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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
WHERE CLOCKS ARE IN NEW YORK
Cogent Reasons Why Women shopping In
New York DO Not Curry Mntrhn.

new hork DO Not Garry Watches
Many women whom know invario
bly, leave their watches behind tbem
when they go out shopping. remon.
strated with one of them the other day
and got this answer and explanation
There is no need of my carving =
watch, which is Il most inconvenient
thing for woman to carry. ANYWAY
She can't put it in her pocket. for she'd
never find it when she wanted it; if she
buttons it in the front of her waist it's
more getatabIe. but is still inconvenient
No one wears watch in her waistbaud
and chatelaine watch, or CARRYING
your watch in chatelaine bag is n
temptation to a thief So | leave nv
watch at home and trust to the public
clocks
"Of course | see my hall clock when
| go out. Then there are several clocks
on the Grand Central; there is clock
in every elevated station; there is the
church clock at Twenty ninth street
and Fifth avenue, besides Towards
electric clock The Fifth Avenue no
tel clock every one knows. and there is
a clock in Twenty-third street near
Sixth avenue. There are two clocks
along Broadway south of Twenty
street, clock in Fourteenth street near
Sixth avenue. Tiffany's clock is in
Union square and there are several
clocks in all the big shopping stores.
generally near the elevators.
There are few clocks along the
Bowery, and some along Sixth avenue,
while down town there are plenty of
them; the City Hall, The Tribune. The
Times clocks, the Produce Exchange
clock, and quite a number of less
prominent but equally good t;mekeep-
ers So really what is the use of nv
carrying a watch that is either in nv
way or out of my way, and in both
cases useless?'
And hadn't word to say. Julian
Ralph in Chatter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
woman's UngratefuIness.

The ungratefulness of womankind for
the politeness of men in public places is
agitating the discussion of journalists on
the other side, and it would seem from
the testimony of the travelling Briton
that the English matron forgets her man
ners quite as often as her American sister.
A gentleman who contributes his share
toward railway revenues says that he
always chooses, when possible, the corner
seat in the railway carriage, and in this
position is obliged to open the door for
ladies as they leave. 1t involves com
plicated set of maneuvers destructive to
continuity of thought and distracting to
ones interest in book or paper; and yet
he declares that not so per cent. of the
women he serves ever deign so much
courtesy in return as a single Thank
you"
For some years. too, he lived III the
suburbs of a continental city, and
crossed a river each day in ferryboat.
Stepping into the boat from the ietty in
volved a minimum of danger and was a
ticklish bit of effort. consequently it was
the custom for a gentleman to render
any woman passenger a bit of assistance
in guiding their embarkation. Some
ladies would accept his assistance with
gracious recognition, quite as many &C
cepted without thanks or acknowledge
ment of any kind, and the other third
would sail by and leave him standing
awkwardly with his hand extended in
space. 1t is the old street car question
over again. The rain falls on the Just
and on the unjust, and wo1hen in gen
eral are accused of ingratitude and rude
ness because of the few in particular
who are ungracious. One sometimes
wonders if it would not be well to re-
mind erring sisters of their manners by
printing in place of the advertisements:
Every woman should return thanks for
a seat with a bow and a smile. Elk
change
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
Poet Who Does Homework.

Mrs. May Riley Smith, in honor of
whose birthday Sorosis gave an elabo-
rate breakfast, should nave place in the
chronicle of literary women who do not
disdain homely duties. Mrs. Smith is
one of the most popular members of the
famous woman's club, and some Of her
tender, pathetic rhymes have found
echoes in many hearts. She is leaving
New York to seek health for her son in
Colorado, and now that her New York
establishment, only just opened after a
winter abroad, is broken up, it may be
remarked that women with no other oc
eupation than puzzling their brains
about the doings of their neighhors have
been heard to ask with every appearance
of interest how it was that, having a
husband of the much envied class who
Cpend good part of their time cutting
off coupons, and having house as beau
tifrl and tastefuHy fitted as generous
allotment of those coupons could fur
nish, Mrs. Smith kept not single serv-
ant, the truth being that with family
of three the poet was enough Of WON
an to prefer the quiet and comfort of an
uninvaded fireside and to find it pleas
ure to minister to the home dinner table.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
A Protection Against Flies.

