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Home My WebLink AboutLucknow Sentinel, 1905-09-21, Page 2| Saltaa Goes to Pray. \\ As a military and religious chief, as tlje temporal and spiritual heir of Mahomet, the Sultan, vzho is also Califa (Commander of the Faithful), is obliged by his religious duties to go every Friday between 12 and 1, in great pomp, to a mosque of bis choice., and there make his reglemen- tary prayer. This official ceremony is call ed 'the ealamlik. It was during this cere mony that the latest attempt to assassinate Ihim was made the other day. Notwithstanding the little taste _ he has for public exhibitions, Abdul Hamid has not refused to show himself to his people ©nee a week, and has out missed a single eelamlik since he was elected.to the throne, ©early thirty years ago. The predecessors of Abdul Hamid II. were wont to vary each week the scene of their devotions. Abdul Hamid has changed that custom. He has had built, in close prqximit to the palace, the Mosque or Mamidie, and gees there only. All the mosques in Con stantinople are so far away! Hamidie is not more than three hundred yards from the entrance of Yildiz-Kiosk, his favorite palace, in the grounds of which he takes the only promenade he enjoys. The trip to Homidie is short, but as it is outside of the palace grounds, the religious law is respected and the Sultan as pleased as is possible under the circumstances. It is the only break in the voluntarily seclusion of this extraordinary man. The public is not permitted in the neigh borhood of the mosque, nor along the ap proaches to it. Windows are reserved for the Diplomatic Corps in a pavilion in Yildiz- Kiosk overlooking the mosque. Facing it at a short distance is a terrace from which foreigners are allowed to view the ceremony when presented by their Minister. Guards are placed at the entrance of it, and allow no one to pass but those inscribed on the day’s list. Formerly there was a stand on this ter race, but some visitor having been indis creet enough to remark that an attempt of assassination could easily be made from there, it was razed the text day, and during many months no one was allowed to witness the selamlik. Upon the representations of the Diplomatic Corps, the permission was again granted, but the stand has not been rebuilt. One has to stand, but it seems one can see better than: formerly. To the left, at the summit of a short hill, Btands the palace. The mosque is in the middle of a closed padk, wonderfully white, ■mall, simple and even graceful for a mosque. Toward the right -s <.ne Bosphorus, with its forests of masts and bordered with mosquitoes, finally losing itself in the dis tance. Above, a spotless sky Lt is 11.45. The troops begin to appear. 'They come from the right, marching to the road, leading from the palaeo to the mosque and lining up on both sides Of it. Large detachments guard each end of it. The fence around the mosque is sur rounded. The cavalry is massed to the right, barring all approach from that quar ter, which is the side of the city. All the different corps are represented; The infantry dressed in blue, the engineers in maroon, the marines in dark blue, with the large coliar trimmed in red; the Syrian Zouaves in very light blue embroidered in red, and with their green-tasseled turbans. In all, there are thirty companies, with a total of about 3,000 men. When the troops are placed the cortege appears. Four carriages advance at a walk — closed carriages and with blinds half down. It is the harem, guarded by blacy euinuchs wearing long topcoats. Then, on foot, in two lines, at regular Intervals, the high dignitaries of the court, the Ministers, Generals, Governors, all in gorgeous uniforms covered with gold braid and orders. During the whole ceremony there is a continuous going back and forth of servants with valises, containing changes of regalia needed as the ceremony pro ceeds. The horses appear led by hand. They are mounted by two young men—the Sul tan’s sons. A child not over S or 9 years old, in full uniform, with decorations on his breast and a sword by his side, which seems to give him great trouble, walks to the door of the mosque and there remains standing. A dozen young officers, the oldest not over 12, follow him and take place about him. These are the Sultan’s grandson and his military suite. Twelve-thirty. The officers charged with i the surveillance of the terrace order the I closing of all parasols and sunshades. The imperial carriage appears, advancing at a walk, driven by a magnificent coachman (kavass) in a light blue costume most elab orately embroidered