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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Fordwich Record, 1901-09-19, Page 4dt'/ri, oi- vit.u,d , • -47-441-4 h /-Ze-frilc, ENBARASSING SITUATIONS COMPLETE gicoEss THE CASTLE AT CRONBERG. T. N. II QUEEN PREVENTED WARS. HER LATE MAJESTY'S GREAT INFLUENCE WITH RULERS. How Their Love and Respect for Her Won When Treaties and Threats Failed. When, in the early weeks of Octo- THE INFLUENCE OF NOISE. One of the Reasons Why Country Life is Healthful. logued as one of the principal causes of neurasthenia. It is true that the system becomes habitu- ated to it, even as the operatives in a boiler factory be- come so accustomed to the clanging of the hammers that the cessation of work almost operates as a shock; but although the system becomes trained to no active cognizance of it, its demoralizing effects are ever pre- has not been troubled with constipa- tion since I gave hint the Tablets. and he is now always happy and good natured. Mothers with cross children will easily appreciate such a change. I enclose 50 cents for two more boxes of the Tablets, and will never be without them in the house while I have children." Baby's Own Tablets are sold by druggists or will be sent by mail, post paid, at 50 cents a bow, by ad- dressing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Dept. T., Brockville, Ont. e- MILES OF VARYING LENGTH. Seventeen Countries Have Special Measurements. 9,153 yards long, while ours is only 1,760 yards. The Italian mile is only a few feet longer than ours, the Roman mile is--shorter, while the Tuscan and the Turkish miles are 130 yards longer. The Swedish mile is 7,341 yards long, and the Vienna post-mile is 8,796 yards 'in length. So here is a list of twelve different miles, and besides this there are oth- er measures of distance, not count- ing the French kilometer, which is rather less than two-thirds of a mile. The Brazilians have a milla that THE HUMOURS OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY. The Many Amusing Situations That May Arise Through an Identity of Names. Mr. A. J. Balfour, leader of the British House of Commons, tells a highly diverting story which illus- trates the, embarrassing situations that may arise through an identity of names. Not many years ago he was staying at a Continental hotel when, to his amazement, a telegram was handed to him announcing the birth of a son and the comforting intelligence that "mother and child were doing well." The shock of such a telegram to a man of such inverate celibacy as the First Lord of the Treasury can be better imagined than described. lie racked his brains in vain for a solution of the mystery, until, by an inspiration, he remembered that Mr. J. B. Balfour was also a guest in the hotel and thee he was a man who had many "arrows in his quiver." He sought out the Lord-Advocate and handed the telegram to him and awaited results with anxiety. The member fur Clackmannan read the telegram, and his fags broadened into a smile of pleasure as he said : "That's good news. Glad it's so well over I" The explanation, it ap- peared, was that the telegram had been sent by a trusted servant of Mr. J. II. Balfour, who had been instructed to wire to him "when the event came off." His namesake breathed again, but he will never forget the disturbing influence of that telegram.. It is seldom that a man is MISTAKEN FOR HIS FATHER, especially a generation after that father has ceased to exist. This, however, was the experience of Mr. Henry Fielding Dickens, the well- known MIL, who tells the story himself. A short time ago he was introduced to a young American lady, who seemed delighted to make his acquaintance. When the ice of the introduction had thawed a little she turned an admiring glance on the K.C., and said, "I've read ever so many of your books and they're Just lovely. Say, are you writing any more ?" Mr. Dickens, with a twinkle of amusement, said that he hadn't anything in hand just then, but would not fail to let her know when lie had. "And which of my books do You like best ?" he con- tinued. "Oh !" the lady answered, "I guess there's norm of them can touch `David Copperileld.' " "My father would have been glad to hear that," Mr. Dickens said, as he made way for a friend of the young lady, and left her happy in her ignori /Ince. This "infusion' of identity" recalls a story