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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-7-22, Page 7Entire Family Stricken ith Cholera. Youngest Child Bled. The chief symptoms of cholera are vomiting, and purging occurs either simultaneously or alternately, and are usually sudden and very violent, and *e matter ejected by the stomach has L bilious appearance and a nasty bitter taste. On the first symptom appearing Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry should betaken, and the trouble cured. Mrs. E. Slade, 376 Logan Ave., Toronto, Ont., writes: "When, I first arrived in Canada, nearly four years ago, my entire family was stricken with cholera, front which the youngest child died. Soon after a friend recommended Dr. B'owler's Extract of Wild Strawberry, and acting on this advice I administered it to all who were suffering, with the most gratifying results. Since that first at- tack my children have been subject to stomach troubles, but on the first symptoms I resort to "Dr. rowler's," and it always brings relief. I have immense faith in this medicine, and always keep a battle on hand. Also 1 'lever fail to recommend it to anyone who is similarly troubled." When you ask for "Dr. howler's" sec that you get it, It has been on the market for the past 70 years., There is nothing "just as good." Manufactured by The T. Milburn Ca., Limited, Toronto, Ont. Price, 315 cents. Villages Grow About Trades. A peculiar form of Russian life is the occurrence of villages devoted to a particular branch of trade. Each village, each district, each province has some special occupation. Thus one province is noted for the manu- facture of axes, in another the inha- bitants are all engaged in cutting wood for fuel, in another they are all market gardeners and fruit growers. In • some parts of the empire the people all live in villages or towns, there being no solitary dwellings. Among the people of wealth and the nobility there is, of course, much leis- ure time and much of it is spent in card playing, attending balls and ban- quets. Card playing :teems to be the most fashionable amt,,sement. As in many of the countries of Europe, much of the buying and sell- ing is done at fairs where the people for miles around assemble,to buy and to sell in the order of the day. These occasions relieve the monotony of the life of the lower classes. Not many years ago the peasants were all serfs. Though they were . not slaves, they belonged to the land on which they lived. They could only be sold as the land exchanged proprietors. Since '>fhe empert gave them their freedom a laborer gets 40 cents a day for his work, and a mechanic 80 cents. They pay from 8 to 12 cents a pound for beef and other articles in proportion. Cabbage soup with black bread gen- erally mad of rye and a limited am- ount of meat constitutes the principal food of the lower classes. A Pretty Episode of War. Pierre Loti, the French author, gives in L'Illustration a picturesque account of his experiences in "going to the front." The Boston Tran- script has a translation of the arti- cle. This incident is taken from it: "There were also villagers who journeyed with he soldiers along this crowded highway. I remember one very pretty peasant woman who, in the midst of the English commissary wagons, was dragging, by means of a .cord, a little wagon that contained two sleeping babies. She was toiling, for the ascent was steep at that point. A handsome Scotch sergeant, who was smoking a cigarette, seated the while with his legs hanging from the near- est wagon, said to her in the sign langur gc, 'Pass me your end of the cord.' She understood, and accepted with a gentle, confused smile. "The Scotsman wound the frail cable about his left arm, keeping his right hand free for smoking;; and it was he who guided thetwo babes of France, whose little carriage the truck dragged like a feather." der Nerves r'� ere So Bad .- Thought She Would � Go Gut® Her Mind, Mrs. Holies l nox, 45 Harding St„ St. Yohn, N.B., writes: "I suffered greatly with my nerves, I could not sleep at night, nor work, and the least little thing worked on my mind and bothered We. Last winter I thought I would go out of tn'y mind, I would 'screech out, and limy slather really thought I was going crazy withmy nerves. It was so terrible go to t: toe #o o0 nl 50c den /Toronto, Ont, 'usewife i'3'onier Seasonable Dishes. Codfish Cutlets -Prepare shredded codfish as for codfish balls, shape in flat cutlets, dip in egg and crumbs, and fry in deep fat. Date Jelly -Stew dates until tender, remove the stones, put in a mold and pour over them liquid lemon jelly. Chill and serve with whipped cream. Halibut Rabbit -Sprinkle two .slices of fresh halibut with salt and pepper and melted butter, and broil until brown on both sides. Pour over it hot welsh rabbit. Eggplant -Peel eggplant, cut in slices and lay . in well salted water for an hour. Wipe dry. Dip in flour or meal and fry on both sides. Allow 15 minutes for cooking. The slices can be egged and crumbed before frying and are nicer than when they are merely floured. Waffles -Put two cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful baking powder and half teaspoonful salt into a mixing bowl. Add three eggs and butter the size of an egg. After you have sift- ed the flour make in small cakes and bake slowly on a griddle. Brown well on one side and then on the other. Chicken, Southern Style -Clean and soak chicken in cold water. Cut in halves. Dredge in flour and lay in pan greased well with cooking butter. While the chicken is cooking make some corn fritters, using canned corn. Season with salt and pepper and cover with flour, enough to hold the corn together. Fry in the same pan with chicken. Put in thin strips of bacon; this will give a delicious flavor to the meat. Serve the chicken on in- dividual meat plates, allowing half chicken to a person. Garnish the plate with a fritter and a slice of bacon. Spinach -Pick a peck of spinach carefully and let it stand in cold wa- ter for an hour or two. Put in boiling salted water and let boil until tender. Take up in a colander that it may drain perfectly. Put in a hot dish with a piece of butter the size of an egg. Add half teaspoonful salt and a little vinegar. Stir well. Chop the spinach fine and add the dressing. You can add a small cupful of cream if you like. Cucumbers in Brown Gravy -Pre- pare half a dozen medium size cucumbers. Cut in thick slices and put in ice water. Let stand half hour and drain. Simmer in unseasoned beef stock until tender. Scoop out the cu- cumbers and lay in a vegetable dish. Cook one tablespoonful flour in a tablespoonful butter. Add the stock and stir until thick and smooth. Sea- sonwith salt and pour the sauce over the cucumbers. Useful Hints. A roast of veal will be greatly im- proved if it is larded; this prevents itbeing dry and tasteless when cook- ed. The secret of making popovers that really "pop" is to have the pans sizzling hot when the batter is poured into them. One who has noted it carefully says that the meat from a seven -pound fowl will make a quart, cut up, for salad. To brighten brass curtain rings which have become dull, soak them in paraffin oil for twenty-four hours. Then polish with a chamois leather. In place of a tape loop at the end of a kitchentowel work a large eye- let hole. This will be found strong- er and more lasting, as it cannot come off like the loop. The best iron stand is a brick. It is a non-conductor of heat, and far preferable on that account to the most elaborate open stand. Ink stains can be removed from oak furniture by rubbing a little spirits of wine into them, allowing it to remain on for a little time, and then polishing. - Gingerbread is made doubly good by the addition of a few spoonfuls of grated chocolate before baking. This makes it richer and does not affect the flavor. Soap is very apt to turn white paint yellow. For cleaning, use warm water to which a little kerosene has been added; this will remove most persistent stains. If, before putting the loaf of gra- ham bread into the oven, you dip a spoon in water and pat the top of the bread with it, the bread will not have a hard and ragged crust. Reduce labor by simplifying duties, not by shirking them. Furnish houses with objects of beauty, but let them be few in number. Curtail the elaboration of meals without de- creasing either perfection of service or food value. It oughtto be more generally known that wheat flour is probably the best possible article to throw a fire ,caused by the spilling or ng of kerosene oil. Flour is always within convenient spiration stains may be removed the arms of white woolen or resses by sponging with warm , to which ammonia has been , and then with clear water. y, press the sponged parts be- they are quite dry. he openinn on the porch where a drop screen i5 needed is very wide it is often more practical to use two narrow screens, rather than one full size -more practical because they are not so heavy to draw up and down. When the bottom crust of a loaf is so overbaked as to be uneatable re- move the hard part of it, eut into thin narrow strips, and these throw into soup a moment or so before serving. However brown they are really a palatable addition, GERMANY AND HER HATREDS. The Italians Out of Favor Now, Es- pecially Among the Bavarians. Germany today has so many hat- reds to cater forso many enemies to damn, that she is no longer equal to the task, and there are many signs that would tend to indicate a more sober spirit is taking the place of the "Gott strafe" fever, says the London Times. German public opinion is at the presen moment the most inarticu- late in Europe, the people have never been permitted to think politically, and international politics are for the great majority a closed book. But each day reveals more outspoken criti- cism of Germany's foreign policy, and the man in the street is faintly be- ginning to realize that there must be a wide gulf between German "right" and that of other peoples. I must be acknowledged that there seems to be a well-defined cleavage in the sentiment and opinion of the Ger- man people on the Italian question. The Prussians in general feel that this new war is no concern of theirs. In