davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-12
WILL HAVE WORK ON COUNTY
ROADS TO EARN THEIR
BOARD.
Salary of the Guard Who Will Watch
Over Them Reduced to Two
Dollars Per Day.

Going on the theory that work is
good for man, the order made by the
old board of county commissioners
that prisoners confined in the county
Jail be put to work on the county
roads, is to be enforced although on a
little stricter basis.
The new board took up the subject
yesterday evening and when the mat
ter had been thoroughly threshej out
an order was entered that hereafter
when two prisoners are able to answer
roll call they shall be taken out into
the country and set to work. That
their labors may show "a degree of
profit to the county the salary of
was placed at 81 day instead of $3.50,
which was formerly paid.
Whether tractable prisoners shall be
Inundated by being compelled to wear
ball and chair or leg shackles is a
matter that will be left to the discre-
ton of the sheriff. Commissioner Nc
Cav was of the opinion that compell-
ing the prisoners to wear irons of some
kind would have wholesome effect
on the future actions of the crimi-
nails, but Chairman Morrow expressed
the opinion that the fact that man
was compelled to go to Jail and work
on the roads was punishment enough.
AS compromise the sheriff will decide
whether irons shall be used or not.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-12
SERIOUSLY CON.
sIpER MATTER OF POLICING
THAT TOWN.
o. r. E. NJ. Fails to Pay It's Part Of the
Expense Although Directly
Benefited.

Whether Walla Walla county is to
pay for the policing of Wallula at an
expense of $500 year is a matter
that was up before the board of cOun-
ty commissioners yesterday evening
and while no direct action was taken
it was seen that the temper of the
commissioners was not favorable to
continuing deputy sheriff at that
point.
Sheriff Painter was called upon for
advice but he did not care to advise the
commissioners one way or the other.
He thought that a trip to Wallula
where a personal investigation could
be made might help the board to reach
a decision. The present deputy, Will
liam Nave, is receiving $50 month
from the county and is supposed to re-
ceive an extra compensation Of SIS
a month from the Washington and
Columbia River railway and the o. r.
& N. but it developed that the o. r. &
N officials have failed to live up to
their agreement. The deputy was en-
tered on the pay rolls Of the w. & c.
R. and has received his salary each
month.
Chairman Morrow and Commissioner
Struthers both expressed the opinion
that inasmuch as Wallula and the
railroad companies benefit by the en-
ployment of police officer that they
should deal with the situation without
the aid of the county.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-12
The Pots and Pans.

A careful housekeeper who for a time
was compelled to do her own kitchen
work suggests that much labor will be
saved if every iron pot. pan, kettle or,
In fact, any utensil used in cooking
the food is washed while still hot. It
is an easy thing to do, and the wash
ing Of pots and kettles loses some OF
Its distasteful aspects. No woman Sc
riously objects to washing and wiping
her glass and silver. but to undertake
the black. greasy and formidable iron
ware of the kitchen takes considerable
nerve and good deal Of common
sense
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-12
is QUEEN IN BIG TONIC TRUST.
Mrs. Weightman Walker Merges Bust
ness With Another House.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. IA
merger of the two geratest chemical
concerns in the world, effected by Mrs.
Anne M. Weightman- Walker, has again
brought 1.-The. Quinine Queen" into the
public eye. Left a fortune and
business representing more than $780,
100000 only four months ago, Mrs.
Walker has justified the confidence of
her father, the late William Weight
man, by her conduct Of the business
and her management of the fortune.
With truly remarkable aptitude for
business Mrs. Walker, upon the death
Of her father on Aug. Is, set about i'm
left to her under her personal control.
She started by having herself put upon
the payroll Of Powers & Weightman at
the salary her father had fixed for him.
self. With thorough grasp of the
business she corrected several evils
which her father had permitted to ex-
list out of personal regard for the dere-
licts. One Of these was hardness.
Some of the older employees of the
firm reported for duty whenever it best
suited them and left off work at their
own convenience. Mrs. Walker was in
supreme command only forty eight
hours when she had a check clock in
stalled in the plant, and general order
was posted notifying all hands that
they must work according to an estab-
lished schedule. A strike was threat
ened by the employees. She sent for
the ringleaders, told them her ideas of
business, and terminated the inter-
view by saying that all those who
could not or would not work a given
number of hours for a stipulated rate
of pay could quit. The 900 employees
heard the message from Mrs Walker,
and not one resigned.
A few days later Mrs Walker or
dered the paymaster to put up $4,000
in envelopes, giving $40 to each en-
ploye with her compliments, without
regard to age or term of service. The
note accompanying the gift was brief:
With the best wishes of the Will
liam Weightman estate"
The estate of William Weightban
included more than 100000 900 in i'm
proved real estate when it come under
the control of Mrs. Walker All of the
400 properties included in this hold
ing are in first-class condition and
some of them are notable specimens of
architecture
Plain Talk to Mayor Weaver.
Mayor Weaver has been experiment.
ing with municipal finances and no
man knows where or how the city
stands in the matter of future revenues.
Mayor Weaver declared that the tax
rate would remain at $3.50 on the $10e
assessment and proposed that the
board of revision and taxes should.
through the real estate assessors, In
crease the assessable value OF all Phil
adelphia real estate a second time
within two years. Controller Walton,
who, in the matter Of taxation, speaks
with authority above the mayor. off,
cially announced that the tax rate
would have to be Increased to $40 to
meet the fixed charges Of the city.
While these two officials and the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-12
Cutting Brown Bread.

