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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01

was on the street the other day
with a friend when we met his wife.
1t was a stormy day. She wanted a
par OF rubbers; said the price was
dollar. He ran his hand in his pocket
and said something about ''unfortun-
ate. saw the pickle. Let me lend
you dollar" | said, and he replied
that he would. That morning | had
put IS In one pocket for the necessa-
RES OF life. In the other pocket l had
placed 81 for Injuries with the bows.
l handed him out the money, and he
led his wife away to appeaSe her grow
ing expectations. | soon discovered
that | had given my friend the S. note.
However, l knew he was honest and
didn't worry. met him several hours
after. lie was excited and fatigued.
de said in bated breath:
You gave me five dollars instead of
one"
l said | had made that discovery,
but knew it was all right.
But 1t isn't all right, he exclaim-
ed, growing more excited. See here. p"
he continued, Il went with her into
the shoe store, see3 | says to the man,
Give me pair OF dollar rubbers.
women's size. He did so, and she put
them on. | laid down the bill you had
loaned me. The clerk says: L will
hand you the change That was the
first intimation had that the bill was
more than 81 in denomination. The
clerk came back and laid down 81.
My wife picked it up and said that was
just the amount she wanted and walk
ed out. | owe you S. which | didn't
mean to borrow, and | haven't it to
pay
1t put me in corner, because it was
the only s. had and | had promised
that change to my wife. Chicago
Tribune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Traits of the Phoebe Bird.

The phoebe bird with its CHEEKY pee
wee is already heard in the rural dis
tricts. In folklore the arrival of this
early bird of PASSAGES an omen that hard
frosts are over, and that the farmer may
proceed with confidence to his planting.
Now it is known that they sail north on
a March breeze, endure ice making
weather and have no more relation to
farming than pewter half dollar has to
trade. As nest builders they exhibit
taste in variation of the style of their
nests and the furnishing materials. The
fiber of bark answers for some of them
to line their nests with, others use moss,
hair or wool, and one is recorded to have
built nest entirely of corn silk. These
birds have greatly improved their nests
within the memory of man, which sug-
gests that they are guided by reason in
stead of the stupid instinct which is so
often attributed to them. - Norwich
Conn Bulletin.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
The Journalists Profession.

A famous editor said: IL was first
college graduate, then reporter, and
then an editor; but ought to have been
able to stop after had been two years in
the office and gone back to study inter-
national law, history and languages; it
would have been worth large capital to
me. a man does not find out what he
needs to know until he has been at actual
work in journalism for year or two. "
Probably no profession at the present
time requires a greater combination Of
native tact, with intense application and
wide culture.-M. Maurice, NJ. D., in
Globe-Democrat.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01

or December 2 will be as vivid as
now. An Arab ON a horse that was
like a whirlwind, bitted and saddled
and spurred, its name and TANKS Jet as
the highland there are no such horse
men as Arab horsemen-had come far
out to meet us, and invite us to his
hotel inside the gates. But arrange
ments had been made for us to STAY at
a hotel outside the gates. In the dusk
of evening we halted in front of the
place and entered, but | said: NO
thank you for your courteous recep-
ton, but | must sleep tonight inside
the gates of Jerusalem. | would rather
have the poorest place inside the gates
than the best place outside" So we
remOunted our coach and moved on
amid a clamor of voices, and between
camels granting with great beams and
timbers on their backs, brought in for
building purposes-for it is amazing
how much camel can carry-until we
came to what is called the Joppa Gate
of Jerusalem. 1t is about forty feet
wide, twenty feet deep and sixty feet
high. There is a sharp turn just after
you have entered, SO planned as to
make the entrance of armed enemies
the more difficult
On the structure of these gates the
safety of Jerusalem depended, and ali
tho RihIa yUritaro ,1coJ +I,o,,, e., ;II,.zA..-
tons. Within five minutes walk of the
gate we entered David wrote: Enter
into thy gates with Thanksgiving. "
Lift up your heads, 0, We gates -
1.-The Lord loveth the gates of Zion. "
open to me the gates of righteous
ness" And Isaiah wrote, Go through.
go through the gates" And the captive
of Patmos wrote, The city had twelve
gates" Having passed the gate we
went on through the narrow streets.
dimly lighted, and passed to our halt
ing place, and sat down by the window
from which we could see Mount Zion.
and said, Here we are at last, in the
capital of the whole earth" And
thoughts of the past and future rushed
through my soul in quick succession,
and thought of that old hymn, sung
by so many ascending spirits:
Jerusalem, my happy home,
Name ever dear to me.
When shall my labors have an end,
In joy and peace and thee?
When shall these eyes thy heav'n built walls
Andpeariy gates behold?
Thy bulwarks with salvation strong
And streets of shining gold?
And SO with our hearts full of graft
tude to God for journeying mercies all
the way from Joppa to Jerusalem, and
with bright anticipation of our en-
trance into the shining gate of the
heavenly city when earthly journeys
are over, my second day in Palestine is
ended.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
The Cowcatoher Not Patented.

