The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-02-22
A NEWS CURIO.
Lloyd's Weekly from Lunnon Town-Strange
Things That Happen.

Things That Happen.
THE HERALD is indebted to Joe Martin
for copy of "Lloyd's Weekly News
paper" dated London, England, Jan'y
IS, 1900.
The sheet numbers twenty-four pages
and although quantity gotten up is "a
map OF busy life. its fluctuations and it's
vast concerns" The war illustrations
are crude and remind one OF Harper and
Lesle's illustrations of the military
scenes OF our own war Of the rebellion.
The news items are, of course, condensed
while the advertisements are shown up
with little regard to typographical art.
AS an evidence OF the smart competition
in business one firm, The National Fur
nishing company, assures the public that
it is guaranteed to be the only honest
and trustworthy firm in London"
There are columns Of "beer houses"
for lease and many wants for help.
"Scullery" and other maids of all work
are enticed with the promise of G3-or
$f5-yearly for beer. One furnishing
house promises to sell furniture on small
payments to war wives, which, in case
the husband is killed by the Beers. the
furniture will be given without further
payment. A new sewing machine is adj
vertised for 4s.--or 81 OF our money.
Tommy Atkins writes home Of the feel
ings akin to Joy when the troops see one
of the lyddite, or carbolic acid shells, ex.
plode with great havoc within the Boer
lines.
A local incident is detailed of the sui.
eide OF war widow by drinking carbollc
acid. Hypnotists, palmists and other
fakrs get summary treatment from the
of the fine of pslmst is given. He was
telling fortunes at shilling hand when
he was arrested and ordered to pay fine
OF s5 los, or go to prison for month.
The paper gravely tells of divorce case
in New York city. The bride, an Italian
girl of Is years, is divorced by order
of the Supreme Court of the United
States
John Ruskin just before his death re-
fused the offer of grave in Westminster
Abbey. The grip is epidemic and the
health physician quotes Americas fore
most philosopher, Emerson, that "health
is first wealth." A quack advertises
grasshopper pills for the cure Of "bad
legs, house maids knees, liberated
Joints. ETC." An onlooker jun ped astride
two runaway horses who had just killed
man, and curbing them saved many
lives in crowded tramway car The
owners of the car gave him f2-$l0-and
stated at the inquest that they intended
to give him GO more. He was going to
South Africa to fight and the coroner al
lowed che should be very successful
there The boxes which contained the
queens gift of chocolate candy to
wounded soldiers in the Trsnsvaal sold
at high premium at Capetown.
The Chinese minister to England was
converted to Christianity by inspecting
the vast hospitals and eleemosynary in
sttutions of the empire. He said that
such unique charities proved that in this
world Of materialism there was close re-
ationship with a Supreme Being. His
Excellency added that it really won him
from materialsm to faith. A tragedy
that was not all tragedy is briefly re-
corded 1t seems that Mrs. Boden,
whose husband was solicitors clerk
aged fifty, went to public house to tell
him tea was ready. She found him lying
on the floor of the bar, having been in
jured. He had been drinking. A party
of friends were up in the billiard room
One Of them heard Boden say Look at
this" and he turned and saw Boden