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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05
NOVEL FRENCH TORPEDO.
Anchored and Operated from Shore by4
Mechanical Towape.

Anchored and Operated from Shore bys
Mechanical Towage.
The new towing torpedo, the Lege.
the recent invention of Frenchman.
Is an extremely hshlike weaponL
Though 1t can be used much in the
same way as the old Harvey torpedoa
with which some of our ships were
equipped before the advent OF the
Whitehead, by being towed at an angle
under an enemy's ship provided she
allowed the operator to come near
enough to do sol, its principal function
is the defense of ports and harbors. Ii
d ffers from the Brennan, which to ALI
iltents and purposes is an automobile
weapon, but at the same time 1t Is much
simpler, and probably much less expen-
Give, though special arrangements have
TO be made for its use. An endless
chain is stretched round four horizontal
wheels and pulleys so as to cover the
portion to be guarded, and is set In mo-
ton by means of second chain, driven
by an engine on shore. To the first
mentioned chain a series of Lege tor
pedoes are attached ut intervals and
the idea is that as the chain moves
round on its rollers the channel Is con-
Stantly patrolled, as 1t were, by two
lines of travelling mines moving In op-
posite directions. so that 1t would be-
practically impossible for a ship to pass
through this guarded zone unscathed-
Immediately the chain Is stopped the
torpedoes become harmless, for on the
strain being taken off the towing lever
1t automatically folds back against the
head, and in so doing moves a safety
catch into such a position as to prevent
the striker in the point of the torpedo
moving. In this position 1T may be
struck or handled with impunity, but
it Is claimed that the moment it Isl
lowed through the water it becomes
once more a deadly peril to any ship
that may Craze it.
The Lege torpedo is constructed of
Delta metal, which, while being as
strong as steel, is not liable to rust and
corrosion from immersion in water.
The charge is of cylindrical shape, and
Is easily inserted and removed from the
head of the torpedo, so that the appar-
atus can be stored with perfect safety
ready to hand, while the charges are
placed out of harms way in a maya
zine. Other advantages claimed for it
are those of automatically adjusting
itself to the depth required, and, on en-
countering the defensive nets of an
ironclad, of assuming a certical posi-
ton, diving beneath them, and striking
the hull with its point as soon as it Is
clear. The great point in favor of the
new weapon would appear to be it's
simplicity, but, on the other hand, 1t
does not seem impossible for an enemy
to so damage or destroy the endless
chain as to stop It's motion, when the
whole set of torpedoes would at once
become innoCuous. Nor. for that mat
ter, does 1t seem very improbable that
its working might be affected by the
explosion of one of its own t0rpedOes.-
London Naval and Military Record.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

The law which provides for the pay
ment of prize money to the navy ought
to be abolished. 1t is survival of the
days of pirates and freebooters, when
the United States was unable to afford
a respectable navy of it's own, and it
was necessary to offer inducements to
get private owners and adventurous
sailors into the business of killing
pirates ami sinking their vessels. The
days of tire necessity for blood money,
however, are past, and the prize laws
should pass with them.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05
WOMAN'S WAY.

How She Got Away from the Artful
Borrower.
Men have something to learn from
women In the art of warding off touch
aS" for coin. Women respond to such
requests about once in every thousand
cases, but they are scientific in their
refusals. A Washington woman with
reputation as borrower turned up
at the home Of one of her friends the
other morning with a much done-Over
story about persistent and threatening
dressmakerS, and the usual request for
the loan-"pay 1t back tomorrow, GER
tain"-of So.
why, my dear, certainly" was the
pleasant response to her carefully re-
hearsed little yarn. You poor thing
you! Just wait till run upstairs and
get my purse"
She ran upstairs. The male head of
the house happened to be In the room
where she kept her purse. He saw her
dig the purse out Of a chlffonier drawer
and deliberately remove a wad of bills
from 1t, leaving about 81 cents In silver
and copper in the change receptacle.
The man was mean enough to lean over
the stair railing when his wife went
downstairs to the parlor with her fat.
tened pocketbook in her hand.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, Mrs X" he heard
her say, "but 1 really thought had the
money. I find, though, that John, as
usual, has been at my purse-I heard
him say something about settling
plumbers bill last night when | was
half asleep-and the mean thing has
only left me enough for car fare. Toe
badI OF course, you know If had it,"
ntp
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05
PRICES PAID AT SPOKANE.
The Following Quotations Prevail
Wheat Market.

