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HEALTH 1
tn,s(I\INS.
In a former arlicle It was said That
one of nature's ways of pretenhng dis-
ease 1.8 10 destroy the geniis by means
of a defensive army of cells, the se) -
celled pluiesteetee, which entek,p the
4.rrr4bes in their sub,lance and digest
theme- cal thein up, in other surds.
But this does cwt ultays lake place.
Either Use ►nicrohes t.ie in too great
taunt tsa for the pIu gocytes, and so
11 ant over them, or else the cells, M-
ar 1114,110 present 111 sullicit'nl 14411111)(es.
retie:'' not to r41ah the micr4lc s, and
foil Ll attack these. Then the germs
multiply without molestation.
ihn•leriologists eters for a long lime
pureed to account for the fact tial Ihe
White bklod-ceII8 would sometimes re-
fuse this feast of microbes, and musty
seen in it reas•,,n 1., doubt that the pha-
g( cytes had any real pari 441 the preven-
tion or etre et di -ease. But recently.
Doctor Wright. nn English seine sl. teas
Ad%anced u piulsilee explanation e t
recurrence. Ile bays that the 'Me-
g ey tes will not utlatk bacteria (until
the latter have been acted upon by a
certain substance contained in the fluid
lurrtlon of the blood, which in sine
way wakes Iden) utlrr:tite to the while
bleed -corpuscles. In other words, the
erlis of the organism will not eat raw
Lacteria, but must have them seated in
a palatable fern.
'lute eul.slance which thus prepares
them for ingestion is called opsonin.
term a Greek word meaning to prepare
keel.
The quantity of thLs Opsonin in the
blood is not always the same, which
esplains why n person may Le res -se
ant
'essI-
ant to a disease at one thee, and yet
inter, when again exposed, may suc-
cumb.
It appears, also, That opsonin Is not
it single definite substance, but That
each variety of microbe must be acted
upon by u separate substance, the op-
F.,nln for the typheid-bacilli, for ex-
mmple, having no effect upon the germs
of tuberculosis.
This explains (why a person may re-
sist one disease and readily fall a vic-
tim to another.
There are many details in this theory
Lot yet worked out, but enough is
Leown M enable it lo be employed in
tin treatment of some diseases. \Vhen
a person is suffering from typhoid fe-
eer, let us say. an examination is made
to ascertain the potency of his blood
1n typhoid opsonin; Mrd if it is found
Ixhow vhnt it should be. as determined
by a comparison with the blood from
a number of healthy individuals, steps
are taken to Melees(' it. This i, done
1.y giving an injection of a culture of
typhoid germs which hove been killed
be heat. The resell of this injection
be after a temporary decrease, to raise
Neu markedly the quantity of typhoid
01,5 01111 in the blood. and so to make
tee living bacilli. which nre enusing the
disease, more vulnerable to the attacks
of the phngocyles.—Youth's Companion.
TONICS.
A great deal of berm is done by self -
drugging for the relief of various real
or imaginary ills.
Every Winn, of course, relieves hinl-
Feli a doctor, and often thinks he is
Leiter able to attack a cough or n ease
of rheumintism or a hetidaclte, vv hettler
it be ht: own or un(thees than those
who make the cure of disease a special
seedy. All lie has lo do is to slake u
Lis *mind what the trouble is—and any
ono can tell u cough when he has it --
rind then to take something that is
"gore! for a rough.,,
There is nothing easier. The only
elLeetkun to the plan is, that what is
good for the cough may be bad for the
rougher.
So it is with n headache. Almost
any peril in the head not due In nclual
►.rain disease may be n►odr'raled, if not
14FAVet1 Icnl(ornrily, by conte 14•1'111 of
"1 48(1ar•le• powder" ; but n frequent re-
course 1 , this means of cure niny fatally
weaken the heart. \\'Ihen this stops
leafing the headaches cense to trouble.
Rut Ilio patient is not in condition to
know or care.
Leu serious, but not much so, is the
rhuse of Ionics. A true tonic is any-
thing teat promotes the nutrition of the
10.dy. 'Phis may be clone by Increasing
the ilepefite and improving digestion,
wh tet is 1114 fun" tion of the hiller tonics;
or by iiuproving the condilien of the
blood by adding lo it Ihe iron it has
lest; or by supplying lite system with
sonic needed snhslanee, such ns fat In
(4d-'1vcr tail; or tinnily by stimulating
1111 tissues to incr.'nsed al sorption, an
a^ -lion which is ascribed to nrsenic. mer.
e ry, and others elf the mineral toniee.
ihr! these are nef the "tomes" to
which people are apt 6o resort when they
tun down. They take to ).tin,ulnnts.
alrnhel usually. and think they are get-
ting strong because they feel better at -
ler each dose. The alcohol In the
"Ionic" is often disguised, end the
t.+er, perhaps a e' uster-M ets teclotnl-
er would le shocked to (earn that what
he ons Inking to give Min strength
had more nleehol In it than has the
strongest whiskey. If the eyslcn is
set:misty run down. n physician should
be ce t:tilted. who will let able to give
what is needed. whether hen, or hatke
or gentian. 4r ext -liver oil. to correct
the underlying cundiiion That causes
the debility.
