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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02
Men Who Have "Made Good in
Spite Of Blindness

9HE most remarkable blind
man the present writer ever
il knew was Johnson M. Mum
dy, who used to live at larry
town on the banks of the Hudson.
Mr.. Mundy was a sculptor by
profession during all the later years
of his life. Before that he was a
painter, not an artist of renown, but
one who could earn a very comfort
able income painting portraits and
teaching an art class. At so his
sight, which had been growing dim
for some time, failed him almost alto
gether In two or three years he
could barely distinguish light from
darkness, and he was at first inclined
to be melancholy. One day he asked
for clay and began kneading it and
modelling it with his fingers. The re-
suit was beautiful child's head, and
after that his melancholy disappeared.
His most remarkable piece of sculp-
tura1 work was statuette of Wash
ington Irving, which he modelled
when IS years of age II showed the
creator of rip Van Wrinkle" III a
characteristic pose, slightly idealized,
but surprisingly like and lifelike. Mr..
Mundy designed and executed the SOL
diers' monument at Tarrytown.
There have been many blind chess
PLAYERS, but blind card players are
rare. One of them lives on West
Eleventh street in New York, or did
until recently. 1t is easy to under
stand. how a blind man can distln-
guish chess-men by the touch; also
how he could tell playing cards apart
if the figures on them were raised,
but this man, who was known to the
writer simply as Jim" claimed that
his sense of touch was so delicate
that he could feel the diamonds,
hearts, spades and clubs on the cards.
This may seem impossible to the read
er, but may be understood by any
one who, with his eyes shut. will
take the trouble to feel carefully Of
any smoothly surfaced paper which
has passed through printing press.
After a little practice you can easily
tell the printed from the imprinted
surface.
Jim" used to be greatly delighted
with the result when some skeptlcal,
new acquaintance, suspecting that his
cards were Specially prepared, would
insist on bringing fresh pack, to play
with. "Jim" got along quite as well
with cards that he had never before
handled as he did with those he had
been using for weeks Euchre was
his favorite, but he played whist and
other games very we'll indeed. His
memory was excellent. Of course, his
partners and his opponents had to call
their cards as they played them out
William E. Cramer. owner and edi-
tor of the Evening Wisconsin, pub
lished in Milwaukee, for many years,
was not only stone blind, but almost
totally deaf, long before he gave up
active life. In 1887, when he celebra-
ted the fortieth anniversary of his
ownership of his paper, it was said
of him that he worked as hard and
wrote as much as any editor in Mil
waukee." He kept closer office hours
nrobah1v He could not read the news
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

IF ONLY love were always a root
of wisdom, or even knowledge,
the most part of house plants
could not fail to thrive. For
one woman who says of a plant,
as the French woman did of baby,
1T furnishes" there are a dozen at
least who potter with green things
or growing ones because of pure love
for them. Marjorie is an ideal horti-
culturist in an appreciative family, and
her windows are at once the delight
and despair Of her friends, alike in
summer or winter, wherefore it seems
worth while to tell how she makes and
keeps them so.
Sunshine and soap and water, love
and liquid manure-they are positive
iy all the witchcraft I have used"
Marjorie said, laughing over a Boston
fern she had cherished for five years.
1t is a royal plant, wavy mass of
lacey deep green fronds, filling all the
corner between two sunny windows.
Some of the fronds are five feet long,
others of the stout outstanding ones
are broader than the hand. They
spring from matted roots crowding
ten-inch pot. The plant has been
shifted yearly, and old crowns have
broken out whenever they got SO high
above the roots that the new fronds
from their tips lacked vigor.
Further, the fern has had water
every day-enough to wet the pot
thoroughly, but not to stand in the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02
William Allen White
Wants the New York
County Printing

William Allen White of the En-
poria Gazette" and whats the
Matter With Kansas" has been often
importuned to accept positions on the
editorial stats of the magazines in
New York. But Mr.. White has stead
lily stuck to his theory of the com
parative desirability OF remaining "a
big toad in a small puddle"
Nov, l might move to New York,
he comments, with the true country
printers instinct, 'if l could only get
the city and county printing"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02
Where He. Baked.

