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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02
POST CHECK CURRENCY.

The check currency plan, which has
been before congress for some time,
and which has always met with siren
uous opposition from Senator Thomas
c. Plat for the openly avowed reason
that it would interfere with his ex-
press money order business, Plat be-
ing the head of an express company
has not been given up. 1t is still be-
fore the house committee on postof-
ing soon.
The plan, in short, is to reprint the
81. 81 and s. bills, and to print a So
cent piece so that they can We convert
ed into checks upon the government
payable to the person named therein
upon identification. Under the post
check system if you wished to send
money through the mails you would
need but to take a bill from your
pocket or your desk, convert it into
a check and enclose it in a letter. I'm
der the present system you must make
a trip to the postoffice and go through
the elaborate and slow process of get
ting a money order. Either that or
you put the money in a letter and take
the chances. Silver money con only
be conveyed by means of Dashboard
cate to a possible thief the presence
of money in the envelope
Another device for the sending of
money through the mails is the use of
stamps, a cumbersome method and a
use of stamps for which they were
never intended. Thousands of dallars
every year are transported by means
of these little government stamps,
meant to go on letters, but which have
begun to serve as transferable cur
rency. The popul: rity of the stamp.
and. Notwithstanding its UNACCEPTABLE
Ivy, SnOulQ suggest TO the government
the making of some more scientific
provision for carrying on business.
The post check seeks to make this
provision. The plan is simple, work
able and so far as it has been discuss
ed no serious objection has been urged.
On the other hand, high postal of
ficials have recommended it for trial
at least.
The blocking OF the required legisla-
ton is sample of the power of log
rolling politics. Two men, one in the
legislative. another in the executive
department, have been able to prevent
congress from coming to a vote on the
subject. The executive opponent has
chen removed and the legislative ene-
my is crippled in influence, so the time
Seems ripe to make a renewed effort
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02
TILLMAN'S OPPORTUNITY.

Senator Aldrich doubtless thought
to ridicule the whole movement for
rate reform by moving that Senator
Tillman report the bill to the senate,
but he will probably fail The i'm
portant thing was not who reported
the bill. but the fact that the Hep
burn bill was reported. The people
want the BILL they will take it from
the senate by a partisan vote Or by
a non-partis2n vote. So far as the
appointment of Tillman points to
nonpartisan consideration il is well
ocmed. So far as it was meant to
show Standard Oil contempt and ha-
tired for the whole proceedings, it will
fail
Tillman is not without ability. He is
not without those characteristics
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02

blood flowed out of wounds in many
places, and l was so disheartened that
/ thought surely my last chance was
slowly leaving me-. AS the foot did
not improve, you can readily imagine
how l felt. 1 was simply disguised
and tired of life. stood this pain,
which was dreadful, for six months,
and during this time I was not able to
wear a shoe and not able to work.
"Some one spoke to me about Cuti-
cura. The consequences were l bought
a set of the Cuticura Remedies of
one of my friends who was a drug
gist, and the praise that l gave after
the second application is beyond
description it seemed a miracle,
for the Cuticura Remedies took
effect Immediately. / washed the foot
with the Cuticura Soap before applying
the Ointment and l took the Resolvent
at the same time. After two weeks treat
ment my foot was healed completely.
People who had seen my foot during my
illness and who have seen it since the
cure, can hardly believe their own eyes,"
Robert Schoenhauer,
Aug 21, 1905. Newburgh, N. Y.
Sold throughout the world Cuticura Soap, &c. Oint-
Pills. 25c. vial Of COY, may be had Of all druggists.
Potter Drug Chem. Corp. Sole Props, Boston, Mass
q Mailed Free, The Great Skin Book"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02

which make friends. He is also not
without grave faults as a legislator
He is uncouth, unmannerly and at
times unbearable. He is neither SNUG,
Pecksniffian, nor treacherous to his
With all his faults he
is a better representative of the people
in the senate than either Aldrich or
Elkins. With the responsibility of TAX
ing care of the Hepburn bill on his
hands, perhaps Tillman will rise to the
occasion. If he does not, there will be
others to take up the work.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02
CONSUMPTION INCREASING.
Average Now Is Four Hundred Deaths
Per Day.


