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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20
THE CHINESE SITUATION.

Military and diplomatic authorities
are not clear whether we are to have
trouble with China, but they are toll
erably clear as to the duty of being
ready for it. The boycott of Ameri-
can goods which was first secuted
now appears to be real. Added to
that, there is the danger of another
Boxer uprising. There is not any
necessary connection between the two
In all probability the boycott is mere
ly a device of the Boxer or antiforeign
element to excite to hostility a por-
ton of the community which has
heretofore gotten along, very we'll with
the fireigners and made money out of
them. China is a difficult country to
gauge. The sentiment of China cannot
be learned at Picking, which gets all
its informations from the viceroys. 1t
cannot be learned from the viceroys,
because they are cut off from quick
1OIllIll uIlIcdllOH WIN Cnelr Depart
ments by the lack of newspapers and
telegraphs in the interior. But if it
is a slow process to learn Chinese
sentiment it is a slower process to
make it. Hence there can be little dan
ger of an uprising Immediately. Be-
sides, Japan is much closer to China
than she was. and if there was a real
danger. she would not hesitate to send
troops to maintain order.
One trouble with China is that she
has obtained a wrong view of the
Russian-Japanese war She imagines
that Japan was battling against the
foreign devils" and driving them out
JUS as sire, China. should be doing.
The Chinese common people have no
conception of that war as a contes1
for supremacy between two modern
nations. neither of which has any,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20
Fi0h9kin Lanterns.

The puffer or swell fish has the power
to distend itself with air into the shape
of globe. japanese living in the Ha.
waiian Islands make of the skin of the
big puffer found in Hawaiian waters
an odd and grotesque lantern. When
the skin of the big puffer has been first
removed while it is still soft it is stuff.
ed out to it's full size in globe shape
and so left to dry. The skin is not
much thicker than paper and translu-
cent brown on the upper part and gray
below. The fins are preserved and dried
sticking out from the fish, the tail be-
ing perked up at an angle. A circular
opening is made in the back, through
which the light can be placed and in
which is set horizontally hoop or rim
by which the lantern can be suspended
Such a lantern made Of big buffers
skin may be foot in diameter cross
wise and fifteen inches in length, and
what with the head of the fish appear
ing at one end and the perked up tail
at the other and the fins projecting at
the sides this fish skin lantern makes a
very curious object.-New York Her
aid.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20
HOMES FOR THE AMBASSADORS

Congressman Longworth's bill for
the appropriation of s5,000,000 for the
purchase or erection of American le-
cations in the principal foreign cap1-
tails has been favorably reported in
the house from the committee on for
eign affairs and will probably pass.
This bill is a natural outcome Of
changed relations of this country to-
ward other powers in the past few
years. 1t was formerly quite to be
expected that the United States
should have merely an Office for the
transaction of business abroad, but
now, when our international relations
have become so important that we
name amba ssadors instead of min
listers, and when our position as a
world power is recognized, it seems
not fitting that an embassy should have
no other nome than that which the
man who occupies foreign post can
afford to provide at mis- own expense
The business of the government at
the English court has been run for
years at the expense not of the gov
eminent but at that of the ambassa-
dor. The salary allowed him hardly
paid his house rent.
If this appropriation is made the
state department will seek proper re-
cations for embassies of the first
class. which will thus become per-
manently located. The ambassadors,
relieved of the obligation to pay office
rent for the government, will feel
more as if they were appointed to
work for the country. Moreover It
will open the highest places in the
diplomatic service to men of 'moder-
ate means. At present these are prac-
tically confined to those who can at
ford the luxury of $4,000 Or $4,000
expense account On a $4,000 salary.
This cannot be so bad a country
when a Denver newspaper finds the
time and space to once more demonsh
the Bacon myth. and to do it we'll.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

