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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-27
Longevity of Animals.

The average age of cats is % years; Of
squirrels and hares, or years; rabbits,
Z; bear rarely exceeds 20 years; a dog
lives 90 years; wolf, 20; fox, IA to 16;
lions are long lived, the one known by
the name of Pompey lived to the age Of
20; elephants have been known, it is as
serted, to live to the great age of 400
years. When Alexander the Great had
conquered Porus, king of India, he took
a great elephant, which had fought very
valiantly for the king, and named him
Ajax, dedicating him to the sun, and let
him go with this inscription: "Alexan-
der, the son of Jupiter, dedicated Ajax
to the sum-" The elephant was found
with this inscription $50 years after
Pigs have been known to live to the
age of 90, and the rhinoceros to 20; a
horse has been known to live to the age
of 60, but average from 25 to 80; camels
sometimes live to the age of 100; stays
are very long lived; sheep seldom exceed
the age of 10; cows live about Is years.
Culver considered it probable that whales
sometimes live 1900 years; the dolphin
and porpoise attain the age of 40; an
eagle died at Vienna at the age of 104;
ravens frequently reach the age of 100;
swans have been known to live 300 years.
Mr. Malerton has the skeleton of a swan
that attained the age of 200 years. Peli-
cans are long lived; the tortoise has been
known to live to 107.-Journal of Health
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-27
ABOUT SEASICKNESS.
All That Submit CheerfulIy Can Re nefi
from It's Effects.

All That Submit CheerfuIly Can Re nefit
from It's Effects.
Seasickness must be expected by
those who cross the ocean, and while
one or two may escape its attack, all
that submit cheerfully can derive bene-
fit from its effects. Children, as a rule,
succumb soonest and rally quickest
due, no doubt to their simple diet and
to the consequent fact that their stom-
achs are less impairing by stimulating
foods and drinks than those of their
elders. 1t is worth remarking that such
of my acquaintance as enjoy at homo
what they pretend is good living" but
which you will agree is eating much of
rich things, and then using coffee,
liquor, tobacco and such stimulants to
quicken digestion-these people man.
age to obviate, or at least post
pone, the wholesome effect of
seasickness by drinking champagne
or using drugs pretending to cure the
malady; but they succeed only in sub
shutting one complaint for another,
writes Poultney Bigelow to the Illus
trated American. They remain half
sick all the time they are on shipboard,
allied system that requires many days
for complete recuperation. Children,
on the other hand, and grown-up folks
who have lived on simple diet vomit
freely at the first provocation, and suffer
discomfort for the first day or two, but
enjoy the remainder of the trip in way
to arouse the envy of all that can not
share it. Pale cheeks become rosy, dull
eyes sparkle, the usually listless forget
the sensation of fatigue; those who on
shore slept but seven hours are now
scarce satisfied with ten, and those who
once needed delicacies to coax an appe-
tite select such food as corned beef and
cabbage on pork and beans.
The wise reader needs no advice be-
yond what he may read between the
preceding few lines. He has but to
make up his mind to face with fortitude
the degree OF Neptune, and his reward
will be to find that supposed penalty
has become blessing.
1t is, perhaps, superfuous to add that
walking or jumping aggravates the
symptoms of sickness, and that the mo-
ton of ship increases as one moves
from its center-consequently that the
sufferer is most comfortable when he is
lying down as near as possible to the
middle of the ship, and living on plain
oatmeal porridge. Such advice as this
must seem far too simple to the would
he traveller by sea, who finds at every
drugstore remedies warranted to ease
his Hfeelings on the waves; but my adj
vice is founded upon much inquiry, not
10 speak of extensive personal expert.
encs in this field Of pain and pleasure.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-27
PARIS CHILD SLAVES.
Ano Juvenile BeEgar bureaus Likely to
Be Abolished