Does the reader of this paper realize
that this very day, in this country
made sad by the death of a victim OF
consumption? Tomorrow will be a
repetition of today's calamity, and so :
will go on until the people come TO
realize the fact that a very large num-
Der of these deaths are entirely I'M
necessary.
Consumption is both a contagious
and durable disease in it's first stages.
Yet many intelligent people do not
realize this fact.
Mr.. Jackson, of the Green & Jack
son Drug Co., says: Drugs and cough
syrups for bronchial and lung troubles
are only palliative and do no perma-
nent good; they may deaden the cough
and stimulate the patient for a time,
but they do not cure, and they usually
upset the stomach and have a bad af
ter effect"
Eminent physicians, however, agree
that when the symptoms Of lung
trouble first appear. il the patient will
obtain all the sunshine by day, and
fresh air by night possible east SOUND
bread stuffs, good meat, eggs and milk
in abundance, and take the best cod
liver preparation to be found. he will
employ the surest means known for a
cure.
The undersigned will guarantee Vinol
to be the best cod liver preparation
1t is not a patent medicine. as every
thing in it is printed on the bottle and
it contains in highly concentrated
form all of the curative, bodybuilding,
medicinal elements of cod liver oil ac
tually taken from fresh Gods livers, but
no oil to clog the system, upset the
stomach and retard its work. Any one
can try Vinol on our guarantee to re-
fund their money if it fails to give
satisfactory results. Green & Jackson
Drug Co.
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hv the maintenance of lot OF unim-
portant ports solely to provide offices
for political henchmen. But. as above
said. the bill cannot pass because the
senate will not consent to the abolition,
of lot of jobs that pay salaries rang
ing from $500 to $500 a year. with no.
work attached. There are too many
politicians" hanging around looking
for lust such snaps as this and the
senate can be depended upon to look
after its friends.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02

Another playmate of President Nc
Kinley. one Enoch Hetzel, has recent
lv died. AS evidence that President
MCKINLEY was a thoughtful boy, it is
pOinted out that HetZel was twelve
wears old when Mckinley was born.
If is probable that the young Mckin-
lev took Hetzel along to pull down the
higher branches.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02
FRISCO GAMBLERS FINED,

Two Hundred and Forty-one Were
Arraigned.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March g.
The two hundred and forty-one gamb-
lers arrested in the Harvey and Da-
were arraigned today and were fined
five dollars each. Daroux and the two
each. Raids on slot machines will
continue.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02
Jerome Turns Down Hearst,

ALBANY, N. Y, March 2-The ap-
plication Of William r. Hearst that
action by the people be brought
against the Interborough Metropolitan
Traction merger to have it declared
illegal has been denied by District At
torney Jerome.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02
Nachanu Missions Are Intact.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March q
The state department was notified by
Consul ROBBERS, at Shanghai, today
that American property at Nauchang
is safe. The refugees have arrived at
Kieaking.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02
Fort Smith Bank Suspends.

FORT SMITH, Ark, March 2.-The
Southern Bank and Trust company,
dollars, failed to open today. 1t an
that it will pay in full
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02

To think that it all came of that
high kick Rejane made at young Mr..
Hyde's costume ball. Mrs O'Leary's
cow is no longer without a rival.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02

had been all run
down. My blood
was so bad that
blood poisoning
had set in. l had
several doctors
attending me, so
finally l went to
the hospital, where
1 was laid up for
two months. My
foot and ankle were
almost beyond
recognition. Dark
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02

1t is rather strange that with Di-
vine Right Baer making proclama-
tons we hear nothing from David M.
Parry. Castor and Pollux were not
wont to be separated.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02

Castro has come back from the
dance and handed down an appeal for
true brotherhood among the nations.
Castro himself exemplifies the brother
in-law theory.
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Senate viii Not Listen TO EC0nOmi.
cal Move.
LIKE FAT BERTHs FOR POLITICIANS
WILL FIGHT BILL TO CUT OFF
NUMEROUS GOVERNMENT
POSITIONS.

