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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
FATE COULD NOT HARM.
The Feeling of Security of Nan Whose
Life Was Insured for $40.

They are tearing down old houses all
over the city to make room for the more
modern house. While those houses are
being demolished there is usually a class
of people who crowd around, eager to
pick up the stray pieces of wood which
come in their direction. Colored people
generally predominant in this class, and
many family is thus supplied with
fuel. While tearing down a house in
the northwest section of the city re-
Gently the wOrkmen were very much
bothered by these wood hustlers." as
they term them.
The wood hustlers" in this case were
composed, with but one exception, of
small negroes. This exception was an
old negro who had one leg shorter than
the other, and was nearly bent double,
but whether with age or not no one
knew. He looked as if he had worked
hard all his life, but appearances are de
ceitful
The workmen became 50 incensed at
the wood hustlers" that they drove
them all away excepting the old man
After while the old man became more
bold, and endangered himself in irving
to get pieces of wood. One of the work
men spoke to him about it, telling him
he would be hurt if he persisted in get
ting in the way The old man mumbled
out something, but pad no attention to
the warming
Finally he got close to the wall and
stopped to pick up pieceof beam. Just
as he was STOPPING a brick fell in front
Of him, and he narrowly escaped being
hit. Seeing this a workman yelled:
Look out, ole man, or you'll be
killed"
Il doan't kare," replied the old man.
and he continued to confscate all the
wood that came within his reach. Again
he barely escaped being hit with another
brick, and again the workman shouted
81 done tole yer Onst to git away from
dere. The fust thing you know you
won't know nothing"
Il doan't kare," reiterated the old
man, looking around for more wood, and
seeing some in the interior Of the build
ing, he went for it. He had hardly
passed the door when a heavy beam fell
in the place he had just vacated, envel
oping him in cloud Of dust Several
worllmen, thinking that the heavy beam
had pinioned the old man to the ground
jumped down to render all the assist
ance possible. Imagine their surprise
when, on reaching the place, they found
the old man gathering the wood as I'M
concernedly as though nothing had hap
pened The workmen were speechIess
for a while and then one said:
Look a har, ole man, you'll have to
git out O this. We don't care bout
losin time er carryin' yer korpus through
the street"
The old man looked contemptuously
at the speaker, and then said in don't
give-a-cOntinental tone:
"Gway, niggers; don't care. l list
had my life 'sured TO forty dollars. =
Washington Post
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
PALESTINE,s OESoLATloN.
The Country Roundabout Devoid of
About Every Necessity.

The Country Roundabout Devoid of
| About Every Necessity.
1t the traveller forgets for a little
while his archaeological interest in the
land with which he is silently commun-
ing and asks himself, What is the
chief characteristic of Palestine, rs com
pared with the European lands which
| have hitherto known, | will not say
with France or Germany, but even
with the more backward districts of
Italy" | think the answer will be,
Chiefly its great withoutness. Here
is a country without roads. The one
or two good roads practicable for car
riages, made by the forced labor of the
peasantry, between Jaffa and Jerusa-
lem or Jerusalem and Hebron, and the
fine road made by French engineers be
tween Damascus and Beyrout, are en-
tirely exceptional
The 'Sultaniyeh, the royal road be-
| tween the two capitals of Jerusalem
and Damascus, is generally a mere track
across Il moor, sometimes only the bed
of torrent, always hopelessly untra-
versatile by wheeled carriages and rem
dering needful the possession of a sure
footed horse if the rider is to reach his
journeys end in safety. Distinction
between highway and byway | can see
none, except that sometimes the byway,
| as being more grassy, is plesanter for
the traveller and enables him to ret
over the journey more quickly. In
short, let person who has not visited
Palestine think of the worst bride
path he remembers in Cumberland or
Switzerland, and he will form pretty
just conception of the Sultaniyeh, the
royal high road of Palestine, at its best
1t is a country without shops. If the
commonest requisite of daily life in
civilized countries breaks or is lost one
must wait till one gets to Beyrout or
Damascus before one can replace it.
1t is a country without regular posts.
The receiving of a letter at Nazareth.
or its dispatch from Liberals, is mat
ter with which the government does
not concern itself, and which the indi-
vidual must accomplish by private as
sistance as best he can.
1t is country without newspapers
a most tolerable deficiency to a Euro
pean traveller gorged with too much
newspaper reading at home, but one
which must be felt as an Inconvenience
at least by permanent dweller in the
land. 1t would be easy to lengthen the
list of "withouts, as, for instance, to
say that the country is without schools,
except such as foreign missionaries pro
vide; without doctors and hospitals
(again with the same exception); with
out justice, for universal testimony is
borne to the venality Of the Turkish
cadi.-COntemporary Review.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03

