THE SUNT) AYOREGOM A", PORTLAND, DECEMBER 26. 1909. WOMEN PUT FEET ON BAR RAIL WHEN PALACE HOTEL IS FORMALLY OPENED "This Is the Happiest Day of My Xafe,' One Prominent Society Matron Is Heard to Remark Before San Francisco Police Arrive and Announce to Jolly Throng It Is High Time to Go Home. ' - F " "Tf tsrl !. i-' ii BT HARBT B. SMITH.' SAX FRANCISCO. Dec. 25. (Special.) At th social event attendant on the opening of the new ' Palace Hotel tfrer wu not a little ado over the "ajr the women flocked to the bar, over which hanga the Pled Piper of Hamelin Town, painted by Maxfleld Parrteh. As soon as the conventions commenced to glv way , the women flocked to the barroom and stood at the fcar In droves. They drank and shook dice grandmoth ers, mothers and maidens. One woman, whoao lineage and education have given her high place for 40 years, paid: "I have wanted to do this ever since I could remomber wanted to stand at the bar and put my foot on the foot-rail as men do. So this, for me, is the happiest moment of my life." To be sure, the police came along in the morning hours and requested soma of the woman to move out, but really the whole thing was done in all Innocence and ther was no over-drinking. Charity Kditor Starts How. William K. Hearst's local editors and business manager are beginning to realise that charitable endeavor Is not always . charitably construed and they are dis covering a connection they knew not of between charity and the uncompromising science of arithmetic. It all comes of the Thanksgiving edition of the Examiner which was written, edited and sold by the energetic women of the Associated Charities. .The edition was a great suc cess and everybody remembers how the papers sold. Everything waa well until the day for settlement came. The-n the troubles of the women and the innumerable business managers be gan. When a statement of the receipts and disbursements was compiled, the net result was not up to the expectations of the charity workers. It is understood that the Examiner estimates. Its daily expenses at 4000, but the figure for the special edition was much larger. The dispute has been acrimonious and has reached the stage, so it is said, where the women have flatly refused to ac cept the settlement offered by the Ex aminer. Hearst Is expected out here after the holidays and it is said that the wo men will carry their differences straight to him for settlement. Bobljery Story Enlarged On. San Francisco has been entertained the past two weeks by a discreetly retiring gentleman, who has come to be known far and wide as "The Drugstore Bandit." The newspapers and more particularly the. Examiner, "which dearly loves that kind of a yam. have fairly reveled In the "going." as the racetrack man would say. and every line that has heen obtain able, together with a lot of manufac tured Information, has gone through the printing press. The world at large is acquainted with the robber, or so much of him as the press associations have seen fit to carry over their wires. Briefly speaking, he Is the chap who some two weeks ago startled the community by holding-up the Oleason-Courneen drugrtore on Market street, near Eighth, and the same night murdering In cold blood an employe In a Turkish bathhouse. That was suf ficient in itself to make a good story, but he set the city on edge when he re turned a few nights later to the drug store snd once more, at the point of the pistol, induced the clerk to empty the cash register. And all this while Dr. Gleaeon (a brother, by the way, of Jack Gleason) stood in the back of the establishment, and looked on. DctectUes Arc Foiled. Dr. Gleason said It was the same man. Then followed the alleged robbing of a candy store, or rather the attempt at hold-up, by a man thought to be one and the some with the drugstore robber. Ths detectives were presumed to be out sido the candy store, which la close to the drugstore, but the arch criminal of tha century escaped them, although rumor among the reporters who have been handling the case is to the effect that the plain clothes men were In a neighboring saloon Indulging In a drink. The outlaw, it appears, ta quite 1ft lr writer. At all events countless mis sives have been paraded in the news papers, purporting to come from him. One of these was to Detective Ryan, who was threatened with trouble. Another was received by Dr. Gleason and even the Examiner received a postal card. In fact, the messages have come so thick And fast that the newspaper world, at least, believe most if not all of them to - t- - ' r - , t P "TFT. 