—#-
S nue peoele find fault with a bad
Roan because he ism! worse.
It's the easiest thing in the world for
a widower to marry a widow.
Speaking of dogs, a pointer a?.ould
Mane snore than one good point.
There is something wrong with a wo-
man mow. isn't jealous of somebody or
Somc,hing.
w1 wonder why a dog chases his 1111?'
nA sew* of e:eonomy•" "Economy?"
eye!. Caine you ser he is trying to make
toth ends meet!"
EUROPE LOVES FLOWERS
\111.1.1(►Ns ARE SPENT ON TIIEV Bl'
ItlGll AND I'OOII.
\Vcdding aiel Funeral Tributes-- (:ours^s
of (lowers at Iluaslau
Dtut►crs.
Europe spends millions every year for
tlowets. Flowers aro an indispensable
f blare of every social occasion, and the
French Government has 1.x0(1 theme ex-
ile\,,gantly of lute us adornments of
l,ublic festivities.
One of the most expensive features of
gelling Married in Prance is the Ikeisfs
Lill.
The Maul in 1110 came celebrates hi.,
engage melt by sending a basket decor -
:tett with lace and riblxons to his fiance.
If lou due. not pose us wealthy he may
g' ! out of the obligation for $20 or 54,
bla the ruse is cited of the son of a
Ih+ander idle spent $3,5(x1 for tin or•
chid es a centre -piece and grouped
around it four others nt $1,2t1u apiece.
'1 hire ie else a legend of un Austral-
ia', et east wealth who 5p0111 $.444x(, 011
a basket of orchid; and pinks fur Li; en-
gegelucnt gift, and timelier of a girl of
1:'e Hungarian nobility olio received 11
letiquet made up entirely of Alpine
le,wers which cosi 84,000. ems dotter i14
it had cost a search of five weeks
1hr<I:gh the higher tutleys of the nloon-
ttuie.
Ater the inlrod1111ry corbeillee, the
engaged man must send a bouquet every
(ley. These bouquets are supposed to be
slaws 11141)(1('St. The d0tolion of the
milder is to be expressed rather i4,
rarity and beauty than in cost. Or he
may fall back on the language of Ik)tt-
ers and send orchids to express 10-
1nnncA, narcissus I400ms, white 'lilacs
and jasmine for tenderness, white car-
nations for innocence or crimson ones
to lypcfy
ITIS OWN AiIDEN'I' PASSION.
It is obligatory that the wedding bou-
quet shall be of white roses end or-
chids, velli the traditional orange blos-
rns, and it must he frimied with niyr-
1e leaves. It is not necessarily expen-
sive. but of course n Ulan may go as far
a: tie Ekes in the decoration of the
church. •
111 This item 11 is doubtful if European
extravagance comes anywhere near Mit
of fashionable American marriages.
There was a marriage in Mnr.seilles in
1F97, though, which made a re_ord.
1t was in the height of the bicycle
craze, and bridegroom end bride and all
leets attendants rode to and from the
church on wheels 041111pktfely hidden
wilh flowers. 'rho bride's wheel was ell
hi orange blossoms with Mete ribbons.
The brides:mom:s was entwined wilt
greenery brightened up with crimson
roses and pinks.
The cycles of the bridesmaids mateh(rl
their dresses. The men rude 011 whc41s
rigged like tee bride'grooms, but less
eltiboralely. The whole st10w cost
$2,a10.
E11ot•rlloluS sums are spent on the
fk.ral deem -teens for the Presidential
feasts al the Palace of the Elysee. Felix
Faure invariably had the tables lit i►is
Mato dinners decorated with orchid..
It is in Russia that the (1011141' fable
decorations tench their climax, 'There 15
n different floral garniture for every
course. Beginning with Hotels wi111 Ihe
setup, Thee will change 11 lilies of the
volley %vi!It the lisle 'Then come 1,e11-
chees CIE pates with hyacinths. a releve
with cornflowers, pinks with the sher-
bet. roses with the roast and orchids or
sweet peas with the sweets.
A FAVOIII7'E DECORATION
'.f the table in Paris Is a serpentine mir-
rer, whi' h oleanders Nene the Intl'
Itl(r n
river helteen hanks of moss
through which wild tktwcrs ere dolled.
(:lusters of orchids suspended over the
ti1h14 ore reflected in the glass.
M one floral dinner, the bill for which
roe into the Ilgiir.e,, screens of vines,
nppurcntly growing, surrolnde,l the
Nide end formed a canopy over it on
wire trelit;-work dolied over with tiny
electric lamps of .every imaginable true.
A111118tu•e bruit trees were grouped on
Inhles about fish peels full of real
writer with reel live gold !lett 5wVinuning
Mout.
Then there was n famous entei•lain-
ment given at n noted reslnurent in
('uric by n London 1111111 in 1899 to (4rty
o' his friends. I1. lives in local tradition
as the supper of roses. The florists 1)111
was 75.ltJ0 francs, or $15.000.
An Annerictun is said le have spent
S1.(100 o11 hinge chrysanthemums, wheel
suspended singly frons the ceiling, were
the decoration of a supper room. '1'o
this a 1101tander get n!ered wilh tulips
ninon -1041 from Amsterdam to decornle
a banquet hall.
