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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

Senator La Follette's escape to
Washington may be providential.
There is a sloughing off of interest in
reform in Wisconsin and tendency to
plead for rest.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

Columbia will engage In no more in
ter collegiate sport contests. It will
be interesting to see what effect this
will have on COlumbia's attendance
whether excellence in college sports
influences attendance as much as it is
supposed to.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28
Decollette?

"This article says the less clothes
you wear the less likely you are tc
catch cold. I know that is not So"
How is that?"
Because every time my wife goes
to ball she contracts a dreadful cold
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

increase the total to $3,75O,0OO, 900
more than $62 per capita. In the
United States the per capita debt is
VIZ. Germany is armed to the teeth.
but If this debt keeps on growing her
teeth will drop out.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

Imagine the feelings Of that New
York man who, walking down the
street, met two pretty women who
multaneously cried, "Oh, here comes
my husband If it had been false it
would nave been a painful joke, but
as it was true, the scene 'beggars de-
ScriptiOn."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

Many college presidents having
cabled Count Witte to let loose the
students of the universities On the rev.
olutionists, the count cabled back
promptly: Then whom shall let loose
on the students?"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

Several grand opera prima donnas
have recently bought farms. 1t gives
one a comfortable feeling to have a
few COWS in the barn.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

The mere "depositors" were let off
so easily in the Chicago bank troubles
that policy holders are much en-
couraged. Some day "tne consumer
will come to his own.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

We trust that Mr.. FitZSimmOnS will
now be satisfied to attend to his reg
ular business as an actor. Art must
not be allowed to suffer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

A Toronto cashier has skipped to
the United States with mis- swag and
the Canadians are sorer than ever on
reciprocity.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

DR.. Osler says that deathbed visions
are no good. At any rate they are
more comforting than DR.. Osler's phi
lOsophy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

This Is great season for Nicholases
There is Nicholas Longworth, ST.
Nicholas and the car, Nicholas I.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

Any reference to the Grand Duke
Nicholas is said to make the president
stir uneasily.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

Jim Hill would probably be satisfied
west passage.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

Ever since Grover Cleveland gave out
that memorable interview, the woman's
clubs have been busy gathering proof
that it wasn't so.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

Embroidery lessons, stamping and
materials. Mrs. d. G. Ferguson, 1923
East Birch; Phone 239.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28

No, Harry, the man who started the
report that smoking caused cancer is
not in the employ of the tobacco trust
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-28
A CHARACTERS.
TIC LETTER
FROM Mr.. HY EILERS, PRESl-
DENT OF ElLERS PIANO
HOUSE RELATIVE TO THE
SITUATION IN WALLA
WALLA.
1T is CRISP AND RIGHT TO THE
POINT-SHOULD INTEREST
EVERY PROSPECTIVE PI-
ANO BUYER IN THIS
COMMUNITY.

Portland, Ore, Dec. 26, 1895.
Mr.. w. H. Weir, Walla Walla, Wash:
Dear Strive are pleased to note the
excellent progress you nave made in
In view Of the record you have made
we see no reason why you should not
at Walla Walla. We are sure that
you can accomplish this result If the
public thoroughly understands the sit
uation. If an instrument is shipped
elsewhere it will simply add that much
more carriage and freight to its cost
and still have to be sold. Why should
we not, therefore, take cost for them
right where they stand and save the
additional cost. You have our author
ity to accept any half way reasonable
offer as regards terms, and we are
sure if this situation is properly pre-
scented to the citizens Of Walla Walla
and vicinity that there will not be
single instrument left for sale by the
end of this week. Dispose Of all office
furniture, carpets and fixtures, at
Whatever it will bring, and do us the
favor to have all returns here be-
fore noon, Jan. End, at which time we
close our books for the year.
With our sincerest wishes for the
New Year for every one of you, we
remain, Yours truly,
EILERS PIANO HOUSE,
Hy Filler, President.
The values we are offering in pianos
in this closing out sale are simply as
founding. The instructions from Mr..
Hy Eilers embodied in the above let
ter are being carried out to the let
ter and as consequence pianos are
being sold to shrewd buyers that had
no thought of making a purchase for
the next year. Prices and terms are
eXCepC1Ondl, the reasons nave Deeu
plainly stated.
Come in at once and secure a bar
gain Of a lifetime The office fixtures
and parlor furnishings, gas and cleo
trio fixtures, ETC., etc., are all includ-
ed, consisting of an excellent $500
roll top typewriter desk in quarter
sawed oak, with drawers on either
side, pigeon-holes and all conven-
fences To go at a great sacrifice. A
pair Of beautiful pictures and 81 yards
of BRUSSELS carpet. All to be sold at
half price.
Remember only two days more left
of this chance to get in On this mon
ey saving proposition.
Store open every night.
EILERS PIANO HOUSE,
223 w Main ST.,
w. H. WEIR, Manager.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-03-02
UnnRfUraI.

