THE MOSSING OBEGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY SO l0o.
ONE OF BEST CITIES
COURT FOR BOYS
Y. M. C. A. Spreads ihe Fame
of Portland.
Portland . May Have Special
Judge for Juveniles, i
ISSUES ARTISTIC BOOKLET
TO REPROVE, NOT PUNISH
tUUtUa Arc Given to Show That
Merc Hemes Are Rented and
Owned Here Than In Any
, Other Northwest City.
Bill Before Legislature Places Re
sponsibility for a Child's Evil Con
. duct ftot on His Own, but on
His Parents' Shoulders.
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Homes in Cities of Pacific Northwest.
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Schools.
Tb.t lH fies e tke racsfir Xwtb-
ic jfewteeBtljr faxr4 xd the feet
cited that (Mi la a 4piirt&eM f r
ci.t life where pHHe have bwrm
JfcJXeJjr eHcateatetf. a4 wltleh the
rex!'- ka 1b writ ad minister ta
thr tatreC f oett4y rtlnd Aead
iej St Jletaac liall. NewtU. JUvor
1ew asd J&N MUttary Aadie and
olBBtbU. UnJrentty axe ai?nliuol a
f d iastHutle&a of Inaminc aad the
r jbllc ebe m&xit-m of 1'orllfi.Rd c1-en
reat -rcdt.
Churches.
J a Anfrla, Lae home the aoboel
aad thn church have always be re
eiraixed aa the three treat oeterviBK'
rroc eC 9olety. The esc that mere
Hums aay other dtaplays the Uberal ad
patU- fArit on hehalf of the oitlzo.
is hewn by tha niusber aad ataeunt
c saavy laveated la the ohorohea. far
In th.m oauBtrr these edifices repreaeat
a volaataxy tft ea the part of lhoe
ttho provide them. rertland afeads
jr -foint-nllT in tae Nerthueat aad oa
the radar Coat as the city T roacr
- .ffrn' chrohea aad vtora reMjcl
C3 life. Uvea ta She Kat. where -r.ty
is sappoaed to he more settled
and ad'as)ced. there are few cities f
the stxe ef Pe-rtlasd where church Ufe
: nore active. The foHewiac tat!e
hos the eoBditlea 1b the cttics of the
Jiorlhwe!:
Churches In Northwest Compared.
Only rhsrchc with batMtairs of thwir
own plven.
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f-oraMl pMUMhtoav has pratnded a j od view of the prominent churches.
aaaiir of heioful AjwoSet. Ul vahools and pabMc bundings of the city
rud b im wahVla. in socu a rash book t ore coutnlned la the boeklet. tagether with
IK to eaa apeak of at of timm. but j laterior vie of tbe AroolaU haiid
"tt fwhowtog wer-knoB laonHuttocte are I lug with classes at work, aad h few of
a redlt ta th t ; thr handeome homes of Portland. The
Et Lnrcus HostdU' 3oy SaautlUn bHl; tc taken as a whole a credit to tho
Hntaj IWiUad Sanitarium, Bos and ; X C A aad to Portland.
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A orcaMzatlOM that has Hot yet heea
prei4d nWh a bwHcMwg of tu own. bat
doubtlraHi wM he 1h thr r fwture. Is
the Yoaoj; WwmeM's ChrhtiaN AaMeta
tlea. This kKull W dtoc a lan: ad
Meceafoi work fr the yeoiic women of
the etty. fKrtally thae worktos ia
4r. oillrea aad factorieii.
Ne cMy ta the tumrH hM a bettor owal
Uy of H-aier than that tro-Med by the
sfatera laMatted la IMm rity tome lea
years or. Another feature that dteplayig
jHibMr eoterprhte aod teod to ROd rae
rate he the eoBditlea of the Mreete. A
taMe of the reot laii; of the ctUo of
the Nerthwot Is stvea below:
Street Paving.
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Total Cttj g.oj M.95
Portland Y. M. b7X
The reaaarkahle de'elepmMt af the T.
M. C A. la the past tea yearn i ther
occhty rniewed. In eight yeans two
hwWJjnas have been erected, the present
oae ! if i-erefy tetrted hw to capacity.
