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Telegram-herald., 1891-12-02
BOUGHT GY BRlTiSHERS.

numorsd Sale - y syndicate OF Five MIX
Factories Mt Carpsntersviile. Ill.
ELaIS. ILL.,, Dec. Lit Is understood
that arrangements are completed for
the transfer to an English syndicate Of
the five milk condensing factories
operating under the Borden patents
Mt Csrpentersville. ILL.,. and at Brews-
ter. Wassaic and Walden, N. Y.
They have been owned by the Borden
and Millbank families for over twenty
five years. The purchase price is not
stated. but as their net revenue last
year Is said TO have been over $3.50, 900.
it must be Sl2, 600, 900 or Sl5.O 900. 900
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-02

LoxpoS, Dec live boys while
playing on the beach st Southampton
found = bomb imbcddcd - the sand.
They began playing wit1nit and the
bomb exploded. pieces on flying In
every direction. One Of the boys was
instantly killed Another was so bad
" injured that he is now dying. and
small hopes are entertained for the re-
covsry Of the other thrcc
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-02

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nsm~d Msilswssa vss fesad shc ether
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Telegram-herald., 1891-12-02

CrrY or MEXICO. Dec. The suffer
ing owing to the scarcity Of provisions
in the interior Is intense IL Is feared
that rioting Will break out among the
famine-stricken populacc. The gov
crnment has rs yet taken no active
steps TO alleviate the suffering. A
bull fight is being arranged In this city
for the benefit of the sufferers In the
state of Chiapas. The state II unable
financially 70 aid the people.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-02

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The report Of
Superintendent Pollock. Of the free
delivery system Of the postofiice de-
partmcnt, SLOWS that the number Of
free delivery Offices 1T the close OF tho
year was S19. an increase of 65 over
the preceding year. The cost OF this
service was ~, 072, 900, which is s2a, 4as
less than the appropriation for that
purpose. The number Of carriers en-
ployed June so was 1o.1s0, which Is an
increase Of I, ,064 during the year.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-02

CcIuNrus. O.. Dee. t--Jpdge George
K. Nash. whom the republican state
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-02

Bisso was brought into court 1t 10 =
m. and. pleading guilty. was sentenced
to serve twenty one years In the peni.
tentiary.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17
Mammals DOings.

Daisy WIS lost From garnet to Gel
lar they searched for her, and then
went out to rouse the neighbors and
scour the town. At last. near night
fall, the little girl was found sound
asleep by the side of a haycock in a
neighbours field.
Disturbed 10y the joyful cutlery about
her she began to cry, and was only
comforted when mamma rushed
through the groups and cudded her to
her heart. Then the happy procession
went home, and in half an hour Daisy
was asleep in her little bed
Papa, however, had gone in another
direction, and came home tired and
anxious to hear the good news.
Now that there was no longer cause
for worry he grew little cross at hav
ing suffered such needless fright, and
in the morning when Daisy appeared
at the breakfast table tried to greet her
with judicial severity.
well, little runaway" he said in a
vain attempt at gruffness, ''how do you
find yourself"
Daisy looked up at him with eyes
shining in limpid innocence.
Il didn't find myself, " she replied
simply. Mamma found me. YOUTH
Companion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17

A primitive literary worker said to
me a few evenings ago while talking
on this subject, DO you mean to say
that literary ideas are really CONNER
cial commodities today, and are paid
for the same as articles or storiesW
told her, as | write here: Most de-
cidedly, as those who are in position to
know are well aware. l have known
as high as 81, 900 paid for single idea
"a circulation idea for periodical
and again and again have l known
$3.50 and $500 being paid Said an
editor in my hearing only recently: Il
don't want people who can write. l
can reach a score of such within an
hour. What l want is ideas, sugges-
tons for striking features which will
raise my periodical above the others
and attract the public eye to it" And
he voiced the feeling of several whom
know. A creative mind, capable of
clever adaptation of an idea to a de-
mand, is a possession in the literary
world today which envy any man or
woman if put to good use. Edward
w. Bok's Letter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17