It is said that the common cow
catcher attachment to locomotives is
about the only article of universal use
that has never been patented. Its in
ventor was D. B. Davies, of Columbus,
who found his model in the pillow.
Red lights on the rear of trains, it is
further said, were adopted at the sug-
gestion of the late Mrs. Swisshelln,
after railway accident in which she
had narrow escape.-Parker Kan.)
Pilot.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
In a Persian Vineyard.

Hassan and rode out to a big vine
yard near Gulack, in the foot hills of the
Elburz mountains, to pic rput the neces-
sary quantity of Craps 81 assam said it
was best 10 buy t6emon tlos ines and
leave them there unit we Z &C. ,.adv for
them. We found the yifin SeeS faa - 81 sed
within substantial mud walls twef1ty leet
high. A little stream Of water flowed
beneath an opening in the wall at one
side, and out again on the other. The
water was used for irrigating the vines
Instead of being trained up posts or
trellis work, the vines We're trailing over
long ridges of dry earth. The soil of the
vineyard was piled up in long mounds or
ridges about -four feet high. The vines
were planted i'll the trenches, and grew
over the ridges. These latter were made
perpendicular on the south side, but
slanting on the north. The vines are
trailed up the northern slopes so as to
benefit by the oblique rays of the sun,
which are supposed to be better for the
grapes than direct rays.
Several varieties of grapes We're in the
vineyard, from little white grapes called
kishmish, from which are made the sui
tana raisins of commerce, tosbig black
grapes almost TIE size of egg plums.-
Thomas Stevens in New York Sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
sunshine and Crop Ma1adies.

An investigating Frenchman proves by
records running back 100 years that the
destructiveness of diseases affecting the
potato vine and other valuable members
of the vegetable kingdom depends upon
the nebulosity of the sky. In years when
agricultural disasters were greatest there
was a marked lack of sunshine. The
United States is land of sunshine, and
to this may we look, according to the
theory advanced, for the immunity OF
our crops from the maladies which have
utterly destroyed crops in other countries
and caused famines.-Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
DAINTY LITTLE MAIDEN.

Dainty little maiden.
Tripping forth each day,
Bearing weighty volumes
On your learned way;
This is from the one that passes
Going 10 his daily classes
He that looks with longing eye,
As you lightly pass him by.
Dainty little maiden,
With the nut brown curls-
Would that l professor were
In your school of girls;
Passion plants I'd botanic;
Lecture on the heart, with signs;
Or, just in a class Of two,
Loves sweet art I'd teach TO you.
H. A. Bayne in New Orleans Picayune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01

Iceland fishermen now carry oil
regularly as means OF smoothing the
waves and enabling them to continue
at work in weather in which hereto
fore their boats could not have lived.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01