'V. "V uJ j-v .'. .'. A ' i . .'.-.'.V ' " ' 1MiWsUx'4MM.. fOCKT OF THE NKTV PALACE HOTEX. have ben hoaxes. The Examiner, it is shrewdly surmised, had that postal cara written to Itself to help the story. That there is- a robber of -some." sort, no one doubts, but very likely be Is not of the ferocious sort that the news papers have -made him out to be. At all events, the last few eights the "Bandit Story.'- as It is labeled by the craft, has been a very dead . affair and gradually the' newspapers are reducing the largre assignments of men who have been working on. the case. ' . Ir. Evans'; pctlrement 1 1 According to the gosgip fn the pews and choir of the exclusive Grace 'Epis copal Church, the retirement' of th Rev. Davis Evans from his position as curate and his acceptance of a call to Palo Alto were not all honey and sweetness, as the authorized version of the affair Indicated. Grace Church is a temporary struc ture on the cathedral Jot on Nob Hill. Kverybody knows the Crockers gave this great block of land to the Episco palians as a site for their great cathed ral. But the Rev. Davis Evans camped right on the lot and threw. In his voice and influence with the prosecutors who were denouncing Will Crocker and try ing to send his friends to jail. So the Crockers withdrew from Grace Church and Joined Trinity. Their friends did the same. Funds for the cathedral did not come In as rapidly as before and Jriends of the movement com menced to look around for th cause. They suspected the Rev. Davis, but it would never do to oust him because he favored the prosecution and offend ed the rich. So it was decided to dis solve Grace Church Partsh, absorb it In the Cathedral and let Dr. Evans down easy. For Municipal Ownership. From all that can be learned, munici pal ownership will be given a good trial in San Francisco for the next few years. The people seem to approve of the proposition to buy the Spring "Val ley Water Company and the Indications are that bonds will be voted for the purchase of the Geary-street cable line, which runa from out near the park to Third and. Market streets in front of the Chronicle building. There is a tre mendous fight on as regards the Geary street line, but the heads of the Union" Labor party are for the scheme and that will be a bis boost. . , The chief argument against the line being run by the city it, the fact that it has no way to reach the ferry, no system of transfers with the United Railroads and will therefore be a white elephant to the city. However that may be, it looks as if enough of the people of San Francisco want a line that their representatives are handling.' . Tuberculosis Ordinance Signed. San Francisco has a tuberculosis or dinance, but it la by no means as Czar like in power conferred on the Health Officer as was the original intention. Mayor Taylor signed the ordinance, al HOME OF DEPARTED SPIRITS No Teaching of the Bible Suggests That There Is a Habitation Authorities Quoted,, on the Subject. ELM A. Wash.. Dec 22 (To the Edi tor.) In The Sunday Oregonlan recent ly there appeared a short article un der the heading, "Home of Departed Spirits," in which the writer specu lates on the possibilities of the where abouts of the famous resort. Now I believe it is right and proper that we speculate, and have our own ideas, about things pertaining; to Bible truths, provided we do not go too far. and allow our ideas -to carry ua be yond the Bible teaching, thu causing conflict between human and divine teaching. In the article referred to every Idea set forth Is purely human, and seem to be contradictory to the word of God. In the first place, the Bible does not even hint that there Is such a piace as a "home for departed spirits." and if we try to locate and teach such a place, it does not harmonise with Bible teaching on kindred subjects, therefore it cannot be correct. If we teach a "home for disembodied tpirits." we are teaching, of necessity. 4 though with the understanding that one clause is to be changed. The sec.r tion complained of gives any inspector Or other official of the Board of Health the right to invade a private home and drag a . victim to another place, despite the protest of Ws relatives. The Mayor argued that this was a dangerous power to be given to an official, and has in sisted that the charge of exposing oth er members of the family to the dis ease must be: proved before the Board of Health in the regular manner and that the accused he given a chance ,to defend himself. Diceshaking Permitted., 'The cigar :men have found a- loop hole in the law that prevents the nlckel-ln-the,-slot. machines', on the counters and also prohibits dice-shaking. 