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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-04

American Shipping.
Let me once again call the attention Of
the Congress to two subjects concerning
which / have frequently before communi-
Gated with them. One is the question Of
developing American shipping. l trust that
a law embodying in substance the views,
or a major part of the views, exprest in the
report on this subject laid before the House
at its last session will be past. 1 am well
aware that in former years Objectionable
measures have been proposed in reference
to the encouragement of American shipping;
but 1t seems to me that the proposed
measure is as nearly unobjectionable as any
can be- 1t will of course benefit primarily
our seaboard States, such as Maine, Louis
lana, and Washington; but what benefits
part Of our people in the end benefits all:
lust as Government aid to irrigation and
forestry in the West is really of benefit,
not only to the Rocky Mountain States, but
to all our country. If it prove imprac-
ticable to enact law for the encourag-
ment of shipping generally, then at least
provision should be made for better COM
munication with South America, notably
for fast mail lines to the chief South
American ports. 1t is discreditable to US
that our business people, for lack of direct
communication in the shape of lines Of
steamers with South America, should in
that great sister continent be at disad-
vantage compared to the business people
of Europe.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-10

Perfunctory investigation, a labored
report and a few minor legislative en-
actments will do nothing but aggra-
vate an abuse and perpetuate brutal
system long used by the superintend-
ents Of the state penitentiary at Wall
la Walla, and applied to the help
less convicts"
In a memorial to Gov. Albert E.
Mead, A. D. Fairbairn, a man of schOl-
arly attachments, who has just been
released from tine penitentiary, de-
clares the impending investigation OF
the institution entirely impracticable
as to the obtaining of good results.
He asks the governor to go further.
Fairbairn says the wrong is in the
system handed down from warden to
warden.
Fairbairn, writing The Seattle Times
from Pomeroy, this state, endorses all
that paper has said relating to the
mismanagement Of the state peniten-
tiary and the brutality of the former
superintendent, A. Frank KEGS. He
says
within the last few days I was re-
leased from Walla Walla. While in
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-10

You told US, boy" the tourist said to
the urchin who was fishing in the lake,
that the boat always left here at 4.
and we have waited now till past g."
Oh." sa~ the boy. lit doesn't begin
to run till next month"; Pearson's
Weekly.
Servant Maid-The signora will be
sorry. She has gone out for the whole
day, but she left message for you.
V1sitor-Really3 What was it2
Maid-1 am so sorry have forgot
ten. will go up and ask here.-Ia
Caricaturista.
A celebrated actress, fresh and
youthful looking. was In the habit OF
Invariably taking eighteen years from
her age. She was called once in a law
case and gave the usual response. Her
son was called Immediately after. and.
on being asked his age, he replied
promptly. "Six months older than nv
mother."-Il Rieo.
Friend-D> you know that the gro-
Gerry man opposite uses your poems as
wrapping paper?
PoetYes, but under our arranre-
ment he only puts up his very best
groceries in them.-Floh.
Max (who is talking over the tele-
phone with a man who stutters)-Papa.
come here. There must be a knot in
the telephone wire.-Romhe
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-10
Your Health Depends on Your Kidneys
Every Reader Should Test The Wonderful Merits
of this Great New Discovery
Price, so Cents per Box

II you wish to be rich in health, you
should be careful of your KIDNEYS
as a good financier Is of his cash
capital. Your KIDNEYS are your
capital. Your health depends prin-
cipally on them. II you keep THEM
well you may possess your health in
safety. Now by this is not meant
that good financiering for your health
Is to overlook all the other organs and
merely look after your KIDNEYS.
Your other organs may need care, but
your KIDNEYS most because they do
most. II you are sick begin with your
KIDNEYS. because just as soon as
they are well they will help all the
other organs to health.
For great many years it has been
the custom for people to say: my
Blood is out of order, it needs puri-
flying, I feel all used up, my skin
needs clearing, my brain feels tired"
They are right but do they act right?
They generally go and get a laxative
to purify their blood; but does blood
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-10
EX=COn1ViCf Offers TO
Supply Prison Evidence

