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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

Jacob Mustard of LAFAYETTE, Ind.
VINO has just passed his ninety-fifth
birthday, cast his first vote for Andrew
Jackson when that great man was a
candidate for reelection in 1892 From
that day to this Mr.. Mustard has
voted the straight democratic ticket.
For seventy three years, therefore, this
sturdy citizen of Lafayette mas been
performing his public duty. And he
attributes his longevity at least in part
to the fact that he is a good, unfalter-
ing democrat" 1t is difficult to tell
whether to take Mr. Mustard at his
own valuation or whether to regard
him merely as a plaster On the body
polite
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18
TRYING SENATORS IN THE
SENATE.

Senator Bailey, who is an excellent
hand at interpreting the federal con-
stitution, comes forward with the sug-
gestion that the members of the SEN
ate accused of violations of the law
should be tried by the senate even
though they are also tried by the
courts. He makes the point that the
senate is the sole judge of the qualifi-
cations of it's members. No court can
sentence senator to expulsion,
though it can do what amounts to the
same thing, give him a sentence which
automatically works forfeiture of his
office. Yet this does not cover the
whole ground, since the courts might
acquit a senator on evidence which
would satisfy the members colleagues
that he should be expelled. Likewise
he might escape trial in court en-
tirely, while he could not escape
answering the senate.
The senate SnOulQ De DIS JEALOUS VI
the standing of it's members as juries.
and courts. It should not, in the esti-
nation of Mr.. Bailey, sit by and see
its rolls purified by other agencies,
taking no interest in the matter itself.
The point may be raised against
Senator Bailey's contention that it
does not add anything practically to
the protection of the honest members
of the senate The courts are, On the
Whole, even with the unlimited oppor-
tunity for appeal more expeditions in
trying a senator than the senate itself
would he Judging from the speed
made in an impeachment case recently
the senate would have spent all of last
year trying the Burton and Mitchell
cases. Had either been convicted there
would, it is true, have been no appeal
and the senate roll would have been
purged Immediately upon the return
of a vote of guilty. However, the sen
ate has accomplished practically the
same thing by excluding an accused
| member from the floor from the mo-
ment an indictment was brought
against him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18
press the button and do

photographers press the button and do
the rest.
When customers of the other class
arrive from the woods with real game
the ingenuity of the artist is taxed to
get background to meet the ideas of
the patrons.
Many photographs have been pub
lished of sportsman sitting upon a
carcass of a big deer or moose, or
standing rifle in hand, beside fallen
forest monarch" The fallen mon
arch" which figured in many of these
pictures is worn almost bald by being
dragged so often from the studio to a
little glen in the rear, and the deer
are often in need of repairs to keep
the hay stuffing in place. Not long
since the photographers turned out a
score of hunting scenes for a railroad
publication. They made three differ
ent camps of their one structure. The
NANCY moose was propped in various
lifelike positions, and the deer were
worked singly and in groups; in snort
the whole game region of Maine was
covered in less than half an acre OF
woods
Any money in it for the photograph
ers? Well, it's cheaper for spurious
sportsmen to get photographs than
moose.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18
TOM LAWSON'S BOAST.

Thomas w. Lawson recently cabled
a characteristic message to London:
Now l have them where they
cannot escape and the crash will
be awful. l want the honor of alb
solutely destroying the most hellish
band of robbers (the Standard Oil
company since Adams day, and
I'll have that honor the day the
world knows that the price of cop
per is, from legitimate causes, for
all time, below 10 cents, and the
sun is rising on that day"
Far from being terrorstricken by his
desperate position, H. H. Rogers was
actually photOgra phed the other day
with a number of literary gents in
Guiding Mark Twain, and his picture
appears in Harper's Weekly. Callous
to the last!
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18
SIAMESE BELIEFS.
Some Peculiar Notions of a Very Su-
perstitiOus People.

