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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-22
Mr.. BIxBYS GENTLENESS.
The Old Man Proves That 1t is AL
together of Theoretical Nature.

The Old Man Proves That 1t Is AL
together of Theoretical Nature.
''Be patient, my dear, be patient"
said Mr. Bixby the other day to Mrs
Bixby when she spoke sharply to one of
the children for some misdemeanor.
Children will be children, you know;
and there's certain amount of animal
spirit in all children that must find vent
in some way, and I'm sure it is better
to be kind and gentle and forbearing
with them than to-great heavens
what's that? Willie has upset the par
lor table, and broken that Royal Wor-
cester vase. Well, I'll just eternally
dingsquizzled if l don't upset him for
that! That vase cost nine dollars and
forty-five cents and was the only de-
cent bit of bric-a-br; we had in the
house. Hang house full of children
anyhow. Here you, Willie Bixby, come
here to me, sir! Come here, | say! March
yourself to me! Now, young man, what
under the canopy of Heaven do you
mean by ripping and ranting over the
house like young hyena? Say. An
swer me! You didn't mean to? Oh, no,
you never Dtean to do any thing. I've
good notion to take you out to the coal
shed and fairly-stop crying! Look at
that vase will you! Look at it, say
Now what ought l to do to you? SayF
What's that, Mrs. Bixby? Don't be so
harsh? Don't talk to me about gentle
lass, Gentleness! Bah! Spare the
rod and spoil the child, is my theory in
q case like this!''-Time.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-22
DIGNITY or LABOR.
why Honest Work Is an Honor, Not
Degradation.

Degradation.
There are young men who are satisfied
with salary which merely feeds and
clothes them, rather than engage IN
such labor as would afford them a "a
spectacle net income every year. Society
is a building; the capitalist is the root
the merchant is the walls and the Ia.
borer is the foundation. Remove tho
roof, and the walls and foundation will
stand: remove both roof and walls. and
you still have the foundation unon
which to rebuild; but if you DESTROY the
foundation, the whole becomes an utta,
ruin. The studicus avoidance of mammal
labor by our yocng men, and by fathers
for their sons, is the curse of this aCe-
and is the parent of destructive vices
among those upon whom the responsi.
bilities of social life must rest in tho
future No rich man educates his SON
for any of the departments of manual
labor, but desires that his son shall
likewise ambitious that his son shall
escape the necessity of labor. Thus the
parents of this age are raising their
children to live without work. Labor ia
regarded as a disgrace. Whom do
fathers, both rich aud poor wish their
daughters to marry, and whom do the
daughters themselves desire to marryP
The man who labors? No. A mechanic
may be good-looking, temperate sensi.
BILE and thrifty, yet our girls will reject
him, for no other reason save that he Is
a mechanic. Many of the wives and
daughters of this day would blush with
shame if it were thought that
they went into the kitchen and
kneaded the dough and baked the
bread. Man was given body with in
geniously and wonderfully made men,
bers. and with four hundred muscles I'M
der the control of sovereign intellect
and an imperial will-force, to subdue
and govern all nature, animate and in
animate. And this is so manifestly
mans duty and destiny, that his health
and happiness depend in greatmeasure
upon it. There is more health and hap
piness among the laboring classes than
in any other department of human life.
This is Gods Endorsement of it's honor
ableness and nobility. Which is the
more reputable, the producer or the
mere consumer--the drone or the work
ing-bee? Another reason why labor is
regarded as a curse is that many sup
pose it prevents the cultivation of the
mind. There never was greater mis-
take. Work, in developing the body,
ought to facilitate the mind in the &C
QUESTION of knowledge. Labor is both
the law and the condition of life, from
the Hottest to the lowest forms of ex-
istence. From God, who worketh ever
to inspire and uphold His creatures,
down through all the ranks, orders and
gradations of rational and irrational be.
ings, to the little toiling masons who
build their coral reefs beneath the sun
ny skies and amid the stormy seas Of
the tropics labor to the obedience Of
this primary law of life. Health of
body, heart, conscience and mind are
the legitimate offspringcf honest, man
ly and intelligent labor.-San Francisco
ArgOnaut.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-22
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.

