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Exeter Times, 1915-12-23, Page 7When the Back Becomes Lame IT IS A SIGN OF KIDNEY TROIpBI.E Doan's Kidney Pills cure the aching back by curing the aching kidneys be- neath—for it is really the kidneys aching and not the back, Doan's Kidney fills are a special kidney 'and bladder medicine for the cure of all kidney troubles. Mrs. Louisa Gousliaw, 083 Manning Ave., Toronto, Ont., writes: "I take great pleasure in writing you, stating the benefit I have received by using Doan's Kidney Pills. About three years ago I was terribly afflicted with lame back, and was so bad I could not even sweep the floor. I was advised to try your pills, and before I bad used one box there was a great improvement, and my back was muck better. However, I kept on taking them until my back was completely cured. I highly recommend 'Doan's' **erne back." bliban's Kidney Pills are the original pill for the kidneys. See that our trade mark the "Maple 1,eaf" appears on the wrapper. Doan's Kidney Pills are 50c per box, 3 boxes for $1.25; at all dealers or mailed direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. When ordering direct specify "Door'"' TUE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, DECEMBER 26. Lesson XIII. --• Jehovah's Gracious Promises to Israel, Review. Read Hosea 14. Golden Text: Psa. 103. 8. There are some promises that were In a few moments the ring in ques- thousands of years ago that have been ques- tion was brought forth; and Mr. «IAPPY RETURNS" w;nsiiWil, 'u',ire :''u>s';'i�;''��'2MMi`reata4 '�! 1,43 ' MI94.' is a:?lnarn ,hell v. Mr. Henry Wakeham left the office claimed. "How could you? And I- in a particularly good humor. Christ- I thought—." mas was only. a week distant, and he "That. I had forgotten," interrupted was practically certain of a. rise of the delighted Mr. Wakeham. "Of salary with the New Year. course you did! My little joke, dear!" Just now he had a pleasant task in. And, with another hurried kiss, he hand. With her usual economy his was gone, wife managed to have her birthday Mrs. Wakeham opened the .packet coincide with Christmas Eva, so that with tremulous fingers. A ring! She one present covered both anniversar- snapped open the lid of the case, and ies. She had often expressed a de- then gave a little gasp. Diamonds-- sire for a .ring to wear as keeper to and sapphires! the golden circle which Mr. Henry A little thrill ran through her as Wakeham had bestowed upon her less she slipped the ring on her finger -and than a year ago,. and this desire he flashed it in the wintry morning sun proposed to gratify. op that was just beginning to shine redly He could not afford a very expen- through the fog, and she caught her sive offering, and it had been only by breath once more. The stones couldn't dint of numerous small personal econ- be real! She knew, as every woman omies that he had been able to serape does, something of the value of pre - together twenty-five shillings for this cious stones, and she made a rapid particular purpose. At a pinch he little calculation, Why, those, to be might go to thirty shillings, but that genuine, must be worth scores—hun- would mean a very severe strain on dreds of pounds! A little cloud came the exchequer indeed. across her face. She would sooner Besides, he knew the ring he want- have had something genuine, even ed. He had marked it down long ago though it had only been one small in Messrs. Goldberg & Schmidt's win- ! jewel. dow. It was plainly marked as to i During the subsequent two hours price, so that unless he had been fore- I or so Mrs. Wakeham proceeded with stalled since that morning the busy her housewifely duties in a sowe- nese would not take long. what absent-minded manlier, and it Ho entered the shop with a thrillingwas not until the afternoon that she, sense of opulence.. A wooden -faced' not without some prickings of con assistant produced a tray of rings, ! science, came to a momentous deci- and immediately recommended one Sion, priced 30s. Mr. Wakeham carelessly glanced at the proffered article. "No," said he at last. "I saw some - She would find out the actual value of Harry's present.. It seemed a little mean, but feminine curiosity triuinph- in thing that rather struck me the ; ed, and she sallied forth.. She knew window as I came in." 1 just the very place to go. A little shop some two miles away, where they bought and sold all kinds of val- faithfully kept, and some that are Wakeham examined rt. uables, and