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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1DOT. tl I0L0MTEEH MISSIONARY LIFE Seven Young Men and Four Girls Respond to Appeal of Evangelist Geil. new -vessel will Be named the Europa, and will have accommodation tor 550 first, 350 second cabin and 2000 steerage passengers and a crew of 650 persons. livery feature ever devised tor tne con venience, comfort and entertainment of ocean travelers will be Included in tne plans for the ship. Two novel features will be that of a tennis court on tne upper deck.--and a swimming pool 85 by feet on one of the lower decks. Tne steamer will be 750 feet long, 80 feet beam, and have a displacement of about 4S.O0O tons. SPECTATORS ARE MOVED to Remarkable Scene at White Temple . v Follows Call for Volunteers Aid In Christianizing Savages, Large Audience Present. At the conclusion of the lecture given by 'William E. GeiU. seven young men and four young women stood before the con gregation at the White Temple last night and announced their intention of devoting their lives to mifisionary work. So great was the enthusiasm and so remarkable the scene, that the spectators were all gTeatly moved, and many shed tears. The meeting was one of the largest held in the church for a long time. Fully ioOO people were present, and a great num ber were forced to stand In the aisles or nit on the stairs. The young people who announced their intention of becoming miBsionarles are: orge K. Harris, C. El Bunn, Robert P. Oitiser, Charles Todd, W. H. Kirby, Chester R. Brown. Harry T. Drill, Clara Miller, Anita Pearcy, El.sa SIttel and Slgna A. Stone. They came forward in response to a call by Mr. Geil, who, after a portrayal of 'the life of a missionary, railed for volunteers to give themselves up to God. These volunteers will spend some time in training before they are Bent to any foreign country and it may be a year before they are obliged to leave their homes. Mr. Geil delivered an address on his ex periences in Africa and told a great deal Rbout the pigmies, a wonderful people on th west coast of Africa. Ife paid the highest of tributes to Liv ingston and his work, and said: ' living pton went out in the atmosphere of prayer, and in such manner should every explorer enter Africa. Livingston dis covered that every .savage possesses s moral standard, and knowing and ad- Justing your arrangements to it, and be- standard of the savage, you can deal as safely with him as with a civilized person. "Crossing the Indian Ocean, we reached Mombasa. Here I found a cosmopolit population, with everybody hard at work. After a brief stop I took the Uganda railway as the guest of Sir Charles Elli ott. At the first stop, I dropped in. tin announced, to a free Methodist building, and found a class studying arithmetic on their knees. I got them to sing for me, and discovered that they were not only Methodists, but Free Methodists. learned also that the missionaries do not give anything away. If a savage -wants a 'slate-pencil, he pays for it. It Is stupendous blunder to begin by making paupers of them. "I came In contact also with the pig mies. They are probably 100,000 strong, and live in the heart of the almost Im penetrable forest. .They are wonderful people. Their home life is good. They are the Japs of Central Africa. They are "the Yankees of the great central forest. Everybody is afraid of the pig mies. The pigmies and the giants live side by side. I believe they will become the most civilized people In all Africa if they can be made Christians." MOV ETO BREAK iD WIONOPQLY HOW IMMIGRANTS SNEAK IN Commissioner Explains Mexican Route and Discusses Remedy. "WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. ""We are try ng to have applied to Mexico the same regulations that are now in force re specting the admission of immigrants who come Into the United States by way of Canada," said Commissioner of Immigration Frank P. Sargent yester day, when asked about the steps being taken to reach an agreement witn Mexico for keeping out of the United States undesirable immigrants wno reach Vera Crui and other Mexican ports and then cross the Texas boun dary line. Those coming ty way or .anaaa. he said, "have certificates from Ameri can medical officers, showing that they are free from all contagious diseases and otherwise qualified to enter the United States. "We are trying to make an arrangement with Mexico whereby our physicians may best attend immi grants intended for the United States. "Many immigrants who arrive in Mexico are afflicted with trachoma. "When refused admittance, they under go treatment for several weeks, and then attempt to enter .this country surreptitiously." Commissioner