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vas troubles1ne!-
gsslu he a:. t n ..c 11 l -.e troubles
dent to bilious state of the syatetu,6uch as
Maxine , Nausea, Drowsiness, Distress after
eating, to w tbb Vials their wet
rers'i 1• puce• ea eh.•wu lu gating
• IK
Headache. yet Carters Little Liver Fills are
equally t alttable In l'onetilration, curing Qud pre -
'tent lug Ullmann'', inn cowplainl.whlle they also
c n rest all dieunlaa sof thostouta.•bthlu•uiate the
liver and regal-,te t:tet.uweta. Even it &boy ones
ttttvd
HEAD
Ache they would be alaa>ttFri.,dea., to those who
Suffer train thts,lirl.vat tub coon taint; tett fort u•
7iateiy tbelrgotehxaadoes uctoad het s.• lid th•»s
who once try thew will find thew little rills salu-
ablslnsomany wicathat they will not bo wit-
etag to res without them. But after ailsiek heat
ACHE
lathebane of no roan; live, that bore fa where
wereeee oar great buat. Oar 1113 euro it whits
others do tint.
Carter's r.tttlo Luer Pille aro very email and
very ea.y to ta::o. Ono or two pills waSna d :ea.
They are strictly vegetable and d, m t ,:rips or
pia but by their guuttu action please ell who
m.
••welt u .:;! 3 Co., YEW ME.
Fel sZll Dn. SmIll t c%
AID OF MALAY PIRATES
`THE PRICE WAS TOO GROAT
EIGHT OF A CHINESE JUNK'1
CREW LOSE THEIR LIVES.
Hung up the Steward and forced
Him to Disclose Location
of Valuables.
A rousing pirate story comes
from the vicinity of -Singapore. A
large Chinese junk left Singapore
-_for Hainan, but found the wind:-
unfavorable and next night dropped
anchor between Pulo Tokong and
the mainland of Johore, not far
from the Sultan's Asian Monte
Carlo. The crew of fourteen and
fur passengers v; ere aroused at
midnight byt. a barking of the
junk's dog, ,/ t the alarm was
speedily silo ed by
A 1f LAY KNIFE.
Two prahus lad come alongside
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and in themTTwere ten men. some
I. Chinese and others Malays.
They proceeded to strike right
ill
and left among the sailors, laying
several low. Then they seized the
chincl and proceeded to hang
him -buccaneer style to force
• 11 to disclose the location of the
most valuable cargo. This he did.
and the pirates having secured a. -
the booty they could snake way with
departed as silently as they had
come. The booty was not immense.
It consisted of $1 in money, gold
leaf valued at $80. raw chandu
valued at $90 and six boxes of per-
t effects.
hen the survivors came to count
losses they found five dead on the
junk, two were missing, their bodies
baying been thrown overboard. and
four were wounded. one of whom
died later. Isis deposition was
taken at the General Hospital at
Singapore. Seven of the occupants
of the junk were
PRACTICALLY UNIT CET,
and these started to bring their res-
et] back to Singapore, the chinchow-
coming on ahead in a sampan.
1Vhen he arrived a police party
put out in the launch Lady Eve-
lyn and met the junk off Tanjong
hatong. She was towed into port
and the injured men were convey-
ed to the General Hospital, and the
five bodies landed for burial. The
sur{ ivors t4hrned over to the police
four weap&ns found on board af-
ter the pir es left. These may help
in identi ing the criminals, who
escaped tiilscnthc'd. The weapons
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are tett long ('hinese knives with
narrow blades and bone handles,
an axe with a short iron handle and
the heavy murderous fighting blade
with which the greatest execution
was wrought.
all had our own way other
;eople would quickly get out of it..
Troubled for Years With
CONSTIPATION.
Constir tem or costiveness clogs the
tem els. 1 up the natural outlet
of Mee vs and retains in the
I
•)•stem c ',testi-sums effete wrote pro -
duets o nature. thereby causing
ness. 11 adache, l'iire. etc. Avoid this
eerio+t..c treliele by the are of
• MILBURN'S TAXA -LIVER PILLS
They act on the bowels and promote
ewer free and regular action, thus curing
eonstlp4Iion and all the dtseesea which
ari:•e freta it.
