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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-28

mings was not aware of the fact that
the committee had had hand in the
drafting of the measures, but every
thing pointed to sucn a contingency.
Nothing Stirring.
But the wish of the city father was
not to be gratified, for the mayor in
formed him that the measures were on
the calendar, and all that could be
done was to postpone action. There
upon Mr.. Cummings sat down. But
the thought of those ordinances could
not be driven out of his think tank.
A few moments before adjournment,
Councilman Fred s. Hull brought up
the question of securing new helmets
for the boys on the police force.
II have to buy my own hat; / guess
they can do the same" broke in the
irate Mr.. Cummings. Then when Coun-
Gilman Neibergall made the motion to
instruct the chief of police to more
rigidly enforce the curfew law, Mr..
Cummings again let his thoughts re-
vert to those obnoxious ordinances.
"And / would like to make motion
that the CHIEF of police be instructed
to see that the hungry animals at the
hitching racks in the city are prop
erly fed and cared for" There was
where the councilman rubbed the fur
the wrong way, for the chief was pres
ent and took occasion to inform his
superior officer that his monthly re-
ports will show with what degree of
efficiency he has looked after needy
equines. ooh, did not mean to in
sinuate that you had not been looking
after Them" apoligized Mr.. Cum
mings. 81 merely made the motion
that you might be still more indus
trious in the matter.
One of the saddest spectacles of the
evening was the adoption of the re-
ports of the street committee on the
matter of accepting the bids for paw
ing in six of the Improvement dis
tricts. Rich & Harris having been
found to be the lowest and best bid
ders. Six different reports were enter
ed, one from each district, and on all
documents only the names of Council
man c. II. Whiteman and Councilman
Albert Niebergell appeared. Each re-
port was read separately and roll
call secured. On each occasion Mr.
Cummings unattended NO fioated
dreamily upon the evening breeze be-
fore being waited out the window
toward the hitching racks, which may
have been partially responsible for the
gentleman's irritable frame of mind.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-28
ROSE Of HE'LL IS
WOODEN BLOSSOM
Flower Grows Only on the Edge of the
Crater of Central American VOL
cano Which Natives Believe
the Entrance to He'll.

Los ANGELES, Cal, April 2S.-
Through the gift of friend who visit
ed the remote region where
it grows, Herman Silver, of
Los Angeles, has come into
the possession of d specimen of the
strangest and rarest flower known to
scientists.
1t is the Rose of He'll" a gigantic
blossom of solid wood, which grows
only on the edges of Central Ameri-
can volcano and gets it's name from
the Indians, who believe the crater is
the entrance of Hades and the blossom
a native of the regions inside
Mr.. Silver's specimen is one of few
that have ever been brought to this
country, and perhaps the finest. At
first appearance it seems to be tough
gnarled knot of a tree which has been
splintered, but closer examination dis
closes the fact that it has petals o
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-28
SPEED TELEGRAPHY
EXPERIMENTS TRIED
Tests WIFI Be Made Between Paris and
London by the French and Eng
lish Governments With
New System.

LONDON, April 2S-Experiments are
shortly to be conducted between Lon
don and Paris by the French and Eng
lish governments with the high-speed
Pollak- Virag Geographic system. SINH
lar experiments were performed sew
raj years ago by the postal authOri-
ties, but it is stated at the postOff1ce
that they were regarded as unsatis-
factory, owing to the interference
caused in neighboring circuits. The
inventors now state that this difficulty
has been successfully overcome.
At the engineering department OF
the postoffice it was stated that even
if the proposed experiments We're car
ried out and proved successful it was
quite possible that adminiStra tive
causes would prevent the adoption of
the system. Under the present sys-
TEN (Wheatstone) it was possible to
transmit at the rate of 600 words a
minute. The practice of the postof-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-28

