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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-12-16, Page 7Was Very Nervous Had Dizzy Spells Could Net Sleep • M. L ,. Gagnon, Donatville, Alton write$:—"I am sending you this letter to let you. lenow the good have lout in your median°. Some time ago I was very nervous, eould 'not sleep" at nigh, often had dizzy spells and palpitation of the heart, and was $o run down I could. not do my housework, but just leave everything and sit down. I spout a lot of money using meai. eine from tho doctor, but it did not do me soy- good, At test a .friend told me to use and after using a couple of boxes was not the sail -woman. I began. to feel so nmh ebe ter, and after a feet more boxes I was in perfect health. I always recommend them to all those I know -who are suffering from heart trouble.,' Wilburn's Heart ana. Nerve Pills have beenon the market for the past 22 years. • --• • Price 50e. a, box at all druggist& or • dealers, or mailed direet on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Go., Limited, Toronto, Ont. rs 114 Cluiistarms. 9 •- The Christmas season brings into a brief flower the 'best impulses in • mankind. Common -usage has de - treed that it shall be a time for gener- osity, friendliness an.d good cheer. So there are gift giving and well wishing; the children return to the old home place, either in person or in cherished memories; mem and women whose youth lies far behind 'them are young again for a day; a hundred thousand men don whiskers and boots 'and belted coats and play at being Santa. Claus; uncountable stockings •are hung up by those youngsters whose faith in a glorious old myth is still unspoiled; and there Is a dinner which lives long in story and recol- lection The world indeed has come to re - geed Christmas in the light of old Thomas Tusser's recommendation: At Christmas play and make good eee d'h"" • For Christmas Comes but once a year. And so it doss, more is the pity. If mankind had been able to dttain to the way of life revealed by Him whose birth is commemorated on this festival 'day, the spirit of Christmas -would be present, every day. The finer impulses would. be ever in flower, good cheer ever the sovereign nuted. For His assurance. is given in John xv:11, that "These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full." Use..of the mistletoe is one of the survivals of the disterns of the`Druids, whose mystic religion held sway over the early Britons befoa-e the conquest of Britain by Julius Caesar. Gummed paper for use instead of twine in wrapping Christmas ,parcels can be mede thus: Take a largo sheet of your wrapping paper and ,paint it with one coat of gum -arabic mucilage that any druggist will make up for you ii' you te'l him what you want it for. When the gummed paper is dry, cut it into strips about one inch wide. It can then be cut into pieces from two ted hree inches long, or wound into rolls. The strips are drawn over a moistened sponge and are used effec- tively' to fasten ends Of the package If you count your time worth any- thing, it may be cheaper to buy the gummed paper instead of making it. Better see first. • DYSPEPSIA Made Her Miserable After Every Pileal • Mrs. II. A. Monroe, Vernon., Ont., •writes ---"For quite some time I had etiffered from dyspepsia, and after eaeh ineal was most miorab1e. Acting on the suggestion of a friend I de- cided to try, tend soon notieed I wits in:Treeing, and fool so much relieved I can now :attay the food that is pat before me.' Year drugglet or dealer handlee it; put up only by The rp,'TfiIburi Ca., • leheeted, • Torozitoo Ont, LOST CHRISTMAS DINNER • BY FRED fdddRON COLBY • Nicholas and Margery Dobson wer an English ladand lassie, who lived in a great old house Amersham, in aueldngliamshire, not many Mite from Windsor Castle, which they ha once visited, and where they had seen • the diminutive, consequential King George II., who was then ruling Eng- land. The holm had been built in Queer Elizabeth's time, and its vast rooms antique stairways eand projecting gables gave visible proof of age and faded grandeur. It is true these wer soznewhat disguised by the new coa of paint and the stylish furniture o the period, which the preeent owne had provided, but the mansion would not altogether relinquish its clairri to en honorable antiquity. One of its most distinguishing 'char ecteristics was its .turret, of inclisput a "And a fine exese it will auelsol'haid the 'clothier, "Our whole realm wiil be in confusion, for no one Will know a when the church days come due, end d we are as likely Co keep Chtietreas wrong as any way." "There will be no confuslou only for this year, father," returned the dame. "'When we start with