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PAGE FOUR THE EVENING STATESMAN Established 1861. Official Paper of Walla Walla County Published by STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. PERCY C. HOLLAND, Mgr. R. C. MacLEOD, Advertising Mgr. Entered at the Postoffice at Walla Walla, Washington as Second-class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Daily— One .Year in advance, by mail... .$6.00 Six months, in advance, by mail $3.00 One Month, by carrier 50 cents One Week, by Carrier ........15 cents Weekly- One /tur, in advance, by mail $1.00 B>x months, in advance, by mail.... 50 cents f h« complete telegraphic news ser vice printed in these columns is furnished by BCRIPPS NEWS ASSOCIATION and is by far the best report pub lished in Walia Walla. CNl^^^SLAg.E.l> The Ohio is about due for another of those ambitious attempts to pose as a real river. America was discovered by foreign ers, says Immigration Sargent. Impor tant. also true. The number of men determined not to resign under fire is decreasing, as a direct result of keeping up the fire. The sun is moving up in this direc tion after having left a record in Aus tralia for the hottest summer known for years. Every time a prominent man calls Andy Hamilton a liar, Andy produces the missing papers. Dicumentary ev idence is his long suit. Denaturized alcohol will poison you right off. The other kind is more po lite about it, but it is largely a dis tinction without a difference. Messrs. Shaw and Payne agree that It is highly dangerous to touch the tariff at this time. As regards the tar iff they are strictly in the manana party. The Yaquis are making strict per sonal inspection of the men who make annual inspections of the mines, neces sissating the appointment of a new set of inspectors. The Daily Drift man of the Nebras ka State Journal who is evidently just coming out of it says it is worth while to have a fit of indigestion just for the pleasure of getting over it. Ane congressman describes the free seed graft as "giving away the prop erty of all of us to a few of us for the sake of getting a job." The definition seems to be accurate in all essential particulars. A lawyer for the Standard Oil Co., lias introduced a new and valuable word, "grandstanding." It is the art of "playing to the grandstand" and will be widely appreciated, no matter what its source. We have been accustomed to hear a good deal from time to time about superior law enforcement in Canada. It has been the boast of our neigh bors across the border that they are not as lawless as the people of the states. In view of recent events in the city of Winnipeg, however, we shall cxpect to hear less of this boasting for a little while, at least. Henry H. Rogers has been reappoint ed superintendent of street of Fairhaven, Mass.; Alfred Marshall, with an in come of $4000 a week, is running for trustee of Mamaroneck; Mrs. Maekav, worth $3,000,000 or $4,000,000, is school director of Roslin, Long Island, and two farmers worth a million apiece are tied for mayor of Ida Grove, lowa. It is getting so a poor man has no chance for an office in this country. Dr. McArthur says through his tears that a heartless press has made the ■world a veritable hell for Mr. Rocke feller. Wrong again, doctor. Refore the press had taken any notice of Mr. Rockefeller he had matured plans to Headquarters for Pine Diamonds And all Kinds of Jewelry-Watch Repairing the martin jewklry company JESSIE H MARTIN, Grtduat* optirii u 125 Main Street Eyes Tested Free Glasses Corre^'v make this earth a hell for those who got in his way and he has done it. In those early days he even arranged for sycophantic preachers to defend him. by sniveling in the amen corner and giving tithes of all he had. which he noted carefully in an account book. LOVE IN RELIGION. The religious discussions of the pres ent day are characterized by the ab sence of dogmas and the presence of ideals. The fierce theologic disputes of a very few decades since are almost eliminated and religion has come down to the application of a few concrete ideas. Religion, whether orthodox or heterodox, and it is sometimes diffi cult to tell which is which, consists largely of a sense of the presence and providence of God, a reliance upon God and a yielding of entire loyalty to God. These ideas characterized religion be fore the Christian era and are not con tradictory of the teachings of Christi anity. Yet it is not true that the ideals of Christianity grew out of the older ideas of religion. The old world put its trust in form. The Christian expe rience puts the emphasis on love. Be tween love and duty there is no contra diction ,but love is not a part of duty while duty always is to be found in love. Love cannot exercise itself upon the abstract while duty may follow an ab straction to a bitter conclusion. Hence we find that the system based on love has elevated man. made him a brother of all