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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14
FISH SCALES AS ORNAMENTS
Are Made Into Imitation Pearls by q
French Chemist.

Are Made Into Imitation Pearls by n
French Chemist.
Who but Frenchman would have
conceived the idea of utilizing fish
scales for purposes of ornament? These
scales hitherto have been Of little use,
except to collectors of marine curios.
OF course, the demand in this direction
is limited, only certain exceptionally
fine or rare scales being sought after.
Now, owing to the discovery Of q
French chemist in Lyons, there is like
ly to be a growing market for fish
scales. The Frcnchman has dlscov-
cred how the scales may be used in the
manufacture of artificial pearls and
other ornaments. In fact, the demand
has been so great for them in Lyons
that the supply is absolutely made.
quate. Mr.. Covert, United States CON
sui at Lyons, has interested himself
in the matter, and finds out that there
is an actual demand for large quanti-
ties Of sacels in his consulate, where
good prices are paid for them. lie has
even deemed the innovation Of suffici-
ent Importance to form the subject Of
report to his government, in which he
gives directions as to how the scales
should be transported. He says:
THE scales should be sprlnkled with
salt as soon as they are removed from
the fish and packed in cans. Any speci.
mems sent to this consulate will receive
careful examination, and the results.
with any suggestions that may be
made and particulars of prices offered.
will be duly reported. 1t is believed in
Lyons that the sale OF these scales may
result In establishing an important
business In an article that now has ne
commercial value"
Owing to the fact that the American
sturgeon has the most beautiful and
largest scales of almost any FISH In the
world this item may have considerable
interest to fishermen where the largest
quantities OF this huge fish are now
captured.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14
ACUTE SENSES OF THE SAVAGE

Scientific View of Their Alleged SUI
periority to Civilized Men.
In his last lecture on the Senses OF
Primitive Man. w. ii. II. Rivers dis
cussed the acuteness of hearing in saw
ages. In this respect none of the Torres.
Straits natives were superior to one
of the Europeans composing the expe~
ditiCn, while the majority were in
ferior No great weight, however.
could be attached to the observations,
because all the people were divers-an
occupation that certainly damaged the
ears to some extent. To investigate
their range of hearing Cations
whistle was used, and it was shown
that they could hear very high notes
Their sense of smell was tested by
means of series of tubes containing
solutions, of varying su ength, of odor~
Gus substances like valerian and cam
phor and the results, while not alto.
gether satisfactory, tended to show
they had no marked superiority in this
respect over the members of the expe-
dition. With regard to taste it was very
difficult to get information, rs the ma
tives, naturally enough, did not like,
strange objects being put into their
mouths. One fact, however, was no
ticed, which was interesting when il
was remembered that sweet and bitter
were probably our most definite taste
sensations, and that was the complete
absence of any word for bitter. For the
sense of tempe. allure the data were.
very scanty, but it was found that the
natives had points on their skin special
ly sensitive to cold, exactly as was the
case with Europeans.
AS to touch, when tested TO see how
close the points of pair of compasses
must be put on the skin before they
ceased to be felt as two, their sensitive
ness was in general better than Euro
peans, but there was always the doubt
whether they were really able to bear
pain with more fOrtitude. However, the
conclusion that the Murray Islanders
were distinctly less sensitive than the
Europeans in the expedition was sup
ported not only by their subjective
statements, but also by object tests de-
| penuluB Oh the COnulllOu Ol lue DlOOU
pressure. In the discrimination OF
weight 1t was curious that these ma
| tives, who had no abstract idea OF
weight and no word to express it, and
| who, moreover, could have had no
practice, were more accurate than q
practiced European. Finally DIR. Riv-
ers, while commenting on the defective
knowledge of some Of the senses he had
treated and on the absence Of compare
tive data, concluded that In general the
sense organs of the savage were not
markedly superior to those of the nor
NAL of average European, and that the
recorded instances of apparent extra
ordinary acuteness were to be explain
ed by his habits OF observation and spe~
cialiZed knowledge.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14

