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P.M.P.P.
BY A PHYSICIAN
It la it emenon ttaying thet there et
a fortune waiteree for the man who
diseovers a cure kr a conmem eted.
It probably true: for there are tew
eenimon allmeute• so (1i1lae
ties rem, and rawer still that
mefteult e.f treatment. Teen. le no
remedy ittewn as yet that wel stetteet
tee course of a old, mut the !ate end
Trio4 effleacieue method of treatment
eonelete rar:rely ;n Assisting eater() in
ber threeine of of the infeefien. For
the commou cold is an lake:Jou dist
hnd don) not ark() spontaneeus-
ly from entitle in a draught, or get-
ting wet feat, at le usually euppoeed.
•, But this does not mean that gettine
wet •feet• and sitting in draughts, so
as to chill the body and -tower the vi -
tante, doss t'ot preelapoee to Wei:lite;
eold. On the coutrary, eech te.
ed etate of body laya one se u ::.•
attacks of the, germ which eseesee. ,e,
cold, a germ so conneon tee)
all of us in contact with U
bour of the day.
The extreme ditficulty cr eireete A
cold °ace It te fairly caugla i.iteiIt
all the more imperatiee thin wa
• should so far as possible Ewald eaten
beg one in the first place, Ana the
best method le not by coddling one-
self, stteing in close rooms, an( eerer-
ing far too meta elothing, but in tak-
ing plenty of brisk exercise aud liv-
ing in well -aired and well -ventilated
rooms. Fear of getting wet feet
actual never keep lee from golrg nut
fora sharp walk in eveu the ralnieet
weather, as good stout boots will
keep the wet (tut, and even if they
do not, a change of boots and etteik- '
tags on coming in will do away. wati
the sliehtest fear of cold, It le no
the wceting of the feet or the. bees
•itaelf, for that matter, thee doee, the .
berm. It is when they. renvel t.
and. the. eola wet covering, nee
with the evaporation, lower tee ene•
perature. of the body C;v.e14 t.
ceases active moVentent. TO itet a
thorough wetttng of either body or
feet, and than to sit in a reeloay ear-
riage or a stuffy room for an hour o:
two is , one of the ettest ways yet
known .of catching cold. • But to go
Lor a long walk,' getting thotoughly
wet in ,the process, to walk right
. home, and then change all wet cloth -
ng, does no more harm than to go
for a walk in the dry.
Vveryone has his . own ti eatment for
the cold, once caught, but they all
amount to much the same thing. Med.
with a good hot drink to promote pee-
spiratioln and then an avoidance of
ebangesTee temperature, with a Itigbe,
nothishing. diet and no worry, e.overe
most fornie of treatment, Drugs are
of practically no use, though a mild
apetient at the beginning of the
treatment is usually not masa
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At this rather commonplace finale, her eyes, while the two stare at her
with eolentle, Arnaud indignation.
Signal who loolts the calmest of the
"I-1 bee yew. pardon; I an ver'
three, can scareely supprese a smile, sorry!" ea says. "I think WU nth'*
but she manages to 'conceal it. er tired and hysterical.'
"Sir Frederic Iszyter exclaims Mrs, "1 think you are Out of your mind,"
Podswell, appealing' to 4 hideous old say e Allot Poclewell, solemnly.
portrait of the rector, and Wowing "Perhaps X am," says Signe, wear.
out her hand as if she would all to fly. "Don't say any more to me tee
the world to hear her and join in her night," she plead, "I really am tired,
amaze:Vent end re:tette:me indignation and -I don't wiele to attend you or
---"a baronet -and •euch an old baron- retake you. unhappy, but what you wish
etcy, tool -and the Park! Why, there is quite impossible,"
isn't such an estate in the country, "If you mean your marriage with
exeepting the Delamere. It is an Sir Frederic, that is net at all knees
offer that any one -any outt might bp Bible, my dear," says the rector, in
proud to accept. There isn't a wo-
man for hundreds of miles around
who wouldn't give her eyes to be
Indy Blyte of the Park! And here
is a -a-- '
"My dear Amalie.," again expostu-
lates the -rector, coloring and cough-
'ing uneasily.•
"Joseph, I will speak, and openly
and without fear, There are times
when the truth, the plain, unvarnish-
ed truth, ;should be spoken, •and if
there ever Mae time it is now, when
this foolish, wicked -yes, wicked -
girl allows her vanity to 'etaud be-
tween her good! 1, at least., will not
shrink froni reminding her of the dif-
ference between her and .the gentle.
man who has offered to marry her.
No doubt, under the blandishments of .
Lady Rookweire fulsorne compli-
ments, she has come to thbak herself
a. sort .of .princess," mut Aunt Facketell
glareaat the tall, graelous- figure and
calm, Imre, lovely Wee that do indeed
look rather princely. "Oh, yes, quite
a princess, or at least some one of the
greatest importance. She forgets
that she is a mere nobody; that she is
almost' penniless, and that her mother
She stops, for Signe raises her eyes
suddenly, and they flash like fire
aerose the table, and seem to burn up
the pale, furious ones cf the other.
"ely dear Amelia," says the rector,,
hurriedly, and quite pale with ner-
vousness, "I--ahem--really think
there rt no occasion to drag ui old
by-goneel--the-ahem-the past—"
"Pray," says Signe, her low, .clear
yoke. cold and distinct as a bell, and
tremulous with emotion, "do not stop
her. I am waiting to hear what you
have to say against -my mother,"- and
her color comes and goes as she
presses her bad to her heart. .
Even Aunt 'Podswen is awed and
frightened for a moment.
