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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1912-7-11, Page 6mouton SHE WOULD SURELY OIE AIN$ AROUND THE HEART N SMOTHERING FEELINGS • Mrs. Wm. Lee, Uisthoff, Ont, writes:— 'I have taken three boxes of Milburtes riessat mid Nerve Pills, and am now well. I had suA pains around rny heart end golt smothering feelings that I thought 1 woidd surely die. My head used to be propped up with pillows to keep me from emothering, Cele day I read M a paper about your Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills, and three boxes cured me." 1V1i1lesea's Heart and Nerve Pills am a specific for U rundown men and women, whether troubled with their heart or nerves, and are recommended by us with tbe. greatest confideace that they will do all we claim for them. Price 50 cents per box, or 3 boxes fot 81.25, at all dealers, or mailed direct on receipt of price by The T, Milburn Co., Isiusited, Toronto, Out. CANADA'S GREATEST CHARITY A. Decrease of Nearly 40 Per Cent. in Death -Rate. In the decade preceding 1899 the death -rate in Ontario from con- sumption was on the increase, ma - til in that year the figures amount- ed to 3,405—a rate of 1.4 per 1,000 living estimated population, or 11.8 per eent. of the total deaths. Dur- ing that time there were no insti- tutions for the tuberculosis in the Province, no dispensaries, no epecial visiting nurses, no educa- tional agencies at work'no general information regarding the preven- tion of this disease. In 1896 the first Sanitarium Association—was open - neer institution of the National Sanatarium Association—was open- ed in Muskoka. In 1902 the Musko- ka Free Hospital was opened, and In 1904 the two allied institutions at Weston. The work has now spread elsewhere in the Province. Result: In 1898 the deaths from tuberculosis were 2511—a rate of 1,1 per 1000, or 7.6 per cent. of total deaths—a decline of nearly 40 per cent. compared with 11.8 per cent. —the death -rate in the decade end- ing 1899. The institutions .of the National Sanitarium. Associatiou have been the large factor in Sanitarium treatment of consumption during the past fifteen years. HIS DUTY. The Lady—"Look here, you said that if I'd give you your dinner you'd mow the lawn for me." The Hobo—"I'd like to do .it, ma'am, but I getter teach yer a lesson. Never trust the word of a total stranger." . All men are born free and equal, and each has everything his own way—until he is a year or two old. New Zealand honey, exceeding 100,000 pounds in weight, has been imported into Great Britain during the past fiscal year. Even if a girl had sense enough to make her own dresses no man would have sense enough to marry her. IODER1 SIIIPS IINSAFE2 Their Structural Weakness Pointed Out by An Expert When the lifeboat is needed no- thing of course can be imagined that is of more importanee, We can and must see that all vessels have a fall equipment of lifeboats. At best, however, lifeboats are but reedis eine. They will not be needed, if the disease can be prevented. Can it be If it can even be alleviated, now is the time of all times, while the fearful Titanic tragedy is fresh in the publie mind, for action. Lifeboats, generally speaking, will not be necessary whee there is re- serve buoyancy left in the hull of the vessel. And there will be re- serve buoyancy left, even when the vessel's shell is damaged, as long as the bulkheads, the vertical divisious separating compartments, keep the sea from the other compartments. Making bulkheads sufficiently strongis troublesome, but it i prac- ticable. Their strength can be cal- culated, but safety can be insured only by testing each bulkhead or another bulkhead in the sa-me ship of exactly the same kind. Was Confined To Bed FO FOUR MONTHS RHEUMATISM THE CAXISE DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS CURED HIM Ma W. H. Riley, Rudclell, Sask., writes :--" It is with the greatest of pleasure that I can recommend Doan's Kidney Pills to all suffiring with rheum- atism. I was so bad with this terrible disease, I was unable to get up from my bed for four months, and nothing seemed to relieve me until a friend recommended Doan's Kidney Pills. I had my doubts about them, but was so desperate 1 would try anything suggested to me. After taking half a box I was able to get up, and after taking two boxes could get around quite lira After taking six boxes I was completely cured, and able te tvorle for the first time in five months, and have tiot had a touch of