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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24

that you can open your heart to me-"
Il am in difficulties" explained
Miss Cummings, gently, "in which /
have no one to advise me-" and then,
impulsively as it seemed, she entered
almost eagerly into full details.
Mr.. Mellin listened, dazed and di.
vided in mind. At last he asked,
hesitatingly: But your sister, Miss
Desire? Surely this affects herr"
The light from the candelabrum plain
ly showed a change in Miss Hopes
face. There was thrill, too, in her
voice, almost of supplication, as she
said:
Il still have an explanation to offer,
a confession which | owe TO you be-
fore l can accept the least of your
good Offices. Mr.. Mellin. l have no
sister. | live alone and have done so
ever since my brother Duncan died,
~ years ago. Desire is but a creature
Of my own imagining, into whom
would gladly have breathed the breath
of life. My brother and l were left
alone, and he, poor soul, was very
deaf. There had never been much in
common between us, and with his af
fliction-you understand. Then came
his decline in health, and my heart
smote me. He would have no help
for his ears, so l knew | must have
it for my overweak voice. l tried
every known system for strengthening
the vocal organs. Constantly, by my
self, talked to keep in practice. 1t
was a help, and l know the reading
and my music helped poor Duncan
through those last three years" Miss
control a reminiscent agitation, then
continued:
II think / hardly could have en-
dured my solitude afterwards but for
that other self to whom / had talked
so long. have kept up the habit, and
Desire has been the greatest comfort
to me-sister, friend, and almost
mother.
And now you have my story, Mr..
Mellin," she concluded. Forgive me
II l have seemed to play a double part.
l feel that / have no right to your
friendship, you who are so good and
noble, when have deceived you as
have, but really l had no such inten-
ton in the beginning; 1t was merely
the carrying out of the happy delusion
with which / had consoled myself for
so long,"
But Mr.. Mellen's usually ruddy face
had paled with something that was
not anger. Had he not been admitted
into the penetralia of most sacred as
sociations while listening to the un-
folding of the simple domestic mys-
terry? Now he trembled almost Wis
IDLY as he leaned forward to take the
white hand held out.
Il thank you, thank you" he said,
for the confidence you have given
me. Let me be your friend until"
and then he stopped.
But 1t was not long before John
Mellin was able to finish that SEN
tence, saying, proudly: Until now
that I have this assurance that my
Hope and my Desire are one"
For Miss Cummings. too, had found
an answer to quite undreamed de-
sire
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24

THIS continued Tor fifteen years and
until began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. Then | improved steadily until
cured. and naturally, | recommend
them strongly"
Sold by all dealers, so cents a box
Foster-MilbUrn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24
Reform in Earnest

Mrs. Crossway was shedding tears
of JOY.
Il just can't help it," she exclaimed
MY husband has sworn Off"
Why, didn't know he drank" said
Mrs. Xavier, greatly astonished. WAS
he-was he much given to the use of
liquor?"
20, dear, no! He didn't use it at
all. He has sworn off from buying
things We don't need and paying for
them on the installment plan"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24

II you had the abilities of all the
great men, past and present, you
could do nothing well without sin
cerely meaning 1t, and setting about
it-Dickens.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24
centenarlan Likes Tobacco.

Mrs. Mary Ellen Barraby of Brock
ton, Mass, has just celebrated her
one hundred and fifth birthday. She
began smoking pipe when she was
so, and regrets she didn't begin when
she was 40
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24

FITS, st. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by DIR. Kline s
Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free $500
trial bottle and treatise Dr. r. II. Kline,
Id, 93l Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24
Dancer for the Witches.

Said the sour old witch:
Things have reached such a pitch
That dare not go broomstick riding;
For these airmobiles
With gas bags and wheels
With my broomsticl1 are ever colliding.''
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24

and heavy lifting
weakened my kid
neys. | was tired
every morning and
my limbs stiff and
sore. Dizzy spells
and headaches were
frequent, and the
kidney secretions
IN uch disOrdered.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24
TelIinq a Family Secret.

Little Clarence-Mamma, how did
papa make his first thousand?
His Mother-He made it, dear, by
marrying your grandfathers daugh-
ter. Now run out and play.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24
Inactive Koreans.

A German tourist expressed the
opinion that doing nothing is the ma.
tional occupation of Koreans.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24
The Pe-ru-na Almanac in e,ooo,oo
Homes

The Peruna Lucky Day Almanac has
become fixture in over eight million
homes 1t can be obtained from all
druggists free. BE sure to inquire early.
The 1908 Almanac is already published.
and the supply will soon be exhausted.
Do not put it off. Speak for one to-day.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24

All growth and achievement depend
very largely upon knowing ourselves
and how to apply that knowledge
French.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24

Happiness lies in the consciousness
We have of IT, and by no means in
the way the future keeps its promises.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24
Italy Has Largest Churches.