Be Abolished.
Last year society was organized in
Parls to prevent the trade in children
among professional beggars. In the
nrst report, just published. the secre-
tary of the society has catalopued a va.
rled lot OF Partisan institutions which
are occupied exclusively with the EN-.
ployment of little boys and girls in
street beggary- Several saloon-keep-
ers and proprietors of small cafes. the
report says, have long had a bureau in
the hue Marcadet for the employment
OF young girls as flower peddlers.
The ages of the girls range between
eight and eleven years. They are let
to the bureau for the day by their par
ents- They are sent out on the boule-
wards in small squads, and are expect-
Cd to return at night with at least three
francs each clear profits on their sales.
children whose receipts fall below the
average are sent back to their PARENTS
without wages for their DAVIS work.
The bureau employs now about 100 girls.
Another bureau, situated near the
Pantheon, hires girls between ten and
fourteen years to play musical instru-
ments in the low resorts of the eitv.
The girls are usually taught to strum
on violin or harp in the bureau quar-
ters during the afternoon, and from nine
to two o'clock at night are kept on the
run from dive to dive.
AT two o'clock the children return to
the bureau and are taken home by their
guardians or parents Each child earns
about seven francs in an evening, and
receives three francs wages. This mu-
steal bureau has sixty children at its
disposal most of the time.
A third bureau deals in bows be-
tween eight and twelve years. The
little fellows do ordinary begging and
collect cigar butts. At dark the bows
hand in the money and the refuse to-
bacco they have got together during
the day.
-Four hours every evening the young
Migrants are kept busy cutting, tearing
and sorting the cigar ends. They earn
about one franc each daily, and are ex-
pected to net to their employees about
twice that amount At present $50 bows
work for the bureau.
The most reprehensible bureau Of
which the society received information
makes a business of hiring babies in
arms and sending them out into the
streets with women beggars. What
ever the weather or temperature, the
little creatures are exposed by the
women in charge of thsm on the street
corners, doorsteps and bridges.
The bureau pays each woman wi tn
her baby two francs day. Each pair
brings in six or seven francs every
evening. A child usually endures nine
or ten weeks Of this outdoor service and
then dies of exposure.
The society has attached the names
OF each bureau proprietor TO the &C
count Of his establishments, AN. has
called on the French Government to
take measures at once to break up all
the Partisan institutions which buv.
sell and hire children for facilitating
and demoralizing employments.-Pari
Letter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-27
CHICAGO RESTAURANTS.
An Honest Man Who Wanted to Paw b,
Couidnst

Couldn't.
One Of the Washington writers who cana
on TO do the convention had labored hard on
sunday and Sunday night After his work
ne concluded to cool his feverish palate with
glass of Gambrinus' own and a cheese
sandwich he repaired for this purpose to q
place on Clark street and began quietly to
partake of bis refreshmenta
waiter
"WhatT shrieked the waiter
"A napkin"
You wipe yourself init your haind- We
don'd keep no napkins In here
Inc Nashiugton man proceeded with his
lunch A lew minutes later there was a row
III the front end of the house. Sixteen wait
CTS hopped upon one man. Some of these
waters had bottles and one of them had a
cheese knife about long as a mans arm.
Inc chap who had waited on the Washington
correspondent Joined in the fracas, and tar
Tled 10 the fun so long that the Washington
man could ind no one to accept his quid pro
quo he at last concluded to 60 out at a side
door and thus avoid being summoned as a
witness to saloon row He got out into the
alley and was driven back by the crowd, but
was still unable to engage the attention of the
chap who had waited on him, and finally
went out Of the front door, leaving his bill
unpaid He vent to his room, where, during
the remainder Of the night, he saw nothing
but the CLEAN Of a cheese knife and an in
furlated mob. On Monday he went back to
the place and explained to the head man how
he had gone away the night before, leaving
his bill unpaid
II don't pelieve it" said the busS al nefer
had man do dot way before You want to
blay me shoak. You gid rigid away ovid
80 quick as dot, or | call me Shake and der
sheseknife, und we half some more fun. Gid
ovid You was delegade, pet you"
Then can't payr said the honest man
from Washington
mo, you can put it in der slot wild der
scales un Weigh yourself by seeing it go. But
don't taig nuddings from you. 1t would
hoodoo der pizness. Chicago Mail.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-27
A Calf That Reaaoned.

