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TJTE MOKIVT1VG OKEGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27. 1910. CLAIM AGENTS; IN HORDE, AT TRIAL iWEZLER'S CRY FOR ! MILTON M. BULL, EUGENE DENTIST, AND MISS EMMA FLITCROFT WED IN PORTLAND. OPEN A REGULAR CHARGE ACCOUNT AND PAY BY THE MONTH CHILDREN IS HEARD agnmcent uispiay o Raliroad Men Who Say Mrs. Johnson "Stung" Them, Eager to Testify. Court Orders That Sheriff, Bring Little Ones to Jail Each Day. ry, Pendants, i 1 European Novelty Jewel DAVIS TELLS HIS STORY JforOwrn Pacific Employe Testifies That Woman Supposed to Be Seriously Hurt, Suddenly De camped After Collecting. VANCOUVER, Wsph., April 26. (Spe cial.) The trial of Mrs. Maud Johnson, charged with defrauding, the Northern Pacific Railroad Company out of $1250, by feigning Injuries, continued In the Superior Court today, and it was even more Interesting than the opening of the casn yesterday. The courtroom was packed from early morning until adjournment this afternoon HJid dozens of witnesses, the state having 65. spent the time walking up and down the halls, within easy reach of the court room, and telling each other where they had met the woman of many aliases, and incidents connected with the meeting. More claim agents are in the city tonight than ever have been before at one time, and each one of the dozen men is willing to testify that he had been deceived into believing Mrs. Johnson was Injured to the amount ha paid her. Old Acquaintances Meet. Just as court adjourned for the Hay, Dr. William Crook, of Glenwood Springs, Colo., and E. M. Grover, a claim agent for the Northern Pacific, who had paid ber $335 for alleged in juries at Genesee, Idaho, stepped into the courtroom near Mrs. Johnson. She recognized the doctor and called him by name and she also spoke to Mr. Grover. In both instances the recog nition was mutual and instantaneous. The most interesting witness today was D. C. Davis, claim agent for the Korthern Pacific, who paid Mrs. John son the $1250. He told of going to Yacolt and finding Mrs. Johnson in bed, where she had been taken on April 9, l9t9, the day after she alleges she was injured. He found her, he said, professing to be suffering Intensely from pains in the chest and from a wrenched ankle. She also claimed she had two teeth broken and that her left eye was Injured. He talked with Dr. McMurdo, of Yacolt, who. -was con vinced that the woman had been In jured, and he had set her ankle In a plaster cast. Another Johnson Encountered. Davis met Luther Johnson, who claimed he had been Injured, and that he was sitting In a seat .behind Mrs. Johnson In the car. Both Johnson and Mrs. Johnson, who assumed the name of Mrs. Hazel Petterson, appeared to be total strangers to each other, but It was later learned that Johnson is "a brother-in-law" of Mrs. Johnson,' Not a suspicion 'that the woman at " that time was feigning injuries ' -crossed Davis mind, and he. settled with her for $1250,. giving her a draft for that amount. ... Ltert he identified' her at. the -bank in this city and she secured the money, most of It being in gold. . Mrs. Johnson had said she was a res ident of Calgary, Alberta, and had been left a widow eight months before. The baby she now has, she said was born to her f6ur months after the father died. She had told Davis that he hus band was a wealthy man and had be queathed all his possessions to her, ond that the case was then in pro bate In Canada.. , Mrs. Johnson Became Anxious. Mrs. Johnson had said she was exceed ingly anxious to return to Calgary but Davis wired to Calgary to have the case postponed as Mrs; Johnson had been in jured in an accident, but she insisted that she would have to go. So on the fourth day after the accident, said Davis, Mrs. Johnson was brought to Vancouver' on a stretcher In a baggage-ear, and placed- in an automobile with two nurses Miss Mary Zitlesberger and Mies Rose! both of Portland. When Vancouver was reached Mrs. Johnson was taken to the bank, accompanied by Davis, and the cashier cashed the draft. Davis' accompanied Mrs. Johnson to Portland,-but when on the East Side took a streetcar and went ahead to do several errands for Mrs. Johnson at her- request. He attempted to find an attorney for her, make a date with an eye specialist and secure her accommo dations on a train going north that iiight to Calgary. Wanted Xurse to Go. On being taken to the Brown Hotel, declared the witness, she made . ar rangements with Miss Rose to accom pany her north. Miss Rose J-ft the hotel to prepare for