The Following Quotations Prevail
Wheat Market.
Poultry and Eggs-Chickens, old IL
10 live weight, springs $4-4.50 per doz;
ducks, $4-5 per doz; geese, dressed 12c
Id; turkeys, live 10-12c, dressed 12-13c;
eggs, fresh $3.50 per case.
egetables-Potatoe 30-40c per cwt;
onions, $1-1,50 per cwt.
Live stock-Beef, live steers 4c, do
dressed 61a-7hc; live COWS, 5A-6bc;
veal calves, dressed 7-9c; mutton, ewes
&c, wethers 313s; hogs, live $475 cwt
dressed SO per cwt
heepskins-Shearling 10c each;
short wool pelts, 90-5Oc; medium wool,
50-75c; long wool, 75c-$1.
Tallow-No. l, 4c lb; No. &c per h.
Hides-Dry, No. l DC lbs and up
ward), 12-14c; sailed hides, steers eco
lbs and over), &c; cows and all steers
under so lbs, &c; calfskins, sailed SC,
sailed kip &c; stays and bulls, 415c.
The local mills pay the following
prices for grain, delivered: Club wheat
40c bulk, 42-43c sacked; bluestem, 42c
bulk, 45c sacked; red, 38c bulk, 40-43c
sacked.
Portland.-Most of the wheat buyers
were Indifferent about quoting over 53c
for Walla Walla, but an occasional quo
tation of SAC was heard. For valley
SIC is about the best figure offered, and
bluestem is easy at 56-57c. A reduction
of sc per barrel has been made in a
few brands of valley -four.
Tacoma. - There is little doing in
wheat and prices show no change. Blue
stem Soc, club sac.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05
Curing a Cold.
Mr.. Blifkins had a cold,
1t settled in bis head

Mr.. Blifkins had a cold,
1t settled in his head.
Always hits the weakest spot"
Funny friends all said.
Mr.. Blifkins cOughed and wheezed
Shivered, sneezed, and shook,
Listened to his friends advice
This is what he took:
Box of anti-kamnia,
Douched his nose with brine.
Mustard plaster ON his chest
Camphor balls,
Quinine,
Bottle DR.. Killem's Cure
Onion stew,
Some squills,
Hoarhound tablets,
Licorice,
Anti-febrine pills,
Porous plaster on his back.
Spirits frumenti,
Menthol inhalation tube,
Ginger,
Rock and rye,
Bottle of cough syrup,
Whlsky-just a sip,
Mutton tallow on his neck.
Box Of anti-grip,
Napor bath.
Electric shocks, Txz
Brandy,
Cure for Group,
Emulsion of cod liver oil
Ugh!
Some strong beef soup.
Every remedy they urged
Mr.. Blifkins tried;
Now they say they cured the colo,
But Mr.. Blifkins died.
American.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

Propositions to abolish the death pen
atty have been under discussion this
season i'll two or three Legislatures,
The movement makes slow progress;
for, after more than fifty years of agi-
tation, there are only five States-Col.
oradO, Rhode Island, Maine, Michigan
and Wisconsin-in which the death
penalty is forbidden by law. The ad-
yocates of the change insist that cap
ital punishment is brutalizing; that il
does not act as a deterrent to crime
and that it defeats the ends of justice
by making juries reluctant to convict
when they know that a verdict of guilty
will carry with it the death sentence.
Such case as that which recently 0c-
Cured in New York, where convict,
sentenced to life Imprisonment for muir
der, was proved innocent and pardoned
after serving twenty-five years, is cited
as evidence of the irreparable wrong
which would have been done, if the
death sentence at first imposed upon
him had been carried out On the other
hand, it is argued that the death pen.
atty really does deter from crime; that
statistics show that, through the abuse
of the pardOning power, the average
term of life Imprisonment has been re-
duced to confinement for only ten or
twelve years; that the increased prison
population, where the death penalty is
abolished, puts heavy burden on the
public; and that conyicts under a life
sentence are a dangerous charge, be-
cause they can murder their keepers
without mourning any heavier penalty
than that which they are already I'M
dergong The recent lynching of a
Colorado convict, who had escaped
from the penitentiary after killing
prison official, Is explained as u pro
test against the disuse of the death
penalty. In Michigan there is strong
agitation for the restoration of capital
punishment. Iowa once abolished the
death penalty, and later restored it; and
Maine, after abOlishing 1t, restored 1t,
and later abolished 1t again. While the
movement to do away with capital pun.
ishment makes slow progress, humaniz-
ing influences are gaining ground. The
scandal Of public executions has been
abolished in most States there are
about twenty States In which the court
may substitute life Imprisonment,
either at its own discretion or upon the
recommendation of the jury; and tire,
States, New York. Ohio and Massachu.
sets, have substituted the electric chair
for the hangman's rope.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05
Combine of Copper Kings.