The Bimbra4p ha grown from a small
ijroua of men ta 1C0O nMmhors. carrying
on a hundred different linos of wort;, with
K peapie sluing theh entire time to the
sdeUolstrattoa of the activities, while
others are need Jor part time as inatruet
on. The Ave piiaetpal departments of
the ajModattoR work are the physical,
cdocatlaaal. rvMgioa. social and eater
talBraeot. aad boy'. An etnptaytneiii and
advitoo' department Is abw nwiatained
with a paid secretary. Tables show in
detail th work that is btg aecera
phi4rd In regard to the admtntotratioH
"of a poMie enterprise reooiriag IKrXOW
during fcXft." ht jutid:
The MiMwaMM of the Portland Young
Men's Cnrtotioa AeoeUtia le in the
hands of mil ranm rulli. Lunlrmn
' who have rath-r soaght to reotrain work
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tho fmr it dwiag the last two or three
' v-li i e opportunities and repon
JA ' sSbltWes premoted haw ewmpelted tem
to try ad take care of the work that lata
- come to f hem. They bow believe that
i AarUitla has rearlid a time wUen
! things mart take pktee: either
the debt, whtah amoaats ta ahowt $09.00.
Bat be poM at once and the endowment
provided ar by the Ilea. ii. W. Corbett's
heuov oecatred. or the work wilt have to
b col down aad serioaely hampered. It
U as beneved that the citizen af Port
land arc ready 1 have the letter done.
Oa iKtge XI a statement la made ef the
amount of the debt, aad the conditions
conlaaatid la Han H U carbotTs will
tpaec Ki show that to pay the debt and
rrave the endon'meat af rS.tvVi. at least
hJ0,i0l tM have to be raised. Against
Una there can be placed Mr. Corbett's
bwmiat. araoantiatg te VJfJ making it
aocosoao' ta secure only 176.00) in new
o8Cripaatw. o as ta wipe out evr-o
aewt of debt and pravMe the AsvoriatloH
h a permanent endowment of J75.(n.O.
TMs would pioce the orgaHizatloR oa a
where It would bo
a poiddoa to do a mat effective work.
aad
aliH put the Aaeeeiatian ia
nor to reoette adaitisaal endowBient to
tSCXt) okSoad th onotauti' pro win work la
.. ... t sM dopartmoMs.
j ruun4R acv the ant V awtociattoas in
jV,, ' Aasanhm hi BHih oiudr oaroHment. ar
i ra d. aocoruhsg to the awenber of sta
at vti aes:
, DUTerent Different
A war a- muaeais Asoc n students.
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lorUad caads tdxtli la "cities having
tWr kiroeM numluT lafrimat xu.ti.nt
m thehr aMMriation educational classes.
the auaabertng MfL la a comparative
Csoemout showing mombership of 30 larg
est hojrs departments in America. Port
load h eurhth b-r aembershio beiae 417.
. Ths tables iactude the htrgeot cities of
the eonatiy. Much other laterestiag sta-
tlictcol hworntauoa is given, aad the en
dowmoM planned for M the wttl of the
fctt Hob H. W torhett explained. Hasd-
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MKV OF THE GOVERNMENT BCILU1NGS NOW BEING ERECTED AT TILE
IT MAY BE MURDER
Mystery Surrounds Death of
John W. Cummins,
WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS
1
Searchers Discover Him on Street,
and He Is Removed to His Home,
Where He Dies Without
Regaining Consciousness.
llyjitccy surrounds the death of John W.
Cummins, who was found unconscious on
the corner of Oxford street and Union
avenue by a search party at daybreak
yesterday morning, and died at his home.
Oxford street, at 11 o'clock, without
recovering consciousness.
No plausible explanation of his death
has yet been given. There were no marks
about his body to show violence, he was
not Intoxicated, and the immediate cause
of his death Is not bolleved by attending
physicians to have been heart failure.
That he had been knocked down and
left unconscious by thugs was the first ex
planation that occurred to tho search
party when he was found lying on the
sidewalk yesterday morning, and this be
lief is still worthy of credence, as he had
left home to collect some money, and he
bad none on his person when found. No
one who paid him anything was found
yesterday, however. It is not known
whether he had any money with him
when he left home.
