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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
Honey and the Bat,

An amusing anecdote is related of
George Honey, who, some years ago,
while on tour in the provinces, had
: taken lodgings in house on the out
skirts of town. Soon after retiring,
he was awakened by a futtering noise,
as of bird, around the curtain of his
bed. He sprang up, struck a light,
and saw small, dark creature, with
wings, laundering about the room.
Not being we'll versed in natural his
tory, he did not recognize it as bat;
but thinking it queer sort of a
bird, he resolved to catch it, if posi-
BILE, and examine it by daylight. So
he took his felt hat and attempted, for
a long time in vain, to capture the in
truder; but at length he bounced upon
it, carefully removed it from his hat
with his hand, shut it up in drawer,
listened while it struggled for few
moments to escape, and then went to
bed and was soon asleep. But he was
not destined to sleep long. Hardly
had he dozed off when further flut-
tering awakened him, and lighting
another match, he found a second bat.
He had an exciting scramble before
he caught this one, but finally he sue
ceeded and put it in the drawer with
its companion, and again retired.
Again, however, he was awakened in
similar manner; bats came not in
single spies, buff the expression be
allowed-in ''battalions Each speci-
men was carefully deposited in the
drawer. At last, after an unusually
long chase, he was SO heated that he
opened the window, and having re-
tired exhausted enjoyed few hours
sleep. When he awoke he Jumped
/ out of bed and opened the drawer
very cautiously, to look for the prizes
OF the night; but lol there were no
bats therel He opened the drawer
wide, and then discovered that it had
no back to it. He had, in fact, spent
his night in catching the same bat,
which had flown out at the back OF
the drawer as soon as he had put it in
at the front, and when the window
was opened had finally escaped. San
Francisco Argonaut.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
RootbIncks Renuire Canita

ut requires capital now to become
a first class bootbIack, said a ragged
little, dirty faced polisher on Park
row. Until the past four or five years
the shines were distributed wholly by
a miscel laneous assortment of ragged
little darkies, who had no regular run
OF custom. Not more than one was
permitted on corner or four at the
intersection of two streets, and one on
either side in the center of the block.
They were required to bring written
permission from the owner of the
premises before which they desired to
stand
This brought a revolution in the
business of backing. The possession
OF permanent stands in which they
could not be disturbed as long as tileg
behaved themselves led to the pur-
chase of chairs and an outfit which
former y would have been too bulky
to carry about. Some of them have a
platform, studded as the taste of the
magnate suggests, with brass nails,
and prettily carpeted with Brussels.
The box contains half dozen brushes
OF various sizes, two or three kinds of
backing and bottle of water. The
outfit costs considerable for a boot
black.-New York Star.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
IT'S Often Tins.

In the dry goods house: Mrs. Dove
lelgh-Edgar, you had better let me
carry few of those bundles. I'm
afraid there are more than you can
manage.
Mr.. Doveleigh-Never. You know
as well as that it is my duty and my
chief delight to bear your burdens, my
dear. (Admiring glances and muir
murs from all the other women.)
AT home: Mr. Doveleigh Maria, 20
get hod of coal and be quick about
it And sayl The next time you
have such load as this to bring home
you'd better hire dray, do you hearG
-Terre Haute Express.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
The Greek Actor.