notwithstanding it's intense desire
to hold down appropriations and gen.
orally economize, congress is not will
ing to pass a rather important bill
introduced and reported by Represen-
tative Payne of New York, the repub-
lican fioorleader, is the report that
comes from Washington. 1t is a gen.
orally recognized fact that the Unite
States government is maintaining
lot of useless customs offices in vari-
Gus parts of the country, where little
or no business is transacted, yet where
fair salaries are paid to collectors and
other employees who perform no work
Representative Payne introduced a bill
intended to abolish all such customs
offices and obliterate the collectorships
which are of no value whatever to the
government.
But his bill is doomed to fail; the
house has several times refused to give
IL tloi, UuS SNSh IL ~ oSeS
through the house it will die in the
senate, because the passage of the bill
would mean the cutting off of a nice
lot of senatorial patronage, and the
United States senate is not legislating
to destroy offices which are now in
it's grasp, and which afford a desirable
means Of paying off senatorial obliga-
tions.g The Payne bill is thoroughly
meritoriOus; there is no legitiamte OBJ
jections to it's passage, but the senate
is resourceful, and will see to it that
the bill is not given consideration in
that body, in case it should happen
to get through the house.
Absurdities Pointed Out.
In a speech advocating the passage
of his bill, Representative Payne call
ed attention to some of the absurdi
ties that are now INDUCED in by the
government. He instanced the port of
Yaquina, Oregon, where the govern
ment annually expends $1O40.75 in sal
airy of collector, office rent and Incl
dentals, yet that port yields not one
cent of revenue; no duties are collect
ed. At Elizabeth City, n c., the GUS
toms receipts last year amounted to
SIS, and the cost of collecting was
$1606.90. In other words, it cost
$321.3S to collect 81. At Annapolis,
Md, the customs collected last year
amounted to IS, and the cost Of collec-
ton was $92941 A mild case was at
Port Jefferson, N. Y, where it cost
$12 to collect nothing, while at Little
Egg harbor, N. j., the cost of cellect-
ing nothing was $30325. At Paducah,
KY, it cost $3.50 to collect nothing.
And so on around the entire country.
Expenditures IndefensibIe.
The payment of salaries to collect
ors at ports of this character is abso-
lutely indefensible. The actual work
of collecting is done at larger ports,
and even at some of them the cost of
collection exceeds the duties actually
collected. But in some instances it is
good business policy to maintain porst
of this character at a loss, where the
business is important. On the whole
the customs service is a very good
having DrOpOSitiOn hut tboro &c no
erasOn why it should be Handicapped
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02

A Chicago undertaken has labeled
a coffin in his window, democratic
polling place" Some other undertake
er will be called in by the widow.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02

WASHINGTON, D. c., March g.
The Chinese legation believes that the
rumor of the death of the empress
dowager is unfounded.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02

Many of the ships in the American
navy are obsolete, but what of it?
If We have another war Morgan will
sell us some more that are obsoleter
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02

Count Boni has a pedigree as long
as that of the prize dog at a bench
show-that's about all you can say for
him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02

Miss Anthony, whose eighty-ffth
birthday has just been celebrated, has
had a good deal of fun even without
the ballot
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02

filed his request for re-appointment
with the postal authorities at Wash
ington, and with it filed a petition
showing a long list of endorsements
from the patrons of his office The
was in some authentic
way advised of the acts of Brady and
Hepburn and others, and a clear case
was made out. AS soon as he went
over the papers, Postmaster Cortelyou.
who is the author of the president
orders affecting postmasters, decided
that Nettleton should be retained, if
he could bring it about, and he
made a recommendation
to this effect. When the president
reviewed Nettleton's record and when
he saw the documents which proved
the motive of Senator Hepburn and
others, he promptly sent Nettleton's
name to the senate. And that ended
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NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

Copy of change of advertisements
must be delivered to the business Of
flee by the nour of TEN O'CLOCK a.
m. co insure insertion in the issue of
.ven date.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02

Do you suppose the president reads
with indignation what the magazines
are saying about the senate?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02

Naturally John Mitchell does not
want the just fame he has received
obscured by a seat in congress.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02
TIRED OF LIFE
AWFUL SUFFERING
From Dreadful Pains From Wound
on Foot -System All Run Down
After Six Months Agony-Not
Able to Completely Cured
in Two Weeks
MIRACULOUS CURE BY
CUTICURA REMEDIES

"Words cannot speak highly enough
for the Cuticura Remedies. l am now
seventv-two wears of age. My system
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-02
Case Is Important.

