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THE OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1907.
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SY NOBLE WOMEN
King's Daughters Devoted to
Christian Charity and
Helpfulness.
DRAW NO LINES OF SECT
Outgrowth of Little Circle Gathered
by Margaret lSotlome Some
Instances of What They
Do and How.
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIX.
WASHINGTON, April ll.( Special Cor
respondence.) In every city, in almost
every town, in many villages and ham
lets, and In remote country districts
throughout the United States, bands ot
women are dally going about doing every
known kind of helpful, charitable work.
They proceed quietly and without osten
tation. There is no uniform to distin
guish them from other people who come
and bo, but If you will look closely you
will find in the lace at the throat or on
a chain, a tiny silver cross of Maltese
design, bearing the letters, 'I. H. N."
Sometimes a knot of purple ribbon is
worn with it. Purple is the color - of
royalty, and for that reason belongs
to these kindly women, who are called
The King's Daughters. Their every deed
Is done under the inspiration of divine
tharity "In his name."
The .society was organized about 20
ears ago by Mrs. .Margaret Bottome,
wife of a clergyman, who was the only
president of the general order until her
death last Fall. Only 10 or 12women
were present at the first meeting, which
lie called in her New York home, but
from that simple, reverential service has
grown a movement that is not only Na
tional, but world-wide In its scope.
Work Done by the Circles.
The objects of the order are "the de
velopment of spiritual life and the stim
ulation of Christian activities." For the
purpose of making the work more effec
tive the local organizations, known as
circles, are gathered Into county or city
unions, and these into state ajui National
organizations. Biennial meetings are
held, and eight CanadiHn provinces affil
iate with the United Aa'tes organizations
at. tliis time. The last meeting was held
nt Wheeling W. Va., in May. 1908. this
being the eighth one. No service is too
small or insignificant for the women of
this order to undertake. No work of
benevolence is considered beneath them,
no matter how sinful and unattractive
the beneficiary.
ICvcry Held of effort is covered in their
daily duties. Hospitals, creches. Indus
trial schools, churches, homes for the
blind, the aged and the incurable; mis
sions. Sunday Schools, sewing circles, and
countless other helpful things spring up
in the path where the feet of these good
women tread, marking their way like the
flowers of Spring. The question of re
ligious denominations does not enter into
the matter at all. While many circles
are formed In churches for church work
alone, and many Include members of
only certain sects,' It is because that Is
the work that happens to lie nearest,
mid not because the general society be
longs to any particular religious cult.
Always Itcady to Help Soniehody.
Notice the names chosen: and the
spirit of willingness and earnestness
will bo guessed: the Whatsoever Circle,
the Willing Hands, the Willing Hearts,
the Friends of the Needy, the Friends
of the lonely, and the Friends of the
Poor. Sometimes the names of good
men and women are given to memorial
circles. In New York a great work is
being done In the slums. At the Frank
Bottome memorial, on the East Side,
there is a free kindergarten, a Sunday
school, a penny provident, fund, a
mothers' club, all established in mem
ory of Mrs. Bottome's son, a physician,
who gave his life In loving service to
llic poor. This same band of workers
has given vacation trips to 2000 women
and children in the hot Summer days,
and a bowl of bread and milk is served
rach morninR to eighty little children.
This big city has its flower mission
circles, which distribute plants among?
the children of the tenements, who
take the wan littlo ones for a day or
two in the country and who support
floating hospitals for ailing babies in
Summer time.
What Blind Girls Do.
A circle of blind girls In California
recently made gay pin-cushions for a
hospital and filled tiny bottles -with
perfume to bo sent to the patients.
Another circle of blind girls in Ten
nessee, lodged in a home built for them
by the King's Daughters, has achieved
most Interesting things in basketry,
lace-maklng and knitted work. A gen
eral work in the New England states
has been to find sale for these things
made by "shut-in" Invalids who can
not leave their beds or chatrs. From
largo firms the Daughters have taken
orders for mops, wash-rags, dish
cloths, etc., and the shut-Ins are en
abled to earn a living by making these
articles. Each consignment bears the
affidavit of the various circles to the
effect that the shut-in has no contagi
ous diseases.