rheumatism sinee. Anyone who saw me then would not kttow me ttow, as 1 arn so strops and active since taking your valuable medi- cine." Doan' s Kidney Pills are 50 cents per box, or 3 boxes for $1.25, at al dealers, • or mailed direct on reeeipt of price by • The T, Milburti Co., Limited, Toronto, • Ottt, Xn ordesiug direct. sPerifY "Doan'S-" It is necessary to review the work of investigators along this line even at the risk of becoming tech- nical. The most scientific treatment of the subject up to its time, was a paper by T. C. Reed, read in 1885 (and there is much in it which ap- plies today) before the Institute lareer and deeper. It seems, there- fore, not unlikely that the rules of the classification society, which were made some years ago, may now need a revision of -larger ships. Prof. Hovgaard continued :—If it is found that the above explanation of the loss of the Republic is sub- stantialle correct, then these rules should be amended where this has not already been done, so as to in- sure the requisite strength of bulk- heads in future vessels, arid the bulkheads of existineb liners should be examined andstrengthened when found necessary. The above warning is clear. And the remainder of Mr. Ilovgaarcl's article, carefully prepared, •pointed out the remedy in unmistakable terms. Whether the bulkheads of the Titanic were tested up to the load water line, or above the load water line, as they should have been to insure stability in a flood - due ultintately to the leakage and breaking down ef the bulkheads. aPPears that the engine room of the Republic, soon after the cols lision, was flooded th a considerable height above the inner bottom. By leakage of the aft engine room balk - head, the water penetrated into the aft portion Of ‘the ship. The ship gradually settled by the stern, and finally, as she was going down, sev- eral crashes were heard below'one after the other, probably due tci the carryieg away of the bulkheads. By a combinatioe of fortunate cir- cumstances there was no loss of life after the collision occurred, but had the sea been rough at the time of the collision, it seems likely that a stronger leakage and an earlier breaking down of the bulkheads might have taken place, in which case the situation would have be- come much more critical, and even the -heroism and devotion of the captain and crew might not then have availed to prevent a great loss of human life. It is, therefore, in the interest of the traveling public as well as the ship owners and rnderwrithrs, that the strength of bulkheads should be made the subject of renewed and thorough inquiry. The dimensions of this class of vessels have increas- ed enormously of recent years, and therewith bulkheads have become of Naval Architects British. It is unnecessary to go into it here but a remark made. by Sir Nathaniel Barnaby, in discussing the paper, is interesting. "Whether the bulkheads are strong enough or not does not a bit matter," he said, "because there are not enough of them, nor do they go high enough, and the ques- tion of whether they are strong enough is. practically not often raised." At that time it was urged that merchant ships should be capable of floating when any one compart- ment was filled with water. (The de- signers •of the Titanic claimed that vessel world float -when any two compartments were flooded.) The• discussion resulted in some important work in England by what is known as the "Bulkhead Com- initte,e." This Committee worked, it, seems, Principally along the lines ed condition, is not a matter. of cif securing greitee water -tight sub- public record. Perhaps they were. division for vessels—i. e., reecon- The point of this article is. to urge mending a greater number of com- public oninion to demand that new partments. vessels and existing vessels , shall They tested bulkheads with a meet such requirements. head of water some distance above Many ships are fitted .with a. the load water line, because they "double -bottom," but this is limit - knew that when a vessel was dam- ed to the bottom of the ships as may aged she would sink deeper in the be noted from the plans of the Ti. water, and that the strain increas- tanic, Olympic, Mauretania and Lu edgreatly with increased depth. sitansa. Although the United States Navy has continued the practice, and al- though the result of the work of the Constructors was published as early as 1898, the builders of merchant vessels including the largest liners do not yet seem to have realized its importance. In