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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-07
BEGGARS IN ITALY.
Their Game Seems to BE q Pretty
Hard One to Beat.

Their Game Seems to BE q Pretty
Hard One to Beat.
1t is hard to beat the beggar game IN
Italy. A feet footed urchin and bis
maiden fell into a fox trot by the side
Of the carriage.
"Look, noble gentleman" he began
'look, beautiful lady! See the little ra
gazza-the poor girl-have pity on herl
Seq, noble signor-yOu cannot refuse
to give her something-your heart Is
too good-you are too generous, too no
BILE, too handsome, to refuse. Have pity
on her dreadful state, for iook-she has
one gray eye and one black One.'
we stopped the carriage. 1t was true.
The maiden had indeed particolored
eyes, in addition to which she rejoiced
in II most appalling squint. l gave her
one copper. Hereupon her escort set
I'D howl at being ignored.
"But why should you have anythinS?'
1 asked.
".YOu ought to give me two coppers, ="
he replied, with twinkle, for l have
two blacks eyes, and she has only one"
! was vanquished. l gave him his
two coppers. l don't believe in beg
CARS, bu / think he earned them.-"A
LevaDtine Log Book" by Jerome Hart.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-07
OLD ROMAN WAYS.
Beauty Baths, Perfumes, Toilets and
Cruelty of the Women.

Beauty Baths, Perfumes, Toilets and
Cruelty of the Women.
Women of ancient, luxurious Rome
used to eat parsley as II mouth cleanser.
Honey boiled in wine and aniseed was
also a sweetener of the breath, and
pastils of myrtle were employed for the
same purpose. Silver tOngs and knives
were employed in caring for the nails.
No woman of social eminence cut her
own finger nails. Those who had not
skilled slaves employed BARRIERS. Per
lection in these respects was one of the
thirty beauties attributed to Helen OF
Troy. Great pains were bestowed on
the feet, for it was considered that the
breeding was betrayed by them as cas-
lily as by the hands. They were always
much in evidence, the sandals worn not
hiding them. Long, tapering fingers
were highly priced. Various kinds OF
herb decoctions were employed to beau
tify the fingers. Pliny gives recipes for
removing any undesired substances
from the pals.
Asses milk contributed to the white
ness of the women's skin. 1t was some
times poured into the bath and the
whole body laved in it, and sometimes
the hands and face were sponged with
it from a silver basin, the soft linen
towel completing the process. The hair
was delicately scented, and all kinds of
washes and burnishers We're applied to
it. 1t took many slaves to bring the
tresses into the classic bands or high
pyramids which were the fashion at
various times. Perfumes were not only
applied to hair. hands, clothes and the
person generally. but pervaded the
rooms. which were hung with garlands
and decorated with blooms Of many
kinds The dresses Of Roman matrons
were made brilliant with various proc
esses of pressing and smoothing. ma
chimes being employed for the purpose.
Though most refined in the duties of
the toilet. the women Of that day were
barbaric in their cruelty Woe be to the
poor slave who failed to follow her mis-.
tress' command She was whipped by
the public f1agellator if she did not fall
a prey to the personal fury Of her mis-
tress who would hurl at her victim the
mirror or anything else at hand and
would not disdain to pierce her tender
flesh with the long ever ready hairpin
cient.-Chicago News.
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VICTORY FROM DEFEAT.
fvvO Notable Instances In the War
Record of Great Britain.