In Mississippi a visiting officer of the
order was approached by & young ne
gro girl, who said that she was a
member of a circle of The King's
Daughters composed of other negro
girls of her age
"What is the name ot your circle?"
the visitor asked
"We call it tho 'We Sing Them to
t!od Circle," "the girl replied
"What an unusual name." the visi
tor said ktndly; "will you tell me about
It"
"Why. it's this way," the girl re
plied: when any of our friends are dy
ing we gather In the room and sing
deftly the hymns they like best until
thoy have passed away."
It Is possibly the only circle of its
kind, but, knowing the negroes' love
for music and the melody of their
voices, the singing of old-time hymns
must be a comfort to the dying.
avc Life -for a Strancer.
It was a Mississippi woman who proved
r martyr to her little cross and its
meaning. Mrs. Mary Thompson Howe,
daughter of the late Episcopal bishop of
that state, was spending the Summer in
the mountains of North Carolina, when
she found a little post-mistress there who
could not leave her post to go to the
led of a dying relative. Mrs. Howe had
herself sworn in as assistant and took
charge of the work. She contracted
typhoid fever while at her post and died
from doing a kind service for a stranger.
At Norwich. Conn., the King's Daugh
ters havo recently founded a home for
worthy Protestant women. The oppor
tunity circle in a Michigan town employs
a vUdtlng nurse for the poor who could
not otherwise afford to have one. At
Kealakena, Hawaii, a circle of native
GOOD
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girls under the tuition of an American
missionary is making scrap-books to send
to unfortunates in the leper colony. At
Hotchkiss, Colo., the lack ot denomina
tional prejudice was proved when the
King's Daughters of tin city combined
and bought a communion service for each
of the two churches, the Baptist and the
Methodist- The Virginia ' branches are
planning a- rest-room for the use of
visitors at the Jamestown Exposition, just
as other state organizations did at St.
Louis aud Portland. At Mexico. Mo.,
a home for aged women is supported by
circles of this order. In Detroit the work
takes the form of social settlements,
and cooking and other Industrial classes
are formed and supported for the benefit
of the poor.
liaised. Widow's Mortgage.
A band of children in a little Missouri
town rained the mortgage of JSS on a
poor widow's home, employed a nurse for
her when she fell ill and paid her fu
neral expenses when she died. In Oak
land. Cal.. a home for incurables has
been in successful operation for several
years, the building being also offered as a
refuge- for sufferers from the San Fran
cisco disaster. Tennessee circles are
building such a home and have also
established a reform school for boys and
a home for aged women in Memphis.
Kentucky circles have gone far up in
the mountain wilds to build churches
where none ever before existed. . In St.
liouis one circle set to work and raised
the money to rebuld Its church when the
cyclone tore It down. There are in the
United States 113,000 people who are suf
fering from epilepsy. At Port Deposit,
Md., the King's Daughters have gathered
as many as they can into a home and are
giving them all the help and care that
is possible. In Ohio a Summer school is
held at Xakeside under the circles of that
locality, while in Alabama ' the activi
ties of most of the circles are directed
toward hospital work.
Most Loved in New Orleans.
In New Orleans the order maintains
a home for crippled children, the build
ing of which is due to the best-known
living worker of the order. Miss Sophie
Wright, the "woman beloved of New
Orleans." Miss Wright, herself a crip
ple since she was 3 years old, led in
the work of raising the needed $10,000
to erect this building, because she
knew what it meant to be a little child
who suffered, who could not run and
play as other children did. This frail,
white-haired woman, whose sweet face
has been marked with suffering, is of
such potent influence in her city that
it is said if her activities should sud
denly cease, upwards of 2 per cent of
the white male population would- be
deprived of the hope of education. She
has founded a free night school, which
now has 1700 pupils and a large corps
of volunteer teachers.
She began this work by teaching a
young fellow from a stranded circus
who wanted to prepare for an Exam
ination. He brought his friends. Others
came and still others, boys and men,
girls and women, asking help in every
branch of education under the sun,
and Miss Wright secured it for all of
them somehow. There are only two
conditions with which the applicant
must comply In coming to this night
school: He must be employed during
the day-school hours, and he must be
unable to pay for the tuition.
