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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-06
THE "SlNGLE FILTERS" A UNIQUE
ORGANIZATION FORMED
IN IOWA.
Twenty five Dollars Is the Penalty for
Entering the Married State
With These People.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Sept. 6.-Fifty
men and women in Des MOines who
believe that marriage is failure have
organized the Single Filters" club.
Under the rules. any member who
marries must pay a fine of $25. Ru-
mors that any member is engaged, or
even keeping company" with any
member of the opposite sex with Sc
riOus intentions. are carefully inves-
tigated, the president. secretary and
executive board acting as a board of
investigation. In the event charges
are sustained, fine of 81 to $25 cash
is assessed. Failure to pay the fine
means expulsion and the forfeiture of
s25, which must be put up by each
member as an initiation fee.
The object of the club is to dis
courage matrimOny. E. H. Gillette, a
prominent citizen and leading literary
light, is it's president Mr.. Gillette was
divorced from his wife several years
ago. The divorced wife still resides in
this city with ner daughter and moves
in one of the most exclusive social sets.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson Jones, sec
rotary of the Iowa Humane society, is
secretary of the unique club. The first
meeting of the fall season was held
today. when plans were laid for ex-
tending the campaign and enlisting
more persons who will promise never
to marry again.
We are just as much single per-
sons as those who have never been
welded" says Mrs. Jones. who has
herself been welded three times and
as many times appealed to the courts
for legal separation.
We are just as much single per-
sons as those who have never been
welded" says Mrs. Jones. Il believe
we are more so, as we have had expe-
rences which will keep us out of pit
falls. We are no longer susceptible"
DO you have both men and women
members?" Mrs Jones was asked?
"Oh. yes"
rs there no danger that such mingl-
ing of the. sexes in a social way will
promote rather than retard marriage?"
We'll. were pretty much all set
against marriage. We have one wo-
man. though. in the society who will
soon have to be fined and expelled. She
said at the last meeting that there was
danger of her falling from grace. When
We called her attention to the fact
that it will cost her S25. she remarked
that if she received a proposal from
source from which she expects one to
come. she could pay $500 and still look
pleasant"
The Single F'ilers' club is made up
of many of the smartest society people
in Des Moines. The membership is
confined to residents of West Grand
avenue, the most fashionable street in
the city.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-06

He's quite bald. | understand AL
most. He has just two wisps of hair
left" Indeed? 2" Yes, and he calls one
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-06
Open Golf Championship.

NEW YORK, Sept. Elm addition
tn the entries and officials there was a
small army of golf enthusiasts about
tn. links of the Baltuerol Golf club. at
summit \. J.. today on the occasion of
The opening of the amateur champion
ship tournament of the United States
Golf association. The presence of so
many onlockers was evidence of the
keen interest taken in this years COM
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-06
NEGLECTED COLDS,

Every part of the mucous membrane,
the nose, throat, ears, head and lungs,
from neglected colds. Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup is a pleasant and effective
Valley Mills, Texas, writes: Il have
used Billiards. Horehound Syrup for
pleasant and most effective remedy"
The Upington drug store, dealers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-06

the place of his birth. to succeed his
brother. Rev. Benjamin NJ. Labaree, the
missionary whose murder by native:
arouse,. the civilized world several
years ago. Mr.. Labaree. though born in
Persia has been a resident of this
country since he was fourteen years
old and is graduate of Marietta col
Iege and of Princeton Theological
seminary. His father, who is now
eighty years of age, has been for many
years superintendent of missions with
headquarters at Urumia.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-06
TRAMP'S DEATH CAUSES ARREST
John North of Auburn Charged With
MansIaughter.