the trip, leaving Mrs. ZItlesberger with Mrs. Johnson. As. soon as she had gone it is charged that Mrs. Johnson got up from the bed, went to -a telephone and called her sis ter, and left on a train, not taking either of the nurses with her. It was later learned that they went to Califor nia, and that her fortune in Canada "was a myth. When he went to the hotel and found Mrs. Johnson had gone away suddenly, Davis concluded that he had been "stung." so began to gather evi dence that she was a fakir. Daniel Wagnon, the father, and Mrs. Frances Raster, sister of Mrs. Johnson, are with Iwr continually during the trial. Several times when testimony was to the effect that Mrs. Johnson had duped the -persons testifying, s-he smiled. She was much more nervous today than yes terday, however. The state has some amylene which was found in Mrs. Johnson's room at Yaoolt immediately after she left. It. will be at tempted to show that this was used by her to produce, the effect that she was having a hemorrhage of the lungs. A doc tor is coming from Seattle to make an analysis of it. Mrs. Johnson - Shrewd. Mrs. Johnson is given credit for being a shrewd woman and those who claim they have been duped by her are willing to admit that they were outwitted. J. A. Williams testified to finding sev eral beer bottles in Mrs. Johnson's room after she had gone. Miss Frances Roee, a nurse, testified that iMrs. Johnson's ankle was apparent ly in a normal condition and wa not swollen, and that the supposedly injured woman did not deside to have the medi cine dropped in her eye at Yacolt. The medicine was left by the doctor for that purpose. Conductor Lemon, who was in charge of the train on which the alleged in juries were received, the first witness, told of assisting the woman and said that when she complained of an in jured ankla as the result .of. the ac- v. . . . ... :w MR. AKD MRS. MILTON M. BULL. Milton M. Bull and Miss Emma Flitcroft were, on April 10, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. "Flitcroft, 1532 Oat man street, united in marriage by Rev. J. Bowersox. The groom was formerly of Chicago, where he practiced dent istry, and was also two years in this city. The bride Is well known in Portland and at North Bend, Coos Bay, where she served two years as postmistress. On May 1 they will be at home at Eugene, where Dr. Bull has his dental parlors. dent, he pulled the ankle into- place while three men held her. o Evidence of Fain Shown. He stated that the woman showed no evidence of pain at- that time. She told him of her wealth and the fact that she was a widow from Calgary, Alberta. With her was a small babe. After she had left the train and made settlement he found a handkerchief in the seat she had occupied and shaking it out found it contained a red dow- der. Mrs. Johnson had ostensibly been spitting blood. He also said there was no jolt of the train, as claimed by the woman, that could have caused her fall. W. Wiggins, a Portland timber dealer. a. passenger on the train, also testified to the fact that no jolt of the train occurred that could have caused the woman to fall. Dr. S. T. McMyrtle. a physician who had been called, said that the only evi dence he had of the woman's injuries was her statements. She refused to per mit him to make an examination and would not allow him to administer chloro form to ease her pain. Her eye was dilated, but otherwise he saw no evidence of injuries. ' PURE-FOOD LAW VIOLATED Acme Mills Company, of Portland, Fined in Two Cases. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU," Wash ington, jpril 26. The Acme Mills Com pany, of Portland, has, a. second time, been placed on Dr. Wiley's pure food law blacklist, this time for selling mis branded flour. In. addition to paying fines of $25 each on two .cases of viola tion of the law, this company is now advertised, as selling misbranded "Gluten Flour" and "Gluten Farina." Not long since the company was convicted of sell ing other cereals in violation of the pure food law. In exploiting the latest con viction of the Acme Mills Company, Dr. Wiley, in a public circular, says: On or about February 14, 100S, the Acme Mills Company, of Portland, shipped from Oregon to California a consignment of a food product labeled "Gluten Farina" and on or about November 20. 