The active members of the medical pro.
fession have to do more work of a charita.
BILE character than any other profession
in the country. | was looking over nv
account ledger a day or two ago to see
what | could do with certain bills. A
large number found useless, and con
signed them to the waste basket. The
bills that destroyed aggregated at the
lowest value fair to put on them about
$500. The time in which the visits were
made was about ten weeks, so that in two
months and half did absolutely $2G0
worth of work for charity. The bad bills
made during the same time | have not vet
figured out. There is another decidedly
aggravating feature about the profession,
and that is that after attending patient
for time and the latter finds himself I'M
able or is unwilling to pay for services,
he dismisses you and calls in some other
physician, to be likewise feeced out of
his just dues. To that physician lie will
give you a kick by saying that you were
not efficient.-Physician in Globe Demo
GRAFT
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Ielen Hunt


The pervcrsity of man is amusinglyI
illustrated by an anecdote told by Ma1l
Muller in the course of a recent lecture
at Oxford:
| was lecturiug at the Royal insti-l
tute in London. The audience there isl
the most enlightened and critical one
has to face in the world, but it is mixed.
1t being necessary to prove that Hebrew
was not the primitive language of man
kind | had devoted lecture to this sub
ject. | explained how it arose. and
placed before my audience a genealog-
ical tree of the Aryan and Semitic Ian
guages, where everybody could see the
place which Hebrew holds in the pedi-
gree Of human speech. After the lecture
was over one Of my audience came to
thank me for having shown so clearly
how all languages, including SansIrit
and English, were derived from Hebrew.
the language spokenin Paradise by Adam
and Eve!
The learned philologist was over
whelmed with disrnay, and thinking the
fault lay in his inability to elucidate his
point told Professor Faraday he must
really give up lecturing. But the dis
tinguished physicist consoled his friend
with an anecdote from his own expert
ence. He said:
Il have been lecturing in the institu-
ton many years, and over and over
again, after | have explained and shown
how water consists Of hydrogen and
oxygen, some stately dowager has
marched up to me after the lecture to
say in confidential whisper, Now, Mr.
Faraday, you don't really mean to say
that this water here in your tumbler is
nothing but hydrogen? Boston Tran
script.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Lived on Three Cents a nar.

George Gilbert, a miser, aged 10, was
found dead at his residence in Beard
man. During the past fifty years he
had lived alone, devoting his time to
saving money, which he deposited in
the banks 1t was his boast that his
living the year round did not cost him
over three cents per day. In 1865 he
sold a neighbor a load of hay for scr.
Gilbert punctually collected the interest
each year, and last year accepted the
principal, it having earned him over
$50. Gilbert leaves an estate valued
at 1925, 900 to S150,0OO, and has no rela-
tives residing in this secton.-Cor. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03

At Pompeii some mural paintings of
more than ordinary interest have recent
ly been disclosed. In the Eighth Region.
between Nos. l6 and 81 of the Second
Insula, via III and ", the remarkable
discovery has been made of a house five
stories high. The upper floor, which is
entered from the higher level formed by
mound Of prehistoric lava, is profusely
decorated, and the principal hall displays
on one wall the myth of Bellerophon, a
nude figure, who, holding with one hand
the bride Of his horse, is in the act of
receiving the letters and orders Of King
Pr9tus, who is seated on a throne before
him.
The lower part Of the house. looking
toward Stable and the sea, was used as
a bathing establishment. Three steps
led into the frigidarium, which is per
feet, the lower part of the surrounding
walls being painted blue and the upper
red. The middle Of the right wall is oc-
cupled by picture representing
nymph, semi-nude, borne over the waves
on a sea horse. The horizontal band di-
viding the blue from the red surface is a
kind Of frieze Of comic or caricature
scenes, representing dwarfs or pigmies,
in scenery evidently Of the Nile country,
fighting with various animals. One
dwarf is in the act of throwing large
stone at an ibis, while another is trying
to save by drawing to the land figure
probably a woman) fallen into the river
yyrAA11 -,jyal ki,,,-,1f
has tied himself with rope to another
dwarf standing behind, who is striving
with might and main to prevent his com
rade from being drawn down into the
water.-LOndon Athenaum
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
The Audfo Telephone.

A new telephone has been brought out
in England, the characteristic point of
which is the mouthpiece. The particular
advantage claimed by the inventors Of
this mouthpiece is that it intensifes the
sound waves, and thus renders it possible
to carry on conversation in an ordinary
tone Of voice. The mouthpiece is simply
a truncated cone, which is clamped on tc
the telephone. By using an india rubber
ring between the mouthpiece and the
telephone any escape of sound is entirely
prevented. The cone is double, the outer
cone being perforated with holes, the
idea being that the vibrations caused by
the sound waves on the interior cone
have full freedom and are entirely pro
tected from contact with external sub
stances.-New York Telegram.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Why They Have No Friends.

