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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16
WAYS of Scotch Justice.

One often hears comments passed up
on the administration of the law by
local magistrates, but while it may
sometimes leave little to be desired
it is not so glaringly crude as it often
was in earlier times.
1t is on record that the Montrose
bailie, after hearing the evidence In
a breach of the peace case, fined both
the accused and all the witnesses ''half
q Groom"
The witnesses naturally resented this
decision, but the bailie, with his mind
made up, refused to bulge from the pc.
sition he had taken up and defended II
with the remark:
ut disna matter; he had nae business
there. Half Groom apaice."
The same bailie was trying another
case iis which a difficulty arose regard.
ing the nonappearance Of witness.
The court was Informed that the wit.
ness was. defunct The magistrate,
who was a self made and highly sue.
cessful business man and who had
gained elevation to the bench solely on
account of his command of "siller,"
had never heard that particular form
applied to death and, thinking it was a
legal phrase, called out in command.
ing tones. Bring forward the de-
funct!' which brought down the house,
Dundee Advertiser.
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Vamp Horns.

"This is a vamp horn," said the an.
tiquary. 1.-THE price is $40"
The horn, very old and weather beat.
en-, was over six feet long-long and
straight, like a coaching horn.
What was it used for?' the reporter
asked
1T was used to call the people to
church on Sunday mornings" said the
antiQuary. "In the olden times church
bells weren't as common as they are to.
day. They were SO expensive that only
the richest churches could afford them.
The poorer churches used vamp horns
instead.
Every Sunday morning the sexton
Of the average poor church 200 years
ago stood on the church porch with q
six foot vamp horn at his lips summon.
ing the people to worship with hoarse
blareS.
'There are about two dozen vamp
horns floating about the country. Their
ecclesiastical connection makes them
valuable to antiQuaries.'
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16
THE CIRCUS.
II In the Father of Contemporary
American Drama.

Il In the F'Ntner Oh contemporary
American Drama.
No problem is more fascinating to
the student Of EliZabethan drama than
the attempt to trace its splendld
achievement to its earliest sources.
The quest leads one back to primitive
folk plays, to secular improvisations
and medieval renderings Of sacred
story. and all study of perfected types
shows clearly here and there the de-
terminate influence of these first at.
tempts.
1t is odd that no one has undertaken
a similar investigation Of our Ameri-
can drama, a species Of art so dis
tinctive from drama proper that we
are not only justified in seeking, but
are compelled to seek partially diff.
ferent origin. The material drawn
from American life, developed by
American talent and appealing to
American audiences has peculiar char
acteristics pointing irresistibly in con-
ception, development and execution to
our first artistic achievement, the
American circus, and inquiry as to
origins takes us back to our own
shall say mediaeval?-days, when P.
T. Barnum was perfecting the enter
tainment that was to burst upon the
eyes Of an astonished world
Though we can hardly be said to
have evolved new species, we have
given such marked coloring to existing
types of comedy that we may fairly
claim the credit of creating new va
rieties. The local color play, the so
ciety play, the melOdrama, the comic
opera, flourish as strictly national pro
auctions upon our soil, differentia be-
ing perhaps more firmly established in
the case of the first two than of the
others. In all. motif, plot, characterize
ton, setting. show Enthusiastically the in
fluence of the great prototype already
suggested.
Circles and circles of unrelated &C.
ton, swift gallOping from one to an
other lest the audience should have
time to think, the ruling out Of cause
and effect in order that something, nc
matter what, may happen every min
ute-do not our plots betray their orr
gin in the planning of circus day
l venture to affirm that in no other
country can legs wriggle SO swiftly,
can the swinging and leaping Of the
trapeZe performer go so alertly and
firmly on. 1 would pit our contortion-
lists and our hoop jumpers against
those Of all other lands. With equal
firmness l assert that in no other
drama does action follow so swiftly, 50
unconnectedly, as in our own.-Scrib-
ner'S.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16
AFFECTING SCENE AT ATHENA
Two Brothers Meet After 20 Years,
Under Sad Circumstances.