Sargent toaay maae public a report from Immigration In spector A. A. Seraphic, who investigat ed Syrian immigration, particularly by way of Jlexlco. He visited every point In Mexico that immigrants pass through. At Tampico und Vera Cruz and several other places 'ne saw signs of trachoma among the Syrians. At Mexico City the report says are collected all thole whose destination the United States, by reason of the practice of the Mexican Central Rail road not to sell the Immigrants any transportation beyond that city. Here a number of them are engaged in ped dling while awaiting remittances from relatives- In the United States. Mon terey Is the point, the agent says, to which these Immigrants who have been debarred from entering as contract la borers on account of their suffering from -trachoma return for instructions. At Monterey they are told to go to El Paso or Eagle Pass. It has been reported to him, says the inspector, that a great many Syrians suffering with trachoma who had been refused pas sage by steamship lines in Europe, who were deported from New York, had no trouble in passing a satisfactory medi cal examination at Laredo or El Paso. SPENDS HOUR IN ICY WATER Action Planned in Congress and Legislature to Curb Southern Pacific. ENFORCE TERMS OF GRANT LANDLORDS TO PAY WATER One More Suggestion as to Making Present System More Equitable. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 81. (To the Editor.) Here is a suggestion for the consideration of those who are plan ning a change for taxing the costs of our city water system. It must be apparent to all by this time that to make water free, would simply result In benefiting the land owners. In the same way it can be demonstrated than any improvement in methods which would lower the rates to consumers will benefit the land lords. This is, so because of the very simple reason ' that land with water on it is worth more than land without water on It. If, then, the landlord receives the benefit, why not tax the cost on the landlords and leave out the rest of tijp public who are not benefited? To do this would be in exact accord with that fundamental principle of justice, that he who receives from the general public a given value to his own use and profit should render to the public the ex- act equivalent of the value so received. iiifl uuumr iroiTesa di doing mis , would be very simple, if we would only go about it right. All real prop ' rrty in this city is assessed separate jfrom the Improvements which may be Vlaced upon it. For example, the I hiimber of Commerce is asseased at 15250.000; improvements J350.000. So all tver the city the ground is assessed Separately from the buildings. All that lis necessary to do, then, is to assess the cost of the water system to the assessed value of the ground, as shown by the assessment roll, and you have placed the burden directly on the place which receives the benefit. 4 This is the right way to do it. At-' tempts to place the cost of new lines rbltrarlly on abutting land-owners la clumsy method at best. The line ay benefit a whole district The trouble with our tax systems is that they are not founded on scientific principles. The burdens do not hit I he right place. "When that early sci entist was required to find the spe cific gravity of Hiero's crown, he found JiO could do it most easily by Immers ing It in a bowl of water and then measuring the overflow. That was science. Place the cost of the water system directly upon land values, 1 respective of improvements, and you inaugurate a system that is scientific ally correct, because it places the bur den of the thing directly on the place receiving the benefit of the thing. This plan will stand the. microscopic test. It is just. It is simple. Charging the cost to the consumer Is correct In one sense, but if it should come down to such a fine point that It would cost as much to collect the cost as the cost itself, it would be better to place this burden on th tindlord and let him arrange it with Is tenant as he saw fit. H. DENLINGER. IV. J. Morris Rescued From River When About to Give Up Hope. For nearly an hour W. J. Morris, employed by the Columbia Contract Company, last night kept himself afloat in the "Willamette River by hold ing to the side of a barge and when he was nearly exhausted was discov ered. Morris was working alone on a barge belonging to the company at the foot of Kverett street, when he slipped and fell into the river. Tho' swift cur rent carried him under the barge and when he came to the top he found "himself between two barges. On the side of one a plank had been nailed and with his fingers he was en abled to keep afloat. He shouted for help .nd when