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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29

friends ana thoughtful for every nod y
with whom she comes in contact. re-
memhering the smallest details about
them, their families, and their occupa-
uonS, and giving evidence of this at
most unexpected moments. A circum
stance which happened to me iustifes
strongly the truth of this. Four wears
ago was singing at the Royal Opera al
perrin, and was not even aware that the
queen knew Of my engagement there.
i soon after my DEBUT. We Il a large
uinner party at the Ene'I- Embassy.
ana sitting next to me wa, one of the
gentlemen of the Crown Princess house
mold. During dinner he put into my
hand telegram, telling me to read il
ms was from the Queen to her daughter
lnow the Empress Frederick. recon-
mendlng me to her and des.-in her to
do all she could for me. Needless to
say that after this was SO exc.jed that
could eat no dinner, and l insisted on
Keeping the telegram, one of nv
precious souvenirs
Her Majesty * fond of music and is
good musician. She studied music with
MendeisSohn and singing with Lablache.
As consequence OF this teachinp she
prefers the Old Italian music to apv
other, but at the same time she can an
preclate any thing that is rund in the
modern music. This know from ex-
perlence. as | have sung all kinds of
music to her, the new and the ola. The
queen Is much touched by Il simple.
homely ballad, and after have sung to
her songs like Robin AdaIr' or "OId
Folks at Home" have seen tears in her
eyes.
She has been in retirement for a great
many years, and during that time has
not been present at single operate
performance; yet she remembers well
the old artists and the manner in
which they rendered the various we'll
known roles. For instance, when told
herthat was studying the ..Huguenots.
and was going to sing it in America. she
said that was one of her favorite operas:
that she thought Mario was superb as
Raoul, and that although Grisi sang
the music splendidly, she never realized
her idea of the character of Valentine.
The Queen herself looks after the
welfare Of all her tenants and servants.
and if any one of them is sick She is the
first one to pay them visit and take
them little comforts
During her stay in Scotland she takes
a pleasure during her drives in stopping
at various cottages to ask after the vel
fare of the inmates. When 50 occupied
the Queen is as kind and simple as any
ordinary lady could be. When She paid
me one of her first visits and took tea
with me my little boy was so much
struck with this that he said to me after
She was gone: 80 mamma. what little
woman for such big Queen" 1t is all
this that has made the Queen so beloved
by all her subjects.
have endeavored in these few lot
tings to give a slight idea Of Queen
Victoria, and if in doing SO I have in
truded myself too much it is because |
IAN not help it, the above being my
personal experience of her Majesty.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29
DISChARGING a MAN.
How Some Employers Get Around thu
DisaerecabIe Part of This uty.

How Some Employers Get Around the
Disagreeable Part of This uty.
Discharging a man for any cause is a
duty that most employers dislike, says
the Pittsburgh Dispatch. To get around
the disagreeable part of this obligation
some men resort to subterfuge more OF
less amiable. For instance, certain
firm in New York had letter form
which it always used when bouncing had
had to be done. Here it is:
DEAR SIR: The condition of our business
will not permit US to avail ourselves of your
valuable services after next Saturday
BLANK & Co."
Another large employer Of labor told
me notlong ago that he never discharged
an employe.
What, never?" | inquired.
"Never," he repeated 81 always ask
a man to resign, and if he doesn't re-
sign, resign from the place of paymas-
ter"
That reminded me of foreman in
factory who was so soft-hearted that he
never could bring himself to fire man
in so many words. When it became nee
essary to get rid of a hand he used to
send for the victim and address him thus
Pm sorry, Wilhelm. but | lays you of
for awhile"
How long for?" is the usual re-
Spouse.
"Ohl | doan know-may be six months
may be a year-or two years or ten
years. doan know"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29
ANTIQUITY Of Jewelrv.


