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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14
SHE USED THE PASS.
The Ingenious scheme of q Woman on
Train,

Train.
A genial Chicagoan, who for obvious
reasons does not care TO have his name
printed on this occasion, secured par
lor car seat on an express train for In
dianapolis few days ago and as he was
about to pass through the gates was sur
lrised to hear himself accosted in FEM
mime tones with the somewhat startling
question: please, mister, could | Dor
row YOU for awhile?" Looking around
he found two buxom women, who hest
tutingly explained that they were rid
ing on "A pass made out in the name OF a
gentleman and his wife, and as the gen
teman was not present, they wanted
the gcnial-looking citizen to place his
bought ticket at the disposal OF one
lady, and take the other one under his
wing while he personated the absent
owner of the pass.
(which is my wife?" he inquired,
with an inward qualm lest his own alb
sent better half should ever hear the
story.
"You can take your choice, sir" said
the lady in search of an escort, and he
promptly did so by taking the arm of
the younger fair one under his own and
leading her into the car. The couple
proved to be right jolly travelling com
panions and the citizens only re greet in
the transaction was due to fear that
the story might leak out and get home
ahead of him.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14
non .E...SHERIFFS SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

In the Superior Court of Yakima County, state
Of Washington.
Martha Z. Hanna, Plaintiff
william Schulze, Elizabeth
Schulze, Mason Mortgage Loan
Company. jeff. II. Mcdaniel. No. 1853.
Cora Mcdaniel, FOL u !. Hogan,
Adolph Wolf, and Resented,
smith & Co, u corporation,
Defendants
Under aud by virtue Of "A Special Execution
issued out of the above named court III the
above entitled action on the 9Th day OF Deem
Der 1896, and to me directed ana delivered,
whereby was commended 10 sell the iuiio"lns
described real estate, Stua.,, lying aud being III
The County of Yakima AMI state Of Washing
ION to Wit. Lots numbered thirteen anu TOUR
teen, IL and II, in block numbered two uundfen
aud fifty, 80 in the town, tn-wit: cry CT Norm
Yakima according to the official plat thereof
fled for record in the otli'e OF The Auhitor OF
said Yakima county ou the nh day OF February
\ D., 1855, together with nll and singular the
privileges, tcneInehts, Entertainments ana dp-
purtenauccS thcreuntu belonging or III any wise
appertsuing, o. much thereof as may be
necessary to satisfy the judgment recovered by
plaintiff in said action, amounting, in'ludlhg
ATTORNEYS fee aud costs 10 the sum OF four hun
ired ninety five ana 20 100 dollars.
Notice is hereby given that on saturday the
10Th day of January 1877, AT the houtoi O'Clock
% m on said d8N, at the front door OF the court
house in the city 81 North Yakima, in YAK ma
county. state uf Washington ! viii sell he
above descril ed premises at public auction 10
he highest and best bidder for cash
A. l.. Dill ET,
Sheriff of Yakima County, Washington.
BY F. f Rowe, Deputy.
Dated December 1ith, lS'6
Wickersham, Reid Il Meade, Attorney. for
Plaintiff. 'S"t
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14
BRONCHO AND BUFFALO.
The Cunning Horse Keeps the Rig Animal
Down Even When Left Alone.

A number of delighted passengers on
the Kansas Pacific railway passed by
q Mexican vaguero, who had been sent
out from Kansas City TO rope buffalo
as an advertisement for the stock yards.
The train stopped to take look at the
solitary horseman fast to buffalo in
the midst Of the plains, says lIarper's
Magazine.
Jose, who had his bull safely roped,
shouted to ask il they had water on the
train. "We1l bring you some" said
they. "Oh. / come get" said he, and
jumping off he left his accomplished
pony in sole charge of the buffalo.
Whenever the huge beast struggled for
freedom, the clever pony stiffened his
legs and leaned back as in a tug-of-war,
by jumps and lodges so anticipating
each move of the enemy that escape was
entirely hopeless. The boy got his
drink and his employer sent out car
for the buffalo, which was taken in tri-
;Imph into Kansas City behind the pas
senger train. The Mexican narrated
the exploit TO his employer thus:
"Oh, Shirley, when the train start
they all give three greata big cheers
for me, and then they give three mucha
bigger cheers for the little gray hoss!"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14
THE BRAVE LITTLE PECCARY.
Very Plucky Fighter When He Is Angry
Despite His Size.

