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Pimples.
Pimples are not a serious trouble, but
they are very unsightly.
Pimples are caused wholly by bad
blood, and to get rid of them it is neccs-
eery to purify the blood of all its im-
purities.
Burdock Blood Bitters has made many
remarkable cures; the pimples have all
disappeared and a bright, clean, coni-
plexlon lett behind.
Mr, Lennox D. Cooke, Indian Path,
N.S:, writes: "I arnwrit ig you a few
lines to tell you what Burdock Blood
Bitters has done for me. Last winter my
face was covered with pimples. I tried
different kinds of medicine, and all
seemed to fail. I was one day to a
friend's house, and there they advised me
to use 13.13.8., so I purchased two bottles,
and before I had them taken I found I
was getting better. I got two more,
Mid when they were finished I was
?;omplet'ely cured, I find it is a great
blood purifier, and I recommend it to all."
Burdock Blood Bitters has been• on the
market for the past forty years, and is
manufactured only by The T. Milburn
Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont.
FROM OLD SC SAND
NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER
BANKS AND BRAES.
What Is Going On in the Highlands
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
•
Most of the bee -keepers in Berwick-
shire have lost all their stock through
the Isle of Wight disease.
Arbroath is to join Montrose in in-
suring the Montrose Suspension
Bridge against bombardment risks.
Good sport has been had on the
moors, 430 brace of grouse being bag-
ged on the Tomnavoulin beat in one
day.
Oyster Dishes.
Fried Oysters Creole.—Allow six
oysters to each person. Drain the
oysters, salt and pepper to taste and
roll them in bread crumbs. Drop in
a frying pan of boiling lard, having
sufficient lard to allow the oysters to
swim in the grease, Remove when a
golden brown and place on brown pa-
per to drain. Serve on a bed of fried.
parsley, as given below.
Fried Parsley for Oysters, Meats,
etc.—Pick off the delicate leaves of
branches of very young parsley,
tvash. well, drain and put in a frying
pan in which you have placed a table-
spoonful of lard, medium hot. Fry
slowly and use as a garnish or as
needed.
Stewed Oysters.—Take about 4
dozen large oysters, and drain in a
colander, Mix 1 tablespoonful of flour
and 1 of butter together. Put 1 pint
of oyster liquor on the fire and adcl
the flour and butter 'blended. Have
ready in another saucepan a pint of
rich, hot cream. After 5 minutes,
add this to the oyster liquor, stirring
constantly to prevent burning. Salt
and pepper to taste. Let it boil up
once and then add the oysters. Serve
after 3 minutes. This is a well-known
Southern delicacy.
Oysters au Parmesan.—Brown one
cup of grated breadcrumbs in a little
butter and then butter a shallow dish
and stew the oysters with the bread
crpmbs. Drain the oysters and dry
with a clean towel, season highly, and
place them, one by one, on the bread -
crumbs, strewing chopped parsley
over them. Then grate one or two
cupfuls of parmesan cheese over this,
using your own judgment as to the ne-
cessary amount. Now sprinkle this
lightly with another coating of bread -
crumbs and pour over this a gill of
white wine. Place in the oven, which
should be very hot, and let this re-
main about 15 minutes, until quite
grown. When it is removed pour
over it a little drawn butter, garnish
with lemon and serve.
Steamed Oysters.—Use as many
oysters as necessary, allowing at
least six to each person. This is a
favorite old Creole dish, and formerly
it was the entree which accompanied
many Saturday meals, like the good
old baked beans and brown bread in
Boston. Have ready a pot of boiling
water, drain the oysters in their
shells and put them in a shallow pan,
the bottom being perforated. Cover
and put them over the steamer. Let
them stand about 10 minutes, then
remove and put into a hot dish, sea-
son with pepper and cayenne, and
serve with drawn butter. Those who
prefer the natural taste of the oy-
sters steam them in their shells. This
is done by washing the oysters thor-
oughly on the outside, placing them
in the steamer and cover. Let them
remain about 15 minutes in the steam-
er, until the shells open easily, and
serve. The steamed oyster must be
eaten very hot to appreciate its
flavor.