| that infamous place 1 was highly en-
tertained by the articles which appear
ed in The Times concerning the ty-
rant KEGS. OF course, it was a VIOLA
ton of the rules that state papers were
admitted, but the ingenuity Of some of
| the convicts was equal to the occa-
sion.
Newspaper Helps.
almost simultaneous with the ap.
pearance Of your first 'write-up' things
began to improve. The food was bet
ter, treatment less severe. I will not
can not be applied to the conduct
of the Walla Walla prison-but Tess
inhuman.' It was not that they hated
the convicts less but they feared The
Times more.
Personally, am unwilling to par
ade what 1 believe to be my wrongs
before the public, but promised 9TH
er convicts to devote whatever talents
1 possess to the betterment Of their
condition. In asking you for brief
space I do so as the representative
Of hundreds of men who came to me
personally and implored me to place
before the public in the best prac-
ticable manner, and without malice,
the evils of the present system.
81 believe the present system SIM
ply produces and fosters crime 1t
makes out Of the tyro in crime hard
ened law violator. I am under the
ban of the penitentiary authorities.
While confined there 1 wrote a book
containing 100000 words, but I am
having very great difficulty in induc-
ing them to give me the manuscript,
simply because they know Of my sem
timents in regard to the institution"
Under date of November 5, done at
Pomeroy, Mr.. Fairbairn wrote Cover
nor Mead the following:
Ex-Conviet to Governor Mead.
"Sir: have been informed that you
have appointed a committee Of citi-
zens to investigate conditions at WAL
la Walla and make suggestions as to
how matters may be improved, where
improvement is deemed necessary or
advisable. I have lately been dis
charged from that place and 1 must
say, without malice toward those who
are or have been managing the in
stitution, that The Seattle Times fifty
characterized it when it branded the
place as a modern inferno It would
be idle, however, to denounce the men
in charge. They have received their
trust from their predecessors and in
each change of administration for
many years past there has been an al
most imperceptible deterioration in the
moral and material efficiency of the
management. 1t seems to me that
when warden takes charge he is
always impressed IN the beginning OF
his administration with the idea that
a policy of repression is absolutely
necessary. He fails utterly to grasp
the fact that the convict in ninety-nine
cases out of a hundred has a per-
sonal interest in behaving himself so
as to avoid an unfortunate entangle.
ment with the authorities. In this
case Mr.. KEGS seems to be neither
better nor worse than the vacillatins
and pusillanimous Dryden or the tyr
ranical Catron. He simply thought
that in order to enforce his mandates
he must maintain a stern and uncom-
promising attitude toward the con-
vict.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-10
Famous Strike Breakers,

The most famous strike breakers In
the land are DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. When liver and bowels go on
strike, they quickly settle the trouble,
and the purifying work goes right on.
Best cure for constipation, headache
and dizziness. Csc at E. L. Smalley,
druggist.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-10
URIC ACID AND GRAVEL,

Are caused by the Kidneys being un-
able to properly filter the impurities
from tee blood. Irving's Buchu Waf-
ers are the only sure remedy for this
condition; they cleanse the kidneys
from all worn out material, build up
ue shrunken walls of the Kidneys
and prevent the formation of the
Uric Acid. Sold at soc a box by
Sold by L. L. TALLMAN
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-10
Hunting TroDhiea.


The old farmer led the city boarder
up the rickety stairs.
"Come this way, neighbour" he
drawled. Il want to show you the
horns Of all the game bagged during
the past season"
Visions Of moose and elk antlers fit.
ted through the mind of the city board
er. When he reached the attic he was
startled.
"Why, man." he calculated, 1.-THE
only kind Of horns I see up here are
automobile horns!'
"And automobiles happened to be
the game l bagged." chuckled the old
man. Every time one Of them ran
over chicken or a pig l ran out and
held them up by shooting the tires.
Then I stripped the horn off as a tro-
phy."-Chicago News.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-10
Should he Trustworthy.

