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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-26
HELP STARVING JAPANESE
Appeal Has Been Made TO The
American Public.
F0ODSTUFFS AND MONEY ARE WANTED
People in Northern Provinces Are Said
to be Suffering From
Severe Famine.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan. ga
movement has been started to appeal
to the American public for contribu-
tions of foodstuffs and money to re-
lieve the distress in the famine strick-
en- northern provinces of Japan. Ac-
cOrding to information received at the
Japanese embassy here the northern
provinces of Japan are suffering from
severe famine which only the
quickest relief will be able to check
According to the information obtained
the rice crop this year mas been only
about fifteen per cent of the average
crop and that the famine is causing
particular suffering in the three
northern provinces of Fukushima, Mo-
yagi and Iwate, which have together a
population of about two million seven
hundred thousand. Many of the peo-
pie are engaged in the silk trade and
the failure of the silk output has aug
mented the general suffering
In answer to an inquiry made by
persons in this country whether any
help from a foreign country would
be accepted, the Japanese govern
ment has sent a cable message to the
charge d'affaires in this city, saying
that such help would be very welcome
at this moment. The dispatch adds
that the government investigation into
the conditions in the above named dis
trict has confirmed the extreme seri-
BUSINESS of the situation. The plan of
the government is to establish works
and give employment to the distressed
population instead Of distributing
money prOmiscuously.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-26
THIRD FLOOR.

w. B. CASSILL, DENTIST. ROOMS
310-311-312. Office. phone Main 461;
Residence, Main SIS.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-26

WANTED-40 head OF draft horses
Immediately by DR.. Wood at Nc
Brides livery stable.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-26
NOTICE,

When wanting a load Of hay call up
Phone 1872.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-26
Ransom Block
Corner First and Alder Streets.
Business Directory
SECOND FLOOR.

HOUGHTON & READING, REAL ES-
estate, Insurance, Money Loaned.
Rooms 200-201. Telephone Main $40
DIR. C. N. SUTTNER, ROOMS 212-213,
PA. Telephone; Alice, Main 1856;
Residence, 1856.
DIR. ]. F. BOYLE, ROOMS 212, 213,
214. Telephones: Office, Main 1856;
Residence, 1896.
l. w. INGRAM, M. D., ROOMS 2O4-
205. Telephones: Office, 572; Resi-
dence, 1856.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-26
FOURTH FLOOR.

WEATHER BUREAU, ROOMS 40
Alb. F. Newman, observer. Tele-
phone Main 514.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-26
DUE
OBSERVANCE
WILL Be
USEFUL
TO ALL

funds to meet them when presented
for payment.
Certified checks circulate as cash.
If you should receive a check with
your name spelled wrong or wrong
initials indorse it as the check reads
and under it your usual signature.
Always endorse every check you de-
post, even if payable to bearer, cash
or currency.
An important banking custom, and
one which many persons do not under
stand, is the formality of Identification.
Notes due on Sunday or holidays are
payable on the next day.
Your business, large or small, will
receive our best attention.
AM'C DAMP
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-26
Die BruCke BuiIdind

THE BRIDGE CLOTHING STORE
Alvin G. Baumeister, Prop. Cloth-
ing. Hats, Shoes and Gents Furnish
ings. Agent for Ed V. Price & Co.,
Fine Tailoring.
WIN. l.. STIRLING-CARE OF ES-
tates Fire Insurance and Surety
Bonds and Conveyancing. Room L
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-26
SIMPLE RULES IN BANKING

A certified check
becomes the banks
obligation.
All certified checks
are charged to the
drawers account at
the time they are
certified, so as to
prevent any posi-
bility of having no
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12
Ne Rem.dy to Fit the ca.,,

T will never forget my first expe-
rience in hospital work" said hos
pital surgeon. "There was a green
nurse in the detention ward, and we
had a very violent case in there-a
man in the worst stage of delirium
tremens I was awakened in the
middle of the night by the head
nurse, who requested me to come at
once to the patient. When 1 got
there found him raving and very
violent, with the new nurse scared
out of her wits. / said:
"'Why did you let him go SO far
I left you some medicine to give him
as soon as he got delirious.'
Yes, DOCTOR she replied, but
you told me to give that to him if
he saw any more snakes, and this
time he was seeing blue dogs with
pink tails San Francisco Chron-
1nIn
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12
The Bill Wa. Paid.