The sea urchin gets its name from the
spines which cover its shell. The true
name, echinus, meaning a hedgehog,
has been corrupted into urchin. with
plain injustice to small lads. These
curious shellfish have acquired strange
habits on the coast of France. Thew
are found ut home in cavities of the
rock on the shore The diameter of the
cavity is often greater than that of the
entrance, and the creature is so large
that he could not leave his cell even if
he very much wanted to do so. 1t is
said that thousands of these NAV be
seen thus doniciled in the granite rock.
1t is not doubted that the creatures
make these holes for themselves. but
how they do this is a question not vet
satisfactorily answered. 1t has been
suggested that the rock has been some
how acted upon chemically, but this
theory has to be given up when the ma
ture of the rock is considered, and the
fact that no acid has been proved to
exist in the animal.
The matter has been studied lately
by a French naturalist, who refers the
excavation to mechanical means. His
explanation is that the creature prob
ably bites the rock, the sucker feet are
also attached and a rotary motion is
impaired to the body, the prickly points
gradually wearing down the surface. s"
This work would certainly occupy the
animal a good part of his lifetime, and
the wonder is that no observer has vet
seen the excavation going on.
An attempt is made to conceal these
holes by means of mussel and other
shells. The rocks in which the cavities
occur are in general thickly covered
with sea weed A number of other ami
mails are known to penetrate rocks, and
it is supposed that they do it by me-
chanical means. In the hard lime
stones of Algiers spotted snails were
found in holes four or five inches deep.
Youths Companion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17
Distance and Echo.

Did you ever figure on the exact dis
lance that one may be removed from
a rejecting surface and yet hear the
echo of his own vOice2 1t is said that
one cannot pronounce distinctly or
hear distinctly more than five syllables
in a second. This gives one-fifth of a
second for each syllable. Taking 1, 100
feet as the velocity of sound per sec
Ond, we have 224 feet as the distance
sound will travel in One-fifth of a sec
ond. Hence, if rejecting surface is
112 feet distant, the initial sound of an
uttered syllable will be returned to the
ear from a distance of 112 feet Just as
the next syllable starts on its journey.
In this case the first fifth of the sec
ond is consumed in the utterance of
syllable, and the next fifth of the sec
ond in hearing its echo. Two syllables
would be echoed from a rejecting sur
face 224 feet distant, three syllables
from 1886 feet, and so on within the
limits of audibleness. 1t is evident
that a sharp, quick sound, the duration
of which is only one-tenth of second
would give an echo from half the dis
lance, or Sc feet The above estimates
are for a temperature of 81 degs. Fair
enheit, at which the velocity of sound
is a little over 1, 118 feet in a second.
The velocity of sound when the mer-
curry stands at freezing is 1,O86 feet per
second. New Orleans Picayune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17
TOM CRUISES CAREER.
A story That Illustrates the Ups and
Downs of Western Life.

Downs of Western Life.
The history of the thrice millionaire
banker of Helena, Mont. Thomas
Cruise, illustrates the ups and downs of
western life, and sets in strong contrast
the two extremes of absolute, grovel-
ing poverty and extraordinary affiu-
ence.
six years ago Tom Cruise" SAYS
Thomas NJ. Long, was only a com
mon, ordinary laborer, prospector
and a miner. He had spent almost his
last nickel, was out of luck, and being
out of money it naturally followed
he had very few friends. Indeed he
was so poor that we'll remember the
day when he was actually refused
credit for fifty pound sack of -four.
tie did odd jobs about town-anything
so long as he turned an honest dollar.
One day he took a tramp into the
mountains When he came back to
town he astonished everybody by re-
porting the discovery of what turned
out to be one of the richest silver mines
i'll Montana.
He pre-empted the place and made
everything solid in his own name. This
mine was the famous Drum LummOnd,
in the mountains near Maysville, TWEEN
ty-one miles from Helena. A syndicate
of capitalists hearing of his great find
went out to investigate it. The result
far surpassed even their expectations,
and on their way back to town they
sought old man Cruise. Would he sell
the mine2 Yes. How much? Five
hundred thousand dollars, spot cash.
That was too much, they thought
We'll, gentlemen, if you think it is too
much don't take it, said Cruise. This
offer is good until noon, but no longer.
I'll have another price on it after that. ;
They thought he was bIuffing. The
next day, after further investigation,
they came back to Cruise. They told
the old man they were ready to pay the
$500 600, and for him to draw up the
papers.
My price today is 81, 900, 900, boys, ;
said Cruise. OF course there was no
deal possible under the circumstances.
Cruise could then get all the capital he
wanted to work his mine. Before
three months had passed he had pulled
out $500, 600 worth of ore, and there
was still unlimited quantities millions,
in fact-in sight. The syndicate came
back to him and actually paid over
81, 900, 600 for a two-third interest in
the Drum LummOnd.
''Since that time Cruise has bought
other mines, the Iron Mountain, for in
stance, in the C9ur d AIene region, and
others. He is worth today s., 900, 600.
He was married a couple of years ago,
but his wife died, leaving him a child.
| old Man Cruise, as he is called, is a
good old fellow, who delights now in
talking about his hard times. When
he came to Montana, six years ago, he
walked all the way from Salt Lake
City. That's the way fortune smiles
sometimes. Chicago Times
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17
Saving His Books.

