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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-19

I Minister to their real needs. Do not
| exhibit favoritism toward any. Han
die them with kindness. The rod may
be necessary at times. l rather doubt
| it, but at any rate. it should be the
very rare exception. Tne discipline Oh
| a loving heart and a patient spirit
might have saved this young man from
a felOn's punishment. But if the boy
goes wrong! Then what? Still he is
worth saving. l am doing for this boy
what l would have you do by my
child if perchance temptation should
break the weak one and ruin stood
before him. l have no boy. Thank
God he was taken away from these
evils before sin had touched him. Now
/ | am trying to help save your boys.
Oh. my brother, my sister, will you not
help me? Don't be so busy even with
the worthiest public things that you
have no time to protect your own flesh
and blood. / knew a woman years
ago whose time was so filled with
public charities that her boy was left
! to the street And the inevitable re-
suit followed. Today she mourns over
lost boy. Don't repeat her mistake.
Who Ruined This Boya
WAC ruined this boy? l. He was
self-destroyed. With all his self ex-
cuses God holds him responsible for
his own moral spoilation.
2. The lack of the things he needed
in his home life certainly aided in his
loss. Il had as good a mother as God
ever made, but she did not understand
me. She did not sympathize with my
bOyish troubles. This sympathy I
needed. If l had had it l might not
have become what l am" is the pa
thetic cry of this Ove-craving boy.
Remember the lack in the home of the
things that aid in the making of char
acter are often as destructive as the
presence of vice itself.
8. vicious social life nastened his
ruin. He learned to play cards and
gamble in one of the clubs of Seattle.
That is the damnatiOn of modern man.
hood. There may be clubs whose So
cial life is safe and helpful. but the
club or society that presents to the
young the enticements of cards, the
dance and the social glass has nothing |
in it to recommend. 1t is ruinous to |
all that it touches Young man, avoid |
it as you would a viper, for it will
sting you to a more certain death. |
Iy,,t I in In
with safety? 1t is said that nine out of
every ten men that are today living |
from the gamblers profession learned |
to play in somebody's home. And |
shall by my influence. start a young
man on the road to perdition:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14
ST. VALENTINES DAY.

The customs and obscrvances once so common on Valentines Day, espe- cially in England and Scotland. have largely fallen into disuse. One author ity tells us that in the old days the young men and maids would get to- gether on the night before, or St. Val entine's Eve. and would write on slips of paper the names of an equal num- Der of young men and women of their acquaintance. Then the names of the males were put into box or hat and the girls each drew out one. and the person thus drawn became her valen- tine. In the same way the names of the females were drawn by the young men present and each thus secured a valentine tor himself,
 This custom often brought about much confusion as we'll as amusement. The young persons assembled at one house were not compelled to confine the names written to those who were present, but could write the numes of absent acquaintancas and friends. Thus 1t often happened that a young man i l young woman at some other vgather- l ing would draw him for herself. and the girls themselves were liable 10 be mixed up the same way. and one might 1 have several claimants. A writer of | those early days remarked that the man stuck faster to the valentine that had fallen to him than to her to whom he had fallen.' Nevertheless we irn- agine that many complications might follow such a custom.
 These old customs have largely faIl- en into disuse. unless It may De that they are still kept up to some extent in the rural districts of the continent of Europe Now the observance is main ly confined to the children and young folks sending pictures to each other. If the residents of a city had no other
 means of keeping the approach of the day in mind they could not forget it If
 they should pass by the windows of a bookseller or statloner There. or on
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14

the shelves and couutsrs inslds witl be found such a variety of -.valsntines" as could hardly be inseinsd. Some of them are really beautiful works of art and for appropriate gifts to loved ones of any age, but others are quite the reverse. and sometimes we won- der how human ingenuity could even imagine some of the ridiculous plc- lures that are sold. The more uncouth and absurd they are the better they are appreciated by some.
 The connection of Valentines Day with one of the saints of that name is thought to be merely an accsdent or coincidence. Some students. how. ever. trace 1t back to some old pagan customs of the Romans who celebrated during the monsn of February one day somewhat in the way that 1t was done among the old English and Scot tish young people. It Is thougt that the early Christians adopted the day and gave 1t the name of one of the saints and thus gave 1t more of a re- iigious aspect. Be that as may. we know that, younger generations still enjoy the day in some way, and de- rive enjoyment from it. although 1t may have lost much of it's importance and significance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14
TODAY IN HISTORY

