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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-03-21
MAIL-ORDER WAYS
4 cad ADVERTISEMENT FOR
CATALOGUE HOUSES.
AT SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE
Sooner or Later Il Teaches Every Mail
Order Patron the Error of
Sending His Money
from Home.

The methods of the mail-order
houses are their worst advertisement
Sooner or later there will come a time
In the experience Of every purchaser
Of their goods when he will wish "he
hadn't done it," when he will wish he
had spent his money with his home
merchants. This is not only because
he will see the ruin wrought in his
own community by the nefarious prac-
tice Of sending the money of the com
the practices of the mail order con
Germs.
The story in the catalogue sounds
we'll 1t sounds like you would get
the identical thing you wanted and at
much lower price than you had i'm.
agined it could be bought for and you
order 1t. The purchase arrives and
when opened you feel that some mis-.
take has been made, that the concern
has sent you the wrong goods; 1t is
not what you ordered.
All, but 1t is! The difference Is be.
tween the way 1t actually looks and
the way it sounds in the catalogue.
You explain that the goods you re-
ceived Is not what you ordered and
ask for an accounting, and are told
that 1t is you that is in error, that
you got just what you ordered, and
then II you are wise you buy of the
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secre, Of Jspan,s sueeess.

Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton of the British
army wrote the evening after one oil
the great battles which he had wit
messed between Russians and Japa-
nese in the recent war in Manchuria;
ITO bed! Although 1t Is with re-
luctance that prepare to lose my grip
OF the exciting consciousness that
have to-day seen the most stupendous
spectacle that 1t is possible for mortal
brain to conceive-Asia advancing,
Europe falling back; the wall of mist
and rewriting thereon" Then as to the
meaning of this retreat OF Europe be-
fore advancing Asia: THE more
think the more certain l am that 1t
was not strategy or tactics, or arma.
ment or information, which won the
battle Of Liaoyang for Oyama, but that
1t was rather the souls Of the Japanese
troops which triumphed over the less
developed, less awakened. less stimu'
lated qualities OF the Russians"
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home merchant next time, and know
what you get when you pass over the
money for it. He may not be able to
sell you what you thought you were
buying from the mail-order house at
the catalogue price, but he can sell
you, II he has 1t, the same goods you
get from the mail.order houses at an
equal or less price than they ask for
1t, and what Is more, he can sell you
what you really want at as reasonable
a price as you can get it for else
where.
The following letter, written by
Michigan farmer. explains in clear
and unmistakable way the danger of
buying of mail-order concerns. 1t was
addressed to one of the largest of this
class of institution in this country:
Baldwin, Mich, Jan. II, 1907.
Gentlemen:
l have your favor of recent date,
and also your catalogues and accom-
panying circulars Offering premiums
for distribution Of the same among my
friends. / have no doubt that, as you
say, / will thereby confer a great ia
vor upon you, but l am compelled to
take issue with you on the statement
that | will also confer favor upon
my friends.
In my dealings with you, extending
over some time past, I have received
no favors from you'll paid for all
got, and the length OF time l traded
with you, instead of establishing
friendly relations and gaining me ad-
ditional favor as it would in a home
store, gave you the opinion that, un-
like a new customer, to whom you
give your very best, so they will come
again, l was a steady conner and any
old thing would do for me.
Our last deal opened my eyes and
! convinced me of your policy. Your
catalogues offer some apparently great
| bargains. But let us draw up our
chairs and see If there are not a few
things very essential to the rural citi-
zen that are not mentioned within it's
voluminous bulk.
For instance. there is no reference
10 pdylnB cash VI SASHduSlHS BOOuS
for wheat, oats, corn, beans, butter,
eggs and hay.
How much will you pay for cattle,
sheep and hogs, I. o. b., at Baldwin?
How much will you pay to support
the Lake county schools and educate
our children? How much for improv.
ing our roads and bridges? For sup.
porting the poor? For the general
public expense?
On what page do you offer to con,
tribute money to the support Of our
churches?
What line of credit will you extend
to me when my money is low because
OF sickness, or poor crops? What dc
you provide in the way OF entertain
ment for the public and in the way
OF providing those things that make q
town desirable and thus keep up the
value of my property?
AS a matter of fact, do you do am
thing to help locally, or do you merely
take the money out OF a community
returning nothing whatever, beyond
the value of the goods bought? Think
Ing 1t over carefully. believe Ii h
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THE ARTISTIC WALL.
One Of Solid Color VIII Always Give
Best Effect.

