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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-12
Oneer Things About Fishes.

Mr.. A. e. Verrill describes the ways
in which fishes sleep. They are very
light sleepers, and frequently assume
singular positions; but the most re-
markable thing is the change of color
many of them undergo while asleep.
Usually their spots and stripes become
darker and more distinct when they
fall asleep. Occasionally the pattern
of their coloraton is entirely changed.
The ordinary porgy, for instance, pre-
Sents in the daytime beautiful rides
cent hues playing over it's silvery sides,
but at night. on falling asleep, it takes
on a dull bronze tint. and six cOnspicu-
Gus black bands make their appearance
on its sides. If it is suddenly awaken
ed by the turning up of the gas in the
aquarium 1t Immediately resumes the
silvery color that it shows by daylight
Mr.. Nerrill ascribes these changes to
the principle of protective coloration,"
and points out that the appearance of
black bands, and the deepening of the
spots, serve to conceal the fish from
their enemies when lying amid eel
grass and sea-Weeds.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-12

If the angel Gabriel has enterprise,
he will take kaleidoscope pictures of
the way the graves yawn on that noted
horn-blowing event
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-12

Washington, June 8.-Secretary Sher-
man has received the following cable
gram from United States Minister Tay-
lor at Madrid: THE queen regent has
expressed unqualified approval of the
present Cuban policy by reappointing
the Canovas ministry unchanged, AZ
that was the only question really in
VOlVed"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-12
Four Counterfeiters Gagged

San Francisco. June 9.-Arthur Gill
roy, Fred Williams, James F. and Kate
Rogers have been arrested by Secret
Service Agent Harris in this city upon
the charge of being implicated with
dentist named Stark in the counterfeit
ing of IS pieces,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-12

Jack-Was yours a long courtship old fel-
low?
Will-Gracious no. My wife had nine little
brothers and sisters.
"Really What difference did that make?'
what difference? Well If you had to bride
a crowd like that to keep out of the parlor
every time you went to see your girl you'd
coon want to cut expenses Boston Traveller.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-12

After a man becomes old and worth
less there is no place for him to sit
down when he comes down town.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-12

81 woke up in the night, but couldn't tell the
time. MY watch had stopped"
what kind of a watch is it?'
cone of those silent midnight Watches
Taxas Strings.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-12
seeking q Chinere Contrnct.

The contract for the Chinese railway, pro-
nosed between Pekn and Hankow, a distance
Of 1900 miles, is made subject Of a special
Commission to be sent from Belgium to China.
The narties seeking this contract are Belgian
manufacturers but the king and his ministers
are said to be interested in it.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-12
Nominations.

Washington, June 9.-The president
has sent the following nominations To
the senate: Frank A. Leach. California,
superintendent of the mint. San Fran
cisco; William NJ. Lynch. Louisiana.
assayer of the mint at New Orleans.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-12

At Schenectady. n. Y, metal polish
ers, painters and brewers organized
unions.
Quite a large crowd of Chicago con-
tractors. builders and business men
have combined TO smash sympathetic
strikes
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-12

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
God-send to me.-Wm. Il. McClellah
Chester, Florida. Sept, II, 1890
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-12
Lnsses in Battle.

Italy had O,450 white troops engaged
at Adava; of these 1907 were killed in
the battle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-12

The tanners and curriers' strike at
Chicago was again lost. Many OF the
men have been blacklsted.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-12

Jiddah, Arabia, June S.-Several cases
of sickness, believed to be bubonic
plague, have occurred here.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-12

Berne, June S.-HeaVy floods are re-
ported from various parts of Switzer-
land, which have caused considera bic
damage to crops.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-12

Stockholm, June S.-Baron Dickson,
the Arctic explorer. died Sunday.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-12