Yesterday morning a rather pathetic
front of one of the saloons, says the
Athena Press. Two harvesters, one
clean and healthy looking, the other
palsied and bloated by drink, met and
recognized each other as brothers, after
a separation of 20 years.
The family home is at Boise, Idaho.
Twenty years ago the younger brother
left home and for years all trace Of
him was lost, and recently he was re-
ported dead in Kansas. He has met
with the under side of the world, min
gled with it, and his appearance would
indicate that it had been the worse for
him.
There was nothing in him that be-
spoke the boy who had left home. The
change was so great that the brother
could hardly identify him, and would
never have known him had not the
former come forward and made himself
known.
The meeting over, the two sat down
together Twas then the pathetic
scene was enacted. Tears rolled down
the cheeks of the Maynard one and as
sobs shook his frame, it was easy to
see that he was overwhelmed with a
food of regret and dependence at the
life he had led. The other stood aside,
and in silence shared in the grief OF
his kinSman.
The brothers are employed in the
harvest fields of this vicinity though In
different crews.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16

John Westovcr of Garman's Mills,
Pa, is being pointed out by his neigh
bors as a paragon of honesty. He at
tended game Of baseball at Spangler,
sixteen miles from his home, and while
going through the gate Of the ball park
he saw a nickel on the ground. He
placed the coin in his pocket and
thought no more of it until he reached
home Possession of the money so
preyed upon his mind that he was I'M
able to sleep that night, and at the
peep of day he hitched his team, drove
back to Spangler and hunted up the
manager Of the baseball team, from
whom he learned that the gate receipts
Of the day previous showed discrep-
ancy of cents. Westover handed over
the COIN
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16

vendor of live news is firmly estao-
lished in the minds of its loyal sup
porters. Nothing is going to happen'
if we can prevent it, to destroy the
confidence our readers have In us.
We have enough to do to gather and
publish readable news. There Is no
time, or room, for stories oulloeo
merely for political effect. We do not
consider it a matter of interest to the
readers of The Statesman to record
that Editor This has been employed
to. by devious means, assassinate Ed
tor That" If This has greater po-
itical pull than That" it seems TO us
it is a matter solely concerning those
whose limbs are being pulled. The
people don't care a cuss just SO long
as the odor of the ACKNOWLEDGMENT does
not reach their nostrils.
But there are times when the stencil
ESCAPES from the foul sewers of pur-
chased political stitution-instances
occur of printed assinnity which nause-
ates the independent reading public,
which calls for severe criticism. SO
long as these creatures of a corrupt
brood do no more than thrust their
fawning toadyism upon the men whose
spittle is their food, the public is con-
tent to ignore them. 1t is when they
brazenly attempt a refuge behind hon.
onored names of the business and finan-
cial world while emitting their silly
retchings. that the censure of the pub
lie is due.
Such an instance was given in the
Walla Walla edition of the Seattle p
T. Yesterday. Driven to distraction by
the constant and repeated news vic
tories of The Statesman, the miserable
little rag spewed forth a sinking
mess, of venom in puny effort to dis
credit the live news features of this
W1QedWdke IeW W e1leoSii
to impartial fearless publications of
actual news stories a political signifi-
canoe undreamed of by the hustling
reporters-who are energetic and cap
able enough to dig their own news
instead of depending upon doctored,
lying contributions.
Such lodging Of the news, such SER
vile subOrnation, will not miSlead the
intelligent people of this community.
There may be some, in curiosity, to
wade through the piratical, blackmail-
ing dope but to those who take the
newspapers for the news they contain,
the irresponsible rawlings of petty spite
and the malicious fabrications of jeal-
Gus incompetency will not appeal.
Stop it!
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16
BETRAYED, LIKE
ADAM, BY AN APPLE
French Sherlock Holmes Cleverly
Catches Burglars by Giving
Them Fruit.