she felt sure of being un - still waiting to: be fulfilled that will "Yes, I think this will do,"said he. known there. She reached her goal be just as faithfully kept. The One "Will you kindly put it in a case, and a little breathless, and it was with a who has made and kept these prom- the case in a small box, and I will call ; somewhat furtive air that she entered ises never has failed and never will for it in about half an hour. Twenty- ; the shop. An old man in spectacles fail to keep his word with his people. five shillings, I think. Here is the God has made these graciaus prom- ises. He made them to his people in rather unsuccessful attempt at off - the days long ago, sending prophets, opulent -looking gentlemen, being handedness. "I just wished to ascer- waited',on by a venerable, white -hair- ' tain the value of this little ring, if priests, and kings to them to deliver ed man, evidently either Mr. Goldberg " messages and to help him in fulfilling or Mr. Schmidt in person. you will kindly give me your opinion. the promises. Elijah, Elisha, Jehoi- The old man, after a keen glance at side, Joash, Daniel, Jonah, Amos, and"You'll Mr. Wakeham caught the phrase, the speaker, took the proffered article, Hosea were among the number knock off the odd five -and- and looked at it closely. Mrs. Wake - through whom God sent and fulfilled twenty, anyway, and a feeling of awe ham scarcely -breathing, saw his money." Further up the counter were two materialized out of the gloom. "Oh!" said Mrs. Wakeham, with a some of his promises. We have stud- ied about each of these in the quarter just closing. Through Elijah, the faithful, fear - .less prophet God, rebuked a wicked king, brought righteousness to pass, and chose a new helper who was to take up the work which Elijah laid down. • Through Elisha God fed the hungry, helped the weak, healed the sick, and delivered a city from the enemy. came over him, accompanied by a white eyebrows suddenly raised, but slight lowering of self-conceit. How he said nothing at the moment. He paltry seemed his own purchase in came around the counter, and exam - view of these great transactions! ined the ring in the better light of the Now, there was no earthly reason doorway. why Mr. Wakeham should not have "Hum -ha!" he ejaculated, then taken the ring with him there and looked at his visitor again. then, beyond the fact that he wished "Do you wish to sell it?" he asked. to give himself the opportunity of "Oh, dear, no!" replied .Mrs., Wake - dropping in again and asking in quite hame, feeling distinctly uncomfortable a lordly manner for his "little pack- under the sharp eyes.. "I merely wish age." to know its value." After a brief half-hour, therefore, "You found the ring, perhaps ?r' Mrs. Wakeham flushed a deep crim- son. "Really, I do not know what con- cern ' it is of yours!" she returned haughtily. "If you cannot oblige me with an answer to my question I can go elsewhere. Of course, I am will- ing to pay you a small fee, if neces- sary," she added. "Not at .all—not at all!" replied the old.._ man quietly. -=The, ring is worth, as far as I am a judge, somewhere about five hundred pounds." "Thank you," said Mrs. Wakeham, faintly. - Mrs. Wakeham took back the ring with a trembling hand. "You—you are sure you are not mistaken?" she said. The old man shrugged his shoul- ders. "I will offer you four hundred pounds for it," he said. "I shall not sell,u replied Mrs. Wakeham curtly, "And your fee?" "Nothing," said the man, drily. As soon as she had gone out the doorway the old man hastened to the door of an inner room. "Isaac!" he cried sharply. "Isaac!" A sallow youth appeared. "Hello!" "You saw, that woman?" eyes ' "Follow her—quickly! See where she sat down to breakfast, and noted she lives. Don't lose her—quick!" the little disappointed look that came In a moment the sallow youth was into • her eyes as she beheld the space on the track of Mrs. Wakeham, who, beside her plate bare, 'save for a few all unconsciousthat she was being •cards from relatives and friends. followed, walked straight home in a These gave Mr. Wakeham his cue. mood of profoundest mystification. "Good gracious, Nellie!" he ex- Once more in the privacy of her claimed, with quite a creditable start own dwelling, she sat down to gather of consternation. ""Your birthday! her thoughts. What did it all mean? And to think that I never remember- Five hundred pounds! More than ed! But, really, we have been so thrice her husband's annual income!. busy at the office