Italy owns the worlds three largest
churches-St. Peters, Rome; The Du-
ONO, Milan; and st. Pauls at Rome.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24
AND THERE WAS!

Juvenile Drummer-There ought to
be a great opening for a pushing
young fellow in this country.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24
II You Suffer from Asthma

or Bronchitis get immediate relief by
using Browns Bronchial Troches.
Contain no harmful drugs.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24

VIII IL be the same old resolutions
with a new coat of varnish?
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24

A suggestion for 1908: Take Garfield Tea
TO establish and maintain a normal action
of the digestive organs, to purify the blood.
cleanse the system and to bring Good
Health
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24

That is LAXATIVE EROMO QUiNlNE. Look for
the signature OF ~. W. GROVE. Used the World
over To Cure a Cola Ia ono Day. 2jc.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24

Above is sufficient seed to grow 30 bu.
OF rarest vegetables and thousands of bril-
liant flowers and all is mailed to you
POSTPAID FOR l2c,
or If you send l6c, we will add package
of Berliner Earliest CaulAower John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. X. & w.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24

It's easy to swear off-and just as
easy to fall of little later.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24

Brains can make money, but money
can't make brains.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24
WORK wEAKENs KIDNEYS.
The Experience Of Mr.. Woods Is the
Experience Of Thousands of Others.

Bernard p. Woods of Jackson street,
Homecoming, Md, says: Hard work
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24
PILES CURED INaTo 1AD

PAZo OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case
of Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding piles In
6to IA days OF money refunded. SOC.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24
Tombs Of Cement.
ONLY ONE "BRoyIO OUININE,,

An enterprising American has be-
gun to manufacture cement tombs.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums reduces I'm
nammaton, allays PAIN cures wind COLI 25c BOTTLE
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24

"For several years have been troubled
with peculiar spasmodic affection OF
the throat 1t would seize me suddenly
and for few minutes | would be nm
able to speak audibly, and my breath
would be greatly interfered with.
would be obliged to gasp for breath.
81 finally concluded that il was some
catarrhal affection which probably ex-
cited the spasm. 1t interfered with nv
vocation as a preacher, attacking me
occasionally in the pulpit.
" had heard so much about Peruna
as catarrh remedy that | determined
to try it. After taking two bottles. nv
trouble mas disappeared. / feel sure
that Peruna has greatly benefited me. :"
Rev. r. f.. Swanstrom. Swedish Bap-
fist Pastor, Box 22S, Grantsburg. Wis.
writes that from the use of Peruna he
is perfectly well, entirely cured of
chronic diarrhea and catarrh.
Peruna in Tablet Form.
For two years DR.. Hartman and his
assistants have necessarily labored 10
create Peruna in tablet form, and their
strenuous labors have just been crowned
with success. People who object TO
liquid medicines can now secure Peruna
Tablets, which represent the medicinal
ingredients of Peruua. Each tablet is
equivalent to one average dose of
Peruna.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24
Revised Homestead Regulations

N. V. MelNNES, Avenue Theatre Block. Detroit.
Michigan; or C. A. LAURIER. Sauli Ste Marie, Mich.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-01-24
somethlna New Under ths Sum.

A lady in Illinois sent us l2c year ago
for our remarkable collection of vegetable
and flower seeds and sold $37 76 worth
therefrom, or made 3l49o. That's new.
just send this notice with l2c and re-
ceive the most original seed and plant
catalog published and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-12

ence between three hundred dollars and
the amount Of the special tax so levied
to be appnfttoped to such district at
the June apDogtfmment.
1t is the last Paragraph that the
change is made, the first being the
same as at present. The effect of this
new provision would be to entirely re-
volutionize the system of making ap-
portionments and it will be carefully
explained by State Superintendent
Dewey. A large attendance of the di-
rectors is expected at the meeting and
an excellent program has been ar
ranged for the occasion.
County Superintendent Grant s..
Bond will speak on 1.-THE, laws relat-
ing to school district clerks" "Pur-
chase Of school supplies" will be dis
cussed by Mr.. Dewey. These two ad-
dresses are in the morning. Opening
the afternoon session H. A. Reynolds
will speak on Neglect of rural inter
ests in schools and colleges" and H
B. Dewey will close the meeting with a
discussion of the principal topic of the
meeting, "Code commissions report on
school apportionments."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-12
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH.
School Directors To.Discuss
Change Of Code Commission