The practice of carving precious stones
IS OF remote antiquity, writes Martha j.
Lamb in the Jewellers Weekly. Through
their hardness they were susceptible to
the highest polish, and thus retained
unimpaired the lines and figures cut
upon them. There are no objects known
which in so small a sphere called for
such elegance of taste and perfect skill
IN Communication or inscription. The
earliest gems appeared among the
Egyptians chiefly as beetle-shaped sig
nets worn in rings, and many of them
were exquisitely engraved. The form
was oval and pierced from end to end
with a hole through which there passed a
strong wire which kept the stone in place
IN ring. When worn the fiat or seal side
rested against the finger, but when used
as seal it was turned The Israelites
learned the art of the Egyptians and
the Greeks adopted it and speedily ex-
celled all their predecessors.
Herodotus mentions the famous emer-
aid of Polynates, and the fame of its en-
graver, Theodorus of Samos. This was
about 900 b. c. Contemporary with the
Greeks the Etruscans achieved great ex-
ceIIence in gem engraving. The art
Hnally attained its highest perfection
in Sicily and Magma Gr@cia.
Gold was much used in Egypt as set
ting for precious stones, and upon it
were engraved favorite animals, divini-
ties, flowers, coats of arms and hero
glyphlcs. There are many curious speci-
mems OF early Egyptian art to be seen in
New York City-in the museum of the
historical Society-among which is a
dladem in gold ornamensed with the
lotus Hover; silver ring artistically
engraved with the name Amunoph Ill,
1880 Il. c.; a gold bird with outstretched
wings lnlaid with turquoise and lapis
IHzull; earrings chiefly in gold and va
uoaSly Communications pair terminal
ing III a tigers head holding in his
mouth an engraved stone, another in
the form of cows head with a car
buncle set in the forehead, and several
pairs terminating with heads of lions,
iulls and the dear gaelic" There are
also in this fine collection of antique
IeWclry the gold necklace and earrings
bearing the name of Menes, the first
Pharaoh of Egypt and the earliest King
IN history-supposed to have been made
Phi b. c.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29
Senator PETERS Speech.

CINCINNATI, May pa largely at
tended mass meeting was held last
night, the orator of the evening being
senator feffer, Of Kansas. He began by
saying:
These people before me are the har-
bingers Of revolution that will de-
throne money and re-establish the au.
thorlty Of the people. 1t is a movement
not to destroy, but to create; not tc
tear down, but to build up; not to de.
stroy the wealth of the rich, but to re,
store to labor its just reward"
Referring to the placard on the bal
cony Of the hall, "Nine Million Mort
gagged Homes" PETER said it told vol
umes. The disease of usury must cease
Growing more fervid in his manner, the
speaker said:
what shall we do with the money
power? We shall raise up a power
among the people and make our own
money, and use it. Tremendous APP
plause.l Take their railroads? No; we
will build our own. More applause.
We will fight at the ballots, and the
prayer Of the Alliance is in a great meas
ure taking the place of the churches"
PETER closed by giving the new party
great boom in these words: Does
this mean a new party? Cries of yes.
What else are we here for? The proph-
ecy of the hour is that a new party is to
be born here, and its name is to be the
National party" Great applause
The next speaker was one who had
not been advertised, but who received a
greeting that nearly raised the roof 1t
was General Master Workman Pow
derby. He began by saying he could say
amen to every word PETER and wilkins
had voiced.
1T has been charged, - said-he, "that
| am here to head off the moyemement.
If your movement is so weak that one
small man can head it off, it is very
weak indeed. My friends, this move
ment is too large to be led or stopped by
any one man. [AppIause.l
Powderly went Oh to warn the confer
ence Of undue haste.
Speaking to the Kansas men, he said
they didn't understand his part of the
country, where ignorant foreigners were
brought TO the polls and voted by num-
bers. Pennsylvania required patient
education, and the success Of the reform
movement depended on the education
OF the people, and the Knights OF Labor
will vote for the principles of their or
ganization; and when you form a party
embodying such principles as have been
announced here to night you will find
every Knight of Labor standing at the
polls doing his fully duty. The meeting
dispersed, cheering again and again for
Powderly and the Knights of Labor.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29
HER MHUES Y
Madame AIbani :; .i5cs EntertainingIy 6
Her Home Life.

