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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-01-11
A REMARKABLE FRIENDSHIP
Existing Between the Famous Trotter
Rarus and His Dog COMPANION.

Existing Between the Famous TrOtter
Rarus and His Dog Companion.
No sketch of Rarus would be com
plete without some mention of his re
markable friendship for dog. When
the horse was in California fireman
gave to Splan a why haired Scotch
terrier pup, who was then two months
old and weighed when full grown
only two pounds. Splan in turn gave
the pup to Dave, the groom Of Rarus,
with the caution not to let the horse
hurt him, for on several occasions Ra-
rus had bitten dogs that ventured into
his STALL But to this terrier, who is
described as possessing almost hui
man intelligence, the trotter took
a great fancy, which the dog fully re-
turned. They became fast and insep-
arabic friends.
Not only" said Mr.. Splan, were
they extremely fond of each other, but
they showed their affection as plain
ly as did ever a man for woman.
We never took any pains to teach the
dog anything about the horse. Every
thing he knew came to him by his
own patience From the time | took
him to the stable a pup until | sold
Rarus they were never separated an
hour We once left the dog in the
stall while we took the horse to the
blacksmith shop, and when we came
back we found he had made havoc
with everything there was in there in
trying to get out, while the horse,
during the entire journey, was I'M
easy, restless, and in general acted as
badly as the dog did Dave remarked
that he thought we had better keep
the horse and dog together after that.
When Rarus went to the track for ex-
ercise or TO trot a race the dog would
follow Dave around and sit by the
gate at his side watching Rarus with
as much interest as Dave did. When
the horse returned to the stable after u
heat and was unchecked, the dog
would walk up and climb up on his
forward legs and kiss him, the horse
always bending his head down to re
ceive the caress. In the stable, after
work was over, Jim and the horse
would often frolic like two boys. If
the horse lay down Jim would climb
on his back, and in that way soon
learned to ride him, and whenever /
led Rarus out to show him to the pub
lie. Jim invariably knew what It
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-01-11

# Moussa Eii'cndi Khouri is right,
tha value of silkworms Will soon be
very much deprecated. This gentle
man is a Syrian and native of Bey
rouL For years he has been trying to
manufacture silk without the aid of
slkworms, and now he claims he has
succeeded. He has patented his in
vention in the east and in all the
countries of Europe. In this country
he has also filed an application for a
patent.
After studying for long time the
manner in which silkwOrmS do their
work Moussa Elfendi Khouri came to
the conclusion that quite a fine silk
could be made out of the twigs and
bark Of the mulberry tree, as is made
at present from the leaves. He there
fore experimental with the bark and
twigs, discarding the services of the
worm altogether, and, after years of
labor he succeeded in producing a silk
which has been pronounced by Euro
pean experts to be no whit inferior to
The article manufactured by silk
worms.
In appreciation of Moussa EHendi
Khouri's devotion TO science, the Tur
kish government has granted him
certain rights over all the mulberry
trees in the sultan's domains. so
long as have enough mulberry
trees, says khoum, II can produce
silk at less than half what it costs
when produced by silkworms. New
YOrk Herald.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-01-11

meant. ana II enhanced the value of
the performance by the manner he
would get on the horses back. On
these occasions the horse was shown
the halter, and Jimmy, who learned
to distinguish these events from
those i'll which the sulky was used,
would follow Dave and Rarus out on
the quarter stretch, and then. when
the halt was made in front of the
grand stand, Dave would stoop down
and i'll flash Jimmy would Jump on
his back, run up to his shoulder, from
there leap on the horses back, and
there he would stand, his head high in
the air and his tail stiff out behind,
barking furiously at the people"
When Rarus was sold to Mr.. Bon.
ner Splan sent Jimmy with the horse,
rightly judging that it would be cruel
TO separate them. But in Mr.. Bonner's
stable there was bull terrier in
charge, and one day when, for some
real or fancied atfront, the small DOG
attacked the larger one, the latter took
Jimmy by the neck and was fast kill
ing him, but Rarus heard his outcries,
and peTceiving that his little friend
was in danger and distress, pulled back
on the halter TIL ii broke, rushed out
of his stall and would have made
short work of the bull terrier had he
not been restrained by the grooms.-
Atlantic Monthly.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-01-11
NInnicinaI Gas Works.

