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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
Future of Iron Work.

There are no data now existing which
will enable any one to predict what will
be the size of boilers, engines, dynamos,
steamships, bridges, cars, locomotives,
Office buildings and other structures ten
years hence. Everything in the en-
gineering line seems to be changing at a
more rapid rate than at any previous
period Certainly the limit to increase
of size does not yet appear. When the
single engine reached its limit in ship
building, the compound engine came in
When shafts and screws seemed to have
grown as large as they could be made,
twin screws and shafts were used, and
at the same time facilities for making
still larger shafts and screws were per-
fected. So it is in every branch of en-
cheering; as soon as limit is fixed
some one finds way of overlapping it,
and the limit is placed further ahead
Engineering and Mining Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26

The longest pendulum on this continent
swings in the chronological school at
Atlanta. 1t is a heavy pear shaped piece
of iron attached to brass wire forty
two feet long. The upper end of the
wire is pivoted in steel plate SO as to
cause the least possible friction The
swinging of the pendulum gradually de-
scribes circle on the floor in direction
following the sun, showing in this that
''the earth do move"
Directly under the pendulum is large
circle divided into twenty-four parts, of
fifteen degrees each, to correspond with
the hours of the day. The north pole is
placed directly under the pendulum and
the meridians of longitude meet there
The parallels of latitude make smaller
circles inside the first
DR.. j. S. Hopkins, president of the
school, who made and put up the pendu-
lum, performs the experiment as follows:
The iron is brought to the edge of the
circle In the meridian of Atlanta and let
swing across. Apparently it goes straight
across, but gradually it traverses the
circle in the direction taken by the sun
and opposite to the revolution of the
earth. The pendulum not being directly
over the axis of the earth, does not move
in exactly the same time as the sun, but
falls behind some hours day. 1t is said
that if it were at the north pole, where
it would be Immediately over the axis, it
would traverse the circle in exactly
twenty-tour hours, and at the equator it
would not traverse it at all, for gravity
would operate to prevent.-Atlanta (Ga.)
Cor. Philadelphia Times.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26

Arthur Simmons has Texas pony on
his farm at Chokee whose ability as. a
jumper cannot be surpassed. He is a
diminutive specimen of that breed of
horsefesh, and day or two ago was put
into big box or crate for shipment to
Americas, there being no stock car con-
venient at the time The pony and box
were placed upon fiat car and the train
pulled out The little sample Of Texas
cyclone soon got tired of his close quar-
tiers, and while the train was running at
a speed of thirty miles an hour, kicked
the box into cooked hat and made leap
for liberty. He struck terra firma right
side up with care, and when the train
men came back to view his cold remains
the said remains were quietly nibbling
at key of iron spikes on the side of the
road, and it took four men and a boy an
hour to run down and capture him. At
least that is what the conductor said
Americas (Ga) Times.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
The Stove of the Future.

"That looks neat, was the remark t.
the stove man. What is it?' 1T is tn
new gas stove. The day will come whel
all the world who can get at it will wan
to do its summer cooking by gas, am
maybe its winter cooking as well. Thii
stove. you see, has burners for all tn
stove holes and two ovens. 1t admits an
into the gas at the point of combustio-
and makes bunsen fame Of each. W
ran all the burners full blast for tw
hours the other day, having the meteI
taken before and after, and L cost ez
actly twelve cents. We can raise ket
tie of cold water to boiling in seven mir
utes and all you have to do is touch
match to the gas and your fire is going
Handsome, too, isn't it? Looks like
stylish fancy range. Lewiston Journa
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
A Clever Customs Trick.

A good story is told of a clever trick,
by means of which some Russian Jews
have cheated the custom house. Stimuli
taneously at two frontiers very large
case came to each, but was not claimed.
After the regulation time had elapsed
they were opened and found to be gloves
and ordered to be sold at auction, ac-
cording to law A Jew, on looking at
them, cried out they were all right hand
gloves and of no use to any one. Conse-
quently they went for next to nothing
and for far less than the tax would have
amounted to. Needless to add that the
case at the other frontier contained all
the left hand gloves, and of course they
were bought by CONFERENCE.-The
chan0~
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
Judging by the Label.

