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74ZUE of THE CBOWN JEW.
ELS IT CONTAINS.
Colonel Biood's ,Attempt to Steal
the Crown, Orb and Sceptre
Recalled.
Most people take as read the an-
viont le.8(,wy or the London tower;
pores hiy few are aware that in com-
parlsxnr with it the palaces and
Weems throughout Maw° aro
modern creations. Ilopworth Dion
eetnbiishee this fact clearly in his
wind:able lin"tory. '17.10 oideet, bit
of palace in Europe, teat of tho west
front of the ]lung in Vierra is of the
time of Henry Vil:l. The Kremlin in
Moscow, the Doge's Palace is Venire,
•tu•o of the fourteenth century. Tho
seraglio in Stamboul was built by
Mohammed the Second. The oldest
part of the Vatican was conmienced.
by Borgia, whose mune It bears. `Pito
out Louvre was begun in the reign of
Remy VITT; the '1'ui'ories in that of
Elizabeth. In the time of our civil
war, Versailles was yet a swamp.
Tho sixteenth century claims the
lEscus•ial; the eighteenth Salts Souci-
•,'1 Turkish cfi-
Jorulsnleln's Sonat is a sl1 0
five; the palaces of Athens, Cairo,
Teheran, aro all of modern date. So
it is, too, with the .prisons. With
the solo exception of St. Angelo in
Rome, all aro of modern date as
compared with that ono from whech
Ralph Flambard escaped in the year
1100, the dale of the first Crusade.
The crown jewels in the tower are
Worth it may be supposed, some
THREE kilLLT(IN POUNDS.
Everything of sts'0 regalia is thorn
with ono notable exception. The
lion -i -nor is represented by a crystal,
queen Alexandra wears the original
on great occasions, as part of her
personal jewels. The tower has
been the sover'eign's strong room for
the storing of treasure over :duce
tower -dwelling• monarchs wore. The
old jewel house itself was built sim-
ultaneously with the royal mint,
when that eetablislunent was irithin
tho tower walls. The one( attempt
to steal the treasure is historic. It
was the feat of that picturesque vil-
lain, Col. Blood. 1-fe had ingratiat-
ed himself with the deputy -keeper of
the jewels, had gone so far as to
propose a match between bis ward.
and the daughter of the official. All
went smoothly. The bogus swain
turned up to bo inspected; with lout
three others and the colonel, They
beat and gagged the old man, secur-
ed the crown, orb and sceptre, and
wore just making off, when, by the
strangest coincidence, the son of the
jewel -keeper arrived from Flanders.
The scene which followed would do
credit to the dramatist. Tho colonel,
disguised as a clergyman, had the
crown edncealed beneath his cassock,
and added his voice to the hue and
cry. "Stop the villain," he roared.
He had reached his horse before the
imposture was discovered. When
they made for kiln ho turned and
fired in the face of the men nearest
him. The pistol missed iiia, and
the crown was saved; but not unin-
jured. Trampled in the mud, its
jewels were all knocked out, and
MANY OF THEM LOST.
An apprentice found the great pearl
a scavenger the biggest diamond.
"Well, it was a gallant decd; it was
to gain a crown," was all Blood
bed to any, as they earned him a
prisoner to the dungeons. • But no
1 g
i11 befell him for this and other.
treason. He had played for high
stakes before, had attempted to stir -
Prise Dublin Castle and capture- the
Deice of Ormonde, and, that failing,
had coolly laid his plans to seize
and hang him when ho returned to
London. The outcome of all was
that, confessing to having plotted
to takehis sovereign's life, he was.
granted a pension, and lived and
died in ,the odor of sanctity at
rout.
All this tools place in the Marten
Tower, wbich is haunted to this clay,
you ore desired to believe. The ghost
is that of Harry Percy, ninth earl
of Notthtunberland, who spent four-
teen•years of his life a prisoner there,
The Wizard hear], they called him.
Por his companions he bad ,Raleigh,
working on his mystic preparations
Odell ho hoped would 'produce an
elixir of life; and Iioriot Allen'Torper-
ley, his Magi, as they were known.