Small Nancy, aged four, had doll to
which she was devotedly attached. 1t
could open and shut its eyes, and every
night Nancy took it to led with her.
carefully closing its eyes before the
light was turned out One day the doll,
as dolls from time immemorial have
been known to do, met with an acct
dent which placed the eye shutting
mechanism out of business and left it
with not only widely and permanently
opened optics, but badly damaged ones
as we'll At intervals during the re-
mainder of the day Nancy pleaded to
have her dolly "cured." but nothing
was successful. At bedtime when she
had donned her nightdress and started
for her little bed her mother saw she
had forgotten her adored doll and re-
minded her of it, saying:
but, Mamie, you've forgotten your
baby She won't be able to sleep un-
less you take her to bed with you, as
usual"
To her mothers amused astonish
ment Nancy threw half contemptuous
look over her shoulder at the doll, re-
cumbent on a chair, and said:
"Oh, what's the use? She can't sleep
anyway. Who ever heard of anybody
sleeping with their eyes wide open?"-
New York Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-03-02

1t is generally known that bananas
are shipped while yet green and IN
ripe, but few persons are aware Of the
careful and elaborate time calculations
required in setting out the plants and
cutting off the fruit in order to insure
the arrival of the bananas in proper
condition at their destination. When :,
plantation is begun the young plants
are set out at certain intervals, so that
they will produce at regular prefiXed
times during the year. A certain num-
Der Of days before the arrival of a
steamer the green fruit is cut, and a
close calculation Of the time that will
be consumed in the voyage must al
ways be made, else the bananas will be
spoiled Fruit steamers carry steam
heating apparatus to insure a uniform
temperature throughout the voyage.
The ripening is calculated to occur only
after the fruit has reached the retail
dealer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-03-02
CruSAed by His Wife.

"My wife is not always as consider
ate of my feelings as she might be, >
says the man who invariably means
well. 81 went home the other night,
and l could see that [ was not more
than deuce high with her on account
Of-well. no matter what | was full
up of a new theory a man had been
1mparting to me, and as | always be-
lieVe'in mans regarding his wife as
his intellectual equal | told her about
it. The man told me that it is the
brain that really nourishes the hair.
He even went SO far as to say that if
you pull hair out you pull out bit
Of brain with it. It interested me ex-
ceedingly. My wife just shifted.
That's not new,' she said. i found
that out long ago. 1t doesn't matter
either. whether the hair is pulled out Or
falls out naturally
That's what I get for trying to be
good to that woman Stung by my
wife"
Here he raised his hat He was as
bald as newly plucked egg.-Wash-
ington Post.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-03-02

