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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

The servant girl has new champion
In no less person that Professor Cum.
mings of Harvard University. whose
paper on the subject Is the outcome OF
much research and thought. The ser.
CANT girl question is an old one; won.
en- have tried to solve Ii, but in an un.
systematic way, which has resulted
only in spasmodic reforms. Professor
Cummings suggestion is to place do
nestle service in the line of trade.
governed by union, which shall reg
ulate hours and scale of wages. and by
which the rights Of employers and en-
ployes shall be defined and protected.
1t is more and more becoming recog-
nizef fact that no advance can be made
in domestic service until the assumed
degradation which at present attends
II is removed. Should servants not re-
side in the house, but come daily to the
duties which begin and finish at regu-
lar hours, it would give the sense Of
freedom and independence now lack
ing and convert the alleged tyrannized
servant into a self-respecting employee.
with better defined social status.
Perhaps the time has come for men to
take up the solution of problem
which women have failed to find. and
If more college men will give their
time to 1t, as has Professor Cummings.
we may look for n happy ending to
perpleXing controversy.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

Cunninghame Graham, himself n
saucy Scot, thus gives the genesis of
the modern Englishman; Saxon sto-
hdity, Celtic guile, Teutonic dullness
and Norman pride, all tempered with
east wind, baptized with mist, narrow
ed by insularity, swollen with good
fortune, and rendered overbearing by
wealth, have worked together to pro
duce the type" Not by any means A
good natured sketch or strictly
truthful one, but if moral and mental
heredity is insisted upon, the multiplex
origin of English character must nc.
count for what is strong and good in it
as well as for what is weak and bad.
As for English-America, the daughter
nation, 1t has become the great ANAL
gamator OF the world, absorbing almost
every strain of Gentle blood. Yankee
character is British plus two hundred
and eighty years
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

Some people will he Just mean
enough to rejoice over the statement Of
the comte d Astorga, from whose fam
lily w. w. Astor claims descent. that
there was no Jean Jacques d Astorga.
who, a Huguenot, was born in France
in 1644 and fled to Germany later, be-
coming the founder of the American
Astors. The count processes to be very
sorry. He is aristocratic, but poor. and
cousinship with William Waldorf
might've don't say it would-prove
TO his advantage.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

The story that comes from the Klon-
dixie is not so rosecolored as were the
stories told about this Eel Dorado when
the boom was on. The gold product of
the last year Is reported to have been
only $4,000, 900, or one half the amount
estimated, and sickness and destitu-
ton are thinning out the Adventures.
The gamblers are apparently the only
successful gold seekers In the region.
The statement that reports from Alas
ka indicate that more gold will be
found there than will ever come out
OF the Nondike may, however, only
mean that the transportation com
panies reaching Alaska are endeavor-
Ing to work up boom for themselves
at the KlOndike's expense.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

To no nation is the opening Of TWEEN
ty-two of its ports and harbOrs by
Japan more important than to the Uni
ted States. Until Commodore Perry an
chored United States warships in a
japanese harbor in 1854 and practical
ly compelled a treaty recognizing other
nations, Japan had been closed to the
rest Of the world. During the last
twenty years no nation has made
greater progress than Japan. Now /, is
ambitious to be counted as one of the
commercial nations.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30
M NE. LABORf.
wife OF the Wounded Counsel for
Captain Dreyfus.

wife OF the Wounded Counsel for
Captain Drevfus.
Nine. Margaret Labor, wife OF the
wounded couRsel for Dreyfus, is re-
membered in America as the wife of
De Pachmann, the Russian pianist
America. The advocates wife was an
Australian girl, her maiden name be-
Ing Margaret Oakley. Her family went
TO England when the girl was quite
young, and there she soon evinced a
wonderful talent for music. When she
was IS Miss Oakley attended one Of
Pachmann's concerts In London, and
eventually the pianist became her
teacher. The impressionable girl fell
In love with the Russian. After they
were married they came to this coun-
try, playing in concerts together.
Concert-goers found Nine de Pach-
mann beautiful woman. They saw
a fine head. splendidly poised and
crowned with soft brown hair, loosely
cOiled. Her face was classic in its fea-
lures, her figure 1.-the and graceful.
She played superby, too, with a fin
ished elegance and marvellous bril-
liancy. Her touch was at all times
smooth, and often dainty. 1t was a
great disappointment to music lovers
in this country and in Europe when
De Pachmann's infdelity forced his
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

