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SCHOOL READING ROOMS.
Plan Suggested to Use Them as
Night Public Libraries.

plan that has been tried in several
cities with excellent results. it Is stated
and which has been suggested for Wash
ington. is that of opening the public school
buildings Of the city in the afternoons and
evenings for the use of the children and
adults of the neIshborhood of each school
as a reading room and library.
In New York and Philadelphia especial
ly the movement has already gained much
Roadway and has met with the approval
Of the school authorities. 1t will soon be
in active operation in both these cities.
Many persons of the poorer classes will
undoubtedly avail themselves Of such an
opportunity when it is near at hand who
would not travel to distant parts Of city
to obtain good reading matter.
Another advantage is the saved expense.
BY the purchase Of a few papers and
magazines and such games as checkers
and chess, a school room or broad hall
way will readily be transformed into a
reading room al far less expense than the
construction Of a special building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-30
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths were reported to
the District health Office during the past
twenty-four hours:
Mark Ashford, thirty-siX years, 10 Nir-
ginia avenue.
Louisa Pierce, fifty -oone years 29lO Olive
avenue northwest.
Albert Linl1ins. forty-two years. 1914
Bohrer street northwest.
Marshall C. Sayres twenty-eight years,
Government Hospital for the Insane.
Frances A. Reed, seventy-one years, 4
Iowa Circle
Conrad Kirfer, eighty years. 9o1 9TH
street northwest.
Thomas Wilkins. seventy-siX years. All
Richa rdson street northwest
Catherine Johnson, thirty-one years, 1419
p street northwest.
Frank Harrison. fifty-eight years, 1904
Seaton street northwest.
Zachariah Johnson, thirty-Seven years.
1889 Madison street northwest.
Benjamin +. Evans, twenty-siX years,
105 ith street northwest.
Teresa I'enWick, fifty-five years, 1912 d
street southeast.
Thomas Knoll, siXtyseven years. Home
for the Aged and Infirm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-30
MID-YEAR GRADUATES.
Glass Exercises Held at the Business
High School.

The mid-year graduating class of the
Business High School held exercises mark
ing the completion OF their studies in
the assembly hall of the Business High
School building last night. Music speech
es and dancing were the order of the
evening, and the occasion was a COM
mencement in every sense. except that
no diplomas were given to the forty
seven members of the class. These will
be given next June.
Carnations and roses were used plenti-
fully in decorating the hall. Uniformed
cadets of the High School Corps acted
as ushers. and the music was furnished
by the orchestra of the Mckinley Manual
Training School. Allan Davis, principal
OF the school, paid a tribute to the class.
The program was as follows:
class history. Adelaide Dean; class
prophecies. section pa, w. r. Lamar;
section 45f. George Dement,; section Ga.
Albert Wechee; address to the under
graduates. f. G. Sinclair: reply to adj
dress to undergraduates. X. kritch; class
poem, f. +. Frazier: vocal selection,
Peter Becker, and valedictory, Elsie Bar
bour.
The graduating class is composed of
Abe Barnhart, Leonard Butt. CORTLAND
liam Donohue. Elmer S. Frazier. Frank
l.. Gillian, Wesley Gray. Willard Fl.
Honey. Frank Hunter, James J. Keane,
William Lamar, Thomas F. Mccarthy.
Robert *. Middlekauff. Karl I. Pitt.
John r. Pyles, Philip s. Regain. Fred G..
Sinclair, Edward NJ. Sauer. James h..
Taylor. Charles \. Welcker, Jerome I'll.
Williams, Katharine V. Agnew, Elsie NJ.
Barbour. Nellye X. Belt, Helen l.. Budd,
Violet l.. CoXen. Bessie +. Cook. Ade-
laide Dean. Sarah E. Garvey, Alice l..
Godron. Rosa NJ. Guilford. Augusta L.
Hoase. Mary L. Hester, Anne Johnson,
Lorine E. Keller. Louise n. Lowry. julie
Liz Carrie A Moore. Grace NJ. Meirer
Charlotte l.. Pemberton. Ruth G. Petit,
FRANCES \. Tyndall. Catherine G. Seng-
stack, Hattie c. Sheaffer. Blanche c.
Triebler and Louise \. Widmayer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-30
MODIFY THEIR VIEW.
Commissioners Hear Chevy Chase's
Application for Water.