his fellows and amplified the no tion of good. Love accounts for the presence in Christian countries of a higher, sweeter exercise of justice than is found in any of the so-called pagan lands. It founds representative gov ernments and abates harsh statutes; it endows colleges and builds hospitals; it organizes charity, moderates national passions and prejudices. It is the well spring of the supremest self-sa crifice in the world. CASE WITHOUT A PRECEDENT. After District Atorney Jerofrie had made his agreement in the Perkins case. Justice Greenmaum of the su preme court asked him. "Have you any authorities to submit in support of your views; any authorities relating to any similar act or gifts to other than political organizations"? "I have not," replied the district at torney. "We have searched diligent ly but this appears to be the first in- stance of such an issue having arisen. It would appear that your honor will have to pass upon the question whether there was a felonious attempt without the assistance of such authorities." At first blush this state of affairs must prove discouraging to the learned judge, because decisions are so much a matter of comparing cases past with the case in hand that authorities be come the very lifeblood of an opinion. Without authorities the average judge is all at sea. Yet there must have been a first authority in each case and Justice Greenbaum has the opportu nity to establish a first precedent in this case. He is not bound or hedged by anything another judge has said, but he has the responsibility of know ing that the next judge to consider a similar matter will be in a measure at least bound by what he says in this case. The absence of precedents is not an insurmountable obstacle, since it is as much the duty of the courts to make precedents as to study those already made. In this way only can the law have every possible relation of life covered by a case. LESE MAJESTE IX INDIA. That the doctrine of lese majeste, which finds 110 support in Great Brit ain proper, is applicable to her depend encies is evidenced by the recent con viction of an Indian editor for describ ing in his paper what he called "3 Durbar in hell." The devil seated, grown old and un able to rule, summons candidates for the succession to his throne. At last but one remains, a benevolent-looking old gentleman whom "none could imagine would prove pre-eminent in deeds of cruelty." This is John Bull, who, according to the lampoon, ha rangues the devil and boasts of the refined cruelties he has practiced to obtain the empire of India. He has spread his power over the people by forgery, robbery and oppression. He has violated their religious feelings, taken away their arms and reduced them to a state where they are no longer able to defend themselves when attacked by wild beasts. He has laid oppressive taxes upon them and re moved their wealth to his far-off island, whence it will never return. He has deprived them of their means of liveli hood and made a parade of his muni ficence in rescuing some of them from starvation. "I have," he says, "made a bonfire of their homes, their religion, their honor, their independence, and everything else belonging to them. Can there be any more refined cruelty than that? I alone deserve your throne." The emperor of hell recognizes the force of John Bull's appeal and quickly de scends from his gilded chair to make way for the vigorous old man who has made picnfcs oppression his specialty. The English were unable to compre hend the humor of this performance or to endure its treading upon facts. The editor was prosecuted and sen tenced to six months' imprisonment and to pay a fine of a thousand ru pees. It is characteristic of the Eng lishman to believe that no country which he has invaded could have got ten along without his benevolent as similation of it» government and his philanthropic conservation of its wealth by absorbing it into his own But it is curious to see an Indian gov ernment headed by John Morley, jail ing an editor for a little spurt of brains and independence like this. THE MINERS' STRIKE. The coal miners' strike is now on. The efforts of the miners and the ope rators to reach an agreement were pro longed and apparently sincere. The operators refused, except in a few cases, to yield to the demands of the miners and the miners in no cases modified their demands. At the same time, this strike situa tion does not seem to be so threaten ing and serious as the wide difference between the miners and the operators and the large number of men involved might indicate. The fact that some of the operators have agreed to pay the scale demanded by the miners shows that the operators are not standing sol idly together, while the fact that ap proximately 150,000 miners affected are not organized, suggests that the miners may not be able to control the output sufficiently to win their strike. Perhaps it is for these reasons that