"I -don't want to say anything
against your mother," she says, sul-
lenly, "I only mean to speak tbe
truth; T thought you had forgotten,
but it seems that you have not. At
anynate, I suppose 1 niay aey that the
daughter .of -an actress" -she would
have .clearly liked to say, ."tight -rope
dancer" -"Is not to good - Xoi Sfr
Sir Frederio Blyte—"
"Stop," says Signa, and her voice is
very low, but so distinct that overt'
note and inflection strike amen the
ears of. the rector and his wife fike
the flick of a whip. "You have
spoken of -my mether. She -died" -
the voice falters for a moment, but is
eteady the next -"she died when I
was too young to know her. She was
an actress. Yes, it is quite true, and
I em proud of it!" Mrs. Podswell
throwset) her hands and eyes, but.
does not, dares not 'speak. "Proud
of it I have heard my father speak
her -ah, 1 have heard othees
esides him speak. of her
eth words such as any we-
an, be she actress or dtichess, might
e proud tic hear over her grave. Un-
ess. the world has lied, and you alone
re true, my mother was one of the
est and noblest of women, and MY
eve and pride in her never filled my.
eart more fully than they do now,
hen you speak lightly of ter!"
Mrs. -Pads.well. stanamers for a =-
met, then she takes retuge in the
esqurces of the weak; she begins to
himper:
"What have -1 done to be spoken to
ke this?" she sobs, "when I have
nly exertedeseen•yself beyond My
efength in he endeavor to do my
uty,-I-do not knowl- This is a cruel.
orld!"
igna, seyeing .her wtth pale corn. been waft"Ah, yes, it tit eruel," Mato:111M ofilligessco.rtroritditzsriee,;..a;x-4:11;
eTtere Is nothhig 'bill -ingratitude" ing for her.
"What a time You have been!" he
said, blinking at the candle. "And
wlutt hare titter -1'4a . talking abaft
downstairs? 1 ceuldstear you, almost.
every word." •
"You've been on tb.o stairs!" nye
Signe., stinking. her head,. rebuldiegly.
"Sonie night you willoatch even
celd, and then I shall *have to mune:
Vole wicked boy!" • ••
"1shan't catch 7eold!" he retorts,
Celnely. "I say, Signe, Is it true.that
gir Prederie wants to Marry you?"
halve "Why do you want me to Signa laughs, while the color comes
arry Sir Frederic?" And she looks into her face.
ram one to thaeother with vague in- "I are afraid it is, Archie, but I
errogation.: ."7..W.1101 time it- matter? don't think You ought to 'listen to
s you say, I am a mere oobobdy, and vrbat goes on downstairs."
ot fit to be mistress of the Park-" "If you Were out to -bed nit 'even
"That's just it,ony dear," says Mr. o'cloek, and eouldn't sleep, you'd he
glad tO get out and sit cat the talks,"
he says, severely. "But about Sir
Frederic -It's like, his cheek!"
"My dear Archiel That is a word
that should not be .eairl his Iltela
boys; it isn't in' the 7dictro11seees; you
knoevl"
"1 don't care!" he says, eniphatiettle
ly. "It's true, It is like his,eleeeki
Why, you wouttlehave to go and live
with ilitte at the Park,..atid that's trillee
away, right across the river. Aslisides,
I don't like Sir Frederic. You woa't
Marry him, Signe, will your
"I think not," says Signet, stbeinitlY,
and almost ta, Iteraelt
-"Don't," he says neer:011(411Y.and
with an alr of atefound' Whiten -Le
"You'll be eorry if you do. Of course
30eell have the park, but you won't
like Sit Frederic. He flier; into tent-
ecrit; I've owe, him. 1 ay, Signet"
"Well, be qui& and tay it. Do yen
!mote that it 1s -oh, t Imettrthly
hoeri and that you °tight to be taa
asleep?" .
"I wish," lie WS, elowly, %%Nita
himself on hie elbow, and blinking et
her graavely-q WWI it had hem. Mr,
tgna eeetteeente
InOves hend Meld the
-candle that he may not este the. hot
flush 'which stabie her face.
"Why, Archie?" she hittriatire.
'Ileetinse / 1110 him, and X don't
.CHILBLAINS.
Those 'uncomfortable people who
cutter front cleilblains are now begin-
ning their winter's diecomfort, • and
any preventative measures should be
taken at once. They seem to be main-
ly clue to defective circulation, and td
presence, the former most of all. They
are increased in severity by the hands
or feet being exposed to continuous
cold, though this does not seem to be
absolutely necessary for their occur-
rence. I have known of cases where
chilblains have been unknown until
a certain occupation, such as clay -
modelling, has been taken up, with
the result that the nano have be-
come a. mass of chilblains. On the
clay -modelling being droppeu the o
chilblains disappeared as well. •
The improvement of the circulation 1%
is the thief thing to work for. with in
the avcidance of extremes of heat. b
and cold. Warm woollen gloves I
should be worn, never kid or leather a
ones, and ample ventilation should b
be provided. • The feet should be I
warmly clotb.ed in the* open -wove or h
hand -knitted stockings, fully largo, w
and ' the boots or shoes should- be -
large and widely cut, but not: so as to ra
slip at elle beet, or the preseure and r
friction may brlug about the result w
feared. No tight -fitting garters or
kuee-bands should bet worn, as they 11
tend to. obstruct tbe eiretelltion, and e
the :tame holds good of the wrist's s
and neck. if the ears tree affected it d
may be neceseary to wettlea coveeing w
for them when going out, fn eeid ee
very windy weather, and. they Omelet. 5
In all cues he kept as esvarm as pos.
eible. The hands and feet, if colde
should uot be warmed be pistting
them by the fire, or in hot water, -
but sheuld be watmed gradually by
swinging the arms, changing the
hoots far easy -fitting warm slippers,
and so on, the watenth being obtain-
ed by the increase in the briskneee of
LiLO eireueation, not by application, et,
heat. •
• THR'USII. 7
Thrash is a. fungoid 'thefts, which
"be might take me ie long wit/
from Itere-Milee away, Archier
"X don't know," b.e pays, rellecttleg•
ly; "he nti.ght, hat thea perhaps he'd
let me Mine, UM. don't You *or
see,"- saire Mana,
big with it soft light In be; violet eyes.
