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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-29
State Of Ohio, City Of Toledo, Luca
County. SIS.

State Of Ohio, City Of Toledo, Luca
County SIS.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm Of F.
]. Cheney & Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo, county and state afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use of
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day of De-
cember, A. D. 1886.
(SEAL.) A. w. GLEASON
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucuous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
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THE CUBAN REVOLT.

How much annexation sentiment has
to do with the Cuban revolt it is diff
ficult to say. The instruction has
burst forth suddenly though it has
doubtless been incubating for some
time.
There has always been an annexa-
ton party in the island, composed of
rather be citizens of the country
which conquered Spain than to be
ruled by their former servants. The
people of the United States are, how
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-29
MOVING IN PORTUGAL.
It Takes About Fifteen Women and
Five Mcn For One Job.

1t Takes About Fifteen Women and
Five tIcn For One Job.
Moving day in Portugal is a greater
time of trouble than it Is even in this
country. A traveller tells about it
Evans are unknown, the only means OF
wheeled transport being rough carts
drawn by bullOcks, these in turn prov.
ing so ruinOuS to furniture that only
kitchen utensils, iron stoves, bedsteads
and other unspoilable articles are sent
by them. For the rest, the goods are
carried often for many miles by wo.
men, only the heaviest things being
taken by men, of whom four are en-
ployed to take pianos, wardrobes and
other heavy furniture. They carry
these on poles laid across their Shout
ders, to which they are tied by scarfs
passing under the opposite arm. All
lighter goods are taken by the women
on their heads. Six dining room chairs
form an ordinary load for one woman.
''She carries these by placing one on
her head, to which chair the remaining
five are tied, forming a sort Of cage
around her. Previous to starting the
woman gives herself a shake, the chairs
vibrate around her, and, with her hands
on her hips, she starts off at content.
ed jog trot, covering six miles perhaps
in an hour and a half and considering
herself fairly and sufficiently we'll paid
with IL cents or 16 cents for the return
journey there and back again for a
fresh load. For long distances only
two Journeys are made in the day.
THE women are nearly always bare
footed, except on the coolest days in
winter, when they may perhaps wear
sabots. but they often wear as many as
fourteen or fifteen much gathered petit
coats Of all colors and materials tied
with sash round the waist, the bunch
thus formed upon the hips making
rest for the hands. All the china and
glass are carried In big round baskets
on the head and very rarely support
ed by the hand. About fifteen or six
teen women are generally employed in
an ordinary move and four or five
n."-Chicago News.
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The Word "POlfcy."

That policy" which a man gets
from an insurance company is no rel
alive of that other word policy" which
the statesmen use. The latter Is
lineal descendant, along with "polity'
and police" of the Greek polls
city. But the former is the late Latin
'politicum," "poleticum" or 'poleat-
cum" register wherein dues were
enrolled. which is believed to be real
ly the Greek "polyptychum," docu-
ment folded into many leaves. II So
the development of the word may be
paralleled by that of diploma, the
parent of 'diplomatist." which meant
simply document folded double
Chicago News.
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HANNAH MORE.
The Unfortunate Love Story of . Fo-
nous English Writer.


