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MARINES FIRST FIGHTING ABROAD Force Quadrupled Since 1888 and Likely to Grow, Because L It Has Work to Do. MOBILITY CHIEF FEATURE 3Ien Travel Light, Looking to Array or Xavy, as Case May Be, for Subsistence, and Seeing Duty .1 in Its Broadest Sense. BT JOSEPH MEDILL PATTERSON. (By arrangement with the Chicago Tribune.) VERA CRUZ. May 3. The marines are the tip of Uncle Sam's sword. They enter places first. There are 10.000 of them and. 345 of ficers, under Major-General Barrett. He is the only general officer in the service. At the outbreak of the Spanish "War there were 2500 marines. The force has been quadrupled since then. It is like lier to grow more than to contract. For the marines are our internation al police, and we are doing; more inter national policing every year particu larly in Latin America north of Pan ama. Since '98 the marines have been with bayonet tiled and rifles loaded for business in Cuba (twice). Porto Rico, the Philippines, China, Santo Domingo. Colombia, Hayti, Panama. Nicaragua, JJexico. ' Into some of these places the sol diers did not follow, but wherever the soldiers did go they found the marines had been ahead of them. Half of Force Lives Ashore. Contrary to general opinion, only about half the marines live on Navy ships. There are three shore regi ments of about 1500 men each, sta tioned one on the Pacific Coast, one on the Atlantic and one on the Gulf of Mexico. Mobility Is the essence of the marine service. They take with them only what they can carry on their backs. When they serve wit'i the Army the Army feeds them food and ammunition. When they serve with the Navy the Navy "finds" them both. With the Army they have Army discipline; for instance, a man can't be summarily imprisoned by his officer without trial. When with the Navy the marine can be put into Jail or the ship's brig at an officer's nod. Army and Navy field artillery are different. The marine uses both. The same "leather neck" in the same year, almost in the same day, may be cav alryman, cook, coalpasser and collector of the port for a banana republic. He may celebrate the Fourth of July liquoriously and then proceed to fight every Infantryman he sees, until the Panamanian police interfere. Then he will Join with the infantryman and at tack the Panamanian police force with belts and bare hands and chase it into the Jail and besiege it there, until other marines on duty come oft the ships and rescue the police and arrest their friend on shore leave. Looting Laid to "Leathernecks." It Is muttered low and rumbling in thn Army that if . looting were ever done after a fight it would be done by the marines, because the beggars al ways get there first. It In whispered in Vera Cruz that certain marine pri vates had new typewriters for sale at $6 apiece after the taking of the naval academy, and automatic pistols for 2. And bottles of perfumery for 10c. The Mexican naval cadets apparently used perfume instead of water, from the quantity of scent found. The market on perfumery was weak, however, dropping yesterday to 35c. Marines are called "leather necks." sailors "flat feet." infantry "dough boys." artillery "wagon soldiers," coast artillery "window soldiers." Nickname for cavalry omitted. In Vera Cruz, after the town was taken, the marines were given the KHiidhills. the wireless and the pump ing station to hold. The sandhills form a cordon around behind the city from sea to sea. I can't imagine a more unpleasant rlace of residence than the sandhills. They are from 60 to 300 yards high. There is some prickly cactus at the base and a few tropical withered weeds, but on the, summits where the marines are there is only sand, sun and sand lice. Shifting Sands Kill Trenches. The sand is yielding as mud; one goes in above one's ankles at every tep. but it is as dry as powdered alum and as hot as war. The sand blows and flows about al most like little waves of water, and the unending ltfbor of the marines on the sandhills is to dig the sand out of their trenches again and again and ajtain. The trenches are standing trenches, ahout four feet six or five feet deep, shored up within by corrugated tin siding- and braced with boards. Looking inland toward Mexico, as far as the eye can see are the same rolling hillocks of shifting sands. In possession of the dominant positions, as the marines are. it doesn't seem conceivable that the whole Mexican na tion in arms could take Vera Cruz away from the force we have there al ready. The sandhills back of Vera Cms are devilish to live on, but highlv defensible. One evening it was reported to one of the medical men that a marine at the w ireiess station