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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24

the mistakes of your nelgnDors LOT
gotten; the angry words OF illfeenne
withdrawn. Let all be peace and good
will.
Forget the weaknesses of those poll
ticians who permitted the new crowd
of boxers to secure another lease OF
life. Danish from your memory the
irate remarks anent the subject. Jolly
yourselves into the belief that there
are better political times coming
that there is a land where curbstone
bosses and seekers of political jobs
larry not. Feel sorry for those who
go to the land where heat is plenty
and the joys of paying So a cord for
slab wood prevail not.
Do not expectorate SO spitefully on
the bitulithic pavements tomorrow
Cherish no recollection of how that
bitulithic came about. Forget Frank
Reese Think not of his bitulithic
councilmen Beware of fomenting in
the back cells of your gray matter the
idea that expensive crematories and
costly bitulithic go hand in hand with
the same ownership and the same
votes.
Disregard it ALL Drop the calculat
lions on what the additional tax on
your property may be. Recollect the
scriptural admonition to turn the 9th
err cheek. Forgive the trespassers
Devote yourself to making your family
happy; don't eat too much turkey
and
Wait till the bills come in before
hurting maledictions at the man who
first told the legend of Santa Claus
Be happy! Smile! Look pleasant!
Because it's Christmas!
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24

That grinding, scraping noise" may
be heard jingling through all of the
copy prepared for The Statesman to
day-cOming through the work of re
moving and amalgamating the two big
plants formerly owned by The States
man and the Union.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24
FALLS DEAD LAc'Nc SHOE.
Kewanee Woman Expires Suddenly
While STOPPING Over from Chair.

KEWANEE, ILL.,, Dec. 24.-Mrs. J..
H. Peterson of Bishop Hill, aged As
years, while lacing her shoe today fell
from her chair dead. ]. S. Reed, aged
62 years. was found dead in chair at
his farmhouse, where he lived alone.
Death came fully week before the
body was discovered.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24
Bells 40 the Koran,

1t is said in the Koran that beautiful
bells are hung upon the trees Of para
disc in such way as to be stirred by
wind from the golden throne Of God
whenever the blessed ones in his pres
ence wish for music. 1t Is to this that
the author Of 'Lalla ROokh'' refers in
the lines:
Bells as musical
AZ those that on the golden shafted trees
OF Eden, shook by the eternal breeze.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24

who are those young people in that
bOx?' asked the man in the parQuet.
There's Elsie Blugore and her fianee
and Maize Rich and hers, and Belle
Browne and hers. They're all to be
married next month"
Indeed! Quite box Of matches
h!'-Philadelphia Press
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24
Result Of Laxfness.

When Mark Twain was boy at
school in Hannibal" said a veteran
MissOurian. 1.-The schOolmaster once set
the class to writing a composition on
The Result Of Laziness.'
Young Clemens at the end Of half
an hour handed in as his composition
a blank slate"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24
EASE UP A LITTLE.

Peace on earth; good will toward
men,
Tomorrow is the day when this
should be. 1t is to every good mem
Der of the Walla Walla municipalitv
that the words apply. And they should
be observed
Your enemies should be forgiven.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24

The rescue of Miner Hicks, entomb-
ed in tunnel near Bakersfield for Is
days, reads as a greater story of hero
ism and brave deeds than any modern
romance
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24

"What ! want" said the constituent.
us nice easy position"
my friend" answered Senator SOr-
ghum. IKE up that idea. When an
easy position is discovered so many
people are after it that man has to
fight ten hours day to hold on to it,
Washington Star.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24
matOry.

Tomorrow being Christmas, we will
refrain from saying anything about
Frank Reese or his bitulithic council
men, or the purchase of the $4,000
crematory while he was in the city.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24
.GoldfieId Not deserted.

TONOPAH, Dec. 24.-The report of
Goldfield being deserted is false. Some
are going out on account of labor trou-
bles. but the exodus is not general. It
is believed the strike win be settled
this week.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24
A vegetable Roast.