OF the few American quadrupeds for
which an intelligent hunter entertains
n certain amount of respect, the col.
Jared peccary is one, says a writer in
the Century. Although he is little fat
sided, high-shouldcred hog, wild and
uneducated, yet he is plucky fighter
when angry-and like true child of
the wild west he gets mad quite easily.
1t always annOys him very much that
anyone should dare to go a-gunning
for him, and Mr.. A. B. Baker of the
Washington TOO" points to a long slit
in the side of his leather leggins as an
illustration of what Texas peccary
can do when he is very angry.
This species has a very wide range
being found from the Red river of Ar
kansas as far south as Patagonia. In
Texas he is no longer abundant save in
the low jungly bottom lands along the
Rio Grande. 1t does not go in great
droves, like a white-lipped peccary, and
it is seldom that more than eight or
ten are seen together The time was
when they We're much more ready to
fight than now; but, like all other dan
gerous animals, they have learned to
fear man and his deadly firearms.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14
SOrICE...SHERIFFy SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
In the Superior Court OF the State of Washing
ton, for the County of Yakima.
Abm. 8. Underhill. Plaintiff,

In the Superior Court OF the State of Washing
ton. for the County of Yakima.
Abm. 8. Underhill. Plaintiff,
The Garfield Investment and
Trust Company, n corporation,
Mason Mortgage Loan Com
pany, a corporation. Frank VI. Nh 1su
Harshberger II receiver of Ma
son Mortgage Loan Company,
and Emily II. Garfield. as exc.
cutrix OF the last will and tesla
nit M oi EugeuS ,auutiu, &c
ceased, Defendants.
Under and by virtue of u special Execution
issued out Of the above named court IN the
above entitled action on the iith day OF Deem
whereby was commanded to sell the following
described real estate, situate. lying and being
y the county ot Yakima and State OF Washing
On. tU.wit: All OF section number twenty -uiue,
9, In township number eight. :. month. of
ange number twenty Ave 81, east of the Will
annette meridian, containing six hundred aud
iurtv acres more or less. together with all and
singular the privileges, tenements, heredita-
.nents and aprurtcnauces thereunto belonging
or in any wise appertaiuing. or so much thereof
as NAV be necessary to satisfy the judgment
recovered by plaintiff in said action.
Notice is hereby given that on Saturday the
10th day of January. 1897 at the hour OF O'Clock
D. m on said day. nj the front door OF the court
house in the CITY of North Yakima III Yakima
,ounty. Washington. / will sell the above de-
$ctibed property Mt public auction to the highest
aud best bidder for cash.
A. L. DlIIEY.
sheriff of Yakima County. Washington.
Ey +. Z. ROWE, Deputy.
Dated December 18th 1896,
Wickersham, Reid Il Meade, Attorneys for
plsintiF lSyt
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14
LAWYERS WERE HARD FIGHTERS.
Distinguished Attorneys Who Battied
Bravely for Their Clients.


Clients love a hard fighter, and the
onlookers are impressed with his zeal.
In my-own experience. says writer in
the Southern Magazine, | have had
cases where advised my clients not to
sue because | was sure they had no
chance, and although they followed
my advice, instead of employing other
counsel, they refused to pay reason
able fee, and in one case left me to pay
the court costs. And have seldom adj
vised client to compromise or submit
to arbitration that | did not displease
him. 1t requires moral courage to adj
wise one against his inclinations, but it
Whatever may be said as to its moral
ity or true wisdom, yet must say | re-
gard this aggressive and partisan spirit
more conducive to modern success than
profound judgment, for | have seen
lawyers succeed chiefly by reason of
it in whom the logical faculty was not
ut all conspicuous. In speaking of
success, it will be observed that | do
not mean the cminence of such men as
Erskine, Writ. Webster, William Pinck-
ney, Rufus Choate and Charles O'Conor,
but such success as is attained by the
leading members of the bar in every
town or city of the United States, who
have good practice, sometimes very
lucrative, though they are unknown to
fame and forgotten outside their
neighborhood when they are gone.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14
= GREENSBORO TALiSMAN.
The Rabbits Foot Suppianted by the Lit
tie Finger of Colored Woman.