A clever capture of burglars was re-
Gently effected by gendarme at
Fismes, in the department Of the
Marine, France.
The gendarme searched the house
which had been robbed for traces Of
the burglars and found basket con-
tanning apples, which he examined one
by one. One Of the apples showed
marks of teeth, evidently unusually
bad and deformed.
Next day the gendarme met two sus-
picious looking tramps on the road and,
asking them where they were going,
offered each of them an apple. Be
fore they had taken more than bite,
however, the gendarme snatched the
apples from them and to his delight
found that one Of the apples showed
marks of teeth exactly corresponding
to those Of the apple he had found IN
the burgled house.
The men were arrested and CONFESS
ed that they were the perpetrators OF
the burglary.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16
NEW ELECTRIC LAMP.
Austrian Invention That Burns Thfr-
ty-fiye Hundred Hours.


ty-five Hundred Hours.
An Austrian chemist, DR.. Hans ku-
Eel, has, after many years hard work.
succeeded in constructing new cleo
trio lamp which he calls the Syrius
lamp. AS is well known, incandeScent
gaslight is cheaper than electric light
because the filament wires of the lat
ter are very expensive and the glass
bulbs soon wear out DR.. KuZel has
now invented a new substitute for the
glow thread by forming out of com
mon and cheap metals and metallOids
colloids in a plastic mass, which can
be handled like clay and which when
dry becomes hard as stone. Out of
this mass very thin wire threads are
then shaped, which are Of uniform
thickness and of great hOmOgeneity
These two characteristics are of great
value in the technics of incandescent
lamps
The Kuzel, or Syrius, lamp hardly
needs One-Quarter of the electric cur
rent which the ordinary electric lamp
with a filament wire requires. Expert
ments, it is asserted, have shown that
the lamp can burn for $500 hours at a
stretch Another advantage is that the
intensity of the hight of the new lamp
always remains the same, the lamp
bulbs never becoming blackened, as is
now the case.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16
SIMPLE TANK GAUGE.

the side Of the tank or other convenient
place. The numbers Oh the dial read
from the top downward. E (see detail
at Fig. p is a piece of metal which
runs in grooves and moves the pointer
along the dial according to the rise and
fall Of the liquid.
The electric alarm Gig. y is for call
ing some person when the water gets
too high or too low. F, G, II and
are brass springs projecting so that
the indicator (E) will close the circuit
when it reaches either the top or bot
tom of the gauge. and X are bat
teries in the circuit, and the annuncia-
tor On has the words High" and
Low" marked on it in their respective
places
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16
Seamless Locomotives.

A novel use of compressed air is
made by some railway companies in
the southern states of America, says
the Railway News. When the loads of
cotton for export are being taken to
the coast there is always some danger
Of such highly inflammable material
becoming damaged through sparks
from the locomotives. To prevent this
the locomotive boilers are filed with
compressed air. A train load Of sew
eral thousand bales of cotton can be
hauled by these locomotives at a rate
of twelve miles an hour, although no
fire whatever is used in working them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16
Killed by q Bee.

]. II. Zimmerman of Cedar Springs,
S. c., was recently killed by a bee.
When the bee alighted in Mr.. thinner
mans ear and left it's singer he called
out in pain, and his wife fastened 70
him. He walked about ten feet ana
fell in an unconscious condition, from
which he never rallied, though every
thing known to the attending physician
was done to sustain life. Mr.. thinner
man, it appears, lived in mortal dread
Of bees, and on several occasions when
stung he took to his bed and remained
there several weeks. The fear OF pees
seemed to prevail at all times, ana
when he was stung the other day ne
seemed at once to abandon hope OF re-
covery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16
AN ALUMINIUM FAMINE.
Only Three Sources of supply at the
Present Time.