SEATTLE, Sept John North, a
we'll known young Auburn man, has
been charged with manslaughter for
the killing of Charles A. Paulson, near
the time for the shooting. but never
theless the complaint charging him
with manslaughter was sworn out by
Andrew Chilberg, representative of the
Swedish government in Seattle. The
warrant was issued after consultation
between Mr.. Chilberg and friends of
the dead man.
The arrest Of North will be COM
plete surprise to his friends in Auburn,
who thought the incident of the killing
killed was a mere tramp. A coroner's
jury, which exonerated North, heard
at the time. Coroner Hoye. who inves-
tigated the killing and who held the in
to convict North of any crime on ac-
count of the shooting. and expresses
the belief that the young man will be
released soon.
The warrant for North's arrest was
placed in the hands of the sheriff. It
was expected that Norths many friends
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-06
To Succeed Murdered Brother

NEW YORK. Sept 6.-Rev Robert
Nj. Labaree, late pastor of the Presby-
terrain church at DoylestOwn, Pa. sail
ed today EN- route to Crumla, PerSld'
Evening star., 1904-02-02
Feed the Birds.

From the Scranton Republican,
The poor birds are having a hard time of
1t this winter. Reports from various Sec
tions of the country indicate that the feath-
cred songsters are dying off by thousands.
perishing from cold and hunger. They are
usual heavy snow fall. Reports of the great
destruction of bird life have aroused the
Audubon societies and their national COM
mittee has issued an appeal to the public
to care for the birds by feeding them whls
the incement weather continues. The ap-
peal is especially directed to the children.
1t points out that birds suffer very little in
the cold weather provided they can secure
food enough to maintain their normal tenn
perature, but the sleet storms and heavy
falls of snow cover all natural bird food and
cessive bird mortality. The committee sug-
gests that bones with scraps of meat and
pieces of suet be hung in orchards or door
yards and that broken nuts and corn, small
grain chaff and waste from the barn floor
be scattered in places where it can easily be
found by the birds.
This appeal for help for the birds should
be needed. Not only are they among the
most pleasing of Gods creatures, but their
usefulness is almost beyond comprehension.
They destroy insects and pests and save the
farmers and fruit growers from great loss.
In fact, were 1t not for the birds certain
troublesome species of insects would in time
become actual menaces to several promi-
nent forms of agricultural industry.
Evening star., 1904-02-02
A Million in Bulbs.
,m Country Life in America

From Country Life in America.
1t takes an immense quantity of bulbs
every year to satisfy the love of the Ameri-
cans for the most delightful flowers that
grow from them. Most of our bulbs are
imported. We get annunciation lilies and
Roman hyacinths from France, Easter ILL
les from Bermuda, narcissi from England,
and practically all Of the dutch bulbs"
particularly hyacinths and tulips, from
Holland. For centuries the Dutch garden
ers have almost monQpoiized the bulb
growing industry Of the world. In 1902
we paid Holland nearly half million of
dollars for bulbs, and we gave another
half million to the bulb-growers of other
countries.
1t needs only little Yankee shrewdness
to see why American gardeners are dis
covering that there is enough first-class
bulb land in western Washington, alone,
to supply the world with bulbs, and, un-
doubtedly. many parts of Oregon and Brit
ish Columbia are equally suitable for the
business: There Is no question whatever
but that 1t is possible to grow them in the
Puget Sound country which are superior
to the best Holland stock. Bulb-growins
offers attractive considerations. to those who
wish to earn q living out-of-doors. It Will
probably grow to great industry In this
country.
Evening star., 1904-02-02
A DOUBLE RESURRECTION.
Each Of the Generals Thought That
the Other Was Dead.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch

From the PIttsburg Dispatch.
Gen. Barlow of the Union army fell
wounded and, it was thought, dying, during
the first day of the battle of Gettysburg.
and within the confederate lines Gen. Cor
don, cantering by, saw him and recognized Il
him. Dismounting, he approached the
PROSTATE man and inquired what he could
do for him.
Il am dying" said Barlow. Just reach
into my coat pocket, draw out the letter
you find there. and read 1t to me. 1t is
from my wife,
Gordon read the letter.
NOW, general" said Barlow, ''please de-
stroy that letter. 1 want you to notify her
she is in the town over yonder-what has
happened to me-
II will,'' replied Gordon
He sent for Mrs. Barlow giving her safe
conduct through the southern lines, and
then rode away. certain that Barlow's
death was a question on only a few hours
at most.
But Barlow did not die. His wife came
promptly. and had him removed to the
town of Gettysburg, where she nursed him
so faithfully that he recovered.
Many years passed, until one night both
generals were guests at a dinner in Wash
ington. Some one brought them together
and formally introduced them. Time had
altered the personal appearance Of both.
Are you any relation to the Gen. Barlow
who was killed at Gettysburg?" asked Cor
don.
Yes; a very noar relation" answered
who was killed. But l have been informed
that man named Gordon lost his life in
battle later on. He saved my life at Get
tysburg. Are you any kin to that man?''
81 am he." was the reply.
Both heroes laughed as they gave each
other a heartier handshake.
Evening star., 1904-02-02
Bourae Cochran Nominated.

