The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-10-12
MATTER FOX THE MASSES
Interesting Information Relating to
Current Events.
POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS and GENERAL.
Condensed News From the Hurry.
Ing world About Us-Prepared for
Those who Read AZ They hun
miscellaneous Matter.

Those who Read AZ They Ran-
rftscelIaneous Matter.
They Musr Be FIRED. Spokane il
wrestling with an alleged piece Of jobber,
in connection with its water works
Brethren, the boodlers everywhere mus
he fred or they will make this state no,
fit to live in.-seattle Telegraph.
WHAT 1T MiGHr BE.--It the Who'll,
world knew TO an absolute certainty tn,
true condition of affairs in Washington
did they adequately realize its unrivalec
resources in natural wealth, the great pro
ductiveness Of its thousands Of unclaime,
acres, 1t would become more densely pop
ulated in the next two years than tn,
state of New York .--Leavenworth Times
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SHE WANTS CAsH.-Mrs. Sather, wh,
has sued the city of Spokane for $l5, 00'
damages for her husbands death, refused
an offer to provide her with nice littl,
home and but her on the city pay roll fol
ten years for s25 month, the idea being
that this would insure her living
whereas II she received the money all a
once, other parties would probably ge
the most OF il.
WHEAT AN INFERIOR CRoP. The 81 pei
bushel wheat era has passed, not to re
turn for many years, unless the screag'
in this country and Europe shall b,
greatly reduced. And what, for instance
would have been the result had ther,
been full wheat crop even In England
this year? But does raising wheat Amos
wholly to the exclusion of feed crops
stock and dairy products pay at 20 ant
IS cents per bushel 7-Skagit News.
A NAUGHTY MINIsTER.--A sensation hal
been caused by the preferring Of charges
before the Methodist conference in Mime
apolis against Rev. Thomas McCleary
d. D., pastor OF the Bates avenue Metho
dist church. Rev. Mr.. Filling accuses
DR.. McCleary Of having attended per
formance of America" while at tn,
Worlds fair, and of having published hi
and impressions in the Meth
odist Herald, which is also scored. A spill
in the church is predicted
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Too HIoH FOR Us.-A letter has beer
received from the chief of the United
Sta:es coast and geodetic survey, Wash
in gton, d. c., stating that Mount Orizaba
Mexico, is the highest. 1t reaches int,
the clouds 1898 feet, while Mt. st. Ella
only touches the mark at 1905. w
are sorry, but the two mountains OF Ore
gon and Washington by these figures ar
over Swallowed, and Hood and Rainier
must be considered simply hillocks in tn,
future. Times Mountaineer.
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He SHOULD CONE WEsr.-The follow.
ing suggestion is found in the columns
of the Portland Telegram: 'If Mr.
Cleveland insists upon running tn,
government independent Of congress anc
the supreme court, he ought to come ives
and get acquainted with his subjects. ii,
has never seen the sunset side Of tn,
Rockies. He has ne YER made TRIP
Chinatown. The president ough
to make us visit and learn something o.
our conditions before undertaking t.
make laws for u.s."
How They STARTED.-Not many OF thu
successful novelists of today started in Life
as story writer's. Most Of them-includ'
ing Ripling. Black, Farieon, Barrie and
David Christie Murray we're newspaper
men. Conan Doyle was a doctor. Rober,
Louis Stephenson was an engineer. Wal
ter Besant was college professor. Thos
Hardy and Hall Game were architects
Jerome X. jerome was plain, everyday
clerk. Bret Harte WAS q printer, miner
schoolteacher and newspaper man In
Herald.
A WRoTHY WIDow.-A Roslyn woman
who was made widow by the great slop,
explosion, is on the war path after an ex
official on this division OF the Northern
Pacific and several other persons, one o
whom was late employee Of the N. p.
located at this station. The lady init
mated in an interview that she was bun
koed out Of $500, which was used tc
defend recent criminal prosecution il
this county. The money in question wal
given her as her share of the slope relic
fund. She promises sensational develop
ments II the matter is not speedil,
arranged. Gle lum Tribune.
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VERY EMBARRASSING GIRIs.--Down IL
an Iowa town, not so very far below tn,
Minnesota line, there is q progressiv,
little church. Some time ago it was founC
necessary to raise certain amount for
certain purpose. The young ladies of thu
church took the matter in hand, and ate
going over all the many ways which hac
been tried in times past to raise money
decided upon new plan. They decided
to lei the young men OF the town who iel
like doing something in the interest o
the church hold their hands certain
length OF time for given sum---6O cent,
for holding a girls hand rs minutes
seems to have been about the average. II
is said that the plan worked like charm
and that the Golfers OF the church swelled
perceptibly after the band-holding social
was over. The man who is empowered to