Only Three Sources of supply ut the
Present Time.
The world is suffering at present
from an aluminium famine, according
to report to the department Of com
merce and labor. There are at pres
ent but three sources Of supply-an
American company operating at Mag
ara Falls, a. British company at the
Falls of Foyer and the Neuhausen
works in Switzerland. There has been
a rapid increase in the use of the
metal with the sudden expansion OF
the automobile trade, and the marker
price Of ingots is nominally $3.50 ton
or 5000 more than last July. But this
quotation is purely nominal. because
there is none of the metal to be had
The conditions In the United States
were aggravated by q strike, and when
the American contractors tried to COW
er in the English and European mar
kets they found there was none of the
metal to be had.
Aluminium has come into very gen
eral use in automobile construction as
we'll as in many parts of engine work.
1t is used by large factories for cook
ing pots and pans of all sorts and is
capable of use in almost any place
where brass has been used, having. in
addition to other desirable qualities,
about One-third the weight of brass.
The wire is used in this country now
for the transmission of electricity for
power and light, the cables from New
York to Niagara being Of this metal.
But this development has not yet been
taken up abroad.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16
CANNON TO ROOSEVELT.

In his speech in the republican con-
vention at Danville, ILL.,, Joseph G.
Cannon. speaker of the house of rep
resentatives and a possible candidate
for the presidency, had this to say this
afternoon of President Roosevelt and
congress:
In the executive department of the
government the record of the party has
been brilliant. courageous, and honest,
and the name of Roosevelt has be-
come a synonym for all those qualities
throughout the realms of civilization.
He has been the president of all the
people. and he has been tireless in his
efforts to serve the people by wise, just,
and fearless administration of the law
He has been particularly jealous in
administering the law against the
trusts and combinations of capital
which have ignored the old adage of
live and let live. The beef trust, the
paper trust, the tobacco trust, the
drug trust, the coal combination. and
various combinations of railroads and
shippers have felt the heavy hand of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16

the law and learned that it is strong
enough to compel them to give all
square DEAL The record of trust pros
ecutions and Investigations into their
practices is too long to here recite, but
it is acknowledged to be most credit
able even by our political opponents
The congress has worked in har-
mony with the president and embodied
into law more of his recommendations
than has fallen to the lot of most
chief executives. l believe the record
of the fifty-ninth congress made in it's
first session will go into history as one
of the best records of legislation for
the benefit of all the people that has
ever been made. The railroad rate law
the pure food law, the meat inspection
amendment to the agricultural ap-
preparation act, the free alcohol law,
all enacted at one session of congress,
make a record of legislation which has
not been paralleled in many years.
1--WE are willing to stand by the
record and trust to the intelligence Of
the people as to whether they will
continue this record of prosperity and
wise regulation of abuses or accept the
preachings and promises of the dema-
gogues."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16
The End of the World

OF troubles that robbed E. H. Wolfe
Of Bear Grove, Ia, of all usefulness,
came when he began taking Electric
Bitters. He writes: 1.-TWO years ago
Kidney trouble caused me great suf-
fering, which I would never have sur
vived had I not taken Electric Bit
tiers. They also cured me, Of General
Liver and Kidney complaints, Blood
diseases Headache, Dizziness and
Weakness or bodily decline. Price soc.
Guaranteed by E. L. Smalley drug
store.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16
New England Firemen's Muster.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Aug. 1.-THE
of the New England Firemen's League
is being held here today and the city
of the New England states Besides
about four thousand firemen there are
about fifty thousand other visitors In
the CITY, The muster began this
morning with big parade in which
about sixty hand engines and as many
companies took part. Many Of the
oldest fire companies were in the par
finest ever seen in this part of the
country. The boys were greeted with
enthusiastic applause all along the
line of march, which extended from
Promenade street along Exchange
Place to Dorrance, thence past the
City Hall, where the procession was
reviewed, then, along the south side
Market Square where the great tour
nament will be held this afternoon.
After the tournament there will be a
meeting and distribution of prizes.
Among the companies taking part in
the parade was the Nameaug company
of New London, Conn, the members of
which appeared in handsome blue and
white uniforms and had brought their
$500 reel along with them. This COM
pany consists of prominent New Lon
don business men who are interested
in veteran firemen's societies. The
company came here this morning, $50
strong 1t was accompanied by a
band and attracted considerable atten-
ton. 1t will not take part in the
tournament.
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Evidence Against 1t.