told in connection with Earl Beauchamp, late Governor of New South Wales, which if not true, de- serves to be. "Do you know any- thing about Lord Beauchamp ?" was asked of a certain lady in the colony before the young Governor went out. "Beecham 7 Oh ! yes," the lady answered ; "I have taken his pills for years." When the late Sir Arthur Sullivan was travelling in the United States it was difficult to persuade some people that he was not the GREAT J. L. SULLIVAN, the champion pugilist and at that time idol of America. At one sta- tion in Kansas the whole - township turned out tlo a man when news came that "Sullivan" would be on board a certain train. In response to their shouts the great composer stepped out on the platform and re- ceived an ovation such as even ho you can lick creation." It was only when the train' had carried him into safety and the cheers were dying away into the dis- tance that Sir Arthur learned from the 'conductor that he had, be mis- taken for his pugilistic nameeake: Joaquin. Driller: the poet of the Sierras; tells an amusing story at his own expense. ,He was lecturing in' One of this, States to a crowded audience, and thought he had ac- quitted himself creditably. As he was leaving the platform one of the audience accosted him. "Sir," he said, "I thank you for your lecture, which was full of. information -: but I must confess I was a little disap- pointed that you didn't work in a few Jokes. Why, sir, I can't remem- ber the time when Jo Miller wasn't known for his jokes.' "In vain," Mr. Miller says. "I tried to persuade hint that Jo Mil- ler of jocular fame died many gen- erations ago, if indeed he ever exist- ed. He thought I was only making matters worse by playing off a poor joke on him, and to this day I guess he's an aggrieved man." Mr. Simms Reeve, the Recorder of Great Yarmouth, England, has found his name a bm•den to him, for it was at least embarrassing for an 'unmusical lawyer to be constantly mistaken for the chief of tenors. The two Winston Churchills have reason to bless each other. The member, for Oldham is weary ,of asserting that he never-wrote "Richard Carver' ; and the St. Louis journalist and author finds the utmost difficulty in con- vincing people that hernever even saw a Boer, much less escaped from Pretoria ; and that he has net even read, much less written, "Savrola." A TINY MONARCH. Probably the smallest monarch in the world reigns over the Hindu vassal state of Bhopaul, and gov- erns a people of more than a million souls. This dwarf is a Woman. Djihan-Begum by name, but al- though she is about fifty years old she does not appear larger than a child of ten. Her diminutive size does not prevent her, however, from holding the reins of government with a firm hand, and in her realm quiet and order are supreme. SOZOOON I Tooth Powder 25o AFTER MANY FAILURES W. C. ANDERSON MAKES HIS DISCOVERY AT LAST. Treated in Vain by Five Different Doctors for Kidney Trouble— Took Many Medicines Without Success—Dodd's Pills .Succeed Where Other Things Fail. Waterside, N. B., Sept. C. Anderson, of this town, is a remark- able example of persistence. For years he has been trying to find a cure for his trouble, and for years he has been tasting the bitterness of disappointment. But tried again and now at last he has succeeded. ..His trouble was Kidney trouble, by no means uncommon in this province. indeed some physicians go so far as to say it is the most prevalent mal- ady in Canada. At any rate, it was the affliction of Mr. Anderson. Five different doctors have attend- Tooth Powder In a handy Patent Box (new) a SOZODONT LIQUID 2k 251i Large LIQUID and POWDER, 75c At all Stores, or by Mail for the price. HALL & RUOKEL, Montreal. gun works greater injury also to the body struck than the small bullet of the army rifle and its range is far greater. In recent 'trials. 