wood and bark and the rough out
lines of a flower The petals, con-
cave in form, are arranged much like
the petals of a halfblown rose. Their
inside surfaces are covered with fine
lines, which have the delicacy of fine
hand carving. The stem, which is
about a foot long, is of some unusual
wood, which is light and strong. 1t is
covered with heavy bark, which seems
to have been cracked by the heat.
Both flower and stem are dark brown
the color of weather beaten boughs
and dry as finder. The flower grows
on tree of great size and strength.
The blossom measures about twelve
inches across.
The trees grow in the crevasses on
the sides of Mount Aqua, a high peak
among the rugged mountains of Cen
trail America and near the volcano of
Fuego The Guatemalan Indians have
known of it for long time and have
associated it with the fiery vengeance
of the subterranean regions.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-28

q
sltle if you take time and tbougbt
enough for it,
A feeling of injustice rankIes longer
IN chlld's mind than most grown
ups realize
remember coming home from
school one day with half eaten an
pie in my lunch box-all brown across
the often surface-you know how a
half eaten apple looks
"Dearie," said mother, what a hor-
rid looking APPLE
but apples always look like that
when you eat some of them" / ex-
planned.
My aunt, one OF those disappearing
relatives that always seems to be try
ing to impress upon you that YOU
would have been much better disci-
plined if she had had the care of YOU.
was there.
"Oh, we all know that anything
Ruth has is always dirty" she said.
The injustice of that has ranked to
this day.
Instead of fighting AGAINST your
childs sense of justice, why not make
it your ally? 1 know one mother who
does that to perfection. Here is a
sample of her methods.
Little Marion did not like to clean
her teeth. why do l have to clean
my teeth after every meal? l think
once a day is enough - she used to
wall.
One day her mother instructed the
maid to give Marion the same dishes
that she had used for breakfast for
dinner, without having washed them.
Marion was highly indignant.
But my dear" said her mother.
"you don't wash the things you chew
your food with but once a day. Why
should you expect to have the dishes
YOU eat out of washed any oftener?'
Now wasn't that a better answer to
Marion's wall than
Because l tell you to-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-28
Leaves for ireland.

NEW YORK, April 2S.-Rchard
to his home in Ireland.
This puts an end to the rumor that
the former Tammany boss will take
an active part in the coming munich
pal campaign.
This greatly relieves the friends OF
the present boss, Charles F. Murphy,
who looked upon Crokers presence
here at this time with considerable ap-
prehension. AS one of Murphys men
said:
mo one wishes Croker a heartier
bon voyage than Charley Murphy
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-28
Students In DARING Trips.

PHILADELPHIA, April 2S.-If all
the expeditions planned by students of
the University of Pennsylvania during
the approaching vacation periods are
successful, there will be few fields left
for other scientific explorers.
No sooner had the intention of
George E. NitZsche to find the north
pole been posted in Houston Hall than
two other students declared their in
tention of ascending the Amazon river
in inaphtha launch. Ntzsche is to use
an aeroplane on his journey to where
the ice trust can be ignored
Harold Gibson and J. Theodore Mar
shall. who are to explore the Amazon
say there will be no fun about their
trip. They mean business and hop.
TO bring back botanical specimens that
are now unknown to their instructors
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-28
CUMMINGS GLASSES
WERE T|NTEDaBLUE
Councilman Could Net See Rosy Color
in Anything Proposed by City
Dads Last Night and Was
Quite Contrary.

The world looked blue to Council
c. H. Cummings last night his usu-
ally placid countenance was lined with
burrows of care and that free air which
had been SO much in evidence at pre-
viOus meetings of the council was
wholly absent. Just what was the
cause of the councilmans seeming dis
comfiture is totally yelled in mystery,
but it may have been due to the action
CT the street committee, of which ne is
q member in letting the contract for
street paving to the Rich & Harris Con :
structiOn company. Councilman Cum
mings refused to sign the committee
reports recommending that the COM
pany be awarded the contract, and
upon every possible occasion he voted
against the adoption Of the majority
reports.
Another thing that served Ill a great
measure to disturb the gentleman's
cOmposure was the presence on the
calendar of the hitching ordinances,
held over from last week, when they
When the clerk announced that he was
Icduy IOT lHoSc OIuIlldHceS, the COun-
Gil, almost to man, signified it's will
ingness to allow them to repose quietly
for the present in the little brown box.
! Other questions were considered, and
toward the close of the session the per-
sistent phantom appeared before the
vision of Mr.. Cummings.
If it is not out of order" said he.
Il would like to make a motion to
smother those hitching ordinances
| just to prevent the newspapers from
writing about something they don't
know anything about They have been
saying the ordinances were drawn UP
| under the direction of the street com
| mittee and were recommended by that
| committee, and they do not know what
| they have been talking about l have
nothing against farmer, but l have
| no use for the man who will drive his
horse to town tie it to a hitching rack.
and go off to feed his own face and let
his animal go hungry. I'd like to
smother those ordinances"
1 As matter of fact, Councilman c.
H. Whiteman, of the street committee
| fathered those ordinances and CITY
| Clerk Harris guide line" was street
committee" Perhaps Councilman Cum
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-28
FAIR
WEATHER FORECAST.