A steaming loaf Of brown bread re-
quires a remarkably sharp knife to cut
it successfully, and the best Of knives
become rapidly clogged with the adhe-
sion Of the hot, moist substance. Vic
torious the housekeeper who keeps her
temper through the entire loaf! A
most satisfactory substitute Is the
string cut" accomplished by means
of a piece Of common Irvine and no
trouble at all. Slip the string around
the loaf, cross the ends, pull tight, and
the result is clean, even cut.--Boston
Cooking School Magazine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-12
Rev. CARLISLE p. q. MARTIN, LIE

OF Waverly, Texas. writes: "Of a
morning, when first arising, often find
a troublesome collection of phlegm,
which produces cough and is very
hard to dislodge; but small quantity
of Billiards. Horehound Syrup will at
once dislodge it, and the trouble is
over. I know of no medicine that is
equal to it, and it is so pleasant to
take. I can most cordially recon-
mend it to all persons needing a med
icine for throat or lung trouble" 25c,
SOC and $1.00.
For sale by Upington Drug Store. a
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-12
Dressing II an Art.

Cultivate dress as fine art, for mi
mute attention to personal adornment
and elegance Of toilet is the duty Of
every man or woman in civilized socie-
ty. 1t is the outward show that en-
ables the world to judge Of us personal
ly. our character refinement and con-
dition, Of the station of life in which
we are thrown. 1t is duty we owe
our family, our friends and the world
at large. It is the passport to good
breeding and the support Of fine man.
ners.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-12
Dry Cleaning.

White cornmeal Is excellent to dry
clean white or any delicate shade of
wooden goods; also for cleaning knitted
and crochet articles. Place the article
to be cleaned in a large receptacle and
cover with cornmeal or -four, add one
half pound Of powdered borax, use
the same movement as in washing with
water, shake well and brush thorough
y tn the open aiT. Repeat the process
Il necessary.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-12
Cured 20 p.op,.

Sergt. G. c. Rummel Of .,
United States coast artillsrv
from Fort Flagler. Wash.-Tp,n 4
ing very fine work among tho
here. l know of twenty perso.
who were cured of the Drink H.,
take pleasure in recommends. :.
cure for the Liquor and To,
habits.
For sale by L. L. Tallman
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-12

For sale by L. L. Tallman
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-12

He-Did you love me when you first
saw me? She-Oh, no! I had to get
used to you frst.-Lfe.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-12

\ Board
4 ThrouI
bf a sch
bf schoO
~ muddl
Ably TAXI
~ Super
she tang
Jay WI
eeived b
Phat owl
district
hto the
pf 10 mi
md Dist
~ adjoiI
Tor the
hprover
levy, the
lhat Dis
Dpecial |
payers d
Pssessed!
| Distric
BOW find
Fupds to|
While Di
land Will
Petitione
y relief
Inclined
huch aI
lnd can
| Pleas
/ T. ]. n
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-14
Took 1t for Granted.

