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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
Harmless Aids to Work.

The most convenient and Immediately
effective is the ancient Japanese or Chi
nese headache cure called menthol, or
canphor of peppermint. 1t should be
rubbed upon the head and face all over
the region of the fifth pair Of nerves,
avoiding the eyes, until there is an agree
able sensation of refreshing GOODNESS. If
properly used thus, and its fumes in
hailed, which it gives out when heated
by the hand, the relief and comfort is
immense. When there is a general SEN
sation of exhaustion five drops of pure
chloroform and a teaspoonful of red
lavender, mixed in a glass of cold water
by druggist, is excellent; follow it as
soon as possible with some light refresh
ment.
When the system needs immediate
nourishment, drink glass of milk made
as hot as it can be swallowed, taking it
In long sips. Phosphates, in addition to
the hot milk, will feed the brain tissues,
and, taken persistently, will enable one
to do vast deal of work without ex-
haustion.
Egg yolks beaten to a cream with pow
dered sugar, and the whites beaten to a
froth, and both shaken thoroughly with
cold milk, refresh and sustain during
night work.
The various crystallized fruits, espe-
cially cherries and raisins, and such
thoroughly cooked sweetmeats as jams
and jellies are good. OF course, none of
these sweets are to be eaten as they are
at the table, but rather taken as distrac-
tons to the tense nervous system.-Cor.
New York Star.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16

A Good Dog, and Weighs 16O Pounds.
A well known resident of Oakland has
large Newfoundland dog that is Won
der in his way-and he weighs about 100
pounds. The gentleman walked into
the business Office, accompanied by his
dog, and purchased an additional paper
to mail to a relative in Illinois. The
paper was wrapped up, and after placing
2-cent stamp on the wrapper and ad-
dressing it the gentleman gave the paper
to the dog.
The owner got into his buggy and
drove to the postoffice, the dog running
alongside the horse. At the postoffice
the gentleman stopped, but the dog
didn't. He mounted the steps, trotted
down the corridor to the receiving boxes,
and, taking hold Of one end of the paper
in his teeth, he inserted the other in the
opening into the paper box, and with his
nose pushed it through the hole. He had
no hesitancy about brushing his wet
coat up against the light check trousers
of several young men standing near the
box, and when one of them wanted to
help him to push the paper through the
opening he growled, as much as to say
he knew his business and could get along
without outside assistance.
After depositing the paper in the box
the dog bounded out again to his master,
who was waiting for him. st took me
two weeks to train him to do that trick,
but it paid me for the trouble, " said the
gentleman. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
Center of the United States.

% you know the exact location of the
ter of the Union? Never thought
thing about it probably. Well it is
Fixed by a grave-that of Major
ZEN, of the United States Army, who
at Fort Riley, Kas., in 1855, during
cholera epidemic of that year. The
! aims of the Major were removed to
{ Leavenwerth and buried in the
ional Cemetery there, but his monu-
1T still stands upon little knoll to
northeast of the fort-Fort Riley
it lifts its head towards the clouds
| he exact geographical center of the
tied States. OF the thousands of
who have been located at Fort
~ during the past forty years, per-
} 5 not one in a hundred knew or cared
thing about the oddity of his situa-
e The post is few miles east of
{ ction City, Kas., and was formerly
b of the most important in the United
!, es.-St. Louis Republic.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
POVERTY IN SICILY.
The Pathetic Side of Life in Sunny Italy'l
Sunniest Province.

Inc fathetlc side OF Life in Sunny Italy'G
Sunniest Province.
The distance from the Simento river
to. Palermo is about 100 miles, We
travelled this distance on our excellent
donkeys in four days, writes the Naples
correspondent of the New York CONNER
cial Advertiser, with time to spare for
brief excursions from the main highway
to objects of special interest. The face
of the country is mountainous, save
where now and then infrequent level
plains intervene. The mountainous
districts recall some of the sterile and
forbidding heights of Spain. The plains
though exceedingly fertile, seem unin-
habited.
Italy and Sicily are sunny enough.
Cereals, fruits and flowers are almost
tropically luxuriant; but how can the
humane traveller rave over the glories of
pagan ruins, the massiveness Of media-
val monuments, monasteries, cathedral9
and fortresses, or the dazzling palaces OF
the nobility OF to-day, when almost the
entire people of the land are the serfs OF
few; when the lowly comprise all but
the nobility, the governing classes and
ecclesiastics; and when doubtless 2, $780,
900 souls out of Sicily's 1854, e90 inhabi-
tants are ambitionless, ignorant and sod
den as swine?
An infinite compassion fires ones
heart for the hopelessness Of such peo-
pie; and when interest in tremendous.
natural phenomena, classic regions and
old remains .lO0oo,1p, tl-e Piti~oi0 and
pathetic side of life in such land be-
gins to possess and hurt you. Any land,
boasting no progressive farming, popu--
lation masters of the soil they till, with
out fairly contented peasantry possess
ing secure and well-defned rights in
their holdings. Is doomed to desertion
and decay
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16