he had given Up hope Charles Johnson, a watchman, heard him and effected a rescue by throwing him a rope. Morris was chilled and when pulled out was so weak that he could not stand and had to be sent home. It Is not believed that he will suffer seriously from bis terrible experience. PERS0NALMENTI0N. A daughter was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Richardson. Mr. Richardson is city passenger agent for the Rock Island and Frisco systems. NEW YORK, Feb. 1. (Special.) North. western people at New York hotels: From Portland tMiss M. Nevinson, at the Park Avenue; H. "W. Coe and wife. at the Belmont; R. G. McPherson, W. G. MePhcrson, at the Imperial; S. Y. Freed- man, at the Breslin. Frort Oregon City "W. D. Robinson, at the Broadway Central. From Spokane L. R. Rosenthal and wife, at the Wellington; D. F. Hallahan, at the Imperial. From Seattle C. A. Turner. A. An- houtz, at the Broadway Central; J. J. Klnf?, S. L. Bowman, at the Breslin; C. Hoyt, C. A. Gano, at the Gilsey. CHICAGO, Feb. 1. (Special.) Port land people at Chicago hotels: Auditorium. George Messenger, Miss May Bell, F. W. Leadbetter, W. A. Healy, Portland. Stratford. Mrs. M. L. Hunt. Portland. Briggs, R. Walton, Portland. Tennis Court Aboard Steamer. NEW YORK, Feb. L New facts re rdn the giant steamship which the (amhurg-Amerlcan Line is to have built iy Harland & Wolf, of Belfast, and hlch will go Into commission in the .. Spring of 190S, were given by Emil Boas, ine general manager or Tne line, wno re turned yesterday from Liverpool. The Railroad May Be Compelled to Keep the Agreement Under Which" It Received Vast Areas of Oregon Soil. Patient many years under the Southern Pacific's breach of the $2.50 per acre selling price, of lands re ceived from Congress in 1S66-1870, as bonus for 400 miles of railroad, the people of Oregon are in a fair way to have the railroad rounded up by the National Government or the Oregon state government, or both, and com pelled to sell the lands as the National Government planned namely at $2.50 an acre maximum price, and to actual settlers only, none of whom should buy more than 160 acres. Convinced that the Southern Pacific cannot legally sell its granted lands for more than that price, Atorney-Gen-cral Crawford, of Oregon, is preparing an opinion on the subject, and will set forth that the 12.50 limit, unpaid by Congress, April 10, 1869, preceded the vesting of title in the lands in the Oregon & California railroad, under the land grant act of July 25, 1866, and that this limit cannot be dodged by the railroad. Mr. Crawford will sug gest passage of an act in Congress, conferring on individuals concerned the right, which some authorities say the United States alone possesses, of bringing action to enforce the $2.50 maximum price against the company. He will take the position that the $2.50 price is a valid limitation on sale, under which limitation the Oregon & California and the Oregon Central predecessors of the Southern Pacific erbtained the lands from the National Government. This side of the matter is receiving the attention of W. C. Hawley, Representative-elect for Oregon's First Congressional District, who will press the needed legislation on Congress. In this he will be aided by Oregon's second Representative-elect, W. R. Ellis. Possible Action by Legislature. Meanwhile, the Legislature of Oregon is "setting busy" with bills for taxation of the land holdings of, the railroad and of other big owners of land. Represen tative Boa Is, of Tillamook, is fathering a bill that will compel owners of timber lands large areas of such being owned by the Southern Pacific to report to County Assessors full information about their lands, for tax assessment. Rep resentative Jewell, of Josephine, is fathering a bill for a graduated, specific tax of large land ownings. There is doubt as to the constitutionality of such a law, but the doubt will be removed if two constitutional amendments, recom mended by the recent state tax commis sion, shall be adopted to authorize prop erty to be assessed for taxation in classes of subjects, the tax to be equal and unirorm, within each class. Tho con stitution now provides that taxation shall be equal and uniform in all classes of property, thus shutting out a spe cific tax on any one group of properties. Congress put the price limitation into the grants, to prevent creation of a 6ieat land monopoly, that the Southern Pa cific now holds and refuses to surrender. It has declined to sell any land in the last three years. Prior to that time, when it did sell, it would not convey mineral title, thus retaining to itself whatever lay beneath the surface of the ground. Blight on State's Progress. Will