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THE 3IORXIXG OKEGOXIHX" SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 19071 " OFFER EVIDENCE OffTHAW'S SANITY Lawyers Busy Filing Affidavits and Letters Written by Thaw. DAY FOR EXPLANATIONS Jerome Denies Charge of Unprofes sional Conduct Intended Hart ridge Says Jerome Shut Out Very Evidence He Seeks. ! NEW YORK, March 22. The District Attorney's office tonight made public sev eral letters supposedly written by Harry Kendall Thaw, to which District Attorney Jerome had referred in court and had marked as state exhibits. These are ex pected to fifrnre in the hearing of the lu nacy commission, if Judge Fitzgerald de rides to appoint one. The letters have to do chiefly with matters personal to Thaw and are of no special interest, except as they may have a possible bearing on the state of mind of Stanford White's slayer. Affidavits have been handed in hy the prosecution to show that Thaw is a para noiac, who. although legally responsible, when he killed Stanford White, is now In such a state of mental incapacity as to he unable to consult intelligently with his counsel and could not be on trial for his life. The defense is preparing its affi davits to the contrary, and the matter will come before the court on Tuesday. Meantime the jury is excused until Wednesday, when the Judge may decide regarding the appointment of a commis sion in lunacy. Explanations Occupy Day. lhcplanatlons by counsel took up most of the day's session. These were on the question of -personal privilege raised by Mr. Jerome's conditional threat of calling counsel of record for the defense to ac count before the appellate division for unprofessional conduct should it appear that he had knowledge of his client's al leged mental incapacity. Speaking on this point today. Mr. Jerome referred to , the tension under which he had been Storking and denied any intent to charge Clifford Kartridge. the Thaw counsel of record, with unprofessional conduct. All of the women of the defendant's family were awaiting him in the court room today when' the proceedings opened. Rvelyn Nesbft Thaw, his wife, sat be tween Mrs. William Thaw and the Count ess of Yarmouth. , The Jury, which had filed in at 11 o'clock, was instructed by the judge to return on Wednesday, and left. It was arranged by Mr. Jerome and Mr. Hartridge that the defense's affida vit should be in the hands of the .Dis trict Attorney by 6 o'clock tomorrow af ternoon. It was agreed that Mr. Jerome should be permitted to file additional matter on Monday. Will Prove Thaw Now Sane. Mr- Hartridge stated today that the af fidavits to be presented in Thaw's behalf would be made by his attorneys and the various alienists who have appeared for the defense. These affidavits merely will state that Thaw at present Is able to ad vise his counsel and fully understands the proceedings against him. "That is all the law requires us to say," said the attorney. "It is not a question as to whether he is of un sound mind at all; the only question at issue is whether or not he understands the proceedings against him. We can produce overwhelming proof that he docs. We will also submit documen tary evidence in Thaw's own writing." When Justice Fitzgerald took his rdaee on the bench today all the mem bers of the Thaw family were seated in the courtroom, and when Harry Thaw was called to the bar he seemed sur prised and delighted to find them pres ent. They had all been , excluded ever since the taking of testimony "was be gun. The prisoner bowed to each mem ber of the family group, and In turn they all bowed and smiled at lilm con fidently. Jerome Smooths llufflcd Plumes. After the Jury had retired. Justice Fitz gerald said that only Mr. Hartridge had attempted to be heard. "I understood." he continued, "that he had something to say in the matter of the time of adjournment and I did not allow him to proceed. It occurs to me now that he might have desired to make a state ment with reference to the District Attor ney's remark, that he served notice on the counsel of record that, if they possessed information he believed to be in their possession, he would call the matter to the attention of the appellate di vision. I will hear Mr. Hartridge now if he so desires. Before Mr. Hartridge could reply, Mr. Jerome came forward with a statement. "I did not mean to charge Mr. Hart ridge with unprofessional conduct," said the District Attorney, "hut I stand on what 1 said that. If I llnd at the conclu sion of the trial that tliev had possession of knowledge which would lead one to believe they had persisted in trying a man incapable of understanding the pro ceedings against him, I would take the matter up. If my remarks were construed as charging unprofessional conduct. I was bimply unfortunate in my expression.' Mr. Hartridge said: Says Jerome Suppressed Evidence. "The District Attorney's remarks were given the widest publicity and I did want to have an opportunity to reply. What he said to me was in the course of a private conversation at which no one else was present. It was only a suggestion that, if anything developed in the lino of what he has pointed out, he would take the matter up. "I replied to Mr. Jerome by telling him that, if he thought our client was insane, he should come out and say so.