The Rabbits Foot suppianted by the Lit
tie Finger of Colored Woman.
Among people of sporting, gambling
and speculative tendencies the rabbit
foot was at one time considered the tai
isman of luck and good fortune. The
football player, the baseball man, the
devotee of the turf, the card player, the
Spectator on change, the crap shoot
er and the patrons of policy and pool
rooms considered themselves sure win
ners when in possession of, says the
Philadelphia Inquirer, the pedal of the
long-eared animal. Now the rabbit
foot has been shelved by those whose
superstition leads them to adopt some
sort of token to invoke luck, and they
have taken to q really grewsome article.
1t is nothing more nor less than the
little finger of q colored woman. After
death the little finger is amputated
from the right hand at the second joint,
after which it is treated in chemicals to
harden and cure the flesh, and when it
has become sufficiently dried it is carried
in the right-hand vest pocket by men
and women who cultivate the fad and
who carry it in n little silver case made
especially for the purpose.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14
THEY DON'T PAY SMALL CHECKS
Reasons Why Some business Houses Mall
Trifiing Amounts In Bills and Stamps.

Reasons Why Some Business Houses Mall
Trifiing Amounts In Bills and Stamps.
A seaside hotel proprietor wishing to
close his seasons account with one of
the largest upholstering establishments
In this city, wrote for his balance a few
days ago, requesting check for the
four dollars and thirty-two cents that
stood to his credit. He was surprised
the day following, says the New York
Herald, to receive a registered letter
containing four one-dollar bills and
sixteen two-cent postage stamps.
He made inquiries of his neighbors
and learned that not only this particu-
lar business house, but many others in
New York city, were in the habit OF
paying small amounts in cash, rather
than by checks.
1.-The reason for mailing cash instead
of checks in settlement of small ac-
counts" said the manager of one of
these houses, in answer to my question
lis twofold. For one thing. our banks
object to small checks. We have ac-
counts only with big banks, doing a
business of many hundreds of thou
sands or millions year. and mass of
small checks would tend To bother them
greatly. Some banks won't take ac-
counts except with the understanding
that small checks will not be drawn up
on them except occasionally.
Tine principal reason, though. is to
guard us against the raising of checks.
Any check under ten dollars is very
easily raised, and there are so many
petty sharpers engaged in that bust
ness that we are apt to be greatly
bothered and frettcd by these little
frauds. We find that it is much cheap
er for us, in these days of cheap regis
try, to settle such accounts in bills and
postage stamps, and pay the registry
charges, than to run the risk of loss
and trouble by sending a lot of little
checks all over the country"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14
A New Application of Scripture.

There was rejoicing in the village at
the killing of pig. Being dead, it was
cut up; neighbor's cat stole secretly
into the harder, and annexed a piece of
of pork, which she brought in triumph
to her mistress. Next day the clergy
man of the parish visited the old wom-
an, who recounted to him the remarka-
BILE sagacty of the beast. ut was quite
beautiful, sir" she said piously. ito see
the way the sweet creature brought me
the piece Of pork; it brought to my
mind what we read in the Bible about
Elijah and the ravens The Realm.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14
The Ideal SchOOlbOy.

The ideal schoolboy is an orderly ma
chine, always obedient, receptive, sub
missiye, ready in the cricket field and
with real or simulated enthusiasm for
football, despising all other games, and
conservative to the backbone. He is
the darling of the master. who sends
him home with glowing reports and
arms full of prize books. 1t seems never
to occur to anyone that there may be
natures to which the classical Ian
guages and history make no appeal,
who have not the gift of the mathe-
matician and who do not even care to
play at cricket or football. If such APP
pear in a public school they have a bad
time of it, dragging out their miserable
days at the bottom of the form, regarded
as fools by the masters and as muffs by
the boys. And yet among these school
failures there may be Liebigs or Oar
wins, or, al any rate, there may be, and
commonly there is, the material out of
which good and useful citizens are
made, if only they had chance to show
what they can do.-Na:ure.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14
A Queer Hunting Pair.