A I'orisian woman entertaining rash•
k (.ably w ill have to set Aside nt least
t',.11a► for (beers for the decornik)n of
lie.. Ingle end her drawing minis dur-
ing the three months 4,f the Preis sen -
s. n. in Engtnnd much greeter sums me
spent. Ii s 581(1 that he peke of Pert -
tend spent $11.000 on drnperies and floe
(%i'1 on flowers for a bail which he gave
in honor of the Duke of York In 1898.
'rhe bouquet that is passel over the
fee tights to the theatrical star at greet
profit l0 the florist has nn odd sort of
paro1Id In the bunch of (lowers which it
is now the coslont fur some pretty cltiffl
r ^ t iooniing girl to present to the Presi-
dent of the ltepub!te or any mender of
the Ministry who happens to make en
011(101 visit to n pmtineinl 10W11 or vil-
lage. This triteee is ;lonely made up in
reed, white and blue to display
TII1 NATIONAL. COLORS.
Enorneeis suns are spent en the now.
which are now n feature of
110' summer gayety In every greet Euro-
pean city and pleasure resort. The
sinplest decorntion of a victorin costs
frcm 840 to 860. '[hose on which a
couple of hundred dollars have been
spent are not rare.
In 1904, in Paris, the carriage of Mme.
Ae Gnat was hidden under WOO worth of
orchids. At tuchcm, in 1903. the hit VMS
rondo with an oxcart hidden in field
flowers. 1t had costa smell fortune.
Flowers have their political algn!fl-
canco In Frnece. Twenty years ago the
followers of Gen. floulnnger adopted the
reel enrnatlon as their emblem. Gossip
re -eels that elite. Mars, the famous ac-
tress, was hissed off the stage one night
l'1 Paris in the Restoration period be-
cause she ware a hunch of %ie!els. \io-
klr tire the Ikemapurtist Ik.tver.
When a French baby is torn his
etude+ is apt to be surrounded \vith
htuotns. \\ hen n teem -buten dies his
tier and his grave will b.• latuhly dc-
c4rul•d with flowers.
Tho aunt spent on the adornment of
genres runts into the nulliens annually
Pere-11-4:11aise 14kule. The tomb of
11.e \W4rtee de Homely family is kept
(4,4ei ed with fresh flower's at a cost 01
31r,IU) filmes a year.
What ie spent all over Europe for this
puree -0 would, according to ono au -
11. city, support all the orphanages or
all the hospitals. In 501110 (11805 Ihe
le -Avers Ihut grow on grates uro distri-
buted, in mem erium, to friends of the
deeerled every summer.
11 was in line with This custom Hint
Iter' widow of •..e dramatist leseu sent
the two first bkissoms that appeared on
Iii, grate 10 Eltonore lease 111 Runde end
au.d to Suza11ne Deepres in Paris in
me11101' of his ndmitetion of their per -
1114)111 of the churu:ter•s in his dramas.
1'
RADI.1' 111'N i)OWN.
Through Over -work — Dr. Williams'
Pink Pith Restored Health
and Slrenellt.
Badly run clown is the condition of
thousands lilruuglwu1 Canada — per-
haps you are one 4,f 11rem. You lied
work a burden. You 111'0 weak; easily
geed; out of sorts; pale and thin. Your
sleep is restless; your tippetite poor and
y(,4, office from headaches. All this
buffering is mused by bad blood and
nothing can !nuke you well but gee)t
blood ---nothing can slake this good
blood so quickly as Dr. Williams' Pink
Fills for Pule People. These pills never
fail to snake rich, red, health -giving
i!uod. \Ir. 11. It. Reed, Quebec c1ty,
says: "About twelve months ego 1 was
ell run dorm as the result of over.
merle My doctor ordered ale to take
tt complete rest, but this did not help
me. 1 had no appetite; toy nerves were
unstrung and 1 was so weak 1 could
s:urcety !note. Nothing the doctor did
helped mie and i began to think my
ct4se was incurable. While confined to
toy room friends came lo ser ale and
ne of them advised me to try' Dr. \\'il-
e:ens' Pink 1'ills. 1 did 80 and soon
n►y appelile improved; my color carne
rack and in less Than a month 1 utas
stele to leave my mom. 1 collfnued
flu pills for another month and they
completely cured me. 1 11111 now 4,t
1174 1(81 of henllh and able to do my
were without fatigue. I feel sure That
ail whet are weak will find renewed
henllh and slt•engltt in 1)r. Williams'
link flits. They certainty slued me
from a life of misery."
When Dr. \\ALleuts' fink Pills make
new bkod !ley go right lo the roil
of and cure anaemia, rheumatism, 51.
elms dance. kidney Ineuble, holigis-
1.0n, hcadnche and backache and these
octet ailments which make the livesof
se many woolen and growing girls
naserabte. Veld by nil uvdicine de:11r
e4' or by mail nt SOe. n vox oi' : ix
Ic.xes for S2.50 from The Dr. \\'ilean's'
\neednc Co., itrockville, Ont.
