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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
THE SPEAKER

" tell you that the seeds of vice and wick
edness is often sowed at school in the minds
OF the young by teachers who are paid large
salary to do far different What do Won
think of man who would open school with
prayer and then converse freely about the
alimentary canal2 Such man would lead n
life of the deepest infamy if he had the least
encouragement
$50 l say, fellow citizens, that we must
guard against the influences of the public
schools as a nation. for the people, of the
people and by the peoolc Education is often
a blessing in disguise, we should not prv
into things that the mind has no bust
ness with. How much was Calico ahead in
the long run for going out of his sphere? He
was boycotted from morning till night and
died poor. Look at Demosthenes Look at
Diogenes They pried into science, and both
of them was poor providers and have since
died. OF course their names are frequently
used i'll debating schools, and some claim that
this is big pay for what they went through,
but say give me high stepping horse, the
bright smile of dear ones who are not related
to me in any way, the approval of the adj
miring throng, a large wOolly dog that will
do as tell him, modest little home and un-
how much B. will have to use off from the
diameter of given grindstone for which he
paid an undivided one-ffteenth.
II know that this is regarded as a queer
doctrine by what is called our more advanced
thinkers, but l say let every man who pants
for fame select his own style of pant and 90
ahead. / bid him most hearty godspeed
and hope he will do well.
"But again. In closing, let me say that
we owe it to our common country to be
peaceable citizens and pay our taxes without
murmuring. The time to get in our fine
work is OH the valuation, and it is too late to
kick after that. Let us cultivate spirit
of lofty patriotism, but believe nothing
Just to oblge others. used to be a great
believer in anything that was submitted for
my approval.
II am here to state that, as boy and man, |
hive been a constant user of American free
dom for over fifty years, and l can truly say
that I feel no desire to turn back; also that
there will be grand, free for all scufIle for
creased pig on the vacant lot south of the
church at o'clock, after which fireworks
will be serv Ell to those wEo desire to remain"
New York World.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
Curious Notices,

One must not look to guide boards
for exemplary grammar, even in the
United States. 1t is not necessary to
go far from Boston to read: ''All tres
passing on these grounds is strictly
forbid, or mo trespassing except on
business" In fact, the makers of
such signs are rather given to combin-
ing amusement with warning.
In the railway carriages running be-
tween Calais and Paris there used to be
a peculiar device for summoning the
guard or conductor Behind small
glass window in the wall of each com
partment dangled a ring fastened to
the end of cord. Below, in French,
German and English, was notice, the
English version of which read as fol
lows:
Should at any time the presence of
the guard be deemed necessary, the
passenger will please break the glass,
pull the cord, and agitate his right
arm out the window according as the
train is going"
Here is another notice which is de-
signed to put travellers on their guard
against unauthorized guides to Mount
Vesuvius, and to warn tourists to OBJ
serve the guides number if they wish
to make complaint:
THE Vesuvius guides acknowledged
by the company are only those who
have number of recognition at the
bonnet and an inscription, Guida del
Vesuvia Travellers are earnestly re
quested to remember that number of
recognition to the guide who escort
them, and to declare it if they have
any complaint to do; differently the
company will be in the impossibility
to pursue such reclamation. Youths
Companion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02

There was an unfortunate charger
whose duty it was to carry an ex-
tremely fat and heavy Indian gen
eral. Feeling that this task was
more than could be reasonably requir-
ed of him, the intelligent animal in
variably lay down and refused to get
up whenever the general tried to
mount him, and so far gained his OBJ
ject that his owner sold him to a
young officer who was going to a dis
tant station up country. Two years
afterwards the general went to inspect
some frontier environments, and as he
travelled to his destination in palan-
quin, was obliged to borrow a charger
for the purpose of the inspection.
There wassome difficulty in finding one
up to his weight. At length an officer
resigned to him powerful horse for
the occasion, which was brought out,
duly caparisoned, in front of the
line. The general came forth from
his tent and proceeded to mount, but
the instant the horse saw him advance
he flung himself fiat upon the sand,
and neither blows nor entreaties could
induce him to rise. 1t was the gener-
ais old charger, who from the mo-
ment of quitting his service had never
once practiced the artifce until this
second meeting. The general, who
was an exceedingly good humored
man, joined heartily in the universal
shout that ran through the whole line
on witnessing this ludicrous affair
The Horse and His Rider.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
To Bridge the English Channel.