We learn that an amusing incident occur.
red at the home Of Mr. s. IL Jones, near
Bethel, last week. Among the cattle was a
calf that seemed to possess very great dis
like to being roped at milking time and
always made quite a to do when the rope
was adjusted One morning Mrs Jones went
out to attend the milking and upon looking
in the accustomed place for the rope failed to
find it While the search for it was going on
the calf thought, perhaps, to get more than
his share of the milk, but something seemed
to interfere with the imbibing process, and
his peculiar actions attracted attention to
him Whereupon it was discovered that the
calf had swallowed the rope, but failed to
make complete job Of it, as the moose was
hanging from one corner Of his mouth. The
moose was laid hold Of and steady pull
brought the rope to light The calf is suf-
ficently amused and doesn't swallow any
more ropes to evade being tied.-Gresnvills
IN. c. Reflector.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-27

During divine services on a recent
Sunday, bear, which had escaped from
the stable of a neighboring public house,
in which its owner, a travelling show
man was located, entered chapel, near
Mortlake, England. Women shrieked
and children cried, and there was gen
eral rush for the door, The bear, round
whose neck was thick chain, made its
way to the empty choir stalls, where it
lay down. The minister, whose high
and commodious pulpit had suddenly be-
come occupied by several female mem
bers of his congregation, was in the
midst of his discourse at the time of the
animals appearance, and had chosen for
his text the words "Be not afraid" The
sermon was brought to an abrupt termi-
nation. The anxiety of pastor and PEG
pie was set at rest by the arrival of the
owner of the animal The bear was got
out of the chapel with ease and taken
back to its quarters. Exchange
Mental Wreck.
Omaha Grizzly father wants to marry
again and don't want him to-
Lawyer-He is rich, l supposed
Eyes"
"Acts little crazy at times, no doubtP'
"N-o."
"Be careful now. This is very important.
Didn't you ever see him rave around the
room like mad?'
"Only when he loses his collar button"
SIN afraid that won't count Perhaps he
has softening of the brain, though, and is
likely to squander his wealth unless put in q
lunatic asylum
He talks about going into business"
"WhereP'
'In ST. Louis"
81 see. Mental wreck Omaha World.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-27
FINANCIAL FAILURES
That Is What St. Louis Minister Calls
Clergymen in Search of Wealth,

That Is What q St. Louis Minister Calls
ClerRymen In Search of Wealth.
The failure in business of a proui.
nent clergyman suggests the fact that
very few preachers ever succeed in max
ing money. When they do the religion
generally oozes out as the dollars come
in, and they end by giving up minis
terial work altogether. Preachers, par
ticularly Methodist preachers, are al
most always poor, and the next to them
in point of poverty are the Baptists
The majority of ethodist preachers in
this country receive less than 5000 a
year, while the constant demands for
charity greatly diminish their incomes.
Presbyterian clergy are better paid,
while the Church of England ministers,
both here and in Great Britain, fairly
roll in wealth by comparison. The En-
glish Bishops have princely incomes,
the lowest being $40, 900 a year
and the use of mansion
connected with the cathedral.
The Archbishop of York, who is ''Pri-
mate of England" has $50, 900 a year,
and the Arch bishop of Canterbury, who
is "Primate of all England" receives
SIS, 900 and has two magnificent palaces.
Methodist Bishops are poorly paid.
Those of the Methodist Church South
have $500 salary, while those of the
Church North have q little more, but
none Of them lay by any thing Of their
salaries. Bishop Warren, OF the Church
North, is rich, having married the widow
of ranchman in Denver. But Bishop
Hendrix. of the Methodist Church South,
enjoys the distinction of being the
richest Bishop in America, having in
herited a fortune, which, by careful
management, he has greatly increased.
He has the reputation of being both be-
nevolent and rich. To schools and coll
leges he is especially liberal, and Gem
trail College, in this State, owes its pres
emit prosperity to his generosity. All
the other Southern Meth odist Bishops
are poor.-Rev. DR.. Wilson, il St Louis
Globe Democrat.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-27
oRAYEYARps EoR INSOMNIA.
A Chicago Man Wanders ut Random
Through the Avenues of q Cemetery.