To consider changes in the school
fund apportionment law, a meeting Of
the, directors of the county will be held
in the superior court room on Sat
urday, December 10, at 10 o'clock a. m.
The meeting is one of a series now
being held throughout the state to con-
slider the recommendations of the code
commission created by the last legis-
Iature to recodify, re-arrange and
bring into harmony all laws and
parts of laws relating to the public
school system and to recommend such
changes to existing laws as it deemed
proper. On the subject of apportion-
ments, it's recommendation is as fol-
lows:
The basis of apportionment to each
county shall be on the total days OF
attendance in the several districts Of
the county:
Provided, that each school district,
in which the special school tax levy
for the preceding year was not less
than five mills on the dollar and in
which the amount of special school tax
so levied was less than three hundred
dollars, shall receive, also, the differ
ence between three hundred dollars
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-12
Union Men Aid
Labor Journal

Through the cooperation Of the la
boring men of the city, the publica-
ton of the official labor journal, the
Garden City Monitor" will be con-
tinued, with Jesse Ferney at the helm,
petitions having been circulated this
week among the union men, by which
nearly every one one Of the 900 mem
bers pledged themselves to subscribe
for the Monitor, thus putting it on
frmer financial basis and assisting
the proprietor in meeting running ex-
penses. -
The action was taken at the in
stance, of the Trades & Labor council.
members Of which feel that an official
labor journal will, in the immediate
future, be necessity in this city. The
paper appears today as usual, despite
last weeks announcement that it
would be discontinued and plans are on
foot whereby the publication may be
improved and new departments added
from time to time.
While nothing definite has been done
in the matter, it was announced today
that the labor unions are considering
the advisabiiity of incorporating, issu-
ing stock and making the Monitor one
of the leading labor journals of the
state. Many members of Walla Walla
unions have signified willingness to
take stock, and action along that
line may be taken in the near future.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-12
Dredging Company Formed.


DAWSON, Dec. 12.-Announcement
was made here this week that Mis-
souri, capitalists, chiefly of Kansas
City, together with Dawsonites. had
organized company with 100000
600 capital, to dredge Stewart and the
McQesten rivers, beginning operations
next year with at least one dredge
This company and the Yukon Gold
Basin company, headed by former
Governor Agilvie, will install q Joint
power plant to drive twenty dredges.
The scheme to use Frazier falls
power Is likely to be abandoned be-
cause Of heavy rock work and large
runs of ice damaging the plant in the
spring and fall. Mayorister rapids will
likely be used
d. A. Mattheson, superintendent of
the two companies, leaves in a few
days for the outside, to arrange for the
joint installation Of the plant These
two companies promise to rival the
Guggenheims on the Yukon in the
number of dredges. Already they have
a far larger dredging area.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-12
EIkS Will Have Queen On
Throne for Big Carnival

Deep, unfathomable mystery, so
dense that it might be sliced with a
Tread knife surrounds the latest an
nouncement that the 'Ellks will have
a queen" The mystery comes in
when the announcement follows that
her identity is not to be revealed until
the return of Ben c. Holt, member
of the executiv committee, from the
east, even though it is intimated that
the selection has already been made,
and that the beauty who is to WELD
the magic wand over the antlered herd
during he big carnival that opens
Monday evening, December 28, is GER
tainly a ,'pippin peach"
As a. "pippin' is ordinarily recog-
nized as a variety of apple, it natur-
ally follows that the committee, In
order to secure a "pippin peach had
to do some grating, and an inves-
tigation may be made as soon as the
carnival closes. Members Of the ex-
ecutive committee, Fire Chief William
Metz, ]. ]. Kaufman and Secretary
H. B. KershaW said this morning that
the queen elect would be the real ar
ticle, and that the public-which is to
have no voice in the selection-would
have the pleasure of witnessing the
grace and dignity Of the fair ones
reign upon the rial throne for an
entire week; that a reward of $1OO
would be paid to anyone who thought
the judgment of the committee in
making the selection could be i'm
proved upon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-12
LONDON WEDDING
George Westinghouse to Marry Miss
Violet BrockeIbank.

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-According to
reports received here, the wedding of
George Westinghouse, tine Pittsburg
multi millionaire, to- the famous Eng
lish beauty, Miss Violet Brockelbank,
daughter of Sir Thomas and Lady
Brockelbank, will take place next
Saturday in London.
The international marriage was to
have been solemnized some time ago,
but was postponed, it is said, on ac-
count Of the financial difficulties of the
great Westinghouse interests. The re-
turn of better times has enabled the
couple to carry forward their plan.
The marriage will be the culmina-
tion of romance which began at the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufac-
turing company's plant, where the
couple met for the first time and
where George Westinghouse was at
work learning to be an expert elec-
trician. Miss Brockelbank was Wis
itor at the Westinghouse home, Soli-
tude, but had not met her fate until
she visited the shops and saw her fu-
ture husband as an apprentice.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-12