Some years ago plans for a tunnel
under the British channel were put
before the public and the vast proiecl
would doubtless have been executed
but for the caution of the govern
ment authorities, who feared the dan
gers of an invasion through such a
roadway. Now comes project, which
seems to be well reckoned, for bridge
about % miles long from Cape Grisnez
to Folkestone. The estimated cost for
bridge 100 feet wide, with four lines
of rail and carriage way. is S72. 900
600. Even if the cost should be sew
eral times this amount, it is likely the
traffic would Justify the expenditure.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02

In California the saw has largely
supplanted the axe in bringing down
redwoods, but the change is severe
upon the woodsmen. After being
sawed partly through, tree is forced
over by inserting a number of steel
wedges in the kerr. which are driven
in with steel sledges. They are set in
as close together as possible, and the
driving of the wedges frequently re-
quires three hours or more. The con-
slant contact of the steel sledges with
the steel wedges results in chipping
off fragments which fly with great
force, and in numerous instances be-
come Embedded in the flesh of the
workmen, requiring surgical opera
tons to remove them. Many eyes
have been lost in this way. while arm
and shoulder wounds are frequent.
Some means of protection against the
sharp missile is needed. Northwestern
Lumberman.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
The Wrong Foot

dat eands dat, q" said colored man
who was brought into the central sta
ton the other day as suspicious char
acter
WHAT" asked the sergeant.
Dis yere, was the reply as he pro-
duced rabbits foot and tossed it con
temptuously on the desk. Dat ar de
off hind fut of rabbit. -"
what is it good for2"
Muffin tall"
what do you carry it for9"
Bought dat fut of an old Kentucky
niger, who said it would keep de
ghosts off"
well, hasn'tit?"
Eyes, de ghosts hain't come, but de
purliceman has. Walked right up an
grabbed me fore | knowed it. What's
de good to keep de ghosts off an let
de coppers grab ye2 Doan believe in
de rabbits foot no mo-. You list keep
it. Doan' want muffin in my pocket
dat walks me in yere an sends me up
fur six months. Detroit Free Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
Fate of the IuyaIidHR.

1t is now considered probable tina
the Hotel des Invalides, which has Sc
long sheltered the old soldiers of tn,
French army who have lost limbs il
the wars, will at no distant date b,
used for other purposes. The offices o
the military governor of Paris have al
ready been transferred thither, and i
is proposed to give the antique pen
sioners who still inhabit the buiIdinf
increased pay and another place O
refuge. In any case, the number O
decrepit warriors now in residence il
small, and unless war breaks out there
will be no successors for them in the
French Chelsea hospital. There arc
now 228 pensioners-nearly all very ole
and infirm -accommodated in the Ho
tel des Invalides.
Under the First empire there were at
one time Is, 900, but this number con
tinued to diminish even after the peri
DDS of the Crimean and Italian cam.
paigns. After the Franco Prussian war
of 1870 700 soldiers were admitted To
the Invalides, which in a year or two
will in all probability be wrongly
named, inasmuch as it is intended to
make it very active and busting mill
tary center. Many, however will re-
greet the change, for there was ALWAYS
something picturesque and historic
about the old pensioners and their
weekly parade for the military mass in
the church containing the tomb of the
First Napoleon was one of the sights of
Paris.-Paris Cor. London Telegraph.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02