had an abscessed foot. The doctor took an escort of two bay onets and started over there, a dis tance of two miles, part of it through country that was held a little in sus picion. The doctor had a pocket electric light " "''i nasnea irom time to time to lielp him pick his steps. When he did this the two men of the detail began to mutter, and tried to walk one a few steps before and the other a feu, steps behind the doctor to get out of me.ring oi ngnt. But the doctor want ed company and clung to them. If there had been a sniper in the neighborhood nothing could help his aim more tnan a oocior wun a searchlight. However. neither of the marines ven tured to suggest to the doctor to douse his perfect night target, because they were privates and he held the rank of a Lieutenant. Marine Officers Have No Academy. There is no academy for marine of ficers similar to West Point and An napolis. They are appointed from civil life between the ages of 21 and 27, largely by political pull. They are then sent to the marine officers' school at Nor folk. Va.. where they receive instruc tion in the technique of their nrofea- ton. not including general educational work, as at West Point or Annapolis. Marine officers are assumed to have at least, a nigh school education before appointment. Whether there should be a four-year education for marine officers and they should be caught younger, as in the other branches of the service. or whether a school within a school for marine officers should be established at no of the great academies of war, or whether things should be left as they are, are matters which divide decided ly the opinions of the marine-officers themselves. Ranks Are Always Fill The term for enlisted ' men is four years. For their preliminary training theyiare sent for IS weeka to recruit depots in Norfolk, Va., on the East Coast, or Mare Island, Cal., on the West, where they are taught infantry drill, cavalry drill, swimming, boat sailtng, mine planting, sewing, laun dering, boxing, wrestling, horse groom ing, signaling, camping and cooking under field conditions, and how to point, load, fire and control three ana five-inch guns. Marine officers say pridefully that they reject a larger percentage of ap plicants than any other branch of the service and have a larger - percentage of re-enlistments, including many ex Army and Navy men. Their ranks, like those of the colored regiments, they say. are always full. They say the Middle Westerners are their best men, especially the one-gal-lus boys from' the Missouri hills. EACH VOTEJttSTS DOLLAR Lane County Taxpayers "Will Pay $10,0-00 for Tpda y 's Primary. EUGENE, Or.. May 14. (Special.) A dollar a vote, and probably more, is the cost of tomorrow's election to Lane County, one of the largest and heaviest voting counties in the state. Ten thou sand dollars is the' estimate of cost, with the registration 11,687. This rep resents at least a third more than the number that will vote. In some precincts the vote may cost as much as ?9 a vote. In Heceta pre cinct, on the Coast, there are six reg istered voters. Just enough to serve as Judges and clerks. Each is entitled to J3 to serve in those capacities to count the six votes. It is over 100 miles from Heceta to Eugene. The trip will require four or five days. The election messenger's trip to Eugene and return will cost the county $35, which, added to "the wages of the judges, makes a $9 cost for each vote, providing all six vote. REBEL SPHERE ENLARGED (Continued From First Page.) uation of that city by the federal troops has led to the conjecture that they are to be used to blockade the port for the constitutionalists. It is believed that it is with the purpose of learning whether Admiral Mnvn wnulH WfliiApt such a blockade that the commanders of the federal gunboats asked for a conference. Although disinclined to pass on a hypothetical case, naval ex perts argee that so long as the federal commanders are able to make this blockade really effective it must be re spected by foreign shipping. The rec ognition Of an efTACtlVA hlnelraHM w - belligerent does not, it is held. Involve political recognition or either party to the strife. The Lobos Island lighthouse Incident is regarded as closed by the State De partment. Secretary Bryan believes that he laid this Issue to rest two days ago when, in reply to General Huerta's protest, he submitted a memoran- um to the mediators informing them that there had been no seizure of the island; the only force used, and that was purely nominal, was n preventing the removal of rjortinna of the lighthouse .machinery essential to tne operation of the .light, and, finally, that the Mexicans could reoc cupy the island