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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

A woman with a good contralto voice
will begin at an annual salary of 5000,
which, if she is successful, may rise to
an average of $500. There are two
churches in Philadelphia, 1 believe.
which pay their contraltos $500; but this,
in cities outside of Boston, which aver
age about $500 higher, is unusual And
even a genuine alto-that rarest Of
things in these days-will command but
from $500 to $500 per annum. The Hub,
of course, does better than this, by add
ing 5000; but even with this addition,
none of these salaries appear precisely
extravagant, or to admit of much luxury
in living, and salaries are rarely in
creased. Should rivsl church make an
offer for voice, if the first church is
DESTROYS of retaining it, the rivals price
is Overbid and the voice retained. But
this is the only reason of which l have
any knowledge for increasing salaries.
Ladies' Home journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
When Doctors Differ.

The archbishop of York has issued a
prayer asking God Ito remove this great
trial which Thou has sent us''-i. e., the
smallpox epidemic. On this DIR. Dallinger,
of Sheffield, who is an eminent man of
science as well as divine, says:
Il will yield to no man in reverence
for true prayer; lat 1 will tell you with
out t1inching that l cannot and will not
pray for the removal of the smallpox
scourge. 1t would be a mockery of God.
Let us do our best, and then in baffled
agony cry to God for help. But here we
have not helped ourselves, and how dare
we ask the Almighty to help us2 Let US
do our duty, act up to our knowledge,
and as surely as the smallpox curse came
among US by physical laws broken, so it
will depart from us if we see to it that
physical laws are obeyed. London
Truth
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

The ear is worth studying from an an
atomical point of view. Beginning with
the outer fold or ridge, called the helix,
which forms the outline, the ear is com.
posed of thin cartilage and integument.
The next prominent ridge is the anti
helix, which some people have very large
ly developed, but in a well formed ear
projects very little beyond the helix. The
little knob that projects from the foot of
the antihelix is called the antitragus, and
the corresponding knob on the other side
the tragus. The deep we'll in the center
of the ear, the concha, so termed from
its shell like form, plays the most i'm
portant part in rejecting the vibrations
into the inner ear; in fact, all these pro
Jections and depressions are of import
ance to our hearing and play their own
parts in conveying the fluctuations Of
sound to the drum of the ear.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
SeaIskinH.

The price of sealskins has come down
wonderfully in the last few years. A
dialogue between two ladies of this city
sheds light on this.
Both ladies wore garments of sealskin,
but the elder of the two had a coat of
the vintage of 1880, with a golden brown
tinge, while the others jacket was jet
black, after the present fashionable dye
"Why don't you buy new sealskin?"
asked the latter.
81 can afford to wear shabby seal
skin, for when l bought mine sealskin
coats cost $3.50, while any one today can
buy one for $75,' was the annihilating
reply, land that's not allowing for the
mark down, either" - Pittsburg Dis
match
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
The Toilet in Confederate DAYS.

With the adiuncts of the female toilet
the blockade made sad havoc. Silken
stockings became undreamed of luxuries:
parel, which. when first donned by a
bride, must always be composed of
Something old and something new,
Something borrowed and something blue.
fell far short of easy silk elastic. being
made of knit yarn or cotton. Stockings
of wool or cotton were the best that the
most luxurious might aspire to. Shoe
strings were made in quantities by the
children on little bobbins, or by plating
or twisting threads together Ladies'
button boots were things almost I'M
known. Shoes were sometimes made of
the plant leather found in the flaps of
disused cartridge boxes aud of the
discarded belts of the soldiers.
Ottener they were fashioned of cloth
cut on the pattern of old shoes and sewed
to leathern soles. Crinoline and corsets
were constructed of hickory splints in
lieu Of whalebone and steel springs; and
the prepared bark of certain kinds of
trees or certain plants furnished the
ladies with supply Of braids and
switches. Then as now, however, the
style of arranging the tresses of the
female head frequently changed under
the dictates of fashion feebly endeavor-
ing to assert itself wherever possible; and
at one time even a small amount of nat
ural hair easily served the purpose of
covering the crescent shaped pillows on
which it was put up, the startling names
of which we've rats and mice"
Buttons, pins, buckles, hook and eyes
disappeared by degrees from the face of
the southern Confederacy. Some wooden
buttons were turned upon lathes from
maple and similar wood, and there were
horn buttons here and there; but both
species were for the most part clumsy
and i'll shapen. The whites of the Con-
federacy were content with them, while
the slaves skewered their ''galluses'' to
their trousers with wooden pins or the
thorns of the locust.
Combs were made of horn or wood :;
and bristle tooth brushes were replaced
with twigs of the dogwood, the black
gum, the sweet gum and the althea.
The latter was especially valued as serv-
ing the double purpose of brush and
dentifrice at once. Turkey wing fans
and fans of peacock feathers supplanted
those of a more or less artistic and
elaborate design and finish; and many
other articles Of use or ornament, dear to
the feminine heart and not easily attain
able, were in ;eniOusly simulated. A. G.
Gordon in TIE Century.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
The Shadow of Teneriffa.