nous English Writer.
Hannah More was born on Feb. 2,
1745, at Stapleton, In Worcestershire,
her father being the master Of q
school in the neighborhood. In 1857
her eldest sister, Mary, who was then
twenty-one, with her sisters Elizabeth
and Sarah, opened ladies' school in
Trinity street, Bristol, taking Hannah
and her younger sister, Patty, who
were then respectively twelve and ten
years of age, as pupils. The school
was great success, and Hannah be-
came highly cultivated girl. Some
where about the year 1867 she made
the acquaintance of a Mr.. Turner of
Belmont. He was wealthy bachelor,
considerably older than herself and the
owner of a fine estate near Flax BOur-
ton, in Somersetshire. She is describ-
ed as being at this time an exceedingly
pretty girl. with delicate features and
beautiful eyes. These characteristics
she retained to the end of her life, as
the portrait of her by Pickersgll in
y
shows. She became a constant visitor
at Belmont and in due course of time
received from Mr. Turner a proposal
of marriage, which she accepted. She
withdrew from her connection with the
school and made all Preparations for
her wedding.
This, however. never took place.
Three times was the day fixed and as
often for some unintelligible reason
postponed by Mr.. Turner. His affec-
ton for her seems to have been sin
cere, but he was a man Of a curious
and rather gloomy disposition, and his
strange conduct may possibly be refer
red to some mental perversity. At last
her friends interfered and insisted on
the engagement being broken off. Mr..
Turner was very anxious to make set
Element upon her, and, though for some
time she declined to entertain the pro-
pOsal, she was finally persuaded by
Sir James StOnehouse to accept an an
nuity Of 600 year. This unfortunate
affair did not interfere with the friend
ship and respect which Mr.. Turner
continued to feel for her, and at his
death he left her legacy Of $1,000.
But it probably left it's mark on her,
and, though she subsequently received
two offers of marriage, she declined
them both.-New York Tribune.
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A CHEMICAL TRICK.
Changing q White PastebOard Cat
Into q Striped Tiger.

Changing q White PastebOard Cat
Into q Striped Tiger.
When we happen to witness q
phenomenon which seems to violate
natural laws we are not likely to for
get its cause If it be explained to US
The following experiment, which de-
vised for my students, helped them to
understand as we'll as to remember
some chemical data:
A white cat, made of flexible paste
board and imprisoned in a glass jar,
IS shown to the audience. The lecturer
announces that without opening the
jar or even touching it he will cause
the cat to undergo geological as well
as chemical transformation. he
takes the support of the jar and pushes
it forward in full view of the students.
The change occurs almost instanta-
neOusly. The cat takes rich orange
color on which black transversal
stripes rapidly paint themselves. The
cat has become tiger.
The whole transformation is pro-
duced by emanations Of hydrogen sui
phide, which is generated in the jar
itself without any visible apparatus.
The cat has been previously coated
with a solution of chloride of antimOny
wherever the orange hue was to be
produced and with a solution Of basic
acetate of lead wherever the black
stripes were to appear. Both solutions
are colorless. After the coated cat
has been introduced in his glass cage
a small piece Of pasteboard is placed
under the wooden support SO as slight
~ to incine the jar forward. A few
decigrams Of prSyerized sulphide Of
iron folded in piece of blotting paper
are deposited behind the cat on the
elevated side of the bottom Of the jar
Two or three cubic centimeters Of d.
luted sulphuric acid are dropped with
a pipette on the opposite side. When
the performer wishes the transfOrma-
ton to take place he takes the wooden
support and pushes it forward as II he
wanted everybody to see better what
Is going to happen. By so doing he
suppresses the slight inclination which
kept the iron sulphide beyond the reach
Of the sulphuric acid. The gas Is
evolved, and the formation Of the
orange sulphide of anthony and black
sulphide Of lead takes place in few
seconds.-G. Michaud in Scientific
American.
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TONICS.
Two Edged Swords Capable Of Mis-
chief a. Well a. Benefit.