Berlin I heard it said in January that by her geographical position, if not for ulterior motives, Italy was destined sooner or later to break away from her former allies; and, though the public is fed with all manner of arguments, from those of the Imperial Chancellor down to those of the va- riety artist, to prove Italian "Machi- avellianism" and disloyalty, it has had little effect in arousing enthusiasm or interest. On the other hand, in Bavaria there appears to be marked enthusiasm for this new war. It must be remembered that the Bavarians claim an overlord - ship at least over the public opinion of Tyrol. It is the Bavarians who in the past have stoutly vindicated the rights of the German party in this Austrian province, and it is from Munich that the Germanizing efforts in the Trentino were directed. In fact, I found many who advocated the advisability, nay, who even spoke with conviction of the necessity of Bavaria's acquiring the northern por- ion of Tyrol in case Italy should se- cure the southern part, "the Tren- tino," in return for neutrality. Now that there is war the Bavarians would appear to have thrown themselves wholeheartedly into the struggle and made the conflict their own. In fact, the "easy-going" Bavarian seems to have retained more belligerent ardor, more of a war -like spirit, than other members of, the empire. It is beyond question that Bavarian losses have been very great. The smaller towns and villages are swept clean of men capable of bearing arms. I saw few- er men in Bavaria than in any other section of the country, yet I found there a more war -like enthusiasm than elsewhere. That Italy's attitude has been an important contributory cause cannot be doubted. Needles OId as Civilization. Needles were no doubt contempora- neous with the very beginning of civi- zation, as they were necessary for the fashioning of even the rudest skin garments. In their earliest form they were probably only strong thorns or splinters of wood, bone or stone, for puncturing holes through which to draw the thread. The next step was to make an eye in the splinter, that it might carry the thread at the same time that it pierced the skin, and some very finely finished and polished needles have been found in prehistoric remains. Bronze needles have been found in Egyptian tombs that muse have been made several thousand years before the Christian era, and similar imple- ments ;are known to have been in use by the Chinese, Hindus, Chaldeans, Assyrians and other ancient nations at very early periods in their history. The steel needle is believed to have been first made in Europe as early as the fourteenth century. Pins are also of very ancient manu- facture. They were made at first of ivory, bone or wood splints, but bronze pins are found in Egyptian tombs, and also those, of silver. and gold. The ancient Romans had metal pins, also, and so had other nations. They were made with ornamented heads, and from one to eight inches long. The small pin as we know it was a more modern invention. Slowest of Living Creatures. Of all living creatures the ` turtle is among the slowest in its movement and exercise of brain power. Yet a well-known American naturalist has succeeded in training three of these creatures to do ' a number of little tricks. He places them, ono above the other, on spools. Ifa piece of cab- bage or other green stuffs is held out in front of them they willHake a com- plete circuit, all moving in unison, keeping their balance and not tumb- ling off. The bigger turtle will also ring 'a bell, This it grasps in one of its forefeet, jerks off tho ground and then gives a shake. ACROSS THE BORDER WHAT IS GOING ON OVER IN THE STATES. Latest Happenings in Big Republic Condensed for Busy Readers,,. Homoepaths will build a million dollar hospital and school in Kansas City. In the past ten years American railroads distributed $11,000,000,000 in wages. Pre -breakfast parties are an inno- vation among society circles of Pasa- dena, Cal. Two puppy dogs were sent by par- cel pest from Middlburg, Pa., to Lewistown. New York city June marriages showed a decrease of 516 licenses over last. year. Two convicts of Leavenworth, Kan,, escaped by climbing an 800 -foot air - shaft at a coal mine, Rev. John Fryer Mesick, D.D., the oldest college graduate in the U.S., died at York, Pa., aged 102. The Rockefellr Institute says hu- man carriers can spread pneumonia by disseminating germs. Because she was slow in her studies, Irma Chesser, aged 17, committed suicide at Shelbyville, Ind. Mildred Meister, 18, domestic, of Orono, Me., has just awakened from a sleep of 84 hours and will recover. Theodore Barnes, 5 -year-old Chi - ago boy, died after swallowing kero- sene, probably from suffocation. Frank Waikawicy, of Bartlesville, Ok., is suing two men for $200 for forcibly removing a flowing mous- ,r A Fairyland Dress Design Child's dress of white batiste with here and there a small embroidered figure. The dress is long -waisted with two small •ruffles forming the' skirt. A sash, which is brought around from each side, is tied in the back. The sleeves, which are short and