'It isn't much of a loophole, but every little bit helps. Nowadays nobody may shake dice for drinks or for cigars and the proprietors may shake, also. The flaw in the law was discovered by Judge Cabaniss. It arises, so he explains, from .n attempt on the part of the lawmakers to make a distinction between bartenders and cigar-dealers on the one hand and com mon citizens on the other. The judge held . that., if two customers could le gally shake dice that the proprietor or his clerk had an equal right. The re sult of thiB decision has been the intro duction of "card" dice, in other words, dice that have the card symbols printed on their faces. Instead, therefore, of dropping a nickel in a slot-machine you pay a nickel to the dealer and roll out the dice. Airship for San Francisco. " . Some of San Francisco's millionaires are taking a flyer in the game of avia tion. There is now in progress a scheme for building an airship on a new model right here in this city. It seems that a man named Murray has invented a scheme for a flexible tailshaft that will permit the controlling of an airship during its flight. John Martin has tak en the matter up. and the first thing to do is to get 20 men to put up $500 each for the building of an experimental airship. Eugene de Sabla, Leon Sloss. W. P. Hammon and Frank Griffin are among those who have already agreed to put up the money. Sbuberts May Withdraw. A rumor which has been persistently current in theatrical circles for several days predicts the withdrawal of the Shuberts from the San Francisco field in the Tjear future. The fact of con tinued poor business at the Valencia street house and the report that the employes have received notice that their services will not be required af ter the first of the year, are looked upon as confirmation. Coupled with the rumor and pointed to as significant of the future of the Valencia is the fact that Fred Belasco and George Davis, of the Alcazar, have given the house a thorough inspection, with a view. It is claimed, to establishing a house for melodrama. disembodied spirits, which thing the Bible does not teach. We are not taught in the Bible that we are naturally immortal, or that any part of our being Is immortal, except in the teaching of Satan, when he 'told the wom an "Ye shall not surely die." (Gen., Hi.) A direct contradiction of the positive as sertion of God,-. "Ye shall surely die." Satan's teaching has universally been preferred to God's because it seems more palatable, as It were. Some of us would rather believe that when we die we don't die. but just simply "move out," to take up our abode in the realms of eternal giory, or home for the "disembodied." . This teaching entirely destroys the beauty as well as the importance of the great atonement. "God so loved the world" that he gave his only begotten son." What for? "That whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have, everlasting life." "I am come." For what purpose? "That they might have life, and that they mipht have it more abundantly." Christ. John, x:W. "And as Moses lifted up the serpent In the wilderness, even so must the son of I man be lifted up; that whosoever belier eth. in him should not perish, but have eternal life." John, Hi 34-15. Very many . other Scriptures might be cited, which teach emphatically that Christ came to open the floor of eternal life, and . this life which he brought is only to those who will enter the door and accept of it; even then It Is only given by prom But "he that belleveth not the son shall not see lifs." John. iil:86. These scriptures teach ometlung or they are worthless. We very often, hear it preached, es pecially in a funeral discourse, that death Is the door to glory; that by pasti:c -through that door we pass through into a higher life. I don't suppose, however, that there ever was a preacher who dared say that the Bible taught such a thing, for we are plainly taught there that death is our enemy. 