lately!" The young wife smiled bravely. "Oh, it's all right, Harry—don't thin would be made clear to -her. apologize!". she said; but Mr.'Wake- s she came to this wise decision ham"" caught a little tremor in here a ring at the front -door bell startled voice, and almost chuckled once more. her. Running to the window she be - By Jove, this was a joke! I held• a stalwart man waiting. He The breakfast was a somewhat try - looked like a soldier in private clothes ing one, though. Mr. Wakeham, in or -1 — or ti policeman! With a vague fore - der to heighten the impression of ne- glect, talked volubly of football matches. Then the great moment arrived. , In Through Jehoiada he preserved the he came back. The shop was half -full life of a little boy whowas one day of customers, all buyers in hundreds to heave a. good and great king. and thousands, it seemed to Mr. Through Joash. the king he destroy- Wakeham. The Wooden -faced' assis- ed idols, rebuilt the temple, and brought the people back to the wor- ship of the true Jehovah. Through Daniel he taught the les- sons of self-control and fulfilled the promises of reward to those who are. constant and steadfast. Through . Jonah, the foreign ,mis- sionary, he warned and caused the great city of Nineveh to repent and be delivered from an awful destruction. Through Amos, the home mission- ary, he reminded the people who were living in luxury at the expense of their helpless fellow creatures that forgotten all about it, then, just as he such deeds would bring their own pun- was leaving for business, he would ishment, and he called them to repent feign to find the ring in his pocket, and remember his gracious promise and hand it to her as a sort of make - to forgive those . who turn to him re- penting of their sins. Through Hosea he sent a message of -deep love, 'telling lion/ie.rdiiga Ring -aid tant, catching his eye, hastily took a packet from some mysterious recep- tacle and handed it out. "Your ring, 'sir.'= . But no one save Mr. Wakeham himself took the slight., est notice. He left the shop once more, slightly dashed in spirits, but before he had reached his railway -station they had risen again at the thought of his wife's coming pleasure. He would not give her the ring un- til the morning of her birthday. At breakfast he would pretend to have shift. Oh, he would be very facetious! He had thought it all out, even to the very words he would use. '" The lit't a -pact dge -remained, neatly Lave the people turn to him as a child tied and sealed, in Mr. Wakeham's turns to his father, promising them private drawer at the office, during that he would forgive their sins and i the remainder of the week. He did restore them to a place in his love. not open it, distrusting his own ability Through Jesus Christ, the King of to restore it to its present attractive Love, he fulfilled the promise that he neatness. had • nude of the coming One who When at last the great morning should come to redeem the, people came he was • bubbling with anticipa- f<rom their sins and to bring peace on tion. He watched his wife covertly as earth and good will to men. Every promise which God has made he has faithfully kept in the past and is faithfully keeping to -day. He has used people of all types to help him in fulfilling these promises. HALF THE ILLS OF LIFE re Caused By CONSTIPATION. When the bowels become constipated the stomach gets out of order, the liver does not work properly, and then follows the violent sick headaches, the sourness of the stomach, belrhi,tg of wind, heart- burn, water brash, biliotisness,and a general feeling that you do not care to do anything. Keep your bowels regular by using Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills. They wil clear away all the effete matter which collects in the system and make you think that "life i worth living." Mr.W, Watson, St. John, N.B., writes: "I have been troubled • with-, constipation, for the last three years, and during that time have tried several mnedies, all'of which failed to help me. A filenre .. r,. d commendMited ea - burn s I.a Liver Pills, and after using three or four vials, 1 felt like a new man. I em now still taking them, attd atm positively sure that I am on the road to recovery, 1 strongly recommend Milhurete Iraxh- L,iver Pills, I Milburn s ,axfe-Liver His are 25c per 'yial, 5 vials for $1.00, at all drug stores Or dealers, or will be mailed on receipt Tf price by The t IVliiburn Co., I,iniited, oronto, Ont, Oh, it was a puzzle! She would think