The dearest, daintiest, most artistic
wall is a solid colored wall 1t fur.
nishes a perfect background for all
kinds of pictures, it throws them out
in their correct proportions, and does
not detract from their artistic value.
The solid colored wall is also much
better as a background for furniture,
and harmonizes much more artistical-
ly with carpets and rugs than any
other method of wall treatment. The
less breaking up of color on wall
the more artistic 1t is.
The most successful form OF the
solid colored wall is an alabastined
wall There is as much difference be.
tween tinted walls, as there Is be-
tween shoddy and Atwood gowns. The
shoddy gown holds its color for few
days, while the Atwood keeps its color
to the very last thread, so also in solid
colored walls, there are shoddy walls
and permanently colored walls which
retain their color down to the very
last particle. The ideal wall coating
never rubs off, never flakes nor chips
off and is always ready for fresh
coat. If there is wallpaper on the
wall, soak it off with warm water,
then go over the plaster after you
have removed the paper with warm
water to remove every trace of paste.
Have the wall thoroughly clean for a
clean wall cannot be built on an un.
clean foundation. II there are any
particles of foreign matter adhering
to the wall scrape them off with a
putty knife. Then IL there are any
discolorations on the wall. size it with
a material made from cheap varnish,
thinned down with benzine and japan
added for drier, then cover your
wall with your tinting material
Be sure your man uses tinting ma
terial mixed with cold water. If he
comes to you and asks for warm wa
ter, you can make up your mind that
there Is glue in the material which he
| proposes to put on your wall, and you
can be certain that you are going to
have a shoddy wall, for glue means
shoddy. Glue means that it will hold
Its color long enough for the man tc
collect his bill and not much longer
Insist on your tinting material being
mixed with clear, cold water. Be sure
that your wall is made from pure ma
terials, then you will have a perma
nent, artistic, sanitary wall. A wal
that will be thing of beauty and
Joy forever"
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SCIATIC TORTURE
A Locomotive Engineer Tells How
He Was Cured by DR.. Williams
Pink Pills,

Pain that seems almost unbearable
Is characteristic of sciatic rheuma.
tism. In some cases the pain is
knife-like, sharp or shooting; in 9th.
ers it is dull and aching. Sciatica
Is stubborn in resisting treatment and
the patient frequently suffers for
years. This was the case with Mr..
Herbert e. Spaulding, a locomotive
engineer on the Cincinnati, New Or.
leans & Texas Pacific Railway, whose
home Is at Longview, Texas.
While running an engine some
years ago." he says, Il fell OFF and
hurt my knee and spine and l have
always considered this to be the cause
Of my illness. The sciatica took hold
Of me from my heel to the back of
my head. The pain was the worst
ever suffered in my life and my leg
and back were twisted out of shape.
was under a physicians care for
several months and for six months
could not get out of bed. also went
to Hot Springs but came back in a
worse condition than when l went
TT was when l was down in bed
that heard Of Che case OF Mr..
Allison, a much older man than my
self, who mad been cured of sciatica
by DR.. Williams Pink Pills. / began
taking the pills and soon was able to
get out of bed. When l had taken
six boxes | was able to work about
the house and yard. I kept right
ON with the pills until I was cured
and | have never had any return of
the trouble. have been running an
engine ever since"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent postpaid. on re-
ceipt of price, so cents per box, six
boxes for $3.50. by the Dr. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
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The French government, wishing to
obtain definite statistics on points re-
lating to certain Turkish provinces
recently sent blanks with questions
lating to certain Turkish provinces,
to be answered to the Provincial gov.
ernors. The replies received from
the Pasha of Damascus are worth
quoting:
Question. What is the death rate
in your province?
Answer. In Damascus it is the will
of Allah that all should die Some die
young and some die old
Q. What is the annual number of
births?
A. God alone can say-I do no,
know, and hesitate to inquire.
Q. Are the supplies of water sui.
ficient and of good quality?
A. From the remotest period no
one has died in Damascus of thirst.
General remarks as to the local san.
itation: Man should not bother him.
self or his brother with questions
that concern only God.
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Almost Regretted II.

