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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
The Jews as Farmers.

The Jew was a great farmer in the
times of the Scriptures. You see every
where in travelling through Palestine
the evidences of scientific farming. The
hills of old Judea were all terraced, and
wall after wall of vines rose in steps
from the valleys to the summit of the
mountains The remains of these ter
races are now to be seen, though the
rains of eighteen centuries have almost
denuded the limestone rocks of their
earth, and the mountains now are only
used for grazing.
Palestine was formerly well wooded
country, and it will probably become
fertile again if trees are planted. 1t
produces the finest fruit in the world.
and the oranges of Jaffa are equal tC
those of the Indian river in Florida
When the million Russians get to Pales-
tine they will probably recultivate the
hills, and an increased rainfall will make
the country again a land flowing with
milk and honey"
One of the Jewish farms is near Jaffa
It has 700 pupils, and it contains some
thing like %, 600 acres. There is one on
the plains of Sharon, which. by the way,
are as rich today as when the Philistines
grew fat on them in the time of Goliah,
and it has tens of thousands of vines and
olive trees. The Jews are continually
acquiring more property in the Holy
Land, and while was in Jerusalem the
Rothschilds bought another tract Of
land to add to their school Frank G.
Carpenter in National Tribune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
CRIME AND CRIMINALS.

Mrs. Jessie Higbee at Brandenburg.
Ky, has been arrested for poisoning her
four children.
Elmer Sharkey and Henry Popp, two
condemned murderers, were hanged at
Columbus, o., last week.
Doc Bolton, who killed J. H. Cavitt,
his wealthy partner in cattle interests in
Mexico, has escaped from prison at Jua-
rez, Mexico.
John Watson, for years head book
keeper to the Meriden Conn. Silver
Plate Company, is short in his accounts,
and has left for parts unknown.
Carl Korth, Treasurer Of Pierce coun-
ty, was arrested at Norfolk, Neb., on a
charge of embezzlement. An investiga-
ton revealed a shortage in the county
funds OF $4,000.
Charles A. Bond, his wife and five
children at Clarksburg, w. Va, are ex-
pected to die from the effects of arsenical
poison administered by young colored
girl employed as domestic in the fam
lily.
One of Toledo's prominent young
brokers, Ed II. Spear, successfully
worked three banks for s., 900. He made
no effort to escape, and stoutlv refused
to give any information as to the where
abouts of the money, but it has since
been learned that he took it to savings
banks and lifted a loan of his mothers.
He sacrificed his reputation for his moth
er's credit.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Personal MENTION.

John Davis of Kansas is the first So
Cialist to be elected to Congress. He is
! "a years old, and has twice been an I'M
successful candidate for Representative.
The wealth Of the Duke Of Westmin-
ster, whose fortune is the greatest in
Europe, is at a careful estimate $50 900,
900, and it is the accumulation of long
ancestry.
The betrothal is announced in Paris OF
Count Forest Divoune, an attache of the
Washington Legation, to Miss Florence
Audenreid Of the Philadel phia family of
| that name.
King George Of Greece is one OF the
most democratic Of rulers. lie has a
thin and rather elegant figure, a fresh
complexion, and is bald. He is a fine
horseman, but prefers walking to riding.
William X. Vanderbilt smokes spe-
cial brand of cigars, which he has i'm
ported from Cuba. Each cigar has a
golden band around it. upon which is
Mr.. Nanderbilt's coat-of-arms. AtwhOle-
sale in Cuba they cost him - cents each.
President Harrison has had this year
a surplus Of from $4,000 to $4,000 to
spend on special repairs and decorations
for the White House, and underthe care
full uperintendence of Mrs. Harrison the
money seems to nave beeil expended
with very good judgment.
Two busts OF John Boyle O'ReilIv by
different sculptors are exhibited in Bos-
ton, but are SHARPLY condemned by the
critics The Advertiser says: "Proba-
bly, nothing in the way Of sculpture will
ever exceed DonoghUe's bust OF O'Reilly,
which he executed just before he went
to Paris"
DR. Chauncey NJ. Depew's dining room
is a spacious apartment, in which forty
guests can easily be seated. The walls
are in dark red to match the mahogany
furniture. and the frieze about them is
formed OF appropriate inscriptions in
Greek, Latin, French and English. A
handsome mahogany sideboard contains
fine display OF rare china that is all of
historic interest.
The new novel on which Thomas A.
Edison and George Parsons LathrOp have
been working con ointly will probably
be ready for the press in January. Mr.
Edison has taken the keenest interest in
the work, and in drawing on his imagi-
nation has hit upon a number of clever
electrical devices which he has thought
it worth while to patent. The book will
contain a number of sketches made by
the invt ntor to illustrate his predictions.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
The Value of knowledge.

