HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1912-8-15, Page 2frO DYSPEPSIA
F ' TEN 'YEARS
COULD NOT KEEP ANYTG ON
HER STOMACH.
Dyspepsia is caused by poor digestion,
and to get rid of this terrible affliction,, it
is necessary to place the stomach in a
good condition. For this purpose Burs
dock Blood Bitters has no equal.
Mrs. Norrnan A. MacLeod, Port Bevis,
l`l`.S., writes:—"For the last ten years I
suffered dreadfully with dyspepsia, at.d I
could not keep anything on my stomach.,
I tried several kinds of medicines, but
none of them seemed to 'do me any good.
At last a friend advised me to try Bun
dock Blood Bitters, which I did, and after
using five bottles I was completely cured.
I would advise any one troubled with
stomach trouble to use B.B.B. I care
not recommend it too highly."
BurdockeBlood Bitters is manufac•
tured only by The T. Milburn Co„
Limited, Toronto,. Ont.
A DANISH WEDDING.
There Are Seldom Fewer Than 50
Guests Present.
The number of invitations varies
according to the means of the
bride's parents„ but there are sel-
dom less than 50 assembled,and
often as many as 150, old and
young. A day or two before the
wedding the various guests send
their gifts, not to the bride, but to
her parents, consisting generally of
contributions toward the expected
feast, and beyond participating in
much revelry and good cheer the
bride and bridegroom do not derive
any benefit. One friend contri-
butes. say, sight pounds of butter
piled high on a platter fringed with
greenery; another a score or two of
eggs or some chickens. A lamb,
joints of beef, or a small cask of
fine old ale follow in quick succes-
sion, and in this way the parents
frequently receive more provender
than can be consumed at the festiv-
ity, and their sole expense consists
of the hiring of plates and dishes
from the nearest stares in the town
where the farmer sells his grain
and buys his wife's groceries and
ribbons.
For months before the wedding
the bride, with her mother and sis-
ters, have been hard at work at the
loom, spinning and weaving all the
linen for the person as well as the
house, which store, together with a
• pair of young horses, a couple of
cows, and a pair of sheep, invaria-
bly form a part of her marriage
outfit. Bridal ornaments are not
heirlooms, as in Norway. The Dan-
ish peasant girl wears a simple
crown of myrtle with her national
costume—varying with the district,
but always charming—and pots of
myrtle are carefully cherished by
girlish hands through the long win-
ters in anticipation of the great
event. Her sole heirloom is the
great oaken dower chest, heavily
clamped and often finely carved,
that holds her goodly store of linen.
At 11 o'clock on the wedding
morning all the guests meet at the
house of the bride, driving up in
carts, and when she is ready the
long procession starts for the
church, headed by two outriders,
who are the "best men." Next fol-
lows a cart containing the band,
comprising three or four brass in-
struments, and the village fiddler.
After them tomes the cart contain-
ing the bride alone, both parents
remaining at home to put the fin-
ishing touches to the festive board,
already spread. Behind the bride
eomes the bxidegreom, also alone.
He sits in the middle of his vehicle,
in all the conscious glory of a new
tall hat and a vast cloak of man
capes, worn even in the summer
time as lending a dignity suitable
to the solemn occasion and as a
mark of distinction. Near the
church children strew fiowers, as
well as near the bride's old home,
where there is also an archway
draped with flags. Returning from
church, the bride and bridegroom
ait together, the band preceding
them, heralding their approach
with gleeful strains. a
VAS .TROUBLED
VIITH MS HEART
HAD TO GIVE UP WORD
Mr. Alfred Male, Eloida, Ont., writes:
"I was troubled with my heart for two
or three years. I thought sometimes
that I would die. I went to the doctor,
and he said he could not do anything
for me. I had to give up work. My
wife persuaded me to try Milburn's
Heart and Nerve Pills. The first box
relieved me,. so I kept on until I had
taken seven boxes, and they cured me.
I would not be without thein on any
account, as they are worth their weight
in gold. I advise'my friends and neigh-
bors who are trpubled with heart or
nerve trouble to :try them,"
To any of those suffering from heart
or nerve trouble we tau recommend our
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills with
the greatest confidence.