Madame AIbani .:.I5cs EntertainingIy OF
Her Home Life.
Nine. Albani in the New York World
A good deal has been said lately in the
newspapers concerning Queen Victoria,
put so much of it is calculated to give
false impressions with regard to the
queen that | am tempted to send YOU
lew notes about her, and, as | have had
the honor for a long time past of person
ally being acquainted with her Majesty.
L nope you will believe they are true.
With regard to the Queens public ca
paclty it is needless for me to speak.
as ali the world knows how she has full
hIIed her numerous and arduous duties
and L shall therefore contine myself to
endeavoring to give some idea of her
private life, and especially of her in her
Scotch highland home, as it is there
that | have seen her most and have had
the best opportunity Of Judging.
The Queen rises early in the morning,
and after breakfast reads and answers
her letters and transacts business. She
Is fond of the open air. and if the
weather be favorable often has her pa
pers taken into a tent or summer-house
upon the lawn, which commands an ex-
Tenslve and most lovely view Of Loeb
magyar, its surrounding mountains and
the valley of the Dee.
After this comes u walk or drive in
a pony carriage, and then luncheon, at
which no one is ever present except
members of the royal family.
During the afternoon the Queen takes
a long drive, often extending to over
thirty miles and always in an open car
rlage. She dimes late, never before $50
p m. An hour spent in the drawing
room talking with the guests who may
have been invited finishes the day, and
the Queen retires to rest.
The Ounnn &c faithful IN her old
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29

cheering Taubeneck was chosen bv ac-
c'ainatlon In his speech he said "You
see before you all that is left of the cele
DRAFTED independent party in the Illinois
legislature, SO often called the big
Vhree. In conclusion he said they
were standing on the brink OF conflict
between capital and labor, and the
longer that conflict was postponed the
worse 1t would be. "Our politicians, .
he said, Knight as well try to stop a
cyclone or the movemets of the stars as
to evade this ISSUE
This was the last speech of the great
est and most promising gatherings ever
held in America.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29
Cleaning Russet Shoes.

Do you Of the russell shoes know how
to clean the leather and restore it to its
first estate? OF course you have tried
the varnish and washes and found them
altogether vexation of spirit. And the
real thing is SO easy when you know
about it. just squeeze the juice of
lemon on a bit of soft cloth, give the
leather a thorough treatment with this.
and see if your shoes don't look as well
as they did when you bought them.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29
HINT FOR SHOPPERS.
How Franklin Surprised IA Customer who
W sted His Time.

How Franklin Surprised IA Customer who
W ated His Time.
One morning when benjamin Frank
lin was busy in the pressroom on his
newspaper a lounger stepped into the
book store and spent an hour or more
in looking over the books. Finally he
seemed to settle upon one, and asked
the clerk the price.
"Onc dollar the clerk answered.
Zone dollar" echoed the lounger;
cant you take less than that?"
Zone dollar is the price" the clerk
answered.
The would be purchaser looked over
the books awhile longer and then in
quired: is Mr. Franklin imp
YES, he's busy in the printing office, :"
the clerk replied.
"Wcll, want to see him." SAID the
man.
The clerk told Mr.. Franklin that a
gentleman was in the store, waiting to
see him. Franklin soon appeared and
the stronger said;
what is the lowest, Mr.. Franklin,
that you can take for that book?"
Zone dollar and quarter" was the
prompt answer
Zone dollar and quarter! Why,
yonr clerk asked me only a dollar just
now"
True" replied Franklin, land l
could have better afforded to take a
dollar than to leave my work"
The man seemed surprised and wish
ing to end parlcy of his own seeking,
said: ''Wcll, come now, tell me your
lowest price for this book"
lone dollar and half"
"A dollar and half! Why you
offered it yourself for Il dollar and a
quarter"
Yes, " said Franklin, coolly, land /
had better have taken that price then,
than a dollar and half now"
This was a way of trade which took
the man quite by surprise. Without
word he laid the money on the counter,
took his book and left the store.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29