Asludie Mansion, recently pur-
ehased by the Dundee Corporation,
will likely be used for sanatorium
purposes.
Investments in the Government
War Loan by workmen of Milnwood
Steel and Iron Works, Mossend,
amount to $8,000.
A committee has been formed in
Cullen to provide comforts for the
local men or, for the Naval Brigade
and National Reserve.
The death has occurred of Mr. John
Spence, proprietor of Corsefield, and
a well-known Dunscore farmer, at the
age of 85 years.
There are now some 12,000 soldiers
under canvas in the camps in Perth-
shire, and billeting accommodation
will be found this month.
An outbreak of fire occurred at
Redford Barracks, Edinburgh, and, as
a result, the engine -room with some
va liable plant was destroyed.
response to the many requests
made to him, Lord Provost Inches, of
Edinburgh, has intimated his willing-
ness to continue in office for another
year.
The Savoy Theatre, 'Glasgow, was
recently offered for sale at the re-
duced upset price of $175,000, but
there were no offers and the sale was
adjourned.
Twenty-five wounded soldiers repre-
senting various English and Scottish
regiments serving at the Dardanelles
and France, have arrived at Gordon
Castle V.A.D. Hospital.
Sharks have been frequent visitors
to the .Firth of Clyde lately. One of
the Girvan fishing boats recently
found one entangled in its nets, It
measured over 7 feet in length.
The Corporation of Glasgow an-
nounce that the sum to be paid to the
Earl of Moray for the site of the new
reservoir to be constructed at Glen-
finlas is $151,250. The ground covers
over 400 acres.
Mr. Macleod, Central Glasgow, has
declined to accept a salary as M.P.
during war time. His duties on the
Royal Commission and Recruiting
Committee may prevent his continu-
ous service at Westminster.
Blairgowrie High School has been
taken by the authorities for the billet-
ing of soldiers during the winter, and
rhe School Board has secured the
town hall, public hall, and three
church halls to take its place.
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Mrs, Wrn, Mclshvain, 1:.mperaIwe
Vale, N.B., writes: "I ani not much of a
believer in medicines, but I must ray
Milburn's Neart and Nerve Pills arc all
right. Sonia years ago 1 was troubled
with smothering spells, In the night I
• would waken up with my breath all walk,
and think 1 never would get it back, I
was telling a friend of my trouble, aid he
advised ate to try Milburn's heart and
Nerve Pills. Ile gave me a box, and T
had ,cmlytaken a few of thcrnwhen I could
sleep all night without any trouble. I
did not finish the box until some year,
after when I felt my trouble coming
back, so I took the rest of there and they
cured Inc."
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills
have been on the market for the past
twenty -five years. The testimony of
the Losers ,sbotrlcl be enon gh t con-
vince you that what we claim, fu" them
is true.IL and N. Pills are 50c per box, a
boxes for' $1.25; at all druggists cr
dealers, mailed direct on receipt of
price by The T. Milburn Co., Limited,
,Torouto, Oat,
meal this will be found a good filling
for a humble pie.
Things Worth Knowing.
Mustard and water is an easy and.
Mild emetic.
Vinegar, hot, will remove paint
marks from glass.
Vinegar and water will destroy nits
in. children's heads.
Vinegar and granulated sugar, mix-
ed, will stop hiccup.
Vinegar, diluted, -will keep meat
fresh in hot close weather.
Mustard rubbed on the hands will
at once remove all smell of fish.
Vinegar, rubbed on discolored steel-
work ensures a quick, easy clean.
Powdered alum added to ordinary
stove blacking adds to its brilliancy.
Mustard Mixed with soft food for
fowls increases and quickens the egg
supply.
Mustard, to obtain the full flavor,
should be mixed with salad -oil and
not water.