Already census statisticians are spec
ulating on the new center Of populati zion
Of the United States to be revealed by
the coming census. The steady west
ward course of this invisible point for
the last half century makes 1t practic-
able to determine within reasonable
eXactneSS its location next year. In
1880 1t was in West Virginia, south of
Parkersburg. Thence it crossed into
Ohio at the next census and traverSed
that State by slow stages until in
1880 it had reached Cincinnati In
1890 it crossed into Indiana. still close
ly following the thirty parallel.
and reached point a few miles south
of Greensburg. Its rate of progress
westward has been at about the aver
age rate of five miles per year. having
travelled 800 miles since the taking of
the first census. At this rate of prog
resS during the coming century ii will
cross into Illinois. Some claim. how
ever, that this Western march of Dopu-
latiOn will be checked soon and that
possibly the next census will mark
nearly, If not quite, it's extreme West
ern advance. Considering the growth
of Western States and Territories.
however, this does not seem probable.
1t is more likely that the limit will be
reached somewhere in Illinois the com
ing century. Within few decades
Chicago will be the nearest the center
OF population of the United States of
any city of consequence, and thus the
star of empire will shine in the zenith
Of the inland metropolis of the coun-
try.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

in Massachusetts, is 6.22, exactly
double that of Nebraska. III New
York State II is J.53 and in Connecticut
a little less, 5.2S. In Ohio it is 524 and
IN Illinois 5.25. This is due chiefly to
the foreign population in the large
cities and in manufacturing centers.
The farmers of Kansas, Nebraska and
Iowa never fail to send their children
to school, while the slums of Boston,
New York. Chicago and other large
cities are filled with Bohemians. Hun.
garians, Italians and other immigrants
who do not value education, and can.
not read and write.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

The percentage OF illiteracy is higher
in the Southern States and New Mex
leo and Arizona than in any other Sec
ton OF the country. That Is due In the
former to the large number OF unedu-
Gated colOred people; in the latter to
the Mexican population. Nebraska Is
the banner State for education. Only
BIZ per cent. of the population of over
10 years Of age are unable TO read and
write. Wyoming Is second, with a
percentage OF 3.41; Iowa third, 1851.
and Kansas fourth. $50. Compared
with this the percentage Of iluterates
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

The United States investor, a finan-
cial organ, states that from January.
1898, to June, 1899, a total of 487 trusts
were organized, of which number 1879
control capital aggregating $7,370,733,-
1913. There is undoubtedly eight nil
lion dollars invested in trusts at pres
ent, or about two billion more than the
entire capital that was invested in pro-
ductiye enterprises in 1890, according
to the census reports,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30
Deny Encouraging Suicide.

Chicago, Sept. 23.-The Tribune today
says:
Chicago Bohemians are incensed over
the circulars sent out by tie Bohemian
Brotherhood of America arraigning their
societies on the charge of encouraging sui
eide. Prominent Behemians say that the
brothers" will find trouble awaiting them
II they come to Chicago to attempt their
ALLEGED reform.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30
ALL AROUND MARKET REPORT.
Wheat QuOtations,WooI Figures and
the Price of Produce,

