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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-9-28, Page 7Was Troubled With Stomach and Liver FOR SEVEN YEARS. LAXA-LIVER PILLS CURED HER. Mrs. Thomas Sargent, Berkeley, Ont. writes: "I Tuve been troubled with my stomach and liver for the past seven years; also have had constipation, caus- ing headaches, backaches and dizzy spells, and at times I would almost fall down,. I tried all kinds of medicine, without obtaining any relief. I com- menced using Milburn's I,axa-Liver Pills, and they have cured me. I have recom- mended theta to many of my friends, and y are all very much pleased with th results they have obtained from their use." Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills have been on the market for the past twenty-five years, and can be procured from all dealers. ') The price is 25 cents per vial. or five eilals for $1.00. If your dealer does not keep them, they will be mailed direct on receipt of price, by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, To - Tinto, Ont. CITY OF BORDEAUX. Her Ancient and Modern Architecture Are Both Famous. The name of Bordeaux has gone abroad over the earth, borne on the labels of wine bottles, on the succu- lent Southern olive and in unrecog- nizable derivatives on the seductive French sardine. Hence it is something of a surprise when you first visit Bor- deaux to find that none of these in- dustries is particularly in evidence. The best way to arrive at Bordeaux is by sea. The city is the second port of France, though it is sixty miles from the ocean. The trip up the broad Garonne is in itself a memory of travel that you will treasure. The quiet stream making its unhurried way through pleasant, long -tended land, is like some slow symphony, in a minor key. Like all travel by wa- ter, it puts you in the proper mood to see and appreciate new things, un- like the railroad journey which de- posits you at your destination dusty and cramped, with a cinder in your left eye. In our great ports we'number the wharves and treat them accordingly.. It is too much to expect a municipal- ity to respect and decorate a pier that goes by no other title than 17 or 79. In Bordeaux each wharf has a name, and it is the starting point of some' street that proceeds with the confi- ence and self-assurance born of. an xalted origin into the heart of the city. The water front of Bordeaux is 'a—fee a pleasant sight. The wharves are well kept and well designed; the great bridge of Bordeaux, with its seven- teen arches, stretches from bank to bank like a mighty arm. The city itself is lively, bustling, busy and cheerful. It is not oppress- ed by the past nor worried about the future; the present is somewhat strenuous, cloudy, perhaps, but it will all come right in the end. There is a great deal of noble architecture to be found in Bordeaux; the towering buildings are given due space to dis- play their magnificent proportions, ut the city does not rest on the fame it might draw from the building craft of its ancestors. The modern struc- tures are just as well planned and as adequate to express the spirit of their builders as those of centuries past. Bordeaux is full of that French spirit which ever confounds those who would accuse it of decadence by burst- ing Borth again and again a little efeend of the times. With French Army. As a result of the work done by the British Ambulance Committee, there are now with the French army some 150 ambulances and 250 men of . British nationality, many of whom have thrown up lucrative posts in order to serve. Canada, South Afri- ca, East Africa, New Zealand, Aus- tralia, Ceylon and the Malay States are duly represented. One Medaille Militaire and 29 Croix de Guerre have been earned by those serving. The world is three-fourths water, but you can't blame a cow for what happens after the milk gets out of her jurisdiction. Had Pimples and Pestering Sores ON HER FACE. [When the blood gets bad, boils, pimples and festering sores are sure to break out on the face and body. To get rid of them the blood should be cleansed by Burdock Blood Bitters. Mrs. Charles Jewell, Orrville, Ont., writes: "I feel it pity duty to write and tell you about what Burdock Blood 13ltters has done for me. I was so pale I had no color at all. I also had pimpleg and festering sores on my face, and my head ached nearly all the time. I had been reading In the paper, and saw that Burdock Blood Bitters was good for such troubles so I tried a bottle and before fi was half done I felt fine, and when the bottle was finished I felt like a.ttew wo- man. man. I tell all my friends about it, and Advise everyone suffering from such (rouble to use B.B.B." the "ltere is only one B.B.B. That is genuine, manufactured by The T. lvlil- burn Co„ 7./enited, 'Toronto, Ont. ziseivife eot2er Canning and Preserving Fruits, There are two distinct general methods of treating fruit so that it will not change or be changed though held for a time ranging from a few weeks to three or four years. These methods are termed canning and pre- serving. Many people do not realize the difference. We find, however, that canned fruit depends for its'keep ing qualities upon heating and per- fect sealing, whereas preserves need not be sealed because their high sugar content prevents micro organism from acting upon the fruit. Strictly speaking canned fruits and preserves should keep the fruit in its exact original condition. This, how- ever, is an ideal which is never re- alized. If fruit is sealed in tin cans and then cooked long enough to kill all the minute forms of life within the can there are still several changes which may occur, Red fruits— strawberries, raspberries, and cherries —are high in acid. The acid at- tacks the tin, forming salts of tin, and the latter quickly destroy the co- lor of the fruit. Such a change has little effect on flavor and digestibility. Canners have largely overcome this difficulty by obtaining a special kind of tin plate and by covering this tin with gold colored enamel. Fruit canned in glass jars cannot lose color through tin salts. There ie, sometimes a change in color due to light. Here again the red fruits suf- fer most severely. Probably the most important fact to remember regarding canned fruits is that changes such as fermentation due to micro organisms are not pre- vented by the sugar added. The sugar used is for flavoring. Heating and sealing kill the harmful molds and yeast and then keep others from coming into the container. There are two away in canning fruit. Some people cook the fruit before placing it in the jars or cans, others pack the raw fruit, cover ib with hot sugar syrup, seal or partly ' seal, cook and then seal if sealing has not been done first. If the fruit is cooked before placing hi the contain- er the latter must be thoroughly steri- lized first. In the second case the container need only be washed. Preserves include jam, jellies and marmalades. If a fruit product con- tains 70 per cent. of sugar, by weight, molds and yeast cannot live in ib. Hence, if a person knows the weight of the ingredients put in a preserve as well as the yields of bhe preserve one can usually predict whether the product will keep. Take the follow- ing case:— Weight of fruit 10 Ibs. Weight of sugar 10 lbs. Total ingredients 20 lbs. Yield of jam ... 14.5 lbs. Loss in evaporabion 5.5 lbs. Thus 14.5 lbs. of jam contains 10 lbs. of sugar or 68.9 per cent. To this may be added 3 per cent. for the sugar naturally contained in the fruit, making 71.9 per cent. sugar This should keep. A drop of water on the surface of a preserve dilutes it at that point and will likely start mold growth. Hence jars to be filled with jam or jelly should not be covered until cold be- cause the steam rising from the warm or hat product will condense on the cover and have the same effect as an added drop of water. ' It is is desir- ed to cover preserves while they are hot, sterilize the top, seal perfectly while hot and turn the jar upside down. By this method molds are eliminated to begin with and as with canned fruits prevented from enter- ing afterwards. Preserves also lose color through the action of light. In case of jam and marmalade mod- erate firmness is desired. , Jellies re- quire to be quite solid. In all cases the solidifying is due to the combina- tion of sugar with a substance in the fruit called pectin. The jellying or solidifying only takes place when bhe preserve is condensed to a certain ex- tent by evaporation. Some fruits are low in pectin and will not properly solidify no matter how much condens- ed. A viscous, sticky syrup resulbs. In any case the preserve is improved if a juice such as crab apple or cur- rant juice is added. This juice is rich in pectin. By using it more sugar may be used, say 10 of sugar to 8 of fruit. Thug the time of cooking is reduced, color and flavor are retained, the yield is increased and solidifying results. Ib will be seen that canning and preserving depend upon fixed laws. One should always try to explain why an operation or proportion is required. A good set of scales might mean a saving of material to many a house- wife,—Ontario Department of. Agri- culture. Seasonable Recipes. 'Wild Grape Juice.