In the Canary Islands attention is
being called to the fact that the peak
of Teneriffe at dawn casts upon the
ocean shadow that at first appears to
be fiat upon the surface, but that grad
ually seems to rise up until it is per-
pendicular, and stands apparently a
reproduction in black of the real noun
tain which beside it is white and glow
ing in the sunlight. The scientific ex-
PLANTATION of the phenomenon is that
the shadow at first is really fiat upon
the water, but that, as the heat of the
rising sun causes vapor to rise from
the ocean, the shadow gradually be
comes cast against the bank of fog in
stead of upon the water, and really is
straight up in the air. Montreal Star.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

Opposite to my summer home is q
pretty cottage where a young couple
with their children-two boys-come for
the holidays; the children, aged should
say, and 6 years. Every morning the
father, when he leaves the gate, whittier
he is escorted by his boys, turns and lifts
his hat gravely and courteously; the
broad sun hats of the babies are prompt
ly lifted in return, and ''Good-by, papa, "
"Good-by, my boys" rings out on the
soft air, making melody for all who care
to hear. l often wonder if they know
how much cordiality these truly gentle
exchanges carry to their unknown neigh
Dor across the way, or what pleasant
pictures they suggest to my fancy.-Cor.
Ladies' Home Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
A TEMPE of SerDenta.

The small town of Werda, in the king
dom of Dahomey, is celebrated. for its
temple of serpents, long building in
which the priests keep upwards of 1000
serpents of all sizes, which they feed
with birds and frogs brought to them as
offerings by the natives. These serpents.
many of them of enormous size, may be
seen hanging from the beams across the
ceiling, with their heads hanging down
ward and in all sorts of strange contor-
UiUrt1. 1t often lruppeno eirat Of
these serpents make their way out of the
temple into the town, and the priests
have great difficulty in coaxing them
back. To kill serpent Intentionally is
a crime punishable by death, and If a
European were to kill one the authority
of the king would scarcely suffice TO
save him. Many of the monsters in the
Serpent Temple are large enough to
enfold a large lin their coils.-St Louis
Republic
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
Why Thunder sours Milk.

You have often asked or been asked
why does thunder sour sweet milk p
Milk is peculiar. inasmuch as it is very
sensitive to atmospheric changes.
Electricity, the cause of thunder, pro
duces, or, if it does not produce, fol
lows great and rapid changes in at
mospheric conditions. Lightning is
the discharge which comes of electri-
cal inequalities, producing chemical
changes in the air. Thunder storms
represent the greatest activity of cleo
trical phenomenon, and the best au-
thorities give it as their opinion that
the electricity in the atmosphere is the
prime cause of milk souring during the
prevalence of such storms.-St Louis
Republic.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