and the lighthouse wnen iney were prepared to keep the light in operation. Shots Klrerf Prom Mexican Vessel. It was a Mexican, not a Nnrvian vessel, from which shots were tired against Americans at Vera. r tnr which incident five South j Americans were arrested, according in n i-onn,. from General Funston to Secretary Gar rison loaay. iue case still is under Investigation. No replies were rercivpd tnriev the State Department for information concerning John R. buiiman, the missing American Vice Consul at Saltillo, and Samuel Parks, the American orderlv rtnnrtpH r..iiidIi by federals near Vera Cruz. Another phase of the comnlii-a tort sit uation that attrartArt mnnh ......... t was the embarrassment which success """K w me constitutionalists in the iorm or aemanas ror compensation for losses to foreigners within their Th of influence, which foreign govern ments are pressing with increasing force, the further the COnflti tiitirn nliata establish themselves as responsible masters or Northern Mexico. The Spanish Ambimitnr i-aiid n State Department to done for 800 Spaniards ejected by the constitutionalists from Torreon. He also has a bill to present for 120 Ann nnn worth of Spanish-owned cotton, alleged iu nave neen connscated by the consti tutionalists at Torreon. "Forced Loans" to Be Taken ITp. "Forced loans." levied on foreign ers in Mexico, furnish further occasion for strong diplomatic the nearer General Carranza comes to esiaousning a government to which such representations can be addressed with prospect of success. The case of William S. Benton, the British subject killed at Juarez, also looms threateningly on the i-nn.tt. tlonalist horizon. Great Britain has announced it will exact adequate repa ration for this as soon as responsibility can be fixed on authorities fmn t,n such reparation can be demanded. PACTIONS CLASH IX SOXORA Civil Governor, Threatened With Ex ile, Develops Strength. DOUGLAS, Ariz., May 14. A crisis in the relation nf th mtittara :..n authorities in Sonora is approaching rapidly, according to reports reaching Since Colonel Calles assumed military command nf rti, eA i -.. . . - - - uutciuur Ala). torena has been divested of power un- .-i uo m not oniy an omclal without authority but virtually a prisoner in the State Capitol. While this was being accomplished, Maytorena's adherents, who are said to be more nnimrfiTl than .1 n tt . thought, threatened to resort to arms ouuuiu 1 uniuiea pian lor tne banish ment of Maytorena be carried out Mr2llt!mM Xfn .1 " - j .... vuuuuumi fighting against the activities of the Statu lan4 .1 . - iiuf ut& commission, declaring that without any legal right Since its organization the commis- Minn vhtoti ha Ka.. .a.... - - . ' .. 1 uwi4Ullcro B. L Agua Prieta, is said to have collected for 'he war fund more than $130,000 gold, and hopes to duplicate that amount or obtain even more before its work ends in JunO Vrtn.!... TT'lJn- . . -- - x.jao. iircniueni or the commission, assessed himself 1 ".Ail k ' - - j T - " w . lilt 1 U J1U. Monitor Goes for Refugees. " SAN DIEGO. May 14. En route to San Quentin. Mex.. to take off 60 Ameri can rfllM rnnrtaj V, -1 .J w i - ..v. ii-K Hi- 1 II LIIC1C VJ LUC federals, the United States .monitor viucuut; icaeuea nere early today from i iwinBtg. Alter taxing on united States Consul Claude Guyant. the Chey enne left the harbor at 10" o'clock. THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN. FRIDAY. . MAY SALTILLO DOOMED, IS GENERAL BELIEF Genral Villa Leaves Torreon With Troops Said to Have Plenty of Ammunition. STIFF FIGHT IS -EXPECTED Troops Well Provisioned, Hospital Corps in Service and Armored Trains Are Used to Protect Constitutional Force. TORRKON M. a, it , Francisco Villa, in command of the nnniililiiil n ... ii.uLiiiimiint army now moving against, s; ;i 1 1 1 1 1 n , , - - i i ii uovu lu r jv .1 1 cna Him self hpfnrn hi. .1 . . . . " ucijiiurtj as to me course the Huerta garrison of that " "' to pursue, Dut he has done everything possible to meet any situa tion which may arise. His army is amply provisioned for av davR anil f rn .v. an .. i enough anfmunltinn tt.. -.. fore it. Bach departing troor. train made its exit from this city with a lib eral salvo and each ' man carried from 250 to 400 rounda nf ainmtmltu. i .; belt. It is said there also is an ample uppiy oi artillery ammunition, al though even a rough estimate by out siders of the store on hand has been impossible. That Saltillo will be taken is confidenflv hAlinv.it v.. n tutionalists here, although only the more sanguine protest that the federal garrison will fall to put up a stiff fight, and annarntlv t T. Dnui , Villa will have to face the federals witn most or the advantages in favor With Saltillo In ,oj. constitutionalists it is thought here Buvernmem will have lost all claim to control of the greater half of Mexico. ISach soldier 'riUltra l.ta . I : " iiivviaiunB, which consist nf trirtin... n . dried beef, beans and a little coffee.' on fires built nn thA . of which are corrugated iron.' Coal tu usea to transport many of ...lauiijmeu, wntte tne field guns were loaded on flat onm 1 1 v. .v. mi Ill II 1I1DU crouched in the epacjs under the wheels and beneath the cfissons. The sanitary corps of the army or ganized but a short time before the t xorreon. consists of 45 sur geons. 