the firs; of Jana- ary all right, things will go on smooth- , ly enough." "Surely you know, but it looks bad [ to me all the same, But, there is e• Thomas, the butler, to call 'us to slep- t per, so, mistress, we will let the mat - f ter rest"' id. Nicholas kept his birthday, despite th.e.change in the calendar, and be had his oyster pattiek, also, which, like a generous lad, he shared with Margery, - No further allusion was made in the Dobson household to the introduction eble Tudor architecture from the Too they watched the sunset, could catc a gleam of Great Hainpdere the sea of the patriot, John Hampden, far u among the Chiltern Hills. The elder Dobson was a wellabo-d clothier and cloth merchant. Lik most of his class, he was a busy, prac tical man of huffiness dfar more fa miller with the rise and fall of goods in the London market and the latest cut of coats and waistcoats than with po:itical i-ntrigues or scientific in- vestigations, One September night, as the boy and girl sat in a corner of the grand sitting -room, the clothier entered with a frown on his usual cheery face. "Do you know what Parliament has beeri doing, mother?" he asked, as he took a seat in his high-backed arm- chair by the fireplace. "Just think • those old periwigs at Westmineter ,have been and taken eleven whole days from us, and Zing George, they say, has given his sanction to their pro- ceedings! I think tt is shameful!" "Are you so sure that they have done thie?" asked Mistress Dobson, in her quiet way. "And if they have how do you know that it is not. right?' "Am I sure?" cried the clothier, somewhat irately Per him. "Allet know is what Simon Collett, the haber- dasher of hats and tobacconist, who has just returned front London told me. He said it was 'so, and tha the new style would take eleven days right out of the year; and when I came by the King's Crown, they were _talking about it there." "But suppose they are right, after all, and that we were eleven days,be- hind the right time, how then'fa- ther?" and Deborah Dobson looked in- quiringly into her husband's lace. "What then?" said the master, shrugging his shoulders. "How they know whether it is wrong or right, and what business is it of theirs anyhow? As it is, they have just rob- bed us of nearly a fortnight's time, which no king or parliament has a right to do. A pretty kettle of fish they have made of it. Here was our Nicholas, eleven years old on the mor- row, and he was going to have a birth- day party. He as born on the se of September, I suppose you will al- low. Well, this parliament says that to -morrow is the 16th. So the bey has lost his birthday, -and it's a wicked shame, I say." Here Nicholas spoke: . "I don't care if I lost my party," he said, "if I have gained two weeks on Sister Margery:" "You have gained no more than she has," replied his mother. "Margery is twelve, and you are eleven, just the same. So I say, that in introducing this new style, as they call it, they have not dealt bristly with you, boy, in robbing you of a birthday." The countenance of Nicholas fell. "Then, if I have not gained eleven days on Sister Margery, I shall -have my birthday party!" he said. "That you shall, dear," declared his mother; "and Janet shall.servo the best dinner for you that she can get up." The boy clapped his hands. "And you will make her 'cook some oyster patties, and please cook enough, so that Margery can have some?" "You shall have the patties if yoti will tell me how many kinds of years we can redeem!! said Mistress Dobson. "Don't ask me! Margery will tell you. And the lad went to work with re- deubled exertions upon the toy he was manufacturing. "Well, Margery, you may answer," said Mistress .Dobson, teeming with pride to her daughter. "We have the sidereal year and the lima): year and the solar year. A eidereel year is the time the sun takes in passing from any fixed ,star ap- around to the eame star again, or one cemplete revolution of the earth in respect to a fixed point in space. A lunar year is a year of twelve =lens, A solar year is measured by the revo- lution of the sun." "Tree," said Mistress Dobson, de- lighted with the readiness of her daughter's answer. • "Here, in our .England, December twenty-fifth was New Year's Day, un•til 'William the Norman's tinge Tits coronation happened to occur on Janu- ary first, and as it was considered an :Important, event, the year was ordered Lo commence on that day. Bat it soon 'new out of fashion, and for four him- : nail years we haye bowie the year with the twenty-fifth of March. Now I suppose it is to bogie cm the first of January again." f of the Gregorian reckoning until the twenty-third of December, by the new h style. On the evening of this day, t whieh would