50 marksmen were chosen to compote With the. Hotch- kiss 8-millimeter • gun, which has lately been widely adopted in France and Germany. The ranges fired were from 400 to ,§00 yards. At 800 yards the 50 .fillemen, each having elm rounds independently obtained 54 hits, or 22.6 per cent. of the number of rounds fired. Thirty-two men were then chosen from among the fifty, and these had to fire each eight rounds iii 30 seconds. Under these conditions 34, or 13.3 per Gent. of the rounds expended, were record- Pathetic Story of the Late Em- press Frederick's Palace. A pathetic interest attaches just now to the Schloss Friedrichshof, L e beautiful place at Cronberg in which the late, Empress Frederick lived and died, for it will be remem- bered that the building of it was the first thing in which Her Majesty showed any active interest after her late husband's death. She named the castle after him. The reason she chose the site, apart from the fact that she was al- ways fond of the neighborhood, was that during his lifetime the Emperor Frederick used often to remark that he would like to have a house in the Tairaus Mountains, to which he could occasionally retire for rest and quiet. institutions, and a doer .of good deeds. Those who are in positions to know, tell us that the life she led before her illness grew so grave as to make her a practically helpless invalid of her, was an ideal one, for though heart-broken at the loss of her husband, her courage never fail- ed, On ending herself a widow in mid- dle life, with all that she had hith- erto planned and striven for come to nought, the late Empress strove to find for herself at Friedrichshof a scene of action where she could de- vote her manifold talents to the good of others. For instance,. she became a bee- keeper herself in order that the vil- lagers might also learn ,how much can be earned from such a pursuit, for she was always anxious to en- courage and revive all home indus- tries. Her gardens soon became famous, and her fruit and vegetables were often to be seen in the shops of the surrounding towns. She used. to take the keenest in- terest in her gardens, sparing no pains to get the best and newest plants, fruit trees, and gardening implements, both from this country and from France. Moreover, she was always ready and pleased to help others in stock- ing their gardens, and was influential in introducing many plans and meth- ods previously. unknown to Germany. The Empress's fondness for ani- mals was well known, and even after she was unable to drive site made pets of her horses. The stables at Friedrichshof are built after the newest and most ap- proved plans, mid sportsmen declare that they are models of what stables should be. MAIL BAGS AS PETTICOATS. • The empty mail bags not having been returned from the Congo for some time since, it was:-found on inquiry that the sacks were regular- ly being stolen by the natives for presentation to their wives, who used them as petticoats. A Small Pill, but Powerful—They that judge of the powers of a pill by its size would consider Parmelee's 'Vegetable Pills to be lacking, It is a little wonder among pills. What it lacks in size it makes up in potency. The remedies which it carries are put up in these small doses, because they are so powerful that only small doses are required. The full strength of the extracts is secured In this form and do their work thoroughly. 340 A HARD NA.MIO. Brother Bob—Jack Wrounds is a regular all-round "good-fellow." His. Sister—Gracious I I never suspected he was as bad as that.. AN EXPLANATION.' Aunt Iretty—"Jhbez Smith adver- tises that he's sellin' goods below cost." Uncle 'Josh—"What's he dein' that for ?" Aunt Hetty—"Well, he says he be- lieves in quick sales an' smell presets." Kiwis Liniment Cares Burns, ete. ON THE SAFE SIDE, "Mrs. Pill, how do you prepare your baby's breakfast 9" "Oh, I give him one third milk and two-thirds microbe-killer." ittnard's Liniment Cures Dandruff' The friction of steel on ice is exactly half that of ice on ice, and one-tenth that of steel on steel. For Nine Years—Mr. Samuel Bryan, Thedford, writes: "For nine years I suffered whir ulcerated sores on lay ieg; I expended over glee to phirens, and tried every preparation I he -bf crass recommended for such iseao_ , kut could get no relief. I at last aim rebommended to give Dr. Thomas' Eclectrio Oil a trial, which has resulted, after Mang eight bat-nee (using it internally and externally). iu n complete cure. I believe It la the best Every Briton sold last year on an average El3 2s worth of goods, and bought £11 19s. 2d. worth of foreign. C. O. RICHARDS & CO. Dear Sirs,—For some years I have had only partial use of my caeca, caused by a sudden' strain. I have used every remedy without effect, un• til I got a sample bottle.ofMIN- ARD'S LINIMENT. The benefit I received from it caused me td contin- ue its use, and now I am happy to say my arm is completely restored. Glamis, Ont. R W. HARRISON, Italian oranges -rarely yield over 2,000 oranges to the tree. Florida and California trees 40 years old boar 20,000 each. Deafness Cannot ba Cured by local au:nestle., as they cannot reach no diseased portion of tho oar. There is only on way to aura deafness, and that Is by coma.