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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-17
AS In the Days of Aladdin.

Modern science plays the role of the
genii of Aladdin's time, usually for
beneficent or laudable ends, but there
is a hint of diabOlism in an invention
reported from Paris which is nothing
less than disappearing paper" The
uncanny thing is made according to the
following process:
The paper is first stepped in acid (sul-
phuric acid by preference) diluted &C.
cording to the lease of life it is intended
the material should possess. 1t is after
ward dried and glazed and the acid super
f1cially neutralized by means of ammonia
vapor. But the acid still remains In the
pores, and the paper is infallibly doomed
after an existence more or less prolonged
as the case may be.
Vanishing paper is no novelty in
certain circles, as, for instance, finan-
cial securities, wills, cOdicils written
pledges and the like, although it Is
usually believed that the missing dOcu-
ments will turn up just at the right
time for some Of the parties interested.
The Paris joker does away with all
necessity of playing at hide and seek
in these matters. The note, the pledge,
the ardent love letters, even the mar
rage certificate or the treaties which
states use as pawns, may be written on
disappearing paper or parchment, timed
to vanish when they have served the
Y,I1rnOSa of tho Schamar who maniDI1-
lateS them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-17
In the Wrong Clothes.

When President Mckinley had his
first cabinet function after he was in
augurated, member of that cabinet
it wouldn't be fair to name him-ap-
peared in dinner jacket and pair of
striped gray trousers.
Everybody noticed his strange ap-
parel. but nobody said anything about
it. Next time he came in the same rig.
It was serious then.
The matter was taken up at cabi-
net meeting when this member was not
present. 1t was discussed gravely. No
body wanted to hurt the absent men,
ber's feelings, but all thought he should
wear full evening dress and should be
told what the conventions prescribed.
President Mckinley called for volun-
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Thought 1t Was a Town Meeting.

Attorney Don H. Powers Of Maine.
brother of Congressman Lewellyn Pow
ers, was once defending man who
was charged with some minor Offense.
The trial was before a trial justice in
q country town, and at the close Of the
preliminary hearing a wag in the court
room arose and said, "AIr. Judge, I
will make motion that the prisoner
be discharged"
Il will second the notion" chimed In
another spectator.
The trial justice, who evidently for
got where he was and thought he was
presiding at town meeting, said,
1.-THE prisoner Is discharged"
Powers and the prosecuting attorney
were so astOnished at this method Of
deciding the innocence or guilt Of the
respondent that they never opened
their mouths, and the case ended In
this fashion.-BOston Herald.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-17
The First Log Cabin In Kentucky.


Harrodsburg, the county seat Of Mer
Ger county, KY, was the scene in the
latter part of the eighteenth century of
some very exciting episodes in the his
tory of the early settlers in the young
state. On June 16, 1874, Captain
James Harrod Of Virginia, who had
brought party Of settlers to the new
country, laid off a town site at Big
Spring camp, where they had erected
the first cabin ever built in Kentucky.
They allotted to each man half acre
lot and a ten acre out lot. The towns
first name was Harrodstown, but later
this was changed to Harrodsburg A
clearing was made in the east end of
the town boundary, and here it was
that John Hartman planted and raised
the first corn that was known to have
been grown in the state. Only few
weeks after this suspicious beginning
of the towns promoters four of Har-
rods men were ambushed by Indians.
Jared Cowan was killed. The other
men escaped, only one Of them being
injured.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-17
CUTICURA REMEDIES
POSSESS TRUE MERIT