have been the twelfth day P by the oldewaY of reckoning, the Dob - sons had a visitor to tea. It was the o mistress' cousin, the knight. e "Well, Sir Jasper," said the host, as - he cut a generops slice of capon fpr - his guest, "when do you keep Christ- rnas this year?" "Why, I keep it on the true day, as a Christian should'," answered the knight. "No one shall change , the blessed day for me." "But how are we to know which is the proper day,?" asked Dobson, glare:- "How do we know?" exclaimed Sig Jasper. "Why, this is how we know. Whether the calendar be wrong or right, the thorn -tree at Quainton will know. It always buds on Christmas of which Nicholas and Margery, as ing shrewdly cithis wife. eve and blossoms on Christmas -morn- ing." "And do you think the 'thorn will refuse to blossom on our new Cheisl: mas, Cousin Jasper?" 'inquired Dame Deborah. "• Truly it will. The thorn will know the day, mark that. It was a slip from the sacred Glastonbury -bush which the holy Joseph of Arimathea stuck into the ground with his own hand." . . "Pshaw! The plant is only a haw- thorn, and naturally bkssoins' that dine of the Year," said the mistress, incredulously; "Many „a time during our first years of marriage did I ride over to Quainton to see the blooming." eThen you dispute not that it blooms?" cried Sir Jasper. • "Certainly not!" answered his host- ess;' "but it's rid -sacred bush, for all that, I ween, even if that at Glaston- bury was which the soldiers of Crom- well cut down, in the time of the Pre- tender's great grandfather." "I argue not with you, for you will ever have the right side of,a question," said the knight, good-naturedly. "But I will warrant you this slip at Quern - ten will not bloom for more than twelve days' to come." • "Well, we shall keep Christmas here on the day after the morrow. We stand by Ring George, Cousin Jase per," and Mistress Dobson sat down her silver tea-urn with such force that her towering head-dress trembled. "Mother," cried Margery, "mayn't Nicholas and I go to Quainton to see the blooming of the thorn?" "What, child; go ten miles, and rnayhap lose your Christmas dinner?" .{.. "I tell you it Wen!trialoora on your Dame Deborah Dobson looked some- what astonished. . ,. , new Christmas!" said 'Sir Jasper, de- cidedly. "But if it should, the children Would want to see it,"haid his cousin.-- - "Then we may go, mother?" cried Margery, jumping from her chair. , "If your father seys so, and Cousin Jasper will go with me'', ' "ThiTh they may, , whether Cousin Jasper goesor non". answered the head of the household.. "They shall ride in our sedan -chair. I heard Simon and Daniel express a desire to see the ,blooming, and they can go and 'carry their master's ,children." . etil will go, too," said. the knight. "The children will need to sleep a:nee- where, and my father's half-sister will be glad to welcome them. But I Prom- iseetyou they shall see no blooming." Nevertheless the children persisted in going. So, om the afternoon of the twenty-fourth, Sir Jasper, mounted on his bay steed, waited at the gate of the mansion, where the two stout serving - men, Simon and Daniel, stood with the gaily -painted family sedan -chair be- tween them. • Presently the little people came run- ning down the steps, Nicholas dressed in a smart wasitcoat, silken small - clothes, silver knee -buckles and a cocked hat, and little Margery gay in a flounced and furbelowed crimson petticoat, scarlet stockings, and her mother's jeweled necklace sparkling upon her bosom. They wete in a merry mood, and once fairly upon the way, borne easily along by the stout servitorswith Sir Jasper riding gravely beside them, they felt as proud fie young sover- eigns. , "I am Queen Elizabeth going to Kenilworth; and you are Lord Leices- ter," said Margery, trying to look very dignified, "lVfother's Cousin Jasper Is the captain of the guard." "tut didn't Queen Elizabeth ride in a coach?" asked Nichotas, whofor a wonder, Was nearly as well versed fil. tngliali history 'as his sister. "We'll Imagine this is a coach," said the girl./ "It is Inuoh more eemforte able, and perhe much slower/' "I. would retheri ride a home, like CltusineTasPete" eeld Nieholas, "I wnuld Piny the knight them, and you should be a dietressed dented that had :tlYifigure. yo lehiertt118:yeeeodz u' 1*Yil:' stehwadani 1:141 i elce.cf ride ;1111°131:4' e ay dds • "Most gracio majeety," cried a lve°aiveee taotrildir env" iv:4/3"4.11:431)trIlaey cretulre against your co ga And, with a pleasant laugh, Sir jas- per bowed low mid galdoped forward. They heard the thunder of his steed's hoofs on the flinty road, and soon the echoes themselves died away. It kept growing darker, and the crowd also grew thicker, and some- times