no more about it until her hus- band returned; then, no doubt, every - boding she, went to the door. "Mrs. W alceham ?" `"Yes' his zeal Mr, tiVakeltatn" had left hint -"May I come in for a moment? I am from Scotland self rather shorter time than usual .Yard, and I wish i andto make inquiries concerning a ring t in which to. catch his train, he » would have to rush the climax, which which you have in your possession, Was rather a pity. He thrust his arm into his overcoat, then affected to dis- cover iscover the package in his pocket. "Well, well now!" he cried. "What , a memory, to be sure! I clean forgot that I remembered your birthday, a- "You—you do not imagine that it ter all, Nellie! Here' you are, dear, has been stolen,?" she asked. "Why, with many, many happy returns ofm thismorn- the day!" And he imprinted a kiss Ony husband l c g ing as abirthday-present." a -e it to ine his wife's lips, i,y Tho detective's eyebrows rose 1ps, "Oh, Harry`, you wretch. she ex- slightly Mrs. Wakeham grew deathly pale, "A --a' ring?" she stammered. "Why, is itis. it—" The detective; interrupted her. "1 am merely Making inquiries," said he gravely. • Tlje Star of ILope' "And your husband is Mr. Henry Wakeham, clerk at Grover & Wether stone's, Mincing Lane?" "Yes." The detective was silent for a mo- ment. "What time .do you expect him home?" "At any moment now," replied Mrs. Wakeham. "Ah, here he is!" "Good!" sighed the detective, re- lievedly. Mr. Henry Waite' ham 'tame up the little path whistling merrily, and, opening the door, called out a cheery. greeting. His wife met him . in the hall, and the sight of her white face froze the smile on his own. "Oli, Harry—" she began, but the -detective had followed close on her heels, and Mr. Wakeham eyed him in amazement. "Hello!" said he. . "This gentleman is a , detective, Harry," explained his wife, agitated- ly. "He—he is inquiring about the— that ring you gave me." "The ring?" exclaimed Mr. Henry Wakeham, eyeing thedetective an- grily. "Well, what about it? I bought it and paid for it." "You paid for it -how inquired the man. "Well, I don't know what business it is of yours, police or no police," re- turned Mr. Wakeham; "but twenty- five shillings, if -you must know, ;of Goldberg & Schmidt's in Argyle Street." "Twenty -fire shillings — for this ring?" said the detective,and he held it out. Mr. Wakeham looked, and gave a gasp of astonishment. "That—that isn't the : ring. I bought!" he cried. His wife looked up, red -eyed. "Oh, Harry, it is the one you gave me this morning!" The detective looked from one to the other. "A very good bargain for the buyer —this twenty-five shilling ring," he said, drily. "Look here!" exclaimed Mr. Wake- ham, angrily. "Tell me just what you are driving at, because, If you doubt my word, we can go to the shop right away, and you can prove the truth of what I say. The fool of a chap in the shop must have handed me the wrong packet, and I never looked to see if it was all right." "We can easily settle that," said the detective. "I must ask you to come with me to Goldberg & Schmidt's." Within half an hour the two men entered the shop in Argyle Street. The venerable white-haired man, who proved to be Mr. Schmidt, came for- ward eagerly in .response to. a card sent in by the detective. "Ha!" he said. "Come into 'my office, gentlemen." He evidently took Mr. Wakeham for a colleague of the other's. "Now," he added quickly, "I hope you have got goof news for me." The detective produced the ring. Mr. Schrnidt''s eyes glistened. "Goot!" he exclaimed • .delightedly. "Very defer; and you haf caught. the scoundrels themselved„or their agora- plice?" he added, with':a, glance at Mr. Wakeham; who flashed resentful- ly. "I had the ring,„ he said, sharply; "but that was because your chuckle- head of an assistant gave it to me Min mistake.” ml t bole ut t'he detectie who nodded. v "That seems to be correct," said he. "Perhaps you had better let this gen- tleman speak to your assistant." "I haf four," •replied Mr. Schmidt. "That's the one, nearest the door," said Mr. Wakeham, peering thorugh the glass partition. And the wooden - faced assistant was summoned. "Ever seen this young gentleman before?" asked the detective quickly, indicating Mr. Wakeham. The young man looked, and recogni- tion gleamed in his dull eye. "Oh, yes!" be replied. "He bought a ring here one evening. Let me see —why, it was on the same day that—" And he hesitated. "By Jove!" he added, as a shade of anima- tion stirred on his countenance. "You don't mean to say I made a mistake?" "That will do, Mr. Barker," ob- sery c1 Mr. Schmidt. "You can go now." And the. wooden -faced assis- tant disappeared. "I' think I understand," continued Mr. Schmidt. "The two packets were alike, and I somewhat carelessly omitted to mark the valuable one un- til too late." "I don't know about 'too late,' sir," smiled the detective. "It seems to me a. very good thing you didn't mark it in time.'' _. "Exactly!"