—Pick over wild grapes and almost cover with cold Water; bring slowly to a boil. When all juice seems free Attain through a jelly bagFor each quart of juice allow one tea cup sugar; su ar boil five minutes, bottle and seal. This i9 much richer than the juice made with bhe tame grapes. Earth Peach Preserve, ---Procure fresh peaches, free from bruises, and peel. Secure a large old -fa' hioned stone jar, the sort that comes with •a closely fitted stone cover, something on the fashion of the old-style churns. Place in this alternate layers of fresh- ly peeled peaches andgranulated su- gar, using about pound for pound of sugar and fruit. Place the stone cov- er tightly in place—seal around with sealing wax and bury in bhe earth, leaving the jar low enough in the earth to prevent freezing or mound enough earth over it to prevent freez- ing, just as one does when burying cabbages or apples. , Do not disturb these for three months, and five is better. When opened you will find the most delicious preserves that can be imagined—better in flavor and dif- ferent than from any other method. Something of the flavor of brandied peaches, rich and smooth and better than by ,any other process. Chipped Gingered Pear.—Use eight pounds of pears, eight pounds granulated sugar, one pound candied ginger root and four lemons. Chip or slice the pears fine, simply coring and not peeling them. Slice bhe gin- ger root and boil with the sugar and pear, and four tablespoonfuls of wa- ter for one hour. Boil the lemons whole in a little water till tender, then cut them up in small bits, removing the seeds, and add to the pears and boil one hour longer. Can in jelly jars or large topped cans. Peach iiIangoes.—Use the large freesbone peaches, pare with silver knife as thin a peeling as possible.. Cut in halves and remove the seed. Fill the cavity with the following mix- ture: Cut one cup of preserved ginger into thin slices; add one tea- spoon grated horseradish, one table- spoon each of black and white mus- tard seed, one teaspoon celery seed and one-half teaspoon black pepper !seed. Tie the halves together care- fully and drop into a syrup made as follows : To one quart of vinegar add three pints .of sugar, two ounces each cloves and cinnamon bark, pub spices in a muslin bag and drop in the syrup. Let the fruit cook very gently in the syrup until tender, then lift from the syrup and place in' the jars. Cook the syrup until slightly thick, then pour over the peaches and seal. Baking Soda. Uses. There are numerous uses to which baking soda can be put, apart from the accustomed and legitimate ones of cake and bread making. First of all, it is an excellent family remedy for scalds. When milk is on the point of turning sour a pinch of baking soda dropped in it will restore it to its na- tural sweetness. A thick paste made of soda and wa- ter is excellent for cleaning glasses in which milk, ice cream or other greasy substance has been standing, or even when there is no time to make a paste, if bhe fingers are dipped in wa- ter, then in dry soda, and the greasy part of the glass is subbed around with them, the marks will quickly dis- appelr and the glass become bright. Lamp chimneys treated in bhe same way will shine like crystal, while if a lamp burner is boiled for half an the lamp to burn with renewed bril- liancy. • Soda is also excellent to clean silverware. Make it into a thin pasbe and rub briskly, then wash in hot water. Things Worth Remembering. To remove paint from glass rub with hot vinegar. Ether is good for removing grease stains from clothing. To prevent accidents, paint the bot- tom cellar steps white. All suet puddings should be cooked a long time to make them digestible. Add a teaspoonful of salt bo starch, when making, if a gloss is desired on linen. Drive six brass -headed tacks in the ironing board to take the place of a flat -iron stand. It is wise to put a libtle salt in the water in which vegetables are wash- ed. It will destroy insects. Allow two level teaspoonsfuls of baking powder to each cup of flour when no eggs are used. To cut butter in, small even squares for the 'table, use a c9arse wet thread as this leave no ragged edges. The small pin feathers that are so hard to clean from very young chick- ens can be wiped off with a damp cloth in much less time. Cold water closes the pores of the slain and makes it firm. A little vine. gar or cologne added to the water also assits in the hardening. When boilingwhich i in !neat s clue - ed bo be .tough add one teaspoonful of hour. in soda and water it will cause vinegar. This makes it tender, and gives a good flavor. When no suet is at hand, and a lit- tle is required for puddings, ets., chop some dripping finely and use. It will answer the purpose quite well. Before polishing furniture, Wipe over with a cloth dipped in hot water and wrung out./ If this is done, fin- ger -marks