Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-10-07
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When the Kaiser has completed his
task of looking after other peoples
business he might go home and spend
few months building his own fences.
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The popular contempt Of warfare
against the mosquito proves the ca
pacity OF the American public for
strainlng at a gnat and swallowing an
epidemic.-New York Mail.
A man is largely determined by his
environments. Christopher Columbus
might have been New York police
man for twenty years without discov-
ering even poolroom.-Puck.
II old man Sherman had only waited
around long enough to see the peace
ENJOYS start for Portsmouth he might
not have emitted such a cantankerous
opinion about war.-Phlladelphi Tele-
graph.
Turkey has ordered In France tor
pedo boat destroyer, three gunboats,
two transports and artillery fittings,
and 1t Is rumored that as soon as these
are delivered the Sultan intends to put
out his tongue at the Czar--London
Punch.
The lingo" OF the yellow fever re-
ports might be applied to the daily
news from the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington. New "foci" and
"sub-foci" are constantly appearing I'M
der Secretary Wilson's nose.-Spring-
field Republican.
Portland, Me-, is securing the coun-
try for subscriptions to Its Thomas B.
Reed memorial fund. They want $780,
600 and have on hand about $4,000.
Tom wouldn't have approved this dun
ming his friends for such a purpose
Boston Herald.
| A woman swearing offends no more
against morals than man swearing,
| but she offends more against manners,
and by about as much as we are the
more shocked at her swearing than at
his, by SO much do we hold manners
above morals.-Life.
Our old friend, WI Ting Fang, is
said to have been commissioned by the
Pekin court for the task of forcing this
country to a fair course of treatment
of Chinese subjects. The chlldlike Mr..
WI knows us we'll, and how to pinch
where 1t will hurt us the worst-Buf-
falo Courier.
The Russian government according
to st. Petersburg dispatch, has Or
cided to Issue a second internal loan.
The amount is said to be $1OO,0OO,O 900
The Russian internal loan of 100000
900 last March came like pulling teeth
this one, 1t IS fair to presume, will bt
like killing the nerve.-Hartford Cou
= rant.
The dirt at Panama isn't flying, an(
the government has at last decided
= that it won't fly until sanitary condl
dons are so improved that a sufficien
number of workmen can be attracted
to the Isthmus. The original idea thai
the only thing needed to insure the
canal was the money has been sub
stantially nodified.-Buffalo Courier.
IIl
ward VII. fear that Americas future
Is threatened by China and Japan, the
yellow peril, that there comes an IRE
sistible temptation to remind then
that the United States has managed
to increase some 100000 in popula
ton in the last century without an orr
entail market. We can probably play
along.-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Senator Mitchell, or Oregon, has
been tried, convicted and sentenced tc
six months imprisonment and to pay a
fine of $4,000; but still holds on to his
seat as a Senator from Oregon. The
salary, mileage and perquisites Of Sen.
ator Mitchell for year will about paw
his fine, but this is a new way to use
the Office of United States Senator
and will probably be very Unpopular
Louisville Post.
The suggestion that there be a ma.
tlonal celebration of the two huniredtb
anniversary Of Benjamin Franklin's
birthday next January was to be e&-
pected about this time. The day will
surely be observed in various places,
and one Of them should be Boston,
which Franklin ran away from at an
early age. A truly national celebra.
ton, however might be difficult to
manage.-Springfield Republican.
1t would be interesting to know how
much money has been spent, first ana
last, on the search for the north pole
When the imposing total has been as.
certained, the question may be asked
whether more profitable results would
not have been obtained If the money
had been spent In some other way,
The hackers Of an arctic explorer have
a right to spend their money on him
If they please, but they would benefit
humanity more If they put their dol
lars into model tenement houses or
consumption hospitals.-Chicago Trib-
une.
Another plot has been discovered In
Constantlnople the purpose Of which
was the removal OF the Sultan. The
Sultan's time is all filed lodging