1908, - said com pany shipped from Oregon to Washington a consignment of a food product known a "Gluten Flour." Samples from these ship ments were procured and analyzed by tha Bureau of Chemistry, United States Depart ment of Agriculture, and as the findings of the analysis and reports thereon Indicated that the products were mlsbranded within the meaning of the food and drugs act of June 80, ttRMi, the Secretary of Agriculture afforded the Acme Mills Company and the dealers from whom the samples were pur chased opportunities for hearings. As It appeared after the hearings heia mat the said Bhipmen-ts were made in violation of the act. the Secretary of Agriculture re ported the facts to the Attorney-General with a statement of the evidence on which to hase a prosecution. In duo course criminal informations were filed in the District Court of the United States for the District of Oregon, charging the above shipments, and that the products were mlsbranded within the meanlnar of the act. in that they were brand ed in a manner calculated and intended to represent to in tending purchasers that gluten was the principal ingredient and constituent thereof, whereas in truth said food products con tained but a very small percentage of nitro genous matter and did not contain sufficient nitrogenous or glutinous properties to en title them to the name gluten end did not contain more gluten than is found in ordi nary whole wheat flour. On February IS, 110, said defendant entered a plea of guilty to each informa tion and the court imposed upon It in each case a fine of $25 GOAT VS. LION AS MASCOT Columbia University All Torn Up Over Momentous Question. NEW YORK, April 26. The rampant lion which the Columbia Alumni Asso ciation adopted as the official mascot of the university, has a hard figrht ahead of him if he is to hold a place In the intercollegrlate menagerie as a representative of Columbia, for those of the alumni who didn't select the lion, the Columbia Alumni News and practically all the undergraduates have it In for Mr. Leo Golumblae. The Hon Is hailed as a tendency toward monarchism and as an Insult to the men who fought in the battle of Har lem Heights in the Revolutioa, on, the very land on which Columbia now stands. And the News sets forth the claim of the Harlem goat, which It says has a far better right to be Co lumbia's mascot than the lion or any other animal. Some back the Amer ican eagle, too. Student sentiment is strongly op posed to the adoption of the lion by the alumni and the Spectator, in a vigorous editorial, said yesterday that the lion passed out of Columbia's his tory even before Columbia began as Columbia, and that it would be as well to change the name back to King's College as to hold on to the lion. Twenty years agro the New York Post office issued money orders to the value of 101.334.17i. and during tha last year their value was- 423.W3.860. x S J APAGHES ARE BOLD Crime In Paris Is on Increase and Remedy Is Sought. LAX LAWS ARE BLAMED Prefect of Police Says Humanitar ian Methods Are Cause of Pres ent Conditions Would Deal Sternly With Culprits. PARIS, April 16. (Special.) M. Le pine. the Prefect of Police, has de livered a vigorous , speech In the Mu nicipal Council giving expression to the growing apprehensions of the popula tion of Paris with regard to the in creasing, insolence of the army of Apaches who frequent certain quarters. One of the consequences of the im provement of the old quarters between the Place Maubert, the Church of Saint Severin and the river has been the ex pulsion of numbers of vagabonds and ruffians from their rookerfes. They have taken refuge in the narrow streets of the Saint Merri Quarter, where they haunt the low-class lodging-houses and bars of the Rue Quincampoix and the Rue Aubry-le-Boucher. It is one of the sights of Paris to stroll through these once famous thoroughfares near the Central mar kets, where formerly the smart world of Paris thronged the banking estab lishment of the great Law, and to count the dens where the most dis reputable characters of both sexes may be seen loafing, playing at dice or planning a coup for nightfall. There are 240 lodging-houses in the streets mentioned, and their keepers often act in collusion with their clients. The Intimacy is such that it is no uncom mon thing for an apache, on going out for a stroll in the quarter to leave his entire burglar's kit or his revolver with the innkeeper. For the women the' beer shop, said M. Lepine. was a sacred asylum. The Prefect of Police ex pressed his skepticism as to the utility of raids the wholesale arrest in the streets, at a given moment, of potential Jail-birds. They were no sooner ar rested than they were released. He added: "The humanitarian movement which for some years has been prevalent in France, is now