Modem, Mass, June 9.-Commander
George P. Wingate, u. S. N, of the
Charleston navy yard, is dead.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-15

began, too, in small way, to manufac-
ture cast steel, he having discovered,
after many years. experimenting, a new
method of making it. In 1918 he en-
larged the place in Essen, so as to run
60 smelling furnaces. But Friedrich
Krupp died young. not yet 40. in 1926,
and it was his son Alfred, then but a
boy of IA. upon whom devolved the task
of extending the works.
1t was during the long life of this re-
markable man that Krupps became a
household word. The whole appear
ance of Alfred Krupp, however, shows
him to have been a man of rare parts,
of clever foresight, boldness in execu-
ton and planning. The first acknowl-
edgment of the excellence of the goods
turned out by Alfred Krupp came in
1851, at the London universal exposi-
ton, when he took first prize for solid
block of cast steel, weighing 2K tons
and flawless in quality. In 1854 he be-
gan to make guns, with which, in 1855.
at the Paris exposition he created a sen
sation among the artillery men of the
world. These two successes, wrested
from the interesting lips of foreign ma
tions, smoothed the way for him.. and
it was ever after plain sailing, although
industrial crises. of course, played their
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many, several large iron mines tn Bill.
.bao. Spain; the big shooting place il
keppen, and another one ii Dulmen,
three sea-going steamers and NUMBER
OF smaller river vessels, quarries Of
stone. clay. sandstone. and last. but not
least. the huge Germania ship yards in
Berlin,an Kiel.
The latter are now being enlarged
into the biggest shipy in the world.
80 as to enable Germany to build IN
her own yards any and an vessels for
commerce, pleasure and thesnayy she
may need in the future and thus render
her wholly Independent Of British
yards. The shooting places, where the
artillery experts Of the world come
from time to time to test new types Of
ordnance invented or improved by
Krupp, are the largest in the world.
notably the one at Keppen. near Essen.
It was there. on April %. 1892. in the
presence Of the German emperor. that
a shot was fired out of a324-centimeter
gun whose steel-clad shell weighing
nearly 500 pounds) was projected q dis
lance Of 20.226 meters. or over Is Eng
lish miles, 4 feat hitherto unrivaled;
and still later. last fall, the emperor
witnessed tests with the new quick
firing naval guns which were even more
astonishing.
It was because Of all these triumphs
of mechanical skill that Krupp received
the fattering cognomen of the ''gun
king" Up to this hour he has sold to
the armies and navies of the world near
W 10000 guns Of largerealiber. In his
enormous works in Essen there sare.S6
kilometers $50 English miles) Of ma.
terial of his own. effecting the internal
communication with 10 locomotives and
SIT cars; telegraph lines S. miles in
length, telephone lines of 100 miles,
430 steam ell kines, Ill triphammers and
1000 engines and labor-saving machin.
cry driven by steam or electricity. In
all, there are at this hour $500 la
borers and mechanics in his employ,
and with their dependents the army iiv.
ing on the proceeds of the Krupp works
numbers over 100000.
The wealth that has gradually, with
in three generations. accumulated in
the hands of the Krupps is enormous
In taxes alone he pays to Prussia and
the empire over 1000 marks Tor $50.
O0O) per annum. And yet the Krupps
have always been most charitable anc
liberal. At the demise of Alfred KrupK
it was figured up that he had spent dur
ing his long life something like 10000.
900 marks in charities alone, and hi.
son is, due to the larger means ane
larger property at his disposal. ever
more free-handed still. For iron
workers throughout Germany it is con
sidered the highest obtainable boon t
get a place with Krupp. And no wonder
since he pays the highest wages, never
goes beyond certain reasonable rate
in over hours. no matter how great tn,
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i con q. = 50, unti the ~
Of the rel ulars go hon of the con9rresl.
in December next.
The greatest number OF people affect-
ed by the failure of the speaker to ap-
point the committee viii be found
among the old soldiers. their families
and friends. The rules Of the pension
Office ara strict, and apparentl y unjust
in some cases. Consequently there ars.
many old soldiers who can never rs
ceive pensions unless they can secure
special acts Of congress. But no pri-.
vats pension bill can Sc passed. except
by unanimous consent, I because ttlere
Il no committee on pensions. Before
pension bin can be considered in the
house it must be referred to the COM
mittee on pensions, and Be favorably
reported BY that COMMITTEES. But there
IL no commute on pensions, and there
will be no committee on pensions un-
til next December. Consequently tho
old soldiers and their friends must de-
fer their hopes until the beginning OF
thesreEuiar session.
/, Theresars many ambitious cities in
the country. with populat lions Of TO-
600 or more. who desire that the gov
ernments shall appropriate money for
public buildings
The same rule applies 70 these bills.
They are Ill to be referred to tho co.,
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enough for shooting il he should join in

