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the exact number of men involved was
learned. Leggett said:
Although the ring for the purpose OF
extortion had scarcely been formed
already Ia men were reaping the profits
II was wringing from men whose husi-
ness interests were such that police
protection was necessary at any price
and the industry was growing at an
alarming rate.
TWO ARE HIGH UP
Most of the men who were unable
20 Withstand temptation were the men
of the ranks, but it is TO be regretted
that two others whose positions in the
department should have been used for
a better purpose also fell. These men
were sergeants. both OF whom had been
in the department for many years To
the best of my knowledge, no corporals
OF police were involved.
The sergeants who patrol the dis
trict ia which the ring worked are
Hans Christensen. J. J. Farrell, Arthur
Lavne Antoine Noting and acting
Sergeant Vincent Dowd Commissioner
Leggett asked to be excused from
picking out the two guilty parties
from this list of names.
According TO A. d. Cutler, president
of the police commission. the existence
of graft among the members of the
police force has been known or since
the present commission assumed office.
As president of the board. Cutler has
been Biggy's chief advisor in coping
with the problem of wiping it out
According to a statement made by
Cutler yesterday, the evidence which
daily poured into the chiefs office in
letters from discounted victims of the
grafters was not made public sooner
owing 10 a scarcity of men already ex-
listing In the department.
Both Behan and Evatt have secured
the service of an attorney. From such
Information as they could secure the
comrades of the two men expressed the
general belief that an attempt would
be made TO discredit the character OF
J. d. Samuelson, the dive keeper who
passed the men the marked coins. Both
men steadfastly denied their guilt and
their denials were accepted in good
faith by their comrades.
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TO a government officer. He added,
however. that he had no knowledge OF
what had occurred since 1902. and also
said that efforts to influence legislation
might have been directed from the
New York Office without coming 10 MS
attention He said that the relations
of himself and the company were now
unfriendly by reason of the fact tnat
he represented Holland. who had IN
vented a new submarine boat
SUES FOR HIS MONEY
F. P B. Sands another Washington
attorney, a brother of Rear Admiral
Sands, u. s. N. testified that he had
been employed by the Holland COM
pany to look after its affairs in Rus
sia He asserted that he had never
approached or spoken to member OF
congress in regard to legislation nor
had he conferred with officials of the
navy department about contracts
Sands admitted he had talked with
officers of the navy, including Admiral
Schley, in order to gather information
to aid in his Russian project. and IT
was upon this invitation that Admiral
Dewey went down the Potomac river
to witness test of the Holland boat
when the company broke up It's
office here" said Sands. lit had no
money. Frost said he would like TO
pay me and that if congress made an
appropriation he would give me Zee
equal to s100.O00 for each of the boats
authorized
He told the committee that finally he
had to sue for the money and had ac-
cepted a compromise of about $4,000.
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Program Of Celebrations for
St. Patrick's Day
MORNING

MOHNtNU
Assembly of Irish societies mt
Church of st. Rose at 1915 o'clock.
Assembly of delegates to con-
ventfon at knights of Red Branch
hall, 10 o'clock.
AFTERNOON
Mass meeting of United Irish
societies at auditorium at 2
O'Clock.
EVENING
Annual ball of knights of the
Red Branch at Garden rink, Six
teenth and Mission streets.
Annual banquet of knights of
st. Patrick at Fairmont hotel.
Irish drama, "Robert Emmett" mt
Lyceum theater.
Celebration of st. Patrick's par
ish at Puckett's hall.
Annual ball of United Irish So
cfeties In auditorium.
Celebration of feast of st. Pat
rick In parish hall of st. Paurs
church.
Celebration of st. Patrick's day
in parish hall of st. Teresa's
church.
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VICE CONSUL FLEES TO
AVOID DIVORCE PAPERS
Wilson p. Boyd, United States
Official in China, on Way
to Martinique
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