PAit1:NTS DAVE NO SIIOW.
I4, Dine -tine Marriage Affairs During
These Modern Days.
Arc pnts bomin.0n4n1i-
It nowadt►areys ns
ecregardsg Ihe
nese exe11rcise of
any control over (heir sons' and daugh-
!.1s' tnarrioges'1
According io n we11-111 wn nm cli.�l,
seen recently 145 the London Dail Mile
rot 81411401•S have very 11111e Nmitr•eo1 over
their daughters In 111is particular, while
(811141:, hate one at till.
"Just n century ago." he said, "the
p menus' dcctsnion 8s to whorl 111(11' eine
should merry was final, If Ihe
dauglller refused to marry Ihe num se-
lected fur her. there ton, tr•ub:e of e
singuliely un) leasant sent,
"4 emitter down to neldern dnys. how-
ever. we get n (eery different order of
things. Austere, proud-ininded parents
are seldom found. \\'e we meek, agree -
11,144 mile men, welt seeiul-
14IIng wives. who p(Ssees sons 1111(1
daughters whose word is law in the
home.
"In the suburbs there 8:0 hundreds of
families of this order. \When Ihe daugh-
per--say, \h's Jeto se -reaches Ihe age
when her (1re eoe are let down end her
hair is raken up, she begins l4, run the
home.
"Iter pnrente are so fond of her that
they Id( 1101' follo\v practically her own
sweet will. As for them being nuthor!-
lihti\0
and saying: 'New, C.Inrn, you
must marry Mr. -- because he is so
1441(1 of you,' etc., they would never
dream of it."
This interesting opinion was plti.•o 1
before' a celebrated woman writer en
...site questions.
"Parente," she enid, "should not be
.corned for their nppurcntly lax con-
tr41 over their sons and ditughters.
Such an ntlillde is a sign that we are
!seeming mere intellectual and broad-
minded then our forefathers.
"\\'11at is the ineviteblo result of pnr-
enl, forcing their sem or dat.ghlcr to
marry a (-cretin perbon? Misery and
dissatisfaction en both sides i
"By Telling their son or daughter
al•,ne in respert of choosing a life -part-
ner fathers and mothers aro adopting
e tactful attitude."
BABY AND MOTiIER.
A few (los s of Baby's Own Teblets
relieves and cures c0nslipntion, indi-
gestion, colic, dinrrll(ea end simple
fevers. The Tablets break up colds.
expel worms and bring the little teeth
through painlessly. They bring henllh
to the little one and comfort to the
nether. And you have ere gunrnntee
of a government analyst that this me-
dieine does not contain one particle of
0p,1110 or poiA:mous soothing siert.
Mrs. C. F. Kerr. Elgin, Ont., rays:
"Baby's Own Tablets is the beet molt.
cine I have ever used for termini -It rind
Lew•el troubles end destroying worms."
Sold by all medicine dealers or by mall
at 15e. a box from The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
if a man can put a ?gentling baby to
sleep he has a right to feel chesty.
Gold brick men like to meet people
whose motto Is "Seeing Is believing."
CASE OF HIRAM BiLGER
A% INST.t\CI: OF IDE DREAVs WE
AL1. DREAM.
lou Neter (an Tell \\Ital Strange Fan
gigs err) \tan May Have fm
Ilia heart.
"You never enn 1411." said (i.). rani -
per "Men of the simplest 014(1 most
stunner of fu"t exteriors may really carry
&leant with them, ell their lives• quite
nnheknrnvn to their neighbors, fancies
strange intked.
"\Wu hail in Storkvi114 ('entre once a
84,1010, reells.licn1 and orderly living
citizen !mined Hiram Bilger. llirnm
owned it small farm which Ito tilled dili-
gently, us he had le do to ►11141(4) it pay;
IV' M.' RS 111 it. early tied lute.
"When you saw Mr. Bilger stint out
1.1 the early' morning, in old trousers and
n flannel shirt and as somewhat ragged
2e cent chip tart. and with a hoe Oter
Ilk >houhler, to IPA' his corn, you 5n\t•
111111• as you Ih(eught, in the 11,11 crnn-
(1 tteness of one aspect of his life; and
when you saw hint in his black suit at
church on Sunday you thought you saw
hint in the other. These Iwo Se4nu'd to
tw:ln ! !linen in till his Ideas and as-
pirations. and no one would have
1110110111 that he ever dreamed of aught
beside. But you, never can tell.
"An uncle of 11lrnnl's died and left him
n bigger rind better ierm. end also n
1.11le money In the hank. Hiram worked
just es hard as ever after time he had
the real grit in him, but what he got
keen his uncle
TOOK THE GNI) OUT OF 1IIM.
KIDNAPPED AND ROBBED
f;1RAN(.E OR1' OI' FRED. C. DOR-
MAI', OF stiltil'Rl',
. ile Befriended a Wealthy New %lark
Lady in a Train Wreck Near
Moose Jaw,
Bequeathed a fortune of 81$0,000 by
rt wealthy tt..luttn, whom he had be-
friended In a lrii ii wreck, kidnapped,
elfangliuied aboard a ship, held prison-
cr in its filthy hold kr months, 08 410'
i l only to be thrown 1,110 u elexicnn
prison, and again held prisoner for
lI ene's, then to find !hut he Lad been
r,bh+d of his alleged inheritance, is the
story of Fred t:. 1►4rway of Suelbury.
