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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-17

Inc following formula for steamfit.
ters' cement was presented by S. s
Sadtler in paper read recently be-
fore the Engineers club of Philadel,
phia. The body Of the cement con-
sists of either red or white lead. The
red lead is often diluted with an equal
bulk of silica or other inert substances.
30 as to make it less powGery The
best way to do this, however is to add
rubber or gutta percha to the oil as
follows: Linseed oil. six parts BY
weight; rubber or gutta percha, one
part by weight. Therubber or quite
percha is dissolved in sufficient CAP
bon disulphide to give it the consist
ency Of mOlasses, mixed with the oil
and left exposed to the air for about
twenty-fOur hours. The red lead is
then mixed to a putty. Oxide of iron
makes less brittle cement than red
lead. Probably fish oils and red lead
would make good cements of the class
for joining pipes, as the fish oils are
not such strong drying oils as lnseed,
and their use might be case of per-
missible substitution rather than adul-
terra ton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-17

the imperial dynasty This did not in
clude the single great pearl forming
the snap, which was purchased by the
Marquis of Butte for $1,000. Mexico,
Tahiti, Fiji and the kingdom of Ma
dura, to the east of Malabar, supply
the markets Of the world with the best
black pearls. One Of the most curious
pearls from many points of view was
that which the traveller Tavernier sold
to the ruler of Persia 200 years ago for
100000. 1t is still in the possession of
the shah Of Persia and Is now suppos-
ed to be worth f135,OOO. The Persian
monarch has square glass case
among his bizarre collection Of Jewell
ry containing vast heap of most
magnificent pearls four or five inches
deep, into which one can plunge the
hand and spill them in cascades and
handfuls.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-17
How to Cure the Tobacco Habit.

How to Cure the Tobacco Habit.
If man really wants to be cured Of
the tobacco chewing habit and hasn't
enough will power Of his own to ac-
c0mplish it, it is said that the stems Of
the weed known as plantain, used
as substitute. will help greatly in ef-
fecting cure, says the Detroit Free
Press. There are two kinds of plan
tain, looking nearly alike, said
physician who advocates this remedy.
One kind has stems to the leaves which
are green to the ground. The stems of
the other kind are red or purplish near
the ground. The last is the one to use.
He advised gathering a quantity to
have on hand and chewing whenever
the desire for the use of the weed is
felt. The doctor was confident that
with perseverance in the use Of this
plant any person could overcome the
craving for tobacco He said he had
known cases cured in week.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-17
How to Make Cold Cream.

One of the best cold creams is made
of rosewater, two ounces of almond
oil, half an ounce of spermaceti and
half an ounce Of white wax. Melt
the wax and spermaceti in basin set
into a dish Of boiling water. If the
mixing is done with an egg beaten the
cream will be lighter and 'pleasanter
to use. AS the fats CONCEAL remove
from the heat and pour in the almond
oil: then beat and very slowly add the
rosewater. The cream when done
should have the consistency of whip
ped cream. If desired. a few drops. Of
violet extract may be added before it
copgeals. Keep in glass or earthen
jar The addition of a quarter Of
dram of liquid benzoin just before the
mixture cools helps to keep it sweet.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-17
CARING FOR OLD TREES.
Cow Their Period of Existence May
Be Prolonged.