Is it better for town TO own its gas
works: Mr.. Bronson Keller discusses
this question in The Forum:
In Europe it is as common for cities to
own gas plants as it is for them to be the
owners of water works in America.
Without exception, the result is favora-
bic. Eight cities in the United States
own their gas plants Four of them are
in Virginia. Richmond, Danville, Alex
andria and Charlottesville. The others
are Philadelphia, Bellefontaine, o.;
Wheeling, W. Va, and Henderson, Ky.
The prices range from the highest, Sl.62
at Alexandria, to the lowest, at Wheel
ing, rs cents per thousand cubic feet.
The gas works at Wheeling the writer
considers a model of excellence. What
a CITY can do with her own plant is well
shown here The municipal authorities
bought the gas works of Wheeling in
1868 for SIG. 000 Gas was then $3.50 a
thousand. From the profits, under city
management, debts were paid and the
works rebuilt with modern improve
ments without taxing the people dollar
The plant is now worth half a million
The product has been lowered to seventy
five cents per thousand, and the streets,
the markets, school and engine houses,
all the public buildings and the Young
Mems Christian association are lighted
free of charge.
Yet the Wheeling gas works in 1888
turned into the city treasury net profit
of S27,16 The Wheeling rate for gas
is the lowest in the Union. 1t is because
the works are out of debt, and there are
no dividends to pay to stockholders.
With modern discoveries and improve
ments the manufacture of gas is becom-
ing constantly cheaper. The prediction is
made that in few years it can be manu-
featured to sell for % cents per thousand.
Then, or even when it comes to be as
low as so cents, it can be used for fuel
the country over. Mr.. Keeler finds
there can be no such thing as competing
gas companies. Customers who do not
like one company, in the nature of
things, cannot change to another, unless
they move their houses. Moreover, a
gas company never yet was started to
compete honestly with another. The
new company is always founded to
blackmail the old company into purchas-
ing it, just as a parallel railway line is
constructed
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-01-11
How Paper. Are Read.

1T is peculiar how personal charac-
erisiics manifest themselves, SAID an
slderly gentleman in the elevated cars
n his equally elderly companion
"and perhaps not the least notlceaofe
Is the way different people read news
napers. especially in public convey.
snces Everybody has his own pet
way Take the way they hold thefn.
Did il ever strike you IN how many
ditFerent ways this can be and is donef
This popularity had never struck
- friend SO the elderly gentleman,
who wore shining silk hat, a pair OF
nold trimmed spectacles ana whlte
I'm tie. continued his aphorisms
- I1st look across at those men on the
0,her side. No two are reading their
~aners in the same way" The caves
Srpnper at his side also looked across,
md the observation was true. One
a,an had doubled his sheet, another
MA made it into quartO, still an
Oher had folded it into three straight
sections the full length of the column.
Il have found, continued the ora
,le that a large proportion of the
men read the papers folded in half, the
orarter section men come next, and
he full length sectiOnists next 1t is
rarely you see two men sitting side by
side reading a paper the same way"
There was a momentary pause filled
by The rustic of some asserting news
nper. and the oracle again remarked:
sThe way Of holding a paper shows
the man as surely as the way he
walks. The refined, educated man
carefully crosses his paper, sees that it
Is in compact shape and then goes
Systematically through it, passing
from column to column and page to
1pSa,.Qa-ps8tEi case and facility, whereas
Inc shiftless, uncouth man lunches
il into wads and goes through it as if
hunting for something in rag bag
New York Times
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-01-11
The Frogs Leg.