will not show. If furnit,ire is washed with 'eke - warm vinegar agar and water before polish is applied, very little will be required and a great saving in labor effected, A use for old velveteen—Take a Piece the size of a duster and tie it over the head of a broom used for wiping down walls. It cleans them beautifully. To shine shoes• quickly do not blacken but rub on a piece of orange and let the juice dry in, then polish with a roft brush and then they will shine .like a mirror. If clothes are to be ironed soon af- ter they are dry use hob water for sprinkling them. They will dampen more quickly and evenly than if cold. water is used. When madras curtains are launder- ed they can be easily dried by hanging them on their own curtain rod and patting a heavy rod in the bottom hem to hold them steady. When reheating meat place some gravy in a deep frying Tian, season it and make quite her,, put in the meat and simmer gently, but do not auow to boil, as boiling makes the meat touch. To clean dark varnished front dooi.a rub over, after dusting, with a little brown shoe polish on a piece of cloth; polish with a dry duster, and the door will look as if newly painted. To remove the shine from serge, sponge bhe dress or suit with hot vine- gar and press in the usual manner and all shine will disappear, The vine- gar leaves no stain. A small sponge the size of an orange will be found very practical to have to wash the little ones with, and more satisfactory than a cloth. Tie on a string so it can be hung up to dry after using. QUAINT OLD WALLS. Furnish One of the Charms of Eng- lish Countryside. The stone walls of the Cotswolds, in England, one of their most per- sonal charms, are called "mounds." As in New England,they border the roads everywhere. The conventional hedgerows are still planted, in this part of the coun- try, only to divide field from field. But New England farm folk never knew how to build a "dry" wall like this. It is of fairly even stones, laid without mortar—in fact, with hardly a chink where mortar could be in- serted. Some surfaces are marked by a sort of rough string course, and for coping the top stones are set up on end close together. It must be admitted that a shelf of asphalt occasionally replaces them, and is not beautiful. , But far more often you get, by way of variety, a primitive battlement of mud, in which seeds find lodgment and where they begin at once to weave a curtain of falling verdure and moss and aallo the crannies THE SUNDAY SCHOOL with green as years go by, so that ` jj� J the "mound" becomes really what it is called, and is hardly distinguish- able from the massive granite and eartllenwork walls of the Cornish roadsides, THE DISABLED BERO, No Effort Too. Great to Restore His Ability. There are already about 1,700 dis- abled soldiers now under treatment in Canada, and almost every eek sees more of them arriving from the front. . Some of them, of course, are so seriously disabled that it is impossible for them to take up again their form- er occupations, or, at all events, to take them up again without the aid of artificial appliances and training in their use. They are heroes, we say; but the glamor of heroism will not content them long. The same quality of self- respect that made them freely en- list, will make them as eager to re- enlist in the peaceful work of the community that they have helped to preserve. The pensions that are due them will be an assistance but never a substitute for honest livelihood in the days that lie before them. Do we quite realize that our coun- try, till lately, had no organized sys- tem established for fitting these men to turn to civil life? And do we realize the waste of. good human material and ability that the country would suffer from, if they were left, untrained and unaid- ed, to remain idle or to pick up any casual or temporary job they might happen to come across? In France, skilled scientists are set apart by the Government to devote their whole time to directing and training the permanently disabled so that they may do the best for them- selves. The same problems in Canada are being met by the seine wise con- trol, and will be solved, we have every reason to hope, under the guidance of the Military Hospitals Commission. It is the business of every true I Canadian to help the Commission and its Provincial auxiliaries by backing up its efforts to restore these men's capacity, and by helping to get them work they can do with profit to them- selves and to the country. INTERNATIONAL LESSON OCTOBER 1, Lesson I.— A Plot That railed --Acts 23. Golden 'Text, Jer. 1. 