Lloyd's rules under which the greatest number of merchant ves- sels are built, "thoroughly revis- ed" for 1910, over ten years after the publication of Mr. Wooclidarcl's and Mr. Smith's papers, we find the following: "In 'all eases the foremost of col- lision bsllsheads is to extend, etc. . . and its water -tightness th be tested by filling the peak tank with water to the height of the load line." "The aftermost engine room bulkhead to extend, etc. . . • The bulkhead to be made water -tight, etc. . . . and its watertightness is to be tested by the alter compartment being filled with water up to the load line." Other requirements then follow for other bulkheads. sine remelts- ing requirements relative to testing bulkheads are in the following wo rda. "All such bulkheads to be talked and made water -tight, and to be tested by water from a hose. if con- sidered necessary by the surveyors to insure they are watertight." Professor William Hovgaard, Prefesser of Naval Design, Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, and formerly a Constructor in the Royal Danish Navy, prebably more than any living man, has sounded the warning of the inadequacy in the strength of bulkheads. I quote from his paper writtdp in 1909 and showing that the sinking of the Star Liner Reputlie was ultimate- ly due th the leaking and breaking down of bulkheads. The problem of the strength of bulkheads has been with us ever since the intrecluetion, hi Steara- ships, • Many different systems of Construction have •been Used, arid several methods of estimating the strength of bellrheads" have- been preposed, bet it tannot be said we have yet reaohed tt eatisfactory sole- tioe. The moist striking evidence of this is pathaps the loss of the White Star Liner Itepublid, whieh, Cargo space is precious, and per- haps for a freighter the custom fol- lowed by naval vessels of extending the double bottom along the sides, to abbve the water line would not be justified, but where the vessel is engaged in carrying passengers there seems th be no justifiable rea- son for unnecessarily jeopardizing their lives by departing from an ex- ample set over fifty years ago by that marvel of her time, the Great Eastern, whose double 'bottom ex- tended above the water line and sue- ceededson one occasion, it is under- stood, in saving this vessel when. a tear of one-seventh of her length occurred in her outer shell. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY Tf INURNATIONAL 141,1SSON, JULY 14. Lessen seed irt the four hinds of soil, IViark 4. 1-20; Golden Tort, James 1. 21. Verse 1. Again—On another OCCa- sion. ' By the sea side—The Sea of Ga- lilee, not far from Capernaare. Entered into a boat—To avoid the jostling of the crowd and thus to make it possible for himeelf to speak. .2. Taught them many things --Con- cerning the nature of the kingdom of heaven. • Parables — The word parable Comes from two Greek words, "para," meaning beside, and "bolo," meaning bo throw or plaee one thing beside another. In nom - most usage it means also a com- parison of things thus placed to- gether, It is used in the Bible with various shades of meaning, all of which involve the idea of compari- son. • 3. Hearken: Behold—A call to attentian, indicating the importance of what is about to be said. . Went forth—Possibly far from his home to a distant field. 4. By the way side—The wayside referred to is the hard trodden path through the grain field. Since doors are so likely to be left open in times of emergency, the importance of preserving thorough- ly intact, without openings, all water -tight bulkheads below the water line can hardly be overesti- mated. Such openings should be limited to absolute necessity and should not be made, as is now the case, as a matter of convenience. The ship's force should be so or- ganized, perhaps at the cost of a few additional men, as to do away with the need for such a largo num- ber of passageways. Such passage- ways should be over the bulkhead instead of through it,even at the cost of some inconvenience. Where means of immediate escape is neces- sary, vertical escape trunks with ladder rungs, similaeto encased ele- vator shafts, should be provided, or else coal bunkers should be util- ized by arranging separate vertical escapes from the bunker. - In 1907 in a, paperr, "Structural Developments in British Merchant Ships,' read before the Naval Are chitect Society in London, J. ros- ter King, in referring th the deuble shell and ether superior qualities of the Great