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About Weekly Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1900-1924 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1902)
0 . f weekly Oregon . statesman. Tuesday, july i. 15-2. l u(tik4 yery Tiewiay ad Friday fcy the TA18A.V I't'BU.-IIIxa COMi-ANT K. J. IIE5PK1. K. Mrmcer. ' eCE3CBII1 JJX gATA .- One year, ina-lranee... n.... 1 00 month, to advance Jti 'I hre4i iuoiji tm la iTnc;....... un tttr, oa time.....-:, IJH The 8afeAnaa ha ht-n ertaMif hrd fnr nearly f : t f -t tr o yir, and it haa ome inloibm who him received H nearly itaat knir. ,nl nun; rto hre ead it r eeratii. 8nn of Hjfe object to baring the paper tlia-ontiaijed m Hie time cd ex virtues, of tb-ir ut;njiUon. r tb: benefit 01 tii. and for- other reaaon we ha wiudified to rtjacootinue nb ripuo ' only when nwtilkxi to do no. All peraoa paying wWeo luownMnr or paring in advance, win have the benefit of the dollar rate. --But if they d not pay f r ', morulia, the rate w4iibef!.23 a vtar. Hereafter we wiU send tU paper to mil r-pouibl persona wti" oidir ft, though they may mil M-d I he roony, wish the Maaeratano ing that titer are to ) $1.23 a year, in care they Irt the - raLarrf ita veotiDI tub uier mi mon.ba. "la order that there stay be do tnlun i tt rtandlnr, wt will keep tills notice, sUudlog si 1U1 place la the paper. CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER-4000 USE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Cardinal Newman said that he Judg ed a man's knowledge of the use of English from his employment "'of prep ositions. Not the nouns and verbs, but (he smaller particles of speech, he ar trued. Indicated the degree of inte'lii gence with which an. Englishman spoke . and. wrote his mother tongue. ' Speech la to thought what, the body Is to the, mind. The relation .and mu - tual dependency of speech and thought have never been determined' definitely and have been discussed with scholarly ferocity by various schools' of ? rneU physicians and philologists;; Jus as the relation; of the mind to the 'body has never been settled Sut has been the Is sue In many bitter logomachies, u , Without: going too deeply, into the matter; however, ltv 1 enough ; to - here that , the! relation of SBesa to . tlMvuic'.it it very Intimate and that the man who thlaks clearly.-nicely and Jog It-ally will express himself clearly, nice ly and logically. Muddy thought breeds muddy speech. Slipshod, inexact think ing produces slipshod, Inexact, expres sion. ' - j : lM !mV Every man, therefore, should endeav or to team t use the language correct ly and -acurately.Thls use of English ' requires, not only knowledge of gram mar and the meaning of worda,fcut a habit of keeping one's mind Intent' on what one Is faying. : The ma n j who would speak' and writ well must know the value of words, in out habitually so rt) yxe his own sentences and inuat be acquainted with the figurative and! root meanings of words as well as the mod ern and "secondary meanings, ; A man who isja ware, that the word dlffereit" is derived from a tit in verb' meaning carry, and a prefix meaning away from or apart will never commit the common error of using the "preposition' "to,. In stead of "from.' with different; as. "I am different to you, instead of 't am different from you.. Thus as Cardinal Newman said." man's use of preposl I Ions , reveals his knowledge or Ignor ance o Khglish : ; ; i . f : To-require this requisite knowledge It la not necessary"! to be a I Latin j and Greek scholar, says a writer la thej San Francisco IJuUetln. The careful read ings tnd study of a few good books on the use of Engish will teach a 'man si great deal and will Improve bis expres sion. ''v.iJ"',:'; -iY I'M ; Literature, which Is merely j the. best speech -preserved in prlnt Is the prin cipal means of education, for it trains -a student tiT general expression, and cxpresslonl exercises all the powers of the nlnd. Music, art. mathematics and the physical science train sonvr'of the towers of "the mind, but literature train them all. A brilliant musician may! be a n utter fdlot. ', A talented artist may be a simpleton out of his studio and art galleries. A mathematician of genius may not have an idea beyond .his sines and equations. ' But the man who can wirte well must be a many-sided man, must be able to think clearly and Intelligently about any subject,- for. all good .writing must be illuminated by a comorehenslve ' mind.; "-- : . A man or woman who hopes to be come somebody in the Iworld should cultivate studiously the art of expres loti by reading and writing. Heading maketh a full man, as Bacon-said, and writing .an-exact