the indus trial world does not seem to have viewed the approaching clash between employer and employee in the coal mines of the country with as much ap prehension as would naturally be felt if there were a graver prospect for a prolonged contest. Another fact which probably influ {ences the public feeling in the matter is the well-known disposition of the j president to use the powers of his great j office for the protection of the public interest. The public has not forgotten the intervention of the president in the anthracite strike and the great service which he rendered to the country in that connection, and looks to him for protection against serious harm from the strike. He has not, in the pres ent instance, exhibited any disposition to intervene. Apparently he does not think the time has arrived for any ac tion on his part. But the exceedingly interesting statement published by the Washington correspondent of the Chi cago Tribune explains in some degree the feeling that somehow the dispute between the miners and their ertiployes will not lead to serious harm to the general public. That statement was to the effect that if the miners and their employers in the anthracite fields had not agreed, when they quarreled four years ago, to accept the verdict of his proposed commission, the president was ready to take charge of the anthracite mines with the army of the United States, put General Schofield in com mand, employ as many men as required, pay them reasonable wages, mine the coal, sell it and turn over the pro ceeds to the owners of the mines—on the principle that such a course was necessary to furnish the public neces sity of life, which nature has provided, but which private parties have seized control of and are not supplying to the public because of a quarrel among themselves. The occasion for such action may come. It would be an unprecedented exercise of the executive authority, and yet we do not believe it would be one which would meet with popular disfa vor. In certain quarters, of course, it would be condemned. It would even be denounced as revolutionary, but it would protect the public from loss and suffering and to the extent, at least, that the output of the mines was ne cessary for the use of the government, especially in the supplying of its navy, the distribution of the mails, etc., such action could not be called in question. Sold 1,500 Steers. Walter Rhett and Bob McCarty are in the city from the Salmon river country. They report the sale of 1,500 2-year-old steers to the Empire Cattle company, of Chinook, Mont., for a good price. They will be in the city for a few days. They will drive their cattle to Stites and ship them about the Ist to the 10th of May.—Grange ville Free Press. Have you anything to sell? If you have, a want ad will sell it for you. THE EVENING STATESMAN, WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON. Cupid, Medical Assistant Copyright, 1905, by E. C. Parcella Dick Fremont was in an unromautic state of mind. A little Cupid, which was holding a finger to its lips and gazing at him from the top of an ink stand on a table by his side, seemed to warn him that he had been physically exhausting himself lately. He had been working too hard. At present he had pains all over his body. His tongue was distinctly discolored, and his pulse was weak. His head was throbbing, and there was scarcely a portion of his body which did not ache. Loss of time meant loss of money to him, for he wrote for a living. If he did not work he was perfectly aware that some one else would get ahead of him. Not that he had easily given up, but the task of putting words together had proved in his present condition as hard as carving blocks of stone. In his extremity he thought of a doctor. Of all medical men he had a horror. At the moment, however, there seemed to be no excuse for not con- "WHY, MAY—MISS MONTGOMERY—YOU?" quering his aversion, so he dispatched a bellboy with orders to bring the near est medical practitioner in a hurry. He had made a heroic effort to fore stall any aid from such a source. On the table near by were bottles of all sizes and shapes, containing nearly ev ery advertised patent medicine which he thought suited to his peculiar com plaint. He hud partaken of them all with much the same result as if he had drunk a "hazing" concoction. At last he had given up all hope of suc cessful self treatment and resigned himself to a dubitative trial of "kill or cure" at the hands of a doctor. The little Cupid attracted his eyes to a photograph lying close at his hand. He took it up, looked at it earnestly and meditated. Just as he was about to press it to his lips a knock came at the door. He said wearily, "Come in!" and a woman's voice responded: "Pardon me, but are you the gentle man who sent for a doctor? The boy who called me said you lived on the third floor, but I did not quite catch the name he mentioned." The tones of the voice