slightly puffed, are trimmed with small messaline cuffs, A, small turn- over collar is of the same material as the cuffs. Very narrow rows of Irish lace used as a trimming com- plete the costume. Designed by Fairyland of Paris. PRIDE OF ITALIANS. The Marching Powers of the Bersagli- eri Light Infantry. "Only those who have seen the Ber- saglieri, the very flower of the army of Italy, on parade or their annual maneuvers can realize the great mili- tary strength that lies in this force," according to the Manchester Guardian. "The name: literally means `marks- men; but those who compose he force are considerably more than this, and it would be difficult to select any other torps in a European army that compares with them. The Alpine troops of the French army are proba- bly the nearest approach. "It is no uncommon thing to find men serving in this magnificent body of light infantry who represent the third and even fourth generation of their family who have carried the short rifle and worn the familiar dark green `smasher' hat with its proud cockade. "The chief pride of the Bersaglieri is their marching powers. During the war between Russia and Japan the distances covered by the infantry of the latter power were regarded as almost incredible, and it was asserted in several quarters that no European troopscould vie with them in powers of endurance. The Italian light infan- try accepted the implied challenge and speedily showed that not only could they cover the same amount of ground with comparative ease but that they could go one better and yet finish fresh. "They gave rather a curious ex- planation of their powers -that when die men are marching they are sup- plied with a large amount of ordinary loaf sugar, which sustains them bet- ter than anything else could do, and at the same time does no need a halt to be called for them to consume it. "The Bersaglieri is for the most part composed of men of much better social standing than, the rank and file of the Italian army, and they claim, with considerable justice, descent from the famous army of some 70,000 men that; under. Charles Albert, confront- ed the armed might of Austria in 1848, and formed the backbone of the Italian army in the Crimea six years later. Here it attracted general ad- miration from its excellence of organ- ization, equipment and discipline." Summer Plans. "Planned your vacation yet?" "Well, we've located a neighbor who'll take careof the canary, an- other to look after the dog, a third to keep the garden watered, and weeded during our absence, some one to go into the house two or three times a week and air it, and now all we„]rave to do is to decide where we are going and when." His Choice. "Whiskey, my friend, has killed more hien than bullets." "That may be, sir; but, bejabers, I'd rather be full of whiskey than bullets." At German military manoeuvres every officer is given a command higher than that to which his rank en- titles him. tache. Hit in the eye by a golf ball, Dr. Max I. Stein, of Philadelphia, was rendered unconscious and may lose an eye. Every passenger steamer going through the Panama canal must be equipped for wireless for 100 miles radius. Every blue-blooded cow in the U.S. that produces milk to be certified will be taxed $2 for a publicity campaign for purity. The expenses of the U.S. Govern- ment have grown 54 per cent. from 1903 to 1913; the net public debt was $4,850,461,000. James d' Amerva Kerr, of Brook- lyn, was caught between two autos, and the force ruptured his heart, causing death. An ironworker of Harrison, N.J., Joseph Bich, buried under two tons of steel, directed his rescue and came out unhuurt. .14 NEW WORK OF SPIES. Overrun Italy as Calamity' Howlers With War Reports. A leading Italian police official, who has been engaged in repressing es- pionage, has made the following state- ment: "All nations at war with Germany have had to realize that their coun- tries are covered with a network of spies. No country has been so open to such attentions as Italy, which for so many generations has been over- run by travellers of every description and nationality. The lower classes have a rooted conviction that all travellers do odd things, and there- fore it causes no surprise when tour- ists spend days in sketching land- scapes and architecture which to the native are entirely uninteresting, but which may have their strategical value. "Even since the war broke out travellers of German or Austrian na- tionality have been caught photo- graphing railway lines and fortifica- tions, and one was shot at Augusta, Sicily, by a sentinel the other night as he was engaged in laying dyna- mite cartridges under an important bridge. "Another more insidious form of injury is the mysterious starting, all over the kingdom, of depressing and discouraging reports regarding the war and is prospects and the dis- semination of war news always more or less unfavorable to Italy. Women who have relations at the front are told that the Government is hiding their losses from them, that the num- ber of men killed from their particu- lar district is enormous." Thackeray's Appetite. Starving