Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-07-17
Monday and Thursday, but they esteem Saturday
more unlucky than all the rest

aonudy anu 1hursuay. DuJt iley esteem SATURDAY
more unlucky than all the rest
gun operated by electricity is recent in
vention of Edward A. Hyde, of kenosha, Wis,
who claims that guns made of paper or wood,
and operated BY his system, would be effective
at long range.
Charles Warner of Lebanon, Conn, now in
his seventy fifth year, has recently experienced
much pain in his jaw. He consulted dentist,
and found that a new set of teeth were cutting.
This will make his third set.
The japanese language is said to contain co.
600 words, every of which requires different
symbol. 1t is quite impossible to learn the en-
| tire language, and well educated japanese is
familiar with only about 10000 words.
| seat posted for sale in the New York Stock
Exchange is that of Cyrus W. Field Jr., who
tackled the street five years age, fresh from Col
lege, with the reputation of clever fellow. His
record is perfectly clean, but the young fellow
seems disheartened.
| An Atchison woman who could not afford to
buy mourning when her husband died wore the
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month, when she succeeded in saving enough
money to astonish everyone by appearing heavily
covered with Grape.
The Princess of Wales having ordered her pho
tographer to place ikenesses of the royal family
on set of her daintiest china, the idea has been
caught up by the public, and all England is en-
gagged in embellishing choice crockery with fam
lily ikenesses. New York too. is following
suit.
A unique carpet is being made for the Church
of lie Cuur de Jesus, Montmortre in Paris, by
some Partisan ladies. 1t will cost $4,000, and
the names of the workers are to be embroidered
around the border. The center represents Mont
martre, and above are to be the arms of the city
of Paris.
In the market supply of New York there is
sale of about $4,000 pounds of fish, or IT'S tons,
every day, 81, 1877 q tons-63, 875, 900 pounds
in the course of the year, even if one counts that
80 per cent is exported. All of this is sold
through Fulton market which is the finest fish
market in the world
A few years ago a gentleman bought 100 acres
several miles below Macon, Ga, on the East
Tennessee road for which he paid $40 an acre.
He improved the property at a cost of only 81
an acre, and within four years from the date of
the purchase cleared 1927, 900 from the sales of
fruit grown on this land.
| The inhabitants of the interior of the FIJI
Islands will not partake of food while a cloud is
in sight, especially if the cloud lies in the west,
fearing that the 'Great Air Whale whose bel
lowing (thunderl is often heard in that country,
will pounce upon them and utterly annihilate
them for such irreverence.
| The street railways of Paris are under the
| Government control and the rules for their
guidance are very strict. Only four passengers
are allowed to stand on the back platform, and
they must pay the fare as the frst-class
passengers inside, viz, six CENTS while those on
the roof of the car ride at half rates
R. NJ Duffield, aged 70, mail carrier in Jack
son County, W. Va, claims to have walked no.
| 900 miles in the last ten years. He thinks no
other man has done such an amount of walking.
He is also a sort of expressman. A few weeks
ago he carried pillow ten miles and on the next
Skirt dancing has spread into the girls col
]eges. These hitherto august institutions that
have permitted only the squarest of the square
dances are now countenancing castanets, break
downs and fandaqgoes At the gala day at
Wellesley, the freshman class of girls dressed as
sailor lads boarded a fern-trimmed craft and
danced to songs sung by classmates.
Burmese woman, who was alarmed BY the
long continued absence of Der husband. con-
suited ''charmer'' as to the best means of Sc
curing his return. She was told to place
lighted candle on her bed and leave the house
for at least half an hour. She placed the lighted
candle under her mosquito curtain and went
away, only to return to find her house and the
adjoining ones in flames. The fire spread and
| l33 houses were destroyed.