doing. A dull flush came up into his
face, and be looked at her strangely.
YES" he answered shortly, II have
Beautiful night, isn't it," he went
on after a moment, and there was a
touch of mockery in his voice that
made the questioner vince. After that
she asked him no more.
whats up" he demanded. survey
ing her cynically as she came down
to receive him one evening, with re-
nunciation speaking from every line
Of her plain gown and her smooth,
parted hair. us it some sort Of lay
sackcloth and ashes? What particular
sin are you mourning?
'The great sin of omissionw she an
swered demurely as they sat down op-
posite each other. But he looked in
credulOus. He had not known her fif-
teen years for nothing.
Commission, you mean," he said
dryly. with an air of remembering
things.
mo; omission! I'd tell you about it,
only you're never any comfort to a
person. You're just like a stone, Max
l don't know how I've endured you so
long"
Ee turned his eyes lazily upon her
with look long, steady, inscrutable.
Neither spoke, but after moment Eli
nor, with a beautifully assumed air of
perfect ease, sought refuge in study
Of the pattern Of the carpet
POSSIBLY | may tell you some time,''
he said, with nonchalant laugh, 'but
go on; let me hear what's the trouble
You always tell me eventually"
And SO. in fact, she did. 1t was the
beauty Of Max that he made you like
and hate him simultaneously. But no
matter what you felt you wanted him,
and you usually confded in him. That
at least had been Elinor's experience,
and it was being repeated for the hun
dredth time now She wanted to tell
him; she always wanted to tell him ev-
erything She leaned forward sudden
ly, with childish bid for sympathy In
her eyes.
You see, Max, I've omitted to get
married. And now I'm thirty-one"-
''Plus," he corrected gravely.
''Thirty-one," she continued firmly,
"and. though it's been great fun-well,
all at once l realized that Pm an old
maid. It's SO unexpected Why haven't
/ marriedY That's what l don't under
stand
There was pause in which it seem
ed to her that she suddenly heard the
beating of her own heart Before she
fully realized what had happened her
hands were held close and Max was
saying:
Look at me, Elinor, and see if you
can't find out. I've waited years for
you to finish sowing your wild OATS
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-03-02
Names In the Senate.

California will be distinguished by
having the hardest name in congress,
says the Los Angeles (Cal) Herald.
Missouri has its Senator Stone, and In
diana has its Representative Brick, but
they do not compare in hardness with
FLINT. Maryland can claim the softest
congressional name in its Representa-
tive Mudt;
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-03-02

Summer girls and summer board
ers'' are terms that are well known.
Representative Edwin G. Burleigh Of
H. inc has invented a new summer
tern, says the Chicago Inter Oceans
Washington correspondent. He has
Est Of people whom he calls his sun
EHerl constituents. They arrive on the
.east of Maine In June, and they stay
until September. They want all kinds
81 things done, and they are not back
ward about asking for favors. They
Aaye no votes ard are merely here for
three months, and Cor this rca son Bur-
leigh has named them his summer
eonstftuents.,'
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-12-28

"You action speaks for itself. Look
which I am doomed"
81 meant not the action Of the past,
good master; l alluded to action that
was to come"
Action to Gomez"
Eyes. Selim and l are here to speak
OF your release from this dungeon.
Hold-let II words be few, for the.
time is short. We have promised that.
we would lead you forth from Horam's
power if the thing were p%ossible."" !
Promised whom" asked Julian.
The black h%esitated. He knew not
that he should use the name of the
princess. so he finally answered:
"Hobaddan is in the city, and our
promise has been sent to him. But
there is something more. If we lead
you from this place, we do so in the
race of great danger. We have plan
ned for that. and have freely staked
our lives in the work. But, il we sue
coed, and you are free, we can never
more return to Damascus. If we 20
with you from this dungeon, we must
go with you from the city, and remain
with YOU"
Julian believed that the black was
speaking truly and honestly.
Certainly" he said, 'if you lead me
in safety from the bonds that now en-
compass me, l will give you such re-
turn as you may desire. You may re.
main with me, if you like, or l will
give you safe conduct into the LAND
Of the Syrians."
Your word is enough, my master,
and henceforth Selim and l are your
servants. We change our allegiance
and the proof of our fidelity shall be
manifest in this first act of our serv.
ice, We have dangers to meet, Sir"
Talk not of dangers" cried the
chieftain. Throw off these chains;
give me a sword; and lead me to the
upper world; and l ask no more. Once
again 1 trust you, and If you prove
true, my gratitude shall be your while
I live?",
Without further words Osmir pro-
ceeded to the work he had come to
perform. Selim held the lantern,
while he loosed the irons from Julian's
limbs; and very soon the chieftain
stepped forth with his limbs free.
"There is no time to waste said
Osmir, as he cast the chains upon the
floor. We have good swords at hand,
and for the rest we must trust to our
wit and strength. There is danger
enough between this dungeon and the
open air; but I am ready to meet it,"
by the GODS" cried Julian, as he
gr?asped the sword which Osmir had
placed in his hand. Il can laugh at
danger now. Lead on, and let this
present hour be the last of Horam's
power!"
(To be continued.)
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-12-28
NARROWING BLUE WHALES.
The Harpoon Gun is a Cruel Instrumen,
of Destruction.