n
Through the Avenues of Cemetery.
was discussing with few friends
the other night the hold which certain
superstitions had upon the human
mind, when one of the group, a rather
young man, spoke up:
you'll laugh when l tell you my
remedy for insomnia. It's nothing more
nor less than a midnight trip through a
graveyard
II live in Morgan Park, and between
the Rock Island and the Grand Trunk
roads, just outside the western village
limits, lie Mount Greenwood and Mount
Olivet cemeteries, side by side.
80, you see, have plenty of oppor-
tunities for dosing myself with my
grewsome remedy for sleeplessness.
II first tried the scheme one warm
night In March, when had vainly re-
sorted to every other remedy to put
myself to sleep. l got up, dressed my
self and sauntered down the main
thoroughfare of the village, having no
particular destination in view.
after walking half or three-quarters
OF mile l neared the two cemeteries,
and suddenly the idea of making trip
through one of them flashed across my
brain, which was seething and bubbling
As only that of a sufferer from insom-
MIA can.
The night was one when about half
the sky was covered with clouds, and
Nhe full moon would occasionally dis
appear and an inky pail would sud
denly descend upon everything.
"Well, l managed to effect an en-
trance into one of the cemeteries, and
began to wander among the grave
stones and monuments, deciphering
the inscriptions and reading the praises
OF this or that one deceased
II am very far from being supersti
t1ous and am not at all a believer in
ghosts, and although my visit was
made at the witching hour of mid
night, when unearthly apparitions are
supposed to visit this world, my mind
was soon in a wonderfully cool and
calm state, and feeling of drowsiness
began to steal over my brain.
1.-The remedy was beginning to work.
had just made up my mind to return
home when l received a momentary
shock which came very near upsetting
me.
II had wandered into that portion of
the cemetery where the poorer people
are allowed to bury their dead, and was
standing in front of tall wooden head
board. The moon was temporarily be-
hind a cloud and everything was dark.
Suddenly the light came, and there
appeared before me the head and shout
ders Of a man The figure bore a won
derful resemblance to myself, but that
fact didn't occur to me at the time.
II was startled for the moment and
%, dare say, would have been any
man, no matter how stout his heart. A
minute later saw what it all meant.
"a large mirror had for some pecu-
liar reason been tackled upon the cheap
wooden headboard, and the returning
light of the moon had suddenly flashed
into my eyes the reflection of myself. /
went home that night and slept like a
top. have since tried the cemetery
cure number of times and always
with good results, but don't recon-
mend it to weak nerved people. Chi
cago News
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-27
PITH AND POINT.

-She--"Yes, dear, I'm afraid cook
wants Judgment" He-''Judgment! She
wants execution!"-Puneh.
And where's your little brother,
Flossie9' ''Oh we's been divorced"
"Divorced% Yes; mammals got him
and papa's got me."-N. Y. Sun.
what so rare as day in June"
Indeed, every one knows there's thirty
of 'em every year, and they're gem
orally hot enough to remember, too.
-Citizen-"What do you think of the
proposition to enlist Indians in the
regular army?" Captain Westpoint--
Indians? Pom honah! Why, they
cawn't dawnce."-N. Y. Weekly.
Gar of Russia Gust out of bed)-
"What has become OF my undershirt?"
Valet-"Please your Majesty, the black
smiths putting fresh rivets in it "-Bos-
ton Herald.
There are some people who are 50
pleasant when they are absent that
one can almost forgive them for being
so unbearable when they are present.
Boston Transcript.
Miss Crabtree-"See what nice shoes
1 purchased for FIVE dollars" Miss
Giltman--"Why. these I'm wearing cost
ten dollars" Miss C.-"Weu, 1 sup
pose they charge according to size."
Married Sister-'And, of course,
Laura, you will go to Rome or Florence
for your honeymoon" Laura-''Oh,
dear, mol l couldn't think of going fur
Their than the Isle of Wight with a man
know little or nothing OfP-Punch.
--Tom--"Do you suppose she has
spoken to her parents about the engage
ment YETI" Dick-'I know she has
spoken to her father. He met me to-
day and invited me to drink" Tom
''But he's a temperance man." Dick
'Of course, and he wanted to try me. +"
Yankee Blade.
| The country editor who takes all
his advertisements out in trade will be
gratified to learn that new pill, jpst
patented, will keep a man alive whole
week without eating. All he wants
now to make him happy is liver strip
that will make one suit of clothes last
seventy-fve UNCONSTITUTIONAL Publisher
and Printer
The little Boston boy walked in and
sat down with grieved and disappoint-
ed look on his face. why, Osgoodson,"
said his mother, what is the matter?
Have you quarreled with little Elliott
Fields-James?" 81 have not mamma"
answered Osgoodson, wiping his glasses,
thOughtfully, but l can not associate
with person who chews gum"
Uncle Sam-"What's the matter
now?" Frontier Citizen-'I stole farm
from the fellow who was on it. and
drove him off, and now he is coming
back with lot of his relatives to kill
me-" Uncle Sam--"Well, you ought to
be killed" Frontier Citizen-"But the
fellow l stole the land from is an In
dian" Uncle Sam-"O, well, I'll order
out the army. omaha World.
Family Doctor-'T should no longer
conceal the truth from you, sir You
have only few days to live" Mr..
Levelhead (weakly)-"Then, doctor, 1
wish you would buy me ticket to Eu-
rope and have me placed on board a
steamer" But you could not live to
reach Europe" 81 do not wish to.
want to be buried at sea, so that nv
family will be saved the ruinous ex-
pense of funeral, and have something
left to live on" IN. Y. Weekly.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-27
Fieldings.