New York, April Ex-senator Clark of
Montana, who by reason of the antagon-
ism of Marcus Daily will be unable to
retain his seat in the United States SEN
ate, is to enter into a political and com
mercial alliance with +. A. Heinze of the
Montana Ore Purchasing company. 1t is
expected to exert considerable influence on
copper affairs. He has gone west to begin
the Clark Heinze campaign against Stand
ard Oil-Amalgamated interests.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

All good Americans will heartily In
dorse the vigorous patriotism Of the ia
nous physician, DR.. Mckinney, In con-
uadicting the story of his intended re-
Clrement to Europe, with the emphatic
remark, 81 hate Eupore. America is
good enough for me-" 1t is not neces-
sary to hate Europe, and 1t is profitable
TO have seen and studied Europe. 1t
mas much that is worth seeing and
studying and. moreover, the fairmind-
ed American always likes to examine
Tor himself the evidence on which he
Is to give an opinion. Travel is good
ior both mind and body; it is vacation
and education. But after the Amer
lcan has taken good look at Europe
ne need have no hesitation in declaring
with DR.. Mckinney that America is
soou enough for him. 1t Is good enough
ior anybody. Nowhere else in the world
can life be lived under better condi-
uons than In the United States. Alike
ior the toiler and the capitalist, for ar
ueht youth and tranquil old age, for
manhood and womanhoOd. for the
'nihKer or the worker, for all who
ieaiiy live, 1t Is the land of opportunity,
VI nope OF progress, of possibilities on
s"e whole SURPRISING those Of the most
favored countries of Europe. 1t Is the
most interesting country In the world.
:. 10 now at the most interesting period
IL history. It ts struggling with q
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

The school savings bank system es-
tablished in Champaign and Urbana
by the Woman's Club of the Illinois
twin cities is reported to be completely
successful both in its plan and its exc.
cution. The banks are in connection
with the public schools, and began
three months ago when Mrs. Julian, a
teacher in one of the Urbana schools,
was induced to take charge of the saw
ings. Already some twenty of her pu-
pills have bank accounts, twelve of them
being above So. Since then the Wo-
mans Club has provided blanks and
the system Is being followed through
out the cities. 1t is probable, however
that the plan will die when the novelty
wears off, as has been the case with
school savings banks established In
| other cities. The expenses and annoy.
ance of management are too great and
the reward in glory usually too small
for private philanthropy. The only sue
ceSsful plan for encouraging school
children to save is the postal savings
banks. In Great Britain, for instance,
children may obtain cards and paste
penny stamps upon them until a shil-
ling Is had, and then an account may
be opened with the government. A
million accounts have been opened thus
in England. In France and Belgium
5-centime stamps may be saved until a
franc is gained; in Austria ) kreutzer
stamps until so kreutzers are had, and
in the latter country there are 479, AIS
children who have bank accounts. To
be sure there are dime savings banks
in the United States, but they some
times fail. If postal savings banks eX-
listed in America there would be GER
| tainly some provision for saving pen
| MES as there Is in Europe.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