1t is rarely, indeed, that a mans life is
preserved by his beauty, for it is quail
ty more likely to lose than to save, but it
was the case with Lord Ponsonby. He
told me the anecdote himself as far as
the risk of life which he ran, but he left
others to inform me of the cause of his
rescue. lie was not 90 when he passed
through Paris in 1891 War had not been
declared, but there was a strong feeling
against England. At that time the lamps
were hung across the streets-hence the
cry, "A la lantermer' When any unhap-
Ply victim was taken the process of
hanging him was a very simple one.
Lord POnsonby. walking in the Rue st.
Honore, was 81 unfortunate as to fall in
with the mob, who seized him with the
cry: ''Noila un agent de Pitt! un sacre
Anglais! la lanterne!' (Heis too fine a
boy to be hanged.) The lamp was taken
down, the cords placed round his neck,
and he was actually hanging in the air
when the women, who played such a
prominent part throughout the revolu,
ton, rushed forward and cut the cords.
"Cest un trop jolt garcon pour etre pen,
dur was the cry. He fell on the pave.
ment and was Immediately carried off
by his protectors and carefully tended
-Blackwood's
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT.
A Western Judges Difficulty IN Saving
Prisoner from Himself.

A Western Judges Difficulty IN Saving
Prisoner from Himself.
The stories of early western judges are
almost as numerous and incredible as the
bear stories of that part of our country.
The following incident, which is vouched
for as fact, is of a judge who had very
lofty idea of his own legal capacity and
was at the same time anxious to sustain
the dignity of his court.
A shooting case came before him.
| There was no direct evidence as to the
perpetrator of the murder, but the indi-
vidual arrested was well known, and,
| indeed, confessed the deed.
| When brought into court the judge
cautioned the prisoner not to commit
/ himself; that he must remember his
rights as free citizen, and that, above
all things, he must not interrupt the pro-
ceedings of the court. After the friend
ly warning the judge proceeded to state
that he, the prisoner, was accused Of
having, on such date. shot the deceased.
Upon this the prisoner broke in, oval.
an SO did"
The judge was annoyed at the inter-
ruptlon.
Hold your tongue, sir!'' he exclaim-
ed. Haven't l told you not to commit
yourself nor to interrupt me? 1 shall
commit you for contempt of court if you
do SO again. he added, sternly.
He then repeated the accusation, upon
which the prisoner again broke in:
81 have told ye afore that l killed.
The judges indignation was intense at
this second interruption, and he demand
ed: "Mr Sheriff, what is your evidence?'
81 have nothing but circumstantial
evidence, your honor, and the prisoners
own confession"
"Then," said the judge, Il discharge
the prisoner on this accusation, but COM
init him for contempt of court. YOUTHS
Communion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
she Took Advice.

The case went against her, and she had
to pay costs into the bargain.
"Well, " she snapped to the court, "I'll
never take the advice of older heads
again.
''Of whom did you take advice7" he
inquired.
''Of my old grandmother. She is a
woman of very few words and is sup
posed to have lots of hard sense. l re-
lated the case to her and made up my
mind beforehand to do just what she
said"
''And what did the old lady adviser
''She heard me clear through. then she
took off her specs, wiped 'em and put
them on again. The she says, says she:
Lawr Detroit Free Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

A dangerous burglar is the key httei'
because from the very nature Of D.
operations he is rarely ever discovered
He is not considered first class man Y
the professional cracksman because hss
as much of a sneak as he Is bugS
Wholesale jewelers., furriers, and 0Ina
firms who frequently have their pacaa
business in upper stories Of houses Y
selected as victims. The key filter usa-
operates in gangs Of three. de Wlly
proach an employe of the tirm 70
victimized carrying a tin box or a Fal u.
and pretending to have an office ID y y
same building. Politely he asks ! y
person approached has a key TO !. =. \
box or yalise, he himself having o0, y
"open sesame" In nine cases ouI u y. =
a bunch of Keys is produced, and W. \,
the key filter pretends to try tne9 H.. :
stalls Or assistants come IN anu ~.
the attention of the employe or Du'l- i,
man long enough to permit the man -
had the box take as many lmPas'. y.
from the keys on the lunch as 49,
sidered necessary for the sups9l lin
berry. The impression is geler " - ~.
on a substance E-aGe from fresh 80 4.
oil, and laEpblacL. From tnSsa s.iIr
pressions the ex"er: key h:;I ,"I,rs,
makes the KEYS required. Iae u Tms
Of the operation is eGsy.-Caicas' -
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
American Flour in England.