the Price of Produce,
The following prices are paid for
wheat delivered at the Spokane mills:
Wheat-Bluestem, bulk, soc; sacked,
SIC; No. l club, bulk, 47c; sacked, ACC;
No. red, bulk, Acc; sacked, Ate.
Fruit-Apples, sc per Id; apricots,
15c per Id; bananas, zoe per doz.; black
raspberries. 15c per box; blackberries,
15c per box; cantalopes, 15c apiece;
carrots, SC per bunch; cauliflower,
15c per head; cherries, Sc per lb;
currants, Csc per gallon; cabbage, &c
per ID; cucumbers, for sc; gooseber.
ries, sc per quart; grapes, 60c per
basket; green corn, 15c per dozen /;
green peas, sc per Id; head lettuce,
lbs for 10c; lemons, soc per doz.; new
potatoes, 11ac per Id; new onions, &c
per Id; onions, 81. so per cwt; peaches,
2 lbs for Csc; pineapples, soc each
pears, &c per Id; plums, &c per Id :;
potatoes, $3.50 per cwt; turnips, 2
punches for &C; radishes, punches for
sc; red raspberries, 15c per box; string
beans, loo per Id; tomatoes, 10c per
Id; watermelons, 10 to 60 cents each.
Lard-50c to COO per 5-lb pail.
Hams-15c to 18c per lb.
Picnic Hams-10c per Id.
Salt Bacon-10c per lib.
Breakfast Bacon-1212c to 18c per lb.
Hay-Timothy. s13@$14 per ton;
hay, $12013; alfalfa, $11.
Cnvp-Whn1a An NOV o,-,A
ed, $3.50
Feed-Bran and shorts, s14 per ton :;
shorts, SIS; bran, $15 rolled barley,
$40; chicken feed, $1.OO.
Wood Con car)-Fir, SO; tamarack,
SO. rs; pine, $2.75. Retail-Fir, So. so;
tamarark, SO. so to "a; pine, 81 to 1925.
Coal (retail-Roslyn lump, $3.50;
Pennsylvania anthracite, SIS; Colora.
do anthracite, SIG; foundry coke, SIG;
Cumberland black, SIT. SO TO $40.
Poultry-Chickens, live weight, Is
@16 per pound; turkeys, dressed, 16
to 1Sc; spring ducks, dressed, II to 16;
geese, live, 16 to 1Sc.
The following quotations are given
on live stock and dressed meats
Beehive steers, 3Hc; dressed
steers, 6Ac; live cows, &c; dressed
cows, SIC.
Mutton-Live, 3R@4c; dressed, 1Oc
Hogs-Liye, &c; dressed, SQ8Mc.
Wheat.
Tacoma.--Prices in wheat show no vari-
alton. Club, 5Sc; buestem, 60@6lc.
.-Wheat-Walla Walla 500
Coo; valley, 6O@Glc; bluestem, 6l@62c.
New ork.-Silyer-Ce Certificates, 50 l-9
@59 l-2c; bar silver, So 5-8c; Mexican
dollars, AZ lie.
San Franciseo.-Bar silver, 50 3-4c;
Mexican dollars, 4S@4S 3-4c.
London.-Bar silver-Steady, 81 l-lGd
per ounce.
The firm that fixes the selling price for
miners and smelters quotes lead at $40
at the close.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30
A Generous Man.

Il see by the newspapers" remarked
Reeder, that the miners in the Klon-
dixie are sending out appeals for
wives"
rs that SO" calculated Hennypeck.
IN an eager whisper. They can have
mine. Tit-BitA
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30
President Andrnde Seeks to Esco,.

New York, Sept. ga dispatch from
Port of Spain says:
General Castro, the leader of the Vene-
zuelan revolution, holds possession of the
city of Valencia. He has been entertained
at banquet by leading Valencia citizens.
1t is reported that President Andrade
meditates an attempt to escape from the
country 1t is said he has yacht wait
ing for him at La Guayra.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30
"PREMIER coNscRlPT."
The Duke of Orleans and His Wife
Arcbduchcss of Austria.

Archduchess of Austria.
Prince Louis Philippe Robert Duk,
OF Orleans. eldest son of the late CONT
de Paris, was born Feb. g. 1869. o.
attaining his majority, Feb. 6. 1890
he entered Paris, and proceeding t.
the Marie expressed his desire, as !
Frenchman, to perform military ser
vice. Whereupon he was arrested in
conformity with the bill of 1886. which
forbds the soil of France to the direct
heirs of the families that have reigneo
there. He was liberated by President
Carnot after a months nominal impris.
onmcnt aud conducted to the Swiss
frontier This escapade won him the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