-He an swered that there was a big difference between an official opinion and an unof ficial opinion; that if he was convinced officially that Harry Thaw was insane, he would come out and say so. lie also said that we should not suppress any testimony which would tend to shed light upon the defendant's present mental con dition. I told him what we intended to do with regard to the testimony of Dr. Bing araan and Dr. Deemar. the Thaw family physicians and asked if we would permit him to examine them in his oft'lce.'I said we had not the slightest objection, so long as I could be present at the examin ation. "This examination took place and it was our understanding that anything the physicians said was to be presented to this court. We tried to get the testi mony of these physicians before the jury at the beginning of this trial, but it was ruled out on technical legal objections interposed by the District Attorney. When these doctors went back to Pitts burg. It was the express understanding, announced in open court, that they would return whenever the District Attorney de sired them. "That is all that was said with regard to the suppression of testimony. Now, your honor will see that instead of sup Dressing the testimony of these witnesses, we brought them . here, placed them upon the stand, and at last went to the extreme of allowing the District Attorney fully to examine them in his private office." Mr. Jerome said he had nothing more to Gay at this time, and court adjourned. Thaw Confident of Outcome. If Justice Fitzgerald decides to appoint a commission in lunacy it will consist of three members, an alienist, a lawyer and a layman. The alienist must neces sarily be one who has not figured in any wav in the case. The commission, if chosen, will examine Thaw- and report to the court. If it were to find him sane, the trial would be resumed; if otherwise. Justice Fitzgerald would be obliged to or der Thaw's confinement in the hospital for the criminal insane. Thaw is not greatly disturbed. It is said, over the possibility of having to be examined by a commission. His lawyers have told him that the question at issue is mainly whether he can Instruct them properly. He is confident upon this point and confident also that, when once this question is disposed of, it will be all the easier for his lawyers to persuade the 1urv as to the "brainstorm line of de fense. AMERICAN INGENUITY WINS '(Continued From First Pace.) for several tralnloads of little stand tables, which were sold for 10 certts apiece in the various stores of the buyer's com bination. A land company in Michigan had an elephant on its hands in the form of 2000 acres so thickly studded with pine-tree stumps that no inducement would attract a purchaser to buy and clear it for farming purposes. So the company built a distillery in the middle of the tract, dug up the stumps and roots and made turpentine. The venture proved so profit able that the stumps brought in more money than the trees did when they were rut and sold for lumber some years be fore. Pine-stump land is no longer a drug on the market, for after the stumps are all made into turpentine, tne ricn, cleared farming land remains as addi tional profit. Cigar Bands by Wholesale. The rraze for using cigar hands to ornament glass ash receivers and like utensils created such a demand that some shrewd fellow began to manufacture them. Soon there were half a dozen con cerns turning out thousands of bands that were entirely innocent of any as sociation with cigars or tobacco in any form. The manufacturers printed attrac tive advertisements offering to sell cigar bands with the portraits of all the Presi dents and a picture of the Capitol at Washington for a centerpiece, and other similar schemes which would lend inter est to the decorations. The fad still pre vails, and almost as many cigar bands are printed to be sold outright as are made to go around cigars. The people of the United States use 35.000.000 bottles each year for beer, ale. mineral waters, and soft drinks. The cry for a nonreflllable bottle has gone out to the inventors from every brewery and bottling works in the country for years. It has seemed almost an impossibility. notwithstanding the hundreds of models in the Patent Office. Now comes a con cern which is making wood-fiber bottles which cannot be used the second time. The bottles are made from wood fiber, macerated and moulded into shape. They are filled from the bottom, which is then Dressed on to form a part of the whole. The only way to empty the bottle is to cut off the top, and that ruins it. Capital has had enough faith in the scheme to erect a large factory near Niagara Falls, and thousands of these wooden bottles will soon be on the market. AVorld's Greatest Pea-Garden. An agricultural novelty which shows the magnitude of American operations is a big pea garden at. Lonemont, com. At this place there are 3000 acres of peas. Just peas! Think of It! An army of work ers 1s required to cultivate them and an other army to harvest them. In this vast garden the peas are not only cultivated and gathered, but canned for the market as well. At a central point is a large cannery, and from this plant it is four miles to the farthest points of the gar den. The capacity of this cannery is 16.000 cans per hour. Peas may be grow ing on the vines in the renter of a 400 