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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-01
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

"A Common Cause. -Briggs-''Won-
der what possessed him to Jump into the
river?' Braggs-''There was woman at
the bottom of it, believe. "-Terre
Haute Express.
! Western Visitor-''Just add some
stewed tomagtoes to my order" Boston
Waiter-'I suppose you mean tomdh-
toes" Western Visitor-"Well. maybe
do, and while you are about it bring
me some fried potatoes. American.
Little Brother-"Mr Posey boy,
won't you go and stand before the
Window" Poseyboy-"Certain my
little man, but why?" Little Brother
''Oh, ma says she can see through you.
l want to see if l can."-Burlington
Free Press.
Physician Ito Mrs. Colonel Blood, of
Neutrality-suspicious. did your husband
pass the night, Mrs. Blood?" Mrs.
Blood-"He seemed quite comfortable,
sir, and asked for water several times"
Physician with grave look)-"H'm-
still fiighty."-BOston Beacon.
Nose" Farewell, farewell, o faith
less one; dis heart am yoah's no morev'
Chloe-''Git out! git out! yo' silly chump;
yo' see dat open door?" II leah yo' now;
wifi darkened brow l seek der midnights
black expanse!" well, go; but watch
da DIS terrier-he might catch on 20
pantsr'-Texas Siftings.
Henry" cried Mrs. Smythers,
''there are burglars in the house! Get
r;rb = Nv, opd ro dOuyp-ctoirc SsNo m u
dear" returned the reverend gentle
man, Il hear them in the study now
Perhaps they will get away with a few
of those dressing gowns and pieces of
knitted bric-a-brac we have received.
don't know what else to do with them"
-Harper's Bazaar.
Young Husband inspecting a pair
this darn" Young Wife inter rupt-
ing)-"Oh, Charles! Please don't swear
about it. Don't use such language. l
did the best knew. Oh, boo-hoo! boo
hoon Young Husband comforting the
distressed)-''Why, Myrtle love, what's
the matter? I only started to say this
darning was simply superb. brakes
Magazine.
-Wife-''Henry, l fear we shall have
to look out for another house" Hus-
band-"Why, thought you were well
pleased when l secured this one" Wife
$50 I was, and it still suits me just as
we'll" Husband-"Why, then, this no
ton of changing?" Wife-"Well, the
cook and chambermaid both object to
the arrangement of the house, and to it's
being off the beat of their favorite po-
liceman. Well have to move back to
the old locality. boston Budget.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-01
BEAUTIES OF ANDALUSIA.
Women Noted for Their Small Feet and
Graceful Carriage.

AS regards her stature and mold, the
Andalusian girl is almost invariably a
petite brunette. and although not all are
plump, and many are too stout. the ma
iority have exquisitely symmetr
tapering limbs. well-developed busts
(flat-chested women are almost unknown
in SPAIN, and the most dainty and re-
fined hands and feet. Regarding these
feet Gautier makes the most astounding
assertion that without any poetic exag-
geration it would be easy here in Seville
to find women whose feet an infant
might hold in its hands. A French girl
of seven or eight could not wear the
shoes of an Andalusian of twenty"
am glad TO attest that, if the feet of
Sevillian women really were so mon
strously small fifty years ago, they are
so no longer. 1t is 50 discouraging to
see man like Gautier fall into the vul-
gar error of fancying that, because q
small foot is thing of beauty, there
fore the smaller the foot the more beau
tiful it must be. Beauty of feet, hands
and waists is matter of proportion,
not of absolute size, and too small
feet, hands and waists are not beautiful,
but ugly We might as well argue that
since a mans foot ought to be larger
than woman's. therefore the larger his
foot the more he has of manly beauty.
If Andalusian women really had feet so
small that baby might hold them in
its hands, they would not be able to walk
at all, or, at least, not gracefully. But
it is precisely their graceful gait and
carriage for which they are most famed
and admired. All Spanish women are
graceful as compared with the women
of other nations, but among them all the
Andalusians are pre-eminent in the poe
try of motion, and this is probably the
reason that although regular facial
beauty is, perhaps, commoner in Madrid
than in Seville, found that you can not
pay a greater compliment to a girl in
Northern Spain than by asking her if
she is an Andalusian. 1t would be use
less to seek among land animals for
gait comparable to that of the women OF
Seville. Cadiz. Malaga and Granada: and
when you compare it 10 the motion of
swan on the water, fish in the water,
a bird in the air, it is the birds and the
fishes that must feel complimented.
Scribner's Magazine.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-01
A FRENCH ROMANCE.
The History of Annuity That Read
Like Medieval Legend.