in gold. On its appearance it is saluted by a cold, mechanical hurrah given by the troops, who present arms. The Sultan is alone on the back seat with the Minister of War facing him. All about the carriage is the Albanian guard on foot, in several rows and as close together as walking will allow. The Sultan is simply dressed and wears the fez. With his right hand, gloved in white, he responds to salutes. His downcast eyes are raised for an instant toward the / terrace. He seems ill at ease and anxious I to be through with the ceremony. i He does not resemble published por traits of him. He is much better loosing; less old, lees fatigued, less knavish, much more energetic., Moreover, how could his portraits be faithful? Who has ever,, beau able to photograph him? Cameras are forbidden in Turkey. 'The religious law forbids the worship of irfiages and considers the production of the features o-f an individual as a beginning of idolatry. ■ Received by’ his grandson as he alights from the carriage, the Sultan walks up the few steps leading into the masque. As soon as he crosses the thresnold the spec tators vaguely’ hear a strident chaniting, soon drowned by the noise of the troops at rest. , A half hour passes. The troops begin to leave, passing by the mosque’s door and on their quarters. The prayer is ended. A carriage, drawn by' two admirable gray horses, draws up before the mosque. The kavass who brings this equipage leads it on foot and is dressed in red and gold. The formalities are most minutely- arrang ed. The Sultan, who arrives in a landau, must leave in a “daumont,” which he drives himself. The harness is gilded, the wheels are gilded, the axles are gilded, the body [ of the carriage is gilded—everything and ■ everybody has more or less gilt, save the Bui tan. The avenue is now almost deserted, all the troops have gone. They were there., not for his protection? The truth is chat’ as the religious law requires that the peop- ple, or at least some of them, shall witness the ceremony, Abdul Hamid II. complies with it in a way he deems safe. His soldiers ©re part o-f his people and represent the ethers. As soon as he has taken his place in the car riage, the top is raised—is it simply because the sum is so hot?—and the carriage returns to Yildiz-Kiosk, surrounded by the Alban ians, who seera to be pushing and pull ing it, so close are they. The carriages of the harem follow; the noble ladies have not moved; nor has even a curtain. The horses, more fortunate, (have been unhitched. I-u spite of the lux ury of the ceremony, the chief feature of it Is the ennui aud evident disquiet. Curious Facts About Suicides. Professor William E. Bailey, of Yale, has brought out some interesting facts based on 29,344 cases of suicide, cover ing the period from 1897 to 1901. Us ing the 10,000 unit, he finds that 7,781 males and 2,219 females found life in- 1 tolerable, and, despairing of mending, ended it. This leaves the ratio of cow ardice 3}£ to 1 in favor of feminine cour age. Almost two-thirds of the suicides occurred between the ages of twenty and fifty. Curiously enough, there are more- parried than single suicides. While mar ried. men are more likely to take the. plunge than carried women, single, wid owed and divorced women are more prone to kill themselves than unattach.- , cd males. Business losses are more iike- •ly to drive people to suicide than ill- health, insanity, disappointment in love, . or strong drink. Monday is the favor ite cSly for the rash deed, while few take the step on Saturday. Professor Bailey’s explanation is as follows: “For those who have endured throughout the week ' there is pay-day at hand, followed by a ' day of rest.” Among the males ^’on lay is. pre-eminently a day for suicide. Females prefer Sunday to Monday. Re ligious excitement may haye something to do with this, but nearly a third of the doeihstic troubles ieading to mi’eide come on Sunday. More than onefoi.rth of the suicides from financial trouble and ill-health among females oceur on Monday. They apparently lack the courage, in their weak or impoverished condition, to take up the struggle of a new week. Of 10,000 cases, 3,687 occur red in the twelve liouv» before noon, and 5,848 during the remaining twelve hours. Beginning with midnight, there is a continuous increase until 6 p.m. The three hours from 6 to 9 p.m. show a falling off, while from 9 o’clock till mid night is the period of greatest frequency. Some years ago it was discovered that a large number of suicides wore congress gaiters. Just why was not exactly de termined. There are many other curious features that call for coment and ex planation.