For years the rubber forests were the sweetest song sung by the sing­ ers that came up out of Mexico with luring tales of fortune. The present high price of rubber that has followed the development of the automobile In­ dustry will doubtless revive Interest ln the rubber areas of Old Mexico. The promoter with his photographs and bis heavily stamped credentials, with the red and blue seals will again invade the United States The Mexican Insurrection has help­ ed him ln bis campaign against the timid American dollar. It has aroused an almost forgotten Interest In the country of the snake and eagle ban­ ner. Every one expects development as soon as the muddled situation over the country begins to clear up. People are thinking Mexico and talking Mex­ ico. Their knowledge of what Is go­ ing on there Is at the best half knowl­ edge, and the promoter finds the ground already broken in which he Is to sow the seeds of the lure of easy wealth. The recent troubles make good his story of reverses because of political conditions He is a sort of a hero among the suckers whose names are on his list. They listen open mouth­ ed to his tales of guerrilla warfare and appear to sympathize as he de­ scribes his arrest and deportation for political reasons. They decide to buy. “ Speculation” they call It among their friends and the Immediate members of their fam­ ilies. Some of the lands that they buy have been sold scores of times to different purchasers. Some of the Mex­ ican rubber plantations sold to Amer­ ican investors have been surveyed and found to be out in the gulf some­ where to the north of the- Yucatan peninsula. The legitimate exploiters of Mexico have made the presence of this horde of smooth tongued adventurers possi­ ble. They are fattening ln the pub­ licity given the real schemes of Mex­ ican development. SHE GOT WHAT SHE WANTED This W om an Had to Insist Strongly, but it Paid a — Chicago, 111.—" I suffered from a fe­ male weakness and stomach trouble, and 1 went to the store to get z. bottle of Lydia« E. Pink- ham’s V e g e t a b l e Compound, but the clerk did not want to let me have it- he said it was no ood and wanted me o t r y something else, b u t knowing all about it 1 in­ sisted a n d finally ________________ got it, and I am so glad I did, for it has cured me. “ I know of so many cases where wo- men have been cured by Lydia E. I’ink- ham’s Vegetable Compound that I can say to every suffering woman if that medicine does not help her, there is nothing that will.” —Mrs. J a n e t z k l 2903 Arch St., Chicago, 111. This is the age of substitution, and women who want a cure should insist upon Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound just as this woman did, and not acceV something else on which the druggist ca,. make a little more profit. Women who are passing through this critical period or who are suffering from any of those distressing ills pe­ culiar to their sex should not lose sight of the fact that for thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, which is made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for fe­ male ills. In almost dv°ry community you will find women who have ix-tn restored to health by Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound. " a u ■ '* * * * » w-vl -- f • ind the gwlndler who have followed ln the steps of the honest promoter, Many of the plausible tongued gen- V P °U t ofi Americans, ° ,dl MeI ico to sell plantations are sun tanned, saturnine men, with a g,ft of tons ,le» The great majority of them, however, are gentlemen with saddle coiored complexions and Cas- tutan accents. They let It be known that for reasons not unconnected with the disturbed conditions of their home- lnnd they muBt 8ell Thelr descrlptlons weakening them. It IS equally bench- of their very great plantations roll ficial for the very young and the mid- from pr;,rtlre(t tongues. ¡“ * r t j. I. -¡way. efficient tree trom all harmful ingredients. I 0 a gold mine They prefer to deal in get its beneficial effects it is always those " lost mtnes-" of which all trace L, , l ’ L l vanished before the revolution of necessary to buy the genuine, bear- ls38 Some oId Indlan ln thetr group tng the name c f the Company — of family retainers has. so the story California Fig Syrup C o __ plainly koes. recently rediscovered this place printed on the front ofevery packag^ Iof !?bulous rlchne88- The plau8,ble •/r’a'-aa6c. gentleman cannot return, and work __________________ , black eye?” d K‘ Ve * >U that hv „ ’ i , , . giving a black -v ' t* p. r ,’J on giving a black eye to the lady who gave it to me.” —P. I, P. w . this mine. He will be thrown Into Jail or he will be persecuted by his »olitlcal enemies Alas, he needs money-now. at once. He must sell. and he usually does sell. The gold Take Cold « S and r ahowed * ” the It speaker. to the Vhen the bowel* are constipated, poi­ " w hy- 1 do“ 1 know, hut there's no sonous substances arc absorbed into tbs telling what a buffalo will do when Mood instead of being daily removed from he want* grap*a,' was the reply the body as nature intended.