beginning to produce a certain effect. The first offenders' act of M. Berenger, the method of condi tional liberation, the too frequent pas sage of amnesty bills all these causes simply tend to increase the number of apaches and to frustrate the task of the Prefect of Police. The arrest en masse of suspected individuals of both sexes constitutes a mere palliative, the large majority of the persons taken into custody being vagabonds. The remedy for the present evil would be a vigorous movement on the part of public opinion so as to secure the intim idation of the apaches by the action of the police." M. Lepine asked the Municipal Coun cil to grant an increase in the Paris police force. He concluded his appeal as follows: "Excessive philanthropy is dangerous. If Paris Is not protected It will become a haunt of cut-throats." His words would seem to have im pressed the Municipal Council, for It adopted by 53 to 12 a measure for the Immediate Increase of the police force by 160 men. - CORN HURTS CONSCIENCE Man- Stole 1 8 Bushels Long Ago, but Makes Restitution. TOPEKA, Kan., April 26. Conseience stricken after 23 yeara because he cheated Governor Stubbs of Kansas out of 18 bushels of corn worth $9, an Orange Coun ty farmer Is preparing to make cash res. tltution. The Governor contracted for several hundred bushels of the grain, and the farmer, believing Stubbs would not measure it, kept out the amount men tioned. The farmer has mailed a note to Gov ernor Stubbs for J29.70, for principal and Interest at 10 per cent. He said that he would have met the obligation in cash but that two crop failures had made this Im possible at present. Sixty-five hundred inventors were too poor to make final payments on their papers dur ing the last year, and tor this reason for feited them. TRIAL IS SET FOR FRIDAY Confessed Murderer of Mother-ln-law, Broken by Strain, Fears He Is Going; Mad Tells of His Life After Getting Married. TAOOMA, Avash.. April 26. (Special.) Airected by the pitiful plea of Charles J. W'ezler.' in Jail accused of the murder of his mother-in-law; Mrs. Krederika Schulz, that he had not seen Iris children for a year. Judge Chapman made an order that the children be brought to the Jail to' see their father. Wezler was arraigned this afternoon charged with murder In the first degree. In sqite of the fact that he had made a confession, he entered a plea of not guilty in accordance with the statute, and hie trial was set for next Friday. The strain he has been under has left its mark on Wezler. and he appears1 DroKen and nervous. After his examina tion, as he took his seat he cried nervously: "I'm willing to die; I'm ready to die; I'm going to die; I'm going mad." Children to Be Taken to Jail. When the. affidavit, was presented. Judge Chapman issued an order to the Sheriff to bring Wezler's two children, Leona, aged 6, and Charles, aged 4. no matter where they may be. to see the prisoner at 11 A. M. tomorrow and every forenoon until further order of the court. Following arraignment, Wezler talked freely with newspaper men, frequently breaking Into sobs. "Boys, I'd rather go ' to the gallows tomorrow morning than know I had to live through the kind of a life I've had during the past year. ' It's been hell and nobody will know Just what I've suf fered," he said chokingly. "Several years ago I met Luise "Wez ler, then Mrs. Sampson, at a dance in Tacoma. Then it was another dance, and then more. I finally got a chance to go to Vancouver, B. C, and told her I was going to leave. How He Fell in Love With Wife. "I had no intention of marrying her then and intended to go away without her. She begged me to wait another week and take her with me. I told her several times I did not Intend to marry her. but we eloped- "Sampson got a divorce and we lived together very happily for awhile. I held a good position as manager of the King's Hotel bar and In a few months I bought a little home at 617 Gove street, and everything went well until our baby died. I had saved between $700 and $800 but the sickness took It all. "Then I got a Job in Seattle as man ager of the Pacific &Puget Sound Bot tling Works. We went to Seattle in 1904, and that was the beginning. I earned about $160 a month and spent .It all trying to make Louise happy. My father died and let me $3700 and every cent of that was spent on1 my family. Wife's Visits to Parents Begin. "While we were In Vancouver my wife did not have a chance to visit her parents often. After we went to Seattle, In 1904, she carte over to Tacoma two or three times a week. I