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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-03-07
BELNIA.

Rev. Mr.. Thompson of North
Yakima will preach at the Belma
Euclid Presbyterian church Sunday
morning and evening.
Mrs. A. w. Mckinney, who has
spent the winter with relatives at
Towner, North Dakota, has returned
home
Earl Day, who has been in North
Dakota for eighteen months. re-
turned home last week.
o. Bergeron is building a house
on his ranch, as he needs more store
room.
Mr.. Brock has leased the ten-acre
ranch of P. Lemay and moved to it
Monday.
John Sellers was a county seat
visitor last Wednesday,
VIM. Lemay and Isaac Saunders
attended the public sale of Mr..
Johanson near Riverside Monday.
Henry Van Wrinkle of Riverside
who has been away attending a
theological seminary, will address
the Christian Endeavor society sun
day evening.
Just thirty-five voters were pres
ent at the school meeting Saturday.
A tax of ten mills was voted, also to
nave an eightmonths school. Henry
Hage received twenty-four votes and
James Day ten for director
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Iilyl!QggSA
IT MADE A DIFFERENCE.

out Not Until He Received the TIP
Fron Hts Passenger.
do you think you'll be able to catch
that 3:15 train?" inquired the nervous
passenger. fdgeting about on his seat
in the big four horse bus that was tax
ing him over the rough roads Of the
Adirondack mountains to the railroad
station, some ten miles away.
Il dunno" drawled the grizzled driv-
er. industriously putting away at his
pipe, without turning his head.
The lone passenger relapsed into ST.
lence. The heavy coach rumbled on for
about two miles, when. after consult
ing his watch for the hundredth time,
the nervous man broke forth again:
well, do you think you'll make that
train, driver?'
Perhaps. came the short, droning
reply.
Three toilsome miles were reeled Off
without word being spoken, when the
lone passenger once more TREMENDOUSLY
asked:
GLOW about it now? Will we get
there OH time?"
"Mebbe." nonchalantly answered the
driver
Once more the worried traveller re-
lapsed into silence. And the lumber
some coach jolted along over the rough
and uneven roads.
The anxious man sat in profound
meditation until signpost on the road
Informed him that the railroad station
was only two miles off. He glanced at
his watch quickly, then studied the i'm
mobile features Of the driver for full
minute. And smile lighted up his
face as he leaned over and, slipping
silver dollar into the calloused hand
Of the jehu, he quietly asked, "Will we
catch that train?'
"Sure" quickly came the response,
followed by the sharp cracking Of the
whip over the horses heads.-New
York Times.
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Of the senate he remarked to friend:
"All my life I've been praying for
those Washington fellows. Now I'll
pray at 'em. and may God help 'em."
Although the reverend gentleman. was
named for the Office by Republicans,
there Is very little partisanship in his
prayers. His welcome to the senate
chamber was just as cordial from Dem.
ocrats as from Republicans. He
preached in his old church in Boston
shortly after his appointment as chap
lain was announced. In the course of
his sermon he referred to three great
anniversaries during the month of De-
cember.
at the close of my sermon" said
the venerable divine. "a young man
from one of our Boston newspapers
~came to ME.
You mentioned three great ami
versaries in your sermon as occurring
In the month of December said he.
One of them was the landing of the
pilgrims. The other was the shortest
day in the year. have forgotten the
other. VIII you be kind enough to
tell me what it wasp
"'It Is the day. replied. which Is
regarded as the foundation day of a
great religion and of a great Christian
precept 1t is observed over very
large portion Of the civilized world.'"
Then the young reporter remembered
that Christmas was coming.
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Moscow. General Horace Porter, for
mer American ambassador to France,
recently said of this book:
II read In the Name of Liberty with
q great deal of interest and was i'm
pressed by the power of graphic de-
scription displayed by the author. He
seemed to depict very wildly the
scenes enacted in Paris during the ter
ror.' 1t has been Said by French critic
discussing the construction of French
dramas that that period in French his
tory was so dramatic it could not be
dramatized. Mr.. johnson in the form
Of romance has brought the stirring
Incidents of that appalling crisis before
the reader in most dramatic manner.
The book seems to have a peculiar at
traction for the reader at the present
time because of the reign Of terror in
Russia. knew Mr.. johnson in Paris
and for several years found him dill
gent student of French history and ira
ditions. He there familiarized himself
with the many scenes woven into his
story and without this preparation
could not have depicted the daily life
Of the Paris streets during the terror
20 graphically
Mr.. johnson. who is only twenty-six
years Of age, Is the only son of Robert
Underwood Johnson. the poet and edi.
~.
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the language Of SPEAKER CANNON EN-
his friend Paine, ROUTE TO CAPITOL.
to "let those wear fine clothes who
need them"
The speaker is an optimist. In re-
ferring to some peoples gloomy fore
botlings the other day he said:
Il do not hesitate to assert that this
country is better today than it ever
was in its history; that the people are
better-more honest, more moral and
less disposed to yield to temptations
that are put in front of honest men Mt
every turn. The people are Just as
mighty now in the matter of elections
as ever before and just as discriminat-
Ing as to whether man has done his
duty. Undoubtedly we are better Off
than were our forefathers. The mill
lennium is not here, it is true, and
things will not be bit interesting
when everything becomes perfect. We
are doindsbetter, though"
Representative Joseph W. Babcock
Of Wisconsin,, chairman of the house
committee on the District of Columbia,
has been chairman of the congressional
campaign committee Of the Republican
party In several campaigns. He Is an
old party war horse. He has been
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members in an uproar over some holly
debated proposition. Speaker Cannon
had been pounding for order, but no.
body paid any attention to him. Just
then Mr.. Barnes, who is mild man
nered man. and Assistant Doorkeeper
Kennedy came in.
Uncle Joe was getting angry. he
pounded until it seemed he would split
the desk. At length the members sub
sided gradually and with many NUT
terings Uncle Joe was red In the face.
He had to say something or explode,
and his eye lighted on Barnes and Ken
nedy standing by the door.
"Ah" said the speaker "Ah, ha. If
you people have message to deliver,
why in thunder don't you deliver it,"
Congressman Serene r. Payne, who
for years has been at the head Of the
ways and means committee and by
virtue Of his position leader of the Re
publicans on the floor of the house, is
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YOUNG IN SPIRIT.
RE Venerable Dr. Edward Everel
IS Hale Doss Not Feel Old.