Mr. llenry Pearce, 49 Standish Ayr.,
Owen seeth , t ►nt., writes- -"Having
been troubled for years with constipation,
an 1 ttving various so-called retie-! ea.
which di•i me no gond. whatever, 1 was
n•hasle I to try Milburn's laza-Liver
'ills 1 have fiend them nio.t bene-
ficial; they are. indeed, a splendid pill,
and 1 can he.trtily recommend them to all
those who salver (min ron.ti;,•tion.''
Milhurn's i.sta•f,i%er Pills nee see.
per vel, or 5 for $I.00. at all ck:,lce,
at will he mailed direct on rnen: t of ``ori,
I►y the manufacturers. '1'1'e T. kliil,urn
co, Limited. Toronto, Ont.
Tho Rich Man's Difficulty Before Jesus
Is Here Discuesed.
Jesus said unto him, go sell what- A vision is an outline of possibility.
"To live," to "truly live," is to
bring every energe, every aeti%ite-,
eery thought to hear upon titt
•o
filial in ot that outline. It is t
b
ECC a "gleam" and follow it. Te
see that visior is to sec the purpose
of God. To set out co realize it, is to
feel the preseuce c,1 God in tete rite.
This gives trite bigness to the soul
and to the life. '.l'he elan who Is
too big to co-lsider small things i;
also too small to consider big things.
1We must have telescopic men and
men with telescope,; minds. Too
many are microscopic men—intense
upon little things without sceint
their interrelationeltip or their
reiationship to a center. In -religion•
Use order must never be inverted -
it is vision, t'tat wo may see how the
parts relate to the whole; outlook
that wo may helpfully and truly
get inlook.
\WEALTII NEEDS VISION,
and tais Jesus gave this young
man.
Vision finally changed him
Tradition says the young man fol-
lowed Jesus later. This is easy tet
believe, for rio true soul can eve
get away from its vision or from tit(
love that awakened it.. Both wert
here. Every beggar he met, ever}
struggling workman he employed
every ill -clad, ill -fed child he saw
every tired -looking mother ane
every forr. cf sorrow or suffcrin;
would daily awaken his vision anew
It would be with- hint as ho restos'
on his awn luxurious couch
as he Fat at his own richly
laden table, as he put of
We own comfortable garments
Ps he balanced his weekly account:
—the vision would pour in its light
and suggestions on these. And sc
this vision, thin love of Jesus, wend(
follow and arpeal and plead unti
the heart and life became she'
through with the Christ spirit, Fel
fishness was driven out, Itis soul set
free to follow the gleam, and the
true joy of ennoble] manhood be
casae the young w sn's possession
REV. DR. JOH'f. R. MACKAY.
ever thou hast and give to the
pour; and come, take up the cross
and follow me.—Mark x. 21.
Here, c we have adrama that al
-
meso
merges Tutt a tragedy. It is
full of power ; it quivers with in -
tensest intoe• t.
Two young teen face each other.
The distinguishing quality in ono
is the bearing of a cultured, well-
bred gentleman. The distinguished
quality of the other is the strength
and dignity avid beauty of the soul
Celt shines in every feature of his
face. In the face of the ono is a
great expectancy; in that of the
other is the strong reserve power
that invites the ere of human
need. The one is a pupil, the other
is the Master.
Jesus took his (hand and, lifting
him up to that level where plan looks
into the eyes of man, said : "Put
away, sell those things that are be-
tween you and your fellow man
and tate the same pathway I am
taking; then you will truly realize
the vision that has come to your
soul."
These words created conviction,
for they voiced the message of his
own soul. I'e felt that was the
door through which he roust pass
and that on the other side would
be
NEW JOY ANI) POWER.
-tit the price was too great. In
a silence as of the grave ho turned
sadly toward home.
This is no condemnation of riches.
