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Exeter Advocate, 1911-12-28, Page 7EVERY PLACE ON THE WIDE PRAIRIES TELLS OF CURES NA.DI) .BY DODO'S IKIDN'EY PILLS. Thos. Griffin, of Pollee River Lair: Inge tells how he got rid of bis ll;laenralism honestly- ensued popularity, Cold Springs, Peace River Land- ing, Alta Dec.20 (Special)—Just Why Doeki's Kidney Pills re.taian their wonderful popularity is eas- ily shown by a trip across the prairies. Every town, village and post-oftiee has at least one man or woman wlio is ready to trail of pains relieved and health restored by the great Canadian Kidney Kennedy, Jet Thos. Griffin of this place add his statement to the hosts already p blishecd. "When I came to this part of the fax Nays Mr. Griffin, "I was ed With 'or bad back and, tisM 4n my sholaIlders and Sent fee, six boxes of Do d'S. Pills and they gevo me rte= w. I alee recommended ;a' eldest son who was ills bed from Bbcuneee know tfiaat Doald's Iiia} racy' Pills _'cl the het medicine for Ph eaa'an at}slax and the Kidneys. I eenraleritt i Tem to eterg' person 1 r etdral:pal'aeaaran;r, of lloa feeling IL" de's Kidney Pills made thein' i$► by curing siee Keineys, pairlg oaaPtheir ciarlxlp; siek kicIneyys, by AUTTRR011 POI"G1' ' :AMAZONS' F°i`etlt*z'ia* ldrarty'Ii '['edlw of ,.tdrente lues ")'lith reu4>I4 '.' a"ei % tg4a'LQgi4?lllm "I have a held .,_ evseanai�,.io,a i!a #11 British aardaay and I have servccd: a A the midis s; I have been .a' enforced by somn,.marine infantry-.'' Any one"inch. sympathize with the Amazons 'count of their sex and look the combat ''be_ tween them an our men as unequal may take it from me that their sympathy would be misplaced. "These young women were far and. away the best mei in the Dahomeyan army, aid woman to man were quite, a,, match for any of las. They wero armed with Spence er repeating carbinesand made mach better use of them than the men made of their rifles; and for work at close quarter's they bad a sinal), heavy backed chopping sword or knife, very much like a ,South American machete, with which the: did great.' execution. They fought like unchained demons, and if driven into a comer did not dis- dain the nae of their teeth and nails r, It was in this same campaign that the following incident occur- red' A. Dahomeyan warrior was killed while in the act of levelling his gen from behind a cottontree at Capt. Battreau of the Legion at point blank range, and as hefell his rifle chattered down at the of- fieeY^'s feet, Capt. Battreau, see- ing that, it was an old Chassepot. Ifielked it up out of ctariosity, and saiddeni beeaine very: miteli inter - exile in it, if exam'raed it vein,' cat•eliilly* and the exclaimed with gasp of astoafisl lent: 4'Well, this is something like n. niir.ele 1 Here is the very rifle) 1 used in 1670 during the war with Germany ,.Vee that Made #n the butt? That was made by a Pres. ' ia;n' bullet at Saaint-1'6v4,t. I eotal l tell, that gun from among a ri Wien by that mark alone; but here's my number F0111ped on it as well, which is evidence enough for 4TV13ody, Who would have thought it passible that I could pink up in Africa, as az Captain, a i,ifle thet 1 used in France, es a serge s lab twenty-two years- ago? It is PAW/el" Aside from the .interest et lrrative, the book is veluable ... eying a notion of the, pereone -inti poweir of the .Foreign Lege To the explanation of these Mr, lif artyro gives a good Fa €'es, and makes cowpari between the Legion and. elle sail tl;Visions ,ef the British y, with which he was intimate. alai eetianate of the Legion's tie :ulnas up in these words lily, think it is . Y, >< athe finest la force the world . has ever fes valve to Franco is not, lzotil•ever, to be measured by its value as, as fighting force. Tho prestige of the Legion is so great with the ordinary French soldier that its occupies much the same position in the Trench armyof to- day daay< a s the famous Old Guard oc- cupied in the army of Napoleon.. and the presence' of a battalion of L the Le)railin ft Qng a force of ordin- ary French troops will convince every soldier in that force that he is on the winning side." las strange paces; ,I hart live a like :aril of viexssitude el sorts tied T was for :live strenuous and Met alrlhappy y'eare in. the Trench Fore eign fegaon." With this paragraph Proffer! Martyrs opens an account of his ex- periences as a member of tduie French Foreign Legion. He writes' of Campaigns' ns in French Lido - Chum, and