—chuckled Mr. Schmidt. "We really have to thank this gen- tleman for having rendered the mis- take traceable, and now I think some explanation is due to him." It appeared that the two men who had attracted Mr. Wakeham's envious attention had chosen a ring—"as a present for a lady"—to the value of six hundred pounds. One of the pair addressed the other by the name of a very popular aviator, to whose pub- lished. portraits he bore a strong re- semblance. When it cane to the ques- tion of payment, the presumed avia- tor produced a blank cheque, which he proceeded to fill in with the amount required. He said he would leave both the ring and the cheque; then, in the- morning, the latter could be pre- sented at the adjacent bank, and the ring called for about midday. This seemed eminently satisfactory, and so it was arranged. The cheque was duly presented and pronounced correct. The aviator called for his ring, and presumably received it. Then, two days later, came a shock to Mr. Schmidt's nerves in the form of a communication from the famous aviator. The cancelled cheque had been returned to him, and he pro- nounced the whole thing to be' a for- gery! Nor bad he ever been in Messrs. Goldberg & Schmidt's estab- lishment in his life.. The affair had been hastily placed in the hands of the pollee, and a de- tailed description of the men and the ring itself circulated among all known dealers. Hence Mrs. Wakeham's un- conscious starting of a clue. "And now, niy dear sir," concluded Mr. Schmidt, "you must 'allow me to make you ' some recompense for the bother we have caused you. Your ring is lost, it is true, but you have been the means of my recovering one ouch more valuable. Now, here Is one which . I hope you will accept' in the place of the one you bought. It is worth mote than five times as much; and I would like you to give it to your Wife, She, too, has been ttpset," Wakeham ;beamingly took the pro e e 'if r cd article. "I am sure that's kind of you," said he. "I am extremely obliged." Then he chuckled, "I'd like to have seen the faces of those rogues when they opened their prize -packet," said he. "If efer I see their faces again," remarked Mr. Schmidt fervently, "I shall know them again. Good -even- ing, sir! And a Merry Christmas to you and your wife."—London An- swers. QUIZZING THE CHEMIST. Sir Hiram Maxim, the Noted Inven- tor Tells this Story. Having occasion to use some metal- lic mercury in his London laboratory, Sir Hiram Maxim sent his man Sil- verman out to purchase "one pound of metallic mercury in a strong glass bottle with a cork stopper." In "My Life" he tells the story of what hap- pened. Silverman soon returned and said that he could not find 'any metallic mercury. I asked him whether he had tried at a shoe shop or a beer shop. "No," he replied, . "at a wholesale chemist's." I told him that he must have made a mess of it somehow, and I sat down and wrote • out carefully, "Wanted— one pound of metallte-pgercury Alga, strong glass bottle with a cork stop- per." Before long he came back and said there '-•as no such stuff as "metallic mercury" known in the chemist's shop, and that he had been to a whole- sale place. As the shop was not more than two hundred yards away, I went round with him, and said to the man behind the counter: `I have sent this young man here twice for some metallic mercury, and he tells me that you have nothing of the kind." "No, we never have any call for it," he replied. "But is not this a chemist's shop?" "Yes; one of the largest in Lon- don." "Do you sell all kinds of chemi- cals ?" "Yes." "Then how does it happen that you have no metallic mercury?" "We have never had any call for it before. We do not know what it is." "Have you any bicarbonate of soda?" "Yes, tons of it." "Have you any bicarbonate of pot- ash ?"' "Certainly. Any amount of it." "What is bicarbonate of potash a bicarbonate of ?" "Why, naturallyt of potash." "Could you let me have some potash before it is made up into a bicarbo- nate?" "Certainly." "Have you any bichloride of mer- cury?" "Yes. Lots