Eastern, remarked : ". . . There seems to be no es- cape front the conclusion that the lessons ,to be derived -front this moturnent .of suceesefal streetural design (the Great Eastern) have not been applied in subsequent prase ' As deplorable aSIS this tardiness and as setieste as has been its re - stilt, it is encouraging to reniember that there is much that can be done Us make veasels; ie feet. as 'well as iri name, s unsinkable'—Clhas. according to various aceettnts Wali Brewer 10 IVIagasane. his trial before Pilate. The birds came and devoured it— In some, of the Western parts of this country where are found the immense grain fields, extending for miles in every direction, it is not unusual in seed tene to see large flocks of' birds, sometimes even of ages of considerable importance. wild geese, following, close behind They hold the heat longer, and also the plow, from which the seed is do not heat so -quickly, hence less scattered ih front of the plowshares tendency to burn on and there is a much longer l and immediately covered by the life ±0 the lining with - turning eoil. These birds are quick out cracking or peeling off. For to discover the grains of seed which convenience in handling the lighter have fallen to one side of the plow. kettles are far preferable, but must crf Jesus be handled more carefully and The picture in the mind was not -the same as this but this , watched more closely. reference to a scene familiar to some The old proverb that .tbo many of the readers of these notes will cooks spoil the dish can be slightly assist in making plain the method changed, as above'and be even of Christ's teaching, which - was te more a,pplicable. There is very take .objects and scenes familiar to great tendency to have too great his hearers and' tise them to illus- heat undersome portions 'of the trate the truths Which he taught. dish and the uneven heat with the thinner dish is more directly re 5. On the rock ground—The slopes flect- te_ ed in the contents of the dish, as of the hillsides about Galilee, it may boil very much harder on one ward which Jesus was looking from side than on the other. This, while his position on the edge of the lake, not making the food as a whole any were in many places rocky ledges hotter by the violence of the boil, with but a, thin covering of loose shows that the kettle at that point earth, These slopes were the first is hotter, and that it will possibly to assume their covering of green commence to burn on if the hat is after the early rains, but were the not reduced slightly. This is especi- first also th become parched and dry after the rainy season had ally the ca,se in using gas or oil . stoves. The excessive heat also passed. 7. Among the thorns—Where the cracks the glazing, and we have a shorter -lived dish than when we are seeds of thorns and thistles had more moderate in the heating. The fallen. A variety of thorns most old, cast iron was so thick that it common in Syria and Palestine was'gave much protection against un - the Nabk of the Arabs. It was of even heat so greatly °affecting either this same variety, doubtless, that the fruits or the cracking of the the crown was woven which Jesus enamel. Asbestos mats are a great was forced to wear at the time of advantage here. POUSEtIOLP PRESRPVING AND CANNING, 1Tome "canning", in glass seems more desirable 'than tin, at first thought and also we eau use. the jars over and over again. When we have oppressive work and little chance to secure fruits at low cost and high quality it is probably of little advantage to now make our own preserves in most lines, but still the woman who is able to save fruits when available and who also has the ability and time to put up her own, winter supply can at least take justifiable pride in the accom- plishment, as- well as have her fruit preserves ofthe quality which will satisfy the palate better than the ordinary grades of laoughten sweets of this kind. One widow of our ac- quaintance has several large, family buyers of her preserves, jellies and marmalades, as well as grape juice, and, as her patrons are recommend- ing her to others and buying year after year at prices which are con- siderably higher .than 'the store goods, it aeems fair to auppose that her preserves are more acceptable than regular trade brands, Surely they have no artificial preservatives in their compoSition. Suitable preserving kettles are a great easing of the work and also essential tie the best results. The heavy cast iron and porcelain lined style of