Miss Bright-He said 1 was the pref
tiest girl he had met for some time,
and-but you were there and heard
him say it, believe.
Miss Chellus-Yes, and-er-really. !
could scarcely trust my ears
Miss Bright Sharply Why not?
Your ears are certainly big enough and
old enough.-Philadelph Press.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-10
There Now.

Miss Speitz - I heard you compli-
menting her upon her girlish appear
ance. What did she say?
Mr.. Jollyer-She said. "Ah. but I'm
sure I'll look very much older when
I'm forty!''
Miss Speitz-Huh! She means she'll
look very much older when she admits
she's forty. - Catholic Standard and
Times.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-10
Piles Cured in 6 to IA DAYS.

PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed
to cure any case of Itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in to
IA days or money refunded. soc.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-10
Not COmulainin0.

"Why," asked the agitatOr, Should
the wage Garner be at the beck and
call Of his employer"
I'm not" said the auditor, who was
yawning I've got my employer 50
that he minds every word say and
asks no questions. I'm a chauffeur.
Washington Star.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-10

The best local advertisers say that
they get the best results when they
advertise in The Statesman. A hint
to the wise Is sufficient.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-10

William Weary (whO was about to
enter the yard and ask for work when
he read the ''hands" notice again and
stopped in time)-Creat jimminy! J
thought it said. mo hands wanted"-
Taller
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-10

run through the bowels?
Science proves that all the purify
ing that your blood needs. in fact all
That can be done, must be done by
your KIDNEYS. The KIDNEYS are
filters. They strain and purify your
blood. When your blood is impure
nothing can purify but your KID
NEYS. When the KIDNEYS are
clogged from overwork of any kind.
worry. exposure or excuses, they can
be set right by the wonderful new
remedy known as IRvINGS BUCHU
WATERS. They are a small wafer and
pleasant to take. They are not q pat
ent medicine or secret remedy, and tho
formula is cheerfully furnished to
the numerous physicians who pre-
scribe them in their practice, recog-
nizing the efficiency Of their ingredi-
ents, such as Buchu, Juniper Berries,
Asparagus, and other valuable and
purely vegetable extracts, which are
so concentrated as to make them
more than double their value.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-01-25

God have mercy on my soul! II l
! am doing that which / should not, but
II seems that | have endured all that
| can endure. There is no use to try
longer. 1t is hopeless. If only
| there will be nothing beyond this, abb
solutely nothing-just an eternal
blank and Void
and the man, still clinging TO the post
| leaned outward toward the woman.
| His free, outstretched hand might
| almost have touched her. Thoughts
of his own situation had for the pres
| ent vanished.
But why hesitate longer" the
voice continued soon, "only to prolong
the misery? I wish were Drawer
| and yet | am brave enough for this
/ thing. There is no one to miss me,
| there Is hardly one that would know
my dead face. But 1t is strange that
| hurried SO to get here, and am now
no longer in haste to do what | came
for But shall not wait another mo.
ment. God forgive mel"
She crouched a little to make a
| spring. But the man had crept away
from the post and he now laid a hand
upon the woman's arm. She turned
| quickly but made no outcry.
, Who are YOU that you lay your
hand upon me?" she asked in a low
but steady tone.
Il am one who came here for the
same purpose which brought you"
Then why do you restrain me?"
Because something has suddenly
taken a grip upon my heart that had
not existed before. have been list.
enlng at your talk. You have drunk
at the thick and murky fountain-you
could be something to me, and | be-
lieve | could be something to you. |
have just learned that sympathy is
the half of bread In this world. Let
us go back together and take up the
struggle again-already l feel new
life in my soul. We should belong to
each other. You have saved my life
and | shall save yours In a single
instant love has been born IN my
heart. And you will love mel shall
make you"
The woman did not answer. But
| she allowed his arms to steal about
her and TO lead her away from the
brink OF the river. They crossed the
wharf back toward the city. Stop
| ping at the inner edge of the plank.
ing he drew her to him closely and
! kissed her lips timidly; and a nom
entary trembling as of virgin confu-
sion passed through her body. Then
hand In hand they walked back to-
ward the payements and the lights
and the sounds Of the city; every
thing seemed beautiful and fair, and
In their hearts was wonderful hope.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-01-25