When Lady Davy was advanced in
years there came to Rome a very fool
ish Russian on whose creduiity his
friends used to practice. Among other
things they informed him that there
had till shortly before been in the city
an English lady at whose house her
friends used to assemble. After her
death they found it SO inconvenient to
lose their point of meeting that they
had her embalmed and placed every
evening on her accustomed ottoman.
As he became very anxious to assist
at one Of these strange reunions, some
one agreed to take him there. When
he arrived, there, sure enough, sat the
shrfveled old lady. He circumnavi-
gated the ottoman several times, find
ing all that he had been told was too
true, then threw up his arms and with
the cry, "It is too horriblew rushed
from the room.-Sir Grant Duf's
sNotes from a Diary"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-14
wILEs OF THE HORSE TRADER.

Tricky Arts to Make Old Ones Young
and Doctorinx and "Dopinx."
Probably In no business are SO many
tricks and wiles pracuced as in that
of horse dealing. 1t Is safe to affirm
that thousands of horses are sold
throughout the country every year un-
der false conditions, and SO skillful
have "fakers' become that it takes
very clever and experienced man to
detect the doctoring tricks of those who
are anxious to sell bad animal to the
best advantage.
Perhaps the commonest Of all taking
or bishoping, as it is often called-a
term derived from man named Bish-
op, who during the eighteenth century
obtained great reputation for making
old horses appear youny-is In relation
to a horses teeth. At full age a horse
has forty teeth, and not until the fifth
year are they all visible. Six months
later the "nippers' or front teeth be-
come marked by a natural cavity and
1t Is the presence or absence of these
marks that certifies the animals exact
age.
As the horse gets older, these marks
wear away, and 1t Is then that the CO.
per or faker sets to work to make
fresh cavities, as found In a horse Of
the age he wishes to represent The
surface Of the teeth is cut out with a
steel tool and the black lining of the
groove, which must be visible, burnt In
with nitrate of silver or some other
chemical. In this way horses which
are often over or years of age are
sold as 5-year-olds.
The age Of horse Is often increased
as well as reduced by means of taking
the teeth. A 3-year-old will often be
transformed into 5-year-old by means
Of chiseling out the side milk teeth
with which horses are furnished up to
their third year, when they are sup
planted by the permanent ones. The
extraction of the former, of course,
brings on the latter much quicker than
would be the case in the natural order
Of things, thus making a horse appear
much older than it really is.
There are various ether things, how
ever, besides the teeth, which give
away the age of a horse and which
have to be faxed IL the animal il to
fetch fair price. In old horses there
IL generally certain cavity or depres-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-14

repeat the circumlocution of the in
ventor, shows "a device for removing
obstructions from between the teeth" !"
It comprises forked handle having
branches provided with slots adapted
to secure rubber strip slipped there
in. Tiny knobs fixed Oh said strips pre-
vent the rubber from pulling out aud
likewise serve to protect the cheek and
tongue when using the device. The
elasticity of the rubber permits 1t to
enter the intersices between teeth,
even when these are abnormally min
ute.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-14
Yellow Art

Tommy Figjam-Paw, whose picture
is that feller there where you're read
imp
Paw Figjam-Why, that's a half
tone of a second cousin of the step
brother of an, aunt by second marriage
of the foster sister of the chap who
is suspected of being in possession of
Information as to who was an accom-
plice of the mysterious unknown who
assisted in kidnapping Sloppy Sadie the
Sad-Eyed Shop Girl" - Baltimore
American.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-14
women Nor Artistio.

During the last hundred years in
France and England the education OF
women has been more artistic than
that of men. Far more emphasis is
put upon music and drawing in girls
schools than in the corresponding In
stitutions for their brothers And yet
Galton found, in investigating nearly
900 cases, that % per cent males and
s8 per cent females showed artistic
tastes. In spite of the larger oppor-
tunity which the modern woman has to
develop her artistic faculties, the ne
suits in the two sexes are practically
the same
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-14
Marketing Potato Crops.