Belgium would have a spe- cial appeal for Thackeray since it was at Antwerp that the novelist, who loved his food as well as any man, enjoyed one of the best dinners of his life, says a writer in the London Chronicle. It consisted, he wrote, "of green -pea soup, boiled salmon, mussels, crimpled skate, roast meat patties, melon, carp stewed with mushrooms and onions, roast turkey, cauliflower, fillets of venison, stewed calf's ear, roast veal, roast lamb, stewed cherries, Gruyere cheese, and about twenty-four cakes of different kinds. Except five, ' thirteen and fourteen, I ate all, with three rolls of bread and a score of potatoes." Those twenty potatoes that Thaek- Bray enjoyed at Antwerp to maintain his six -foot -three of bulk remind the reader of the dreadful disillusion of Charlotte Bronte when she came to London and sat opposite her literary lion at dinner. "0 Mr, Thackerayt" she cried in shocked surprise as she watched him eat. She had never imagined a hero who ate potatoes by the score. THE SIifIDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JULY 25. Lesson IV, -Solomon Dedicates the Temple, 1 Kings 8, 1-53. Golden Text; Iso. 56. 7, Solomon's Prayer (Verses 22-30). Verse 22. Solomon stood before the altar -In 2 Chron. 6. 12-42 we find another version of Solomon's prayer, Verse 13 of chapter 6 says that Solo- mon had constructed "a brazen scaf- fold," or platform, before the altar, about five feet above the level of the floor, upon which he knelt when he prayed in public, Although in verse 22 (of to -day's lesson) we read that "Solomon stood before the altar," in verse 54 (of chapter 8) we learn that Solomon was in a kneeling posture during the prayer, that "he arose from before the altar of Jehovah, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven." As he threw himself more and more into the passion of his prayer, he na- turally went from standing to kneel- ing. 23. Who lreepest covenant and loving -kindness with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart -God always, in the mind of the Hebrew, kept covenant and show- ed lovingkindness; the seeming viola- ' tion of the rule of the divine charac- ter grows 'out of transgression on man's part. With thy Servants -Solomon wants for himself and the house of David the same promise which Jehovah made to all Israel. He assumes that the promise in general will have a i fulfillment in particular. He is I, doubtless familiar with the expecta- tion expressed in 2 Sam. 7. 12 and 1 r Kings 2. 4. 25. There shall not fail thee a man -See 1 Kings 2. 4. 26. Let thy word, I pray thee, be ' verified -All of Jehovah's promises to David, but particularly the one con- cerning the building of the temple. In Psa. 132, 8, 14, David speaks of the ark in the sanctuary as the resting place of God on earth. 27. Will God. in very deed dwell on the earth? -This question has always come to the mind of man. The intel- lect cannot visualize the presence of Ithe Almighty upon the earth. But the heart sees him everywhere. "Whither shall I go from thy spirit?" (Psa. 139. 7-16); "Heaven is my throne, the earth is my footstool" (Isa. 66. 1). See also Jer. 23, 24; Acts 7.49. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee -These words indicate the widest conceivable compass of heaven. The same thought is found in Dent. 10. 14. God is not a local or finite deity. He is the God of all lands, all people, and all times. 28. Yet have thou respect -The Hebrew reads, "Yet thou wilt have respect." Solomon does not doubt the answer to his prayer. 29. Toward the place whereof thou hast said -In Deuteronomy there are many indications that God would choose a place where his name should be (Deut. 12. 5, 11, 18; 14. 23; 15. 20; 16. 2, etc.). The choice of Jerusalem seems to have been especially re- vealed to David (Psa. 78. 68; 132. 13; also 1 Chron. 22. 1.) Shall pray toward this place ?- That is, 'toward. the temple. Only the priests were allowed to enter the temple. All other worshipers had to worship "toward" the temple. Hence in foreign lands the devout Hebrew turned his face toward Jerusalem (Dan. 6. 10; Jonah 2. 4; Psa. 5. 7; 28. 2; 138. 2.) Just a Jokelet. During the lessons one afternoon in a public school a thunderstorm arose, and, seeking to lessen the fright of the children, the teacher began an entertaining discourse on the wonder of the elements. "Jimmy," said she, finally turning to a bright little youngster, "can you tell me what lightning is?" "Yes, ma'am," was the ready re- joinder of little Jimmy, "lightning is streaks of electricity." "That's right," smiled the teacher, encouragingly. "Now tell me why it is that lightning never strikes twice in the same place." "Because," answered Jimmy, quite easily, "after it hits once the same place ain't there any more." ti` The Greatest Cake Ever Built. Housewives, how would you like to bake a cake of the following dimen- sions and ingredients: Eighteen yards long, eight yards broad and more than one-half yard thick, containing thirty- six bushels of flour, 200 gallons of milk, one ton of butter, a huge quan- tity of yeast and 6,000 eggs? Such a cake, probably