1t is now held by the best physicists
that, instead of falling from above,
the dew rises to the earth. The gen
orally received opinion that the dew
is formed of vapor existing at the
time in the atmosphere must be given
up for the established fact that tie
vapor which rises from the heated
earth is trapped by the cold surface
earth. Besides, when we imagine
that, on cool evening after sultry
day in summer, our feet are being wet
by the dew on the grass, we make a
grave mistake. For that moisture on
the grass is not dew at all, it is false
dew-in reality the transpired humor
q the plants. The drops at the tips,
which glisten diamond like, are not
dew; close examination shows that
these crystalline spheresare all situated
at the point where the veins of the
leaves cut the outer edges. These
drops only give evidence of the vital
tyof the plant. The difference between
Inc true dew on the grass and the eX-
uaed drops through the veins from
"lthln the grass can be easily distin-
gulshed; for the former is distributed
all over the blade in a moist film;
whereas the latter are of some size and
are situated near the tips of the blade.
altered, then, is the meaning of the
1ne, "llka blade O grass keeps its ain
urap o dew" for those brilliant glob.
ules on the petal, shaking to the same
sweet AIR, and often gliding at once
all fragrant into one" are not dew
9rops, but are the exudations CT the
nealthy plants. They give evidence
VI the elixir vive of vegetation; where
US the true dew is the pearly !uster,
ts1rnlshed in filmy humidity over the
oiades by that wondrous alchemy
winch transforms the water vapor
rising from the ground into the plant
FeIreShlnS Wood Words
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
A MUSICAL FISH.
The Unfavorable Opinion of One of the
Finny Tribe Breaks an Engagement

The Unfavorable Opinion of One of the
Finny Tribe Breaks an Engagement.
The fates of nations and of men have
been altered by trifles over and over
again, but it has been reserved for a
Philadelphia youth to have his destiny
altered by the musical perceptions of
a gold fish. There is family in this
city, the two chief ornaments mot
that there is not a sufficiency of other
bric-a-b rac) of whose Spruce street
drawing room are a large gold fish
and a grand piano. Every member
of the family is we'll known amateur
musician and determined ichthyolo-
gist as well, and their boast of the
possession of musical fish has been
for some time past a matter of mingled
jest and wonder to their friends. One
thing is certain, that on every occa-
sion when the family gathered round
the piano to play chamber music,
which is their invariable diversion
whenever they are not attending con-
certs, the largest of the gold fish has
swum slowly to the side of the glass,
stuck his nose against it and remained
there IN an apparent dreamy ecstasy
as long as the music continued. He
has been seen to do this over and over
again, and the story which is now be-
ing told on the eldest son seems to
prove that there was method in his
performances.
About the middle of the winter the
said eldest son, devoted violinist, fell
to all appearances in love. In this his
sisters could have seen nothing to dis
approve, especially as the lady was
young, charming and very well off.
But what they could not tolerate was
the contention of their brother that
she could sing. This was her weak
point, and it may be said at once, as
long as no names are being mentioned.
that her voice, method ard songs were
all atrocious. But her lover was blind
ed and the family peace was threat
ened
Finally one evening matters had so
far advanced that it had become nee
essary for the heads of the house to
take official recognition of the affair
by inviting her TO tea. To tea she was
invited, and she brought her music.
Tea was eaten and to the drawing room
they adjourned The eldest sister
played a Beethoven andante; the
father, mother and eldest son PLAYED a
Schubert trio for piano, violin and
cello; then the visitor was asked to
sing. All this while the gold fish had
been at his accustomed post.
Lovingly the ardent swain rolled
out the music and seated himself at
the piano to play the accompaniment.
But as the opening notes of "Ohe,
Mammal rang out shrill and false a
cry was heard from the youngest
daughter. ''Oh, ohI' she exclaimed.
look at the goldfish" All eyes
turned instinctively to the aquarium.
The fish was seen, with quick whisk
OF his tail, disappearing rapidly into
his weedy grotto. The young lady
stood aghast; nobody spoke; the song
was never finished
And, what is more, the eldest son,
though he made desperate efforts to
conceal his chagrin from the family,
has quite evidently ceased his pursuit
OF his quondam inamorata. -Philadel-
phia Times
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
A DUTCH LULLABY,

"ynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed of in a wooden shoe;
Sailed on a river of misty light
Into sea of dew
Where are you going, and what do you ws.A
The old moon asked the three
I'VE have come TO fish for the herring fish
That live in this beautiful sea;
Nets of silver and gold have we"
Said Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod
The old moon laughed and sung song.
As they rocked in the wooden shoe
And the wind that sped them all night long
Rut1ed the waves of dew;
The little stars were the herring fish
/ That lived in the beautiful sea:
now cast your nets wherever you wish
But never afearSi are we;'
30 cried the stars to the fishermen threa
Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod
All night long their nets they threw
For the fish in the twinkling foam:
Ihen down from the sky came the wooden shoa
Bringing the fishermen home;
Twas all so pretty sail it seemed
AS If 1t could not be;
And some folk thought twas n draar, ,ha,
dreamed,
OF sailing that beautiful sea;
But shall name you the fishermen three:
Wynken.
Blynken,
And Nod
Wynken and Blynken are two little eyea
I And Nod is little head.
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies
Is wee ones trundle bed;
So shut your eyes while mother sinRs
OF wonderful sights that be-
And you shall see the beautiful things
| As you rock on the misty sea,
| Where the old shoe rocked the fsher,nan ,hra.
/ Wynken.
Blynken,
And Nod -Chicapo Daily Navvs
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
The Cars FaYorite Ring.

The car of Russia is said to be very
superstltious and to have great conf
dence in relics He wears a ring in
which is imbedded a piece of. the true
cross. The sacred wood cannot be
seen, the ring having really been made
round it, and if there be extant a piece
OF the true cross the piece in the pos
session of the car would seem to be
authentic. 1t was originally one of
the treasures of the Vatican, and was
presented to an ancestor of the present
car for diplomatic reasons. The value
which the car sets upon this ring,
with its imbedded relic, is shown by
the following fact: Some two years
and half ago the car was travelling
from st. Petersburg to Moscow. He
suddenly discovered that he mad for
gotten the ring. The train was stopped
Immediately and special messenger
sent flying back in an express engine
for 1t. Nor would the car allow the
train to move, until eight hours after
wards, the messenger returned with
the rlng.-New York Home Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
THE eHosrLY ToLLKEEPER.
a Phantom That Frightens Travellers o
the Old National pike

- EnAntom That Frtghtens Travellers o.
the Old National Pike.
There was good deal of excitemeI
recently over in Belmont county, o
along that portion of the old Nationt
pike extending some four or five mile
eastward from ST. GAINESVILLE, over IL
appearance of an apparition of old Tol.
keeper Feltus, who presided at the fir
gate east of st. Clairsville for nearly
generation, but who died some flv
years ago, since which time the old tol
house has been allowed to fall int
ruins. Uly Smith, travelling sale,
man, and Henry Johnson, his colore
driver, had thrilling experience wit F.,
the ghost about ~ 80 o'clock one NOR
ing, the details of which were relate
by both gentlemen. They were return
ing in one of the delivery wagons frol
late trip to st. Clairsville, and whe
nearly opposite the spot where the to
house stood the attention of both me
was attracted to an object on the lie
hand side of the road.
What's that2" asked Mr.. Smith.
Its man." said Johnson, who.
eyes were little sharper.
"Oh, see; it's the tollkeeper," sal
Smith, who had not been over I'll
road for half dozen years, ana thers
fore did not know that Feltus, whoi
he knew quite well, was dead.
Just at this point the off horse ra
right over the figure, which, howeve,
was not in the least disturbed, ami
promptly reappeared at the front whe,
OF the wagon, standing erect, in Fe
tus' characteristic attitude, with on
arm outstretched to receive the toll.
Mr.. Smith said, in explaining whs
TRANSFERRED; II asked him what he Wa
doing out at such a late hour, as Henri
had pulled up the horses, but he CAV
me no answer. The figure Just stoo
there holding out his hand as old ma
Feltus used to do, and was as cont
dent as | was talking to him as | am
you this minute. AS the rain was pom
AttS NOWh ASKED MIN WI
he didn't have a light and not keep u
waiting. There was no answer still
asked him how much the fan.
was, that might have enough change
and as he still made no answer | toll
Henry we didn't have time to vast
there in the rain and to drive on. TIL
aroused Henry, who had his whip aloft
but was paralyzed at the apparition
the old man, whom he knew to b
dead, and he drove away only too rar
idly, with his hat standing up off hi
head.
when I discovered the state @
affairs felt about as scary as Henri
did, and l do not care to have anothe
such experience. 1t is a strange case
and / cannot account for it at all"
johnson was as confident as Mr.
Smith that he saw the ghost of the ole
man, and he wouldn't put the horse
away by himself, he was so scared
Wheeling Cor. st. Louis Globe.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
In Honor of Burns.