The distinctive weapon Of the Swiss
was the halberd, which was their prin
cipal weapon at Morgarten and Lau
pen. 1t is curious to note how the leu
tonic nations, even to this day, prefer
the cut and the Latin nations the point
We have been told by German officers
that when the German and French cav
airy met IN the war of 1870 the Ger.
man sword blades always flashed yer
tically over their heads, while the
French darted in and out horizontally
In succession of thrusts. Even the
German dead lay in whole ranks with
sheir swords at arms length. So the
English at Hastings worked havoc
with their battleaxes. The Netherland
mercenaries carried a hewing weapon
at Bouvines. The Flemings at Courtral
used their godendags fitted alike both
for cut and thrust, and finally the
Swiss made play with their halberds,
an improvement on the godendag.
The halberds had point for thrust.
ing. hook wherewith to pull men
from the saddle and above all a broad,
heavy blade. most terrific weapons"
(valde terribilia), to use the words of
John Of Winterthur, "cleaving men
asunder like a wedge and cutting them
into small pieces" One can imagine
how such a blade at the end of an
eight foot shaft must have surprised
galloping young gentlemen who thought
themselves invulnerable in their armor.
-Macmillan's Magazine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20
If the Heart StODs Renting.

When the heart stops the circulation
ceases, the capillaries of the lungs be-
come gorged with stagnant blood, while
the blood in the brain no longer carries
away the waste products and brings
the oxygenated fluid to restore the It's
sues. AS the blood takes about half a
minute to circulate through the whole
system, it may be taken that at the end
Of this period after the stoppage Of the
heart the arteries would be filled by the
last effort Of the left ventricle, while
the veins would be pouring their con.
tents into the right auricle. In a few
seconds more the nervous centers
would cease to act, and probably by
the end Of the minute the subject
would be practically dead from suffo-
cation, although reflex muscular action
would probably keep up the appearance
Of life for some seconds longer
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

Ohio's new railroad law, making the
fare 2 cents a mile, will go into eff
feet March 10. To make the law I'M
popular the Pennsylvania road threat
ems to discontinue selling through
tickets, so that travellers will miss
connections at functions and possibly
pay more for long distances. Evident
ly what the old Hebrews called
Judgment is being accumulated by
the Pennsylvania.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20
OUR DISCREDITED SENATE.

There is a state of things in the
city of Washington just now which
suggests with almost painful obtru-
siveness how far the senate of the
United States as a body has forfeited
the confidence of the people, and even
how far the members of that body
have lost faith in each other There
is a pretense of confidence, an out
ward shell of good faith and mutual
respect, a show of senatorial courtesy
which keeps up forms but does not
disguise their acts.
Legislation with regard to rate reg
ulation has revealed, as it has not
been revealed before, the relation of
great corporations. 1t has exposed
how completely they are representa-
tives in the senate, not Of the people
of the various states which have sent
them there, but of large financial and
corporate interests which have prob
ably furnished the money for their
campaign expenses, and which are sus-
pected of furnishing a good deal more
than is needed for that purpose. At
any rate, there are number of men
in that body who are so closely iden-
tilted with special interests that
nothing which they do, even though it
be with COON motives, is free from
suspicion.
The question uppermost in the dis
cussion of rate regulation is whether
the bill shall specifically provide
that new rate named by the commits
sion may be the subject of judicial
review before it goes into effect, or
whether that provision shall be omit
ted and the railroads shall be left to
such defense against unreasonable
rates by the commission as their con-
stitutional rights would guarantee.
The presidents advisers are not
agreed as to this point, and the pres
ident himself has the matter under
consideration. Extracts from mis-
messages quoted in late Washington
correspondence indicate that the
president has always stood for the
proper safeguarding of the rights Of
the transportation companies in any
legislation framed for the purpose of,
giving the government control over
them, but whether that safeguarding
shall be framed up in the form of a
provision of the bill itself, as insisted
upon by Mr.. Elkins and Mr. Aldrich
and other opponents of rate regulation
the president has not indicated. Those
who have stood for mis- general plan
in the senate-Dolliver, Clapp, Cullom
of the interstate commerce committee,
Senator Nelson and others-are oppos-
ing any amendment of the Hepburn
bill in that direction, contending that
protected already and that to inject
anything into the bill which would
change the character of it so that the
railroads might, by resort to the
courts, defeat the practical value of
the bill to the public, would be to null !
lily the whole measure and leave it !
of little practical value to the public. /
But the point we set out to make |,
was that neither do the senators trust
one another in these matters, nor does |
ne public feel any confidence in the |
sincerity of those who are proposing
and seeking in other
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20
Traps For Tigers and Panthers,

