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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11
THE SHAFTS DAUGHTERS.
Eight of Them Have Succeeded in Maxim
Good Matches


Good Matches.
The Shah became father at the age
of sixteen years, wherefore his eldest
children are now we'll advanced in life.
His eldest daughter is nearly forty-fve
years old and is called the Glory of
Kings. She married the son of the mas
ter of the mint, one of the richest men
in Persia. When the master died, how
ever, the Shah took possession of the
bulk of his fortune. Naturally the som
in-law felt himself ill-treated. and fail
ing to obtain any redress, he left Persia
and went to Paris. There he distin
guished himself by the utter reckless
ness of his career, until his imperial
father-in-law for very shame recalled
him and gave him what was left of his
Inheritance. He had previously been
married to the adopted daughter of
Nine. Hadji Abbas, a clever French
woman, whom Hadji Abbas, the court
painter, married in Paris and took to
Teheren, at the request of the ladies' of
the harem, to teach them the Euronean
fine art of millinery, The second daucb.
ter of the Shah, called the Light of the
Empire, is the wife of General Yusnf
Khad. Number three and four tho
Pride of the Empire and the Purity of
Empire, are married, the one to a higb
court official, the other to the cbiaf
priest of Teheran. All the eight grown
up daughters of the Shah, indeed. have
made good matches.
They have, perhaps, made better
matches than their husbands. For il ia
not altogether profitable to be a son-ip-
law of the Shah. A Princess spends
much, and her carriages and runner, her
many servants and the lavish entertain
ments she is obliged to give to other
Prlncesses generally cost much more
than the $4,000 per annum which the
Shah gives as dowry. The Shah, too,
Is more apt to take any thing from
Son -ln-law than from stranger or
person not related to him, and another
drawback is that the husband of Shah's
daughter loses more or less of his lib
erty, can not take other wives and must
do as his wife pleases. The only one,
perhaps, of the Shah's sons-in-law who
has kept his liberty is the chief priest
of Teheran. He is able to bring relig-
ion to bear on the subject; can possibly
Justify any thing he does by the Koran
and traditions, and has the clergy with
their enormous influence to back him
up.-London Letter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11
The Gold in a Gold Dollar.

Director Leach, of the mint thus
writes to the Philadelphia North Amer
lean: THE amount of pure silver in
the standard silver dollar has not been
changed since we first began coming.
The quantity of pure gold to the dollar,
as fixed by the act of 1892, was "a. IS
grains, the ratio in coinage being Is to 1.
By the act of June %, 1884, the pure
gold was reduced from "a rs to %. 20
grains to the dollar, the ratio between
gold and silver in coinage being 1 to
IS, 002. By the act of January IS, 1887,
the fineness of the gold coins was in
creased about three-fourths of one thou
sandth by changing from standard of
.S99225 to 300, which increased the pure
gold in dollar from 1920 to o. %
grains, at which it has remained up to
the present time. The ratio between
the two metals in coinage was fixed by
this act at l to 15.9ss, at which it still
remains"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11
THE WORLDS CENTER.
Cities That Wish to Be Recognized as Il
Mid-Spot of Our Planet

ClIIes mat wish to BE Recognized as the
Mid-SpOt of Our Planet.
For several centuries different cities
In the Orient have contested with each
other for the honor of being recognized
as the mid-spot of our planet Quite
recently a London geographer issued
an elaborate work in which he tries to
prove the British metropolis to be the
center of the landed hemispheres
Jerusalem and Delphi, Notwithstanding
the fact that neither of them is situated
on the equator, have for ages been the
two great rivals in this mid-spot discus
sion. William Simpson, of the London
Society for Exploring Palestine, tells
US that Herr Schick has sent home
drawings of the Jerusalem center of
the world 1t exists, of course, in the
Greek Church of the Holy Sepulcher,
not in the Latin Church. The spot is
identified less by physical science than
by prophecy. 1t is written in the
Psalms: God is my king of old, work
ing salvation in the midst of the earth"
This can only refer to the scenes of the
passion and of the holy sepulcher, and
the midst of the earth must, therefore,
be found where the holy sepul-
cher is considered to be by the
Greeks. The belief that the center is
there, or Whereabouts, is ancient for it
occurs in work by St. Ephrem, quoted
by John Gregory in referynce to Noah's
prayer. Here st. Ephrem saws that
Adam was buried sin the middle of the
earth" Homer calls Clypso's island
''the navel of the world, the center of
all the seas" In Eschylus a certain
round stone in the temple of Delphi is
the navel" or center of the earth, and
here does Orestes take refuge when pur-
sued by the Eumenides. Pindar has
anticipated Eschylus here, and, after
an era, Pausanius Qike Herr Schick)
had the pleasure of seeing the only gem
uine central hub at Delphi. 1T is
made" he says, ''of white stone, smooth
and polished. and is the middle point of
the whole world" Delos, as we'll as
Delphi, claims to be one of the sacred
places perforated by the earth's axle,
and probably other cities, in all ages,
have looked upon their places as de-
serving of the same distinction. There
can be no closer analogy, however, than
that which exists between the hall of
stone in the Church of the Holy Sep
ulcher at Jerusalem and the round white
stone at Delphi.-St Louis Republic
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11
JACKS COSTLY RIDE.
An English Tar Mounts the Bronze stee
of Peter the Great.