had so often made from roots and
herbs for such of her women neigh
bors and friends who were sick and
ailing. Its success In those cases had
been wonderful-its fame had spread,
and calls we're coming from miles
around for this efficacious vegetable
compound.
They had no money, and little
credit. Their first laboratory was the
kitchen, where roots and herbs were
STEPPED on the stove, gradually filling
a gross of bottles. Then came the
question of selling 1t, for always be-
fore they had given 1t away free.
They hired a job printer to run off
some pamphlets setting forth the mer-
its of the medicine, now called Lydia
Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and these pamphlets were distributed
by the Pinkham sons In Boston, New
York and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties of
the medicine were, to great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever used 1t
recommended it to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts, the
family had saved enough money to
commence newspaper advertising on
small scale, and from that time the
growth and success of the enterprise
was assured, until to-day Lydia E.
Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound
have become household words every.
where, and thousands of pounds OF
roots and herbs are used annually in
making this great remedy for woman's
ills.
Although Lydia E. Pinkham passed
to her reward some years ago, the per-
petuation of her great work was
guarded by her foresight.
During her long and eventful expert
ence she was ever methodical in her
work and was careful to preserve a
record of every case that came to her
attention. The case of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were housands-received
careful study, and the details, includ-
ing symptoms, treatment and results,
were recorded for future reference,
and to-day these records, together with
thousands made since, are available to
sick women the world over, and repre-
sent vast collaboration of informa-
ton regarding the treatment of wom-
ans ills which, for authenticity and
accuracy, can hardly be equaled in any
library In the world
Another act of foresight on the part
of Lydia Il. Pinkham was to see that
some one Of her family was trained to
carry on her work, and with that end
in view, for years before her death,
had as her chief assistant her daugh-
ter-in-law, the present Mrs. Pinkham
Therefore, under the guidance and
careful training of Lydia e. Pinkham,
and a vast experience of her own,
covering twenty-five years, the present
Mrs. Pinkham is exceptionally well
equipped to advise sick women, which
she is always glad to do free of
charge.
The record of Lydia E. Pinkham' S
Vegetable Compound, made of simple
herbs and roots, is a proud and peer
less one. 1t is record of constant
conquest over the obstinate ills of
women, greater than that of any other
one medicine Of its kind in the world,
and will ever stand as a monument to
that noble woman whose name its
bears.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-01-25
Her parIIno.

A fashionably gowned young wo-
man, after leaving her carriage at the
entrance to a leading shop in West
Twenty-third street the other day,
gave a parting glance toward her seat
mate, stylishly frocked pug, says a
writer in the New York Press. The
pug eyed its mistress wistfully, and
milady retraced her steps to her We
hicle and said, sympathetically:
Come, dearie. you're lonesome with.
out your mother III take you along.
Promptly the footman saluted, and
transferred the dog companion TO
"mother'si arms
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-01-25