The millers of London have for their
grists the wheats of the whole world.
and they necessarily possess machinery
which is capable of taking out all the
flour there may be present in wheats of
all sizes, colors and natures, and yet they
are not happy, because up to certain
point chat of the London households
hour) Uncle Sam can beat them at value
for money. Not only so, but the Ameri-
can millers can beat us both above and
below that point; in fact, can beat the
whole world at selling -four, as they are
doing, only that the American people eat
the best and sell the rest, whereas some
other exporting countries, Australian
gary, for example, do just the other
hing.-London Agricultural Gazette.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
Science of the Brain.

Paul Broca's discovery that the brain
is congeries Of organs, each having its
special function, is being confirmed by
later researches. Professor Matthias Duval
has had the opportunity of determining
by the post mortem examination of
eleven persons who, during life, had been
accidentally deprived of the faculty of
speech or the memory of words or certain
letters Of the alphabetical the faculties
of speech and memory of words reside in
the second and third convolutions of the
brain. In each case examined there had
been injury or disease of these convolu-
tons, destroying their functions. Com
pairing Gambetta' s brain with that of the
late DR.. Bertillon. an eminent statistician.
Duval and Chudzinsky found that in the
brain of the former the third or ''Broca' s
-copvnlntinn'-as thespeech center is now
called-ls extremely developed, while in
BertilIOn' it is reduced to its most simple
expression. Gambetta was active and
loquacious; Bertillon reticent and retir-
ing-the oratorical qualities of the two
men were Numerically opposite. and
this result is now seen to be due to the
physical conformation of their respective
brains. Chicago News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
TAKE IT NOW.
Z you're waiting for a day

n you're waiting for a day
In the future-far away
When, with gold enough to spare.
You will rest from trial and care.
And enjoyment find supreme,
Let me tell you tbs dream.
If you're shaving all for wealth
At the cost Of life and health,
And the present you reject
!. For the future you expect,
If your joys are yet to be
Pain, not pleasure, you will sea
If you're waiting to be old
Ere you take the good of gold
And enjoy your rightful due
OF life's pleasures, sweet and true
You will find, alas, too late,
Woful disappointment great.
Live life's journey by the way;
While the sun shines make your hay;
Now-nOw only are you sure
OF the pleasures that endure,
Pleasures that make memory bright
When life noon has turned to night
o, the heart grows hard and cold
Piling up the yellow gold,
Throwing pr, sent good away
Dreaming that future day
Never coming may bestow
Joys you now or never know.
Wait not till life is spent
Ere you know its sweet content;
Take its pleasures good and true.
While they still belong to you.
Then upon a future day,
They. and more, with you will stay.
Detroit Free Presa
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

In order to keep machinery from rust
ing take one ounce of camphor, dissolv-
ing it in pound of melted lard; take off
the scum and mix as much fine black
lead as will give it iron color. Clean the
machinery and smear it with this MKT
ure. After twenty-four hours rub clean
with soft linen cloth. 1t will keep clean
for months under ordinary circum-
stances.-Philadelphia Record.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
We Are All Millionair,

Teresa H. Dean has written a treatise
on Glow to Be Beautiful" from which
one is surprised, pleasantly, to find that
we are all millionaires-in pores. Miss
Teresa says that $500 pores go to each
square inch of skin, and reckoning the
number of square inches on a person of
ordinary size to be $500, the multiplied
ton table tells one that one possesses
about Z 1000, 900 pores. This is an exten-
sive responsibility.-Pall Mall Budget.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

1t would seem, indeed, that it is by the
eye, the eloquent and radiant expression
Of the eye, the poet may at once be
known. Everybody recalls the poet eye
of Robert Burns. sit was large" says
Sir Walter Scott, land of a cast which
glowed q say literally glowedD when he
spoke with feeling or interest. | never
saw such another eye il human head,
though have seen the most distinguished
men OF my time" And says Professor
Walker: In his large dark eye the most
striking index of his genius resided "
1t was said of the eyes of Chattertcn, the
marvellous boy who persisted in his pride,
that lire rolled at the bottom of them. "
And Moore tells US that Byron's, though
of light gray, were capable of all ex-
tremes Of expression, from znirth to
melancholy, from benevolence to scorn
or rage.
AS for Shelley, his blue eyes were very
large and prominent. They were at
times, when he was distracted, as he
often was in contemplation, dull, and, as
it were, insensible to external objects;
at others they flashed with the fire Of
intelligence. In the face of Scott there
was not much, think, to indicate the
author Of ''Marmion" and "Waverley, "
though it wore a general expression Of
power and resolution; but he had fine
eyes-eyes SO keen that, as his little son
said, sit was commonly he who saw the
hare sitting" To refer to Goldsmith,
his eyes were the redee-ning features Of
his face. Magazine.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
How to Tell a Saxon from a CeIt.

