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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10
A Travelled Check.

A merchant at Ionia, Mich, paid a
debt due Detroit merchant with o
check ON the First National bank of To-
MIA. The Detroit merchant deposited the
check in his Detroit bank, which hap
pened to have no Ionia correspondent.
The Detroit bank sent it to its Chicago
correspondent. Why? Probably because
their Chicago balance was low and they
would collect 1t at par. The Chicago
bank sent it to Muskegon bank, its
nearest correspondent to Ionia. The
Muskegon bank sent 1t to its Grand
Rapids correspondent. The Grand Rap.
ids bank had no Ionia correspondent. but
saw that its Detroit correspondent was
the correspondent of the First National
bank of Ionia, on which the check was
drawn, SO 1t sent it again to Detroit
The Detroit bank then forwarded it to
Ionia, its destination for payment !
find this check passed through six banks,
being in transit IL days and travelled
1876 miles. Taking into consideration
the postage paid IL times by the differ
ent banks, the stationery used and the
time occupied by clerks in doing the
business, it would seem that if short
cut for the collection of checks can he
devised it would pay to adopt it.--Chi
cago News
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10
Tho Man and tho Clothes.

There was Methodist minister who
dressed SO we'll that friend felt hor-
rified and offered to give him suit Of
clothes and pay for them provided he
could have them made according to his
ideas. The offer was accepted. and the
tailor was ordered to make suit in the
plainest possible fashion. The order was
filed. and the suit was tried ON. The
giver Of it was amazed. So magnificent
was the form with which nature had en-
dowed the minister that that plain
Methodist suit upon him looked as il II
had just been received from PariR -
Christian Advocate.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10

A friend writes us from England: Wa
visited the simple tomb Of William
Wordsworth In Grasmere ohurchyard.
The old church stood near IL. among
the ancient trees. The rapid Rotha
passed the graves and the grand hills
lifted their green domes In the cloudless
sky.
We had ridden past the post tuned
lakes Of windermere and Grasmere.
with memories OF Coleridge, De Quin'
cey. Christopher North. Mrs. Hemanf
and Harriet Martineau, and had rested
by Rydal Water In the shadows Of Ry'
dal Mount
Wordsworth. !" said one Of orr par.
ty, calling to mind the author Of this
Excursion, - seems to be the soul Of
all these scenea He made himself thu
ever prevailing spirit Of the Englisf
lakes"
Burns was his teacher" said anoth
or.
"How was that1' we asked.
There, under the grand trees lifting
their solemn tops to the sun, our frient
repeated . single verse from Words
worth's poem ON the death Of Burns:
incurred with thousands. but ~ one
More deeply Erieved. for he was gone
Whose light hailed when hrst 10 shens
And showed my youth
How verse may build . prtnceiy throne
On humble truth.
Youths Companion.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10
SOUTH AFRICAN COOKERY.

rhs Native Biil Of Fare Carries Dismav
70 the white Man.
A very palatable dish is made Of an
elephants foot by putting it in hole,
building fire around and over 1t and
keeping It going for five or six hours.
Elephants tail is said to be very deli
cious when washed, scraped and fried
until IL Is rich brown. A novel way
Of making stew is practiced by one
tribe. who use the animals skin as re-
ceptacle for water. Put in this water
vegetables and pieces Of meat and then
add redhot stones. This generates vast
quantities OF steam and makes the wa
ter boil without injuring greatly the
surrounding hide. At the end of an
hour the contents are cooked and the
water has become a very fair soup, but
little peculiar ON account Of the
amount Of cinders, sand and fragments
Of stone it contains. Still another tribe
cook locusts, grasshoppers. katydids and
the like. and say they taste great deal
like an overlooked shrimp. None Of the
native tribes, SO far as known, ever eat
the lion, bat they have no such feeling
toward other carnivora
The jackal, wolf and fox are more or
less popular. and are reported to give Q
very palatable meat. Where our people
hang mutton, game and the immortal
goose to season IL and give 1t o rich
flavor, many South American tribes So
cure the same result by burying meat
In the earth and leaving 1t there for
several days. No civilized man has ever
been able to eat IL In this condition,
but the savages pronounce 1t q delicacy
Of extraordinary merit Not alone Is
cannibalism practiced to large extent,
but our Darwinian cousins Of the mon
key tribe share the same fate. In the
districts where they are employed as
food they are very timid and fly at the
sight Of human being even at great
distance. In other territories, where
they are unmolested, they are about as
tame and fearless "a in South America
or India. In nearly all Of these tribes
the woman is the cook and the waiter,
very often the butcher and sometimes
the hunter. New York Mail and Elk.
press.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10
Literature and Harmony.