Ont., oho told it the 4,11101. day (4l the
17rinlOr 1lemere, t;hicnRo. lee' is there
w1111 hes n ifs, whom he says lie Iris
1101 seen s{n.1.' January, 1906, ellen he
tt
1t4 kidnapped in Montreal.
Iku•\vay is now on hes way to New
York to take s!eps to recover the money
of which In alleges he was defrauded.
"1t was 1441 to tic• by AO's. J. 1L James
o f Fifth avenue, New York. who died
stem lifter the train wreck," he said.
lk:rttay is a telegraph 010111tor and
nys he was slnlioned al hush Lek,-
Alnnit0ha. o11 the Canadian 1'acitic (tail -
way, in November, 1005. One bitter
eight in that month the eastbound Ca-
nadian Pacific Limited was cut in two
Mid run in two sections. In the ben/l-
e-4 snow the second section crashed
into the first near Moose Jaw. Ile went
tee the scene of the wreck, and in the
Inst sleeper he found eke. J. 11. James,
\\0110 WAS SEVERELY INJUIIED.
Ile assisted in carrying her to a section
liotlse, put his fur coat about the un-
censeknis W0lltln 111d summoned ntedi-
c:11 assistance. 'then he carried her to
Mc nearest house. He paid the attend-
ing physician $25. and after Mrs. James
had been taken to New York he sent
the bill, staling thut he could not spare
the money. "in a month," said he, "1
received a packet of papers and a let-
ter from her lawyers stating that Mrs.
James had died and In tier will had
bequeathed 111e $180,000. Through the
advice of friends i plated the matter In
the hands of J. J. Dunlop of Kansas
City. in January, 1906, 1 received a
letter from Dunlop in New York nsking
me to meet him.
"1 went to Sudbury by way of Mont-
real. There I nlel A elan who gave
the name of Mnlcotmson. Ile had a let -
kr of introduction to me. 1 refused
lc drink with him, but in my mom tie
gave me some chocolate candy, which
( ale. '\'hut is the last. 1 remember un-
til 1 found myself aboard a shill in a
dark, 1111hy space in the hold. I have
an indistinct reoolleelion of riding on
n (rain before I was put on the ship.
1 had lost all idea of time, ray mind
simply being Held to one purpose, to
escape from That dungeon.
• "Al times a hatchway would be part-
ly ote.ned, and bread and stater thrust
(keen to n1e, and once in a great while
A i'IECE OF Mete:•(:00KI?D MEAT
of some kind. I cml!rl hear men talk-
ing, and tine lime 1 keel on' 111011 rely:
'\\'e are going ashore to -night, nee will
lease t: it and Bill to witch the pris-
oner. \Ve are going on a spree.' 1
made up my mind k escape, and when
the man opened the hatchway 1 shoved
lay suspenders in the -open crack. They
dept the hatch frorn closing tight. anti
lister 1 110ufe my way on deck. In the
i(u1110 that followed 1 kneckel a roan
overboard, and believe he wns drown-
ed.
"When 1 cacaped ashore I found 1 wos
ir. \'gra Cruz, elex!t"). 1 was blind
from my keg confinement in the ship's
hold, was arrested end put in prison.
hi six week. I again escaped to Zncale-
ens. where 1 boarded the ship Presidio.
I told my story to Captain Jenkins, an
Amerleml, and he carried uie lo Snn
Francisco, where I landed on August
11th Inst. I had been strlppxd of all
marks of identification. 1 telegraphed
my wife. The telegraph strike WAS
on. hot 1 had to have money and was
sent to Salt Lake to work. 1 did As -
sedated Pre work and saved me
money. The filet pay day 1 telegraphed
my wife to meet me in Chicago on Ort.
4. I 0111 going to slily here n while
and get money l0 take me to New York.
where 1 expect lel begin n legal fight
fer the 81110,000. This story &needs like
a drearn, but it is no dream to ale."
"Beforo that 11e had been compelled to
work evey minute to make With ends
meet with just a lillle over, 81141 there
1111(1 been neither lime' nor money for
the groiifieation 0f etteh fnne!es ns he
o'ight bey, cherished. though his neigh -
tete never dreamed of hire ns chcrishi•lg
any; he seemed just steel, steady -going
llirnm Bilger, as In fart circumstances
Lend thus fur always compelled him to
is . But 110w Mr, Ritgen was an inde-
pendent Wool, with means amply suffi-
cient o enable him In gratify his fan-
cies if'ie did have any; ; and that he did
have one, at lecsl, was soon made ap-
pnrtnt.
"At he cm,nly fair, held in SMrkville
Cenro nn the dale next following the
time when he enme into the Mlle for-
tune. lliram Bilger nppenred, not in his
cenvenliennl Sunday And holiday suit of
Heck. bill in whet they called In these
dies a fnnry suit; n suit with a light-
colored coal and wnlslrnnt And fancy
;riped trousers. Ile had always been
ee metered as ;1(1011l the most matter of
feet elan in Storkvill4; he had never be-
e re been seen In anything Inst his old
sir Ihes 111111 he worked in and lei.; black
suit that he were to church on Sunday;.
and yet here was Hiram Bilger in a fen -
c: suit. with striped trousers ! Ant it
(:rade (Iden t 111e greatest small sensa-
tion tlnl the Cense had ever known.