There is no moral quality in mere
money. Our saying that money is
the root of all evil is only partly
trite. It is true in so far as money
awakens the worstforms of selfish-
ness in us; it touches springs and
sources of soul •'oison as nothing
else does. If there is anything•else
that will touch a deeper depth and
awaken a worse foutn of selfishness,
then that is the root of all evil.
Jesus enunciated a great principle
and did not tic up mankind to a
narrow rule.
Life must have a vision, an ideal.
JAIL -BIRD PLAYED COUNT.
Ills Joke Got Him Expensive Din-
ner, -ibso Another 'Perm.
The French correspondent of the
London Telegraph relates the fol-
lowing amusing story of a jail -bird's
joke. A man In rags and list shoes
stopped a motor taxi near the Arc
de Triomphe and said: "My name
is the Count d'Abbevrlle. I have just
wagered fifty louis that just as I
am now, 1 will get dinner in a smart
restaurant. There will be five louis
for you if you help me to win the
bet." The chauffeur entered into
the fun of the thing, and drove the
"count" to an expensi{e restaur-
ant at Montmartre. There he gave
the landlord the tip, and the
"count" was served with the ut-
most deference, not a waiter ap-
pearing to notice the state of his
clothing. %%lien the time camo to
call for the bill the "Count d'Abbe-
ville" said: "1 have not a sou. I
have just. come out of Fresnes pri-
son on ticket-uf-leave. Take me to
the police-rtaiten." The landlord,
the waiters, and the chauffeur
roared at Monsieur le Comte.); good
joke, and, to keep up the fun, all
went with hire to the police -station.
There the joke was found to have
even more point in it than they
thought ; but a different one front
that which they had expected. The
(sunt Abbeville" had
been
very
humorous at their expense in a lit-
eral sense. He proved to be one
Jules Duval, several times convict-
ed, and he was perfectly correct in
saying that he had not a penny, and
had just come out of Fresnes pri-
son. He has now gone back to jail.
i11 Republican France anyone seems
able to swindle anybody by calling
himself a count.
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OILING THE WAVES.
Valuable Aid in Wearing Ship in a
Gale.
When the captain of a wave -beat
en ship pours oil upon the waters
he does not empty a barrel of keres
ene over the side. IIe stitches up
three or four cotton bags, which he
fills first with oakum and then with
oil, usually equal parts of fish oil
and eerosene. The bags are then
tied tightly at the tops nod pricked
all over with a sail needle to permit
the oil to exude, and are hung from
the boat davits and weather chains
to drip their mollifying contents
on the raging billows. The bags
must not be allowed to get empty.
but must be refilled every twee
hours. For six hags ten gallons of
oil are used in thirty hours. Some-
times, if it is very cold. the oil con-
geals and will net run out through
the holes fast enough, and the
mouth . f the bag is then !miscued
to Int it e• -ape in tent. way. int
• nee; i• : . ,it al tei a r.•:beth see. A
1, , .. i''.I 'thin.' t'11'ra:ening-
1 . I.. 1 • ' •{c . s I ander
r I e ill strike .t
patch of oil no larger than a com
mon dining -table and subside in at
instant into a smooth, round swell
which the ship rides like a cork.
Tho use of oil is also a valuable
aid in wearing ship in a gale and
high seas. A few gallons of pain'
oil over the leo quarter enables t.h(
vessel to perform the manoeuvre is
perfect safety without taking a dror
of water on board. When a boat
ships so much water that it is impos•
siblo to get the oil bags slung int,
position without running the risk
of being swept overboard, an or
dinary bed sheet saturated with
paint oil, tired to a rope and allowed
to float, will soon calm the sea
sufficiently to permit men to move
about the decks safely. l'aint oil i=
agreed to be the best to use, rape-
seed oil and porpoise oil rank next.
but kerosene is not satisfactory
unless mixed with some other oil.
SCIENCE OF WORN 1)00'1'5.
Character heading By Bunts And
Shoes.
Palmistry, phrenology, grapho-
logy, and all the other methods of
judging character seem destined
henceforth to take second place to
cothurnology--the science of the
boots.
to I r. Garre,Basle,
AccordingGar of 1 nil
n• o
worn shoes s give farm more reliable
indications than the lines of the
hand, the features of the face, or
the style of handwriting.