Price 50 cents per box, or 3 boxes for
$1.25: If your dealer does not have
theta in stock, send air set to The T.
Milburn. Co, Limited, • 'Tomato, Ont.
WINTER PRESERVES.
. _ Raspherry liineglur.--•Place three
pounds raspberries `in • a • jar. and
heat them thoroughly to extract all
the juices, strain this, and add one
quart of the best white vinegar,
Ada one poundsugar to every pint
of liquid and simmer gently for 20
minutes to half an hour. Bottle
and use as required,
Pickled 'Walnuts. -Make a brine
with one gallon of water and three
pounds salt. Prick the young wal-
nuts and place them in the brine.
Leave them in this for nine days,
changing the brine every three
days. After the vninth day place
them on a tray in the sun to dry,
when they will turn black. Place
them in jars when quite dry. Boil
one quart of vinegar with one
ounce whole black pepper, one-half
ounce allspice, one ounce bruised
ginger for 10 minutes. Strain and
add it to the walnuts. Tie down
ready for use in winter.
Chutney.—Take one pound each
of apples, gooseberries, tomatoes,
figs and raisins. Pass these through
a mincing machine, add one quart
ofvinegar, two pounds sugar, one-
quarter pound salt, one ounce gin-
ger, two ounces garlic and one-
quartel ounce red pepper; plane
all in a pan and boil for an hour—
bottle and use. Crab-apples make
excellent chutney.
Canning Tomatoes._Scald and
remove the skins fro mthe toma-
toes, cutout thecoreand hard
parts; put the tomatoes into a por-
celain -lined kettle and bring to
boiling point. To each quart add
a teaspoonful of salt, fill the jars,
stand them in the cannery and pro-
cess for 30 minutes. Be careful to
sterilize the rubbers and lids before
sealing the jars by immersing them
in boiling water. Never use a jar
that cannot be hermetically sealed.
Covering Apple Jelly with Melt-
ed Paraffin.—Wash and wipe fruit.
Remove the stems ; cut in pieces, put
in preserving kettle, nearly pover
with cold water ; cook very slowly
until apples are tender. Pour in-
to a hot jelly bag and drain thor-
oughly, but do not squeeze. Mea-
sure the juice, allow one pound of
sugar to every pint of juice. Boil
the juice for half an hour; add the
sugar, which has been heated on a
platter in the oven ; stir until the
sugar is dissolved-; boil for eight
minutes or until it jellies. Skins
when necessary. Pour the jelly in-
to glasses; let stand until `firm and.
pour melted paraffin over the top
of each glass; then cover with paper
cover. Keep all jellies in a cool,
dry, dark pfaee.
USING TTP FATS.
Fats that are derived from the
cooking of bacon, ham, chicken,
beef and other meats should be
kept, each in its own receptacle, to
be used for different purposes.
Home rendering of both suet and
leaf lard has its ,advantages, be-
cause the -product is generally su-
perior to what can be bought for
the same price.
Both suet and leaf lard require
cooking in order to loosen the fat
from the tougher membrane that
holds it. For this purpose the ma-
terial is cut in small pieces and
covered with water and allowed to
cook slowly for some time until no
more water remains.
A better method for suet is that
used by German housewives, who
economize on butter by the use of
beef fat more than do Canadian
housekeepers. The suet is cut in
small pieces and covered with
water, in which it is allowed to
soak for a day, the water being
changed once in the time. It is then
drained, the scrap has turned .to a
light brown, and put into an iron
kettle with one-half teacup of
skimmed milk to every pound of the
suet.- It should be cooked very
slowly until the sound of boiling en-
tirely ceases.
When it has partly cooled it
should be carefully poured off. This
fat has no unpleasant taste or odor,
and in many recipes may be substi-
tuted for part of the butter. Some
cooks add a pound of deaf lard to
four or five of the suet; this makes
a softer fat, as lard has a lower
melting paint than beef fat.