kettle was very popular un- til the lighter stamped sheet gran- ite ware came into general use. The heavy iron ones have some advaaat- Choked it—The thorns being hTo secure quick evaporation and ar- cher, and of more rapid growth, also rapid tteatingeit is best to have . well as .greater in number, absorb - as the dishes broad and, if not shallow, ed all the moisture of the soil and th not fill them very deeply, so that the deeper dish may not necessar- shut out the sunshine, making it impossible for the more bender ily have any more of mateat a risd time than a shallower one. It is sprouts of grain to thrive and grow. well to have several and of differ - 10. Asked of him the parables— ent sizesas we will gain by not Requested him to interpret these to , only haseing different sizes, as two- them- quart, four -quart and six or eight- • 11' Unto you is gFeen the mystery of the kingdom --The quart sizes, but also we can attend Pewer t° un- th more than one dish at once and derstand its deeper hidden means insave time. to dissolve it, 00. to Poil and remove the seum. Put in the cherries and boil fast from throe to five minutes, keeping the fruit under the syrup, aeanwhile have tite jars filled. with warm water, standing on, trivets or folded towel, in a deep pan .of water, and heat gradually to the hailing poirit, When ready to fill thorn turn put the water, skirnout the cooked fruit and fill:jars three- fourths full, Wipe top and put an rubbers, which have been quickly scalded, Let the syrup boil down ,until there is just eriough. to All the jars. Fill to overflowing, run a long silver knife round the jar to remove air bubbles. Add boiling water if syrup runs short, put on the scald- ed covers and Screw tight or turn down the clamp. Remove from the water, wipe? and tighten screw when cold, or invert and see if they are air -tight. Canned Rhubarb.—Cut in inch lengths and can same as cherries, putting in three-quarters of a pound of rhubarb. Scald quickly, fill jars and seal. Rhubarb Canned Without Sugar. —Cut half-inch or inch lengths and fill the jars as full as you .can easily and. then poug in cold water, and seal. Rhubarb Jelly.—This should not be made until late in August or early September. Cut in small piec- es and boil in jelly kettle until a soft pulp, then strain through a jelly bag. For each pint of juice add a pound of sugar, boil and skim when neceseary, and when it jells pour into tumblers. If desir- ed add the juice and boil half the rind of one lemon for each three pints of rhubarb juice. Lemon is such a favorite with many that it seen -is ahnost appropriate to put it, as a slight flavor, with. almost any kind of sweet preserves, using dis- cretion, of course, as well as counting the tastes of yourefaraily as a guide. More or less is a matter of taste, as lemons vary so in size and also in juice as well as Acid. Genuine Old -Style Preserves. — The old rule was a pound of sugar to a pound of fruit. Make a hot syrup by adding a little water to the sugar and letting it boil. If it needs to be clarified you can add, just before it boils, the white ,of an egg beaten lightly with twe table- spoons of -water. As it boils, skim lightly as long as any scum rises. Add the fruit and cook slowly tans til tender. Large fruits should be pared and quartered or halved and small fruitS should be put directly into the boiling syrup and skimmed out when cooked. Boil down the syrup a little, if there is too much, and pour it over the cooked fruit. These preserves should keep without sealing, but if specks of naolel ap- pear, or if there is any tendency to ferment, remove any mold, and scald. Cherry Preserve. — Allow 'ten pounds of sugar to twelve pounds of stoned cherries. Add the sugar to the fruit and let stand over night. In the morning strain off the juice and boil until it begins th thicken. Add the cherries and ceok until it is thick. Keep the preserves in stone jars, and cover with parafined or buttered paper and tie one or two layers of toegh paper over that to protect from dust and insects. g. Them that are without—Those An old silver-plated knife sharp - who have not entered the fellow- ened, so that only the edge will ship of believers. .. bring steel into contact with the 12. That seeing the5; inay see, and fruit juices is desirable; also a not perceive—Mark here expresses sharp -pointed knife for picking out in terneseof purpose what Matthew defects. Wooden spoons with. slots (13. 