If heel and sole of the shoe are
equally worn after two months'
wear, the wearer is an energetic
business man, a trusty employee, or
an excellent wife or mother.
If the mule ix worn on the outer
edge the wearer has n marked ten•
dency for adventure?, or a bold,
obstinate spirit.
if the wearing is on the inside
edge it it, :s sign of irresoluti..n and
weakness in a roan, modesty in n
W0Illalt.
I)r. Garrc has put his %ices to
practical test, and en one occasion.
having closely observed a stranger
entering his house, noticed that his
shoes were worn on the outer edge,
the tip of the sole being roughened,
while the rest was still new.
He was convinced that the man
before hint wax n scoundrel, and on
the very same day the individual
was arrested for theft.
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\VUUEli F. 1'Hi; MIR.1('i.E CAMI: IN
1)r. Walter (:. Smith, the popular
Scotch poet -preacher on one oc-
casion tried to explain to an old
Indy the meaning of the scriptural
expression, "Take up thy bed and
walk.- Ly saying that the bed was
simply a mat nr rug easily taken
up and carried away.
- "No. no." replied the lad{ "I
canna belie%• that. There (uid
I.: tin miracle in stalking aea} wi'
A bit. o' mat or rug on your back."
WRECKERS OF FIIE SLUMS
I'E3IALF: 5I11'LO('he IN I,11'1:11•
POOL, ENGLAND.
infamous Ilusinees flied 1•y Woman
—Charge 1,000 Per Cent.
interest.
Almost every week in Liverpool,
England, some woman comes up
ac the Pulite Court charged either
with being an unregistered money
-
lender or with carrying on busi-
::ess away front her registered ad-
dress. Ls nearly every case the
woman is heavily fined, and the
fines are always paid without delay.
these women are extraurd►1ul rill
•tctive in Liverpool, and in the
• pinion of one who knows then:
and their system thoroughly, they
ere In some part at least respon-
-ible for the city's black record fur
doulcaaic tragedies.
WRECKERS OF SLUMS.
"They are the wreckers of the
;Irons," a London Daily News rep
rosentativc was told. "How ma::
•tonnes they have wrecked and low
nuch misery they have caused pro -
`,ably no one can estimate. And.
despite the activity of the police.
:hey seem to have established them
elves firmly, so firmly that in some
listricts they exercise absolute
:yraany.."
Their system is very simple. Thea
;o not bother themselves or their
lients with County Courts and the
,araphernalia of the law. Some
,00r woman, possibly unknown to
'er husband, goes to one of their
'or• a shilling or two to meet some
•tains. She gets it—at an interest
-1 2d. or ed. on the shilling per
veck. Perhaps she does not pay
'er a week or two. The debt mounts
tit at compound interest. She can
-ben only pay off r. portion at it
ime. The rest stays to germinate.
sped at last perhaps she may have
laid ten or fifteen times the amount
'sorrowed and still be heavily in
lebts. The husband must not be
'cid, and so the money -lender main
`sins her grip. At last she is un
eble to pay an instalment.
FEMALE SITYLOCK.
Then the money -lender shows no
.r,ercy to her victim. The women
are all burly. Fragile women do
sot go into the trade. In the Police
Court a short time ago a woman
' as dealt with who had almost torn
o pieces one of her victims who
':ould not pay. She gripped her
'►y the hair. pulled her down in the
;utter, and scratched her with a
•-.atpin. This is the usual method
,f securing payment.
"Very often," the interviewer
Nils told, "the moneylender has a
:eneral shop. at which her client
•s forced to purchase, paying exor•
s,itant prices for inferior stuff — a
billing, say, for groceries that
'ould be got for 3d. or ed. at an
'rdinary shop. And the more in-
terest paid often works out at more
han a thousand per cent. per an-
-sum. A curious point about these
women was elucidated a short time
ago. For long it had been suspect
e that there was son -mole
all these women financing them —
t n:oney-lending Moriarity. Recent-
ly the police got this man. and he
was fined $500. What is wanted is
power to imprison the woolen for
k ng periods without the option of
a fine."
