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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
PERSONAL MENTION

E. A. Buckley. of Pasco, is registered
at the State today.
Mrs. Eta MacEacheron Of Weston is
visiting relatives in Walla Walla.
Mrs. G. p. Collins, of Milton, is in
the city today, visiting with friends.
E. c. Mills left last evening for Toll
Gate to remain several days in camp.
U. S. Logsdon, prominent contract
or Of Waitsburg, is a Walla Walla Wis
itor today.
Alvin Schmidt and John T. Hamer,
of Two Rivers, are transacting busi-
ness in Walla Walla today.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Coleman are in
Walla Walla from The Dalles visitin"
Mr. and Hrs. ]. w. Cookery.
Mrs. Nellie G. Day left last night
for Long Beach. She was accompanied
by her nephew. Glenn Gillian.
Councilman w. P. Mexican and
Robert E. Allen returned yesterday
from a fishing trip on the St. Joe
river in Idaho.
Mrs. NJ. E. Stoval, of Lowden Sta
ton, arrived in the city yesterday and
entered the Walla Walla hospital for
medical treatment.
Stephen Maxson, of the Drumheller
Company, has gone to Toll Gate to
visit Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Witt, who are
camped there for the summer.
Emery Corkrum, George Ring and
William Kirk have gone to the Walla
Walla river to spend two weeks in
camp.
Mr. and Mrs George Peringer. of
PendietOn, are visiting in Walla Walla
today. Mr.. Peringer has a number of
fast horses in training at the Walla
Walla track for the fall races.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
SPECTACLE LENSES.
How the Glasses Are Ground, Polish
ed and Finished.

How the Glasses Are Ground, POLISH
ed and Finished.
In the manufacture of spectacle
lenses the bit of glass to be formed
into a lens is fastened by means of
pitch to a small block Of hard rubber,
so that 1t may be held. 1t is ground
by being pressed against rapidly re-
vOlving cast iron disk on vertical
spindle and with curvature equal and
opposite to that desired In the lens
This is the trough tool and Is kept
moistened with emery and water. Sew
eral grades of emery are used in sue
cessiOn, changing from coarse to fine
as the grinding proceeds.
The glass is then transferred to the
Zine tool" made Of brass, and COM
pared from time to time to standard
curve in order to insure accuracy. In
this second grinding the abrading ma
terial is rough.
Finally, the lens is polished by being
pressed against a piece Of cloth pow
dered with rouge and fastened to the
rotating tool. The glass is now loOs-
ened from its block, turned over and
the reverse side of the lens ground.
When this has been accomplished the
lens is placed OH leather cushion and
held firmly in position by a rubber
tipped arm while diamond glass cut
ter passing round an oval guide traces
a similar oval on the glass below. The
superfluous glass is removed by steel
pinchers and the rough edges are
ground smooth on Scotch wheels. -
Parsons Weekly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
Daring Voyage In the Air Of
Balloonist J. P. Thomas and
His Friend From France
BUFEETED BY WIND AND RAIN
Thunder and Lightning Above and Be.
low Them as They Were Driven
Three Hundred and Fifty Miles.
Rose Eight Thousand Feet.

Amid conditions which would daunt
any but a stout hearted aeronaut DR..
Julian P. Thomas Of New York city
and Charles Levee, a French aerial
expert, recently made remarkable as
cension
Leaving New York at 6 O'Clock Sun
day night in the Nirvana, the largest
balloon in the country, which Dr.
Thomas had lately imported from
France, they aver that they went
higher, stayed in the air longer and
travelled farther than any American
has ever done before. For fourteen
and a half hours they were buffeted
about over the states of New York,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Alight-
ing finally on the farm of C. L. Miller.
not far from Utica. they were physical
" worn out, but enthusiastic over their
successful experience.
Describing the trip, DR.. Thomas says
that they entered storm stratum just
as they rosa above New York. They
sailed across the Hudson river and
soon were able to hear the church bells
Of Hackensack, N. ]. Above the sun
was shining; below there were clouds
and rain.
Swinging above Little Falls, N. j.,
the balloon was dropped within few
hundred feet Of the earth, and DR..
Thomas shouted his New York tele-
phone number to several persons so
that his wife received a message the
next morning.
''Then." he says, I'VE rose again rap
idly. We were not quite sure which
way we were drifting, but realized we
were travelling very fast. Presently we
entered the most terrific electrical
storm imaginable. It is useless to at
tempt to find words to give even an
impression Of what it was like. Below
us were the great banks of clouds that
looked like mountains.
IF you could comprehend the tran
gull Indifference and utter absence of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28

rHEY HEARD THE BELLS OF HACKESSACK.
fear that come to one so far above the
earth you would understand why say
we did not mind the lightning. 1t did
not seem to impress us except that we
enjoyed the grandeur of the thing.
whenever the storm abated we saw
myriads Of small lightning bugs far
below us, and with all seriousness I
am obliged to tell you that at times we
were nearly devoured with mosQui-
toes while passing over New Jersey.
Suddenly the wind changed a little
after midnight, and we felt sure we
were going out to sea. confess that
this was a very unpleasant period OF
our Journey. Levee boasts about his
strong heart, but he admitted to me
that its action increased perceptibly.
I'VE talked the matter over and de-
cided that we would drop down and as
soon as we could see the lights Of a
city would alight For miles we sped
on, but no lights appeared, and then,
with a distinctness that made US both
spring for the valves without spoken
word. we heard the sound OF water
waves beating on the shore. As we let
out the gas we dropped down like
shot and landed In the top OF a tree.
Where we were we did not know and
do not know yet. We fastened the an
Choir, but were blown away again.
I'VE resumed our fight, going
straight up 5000 feet. Our clothes were
soon frozen stiff, our lips became blue
and our hands so numb that we could
scarcely manipulate the valve rope.
By combining strength we succeeded
IN jerking the rope enough to emit sew
eral hundred feet Of gas and dropped
swiftly. AS we neared earth we saw
signs of a tremendous commotion-
Schools were dismissed, and hundreds
Aocked to the Miller farm, where We
landed"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28

PicturesQue Parade to Display the
Household Furniture.
A typical Breton wedding Ii 40 curl
GUS as it Ii improvident. So poor Of
ten are the young pair that the only
way they can set up housekeeping 10
BY presents from their friends Of food,
fax, furniture and money. The youth
DESTROYS Of matrimony simply offers
his hand to the object Of his choice.
If she accept she must confirm her ac-
Quiescence by drinking wine with him.
Her fathers consent Is asked by proxy,
the deputy holding piece OF furze
during the interview. The father
usually offers an old woman, a young
widow and a child before granting the
request.
On the wedding day a cowherd leads
round the village an OK wagon laden
with the wedding furniture. On the
top Of this load two maidens are seat
ed. one spinning hemp and the other
fax.
making her friends drag her to church.
On either side Of the altar burns wax
taper, and it is expected that which
ever Of the two is nearest to the least
brilliant light will die first.
The bride on leaving the church Is
presented with a distaff to remind her
Of her duties. Tripe, butter buck
wheat bread and cider form the mar
rage feast, toward which each guest
pays his portion.
At nightfall, according to an ancient
custom, the mother gives her daughter
a handful Of nuts. The happy pair are
serenaded and are served with soup
containing crusts threaded together, in
symbol Of unity.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
ROme's Great Fire.

In A. D. CA ten of the fourteen mu-
nicipal districts Of Rome were destroy
ed by conf1agration instigated, it is
said, by the Emperor Nero. The num-
Der Of lives lost is known to amount up.
into the hundreds, but the value of the
property destroyed cannot be estimat-,
ed BY the emperor's command thou
sands Of Romans rendered homeless
and destitute were employed in re-
moving the debris and rebuilding the
burned city. Nero, to divert the odium
Of the crime from himself, charged 1t
upon the Christians, and thus began
one of the greatest prosecutions in the
history of the early Christian church.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28

The total known coal production Of
the world is something like 10000, 600
tons per annum. Experts state that
even at this rate Of production there Isl
sufficient coal to last for thousands of,
years. Some faint Idea can be gath
cred from these figures Of the enOr-
nous quantity Of coal there is on this.
planet. At the same time there is the
statement made by Sir Robert Ball
that all the coal on the earth would not
supply the suns heat for one tenth of
q second.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
Don't Get Left.

Mr.. S. B. Calderhead, G. P. A., w. &
c. R. Ry., calls attention to change Of
time for train to Eureka Flat Sunday
morning. Beginning tomorrow, morn
ing train for Pleasant View, Clyde and
other points on the Eudeka Flat branch,
will leave WaIIa Walla at GAS a. m.
instead of 700, as heretofore. BY
keeping this in mind passengers will
avoid being left.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
Lost Books Recovered Through
Ad in Statesman.

On Thursday Arson Patterson,
the we'll known rancher near
Prescott lost. a number of VAL
liable books and papers in the
civ. He placed an advertise
ment in The Statesman and
within a few hours after the
advertisement appeared the
hooks were returned to him. Mr..
Patterson believes that adver-
Using in The Statesman pays.
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
He CHANGED.

"Greymair's wife brought him home
a suit Of clothes, but understand he
mustered up the courage to tell her
that he had made up his mind to
change it."
Did he change it?'
"Oh, yes; he changed his mind"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28

The first smile Of an infant, with itse
toothless gums, is one Of the pleasant
est sights In nature. 1t is innocence
claiming kinship and asking to be
loved in its helplessness.-Dr. d. Liv-
ingstone.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
Look at That Oven

The most important part
Of a stove is the oven.
The manufacturers of the
Bucks have this point
we'll in mind, for they
have produced a perfect
oven. All Bucks ovens are
not only built so that they
cannot warp or buckle, but
they are ventilated and an
even heat is assured. A
roast does not dry up or
shrink, or lose flavor In a
Buck oven. Come In ana
see one.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
Beautiful Small Ru0S

Nearly everyone could use
one or two small rugs in the
house to very good advan-
tage. They add greatly to
the appearance of a room, and
the cost is very small. We
have an extra strong line of
these small rugs in numerous
different patterns and sizes,
so that you can surely find
here just the rug to fit the
desired place. Come in and
let US show them to you.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
JEWETT
WATER filter
SPECIAL

Doctor bills are more
expensive than water filters
and the condition of the
city water now just about
makes either one neces-
sary. The Jewett Water
Filter not only remove all
the visible or tangible i'm
purities in the water as
thoroughly as any stone or
gravel filter, but also rem
ders the water chemically
pure, which charcoal fill
tiers alone can do. We
carry three different sizes
of these filters, and will
include them all in the
week special at
80 PER CENT OFF.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28

For the coming week we will offer our
entire line of Stems and Beer Sets at
special prices. The assortment is large
and contains excellent bargains.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28

Mr.. and Mrs. George Peringer, of
Pendieton, are visiting in Walla Walla
today. Mr.. Peringer has number of
fast horses in training at the Walla
Wala track for the fall races.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28

Going camping? Need a tent? New
stock just received. All are we'll made
tents that will keep out the wind and
rain. Come in and take a look. Prices
reasonable
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-11-04
THE MINNEAPOLIS IoIJRNAI.

this worlde In examining the earth as
we have examined Mars. the Martian
would find large yellow and reddish
areas, extensive greenish areas, and,
besides, large regions Of varying shades
of blue, occupying three-fourths of the
earth = surface. The yellow areas he
would interpret as desert land. the
greenish areas he might consider yege-
tation, but what would he make out
OF the larger regions Of blue7 This
would! certainly puzzle him, because, I'M
Heye that such vast tracts could really
be water. He would easily interpret
the polar caps and the water at their
edges, but the oceans would be impossi-
BILE to solve.
Even il he recognized oases in the
deserts of America and Africa. the re-
suits Of artesian wells or springs. he
could not believe them to be vegeta-
tion,. for he would detect no irrigating
canals running into them. He would
come to the conclusion that no creature
could possibly exist on the earth. Tho
tremendous force of gravitation and
atmospheric pressure would forbid the
existence of organic forms. Life, if it
existed, must have legs Of iron to sus-
tain its weight, and crust like a turtle
to be impervious to the force Of rain
drops, and this. would be contrary to all
Martian analogy.
"Believing that Mars is rightly bal
anced as to temperature, the. earth, be-
ing SC much nearer the sun, would be
too hot for life to-, exist The Marian
considers our year too short. Tn his
reflections he says: During tbs pc
riod in which one Of us attains the
middle age Of SO years, those on earth
have become decrepit old men Of "a,
if indesd they are not already dead
''If there is an intelligence on Mars, -
writes Professor Morse, :" it must have
evolved along the same general lines as
intelligence has developed on the earth,
Being an older planet, it must have out.
grown many Of the vagaries and illu-
sions which still hamper man in his
progress here.'' -
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-11-04
ASDha,ltine.

Aspha]tine, a substance composed Of
mixture Of tar and iron Stag, is being
successfully used on the streets Of Lon
don and Stuttgart. It is claimed that
this new substance, invented by Pro-
fessor Buettner of Munich, is superior
any nsvemsrtE now in use H. in the
describes it as being SO elastic, tough
and durable as. to. resist almost com
pletely both, grinding and crushing.
Bad weather during, construction Of
asphaltine streets is said to have no
effect on their, durability. Remember
that golden grain belt beer, the ideal
home beverage. is. made from the best
Of nature s products and brings health,
strength and happiness to The daily
user. Order case for home use.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-11-04
ly man and the higher hymenoptera,

tha ~ nan ants :; gnu 'ho Aishef nylnenop'eia'
We have the choice, then, Of consid-
'ering the Martian either a man or gi
gantic being. adapted to breathing the
raretled air, or a mammoth ant. Pro-
fessor Morse seems to lean to the idea
that a creature very like man is the
Martian intelligent being.
What Martians Might Say Of Us.
One of the most interesting parts
of Professor Morse g book is the chap
ter on "What the Martians Might Say
of U.s. which begins:
For every single perplexitv Of inter-
probation we encounter in our study Of
the surface markings of Mars the Mar
tian would encounter a dozen perplexi-
ties in interpreting the various features
on the surface of the earth.
'What must be the Martian inter-
probation of the surface features of
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-11-04
Rah! rRahl Rahl

Get your tickets to Chicago and back
for the football game, Nov. 10, from the
Chicago Great Western railway. Tick
cts good in sleepers on sale Nov 8 and
ers on sale Nov: 9 for Sc, good to return
Nov. II. Let. r. H. Heard, general
agent, corner Nicollet avenue and Fifth
street, Minneapolis, inform you further.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-01-18

are standing shoulder to shoulder
with the president on this question,
and request Senator Willard TO take
a decided stand with the president on
this issue, or resign and retire TO pri-
yate life.
I'VE are Well aware that the federal
congress can give us no relief locally
in freight rates, and In view OF the
fact that the freight tonnage In Ne
braska Is larger than the railroads are
able to handle In due season. Il Is
evident that the railroads are doing
a large and profitable business. Also
conditions IN Nebraska are such that
railroads can be built and maintained
az much lower cost than our sister
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-01-18

/ have -four sections Of GOO farm
ing land for sale at 81 an acre In
Lipscomp County, Texas. Part OF this
land lays within few miles OF the
Oklahoma line where nearly every
100 acres has a.settler on II. The
Enid, Fairyiew. Woodward q Colorado
Route Is chartered 90 come within a
few miles OF this land and the grading
Is being done now. $40 sections In
this county sold since August 1. Elk
cursionlsts first aud third Monday of
each month. For terms aud further
Information address Henry G. Berge.
American Bank Bldg.. Kansas City.
Mo
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-01-18

meetings of the convention that nom
mates him.
I'VE believe that the political pass
is the most potent factor in the
failure to get needed legislation.
Therefore, we demand that the next
legislature place upon the statute
books an anti-pass law prohibiting the
giving of free transportation in any
form except to bona fide employees, who
are engaged in railroad work as a
livelihood and to make it NAL
feasance in Office for any official to
accept the same.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-01-18

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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-01-18
RAILWAYS CONDEMNED
CLAY COUNTY lNAUGuRATES
NON-PARTISAN MOVEMENT.
Its Purpose is to Free the State
From Free Pass Bribery System
And Influence of Corporations in
Political Conventions.

Edgar, Neb, Jan. 14.-After the
close of the sessions of the Farmers
institute Saturday mass meeting of
the voting population was held at the
opera house, addressed by P. A. Cald-
well, and the following resolutions
were passed by large vote:
Many Abuses
Whereas, In the adoption of the
constitution and in the passing of laws
for the development of the resources
of our fair state of Nebraska many
abuses have crept in and much reform
is needed which can come only
through the same source, namely, leg
islation and the honest enforcement
of just and equitable laws. There
fore, we the farmers of Clay county
who are part of the great army of
producers of the commodities from
which all wealth is derived, send
greetings to our co-workers through
out the state, and respectfully urge
them to join with us in a movement
that will purge the state of the many
abuses, and give to the deserving that
to which they are entitled.
Pass Evil Most Serious
"To this end we all pledge our
selves not to be bound by party ties
to the support of candidate for
any public Office who has not made
"a good and satisfactory record while
in public Office or who has not made
known, by word or action, his position
on the issues at stake prior to the
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-01-18
Packed Conventions

Through the manipulation of the
pass, our conventions have in many
instances been packed in the interest
of the corporations and to the detri-
ment of the general public as mani
tested in the mismanagement and en-
bezzlement of large portions of the
public funds, necessitating higher
taxes in order to- make good what
had already been paid in by taxation
previously. In the face of this repre-
hensible state of affairs, for which the
railroads themselves are largely to
blame, they now refuse to pay their
share of this tax, as unjust, unfair,
not square deal,' and in many
cases resulting in shortage of funds
for school purposes thereby Gripping
our educational institutions, and de-
priving the rising generation, which
is the hope of our commonwealth, of
the privileges for developing their in
tellects, which are their just due.
To Much Water in Stock
MANY of the railroads of the state
are bonded for several times their
actual value. The courts have held
that these bonds, once issued, are
a sacred obligation of the roads and
that they have right to charge
freight and passenger rates high
enough to meet these unnecessary
bonds, these excessive rates, which
the general public must pay, being
a mortgage on all the coun-
try through which they pass.
Therefore, we demand that the
next legislature pass the most string
ent law possible under our constitu-
ton prohibiting the roads from issu-
ing bonds in excess of what is needed
for actual Improvement within the
state
1--WE further demand a law or an
to the constitution that
will do for the legislature, when I'm
session, what the Australian system
of balloting has done for the voter, |
TO rid them of all outside in |
fluenee or lobbyism anywhere within |
the corporate limits of the city of
Lincoln, while the legislature Is in |
session.
Willard Asked TO Resign
"Be It further resolved. that we
President Roosevelt IN his 1
strenuous efforts To have placed upon
he statute books law prohibiting
he giving OF rebates. and dlserimina.
ion In freight rates, and We commend /
lur representatives In congress who
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-14
RAN INTO MOVING CAR.
J. D. Reynolds of Mu>koyte. l. IT,. In-
 iured at Hot Springs.

Hot Springs, Nov. 14.=.J. D. Rev holds visitor who arrived in the city Saturday presumably from Mus kogee, | T., ran into a baggage car which was being switched at the Hot Springs and Western depot yesterday morning about 30, and was bad ly injured He was carried to Dr, ]. w. McClendon's office in an am bulance. where his injuries were at tended to.
 He claims that his brother is chief of police at Gutherie. and he has an- other brother who is in the real estate business.
 Reynolds sustained a painful wound in the right temple, but il is not thought to be serious.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-14
Ei \ PIER LII

.E.ANl%G his house, ChIcofe
 ! walked forward qrJictzIl .ad
 \ ainnlessly. With til" stjHe of S the outer air the recollection of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-14
BUSINESS DIRECTORY


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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-14
FINE gGUfF laaN WORKS

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 Hrass aud Iron Castings anu Aia- et.at .,=.st'tH.. s;toek of all stand, afu a5ts and castings carried is atQcn a! .Ie tinn tnDoaetIyeR, Rn- ssnes and baaess Heasls=l. i.9ns distance e'eptoars. d7I f.G; nigbt 55@54. FlEo HiUE Nfs.an as. Note: We apeea'o op m ce#.a shop hoth ta! aaG night