1t was customary to increase the
stature of the actors by the use of the
cothurnus or buskin-a kind of high
ing layer of soles some three inches
thick. The cothurnus was painted in
the same color as the robe worn. In
addition to this, masks covering the
whole head and face were used. On
the top, over the forehead, was lofty
frontlet of conical form, which must
have added considerably to the stature
and dignity of the actor; inside the
mask there seems to have been some
contrivance for strengthening the
power of the voice to enable it to fill
the immense space of the auditorium.
Bell shaped vessels of bronze are said
to have been placed in various parts of
the theatre to reflect the sound, and
the actors were subjected TO severe
course of training both as to power
and meditation of voice.
Many of the actors were men of po
sition and influence in Attic society,
and more than one had been intrusted
with diplomatic and other missions.
Sometimes the poet himself played in
his own compositions, as Eschylus is
said to have done. 1t may interest
some of the craft of the present day to
learn that as much as a talent (nearly
4250) has been paid to an actor of note
for two performances. There were
only three performers in speaking
parts, the others were silent; indeed,
they could not have spoken had they
tried, for their masks had the orifce of
the mouth closed, while those worn by
the principal actor and his two subor
dinates were constructed with the
mouth open in the shape of an o.
No women were allowed to act, the
female parts being taken, as in Shake
spearean times with us, by boys or
young men, not only on the stage it
self, but in the chorus. Sophocles,
when a youth, was selected for his
grace and beauty to lead the choral
dance at the festival given in honor of
the victors at Salamis. The dresses
worn on the stage bore no resemblance
to the ordinary Anthenian costume,
but were probably modification of the
festal robes worn in the old Dionysiac
procession, and consisted of flowing
robes of purple and yellow and other
brilliant hues, crowns or chaplets, and
broad, embroidered girdles. These
robes were so lengthy as to cover the
feet, and were common to all charac-
tiers, male as well as emale.-Cham-
bers' journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
He Mixed the Children LIN

o "Do you want to laugh2 Well, listen. l
lp,ave just returned from visit 10 Louisville.
usriend with me; stopping at mutual friends.
cole is the father of eleven children, all girls.
n5ne evening we were all seated in the recep-
- ion room, when turned to him and said:
"'Captain, how many children have YOUR
die looked little puzzled at first and then
N aswered, 'Dick, don't know. Out on nv
i arm there is board ON which notch is cut
every time a colt is born. used to cut a
lotch in that same board whenever new
! iember Of the family was introduced to us,
i ut of late years the notches have got SO bad
me, mixed that can't tell which are colts and
IS ihich are girls "-Cincinnati Telegram.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
Able Bodied chicago Liars.

Said Col Phil Hoyne yesterday: "The
hottest day in the history of Chicago was
July 4, 1887. At noon that day the Their
mometer registered 123 in the shade The
lake stewed and steamed like a tea kettle and
fish floated ashore already boiled and cream
gravy ON them"
"June %, 1S4g was the hottest day l ever
knew Of" said Long John Wentworth. II
was living on farm then-the Cooley farm,
near where Kinsleys restaurant stands now.
1t was so hot that we had to hang the ther-
mometer in the well and keep tanning it (,
prevent it from bursting"
"On Aug. 6, 1885," said Amos Tucker, 1--WE
caught blazer. Along about sunset went
out to the barnyard to see how the stock was
getting along. We had twelve fine hogs just
ready for the market. Well, when | got to
the barnyard all could find of them hogs
was twelve buckets of leaf lardn
"The hottest day ever knew Of was July
10, 1858, said Jonathan Young Scammon. II
remember the exact date, because on the
morning of that day our hens all laid hard
boiled eggs. "-C Chicago News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
THE DANGEROUS "sEA poo.. !.
A Caprice of the Ocean Tia. r
the Bather with no..---rea ten

A Caprice of the Ocean Tha. r,.
the Bather with Danv.- "'eatens
1t may be well to speak a 49,.
phenomenon not infrequently obsa O.ne'
do not recall ever seeing the ns, vsvsd
which it is known in print ana 's oy
word is ignored by Webster, / sha j we
vent my own spelling and write 4 g. u
poose." This term is LOOSELY .sos sea
different parts of the coast H.. =, 20
true significance Of it is briefly 81. ne
There will sometimes come al o .us
bathing ground, days when the oa 10y
seems to lose its head and TO o., J 1;
very eapricious way On such oo.
sions it often happens that the haaoS - !,
cut away at some one point. nrssr,I
ably where the sand happens ~ l
softer and less capable of RESISTING ~ -
action of the water. '-'
There will then be found a littlo l..
indenting the shore, perhaps ten co.:
perhaps ten yards. The waves rollire
into such a cove are detected somewbas
by its sides and set together AT !.
head, so that two wings of a breaker e.
to speak, meet and, running strai.b.
out from the point of junction, form :"
sort of double under tow" which
will, if the conditions that cause if co.,
tinue, cut out along its course a denro,
sion or trench of varying depth and
length.
1t can be readily understood tb.,
such a trench tends to strengthen tbo
current that causes it, and these two
factors, acting and reacting upon each
other, occasion what might be called
an artificial "under tow" which !.
sometimes strong enough to carry An
unwary bather some distance out in a
fashion that will cause him either TO be
glad he is, or to wish he were, within
the rectangle of the life lines.
l have sometimes heard old surfmer
speak of what they call false poose,
but have never been able to find out
just what was meant by the expression
much less its causes and character
shall therefore leave the question fo
those who delight to delve into tn,
mysteries of local nomenclature Duf
feld Osborne in Scribner's.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
UNTO THE LEAST OF THESE.