"What queer pumpkin! looks more
like squash, don't it," remarked one
Lewiston woman to her visitor, lately.
"Thats just what l thought" replied
the other, letting her work drop into her
lap. 81 looked and looked at my can,
but it was labeled Pumpkin and so ]
supposed it must be pumpkin and made
pumpkin pies of it; but Tom declared
they were queer pumpkin pies" "Well,
it says pumpkin and beleve-why, see
here| Her little girl had torn off the
outside paper and on that next the can
was picture of squash, and under
meath: "This squash, ETC." Henceforth
these women put no more confidence in
labels. And perhaps when Tom gets
over saying. queer pumpkin pies" one
of them will feel more kindly disposed
towards the manufacturer whose squash
is pumpkin if pumpkin will sell better
Lewiston Journal
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
o,.,,, e,ac,er. Of Alaska.

rr,o southwestern face of st. Elias, 1t
,-afe TO say, will never be climed; ii
S,ssents mass of broken snow, beauti-
Fl vet forbidding. We estimated the
~, TO be about 1000 feet above US,
making its total height 1880 feet. 1t
a,,ad 10 us that the coast survey in
~;r;no il Is. 500 feet was too liberal in its
sgures. The day was cloudless; the
.sbole scene was one that battles descrip-
,;on It surpassed in grandeur, though
not in pichlresqueness, the very best that
the Alps can offer. Roughly speaking,
,ba eve encountered for miles nothing
Int snow and ice. | had never before
thoroughly realized the vastness of the
Alaskan glaciers, though during the past
fortnight we had spent many weary
hour in crossing immense moraines.
One of the glaciers we looked down
mon was not less than sixty miles long,
while another attained a breadth of
twenty-five or thirty miles. From below
| had gained the impression that ice
covered with debris predominated over
white ice l now saw that this was not
the case, and that the ratio of debris to
clear ice was probably not greater than
that of ten to one. When standing at a
considerable height one appreciates for
the first time the beautiful curves
through which the glaciers alter their
course. We noticed this in particular in
looking down upon the Agassiz glacier.
1t appeared at one point to describe
three or four arcs OF concentric circles
with radii varying from eight to ten
miles, each arc being indicated by a
light coating of stones, the whole resem-
bling an immense race course. Through
the middle of the Tyndan glacier, and
for distance of several miles, two light
streaks of moraine ran parallel to each
other, presenting from above the appear
ance of huge serpent crawling the
length of the Scribner's Maya
zine
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
Exclamation of Dreams.

Surprising man to have been evolved
from a lower and animal type, the in
stincts and impulses of the animal state
would be most potent when, as in sleep,
the watchful inhibitory faculties, the re-
suit of civilization and development, are
dormant. In other words, the old pri1n-
tive animal is waiting close by to come
in and take possession when the evolved
soul has abdicated its function. That
would account for the fact that we sell
dom have any conscience in our dreams.
and do in them without the shade of a
shadow of conjunction things which all
the wealth and honors of the world could
not induce US to do in our waking hours.
The moral sense seems to be totally
wanting in dream.
That is theory which does very well
as far as it goes. BUTT does not by any
means cover the ground. In the case of
real imaginative dreamers, the dreaming
state of ten seems to be a superior in point
of intelligence to the waking state; that
is to say, great flights are possible to the
mind then which are beyond the waking
consciousness Lneffable conceptions,
celestial visions, intense realizations or
recognitions of spiritual things, which
sometimes survive in waking thoughts
and really illuminate them, often fall to
the lot of the true dreamer. If the
moral sense has no place in such dreams,
it is because the soul seems to have risen
superior to moral sense! If the animal
hypothesis seems reasonable sometimes,
what are we to do in making up our
theories of dreams with such visions as
these, which rise only when the veil of
flesh is drawn from before the inward
eye?-Boston Transcript.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
With One Arm.