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IN SUBURBS.
"Hew do you lik your new neigh -
!torsi"
"I haven't called nn then[. I
didn't like the look of their furni-
ture as it was being carried in."
Had Stomach Cramps
Would Roll on the
Floor in Agony.
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APPETIZING MEAT 1)ISIHES.
Creamed Chicken with Must,
rooms.—fiuil until tender one six
pound chicken. Take out bones and
pick the (neat into small pieces.
Then seasonwith salt,pepper, a
nc
a dash of two of cayenne. Adu
the juice of one lemon, one fail
sized onion, grated, one can 01
mushrooms cut 1a halves, 011e quart
of cream heated, one-half cup ui
butter and half cup flour rubbee
together. Mix all together nicer)
and put in a buttered baking dish
with cracker crumbs over the top.
Baku hall hour.
Barbecued Chicken.—Take a fat.
tender spring chicken of roastine
size. Clean and wash well and salt
inside and out. Sprinkle over with
:lour quits heavily. Place in s
Kettle with heart and liver and twt
2upfuls of boiling water. Let it but.
well, as you would for a pot roast.
end baste often. When about halt
lone, or so that it scarcely r ist:
_ho fork, add one-half cupful of
vinegsr, boil until done, and talc(
.tit. Chop the livor and heart ani.
•erve in the gravy. Chicken is de-
.icious cooked this way and serest.
old. Tho rich gravy can be uscu
is a dressing for lettuce.
Recipe for Suet Pudding.—One
cupful suet, one cupful raisins.
,ne-half cupful citron, one -hall
cupful currants, ono tcaspoonfui
each of cinnamon, cloves, and soda,
enc -half teaspoonful of nutmeg and
-alt, one cupful sour milk, one
upful New Orlean., molasses, three
Ind one-half cupfuls flour. :\d.
me -half tumborful of good brandy.
Steam in cans. Keep in airtight
box. They will keep and may be
used when needed. Steam throe
hours.
Meat Loaf.—A food substitute
for -veal loaf is the beef loaf. Take
two pounds of round beefsteak, and
,ne-helf pound of salt pork ; put
through meat grinder. Salt and
pepper and a little nutmeg, one
egg, and enough dry bread crumbs
to mold into a good solid loaf.
If taken out of tin while warm, a
fine thick gravy can be made. It
should bake in a moderate oven
nearly an hour. This is much
more economical than veal.
Mr. Wm. Kranth, contractor and
builder, Owen Sound, Ont., writes --
"Having read some of the teetirnonials
of cures effected by 1)r. howler's Extract
of Wild Strawberry, 1 thought it advis-
able to say a word of praise for its merits.
Some years ago I was much troubled
with stomach trouble and cramps. I
used to roll on the floor in agony, and on
one oceasion I went into a faint after
suffering intensely for four hours. A
short time after this, in driving to town,
1 was attacked again and had to lie down
in my rig, seeking relief.
"When 1 retched the drug store 1
asked the dnit jest for a quick remedy
and laid behind the counter until relief
cone. 'Ihe remedy I received from the
druggist was Dr. Powder's Extract of
Wild Strawberry. Whenever, after that
time. I felt cramps corning on, 1 found
speedy relief in the above mentioned
remedy. end I ala now cured of this
dreadful malady The bottle is s'1ia11,
but its contents effect a ninrvelo'is cure.
I can recommend it highly for the ciao
of cramps."
Or. Fowler':+ lestraet of Wild =t r: w-
herry has leen on the market for et re.: ne.
11 is not a nes and untried re c'iv.
Ask for it and insi't on getting what yo;
ask for. Refuse subs:htute'. 'Ihev're
,:.tage roes.
nit a :i.i ••ens s. .M:inseaet tire,l ants by
I ..0 ' i . lsil:J u rn Co., Limited, f or mato, Out.
.LEANING AND CLEANSING.
Furniture Polish.—To one-half
gallon of raw linseed oil add two
and ono -half ounces of balsam of
fir. To remainder of container add
enough pure apple vinegar to make
up the gallon and shake well be-
fore applying. But a little polish
shuld be rubbed on well and dried
as much as possible. This is an ex-
cellent furniture polish.