o chfldren's eyes unchildIike, Children's eyes
That make pure, hallowed ageseem young indeed
Wan eyes that on drear horrors daily feed
Learned deep in all that leaves us most unwisei
Poor wells beneath whose troubled depths Truth
lies
Drowned drowned, alas So does my sad heart
bleed
When remember you: so does it plead
And strive within my breast as one who cries
The torture of her first born-that the day
The long, bright day seems thicker sown for me
With eyes of children than the heavens at night
With stars on stars To watch you is to pray
That you may some day see as children see
When man, like God hath said. Let there be
light
Dear Christ, Thou hadst Thy childhood ere Thy
cross
These bearing first their cross. no childhood
know
But aged with toll through countless horrors
grow
To age more horrible Rough locks atoss
Above drink redeemed eyes like Southern moss
That drops its tangles to the marsh below;
No standard dreamed or real by which to show
The piteous completeness of their loss:
No rest no hope, no Christ: the cross alone
Borne on their backs by day their bed by night
Their CHASTITY playthng when they pause to weep.
Their threat of torture do they dare to moan:
A darkness ever dark across their light
weight that makes waking o. their sleep
Father, who CONTEST such poor birds as fall
Count Thou these children fallen from their place;
Lift and console them of Thy PHYS grace.
And teach them that to suffer is not ALL
Hedge them about with love as with a wall
Give them in dreams the knowledge of Thy face
And wipe away such stains as sin doth trace,
Sending deliverance when brave souls call
Deliver them Lord deliver theml-
These children as Thy Son was once a child
Make them even purer than before they fell
Radiant in raimeut clean Nom throat to hem;
For, Lord, till Thou hast ceansed these sin de
filed,
OF such the kingdom, not of heaven, but he'll
-Amele Rives in Harper's Magazine
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26

There is nothing, mad doctors saw
more unusual than for lunatics who are
together to act on a common impulse
Last Sunday, however, six inmates of
the Bicetre asylum were so irritated
and oppressed by the sultry weather
preceding the hailstorm as to take an
Identical course in letting off their nerv-
Gus excitement. The outbreak took
place in the refractory, where a lunatc,
who has often had to be kept in a pad
ded room, complained that a new
keeper had deprived him of poSion
of food to which he was entitled. The
complaint was well founded. As the
dish was being fetched the mailman
lost patience and dashed the plate be-
fore him against the wall opposite.
Five others followed his example, and
then ran to pitch everything they could
lay their hands upon out of the win
dows.
NJ. Pinon, the governor, was called,
compulsion of a violent kind never be-
ing suffered unless by his order. As he
entered the refectory a dish was broken
on his head, and he and a keeper who
was with him had difficulty in escaping
with their lives. The mad people tore
down the iron bars which formed a par
tition between their part of the hall and
a section where other patients were
dining. Then they got to the keepers
rooms, and, Selling knives and razors,
went out to cut the threats of those
who denied them their liberty. Troops
were summoned from the fort, and ar
rived as the mutineers had got posses
sion of the kitchens and courtyard.
When twenty soldiers with fixed bayou
cts entered the latter there was a sud-
den collapse. The six ringleaders
dropped their knives and razors. begged
pardon and submitted quietly to be
taken to their cells. Nearly all the
keepers were seriously injured. One,
Fourier, was beaten with chair and
his arm broken in two places A mad
man named Jolly rihed desk of bank
notes, all of which he ate.-Paris Cor.
London News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
Indians Who Were Cannibals.