1 Cor.. xv;26. Would we not think the sentence God pronounced on Adam and Eve-i-for the direct violation of tnis holy will a curious one if he had said: "In the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely pass through the gateway of glory"? - Paul says, "sin entered, and dath (the gateway to glory?) by sin." Rom.. v:12. He also teachs us that not until the resurrection will the saying ba fulfilled. "O, death (gateway to glory? ). where Is thy stine? The sting of deatl Is sin." I Cor.. xv:55-5; But. says the friend at our elbow, "if the Bible teaches that we only have the promise of life, at the resurrection, and we sleep and are unconscious- till that time, does the Scripture not contradict itself when It says that the spirit shall return to God who gave It?" - Not at all. "God formed man of the dust '., . . and breathed Into, his nos trils . . , life." Gen.. ii:7. Here is the sum of man's composition. In speaking of God's cmnipotency. Job says: "In whose hand is the soul of every living thing and the breath of all mankind." We are now living souls, but are very quickly robbed of that title, for, "Thou takest away their breath, they die. and return to their dust." "His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish." Now when we stop to conaider that a man is a man, and not a house for tht; spirit to dwell In while on earth, and that he is" a machine "fearfully and wonder fully made.", as David says, and that he is propelled by the life that is in him and that the life is only in him as long as he is capable of breathing, that when "his breath goeth forth" his life; goes with it. and Is then in the hands, power. or keeping1 of God ' till the resurrection then is Solomon understood when he said. "Then shall the dust return to the dust as it was, and the spirit shall return unto God who gave It." Once, when consulting a prominent au thority on the subject of "the spirit in man." he said that the spirit could see, hear, feel, taste and talk; that it had the, form of a person. When asked why he believed as he did. he replied that the Bible taught it, and for proof referred us to the rich man and Lazarus, and a few other Scriptures that he thought established hie idea. When asked what becomes of that portion of a man's spirit which is in cased in his legs, when the train cut both his legs off, whether that portion of the spirit stayed with the rest, and managed without a house to live. In, or whether it took Its flight as soon as it was uncased, or whether it went with the old case Into the grave, he replied that such a question was too ridiculous to be answered. "We thought so, too. There is nothing ridiculous in the truth of God's word. "Jesus Christ is the only one who hath Immortality.".- Tim. vl:16. "Man Is mortal." 1 Cor. xv:53. ( "It Is appointed unto all men once, to die." Heb. ix:27. "Man lieth down and riseth not: till .the heavens shall be no more, they shall not awake, . nor be raised, out of their sleep." Job xiv:12. "If a man die. shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait,- till my change come. Thou shalt call, and I will answer ' thee." Job xlv:14-15. "Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life: and ' they that have done evil, until the resurrec tion of damnation." Jesus, John v:2-29. "I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in me. though he were dead, yet shall he live." Jesus. John xi:23. So then, we are asleep, unconscious, between death and the resurrection, and "your life is hid with Christ - In God. When Christ, who Is our life shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him In glory, col. 111:3-4. Is there anything ridiculous about It? Read the whole Bible, and see the lm portance, with which the writers there seem to view the judgment and the resur rection. But why? If we have passed into glory at death vhy do our old bodies need to be raised? If we are enjoying perfect happiness In heaven, why bring us back to this earth to be judged? Why bring Haman out of hell and tor ment (if there were such a thing) after these 'thousands of . years, and try him and sentence him to hell and torment? Again we have Tun on to something ridiculous. But let us not try to rob Christ of the glory which rightly belongs to him, by teaching that man is naturally immortal and has life independent of Christ. To him be all the glory of eternal life, through the resurrection which is by him. Until that time we have no need for another "home." D. B. I'IZER. The Actor's Share of Money. Everybody's. A musical comedy or comic opera of the first class averages a cast of about 25 people, while I suppose about 17 ia the average number for a dramatic company. A orima donna, who Is not a star, gets from J100 to 350 a week; the principal comedian from J150 to 500 