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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-27
A sUBTERRANEAN OCEAN.
II Is Believed to UnderlIe Nebraska, Kan
sas and Indian Territory.

II Is Believed to UnderiIe Nebraska, Kan
sas and Indian Territory.
The best scientists of the land favor
the opinion that Nebraska, Kansas and
part of Indian Territory are situated
over an immense underground lake or
sea- 1t is well known fact that in sew
eral places in Kansas whole sections of
land have suddenly disappeared, leaving
only fathomless lakelets to mark the
spot where they were once situated.
Proof that there is something peculiar
with the foundation of the section of
the country mentioned may be found in
the celebrated tide wells of Polk,
Butler and Colfax counties in Nebras-
kA Polk county is best provided with
these curious wells, having between a
dozen and 30 which roar and ebb and
flow with an unseen tide The roaring
of these remarkable curiosities-they
cannot be called natural wonders, be-
cause they are the work of man, at least
SO far as excavation is concerned--is
caused by the inhalation and exhalation
of immense quantities of air. There are
hours, regular and uniform, in which
the air will rush out with loud, hiss
ing sound, and again an equal space of
time in which it seems that all the air
of the Platte valley will be sucked into
the cavernous depths of these wonderful
wells.
The period of this ebb and flow does
not seem to depend upon either the sea-
sons or the state of the weather, but is
thought to have some mysterious con-
nection with the high and low tide Pc
RODS of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
A meteorologist of national reputation,
who sought to fathom the mystery of
the "Platte river tide wells" and who
issued little pamphlet with the title
Roaring Wells of Nebraska" gave it
as his opinion that the roaring phenom-
enon was in some way connected with
the prevailing direction of the wind,
being strongest in time of west or south
west breezes. The farmers in the three
counties mentioned as being best pro-
vided with these tide regulated. air ex-
polling wells believe that the water sup
ply is connected with body large
enough to have regular ebb and flow
of tide. All the wells in the counties of
Polk and Butler which are tide regulat-
ed are Of about the same depth, those
of Colfax being deeper, but all extend
ing to porous stratum having the same
general characteristics. st. Louis Re-
public.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-27
PLAYING IN THE GARRETT.
Some of the Resources and Pleasures of the
Playroom Under the Roof.

Some Of the Resources and Pleasures Of the
Playroom Under the Roof.
There Is one delight" said MAN
who was reared in small town, that
/ suppose many children born in great
cities never know, and that is the de-
light of playing in the garnet. Many
city children. to be sure, have relatives
in the country or In smaller cities or
towns whom they have visited, who live
In houses with garrets, and these know
something of the delights Of the garrett,
but there must be many city children
who never even heard the name.
For myself. / remember we'll gar
ret to which used to climb in rainy
weather up q steep and narrow flight Of
stairs 1t was warm and rather stuffy
In the garnet, but the rain made music
on the shingled roof, and the garrett it.
self was full of treasures. There was
room, to begin with, space to move
about in, though you needed to look out
little for the timber in the slipping
roof There was swing from two Of
the beams, and we used to swing and
swing in that and never get tired of it.
There was a chimney up through this
garnet, great, big. friendly chimney,
and we used to play tag around that
chimney until we couldn't run any
more. There was great lot of old
magazines, and these were an unfailing
source of delight. There were old books
in queer type, and with strange looking
pictures. There were queer old hair
covered trunks, with round tops, stud
ded with brass headed nails In these
trunks and around in the garnet were
curious, old fashioned mems clothes,
and the most extraordinary gowns and
capes and hats of women--not fancy
costumes. but the real things, such a.
they actually wore many years ago, and
looking stranger than anything you
could hire at costumer's. We used to
dress up sometimes in these old, old
things and parade around in the garre,
and have great times generally, and sc
forgot ourselves in the delights Of the
garnet that the very world itself looked
strange when we came down stairs and
back 10 it.
What is there in the big city thai
takes the place Of the garret?"--Nev
York Sun.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-27
JERusALEM's BOON.
The Holy City Has Caught the Fever Of sfoa-
ern Progress=Promising EnYironmenf.