has fully arrived when we humorists ought
to stand by each other.
William Shakespeare knew all the time
that he was a great man and that some day
he would write pieces to speak. He left
Stratford at the age of 81 and went to Lon
don, where he attracted very little attention,
for he belonged to the yeomanry, being a
kind of dramatic Horace Greeley, both in
the matter of clothes and penmanship. Thus
it would seem that while Sir Francis Bacon
was attending business college and getting
himself familiar with the whole arm move
ment, SO as to be able to write a free, cryp-
togamous hand, poor w. Shakespeare was
slowly thinking the hair off his head, while
ever and anon he would bring out his writ
ing materials and his bright, ready tongue
and write sonnet on an empty stomach.
Shakespeare did not want his plays pub
lished. He wanted to keep them out of the
press in order to prevent their use at spelling
schools in the hands of unskilled artists,
and SO there was a long period of time during
which the papers could not get hold of them
for publication.
During this time Francis Bacon was in
public life. He and Shakespeare had nothing
in common. Both were great men, but Ba-
cons sphere was different from Shakespeare'a
While Bacon was in the senate, living high
and counting investigation, Shakespeare had
to stuff three large pillows into his pantaloons
and play Falstaff-at one night stands
! Is it likely that Bacon, breathing the per-
fumed air of the Capitol and chucking the
treasury girls under the chin ever and anon,
hungered for the false joys of the underpaid
and underscored dramatist? Scarcely
That is one reason why prefer to take the
side of Shakespeare rather than the side of
Bacon.
l know that Shakespeare has been severely
criticised by the press for leaving his family
at Stratford while he himself lived in Lon
don, only visiting home occasionally, but I
am convinced that he found they could live
cheaper in that way. Help in the house was
very high at that time in London, and the in
teligence offices were doing a very large bust
ness without giving very much intelligence
Friends of his told him that it was not only
impossible to get enough help in London, but
that there was hardly enough servants to pre-
vent panic in the employment bureau
Several offices were in fact compelled to shut
down for half day at time, one using the
limited stock in the forenoon and the other
| in the afternoon.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
A Cat with Six Legs.

Kenney, of Hamlin, N. Y, is the
er of most extraordinary cat. In
ton to the four feet usually al
ed to cats this feline glories in two
le. Branching outward from each
IT leg is smaller leg, terminating
4 perfectly formed foot. AS she
Ks toward one with those four feet
asst she creates a curious impress
Her surplus feet are evidently
o Inconvenience, as she is an un-
lily good mouser. She is very do
nc in her habits and will grab for
IL or string as quickly as her more
mon sisters.-Rochester Post Elk
=
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
A Bright Bow.

Charlie s. is a very bright boy.
and never at loss for an excuse. He
is also something of naturalist Walk
ing along with young lady one day,
he heard tree-toad suddenly begin its
shrill chirp. ut will rain within TWEEN
ty-four hours" he announced, oracular-
ly. THAT is sure sign; never known
to fail" His prediction was received in
good faith; but after twenty-four hours
of remarkably pleasant weather he was
taken to task about his prediction.
"Oh, WE'LL" he replied instantly, in an
injured tone, 1.-THE tree-toad lied. am
not responsible for his morals"
Another time, having been requested
to perform some little service, he came
to receive his reward. His father offered
him his choice between a silver dime
and an old-fashioned copper cent. Il
have always been taught to take the
smallest piece" he remarked, gravelH
pocketing the dime. -Harper's Baza"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
Barber Smiths Oral Challenge,

VIII Smith is a tonsorial artist of i'm
pressiye demeanor and much avoir-
dupois. He claims to be the speediest
man IN his profession in the world. He
can shave more men in a stipulated time
than any barber on earth, he says, and
Is willing to make a match for any
amount with whomsoever disputes his
title of champion. He has accomplished
the feat, he says, of shaving ten men
and running the distance of 100 yards in
1871 minutes, which he is certain has
never been equaled. Herald.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
One of Grants SECRETARIES.