This work Miss Wright began alone
23 years ago, when she was a girl in
her 'teens, teaching a private school
for other girls. Today her private
school is one of the best in the coun
try.: she mortgaged it three years ago
to get funds for her night school, but
the appreciative citizens of New Or
leans raised $10,000 and gave it to her
as a present. It was a memorable day
when thousands of people gathered In
Audubon Park to see this frail woman
receive the Picayune's silver cup, that
the city had unanimously agreed should
go to her as "the citizen who had done
most for New Orleans during the past
year."
Tomorrow "Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution."
LONDON HONORS PREMIERS
Freedom of City for Colonials Rob
erts and Botha Chat.
LONDON, April 16. The Colonial Pre
miers were presented with the freedom of
the city at the Guild Hall this afternoon,
and subsequently were entertained at
luncheon by the Lord Mayor and the City
Corporation. Each of the visitors received
letters patent as a freeman, enclosed in a
gold casket. The Premiers drove to the
Guild Hall, General Botha, the Transvaal
Premier, as "the Benjamin of the Broth
erhood," riding with Sir Wilfrid Laurier,
the Canadian Premier.
The luncheon at the Guild Hall was at
tended also by Premier Campbell-Banner-man.
the Archbishop of Canterbury and
other Cabinet Ministers, Field Marshal
Lord Roberts, who joked with Gotieral
Botha about their experiences oir the
veldt, many peers and members of the
House of Commons, and military and na
val men In uniforms were present, besides
a large number of prominent women. The
Boer flag captured by the City Special
Volunteers at Jacobsdal, which usually
ornaments the banqueting hall, was re
moved on this occasion, so as to not of
fend General Botha and his party.
SLAY ALL HELPLESS OLD MEN
Roumanian Troops Avenge Peasant
Crimes on Aged.
BUCHAREST, April 16.-The Adevrut
publishes particulars concerning the re
pressive measures made use of recently in
the suppression of the peasant revolt. It
appears that at Viatu, when- the soldiers
appeared, the peasants fled to the forests,
leaving behind them only some helpless
old men. The soldiers arrestsd 25 of
these, including the Burgomaster, who
was 82 years of ago. They were all exe
cuted under martial law. The Burgomas
ter's grandson, aged 14, was compelled to
witness the execution.
Similar wholesale shootings occurred at
other villages. At Clmialmare 50 men.
Including the arch priest. Maracine. and
his secretary, were shot down. Large
numbers of the individuals thus executed
wore completely innocent of participation
in the riots.
Cost or Xew Spanish Navy.
MADRID, April 16. The Minister of
Marine in an interview today declared
that the naval programme to be present
ed at the opening of the Cortes comprises
fresh expenditures amounting to $16,000.
0tX annually for several years. The appro
priations approved by the naval commit
tee included the construction of a de
fensive squadron. Improvement of the
coast defenses and the reorganization of
the arsenals. It Is understood "that the
total of appropriations demanded amount
to 164.000,000.
Messrs. Beardraerc and Roper,
naval engineering experts, have held
a long conference with Captain
Nino. Minister of Marine, rela
tive to the reconstruction of the Spanish
navy. It is understood that British aid
will also be Invoked in strengthening the
coast defense and improving the fortifi
cations in the Canary and the Balearic
Islands.
King Edward in Malta.
VALETTA, Malta. April 1. King Ed
ward, yesterday after reviewing the na
val brigade, unveiled a statue of the late
Sir Adrian Dingli, an eminent chief
justice. The king and queen will leave on
Wednesday for Gaeta. whence they will
go to Palermo, and finally to Naples.
Then the king will leave the Royal
yacht and the queen will continue her
cruise.
BRYAN
S
INNINGS
Leader Acclaimed by Brook
lyn Democracy.
HE DODGES ISSUE OF 1908
AVill Decide at Some Future Time
Position in Campaign Glories
In the Republican Adop
tion of Democracy.
NEW YORK, April 16. W. J. Bryan
was . the choice attraction of the Democ
racy of Brooklyn tonight in the observ
ance of the anniversary of the birth of
Thomas Jefferson, and that body en
gaged in an enthusiastic demonstration.
The function was the annual dinner of
the Brooklyn Democratic Club. Mr. Bry
an gave a choice discourse, taking for
his subject "Thomas Jefferson."