One of Names successful maple or
chardists gets 210 barrels of sap from
$50 trees. That's a pretty good
''dreepT He boils it down to 230 gal
Ions of strip.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
An Evasion.

perkins told me the whole story as
l have repeated it to you, and he eau
toned me not to lisp word of it to
anybody"
but you have told me.
Eyes, but don't lisp. Judge.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
IN THE HOLY CITY,

After l have been ten thousand years
in heaven the memory of that first
view from the rocks on the afternoon
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-17
THAT IMMIGRATION CONVENTION
GEO. D. SIDLES,
L. SwEETLAND,

THAT IMMIGRATION CONVENTION.
From the Kansas City Gazette
Kansas has taken up the pole that will
knock the persimmon. She understands
that if an individual would succeed in
private business, he must be up and do
ing. In the latter part of the nineteenth
century business has to be sought and
fought for persistently and vigorously.
The man or state that hesitates is lost,
therefore Kansas did herself proud by
calling an immigration. Our state has
many thousand acres of fertile soil vet TO
be conquered and it takes men to do it.
In twenty-five years Kansas will have
five millions of inhabitants, and then she
may let up on the immigration scheme,
but so long as there are mines of salt and
mines of coal to develop or a furrow to
be turned-just SO long will Drawn be at
a premium. And more-in twenty-five
years all of that high plateau of pampas
land lying west of the sixth principal
meridian will be one huge sugar cane
field, made fertile by a grand system of
irrigation by wind mills. And the mag
nificent climate makes Kansan out of
an Ohioan in short order, with no mala-
rial poison mixed with the oxygen he
breates. And at the end Of a quarter of
a century, the Latin on our coat of arms
will have to be changed, it will no long
er be ito the stars through difficulties
but ''to the stars with ease and safety"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-17
Mystic Tarkey tracks.

There is cinging 10 scn.e Of the early SET
tiers of Hendricks and Morgan counties an
impression that buried beneath huge Stons
somewhere in the fertile valley OF White
Lick creek there are valuable treasures. The
story is that when the Delaware Indians were
forced 10 vacate their hunting grounds along
the creek they believed they were 20 be sent
from their lands temporarily, and rather
than risk carrying their wealth into a strange
country they buried it under n huge rock
until thew returned. The rock was marked
with a turkeys foot carved IN the stone pro-
jecting above the earth.
Early settlers aleng the stream say that
several years after the tribe had vacated the
lands lone Indian came through the coun-
try in search of u treasure which he said had
been buried under stone. be disappeared
Us nlysteriously as be came, but he left be-
hind him that tradition that remains with
some people to this day.
Following the disappearance Of the Indians
the settlers began u search for the treasure.
Then it was found that there wers plenty OF
huge stones marked with turkey trncks. {" it
seemingly having been favorite pasts'ne of
the red man TO carve cut the imprint of tur-
keys feet upon all the great stones along the
stream. Notwithstanding this obstacle, many
farmers excasated beneath hinge stones, and
were disappointed at not being rewarded for
their labor. IL IL doubtful If there Is "a great
stone within three miles of the creek that has
not been borrowed under in search Of tho
treasure. AS late as ten years ago the story
of the treasure was revived along the stream,
and rocks that had never been disturbed were
burrowed under. -Indianspolis News.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-17

