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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-19

In Tennyson's palace of Art occur
the lines:
She saw the snowy poles and moons OF
Mars,
That mystic field of drifted light
In mid Orion. and the married stars.
This at first looks like literary par
allel to Swift's we'll known fOrtuitous
forecast of the discovery of the Mar
tian satellites, and ]. S. Stevenson,
writing from Blairavon, Norwood,
Ceylon, points out that Professor H.
II. Turner quotes it in Modern Astron-
omy" as having been written in 1885.
This, however, appears not to have
been the case, for Mr.. Stevenson on
reference to the biography of the late
poet laureate by the present Lord
TennysOn has found the note: 1.-The
Moons of Mars is the only modern
reading here. All the rest are more
than half century old" Scientific dis
covery was thus not anticipated by
TennysOn in the mention of Marian
satellites.-Nature
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-19
Fire at Lind

Fire, which started in the Nelson
block at Lind Tuesday morning, from
some cause unknown, created damage
amounting to over $4,000. The fire
started in the second story, over Kas-
per's general store. It was extin-
guished after a hard fight by the fire
department, after damaging the build
ing to the amount of $4,000. The Odd
Fellows, in whose hall the flames
broke out, lose $500 in regalia and fur
niture. Kasper loses a considerable
amount in damage by smoke and
water. The losses are we'll covered
by insurance.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-19
James Haynes Unearths Skeleton
al Yakima.
SKULL IS PECULIARLY FORMED
BODY LAY FOR YEARS NEAR
NEAR AN OLD lRRIGAT.
ING DITCH.

Genuine human bones have been
unearthed by James T. Haynes while
digging for the porch of his new
house at 3O7 South Second street, not
over eight feet from where he found
skull and small fragments of bones
several weeks ago, says the Yakima
Democrat.
This time Mr.. Haynes was looking
for something so was able to save
all the bones without injury He come
across the skull first, but because it
was imbedded in hard earth did not
remove it at once. He wet the ground
surrounding the skeleton and then
cleared the softened earth away with
his hands. The skeleton was partly
on the side with the legs drawn up
ed against the breast bone. All the
vertebrae were found in place. A large
irrigation ditch has been flowing near
the find for the last seven years and
the dampness with it's attendant ac-
tive growth of roots in the soil has
caused the bones to decay rapidly.
The bones were not over two feet
under the surface, imbedded in a
heavy moist soil. The roots of grass
and other vegetation along the ditch
have almost destroyed the smaller
parts, but the skull and thigh and
arm bones are fairly we'll preserved.
A striking popularity is noticed in
the development of the skulls found
ed by some workmen on the Mckee
ditch last summer The left side of
the skull is greatly out of proper
ton with the rest of the head, being
fully three inches wider from the nose
on the left side than on the other.
In the right side of this last found
skull is a clean cut hole about an
inch in diameter. The edges are
slightly crushed and bent inward,
seeming to indicate that death was
caused by a blow on the head with
some pointed instrument or from a
rifle bullet. The teeth are large,
strong and splendidly preserved. All
of them were in the jaws when found
and not one showed the least sign of
decay.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-19
TABLE NAPKINS.
They Came Into General Use In the
Fifteenth Century.

Fifteenth Century.
CuriOusly enough, that article, now
considered almost Indispensable the
table napkin, was first used only by
children and was only adopted by elder
members of the family about the mid
die of the fifteenth century In eti-
quette books of an earlier date than
this among other sage pieces of advice
for children are instructions about wip-
ing their fingers and lips with their
napkins.
1t seems that the tablecloth was long
enough to reach the floor and served
the grown people in place Of napkins.
When they did begin to use napkins
they placed them first on the shoulder,
then on the left arm and finally tied
them about the neck. A French writer
who evidently was conservative and
did not welcome the napkin kindly re-
cords with scorn:
1.-The napkin is placed under the chin
and fastened in the back, as if one
were going 10 be shaved. A pe~sOn told
me that he wore his that way that he
might not soil his beautiful frills."
1t was 8 difficult matter to tie the
two corners in the back, and it is said
that thence originated our expression
for straitened circumstances, Hard to
make both ends meet" This custom
led to the habit of table walters carry
ing a napkin on the left arm.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-19
LOSES SAVINGS OF YEARS
Seattle laboring Man Would Not
Trust Banks.
HID HIS WEALTH IN An OLD CAN
DISCOVERED FEW DAYS AGO
THAT CAN AND MONEY
ARE MISSING.
HID HIS WEALTH IN An OLD CAN