110 nurses and more than 300 volunteer nun a k . . a - "ii" i- j Burgeons have gone to the front before Saltillo, """" otuers are in charge of hos pital bases. There are four pharm acists at the front and one at least at each hospital base. The -transportation of the wounded from Saltillo will be effected by eight automobile ambulances and 10 ordinary automobiles. altered to carry the slightly wounded. Each brigade will '""- item aressing station and as SOOn as Possible tho wmmri.J ,m i sent to the rear. Villa's forces are accompanied by an armored train, consisting of three cars ahead of the engine. The first car carries several field pieces and machine guns, the Hennnd m anlili,. .. . - ii i ii u euus willy, and the third is manned by sharp- """" tram, wnicn is protected by boiler Iron, runs ahead of the con necting trains and serves as a protec tion for the track repair men. Saltillo, the objective ot the present campaign. Is a town of 23.000, situated 84 miles faom Mexico City. It has an elevation of over 6000 feet. VAHITIE IN WATER, TOO LAST OK CTP DEFGKDE31 KI.KKX IS LAUBfCHED AT BOSTOS. Alexander Smith Cochran's Yacht Will et Allowance Prom Defiance and Concede to Resolute BOSTON", May 14. The launching of the A THOviin .!..-..-. i n - 1 n ,1 UCiT3IIBt3 1 I ' . t L VL tO foot sloops was completed late today " .cA.anuor a III I LI1 UOCIlran 8 VanttlA T.11 -I II aunt. -t I . . . i- vi" " n 1.113 ways at tne yard of her builders into the Neponsite Iflvnr Tin 1 1 .. xnn.An i- . . V mj i 1 1, .fc o-ycar-oia niece of the owner, christened the yacht. On the deck stood Mr. Cochran, Rob ert P. Perkins. Miss Eleanora Sears of Boston; several seamen and Captain William Dennis, who will handle the yacht. As she rested on the ways the Vanitie seemed like a solid pieca of shining bronze. Her frames are of Bteel, strapped and braced, and her skin is Tobln bronze. She is the long est of the three yachts, being approx imately 119 feet over all. 74.9 feet on the water line, 22 feet beam and 13 S feet draught. Her sail area is esti mated at 9435 square feet. It is ex pected that she will rate Bligbtly under the Defiance and somewhat over the Resolute, receiving a few seconds more than a minute time allowance from the former and conceding three minutes and a half to the latter. The Vanitie. like her rivals, will carry a steel mast 135 feet from deck to truck. DIVORCE ASKED BY PASTOR Rev. E. H. Marshall, of Salem Bap tist Church, Charges Cruelty. SALEM, Or., May 14. (Special.) Rev. H. E. Marshall, pastor of the First Baptist Church, has filed suit for a divorce from Kitty M. Marshall. He al leges cruelty. Efforts have been made to keep the proceedings secret. The announcement of the filing of the suit astonished members of the congregation. It was reported today that the couple separated about three weeks ago. Mrs. Marshall went to the home of her mother in California. tv. H. Trindle. attorney for the plaintiff,- says the charges are somewhat sensational. It is understood that Mr. Marshall seeks the custody f a 10-year-old son. College Professor Resigns. OREGON . AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvallis. May 14. (Special.) Professor Clarence Melville McKellips. professor of pharmacy in the Oregon Agricultural College, has resigned to go into private work, after having served 16 years on the faculty of this institution. He came from Purdue University in 1898. being a graduate and post-graduate of that institution. Scliools to Have Savings Banks. NEW YORK. May 14. The Board of Education of Greater New York has decided to establish savings banks in th public schools of the ' city. When in London, a most you at 22 New Bond St. store in tne West End forty years the retail home of P THE WORLD'S OLDEST -HIGH GRADF H CTGATCFTTES PUiaorCoAT.? MEARS WILL SERVE Congress Comes to Rescue in Alaska Railway Matter. G0ETHALS' ADVICE TAKEN Irreg-ularity of Appointment of Liou- tenant to Commission Discovered by Army Rivals, but Cor rection Is Ma do. OKEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 14. Lieutenant