Mustard -plasters will not blister if
mixed with the white of an egg and
hot water.
Vinegar and bran make an excel-
lent poultice for all aches, pains, and
bruises.
Vinegar added to the rinsing water
will revive faded red and pink cotton
fabrics.
Vinegar—a teacupful in a warm
bath, will take away all stiffness
after cycling, etc.
Vinegar, diluted, applied to furni-
ture before polishing, ensures a bril-
liant polish.
A steak cut from an inch to an
inch and a half in thickness is about
right.
Mustard sprinkled in boots, and
covered with two paper socks, will
keep the feet always warm.
In cold weather, rag rugs are nice
in the kitchen, as they can be taken
up and washed.
Vinegar will make a new gas -
mantle last much longer. Soak five
minutes, dry, and burn off.
Vinegar will prevent old potatoes
from going black when boiled, if a
teaspoonful is added to the water.
Vinegar and stale bread, applied to
a corn as a poultice, nightly, will care
the corn in three nights.
New tinware will never rust, if
greased with a little fresh lard and
baked in the oven before it is used.
The cedar one uses for moths,
sprinkled on the range will dispel
the bad odor from anything eooldng.
In washing, remember that all
white garments should be hung in
the sun, while colored clothes should
be hung in the shade.
If ink is spilled on the carpet or
table cover, cover it immediately
with salt, Renew the salt as it ab-
sorbs the ink.
A paste made of fuller's earth
mixed with water and rubbed over
the spot will remove all traces of the
grease. It is well to make the second
application.
Put just the least amount of cotton -
batten in the tips of children's gloves
and it will keep thein from wearing
out in the fingers.
Humble Pie.
Humble pie is still met with in the
rural districts of England, Scotland
and Ireland. It is not merely the pro-
verbial dish which the proud must
sometimes eat. Originally it was a
meat or game pie made for the serv-
ants of noblemen and furnished an
appetizing and economical method of
utilizing the less desirable parts of
animals brought in from the chase.
After a prolonged and successful
hunt, a prodigious humble pie was
made, sufficient for all the retainers
on the estate. This was eaten in the
great kitchen after the nobleman and
his guests had enjoyed the choicer
portions. The pastry used for this
huge pie was originally made from
the drippings from the roasts of veni-
son or game, which increased the
savory flavor of the finished dish.
The modern humble pie can be
baked in a deep fireproof pudding
dish of a size to meet the needs of
the family. Line the dish with plain
crust and place large pieces of raw
potato here and there, so that the
crust shall be weighted down and not
lose its shape while baking. When
partly cooked remove from the
oven, take out the pieces of raw
potato and fill with a hot mixture of
whatever material is at hand, such, ,as
remnants 'of cooked veal, beef, liver,.
ham or fowl, enriched with bits of
finely chopped suet, highly seasoned
with anion juice, minced parsley, pep-
per and salt, and moistened with
gravy or broth.
Stale bread, cut in dice, cubes of
potato or other cooked vegetable may
be added if the supply of meat is
scant. Smooth the .top of the filling
neatly, arrange strips of crust in lat-
tice fashion and return to the oven
until the top is well browned. This
dish somewhat resembles the econom-
ical shepherd's pie, which is topped
with gnashed potato instead of crust,
and which does not have anything be-
tween the meat filling and .the fire-
proof dish.
Either of these dishes makes a
hearty meal if served with gravy or
tomato sauce and affords an econom-
ical and easy method of utilizing left-
overs of meat or vegetables. Where
Irish stew is left from a previous
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14465—This narrow `oral border is 1
inch wide and 6 yards long. It is illustrated
on negligee 9088, which cuts in sizes 32 to
46. Transfer 10 cents, negligee 15 Bents.
13540—A neat finish for negligee 9086,
which cuts in sizes 32 to 46, is this scalloped
border. It Is ,/ inch wide and 3 yards long.
10 cents, negligee 15 cents.