SEATTLE, Oct. 1S-George Petigos
distrust in the security of banks and
nesday night in the loss of years of
his savings from hard labor. During
| the night a thief found in Petigo's
barn at Eighteenth Avenue south and
| Forest street a tin can containing
money, drafts and checks amounting
to $1,043.73 and carried can and con-
| tents away. Today Petigo reported
his loss to Sergeant of Detectives
Tenant. Detective Corbett was sent
out to investigate.
The officers found the warrants, GER
tificates and checks in corner Of the
lot, but the thief has possession of
the cash.
| Petigo is a laboring man. His wages
| have not been high, but for the last
| five or six years he has formed saw
| ing habit. and each month put away
| per cent of his earnings, to be used
by him in sickness or in his older
days.
The unfortunate man kept the
knowledge of his savings to himself.
He was afraid to put his money in
bank for he mad read of banks fail
ing because of dishonest officials. Pc
tigo's money appeared safer to him
if he had it close at hand.
In a corner of his little barn Petigo
had an old can covered over with two
small loose boards. Into this can went
his savings each week. Daily he Wis
tied it to see that it was safe. Last
night Petigo saw that the can was in
its accustomed place. This morning
he went to the barn to make another
small deposit of money in his tin can
bank. The can and the money were
gone
Who took the mans wealth is a
mystery to himself and the police, for
so far as Petigo knows there was not
soul who knew where the can was
or what it contained except himself.
The can contained 1910 in green
backs, $50 in gold, $73.13 in county
warrant, SO county certificate and
$40 bank check The total stolen
amounted to $1,042.1S.
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ASK CANDIDATE
FOR RESIGNATION

SEATTLE, Oct. 19.-The democratic
county central committee, at meeting
Tuesday evening, passed formal res
olution requesting the resignation Of
w. E. Sclurry, the party nominee for
county surveyor.
Scurry was arrested on a disorderly
conduct charge last Friday, was placed
in Jail and later admitted to bail and
released. He did not appear for trial
on Saturday and has not since been
to withdraw voluntarily. and as he did
not do so the action above was taken.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-19
In Good Season.

In a place in New Jersey the town
officers had just put some fire eztin-
guishers in their big buildings. One
day one of the buildings caught fire,
says the Philadelphia Ledger, and the
extinguishers failed to do their work.
A few days later at the town meet
ing some citizens tried to learn the rea-
son.
After they had freely discussed the
subject one of them said, MIR. Chair
man, l make a motion that the fire ex-
tinguishers be examined ten days be-
fore every fire."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-19
BARRICADES NHIMSELF;
KEEPS GUARDS AT BAY

James A. Dale, Charged With Killing
Two Men, Is Resisting.
VANCOUVER, B. c., Oct. 49,
James A. Dale, boarding house keep
er at Carmi, near Greenwood, B. c.,
is. charged with having killed two men
and to have wounded third. Dale
is said to have attempted to eject the
men from his house, when the fight
started. All were armed, and Dale
did his shooting with a rifle.
Two provincial constables went out
from here and will assist the posse
to capture Dale. A telephone message
says that Dale has barricaded himself
in cabinand with his rifle is keeping
the armed guard at bay.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-19
Enoine Men ScaIded,

BY the collision of a switch engine
with string of freight cars in the
yards at North Yakima Tuesday En-
gineer w. B. Cunningham and Fireman
W. E. Kelley were terribly scalded by
escaping steam.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-19
WASHINGTON, OREGON And THE NORTHWEST
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES

Tommy Keaton, the IL year old son
of Mike Keaton had his left hand
badly torn to pieces Monday at Pen
dleton, Ore, by the premature ex-
plosion of an amateur bomb which he
was making with a piece Of gas pipe
and gun powder.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-19
NapOleOn,a Tomb.

The windows in the Chapel OF the
Invalides in Paris, where the great
Napoleon lies buried, are of a Singh
larly translucent amber glass. When
the sun shines full upon them the
rays are transmitted into gold, and
they fall like a ladder of light upon
the bronze sarcophagus Of the con-
uueror until he seems glori1ed from
the skies.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-19
FaIIer Arrested for HorsesteaIinq

Albert Faller has been arrested at
Lewiston on the charge Of horse steal
ing. Foller admits taking the horse
but fails to explain why it was sold to
a man at Potlatcn. The attorney who
defended him in his murder trial last
summer refuses to defend Faller now.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-19
The Purse.