Mrs. Strephon tPhillis as was) met
her husband at the door as he came
home one evening recently. She looked
tired, but triumphant.
i've arranged all your books for
you," she said. ''Such a piece Of work
1t was, )" and she led her husband to the
bookcase, where he kept most Of his ref
erence books.
There. said she. "You had books
Of all sizes and colors in that case--it
was horrible to look at. have put all
Of the same color together and arranged
them all by their sizes. You won't find
single tiny book in between two great
big ugly things of another color. Now
you will try to keep the bookcase neat.
won't You, dear-I've spent so much
time over iti"
So Strephon kissed Phillis and prom.
Used. New York Sun.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10

In due time the venerable traveller
reached Fontainebleau. As the pope had
come to Paris and the emperor had not
as of old gone to Rome SO by another
reversal the prodigal son had this time
come out to meet his spiritual father.
He was in hunting costume, and seemed
by accident to meet the pope's carriage
as it traversed the forest. Against his
loud protestations the successor of st.
Peter alighted with satin shoes and robes
Of state upon the muddy ground. But
the emperor, though prodigal, was not
repentant. for after his first ELUSIVE
greeting little acts of contemptuous dis
courtesy--such, for example, as himself
taking the seat of honor in the carriage
which they entered together--showed
that this late successor OF Charles the
Great was no second Henry Nv, who
thought crown we'll worth mass, but
an Otto or Henry Ill. determined &c
assert the secular supremacy against any
assumption recalling the pretensions of
Gregory VII. Professor w. M. Sloane s
Life Of Napoleon Y Century.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10

James Otis was killed by stroke Of
lightning in Andover. Mass, at the old
Isaac Osgood farm. May, 1888. Mr..
Otis wanted mug Of cider. The hired
man went into the cellar to draw the
cider. leaving the cellar door open. Mr..
Otis was standing in the doorway at the
side Of the house looking at the clouds.
Remaining that q heavy shower was
coming up. Scarcely had the words been
spoken when the bolt came down. struck
Mr.. Otis and killed him instantly. then
passed into large beam In the cellar
way, going the length Of the beam to
the cellar, where IL went of into the
ground. The hole In the beam was large
enough to thrust ones arm down, "a
the writer has done when visiting the
Osgood farm. Boston Transcripts.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10
THE WORLD AT LARGE
Miscellaneous Bits Of Information,
Gossip and Fancy.



1t is very interesting to go through q
wall paper factory and follow the proc
esses of manufacture. The designs ara
the first things observed. Formerly
there was scarcity of these, but now
there is food, and a manufacturer
must exercise much artistic taste and
business ability in making selections.
One was submitted to a New England
manufacturer recently by woman.
who stated that 1t was dictated by spir-
it's The least that can be said of it Is
that 1t was not desirable.
Various designers have different spe
cialties-some flowers. others architec
tural ideas, etc. and of recent year.
architects have devoted many of then
spare moments to originating wall pa
per designs.
A complete design consists Of three
pieoes-side wall, border and ceiling
The general width of patterns of the
side wall and ceiling, as used in the
trade and manufactured by American
machinery, is Is inches, and the length
Of the repeat in the pattern is either
1134 or 14A or Tx inches, as suggested
by the character Of the design, the shorter
repeats being the most satisfactory to the
trade in general.
: Many of the best effects are produced
In papers containing only four to six
colors, but as many as 90 or 25 are
sometimes used. Each color and shade
In design means separate roller to
the manufacturer. Philadelphia Times
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10
A Poi,ss Chfld.