This little coterie discovered sun-
spots before the alert eye of Galileo
had detected their existence, and
was the first to detect the satellites
of Jupiter. When, at the end of his
long imprisonment; the earl return -
El to his bonze, , he founded a li-
brary from which half the learning
of following years had its inspiration
Duly a sundial, fixed by He1'iot's own
hands, remains to commemorate that
remarkable fellowship which did so
much for the glory of 'English
telencc.
DEFYING THE BURGLARS.
The most r'emar'kable burglar-proof
pato in the world hoe just been plac-
ed in a hank in Newburg, Indiana,
At night the safe is lowered by
tables. into an (impregnable rnetallic-
tilhed sub -vault of masonry and con -
teeth. After reaching the bottom it
Is fastened clown by mas$1vo steel
hags operated by a triple time -lock.
iJntil those lugs aro released auto-
netically, at e. desired time, 110 1111-
lnan agency Ottoraise the safe, and
to break in through the mess of
steno and concrete, which measures
1.0tt. by :1:0ft., with. dynamite Would
1recic the building wittoee making
the safe avadleble,
A.I,COlTOL FROM SAWDUST.
At the congress of applied 0110m18 -
try held- at Berlin, Siuroneoe, of
C)hristiluiia, cla8Cribed a Method of
utilizing sawdust in the production
of alcohol. A.bottt two tollsof saw -
duet ere boiled with sulphu.l•ic acid
for three 'hones, the lignid metier
being then extracted by prossurq,.
nwui.rnitieti left to stand for eight -
teen hears to NMI and clarify, dud
then lti•nhelted for four or live clays,
Tito rosnit ig alcohol is afterWarde
histii'od tend r e tiftod, and, nlalcing
isnple alloWances .for loss ill the
latter operation, the -yield df spirit
f9 itttid to he about nine acid a halt
traria here cwt, at sawu0tt
WOMAN'S EERBEHS
THE HEALTH OF MANY WO-
MEN IN A PRECARIOUS
CONDITION,
Headaches, Pains Easily Account-
ed For and Funatioual Derange-
ments Make Life Miserable,
Throughout the length and breadth
of Canada there aro thousancls and
thousancis of grateful people who
admit that they owe health and
strength to the use of Dr. Williams'
Pink Pill's, and who speak always—
as they should do --in terms of
warmest praise of this medicine.
,Among the many friends Dr, nil-
;
i lianns' Pink Pills have made there is
!perhaps none more enthusiastic in
speaking of the pills then Mrs. Ed-
ward Atchuson, of Orangeville, Oat.,
who for tc,., years su1Tered intensely,
but at last found a cure through the
use of this remedy. To a reporter
of the Orangeville Sun, Mrs. Atche-
son said: "Three years ego I became
very much run down. My appetite
almost vanished, I grow pale, was
subject to headaches, dizziness, pal-
pitation of the heart and a ringing
noise in the ears. I tried several
medicines, but they did not help me,
and I was consequently much de-
pressed and feared I was doomed to
go through life a chronic invalid. Ono
day I read the cure of a woman
whose symptoms .were almost identi-
cal with my own, through the use of
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I sent for
a box, and by the time it was finish-
ed I was sufficiently encouraged to
send for another, and so on until I
had taken six boxes, when I was in
every sense of the word a different
person. Every symptom of my late
illness had vanished, and I was Once
more enalblcd to loolc after my house-
hold duties with old -tine health and
vigor. I feel that I owe all this to
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and I cheer-
fully recommend them to other weak
and suffering women."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are a
real blessing to all weak, weary wo-
man. They build up the blood and
cure all the functional. ills from
which so many women suffer in sil-
ence. These pills may be had from
any druggist or will be sent by
mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes
for $2.50 by writing The Dr. Wil-
liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont,
Remember that substitutes cannot
cure, and sec that tile full neme,
"Dr, Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
People," is printed on the wrapper
around each box.
NEW CAVALRY TRAINING
The Education of the British
Horse Soldier at Aldershot.