Beside Mr. Bryan, the speakers in
cluded Edward M. Shepard, of New
York; George Fred Williams, of Massa
chusetts; ex-Governor J. Hoge Tyler, of
Virginia; Governor Edwin Warfield, of
Maryland; Augustus Thomas, the play
wright, and Congressman Ollis James, of
Kentucky.
Mr. Shepard praised Mr. Bryan, whom
he welcomed with the words that the
Brooklyn Democratic Club "declared its
strong and loyal hope that Mr. Bryan
would lead the party in 1308."
Mr. Williams, discussing Government
ownership of railroads, said :
"I see no escape from the conclusion
that, if Government ownership is right,
it should be adopted now. If regulation
is wrong, it' should not be attempted at
all."
Mr. Williams believed,', however, that
regulation was not right, not possible and
not expedient.
South United for Bryan.
Mr. Tyler said the people of the South
are practically united lor Mr. Bryan and
that the mention of his name is as potent
in flashing a magic spell of enthusiasm
as it was in '96.
A message from the Southern Democ
racy was delivered by Mr.. James, who
hailed Mr. Bryan as one of the pioneers
of the Democracic party and added:
"The Southern Democracy tonight
gathered about William Bryan.
"The Democracy of all Dixie pro
claims that it wants Bryan, to lead in
the next great fight."
Mr. Warfield said the Democrats of
that section ' continued to ' support
Bryan, and that the South was for
Bryan for the next Presidential nomi
nation. It was midnight before Mr. Bryan
began his address. He said his sole
design was that the Democratic party
should enter the campaign with the
strongest Democrats it could find in
order to bring out a triumphant vote.
It was not necessary for him, he
thought to be a candidate for any of
fice, as there was joy enough for him in
private life, provided he could get his
ideas into operation. . He said:
Will Decide at Future Time.
When" I see so many Democratic principles
put in operation by a Republican President 1
can Imagine what joy it would b to bav
those principles carried out by a Democratic
President. At eome time in the future I shall
decide what my place Is to be in the next
campaign. But I want to say it will take
the rct of my life to g-et even with the people
of this country for the favors 1 have already
received.
Mr. Bryan declared he wanted to
give encouragement to the cause and
he could do this in no better way than
by comparing the lives and works of
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Ham
ilton, which he reviewed briefly.
Mr. Bryan declared the rich men do
not sympathize enough with the poor
men. The trouble is that people do
not 'nave money, but that the money
has the people. He wished to present
Jefferson to the rich man as one who
so appreciated the advantages: that
money gaVe him that he asked for no
law to enable him to take the poor
man's money and put it in bis own
pocket- ..
Ultimatum to Opponents.
"If you do not believe in the right
of a democratic people to govern them
selves," he said, "I will drive you
out of the Democratic party, because,
if the Democratic party does not be
lieve in the rule of the people, it will
have no trouble in driving me out."
Mr. Bryan, as the hour grew late,
wished to conclude, but under many re
quests to continue was induced to go
on. He referred to the fact that many
people have termed certain Democratic
principles Bryanlsm and declared they
were not Bryanlsm at all. but had lived
before he was born and would live
after he had passed away.
"Now." he declared, "things which
Bryan has stood for "have had the sup
port of a Republican reformer, they
cannot ' take from me any of the
credit."
Mr. Bryan said it was perfectly proper
and exactly reasonable for the Democrats
to praise the Republicans for incorporat
ing into their platforms Democratic prin
ciples. Stands By Ownership Idea.
Mr. Bryan did not conclude his address
until 1:50 A. M.. having spoken about two
hours. One of the last points in his
speech was a reference to his address at
Madison-Square Garden, after his trip
around the world, in which he declared
for Government ownership -of railroads.
He declared the critics of his attitude on
this question had entirely overlooked the
fact that he had proclaimed the same
doctrine two years before the doctrine
that the regulation of railroads was a
failure and Government ownership was
the only true remedy.
Mr. Bryan praised President Roosevelt
J for his endeavors to curb the trusts.
iiivsueiu e ut-iirveu tiiai uiu rresiaent naa
not proceeded far enough in this respect;
commented upon what he termed the fail
ure of the Republican party to reform
the tariff, and uttered an earnest plea for
the establishment of an independent re
public In the Philippine Islands.