seemed fa miliar to Dick. He hastily hid the photograph he had in his 1' -nd behind the pillow on his chair and looked up at his visitor. "Why, May — Miss Montgomery — you?" With a blush the woman he address ed turned as if to go away. "It must have been a mistake," she began, when he interrupted her. "No, no! Please come in!" She hesitated and then, closing the door, looked at him. There was a pause, and neither spoke. Then Dick said, In a half whis per, "Are you a—a doctor?" "I am," she replied, with a smile, "but I don't think you meant to send for me." "Weil"—he hesitated. "I'm glad to see any doctor." "Thank you!" She almost laughed at the doubtful compliment. "No! I don't mean that. I—l really had no idea of seeing you. I told the bellboy to go for the nearest doctor, and I never thought**— "To see me? No; I suppose not You didn't know I had taken my degree. Of course not. I don't suppose my af fairs interested you after"— "Aft£r our quarrel? Oh, yes, they did, I assure you"— She stopped him with a glance. "You do look sick," said she, "really sick, and"—advancing to the table— "what on earth have yoa been dosing yourself with?" "A little medicine." "A little medicine? A little poison!" she exclaimed, with a laugh, as she took up the several bottles, one after the other, and examined them. "Toothache drops! Paregoric! Dear me, you must have a complication of ailments!" "I suppose I have," he wearily as sented. "I've tried them all, and I'm not a bit better!" She burst out laughing. Then she came a little nearer to him and said, hesitating, "Let me feel your pulse." He put his hand in hers. His pulse was beating at fever heat. She count- By LA TOUCHE HANCOCK Ed mentally, then touching him on the shoulder gently pressed his body for ward and placed her ear to his back. As she did so the pillow fell down, re leasing the hidden picture. She started as she saw her owu photograph. Then, with a quite smile, she said, "Are you in pain?" "Awful!" he replied, pressing his heart She winced and turned toward the mantelpiece. There, staring her in the face, was another photograph of her self. She turned and looked at him. "Why," she exclaimed, "I really be lieve you still"— "Yes," he replied, looking straight Into her eyes, "I do still care for you. Won't you forgive me for my share iD that silly quarrel we had two years ago? I"— She made no reply as he hesitated. "Ah, say 'yes.' " and he tried to rise, but sank back with an expression of pain. "Don't Ret up," she said gently. "You are too sick!" "Can't you help me?" She smiled. "I think I can." She took out her prescription book and wrote on a leaf. "Here is a prescription which"— "Oh, bless the medicine! I don't want that. If you only"— "Will you take it? See what it is!" "Oh, I can't read doctors' hieroglyph ics. I mean I don't understand Latin." She handed him the slip of paper. He took it and carelessly scanned what she had written, which was merely her name—"May Montgomery." "Will I take it?" he almost shouted. "Will you give it to me?" She nodded her head. The cure was complete. Startled the Rector. The rector, returning from his holi day, heard that a parishioner had "lost his old Betty" and at once hurried off to console him. "I'm grieved to hear of your loss, Giles," he began. "Oh, well, sir, thankee," replied Giles, "it's a pity, of course, but she was a rare lazy jade. She would never do anything unless she was well thrashed." "Tut, tut; dear me"— "It's true, sir. She was a bad bar gain. Thank goodness, the fair's next week, and I'll pick up a better one there, I hope, if I don't get suited be fore." "But don't you think, even for ap pearances' sake, you had better wait a little longer?" urged the clergyman, getting rather annoyed at his tone. "Oh, no," responded Giles. "I've had my eye on one for some little time, and what I get for Betty's skin will go to ward it. I tell 'ee what, sir, I wouldn't mind having one of your young uns, If you're agreeable." "I won't stop to hear another word of such abominable talk," said the disgust ed rector. "There wasn't a better wom an in the village than your wife Betty." "Wife! Who's talking about my wife?" said the astonished Giles. "I'm talking about my old mare that died yesterday."