When it was found, however, that ho
had no bruise or contusion upon his head
or body, the theory of robbery was set
aside by the search party as having no
probability, and the case was not reported
to the police.
The death was so uncommon and inex
plicable, however, that there Is a certain
credence that he was knocked unconscious
by some trick known to science, such as
the Japanese teach in their Jiu-jitsu moth
ods of wrestling.
Dr. Charles Billington. who was called
to attend Cummings when removed to his
house, said last night:
"The immediate cause of his death was
exposure and the after-effects of a shock
which was received In some manner unex
plained. It is possible that he bad a sud
den attack of heart failure, but I do not
believe that he had been drinking. The
MADAME ME LB A AfTRlVES
Famous Prima Donna Spends Sunday
in Walking About Portland's Streets
I only information obtainable as to
the location of Madame Melba's
. , ... . !., i
Prix ate car-seemed a bit Indefinite, and
the Innumerable Pullmans which filled
this yard 1h long rows seemed worse than
a Chinese puzzle, but I wandered about,
crefing from track to track, always on
the lookout for a car marked with that
fascinating word "private." until all of a
sudden well. I stepped to listen. On the
ouiet ef the Sunday air a note and such
a high note, too came trilling and swell
ing late space, so round, so true, that It
seemed the king of all nightingales must
be near. Again -and again It trilled, and
finally hroke Into the beautiful apd famil
iar strains of Tostl's "Good-bye. The
fact that the wind blew bleak and that
the big coach yard full of. empty cars
was a lonely place to be alone, mattered
not as long as that magnificent. God-given
voice filled tbe great space with its flute
Hke tones. When they finally died away
I was more determined that ever to see
the singer, and was soon in ber gracious
presence.
Just a Bit of Practice.
"Oh. It was nothing Just a bit of prac
tice, you know." said a genial, womanly
woman, who talked with a broad English
accent and looked the personification of
good nature and common sense. It was
tbe great diva whom I had almost feared
to meet, and to find her so charming, so
natural, and so wllliruf to talk, came near
banishing professional duties.
"You would rather 'expect to find me
draed at this time of the day, would you
not" I Just returned from a walk about
your pretty Portland, so you must ex
cuse my walking gown. Walk much? Oh,
yes I siweya make af least three miles
Immediate cause of his death is all that
Is clear to mc."
From the position in which Cummins lay
when found yesterday morning it was
thought that he had attempted to rise, but
lmd fallen back. He had been lying many
hours before he was found, as It was
during the early part of Saturday evenins
when he left home. The search party
was not instituted till some hours later,
and the body was not found till the night
had passed.
Cummins, who was 1 years old. is sur
vived by a widow and two children.
SHERIFF RAIDS POKER GAME
j Blazier's Resort on First Street Found
Guarded by Iron Doprs.
Sheriff Word raided the saloon of John
K. Blazier at 245 First street last night
and found six card tables and .mattered
chips, but the garr.blers, who had three
stout doors between them and the Sheriff.
eoaied bcfoio he Cutd breuk In.
"The doors were' like thoso used by
gambling-houses in Chinatown." said
SherifT Word, after the raiil, "and we had
difficulty In breaking them. They wore
about two nnd a half Inches thick and
bound at top and bottom by iron strips.
Wo cut our way through three of them
to the third floor of the building and
found the tables, but not the men.
"When we" first entered, we hoped to
catch gamblers at a table on the ground
floor, but the lookout had apparently
given the tip and all the uuarry escaped
us. We came pretty closo to the fel
lows on the third floor, however. a they
believed we would not be able to pene
trate to them. There must have been 50
men there.
"If Blazier does not stop the gambling
in his saloon. I will close him up as I did
with the Portland Club." concluded the
Sheriff. "I have been after him before,
and I have warned him not to allow any
more gambling' to go on."
Deputy Sheriff Parrott was left in
charge of the rnid-Jd saloon for the night.
Nine deputies in all made the raid with
the Sheriff.
Has Completed Smelter.
Charles L. Tutt. of Colorado Springs. Is
nt the Portland, and will remain In the
city for a few days. Mr. Tutt Ls a cap
italist, and Is Interested in the construc
tion of a smelter near Jacksonville, which
has been tinder construction for some
time, and which Is now ready for opera
tion. Mr. Tutt has spent a great deal nt
money in ' installing his smelting plant,
and expects that it will do much toward
opening the Interior districts around
Jacksonville.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Baby Is Cutting Teeth.