Give His Blood to Sick Girl. NEW YORK. Feb. L Miss Ellen B. Piatt, daughter of F. H. Piatt, and grand daughter of United States- Senator Thomas C. PJatt, is very 111 with typhoid fever at the home of her father in this city. The Herald, which makes the an nouncement, says- that at a consultation of physicians yesterday it was decided to arrest the disease if possible by the trans fusion of blood from a healthy person. A senior at Yale, a close friend of Living stone Piatt, brother" of Miss Piatt, has offered to furnish the blood needed. Miss Piatt is about IB years old. The trans fusion of blood is a comparatively new method of dealing Nfith typhoid fever. The operation, it is understood, will be performed. Burnt Safe Refuses to Open.. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 1. A special to the Telegraph from Crip ple Creek says: There were no new developments to day in the mysterious fire in the safe of the Mlneowners' Association last night, which it lg thought destroyed considerable evidence which was to have been used In the prosecution of officials of tho Western Federation of Miners, now awaiting trial in Idaho for the alleged murder of ex-Governor Steunenberg, of that state. All at tempts to open the safe have failed. The strong box, in addition to papers of the Western Federation of Miners, contained the piece of wire with which the Independence mine was blown up. "Tennessee's Partner" at Lyric No one can Afford to mlaa th splendid production of "Tennessee's Partner" that is promised at the Lyric for next week commencing- Monday afternoon. It is on of the truly great American dramas and has been & favorite with th theater-goers for many years. Milwaukle Country CInb. Eastern and California races. Take Eellwood or Oregon City car, starting from First and Alder streets. Schilling's Best is elected best tea and coffee. This policyJs a blight on the pro gress of the state, especially in South ern Oregon. It stops growth in many directions. The )and bonus Congress did not in tend the railroad to hold perpetually. It was a substitute for cash bonus, and was to be converted into cash, either as collateral for loans or by sale to actual settlers, but the price was not to exceed $2.50 an acre, that price being sufficient, In the eyes of Congress, to furnish cash for building the railroad. Nor was it intended that the railroad should bar the land against purchas ers. They were to have the land, whenever they paid the price for It. That was the way the United States admitted settlers; it was the way ex pected of the railroad, but the rail road was allowed to charge twice the price then received by the United States, namely $1.25 an acre. Railroad Ignores Terms of Grant. The railroad, however, has pursued the policy of selling or not, just as it chooses. Its -3,000,000 acres, unsold out of a 6,500,000-acre bonis), are worth at conservative estimate $25,000,000, a sum which, after sale-proceeds of mora than half tha land grant have gone into the coffers of the company, represents more tnan twice the amount that Congress intended the road to receive. Naturally, the rail road wishes to receive the full value of this land, and to override the limi tations. The $2.50 Question cannot be kept quiet by the Southern Pacific as in the past. This railroad will have to fight on several sides if it' expects to uphold the contentions of its attor neys, namely: that the $2.60 price and the 160-acre and actual settler limita tions were Imposed by Congress, April iu. isbs, alter title to the lands was vested under the original granting act or J my 26, 1866, and that the restric tions are therefor void; that they are invalid for the additional reason that they are repugnant to the absolute title which the Southern Pacific pos sesses in the lands; that the restric tions were mere incidents' to the grants of land, and title in no way de pended on them; and that "actual set tlers" means settlers occupying the land at the time of the grants, who since have practically ceased to be. Two Grants Held by Road. Two grants are held by the South ern Pacific: one originally 6.000.000 acres, made by Congress to the Oregon & California Railroad In 1866-70; the other of 600,000 acres to the Oregon Central in 1870. the large grant was lor tne-road from Portland to the Call fornla line, 862 miles, and consisted of 20 sections of land, 10 on each side of the line, or 12,800 acres in all for each mile of track. Owing to the peculiar curvature, resorted to in order to In crease the land grant (but supposedly lor tne sake of easy grades), the acre age received Dy the Company was about 6.000,000, although theoretically, according to strict terms of the law. a little