Name Day: Valentine. Sun rises at 6;44; sets at 5;1s.
 1z5s.-Three hundred recruits sailed the em command Mem rpfk of TOT covernor shirsy quartered at Albany. the river being
 f5sa.-Martiniape and the other Car ish under Monkton and Rodney by the French Governor. M. de Ia Touche. The entire reduction of Martinique was effected with shs loss or o,Sdn iSoo oi tns,s .hs island could raise 10000 white inhabi- tants fit to bear arms and 4o.oOe ne-
 i77D-Battle at Cherokee Ford. In which Colonel Pickens attacked and defeated body of Tories. killed thir- ty-nine of them and their leader. Colo mel Boyd, and took about seventy pris- oners. Of the last. i've only were ex- ecuted. Pickens lost nine killed.
 1750.--James Cook, the English na- vigator. killed by the natives of owhy- hee; He was born i7ss of indlgent pa. n 1755; had the command of vessel sent against Quebec 17b9. after the capture of which he assisted at the taking of Newfoundland. After mak- ing several voyag ges for scientific pur- poses he sailed in I776 on his grand enterprise for the discovery of a north west passage. during which he met his
 Ira1.--The American army under General Greene. which had continued to retreat since the battle of the Cow pens crossed the Dan. leaving the whole of North Carolina in the hands of the enemy. So close was the pur- suit, that the van of the British ~eaeh- ed the river as the rear of the Conti- nenta1s had crossed, after a march of fortv miles that Aav.
 1saA--Aaron Burr nominated bv the Republicans fnow the Democrats) for GovA-nor Of New York.
 :1saf-Guerrero.. ex-President of Ss1s--John Martin. aged 105 died at Augusta, Ga He came with a com nsnv of salt buve~s to Georgia. under tho direction of General Ogistho-na
 1sS4.--The population of the United States announced at 2s 000 900, includ- ing 100 0n0 negro slaves Js59--Oregon admitted into the Union. the thirty-third State Isa4.--IJnion troops under Gen. W. T sherman, entered Meridian, Miss. and 1 destroyed the Confederate arsenals and l tho railroad.
 1ssS.-The town of AItah Utah, prac- | tically wiped out of existence and six l teen persons killed in a snowslide ts9t.--General William T. sherman died.~
 1so4.--The Chicago Worlds Fair Colonnade and agricultural building l destroyed by fire
 ] 1009.--William II. Kimball. former | President of the Seventh National ] Bank New York. N. Y, sentenced to pay a fine of 5000 for overcertification 1 Service by American Press-News Washington, D. co.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14
BACK AT THE CAPITOL AND TIRED.

position, even ridicule man migh. go through with; but I could not oat wonder at the naasteriy persis'en6y oi that soion' @ a @ Mir. Arthur. Howard. who VII pc remembered in Montgomery as rep resentative of the foreis.n shipping in- manager of the south Atlantic Steani- ship Company with headquarters q, savannah. His field of operations VIII be Brunswick. Savannah, Tampa, Feh saeoia. edifp0rt ans s cs.Ve''0h'
 MT. John Bradley. clerk of the erimi- nal court of Birmingham, Is la Mont gomery, looking after certain matters before the Legisiature,
 MT. William D. Hall. accompanied by his wife, returned last night from Moblie where they attended Mard' Gras.
 Hon. Jobn B. Knox. of Auniston, was in Montgomery yesterday on legal bus mess
 pro%ihent Sh n visitSr Vi Ss ts Isptsamsfy. pr. B. B Ross, state chemist. of Au- burn, is visitor to Montgomery.
 Mir. R. T. Clayton of Birmingham spent last night in the city.
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 Mir, Hill Ferguson of Birmingham was in the city last hishs.
 Mi. Frank ". brandon of Birming- hamlis tt the Exchangs. B g ggs
 Mir. J. S. Harris of Birmingham was in the city last x night 5 E
 Mir. E. R. Carlson of Fruithurst is visiting Montgomery.
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 MT. W. P. Acker of Anniston is in Montgomery.
 Mir. A. J. O'Halloran of Selma is in Montgomery. MT. E. S. Lyman of Mentevallo is at the Mabson.
 MT. ". s. Standifer of iadsden is in the city. .s
 MT L. '. Dean of Eufaula Is in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14
Are You Tired, Nervous
 and .SleepIeSs !?