Just rs Hungary sis tired of having
30 stay in bed whenever Austria hap
pens 20 be taken ILL.," Norway strains
against pulling i'll team with Sweden,
and has recently acquired a separate
national flag. Some years ago the ven
eralle Max Muller received a scholarly
letter from Dom Pedro of Brazil, which
Of the Scandinavian countries read it
with a sigh: 81 have no such leisure for
Sanskrit. The happy Emperor of Bra
I'll has but one country to govern;
have two"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

greater number OF problems and more
important ones than any other country.
And 1t is growing more interesting all
the time. Its successes and its failures
are fraught with vaster consequences
Tor the welfare or detriment of the hui
man race than those of any other coun-
try. The American who under any
circumstances does not find America
good enough for him is simply blind to
the most attractive picture in world
history.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

Rev. Samuel G. Smith in recent ar
ticle In Harpers Bazaar on The Place
OF Women in tie Worlds Work"
pleads for the limitation of women in
factories and trade and strongly advo-
Gates the closing of all wage-earning
occupations to girls under Is years of
age. The doctor evidently means we'll
and perhaps in a good many cases his
position would hold. good and yet there
Is no doubt that such an arbitrary rul-
ing would be an injustice to many
homes Take for instance the case of
woman bereft of her husband, and left
without means with two or three
young daughters on her hands. The
mother has been a "home" woman, is
unskilled In any kind of business or
productive industry. Her eldest daugh-
ter Is but IA years of age, but is anX-
1ous to come to her mothers assist
ance. She leaves school. learns trade
and at Is or 16 is qualified for some in
dustry that gives promise Of advance
ment in the future and helps the moth
er and younger sisters materially for
the present. But DR.. Smith says she
should be 18 before entering the indus
trial world What would he have this
mother and her daughters do in the
meantime?
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05
Little Willie and Sister Grace


They cut pas trousers down for me; I
don't get nOthin' new;
/ have to wear his old coats out his old
suspenders, too!
His hats and shoes don't fit me, but I
s'pose they will some day,
And then they'll come to me instead Of
bein' thrown away!
My sister Grace is twenty-five
And she can sing and play,
And what she wears is always new
Not stuff that's thrown away!
She puts on style, ! tell you what!
She dresses out of sight;
She's proud and naughty and she's got
A beau most every night.
/ never get new things to wear; I'm just
boy, you see,
And any old things good enough to doc
tor up for met
Most everything that I've got on one day
belonged to pa
When sisters through with her fine
things she hands 'em up to ma!
Chicago Times Herald.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

When the Prince of Wales ate q 10
cent dinner the other day the fact was
considered to be of sufficient import
ance to be cabled across the Atlantic at
20 cents word. Yet some people claim
1t is the thing that Is done which counts
and not the person who does it.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

New York, May William +. Miller,
manager of the Franklin Syndicate, who
was recently convicted Of grand larceny
was sentenced in Brooklyn to serve ten
years imprisonment.
Motion for new trial and a stay Of
proceedings were denied
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

Two hours were devoted to the debate
on the provisions appropriating $l75,238
for special facilities from New York to
Atlanta and New Orleans and $4,000
from Kansas City TO Newton, Kan.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

New York contractors sent 800, 900 to
Chicago bosses who are attempting to
destroy the building trades unions.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

Nineteen hundred Is year that can
be divided by 4, but nevertheless mocks
the fond longings of many an eager
spinster.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

At the same time it is not a bit
easier for some folks to borrow trouble
than it is for others to lend or even
give 1t.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

The Australians eat more than dou-
BILE the amount Of meat per head Of
population to that consumed by any
other people. except those Of the United
States.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

One Of the get-rich-quick men has
been disposed of satisfactorily by the
0et-iustice-quick process.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

Rev. Mr.. Sheldon is now In position
to realize with what comparative ease
the average preacher earns his salary.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

Evidently the judge that upheld a
marriage contract made on Sunday
went on the old theory that sit is law
full to do good on the Sabbath day."
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

A cup has to be too small to drink
out of before the women Will admit
that 1t Is pretty.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

The daughter of the Sultan, who
eloped with poet, probably figured
that it would be impossible for him
ever to support more than one wife.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05
Possibilities in the South.

II our Southern States alone were as
densely settled as Germany they would
have population Of over 100000 900.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05
Observation-Disclosures,
2 TIMELY TOPICS.s
TAMHAAIAR1AARAA IAARAA =

Naturally enough the brick trust has
zone to the wall.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

Nature occasionally performs mira
Giles for the purpose OF demonstrating
tie possibility Of the impossible.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-05

A pretty and becoming new dress
and hat are fountain OF youth enough
for almost any woman
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-02
1NFAMY OF CHINESE.
Held Up to the World in the Opin-
Ion of Dritish.