less than 5,000,000. The lesser grant was given for the 40 miles of road from Portland to McMlnnvllle, and was the same number of acres for each mile of track 12,800. Everybody now says that Congress was too prodigal with the public lands. The grants ' were similar, however, to those allowed other railroads at that time, in other parts of the United States. They were made just after the Civil War, when" the country was poverty-stricken and was willing to make big sacrifices to stimulate railroads into new sections of the country. Congress had no money to give for cash bonus, but it did have vast land areas at its disposal. Congress was willing to have lands converted into cash, fof such bonus, and to give over certain parts of the public domain, to be so con verted. 5 Congress Ceases Making Grants. Accordingly, it gave over to a number of wagon-road companies and railroads, in what some persons call trusteeship, odd-numbered sections on each side of the wagon road or the railroad; in the case of wagon roads, usually three on each side and of railroads, - ten. , These grants ceased in 1870, Congress perceiv ing the abuses 'practiced under them. By that time -Congress had given to five wagon-road companies In Oregon 1,800,000 acres and to three railroads. the third being the Northern Pacific 7,000.000 acres. The terms stipulated by Congress, for securing these grants, in each case were flagrantly violated, but the country was young, and the grantees "were never rounded up. In 1S69. toward the end of the land grant period Congress, working up to landhgrant extravagance, put limitations on selling price of the lands, and re stricted purchases to 160 acres and buyers to actual settlers. These limitations were imposed in the act of April 10, 1869, when Congress removed the grant of 1866, with out which renewal, the Oregon & Cali fornia could not have obtained the grant in 1S70, because the time for filing ac ceptance of the terms of the act of July 25, 1866, expired one year after that time and the Oregon & California was not incorporated until 1870. These limitations were also put by Con gress onto a grant made m iws tor a wagon road to Coos Bay and in 18i0 to the Oregon .Central Jtailroad for the line to McMinnvllle. ' History of Oregon Central Grant. The original Oregon Central, that filed acceptance under the 1866 grant and was designated as the recipient by the Oregon Legislature in 1866. forfeited the grant for failure tv build the first 20 miles of the line to California by the time stipulated, December 25. 1889. The Oregon Central was trying to build to California on the west side of the Willamette. After this failure the Oregon & California was in corporated, March 17. 1870. and its chief backer, Ben Holladay. having built 20 miles on the east side of the river, filed acceptance of the land grant before April 10, 1S70, the time required. Holladay had been backing another "Oregon Central" on the east side, which incorporated at Salem nix months after the original Oregon Central, to wrest from the latter its name and rights to the land grant. This second Oregon Central was a nullity, and the Supreme Court of Oregon In 179, In the case of Elliott vs. Holladay, declared it never had a legit imate existence. It was -succeeded In 1870 by Holladay's Oregon & California. The original Oregon Central later. In 1S70. acquired a land grant for the line to MiMinnville, this after it had forfeited its rights to the other land grant. Still later the Southern Pacific acquired both the Oregon & California and the original Oregon Central. The fictitious Oregon Central, be It remembered, had assigned to the Oresron & California In 1870. It has been a favorite argument of Southern Pacific attorneys to say that the Southern Pacific succeeded to the land grant acquired by the Oregon Central, without explaining that the original Oregon Central lost the land grant for the railroad to California or that the fictitious Oregon Central, which claimed that grant, could not legally do so because not being a legitimate company. Whatever rights the Southern Pacific holds to the grant for the railroad to California came to it frbmv the Oregon & California rail road, a company which could not have Recured that grant without the act of April 10, 1869, which could have pos sessed no vested titlte prior to that act, and which received the grant di rect from the Government and not through the fictitious Oregon Central. Text of Act Limiting Price. The act of April 10, 1869, limiting the price of the Oregon & California lands to $2.50 Is as follows: Be it enacted, etc., that section 6 of an act . . . (of July 23. 