acre division and 30 minutes later be undergoing the first processes of being made edible. It is not unusual for 200 wagonloads to be brought to the scales in a day. As high as two carloads an hour are fed into the threshers. From the threshers they are thrown into a big vat of running water, where the good peas, sink to the bottom and the broken ones rise to the surface, making it easy to skim them off. This vast pea-bed is watered by irrigation ditches. Even Cactus Made Vscful. The Southwest threatens to have a boom from an unexpected cause. The enactment of the denatured alcohol bill, which permits the sale of grain alcohol free of tax when denatured by the addi tion of poison to make it unfit to drink, has given a value to thousands of acres of the hitherto worthless cactus. This unattractive desert growth is now being made into alcohol to compete with kero sene and gasoline as an illuminant and power-producer. The tremendous growth of the automo bile industry has given carriage-makers some unpleasant hours. The publisher of a leading carriage paper does not intend to stay awake nights. The automobile people have advertised more and now have a greater trade publication list than the carriage-makers. This particular car- riage publisher wants to keep his carriage trade and get his share of the motor car money, too. So. the first half of each month's edition is now printed on white paper and is devoted to horse-drawn vehi cles. The latter halt is on light blue pa per and is devoted to automobiles. A deep thumb index is cut through the carriage half, so that the automobilist doesn't have to turn a page or exert himself in any way to get right at the latest news about his hobby. Factory to lo Odd Jobs.' With the multiplication of inventors and inventions came an increase in the prob lem of how to manufacture small articles without the forced expense of erecting a factory especially for the purpose. Some factories took in "jobs, but this method often- proved unsatisfactory to an in ventor who wished his model to have more attention than that generally paid to a side-line. So necessity has- again borne a child. A specialty factory in Ithode island nas an enormous plant, equipped with all kinds of machinery. The concern makes nothing for itself, but merely sits by and waits for customers It will undertake on a moment's notice the manufacture of anything from a pat ent campaign button to a model for an airship. Tomorrow Newspapers In the United States. More tea and coffee Is used where scnnung s tsest is sold. OWN YOUR. OWN HOME TIM .Rose City Rrk " SI I W II THEY DON'T AGREE ulton and Wilson at Issue, on Reserve Grazing. TEST CASE TO BE APPEALED Senator Tells Inquirer Forest Offi cials Can't Punish Him for Graz ing Stock on Reserves Wil son Differs With Him.- OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. "Wash ington. March 22. The Agricultural De partment has joined issue with Senator Fulton on the. power of forest reserve officials to secure punishment of stock men who allow fheir cattle to graze on forest reserves in violation of the regu lation. Mr. Fulton wrote J. IX Combs, of John Day, telling him there was no law against turning stock on reserves. Secretary Wilson says there is a law and that, although decisions, on .its validity have been conflicting, it will be enforced until the Supreme Court declares It in valid. Mr. Fulton's letter to Mr. Combs, dated February 4, was published in the Blue Mountain American, and is as follows: Opposes PInchots Policy. I have your letter of the Sth ult. ' T. as you probably are aware, have been opposed to -the management of the forest reserves in the manner It is being conducted, and have tried to get some backing from the stock organizations. But every "time Mr. PJnchot goes out and meets the stockgrow ers they seem to indorse his plans. Now. bad there been the right sort of a campaign ma tie by the stockmen against charging for pasturage in the forest reserves, that policy would have been defeated. - ' I went out against' it at once, but could not get the stockmen to back me up. How ever, it may be that this, policy serves their interests the best. Now, so far as the forestry officials not permitting you to turn your stock out or to enter upon the forest reserves before June or any other time is concerned, that is all nonsense. There is .no law against turning stork o.i reserves at any time. The only thing they could do would be to drive them off. No Law to Restrict Grazing. If I were living right adjacent to a reserve I should not hesitate to turn my cattle out at any time and let them go on the reserve, and if they should go on the reserve, it would be no offense against the law. In other words, there Is no law making It a crime for cattle to be turned out in the vi cinity of. or indeed, to be driven upon, a roreoi reserve. If any official tells you that he will have you arrested if your stock is turned out or goes upon the reserves,- I wisb you would give me his name and position. He Is simply telling you a falsehood and probably knows it. You tell the people that they need have no rear at all about turning their Btock out, that there is no law against it, even though the stock to go upon the reserves. Of course the forest-rangers can drive the stock off the reserve, but that Is all they can do. They cannot arrest the stock. Impound them or charge the owner anything because of their being on the reserve. . All they can uo is 10 a rive tnm on. Wilson Says There is Law. The attention of Mr. Wilson was called to the letter, and on- March 14 he wrote to the Blue Mountain American as fol lows: My attention has been called to a letter from Senator Fulton to J. D. Comb. dated February 4. and published in your Issue of February l.i, and to your editorial comment upon it. The regulations forbidding graz ing witnout a permit on the National for ests were made under and by authority of the act of June 4. 