w. Bourlke Cochran was nominated for
Congress by Tammany In the twelfth New
York district to succeed Mayor Mcclellan
Evening star., 1904-02-02
IHave Cured
Consumption" Koch.
The Famous Consumption Master
Gives Ample Proof
That He Has Conquered the Disease.

MANY people In Washington and other large
cities living testimonials that the inhalation
of the healing oily tuberculine vapors Will cure
consumption.
method Of treatment win consumption, il
the treatment he taken before the sufferer is past
all human help. DIR. EDWARD KOCH.
This treatment has long since passed the
perfmental stage. Voluntary letters and testi-
monias from hundreds of cured patients all over
the land some Of whom living right here in
Washington, where you call them, PRoyH
that consumption is durable.
Every sane and thinking person knows that 10
consumption requires the greatest skill Of
specialists who have made consumption and its
their lifetime work and study, and who apply
their treatment TO the very of the disease, the
lungs and air pipes.
In no other way the consumption poison be
eradicated, for medicines taken into the stomach
changed by the process of digestion that
they lose their virtue before reaching the lungs.
This is apparent to the casual observer while
on the other hand medical colleges and hospitals
have long since recognized the virtue of the in
halation method for all diseases Of the lungs and
throat
Tie Koch Lung Cure have offices and sanitariums
for the treatment OF consumption and asthma all
over the land in every large city east of the Mis-
sissppi river In their successful fight against con-
sumption they have brought to their aid every
sistanee that skill, long experience. lavish
penditure and the most successful treatment
discovered render.
The Koch Tubereuline inhalation treatment will
cure you to stay cured What better evidence Of
this could you want than the testimony Of people
in your own city who have been cured Of eonsump-
tion and asthma, in many after their family
physicians, their families and their friends had
given them up to die?
Call at the Washington Office, 1896 New. York
avenue, and inspect the many testimonials from
cured patients. Call on the patients themselves
and ask their neighbors and friends.
The Koch treatment is now within the reach Of
all, and It is not expensive. Consultation,
ination and trial treatment given absolutely
free to all who call at the Washington Office of the
Koch Lung Cure. 1926 New York avenue. but II
you cannot CALL write for illustrated booklet
tanning symptom blank. Your case will be care
fully considered and you will be- advised free Of
cost.
II you cannot make regular visits to the Koch
Lung Cure Office, the Koch home treatment, with
specially prepared apparatus. be sent TO your
home without extra costa Washington once. 1885
New York ave- fe3
Evening star., 1904-02-02

of this country. Every one has heard Of
the famous hoax played at one of the New
york cat shows by well-known inveterata
joker. He sent a fine short-hair cat oddly
marked and colored, but without other dis
tinguishing features, gave it a fantastic
name and a luxurious basket and put a
value OF $4,000 on his entry. The cat had
I colored servant who waited on it jealous
v and grew violently agitated if spectators
ventured to touch It. 1t received prizes
galore, to the chagrin of the judges when
the true story came out.
Evening star., 1904-02-02

Separate carefully half q pound of dried
pears wash them in warm water. put to
soak over night In three pints Of clear. soft.
Evening star., 1904-02-02
Stewed Raisins.