some Peculiar NOt1OnS OF u very gu.
perstitiOus People.
1.-THE Siamese are very supersti-
tious people," says Ernest Young, au-
thor Of the Kingdom of the Yellow
Rule" ''They have many peculiar ex-
plantations Of natural phenomena.
Thunder, for instance, is the sky cry
ing They believe that in the realms
above is a horrible giant whose wife
has a violent and uncertain temper.
When they quarrel the echo of his
voice comes in long, rolling notes from
the clouds. If he is very angry he
throws his hatchet at his unruly spouse,
and when this ponderous weapon
strikes the floor of heaven the thunder
bolt falls through and comes to earth.
calling stars are accounted for by
the fact that the angels occasionally
indulge in torch throwing at one an
other. When these same beings all in
sist upon getting into the bath at once
the water splashes over the side and
it rains. The winds that sigh in the
night are the voices of babies that have
lost their way in their travels to the
land beyond the grave.
when a Siamese dies he is not
buried, but his corpse, fully dressed
and then wrapped in a winding sheet,
is placed in sitting posture in cop
per urn. A tube is placed in his mouth,
and through this a mixture of quick
silver and honey is poured into the
body. In this way it is kept for a
long time, often for years. Eventual
" it is burned, and the ashes are care
fully preserved. The souls of those
whose bones at least are not burned
are supposed to become slaves Of a
horrid taskmaster with head like a
dog, a human body and the temper OF
a fiend. He sits for all time with his
feet in the fires of hell, and it is the
duty Of his slaves to keep these fires
from growing too hot. To do this they
must carry water in open wicker bas-
kets through all eternity"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18
INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.
Bursting q Strong Cask With Half q
Pint of Water.


That small quantity of water, say
half a pint, may be made to burst a
strong cask seems a startling state.
ment to make, and yet it is true. 1t is
4 well known law OF physics that the
pressure exerted by liquids increases
in proportion to their depth. Suppose,
therefore, that we have a strong cask
filed with water and standing on end.
The slaves of this cask may be made to
burst apart by adding very small
quantity Of water to what is already
In the cask. AS the cask is already
full, some way of adding the water
must be devised. To do this hole is
bored in the end or head Of the cask,
and a long tube of small diameter is
inserted upright At the upper end Of
the tube is a small funnel into which
water is poured until the tube becomes
full, and when that point is reached
the cask will burst.
This seems almost incredible, but
it is only demonstration of the law
that has been cited. When the water
Is poured into the tube it uniteS with
the water in the cask, and the depth of
the water is several times as great as
that in the cask alone. The fact that
there is only small quantity of water
in the tube makes no difference, for it
Is now one body, and it's depth is gaug-
ed from the top Of the tube to the bot
tom Of the cask.
AS a matter Of fact, this experiment
is only an artificial reproduction of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18
A CHINESE BLACK HAND"

One guileless Chinaman is carrying
on a war in New York city that threat
ems to make Chinatown a Little Russia
1t is called the ne-Leong-H Hip Sing
Tong war, and hundreds of Chinese
have fled the city. When a China
American desires the absence of a
contemporary some such poster as this
makes it's appearance
"A reward of $500 will be paid
for One Lungs right hand at Hop
Sings joss house."
When Lung sees this his queue
stands UP and he takes the transconti-
mental train if ne has the price, and
rightly 1t is said the police do not
interfere very much unless forced to
do so. The Chinaman, not being a
voter, is not very important to Tam
many.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18
A Philosophy of Joy.

A quiet home; vines of our own plant
ing; a few books full Of the inspiration
Of genius; few friends worthy of be-
ing loved and able to love us in turn;
a hundred innocent pleasures that bring
no pain or remorse; devotion to the
right that will never swerve; a simple
religion, empty of all bigotry, full of
trust and hope and love-and to such a
philosophy this world will give us all
the Joy it has.-David Swing.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

what we know takes place in nature.
Some of her greatest commissions are
caused by this very process. Suppose,
for example, that there is great mass
of rock, under which there Is cavity
filed with water that has no outlet.
Suppose, moreover, that there Is a
crack extending from the surface OF the
ground through this mass OF rock TO
the water filed cavity underneath. A
rock In this condition is common
thing in nature, the crack being caused
by some disturbance of the earth or by
it's splitting in the natural order OF
things. Now, when it rains enough to
fill that crack, thus increasing the depth
Of the water in the cavity, the pressure
will become so great that the rock Will
be torn into hundred fragments.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18
CAMERA is A LIAR.
Pictured With Stuffed Game Of All
Kinds in Front of FAKE Cabins