ern Progress-Promising Environment.
The British consul at Jerusalem in
his last report gives some interesting
details respecting the state of the Holy
City. 1t appears that buildings of vari-
Gus kinds continue to be erected in the
vicinity, and that the city is far out
growing its former limits. On the west
ern side houses have increased so rapidly
within the last few years that quite a
large suburb has arisen where formerly
there We're fields and vineyards. Every
available piece of land is now being
bought up by private persons or by be-
nevolcnt societies and missions, and al
ready the name of Modern Jerusalem
has been given to this new quarter.
Last year the first public garden was
completed outside the Jaffa gate, and
the trade is generally increasing. espe-
eially that in Jaffa oranges, olive wood
work (now an important local industry
and olive oil. The export of colocynth
declined i'll consequence of 1.-THE levied
on it by tho authorities. 1t is gathered
by Arabs in the neighborhood of GAIA,
"hctS ~ SlONS WILL All lultTeStinR ell
terprise which has recently been COM
menced is the collection of the bitumen
which rises to the surface and floats
about on the Dead sea. Two sailing
boats were taken by train from Jaffa to
Jerusalem and then conveyed in carts
to the Jordan, where they were floated
down the river TO the Dead sea, and
they are now engaged in picking up the
bitumen, which is in much request in
Europe.
The consul thinks it would be advan-
tageous to trade with the inland dis
tricts if a steam launch and lighters
were placed on the Dead sea to ferry
across the produce of Moab, which is a
country that is rich in cereals, fruit
and cattle. AT present it is conveyed by
caravans round the north or south end
of the Dead sea, entailing a journey Of
from four to five days. Kerak, the chief
town of Moab, is now garrisoned with
Ottoman troops, and authority is estab-
lished there, so that if rapid communica-
ton We're established the whole produce
of Moab would find its way to Jerusa.
lem and the coast. Boston Transcript.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-27
.BisseII" Postofices.

There is now ''Bissell' postoffice in
nearly every state in the Union When
Mr.. Bissell was appointed postmaster
general, not a single postoffice in the
country was honored by the name Of
"Bissell" Mr.. Bissell has since cor
rected this singular omission ON the part
of former postmaster generals, and when
The Postal Guide was printed last De-
cember had already added an even dozen
"Bissells" to the postoffice nomenclature
of the country. He has been steadily
progressing ever since, and there arc
now probably between 20 and 20 post
offices so designated In some cases the
naming OF postofiice after the postmas-
ter general is pure sycophantry. Often
or, however, the name is suggested by
the department in cases where there is
any difficulty over the selection of a
proper title for an Office. In Tho Postal
Guide printed last December there are
30 "Clevelands" and 10 Growers. -
The 'Bissell" offices will eventually
outhumber all others. -Indianapolis
Journal.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-27

so CO during perspiration. But, con
trary to what might seem probable AT
drst thought, this loss is ofsener advan-
tageous than otherwise.
In this way an escape pipe, so to
speak, is provided for the human mech
nnism, and just as the escape pipe OF
steam engine is self regulating, so for
tunately the radiation of tho heat from
the surface of the body is under the con
troll of the nervous system.
When the fact Ia made apparent TO
the nerve ceneers that the temperature
Of the body is getting too high. notice is
Immediately sent along the nerves to
open wider the blood vessels at tho sur
face of the body, with the result that
| the blood flows nearer the surface, tho
sweat glands are stimulated to increased
action, more water is excreted by them,
and with the water goes off the heat.
Since it is by this means largely that
the superfuous heat Of the body in
health as well as in disease is got rid of,
it is clearly very important, especially
at this time Of the year, that the pores
Of the skin should never be allowed to
become clogged
With the increased amount of dust in
the atmosphere and its natural propen-
sity for adhering to the perspiring body
the daily bath becomes more OF a neces-
sity during the summer months than at
any other time of the year. Ono should
take great care, however, that the bod
lily temperature is reduced as nearly as
possible to normal before the bath il
taken. II the temperature be somewhat
high and the body perspiring freely, the
danger of taking cold will be increased
by reason Of the sudden congestion of
the blood in the dilated vessels at the
surface of the body.
Much Of the advantage to be derived
from sea bathing will be lost unless the
crusts of salt that form in the pores of
the skin on the evaporation of the water
are removed by subsequent brisk towel
ing or fresh water sponging.
Not only is the perspiration an eff
cient means of removing superauous
heat, but by this same channel go out
many of the waste products of the body.
These waste products are always rela-
lively increased in the summer months,
and so it is doubly important that dur
ing this trying season we should keep
the skin in a healthy and clearly condi-
tinn .--Vnuth's Communion
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-27
A Pine Knot Squirrel Hunt.