COLLEGE MUSEUM IS LOST
GUI University and Montreal Loses
Medical Building by Fire.
MONTREAL. April 16. A second disas
trous fire within two weeks visited Mc
GU1 University early today and practical
ly destroyed the Medical building, one of
the oldest and most valuable of the col
lege group. Besides the equipment, the
Museum, one of tho best upon the Con
tinent containing many priceless speci
mens, 'was destroyed. The magnificent
Medical Library, however, was saved.
Immediately after the recent fire which
wiped out the Engineering building, the
University authorities, it is understood,
placed a half million dollars of extra in
surance on the whole University plant.
The Medical building will share In this,
but It is doubtful whether the insurance
will cover one-half the actual damage.
,The buildings were erected at a cost of
about S50.000. The collections which they
contained are beyond estimate as to value.
Dr. J. H. Shepherd stated that his fa
mous anatomical collection was saved.
Boston Has $100,000 Fire.
BOSTON. April It-Millions of dollars
worth of property was endangered today
by a Are that broke out In a Central
Wharf warehouse, but owing to the- fact
that the wind was blowing in tho direc
tion of the harbor, the firemen were able
to confine the flames and prevent their
spreading toward the city. The fire was
started in the .oil refining plant of Howe,
French & Co., and was caused by the ex
plosion of an oil tank.
Three firms were burned out the Com
monwealth. Oil Company, the Borne
Schrymser Company, oil refiners, and
Howe, French & Co. The property loss
is estimated at J100.000.
Fire Wrecks Roof Garden.
NEW YORK, April 16. Fire wrecked the
roof garden and skating rink on the top of
the New York Theater early today. The
firemen were driven back time and again
by the choking smoke from the pine floor
ing and the rubber packing, which had
been Installed under the floor to deaden
the sound.
T
REACTIONIST DEPUTY THROWN
OUT FOR INSULT.
Democratic Leader Denounces Judi
cial Murder at Moscow Vice
President Can't Keep Order.
ST. PETERSBURG. April 16. V. V.
Shulgln. a reactionist - workman Deputy
from Volhynla, was excluded by Vice
President Pozenasky from today'a sitting
of the lower house of Parliament for
calling the members of the Left party
"bomb-throwers." The session, which
was devoted to interpellations, was
marked by a series of disorders, due
mainly to the inability of the vice-president,
who took the place of President
Golovin, to maintain order.
The lower house today adopted a mo
tion of V. M. Maklakoff of Moscow, the
Constitutional Democratic leader, to in
terpellate the Minister of the Interior
concerning the execution of four men in
a suburb of Moscow. The men, who had
wounded a policeman in a drunken frolic,
were twice tried by drumhead court
martial, the first court refusing to im
pose the death sentence. M. Maklakoff,
who spoke on personal knowledge of the
matter, declared It a "clear case of Ju
dicial murder." He said the Governor
General of Moscow had no right to can
cel the finding of the first court and con
voke a second court to retry the prisoners.
President Golovin has applied for an
audience of the Emperor for the purpose
of presenting his report of proceedings
of the lower house of Parliament, as re
quired by law.
Terrorist Band Captured.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 16. Twenty
five members of the fighting organization
of the Social Revolutionists were arrested
here yesterday, among them being seven
women. The majority of those taken Into
custody are recent arrivals in St. Peters
burg, but none of them has been identified
as an accomplice of the Terrorist who
made an attempt on the life of Premier
Stolypin August 25 last.
The police attach the greatest impor
tance to the captures, which are regard
ed as nipping in the bud plans for a new
series of assassinations. All the prisoners
have been confined In the fortress.
Minsk Terrorists Arrested.
MINSTC. 'RllKKfa ' Anrfl 1C Tn
quence of the plot to assassinate the gov
ernor of Minsk, which was discovered
April 14, by the police who captured
two Terrorists who were hiding opposite
the Governor's Palace, the local authori
ties have arrested all the members of
the Terrorist organization here.
Arrested on Perjury Charge.
