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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-22
Wagner IS BECOMING
BETTER AS He AGES
amous PIRATE Hitting Better Than at
Any Time in His Long and
Illustrious Batting
Career.

Few baseball stars improve. like wine
Win age beyond a certain limit. Hans
Wagner, the great shortstop of the Pr
rates, is one notable exception. After
II years of active service in the Ma
tlonal league, he stands today the great
est batsman in the game He is out to
make MS thirteenth year in fast COM
pany the greatest of his career. And he
is doing it, With the game we'll on to-
400
Wagner has been forced to travel a
record clip to earn his laurels as the
king of batsmen. In his IL years ma =
jor league experience he has never nm
ished a season with "a percentage under
1903. This was his figure in his Sec
ond year in the big league. Only once
since has the Big Dutchman' hit be-
low $50. That was in 1902 when his
performance reached the total of 1923
Of the dozen years Wagner has led his
company at the end of the season on
six different occasions, a record un-
equaled by any other player in the his
tory of baseball
But not alone in hitting has Wag-
ner shown his worth. He is without
doubt one of the greatest fielderS that
ever broke into the game. OF awk-
Hans is one of the fastest men in the
game Age has robbed him of none
of his agility. Indeed he seems even
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-22
Begin Canal Probe.

TRENTON, July 22.-An investiga-
ton into the causes of the growing dis
use for transportation purposes of the
Delaware and Raritan canal will be
commenced today at Sea Girt by the
that purpose. OF late there has been a
marked decadence of the canal as a
owners along the canal will be asked to
explain the reason:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-22

I why, sure." he replies. looking a
bit crestfallen at that. but. pshaw. a
| feller's got to adjust his vacation to
| the conveniences of his office, and"
"Oh, / know, / know" you say to
him. shaking your head sorrowfully.
| but man. alive. it's pitiable to think
of what you'll have to go through for
the remainde,, of the long. long Walla
Walla summer. Why, here 1t is only
mid-July. and you've got the rest OF
July to steam through, and then the
blazing month of August in Walla
Walia, and you know what August is
in this mans town. and September is
sizzler. too and-Well's it's too bad.
that's ALL feel sorry for you. old
sport really
BY this time he's begun to feel sor-
ry for yourself. particularly when you
dwell with fine descriptive emphasis
upon the length and burningness Of
the Walla Walla summer.
Well / had a good time, anyhow"
he tries to kick in, land say. If over
looked any bets. why"
But. you poor pathetic old rum
you toss at him, Newport doesn't be-
gin to wake up at all before the first
of August, you know. so that you
must have merely imagined that you
had good time Before the first of
August the bunch down THERE is COM
Portland. Kalama, Vancouver. and so
on. But the real kazizz gang doesn't
think of swooping on the beach till
after the first of August. That's the
time to hit the sea Too bad, too bad.
old fellow, honest. And, then too, as
/ say, you've left such a whooping big
chunk of the steamy. sizzling, burning
boiling. stewing. murderous summer
to be put in yet. On. it's sad, honest,
and 1 feel for you really. BY the way.
I'm just leaving Walla Walla for my
six weeks vacation next Tuesday
week. Yep. going down to Newport
myself Well, s'long. I'll think of you
when I'm down there Think of you
crawling around here on the sticky.
heel holding pavements. and I'll feel
sorry all over again. as 1 do now,
that you didn't defer your vacation
till later time. oh. well. better luck
next time, you poor old gink. S'long."
And you step off the running board
of the car. leaving him curled up and
disconsolate. when, but a few minutes
before he really had quite brisk no.
ton of his conk that he was going to
tell you all of that old. old stuff about
what he did while on his vacation
down in Newport.
Besides. there are still other ways
of tagging the returned vacationers
who think they're going to tell you
all about their vacationizing, and
some of the other ways will be I'M
covered and busted off as the season
for the returning vacationers unfolds
itself
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-22
Catboat Races.