An old-fashioned method of clari-
fying fat from the soup kettle, or
from cooked meats, so that it may
be used in the kitchen, is to add
the cold fat to a liberal ernantity of
cold water, then heat slowly and
let cook for an hour or more. When
cold, the cake of fat is removed and
the lower portion, -which will con-
tain the small particles of meat,
etc., should be scraped away and
the- white, clean fat saved. If the
flavor or Color of both are not satis-
fastory the process may be repeat-
ed several times. Another method
which isoften recommended - is to
cook a number of slices of raw po-
tato in the boiling flat.
When an ice chest is used, fat in
Ismail quantities may be easily kept
sweet for cooking purposes. If lard
is rendered at home in quantity
sufficient for a long time, it should:
be kept covered in tins or earthen
laic, in a cool, dry platee, as in a.
cellar or storeroom,
RICE AND LETTUCE.
A usual combination of special
food value is cold boiled rice heap-
ed on cross or lettuce, In the cen-
tre of the rice put some slices of
pickled red beets and sprinkle the
whole with chopped olives before
adding the completing tough of a
rich mayonnaise.
Or turn out little molds of cold
boiled spinach upon cress or lettuce,
decorating with slices of hard-boiled
eggs and -.olives.
Whore lettuce alone is at hand
vary the dressing instead of the
principal ingredient, Combine for
the sauce half a eup of cream, the
yolks of twd eggs, a dozen capers
and four teaspoonfuls of tarragon
vinegar. Beat thoroughly and pour
over the lettuce, tossing the latter
with a fork to mix the sauce thor-
oughly through.. •
A salad that the men folk will re-
joice in --that sex as a rule being
partial to onion—is made in this
way : Half a dozen sweet green pep-
pers, with the seeds removed in the
usual way,and one large Bermu-
da onion, all of these minced fine
by passing them through a meat.
chopper. Add salt, pepper, French
mustard, a cup of olive oil and the
juice of one lemon, in which a one -
inch piece of preserved ginger has
been minced very fine. Serve on
lettuce, very cold. - .
The basis of many a tasty salad is
cream cheese, one recipe applying
to it being as follows : Chop very
fine some olives and green peppers;
combine with the -cheese, using
enough cream to arrive at an agree-
able smoothness, and serve on cress
or lettucewhich has been dipped in
French dressing.
Or chopped olives and pickles can
be stirred into the cheese in the
same way.
ROPE HORSESHOES.
Row the Germans Provide for Safe-
ty in the Streets.
Owing to the rapid increase • in
the mileage of streets paved with
asphalt and wood blocks and to the
congestion of traffic in the large
cities, it was found necessary to
afford greater safety for horses, to
prevent their -slipping and to enable
them to come to a quick stop. This
bas been attained by fitting them
with `-`rope" horseshoes. - These
shoes were first_ manufactured some
25 years ago. but it is only during
the last decade that the industry
has grown to large proportions.
Various forms and shapes • of
shoes are used. Some are open at
the back, like an ordinary horse-
shoe. Others are closed; and often,
besides being closed there is a
bridge or crosspiece joining the two
sides. When this is the case the
bridge is constructed like the rest
of the shoe, inclosing a tarred rope.
There are usually eight nail holes in
each shoe; and in order to strength-
en the bottom, and especially to
make the nail holes more secure,
the walls of the groove. are some-
times reinforced by braces. The
space in the centre of the shoe is
often covered over with various
kinds of inserts to protect the frog
from injury. The latest novelty,
which has been adopted by the Roy-
al stables, is the insertion at the
back of the shoe of a block of wood
into which stiff bristles have been
driven. This is an additional pre-
ventive again slipping. When the
ground is covered with snow a spe-
cial ice plate is inserted in its,
stead.
It is customary to use special
nails with long heads in attaching
the - hoes to the hoof. When the
long-headed nails are used, it is
possible to drive them in and to ex-
tract them witheut taking out the
rope. These nails, which are
driven between the outer side of
the groove and the tarred rope, also
help to hold in the rope: The tarred
rope .wears down simultaneously
with the •rest of the shoe, and it is
only on rare occasions that the rope
must be withdrawn and new insert-
ed. This change can be- made with-
out removing the shoe.. The -aver-
age life of a rope horseshoe is six to
eight weeks.
The advantages and disadvan-
tages of the rope shoes .can be sum-
marized as follows :—Advantages—
They are light and comfortable for
the horse; they help to- prevent
slipping; they break the concnssinn
and deaden the sound of the hoop.