carrying out the sentences reduirina
corporal punishment. On these Satur.
days the goal yard is thrown open to
the public. The pillary is imposed
for the higher grade of some crimes,
such as burglary. highway robbery,
forgery and assault with intent to kill.
and lashes are added in some cases.
Whipping is the only corporal punish
ment imposed in simple larceny cases.
1t is undoubtedly an effective punish
ment in most cases. In the cases of
the Delaware bank burglars, which
Included Jimmy Hope, LAWYER and
Big Frank Carter, these men said
that they did not mind being put in
gaol, but the idea of being stripped to
the bare back end put at the whipping
post and whipped without the posi-
bi1ty of retaliating was to them the
most degrading and effective thing
connected with the whole punishment.
That the criminal class fears the
whipping post was borne out by the
chiefs of police. The common senti-
ment among them was that there was
nothing so effective for the prevention
Of crime as the whipping post. How
ever, civilization has outgrown such
methods; and an agitation is now in
progress looking to the abolition of
both pillOry and whipping post. Our
Illustration is from photograph taken
at Newcastle on the date of the last
quarterly whippings.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

Perhaps if William Waldorf Astor
had known elevation to the peerage
was impossible he might not have be-
come naturalized Britisher; he is in
the attitude of the man who has pur-
chased large-sized gold brick.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

For nations, as for individuals.
enough is as good as a feast. Appar-
emily some Englishmen think so, for
the House of Commons applauded the
assertion, repeatedly made by mem
bers of both parties, that no one desires
to add another square mile to British
territory.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

wife to sue for divorce. When this
was secured Nine. de Pachmann re
tired from the concert stage. and short
ly afterward married NJ. Labor,
whose confidante In all his great cases
abe since has been.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

1t Is believed there is no law to fit
the offense of that mother who tagged
a fast train in order to reach the bed
side of the child she thought was dy
ing.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

The woman who married the lawyer
who had won her suit for her probably
thought she might just as well turn
everything over to him in lump.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

Some will say since the shoemakers
and glovers are going to form trusts,
the nation may be further bound hand
and foot in these things.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

An improved style of 81 bill is to he
issued, but it will probably slip
through the fingers as easily as the old
kind.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

Ordinarily business enterprise gets
what 1t can individually, but when a
trust is formed they get together.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30
WHIPPING POST AND PILLoRY
Delaware still Retains These Method
of pnnis h rnenf-

of Punishment,
Delaware still retains the whipping
post and the pillory. The whippings,
together with the pilIorings, when
there are any, take place in the course
OF the February. May, September and
November terms of General Sessions
Court, one or two Saturdays in such
terms being fixed upon as the time fol
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

Unfortunately the position Canada
wants to take in this boundary dispute
ds on our side of the line.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30

title of the premier Conscript.'
Since the death of his father the Duke
has resided mostly in England, but ha,
occasionally met in Brussels the lead
ers i'll France of the Orleans party.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-09-30
SNtHsEfisSss ttEsEVivYA.
. TIMELY TOPICS.5
- q
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Possibly political combines are called
rings because they are not square.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-18
COUNTING The COST.
The Loss in Hotel Es'imatad at $1,000
0oo-Insured For 100000.

New York, March 1.-THE loss on the
contents Of the building is almost com
pll-e.
The salvage men managed to save
100000 worth of paintings on the first
floor of the hotel, but very little else
was carried out
Many OF the guests who lived at the
Windsor regularly lost valuable level
~ and bric-a-brac, and furnishings. F
tloWer nephew Of EX-Goyerno.
Roswell P. Flower, lost among other
Things package Of jewehy valued A..
$4,000
The loss on the hotel is estimated
be at least $1,000 00 Several adioinin.
buildings were damaged considera bly
put the loss on these is comparatively
small. There was $500, 600 Insurance on
the hotel building and $4,000 on the
contents. partial list of insurance
follows:
Aetna $4,000; Palatine, $50. 900; Phoe-
nix Of Brooklyn, $4,000; Connection,
$iS'OOO; Hanover, $l2,5O0; Imperial, SO,
All the papers and books of the hote,
are believed TO have been saved.
Up TO midnight the ruins had not
cooled off sufficiently to allow a search
for bodies. A big force Of men is now
at the ruins ready to make a search as
soon as possible.
1t is believed by both firemen and DO
lice that there are a number of bodies
in the ruins. The list of missing for
so many hours after the fire was prac-
tically over is very large. Doubtless
very many of the missing are comfort
ably housed in the Fifth Avenue homes
which We're thrown open to the suffer-
ers. Doubtless also some of the miss
ing will never be found.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-18
ROBUST MANHOOD
DR.. Greele'S NerYura Makes
Strong Bodies, Pure Blood
and Vigorous Nerves.

