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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
ASPHALT COMES FROM TRINIDAD
a Fitch Lake That Appears to BE Inax-
haustible in Its Supply.

haustible in Its Supply.
The island of Trinidad is about sixtv
miles long by fifty wide, and lies off
the mainland from Venezuela. within
sight of the coast. The island has 90
Peciai interest to New Workers, because
II Is from pitch lake in its interior
that the asphalt is secured with which
our streets are being paved. The lake
has an area of about 1856 acres. All
though its surface has been cut down
Tor twenty years to secure pitch it's
level has not been lowered, showing
that the supply is practically mex,
haustible: 1t is like trying to empty
well with a teaspoon. The princ;-
pal business of the island is sugar
making, cocoa making and cocoaHut
raising. In 1889 about 81. 900 tons If
asphalt were shipped away, IS, 900
TONS OF sugar, and an amount of cocoa
equal to one-fourth the entire supply
OF Europe, where the Trinidad cocoa
is all sold. Labor on the island is very
cheap, coolies being brought by the
government from India, on three and
five year labor contracts to work for
Is and 20 cents per day.
There is a railroad on the island
the longest line of which is thirtvfour
miles from Port of Spain to San Fer
nando. 1t was built and is operated
by the government When it was
first laid construction trains were RIM
over 1t before ballasting, and the rails
are consequently warped and bent and
twisted, until it is impossible to run
the fastest train over it at more than
fifteen miles an hour. 1t takes two
hours and half to GO from Port of
Spain to San Fernando. Matthew Tay-
lor, who is a well known asphalt pave
ment contractor of this CITY. once
offered to build all the railroads the
government wanted if they would
give him each alternate square mile of
land along the road, but his offer was
refused.
Money is made in Trinidad sugar
plantations and cocoanut forests The
chief justice of the colony has been
retired on apension. He was sent out
from England about twelve years ago
Eight years ago a notable sugar plan
tatlon was offered for sale for $50, 600
He had little money and considera-
Bile credit, and bought the place
When he retired from the bench, in
1889, he had paid for the plantation
and improved it to such an extent
that it is considered worth $27O. 900
Bitters are made in Trinidad bv a
wealthy man who has large family,
fully thirty persons being dependent
upon him. He has fine place known
as THE Convent" on account of the
walls around it, and the most marvel,
Gus stories are told of the eating ca
pacity of his family, said to be conse-
quent on their free use of the bitters.
His daughters, when they marry, get
a marriage portion of 5000 cases of
bitters. The bitters are made of island
rum and a connection of bark found
only in that latitude. The manufac.
ture of the bitters was formerly great
industry in the vicinity of the Orinoco
river in South America, but the banks
there have been exhausted Inter
view in New York Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Iprenion. Invention for prurr,.,,

In order to avoid errors in DISPENSING
polsons, an ingenious inventor a few
years ago constructed patent shelf upon
which all the bottles Containing noisono
were to be placed. 1t is made Of two
metallic plates, held apart by a spring.
and so evenly balanced that when one
bottle Is taken off the equilibrium ia
destroyed and the plates come together
which creates an electric current. and an
alarm bell is rung. Thus, if a clerk
should take down bottle of poison. the
alarm would attract his attention and
warn him of the dangerous drug. This
was called the poison bell" They wore
introduced into drug stores all over The
country, but they never became popular
on account of peculiar trait in all ems
toners. When the alarm rung, the GUS
toner would ask: what does that
meanf' and when told it was the .spoison
bell, the innovation was never forgot
ten, and ever afterward the customer
would feel rather chary about taking the
prescription when he heard the warning
tones of the poison bell" In this way
1t would not be great while until nearly
all the customers found out the meaning
of the alarm.
AS many people have a superstitious
fear about taking medicine with poison
in it, they would imagine that possibly
the doctor or the prescription clerk was
making mistake, and they would hest
tate in accepting the medicine. Poisons
are used in small amounts in a vast num-
Der of prescriptions, and the '.poison
bell was kept busy in attracting the
painful attention of the customers. WHY.
a nervous lady would come in with a
harmless prescription, but the moment
the poison bell" rung she would be as
disconnected as if its tones were her
death knell. Hence, the poison bell'
fell into disuse, as it was continually
arousing the apprehension of customers.
One other superstition, might say, that
customers have is the prevailing idea that
medicines of a green color are poison
Several harmless compounds will pro-
duce a green color, but customers are in
variably suspicious of theme. Falk in
Globe-Democrat.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
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The Ohense of LYING.