RENO, New, March Ie.-Wilson p.
Boyd. vice consul of the United States
in China, is on his way to the island
of Martinique to escape service of pa
pers in the divorce suit filed by his wife
in Reno, according to a sworn affidavit
fled by Mrs. Boyd in the district court
here today. On this showing the court
issued an order directing that the serv-
ice be made by publication and that a
copy be mailed to the last known ad-
dress OF the alleged fugitive.
Mrs. Boyd has been living quietly in
Reno for several months. A few weeks
ago she filed a complaint against her
husband, alleging in addition to deser-
ton and failure to provide unfaithful-
ness and gross intemperance.
Mrs. Boyd asks for the custody of
her son and that her husband be com
PEELED TO pay her 800 a month anmony.
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KNIGHTS WILL CELEBRATE
Thirty=third Annual Banquet
Will Be Held at Fairmont

The Knights of ST. Patrick will cele-
brate the day of their patron saint to-
night with an elaborate banquet at
the Fairmont hotel, this being the
thirty third annual banquet of the
order. The dinner will be presided
over by r. c. O'Connor and among
the speakers will be the following:
James r. Kelly, on The Day We
Celebrate; j. j. Dwyer, The United
States; Edmond O'Neil, ireland s
Contribution to Modern Sciences !;
Mayor Edward r. Taylor, San Fran
cisco; George A. Connolly. Irish
Oratory"; j. A. Mcdonald, chief of the
Caledonian club, Our Sister Societies."
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PRESIDENT PRESCRIBES
JAIL FOR MEDICINE MAN
Urges Prosecutor to Ask Limit
for a Convicted Headache
Powder Manufacturer

WASHINGTON. March I6.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt summoned to the white
house today United States Attorney
Baker, who acts as prosecuting attor-
ney in the District Of Columbia, and
urged him to insist on a jail sentence
for Robert n. Harper. found guilty
recently Of violating the pure. food
and drug act in the manufacture of a
wholesale headache preparation.
IL is the first prosecution Of the kind
under the pure food law and the presi-
dent let ii be known that he is anxious
that Harper should suffer the full PEN
atty
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DIR. PIERCE's REMEDIES
Women Who Wear Wen.

1t is astonishing how great change .
few years of married life often make in
the appearance and disposition of many
women. The freshness, the charm, the
brilliance vanish like the bloom from y
peach which is rudely handled. The
matron is only dim shadow, faint echo
of the charming maiden. There are two
reasons for this change, ignorance and
neglect. Few young women appreciate
the shock to the system through the
change which comes with marriage and
motherhood. Many neglect to deal with
the unpleasant pelvic drains and weak
nesses which too often come with mar
riage and motherhood, not understanding
that this secret drain is robbing the cheek
of its freshness and the form of its
fairness.
As surely as the general health suffers
when there is defapgement Of the health
OF the delicate womansx organs, so surely
whe6 these organs .are>esta blished In
healSb the fece an4toFMat once witness
to the Tact In fessgwed comelfnssN Nearly
q million women haze found health and
happiness in the use Of Or. PIerce's Fa-
yorIte Prescription.w Itmakes weak wom-
en- strong and sick women we'll. Ingredi-
ents on label-contains no alcohol or
harmful habit forming drugs. Made
wholly of those native, American, medic
inal roots nost highly recommended by
leading medical authorities of all the sew
eral schools of practice for the cure of
woman's peculiar ailments.
For nursing mothers.o or for those broken
down in health by too frequent bearing of
children, also for the expectant mothers.
to prepare the system for the coming of
baby and making its advent easy and
almost painless, there is no medicine quite
SO good as rFavorite Prescription" It
can do no harm in any condition OF the
system. 1t is most potent invigorating
tonic and strengt thening nervine nicely
adapted to woman's delicate system by 4
physician OF large experience in the treat
ment OF woman's peculiar ailments.
DIR. Pierce may be consulted by letter
free of charge. Address DR.. r. v. Pierce,
lnvalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute.
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MRS. COOKE REPLIES
Wife of Unfrocked Rector De.
nies His Insinuations
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALI

HARTFORD, Conn, March 16.
"Maliciously false "a nasty fling"
ugly innuendoes' and "cowardly In
situations, incorrect and inconsistent"
are some of the characterizations made
to night by loyal friends of Mrs. Mi
randa Cooke, the deserted wife of Jere
Knode Cooke, who is staying with her
father, Rienzi Clarke, concerning the
story which the unfrocked minister
made
Attorney Sidney E. Clarke, uncle of
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-17
AGAINST Removal OF BARRIERS

WASHINGTON. March 16.-By vote
of 3 to the subcommittee of the SEN
ate committee on judiciary today de-
clared unconstitutional all of the bills
intended to remove federal barriers
against states exercising control OF
their police powers for the regulation
of the LIQUOR traffic.
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WEEKLY CALL, ST. YEAR
RAILWAY TRAVEL
RAILWAY TRAVEL
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
SOUTHERN DIVISION
February 26, 1905
VIA SAUSAIITO

& For Sausalito. Mill Valley, San Ra-
fael-Daily-Every 80 minutes from
6.45 to 9:45 a. M; hourly until 3:45
p. m; then 4:15 and every 80 minutes
until 7:45 p. m. 500, 1918. 1855 D. m.
For Fairfax--Week Days-6:45, 7:15
a. M; 2:45, 3:45, AIS, 4:45, Sis p. m.
Sundays-s:15. 1o:45. l1:45 a. m; i2:45.
lis, 3:45 D. m
For San ouentin-Daily-7:45 a. M.
2:45 p. m.
2:45 p. m. daily and s:15 a. m. Sum
days only for Lagunitas. Camp Meeker.
Monte Rio. Cazadero and way stations.
VIA TIBURON
For Tiburon, Belvedere and san Rafael
7:40. 9:20. '11:00 a. M; 1890. $3.50.
$40. $3.50 p. m. daily.
7:40 a. m daily for Petaluma, Santa
Rosa. Healdsburg, Cloverdale, Ukiah.
Willis. Sherwood. Sebastopol, Glen Ell
len, Camp Vacation and way stations
1880 p. m. daily for Peta1uma. Santa
Rosa. Hea1dsburg, Cloverdale. Ukiah.
Guerneville, Sebastopol and way sta
tions.
$40 .. m daily for Petaluma. Santa
Rosa, Glen Ellen and way stations.
9:20 a. m. Sunday only for Petaluma.
Santa Rosa and way stations.
TO Tfburon only
Ticket Ofdce-Ferry Building.
General 0fdce-Jsues Flood Building.
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Toyo Kisen Kaisha
lorientaI steamship Co.

(Oriental Steamship Col
S. S. Nippon Maru'' (via Manila). Tuesday,
March 81. 1905.
8. 8. ..Hongkong Maru" (via Manila). Satur-
day, April 25 1908.
s. s. America Maru." Tuesday. May 10,
1905
Steamers sail from company's piers. Nos AZ.
a. near foot OF Second ST.. 1 D. M, for Yoko-
hama and Hongkong. calling at Honolulu. Kobe
fHioeol Nagssaki and Shanghai and connecting
at Hongkong with steamers for Manila. India.
etc. No cargo received on board on day Of sail
ing.
For freight and passage apply Office. 240
James Flood building ". H. AVERY.
Assistant General Manager.
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OCEAN SHORE RAHWAY

day-Leave: 9:05a loop, 5:15p. Arrive: s:15a,
12:05p, ASP Sundays and holidays-Leave:
S:3oa. e:05s, CASA. 11:35a. 1:00p, 1:40p.
3:40p, 5:15p. Arrive: s:15a. 11:24a, l2:05p
l2:asps 3:22p. 4:4sp. 6:45p. 6:57p.
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PILES CURED IN 9 no "a DAYS

Pazo Ointment is guaranteed TO cure any case
Of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
tn q 1s eayE or monsy refunded. soc. 3
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Compaguie Generale TransatIantique

