that the whole mat
ter should be left to the states, even
the matter of officers pay. On March
III, 1883, an anonymous call appeared
In Washlngtons camp at Newburg,
on the Hudson, for meeting Of the
general and field officers of the army,
including one officer for each com
pany, to discuss the aspect of affairs.
The call was accompanied by an ap-
peal, written in violent language by
Capt. Armstrong, son of Gen. Arm
strong. In general order, issued on
March II, Washington denounced
this call as irregular and subversive of
discipline, and named a day subse-
quent to that mentioned in the call
for meeting in which to hear the re
port OF the committee sent to congress.
By personal appeals to each officer he
sought to calm their passions and pre-
vent hasty action. On the 18th the
meeting was held according to the
call, and Gen. Horatio Gates, who
was suspected of being in sympathy
with the authors of the appeal, was
made chairman to prevent his taking
any part in the discussion. A com
mittee was appointed to draw up reso
lutions, of which Gen. Knox, a close
friend of Washington, was made
chairman. These resolutions were
passed in spite of the opposition of
the authors of the meeting. Gen.
Washington in an address urged the
officers to place implicit confidence in
the wisdom and justice of congress-
Philadelphia Times.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-12

Clothes may not make the man, but
they have everything to do with his
general appearance Enter barber
shop any day when the chairs are full
scan the heads of the customers as they
lay back in the chairs, with the towel
and buster close up to their chins, form
your idea of the appearance of the man
when he shall have stepped out OH the
floor, and in nineteen cases out OF
twenty you will be surprised. In the
first place all idea of his size is hidden
under the buster. In recognizing a
friend you dc SO as much by his size
and manner as you do his features
You readily recognize an acquaintance
from a rear view as he walks on ahead
Of you. In the barber shop you will
see man with massive No. 8 head
and when he steps down you are as
much shocked to find that it is placed
on 5 foot 6 inch body as to learn thai
the boyish 81 head in the next chair is
on top of a 6 foot body. You will set
noble, high browed head that YOU
are sure must belong to some distin
guished lawyer, and you are knocked
out when policeman or the engineer
from next door in his blue flannel
shirt energies from under the covers
Another thing that amuses me is the
failure of friends to recognize eacl
other while in the barber chairs, and
that happens twenty times day, the
recognition only following when one
or the other comes off the chair. st
Louis Globe Democrat.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-12
San Marino.

There are in Europe several STATE.
not larger than ordinary townships =
England or America, yet permitted a
enjoy perfect independence OF the
powerful governments which surround
them. That which has least escanaJ
notice is the ancient republic of San
Marino SO called, as some saw afto.
an old monk who was its foundor
though. another account is thai th;s
honor is due to pious Mason of HI
malta in -the Fourth century. II is
craggy tract Of country in the hills
near Rimini, on the Adriatic. and in
Guides about 33 square miles, will,
population of about 5000 and an
army of 40 men, commanded by SOW.
eral generals, for it is said thai of
fees and titles and decorations are n
be had for suitable consideration in,
dependent of meritorious service
Though inclosed on all sides bv what
were the dominions of the pope. and
though it was severely menaced bv
Napoleon in his conquering career
yet he was induced TO respect its ven.
cradle autocracy, and SO have all the
powers into whose hands the SUR
rounding parts Of Italy have fallen
both before and since; SO that this H.
tie republic has continued Independent,
for at least fourteen centuries, a longer
period than any other government in
Europe can boast of.
Austria, Prussia and France have
each had l, 100 years of united indie.
pendence, England 800, and Russia
$50 years only. 1t has an unwritten
constitution, according to which the
'gislative power is vested in a council
60, elected by the people. Of these
20 are mobiles, 20 are townspeople and
20 are from the rural population. The
executive lies with two of the council
ors, who are chosen every six months
and act jointly as regents.
The Judicial power is exercised by
doctor of laws, who must be stranger
and cannot hold office longer than
three years. The village of /, 500 peo-
pie, which forms the capital of the re-
public, is situated high up on Mount
Titan. 1t has castle, which was for
titled by King Berenger, of Lombardy
and as It's principal object of interest
a splendid collection of medals num-
bering about 10000. The principal
inhabitants reside in a more sheltered
locality. The people generally are in
q very backward condition. They
have no printing press, but rejoice in
four converts, five churches and a
theatre. journal of Health.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-12
He Chung to His Tormeptor.