"At any ;nate, I like hiM 4114 I think
euro-tlatt he likes you, Sbatell"
Once more she has to *bade the light
from the carldle.
"I believe you are gsleep and dream.
Ina, Amide, or yen wouldn't talk Buell
eaneense. There!" ---and she kissee
him, and tucke tite bed-eh/thee round
bizse in the Manner esteemed BO much
by children-"good•night, and"--witit
a laugh -"as papa, IWO, hapeY
dreanut!"
CHAPTER. XV.
Sir Frederic got Ills oresh hat, awl,
'without even biddine Lady Roolewell
emedenight or waiting for his car-
riage, leapt the terrace and strode
acrose the velvety lawn toward the
Park, He had tried, and tried bard,
to keep cool and selepoesessed wbile
Elena was with him, but now• Ile
threw calMness and self-possesston to
the wind, and allowed his -passion,
full scope: Ile was, in fact, almost
Med; mad with unsatisfied levet-mad
with leis own. weaknese, and med with
ble, though \Vet* and erring man---" ! every
bis fretful style, eNothing impossi. f Jealousy; for, with that instinct whic
laver possessea, be felt tbat, but
"That's nensense!" says Mr. Pods- for Hector Warren, Signa migat have
well, cattlag the sermon short. "Signe lietened to his suit mid yielded. -
Is not weak; r never saw a girl with He reached the Park bathed in per -
so much -obstinacy in her *nature, spiratton; yet pale to the lips, eettreelY
eelewilled she may be and is, but not aware that he was at twine, and
weak; oh, certainly not!" • almost inclined to stroll on anywhere
And Aunt Podswell sniffs scornfully, out ot huinan ken,
The rector rubs hie chin. He had been so frill of hope, he had
"1. think," he saes, insinuatingly, been so persuaded by his mother that
"that perhaps we have been a little it was impossible Signe. should reftuse
• too hasty with our dear Signe, my bine that the reaction was terrible,
dear. We are so anxious for her good, Lady Blyte had sateen the servants
so extremely anxious, that her future, to Led except tee butler, and as Sir
which etretches out so far and -ahem Frederic' entered che came into the
_blooming before her, should not be hall.
marred by a -shall I say, maidenly "Is it you, dear?" she mitt "Where
modesty? -that we have put the case is the carriage!"
a leen° too plainly. After all, Sir 11-4 walked in," he answeretl, pane
Frederic is a seasibloyoung man, and ing her into the drawing -room to hide
sensible youngmendon't take the tint his- face from the butler's keen eye,
:nor he may ask her again:" Lady Blyte came up to him, and
"Thope not," eeaye-S'igha. placed -herle-and upon his arre.
'II don't think it's likely; I should "Well, Frederic," she geld, gently,
Pay she has had ter chance and lost her proud eyes: softening with loving'
It," puts in Mrs. Podswell, vieiously. anxiety,
The rector shakes his head. He looked down at her with a look
"Sir Frederic is-ahene-thoroughlY of wild -misery.
:in earnest. am sure of.that, and I "It is all over, mother?" he inid,
think he will ask her again. If he Itoarsely.
should, will you promise us, my dear Lady Bleta „started, and her .. oyes
Signe, that yen' will consider his pro- flashed witty -haughty pride.
posal? That is not much to aok, my "Do you enea-n, the:etyma-gen have
de,a1r.
spoken, and that slm Atm actually----"
s"hould think not," snorts Mrs. Her pride would not permit her to
Podswell. "But it isn't likely tbat he finish tee eueettete
will do anything of the sort Mr Fred- "Yes, she has'eactually ventured to
erie isn't a mere adventurer, an opera
singer, to go begging for a wife." taus° me!" to said, with 'a -better..
Signit flushes hetly, though she “It is impossible!" exclaimed „her
emile.
would give worlds to keep the eolor ladyship, drawing herself to her fun
-from her face, for she knows' that her tedy_
aunt alluded to 'Hector Warren. height. "A. girl who is a mere no -
"But if he should, am eaying, my "It is of no use going over all that!"
dear Amelia," says the rector, timid- he exclaimed, with an impatieut gee-
ly, "1 want our dear Signa to promise tem "Be she what she may, I -I love
that she will reconsider this hasty doe her, and I have asked her to be MY
cision,"
wife, and she has reJected me!"
"It wasn't hasty," says Signe,. but "She must be mad!" murmured the
seeing the rector open his mouth for old lady, using the same words that
a fresh argument, she says, wan des- A.unt Podeivell had done; "elinplY
peration born of infinite weariness, mad! Why, there le fiot- a girt In the
"Oh, yes, if he should ask me again, 1
will consider it." county who would refuee the owner
And it is an unwise admission, /tee of the Peek! t'
"Yes, there Is one and it is the- one
she -teelti it', bur not then -ah, sh-e
-and does so long for the -soli- I bava the nalefortune to love,'' ho.
said, sinking into a chair; audlealiefg
tude and quiet ot her own little room, hie race with his trembling hands. _
where she can be alone to think -not Lady Blyte stood erect in her, aatin
of Sir Frederic and his offer to make
her the mistress of the Park, but ef nant hauteur on yawner.
and old lace, her eyes fie:0d with
Hector Warren and the sweet raystera "I can scarcely believe it," ehe mute
ous words he whispered In her ear enured. "What (toes) she expect -what
as they parted. can she hope for more thaa this?"
"Thank you, my dear," says the vee- And she made a grand comprehene
tor, suavely, "That is all we want. Sive motion with her hand.