19, Verse 14. Chief priests—More ex- actly, high priests, a close oligarchy including, besides the acting pontiff , living, ex -high priests and priests be- longing to the two or three families from whom the . government selected the new one. Of course in Jewish eyes bhe office was, for life, but they had to be content with keeping it in the families which had held it since the Maccabees. Curse -Greek, ana- thema; the formula would he, "God . do so to me, and more also if I eat or drink before we have killed Paul," 15, Wibh the council—The Sanhe- drin, which contained many well dis- posed to Paul, was only to be asked, to pass a resoaltion requesting Lysias to give them a further opportunity of examining the case. Signify—Rath- 1 er too peremptory a word; it only im- plies putting a suggestion before the officer, who, of course, could grant ib or refire it as he pleased. Comes near—The Sanhedrin therefore would not be suspected of complicity. 16. Paul's nephew is the only rela- tive of whom we hear. He must have been deeply interested in his uncle, and employed great shrewdness in getting this information: a rela- tive of Paul's was the last person to pick it up casually. The case with which he secured access to Paul shows that the apostle was no longer in rig- orous confinement. 17. Young man—The term used in verses 18 and 22 is slightly. different. Paul speaks of his nephew to the cen- turion with le:.s familiar tone. 19. Lysias's interest in Paul, and his determination to see fair play, be- comes apparent. 20. As though thou wouldest—It is better to follow one of bhe two great- est MSS., and by altering one letter read as though it (the Sanhedrin) would, etc. This agrees :vith verse 15. Lysias would not take Paul down to the Sanhedrin because he wanted to get more exact knowledge; he would quet:tion him in the barracks. 21. The information of their ami- able intentions no doubhb cost these forty zealots some delay in getting their dinner. But there were casu- ists ready to extricate them from a vow so praiseworthy when it failed of its object. 23. A very large escort for one pri- soner, but Lysias was determined that a Roman cibizen should not be mur- dered by these hated sectaries. A Roman cohort would include a con- tingent of all kinds of troops—regul- ar infantry, cavalry, and miscellane- ous native troops. The exact mean- ing of bhe word rendered spearnten is not known. Caesarea, on the coast, was the seat of government. 24. Felix—Antonius Felix, procura- tor of Judaea from about A. D. 52. He and his powerful brother Pallas were freedmen. Tacitus says bhat he "wielded royal power with the spirit of a slave, with unbounded cruelty and lust." Strong Point. "Why have you never married, colonel?" "Because I feel that a man cannot be a good husband and at the same time a good warrior." "You overlook the advantage of be- ing always in training." Times Change& Newcomer (at resort)—"Is this a restful place?" Native—"Well, it used ter be until folks began comin' here fer to rest." Road Construction and Maintenance The Part Played by Refined Tars in Modern Road Building. By J. RANDALL ROBERTS, B. Sc. It is a well recognized fact among highway engineers that one great cause of the disintegration of water - bound macadam and gravel macadam roads is "internal attrition." When a heavy motor truck or auto- mobile is travelling up a grade or even along the level, there is a strong thrust developed under the driving wheels, which, while propelling the vehicle forward, tends to push the upper part of the road backward. The same is also true in the case of horse- drawvehicles, only here the "thrust" is under the horses feet. This "thrust" causes a slight rubbing of one stone on another in the wearing course of plain macadam roads, which in a comparatively short time causes internal wear, and results in the formation of depressions and hol- lows, even though the foundation may be still firm and unyielding. .To overcome this difficulty, dense, heavy, refined tars have been used as a "binder" for many years in Eng- land and France, and for about twelve years on this contineast. Abroad, the method followed has been to mix the crushed stone or slag with the heavy refined tar (at boiling temperature) and place the mixture on the prepar- ed foundation, consolidating the whole with a suitable roller. This method has been followed on this continent to some extent, but the greater percent- age of "tar macadam" is built by the penetration method. In this case, the layer of stone is placed upon the pre- pared foundation to the desired thick- ness, and then "grouted" with the heavy refined tar, at approximately boiling temperature. The road is then finished by covering this course with smaller' stone, sealing same with ad- ditional 'refined tar, and then covering with