In line with the classic case of the
oyster shippers, cited by President
Hadley of Yale university in his book
on Railroad transportation, is the case
of the Aroostook potato growers brought
by President Tuttle of the Boston &
Maine railroad before the senate COM
mlttee on interstate commerce. Moth
ing could better show how a railorad
works for the interest of the localities
which it serves.
A main dependence of the farmers of
the Aroostook region is the potato crop,
aggregating annually eight to ten mil
lion bushels which find market large
ly in Boston and the adjacent thickly
settled regions of New England. The
competition of cheap water transporta-
tion from Maine to all points along the
New England coast keeps railroad
feright rates on these potatoes always
at very low level.
Potatoes are also a considerable out
put of the truck farms of Michigan,
their normal market being obtained in
and through Detroit and Chicago and
other communities of that region.
Not many years ago favoring sun and
rains brought tremendous yield of
potatoes from the Michiagn fields. At
normal rates and prices there would
have been glut of the customary
markets and the potatoes would have
rotted on the farms. To help the pota-
to growers the railroads from Michigan
made unprecentedly low rates on pota-
toes to every reachable market, even
carrying them in large quantities to a
place 30 remote as Boston. The Aroos-
took growers had to reduce the price on
their potatoes and even then could not
dispose of them unless the Boston &
Maine railroad reduced its already low
rate, which it did. By means of these
low rates, making possible low prices,
the potato crops of both Michigan and
Maine were finally marketed. Every
body eats potatoes, and that year every
body had all the potatoes he wanted.
While the Michigan railroads made
rates that would have been ruinous to
the railroads, had they been applied to
the movement of all potatoes at all
times, to all places, they helped their
patrons to find markets then. The
Boston & Maine railroad suffered de-
crease in its revenue from potatoes, but
it enabled the Aroostook farmers to
market their crop and thereby to obtain
money which they spent forth varied
supplies which the railroads brought to
them. If the making of rates were
subject to governmental adjustment
such radical and prompt action could
never have been taken, because it is
we'll established that if rate be once
reduced by a railroad company it can
not be restored through the red tape OF
governmental procedure. If the Mich
igan railroads and the Boston & Maine
railroad had been subjected to govern
mental limitation they would have felt
obliged to keep up their rates as do the
railroads of France and England and
Germany under governmental limita-
tion and let the potatoes rot.-Ex-
change.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-14

sion Of the skin In the forehead i'm.
mediately above the eyes. This disfig
urement is remedied by process
known as putting the glims." A fine
pointed blowpipe is introduced under
the skin above the eye, through which
the copper blows gently until the deeI
hollow is filed and is replaced by q
perfectly smooth surface.
The taking Of broken-winded horses
Is an art in itself, SO to speak. 1t 1.
generally accomplished by means OF
drugs, arsenic being chiefly used. The
copper" also pays strict attention te
such an animals diet previous to q
show. If during the trial horse is q
little short-winded the owner will turn
furiously upon the groom for giving his
horse too much hay, when in all prob
ability it has had nothing to eat OF
drink for hours.
The groom will thereupon explain
how the animal got loose and ate q
bushel Of oats and half truss of hay
In the night and that he was afraid OF
losing his place IL he said anything
about 1t. This explanation will, in nin<
cases out Of ten, satisfy the intending
purchaser and remove any doubts
which he might have had.
A singular dodge Is resorted to by
the cooper" when he comes into pos,
session of a lame horse out of which
he desires to make some profit. The
method is called "beaning'' and con
sists in making horse which is lame
say, for instance, in the left fore foot
lame in the right one also.
Perhaps a small pebble is inserted
between the shoe and the hoof Of the
latter foot, the pain of which causes
the animal to limp with the right a;
well as the left leg, one thus counter
balancing the other and making it ap
pear as though it was the horses nat
ural gait In lieu of a small pebble q
small iron wedge Is sometimes driver
underneath the foot corresponding will
the lame one, thus causing both legs te
60 lame alike, which only gives the
horse a different motion
Doping" is term usually applied
to the trick Of making horses appeal
spirited and high-steppers by means Of
drugs or chemicals. An animal is oft
en- made to pick up its legs in the
quick, nervous style of Thoroughbred
by having the back tendons of the leg
rubbed with turpentine, cow-itch an6
ammonia, which burns like fire anG
makes the animal prance with pain.
Occasionally, says a writer in the
Boston Herald, the cooper" is success
full in selling what is known as 6
rogue" horse-one who resists all at
tempts to be put into harness. Will
sharp razor the sides Of the horse
will be shaved in certain places, max
ing 1t appear as though the animal wal
just out Of harness and thorough car
riage horse.
The same performance will be gone
through just below the withers, where
the collar chafes, while, Ii the horse
be tricky one, chloral hydrate ant
opium will be administered. It Is MOI
until the unlucky purchaser tries tt
harness the horse to carriage that b;
discovers the animals temper and it,
unmanageable ways.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-14
TAKES IooTHPlck.s PLACE,