Disadva•etages=-The driving of the
nails requires more care; the black-
smith must have in stack a larger
qua -city d shoes of various shapes
and sizes. Great ears has to be
taken in the preparation of rope
horse shoes not to overheat the iron
nor to hammer it when. too cold,
otherwise it will crack on the an-.
vil. •
In addition to thelain tarred
1 par
rope horseshoes there are shoes in
which rope interwoven with wire,
wood, - ruhber, 'copper, wirework,
rush. etc.,' is used. " These are
heavier, somewhat more exenneive;
and lens practical then tha plain
rope shoes, and therefore have not
become so well .established.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY POISONING FROM OVERWORK
INTERNATIONAL LES SOISfs
AU(UUb.a 18.
Lesson VII. -The ruler's. daughter,
Mark 5. 21443.. Goldesn
• Text„ Mark 5. 41,• '
Verse 21. • Crossed over again -
Immediately after healing the de-
moniac on the eastern shore of the
Lake of Galilee, Jesus and his dis-
ciples returned to the western
shore, Mark, in characteristic
fashion, interweaves the incident of
healing into his narrative. Re does
not follow the chronology given in
Matthew 9. 1-18, but seems to se-
lect incidents which he considers of
great importance.
22. Falleth at his feet—Though .a
distinguished citizen and of digni-
fied social position, his parent grief
brought him in self -humiliation to
the feet of Jesus,
23. My little daughter—Accord-
ing to Luke 8, 42, an only.daufh-
ter,
At the point of death—Luke re-
cords that she "was dying.'.! t•
24. Thronged him—Crowded close
about him.
The narratives is interrupted at
this point by the incident of the
healing of the woman with an is-
sue of blood, verses 25 to 34. • Al-
though Jairus's case was urgent,
Jesus took time to honor - the faith
of the woman who touched his
garment. However, the interrup-
tion has the literary value of 'sus-
taining and ointensifying the inter-
est in the main: narrative.
35. While, he yet speke-To the
woman who touched his garment.
Why troublest thou ?—This may
represent a subtle effort off, this
part of Jairus's aristocratic friends
to have nothing further to do with
the Galilaean peasant. It is more
likely, however, that the question
was the result of their belief that
the child was past restoration and
further solicitation would cause
Jesus useless trouble. -
36. Not heeding the word—Or;
overhearing. Jesus overheard what
was not addressed to him and paid,
no attention to it.
Fear not, only believe—An exhor-
tation to steady, unwavering faith
in the face of the aparently greater
difficulty, Here, as in many other
places, faith is represented as the
condition upon which the miracle
is to be effected. In other instanc-
es, such as the healing of the wo-
man with gal issue of blood (verses
25-34), the condition of the healing
is personal faith" Ip this instance
it is substantial faith. The child is
dead,' so that she has no power to
believe, but the father's faith is ac-
cepted as sufficient ground for re-
storation of her life. -
37. Peter, and James, and John
—Jesus's "inner. circle" of friends
who were, with him at. the trans-
figuration (Mark 9. 2) and in Geth-
semane (14. 33). Only the three dis-
ciples were taken, that the strictest
secrecy might be maintained con-
cerning this unusual miracle. It
had been the habit of Jesus on
numerous occasions to enjoin sec-
recy in regard to his miracles, lis
object being to avoid as much as
possible the unwelcome notoriety
which they produced. Yet he de-
sired that some of the disciples
should hae the benefit of such a
lesson.
38. Weeping and wailing greatly
—The lamentation of hired mourn-
ers, the number and commotion of
which had increased:: to meet the
requirements of the -family's social
standing.
39. Not dead, but sleepeth—Sleep.
was a common symbol of death. The
statement did not in any sepse de-
tract from the reality of death.
Jesus tittered it in the conscious-
ness that he would raise the child
to -life again.
40. Laughed him to scorn The
conduct of the hired mourners, who
knew the girl to be dead.
Put them all - forth -Except the.
five mentioned.