My face was afflicted with eczema
in the year 1897. l used the Cuticura
Remedies, and was entirely cured. 1
am practicing physician and very
often prescribe Cuticura Resolvent and
Cuticura Soap in cases of eczema, and
they have cured where other formulas
have failed. | am not in the habit OF
endorsing patent medicines, but when
L lind remedies possessing true merit,
such as the Cuticura Remedies do, / am
broad-minded enough to proclaim their
virtues to the world. | have been prac-
tlclng medicine for sixteen years, and
must say | find your Remedies A Mol
You are at liberty to publish this letter,
or any part of it. Iremain, very truly
yours, q. NJ. Fisher, NJ. D., Big Pool,
Md, May "a, 1906"
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"Then you may get the senatorshipy
asked Marion. Candless gave a little
laugh.
1T ought to be better than that" he
declared This Investigation will at
tract attention all over the country. 1t
might even be good for the governor
ship"
But you won't get the senatorship
this election. will your persisted the
girl Candless shook his head.
1--WE are only fairly getting under
way" he explained patiently. 81 sus-
pect the committee will sit after Christ
mas"
But l thought you were the whole
investigation" she persisted. "What
has the committee to do? Can't you
hurry it up?"
81 am only one Of a committee of
fve," he said. 81 am doing most Of the
work, but these things cannot be bur.
ried"
you know now that they all STOLE
she persisted.
But the facts must be legally set
forth. We cannot rush it through"
Il wish you could" she whispered
Then we could be married at once"
II know 1t, DEAR" he answered ten.
derby. Il would give anything to hurry
it up, but we must wait"
Harrington, strolling across the ball
room floor, heard and smiled as he
asked Candless for ten minute chat
The younger man went off, proud to be
seen in conference with the man who
really ruled the destinies Of his party.
Three months before Candless would
have shouted at the suggestion that ht
might he sent to the senate from his
state. He was merely young attor
ney whose clevernesS had gained fOl
him place in the state legislature
Then had come the water front investi
CATION. He had been placed on tn,
committee because the leaders suppos
ed him to be safe" To the surprise
Of every one, he had developed an in
genuity at cross examination which
had dragged out, bit by bit, the whole
miserable story Of the steal of the wa
ter front by the Cadiz and Southwest
ern.
1t had been no part Of the leaders
Intentions that the story should come
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-17
CHEAPER TO BUY ABROAD.
Hmerica an Made Goods Can Be BROUGHT
From Europe With Prof.:

WASHINGTON, d. c.. April H.
Congressman Henry r. Rainey, demo-
crat, of Illinois, in an attack on the
Dingley tariff in the house exposed the
alleged methods of the watch trust
The Illinois congressman made the
broad statement that the Dingley tar
if made it possible for many American
manufacturers to sell their goods
abroad cheaper than they sold them
in the United States.
To illustrate his point, Mr.. Rainey
used the watch trust. and his desk
looked like a jewelers. counter. for he
covered it with gold watches enough to
set up a small dealer in business. He
also brought into the house a huge
photograph of a store front of a New
York retailer who bought American
made watches abroad and sold them
in this country at a figure at which the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-17
CUTICURA- THESET, 81.
Complete Treatment for Every
Humor from Pimples
to ScrOfula

Battle the affected parts with hot
water and Cuticura Soap. to cleanse
the surface of crusts and scales and
soften the thickened cuticle: drv.
without hard rubbing. and apply
Cutlcura Ointment freely. to aliav
itching, irritation, and Inflammation.
aho soothe and heal; and, lastly, take
Iutlcura heSolvent Pills to cool and
cleanse the blood: A single set, costing
puV one dollar, IS often sufficient to
cure the most torturing, disfguring,
ltchlng, burning, and scaly skin. scalp.
and blood humors, with loss of hair.
from infancy to age, when all else fails.
CutcIra Soap, &c, Ointment, So Resolvent Soc. lin
throughout the p, world Potter Drug and Chem Corp
n- Mailed Free, "Tiow to Cure Torturino n;ssrn,;.
Humors Of Infancy and Age" OA'Aeui'ne
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-17
A Mans House Is His Castle.

OF late years there have occurred In
the large cities of the country frequent
abuses Of the power Of arrest which
seem to have been taken as a matter
of course. The evil was recently com.
mented upon in the strongest terms be-
fore the New York Bar association by
Judge A. T. Clearwater, who says
1.-The rights and liberties of the people
have so long been trampled upon by
the ignorant and brutal persons who
have been put in rulership as police Of
ficers that the citizens of those cities
have forgotten their rights and, having
forgotten, no longer insist upon them"
Judge Clearwater calls to mind the
principle of law that police officers
have no rights in the matter of arrest
that every citizen does not possess and
that If an unlawful arrest without a
warrant be made by either a citizen OF
a police officer it Is made at his peril
The provisions Of the common law gov.
CAA1AS dAlCS OlC pal VI tAC SAtulc
law of every state in the Union, but
they are, the judge declares, disregard
ed repeatedly in nearly every city In
the country and mark the difference
between a free government and des-
potism." If this were in the city OF
London the officer responsible would
be summarily removed by the interior
ence Of the house of commons In de-
tense Of common law rights. The con
stitution of the United States guaran
tees the security of the person as
against unreasonable seizure, pro-
vision based upon the dictum Of Sir
Edward Coke, which is:
1.-The house of every one is to him
his castle and the fortress as well for
his defense against injury and vio-
lence as for his repose."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-17
A V1Olinfst's Dignity.

Jan Kubelik, the violinist, had been
almost engaged to play at a 1usicale
at James Henry Smiths. in New York.
when he learned that it was to be q
feast. II will not play where people
are f1dgeting with their food" he said
His dignity. Kubelik said, would not
permit it. The engagements were
made through Herr Conried, and Kube-
Xix was to have received $1,000 for his
services.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-17
NEW SHORT STORIES


General Blackmar's Drill Story.
The late General Wilman w. Black
mar once told how he had overheard
an English corporal drilling his squad
in this fashion, according to the Chi
cagO Inter Ocean.
Now, then, No. Z" the corporal said.
well make another start-that is, II
you've quite finished feelin' if your
back hair happens to be on straight
this mornin. It's you I'm talkin' to-
third man from the left on front rank.
l haven't the pleasure of KNOWN your
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patiently. 1--WE have to make some
sacrifices"
"And you are going to give up the
fight before you have fairly begun"'
she repeated. You are going to turn
your back on the investigation and let
that fall through that you may 60 to
Washington"
Il told you Varrick would take my
place." he said irritably. Marion turned
and faced him.
Hugh" she said simply, 'do you
really think that Mr.. .Varrick will take
your placer"
"Why notf' he asked. This was SO
different from what he had anticipated.
Il heard Mr.. Colqhoon talking to ia
Their last night" she explained. "He
said that the investigation was a COM
plete surprise to both parties. that they
had supposed there would be the usual
embarrassing and that you had made
it real investigation,
what of it," demanded Candless.
HE said," went on Marion, that he
wondered how they would bride you
off; that he did not think money could
do it. was proud of you then. Hugh"
"Why not now?" he asked Grossly
''Is it any disgrace to be elected to
congress?'
1T is disgrace when you turn your
back on the people who look to you
to right an evil-when you sell your
honor FOR tho nomination
"But l am not selling my honor" he
insisted. Il am simply obeying my
party's call. I am doing, as am told,
for the best good Of the party"
"You mean In running for congress,
but the good of the party means drop.
ping the investigation"
'Varrick will carry it on" he per.
sisted.
mot the way you would. Father
said that If you kept on Harrington
himself would land in jail Hugh,
don't you see that they are bribing you,
ey in your hands?"
The girl watched him curiously as
he sprang to his feet and began to pace
the floor. For a quarter Of an hour
nothing was said; then he turned to hel
abruptly.
Marion" he said gently, you are
right. In my joy at attaining so soon
what 1 have so eagerly longed for
have blinded myself to the real mean
ing Of Harrington's offer. see now
that he wanted to get me out Of the
way. l will go and tell him l will not
run"
He tenderly bent and kissed her, ther
rose to his feet and left the room, while
the girl buried her head in the pillows.
Harrington stormed and threatened
but Candless would not be moved, and
in the end word passed through the
rooms that the announcement that
Candless would abandon the investiga
ton was premature.
Late that evening, after the guests
had gone, Candless fingered in the IL
brary for a good night chat. I'm
sorry you are disappointed, Hugh
dear. until your honor comes without
| the faint OF suspicion
YES" he said quietly, 'even though
it may be long wait will keep my
hands clean"
Hugh" said Major Sharpless, enter
ing through the curtains. Il don't think
you need to wait, my boy. You have
your triumph in being willing to fore
| go perferment for your duty. That
is a far greater triumph than the win.
ming Of the senatorship. You may have
! Marion whenever you want her."
| Hugh turned to the girl. 81 want bel
now" he said quietly, ''for my strength
/ lies in her,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-17

name, but l expect to be writin' it
down for an hours extra work pretty
soon. Now, then, look out to your
front. Squad, 'tchun! Left dress! Turn
your eyes to the left-withOut squintin'
like Chinese rummies, If you can.
Stand up in the ranks, too, like SOL
diers, not like measly row Of lop-
sided, spindle shanked, cockney shop
boys! Stick your chests out and put
your stummicks somewhere out of
sight altogether. There's 'arf of you
with tigers like bags of potatoes. Strike
me crimson if l ever saw such mob!
Hi, you in the center-the ginger head
ed man, l mean-don't grin like that
This amt no perishin' beauty competi.
ton, not by no manner Of MEANS"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-17

An original ney system of illus
trated phrenology at Star Theatre to-
night. Admission free. Silver collec-
ton to defray exlense of hall, etc.
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,bo bought the same grade of
watches of the trust were not permit
ted TO sell.
said: ~
o+ is practically prohibitive.
,,ca in this country from $14,-
ooo ooo TO s1S.OOo,ooo worth of watches
or. we import into this coun-
than 100000 worth of
...,., annually nearly all of the i'm
.otcbes coming from Switzer-
,a The specific and ad valorem du-
watches and watch cases
amount practically to so per cent OF
.,,,o The watchmakers of the
United States are practically entirely
free from competition. The Swiss
.,,,+s that are brought into this
corntrv every year are the more ex-
.,., Grades of movements; they
ao,,,o rara because there has been es-
tablisbed a trade for them.
Trust Fixes Prices.
"Two or three years ago Mr.. Charles
1o,,o of New York, commenced to
h,,v American watches abroad at the
r+ ,rice He accumulated over
s1oo ooo worth of watches purchased at
the foreign price before he commenced
to advertise his gooos.
"Jrnti, the Dingley bill went into
effact vo had one price for American
made watches at home, and the same
nrice nravailed abroad. Soon after that
time the American watch trust was
formed They probably will deny that
there is watch trust, but they own
each Others stock they fix the same
nrice here and the same price abroad
on the same grade of goods. They all
exact from retailers the same contract
as TO the minimum price for watches.
"JJnder the contracts an Elsin
'Veritas' movement cannot be sold
for a less price than $55. Mr.. Keene
advertises this movement for $25.2S.
might continue the comparison, but l
have called attention to the contrast
in prices sufficiently, perhaps, to raise
the question as to how this enterpris-
ing American jeweler can make these
prices.
THE reason for it is simply this:
American made goods can be re-im-
ported free of duty if they come back
in the same condition they were when
they went abroad, and if they have not
been advanced in value or improved
xxrhi 10 ahr
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-17
DOCTOR CURED
Of ECZEMA

Maryland Physician Cures Himself Of
Eczema with Cuticura Remedies.
Prescribes Them and Has Cured
Many Where Other Formulas
Have Failed DR.. Fisher Says:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-17
Others Profit, Too.

"Mr. Keene simply buys American
watches abroad, upon which a pobber
in some capital of Europe has made
a profit, and perhaps a retailer also has
made a profit; he buys watches upon
which the freight has been paid across
the Atlantic and pays freight on them
back to New York and, with all these
watches he brings back, from 25 to 81
per cent cheaper that the American
retailer can possibly sell the same
goods. 1t is easy to rel .cDort watches
The name of the maker is stamped. up
"n them, and they can BE- easily identi-
Gel as American-made 60 ,,ls.
The movement in this ;ra'th (hcld-
ing ur a sampe) is a 16-siza, Il Jewel
Riverside, made by the Waltham Com
pany. 1t was bought by a Manchester
watch dealer from the London agent
# the Waltham company for SO shil-
rs ($12 in American soI,N. This is
o., of the movements whi.h it is inn
r. ssible, by the iron-cla1 agreement.
60 him to sell to the consumer fer
less than $25. This grade If movement
can be purchased from NJ. Keene for
$16.39 as long as the stock lasts.
'All watches are numbered This
watch is numbered 1O537464 The
books of the Watham company will
show that this watch was sold abroad
challenge the company to produce the
books and prove the contrary.
Challenges Denial.
Il have here an Elgin watch, made
in Elgin, Ill. The movement is a 16-
size. 15-pewel movement; the case is
2O-year keystone James Boss brand
of goods. This watch was sold in
South America for $S.4O complete; it
costs the American jeweler to buy iths
complete watch SLAP, with all dis
counts off. The ordinary American re-
taller sells it for SIT. Mr.. Keene sells
it for $97S. The number of this move
ment is 1101S07S. l challenge the Elgin
Watch company or any member who
desires to represent it on this floor. to
disprove anything 1 have said about
it,
Mr.. Rainey made similar compari-
sons on a dozen or more different
watches, in each instance giving the
makers name, the price, and the mum
Der of the watch. He continued:
Under these circumstances, who is
protected the American workman and
American consumer, or simply the mil
lionaire who Owls the stock in these
watch companies
Has the Dinghy tariff increased the
number of watch factories in the coun-
try? In 1870 thee were thirty-seven
watch factories in the country; in 1906
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-17
CANDLESS'
CANDIDACY
BY Henry Berlinshon

Copyright. 1906, by p. C. Edstment
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-06-15
Why He Does II.