President Eliot struck the right note
the other day when he characterized
lying as the one objectionable offense
which the faculty of Harvard would not
forgive. West Point has always acted
on this principle, and to such an extent
that the cadets themselves will not wink
at and condone the lie. They are taught
to expose the liar, under the feeling that
in their after lives in the ARM, truth is
the only basis on which they can live
with one another and administer disci-
pline. Nor are these the only institu-
lions that are determined to ostracize the
lie. Rutgers college not long ago actu-
ally expelled student for the one Of
tense of lying to cover up his agency in
the preparation of a college trick
Christian at Work.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01

No man can tell whether book will
take or not. The criticism of the press
seems to have little effect upon the pop
ularity of book. Some books owe their
success to singular combinations of cir
cumstances. A book that had the phe-
nomenal sale of $4,000 copies owed its
success very largely to the auspices I'M
der which it was brought out. A book
that otherwise would fall fiat might hap
pen to come out just in the nick of time
to strike popular chord. l think that
most successful authors soon find that
they make more at other literary work
than writing books. Some go into the
business of getting even for their wounds
at the hands of the reviewers and critics
by becoming critics themselves on news
papers and magazines, and thus earn
much better pay than they could at pure
authorship. Others go into the field of
editing copy in the big publishing houses,
where familiarity with the current works
of fiction is the thing demanded. 9th
ers again go into journalism, pure and
simple, and are heard of no more in the
ranks of writers of fction.-Boston
Herald.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
A Bill Collecting Postof1ice.

In Holland bills are often paid
through the medium Of the postofice.
This department is still unknown in
this country. 1t enables a man living,
say, in London, to get small bill col
lected in any provincial town without
the often expensive and tedious inter
ference of a banker or agent For
that purpose he hands his bill to the
nearest postoffice. 1t is sent to the
place where the money is to be col
lected. After the collection draft is
t0rwarded to the payee by the Office
Ensre he deposited his bill, and where
hgets his cash and the bill duly re,
cepted on payment of small com
mission, which is payable in advance.
In some large towns the money and
the bill are even brought to the payee's
house. -London Tid-Bits.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
His Crime Remembered.

A wealthy citizen of Cincinnati, who
died, left clause in his will providing
that one of his sons should be charged
with 81, 900 in proof COIN" 1t seems
that he had an old desk at his home in
which he kept his private papers. In
one of the drawers he would throw
the small coin and change that came
to his hand. This had been going on
for years, until the sum had reached
81, 900. The money disappeared, and
the theft was traced to a hayward son.
This was several years ago. In the
meantime the son contracted an un-
fortunate matrimoaia.l alliance, and
disappeared from Cincinnati. But the
father remembered the crime, and the
abstraction will face the young man
when he comes to draw his portion of
the estate.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
avn HIS WILL is OUR PEACE

-,.,,,.ss soul Of man, unsatisfled
,,,,h the world empty noise and feverish glare
~ nth its hopes of happiness denied,
~. 5ust and ashes of its promise fair.
sad and bufeted, thy days perplexed,
SSv cherished treasures profitless and vain,
49, comfort hast thou, captive, thwarted vexed
"Xocted by mirage Of joys that merge in painf
-,.h love be sweet, yet death is strong, and still
',sa1orable change will follow thee;
-. though thou vanqush every mortal ILL.,
Thou shalt not conquer mutabilityl
r,,a human tide goes rushing down to death;
T,rn thou moment from its current broad,
,nd listen. what is this the silence saith,
oh soulf BE still, and know that am Godr'
The mighty Godi Here shalt thou find thy rest.
n weary onel There is naught else to know,
us,0ht else to seek-here thou may'st cease thy
quest,
Give myself up He leads where thou shalt 90
The changeless Godi Into thy troubled life
seals strange, sweet peace; the pride that drove
thee on,
Tho hot ambition and the selfish strife
That made thy misery, like mist are gone;
And in their place bliss beyond all speech;
The present resignation of the will
That lifts thee out of bondage, out of reach
OF death, Of change, of every earthly i'll
Celia Thaxter in Century
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
The Goose and the Farmer.

