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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-17
New York Tribune.

The ordinary idea of a harem prob
ably accords little with the picture of
life behind the cafesses Or screens
covering the windows of the seraglio
presented by Mrs. L. Parks Richards
Wednesday morning In the first place,
Mrs. Richards stated that there was
as a rule only one wife in the harem.
"Polygamy is practically non-exist-
ent among the Turks said Mrs. Rich
ards. The law allows a man four
wives, but makes it difficult for him
to take a second one by requiring him
to provide for her exactly as he did
for the f1rst-that is seldom done.
Besides, among the upper classes po-
lygamy is not considered good form. l
heard of half a dozen Turks who had
two wives while I was in CONSTANT
nople, and of one VINO had four but
these are rare exceptions.
The crowd of women found in a
Turkish harem is made up of servants,
slaves and female dependents. No
Turk ever lets relative suffer, while
he has roof over his head, and every
great house has numbers of sucn de-
pendents both male and feamle.
Neither is the life of the harem dull,
according to Mrs. Richards No man
ever enters it except the husband, son,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-17
Not Particular.

young colored gentleman had long
courted the affections of Eliza, who
was nurse girl in a fiat in New
York city. One evening he went to
see ner, fully intending to propose,
but his heart failed him, and he left
here without saving the word.
When he had reached the street, his
determination came back, and he con-
cluded he would propose by phone
So going to a telephone station. ne
called for the number and Eliza hap
pened to answer Yes, this is Eli
"a she said. After she had listened
for some time she answered. Goose
Ill marry you. honey. Co'se I will.
What am de name OBJ de gentleman
speakin'?"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-17

On February 1, when rural free
delivery route was first established
out of Winlock, Wash, it marked the
end of what will probably be one of
the most noted postoffices in the his
tory of the United States and one of
the oldest in Washington. This is the
postoffice situated at the little town
of Cowlitz, in the Cowlitz valley coun-
try, about five miles from Winlock,
Wash. The town is reached by going
to Winlock by the Northern Pacific
railroad on the main line and taking
the rambling old stage the res: of the
journey to Cowlitz. The stage leaves
Toledo, two miles the other side of
Cowlitz, every morning for Winlock.
and goes back again in the afternoon
ways. At least, it carried the mail be
fore the new rural route was estab-
lished, when the mail dwindled down
to almost nothing. 1t was thought be-
fore the route was established that
this would be the effect it would have,
and the chances are now that the
postoffice at Cowlitz will soon be dis
continued
When the postoffice was first estab-
lished in 1888, the mail was brought
up the Cowlitz river to Toledo and
carried to Cowlitz by the postmaster.
The mail then was much more of an
event than at present, the only mail
being when some ship came around
the Horn. or some mail train of prairie
schOoners made the long arduous trip
across the continent. The mail only
came in about every htree months,
and the postoffice was not a very busy
one. The first office was established
in the old Catholic mission, and for
years in this thinly settled district was
a land mark for all the homesick peo-
pie of the county. With the exception
of the postoffice' at Vancouver, this
Is the DIGEST pOSlOllCo III the Stdlc,
and the fact that during a term of
sixty-five years it has only had three
postmasters, makes the office a note
worthy one in the history of the Unit
ed States For the first forty years
l. L. Dubeau, the first postmaster,
held the office merely as an accommo-
dation to his friends and the scatter
ing population in the Cowlitz valley.
The office paid hardly enough for the
trouble. Mr.. Dubeau gave the office
up in 1881 and Horace Pinto became
it's second postmaster. Mr.. Pinto re-
tanned the office but ten months when
Abel P. Henroit, the present post
master, was appointed, and has for
the past twenty-four years served the
patrons of the office as faithfully as
any man could.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-17
Overcrowded.