son the whole" said the one armed
man, refectively, Il am glad l lost my
arm, even if don't get a pension for it.
| was never in any war in my life. |
could have gone, but l did not want to
do it. Isn't that good reason enough?
"Shll, l am not sorry lost nv arm.
It saves me cuffs and sleeves and lots of
other things you fellows have to buy.
Do miss it? Yes. But not so much as
you would think. have got used to do
ing without it, and am quite happy. |
was single when l lost my arm. | had
just been Tilted by a girl. After l got
carried through the mill and manned |
paid court to another girl, and she took
me as l was. Since then we have made
money, and had eight healthy children. :"
AS he spoke he reached to the top of
the door and lifted himself up eight
tin tinfs in susss'fi0 T'gn he held i'd by
IA half II: Th ' is UT in 1919 10000
with two hands that.-Bos-
ton Globe.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
A Good Old Irish Maxim.

When George " complimented Lord
Eloon, after Christmas dinner at the
raVlion, on the strength of his head.
tne chancellor quoted, amidst the gen.
eral applause of an appreciative COM
pany, the famous old Irish maxim:
Aeep your back from the fire and don't
mix your liquors" which had been COM
nunicated to him by Mr.. Dundas, who
received it from the jovial Duke Of Rut-
and.-London Truth.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26

Mr.. John Collins Wood, of Kentucky.
is, perhaps, the richest Jack tar living,
having had many vicissitudes. The
death of his father and re7erses of for
tune making him adry goods salesman in
New York, the death of rich uncle in
Paris gave him an inheritance of Sc. OOO,-
COO, and sent him to Atlantic City in
search of lost health. Here he lives in
g. hotel, but belongs to the life saving
crew, wears surfman's garb, and serves
regularly in the life boat, alleyiating the
hardships of his comrades with his free
.purse.-Harper's Bazaar.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
ecHo SONG.


Who can say where Echo dwellsf
In some mountain cave, methlnks,
Where the white owl sits and blinks:
Or In deep sequestered dells
Where the fox glove hangs its bells.
Echo dwells,
Echoi
Echoi
Phantom Of the crystal air,
Daughter of sweet mysteryl
Here is one has need Of thee;
Lead him to thy secret lair,
Myrtle brings he for thy hair;
Hear his prayer
Echol
Echoi
Echo, lift thy drowsy head,
And repeat each charmed word
Thou must needs have overheard
Yestere'e en- ere, rosy red,
Daphne down the valley fed;
Words unsaid,
Echoi
Echol
Breathe the VOWS she since denIesl
She hath broken every vow;
What she would she would not now;
Thou didst hear her perjuries.
whisper while l shut my eyes
Those sweet lies
Echol
Echo!
Thomas Bailey Aldrieh, in Atlantic Monthly.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26

A correspondent is S5iing crazy over
this problem:
"Did you go to the circus?" some one
inquired of him on Thursday morning.
No. he replied; ''there was too much
Of crowd and l hate crowds. If only
one-third of the people went that go
now I'd go myself"
YES" said the other man, ''but did it
never occur to you that the majority are
like you are, and if only one-third as
many went as go now, ten times as
many would go as go now3 Seer"
He didn't exactly see, but he caught
faint glimmer. and trying'to see is what
is now unsettling his mental balance
Wachinnrto,n G+or
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
Nothing to Laugh At.

Blooms What were the boys all laugh
ing SO heartily over?
Chumley-Smith got off one of his
beastly jokes.
"Why didn't you Taught"
.It was ON me. Chicago Times.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
Whv we Saw ..The speaker. !"

We call the presiding officer of the
house of representatives 1.-The Speaker
because the English did SO in giving a
title to the head of the house of COM
mons, and they chose that name because
that officer is the spokesman of the house
when addressing thesovereign. Chatter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
Wrong Place.