saw how It was going. I always knew when I was In the pres ence of the Schultz family that I was not wanted. Mrs. Schultz frequently told me that I shouldn't have married Louise, as we were not well mated. I determined, for the sake of my children, not to let It worry me. "Khen she went to visit her folks, in stead of keeping her word and coming back the same day, she often stayed two or three days. I noticed the difference every time she came back. She would be cross and disagreeable. Life Void AVithout Children. "I knew her folks were Influencing her aaginst me, but what could I do? I Just for my children. We were happy all right in. Vancouver. In Seattla the change began that finally ended In divorce. "Then they wouldn't let me see my chidren at all, and life was a dull void, a hell on earth. I tried to live for my children, but I have suffered all the agonies of hell In the last year. No one will ever know what I endured. "They wouldn't let me see them, oh, my God, my God; they wouldn't let me see my children, and I I." Wezler broke down In' a flood of pitiful sobs, utterly unable to speak another word. Greatly affected, the newspaper men left him. FURNISHING OF SEAMEN Proposal to Empower Shipping Mas ter to Charge Owner Fee. PORTLAND. April 24. (To the Editor.) I note an editorial in The Oregonlan of today speaking of scarcity of seamen at this port at the present time. etc.. and that it now would be an excellent time - for the theoretical reformers who believe, the sailor boarding-house man can be dispensed with, to "rustle" and get the men. If the crimps now operating Jn furnish ing seamen could be dispensed with, the harbor would gain and so would the owners of tonnage, and sea men, because there is no system in their work, and their charges are exorbitant both against owners of ton nage and seamen. Their practice now is, when they want men, to run around in the North End persuading Tom, Dick and Harry to go along, and when, in a rare In stance, one man consents, they bring him to their boarding-house, which, I under stand 'they are now operating without the license required by state law. In this way they gather men like cattle In a hog pen. When the time comes to ship these men the owner is -charged with $30 blood money and the sailor with one month's advance but not for board. The crimps coul not do this now, as they are not licensed, so the men get board free of charge. It Is now a charitable institution. In the allotment note the amount charged to seamen is gen erally one month's advance, and for this amount the seaman expects to receive cloth ing. Under this system, no wonder the sailors are scarce and hard to obtain through the crimps. It has been proposed and submitted for consideration and action by the "theoretical reformers both to the Legislature and the Chamber of Commerce, . that a shipping master with an established office ought to be appointed, to charge a fee, from the owner, of $10 for each man furnished, but no advance from the sailor. This would entirely do away with the present curb stone business of $.10 blood money from the owner and one month's advance from the sailor. The Norwegian tonnage shipped in this port in 390 showed 68 men. The to tal advance was $405.59, an average of $4.77 per' man. This is Again conclusive proof that sailors, as a rule, do not need a month's advance when they are free to conduct their own business. ENDRE N. CEDERBERGH. Dayton Oddfellows Rejoice. DAYTON, Wash., April 26. Spe cial.) Over. 200 Oddfellows partici pated In ceremonies today in observ ance of the 91st anniversary of the founding of the order. Headed by the A New Shipment Frost Alarm Th erm o ran e t er s Will Save Your Fruit Set the alarm to ring at any tempera ture you like and the bell will ring in your house, right beside your bed, giv ing you plenty of time to get out and start your smudge pots before the frost has developed. Frost .Alarm Thermometers have saved the fruit in hundreds of orchards this year. Come in and see them or write for inf orma-tion. AGENTS CROSS GLOVES Starbuck Band, a parade formed at Oddfellows' Temple and marched to Codman's Park, where an address was ifiven. by Rev. C. O. Kimble, of Spo kane. .Tonight a ball is In progress and a banquet will be served at Its conclusion. STATE PHARMACY LAW Doubt If a Physician Can Legally Run His Own Drug Store. MS1KRIL,I, Or.. April 23. (To the Editor.) Under the heading. "Merrill Drug gist in Tow," a news report appears In The Oregonian of April 19 referring to the al leged violation of the pharmacy law