Peculiar Views the Subject Enter
tanned by Humanitarian.
1t may now be asked what form of
punishment should be substituted for
the death penalty 1t is not necessary
to my purpose in writing this article
that should touch that subject at all.
This article is written mainly for the
purpose of protesting against the crime
of capital punishment, and not for the
purpose of explaining what can or
should be substituted for it. 1t will not,
however, be out of place to say that the
most natural substitute for the death
penalty, under our form of government,
would be imprisonment for term sutti-
GENTLY long to demonstrate that the
offender might be safely allowed to 30
free tits Just as vicious, of course, to
t.infprisoH a nanrffor revenge as to
J hang him for revenge. There is there
fore no sound reason why a murder
Fer should be punished at all. 1t is
right that he should be apprehended
and confined until it is determined
/ whether he is of such a nature or dispo
lasition Al to be likely to commit m ore
a-sszss .sss Es.st & lew Of the-case is
TOO neaAlE III accordance with humane
considera tions to suit this cruel and
bloodthirsty age, then the obvious mode
+ of punishment to substitute for judicial
killing is imprisonment at hard labor
\ for life. This is far too cruel punish
ment to visit upon any one for any
crime done under ihe impulse of pas
sion. but among people who 50 fire.
qucntly say, Hanging is too good for
him." and who are so given to lynch
ings it is as much of modification of
our present practice as we would expect
to get.
1t has been observed that most of the
murders occur among the poor people,
and upon the top floors of tenement
4 houses: that is to say, among the
poorest of the poor The connection
between poverty and the crime
of murder like the connection between
poverty and all other crime, is demon
strably close If we could cure the
social disease of poverty the seeds of
crime would be destroyed The people
rarely think of this. They think it is
our business to punish crime, but it is
our best business to prevent 1T. Our
present organization of society manu-
features criminals faster than we can
possiblv take care of them. Poverty
derrades men; it robs them of leisure
which is absolutely necessary for the
development of mind and the domina-
ton of passions: it keeps the people
hungry and fierce: it imbrutes them; it
makes Ishmaels of them their hand is
against society as the hand of society
is against them. Plant a generation of
paupers and you will reap crop of
administrators.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-22
IN EXILE.

no sweetly hast thou sang, my singing bro,
So sweetly hast thou sungl
No wilder gladder note was ever heard
The glad wild woods among.
The very hills are listening and the sky
Hath heard thy ringing voice,
Its melody outpouring from on hign
That Heaven may rejoice.
o bird ana art thou singing OF this land,
Where summer lives Away,
Where cold and blight have never laid then
hand
Upon the warm, still day?
Where bluest waters wash the quiet shore,
And silver mosses hide
The haunts that thy bright presence oft before
Hath filled and glorifiedf
Thou little bird thou happy fearless onei
Ana is there, then, no pain
No sorrowing for thee beneath the sun,
While have grieyed in vainf
sweet singer! All. ifsthou couldst sing to me
OF one dear land know,
Where ice bound rivers seek the bitter sea-
Through wind-swept plains of snow
Where song Of bird is heard not, but the cold,
White silence speaks alone,
And only in our gay hearts do we hold
Joys deeper undertone
Thou singest of the summer, and my heart,
My heart is singing, too,
4 tender song half sad. but sweet in part,
Where glad strains wander through.
For oh this heart is singing of my home,
And. as the music swells,
All jubilant the thronging child-thoughts cone
TO ring their sweet JOY bells.
And thou hast caught the strain, thou happy
soul.
And. singing as ! sing,
Thou dearest me beyond my griefs control,
Exultant. wondering.
Helen Grace Smith. in Belford's Magazine
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-22
The Antique CandIestick.