Ex-Secretary of War Bell1nap is one Of
the best known men in the city of Wash
ington. He grows rounder and jollier
and more red in the face as the years go
by, and the circle of his friends appears
to be continually widening. He is a
gastronome, wit and a story teller.
He makes ten or fifteen thousand dollars
a year as claim agent and spends it all.
He has lovely family and luxurious
home.-Cor. Augusta Chronicle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
She Knew An Abont Them.

The Count-Ah! MademoiselIe never
saw any thing SO fresh and so green as
the country around your beautiful New
York
The Maid-Well, Count, some of the
foreigners who come here are just about
as fresh and just about as green.-Mun-
sey's Weekly.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
What the Rool Saws,

Amateur Actress (rehearsing)-You must
not say "exit" when you retire from the
stage, Mr.. Sissy.
Amateur Actor ttriumphantly showing her
the book)-That's what the book says, Miss
Gnshington.
Amateur Actress Cconyinced)-Why, 20 "a
doeel-rhe Epoch
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16

In England in 1868 go there was one
known thief to every 1000 persons; in
1s87-S8 the percentage had fallen by
nearly one-half, and there was only one
known thief to every / ,945 persons. The
decrease in the receivers of stolen goods
is still greater In 186s-69 there was one
to every S.430 people; in 1SS7-eS there
WAS one TO every d. 200
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
Wasted Sweetness.

Miss Clara-And so your engagement with
Mr. Featherly is at an end, Ethel2
Miss Ethel-Yes, for evermore
Miss Clara-Win you return the presents
he gave youl
Miss Ethel-No, cannot do that. He
never gave me anything but caramels and
ice cream--New York Sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
An Editorial Episode,

iere's question:" said the Infor-
on Editor, 81 can't answer. This
wants to know how long girls
Id be courted.'"
ust the same as short girls" return
Q Obituary Editor.
ID the staff humorist stole the Joke
Eold it to the editor-in-cbief for 81.
y. Herald.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16

CRY Citizen-How much will Won
and leave the neighborhood at
!?
'ader Of Little German Band-Fifty
CRY Citizen-You ask too much.
ader Of Little German Band-Ish
SOP Veil. l blays Won more tune,
den you see II dots too mooch-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16

The statement is made that eighteen
tons of steeAlisappear daily on the Lon.
don and Northwestern railroad through
rxraor and f.11cf
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
SAVED FROM ROBBERS.
A Contractors ForgetfulnesS Proves of
Great Value to Him.

Great Value to Him.
Some years ago prominent railroad
builder of Warsaw, Poland, experienced
one of the most remarkable marrow
escapes" on record. He was employing
several thousand laborerS along the
line of a railway then under conStruc-
ton, and as there were few banks in the
provincial towns of Poland in those
days, he was compelled to carry with
him large sums of money from head
quarters on his regular trips, to pay off
his hands. He usually drew the amount
he needed from the Bank of Poland on
the day before his departure, keep.
ing the money over night in his own
safe, which he considered a perfectly
secure depository for these funds, as
the art of safe cracking was not yet
very extensively known at that time.
One afternoon, as he was engaged in
counting and arranging the money he
had just drawn from the bank, some
one called him into the outer Office on
some urgent business. Mr.. - threw
newspaper on the bank notes which
he had spread out on his safe and
stepped out, expecting to be back d.
rectly. On his return few minutes
later he very carefully locked his safe
and went home.
When he entered his Office about six
o'clock the next morning to get the
money from the safe, he was terror
stricken on finding that the safe
had been broken open and its
valuable contents were missing. De-
tectiYes were called at once, but when
they arrived and started to make care
full survey of the premises, they found
all the money lying intact on the safe,
still covered with the newspaper which
the contractor had thrown over it the
day before! He had forgotten to put
the money into the safe before locking
the latter. and the burglars never
thought of looking anywhere else for
valuables, but took the few hundred
roubles they found in the safe and de-
parted. His forgetfulnes saved the con-
tractor $4,000 roubles-
AT Rome, Ca, recently, while a
horse was loose in the stable, one of his
hind feet got caught in his mouth. It's
supposed that the animal was rubbing
the flies from his nose with his hind
foot, when by accident the foot passed
into the mouth. The hoof was shod
with heavy iron shoe, and the sharp
corners of the shoe and hoof cut very
painful wounds in the mouth. The an
imal fell to the ground and continued to
struggle without relief. When he was
discovered he was covered with foam
and showed every sign of a fearful
struggle. His master came and sue.
ceeded in extrieating the toQt
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16