The young man who has had the
invaluable training of abandoning
himself to long experimental re-
search upon some very special but
happily chosen point was typically il
illustrated in man knew. With the
dignity and sense Of fnality of the
American senior year quick within
him, his first teacher in Germany told
him to study experimentally one of
the seventeen muscles of frogs leg.
de feared loss and limitation in try
ing to focus all his energies upon so
small and insignificant an object. The
mild dissipation of too general culture,
the love of freedom and frequent
change, aided by a taste for breezy
phllosophic romancing, almost divert
ed him from the frogs leg.
But as he progressed he found tina.
he must know in a more minute and
practical way than before-in a way
that made previous knowledge seem
unreal-certain definite points in cleo
triclty, chemistry, mechanism, physi-
ology, etc, and bring them to bear in
fruitful relation to each other. AS the
experiments proceeded through the
winter, the history of previous views
upon the subject was studied and un-
derstood as never before and broader
biological relations gradually seen.
The summer, and yet another year,
were passed upon this tiny muscle,
for he had seen that its laws and
structure are fundamentally the saTnA
in frogs and men, that just SUCH Co..
tractile tissue has done all the work
man has done in the world. that mus
cles are the on y organ of the will.
Thus, as the work went on, many
of the mysteries of the universe seem
ed to center in his theme, in fact, in
the presence and study of this
minute object of nature, he has
passed from the attitude of Peter
Bell, of whom the poet says,
"a cowslip by the rivers brim, a
yellow cowslip was TO him, and it was
nothing more" up to the standpoint of
the seer who 'plucked flower from
the crannied wall, and realized that,
could he but understand what it
was, root and all and all in all, he
would know what God and man is.
Even if my friend had contributed
nothing in the shape of discovery to
the great temple of science, he had
felt the omne tutitpunctim of natures
organic unity, he had felt the pro
found and religious conviction that
the world is lawful to the core, he had
experienced what truly liberal edu-
cation, in the modern as distinct from
the medieval sense, really is. We
may term it non-professional speciah-
cation. President G. Stanley Hall OF
Clark University.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-01-11
Limo Water and Milk.

When the stomach is intOlerant of
fooanis the general practice of ply
scans to order lime water to be
given With milk; and, if they are
rightly gwen, they-are almost always
well borne Bat unless duly instruct
ed as TO the necessary proportions OF
each, the majority of people are quite
sure to make the mistake of not using
enogGa~lIme water 1t is, of course,
oniy OF value as an ant-acid; and it is
but very slightly alkaline. AS com
pared with the bicarbonate of soda, an
ordinary dose of the same is equivalent
to SIX ounces Of lime water. So a
tablespoonful of the latter in cup of
nIlk-the Scantv proportion used by
many IN sickness is really of no
value To obtain an action of any
moment, 1t Is necessary in giving
mix and lime water to have the mix
afe contain the latter in the proper
uon OF at least one-third. Very often
Ehehe they are IN equal parts the milk
yomlled up IN hard, sour curds, in
Which event, if the mixture has not
Ven given too freely, it is best to use
stronger ant-acid Bicarbonate of
Sda is good substitute, and about a
leaSpoonful should be dissolved in a
large cupful of water, and that SOlu
lon be added To the milk IN place of
.he lime water. Boston Herald
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-01-11
Mnnnpn's Shoes.

An active woman will destroy more
upper leather in the house in a given
time than she will on the street; there
are many more obstacles to the square
yard to be encountered in the house
Than on the street; more stair climb
ING, more rubbing of feet on the chair
rounds, and last, but not least. more
feet sat upon in that luxurious femi-
niue pose
The wear of uppers of women's
shoes by the friction of the skirts is
greater than many people suppose
Mems trousers do very little damage,
compared TO the heavy and constant
rubbing Of the skirts against the back
of the shoes
There are no shoes made for women
that will compete with mems calf skin
shoes in durability under hard knocks.
women do not and will
not wear calf skin shoes they are at
disadvantage in this respect.-Phila-
|delphia Record.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-01-11
A Morning Call.

Mrs. Gadd-I'm nearly tired to death; was
at Mrs. Nabb's party last night.
Mrs. Gabb-I didn't go; in fact did not get
an invitation. Were there many there2
Mrs. Gadd-Oh, no; it was very select
New York Weekly
-C7ear WauEeenah, Fla, stands an
A. NJ. E. Church, known as the esold
Springfield Church" 1t was built by
former generation when Indians were
numerous in Florida. The savages were
very hostile, but gave no trouble till
the house was up and the ceiling placed
overhead, when they furiously came
from a swamp and massacred three or
four of the mechanics engaged in the
work, and while the remaining two
escaped and fed for assistance the In
dams dipped their hands in the blood Of
their victims and entirely covered the
ceiling. Although this occurred many
years ago the prints of the red meme
hands axe still plainly to be seen.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-01-11
Pnstara Stnmn SPINDLE.