the sedan -bearers had to stop altogether, on eccount of the pressure. Torehes and lanterns gleamed all along the road, and there was a tu- mult of many yokes, All England seemed coining out to the blooming. At last they reached the. field where the precious thorn -tree stood, and the two children clisraganted from the se- dan, glad enough to stretch their limbs. They foun.d the field all astir, and countless lights inoving around. About the thorn -tree there Was a great throng. "It is all nonsense to think that this • will blossom. to -night," $aid a large, burly man, who looked as if he might be a butcher. "Just look at it. The plant is dead." • It was a quarter of twelve, and all grew silent. A tall man, in a black garb,' and wearing a very white neck- tie and lace under his great, ruffed sleeves, took his post just before the thorn' He held a lantern in one hand and a heavy silver watch in:the other. The thorn would bloom at twelve precisely, if King George's Christmas was right. • As yet there was no sign of a blos- som. The stock looked dead; would it revive? • Off 'n the distance rang a peal of bells. It was twelve o'clock. Christ- mas day had come; but the wonderful milk -white bloom showed not. King George and his Parliament were clear- ly in the wrong. - Nicholas and Margery stood hand in hand ,on the outer edge. They could catch a glimpse of the thorn -tree now and then, by standing on tiptoe and craning their necks, and they felt very much disappointed when the wonder- ful blossoms 'aii noteappear. One by one the erowa'brolse un, and -e - the field ere long was almost %leapt - less. "Oh, I am se tired and sleepy!" yawned Nicholas. `And I can hardly stand," Raid Mar- gery. "I wonder where Cousin Jas- per is?" •• • The little folks looked around with some apprehension; but no Cousin Jas- per appeared, and to add to their troubje, neither Simon nor Daniel could be found. They did not know which way to go, and so they did the best thing they could do—got into the sedan -chair, cloeedtthe door, and sank clown on the cushions, where they soon fell asleep. • They were awakened by a hearty voice crying: • "Ahl here you are, almost like the children in the wood, only there are no robin -redbreasts to draw leaves over you. But come go with me, and get some breakfast." ' They rubbed their eyes and looked up into the face of Sir Jasper Plan - chard. And by his side they saw the two servitors, Daniel and Simon. The bells were ringing when they went out from the field; but, .as they reached the 'Streets, they found no one going to church. The shops were all open, and the smith's hammer and the chimney -sweep's voice were busy. In the church door stood the parish minister alone. "They will hang , no mistletoe to- day," said Sir Jasper: "They will wait until the true Christmas for that." It was as the knight said. It was in vain the minister talked an i scolded. The people would not sing carols nor ant hollyeboughs so !mg as the thorn. tree refused to blown. • "The new way is all rlglit for kings and queens, perhaps," they said, "but "a'for us, we keep the Cheistreas our father's kept." , "e And so there was no Christinae din- ner eaten that day in Quainton. ' When King George heard at Lon - den how the people tf Quainton and thoze in the other villages refused to adopt the new style, he laughed till his fat sides shook. But when the thorn -tree bloomed, as was its wont, on the -fifth day a Janu- ary, the matter bemire serious. To Nettle the dispute, the fat king and his parliament ordered that both days, old style and new, should be similarly kept. •But, however satisfaetdry this ar- rangement was to the people in gen- eral, it did not remedy matters any for Nicholas and Margery. They stayed the twenty-fifth with their generous cousin, and returned home on the twenty-sixth. At Antersharn, the new Chrietmas had been kept, and as they did not go back to Quainton when the old Christ- mas came,' the peer children Missed it altogether. And this was how Nieho1a4 and Margery Dobkin came to speed one yeer of their lives without e Christmas dinner. Christmas was fliest eelehrated de a religioue festival abetit AD, 100, ; 09,02411"'" 4/44ea 14, &do 1451 SLENDERIZING LINES. Delightfully smart is this attractive frock having the modish surplice dos- ing, and slenderizing effect accom- plished by 'mane of the bodice being cut in a deep point in front. The front of the skirt is flared at the lower e'dge and the back is plain. Con- trasting material is effectively used for the shawl collar, vestee, lower sec- tion of the sleeves, and chic bow at the left closing. No. 1457 is for ladies and is in. sizes 26, 28, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust. Size 88 requires 4% yards '39 -inch plain material, and 1/4 yard '86 -inch contrasting (cut cross- wise). 