man. Writing" Is the ervat clarlfier of thought, and the fac ulty of clear thinking, is the main ob ject of education. Writing Is easier for some men titan for others, and not every man can learn to write as well as Macaulay or Ed mund Burke pr Cardinal Newman him self; but any intelligent man can learn to write correct, straightforward, lear 0 OP SIX WEEKS 5 i running Mendiy, June S3, win be eon fatted in one of the rooms of the rort ln4 Buainess Coltegv eoraer Park q4 Vaahlncton wtreeta. It wilt be strictly i cbnot f stufly. desisned to sid teachers t- Llaher rrm?m in the Aug-ust examlns . a. Furthtr particulars on .appilcation. OPEN ALL THE TEA!? j: Thm Trtlanl Burtness Collrre 1 oj-en an 1 " '" Sttjint .may enter at any i for tp-lat t,ran-h! or a rjrujn -. and revive indivHusl ee eiavi in- rxrun. rrefrr-1. t'nU rr send tot "3jv Ix-arn a h.it and how we trach ,'.,r,.Ariri.B, li. n', r7ir;,i,' S Si -7s- . V:. English. Yet, strange to nay, it U the Ubly the srnall-souled, oured, unculti exceptionat man. even amon? college jvated. ioveless, hypocritical" wasps of graduates, who can write "such English., society. But let the victims be cheer- THE ART OF ADVERTISING. Judicious advertising will benefit any business, ; Wide-awake men in every line of trade. are aware of this truth. Churches advertise,' stores advertise, lawyers; and doctors advertise, even cemeteries advertise. But all advertis ing is Ynot judicious and r effective, Knowledge and brains are required in advertising as in most other branches of business. - , -.' For some reason the inexperienced advertiser usually commences with the monthly periodicals, bill boards, street cars, theatre programs and handbills. fie avoids the newspapers until dear experience: has " taught ' him that the newspapers- are the most . reliable and effective medium of advertising, SI Lee Starke, a well-known advertising man of New York City, says: "Whtte it Is to be regretted that new advertisers should be forced (or should force themselves) to make such expert ments, their Immediate failure and loss are not the sole deplorable consequenc es. Their money gone and only disap pointment left In Its place, they natur ally feel disgruntled with the entire ad vertising proposition, and turn to work ing their products into public favor by means and methods slow, laborious and Inadequate. Many such an adventurer in .the field of general advertising, dis heartened and disgusted with the out come of his sudden plunge in maga zine publicity, has been lost forever to alt classes of mediums." ' , Mony spent in the magazines and ion bill-board advertising Js largely wasted because such advertising" is scattered. The daily newspaper affords the quick est means of getting, before the people. In the dally press volume , and fre quency of advertising may be -controlled constantly and perfectly so as to conform with varying conditions of the market andof the weather. -The news paper goesjlnto the family. It Is read by everybody. It creates a demand in concentrated 'field. What the- news paper says,' even -In advertisements; mattes a deeper impression on , the reader's mind than any bill-board sign makes.'- , HATS OFF TO THE RATTLESNAKE . S. F. Bulletin: The rattlesnake is a gentleman. lie never strikes without giving fair warning. S No rattlesnake, while lying at full length, in ambush, ever buried , his fangs in an. enemy. ; . He firs coils himself, gracefully poises hlsw prou head In full' view -aa high as he can reach, darts out his red signal of. fork' ed lightning and rings his alarm bell, warning you to trespass at your peril After that, if you persist, your blood be on your own head, for his snakeship has done all the" law requires even of the motor-man. " lie has stopped, dis played his danger signal and Jangled his gong at you. , I, The foe who stabs you In. the back from ambush Is Justly regarded with universal horror and , detestation, but the man who, to protect his-life or his honor, warns you to defend yourself. before measuring swords with you, has some honor left to defend. He, only. Js a man of courage and principle.-. -; x our rattlesnake is no sneaxing as SiSnsln. He is a duellwt, He believes In, a fair field and no favor, and In "spite of your superior strength jand the club you .carry, he gives you a chance to defend. yourself. Y V ':- ' ' : ' ? Meet, him In the . parth and he will courteously turn out for you, Unle he believes his life to be In danger. He Is never malic-ious. lie never strikes for th pleasure of leveling jthe pride? of bis victims, or of advancing his own Interests at their expense.) -He engnges In baktle only to protect himself from Injury. .