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Very few people really want or ap=' inch wide and six yards long. This
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It is the spirit of the season and its ! Pattern No. 13540 is a neat finish for
evidence in one's own handiwork that Negligee No. 9086. It is % inches
makes it dear and fills it with fond wide and three yards long.
memories. What better gift could one Patterns, 10 and 15 cents each for
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WAR EXPENDITURES.
$600,000,000 Is France's Bili For
• War Goods.
France's growing effort to accumu-
late artillery and ammunition is
shown in an analysis of war expen-
ditures.
The total for 14 months shows
more than 3,000,000,000 francs ($600,-
000,000) spent for cannon and ammu-
nition, at the rate of 106,000,000 a
month in 1914, 255,000,000 •a month
during the first half of 1915, and
370,000,000 a month during the quar-
ter ending September 30.
The expenditure for artillery and
ammunition are exceeded only by the
item of food and forage, which
amounted to 4,250,000,000 francs.
Next in order come the clothing and
quartering 'of the troops, about 2,-
600,000,000,
,-600,000,000, and the pay .of the troops,
about 2,000,000,000.
Vehicles, including automobiles,
were bought to the amount of 223,-
000,000 francs, and a billion and a
half was paid for horses and mules.
The sanitary department has cost
647,000,000 to date, an average of
38,000,000 a month during 1914, and
53,000,00 a month in 1915. The total
expenditure for distinctly military
operations from July 31, 1014, to
September 3, 1915, is about 16,000,-
000,000 francs, making up 73 per cent.
of the budget during that period.
A billion and a half has been spent
for the relief of soldiers' families and
workers thrown out of • employment,
while 190,000,000 have been spent' for
the feeding and sheltering of r'efu
gees.
The subscriptions to the national
defence bonds and obligations halve
furnished 66 per cent, of the funds for
the total expenditures of 22,000,000,-.
000 during tho 14 months ending
September 30, the established taxes
have produced 16 per cent, and the
remaining 18 per cent. has been ad-
vanced by the Bank of France.
The salary of the Archbishop of
Canterbury is 115,000 a year.
ROARING FURNACES OF HEAT. A DEVASTATED TOWN.
Something About Volcanoes and
Earthquakes.
The name volcano is derived from
Vulcanus, the god of fire of the an -
French Village Received 9,000 Shells
in Six Days.
The village of Smenaize-les-Rains
will have the double honor of figuring
cient Romans. They are generally in history as the extreme right of the
divided into three classes—active, in- position of the 4th French army in
termittent and extinct. Stromboli, in the battle of the Marne, and of being 10. When they saw that there was who die in the hospital are cremated
the Mediterranean, is a good example the first of the completely devastated much money in the chest—They could I on a specially prepared site at Pat -
of the first class, making a fiery bea- towns to rise from their ashes. A determine the amount by the weight; cham, on the Downs.
con light for sailors on the neighbor- year ago it was a local sugar refining ' of the chest. ( The burning is done on a funeral
ing sea. Etna and Vesuvius are good centre and a watering -place of charm -e Put up in bags and counted the pyre of wood logs, in precisely the
examples of the second kind. To the ing cottages and villas and some lux- money—As the money was uucoined same manner and with the same cere-
popular mind they are the chimneys urious mansions; its population was I gold and silver, it was first tied in monies as those performed in India.
of the vast roaring furnace of heat about 3,000. The 12th of September bundles, each bundle weighed and The cremation is conducted by a
in the bowels of the earth, and un- there remained not 40 of these houses counted. member of the same caste as that to
doubtedly serve as vents for the erect, and none of these were undarn- I 11. Into the hands of them that did which the dead man belonged.
In order to preevnt the different
castes from "`losing caste," eight dif-
ferent kinds of diet have to be pre-
pared, and there are separate sets of
cookhouses for six different classes of
men.
THESUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL, LESSON,
NOVEMBER 7.
Lesson VI.—Joash Repairs the Tent-
*, 2 Kings 11. 21 to 12. 16.
