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The morning call., 1893-03-26

irregular white clouds above. The ther-
mOmeter frequently registers % deg above
zero, and from the beginning of October
until the first of June glowing fireplace is
always comforf, most often a necessity.
every morning and evening. The DAYS
from the middle of September until the
first of June, with the exception of those
occasional stormy days Of winter, are en-
ticingly attractive from 10 o'clock in the
morning until 4 in the afternoon. Indian
summer. commencing in Septem Der and lin
gering until Christmas, Is one long, beautiful
dream.
The summers are long and dry, as the
summers OF ratsig- producing province
should be. From the first day OF June
sometimes dating from the latter part of
May-there Is no dew, no drop of moisture
in the air until after the rainy season cem-
mences again. At any time of the night
one may run barefoot over the hills and
fnd tile stiff yerba de ia vivero and soft
mountain earth as warm and as dry as at
high noon. This extreme dryRess, which
has brought raisin-making TO such a pitch
OF perfection, makes the belt an equally
perfect sanftarium. Sickness is almost an
unknown quantity and If one really wishes
10 die be must seek other climes-aDd doe
tors.
Spring commences In January and lasts
until june At twilight there has been a
cloudy sky; at midnight you are first awak-
ened. then lulled to sleep with the patter OF
rain on the roof; in the morning the sun
shines in dazzling spIendor. and a spring
breeze fans your cheek, and so the winter
passes away. When the first rain falls,
whether in Novemberor December, the gray
powders and rocks transmogrify them
selves. They throw aside their Quaker uni
form, turn time backward in its fight and
grow young again. Their whitening, peel
ing skin changes into the softest and most
graceful OF MOSES in variegated shades of
green they frame themselves picturesQuely
in I'll nvaa ofh hrn h., ~,
parviflors, and bowers of running vines.
Some New England poets sing their odes
to the yellow violet as the first flower of
spring; others claim that
The morning call., 1893-03-26
While the trees are leahcss,
While the fields are bare,
Buttereup and daisies
Spring up here and there.

The Fresno foothills are never entirely
bare; each month has its flower or fern
the live oak and pine ate evergreen, and If
there are no Ginevras, Lord Lovells and old
oak chests that close with 4 spring, living
The morning call., 1893-03-26
THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.

LOUISE a. LITTLEToN.
Zebra. March 16. 1868.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10
Fired ON our Flag.

New YORK, Nov. 6.-The Herald's La
Libertad, Salvador, dispatch says: Hon
duras fired upon the American flag this
morning. BY the alleged orders of Pres
ident Vasquez and by the express COM
mand of the commissioner of the port Of
Amapala several shots were fred after
the Pacific Mail steamship Costa Rica,
lying the stars and stripes, as she
steamed away, because she refused to
surrender one of her passengers to the
Honduras government, United States
Minister Baker was on board the Costa
RIGA at the time. The passenger about
whom the trouble arose is p. Bonilla,
who recently led the revolution in Hon
duras, but was defeated by General Vas
quez. He aed to Nicaragua, and de-
cided to leave there IN order to relieve
the government from all responsibility.
He therefore sailed from Nicaragua for
Guatemala. Munster Baker and 100
other passeng gers we're fellow passengers.
They arrived yesterday at Amapala, port
o. entry of Honduras, on the Pacific
coast. In the afternoon Commander Of
the Port Villa demanded that Cap.
tain Dow should surrender Bonilla.
When the request was refused threat
was made to sink the ship, and it is as
serted President Vusquez had given or
ders 70 that effect. Villa, incensed at
the refusal 10 surrender Bonilla, CAV ,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10