—London Globe. The Properties of Cocaine. Travelers in Peru and countries where cocoa grows chew the leaves of this plant for the purpose of allaying the sense of hunger and the feeling of exhaustion that accompanies it. At first the leaves were thought to possess food elements, but now It is known that the cocaine they contain merely allays the irritability of the nerves that produce the sense of hunger. Cocaine is an alkaloid made from the cocoa leaf, which has the effect of completely destroying the sensibility of nerves. The discovery of this active principle of the cocoa leaf explained fully and satisfactorily the effect produced by chewing the leaves. An infusion of the leaf might be used with good results in allaying the gnawing appetite that fol lows some forms of fever or in cases where the sense of hunger Is due to a diseased condition of the stomach. Co caine should never be used except on the prescription of a trustworthy physi cian, because it is dangerous. The co caine habit is more readily formed than either the morphine or the liquor habit and is far more rapid in its work of de struction. Asked and Answered. In the "Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins" (Lord Brampton) a story is told concerning Jack, the pet terrier which always accompanied the famous Judge wherever he went. On one occasion, when on circuit and driving to the cathedral of a certain city for the preliminary religious serv ice, Jack sat beside his master In the sheriff's coach. The sheriff and his chaplain, a most solemn looking, ascet ic high churchman, occupied the oppo site seat. His lordship in relating the story says that the chaplain eyed the dog for a long time with great uneasiness. Then, as they neared the cathedral, he seemed to get alarmed and. In a state of great agitation, stammerlngly said: "My lord, may I—ah—er—ask If the dog is going to divine serviceT* "Well, I don't know," replied his lord ship. "I shall ask him. Jack, would you like to go to church?" Jack growled and lifted bis head to bowl. "No," went on the judge. "Jack says that he doesn't like dry sermons." "Perfect Lemonade." Perfect lemonade is made as follows: For a quart take the Juice of three lem ons, using the rind of one of them. Carefully peel the rind very thin, get ting Just the yellow outside. Cut this into pieces and put with the Juice and powdered sugar, of which use two ounces to the quart in a Jug or Jar with a cover. When the water is Just at the boiling point pour it over the lemon and sugar, cover at once and let get cold. Try this way once and see if it Is not delicious. Notable Women Harriet A. Boyd, the American Archaeologist Who Unearthed Gournia, In Crete. Among the collections in the museum of the University of Pennsylvania are several tons of duplicate specimens from the ruins of Gournia, the ancient Cretan city unearthed by Harriet A. Boyd. These were sent to the Pennsyl vania university because the generosity of wealthy Philadelphia citizens made it possible for the woman archaeologist to prosecute her researches. The most important event in years in the exploration of ancient ruins has PROFESSOR HARRIET A. BOYD. been Miss Boyd's discovery of the bronze age city of Gournia. It has been buried so many centuries that even its existence had been forgotten. Miss Boyd is an 1802 graduate of Smith college. She already knew what she was going to be—an archaeologist and explorer. Soon after leaving school she went to Athens to study in the American college there. She returned to her own land and became instructor in archaeology at Smith, only to leave it and go to Crete. In 1891 she un earthed Gournia. And yet, with all her scientific labors, her fate matrimonial overtook her even among ruins. She is soon to be mar ried to Professor Char.es E. Hawes, instructor in archaeology and anthro pology at Cambridge university, Eng land, where her future home will be. Girl Lawyer and Bank Director. A girl worth knowing and imitating is Miss Alice Hubbard of Spencer, la. Miss Hubbard is not yet twenty-five, but she has already been graduated from the lowa university and from law school and been made successively cashier of the Citizens' Savings bank of Spencer, manager of the savings de partment of the leading bank in lowa nnd finally a director of the First Na tional bank of Sioux city. Miss Hubbard finds her legal train ing of great assistance to her in the banking business, so much so that she believes there ought to be a lawyer on the office staff of every bank. This would frequmitly prevent banks from being defrauded or blackmailed, she argues, and would also save the con siderable expense of retaining outside lawyers as counsel. She also favors an examination in law for all men who wish to become bankers. Flora Davis Carson. The most successful business woman in Indiana is said to be Mrs. Flora Da vis Carson of Shelbyville and Indian apolis. Entirely through her own ef forts she has acquired a fortune of $500,000. Her career is wonderfully In structive to American girls. To begin, she had the commercial in stinct. When she was only twelve she opened a little millinery shop in Shel byville. She was not yet out of school, however, so she recited to teachers of erenings the lessons she learned in snatches of time during the day. She became even in her early teens the fashionable milliner of Shelbyville. Never once did she look forward to "giving up business" when she mar ried, but went ahead all the same. As she accumulated money she invested it and enlarged her business. A Finnish Girl In America. There is in this country one trade any girl at any time can turn