A farmer in Cheshire had flock OF
geese, one of which showed a great
Partially toward him. Whenever he
went to the mill, to the blacksmith
shop or through the bustling streets,
the bird stalked after him, so that
when he wished to go out alone he
was obliged to fasten the bird up
When the farmer was at the pillow the
goose did not walk with the waddling
pace of his tribe, but with a firm step,
with his head raised and his neck
erect, short way before his master in
the line of the furrow, frequently
turning round to look at him. When
allowed, he would mount on his lap
as he sat by the fire after dark and
nestle his head on his bosom. When
the farmer went out shooting the
goose was at his side, following him
wherever he went, getting over the
fences, as the master said, better than
he could. All this was without any
encouragement on the part of the far
mer who rather opposed it. Won
derful as this attachment was it had a
very sad end; the man could not UNI
derstand it, he thought it foreboded
some evil to him, and in a moment of
alarm he killed this faithful compan
ion.-New York Mail and Express.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01

A novel continuance which is claim
ed to give improved tractive power is
reported from Chicago. The machin
which is about fifty feet long and IF
teen tons in weight, runs on a track
which it lays for itself, and which
consists of a belt of steel plates or
laths, four and half feet long, in.
closing four large cog wheels, which
play into the sockets Of the plates and
urge the machine forward. It is avail
able for agricultural and other pur-
poses, and its inventor declares that
with Il ne can pillow one hundred acres
per day in ground too soft for horse
to walk, and at a nominal cost.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Formation of Mountains.

NJ. Faye, the well known French
astronomer, has drawn attention at re-
cent meeting of the French Academy of
Sciences, to the apparent geological law
that the cooling of the terrestrial crust
goes on more rapidly under the sea than
with a land surface. Hence he argues
that the crust must thicken under oceans
at more rapid rate, and SO give rise to
a swelling up and distortion of the thinner
portions of the crust-in other words, to
the formation of mountain chains
Honn Journal
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01

H. NJ. Phipson, secretary of the Bonn
bay Natural History society, says that
the cobra lays from twelve to twenty
eggs once a year during the rains, and the
young show signs of venomous powers at
an early age. The cobra is timid, and is
about the, only poisonous snake used by
''snake 'charmers, being the only one
that can be easily handled. You have
only to attract its attention with one
hand, he says, seize it with the other in
the middle of the body, and the snake is
yours. 1t strikes at moving things, but
unlike other snakes, it never turns and
bites the hand that is holding it. Snakes
have no external ears, and it is consid-
cred doubtful whether the cobra hears
the music of the charmers at all. 1t is
attracted by the movements of the musi-
cal instrument. They feed freely on
young rats, birds and toads.-New York
Sim
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Caught a PickpOcket,

A strange experience of the pocket
picking world occurred some twenty
years ago. 1t was at Naples. PEOPLE
generally in those days carried silk pocket
handkerchiefs instead of the scraps of
muslin which are affected nowaday, An
American then at Naples, from whom Ave
silk pocket handkerchiefsw were distracted
IN as many days, sewed strongly into the
interior OF his pocket large fish hook.
Inc result which he anticipated followed.
The thief's hand was caught, and the
American, turning sharply, seized him
by the wrist and held him in a grasp like
a wise till he could hand him over to a
gendarme. But within fortnight that
American was stabbed to the heart as he
was going home one night from the
theatre.-The Argonaut.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Transforming THAT PAID.
LudicrOus Experience OF a Stock Theatri.
cal Company in the Northwest.

