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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26
WARDING OFF THE INFLUENZA

To borrow from the phraseOlogy OF
the almanac makers, about this time
look out for influenza, bronchitis and
pneumonia" This is the one sadly
solemn thought that mars the general
effect of the holiday cheer. Already
the ravages of the winter season have
come to notice and the complaint
arises in England that many no.
tables" are in the thrall of the grip.
or, to quote correctly, "are sick" That
such notables as are associated with
the house of peers are sick is perhaps
no cause for wonderment, especially if
their sickness is connected with the
wave of popular wrath against that
body which has swept over the king
dom. 1t is specifically asserted, how
ever, that the general ailment is in
f1uenZa.
Learned physicians on the other side
have begun to issue warning bulletins
and remedial prescriptions, the first
of which advises the victim to "go to
bed and call the DOCTOR says the Chi
cago Tribune. Any medical prescrip-
| ton which does not call the doctor
| is not sanctioned by the highest med
| ical authority. Then these supple.
mentary suggestions are offered:
do not kiss the children; do not
| associate with the rest of the family
do not take baths, either hot or cold
| do not take alcoholic stimulants; eat
only the lightest and most nutritious
| foods; keep warm and quiet and stay
indoors at least week: provide plen
ty of fresh air day and night, but avoid
drafts
1t may be assumed that what is
good advice for people on the British
side of the Atlantic may be taken with
equal solemnity and confidence by
those in this country. Certainly who
ever is in the tortures of influenza
may easily resign himself to those
privations and self-sacrifices even in
volving family segregation and fila
oscillation. And yet it may be affirm
ed that inasmuch as such specific or
ders have been published it is quite
possible man may profit by then
without going to the trouble and ex
pense of summoning physician. II
is altogether reasonable that one may
recover from influenza without the aiG
of drugs, and lying in bed with plenty
of fresh air in the room and gooG
books at hand is not the most rigorous
or unpleasant of treatments. Unlike
DR.. Johnsons Scotchman, not much
can be made of influenza if it is caught
young, but as bronchitis and pneu
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26
GAMBLING IN MINING SHARES
Craze Has Become Speculative De
bauch and May End in Headaches
and Possibly Heartaches.

The craze for mining stocks has be
come a speculative debauch; some
one will soon wake up with a head
ache, possibly a heartache, too. 1t is
an everyday Dlunder to suppose that
gambling in shares on the say-so OF
irresponsible people is mining; it is
no more mining than the funny bust
ness of the turf is horse breeding. The
affair of DR.. Lyman, the Goldfield con
solicitations, and the Nipissing episode
all mark the beginning of collapse
in the trading of mining stocks of the
purely speculative kind.
Cobalt and Goldfield are today the
excuses for the two greatest gambling
affairs on record At Cobalt the mines
already organized into companies rep
resent a market value of 100000, OOO
while it is a fact that the entire out
put of the district since the first ore
was shipped reaches only 100000.
We do no deprecate an eager interest
in mining, only the insane gamble that
uses mining for excuse. One OF
our contemporaries the other day ex.
pressed surprise at our depreciation
of speculation in small priced mining
shares, because from it's point of view
any money that went into mining was
so much to the good The fallacy lies
in the notion that buying paper certif-
icates or playing with them is mining;
the fact is that in times of boom
like this the amount of actual work
done under ground in ratio to the
financial operations based upon it, is
humorously out of proportion. What
is more, the mining profession suffers
boom mines need optimistic people
not hampered by too sacred a regard
for truth and the flotation of wild cats
needs only the service of the wild
eyed among make-believe experts. In
Nevada today there is many prom
Using young mining engineer who is
being undone by the gambling fever
his technical training a lure for the
ignorant Another evidence of the
barter of self respect for quick gain
is that of the mining engineers who
permit the use of their portraits in the
f1amboyant advertisements of min
ing prospectus and in disreputable
wspapers.-Mining and Scientific
World.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26
HEROES on SHIP Save LIVES
Firemen and Engineers Of Steamer
Strathcona, Although Surrounded
by Flames, Stick to Posts.

HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 28.-Word
has been received from Port Duffin, a
small coast town some 60 miles east
of this city, of the destruction by fire
of the passenger steamer Strathcona
owned by the Halifax & Canso Steam.
ship company, bound from this port
for Canso and Guysborough.
That no lives were lost is due prin
cipally to the heroism of the engi
neers and firemen, who stuck to their
posts until the steamer was beached
and every one of the $50 passengers
landed. In less than an hour after
the Bleaching of the steamer she was
burned to the waters edge.
/ When the cry of fire was raised the
widest confusion prevailed. The pas.
sengers. most of them clad only in
their night clothes, rushed on deck
and made dash for the lifeboats, but
the crew prevented a serious panic
The boats were not launched, but were
made ready for use in case the flames
completely enveloped the steamer be-
fore land could be reached.
While the Strathcona was driven
towards land at top speed the sailors
tried to fight back the flames with
streams of water. The draft caused
by the steamers rapid progress, how
ever, famed the flames into greater
fury and in short time the entire aft
er portion of the vessel was on fire.
Down in the engine room the engi-
neers and firemen stuck bravely to
their posts, although the flames had
begun to surround them. Not until
the keel of the steamer grated on the
reef a mile from the entrance of the
harbor did they abandon their danger
Gus positions and rush to the decks.
Then the boats were lowered and all
of the passengers, together with the
thirteen members of the crew, found
safety On shore.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26
A Soldier of Pence.