20 cents. 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Then all the sky became light, and - a great crowd of angels appeared. They sang, "Glory to God in the high- est, "And on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased." The shepherds thought as they lis- tened that they had never heard such beaAultlifautlonincuesitc. he angels disappeared. . The sky was dark again, and the stars 8 were shining as before. "Let us go at once and- see the Baby," cried the shepherds. So they left their sheep and came to the walls of Bethlehem. A sleepy gatemannopened the great gate to let • thenriiiiii. Nshe they found the stable they found the Baby lying in a manger, ust as the angels had said. And there neTarhebystweepsheJrodsrhthei d Mary of the angel's message, and all who heard the story wondered about it. When they had seen the Baby Jesus, the shepherds vvent back to their sheep. And as they walked through the dark, quiet streetof Bethlehem and out through the gates, they tang songs of thanksgiving to God for all that they had heard and seen. Ar THS CLOSrd OF Tan tassoN—The shepherds sang their thanksgiving to God because they were ea glad that they had been told of the Baby 'Sens and allowed to see him. The Wise • Men hrought gifts to the little King. They brought the first Christmas gifts, Today we give Christmas girts ,because we remember the Baby who was born at Chrtstmas time. But did you ever think how few of us give gifts to Jesue to ehow how glad we are Ise Was horn? S.S LESSON Chrietmae Lesson: The Saviour's Birth, Luke 2: 0-22. Golden Text Eeehold, I brinu you tidleigs of oreat Joy, which ellen be to all the people. —Luke 2: 10. The little feWn, ef llethlehoro, Solna six Miles south of Jerusalem, had ,a long and interesting history. It was the home of Naomi and, of Boaz, in whose field of barley Ruth. gleaned and foiend favor in his °yea. It was thee home of their grandson, Jease, and.of David, his on, and it was there Sam- uel anointed him to be king over Israel. There was buried Asahel, ardent young warrior, son oe David's sister, slain in. David's wars. There wee the well of good water her the gate, from which three of the chief of his mighty men brought David drink at the eisk of their lives, when the town was temporarily held by a Philis- tine garrison. It was from Bethlehem that the prophet Micah saw, in a vi- sion of the futureea victorious prinee come forth, of David's line, who would deliver the land from its- oppressors alVfeail2 nidhl M58:e1-i6 b, e Clrnn dh e terhisPr,iristrangeVle'5Pe" fulfilment of that prophetic hope, the Christ, Prince and Saviour, descend- ant of David's royel line, was born, in etahleleddayelheofGtheteit.thfanome Herod, se- tt was to simple "shepherde abiding in the fteldi keeping watch over their flock by night," that the vision of angele announced hincoming. And it has always been to men of eimple faith, doing the world's hard work, keeping their faithful watch, that the vision, and knowledge of him have most surely come. • The angels an- nounced "good tidings of great joy which shell be to all, people," and their song was of "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." These have always been the significant words of the Christian faith—joy, peace, good will to all men, and these were the signifi- cant notes of the teaching and of all the active ministry of Jesus. Ikrhen peace and good vvill and joy are estab- lished. among men then his kingdom will have come. THE seas—It was evening when the two travelers reached the gates of Bethlehem. They were tired after their long journey. The road was dusty and crowded, for many other people were 'on their way to Bethle- hem. The emperor had sent out word that every one was to return to his own. home town, in order to have his name written in the emperor's book. The two travelers who reached Bethlehem so late went at once to the little inn, or hotel. The mn keeper shook his head. "Every room is taken. There is no room for you," he said. The gentle -faced girl who rode on a donkey looked at the man who walk- ed beside her. recreates all we dor she asked. "I am so tired.' "There is a place `iv e you may rest," said the inn keeper. led Mary and Joseph to a littl where cows and oxen lived. was straw on the floor that could be used for a bed. It was the best that they could find in the crowded town.. That night, out beyond the city walls, in the fields where Ruth had gleaned grain for Naomi, some shep- herds were watching their sheep. The shepherds sat on the ground. They wrapped their heavy coats around them, for the night was cold. They watched the stars twinkling in