a week; the tenor from $75 to t300. the bass about the same. The minor characters range from 40 to J100 a week, while show girls get 25 and SCO. and chorus people from $13 to $23, the average salary being about $1S. SOUTHERN OREGON". want to be in Oregon, In Southern Oregon, want to feel the warm sunshine, want to smell the sugar pine, want to see the miners mine In Southern Oregon. I want to see the farmers rami In Southern Oregon; I want to see the orchards bloom, I want a little elbow room. And there I'll stay till crack o' doom In Southern Oregon. I want to see the many schools ' In Southern Oregon; I want to et a strong foothold . ' Where It Is neither hot nor cold. Where all things grow from grass to gold In Southern Oregon. I want to see the brainy men In Southern Oregon: I want to see the pretty girls With rosy cheeks, .and glossy curls. And teeth that rival snowy pearls In Southern Oregon. I want to see the water power In Southern Oregon: I want to see Rogue River flow From mountain high with caps of snow, I want to see the grit and go In Southern Oregon: MILO P. WARD. MEN WHO ARE MAKING THEIR MARK IN THE VARIOUS - ACTIVITIES OF THE DAY pqu STT ' rnn ST4 rvn tf ff , Hi if ' " : ft- "' II t , ' "1 i, II - --- - - k 1 ji .-.'- : p 4 . - f ...:, :..'.! V..-.'.i 1 f ' i ? ' i V ' " I - r a . - !- x - , - s- - L.J . - , , ? a- i '-IV-r Sr I T v i &..- v. f v- 311 if "1 P In i gftg m ' - -v ill I i SB - si w T1. i I"- . 1$ t"Xf - ."55 ' ? t W NEW YORK, Dec. 23. (Special.) Attorney-General Major, of Missouri, succeeded Hadley. now Governor of that state, on the job. The Standard Oil octopus having been hunted to Its lair by his predecessor, Mr. Major has started after the telegraph and telephone com bine and is going to find out whether under the antl-truat law of his state the combine can be shut out of the state. Dr. Simon Flexner has charge of the big Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York. When Early, the so-called leper, came from Washing ton to New York recently traveling In a special baggage car he came to be ex- V "" lilt - w - II , - " f it ii ...-ax livy mmmmmM rj ii I in i i - FEW STOPS AND FAST CARS . Mixed Opinion as to Stopping at Every Other .Crossing. PORTLAND, Dec. 24. (To the Editor.) The suggestion that trolley cars should be stopped only at every other street crossing for the accommodation of passengers, good from every point of view, will hardly be adopted at least not without a vigorous protest from many people. The reason is plain. This Is not an era of walking. The tetndency is to give the legs a rest, or as much rest as possible. Physical exercise is hateful and every effort Is being put forth to devise means of contributing to perfect ease, artificial transportation that Is, any sort which will render unnecessary the em ployment of real muscle in getting from one place to another. Try to sell a house and lot to an In quirer for a home. Among his first in quiries will be as to its distance from a streetcar line. If the agent say two blocks, the purchased-to-be will rebel at once, and If it Is three blocks distant, the trade Is off, . if not in a thousand places, certainly in nine cases out of ten. The blocks in Portland are usually 200 feet ' long, and any man or woman can without Indulging in unseemly haste walk that-distance in a minute. Three blocks will require, say, four minutes' walk, but this distance Is so great and the time re quired so excessive that In most In stances the problem is too appalling to be favorably considered. Then there are the automobiles. The man who can afford one expects his chauffeur to pick him up at his front door and land him at the entrance to his office. This is done. The man may walk two blocks for his lunch at noon, but that is about the extent of his "leg exercise" for the day. And the v omen? How often do you see the wives of those who can afford automobiles walking along Washington, Morrteon or our other bus iness streets? Seldom, 1f ever. On the contrary, driven by a chauffeur and en sconced in a huge touring car, they dash up to a department store, alight and en ter It while the professional negotiator of the chug-chug car bides his time. If another establishment two blocks away is the next object to be Investigated, the auto la used for transportation purposes hither. - But not always does the fair purchaser leave her comfortable seat. Frequently a clerk is actually sent for and he proceeds to the street, where or ders are given and the delivery