The invention of the purse was
doubtless contemporaneous with that
Of money. The purse is mentioned IN
Old Testament history as part OF q
travellers outfit. When the disciples.
spoken of in the gospels, were sent
forth to preach they were command
ed to take neither gold nor silver nor
brass In their purses.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-19
Quarrel Over Pigeons.

Because Paul Rinalde, rancher
near Clinton, Mont, would not keep
his pigeons out Of Frank Ports grain
fields, a quarrel ensued and Rinalde
was shot and severely wounded. Port
was taken to Missoula and placed in
JAIL Rinalde will live
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-19
Hard to Find Workmen.

Much difficulty is being experienced
in securing men to work on the recla-
nation service in the vicinity of North
Yakima One hundred men are needed
on the wagon road to Dumping lake,
but they cannot be secured.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-19

Instead of bread, twas lead, sne sdiu'
Till the privilege was allowed ner'
To make and bake and take the CAKE
With Cleveland's Baking PoWoer.
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J, Il. I|MMONS. Transfer

mrs,.-, 8Alier of freight, goods and
care Uinents handled with
po,n. al orders promptly attended to.
Bss, Earning freight a speciality. once
p1ona 'e"elry Store. Res. 1927
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-19

small investment of $50. will
secure $4,000 lot in East Walla
Walla and may mean double the
money in couple of years.
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Popular.
"He's a popular poet"
Dear me! Why, thought he hadn't
written anything for years.
"He hasn't; that's why he's SO popu-
lar"
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-11
BESSIE'S VALENTINE

This little song to you sing,
With all the love my heart can bring;
For you I wish all joys the best.
Now guess which birdie in your nest,
Forever, while the stars do shine,
Asks you to be her Valentine!
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-11
MADGE'S

Lilies white, and roses red,
Jewels rich and rare
What are these to one I love
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-01-04
new DRY GOODS PLACE
New Year Will Start OF With Big
Improvement.

w. r. Lacey the first i'm.
provements for the opening OF the
building season OF the new year. Mr..
Lacey has closed a lease with the os-
kaloosa Dry Goods Company for his
building on the north side. The lease
calls for most extensive improvements
in the building, which will be convert
ed into an up-to-date and modern bus
mess room.
The lease takes the entire building
from cellar to garrett" and the Inn.
provements will be made correspond.
ingly complete. The building is to be
practically made over at n cost OF
several thousand dollars. The front
Of the building will be entirely new,
with central entrance, recessed door,
and eight feet OF glass on the side
windows. Luxifer prism lights will
be used to give added light to the In
terror. There will be new steel cell
ing, new hard wood floors, city hea.
throughout, new shelving and new
furniture and equipment on all 1oors.
The work will be commenced In about
thirty days and will be completed as
soon as possible.
The Oskaloosa Dry Goods Company
leaves It's present location in the cor
ner building at Market and High,
which It now occupies, to give occu'
pancy to another business institution
of the city.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-01-04
BACK TO OSKALOOSA.
Iowa State Eisteddfod IL Unsatis-
factory Elsewhere.

The Iowa State Eisteddfod to be
held on Christmas day 1906 will in ali
probability be held in oskaloosa. The
Eisteddfod is primarily an institution
of Welsh origin and when these PEG.
pie are virtually crowded out Of Their
own entertainment and subjected to
ridicule and indignities, as they have
been elsewhere, they do not take kind.
ly to 1T. There will be a meeting al
Abba on New Years day Of the direc,
tors and the question will there be
decided.
The Hiteman officials who were In,
strumental in securing the ~incorpora
tion OF the association are in favor Of
Oskaloosa. The Colfax singers and
those from a dozen other places are
all anxious to have the Eisteddfod re
turned to this city where the best con
tests in the history Of the Eisteddfoc
were conducted and where the best
financial showing was made.
The Elsteddfod Association does not
seek to make money for the promot
ers. 1t desires rather to have the
money turned into prizes for the com
petitors that better music and stronger
competition may be secured.
Mr.. T. J. Price is a director Of che
present association and he was pres
ent at the Des Moines E~lsteddfod
While the gentleman is not outspok
en- in hts d~enunciaLIon OF the way the
affair turned out, ne is much dissatis
fed and will do his part toward bring
ing the festival back to oskaloosa FOR
next year. Either MIR. Price or John
M. Price win be at the meeting al
Abba to present the claims and al
yantages held by oskaloosa. 1t Il
known that this city Is generally fav
ored above all other towns and unless
some unlocked for proposition is II
the way, oskaloosa will be voted tLe
prize for the next year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-01-04