- .. . !' The ejtJfets1'a snake in the grass and 'a ' double tongued person, . when applied to backbiters,1 hypocrites, foes n ambush, ; do a great injustice to this ptll. He Is above "such, perfidious human methods of attack. ; Students of -nature' justly regard him as the greatest model of fair play and honor, ' During the Civil War many Confed erate sympathizers, called bushwhack ers, had an unpleasant habit of lying In wait for bluecoats home on furlough snd shooting them In the back from ambush. These assassins were dub bed "tapper-heads, but h term did them too much honor. ...i 'n The methods of .the copperhead ,a variety of .rattlesnake) shuld bring the blush of shame to he face of the sneaking social bush whackers , and as? sa sains-of character oltoday..: A scandal -monger 1. a small traitor. tie" betrays not his country, but ths very friends at whose home he teas been received. With the evil jhlnt. the sneer .'malicious and ' the whispered "ther sa. the gossip hurls the pois oned spear of treachery at thei back'of his friends. The treachery of a gos sip and the courage of a sincere soul never dwelt In ho same breast. The retailer of scandal is always a moral coward. ' He Is an ambushed assassin, not an honorable duelist Who faces the enemy on "equal terms in the open. He Is a weakling' and a hypocrite. The weak cannot be sincere, and the hypo crite is always ready to strike in the dark and. ruiv 'V. ; Gossip Is a personal eonftjyslon of malice and depravity. The scandal monger publishes his neighbors, faults for the rurnose of covering tm his own; ' yet In doing o he reveals to the di3- erning dnly-blsown sores. GoSsfps never tell anything they do v't x:',i to"t true. Thy are inv?.r-L (ed by the reflection that wasps .alight only on the sweetest fruit, and that- changing the figure sUghtly the man who throws mud seldom hits the mark. but always geta hls own hands dirty. - Blander meets no regards from the noble minds. Some wholesome souls there are whose very presence shuts up the backbiter. . . "Only the base be lieve what the base only utter." : ; The rattlesnake : is honorable and courageous, though we could wlft him a little less testy and a-lMtle more ami able. Tot even as. he is, low-browed and fierce, this creeping serpent Is im measurably superior in the moral scale to the backbiting, gossiping pests of society, j If they were seeking Improve ment, which most of that-lily-livered ilk are not. Sir Rattlesnake could teach them tp attend sftrietly to their own business: to challenge fhelrfoes in the open and give them a chance to defend themselves, face to face; and to strike only in aelf-defense, never through malice or personal gain. Here a wreath of Immortelles for the much-maligned rattlesnake, type of fair play; self-respect, courage jind honor. .. ' IRRIGATION WILL HELP ALL. In passing the irrigation bill Con gress haa" taken a step of Importance to the whole country. ' " One" of . the closing arguments In favor of the bllf Was made by- Mr. Tirrell, of Massa chusetts, a member of "the House Com mittee on Irrigation, who denied that the 'development of the lands In the arid region would' tend -$o depreciate the value of farm lands In New Eng land or any Eastern section. Even in the Eastern states, where a decreased area, is under cultivation, agricultural productions . have . largely Increased. Cereals are not raised there to the for mer extent, but market gardening, the dairy, fruit and poultry bring a larger return than before. The New Eng land farmer's market is at home and keps pace with the growth In manu facturing, and the building up of the arid region will enlarge the demand for New England manufactureed artl tlea" Mr.: Tirrell referred to the ris ing wave of foreign immigration as an other prof that the new lands must be opened to provider for surplus American labor. 1 j;,,.- -n. " . , It is pleasant to hear such broad views from New England on the irriga tion bill, which passed, the House by 146 to 65, and whose provisions apply only ; to Arizona, California, Colorado, L . r i. , " w -r. Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota. Utah; Washington and Wyoming. " In these states and territories the bill creates a reclamation fund from the sale of pub lic lands within their limits from which fund the secretary of the Interior is authorized to examine, survey, con struct, " maintain and operate irriga tion works. From estimates made the amount of land to be reclaimed under this blU is at least 35,000.000 acres and the cost of bringing water tothe set- Uer is placed at $10 an acre. Congress deserves the thanks of the country; for such a vigorous and business-like start In practical ' Irrigation. - The subject will grow rapidly now that an actual beginning1 Is at hand, v: - The southeastern part of , 'Oregon, now very ( sparsely settled, will become an empire In wealth under the devel opment that a'lll follow. - Ths people of that section should bestir themselves to secure j early the advantage! of the HOW NOW? Fun Is being poked at the Oregon authorities unmercifully- for their leis urely conduct of the chase after-the escaped convkV- ' must be admit- ted that they deserve both ridicule and censure. For while it is true that this! was a deadly dangerous business, and I that Tracy and -Merrill probably could 1 not have been taken except at the cost! of one or more lives, the enforcement! of law requires . exactly thats those I chances be taken. , Whenever the purJ which occurred In those epochs liter suer stops to think too seriously about j ally, the dark ages before gas, the arc "keeping his own skin whole, the. crim-1 loal gets away. ; Indeed, the possibll-1 tty of any social order stall rests upon j the thesis and the fact that Its defend-1 era will overmatch In courage andTlnl . daring those who seek to break down I Its wholesome "restraints and defy Its I commands. eatUe Post-Intelligencer, seme days sgo. . How about "the thesis and the fact"! now that the convicts are . over in 1 - 1 Washington,' and have been for some time? And getting closer to Seattle! constantly? : -:.-- -.. I .Congress may now adjorun the dutylUlUe of putUrig on a. night shift and. of that body having been well done. wlth the heIp of searchlights, eroploy The majority iarty has redeemed all ,ng the whole twenty-four hours in the its pledges, and it may go before the people In the fall Congressional cam palgn with a clean record; It is to be hoped the Salem Iron Works will continue to run and In crease the number of men employed. Efforts In this direction are being made. May th'ty succeed. The Faletn cannery U distributing a lot of money here, to laborers and to fruit growers.-; It is doing much gobl and deserves to prosper. ; - 1 O JX. Z3 Z ZZ. Braa T-3 ci fm I TT-; tzrjj C 'natars r BARGAINS Ladies' Black ' Lace Hose 25c quality 12c. Ladies' Ties With soft stock, . has ' . protector and lace ends, . 35c. . , Ladies' Wrappers $1.25 quality 75c $1.50 quality 95c. Calico ' 6c and 7c quality 5c 8c quality 6c Towel Linen 35c quality 25c ) ': . . t ' . . ' 1 ...... All Summer Goods must go We tlon't prorose to csrry any over. We liave Imtl a eplenditl sale on these goods but we bought sucli a- largo line that we can still give you ybur choice of a splendid a?sortme:it in ail lines. Tlie store is FULL OF B ARQ-AINS, let us convincc you of thw. KMnem1,or this is one of. the largest stocks in the valley and has exactly what you want. Now is t!iu time t6 luy. - ... ABOLITION OF THE NIGHT. : S. F. Bulletin: The strenuous char acter of modern life is shown by the way in which we turn night into day. Two hundred years ago the night was really night,, and everybody went to bed eariy and slept ,untll daylight. Streets were lighted feebly or not at all.- , Footpads lurked in every shadow for the belated wayfarer and. In the Uhellnesaf the-, stfeetsv were secure against Interruption- The watch or patrol was abroad, but it was inade quale to police a large'clty. Midnight, two centuries ago, was a holy, a haunted and a fearsome hour. The man who stayed out until mtd tnighe went home In fear and trembling . - ... - , . and lost his reputation If his late home coming were bruited about. None but the era y est, most reckless and most dis sipated young blades were ever out of bed In thtf small hours of the morning. Throughout the greater part of Christ endom, two hundred years ago, curfew rang at 9 or 10 o'clock In. the evening, and all lights, were put out or, were concealed, behind . stuffed : cracks blanketed windows, from the eye of the prying watchmen. But now. how changed! Midnight has lost its charms and thrills. Graves no longer yawn and give forth their Public would suffer damage by opera dead, nor do ghosU walk at the stroke Uon.of a railroad on a' country blgh- nf 15. TCnT-nenafv Madelfine trom. bling In her chaste couch, sKs up now adays at midnight of St Agnes' eve to view her lover l'na looking glass. Mid night haa become commonplace. Fa miliarity with it has bred contempt. It Is unfashiouably early In the evening. One hardly ever goes Ao" bed; before that hour. -'- Life is too short that we should waste the precious hours be tween . bianketsv , Slumber,' such as our forefathers knew, has fled our eyes. We cannot afford to give ten and twelve hours of the twenty-four to slothful sleep. Slxor seven hours of damfuU