wagon does the rest. . With the rapidly growing tendency to sit and lie about as much of each 24 hours as possible, it Is a safe prediction that three or four generations hence the earth will be inhabited by a race of leg less people devoid of lower limbs, these supposed necessary adjuncts of the hu man body being suggested only by a cou ple of atrophied stumps, ugly, useless, shrunken and without form. Of course, as aviation is studied and perfected, it Is possible that the human race may by degrees develop wings In the place of arms, and feathers Instead of hair; but the legs are surely doomed, excepting, perhaps, in the case of the plebeians who haven't any other appar ent or real means of support. Under present tendencies, however, it ta useless to expect people willingly to consent to a system of streetcar stoppages involving an extra walk of a block, when it is eo much easier for the motorman to turn the "juice" off and on by the turn of a crank, than It is for the impatient citi zen to summon the necessary energy to start a pair of legs in actual motion What we may expect, therefore. Is the Inauguration, without much delay, of a system which will stop cars not only at every street crossing, but in the middle of each block, with autos at convenient distances on such streets as have no car lines to quickly transport citizens at the expense of the city to the nearest stop lllr-Sti Yv ill f K- if III' fi -vilr ' I v . .y. ,,:s ill I Mir 1 ..Jx ui . . : MW': 'jmmmmm am ined by Dr. Flexner to determine whether he really was afflicted with leprosy. The New York, doctors once be fore decided that he was not, but the authorities at Washington have forbidden hira to remain at large in that city. Consul-General Altschul, of Nicaragua, is Zelaya's personal representative in this country. He is stationed at New Orleans. Ho la in constant communication with Managua. X H. IT. Mudge, the new head of the Rock Island Road, is a railroad man who has risen from the bottom. He began rail roading In the track department of the Santa Fe road and rosa by .degrees ping place all of which will be under the inspection of officers duly chosen by the people. If one doubts all this, observe the auto shoppers or try to sell a house and lot which Is four blocks from a car line five minutes away and listen to the protests of the voluble and vehement ob jector. G. T. T. PORTLAND, Dec 24 (To the Editor.) I, among many others, think that the suggested plan of streetcars being stopped at every other street a very good idea and one that ought, if put into effect, very materially increase the .streetcar service in efficency. In addition, I be lieve that the car wervlce can be still fur ther benefited if the system of flagging for railroad trains on Kast Morrison street was done away with. The street cars should be given the right of way. If The Oregonian's contention in regard to draw-bridges is correct, that the num ber of persons benefited should be a fac tor In determining the operation of the draw, how much more so should it apply to the Cast " Morrison-street railroad crossing, where all cars at all times in both directions are held up for "flag ging."' If this delay was computed for a day, I believe that the time lost would amount to more than the delay from the Morrison-street bridge draw, being left open. Another time-saver would be to have regular men stationed at prominent loca tion to operate switches instead of de pending on the motorman. Where it is necessary that flagging be done, a flag man should be employed, instead of mak ing the conductor fight his way through a crowd of passengers to flag his car. . A STRAPHANGER. LANDS GO TO TENANTS Aoghrane Castle Taken Over by Irish Estates Commissioners. DUBLIN"; Dec. , 25. Aughrane Castle, County of Roscommon, and 300 acres of land surrounding it have been purchased by T.'Wi Russell, M. "P.. for the Irish Agricultural Department. The castle and demesne formed a portion of the Bagot estate, the greater part of which was re cently taken over bj the Estates Com missioners and divided among the tenants. Some dissatisfaction, has been caused In the district, as It was believed that the Estate Commissioners had also in tended to become purchasers of the 300 acres which have been taken over by the Board of Agriculture. The Industries of Knappton, Wasli. PORTLAND, Dee. 23. (To the Editor.) Noticing- repent news reports in The Ore gonlan, referring to the Columbia Mills, at Knappton. as having been built by