■ Knowing I New York WorltL t this danger, doctors always inquire about the condition of the bowel*. Ayer’s Pill*. W IM h O . tr w O a . laeweiLI “ How did you spend your weeks’ vacation?” “ Recovering from sunburn the week and poison ivy the second.| Washingon Star. Good For Yoi HOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS It Does the Wor Honorable, Dignified, Lu When You b “ Is your son out o f danger yet?’J “ N o; the doctor is going to nJ three or four more visits.’’—L ville Courier-Journal. The Dawn o f Scientific When He Wants Grapes. City Building In Canada. An expert condemns the common "Champ Clark Is rather leery about giving an opinion nowadays." said one practice on this continent of laying of his friends ln the house press gal out our cities with the regularity of a This system Is the lery "He la running for president. box of blocks He Is much given to saying that be triumph of utilitarianism. We usually will not discuss a subject that every­ build our cities on the plan of a cer- tain sort of bookcase, so that It Is easy body else Is discussing "Mr. Clark reminds me of a young to add new sections whenever we like, ■ lawyer out west The legal light would without Incongruity. One way is to pay no attention | n°t commit himself on any subject Sound Phllosopny. to it; at least not until it de­ ! Two of hts friends, Tom and John, un­ A corresponden- of the Portland. velops into pneumonia, or dertook to make him take a stand Mass, Times asserts: "Men are like bronchitis, or pleurisy. An­ They went to his office and Incidental­ bugles— the more .»wss they contain. ly commenced a debate whether or other way is to ask your doc­ not a buffalo ate grapes. the further you can uea them. Wom­ en are like tulips the more modest tor about Ayer’s Cherry Pec­ | Of course, he eats grapes.’ said toral. If he says, “ The best | Tom. I saw one climb twenty feet and retiring they appea-, the better you love them.” There U som j truth, thing for colds,” then take it 10 *et a bunch of grapes.’ we think, lit that. What! ^ buffalo climb a treeT" Do as he saya, anyway. •Yea.’ Futile Arguments. W « pu b.iah omr f o r n u l u ” What do you think of that propc Tber* was ones an orator. Tv emit- bwaitah ftl+ofcol sltlon a buffalo climbing a tre* to fVoaa o » r a o d io tn o o get grape* judse" ”, Z ----- J” tocl#s, and aa he reasoned a Colonel A yers Stranger — Have you a good] tonic you can recommend? ' Druggist (in prohibition tow Here is something that is spo^_ very favorably by people whoj drank it.— Puck. brick has always been a weakness of When the Stomach, Live the American. Banana plantations are one of the and B o w e ls have “ goni main standbys of the dark skinned promoter. He always has many pic­ b a c k ” on y o u there ij tures. They are photographs'of beau­ tiful banana groves, with himself nothing will do you so mu standing well In the foreground. Big bunches of the fruit are dropping over good as a short course of his shoulder, and around him are number of white clad halfbreeds, to whom be refers as his "peons." His language rises to Iridescent heights as he describes the “ so grand hacienda,” and the vast acres that sur­ round his home. His tongue fairly For 58 YEARS it hasi drips gold as he describes the fertile land, the glorious climate and the helping sickly folks back I certainty of a fortune to the lucky Berrying With a Bear. man who grasps the providential op­ health. Try it today. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Clark and family portunity. of Milton are putting ln this month in These gentlemen with the smooth and versatile manners Invade Amer­ the mountains, and a few days ago ican cities. They work very cautious­ she left the camp to pick huckleber­ ly and very quietly among the sort ries, and when about a . mile away of people who dream of getting rich found a bush well loaded with the over night by some lucky speculative fruit and was busy filling her bucket turn. They stop at the little out of when she heard a rustling noise on the way hotels and tell a tale of perse­ the other side of the brush, relates a cution that accounts for their secre­ dispatch from Milton, Ore. She