A friend relates the following rathc
jocose incident: Proceeding down 10,
street not long since, his attention WI;
called to a little Legro boy who W.
crying piteously, and alternating hi
outbursts by munching a CLOWN;
hued red pepper. The tears wer
streaming down his ebony cheeks an'
he was believing loudly about til
burning sensation in his mouth anC
throat, totally oblivious of the fac
that the pepper was the cause of hi
trouble, and that he was continual
aggravating the pain by endeavoriu.
to masticate the pungent article.
The narrator, noticing his troubl
and its cause, stepped forward ant
snatched the pepper from his hand
and threw it into the street, where
upon the black urchin set up mos
vociferous howl and dashed after hi
treasure, while burly negress rushe'
out of doorway, evidently thinkin,
her child had been abused. The wei
meaning pedestrian did not linger t
explain. AS he departed he caught
glimpse of the ebonized gamin agar
in possession of the pepper and yellin:
and munching as before. Adapting
fragment of a common quotation, i
was case where ignorance is bliss. =
Boston Budget.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-12

nee Robert Louis Stevenson wrote
Chapter on Dreams, and gave the
, Brownies of his sleeping brain
credit of many of the fanciful Gre
as of his waking hours, several
known novelists have acknowl-
ID to the dreaming of plots. The
hess, In a recent newspaper ar
!, wrote that at least two-thirds of
lnnumerable characters who figure
er innumerable novels have been
l from the stuff which dreams are
q of, and if she meets an interest
man or woman, who is in the least
yestive of material, and goes q
with this new personality freshly
aographed in her mental camera
Is pretty sure to dream it up into
'e before the dawn of day.ICur-
Literature.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-12

When Ralph Red bought his fathers
freedom of William lie Butler, William
gave him an acknowledgment for the
money and written certificate of the
transaction, but he did not sign his
name. In those days nobody signed
their names, not because they could
not write, for | suspect that just as
large a proportion of people in Eng
land could write well 600 years ago as
could have done so forty years ago,
but because it was not the fashion to
sign ones name. Instead of doing
that everybody who was a freeman
and a man of substance, in executing
any legal document, affixed to il his
seal, and that stood for his signature.
People always carried their seals about
with them in purse or small bag,
and it was no uncommon thing for a
pickpocket to cut off this bag and run
away with the seal, and thus put the
owner to very serious inconvenience.
This was what actually did happen
once to William lie Buffers father-in-
law. He was certain Sir Richard
Dollhouse, and he lived at North Tud
denham, near Dereham. Sir Richard
was high sheriff for tho counties OF
Norfolk and Suffolk in 1891, and his
duties brought him into court on Jan.
Is of that year before one of the
judges at Westminster. | suppose
the court was crowded, and in the
crowd some rogue cut off Sir Richards
purse and made off with his seal.
never heard that he got it back again.
Historic Essays, Rev. Augustus Jes
sOpD.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-12
The London Thirteen Club.

The London Thirteen club, which
has just inaugurated itself after the
example of similar institution in
New York, is, | believe, exclusively
for the male sex, and | am sure they
are wise, for / fancy very few ladies
would join, even if invited. Women
are naturally much more superstitious
than men, and | would not systematic
ally do all the unlucky things they do
for worlds, and expect should not
even be eligible, for | am a firm be,
lever in charms and crooked six
pences: These luckless people under
take whenever practicable to sit down
thirteen to dinner, to walk under lad
ders, to spill salt at dinner (untidv
creatures ,, initiate any new enterprise
on Fridays, and generally to do all the
things which other folks don't like to
do. | suppose to give them a wish
after their own heart had better say,
May bad luck go with them. Lon,
don Figaro.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-12
A Decoration Occurrence.

Henceforth we must no longer talk
of arranging" our furniture, for the
great apostle of art, Mr.. Oscar Wilde,
has provided US with new expression
for the negligent way in which it is
the fashion to scatter the numerous
little chairs, cabinets and screens
which sogladden the heart of the mod
ern housewife. A lady, well known
In society, having bought a number
OF Japanese screens, was found one
afternoon by the great aesthetic musing
on suitable positions for her purchases
'Oh, Mr.. Wilde" exclaimed she, I'm
sorry you should have been brought
into such confusion. But as you
are here, do be kind and help me to
arrange them" A panied expression
passed over the poets face. ''Oh, pray /"
cried he. don't arrange them. Let
them occur. ~ Philadelphia telegram
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-12
The WOMEN OF FRANCE.
Denial of the Claim That There So Many
AIaflcaps Among Them.