Professor Sully, In an article In The
Popular Science Monthly. commenting
Of the Jealous regard for ceremony and
the proprieties Of behavior a. seen in the
enforcement Of rules Of politeness by
children. oites = delightful instance
that fell under his own observation as
be was walking on Hampstead heath.
at was spring day, and the fat buds
Of the chestnut were bursting into mag
nifcent green plumes. Two we'll dressed
misses, aged. ! should say, about Q
and II. were taking their correct morn
ing walk The elder called the attention
Of the younger to one Of the trees. point
ing to IL. The younger exclaimed In .
highly shocked tone, ooh. Maud, you
know you shouldn't pointl' The notion
Of perpetrating rudeness on the chest
nut tree was funny enough. But the in
oident Is instructive as illustrating the
childish tendency to stretch and gener-
alize rules to the utmost"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10
cANNIsAL PLANTS.
They Are Sure to LanKuish When Deprived
Of Their Diet Of Meat,

They Are Sure to Languish When Deprived
Of Their Diet Of Meat.
It has been proved time and again
that the so called "cannibal plants" of
which the Venus fly trap is the type,
are much more healthy when allowed
their regular insect food than when
they are reared under nettiag or in any
other manner which excludes them
from their regular meat diet. The above
is an oddly Of itself. especially when
we consider the fact that there is a certain
school Of botanists which teaches that
cannibal plants make no use whatever
Of the insect prey captured by them, but
1t Is nothing compared with the bold
assertion made by Francis Darwin.
That noted scientific gentleman bravely
meets the vegetarian botanist" with
the assertion that all kinds and classes
Of plants. whether known as ''ineaters"
or not, bear more and heavier fruits
and seeds when fed on meat than those
that are not allowed flesh diet. He
grew two lots, comprising various vari-
cites of the different common plants.
One lot was regularly fed, through
their roots Of course, with pure juices
compressed from meat, the other with
water and the various fertilizers. The
final figures on this experiment proved
that the plants which were fed pure
meat juice bore 1853 fruits Of the differ
emit kinds, while the unfed plants Of
the same number and original condition
bore but "a; also, that the pampered
plants bore 240 seeds to every 100 borne
by the plants that were not given q
chance to crafty cannibalistic taste.
This Is certainly discovery worthy Of
much careful study and extensive ex-
pertinent. - Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10
Hardening steel.

In hardening. bright steel should not
be exposed naked to a fire or fame. It
may with advantage be placed in a GOV.
cred box containing bone dust or animal
charcoal in some other form, or another
plan is to smear soap all over the article
TO be hardened. Water or oil is the me
dunn generally selected for plunging the
article in to coolit. Petroleum is recon-
mended il extra hardness is desired.
Either mercury or salt water viii give
great hardness. but the steel is rendered
brittle. Oil is the best medium for hard
ening steel If toughness is required. -
Jewellers Circular.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10

The Rev. 7. d. Witherspoon In ear
mon OF Paducah related an amusing
story Of his experience while evangeliE-
ing in the mountains. One day while
passing corniieid In Leslie county be
was surprised TO see long strings Of
papaw bark knotted together and tied
to stumps. He asked his guide what II
meant and was informed that IL was
"to bring luck"
And does such foolish superstition
exist all over this community" asked
the minister.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10
Notice of Forfeiture.