An English Tar Mounts the Bronze steed
of Peter the Great.
Among the most famous Sights" Of
st. Petersburg is fine equestrian statue
in bronze of its renowned creator, Peter
the Great. The fgure-which Stands
on the left bank of the NevaJ opposite
Cne senate HOUSES aE0rUUrraUeIV
mounted on huge block of grey granite
from East Finland, which was one Of
Peters first conquests. The great Car
is represented as sitting erect on a rear
ing horse, and pointing with his right
hand to the spot on the opposite bank
where he built with his own hands in
1904 the first house of his new capital
while beneath his horses hoofs lies
crushed the serpent that typifes the
grovelling ignorance and superstition
which impeded his grand designs. Now,
1t happened that one cold autumn night
an English sailor, who had just landed
from a newly arrived cargo steamer,
was strolling back across the Senate
HOuse-square, and, as his ill-luck would
have it, stopped to take a passing look
at the imperial statue. "Well, if that's
the thing they make such fuss about
don't think much of it!' cried Jack, dis.
painfully. Its nothing like so big ssI
thought twas. Why; Icould climb to the
top of it myself; and l will, too" No
sooner said than done. Over the railings
went bold Jack, and, clawing his way
nimbly up the roughened surface of the
granite pedestal, he succeeded in clutch.
ing first the tail of the serpent and then
that of the horse, and found himself in
trice astride of the latter, close behind
the bronze figure of the Gar. So far 50
good, but just at that critical moment
the moon clouded over, and poor JACK
could not see how on earth to get down
again. What was to be done? To stay
where he was perched on that cold
bronze, would be little better than sui
eide on such bitter night. To descend
would be to risk breaking his neck
limbs; and to call for help would de-
liver him OF once into the hands OF the
police. But the question was unexpecF
eddy settled for him. His muttered et
Carnations of dismay caught the quick
ears of passing patrol, who at oncS
turned their lanterns upon the monn'
ment, whence the sounds appeared
issue, and, discovering Master JACK u
his elevated position, promptly sent i@
o ladder and hauled him down. nign,
in the tehast (police lock-up) rewardea
our hero's exploit, and the next morn
ing a stern-faced Project of Police ser
fenced him to fine which left pO%
Jacks pockets as empty as his hes-
ailencing the culprit's demonstrates "
saying, with grim smile-'if you WIZ
ride with the Gar, my friend, you nue.
expect to pay high for mount '-'
sells SATURDAY. Journal
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11
One Way to Cure a Toothache.

Ever so many ''toothache cures"
have been suggested from the time
toothaches were first invented. All of
them have been probably more or less
successful in banishing the pain. Here
is an unique cure" however, that we
have never before seen mentioned. 1t
is offered by DR.. Lambert, of New
York, who says he has tested it with
good results:
He took silver half-dollar and cop
per two-cent piece. He then placed the
copper piece on the outside skin over
the place where the tooth ached, and
the silver piece over and on the skin
Just in front of the middle of the ear, so
that the silver just touched the front of
the middle of the ear, and held both
pieces with just pressure enough to
keep them in their position. In three
minutes the pain was gone and has
never returned Y. Voice.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11
a RIM OF STEEL
res All There Is Between p
senger and Ftarnt.- "Su p