with Winchesters, but this is no sign that
they would use them if they had good
chance.
| Oklahoma towns all seem to be prosper
Gus. They are holding up much better
than was anticipated or expected. All
looked for very hard times during the win-
ter; but providentially the weather has
been so very mild and so favorable for out
door work that business in the towns has
kept up and there has been little or no sUf-
fering or distress.
A Kansas exchange. which has q very
dim, musty and cobweby view of Okla
homa, informs the world as follows:
Oklahoma, being no mans lani, is now
governed by the old line political parties.
The factions there are called '.Seminoles''
and 'Kickapoos," aud when they have a
war dance the authorities have to call in
the United States troops to allay the ex-
citement. The sooner Oklahoma IS made
territory and the government ccnfided to
such peaceable organizations as Republl-
cans and Democrats the better.
Mayor Hampton, the eolored gentleman
who holds the reins of government of the
negro town of Lincoln, was present at the
mayors convention at Oklahoma City, and
in speech said he had not travelled ex-
tensiveiy, but as far as he was acquainted
this was by all odds the finest country in
the world The black jack region from
Turkey creek to Guthrie is occupied by
1900 colored people. They are busily en-
gagged at present clearing land and getting
ready to plant in the spring. The town Of
Lincoln now has postotfice, three church
organizations have been effected, one
Methodist and two Baptist. A building
to be used rs college Is also in course OF
construction
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-17
AN IOWA PREACHER.

Rev. T. J. Mackay set all Council
Bluffs Qowal in an uproar last Sunday
by preaching sermon against prohibi-
ton and favoring high license. His
text was from First Corinthians, xii-6:
"There are diversities of operations. but
it is the same God that worketh all in
ALL" The theme of the discourse was
that prohibition is illogical, impracti-
cable and unscriptural, ignoring mans
nature and sinking his manhood in re-
fusing to admit the presence of the
major premise in its reasonings! The
sermon is probably not answerable, but
it is undoubtedly a logical one filled
with human experience.
There is plenty of room at the top of
this discussion for thinkers Of calibre.
A few more such men of snch promi-
nence might save the country from its
continual squabble by the unthinking
who accept Frances E. Wizards cackle
as eloquence.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-17
NOT a CRIME IN
KANSAS

From the Atchison Champion.
1t will doubtless be surprise to most
people in Kansas to learn that a member
of the legislature, any state or county
officer may accept bribes-be boodler,
with perfect impunity-with no fear of
criminal prosecution to deter him-the
law making 1t criminal offense for a
member of the legislature or state or
county officers to accept brides having
been repealed as long ago as 1869, and
never having been re-enacted. Sections
1914, 1876, 1877, 200, POI, 203, 204 and POS of
the general statutes of Kansas, making
bribe-taking felony, strange as it may
seem, were repealed, as will be seen by
consulting page l2S of the session laws
of 1869
The only party guilty Of crime under
out statutes in such cases Is the person
who offers and pays bride. This unique
fact is no doubt well understood by those
who have no scrupies against accepting
attorneys fees" for legislative services.
1t would be well for the next iegisla-
ture, for the reputation of the state, and
to remove from viciously inclined legis-
lators and other state officials all tempta-
tons to corruption, TO pass law making
bribe-taking felony.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-17