by Drs. John G. and Alex Patterson. That any law has been violated has not yet been proved, although I invited Mr. Huntley, secretary of the board, to come to Merrill at my ex pense and prefer charges. A Dromlnent attorney said to me a snort time ago: "The law is cranky on the point as to whether a physician has the right to conduct his own drugstore." The law dis tinctly extends considerable latitude to the physician and surgeon in the dispensing of drugs, and as every Intelligent person knows that this is the vital point In the manage ment of every well regulated pharmacy, it Is difficult to understand why a graduate in medicine should be compelled to secure a license to conduct a drugstore In a town too small to support a competent graduate in pharmacy. We have no desire to run counter to any law, and rather than leave the matter an open question, it was long ago decided that one of us should comply with the letter of the law and secure a license. With this end In view, correspondence was opened by us with the Pharmacy Board about one year ago. but circumstances too tedious to relate have, so far, prevented a definite re sult. In view of the tact that we might be too busy to take the June examination, I proposed that Mr. Huntley examine either one or both of us before his return home. He Informed me that he had no authority to do so, but expressed himself satisfied as to our Qualifications. Every physician well knows what it means to be his own pharmacist, but necessity often compels him to conduct bis own little pharmacy, rather than trust to the incom petence and dishonesty of some one who may be willing to open a drugstore In a small community for purposes other than that for which a pharmacy is intended. AtKX PATTERSON. M. T. NATIONAL HEALTH BUREAU Portland- Ih ysicians I ndorse tlie Owen Bill, In Congress. PORTLAND, April 2. CTo the Editor.) At the meetln of the Portland City and. County Medical Society, held In this city last Wednesday, the following resolution was read : Whereas. Senate bill 04 of the United States Senate, known as the Owens bill, and which provides for a National department of health, has been written In the interest of humanity, and will, by its passage, confer a boon on the citizens-of the United States, be It resolved: pirt That the City and County Medical Society of Portland, which consists of 200 of the representative medical men and women of Multnomah County, indorses the said bill and urges its passage by Congress. Second That the City and County Med ical Society of Portland earnestly requests the Oregon Senators and Representatives in Congress, Messrs. Bourne, Chamberlain, El lis and Hawley, to work and vote for the said bill and leave nothing undone that will aid in its passage Third That a record of these resolutions be spread, upon the minutes of the City and County Medical Society of Portland and a copy thereof be mailed at once to each of the Oregon delegation named. Fourth That this be an emergency meas ure and that action be taken at onoe. , On motion duly put, seconded and unani mously carried, the secretary of this society was instructed to forward a copy of this resolution and the vote of the society upon it, to the Senators and Representatives from the State of Oregon, with the request that they use their Influence for the passage of this bill. GEO ROE S. WHITESIDE. Secretary City and County Medical Society. IRRIGATED FARMS TAKEN TJmatilla Project Provided New Homes for 1 5 in March. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, April 38. Fifteen new settlers took up homes on the Umatilla Irriga Neck Pins, Breast Pins, Hair Pins, Side Combs, Back Combs NO TWO ALIKE AND FIRST DISPLAY IN TOWN the beauty and distinctiveness of de sign is astonishing. Heretofore it has been impossible ito get novelty jewelry of this class in the West at any price, and you will be agreeably surprised at the low prices asked for these beautiful articles. of Long Switches Direct From New York Stationery Section Specials for Today Oswego Lawn Letter Paper and Envelopes ..17 Portland Scenic Souvenir Booklet at 15 Aseptic Paper Drinking Cups, 3 for 10 Stenographers' Loose Leaf Note Book 25 Pig Banks, take all coins, on sale for 10 Woodlark Photo Paste from 10 to oO 100 Paper Napkins, our sale price only 15 36 feet Waxed Paper, 1 foot wide, for 5 $1.75 Post Card Album, our sale price ?)7 300-card Post Card Album on sale for 32 200-card Post Card Album on oale for 21 150-card Post Hard Album on sale for 11 60 Rose Festival Envelopes, our price 23 Our Prescription