NORTH YAKIMA, Yakima County, Wash,
To Mrs. Anna Detiraf, formerly oil Seattle, King
county, Wash, but now her address I'M
known to the undersigned
You are hereby notified that ]. ]. Armstrong
and Robert ID. Fife have expended one thou
sand 81 ,000) dollars in labor and Improvements
upon the Bonanza and Morning Star quartz
claims located in Summit mining district. Yak
of labor fled in the Auditors office of aforesaid
county for the years lS90-l-2-5-6, and in order
for you to hold your interest in said premises,
visions of Section 2,324 Revised Statutes of the
United States, and bring the amount required
TO hold the same for the aforesaid years ending
Dec. 81. 1896, and If not within ninety days
from the service of this notice, or within ninety
days after this notice by publication, you fail
or refuse TO contribute your proportion of such
expenditure as co owner, your interest insaid
claims will become the property of the sub
scriber under said Section 1884.
Sept, 1o-Dec. 10 !. J. ARMSTRONG.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10

"Oh. no." said the mountaineer,
"the old preacher over in the settlement
youder says papaw vines don't do no
good"
IAN intelligent man." interrupted
Mr.. Witherspoon. "I'm glad to ind one
man who Isn't lost in ignorance |"
"Yassir. " the native continued, che
lows that yarn strings beats papav
strings all hollow when 1t comes to
bringin luck Fact Is. he don't use
nokhin but yarn strings "-Louisvills
Courier Journal
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10

cred his body.
81 was in a hor-
rible fix he
says, land the
m ore tire at
i1ent ! receiv-
ed, the worse ]
seemed to get.
A New York
specialist said
he could cure
me, but his
treatment did
me no good
a 80
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10
Tho Armeniana.

3. Marion Crawford, the novelist,
who has met many Armenians In the
east, says Of them: "I doubt whether
they are the innocent, confiding. inof-
fensive Christians that the American
people believe them to be. My expert
ence with them Is that they are the
sharpest, shrewdest and trickiest Of all
the eastern people. They say In Turkey
that II takes ten Jews to equal one Ar
menian and five Armenians to equal
one Persian In sharp business dealings.
They have many able men among them,
and ! doubt not that their leaders have
to q certain extent fomented this trou.
BILE, hoping that the governments Of
Europe would interfere and that Arme-
MIA would be entirely freed from Turk
ish rule. !"
In regard to the Turks he says: "I
would rather trade with q Turk or a
Jew IN any part Of the east than with a
Christian. ] have the highest respect
for Christianity. but the Christians Of
the east are not like us. The business
men among them are to large extent
q set Of sharpers, 30 much SO that the
words oriental Christian In the minds Of
eastern travellers Is almost synonymous
with that Of thief. The Turks are, as q
rule, very deyout Nearly all Of them
read the Koran, and even the men of
the better classes are careful to conform
20 the details Of everyday Mohammedan
worshiD. New York Tribune.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10
An Improvement.

Old Pompous Opposed to women
wheeling)-Just see what the cycling
fad has done for woman. She is found
now in the middle Of the road riding
with the horses.
Mrs. Uptodate-Well, at least there's
ont mfort about that. 1t is better than
walking on the sidewalk with dcnkeys.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10

Be not too presumptnously sure in
any business. for things Of this world
depend ON such a train of unseen chances
that if it were in mans hands to set the
tables still he would not be certain to
win the game. Herbert.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10
NOTICE-SHERlFFS SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
In the Superior Court of Yakima County, state
of Washington.
G. II. Lewis, Plaintiff
vs.
8. Gardner, Maggie Gardner, his
wife, and II. p Isaaes.
nafap /