Two Edged Swords Capable of Mis-
chief as Well a. BENEFIT.
There is perhaps no class of remedial
agents more abused than tonics. The
abuse consists both In the excessive
use and the misapplication Of this class
Of agents, which within a restricted
field possess an indisputable and i'm
portant therapeutic value. The misuse
of tonics is doubtless the Outgrowth
Of misconception of the real nature Of
this class of remedial agents and its
limitations. Many physicians also seem
to lose sight of the fact that tones are,
as has been said Of drugs in general,
two edged swords which are as capable
of mischief as Of benefit. Indeed, when
the true nature Of tOnics-as Is true, in
fact, Of most medicinal agents-is thor
Oughly understood, it Is apparent that
even in cases in which they accomplish
the maximum of benefit there is also
q certain amount Of injury inflicted
upon the organism, so that the effect
obtained is really and simply the differ
ence between the mischief done and the
SOOd dtCOLupllS1lcu IL TIC OlnCiShNS
is on one side, the total result is benefit;
if on the other side, the result is harm.
This principle holds good with regard
to most remedies, whether the means
employed is drug or a nonmedicinal
agent.
The popular idea of tonic is well
expressed In the following definition,
which we find in the National Medical
Dictionary: IAN agent which augments
gradually and permanently the strength
and vital activity Of the body or ITS
parts" A stimulant is defined by the
same authority as being IAN agent
which increases the functional activity
Of any organ or series Of organs" The
distinction made seems to be that
stimulant produces temporary excite
ment, whereas tonic produces per-
manent increase Of strength and vital
activity.-Good Health.
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A NOBLE STOCK.


| Pride, Dignity and Beauty Of the
Modern spaniards.
You may see today in any church
portal in Spain the somber dignity of
expression immortalized in the DOR
traits Of Velasquez, the sinister cast Of
countenance Of Philip H., the nose and
proud bearing Of Roman centurion.
In the Basque provinces the dignity
and pride Of the peasantry are reflect
ed In the graceful carriage and SYM
| metry Of movement for which the men
| of that coast and the girls carrying
| pitchers on their heads are justly cele-
| brated. There is no trace of awkward
ness in Spanish peasant, on whose
features is stamped the pride of Rome.
who will talk to you with the ease and
vOlubility Of Spanish courtier 1t is
| q noble stock.
Though today the glory of Spain has
departed and the modern Spaniard ia
vOrs a western bowler and the wom-
en- wear Partisan hats, the national
type of Spain persists with all its dig
nifty and characteristics. Living types
VI W III lilO SliCCl VI SIliuS uldy ne seen
in any Spanish village-a group hud-
died together in some shady retreat.
brown, chubby, curly headed, merry
little rascals, lunching off a water
melon picked up in the market, happy
as princes in their hempen rags and
with their meager morsel, or you
may see the sunny side of Spain as
Goya painted tia dance In the open
square, a bridal feast, a bullfghters'
carousal, brawl, an elopement The
apparel Is less gaudy today, but the
sun and the types and the spirit are
the same.
That brawny picador with his wide
brimmed sombrerO, his swarthy coun-
tenance, aQuiline nose and raven locks
looks for all the world like Roman
gladiator. The lad at his side, with
his finely chiseled features, might have
waited on Poppaea. And that young
girl in her white lace mantilla and the
red roses in her warm black hair-such
a one Goya would have delighted to
portray as she stands there with her
delicate head defiantly thrown back,
her lustrous eyes aglOw with mischief,
the graceful line Of figure and those
pursed and pouting lips.-Nineteenth
Century.
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CAN 1T BE PERMANENT

Mr.. Hearst's plea for the independ-
ent voter in his Illinois speech will
strike most people as having a value
which is not illustrated by Mr.
Hearst's Independence league as a per-
manent organization. independence is
sentiment, not a machine. It's mo-
tive is not to create a new party from
which it's members will in time be
compelled to secede in order to vindi-
cate their independence, but in the
acceptance by the independent voter
of service in one or the other of the
established parties, with the reserva-
ton that he will follow, expound it's
platforms and support its candidates
only so far as they appeal to his
conscience.
1t is the fact that the identity of
the Independent voter is unknown and
his numbers uncomputed which makes
him formidable. The moment these
two facts about him are ascertained, a
large part of his power is gone. The
machine on each side begins to reduce
him to matter of figures at the cleo
ton, and to neglect him at the con-
vention. If he puts up his own ticket
and assemblies himself together to be
counted, the regulars know how to
deal with him. They simply figure
him out of the problem and begin to
calculate whether they have a plural
ity of the. vote for the regular ticket.
1t is inevitable that Independent
voters shall at times be compelled to
the regulars. But that they shall form
a permanent organization for that pur-
pose means merely to subtract from
both of the old parties their best ele-
ments and leave the machinery in the
hands of the lowest kind of politicians.
AS a rule, the best results have been
obtained from the moral influence Of
the knowledge that there is within
each party number of men who will
always put country above party.
Their presence in each party puts the
party managers on their best be-
haViOr
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-29
A Royal Romance.