Impecunious Acquaintance-Will You
kindly favor me by loaning me so to-
day?
Rich Merchant pretending not to
recognize applicant)- have mis-
taken the door, sir. The loan Office is
half block farther up. Three gold
balls over the door. You can't miss it.
brakes Magazine.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
Used to Roughing 1t,

Foreign Visitor-Don't you think the
United States should have great navy,
to cope with the battleships of other
powers in case of war?
American-Huhl With one-half the
country annually swept by floods and
the other half continually being kicked
up by cyclones, what would we care for a
mere bombardment2- ork Weekly
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26

Richard Vaux, who succeeded to Sam
Eel j. Randall's seat in congress, seals
all his letters in the old way, with wax,
using seal ring, which he wears on a
forefnger.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-28
OBITUARY..
GUY X. PELTON.

Guy r. PeltOn, Of this city, who died suddenly on
Thursday at Grand Canon, Wyoming, was born near
Great harrington Mass, in 1926. His childhood was
spent his fathers farm at the foot of Monument
Mountain. owing to his fathers humble crcnui-
stances he obliged to work most of his time on
the farm only attending the village school occasionally
during the winter Becoming tired OF farmlfe and wish
Ing to become lawyer he entered Obern College and
after graduating came 20 NewY0rk. Here he prac-
tised law with his brother, T. T.. Pelton
lie Immediately took an active interest in the
then wborn Republican party and was rewarded
by an election In 1857 to represent his district In
Congress. lie then married the daughter Of Homer
Franklin, prominent New Yorker. but In a few
years his wife died, leaving him son. During the
next few years he gained competence by the practice
Of his profession and by successful Investments. In
1873 he married Miss ScOvll n daughter of the owner
OF the celebrated ScOvil Car Wheel Works in Buffalo.
Since then he served many important commit
tees and commissions, always retaining his prom
incncc in public affairs. Mr.. Peton was member
Of The Union Lcaguc Club and commitment at DR..
parkcrS church. During the latter part Of his life
he travelled all over the world. He was noted for
his benevolence. and he leaves wife and married
in good circumstances The burial VIII be in
the family vault at Great harrington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-28
GorrPyoR MILL IT TIE SEASIDE.

Normandic blythe ~-a. y. j., July - tSp'cap-
Governor David H. IIrl. who + guest Of General
Ferdinand +. Earle tho proprietor Of Norrnandieby
the sea. IS having a good time here Last night Gen
,4l Earle gave a dinner IN h, honor. At which vero
present General Narlan, Mr.. Woodward General
Wyllc. Mr. Captcnlcck, Louis Hatfield and Mr. Chct
wood.
Excitement was caused here last evening among
The Jatcr, and the hotel guests ly the narrow escape
fr,m drowning Of Charles >pccivell. one Of General
E1rlcs walters. lie became exhausted while bathing
ard Wis r-cu,d with difficulty by the bathing master
Jesse Rowland. and Patrick NcNahOn. brother
waiter Governor Hi and Generals Narlan ana wye
were among those WHO Watched the struggles "a tae
tNl r. In the -nrf and appguded when they brought
The almost uf,c,- b0dy II >pcclNcll - ID" beach
substitution wa, started. and u night Governor I'M
pr,l tcd the money 10 the two men who risk,7i their
live iu saving ~p""dW"l.
To-day General Earle ard his family enjoyed a sail
on fln -lrr -hury River the t,rurra- steam yacht
N,,fuaudi-. Governor Hin AID Generals Nyilc aid
Ndiian were II The party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-28
BEER DRIykIvG At AsBrRY PARK.

A,bury ParlI. July = Spec aI.-Thcrc WIS an III
mcnsc number Of cases Of lager beer sold here yes
tcrlav and last night The Wholesale dealers and
buIers have the right to deliver bcer here by the
ca,c in spite Il the temperate" laws. There Wa
such lc crowd here yesterday, and tl' order, poured
In 80 heavily. hat the supply IF beer became cN-
lau,tcd At noon. Their, arr tw"itty-N b"tlerr "h'
deliver beer her. orders. They AZ their Wit
end - know how M ~ their order. After long
discussion they decided 60 telegraph IA fl" Newark
L,wrry for q supply of b"r and hay" II sent do"
Is , -uc,l l train This found o. 10" unnct -Nats
Tia. Newark brewers loaded a big freight ear 10 thc
ROT with beer 10 case. tn" car wa nia,h'h - on
81 ihr fa-' trains Of the pcuu-f lvania la llu1l u
arrived hon. IN time To- have all The order nlT IL
D.. estimated thai over ZOO Cihcs of bier we're de-
il,ct.,I A,.tcrny IN \. bury Park and ocean Grove
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-28
LEARN To SWIM. AND THEN SWIM.
IRON The phllaIclphla inquirer.