- Coosa remedies, Des fn., is caused by an Euaamhi n o nTduib tio o W ho thius tub gi o f in,ll flamed yea have a rumbling sound or linear feet hearing, and when It Is ens rely closed deafness is the result, and unless the intim, nation can he taken in end this tube restored to its normal oondltit ft, bearing will be .do. atroyei Linear; ninesor out of ten sr . rinsed by ottarrh, which tangibing hut at flamed condition of thb feseens'aurtgeo, We will give One. Hassled Donal* for any ease of Catania (mused by easesrrh) that can sat be tree Hall's Catania Cure. good tor circulaarers. F. J. CHENEY & 00., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 7Ie. Roll's gaudy Pills aro the best. In 1879 each Englishman averaged sixteen journeys a year. Last year this number had gone up to twenty- seven. Ilinarirs Wisest Minn Inraigis The newspapers of Great Britain have an average combined circula- tion of 8* millions a day, against 12 millions in all the rest of Eu- rope. There never was, and never will ha, a universal panacea, In one remedy, for all ills to which flesh le heir—the fiery nature of merry curatives being such that were tie germs of other and- differently seated diseases rooted in the system of the patient—what would relieve one ill in turn would aggravate the other. We have, however, in Quinine Wine, when obtain able in a sound unadulterated state, a remedy. form any and grey ious ills. By its gradual and judiclque use, the .frailest systems are led into deitvalescence and strength, by.the influence which tini- eine exerts on Nature's own restoratives. it relieves the drooplug spirits of thoss with whom a chronic state of morbid des pendency and lack of interest In life is a disease, and, by tranquilizing the nerves, disposes to sound and refreshing sleep 7 imparts vigor to the unties of the blood, which being stimulated, courses through. out the veins, strengthening the healthy animal functions of the system, thereby making activity a necessary result, itrengthenag the frame, and giving life to the digestive organs, which naturally demand increased subseance—result, appetite. Northrop fit - Lyman of im- proved , have gives to the peblie their superior .Quin Ina Wine at the usual rate, and, gauged by the opinion of soleutisti, this wine .approaches nearest perfection of any in the market All druggists sell it 13 per cent. of the British popula- tion attend school on an average. It per cent, in Russia. Switzerland holds the record with 21 per cont. Miriarri's liniment for sale everywheR CAN'T SCARE BURGLARS. There are at least three varieties of dogs that never bark—the Aus- tralian dog, the Egyptian shepherd- dog, and the "lion-headed dog" of Thibet. In some Japanese cities a non-barking dog would be deemed valuable, 'for there they have a quaint law which makes the owner of a night barker liable to arrest. and the penalty of a year's work for the benefit of neighbors who may have beet disturbed. The fact that the barking of a dog on the earth can be hoard by a balloonist at a height of Lour miles does not ap- peal to the average man so much as the fact that that same barking can- often be heard four streets a- if You Want semiiVilkweat,e1G11.111Y, APPLES, ether MITI end Metier:, 5, The Dawson Commission Co. L'"%d°:Er:TVg."4 ber, 1899, it became apparent to When will our legislators recog- Continental diplomatists that Presi- nize the fact that the health of the dent Kruger had decided to declare community is its most valuable as- war against Great Britain, a step s to mem- ber of the French Secret Service set, and take the necessary was despatched to King Menelek, assist are preserving noises incidental ?aa Doubtless Emperor there V life which impossibleiid 1 t Emperor of Abyssinia, to hint deli- cattily that, should he see his way suppress, but a very large proporo- to rise against the British, he would c r— • tion of them are easily preventible— receive support from it certain Con- for instance, the incessant, discord- It tinental Power. ant clanging of car gongs, the was