Pictured With Stuffed Game Of All
Kinds in Front of Fake Cabins.
GREENVILLE JUNCTION, Me-, Jan
1S.-The camera as an aid to a certain
used here by two brothers who furnish
them with misleading photographs to
show their friends at home.
The brothers chose spot a short dis
lance from this village in place as
wild as can be found a hundred miles
further north. There is a camp built
like those found in the woods, but
with three fronts, or, rather, three of
the sides are arranged like fronts of
camps, all different These are the
backgrounds Then there are stuffed
deer, moose, birds and bear galore,
hunting costumes and all kinds of
camp paraphernalia.
Two classes of customers patronize
the photographers. First come spuri-
Gus sportsmen, who buy a deer of some
guide and then start for home after
spending the most of their time in
making up tales of adventure, which
they supplement with photographs
showing themselves, rifle in hand, be-
fore a camp with deer and moose
strung up before the door. The second
class is composed of real sportsmen
who have had no cameras in the woods
AS for the spurious sportsmen,
they go to the studio where a scene
is set for them in short order. They
pick out the front of the cabin they
prefer, and rough board and quick
work with the brush produce a sign.
Camp Comfort" or "Nimrod's Home"
or any other old designation. Stuffed
deer are brought out and hung up, and,
if necessary, hunting toys are lent to
the sitters. Then "supers" are called
in to make up the hunting party. The
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

In arguing that opium is really a
preferable poison to whisky, Ng Poo
Chew said
1.-The American filled with whosky
comes home and kicks his wife. The
Chinaman under the influence of opium
goes home and his wife kicks him."
The free and untrammeled American
citizen will have to be shown before he
sees the advantage in the Chinaman's
position.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

Mr.. Joel Chandler Harris methods
Of producing printers copy are evi.
dence that the old order Of literary
genius has not gone out with the erup-
ton of the "commerclap spirit In lit
erature. Harris writes whsn inspira-
ton seizes him and only then. He will
not be hurried nor held to any fixed
time or place for work. Every room in
his house has desk, with pen, ink and
paper ready, so that if happy thought
Or a new cOnceit pops up in the story
teller's brain it can be jofted down,
red hot with divine fire.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

and crack the shell at the larger end.
Make hole just large enough to admit
the thumb or finger, whichever it may
be, and force it into the egg as far as
possible without rupturing the shell.
Wipe off the egg which runs out and
bind a handkerchief or soft cloth
around the finger or thumb, leaving
the egg on overnight. This will gener
ally cure in one application, but if not
make another application.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

Pictures of golden wedding couples
in the newspapers everywhere seem to
show that there. are many, many peo-
pie who have managed to get along
without going through the divorce mill
If you were married last year and all
was not quite as pleasant once or
twice, it might be we'll to wait a few
years and see It's very pleasant
have a golden wedding.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18
A TEST OF PUBLICITY.