Alfred H. Love, the president Of the
Universal Peace union, .old the other
day in Philadelphia a peace story
"At this Christmas season." he said,
"men talk sincerely about loving one
another, about the universal brother
hood of man. and in the same breath
they assert that it is right to burn and
MAIN and kill in war;
"They are not SO logical as a young
cOlored recruit who served in the Phil
ippines.
"This young man, at the end Of his
initial engagement, was hailed before
his captain
$50 you ran at the first fire, did
you?' said the captain scornfully.
eyes sab; and I'd "a run sooner,
sab, if I'd knowed it wuz comm
"'Have you no regard for your rep
utation, Calhoun
"'Mah reputation hain't muffin to
me, sab, 'longside O. nah life
1.-The captain smiled and twirled his
mustache. Here was an intelligent
young man. He'd talk him over to the
right point of view.
"'Even if you should lose your life,
Calhoun he said, you'd have the sat
isfaction of knowing that you had died
for your country.
"'Wot satisfaction could dat be to
me, sab, when de power O feeling II
wuz gomez
"'Then patriotism means nothing to
you?'
Muffin sab. 1 wouldn't put man
life in de scales agin any government
dat eber existed, for no government
could replace de loss O. me-
calhoun. if all soldiers were ike
you, the worlds governments Wouid
all go to pieces
"'On de contrary, sab, deyd last
foreber; for if all soldiers wuz ike
me, den dere couldn't neber be no
fightin,'"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26

Editor Ivan Chase of the Colfax Ga
zette is on the warpath because the
Spokesman-Review gave ten lines to
debating contest in Colfax and three
quarters of a column to an inslgnll'
icant scrap between two Colfax high
school boys. Editor Chase gravely de-
clares that in the ancient days when
he and the Spokane editor were boys
they would have gone back in an alley
and dared each other to knock chips
off of shoulders. We don't believe that
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the Spokane edl
tor would have been too frightened to
do anything but yell Nav"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26
Child Spirited Away by Grand
mother Returns Young Woman
IS KEPT IN IGNORANCE OF FATHER
GRIEF STRICKEN PARENT ne .
VOTED THREE YEARS TO
SEARCHING,

FRANKLIN, Pa, Dec. 2s.-Mrs
Emma Harris, who was kidnapned
from her home near this city Is years
ago, has been restored to her father
John Wood, who had despaired Of avor
finding her. She was stolen when
only 4 years old, and not until two
weeks ago did she know that her f.-
Their was living.
In 1888 Mr. Wood was a widowor
and he and his 4-year-old daughter
lived alone. On returning from Frank.
lin one day he discovered that the
child was gone. The neighborbood
was searched for days, but no trace
or the little girl was found A week
later it developed that the childs ma.
etrnal grandmother had left the com.
munity also, and Mr.. Wood concluded
that she had spirited the child away.
Then the father set out to locate his
mother-in-law, but could learn moth.
ing about her except that she had
gone to Dakota. He induced his
OAOIAOA " SctIic III lQdC state in the
hope of locating the child and her
grandmother.
At the end Of three years no prog
ress had been made, and Mr.. Wood.
nearly crazed by grief, gave I'D in de-
spair. He knew absolutely nothing
about his daughter until two weeks
ago, when he received a letter from
her in North Dakota saying that she
had learned for the first time that her
father was living. Mr.. Wood, who
has since remarked, wrote for her to
come on, and she arrived a day or
two ago. The meeting of father and
child was most affecting. She will re-
main at his home in Cranberry town.
ship until after New Year.
Mrs. Harris says she remembers
nothing whatever of the kidnapping,
but knows it was her grandmother
who spirited her away She had been
in the DakOtas all the time since, and
two years ago was married.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26

table, would be in some localities to
slightly increase the amount of his
taxes, while in others they would be
correspondingly reduced. Not enough,
however, in either case to materially
affect the amount of tax paid by him"
The report submits proposed act
Of IL sections for the assessment OF
all operating property of railroads by
the state board Of tax commissioners.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26
1.-THE YANKEE CONSUL"