The History of an Annuity That Reads
Like a Medieval Legend.
Quite romance in real life has been
related by the Able Martin, the parish
priest of Audes, in the Department of
! the Allier. who was recently robbed of
e., 400. The priest was lying asleep in
his room, when he suddenly felt him
self seized by strong hand and gagged
while the point of sharp instrument
was pressed against his breast. voice
said to him. If you stir you are a dead
mani" The Able lay still. and. after a
short time. the midnight marauders
went away. He then rose, and found
that his money was gone, and that the
robbers had also been in his brothers
room. This is the tragedy part of the
story, but the real romance comes in
about the money. which was the install
ment of an annuity enjoyed by the
| priest since the year 1887. The history
of this annuity reads like medieval
| legend. Once upon a time. several years
ago, as the Able told the officer of gend
armes at Herisson, he was accOsted
outside his church by misera-
able man in rags, who said he
| belonged to a great and wealthy
family. which he had utterly dishonored
| by his sentence to penal servitude for
| grievous offences against the law. The
unknown begged of the Able to get him
into a monastery, where he could live
and die in complete obscurity, 1.-The
world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Able Martin took pity on him, and
! found him place as lay-brOther in
Spanish monastery. A few years after
that the priest received a letter from
notary informing him that he had been
appointed the universal legatee and
executor of a person who died in
monastic establishment in Spain, and
whose property in France was worth
several millions of francs. The Able,
armed with his papers, went OFF to the
family of the deceased monk, whose
brother, believing him to have died in
the hulks. had inherited all the paternal
property BY an amicable arrangement
the Able cheerfully surrendered his
rights. and upon the condition of never
disclosing the name of the family OF the
defunct monk, he was supplied with
handsome annuity of 92, 400. OF this
fact the robbers who broke into his
room were evidently aware. The ma
RAIDERS have not yet been arrested
London Daily Telegraph's Paris Core
snOndence
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-01

She Mr.. Jones, look at that impudent
man on the other side of the street He
has been following US for the last ten
blocks.
Why didn't you tell nee so be-
fore? III teach the impudent puppy a
lesson.
Walking boldly across the street Jones
says to the man: Look here. Snip, l
am very sorry I've not got the money to
pay you for that last suit, but you ought
not to follow me up and dun me when
I'm trying to capture that girl. She has
got lots of money, and if 1 succeed you
will not only get your money, but also
an order for wedding suit
Snip goes off satisfied.
Returning to the young lady Jones
says: Il am glad you called my atten-
ton to that cowardly scoundrel. don't
thing he will ever stare at you again. /
had great difficulty in restraining my
self. Texas Siftings,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-01
THE LITTLE STROUD.
why Mothers Darling Could Not sIee
i'm His Grave.

Why Mothers Darling Could Not SIee
in His Grave.
There was once woman who had
little son about seven years old, VIII
was so lovely and beautiful that no on
could look upon him without being kin
to him. and he was dearer to her tina
all the world beside. 1t happened tina
he suddenly fell i'll and died. and hi
mother would not be comforted, bu
wept for him day and night. Shortl
after ne was buried he showed bimsel
at night in the place where he had bee
used in his lifetime to sit and play, an
when his mother wept he wept also, an
when the morning came he departed
Since his mother never ceased weeping
the child came one night in the littl
white shrOud in which he had lain in hi
coffin. and with the chaplet upon HI
head. and seating himself at her fee
upon the bed. be cried:
'.Oh. mother, mother give over cry
ing or else I can not stop in my cot
fin. for my shroud is never dry becaus
of your tears, for they fall upon it.
When the mother heard this she wa
sore afraid and wept no more. An
the babe came upon another night
holding in his hand little taper, and b
said:
Look, mother, my shroud is nowquitI
dry and can rest in my grave.
Then she bowed to the will Of Provi
1,, Of. I'D l..,,.e. bf,. -o,royV with silence
and patience. and the little child re
turned not again. but slept in his under
ground led German Folk Lore.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-01
. Inrtnnate Woman Phrsician.