2 While angling in a secluded glen some
days ago a sportsman witnessed Curl
Gus combination of poaching and nat
ural history. The facts are as follows:
A hill shepherd, in destroying a litter OF
foxes, took it into his head to rear one
as a pet He did so, and the animal has
not only become very tame, but is
most useful ally. 1t and collie hunt
ing together kill rabbits to a miracle
They work very much in the same way
rs two lurchers. The collie goes out and
hunts the rabbits among the fern and
heather of the braes or the PUSHES and
long grasses of the stacks while Rey-
nard all the time sneaks about the holes
and picks them up as they come in.
They understand their respective parts
perfectly. The collie seems to know
that it is not his business to kill, and
the fox is never under the slightest
temptation to bolt out and give chase
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14
DEER HUNTING LOCOMOTIVE
The Reason Some Adirondack Railroad
Mon Didn't Feast on Venison.

The Reason Some Adirondack Railroad
Mon Didn't Feast on Venison.
Once in awhile the engineer of a
train on DR.. Seward Webbs Adirondack
railroad has n race with deer. Some
times it happens that the frightened
deer won't leave the track and is killed.
One night in September, when Pat
Cummings was pulling the through
train down to Utica, he walked back
to Conductor Clarke, while his fireman
was taking water at Nehosene, and
said
bill. / killed deer back there by
the river. 1t was fine big buck. He
run ahead of me for long piece, and
could see him plain. When l hit him
he went up over the pilot higher'n he
ever jumped before in Lis life, bet. He
landed just out there in the ditch, and
! had a notion to stop and get him, but
Twas afraid you'd kick"
81 wish you had stopped" said
Clarke. "The next time you catch a
deer that way you stop. 1t won't take
SO long to get him, and we can easily
make up the time. Deer meat is too
scarce and too high to let IT go like
that"
Cummings said he surely would stop
the next time, and Clarke got the agent
to telegraph to the agent at Horseshoe
to send the section men down to the
river with their hand car to get the
deer. 1t was after IL o'clock, but the
section men started out, and after a
smart pull got down to the river. They
looked long time, but could find no
deer. Up and down the track they
went, and at last were just about to
give up in disgust when one of the men
found it. 1t lay out on the bank of the
ditch beside the track. 1t was fine
large yellow dog.
Now if you ask Pat Cummings if he
has killed n deer lately you want to be
ready to dodge, and dodge mighty
quick. for Pat is a husky citizen.-N. Y.
Sun.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14
~EXcuss Mistakes."

A good-natured mistress lately acted
as amanuensis for negro maid who
could neither read nor write. The
servant had not enough intelligence to
guess that the lady who welded the
pen for her was well known in the
world of letters, and made what is pro-
vincially called "a pretty penny" by
her use of the quill now called into
requisition to inscribe from dictation
several letters to southern friends
of the dictator. To her scribe's intense
amusement each epistle concluded with
the petition: "Please excuse all mis-.
takes"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14
PASSING OF THE ELEPHANT.
1t IL Said Z nat the Circus FnvOrite IL Be-
coming Scarce.

coming Scarce.
! There is a wall in the New York
Ledger that there is every reason to
believe that elephants, like the Ameri
can bison, are fast disappearing. In
1886 a worker in ivory in Sheffield, Eng
land, endeavored, in all seriousness, to
figure out how long the elephant would
last. His own house, he said, had in
the one year used 1880 pairs of tusks,
which meant the killing of more than
that many animals, for not every ele-
plant yields two tusks of ivory to the
ivory hunter. That the African species
is fast disappearing there is little doubt.
There are many elephants in Ceylon,
and from that island most of those that
are displayed in travelling menageries
and geological gardens come. The
Snowman has very little use for the
African elephant. because he is less in
telligent than his Indian cousin and
much meaner in disposition. The At
rican elephant is the longerlegged and
slnaller-bodied animal. Jumbo, who
was half breed, had the long legs of
the African and the body of the Indian
elephant. Jumbo was undoubtedly the
largest of all elephants, standing IL feet
eight inches in height. The largest
elephant remembered in India was one
ridden by the viceroy in 1850. which
stood ten feet four inches. Col. Pollock
records that the king of Burmah had q
sacred white elephant which was two
inches taller.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14
Put Out . Fire with vinegar.