"a pine knot squirrel hunt is about
the most exciting sport / know" said
A. r. McIlvane. ''In the pine woods OF
the south there are a great many squir-
rels. and the ground is covered with
knots These are very hard, and their
shape renders them much easier than
stones to throw straight Frequently
parties of expert throwers are formed to
kill squirrels without guns. and 1t is re-
markable how successful they are.
When a squirrel is sighted, the man
who discovers him has the first throw,
and il the squirrel is not hit it belongs
to whoever gets it, About one-half Of
the throws bring the squirrels down,
and the party will often return with 100
of the animals. As the trees are high
and the squirrels are generally on the
branches, the difficulty of hitting them
is very great, but the skill Of a great
many with these knots is remarkable. !"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-27

The Parkhurst spasm struck Walla
Walls With such force that the saloons
were all closed on Sunday aud the dis
reputable women driven from their
houses. 1t lasted but short time, the
result being that the bottle and deinijohn
trade doomed on Saturdays; drunkenness
on Sunday exceeded any previous time
and the women-scsttered from the quar-
ter Of the town in which they made their
rendezvous-spresd over the city in rooms
and Haunted their vileness or importuned
the passers-by from the pavement. Now
the city council has revoked the ordi
nances against Sunday closing. and tn,
citizens are appealing for the old condi
tions before they made bad matter
worse
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-27
CUSTOMS OF cosTERs.
rhcy Lead . Prccarious Life, but Are Phi
Iosophers All the Time.

rhcy Lead . Prccarious Life, but Are PHI
iosophers All the Time.
A writer in the London Culver says
that the costers are now largo class.
Though the coster's work is extremely
hard and his profits are precarious he
lives for good purpose. When he speaks
Of himself as "a general dealer" he
means that he trades in anything which
enables him to turn an honest penny.
His ordinary mode Of life is even lower
than Is meant by living from hand to
mouth. When he turns out in the small
hours Of the morning to look round the
markets, he may not even know whether
this traffic for the day will consist in
fish, vegetables or fruit. He may take
a hasty penny breakfast in the street
and then 90 to Billingsgate with the
idea of loading up" with the first, only
to find that everything is too dear, and
then he must HE away to Spitalfields or
Covent Garden. When he thus arises
with the lark, no cannot tell whether he
will have "a good day" or very poor
one.
The most aespairing time Of all is
when tho markets all round are too dear
to allow of the barrow being LOADED
up" If the coster can clear or shil-
lings in the day. he will not be down.
hearted, and should he earn nothing, or
even make a loss, he looks at the mat
ter as philosophically as one could ex-
pect. There are shrewd business men
among the costers who rise into thriv-
ing shopkeepers The bank establish
ment for their own use teaches them to
save, and the evening for receiving de-
posits will be one Of the liveliest of the
week. The fact is also learned that
there is strength in unity, so that the
London Union Of General Dealers In
its way exercises as farreaching an in
fuence as city guild
The chairman might correctly have
described himself in the words Of one
of his brethren, II amt q dedicated
person, but ] know wot's wot." He
proved this characteristic by rising into
thriving tradesman, having one or
two shops, and when ON one occasion
his errand boy stole a box containing
nearly 100 sovereigns the police would
not believe that such q man had so
much money to be stolen. The fact
was as stated, however, and the ''gen.
eral dealer" still continued to make
progress, while he was well known to
Lord Shaftesbury, who publicly alluded
to him as my friend -" At first
sight it may appear to be humble
thing to be leading spirit among such
humble folk, but in a way there is am
pie scope for administrative ability and
ENTERPRISE
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-27
eReeLsYs MANNERS WERE BAD.
But They Were Forgiven For His Fine Aft
err Dinner Speech.

er Dinner speech.
The genial old philanthropist, Horace
Greeley, went to New Orleans after the
south had taken him to her heart in
grateful recognition of his action in 60
ing Oh the jeff Davis bail bond, and the
people were anxious to show him every
attention in their power
A dinner seemed TO be the proper
thing, and tho markets Of New Orleans,
than which there are few better in the
world, were ransacked to make the &C.
easion as notable for its viands as for
the distinction of the guest and the din
crs. Judge Walker, the veteran editor
of The Picayune, presided. He was a
great gormand, and after the manner
of gormands wished none Of the fine
points of the dinner to be lost to the
guest for lack of commentary.
''Mr. Greeley" said he. these oys-
tiers are the best that come to our mar
ket, and we think they vie with those
of Norfolk. observe that you are not
eating them.
well, no." replied Greeley. 1.-THE
truth is / never could abide shellhsh. F"
And he passed.
Then came some delicious green tur-
tie soup, which Judge Walker explain
ed was prepared from the finest fat tur-
Ito the Florida bays could afford.
mo doubt, no doubt" was the reply
in Greeloy's peculiar whine, 'but cold
blooded animals are an abomination to
me-"
The pompano, imperial fish that 1t is,
and fresh from the gulf, was open to
the same objection, despite Judge Wal
ker's eulogy, and that, too, was passed.
Mr. Greeley barely tasted the accompa-
nying Partisan dainty and shook his
head ruefully at the idea that anybody
would impair his digestion by eating
cucumbers. Shrimp salad, another New
Orleans delicacy, proved no more tempt
ing. Shrimps, he said, looked SO much
like worms that they always give him
the creeps.
"Ah, here is something you will like
"A homely dish in name," said Judge
Walker, "but fit for the gods 1t is q
Galicia ham," And then he went on
to tell how the hogs from which these
hams were obtained were fed only ON
chestnuts, making the flesh luscious and
delicious.
Perhaps 80, very interesting in
Decd" observed Greeley, "but do you
know, judge, that there is so much talk
OF trichina nowadays that l wouldn't
dare taste Bit Of pork. F"
The judge gave up in despair. The
only thugs in all the array Of dainties
which had been provided which Mr..
Greeley would eat were bread, potatoes
and cauliflower, and he feared that he
might be overlooking his stomach al
that. But when it came to the speak
ing, although he had drunk nothing bu!
cold water, he spoke as one inspired and
with fervor. eloquence and tender,
ness that nobody at the table could ever
forget. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-27
ROSEBERY AND RACING.
The Prime Minister Is Not Yet Out of HI.
WrangIe with the Nonconformists.