Rest assured that your aunt and r only Ho laughed bitterly.; he has had
desire your good, .and that all our ex- taught him more of Signa'a nature
ertions are for your "future Welfare. than ever his mother would learti„
Good -night, my dear • &Lena, and- thotIgh she lived with her for years.
aheml-happy dreams!" and he, gives•
ter Ids hand with the air Of one, be: e'Seeedees not care a pin's point for
towing an unspoken benediction.- - •the whole of it," he said, despairtally;
"it is all se nothing to her. she
Signe. bends over her e.unt's pale, does not love me, she will not marrY
thin face, wrinkled with the irritation me though I am Sir Frederic Blyte. It
of thsvarted desires, and teethes sit I were the King of England, it woued
with her Alpe: . . . ea . make leo .difference."
"I believe, Indeed e do, that you "Then," gala Lady Blyte, with 'a'
-
mean it all in kindneas, but, edit lf -fhtelf ce her eyes, "let her go -her own
eyee would only accept what I 'say ane _Way; and forget lien"
be content. What does It !natter? Andestk held out her halide implor-
'There-are hundreds, thotteands of girls. - • •
who are more fitted to be Lady Blyte loved me,sheeeteuld marry me though
than Lam." • I were a beggar ea the roddo act she
"But Sir Frederic doesn't -think tHe-laughed,eand the laugh wee not
Yen see"et egert the reetteneutteringe tee. _•pleasant for a mother to hear.
wisest and truest words he has epok. "Froreet herr he said, raising hiS
en. pale; passien-distorted face. .
"I am .yertesorey.that he does not," might as well tell a man dying of
says Signe, ruRully, and she makes thirsteto forget -water! I shall never
her esca,pe. • . 'Term her while have the power of
Tired as she is, she pays her usual -reerePrY left." *
visit to Ar't's little :room afethe end . Mid he rode heavity, and stood,etar-
inghteneily,at pin dress -boots, all
wet with the dewy grecs.
' Lade Slyer eank 'into Chair, and
rtainpgPeerda.the arm with her thin, white
-"If that beeso,". she said, eadly, yet
resolutely, "you must hot give up—"
1 Ile laughed agaibe •
"No, you mast not give up! Many a
girl has been fool enough to any 'No'
*Anil lived to repent herself of her folly
‘and juinp .at the. ahanee eaying
'Yee,' You must eve b,er that chance."
" lie-stailed and 'cheek his hee.e.
'Tots do not underetand her, moth,
er. 'Noe with -Siena Grenville, tueane
always 'No.' She dorm not want :moth.
er Miasma, and would not take it if it
were Offered to her. No, I have. lost
her; and if cermet forget her, I must
learn to live without her. But to -night
feel that. X would rather die." And
his head drooped: then he looked up
With a flush. "I aztoashaitted that you
ehould aee what a weak fool have be-
come,. mother," he said, with self:.
acorn in hie Voice and in hie eyea;
"but I think tio man ever loved as
love Signe, Grenville. I Uwe her with
tayeetshole being -she Nee absorbed all
Irty life! Th.erel let as east no more
about am worn out, Anil will go
to bed. Good-uight."
(To he tontinued.)
-einumbles.Mre. Poesy/eel: •"If you. had
any heart at all, you Would never
stand there and say such dreadful
things lo me-neverl"
A faint smile. covers Signa's pale
face, The onlyeelreadful thing ehe
has said has boon a few words in de-
fense, of the mother whose memory
she loves and reveres, and whom .
Aunt Podswell has atto.eked. She:
sighs a little Wearily,
"Is sthere any more to be said?" she
sive, steeple.* and picking 'up her
should never appear in a well kept a
uursery. It is almost eritirely. contn111
-
ed to bottle-fed battles, And is due it f
the great majority of ea.sed to care- t
ieesly cleaned bottles or 'other food. A
vessels. The baby's mouth and owe. n
eceome red and patchy, and 0..00 so
painful that the child often ;muses
toed. Tito treatment meets lu 'pee -
lea eiearilinees, together v lehal
treatment of the gums and :I, t.Zli by
meane of antiseptic a.pal7ea,*in. 9. A
(lean Sott rag should be eite ell in
glycerlue of bottle, told tee entire
:mortice of the inside of tee mouth_
and the gums should Le ettrefelle
wiped oat with it. Theetreatmerit
(should be repeated several tenet a
day, after each feed, and the greatest
care Must bo taken that the milk te
ether food is earefully and freehly
prepared for each Mese. All .bottici.
tad food vessels should be Vaced itt
a pan ot warm water end brothett. to
the boil, while the teattortlie febeilati'
leodswell, breaking In With a tervous,
conailiatory smile; "we, neither your
'Mint nor I- think- that, and Sir Fred-
eric himself evidently does not; and
you must admit" -With a sickly Amite
nettliatehe be. tete best judge of your
fitness. 11 110 thinks that you ere
the •one young lady in the world -who
Ought to 'be the future mistrees of the
Park, -it Is net for you to ceettradiet
"But," tay e Sgneetiid ter face glowts
wiih the first blush that has rims to
It slime the discuislon, "I-1 do
not dare kr Sir Frederic, in the 'way
that ,be wishes me to care for him."
• • Ant rocirevell sniffeeithd the teeter
-WOOL his hetet *Mt a Nand, superior
bottle elerrule ttieselys- be kept, eetteree. *e
not la Mr, In a solution ef a 'ent, .
spoonful of boraele Meld in a Ire
water.. This should be wide i;'nit - r
water, but titled Cold,
en, av
Clinibing Down. • If
Macarty rtplicd for a job us a billidere:
Itlburee and 'tole aeicod by ehe ferenten a
%hat eeperienee he had. "Sure," said I
the. itithaleant "ye dowt *wee any
T (dunce for bard work et ele et till." 71
-011, but I went to know," mld. the fore. y
men, "if yeleve been limed tp aelne up n
'odder." "That's all rleht, tepilee err. ,
ry; "you'll belle nothing to templet) a
abotit Sure 01 an 'noun! the feat thae
01 sera up st ladder. It was dessu s
Well. -.4.0M1611 if
mile. .