mo-" said Jake Kaufman this
morning, I'VE can't tell you, even In
confidence, who the fair lady lis, for
Holt from the east We are in hourly
communication, by wire, with Mr.. Holt,
relative to the momentous question
and no announcement can at this
time be made
Then buttonholing the scribe, the
committee pulled him to one side out
of the rain and impaired the startling
information that she was a ''pippin-
peach" There have been queens and
queens here, they say, but Her Royal
Highness" who is to direct the desti-
MES of Elkdom during the big week is
to take the lead over all.
Impressive coronation ceremonies
will, in all probability. mark the OPEN
ing of the carnical, and these, as well
as the selection of the queen will be
different" from similar. events of the
past. A program of entertainment
such as has never before been given
in Walla Walla is being arranged, and
the stunts to be put on by local tai
ent will be the redeeming features of
the week AcrObatic numbers by
Kaufman and Metz, the worlds heavy
weight champions on the cushions,
have been booked to a certainty and
these alone will be worth many times
the price of admission.
But the queen question is still sur
rounded by an air of secrecy and mys-
fery
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-12
Smith and Paul
Fined by Judge

When the jury commissioners of the
superior court, T. A. Paul and Everett
J. Smith, failed to appear in the SUI
perior court this morning there was
something doing. Judge Brents had
told them to come at 9 o'clock and at
IL minutes past the hour neither had
shown up. Finally Attorney Paul put
in an appearance, late but there just
the same. He was fined 81 by Judge
Brents because he did not appear on
time.
But Everett J. Smith, the newly
elected prosecuting attorney, failed to
show UP at all. Judge Brents became
impatient. There was but one case
left and the evidence in that had all
been submitted and there was nothing
more that could be done. The jury had
to be drawn in open court and every
thing was stopped until Smith came.
At last Judge Brents became impa-
tient and issued a bench warrant for
the delinquent jury commissioner. This
was put into the hands of Deputy
Sheriff Floyd Haviland, who soon To-
Gated his man and brought him into
court. What Judge Brents said will
become a classic in court circles, and
he ended by fining Mr.. Smith $40.
With the arrival of Commissioner
Smith, proceedings went ahead and
the Jury list for the next term was
drawn. County Clerk Dorsey Hill was
blindfolded and drew the names In
the customary way.
The list drawn was as follows: j.
D. Moore, D. S. Brunton, Thomas Potts'
w. C. Townsend, Erwin Joy, Frank
Tierney. p B.. Hawley, David Stokes,
John Albeit, c. e. Williams, Alfred
Williams. Alfred w. Phillips. Frank
McConaughy, T. w. Dixon, James Tai
hot. w. L. Mathews, v. E. Brown, Ros-
coe Drumheller, Joe Rogers. Jonn j.
Noon. p. u. Nelson, Daniel Meyer,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-12

picting the various scenes of the
journey through the not sands, and
the 25 candidates, surrounded by
Shriners carrying large broad-swords,
spears and axes, presented helpless
appearance, the more SO as they were
held in line with a cable which formed
the center of attraction for the chain
gang"
Ceremonies, which start at o'clock
this evening, will be held in Masonic
temple, East Alder street, and will
continue until II o'clock. At II: 80
o'clock, the visitors, local members
and candidates will go to the Dacres
hotel, where Noble Art Harris will
serve one of the "swellest" banQuets
ever given in Walla Walla. At o'clock
tomorrow morning, the special train
will start on the return trip to Spo-
kane.
All Of the visitors, a number Of
them being from Coeur d'Alene and
smaller towns in the neighborhood Of
Spokane, wore their "fez" and all day
the streets have been dotted with the
red caps, as the Shriners wended their
way about the city. Electric cars con-
veyed more than hundred of the Wis
itors to the state penitentiary this
morning, ard the forenoon was spent
in inspecting the prison buildings and
factories.
There is no restraint placed on the
Spokane and Occur d'Alene members
of ElKatif's temple, the keys of the
city being In their possession; an
they intend to make the best Of
thelr opportunity to take the town.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-12
THREE RIDERS YET
HAVE A CHANCE

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-Walter De-
mar, of San Jose, Cal, a member Of
the transcontinental team, Floyd Nc
Farland, of San Jose, member of the
Pacific Atlantic team and Walter Rutt
of Germany, a member of the German
Holland team, will probably decide the
premier honors of the six-day bicycle
race at Madison Square Garden which
ends at f0 o'clock tonight.
These men, with their team mates.
are leading today. A mile sprint Is
being planned which is expected to
give one Of the teams material lead
Early today all were tied for the lead.
Some of the trailers have been stimu-
lated by strychnine but the leaders
have not resorted to drugs, merely
drinking copiously of black coffee and
champagne BROTH