Most of us marry because it's con-
ing because it's announcement" was the
epigram which Princess Victoria made
wedding. 1t was this Inconvenience
which gave the affair half it's piquancy
and charm. Mr.. and Mrs. Williamson
have written a unique account of the
Royal Romance" for the September
number of McClure's, describing TIE
first meeting between the young king
and the ingenious English girl, the OBJ
stacles which he surmounted by sheer
force of WILL and the impetuous court
ship in which he pursued his be-
trothed in an automobile, pulled down
and built over a castle in which she
might spend her honeymoon, and made
her gifts of everything from original
verses to an orange tree in full bloom.
One of the striking incidents of the
account is personal interview be-
tween the Princess Ena and the Will
liamsons, and her naive discussion OF
her approaching marriage. The article
is illustrated with some remarkable
photographs of the bomb catastrophe
which occurred on the day of the we'd
ding.
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Mostly Martyrs.
st. HelenS Mist.

The publishers of country newspa-
pers seldom receive the recognition
which they deserve from the commu-
They are expected to do everything
in their power to build up the commu-
nifty in which they reside, but those
who benefit by their work are unwill-
ing to give their hearty support to the
paper.
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The sad spectacle of Thomas Law
sons lonely, passionate vigil at the
bier of his dead wife displays another
side to the character of a most re-
markable man. Strong before the world,
self-willed to the point of disastrous
obstinacy, this giant of the financial
battlefield goes down like a shivering
child before the great sorrow of his
life. The crumbling of such mighty
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-29

ever, in honor bound not to permit a
feeling that We want to annex Cuba
to sway the people from their loyalty
to the new republic.
Republican institutions are on trial
in Cuba. The new government started
iff with fair promise. 1t set up a good
constitution, mostly manufactured in
this country. It's finances were in
fair shape and it obtained, though
somewhat grudgingly, treaty with
this country, which would enable it's
principle industry to live.
Nobody in this country outside of
some interested spectators wants the
Cuban government disrupted. Annex
alton could scarcely be brought about
without the use of arms and it would
be miserable spectacle, that of Amer
lean troops overturning republic
which their valor established 1t would
be a more grateful task to the SOL
diers of this country, if they had to
take a hand, to act in behalf of the
republic of Cuba. But America wants,
if possible, to keep out of the struggle.
The government of Palma ought to be
able to quell the revolt unless the
people are against his rule If they
are 1t would be as we'll for him to get
out and make way for president who
has the confidence of the country.
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The Whales Mouth.

The whales mouth is the largest
institution Of the kind in the animal
kingdom, being capable of containing
over two hOgsheads of water. The
whales throat, however, is so small
that an orange would scarcely pass
through 1t, and he lives on the minute
sea animals contained in the water.
Drawing in large quantity. he strains
it through his whalebone sieve, retain
ing the animal organisms it contains
and throwing out the water through
circular holes in his head. Whales en-
gagged in feeding are said by whalers
to be "spouting."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-29
A Popular Welsh Drink.

All the Welsh counties swear Dy
drink called sowbeer. 1t is made from
fourteen different field herbs, Is harm
less, except for its sleepy effects, anu
resembles treacle more than anything.
The Welsh villagers always smoke d
thin cigarette Of dried sage when they
drink sowbeer. The stuff Is too COLI
plicated a mixture for the villagers u
brew, but in all the larger towns there
are dealers who make it--London Ieie-
graph.
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Watch the Widowers.
Aurora BOrealiS.

Our experience as a reporter has
been that people are never more inter-
ested than when an old widOwer be-
gins looking for another wife. A
widow never attracts more attention
when she falls in love again, but a
widower always attracts a lot of talk
when he begins taking notice the sec
Ond time
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-29
ARE THEY THE MASTERS?

The open Indifference of some of the
members of the city council to the
wishes of the taxpayers, or the criti-
cism of the public found no greater
exemplification than in the council meet
ing last night With nerve grown
from past UNPUBLISHED disregard of
public notice, some members coolly and
impudently turned down delegations
| of property owners in some instances
and in others said, in substance, that
the taxpayers would be permitted to
learn some things whenever the MEM
bers of the committees "got good and
ready"
1t is apparent that certain council
men do not consider themselves the
servants of the people. On the con-
trary they pursue their ways impervi-
Gus to the speech of the community
and regardless of business rules, or
municipal laws.
In the contract awarded by the city
for the construction of the pipe line
it was specifically provided that a true
and correct account of all labor en-
ployed and all money expended must
be kept and such account should be
rendered each month, together with
proper vouchers. This has not been
done.
Instead, only so much of an account
as would bring forth the money de-
sired was given-in opposite form to
what was specifed-and the other
members of the city council foolishly
permitted the water committee to have
its own way.
When request is made for the
rendering of those accounts as spe-
Gifted, the city council is impudently
informed by the chairman of the water
committee that they will be forth
coming at the proper time
When is the proper time? Is it
not on the first of every month as
specified in the rules laid down by the
council? Is "Bill' Kirkman so much
bigger than the city council that he
can make or unmake laws and rules
for the conduct of the city's finances?
1t would seem so from the position
taken.
No other inference can be drawn
from the saucy answer of the chair
man of the water committee than that
there are secret reasons why such a
report is not ready. Whether there ex-
or whether the chairman must have
time to fix up the rolls, are matters
guess at.
The same impudent defiance of the
wishes Of the taxpayers and property
owners is found in the stand taken by
Chairman Glasford of the street COM
mittee. Disregarding the inconvenience
of the residents across the creek he
rushes through another extension of
time for completing the Clinton street
bridge.
Also. in the face of almost direct
charges of crookedness in the paving
awards, the street chairman last night
ignored the presence of delegations of
property owners interested in the paw
ing of Rose street and not only de-
manded more time for the committee,
but used his prerogative as a council
man to shut off further debate and
avoid any expression of the views of
the citizens there to try to defend
their rights.
Petty politics, cunningly played,
saved two or three exposures in the
council meeting last night
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Minister-I'm sorry to find you Cold
ing out of a public house again, HAM
ish, after all you promised me. HAM
ish-Aye, sir, rs wonnerful what an
awful deceivin' thing this mist Is
Dye ken, 1 went in there the noo
thinkin' twas the butchers shop.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
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Just knocx:nq.

OF course Mr.. Wilson has not quit
ton. He's just quit running for office
He expects to persuade other ambi-
tious gentlemen into the same frame
of mind before he gets through.
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RuSfU0aa.

Business is not only great civilizer
Of nations and Of peoples, but also the
greatest educator and developer of
character in the world, for it is a per.
petual school. great life university
where we do not go to recite and heat
lectures for three or four hours a day
for a few years, but where we are
constantly studying and practicing al.
most from the cradle to the grave
Success
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-29
A Strike.

Mrs. Nulywed-You don't love me
any more: know you don't! Nulywed
But. my dear. you're mistaken.
adore you. Mrs. Nulywed - No; you
don't. No man could love a woman SC
badly dressed as l am!-Paris Rire.
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That dear, cute little bill" Kirk
man. Isn't he a peach? Bill" beat
'em all to it when he moved that a list
of all city employees. including laborers
on the pipe line, be submitted to the
council. Bill" was a real genius last
night when he got off the defensive
seat to which Glasford was tackled.
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A serious mistake has been made in
the battle of the boiling editorialists.
1t is sOlemnly declared there's another
''pen ring" coming unto us. That's all
bosh. It's just the Evening Bunc's"
little gang of political traitors mis-
taken for the real thing.