against the Dalton -ivy - ales, and in both eases the fightine was oftee desperate. fir: ,aVi aartyn joined, lilae many other2, because of SONIC sort of seraape at home. So p '( ably did IMP first and firmest friend in the Legion. ''Ivan 1 trovski." That was t the young eatIad !tinsel!, although Ifo may have been a nobleman for all the author ever ;:child learn; a likable, diameter, absurdly generous, hot tempered, dictatorial, and above all auclac- (sue. R I'E"alla 1 campaign aec meat gn against the ng. l p the orneynns is the most interest- ing. There, ab all events, it was -that the Amazons figured, "The uniform of these femalo warriors," says the author•, "was aaeort of kilted divided skirt elf blue cotton soli)'. This garment barely reached to the knees. It wits supported at the waist' by a leather belt which carried the cart- ridge pouches. The upper part of their bodies was quite nude, but the head was covered with a coquet- tish red fez or taboosh, into which was struck an eagle's feather." In one place he says of Senegalese tirailleurs. "tl battalion of Amazons attack- ed them and gave then: a very rough time indeed, but the'tirail- leurs stood their ground until FCZeilia Always Buinng and itching Used Box of Cuticura Ointment an It Completely Disappeared. "/ have suffered from eczema for two years." 'The trouble began on one arm where there appeared a.red spot of about a five -cent size, .and it,always widened, ail the time itching and burning: The first, days 1 didn't care, �! but seeing that it gained in size; I tried —Ointment and Ointment,; but both.;, without success. It was always burning and itching. Having seen in the newspaper the advertisement of the Cuticula Remedies,, I - 'tried a little, and seeing' that it improved, I bought a box of the Cuticura "Ointment. After, having used: one box, my eczema cont..' pletely disappeared. The Cuticura, Ointment should ;be kept in every home." (Signed) N. Ostiguy, Marieville, Que., Jan. 14,,1911. Generation; of , Success Tor more than a generation Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment have afforded the speediest and most economical treatment for Itching;, burning, scaly and b.oeding skin and icalp.humors; of'' young and.o1d.',,:A singler';, set is 'often sufficient. Sold by..druggistr and dealers everywhere. Tor a liberal sampag of Cuticura. Soap and Ointment, posttres With 32-p boot: gra sltlrtt e uptaon"�, send tc 1,6tter'Drdg Sc,,Chem C&rp l sole p 4$I9i, S(Olulnbli5vt1v0 ,sl3}sf,Oli air`'tr ati.a,e, L r.ln r g bear CSTOPS COUGHS PI2IGIT25 cI+iNTs During last year Great Britain bought from Switzerland 256,609 cwt, of condemned milk, valued at S.:048,012. Minard's Liniment cures, Diphthoria. Being agreeable means agreeing with people, regardless of your own opinions. No ane need endure the agony of corns with Holloway's Corn Cure at hand to remove them. HHOUSE. + . The Mansion House, which will be the future residence of the new Lorcl Mayor, was built by the eld- er Dance t etw een 1'739 and 1753; says the Westlnmster 'Gazette. This prolonged `,delay was caused by the discovery of numerous springs of water in digging the founda- tions, which had to be based upon piles. Originally the facade had a heavy attic story commonly call- ed "The Mare's (Mayor's) Nest." The famous Egyptian Hall, which is the principal room, was , so styled because intended by the' architect to reproduce exactly the Egyptian Hall described by ;Vitruyius. The cost of the Mansion House, £71,000. is alleged to have been partly de- frayed from fines inflicted upon Nonconformist . members ` of ; the Corporation for not receiving the thesacrament according; to the rites of the. Established Church, as required by the Corporation Act of Charles II. ee_ CLEVER' NORWEGIAN WOMEN, In Norway yeomen have the fran- chise, and ranchise:and may themselves be elect- ed rnrnbers of parliament, :`Even, ,the police force is recruited from women as well as from men. She .can fisc. use a ski as skilfully and as boldly as any -man, She can swims like an elder -duck' and can manipulate a sailboat like a pilot, Her intelligence is great, and,; while she is so azcconiplished athlete that we might expect : to find her an Amazon,; she is, on the;' contra: y, daintily feminine, and she' 4 etc fluently ;express,' herself in sey', eial ltan guagest eer, feetures may, he i egulada,g„ u she is;the am; ilxlent of,cii6Alth' `,and Make know'_, �v tU zir„�xs sov�as• t.om ah.e hers lft