the largest ever made, was served in June, 1730, by Frederick William I., King of Prus- sia, to his army following a huge re- past. The 80,000 soldiers, already glutted, could not eat the entire cake, and remnants of it were distributed among the inhabitants of neighboring towns and villages. Too much to Ask. Mabel -I don't know whether to marry Jack or simply be a sister to hint. Is he every way eligible? Edith --0, yes, as a husband, but imagine having such It boob for a brother! For 7 Years Was Troubled With Her Liver. Milburn's taxa -Diver Pills CURED HER Mrs. E. L. Hurst, 61 Symington Ave,, Toronto, Ont., writes: "I have been trot;bled with ray stomach and liver for the past seven years; also have had constipation, causing headache, back- ache and dizzy spells, and I would almost fall. down, I triedall kinds of :.remedies without obtaining any relief. I corn- tnenced using Milburn's Laxa-Liver fills, and they, have cured me. I have recom- mended them to many of my friends, and they are all very much pleased with the results they have obtained from their use." Milburn's Laxa - Liver Pills are the original so be sure and get "Milburn's" when you ask for them. Price, 25c. a vial or 5 for $1.00, at all dealers or mailed direct on receiptt;af Trice by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, oronto, Out, From Erin's Green Isle NEWS BY MAIL. FROM IRE- LAND'S SHORES. Happenings in the Emerald Isle of Interest to Irish- men. Recruiting in Belfast last week was very brisk. The number who enlisted was well up to 1,000. Admiralty notices to mariners an• nounoe that obstructions have been placed in Queenstown Harbor. Newtownards licensed houses bave been ordered to close their premises each evening at 6 o'clock. A man named Joseph Murphy, a farmer, was arrested in Schull, County Cork, for injuring recruiting posters. At Belfast, Patrick McCann, a labor- er at the docks, was remanded in cus- tody, charged with using seditious language. A man named Samuel Orr, employ- ed by Howden & Charles, Belfast, was crushed to death between a crane and a van. The profit accruing from the work- ' house farm at Castlederg was stated by the clerk to be for the last two ' half -years over $220. A recruiting meeting was held in the square at Balbriggan under the auspices of the City and County of Dublin Recruiting Committee. As a result of the recruiting meet- ing held recently 111 Kingstown, over a dozen recruits left recently for differ- ent Irish regiments. Captain H. H. 13. Cunningham, Royal Army Medical Corps, the well- known Belfast surgeon, has been wounded at the Dardanelles. The death has occurred at Limerick of Mr. C. Ross, manager for the Clyde Shipping Company for Limerick, for more than a quarter of a century. The British Colliery steamer Ful - gent, 3,300 tons, was torpedoed by a German submarine just off the Blas- ket Islands. The captain and first mate were killed. The casualties amongst Portadown soldiers since the outbreak of the war amount to 116 killed 18, died of wounds 4, wounded 85, prisoners of war 6, and missing 3. Notices have been served by the military authorities to the effect that licensed premises in Belfast are to close at 9.30, the hours to be from 10 a.m. till 9.30 p.m. At a meeting of Coleraine Urban Council it was decided that the price of gas be increased from 80 cents to 90 cents for lighting purposes, owing to the high price of coal. In King's County last year there were 600 acres under wheat, while this year, according to the report of the Agricultural Committee, there are 2,000 acres under the same crop. Tile total value of the pig industry in Ireland increased from $34,435,000 in 1905 to $40,730,000 in 1914. Bacon curing is carried on by about fifty firms, employing approximately 3,000 hands. At a conference of the Irish licensed trade at the Mansion House, Dublin, a resolution was passed calling upon the trade to organize in view of the at- tacks being made on it. An interesting ceremony took place at the military camp, Newtonards, when the fife and drum band of the 12th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, were made the recipients of the new instru- ments. Suffere Fr cm Salt Rheum FOR MANY YEARS. Burdock Blood Bitters Cured Her. Salt Rheum or Eczema is one of the 'most painful of all' skin diseases, and it of attended to immediately may be- omevrydeep e seated, Give the blood a good cleansing by the use of that grand old medicine Burdock Blood Bitters. This sterling. remedy has been on the market Sor the past forty years, and is the best blood cleanser on the market to -day. Mrs, William H. rowlie, Cole's Island, N.B„ writes; "I have been a sufferer from salt rheum for a good many years, and was so bad I could not do my own work. I tried a good many mcdicinea,. but they all failed to do the any good, until I tried Burdock Blood Bitters. X had not taken one bottle tuitil I found a great change, and I. am most thankful for trying it. I hope that every other sufferer from salt rheum will try BBB." Burdock Blood Bitters is manufactur- ed only by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Out,