B cure and use that cM and well.trlsd rcsiedr.
Mrs. WtnsIows Soothing Syrup, for children
teething. It soothes the child, softens the sumi.
allij-s alt pain, core wlsd colic end diarrhoea.
each day, and frequently more. I like it
In fact I could not get along without my
walks. Today I made three, maybe four
, mues. ana n was line; inis aiiernoon l
sha drfv but ,f Vxrm tQ aJng tQnght
I should keep more quiet.
Praises the Mountains.
"What a great country you Westerners
have out here. and. how I love the moun
tains. Somehow it reminds me of my own
Australia, and I never tire of looking at
the snowy peaks and the rugged green
ranges. Its inspiring, too, don't you
know? Yesterday as we traveled toward
this city I sang long after my regular
practice hours, just from pure love of
It all."
We chatted about-Inconsequential things.
but her graclousness was ever apparent
and she has the charm of showing Interest
In all conversation. In her comfortable.
up-to-date car. Madam Melba lives like a
queen, surrounded by a small colony of
servants and a few friends. Mile. Sassoli,
the Italian harpist whom Madam took
under her patronage in Florence some
years ago. Is still with her. and quite a
favorite with the great soprano. Two
maids and three men-servants make up
her retinue, and life is made easy for the
woman whose wonderful endowmen of
voice carries Joy to thousands of hearts
every tune she sings.
"Do you ever feel the enormity of the
privilege given you to be empowered to
make so many people happy?" I asked
her.
Oh, I do! I do!" she exclaimed, eag
erly. "o one ever thinks to ask me
that. But to sway an audience, to make
them wild with Joy and ccstacy. some
times awes mc, and I feci that some un
seen power is working through me as Its
Instrument to make people's hearts good
and pure ii. M.
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION.
STRIFE FOR S0L0N8
Oregon Lawmakers to Strain
Sinews This Week.
LOCAL OPTION TO - COME UP
Constitutional Convention Will Be
Lively Issue, Also County Attor
neys and Protection of For
ests Against Fire.
From present appearance, the Oregon
Legislators will continue in session the
full iO daysi for whlch the Constitution
allows each 1 member f3 per diem. Half
of the 10 days have sped, and only two
Important bills have passed both houses.
If the session shall ond February 17
the 10th day probably no new bills will
be introduced after February 7, for both
houses have adopted resolutions to shut
out new measures during the last ten
days.
Both houses will meet again at Salem
today.
o really big fights have yet broken
out in either house, and toil and trouble
have been confined to such House and
Senate, committees such as those on
counties, which have killed Jefferson or
Xesmlth County and boosted Cascade:
those on irrigation, which are wrestling
with the proposed new code of the State
Irrigation Commission: thoso on public
lands, which have been sweating over
protection of forests against fire: those
on railroads, which tolled over the 11
hour bill, afterward put to sleep, and
are now working on the bill to tax ex
press, telephone and telegraph compa
nies: those on fisheries, which have felt
the grind between Upper and Lower Co
lumbia River Interests: those on "judi
ciary, which have been tussling with
the question of a constitutional conven
tion; those on mining, which have been
striving to devise ways to lift from min
ing companies the burden of the corpo
ration tax; those on game, which have
been staggering under a big load of
bills, and those on ways and means,
which have been confronted chiefly with
normal school problems.
Strife May Break Out.
But this week strife threatens to break
out In many pjaces, chiefly over bills on
the following subjects:
To amend the local option act.
To protect forests against fire.
To call a constitutional convention.
To make gambling a. felony.- A
To provide for County Prosecuting At
torneys. To tax the gross earnings of express,
telephone and telegraph companies.
To abolish Cwo or three of the four
normal schools.
To turn the Interest accruing from de
posits of state moneys from the State
Treasurer Into the State Treasury.
To prohibit back doors In saloons.
To establish a board of control for man
agement of state Institutions.
To create Cascade County, with Hood
River as the county seat.
To exempt mining companies from the
corporation tax. .
To punish wlfebeaters with flogging.