1897 3(T Stat., 4-06), which provides as follows: The -Secretary may make such rules and regulations as will in sure the objects of such reservations, name ly, to regulate their occupancy and use and to preserve the forests thereon from de struction; and any violations " of the pro visions of this act or such rules and regu lations shall be punished as is provided for In the act of June 4. 18S8, amending s tion r.388 of the Revised Statutes of the United States." The punishment provided for in the act of June 4, 1SKS, above quoted. Is "a fine of not more than s.m" or Imprisonment "for not more than 12 months, or both in trv discretion- of the court." You will therefore see that Congress has specifically subjected to nne ana imprisonment any person who violates the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture made to protect the National lores ts. Decisions Are Conflicting. The constitutionality of the provisions of tnis statute, maaing violation of the regula lions a crime, has been questioned. The IMstrict Courts of Southern California, Utah and Eastern Washington - have decided against its constitutionality. The Supreme ourt of Arizona, which is a co-ordinate court with the District Courts just named. has decided in favor of Its constitutionality The District Court of Northern California first decided against Its constitutionality, but after the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco had decided for the constitutionality of the statute ln civil case, the District Judge for Northern California, when a new case was presented to him, overruled his earlier decision, and on October 2, 1906, imposed fines upon the violators of the grazing regulations. Will Continue Enforcing Law. The Attorney-General twice gave bis written opinion that the act is constitutional, and suggested that criminal prosecution for grazing trespass be continued in all districts where no decisions adverse to its constltu tionality have been made, in order that some person convicted might appeal to the higher courts and thus secure a final and authoritative decision of the vexed Question, for up to this time the Government has bad no right of appeal in criminal cases. I am not aware of any decision ln the District of Oregon against the constitutionality of the statute, and am therefore In duty bound to bring to the attention of the Department of Justice grazing trespasses committed Jn that state. This Is a sufficient answer' to the statement that there is no law maktna- it a crime for cattle to be driven upon a National forest. : Will Appeal Test Case. By in act approved March 2. 107, the Government ia now authorized to carry di rectly to the Supreme Court any criminal case decided against it under certain cir cumstances, when the ground of the de cision is tbe invalidity or construction of the statute upon which tbe indictment is founded. This, for the first time, puts it in the power of the Government to secure from the Supreme Court a decision of this question, and under tbe advice of the Attorney-General above noted, forest ofriccrs will be Instructed to begin to make such arrests for grazing trespass on the National forests as may be necessary to secure a final adjudication upon the validity of the criminal provisions of the act of tune 4, 1897. I have no desire to do anything in this matter other than the duty imposed upon me by Congress and my official oath. I have acted throughout in accordance with the advice of the Attorney-General, as I was bound to do. and will continue to so act. I am sensible of the wisdom and mod eration of your editorial comment upon this matter, and I thank you for the public service you have rendered in making it RAYNER DOOMED TO HANG f Whlteley's Murderer Vainly Raises Plea of Insanity. LONDON, March 22. Horace G. Rayner, who on January 24 shot and killed Wil liam Whiteley. the "general provider" of Westbourne Grove, was tried today, con victed and sentenced to death. Rayner' a trial took place in the Central Criminal Court In his opening state ment R. D. Muir, counsel for the treas ury, whose assertions were subsequently corroborated on the witness stand by Louisa A. Turner, who lived under Mr. Whlteley's protection, disposed of the fiction that Rayner was ' an . illegitimate son of the man' he killed. Muir said the prisoner was 3 years old before any member of his family became in any way connected with Mr. Whiteley. At that time, in 1892, Rayney's aunt. Louisa Turner, was given employment In Whlteley's store and the following year she went to live under his protec tion. Cecil Whiteley, whom the prisoner pretended to be while in the hospital suffering from the pistol shot which he inflicted on himself after the murder, was a son by this