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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
A Too Conscientious Book-Binder,

There is such thing as doing piece
of work too thoroughly, as the follow
ing incident shows. A Portland lady
had large family Bible that had be-
longed to her husbands mother, and
which both highly priced. For twenty
years they travelled great deal and al
ways took this Bible with them. Each
Sunday on returning from church the
lady wrote in the margin of this Bible
opposite the passage that had formed
the preacehrs text the name OF the min
lister and the town or city where the SER
mon was given, also brief comments.
A few months ago the couple came to
Portland, and as the Bible was coming
from the binding, it was taken to book
binders to be repaired. 1t is difficult
to imagine the owners feelings when
on again receiving the book she found
that the book-binder had not only cut
the previously wide margin fully one
half, but had carefully gone through
the book and erased nearly all Of the
work of the lady's pencil during all
these years. The book looked better,
no doubt. but to the owner it was
irreparably spoiled.-Lewiston (Me.)
Journal
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06

The census has brought out the fact
that-a man can live in a New York
hotel for ten years and never speak to
any one or enter into any communica-
ton with any one except as to the
commonplace affairs of eating and
drinking. This champion hermit lives
at the Grand Union hotel, and is
known as Bailey. That is all that is
known about him. There was a state
ment printed that the census man had
skipped that hotel, and in writing to
the supervisor to say that the story
was untrue, and that the enumeration,
with the assistance of the clerks, had
made every effort to secure the proper
information as to all permanent resi-
dents in the house, the proprietor, Mr..
Garrison, added that there was one
man called Bailey who, to the best of
his knowledge, had not spoken a word
to living soul since he first came to
live at the hotel, ten years ago, and
from whom it had been impossible to
obtain any answers to the questions.
There has been a story told of another
similar hermit who used to live at
large down town hotel, but that one
did talk occasiOnally.-New York Sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
GLAZE Markell.
In the market OF Clare. so CHEEKY the glare
Of the shops ana the booths Of the tradespeopie

In the market OF Clare. 50 CHEEKY the glare
VI the shops ana the booths Of the tradespeopie
there,
That l take delight on a Saturday night
In walking that way and in viewing the sight:
for 10 here that one secs all the objects that
please
New patterns in silk and oh patterns In cheese
tor t1e girls pretty tars. rude alarlms for boys
and JaEbles galore which discretion enioys-
But hear larbear for / really dcspair
vi naming the wealth Of the market Of Clarel
The rich man comes down from the elegant
town.
And looks st it all with an ominous frown;
lie seems 10 despise the graudiloQuent cries
OF the vender proclniming his puddugs and
piesl
And shifting he goes through the lanes that dis
close
Much cause for disgust to his sensitive nose:
Ouce free from the crowd, lie admits he is proud
mat elsewhere, in London. this things not al
lowed
He has seen nothing there but filth everywhere
and he's glad to set out Of the market Of Clare
But the child that has come from The neighbour
ing Stun
Is charmed by the magic Of dazzle and hum;
lie teasts his big eyes on the cakes and the piesl
Ana they seem to grow green aud protrude with
surprise
At the goodies they vend and the toys without
end
ana It IS oh. II he had but penny to spend
But aims. he must gaze in a hopeless amaze
Az treasures that glitter and torches that blaze
what sense Of despair in this world can compare
With that Of the waif in the market Of Clares
So on Saturday nights, when my custom in
vites
a stroll in old London for curious sights,
am likely to stray by devious way
Where goodies are spread in a motley array,
The things which some eyes would appear to
despiSe
Impress me as pathos in homely disguise,
And my tattered waif friend shall have pennies
to spend
So long as I've got EN- Cor friends that win
lcnd);
And the urchin shall share in my Joy and declare
That there's beauty and good in that market
place therei
Eugene Field
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06