Gratitude is a short cut to sincera
and lasting friendship. Some peoD'a
complain that they have no friends
Have they never had favor do"
them2 Why, every man hos had e.
score of favors done him every day ol
his life. Those who bear it in mind,
who say a word of hearty thanks, who
watch chance TO do a favor in return,
never lack friends. New York Ledger.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03

Whiffers-Narrow escape Bliffers had
yesterday, wasn't it?
Miffers-I didn't hear of it.
Whifers-Why, that bore De Cab
BILE buttonholed him on the street and
began telling him all about that first
baby of his, but fortunately just as he
got started a runaway horse dashed
into them, and Differs was killed
Good News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
The African pxcmies.

The name Of dwarfs, applied by some
to these people, has been objected to as
implying deformity or arrested growth,
and therefore conveying a wrong i'm
preston Nothing of the kind can be
said Of the African pygmies, who,
though Of short stature, are well shaped
people of perfectly normal formation. 1t
is true that the Hottentots and Bush
men show f-Hrtain strange anatomical
peculiarities, but these may be said to
be more or less accidental, being. in part
at least, the result of special and IN
favorable conditions of life.
The pygmies are nomadic in their
habits, and neither keep cattle nor till
the ground, but live by hunting and
sharing wild animals and birds, or.
under the most unfavorable circum-
stances, on wild fruits. roots and berries
Their weapons are always bows and ar
rows, the latter usually poisoned-the
+ resource of the weak.
They have no fixed abode, and if they
build shelters at all only construct rude
huts of branches They have no gov
eminent, nor do they form regular com
munities; they usually wander about,
like our gypsies, in hordes composed Of
a few families each. This, however, de
ponds on the nature of the country-in
the parched deserts Of the south they are
not even united to this extent Some
times they are to a certain extent de-
pendent on more powerful tribes, who
afford them protection in return for Ger
tain services. Their notions of the IN
seen, when they have any, would appear
to be of the very crudest Their Ian
guages seem to be distinct from others,
related among themselves and very pc
culiar.-A. Werner in Popular Science
Monthly.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
\ Ten-Year-OId Heroine,

Miss Jeanne Victoire Shook, aged 10,
has been presented by the mayor Of
Portsmouth with the honorary certifi-
cate of the Royal Humane society for
saving her little brothers life in April.
The lad fell from landing stage into
twelve feet of water and must have
persisted had not his sister, who was
unable to swim, jumped in and man
aged to keep him afloat until water
man came and rescued both. The case
is said to be without parallel in the
annals of the Royal Humane society.
New York telegram
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
a Sagacious Collie.

On Saturday forenoon, while a gentle
man was being driven in his private car
rage past the Cross, Paisley, little girl
ran in front of the horse and would in
evitably have been seriously injured but
for the sagacity Of a large collie dog
which was running behind the carriage
and saw the danger. The animal seized
the child's dress and actually swung the
little one round about in his efforts to
extricate her from her perilous position.
She was knocked down, but was not
much hurt.-Pan Mall Gazette.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
COMING ACROSS.
Every sail is fun set, an 4 the sky

Every sail Is fun set, AMI the sky
And the sea bias with light.
And the moon mil her virgins glides on
As St Ursula might:
And tla throb " the pulse never stops
In the heart Of the ship,
As her measures Of water and fire
She drinks down at sip
Yet never can think, rs lie,
And 50 Ecdriy toss.
That by saint, or by star, or by ship
lam coming across
But 10y light that know in dear eyes
That are bent on the sea;
And the touch remember Of hands
That are waiting for me;
BY the light Of the eyes could come,
II the stars should all fail;
And think if the ship should 90 down
That the hands would prevail
All my darIings, you never win know
How pinned in the loss
OF you ALL and how GREATNESS and glad
am coming across.
Helen Hunt
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03

II have heard some admirable au-
dresses before the agricultural society
saws President Northen. of Augusta, Ga
"but n dozen colts on exhibition at the
state fair is better lecture than nave
ever heard on stock, and bale OF me
hay is a finer lecture for grass growing
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03

Ruby light for Photographic purposes,
in spite of all that has been said in favor
of orange green, continues to hold its
own in the dark room, although many
who use it complain of its effect on their
eyes A remedy for this has been found
in the introduction of pane Of ground
glass between the eyes and the ruby.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
clad % &c the census Wan.

One happy census enumerator has
been heard of. He had three towns IN
Baker county for his field Of operations
He says he expected to be well treated.
but such unbounded hospitality as met
him everywhere was complete surprise.
He bought a poor horse to commence
with. and at the close of his work the
horse was fat, and it cost him only Yen
cents for himself and animal for tne
month he was at work When ne went
into 4 settlement the neighbors were az
called in. Thus his labor was Veiy
inch Hphtened, and not man even
hesitated in answering a single qu'7
Florida Letter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Two of a Kind.