This remarkable woman whose
maiden name was Estes, was born in
Lynn, Mass, February 9Th, 1919, COM
ing from a good old Quaker family.
For many years she taught school, and
during her career as teacher she be-
came known as woman of an alert
and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above ali,
she was possessed with wonderfully
sympathetic nature.
In 1S43 she married Isaac Pinkham,
a builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and a daugh-
ter.
In those good old-fashioned days few
drugs were used in medicines; people
relied upon natures remedies, roots
and herbs, which are to-day recognized
as more potent and efficacious In con-
trolling diseases than any combination
of drugs.
Mrs. Pinkham from her youth took a
deep interest in medicine, in botany
the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics, and power over dis
ease; she believed that as nature
so beautifully provides food for the
body so she also provides medicine for
the Ills and weaknesses OF the body,
In the roots and herbs of the field,
and as wife, mother and sympathetic
friend, she often made use of her
knowledge OF roots and herbs in pre-
pairing medicines for her family and
friends.
Knowing of so much suffering among
her sex, after much study and re-
search, Mrs. Pinkham believed that
the diseases of women have COM
mon cause, and she set to work to
find a common remedy-not at that
time as source of profit, but simply
that she might aid the suffering.
How her efforts have been rewarded
the women of the world know to-day.
In 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. It's length and severity was too
much for the large real estate inter
ests of the Pinkham family, as this
class of business suffered most from
this fearful depression, so when the
Centennial year dawned it found their
property swept away.
AT this point the history of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound com
mences.
The three sons and daughter, with
their mother, combined forces to re
store the family fortune. They re
solved to give to the world the vege.
table compound that Mrs. Pinkham
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~ UzzE2ZT XC2AY III
Copyright. 1905. by Daily story Pub. Co.,


Just of the street, In narrow alloy
that reeked with the scent of garbage,
rested a large dry goods box, and In
the box crouched the figure of a man
trying to shield himself from the fall
ing rain. The faint lights of the street
Of the rays penetrated to his place OF
refuge. The man had been sitting
there for some time in silence and mo
tionless. At last he muttered:
There's nothing to 1t. why keep 1t
up2"
Then he relapsed into silence again
for another half hour. At the end OF
this time he muttered again
mo; there's nothing to it--and why
keep it up?"
Silence again for moment, then:
Whats to gain anyhow by keeping
up the fight? Nothing. Who's to care
IL ! drop it? No one. There'll be an
end to everything. All will be blank,
no feeling either good or bad. no more
misery, no cold or hunger. nothing, alb
solutely nothing - it's pleasant to
think that there will be nothing to
feel Maybe there's a soul. If SO, 1t
will go darting here and there through
space like the pollen sheath of grass
stalks in a varying breeze"
He fell into silence once more and
listened to the patter of the rain on
the top of his box while his thoughts
ran over and over the same line of
reasoning.
Yes, I'll do it." He caught the
edge of the box to pull himself up
from his crouching position. 1T will
be a very easy thing to do, much
easier than to hold on another twenty
four hours. Yet there's something
that tugs at my determination some
how But it is OFF, declare 1t to be
of now"
He crept out of the box and turned
In the direction of the North river.
The rain beat upon his head, but he
seemed to care no longer for that. He
had thrust his hands into his pockets
and his shoulders had dropped forward
is If he carried a weight on his back.
He walked slowly, sometimes stop
ping still for an instant, as though
he still argued with himself
It was more than half a mile to the
North river at the point which he
sought, an abandoned portion of a
rotting old wharf. There were no
nearby lights, and the place was
murky and dismal The surroundings
suited the mood of the man and en-
couraged his determination. He con-
tinued on across the planking which
was curled and followed and twisted
from the contending forces of the
dampness from below and the sun
shine of the day from above. DC
easionally a weak board gave way
lust a little beneath his feet, and in
voluntarily he sprang forward to a
sounder part of the flooring. Reach.
ing the edge he leaned against piece
of piling which extended above the
wharf, and looked down toward the
waters. He could not see the line
where they played against the tim
bers of the wharf, but he knew that
1t was Just four feet down at this
point. No sound came to his ears
above the tapping of the waves
against the timbers for some time.
for the rain had almost ceased,
though no stars were visible over
head.
mo, there's nothing to it, and III
not keep 1t up; though | shall just
stand here little while longer. just
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-01-25
He walked slowly.

while l am feeling no particular IN.
disposition, either mentally OF physkc-
ally
He continued to gaze toward t12
waters of the river. A half hour paf
ed. Then sound came to the ma
ear thst was not from the river. FoBt-
steps, light, hesitating footsteps,
sounded from behind him, coming in
his direction across the flooring of}the
wharf Throwing his arm about the
post he half turned to listen hore
intently.
The footsteps came on Directly
toward him 1t seemed and he start d
to move away to escape dHectio a.