Talk about your fytraps and mus
quito MEETINGS" said well known flor
list to me last week. ibid you know
that the much despised castor oil plant is
the best protector in the world against
flies, mosquitoes and other insects? It's
a fact, though. The discovery was made
by a French scientist named Rafford,
who noticed that the rooms in his house
where the plants were growing were en-
tirely free from these disagreeable insects.
He discovered that the plants gave out
an essential oil or some toxic principle
which possessed powerful insecticide
qualities. Experiments have been made
in this country and the same results OBJ
tanned. l don't keep the plants, SO you
can see l am not looking for an 'ad., but
I give it to you for your own benefit. -
Buffalo News MAN About Town" \
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

At a recent meeting of the Paris Acad-
envy of Sciences there was presented a
series of drawings of the planet Mars
made by NJ. Perrotin, director Of the OBJ
servatory at Nice. In the discussion
which followed, NJ. Fizeau offered an ex-
PLANTATION of the singular canals Observed
on the surface Of Mars, which resemble
slightly canals used for irrigation. The
explanation which he gives is, that on
the surface of Mars there must be large
glaciers similar to those which exist on
the earth, but Of an extent far greater,
and that the movements and crcvasses
are much more pronounced. This by
pothesis. as NJ Fizeau claims, accords
perfectly with our present knowledge Of
the planet We know, first, that the
seasons are twice as long as on the earth;
second, that the force Of gravity is feeble;
third, that the temperature is probably
much lower than that Of the earth; and,
fourth, that the atmosphere is less de-
veloped than that of the earth, less ex-
tended, and consequently less able to abb
sorb and preserve the solar heat.-Sci-
ence.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
StiItO0 Cheese,

1t is part Of the religion of every
epicure that dinner without cheese is
like beautiful maiden with only one
eye. An Englishlnan of national repu-
tation has said: Il do verify think that
in 1928 a Stilton cheese was a better
fellow than he is in 1889, " and the man
ought to know, for he has eaten them
for almost three-quarters of century
Stilton is quaint old village in the
northwestern part of Huntingdonshire
in the west central part of England
1t has never been famous for any
thing but cheese. The Stilton that
comes to this country is fairly good II
has been said that in the old days men
put less milk in their cream and less
water in their milk than at present,
but it is only fair to admit that the
crusty, brown old port that was taken
with it made it seem better to those
who ate it long ago Stilton is the
most expensive of the cheese brought
to this country, and the sale for it is
found altogether in the eastern states
New York Tribune
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
Summer Cnmn for InrnIids.

But perhaps the most curious, and GER
tainly the most pathetic, Of our summer
colonies out of doors is that which is re-
cruited from the hospitals. Whenever a
hospital has garden attached to it you
will find tents pitched on the grass. In
some cases they will be large army tents,
and through their open flaps you may
see rigid figures stretched on mattresses
on the floor, while neat and noiseless
nurses pass to and fro among them. In
other instances they will be roofs Of can
vas, under whose shelter feeble, white
faced men and women swing in cots or
hammocks. The New York hospital has
one of its spacious roofs covered with
canvas awnings, beneath which patients
who are beginning TO mend are quar-
tered, in order to have nature assist in
the cure. 1t is a very recent institution,
this summer encampment Of the sick,
but il is, l am told, already established
as a valuable part Of the process of cure.
The trouble is that few of the hospitals
have spare ground enough to carry out
the plan properly. Some, too, which
have the space, ara so hedged in by
other buildings that the sanitary value of
their open air is seriously impaired
Alfred Trumble in Pittsburg Bulletin.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
A New Outdoor Game.