poiuted out to him that screamingin and tootingof switch en- time '°est' moot - es in the railroad yards, the rat- less the British love of conquest deprive him of his kingdom un- pines of tie of heavily loaded wagons over he took this opportunity striking, conjointly with the Boer badly paved streets and the deafen- Republics, the death-blow of this lag yells of fruit vendors and news- "all-grasping nation." boys. In London the city govern- • The scheme wee well laid, for, had most has recently taken steps to the 'Noires risen at that time, Senus- i e suppress the last-named nuisance—a st the ceeding which might be followed with advantage in our own cities. PRESENT-DAY MAHDI The lower we descend in the scale of pf the Arab hordes in Egypt, would Im.millty the greater we find the also have struck a blow for the partiality for noise, and reasoning Egyptian Empire. We should thus from this standpoint the present means employed in the celebration of Pave had three big wars upon our popular events is by no means corn-bands at once and there is no doubt plimentary Lo the boasted breeding that under these conditions the Peers, Abyssinians, and Arabs of the nations. We cannot avoid the conclusion that in a nation of gen-would have reedy-ell foreign support. _ tlemen the disease-producing din English diplomatists tried to coun which is an.- accompaniment of [erect this French influence in Vain. sent city life would be conspicuous pre- Menelek's only reply was : " It is a diplomatist's profession to lie. What by its absence. guarantee have I that you will keep four promises 7" Matters had reach- • • td a crisis when the Queen interven- WHY BABIES CRY. al. She sent him a Note, but what tommunication it contained will pro- bably never be made public. Some Useful Hints to Mothers on His whole attitude changed to- the Care of Little Ones. wards England, and he said: "From Babies cry because they are sick this day the Great White Queen is or in pain, and in almost every case my personal friend." the sickness or pain is caused by The greatest man that Russia has some disorder of the stomach or produced, Peter the Great, laid' down bowels. Fermentation and decompo- the policy, which has been the Bible sition of the food produce a host of of Russian statesmen, that "the julautile troubles, such as griping, Russian Empire must move east- colic, constipation, diarrhoea, aim- ward till it embrace the fertile pie fever, Indigestion, etc. Proper plains of India." digestion of the food is necessary to Six times during the Queen's reign the maintenance of life, and evacua- have Russian statesmen pointed out tion of used up products and refuse to the Czar that now was the time of digestion is necessary to health. to strike. And six times DY a few The lesson to mothers is, therefore, well-chosen words—sometimes threat- that the stomach and bowels should ening, sometimes persuasive—has the be carefully tel and if baby MOST TERRIBLE CONFLICT - cries or is fretful or cross, some sim-that could devastate Europe been Pie vegetable remedy should be gin- postponed. en. Mothers should never resort to So great has been the veneration the so-called "soothing" prepare- the Czars Of Russia felt for Queen trans to quiet baby, as they invert- Victoria that they listened to her ably contain stupefying opiates. when statesmen's most subtle diplo- Baby's Own Tablets will be found an limey had failed. ideal medicine. They gently move On the last occasion, at the be- the bowels, aid digestion, and pro-ginning of the Transvaal War, the mote , sound. healthy sleep, thus lately-deceased Count Mouravieff, bringing happiness to both mother then the Czar's chief adviser, urged and child. They are guaranteed to upon his imperial master that the containno poisonous "soothing" time had come to strike the decisive stun, and may be given with abso- blow. He actually travelled to Paris lute safety (dissolved in water if to arrange that France should DIEM -- tat'e-paw to Russian aggression by necessary) to children of all agesfrom earliest infancy, with an assin.