"A curious trap at the patent Office is
an imitation rat that has a piece of
toasted cheese stuck on the end a little
spear that projects from his nose a short
distance. When rat comes up to nib
bic at the cheese the spear jumps out
abotu six inches and impales the unfor-
tunate.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16

"A mans will, properly attested, IL
strong in law, but woman's ''won'tn
never backs down anywhere.-Ram's
Horn.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
Handy With the shears

Tall Boy-Hello, kid; who cut your
hair?
Short Boy-My father cut it.
Tall Boy-Hahl Yer father bar
Der?
Short Boy-Naw; he's a editor
Light.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
BILL NYe TAKES A HAND.
He wrestIes with the Shakespeare-Bacon
Problem.

RUSTING that II
will not in any
way impair the
sale of Mr.. Don
nelly's book, I de-
sire to offer here a
few words in favor
of the theory that
William Shake
speare wrote his
own works and
thought his own
thinks. The time
we humoristS oupht
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16

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Telegram-herald., 1890-04-01
AN oRpTNANcR to amena seetIon ] o. an

AN ORDINANCE TO amend section ] Of an
ordinance OF the city Of Grand NapiQs. Ell
titled: An oid nance 70 regn ate ne COZ. COZ
struction and repair oi sidewalks on Monroe
street, in the city OF Grand RAPIDS Lyon
street In said city. from Canai street 10
Kent s'reet ia said city. and on that pnrlou
OF Canal street. in said city. south 81 Bridge
street IN said city, passed June J.. l'os.
The Common CouncN OF the city OF pI~nu
Rapids do ordain that section o. an .lts sIal-
nance Of the city Of Grand Rapids. entitled;
"tn Ordinance 10 regulate the cQlstfnc-
ton and repair of sidewalks on Monroe
street. IN the city OF Grand RAPIDS Lyon
street in said city. from Canal street 10
Kent sire, { IN said city. and on that portion
of Canal street. In said city. soufn ol brlakc
street in said city. passed june -. loc'. oe
and the sane is hereby amended 50 As 10
tectier /. All sidewalks on either slcs Of
Monroe street IN the city II Grand RAPIDS on
either side OF Lyon street ~ said city, from
Canal street IN said ciy. % Kent street ~ saie
civ ana on either side OF that portion oi an ~
stree in said city. south OF Bridge street ia
said city. which shall hereafter be ina; son- 81
strucfed or repaired. SHALL o. - laid, COZ
sfrticfed and repaired ~ tle tttabishei 81 a. y
Of said streets respectively. ato soh4 bt on lhe
width OF sidewalks nKed an ts.aDhshtl lVI lVI
said designated portions 81 ~ilo .lHif" - Pm
and Cana streets respectively: ana HlsN p.
laid. constructed ana repaired Of And VIE ca!
stone fagsinr. eight fncbfs IN ihits.'ss, go
laid With an inclination downward from We
snrer dc of snv such Sidewalk 10 the cgrh
ING. Of cne fourth = a of an inch 10 the l"nl
/ tho spcci fcafi0ns and method ~ foneii b'li.i
1 AID repafr of which stone fsgg nR sc cweif'
| shaii Z rst he submitted 20 tie Board 81 fuMif
Works OF said city for its approval before th'
1 same Shal be laid. constructor ~ repair q
p~axi6ed however that walks a concrete
/ the srncifraflon. msffrial and mrtnoo ~ con
sfrrrtf,p III which stai nrst BE- submitted "
4 fhc sad Board az Puoir Works saa rett ~
4 e1,r-[,-ai nav after such approval. % lac
+ insfees of sad sronc faCging 10 ibe ~ lig
+ cenxtrucfing ~ repsirfnr - the sio"Talt. ~
+ fre ahove desiCnated Monroe STREE. ~ oi 2 /"
Ca.aI streets e7eCfiyey
rasse8 ard approved IN regular session :
the Common Council of tfe iff ~ i7lsl
/ r.,fss held Nond 81 cveuiug. March = l.t
Va. eHINkMAh. city tlcfk
Telegram-herald., 1890-04-01