enough for shooting The should join IN
the pursuit.
In the meantime the man was swear
ing by all the gods that he would never
speak OF having seen anyone. cut the
cords from his wrists and told him that
knew no oath that we might administer
to him would have the least weight, so
that to swear him would be a waste Of
time, but OF course we would be glad and
thankful if he would say nothing Of hav-
ing seen us. However, whether he
would or not. he was free to return 70 his
home, and we saw no more Of the man
until he came as witness before the
grand jury at Faribault. That night We
all together crossed the Blue Earth river
on the railroad bridge, and the next
night we separated, Pitts remaining with
myself and brothers.
In regard to our capture at Madelia,
Sept Fl, 1876. only wish to say that the
account of it which appeared recently in
the newspapers to the effect that Sheriff
Mcdonald with $50 men of Sioux City,
Iowa, took us prisoners, is incorrect.
We were captured by about fifty citizens
of Watonwan county, led BY Sheriff Gill
lespie and Captain w. w. Murphy. of
the same county. Captain B. G. Yates,
now of st. Paul, was also one Of the
party. At the time Of our capture Pitts
was killed and my brothers and myself
were badly wounded. Bob has since
died, and Jim and myself, for more than
twenty years, have been prisoners. I
will leave it to Sheriff Barton and the
wardens of this institution to speak Of
US during the past twenty years have
~ Taokasnz Va<ae o~l
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pressure of his customers, and looks
after the welfare of his men and their
families as kind father would. There
are, besides the moneys paid by the
state insurance scheme, special funds
out of which the widows and orphans of
Krupps' men receive liberal pensions,
and out of which accidents, old age,
marriage, sudden death, ETC., are de-
frayed. Hardly any national holiday
or other special occasion passes by with
out Krupp making further large gift
of million or so into these funds.
And the mechanics colonies built by
Krupp for his men in Essen and else
where are, indeed, models, in a much
higher sense than the tenements of
Pullman. AS for the higher classes of
employees in Krupps' pay, the case is
similar. Some of his engineers receive
in salaries and commissions, or boun-
ties, 10000 to $4,000 marks per annum,
and among them are the directors serv-
ing under the chief of the firm are re-
tired army colonies, and men of similar
standing.
WOLF Won SCHIERBRAND.
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ALFRED KRIrPP