- invading Great Britain. ance that they will promptly cure It will be remembered that when all their minor ailments. the. Czar heard of his minister's For the benefit of other mothers, journey and intrigue, he recalled him Mrs. Alex. Lafave, Copper Cliff, and administered a rebuke so harsh Ont., says :—"I would advise all that the , count committed suicide a mothers to keep Baby's Own Tab- few days later. lets in the house at all times. When It is known that soon after the I began giving them to my baby he Czar replied to a communication was badly y constipated, and always front her Majesty in such a manner moss: lie is now four months old, that all fear of war with Russia was allayed: For the last twenty years the State of Afghanistan, situate be- tween the north-west frontier of British India and the eastern bound- cry of RusSia, has stood as a buffer State between Great Britain and the Czar's Empire. Despite the fact( that both countries have agreed to recognize tho Anwer's kingdom as neutral territory, - THE TOO ARDENT EMISSARIES ef. the Czar have for years been us- ing - bribery and corruption to try to make him break his attitude of neutrality , towards Great Britain. Three years ago, urged by unscru- pulous advisers, who mist probably looked to Russia for reward, the Ansa, in a .weak moment yielded to • their persdasion. Matters ptogiessed rapidly. A treaty of alliance be- English-speaking countries have tween. Afghanistan and Russia had four different miles—the ordinary been drafted by the emissaries of the. mile of 5,280 feet end the geograph- latter. Power, when suddenly the ical or nautical mile of 6,085, mak- Amir's attitude changed. ing a difference of about one-seventh The over-zealous ambassadors re- between the two; then there is the turned to St. Petersburg in die- Scotch mile of 5,928 feet, and the grace, and some of the Amir's ad- Irish mile of 6,720 feet; four various visors disappeared from public life. miles, every one of which is still in This -sudden rovuleion of feeling is use. Then almost every country has only to be explained by the fact that its own standard mile. The Romans at this time a private courier arrits. had their mille passuum, 1,000 paces, ed at Cabal from her Majesty Queen which must have been about 8,000 Victoria. Anent this visit, one of feet in length, unless we ascribe to Great Britain's- most famous states- Caesar's legionaries great stepping • men said: "Twenty scratches of the capacity. The German mile of to- Queen's pen are more potent than all day is 24,818 feet in length, or more the diplomacy in the world." than four - and a half times as long • At the present time some forty as our mile. millions of British capital are sunk The Dutch, the Danes, and the in developing the natural resources Prussians enjoy a mile that is 18,- of Persia. But a few years ago it 440 feet long, three and one half seemed that the concessions' that had tunes the length of ours; and the been made to British capitalists Swiss get more exercise in- walking were going to be revoked without one of their miles than we get in any rhyme or reason, and certainly stalking five miles, for their mile is Without any Very few people realize how im- portant noise is in the production of disease. Although not generally re- cognized, this is one of the principal reasons why country life is more healthful than city life. The. propor- tionate excess of disease in cities is is one and one-fourth times as long not all due to defective dwellings as our, ,mile; the Neapolitan miglio and imperfect nutrition, although is about the same length; the Jap- they are grave contributing causes. auese ri, or mile, is two and one- It is the ceaseless roar and din of a half times ours • the Russian verst large city that slowly but surely um is flve-eighths as long as our mile, dermine the health. Apart from its while the Persian standard is a fee- baneful effects upon the sense of akh, four and a half miles long, hearing itself, the ceaseless babel of which is said to be equal to the pa- discordant sounds peculiar to large rasang so familiar to the readers of cities exerts a disastrous influence Xenophon's "Anabasis." The die- upon the brain and nervous system, Lance indicated by the league also which may with certainty be cats.