l a illr4Lctiv e though . relite id' �:5:,5e hoes uds Now Ilse This Lo*Cost_Caugb Syrup A Fanuc Supply for 50o,fi Saving You The Quickest, Beg Thing You Ever Used, or Money Refunded, The prompt. Andpositive results given by this inexpensive cough Medicine have caused it to be used 14 more homes in the U. S. and Canada than any ether cough remedy, It gives instant 'relief, and tail) usually wipe out the tnost ob- stinatedeep-seated cough inside Of 24 , .ours. It quickly succeeds, even' fn whooping Gong)) and croup; A 59 -gent bottle of Pinex: when azaized with ilorne-made sugar syrup, makes iti ounces --a fan}iiy supply --of the most pleasa rat and effective cough rented)" that money could buy, a,t a, saving of $2. Easl- ly prepared in five minutes -11.1.1.1 at}reo tporis in 1/Itc}cage. Children take Piney ,Cough Syrup wil- lingly, because it tastes good. It stimu- latea the appetite, and is!1 htiy laxa- tive—both excellent features, Splendid for hoarseness, threat tickie, bronchitis, etc., and a prompt, successful remedy for inotpiegt lung trouble_ finer. is a peeial and Mateycen- 'rated compound P Imported, doe .:'hate Pine extract and f.7 riot In gua,a, COl and other naturai healing pine ere, ellets, Simply mix, it With sugar syrup 1 11 strained, honey, in a. 16 -oz, bottle. and it $s ready for use. Tinier has often been-im},tated. flit aterer ce..„, en g, for nothing. else will nroduce the settle rresn:ts. The genuine is guaranteed to gh'e absolute saiisfaottor or none} refunded Cer i a .. t3f.c _te e; n -. g RT '?tee sg wrapped ie each package, Your drt .gist ,45 finerx or will• gandiy' get it or yaau. Jr not, send to The ],1sex Co., tt?t Ont.' FACT AND FANCY. Thera is a South African frog that hatches its eggs by cal + them in its )Hotel.:. An aching tootle .is, next to as conflagration, the best thing chit, The goldfish never sleeps. Eggs, apples, potatoes and alt such artiele,s would sell more justly by the pound. Guy Thorne has 'written a novel called The Drunkard. Be studied the drink question in slum saloons, where, it appears, he was well treated, Snails travel: at the rate of one rile in fourteen days, A light is eallcd a sorap bemuses, ef course, it its a broken peace, ,Tile greater the irritation in the tbreet the more distressing: the cough becomes. Coughings'the effort oif` Nature to expel this irri- tating substance.. fromthe air pas- sages. Rickles Anti -Consumptive'.. Syrup will heal tlie: inflamed parts, which exude mucous, and restore them to a healthy state, the cough !' disappearing under the eterativo effects of the medicine. It is plea- sant to the taste, and the price, ca cents, is within they reach of all, THEIR CAPACITY. xn"Lawyers ought not to need long enorics." 'ecnla,, not4" "Because e theyare generally sat isfied with brief reminders."' when. Try Murine Eye Remedy . oSnanrting-FeelnFine-meta Quiddy.. Try 1 t ter Re(l, 3Vanty watery Eye, end Y r ed F,v d IlluutratCd Boal Inine Int all in each Tentage, a';,its-lot: 1s two- e„5. aro- proundod 69 our Ocullsta notn"stent ✓ 1lediot n* but uaMO. in suetv:serul mind: MJ a >e..�tl (team` 1'raettn, for many ye.tre, '�aw Yll7! d0' dedlcetad to tho itubito and roicl ley 0 a fl' a Itrui;gf rata at no•84c }ter bottle. o Fyo rive In Aui tie Tube,,ste-too. .�...�... Marina Eva Remedy Co.. Chicago Ever tailor knows a lot of prom y :sing young men. Minard's Liniment Cures Gargot in Cows, Epping sorest which is l;pp g I , preserv- ed by the Corporation of London as a people's pleasure ground, comprises no fewer than 5,300 acres. CANNED GOODS EENEFICIAL. Minnie Quantity of Ptolnainee Good for Indigestion. According to a report read before the If reneh Academy of Science re- Gently tinned or canned fish and shell fish preserved in oil or other wise, always contain a small per centage of certain ptomaines (poi- sons of decaying, flesh)—from ,02. to .06 per cent by weight. These ptomaines, however, do not begin to increase in any appreciable de- gree until two days after the can has been opened; and -while the oil rather favors than prevexitsthe development of the ptomaines the investigators have found that they are not iinry poisonous. In fast, minute doses of them seem to act as a stimulant on the appetite and the digestion generally, just as the ptomaines found in cod liver oil. Tul+; ENWDN BANK A RECORD YEAR. Henri Office $o be Moved to Winnipeg. The Uniot Bank of Canada held its 47th anmiai, meeting at, the Head Offiee in Quebec on