The daughter of the late DR.. Bliss,
the famous old physician who was the
medical advisor of several Presidents
and whose name has been a household
word in the capital for forty years, is
3ne of the rising physicians of the city.
She is a fair type of that large class of
brainy, earnest women, who take
I'D the battle of life practically alone,
out with unfailing courage. DR.. Clara
Bliss Kinds is not only winning popu-
arity in Washington as practicing
,hvsician, but is becoming famous
throughout the country as an advocate
# woman's life insurance and of the
,vstematic collection of statistics bear
ng upon birth. life and death OF the
luman race. At his death DR.. Bliss,
.fter long and successful practice, left
little except an account book containing
so, 600 of unpaid bills. have heard IL
aid that DR. Bliss prolonged the lives
Of greater number of public men than
any other physician of his time. The
late 5. $. Cox used TO say that Dr. Bliss
had saved his life half dozen times
Washington Letter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-01
Effects of Anthropotoxine.

Every one knows that the air Of q
close room in which many persons arc
sitting becomes bad, and that it is in
furious For a long time the injuriouH
effects have been attributed to carlo mic
acid gas, but recent experiments con-
Quoted by capable observers would seem
to show that this is an error. 1t has
been found that air containing very
large amounts of pure carbonic acid gas
can be breathed with absolute impunity,
but that air spoiled by the breathing OF
human beings contains small quantities
of one or more very poisonous substances,
to which Prof. Debois- Raymond has
given the name anthropotoxine, OR hu-
man poison. To this alone is due tho
noxiousness of the air in unventilated
rooms. Recent experiments of French
scientists show that this poison comes
from the lungs. But the fact that the
poison has been named, and that we know
Just where it comes from, doesn't make 1t
any more wholesome.-Chicago Her
AID
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-01
WILL CHARGE 1T UP.
How an Old Darkey Was Fooled by
Mean White Man.

How an Old Darkey Was Fooled by a
Mean White Man.
An old negro, after long waiting, was
shown into Mayor Cregiers Office.
''What can / do for your the mayor
asked
"Wall. sab, you ken do er good 'eal for
me. De question is whuther you'll do
it ur not Iun erstan' dar's some offices
we're dat amt been glib out"
Il haven't heard of any, old man"
Say you ain't?'
That's what l say"
Oats mighty strange"
81 don't think it is"
81 does Man tole me dat eff I'd come
roun' yere you'd glib me er office. Said
dis we're wuz de time fur Republicans ter
mem dar licks. an rs er mighty good
Republican. sab"
THAT may be, but this is Demo
cratic administration"
(Which, dis 'ministration right yere?"
yes
Amt dar some mistake about dat?''
''No."
"Sho'?''
Yes"
'Wall, now, somebody done picked me
up fur err fool an want diserpinted.
thought you wuz er Publican"
'tBut I'm not
Oats one on me, amt it?''
"Seems to be-"
wall, sab, dat white man fooled me
nightly, he did. Said dat eff would glib
him fifty cents he would tell me whar |
could get er office dat would ermount ter
suthin Sorter got me dar, didn't hep
Il think he did"
"Yas, but who gwine make dat fifty
cents good?''
81 don't know"
"You amt, is you?"
"No."
"Wall, reckon I'll halter let it go,
but wanter tell you right now dat Is
dun wild politics. Come er bearin' me
outen fifty cents dater way! Gwine
charge dat up ter somebody at de next
'lecshun. Arkansas Traveller.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-01
The History of Butter.

Butter, which is almost indispensable
nowadays, was almost unknown to the
ancients Herodotus is the earliest
writer to mention it. The Spartans
used butter, but as an ointment, and
Plutarch tells how the wife of Deiotor-
Gus once received visit from Spartan
lady whose presence was intolerable
because she was smeared with butter.
The Greeks learned of butter from the
Scythians. and the Germans showed the
Romans how it was made. The Romans,
however, did not use it for food. but for
amounting their bodies. - Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-01
LINES TO LUCILLE.