To Remove Paint.—To remove
paint from any kind of cloth use
common paint remover, which can
be had at any drug store, pour it
on the cloth, and let stand a few
minutes and rel, with dry cloth.
Cleaning Silver. --Moisten liber-
ally an old silk handkerchief or
ther soft, worn silk with kerosene.
Rub it over sits er and you will be
'ighte(l with the altnost immedi-
ate result, dark stains, of how long
standing, quickly disappearing be-
nenth the friction, and the silver
will remain bright a long time. 1f
you desire an extra "shine" use
another silk cloth and dry rub with
polish.
To ifemove Paint from Windows.
Moisten the edge of a silver coin
tied rub the spot of paint. 'l'he
paint will disappear like magic.
Mattress Pads.—One of the
simplest and nicest things for the
pad on top of the mattress int the
silence cloth which comes for din
ing tables. Oct the desired length
.and hind the ends with bias strips
of white material. These launder
nicely and are delightfully com-
fortable.
1 t'MPLINGS.
Ham Salad.—Cut up small bits of (1
boiled ham, }:laced in salad bowl U
with the hearts and inside leave` Doctor Said She tied
..f a head of Icthlce. Make dress- Heart Trouble.
ing aspifot ollowfs :souMirxcreain mai , ai saucepfareen Weighed 125 Pounds. Now weighs 115.
sue n
from milk as possible, half pint
good vinegar, pepper, salt. and a
small piece of butter, sugar and a
small tablespoonful mustard mix-
ed smooth ; buil, add the well beat-
en yolks of two eggs, stirring care-
fully until it thickens to the con-
sistency cf starch; then set in n
cool place or on ice, and when cold
pour over salad and mix well.
Salad Dressing.—Beat two
eggs,
odd three large tablespoonfuls of
vinegar, one teaspoonful of must-
ard moistened in a little of the
vinegar, add to eggs, and then add
• salt and white pepper to taste and
ono teaspoonful of sugar. Add
two tablespoonfuls of cream a11(1
heat in quickly. Add ltunp butter
size of an egg. Put in rice boiler
end stir slowly until the mixture
is a little thicker than thick cream.
an Do Har Own Work Now.
Dumplings+.--
eight half potatoes, grate,
add a tablespoonful of salt, one
egg, three-fourthe of a pound
of flour. Knead ns you would bread
delight. Roll out, ferns into halls.
Put. in a kettle or boiling water
and cook twenty minutes. These
are delicious with roast pork.
Cherry Dumplings.-plingsDumplings.- Two cupfuls
of flour, one tablespoonful of lard,
ono cupful of sweet milk, two ten
spoonfuls of baking powder. one
half saltspoonful of salt. one cup-
ful of cherries, one half cupful of
sugar. Sift. salt, Laking pewdt•r
and their together : rub in the lard
and wet. with the milk. Ilett out
about one-fourth of nn incl, thick
and cut into there inchsgllnree
Ilene as ninny c•herriea ne the
dumplings will hold in the (- nter of
each; sprinkle thickly with sugar
nod prose 1ngelher. Pitt ill a ket-
tle of boiling water.
german P
Petah)Cook
SE:1SON A Iflel: S.1 LA 1)5.
Cabbage Salad. Tim r futile lis
cupful of sugar, nor rg;,i, 'ins les
-
spoinfll ground mustard. ',He ton-
speonful Letter melted. half cln,ful
of %Merrn1 Let 'some to ti boil and
'� small herd ..f
bag• cut fine.
cab -
VARIOUS USEFUL 1-IELPS.
Removing Paint Specks.—Moisten
'taking soda with water to paste
tnd apply to the paint spot. When
lry rub off both paste and speck. -
To Protect the Hat.—Buy a piece
sf oil silk ;ergo enough to cover
the whole hat and extend under
the brim. Cut the goods circular
tnd run a casing around the edge,
:o that when it is put on the hat,
:he drawstring may tie pulled up
.ightly. Fasten the bag securely in-
-isle the crown of the hat, and then
.when you are caught in a summer
shower, it can bo quickly taken out
end adjusted to the hat and you can
eo on your way in peace of mind.