The reign of the antique is apparent
in many ways. In dress and ir orna-
ment whatever is old-fashioned is popu-
lar. provided it is old-fashioned enough.
There is d world of difference between
the antique and antiquated. The one
effect is sought after with eagerness,
both in household and personal adorn-
ment while the other is as carefully
avoided One of the applications of the
old to the new is in the shape of silver
'andlesticks The pillar style is the
latest style shown, and very pretty it is
100. With the column plain surface
with fittings and with eight-sided effect
hey are seen, some quite low, Others
all and stately. The bright Furnished
inish is the one chosen for this form oil
ornament. In the candelabra the dull
silver with d frosted look is combined
with the bright, in preference to using
oxidized-just for change, however for
oxidized silver is still very prominent
81 many articles. Nv Ishington Star
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-22
ER,cssoN,s PATRIOTISM.
He Loved His Native Sweden Although
He Never Revisited 1t.

He Never Revisited 1t.
Though he was citizen OF the world
and naturalized American, his inter
est in his native land never ceased; in.
deed his affection for it increased as he
advanced in years. Yet he never visited
Sweden after his departure from home
in 1926. He did propose in the latter
part of his life to return thither, and de-
clared that he would rather lie under q
mound of gravel IN Sweden when he was
dead than beneath the tallest monument
that could be erected on American soil.
He became interested, however, in hi
study of solar heat and the development
of his sun motor, and was not willing t.
transfer himself to region so little
adapted to such studies as the high lati-
tudes of Sweden He needed, as he ex-
planned, to be near the vertical rays OF
the sun. New York IL certainly not
vertical under the sun, hut the rays In
midsummer incline only seventeen de
grees, and produce heat scarcely two
degrees less than in the tropics, thus
sufficient for my purpose.
When Ericsson obtained position Sc
curing to him an income much in excess
Of his modest needs, which was not until
after he had reached his siXtieth year,
he was constantly making gifts to
Sweden and to Swedes These appear
to have attracted little or no attention
in this country, but they have added a
feeling of affection to the pride wi h
which his countrymen remember him.
Anancient miner sent word through one
of Ericssons correspondents, that he
had known John in his youth; i'm
mediately draft was sent to purchase
a handsome watch for the old gossip,
and as one of his neighbors, 1.-The man
with the leathern apron" was subSe-
uuently found to have some vague rec
objections in the same line, he received
$50 crowns to buy him.a coat"
When famine pinched the Norrlanders
in 1867, and collections for their relief
were taken up in various countries, the
total contributions from the United
States amounted to 20,316 Swedish
crowns OF this sum Ericsson gave 20
216 crowns, and subscription of 100
crowns from the Swedish Minister com
pleted the total.-Scrib ner'S Magazine.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-22
THE sHoRT-wEleHT MAN.
He Had soft Snap Until He Met a Re-
tired Prize-Fighter.

tired Prize-FighteF.
was reading in the papers the other
day that the ''short-weight" man had
been arrested and held to bail in Chi
cago on charge Of swindling. 1t was
all of nine years ago that saw him
play his game in Toledo, and he has not
only been at it ever since, but must
have laid away snug little sum of
money. / was in large retail grocery
house one day when the man came in,
briskly inquired for the proprietor, and
said:
I'm connection with the Government
effort to shut out all adulterated goods
we are compiling tables to show that
ninety per cent. of retail buyers are de-
frauded in weight These tables are
classified by States, counties and cities,
and l respectfully request the privilege
of examining your scales"
But they have been tested by the
city sealer," protested the merchant
''Then so much the better, replied
the stranger, as he took several weights.
each of which was stamped ~. s."
from his sachel
"But-I-I-come in later when | am
at liberty | want to understand this
matter more thoroughly"
''Oh. certainly" and the man replaced
his weights and bowed himself out to
return at another hour and arrange
matters in satisfactory manner"
met him fifty times in three years,
and up to that date no one had ques-
toned his identity as a Government
agent while he had fixed matters
with hundreds of men whose scales had
been found short 1t was in De Witt,
Iowa, that | saw him last. He entered
a grocery there, tested scale without
having said word, and then explained
his mission to the proprietor.
rs my scale short, inquired the
grocer.
1.-Two ounces to the pound, sir"
"And for seven years I have been
giving customers only fourteen ounces
to the pound?"
Exactly"
"Well durn my hide, I've dropped
$500 year right along even while doing
that, and this satisfies me that had
better 60 back to my old trade, which
was prize fghting Now is good time
to begin!'
And he hauled off and knocked the
agent clean over broom rack and
under the stove, and then lifted him up
and booted him into the street. Y.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-22
THE DANGEROUS TEA-CUP.
Excessive Use Is Apt to Cause Prostitution
and Other Evils.