—Leslie’s Weekly. THEORY OF COAL FORMATION. New Idea Advanced by a French En gineer. The chief engineer, M. Lemaire, in charge of the mines of Montvicq, de partment of Allier, France, has recent ly made an interesting communication to the Society of Mineral Industry, in which he advances the theory of the formation of combustible fossiliferous minerals—that is, coal, mineral oils, etc., in their various forms. ‘ M. Lemarie began by explaining that the transformation of vegetable growth into combustible minerals was the result of the action of microbes. The ferments (aerobis; air breathing, mis- cropic organisms), activity in the marsh bed at not too great depths have set free principally carbon dioxide; tjie others (anaerobis), found at the bot tom in the Jess aerated water, have es pecially set free methane or marsh ga3. The enriching in carbon, which has been the consequence of the freeing of these gases, has varied with the composition of the vegetable matter, the antiseptic condition of the surrounding mass, and ac- the all circumstances which may have in fluenced the progress of microbic tion, such as excessive pressure, high temperature, dryness and electric cur rents, all of which would have effect of retarding this action. Animal or vegetable matter intro { duced by the winds or streams is thought to have modified the ultimate nature of the combustible formed, sea grass givingr,peat bogs; pollen, cannel coal; organic matter, bituminous schists. During the transformations not only did gases emanate—carbon mono xide, methane, carbon dioxide— but al so some liquids appeared whose antisep tic action may have arrested ferment- tation. These disengaged liquids formed petroleum and asphalt. The Commercial War Dance. Out in Hobart, Okla., the merchants occasionally boom business by hiring the Indians fiom a near-by reservation to give a war dance. The strange rites of the red men serve to attract the fann ers from the surrounding county to the town, and once in town they cannot help spending their money at the stores. And yet these merchants are firm believers in tne superiority of newspaper adver tising. The war dance brings in the farmers—because it is advertised in ad vance in the papers. The shrewd store keepers who hire the dancers rely upon the newspapers to provide the specta tors. Elephants’ Milk. The milk of the average cow contains ’ .......‘ 20 is about 4 per cent, of cream; nearly per cent, of the elephant’s milk cream. Even buffalo milk is about twice as rich as cow’s milk, and the cream iest of all, that of the porpoise, actual ly holds over 45 per cent, of cream. NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA In going 'to above points take direct route, Lehigh Valley Railroad. Five fast express trains daily, from Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls. Trains of G. T. R; make direct connection at Suspension . Bridge. The Lehigh Valley has three stations in New York uptown, near all first class hotels and business houses; downtown, near all European steamer docks, saving passengers for Europe a long and expensive transfer. Secure your tickets to New York or Philadelphia via Lehigh Valiev Railroad. Not a Pleasant Prospect. (Pittsburg Dispatch.) The plan to bring about peace by permit ting America to exercise a protectorate over Saghalien belongs to a class of tnoughts that has caused this country more than its share cf trouble on other occasions. Blobbs—I hear Harduppe has been burned out. Did he save anything at all? Slobbs—Nothing but the mortgage on the house. Xi’ Man’s Bast Friend Deserves Man’s Best Treatment V For his many ailments there is nothing better than Lqf the following Clydesdale Semedies, made from the purest •Jjf of ingredients, and sold under a positive guarantee F of satisfaction or money cheerfully refunded by dealer. Heave Cure one package will often cure a slight attack; six packageswill cure nearly every case. Embrocation Liniment, no ache or pain can escape its penetrating off ecL Tar Fool Remedy, keeps the hoof in a soft natural condition. Worm Powder does the business. It cleanses and purifies the horse’s system. FEED CLYDESDA If a Cow gave Butter mankind would have to invent milk. Milk is Na ture’s emulsion —butter put in shape for diges tion. Cod liver oil is ex tremely nourishing, but it has to be emulsified before we can digest it. Scott’s Emulsion combines the best oil with the valuable hypo phosphites so that it is easy to digest and does far more good than the oil alone could. That makes Scott’s Emulsion the most strengthening, nourishing food - medi