Water has been such a scarce article
around Kokomo, Ind, that resisting
fires has been almost impossible outside
of the cities and larger towns. The
other night the large farmhouse of \.
S. Mccormack near Rockville, west of
there, took fire. Being no water on the
place, the farm hands and neighbors
fought the flames with vinegar and
cider, number of barrels of which
were stored in wagonhouse, and by
this means saved the adjoining build
iDgs, though the residence was de-
strOyed.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14

A curious phenomenon was observed
at Cleveland. o., the other day. The
water of the lake suddenly began to
fall, and before the movement stopped
it had gone down 80 inches, leaving
some of the skiffs and sailboats in the
inner harbor high and dry. Fortunate
ly no large vessel was at that time NOV
ing in or out of the river. In 20 min
utes the water came back in one large
wave, which spent itself on the break
water and the beach. A peculiarly
shaped black cloud hung over the lake
to the northeast at the time,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14

A gentleman from the north was
spending few days in Houston. He
was stopping with a leading citizen
whose acquaintance he had made. AS
they entered the house, the stranger
asked:
Haven't you got any old relics Of the
Texas revolution?"
"Allow me to introduce you to my
mother-in-law," responded the Houston
man, as the old lady, the widow Of II
Texas veteran, entered the room.-Dal-
las (Tex.) Sitter.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14

DON pronounced
her incurable. A
celebrated New York
specialist then treat
ed her, but she con-
tinued to grow worse
and when informed
that both her aunt
and grandmother had
died from cancer he
gave the case up as
hopeless.
Someone then re-
commended S.S.S.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14
MOUND BUILDERS CORN.
After Burial for Centuries 1t Grows Lihs
Seed Grain.

After Burial for Centuries IL Grows Like
Seed Grain.
A curious experiment was made this
summer by Charles Graham, a nursery
man Of this county, and the result lies
upon the desk before your correspon-
dent as he writes, says letter in the In
dianapolis News. Last year Mr.. A. A.
Graham, of Mount Vernon, Ind, made
O visit to the vicinity of Alton, ILL.,, and
called upon a friend, who had just
opened mound builders burial mound.
Upon the mound grew several large
trees, among them an oak four feet in
diameter, and thus the age of the mound
was established as considerable. In it
were found the crumbling remains of
homes, and among other utensils large
pot, containing maize very much like
our present common red corn. Of this
Mr.. Graham secured several grains, and
on returning home planted it. 1t grew,
and the result was that he produced a
strain of corn which is most likely the
ancestor of the corn we now cultivate.
In spite of having been in the grave
for certainly not less than 400 years,
1t grew very rapidly and produced a
large, well-shaped ear upon fairly tall
stalk. The ear is well set, the grains
being somewhat smaller than any of the
present varieties, except popcorn. In
shape the grain resembles dried sweet
corn, being rough and wrinkled. In
taste it is sweet and agreeable.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14

and though little hope remained, she
begun it, and an improvement was mo-
ticed. The cancer commenced to heal and
when she had taken several bottles it
disappeared entirely. and although sew.
eral years have elapsed, not sign OF
the disease has ever returned.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14

Mobile is 1897 miles from New
York.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14
Cancer
OF the Breast.

Mr.. A. II. Crausby, of 1888 Kerr ST.,
Memphis, Tenn, says that his wife
paid no attention to small lump which
appeared in her breast, but it soon de-
veloped into a cancer of the worst type,
and notwithstanding the treatment OF
the best physicians, it continued to
spread and grow rapidly, eating two
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-01-14
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