A Brooklyn manufacturer paid bill
without murmur the other day, sim
ply on account of the way it was word
ed. His engineer found that the hot
water pump would not work and sent
for a machinist The latter bothered
with it half day and said it must come
apart. This meant stOppage Of the
factory for long time 1t was suggested
that neighboring engineer be sent for,
as he was sort of genius in the matter
of machinery. He came, and after study
ing the pump while he took hammer
and gave three sharp raps over the valve
81 reckon she'll go now" he quietly said,
and putting on steam "she" did go.
1.-The next day." says the manufacturer
Il received bill from him for $25. so
The price amazed me, but when hat
examined the items drew check a
once. The bill read this way: 'Messrs
Blank & Co., DR.. to John Smith-Fo
hNng pump, 80 cents; for knowing how
$40. Had he charged me sos. so for fix
ing the pump should have considere,
1t exorbitant But fifty cents was rea
sonable and | recognize the value O
knowledge; SO paid and said nothing
Brooklyn Eagle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Use of Cold Water.

so rreSn cold water is a powerful alb
Sdon' OF gases. A bowl of water
paced under the bed of the sick room
,lG nequently changed is among the
valuable aids in purifying the air. The
room IN which the London aldermen
81 Is purified by open vessels of wafer
F. H''oeu u different parts of the room
- can be easily inferred from this that
ma'er standing for any length of time
Ia - d close room is unfit for drinking. It
nas frequently been observed that rest
less and troubled sleep has been cor
lecled easily by placing an open vessel
TT water near the head of the bed
Herald of Health.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03

provided, during which suspension Gus
toms officers will prevent the passage of
cars, etc, at their posts.
1t was a year before the instructions
about the Oregon Central forfeiture were
issued. 1t has been three months since
the bill passed FORGETTING the Northern
Pacific lands, and notwithstanding the
constant urging Of the Oregon delega-
ton the instructions have not been is
sued. Senator Dolph sent the following
message to Secretary Noble: 81 beg to
call yonr attention to the necessity for
the early issuing of instructions to Reg
listers and Receivers concerning the exc
cution Of the provisions OF the land
grant forfeiture bill and my recent state
ment to you concerning the same. The
time within which applications to pur-
chase forfeited lands can be made by
parties in possession is limited, and
thousands Of people are waiting to enter
the lands under the land laws" This
may convince the Secretary that the
Senator is really in earnest, and the in
structions are liable to be forthcoming
soon.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

In the House Blanchard Of Louisiana
offered for reference a preamble and res
olution setting forth the financial strin-
gency and iHstructing the Committee on
Banking and Currency to bring in a bill
providing for such increase OF Iegal-ten-
der currency as will bring up circulation
to about $50 per capita.
In the House Blanchard of Louisiana
offered for reference a preamble and res
olution calling for the appointment OF a
committee of five to inquire into the
killing of Sitting Bull and the immedi-
ate causes leading thereto. The commit
mittee is also to investigate the existing
Indian troubles in the Northwest.
The Sunday-closing crusade against
the Worlds Fair has opened in earnest.
On the desk of each Senator and Repre-
sentative the other morning was letter
asking him to declare himself for or
against Sunday opening OF the World s
FaE. The letters bear the signature
the religious editor Of a semi-political
religious New York weekly paper.
At the request of Senator Doll h the
cases known as the Oregon wagon
fOdtl cases nave DGtll Gtlf bllttU Oh the
calendar of the Supreme Court, and are
now set for March after the other March
cases are disposed of. They are suits
brought by the United States for the for
fixture of certain wagon-road grants in
Oregon.
Representative Hermann has secured
an allowance for clerical hire at the Sa-
lem postofiice, by which the compensa-
ton of the chief clerk and two stampers
is increased, and this increased allow
ance is to cover the entire present quar-
ter and continue thereafter. He also
obtained increased mail service from
Prineville in Crook county to Burns in
Harvey county. The cost to the govern
ment for this increase is 1850, and
nearly $4,000 per annum for the entire
service.
Burton of Ohio introduced in the
House a bill to amend the interstate
commerce act by adding thereto section
relative to railroads doing business part
" in the United States and partly in
adjacent foreign countries. 1t requires
such company to obtain from the com
mission a license by virtue of which it is
to obey and conform to the provisions OF
the nterstate-commerce act. For vio-
lation of this act penalties OF suspension
Of the license Of different periods are
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
The Merchandise Market.