LudicrOus Experience OF a Stock Theatre.
cal Company in the Northwest.
Charles Arnold used to belong to a
stock company up in Montreal some
years ago, and during the summer
months the members of this company
would make commonwealth f-iEe
through the far Northwest on their
own hook. 1t was good company, too,
including such we'll known actors and
actresses as Mark Smith, E. A. Nc
Dowell, j. H. Gilmour, Fannie Reeves,
Annie Russell, Felix Morris and Ar
mold. They used to go to Winnipeg
and play several weeks to fine bust
ness, and one summer the manager
was approached by the mayor of a
small town about sixty miles from
Winnipeg. He said they had never
seen a show there and would turn out
well. There was no hall or theatre,
but they could play in bonded ware
house in the town. Finally, after the
mayor of the place had virtually offer
ed the company guarantee for two
nights, they decided to accept.
When the place was reached it was
found to be but a mere village of less
than 1000 inhabitants. The bonded
warehouse had been fitted up as a
temporary theatre, and a stage had
been erected at one end. A dollar a
head was charged for the reserved
seats, and they were soon occupied.
Many were looking in at the windows,
and Arnold went outside before the
show and collected half dollar each
from these. 1t was willingly paid
Every one came on horseback, and the
prairie round about looked like a
horse sale. But there was good big
money in the house the first night,
and "Rosedale" by the company APP
peared to give wonderful satisfaction.
On the second night the house was
larger, if anything, and after the first
act the mayor asked the company to
stay another night. They were obliged
TO leave for Montreal the next day and
could not. The mayor urged them to
remain, and finally Arnold said that
they would give a performance of
''Pinafore" after they had finished
''The Shaughraun," if the audience
would stay. This announcement he
made before the curtain at the mayor S
request, explaining tnat they couIu
not stay another night. There were
cries of go on, play all night, etc.
1t was arranged that the gentlemen
should leave the place after the first
performance, giving the ladies enough
TO paw their second admission. After
this had been collected the gentlemen
would be readmitted, paying for them
selves as they came in At 1O:45 p. m:
The Shaughraun" was finished, and
at II p. m. the curtain went up on
"Pinafore, with melodeon as an or
chestra. The house was but 81 less
than the first one, two men having
been called away. At 1 80 a. m. the
final curtain fell and the company
packed up and left for Montreal at
daybreak. It was transforming, said
Arnold, but it was profitable and there
was lots of fun in it.-Chicago Herald
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
A THOUGHT.

Dovu where the shores of To-morrow's Land
Are washed by the River of Time,
A Daydream fair reared into the air
castle of height sublime;
And working he sang this rhyme:
.There are none who weep, there is naught d
sorrow
In this, the joyous Land of Tomorrow"
Higher and higher the castle tall
Tplifted its battlements strong,
And cleaning bright, he placed on the height
The Star of Hope; then long
And loud he sang his song:
"Tbere are none who weep, there is naught Of
sorrow
In this, the joyous Land of Tomorrow"
All! But a whirlwind of Fate all dark,
Came over that region SO bIest
The cleaning star fell down from afar
Till shattered, his Hope lay pressed
Down. down on the Daydream's breast.
But did no one weep nor feel in sorrow
dream lay dead in the Land of Tomorrow.
Florence Converse in New Orleans Times Demo.
crat
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Costume of an Imperial Body Guard.

Emperor William has developed a
mania for new uniforms and costumes
which is worthy of George ~. He
has established a new body guard for
the empress, which is to do sentry duty
before her apartments at the palace,
and is to serve as her escort at reviews
and state functions. For palace duty
the uniform consists of white Bran
denburg coat with cherry colored fac
ings and huge shoulder knots in black,
white and silver; a white waistcoat
coming down low, white trousers and
lack" boots. There is also black
velvet three cornered hat, with cock
ade and feather in the Prussian colors.
The escort uniform is much the same,
except that the hat is replaced by a
helmet of polished steel, crested with
a golden eagle-London Truth.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
The Life of Vegetables.

Vegetarians, indeed, will say that the
universal adoption of their creed would
do away with all the cruelty of the mar
ket and the kitchen. Would it? How
do they know that it does not hurt a
potato to be boiled, or an apAte to be
peeled? Animals and fishes and fowls
are alive, they argue; but SO are vege-
tables and fruits alive That an orange
makes no outcry when it is cut open is
no proof that it does not feel pain. At
any rate, in picking and eating it, we
deliberately sacrifice its life, and that,
too, without any necessity on our part in
doing so. But the softest hearted of us
never feel any computations of con-
science on this account.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Tbpmb Nail Pictures.