Apparently as the result of the ad-
mirable experiments in cavalry train-
ing
rainling made by Lieut. -Col. do Lisle at
Hounslow, the new system of instruc-
tion is to be introduced into the
First Army Corps, writes an Alder-
shot correspondent of the London
Daily Mail.
Tho innovation will do away with
much of the useless routine work
which in the past has occupied so
much of the cavalryman's time.
From the beginning of the training
the aim will be to develop the cav-
alryman's power of initiative and
resource and general intelligence in
the field. One of his first lessons will
be to catch his horse when turned
loose, to train it, and ride it across
001111117 instead of around the riding
school.
The caro of horses is also to be
taught, Men are to be instructed in
the treatment of minor horse mala-
dies, how to judge and treat lame-
ness, and to tell good forage from
bad.
Outpost and advance guard duties,
reconnoissance duties and map read-
ing aro to bo taught thoroughly.
Parties of men are to be sent out
to fled their way to fixed points en-
tirely by the man. The art of scout-
ing will be • instilled by the "flag
stealing" game and practical trials
of scouting, in which special stress
is to be laid on intercepting moves
of tho enemy, learning his strength
without being seen, despatch riding
and making intelligible verbal and
written reports.
More attention is to 1)e paid to.
firing, the proper appreciation of
covet', rapid shooting, natural"i•ests,
and the effects of wind.
Skill at arm's is not to bo forgot -
tet, and mounted combats and com-
petitions aro to be instituted,
To render charging a little more
scientific, an interesting game, some-
what after the idea indulged in by
the Gorman infantry, will be prac-
tised. A squadron of dummies ip
line will form the objective, and the
squadron bowling over the greatest.
number of the enemy will be declared
the whiner.
d
HEALTH FOR BABY IN WINTER.
Winter is coming on wizen baby
will of nocossity be confined to the
house a great Ileal. 13111085 his con-
stitution i8 rugged the close confine-
ment will soon tell on Ilia health.
'An occasional dose of Baby's Own
Tablets will act' as a safeguard dur-
ing the winter months, If begun be-
fore the winter arrives mothers can
be reasonably certain that their little
ones will retain good health during
tho months of indoor contitlement.
Baby's Owe. Tablets dare iltdigestion,
sweeten the stomach, brcnc tip colds,
prevent croup, regulate the bowels
and keep. baby healthy and happy.
Concerning the Tablets, Mrs. G, G.
Sawyer,' Clat'oueovilie, line,, says
".I have heed Baby's Own Tablets tor
ray little girl and find that they aro
the very best inodief110 that I cats
give 1101',"
Baby's O Wn 'Pablote aro sold at 25
cents a box by, all tuodledne dealers
or bray be had direct by addrassing
The De, Williams' Medleine CO.,
Brockville, Ont, Remember they axe
guaranteed to contain no poisonous
d7'ngae-they cannot gee, clq harm
and alway,a do gegd.
A STAMP MENAGERIE,
An Interesting Exhibition Might
Be Made of 1110 Pictures.
Collectors of porta ro-stamps will
be interested to examine their cams-
none
ellonbone In the light or some words of
a philatelist. Ifo says that Many
stamps bear tho pictures of animals.
Arranging lbo demise according to
the design they bear, the stamp -col-
lector tan gather a considerable
menagerie.
The three -cent Canadian stamp of
18151 boars a beaver. Newfoundland
issues of 1860 11000 the seal and the
codfish. The seal on these stamps
is, however, a queer creature, St for
a neusellnl of freaks, for he bas name
Lilco a tiger. In 1880 the gown -
Mont had the seal t odmawn with
flippers. In 1887 the Newfoundland
dog appears on the half -cont stamp.
In the United States in 1860 the
horse was primed in brown on the
two -cont stamp, and in the Omaha
issue, the year of the fair, appeared
two more animals the bull and the
buffalo.
111 the eastern hemisphere the ani-
mal stamps aro more nu111010us. and
strange. China furnishes a fish, a
Fen -gull and a dragon. Across the
Indian Ocean 10 Ike Congo Fneo
State one fithds the elephant on the
one -franc stamp. Liberia furnishes
the hippopotamus an the two -cent
stamp in bister and black.