Do you know the exact location of
the center of the Union2 Never
thought anything about it, probably.
Well, it is marked by a grave-that OF
Maj. Ogden, Of the United States army,
who died at Fort Riley, Kan, in 1855,
during the cholera epidemic of that
year. The remains of the major were
removed to Fort Leavenworth and
buried in the National cemetery there,
but his monument still stands upon a
little knoll to the northeast of the fort
Fort Riley-and it lifts its head to-
wards the clouds in the exact geographic
cal center of the United States. OF
the thousands of men who have been
located at Fort Riley during the past
forty years, perhaps not one in hundred
knew or cared anything about the odd
ity of his situation. The post is a few
miles east of Junction City, Kan, and
was formerly one of the most important
in the United States.-St Louis Re
rublic.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
Carrier Swallows.
Brooklyn Eagle

The popular name of ''swifts' is likely
w !" De more than ever appropriate if the
t. ',l, announcement is verified:
Inc training of swallows for military
purposes Is being proceeded with active
y at Roubaix, under the observation of
eapt. Degouy, who has been detached
TT TINS duty by the minister of war.
= tue olrds will be swifter than the car
-ter pigeon; at the same time it will be
t Lore difficult for the enemy's bullets to
.4t theE. All the swallows which are
g. e. present IN training are young, and so
o 40 'hey have given fair proofs of their
- apaolllty for carrier service. One, after
H ttsing been taken to Paris, was set at
;OerVy' and reached its nest at Roubaix
ta - an 3our and thirty minutes, the dis
s .ance beng about $50 kilometers, or 155
Jules Leisure Hour.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
The Secret of His Career.

All this heavy, systematic robbery
was made possible by the fact that the
thieving clerk never took a holiday or
O. vacation; he was the first man at the
bank in the morning and the last to
leave it at night. Frequently he worked
alone by gas light. know of more
than one great commercial establish
Tnent in this town where the officers en-
force the absolute rule that no EN-
Iloye shall work longer than the 9th
ers, and that every employee shall take
a vacation every year and surrender his
books or department to another man.
Chatter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
The Photograph at Funerals.

It is related that gentleman well
known in Richmond, Va, intends to sing
at his own funeral He has sung at 3S5
funerals during the last two years. He
intends to sing certain songs into pho
nograph, and let the instrument oficiate
at the burial. He has chosen Home Of
the Soul and Good Night" as the
songs to be delivered at that time. This
opens up new idea. Why may not a
man preach his own funeral sermon?
In the privacy of his own chamber, while
living, he might confde to his phono-
graph exactly what he would like to
have said of him at his funeral.-New
Orleans Picayune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
How the french Serve Roast Beef.

"Allow me to remark" said promi-
nent citizen the other day, as he was
showing his appreciation of choice piece
of roast beef, ''that / once put in six
weeks in the city of Paris. Nothing re-
markable about that, is there? But |
haven't come to the point. In all that
time l never succeeded in getting plain
beef. There was beef cooked in every
possible way, beef dressed with every
kind of sauce, but no plain beef for
a change. Do you know had the
same feeling they say traveller in the
tropics has-the tropical fruits may be
luscious, but one longs for the taste OF
an apple now and them wished for a
taste of the roast beef 'hof hold Heng-
land How do you explain its absence"
ST Panl Pinnaar Press
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
The Cotton of the Patagonians.

From time immemorial cotton has
been grown in Hindoostan, China, Per-
STA, Egypt and Sicily, and, when South
America was discovered, the natives
were found growing cotton. The Pata-
gonians bound their hair with cotton
threads, and in Mexico the Aztecs
wore cotton clothing of remarkable
beauty.-Dry Goods Chronicle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
A Fresh Water Scholar.