The Keylor Grand theater will have
a noteworthy attraction on December
29, Saturday afternoon and evening, in
1.-The Yankee Consul" the musical sa-
tire which enjoys the distinction of
being the most popular comic opera Of
fering of modern times 1.-The Yankee
Consul differs from the sterotyped
comic operas and marks a distinct in
novation in un-making vehicles. Its
phenomenal success in the past as
evinced by the record breaking audi
ences drawn in the larger cities demon
strates it's remarkable popularity and
seemingly the play is destined to be-
come one Of the longest-lived operas
ever presented. The book is by Hen
ry K. Blossom, Jr., who has laid the
scenes in the tropical isle of San Do
mingo and who has woven an interest
ing tale of romance and political life
in that tropical isle.
In two acts, both laid in Puerta Pla-
ia, the capital of San Domingo, the
scenes are laid and the interesting tale
is unfolded. 1t hinges about the adj
ventures of a typical New Yorker-Abi-
jah Booze, or as he calls himself, "Bi''
Booze for short-who is sent away from
the gay metropolis on a consular mis-
sion to sleepy San Domingo, through
the efforts of his wealthy relatives who
have suffered long and silently by rea-
son Of his well developed penchant for
turning night into day. Arriving in gan
Domingo to take up his duties as THE
Yankee Consul he Immediately pro-
ceeds to devote his time to winning the
affections of a wealthy Spanish donna,
who in addition to her three hundred
pounds of avoirdupois, is possessed of
comfortable fortune of half a million
dolalrs. An American naval officer, a
pompous Spanish governor, and other
characters, figure prominently in the
story.
Manager John P. Slocum who is di-
recting the tour has provided an ex-
ceptionally splendid company which is
headed by Harry Short. Mr.. Short
played the leading comedy role OF
Booze" last season with great sue
cess. Miss Isabel Carroll will be seen
in the prima donna role of Bonita
and the remainder of the cast include
such well-known favorites as Miss Mar.
garet Flavin as the Donna Teresa
Miss. Elaine Won Thiele, as "Papinta,'
William V. Strunz as the pompous gov
ernor and L r. Jefferson as the Sec
rotary, Wallace Jenkins, Olga Kalneng,
Charles Jacklin, James Brennan and
others are also included in the roster
besides real American Beauty chorus
numbering forty pretty, dainty girls
The scenic environment is a mag
nificent one-the original Broadway
theater production and forms a splen-
did stage setting to this great play
among the may so,.S hits introduce !
during the two acts are "Ain't 1t Fun
ny What Difference Just a Few
Hours Make" MY San Domingo Maid, "
In Old New York." I'm. the Olden
Days" THE Mosquito and the Midge,"
When the Hammers Go Rap, Rap,
Rap" I'D Like to be a Soldier" "Ho-
Rap" I'D Like to be a Soldier" "Ho-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26
In the James J. Hill Line.
Baltimore News

James j. Hill, president of the Great
Northern railroad, takes immense
pleasure in recalling that he cut the
first stencil and marked the first bar
rel of -four ever manufactured in Min
neapolis. This was in 1859 or 1860,
when he was agent for a line of
freight steamers running on the Mis-
sissippi. The particular stencil was
kept by the milling company for years,
but at last was destroyed in a fire.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26
Young Pigs to Mark Esteem.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.

DR.. w. G. Grace, the famous Eng
fish cricketer, has been the recipient
of many gifts from lovers of cricket
as tangible proofs of their admiration
of his prowess. Some of them have
been remarkable in character, but per-
haps the most embarrassing gift he
pigs which Worcestershire farmer
lately sent to him in recognition of a
great batting feat which he had wit
messed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26
Congressional Records vs.. Seeds

Congressional Records vs.. Seeds.
Philadelphia Press.
Representative Watkins of Louis
lana thinks he has about the most in
consistent constituent imaginable. He
sent him a full quota of garden seeds
and received this letter in reply: 81
received the seeds, but they are no
good. Send me set of congressional
records. They amuse the children and
make bully lamp lighters"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26

We would suggest that the adiutant
or the Fourteenth cavalry prepare a
memorial to King Edward of Great
Britain and Ireland and British Co.
lumbia to the effect that his subjects
In Walla Walla have insulted the uni
form of the United States by barring
1t from the skating rink. This would
give the proper international stains
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26

The new law on the prohibition of
campaign contributions may, or may
not. prevent the Warren Construction
company from electing a few more
members to the bitulithic squad next
year.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26

The morning dispatches announce
the Filipinos are greatly tickled over
the report that President Roosevelt
will visit the islands next summer.
Will they show their appreciation by
making Theodore a datto of equal
rank with William jennings Bryan?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26

When the agent of paving concern
can come into the city and threaten
to bump the head of a councilman
and then make his threat good-it is
time for the people to ascertain the
why and wherefore.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26
Devoted Her Life to Charity,