The Harpoon Gun is a Cruel Instrument
of Destruction.
To pursue the blue whale success
fully is, according to an interesting
article in Parsons Magazine, a COM
plicated undertaking. For instance,
one of the requirements is a boat that
can steam twelve knots an hour, and
which is furnished with a formidable
weapon known as the harpoon-gun.
The harpoon-gun is a ponderous piece
of apparatus laced on a raised plat
form on the Prov of the whaler, and
consists of a Short. stout cannon,
mounted ON a broad pedestal, on which
it can rotate horizontally. The gun
has also a vertical motion, and can be
turned quickly in whatever direction
the prov of the ship dominates. On
the top of the gun are sights for
aiming, just as in a rife. Behind is
the stock, which is grasped in the
hand when firing the gun, and be-
meath it the trigger. The breech is a
box-like arrangement, situated just
where the stock is fastened to the gun
proper. The gun is loaded in the or
binary way from the muzzle, and the
harpoon is tightly rammed into it. To
discharge the gun. a small cartridge,
with a wire attached, is first put into
the breech. Pressure on the trigger
causes a pull on the wire, which ignites
the cartridge and discharges the gun
simultaneously. The harpoon is about
six feet in length and very massive. 1t,
consists essentially Of three parts, the
anterior conical portion, the movable
barbs, and the shaft. The anterior
confcal piece is an explosive shell filled
with gunpowder, and screws on to the
rest Of the harpoon. The explosive
shell is fired with a time-fuse after the
harpoon is imbedded in the whale.
Taken all in all the ~harpoon-gun is
about the most exquisitely cruel in
strument Of destruction devised by the
ingenuity of man! But it is only
when N sees and knows the prodigi-
Gus brute it is meant to destroy, that
n realizes that it is nevertheless
none too effective. The gun is never
discharged at a greater distance than
fifty feet, and seldom indeed at more
than thirty from the whale. To be
able to get so near requires not only
very fine seamanship but a very in
innate knowledge of the habits of the
MISUNDERSTANDING Times,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-12-28
IIugest Sea Creature.

OF all the uncanny creatures in the
animal kingdom the one whose &C
quaintance is hardest to make is the
blue whale, the largest of all the
whales, and, indeed, m of the most
colossal animals, living OF extinct,
known to science. You will look in
vain for him in geological collections,
in menageries, or even in museums. A
brute 80 feet in length and Weighing
just as many tons does not lend itself
to preservation or stutlng, and the few
skeletons of him which do exist give
one no idea Of what he is like. The
blue whale is hunted by the Norwe-
gians chiefly for the sake Of his oil,
and is Of considerable value, a full
grown specimen being worth from
$1,250 to $500.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-12-28

But is this description not. exactly
and strangely in accord with the tones
from the modern horn, the horn with
Which the jubilant man and youth,
woman and girl, of this period give
vent to their joy at the birth of the
Christian new year?
Try as you will, you can get moth
ing but Il piercing, shrill or inharmon-
o tone from the tin instrument and
like the ancient shophar. it's tones are
unmusicaT~ having neither range or
compass. II needed for such a pur-
pose, however, it's blasts from the
summit of Twin Peaks would summon
a multitude that would comport itself
according to- the import of the occas-
ion.
In Numbers chapter xxx: 1, we
trumpet.
Therein tire people are commanded
on the first day of the seventh month
to hold IAN holy ~convocation," to do
no servile work, it being "a day of
blowing OF trumpets unto you"-a
feast of the trumpets.
Here is demonstrated the giving up
of all labor and INDUCING the tones Of
the shophar as heard in the syna-
gogues to this day OF a like festival.
The skeptic may say that to-day's
outpourings of joy lack thought. are
INDUCED without the slightest religious
sentiment, have no relationship with
the very same movements Inc same
~trumpetings that characterized the
day when the law was given from
| Mount Sinai, those periods when JOY
and victory and holy festival inlu-
enced the early peoples of the earth.
Who will say that there is no feeling
of thankfulness in the hearts of the
nation when, with horn ALLOWING
and flags waving, it gives rent to tbs
JOY over victory or my great national
eventT
The ancient New Years service, OBJ
served in the synagogues even at this
period, is considered one of the most
impressive in the Jewish liturgy. 1t is
| composed of three parts, which refer.
respectively, to the sovereignty, JUS
tlSO oAN AuCASS VI Nous duu DIS edCn
part is concluded the shophar is
sounded from the pulpit.
The first part, "Malchioth.s pro-
claims God the universal king.
The second part, ~"Zichronoth." en-
phasizes that God remembers the
| work of the world and visits all Great
ures and that nothing remains con-
cealed from his eyes"
The last part, "Shopheroth," speaks
of the scriptural shophar, and espe.
cialiy as it is connected with the Civ
ing of the law or Mount Sinai, when
it's tones were first heard, and also
with reference to the time when the
great trumpet" will be sounded "to
declare the universal triumph of lib.
erty and religion
In a poem sermon founded on mas.
sages from the Talmund, by the Rev
Isidore Myers. B. A.. in Montreal in
1897 (5657 Jewish year,, the follow
ing cur
pels!
At every sound cur bosom swelIs:
Our soul is stirred by every note
That issues from the s%hophar's throat.
The first. which ''Malchioth" is named.
In which Gods sovereignty's proclaimed.
commemmorates a fact sublime "
, Recalls to mind creations prime,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-12-28