Select large raisins and cook In a little
boiling water, allow them to stand for ten
minutes, then remove the seeds, return the
fruit to the water and boil until tender. If
the raisins are not sufficiently sweet add
sugar to taste A favofffIg of lemon Juice
Is very delicious addition This is very
nice winter luncheon sauce,
Raisin Spirals.
Half a cupful of butter creamed with one
cupful of sugar, add two eggs well beaten,
one cupful of chopped raislns, half cupful
of sour milk in which one teaspoonful of
soda has been dissolved spices to taste, add
sufficient -four to make the mixture very
stiff. Roll out quite thin, cut in strips two
inches wide and four inches long, roll these
strips around the finger. Fry in butter
until of a delicate brown. Dust with gran
ulated sugar.
Apricot and Fig Sauce.
Wash and soak over night in warm water
one pint of dried apricots, simmer them in
the water in which they We're soaked until
tender; scald and chop six layer figs and
add them to the apricots. Simmer together
for fifteen minutes, adding one cup of white
sugar. A very delicious sauce.
Stewed Dried Apricots.
Wash thoroughly and soak in one quart
Of water half pound OF dried apricots,
simmer gently in the water in which they
were soaked until tender. Remove the
fruit from the liquor and add half a cup OF
granulated sugar to the Juice. Boil the
Juice down to one-haH and pour over the
fruit. Serve cold as breakfast fruit.
stewed Dried Pears.
Separate carefully half q pound of dried
pears, wash them in warm water. put to
soak over night In three pints Of clear, soft,
Evening star., 1904-02-02

Defendants Hannigan, Albright, Sheli-
dan, Hartman and Denman, former mem
bers of the st. Louis house of delegates,
convicted of bribery, have been given until
March / to show cause why their bonds
should not be forfeited
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-22
The Rushi-bnzOuk.

Like each Of the various clans Of the
Kurds, the bashi-bazouk can easily be
distinguished by his costume His
shoes OF 'yemenys" (meaning leather
are red or black. His golflike stock
ings, which leave the knee exposed, are
deliberately embroidered in black, his
short Turkish trousers are Of home
spun, while about his waist is a short
sash Of wool or silk, surmounted by a
leather belt in rich colors and embossed
In red. This is divided into three or
four sections, in which he keeps his re.
volver, his chibouk or pipe and his yat-
Afghan, always kept sharp. The bashi-
bazouks never carry daggers. as the
Circassians do. A cartridge box hangs
from the side, as also small silver
snutfboX. They wear two Jackets
the under one with short sleeves and
the outside one with long. At the ell
bow is an opening in which they carry
In leather bag written quotations
from the Koran as talisman to pro-
tect them from the bullets of the I'd
versary. About the neck is chain of
silver coins, from which is suspended
powder box.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-22
Getting Rid Of the Acid.

An exploring expedition in remote
part Of China had queer experience.
which one Of the party thus relates: "a
large bottle Of carbolic acid had been
broken inside it's wooden case. We ex-
hausted our ingenuity in hopeless eff
fort to unscrew the cover. We feared
to carry it farther, as the burning tears
distilled by it destroyed everything
they touched. We dared not throw it
aside lest the unsophisticated heather
should drink it as cheering or me-
dicinal beverage. We had no time to
wait aud empty it. as the fatal fluid
would only trickle drop by drop through
chink which had been cautiously
and labt riously excavated with blunt
hunting knife. What were we to dO2
Degrading as the. confession must ap-
pear. we had to deposit the torpedo in
the middle of the yard and throw
bricks at it until It was smashed"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-22
A SEA GlRT TOMB.
Francois Rene Was Buried on a
Rock In the Atlantic.

Francois Rene, vicomte de Chateau
BRAND, some twenty years before his
death, writing to the mayor of st. Ma
10, his native town, made the request
that the town would grant him on the
west point of the rock of Grand bay q
space sufficient for his burial. To this
island rock, accessible only at low tide,
the body of the great French littera-
teur was brought at his death.
A granite cross marks the spot. At
high tide the rock becomes an island,
and the waves of the Atlantic beat
against this lonely grave. The fitch
anniversary of the funeral was cele-
brated by pilgrimage to the Grand
bay. each person being requested to
take some floral tribute.
After solemn mass in the cathedral
a procession, headed by the mayor and
two members of the French academy,
crossed the sands and mounted the
rocky slopes, and with the sound Of
music and the firing of salutes the TO-
raj homage was made. Poems COM
posed for the occasion were recited, an
grafton was pronounced by NJ. lie vi
comte de Vogue, and at night the
Grand bay displayed green funeral
lights.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-22