Uses for Newspapers.—To keep
burglars out spread newspapers on
the Ilcor. Thieves will not step
on a newspaper because it crackle
may awaken some one. A well
known criminal lawyer is authority
for this statement. To fill cracks
in wooden floors put one-half
pounds newspaper in three quarts
water and soak three days. Then
add one tablespoonful powdered
alum and ono quart wheat flour.
,tir and boil till like cake dough.
Cool and fill cracks. It will harden
like cement. To fill rat holes use
above recipe,, but ttcld, when cool,
e liberal allowance of red pepper.
To clean carpets wet a newspaper
with amnlonia and water, squeeze,
tear into bits, throw on the floor,
and sweep from ono wall to the
opposite one. Repeat, beginning
where you left off. Use them to
cover top of shelves, bottom of
drawers for cleaning (dampening
them), hardwood floors, other kinds
of floor, also top of range after
each meal, outside of kettles and
pans.
ENGLAND'S DEBT TO CONVICT.
Fine Roads and Fortifications Built
by Convict Labor.
The news published the other day
that a well -made road has just
been completed by convict labor
through Parkhurst Forest, in the
Isle of Wright, to the site marked
out for the new colony of habitual
criminals, serves to call attention
to a seldom -noticed phase of Eng-
land's penal system.
Not all prisoners are employed
at comparatively useless tasks, such
as oakum -picking and stone -break-
ing, for example, nor have they
been in the past. But for convict
labor the nation would not to -day
own the fine docks it possesses at
Chatham and Portsmouth, to say
nothing of the fortifications on the
Verne and on Blue Bell Hill.
At other places round the coasts
convicts have const meted fine
breakwaters, deepened harbors, nod
widened estuaries. The wonderful
system of defensive galleries at
Gibraltar, too, was constructed by
them : anti at Malta they have ex-
cavated vast subterranean granaries
in the living reek, capable of hold-
ing food supplies for the garrison
for ten year• ahead.
Perhaps, ' however, the most
stupendous convict enterprise ever
undertaken is that now in progress
at Dartmoor, where the wilderness
is slowly, yet surely, bring t rans-
formcd into something {cry like a
garden. No paid labor would ever
have accomplished this almost
miracle, for the simple reason that
it could ncler lia{e paid for it to
have undertaken it.
'I'Ite eater -logged Feil has first to
be trenched and (Trained road by
rued. and almost yard by yard.
Then it is treated u it h s% bite lime,
at the rate of no freer than five
Cons to the acre. Afterwai'(1' spade
culture precedes the adv int of the
plough and of ordinary nnnures.
And all the tools and other np
'dinners •sed are manufactured by
the convicts; the 1 eeessary draught
animals are reined by them. Even
the warder-{rrseers drive round
in prison -made traps drawn by
prison bred ponies
"Did yeti take nu for a foe' when
you married tit( eller! nn angry
(husband. '!t the Ilii,'k rf n dume•ti.
(luarre'. t t a I, t b t h. wile meals
my,l.,•.,r'. •1 : \'•, Stinted. i did
eel : 1.11: 1c)'tt :u nlunys raid I was
no judge of character.•'
Mrs. M. Me( ;AIM. Ite',ec Junction,
N.B., writes: - 1 wish to telt you whit
Milburn's heart and Nerve Pills have
done for tae. Three years ago 1 was so
run down 1 could not do ray own work.
I went to a doctor. and he told me 1 had
heart trouble anal that my nerves were all
unstrung. I took his medicine, as he
ordered me to do, but it did are no good.
1 then started to take Milburn's heart,
and Nerve Pills, and had only taken uric)
box before I started to feel better so I con-
tinued their use until 1 had taken several
bores, and 1 ata now strong and well,
aril attic to .lo toy own work. When I
co:nhnenred taking your pills I weighed
125 pounds. and naw wci •h 1S5 ao.l
have given birth to a lovely daughter,
which was a happy thing in the family.