Denta1s Cleared by the Use of q Gum
Band.
The dentists have been preaching for
the past decade the virtues of dental
floss and the dangers of the tooth
picks, but without much avail. I'm
fortunately, dental floss Is not often
conveniently available, and good sub.
stitute that is always at hand is a slen-
der rubber band. The illustration, to
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-14
The Child's First Grier.

Inc (n1ld'a First GrtcIs
"Oh, call my brother back to mel
l cannot play alone;
The summer comes with flower and bee
Where is my brother gone?
THE butterfly is glancing bright
Across the sunbeam's track;
l care not now to chase its fight
Oh, call my brother back!
sow'd
Around our garden tree;
Our vine is dropping with its load
Oh, call him back to mer'
He could not hear thy voice, fair child,
He may not come to thee;
The face that once like springtime smiled
On earth no more thou'lt see.
"A roses brief bright life of Joy,
Such unto him was given;
Go-thou must play alone, my boyI
Thy brother is in heavenp'
"And has he left his birds and flowers,
And must I call In vain?
And, through the long, long summer
hours,
Will he not come again?
"And by the brook, and in the glade,
Art all our wanderings DER?
Oh, while my brother with-ms play'd,
Would had loved him morsr
Mrs. Hemans.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-14
Lucky, Indeed.

This Is what I get for marrying a
poet" pouted the tall brunette. 1--WE
are too poor to hire a girl, SO 1 have
to cook the beefsteak and onions"
my dear girl" said the matron,
whose husband is an editor, "you
should be very proud"
proud of what?'
''That you should have found a poet
who can really afford beefsteak and
onions"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-14
The Last Perry Expedition Survive

The Last Perry Expedition Survivor.
The newspapers chronicle the death,
June 22d, of two members of the Perry
expedition to Japan, 1S53-54. The
July Century contains the personal re-
collections of this expedition of John
s. Sewall, who was member OF Com
modore Perry's party, and who is prob
ably the last survivor of the famous
expedition.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-14
xEeeEGeGelE:<:sse;333333333Aa
\ OLD \
|cFavoriteS|
sseeeeeeee.eS%'ss3ss8sssp'


The Miller of theD Dee.
There was jolly miller,
Lived on the River Dee;
He danced and sang from morn to night;
No lark SO b1ithe as he.
And this the burden Of his song
Forever used to be:
I care for nobody; NO, not I,
If nobody cares for mel"
These lines, no doubt, suggested the
poem of Charles Mackay, here given:
There dwelt a miller, hale and bold,
Beside the river Dee;
He worked and sang from morn till
night
No lark SO blithe as he;
And this the burden of his song
Forever used to be:
u envy nobody-no, not I,
And nobody envies mev'
'"Thou'rt wrong, my FRIEND" said good
King Hal;
AS wrong as wrong can be;
For could my heart be light as thine,
I'd gladly change with thee.
And tell me now, what makes thee sing,
With voice so loud and free,
While am sad, though I'm a king,
Beside the River DeeW
The miller smiled and doffed his cap;
Il earn my Bread" quoth he;
Il love my wife, love my friend,
l love my children three;
I owe no penny cannot pay;
thank the River Dee,
That turns the mill that grinds the corn
That feeds my babes and me-"
Good FRIEND" said Hal, and sighed the
while,
Farewell, and happy be!
But say no more, if thou'dst be true,
That no one envies thee.
Thy mealy cap is worth my crown;
Thy mill, my kingdoms fee;
Such men as thou are England's boast,
o miller of the Deep
Charles Mackay.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-14
Took 1t as Personal.

Daisy-Why was Maude Oldgirl SO
angry about her photographs? Didn't
they fatter herr
Maisie-Oh, they were as pretty as
the artist could make them, but on
the back Of each one 1t said, "The orig
inal Of this picture is carefully pre-
served. ed."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.