Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-16

CAP girls charms. She is intellectuallv
'0H she mas certain charming grace
u nilhd which attracts strongly; she has
'iiiiohs OF her own, which, as a free
II daughter OF the republic. she has
no sort OF hesitation in expressing unon
proper occasions, and above all she has
iiniiieasureable tact-the one quality .ac-
conlpllshment, possession. or whatever
eise you may call it, which goes fur
thest to sweeten existence and to rem
uer hVing an agreeable pastme.
Setting aside three men of fame-Lin-
coin, Grant and Cleveland-it is plain
that the list of the presidents since the
tihe OF Andrew Jackson is the last place
IN which to look for really great or
really representative Americans. 1t was
SAD that to be mentioned bv Gibbon
was like having ones name written on
the sky. But both historic ornaments
along with those that seem at home in
such exalted spheres-show collection
OF pretty names.
The poverty of the peasants around
Warsaw, Russia, is so great that whole
gangs OF them have made it a practice
TO steal coal from the freight trains
which enter the city by night. Some OF
the gang jump on the trains in motion
and throw the coal on the road, which
their co-adjutors gather in sacks and
Wheelbarrows The railroad companies
have obtained permission to place
special guards on each train.
There is a great demand for Russia
sugar in central Asia, especially in Per-
sla, whittier it is transported by way OF
Batoum and Pott. This demand has
caused many large sugar factories in
the south to double their working ca
pacity.
New York, it is said, has chance to
secure the speakership to the next
house. Perhaps it might be well to give
the office to New York this time. That
state has not had the speakership since
about two-thirds of a century ago.
1t is believed that the explosion of a
Chinese fre-cracker anywhere in the Vi
cinity OF Mr.. Blair would throw that
gentleman into an epileptical-catalep-
tlcal-cOnniption fit.
Mr.. McKinley's face begins to show
lines of settled sorrow, the result Of an
overstraining OF the muscles in trying to
look like Napoleon, the man who was
satisfied with one Waterloo.
1t is possible to have American-made
tin-plates as it is to have American
grown pineapples, but they come high,
and the plates are as rough as the fruit
is vapid.
Rev. Phillip Brooks election to a
Bishopric is a fine illustration of the
natural law that books ultimately find
their way back to the see.
Mr.. Frank L. Barnes has just returned
from Kettle Falls, and speaks fairly well
of that section, especially the climate,
which he declares to be simply grand.
Almost everybody in this unselfish
world takes a keen interest in having
his neighbors keep their back-yards
clean.
The reason it is 50 hard to speak of a
musical composers work as a whole is
because it is generally in pieces.
The great question now agitating Re
publican circles is whether Harrison is
to be nominee by suferance, or Blaine
We wonder, when minister is called
whether he ever suspects that it may b.
a bluff
When a young man wants to marry
girl for her money he begins by begin!
for assent.
4 mans conscience, strange to say, /
like whisky. He may down il, but it vii
flop him over at last.
Perhaps the reason why so many bar
keepers are baldheaded is that they ar
such authorities on tights.
We hear of all the Worlds Fair per
plexities, but the effective work goes o.
quietly.
To sit indoors when you might EMO
the May air and sunshine is to negleC
YOUR OPPORTUNITIES.