1866, as above), be and the same is jicreby 'amended so as to allow any railroad company heretofore des ignated by the keftls-lature of the State of Oregon, in accordance with the first sec tion of said act, to file Its assent to such ac: In the Department of the Interior with in one year from the da-te of the passage of this act: and such filing of Its assent. If done within one year from the passage hereof, shall have the same fore and effect to all Intents and purposes as it such assent had been filed within one year after the passage of said act; provided, that nothing herein shall Impair any rights heretofore acquired by 'any railroad company under paid act, nor shall said act or this amend ment be construed to entitle more than one company to a grant of land; and provided further, that the lands granted by the act aforesaid shall be sold to actual settlers only. In quantities not greater than one quarter section to one purchaser, and for a price not exceeding $2.50 per acre. Act of May 4, 1870. The act of May 4, 1870. granting lands to the McMlnnvllle line of the Oregon Central, read3 as follows; as to these limitations: And be it further enacted. That the said WORLD-FAMOUS HUMORIST'S AND WRITER'S BEST WORK In The Sunday Oregonian What a chance for Mr. Dooley the Swettenham incident is? and the Irish philosopher grasps it. He tells Hennessy how the Ad miral hastened to Kingston to aid the sufferers, and with what "courteous cordiality" he was received by Governor Swetten ham. Imagine with what gusto Mr. Dooley presents the first "in side" report of what was said and done at the famous meeting between Sir Aleck and the'Amer ican Admiral. Mr. Dooley's is the last word upon this interna tional joke. Other entertaining features of the Sundav Oresrcnian are George Ade's "Old Stories Revised," Professor Frederick Starr's "The Truth About the Congo," Frederic Haskin's illuminating Letters on Amer, ican Life all brilliant writers whose contributions make the Magazine Sec tion notable. ! And the Color Pages "made in Oregon," and dealing with Oregon life, Or egon scenes, they serve to convey to the readef abroad the most pleasant impression of the state's varied beau ties and activities. Next Sunday a full page is printed ill colors with "Ore gon's Big Red Apples" a3 the subject. But we must not forget "The Roosevelt Bears Abroad,'.' also print ed in colors. The series begins Sun dayan important announcement for the children. r Teddy B. and Teddy G. are now off on another sight-seeing expedition, .this time across the Atlantic. Their visits to the Crowned Heads, their call on the Sphinx, and dozens of other interesting happenings are told in Jolly Jingle and illustrated with amusing pictures. MR. DOOLEY INFORMING HBXNES6Y OF THE SWETTENHAM INCIDENT. THE TEDDY BEARS CROSSING THE ATLANTIC. alternate sections of land granted by thie act. excepting only such as are necessary for the company to reserve a depots, sta tions, sidetracks, woodyards, standing- ground and other needful uses In operating the road, shall be sold by the company only to actual settlers, in quantities not exceeding lttO acres, or a quarter section, to any one settler, and at prices not exceeding $2.50 per acre. HE FEARS RACIAL CHANGES Professor Marshall Sees Danger From Decrease In Population. CHICAGO, Feb. 1. Professor L. C. Marshall, of Ohio Wesleyan University, in an address on 'Race Effects of Im migration," at the University of Chi cago yesterday declared race suicide In America la due to the Influence of Im migration Into the country. lie said American stock had been lowered many notches and declared the present situa tion is alarming. America today would Tiave a popula tion of 100,000,000 instead of 80.000.000 If it had retained its original colonial stock, according to his figures. These are based on the enormous growth of the country for the first 60 years at the end of which Immigration began to be a severe Influence on, the rate of increase of population. "It Is still an open question as to whether the early Immigrants did not produce a check in colonial stock." Professor Marshall said, "but It is flg' ured on what appears to be a reliable base that the population of the country would have been 100,000,000 if it had gone on at the rate of increase of the ire In the Name of Sense, that good common sense of which all of us have a share, how can you continue to buy ordinary soda crackers, stale and dusty as they must be, when for 5$ you can get needa Biscuit fresh from the oven, protected from dirt by a package the very beauty of which makes you hungry. II m tfi ;KiUl.l.n,,nnw EL'S. SS!!!S!fci-nlMHi:: NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY first 50 years of the country's history. Tho laws of population