Boy Ma. thought you said the
Specks were yegetarians. Ma-So
did; they are. Boy-Well, heard Mr.
Specks tell pop that when he got home
late the other night Mrs. Specks had a
roast waiting for him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24

A Seattle woman has brought suit
for divorce because her husband has
not taken a bath in three years. Sure
ly if she stood it three years she ought
to be able to continue indefinitely.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24

whats the matter across u ~
asked the tailor of bystanoer :. II
ambulance backed up to tne ''
his rival. end they
"A customer fell in a fit, anc -.s
are taking him to the hospital
the reply. ..;nr. u
~rhat's strange said the tal'o'. . A
n.v.r knew a customer to gel
IN that establishment before.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24

Reports from Spokane Say the ju-
rors in the Sloane murder case en-
livened their deliberations on hang
ing the lad by singing hymns at in
tervals. Possibly they prayed at 9TH
er intervals-when the bottles were
empty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24

There has been no news story print
ed regarding Councilman Ddnham's
trip to Portland with Frank Reese
after the purchase of that $4,000 ere
matOry
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24

No, Sheriff Charley Painter doesn't
own. or edit. the newspapers. He just
thinks he does-sometimes- he
gets mixed up with a good story,
which he can't keep from the re-
porters
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24

If Mrs. Evans gets wised up to
the system of prison telegraphy'' she
will be able to send Dear MOnta" a
few more kisses before the doors are
opened.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24
Ma n.

These are the real facts 49, Cod
standing Of the noblest WORK u .,s GOD
man. He is first known az Of
Of bis mother, then the nu nouu 81
his wife and ends by being .,hi.on
the father Of bis children'
Globe.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24
First Thing In Order.

Teacher-Johnny, il 1 gave you 5
cents and your brother 10 cents, what
would that make? JOhnny-Trouble-
Denver News
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24
Her Valuation.

Elizabeth, has that man any expec
tatiOns?'
Fine, mamma"
What do they consist OFF,
ME"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24

Dad. | want some money to buy
you a Christmas present"-says moth
er; says Maud; says Tommy-and the
baby cries for it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24
Not In His Line.

Lawyer-YOu should learn shorthand
and typewriting. Billy. The Office Boy
law g'wan! never cared fer low
ers an candyLPuck.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24

There are many men in Walla
Walla who bought Christmas pres
ents early" but will not know 1t until
the bills come in.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24

None can sinjure him who does moi
injure himself. st Chrysoston.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24

That which is seen at a distance I,
most respected.-Taeitus.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18
LEADvILLE, THE cATLEss TOWN.
Though Without Feline Guardians, It
Has Few Rats and Mice.


Denver.4James II. Nally, salesman
for New York shoe house, had tou-
bic about sleeping at the Browne hotel
the other night. In the morning he sought
the chief clerk c. H. Churchill, and reg
istered a complaint.
"A eat in the alley across the street
kept me awake" said Mr.. Nally. You'll
either have to guarantee that the cats
will be kept out of that alley tonight or
change my room. l must sleep or l can
not work"
Clerk Churchill smiled.
That's the first complaint of its kind
I've ever had here he said. '"rhere are
comparatively few cats in Denver, but if
you would live absolutely without any
chance of being Weakened by cats you
should move up to -Leadville.
''Leadville? Why?" asked Naly.
Because" replied the clerk, "Leadville
has no cats They cannot live there. Too
much altitude, as we say around here
And such is the case. Leadvlle prob
ably hasn't a single cat. Cats have been
taken there many times. but they have
invariable suecumbed TO the effects of
the high altitude Leadville is II 400 feet
above the sea level ~
The cats that have been taken to Lead
Vile have all died of form of pneu-
monia At first they enjoy the air, or
seem to- but they gradually become weak
and finally catch cold Its nine lives then
avail the cat nothing. All the lives go
out at once.
About a year ago the family OF Hen
ry Blaine moved from Denver to Lead
vile, taking along a cat and three kit
tens. The old cat died within month after
it reached the mining town, but the kit
tens lived until they We're six months old,
and then went the way of their mother
The little Baines took the loss of their
kittens SO much to heart that their IA
Their brought two more from Denver for
them. These kittens lived less than three
months. The Blaines then gave up trying
to have cats as pets.
Although Leadville has no cats, it has
few mice and rats. Only the most hardy
of rodents can live there, and then they
must live under the ground most of the
time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18
Erancblse Schemes pIscredlted.