the sky, and they talked together. Suddenly one of them shouted: "Look at the light! What is it?" A great light had appeared in the sky. It was so bright that at first the I shepherds could not see clearly. Then they saw that an anger was near them. He was speaking to them, d they listened, almost afraid of him, "Do not be afraid," he said. "I have goodgiews for everyone. To -night in Bethlehem there is born a Baby who is to be the Saviour -of the world. This • e Tongue Coated Bad TosteIn rOlouth piny Spdb When your liver beeepnee elinegish and inaetive your wbele health sager& oar bowelbecome eonstipeted, the torque %sated, the breath, foul and yoUl get 'bilious and dieet Keep your liver active and working properly by tieing 1 Mliburp's avri4s ;P::nants, McMahon, Voiona, Ont., writoa:—/ 'I was troubled for about two years with ray liver, and when I would get up in the morning ray teepee weeld be coa,ted and I had a had taste in ray- mouth; would take dizzy spells, become faust and get siek to my stomach. A friend advised me to use ,filbtorn's Leha-Liver Pill a so I got four vials of them and when I lied finished the last I ean truthfully say they did me good." Price 25e„ a vial at all dealers: er mailed direct on receipt a priee by The T. Milburn, Co Limited Toronto Ont. Tiny Tim's Carol. "God bless us every one"— Along the years illuming each As far as faith itself can reach, That message comes from Tiny Thn. "God bless us every one"— It echoes with a wealth of love .That wings its way to God above With hope and- cheer that will not "God bless us every one." "God 'bless us every one-- Magie of kindly thought is there, Music of carols in the air As in the days of Tiny Tim. "God bless us every one"— Ohrist's soul itself is in that plea That sparkles like •a Christmas tree, With Betihleheen's star its shining- rimn "God bless us every one:" —George Elliston. _ December Speaks. Nay, no closed doors for me, But opendoors and open hearts and glee His first Christmas mornin'— give e-ou fair warrein' The fairies have touched him, the • winsome wee elf! Your heart you'll be losin' _ Without any choosin'; Like Sheila's an' mine 'twill be there with Hiinself. —Marion Mallette Thornton, The Christmas Rose. In a manger, cradled deep - In the hay, Mary's little Jesus lay Fast asleep! Softly breathing, horns locked low, Cattle kneel, While the wondering angels steal, side him was Mary, his rnether, and To and fro. . * Old Judea wakes to find A Rose about her heart entwined! • —Anne M. Robinson. 41V CHRISTMAS T!Eor STOCKINGS there's nothing equals the nifty little banutt- rukty colored CriteO4..4 seep an empty DY -O -LA D5'0 pankage and 6 units (Stamps or Coln) tbr dash Don Pattern wantad. „ J01112A011- Richardson Limited Montreal. Dept. T. ,, At a Ohrishime party the hashand a one of the gUests arrived very late. "I hey° only come to take my wife home," he explained, "Oh, my dear Mr. Blank," said the host/pea "Why didn't you •come sooner?" Dierimest and brightest month am. I; My. short days end, .rny lengthening days begin; What matters more or less sun in the sky, When all Is sun within? Ivy and privet dark as night, weave with hips and have a cheerful show, And holly for ,beauty and delight, And milky mistletoe. While high above them all I set , Yew twigs and Christmas roses pure and pale; Then Spring her 'snoWdrop and her violet May keep, so sweet and frail; May keep each merry singing bird, Of all her 'happy birds that singing build; For I've a carol which some shepherds heard Once in a wintry field. —Christina G. Rossetti, in "A Pag- eant." The best Christmas present any man can -give to his wife is running water in t'he house. The cost is not prohibitive; there are numerous good systems cn the ntarket. And here's another tip—if the water is hard, put in a water softener, hooking it up tee- the plumbing. The good woman win wear a smile that won't come off 11 you do this for her. Carrying water from the weld out in the beck yard, or the barnyard, not only wears out the good wife's shoes and backbone, but her sunny disposition, too, She Coughed • Day and Night Until She Used Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup Mrs. Bowdon L. Murphy, North; Ingortielt, N.S., '801134 timer ago I took a. severe cold ton it settled on my lurtgs. I coughed day said night, end liadi such. severe pa= It myeile,St I omit hardly bear it, •e One day a friend told me to gat e, bottle of Dr. Wood'e Norway Pine, &imp, so t got A bottle and filter had taken it couple of doges eiy cough'. seemed to be getting hotter, to got the second bottle and after I had usecil thet 1 .evea completely rici of trent:4e. , • 'Priem 35e. a bottle large Oen 15,4 Up Coif 14. The Doe Limited, Torente, Chit.