41. Talitha cuini—The actual Ara-
maic words which Jesus spoke,
meaning "Maiden, arise." Re-
corded only by Mark. •
42. Straightway The return to
life was effected instantly.
43. No man should. know •— The
report of such a miracle would so
increase the popularity of Jesus
among the people and create a cor-
responding hatred among the'Jew-
ish
Jew-ish leaders as fo hinder the more
important work of teaching the
principles of the Kingdom.
ANCIENTS USE PETROLEUM.
The petroleum industry, which -
has made suchgreet advances: dur-
ing the last fifty years, deals witha
product which has been known in
other lands froth. earliest days. In
China it was -used long before his-
tory was first written. The famous
petroleum springs near Baku on
the western shore of the Caspian
NEW DEFENCE FOR STIORTER
nouns.
A 'fired Person is Poisouetl- by
Waste Products of lI s
Own Hotly.
During the last century, while
many who have seen the practical
results of overwork in •industry,. and
year after year sought a legal re-
medy, men of various sciences have
unknown to them been studying
the same phenomena in the labora-
•ry, Physiologists, chemists, bac-
teriologists and psychologists have
contributed to this study-. It is the
facts brought out by such investi-
gations, which,as, presented by
Louis. D. Brandeis and Miss Gold -
mark, have afforded a powerful and
successful argument before the fed
eral supreme court for upholding
state legislation regulating health
conditions in industry. -
A tired person is literally and ac-
tually a poisoned person—poisoned
iby. his own waste products, Bu
so marvelously is the body con-
structed that, like a running
stream, it purifies itself and during
repose the cast-off impurities are
normally burned up by the :oxygen
brought, by the blood, excreted by
the kidneys, destroyed in the liver,
or eliminated from the body
through, the lungs. So rest repairs
fatigue.
This balance is kept true and fa-
tigue is repaired just as long as it.
remains within physiological limits;
that is, as long as activity is bal-
anced by repose, the obnoxious pro-
ducts of activity are more quickly
eliminated and tissue is rebuilt.
The physiological normal phenome-
non of fatigue becomes pathologi-
cal or abnormal exhaustion, as soon
as the balance between rest and fa-
tigue is destroyed:
DIE FROM POISONING.
In extreme instances, as when
hunted animals drop dead in the
chase, they die not from overstrain
of any particular organ, such as
the heart, but from sheer chemical
poisoning due to the unexpelled
waste matter of fatigue.
But the laws of fatigue furnish
a scientific basis•for legislation and
an explanation of the effect of over-
work on health, output and pro-
duction. This is the more import-
ant because regulation of the length
of working hours has been so bit-
terly opposed by those who fear
that the lessening of the hours of
labor means a corresponding eco-
nomic loss. From the first ,.dawn
of protective legislation in England
over a century ago to the present
day the rallying cry for the most di=
verse -minded opponents of legisla-
tion has been the threatened ruin
of industry and manufactures. Yet
the unconscious: consensus of tes-
timony from -various states and
countries -on the economic benefits
of the short day, recorded in 'offici-.
al and unofficial documents, is in
itsturn as impressive as we found
the unanimity of evidence -on the
physical effects of the long day.
The essential injury of overtime
is due to what has been graphically
proved by the ergograph that ef-
fort increases with fatigue, that
work continued after fatigue has
set in requires so much' more sub-
sequent time for recuperation. But
during a rush or overtime season
such time for recuperation is neces-
sarily lacking. The girl who is,kept.
in the great department stores un-
til 10, 11 or 12 o'clock at night dur-
ing one- or two frenzied weeks be-
fore the holiday which. heralds
THE REIGN OF PEACE;
the girl who works at fever heat all
evening stitching shirtwaists in..
January for the spring, trade, is
not relieved from the ncessity of
reporting for work at 7 or 8:o'clock
the next morning. She comes to
Work unprepa-ied and .with each
day of overtime- accumulated fa-
tigue necessarily grows.
In theory the requirement of
overtime is supposed to be balanc-
ed by the slack • period: which often
follows. A short period of over-
exertion is assumed to be compen-
sated by a subsequent let-up. But
the s -k ek period which often follows
overtime does not give the .suppos-
ed opportunity for leisure and re-
cuperation. . It' is itself a season
of deprivation. For slack,_' work
means slack pay, with a consequent
loss rather than gain in opportuni-
ties for recuperation.