cine in the world. Send for free sample. SCOTT St BOWNE, Chemists Toronto, Ont. SCc. and $1.00. All druggists LION BREEDING IN DUBLIN. Unique Industry Flourishes in the Irish City. Amid the decay of many Irish indus tries one industry certainly is flourish ing in that country—the lion-breeding industry in the Zoologiteal Gardens, Phoenix Park, Dublin. Since its estab lishment in 1857, no fewer than 230 cubs have been bom in the gardens, and have not only lived, but thriven. Many have been sold to other zoological gardens or menageries, and the sale of lion cubs is regarded as a valuable source of revenue to this institution, which boasts of a unique success in rearing these creatures—a task rarely accom plished when they are born in captivity. BID THEIS DUTT IU EVERT CASE How Dodd’s Kidney Pills Banish Pain in the Back. Cured Mrs. Jas. Murphy and Every one Else She Recoin mended Them To. River Gagnon, Que., Sept. 11.—(Spe cial.)—No complaint is so common among women as Pain in the Baek. It is" a safe estimate that fully half the women in Canada are afflicted with it. For that reason every evidence that there is a sure and- complete cure in ex istence is thankfully received. And there is abundant evidence that Dodd’s Kidney Pills is just such a cure. This district could furnish a dozen cures, but one is enough for an example. The one is that of Mrs. Jas. Murphy. Slje says: T suffered for thirty-eight months with a pain in my back. I took just one box of Dodd’s Kidney Pills and I have never been troubled with the pain since. I also recommended Dodd’s Kidney Pills to other people, who complained as I did, and in every case the pills did their duty and brought relief.” Bill She She Journalism Out West. Johnson kicked his old mule, Kit; didn’t like that kick a bit. craned her neck and looked around; Kerbang! Bill’s sleeping in the ground.; An ice cream social will be held. Upon the lawn of Grandma Weld, The cream will be, now I surmise, Real good and free from bugs and flies. Ed Wilson’s still a-courting Flo, They should have wed some years ago. Mart Miller wants to learn to waltz, It’s too bad his left leg springhalts. Frank Brown is now the dad of twin3, His face is covered o’er with grins. Old Grandpa Blake is poorly now, And so is Teasdale’s dark red cow. Fred Smith is painting up his place, While Sue, it’s rumored, paints her face. That’s all the news. I have to-day; | Drop in, folks, when you’re down our way, We’ll hit the cider kegs some whacks.; Good-bye, yours truly,BATTLE AXE.f Livingston correspondent of The Osate (Mo.) News.7; Expert Knowledge at Hand. Tommy—Pop, what is hiccoughs? Tommy’s Pop—Hiccoughs, my son, a^e messages from departed spirits.—Phila delphia Record. eaitny Call Cure is the quickest and safest remedy for sore shoulders, collar galls. Cures while working. Balsam Pine Healing Oil for bruises, burns, cuts, scalds is a marvellous remedy. It soothes aud cleanses. Colic Cure gives immediate relief and should always be handy It will save many a horse. Carboline Antiseptic means clean stables. E STOCK FOOD. Clydssuale Stock Food Compaxw. Limited, Toronto, Oat, ICELAND HAS NO COURTS. Its Simple Life Induces Highest Moral State in the World. There are no manufactures in Iceland, Each home is a factory and every mem ber of the family a hand. Shoes are made from goat skins. The j long stockings worn over these in wading ! through the snow are knitted by the women and children, and even the beau tiful broadcloth comes smooth and per fect from the hand loom found in every house. The sweet simplicity of the national costume does away with the necessity of fashion books. Young girls who are about to be married need take no thought as to “wherewithal shall they be clothed.” When they array them selves in the wedding garments of their ancestors, two or even three generations remote, they are perfectly up to date in the matter of attire. This simple life is conducive to a state of high morals, higher probably than in any other part of the world. There is not a drop of liquor manufactured on the island, and for the 78,000 there is but one policeman. There is neither a jail nor any place" of incarceration for crim inals; nor yet i3 there a court in which a high crime could be tried. The percentage of crime is so small that it does not warrant the exense of keeping up a court. When a criminal trial becomes necessary, the offender is taken to Denmark to answer to the law for his misdeeds. The women are among the most ad vanced in the world. Their Women’s Political League has a membership of 7,000, and they enjoy more civil rights than the women of almost any other country, having a voice in all elections save that for members for their legisla tive body. IT CURES ALL CREEDS.