"Ito v:Arkc t away thereafter j11st nS
F1endil). As ever. ani lie ons 110 lee-.
tl.r•ifly; he nddrd all the time i0 what be
had, and no Iran could say that
IlE \VAS NOT A GOOD CITIZEN;
hitt he did on occasion indulge himself,
its he was now well able to do, in just
Chir one fancy. which probably he had
been cherishing for ninny years.
As he had holed 111'' corn or dug the
potatoes, he had—though he was never
for n minute n shirking mann--lightened
his labors with dreams of sI11(1(41 trou-
sers. Steady going and feilhful es 110
had nlwnys been end as he alwny's re-
mained, and humdrum AS he (11141 strays
steelier! to b', yet he had earrie.1 with
hila thnl then(' for a pair of leery
striped holism,: and when the Hine had
come he turned his heart inside out and
g
bouhthem.
"Rolt lenlly when y011 r0nle 10 think
Mout it there was nothing sI) very ex-
traordinary about that. 1 tains knew
timelier Iran, end this one, text. as slnid
1111111 as ever plodded. who all his life
desired fo mutt a purr of black and while
cheek trousers; tho point of n11 this being
that you never can tell what ,'trenge
fancies any nlnn you may meet may
hnv0 in his heart. (hough we ell hold
collie,
"VWhelher we cnrry Ihe• trod or draw
the plans of the building; whether We
measure ribbon or sit in the counting -
n 0111 11nd dlrecl 1110 business, w0 all
dream (1retuns and yo. never can tell
'.'.tint those. dreams may t,('. Atony a
mild-mannered (1)111) is n Ferule In the
Inmost ree,eses of his bosom. and there
fi (nom Than one perforce staid head of
n family elm would t,o by choice a
trumps
"1L. dmlbl it is n gond thing for most
ouf irguhst nIoh)lsneilteweent (chonpVeee dturJinr0r.l40e8ls8e nevetwork find keep
quite so harmless to us as n fancy for
striped trousers or trousers of block and
white cheek."
COOKING TI\II '1;1RLE.
Old peewees require twenty -live min-
utes; new ones. fifteen.
Old carrots lake an hour; young encs,
ll:Irty minutes.
Old cabbage take. evenly -five min-
utes; young lakes fifteen.
Onions take forty minutes.
Potatoes, toiled, hike twenty -flee min -
tees, steamed, they take thirly-five min-
utes.
Parsnips take forty minutes.
Salsify lake tee tours.
French Mans lake thirty minutes,
(:nullfinw•er• tnkcs twenty -flue minutes.
Turniptis tnkc twenty minutes.
Lamb, fifteen minutes for each pound.
Pork, thirty minutes for each pound.
Chicken, weighing four pounds, lee
Lours.
Fish weighing five Finitude. one hour,
Turkey, weighing ten pounds, three
twine.
Veal, allow twenty minutes for encu
N111141.
Mullen, thirteen minutes for Inch
re and.
Se -14,:n of beef, rare, seven nllnuks
fcr each pound; well done• mune' elgh-
tten minutes to each pound.
Beef fleet, twenty minutes for ench
pound.
Corn, young twelve minutes.
Peas, eighteen to twenty minutes. -- c
American Cl.ul.ltivalor, 1A
TII R T YETI
"Znnl-Rik is the best hot1'0held helm
ever brought Into ti home." Such is
the opinion of Mrs. Sarah \b'1)c,tweil,
of Birr, (Ont.) She says.---"\ly little girl
had n severe and obstinate rash un her
skin. 1 applied Znet-Rik a few times
and the skin trouble which had defied
all otter remedies, went away like
ttingio."
Tutu -flak cures Eezenla, 1'Icers, Seer-
h:ln, 1'.Lsoned wounds, Festering Sorr•,
and all Skin Diseases. flubbed well In
it •/sure -Rik is the finest embrocation
for Rheumatism, Sciatica, ete. Of 1.11
Awes and druggists at 50 cents, o.r
Demi Zan -Bak Co., Toronto for price.
3 box4. for $1.25.
PENCILS 113O1I POTATOFM.
Wooden Pencil May be !'loon Driven Out
of the Market by New Product.
The fact flint oder wood suitable for
rinking lead pencils is expc•lyetr
the supply growing rapidly less has led
some German eci(ntisl to invent a pro-
cess for melting lend Jllcile. tend it 1s
sniff that In n retort lime the wooden
pencil will be driven Out of the market.
The now prr.duet 1s slightly heavier than
the ceder wood article, but is the same
in Size, form and appearance. admits of
sharpening metro eneily, and can be
mode n nhinnl perp,
A conlmpanyn(shas been fnundcd in 1',er-
li'1 to ►na►tufncture the article, The Dost
4f lllanllflclllre Is eslltnated at $f.i0928.