To create the office of State Examiner.
To raise the age of consent to 18 years.
to tax migratory livestock.
To appropriate $12,500 for the Oresron
Historical Society, $23,000 for Improvement
or tne Willamette and JH.500 for a Gov
ernor's raarfslon.
But Two Important Bills Passed.
Tne only two important bills passed
both houses are one to cede lake lands in
Klamath and Lake Counties to the Na
tlonal Government for Irrigation and one
to appropriate $133,000 for defraying ex
penses of the leglslauve session and pay
Ing claims and deficiencies. The first has
been signed by the Governor, and two
days remain for His Excellency to con
sider the other.
Both houses have passed different bills
to appropriate 515.000" for Indian fighters
Of 15o5-5C
The Senate has passed bills to establish
juvenile courts: to provide for collection
of hunters licenses; to appropriate S25.CO0
for the portage road, and to prohibit
ticket-scalping.
The House has passed bills to appro
priate $23,000 for salmon hatcheries, and
to raise fishery licenses; "to revise the
militia code In conformity with the Na
tlonal Dick law; to create a State Library
Commission; to create a new judicial dis
trict In Eastern Oregon, to pay state offi-
cersflat salaries; to convey Insane pa
tients to the asylum by asylum attend
ants: to appropriate E500 for agricultural
Institutes: to punish men who live on the
earnings of fallen women: and to extend
to all towns the street and sewer bonding
act.
Foremost of interest this week will be
the proposed amendment to the local op
tion act and the proposed constitutional
convention. The latter will be deba'ted in
Joint assembly of the two houses on
Wednesday, and the two bodies may hold
another Joint assembly to consider the
local option amendment. On both ques
tions the Legislature will be closely divided.
CHINESE SALVATIOMST DEAD.
Chun Ky Passes Away at North Pa
cific Sanitorium.
Chun Ky, aged 43. a Chinese member of
the Salvation Army, died yesterday at
the North Pacific Sanitorium.
Ky joined the Sari Francisco Chinese
corps of the Salvation Army some years
ago. and. migrating to Portland, he affil
iated himself with the corps at Third and
Davis streets. He has been an ardent
worker among the Creator's soldiers, and
his death is greatly regretted. The funer
al services will be held today by the Sal
vation Army and tne Chinese Mission, at 2
o'clock, in J. P. FInley & Son's under
taking establishment. 261 Third street.
Chun Jack Chee. brother of Chun Ky.
arrived from Sacramento. Cal., just before
the latter passed away. The remains,
dressed In the hegulation uniform of the
Salvation Army, will be shipped to the
deceased's wife and children hi China.
TONE OF MARKET WEAK.
Bad News From Russia Brings Rush
of Sellers.
LONDON. Jan. 29. The tone of the
stock market was weak in the early days
of last, week, consequent on the bad news
from Russia which, although to some ex
tent discounted, nevertheless brought a
rush of selling by timid holders.
The market in midweek was well recov
ered and continued to improve under gQod
support. Stiength was derived from gold
shipments of this country and an encour
aging bank statement and indications of
cheap money brought new speculative
buying.
Government Land Is Fenced.
LA GRANDE, Or.. Jan. 23. (Special.)
J. H. Alexander, special land inspec
tor, with headquarters at the La
Grande Land Office, has just been in
the Fossil country looking after the
interests of the Government in the
public lands of that section. The re
port comes that many of the fences
surrounding public lands in that neigh
borhood, which were opened by order
of the Government a year ago, were
found by Mr. Alexander to. be rebuilt.
with
you
- in the throat? That means hoarseness, sore
throat, tonsillitis. In the chest? Then bron
chitis, pneumonia, consumption. 1
1 Do not let your cold settle. Break it up ! Drive
1 it out ! Ask your doctor the best medicine for
this. If he says Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, take it
I at once. If he has anything better, take that
3Cade by taa J. C. Arcr Co.. Levotl. 2CM
Also a ic nflwtararm of
AYER'S HAIR TtKHi-TK tie bait.
AYBS'8 SAJaSif ARUXA-For the bleed.
Mnnicipal Judge Hogue. Mrs. .B. H.