res All There Is Between p
senser and Eternity, ras-
u tell you what it is" rem,u,,
old railroad man, st used to h. an
they couldn't turn a wheel an 70 That
for me, but it's different now TIA TTo last
these fellows run nowadays NAB way
hair stand on end. We used ~ IN ny
that twenty-five or thirty miles ~ 'u'nk
was high running. People wero nour
we'll satisfied, if not more 81 Just as
and there weren't so many accidan.%
Those days when a man got ~ 'a y
ground there was some chance :, Sle
getClng away i've, but when Won to,.1
ground on one of these fast rnns usn
you're mighty liable to stay there NJ"
pie are getting to look upon go
minute as common tn 'ng, and ara ~.
nowhng mad at road that doa !Is'
make 1t. They never stop to tbinI !
the danger. All they tn nix abont "a p"
get to the destination. "
why when l stop and think o,h.,
"nlrled across the country fifty or six,s
miles an hour, down hills and aron1y
curves, with only an inch and n boIt =,
IRON between me and eternity, l Oct %
scared l swear never to get on CO.,
again. What do mean BY an inch ~
half of iron? Well, you know VIII -Du
passenger coach is, don't you9 w.
know how they're built. A coach !. S
pretty solid thing NOWADAYS and =
look at one a person would tbink a.
were pretty safe, but that's because vo1
don't know any thing about II ~
coach itself is all right as far as u
goes, but it's the wheels. Did Won evo'
look at the Wheels? If you did Won mar
have noticed how they're made. A cooS
slze' broad enough and heavy enonob
and with a tire of the finest hind :,
steel But, on the inside of the t;,o
you see a sort of rim or flange. Tia,
hange is about an inch and a half tbicL
and about the same depth. 1t doesr',
look as if it amounted to much. that
little piece of steel, but that's inst wbo,
the lives of all the passengers demand
upon. That fange keeps the wheel 10
the rail and keeps the coach from RIM.
ming off the track.
well, now, when a train ia coin,
fifty miles an hour around curve Won
see how much depends on that Aanoo
The whole weight and speed of tbs
train is against that flange on one side
the outside of the curve, and 1t il ali
that keeps the coach from whirling
from the track. Suppose the fangs
broke, or, as is often the case, was worn
down and had been missed by the car
inspector. The chances are ten to one
that the fange couldn't hold, but would
climb the rail and there'd be another
accident The reporters would be told
the rails spread or something of that
kind, and no one but the company would
know what caused the accident
There are a good many accidents
that happen that way, but it doesn't ap-
pear to be any of the publics business.
As a general rule a coach wheel is
watched mighty closely, and the min
ute fiange begins to wear new ones
are put on, but many time an inspect
or will miss a wheel and then the
chances are big that thereIl be an acci.
dent. kansas City Star.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11
Not Signed by the President.

The clerk of a well-known New York
hotel proved day or two ago that he
possesses a sharp, quick eye. A young
business man from the West handed
him 500 bill in payment of small
amount. Il can not accept this" re-
piled the clerk to the astonished young
man, who had taken the note from a
large roll of bills received from bank
in his native town. sit is not signed
by the president of the bank" Inves-
tigation proved this statement true.
The note was issued by one of the Ma
tional banks of Stockton, Cas-. 1t was
signed by the cashier of the bank, but
the space reserved for the signature of
the president was blank. The note bore
evidence of use, and perhaps had been
in circulation for a number of years. -
n Y. Letter
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11
A FABLE DISPELLED.
Elephantine Memory of Faces Is in No Sense
Remarkable.