1uhn Mtilmme Msa MatiA Niva
tha oghef relatives ana friends
Mf ana Mta q v. lmFtte. "a paf
gat. spent aahaay VI ushaloeNa Mn,
patfes and daughter tfilaenAgd a.
parted lhls moFslna iu6 MlanrApolls0
whefa they viii remAin several
menthA with relatives. Mias Iislss.
RNri viii enter pchobl there
Df. W W. ralhrs. veterinarian. lett
yesterday morning fof Chicago 80
spend two o. three days az che Chi.
caao Veterinary college the school
from which be u a graduate, ana 20
make 4 Few needed addluons 70 his
hospital suppliea.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Sewers and
daughter left last evening on the Cen.
trail for Minneapolis, where they will
make their future home. Mr.. Heey.
ers' work a. general claim agent for
the Minneapolis g. st. Louis and Iowa
Central rniiroadD requires his resi-.
donce IN that city.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-01-04
POLICE ARE FOOLED.
What Was Thought to Be a Dead
Man Proved Otherwise.

The police department was made
the victim Of appearances last even.
ing. People going by the corner OF
A ayenue and A street were somewhat
startled by the figure OF a man lying
In the snow near the roadside. The
figure was like that of a fellow fallen
In a drunken stupor and now and then
would move as IL in suffering. The
police department was notified and
the patrol was called. The officers
went up to the figure, being them.
selves deceived in the appearance OF
the thing. They were much surprised
to find that the figure was nothing
more than a large piece Of wrapping
paper 80 wrinkled that IL made the
outlines OF the form Of a man. The
boys promised they would not tell the
joke, but 1t leaked out.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-01-04
Painful Accident.

Little Donnie Mcdowell, a son OF
Mr.. end Mrs. John d. Mcdowell, re,
siding at No. 11O4 @ avenue east, net
with a painful accident Friday. The
little fellow fell from the porch at bis
home and in attempting to break the
force OF his fall, extended his hand
before him and it came in contact
with the edge Of a piece of broken
glass. The glass cut deep along the
outer edge of the little finger and
palm OF the hand. DIR. Jerrel was cal.
ed to stop the flow Of blood and sew
up the cut.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-01-04
Is MARRIED.

Washington, d. G, Dec. 30.- vii.
liam Barrett Ridgely comptroller OF
the currency, Yas married this after
noon to Miss Katherine Deering ,daugh.
ter OF the late Captain Deering Of the
navy. Daughters Of the bridegroom
acted as bridesmaids. The bride and
groom win visit Florida and the West
indies on their honeymoon. Ridgly's
first wife. now deceased, was a daugh.
ter OF Senator Cullom.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-01-04
c. YER pLORG,
Attorney-at- Law.

! Over Pixies Drug Store.
ONCE Phone, 344; residence, 1876
Black. y9.4sm6
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-01-04
rakan 10 Reform schooI.

Laura Ringcamp, a girl OF fifteen
years, whose experience on the streeta
had given her a police court record
and had landed her in Jail on a charge
OF larceny. was sent to the state indus
trial school at Mitchellyille Saturday
afternoon by Judge Preston. The girl
was anxious to 60 as her unfortunate
experiences had led her to want a diff
ferent sort OF life.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-01-04
Adindned lnsane.

Mrs. Allie 8. blair, Of 201 North e
street, was declared insane by the
commissioners Of insanity Saturday,
and was taken this morning by Deputy
Sheriff Moore to MT. Pleasant hospit-
al. The lady was, it is said, a former
inmate Of the institution, and had been
believed TO have been cured.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-01-04
(Frorn Mondays DaiIy)