81 don't care nothin' about the
tariff or that there gold and silver
question" said the deacon, NOR do
l consarn myself with the question of
the downtrodden but dirty Philip
pines. But ding emf shrieked he. IF
them there trusts amt stopped blamed
quick they'll be .goin' into horse swap
pin next, and where will the cause of
simrle and honest agriculture be then,
hey?"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02
Denslow and His Cat, bob the
Fisherman

and while the house was being built,
to catch rats, and he didn't think of
stealing the ex-wrecker's fish till all
the rats had been caught and he was
hungry. Of course the ex-wrecker
saw to it that the cat had plenty of
meat to eat after his fish pilfering was
discovered, and of course. he then re-
formed at once
He is now a great pet in the Dens-
low household, and is famous all
through the Bermudas as Bob, the
Fisherman"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

through, or else with rotted sheep
manure. A heaping teaspoonful Of
the bone meal or tablespoonful of
manure is enough for a six-inch pot
of earth. Neither must be kept d.
rectly on the roots of plants Liquid
fertilizer likewise must be kept off
roots, stems and leaves. Make hole
at one side, or a trench just inside the
pot rim, pour in the fertilizer and let
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

it sink, then put back the earth, and
water the pot well.
To make liquid manure, pour half
gallon of boiling water upon two
heaping tablespoonful of sheep ma
nure, or one of ammoniated bone
meal, stir well, let it stand over night,
then apply in the proportion of
small cupful to six-inch pot. Dig
the undissolved residue in the earth
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

of the bigger pots, as those of rubber
plants, palms and so on.
Fern balls should be we'll watered
before getting the fertilizer. It will
spread all through the wet mass by
capillary attraction. Vigorous plants
will take up and rejoice in twice as
much fertilizer as sickly or stunted
ones of the same size. Indeed, care
must be taken not to over-fertilize
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02
The Paw Of the lao Soldier.

The japanese soldier needs to have
his heart in his work, for his pay is
a mere bagatelle even as,I wages go in
the East. An enlisted manvdraws two
cents day, a corporal six cents, a
sergeant ten cents, a "first sergeant"
twenty cents, and an extra service
sergeant" the highest non-commis-
stoned officer-thirty cents. Promo
ton to the commissioned ranks IS
practically impossible.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02
The Tailor's Waterloo.

"No, sir" said the tailor, breathing
hard. "No new suit till you pay for
the one you've got on"
Every WELL" said we coldly. 1--WE
shall sleep in this one, pull up one
suspender higher than the other,
wrinkle our shoulders, and then beg
all our friends to go to you and show
them what fine fit you give u.s."
We had him there.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

sickly plant, on pain of having its
last state worse than its first. Give
the feeding stuff very moderately until
growth is we'll established This ap-
plies especially to bulbs and woody
stemmed things, such as fuchsias and
lemon verbenas, also roses and camel
las
Marjorie has roses and camellias,
also Daphne and Cape Jessamine.
Nov that we have gone back to the
fashions of our great-grandmothers,
why not also their fowers" she asks
All of these she keeps in a living
room, steam heated and fairly light
Flat, open saucers, filled daily with
clean water, sit on top of the two
radiators. Thus the air is kept moist
enough for the plants and equally
grateful to human lungs. There are
hinged brackets all UP and down the
two sunniest windows.
Whatever Marjorie wishes to force
she puts on high bracket, we'll know
ing the temperature there to be ten to
twenty degrees higher But she is
careful not to shift other than bloom
ing plants too suddenly. The change
might make them turn yellow and
lose leaves. She pots few bulbs
every fall, putting hyacinths singly
in four-inch pots, jonquils, iris, tulips,
and so on, in clumps from three to six,
in bigger ones.
First, the pots have an inch of
crooks at the bottom, then are half
filled with earth which is at least half
rotted manure. After it is we'll shaken
down, the bulbs go in and are covered
an inch over the crown. Then the pots
are we'll watered and set where it is
dark for a fortnight, and kept moist,
but not wet, throughout that time.
This is to encourage them in making
roots, without good supply of which
the flowers will be stunted and
crowded.
Next the pots are set in cool room
moderately lighted, and stay there till
flower buds peep up among the leaves.
Then they are taken, few at time,
into the living room, where sunshine
and warmth bring them quickly into
full flower. AS the first flowers fade,
others take their place Thus, from
the same planting, Marjorie is able to
show two months of steady bloom.
By thus knowing what to do, and do
ing it regularly and in time, she has
much pleasure and precious little
trouble.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