About this -cd,"n OF the year hs newspapers II the
learn t. swim" aud vail u - the journalistic mast
head with well elinchcd lu~tanc', ot Vcuturc>ome
bahcrs or victims of aquatic accidents Who have per
i.hrd for want ui this bit ut practical KNOW lti-".
Everybody should Learn To swim. More than thai,
everybody should practise swimming, >o t,ai MS kuo"i
tdgc may b" Of T>c 20 Him in an emergency. lhis -
point on which far to ltlc stress l. lald boy On"
KNOW ledge of ihc art II swimming /, al. that D. r,-
auircd that when Il man once AhOW, how to SWIM hr
CtH swim forever. and needs no p;.tt' % h hm for
any amount # ti- hind 0i work.
1t l. "A great mistake 20 think go. When man once
learn, the technique Of swimming be- never hrris j.
any than hc fprs"t> how 10 walk hut ihr NAN
who should oouine his walking to one or two -puri+
o. ten mnuir~ each 10 year Would DE
tlr slmc with swimming. Most ~ tho
drowning accident, at the bathing bcarht,
occur swimmer, VINO have mis- alculated their
power, Of endurance. ana. h1'luE swami ont too n,
Gnch." 20 swim back aealn. Then their defeat is
a-crh,d - the undrroW when n !, really du. to ti,
fabiy state OF thDi. own MUSCLES. They suddenly
bring into violent exercise -ct ~ muscle, ihii
unused 10 cscriOn aud that puickly give oui. a
300 ward, with comparative cI>c. would drown II
required Ia swim 500. ami WOgld become completely
exhausted i'm a much shorter distance than ilat. II
r.pfl.i.d ~ help q person iu dl,fr"~,.
An expert eNImUCr. under la!r conditions ~ water
and t.rncrttu'. swim "a far rs be walk. bHt
rukr- long course 81 training To- enable him 10 d.
this. vi cannot be- experts. but AL who aspire u
he. swimmers at all should practise uut they can sup.
hour without fatigue. They should also lntrn some
o. tiic cNp"iicuS That are useful ln resting Tho
swimming muscles. such A. floating, Trading water
and - inning on III, back. and they should not
this.
And all these things like most other things. are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-28
DROPPING TIE &C. AND THE r.

wish that were able 10 answer the question o. my
Nova Scotia spOndent. publIshed yesteuaS ny
Is IL that many, very many, New Engiahders nave 80
little use for the letter R1' Why, Indeed, ana Why
do our Western cOusns-cven those no farther west
than Central New York-roll their nal RS nnder thelr
tongues like sweet mOrsels one" heard syracuse
maiden inquire 30 YOU always have meat supper rs
at the Fast? The disu,e OF the final by Dos
offensive one | think than The skipping OF the r.
Time was when a real dyed -lnthe- wool Bostonan
dld not employ a final than once In mohu
bur have noticed great improvement I'm this respect
during the last ten or twenty years, such hoITlDo
sounds as comm" "cr0Ssin',' " gOln," etc. DelnB
much less frequent I'm these parts nowadays than they
Of yore. The whole subject, II has occurred 70
me- IS well worth Investigation. Nobody has ever ex-
planned 80 far as | know, Why for example, the Lon
don cockney omitS and misuses his H.. or course,
the present cOckncy does so, mainly, at least rom
Inheritance and imitation. But what caused the nrss
cOckney 10 drop his and The first (degenerate Bos-
tOnian to slur his final Rs and g's