RICE-Quote: $3.50 per Genital.
PIcKLEs-Quote: $l.25 5s; $l.l5c IS
SALT-Quote: Liverpool, Sl7, IS, $40 q,
stock, $ll@I2 per ton in carload lots.
Coal OH-Quote: $2.35 per case.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES: Cape Cod, $ll
per barrel
COFFEE = Quote: Costa Rica, 23c
Rio, 2515c; Arbuckle's, roasted, 2634c
per pound.
SUGARs-The market is firm. Quote
Golden G, sac; extra C, 618c; dry gran
ulated, 718c; cube crushed and pow
dered, 758c per pound.
DRIED FRUTs-The market is firm.
Quote: Italian Prunes, 1879 "a lac; Pc
tite and German Prunes, l0c per pound ;
Raisins, $3.50 per box: Plummer-dried
Pears, ll@l2c1a; sun-dried and factory
Plums, Hole; evaporated Peaches.
24c; Smyrna Figs, 20c California Figs,
&c per pound.
CANNED GooDs-Marketi is firm. Quote
Table fruits, 1928, 212s; Peaches, $2.75;
Bartlett Pears, 1925; Plums, $1.65
Straw berries, $3.50; Cherries, S2@2.50
Black berries, 50; Raspberries, 1856
Pineapples, $2.75; Apricots, 81 %. Pie
fruit: Assorted, $3.50 per dozen; Peaches,
Sl.5O; Plums, Sl.25; ckberrIes, 81 to
per dozen. Vegetables: Corn, $l.25
so, according to quality; Tomatoes,
$1.15@3.50; Sugar Peas, 81. 40@1 80
String Beans, Operdozen. Fish: Sal
mon, 81 25@l.50; sardines, 6Oc@$1 go
Holsters, $2@3; oysters, $l.5Om3 25 per
dozen Condensed milk: Eagle brand,
1928; Crown, 81; Highland, 1913;
Champion. S. per case.
NAHs-Base quotations: Iron, 50 20;
Steel, $3.50; Wire, $500 per keg
SHoT-Quote: $1.S5 per sack.
BEANs-The market is firm. Quote =:
Small Whites, 3la@4c; Pink, 33Ic;
Bayos, 4a4c; Butter, 31ac; Limas, SIC
per pound.
HoPs-Tfe market is steau, WIN NOM
inal prices. Quote: 2J@30c per pound.
W0oL-The market is steady. Quote :
Valley, l6@2Oc; Eastern Oregon and
Walla Walla, 100 l6c per pound.
HIDEs-Quote: Dry Hides, selected
prime, S@Slac, &c less for culls; green,
selected, over So pounds, &c; under SIS
pounds, &c. Sheep Pelts, short wool. 81
@5Oc; medium, 60@80c: long, 9Oc@
1925, shearlings, 10000; Tallow, good
to choice, 3d312c.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03

A Spaniard has patented an invention
relating to the manufacture of gloves,
having webs between the fingers, like
those on the feet of water fowl, so that
on spreading out the fingers during the
prOpelling stroke in swimming a com
paratively large surface will be present
ed to the water, and consequently the
propelling action will be greatly in
creased. Apparatus heretofore devised
as aids to swimming have been in most
cases Of a cumbrous, heavy character,
fatiguing to use and subject to become
defective. The inventor claims that his
apparatus is exceedingly simple, besides
being portable and reliable and easy to
use, affoEding firm and sure hold on
the water, and enabling the swimmer
not only to keep himself above the wa
ter, but also to perform rapid evolutions
with facility.
Another method of facilitating swim
ming is reported from England in the
shape OF an invention of a swimming
boot. The boot consists of canvas tops
and wooden sOles, attached to which
are two blades of mahogany (some are
made Of steeD, which close with the
forward motion Of the legs and open
with the backward strokes. The sur
face measurement of the two blades on
each shoe is about IA square inches,
while the total weight of a single COM
plete shoe is about thiry-one pounds, it
being loaded with lead to prevent too
much buoyancy. A public competition
of swimmers provided with this device
and those without it is said to have re-
suited much in favor of the former
Chicago Tribune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Effects of Blood DRINKING