McRad and his wife were going
over their business ledger one even
ing, contemplating the overdue &C.
counts which its pages revealed and
reluctantly acknowledging that
many of them would have to be writ
ten off as bad.
"What'll we dae aboot this ane ?''
said McRad mournfully. "Here'e
twa pund aucht shillin's for coat
and vest been OWN by Elder Doolit-
tie since Martinmas last. Pm fear
in we'll no get the money"
"Weel, Pm no sac sure" replied
his wife. Leave me to try onyhoo.' y
Accordingly the next Sabbath
morning when the collection was
taken up Mrs. McRad dropped the
elders ''little bill" neatly folded up,
into the plate, and before the week
was over the amount was paid.
Kirsty, woman" said McRad
joyfully, marriage may be a lot
terry, but I'm thinkin' I've drawn q
prize" ."-Pearson's Weekly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12
A choie. - EviI.

A young Scotchman fresh from
his native land had 'hired out" to
a western farmer as harvest hand.
He was strong, industrious and full
of enthusiasm, but the mosquitoes
were a revelation to him. In all his
experience he had never encounter
ed anything SO fierce, bloodthirsty
and persistent, and they made his
life miserable.
"They won't bother you, Sandy" !"
said one of his fellow laborers, of
you smoke a pipe when they're
round you"
Sandy had never esmokit," !" but he
procured a pipe and some tobacco
and proceeded to follow the advice.
For a few moments he smoked
with much zeal and earnestness.
Then he became very pale. he laid
the pipe down and placed the tobac-
co by its side.
"'Tis varra guide tae keep the
mosquitoes away nae doot, ," he said,
with long, quivering breath, 'but
I prefair the mosquitOesr"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12
A Roornv Hat.

A professor of music had publish
ed successful composition, and the
revenues and honors were sufficient
to warrant him in wearing a high
silk hat. The elder members of the
professors family considered the
new adornment with becoming
pride, while the younger ones view
ed it with awe,
The professor one evening was en-
tertaining a number of guests with
q narrowing tale. my nerves were
unstrung," he narrated. at was
midnight when I reached the bank
building, and just as / had passed
the entrance a black object glided
softly across my path and made ev-
cry one of my hairs stand on end"
Little George contemplated his
fathers long locks for a few sec
-onds and then interrupted the cur
ding experience.
"Say, papa" he declared inno-
Gently, you must have had on your
high hat that night"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12
TAE FAsTNET LIGHT.
Visitors Havs 70 Be Swung Ashore BY
Means of q lib.


Means of lib.
The first glimpse of Great Britain
that the American tourist gets on
his European tour is that of the
Fastnet lighthouse
1t stands on a rugged and solitary
rock, situated nine miles south of
Crookhaven, at the extreme south
west corner of Ireland, and is per
haps more storm beaten than any
other around our coast. The rock
is eighty feet in height, and the
lighthouse towers another seventy
feet above, yet in winter gales the
Atlantic billows literally lombard
the massive structure and have
even smashed in portion of the
lantern at the summit of the cree
ton, the seas frequently sweeping
over the rock with tremendous force.
Some dozen or so years ago the
stormy weather then prevailing pre-
vented all communication with the
rock for many weeks, SO that the
store of food was consumed, with
the exception of some -four. At last
"A schooner managed to approach
sufficiently near to enable a small
quantity of food to be dragged
through the sea by the hungry men,
and fortunately the next day the sea
moderated, and the stores were once
more fully replenished.
Except in very calm weather the
Fastnet is surrounded by a fringe
of foam, and the only means of land
ing is by the aid of a Glib" fifty
eight feet in length, so placed on
the rock that in moderate weather
its end reaches outside the surf.
When a visitor wishes to land ian
unusual occurrence) he is rowed in a
small boat as near as the waves per-
NIT, and the light keepers throw
out small buoy attached to rope,
which is secured by the man in the
boat. The jib is then swung out,
and the visitor, placing one foot il
the loop and catching a tight hold
of the rope, is hoisted about fortv
feet vertically, and then the jib, be-
ing pivoted at its foot, swings him
horizontally about 100 feet on to a
safe landing.-London Telegraph.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12
Couldn't Smell Anything wronu.