orders TO fire on the ship after night
fall, when it was too dark to leave with
safety. The government officer came on
board at $3.50 this morning, saying new
orders had been received from the presi-
dent insisting on the delivery OF Bonilla
or the bombardmsnt of the ship. Cap
tain Dow replied that the commander OF
the port would receive an answer in half
an hour, but before the time expired he
sailed away. Several shots were fred
after the Costa Rica, although carrying
the American flag. One of the shots
struck her, doing no damage, but it is
feared the steamship Callao, of the same
line, which is lying in port, may have
been injured, for the firing continued
some time after the vessel was out OF
range.
The congress OF Honduras conferred
upon General Vasquez the power to make
war on Nicaragua if an invasion OF reVo-
lutionists from that republic shall occur.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10
Honduras Needs a Lesson.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-Secretary
Gresham this morning received a dis
patch from United Sta tes Minister
Baker, who was on board the steamer
Costa RIGA Ampala when fred on by
the Honduras authorities because the
captain OF the vessel refused to surren-
der a refugee from Honduras, on board
as passenger, The dispatch fully con-
firms the press reports OF firing on the
United States flag.
When the ship was in port at AmaIpa
the authorities demanded the surrender
OF Polecaro Barilla, who was recently
concerned in the revolutionary move
ment against the Honduras government.
The captain declined. After the ship
received her clearance papers and while
she was leaving port, six or seven shots
were fired to bring her to. Minister
Baker was on board at the time.
Whether the shots were fired directly at
her or in front is not stated.
The matter was discussed at the cab
met meeting this afternoon. Captain
Dow, who is in command of the Costa
Rica, is the same captain who harbored
Barrundia, who was killed on his ship
several years ago by the Guatema'an
authorities. 1t has been establish ed
that political refugee who is a passen-
ger, as Barilla was, can not be taken
from the ship which he is on. The
chance presence of a United States min
lister on the vessel in this case is not
considered to make any difference in the
diplomatic aspects Of the case. Moth
ing could be learned of what reply was
sent to Minister Baker, or what are the
steps proposed to be taken in the mat
ter. The United States steamship ALI
ance sailed yesterday from San Jose to
Acajutla in Salvador. Whether this
movement was occasioned by the incl
dent is not stated at the department.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10
MARK TWAIN'S LATEST.

A magazine is usu ally satisfied with
one strong feature for the month. The
Cosmopolitan, however, presents for No
Vember no less than five very unusual
ones. William Dean Howells gives the
first of the letters of the traveller who
has been visiting this country from AL
truria. We have read Mr.. Howells i'm
preston of the Altrurian; but in this
first letter we have the Altrurian's i'm
pressions of New York, with some COM
ments upon our government and society,
calculated to awaken the most conserva-
tive minds. The second f ature OF the
Cosmopolitan is the portion OF the mag
azine given up to collar work, no less
than ten superb color illustrations being
presented for the first time in magazine
history, accompanying an article by Mrs.
Roger A. Pryor on Charges in Woman's
Costumes. The third feature is cam
erican Notes." by Walter Besant, who
was recently in America and is doing the
United States for The Cosmopolitan la
Dickens. The fourth feature is an ar
ticle by General Badeau on "The Forms
of Invitation Used by the English No
bility." The article is illustrated by the
facsimile OF cards to the Queens draw
ing-room, to dinner at the Princess OF
Wales, and to many leading houses OF
England. Finally, we have a new and
very curious story by Mark Twain,
called "The Esquimau Maiden's Ro-
nance" 1t is in his happiest vein and
is illustrated by Dan Beard. The No
vember number presents the work OF
many artists, among whom are @. S.
Reinhart, Otto Guillonnet, j. H. Har-
per, q. Hudson, Franz Won Lenbach,
George Wharton Edwards, F. Schuyler
Matthews, Dan Beard, W. l.. Sontag,
Jr., F. G.. Atwood, Q. Hirschberg, j.
Habert-Dys, August Franzen, Louis j.
Read, j. n. Hutchins and Hamilton
Gibson. You can get the Cosmopolitan
and the HERALD, both one year for $3.50
in advance.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10
How Lead Pencils Are Made.

Few people are aware Of the difficult
ties that were surmounted in the manu-
facture of the common lead pencil. In
the first place the graphite of which it
is made is rarely found sufficiently no.
mogenous to allow pencil lead to be out
from it, 30 it is always ground to pow
der and then pressed into blocks. The
great difficulty was to press the blocks
until the graphite was hard enough to
use, and for many years every effort in
this direction was defeated by the crum-
bly, nature of the material. Finally q
device was employed that exhausted the
air, after which the blocks were again
pressed, and when this was done the ma
terial was found to be as hard as when
taken from the quarry. But thousands
upon thousands of dollars were spent in
experiments before the result was reach
ed.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10
Cremation and Disea.e.