The second quality pencil can be made
nt n cost of only $0.(05(45.
At the esllmnterd production of 48,000
pencils n tiny. the yearly plvdbctlon
weuld 1* 14.000,000 penclle. Exports of
hese pencils from Germany to foreign
(sentries for a year equalled 15,186
ins, or • total of 3,033,900,000 pencils.
SALT WITHOUT AN OWNER.
Two Thousand Tons Are 1.)Inu on Docks
in Frunce.
The dock authorities at Sfax. France,
Mho puezlcd to know what to do with
2000 tons of sell, winch have been lying
ie Alen' ttureh.,uaes 'titt.out an Owner
L c IWVo and a half years.
The salt, elech is hl 40000 hags, rtes
bsughl ey the captain of a stating res
Sett who sold It WAS purchased for the
Iltssian Government. It teas put aholiel
los ship, but a few days after he had it
transferred to tete quay again, and his
vessel +toiled a few hours nftertturd.
No claim has ever been matte for the
suit, elect) has been.graduaty melting
for the lust two years. '1 ho ihussein
(e ternment denies alt knowledge of
the purchase.
Mrs. N
1 ,et'.bvikhe. "Well, f
ell, of all the
impudence.'
Mr. Newly oche: "\\'hal Is i1, Hannah?'
Mr's. Newlyriche: "Thein prxn tiler
ccusilts of )ours have gene mei rot
themselves the Same identical uncestor,
prat you've got 1"
Death Comes In Ail. --Rut it need not
cent): ptenuilurely i1 proper prcci411:( 118
are taken. "An entice of prevention •s
eerll► it pound of cure," 01141 to have
prevention al hnnd and allow a disease
to work its will is a ickedness. Ihe.
humus' Eeleti•h'ic Oil not only titlaye
pain,; when applied externally, but
will prevent lung trembles resulting
beim colds and coughs. Try it and be
cenv meed.
HARD UP
"flow frightfully hard up Jones is,"
remarked Smith. "Ile never seems to
have any money."
"Oh," said Brown, "has ho been trying
t, borrow from you?"
"No," said Smith, "1 was trying to
barrow (rout him."
For Iniamation of the Eyes. --Among
the many good qualities which Pnrume-
lee's Vegetable Fills possess, besides re-
gulating the digestive organs, is their
efficacy in reducing inflammation of the
eyes. 1t has called forth many letters
recotnnendaton from those who
v: ere afflicted with this complaint and
found a cure in the pills. They affect
the nerve centres end the bleed in n
surprisingly active way, and the result
i, utmost imu edfately seen.
\Vhen a women wants to overlook the
Wilts of her husband she tells the neigh -
tors he is broadminded.
Host: "Why on earth did y(.4, put
(icor Jenkins between two such chatler-
ix•xes at the table?" Hostess : "My
deur, you know he is so fond of tongue.
sandwiches!"
ITCH. Mange, Prairie Scratcher sad
every term of contagious Itch on human
cr animals cured In 30 minutes by Wel-
ford's Sanitary Lotion. It Dever falls
Sold by all druggist..
Friend: "You've never been called in
consultation, have you?" Yohng Doctor:
"No; but 1'd like to Ix'. It's nice to
chn•ge len limes as much as tho other
doctor for saying that you don't know
any more about the case than Iio docs."
Choler 8 ane all summer complaints
are 50 quick in IheIr action that the
cold hand of death is upon the victims
IN fore they arc aware that Clanger is
near. If attacked do not delay, in get-
ting the proper medicine. Try a d.,se
of Ihe. J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cor-
d -el, and you will get imncdiele re-
lief. It acts with wonderful eapidily
and never foils to effect a cure.
Where ignorance is bliss there is
er1411y more folly than week 111 in evi-
dence.
gen-
A tvo►1an will bettor her leash:ma as
heel' as ire is willing to love and obey
Put eat thence In a bot, Itching, unhealthy
skin with Wearer's Cerate. Use it for *cactus.
Nettle rash, teller and salt rheum
"He asked for her panel in marriage."
-"Well, why didn't she give hila Ihe one
that is always in her father'- pocket?"
"\\'Iio was it said, 'Give me liberty or
give 111e death'?'' "Some married Iran,
It is harder to I out n poor carpet Than
n gond one. _—
A lady writes: "I was enn111cd to re
shove the terns, root end leenrh, by
the use 01 Holl4w0y's Goan Cure,"
Others who have la ie(1 1t have the salve
experience.
QUESTIONABLE \ I:RACl'rl'.
Green: "So Bragg, tells a different
tele, does he? Well, I guess my word
is 118 g'sxl (IS his. -
Brown: "I should hope 511. Rrapgs Is
a charter member of u !Siting ting club."
1\IF'ItUl)E.\'1',
When mother 11lx(s elnry•'s ears,
She elands in tears and blubl,ers ;
Oh, foolish child. l4 eland in tears
Welleeit a pair of rubber.,.
we feel s.,rry for n young man who is
1III deed vtUh the impression t hat he
brows it all.
reennwa
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BEER* STEADIES
THE NERVES
Q001) beer, used as a bower.
age with meals, makes
steadier, stronger nerves be-
cause it helps the stomach do
its work better.