—Here are a few names of clergymen of different creeds who are firm believers in Dr. Agnew’s Ca tarrhal Powder to “live up to the preaching” in all Its claims. Bishop Sweatman, Rev. Dr. Langtry, Episcopalian: Rev. Dr. With row, and Rev. Dr. Chambers, Methodist; and Dr. Newman, all of Toronto, Canada. Copies of their personal letters for the asking. 50 cents.—105 Travelling Banks. A new idea for encouraging thrift is being developed in Italy. It is nothing more or less than an automatic bank. In a cast iron pillar there are three slits. In the top one the coin is inserted—a ten centime piece. If it is false it is promptly rejected and falls out of a lower slit- If it be good the receipt in stantly drops from the third opening at the bottom of the box. As soon as the depositor has collected five or nioTe of these receipts he can exchange them for a bank pass book at the regular savings bank, and on his savings he will be paid by the Government interest at the rate of four per cent. By means of this excel-1 lent little invention the laborer is able to place a fraction of his daily wages at interest without the trouble or time in cident on making a journey to the near est post office—a great convenience, see ing that such banks are open only at cer tain hours, and those hot suited, to the man who works with liis hands. Get a Transfer. (Chicago Chronicle.) If you are on the gloomy line, Get a transfer. If you’re inclined to fret and pine, Get a transfer. Get off the track of doubt and gloom; Get on the sunshine train, there’s room— Get a transfer. If you are on the worry train, Get a transfer. You must not stay there and complain— Get a transfer. The cheerful cars are passing through And there is lots of room for you— Get a transfer. If you are on! the grouchy track, Get a transfer. Just take the happy special back— Get a transfer. Jump on the train and pull the rope. That lands you at the station Hope— Get a transfer. Canadian flair Restorer Will restore gray hair to its natural color. Slops falling hair, causes to grow on bald heads, cures dandruff, itching and all scalp diseases. Contains no oily or greasy ingredients. By its use the hair and whiskers become thick, glossy and luxuriant. Price, mailed, 75 cents and three 2 cent stamps, or 2 for #1 and six 2 cent stamps. # Have no agencies. Must be ordered direct from manufacturers. We manufacture medicines for all diseases for men and women. Write im mediately for full particulars, sealed, THE MERWIN CO., Windsor, Ont USEFUL HINTS Odds and ends of soap can be put to a good use if, when a number of them have been accumulated, they are almost covered with alcohol. This forms a thick jelly, which is readily dissolved in water, and will be found useful for shampooing, in manicuring the lands and in the bath. One housekeeper says that she uses only the red part of rheubarb for cook ing, putting it up without removing the skin. Instead of stewing it she bakes it in the oven with sugar and a little water. A sofa pillow filled with sweet clover give a delicious and refreshing odor. Many prefer clover to a pine filling. Matting is greatly improved if gone over with a damp cloth once a week. Do not have the cloth too wet, as water rots the matting. Salt sprinkled over a low coal fire will greatly aid in curling feathers. Shake the plumes constantly and do not hold them too near the fire. To revive withered flowers which have been packed or carried for some distance is not always easy. The following plan has been found very satisfactory: Plunge the stalks into very hot water and allow them to stand till the water is cold. Thon cut off the ends of the stalks and ar range the flowers in cold water. Thus treated, flowers will last wonderfully in vases. How Far a Diver May Go. It is not safe, as a rule, for submarine divers to descend lower than 25 fath oms, or 160 feet, at which depth a pres sure of 69% pounds is met with. The greatest depth at which any diver has ever descended is 34 fathoms, or 204 feet. This was to.the ship Cape Horn, sunk off the coast of South America. At this depth the diver, Hooper, must have sustained the enormous pressure of 88% pounds per square inch. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup should always be used for Children Teething. It sooths the child, softens the sfume, cures wind code and Is th? best remedy Tor Dlarrhtsa. A little Sunlight Soap will clean cut glass and other articles until they shine and sparkle. Sunlight Soap will wash ether things than clothes. ar THEY PUT HER IN A POT, But She Got Away in Time to Escape Being Boiled. Colonel Bowker, formerly British Governor’s Agent in Basutoland, had a cannibal story from one of the French misionaries in the country. The canni bals, he said, usually strangled their victims with twisted grass, but some times cut off a finger and a piece of the lip and left the unfortunate ones in a cave to bleed to death, after which the bodies "were put in a great earthen pot of cold water for boiling. Two girls were thus left while their captors went on another expedition for a few hours, and one of these captives, who had only fainted came to herself, leapt out of the pot •with a yell, and fled to the mission station, where she was succor ed. Years afterward when this girl had become a middle aged woman, the mis sionary one day entered her hut and found there three old men sitting round the fire, chatting together and contem plating with evident interest the pot on the fire before them. “Who are they,” he asked. “Oh,” said she, “they are the men who caught me when I was a young girl and put me into their big pot to cook me. I have not seen them since, but to-day t they have come to see me and congratu late me on my escape, and, of course, I can do nothig less than prepare a meal for them.” Boorish Manners in Gotham. (New York Evening Post.) It is now uncommon to see a youngster offer his seat in a car to a man because he is old. Much more frequent is the sight of a girl giving place to either man or wo man;. In all the emergencies of rapid tran sit it is the women who show up best. At hours when there are bustle and hurry there is among the men no giving way, no hand of help, no easing of conditions for those whom they ought never to cease to deal with considerately. It is worse between man and man. Net the least courtesy, noth ing but a growl or a shove comes from the merest unmeaning interference. Were Thack eray, some business morning, to ride down ths subway, he would be driven to revise his gracious description of our manners. What ever they were in his day, they have now become choleric and rancorous. We need still another breakfast food—one that will take away matutinal grouch. “THEY SELL WELL,” says Druggist O’Dell, of Truro, N. S. Want any better evidence of the real merit of Dr. Von Stan’s Pineapple Tablets as a cure for all forms of stomach trouble than that they’re in such great demand? Not a nauseous dose that makes one’s very insides rebel—but pleasant, quick and harmless—a tiny tablet to carry in your pocket. 35 cents.—104 thirty Lee, of tpown Jlater taking ini fea- s.| The irac- »vere celi- savs What the Shakers Believe. It was just one hnudred and years ago this August that Ann Manchester, England, fleeing from per secution in that country because of her religious views, landed on the New Eng land coast. Ann Lee was a leader of a new school of religious thinkers and in fluence of the exiled Camisards, kf in England as French Prophets, but and more distinctly as the “Shj Quakers,” so called from a certai? ture of their religious ceremonies., cardinal points of their belief and tice of this new religious body simplicity of life, communion, and bacy. “They (the Shakers) hold,” . „ one of their leading authorities, “that a virgin life is fundamental to organized communism, as the private family re lationship necessarily requires its own centres of affection and moneyefl in terests, while a united inheritance re quires the renunciation of these. (They freely admit that the private family is necessary and must always exist-)- the seed garden of the human raced but the also recognize that higher nature which makes communistic association as great a necessity—the harvest field of the race.” They expressly emphasize the fact that they do not condemn mar riage as ungodly, but only hold that the celibate life is the right life for those who would be the teachers and founders of a new and nobler order of humanity —the pioneers in the human brother hood that it is to be. They forbid the use of swine’s flesh and all intoxicants. Industry, frugality, charity, and unost- tentation in dress and manners are enjoined upon all their followers. The government in Shaker communities is dual, “sisters” and “Brothers” acting in united capacities, their chief counsel ors or leaders being known as elders and eldresses, who hold parental each over the members of their sex.