connection and was born n 18S5. Rayner learned of the existence of Cecil about, 1900 and also of Louisa Turner's connection with Whiteley. Continuing, counsel described Rayner s increasing poverty L of recent years and contended that the knowledge of the scandal in the life of Mr. Whiteley led Rayner to attempt to blackmail him. Counsel further alleged that Rayner, had prepared for the crime with great care and deliberation. Louisa Turner was then called. She confirmed Mr. Muir's statement. The rest of the evidence presented in behalf of the prosecution was merely a repeti tion of the Police Court testimony. George Elliott, counsel for Rayner, said It was not part of his case to prove that the prisoner was a son of the late Mr. Whiteley. Rayner, rightly or wrongly, believed he was his son, and Counsel was going to show that Rayner was insane in the legal sense: that he was a degenerate whose mind was tainted, defective and weakened by the over-indulgence of two generations of his family In drink. The prisoner, testifying, related the In terview he had with Mr. Whiteley Janu ary 24, ln which he suggested that the merchant furnish him with assistance. Mr. Whiteley referred him to the emigra tion bureau and Rayner threatened to commit suicide. Mr. Whiteley left the room and the prisoner followed. He said he felt his blood surge to his head and then the tragedy took place. According to custom, Rayner will be hanged within a month, making less than three months between the crime and the punishment. MEETS WESTERN REVENGE POLISH COUNT SHOT DEAD BY Found in Company With Mrs. Hines, Whom He Courted in Seattle. Pursued From Nome. GOL.DF1EL.D, Nev.; March 22.-A feud which began in Nome, Alaska, five years ago, was ended here last night in a sa loon, when Jack Hines shot and killed a man known as Count Podhorsky of War saw, Russia. Hines surrendered himself to the authorities . ; SEATTLE, March 22. Count Constan tino Podhorsky, who is reported shot and killed at Goldfield, Nev., was probably better known in Seattle than any other Pacific Coast city. He was connected with the Northeastern Siberia Company, being its representative in this country. He spent much time in Alaska, where he was extensively entertained whenever he happened to be in that part of the country. He first came in contact with Jack Hines in Nome, where Mr. Himes was connected with the Northwestern Com mercial Company. The trouble between Jack Hines and Count Podhorsky is be lieved by many to have IHd its origin In Seattle last Summer, when Mrs. Hines was staying: in this city; Mr. Hines was in Alaska and during Mrs. Hine's stay here Count Podhorsky is known to have paid her much attention, the pair being seen many evenings in tbe various cafes and places of amusement. Tate in the Summer Mrs. Hines returned to Nome. Jn some way news of the Count's at tentions to Mrs. Hines was carried to Nome, and Mr. Hines. accompanied by his wife, immediately came to Seattle. It is not known why they came and shortly after their arrival here they disappeared. No word was left as to their destination. The Count was seen many evenings after that looking about in the cafes, possibly searching for Mr. and Mrs. Hines. Finally he decided to leave and shortly after Christmas he set out for California, intending to go from there to Hawaii. Tt may be that he had heard of the where abouts of Mr. Hines and his wife, or it may have merely been for business rea sons that he decided to change his plans and go to Goldfield. However, it was. he showed up there and the shooting took place. FINISHED IN TEXAS STYLE Divekeeper Kills County Attorney and Another. FORT WORTH. Texas. March 22. Fol lowing a raid on a resort late today. County Attorney Jeff D. McLean was shot and killed and Hamil P. Scott, a member of the raiding, party, fatally wounded by William Thompson, propri etor of the place. Half an hour later Thompson was sur rounded in a lumber camp and captured after a desperate fight in which he re ceived wounds that probably will cause his death within a few hours. PIT.ES CURED IK TO U TATS. PAZO OINTMENT la gumotMd to enr uy eu. of Itcblnff. Blind. Bleedios or Vrotrntlln Piles In to 1 G&ys or mony i'tfu.d. Boa. Free from Since May, 1906, Ayer's Sarsaparilla has been entirely free from alcohol. If you are in poor health, weak, pale, nervous, ask your doctor about taking this non alcoholic tonic and alterative. Ay ers Sarsa NON-ALCOHOLIC If he has a better medicine, take his. Get the best, always. This, is our advice. The new kind contains no alcohol We have no secrets to hide! We pub lish the formulas "of all our medicines. J. C. AYER CO., Manufacturing Chemists, Lowell, Mas. BURTON AGAIN FREE Will Publish Story of Case in Newspaper of His Own. NOT LIVING FOR REVENGE Convict ex-Senator Says He Will Talk and Write on Good and Bad Policies of Government. . First Statement Tonight. IRONTON, Mo., March 22.