Remarkable.
There is another fable of our earlv
childhood which certain young man is
able to dispel with absolute authority.
having made long and careful series
of observations This is a fable about
elephants and their wonderful power of
remembering faces and avenging in
jurles The young man, who, even as a
youngster, was of a reflective and ex-
perimental cast of mind, began his ex-
periments at very tender age by dis
respectfully twisting the nose of one of
the elephants in Central park. Not the
whole of this proboscis, you know, the
youth was too small for an army con-
tract of that kind, but just the extreme
tip OF the trunk, as it was held out to
him in friendly salutation.
The big mass of meat roared and uuiv-
cred with pain. 1t was evident that
wringing the end of an elephants pro-
boscis was like wringing the nose of
man. Here was new sensation both
Tor the boy and the elephant, and one
that the former proposed to follow up
as long as the latter was not at liberty
to demonstrate. The next day he tried
1t again. Now here was a chance for
the elephants memory to step in and
protect him from repetition of yester-
days ind entities. But it didn't Just
as before, the trusting animal put out
his proboscis in greeting, and Just
as before the bad boy gave it
q twist that brought tears to
the eyes of the enormous creature
why not elephant tears" as we'll
as crocodile's?-and made him howl
with pain Day after day this young
ster would go up to the park and prose-
cute his researches in the psyche ogy of
the elephants mind and every dav the
kindly creature assisted in his studies
by giving him his trunk to experiment.
on.
once during the month it happened
that the elephant did break his cage and
get away The inquiring youth stood
near. Now, he was sure that the ele-
plant had begun to remember and that
his own little special Judgment day had
come. But the elephant rushed past az
II there were no such things in all the
world as inquisitive small bows. And
tnen 1or the first time the boy began to
doubt the eternal remem brance of AN
elephant But still he was not who'll,
satisfied. 1t might be that there was
some mental popularity of this particn-
lar elephant, the youth reasoned and CO
from time to time he went on twis+inr,
elephants trunks whenever he GOT
chance. gov
And as he has travelled much during
tnese years that he has been getting
Older he has probably had more chances
and twisted more elephants trunks,
Doth In Europe and America, than any
other living being Moreover, he has
set his friends to experimenting upon
elephants whenever it was possible,
anu OF no iact in life is he more certain
enah mat the beautiful story of the ele-
plants lasting memory is a clear and
uRmitigated myth.-N. Y. Evening Sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11
A Death blow to HIs PnnnIaritr

First Western Politician-I don't want
to see the Colonel elected. How can
we contrive to spoil his chancesP Could
we get up baby show and appoint him
Judge?
Second Western Politician-Naw, that
dodge is played out Let's get up a
baseball match between the lawyers
and business men Of the city, and get
him to umpire the game.-Munsey's
Weekly.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11
Assimilation of Food,

Assimilation of food is best encour-
aged by work. Digestion is not assimi-
lation. Food may be digested and taken
into the blood and yet not assimilated,
because there is no activity to encourage
it. If muscle is to be built up, there
must be tearing down of muscle first;
if there is no tissue of the brain torn
down, there can be no building up pro-
cess. If we work hard with brain or
muscle, using up great deal of force,
nature goes to work in the hours of re-
cuperation to build the brain and the
muscle little stronger than it was be-
fore, so every days expenditure will re-
quire the assimilation of little more
food. Bat if there is no demand, nature
will not undertake the task. Some
times when one has an extra strong
stomach and liver, he will be able to
make fatty tissue, which will not add to
strength, out of food digested in idle
ness. Assimilation is the power that
different parts of the body possess of
building up structure like their own out
of material furnished by the blood;
muscle has the power to make muscles
and nerves have the power to make
nerves, etc.-Dr. J. K Kellogg, of Bat
tie Creek Sanitarium, in a Parlor Lect-
ure.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11
A Dudes Joke.

Fweddies wardrobe suffered severely in
the fire at the Southern hotel His friend
Choily, meeting him on the street, observed:
Good gwaciols, Fweddie! Whatevah have
you done with youah good clothes9 You
look like a twamp"
Deah boy, my clothes are 'soaked.'n
Deah me! Didn't know you were in such
stralghts, my boy. What did you get on
them?n A
"atahl Ha-har-Chicago Tribune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11
PlrH AND POINT. i