| Some valuable information regarding
The care and treatment of old shade
trees is given by n. F. Flitton, super
| intendent of the Clifton district Of the
park system and one of the most PROM
inent horticulturists in the state of
Maryland, says the Baltimore Sun.
''When. nature has reached the limit
Of time at which she can send the III
vigorating sap over a large surface a
surgical operation has become a neces-
sity for prolonging the life Of the tree"
he said. 1.-THE head must be shortened
to within the line to which the sap can
easily reach. The application Of stimu-
lants will not accomplish this.
After the branches are shortened
in, however a little persuader in the
shape of bone dust and wood ashes, the
one in the autumn and the other in the
spring. would act as an excellent tonic
Please kindly bear in mind that there
are many grand old trees now passed
into state of decrepitude that would
nave thrived for a good many years
had the proper attention been given
them at the right time. Dead wood is
load that no tree can carry without
injury and should be promptly re-
moved.
'Why is it necessary to put bone
dust in holes and scatter ashes on the
surface?
''The bone is needed there. and It is
not desirable that it should be carried
off by rains or melting SHOWS. Scatter
soil on the surface after the bone is put
on and rub it into the holes with the
back of wooden rake. Scatter a good
coat Of Canada hardwood unleached
ashes in the spring. 1t will leach down
and will not wash away.
How far to extend?
"Take line and tie it loosely around
the tree so that it will turn on it, hav-
ing one free end. Describe q circle six
or eight feet from the bole of tree,
lengthen the line foot for each circle
and continue to fifteen or eighteen feet
inches deep and about a foot apart
On each circle. Put about gill in
each hole. By counting you will, find
that there are several hundred, and
you will readily ascertain the quantity
required. incidentally, if you have
some aged fruit trees which are not
bearing satisfactory fruit or not car
rying to maturity what they do bear,
they will respond to the treatment rec
commended for forest trees.
''The planting of so called English
ivy to climb on young, healthy trees is
not to be commended. On the health
Of old trees having rough, thick bark
ivy has no appreciate effect when the
growth is confined to the body OF the
tree. Any climber permitted to ramble
out over the branches is a positive in
jury to health. Ivy is not a parasite,
as many suppose. but derives it's sus-
tenance from the earth You may. If |
the trees have passed their usefulness.
hermit the Ivy to grow as it Dleases.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-17
Automatic Pumps ON ShfDbOard.

The quartermaster general of the
United States army has approved Of
the adoption for installation on vessels
Of the army transport service a device
which automatically governs the
pumps. In case of fire on a vessel the
moment fire plug is opened a pump
provided with the device Immediately
starts and should the hose become
kinked or the flow Of water checked
the pump is automatically stopped.
This device obviates the necessity of
signaling. thus saving that much time
In case of an emergency 1t also is to
be used for the pumps in connection
with the sanitary systems of the trans
ports.-Washington Star.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-17
How to Clean Porcelain Bathtuhs

All porcelain bathtubs and basins in
which soap is used will get covered by
a thin, hard coating that is extremely
difficult to remove even with hot water
and soap. and the plumbers advise
strongly against the use of sand soaps
or scourers. The following method will
clean easily and thoroughly, says the
P1ttsburg Dispatch: On a wooden rag
pour small quantity of naphtha, rub
the tub quickly, and when all the sur
face has been gone over go over with
not water and soap. Polish with u
cnamois skin, and a beautiful luster
witt be the result.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-17
GASOLINE LIFEBOAT.

ity, passenger accommodation, strength
and speed. Experiments with power
ufeboats have been carried ON by for
eign governments, particularly in Eng
land and France, but from the reports
obtalnable every indication points to
the fact that the boat described here
with is the most successful of it's type
50 far constructed for this class OF
work
The dimensions of the boat are:
Length over all, "a feet; beam, 8 feet:
draft, 3 feet There is a deck at the
load water line, and three cross bulk
heads and two longitudinal bulkheads
below the deck divide this space into
svatertight compartments, which are
completely filed with eighty-two cop
per air tanks shaped to conform to the
spaces they occupy and removable
through matches in the deck. These air
chambers possess sufficient buoyancy
to render the boat unsubmergible. In
addition there are two air chambers,
one at the bow and one at the stern,
which are capable alone of supporting
the craft, though they are intended
principally to aid the boat in righting
itself when capsiZed. Longitudinal air
chambers are provided under the side
thwarts, and these direct the water
coming inboard to the amidships emp
tying tubes. The combined buoyancy
Of the air cases is between eleven and
twelve tons, and it was necessary to
place a load of forty-four men of av-
erage weight aboard to bring the deck
scupDers awash.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-17

Inc boat automatically frees itself
from water taken aboard, through a
series of ten siX-inch copper tubes, five
on each side OF the deck AS the latter
Is above the water line, the water ship
ped over the rails or when the boat is
ON her beam ends will escape through
the tubes within a few seconds. These
tubes are. Of course, provided with au-
tomato valves properly balanced to
permit the flow in one direction and to
shut Off communication from the other
In case of an upset the boat rights it.
self almost instantly, and in the tests
carried out by the government it was
found that it could be held in an in
verified position only with considerable
difficulty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-17
GASOLINE LlFEBOATS.
Latest Design of Craft Used by tn,
Life Saving Service.