w# AEADhA AA1AhNS DNS1 "a
Miss Blanche Smith, OF New Sharon,
visited Saturday with friends In Oska.
loosa.
Mrs. Lou Andrews IL spending q
few days with relatives and friends
In Des MONIES.
Chas. Rakow As In Hastings, Nebr.,
visiting with friends and relatives
for a few weeks.
w. II. Berkey is home from a pleas.
ant visit with his son and other rela-
tiyes In Des Moines.
Mrs. N. j. Phillips, OF New Sharon,
was a visitor in oskaloosa Saturday,
the guest OF friends.
Miss Gnsta Edwards,of Belle PLANE,
Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Winnie
Hall, over New Years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Walling and
babies spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs,
chas. Pierce. at ottumwa.
Mrs. 8. j. Sheridan, OF New Sharon,
was a visitor In Oskaioosa SATURDAY
looking after business matters.
Miss wilma Barr n spending a few
days OF her vacation with her sister,
Mrs. w. "a. Snodgrass, at Ackiey.
Mrs. j. M. oiiyerson was a passeD'
ger Saturday to Moore to visit for 9
few days with her sister, Mrs. saryer
Mrs. j. y. Ward, who has been vis'
ting her mother. Mrs. Edwin Perry,
returned SATURDAY TO her home In La
cey.
Mrs. Hanna Johnson. who has been
visiting with ner friend, T. y. Bord,re
turned Saturday to her noIne In Mon
tezuma.
Miss Maude Evans, who has been
visiting at the parental w II. Evans
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-05-03

who was designated by Governor
Frantz as the one to whom contribu-
tions should be sent, Among the sub
scriptions 81 far received by Mr. Ne
Mel were $500 from Anadarko; SIG
from Pawhuska and $5l from Yukon.
Oklahoma City forwarded 10000 lbs.
Of flour Alva contributed a ear load
Of -four which was sent on direct
One notable feature was the contri-
button from Snyder of 500 remain
ing from the relief fund raised to help
the stricken people there at the time
OF the destructive tornado last spring.
From Kingfshr, 500 in dollar sub
scriptons from business men was for
warded direct. Grand Commander
Wickmller, of the Oklahoma Knights
Templar, telegraphcd 500 as a Gift
frcm that order Kinghsher Odd Eel
lows sent $25 and the other lodges
like amounts,
Nearly $500 was raised at Chandler,
including $50 subscriptions from the
ODD Fellows, Mas.ns and Knights of
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How FAST Will Progressive
TULSA CONTINUE TO Go ONWARD
IN HER REMARKABLE GROWTH

What will Tulsa be? is a question
which concerns every person who is
interested in this city and anxious to
have it become great commercial
and industrial center.
Scientists who have studied the
subject sufficiently to form cor
rect opinion Of the matter assert
that the top Of the highest
mountain is only equal in altitude,
measured by feet, to the lowest point
of depression found in the ocean.
Stated in another way, the earth s
surface is divided into mountain ran
ges with wide valleys between them,
through which flow the great con-
tinental rivers. Then hills, with small
streams separating them, with mere
and there fiat plains which stretch a
way into the distance until their ed
ges merge into the blue of the hori-
zon. If we could lift the cover of
water which hides the ocean s bed, it
would look exactly like the land sur
face of the earth, so familiar to the
eye. The United States, and other
governments, keep national vessels
constantly employed making maps of
the land at the bottom of the sea.
The work of making maps Of this in
visible land has been continuous for
a good many years, and so thoroughly
has the work been done that every
mountain, valley and prairie, is locat-
ed and measured with as much accur-
acy and certainty as are the protiles
existing on the land surface. The wat
er blanket which covers three-quar-
ters of the earth s surface. except for
the natural curvature Of the globe,
is level on top, which makes it posi-
BILE for ships to 90 in almost straight
line to any place in the world which
has a coast indented with deep water
sufficient to safeguard the vessel rid
ing at anchor,
The problem of moving freight and
passengers from place to place by
water is an easy one, when compared
to the one which confronts the person
who proposes to move them with COM
fort, safety and speed ON Hand. The
great ocean steamships, capable of
carrying thousands of passengers and
tens of thousands tons of freight, fly
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Lake Michigan, became railroad
center because railroads from the
east, north and west were obliged to
meet at that place in order to round
the extreme southern end of the lake.
The incipient beginning Of that city
was caused by the necessity of rail
roads being forced by natural condi-
tons to meet there, and Chicago be-
came a great railroad center. Subse-
quent events have demonstrated how
quickly the citizens of that enterpriS-
ing city took advantage of their posi-
tion which was n nucleus around
which they formed and took advan-
tage Of. Their fortunate situation
and wonderful energy have made
it possible for them to create the
second city on the continent, OF
course it cannot be denied that
their being situate on one of the
Great lakes has materially aided them
in accomplishing wonderful results,
but without the railroads Chicago
could never have succeeded in becom-