Two Notable Instances In the War
Record of Great Britain.
Only ON one occasion has a British
aOrce offered terms amounting to sur
render before the commencement Of an
action, but this is what the Black
Prince felt himself obliged to do by the
overwhelming forces Of the French be-
fore the battle Of Poitiers. So certain
did he consider defeat to be that he
actually offered to give up all the plum
der he had taken, disband the greater
part of his force and give an under
taking not to fight against the French
for seven years, and so confident Were
the French that they refused these
terms. The result was one of the most
brilliant victories that adOrn the Brit
ish, arms.
In modern times the victory of An
buera, in the peninsular war, is another
instance of apparent defeat being turn
ed into victory After the charge of the
French hussars and Polish lancers al
seemed lost. Ammunition was failing
a deep gully prevented the use of the
bayonet, and Beresford was preparing
for retreat when the valor of Colone
Hardinge saved the day. The battle
which lasted only four hours. was the
scene. of terrible carnage. and when II
was over the so far victorious French
were driven headlOng down the hill, on
the summit Of which 1,500 unwOunded
men. the remnant Of 1900 unconquer
able British soldiers, stood triumphant
London Spectator
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A Scotsman went to an English Face
meeting and boldly Staked sovereign.
Strangely enough, the horse he backed
proved q winner, and he went to the
'bookie" to claim his winnings. The
sporting man begrudgingly handed him
5 sovereigns He looked at each one
very carefully before placing it in his
pocketbook. We'll" ASd the 'bookie,'
with a snarl, "are you afraid they're
bad"
"Oh. no." said the Scotsman, "but l
was just lookin' to max sure the bad
vim I gie'd We wisna among them!
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Hired MOurners.

ut pays to be mourner liz ST Pc
tersburg, and there are agencies which
employ great numbers Of Migrants and
tramps for the purpose" says a writer.
"These agencies supply suitable cloth
ing and pocket handkerchiefs-e
thing, in fact, except boots, which the
tramp must show on his feet, or he
will not be hired. When there Is
more or less important funeral the
tramps gather at the NikolsH market
and are selected by an employee Of the
agency. The wage for the occasion,
with tips, generally equals about 8
shillings."- Mail.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-07

CHICAGO WHOLE
sale and mail order house, assistant
county and adjoining territory. Sal
airy $40 and expenses, paid weekly;
expense money advanced. Work
pleasant; position permanent. No in
VeStment or experience required
Write at once for full particulars
and enclose self-addressed envelope
Cooper & Co., 1872 Lake Street, Chi
cago, Ill.
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Residence, Main SIS.
FOURTH FLOOR,

WEATHER BUREAU, ROOM 412-41s.
F. Newman, observer. Telephone
Main 514
The Viavi system of treatment
cures in natures own way Will sure
ly save you from the knife.
Parlors 21s-17 Ransome Building.
Tel. 6O6.
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MALE HELP WANTED,

ED-MANAGER FOR BRANCH
office We wish to locate here in Wal
la Walla. Address, with references
The Morris Wholesale House, Gin
cinnati, Ohio.
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FOR RENT.

ROOMS TO RENT-TWO PLEASANT
front rooms; unfurnished; first floor
modern house; close in, four blocks
south Main ST. Phone 1883
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81 don't see how could possibly be
any worse off than l am. SIT.
sThen cheer up. You've got nothing
fu-t vDrry about" = Pittsbure
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Their QuaPFels.

Mrs.. Edgerton Blunt-But why did
you leave your last place? Applicant
l couldn't stand the way the mistress
and master used to quarrel. mum.
Mrs Edgerton Blunt (shocked)-Dear
me! Did they quarrel much. then? Ap-
plicant-Yes, mum; when 1t wasn't
me an i'm it was me an 'er.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-07
No. 43 Leaves for Port
and Spokane via Wal

NO. 40 Leaves IOr POrt-
and Spokane via Wal
lula .......... ..... 1000 p. m
No. AZ Arrives from Pendle-
ton, except Sunday :. 9:10 p. m
No. 81 Arrives from Dayton and
way points ........ ..... $3.50 D. m
No. So Leaves for Dayton g a. m.
Pullman Standard and Tourist
Sleeping cars daily to Omaha, Chica-
go; Tourist Sleeping cars daily to
Kansas City; Pullman tourist sleeping
cars personally conducted) weekly to
Chicago; reclining chair cars (seats
free) to the East daily
Steamer Lines.
San Francsco-PortIand Route
Steamer sails from Portland s .. m.
every five days.
Daily Boat Service between Portland
and Astoria except Sunday, at s p. m.
Saturdays at 10 p. m.
Snake River Route.
Leave Riparia daily except Satur-
day. $40 a. m.
Leave Lewiston daily, except Fri
day, 700 a. m.
R. BURNS, Gen. Agent.
Walla Walla, Wash.
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Incongistent.

"Who are your best patients, doc
tori was asked.
'The people who are always con-
tending that life isn't worth living" re-
plied the doctor without the slightest
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-04
Low RATES.