fretful dosing make up our full allowance.:. The twenty-four hours are "hardly enough for . work and sport. and we would make the day thirty-sit hours long, if we could. : v i The modern mind Is appalled at the thought of the Immense waste of time and the incandescent lights, owl cars and other Inventiona robbed the night of Ita blackpess, and when men used to sleep soundly and Jong. " A large part of the population of the civilised world, especially in large cities now works at night. At midnight the streets are crowded, and at 2 o'clock in the morning thero are 'many, besides the roystereriv to be met. - - Now a few of the mills and manufactories in East ' . ... ern cities run all. night, When the ground l3-valuablt, and every hour of idleness means loss of thrift for the owner, contractors in large cities think (rec(ion of a skyscrapers. An army of bakers, printers, -craftsmen and tradesmen toils at night and goes home In the early morning.. The telephone i service never ceases for a moment. One tan have a messenger boy at any hour. There are playhouse which advertise . u.ui iwnviiwnce. Uffl rari in every large city run on nearly every! line. It short, we have verv nentlvldf abolislted the uighL FRANCHISES ON ROADS. . ---' ; ,-; 1 fc. The increasing number of applica tions for troilry railroad franelilses orfl public highways makfs i t ImprUrit that there thouM be a settled policy rf-ir '!; rr th't? er'err'i ''"3. T-. r-1 - Summer Dress Goods Whew! see them go sit thfse prices. The pffcttiest drpss goods of many seasons and everyone iriusfc have a sujrnnier dress to be up-to-date. Come and get our prices. - Children's nrssp,s ; , $2.50 quality $1.85 35c quality 20c These are sample prices. We Irave a large line for all nges and at all prices. Shirtwaists . At sale prices. Beauties, come and see them. . , I . .. .. .,.-:. ...... Iter now rests with the county commis sioners in the several counties, and the practice In one county Is not affected by that of another, nor does the action of the board of commissioners set precedent to be followed by Its sue- cessprs. The sweet will of the board is now the governing factor, and that is -not always safe.V Seekers after franchises are too often able to sway local bodies having", at their disposal such important, rights as franchises In ready cleared and partially graded pub lie highways. With a few possible ex ceptlons, where accessible rdu tea are limited by the roughness of the coun try. it may be said there, should be no Invasion of the public highways by transportation agencies not freely open 10 the Pbllc. Troiiey lines in Oregon are upon, the same basis as the steam' railroads, so far aa their rights and funcUons as common carriers, arecon cerned, and they should not ask an J certainly should not receive, different consideration by those who have con trol of the public roads, f Such appli cations as that made some lime ago In Marlon county and one now pending in Umatilla county have for their object ine iw . Pc property as a man of private gain. The general wjr, u it wouiu ue.weit tor toe state If It were understood that these trans portation ' agencies, though entitled to all proper encouragement, should not be given possession of such Important casements as are found in the public highways. Oregonian. In the case of the -Marion county proposition, the projectors offered to do a considerable amount of work for the betterment of t$e county roads. But that 'is past : nowVS ittk ' -' Z h ' "- As a general- rule, companies pro posing to build motor lines can find better routes by not following the county roads, and In many cases secure inducements In the way of gifts of properties In the way of subsidies by going through private land. So the matter is not yet a burning question In Oregon at least not outside of Mult nomah and Clackamas counties. Here is another case of suicide or attempted slcide on account of a lu dlcrously insfflclent motive. The wife of a railroad foreman in a Fenntyl vania town was one of the candidates for a rocking chair In a voting: con test at a fireman's fair. lie began 40 think that her chances of winning were not bright. ... Then he shot himself. Asked why he had done so, he answer ed: -That contest. So trivial matter had addled his brains, tt Is possible tmtt he may live, butthere cannot be much comfort ynte for man so easily disgusted with It and so ready to cast rt away for ao absurd a cause. Ilistfase is one of many People rusbxbut of life for anything and nothing; drown, shoot, bang, pois on themselves as easily for a wart as for a cancer. The coming State Fair is going to. be the greatejt In the history; of Or;gon. This Is saying