DIRECT LINE TO HAvRE-PARIS.
Sailings every Thursday. instead Of Saturday,
at 10 a. m. from Pier ~. North river. foot OF
Morton st.
First class to Havre, so and upward second
class to Havre, $45 and upward; GENERAL
AGENCY FOR UNITED STATES AND CAN
ADA. 70 State st.. New s.6 York. m. J, T: FUGAzI.
Francisco. Tickets sold By all railroad ticket
agents.
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FLORFTTA WHALfY
GUARDS HER BABY

Continued from Page 1, Column /
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OCEAN TRAVEL
Worth Germansfioyd.
Fast Express Service

PLYMoUTH--CHERB 0URG-BREMEN--10 A. NJ.
Cecille new Mar. 17lCecille new -. May Ia
Kronprinz VIM Mar. 24l 4lKronprinz Vim. May 10
Kaiser VIM ii Mar 81 Kaiser VIM. II. May 20
Kaiser d. Gr.. Apr Il Kaiser d. Gr... June 2
Cecille (new1 Apr 14lCecile new June o
Kronprinz VIM. Apr. 81 Kronprinz VIM June 16
Kaiser Wm. II.Apr. 2S Kaiser VIM. III. June %
Kaiser d. CIR. May 81 Kaiser d. CIR. June 30
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Twin Screw Passenger Service
Mediterranean Service

Mediterranean Service
GIBRALTAR-NAPLES-G AT IL A. M.
CONNECTING AT GIBRALTAR FOR ALGIERS
X. Albert. . Mar. 2sI K. Albert ....... May 2
P. Irene. Apr. Al p. Irene ......-. May o
Friedrich Apr IL Friedrich $500. May 16
K Luise 49,. April Isl x. Luise ...... May 80
Bremen direct.
North German Lloyd Travelers' Checks
Good All Over the World
oELRICHS CO., Broadway, New York.
ROBERT CAPELLE, G. A. p. c., $50 Powell
st. opp. st. Francis Hotel San francisco.
Telephone Temporary 4794.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-03-28
couRTED OVER THE TELEPHONE
Spinste. Agreed to Marry Unseen
Aonirer, Who Was a Woman.

General woman has been ar
rested at Zurich on charge of de
ffauding an elderly spinster to whom
she made love over the telephone in
an assumed male voice
The spinster. who is wealthy and
lives in the little town of Windisch
IN tho canton of Argovie. confded To
the woman arrested TO take charge of
her financial affairs. Soon after the
spinster received proposal of mar
rage by letter from a Herr Herings
field" of Zurich and accepted it
For several months the courtship
continued over the telephone. Herr
Heringsfeld' making appointments
and leaking them on pleas OF pres
sure of work and lack OF money
The spinster lent her unknown
fiance several sums OF money. and
on his suggestion. handed over
about $500 to the woman friend 70
who impersouated the mythical lover
The woman married on receipt of this
sum
At last the spinster broke of her
engagement. and demanded the re
turn of her loans to Herr Herings-
field" He could not be found. aad
the ewymarried woman was subse-
quently arrested on charge of
'Taud
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-03-28
HUNTING FOR OLD WHISKY.
Quart Of Apple Jack Hidden in Build
ing Fifty Years.

Boonton. y. J.-Workmen engaged
in enlarging the cellar OF the old Viii
liam H Temple building here found
in the money drawer of counter some
"shinplasters. coins. other bills and
gold nuggets. worth in all perhaps
81 600 The building was erected by
William II. Temple so years ago. and
was used as a dwelling and a grocery
store by him. Temple went to Cali
fornia in lsi9 and some of the nuggets
brought home by him were in the
drawer.
A workman who was employed in
the erection of the building and who
still lives in this town. says that one
of his fellow workmen was sent for
quart of apple whisky and when the
boss OF the job. who was a strong tenl
perance man, appeared suddenly the
bottle was hastily hidden between the
lathing and the side OF the building
The boss stayed around SO long that
the wall was plastered over and thu
bottle had remained there all these
years Workmen expect to uncover it
in q day or two. and Boonton is &C
cumulating . thirst
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-03-28
HAPPY OLD AGE
Most Likely to Follow Proper Eating.