The municipal franchise things are nor
in highest esteem these days in the marls
of speculation. New York Consolidated
Gas has no backbone at the bottom OF
decline from 296 to around 100 and the
street hears robust rumor that II VIII
ere long go on per cent basis, quite
a descent from the proud position OF gut
edged 10 per cent dividend payer. me
many and complex traction STOCKS
CBrooklyn and Rapid Transit excepted
have lapsed into a comatose state rec
Bile attempts are made occasionally TO
ealyanize them into some semblance oil
life but the real traders will have noth--
ing to do with EN-. The public is AFRAID
TO sell and it is equally afraid to BUY,
lest the stills be knocked out at some I'M
suspected moment and the goods LANDED
on the latest arrival-and so it keeps en-
tirely.awa from the firing line. NO Johh-
son dam disaster for them Not now
In the case of Con Gas there Is good
reason to believe that important StaAd-
ard Oil interests have been unloading
their large holdings of bonds and stocks
and that they are pretty well out oil the
property They began months ago ana
according To current rumor nave peen
selling all through the terrific decline,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18

scantly, complied with in order that the
laws may, in all cases stand
The old constitution provided that no
tice of the intention to pass local laws
should be published in the district to be
affected. The supreme court In constru-
ing this section, held, in effect, that If Il
did not affirmatively appear that this no
tice had been given. the court (presum-
ing that to have been done which should
have been done1 would presume that the
required notice had been given Under
this construction a great train of evils
arose. and many vicious laws were pass
ed about which the people to be affected
knew nothing until after their passa ge.
When the new constitution came to be
framed to remedy this great and growing
evil, after some debate, a clause was in
serted which in effect provided, that the
Substance of local laws should be pub
lshed before their passage, which fact
should affirmatvely appear on the jour
rails of the legislature; otherwise. it was
made the duty OF the courts to pronounce
The same void. The great contention now
Is as to What is meant by the simple word
Substance"
Among other important matters To he
handled by the next legislature is the
question Of costs and fees. Section 104
Of the constitution makes it the duty of
the Legislature to enact general law on
The legislature shall not enact any law.
not applicable to all the counties I'm the
state. regulating costs and charges of
courts" or fees, commissions. or allow
anees of public officers" In this county
the fee question is very much mixed as
regards the courts and officers of info
rior jurisdiction. Various statutes have
been passed on ths subject The act cre
atirg the inferior court of Birmingham
provides for a fec in'addition to other
costs. This act having been enacted sub
sequent to the new constitution this fee
is clearly Illegal
II has been charged by those In author
ity i'm this state that the Criminal fec
system. as In operation, is one Of the
greatest iriquities of the age, and should
be abolished in it's entirety. This cannot
be doubted, and our representa- tVes viii
be charged with this duty. The cost bill
In matters of simple misdemeanor under
the Criminal fee System" are simply
enormous, and of course must be work
ed out by the convict, If too poor to pay,
i'm the mines. This to many means death,
in the end. 1t is plain that the regulation
and uniformity in the fee system is OF
great Importance. especially to the poor.
But It Is a matter which will not regu-
late itself Proper men must be selected:
men without fear. and without favor"
And the corporate political faetlon-that
faction which would DENY to the people
proper courts in which to enforce their
rights or redress their wrongs, as pro-
vided by the fundamental law, must he
showed under In the contest. Double deaf
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18
Latest Standard Oil Move.