Yet, so far as the overworked are
concerned, all these causes of dis-
tYess might be removed -wages,
food, housing and sanitation, all be
raised to; a higher level --and yet
the essential pause of :. breakdown
would be untouched so long as the
few extra hours of work remain, as
our :supposed critics, would call
them. The shorter workday and
relief from overstrain are not in
themselves the cure for the His we
sea have been known from the ear- have :considered, but they are the
Best times, Anti uarians sa that sine qua non without -which no other
q y
Pliny and Herodottt>ixr 'each knew cure is possible or conceivable. Just
or had heard of petroleum, because a fatigued person is a poi-
•
DR. FILED.. TORRAN CF
Who has-- been: appointed Veter-
inary Director -General for Canada
in place of Dr, J. ,G. Rutherford;
sorted person, poisoned by the ac-
cumulation of his own waste' pro-
"d'ttets,..nothing can fandamenta;lly
cure the exhausted workers which
does not eliminate the cause for
such accumulated poisoning.
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SALVAGE MONEY.
Some Rich Prizes~ Found on the
«, Deep Blue Sea.
The owners, officers, and crew of
any ship that rescues another at sea
from a perilous position are • en-
titled by law to receive salvage
money for doing so.. All European
nations observe thislaw.
The amount of salvage money re-
ceived for rescuing a disabled ship
depends partly upon the value of
the rescued ship's cargo, and partly
on the' extent of the risks run by
the rescuers in salving the disabled
vessel.
As a. general rule,a fifth of the
value of the cargo - is paid by the
owners of the rescued ship, but
from time to time as much as half
the value of the salved cargo has
been paid. -
Some years ago it fell to the lot
of a little Bristol tramp named the
Teacher, to rescue, at great risk
to herself and her crew, a Russian
liner, which had broken her pro-
peller when within ten miles of
Manukau Bar, on the West .' Joast
of New Zealand. The Russia -2i ship
was in a most perilious position
when the Teacher came to her res-
cue; she was drifting on to the dan-
gerous bar, and would certainly
have been wrecked but for the time-
ly arrival of the Teacher, which took
her in tow and brought her safely
to port, where she was able to get
fitted with a new propeller.
The Russian ship had $300,000 in
specie on board. The Teacher's
captain—who was also her owner—
demanded $150,000 for sawing this
valuable cargo, and, after some
litigation in the Russian courts, he
was awarded $75,000. Under ,the
award each of the crew, of whom
there were six, took $3,500 of the
sum. allowed. This was one of the
biggest hauls ever taken in the way
of salvage money.
. Another big haul was made by .a
small Spanish tramp. She rescued
an • English. cattle -ship named the
Barking, which had on board some
tons of cable wires, and became 'dis-
abled in raid -ocean through the
smashing of her steering -gear. The
Spanish tramp towed. the Barking
into' Southampton; the owners' of
the. La Manta subsequently sent in
a little bill for $25,000 to the own-
ers of the Barking, which:•was paid..:
Each of the crew received $500.
Sometimes the captain of a rescu-
ing steamer goea to theescue of a
disabled" ship to make a bargain
with the captain of the latter that a
certain spm will be paid him—or
his owner=in the way of salvage
money, and a much bigger sum, is
sometimes secured in this way by
a rescuing ship - than would be
awarded her owners, officers, and
crewin•court; but, on - the other
hand, if an agreement of this sort
is entered into,' the circumstances
it which the captain of the disabled
ship has : no choice but to accept
may be set aside - if the , matter
comes into court. -
This ' was done some years ago,
when the captain of a ` German
steamer demanded $20,000 from the
captain of an English steamer,
named the Eagle. which had
groundedon a re-ef near Aden, in
the Red Sea, The Eagle had been
on the'reef for three days, and it
s
Was certain that, if he remans
d
there another day, she would be
come a total wreck. She was carry- ,
in silver specie to the value of
$00,000, which fact, when it became.
known. to the captain of the German,
steamer, made him demand the big
sum of $0,000 for getting the
Eagle off the reef and towing her
to Aden.