AS old age advances, We require less
food to replace waste, and food that
will not overtaN the digestive organs,
while supplying true nourishment.
Such an ideal food is found in Grape
Nuts, made of whole wheat and barley
by long baking and action OF dlastase
in the barley which changes the starch
into sugar
The phosphates also, placed UP un-
der the bran-coat of the wheat, are In.
cluded in GrapeNuts. but left out Of
white flour. They are necessary to
the building Of brain and nerve cells.
Il have used Grape-Nuts." writes an
Iowa man. for years and feel as good
and am stronger than l was ten years
ago. l am over "A years old, and at
tend to my business every day.
Among my customers l meet a man
every day who is go years old and at
tributes his good health to the use Of
Grape-Nuts and Postum which he has
used for the last 5 years. He mixes
Grape-Nuts with Postum and says they
go fine together.
For many years before I began to
eat Grape-Nuts. could not say that
l enjoyed life or knew what 1t was to
be able to say I am we'll l suffered
greatly with constipation. now my hab-
Its are as regular as ever in my life.
Whenever I make extra effort
depend on GrapeNuts food and it itist
fills the bill. ! can think and write
Q great deal easier"
There's = Reason" Name given By
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read
The Road to Wsllvills." In 2kss.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-03-28
WHY THEY SLEEP IN CHURCH
Hypnotism. Not Drowsiness, Declared
to Be the Cause.

"Churchgoers don't sleep in church.
They undergo an hypnotic trance
The soothing voices and mild music
and monotonous recitative Of a church
service put forth powerful hypnotic
influences. and that is why the pews
resemble a railroad track in the
abundance OF their sleepers."
The speaker, a hypnotist. banged
the table yehemently
Don't laugh" he said. IT'S true
Hypnotism, not drowsiness, is what
makes you sleep in church. Through
your auditory nerve sound waves are
passed to your brain that are as ef
fective as though a professional hyp-
notist had made them. Sound, you
know. is the newest and best hyp-
motto.
AT first. In the church service. the
periodicity OF the wave alterations )
short There is little speaking. :.
then more music. And just when you
are getting properly lulled the ciergy-
man. in a modulated, agreeable sooth-
ing voice. speaks on and on and on
and you begin to nod. You are, hyp-
uotically speaking, entranced.
The average church service is .
scientifically correct hypnotic instru-
ment. No wonder, then. it puts many
OF US to sleep"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-03-28
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT WHITE LEAD IS?
Its Chief Use and Method ef Deter
mining Good from Bad Explained.

White Lead is the standard paint
material all over the world. II il ma de
by corroding metallic lead into q white
powder. through exposing 1t to the
fumes OF weak acetic acid and carbon C
acid gas: this powder Is then ground
and mixed with iinseed oil. making a
thick paste. in which form it IL packed
and sold for painting purposes. The
painter th;ns il down to the proper
consistency for application BY the ad-
dition Of more linseed oil.
The above refers. OF course, TO pure,
genuine White Lead only. Adulterated
and fake White Lead" OF which there
are many brands on the market. is
generally some sort of composition
containing only a percentage OF white
lead sometimes no White Lead At all;
IN such stun. barytes or ground rock.
chalk, and similar cheap substances
are used to make bulk and initiate the
appearance Of pure White Lead.
There is. however. . positive test by
which the purity or impurity OF White
Lead may be proved or exposed. be-
fore painting with 1t.
iuc oio~ -pipc AeAI0 Shi IcOlce
pure white lead to metallic lead. II
= supposed white lead be thus tested
and 1t only partially reduces to lead
leaving a residue. it Is proof that
something else was there besides
white lead.
The National Lead Company guar
antee all White Lead sold in packages
bearing its Dutch Boy Painter" trade
mark to prove absolutely pure under
this blow-p!pe test, and that you may
make the test yourself in your own
home. they will send free upon re-
quest a blowpipe and everything else
necessary TO make the test. together
with valuable booklet on paint Ad-
dress. National Lead Company, Wood
bridge Building. New York
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-03-28
FIND CARVED CLIFFS
COIOSEEkERs IN ARKANSAS DIS.
COVER WORK OF ANciENTS.
Explorers in Mountains OF Southwest
Tell Of HierooIyphics Which Are
Though: 10 Be Thousands
Of Years Old.