Walla Walla and vicinity: Fair to-
night with light frost; cooler. Thurs
day fair and warmer.
PORTLAND, Ore, April %. -
Washington: Showers in west pOr-
ton, fair in east portion tonight;
cooler east portion with light frost
Thursday fair, warmer, except near
coast.
Weather Conditions.
The Pacific coast disturbance now
covers the Rocky Mountain states
with it's greatest depression over Col
orado> The high pressure area on
the Oregon coast has gained strength.
Showers were general during the past
"a hours over the Pacific Northwest
and snow fell in Montana and North
Dakota. A disturbance moving from
the lakes to the north Atlantic coast
has given rain or snow over the east
ern half of the country. It is cooler
on the Pacific slope and east Of the
Mississippi, and warmer along the
eastern slope of the Rockies. The in
dicatiOns are for fair weather in this
vicinity tonight and THURSDAY. 1t will
be cooler with light frost tonight and
warmer Thurday.
JOHN GROVER, Observer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-28
A MASTER OF CRAFT.

Although Abdul Hamid, Sultan of
Turkey, may have inspired the greater
portion of the civilized world with
lcathing, it must be acknowledged by
his severest critics that he is a master
craftsman in the matter of intrigue and
in the meeting of political emergen-
oies. There is not better politician
today in Europe, if indeed in all the
world A true disciple of Machiavelli,
he confronts every situation in terms
of the weakness of his enemies. For
many years he has maintained him
self upon an unstable throne wholly by
reliance upon and the manipulation of
the European jealousies. He has taken
full advantage of the fact that no
single power is strong enough to at
tack him if he obtains assistance from
two of the others. and he has survived
crisis after crisis by virtue of the fact
that every one of the six great gov
ernments is afraid to allow his pos
sessions to become spoils of conquest
or pacific division. OF late years he
has found a firm friend in William of
Germany, and it is believed his pres
emf success in avoiding dethronement
SO long was due to the German infiu-
ence
When the young Turks rose a few
months ago and demanded a constitu
tion Abdul Hamid promptly promised
them all they asked. He had become
expert in the art of promising He had
pledged himself so often to the pow
ers to the establishment of Macedo-
MAN reforms that his acceptance Of
ba 10
even went so far as to agree to appear
in public on the occasion of the pro-
mitigation of the constitution and to
allow himself to be photographed in
the center of wildly cheering mob. To
those who accepted surface indications
the situation appeared permanently
changed in Turkey. They did not
reckon with the old sultan's genius for
craft. They forgot how many times he
had broken his pledges to the powers
and permitted elaborate schemes of re-
form to fall into desuetude and con-
tempt. They did not remember that
one of the cardinal virtues of the Mo-
hammedan is to deceive another, and
that in Turkish politics good faith is
absolutely unknown.
Last weeks counter revolution de-
monstrated that the sultan had cor
rupted the reform government and un-
done practically all the work accom-
plished by them. Then came the re-
newal of the revolution. a splendid
manifestation of military solidarity
and orderly procedure. A few hours
only seemed to measure the official, il
not the physical life of the Sultan. His
successor was virtually selected and
plans We're prepared for the progress
SION of the government along the lines
of genuine reform. The wise old Turf
sat in his palace and plotted, sending
every few minutes for Tewfik Pasha
an experienced and trusted counselor
He offered no resistance, recognizing
the futility of opposition to the army
which, with consummate skill, his op-
ponents Were centering upon him. H,
proposed concessions, agreed to undo
all the reactionary work of the coun.
ter revolution, secretly invoking mean
while the aid of his German ally ant
playing upon the fears of general Eu
ropean war. Though doubtless trembl
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-28
PERSONAL