of it:" "What is bichloride of mercury a bichloride of?" Here I had him. I asked him if it were his first day on duty. "No, I have been here . twenty years." The head man, who had overheard our conversation, then carne up and said, "Why, of course, the gentleman wants quicksilver." Curiously enough, it had never oc- curred to me to call it by that name, although I ought to have thought of it, However, it is never called quick - Silver by scientific men. There's room at the top for more men than can stick there, A COLD Settled On Her Lungs Caning Great Pain. THE CURE WAS DR. WOOD'S Norwaly, Pine Syrup. Miss D. M, Pickering, St, Catharines, Ont., writes: "Having derived great benefit from Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, I thought I would write and tell you of my experience. When I first ante out from England I contracted a severe cold, owing to the change of climate. It settled on. my lungs, and caused me a great deal of pain. I tried every remedy I could think of, but got no relief. My father, who had heard a great deal about' the good qualities of Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, advised me to try it. I did so, and I am pleased to say, found im- mediate relief. 1 only took one bottle and it cured me completely. My mother had a severe cold also, and Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup cured her, so we never fail to keep a' bottle of it in the house." See that none of those so-called "pine syrups" are handed out to you when you go to your druggist or dealer and ask for " Dr. Wood's." It is put up in a yellow wrapper; three pine trees the trade mark; price, 25c and 50c. Manufactured only by The T. Mil- burn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. "MURPHY'S MULES" WORK. Story of Australian Soldier's Deeds at the Dardanelles. There is many an Australian sol- dier at the front to -day who blesses "Murphy's mules." Murphy is, or was, a hero of Anzac who never got mentioned in despatches, but he fre- quently figures in letters sent home by the Australians. His real name was Simpson, but for some unaccount- able reason he got the nick -name of "Murphy." So many were the wounded who re- quired,to be taken to safety that Mur- phy commandeered a pair of mules, and officers connived at. the "theft" when they learned the noble work he was doing. He used to leave the animals just under the brow of "Braund's Hill" and dash forward himself into the firing line to pick up the wounded. "Murphy's voice near them sounded like a voice from Heaven,", the sol- diers said. Day after day he climbed the hill, smiling and cheery. But one day "Murphy's mules" did not come. The wounded cried out to the overworked stretcher bearers, "For God's sake send Murphy's mules." The mules were found contentedly grazing in Shrapnel Valley, but Mur- phy had done his last climb. "Where is Murphy?" cried one of the first battalion. "Murphy is at Heaven's gate," re- . plied a sergeant, "helping the sol- diers through." TORPEDO FACTS. It Is One of, the Most Terrible En - gra...., ... The first torpedo was invented by David Bushnell, in 1777. Eight years Iater Robert Fulton designed a missile of the kind, which was purchased by the French Admiralty. After Fulton came many inventors. Messrs. Mc- Kay and Beardslee constructed an ; electric torpedo in 1865; Sir Frederick Abel made one of a better pattern in 1867, and in 1873 the Wightman tor- pedo was adopted by the British Gov- ernment. This torpedo held its own until 1884, when the famous 1,,hite- heart fish -torpedo was invented. The Whitehead is propelled by an ingenious little engine, worked by compressed air, placed inside it near the propellers. When it is fired from the tube on a torpedo boat or other craft an automatic arrangement pulls over a, lever, and when it reaches the. water its engines work at top speed roughly about twenty-five knots an. hour. A gyroscope. steers the torpedo by manipulating the rudders at the stern, • PALPITATION OF THE HEART. Sudden fright or emotion may cause a momentary arrest of the heart's action, or some excitement or apprehension may set up a rapid action of the heart thereby. causing palpitation. Palpitation, again, is often the result 'of digestive disorders arising from the stomach, or may be the result of over indulgence of tobacco or alcoholic drinks. The only way to regulate this serious heart trouble is to use Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. Mrs.S. 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