show that there Is probably a casual connection be tween the Immigration and the check ing of population. The native stock, of course, has a great race pride. As soon as immigrants came overt with their lower standard of living It became ne cessary to reduce the size of families to keep up their standard of living. "The early immigrant caused a de cline of the birthrate and a displace ment of the colonial stock, although it did not produce a serious racial change. Unless conditions change and restric tions take place 10 or 15 years hence there will be a considerable racial change. Already there is a noticeable difference." Big Show at Pantages. Today and tomorrow for th last time, will be presented one of the greatest vau devllle offerings that have been offered to the local public this season at Fantatres Theater. It is a programme of hits from be ginning to end. The headllner Is the Royal Japanese troupe, greatest ot their kind and favorites of the Mikado, himself- Harry De baa been, making- a biff hit with hla Impersonations of a nold maid, and Ml the other acts have filled out an Indisputably good ehow. So "The Heir Apparent' Today. You will have to hurry If you lee "The Heir Apparent," the beautiful romantic drama which has been the bill at the Lyric during- the past week and which has at tracted perhaps more attention than any hill ever oftered by the Lyric company. It Is the work of a local newspaper roan. BCSLXESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Catting Teeth Be sure and use that old and well-tried rem dy, Mrs. Winlow 8oothlna- Syrup, fof children teething. It soothe the child, softens the a-urns, allays ail pain. eurs wind collo and diarrhoea. PURITY or PURPO: THE i nidation of Stacc.aa WE GREET with ana shrugs ti which was passed by Con gress on June 30, 19CS, and went into effect January 1, 1907. The people of Amer ica are entitled to protec tion of their health against adulteration and misrepre sentation of their food, drink and medicine, and the new law will go a long stride in the direction ot accomplishing this purpoe. The REGULATION AND CONTROL of such objectionable and peruotM conditions has been demanded for many years by the American people, until their insistence compelled the respect f tkir tvnrmtAntarhres in the National Legislature, and produced ithe Pure Food and Drugs Act, so long a step in the right direc tions. The victory was of and by the people, and the nation , tshould glorify in the consciousness of it. WImb, elarran yamrs go, it becum our desire to towmJk the Amwrieu peopU with a. mild, (en tie. convenient Luatnro medicine for the family, pal&tabia bat powerful, karmleM but effecthre, we were actuated by a fundamental PURITY lOF PURPOSE to produce a perfect product, trictly pure, dean, of vegetable irarredieiita eaay to boy. easy to take and easy in action. In the form of a dainty, fragrant little tablet, in a neat and handy little enameled bom fit for parse vest-pocket, wo produce the greatest medicine of the kind m the world, under the motto, from ito ineepboa to this day, of "PURITY." We had no guarantee hat our preparation, now world-famous under the name Cascarets Candy Cathartic, would make so phenomenal a record, bat we had the FAITH that with our honest intention., oar PURITY -PURPOSE, and our insistence upon perfection achieved by great scientists, the People would learn the TRUTH, would get the results, and bestow their favor oa our efforts. ' We have never found it necessary to change our methods, our formula or the form or quality of oar product in those eleven years of its history. The sale f Cascarets. by the favor and appreciation of the American people, has achieved the phenomenal proportions of OVER A MILLION BOXES A MONTH, 12.00O, OOO IN THE YEAR. This is the greatest demonstration of the success of an nrttela created by a Punty-Purpose, that has been recorded. The American people have recorded their MERIT-VERDICT about CA3CA RETS CANDY CATHARTIC They have found that this little tablet has ever eccomplishod what was promised for it, that it was the purest, mildest, most harmless, moatrustworthy medicine FOR THE BOWELS, and with faithful use would am smiiBih the rehef of many ailments arising from disturbances in the alimentary canal. We feel that the great CONFIDENCE of the American People baa been deserved, and yet we feel grateful to them for this REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION and wish to express the HOPE that wa will continue to njoy the confidence of tho American Home hereafter as heretofore. 754 If yea have never tried Cascarets, buy a little 10c box TO-DAY, and be sure pea GET WHAT YOU ASK FOR the only GENUINE. All druggUU 10c,25c,5Oc