Excessive Use Is Apt to Cause Prostitution
and Other Evils.
1t is a great misfortune that the popu-
lar name for person who abstains from
all alcoholic liquors is teetotaler; the
term has fostered the idea that tea is a
harmless beverage, and it is no doubt
true that the moderate use of well made
and not very strong tea is less harmful
than the habitual resort to any other
stimulant.
When, however, tea drinking ceases
to be the amusement of the leisure
moments of busy afternoon and is re-
sorted to in large quantities and strong
infusions as means of stimulating the
tagging energies to accomplish the al
loted task, then distinct danger COM
mences. A breakdown may ensue in
more than one way; not infrequently the
stimulus which tea in time fails to give
is sought in alcohol, and the atomic
fiatulent dyspepsia which the astringent
decoction made by long drawing induces
helps to drive the victim to seek tenn
porary relief in spirits, sal-vOlatile, or
even eau de cologne, which is at first
dropped on sugar and finally drunk out
of wine glass.
In other cases, by ladies especially,
relief is sought from morphine and in
predisposed person the morphine habit
is established with extraordinary rapid
ity 1t has been said that as long as a
person takes stimulants simply for their
taste he is comparatively safe, but as
soon as he begins to drink for the effect
then he is running into danger. This
is perhaps to state the case for stimu-
lants rather too faverably, but if the
rule were adhered to we should have
fewer cases of educated people sliding
into habits of secret intemperance or
into morphinomania.- Medical
journal
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-22

John John! Wake up!
''What is the matter, Maria?"
81 hear noise in the kitchen. Go
down quick and see what 1t is. May be
it's burglar"
Mrs. Billus, what do you consider
the actual cash value of the silver and
plated ware and other stealable articles
in the Kitchen
There's ten dollars worth, at the
very least"
''And do you suppose, madam, | am
going 10 run the risk of meeting an
armed burglar for a pitiful, beggarly,
dad-dinged ten dollars, MADAME"
(Angrilyl why not, John Billusf
Isn't Your life insured for IS. 000?"-Cb i
cago Tribune
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-22
THE MORPHINE HABIT.
A Druggist Tells About the Only Case Of
Reformation Known to Him.

A Druggist Tells About the Only Case OF
Reformation Known to Him.
Speaking of the Jamaica ginger
habit. which was mentioned some tint
since, reminds me of most wonderful
incident in our line of business" re-
marked leading druggist yesterday.
1T was one of the few thorough ref
ormat1ons that ever knew In the case
of a reformed morphine and cocaine
eater. Many stop for awhile, but they
always come back again. The excep-
ton that ! speak of is one of the most
attractive and wcll-to-do women in this
city. She used to take as high as four
teen grains of cocaine day, when it
was worth seventy-fve cents grain,
and to take i'll connection with it as
much as sixteen grains of morphine a
day." sasz
1.-The ordinary dose for medicinal pur-
poses is quarter Of grain, but you
have learned from De Quincy how the
dose grows with the habit and how Gus
tom sustains the system against it for a
while. l have. for weeks at time.
sold her, and seen her take fourteen
grains of cocaine and sixteen of NOR
phine day. She bought under the
prescription of a physician, and l had,
no option but to fill it.
''She gradually went down to what
appeared the last point, physically and
morally, and then, of sudden, disap-
peared for few weeks-t that is, | did
not see her. Then she returned for
1 1 = |, oh,
had stopped her habit entirely. 1t is
two years now since she has taken either
drug. and She appears to be both
healthy and happy woman.
Il repeat that it is the only case OF
thorough reformation that [ have ever
known. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-22