AS to its medicinal value the renor+or
spoke to several physicians. They We're al
most unanimous in saying that the Who'll
practice was based on SUPERSTITION ~
ignorance. Said DR.. J. NJ. MacanIo1,.
There has been an unreasonable hoIisf
since time immemorial that the blood of
freshly slaughtered cattle possessed ~
cult virtues in curing consumntion ~
general exhaustion. This belief obtains
to much larger extent in Eurone tba,'
here. | myself have seen, in the Iar@-o
abattolrs in Paris, rows on rows of 81
people, taken from every rank and 60
ton in life, from the bloated or emaci
ated voluptuary down to the thu
seamstress with hectic flush in bor
cheeks, all intent on their morn.
mgs rations of blood. But it's all
sheer nonsense. In cases where the blood
was said to have effected a cure If wac
something else, generally the more "a
tlonaI mode OF living, which was really
responsible for it. Consumption can Ger.
tainly not be cured with blood. If the
stomach has strong enough digestive power
to assimilate such blood it is strong enou0b
to assimilate milk and bread and meat
things which contain as much or mora
nourishing power than blood And to a
really debilitated system blood as a diet
may prove seriously injurious. A case
which is likely to be benefited by diet Of
OK blood will be more surely benefited nv
more rational and appetizing diet, but
the great panacea is still-as it always
has been-pure air, simple living, plenty of
exercise, regular hours. That's the whole
thlng III nutsheA. Chicago Herald.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
HANDLING FREIGHT IN ENGLAND.
PerishabIe Articles Are Scat as Fast by
Rail as the Mails IRE.

PerishabIe Articles Are scat as Fast by
Rail as the Mails IRE.
CELEBRITY in goods tra ffic seems to have
been a special feat IRE OF English rail-
way management from tie very first.
Speaking broadly, it may be said that
the whole English goolf traffic is now
adavs organized on this basis-that
the railway receives the goods from
the consignor the last thing at night
and hands them over TO the con
signee the first thing next morning. A
Manchester wG7chCuse:nan, for ex-
ample, goes on Change in the middle
of the day and sells gray shirtings for
the China market When the days
business is over, at & o'clock or there
abouts, his own or his agents carrier
delivers the goods to the station, or it
may be that the company calls and
fetches them.
By Z o'clock the cotton is at the sta
ton. By s o'clock it has been loaded
on to the railway trucks. 1t starts at
once on its journey, and reaching Lon
don, which is five miles further from
Manchester than Paris is from Calais,
between 5 and 6 next morning, is un-
loaded with the same celebrity, and the
dray is at the ships side in the docks
before the London agent has reached
his office to open the letters giving no
tice of his consignment Or, to reverse
the process, the Bradford wooden man
ufacturer attends the London wool
sales, buys Cape or Australian wool and
then goes home to bed At Ills next
morning the wool reaches Bradford,
and after breakfast he can set his hands
to work to unpack the bales
1t might be thought that speed such
as this was fast enough for ANYTHING:
but that is not the case by any means.
The warehOuseman does not want his
goods till or 8 o'clock, but the Smith
field market is open to receive meat mt
1 q. H., while Billingsgate is ready for
its fish at 5. Accordingly, fast as the
ordinary goods traffic is carried. the
market traffic as it is called. goes much
| faster yet. Danish butter which left
| Newcastle at 4 p. IN, fish which was
not dispatched from Hull till Z, are IN
loaded alongside at Broad street at 2:15
on the following morning. Two hours
later Broad street sees a yet more re-
markable train-to the best of the
writer's belief the most remarkable
goods train in the world-the Scotch
! fish and meat"
This train leaves Carlisle at S:51 D.
m, two minutes after the Limited"
and half an hour in front of the ''specia.
mail, and this position between two
| fast expresses is maintained hour after
hour all the way to Willesden, till,
finally, it reaches Broad street five min
utes before the mails reach Euston; and
by the time the postman's rap is heard
at our doors the butchers carts from
| Smithfield and the fishmongers carts
from Billingsgate have distributed their
loads half over the metropolis. Need
less to say, a train like this consists en-
tirely of vehicles fitted with spring buff
fers, screw couplings and continuous
brake pipes, and is telegraphed in adj
vance from point to point exactly as is
the case with an ordinary passenger ex-
press, Station Agent.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Adam of ST. Victor.

Adam de st. Victor, who died in or
near the year 1880, was the most fertile
and one of the greatest of all the Latin
hymn writers of the Middle Ages. DR..
j. NJ. Neale and Archbishop Trench each
greatly admired his poetry; and Trench's
collection of hymns contains some excel
lent examples Of Adams work. He was
one OF the NictOrines, or monks of the
aug uouIuIdu inUndot UIy vi 81. T1CJuu.
near Paris. This monastery was, in the
Twelfth century the headquarters of that
pietistic mysticism which arose as a pro-
test against the dialectical and dry scho-
lastic divinity of the time.
1t had wide influence in promoting
popular devotion throughout western
Europe. The other principal Victorine
writers were the eminent Hugh de St.
Victor Q096-1141-whose writings great
ly influenced st. Bonaventura-1221-74
Pierre daily and John Gerson), Rich
ard of st. Victor and Walter de st.
Victor. Hugh was Fleming or Wal
loon, and was the founder of the Sum
mlsts, set of theologians so named
from his ''Summa Sententiarum. Rich
ard died 1873 was the prior of his
abbey, and Scotchman by birth.
Walter was distinguished by the hatred
and contempt he exhibited for the di-
alecticians and "Summists" alike, the
principal of the Summists of his time
being the celebrated Peter Lombard.
called 1.-THE master of sentences. Amer
lean Notes and Queries.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
How Hindu Women Visit