Your hairs as golden rs the sun, Lucille,
Your eyes are deepest blue;
And never since the world began, Lucille,
was fairer maid than you.
You're graceful as the tabled fay, Lucille,
The picture Of exquisite health;
And then you have, they say, Lucille,
Suflciency Of this worlds wealth.
but doth my heart with sadness fill, Lucille,
Your graces give me only pain;
For there is something lacking still, Lucille,
And, dearest girl, fear it's brain.
Larry Bradley, in Life.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-01

"A guest at a Tampa fla hotel
arose in his sleep and walked about the
city for hours without waking. When
discovered he was trying to go into
foundry. claiming that he had slept
there. He was finally led to his bed,
and on awaking in the morning was as
tonished on being informed Of his ad-
ventures
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-01

"A New York dry-goods merchant
says that frequently some of the sub
ordinate employees receive larger re-
enumeration than the men in whose
hands rests the main responsibility for
cunning business. The men who
usually make the most money in the
very large firms are not the superin-
tendent and his chief assistants, but the
myers of departments.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-01

A smart Columbus pa shoe dealer
,ad a drawer full of faded old slippers
lie hung out sign. "old slippers to
throw at brides" and they all went
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-01
L.teely TO Inspire Conadence.

Customer-How much?
Druggist -Seventy-fve cents By thu
way. / wish you would tell me, mex
time you happen in. whether this help
vour bronchitis or not / filled th'
same prescription last week for MAJ
whose corns we're troubling him.-Chi
sago Tribune. -
Seven women and eleven men re
Gently stepped from a Pullman sleep
,r at Cincinnati in their stocking feet
Fhey made immediate tracks Tor cabs
II leaked out that the porter bad takei
heir shoes into forward car to shin
nd had forgotten to return before tn
sleeper was switched on at Columbus
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-11-29
General Scott's Remedy.

A military order issued during
the summer of 1882 has just been
brought to light, in which General
Scott proposed new remedy for
intelnperance. Cholera had made
it's appearance on Rock Island.
The commander believed that the
ravages of the disease were due to
drinking, and he "peremptorily Or
ders that every soldier or ranger
found drunk be compelled, rs soon
as his strength will permit, to dig a
grave at suitable burying-place,
as such grave cannot fail to be soon
wanted for the drunken man him.
self or some drunken companion" :"
The order was given, the General
adds, as we'll to serve for the pun
ishment of drunkenness as to spare
"good and temperate men the labor
of digging graves fer their worth
less companions"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-11-29
Too Much Pepper.

One ofthe most prominent preach
ers in neighboring city tells the
following anecdote as fact when
ever he hears story too incredible
for belief, says an exchange.
"a very wicked man became con-
verted, and in course of time it be-
came his turn to pray in class
meeting. Not being used to speak
ing in public, of course he was very
much embarrassed. This is tho
substance of the prayer:
"Oh, Lord, Thou giver of all
good things, look down with pity
on poor people. You are rich and
can spare them plenty to eat while
on earth. Send every one of them
a full barrel of flour, plenty of lard
and a side of bacon, a ham or SO
and a pound of butter. Send each
one Of your hungry, starving <orea-
lures a barrel of sugar, barrel of
salt, a barrel of pepper-oh, hell,
that's toe much pepper. Amen. ~
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-11-29
The Prevailing Fancy in Dogs.

The dog of the season seems to
be the Great Dane. The vogue df
the pug is a thing of the past, and
the fancy which women of more or
less extreme tendencies showed for
bulldogs has died from its own ex-
travagance. The Danes are about
the size of well-developed tigers and
resemble those creatures in general
appearance. Their huge muscles
stand out on their shoulders and
launches, and their close-cropped
hair, short ears and massive jaws
give them a fierce and, in some in
stances, an awe-inspiring appear
ance. People shrink from the dog
in the streets as rule, bat there is
no necessity for fear. The huge
animals are as gentle and offensive
as kittens, and their temper is 50
equable that nothing short Of the
most serious kind Of an imposition
will drive them to resentnent.-
n. Y, World.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-11-29
Old Time Puritanism.