A base insinuation-Out on frstl-Pitts-
burg Chronicle Telegraph.
Muffs are common necessities with the la
dies at this time of the year. In summer
they are frequently seen in the baseball field.
where they are not SO popular.-Boston
Budget.
IAN error gracefully acknowledged, p says
Gascoigne, sis a victory won" 1t is very
evident that Gascoigne was lamentably ig-
norant OF the first principls OF baseball play,
ing Boston Transcript.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-27
kissing Going Out of Fashion.

In the rural regions OF our country, as
well as Of England, the favorite amuse-
ment at social gathering of young per-
SONS is, or until recently has been, sue
cession of kissing games" wherein the
most modest girl Of the company was sa-
luted by every swain who chose, with as
little embarrassment as if he had been
her mother But even in the rural dis
tJicts this sort Of thing is passing away,
and the permitted realm Of the kiss il
narrowing day by dsy,-Mrs. Frank Lee
Ne.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-27
A lesson In Manners.

That the manners of our fathers is not
ours is well enough understood, and the
phrase "of the old school" has come to
be used rather as a reproach to the de-
generate present generation. An old
lady who belonged to the times when
courtesy was perhaps more general, as it
certainly was more elaborate, than it is
now, administered rather neatly rebuke
to a lad who did not come up to her ideas.
She had known the boys father when
he was in Harvard, as now was the son,
and as the latter could hardly remember
his parents, who died in his infancy, he
was always eager to learn all he could
about them.
The youth was invited to call upon the
old lady, who is now beyond the term set
by the Psalmist for mans life, at coun-
try place one day last summer, and had
an interview with her upon the wide
veranda, where she was sitting when he
arrived. He lifted his hat, and then, re-
placing it upon his head, went on talk
ing with the old dame, who regarded
him with looks of disapprovaL
''Do look like my father the young
man asked at length.
81 cannot tell" the old lady replied,
dryly. 81 never saw him with his hat
on when he talked with lady. youths
Companion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-27
Tn tn. shadow of Learning.

Heard at Yale-Nearly every body in
New Haven shows the result Of good
education.
81 suppose you will tell me that the
baker across the way, who furnishes
the college buns, comes under that
head2"
Certainly, he Is college bread
man.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-27

''This," growled the exchange editor,
Us he looked at the thermometer, WHIP
ing his perspiring forehead, and glared
defantly around the room, us Fry-day."
"And tomorrow" snarled the real
estate editor, consulting the predictions
and grabbing heavy paper-weight, lis
going to be Sadder-dsy."- Chicago
-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-27
Or Fortxofr or Fortyfireskx.

The facG that the emperor of Russia gave
the empress a necklace composed of forty
emeralds has been made public. What the
empress said in private after the bestowal
was something like this; 'You dear old
boobyvoski, why didn't you disguise the
truthovitch and make the number thirtyoff,
or thirty ivesky, at the most. "-Pittsburg
Bulletin
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-27

Mr.. Jinks Ito landlady)-What kind of
duck did you say this was, Mrs. Dinkly?
Landlady-I didn't say. I simply ordered
q duck from the butchers.
Mr.. Jinks struggling with second joint
i think be has sent you dscoy duel. -
Texas siftings
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-27

The first was Commodore Vanderbilt.
I had often interviewed him before, but
the most interesting talk was on an oc-
casion when l tried to draw a great
Wall street secret from him. pressed
him so hard that he made no reply at
all until he had led me from his inner
Office out into the street. There he ad-
vanced to his carriage, and lifting one
foot to the step turned and at last
answered me. This was how he did it
Young man, how much do you get
a week9
l told him.
'You are worth more" said he.
'"Take my advice and leave the news
paper business before you get set in its
ways and can't do anything else. Go
into mercantile life. This fooling away
your time with the paper business is
all right while you're young, but you
won't make any more when you're
gray than you do now. Take my ad-
vice; good day. Julian Ralph in
Chatter.