Somebody ought to do something
either for the prevention of cruelty to
animals in New York or for the pre-
vention of cruelty to Mr.. John P.
Haines, by the editor of Life. For the
past year or more Life has directed
a crusade against the gentleman, who
is president of the New York S. P. c.
A. and holding a fat job in luxurious
headquarters, which he is loath to
leave.
The accumulated revenues to the So
ciety were, at the instance and under
the direction of Mr.. Haines invested
to the extent of 100000 in a build
ing, where he enjoys all the comforts
of a car lin earlier timeS), while
nothing much is being done In the in
terest of the other animals compre
hended by the society's purpose
Horses and dogs are no better off than
they used to be, according to Life
which makes bold to say that the So
ciety as managed by Mr. Haines is
''notoriously rotten and Inefficient"
Mr. Haines may or may not have
fathered the law which gives him
mOnOpOlistic cinch on revenues, but he
is said to have visited Albany now and
then, and the law might be presumed
to be a result of his solicitude 1t
reads
A corporation for the preven-
ton of cruelty to animals shall not
hereafter be incorporated for the
purpose of conducting its opera
tions in the counties of New
York, Kings, Queens, Richmond,
Suffolk, Westminster or Rensselaer,.
or in any other county, if thereby
there would be two or more such
corporations formed for the pur-
pose of conducting operations in
such county"
This prehiSSi,s any society from pre-
venting cruelty to animals, except the
one already existing, which is an ex-
well-paid president of the lat
ter but manifestly hard on the
other animals. 1t is the harder if. as
alleged, the society as now constituted
does little or nothing toward suppress
sing or preventing cruelty.
The case presents a pretty test of
the value of publicity and the strength
of public opinion. Mr. Haines IS sub
ject to virtually no control. There is
no way to compel him to resign his Of
flee in favor of a man who will more
actively fill it. Vox populi must in
duce MIN to leave it, if at all. Vox
populi principally as a result of Life's
campaign, is making itself heard. The
New York public is writing letters to
the papers about Mr. Haines. A good
many people are mad at him and
thousands more are disguised at his
thich-skinned disregard of legitimate
criticism. He makes no defense to ar
raignment, but doggedly holds on. Mr.
Haines is an eloquent example o. the
worst spirit of the times-the shirt
which opposes a square deal. ana
remains to be seen whether public
opinion will penetrate his pachyderm
and compel him to either answer pub
lie accusation fairly made about a
public function or get out.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

The difference between honor and a
strict commercialism is shown in a
story told of General Robert E. Lee
In 1866 or 1867, General Lee was CT
fered the presidency of an insurance
company at a salary large for thos
days. He wrote that he had neither
the ability nor the experience to com
uanf such a salary. He wac old tina
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

An army officer is anxious to hear an
answer to the question, How far does
democracy affect the organization and
its influence be most effectively uti-
lized?" We should think that next
June the commencement rostrum
would take advantage Of this opportu-
nifty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

II should think there would be a
great deal Of local color in this VIII
lage," said the lady novelist to the old
xesfdenter.
There be, num-" replied the latter.
There hez bin more houses painted
this year than there hez fer ten year"
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

President Corey is all right with the
his social position has been wrecked
by his abandonment of the wife who
helped him gain a foothold in mis- early
manhood. That is the trouble of living
in Pittsburg, where everybody knows
everybody's business! At least, that's
what the New Workers will tell you.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

We may understand something of
the agitation among the unemployed
in England when we read that in 1904,
coroners juries in London alone
passed on forty-two cases Of starvation
and they didn't get them all either.
1t will take another Dickens to arouse
the rich and the wicked
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

In spite of the position of the adj
ministration, a Mr.. Bates has Just
named his new baby daughter Rec. He
will just have to give Rec Bates to
man some day, law or no law.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

There may be more egotistical peo-
pie in the world than some of the green
and callOw youths from Haw creek
who pose as professional dramatic
critics with knowledge far above the
grasp Of the common herd, but poor,
provincial old Walla Walla never heard
of them
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

mis- name was worth 1t. WAT IN
fiuence l have with the southern
people is not for SALE" replied the gen.
will be told today that this was quixo-
fjts
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

Speaking of the insurance companys
House of Mirth,' some one wishes to
know if reference is made to the house
of representatives He is referred
to the senate for an answer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

1t Is reported that the Mexican gov
eminent will sell it's interest in the
national railway lines and go out Of
the state ownership business. The roads
pay, but are not so profitable as lines
IN private ownership, which fact leaGs
to some reflection.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

Paul Morton declares that the Ameri-
can people do not want cheap life in
want their moneys worth and know
that they cannot get 1t with cheap men
drawing prlncely life insurance salar
HtEN.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

A woman in Sterling, ILL.,, was
awarded $139 for being forcibly kissed.
No woman's kiss-except your wife's-
is worth this to you
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18
The Egg Cure For Felons.