Whereas, under and by virtue of an order of
sale, decree of foreclosure and writ of special
execution, issued out of the Superior court of
Yakima county, State of Washington, on the
9th day of November, 1896, In the above entitled
action, by which order OF sale and decree of
foreclosure the above named plaintiff, obtained
judgment ana decree OF foreclosure against
said defendants S. Gardner and Maggie Gard
ner, which Judgment and decree was rendered
on the 9th day Of October 1895, for the PRINCIPAL
sum of Three Hundred Twenty-four and 81 100
l$324.S3l Dollars with interest thereon from
April alst 1895, at the rate of Nine per cent. per
annum until paid the further sum of sixty lone
and 27-lOO tS6l. "a Dollars, with interest thereon
from date thereof until paid at the rate of seven
per cent per annum, and the further sum of
5000 as attorneys fees and costs of suit taxed at
$2l.lO; and whereas, the said judgment is fore
closure OF real mortgage, by which am com
manded to make sale of the follow ing described
real estate situate in Yakima County, State of
Washington, to-wit:-
Lots numbered four, 4. and FIVE. 5, in Block
forty 46. and Lots numbered three, 3, and
four, 4, in Block sixty nine, Co. in the Town of
kennewfck, in the County of Yakima, State of
Washington; together with all and singular the
tenements, hereditamenis and appnrtenances
thereunto belonging or in anywise appertain-
ing.
Therefore public notice, is hereby given that
will on the 18th day OF december, 1896. at the
hour of O'Clock p. m of said day, in front of
the Court House door, in said County OF Yaki-
ma in the City of North Yakima, and State of
Washington, in obedience to said order Of sale,
decree of foreclosure and writ OF special execu-
tion, ell the above described real property or
80 uiucu tHcrcoi Ms may be necessary 10 sdtis1y
said judgment IN favor of said plaintiff, with
interest, costs aforesaid and increased costs. to
the highest aud best bidder for cash in hand.
Dated at North Yakima this 10th day of No
yember 1896.
A. L. DfLLEY,
Sheriff OF Yakima County, Washington,
BY F. L. ROWE, Deputy.
REAVlS & ENGLEHART,
Plaintiff s, Attorneys,
p. o. Address, North Yakima. Yakima county,
Washington. asst
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10
Beware
Of Mercury!

Mr.. Henry Roth, of 1848 South 9th
Street, st. Louis, was given the usual
mercurial treatment for contagious
blood poison. He was twice pronounc-
ed cured, but the disease returned each
time, he was seized with rheumatic
pains, and red Jumps and sores COW
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10

1t is remarkable how easy it is to re.
strain your wrath when the other fellow
10 ever so much bigger than you
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10

The above sale stands adjourned until Satur-
day, December l2th 1896, at the same time and
place as above mentioned
A. l., DiLLEY. Sheriff,
By Y. Z. ROWE, Deputy.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10

w Lite VcI. WAS StiIf dtlQ Iull OF
pains, my left arm was useless so
that / was unable to do even the
iightest work. This was my condition
when began to take $. s. s., and
few bottles convinced me hat was
being benefited. continued the
medicine, and one dozen bottles cured
me sound and we'll. My system was
under the effects of mercury, and I
would soon have been a complete
wreck but for 8. s. S."
s. 8. s., guaranteed purely pegetdble)
Ia the only cure
for real blood dis
eases. The mer- ~
curial treatment ~ ~ ~
of the doctors al ~
ways does more
harm than good. Beware of mercury!
Books on the disease and its treat
ment mailed free to any address by
Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10

Shibboleths to test sobriety. or com
paratiye sobriety. IN the case Of sup
posed drunkards have often been heard
of. and have generally been looked upon
a. jokes for the dinner table or the
smoking room. From case reported at
chs Westminster police coart. IL ap-
pears that doctor, examined as wit
ness. has invented test phrase which
he regards as infallible. 1t Is. 'The
artillery extinguished the confiagra-
tion early This may be very effect
i've, and II was tried successfully on a
cabrnan (the defendant). but the doctor
need not have taxed hia inventive pow
ers. There Is the Peter Piper picked a
peck Of pepper. - etc, test. and one or
two more not quite so elaborate. bib
lical criticism" and British -constitu-
ton" have long been favorite tests, but
the best il probably Mrs. Smiths fish
sanoe shop. London Eews