In the efforts to prevent the spread OF
infectious diseases there is no drawback
SO difficult to overcome as the burial Of
the dead in the ground. The microbes
of disease are very tenacious Of life, and
they will remain with the dead for a
period of 100 years. The microbes may
die, but their spores or seeds have the
vitality to live, and upon coming into
favorable surroundings they will quick
ly develop. In digging up old burial
places, scarlet fever, diphtheria and
smallpox have been let loose so that cpl
denies followed. In Quebec smallpox
epidemic followed the digging up GEM
etery where the people had been buried
for over 100 years. Similarly In England
O scarlet fever epidemic followed the re-
moval of dead bodies from country
parish churchyard.
But occasionally epidemics seem to
break out In the neighborhood Of Gem
eteries without any apparent cause. OAR
win, however, showed 90 years ago that
earthworms completely turned over the
soil of every part Of the earth in given
time, and now Pasteur comes out with
positive proof that the earthworms
bring up disease germs and microbes
from dead bodies buried several feet be-
low the surface. Those who die from
infectious diseases are not only menaces
to their friends while they are sick, but
their dead bodies are constant dangers
to the public health.-Yankee Blade.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10
An Anecdoto Of Artemus ward.

Artemus Wards companions were o
band of brilliant young Bohemians for
whose kind the metropolis now contains
no room. They were the last of their
kind, and most Of them lived but brief
lives. They produced much that was
brilliant, but nothing that lasted. Arte-
mus alone won enduring fame. The 9TH
ers were writer's, actors and minstrels.
The brothers Dan and Neil Bryant were
eminent members of the clan, together
with Charles Dawson Shanly and shin
ing cluster of young men about town.
One Of the latter, who lived to become q
staid merchant, used to relate with glee
how on leaving the little theater in
Twenty-third street late one evening in
company with Artemus, Shanly AMI
Neil Bryant the trio broke out In joyous
carol.
The song was interrupted by one Of
the then despised metropolitan police
men, who roughly ordered them to stop
the noise. At this rude interruption
Artemus stopped his song, and turning
threw himself upon the broad bosom Of
the astonished policeman and gave way
to gush of passionate tears. bis friends
endeavored to calm him, and the en-
barrassed officer, half choked by his
warm embrace, begged him to desist,
which he did with the declaration that
''the metropolitan policeman is the no
blest work of Gods This sentiment Be-
cured escape and a continuance of the
song.-Don G. Seitz in Century.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10
Familiarity With Snakes.

Familiarity with the snake breeds toll
Grafton. He is lawless sort of creature
certainly, with too many vertebr@ and
no eyelids, but he is not always SO hor-
rible as he is imagined. A snake IS =sth
err a pleasant thing to handle than other
wise-warm, firm, dry, hard and smooth
on the scales, rather like ivory to the
touch. He is also deal heavier than
you expect. When for good behavior /
have been admitted to Tyrrell's inner
sanctum at the ZOO and to the corridors
behind the lairs, where hang castoff
skins like stockings on a line, l have
handled many of his pets. have never
got quite as far as rattlesnakes, because
rattlesnakes have blackguardly, welsh
ing look that 1 don't approve. But there
is Robber island snake about feet
long with no poison who is very pleasant
company.-Arthur Morrison in Strand
MapaziDa
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10

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The children's knee suits at Black
mans store are receiving much praise
from their patrons, and the prices are
SO low, and quality SO good, that every
purchaser feels when he gets home as ii
he had struck big bargain.
Blackman Bros. have opened up fine
stock OF mems and youths fall weights
in over-shirts and underwear; also an
assortment Of harvester's gloves at from
so cents to 81 per pair.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION.