sand or screenings and rolling. There are several relined tars on the market, one of the best known being tarvia, A tarvia "X" macadam road corresponds very closely to the stand- ard English practice in new construc- tion. Tar macadam is an especially suit- able type of road for trunk line high- ways, where the traffic is fast and heavy, on account of its durability and intenanee low cost of rna In the vil- lages and towns, tar macadam is also Very satisfactory, on account of its dustlessness, as well as durability and low maintenance cost. Under ordin- ary conditions,' this type of road costs between sixteen hundred and twenty- five hundred dollars per mile more than the corresponding plain mac- adam, depending on length of haul of material, width of roadway, etc. In considering the question of road cost 1 on a five-year basis, or longer, which is really the proper method, it has ' been proven many times that this ex - j tra initial outlay is more than justi- fied. The consideration of road costs over an extended period brings up the question of maintenance, the import- ance of which is only just beginning to be recognized by the average muni- cipal official. Tar macadam should be watched closely during the first year of its life, as this is the most critical period. Any weaknesses which develop, such as formation of depressions, or buckets, due to poor foundation, or lack of sufficient "binder," should be repaired at once, so that the whole road will wear uni- formly. Under a comparatively heavy mixed traffic, composed of both horse-drawn and motor driven vehi- cles, light annual applications of light refined tar (cold application) with sand covering, give the most econo- mical maintenance. The use of refin- ed tar in both construction and main- tenance prevents in greater measure the formation of dust from the road itself; which helps the maintenance thereby, owing to the retention of the road material in place, eliminates the cost of water sprinkling where such would otherwise be necessary, and also prevents the formation of mud in wet weather. It might be thought to be more economical to build a plain macadam road and maintain it by surface treat- ments of refined tar, than to build the road as a tar bound macadam in the first place. This might be true under very light traffic conditions, but it is generally conceded, where the choice lies between the two, that for practically all locations where these types of road are warranted, it is cheaper and more economical in the long run .to build the tar hound tar macadam. However both bound and tar surfaced macadams are far superior to a plain water bound mac- adam road, no matter how well built this may be, as the well-known de- fects of ravelling, results of frost ac- tion, and of internal wear, also ex- cessive dust, which 'are common to a water bound, are practically eliminat- ed in a tar bound, and overcome, to a great extent, in a tar surfaced mac- adam road. KING'S FOURTH SON IN NAVY. Prince George Is Now In His Four- teenth Year. The latest list of candidates who have passed the qualifying literary examination for naval cadetships, and who will enter the Royal Naval Col- lege, Osborne, in September, includes the name of , Prince George, their Majesties' fourth son, who is now in his fourteenth year. He appears in the list strictly in alphabetical order. The Prince of Wales and Prince Al- bert, it will be remembered, both went to naval colleges. Since the days of the early Georges it has been traditional for the young- er son of the British Royal family to enter the Navy. Prince George possesses an accomplishment which is curious for a boy—he, is an expert knitter, and has knitted articles fed' charity functions which have won the admiration of feminine critics. Prince George will commence his training at Osborne under the same conditions as a commoner, as was the case with Prince Albert, now a sub- lieutenant in the North Sea, and will spend the next few years in imbib- ing varied training considered es- sential for a naval officer. The first part of that period will be passed at Osborne, and in about two years the lad will go to Dartmouth. Finally, he will complete his course on a spe- cial training cruiser, and than will be- come a fully-fledged midshipman and will join a sea -going warship. MOTORCYCLE FIRE ENGINES. Carries Apparatus and a Crew of Two Fire -Fighters, The motorcycle, which has distin- guished itself as a family vehicle and a bearer of despatches In war -time, is being tried as a supplement to muni- cipal fire -fighting. A madhino of the side car type is equipped with racks for chemicals, a-ees, and other light fire-flghtleg apparatus and Manned by a crew of two men. It