The District Commissioners today gave
hearing to residents of Chevy Chase.
Nd. on bill which passed the Senate
at the first session of Congress, and is
now pending in the House. allowing
Chevy Chase to connect it's water sys-
tenn with that of the District
The bill authorizes the Commission
ers to allow Chevy Chase, Nd, to con-
meet its water system with that OF the
District, and to obtain water for use
in eXtinguishing fires and in such other
cases of emergency or necessity as the
said Commissioners may deem proper
In behalf of the bill William +. S. Cur
It's. president of the Chevy Chase Citi-
zens' Association: John L. Weaver and
j. W. Yerkes spoke today.
After the hearing Commissioner Mac
farland announced that the Commission
ers decided to modify their first adverse
report on the bill and are willing that
connection between the two water sys-
TENS be made for furnishing water FOR
eXtinguishing fires but not for "other
cases of emergency or necessity.
Taking the position that the Districts
water supply is none too large. the Com
missioners do not feel they can recon-
mend the use of the Districts water by
outsiders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-30
INDUSTRIAL PEACE MEETING.
National Associations Qualifications
for Purposes to Be Examined

For investigation of the character.
plans and purposes of the National In
dustrial Peace Association public in
dustrial peace meeting will he held Mon
day evening, beginning at o'clock, in the
First Congregational Church, 10th and G.
streets. The availability of the associ-
alton in the amicabe adjustment of labor
disputes in their inception. or where
strikes or lockouts are in actual exist
ence, together with simple and effective
methods of bringing together employees
and employers will be discussed.
A committee of representative citizens
is TO be appointed at this meeting to in
vestigate the merits Of the association.
John b. Larner will preside. The dis
cusson will be participated in by Rev.
Donald Macleod, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church; Rev. s. ii. Wood
row. First Congregational Church; Rabbi
Abram Simon. Eighth Street Hebrew
Temple: Rev. Samuel II. Green. Calvary
Baptist Church; Arthur c. Moses, Ira f.
Bennett, John Joy Edison. president of the
Washington Loan and Trust Company;
James f. oyster and others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-30
Births Reported.

The following births were reported to
the District health Office during the past
twenty-four hours:
Mark r. and Florence NJ Woodward,
January -. 1909. boy.
George E. and Sarah ]. Wynkoop, jan
uary -. 1909. boy.
Gustavus and Gertrude r. Williams,
January %, 1909. girl.
George and Emma Thomas, January ..
1909, boy.
Lewis f. and Alma Z. Talbert, January
%. 1909, boy.
Samuel L. and Alice E. Stewart. jan
uary 20. 1909. girl.
Paul r. and Stacia NJ. Steinman, jan
uary Z, 1902 girl.
Bernard E. and Arthelia F. Richardson.
January "a, 1909. boy.
William II. and Rosie Z. Phipps, jan
uary -, 1909, girl.
Samuel J. and Clara Pates. January -.
1909, girl.
Michael w. and Agnus NJ. Payne. jan
uary l, 1909. girl.
Allan F.. and Eva Poore, January Is.
1909, girl.
Joseph r. and Ellen NJ. O'Connor. Jam
uary %. 1909, girl.
MILFORD N. and Estella NJ. Nolt. Jan
uary ~ 1909. girl.
John and Jennie Norris. January %.
1909. boy.
Frank J. and Rhea o. Mizell. January
IS, 1909. boy.
John T. and Mary E. Linkins. January
Is. 1909, boy.
Hosea and Bessie Lewis. January %.
1909 girl.
Thomas and Annie Keane, January p,
1909. girl
Claude Z. and Mary n. Koss. January
l.. 1863, boy
Robert NJ and Mabel B. Hutchinson,
January -. 1909. boy.
John II. and Ruth \. Hawells, January
2S. 1909. boy.
Francis E.. and Mary l.. Harrington,
January ~. 1909. girl.
Peter y. and Minnie F.. Horn. January
-. 1909, girl.
Charles and Sarah Garfnkle. January
-. 1909, boy.
Jesse F. and Mary Gates. January 81.
1909. boy.
John NJ and Bertha Gartrell, January
22o, 1909, girl.
Louis and Annie Glassman, January D.
1909, girl.
Nathan and Kate Foer, January p.
1909. boy.
Edgar G. and Carrie E Fearno. jan
uary II, 1909. boy.
George NJ and Rose c. Dixon, January
&c. 1869, boy.
William n. and Ruth E. Duley, January
10, 1909. boy.
Raffaele and Ammonia Deltufe, January
ii. 1909. girl.
Nelson Fl. and Alice w. barton. jan
uary n. 1909. boy.
William J. c. and Lulu ]. Chester. jan
uary 49, 1909. boy.
Edward and Rose L. Barker January
"a. 1909. girl.
David l.. and Lucy A. Worrell, January
a. 1909, girl.
James and Ada Thomas. January -,
1909. boy.
Richard and Josephine Gray, January
e. 1909, boy.
George and Gertrude Green. January
- 1909, boy.
Writ and Eva Eubanks. January 26.
1909, girl.
Tucker and Emma Coles. January -,
1909 girl.
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DIED.