During the siege of Detroit several
murders and maSsacres were perpe-
trated, and one English woman, who
lived with her two sons on the com
mons, was massacred and eaten made
INTO soup. Shells were fired at the
Indians from the fort, but the cunning
savages soon learned to run toward
them when they were coming and
blow out the fuse, and so prevent their
exploding But few of us nowadays
would suppose that the Indians ever
had been cannibals, but we are posi-
tlvel y informed in letters written from
the Detroit post that in several in
stances Pontiacs braves ate their pris-
oners, dished up in various forms. In
letter dated July 9. 1863, the writer
says:
Was it not very agreeable to hear
every day of their cutting, carving,
boiling and eating our compartment
They boiled and ate Sir Robert
Devers, and an Indian had the skin of
Capt. Robertson's arm for a tobacco
nouch. st Louis Magazine.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
An Extraordinary Story,

The police of Buda-Pesth are inves-
tigating truly marvellous case. A
boy at the public grammar school has
confessed to his father that he has,
for some time past, taken money from
the till in his shop, being ordered to
do SO by man who had made him the
subject of experiments in hypnotism.
The father went to the school authori-
ties, and it was discovered that a
whole class of boys were in a SINH
lar plight They acted as mediums, v
and by process known as ''sugges-
ton" were made to steal money Srom
their parents and bring it to the ar
dent scientist in question. Pan Mall
Gazette.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
Swallows a Live Fish.

Mr.. B. G. Mitchell says that while
he was boy he had friend named
Bill Chandler; that one day several
boys were in crowd, and in going by
a branch they all stopped and drank
from IT. Bill Chandler sucked a fish
In his mouth and swallowed it before
he could spit it out He says that the
boy could feel It flop around in his
stomach several minutes after it went
down, and the way it kicked and
squirmed made Billy feel skittish and
look squeamash.-Americus (Ga.) Re.
publican.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26

You Can Learn to Swim in an Hour.
One often hears of the difference be-
tween the feminine and masculine
stroke in swimming, but there is really
no difference, unless it be that a man
can naturally put more strength in his
stroke and has a longer reach than a
woman. In all other essential points
they are Identical, but men cannot
compare in gracefulness with lady
swimmers.
Mr. Labouchere, editor of The Lon
don Truth, after noting that probably
not one in twenty of the persons who
indulge in bathing on a holiday can
swim, proceeds to tell his readers how
to acquire the accomplishment. His
advice is offered to men, but it is as
applicable to the ladies, as advice
generally a very cheap commodity
usually is. Nothing" he says, is
more easy than swimming. When the
air is out of the body its owner sinks;
when the air is in the body its owner
floats. Let any one slowly draw III his
breath as he draws back his legs and
pushes forward his arms, retain it while
he is preparing for the stroke which is
to propel him, and slowly allow it to go
through his lips as his arms are passed
hack from before his head to bis sides
end his legs are stretched out
THE action of the stroke should not
he quite horizontal, but should be made
en- a slight incline downward The real
reason why people take weeks to learn
how to swim is because swimming pro-
fessors either do not know or do not
choose to teach the philosophy OF
breathing so as to render the body
buoyant. would engage to make al
one tolerable swimmer in an hour,
unless he be committal idiot"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
Gas q Ia Donan.

COL pat Donan" sees great possibilities
In natural gas. Hear him sling adjectives
about 1t: with sewer sized main run into
the national Capitol and smaller pipes into all
our state houses, court rooms, city halls and
editorial sanctums, every shaft and spindle
and loom, every cogwheel, trip hammer and
hand organ, every buzz saw, wheat corner
elevator, scissor grinder, whirligig and merry
60 round in our peerless, four ocean washed
empire of liberty can be run without cost.
free gratis for nothing without a cent. New
York Tribune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26

"Wlaaloid, Infallible Cure for Con
sumption. Dispensing hours, to 10
a. m, 3 to 5 p. m" On turning down
Oxford street my attention was at
tracted by this huge sign on the OPP
posite side Of the street, and also by
the number of people locking into
the building. Entering the building.
was at a loss what to make of
the matter, as all | could see was
the crowd and a large tank in tile
center Of the room. This tank was
some seventy feet long, thirty feet
wide, and, as | learned afterwards.
about thirty feet deep, having been
constructed at a great expense. While
waiting patiently for developments,
found that the liquid was being low
cred or let out by some means Soon
a smooth black surface appeared to
view, and as the water continued TO
recede | became aware that captive
whale was on exhibition. Surprised
at not having to pay any admission
fee, was soon made aware of the
reason. A frame work had been con
structed on which the animal rested,
and soon an expert milkman was Ell
gagged iii extracting for the cousump-
tiyes whaloid Tor whales milk.
which was greedily absorbed at i've
shlllings per glass. Druggists Bulle-
tin.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
Deaths at the EiSel Tower,