G. T.-2 Cor, 9. 7.
I. Neglect to Repair the Temple
(Verses 4-8).
Verse 4..Jehoash.said to the priests
—Several years after his accession to
the throne. In 2 Chron. 24. 7 we have
an account of the way the sons of
Athalieh ruined the temple.
All the money of the hallowed
things That which was given for the
vessels and accessories of the temple
service. (See 1 Kings 7. 48-51).
For whom each man is rated—See
Exod. 30. 12; Lev, 22. 18-23; 27. 2-8;
Deut. 16. 10.
5. From his acquaintance—In the
canvass for funds, each person was to
go to those whom he knew. The mod-
ern method of soliciting funds is very
like the old.
Repair the breaches of the house—
The word repair means to fill up, to
calk, indicating the sort of holes in
the temple walls.
6. In the three and twentieth year
Jehoash was now about thirty years
old.
7. Why repair ye not the breaches?
—As no blame was attached to the
priests by the king for their neglect
in keeping the temple in repair, it is
presumable that the temple offerings
had so decreased that there really was
no money on hand for the work of
restoration. Their honesty was not
impugned, for in verse 9 we read they
were put in charge of the public offer-
ings.
Take no more money—The "house
to house" collection ordered in 2
Chron. 24. 5 was now to close and the
offerings were to be made beside the
altar in the temple itself.
II. The Chest of Money
(Verses 9-12).
9. All the money that was brought
—See 2 Chron. 24, 9, 10.
HONESTLY. U EYED
ft WAS.GQING JITO •
O PTION
DR WOOD'S
Norway Pine Syrup
CURED HIM.
Mr. Frank D; Anthony, 69 Ellen.
Street, Winnipeg, Man., writes; '"Having
taiten several battles of Dr. Wood's
Norway Pine Syrup, during the past few
weeks, to relieve a chronic cough and
general throat trouble, allow me to ex-
press my unbounded satisfaction . and
thanks as to its sterling qualities. A
short time ago I became suddenly subject
to violent' coughing fits at night, and.
directly after rising in the morning, for
about an hour, and found I was gradually
losing weight. All my friends cheerfully
informed me that I looked as though
I were going in consumption, and I
honestly believed such was the case.
However, after having taken several
bottles of 'Dr. Wood's' I am pleased to
relate that the cough has entirely dis-
appeared, along with all the nasty
symptoms, and I have since regained the
lost weight,. I have no hesitation iu
recommending Dr, Wood's Norway Pin
Syrup as a sure cure for all those troubled
in a like manner."
When you ask for ""Dr. Wood's" see
that you get what you. ask for. It is
put up in a yellow wrapper; three pine
trees the trade mark; the price, 25c and
Joe,
Manufactured only by The T. Milburn
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33INDU CREMATIONS THERE.
Funeral Pyres for Dead Soldiers Are
Lit Near Brighton, England.
A strange consequence of the war.
is that funeral pyres for Indian sol-
diers are being lighted on the Sussex
Downs in the south of England.
Major S. P. James, M.D., the head
of the Kitchener Hospital at Brigh-
ton, which accommodates more than
2,000 Indian patients, stated at the
Royal Sanitary Institute Congress
thatthe bodies of the Hindu soldiere
powerful gases that might, if eon- aged, , the work—That is, it was paid in
fined, create a total destruction to the There was no fighting in the town gross to the contractors, who in turn
crust upon which we live. itself, and no soldiers were ever quay paid the carpenters, masons, etc.
There are supposed to be some three ! tered there, yet it received 9,000 shells 1
hundred and over of these chimneys ' in six days -10 for each building and 11 -AR TEACHING ECONOMY.
upon the face of the earth, two-thirds more than three for each inhabitant ; _
being situated upon islands. America I —during the week of the battle of the .14
Marne There were few casualties • Sunflower Oil is Used in German
has about one hundred and fourteen i
of these, and more than any other geo-1 among the civilians, for those that had Cooking. THE COMFORTER.
graphical division of the globe. 1 not evacuated took shelter in cellars. ! The war as a teacher of economy
Earthquakes appear to be from the !What buildings remained erect when':,
same causes as volcanic eruptions, the R the Germans retreated were set afire.
energy of vapors and gases in the ITo-day there is a "Hotel de Voya-
earth struggling to find a vent. 1 geurs," filled with guests, a "Grand !