In his response to the toast, "Our In
vited Guests" at the banquet given the
Georgia doctors, DIR. j. S. Todd got off
this one on Dr. j. McF. CASTOR, of At
lanta. Now that the banquet is over,
DR.. Todd declares his joke true one
The story as told runs this way:
"The first morning he was here DR.
CASTOR was walking along the wharves.
He admired the vessels and the different
flags very much, and was enthusiastic in
talking of them. In the afternoon DR..
CASTOR induced me to go down with him
and look at the bay. / gladly accepted
the invitation. We had not gone far.
though, before Dr. Gaston's looks and
manners changed completely. He look
ed uneasy and as if he would run for
llfa. l noticed that, and asked him what
IN the world was the matter Matter
replied DR., Castor, there's plenty the
matter. Why, my conscience, man, if
that water continues to rise like it has
for the last six hours every mothers son
of US will be drowned before morning
l turned away in laughter, while truck
hand who had overheard DR.. CASTOR
tried to explain that the tide had come
In since he was there in the morning.
Brunswick (Ga.) Times.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
Wonders OF English.

It is one Of the pccuiarities of the
English language that it often acts like
an oarsman, looking one way and going
another. A paragraph in one Of the pa
pers says that Sultan Abdul Ramid lives
in constant fear Of his life. That is good
but it really means that the sui
tan is in constant fear of his death. Is
it any wonder foreigners make occa-
Gonal mistakes?- Chicago News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
Taking tho Incentive Into Account

An expert drilled a hole large
enough to admit his body into a
treasury vault at Washington, which
contained $500, 600, in seventeen
minutes. The work was done for the
government, and if the expert had
been doing it for himself he no doubt
would have made still better time. -
New York World.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
Massage for sleen1essness.

A little massage treatment or rubbing
with alcohol at the back of the neck
sometimes has the desired effect. Alco-
hol is quite persuasive inducer of sleep.
when applied externally ON the spine,
and rubbing on the back of the neck
tires the brain and causes sleep 20 fol-
low.-Exchanra
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
A IYnr,I :, I---.,-1- rI:7r1,---

In the dressing of little children many
fond, young mothers aim to put on what
is pretty, forgetful oftentimes of the
discomfort the little tots must suffer.
Who ever saw an infant who willingly
submitted to the tying on of the cap,
without some demonstration Of disap-
proVal of that bit of head-gear2 As an
article of apparel, these same little
caps must be very annoying. They are,
if starched ever so little, very stiff for
the delicate head of baby, and they
Go not serve to protect the head Of the
wearer from either heat or cold, from
sunshine or from wind. Christian at
Work
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
Requisites for a Good Memory.

Memory is found in all healthy states
OF the brain, and consists of revival in
the mind of past condition or act. If
Is not enough that the original impress
sion be renewed on the brain and COM
pretended; it must be registered, so as
to produce a permanent modification of
brain structure or action, otherwise it
passes from the mind and can only be
vaguely recalled. A good memory de-
ponds on various considerations; one ia
healthy brain structure, another is nutri-
ton, and third is training and culture.
The young remember more easily than
the old. Their brains are active. and
there is an enormous amount of new
healthy blood coursing through them at
rapid rate, and nutrition is active
Fatigue is fatal to good memory-it is
then that nutrition languishes; but rest
restores a healthful condition, and then
the power Of memory comes back again.
AS old age comes on, nutrition is less
perfect, and the cells of the brain in
which memory takes place become filed
up with debris of decay, become yellow.
and actually lose their organized struct-
ure, and are no longer capable of action.
New York Ledger.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
Satisfied with His Pew.

There's only one fault l have to find
with DR.. Pulpit's sermons" said Mrs.
Poots, whose pew is in the back part of
a large and fashionable church.
whats that" asked Mr.. P.
81 can't hear one word he says"
"Humphl That's just what l like
about EN-" grunted Poots.-Texas Sift-
ings.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06

The mail carrier between Sierra VAL
ley and Truckee, Cal, burned a lot Of
newspaper mail one day to keep hinselfl
and his nephew warm. He thought the
bundle would make good fuel BECAUSE
he had heard Of the number Of sticks of
type in a newspaper.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06

The custom of lifting the hat had its
origin when it was customary for
knights never to appear in public ex-
cept in full armor. 1t became the Gus
tom, however, for a knight, upon en-
tering an assembly of friends, to remove
his helmet, signifying, 81 am safe in
the presence of my friends"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
Charming Away Disease.