An ingenious trap for catching tigers
and large black panthers is used by the
natives Of an isolated part of Indo-
China. A short length Of tree log is
followed out, and around each end Of
1t are driven long sharp spikes so as to
project inward, leaving an opening Of
about six inches. Through a small
trapdoor pariah dog or a pig is placed
in the log for bait and the trap left for
future developments. The tiger or
panther easily pushes in his paw to Sc
cure the bait, but when he tries to
withdraw it it is impaled on the sharp
spikes, and he is trapped
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20
"WHAT | WILL DO"
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ca. S. So

CA. S. So
1 came from a down the river town.
know a thing or two;
I'll teach these Walla Walla clowns
Just what they should do.
I'll meet them all with naughty stare,
And few will understand,
How such a bunch of greatness can
Thrive in this cheap land.
l am sure my verse is looked upon
By others as by me;
That each and every ones gem,
NY readers sure must see.
1t is certain that all those with souls
Must worship at my shrine;
And as 1 pass with naughty stare.
Know greatness to be mine.
L
know is pretty hard.
But few are worthy of a nod,
From such a noted bard.
l will hand them prose and poetry,
In packages so large,
They'll not be able to resist
Such an impetuous charge.
And when it comes to politics,
Well, 1 guess I'll be there.
The stuff that l will shoot into them
Will raise their very hair.
And when election it is over,
The ones that 1 did boost,
Will slip out into the chilly night,
And take up their frigid roost.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20
We are safe, The Toronto n

says:
We snail never trample on the
United States We shall respect their
rights, and protect them from foes
abroad. If the republic needs help, a
letter to the government of Canada
will bring it, and neither Emperor
William nor President Castro shall be
permitted to bully our neighbors or
invade their interests
We breathe easier.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

hour, let him say the prayer wherever
he may be daily until Marshall Field
RECEIVERS. l do not prophesy,' he con-
tinued. that we will get what we ask
for. but we won't get it unless we do
Il think every man present seconded
that motion. 1t was not put. Why
should it have been? l believe every
man present kept his promise. One
man told me he had not been in a
church for thirty years, but he added
that he would go three times a day if
lie thought it would save Marshall
Fields life
The private Individual whose life
could inspire the incident which have
tried to describe is rare In this or any
country"
The mercantile and commercial ca
reer of Marshall Field stands as a
monument to his industry, persever-
ance. energy and faculty for invention.
He was rated one Of the worlds great
est merchants and in the east and
west was accepted as a man Of ex.
traOrdinary business talents. Perhaps
the best epitome of the rules of his
life is furnished in his own words:
He never gives a note
he never buys a share of stock on mar
gin.
He is against speculation
He is no borrower
he has made 1t point not to incumber
MS business with mortgages.
He does business on a cash basis"
He tries to sell on shorter time than
compel itors.
He tries to sell the same grade Of goods
far a smaller price
He holds his customers to a strict meet
Ing OF their obligations.
He made those rules years ago and
never announced any revision. If any
OF his great enterprises afterward re-
quired the borrowing Of money it was
?ever known that he had borrowed It.
And Mr.. Field did more than make
himself rich. He made his associates
rich. One man after another has STEP
ped out Of the house of Marshall Field
4 Go. and retired with fortune. But.
while others sought ease, Marshall
Field, the front Of the concern. re-
manned in command till the last
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

Governor Dawson of that state saws
the Pennsylvania road owns West
Virginia 1t begins to look AZ thoueh
the logic OF events was leading to
the place where either the road will
own the state or the state will own the
road We thuSt this is not so.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

Falling From the Sun to the Earth.
The philosophers have figured out
some queer problems since the time of
Horatio, but none of them is more curl
GUS than that relating to the amount Of
time it would take for an object to fall
from the sun or moon to our earth. It
has been decided, after an immense
amount Of figuring, that If bowlder
weighing a ton should fall from the
sun it would take it ninety mine years,
nine months and two hours to reach
the earth. The same bowlder could
make the trip from the moon to the
earth In four and One-half days.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

suspicion is voiced in some quarters
that the senate committee is trying to
put representatives." in the rate hill
passed by the house, so that the Sill
preme court will throw it out under
the pure food law of demonstrations
atty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

ways to postpone or emasculate or ul-
timately defeat all railroad-rate reg
ulation. No doubt that the railroad
coterie in the senate have earned their
reputation by their policies and prac-
tees in the past, whether they are to
be credited with sincerity and honesty
in the present instance or not.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