Wrangie with the Nonconformists.
The nonconformist conscience has
finally succeeded in drawing out Lord
Rosebery on the subject of horse races,
or rather race horses, for sharp dis
tinction is made between the two
phrases. The premier's clever interpre-
tation of the Puritan figure of Crom-
well between himself and his virtuous
critics is accepted as q practically con-
elusive argument in country which
ranks precedent as higher authority than
principle.
This paramount characteristic of the
English mind is amazingly shown in
the reply to the prime ministers urbane
retort. Instead of defying the historic
example of the lord protector and stick
ing to its guns, the Antigambling So
ciety weakly suggests that if Cromwell
had possessed as much knowledge of the
evils of gambling as is now available
he would have sold his race horses, as
Rosebery is asked to do.
The two letters have started the dis
cussion afresh. but the episode has so
amused the English that the winner of
the Derby has little to fear. 1t is an in
teresting fact that Rosebery's most nu-
merous and enthusiastic defenders are
among his political opponents. The
Liberal party has much more to fear
from the stern virtues of the noncon-
formist conscience.
So some organs which support the
prime minister politically take dubi-
Gus view of the incident. Enemies like
The Times and The Telegraph chuckle
gleefully over the discontinue of the
critics. They review copiously the his
tory of the great pretender's sporting pro-
cliwties and lament any decadence in
the favorite national pastime. New
York SUMS London Letter.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-27
A Curious PAPER In Deccan.

A most curious paper is that described by
Mr.. G. A. Sala, as formerly published in the
Deccan. This paper was Autographed every
morning on a square Of white cotton cloth.
After having perused 1t the subscriber
employed it as apocket handkerchief. Then
they sent 1t to the local washerwoman. who
returned 1t clean square of white cotton,
to the publisher, who Autographed and
issued the same sheets again and again.
Hose of Olden Time.
In the very long ago hose were not
stockings as now worn, but made long,
and were often drawn up even TO the
waist, and, Oddly enough, had pockets
in their sides. We read. moreover, that
in the time Of TIE 'saGors and Stuarts
they were Of vaii ty, both of ma
terial and coh and f,r suc,, as roulh
command tn i-.ury !9urc richly Trim
med and costly: they were often called
neither stocks. Harper s Bazar.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-27
The Tenor,s Little Joke.

A popular tenor, whose dislike TO en-
cores il we'll known, had been singing
Come Into the Garden, Maud" when
there arose vehement cutlery for an en-
core.
Ladies and gentlemen" said the
singer as soon as the noise had somewhat
abated, 81 am sorry to inform you that
Maud is laboring under a severe cold.
In fact, her mamma has just sent her to
bed. Under these circumstances it will
be quite useless for me to ask Maud tc
come into the garden again this even.
ing. AS soon as she has recovered
shall only be too happy to oblige you. u
London Tit Bits.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-27
HoMlN0 PIGEONS IN THE NAVY.
A Trial on the MOnongaheia Demonstrate
Their Value as Messengers.

The United States practice ship Mo-
nongahela, Captain G. NJ. Chester COM
manding, has arrived in GARDENERS bay
from Annapolis. She has three classes
of naval cadets ON board and is on her
summer cruise.
An interesting experiment with pi
gcon messenger service was tried. The
Monongahela took with her a.number
of birds from the Naval academy loft.
Each day after leaving Annapolis one of
these was released with messages for
home. The last was liberated 90 miles
off Cape Henry and fully 900 miles
from Annapolis. Advices received from
Annapolis show the birds reached there
in good time.
Lieutenant +. N. Tyler will put in a
messenger pigeon loft at the Norfolk
navy yard, as the experiment, the Off
GERS of the Monongahela declare. has
shown such a messenger service can DO
made an important feature of all our
naval stations and warships cruising
along the coast-New York World.