AMOS. Departed this life Friday. January %
1909, at $40 pm. at his residence. 1853
Church street northwest, JOSEPH FERDI-
NAND. beloved husband OF Maria Louisa
Bruce and father OF James i've, Ralph.
Josephine: Ernest: Ferdinand and Claude
Amos and Mrs. Robert L. Pendleton.
Funeral services at Metropolitan A. NJ. r.
Church, street between 18th and 10th
streets northwest. Monday, February 1, at
3 O'Clock pm. Relatives and friends in
vited. baltimore, Philadelphia and los
Angeles papers please copyD .
All members of John F.. Cook Lodge. No. 1885,
G.. L. q. of o. F.. are requested to meet ut
their hall. 1G06 street northwest. Sunday
January H. 1909. at pm. to make arrange
ments for the funeral Of T.. y. +. JOSEPH T..
AMOS.
A. y. BURROWS, NC.
]. W. RICHARDSON. r. $.
cox. On January IS. 1909. at els am. at
Sibley Hospital, CAROLINE Il. cox widow
Of the late j. W. Cox.
Funcra! from her late residence. Ga G street
northwest, Sunday, January 81, at j pun,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-30
Randolph Macon Alumni Meet.

A meeting OF the Washington Alumni AS
ISOLATION of the Randolph Macon College
of Virginia was held last evening at the
Y. NJ. c. a. DIR. II. NJ Canter of the college
faculty was the guest of honor. Toasts
were responded to by Rev. c. " Hessar,
Prof j. F. Perke of George Washington
University. Levin KILLER, Thomas kibier.
James Brannin. Rev. j. w. Smith, Rev
S. X. cockrsll. J. j. Rivers +. c. Hall
and X, Ii. Erarel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-30
WOMAN DEMANDS HEARING.
Accused of Robbing Boston Man of
$4,000.

Inspector Burr of the Boston police de-
partment reached here this morning to
ask that Ella Nelson, alias Minnie Will
liams. be turned over to him to be taken
to Boston. The inspector was accom-
panied by Maxine Bellville. a resident of
Boston who complains that the woman
gave him Knockout drops and robbed
him OF 5000. The woman refused to
return without a hearing, and requisition
papers will probably reach here from
Boston Wednesday.
Florence Gibson. alias Jennie Carpenter
said to be sister of the Williams woman
is charged with vagrancy. She has been
released on bond for her appearance in
the Police Court Monday morning.
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Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to
the following:
William Mackey and Estelle Young.
Clarence A. Linthicum and Anna l.. Nc
Dermot.
James Lee and Edna +. Davis.
Hart Hudnell and Elizabeth Rollins.
Frederick w. Bode and Fannie Sailer.
Owen. s. Edmonston of Youngstown
Ohio, and Mary 4. Bradley of New York
city.
John NJ. Smith and Annie Sneed.
Frank J. Norris and Mable Z. Iutcher-
son.
Pietro Cammarotta and Mary Thomp-
son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-30
Church Missionary Entertainment