There is a story told on Hon. II. G.
Strive which has not as yet been made
public property 1t is said that during
the raging of the great fire, in which
Mr.. Strive with all the rest of Seattle
was a heavy loser, he rushed up into
his office to save some of his most valu-
able books. 1t is well known that he
had accumulated a vast amount of
material, which he purposed working
up into a history of Washington. This
material and some of his books were
very precious to him. So as the fire
came sweeping down toward his Office
he rushed up stairs and began to select
the books most valuable
''Ah, this one | will save. No, guess
this one is more valuable" Thus he
hesitated, and among his many books,
all of which were dear to him, he was
unable to decide which ones to save.
Just then the cries of firemen were
raised, and the judge was urged to
come down and save his life. Being
thoroughly alarmed and still undecided,
he turned and grabbed the first book
in reach and rushed out of the build
ing. Reaching the pavement he found
he had saved-the city directory
Seattle CNNash.) Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17
A Plague Among Bees.

A ''nameIess bee disease" has ap-
peared during the last few years, and
the bee keepers have had to lament
not only depleted hives, but large num-
bers of diseased bees. The bees look
black because of loss of hair, much as
do robber bees, or old bees in the
spring, and frequently make strange
motions in front of the hives, as though
dancing or in commissions. The disease
is supposed to be due to fungoid at
tack. The remedy is found in super
seding the queen with healthy one,
and also in having plentiful supply Of
salt water close to the hives, where the
bees can gain ready access to it.-New
York TELEGRAM
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17

Says an American in Lucerne;
There are seventeen old ladies from
England at any hotel at Lucerne, and
all of them wear white caps. As they
sit all in a row at dinner they look like
the pictures | have in memory of the
assembled saints of old village quilting
bees. All the well to do old ladies of
England seem to revel in doing worsted
work on the piazza of Swiss pensions.
That young Englishman who sits op-
posite to me at table has Mark Twain
at his tongues end.
He thinks that the United States is
distinguished mainly by having given
birth to Mark Twain. There are two
young girls at the Schweitzerhof who
sing. One of them sings very well and
the other thinks she sings very well !;
but there are those with whom her vocal
pyrotechnics disagree The great cross
Of the evening at the hotel is to have
to sit for all hour and hypocritically
applaud singing that contains no more
melody than a fatal case of chronic
bronchitis.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17
She Travelled on Her Muscle.

She stood at the Union depot gate,
largely clad in a white dress that did
not fit her. There were lovely big
punches of green on her bonnet. Hel
feet were large and seemed to be con
tinually getting in the way and ham
pering her movements. Her hands
were clasped, and dropped down be
fore her with a suggestion of pensive-
ness. Not more than nineteen soft,
summary summers and as many hard
winters had passed over her head.
As she stood thinking huge thoughts
a brassy checked hackman approached
with a howl of Cab, miss?' Still she
was held in the tolls Of thought. With
Il repetition of his yell the hackman
just placed his hand on the soft lowell
ness of that shoulder With lightning
like rapidity the hands unfoIded, and
the unshaven hackdriver received a re-
buff alongside the jaw. He looked
hurt. In an awful falsetto voice the
rural beauty shouted; mo, you var
mint. | don't want no kerridge, and
you slopsided city dude, with a sign on
yer hat, don't you put your dirty hands
on me agin. Hear? And if you don't
want me to pull yer hair and knock
yer down don't call me miss. Hear?
| married Silas Prett last year, you
ignoramus Git before hit you agin. :"
The hackman got.-Albany Argus.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17
Mans Small Toe.