to for a living and a good one. That Is house work. Twenty-flve years ago Maggie Walz, sixteen years old, came to Amer ica from Finland. She had previously made up her mind that she would not remain an underling, but wopld work her way to the top financially and so cially, even though she began her ca reer doing housework. She had grit and the commercial Instinct She work ed as a hired servant in Michigan kitchens and learned English. Soon she obtained an agency for the sale of books and newspapers. Meantime she saved her money. When she had enough Maggie Wale made a trip to Europe. Returning, she became a clerk in a store. She went to college two years. Next she invested In seme rea'l estate. Now Miss Walz owns a $40,000 busi ness block In Red Jacket, Is publisher of a journal in the Finnish language and has been appointed an agent to su perintend the colonizing of Drummond Island in Lake Huron. MARCIA WILLIS CA3IPBELL. THURSDAY APRIL 5. 1906. Hit Letter to the Firm About a. Bicycle Saddle THIS letter is alleged to have been received by a bicycle firm In Montreal: Mr. J. T. Jones and companee, Notre Dame Street, Montreal, P. Q.: Dear Sir—l reccev de blcykel witch i buy from you alrlte, but foa- why you dont send me no saddel, what Is de use of de blcykel when she dont have no sad del. 1 am loose to mo my kustomer sure ting by no having de saddel and dats not very pleasure for me. Wat is de matter wit you mister Jones and companee, is no my money so good like anodder mans. You lose to me my trade an i am vere« anger for dat an now 1 tells to you dat you are a fools an no good mister T. J. Jones and companee I send to you back at wunce your blcykel tomorro for sura bekawse you are such a foolishness peo ples. Yours respecfuliee. J. P. ST. DENIS. P. S.—since 1 rite dis letter i And da ■addel in de box. excuse to me. —Judge's Magazine of Fun. Favorable Precedent. It was during a period of financial stringency and political excitement when matters looked very black indeed to the nervous and pessimistic. "Oh," said a member of tills class to a finan cier of the day, "do you think the coun try will ever get out of this trouble 7*' "You remind me of something I saw in Saratoga," said the financier. "An English visitor was driving in white flannels, and very swell he looked, but when he was about three miles out it started to rain. "Doubtful whether to go on or re turn, he hailed a passing farmer. 'Now. my good man,' he said, 'can you tell me if it is likely to stop raining?' "The farmer looked hard at the sky and harder yet at his questioner. •Waal,' he said at last, 'it always has.*" —Woman's Home Companion. Unhappy Statement. "My only objection to the young man," says the father, speaking of the youth who has proposed for his daugh ter, "is that he doesn't seem to have the least bit of sense or foresight." "But," answers the mother, "he has as much sense as you had when you asked for my hand, John." "Confound it, that's just why I ob ject to him!" And it required a new bonnet, two bunches of roses and much earnest talk to square matters.—Chicago Trib une. Sympathy, Indeed. "He has a highly sympathetic na ture." "Yes," answered the man who has a great respect for words. "He can even sympathize with people who In sist on referring to a bad cold as the la grippe.' "—Washington Star. The Abaentmlnded Profewoj, "For goodness' sake put out that beastly cat. It's been yelling frantical ly for the last half hour!" Unflne. "He has none of the finer sensibili ties, nothing to distinguish him from the common herd." "No?" "No, sir. I've heard him confess oat of his own mouth that all autos smell alike to him."—Puck. Crednloaa Kow. "So Miss Gaddie has joined the church. I thought she was an unbe liever." "Yes, but now she believes every thing, especially the gossip about the other believers.—Catholic Standard and Times. Hia Soy. "Pa, what branches did you take when you went to school?" "I never went to high school, son, but when I attended the little log school house they used mostly hickory and beech and willow."—lndianapolis Star. Too Good Company. "I used to always smile at trouble,, but I quit it" "Why?" "Oh, It seemed to think that I was: such an agreeable sort of fellow that it would stay with me."—Judge. An Bye Opener. "Of course," said the soulful youth, "you know they say 'love la blind,* and"— "Yea," Interrupted Henpeck, "but marriage Invariably restores ita sight** —Philadelphia Press. A Mtann. First Politician—Think the- railroad* Will reverse their attitude on passes? Second Politician—Ton bet I've in troduced a bill compelling them to en tar the city on airships.—Brooklyn Life. He Ploa Ultra. Bcott—Short owes $10,000 and la wor . lied to death. Mott—Because he can't pay it? Bcott—Oh, no. Because It appears to be the limit—Boston Transcript. A Sore Sl*n. Madge—Why do you think she has passed the age of thirty? Millicent — Because she invariably aays "us girls."—Puck.