Now and then some one announces
himself as the victim the one million
postage stamp hoax 1t is firmly be-
lieved that, if 1000, 900 stamps are col
lected and forwarded to some one,
bed will be provided for an invalid
boy in some hospital, or home for an
orphan. Christian churches have
been the special victims, and there Is
hardly one in England, the United
States, Australia, India or any other
country, that has not had several
members begging, borrowing and even
stealing postage stamps in order to
make up the million that will go to
clothe and feed some orphan or old
person.
This swindle originated in the fer
tile brain of postage stamp collector
at SStettt1rl, Germany He desired to
get vast collections to sort out and sell
again, and hit upon a plan to set the
whole civilized world to go to work
for him free of charge. He preyed on
the sympathies of people by announc-
ing that an orphan would be cared for
in 1.-The Syrian Orphan Home, for
every l,OOO,OOO SIdlupS Still W Hlnl.
This worked well; and the next dodge
was the starting of mythical mission
in China, the Holy Sisters of which
agreed, for every million stamps sent
to them, to save from the jaws of the
crocodiles of the Yellow river at least
one Chinese baby, and then educate
and Christianize it. The stamps were
to be sent, not to Jerusalem or China,
but to Munich or Stettin.
The last claim on the sympathy OF
the world that has been made by this
German is that for million stamps a
home for an old lady or an old gentle
man in one of three homes-one in
London, another in New York, and
the third in Cincinnati. For half q
million stamps bed will be endowed
in hospital and for 100000 home
will be found for an orphan for
one year. There are agencies in va
rious cities to forward stamps to Stet-
tin. 1t is estimated that this swindler
has collected over one hundred mil
lion stamps in the United States alone,
and that these were worth from half
million dollars to three times that
amount.-Good Housekeeping.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-01-11
The Jay Abroad.

Signs of the jay abroad: He has quarrel
with the ticket agent before getting his tick
ct; he says good-by to every one in hailing
distance before getting on the train, and
then says the same things through the car
window; he leaves his final instructions with
the solemnity and Importance Of making q
will; he asks the conductor and all the pas
sengers around him twenty different times Z
they are sure he is on the right train; he puts
up the window, only to put it down again,
and then to hoist it up again; he finds out all
about his neighbours business; he piles his va
Uses around him like a barricade; he pre-
pares to take nap, but can't go to sleep for
fear some one will rob him; he begins to col
lect his baggage and sit nervously on the
edge Of the seat for fear he will not have
time to get out, half an hour before the train
reaches his station, and, finally, at the end Of
an hours journey, when he reaches his des-
tinatiOu and gets out, he rushcs back after
the train has started to pick up something he
had forgotten. The jay is great traveller.
-Atchison Globe
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-01-11
Jean Ingelow at Sixty.

Jean Ingelow lives in an old fash
toned, cream colored stone home in
Kensirgton, set in the midst Of exter-
sive grounds, with handsome trees
and many beautiful flowers and
shrubs. At least, this is her house in
summer time; her lungs are not very
strong, and in winter sho occupies
little cottage in the south of France, on
the shores Of the Mediterranean, COW
cred with vines and smothered with
flowers. She is nearly go now, but
does not look half her age; her eyes
are SO bright and her cheeks as rosy
and rounded as girls. Of late years
she has written very little, and even
what she does she rarely publishes, for
her theory is that a poet never writes
any immortal verse after he or she
passes so, and she may very justly rest
on the laurels she has won for herself
before she reached that ge.-Boston
Traveller,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-01-11
-....Tnm Thumbs IEi.lnx.