Of course there is no mixed society
among the Hindus; but women of the
same caste, though of different families,
sometimes meet and visit together and
these are occasions of great interest.
They examine each others Jewels and fine
clothing, gossip, relate stories, sing to-
gether, and perhaps do a little match
making among their children. The shoes
are always left at the door. If visit of
ceremony is paid to a superior, a nazar, or
present, is sent half an hour or so in ad
vance; If by superior, a nazar is pre-
sented to the visitor soon after the salu-
tations are made. 1t may be merely one
rupee or plate of nuts and raisins; but
among wealthy families it is usually q
gold mohur, worth about Sc. This is
not taken, however, but is merely touched
with the forefinger with gesture of ac-
ceptance, when it is quietly withdrawn nv
the servant presenting it; or if taken and
retained, present of Jewels or rich cloths
is sent in return
Inc salutatlons are not as elaborate az
Is usual In the Orient. graceful incIin.
alton of the head with a touch of the
fingers of the right hand to the forobood
constitutes the salam, which is also
spoken and means peace" Kindly in
qulIles after each others temper are
made, which are understood to refer n
the health Garlands of flowers or neck,
laces OF beads are sometimes thrown oI-or
the necks of visitors, and altar of roeoo ;s
sprlnkled upon them.-Mrs. F. I Hnra
phrey in Demorest's. I'LL
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Why 1t Is FoOIscap.

1t is often asked why certain kind of
paper is known by the name Of fools
cap" When Oliver Cromwell became
Protector, after the execution of Charles
|, he caused stamp representing the
cap of liberty to be placed upon the pa
per used by the government. Soon af-
ter the restoration of Charles II he had
occasion to use some paper for dis
patches, when some of this paper was
brought to him. On observing the stamp
ne asked its meaning, and on being in
formed he said: Take it away; will
have nothing to do with FOOLS capT
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
PORTLAND MARKET.

WHARF.-THE local market continues
in state of mastery inactivity. The
demand is very light and almost entirely
Tor milling purposes. Open quotations
remain at 81 .20t0l .22l5 for Valley and
l.l0@1.l2la for Walla Walla.
FLoUR-Quote: Standard, $3.90@4.00;
Walla Walla, $3.60@3.80 per barrel.
OATs-The market is firm. Quote ::
White, 56@5Sc per bushel.
MHIsTUFFs - Quote: Bran, $2l .00@
2l.5O; Shorts, $24@24.50 per ton.
HAY-Quote: $16@IS per ton.
VEGETABLES - The market is firm.
Quote; Cabbage, 81 .25@l 80 per GENITAL /;
Caulitiower, 81 per dozen; Celery, Sic
per dozen; Onions, 234@3c per pound !;
Carrots, 81 per sack; Beets, $3.50 per
sack; Turnlps, 81 per sack Tomatoes,
SOC per box; Potatoes, $1.00 per
GENITAL; Sweet Potatoes, 21ac per pound !;
squash, ~ per GENITAL.
FRUITs-The market is steady. Quote :
Tahiti Oranges, So per box; Sicily Lem
ons, $7.50@8 per case; Pears, Ice per
pound; Apples, 60@S5c per box; Grapes,
Sl.25 per box Pineapples, $3.5O@4O0
per dozen; Bananas, 1904 per bunch !;
Ounces, $l.25 per box.
NUTS = Quote: California Walnuts,
l71ac; other varieties, l%c; Peanuts, l2c /;
Almonds, lie; Filberts, l4@15c; new
Brazils, 20c per pound; Cocoanuts, 81 per
dozen.
CHEEsE-The market is steady. Quote:
Oregon, l3@l4c; California, 91a@10c;
Young America, l4@l5c per pound.
BUTTER-QuOte: Oregon fancy cream
cry, 40@42lac; fancy dairy, 371ac; fair
to good. 2712 @3 SOC; common. Z0@25c;
choice California, 371ac per pound.
PoULTRY = Quote: Old Chickens,
$500; young, $3,OOa3.5O; old Ducks,
>5@7; Geese, $1O@1l per dozen; Tur-
keys, l6c per pound.
EGGs-Quote; Oregon, 25c per dozen.