Mr.. j. d. Horn, of Leicester, has ad-
ded new game to the already long list
that has been placed before the public
during the last few years. In lawn
crooketta there seems to be the elements
OF success, as players will find plenty of
skill necessary: and also there is GER
tam amount of exercise required. This
however, Is by no means so violent as
one sees i'll a game of lawn tennis; so to
many this will prove Il great attraction.
The game can be played on grass or
gravel, or, indeed, on any hard sub
stance, while it is not necessary that the
courts should be always of the same
shape or size, so that in this respect it
will suit grounds that might not always
be available should the same sized court
be sine qua non. The implements re-
quired for the game are not many, being
four crooks, four standards, a net and
SIX balls. The crooks are feet inches
long, having the appearance of an
elongated lawn tennis racket very
loosely strung; indeed, the baggy
part Of the racket is nearly 3
inches deep. The standards, 3 feet
tinches, with cupped tops, are placed so
as to form foot square, the net 2 feet
Smches high, inclosing this space. The
balls in use for the game are A inches
In diameter, four, called sentinels, to be
placed in the cups on the standards, and
the remaining two being the play balls,
The service lines are 30 feet long and
are placed - feet away from each side
OF the inside square called the fold, and
Then the court is made complete by join
ing the fold corners to the service line
corners
Two or four players can take part in
lawn crooketta, the greater L1mber ap-
Peanng to us to enhance the interest
SHOWN in the game. The principal part
!. Ihe play consists in placing one OF tie
o"iH In the crook, and then Standing
outside the service line serving tha b3l
s ~ mat 1t shall pass over the foll ana
+an IN your opponents court without lis
.SIcnlng 1t: or you may displace one of
Tue sentinels on the standards, but tax
my care that your ball shall still drop in
me adversary's court.
Inc game is scored by points; one.
s"o' three or four, called knave, queen.
and an ace respectively, cSn BE-
'uaue from each service, while so or 100
points constitute a game, according IL
whether a long or short game is re-
9alred.-London Field.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

A recent report from the United States
consul at San Salvador recommends the
construction of a railway connecting the
capitals of Mexico and Guatemala, and
connecting with the existing narrow
gauge of the Guatemala Central railway.
seventy-five miles in length, and termi-
mating on the Pacific at the open road
stead of San Jose. Referring to the eli
mate of Central America at the sea level.
the consul says: The Nicaragua canal.
the ship railway and the De Lesseps
canal, each and all are at the sea level,
and the acclimated alone may cross the
continent i'll safety at the sea level; but
there is perfect immunity from climatic
disease the instant the traveller reaches
an elevation of 1000 feet above the sea.
Commerce, therefore, will traverse this
transisthmian railway with a land locked
harbor at each terminus, and an eleva-
ton at no point, after leaving the coast,
of less than 1000 feet between the two
oceans. Monthly.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

A young man from the country says
that he had game rooster that kept
every other fowl off his beat, and Mon
day night he heard futtering in his
chicken house The next morning he
investigated it and found the rooster
and very large owl on the floor of his
hen house The rooster had driven one
of his spurs clear through the owls head
and it hung there, while the owl had a
death grip on the ROSTERS wing. The
owl was dead, but the rooster, as soon as
released from the talon of the owl,
stretched his neck and crowed Justify
American Herald.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
She Kept Silent Thirty Years.

The death of Mrs, Susan E. Merrifeld,
wulch occurred at Americas, Ga, re-
yves interest in one of the most peculiar
cases ever known of a VOW of silence
maae and kept thirty years. In 1866
r nlS' Merrifeld, who, it is said, was
n1tle woman of peculiarly bright and
tSneery disposition. was telling her hus-
Oaha OF some occurrence, when he re-
q s!1 her in very surly manner to be
eiieht' adding that the sound of her voice
was hateful to Am.
u seems that Mr.. Merrifeld, while a
SOU husband in every other way, was
- Tue habit of venting his displeasure
%neh aroused by outside matters by i'll
LII nuiiiOr with his wife. whose good nature
~ Usually passed his testiness by, but on
h tais occasion she replied that, as it was
Nseelul to him. he should never hear her
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
After Dinner.