After spending an hour with pref
ty fool, how refreshing homely people
are.-Atchison Globe.
When the house dog banks at the
milkman in the morning it is a sure
sign of hydrophobia. -Louisville Cou-
rier Journal.
Only one wolf has ever gone around
in sleeps skin, but many a sheep has
travelled for miles and miles in VOLTS
skin.-Dallas News.
The woman who carries pins in her
mouth is supposed to be closely related
to the man who didn't know it was
loaded. RAMS Horn.
Good advice is worth much more
than money, but Jones says that some
how he can not make his creditors see 1t
in that light.-N. Y. Ledger.
Are you really become Socialist,
WHIP" mo, indeed" But you told
Jack YOU had" ''Oh well, 1 was dead
broke then. Yankee Blade.
-''How does your girl treat you,
John" asked the mother. 'She doesn't
treat me at all, mother; 1 am obliged
to treat her every time. Boston Cou-
rier.
When man thinks himself a gent
us he lets his hair grow long; when a
woman thinks she has mission to full
fill in life she cuts her hair short-N.
Y. Ledger.
"A man recently committed suicide
in England because he thought his wife
queer reading to some Americans
Rams Horn.
why are you drinking that black
coffee?" Because / have the headache"
1.-THE headache? Why don't you do as
those do who have the toothache? WHY
don't you getit filled. "-Fliegende Blat-
ter.
Mrs. Winks-"What kind of girl
have you now?" Mrs. Minks "a
very nice one-ever so much nicer than
the others. She doesn't seem to object
to having us live in the house with her
at all."-N. Y. Weekly.
After the Dinner was Over-Nuli-
wed-"What an absurdity it was that a
bachelor should reply to the toast of
The Ladies' He can't know any thing
about EN-" Enpeck-"Can't, eh! WHY
do you suppose he is bachelor?"-Bos-
ton Times.
Owner docking discOnsolately down
the row of vacant houses) Mot one
gone yet, Marks?" Marks (the agent,
brisklY).-"No. Something must be
done. I'll put sold in the windows of
two more of them tomorrow morning."
-Harper's Bazaar
-Charles-'I don't see you very often
lately, George. Where do you spend
your evenings?" George-(clerk in BUSH
ness Office -"We've been balancing our
books, and there was mistake of three
cents discovered on the balance sheet,
and I've been trying for the past week
to discover where the mistake lies -
Blade.
An old gentleman who had at
tanned his one hundred and second
year was thus greeted by friend:
Good morning, Mr.. Shiles, how
does a man feel after he has en-
tered his second century," ''That all
depends" my son, said the venerable
seer, that all depends upon how he
spent his first one.'
Miss Beauty-(at Gnu rch fair)-
Don't you want some pen-wipers Mr..
Bach?" Mr.. Bach Naw-at a dollar
apiece. l .presumd?" Miss Beauty
"Oh, no. The mf11ster saIu we Must (
not charge more than we thought the
things were worth. These were made
by that horrid Miss Pert, and 1 think
they are worth ten for cent. N Y.
Weekly.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11

Employer-William, you have now worked
for me three years.
eyes, sir"
Sand have always found you industrious,
painstaking and honest"
81 have tried to be, sir"
snow, desire to show that appreciate
your fidelity"
''Thank you, SIR"
"For the next two months you will work
on the books until II o'clock every night. l
do not fear to leave you in the office alone at
all. have a great deal of confidence in
Youn-Lincoln journal
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11

"He's an awfully nice fellow and
good friend of mine, but he has one
grievous fault-he is always quoting
French and Latin and all the other
languages"
And doesn't know one 1 suppose?"
That's just it; he does know them
and don't Judge.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11
The Proper Punishment.

'What are you stringin' the poor Teller
up forP" asked a Texan, as he came upon
lynching party.
HE lowed he'd sing Little Annie
Rooney an we couldn't stop him."
''Sarves him right! l thought mebbe
he'd only killed man or two."-The
Jury,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11

Darrlnger, have you half dollar that
you don't wantgo
n, ~" n.y. certainly. Here it is"
The next day:
no say Darringer, that half dollar you gave
IS, Bromley. You asked me if had a
AAH dollar that | didn't want."-Lifa
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11
The increase noted in leprosy in tn,

The increase noted in leprosy in the
West Indies is attributed to the fact
that lepers are permitted to walk about
without restraint, to beg, and to mix
with healthy people. In the four years
following 1878 twenty-five deaths from
leprosy were registered there, while
thirty-four deaths occurred in the three
years preceding 1888.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11

-"Cyrus, l want you to go downtown
with me. 1 want to pick out a new
necktie for you" "Have we time
enough before the shops close, Emily?"
replied the capitalist consulting his
watch. Eyes, If we hurry. It's only
little after one o'clock" Gail right, nv
dear. Go and get ready. I've got to
step around the corner and buy rail-
road I'll be back in ten minutes. -
Chicago Tribune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11

You have good word for every
body, aunty," observed Miss Ophelia.
snow 1 suppose you could even COM
mend the burglar who breaks into your
house" WELL" replied aunty, she ia
. man OF enter prizes. Inter Ocean.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-11
Privileged Characters.

Little Nell-Aunty took me to the
matinee to-day, and all the idiot asylum
inmates were there. The manager sent
them free tickets, and put them all in
one part of the theater, in a whole lot of
seats by themselves.
Mamma-Indeed? And how did they
act?
Little Nell-oh, just as if they had q
bcx.-N. Y. Weekly.