-Joseph R. Burton, who, until his conviction in the Federal Court, was United States- Senator from Kansas, was today released from the county Jail here, having completed his sentence of six months' Imprisonment, Imposed when he was found guilty of vio lating a Federal statute by appearing be fore a Governmental department as the paid representative of a get-rich-quick" concern of St. Louis. Burton entered the jail at Ironton, Oc tober 22, 1906. His release today is due to the law which provides for a reduction from a sentence for good behavior. Burton's sentence also included a fine of $2500 and the statute under which he was convicted debars him from ever hold ing an office of trust or remuneration under the Federal Government. The fine, which has not been paid, will be held over him as a civil judgment. Upon leaving the jail. Burton gave out the following signed statement: "The impression has gone out that I propose to live for revenge. This is ft mistake. 1 have no such purpose. The wrongs done to me are the wrongs of others. Vengeance is thought to be noble only by the ignoble. 'Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord Is the philosophy to which I have always subscribed in the past and to which I shall adhere in the future. I am a thousand times more so licitous that I shall not wrong another than' I am concerned about these wrongs others have done( or may do to me. In saying this, however, I do not pretend to have more than two cheeks. Nor do I think that it is wrong to rebuke hy pocrisy. "I return to my home at Abilene full of life and hope. Only my body has been in jail. My mind has at all times been free, sustained with the knowledge that Z am innocent. I shall -take up my life's work with malice toward none and with char ity for all." I shall talk and write. With pen and tongue L shall stand for policies and principles that I believe will make for the general good, and oppose such as I think bad. It is bad policies that make bad men and bad government: while true policies make good men and good government. My nght - shall be against measures, rather than against men. "I shall have charge of a newspaper, unless there is a fraud order issued aainst it before I can arrange for its pub lication. It will reflect my ideas. It is to be one of the agencies in the work I hope' to do. I shall talk when I am not writing, and shall write when I am not talking. The history of my case, already prepared, will appear in serial form, first, in the paper. This story will not be sen sational : it will be truthful. Interwoven with the history, and & necessary part of re, win oe a discussion or certain condi tions- in our legislative, executive and ju dicial government that. I think, have es caped the attention of the average citi zen. "I will not now go further into my case, nor my plans and purposes. The first statement will be made on Saturday evening to my home people; then there will be more to follow. "J. R. BURTON.' Accompanied by Mrs. Burton and his niece, Mr. Burton departed for St. Louis, en route to Abilene, Kan. HAS WIRELESS TELEPHONE Count Arco Carries on Conversation at Two Miles Distance. BERLIN, March 22. Count Arco, in hie wireless telephone experiments, has suc ceeded In obtaining distinct exchanges of words in a tolerably natural voice at a distance of two miles by using poles 30 feet high. Rear-Admiral Manney, who was a delegate of the United States to the international conference on wireless telegraphy at Berlin, and Lieutenant Commander Howard, U. S. N., the Amer ican naval attache here, were present at a series of private exhibitions of the tel ephone apparatus and have been able to talk with each other at a distance some what less than three miles. 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BLOOD POISON Our special form of treatment for Blood Poison is practically the re sult of a life work and is indorsed by the best physicians of this and foreign countries. It contains no dangerous drugs or injurious medi cines of any kind. It goes to the very bottom of the disease and forces out every particle of impurity. Soon every sign and symptom disappear completely and forever. The blood, the tissue, the flesh, the bones and the whole system are cleansed, puritled and restored to perfect health, and the patient prepares anew for the dutie3 of life. NERVO-VITAL DEBILITY Our cure stops every drain of vigor and builds up the muscular and nervous system, purifies and enriches the blood, cleanses and heals the bladder and kidneys, invigorates the liver, revives the spirits and brightens the Intellect If You Cannot Call, Write for Sympton Blanks HOURS 9 to 6, 7 to 8:30, daily: Sundays, 9 to 12. Consultation free. ST. LOUIS MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CORNER SECOND AND YAMHILL -r-f r - nnn 34 Third Street North NO PAY UNLESS CURED Don't you believe that the doctor who devotes his entire time to certain ailments to the exclusion of all others should know a little more, about them than the doctor who attempts to treat everything? Of course vou do. You know that a man who writes signs can do it better than the man who paints houses. The man who shoes horses exclusively will turn out better work in his line than the general blacksmith. It stands to reason, therefore, that a doctor who has spent his life in the faithful study and treatment of diseases of men ia qualified to cope with their all- . ments. You must not, however, mistake quacks for physicians. The man who advertises something he does not expect to do or that which people know he cannot afford to do frets no practice anyone else would want, and fails to (five satisfaction to even that class of peoole. We engage in no delusive propositions. 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