(Founder Of the Present Great Establish
ment.)
over the globe. His make stands to-day
as shining complication Of what
that shibboleth made in Germany"
invented by English fear of competi-
ton. and originally intended to injure
those goods, may really come to mean.
There is to-day no other establishment
of a similar character in the world of
such magnitude and Of such an ex-
tensive and varied field of usefulness;
not even the state concerns of Wool
forth or of Toulon or Sherbourg can
compete with it. And what makes this
all the more wonderful is the fact that
the whole is the creation of one man,
a private citizen of small means but
enormous energy and keen knowledge
of affairs. Or rather. to put things more
precisely, it is the creation Of three men
grandfather, son and grandson.
For it was in 1912 that the grand
father of the present owner, Friedrich
Krupp, founded the firm which has
since developed to such. gigantic pro-
portions. He had small capital and he
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mittee on public buildings and grounds-
But the speaker has appointed no such
committee, and the bills cannot be con-
sidered by the house until they have
been favorably reported by that COM
mittee.
Congressman deceive their constitu-
ents very often, in plausible manner.
For example, an old soldier in coun-
try town applies for pension, through
congressional enactment. The con-
gresham introduces the bill. The gov
eminent printing Office on the follow
ing day prints 100 copies of the bill, in
large type. The congressman sends
four or five copies of the printed bill to
his constituent. The printing costs him
nothing. 1t is an official document,
and is carried through the mails free
of charge. The congressman thus gives
his constituent to understand that he
is in fair way to get pension. The
constituent receives the printed bills,
and shows the copies. to his friends.
They do not know how hard it is to
get a bill through congress; and they
man is great man, who has done
great thing. AS matter of fact, the
introduction of a bill in congress is as
easy as dropping a letter in the post
Lmce. The congressman simply drops
the bill in what is called 1.-THE bill box
and the clerks and the government
printing office do the rest.
Then there is another thing which
the people do not understand. They
get up big petitions to congress pray
ing that certain legislation be enacted.
The congressman receive these petit
tons, but they pay no heed to them
OF course they each write letter to
the man whose name heads the petition
and say to him: II have received the
petition and to-day presented it to the
house of representatives. 1t was re-
ferred to the proper committee and
will receive consideration in due time"
When you send petitions to congress
and receive such letters you. may Al
well understand that you have been
wasting time. There is a petition
box" in the house of representatives.
Your congressman simply drops your
petition in that box and It is taken in
charge by the clerks, who fold it, send
it to a committee, where 1t is filed
away and forgotten. There is moth
ing in it. congressman do not pay any
attention to petitions.
In the senate there is no bill box
and there is no petition box" In that
body each senator arises in his place
and formally introduces a bill or Pc
tition and his remarks are printed
daily in the Congressional Record. The
Congressional Record is sent to tens of
thousands of constituents, SO that they
may read@that their senators have pre-
scented their bills and petitions. But
they go their way to the graveyard Of
pigeon-holes; just the same as they do
in the house of representatives.
This is the way legislation is carried
on in the two houses of congress of this
republic. where it is claimed that all
men are born free and equal.
IS. SMITH d. FRY.
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DROPPING A BILL INTO THE BOX.
get together and work together and
vote together. They talk with each
other in the committee rooms about
their bills, and tell each other how i'm
portant it is for each of them to secure
the passage of bills, in order that they
may be renominated and reelected to
congress. A fellow feeling makes them
sympathetic towards each other. All
Of them want to continue in public life;
and they can do 50, by each Others aid.
Consequently, they secure favorable re-
ports from committees, and if they can
bring their several bills before the house
Of representatives, they vote for each
Others bills. All they need is public
consideration, in order to secure the
passage Of their pet measures. Speaker
Reed has shut them all of.
Under the standing rules Of the house
cred, unless it has been favorably re-
ported from regular committee. ex-
eept "by unanimous consent. Even
under existing rules, if a popular mem
Der of congress receives recognition
from the chair, and can induce the
house to give Unanimous consent" he
can have bill passed. But there is
always some one man in the house Of
representatives who opposes the pas
sage Of bills in that way, and when
Unanimous consent is asked, some
body shouts: MIR. Speaker, I object. !" s
That settles it. AS long as one mem.
Der objects there can be no e.unani-
NOUS consent" and hence the bills can
not be considered.
Speaker Reed has decided that he will
not now appoint any Of the committees
Of the house. That power is placed IN
J his hands. The senate appoints its com
mittees By election; but the house d
representatives confides that impor-
tant power to the speaker alone, and he
can appoint the committees when he
gets ready Speaker Reed does not In
tend to appoint the commit tees for the
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present Head Of the Great Krupp works.)
part, too, in the welfare and receipts of
the firm. Ceaselessly the Krupps made
improvement after Improvement in the
manufacture of their goods, but it was
particularly in heavy ordnance that
they began to excel, little by little,
every other firm in the universe, so that.
as the years went BY. orders came from
every quarter of the. globe, from Tunis
and the Cape of Good Hope, from Persia
and Turkey, from Central and South
America, from Australia and Poly
nesia. $50
When Alfred krupp died at last, not
long since, full Of years and honors, he
left an establishment the like Of which
does not exist elsewhere. To day his
son Friedrich continues on the same
path, and few ventures Of gigantic
size have been made since his acces-
sion Beside the enormous cast steel
works in Essen the following indus
trial establishments belong to him:
The steel works IN Annan, the Gruson
iron works in Buckau,near Magdeburg;
three smelling works. three huge coal
mines. . score Ct iron mines in Ger
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Deficient In one Point.