s Thousands of Centuries Re-Echo :
i'm the Blowing of Horns To-Day s


Glowing Of horns on occasions OF
JOY and festivity mas grown TO be an
established institution in the United
States. Whether the custom as prac-
ticed is strictly in musical accord with
The harmonious feelings Of a people
WHO in voice indulge a celebration
which affects all alike is another mat
Ter.
While the custom of horn blowing
g growing. few OF the old heads stop
TO think OF its origin, and the youth
III celebrant little dreams that it is
al! tradition; that i'm those reveling
sounds which escape neither nook nor
corner. loft @ cellar. are the echoes
re-echoed from thousands OF centuries
ago-that momentous period in the
worlds spiritual and material history
when the blasts; from the rams horn
%(shophary proclaimed from Mount
Sinai the giving OF the Ten Command
ments to the end of time
The first mention of it is in the Old
Testament art the giving of the law:
And all the people. saw the thunderings,
and the lightnings, and the noise of the
trumpet.-Exodus, KRIS:
AS the sound of the horn signaled
the giving of the law which was to
lead mankind and stand for life's
moral and spiritual obligations along
the ages, the multitude bowed with
feelings of awe and humility.
The sounds were new to the ears
of the people who listened to their
echoes along the mountain, wondering
at the distant tone repetftions.
And when the people saw it. they re-
, m9yed; and stsod afar off. And they said
will hear: but let not God speak with MS
lest we die"
: h fear then in the hearts of the
multitude was significant. They real.
lied the import of the occasion, which
had been sisnaled by the blasts Of
the horn. So, from the very first in
PRODUCTION of the instrument it's
sounds have generally had a sienif.
can't meaning and purpose.
How well one can picture the scene
at Mount Sinai when the people trem-
bled and stood afar off when Moses
babe them to fear not; that God had
come to prove them and that his fea,.
might be before their faces that thew
sin not.
The sounding of the horn on an &C.
casion so prolific with divinely poten.
tial incidents naturally brought the in.
strument into use and prominence
during special spiritual exercises and
celebrations. but later it's brazen notes
were heard in time of war.
They were also heard in times OF
extreme jnbilation and in the temples
of the Jews on their days of rejoicing
and On the day Of atonement.
In Leyiticus, XIV: 9, is found the
following:
Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of
the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of
the seventh month. in the day OF atone-
ment shall We make the tir,mpet so,1nd
throughout all your land.
And ever in this age of advanced
thought" the Jew, following com
mandment and the voice of tradition
assemblies in his temple to hear the
sound from the shophar.
What effect must such tones issuing
from a holy place have upon the
hearer? They are not musical sounds,
Fer their loud, piercing notes. with no
"ange u compass. have never been
] ound adaptable to concerted music.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-12-28
Scourge
81 DamaSCu
A Story Of
the east.
SYLVANUS
COBB. JR.
CHAPTER lX-(Conrlnueu).

Copyrighted 1891 BY Robert Bonner's Sons.