1.-THE Second Coming of the Wise Men,
pleasing missionary entertainment.
written by Mrs. Abby G. Baker. was
given by the juniors at the Calvary Bap-
tist Church last evening. under the direc-
ton of Miss Retta G. Ellis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-30

was great success. The chancel choi:
of ST. Paurs Church gave delightful pro-
gramme, and in the audience were the
Baroness Hengelmuner. Baroness Mayor
tolic delegate, Mgr. Falconio: the Misses
Riggs. Miss Whelan. Commander and
Mrs. William Manning Irwin. Mrs. d. p.
Mccartney. Mrs. Robert Hinckley, Mr..
Francis Riggs. Mrs. Eugene Carr, Mgr
O'Connell. Mgr. Lee. Mgr. Mackin. Father
Walsh. Father Russell, Mrs. Blair. Mr..
and Mrs. Gage. Mrs. Carr. Mrs. Thomas
+. Carter. Mrs. George c. Reid. Mrs. Hen
ley Smith. Mrs. ]. D. Brodhead and Miss
Broadhead. Miss Newberry. Miss Irwin.
Miss Ruth Bliss. Miss Caroline Murray.
Mrs R. III. Gunnell. accompanied by her
granddaughter Miss Edith Scott Combes.
left Wednesday for San Francisco. from
which port they will make tour of the
world, spending several months in Japan
and the Philippines.
Mrs. A. G. Yount and Mrs Elmer F.
Yount VIII be at home Mondays, Febru-
airy / and %, at 3114 18th street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Strasburger of the
Bellevue, who left last Wednesday for
Florida. expect to be away about three
weeks and will spent most of the time at
Palm Beach and Miami.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter F. Schneider of
1875 Columbia road left today for an eX-
tensive trip through the northwest and
the state of California, making their OBJ
jective point Los Angeles. They will re-
turn via New Orleans.
The Congressional CLUB was err fete
yesterday at : o'clock. when it's members
were presented to the reXt Vice President
and Mrs. Sherman. The hostesses OF the
afternoon were Mrs. Owen. wife of SEN
ator Owen; Mrs. Zalenski, sister Of Sen
q Rran ha nf
Mrs Sam Smith. Mrs. Peter Porter. Mrs
Fairchild. Mrs. DalZell, Mrs. De AR
mond. Mrs. Loud, Mrs. Harding. Mrs.
Sherley, Mrs. Loudenslager and Mrs
Tirrell.
The semi-monthly hop was given at the
Washington barracks last night and Mrs
Langfitt was the hostess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-30

Have yop tasted ''Salada' Tea: UneQuaIeo
for purity. strength and favor, Trial packet.
lOc. At all grocers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-30

The concert yesterday at Rauschers for
the benefit of the Work for Poor Churches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Strasburger of the
Bellevue, who left last Wednesday for
Florida. expect to be away about three
weeks. and will spent most of the time at
Palm Beach and Miami.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-30

Mrs A. G. Yount and Mrs. Elmer +.
Yount w II be at home Mondays. Febru-
airy / and %, at 3114 18th street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-30

Rear Admiral and Mrs. Selfridge gave a
dinner last night in honor OF the Russian
ambassador, Baron ROSen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-30

Mrs. Sherman Hoar of Massachusetts is
visiting Representative and Mrs. ]. Davis
BrOdhead.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-13
-, rh,, Never Happ.ned.