BARNEGAT, n. j., July GA series
of INTERPLAY catboat races between tn,
yachtsmen of Buzzards Bay, Massa
chusetts Bay, Narragansett Bay
Great South Bay and Barnegat Bay
was commenced here today and will be
continued tomorrow and Saturday
Each bay is represented by it's tive
best racers, and the entries are re-
stricted to the legitimate catbOat style
Of craft.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-22
No matter what we try among ti,o

No matter what we try among. tho
new cereal foods, there's always .
feeling that when we are through ex.
perimenting we will 60 back to good
old Quaker Oats.
In another column will be found
some If the reasons for eating Quaker
Oats; everyone who has eaten this
food regularly will recognize the truth
Of the statements made in these
advertisements.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-22

BOSTON. July 22.-Students of lawn
tennis the country over are deeply IN
terested in the eastern championship
douhles and the nineteenth Longwood
singles. now in progress at the Long
wood courts. Boston Inc Journeys ,
which started July 10. will continue
until July "a. There is an apparent
possibility that the championship oou
hles NAV change ownership. The rea-
son for this is found not in any remark
,,,;avo,oant of any of the pairs
who may reach the coveted place OF
challengers, but because Alexander an'
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-22

SEATTLE, July PA large num-
Der of new entries fer the swimming
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Red Mems Day.

SEATTLE. July 22.-This was Red
Mems day at the ALASKA Yullon- Paci-
fic exposition and the big fair was
turned into a reservation for the pale
face bucks and imitation squaws who
flocked here from all over the land to
take part in the elaborate program
arranged for the occasion.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-22
Commission Plan.

FARGO, N. D.. July ga double
header special election is i'm progress
in Fargo today. Adoption of the COM
mission form of municipal government
is the principal matter to be decided.
issue for a proposed municipal cleo
trio light plant and filter plant.
The CLASSIFIED Columns Will dn0
what you want to buy Or ind buyer
for what you want 70 sell.
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scarcely be so perfectly tuned when
they again pair on the courts The
eastern states have heretofore furnish
ed the doubles champions, although not
always the challengers In the singles
there is an abundance of star players.
Among them are Raymond D. Little,
the famous international player: Will
liam j. Clothier, former national cham
pion; Wallace F. Johnson. C. F. Watson.
Jr.. ]. L. Ames. G. Chase. r. c. Sewer.
K. H. Palmer. G. F. Touchard, H. Tor
renee Robert Leroy and F. j. Sullo-
way
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Hackett are below their record of form
of a year ago. The internationalist
Alexander, since his return from Aus
tralia and Europe in the early spring
has refrained from all tournament play.
all in his old position beside Hackett
except in this important challenge
threatens to disrupt their work is that
Hackett has been pairing with Ray
respect the opposite to Alexanderts
SO that Alexander and Hackett will
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-18
CHE RECORD,

4 photograph stood in q woman's CLUB
Placed there by q curious man.;
And all the wisdom shat phonosrapn
It registered carefully word for word,
And thus the record ran:
1T may be the style, but it does look
queer" J.,
"A suffragist, not a su~fragette!"
twenty-five dollars a pair, my dear"
mo; her decree isn't granted yet.
Il play Bridge some,-but I'm NOT q
IF she hasn't got on that same blue
@she : was motoring with him in the
mo, | don't eat a thing before one
Long net sleeves in her last years
will batl you look at that tieksr.baskes
Perfectly lovely coats, marked down"
Pretty? Well,-rather,-but such q
made by a dressmaker in the house.
Nothing at all, but matted milk"
That's that new shade of frightened
II simply loathe that Tragedy silk"
Don't lisp it! I promised I'd never
IF | dGn't get away soon, N. P. for
@That baby hat suits your face so we'll"
slim! Why she's nothing at all but
spine!"
But the phonograph couldn't stand any
more, .'
And it tumbled, a heap of scrap iron, to;
the floor!
Carolyn Wells, in Harper's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-18
Betrayed by His Disguise.

In one Of the principal Western
cities the proprietor of a large jew
elry store reported to the chief of po-
lice an extensive diamond robbery.
He was asked by the chief If he sus-
pected any one.
Yes, sir" hesitatingly answered
the merchant, although we have no
proof. But a man whom I have
known for twenty-five years was in
the store a day or two before the rob-
berry, looking around and appearing
to be i'll at ease. He has since disap-
peared."
What kind of a looking man was
he?"
Dark complexioned, tall, with long
curly hair and a heavy m~ustache."
"Well," said the chief, after a mo.
ment's thought, Il hope to be able to
give you some news of him SOON"
Then he sent this telegram to the
police authorities of several other cit.
les:
Arrest tall man with close-cropped
head and white upper lip. Diamond
thief"
The next day he received this dis.
patch from a town in Missouri:
Got diamond thief. Have recov'
cred goods. Am holding him subject
to your order. youths Companion
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Regarding the Tongue.