Maflcaps Among Them.
Do not trust our newspapers. Above
all shun those journals which pretend
to describe society. The society that
they know, the only society that they
can describe, is not society at all; it is
Bohemia They talk, it is true, of live
duchess, but they have only seen their
duchess from distance. She was in
her box, they were all away below in
the stalls. The woman whom they
really know is Marguerite Gautier, and
and it is Marguerite to whom they as
sign the ducal name.
Most frequently they do not even
take the trouble to find fictitious
trademark for their wares; they fur
nish you without disguise, with the
scandal of the world of pleasure, per-
feet series of orgies, Bacchanalia of
courtesans. Thereupon you say to your
self. This is great Babyloni Indeed
it is not; it is only tiny corner OF
Babylon, no bigger than a nutshell
tiny corner, such as may be found
in London, in Rome or in Vienna.
This corner is trifie larger in proper
ton as the town is more famous and
attracts more foreigners.
But this is not the immortality of
Paris, it is the immortality of the
world; nay, it is not Paris nor is it the
Partisan woman. There is no more
amusing madcap than the Partisan
courtesan, and no more sensible and
charming person than the Partisan
woman. The two exist in two dis
tinct worlds, and have nothing in com
mon except their hats.
We have, at the outside, 1000 or
5000 of the madcaps, reckoning in
that number those who are on the
border line and who have one foot
In each of the two worlds. 1t is
a large number, but only think
what a host of foreigners come
to u.s. And yet the madcaps
attract more attention than our 500.
600 virtuous Partisan women and our
10000, 900 virtuous French women
Foreigners are not the only persons
who make mistake about this matter
In France itself the novel makes such
fuss that many Frenchmen fancy
that the one class of women is the
other.
Our excellent little middle class
women are judged by the standard OF
Indiana. Fifty years ago they were
all reading. Indiana" with fervor.
forcing themselves to find their own
image in it, just as at the present day
we force ourselves for an. hour or so
to believe that Francois lie Champi's
peasants are men of flesh and blood
Nay, my dear ladies, you are not such
Indians nor such Francillons as all
that When you go to see Francillon
on the stage you are SO charmed with
the happy ending of the third act that
you forgive the improbabilities of the
other two. Meilhac maintains that
your French virtue is steadily di
minishing quantity; but at all events
you cling to what remains of it. Still,
| am only now speaking of fashionable
Partisan ladies, for the others keep
simply to the old standard. Vice re-
quires little time to blossom, but ii
takes long to spread its roots. Fort
nightly Review
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-12
Al Large Deuot.

Did you ever think what place a
depot in city like Minneapolis is for
the study of human nature, and what a
world of interesting sights and scenes
are to be had therea If one could become
ubiquitous for an hour or two and
stand disinterested observer at all the
railroad stations and become oblivious
to everything else for the time being.
what would be the impression2 Why,
# you look at the incoming trains as
they stop, you would be tempted to
think that everybody had run away
from everywhere else and come to
Minneapolis and brought his wife and
daughter, or somebody else's wife or
daughter, and all were hurrying with
all their mightsan mains to getaway
from the depot before they got arrest
ed And this impression would not be
lessened by the rush and scuffle be-
tween them and the hackmen and cab
men and draymen and hotel and
boarding house drummers, as the lat
ter grab and nab, and rush and push
and yell and scramble to get baggage
and passengers into their various con.
veyances, and the former lodging and
showing and rushing and Juggling and
pulling at goods and grips and other
luggage; dogs, canary birds and ba-
bies.
But then your attention is drawn
from all these before they are out of
sight by another such q crowd rushing
and hurrying the other way, just as il
everybody was running away from
Minneapolis and going to other parts
unknown, taking with them all the
money, all the portable property, all
the wives, daughters, dogs and-and
babies of themselves and their neigh
bors, and were all doing their very
best to get out of the city before they
were arrested. At the gate the keeper
seems to think SO too, as he gives each
of them a punch as they pass out
This hurry and scuff1e hustle and rus
tie and hustle, is being repeated every
hour in the day and many hours in the
night This is too wearying, almost
bevildering TO the brain. No doubt
god many of these crowds, both ways,
contslr. some runaway thieves, bur
glars, bank defaulters, clippers, ETC.,
for the next thing that attracts the at
tention is the crowds of ever dreaded.
ever welcome, never appreciated,
never feared and never half respected
ubiquitous newsboys, crying, in every
imaginable key and tone of voice:
Here's your JOur-'nawayl All about
the lates' scandal l'-St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-12
A Godsend to English. Farmers.