Sioux City Journal.
Waneta Toskatomba, a full-blooded
Chickasaw maiden, we'll educated and
worth 100000 in her own right, has
decided that she will never marry, but
will devote her life to charity work.
In short time she will take up her
residence in Oklahoma City, where
she will connect herself with some
charitable institution.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26

Property owners of Walla Walla will
have themselves to blame if they are
compelled to turn over a large por-
ton of their investment to the War
rem Construction company. They have
had ample warning of the conditions
existing
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26

The Union is unnecessarily agitated
over the contradictory statements in
the Evening Bunc" anent the direct
primary assertions of Secretary Horr.
Even Secretary Horr would not be so
foolish as to write a letter to the
Evening Bunc"-after the terrible
expose made by it of the Crocker cor.
respOndence.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26

One negro lynched in Colorado AMI
latest results following President
Roosevelt's message on the clash of
the races.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26

1t looks as if Councilman Glasford
is on the defensive. At least he has
made connections with that defender
of all crooked politicians-the Even
ing Bunc"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26
Roosevelt, Jr., Boss.
Washington n C) Post

washington ID. Co. Post.
Five or six youngsters were playing
shiny on the roof of the low building
connecting the presidents Office with
the White House. (Which one is
young ROOSEVELT" a visitor asked a
policeman. "See that one bossing the
others?' the policeman said, pointing.
That's him."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26
EaoIes Attention.

There will be no meeting OF Walla
Walla Aerie No 26, F. o. E., on Janu-
airy 1, and the public installation
planned for that evening has been
postponed until January 8. The public
in general is invited to attend on tne
latter date.
BY order of Worthy President.
1928. e"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26

The barring of uniforms from the
skating rink does not mean that there
is a uniformity in the society one
meets on the roller floor.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26

Councilman Bridges declares he has
had enough of Frank Reese and the
Reese methods. When will the prop
erty owners acquire the same suffici-
ency?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26

Politically Frank Reese may be able
to bump the head" of Councilman
Tausick. Physically, we would bet on
Eugene, despite the disparity in
weight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26

Sidney Sloane, according to the
story told, had the supreme satisfac-
ton of wearing into the prison the
identical suit of clothes, to pay for
which, he killed and robbed his father.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26

That bitulithic squad in the city
council is not afraid to let the people
know it is earning it's salary.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26

Fire Department Adds Coffee Wagon
Boston Transcript
The New York fire department has
added to it's equipment a coffee wagon
which with three men responds to
third alarms and dispenses coffee and
sandwiches. This is more practical
than the increase in salaried chap
lains, recently proposed by the fire
commissioner of that city.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26

It's only four days until swearing
off time. Make the best of them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26

Ia, I'VE Were Taught to Walk De-
murely," cupid Has Found my Heart,
and many others.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26
Press Comments
It Is Now: "Blame-Me" Storer.
Chicago Journal.

chicago Journal.
They have new way of pronounc.
Ing Belamy Storer's name in Wash
ington, D. c. Since the recent sensa
tional publication he has come to be
known as Blanche" Storer.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-09

If Nimro1 came to British Columbia
he would experience another heyday.
The sports of the forest and streala
nre triumphant there. Moose, elk, car
ibou. mountain gonts and sheep, beaH
--grizzly, brown and black-mountnin
lions, or cougars, and deer Of several
kinds range in sufficient numbers fol
Fport almost anywhere and In ample
quantities for ruthless slaughter ia
many places. so that Nimrod, whether
pothuuter or sportsman, as the mod.
ern lines are drawn, would surely find
satisfying excitement and trophies
worthy OF his fame and skill. Small
game, too. spreads throughout the
country, and the biggest bags are easl.
ly filed in n few hours shooting. And
old Izaak Walton, the father of an.
Cling would find m abundance of the
"contemplative mans recreation" as
the lnkcs and streams TEEN with the
finest game lish.-Ficld and Stream.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-09
Watering Seed ncd..

Amateurs and Inexperienced growers
Of flowers often make the mistake oi
watering the soil In which seeds are
sown Immediately after the sowing
whether the soil Is moist OF not. The
practice is harmful one, generally
speaking, and should not be INDUCED
In except In unusual cases. If the soil
or compost in which the seeds are sown
Is moist ut the time OF sowing no water
should be used. MS the soil becomes stin
and forms II crust OH the surface which
prevents the seeds from pushing
through. After sowing the seed in any
SOIL except an exceedingly dry ono
1t Is better TO wait II day or two before
watering or until the soil dries ur
pretty well. Then apply gently with 4
fine sprinkler just enough water tt
moistcn the soil moderately through
out. which Will suffice until the sol
shows signs of dryness again. 1t 4
not necessary TO give a little sprinklinI
every day, as some believe, for sucl
treatment only makes matters worse