Menday., De- oember the 18th, 1911, The meet- ing was a memorable one for sev- eral reasons. In the first piece, the reports presentee.) by the President .and General Manager were the best ix) the bank's history and revealed the .fact that several progressive steps had been taken during the yrar, At the meeting It was also leeidecl to reinuve the Head Office ficzan Quebec to Winnipeg. This was deemed a, ~wise move, owing to the feet that out of its total of 242 branches the bank has 156 west of Lake Superior and 76 in Ontario, leaving only a corparatiyely few the l'rovinens of Quebec and the Eastern Provinces. This decision on the part of the directors and eherelieltlers to move the Bead' Office to Winnipeg is a recognition of the growing importance of the W est, The net profits for the year, af- ter deducting expenses of manage- ment and making provision for all bad an doubtful debts, amounted to $662,437 as compared 'with $151,020 for the previous year. The earniugs for 1911 were at the rate of 14 per cent. on the -bank's av- erage paid -raps capital for the year. The premium on new stock issued amounted to 8457,000, while the balance at credit of account on November 30th amounted to $801.- 000. These sums with the net earnings for the year made a total of 81,100,000 available for distri- bution, Of this large sum dividends absorbed $391,000, the ; sum of 8 00,000 Was transferred to the rest aceouut, as well its $457,000 trans tarred ian,ferred to account same the e from f om premium en new stock, making a totaltransferred to the rest .ac- count of 8657,000. The sum of $100,000 was written off bank pre- miums account and the officers' lair len fund received < pension S1o,00a,. leaving a balance carried forward of $71,957. A further examination of the report shows that the •bank is making rapid progress in every department. The amount of notes in, ciroulgtion increased during the year by $1,300,000, the total de - over by over 87,600,000, which now stands at 845,232,000. The paid up capital increased by $914,- 000 and the rest account by' nearly 8000,000. The total assets of the bank now stand at .858,434.000 as compared with 846,555,000' for the revions year. The increase in the ank's capital, deposits and assets uts it in a position to do a larger usiness during the corning year. These increases also show a gain in the confidence of the public. - During the ;year the Union Bank absorbed the United Empire Bank 1 Torontohich had twelve w t eve ranches' in Ontario and a paid up apital of 8559,000. Later in the ear it established a branch in Landon, England, being one of the bur Canadiau banks having ranches in Great Britain. Alto- gether the bank has been ehowing marked progress and enters upon the new year equipped to do even b Rub it in for Lame Back.—A'brisk b rubbing with Dr. Thomas' Eclectric p Oil -will cure lame back. The skin b will immediately absorb the oiland it will penetrate the tissues and bring speedy relief. Try it and be convinced. As the liniment sinks in the eain comes out and there are o ample grounds for saying that its b touch is magical, as it is. c Fir -trees differ from pines only Y in the fact that the leaves grow singly and the scales of the cones are smooth, ;round, and thin. Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, &c. NOT HIS LUCK. "Aha I" and he laughed fiendish- ly as he read from themorning paper "The burglar shot the man, whose life` was saved by the bullet strik- ing against a button of his clothes." "Well," snapped his wife, ``what of that?" , "What of that 1" said he, as he felt : his collar going up steadily to the nape of his neck; "oh, nothing, except that the button must have been on'," EXCEPTIONS. "Skipping the rope is always a dangerous exercise for ,the health;" "Not- for the men who -have es-,, caped being hanged.' Pills of Attested Value.--Parme- lee's Vegetable Pills are the result of careful study of the properties of certain roots and herbs, and the ate- tion of such as sedatives and lzxct- tives on the digestive al)ratns. The success the compounders have met with attests the value of their work. These pills have been recog- nized for many years as the best cleansers of the system that cap be , got. ' Their excellence was re- cognized from the first and; they grow, more popular daily. SUSPICIOUS. John --So you paid a visit to your;, rich uncle. Jake, and he 'seemed' glad to see you? Jake -Yes. 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