CHEYENNB, Wyo., April 16. Through
the arrest at Buffalo, Wyo., yesterday of
Henry W. Davis, a prominent stockman,
it became lftiown that the Federal grand
jury which sat in this city recently had
returned an Indictment against Davis on
the charge of perjury in connection with
the acquisition of title to public lands in
Johnson County.
Davis gave bond before a United States
commissioner for his appearance at the
May term of the Federal court.'
Improvements at Catblamet.
CATHLAMET, Wash., April 16. (Spe
cial.) At the regular meeting of the
Council last night provision was made
for the immediate grading and improve
ment of Main and Columbia streets: the
raising of saloon licenses from $300 to
$500 per annum, and for installing six ad
ditional acetylene gas street lamps. The
Council will carry out numerous other
public improvements during the coming
Summer.
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FLIES TO MOTHER
Iowa Girl Secretly Leaves Her
Foster-Parents.
NOW ON WAY TO PORTLAND
Mrs. Brown to Be Reunited to Her
Daughter, IVhom She las Not
Seen Since Babyhood Foster
Mother Is Heartbroken.
OTTUMWA, la., April 16. (Special.)
By secret correspondence during the past
year, Mrs. Nettie Brown, of 1040 Powell
street, Portland, has Induced her daugh
ter. Bertha Sprague. adopted daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Sprague, of Ottumwa,
to go to Portland. The girl was taken
from the Leon, la., ooorhouse when 3
years old and adopted by the Spragues.
Friday night she left home, saying she
woura spend the night with a friend, and
went to the home of Fred K. Barber, to
whom she said she had received letters
from her mother disclosing her secret de
termination to leave.
Saturday morning Barber identified the
girl for a ticket and sent her to the
station and she departed for Portland.
When the Spragues discovered that the
girl was gone they threatened Barber
with criminal prosecution for kidnaping.
Barber wired the girl to come back, but
she answered:
"I will never return alive." Mrs.
Sprague Is heartbroken by the girl's
action. So far the Spragues have made
known nothing as to whether they will
bring action against Mrs. Brown. .
When asked last night concerning the
whereabouts of her daughter Bertha, Mrs.
Brown stated that the girl was 18 years
old and not subject to the authority of
her foster parents. Mrs. Brown said that
the girl, when 3 years old,t was left in
the caro of her grandmother and that
she, Mrs. Brown, left Ottumwa to make
her livinf. The father of the child was
dead and the mother was obliged to earn
a living.
After the mother left Ottumwa the
grandmother fell sick and was unable to
support the child. Then the Spragues
adopted htr, but Ihe mother states that
she signed no papers, and that the adop
tion was in no way legaL
Several weeks ago the girl, now a full
grown young woman, wrote to her
mother and asked for money. The mother
sent her transportation to this city, but
so far has received no word from her
daughter, and is hourly awaiting her ar
rival. Mrs. Brown lives with her two
sons at 1040 Powell street.
KEWARD TO RECOVER CHIIiD
"Lafayette Smith's Wife Will Raise
$1500 for Purpose.
JOPLIN, Mo., April 16. (Special.) After
receiving a telegram from her father,
Rev. S. J. Peters, of "Wichita, Kan., Mrs.
Elizabeth F. Smith, whose divorced hus
band, Lafayette Smith, abducted their
daughter, Flossie, of Portland, Or., left
last night for Wichita, where she will
raise 1300 which will be offered as a re
ward for the recovery of the child.
Smith had obtained papers in a habeas
corpus suit for the recovery of his daugh
ter before he seized her at her mother's
boarding-house and escaped after a chase.
Smith's attorney says the father was
ignorant that the mother had obtained a
divorce and the custody of the child in
Wichita, service on the mother's applica
tion having been obtained by publication.
HOMESTAKE FIRE REVIVED
Flames Get Beyond Control and
Heat Drives Out Miners.
DEAD WOOD. S. D., April 16. The fire
in the Homestake mine, which has been
raging for two weeks, is reported today
to be quite beyond control. The rocks
surrounding the names are now so hot
that it is almest impossible for men to
get through the cava to fight the flames.
Honor Memory of John Calvin.