Buyer-How much are these trousers, Mr.
Solomons?
Mr.. S.-vel, mein freund, We are yust
givin' dose pants away.
Buyer NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.! I'll
take this pair.
Exit rapidly with trousers. Life.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03

The poet Swinburne is a little man
with a big head, which is fringed with
auburn hair. He is quick and nervous
in his movements and a very brilliant
tallzer. He is bachelor.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
nisn1acinr the Old Masters.

Instructor Cooking over his pupils
work, copying an old master in the Mu-
scum of Art)-Now that's uncommonly
clever. | wonder what they'll do with
the old one when this is finished
Oh ter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Not Eair Question.

"You are heartless, Ethel" " said he.
GLOW can l be if, as you clalm' l
have your hearth said she.-Harpers
Bazaar.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-31
tonight or tomorrow. MIR. Windows
nearest relatives now living are the widow
and three sons Of his brother, who live at
Sterling, III.
ron THIRTY DAYS
The Treasury Department Will be Drapet
In Mourning.

The Treasury department Will he Draped
In Mourning.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-This afternoon the
following executive order waaissued through
the secretary OF state and sent to the other
heads of departments:
Hon. William Window, secretary Of the
treasury Of the United States, died suddenly
last night in the city of New York at the
hour of eleven minutes past ten o'clock. in
the sixty-fourth year Of his age. Thus has
passed away a man OF pure life, Of official
stainless integrity: distinguished by long
and eminent service in both branches Of
congress and by being twice called to ad-
minister the national finances. His death
has caused deep regret throughout the
country, while to the president
and those associated with him in
the administration of the gov
eminent 1t comes as a personal sorrow.
The president directs that all departments
of the executive branch of the government
and officers subordinate thereto shall mani
fest due respect to the. memory OF this
eminent citizen in a manner %consonant with
the dignity of the office which he had
honored by his devotion to his public duty.
The president further Directs that the
treasury department IN all its branches in
the capital be draped in mourning for a
period of thirty days; that IN the day of
the funeral the several executive depart
ments shall be closed and that on all public
buildings throughout the United States the
national flag shall be displayed at half
mast"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-31
SENATE AMI HOUSE
Adjourned Out of Respect to the Memory
of Mr.. WindOm.

Adjourned Out OF Respect to the Memory
of MIR. Window.
WASHINGTON, Jan. &.-Immediately after
the reading of the journal the senate adj
journed as a mark of respect to the late
Secretary Window.
After a few affecting words of tribute to
the worth of the deceased secretary of the
treasury by Representative Dunnell, of
Minnesota, the house, on motion OF MIR.
Mckinley, as a mark Of respect to the de-
ceased, adjourned. The following resolu-
ions were adopted:
Resolved, That the house of representa-
tives has heard with profound sorrow of
the death of Hon. VIM. Window, secretary
of the treasury. who for ten years was a
member of his body and for twelve years a
member of the senate.
Resolved, That a committee of represent
tatives be appointed by the speaker to join
such committee as may be appointed by the
senate to attend the funeral of the late sec
rotary of the treasury on behalf of congress,
and to take such other action as may be
proper in honor of tGv memory of deceased.
and IS an expression of the appreciation by
congress of his public services.
The speaker appointed the following COM
mittee to attend the funeral: Mckinley,
Mills, Dunnell, Holman, O'Neiil, of Penn
sylyania, Forney, Vandever, Blount and
Snider.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-31
MUCH MONEY DIVERTED.
by Minnesota County OGacials N Their
a 3H4A M1M La&Eg T1msIru aM H

by Minnesota County OGicials and Their
Clerks. q
ST.. PAU, Jan. a.--The report made by
the st. Paul grand jury yesterday was the
most sensational ever filed in the county.
Charges were made thRt an immense
amount of money had been diverted from
it's proper channels into the pockets of in
dividuals and that liquor licenses have
been running for months without the city
or county treasurer receiving one cent
therefrom. An indictment was found
against the deputy in the Office of the clerk
of courts on the charge of getting warrants
cashed BY the county treasurer to the extent
of $4,000 on jury certificates made to fic-
titious persons. An indictment was re-
turned against the abstract clerk for ap-
propriating several thousand dollars Ut the
.county's funds to his own use.
From the evidence before it the jury finds
it cost the county $4,000 in excess Of the
receipts to run the abstract clerks Office.
The Jury also recommends a thorough ex-
animation of the books of the county clerk,
auditor and treasurer, to ascertain the full
of money that has been wrong
fully appropriated from the county treas
ufer.