The sea is dotted with small boats,
and the spa at Scarborough Is alive
with spectators The gardens are
alight with fireworks, whirring wheels
and many colored showers of sparks
fill the air.
There is a terrified scream. A large
rocket has fallen short. 1t drops into
one of the Little boats and explodes
with a crash. An old lady in the stern
of the boat starts to her feet. The
little cockleshell quivers, lurches, and
in a moment her occupants are strug-
Cling in the chilly water.
The boatman has grasped the old
lady firmly by the arm and has her safe
in tow, but the other-Cora-is gasping
in the dark silent water while the
sparks of the rocket have caught and
set fire to her tilmy summer gown.
Through fire and water" she thinks
with a little shiver. rs this what 1t
means?" Then a strong arm is thrown
around her; she is for a moment sub
merged to quench the flames, then she
rises to the surface and remembers no
more.
When she wakes to consciousness she
is on the sofa in their own rooms. a
doctor is bandaging her arm and hurt
ing her horribly all the time. Her dress
is burned and torn, and wrapped
around her shoulders is light tweed
coat.
Two days pass by, and Cora is recov-
ering from her accident The rocket
had burst close to her arm, inflicting an
ugly wound, but in spite of the doctors
orders for "quiet and bed" she is lying
by the open window of the drawing
room looking out over the sea. 1t is
many months now since that ball at
Glengolf Castle, and, though she and
Mill have met often since then, the
subject of her flight has never been
mentioned between them.
A firm step crosses the room and the
girl raises her eyes.
Your she exclaimed concisely,
while the hot color floods her brow.
who else should it be?" says Ivan
Carlyon, calmly seating himself by her
side.
But was 1t you who-saved meY
she says in an awestruck whisper.
Cora" he says, taking her hand,
why did you run away"
She makes no answer, but her fingers
tremble in his grasp.
what a tiny little handi I remem-
Der when you first laid 1t on my sleeve,
l thought 1t the prettiest I had ever
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14
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so putting my hand on his sleeve, l re
marked in imitation OF 'Beauty's' CO.
quettish tone, L say, are you married
YETI Imagine my horror when he
turned, and l saw it was Il stranger
Mr.. Carlyon!"
Cora! What did you dog'
dor Turned and fed! l saw the
wretch again at your ball. He was in
troduced and asked for dance; gave
him one, then went and hid from very
shame and modification when it came
off"
II hate to have your visit spoiled
Cora; perhaps he won't stay long"
''If he does shan'tw And Cora re-
lapsed into silence.
The annual ball at Glengolf Castle
is in full swing. Crowds OF gay figures
throng the fine old mansion. Cora has
danced with all the best-looking men
in the room-save one!
And he? Well, little pucker wrin-
kles the girls brow az she stands by
the heavy plush curtain. He has only
put down his name for one dance, and
his turn has come; shall she dance with
him, or shall she run away-as she did
once before? She must decide quickly.
Voices fall upon her ear.
And his answer was, No; am wait
ing for YOU"
80 that was the story" 1t is Ivan
who speaks.
And now" goes on Milli her clear
voice reaching Cora where she stands,
now she simply hates you, and l be
lieve If she knew l had explained the
riddle to you she would never speak to
me again. Come, the music Is begin
ming"
Cora has been rooted to the spot.
Now movement of the curtain wakes
| her to life, and with scarlet cheeks
and trembling limbs she turns to fly.
How could Mill betray her! Dance
with him now? Never! Sit it out
Impossible! There is nothing for it but
instant ignominious flight. Down the
corridor she goes and seeks refuge in
the cloakroom; here she is safe, though
every step passing the door makes her
| SILVER.
She avoids the usual gossip in Mills
room that night, and goes straight to
bed. Next morning, when Mills maid
takes up her breakfast, little note
lies on the tray:
Dear Mill: Don. be angry; am sc
anxious about Grundy, and have gone
to join her. We shall wander about
for a few weeks, and revisit our favor
tie hydro haunts. l will write soon
Be sure and forgive. Your ever loving
CORA"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14