Frederick Mears, ono of the three Alaska railway commissioners recently appointed by the President, narrowly escaped being barred from the commission because Of an ftvPTKirlit et . , .1 i : i I, - " i- nuuuiuailuuUD. lieutenant Mears is a cavalry officer ii. jrcttra nas Deen aetaiiod tn tlltV 0a 1 - . -j "ii ciifiuirur ui me Mana ma Railroad. When the Secretary of i-iiii luuiiea around lor com petent men to take charge of the Gov ernment railroad work in Alaska, Colo nel Goethals recommended Lieutenant Mears, and on this recommendation he was appointed. The day after Lieutenant Mears re ceived his appointment, the discovery was made that the Alaska railroad bill, recently passed by Congress, authorized merely the detail of Army engineer officers to work on the railroad, and bV lnitlrffrtiAn nwiklhU.J . 1 i ' "iniiiicu irie aeiau ot officers from other branches of the Cobkkh' Authority Required. There In a o-nnaral i. 1. 1 . .. c. . .-I iu- 1 1 1 1 1 1 pro hibits the detail of general officers of . ' oeiow xne grade of Colonel without specific authority from Con gress. . Some of the Army engineers who had hoped to he detailed to Alaska railroad work were put out over the selection of Lieutenant Mnr fn, . . i. .. . , , ij I".!! IUUI only officers from the engineer corps eliiiii t.l V. . .... 1 .. j . . .-I snra ra purely engineer- n"i- ii wo mrougn tnese offi cers that It became known the detail Secretary Lane, however, was so thoroughly impressed with Lieutenant Mears' wnrlr at -ranamn , recommendation given him by Colonel - . ----- -- "'l'i w nave nis deta.ll Vllttilahnit ( r ; 1. 1 . . ji i jiuiiai uin. jib ac cordingly drafted a resolution, sent ,..0 ,c -M;nnn or tne military .Him.-, ii L oeniiie ana House, and hi I'luuipi acuon. Action Ouieklv VllH It tnnk 1 1 1 u, i v. A. i . . . , - . - a . iu get mis resolution through, and thus the detail w- "cuiciiiiiii mears Decame valid. All the time this negotiation was - , ' "i -n ttn c was in New York on Alaska railroad business wi.niniuiui oi tne rumpus going on In Washintrtnn nnH whon v, . , , , - -1 " icLuiueu i u o resolution had been signed by the ' ichhicu. tta me resolution failed Lieutenant Mpar. vnniit , ------- - - n ua,o uecn leil rv.LnuuL oeiaii, ior an officer was even . . , oiicxill. lo laKQ his old position on the Panama Rail- rflnii Snil i nm,.l 1 . . , UUIU c oeen too late to recall him. Now, however, there is ii u luiiik w prevent Lieutenant Mears from continuing as a member of the Alaska Railway Commission. k IMPORTED HELP EXCLUDED (Continued From Firgt Pace.) garding which several complaints had oeeu received Dy colonel Lockett. It developed tonltrht that th guards at the Cokedale mlna nt -arDon coal & Coke Company, a prop erty controlled by the Gitfeanh.im i terests, had not been disarmed. This was explained at military quarters as being due to the fact that it had not yet been found convenient to Bend men to taae possession of the guns, which were reported stacked in the mine of fice ready to be turned over to thi troops. FIRE ON TEXTS RETALIATORY Militia Officers Deny Intention of Firing on Non-Coin batanls. DENVER, May 14. Rifle fire was turnnt iti.kfltl., n ..- t i, . - - i 1 1 j mi uiB nuuiuw tent en onv i ii.ii. . .. J n -u ii ""'a imn uu April Z U after the battle had been in progrest - ii u ui o uu aiier striKers in the colony had fired on the soldiers. uunimK to tne testimony of Captain T. C Linderfelt and Lieutenant M. C. Bigelow today at the trial of Major Patrick J. Hamrock before the general Immediately following, both Under felt and Bigelow declared, fire brok out at the extreme southwest corner of the colony and, fanned by a high west wino and. scattered by numerous ex- nlnntnn, atn-Aaji n . - . 1 '-"-n iw wsvxsiy tiuarter or tne tent city. Both swore positively that no soldiers entered the colony until after .the fire started and that there o uu looting. . . , witnesses asserted no women or tniiaren were seen about the colony at anV tlmA ltnHnv v, i . . . . -. . e --J u tiiat tney believed all had been removed by the strikers in the- morning. Louis Tikas, James Fyler, both of Whom Wr-A Lr 4 T 1 iT n l. . I. i . , -- "iiiiiu i ii in d uitie, ana one other were taken prisoners by the -; -"iritis to captain under- felt a story, but no witnesses examined tnrinv ir. bKIa . .1 1 . . ' "T", l" t-ie exact man ner in which the strikers were killed. J.nere was a general rush across the wnen we saw women and chil- oren among tne burning tents." said uicuienani .Bigelow. A l;i rr nnmh, r .1 i . en were rescued. I rescued a womari, 15, 1914. cordial reception awaits the finest tobacconist and for nmiricl and child from a pit under one of the tents after