Nearly half a million people live in
York. There is a story of an inspec-
tor who found four families living in
one room, chalk lines being drawn
on the floor to mark out each family's
quarters. How do you get along
here?' inquired the inspector. Every
well, sir" was the reply, "only the
man in the furtherest corner keeps
bOarders"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-17

Congressman Brown of Wisconsin
received through the mail two days
ago an amputated hand from a constit-
uent as token that his pension claim
is still unattended to. This may be
what the kaiser means when he refers
to the mailed fist"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-17
Not Smoked Up.

Il want to get something for my
husband this Christmas said Mrs.
Newly-wed, that ne will keep a long
while and not give away"
Il know the very thing, then" replied
Mrs Experience; buy him some CT
gars of your own selection"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-17
SAFEGUARD AGAINST CHINESE
Congress Refuses Appropriation fol-
Soldiers Barracks in Philippines.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Congress
is setting its face tsrongly against any
new policy of adventure by this govern
ment in the far east.
Although the president sent for the
leaders of the house and senate and
explained personally the importance OF
providing additional accommodations
for troops to be ordered to the Philip
pines for service in China in case of
menace to American interests there
his request has been denied and the
appropriation he sought will not be
granted
There is an element of the extraordi-
nary in the decision of Congress to re-
fuse the appropriation desired by the
president in order to enable him to
make adequate provision for the pro-
lection of American interests in a for
eign country. The decision was not
reached, however, without careful con-
sideration of the facts in regard to the
attitude of China towards Americans
and other foreigners and the possible
consequence of another armed inter-
ventiOn in the celestial empire.
Saved by John Hay.
From the Boxer revolt, the civilized
powers, including the United States,
emerged with peace only as the result
of the brilliant diplomacy of the late
secretary Of state, John Hay. There
were complications Of most serious
character. combines of the powers to
despoil China of territory, and devel-
opments which seemed certain to pre-
cipitate a general war.
The leaders in congress understand
that these same conditions undoubtedly
will recur. In the first place, China
is stronger than she was during the
Boxer revolt. An awakening has oc-
curred-military awakening Yuon
Shin Kai, the great viceroy of the
province Of Chilli in which the CAPT.
tai, Picking, is situated, has organized
an army of 100, 00O-same say 2Oe.-
O00-which has been trained by Japa-
nese officers. In addition the empress
dowager issued an edict some time ago
directing each province to organize and
equip an army along modern lines
There are eighteen provinces in China.
so the Picking government expects to
have available a total force of more
than 100000 men with which to oppose
another invasion.
1t is clear to leaders in congress that
the other powers would not consent to
an Independent American invasion and
that they would land troops the mo-
ment an American force had been de-
barked. The United States thus would
precipitate an international war which
probably would be of no lasting adj
vantage. To make war upon the Chi
nese government because of the action
of her people in instituting a boycott
upon American goods would be re-
garded by the country as indefensible.
These considerations impel the lead
ers of congress to refuse to give funds
for barracks in the Philippines.
In spite of the decision reached at
the capital, however, the president pro-
poses to continue his preparations so
that he will be in position to provide
they are assailed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-17
His Turn at Last.

At last it came the mere mans turn.
Speak, woman" he Kissed. How
did this long hair get on YOU
shoulder"
She flushed confusedly.
"Ah as l thought" he continued
You have been in the company of g
football player"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-17
LAVE!

scheme for protecting the parasite
and prolonging the life Of the rogue.
averting the natural consequences
that would otherwise come to them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-17

''Shirt-sleeve diplomacy" has not
been necessary yet in the Venezuelan
matter, but President Roosevelt is
able to shed mis- coat on very short no.
tice.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-17
FELL DEAD IN CHURCH.
Mrs. Campbell Stricken as She Arose
to Join in a Hymn.

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Campbell, 81 years old, of No. 43C
Forty-third street, Brooklyn. fell dead
in the Fourth Avenue Methodist Epis-
copal church, Brooklyn. just as she
arose to join in singing a hymn. Doc
tor Bomgard. of the Norwegian hos
pital, VINO went to the church in re-
Spouse to an ambulance call. said that
she mad died of heart disease.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-17
Minneapolis Journal.

Minneapolis Journal
A big steer shot out of the corral
at the end of the arena and plunged
blindly forward. man on a FESTIVE
bronco waited at the corral gate until
the steer had numbered past a mark
100 yards away, and then, with a yell,
galloping after the animal. The rop-
ing contest for the championship OF
the north was on.
AS the cowboy rode after the
frightened steer he waved his lariat
about his head. The big loop made
big circles, and finally it shot out in
snaky folds. 1t lowered over the
around the horns. Like lightning the
cowboy 'snubbed' his rope around
his saddle horn, and at the same in
slant his nervous little bronco stopped
and leaned far back on its launches
The steers neck doubled down under
it's forelegs and it's hind feet flew up
in the air. With a responsive thump
the animal came to the ground. while
the spectators cheered.
Almost before the steer mad hit the
ground the cowboy was out of the
saddle and at the side of the strug-
Cling animal. The steer had tried to
rise, but the bronco at the other end
of the rope had backed a little, and
the animals head had again dropped
to the earth The cowboy was on top
of the steer now, and in a few sec
onds its feet were securely fastened
The "hog-tying' had been done, and
at the same instant he finished the
last loop the cowboy stood erect and
flung his arms over his head. The
judges who had been watching the
performance from their saddles noted
the gesture of the cowboy.
Thirty and half" cried the
timer which meant that it had been
just that number of seconds from the
cast of the lariat to the final hog
tying of the steer.
The Knot Held Fast
All watched the steer now to see if
the tie was to be recorded. If a steer
works out of his bonds in five minutes
the cowboys time is lost. But the
hand rope held and finally the judges
signaled the cowboy to release the
steer and to wait his next turn.
One cowboy after another went
through the same performance, with
variations, as one steer after another
snot out of the corral Some of the
throws Were wild and some of the
broncos, unused to the cheering
crowd, did their work badly. The
roping game is one which man and
horse must play together in perfect
harmony. One cowboy VINO made
fine cast and throw lost all chance
of continuing in the contest owing to
a little nervousness on the part of his
broncho. The animal behaved beau
tifully until the cowboy was out of
the saddle and running toward the
steer. Then the bronco leased up"
and the steer struggled to it's front
feet. Running back to his horse, the
cowboy made his broncho back up far
enough to bring the steer down again,
but no sooner had he turned once
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-17
ITO MAKE BAD BOYS GOOD
Hupnotsm as Cure For Criminal
Trend in Children.
HAS Been TRIED WITH GOOD SUCCESS
NEW YORK STUDENT OF GRIMM
OLOGY BELIEVES HE SOLVES
PREVENTION OF CRIME.

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-That In
hypnotism, as applied particularly to
children, lies the hope of eradication
of criminal tendencies from the in
habitants of New York, is an asser-
ton and the profound belief of Gus
tav A. Gayer, a student of criminol-
ogy and a practitioner of hypnotism.
To this end he hopes to be able to
win the consent of parents or guard
ians of children with such tendencies.
and the approval of certain municipal
and judicial authorities to an applica-
ton of hypnotic suggestion to mem
bers of the juvenile population who
have fallen into the hands of the law
and the jurisdiction of the children's
court.
Give me any child I do not care
who, under IA years DID," he said.
land I will bring out the good side of
his nature so that it will predomin-
ate over the bad and abolish his
tendencies to crime. 1 have done it
In scores of cases, and almost invari-
ably-yes, in 100 per cent of the
cases-the treatment has been sue
cessful. Between the ages of 5 and
IA years every child is susceptible to
suggestion. After that some of them
are less amenable to it,"
1t is Mr.. Gayer's plan to have chill
dren from the court which has been
set apart for them sent to him at his
home, 131 West Sixty-second street.
on Saturdays, When he will treat them
free of charge. He says he had set
apart that day and was reforming
children, chiefly boys, who were taken
to him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-17
One Spell May Do.

One treatment may do it for good
he said, but it may take three OF
four. Let me nave boy for a week
and I will change him from one who
wants to do wrong to one who wishes
to do only what is right, and I'll make
him manly, too.
Lying. stealing. cruelty and all
these things may be eradicated as
easily as smoking or drinking. All
children are little savages, but in
them are latent powers for right
These powers are asleep, and what
hypnotism does is to make it possible
to reach them, to develop them. and
10 bring them up where they can have
predominating influence over him. l
do not Change his habits. He does it
himself because he sees thing in a
different light
1 have not talked to Judge Wyatt
about treating children from the
children's court, but I intend to see
District Attorney Jerome, as well as
the judges of the city court, about it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-17
Grows Up to Be Useful.

Significance of this method" he
said, lies in tIli~, that instead of the
prison or perhaps the gallows for the
boy when he grows up, and expense
TO the state, he becomes a good an6
useful member of society. He is not
sent to reformatory to become more
of a criminal by association with
boys worse than he"
Speaking of the method of treat
ment, Mr.. Gayer said:
L place the boy in a chair and talk
to him until I get his interest. Then
l tell him to close his eyes and nut
him into hypnotic sleep. After that
l simply talk to MIN. He NAV be
addicted to cigarettes He is too young
to realize, when he is in normal con-
ition, the danger they are to his
health and his brain, but after he has
oeen put to sleep you can reason
with mis- inner consciousness or what
ever you wish to call it. I talk to
him in a fatherly way and show him
how injurious it is for him to smoke
at his age and how much more man.
ly ne will grow if he lets it alone.
Then 1 tell him that smoke disgusts
him, that he does not like it any more,
that he never will wish to smoke
again and that if he does mis- tongue
Will burn him frightfully or he will
become nauseated.
When he comes to himself the
idea of smoking is unpleasant to him.
If he was thrown among other asso-
Citations he probably would never look
at tobacco again, but falling back to
his surroundings, be may try to
smoke. Then what I have told him
will happen does happen, and it hap
pens so hard that he cannot forget it.
That is the way they are cured
How long will it take to cure a
boy of such a habit?" was asked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08

so much as it is undergraduate so- ciety and settlements that tempt the average American when he makes his
 choice of college. The college pres ident knows this. And so human is he that he himself enjoys presiding over a
 college that finds honors easy in the athletic field He likes the zest of the game-likes, even, to be disturbed at midnight by a mob of young maniaes, who surround his respectable mansion and yell "Prexy, Prexy!" til he comes out to congratulate them on their days victory. College presidents look as if they were grown up, but they are not. No one worth anything is grown up. And the real reason that the pub lie holds on to football the way it does, in spite of the fearful tragedies asso- ciated with it., is because, for the mo- ment, every mothers son on the grand stand or bleachers, feels the heart of youth leaping in him as he watches, breathless, the hotly contested game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08
CUB REPORTERS.
Sent to Write Up Fire, Hands City
 Editor Following.

From Tit-Bits.
 The angels of night had spread their ebony wings over the vast City and a which envelopes the starlit. trackless prairie was breeding OCT the red-tiled cot tages of Kimberly Crescent. wherein the weary workers, worn out by their Hercu- lean Iabors, were snatching an all too brief interval of repose on the lotus- scented breast of Morpheus. when from out the eerie void of silence there rang forth. with paralyzing suddenness. a stentorian shout of "Fire"'
 No sooner had the dread alarm ceased to fling its reverberating thunder over the responsive housetops than the sleep ing settlement became a veritable pande- monium of noise and confusion. Like myriads of bees from an overturned hive. the startled denlzens swarmed into the streets and focused their dllating eyes upon a dazzling effulgence in the skies. the crimson luster Of which made 1t all too awfuliy evident that a confiagrajon of unprecedented fury was raging In the near vicinity.
 Like a fotilla of fishing boats swept ir- resistibly on before a mighty, rushing tidal wave, the crowd surged fin con elomerate inextricable mass to the pre- else locality where the fire demon held maniacal sway, and wall resembling the cry of q lost soul shut out of Paradise filtered through their lips as they dis eerned the form of a wondrously beauti- full maiden, clad in an exqulsitely chaste robe de nuit,, peerlng with the eyes of a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08