'"The Society Record printed some
very flattering notes about me yester-
day." began Miss Vane.
EYES," replied Miss Chellus, ''but
wasn't it hateful of the editor to 60 and
spoil it all the way he did,"
Spoil it! Why, he said 1 was q
beautiful belle of the younger set
and
Eyes. and then he put your picture
right under it."-Catholic Standard and
Times.
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Disputed.
Seattle Times.

Mr.. w. w. Robinson disputes Grain
Commissioner King in the statement
that the wheat crop has suffered a de-
crease of 25 per cent on account of
Robinson says that King is right as
to the reduction of bushels per acre
will make up for that shrinkage.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16
Banks Disturb Brains.
Aurora BOrealiS.

The Borealis serves notice now and
here that if the nuisance is not abated.
the owners of the bowling and barking
dogs will be brought up on the carpet
Patience has ceased to be a virtue in
our case, and we want to get at least
one nights sleep during a month";
which now is impossible on account
of the COMPOUNDED dogs bowling and
barking every night.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16
A Parthian Shot.

II hear" said Mrs. Gaddie. that
your husbands got job as superin.
tendent of a cemetery and you're 60.
ing there to live"
"Well?" replied Mrs. Naybor shortly
"Well, 1 was thinking it would be an
awful ghostly and creepy sort Of neigh.
borhood."
Perhaps. but the neighborhood
won't be prying into our business
Philadelphia Press.
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Qufef Obaerver.

1--WE are offering special inducements
this season to purchasers of our ma
turer
"So"" rejoined the quiet observer.
"Have you built hospital for them"
Chicago News.
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Mad Cat ON the stage.

A mad cat appeared on the stage ol
the Ambassadors theater in Paris
and created panic among the pane !,
girls. 1t. was eventually dispatcheu,
with a policeman's saber. The anina !,
was one Of about twenty that nau
been bitten by an Angora cat tna'
went mad. The twenty cats, Wnlcn
gathered in a thicket near the Cna"p.
Elysees, were hunted by a large crow
Of residents. and nineteen were killed
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16

No more heartrending story has
come out of monstrous, savage Russia
than the tale of the young lady
knouted by the brutal soldiery for
making a harmless remark. Such aw-
full conditions popularize the cry of
down with the car"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16
Sounded Familiar.

Jinks-Yes, the old farmer was tell
ing about the fight between his two
game ROSTERS.
Bdnks - But why was old Colonel
BluecOrk so interested?
Jinks-Why, because the farmer said
when the fight was over there was
nothing left but two cocktails.-Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16
In the 40.

Farmer Greene (who has been knock
ed down by balloon anchor)-Gol dern
'em! I'll hey tn law on 'em! Whar's
tn sheriff?
Farmer Brownie use kicking, Josh!
Them critters is above the law, l rec
Kon!-HOuston Post
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Two surgeons taking examinations
for naval positions have been ac-
cused of "cribbing." They had to sign
the sheets and the mistakes" could
not be corrected.
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Equally Painful.

Huh! What do you know about
war? Did you ever hurl yourself into
the Imminent. deadly breach or seek
the bubble reputation, even in the can
nous mouth?"
''Well, no, not exactly-not to any
noticeable extent But l have taken
home unexpected company to dinner
Puck
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16

A reporter goes out, works his
block off," scoops his rivals and sur
prises the "old man'-then has some
COMPOUNDED Willie" of a political ed
itor declare some one else did it for
political effect. It's enough to make
a man go home and beat his wife
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16
Tank Gauge and Electric Alarm.

A tank gauge that is very easy to
rig up and gives good service is shown
in the illustration. says Popular Me-
is attached to chain OBJ, which runs
over a small pulley CO. and then to the
dial or gauge, which may be placed on
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-16

You will remember The Statesman
gave warning that dirty political at
tacks would be made in order to de-
tract attention from the undisputed
fact that former Governor Miles C.
Moore did not sign the affidavit at
tached to his assessment returns.