In the Superior Court of the State OF Washlng
ton, in and for Whitman County.
E. H. Letterman plaintiff, VS.. Thomas Neil
Ada NJ. Neil, his wife; Pullman Bottllng works,
n corporst;on; w. J. Lemp Brewing Co., cor
poration; and William 3. Mason, E. Erhmsn, A.
n. Mallory and ID. Erhman, co-partners doing
business under the firm name and style OF Ma
500, Erhnan & Co., defendants.
The State of Washington, to the said Thomas
Neil, Ada NJ. Neil, his wife; Pullman Bot
Ting Works, a corporation; w. J. Lemp SreW-
ing Co., a corporation; and William 3. Mason,
n Frhman, A. H. Malleroy and nj. Erhman,
co-nartners doing business under the firm
name and style of Mason, Erhman Co., de-
PENDANTS.
You are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty (2O) days after the completion OF the
service of this summons upon you, exclusive OF
the date of said completion tsix weeks after
date of first publication of this summousl and
defend the above entitled action in the Court
aforesaid, and answer the complaint Of plaintiff,
and serve a copy of your answer upon the under
signed attorney for plaintiff, at his office below
stated; and in ease of failure to so appear, Judg
ment will be rendered against you according Ia
the demand Of the complaint, which will be
filed with the clerk Of said Court. The nature
of the demand set forth in the complaint is as
follows To foreclose a certain mortgage fol
the sum of five hundred dollars $500, dated
August 9th, 1891, due on the tirst day or De
cember, 1892, bearing interest at the rate OF ten
Der cent per annum, upon the following land
The east rs feet of lot four a. in block seven
teen IN in the town of Pullman, given by j
W. Thompson, Thomas Nein and Ada NJ. Neill
his wife, to the Pullman Land Il Improvement
Co. %, and by it assigned to W. V. Windus, anc
by said W. V. Windus assigned to the plaintiff
and for the further sum of fifty dollars atter'
news fees, and for the costs and disbursement
of this action.
c. NJ. STkARNs, Attorney for Plaintiff
P. o. Address, Pullman, Washington.
First publication Oct ID.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10
AneIicata OnmnIiment

To be able to compliment without
seeming to fatter is rare gift, and
probably no race of men are endowed
with that gift more extensively than the
French.
An example of the Frenchman's rare
tact in matters Of this sort is shown in
that sweet little story of man who had
ventured to compliment white haired
old lady upon her beauty.
"Ah," said she, II fear you fatter me-
You call me pretty? Why, am an old
woman, my hair is white, and see, here
is wrinkle"
"a wrinkle?" he replied. Never, ma
dame; that is not wrinkle. 1t Is but a
smile that has drifted from its moor
ings." -Harper's Young People.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10
A Fleeing Smuggler Shot.

WHATcoM, Nov 6.-Harry Hall, SNUG
gler, arrested here two weeks ago with
Is five tael cans of opium in his possess
ion, was shot TO-DAY while attempting
to make his escape from Deputy United
States Marshal McGinnis, who has
started TO take him and Chm Kee Hong
to Seattle for examination before the
United States grand jury. Hall, as he
calls himself, though admitting it is not
his real name, was shot in the leg and
taken back to Jail. The wound is not
dangerous, but will prevent his removal
for few days. The man seems to be
well educated and is said to belong to a
good family.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10
Three Hundred Slain,