When Johnny Larson was II years
old he had an attack of fever, but it
left him deaf. The local physicians
could afford him no relief, and he ap.
piled himself assiduously to learning
the deaf-and-dumb alphabet. The
other members of the family were, Of
course, compelled to learn it, too, In
order to be able to converse with
him.
In the course of a few months
however, Johnny's hearing suddenly
came back to him, assisted, no doubt,
Ivy a slight operation performed by a
new aurist who had just come to
town.
ooh, Johnny" exclaimed his mo.
Their, isn't 1t delightful to talk to us
and hear us again."
YES" he answered, ruefully; but
iust think of It! Here we've all
learned to talk with the sign.language
and now we can't use 1t any morel"
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rrrumpf, 81 American Duchess.

Helen, duchess of Manchester, 10
now lady-in-waiting to Queen Alexan-
dra. and the first American to receive
that honor. So much for marrying
the only son of the most popular
duchess at the court Of Edward VII.
Other American duchesses may shrug
and say they wouldn't be lady in
waiting on any account: but don't you
believe them. 1t is a royal distinction
tremendously valued by English no.
bility, and the next step is the polit-
ical plum to be made mistress of the
robes.-Boston Herald.
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better 20 call upon our local dealer
and look over his stock where we can
see the goods before buying. There
are then no errors in change or re-
funds to be haggled over across Soo-
mile stretch.
Yes. IL Is better to trade at home.
Our home merchants guarantee upon
an article means something, as he
wants our good will Keeping the
money at home benefits home indus
tries and thus, indirectly, us. We can
not expect to sell our products to the
local merchant and do our trading In
Chicago. 1t is all one-sided and some
time we would have no local merchant
to do our buying.
Catalogue houses, have found from
bitter experiences. are tricky. II those
who are dealing with them will watch
their purchases, they will find 1t so
sooner or later. Our last deal, had II
occurred here at home, would have
been Strengthened out in five minutes
and without feeling, but with you 1t
takes me all winter to get my money
back when the goods are not satisfac-
tory, and even then get only credit
card which is lost through studied
carelessness upon the part of someone
in your concern so that | have moth
ing to show for my claim.
Every man should trade at home II
conditions admit of purchasing good
article at reasonable prices. If not,
then he had better trade at the next
town or city that his money may go
to build up the country around him.
He sends II to Chicago that it may go
into profits OF some big mail-order
house until there is enough sucker
money to build and endow some great
charitable institution as monument
to the greatness OF the mail-order man
and the gullibleness of the easy pub
lie.
have already asked that you adjust
the matter of our last deal I want
my money returned without further
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Stood the Test.

Allcock's Plasters have successfully
stood the test of sixty years use by
the public; their virtues have never
been equaled by the INSCRIPTIONS i'm
itators who have sought to trade upon
their reputation by making plasters
with holes in them, and claiming then
to be Just as good as Allcock's."
Allcock's plasters stand to-day in
dorsed by not only the highest medica
authorities, but by millions of grateful
patients who have proved their eff
cacy as household remedy.
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A SuueIcher.

II gave that odious Mrs. Dough.
purse something to think of this after.
noon" says Mrs. Bankfull to her hus.
band, who was amusing himself by
tossing $40 gold pieces into the artif.
cial lake in the drawing room for the
pleasure Of hearing the gold pieces
PUNK as they sunk.
"WhaJja say to herr" asked Mr.
Bankfull, rolling himself a cigarette
In a hundred-dollar bill.
"She was Boosting about the solid
gold radiators they are having put into
their new house, and told her VIC
thought steam heat was so old.fash
Toned that we were going to heat our
house with radium hereafter"
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To BE Refilled.

One of the suburbs of Chicago Is the
site of wellknown school of theol-
ogy, from which go out each weekend
many members of the senior class to
try their voices as supplies"
A passenger on a Monday morning
train was surprised at the number OF
them who got off at the station.
What are all these chaps getting
off here?' he asked the brakeman.
Them" asked the brakeman. 90
they're returned empties, for the col
lege."-Youth's Companion
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FUNNY ACRoeATic BALLET.
Directions for Rigging UP Most
Amusing Performer.