A lady who had become a member
of a small club was Mortified at receiv-
ing the announcement:
april 2, dinner at g. Toasts. You
will reply for the gentlemen"
''Toasts." cried she why, | know
nothing about toasts except what I
learned in the kitchen. Make an after
dinner speech! could as well com
pose a symphonyr'
She is not alone in her timidity.
Many an accomplished orator has
owned to the stage fright connected
with saying few words" after din
ner. There are still those who take
comfort in Thackeray's delightful pro
phesy that "a day will arrive when we
shall have the speeches done by a
skilled waiter at a side table. as we
now have the carving"
Still, a mans nerve and ability can
never be gagged by the amount Of
fright excited in him at the mere act of
getting upon his feet With many per
sons that one movement seems to break
the ice of timidity, though even Mr.
Lowell once assured an audience that
whenever he finds himself upon his
legs he is tempted to yield to a natural
impulse and take to his heels"
There are, however, those who find
no difficulty in getting up, but seem to
be totally unable to sit down again
The old advice in regard to the length
Of such speeches as they are likely to
make is still the best which can be
given them.
"If you haven't struck oil in less
than five minutes you'd better stop
boring. Youths Companion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

man every day, and snap saucv fingers
aC the mix that does not dare get sonr
VI u, the beefsteak that dares not fail
lnese things are admirable in their way
anu should be in every hatband, but the
greatest trlek of all is newspapers. There
Is nothing that makes so good cave for
DOCK OF ice as newspapers. With
plehty OF newspapers above, below and
On every side, the way piece Of ice will
Keep is joke.-New York World
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
The NIexicans Not Iazy.

The Mexican people seem to be an in
dr5trious race, whether of the Spanish or
Aztec branches. Old people and young
children work. Some one has said, ''they
have to or starve." This is as true of
them as it is of us. am inclined to be-
ieve they work more willingly and cheer
fully for pittance than would our own
people, or than do the colored population
of the south, which, in some respects,
greatly resembles the neonage Of Mexico.
Cor. Kansas City Jc lrnaL
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
A Novel Suit.

A western lady visiting Pittsburg has
brought suit against the city for dam
ages arising from tearing her dress upon
an obstruction in the sidewalk. The
amount claimed is only $25, but if this
claim is allowed what is to prevent
every fair pedestrian whose raiment is
ruined by the mud upon the crossings
and pavements from asking the city to
make good such damage? If every claim
that could thus be justly preferred were
allowed, the city's treasury would be
well drained. -Pittsburg Bulletin.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
Pretty Good for Home Coo,,;,o

Miss Stewart, Scotch girl of Cincin-
natl, was few years ago superintendent
OF the restaurant department of the
Womans Exchange at small weekly
salary. She and two sisters are now run
nlng restaurant of their own in the
chamber of commerce building, where
they earn $4,000 year. They furnish
but one meal a day, from II IN. to 3 D.
m. 1t Is a business mans lunch, and
their success shows the weakness of the
average man for ''home cooking, which
1s-their speciality. York World.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
About Keeping Ice.

If at any time the Unborn American
craving for ice water instead of cool
water puts the precious water jug to
rout, there are three or four things that
will help to keep the precious nugget of
ice from melting away if the housekeeper
will only remember them. One is that
to keep the ice warm is the way to keep
it cool. A piece of ice in pitcher, with
a pail over the pitcher and rug over
the pail, will keep all night A piece of
ice in refrigerator. covered with snug
white blanket, will cheat the greedy ice
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
Winning at the Lottery.

Travellers who have found it hard to
win at trente-et-Quarante will probably
try to recoup themselves by backing then
fancy in the Italian lottery. An infaIli-
BILE plan for winning has been communi
Gated to me by a learned Florentine but
| forget some of the details. After in
carnations. which you can get up for
yourself in Petrus de Abano, you have a
little dinner for two laid on Christmas
eve or the eve of St. John. One
of the plates must be bIackened with
smoke on the bottom. You sit down
and utter AYES and Pater Nosters till the
door flies open and in rushes Saint Pas
quale somebody q forget his highly re-
spectacle family name). He is dressed
all in red and fetches you two swinging
boxes on the ear for he is angry at being
summoned from paradise. AS he is do.
ing this you hand him the plate with
the smoked bottom, on which he writes
a terno of figures with his finger. You
plank your bottom dollar on the terno
and Gf the government pays up) you are
made man This is only a rough
sketch of how to win. have discovered
no other way English Monthly.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
A woman's Gift to vermont.s Capital.