The Pacific railroads are most cOlOs-
sal fraud upon the people of the coun-
try, and what makes the matter worse,
| the fraud is perpetrated with the virtual
connivance of the government. Once III
while the government makes show of
enforcing its rights and protecting the
people, but it never continues the exhi-
bition very long. In fact, The highest
power in the United States is absolutely
the Pacific railroads. They DEFY national
and state governments, treat the people
as a resistless monarch would serfs. and
exercise power generally that is I'M
just, audacious and territicalIy tyranni-
cal. What the government of the
United States should have done long
ago was to have brought these compa-
MES up with a round turn, for they have
not only been charging exorbitant
prices for services rendered, but they
have held the government at bay when
ever it has demanded its honest and ac-
knOWledged dues. The state of Cal,for-
MIA attempted to regulate the road which
runs into its territory, but the effort
proved failure, partlybecause the rail
road corporations own the majority of
the board OF commissioners and partly
because it has no control over the inter
state business done by the roads. But
the general government has had enough
power all along to enforce decencv on
the part Of these roads. Theoretically,
1t has voice in their management. and
when any road like either the Union or
Central is permitted to charge five cents
mile on passenger traffic and all that
the freight business will bear. it shows
that the government, if it has ANYTHING
to do with the management, is grossly
negligent OF its duties. There are way
in which the government could have les
sened these evils if it had any backbone.
But it has none. From the times of the
Credit MObiler until the present it has
permitted the people to be swindled
with scarcely a remonstrance; and
road that was conceived in fraud and
built by fraud is part of the double
headed monopoly that has been nothing
but a fraud during its entire existence.
JAY Gould has been fattening upon the
necessities of transcontinental commerce
and defying the government until it
might be supposed that he owned the
whole country in fee simple and that
the people were his minions. 1t would
certainly seem that this sort of thing
could not go on much longer among
free, intelligent people. Upon common
principles of reasoning it does not seem
possible that this people would tolerate
such do-nothIng policy on the part of
a government as will permit two roads,
which receive all through traffic from
four or five roads, and charge on the
passenger traffic two cents mile more
than the other roads, which have to di-
vide the traffic between them.
1t was hoped, if the government would
do nothing, that some relief would come
from the construction of the Northern
Pacific, but there is no hope in that di-
rection, for the Central and Northern
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29

A local assembly~o the Knights Of La
Dor in Boston has passed a set Of resolu-
tions which demand:
That bill be drafted by the state leg
islature providing that the state govern
ment seize, under the right of eminent
domain, all vacant land held for specu-
lative purposes adjacent to all steam or
electric surface and elevated railroads,
at present erected or to be erected; that
such lands be cut up into houselots and
decided to, at a sum not to exceed 5000
per lot, workingmen, under a mortgage
by the state; that 2la per cent be
charged as interest; that the land be APP
praised by state appraiser; that each
holder of a deed be advanced enough
money to build house Of reasonable di-
mansions thereon; that when the sum
advanced by the state be refunded a
clear conveyance of the title should be
made to the holder of the title.
The Detroit Evening Journal thinks
ii at people will laugh at this PROPOSE
ton, and that perhaps is the best
way to treat it. Nevertheless it goes on
to say:
ITO the thoughtful mind there is
something suggestive in this resolution
by the Boston Knights. Why is it that
in this young country, with its natural
resources hardly touched, wages are 50
low that meu find it hard to get homes
OF their own? Is it because our land is
taken up in advance Of actual need The
Spectator always goes ahead of enter
prise, and the land takes on not only a
fair rental value, but it takes on pros
pective value, and every increase in pro-
ductive power simply gives the land
owner chance to shove up the price of
his land. Wages, therefore, do not rise
materially; for the value of the land
tends to increase faster than the produc-
ton of wealth, and the landowner gets
what ought to 20 to labor as wages.
Horace Greeley saw all this more or less
clearly forty or fifty years ago, and he
advocated law limiting the area of
land which one man might own. 1t
would have been well had this warning
been needed; for even now worklngmen
are looking greedily at the land which
belongs to those who don't work. The
Astors, drawing $23, 900 daily as ground
rents, brush by the man who works for
~ per day and who can't save enough
to buy a foot OF ground. The few own
ers of the land of New York city receive
S1000O0,000 annually for its use, or at
least that is about the rental value,
while only per cent of the inhabitants
live in houses Of their own. Such a state
Of affairs can not but lead to PROPOSE
tions of conhscation.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29