The same night that the city of Bazaar," a dressmaking and a mil -
Linea, South America, was shakene linery establishment, a grocer, a
down, four new volcanic vents were butcher, a barber and a dealer in
found in the Andes. I d d d ' tl busi-
gar en see s, omg a irlvin
Soon after the earthquake in Lis- I ness.
bon in 1730 there were some of the
most violent eruptions ever known. The Quakers have erected 58 tem- j porary dwellings, and here and there ,
After the destruction of Caracas the . more permanent structures have been !.
volcano of St. Vincent became active, put up by the inhabitants with funds
loaned by the Department of the i
Marne. Seventeen hundred of the!
inhabitants have returned.
and at the beginning the earth was
shaken for a space of nearly twenty-
six thousands miles.
The movement of the earth during
an earthquake may be vertical, hori-
zontal or whirling. The most destruc-
tive shocks are generally the shortest
in duration. That of Lisbon, Nov. 1,
1755, lasted about six minutes. The
three shocks that reduced Caracas to
ruins,. March 26, 1812, were over in a
minute, and most of the damage to the
city' of Conception, Feb. 20, 1835, was
done in six seconds. At Lima, Peru,
an average of nearly fifty shocks in
a year are expected, and in some parts
of South America over sixty have been
counted in a year, not reckoning the
slight ones, which are still more nu-
merous.
The permanent elevation or depres-
sion of large tracts of land is one of
the peculiar phenomena attending
these convulsions of nature. During
the earthquake at Lisbon the new
quay subsided and the spot was cover-
ed by water six hundred feet deep.
Many other remarkable instances are
on record. They have been terribly
destructive to life as well as property.
A visitation of the kind in Peru, 1746,
killed 3,800; 1797, from a similar
cause, 1,000 Peruvians perished. At
Caracas, 1812, 10,000 hien were des-
troyed, 00,000 at Lisbon in 1745,
40,000 in the New Calabrias and Sic-
ily in 1783, and 20,000 more by sick-
ness resulting from it.
Ancients Used {las in Warfare.
The earliest use of deleterious gases
in siege warfare is recorded in the his-
tory of the Peloponnesian wars from
431 to 404 B.C. During this struggle
between the Athenians and Spartans
and their respective allies the cities of
Platea and Deli= were besieged.
Wood saturated with pitch and sul-
phur was set on fire and barnt under
the walls of these cities in order to
generate chocking and poisonous
fumes, which would stupefy trim ci.s-
fenders and resider the task of the at-
tacking forces less, difficult,
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SILENT SOLDIERS.
A Correspondent Says the British •
Are Quiet.
Almost the first thing that strikes
you about the British army is its
quiet men, writes a United Press cor-
respondent. I saw six horses try to
run away the other day when a regi-
ment of men cheered Sir John French
after he had thanked them in his
quiet, hesitating way for their part
in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. Can-
non the horses know. Cheers are
strange to them.
"Don't have any ceremony," seems
to be the British army man's idea of
doing his job. A young officer was
moving about a headquarters room in
a farmhouse, up near the front,
where we had gone in for some hot
tea. He chatted with the officers at
the table about various things; about
the colonel's little daughter, who was
fourteen and had lived on four dif-
ferent continents; about a Hindu
who had learned to speak French al-
most perfectly within a few weeks;
about other trivial things; and tall the
time he was packing his bag to take
his men through a night march to the
trenches where he would spend sever-
al days.