Wire barbed fencing has proved to
be a godsend to English farmers. They
are using it around their fields quietly
to annoy and prevent fox hunters
from trampling their crops. They say
nothing of the sort, of course, only
keep on putting up the barbs as con
venient and cheap fence. The horses
and hounds are often injured by these
fences. There is no law to prevent
the use of the wire, and not likely to
be. So revolution is wrought in the
manners of English barristers and par
sons and gentlemen by the bits Of
twisted wire invented for us on our
western prairies, where timber is
scarce. San Francisco Chronicle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-12
The Race Improving

An English newspaper has been
making collective investigation re-
garding the questions given below Il.
Does your experience suggest TO you
that the race Of Engiishmen is degene-
rating physically9 2. Do you think
that the great advance in the healing
art is responsible for keeping alive
much weak life that will in time affect
the whole race injuriously2 8. Do you
think that the increased indulgence in
physical sports has, on the whole, a
good influence on healtha A. Has it
ever struck you that probably the great
attention paid TO health in these DAYS
may be producing an anxiety about
bodily ailments which is a disease in
itselfq" Answers have been received
from a long array of practitioners,
among whom are the names of emf
nent London physicians. Tie general
view taken, according to The Medical
Record, is that Englishmen are not de-
generating, but that, on the whole, the
race is improving in vigor. Or
leans Picayune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-12
Longevity of Insects.

1t is well known that Sir John Lub-
book has shown how long insects may
live when kept out of harms way.
The greatest age attained by any in
sect, so far as is known, is that reached
by the queen of an ant Formica
fusca), which lived in his care until
Aug. s, 1888, when she must have
been nearly Is years old. Another
queen of the same species died at the
advanced age of over Is years. He has
now queen of another kind of ant
Uasius niger, which is more than
years old, land still lays fertile eggs
which produce female ants. New Or
leans Picayune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-12
One Hundred and Seven Years Old.

i small cottage way out in the
urbs of New Orleans, where the air
)ure and the residences are scarce,
V departed this life recently at the
lderful old age of 10Y years Glenn
ne Landry, for over 100 years a
dent of New Orleans. This aged
'red woman was born in st. James
sh during the year 1852, and
nge to say has never left her native
since that time. Her many chill
and grandchildren remember
ring the old lady speak of Gen. An
v Jackson's great victory at Chal
to and the enthusiastic manner in
Oh he was received by the popu-
and the many other incidents of
long ago that are only remembered
few: During the days of slavery
nentine Landry was owned by Mr..
lerie Gaudet, at that time a promi
citizen of New Orleans. At the
, of death the members of her fam
amounted to about fifty persons,
'ng whom there are at present liv-
four of her children, the oldest of
I'M is 20, eleven grandchildren
ying between the years of 20 and
and twenty-four great-grandchil-
between the ages of IL and IL
aid of Health.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-12
Marriage for a Quarter.

A story is told about a minister
marriage fee that causes amusement
among the clergy. He was paid 81 for
marrying a couple After they de
parted he was about to hand the money
to his wife when the door bell was
rung. The newly married wife said
she wanted certificate. No marriage
was good without one. 1t cost tween
ty-ive cents for a blank that would
suit her. The reverend gentleman
filled the blank out in the usual form
and she went away seemingly salts
fed.
A few days later she again appeared
at the door. Mister, said the wo
man, in an aggrieved tone, Il looked
through the papers and can't find a
notice of our wedding. You ought
not to treat us different from other
folks" So the dominic went to news.
paper office and paid fifty cents to
have a notice inserted. When he
reached home he handed the remain
ing twenty-five cents to his wife with
the remark; Here, my dear, hurry
up and take this before that woman
makes another "a II -