Life Saving Service.
Herewith is shown the latest design
Of the lifebOats constructed for the
United States life saving service. This
Is Of the self Fighting, self bailing, nom
sinkable type, of which the govern
ment has in service some fifty exam
pies. At the present those in use are,
with one or two exceptions, handled by
means Of sails and oars, but in the lat
est design auxiliary power has been in
stalled in the form of a twenty horse
power gasoline engine of the four CYL
inder, auto marine type.
The plans for the boat We're furnish
ed by the government, and no previous
design has approached the present type
In the combination Of buoyancy, sta
bility, self bailing and self righting abil-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-17
Black Pear!s-

Black pearls used to be held as o.,
small value. comparatively speaking
At the present day a perfect black
specimen commands much higher
price than the finest pink or white
pearls. They were first made fashion.
able by the Empress Eugene, wife of
Napoleon Ill, who possessed famous
necklace Of them which fetched $4,000
at an anction after the overthrow of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-17
Very Low Rates to Eastern Points Via
the O. r, e. N.

The o. r. & N. announce very low
rates to the east as follows:
To Chicago and return $6400
To st. Louis and return ...... 5000
To st. Paul and return. ...... $3.50
To Minneapolis and return ...... $3.50
Duluth and return ............ $3.50
Kansas City and return. ..... $3.50
st. Joseph and return ........... $3.50
AtchisOn and return ............ $3.50
Leavenworth and return ....... $3.50
Omaha, Neb., and return. ....... $3.50
Council Bluffs and return: ....... $3.50
Sioux City, Ia, and return. ..... 500
Tickets will be on sale June 4, g. 7.
% and %; July and g. August 7, s.
9; September and 10, 1906.
Limit-Going limit ten days from
date of sale; final return limit, 50
days from date of sale but not be-
yond October 81.
Stop-overs will be granted in either
direction within the transit limits west
of Missouri river, st. Paul and Duluth,
also New Orleans when through that
point.
For any additional information call
on or address,
ROBERT BURNS.
General Agent o. R. & N.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-17

1t Is announced by the State Thera-
peutic institute Of Vienna that a new
serum for the alienation Of dysentery
has been discovered. The serum is
extracted from horses and injected
Into the patient simultaneously. Ex-
periments have resulted in much allie
Walton within twenty four hours. The
Serum Is now on sale.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-17
How to Relieve Aafhma

Asthma may often be relieved By
burning in the patients room saltpeter
papers. They are made in the follow
ing manner: Soak blotting paper in a
strong solution Of saltpeter and water.
Dry before the fire or In a slow oven.
Cut the paper in strips two inches wide
and burn one when necessary. They
Should always be kept In a dry place.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-17
CHEAP RATES EAST.

The Washington & Columbia River
Railway announces special excursion
rates from all points on that line as
follows:
TO Chicago and return. S64.0o
TO st. Louis and return ........ sou
To st. Paul and return .... 52.5o
To Duluth and return ....... 52.50
To Sioux City and return ...... $3.50
To Omaha, Neb., and return 49,. $3.50
To Council Bluffs, Ia, and return $3.50
To LeavenwOrth, Ka and return 525o
To st. Joseph, Mo-, and return. $3.50
To Kansas City, Mo-, and return $3.50
Tickets will be on sale June 4, 6. 7,
% and 25th; July and 3; August Z,
8. and 9; September and TO- They
are good going within 10 days and re-
turning within 80 days. but in no case
later than Oct 81, 1906.
Stop-over will be allowed within
the limits west Of Missouri river.
For Authorization call on or adj
dress,
S. B. CALDERHEAD,
G. P. A., Walla Walla-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-17