- varies in different countries. had rarely experienced. "Sir " said THE MACHINE GUN, One of Them ta Epual to Two Hundred Rifles. The destructive power of the ma- chine gun as compared to the small arm in even large numbers has been the subject of interesting trials abroad. That ono machine gun properly a brawny giant as he nearly wrung "the acid effectively worked is equal to the little musician's hand off, country's proud of you. You're lit- 200 rifles in the hands of as many tier than we thought but I ess soldiers has been amply demoastrat- ed. Each shot from the machine I. THE TWINKLING OF THE EYE. The machine gun was then brought when we speak of a thing happen- into action, and in 88 seconds fired 211 bullets, making 115 huts. It ing in the twinkling of an. eye we was shown from the remelts that the mean to convey that the action was practically instantaneous. That machine gun was far ahead in hits this is not the case has recently made and rapidity of fire. No such been demonstrated by a capable in--practical tests of the relative merits . vestigator. He used a specially-ar- of the machine gun and a number of ranged photographic apparatus, and small arms have been made before. affixed a piece of white paper to the ----e---- edge of the eye-lid for a mark. He A. Bound Stomach 'deans a Clear Ileaa found that the lid descends quickly, —The high pressure of a nervous Illif ' and rests a little at the bottom of which business men of the present day [its movement, after which it rises, are constrained to live makes draughts-but -more 'slowly than it fell. The upon their vitelity highly detrimental to 'average 'duration of the downward their health. It is only by the most care- I movement was from seventy-five to fel treatment that they are able to keep . nety-one thousandths of a second; themselves alert and active lit their, var. m ions callings, many of theca know the the rest with eye shut lasted var- value of Parthda's Vegetahle Pill, in meals, the shortest duration being regulating the stomach and consequeuily fifteen hundredths of a second with keeping the head c_lar• one subject and seventeen hundredths with another ; and the third pkase 200,000 letters, and 300 sacks of of the wink, the rising, of the lid, newspapers is the usual full mail took seventeen hundredths of a see- carried to New York from Queens- and more, making the entire dura- town by one boat, as well as 500 Lion of the wink about forty hun- sacks for other American ports. dredths, or four-tenths of a second. ed Mr. Anderson in his time. None It is said that Friedrichshof was of them touched the root of his suf- built on the plans which the late faring. The amount of medicine Mr. Emperor used to discuss during his Anderson has swallowed would lifetime, and though they were never ddubtless surprise that gentleman , put on paper, the Empress Fred°, himself could he see it all poured out ick remembered her husband's casual together. remarks so well that the castle as One year ago, Mr. Anderson told it now stands may be said to ' be his friends he had found a sure cure the embodiment of the late Kaiser's at last. His friends smiled, but said dreams of what he would have had nothing in reply. His continued t it to be. hopefulness was proverbial, but Throughout its building the late everybody had long since paid little Empress was constantly in comfaun- attention to the remarkable reme- ication with the architect and other dies he was continually discovering people connected with it, often mak- and subsequently proving failures. ing suggestions and improvements in But this time it was no failure. It the plans of the work. was Dodd's Kidney Pills. And thus it came about that the W. C. Anderson considers himself widowed Empress led her quiet, use- to-day as successful a man as there f ul life at Cronfberg,oth never forgetting is in New Brunswick. He has found the needs of others even in the good health after many disappoint- months of her severest sufferings. medicine in the world, mid rpm]) this to boxes cured him of every symptom menta. Dodd's Kidney Pills have raised the burden off his life. Six husband's lifetime, she was ever the me." In her widowhood, even as in her let others know what It has done for ' patron of good works and charitable of Kidney Disease and he acknow- ledges he owes his success to them. MADE HIM SIT UP. A good story is told of one of the ten special foreign service messon- gers engaged in taking special des- patches from various courts to and from the Foreign ' Office. One . 61 these, who had gone on a holiday on the Riviera, received from 'London the following telegram : "You are fast and dirty ; return at once. Salisbury." Full of wonder, he repaired home. to find that the telegram should have told him that he was "first on duty."