LONDON, Aug g., 4 a. NAT last the
story Of Pekin has been told. DR.. MorIi-
son, in today's Times, holds up the Chi
nesce government before the world as
guilty, and to a degree of duplicity and
infamy that exceeds the imagination OF
its worst defamers. In his dispatch he
gives a more hopeful view of the pros
poets. of the besieged than had been ex-
pressed by any of the others who have
been heard from.
From Belgium comes an official s.ate-
ment that the relief forces are expected
at Pekin in about a week, they being
eighteen miles from Tien Tsin yesterday
From Sir Claude Macdonald dated July
a. comes Dispatch I'VE are surrounded
by imperial troops" he writes, they are
firing continuously. The enemy is enter
prising, but cowardly. We have rations
for about fortnight. The Chinese gov
ernment has done nothing whatever to
help US. If the Chinese do not press the
attack we can hold out, say ten days.
So no time should be lost If terrible
massacre is to be avoided
Yet a Shanghai special says Ii Hung
Chang has received a decree dated July
Is, directing him to inform the consuls
that the ministers were safe on that date
Evidently Sir Claude Macdonald is over
pessimistic, as DR.. Morrison under date
of July q announces the arrival OF sup
plies. In view of this 1t is quite within
reason that the edict announcing the safe
ty of the ministers on July 2S is correct
Sir Claude MacDonald's latest letter,
while strong indictment Of the Chinese
government, is not nearly so much so as
DR.. Morrisons dispatch. That correspond
ent, with the imperial edicts as author ty,
declares that as late as July the impe-
rial government urged the Boxers to CON
tinue their loyal and patriotic services
IN exterminating the Christians.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-02
JESTER WAS ACQUITTED
JURY ARRIVED AT A VERDICT
AFTER TAKING THREE BALLOTS.

NEW LONDON, Aug. Alexander
Jester, the octonegarian who has been
on trial here for then past week for a
murder twenty-nine years ago, of Gilbert
Gates, Was tonight acquitted. The jury
took three ballots.
When the jury filed into the court
room it was filled with an expectant
thropg. Eager faces bent forward and
watched closely every motion of the
twelve men who would decide the old
mans fate as they took their places
Judge Erby who was in waiting prompts
ly addressed the foreman of the jury.
Joseph Barry, and asked if they had
come to a conclusion Barry answered
quietly In the affirmative and handed the
verdict TO the judges. The latter calmly
unfolding the paper, scanned 1t a mo-
ment and then said:
I'VE, the jury find the defendant, Alex
ander Jester not guilty.
The Old prisoner bent with age and
worn with watching, sat as if dazed for
an instant while the audience at first too
amazed to realize that the trial had so
quickly come to an end, watched the
actions Of the judge in breathless silence.
Jester finally realizing the import of the
words arose and his face fairly BEAM
ing with joy, moved toward the jurymen
to thank them. A moment later the spec
tators gave vent to their feelings in a
shout that made the court room ring.
Then, with common impulse a rush was
made for the man who had made SO
brave a fight for his life in his declining,
years, and almost smotbered him with
congratulations. After nearly four weeks
of tedious testimony taken, the great
trial of Alexander Jester had passed into
history and the old man, after d second
attempt to send him to the gallows had
been set free 1t had been a trial filed
with pathos, presenting as it did the
spectacle OF woman testfying against
her aged brother in an attempt to fasten
murder, committed nearly thirty years
ago upon his head.
There were three ballots taken in the
jury room. The first stood nine for ac-
quittal and three for murder in first de-
gree, the next stood ten for acquittal
and two for conviction.
The third and last was unanimous for
acquittal and was given with a shout by
the tired jurymen.
AS soon as Jester could tear himself
away from those who crowded about
congratulating him, he hurried to his
hotel and was soon the center OF happy
group made up of his children, Harvey
Jester, Will and Alice Hill, who quietly
rejoiced. Jester will leave here at once
for Oklahoma to his old home where he
was arrested two years ago.