A. M. Simpon, I wish to correct the error. Knappton was first started as a center for a cement factory and a barrel factory, was built where barrels were made for the cement. The place was then called Ce mentvtlle. After that enterprise failed. Mr. Knapp, brother to R- Knapp, f Knapp, Burrel A Co.. took hold of the site, changed the barrel faetorr to a box factory and built the sawmill. After running it a year or so Mr. Knapp'i money, and may be en ergy, gave out, and the mill came Into the possession of A. M. Simpson. Mr. Knapp went o a farm on Lake River, Lewis County. Wash., where about 9 years ago he died, raspected and honored. As for A. 14. Simpson, bis enterprises ham teen many. I was employed at the Knappton Mills for three years, and every employe who had ever come in contact with blra spoke highly of blm. Later 1 installed under his direction the machinery in the tug Traveler, at Pan Francisco. In coming from Fan Francisco to Astoria we ex perienced severe weather end Mr. Simpson bad the misfortune to fall overboard off Coo Bay, but was pulled back by Captain R. Lawsoq. Next morning, when we were laying off the Columbia River, Mr. Simp son eat out and admired the glorious sun rise, remarking that it would make a grand study for a painter he named. WILLIAM ISENSEE. . 1 through the operating department till h became general manager. He has been vice-president of the Rock Island for eoma' time. . Thomas D. Hyatt has the proud reputa tion of being the only "honest weigher" handling the Sugar Trust's product ai New York when the trust was defraud ing the Government out of millions. He is an important witness in the cases now on trial. ' When Zaccheus Daniel was still -a, stu dent at Princeton, he discovered. a comet. This was in June, 1907. In the following June he discovered another. Now he has found a third while making studies of the heavens at the Halstead Observa tory. Daniel is the holder of a fellow ehip in astronomy founded by Mrs. Mary Thaw. AGONY OF ECZEMA Whole Body a Mass of Raw, Tor turing Humor Hair All Fell Out and Ears Seemed Ready to Prop Off Clothing Would Stick to Bleeding Flesh Hoped Death Would End Fearful Suffering. CASE SEEMED HOPELESS BUT CUTICURA CURED HER "Words cannot describe the terrible eczema I suffered with. It broke out on my head and kept spreading until it covered my whole body. I was almost a solid mass of sores from bead to foot. I looked mors like a piece of raw beef than a human being. The pain and agony I endured seemed, more than I could bear. Blood and pus oozed from the great sore on my scalp, from under my finger nails, and nearly all over my body. My ears were so crusted and swollen I was afraid they would break: oJT. Every hair in my head fell out. I could not sit down, for my clothes would stick to the raw and bleeding flesh, making me cry out from the pain. My family doctor did all he could, but 1 got worse and worse. My oonditioa was awful. I did not think I could live, and wanted death to come and end my frightful sufferings. " In this condition my mother-in-law begged me to try the Cuticura Rem edies. I said I would, but had no hope of recovery. But oh, what blessed re lief I experienced after applying Cuti cura Ointment. It cooled the bleeding and itching flesh and brought me the first real sleep I had had in weeks. It was as grateful as ice to a burning tongue. I would bathe with warm water and Cuticura Soap, then apply the Ointment freely. I also took Cuti cura Resolvent for the blood. In a short time the sores stopped running, the flesh began to heal, and I knew! was to get well again. Then the hair on my head began to grow, and in a short time I was completely cured. I cannot praise Cuticura enough. I wish I could tell everybody who has ' ecsema to use Cuticura. My condition was so terrible that what cured me cannot fail to cure anybody of this awful disease. If any one doubts the truth of this tetter, tell them to write to me. Mrs. Wm. Hunt, 135 Thomas St.. Newark. H. J., Sept. 2S, 1908." . Concur Soap, Ointment and Resolvent nianM g' pnu are aoid tbroucout tfie world. Potitf ru ("firm Corp.. Sole Props.. Boston. M&ea. WMausd free, Latom Cuticura sia Bows. With Mrs. NETTIE HARRISON'S 4-DA Y HAIR COLOR. It is the only entirely successful and satisfactory prepa ration for the purpose. Simple - Harm less - Certain. Sold for 20 years, ana its friends are lesion. It never fails. Price $1.00. At all druggists and at Til K SKIDMORE DRUG CO, lul Third St, Portland. BEYOND WORDS