got up to investigate and there, tive movements. almost touching her, was a large bear. Talk for the Investor. They gazed at one another for some As a rule the swarthy coloring, the little time, and then Mrs. Clark start­ Castilian accent and the photographs ed to run for the camp, believing the of the plantations, concessions, rubber bear was after her, but he was run­ groves and banana forests are all that ning ln the other direction. the promoter needs ln order to con­ FOR RHEUMATISM | vince bis victims. The Rent Sheepskin. Mrs. O live Huntington, Nortons, Ore.,« “ Ah, but see, senor,” he exclaims, The president of a college near Bos­ “ I consider 3 ’our M exican Mustang l| I iment the best o f liniments. I haTewl "here Is the station of the railway ton tells me that he received today a I it for different ailm ents and it alwd that is located quite near the haci­ letter, the writer of which, a graduate, gave satisfactory results. It is espedij go o d in cases o f Inflammatory* enda.” As he talks he rifles through asked for a second diploma. He said I tisiu and all form s o f lameness.” a bunch of Mexican photographs, se­ that he had been engaged but that | 25c. 50c. $1 a bottle at Drug &. Gen’lSl lecting one now and then with much to he and the lady of his choice had a edify his listener. falling out. The lady showed her dis­ "You will see that there Is transporta­ pleasure by tearing his diploma Into tion for the minerals, the fruits and bits. "I am afraid,” said the presi­ T R A D E MARK the dry stuffs from the plantation. dent, “ he will have to go through life Then, too, senor, the labor Is the minus his diploma, but with a certified cheapest. Do you see ln this picture copy.”— Boston Record. the mozos who work for me? Ah, but they are contented folk, who will Roasted Victim Alive. COUGH AN D CONSUMPTION | work and' work hard if properly han­ An almost unbelievably cruel hap­ dled. It Is the Senor American who pening has come to light at Hiroshi­ REMEDY would know how to handle these pa­ ma. Japan There a man and his THE OLD & RELIABLE REMEDY F O II tient workers. Dangerous? Not at all, wife have been arrested for willfully & RECENT C0U6HS, HORSENESS. 181 and very temperate.” cremating a live man. The prisoners INFLUENZA ANO COLDS. In the southwest they cut their eye were In charge of a crematorium, and P R I C E 25 A N D 50 CENTS teeth on such tales and pictures long while at work a faint voice coming A S K Y O U * D EALS* since. The business of marketing Im­ out of a coffin begged for fresh air. S. B . MEDICINE M F G .C O . P O R T L A N D , ORE. aginary banana plantations and arid The couple took no notice, however, wastes of sand for sugar beet fields and proceeded to apply fire, roasting has languished there for years. It has the man alive. forced the promoter to penetrate far­ ther northward with his thrilling, en­ Spiritual Insulation. trancing and Iridescent stories of Many a man. who is now thallled wealth to be had for the asking. Pop­ with the currents of the life of this ular Ignorance of Mexico has aided modern age freely passing through them. Our estimate of the Mexican him. Is in danger of moral disaster, shrewdness has made the task of the through defective spiritual Insulation. promote! easy. We think that be­ Are the wires of your ambition well cause he cannot speak English flu­ wrapped around with the Insulating Learn « Profession where d* | ently he is already delivered Into our material of prayer and faith and love? mand is greater than the supply* hands. —Zion's Herald. EXICO savors of romance, mescal, chili, guitar thump­ ings and gold. It has about It the lure of easy money and swinging hammocks, and there ts a popular feeling that fortunes wait for the hustling American who ventures into the land of the Monte- cumas. Americans look upon the Mexican as an untutored and childlike individual who cannot compete with Yankee shrewdness. Sooner or later the ad- veuturous financier of the northern re­ public ventures across the line Into the southern republic and invests in a banana plantation, a dye wood con­ cession or a mine of Ineffable rich­ ness. Fleecing the "gringo" has become an established business in those arid lands that lie to the west and the south of the Rio Grande del Norte. A stream of good American dollars Is poured across (he line Into the "land of tomorrow.” The Mexican has taken a leaf from the book of the dead and gone boomers of the old boom towns of the prairies. The recent insurrec­ tion has stimulated business of this sort, but It has been well established for the last decade. A HEALTHY, HAPPY OLD AGF — s A TVSX /CA-rr