man, whether savage or civilized, with
au empty stomach should get mad and
very mad at that If the plan of max
ing civilized people work for a living
while the savage is carefully provided
for by the government, is to be contin-
ued, certainly the Indian should be
given enough to eat, and the lazy rascals
who are appointed to deal out their food,
but fail to do it properly, should be pun
ished for their neglect. Western Rural
list.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29

entered into a contract which will pre-
vent any relief The Rural tells the
people that relief will never come until
they make themselves felt.-Ruralist.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29

\ capitalist sheet of this city shows its
knowledge of the elementary rules of
arithmetic by calculating that the billion
dollars voted away by the last congress
will in the next two years take from
every man with a wife and five children
$Il1.O9 Of his earnings.
We found this calculation correct, but
we made another, which we respectfully
submit to our arithmetical contempo-
rarv.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29

The Indian is said to be in starving
and hence in L fighting condition. The
noble red man OF the forest appears to
be in the same chronic condition that
George William Curtis declared his po-
litical opponents We're; always hun
grv. and you may believe always
thirsty" There is one thing about the
Indian that seems never to fail, and that
is his appetite 1t is well known by our
readers that If we had the management
of the Enthusiastically robed and painted
savage, he would have to satisfy his ro-
bust appetite himself or starve. But
the United States government thinks
differently, and chooses to make pet of
the fellow, agreeing to feed him and
clothe him and furnish him guns, pow
der and shot with which to kill the
white people. But the only thing that
it seems to furnish him in abundance, if
reports are to be believed, is firearms,
Now, it is not to be wondered at that a
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29

The annual value Of the PRODUCTS of
labor in this country is at least twelve
billion dollars. OF this less than three
billions 90 to the working classes as
wages, leaving nine billion dollars to the
capitalists for wages OF superintendent
that is, for their government, or
rather misgovenment, of industry.
Therefore, the tax paid to our capitalists
by productive labor in the next two
years will amount to eighteen billion
dollars; and it will take from every man
with a wife ald five children Sl,999.62,
or, in round figures. one thousand dol
lars a year.-EX.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29
PUBLIC OPINION.

Some years ago William d. Kelley
moved Congress deepIy-so at least it
seemed then-by referring with indigna-
ton to the employment of women in
British rolling mills and nail factories.
"Thefe was no such blot on the indus
tries Of this country" exclaimed our
Fourth Of July orators. But what do
we see to-day? women, " says Pitts
burg paper, "have invaded the great
iron foundries Of this city, and over 500
OF them are to-day Gaping nails and
bolts at one-third the price formerly re-
ceived by men. 1t is severe physical
labor and 1t took strong men to do the
work, but the girls must either work or
starve, and their supply almost doubles
the demand. The People.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-29


A special dlpp"rch frem Jackson
Miss, to the Memphis Appeal
Avalanche says
Owing to thechange made by the
recent Constitutional CoaveatIoa
extending the term of mombers of
the legislature from two years 10
tour an entire new legi~laturcSss TO
be elected next November. liSwiil
have u choose SUCCESSORS to both
United States Senators WaIthalE and
George.
Under the old order of things
Walthall's successor would not have
been elected by that body asthis
term will expire in March, f805.
hut when Section 36 Of HE new
State Constitution ~ considered in
connection with Section IL 1t Tho
Revised Statutes of the q aited
States, it will b seen that lsa,ue.
cessor must be elected At the re2u lsr
session Of the legls AZURE in Janua-
~, 1892.
This TACT has only inst now de-
veloped, it having been suppos,.i
that only GEORGES successor wuuld
De chosen in 1892 and the campaisn
Tor legislators up TO this timeshas
only been discussed aud planned on
that line.