13) speaks of in terms of result. and also wire and silver spoons are The lesson in either case is that it well to have at hand with scales, a is the receptive attitude of mind hair sieve, a fruiepress and a sil- which makes possible the under- ver nutpick or sharp wooden ske- standing of Christ's teaching, while seer, a granite collander and coarse the refusal to receive the truth re- and fine eheesecloth. sults in inability to appreciate it. The quick sealing kinds which. do 14. The word—The message of the not allow of any metal coming in kingdom. ,, contact with the juices of. the fruits 15. Straightway . . . taketh away are best, and also the wider the the word—Some men are so preoc- mouths, to a reasobable extent, the cupied with their own temporal pur- better. 'For ordinary families the suits and so dulled in their sense of pint jars should be eery numerous, moral distinctions that the mes- and for preserving large fruit whole sage of the kingdom of righteous- the two -quart size is good for large ness and love fails to find any per- families, still the pints and quarts manent lodgment in their mind or are the most ee'nvenient for most heart. •families. . 16. Receive it with joy--Impul- There is an idea that, for preserve- sively accept the statements of ins, .alreost-any fruit which can net truth without realizing their inapli- be used in any other waY can be cations in conduct. used, and it is posiible that many 17. No root in theneselves—Shal- of the poorer grades of boughten low, unstable natures, not indepea- preserves may be, and peobably dent n their convictions. are, made from stale or imperfect i stock, still the beet of the cominer- eostfluicmtb, ide—iseLe9usreagtelclt inbythtehreacpeerasnde- and e cial. canned and 'preserved fruits cutions and difficulties involved. are clean as desirablas 19. The eares of the 'Weeld—Liter- any ,we can Possibly pat tip our- stslyes, as a rule, unless we are ea - ally, the , age,' the coneerns and problems of this present life, mat- Pert's and take nnlimit'ed Pains in ters of besiness and Pleasure, the lireeeesh ' The deceitfulness of riches.—Thie Canned. Cherties.—Use the rue f 't lies in the fact that wealth often as Soon as Prta possible parfeteterrrPcdic,d lcianng. blitids those 'sviso are seeking to ob- Stonesthem o tain it to the higher values of other use three-quarters of a pound of things. To such 14 must. in the end best granulated sugar to each pound prove a disappointrnetti. of fruit, ol Mooed, and for the sweet ^' cher* Willrequire potind fer polled 0,00"fi6tb of the 18,000 students /1,. of Sugar. Onesthird lase svill suf- varieties of cherriee, while a sons' the Univereity of Paris are foreign- ers', • POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Cold politeness never makes warm friends. Pleasures of youth are a misfit in pld age. • The man who sings his own praise seldom gets an encore. One way to avoid spending money foolishly is not to have any. When you are expecting an op- portunity it is sure to miss the boat. Nothing succeeds like the efforts of some people to be disagreeable. Charity appears to cover a mul- titude of sins, but most ef them show through. Yet Solomon in all his glory never wore an opera hat that would open and shut. Did it ever occur to yeis that foul - isle people seem to have a monopoly onEhvaeprypiiohappiness'? Every .has its thorn—and the thorn is still on the job after the rose has withered. - The love of money is said to be the root of all evil—and the ma- jority of us are tireless rooters. When a woman ceases fa" ask her hueband if he loves her it's a sign that she no longer cares whether he does or not. Many a girl makes the mistake of marrying out of a happy home into a boarding hhuse. As a civilization.boostee the bath- ttib has done more' for humanity than all the gues ,ever made. , A baby yells because 8omething worries it, but a college youth yells incense he hasn't any more sense, A viroman is Goldoni able to Ses that there is.a batten missing from her hezbands garments, but shc aiWays knows when there iea,holo iti his pocket. ' THE SUMMER COMPLAINT OF INFANTS - Cholera- infantunt begits with, a yr°, fuse • diarrhMa; the -stoiriach' becoines irritated, and in many casesvomiting and purging set in. The child 'rapidly loses fleto sh, and is soon reduced great langour and prostration. • Cholera itifantum can be quickly cured • by the use of Dr. Vowler's xtract of Wild Strawberry. Mrs, David A, Cleye, land, Apple River, N,$., writes :—"Last September mrs y little boy, four yeaold, and little girl, two years