You probably have among your
friends some one who is envied by an
the boys because he can stand upon
his hands, and perhaps walk a few
yards in that startling position. But
what would he say II you undertook
90 remain in that position a whole
evening?
II you will follow these directions.
says Good Literature, you will sue
coed In surprising as well as amusing
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Mlnlster plsoovnrn cnm.t

Ministerial duties do not prevent the
Rev. Joel II. Metcalf, of Taunton
Mass, from pursuing astronomical in.
vestigations. His study of the stars
has resulted in the discovery of a new
comet, which is now being closely OBJ
served by astronomers throughout the
world. 1t has been named Metcalfs
comet.
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The total consumption of tin in the
United States for 1906 was 42,S00
tons, with 2,132 tons in stock at the
close OF the year. The shipments
from Bolivia show an increase Of
5000 tons, from Cornwall an increase
of from 700 to 1000 tons and from
Australia an increase of 1000 tons.
making the total European and Amer
lean supply for the year about $3.50
tons.
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o.ts-Heads 2 Foot Lono.

The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, are bringing out a new oats this
year with heads foot long That's a
wonder. Their catalog tells!
Spetz- the greatest cereal hay food
America ever sawl Catalog tells!
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g.


Our mammoth l4S-page Seed and Tool
Catalog is mailed free to all intending
buyers, or send &c in STAMPS and receive
free samples of new Two Foot Long Oats
and other cereals and big catalog free.
John A. Salzer Seed Co., Box w, La
Crosse WIS.
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Why should this be the case ?

Because they have neglected them.
selves, as every one of these patients
In the hospital beds had plenty of
warning in those dragging sensations,
pains at left or right of abdomen,
backaches, nervous exhaustion, in
Illumination, liberation, displace
ments. and other organic weaknesses.
All of these symptoms are indica-
lions of an unhealthy condition of the
female system and if not needed the
penalty has to be paid by a dangerous
operation. When these symptoms
manifest themselves, do not drag
along until you are obliged to 90 to
the hospital and submit to an opera
tion-but remember that Lydia r..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
from native roots and herbs, has saved
hundreds of women from surgical
operations.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, has cured more cases of
feminine ills than any other one
remedy. Such letters as thefollowinp
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clty's Death Rate Reduced.

The London death rate Is now near
ly 80 per cent. lower than 1t was at
the coming into operation Of the pub
lie health act in 1891. In that year
the death rate was III; In 1905 1t was
ISL thousand.
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Proof Positive,

THAT man is a regular fire-eater,
isn't her
"One would judge so by his con-
slant supply of hot air."-Baltimore
American.
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HISS MARGARET TlERNEY

A large proportion of the operations
performed in our hospitals are upon
women and girls for some organic
trouble.
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four friends and apparently accom-.
sllsh wonderful feat in acrobatics.
First procure a large roomy pair of
gloves that Will fairly fit your bare
feet, such as an old pair of long
sleeved ones. Draw them on and but.
ton firmly around the ankles. Now
get an old shirt, insert your legs into
the sleeves and then you are ready
70 put on the trousers. Two small
holes should be made in the seat, for.
rs you can understand by this time,
your head is going to be located there.
Get somebody to help you wriggle into
them, and when you've put your arms
through the trouser legs have your
valet" secure the trousers firmly
<round your waist by means of a belt
He VIII also have to help you on
with the stockings in which you en-
case your bare arms. If you have a
big, husky pair of arms you won't
need any cotton to swell it out and
make 1t look more like leg. but II
your arms are at all thin II would be
a good plan to stuff In some. A pail
of your own shoes will be the next fea
ture to top off" with. Most any nail
will flt your hands.
But where is the head going?
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dickering and unless | get it | shall
certainly get its equivalent in adver-
Using you and your methods among
the people of Lake county.
Awaiting your reply, | am.
Yours truly.
CARL SCHULTZ.
Wolf Lake, Michigan. p. o. Baldwin,
Mich.
Can you. Mr.. Purchaser, not profit
by the experience of others and turn
your money into home channels by
trading with home merchants where
you will get a dollars worth for a dol
lar, or must you follow the mail-order
mans lead to trouble for yourself and
destruction for your community? Do
not wait for that evil day when you
have learned wisdom in the expensive
school of personal experience, but
profit by that purchased by others.
You will find it far cheaper and more
satisfactory in the end
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But where Is the head going?