A. Ellis of Dixie. is in the city this
morning from Dixie.
r. E. Stewart of Athena. is a bust
ness visitor to the city today.
Abe Hudson was in the city for a
few hours yesterday from Milton.
J. B. Cummings of Touchet, was in
the city yesterday on a combined bust
ness and pleasure trip
j F. Stricken of Pasco, is in the
city today on a brief business trip.
IT. w. DeMuth of Waitsburg, is in
the city today visiting friends.
J. S. Bell, of Athena, arrives in the
city this morning.
J. G. Hindle is in the city this morn
ing from Dayton and will return to his
home in several days.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-28

ants' duty to devel-
~ that sense by
rying to give just
md satisfying ans
yers to that exas-
'erating adverb.
Mothers will pro-
est that it isn't al
ways possible to tell
4 child why it is
asked to do this or
that.
1t isn't always
easy. I'll admit, but
L think it's pretty
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-28

ing in every limb, frightened to within
an inch of his roguish old life, Abdul
Hamid in this last crisis showed him.
self once more a craftsman of the first
degree. a master hand at effective
non-resistance and counter plot
And though he has finally been de-
throned, it>may be laid more to weak
ness of body than mind. Could he have
turned back the clock of time for ~
wears he would no doubt be sultan
still
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-28
Honor Oscar Strauss.

NEW YORK, April 2S-In recogni-
ton of the services of Oscar S. Strauss
as Secretary of Commerce and Labor
dinner will be given him and to Mrs
Strauss tonight at the Hotel Astor
Most of the joint members of the cabi-
net with Secretary Strauss will be
present Thereiis movement on foot
to have Mr.. Strauss to become the
candidate for mayor of Greater New
York
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-28
Dinner Dance TONIGHT.

NEW YORK, April 2S.-Tonight's
special feature of the Automobile Car
nival is the dinner dance at the Hotel
Marseille. The advertising and float
section will be one of the most i'm
posing features of the parade on Nav
l. MANY firms are making elaborate
preparations to enter this division
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-28
Evening
Chit.Chat
BY RUTH CAME RON.

why do I have to go, mammal"
Because 1 tell you to-
l wouldn't give a fig for a child that
didn't ask why" at least i hundred
times a day. For any child that is
worth much has an Unborn sense of
logic and justice and reason which is
what stands back of the eternal why"
of childhood.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-28

it has petals of York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14

several hours of intellectual labor is simply adding one fatigue to another, he says. Fresh air and one hour s walking per day are all that is required.
 The system of taking whole days rest every week and month or two at time every year Is also, he assures his readers. ridiculous. When we take holidays we generally devote our time to some physi- cal exercise-cyeling, mountaineering, yachting, swimming-to which our body Is not adapted. It upsets our physique, and the fatigue reacts on our minds, with the result that nine out of ten persons feel worse after a holiday than when they started.
 We do not need long rests; we want short ones," goes on the doctor. Do not rest IS hours per week on Sunday, but four seperate half hours per day. Do not rest one or two months per year after 10 months of intense life and work, but divide these two months into occasional half days of delightful laziness.
 What would you say of a man who would work unceasingly for six years and then spend a whole year in idleness? Yet that is exactly what we do on a smaller scale with our Sundays and summer holi- days"
 But probably most of us will go on en- toying our yearly holidays and weekly Sundays all the same.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
Invitations.

Cardboard cakes and other similar deli cacies are, it seems, no longer confined to the stage, and at many functions a request for a portion from a particular dish might cause great consternation.
 The use of these dummy dishes is in creasing very much, for at many of the public banquets for which the tickets are almost ridculously cheap, 1t would not be possible for the caterers to supply the great show of delcaces and dessert which are exhibited on the buffets for so little payment.
 They provide, therefore, a certain amount of real food-poultry or game and judiciously place dishes of dummy foods amongst the real, to give the impression of a prodgal display.
 The walters alone know exactly what they may safely attempt to carve. and what to leave alone; and the most ob- servant guest would have difficulty in distinguishing the real from the coun- terfeit
 Nothing is more deceptive than the fruit at some functions. What are those luscious peaches with such a perfect bloom on the dishes? A bite into one of them would bring cruel disillusion, says Home Chat
 Around perhaps are arranged real ba- big black hothonse grapes are also frauds.
 The caterer cannot help himself. His supporters love a show, hence he mus. provide 1t cheaply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
RADIUM AND HEALTH
By LADY HENRY SOMERSET.

the opportunity of displaying their pa- tr1otism in a remarkable way. Two thousand seven hundred and sixty women-matrons. sisters and nurses-wilI be required, 100 for each of the 23 hos pitals. Therefore. in time of invasion. should such a thing ever come about, not more than 91 of each staff would be con- stantly employed.
 The larger number is to make allow ance for sickness or emergency. The Red Cross society will be charged with supplying the provisions of the quarters used for general hospitals, for the transport of the sick and wounded, and the establishment of refreshment sta- tions and convalescent homes
 The Queen has subscribed G10o0 toward the scheme, and strange to say, the 91000 is provided by her own work, for majesty this winter produced no less than the enormous sum of e10.O00.
 l have wondered as I turned its pages what was the extraordinary interest, apart from the personal love which the nation bears the Queen, which could in- duce people to buy these modest snap shots, charmingly taken, and thus pro- vide so large profit, but I think that it Is explained by the fact that a number of persons in this country like turning over the leaves of an album, and hearing great personages called by pet names, and that 10 many IL IS satisfaction to iooK at a picture under which is written, Arthur Connanght," ''Victoria'' and May" or to see the pictures of crowned heads like the Queen of Sweden announced simply as Maud and little Olaf"
 There is a strange mixture in the En- glish character o -snobbery and affection, mixture that makes peopie love to be intimately acquainted with the details of the lives of great people, partly because they are great and partly because they belong to the nation. But Queen Alex andria's unfailing interest in hospitals ot all sorts is too real thing lightly to be passed by, and the fact that she has been able by her own work to produce so large sum which she has generously given to these institutions must have been a hap piness to her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14

1 one pays attention Now what would you do?"
 Simply go on saying the pleasant things to and about people. It is the tact full, nice thing to do. No .'gush' and | effusion." which amounts to fattery. You i will recall that Mir. Dsraeli said that "Only with royalty should fattery be put on with a trowel.'
 Every human being under the sun has some good quality, and the tactful woman finds out what it is. She does not with hold her praise of any virtue that one may possess, but she does steer clear of the things that hurt and wound the skel- etons that wrankle and burn and cruelty ones heart.
 The tactful woman is the one who makes excuses and helps people over unfortunate situations. and who while she can see the humorous side. still con trols comment sufficiently not to hurt anybody
 From the lack of tact. women suffer more than from the lack of nearly any other gift.
 While with some 1t is innate, it eer- tainly can be acquired with a little pa- tience and study.
 The woman who doesn't possess tact should carefully criticise every failure she makes with friends or acquaintances no matter how small, and see if a lack of tact is not at the bottom of 1t all.
 Tact requires a knowledge of human nature, 1t is true, but this also comes by study and observation. The woman who goes through the world without ab- sorbing knowledge about those around her is doomed to lonely and monotonous old age. If she goes through the world blum dering and saying the most tactless things to and about her friends, she will spend far more miserable moments than she gives others.
 The great Lord Erskine's advice with regard to tact was that fin eonversa- tion. never to mention a rope in a family in which there had been a hanging" Ohi so clever; so subtitle, thatl
 If a woman hasn't tact she should look for it, work for it, and pray for it. It will give her more happiness than gifts that are spelled in capital letters and con sidered supreme