The sfcEinley biz lately passed by ths
nopse of representatives.. which II being
,ttacked 40 eercely before the senate
eomnlittea. contains three important
teaturss One 4 the tuphhcaaon q
methods a. collecting revenue, and y
that there il comparatively i.ile oolec-
don. 4 bother makes ilSpori-nt disslnc-
tsons between COOS sold By samp.e aua
tlsosa sod in acnahty. and 60 this thers
. great deal Of ooJr, -aar'. espcciaily in
New York The third eFt'es some de-
pssea ~ - the rstes of cafF - - charged
q gnois hsbis e. lfTers ri G sl.slilcat toTis,
generally exinr tss higher rate. ana De-
rrives IRE impoFter ~ The rishf g. JAZZ
tfsl of sueh issues. snd 20 these provis
hsas there Il very heatsd cppo~itioa-
Telegram-herald., 1890-04-01

ton at the ripc
age Of 81 brings
him for the last
| ime, outside the
ages Of perma-
Rnt history. into
pu b lie promi-
luce. He was
Don at Franklin,
o., in 1909, re-
ceied q college
eduation. served
in tn state leSis-
Telegram-herald., 1890-04-01

ne Iucsezes ~ D~n2sskasits =. tAs ~Fs>1
G<rza4z st&ks~<nss-
The Msd Lord ~ EaSfphef, aS Prince
B.smarck Nas called from TIE tlns hs
reached mznhood UnOI sfser he had
ussssd liz 6oth birthday, owed much of
he s.locess and e1oineEcs he STAINED II
IL paoIls career recently closed by hls
rsssgnzEioa Of ths German chancellor
alp 70 his wife. " hen basH>STes Eass
Johanna von PutkSnnaer he had about
canos 70 the cooclasion that LIE Sas nct
wcrth the living As stads6f and -
Young landed proprietor be had efn-
Moved almost eysry moment Ia tessE-
la chase after pleasure. Cards, vine.
daeling, ia1rigae-sl had P~Iied upon
hiia. Hs lad found excess weArlsoaas
and he was tiTed u toe n0Dotony ot DIS
sipasion.
Ia the Putkamue.s he met family
os men aud women leading lives active,
useful and blaneless. and, through asso-
citation with them, consequent on his
marriage, be arrived Gt the conviction
that he too might fiLd motive aud an
aim. he married in 1917. In 1851 he
wrote 70 his " lfe from Frankfort; The
dAy before yesterday dined At Wies-
baden ana v.swed the scenes Of my for
n,er folly with ssdness. | cannot under
stand how q man can eadure life 90
hurdened with ennui and self contempt.
| cannot tell how used TO bear IT,
Do not conclude from this scribbie that
am in a blank mood. On the contrary,
| feel IS 81 20 when looking at the yel-
lowing leaves on "a bright September day
well and cheerful, but touched with
sadness. with homesickness, with long
ing for forest, lake and moorland, for
you and the children. all bleHded with
sunset and Beethoven
Motley, on visit 10 Varzin, found
Bismarcks 5 home life to be almost idea
in the simple kindhness and mutua! az
lection of the members OF the family.
Breakfast was obtainable any time be-
tween and II. at the latter hour the
head Of the house appeared. After an
egg and cup OF coffee a great meer'
Telegram-herald., 1890-04-01

latur and was in GIN. r. c. sCHRSCK.
congess as Wing from 1912 TO 1851.
he sent two years as minister to Bra
I'll, an at the breaking out Of the civil
war etered the conflict on the side Of
the moth as brigadier general. He was
in the ED two years, and then resigned
5ecaus'of his election to congress from
an OhiOiistrict. He served three terms.
De was oinister TO England in 1870. and
in 1871 Ns one of the Alabama claims
commissioners. After his retirement
from thaboard he participated little in
public afirs-
Telegram-herald., 1890-04-01

tered the Virginia legsturs. and in 1885
was elected heutenaugovsrnor on the
ticket with GovernoiHenry A. Wise.
This place he resigns on removing to
Chicago. where he re>nsd work AZ bis
profession and Eainsd envis5le stand
inr a. the bar. In 1sJhe became chief
editor Il The Chicararimss. and he'd
that position until thfaPer was pgr-
chased bv the ate WIZ F STOREY. lie
vent n Nebraska IA Il, ard 6nsily 10
cassd Al Fort Scott. IA. where 10 did.
The later years q his lifrsvs devoted -
literary work