Nervousness and sleeplessness are us- ually due to the fact that the nerves are not fed on properly nourisnlng oioo1s they are stdrred nerves. Dr.. Plerce's Golden Medical Discovery mdkes pure, rich blood, and thereby the nerves are the hody gre run as smoothly as machin- cry which runs in oil. In this way you feel clean, strong and strenuous-yon are toned up and inYigorated, and you arp good for whole lot of physical or mental work. Best of all, the strength and In- crease in yitalltEand heath ,S are srd sdsS Tss9 icines which have large, booming sale for short time, is that they are largely composed of alcohol holding the drugs m solution. This alcohol shrinks up the red blood corpuscles, and in the long run greatly injures the system. One may LeeI exhilarated and better for the time being. vet in the end weakened and with vitality decreased. Dr. Plerce's Golden Medical Discovery contains no alcohol. Every bottle of 1t bears upon It's wrapper ne Bddge Of Honestly, in Q full list Of all It's several ingredients. For the druggist to offer you something nst yo5T ne Stelsence S'
 Every ingredient entering into the worid-fam ed aGolden Medical Discovery" has the unanimous approval and endorse metlt of the leading medical authorities of all the several schools M practlce. NO other medicine sold through druggists for like purposes has any such endorsement.
 The TGolden Medical Discovery" not only produces all the good effects to be obtained from the use of Goiden Seal root, in all stomach, liver and bowel troubles, as in dyspepsia, biliousness, con stipatIon, alteration of stomach and bowels and kindred ailments, but the Golden Seal root used in it's compound ing is greatly enhanced in it's curative ac- tion by other ingredients such as Stone root, Black CherrybsrE, Bloodr0ot, Man drake root and chemically pure triple refined glyeerine.
 WThe Common Sense Medical Adviser" is sent free in paper covers on receipt of a1 olie-cent stamps to pay the cost of mail. Ing only. For 31 stamps the oloth-hound volume will be sent, Address Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo. N, Y.
 Da, Piaree's Pleasant Pellets cure con. Otipation. biliousness and headache.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14
King of Ice,
White Pine comes into Promipence as natures
 Cough Cure

The stately pine tree growing in the solitude of the Eastern mountains holds the proud distinction of yioIdfug to the human race greater varfefy and more meritorious medicinaa than any other plant in the vegetable world.
 Its tinctures, oils and extracts are in constant use by the doctors all over the world and highly prized on ac- count of their certain action on the mucous membranes and their great healing qualities. .
 A renowned Phiiadciphia doctor has recently given to his fellow physicians a new and probably the most valuable of pine products. It is known to the profession as Concentrated oil of pine In speaking of this oil, c weIl-known local physician declared it fs without an equal tor the speedy relief of acute colds and coughs and all manner of throat and lung trouble. Tho original formula used and now generally pre- scribed Is as follows:
 sOne-haif ounce of Concentrated oil of pine; two ounces of giycerine: half ptntyof good pure whiskey; mix thor oushly .and use in tablespoon doses
 On inquiring at one of the l4adinx drug stones 1t was found that the Con- centrated oil of pine Is put up only In one way and that is in half-ounce bot ties. Each bottle is enclosed in n round screw top case and securely sealed. This protects it from heat and light. The oils sold in bulk and pat ent medicines put up in wooden boxes and sold as oil of Pine are useless, on account of their impurities they pro- duce nausea and kidney trouble
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14
Alahn,na,u rreatest rsnemy.