The resemblance between Admiral
Dewey and General Grant is strikingly
close. The merit record of the one in
the naval academy is almost identical
with that of the other in the military
academy. They were at about the same
place above the bottom of the class,
they were deficient in the same studies,
and their conduct marks were much
alike. The one reached the highest pO-
htion In the army and the other In the
navy. In modesty and dignity of per-
sOnal bearing they are singularly alike.
They resemble each other also in their
disposition to award full credit to their
mbordinates in every achievement.
Their manner of speech is identical. 1t
Is direct, terse, right to the point, and
IN plain, vigorous English, such as the
pain people can understand. In an
other respect they are also alike-name-
", In securing the cordial admiration
Oh all foreign powers with whose repre-
sehtatiyes they came In contact. Both
OF them, In the words of Dewey,
scratched gravel" and had their re-
ward
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14
, SAY, Are you married yet?"
Ivan Carlyon turns abruptly

q SAY! Are you married yet?"
Ivan Carlyon turns abruptly as n
- delicate pearl-colored glove is laid
on his sleeve. and looks down into the
beautiful laughing face upturned TO
his gaze.
AS his eyes meet Cora Marricott's
abe Pushes a hot vivid crimson and
withdraws her hand. lnstinctively he
raises his hat but with muttered e.
I-beg your pardonw the girl fits on.
and her butterfly robes are soon lost
In the brilliant throng.
Smiling and still puzzled at the re-
cent encounter, he passes on to ex-
change a greeting with Lady Lorraine
and her pretty daughters.
How do you do, Mr.. CarlyOn? De-
lighted to see you back again-just in
time for our ball hope you will
come"
II shall be delighted. I only returned
to town last night, and am going up to
Scotland next week with the Hunt
leys."
"Are you? SO are my girls"
what sad thing about the Testers.
suppose the property goes to distant
cousins"
Eyes. Miss Marricott-a wild York
shire girl--a most larky' person, hear.
A girl who has never been in society,
or stayed In country house In her life;
whose chief diversion has been raking
round hydropathics with an old maid
governess. But there-money covers
multitude of sinsv'
Lady Loraines spacious rooms are
filed with dancers; the sound of
dreamy waltz falls on the ear, while
the perfume of lovely flowers lulls the
senses to dreamy languor. Ivan Carl
yon has put down his name for dances
with his hostess daughters, when his
friend Jack StanfOrth comes up.
Got any dances left, Carlyon2 Come
on, I'll introduce you to the jOlliest lit
tie girl in London; the best dancer, by
Jove, in the two hemispheres" And
Carlyon finds himself standing before
a brilliant little figure that reminds
him more of a bird of paradise than
anything else.
"Mr. Ivan Carlyon-A1iss MARRIOTT"
MAY l have a dance"
The blonde head is raised, two blue
eyes meet VANS own, then q wave of
color floods the girls face.
"JOve! Then you've met before?
Ivan, old fellow, you're in luck!" And
Jack Stanforth takes himself off.
For a moment the other two are ST
lent, then Ivan takes the white and
gold card from the girls slim hand and
sees her fingers trembling
II may have a waltz"
''If you care to-yes." r
Thanks"
"Of course, you remember I can give
you no explanation"
Don't think of it, Ivan breaks in.
"You took me for some old friend
some"
More than that" she says, hurried
ly. Il mistook you for someone |
know, but my words were quotation
an old joke"
Ivan sees she is really distressed; he
hands back her card, saying with grave
courtesy:
Your remark was meant for another
gentleman, Miss MARRIOTT, and well,
have forgotten it,"
Cora flashes him n grateful glance
as she turns to other men who are be-
sieging her for dances, but when it
comes to his dance Ivan searches high
and low for his partner, corridor, con-
servatory, supper-room, all in vain.
Miss MARRIOTT is nowhere to be found.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14