This case is important beyond the
limits of the town of Nampa The pol
icy laid down is general in scope and
applies to all pOstoffices, large and
small, in every quarter of the United
States. 1t means than any postmaster
with a good record will be protected
and retained in office, and it further
more means that no postmaster will
be removed at the behest of senators
or congressman merely because he may
have declined to pay a political cam
paign assessment. Indeed, this case
may be construed to mean that no
federal officehclder need contribute a
cent to a political campaign fund in
order to hold his office.
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the work OF n policeman. but every can
didate who seeks promotion will be re-
quired to qualify with a score OF 10 out OF
a possible so points at the targets, or he
will be barred from trying the written
examinations. .
The city recently spent several thousand
dollars in equipping each policeman with
a revolver Of uniform make. The men had
been going out to the range in squads and
It had beer discovered that only a very
small percentage can shoot at all. One
man who has climbed to the rank Of captain
admitted when he went to the range that
he had never fred a revolver. and one SER
geant failed TO hit the target in ten shots!
The Commissioner has. consequently. de-
clared that he will never promote another
man who cannot shoot.
Other tests Of a similarly practical nature
have been adopted. The commission be-
lieves that the theory can be applied In
Some way to almost every Office. With the
exception Of offices Of a clerical or technica
nature, the written examination. while not
eliminated, is to be subordinated to the
practical tests.
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Upkeep.

When You contemplate an auto
In your admiration lost
You decide three thousand dollars
Is q very modest cost;
But when you have paid repairing
In a dozen different ways
Comes a haunting recollection
OF a most pOrtentous phrase:
The Upkeep Is what costs"
When you contemplate a diamond
In a slender golden band
You decide It's cheap adornment
For a certain little hand;
But when butchers, grocers. bakers,
Come around with bills in herds
Then the benedick remembers
Those unpleasant solemn words:
The Upkeep is what costs"
When you once refuse temptation.
As you always vowed YOU would,
You decide that Heavens easy,
Ills a bargain To be good.
But when Satan dogs you daily
While the world grows drear and dark
You recall the application
OF a certain sage remark:
The Upkeep is what costs"
MCLANDBURGH WILSON.
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See the Amber Autumn Go.

See the Amber Autumn Go.
See the amber autumn goi
Fading flower
And falling leaf.
Glowing dover
OF garnered sheAf:
Every hour
Too golden brief
TIL the coming Of the snowi
Let the amber autumn Eol
Although shlae
Gives way to stress,
Chill winds whine
And colds duresa .
Yet. divine. Il
Loves happiness I'VE
Suil within our hearts we knowi
SKNNRrr ~STKPHKNA
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From the Denrsr Republican.
Have you seen a whisKered winer
Whose name Ia Pocket Nike
Hes burnin' up the desert
In a smelly. four wheeled bike;
He struck a pocket somcwheres
That paid diamonds to the ton.
And he Wells: Bring me an auto
have long been needin' One'"
I'm tired he says, of punchln'
Them buTrO beasts o mine,
SO fetch me a red devil
That can go one forty nine;
Don't give me no blamed chufier,
But let me take the wheel
IN play this game lone handed.
So Jest watch me make the deal.
Hes stampcded seven roundups
And he's wrecked an ostrich farm;
And I'm Cactus clean 10 KyOte,
He has left a trail o. harm:
So we're huntin' with a posse.
For this benZlne crazy cuSs.
And he'll see a day OF Sorrer-
II that thing don't stampede us
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POEMS r READING.
TAs symphOny OF Nature.