a good deal, for the Fair of last year , was one of the best held in any state In the Union The men in charre of the various denarimonta f the coming Fair are all at work and ! cr. t.verj body in Oregon will want to be here, for it belongs -to the whole people. Not', a 'e word front the Oregon con victs nor from the sheri.Ts and their 'i-puti either. San Jose Jlercury. BARGAINS Shirting 12$c. quality 10c Men's Pants . Good quality $1 50 Men's Shirts A fine lino of drtMs shirts, 50c to $2.60 v 3 :v ," ; - : ..; . .f A fine stoclc to choose from, 'eijual to any, g(HtIs -bought from the best houses in the U. S., and prices to please you, ami thus cause you to come again. . , I PERSONAL AND GENERAL, x - Tou will not be dlHappolnted If . you come to Salem to celebrate. And you X w ill have a lot of company. H b 1 worth your while to See therpl dld crowd. . . --'- , . . :'U o oo.-' , T. The burning qucstkm "among (Hum of . the Capital City's fairest Is. who Im to r , : be the Ooddess of Uiwrty f Not that there is not ample material of the lin- st kind in all the world, cither - ;'-. " ' ':. .. . . . '."y Portland has seven tiet clerks for her postofflce. SaletQ wltf need -somo a1dl- " ' tlonal help in; -the new building. in--Iced, the Falem office could .-- one or two additional clerks 10' advantage now.' . . . .... . -.N-1 '''-:.":'"-! "o ' ''. ''''; ;!':" re" ;: 'iiA '. There sre going to be hlr times ul the 7t State Falr,JeptemlM'r 15th 10 8i! In' vlustve, and not the least lively -u ill t the iKmltry department. . C. I. Mlntoii. ;f- the Northwest. Poultry- Journal t this tit y, has been appointed uVrln- fendent of that department. The Wide . of the poultry. building' will be white- j wahe-l, skylights put in and otlurtm-C j provements made,' It is' expected that -there Will be 1&00 birds' here, an j.tliat ' every breeder-of Oregon will .be- r pre- . sented. and numher from Washing-, . i ton. Oregon, is. growing to be, a great poultry stater which fact will be Tully ; demonstrated.- at the State Fair this. . - . year. , , . - . ' -.;". ' . - '.''' ' - .000' .'''.' v. .'" '- ' -i : The are still wrestling with small iox down in Portland. 'Salem has not. hat! -a case for. months, nor Marlon county;- " ...- o o Grace Reeher, one of the glil:5 at tending college, whose home Is ou Wil son river, started Friday to walk from" Gales City across the mountains home, a distance of 26 miles. There I not one . human habitation along the . rrmd. ' Mrs. Stokes had a letter from hZ-r ies-x terday, saying she only had to walk -I. - miles when she met her brother coming after her with a horse. He had be n de- " layed In starting, but Grace was -bound,., to get home. A-gentleman coming this way said he met her weil up on the mountain road,' carrying her birdcage and a count e of bundles, and wi.lt.ing as blithely as if she were out for a pic- : nlc, and faster than any . team could - climb those hills. That is the kind of spirit that animates our Oregon glrla. Forest Grove' Times. --'' ' o . .'-''. . - .' . " Salem will probably . have 'a l.irger ' population on Friday .than ever before in the history of the city. , . V' vi N Dr. T. Ci -Smith purchased a purs' ... bred Jersey tow a few years sgo. Lrftst fall he sold her calf, then 15 months old'. for $33, This spring the party whi purchased the heifer refusal i1Z tor " her, saying that she furnishes sO the 1. cream and milk the family" uses, b , sides making a pound of butter a daf. Dr. Smith says he owned-the mother of the heifer for a year and a half and ; made a profit of 700 per cent on first i cost of the .cow. i A pretty good in vestment. , '..-.-. "-..- '-,--".'- '". Discontent Is ,the fuel that keeps us going, but If we have too much of It we do nothing but sizzle and smoke. - a texas mdtn, 1 " HALL'S GREAT DISCOVERT. ' One small bottle of Hall's Great Dis covery cures all kidney and bladder troubles, removes gravel, cures dia betes, seminal emissions, weak and lame backs, . rheumatism and all . ir regularities of the kidneys and bladder ln both men and women, regulate bladder troubles in chlldiea. If not sold by your druggist, will be sent by ' mall on receipt of Ji. One sm all tot-' tie is two month' treatment, and will a. -a cure any case above mentioneo. vr. '13. -W. Hall, sole manafacturef. P. O. Box. 23, Bt. IxjuU, Mo. Send for tea- monlals. Fold by all drugRlsts, snT at nit. S. C. 8TONKS drug store', Ba- lem, 'Orexofv ' .:v- ;""'"'' HEAD THIS. Bandon. Ore., Dec 6, tJ'L Dr. E. W. Hall. St. Iouis. Jl.v lar Kir: I have used your Texas WondoT for kldnry and rheumatic- trouW. Its effects are wondrfuL It has eouaL-and' I can chrfu:Jy recom- meni iL rtrs tr?;!r. ' t . v. !