Il human existence is relieved of its
ho.e sie' the New York Sun is afraid
M, uat the human race will multiply foo
AZ ~ ior the food producing abilities
famin.e artn and that IN consequence
IA NJ, ana scourges will come. That
DraOant uslan to the core. There is no
sristan prospect however, of human
Of osns becoming picnic. A paucity
nam ,uren Is becoming the rule In
we'll families of the middle class. as
ann a' OF the families In the so-called
ma. eIasses. If 1t were not for the
bs ~ VI The foreigners to this country
sn,S,1 equation would not increase very
Ot MY. Inc native" populations are
D do Tnplying as rapidly as they used
Sr~.. me child-bearing IL largely per
" women WAs are foreigners
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14

There has been some controversy of
ne relative to the authorship of
america" or, more properly speaking,
VI God Save the King" 1t is settled
beyond all question by the highest
musical authorities, such as Chappell,
onrVsander Won Fallersleben, and
uroVe, that both words and melody
we're written by Henry Carey, and that
"' sang 1t himself for the first time at
ulhner given in London in 174O to
'eleDrate the capture of Portobelio by
Oiilral vernon. J. Christopher
'nith' Handels amanuensis, who was
present. at the dinner, testifies to Car
~ authorship. The Rev. Samuel +.
"1 who composed the words of
. Anierlca," and borrowed the melody
a.On book of German songs, is re-
t ~ for the general impression
s a"' the melody came from German
noa 1t is purely English, and was
p ~ oniy borrowed from the English by
mo e,noVeh' but was utilized by Schu-
60 Tor the German national an
Nv Hell Dir i'm Siegerkranz," and
n. heinrich Harries for use in the
dan ursh hymn, Hell Dir, dem Lieben-
mi, II Is an American national hymn
Vaiy in text.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14

The causes for whatever decline in
interest in baseball may have come
about in recent years are to be found
in the attitude of the men at the head
Of base-ball-their petty jealousies and
their failure to run the game in the
interests Of it's patrons; in syndicate
Ism, a system Numerically opposed to
true craftsmanship; in the transfer
ring of games and buffeting about the
players Of certain clubs, setting the
regularly provided schedule at def
ance; In the rowdyism which goes I'M
rebuked and in the miserable method
Of appointing and assigning umpires.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14
seen. Cora, ask me that question assin,

seen. Cora, ask me that question aseinl
1 say, are you"
"Don'tw she breaks In. How cam
your?
Because l want to show you how
well l know the answer" he says
No, I'm waiting for you Shalt Il
have to wait long, Cora?"
She raised two shy eyes.
my darlingr And in n moment She
is In his arms, and he is kissing again
and again her sweet, trembling lips!
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14

After the wars in the Philippines and
South Africa and all other disturbing
issues are settled it will probably be
,ound that Don Carlos has kept pre-
tending right along without missing a
DIV
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14

The language Of gloves is now being
,-omulgated. Young men have long
rrdarstood with fear and trembling the
language of the mitten.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14

A cigar trust with a capital of $15,-
AM 600 has been formed. This is prob
sby the only recent trust whose prod
rct Is expected to go up in smoke.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14

man In the East has deserted his
wife because she made unpalatable
,ustard pie. Yet there are worse
abuses of the pie habit-she might, for
Example, have made them Of dried APP
Mos
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14
Observation-Disclosures,
Z TIMELY TOPICS ::
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

THE price of diamonds Is rising rap
,,,v we must all practice self-denial.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14
Cost OF Raising wheat and Corn

Statistics which have been collated
In Wisconsin show the average cost OF
raising wheat to be 81 cents a bushel,
and the cost of corn 81 cents. In both
cases there is included interest on
the value of the land. with the cost OF
implements and horses added In.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14

wireless telegraphy is an established
.,o+ hut MINDLESS yacht racing has not
az vet been made practicable.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14

All the same. many are in doubt
-.hotber Britain's action in the troubles
leading up to this war has been caused
nv real gold or guilt.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14

An old proverb says: MARRY your
sons when you will, your daughters
when you can" A. = matter OF fact
either proposition 10 an lmDossibiiity.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14

Mrs. Langtry's "reminiscences have
..on suppressed, and gladness relgns
.0oin in certain high circles.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14