A Chicago doctor says that for the
last fifteen years he has used egg to
cure felon and has yet to see case it
will not cure. The way to apply the
egg is as follows: Take a fresh egg
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

The steel trust declares that it does
not know who gets Mr.. Corey's pay
envelope-and does not care.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.
Copy of change of advertisements
must be delivered to the business of
flee by the nour- of TEN O'CLOCK a.
m. to insure insertion in the issue of
.ven date.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-22

Sample Sale w s.n. es s. s ee ss'sss
Duke Silk Shirt Waists for &c the dollar. These
Waists are beautifully made and deliberately trimmed
and would retail from $500 to $1,000. We have de-
cided to put them on sale Friday and Satur- OF
day at the ridiculous price OF 0s/O
silk Waists for $1.es
H.. M. Silk Pettcoats for $3.50
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-04-21
SIRLEY COl,NrY

County, President-Mrs. Thomas Dolan,
u5 DyS Ma., mo- Vice Green ,,Ssa
See. Mrs: Catherine Purcell; ms. Sec Sec.
Mrs: j. OMeara: Treas. Mrs. Thomas
ings held on the second Sunday Of each
$780,, srEARNs COUNTY.
County President-Mrs. Mary Dunn. ITO
Ma He 81 si cSSta h Tvs ses Miss Catherine
Division No. i, ST. cloud-Presiden,
Mss Anna Kennedy: i1ss ST. German ST.:
ses 4 ST ke sa sss Mss
sas; Miss IS Regs NJ Ksnnsdy HE St. Ger.
Dunn. ITO 4th ave. S. Meetings are held
on he second and fourth Friday evenings
, County Ptssidcnt-Mrs. Nora roher
Division No. 2. Blooming prairie-pres.
HOLLYWOOD: Rec: Sec. Mrs. Mary Mac
Dousall: Financial Secretary. Mrs. Cath
crime eastman: Insurance Secretary.
Ga nthnxn EsR Rsn ryef physsa aT S g
W. Cooley. Meetings held FIRST Satur-
day Of each month. Hibernian Hall.
Blooming Prairie.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
County Presdent-Mrs. Catherine Con-
ners. 1916 S. LIST ST., saltwater; County
Vice Pres. Miss Anna Carroll, $40 S.
Main; County See. Miss Mary Nolan. SIS
s: Broadway: County Treas. Miss Anns
g'Rourke, 924 9Th ave. S.: County Chap
lain. Rev. ChaS. Corcoran, st. Michael. S,
$rd. saltwater. MINI. ~
Division No. 1, stillwater-President.
Mrs. Mary Curiey. 1901 N. 4th: Vice Pres,
Mary Nolan. SIG s. Broadway: Fin. Sec,
Miss Anna Carroll. $50 s. Main ST., Rec.
Sec, Mrs. Margaret Donalds. Oak Park
r l.. d.: lns. Se,.. Miss Anna Cloudy, 92S
". Anderson ST.; Treas. MISS Sarah
Curl"y. 1901 n. 18th.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-04-21

turned to gilt, the gorgeous to the
gamdy. She Was gone. The imagina-
ton moves as swiftly as light, leaping
from one castle in air to another. and
still another MIR. Robert was the
architect of some fine ones. may
safely assure you. And he didn't mind
in the leas, tina, they t'mbled down
as rapidly as they buildel: only the
incentive was gone. What the colonel
had to say to the count. or The count 10
tho colonel, was of no interest to him;
SO he made All orderly retreat.
am not so old as nol TO appreciate
his sleeplessness that night Some
beds are hard. even when made of the
softest down.
In The morning he telephoned to the
Holland House. The Annesleys. he
was informed had departed for parts
unknown The count had left direc-
,ions to- forward any possible mail to
the Russian Embassy. Washington.
Signs in the lolor0so: the morning
papers and numerous cigars: whisky
and soda: game OF indifferent bill
lizards with an affable stranger; another
whisky and soda: and gradual
reclamation Of Mir. Roberts interest in
worldly affairs.
She WAS gone.