NEW YORK, April 16. Invitations have
been Issued for a conference at the Union
Theological Seminary in this city on
April 18, for the purpose of forming a
strong committee to arrange for Amer
ica's part in the Calvin commemoration,
to be held in Geneva In 1909. the fourth
centennial of the birth of John Calvin.
An impressive celebration Is being pre
pared for that year in Geneva. The prin
cipal feature will be the erection of a
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Have You Rheumatism, Kidney, Liver
or Bladder Trouble?
To Prove What Swamp-Root, the Great Kidney, Liver
and Bladder Remedy, Will Do for YOU, All Our
Readers May Have a Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail
Pain or dull ache in the back is un
mistakable evidence of kidney trouble.
It is Nature's timely warning to show
you that the track of health is not
clear.
If these danger signals are unheeded
more serious results are often sure to
follow; Brlghts disease, which is the
worst form of kidney trouble, may
steal upon you.
The mild and Immediate effect of
Swamp-Root, the great kidney and
bladder remedy. Is soon realized. It
stands the highest because Its remark
able curative power has been proven
in thousands of the most distressing
cases. If you need a medicine, you
should have the best. A thorough trial
will convince anyone.
LAMB back:
Latr.e back is only one of many
symptoms of kidney trouble. Other
symptoms showing that you need
Swamp-Root are. being obliged to pass
water often during the day and to get
up many times during the night, in-
EDITORIAL NOTE. In order to prove the wonderful merits of Swamp
Root you may have a sample bottle and a book of valuable information, both
sent absolutely free by mail. The book contains many of the thousands upon
thousands of testimonial letters received from men and women who found
Swamp-Root to be Just the remedy they needed. The value and success of
Swamp-Root are so well known that our readers are advised to send for a sam
ple bottle. In sending your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton. N. Y be
sure to say you read this generous offer in the Portland Daily Ore'gonlan. The
genuineness of this offer Is guaranteed.
monument commemorating Calvin's work
and influence. The movement as con
ceived and outlined by the promoters in
Geneva is to be not primarily theological
or local, but comprehensive and interna
tional, and tie celebration is Intended as
a permanent memorial of the influence of
the former and his associates upon the
modern world, front the broad point of
view of history. England. Scotland. Hol
FOR
GOLD PLACER DREDGE
The Hammond steam, frlctlon-drivcn dredse. shown in above cut. Is for
sale at Portland. Or. Digging rapacity 2.7)0 cu. yds. per day. Capacity
of buckets 5 cu. ft. each. It is new throughout, has been given three
weeks' continuous test and is a thoroughly up-to-date gold dredge. It
may be purchased with or without the hull, and the superstructure may
be detached and knocked down for shipment. Address
HAMMOND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
54 FIRST STREET, PORTLAND, OR.
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, A DELICIOUS BLENDING OF FRUIT JUICES
Pure, Refreshing, Invigorating:. Wholesome
Fr'Ma- At Soda Fountains or In Bottle .
Manufactured by SHASTA WA'CKH. CO.
abilitv to hold your urine, smarting or
Irritation in passing, brick-dust or
sediment in the urine, catarrh of t'.i
bladder, uric acid, occasional headache,
dizziness, poor digestion, sleeplessness,
nervousness, sometimes the heart acts
badly, rheumatism,- bloating, irritabil
ity, wornout feeling, lack of ambition,
loss of flesh, sallow complexion.
If your water when allowed to re
main undisturbed in a glass or bottle
for ' twenty-four hours forms a sedi
ment or settling, or has a cloudy ap
pearance it is also evidence that your
kidneys and bladder need Immediate
attention.
In taking Swamp-Root you afford
natural help to Nature, for Swamp
Root is the most perfect ljealer and
gentle aid to the kidneys that lias yet
been discovered.
If you are already convinced that
Swamp-Root is what you need, you
can purchase the regular fifty-cent and
ono dollar, size bottles at drug stores
everywhere. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad
dress, Binghamton, N. T., on every
bottle.
land, Germany and FVance, it is stated,
will unite with Switzerland in the com
memoration. The invitations for the conference here
Thursday are signed by C. F. Adams, K.
A. Alderman, W. A. Brown, Charles W".
Eliot, Cyrus McCormick. Francis L. Pat
ton, Oscar Straus, William J. Tucker
and Andrew Dickson White.
SALE
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