Some remarkable facts regarding
the tongue have been recently pre-
scented by the eminent surgeon, DR..
E. Souchon, of New Orleans. The
doctor, after stating that the tongue,
the nose and the skin are the only
organs of special sense which per-
form other functions, remarks that
the tongue is the only organ except
the heart which presents a base, a
body and an apex, is the only organ
which can protrude out of the cavity
in which it is contained, and that no
other organ can assume such a va
riety of shapes or IS so movable. Its
papillae, though similar to those Of
other mucous membranes, are larger
and more specially developed, and
those in the anterior two-thirds diff
fer from those in the posterior third.
The tongue presents a dual structure
in accordance with its. dual functions,
motor and sensory, varies IN color
more than any other organ and Is
more solid than any other viscus. 1t
is the only organ presenting the three
kinds of nerve, namely, a nerve OF
special sense, one of ordinary sensa-
ton, and one of motion.-Leslie's
Weekly.
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the employer and the workingman.
This device consists of a clamp made
of two parallel iron bars, with jaws
at either end and slots In the sides.
This clamp is set down over a row
Of bricks and locked with a bolt
through the slots, so that the bricks
are held firmly by the jaws. The
clamp also has a handle, by means Of
which the load may be picked up and
carried about as mt would carry a
dress suit case. The advantages Of
this device are several. In the first
place, it weighs much less than a
hod and will carry more bricks. In
the second place, IL the bricks are
placed in a line by another mar the
carriers can fill their clamps more
rapidly, providing they will do SO.
In the third place, the workingmen
need not bruise and skin their hands
by handling the bricks. On building
operations where ladders must re
climbed, however, the bod appears to
have an advantage, as it leaves both
hands free.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-18
Chicken With Rice,

Cut one thoroughly roasting chick.
en- into pieces of any desired size
Place these in the kettle, add one
pint of strained tomatoes, n heap
ing cupful Of celery cut into half.
inch pieces, one small onion, a few
sprigs of parsley tied together, salt,
pepper, and one pint of hot water.
Put this on the stove and when 1t
begins to boil add one-half cupful OF
well washed rice. Let the whole boil
for one-half hour, then place 1t in a
freless cooker and allow 1t to remain
there for at least four hours. Chick.
en- prepared in this way may be served
directly from the cooker, only the
parsley should be removed, but the
dish is far more attractive and seems
to taste better If pieces of chicken
are taken up with a skinner, ar.
ranged in a low baking dish, the rice
poured over all, and then placed un-
der the broiling fame or in the oven
for about fifteen minutes just before
serving. Garnish with fresh parsley
and serve just as 1t comes from the
oven.-New York World.
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! What HENRY IRVING GOT ;
} OUT OF LIFE.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Writing in McClure's Magazine of
her last visit to Henry Irving Ellen
Terry says:
What have you got out of it all?'
I asked. you and I are getting on
as they say. Do you ever think, as l
do sometimes, what you have got out
of life?"
What have I got out Of it," said
Henry, stroking his chin and smiling
slightly. Let me see. Well
a good cigar, a good glass of wine
good friends Here he kissed my
hand with courtesy. Always he was
90 courteous-always his actions, like
this little one Of kissing my hand,
were so beautifully timed. They
came just before the spoken words,
and gave them peculiar value. g..
That's not a bad summing up OF
it ALL" I said "And the end. :.
How would you like that to Gomez
How would I like that to come"
He"repeated my question, lightly, yet
meditatively, too. Then he was ST.
lent for some thirty seconds before
he snapped his fngers-the action
again before the words.
Like that"
I thought of the definition Of in
spiration-"A calculation quickly
made" Perhaps he had never
thought Of the ann of his death
before. Now he had an inspiration
as to how it would come.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-18
Leisure.