startled fawn from of the upper
 windows of the burning domce
 "Merciful heavens, she will perishn' vo-
 ciferated the crowd in cyclonc chorus.
 For pity's sake, save her?' And, as if in providential answer to this clamorous appeal, the fire engine thundrede like
 rampant monster of the antediuvian pe- riod down the congested thoroughfare,
 and tumult of cheering that seemed to
 cleave the heavens In twain greeted the appearance of an intrepid young fireman of Titanic proportions, who had reared an elongated ladder against the side of the burning edfce and was bounding up with the strides of Colossus to the res cue of the distressed damsel.
 With what G dazzling luminosity did the pelucld orbs of the preposessing young , lady light up when she deserted amidst the asphyxiant smoke tho form of her in- domitable deliverer And what mighty
 fusllate of eostatc shouts burst from the leather-lined lungs of the marveling null titude as the valiant freman's ax shiv- | cred the window framel Instantly dense exhalation of volcanic vapor vol- leyed forth with Vesuvian velocity but the imperturbable fireman leaped Into the | red-hot furnace of flame with the invul- nerablity of a salamander, and when he reappeared he held in his charred and blackened arfps something whlcn' put TOT an occasional eel-like wriggle and char aeteristically feminine anxiety concern
 ing the symmetry of it's back hair might have been mistaken for a marble statue. For a moment the magnificent figure of the lion hearted rescuer poised itself, fin an eye-blinking frame of fire, on the scorched window sill. Then, enfolding his fair burden in Rlant-like, yet Infinitely tender, embrace, he made a breath-sus-
 pending dive into the yawning fire-escape
 an not second too soon, for simul- taneously with his precipitous passage
 into safety, q gorgeous pyrotechnical dis
 play of sparks betokened the collapse
 of the roof. and the fire deamon, weary
 ing of his saturnalian holocaust permit ted himself to be reduced to impotence
 by the tons and tons of aqueous artillery
 which the firemen poured in Niagara
 like cataclysm upon the once massive
 but now woefully marrisd and mutilated
 coft1Pe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08
Football and the Colleges.

From the Reader.
 It will soon be time for college pres idents to declare their policy in the matter of football. Which will be the first to pronounce against it? Let no easy moralizer suppose that the deci- sion will be casually made. Destruct- i've as football has been to life, limb and scholarship. it remains one of the chief baits of the colleges. The ath- letic young man wishes to go where his abilities will be utilized and where he will enjoy the society of men with tastes and activities similar to his own. Other young men wish to go to universities where " there is some thing doing" They like the excite ment and contest of the game. They want, in short. something to yell for and there is nothing that offers such unrivalled opportunities for yelling as football It is not the learning of the faculty or the policy of the institution
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08
poa,s Mind Becomes Blank.

From the New York American.
 That his dog. valuable mastin, was suffering from aphasia. induced by fright, was the remarkable announcement made by veterinary yesterday to Walter Per kins of Mooris Park, L. l.
 The mastifr had been acting strangely since the terrible windstorm which visited the vicinity on Saturday night when a particularly rowdy gust of wind carried him, fin his kennel. 600 feet.
 When MT Perkins missed the dog the next morning he had but to follow the course of the wind of the previous night. He found the mastiff covering in his ken nel which had landed in an upright posi- ton. The dog had apparently passed a sleepless night after the house-raisins episode. and was almost paralyzed with fear When dragged into the open he gazed at his master with unrecognizing eyes. Each member of the family was brought before the animal in succession. and 1t knew none of them. although fl hal been raised from pup by the Perknses