That is the fun.
niest thing OF all.
The head is a gro
tesque mask which
should be fastened
to the neck of
your shirt at the
empty neck up
S l d e down, OF
course, with the
face out las shown
In the diagram).
And now go and
look at yourself in
the glass! Y O u
will be startled to
see a very queer
figure S t a n d 1 n g
h e a d downward.
and If your friend
has been a good
valet" the Illusion
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should be very funny, indeed.
But the best way to get the most
amusement is to dress up several OF
your friends in similar manner. and
then Spring" them as one of the mum.
bers of an evenings entertainment.
The piano starts lively air and out
come the performers. If they are at
all up to their parts the audience
should be in spasms of laughter in a
minute at the capers of the Upside
downellis. They always keep the faces
of the masks toward the audience.
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MRS. CHAS. A.ROcKvNoN

are constantly being receive
Mrs. Pinkham to prove our clsl1
Mrs, G. A. lockwood, teacns|
Parliamentary Law, of So Fres
Fredonia, N. T., writes:
"For years suffered with female u
1t was decided that IN operation was
sary, and although / submitted nssl
operation my sufferings continue
Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegetable Co1lj
was recommended and it proved mar
remedy. so quickly did it restore my VI
! cannot thank you sufficiently Tor VI
1T has done me.n
Miss Margaret Tierney, OF III
w. 25th Street, New York, wri"I
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"When only eighteen years Of Y
physician decided that an operal.
necessary to permit of my womanly Il
performing their natural funcuoS
mother objected and being urg~1
relative TO try Lydia Il. Pinkhams
able Compound did so. / soon lmPls5
health, the proper conditions were e nv
cd and | am well and strong, ~
Lydia 4. Plnkham's Vegetable CONF
No other remedy has suS
qualified endorsement as Lya'|
Pinkham's Vegetable Compo9na
other remedy in the world nn
u record of cures of female ills
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1907-09-12
:DObrOtliWa OdeZWa.

/ Dobrotliwy miesskan'ec, " Rich:
:mond, Ind. pan U. D: Williams.
.lo7-- W. Main I'll. powiada: 20
sig do .,osob z slabemi
plucami ably uzywa{y ORA King'a
New Discovery, jedyne lekarstwo
:ktore emnie pomog{o: l zupelnie sic
przYczynia do rekomeadacyi swego:
:wyaalazcy."" Ono ocafa wiecej zy
ola niz we7ystkie inbe lekarstwa ma
gardto i plucasczynia razem. Uzy-
wane jake. lekarstwo ma kaszel. J
,3asrziiebiepieo wyleczy ca}y SWAT.
IRosy astme. krtanlowost, krtp,
zapalenie gardla, chrypli-
wo56, j suchotliwo56, zatrzymuje
krwlotek p1uc j wzmacnia je. qwa'
rantto wane W apiece M j: ,Ko-:
welewskiego, aptekarza. soc 500.
Buteiki ma probe darmo.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1907-09-12

INOWROCkAW. Tutejszy ku-
piec. pan Cywihski wyjecha} "
srode wieczorem ma ko}owcu motto
rowym. W drodze najecha} ma
v6z i spad} tax nieszczesliwie, lie
z}ama} sobie lewa reke, zdusi} Kill
ka zeber i skaleczy} SLIME lewa
nege. Rannego odwi6z} "a natych.'
miastowa zap}ata link. oberzysta
W Z}otnikach p. zielinski i to- je~
szcze pc d}ugich targach. - Ia
przeciw moralno6ci, POI
pelalonej ma 9 l%etnlej dziewczyn-
&c, aresztowano tn W tych dniach
81 letn;ego robotnika Goralskiego
i odstawiono do w~iezlenia sledcze~
60. G.. ma podobno jeszcze kilka
podobnych zb'odni ma SUI:
imienlu.