It was not until 1899 that lights
were permitted in the old center
church of Hartford, Conn; they
savored too much of the Scarlet
Woman" OF course no artificial
heat was allowed in those good old
days and no instrumental music was
permitted in the services. When
stoves were introduced, about 1927
many of the old church pillars
looked upon them as an invention
of Satan. In his sermon last Sun
day, DR.. Walker, the pastor, spoke
of an old-time pastor of the church
who owned a large interest in dis
tillery, and nobody was shocked at
it either. In fact, it would have
shocked the church members of that
day to be told that it was wrong
for their pastor to be interested in a
distillery.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-11-29
Bits Of Information.

In Europe $50 languages are used.
Beef loses 25 per cent of its weight
when baked.
There have been so far but eleven
extra sessions of Congress called.
A baby at Newark, N. j., two
months old, weighs only ~ ounces
A special census agent finds that
there are $500 Indians in the State
of Washington.
One-half of the lead and zinc ore
used in the United States is mined
in Jasper and Newton counties, Mo.
More people kill themselves by
eating than by using intoxicants,"
is the statement of a celebrated
physician.
Sixty years ago the aggregate
wealth Of the United States was less
than 81 ,OOO,OOO,OOO; at present it
is estimated at $55 200, 100000.
An Inch of Rain" means a gal
Ion Of water spread over a surface
of nearly two square feet, or a fall
about zoo tons to an acre of ground.
A boy seventeen and a girl of
thirteen were married the other day
at Columbia, Mo. Among the we'd
ding gifts were a doll and a FloLert
rifle.
The Farmers Alliance of Iowa
has increased its membership during
the past year by 1886 as against
an increase of but 2,424 the pre-
vious year.
The War Department has settled
two dates. The War of the Rebel
lion began April Is, 1861, the day
of the first call for volunteers, and
it ended May 1, 1865.
The United States Government
holds in it's vaults a greater amount
of gold and silver than any other
Government in the world. It is the
direct custodian of 1926, 100000 in
gold coin and bars and $31S,OOO,O 900
in silve.
The following sta:ement of prices
per pound for various metals may
be interesting: Gold 5000, platinum
1924, silver SIS, nickel 81 cents,
manganese 81 cents, tin "a cents,
copper 13 cents, zinc 6 cents, lead
4 cents, cast-steel ST cents, iron 2
cents, aluminium 81.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-11-29
GEO. J. LEWIS, Agent.
Notice of Forfeiture.

TO J W. LANE and WILLIAM LANE, their
heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that | have eX-
pended the sum of one hundred lOO) dol
lars in labor and improvements upon the
MORNING STAR lode mining claim;
situated in Sawtooth mining district. ana
adIoining the Telephone and Emma MIN
ing claims on the southeast, in Alturas
county, Idaho Territory, in order to hold
said premises under the provisions OF Sec,
ton 1924, Revised Statutes of the United
States, being the amount required to hold
the same for the year ending December 81,
1879; and if within ninety days from the
service OF this notice, or within ninety days
alter thls notice by publication you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion OF
such expenditure as co-owners, your inter-
est being an undivided one-third, amount
ing to S33331a, your interest in said claim
VIII become the property of the subscriber
hhoer the provisions of said Section 2324.
JOHN COLLINS.
hetchum, /. T., January %, 1890.
First publication, Jan. %, 1890.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-11-29
A Prehistoric City.

An interesting bit of news comes
from Mineral Bluffs, in the copper
region Of Polk county, Tennessee,
announcing that laborers have un-
earthed prehistoric city in that
vicinity. The first discovery was
that of an ancient stone wall, which
the workmen traced for one mile.
Remnants of dwellings and pottery
were also found. An extensive min
ing operator, from the scene of the
discovery. and who has visited the
buried cities of Arizona, recognizes
parallel characteristics revealed in
Tennessee. The work of excava-
ton will be continued. The i'm
provements and industries of the
age are uncovering many hidden
secrets of the ancients. Even in
Chicago, last week, numerous relics
of Indian manners and customs
were unearthed.-Scientific Press.