James Whitcomb Riley, in COM
pany with the gentleman who used
to manage his lecture tours, was
once examining a hall in a town in
Ohio where it was proposed Mr..
Riley should give a reading. The
two men had as their guide a colored
janitor who was quite talkative. Mr..
Riley observed that the janitor made
use of long words of whose meaning
he was ignorant. So the poet de-
termined to have little fun with
him. All at once Mr.. Riley began
to sniff the atmosphere critically,
at seems to me, Jim," he said
sternly, "that the acoustics in this
place are pretty bad"
"Why, boss" said the janitor re-
proachfully, "yo' shore must be
mistaken. 1 don't smell anything >.
Success Magazine.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12
Original Alarm Clocks.

Mr.. Rockhill in his seDiary of a
Journey Through Mongolia and
Tibet mentions a curiously ingen-
ious device employed by Mongolian
letter carriers.
These carriers make very long
Journeys ON foot and within time
which allows them only the briefest
intervals for an occasional nap. Tt
insure themselves against oVersleep-
ing, therefore, they tie piece Of
joss stick to one of their thumbs,
light it and lie down to rest. When
the stick burns down to the flesh
the pain awakens them, and they
resume their journey.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12
Starving To Death

because her stomach was sc
weakened by useless drugging that
she could IT eat. Mrs Mary b
WaIters. of ST Cinir St, Coiumbu.
.. waa literally stsrviDg to dealt
She writes: MY stomach WAS g.
weak from useless drugs that ]
could not eat. and my nerves 81
wrecked tb l could not sleep;
and not bef, r l was given up I.
try Electric Bitterf; with the won
derful result that improvement be
gan at once, and a complete cur
followed" Best health Tonic OIL
earth sos Guaranteed by all drug
Rists
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12
EDITORIAL COMMENTS
Pertaining to the Recent Convention
at Indianapolis of the
National Editorial Association,
And Our Trip Through Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan and the
Dominion OF Canada.
ARTICLE No. Al
Concluding Letter.

| lSOncluulnS Letter.
In the evening We started down
the st. Lawrence on the beautiful
and large steamer Montreal of the
& & o Navigation Co. This trip
down is cne of the most beautiful
sights in the world. Either bank
of the river being settled SO thick.
ly that it has the appearance of an
endless string of villages all the
way to Montreal. This is because
when the country was being set
tied the government wanted those
who settled it to have plenty of
water and 30 the land is laid out in
long narrow strips running from
the river back for long distance
to the foot of hills The homes are
always close to the sloping bank of
the river, thus giving the country
the appearance of a continuous Will.
age.
We reached Montreal early next
morning and were soon soattere d
about the city looking at the vari.
Gus attractions there. Montreal is
the Paris of Canada. 1t regulates
the fashions for the young ladies;
the speed of the young men and
the religion for the Cody. 1t
abounds in all that is interesting for
a tourist and the Kaleidoscope
chsnges in attractive points are
such as to cause interest in the
CITY never to leg.
Our party was splendidly enter
tanned in Montreal. We had not
minute to spare. as one entertain
ment committee after another had
us us in tow and as soon as break
fast was over the entire party, as
guests OF the oity. were driven in
carriages through the place, then
up to Mountain Park, where one
could take in at glance the mag.
niioenoe of the oity's situation.
Descending the mountain into
Pine avenue; the Royal Viotoris
Hospital was seen, then the oar
riages passed MoGilI University
next Montreal College. From this
college priests have gone forth in
to almost every diocese of the
United States.
One of oldest historical land
marks is the Chateau de Ramezay
associated with events of great i'm.
portance in Canadian history. It
was built in 17O5 by Claude de
Ramezay, governor of Montreal.
1t is now a museum.
| Opposite the ohateau is the city
we'll. Farther west is the Court
House. On the north side of the
Court House is large open space
called Champ de Mars, still used
as military parade ground
The next morning trolley cars
under the auspices of the Montreal
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12
On the Invention Of Whisky.