Your own doctor w ill tell you
that the right use of beer 1
good for almost every adult,
women especially.
The little alcohol in beer (less
than there is in cider) helps
digest food. Get the right idea
about beer, and be healthier far
using it.
• San r . Lew whir It ruse loom .la., prwyd .test
as.1. W protasisunmet*d unmet* brew«.. ,teens astern.*
pod. ltwal ► to e,ra )UMur. from °graft.
boa*b..
N• W t ter esti) salt. ►. .at Wty intro t4
ANellY .-..,EED.
"when Ing wife gel's angry," remark-
ed llyker, 'she reminds ale of a revel
just leaving port."
"What's the answer'" queried Pyker.
"she gels her rancor up," replied 111e
purty of the prelude.
They Drive Pimples Away.—A faea
covered with pimples Is unsightly. 1t
14 Its 4)'t internal irregularities which
should long since have been corrected,
'lite liver and the kidneys are not per -
terming their functions in the healthy
way they should, and these pimples
ale to let you knew that the blued
protests. Parinetee's Vegelnble Pills
still drive them all 85503, 111)11 '.vill leavo
the skin clear and clean. Try then!,
and there will be another witness to
their excellence.
Johnnie: "Isn't a tin horn made of tin,
mamma?" Mamma: "Certainly it i5!"
Jahnnle: '"then how is It that a foghorn
isn't made of fog?_'
Regain Your etr.agth by taking'Terro►tm,e
I/•. the beet tank ere( en[opeanded. 1t aouriskse
and strengthens the whole system..
Dense: "Knocks;" called me a dilapi-
dated old mule. What shall 1 do?"
Sense: "Well, don't come M me about it.
1 um no vcterniary surgeon."
Worms derange the whole system.
Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator de-
ranges worms and gives rest 10 the sta-
ked.. It only costs 21 cents to try it
end be convinced,
Client (impatiently to clerk): "Look
Lere, Tee been sitting in this ofllce f'
the last two hours !" Clerk: "Well, a
I've been silting here for the las
1\\ enty-five years.
00F5 I
That 5tayRoofe
The otrongest wind that e,'er New can't
rip away a roof co.ercd with era-ioc(rng
"OSHAWA"
GALVANIZED
STEEL SHINGLES
Rain can't get through it in 25 years
(guaranteed in writing for that lung—good
for a r cul ury, [tally}—err can't bother r •uch
a roof --proof ag..rot all the elements—the
cheapest (1004) roof there IS.
Write u, and we 11 Wow you why it
coats least 4o roof right. Just address
The PEDLAR People
estaws Montreal 0ttne* Toronto &Ali •a 1Cnnfte4
MACHINERC FOR SALE.
DYNAMO
3(1) lights, first-clnss order. \\'ill be sped
cheap and inure be gotten out of tthe'.ve)
owing 10 6110 -light machine taking its
place. S. Prank Wilson, 73 Adelaide
Street West, Toronto,
FAN BLOWER
Buffalo make, number four, leinch vets
tical discharge, 24 Niches high; perfe el
condition. Superintendent, 'Truth Ih1ill.
ir.g, 73 Adelaide St. West, 'lbroute.
(CARPET he
and Oleanisg, me1.14 DYEIeeeetalir with(NQ
SEMEN AMERIOAN DYEING OC.
Seed porttealars by goer 044 we are Sous to eV ulr
•geese Sex tae. Manlreal.
very Woman
to !merest/0 sad dee a brow
t*
abethe woe6srfal
MARVEL WAIT le $ray
The 04.‘!.gl..1 *grime.
iia -
Met. 11 rteasan
Iy.
g n V et aiia tree the0
�I
einem and dasetkona
; III)ffOR'SV!'ILT CO.. Windoor, (int.
herd Agent* ter ('aaada.
QUEBEC STEAMSHIP COM PAN1
iJNI'I FD.
River and Gulf of S11 lawrenci
OWN NO. U--17.
8utamnor Oruises ha Oool Latitndea
Twhl Mrrew ir•in 544 ''(•ampana.'• with eie_•tylr
eche., elect.I. hell. an,1 all m ,dsrn comforts
w4(i.8 FROtt 6/n)rRg4L uti MOYtl %YR al
p.m 33x1 Sept•mhrr, :th int ..st flet.he
0,1 f••rtnlshlir the•-..fter 1.•s I'ietra Y 9. al
g at QQu.',oc. (r.uye Mal Il..y, Pero. (ere
Ivey, liammerslde, P.11., and Chariot. stows,
.Jr.
BERMUDA
eemmer tsenrstt nt, gine by the new Tele
feavoww NR. "Ilermn len," 5,+,l\' t^ns. gam"
ttitrteptemt»r 811. 4515 and 56th 4-toher, 6th
th ant 37th �rorerel,.r, temperature eootcj
by sea hreeee..al tom sir►.'ab ,re 111 Aegr.e..
The fined tripe of the season for health sal
Mmfert.
ARTIIUR AIiERN, Secretory, QueM4
A. E. OUl Eli RRIDrh k (:0Agents,
19 Droadwsy, New York.
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