They were talking about their.
mess. "We ought to have a French
cook," he said, as he threw his bag
over his shoulder and started for the
door. Than was his good -by remark.
lie might never come back again. I
saw hien pat the old farmer's dog on
the head as he passed through the
yard, and the officers went on talking
just as if a fellowman had not start-
cd for death land.
is scoring new results from time to
time even among a people already so
economical as the Germans. The Ber-
lin newspapers are calling attention to
the extraordinary increase this year in
the cultivation of the common sun-
flower; it is seen in great quantities
i th ardens in the suburbs of Berlin
and other cities and along railways
everywhere. In previous years the on-
ly practical value of the plant was in
feeding the seeds to birds, but this
year the seeds are used to make an
oil which is pronounced equal to the
best olive oil for cooking purposes.
A writer is also pointing to further
possibilities of the plant. The oileake
left after making oil, he says, is an
excellent feed for animals, whereas
the seeds themselves can be roasted
and used as a substitute for coffee.
The young shoots and undeveloped
leaves can also be cooked and eaten
as a palatable substitute for spinach.
In Belgium, too, the Germans are
turning their thoughts toward disco-
' vering new uses for old and familiar
plants. An agricultural weekly pub-
lished by the German authorities there
has just been showing that tea can
' be made from tender, half-grown
leaves of the blackberry and rasp-
berry plants, which has all the quail -
,'
ties of its famous Chinese cousin
without its nerve -disturbing effect.
WOMFN DOCTORS WANTED.
'. Salaries Offered Double Those Paid
Men Before the War.
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Young' titmice aro so greedy that
their parents sometimes provide ti'=eve
with no .less than six thousand cater.
pillars a day.
The demand for women doctors ex-
ceeds the supply, according to a state -
Inept by the London School of Medi-
cine for Women. Even the posts of
house physician and house surgeon in
1 the hospitals, heretofore always held
by men, are offered to women. This
is particularly true of the provincial
hospitals. Women are also taking the
practices of men who have gone to the
front.
Boards of guardian's are so hard up
for doctors that, casting aside their
inherited prejudices, they offer posi-
tions to women at increased salary.
Before the war, an infirmary doctor in
the Whitechapel district, who was al-
ways a man, received only $500 a year
and emoluments, Now the same post
is advertised for a woman at $1000
and emoluments,
The Women's Medical School of
London has trained 600 women doctors,
now in practice, and has 220 students
on its mile. The class entering the
Autumn terms is larger by 60 appli-
cants than ever before.
Silent is the house. I sit
In the fieelight and knit,
At my ball of soft grey wool
Two grey kittens gently pull-
Pulling back my thoughts as well,
From that distant, red -rimmed hell,
And hot tears the stitches blur
As I knit a comforter.
"Comforter" they call tt—yes,
Such it is for my distress,
For it gives my restless hands
Blessed work. God understands
How we women yearn to be
Doing something ceaselessly—
Anything but just to wait
"Idly for a clicking gate!
So I knit this long, grey thing,
Which some fearless lad will fling
Round him in the icy blast,
With the shrapnel whistling past;
"Comforter" it may be then,
Like a mother's touch again,
And at last, not grey, but red,
Be a pillow for the dead.
—Dundee Advertiser.
A boy on mischief bent may go
straight to the bad.
Elsie—"Papa says he thinks he gave
you quite a start when you asked for
my hand." Jack --"Oh, I don't call
that a start! He reached me before
• I got to the door!"
gegfed AtiVidlY
FROM
EMUS HEADACHES
When the liver becomes sluggish and
inactive the bowels become constipated,
the tongue becomes coated, the stomach
foul and bilious headaches are the upshot.
i<fillrr.irtr's Lasa -Liver fills will stimu-
late the sluggish liver, clean the foul -
coated tongue, do away with the stomach
!.;axes and banish the disagreeable bilious
i:eadaches.
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writes: "I have used Milburn's Laxa-
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thein. They were the only tiring that'
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Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills arc 25c
per vial, 5 vials for $1.00, at all dealers,
or mailed direct ori receipt of price by Thtu
T. Mi'burn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont.