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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
A GRISLY SIGHT.
Slaughter of the Baby Seals ON the
Glittering Ice FlOes.

Slaughter of the Baby Seals on the
Glittering Ice FlOes.
Never shall a man who has once
watched the slaughter of a fur seal
herd forget the CHASTITY sight. From
the deck of the blunt nOsed sealing
steamer you can count thousands upon
thousands of seal families stretched
out on the glistening ice foes, the dark
notified bodies Of the adults standing
out in high relief against the blue white
ness of their floating homes, while the
snow white fur Of the baby seal blends
almost imperceptihly into the back
ground. Out from the ship, hurrying
over the ice, rush nearly 200 men Of
the crew, each armed with an iron
tipped club. From near and far 60 up
the agonized cries of the terrified seals.
Flopping along over the ice, the adults
rush frantically for the water, doing
their best to hurry their young with
them.
In most cases their way Of escape Is
cut off by the sealers. With blow Of
the iron bound club the skull Of the
seal pup is crushed, it's blood staining
the whiteness of the foe, while its
parents are allowed to get away in
safety.-Technlcal World Magazine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
The Cats Have Their Day.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 16.-The
fifth annual exhibition Of the Kansas
City Fanciers' association opened here
today in the roof garden of the Con-
vention hall. 1t is by far the finest
and largest exhibition Of pet and fan
cy stock ever shown in this part of
the country and particularly the ex-
hibition of cats is remarkable for the
large number of Angora and Persian
cats. The poultry exhibit includes
nearly 5000 pieces and the pigeon ex-
hibit about 500. Many of the prize
winners from the Topeka state exhibit
ton are among the exhibited animals.
The premium list is larger than ever
before.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
No Time to Sort Her Mail.

1.-The ways Of women are beyond the
comprehension of mere man." said her
companion as after purchasing her
stamps at the general postofice she
carried her mail to the nearest post
box. will you kindly explain why
you did that"
''Simply because hadn't time to sort
my mail into Letters, Newspapers and
Packages, Foreign, Domestic, New
York City and few dozen other sub
divisions and then walk around that
monstrous building to find the proper
drops for the various articles" she re-
piled. ut takes time, patience and in
genuity to post anything in the general
postoffice, and 1 don't possess any OF
those things. Give me the PLAIN, I'M
complicated letter box for practical
purposesw
And of course he remarked that that
was just like woman.-New York
Press
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
CONDUCTING A BUSINESS.

Usually Trouble When Head of the
Firm Takes 1t Easy.
Conducting a business Is like rolling
. huge bowlder up hill. The moment
you cease to push 1t. the moment you
take your shoulder from It and think
you will rest and take it easy, the
bOwIder begins to crowd back upon
you. and IL you are not careful 1t will
either run over and crush you or get
away from you altogether and go to
the bottom with a crash It Is neces-
sary to be everlastingly pushing, fol-
lowing up the bowlder, keeping it go
ing, in order to get it to the top Of the
hill.
One OF the greatest dangers Of early
prosperity In any line is tendency to
relax effort. Many a man ceases to
grow when his salary Is raised or when
he IS advanced to 4 higher position.
Many q business man, after he has
built up large business. ceases to
exert himself. and the moment he
pauses In his campaign Of pushing and
struggling, the moment he begins to
relax In giving his close personal at
tention, his business ceases to advance,
and fatal dry rot sets in-one Of the
worst diseases that can seize on any
Individual or concern.
The man who attempts to run a bust.
ness, large or small, must keep bis fin
ger constantly on its pulse in order to
detect any rise or fall of temperature,
any irregularity or any jar in the ma
chinery. When the head of a firm Is
trying to take it easy, there is usually
trouble somewhere.-Orison SWEET Mar.
den in Success Magazine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
The Seals Sense of Smell.

The sense of smell possessed by the
seals is very strong and will invariably
wake them out of sound sleep, even
if you come upon them ever so quietly
to the windward, and you will alarm
them in this way much more thorough
ly, though you be half mile distant,
than if you came up carelessly from
the leeward and even walked in among
them, they seeming to feel that you are
not different from one Of their own
species until they smell you. The chief
attraction in these animals is their
large, handsome eyes, which indicate
great intelligence. They are a deep
blush black, with soft, glistening ap-
pearance. and the pupil, like the cats,
is capable of great dilatiop and con-
traction,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16

The Romans had no flower shows.
There were dread and circuses," but
not bread and flowers. The luxurious
Roman used roses in enormous quaint
ties at bis banquets. 1t was a fine Joke
to have roses fall from above on guests
reclining at their tables and the flow
ers in such quantities as to smother
them. A writer recalls a picture of AL
ma-Tadema's 1.-THE Rose Feast OF
Elagabalus," which shows the super
abundance Of roses. To spend on a
banquet in roses 100000 sesterces.
equivalent to about $4,000, is record
ed by Suetonius, but possibly Suetonius
exaggerates.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
QUIT GRUMBLING.
lease Worrying Over the Inevitable
and Court Contentment.

lease Worrying Over the Inevitable
and Court Contentment.
How full the world is Of grumblers.
Many Of the same people who scold in
summer because it is warm scold the
next winter because it Is cold. There
ties that suits them. Whether the gray
clouds yield rain or snow makes no
matter Neither is wanted. If skies
are clear, somebody's cistern needs
rain. If the showers descend, some
body's feathers are ruined. 1t would
add much to our happiness and detract
much from the fatal tendency to grow
old If we would strive after content
ment and cease worrying over the in
evitabla The truly happy are the hap
py go lucky, who take everything as it
comes and make tb. best Of it.
If it rains, all that Is left to do is to
put up our umbrella, If we are SO fortu-
nate as to have ons, and trudge along.
Wet feet and bedraggled skirts won't
kill any one any mere than poverty and
drudgery will, if there is something
within us too sunshiny for poverty to
cloud and too noble for drudgery to de-
base. The person who spends his life
scolding because things don't go to suit
him is like the fly on the kings chariot
wheel. Things may not be planned ex-
actly for the comfort of the fly, but his
protest will never stop the procession.
The best tactics for flies and grumblers
to pursue is to take what comes along
and be glad it is no worse.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
Rebuked From the Pulpit.

Preaching in Westminster abbey Can
on Wherefore told good story Of
the celebrated Welsh preacher, Christ
mas Evans, who dared publicly to ex-
press his thankfulness for Jenny Lind's
beautiful singing. A member Of his
congregation, straitlaced Calvinist,
standing on the steps Of the pulpit,
asked the preacher whether man dy-
ing at one of Jenny Linds concerts
would go to heaven. "Sir," replied Mr.
Evans, "a Christian will go to heaven
wherever he dies, but fool remains a
fool even on the pulpit steps," Even
the sober abbey congregation could
hardly stife its enjoyment Of this
repartee,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
MOVED UPSTAIRS.
A Flat Dweller's Change That Was
Not Born of Economy.

a Flat DWeller'S Cn0nSe Iuat W ~
Not Born of Economy.
Within two days after the second
floor family moved to the fourth floor
their acquaintance were circulating
the report that the head of the family
had his salary reduced and had moved
up two flights to cut down expenses.
After that it didn't take long for the
mans wife to hear what other people
had heard. She Indignantly denied the
rumor
John Is all right" she said. ut isn't
his fault that we moved upstairs; it's
mine. My motive was not at all cred
liable. l hadn't intended to tell any
body about it, but since Johns reputa-
ton as business man is at stake see
I've got to own up. We moved to
get even with the family on the third
floor. During all those months that we
lived below them they tormented the
life out Of me and my girls by cleaning
house on my wash day. They took
particular pains with their rugs. The
appearance Of my newly washed
clothes on the line was the signal for
them to hang their rugs out Of their
own back windows and give them a
good beating. By the time those rugs
were renovated my clothes were ready
for the tubs again. Week after week
l protested. The janitor's sympathy
was finally enlisted in my behalf, but
not even he could change the pro-
gramme for heating those rugs. After
suffering at the hands Of my enemies
for a whole year determined upon re-
venge. The only way to get it was to
move upstairs. We moved, and now
have the satisfaction Of giving their
clothes a case of spotted measles by
shaking my rugs over them. New
York Press.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
CUTICURA- THESET, ST.
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; dry,
without hard rubbing, and apply
Cuticura Ointment freely, to allay
itching, irritation, and Inflammation,
and soothe and heal; and, lastly, take
Cuticura Resolvent Pills to cool and
cleanse the blood. A single set, costing
but one dollar, is often sufficient to
cure the most torturing, disfguring,
itching, burning, and scaly skin, scalp,
and blood humors, with loss of hair,
from infancy to age, when all else fails.
Cuticura Soap &c, Ointment 3d. Resovent SOC. lin
form of Chocolate Coated Pills. 5c per vial Of co., sold
throughout the world. Potter Drug and Chem. Corp,
Sole Props, Boston.
ns- Mailed Free, "How to Cure Torturing Disfguring
Humors Of Infancy and Age"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
DOCTOR CURED
Of ECZEMA
Maryland Physician Cures Himself Of
Eczema with Cuticura Remedies.
Prescribes Them and Has Cured
Many Gases Where Other Formulas
Have Failed DIR. Fisher Says:
CUTICURA REMEDIES
POSSESS TRUE MERIT