Ii the trees have some vigOr yet do not
permit the ivy to grow except on the
body and the bases of the large
branches and no injury to the tree will
result"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-17
WAN

Wanted-A boy with a horse. to car
~ newspaper route. Call at this off1ca
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04
DULY DISPLAYED.,

The proprietor of certain athletic Quitting estab-
ishment relates the following experiences:
Toward the close Of last season he had good many
footballs left his hands These he decided clear
/" at greatly reduced prices'
He filed his window with footballs Of every shape,
and quality Before he had finished was called
away, and, turning to young lady assistant he in
srcted her to affx the price Of each football plain
figures.
The young lady did 80, and when her employer re.
turned wonderful sight awaited him. '. -
Most of the footballs looked if they had been taking
part in very rough MATCH while the beautiful
pyramid Of balls in the center of the window was now
shapeess ~ .: ". =. -.
"Here Miss 3D. roared the tradesman "what
on earth's the matter with these balls9'' -"--
"Don't know, sir, " was the reply, "un1ess it, the
pins, sir!'' = =.
She had pinned the price tickets to them
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04
AN OBLIGING TRAIT.

traveller who has spent time in South America
says that he Indian kill rattlesnake in
very peculiar manner The reptile about dozen
feet away from the Indian, who calmly resting
rifle his knee, apparently taking AIM
Whenever the Indian moved his weapon few inches,
the snake would Immediately crawl round and get
aetly in line with it. Then, to show how the thing
DONE the Indian dexterously moved about the snake in
circle, and the reptile moved if his tail pivot,
and always kept his head and body in line with the gun
The Indian then arranged with the traveller to bandage
his (the Indans) eyes; after which, blndfoded he
was he declared that he would surely shoot the snake in
the mouth. The Indians eyes duly bandaged by
the traveller and precisely in accordance with what he
had said, he held the gun at arms length pulled the
trigger, and the ball entered the snakes mouth.
'fBut how did you manage to take aim7'' asked the
puzzled traveller. r.: - 4. .>E
.tMe take aim; the snake he take aim, )" was the
Indian g reply. =
the question, claimed that the ratlesnake will always
range itself directly in line with gun stick that Is
pointed at it. ~ - -. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04
A NOVEL TOP SPINNING CONTEST.

ME boys and girls at Graham School, Chicago gave
- most ginal entertainment not long ago. The
principal had noticed that the pupils were doing some
very clever things in top spinning, and finally became
so enthusiastic their ceverness he proposed
top spinning contest The whole took to the idea
with enthusiasm, and when the day the contest finally
came boys and thirty girls armed with
tops were scheduled to compete for prizes There was
an orchestra composed Of boys to furnish music and
gseat crowd Of parents and friends and notabities to
N<atch the contests. -
Some Of the most difficult feats were looping the
loop-spnning the top in loop Of cord Looping the
gapSame first but with additional feature Of throw
ing top in the hand. Double withdrawing top out
with the cord and making it return. Cowboy whirl-In
which the cord is used after fashion of aria the
most difficult of all. :'
Size did not seem to cut any figure far skill was
concerned for the smallest boy contestant won the first
prize and the championship of the school, well as
small mountain of tops the other contestants tossing
theirs to him upon the stage he bowed his acknowl-
edgments
1t was play for the boys and girls but a good many
of the older people thought it meant something much
better. The principal expressed this feeling when he
said: ANY boy girl who has concentration enough
10 spin a top skifully will make good citizen.''
Are you skilful at spinning a tops ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04
MONTEVIDEO, MINI.
Mildred Bentley, Reporter

The football teams played at Granite Falls, Friday
Oct TO- The to in favor of the Montevideo
boys They much elated this victory, since a
short time ago they were defeated by Renvine
day and oc PC an%
was of especial interest to the high school students be-
cause they given half holiday Friday afternoon
The Journal Junior prize picture by Mildred Bent
ley in last springs high school credit been
received and hung in the assembly Of the three
sent for choice the "1ron Battalion was chosen.
junior class party was given Saturday evening,
Oct. 81, by four junior girls, Hattie Tomhave Pearl
Melting, Mildred Bentley and Gertrude Clark, at the
home of the latter. Nearly all the juniors
joyed themselves
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04
BY SHEER ACCIDENT.