"My dear, I en) afrald von are-or--
ornantle." 'fie says, as it he had said
feared :die was given to pick.
fig 'and stealing, or noino ,other sin,
Itoteenee. my dear eland, is all very
VI in-ehenet-noVeles hut lit real
fa the lees you 'have, to do with re-
tenee the better. Look rit titter aunt
nil nil." S;ghlt ratson her eye, and
Ooke from (me in the other. "We were
ot romentie .eteeen Merrianeaft
et yoe See how here!! re are."
And, perhaps virwittinfdY, hetivel
a• • •
Mir a moment Sigma retards them
fi anemic, then -rite emild not help It
her We deperitied on it --she breeks
into a laugh. She laughs till the viler tbink he ever flies into tempers."
conies into her face and the light it* "OW says Blom, trylug te Speak
!Ye tea& at leek who inner hai
„nny.
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Our ihettitee Wavy 8-airee4
/Woe 'It *Ms 41.08 toed tiro ta
Aar ere Mot us.
et eta ess yew? at, es write
far Wet bee In istu.
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eti teed Moe thell eity etttsee
turi Wait worn:
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Hamilton, Out,
trottnerir tr1t,is. t. MAO.
There's Money Fin
Your Sturnp Land
sMRST pull out the sttunpS, then pa oat the prOgts. Change
your barren stump lands into cultivated &IMO; atop pay.
ing taxes on worthless lands Clear it; do it the ienekkest, eaaiest
and cheapest way, Got the money frorriunder yoursturnps with a
: tetetteteteeesetetenee.t
One Man
Stutzup Puller
It gives you a gionee power. NO stump is big ,
enough, no root deep enteagh, to resist it Horses
are unnecessary. Your money back uidess the
Kiratin pulls stumps front your land,
Ten days' trial.
-
Send for Big,
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Canadian Co.
tin Donnie St.,
Sault St. Marla.,
Ordeal°.
See the *tures of Menne; it hes pulled; read the let- • :' Phase sena ,,,,,Gu
tem from the farmers who have bought Kirstins.reee Beee De Lane
Learn how the Kirstira Free Service .given all the gloating.
information you need about land elesueng, Den't
buy a puller until von c,‘rt thin book.
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A. J. KIRSTIN CANADIAN CO.
8426 DennisS,, Sault St. Mario. Ont. • town• -"
• 0'
ri.b.D. Or ;Poarlit
Trade Atiefs. _ •
. .
Locusts have destroyed the. wheat
crop or the provinee of Sante Fe, Vetere
Rim -and Corrientes in Argentina, It
is estimated that the amouut aVallable
for export will not exceed 14000,900
tons,
eontorts from Hone Kong to the IL
S In-tb.e first nine months of • 1916
wete valued at e6,861,200, an increase
of ee,584,G59 over the previous year.
Rubber overshoes are needed In
ePaln.
An Italian merchant is in the• market
for 1,000 hyl/Odermic syringe%
Nearly S0,000 tons of cunao ere
handled in the Hong recites market an-
nually. Thies trade shouiu attrace tier
attention .of American .dyers.
lleaey Won wheels; suitable for Jim.
Meshes, are needed in Chlea, These
wheel e are glitillar to those used ;o
motorcycles,
Freight tetee in China have increas-
ed from 300 to 500 per cent. since the'
beginning of the Eneopean war. The
eh:nese are adaptine ahemselves -to
othoneesetztdeinti.o7 ,and arteretAins' great
quantities of foodstutle for domestic:
Minard's Liniment fon sale'
Everywhere.
, ••-••••-• •4••••••••
Homo Care of Milk.
No matter how well helle-liast been
nal:idled' up • to 'elle 'time itis • deiivered
to tile consumer, it cannot be expecter,
to keep well if it is carelessly treatet
tbereatter. It, should be covered
kept in a cool, clean ,plant free Jaen.
dirt, flies, etc. New milk 'should hovel
be mixed wale old uniese it is to be
eteethat onceone the bacteria in the
eld, Wilk will tee &Mese be added also
arid the mixed. Milk will not keep an
well as tbe fresh milk alone. Bacteria
are thickeet • where there Is dirt and
decay, and milk.should therefore be.
attired only in clean, sweet places.. It
is.eater to keep' le'covered, totexclude
not oeiy dirt and bacteria, but ale° the
flavors and odors. eyliteielt eo easily
al -sorbs. •11 kept at a temperature of
50 degrees Fahrenheit or less, good
milk should remain sweet for twelge
eleo. nos- at. -tenet, after -it' -readies the
•coneennert and erclinarely lortteentye
four hours or more. Sometimes in
very' not W'4atheY leaseteeepere cenit
elteh. thee . eptte. of a& prece-utions_
It sours•quiekIye oxen la the lee box,
gilts is often due. to the Atet that the
dr of the tee box, althciegh it meths
cold in contrast with the nent•Otteide,
is really not cold enouteb. to eheek the
g,rowth of Use . .11fteteries • ea, tiler,
mometer. placed Lneitle registers -more
thine' '50 degkees Fehrenheit, 'the -fault
Is almost- .eurely in the temperatura
of. the ice box and not in the milk,
4.•a••••••••••61.
.••••1
• ROW to Cut Roses.
There Is a rightaad a wrong way to
'cue mem The-choice.of :the Tatter play
seriotely injure the blossom producing
properties ,of fife plants-. This applies
'particularly, of colerse,, to rose plants
Wiesen, and grown especially for cut
flower prodection. Such roses will be
largely of the perpetual blooming
aorta.
lerhea a rose is cut from such plants
--tea rosee or other perpetual bloom-
ers -only two or three eyes of the
current seasonee growth of that breath
should be lett cct the plant. This
raheruld give the roses -very long stems.