Laundry work and mattress, broom
and brush making are among the IA
vorite employments OF the blind. 1t
is an interesting fact that blind laun-
dry women do not burn the fabrics
they work upon nearly as often as do
those who can see.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

daily, ofcourse; printing for the blind
is not far enough advanced yet to
make raised letter newspapers prac-
ticable, but he kept posted by engag-
| ing a reading secretary" who, with
the aid of an auriphone, could make
him hear He dictated the editorials
and other articles which he contrib
uted to his paper. >
Lewis B. CARL of Brooklyn, though
blind from childhood, is one of the
most famous men in the world among
those who know lot about the more
difficult branches of mathematics, for
he has written two remarkable works
ON calculus and has acted as instruc-
tor to more than one of the eminent
mathematicians Of the present time.
Mr.. CARL is a graduate of Colum-
bia, where he was a classmate of
Seth Low, whom he pressed hard for
first place at graduation. CARL was a
fine classical student and hoped he
would be. able to fill chair in Greek
at some one of the colleges, but this
ambition could not be fulfilled His
memory is something phenomenal, as
matter of course, but he has now
forgotten nearly all he once knew
about Latin and Greek.
Piano tuning is an employment
much sought after by the blind, and
often they become experts at it. Ar
min Schotte, blind tuner, who lives
in the borough of the Bronx, New
York, tuned a piano for Paderewski a
few years ago so satisfactorily to the
great artist that no other tuner is now
allowed to touch his piano when he is
in the American metropolis.
DR.. Newell Perry is another blind
mathematician of note. He was born
with good eyes, but received injuries
in the face when only eight years old
by running against barb-Wire fence.
Blood poisoning set in and he lost his
sight completely.
He began to study mathematics Sc
riously when only II, was graduated
with high honors from the University
of California at 70, became Fellow
of that institution, earned enough
money coaching students to take a
postgraduate course in mathematics
at the University of Chicago, repeated
the procedure there, and then went to
Munich, Germany. There his brilliant
attainments won unusual repute Tor
him and there he acquired the degree
of Phi. d. Last year he coached nifty
students of Columbia College in New
York. He says he would like to see
again, but fears that restored sight
might retard his mental progress. DR..
Perry is now 80.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

In writing state in full the general condition of
your health. Address in strictest confidence DIT.
M. S. Waterman. IA Lexington Ave-. New York.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01
KNIeHTs 60 TO WAl1sBuR6.
Local Pythians Will Contest foI
Prizes at District Convention.

About fifty members of the Knights
of Pythias left Walla Walla at 8
o'clock this afternoon in a special
train on the Oregon Railway & Nav
igation company's line for Waitsburg
to attend the seventh district conven-
ton which will be held in that city
tonight. The degree team from Co
lumbia lodge No. s and will compete
for the prizes that will be offered by
the convention. The team was COM
posed of John F. Smails. John w.
Cookery, Oscar Cain. E. l.. Hough-
ton, J. Carter Smith, w. H. Carnes
J. M. Douglas, S. c. Huntington, F. G.
Rourk, J. F, Reading, w. j. Corkrum,
DR.. J. w. Ingram and n. P. Miller.
This team has drilled hard in the
past two weeks and expects to carry
away the first prize in the contest for
comforting the rank of Knight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01
EXPLAIN SITUATION TO WAITSBURG.
WaIla Waiians Will Attend Public
Meeting Tomorrow.

An effort is being made by the Off
Gals of the Waitsburg Commercial
club to have a large crowd at the pub
lie meeting to be held in that city to-
morrow afternoon, when special
committee from the Walla Walla
Commercial club will be present and
explain the details of the proposed
portage railway at Cello. DR.. n. G..
Blalock, a member of the executive
committee of the Open River assOcia
ton, will be present and address the
citizens of that town and the farmers
in that vicinity The soliciting COM
mittee of the Commercial club of this
city feel certain that when the Waits
burg people are fully made aware of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01
BOOSTING THE FAIR.
Portland Man Talks About the Port
land Exposition.