The name of the man who first
staggered humanity by the inyea-
ton of whisky is lost in the mists
of the middle ages, and all the in
genuity of counsel now employed
in trying to find out what whisky
is has failed to disclose his identity.
The fiery potion was known in Eng
land in the eleventh century, but in
Scotland not till the fourteenth.
But Scotland made up for lost time.
She gave the bright liquid its allur-
ing name, the water of life," and
made its production cottage indus
try of noble proportions. When the
execrable exciseman descended upon
the village she carried the still to
the lonely hills. We in these days
are inclined to forget that Glenlivet,
the home of the smuggler, would
never have achieved its bacchanalian
fame but for absurd Georgian Ii
censing laws directed against the in
dividual still and not against the
magnitude Of its output.-London
Chronicle.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12
WELSH suPERsTITIoNs.
They Associate Spectral Hounds With
Mountain Storms

iuSI ASSOCtoID SPSCSFat rlOuNob WIKI
Mountain Storms.
One of the many curious supersti-
tions of the Welsh peasantry is that
of Cron Annwn, or sfthe spirit
hounds of the air" When a storm
RACES over the mountains of Wales
the peasant will tell you that his
ear can discern the howl of the Cron
Annwn mingled with that of the
wind, but sufficiently clear and dis
tinct to admit of no mistake of what
it is.
These spirit hounds" he tells
you, are the spectral dogs which
hunt the souls of the dead, or which
foretelI by their expectant cry the
approaching death of some person
of evil deeds. Few of those who pre-
tend that they can so readily dis
tinguish the cry of the soul hunting
pack are willing to admit that they
have ever actually seen a Cron
Annwn, for" they say, who would
inger until such specters dawned
upon the sight ?" They are describ-
ed by Faliesin and also in the "Ma-
binogion," where it is said they are
of a clear, shining white, with red
ears. The above seems to be the uni
yersal description, and on that ac-
count the author of Mythology of
the Ancient Druids" gives it as his
opinion that they are really "mys-
tical transformations of Druidil h
priests, with their white robes and
red tiaras."
In the popular superstitions of
Ireland, where a similar belief IN
spectral hounds exists, they are said
to be Hjet black, with eyes and teeth
of fire." Old Con McMichael, who
murdered twenty persons in the ear
ly part of the fifteenth century and
who got rid of his victims by burn
ing their bodies, is said to have been
eaten by spectral dogs "that could
be seen high in the air awfully rend-
ing and tearing his flesh" One of
the peculiarities OF the Cron Annwn
is that the farther away they are the
louder their cries appear, the sound
decreasing as they draw near.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12
The HORSESHOE.
lts uso as q Charm ASainst sad Luos.
and Evil aptrits.

tSs Use as Charm Against Bad Luck
and Evil opirits.
In Morocco iron is considered 4
great protection against demons,
who are the ineal representatives,
after ALL of the hostile spirits (;
hence it is usual to place knife or
dagger under a sick mans pillow.
his illness being, of course, attribut-
ed to demoniacal possession. In In
dia the mourner who performs the
necessary but somewhat dangerous
duty of putting fire into the dead
mans mouth carries a key or a
knife in his hand to keep of the
evil spirits. In short, a bit of iron Is
very useful thing to have about
you at any time if you desire toes
cape the unfayorable attention Of the
ghosts, the trolls, the fairies and the
demons generally. Thisis goodreason
for buying pocketknife. It Is also
a reason for mailing up horseshoe.
"But why a horseshoe In particu-
lar" you ask, "more than any other
odd piece of irons" Well, primarily
the good luck depends more upon
the iron Is iron than on the special
shape or function of the horseshoe
as a horseshoe.
But there are also many reasons
why the superstition should happen
to fix itself more particularly upon
horseshoes. We must remember that
In Europe at least it is the cattle,
the horses and the domestic beasts
in general that are specially liable
to the hostile attacks of tfthe lttlo
people" Therefore the elves and
trolls are most likely to be dreaded
on farms or In the country, where
horses and cattle most do congre-
gate. Now, n.you want to nail up
a bit OF iron As protection against
the fiery darts of the evil ones on
your stables or COW houses, which Is
the place where one oftenest sees
them, nothing Is more likely to come
handy to your purpose than cast
horseshoe. Besides it has obvious
congruity for the place and object,
and it can readily be picked up In
the road almost anyWhelz fur
thermore, it Is provided beforehand
with convenient holes, by means OF
which you can readily hang It mp,
either over your own house door OF
over your sheds and stables. These
various advantages of cheapnsss.
ease and readiness for fixing would
have given the horseshoe fair start
in life, it Is believed, Is q charm
against fairies, trolls and evil spir-
its generally, even without any 9th
er and more special adyantage1.
GOmh6n Maglztls. .--
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12
A curiou. Lake

Bridger lake, in northwest Wy.
oming, has a queer characteristic
and one which cannot be claimed
for any other body of water in
America. 1t has this peculiarly
1t discharges its waters into both
the Pacific ocean and the gulf OF
Mexico. During the average sea-
sons the waters of Bridger lake flow
out through small river which is
a tributary to the Yellowstone, and
the water thus discharged finally
reaches the gulf by way of the Mis-
souri, and Mississippi rivers. Dur
ing rainy seasons the level of the
lake becomes SO high that the waters
empty through another opening
also. The waters which are discharg-
ed through this second chasm flow
into Snake river and thence to the
Pacific ocean through the Colum-
bia.
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SURVIVAL OF THE FlfTEsT.
How Or. wailaee Came to FORMULAS
His Theory.

His Theory.
DIR. Alfred Russell Wallace IN his
autobiography tells how during his
long sojourn in Borneo and the Ma
lay peninsula he formulated inde-
pendently of Darwin his theory of
evolution: fI was suffering from q
sharp attack of intermittent fever
and every day during the cold and
hot fits had to lie down for several
hours, during which time I had
nothing to do but to think over any
subjects then particularly interest
ing me. One day something brought
to my recollection Malthns' sPrinci-
pies of Population which I had
read about twelve years before. I
thought of i his clear exposition Of
the positive checks to increase
disease, accidents, war and famine
which keep down the population OF
savage races to SO much lower an
average than that of more civilized
peoples.
cit then occurred to me that
these causes or their equivalents are
continually acting in the case Of ami
mails also, and, as animals usually
breed much more rapidly than does
mankind, the destruction every year
from these causes must be encr-
nous, as otherwise the world would
long ago have been densely crowded
with those that breed most quickly.
Vaguely thinking over the enormous
and constant destruction which this
implied, it occurred to me to ask
the question, Why do some die and
some live?
"And the answer was clearly that
on the whole the best fitted live.
Then it suddenly flashed upon me
that the self acting process would
necessarily improve the race, be-
cause in every generation the in
ferior would inevitably be killed of
and the superior would remain
that is, the fittest would survive"