old, were taken one afternoon with vorniting spells, and in a few hours they had cholera infanturn. • I had Dr. rowler'S xtract of Wild Strawberry in the house, and commenced using it; The cholera got so bad the next day, they passed nothing but blood, I kept on using the medicine, and in a few days they were cured. I always Veep', a bottle in the house, as I don't think there is' anything better for summer coMplaint than Dr. Fowler's Uxtract of Wild Straw, berry." - Some dealers may try to sell you something else, but for the good of your child's qbealth, irisist• on having "Dr. Poirrler's." It has been on the market for over sixty -five -years, so you are not using a new and untried remedy. Price 35 cents. Manufactured only by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. CHAMPION LAZY MAN, One Went to Bed at Ten and Got Up Twenty -Nine Years Later. The ."veon.'t works," many ef whose careers of laziness have been revealed in the police courts during • recent years, have achieved sonie remarkable- records • of idleness, says a London 'paper ; but the. case of a gardener Who recently com- mitted sisicide out of sheer disin- clination to go on. working is surely unique. This man did not mind starting a job; but he could never be induced to finish it, and he reminds one of the man about whom the wife res. cently complained to the magis- trate at Wood Green Police Court. She de,seribed her husband as a piece -worker, and it seemed that he only worked on Wednesday, when it was his custom to put in two hours' toil.. ' Another ea.se was that of a ma sentenced to three yeas' penal ser- vitude for. theft. His age was 49, and it was stated that he had only done one day's work in bis life. This was during the taxicab strike, when he wheeled 'a barrow of 'lug- gage from Charing Cross to Eastan. Tliere are at least half a dozen claimants to the title of the laziest man in'England.. A good- first would be the lazy man at Tottenham. Al- though he found it impossible to sleep allele 24 hours of the day, he tried very hard. . He was practically dragged froth his bed to the police court by' his indignant ivife, but • he promptly went back to bed again. when he had been' lectiiked -by the 'magis- trate ancl had paid the penalty 96 his idleness. • Then there was the County Clare man, who went to bed when he was 10 and slid net get up until he was " 39. Then, for isome mysterious rea- son, he began to get iroed. • He rase from his couch in 1997, took to the eteenuous life, and was last heard of escortingra coat truck. • One man, brought up at the Wil- lesden Police Court, charged with sleeping out, actually fell asleep in the dock vshile thc magistrate was pronouncing eentence. ns Another man, who had not work- ed for so long that he had forgotten whether he was, a gardener or a printer, when asked by the magis- trate whether he had anything to say, replied with a drawl, "Hardly worth while," and disappeared with vawrs into the eels below. • Yet another case was that of the male of 59 who, when the policeman said he had never done a day's work in his life, protested. inclignantlY that "he once did a bit of 'oppin'." * -- • HOW DUTCH COLLEQT TAXES, • The. Dutch have.a elelightfelly ori- ginal way Of 'collecting their, taxes, V, after due notice. has, beets given, the .tymnese is nob sent; the authori- ties place one or two hungry min- tiarece the house, to he ledged and maintained at, tho expense of flee if the cherries ate riot ,sioned, the dsfeelter until the amerint of Put the ,sugar; with water enough the tax is paid. WHEN THE LIVER IS INACTIVE CONSTIPATION SOON FOLLOWS' The duty of the liver is to prepare and secrete bile, and serve as a filter to .the blood, clearaMg it of all impurities and oisoris. ' Healthy bile in ,sufficient quantity is Nature's provision • to secure regular action of the bowels, and therefore when the liver is inactive, failing to secrete bile M sufficient quantity, tonstipation soon folloWs. ' • Mr. lIenry Pearce, Owen Sound, Ont, writes:—" Rasing beeo troubled for years With constipation, and trying niafty sa- ddled remedies, whieh did me no goed whate-ver, 1 was persuaded to try 1VI)I,, burst's LaxasLiver Pills. I have found them rrioSt benefieial; they are, indeed, a splendid pill, and I can heartily recoin,, mend them to all sagerieg frotti cotistirie • titm." Milburo's Laxa-Liver 1ilIs art 25 cents per vial, or 5 vials for $1,00, at all dealers, or mailed direst on receipt of price by The 'T. Milburn Co,, Limited, 'Toronto, Oat,