Some remarkable salt formations
are found extending for thirty miles
along the Virginia river in Nevada.
The salt forms mountains of crystal
and is so pure and clear that hne print
can be read through foot Of it. This
region was evidently once occupied by
great salt lake, as close by are some
wonderful wells, one Of which, seven
ty-fve feet in diameter, contains wa
ter so intensely saline that a person
bathing there will float like cork.
MaIayan Tree DwelIers.
The Sakais or tree dwellers, of the
Malay peninsula build their houses in
forked trees a dozen feet above ground
and reach them by means Of bamboo
ladders, which they draw up when
safely housed out Of harms way. The
house itself is a rude kind Of shack,
made Of bamboo, and the flooring is
dashed together piece by piece and
hound securely to the tree limbs by
rattan.
These curious people are rather small
and lighter in complexion than the Ma
lays, though much uglier. They have
no form of religion at all--not even
idols-no written language and speak a
corrupt form Of Malay.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-22
BEFORE THE BREAK.
When Patience Is Hard For the
Strenuous, Energetic Mortal.

"hen Pat1ence Is Hard For the
Strenuous, Energetic Mortal.
We are all familiar with the impa-
thence which comes naturally with age
and failing health, the intolerance Of
little hindrances, the inconsequence in
argument, the petulance in comment,
which are the first signs of senility.
But there is another kind of impotence
which has a wholly different meaning.
1t comes to the high spirited, strenuous
man when he feels the hand of age on
him or that premonition of death which
the human body in some hidden way
can give to its owner. A man whose
soul is centered on a great ideal to
which his life's work has been given
chafes at the thought that he must be
taken before seeing it's realization. A
man, again, of fiery energy whose days
have been spent in conflicts may redou-
BILE his efforts at the prospect of their
cessation and show an almost hyster-
zeal vitality in his closing years. 1t is
commonplace Of literature. The men
of the greatest power have the least
liberation for petty triumphs, the most
abiding sense of the smallness of their
doings and the magnitude of their task.
That line of 'In Memoriam" which
was one of the last utterances of
Rhodes Csc little done, so much to
do!') is cry on the lips of all who fix
their eyes on far horizon. Haste to
justify themselves, either to make prac-
teal some idea or to walk little far
Their on the road, is the last infirmity
Of the strongest and DISSATISFACTION.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-22
Comparative Ages of Animals.

Q.-What is the age of field mouse7
"A year. And the age Of hedge
hog is three times that Of a mouse
and the life Of a dog is three times
that of a hedgehog, and the life of a
horse is three times that of dog, ard
the life of a man is three times that of
a horse, and the life of a goose is three
times that Of man, and the life Of O
swan is three times that of a goose.
and the life of swallow is three
times that of swan, and the life Of
an eagle is three times that of a swal-
low, and the life of serpent is TIRES
times that of an eagle, and the life of
a raven is three times that of a SER
pent, and the life Of hart is three
times that Of raven, and an oak
groweth 500 years and fadeth 500
years.-Philadelphia North American,
Sept 13, 1903.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-22
Catching n Tartar.

The trite phrase catching Tartar"
Is thus traced to it's origin in an old
cyclopedia:
"1n some battle between the Rus
slams and the Tartars, who are a wild
sort of people in the north of Asia,
private soldier called out: Captain, hal
loo, there! I've caught Tartarv
Fetch him along, then,' said the cap
tain. Aye, Int he won't let mev re-
piled the man. The fact was that the
Tartar had caught him.
Crosse gives practically the same sto-
ry in his classical Dictionary of the
Vulgar Tongue" 1855, but credits the
misadventure to an Irish soldier Of the
imperial Austrian service in battle
against the Turks. The closing scene
he varies thus:
Bring him along" said his COM
rade. "He won't come" said Paddy.
''Then come along yourself" replied
the other. "Arrah," said he, ''but he
won't let me!'