RE Venerable Dr. Edward Everett
Is Hale Dess Not Feel Old.
At eighty-three the Rev. Or. Edward
Everett Hale is one of the youngest
ministers in the United States in 80
far as freshness of intellect and inter-
est in public affairs may be taken to
stand for youth. AS chaplain Of the
United States senate the duties of DR..
Hale are more honorable than ar6u-
Gus, but there are other things to claim
his attention. He has been a prolific
writer for over half century and still
maintains a literary output. One of
the leading magazines is now publish
ing most interesting series of articles
by him on ''Tarry at Home Travels"
When the distinguished clergyman
learned Of his appointment as chaplain
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The DOG 1t Wa. That Died.

A friend of mine was complaining
recently Of the vlciousness of bulldog
owned by neighbor. He said: "That
cursed dog bit me on the calf of the leg
the other evening. and I've hardly been
able to walk since. l have spoken to
Jim -, its owner, but he only laughs.
am going to have the dog shot,
"Yes," remarked one of the bystand-
ers. II heard Jim speaking of it. He
was awful mad at you"
mad at me. What for?"
"Why, he said that the dog has been
acting queerly ever since, and he does
not know what is the matter with him.
He called in veterinary, and the man
Of medicine said the dog was suffering
from delirium tremens. Jim says he
will forgive you if you will promise to
quit drinking"
The lame man had business else.
where right away.-Albany Journal.
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PATCHED HIS TROUSERS WITH SHEET OF
TIN.
ratified around at such rate that his
fellow men went at it and elected him
overseer OF highways. There are lots of
men who'd amount to something IL they
only got q rattle started.
made up my mind early in the game
that when I became old and gray head
ed I'd take things as they cane, but I
don't mind admitting that whenever I
have passed bottle of hair dye since
arriving at the age of fifty I've had
the hardest kind of work to keep from
making fool Of myself. When you
hear Of man growing old gracefully
set him down as hero.
When hear that my neighbor has a
sick child feel sorry for him. When
hear that he has lost COW by death
give him my sympathy. When hear
that his uncle out west has died and
left him $1,000 want to know Of my
self by what right such man as he is
should fall into such luck while can't
raise enough to pay my taxes. 1t isn't
that we are envious of any one else,
but it is that the good things should
naturally come our way.
fully believe and am firmly con-
vinced that honesty is the best policy,
but when a merchant sells me half cot
ton for all wool I've Just got to count
him out 'leven eggs for dozen in spite
Of all I can do. The first inmate Of
our county poorhouse was IN honest
man. NJ. QUAD.
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get out this way" inquired one Of the
ladies.
Yes. madam answered the Wis
consin statesman, who, had just come
off victorious in hard fight for renom-
nation. you can get out most any
way" Then he added refcctively, "It's
a lot easier to get out Of congress than
It Is to get in"
"Oh, we didn't have any trouble at
all getting in returned the woman,
who failed to see the point.
II did, madam" said Bubcock as be
solelnnly bowed his farewell.
Senator William A. Clark of Mon
tana, who presented million dollars
to new lsrandchild the other day, is
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it would be proper to call on him to
say grace. Looking toward him, the
host bowed and said, will you kindly