Birmingham News.
 A bill is pending in the House Com mittee on Public Health providing for the creation of a tuberculosis commis-- sion in Alabama and the establishment of a state sanatorlum Tor tubsrSS,niosis had last week at which time some diff ference of opinion developed as to the details by which the work of reduc- should bed one, but all were agreed that the subject was one on which leg islation is. sorely Speeded - presented by those who nave made study of the disease and who are deep ly interested in combating It, For in are estimated 10 be 15,000 cases of tu berculosis in Alabama at this time: Something like fourteen per cent of all the deaths that occur in the state re- suit from consump ion as against general average of twelve per cent from the same disease for the country at large The death rate from this dis ease is increasing, particularly among
 Ii has been demonstrated beyond all question that tuberculosis can be abat- ed if a beginning is more the result of manner of life, diet and environment than it is of climatic condition though ciiitates the cure. But few people know what manner of life t0 pursue, what character of diet to employ and what kind of environm,e;nd IS necessary n,
 
 mission to disseminate popular infor nation on these things could be instru- mental in saving thousands of lives, es pecially in the matter of instructing the public how to prevent the spread of tuberculosis.
 A State sanitarium would De school of instruc' ion. as it were, where these things could be taught and at the same time it could care for those in the first and second stages of consumption sub ject to certaiU restrictions and resua- ton, whereby it could be made as near ly self sustaining as possible,
 All the leading Eastern States and many of those In the West have taken up this question. legisla' ed upon t along the lines herein set forth and marvellous results have been brought about. Even in the most unfavorable climates more patients have been cured than have died. This Is particularly true in New York city and Massachu-
 Consumption kills more people in Alabama in a single year than yellow fever stays in q century and yet we stand ready tt spend millions to con tr0l the latter disease Why? Be- cause it injures commerce. Is not human fife more valuable ;han com merce? Can not t'e State afford to spend S3O, 900 or even $50,0O0 to save valuable lives if it can afford to spend an unlimited sum to protect trade! This is the situation; It is lime Tor the State to join in the campaign against Alabama's greatest enemy tuberculosis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14
Two Mistakes In Liquor Legislation.

Mobile Register.
 The State LeLgislature is making The first mistake is the placing of in ccorporated cities. like Birmingham the counties in which these cities are. This is not right. The citizens of in acorporated towns arc the best judges to them should bo left them.
 The second is the passage by the House prohibiting the shipping of liq- prohibition district, That is a bill that discriminates against Alabama whole salers in favor of wholesalers outside of business houses that pay State li- cense. In effect, if Baldwin county were prohibition. Mobile could not ship could do so. it would not stop the ship ment of liquor into that county but it would drive fifteen or twenty Mobile would happen to liauor houses in Mont gomery and in Birmingham; and Me ridian, Nashville and Atlanta would in eaI the 'T proRibition distrIe9s Of % Ala6Sms 6S being in the leas. degree protected
 The Alabama houses pay liquor H. business. and the State would do an act of gross injustice if it should exact license Tor dStng Snl6 ds 2suness aneS,,on and then that business could not be carried on successfully.
 legislation now under consideration, nor restriction of sales was a cam paign issue; and neither received the Recommendation of Governor Conner The Governor asked for a well defined end equitable local option law" We do not think the bill is an equitable one It is not local option in the right meaning of the word. As for restric- ting the sales. there Is nothing in Mir. Corners ge that calls for it. We want the Legislature to think we'll on this subject and avoid falling into er- TOT In passing laws that will be unfair nutritious and tneffec- i've except in pro- 1,In{po rAgnltR
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14
The Huntsville Mercury says:

The law prohibiting wet counties from shipping whiskey into dry. coun ties will cut both ways m Madison County. Liquors cannot be purchased from our dispensary and shipped into Jackson, neither san Morgan deliver goods in Madison. Thus every tub is made to stand on its own bottom.
 Yes. but how about Chattanooga, Nashville and Memphis flooding every county in North Alabama. while home people at Decatur are 70 be kept from selling a drop In prohibition localities on pain of nne and Imprisonment. It's all For the outsider. and death for the home people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14
NO TELLING WHERE RADIcALIsM
 WILL GO.
The Mobile Register says:

The washington Post is of the opin.. ion that the Government ownership oL railroads issue has deprived the Dem nar1sfv. that of tariff reform No doubt of that. We might have carried the reun1ry orx a tarin reform, but on Gov eFnnaeyst osknership even the Democrats are divided
 President Roosevelt has virtually de- elared that if his ideas as to regula- ton do not materialize that he will fa- vor ssovernment ownership of railroads. There is no getting around this Sconclu- sion when one carefully studies his utterances in the past twelve months. It is not by any means certain that he will not be again the Republican can didate for President. While Mir. Bry- an did not expect such severe crit" tcisn of the remarks he made on this subject in New York, and has at times hedged about 1t, still he says that if Government regulation fails. and then goes out of his way to say 1t will fail' he favors Government ownership. At this time it looks to be an absolute certainty that the Democrats will make him their Presidential candidate next year. So we will have the candidates of the two parties semi-committed to a policy which we believe the better sense and judgment of the people of this country condemns. In the event of the election of either one, he will in all probability carry in with him a majority of Con- gressmen willing to do his bidding We do not have to go outside of Ala bama for an example of an extreme man filled with one :dea and one pas sion carrying with him into the Leg isIature a majority ready to carry out his wishes, no matter how extreme or irrational.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14

That member of the Missouri Leg islatuYe who introduced a bill to pre- vent any woman from buying more than two hats in one year, or paying more than s1.Ss each. belongs to that branch of the frog family which will stick their heads up. utter one squawk and then disappear. All legislative bodies have specimens of these freaks, but happily their influence is slight and brief, though sometimes one does succeed in hts fool ideas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14

The Oklahoma State Capital is flg- uratively standing on Its head and kicking holes In the atmosphere be- cause the President of the Constitution al Convention offered a motion looix- ing to the exemption from taxation all soldiers of the Confederacy of 50 years of age or over. Hear it:
 Can 1t be possible that any sane man, in this time and age, would dare
 In Copstitutional Convention
 As it's President--
 Attempt to offer
 A premium on Confederate soldiers over the Boys in Blue?
 Let the esteemed contemporary calm itself. No such outrage" will be per- petrated. we feel sure. But really, now. weren't Confederate soldiers rather at a premium when the fighting was going on?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14
MISTAKEN LEGISLATION.

We cannot see any good to come to the larger cities of the State by sub jecting them to the risk of elections on the liquor question. in the way pre- scribed by the Anti-Saloon League bill which has passed the House. It is not fair for one-fourth of the voters of Montgomery County. perhaps near ly all of them from coun- try beats. to decide that we shah have an election in this city on the liquor question. It is not fair to Mobile. Birmingham. Selma or Annis- ton for such a rule to be applied to them and we hope the Senate will amend the bill and let the citizens of the cities have the right of self-govern- ment.
 Tn Montgomery County there is as near absolute prohibition as it Is possi- ble to have it, in every foot of terri tory outside of the city. This has been secured through legislation and by wish of the white citizens for reasons well known. In every locality where there is a large negro population. Otherwise it would be necessary to keep up a large force of rural guards.
 Tn the city we have the benefit of laws regulating the opening and clos ing of saloons. and a police force which can put down disorder. Our City Council can make regulations. which in its judgment will minimize the evils of the drink traffic and the State law should not thrust us into the trouble. turmoil and strife of a prohibition or dispensary election.
 The Council can. and in our judg- ment ought to raise the license and thus lessen the number of saloons. es- pecially in the territory farthest re- moved from the heart of the city. We, beg Of the honorable Senators to amend the law in the particulars pointed out We call special attention to a calm and sensible article on this matter published on this page, and copied from The Mobile Register.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14

The Richmond Times Dispatch asks how such bill as that known as the ser vice pension bill could have passed Con gress with so little opposition. and answers it's own question by saying that 'ft was good politics to vote for it, and bad politics to vote against it" That is exactly the reason. Good pol itics'' Is responsible for much of the bad legislation that gets through Con gress and Legislatures.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14

Speaking of the misstatements made by Senator Beveridge. The Americus Times Recorder consoles itself with the reflection that "the' South has become to being lied about in this way" Just so. but it is not any less to those who persist in tt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14
It May Clear the Atmoaphere.

The only really regrettable feature of the Thaw trial Is the fact that so mueb stunned in so unworthy cause The whole affair was one. of the dives ana sluuns, and but for the money Tn pos fly. would attract but little attention
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14
PRESS ASSOCIATION MEETING.

A meeting of the Executive Commit tee of the Alabama Press Association is called to De held at the Exchange Hotel in Montgomery, February 2S.. at noon, for the purpose of considering important business of interest to the Association. All members of the press are cordially invited to attend
 R. F. L. Niel,
 President. JArob Peupernan Sac