In talking with the workmen at the
ElHel tower | was surprised to hear
OF a number of fatal accidents which
nave never been made public. was
sure that these amounted to nearly a
hundred; but the census would moi be
taken until all was over. AS the
French say, omelets cannot be made
Mercury.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
The sabbath Not Rrnken.

Eastern Stranger-My, myl didn't sup
pose you allowed baseball playing here on
Sunday.
Omaha Mantle playing is being done by
an out OF town club and we don't feel respon-
sible for them, you know.
But isn't that the Omaha club they are
playing againstl"
Yes, but the Omaha club is composed Of
very conscientious young men who wouldn't
think Of breaking the Sabbath"
but there they are right in the field and
on this hallowed day of rest.1
"lf you look at the score you viii see that
they are not playing; they are resting"-
Omaha World.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
ORANGE wine.

There is man in Southern Florida
who makes a delicate wine out OF
oranges. His process is a secret which
ne guards jealously. In flavor these
wines, for there are two or three va
tieties, are like a fine sauterno, and one
has the suggestion of the white Rhine
wine flavor in it. He has had made
for the Paris exposition. TO which he
sends some of his manufactures, bot
ties shaped like oranges, with the
leaves covering part Of the fruit, the
cork being made to initiate the stem =
Chicago Times
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
IneIr own SCENERY

Memorial hall, Eastport, has beau.
tiful drop curtain of which the Cit
Gems have good reason to be proud
The view painted thereon is one Of
the finest and also one that all can ap-
preciate. II is not a scene in Italy.
France or Holland, but gem from
Maine scenery, giving a view of
Iodd's Head near Eastport with the
New Brunswick hills in the distance.
taking in Indian, Thumb Cap, Spruce
White Horse and other islands. with
the sunlight touching up the cluster
OF houses on the head near Wilson,
beach, at Campobello, and glimmer-
ing On the water. Lewiston Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
A Pretty Slick Cat.

Norwich has many odd things, but
the oldest one, perhaps, is a house
hold cat that visits the barn twice a
day and gets two meals from COW
which leaks her milk" The cat steps
under the cow, holds her mouth open
for period and the deed is done.
There are number of people in town
who would like to get living as
easily.-New Haven Union.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
An Aristocratic Pair.

! u tell you, I've moved in mighty swell
society" said the boastful travelling man.
+ I've met the Clevelands and the Whitneys
Z and all of EN-"
Il I've moved in some pretty tony society
}. myself, remarked the quiet looking man to
Tewhom the remark was addressed. Il was in
'otroduced to the Siamese twins"
y "The Siamese twinsl You don't call them
swell people, do you7"
why, yes. At all events, you can't DENY
II that they were well connected. Merchant
Traveller.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
Filling a Long Felt Want.

Some day or other every reporter
will carry around photograph and
when he interviews a man the latter S
words will be taken down with an &C
curacy admitting of no dispute. Then
when the interviewed gentleman
comes around in the morning like a
volcanic eruption to explain that his
language was distorted and all that
sort of thing the reporter can quietly
pull the photograph with one hand
and a gun with the other and ask him
what he is going to do about it. When
this scheme can be successfully oper
ated a long felt want will be filled
As it is at present when man gets into
trouble because of his remarks being
faithfully printed, he at once swears
that the reporter mixed his words
with an egg beaten and then run them
in. In such a manner the guileless
newspaper worker frequently gains a
reputation for lying which he does not
deserve. Lincoln Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-26
Baby's First Words.

Omaha Dame-Your baby seems very
eoright for his age.
p Kansas Mother-Oh, he's just as smart as
d'hey make 'em.
! "Can he say papa and mamma YETI"
az mo, be amt learned that, but Won inst
ought to hear him lisp 'weal estate. ~
re)maha World,