Fort smith. Ark-For years there
has been legend current in the Bos-
ton mountains and throughout the
northwestern portion of Arkansas Of a
lost mine The legend had its origin
in Indian tradition Many have ex,
plored the canyons and cliffs north Of
Mulberry. and there are men who for
many years have devoted their lives To
the exploration of that region, whore
are found the most rugged mountain
formations in the state.
Among the frm believers in the
hidden treasures and weird history Sc
cr-ts OF the Boston mountains is 4
noted mountain character who has j.--
voted the last 90 years of his life to
prospecting and e1pIoration-A- b
Sloane whose home is IS miles north
OF Mulberry, and who is known in all
that section as the cave man
Mr.. Sloane is at present in Fort
Smith with remarkable collection OF
ores. stalactites, stalagmites and other
cave and rock formation. He also has
some samples OF yari-colored marble
-of whicn he declares there are great
lodges in the canyons of the Boston
mountains. 30 miles north OF Mul-
berry.
Another man who has often joineI
him in these exploration trips is Dr.
liilI of Mulberry DR. Hill is also an
enthusiast on the subject OF the cave
and other remarkable formations in
that vicinity. One OF the peculiarities
Of the region is described by them as
a Cliff a hundred yards long and 40
feet high. with perpendicular face
which bears evidence of the hand
work of men Of two or more centuries
ago
Mr.. Sloane tells Of discoveries made
during two years of work in uncover
Ing the primitive formations He and
DR. Hill found great faces of the for
nation which had been chiseled into
figures OF animals birds. etc In
other portions they found what aD-
peared TO be Masonic symbols. and
keys collins and other figures foun
carved in the stone
Along the base of the cliff, In dig
ging in the artificial formation mad
Of stone and cement ages ago. they
found cOunterparts Of the symbols cut
in the walls above In going deeper a.
one point they broke through into 4
cave which had evidently been sealed
up ages ago.
Mr. Sloane's stories OF the mysteries
and fasCinations of the cliffs and can
yons of the Boston mountains are most
interesting lie has in view the hope
mi IN Misc IIei,.n Gould in, u -
collection and in the explorations in
the Boston mountains. and will go TO
Little Rock with a view to securing
the good offices of the Iron Mountain
OH Cials in that behalf
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-03-28
Billion Dollar Grass.

Most remarkable grass of the century.
Good for three rousing crops annually.
One Iowa farmer on 100 acres sold $3.-
5000 worth of seed and had 800 tons Of
hay besides 1t is immense. Do try It.
FoR 10c AND THIS NOTICE
send TO the John A. Salzer Seed Co, La
Crosse. Wis, to pay postage, etc, ana
they will mail you the only original seed
catalog published in America with sam
piles Of Billion Dollar Grass. Macaroni
Wheat the sly miller mixer, Sainfoln the
dry soil luxuriator. Victoria Rape. the 2oc
ton green food producer. Silver King
Barley yielding li3 bu. per acre, etc, etc,
etc.
And If you send lac we will add q pack
age of new farm seed never before seen
by you John A.. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis. X. 4 W.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-03-28
DEEP CRACKS FROM ECZEMA
Could Lay Siate-Pencii in One-Aands
in Dreadful State-Permanent
Cure in Cuticura

"1 had eczema on my hands for
about seven years and during that
time l had used several so-called rem
edies. together with physicians and
druggists prescriptions. The disease
was SO bad on my hands that l could
lay slate-pencil in one of the cracks
and a rule placed across the hand
would not touch the pencil I kept
using remedy after remedy. and while
some gave partial relief none relieved
as much as did the first box Of Cuti-
cura Ointment ! made a purchase Of
Cuticura Soap and Ointment and my
hands were perfectly cured after two
boxes OF Cuticura Ointment and one
cake of Cuticura Soap were used w.
II. Dean. Newark. Del. Mar 2s, 1907"