oblige us by saying grnce?"
Mr.. Payne is reported as having re-
piled. II presume you are addressing
me, sir, but am so blanked hard of
hearing I did not catch your words"
There was no grace said at the dinner.
Senator John W. Daniel is one of the
picturesque figures of the senate, and
his crutch is reminder that he is a
survivor of the great sectional struggle
OF forty years ago. 1t was while serv-
Ing In the Confederate army on the
star Of General Jubal A. EARLY and
during the second battle of Bull Run
that shell shattered his right leg and
compelled him to wear cork one for
the rest Of his life. He was once in con-
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VefSduOu "lu Il
northerner who
had brought let
tiers of introduce
tion from u
friend. 1t hap
pened that the
northerner was
a veteran of the
civil war.
Eyes," said
the Yankee, II
was a partici-
pant in the late
unpleasantness.
YOu see this ?"
he added, point
ing to a scar on
his face. Il got
that at the Sec
ond battle of
Bull Run"
Glow in the
world did you
get hit in the
face at the bat
tleof Bull RUM"
mischievously
asked the SOUTH
erner.
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WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 1 \ /. ], 70, J, 1915

in the trade stream that widens snr-l
prisingly the circle OF moving cufsss
rents, which before lay stagnant.
Everything that tends to- increase
the prosperity OF q village causes 2
rise In property valuation, and makes
farm land more valuable and easier
to dispose Of, if one SO desires. Your
neighbours success Is your own, lin 9
way, for no one Of us stands alone,
and individual prosperity Is the leaven
that may leaven the whole lump. ~
Edinburg Tribune. II
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6!napebote
1t Washington
Celebrities

he honor Of de-
livering the an
nual message Of
thenation'sc chief
executive Is usu-
ally given to
Renja min +.
Barnes, assist
ant secretary to
tho president.
He once fell I'M
der the wrath Of
the usually gen.
ial Uncle Joe
Can n on. The
president on this
occasion ha d
G Ii a r ged Mr..
Barnes with the
delivery Of a
special message
to the legisla-
tors at the ma
tional capitol,
and on arrival
ut the chamber
Of the house Of
representatives
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ed the Yankee,
With the utmost nonchalance. 81 sup
pose got careless and looked back"
Senator Daniel tells OF an old darby
who held to the theory that ''the Lord
helps them who help themselves" in
the matter of prayers, When asked his
experience, old Nose said: "Well, sab,
some pra'rs Is ansud an some amt. It
depends on what yo' axes for. Just
artsr de wah. wen 1t was mighty hard
scratchin' for de cullud brederin, no
hcsd dat wheneber prayed de Lord
= ssn' ono o. Marse Jenkins fat chick
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Gen. "A. B. Aylesworth, Ontario's
new postmaster general. who is seek
ing election to parliament to succeed
Sir William Murdock. is described las
closely resembling Abraham Lincoln
n appearance. being six feet six
inches high ! ss55 4.
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known, too, as
an advocate Of
tariff revision,
and some claim
that he rather
than Governor
Cummins is the
real father of
what has been
called the "Iowa
idea"
COngre ssman
Babcock is a
business m a n
who made a for
tune out Of lum-
Der before he
entered politics
and was elected
to congress from
Wisconsin. He
Is noted for his
courtesy. nd
one day he en-
countered a par
ty Of women in
q corridor of the
ho,,,o aCop -n
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strenuou. Hint.