Except IL certain remote provinces
of the South and in those of Jul ISL
and possessions, where the Latin su-
perstition: still prevails, and an ignor-
ant populace believe enough is as
good as too much, leisure has virtu-
ally gone out; to the effect that the
man who finds himself with time TO
chew his food is forthwith oppressed
by an uneasy ems Of being out OF
the current Of affairs, the woman
who isn't driven to death feels her
position in society endangered, while
the child who can sit down and keep
still sinks under the reproach of be-
ing mentally. defective.
Bread Is the road that leadeth to
destruction, but it isn't broad enough
for the traffic, and unless airships
come on pretty fast there will be a Sc
rious congestion.-Puck.
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But what does your father see in!
me to object to-" "He doesn't see
anything In you dear. I think that's
the answer."-Cleveland Leader.
The Father-"Dora, don't you
think it's past bedtime?" The Daugh-t
ter (entsrtaining a caller)-"Yes, I'M
deed, papa. What's keeping you
up?"-Cleveland Leader,
She said her fortune was her face.
Responded he II
That poverty - -
Was no disgrace.
- -Philadelphia Bulletin.
Guest-"Mercy! What's that aw-
full profanity down stairs?" Hostess
my husband has come In late and
fallen over the new Persian prayer
rug."-Cleveland Leader.
"The climate is considered very
healthy here, I believe" remarked
the tourist in Arizona eyes, If you.
mind your own business" replied
the native.-Des Moines Register.
The Warden-"Say! You can't
fish here without a license!" The
Sportsman-@You're dead wrong.
I've caught eleven with nothing but
a few angleworms. - Cleveland
Leader. ' ,,st
Farmer Ryetop-aYou seem to en-
joy those fresh vegetables" Summer
Boarder-@Yes, it is an acquired
taste. You get them from the same
store up in town that we do."-Ch-,
cago Daily News. n
"Are you my nearest relative?"
Said Johnny to his ma.
Eyes, dear" she smilingly replied;
"And the closest is your pa"
-Lippincott's.
Chum-"Why don't you assert
your authority as head Of the fam
lily, and take matters in your own.
hands?" Head of the House (mourn-
fully)-@My wife won't let me-
Baltimore American.
The Host-"Let's have your hon
est opinion about this wine."IT The
Guest-"It is worthless" TheSHost.
Yes, that's what Jones sags5about
your opinions, but I want to hear 1t
just the ame."-Cleyeland Leader.
$50 your husbands in the pageant
Mrs. Jones. I didn't know he be-
longed to the Church of England"
"No, mum, he don't But there, he's
very broad minded, and he don't mind
being an ancient bishop in the cause
Of charity."-Punch.
Doctor-"Now there is a very sim
pie remedy for this-er this-er-re-
curing thirst. Whenever you feel
you want a whisky and soda, just eat
an apple, eat an apple" Patient
"But-er-fancy eating fifty Or sixty
apples a day!"-Punch.
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IHoVSEHoLD1@
>@S1T HINTslI1

Put a bit of camphor away with
silver not in use; 1t will prevent tar.
nishing.
To keep wooden bread boards in
good condition scrub them with SAND
or salt instead of soap.
After greasing pans for small cakes
dust with -four thickly, shaking out
all that is loose. This treatment pre-.
vents sticking.
To revive flowers sent by post,
plunge the stems into hot water and
let them remain until the water ls
cold, then cut the ends of the stems
afresh and put the flowers into fresh
cold water.
Match marks on the kitchen wall
will disappear if rubbed first with the
cut surface of a lemon, then with a
clean cloth dipped in whiting. After
ward wash the surface with warm
water and soap, and then quickly
wipe with a clean cloth wrung u OF
clear water.
If water has a slight taste or smell
it is impure. Filtering is then not
quite enough. A small piece of alum
to each bucketful drawn will purify
water wonderfully and conduce 10
health. Water should be all negative
without taste, smell, color or de-
post after standing.
There are so many little things IN
ones work bag or basket that are apt
to get snarled together from mucn
handling that 1t is well to nave a
little case which IS a series OF tiny
pockets to hold the tapes, mending
cottons, etc. Such a pocket Is much
appreciated by travellers.
Make your own night lights. II
you run short of night lights try thls
plan: Take an ordinary wax candis
and some finely powdered salt. Burn
the candle so as to get it level, anu
then cover the top with a layer OF
salt. leaving only the blackened enc
of the wick exposed. Light the can
die. and it will burn slowly, giving a
faint, but steady light.
While maple sugar still has the
delicate spring flavor remember 10
serve it at least once, as q hot syrup
on Dlain vanilla ice cream or over
crushed ice. The maple syrup should
~, boiled until it spins u thin thread,
and then the dish containing it should
be put in hot water to keep it at that
stage. If crushed ice is used serve it.
in deep soup plates with a little pitch
er of the syrup to each diner. In
either case turn the hot syrup over
the cream or ice and eat 1t from 1t
with a fork as it wakes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-18
Big Lumber Cut.