Mien 1 commenced taking Mili.uru's
t m go up-
stairs
could not Heart and Nerve Pills, c
stairs without resting before I got to the
top. 1 cau now go up without any
trouble."
Milburn's heart and Nerve Pills aro
50 cents per box, or 3 loxes for $1.25, at
all dealers, or mailed direct on receipt of
juice by The T. Milburn Co., Limited,
Toronto, Ont.
11I'SIC 01•' TiIE TELEGRAPH.
The Bears Think it Is the Iluzzing
of Bees.
Everyone has put his ear to a tele-
graph polo to hear the wires hu►n,
and most people have assumed that
the wind was entirely responsible
fur the sound. ho it is, in many
cases, but often the note is heard
where not the slightest movement of
tho air is pmecoptible. A recent
French investigator tells us that tho
sound in this case is due to the ex-
pansion and contraction of the wires
from variations of temperature.
As the wires are not perfectly uni-
form, they rub against the insula-
tors, snaking a slight noise, which
is amplified by the post acting as a
sounding -board. Another investi-
gator is sure that the sounds are
due to electric weaves, but he fails
to explain how ordinary telegraph
wires should bo able to serve as
wave detectors and in what way the
electric waves are transformed into
sound waves. Tho other theory
seems more probaole,
Some curious stories are told of
this telegraph wire music. In
Siberia the bears think thatit is tho
buzzing of bees, and would tear
down the poles to look for honey if
the constructors did not pile great
stones about them to prevent this.
In France, on the south side of the
forest of Fontainebleau, the tele-
graph sounds are regarded as
presaging rain. This is because the
south wind in this region brings
rain, and the forest shuts off the
north wind. In some districts the
noise is popularly supposed to bo
due to the passage of messages, but
it is hardly necessary to say that,
there is no evidence to support this
view.
A LAND OF OLD TINS.
Discarded Cans are .Appreciated in
Hayti.
An interesting sight into social
and commercial conditions in Hay-
ti. the black republic, is contained
in a report from the British Con-
sul -General, issued by the Foreign
Office.
Old tins are in great demand
throughout the island. Condensed
milk, preserve. butter, and lard
tins form practically the bulk of tee
cooking and table utensils used
throughout the island. Cooking is
done in five -pound butter and lard
tins. Condensed milk tins become
drinking mugs by the simple addi-
tion of a band which serves as a
handle.
Old petroleum tins are used for
storing and carrying water, and
even a cook in a well-to-do family
prefers old tins for cooking parties -
CS to ordinary saucepans or other
t
kitchen stetsils.
SENSE OF ART.
ILeneboye—"I've read some•
where that the Chinese will not al-
low their women to be photograph-
ed."
Globetrott—''Shows their sense
of art, my boy. I've been there, and
seen some of 'em I"
BE SURE AND SEE
THE TRADE MARK:
e"The e.
Maple Leaf"
+4+444+4++ Mre. A. Schnare
♦ ♦ Illack Point, N•It.
•♦ WEAK BACK ♦ writes:"For years
♦ FOR YEARS. + I was troubled
♦ 4 with weak back.
♦ +♦ ++++ +44- Oftentimes i lin vs
laitl in bed for
lave. being seareely a',le to tum myself
and 1 have nee) been a greet s•.itterer
while trying to perform my househoitl
ditties. .1 heel Merton attending tree with-
out avail and tried liniments and plasters,
but nothing seemed to do sue any geol.
1 was wont to give up in (k'pahr when
my liaeLand iniuced me to try Uoan's
Kidney fills, and •.'ter using two boxes
1 am now well and able to do my work.
I ant posit rte I )skin's Kidney Pills are all
Viet yoe (nem for there anal 1 wo tld
Advise all kidney sufferers to give them a
Per tr.tl."
fPrint. 50 reeve per box, 3 boxes far
$l. .i. At all defilers. or aill be made,'
direst 011 rrrcilit of price, by The T. 11ile
burn co., 1 incited, Toronto, Ont.
� specify In orders s cif '• levee's."