II was weading an-aw-account Of a
woman being hooked to death by a
beastly COW, doncher know" remark
ed young Dudeleigh. "weally, cawn't
imagine more howwible affair, can
you, Miss Caustique?"
''No, Mr.. Dudeleigh," replied Miss
Caustique. ''unless it Is being bored to
death by a calf"
And when she illustrated her remark
with a large, open faced yawn young
Dudeleigh proceeded to get hurry on
himself.-Detroit Tribune
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q man OF grave
and reverend
demeanor. This
fact. together
with the circum-
stance that he is
q tribe deaf, led
to an elnbar-
RAISING incident
at a dinner he
once attended.
Inc guests
were not well
acquainted with
each other, and
the host was
practically I'M
known to the
guests. Mr..
Payne sat in
solemn form
away down the
table, and his
sedate appear
ance suggested
to the host that
he might be a
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Help Build Up Your tow.

People rail at the trust and mon
opolies, and bemoan the crOwding out
OF small dealers and the individual.
little realizing that, internationally,
they are pushing our local shop eep-,
ers and other businesses to the wall
by their lack Of interest and patron
81 II they live within q few miles Of u
large city. each one OF them hastans
thereto for his supplies for every need,
claiming that better satisfaction Ii OBJ,
tanned where one has a large choice.
Should every family h i Village
spatrcniEe the local blishment the
result wound be surprising With IN
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40 oOhScPuA
kind Of man. He
has no use for
frills, and when
the wife Of q
rural constitu-
ent presented
him with some
gray cloth she
had spun on her
own loom lost
no time in hav-
ing it made up
into Il suit. Nor
will he be
ashamed to
wear it while
occupying the
speakers chair.
Uncle Joe does
not 90 much on
appearances. He
agrees with Ben
Jamln ffunknQ,
who while Mt the
French court
was willing, in
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tatious man. He
has Il habit. Of
going arourE the
streets without
much regard to
the niceties of
his personal ap-
pearance. He
was walking
down Exchange
place, New
York, one day
with his hat in
his hand. a very
informal look
ing "nagnate.'
At the corner Of
New street Pat
Curran, ten
years old and
Irish, stopped
him.
"Shine, mis-
teri" said Pat,
pointing sugges-
lively at the
senator's boots.
The latter
glanced down,
noted the shoes
-oHo d,aat,, hut
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=: &: :: =; ;::s s:@ r.: ::'' ; ;::
single handy and plenty
of time to loaf in, watch him. II he'd
rather sit with his hands in his pockets
than to whittlc don't bank on him.
like to see my fellow man ambi.
tious, but when it comes to spending
whole week to trap u woodchuck
whose hide is worth only Is cents it
seems to me that he has got Off the
track bit.
I've known at least fifty men who
could sit down and Ngure out that
Providence had always been ag'in 'em,
but as far as l had time to investigate
found that lazness had also stuck by
EN- like Il brother.
When man is so rich that he doesn't
know what to do with his money he
either becomes miser and hangs on to
every cent like grim death or blossoms
out philanthropist and makes fool
Of himself. It's even up which is the
worst
Now and then a feeling comes over
me that l ought to trust human ma
ture more than do. and I yield to it
and leave my henhouse door unlocked
for the night. When 1 go out in the
morning and find all the chickens gone
get the feeling that somebody is an
old fool and that it amt the critter who
walked away with the poultry
l hold that nature made the man to
boss the roost after getting married.
but at the same time am willing to
admit that If I'd allowed the old wo.
man to butt in oftener I'd have been
worth dollars where l hain't now
worth cents.
Just where heaven Is or whether l
shall ever reach it has been puzzle to
me these many days, but I have taken
the safe side by heaping up the meas
ure when l sell taters and not lying
any more than I can help when go
down to the postoffice Of an evening.
When Uncle Billy Wilson found him.
self dying he sent for me and owned
up that he had been stealing corn and
taters from ME for years and that he
had robbed my orchard and run off my
hogs. He said he couldn't die with
those things on his conscience, but as
he didn't offer to square up and as 1
found one Of my plows in his barn aft
er his funeral have never given him
the credit that perhaps I should have
done.
1t is never too late to find out things
Old Uncle Jim Nash had lived for fifty
years without creating any stir In this
world w!lc.. his wife patched his trou-
sers with Il sheet Of tin. After that he
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sENATOR W. A. CLARK.
remembered he
had an appointment with Edward 81.
Harriman's attorneys at his Office.
"No-haven't time," he said.
And the boy grunted savagely, Eyer
mean you Amt got the price, don't
yer, mister:"
The senator told the story on himself
when he signed the check for $4,000
00O about ten minutes later that paid
for 500 miles of Oregon Short Line.
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h Congressman Chandler Of Mississippi
just 90 soon as he took mis- oath Of
ONCE, stepped over to the box at the
right OF the speakers desk and drop
ped In q bin, providing for the erection
Of public building at Tupelo. This
= the third time he has done this. Pri-
vate John Allen started Vt twenty
years ago. s$
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Henri Rochefort the noted French
writer, is said to have lost much caste
among the intelligent readers of the
old world because of his rantings.
When his weekly, The Lanterne, was
first issued It was sought for eagerly
all over Europe
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A st. Louis justice named Pollard
wages unique war against drunken
ess. Every man that is convicted Of
the charge In his court is made to
sign total abstinence pledge and the
justice suspends sentence until the
pledge is broken. 5
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OWEN JOHNSON, NOVELIST.