Succeeding blossomsshould, be .cut
clese to the ground. It will nem like
destroying ths bush to take so much
off it, but if the object is the- product
eion of roses, the cutting away of the
surpluo wood, will attain the desired
end, -•
If the spring pruning has not been
sufficiently Severe the plant. le likely
to have long, naked stalks and ehort
stone to the flowerenWita this char-
acter of growth only coo or two otrolag
leaf buds eliould be left on the -braiach
when the flower is cut, so as to stimu-
late as much growth as poinible from
tem Nem of the plant. '
The greateet temptation to leave
wood is where there are two or more
buds on one branch, some being mall
wh the termin 1
en a one a open. This
temptation to follow a bad practice
by pinching off all side
e!:ahnoobt: eatzeteel;t1.
eaci tuti has formed co the
I %talk, Tide summer prunlug will on.
L end of a braneh, Thie prevents,- tlia
formatioo of two or more buds on mite
courage additional blooms on varlet
tiro whin bloom more than once a
year. .
Cure
• Guaranteed
Never known to
Itr AI • fail; acts without
- pain tu 24 hours. Is
tot et_ C ,e4 soothing. healielf takes the i‘tt.v4
right out. No row-
dy so quick, sato .and sure as Pet-
eam's Painless Corn Et/erector. Sold
everywhere -25c per bottle.
STORMY WEATHER.
HARD ON BABY
.000.0.•••••,..**••••••.•
TIte-stormy, blustery weather which
we have during .February and eltuth
Is extremely hard an children. Con-
ditions make it iic=seagy for the
mother to keep them ill the house.
They aro often confined to overheated,
badly ventilated rooms and catch colds
which rack the whole system. To -
guard against this a 'box of Baby's
Own Tablets should be kept ih the
house and an °cantonal dose given
the baby to keep his stemaeli and
bowels Working regularly. This will
net fail to break Up colds and keep
the health of the baby in good condi-
tion till the brighter .days come along,
The Tablets are sold by medicine
dealers or by mail at 25 cents 4 box
from The Dr, Williams Medicine Co.,
Brockville, Ont,
..mor
Housekeeping. Helps.
Ttsrs it a fork With -Curved bladeg
for cutting the shottoning loto the
flour when making pie -crust, much
quicker. and more satisfactory titan a
A littleMetel contrivance that slips
of the line, so that it is tight ane does
nonottohrtes..clothesiine.taltee up the Slack
A email and eonvenient gas lighter
eollaiste of a wire frame holden; ati
Iron file and a cylinder of composi-
tion which emits tparica whin pees
acrota the face of the file. It does
away *with the danger of threwing
matches Where they may cause a fire.
A row' of neat glass Containers for
salt, coffee, tea, sole and spiees maketi
the bridees kitchen shelf a temotAtion
to cook. The jam have fluted sides
and dust -proof covers.
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A Bull in The Pulpit.
Am requested te may," *aid the
yeunfr deminle, Who wan acting en *
substitute, "thett there be no httet•
ing of the Lattioit' Sewing Arttilit this Wee:
as 'oust owing to the fact that all the
ledlei of tlio itiilld Will be out of town.
Should any others ult4h to take up the
work thy' fluty d,
Thou hepatezel, but it 'Was too Iltte.
z •
• TABLONICA.
Ono Of the Important Gateways of
• Carpathian Mountains,
_A
Jablotica and the pase of the same
-name,. which the Russians are said to
_baits :emptied, constitute one of the
most important gateways through the
high Carpathian mountains tom °all-
ele.. and Butte -wine into Hungary, says
a war geography note of the C. e. Na-
tional Geographic Society issued from
its Washington heerquartere;
"The Cerpathians la this . vieinity
tower to a Itel,slit of 7,50.0 feet, bat
slope gradually down to the eotith-
. West through the country of Manna -
roe.. At a dietance of forty-five mires
from the crest the capital of the pro-
vine,Max•morat-eziget, is situated at
a level of only 600 feet above the sea.
Jablenica.. clings to the northeastern
elope of the Carpath:ane, between the
headwaters of the Pruth and the Gol-
den Bistritza Rivers, and is nerpafl
Station on the seventy -two-mile fail -
way line connecting etanislau, now in
the bands ef the Missions, with Ker-
ma:new, just beyond the pass, to the
southwest. Near Korosmezo are valu-
able petroleum springs.
"The important river Thetas, Oief
affluent ef the Danybe, and next. to
tho latter the largest waterway in
Hungary, has its source in efarmoras
coutity, Situated on the Thetas and
connected lot rail with- ICorosinezo is
the flourishieg town of elarmatoe-
Sziget, with a population of 21.000.
Thiel will bo the first important objec-
tive of the Rue/stens after they elected
the Carpathians by way of the jahlon-
lea pass and begin their &went upon
the plain,? of Hungary.
"efarmaros-Sziget in Mott pleasant-
ly situated at the juneture Of the lea
River with tbe Theiss. To the east
DRS. SOPER & WIAITE-t
SPECIALISTS
Piles, EeSeml, Attiona, Catarrh, Pimples.
Dyspepsia, epilepsy, Riieumstisni, Skin,
ney, -Blood, Nerve and Divider Disease*,
tell or tend Mem kr frro odyiet.
tumid tll is tablet temi, to 1p.m.
bed8 o 6 a, Sundaya -IC an. lo 1 p.n.
DR $PEJ r? 4 WHITIE
ti Totowa 1t., Totcrto, Oat,
Please Mention This Paper. b
Careeetlaitute. fide teWn lettere tee -
tower the welbwoodea, ettow-liaPP04 I ISSU I 91 7
war citizens 0 many nationalities .