John D. Rockefeller is now at
Lakewood, n. j.; Pocantico Hills, n
Y; jamaica Florida; Houston, Texas
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, and Geneva
Switzerland.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

General Grosvenor says the term
"standpat' was obtained from a dis
reputable source. Is it possible that
General Grosvenor believes this to be
a Wall street phrase?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

New York is to have an endowed
theater which will run. not for profit
primarily. but for art This will be a
distinct blow at the Hoyt tragedies.
such as the "Trip to Chinatown" and
their kindred.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

Andrew Carnegie has offered s3O0.-
600 for the Rubens painting, st John
Interceding for the Rich man at the
Gate of Heaven" 1t must be under
stood, however. that st. john reserves
the right to pick his rich men.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

A farmer of this state has invented
cow milking machine which uses sue
ton. the same force employed so sue
ceSsfully by the calf 1t also has adj
vantage over the calf in not hurting
the COW when the flow is not entirely
satisfactory.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

Big Tim Sullivan, in congress from
New York, has decided to resign.
Washington is all right" he declares,
but it is too far from the Bowery."
Can the country spare Mr.. Sullivan?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20
Strictly Business.

MAY I ask If am in the market for
a bid for your affections ?" asked the
youth who did everything in business.
like way.
You must 60 to par before l cah
take any stock in your OFFER" answered
the dutiful brokers' daughter.-Balti
more American.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

Swift & Cos new stock issue of
Sit, 100000 has been oversubscribed
The feeling among financiers seems to
be that the government is not big
enough to nurt the packers much.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

MISS Mary Anderson (Mme Navarro)
IN the play Of "Pygmalion and Galatea''
once turned with outstretched arms to-
ward the audience. She was supposed
TO be appealing to heaven. 1.-THE gods
VIII help me" she cried. At once with
one accord the gods" Of the gallery
roared response, I'VE willv,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

Don't fatter yourselves that friend
ship authorizes you to say disagreea-
Bile things to your intimates. On the
contrary, the nearer you come into re-
Iation with a person the more necessary
90 tact and courtesy become. Except
In cases Of necessity, which are rare.
leave your friend to learn unpleasant:
truths from his enemies.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20
The BRIGHT Spots.

NO man knows his strength or his
weakness till occasion proves them. If
there be some thoughts and actions of
his life from the memory Of which a
man shrinks with shame, surely there
are some which he may be proud to
own and remember-forgiven injuries.
conquered temptations (now and them
and difficulties vanquished by endur-
ance.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20
The Martyr.

Polly-So Mrs. Highmere's husband
has developed bad habits. How did
you hear about it? Dolly-Oh, Mrs.
Highmere invited US all to an after
noon tea, SO she could tell us how she
suffered in silence!-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

Jacob Kiis got no Invite" to the
wedding. The president was afraid
Jacob would get excited and nomin-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20
She Knew Best.

Visitor-Tell me now, professor, are
you suffering much from your head
ache? Professor Ito his wife)-Say,
Amelia, do l suffer much from my
headache ?--Fliegende Batter.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

The Boston Herald says that the
best obituary of King Christian is that
he died poor Dying poor isn't so hard
1t is living poor where the pinch
comes.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

The down-trodden meat packers are
still telling how Garfield worked them
for information to the effect that they
We're lawbreakers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

Mr.. BalfOur got back into parlia-
ment by the back door yesterday. In
the meantime Mr. Chamberlain ana
his monocle are on guard.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

The trouble with some self made
men is that they are continually build
ing on to themselves when the pattern
doesn't call for any more goods.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

The foreman of the Chicago divinity
school says there is graft in the pulpit,
and Link Steffens not yet half
through with congress!
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-20

The Tallest Building In the World.
The tallest building in the world is
neing erected in New York by life in
surance company. 1t will be $50 feet
high, or five feet higher than the
washington monument and lightweight
feet higher than st. Peters, Rome.