A. T. Capron, of Portland, was in
the city yesterday. Mr. Capron is a
dealer in builders materials and was
here on business in connection with
the bidding on the construction of the
new quarters at Fort Walla Walla.
Mr.. Capron is very enthusiastic over
the Lewis and Clark exposition which
is to be held in Portland next year
and he never loses an opportunity to
boost the big fair. He says that it
will be the biggest event ever held on
the Pacific coast and he urges that
Walla Walla make an exhibit of the
products of the county at the fair,
as he believes that it will result in a
splendid advertisement for this sec
ton of the county.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01
BAND WILL 60 TO PRESCOTT.
WaIa WalIa Band Will Give Concert
and Dance at That Place.

At the solicitation Of the residents
of Prescott the Walla Walla Military
band has decided to go to that place
on the evening of December 16 and
give concert and dance. A special
leaving Walla Walla early in the eve
ming and returning after the dance
is over. A low excursion rate will
prevail for the occasion and quite a
large crowd of Walla Walla people
have signifed their intention of go
ing. The band is now rehearsing on
an excellent program for the concert
and the Prescott people will be given
a musical treat.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01

The receipts of the county clerks
office from fees for October amount to
s34O.25.
Postmaster F. L. Brunton is report
ed to be slightly i'll at his home on
Catherine street
Mrs. F'lett, the wife of John F'lett, a
Mill creek farmer, died Tuesday from
childbirth. and the funeral was held
yesterday afternoon
Thomas LangfOrd was assessed a
fine of $40 and costs yesterday by
Justice Huffman for assaulting his
half brother, Napoleon Hawk.
A. L. McFarlane. who has been re-
instated as rural route mail carrier,
resumed the duties of that position
this morning. His commission arriv-
ed from Washington yesterday.
Near Prescott, yesterday afternoon,
Rev Robert J. Reid of this city, per-
formed the marriage ceremony of
Bert McClanahan and Miss Gertrude
Peters.
At the State hotel yesterday after
noon, Rev. Austin Rice performed the
marriage ceremony of Charles Nj.
Pierce and Miss Clarissa O'Hara, both
of Umatilla county.
A fire alarm bell has been installed
IN the residence of Chief Metz to re-
place the one that was destroyed sew
eral days ago by the alarm wires COM
ing in contact with those of the cleo
trio lights.
AT the regular meeting tonight of
Washington lodge No. 10, l. O. O. F.
the initiatory degree will be conferr-
ed upon ten candidates. The work
will be done by the degree team from
Enterprise lodge No. =.
Mary Osborn. wife of the late Oba-
diah Osborn, has filed a petition with
the clerk of the superior court asking
that she be granted an allowance of
500 per month from the funds of the
estate until the same is settled.
The Washington & Columbia River
Railway company in connection with
the Northern Pacific announces a one
and third rate to Pullman during
the Farmers institute which will be
held next month.
The Walla Walla Bar association will
hold it's regular monthly meeting and
banquet at the Hotel Dacres next
Monday night. The committee is ar
ranging a program for the evening.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01
MILITIA FIGHTS
WITH STRIKERS
4 Small War is On at Joe
Letters Mines
SEVERAL SOLDIERS ARE WOUNDED
Farmers Have Organized Posses to Aid
the MiIitia-More Trouble Is
Feared Tonight.

BENTON, ILL.,, Dec. 1.-Two COM
panies of militia with rifles and four
gatling guns were unable to quell the
riot at the Zeigler mines last night.
Firing on the miners camp began at
10 and continued until this morning
Four militiamen were wounded Depu-
ty Sheriff Stein escaped from the
stockade this morning and. gathered
posse of 40 farmers, who rode into the
mining camp and stopped the firing
from the outside. Two additional COM
panies of militia have been asked for.
A posse of 100 men will leave here for
Zeigler today. More trouble is feared
tonight Threats have. been made to
dynamite Joe Letters million dollar
coal plant.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01
LARGE CROWDS At FAIR.
Armory Hall Contained Many People
Last Night.