A ludicrous custom is still followed
in Hindoo households of Bengal. The
last day of Falgoon that fell on March
II, was observed in worshiping Ghantoo,
the god of itches and the diseases of
the skin which affiict the natives. Very
early on the morning of this day the
mistresses of the families, changing
their nocturnal attire, pur a useless
black earthen vessel outside the TIRES
hold of their back doors with a hand
full Of rice and masoor dal, four cowries
and piece of rag smeared with tune
ric. Wild flowers appearing in this
season-called Ghantoo fool-are of
cred in worship. The young boys of
the families stand in a senlicircle be-
fore the mistresses with cudgels in their
hands.
When the conches are sounded by
the female worshipers, as the signal
of the poojah being over, the bows
break the vessel into atoms. The
mirthful children, in their anxiety To
strike the first blow, sometimes bruise
the fingers and hands of the matron.
The piece of rag is pressed over the
doors of the houses in zenana. In the
evening of the day the boys of the
lower order of the villages sing the
songs of the occasion in chorus from
door to door for pie.-Bengal Letter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06

VS. SoueS has just returned from flying
Go 70 the land of bier and sauerkraut.
ash anu how did you find the hotelsg"
bn+ 49, pretty fair. The beds were good,
for t ne sheets were notquite large enough
~ aan,ukerchiefs and little too small
napkns.-Judge.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06

sIII1 Dresses Prohibited by Nlohammedans.
The Mohammedans considered silk
unclean, from its being produced by a
worm. Hence, it was decided that
person wearing a garment made en-
tirely Of silk could not lawfully offer
up the daily prayers enjoined by the
Koran Dry Goods Chronicle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
Total. III. On. 23s.

Total. ... III. 9m. 23s.
The horses time for ten miles was 40
minutes and 10 secopds.-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06

Mr.. Ignaz Helfy, a Hungarian deputy,
is revising the memoirs Of Louis Kossuth-
The old patriot says that his forty-one
wears of exile have made him little
r7lsty on his native tongue.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06

-"If IS a careful WIFE who puts four
big pei ries on top of her husbands dish
and seven at the bottom of her own
Ashland Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
4 BIT OF SCIENCE.

The male wasp, the naturalist tells us, never
stings But SO long as he and his sister are
twins and dress exactly alike this bit Of
knowledge availeth nothing to the careless
man who does not know it is the lady who is
approaching him. until it be that she smiteth
him with her hustle What humanity de-
mandS Of science in the case of the wasps is
the invention Of some prompter method of
distinguishing between Monsieur and Madam
KaZZle at forty Yards
The Monmouth inquirer., 1890-04-10
General Markets.