"A little Baltimore boy who saw
Congress for the first time while the
House was discussing Oklahoma sat for
twenty minutes an absorbed listener to
the oratory and an intent observer of
the noisy scene in the pit below. Then,
turning to his father, who sat by him, he
asked rs this show going on every
Baltimore Sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-22

The special mark Of American
humor is exaggeration, but the trick is
nothing new In 1901 the first grist mill
was built in York, Me. Naturally
it was pretty rough affair. The in
efficiency of its work was hit off by a
current anecdote. According to tht
story, certain man had some grain
ground at the mill, and his wife tried to
sift it. The meal sieve proved to be
useless, AMI she had recourse to a
ladder. This worked somewhat better,
but even this was considerably too fine
until she took out every other round
Youths Companion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-22
ANIMAL BATTERIES.
Interesting Things About Electricity
Fish and CaterpilIarS.

Interesting Things About Electricity in
Fish and Caterpllars.
Mr.. c. f. Holder. an authority on the
subject tells some interesting thingS
about electricity in animals. Referring
TO the electric catfish which is found in
nearly all the rivers of Northern Africa.
he saws: They are often put to
curious use by the natives on the Old
Calabar river. When a person is taken
sick he is placed in tub or vessel con-
tanning water in which several of these
fishes are swimming. the idea being that
the patient derives strength from the
unknown something that is certainly
there This shows that the electrical
cure is not original in this country. The
most general use. however, to which this
catfish is put, is in connection with in
fants: the native mothers considering
that their children obtain health and
vigor from being bathed in the water in
which the fish have lived. Others place
their offspringS in a tub with the
title electricians every day, forcing
them to play with it. believing that such
a course will cause them to grow into
powerful men. As a S{}arUS of fifteen
.
inches in length, fresh from it's native
element. can give shock equal to that
of Leyden jar. the protests against
this companionship are said to be loud
and piercing. Electric insects have
been reported. Captain Blaney of the
British navy states that upon taking up
large caterpillar in the forests OF
South America. he received so powerful
shock that his right arm and side were
almost paralyzed, and even his life
ieopardized. The wheel bug, red"rf'tS,
has been known to give electric shocks.
according to General Davis of the same
service. he having received one that af-
/ fected his arm as high as the elbow, and
when the insect was removed from his
! hand certain peculiar marks were OBJ
served on tn. w. Christian Advo
! cate
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-22

Every duty, even the least. involves
the whole principle of obedience; and
little duties make the will dutiful, that
it is supple and prompt to obey. Little
obediences lead into great. The daily
round of duty is full of probation and
discipline: it trains the will, heart and
conscience. The commonest life may be
full of perfection. The duties of home
are discipline for the ministries of
Heaven r r. Havergal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-07-05

was coming into the house. Louder r.
grew, and hastily striking a light the
traveller saw sacred bull slowly COM
ing along the hall. 1t approached to
within few feet of him. and after
smiling around laid down and was soon
last asleep. The next morning the
owner of the house seemed to think
the traveller had been much favored in
having 50 sacred roommate.
These animals are found not only in
lndla but are more or less common in
Persia, Arabia and even Africa. where
they are known as the zebra. the name
applying to several species, ranging
from large to small. In some localities
they are used asl,easts Of burden. as wa
use oxen here, but generally they lead
lie OF luxury, waited on and tended
by the superstitious natives.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-07-05

The following test will be required of eacl,
ana every voter at the said Primary elections
~ am citizen Of This State and soil.
support The nominees Of The Republican
party"