Armory Hall Contained Many People
Last Night.
Another large crowd attended the
Sisters fair in Armory hall last night
and they weer given an exceptionally
good entertainment. The sale of
fancy articles was very brisk and the
refreshment stand did a good BUSH
ness There will be a complete change
in the musical program tonight, and
in addition the Walla Walla Military
band will render the following pro-
gram:
March, The Eagles ....... Weber
Selection, The Prince of Pilsen"...
Ste" al l
Novelette,, "A Whispered Thought
.... $3.50. .... Johnson
Medley Indian Maiden Song.
Clara cteristic, "A Southern Belle"
$500. ........ ............ Eugene
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01
FUNERAL OF MRS. BACHToLD.
Remains Were Inferred in City Gene
terry This Afternoon.

The funeral of the late Mrs. Eliza
beth Bachtold took place this after
noon from the residence of John Bach
told, on North Fourth street The SER
vices were conducted by Rev. Andreas
Bard of the Episcopal church in the
presence of large number of sorrowing
friends and relatives. The remains
were inferred in the city cemetery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01
BERRyMAN'S JOB
Continued from Page One.)

county, that the said r. j. Bergman
was elected to the said office of coun-
ty assessor, and the proper counting of
the votes in the particulars aforesaid
will disclose the fact that the said
Michael Toner was duly and regularly
SCISSOR at the said election
The contestant prays the above
named court to annul and set aside the
purported election of the said r. J..
Bergman as aforesaid, and to confirm
the election of the said Michael Toner
to the said office of county assessor at
the said election.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01

the great benefits that will follow on
the completion of the, portage road
that there will be no difficulty in in
ducing them to subscribe liberal to the
$4,000 fund that Walla Walla county
has been called upon to furnish to as
sist in meeting the deficit in the Cello
road fund
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01
T ommy's Idea.

Yes" groaned the artist, painters
should all be bachelors
why SOL asked the friend.
why, 1 painted picture of an At
rican jungle with the trees full of
monkeys"
Yes
And my little son went in ana
sketched organ grinders all over it.
Said monkeys and organ grinders. al
ways went together
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

M. H. BURNS & CO., 9a NORTH
Fourth street, can save you money
on watch repairing.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01

AT Odd Fellows temple, Alder street,
December 7, fine chicken dinner will
be served from to 10 o'clock by the
ladies of the First M. f. church.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01

Alheit's feed mill can save you money
On hay and grain.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01

Satisfaction flour. better than the
best. Coyle & Campbell. -
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01

WANTED-TRUNKS TO HAUL.
Soldiers a speciality to and from de-
pots for Csc Phone Main 602, F.
Graham.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01

The best hay and grain on the mar
ket at Alheits feed mill.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01

w. T. Young-Dakery and grocery
211 West Main street.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01

and undertaken. Babcock block. ~
First street Tele Main 379.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-01

The receipts of the county clerk
office from fees for October amount TO
s34O25.
The Dickinson press., 1904-08-27
STATE.

JUDICIAL.
Judpe-W. H. Winchester.
The Dickinson press., 1904-08-27
Ewes.

lament your allusion to the color of
Parnell's eyes," writes a lady CORE
spondcnt, "many years ago n young
girl passed Il man on the staircase of
the Railway hotel, Westport, Ireland.
There was tragedy written all over
him. So uncommon were the mans
eyes that they made clear to the girl a
phrase in Shakespeare she had never
before understood, Eyes like carbun-
cles.' The girl Joined her friends and
said, I have seen a a with eyes
the color of a solid mounted carbuncle.'
The late Captain Boycott, who was n
of the party, said, Then you have seen
Parnell, for he is the only man l know
with eyes that answer to that, and it Is
not likely to be he, for if he were in
this neighborhood he would be at New
port House, The party Travelled to
Dublin by the evenings mail train.
At Mullingar Parnell got into the same
carriage and sat opposite the writer,
who wrote on the margin Of the paper
she was reading, The mar I saw in
the hotel and passed it to Captain
Boycott, who returned it with the add
ed words, 1T is Parnell. '"-London NJ.
A p
The Dickinson press., 1904-08-27
NATIONAL

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