MADRID, Nov. 4.-From Santander,
Spain, comes frightful story of explo
sion, fire, havoc and death. The steam
er Cabo Muchieaco, of Balboa, arrived
with cargo of dynamite, the nature of
the cargo being unknown TO the author
tiles. Last evening the vessel took fire.
and the fire department hurried to the
scene to prevent spread OF the flames to
other shipping, docks, and adjoining
buildings. The governor of the prov
inoe, the chief municipal officers and
many leading citizens were superintend-
ing the work of subdulng the flames,
just as the news spread that the vessel
contained dynamite and the people
started panic stricden from the scene,
the flames reached the terrible cargo, and
with deafening roar it exploded, scat
tering death, fire and destruction on
every side. Wharves, shipping and
neighboring houses we're torn to frag-
ments. The whole city was shaken as
if by an earthquake, and windows were
shattered in every house for miles
around. Among the prominent people
killed is the governor of the province,
who was on deck fighting the flames in
the front rank. Others killed are sever
al representatives of the provincial and
municipal governments. Fire at once
broke out in the ruins OF the shattered
buildings, and spread to those still stand
ing with great rapidity, The inhabit-
ants were SO dazed by the shock of the
explosion that they were unable for
long time to do anything to stay the
spread of the fire, which, as this dis
patch was sent, was eating its way from
house to house, threatening destruction
of the entire city.
All those on board or near the dyna-
mite steamer, and all those on board q
tugboat near her, as we'll as the officers
and crew of the transatlantic steamer
Alphonse XII, we're killed by the explo-
sion The body of the civil governor
was recovered, as well as the bodies of a
number of other officials. Among those
reported killed is the Marquis Pombo.
Every possible assistance has been sent
to Santander, whose hundreds of doc
tors are already at work. Troops sent
to the spot are also rendering great SER
vice in blowing up buildings across the
pathway of the flames in the districts
still threatened with conhagration. No
definite estimate of the loss of life had
been received up to the hour when this
dispatch was sent, but there has yet
been no denial of statements made in
private and other dispatches to the eff
feet that the death list will be figured
by thousands instead of by hundreds,
LATER. 1t is now officially estimated
that the dead will lumber over 300.
The number of missing and injured is
enormous. Many injured are DIV ing ow-
ing to want of prompt medical assis-
lance.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10
pOr,Iand IndustriaI ExpOsltiOn.

s2O.75 will buy ticket, Pullman 70
Portland and return via the Union faci-
fc system, including an admission ticket
10 the Portland industrial exposition.
Tickets on sale Wednesday, Septem-
her 81, and Monday, Wednesday and
Friday of each week for 80 days follow
ing.
For sleeping car accommodations and
any information call on or address.
Z. O. HUFFMAN.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10
Ghosts Are Very Old Too.

1t has been the current opinion for CEN
turtles that places of burial are haunted
especially after nightfall with specters,
ghosts and other apparitions. Persons
who have investigated this matter de-
clare that the ghost idea was prevalent
before Noah built the ark. Even Ovid
has put himself on record as believing
that spirits occasionally left their sepul-
cheers and wandered about seeking whom
they might devour.-St. Louis Republic.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10
snMMONs BY PUBLICATION.
STATE OF WASHINGTON, 90
County of v hitman.

STATE OF WASHINGTON, On
County of Whitman. SIS
To A. s. Boone.
You are hereby notified that Martin Gender
and A. b. Drinkwater, oo-partners as Gender d
Drinkwater, have fled a complaint against you
in said court which will come on to be heard at
nay office in the City of Pullman, Precinct No.
Al, in Whitman County, State of Washington,
on the 25th day Of November, 1898, at the hour
of 10 o'clock a. M, and unless you appear and
then and there answer, the same will be taken
as confessed and the demand of the plaintiff
granted. The object and demand of said plain
tiffs is to recover judgment against you for the
sum Of Sixty-eight Dollars and Mighty five
Cents. $55,25 thereof for labor and services
rendered you by plaintiffs as blacksmiths at
your special instance and request: $500 for
drugs sold and delivered You at your special in
stance and request by Il, j. Jackson, and $1,000
thereof for medical service rendered you by j.
l.. Powell at your special instPnce and request,
which two last mentioned amounts were for a
valuable consideration sold and assigned by the
said Jackson and Powell TO plaintiffs who are
now the legal owners and holders thereof.
Complaint filed October %, 1893.
WALTER RUBLE, Justice of the Peace.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10

Ethel-Tommy Prescott's mamma Is
deaf. That must be awful!
Johnny-Oh, I don't know. I'll bet
she never tells him that little boysshould
be seen and not heard!-Brooklyn Lifa.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10
Your Picture ENLARGED

L am now giving my time to the en-
larglng of pictures and finishing same
in crayon at prices as low as the lowest,
considering quality OF work. Also view
ing in the city or country promptly at
tended to. A supply of large frames on
hand at all times. L. TAYLOR,
Pullman, Wash
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-11-10
NOT T(11 J

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