W ere busily engaged itc an Geteekeive
hooter trucle and in paneling. the en-
ormeaui output of salt ta state 140401n•
elYet taken from the mines of three
villagee Contiguous to the county cale
ital. The allAaal fairs which were
held here were an Important feature
of the Industrial life of this port of
liuugary, and presented a Meet pis-
tureeqUe scene to the traveler, A
babel of tongues and a kaleidoseope of
color resulted from the mingling of
Rutheniane, Roumanians, elaygare,
Weeks,. Slovalte and Armenians, each
group dressed in the multihued dos-
uinps Peculiar to their Own national-
ity,
The salt mines of the Marmaros,
Sziget district have been worked for
eenturiee and raanY Americans Who
have toured this part of Hungary have
Visiteet the deep galleries wliose rock-
cr,ystse walla glitter as if sledded with
retuntless iridescent Jewels as they ree
fleet Me rays of the electric lighte.
One of the most interesting mines is
that of Ronaszvelt, wOich contains 4
great subteranneaer salt lake Uniting a.'
depth, et aearly 8,0.0 -feet.
"Hunting for bear and lynx on the
wooded slot as of the Carpathians in
the vicinity of Marmaree-Szget is a
favorite pastinet ot the Hungarians.
The accommodations for sportsmen
-are not as satiefactory here as in the
hig13. Tatra MOUlltaillS, IIQW0Verd"
Miner.'* Liniment cures Dandruff,
C
Thrift On a Raft,
Scottish thrift received a saves
blow not long ago alter a shipwreck.
Two Seetclamen had got on to a raft,
but had nothing to support life or
spirits except a little tobaceo and
1 some matches, but no pipe or cigar-
ette papers, Succor eeemed never coin-
ing. At last they gave it up ea hope.
less; but, desirous of having a little
comfort before the Seel:011MT ineYita•
ble end, :they made ' some cigarettes
with banknetea one of them bad 111
his pocket. The banknotes were no
sootter•siterificed than relief came, awl
they -were 'laved. Their teenage can-
not be 'described. -London Telegraph.
••
I consider MINARD'S LINIMDITie
the ,BEST.Linineent in use.
I ,got my foot badly lammed lately.
I bathed it well with MINA.RD'S LINI-
141EleTT, and it was as -;:01 a5 ever next
day.
• Yours very truly,
T. G. MeeltILLEN.
WORK OF THE BEAVERS.
..tAroiiderfut Skin= and Activity o
This..-4,=.91tv:ei:•ljy.t4 Builders..
There .are preltable few' exaMples
enimil industry O1IL1 ctinsteuctiVe abil-
ity faire widely kno-wn thanethose ot
.
the beaver -every One carriee from Ms
sehool dayn general notion that bea
vers build dams and oither things.
ante, though there may be a conside
able margin between palmier belle
.and the -1I -mils of fact, eneugh remain
10 attach a nigh -degree of intereet t
tha
ir very powerful teeth the
can cut through a branch tithe incite
thick is as many minutes. The pieces
eut off are Iteld by the teeth and fore
paws and carried or dragged to the
spot where they are to be used and
fitted into place. The fitting Is by no
raeane carelessly carried out, and the
beaver seems to ha.ve some fairly dete
nit° idea of the size and length of the
piece he needs.
The beaver „makes Ms home prima-
rily by burrowing in the • bank Of a
stream, and the purpose of the dam is
to maintain the water at a fixed height,
so That the elltrance-to the burrow is
always covered as a firetection from
enemies.
Though, however, the beaver has in-
telligence enough for the buildine of
hie elam, he has not sufficient to kitow
when to stop building, and eo he
creases the structure and raises the
level of his pool Until burrowing ue-
ward. no longer serves to keep ills
house above water, and so he relses
the height of his walls and roof by
building with branches and mud the
welt kaawn dome shaped "lodges."
Advice to Byp3itics.
• 0
„r,
Vigil Worth Failowing
in the case of dyepepsla, the appes
tite is variable. Sometimes it is raven.
ous, again. it le often very Poor. For
this condition. there is but. ono sure
remedy -Dr. Hamilton's Pills -which
usr igreuii.:Irtsly fiannnd hnorritoeudg huleyn. ti in
day, and as time ,goes on improvement
continues. No other medieinewill
strengthen the stomach the stomach
and digestive organs IlkDr, Hamil-
ton's Pills. They supply the materials
and assistance nocessaly to convert
everything eaten into nourishtnent, in-
to muscle, fibre and energy with which
to build up the run-down system.
Why not cure your dyspepsia how?
Get Dr. learailton's ?ilia to -day, 260
per box at all dealers,
Insect Ltinittiosit$;
eenninosity is normal in the Well-
-known Ituninoua beetles, ineludlitir the
various fireflies ahd gloweverms, and
'results .naturally teem the oxidatiott
.01 sem° organic secretion. Other ha
eeets are luminous In rare instances,
ltdv. J, Holroyd, vicar. of Patehum,
England, lately noted luminous moth
larvae, similar to those observed onto
or twice previously, .and the chirono-
mous-a kind of gnot-and the "Ian.
tarn beetles" ot South Amerlea are
among the creatures sometimes light.
ad up. Tim oceasieli himinosIty has
beenattributed to dieease of deeotn-
possition from bacterial infection.
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is,' AN T41.)-0111,1,8 TO ente It lit ON
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tica: te: roa• :041411:00r r;.:11:::;;;;40.1
Jelled silts/here palmed. tie law) te.lch,
104110111 Etur %%inn
Plum towing; goo.i wtt,rri, idt•at. fay-
v,ory cendltiena. Zinunt!rn
WAXTED-A 00011 C13:41,:litAro
s snt
vent ter man family: iiititeat
aseaL eornrortebie bome. Arese.
7'4", John Mete Ve itorneweed tevenue.
leamilten, Ont.
ceNTEltet--WootaeleN SPINNiltta ON
aru. leole,evittoittinstilk urid bhe,r.twyonyial v43174111
1,Avroerlint.40ral:e.to• n.
ftull particulars, aplily to
the Slingsby MenUfseturinir Co, Ltd..