"My face was afflicted with eczema
in the year 1897. used the Cuticura
Remedies, and was entirely cured. l
am a 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 find remedies possessing true merit,
such as the Cuticura Remedies do, l am
broad-minded enough to proclaim their
virtues to the world. have been prac-
ticing medicine for sixteen years, and
must say l find your Remedies A No. l.
You are at liberty to publish this letter,
or any part of it. Iremain, very truly
yours, G. M. Fisher, NJ. D., Big Pool,
Md, May "a, 1905"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16

On July 3 every year all the officials
OF the Isle of Man, including the cler.
gy in their surplices, walk to the top
of Tynwald hill, and from the top of it
the laws made during the year are pro-
mulgated in ManX and English. This
PRONUNCIATION Of the laws on Tynwald
nil is as necessary as the royal assent
to the validity Of all laws passed by
the Manx legislature This is one Of
the many relics which the old Morse
men left behind, and it dates so far
back that its origin Is lost in the mists
OF antiQuity.-Liverpool Mercury.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
MAN ANNOUNCES
ANOTHER WONDERFUL REEVE.
LATION ABOUT A MINE
To Take Large Number of People on
Special Train to Place Re-
veaIed in Dream.

When specific instructions come to
w. H. Kruse of Minneapolis, he will
arrange for special train to carry 400
persons to the Kruse gold mine at Rog-
ers, Ark. This day will be before
March Is, and possibly some time dur
ing the holidays
from Mr.. Kruse, whose remarkable
story of Headings" by visions was told
in the newspapers He says today
that instructions came to him two
years ago about this train which is
to carry 400 persons to take part in
the grand opening Of the mine. The
specific date has not been communi-
Gated to MIN, but he believes that he is
now in Minneapolis to arrange for this
train and that he will soon know the
exact date.
Mr.. Kruse has been apprised in the
usual way Of the number to be taken
what road shall carry the excursion,
and the exact cost. So specific are the
Instructions that he knows exactly who
shall be taken There will be 200
from Minneapolis, 25 from Milwau-
kee, SO from Chicago 100 from ST.
Louis and the remainder from Spring
field and Monette, Mo. The cost will
be borne entirely from the proceeds
''of the markets" played according to
visions. The whole plan is "self-sup-
porting" meaning that the expense of
carrying out the promptings of the Wis
ions concerning the expense of the
community will be covered by money
received from Mr. Kruse's realizations
in the grain markets.
Asks Only Confidence.
While Mr.. Kruse is uncertain of the
exact time at which the train will
leave he is sure that it will be before
March Is. Although the name of the
road was written to him two years
ago, Mr.. Kruse will not divulge the Sc.
cret until ne has made arrangements
for the train. His sublime faith in the
promptings is evidenced by the state
ment he made today that he was made
aware of the special train before he
knew that mine was to be discovered
1t was admitted by Mr. Kruse today
that it might be very nard for his in
terviewer to understand why he
should spend $4,000 in taking a train
load of people to Rogers, when he has
nothing to sell them, asks no money
from them and expects only something
Of the confidence which he himself
feels in his revelations. He has been
and whom to include in his confidence,
and that is sufficient for him. so per-
feet is his own faith
According to Mr.. Kruses own story
no one is interested financially in this
mine except the immediate family.
His brotherin-law, J P. Huber, is at
the mine in Rogers, looking after the
local interests. The father, Henry w.
Kruse, also lives at Rogers. A
brother, Ed j. Kruse, is in st. Louis,
looking after the assay of a carload
of ore, which has been shipped to the
refining works, and another brother,
H G. Kruse, lives at Watseka, III.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
OLDEN TIME PENALTIES,
Charges of the Days When CRIMINAL
Were Boiled In Oil

Charges of the Days When Criminals
Were Boiled In Oil.
The subjoined record, extracted from
the archives Of old Paris, possesses sui.
fcient interest to warrant it's publica
ton. Our readers will see from it
what a terrible thing the capital pen
atty was in former days and at the
same time learn that the gentlemen
who acted as executioners, with their
assistants and torturers, did not la.
Dor for glory alone:
AN ExECUTIONERs PRICE LIST.
Livres.
TO boiling a malefactor in oil. As
TO quartering him while alive. sc
To affording a criminal passage from
life to death by the sword. ..........a
To breaking the body on the wheel ..... .1G
To fixing his head upon pole. &c
To cutting a man into four pieces....... sc
To hanging a culprit. ......................&
To enshrouding the corpse. :
To impaling a living man. .................2
To burning sorceress alive.
To f1aying a living man. ..................2
To drowning a child murderess in a
sack OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. "a
To burying a suicide at crossroads. %
To applying the torture. Observation-Disclosures. 4
To applying the thumbscrew. .............
To applying the buskins. Observation-Disclosures.
To administering the Gehenna torture. &c
To putting a person In the pillory. ....... /;
TO flogging NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 4
To branding with q hot iron. ........,....M
To cutting off the nose, the ears or the
London Lancet
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
The Liberty Boys.

The name Of Liberty Boys Is the name
by which the Sons OF Liberty Of the
American Revolution were Familiarity
known They were the men who fought
the first battles Of the colonists. who
opposed the stamp act and participated
in the Boston tea party. A flag hoisted
upon the Flagstaff that stood beside
Liberty tree, in Hanover square, Bos-
ton, was the signal at which they as
sembled.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
GOES TO WASHINGTON SEEKING
TO STRAIGHTEN OUT lRRI-
CATION TANGLE
Engineers Block Priest Rapids Project
Because of Attitude Of State Ad-
ministration.

John H. McGraw, former governor
of Washington and president Of the
Hanford Irrigation & Power company,
will be in Washington, D. c., early this
week to appear before the secretary of
the interior and the reclamation SER
vice officials for the purpose of Sc
curing a withdrawal Of government en-
gineers from the Priest Rapids country.
The Seattle Times says that the Han
ford company had completed surveys
and had plans of big irrigation works
at Priest Rapids on the Columbia
river The company has deal on for
the purchasing of $4,000 acres of the
Northern Pacific lands near the rapids
which are tied up in an agreement en-
tered into months ago between the
government and the company by which
the Northern Pacific bound itself not
to sell it's arid lands in any district
where the government contemplated
reclamation works.
State Blocks Work.
But for the action of Gov Mead and
Land Commissioner Ross in insisting
on the application for $4,000 acres of
land under the Carey act, in Yakima
and Benton counties, there would have
been no trouble between the Hanford
Irrigation & Power company and the
Northern Pacific. Once the Carey
land selection is eliminated from the
complications in the Yakima valley, the
government will proceed to the de-
velopment of the Yakima and Tieton
projects 1t will not move a wheel or
stir a shovelful of earth until the
state is out of the way. The secretary
of the interior has told the congress
sional delegation from this state that
the government is prepared to enter
other fields whenever it appears to be
impossible to proceed in the Yakima
valley.
The uncertainty caused by the tao
tics Of obstruction pursued by the
governor and the land commissioner
has forced the reclamation service into
the Priest Rapids country, thereby de-
laying the work of the Hanford COM
pany.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16

Consider what the hen does when
she is working, now that her strike
season is on and she clamors for ra-
about so cents and the value Of her
daiS produce 2 cents, or one twenty
fifth part Of her own worth. True, her
career is short. but long enough for her
to earn her value many times over,
and that cannot be said Of some In
this world who have great pretensions
to usefulness
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
Hereditary Names.

According to the invar1able custom of
the Duke of Richmond's family, it Is
prescribed that the eldest son and the
eldest son of the eldest son shall be
named after King Charles IL, to whom
they owe SO much. The same principle
is preserved in Lord Salisbury's family,
where the eldest Sous are named James,
after James l., who bestowed the earl
dom Of Salisbury and viscounty Of
Cranborne on the original founder Of
the house.-London Graphic.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
Getting 1t Right.

A schoolteacher instructing her classes
in grammar wrote this sentence on the
board for correction: THE horse and
the cow Is In the lot" No one seemed
to know what was wrong with it till at
last polite little boy raised his hand
What is it, Johnny" asked the teach
er. you should put the lady first"
corrected Johnny.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16

About the last relic OF the civil war
Is the SUIT which Virginia recently de-
cided to institute against her sister
sovereignty. West Virginia. to recover
a proportion Of the state debt when the
Old Dominion was cut in two by the
West Virginia has always been willing
to pay something. but the parent state
considers that something not enough.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
puIon,s ChimHanxee.

The English illustrated Magazine
says that Button had chimpanzee in
1740 which always walked upright. Of
fered people his arm. walked with them
BILE like a man, opened his napkin and
wiped his lips with it. made use of
spoon and fork. poured out vino and
clinked glasses"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16

Mark Twain Acknowledges on his
SEVENTEEN birthday that he has never
done q days work in his whole life
Marx always was Joker. and this
confession" may be only another in
stance OF his acting like sixty when
he's old enough to know better.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16

Mrs. Russell Sage says that hleness
among society women is the curse Of
this country. But idleness is the wrong
name In this instance. The evil comes
from being too busy in the wrong way.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
Submissive,

what would you do, Henry" asked
Mrs. Johnston, III burglars got into
the house?"
dor" replied her husband. 81 sup
pose l would just do what they told
me. I've never had my own way in
this house yet"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
Sizing Him I'm.

II believe l can truthfully say" re-
marked the self complacent man. that
l have only one fault, and that's a
small one"
"Yes." replied the candid man.
''That's just like the hole In a nickel.
It may be small hole, but it makes
the nickel no good."-Philadelphia
Press.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
knowledge That Cuts.

Miss Snobberly-I didn't know whetn-
er you knew that odious Miss Poorman.
Miss Kadley-Oh, yes, l know her
well enough not to know her when I
pass her ON the street.-Philadelp
Ledger
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16

It Is said that enough coal has been
found in our outlying possessions to
supply the wants of our army and navy
for hundreds Of years to come.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16

Lawyer-YOu must tell your lawyer
the whole truth.
Client-Yes, know. If there's any
thing else to tell, you'll attend to it.
New York Press.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
Surely Not.

Customer-Can't you wait upon me-?
I've been here for nearly an hour. Two
pounds Of liver, please. Butcher-Sor-
~, but there are three or four ahead
Of you. Surely you don't want your
liver out Of order?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
Logic,

Nov. then" Numbered the temper
ance orator, what causes most Of the
crime In this world? Drink! And
what causes drink?'
Thirst" cried voice in the rear OF
the halL-Philadelphia Press.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
The Simple Life.

ITO what extent do you believe In
the simple lifeT
by never irdulging in those things
that you do not care or."-Milwaukee
Sentinel.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16

1t is often easier to serve two mas
tiers than to master two servants
Philadelphia Record.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-16
Behind Steel Rimmed Care.

behlhu SteeA ItA""cu Sd8cs
Bookkeeper That teller is q slick
one. He says he knows how to make
q fortune.
Cashier-H'm! He must be fortune
teller.-Chicago News.