The small toe in man has recently
been made a subject of study by Herr
Pftzner. 1t is well known that thumbs
and great toes are two jointed,
and the other fingers and toes
generally three jointed. In many
human skeletons, however, the small
toe is found to be two jointed, the
middle and end phalanges being fused
into one piece, though still distinguish
able. This variety occurs in about SO
per cent. of cases, and as a rule in
both toes simultaneously; and there
are more instances among women ais
per cent? than among men (3l.0 per
cent?. One naturally thinks here of
shoe pressure causing union of two
bones originally separate
But it appears that in children from
birth to the seventh year, the fusion
occurs about as often as i'm adults
Further, the material of examination
was not from class of people who
wear tight shoes Herr Pfitzner con.
cludes that the small toe in man is in
course of degeneration (Ruckbildung).
and that without apparent adaptation
to external mechanical influences. Pro
cesses of reduction are also observed in
the connected muscular system. The
question arises, has the tendency
reached its limit, or have we merely
the first act of a total degeneration Of
the fifth toe?
The author inclines to the latter view,
but desires an extension of these re-
searches among peoples who do not
wear shoes or sandals, or have only Of
late begun to wear them In living
persons it is not difficult to determine,
by stretching and bending, whether the
small toe Is two or three jointed and
in this way adequate data might be had
for determining any percentage differ
ences in occurrence of the old and the
new form in different races: also. for
investigating the Inheritance of acquired
characters, members of several success
sive generations being examined
IIumb OlIt
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17

In Lake Nyassa, in the interior of
Darkest Africa" there is a kind of
black fish which every year builds what
the natives term a house. In the mud
at the bottom Of the lake it makes a
hole some 2 or feet broad, heaping
up the mud removed from the hole
so as to form a little wall around
it. The depth of the hole and the
height of the wall measured together
make a basin from Is to 20 inches deep.
In this lake within a lake this queer
little fish erects a mud house, the aver
age sized specimen measuring IA inches
across the bottom, rapidly coming to q
point in the shape of a broad cone. A
hole inches in diameter, always on
the south side, serves as an opening for
egress and ingress A dried specimen
of this queer domicile preserved in the
Royal Museum at Berlin has two doors
and a partition separating it into two
rooms. st. Louis Republic.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17
Save Your Sea Robins.

Did you ever hear an old salt reel
curses out by the yard when he catches
a sea robin? Fishermen dislike catch
ing the sea robin. although their meat
is as sweet as that of any fish that
swims, but very few fishermen are
aware of this fact. The fish is gamey,
but very peculiar looking.
its head is large and fiat, with small
almond eyes, large mouth, slender
body and a rough skin without scales,
and when landed it makes queer noises.
When the sea robin is skinned and its
head taken off its flesh is as white as
snow. When fried with butter it
makes very palatable eating. 1t also
makes fine chowder.
An old boathouse keeper at the
Rockaway trestle told me that he is in
the habit of gathering them up every
evening after his boats come in with
the fishing parties, who have no idea
of their good qualities.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17
Tobacco in American Civilization.

The development of the American
colonies, their rapid growth in the GEN.
fury preceding the American revolu-
ton, depended in large measure on a
botanical accident, viz, on the intro
duction of tobacco into the commerce
Of the world. No contribution from
newly discovered lands has ever been
so welcomed as this so called noxious
weed. No new faith has ever Travelled
so fast or far among men as the habit
of smoking. In scarce a century from
the first Introduction of the plant in
Europe its use has spread TO nearly
half the peoples of the Old World.
The eastern coast of America from
the Hudson southwark to South Caro-
lima is peculiarly well suited for the
growth of the tobacco plant, and the
rapid extension of the British colonies
in America, which brought their popu-
lation at the time of the revolution to
point where they numbered about
one-sixth part of the English people,
was largely due to the commerce which
rested upon the use of this plant. =
Professor n. S. Shaler in Scribner's.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17
THE eEDoUIN's PRAYER

Aliah oeg not that thou s,av
NJ my roe that thine eye shall Keen
my sword untarnished while / sIean
A a. And ! will find the wav
40 pierce such dog, such Christian slav.
anu AUG send him TO Mahomet's throne
Unnamed; where dark eyed hours frowr
on any but the warlike bravel
Allah' ask not that thy mower
ailau spare me from the doom of death
1nlng light overnight ta'en IS breath
ASK not one extended hour
10 draw the vapor such rs staaIs
anu gives the palm mute caress:
put Allah. out Of nothingness
Aiit thou me when the hot brain reeIs
10 meet my death as Bedouin should
AT point of lance, meath starry skies
10 meet the glance Of tender ewes
sui notified with the battle blood
10 make from out cold lethargy.
Inrliied to the soul by her soft kiss
w nose liquid fire shall wake by bliss
Anroush all unspacc.' cternityl
-hartla Eileen Holahan-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17
Famous Art Treasures,

Though the late Sir Richard Wallace
left rich and valuable collections in his
two Paris residences the most precious
of his possessions were those which for
nearly twenty years he stored in his
house in Manchester square. Startled
by the events of the Commune, Sir
Richard reconstructed his London man
sion and stripped his Paris galleries to
furnish and enrich those of London.
In Manchester square there are no
fewer than seventeen Meissoniers, ten
paintings by Paul Delaroche, thirty by
Horace Vernet, twelve by Eugene De
lacroix, and numerous examples of the
old masters.
There are five grand gaIleries-one
devoted to modern and another to an
cient paintings, one to Oriental arms
one to arms of all epochs, and a renais-
sance gallery. There are four spacious
saloons, three of them named after the
painters whose works adorn them
Valasquez, Guard, Greuze The fourth
is fitted with paintings of the English
school. The staircase is enriched by
what is believed to be the finest Bou-
cher in existence Sir Richard was also
a great collector of rare furniture
sculpture, bronzes and carvings. In
his galleries are to be found a hundred
clocks of marvellous workmanship and
bronzes Of every age, thousands of
wood carvings and of rare enamels,
Sevres vases, canoes, intaglios and
precious stones. At the time of his
death Sir Richard was engaged in com
piling catalogue of his priceless treas
ures. London Chronicle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17
DAWN AND DUSK.
Apo11o,a shaft Of radiant fame.

Apollo's shaft Of radiant fame,
Shattered against the Seas blue shield
On myraid ripples dance and CLEAN,
Gold stars strewn O'cr an azure field
Upon the shining sands they stand
In morn Of day and morn Of life,
Together stand, hand clasped in hand,
A bridegroom fond. happy wife.
The moon, silver scimitar,
Sewers the driving rack Of cloud
Far, far beyond the harbor bar
The surges moan. now low, now loud
Alone upon the darksome strand,
The black wave tapping at her feet,
A widow stands; vanished the hand,
Silent the voice that made life sweet.
Mary J. Stafford in Belford's Magazine
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17
Chicago's Mayor.

This story is told by The Chicago
Post on Garter H. Harrison: One of
Our Carriers" characteristics is a
smooth tongue and a cultivated mind.
He can charm most people with the
polish and variety of his conversation.
He once attended party given at the
residence of a leading citizen, and was
there introduced to lady who did not
catch his name She enjoyed a half
hours conversation with Chicago's
mayor immensely. After he had left
her she asked friend who had bowed
to the gentleman: DO tell Inc who
that delightful gentleman is with whom
have been conversing. He is per
fectly charming" Why, don't you
know? That's Mayor Carter Harri-
son." replied the friend rs that
really Garter Harrison| she said.
''WeIl, | declare that he looks and acts
like a perfect gentleman. l thought
from reading about him in the newspa-
pers that he must be a highway robber
and a thug"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17
All the Symptoms,

Apartment Housekeeper-Ho is that
young man in the back room getting along,
Sally9
Chambermaid-Hes no young man. He's
married
"MarriedF'
'Yes'm. He never can find his necktie nor
his hat nor his overshoes nor nothin' until I
looks for 'em. Omaha World.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-17

A Boston mother was putting her little one
to bed, and said:
Il think, Flossie, you are old enough to
learn an evening prayer. I'm going to say
it for you, and you will repeat it after me.n
'Yeth'm," hsped the little one
"Weli, We'll begin. Are you ready"
"Yeth'm. Let 'er go, Gallagher Boston
Courier