Dr. Grceae's Nervura blood and nerve remedy
always insures the greatest measure of strength
and vigor. No such thing as failure in life Is
possible in perfect manhood. Il is lack of vital
force weakness and inactivity OF body and
neryes-that strews the world with human wreck
age. Poor blood fails 10 nourish and the nerves
and muscles bscomc weak. A noticeable failure
OF strength eusues. \ feeling of exhaustion
follows. SleeplessneSs ia the next symptom of a
decadeace, intensitying the nervous arrangement
The stomach becomes affected. as shown by bill
iousH-ss, Indigestion, dyspepsia, weak back,
headache, melancholy, encouragement, until the
sufferers begin to despair OF recovery.
DR.. Greene's Nervura is the only specific for
disease and weaknesses of the blood and nerves
Under its magic influence physical weakness. ex-
haustlon and mental depression quickly disappear
and eNhiiaration, strength and buovancy mark the
beginning of a new life of happiness and success,
Mr.. John c. Milroy, 81 South First Street,
Meriden, Conn, SAYS:
suffered terribly from nervousness headache. lack Of
appetite and that tired feeling all the time ;ei Dr.
Grceucs Nervura and found was lust what za1e
Rad fallen 10 los pounds. Now l weigh it. ov.r -
pounds. have always been considered about The sto
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Everybody needs and should take a GOOD
spring medicine, and DR.. Greene's Nervura blood
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all spring remedies. People have absolute CON
hdence in DR.. Greene's Nervura. more so than in
any other remedy, because famous regular Dby-
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perfectly adapted TO cure. As an additional as
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-18

inquire for injured or missing friends.
Every available employee OF the great
institution and all the surgeons who
could be secured were drafted into serv-
ice to bind up the wounds OF the in
jured. Many of those who were brought
as patients to the hospital showed re-
markable fortitude amidst their in
tense suffering.
They gave way TO let the attending
surgeons administer to those whose in
1uries were OF d graver nature. One
pretty woman insisted on having the
surgeon attend TO a felloW-sufferer be-
fore he had finished binding up her
leg, which HAD been fractured.
Mrs. Alice Price was one Of those
taken TO Bellevue, where tonight she
IS suffering from her injuries and
shock. She had jumped from one OF the
upper floors, and her condition is consi-
dered very serious.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-18
THRILLING STORIES.
Graphic Narratives Of the twfuf Scenes
About the Burning Structure

New York. March 17.-FreIerick Ger
bett, the chief engineer Of the Hotel
Windsor. in his story Of the great fire,
said that he and his assistant, Robert
Walker. and 20 helpers were in the en-
CINE rooms.
lie was made aware OF the fire by
the cracking Of the flames He rushed
INTO the court yard in the rear of the
motel. He saw flames and smoke COM
ing from the windows from the second
story up TO the roof There were a
number Of women and men coming
Gown from the windows by means of
ropes some slid down a distance and
cropped to the court yard.
a number Of employees who were on
the roof jumped 10 the court yard and
received fractures and injuries which
ne thought would cause their death, Mr.,
Corbett said that there were three en-
SIhes and three boilers under 100
pounds pressure each, at the time As
soon as he discovered the hotel on fire
lie rushed down into the boiler room
ana turned the steam into the pumps.
Ihen he rushed up into the court yard
again. There he met Warren Leland,
the proprietor of the hotel Mr.. Lee
Iand told him to shut off the electric
current in order TO enable the flremen
to work with less danger.
While Mr.. Leland was talking with
nm, several women jumped out of the
windows and from the roof, and lay IN
conscious in the court yard.
Or. Robert Stafford Newton, who was
one OF the first doct1rs to arrive, stated
that It took nearly 10 minutes for him
70 get from Madison avenue through
the crowd to Fifth avenue. He said
that many women ana men who had
tried to make their exit from the hotel
by the side entrance We're driven b9cl;
by the tremendous crowd that surged
about the entrance way.