A lumber cut of 165, 100000 feet,
mostly white pine, was made in the
winter of 10000 on the Bad River
Indian Reservation in Wisconsin un.
der the supervision Of the United
States Forest Service. This heavy
cut for one season was due to the dis.
astrous fires of the summe of 1908,
which made it necessary to cut large
quantities of timber at one to save
it. A notable feature of the con.
tract was the provision that all tops
and slash should be burned. Brush
burning was begun the latter part OF
April and has recently been com.
pleted. A force of from 500 to 900
men was required for this work
alone. Strips at least 800 feet wide:
adjoining green unburned timber,
had already been cleared of inflam.
mable brush by burning it.-Engi'
neering News.
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Gold From Sunken Ship.

In the most boisterous part OF
Mounts Bay, and almost unapproach-
able except by sea, lies Dollar Cove,
where for the past three months a
treasure seeking expedition, sent
down by a London syndicate, has
been quietly working. The company
of seekers some three OF four weeks
ago suspended operations in order to
get more powerful pumps and gear.
These are in working order, and all
though the salyors have little to say
about the matter, they appear to be
hopeful of success. In the year 1888
a Spanish ship went ashore there with
about twenty tons Of specie aboard.
Everybody who lives on the coast
is familiar with the appearance of the
dollars, as large numbers have been
washed up on the beach from time to
time. Gold pieces are said to have
been discovered recently by people
walking on the beach. - Aondon
Chronicle.
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DECIDE CONSUMPTION
rs A SOCIAL PROBLEM.
The City Of Cleveland Will Fight
II Hereafter as Ii Would a
SMALLPOX Epidemic.

Cleveland, in common with several
other Of the larger municipalities OF
the country, has determined to hight
tuberculosis systematically and here
after will treat 1t and look upon 1t
as a dangerous, fatal and contagious
disease that must be stamped out as
would be done in the case of a small
pox epidemic.
1t is estimated there are $4,000
persons in Cleveland suffering from
the disease. When this situation was
brought home to the city officials, the
Rev. Harris R. Cooley, member OF the
Board of Public Service, who has
| charge of the Department of Chart
ties and Correction, asked the estab'
lishment of a tuberculosis sanator'
ium.
The city purchased a tract Of 20OC
acres of land a few miles beyond the
city limits, 600 feet above the city.
Temporary buildings were erected
for the purpose of. carrying on the
work of combating the disease. Dur
ing the two years and a nall tne
work has been in progress, GIG cases
have been treated. Of that number
there were eighty-three positive
cures. Twenty deaths occurred in
the first six months, when the work
hardly was organized. There were
eighteen deaths in 1907 and eleven
deaths in 1908.
A permanent sanatorium to accom-
modate' 500 patients will be erected.
after ALL" said Cooley, ut is a
social problem. tuberculosis Is the
result of overwork and undertaking,
which produce the crowded Sums,
with their foul air and practically no
sanitation. In treating tuberculosis
we also must treat the Sums"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-18
Automatic Telephones.

According to the head Of Austria's
t%elegraphs the automatic telephone
exchange system a be made to com.
pete seriously with the manual sys'
tenn. He says that in New York ii
takes on the average sixteen seconds
from the time the subscriber re.
moves his telephone receiver to the
time the ringing signal is set, where
as in the automatic system installed
in Vienna for 100000 subscribers
this work is done in but ten seconds.
Three seconds after the subscriber
hangs up the receiver the line is
clear. Owing to this saving Of time
a larger number of messages a be
delivered through the automatic e.
change than through the manual e.
change.-Chicago News.