removing two trunks, a rug and a trapdoor that had been placed over the opening." TJJflOX LEADER IS IXOTCTED First-CDegree Murder Charged In Four Cases; Conspiracy in Others. BOULDER, Colo.. May 14. Indict ments charging first-degree murder were returned by the grand Jury here today against William T. Hickey. sec retary of the Colorado State Federation of Labor; John O'Connor, president of the first Louisville, Colo, local union of the .United Mine Workers of America, iu jerry warier and Joe Petestio, :nion leaders. Indictments charging conspiracy to lurder were also returned against Ed t'ard L. Dovle. treasurer nt ri,t,tnt No. 15. United Mine Workers of Amer ica; John R. Lawson. international board member of the Am.rtr.n f... atton of Labor.' and 48 others, including the four men named in the indict ments charging first-degree murder. MR. WEST QUESTIONED GOVERNOR SAYS BRIDGE IN QUIRY IS MYSTERY TO HIM. Kxecutlve Anavrera Queries of Grand Jarr for Three Hours Approach Matter la Settled, He Asserta. "Though I have been before the grand jury this afternoon. I don't know the purpose of this Investigation of Interstate bridge affairs unless- the members of the Jury would substitute themselves for the Interstate Bridge Commission," said Governor West yesterday afternoon, after a three- nour session m the grand Jury room. "Of course I am alad to e-lv thum any information I may have, and an swered as fully as possible all ques tions tney asfted me. but there is much of the detail of this matter that I have not studied out. Thev hml snmu of the records of the Bridge Commis sion! ana tnese were discussed, but whX tney have view I don't know. "The matter of the Oregon approach has been determined and at present 1 know of no reason why I should Ad vise or favor a rehearing. Further in formation may be presented which will cause me to change my mind, but I xnow of nothing at present. Before the bridge Is built I expect to acquaint myself with all of the details that I may be able to defend my position, but ii i' ii j i. anticipate any 1 ill t cnl ty. "There is no need to fear that th approach will be bottled nn r,v gle electric company. When the bridge and approaches are ready for traffic, they will be open to as many electric lines as care to use them, both stand ard and narrow-gauge lines. They will have equal rights on the brMir. ano. approaches. Investigation of Interstate hrUi.. affairs by the grand jury has been un der way for several weeks thnm-t, iKiiiext idea ot its purpose has e.ven out Dy any member of the grand jury or any official.- District Attorney Evang says ho has not been advised of the purpose of the inquiry nor of any of the details. ' HAVE PURE BLOOD Hood's Sarsaparffla Makes Rich, Red Blood. Your heart wnrli, nl.l. i j iiiiiii u II 11 UjlV without a naimr it to i 1 . -1 ii -j 1 1 1 1 hi i jmi organ of the circulation of your blood. It is ef tho utmost importance that it should do its work well. The quality and quantity of your blood have much it. in wun its action. If this fluid is Pure and abundant viiii v, i - -i -i i ii n i i a it VI other vital organs act with more ciK, man wnen it is defective in quality or deficient in quantity. llOOd'S Samnnnrlllfl m l. . 1 blood pure and abundant. It is the ul' u rename medicine, that has been sold for 40 years, for purifying the blood. There is no better blood remedy, appetizer, stomach tonic or nerve builder. From the very first dose of Hood's Sarsaparilla improvement Be Sure vour rtriie-o-fat b-Iw.. . Hood's, for nothing else can possibly uciicm you as mucn ana nothing else can take lta place. Get It today. Adv. HOW TO KEEP WELL IN WINTER Do not let your blood get thin this Winter. For people who have a ten dency toward anaemia, or bloodless ness. Winter Is a trying season. Lack of exercise and fresh air, the more re stricted diet, many things combine to lower the tone of the body and deplete the blood. As soon as you notice tho tired feel ing, lack of appetite and shortness of breath that are warning symptoms of tnin oiooa, taKe a short treatment with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Do not wait until the color has entirely left your cheeks, until your lips are white, your eyes dull and your ears like mother of pearl. It is so much easier to correct thinning of the blood in the earlier stages than later. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills build up the blood and strengthen the nerves. In this way the general health is Im proved, the appetite increases, the di gestion is strengthened and new am bition and energy developed. Work becomes easier because it does not cause exhaustion. 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