._
Pe011ilitrite a Freneh Flag.
It is not generally 'enown filet the
three strips of color ttat inakb up tUe
French national flag are not equal* In
width. When the tricolor was Brut
'authorized 1792 tee poiatione and
propoetione of the three eolora were
not stated, and such a variety of flags
was seen that two years later tie° na-
tional aseeenthiy deelared that the na-
tional standard ahould bo formed of
alenecistIptrlittweednavtelortniacal
Ileyotlothrse hint:181(11bl al
e
Ude, the meddle weite and the fly
1.424Or years the flag was- made in tide
way; but,' though the banes •ware
equal, they never 'looked equal .isevidie
to an optIcal illusion, the blue appear-
ing 'wider than the white and the
white wider than the red.
decided that was °McLane, at in every
huAntoleadst, after many experiments, it
Parts the blue should be ,thir-
ty, white thirty-three and ret -thirty-
reven.-:-Pittsburgh Press.
. • 4
. Minard's Liniment Relieves-
Neuraigia.
Merits of "Angell* Snuff."
Angelick snuff,"'thee most noble
composition' in the world, renioving
all manners of disordere, of the bead
and brain, easing the most exeruclat-
ing pain in a motnetit, taking avvig all
swimming and giddiness proceeding
from vapours, de.; also drowsinees,
eleepinessand, othei. lethargick ef-
fects perfectly curIng deafness to ad-
miration and all humors and oorene.ss
in the eyes, etci . Corroborates the
brain, comforts...the. nerves and re-
vivee the spirits, Its admirable ette
ce.cy in all the above mentioned die.
elutes has been expefienced above a
thousand efrn. es 'and very justly' caueee
it to be esteemed the moot beneficial
snuff in the world. Pelee Is a paper,
with . directions. Sold only at err.
.leayn's toy shop at the Angel and
Crown, in St. Paul's, churchyard, near
Cheapside.-Advertisemelit in London
Paper, Aug. 6, . •
RELIEF AT LAST
I want to help you ik you ateeseffere
Ing from 'bite...Meet eltelvincre egincl or
protruclingetilese "1-ean toll you how,
itt yollt oWnAiOnle and withiatt any-
one's 1,assistance. you can 'apply the
best cif ale treatments.
D% Titif31:9? AT •
• nu?"
tononese to send you atleRelle trial
r -
f pe the now absorption ereetment, and
references from your own leca.lity ft
s•pu will but write and ask, et I assure
you of immediate relief. Sone no
money, but tell others of this offer.
Y Address
Ireland's Golden Age,
There neat' be no "thhery" as to the
early culture of belated. It is a fact,
for example, that the Abbey Of Clem-
maenoise, near Athlete, wee elite
eentre of learning so renowned thet
scholars repaired thither froM the
ends Of Etrope, and the great Cherie -
maims recut it presente. And itt the
realms of art "The IlOok of
I.atin copy of the Gospels, executed at
that thus, bad no rival lor dallesey of
Illumination,--toudon Standard.
A preparation
which can be wed instead of rubber
or Many Purposes, has been invented
y a Gerfnan seleritist.
MRS. M. SUNIMERS, Sox e,
. Windsor, Ont.
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Curious Spider EletK:
The .A.ttua family -ot spicloys, abuna.
ing In Java, have, in monition to num-
e.ous smaller eyes, m pair. -of largo on,
whirch have been ensied fame"
eyes.
A specimen of Elio; spider lately' cap-
tured near Bultenzorg, exhibith t' -
markable power of changing the col.,,
of its eyes. When taken the eyes werp
cittrk brown, like the uody, but suddenly
they charlged to snow green.
Soon afterwards they turned back from
.kgeen to brown; and this. change or
c,elor was reveated several times in sue-
teeslon, apparently at the will' of the
oeature.
Whother this action on the 1 -art
this curious sPeoleS of Spider Is an f•
fort to lorpire terror in its enemy oi
whether it is an effort of its own tet-
-or is uncertain.
Another singular faot is that. the co:.
or or ether one or both oyes co•ild thus
be changed at wilt-
Minard's Liniment Cures Burns, Etc.
4 •
. The Lavish Aniline.
in October, 1886, le religiously mind.
ed Buck tr -41'1‘1,q1Ore farmer 'tented
.pleins brought his firstborn to ti: -
parlsh cue...-. to. 'De cnrieteneti„inil
this was to be the name: A.bel Benet-
min C-aleb. Daniel _Ezra. Felin Gabriel
•Eleggalaseateeeeme,Iitien Levi elaneall '
Nehe.mial Obadiah *Peet-- Queries
Reich:lib Smuttier Tonlah fizzle' Venial)
Word etystus Zecharrah., It will be
observed that. the..names are all ar-
ranger) in alphabetkat order and are
as far as possible selected from Scrip-
ture. 11 was only with the very great-
est dieficulty that the clergyman dee
suaded Ma Jenkins, ut eventually it
was decided to chrlsteh the boy simply
Abel.-Cheenbers' 'Journal, • '
Remember This.
To extinguish gasoline lanteli, use
sand, dust or elour-not eugir•-for that
Is readily combeetible.. Water only
spreads the flames. A shovelful et
earth from the garden or sifted ashes
from the cellar will check the flames.
.41
Watch Youx Stweie!
,It may be the forerunner of
bronchitis or a bact d04. Xt
is nature's warning that your
body is in a receptive con-
dition for .germs. The. way
to fortify yourself against
cold is to increase warmth
and vitality b3r eating
Shredded Wheat, a food
that builds healthy muscle
• and -red blood. 1;'or. break-
fast with milk or cream, or
goy meal with fresh fruits.
Made In Cantadc