Trumbull, of the Child Labor Commission,
and Superintendent Gardner, of "the Boys
and Girls Aid Society, have drafted a
bill which has been presented to the
Legislature, providing for the creating of
juvenile courts in all districts having 1C0.-
000 inhabitants or more. This provision, of
course, limits the establishment of the
courts to Portland for the present, but
they will perhaps spread beyond that limit
as the state grows in population.
The bill, which is indorsed by Governor
Chamberlain and will probably become a
law, provides that In cases where children
of tender years are found violating the
laws of the state the parents or guardians
are to be held responsible and subject to
a fine of not more than $1000. or imprison
ment ia the County Jail for a period not
to exceed one. year, or by both 'fine and
imprisonment at the discretion of the
court.
The bill is created to provide for the
care, control and development of .children
under the age of IS years, and to watch
over and secure their education. It pro
vides that the Judges of the Circuit Courts
In districts having 100.000 or more inhab
itants shall have jurisdiction over all
1 offenses committed by children under the
age of IS years. It provides that any
person having knowledge of a delinquent
child may bring the child to the attention
of the court by filing a petition with the
court, asking that the offenses charged
may be made the subject of investigation.
Probation officers are provided for.
whose duty It shall be to look after aH
children once under the eye of the court:
to see that they have proper care and at
tention and are given an opportunity to
become good citizens through good train
ing. The court is given the power to appoint
guardians or commit children to the care
of suitable societies.
The bill also provides that no child
under the age of 12 may be sent to jail
and also that all children under the age
of 16 must be taken directly before the
Circuit Court, or the court of Juvenile
jurisdiction, and not subjected to trial
in a Municipal or Justice Court-
WORD FROM MONMOUTH.
What the Normal School There Has
Done and Is Doing.
MONMOUTH. Or.. Jan. 27. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonlan of January 26 you
make the statement that no school In Ore
gon Is known for excellence outside of the
state: and that no Normal School In Ore
gon is more than a local high school. Is it
not possible that these statements are too
broad? Here Is our record: The diploma of
the Oregon State Normal School at Mon
mouth is accepted by the school authorities
of the State of Washington on the same
basis as diplomas from their own schoot.
Our diploma and that of the University ot '
Oregon are the only ones; In OwEon tlroi'Sc;
vored, I believe. This is at variance with,
the first statement above.
There are at present, attending the Normal
School, In its normal course, the only course
we have, 101 students from .he following
counties:
Marlon 6! Columbia
.. -4
...It,
Linn
Lane
Douglas ...
Coos
Jackson ...
Lake
Bcnten ...
Lincoln
. 3 Multnomah
Clatsop .1
Wasco ....... .... 1
Gilliam 3
Sherman ... .
.. 1
UiWheeler .......... 1
Morrow- I
Umatilla 2
Tillamook 4
Union ............. 1
Tamhlll IB
Malheur ...... ... t
Polk 641
Clackamas ....... 10)
State of Washington rt
Idaho 1
Washington ....... 6
Of the 64 registered from Polk IS came
from other counties and settled' here solely
to have the benefit of the 'school, and 16
live in and adjacent to the town. We grad
uate about 02 this year. Wc have gradu
ated from this school about 730 teachers.
Some of these are dead; some are married,
and still 63 per cenf of the whole numtjr
Is actively engaged as teachers today. This
seems to us to be at variance with your
second statement. A. C
Petition for Gorky's Release.
BERLIN. Jan. 29. Dr. Theodore Barth.
.editor of the Nation, speaking at the
meeting of llterateurs and artists held
here Saturday night to formulate plans to
secure the release of Maxim Gorky, the
Russian author, who is confined in the
fortress at St- Petersburg, said he hoped
the editors, writera and cultivated persons
in America would petition the Russian
government in Gorky's behalf.
In talking with the Associated Press to
day. Dr. Barth said, if Americans should
decide to do anything. It would be neces
sary for them to act by cable, as Gorky
Is In great danger.
You can rely on Hood3 Sarsaparilla for
every form ot scrofula. It purifies the
blood.
Ache all. over? Feverish? 1
Chilly? Just coming down g
a hard cold? where do
suppose it will settle?
AYBS'S FILLS For ceastiit'e.
AY2&'8 AGUX CURB For raaUxii aad aM.
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