Great calamities often averted by very trifing
As illustration, there is the story Of fire
occurring ina gentleman country house. There had
been prolonged drought the well dry at the time
and there other water within half mile.
The housekeeper discovered the fire burning on the
roof, and help was as scarce water. She began
wrngng her hands and saying and to herself:
"Heres pretty pckle!-a pretty picke!''
The word pickle' unconsciously repeated itself and
then, like fash, the recollection of barrel Of
pork pickle in the cellar She darted down to the cellar
and soon began deluging the roof with brine.
Everyone who has tried knows that salt water is an
excellent fire exnguisher and in this it worked like
charm. Before the supply of tpcke'' exhausted
she had the fire out and probably saved the whole build
ing from destruction. 4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04
HIT BACK,

courthouse in certain provincial town stands
common. During of the that being
tried there counsel in the middle Of his speech for
the defence when donkey outside began to bray The
judge, who notorious for his wit put up his hand
at this juncture and said to the counsel:
Kindly stop minute Mr. c.; am unable to hear
two at once.' Ill.,
little later, while the Judge summingup the
donkey again prayed and the counsel seeing oppor
tunty for revenge. stood up and said
'sWould your 1ordshp mind speaking little louderi
there is echo n the court.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04

u VERY Junior who has crawled under barbwire
IL fence and left scrap Of clothing carrying away
ragged tear, has wondered why in the world anyone
invented such fendsh kind of fence The recent
death Of the inventor at De Kalb Ill., recalls the story
OF the necessity Of the pioneers the Illinois praries
which struck the fire Of ingenuity and resulted in what
Juniors generally call "bobwire''
When Joseph Gldden took up 600 acres of land in
the prairie country of Illinois, he found it problem
how to fence in his land because woodland scarce
and it took long to split the rails necessary. His
neghbors just badly off, and often discussed SUBJ
stitutes. Finally Joseph Gdden had bright dea Why
not use wire fencinge He quickly found that plain wire
not effective because cattle strained it and loosened
it from the posts Then the idea of barbwire into
his mind, ard he began the manufacture of his
FARM cutting the barbs out by hand and twisting them
upon the plain wire by of primitive machine,
which he rugged up out Of an old coffee mill.
After he had patented the device and made large
fortune from the manufacture of barbwe, he sold out
to of the great steel and wire companies which has
absorbed nearly all such manufactures. Today, barb
wire made by the most improved machinery, is sold all
the country but it does not look bit different
from that turned out by Joseph Glidden's hands
with the help Of old coffee MILL It does not to
matter much what works with, long the idea
back Of it is all right.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04
LIE SUEUR, MIMI, HIGH SCHOOL.
Howard G. Dressed, Reporter,

The high school has enrolment of lightweight
This the largest in the history of the high school here
In the senior GLASS; there fifteen Students the
largest senior class since the LIE Sueur high school
established There four basket ball teams con-
sistng Of girls from the different classes the
Of the higher classes expect to arrange series of
games. - - il. :: ..5 -
The football defeated the lie Sueur Center team
by an overwhelming score. There is talk of re-
organizing last years orchestra but definite decision
has been reached.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04
DETROIT, MINI.
Marguerite Kelley, Reporter,

The question, Were the three witches the cause of
Macbeth's downfale' was debated by the senior Eng
l1sh class, resulting in favor Of the negative:
During the past week the eighth grade has collected
several specimens of sandstone, limestone and granite
for their work in physiography. :-..."
The Junior English class held formal debate Oct
49, The topic under discussion was, Woman Suffrage"
in which the negative gained the victory. :.
Superintendent J.. j. Bohander pleasantly
Prlsed at his residence Oct 49, by number of friends
the event being his thrtieth birthday anniversary
Detroit high school team played Fargo high school at
this place Oct. 20. The to in favor
Fargo players. ''.