1T isn't often that we have faith
enough in the medicines put up by other
people to be willing to offer to refund
the money if it does not cure" said drug
gist Milford r. Burt, to one of his many
customers, "but we are glad 20 sell DIR.
Towards specific for the cure of consti-
patton and dyspepsia on that plan.
THE Howard Co., in order to get a
quick Introductory sale, authorized me to
sell the regular fifty cent bottle of their
specific for half-price, % cents, and, al
though have sold a lot of it, and guar
anteed every package, not one has been
brought back as unsatisfactory.
lone great advantage of this specific, -
he continued, lis its small dose and con-
venient form. There are sixty doses in
vial that can be carried in the vest
pocket or purse, and every one has more
medicinal power than big pill or tablet
or tumbler of mineral water"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-06-15

His dam is Alcayetta e :264), by Alclay-
one (2:20i) son of Alcyone q 30; second
dam Wilketta, by Kentucky Wilkes
(2:214); third dam Lambretta dam of
Allero, sire of Susie S.. 2:lst, and Jenny
Wilkes, 2:25), by Daniel Lambert 102;
fourth dam the William Goddard Mare
dam of Upstart, 2 %, and Tom Lambert,
2:351a). The William Goddard Mare
was Maine-bred animal that was
claimed to possess as much of the blood
of Winthrop Messenger as any animal of
her day in that State. The man who
bred this colt says that if he doesn't
develop into fast, handsome trotter it
will not be NJ. Porter's fault, for he is
born horseman, an inheritance that he
derived from his father, the late "Uncle"
John Porter, who raised Daniel Lambert.
also bred and raised Aristos ezra, and
many other good ones"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-06-15

DR.. Roy Stearns, who is connected
with a hospital in Bridgeport, Conn, is
visiting his mother, Mrs. Julia B. Ellis.
The republican caucus Saturday night
organinized by electing w. H. Bosworth
chairman, and P. K Wilson, secretary.
The State delegates elected are: w. E.
Hanks, E. j. Bristol, A. NJ. Norton, B. c..
Sargent, w. w. Wilson; district dele
gates, w. H. Bosworth, F. G. Haskins,
E. B. Palmer, w. II. Lawrence, II. S.
Sumner; town committee for two years,
w. w. Wilson, w. H. Bosworth. E. w.
Shattuck, F. H. Palmer, E. A. Hasseltne.
The IS delegates to the county conven-
ton are pledged to vote for Judge Collins
of Ferrisburgh for county senator. There
were 1879 votes cast.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-06-15
MIDDLEBURY NOTES.
Matters Concerning the Townspeopie in
PARTICULAR.

Matters Concerning the Townspeople II
Particular.
Mrs. Scovel of Buffalo, n. Y, is the
guest of her sister. Mrs. b. w. Crane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oren Nelson have returned
from a visit with relatives in st. Johns
bury.
Mrs. Goodreau and daughter, Miss
Mabel, were in Burlington the latter part
of last week.
Mrs. Carl Merrill of Glens Falls, n. Y,
who has been the guest of H. E. Merrill,
has returned to her home.
Fletcher Taylor, the young son of Mrs,
Arthur Bissette of Academy street, was
run into by team Friday and quite
badly buised.
Nelson Trombley was arrested by
Sheriff Cobb June on a warrant charg-
ing him with bigamy and placed him in
the county Jail.
Rev. P. Schuyler of Bennington occu-
pied the pulpit of st. Stephens church
at the morning services Sunday. There
was no evening service.
Myron Crow of Bridport, who was
arrested by Sheriff Cobb June :, for in
toxication, was up before Judge Foote
and pleaded guilty. He was fined 50
and costs, which he paid and was dis
charged
The American Horse Breeder has this
to say of John w. Porter of this town in
a recent issue: "A Boston horseman
who has been acquainted with Trainer
J. W. Porter for years and has unlimited
confidence both in his ability and faith
fulness as trainer, also his strict integ-
rity as man, has sent him promising
inbred Wilkes and Morgan colt to keep,
develop and race for four years. This
colt is registered in the American Trot-
ting Register as Pine Cone 41399. His
sire is Octone e :26d) by Alclayone (2:20D.