Great significance attaches to the lat
est move of Standard Oil representatives
in withdrawing from directories of Gould
properties. 1t has been known for d Ions
time that Mr.. John ID. Rockefeller was
not in accord with Gould's plans for rail-
road extension into the eastern and far
western territories. The Gould projects
conduced to Mr.. Rockefellers personal
discomfort and to the disturbance of his
business relations with larger and more
important interests. An ocean of Stand
ard Oil money is in the eastern trunk lines
as well as in Granger railroads and in
the Hartman system. Not being able to
dssuade Mr.. Gould from his campaign
of extension, the head of the Standard Oil
elan determined to Withdraw his support
and dispose of his Gould securities as
fast as 1t could be done without smashing
the market. lie has been about it for "a
year on more and in that time has dis
posed of reams of Gould's southwestern
stocks and bonds and of Wabash issues
He also severed his alliance with Gould
in Colorado Fuel and Iron and in his
mountain roads. 1t now dawns on peo-
pie why the Gould stocks have been drag
ging when everything else moved upward
knowing full we'll what was going on
Mr. Gould was in no mind to make a
market for the Standard OIL interests 10
unload on. 1t is believed that liquidation
of Gould securities in that quarter is now
pretty well completed. a condition which
is likely to induce IA more bullish feeling
for properties which of late repealed in
vestment and speculation Mr.. Gould
must feel confident OF his ability to pad
die his own canoe without help from the
Roekefellers or he would not have drawn
away from such powerful connection.
The supposition is that Mr.. Carnegie is
Mr.. Gould's most important and indiyid-
ual hacker although the bulk of outside
support comes from abroad
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18
OLD FAVORITES
DRAW THE BUSINESS
Activity CenterS in the Manipu-
lated Stocks
STANDARD OIL DRAWS OUT
Rockefeller Takes Away His Support
From Gould Roads-cotton Move
ment Falling Through Since
the Trick Was Turned.
STANDARD OIL DRAWS OUT
BY w. C. NICHOLAS.

New York, March 11.-(Specal)-Some-
how the public will not take readily to
low priced railroad stocks although conf
mission house literature is full of advice
to invest in them. The old time faYorites
continue to attract the business. Activity
centers in such VIGOROUSLY manipulated
specialties as Amalgamated. Shelters,
Anaconda, Reading and Union Pacific.
These stocks are ehnrned up and down
and switched about in a bewildering man
ner and all to the profit of the cliques
and pools and to the confusion and loss
of the outsiders. Eventually the public
will get track sore going over the same
route and win turn to other things. II Is
only a question of time when speculation
will get into railway shares which are
now selling at low figures, and also in
the industrials of the same grade, provd-
ing, of course, that prosperity remains
with us as now. In this latter class Unit
ed States Steel stands out clearly as the
leader. BY common consent these issues
have come to be regarded as a barometer
of the Industrial situation. So strongly
is this the case that there is a tendency
lions When patience has its reward and
the public takes hold of low priced stocks
In earnest there will naturally be a large
increase in the volume of transactions.
for traders can do several times as much
business in cheap stock as in the fancies.
1t is therefore 10 the interest of the play
ers, as well as the brokers, to get out of
the one and into the other. All that is
wanted is good leadership.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18

The law and the law makers seem TO be
closing in on the trustee. emulation
of supreme court decisions on trust issues
all leading one way serve as a warning
and as a guide for trust conduct IN the
future The administration at Washing
ton is showing renewed interest in trust
inquiry and is at length lending encour-
agement to the Hearst campaign against
the anthracite coal trust as represented
by the Temple Coal company (the recog-
nized clearing house of the trusD and
the federal authorities, are taking UP with
undoubted zeal the rebate charges against
the sugar trust. In this latter case an
invncible case has been put up to the
department of Justice, according to all
accounts. The lawless elements among
the richer classes. heretofore regarding
themselves as immune from prosecution,
are receiving a fresh lesson every day
and are wriggling.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18
LAND OF PARIS cARMAN.
Place to Which He Returns to End His
Days.