Department is one of the best equipped in the United States. Our drugs are all bought direct, in suiing absolute freshness. And we save, you from 25 io 50 per cent. These facts are worth consider ing on your next prescription. Woodard, Clarke & , Canadian Money Taken at Full Value. tion project, Oregon, during March. Of the third unit, opened to settlement Feb ruary 10. but 25 farms remain untenanted. For 2S days during March the tempera ture was above 60. degrees. Grains and ajfalfa made rapid growth and the peach and apricot trees were quite generally in bloom by the 20th of the month. About 42,000 acre-feet of water are now"' avail able in the reservoir and the distribution system has been tried out and i ready for operation. Tickled Salmon to Be Kxportcd. ASTORIA. ' Or.. April 2. (Special.1 A LINIMENT FOR EXTERNAL. USE. Baby's coming will be a time of rejoicing, and not of apprehension and fear, if Mother's Friend is used by the expectant mother in preparation of the event. This is not a medicine to be taken internally, but a liniment to be applied to the body, to assist nature in the necessary physical changes of the system. Mother's Friend is composed of oils and medicines which prepare the muscles and tendons for the unusual strain, render the ligaments supple and elastic, aids in expanding the skin and flesh fibres, and strengthens all the membranes and tissues. It lessens the pain and danger at the crisis, and assures future health to the mother. Mother's Friend is sold at drug stores. Write for our free book con taining valuable information for expectant mothers. THE BRADFIELD CO., ATLANTA, GA. Beware of Deadly Uric Acid Poison. When There Is Uric Acid in Your System That Means a Very Dangerous Condition. A great many people do not know what uric acid is. It is one of the dead liest poisons that can exist in the human system. And it cannot exist long- in the human system, without very serious consequences resulting-. These conse quences often terminate in death if neglected. The kidneys and bladder are depended upon to expel uric acid from the human system. That is their business. When the kidneys and bladder are Bound and healthy, and in good work ing' order, they (with the assistance of the liver) will effectually operate to keep the system free from this uric acid poison. But if the kidneys, blad der and liver are sick, over-worked, exhausted, and diseased, they cannot ex pel the uric acid. Then the system be comes charged and over-loaded with this deadly poison and the immediate results are: foul and impure blood, ex treme nervousness, and somet'mes total mental break-down, lame and aching back and groins, rheumatism, gout, lumbago, deposits of stone and gravel In the bladder, and, later if neglec ted painful and inourable or fatal DeWitt's Kidney .and Bladder Pills are a genuinely good and the depend able remedy for all weak, debilitated, and diseased conditions of the kidney, bladder and liver. They act directly and at once upon these organs, and by their especially cleansing, nealing, an tiseptic and curative action, speedily put them into sound, active and healthy condition again. Thousands of persons have taken these Pills for diseases of the kidneys and bladder and in no This elegant assortment of European Novelty Jewelry came in from New York City by express and a paTt of the shipment is now on display in our Washington-street window. Every ar ticle is exclusive not a duplicate and WE DO PICTURE -FRAMING B. Hansen, of the Columbia Salmon Im port Company, of Copenhagen, is in the city purchasing pickled salmon for export to the company which he represents, and of which he is part owner. He will re main here during the fishing season, or until such time as ho makes sufficient contracts for the number of tierces that There recently arrived from Norfolk, V., a cargo of 300.000 feet of hard pine to be used in the pier and other public works at Port "Wade. Work on these is being pushe'i. It is not often that such a cargo comes to Nova Scotia from the United States. single instance have they, so far as known, failed to produce permanently beneficial and satisfactory results. For instance, Mr. Jacob Forret of Preston, Iowa, writes: "I am happy to state that I had almost immediate relief". E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago, 111., want every man and woman who have the least suspicion that they are afflic ted with kidney and bladder diseases to at once write them, and a trial box or tnese fins win De sent free return mail postpaid. Do it to-day. by mm