—Leslie’s Wekly. rule own A woman always enjoys the sei-vice if she doesn’t see any hats in church prettier than hers. ORANGE BLOSSOMS 4 4 < < < That precious remedy, is ft positive cure for all female diseases. Write for description eircular and free sample. R. S. McGILL, Simcoe, OnL PARLOR >E.B.EDDY8 NOISELESS. KBADS WON’T FLY OFF. H dropped on the floor ftnd stepped on, it will not ignite, as some- tisies happens with the common parlor matefc. Will strike on any surface, ths best y st ASK YOUR CHOCKS FOR A BOX The E. B. EDDY Company, Limited NUIX, ZCANADA. < < < < < < < .4 * A L« ISSUE NO. 38. 1905. FOR SALE TWO ELECTRIC MOTORS. Direct current, and 8 horse-power. Ad dress Box 10, TIMES OFFICE, Hamilton. Your fortune told from the cra- dle to the grave. Matters of buslnees, love and marriage made clear. What I tell come true. Send birth date and 10c. Prof. Lavas, Box 16, Ste. Cunegonde P. O., Moot- real. Steals Clock While Court Sat A Chinese carrying a ladder walked into one of the Police Courts in Singa pore the other day. Removing his hat, he bowed with grace to the judge on the bench. Over the latter’s seat was a valu able clock. This the Chinese quietly re moved, tucked it under one arm and the ladder under the other, bowed again to the magistrate and withdrew. Some days elapsed and the clock was not returned. It had been stolen while the court was sitting. DROPSY AND HEART DISEASE.— “For ten years I suffered greatly from Heart Disease. Fluttering of the heart and Smothering Spells made my life a torment. Dropsy set in. My physician told me to prepare for the worst. I tried Dr. Agnew’s Cure for the Heart. One dose gave great relief, one bottle cured me completely.”— Mrs. James Adams, Syracuse, N. Y.—107 “Write What is in You.” “Children,” said the teacher, instruct ing the class in composition, “you should not attempt any flights of fancy; sim ply be yourselves and write what is in y°Y’. Do not imitate any other person’s writings or draw inspiratons from out side sources.” Asa result of this advice Tommy Wise turned out the following composition: “We should not attempt any flights of fancy, but write what is in us. In me there is my stummick, lungs, hart, liver, two apples ,one piece of pie, one stick of lemon candv and my dinner.”—Lon don “Tit-Bits.” ENGLISH SPAVIN LINIMENT Removes all hard, soft or calloused lumps and blemishes from horses, blood spavin, curbs, splints, ringbone, sweeney, stifles, sprains, sore and swolleu throat, coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one bot tle. Warranted the most wonderful Blemish Cure ever known. * Ready for Field Mice. The Pasteur Institute of Paris has again done a valuable service to the com munity in devising a remedy for the field mice, which in the Charentes have mul tiplied at a terrific rate, and done enor mous harm. The Danysz virus, as it is called, if properly disturbed, kills 98 per cent of the mice in two weeks. It causes a contagious disease resembling typhoid, which is innocuous to all living beings except mice and rats. Use Lever’s Dry Soap (a powder) to Wash woolens and flannels,—you’ll like 33 Making Over the Briton. (Cleveland Leader.) There is wee for the Anglomaniac in tha tidings that the good old English ways of London society are giving place to Ameri can customs. There are changes in styles of dress, in manner of walking and even in accent, it is asserted. Baseball is finding favor, the cakewalk is popular and negro waiters are being installed at fashionable restaurants in great numbers. This is a sad blow to those noble American youths who have devoted hours and months to lengthen ing their vowels and teaching their knees to weaken when they walk. NURSE’S GOCI)' WORDS?—M am a professional nurse,” writes Mrs. Eisner, Halifax, N. S. “I was a great sufferer from rheumatism—almost constant association with best physicians I had every chance of a cure if iUwere in their power—but they failed. South American Rheumatic Cure was recommended— to-day my six years of pain seem as a dream. Two battles cured me.— 106 The Short Cut. The best in the store is put into the show window, so that passers-by may see it and be tempted to purchase. But the temptation is limited to the few whom chance throws in its way. Why not extend it to the many? Every store keeper who has a show window can paint a word-picture of its contents that the newspapers will carry into the homes with telling effect. Window display is, after all, but a primitive means of at taining the end to which newspaper dis play is a short cut. Real or Fancied Rats. ; (Catholic Standard.) “What can I do for you, sir?” asked the drug clerk. “Well,” replied the man, “my room was full of rats last night, and I want-----” “Yes, sir,” interrupted the bright clerk, “bromo for yourself or strychnine for them?** ► I Timm