A grotesoue and foolish view OF the
vest leads many who are not ac-
,uainted with that part OF the country
70 perpetrate amusing blunders re-
garding the possibilities of the typical
western weapons. the rifle and the six
shooter. To shoot an, animals eye out
At n hundred PAGES is a common feat
I'm wild west literature. Sometimes II
is done with Il six shoOter-in type, not
anywhere else. or course. no man
can see the eye Of an animal that far.
| have had a good rifieman tell me he
could cut off a robins head at a hun
dred steps. The truth is that he could
not see the head clearly that far. You
read that the desperate Slade could
with a six shooter at fifty or sixty
steps hit a man In any button of his
coat that he chose. but you may be
sure that neither Slade nor any one
else could do anything OF the kind.
Even trick and fancy shooting ut, Its
hest could ever cover feats ascribed as
matters of course TO the average from
tiersman by those devotees OF frenZied
fiction who never saw the frontier
Outing Magazine.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-13
Equal to the Occasion.

The author of Across England In a
Dogcarr' once s,snped to examine a
church in the littiS village OF Enstone:
The day was warm, and ON leaving
the church rested for awhile in the
grateful shade of t 4. building and for
the sake of the CO s.ess still kept my
hat in my hand. While standing there
| overheard one workman ask of an
other:
"Why do g keep is at of like that
out of doors. mate?"
"'Cause 'e's Quaker, O. course" re-
piled the mate. "Quakers allus do In
churchyards."
Here was an opportunity not to be
lost. NO" said 1, II am not a Quak-
er. am an Episcopalian."
There was short, awkward pause.
Then the first workman, evidently of
an inquiring turn Of mind, said to his
fellow mason, who seemed to be con-
sidered an authority:
"A E-piscopale one, e says e is.
Wot's that, Bill?"
oh" replied the learned Bill, quite
equal to the occasion, that's one of
them fancy foreign religions, surev'
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-13
City and County
Brief News Items

Alfalfa seed for sale at r. S. & z.
Attend the dance at the opera
house, Wednes lay night.
DR.. c. T. Hockett returned Satur-
day from pro elsional trip to l.
Grande.
E A. Anderson LETT Monday foi
Heppner and vicinity on a bushes
trip.
RS. IN. Daisley went to Lostine
saturday to visit her people several
days
Woodlark poisoned wheat. 1t kills
the squirrels. Buy it at Burnaugh &
Mayfield's.
Engineer r. X. Lowry was here
several days last week looking afte'
matters connected with the waite.
works coItra I.
Elgin Flour at w. j. Fu.k & Cos
Patent $3.50 a sack, straight grade.
Sl.40 a sack.
Judge J. w. Knowles and Distric
attorney F. s. Ivanhoe of La Grande
came in Friday to be ready for the
opening of the Nay term of circui
court.
Jackson & viewers Antisepti
Tooth Powder wlitels the teeth
hardens the gums and purifies th'
dens the gums and purifies the breat'
Satisfaction guaranteed.
H. E. Oakes has had his shop r
fitted into a nice retail store roon
and he is carrying a large stock o
paints and wall paper. He will pain
Assessor b. F. Nil!ers large new
house.
T. ". Littleton, who was located
at Oakland for some months, ha
bought home al Lodi, Cal, and vii
reside there. He writes there is
promise of an abundant fruit crol
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Bradley an6
child of Gravity, Iowa, arrived in En-
Ierprise, SATURDAY, and will locate
here. Nr. Bradley was in the rea!
estate business back in Iowa, anc
his former partner, L. B. Payne
writes this paper that Mr.. Bradle,
is a live. wide awake man who vii
prove a welcome addition to our
citizenship. Ar. Bradley and fam
residing in the Long cot
tage on Ie-o. street.
If you desire a clear complexion
take Fo,ey's Or.no Laxative for con
stipation and liver trouble as it viii
stimula these organs and thorough
ly cleanse your system, which Is
what everyone needs in the spring
in order to feel we'll For sale by
Burnaugh & Mayiie.d.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-13

Petersburg and was charge d'affaires
there in the absence of Ambassador
Meyer during critical juncture Of the
war between Russia and Japan.
An episode in Mr.. Eddy's career at
the time of the Victorian jubilee Of
1897 was an adventure he had during
London fog with fair Russian prin-
cess in which he saved her from being
trOdden on by horses I'm the streets Of
the English metropolis when the mist
was so thick it was impossible to find
ones way. The incident was made
the foundation for romance entitled
Love In Fog" which attracted at.
tention at the time. 1t was rumored
that Mr.. Eddy was much smitten with
the beautiful Russian of his adventure,
but. however that may be, no nuptial
ceremony resulted, and instead, about
three years ago, he married into the
wealthy Spreckels family of San Fran.
cisco. Mr.. Eddy was charge d'affaires
at Berlin for a year following his serv.
Ice at ST. Petersburg and in 1907 was
appointed minister to Argentina, from
which post he has now been trans
ferred to Roumania and Servia. It
used to be said of Mr.. Eddy that he
was equally at home leading cotillon
or as tackle on a football team.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-13
PERMIT FOR USE
OF COUNTY ROADS
(contipr1d from front page)
Tn rd Judicial Gay.


Friday. May 4.
In the matter of the VIM. Newly
road:
District attorney having reported
favorably, it is considered and or
dered that said road be allowed
and opened for public travel ae-
cording to the survey thereof,
when the petitioners pay all dam
ages.
In the matter of the T. NJ. Gilmore
road:
The district attorney having re
ported unfavorably, on account Of
the affidavit of posting being de
fective. it is ordered that the
same be and is hereby continued.
In the matter of appointing a county
fruit inspector:
After fully examining all petitions
on file, 1t is ordered that the
same be and hereby is continued.
the matter of the application Of
The City of Enterprise. Oregon. for
l right of way to lay mains or water
pipes underground, upon and across
he county roads in Wallowa County,
Oregon:
Application filed by said city tC
lay pipes across and at other
points lengthwise in certain coun
ty roads, and it appearing that
said city will place all of said
mains or water pipes three feet
underneath the surface of the
ground, and securely cover the
same and will keep the surface of
the ground level with ground on
either side right of way
1t is ordered that said City of En-
terprise shall have the right to
excavate. lay and maintain mains
or water pipes in, upon and across
the county roads of WaTlowa coun
ty, mentioned in its application
dated May Z, 1909.
n the matter of appointing a coun
ty physician for the ensuing year:
DR.. E. 7. Anderson appointed for
the year ending May l, 1910. at 2.
sa.ary of $3.50 year, and it is
further ordered that said DR. e. =
Anderson is to attend to any and
all cases of a medical nature that
are declared county charges by. the
county court, and should any be
found to require a surgical opera
tion said county physician shall
perform said OPERATION at a reason.
able price; and it is further or
dered that sail county physician
is to furnish all medicine for coun
ty charges.
IN the matter OF w. H. Decker,
county charge:
1t appearing to the court that W.
II. Decker has ample means of
'pport at this time it is ordered
that he be and hereby is discharg
ed from receiving any further aid
of the county.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-13
EIudinu the Officers.

Here is an amusing description or
one of Balzac's periods of impecunios-
ity. Merry, the poet, a great friend or
Ralzac. was an inveterate gambler
and rarely left the card table before
daybreak. His way lay past the Cafe
de Paris, and for four consecutive
mornings he had met Balzac strolling
leisurely up and down dressed In Il
pantalon a pieds trousers not termi'
mating below the ankle. but with feet
In them like stockings) and frOck coat
with velvet facings The second morn
ing Merry felt surprised at the coinci-
dence: the third he was puzzled; the
fourth he could hold out no longer and
asked Balzac the reason Of these noe
turnal perambulations roundabout the
same spot
Balzac put his hand in his pocket
and produced an almanac showing that
the sun did not rise before $3.50. II am
being tracked by the officers OF the
tribunal de commerce and obliged to
hide myself during the day, but at this
hour am free and can take walk.
for as long as the sun is not up they
cannot arrest me-"
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-13
The Word "Wallop.r

The origin of the familiar vernacu.
lar verb ''to wallop" is not generally
known. 1t comes from the family
name of the earls Of Portsmouth. Sil
John Wallop, X. G.. was admira
commander in the reign of King Hen
ry VIII. of the feet which avenged
French raids by burning French ship:
and twenty-one French villages. Thi,
was called, in the current parlance OF
the times, "walloping" them. and tn,
phrase passed into the language ant
still survives.