His ''In the Name OF Liberty" and
Russia's Revolution.
"In the Name of Liberty" Owen
Johnson's second venture iii fiction ap-
peared on the Very eve OF the upheayal
in Russia. and his story of what Paris
Witnessed in 1883 during the terror"
helps to>a better understanding of the
marvellous doings described in the news
dispatches from st. Petersburg and
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Charles Dudley Warner was at one
time editor Of paper at Hartford,
Conn. 1t 10 related that Mr.. Warmers
writing was SO poor that one Of the
compositors enlisted and went to the
war to avoid 1t.
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ems To- de old man dere was no notice
took Of de petashun. but when prayed
dat he would sem de cid man TO- de
chicken de matter was tended to befo%
sunnp de next mornin'!"
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4 Kansas has d new kick. Corn cobs
are too valuable to use for kindlings
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Speaker Joseph G. Cannon of the
house of representatives, who retoices
in new suit of homespun clothes,
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A. Different 1mpre..ion.

"A OInekent Imprebn10n.
Mother-For shame, George-another
black and blue bruise on your cheek!
How can you be such a little savage?
George amt no savage.
Mother-Yes, you are. Savages are
always fighting. Why don't you imi.
tate Willie Jones? He always struck
me as being such a nice little boy.
George-Aw, he didn't strike me that
way. The way he struck me most
broke my jaw.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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The Cut direct.

l. Glasses-Did you see Miss Knife
cut me just then?
Watch-Are you sure she meant It
for a cut?
I. Glasses Certainly. She looked
right through me. New York World.
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Further Deponent saith Not.
Tumper-Is the editor at home?
Editors Wife-No.
Tumper-Are you his wife?
Editors Wife, am. Is the business
anything can attend to?
Jumper (sizing her up)-I shouldn't
wonder; was going to thrash him.
Lippincott's Magazine.
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Such an odd Thingl
Elsie-Spellin' is awful queer, isn't
It? Now, horse spells horse
Mamma-Yes, dear.S
Elsie-An' If you put another ''s''
on to it it makes whole lot o. horses.
Philadelphia Press
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Some Philosophy
Blu Uncle Silas
Stray Bits Of Thoughts by the Cd
Whmer-Sto,y About Uncle
jun Mash.

Copyright. 1906. by Mcclure. Phillips & Col
w 7 HEN you come across a
AN/ man with sharp knife
Wv in his pocket, soft pine
single handy and plenty
of time to loaf in. watch him. II he'd
rather sit with his hands in his pockets
than to white don't bank on him.
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sesmingly Not.

tThsy have some china that has been
IN the family for years" sss
''Indeedf Haven't they any sarv.
ants PUCK. 4
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l like to see my fellow man ambi.
tious. but when it comes to spending
a whole week to trap woodchuck
whose hide is worth only Is cents it
seems to me that he has got Off the
track q bit