Johnnie Washer has been calling very
regularly at the McGinnis mansion in
Harlem, but fails to come to the point
as far as proposing to Birdie is con-
cerned. H..
''He is such learned mani" ex-
claimed Birdie, rapturously. HE
knows how to explain everything"
Except his object in calling here
so often to see you,'' said Mrs. McGin-
mis-, prosaically.-N. Y. World.
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His Mistake.

II am laying up my treasures In
Heaven, he asserted.
# you anticipate drawing upon them
after death" she said. II wouldn't
waste time laying them up there
It was her tone and not her words,
however. that told him that she intend
ed to marry some one who had few
laid up on earth. Chicago Post.
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Premature Conclu.ion.,

THAT was my Cousin George was
out driving with yesterday afternoon.
You ought to see him manage team.
He is the most expert driver with one
hand ever saw"
drove with one hand. did he, Miss
Julia? think understand"
Sir! He talked to me with the other
one. He is deaf and dumb. - Chicago
Tribune. 60. - =
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.KRUPP AN HIS l) j x

Especial Berlin Lettsr.,

Tall oaks from little acorns grow
This proverb finds striking illustra-
ton in the rise and growth OF krupp's
world-famed establishments in Essen
and elsewhere. Wherever you 90 to-
day you will find some Of the COM
modities manufactured BY Krupp. and
the name itself, next to Bismarck's. is
probably best known German name all
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In Boston.

H-You are fair to me as yonder
golden moon!
she-What do you mean by such an
insult? s4s:
Neutrality-suspicious. have / said?
She (relenting)- After all, you are
from New York, you say; therefore,
possibly you are not aware that the face
of the moon is covered with volcanic
eruptions.-Yellow Kid Magazine.
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ALL he Could Do.-The Wife Two
weeks ago you said my husband couldn't
live. and now he's nearly well. y The Doc
tori dam, can only express my re-
grets. PUCK. ~ IS
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when az Awaken,n~ c.me

''Let me see,'' said one old friend of
another, returning to town after an abb
sence of several years; you were in
love with that Coldslaw girl, once,
weren't you % -..=s 81.
Yes, indeed, replied his friend, with
a chuckle.
.'How long did it last 2''
Until we got married. 2 Yonkers
Statesman.
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Didn't Scare Him = hit.

Old MillyunsY Young man, my daugh-
ter tells me that you kissed her last
night. S..
Percival loot Well, il she wants
to go around Dragging about It. that's
her privilege Cleveland Leader.
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He Wanted to Know

11S ~ O10CU ~ a1AAUvVs
The Bright Yonngster Mamma, Il
Tn good win I goto Heaven?
The Mamma-Yes.d dear. s.@ss
The Bright YoungsterHown I get
back ?-C incinnatiCo Commercial Tribune.
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L IT is high, solemn, almost awful thought
for every Individual man that his earthly
influence, which has had commencement,
will never, through all ages. were he the
very meanest Of us, have an end.-Carly1e.