NEW YORK, April 8.--FLOUR-Strong, but not
quotably changed; city mill extras, S42504 45
for West Indies; superfine, So 100250; fine, $165
30; Minnesota extra, $2.1505.Z
WHEAT-Opened steady at nc. decline, but re-
covered in the first hour and advanced 16c.; from
this there was another reaction of 3s015c; re-
ceipts, 1900 bushels shipments. i.24s bushels No.
2red winter, 9014c., cash; do, May. SSasc.; do,
June, 6S14c.; do July 6714c.
CORN-Opened steady at 1sc. decline and feii
&c. more before noon, when the market was dull
and heavy; receipts, 30,550 bushels; shipments
10,8g7 bushels; No. mixed. $780, cash; do.,
April, 3S14c. do, May 3S16c.; do, June, 5S9Sc.
OATS-Duil; receipts, $4,000 bushels; ship
ments, 3,075 bushels; No. mixed, 29s5c., cash;
do, April, os16c; do, May, zs14c.
PORK-Dull mess, $11.7501225 for new.
LARD-Quiet; April, $6.45: May, S6.47; June.
S6.52
MOLASSEs- Quiet at 21c for 80 test.
TURPENTINE-Strong at 4304316c.
ROSIN- Firm; strained to good, $i.2Sl6Ol.so.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
FREIGHTS-Dull and unchanged.
BUTTER-Weak; western creamery fancy, Soc.
CHEESE-Moderately active; Ohio nat, S0
| 1014c.
EGGS Moderately active and easier; state,
fresh, 120124c.; western, fresh, 12c-
| RICE-Nominal
SUGAR-Refned steady; crushed and cut Loaf,
Tc; granuated, lice; mold A, 8 Slice.
TALLoW-Firm and fairly active; prime city,
| 415c
! COFFEE Steady; fair Rio cargoes, 2o14c'
The Monmouth inquirer., 1890-04-10
JERSEY BALLOT REFORM.
The Bill Goes to Its Second Reading in
the Assembly.

The Bill Goes to Its Second Reading in
the Assembly.
TRENTON, N. j., April 8.-The ballot re-
form bill was called up in the house last
night by Mr. Marsh, the Democratic leader,
who wanted it pushed at once to second
reading. This was objected to by Mr.. Potts
He said there were number of important
amendments to be added, and he hoped the
measure would be made special order for
Wednesday morning. This motion was lost
and the bill went to second reading.
A number of amendments of a trivial and
technical character were offered. The most
important was offered by Mr.. Voorhees, the
Republican leader 1t provides that all the
official ballots printed by the state shall be
inclosed by the voters before being presented
at the polls in official envelopes printed by
the state and containing on the back the fac
simile of the signature of the county clerk.
Each voter is to seal his envelope before de-
posting it in the box. When the polls close
and the count begins the envelopes are to be
cut open. When an envelope is found to
contain two or more ballots the envelope and
its entire contents are to be rejected.
Assemblyman Potts, of Jersey City, offered
substitute for the entire ballotreform bill.
The substitute embodied the registration
features of the original, and after that it
provided for the regular Australian system
in use in Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
The substitute was voted down.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1890-04-10
Milk Producers boycott Creameries,

NEwBURG, N. Y, April s.-The milk pro-
ducers have at last determined to make a
stand, and boycott of all the creameries
in this vicinity has been declared. The
cause of the trouble is the determination of
the farmers to sell milk at living prices.
Last month the producers union fixed the
price Of milk for the summer at 2M cents.
Mr. Beakes, leading member Of the Milk
Exchange, refuses to recognize the producers
union at all, while Pierson will only con-
tract for fifteen days at union rates. The
milk producers met here and passed resolu-
tions recommending that all the sections
withhold the milk instead Of sending to the
creameries In addition to the policy OF
holding back milk, the secretaries of the
sections are authorized to call meetings for
the purpose of selecting an agent who is to
be located in New York city to represent
the producers there.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1890-04-10
reller and seourities arissinr.

WORCESTER, Mass, April 9.-It was dis
covered last evening that Frederick Kim.
ball. teller Of the Peoples Savings bank of
this city, who went away on Wednesday
last on a short vacation for his health, took
away with him about $50, 900 in first class
securities belonging to the bank. 1t is not
yet known whether Kimball is also de-
faulter, as the bank examiner only arrived
in the city last evening. A letter has just
been received by Mrs. Kimball from Mon
treal, which had been sent by Kimball to
the postmaster at Montreal to be remailed
by him to Worcester. The postmaster in
dorsed this fact on the envelope, thus spoil
ing Kimball's scheme to obtain good start
on the officers, who are on his track. Kim
ball is popular young man, an athlete and
dog fancier, his st. Bernard dogs taking
prizes at all dog shows. He leaves behind
him wife and young children.