In collections centuries old, to be seen
in both China and Japan, are specimens
of the most remarkable drawings in the
world-pictures of all kinds drawn with
the thumb nail. The nails of the thumb
on the left hand Of these peculiar artists
are allowed to grow to an enormous
length, sometimes to foot or eighteen
inches, and are then pared down to a
pen shaped point. Dipping this oddly
constructed pen in beautiful vermilion
or sky blue ink, the only kinds of ink
used in these sacred" thumb nail draw
ings, the artist gracefully outlines his
work. Occasionally the bold touches
from the studio of a master in this de-
partment of "high art" are life size, and
are sketched by few sweeps of the art
lists arm Like other pictures and
sketches of the Orient, these sacred
thumb nail pictures are mounted ard
rolled up like scrolls.-St. Louis RepuO-
lie
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Mice and MarParIne

An English analyst recently received
twelve specimens of supposed butter,
which ne was supposed to analyze to dis
cover which was pure and which was
oleomargarine. After taking what he
wanted he set the twelve plates in his
laboratory. Next morning the butter
had disappeared from ten and on two it
remained. These two were adulterated
and the others pure. Suspecting mice.
ne set out other plates, some containing
pure and some adulterated in various de-
grees. Again the pure butter was cleared
away, the slightly adulterated half eaten
ana the much adulterated only nibbled.
New York Sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
HOME;
There lies a little city in the hills,

There lies little city in the hills,
White are its roofs, dim is each dwellings, door
AND peace with perfect rest its bosom ills.
Inere the pure mist, the pity Of the sea,
comes as a white soft hand, and reaches DER.
Ana touches its still face most tenderly.
INSURED and calm, amid our shifting years,
10 where 1t lies, far from the clash and roar.
Win quiet distance blurred, as if through tears
heart, that prayest so for God to send
some loving messenger to go before,
And lead the way to where thy loueines and
be sure, be very sure, that soon will come
his klndest angel, and through that still door
into the Infinite Love will lead thee home
Edward Rowland Sill in Hebrew Messenger.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Colorlng Matters In Cheese.

Cheese is one of the very few modern
food substances which are never gross
ly adulterated. Its only adulterant.
in fact, at the present time is its color
ing material, which is usually an.
natto, saffron or common carrots. The
first is more generally used than the
others, but all when genuine are per
fectly harmless. Occasionally, how
ever, when the annatto (the product
of an East Indian plant) is Of an infe
rior description, red lead, which is o
dangerous slow poison, is added tc
bring out a greater depth of color
New York Telegram.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
When Bismarck Danced Last.

Mime. Carette says, in her memoirs,
that the last time Bismarck danced ii
was with her, in 1867, at ball given
in honor of the king of Prussia. He
had been sitting alone and she sent
him bouquet Of roses. He accepted
this as an invitation and waltzed her
quite skillfully through the mass OF
dancers. She adds: 'As the count
Che had not yet been made a prince
seated me after the dance he took a
rose from the buttonhole of his coat
and reached it to me with the words,
Please keep this as memento of the
last waltz I shall have danced in my
life. shall never forget it,"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Red GIasa.

q a new red glass is being made in
ueIrImany. 1t is utilized for bottles,
so1lets and vases of various kinds,
a a. IN Photographic, chemical and
o Oa laboratories. By melting to
setner fine sand, red oxide of lead,
20 OssrIG .ate of potash, lime, phosphate
~ 9me: cream of tartar, borax, red
S1ioe OF copper and bloxide of tin, a
transparent Nap red glass of very fine
quality is obtained
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Size of Rain nrnns.

Variations in the size of rain drops art
dependent upon the differences in the
height from which they have fallen and
to the amount of atmospheric disturb
ance present at the time. If fallen from
great height the drops suffer gradual
division into smaller and smaller parts
until they are converted into mist. In
calm weather, with the clouds near the
earths surface, the drops are large and
heavy. Chicago Herald.