Mrs. NJ. NJ. Kellogg, a native of Mont
pelier, VT, who died in New York city
during the winter, willed several thou
sand dollars for the erection of gate
way to Green Mount cemetery here and
$50, 600 for achapel in said cemetery, Civ
ing the remainder of her estate, which
it is said will amount to nearly half a
million of dollars, for the establishment
of a public library in her native town,
including the erection of building
therefor.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

The centenary Of flower was cele-
brated by banquet in Paris The dahlia
is 100 years old in France 1t first -four
ished in that country in 1890. Delegates
from the Society of Horticulture and the
Cercle Floral of Antwerp were present,
and the press was represented by the
editor of The Flora, the oldest botanical
nar1er in Germany
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

The district attorney of Saratoga, N.
Y, has secured a pane of glass taken
from a house in Ballston, near the old
iron spring where Washington Irving
stopped in 1902. Upon the glass written
with diamond is the famous authors
signature: Washington Irving, 1902"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
The Trif1es of Life,

A French manufacturer of buckles
made them all with one tongue. The
women demanded two tongue buckl--
or none, and as he would not give i'll
the merchants imported them in such
quantities that the manufacturer had to
shut up shop and go to the wall.-De-
troit Free Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
An Australian musician has inren

An Australian musician has invented
a trombone that is played by steam. Its
God Save the Queen" can be heard at
a distance of four miles. He had hard
luck with it, however, for the people of
his own town drove him out as nui-
sance, and now he is bound to make
noise in some other part of the world.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

A lapidary at Denver, Colo, has I'm
ished novel necklace for New York
lady. 1t is composed Of the beautiful
stones found in Colorado and New Mexico
known as the peridot, a species OF ehrys-
olite, ranging in various shades OF green
and bearing resemblance 10 the emerald.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

Mrs. Amelia E. Barr, the well known
novelist, lives II h01,nnit sort of life on tho
summit of the Storm King mountain on
the Hudson. She goes to Europe soon
to gather material for a new novel which
will deal with the subject Of Calvinism
Mrs. Barr writes all her novels with
typewriter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

The wife of Hermann Kaulbach, the
painter, is beautiful, clever and a nota-
bly, fine swimmer. She has lately re-
ceived the gold medal of the Order of
Merit of the Bavarian Crown for having
at the risk of her own life saved young
man from drowning.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

The vast express business Of this coun
try may trace its origin to the small car
pet bag which young man named Will
lam F Harden. native Of Reading, in
Massachusetts, began to carry forth and
back on the Long Island Sound boats, be-
tween New York and Boston, via Provi-
dence, exactly half a century ago. That
famous travelling bag was kept in Boston
as memorial for many years, PERHAPS
is today. THE Argonaut-
The Pullman company are the larg
est builders of railroad cars in the
United States. They have two fac
tories-one at Chicago and the other at
Detroit The next largest railroad car
manufacturers are the Missouri Car and
Foundry company, whose works are at
St. Louis
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

Miss Virginia Long, granddaughter of
Gen. Sumner, the biographer of Gen.
Lee, is one of the distinguished beauties
of Charlottesville, Va. Gen Summer is
quite blind, and dictates all his matter
to his pretty granddaughter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

Lady Anne Blunt, granddaughter of
Lord Byron, lives with her Husband on
the border of the Egyptian desert, where
the family have adopted the Arab dress
and customs. She is the only living child
of Ada, sole daughter Of my house and
heart"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

For removing varnish spirits Of am
monia is used. Scraping and sand pa
pering can be employed, but it must be
done carefully by experienced hands or
the surface of the wood will be injured.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29

Olive Schreiner, the gifted author Of
''An African Farm" has cannibalistic.
love for raw meat. She takes her beef
steak just warm enough to remove the
effects of the ice box.