From the London Standard
1t is popularity of Paris which every
visitor who knows enough French to tell
one dialect from another must have no.
ticed, that nearly all Paris cabmen come
from the same part of the country The
same thing is true of coal merchants and
of dealers in roasted chestnnts. who come
from the Auvergne; of the goa therds, who
hawk their milk about the streets. who
are Breton peasants, and of many other
trades.
The cab drivers land is probably little
known to Englshmen It is down in the
Aveyron and Rodez is its capital. tiny
village where the worst language and
the best hearts in all France are to be
found The eldest in each family of Ro-
DEE takes the land and the paternal cot
tage. The old folks live with him until
their death, and the younger sons go to
Paris and drive cabs.
For years they drive about i'm all
weathers scraping together sou by sou
until they have garnered enough TO 90
home and pay for their board and lodging
for the remainder of their days. They
go with the elder brother to a notary
on the first day of their return home.
and sign a deed by which he is bound
to keep them for the remainder of their
days in idleness in return for their saw
ings.
There Is an old priest in Rodez who
thoroughly understands his flock. He
never asks them to enter the church, but
chats with them outside it. and breaches
informal sermons as he thinks fit A few
DAYS ago a deputation of the men took
him plaster statuette of st. Fiacre
Qalsey believed to be the claimants pat
ron saint, whose rake-for ST. Fiacre was
really. gardeneR-they had cut away,
and substituted tiny cabman's whip.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18
JEFFERSON NEEDS
GOOD LEGISLATORS
ATTORNEY RICHARD L. WILLIAMS
POINTS OUT SOME OF THE REA-
SONS FOR WISE AND coMPE-
TENT REPRESENTATIVES.
To the Editor of the Age-Herald.

To the Editor Of the Age-Herald.
Now that it has been settled by the
county committee that we shall select
representatives to the legislature in Au-
gust next. 1t seems that it would we'll
behoove us to put ON our thinking cap
and awaken to the Importance of the duty
about TO be imposed upon us
We have new constitution which diff
fers in many material and important re-
spects from the old one. and under it.
the statutory laws of the state must be
remodeled and re-enacted This is a task
OF great delicacy and diffculty--one
which the last legislature barely entered
upon, and then, we are compelled to say.
in many respects to our sorrow and regret.
Witness the spectacle of our courts which
have been made footballs of, the result Of
disagreements between The legislature
and the supreme court In this county,
as is well known to those who are COM
PEELED TO resort to the courts for the en-
forcement Of their rights or redress of
wrongs, the congestion. both as to the SUI
perior and inferior courts is almost un~
bearable. To detail the conditions would
doubtless surprise and shock those who
are unfamiliar with such matters
II may be truthfully said that our las,
representatives were men of intelligence
and uprightness: but, admitting this t.
be true, it is only the more apparent that
we should be careful In the coming con-
test to select, If possible. men of greater
intelligence and probity-especially men
of a broad knowledge of the law--lt mat
tiers not from what part of the county
they may come. And II would be well
to select men who have a wholesome re-
gard for that section of the constitution
regulating local laws, which is the Sec
tion which has brought about the condi-
tions now existing in the courts of the
county. This section II seems, is likely to
be construed by one set of judges strict
ly, and by another literally; therefore,
its provisions should be fully, rather than
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18
Black Horse Cavalry Busy.

The Black Horse cavalry up at Albany
is getting after the stock exchange and
Wall street generally. The latest move
at the state capitol was the introduce
ton of a bill making short selling OF
stocks IA felony punishable by hne ana
Imprisonment. This was supplemented
by another proposition requiring brokers
20 denosit s1C0 600 in bonds as evidence of
their solyency There is small chance
of either of these bills getting on the
statute books, but their introduction
shows unpleasantly the existence of a
strong i'll win in the state legislature to-
wards Wall street.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18

In a germ disease the. object is TO
overcome the germs. Such troubles
don't end until the cause is destroyed.
That is why medicine so often fails,
for scores of diseases are due to germ
attacks.
The remedy of today is Liquozone.
the tonic-germicide. Millions have a.
ready used it. Thousands OF new
users begin every day. They are
learning that Liquozone does in germ
troubles what other remedies have
not accomplished May we buy you
a bottle. TO prove the fact to you?