In all the grand procession Of the years.
The seasons with their changes. subtle. sweet
The too brief summer and the winters lcet
My heart has found the chord OF bliss and tears.
The brightest hours OF all my life were set
In starry eyes. or moonllt summer ntghtA
Or sunny days all nled with dear delightA
Whose passage leit me memory and regret
So when the east is flushed with mornings rose.
Or IN a golden glory dies the day.
The folded leaves OF memory unclose
And bear me with their magic far away.
With signing wind and wave l wander FREQ
The beauty Of The earth gives wings TO me.
NINETTR N. LowATHR.
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The Dark House.

Midnight. and down the silent street
Only the faithful watchman's feet
stunning along his lonely beat
House after house he passes, all
Alike-black window and black wall
wrapt in the shadow woven pail.
Az Ast--one window and a light.
And persons moving left and right
The weary Waterman sees to might.
But OF the many houses none
Is dark as this wherein lies one
For whom the Day OF Life Is o
FRANK DKMPsTKR SHERMAN.
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Old. Ola.

His hands can shape 10 daily task.
But only idly drum:
HIS dome OF though. Is wholly bald,
q tOothless II his gum.
His feet travefse no thoFny paths
Where Others faint and fall;
The strife and battle Of the world
Concerns him not at all.
He looks upon the weaned days
with calm and jaded rye.
He has no optimistic word,
HIS language is a cry.
In short. in Baby we peruse.
With interest Immersed.
A deep romance OF which We read
The Ina chapter nrst.
MCIANDBURdH WILSON.
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Modern Literary Gossip.

From the DenpeT Republican.
Kipllng's latest photograph, copyrighted, shows
him with trousers eased.-Lnerd Note.
What reck we OF problems deep,
Solved, mayhap. in recent books;
Who cares II the heroes say
"Goshl" or "Fudgei" or cen "Gadsooksl"
We've heard this from our high priest
Kipllng's had his trousers creased
Who cares for those classic gems
Who saveyed no press agent gamer
Their clothes have mOuldered long ago,
Their styles on us can have no claim:
A has old Shakespeare, long deceased
Kipling's had his trousers creased
What we want Is gossip OF
The modern folk who turn out books
How dear COrelli paints her face,
And how the sanity Hall Calne lookS:
90 spread this news like lightning creased
Klpllng's had his trousers oreasedi
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Ere ! had put the strings In tuns
l heard the strident bees bass0on,
And on the wind before ] played
There breathe a wandering music made
BY the susurrus OF the brook;
The breeze that closed my music book
Brought tn uncomfortable note
of morning in a thrush's throat,
And while I played each vibrant tree
Seemed singing imitatively
Till / could not but feel that now
The choric leaves, the nolian bough
Took only what they gave me, In
The music OF my violin.
Whose very soul OF melody
Might in the sap OF yonder tree
Have mounted upward from the sod
Seraphically pure to God.
FULLERTON L. WALDO.
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Philadelphia.

From LIE.
Philadelphia. It's said
Truth or not, II Is a pity
Being practically dead.
Is a well laid out old city.
One. perhaps. might get along
For a portion OF a day there.
But there would be something wrong
With a man who liked TO stay 'nero.
Philadelphia is where
Social rules are very rigid:
Ancestors one must have there,
Otherwise one fndS II frtgid:
That one ngures In Who's Who
Counts not one way or another.
II Is necessary TO
Philadelphia Is clean,
But II makes a mortal SILVER
For the truth, when he has seen
Water from the Schuyikil River:
That this liquid ever could
Cleanse a thing one cannot think II,
Yet the natives md II good.
And they battle in II and drink II.
Philadelphia Just now
Shows a sign of some Improvement;
As for Gas we must allow
IL betrays an upwarm movement;
Viewers got some grafters out
And. for all II is but recent,
Soon the cry Will be. no doubt.
philadelphia Is decentF
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The Orioles Nest.

The ncstllngs arc fedged and flown,
And the autumn winds make moan
Round the elm trees domelike crest:
And there's only an empty door
Where were life and sOng before
Round the ORIOLES nest.
To some there is nAught Of grief
In the bouEh bereft Of the leaf.
In the home without a guest;
But q mothers eyes through the rain,
They see the pathos and pain
In the ORIOLES nest.
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