The Celt and the Saxon may be distin-
guished by the simplest of prudential
tests. Will the man spend ten minutes
on Monday to mend a gate, and so save
five minutes every day after? Or will he
spend the five minutes every day for
twenty years, because he will not spare
the ten minutes to effect the needed re-
pair? In the former case he is Saxon; in
the latter, Celt.-Frances Power Cobbe
in Forum.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
Care of the Teeth.

( A child's teeth should be confided ia
the care of dentist while they are max
Ing their appearance. If the dentist is
properly versed in his profession hs
makes record of the child's physical
tendencies as well as the state of its den
tition, and to these notes he adds from
time to time such variations as are signif-
cant; then he sends for the child once a
month or once year, according to its
needs, and is thus able to develop this
best teeth that are possible to the little
ones constitution or physical condition.
New York Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
The Gold Dollar In Cnha.

There is a difference in the value of
dollars-gold and paper dollars. The
Spanish gold dollar is about equal in
value to our gold or greenbacks, but
their paper dollar is only worth about
forty cents of our money, or their own in
gold. For So greenback you can get
$12.50 of Spanish money When you
examine the wine list you are struck for
the moment with the exceedingly low
price of the French wines-St. Julian
claret, 81, and Veuve Cliquot champagne,
S., for example. Come" you may
argue, Il can easily afford tG celebrate
my first visit to Havana in bottle of
Chateau Margaux or Pommeroy Sec. ~
Possibly you have not noticed a little
word of three letters at the head of the
price list. 1t reads ORC, and if you in
dulge in a 81 bottle without noticing this
word, instead of paying $1.6O, as you
may have expected, you will find, on
rendering a s. greenback in payment,
that you will receive in change only 81.
But it is a gold dollar.-''M. p" in
Home Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
He Missed the Remedr

A New York tailor spent So, 900 in ex-
perimenting on a remedy for trousers
which bag at the knees, and then hung
himself because he could not find it.
He was hardly dead before surgeon
took up the subject and discovered the
long sought remedy All you have to
do is to have your kneepans pressed
backward so that they won't strain the
sloth.-Detroit Free Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

-iit NA WI
Professor Ci1eIluann. of Rostocb, x !,
fishes his conclusions. drawn fro@ 9 N
perimental researches by nlli'9IJ mi
others, on the effects of food ahO IA
at different temperatures. u I'd aa
these are: /. A temperature o. NJ IL
drink which approaches tnas nr.lius
blood is most healthful. FOR ri
such temperature is essential. ,,,rsrs
quenching the thirst the best l1 tait
ture is from 80 to SO degs. Farei INK b
Very hot or very cold food or u-rhrhsI
health has a damaging effect, y, "" AL
increased Just in proportion 70 .n pbstaBs
ity with which the hot or cold SUI NJ y
is taken. 4. The use OF very - nd
cold substances, following OF al' nc. tab.
is injurious to the teeth. bun wv scis
of cold water lessons the inJu''U ,,non D
of extremely hot substance -;nk Is
stomach. 5. Cold food and GILL; I'LL i
the bodily temperature, wn s.;ds Is
normal or febrile. 9. Cold n .n~e d y
the irritability and raise the , .9u 5s
stomach. Z. Hot food ana aald 81
ulate the stomach more than ~ toDsS
after repeated use they lessen ~. a~oSuast
the digestive tract and cause ~ M s
and dyspepsia. This condition - ~
Observed Obs after the 50 called 'hO s r
cure" Hot drinks tend to re n crs
chial irritation, and this Is OsI csss
possibly, of the success IN sou..s,ruplS
the hot water treatment OF coi''
Chicago News.