thus provides a light, speedy mobile unit which can make fast time to the scene of a fire, and may be able to eheok a serious blaze in lir inception by virtue of sheer speed. A MIRACULOUS CURE OF WUILERA IRFAhTUM By DR: FOWLER'S E TRACTof WILD STRAWBERRY. Cholera infantum is one of the most conunon summer complaints of infants, and many clic who could be saved if properly looked after on the first sign of the trouble. It begins with a profuse diarrhoea, very often accompanied by vomiting, and the :matter ejected from the stomach has a bilious appearance. The child rapidly loses flesh and becomes weak and languid. On the first sign of cholera infant= Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Straw- berry should be administered, and thus check the diarrhoea before it becomes serious. " Dr. Fowler's" has been, on the market for the past seventy years, so you are not experimenting with Some new and untried remedy when you use it, but be sure and get "Dr. Fowler's" when you ask for it. Mrs. B. A. Girwell, Rossway, writes: "I can recommend Dr. Fowler's. extract of Wild Strawberry most highly, A friend of mine had a little daughter who was ill with cholera infantimi, and was given up by the doctors. The little one's mother asked me to come in and see the child. I told her I had bottle of Dr. Fowler's," and asked her if she would try it. When the bottle was half ised the child was well. This cure was s miraculous one, for I thought the child was dying at the time." The genuine Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry is manufactured only 'fy The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, )nt. • ?rice, 35, 35 cents. REPAIRING WAR'S DAMAGE. Whole Towns Will Have to be Re- , built When Peace Comes. If anyone imagines that there has been exaggeration in the estimates of the probable extent of post-war rebuilding operations, says the Roch- ester Democrat and Chronicle, he should consider the havoc in North ern. France. Poland, Belgium, Serbia, and East Prussia also have suffered much devastation. But to show the magnitude of the destruction caused by the war it is sufficient to consider only what is taking place in Northern France. The destruction of Verdun is philo- sophically accepted by the French as an unavoidable evil. But it is not so easy for them to view calmly the wrecking of historic and beloved towns and villages by the advancing British and French -troops. The Ger- mans report that the allies' heavy artillery is laying waste the country on the Somme front to a depth of twelve miles behind the German lines. Peronne and Bapaume lie in ruins. A large number of French villages have been wiped out. Systematically and relentlessly the allies' guns have destroyed every German supply basin and concentration camp. BREATHE UNDER WATER. Apparatus Makes a Life Preserver Doubly Useful. • A novel life preserver has been de- vised to supplement the ordinary cork jacket in rough water. By its use the person in distress is able to breathe, even when the waves sweep over his head. The appliance adds to the cork jacket a light metal chamber which floats high, a spout leading from it rising two or three feet above the water level. A tube leads from this chamber to a face mask, through which the wearer of the jacket breathes. Even if the water sweeps over his head the spout for the air chamber is still clear and the air sup- ply unimpaired. Casts More. "I've tried to teach my boy the value of money." "Good thing!" "Well, I don't know. He used to behave for ten cents, bub now he wants a quarter," Girls who want to marry are always looking In shop windows for new brands of bait. For every million tons of coal mined four or five men are killed and from 550 to 600 injured. L r N'S HEART and NERVE PILLS CURED Salvation Army Captain. Capt. Win. E. Sanford (.Salvation Army), 38 EariscotlrtAve., Toronto, Ont., writes: "A short tune ago I suffered from heart trouble, which seemed to comeon Inc very suddenly. I was so bad, that at times it seemed as if it was all I coul do to breathe. I noticed ail announce- ment of ly1Iibutn's I'feart and Nerve Pills, and decided to give thein a trial, After takifig two or three days' treat- ment I felt fide, and niy heart has not bothered me since. If this testimony would be -of any service to others you are at liberty to use it." ' To all who suffer fromnny term of ca r t wttemiroM(1u.ibg flbievueMrui']sribtf3imrnc4t'tertIanaednadrpt sNanteedsetecerv udtlelraIiert�eg. They strengthen invigorate action of the heart, and tone up thewhole s a»a+ 50 ceete per hoz, or $ boxes for *1.25. For sale at all dealers or Waled direct on receipt of "rice by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont.