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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-02-14

be his duty to suspend the provisions Of
the act admitting the sugars, molasses,
tea, coffee and hides of such country free
So that after the first of next year the
ports of the United States will be prac-
tically closed to the nations of this CONT
nent whose sense of justice does not lead
them to remove discriminating duties on
the agricultural products of the United
States.
Brazil, the greatest Of the South
American republics, has already com
, piled with the requirements OF the tariff
law, and will, on and after April 1, 1891,
admit free of duty American agricultural
products, coal and machinery, while the
duty on lumber, meat products, canned
| goods, cotton cloth and furniture will
be reduced fourth. This will prac-
tlcally give the United States q monop-
loly of the Brazilian trade. Cuba and
venezuela are about to open their ports
to American farm products and man
ufactures, and every other Spanish
American country must follow. The
United States will be without com
petitor in the greatest market in the
world.
| Tho reaching craftsmanship Of
James G. Blaine is now apparent. The
tariff bill originally contained no pro
vision compelling nations whose products
were admitted into the United State.
free of duty to return the favor. Blaine
against the opposition of the democrats
and some of his own party, but, however
strongly supported by the president
compelled the insertion of the reciprocity
clause.
The farmers Of the United States arr
now given foreign market. This meas
ure for their relief seems much NOR,
) effective than the plan proposed by Sock
} less jerry Simpson and the whiskerec
Senator Pfeffer, of Kansas, that the gov
eminent build warehouses in which tn,
farmers may deposit wheat and pump
| kins and borrow money from the nation
; al treasury thereon.
Reciprocity is republican doctrine
The democrats proposed to open on
market to those nations which would
buy nothing from us, and whose tariff
excluded our productions
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-02-14

EDUCATION is the best, and, in MANY
cases, all that can be given children.
Money cannot measure its advantages.
The conditions, then, that go to make it
possible to give them good education
should not be limited, but everything
done to place the means within the
reach of all. OF the first Importance
are the teachers, but next comes the
building, which should be erected with
special thought to the convenience for
teachers and pupil. Pullman now has
good teachers, but she needs new
building, and she needs it bad, too. The
move to bond the district to build a
$4,000 house is good one, and should,
must and will be carried through to a
successful end. The citizens of Pullman
arc not made OF the stuff that can be
baked.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-02-14

In THE Centennial year Congress
chartered a company to lay a trans
Pacific cable, with stipulation that the
charter rights should become null and
void if the work of laying the cable was
not commenced within three wears.
That company succeeded in getting the
Hawaiian government to promise it a
casa subsidy of $1,0OO,O00 as soon as
tho cable was in working order between
Honolulu and San Francisco. but there
was hitch of some, kind and the cable
was never laid. Now, a number of gen
tlemen who were interested in the old
company have organized new one and
have asked Congress for new charter.
When this cable is laid, as it is certain
to be In the course of time, Shakespeare
dream of girdling the world will be
realized.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-02-14
The Chinese New Year.

Last Sunday was the New Year of ou1
Monaghan friends, and it was celebrated
in the usual fashion. Fire-crackers dis
turbed the usual quiet Of the Sabbath,
and this and other customs of the Chi
nese reminded all that the pig-tailed
heather were celebrating. In speaking
of the day the Seattle Telegraph of last
Monday contained the following:
I'm the store of Wah Chung, the Chi
nese merchant prince of the city, yester-
day there might have been seen a regular
Chinese dude.
How was he attired?
To begin at his feet, his shoes were of
the Monaghan pattern and were of black
velvet, with fancy embossed figures.
Above the shoes appeared white linen
stockings, as white as the driven snow.
His trousers, the bottom of which were
fastened about his ankles. we're of purple
silk with all sorts Of fancy curlicues en-
graved upon them by the Chinese wea-
vers. His blouse was of heavy blue silk
with fancy little wood buttons. On his
head the Monaghan Beau Brummel wore
fancy little ball shaped skullcap with
handsome button at the top. The face
OF the dude was pleasant, and he was in
troduced to the Telegraph man as Wah
Chong, jr, and very pleasant young
man he seems to be. The reason that
he was so gorgeously attired was because
1t was Chinese new years day, and he
was assisting Wah Chong, ST., in recelv-
ing the guests.
AS the New Years callers dropped in
from the adjoining stores and adjacent
wash-houses, each one exclaimed as he
entered, Kwang hal tie fah,' which in
good old English means, I wish Won a
happy new year Then the host or
some one else would reply: I wish you
happy new year also Then the guest
was led up to table which overhowed
with oranges, Chinese nuts, sweetmeats.
candies, and which was garnished with
white, blue and red Chinese lilies grow
ing in pots, and told to help himself to
the viands
wan Chung explained that the festiv-
tiles which began yesterday would last
for a week. The authorities, however
had forbid the burning of fre-crackers
and this spoiled the fun. The Chinese
should be allowed to burn fre-crackers
on these occasions, as it is their holiday.
All work is suspended by the Chinese
and they will give themselves up to a
general joll1fcation for week.
While the reporter was in Wah
Cbung's store about dozen white bows
entered, and the oldest, a freckle-faced
lad of IA, said cheerilY, Il wish all en-
dis crowd happy New Year, sir"
Catching sight of The Telegraph man
who was taking notes he said, soto
voce: Say, fellers, don't make break
or de reporter will get onto you, see?'
Then he became silent, waiting for a
chance to get at the refreshment table.
The guests were evidently unwelcome
"These boys worry US to DEATH" said
Wah Chung, "they come in fifty times a
day and are very saucy. The only. way
we can get rid of the young rascals is to
give them something"
The unwelcome guests we're fed with
candy and other delicacies, and after
they had eaten about all they could
hold they departed"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-02-14
Rev. 7. De Witt Talmage's New "Life
of Christ"

OF CnfISJ.'
A book which is sure to have great
popularity, and immense sale, both be-
cause Of it's interesting style and it's su-
perb illustrations is From Manager to
Throne" a new life of Christ and a
history of Palentine and its people, in
Guiding Dr. Talmage's account Of his
famous journey to. through and from
the Christ land. The work which is
splendidly printed, contains nearly 700
large-sized pages, 9x11 inches. It is il
Illustrated with more than 400 grand IL
Illustrations, among which are accurate
copies Of nearly 200 of the famous pant
ings Of the old masters, which have so
long enriched the galleries and cathe-
drals of Europe, but were never before
published in America.
He treats the story of the Savior with
great reverence, with unexpected tender
ness, there being no straining for effect
The work is a history, and in no way
sectarian, and is one which every
Christian may read with advantage
1t will DO good, instruct and enter
tain--three things SO few writer's accom-
plish in a single volume
In speaking Of the work, the New
York Herald predicts sale of a million
copies for the first year. The book will
be sold only by subscription aud agents
are wanted, to whom liberal terms are
offered
The well-known and enterprising pub
fishers, the Pacific Publishing Go, Aims
worth Block, Sd aud Oak SITS, Portland,
Or, are the sole general agents for the
Pacific Coast.
We call attention to their advertise
ment in another column.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-02-14

A WASHINGTON state senatorial cleo
ton may awaken considerable interest.
and cause no small amount of Doodle
to change pockets, but when it comes to
mixing the thing up to the greatest ex-
tent, and to making the largest political
fight out of it, our little neighbor, Idaho,
takes the persimmon by a large majority
with the senatorial fight which seems
only well begun. By the election of a
fourth senator (Claggett), last Wednes-
day, the Gem of the Mountains shows
herself partial to that office. An Idaho
man who Is not senator elect will soon
be as hard to find as hens tooth.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-02-14

CIGARETTE smoking is carried on to
an alarming extent among the boys OF
Pullman. Little fellows not over eight
or ten years of age are seen putting
away at this mind and body running ar
tlcle, and it is no wonder that SO many
OF them are stunted in stature and weak
ened in mind. Something should be
done to put stop to the practice, and
the best way is for the cigar dealers to
refuse to sell cigarettes to the BOYS.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-02-14
Reciprocity is Coming.
lPost-Intelligencer.l

The new tariff bill, which admits
sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides,
raw and uncured, free, provides that if
the government of any country produc-
ing and exporting such articles shall,
after the first day of January, 1892, i'm
pose duties or other exactions upon the
agricultural or other products of the
United States. which duties are recipro-
cally unjust, the president of the United
States shall have the power and it shall
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-02-14
BoTH houses of the Idaho legislature

BoTH houses of the Idaho legislature
convened in joint session last Wednesday
and proceeded to elect senator to sue
coed Senator Mcconnell, whose term will
expire on the 4th day of next month.
The election of Dubois was claimed to
have been illegal, therefore another was
elected, and W. H. Claggett received %
votes. Many Legislators refused to vote,
claiming that no vacancy would exist, as
the election of Dubois was all right.
The opinion of many is that Claggett
can not take his seat in the United
States senate, and one thing is sure,
and that is that there will be consider
able legal trouble before any one will
get it. II new senator is now to be
elected in Idaho Mcconnell should sue
coed himself.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-02-14
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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-02-14

GENERAL SHERMAN has been very sick
this week, and at one time his life was
despaired Of He is now somewhat
better, and the physicians think that
they can save his life.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-02-14

IHE HERALD extends its thanks to
ne journals of the state for the many
4attering notices it has received during
he past few days. They are appreciated
gentlemen.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-02-14

JAS. ID BEATTY, of Idaho, has been
omlnated by President Harrison to be
United States Judge of Idaho.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-02-14
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-02-12
How Gloves Are Made.

The manufacture of gloves is not by
any means of recent date; but the an
cient use of this article of dress was
rare and occasional, whereas the
modern use is common and almost
universal. Leather, when prepared
for this purpose, undergoes a much
lighter dressing than when prepared
for any other article of commerce.
France has long been celebrated for it's
glove manufactures, but New York has
now become recognized as @ strong
competitor. The first operation in
glove-making is to stretch out on q
piece of marble and render uniform
with blunt knife the surface of the skin
of which the gloves are to be made,
after which it is to be reduced into
pieces of convenient length and width,
without cutting the material to waste.
Before cutting, however, the skin is
dampened either by rubbing it with a
wet cloth or by putting it in damp
place. It is then sounded and ex-
amined with view to the discovery OF
faults or blemishes, so that they may
be avoided in cutting out, or at least
that they may be SO placed as to be I'M
important. There are regular scales
of sizes for mems and women's gloves
and for the width of the thumb pieces,
which are cut out at the same time,
and are proportional to the particular
size required. In order to cut the
skin to the best advantage it is stretched
from time to time by pulling it at the
edges between the thumb and the knife.
When it has been thus elongated and
widened the actual cutting process
commences. Here it is that the Ameri-
can glovemakers have great advan-
tage over the English and French. In
cutting up a dozen skins of equal size
an American will generally manage tC
get one or two pairs of gloves over and
above the number which an Eng;ishmar
or Frenchman can cut from the same
skins, and these not inferior or scanty
but we'll and handsomely shaped as the
rest. The shape of the gloves to be
cut is not the only thing to be attended
to; great care must be taken that the
same shade of color prevails through
out each pair, for it frequently happens
that there are cloudy spots and gr&da
lions of color to the skin, which would
be destructive OF beauty anu gOOO
effect The skin thus cut is in order
now to be sewed, and the machine used
is of peculiar pattern, the feed wheel
of which is tipped with a metal comb
through the points of which the needles
carry the silk and make an unusually
speedy and neat stitch. The glove in
dustry in New York has achieved i'm
mense proportions, although quite g
few French makes are imported; how
ever, the home article finds ready
and increasing sale.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-02-12
Sagacity of a Gull.

A curious incident occurred recently
on one of the bridges crossing the
river Limat, which flows through the
city of Zurich, illustrating the sagacity
of the gulls frequenting the Swiss
lakes. A gentleman who was in the
habit of feeding the birds with refuse
meat, which they like very much, had
his hat knocked off into the rapid cur
rent below by one of the more eager
of the terms. The on-lookers laughed
at the mishap, and a boat was about to
be put out into the stream to secure
the trophy, when, to the surprise of
every one, a gull was noticed to dart
down upon the floating hat, and, after
several Intellectual attempts, succeeded
at last in rising with it in his beak and
flying toward the bridge, where he
dropped the well-soaked hat and the
by-standers secured it for it's owner.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-02-12

and the firing and extracting is also
performed, continuous but slow fire is
kept up. BY supplying the gun in this
manner with single cartridges, about
thirty rounds q minute can be tired.
Should rapid firing be required, the gun
is then supplied, not with single car
tridges, but with feed cases containing
groups of ten cartridges each, and in
this manner from sixty to eighty rounds
minute can be fired, with only three
men to work the gun-One to aim 1T and
work the crank, one to place the feed
cases into the trough, and a third at the
ammunition chest to fill the cases and
hand them to the charger It's extreme
effective range against troops is 5000
yards. It is terribly destructive at any
distance within 1000 yards.
The ammunition consists of center
fire metallic cartridge, throwing either
an explosive shell or case shot. The
shells are 3.66 inches long, of cast iron,
with a percussion fuse nearly an inch
long which explodes the shell as soon as
it strikes. They are constructed with
three parallel walls united to solid
base, so that when they explode they
will be broken into large number of
pieces. The percussion fuse is driven
forward inside the shell when it strikes
an object, so exploding. Should the
she'll turn over in its flight and strike
with the butt, tho fuse would remain
stationery. and would not explode. The
greatest effect is found when the point is
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-02-12
Chinese Music.

The musical art of people who
represent one-ffth of the earth's pop
ulation ought to be studied; if not for
the sake of aesthetic pleasure, at least
in the interest of scientific knowledge.
Yet there is scarcely department in
the history or philosophy of music con-
corning which the information to be
found in the books is so unsatisfactory
as that of Chinese music. Even his
torian of the thoroughness and pro-
fundity of Ambros, after devoting
many pages to an attempt to elucidate
the Chinese theory, seems willing to
believe the first traveller who sets down
the modern practice of the art as moth
ing but crude, barbaric, unregulated
noise. Crude, barbaric and noisy
Chinese music certainly is, but not I'M
regulated Even the little music which
can be heard on any holiday in the
Chinese quarters in New York will
serve to disclose to a discriminating
ear that it is nothing if not methodical.
The difficulty on the part of the his
torians has been that they have never
come in contact with the Chinese, and
therefore have had to depend on the
descriptions of travellers and mission
aries touching the practical side of the
art. Correctly to apprehend music,
however, requires special qualifications
of education and natural gifts, and
these have been possessed by SO small
a minority of those who have written
about China that they are scarcely
worth enumerating E. Kreb66el,
I'M Century.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-02-12

effective. While it can not be fired
nearly so rapidly as the Calling gun, it's
prototype, it has the cOmpensating ad-
vantages of throwing explosive shells
and of having a range and accuracy
equal to field artillery
The Hotchkiss revolving cannon was
adopted by the War Department several
years a6o, and it's utility has been re-
peatedly tested in field practice and
range tests. In it's appearance the HOtcb-
kiss gun resembles the Calling, there be-
ing a wide variance, however, in the in
terror mechanism. 1t has five barrels,
made of the finest Oil-tempered cast
steel, mounted around common axis,
between two disks, on q central shaft
The breech is composed of q solid cast
iron breech-block, weighing nearly 400
pounds, purposely made heavy SO as
to absorb the greater part of the recOil.
Through door at the rear end the
mechanism is freely accessible. The gun
weighs 1,O47 pouns; and with q travers-
ing apparatus l ,157 pounds. It's callber
is l. AS inches and the length Of bore 4
feet and inches.
The Hotchkiss gun attains greater ac-
curacy than other revolving guns from
the fact that it is stationary at the mo-
ment of discharge, while with the others
their motion is continuous. This stop
motion is obtained by the shaping of the
driving-wOrm which revOlVes the gun, it
being so constructed that the inclined
driving thread only covers half Us cir
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-02-12

conference, the other half of the thread
being straight The effect of this is that
the barrels only revolve during half a
revolution of the worm, and stand still
during the other half revolution. The
combination of the mechanism is so ar
ranged that the loading, firing and eX-
tracing takes place during this pause.
Two racks, with cogwheel between
them, so thai when one is moved the
other has an opposite motion, insert and
extract the cartridges. After the car
fridge is extracted from the barrel it
strikes an ejector, which pushes it out
of the extractor and allows it to fall to
the ground through an opening in the
bottom of the breech
The operation of the mechanism is as
follows, supposing the crank to be in con-
tinual motion: A cartridge is placed in
the trough, the rack and piston pushes
it into the barrel, the barrels begin to
reyolve, and the cartridge is carried on
until it arrives before the firing pin,
which is drawn back against spring by
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-02-12

gunner standing with his shoulder
against brace.
There is also a Hotchkiss breech-load-
ing mountain rifle, which has been made
as light as possible to fit it for the re-
quirementS of the service. 1t weighs
only 116 pounds and one man can place
it upon the back of a mule, its ordinary
means of transportation, provided the
mule is willing. 1t throws an explosive
shell fitted with percussion fuse.
While. an Improvement in some re-
spects the Hotchkiss gun is, after all,
modelled on the plan of the Calling. The
general appearance OF this is familiar.
The only time the Cuttings have been IN
active service in til country was during
the Riel rebellion in the Canadian North
west few years ago, when the inventor
himself went with the battery to super
intend it's operation.
" The Calling gun can be fired at the
rate of 200 shots a minute at any de-
gree of elevation or depression. 1t con-
sists of number Of very simple breech-
loading rifle barrels grouped and revol-
ing around a shaft to which they are
parallel, and surrounded by a stationary
case. These barrels are loaded and fired
while revolving, the empty cartridge
shells being elected in continuous sue
cession. Each barrel is fixed only once
in a revolution, but as many shots are
delivered in that time as there are bar
rels, SO that the ten-barrel Gatling is
fired ten times in one revolution. The
working of the gun is simple. One man
places circular feed-case full of cart
ridges into hopper at the top OF the
gun, while another man turns crank
l. til L. Sc
cases may be substituted without inter
rupting the revolution. In the casing
behind the barrel is metal carrier block
attached to the shaft, with ten grooves
cut in it's face, which guide the cartridges
from the hopper to the barrels. In the
shaft behind the carrier block is another
cylinder called the lock cylinder, in
which slide ten long breech-plugs, which
push the cartridges into the barrels, ex-
plode them by a tiring-pin running
through the breech- plugs, and then eX-
tract the empty shells as they are drawn
back. This motion backward and for
ward is produced as the shaft is re-
volved by the breech-plugS working
against stationary cam.
Inspecto-General Breckenridge in his
annual report says that cit is so injurl-
GUS to an army to know that its arms are
obsolete and inferior that the demand
for something better than we have now
is very earnest. Our citizens, especially
the militia, are not satisfied, knowing
they must pay with their lives for any
lack of preparation when the next war
comes" The British have their Lee re-
peating rifles; the French, their Lebel;
the Austrians, their Mannlicher; in
short, nearly all the European nations,
great and small, have adopted magazine
guns, and many of them have smokeless
powders giving high initial velocity