Litigation ensued' over the matter
subsequentl' and the . Gorman
tramp was awarded exactly half the
sunt her captain had forced the cap-
tain of.tbe Eagle to agree to.
MPORTANT
WR1I1G !
THE, ONLY GENUINE AND
ORIGINAL EXTRACT OF
ILD STRAWBERRY
�6 Dr. Fowler's "
This grand remedy has been on the
market for sixty-five years, and is, with.
out a doubt, the best medicine known
for the cure of
DIABBRH A, DYSENTERY, COLIC; s.
CRAMPS, PAIN in the STOMACH, •
CHOLERA. MORBUS, CHOLERA.
INPANT17M, and ALL SUMMER
COMPLAINIsp.
If an unscrupulous druggist tries to •
talk youinto taking any other prepara-
tion'when you ask for" Dr. Fowler's!'
refuse to take it, and insist on getting
what you ask for. Price 85 cents per
bottle. ;i See, that the name, The T.
Milburn Co., Limited, is on the,wrapper,
as we are the manufacturers and polo
proprietors.
OFFICIAL TOBACCO TESTERS. •
Men ,Who Earn Living by Smoking
All Day.
In the French Ministry :of Fin-
ance there is a glass of official
whose activity is little known to the
outer world. These men are the of-
ficial tobacco testers, and they pass
judgment on every kind of tobacco
manufactured in France.
They consist of a chairman and
five assistants, and from morning
to evening they have nothing to de
but smoke cigars, cigarettes and
pipes, in order to arrive at an esti-
mate
stimate of the different kinds of to-
bacco submitted to them.
It is notonly the products of home
industry that come .before them for
judgment, but bite cigars and cigar-
ettes that are sold in France have
also to make their appeal to the
decision of their palate, and the ••
pleasantest part of the day's work
comes when it falls to their lot to
test the high priced Havana cigars
sold by the State. •
The officials who undertake this
difficult and responsible duty are
ex-inspee„tors of tobacco manufac-
tories, who have passed a certain
number: of years in the State's ser-
vice and have given proof of their
capability for this peculiar kind of
work. Their by no means light duty
consists in smoking from 9 in the.
morning to 5 -in the evening, and
very often it is by no means the
best kinds o ftobaeco with which
they have to deal. The injurious
influence of this tobacco debauch,
which "produces dryness of . the
mouth and throat, and might easily
lead to nicotine poisoning, they en-
deavor to combat by drinking great
quantities of black coffee, which
acts as an antidote to the effects of
the nicotine imbibed. And it is
only bleak coffee that renders it
possible for them to distinguish be-
tween and estimate the value of the
various_ kinds of strong tobacco.
The danger run by these valiant
officials can est be gauged by re-
membering highly
memberin te' hi hl -poisonous
character of nicotine, as brought
out especially by the experience of
a Croatian in the Crirngar 'war, •
who, on finding a snake in a wall, •
knocked ..the bowl off his
chibouk and plunged the ,end
into its - mouth, with • the
result that it fell dead at his, feet
as stiff as a piece of iron.
During the Lastseven years the
farming population of New South
Wales has increased by 7,000 peo-
ple.
Anything .you get for nothing is
usually worth a little less.
p
man ever practised
Perhaps no
all he preached, but thio is not a
final, argument against preaebing.
Had indigestion,
Stir Stomach and
Severe Headaches,
FOR OVER A YEAR -
Mr. W, Moore, 132 Lisgar St,, ToronL.,.
Ont., w ices:—"After . having
t,Wstomas
'i� +.•�
toublith indigestion, sour stoma -,
and severe headaches for over 'a yet - .
was deduced to fry Milburn's Laxa-Li • t.
Pills. O.ie vian greatly benefitted
case, and three vials completely cure
me. ' 1 can heartily recopitnend them :o
any one suffering from stomach: or liver -
trouble."
- Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills .stimulate:
the sluggish liver, clean the coated.
tongue, and retnoye all waste and poison-•
ons matter from the system.
price, 25 carts per vial, or\5 vials for
$1.00, ata
all dealers or mailed direct on.
receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co,.,
T,irnited, Toronto, Ont.