Tom Thumbs wiaSS. who VII not consent
to exhibit herself at museums now, passed
through the city few DAYS ago Seated in
an easy chair, to reach the seat of which tbs
need of a cricket was absolutely necessary,
the diminutive lady extended the hand Of
welcome, and, with a smile, shook her head
as her visitor gave greeting to Mrs Charles
Stra5ton." mo longer Mrs Stratton,' she
said, Il am now the Countess Magri, and this
is my husband, the count" The gentleman
thus introduced was handsome little fellow,
whose years and whose inches are almost the
same, for the crown of his head reaches only
the level of an upright yard stick and his age
is but 80. Mrs Stratton-Magri if the
double appellation may be used-is Al years
cid now, and she stands head-that is tc
say, a liliputian held-shorter than her hus-
oand
1--WE were married only four years ago."
she said, land notice that many people still
End it hard to separate my name from the
generals. He, poor man, passed away SIX
years ago.-Boston Journal
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-01-11
NIilwaukee's Poor Vanderbilt.

Quite familiar figure on the streets
is little old man who wears a straw
hat that once had band, but long since
parted company with it, and now
slouches down over its wearer's shout
ders, almost covering his head of curly
gray hair. He is so round-shouldered
that he appears to be hunchbacked, and
his face is covered with struggling gray
whiskers. He earns meager wages as a
collector and lives nobody knows where.
Yet this poverty-stricken man is first
cousin of Mrs. w. H. Vanderbilt, the
widow of the millionaire railroad mag
nate. His father and Mrs. Vanderbilts
father were brothers. When in an ex-
tremity he appealed to his rich cousin
for aid, he received very polite note
from her private secretary stating that
Mrs. Vanderbilt had so many calls for
charity that she was compelled to refuse
some.-Milwaukee News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-01-11
DISTINGUISHED Blind.

Instances of blind persons who have
achieved distinction are by no means unfre-
1uent. The brilliant case of Professor Faw-
.ett is well known; Dr. Campbell, himself
,ne of the royal commissioners and principal
Of the Royal Normal college, is conspicuous
Instance of well directed energy, while sew
sral blind gentlemen have passed through
Worcester college and tie university with
credit and taken holy orders, another who
gave evidence before the commissioners, IS
solicitor in good practice. Another remark
able case is that of a successful wool merchant,
whose loss of sight has been no hindrance
to him in the conduct of large and impor
tant business, and who has undertaken
special voyage to Australia and made large
and successful purchases Of wool, with no
guidance but that of his own unaided Judg
ment.
The experience of this gentleman is SO re-
markabIe that | give his own words: Il and
nv friends thought that when | became
blind | should no longer be able to follow my
trade. but after che first shock ] determined
to carry on my business as usual NY oasi
ness being to Judge the value of colonial wool,
it was thought that, as this was very dlfncult
for seeing persons, should not succeed, Out
by close attention | soon became as good,
and, indeed, in some respects better judge
than before my loss of sight. In 1881 | visited
Australia, and in Melbourne, during ten
weeks. purchased more than Gl5O,O0O WORTH
of WOOL doing all my own business, banking,
exchange and shipping, without the help OF
any broker | only mention this as an en-
enlargement TO others not to be daunted
when this calamity befalls them National
Review
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-01-11
sYhy Flowers SIeen.

That flowers sleep is evident to the most
casual observer. The beautiful daisy opens
at sunrise and closes at sunset, whence its
name, days eye" The morning glory opens
its flower with the day. The "John-go-to-
bed-at-noon" awakes at in the morning, but
closes its eyes in the middle Of the day, ans
the dandelon is in full bloom only during
the hours of strong light. This habit of
some flowers is certainly very curious, and
furnishes one of the many instance which
prove the singular adaptability of every
thing III nature. The reason is found in the
method by which this class of flowers is fer
tilted. 1t is obvious, says Sir John Lub-
book, that flowers which are fortified by
night-flying insects would derive no advan-
tage from being open by day; and, on the
other hand, that those which are fertlt!zed
by bees would gain nothing by being open at
night Nay, it would be disadvantage, be-
cause it would render them liable to be
robbed of their honey and pollen by insects
which are incapable of fertiliZing them. It
is possible them that the closing of flowers
may have reference to the habit of insects,
and it may be observed, also, in support Of
this, that wind-fertilized flowers never sleep
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