A Burns masquerade to celebrate
the birthday of the poet is an annual
custom in Leslie, Fifeshire. At the
late celebration twenty four plow-
men, merchants and farmers, mount,
ed and dressed to represent the princi-
pal characters in Burns works, parad-
ed the street headed by a volunteer
band and accompanied by crowd
of people. Burns himself appeared in
blue coat, brass buttons and knee
breeches; while other characters were
Tom O'Shanter, Souter Johnnie, Aud
Nick, DR.. Hornbook, Bonnie Jean the
Lass o Ballockmyle. = New York
Home Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
A Gun Fence.

1t is common to hear about "a
solid wall of bayonets" in war time
but at the barracks is a veritable wall
of them now When the late war was
declared off the Union government
found itself in possession of a vast
number of muskets, useless because
there was nobody to be shot with
them They were stored up for awhile
IN various arsenals, until radical i'm
provements made them utterly worth
less. And when an old gun gets
worthless it is the most intensely
worthless thing extant So these guns
that cost millions were not worth paw
ing rent for storing. At this place a
fence was built with them. The gun
barrels, with bayonets fixed, were
stood up four inches apart for quar-
ter OF mile, and then secured by bars
of iron, forged from old guns, with
holes pierced to admit the old mus
kets. 1t is the most formidable fence
lever saw. The bayonets. which in
many instances have given death
wounds, are rusted now until they
could not be removed from the bar
rels. The posts of this unique old
fence are of old cannon. st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
Incomes of English Bisbons.

The English bishops have princely
incomes, the lowest being SO, 600 a
year and the use of a mansion connect
ed with the cathedral The Archbishop
OF York, who is primate of England,
has $50, 900 year, and the Archbishop
OF Canterbury, who is prinate of all
England, receives $4,000 a year and
has two MAGNIFICENT palaces
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
They Knew Him.

, Appiicant-Are you in need of collectors
: nave Pood references here from Blank &.
'9n, my late employers.
Aer-Why did you leave theme
pot = Well, you see their customers
Tb;cS uey al knew me and could dodge me,
necessitated change. Omaha World
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
Little, but, oh, N.Y.

At night, by unseen hands,
'Tis written on the wall;
Upon my mind it stands
In letters fat and tell:
IT'S howled upon the blast
And muttered in the shower
It startles me aghast
Each minute of the hour
It haunts the page read,
1t rings within my ears,
~Tis pictured on the deep
And painted on the spheres;
It disenchants my dreams,
And follows where so,
And now it's rung on every tongue
Ny lady's little ''Nol'
"A. W. Bellaw in Philadelphia Tines
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
Hindoo Nomenclature.

Inc London Times notes with pleasure a
biasnincent gift to the city of Bombay given
oy Dinshaw Manockgee Petit We under
S ia mat it is fully equal to the gift of
saa'eSe']ee Jejeebhoy but we doubt if it can
b,, ,piSS mat of Ramdam Googoojeede Huck-
w. usAaoasehit We have forgotten what it
vas out 1t was a Philadelphia Call.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
~ Ho,,dav for ould Clootie.

In one day last week one hundred and
twenty-six clergymen sailed from New York
for Europe The opposition has not yet an.
nounced his intention at taking q needed
rest.-Utica Observer.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
After Her Own Heart.

Sarah Bernhardt is said to have invested
S1S,51O in Chicago real estate. She likes
Chicago better than any American town.
HZe people are so-vat is ito tough
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
Ha Had stonned Grnuinr.

&You are growing bald, see" said Jones
to his friend Brown, whom he had not seen
for several years.
II am bald, replied Brown, Sbut am not
growing any more. Texas SifttngE
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
Asked at the Right Season.

Sunday School Teacher-And now you may
ask any question you like.
Little boy in the back row holds up his
hand.1
Teacher-Well, what is it. WiIlie9
Willie-Be we goin'to have q picnic this
yeayH-Pittsburg Chronicle,