AS scheme to get rid of the treasury
surplus and prevent any reduction OF
the present oppressive rates of taxation
the proposition to construct ''a navy
commensurate with the Importance and
dignity of the nation" could not fail of
success; but in the present depressed
condition of the commercial and indus
trial interests of the country it will be a
sorry day for the man who champions
it and those who should support it. The
very last thing this country needs is such
an establishment as that mentioned, and
the only excuse that can be set up for it
is the presence of surplus of money in
the treasury. If congress wants to
hear howl as is a howl let it entertain
with show of seriousness the PROPOSE
ton, and it will be accommodated p. O..
with an emphasis.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-17
IMMIGRATION,
m the Kansas City Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
Kansas has resolved to meet in her
customary energetic fashion the efforts
of other western states to induce immi-
grafton. In many respects Kansas SO
far excels other new states that the i'm
migration association will have no
trouble in presenting truthful picture
which viii attract the favorable consid-
Grafton of all homeseekers.
In proportion to total area, Kansas has
the largest body of easily titled and pro-
ductive land in the union. There are
almost no waste lands in bodies Of any
extent and little waste land on the
farms.
Last years returns showed that Kan
sas is at the head of producing agricul-
tural states in the ratio of product to ex-
penditure of capital and labor.
Kansas has more railroads in proper
ton to population than any state and is
second in actual mileage.
The climate of Kansas Is surprisingly
wholesome and favorable to varied agri-
cultural pursuits.
The present population of Kansas is
active, liberal to new corners, well sup
piled with schools, churches and news
papers and accustomed to the enlarge
ment OF commercial and industrial or
ganization.
In inviting immigration the associa-
ton organized at Wichita Monday will
be supported by the good will of the
whole state and by the unlimited field
for individual advancement offered by
the states material resources.
There is one rift in the lutte. The
classes which furnish the heaviest immi-
grafton into western states do not look
with favor upon such arbitrary laws as
those which stand for the enforcement
of the prohibition amendment of Kan
sas. The Murray law, the metropolitan
police system, the jury commission law
all offend their notions of personal lib
erty, and the costly ineffectiveness of
operation, the favoritism and tyranny
with which the laws are spasmodically
and uncertainty applied, arouse their
dislike and distrust. Those who would
carry capital and business enterprise into
the towns will often be deferred by the
spectacle of excessive municipal taxa
ton.
When a movement for immigration is
undertaken the evils of such prohibition
as Kansas suffers are thrown cut con-
spicuously. No great commonwealth as
the Times has before often remarked.
and no great town ever was or Is Hkely
TO be built up under such laws, unless
the laws were innocuousiy buried IN the
statute books The combination between
two political machines must be dissolved
before the immigration movement
reaches its best activity.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-17
THAT REsUBMIssIoN MEETING.

That was unique meeting at the OPP
| era house night before last. 1t trsan-
| PRED that of all the gentlemen from
abroad and of the others who constitute
the state central committee of the Re-
publican Resubmission club, but two or
three ever touch spirituous liquors or
even vinous or malt drinks. While hon
esty and earnestness marked every
| speech, and while the great audience
were in thorough sympathy and accord,
| as whole, with the movement, there
was perceptible undercurrent of timid-
| ity which made not an unpleasing study.
| The intolerance which was so roundly
and Justly criticised and denounced was
not unfelt. We say great audience, and
that's what we mean. 1t was a fearful
night, the thermometer down to zero,
street cars tied up, and there were but
seven ladies present. But the lower floor
was filled with men, quiet men, Of ma
ture years. The hurrah fellows and the
whistling rowdies of the upper galleries
were conspicuous only tor their absence.
Here and there individual enthusiasm,
such as is heard in the midst of heated
old time campaign, made itself heard,
but for the most part the responses were
simply an undemonstrative undertone of
consent, which left the words OF each
speaker ringing out with ciearnes5 to be
distinctly understood. The earnest IN
tent of the audience was made marked
Iy manifest when after three hours of
continuous speaking it was found diff
cult matter to adjourn. The speeches as
a whole were unusual in character,
therefore difficult of description. No
two speakers followed the same line of
thought, farther than in the declaration
that it is prerogatiye of the people to
be heard again on the question of prohi-
bition, and again and again if they
should SO desire. Being all Republicans
they hoped that the Republican party
might afford the opportunity, but if not
then the party in the next elections
must not reckon on the support OF the
Resubmission Republicans. The speech
of Judge Reed was very calm and dis
passionate, he weighing every word of
his cool, unanswerable logic as uttered;
that of Mr.. Steen, of Kingman, full of
fire; that of Douglas earnest; that of
Gordon confident; that of Mr.. Allen, of
Topeka, statistical and convincing, and
that of Payne irresistably droll and sar-
castle. Many of his illustrations were
simply inimitable. especially the work
ings of the prohibition ordinance in the
Garden of Eden as compared to that of
Peter st. John, the apostle of Kansas.
There were none of the old party plati-
tudes and chestnuts possible on the occa-
sion. In spite of weather and bad walk
ing thousand additional men would
have attempted crowding into that
auditorium had they had but hint of
what was to have been heard and felt