NJ. & st. L. Special Excursions.
To Portland, Ore, Tacoma, Seattle
and Puget Sound points account meet
ing Hotel Men association, June 25-
29), one fare for the round trip via
variable routes. Tickets on sale June
1922, limited to sixty days. With paw
ment of slight additional charge tickets
will be routed one way through Cali
fornia.
To Boston, Mass, one fare plus $l.0O
for meeting American Medical asso-
citation, June SO. Liberal limits. Tick
cts on sale June 2-5.
To Des Moines, Iowa, one fare. plus
$500 unless fare and one-third makes
less, for General ? Assembly, Presby-
terrain church, May 1925. Tickets Oh
sale May l4-17 and 21-23, limited to
May 81.
To Springfield, ILL.,, one fare plus
$1.O0 for the round trip, account An
nual Meeting, German Baptist Breth-
rem. May 31-June 5. Dates of sale June
j, 2, 3 and also ON Nav 80 and 80 to
advance delegates. Liberal limits Of
fered.
To Louisville, KY, one fare plus %
coming Week for Kentuckians. June
1917. Dates of sale June 11-13. Tickets
limited to June %. except extension to
thirty days from date of sale may be
obtained on payment of 80 cents.
For full particulars in regard to
rates, train service, ETC., call on agents
or address A. B. Quits, G. p. s. T. A.,
Minneapolis, MINI.
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product turnout Of Indianans, either
those who are native to the state or who
adopted it SO early as to deserve to
be classed as those to the manner born
1t opens with National Integrity, by
Senator Albert j. Beveridge. Among
the other things (the list is too long to
give in full are: Rabbit by James
Whitcomb Riley; "Hon. Ransom Peabody
"a Fable by George AIDE; why Send
for the Doctor?" by Meredith Nicholson;
THE Little Old School, memories in
black and white, by John 7. McCutch-
con; 1.-THE Green Ruby" by George Barr
McCutcheon. Four hoosier artists are
represented each by full color repro
duction Of typical work.
The May Number Of the Atlantic opens
with leading article Man and the
Actor by Richard Mansfield, in which
the foremost American actor writes with
sincerity and eloquence on the meaning
of an actors life and Of the present con-
ditions upon the American stage. 1t is
followed by a remarkable paper by John
Burroughs in his best vein, entitled
Camping with President Roosevelt"
containing full and breezy account of
President Roosevelt's camping trip in the
Yellowstone country two years ago, and
incidentally presenting one of the most
intimate pen portraits of the president
that has ever been written. Charles J.
Bullocks paper on Life Insurance and
Speculation Is a comprehensive presen-
tation of the whole subject. There is
much else, Also Of high interest for the
reader. which there is not room to men
ton in detail here. ..,....
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WILL FIGHT FOR CLAIMS
ST. LOUIS COUNTY SETTLERS ARE
ENCOURAGED BY OUTCOME OF
SENATOR CLARK CASE.

Duluth, Mimi, Nav 4.-Encouraged
by the decisions favoring the entrymen
recently handed down by the United
states supreme court in the case of
Senator Clark Of Montana, twenty-four
settlers in the country north of Win
ton. this county, have pitted them
selves against the government in a
fight for the possession of twenty-four
claims on which they filed under the
timber and stone act.
These entries were some time ago
held for cancellation bv the United
States land office, the allegation being
made that the settlers had conspired to
defraud the government. The sale of
timber on the lands before patents
were issued formed the basis of the
government contention that a con-
splracy existed and that the entries
were not bona fde.
The present action is but another
feature of the Swallow & Hopkins case.
In the January term of the United
States court Hopkins was acquitted of
charge of attempting conspiracy to
defraud the government. Following the
a long legal battle. an Indictment
against Swallow was dismissed.
The land involved in the fight of the
settlers is the same in controversy as
in the Swallow & Hopkins action.
ABOUT three years ago the firm of
Swallow & Hopkins purchased the
standing pine and other timber on the
twenty=four claims. intending to mill it.
The settlers at the time had not re-
ceived their patents for the land. After
the conveyance was made the govern
ment thought it scented a conspiracy
and the two indictments and the ac-
tion for cancellation followed. The
case was: to have been heard this week.
but. has been postponed until June 4.
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Free Garden Seed-Victory!

After a furious forensic battle in the
house the free seed paragraph was re-
inserted in the agricultural bill and
the country is saved. We do not now
how many men contributed by their
bravery to this grand result, but we
are satisfied that the largest portion Of
the credit is due to the Hon. John
Wesley Gaines Of Tennessee, who like
another Arnold Winkelreid barred his
breast to the spears. of the trusts and
by gathering enough of them to his
attenuated bosom made hole thru
which the forces Of reform rushed in
bowling triumph. @ -
After telling the house some of his
personal experiences in distributing
seeds, he said: H.. Il.
You see, gentlemen, when you get
down to the gro6nd floor this money
does the poor man, whether black or
white, a good deal of good. It enables
him to have his little onion patch, his
lettuce patch and a pea. patch. and
thus we aid many a poor man to raise
vegetables which help MIN to round
out his fat stomach. -
Anyone with an ounce Of brains will
agree that the Hon. John Wesley had
the right of it. Why should not the
government use this money when it
does so much goods The only question
that can arise is why the government
should confne itself to the distribution
Of seeds.
Consider for a moment the good that
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: A YOUTH of socialistic turn Of mind.
discouraged with the outlook in the
United States,>~ throws himself into the
waters of New York bay Instead of be-
ing drowned, he sinks to the shores of
lost. Atlantis, where he y is; rescued and
made a citizen. Atlantis at the time has
come to be a social democracy Social
ism there has been pushed to it's utmost
limit Laws have been made to regula te
almost everything, and the parliament
has nothing left to do but pass laws to
control such trivial matters as the man
ner In which citizens shall trim their
hngernalls. Men have come to loathe the
life, and suicides from pure ennui are
frequent. The newcomer, instead of be-
ing charmed with the prospect of life
there. as was the hero of Looking Back
ward. with the life he saw before him,
begins almost Immediately to plot an es-
cape and the rescue of a beautiful girl
an atavar:-~ in other words, a traitor to
the principles of socialism. The outcome
is dramatic in the extreme.
That is the story. Socialists will say
lit Is travesty, and that instead of show
ing socialism pushed to logical conclu-
sfons 1t shows socialism pushed to illog-
ical' conclusions and grossly distorted
That is a matter they may be left to
wrestle with. AS a piece Of writing the
story. Jacks much The author himself
admits its crudities. Nevertheless it has
force, movement and lima gination, and it
is worked out with skill thru many COM
plications to an exciting conclusion.
The BobhsAIerriH .edmpany indianapolis.
- &c SISbO.
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might be accomplished by the distri

might be accomplished by the distri-
button of sewing machines. Think of
the tired women who in this great land
are bending over seams to the detri-
ment of their health and picture to
yourself those same women gaily
treading a frst-class sewing machine.
the gift of the nation. which enables
them: to accomplish without effort i'll a
few minutes what formerly involved
hours of painful labor Or think of
the clerks in Stores who are every day
wasting their vitality in adding col
umns of figures when the government
by sending each, with it's compliments,
an adding machine. could enable them
to have leisure for a golf club for
which the government would, of course,
furnish the balls and t'mashies.' Or
consider for a moment the poor men
who are not employed, who have NO
land to cultivate and no regular Jobs
What gladness could the government
bring to them by the gift Of seeds?
None. What would present Of adding
machines or golf balls be to them
Nothing at all. But there is a com
modify which all men can use and
which the government appears to bt
loaded with-money. All men can use
that. Why should not the government
make semi-annual distributions of cash
We feel sure that there is only one
reason why 1t has not been done. The
Hon. John Wesley Gaines has not sug
gested it. But this neglect cannot con
tinue. The genius which has rescued
the farmer from the grip of the seed
trust will not pause until it has re-
deemed the common man from the
clutch Of the money trust. =
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Both Are Frauds. !.

! While Voliva and Dowie curse one
another, above the screams Of the en-
ragged combatants arise, the groans Of
starving people. Zion is full Of wom-
en- and children. who cannot get bread
because Of the I'M Christian and, unman-.
ly conduct of nowie and his followers,
and the equally unseemlys greed of
Voliva and his lieutenants Ii these
men separated themselves from the rest
Of the world to give it AN instance Of
social peace and earthly contentment,
they have failed miserably in their
work. They have failed apparently
not because values have failed to be
created, for Dowie agrees. with Voliva
that Zion is worth $20,O0O,OOO above
its liabilities. They have failed be-
cause they are ignorant, bumptious,
greedy and uncivilized. A .Dowie is, a
wizard Of fraud. Voliva is not wiz
ard at all. but cool calculating SNUG
American, who knows when to seize an
opportunity. He grasped the chance to
succeed Dowie when the latter was alb
sent from the country. He made a
WV oiuli anu DOW1e, instead OF submit
tlng' has reappeared upon the stage of
actlon voc1ferating his intention to get
pack his position There is the whole
nght between Dowie and Voliva-which
one shall handle the spoil. Neither has
any consideration for the people who
nave been duped into placing their
whole future in. the hands of this pre-
tclous aggregation Of. spurious prophets
a ano mad egolsts. Men who claim to
De able to mould the divine mind to
t W. purposes, and who cannot keep
their tempers nor act Justly toward
one another, are scarcely an edifv;no
spectacle. 49,. @.6sEs ~, :
@Ihere ought to be somewhere in the
courts power to GUST both Of these trn.
culent humbugs and save to their vic.
Tins the values which their labor has
created.
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PAINTERS NEAR A STRIKE
MEN AT WINNIPEG LIKELY TO
QUIT SATURDAY NIGHT IF De-
MANDS ARE NOT MET.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Winnipeg, Man, May A painters
strike is threatened in Winnipeg. If by
Saturday night the master painters
have not agreed to the demands made
by their employees it is probable that
the painters of the city will walk out.
The mems principal demands are for
an e1ght-hour day in the winter and a
nine hour day in the summer and the
raising Of wages to minimum of 33 1-3
cents an hour and maximum of 40
cents.
The painters have already held two
conferences with master painters. The
employers made proposition that for
five months each year beginning May l,
the painters should work a hour
day with half holiday On Saturday, and
in the other months of the year they
should have an eight-hour day. The
wages suggested ranged from 80 to 80
cents an hour.
The master painters refused to grant
the men s demands, as they were pre-
sented, and mass meeting of painters
was held last night and it was decided
to strike if the masters do not yield.
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Voting on the Hepburn Bill.

Today the senate takes up the Hep
burn bill under the fifteen minute rule
for the consideration and voting upon
amendments. This is the beginning Of
the end of debate which promised to
be intefminable and which has long
since ceased to have any interest for
the country Its conclusion will be
welcomed.
The discussion of the bill in the SEN
ate has not revealed the fate Of the
bill, because it happens that there has
been no discussion of it's availability
as a piece of remedial legislation. Only
one man has spoken out frankly
against the principle Of the bill, while
dozens have split hairs over the ques-
ton of court review. It is obvious
that the country could not tell whether
the senate as whole was in favor OF
the principle of the bill or against it.
It has inferred, however, that the
broad review men were for the bill
and the narrow review senators
were really against the bill and took
that method of rendering it innocuous,
mot being of sufficient stamina to de-
clare themselves opposed to the legisla-
ton as a whole. -
= The president, who proposed this law
and who more than any other man is
responsible for the fact that it has
any standing in congress at all, has
been bombarded with attempts to COM
NIT him to this or that hair-splitting
amendment which would throw upon
him the burden of responsibility for its
final forms The president has properly
resisted these opportunities on the
sound maxim that it is not the execu-
tive's business to legislate. That is
the business of congress. The presi-
dents constitutional duty is from time
: to time to give congress advice. The
president did advise congress that a
law was, needed which would give the
Interstate commerce commission the
power to fix, in certain cases, a maxi
mum rate which should, within rea-
sonable time, 60 into effect and stay in
effect until and unless overthrown by
a court. The railroads were agreeable
to bill which should give, the power
to make rates, provided those rates took
no effect until after they had been
dragged thru Bill the available courts.
This process Of locking the door after
the horse is gone did not commend it.
self to the house, but the senate has
gotten itself into a terrible perspira-
tion striving to arrive at a.court review
which would compromise these two an
tagonistic views This appears to be
all there has been Of the mueh.heralded
senate debate. \ -.