There il one advantage IN being old;
the old are never 81 hungry as ths
young.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14

py birth or OF immediate foreign de-
scent. The States where foreigners
nave not settled in large numbers dur
Ing the past generation show a COM
paratiyely low rate of increase in popu-
lation. The chances are against popu-
lation multiplying in excess of the
food producing capabilities of the soil.
1t should also be borne In mind that
the limit of the food producing capabil-
tiles of the soil has by no means been
reached. 1t will be reached only when
no man undertakes to cultivate more
than ten acres of ground and makes
that produce as much as is now har-
vested from an eighty-acre farm
Whether that can be done or not is a
question, but the productiveness of the
soil can be greatly increased and the
population sustaining power of the
soil can be multiplied many times over.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14

In a monograph entitled CONNER
cial Africa in 1899" recently issued
by the treasury bureau of statistics,
an interesting and exhaustive account
of railroads in the dark continent is
given. One of the statements that will
probably be surprise to many Is that
about two-fifths of the great Cape to
Cairo" railroad is already constructed
and the prediction Is made that early
In the next century the north and
south lines will meet near the equator.
To be exact, this date Is placed In the
year 1919, or about twenty years hence.
From this north and south line, also,
lateral lines are being pushed east and
west-one of these from Natal, another
from Lourenzo Marquee, another from
Beira to Salisbury in Rhodesia and
still another from Zanzibar to Lake
Victoria NyanZa, probably to connect
at Tabera with the great Cape to
Cairo" road. The interior will also be
penetrated by roads now being
planned, thus giving access to all por-
tons of the continent. Transcontin-
entail lines from east to west will join
Portuguese territory on both sides of
the continent and the Germans will
probably also have similar means of
communication between their settle
ments. At the north other lines will
skirt the Mediterranean coast and thus
Africa will be banded to civilization by
iron rails and the telegraph and thg
conquest will be complete.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14

Thomas SHELTON Harrison, the Amer
lean diplomatic agent and consul gen
eral in Egypt, has an article in the
Forum about Egypt Under Lord
Cromer." Mr.. Harrison says that the
native working classes In the larger
cities are fairly we'll off, but that there
is a class for which there is little or no
employment. Crowds of Egyptian
youths, half educated, and more or less
well bred, are striving for small gov
eminent clerkships, posts in the banks
positions on the railways, and so on.
They will do no manual labor ,Snd they
must have what the French call con
sderation.'" They must have genteel
employment. Egyptian and American
youths are much alike in disposition If
what Collins P. Huntington says of the
latter is correct He asserts that they
are overeducated to such n degree that
they acquire a dlStaste for all labor
which is not suited for a gentleman"
and that as consequence young men
spurn manual labor and work where
they may have to wear oyeralls and
SUI lllClL udAOoI anu IOL pOOl-
ly paid but respectable positions. SO
Mr.. Huntington wants the number of
years spent in the school room cut
down, and no attempt to carry the
education Of the mass of young boys
beyond the point required to enable
them to cope with the practical details
of business. But If overeducated
American boys and half-educated Egyp-
tian youths shun manual labor, because
it Is not genteel and if girls who have
next to no education will not work in
other womens kitchens because a So
cial stigma attaches to domestic ser
vice, then the possession or lack of ed
ucation does not seem to have much
to do with the matter. There appears
to be all the world over preference
for "genteep employment. Perhaps
that preference is stronger in Europe,
where a young man would rather
starve on the meager salary of a gov
eminent employe and have a social
status" than do what he considers an
inferior grade of work and earn much
better pay; but there are a great many
American youths who seriously believe
that they would demean themselves by
manual labor. Overeducation is not
so much to be blamed for this as in
herited ideas about the greater respect
ability of certain kinds of work. What
is needed is Il crusade against the curl
Gus classification of work as genteel
and not genteel, rather than against
this alleged overeducatiOn of which Mr..
Huntington speaks. There was Il time
when it meant teaching a boy more
than his parents knew-even if they
could neither read nor write-and thus
educating him beyond his station in
life"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-14

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