As one travels through Africa leo
finds on the Stamps of eeyaoea tee
spotted giialTe. In 'Egypt I:e comes
upon tho cancel on all the stamps of
the Sudan, and in the wilderness of
the French Congo he finds the leop-
ard on the eboalper stamps.
Travelling eastward ngoin to North
Borneo tiro collector discovers four
more menials to add to las collection
the deer, ,ythe peacock, the crocodile
and tie monkey.
7n New South Wales appear ono
animal and two birds which are pe-
culiar to that part of the world—the
kangaroo standing erect on the
shilling stamp, t11e emu and the
lyre -blvd. A short di$tanre farther,
in New Zealand, one gots tee sacred
hnia-bird. The picture of the duck-
bill, l:allebird, half 01110101 decorates
some of the stamps of Tasnutuia, and
the black swanis contributed by
Western Australia.
The shall feinnds of Seychelles
show a turtle, lerom Peru comp two
llamas. In Guatemala a quoted, a
bd'rd that will not live in captivity,
is produced on the stamps as a31 em-
blem 01 national freedom. On some
of the stamps issued by Persia ap-
pears the lien. Tuscany nito shows
a lion on its early issues.
In the Colombian republic the
bald eagle is used. It is also shown
on stamps of the French colonies.
In. elle latest issue of Cuban
stamps is the ox pulling the plow in
the fields.
While collectors have not captured
all the wild animals, they have
enough to make an interesting ex-
hibition.
(TREAT WORK IN
NEW BRUNSWICK
DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS MADE F.
W. HARRIS A WELL istAN.
Ile Suffered From Kidney Disease
for Two and a Half Years—only
d
one of the. Many Cured by the
Great Canadian Kidney Remedy.
Central Waterville, York Co.,
N.B., Dec. 7,—(Special.).—The case of
F. W. Harris of this place is one
more evidence of the wonderful work
Dodd's Kidney Pills are doing in New
Brunswick. Mr, Harris makes the
following statement for. publication:
"I suffered for two years and a
half from Kidney Troubles, being un-
able to attend to my work the e g
er part of the time. I tried many
medicines without getting any benefit,
but actually grew worse.
"I took threo.boxes of Dodd's Kid-
ney Pills and they cured me. I
think Dodd's kidney Pills aro a
wonderful remedy for Kidney trou-
ble."
Bright's Disease is the most ad-
vanced stage of kidney Disease.
Docld's Kidney Pills aro the only
remedy that will cure it. But it is
wiser and safer to guard against
Bright's Disease by using Dodd's
Kidney Pills when your Kidneys give
the first symptoms of distress—pain
in the back or slight urinary dis-
order.
REVOLUTION 'IN BUILDING.
Machine Which Will do Work of
Seven bled. M• r. J. IL Knight, of Farnham,
England, has patented a machine
which Will lay bricks at a pace hith-
oeto undreamt of even by the "mir-
acle" workers at Neasden. ,
Hitherto the i3 itisli workman has
considered the la,yleg of from 600
to 600 brides a good day's work, At
Neasden, under American methods, a
record average has been struck of
2,278 per malt. Mr. Knight claims
for his experimental machine that it
will do the work of six or seven
stilled bricklayers, at considerably
less than half the cost.
Siinpfe in construction, the mar
chine weighs about 60limeand does
not roqu.h'o skilled labor for its
working. It runs upon a light gin-
der, which can be raised es the worts
progresses. Tho bricks are fed to it
by hand; a lover pushes them home,
side rollers keep a taco on the work,
and other rollers press the bricks
clown on the mortar, which is run
out by a hopper, worked, like the
machine, by hand,
Tt is not suited for orntunental
Work, but buildings Of a plain char-
acter can ho raised by it ft•oin the.
inside without any of the scaffolding
which plays so prominent re part itt
present-day building.
And it cannot 51)1511 its work.
--
Mist Gabble sums a most Neediest
pe•adn ter talk to," "Milt 1 She
doesn't seem to tltttrk se.t "Why--
0r—how do you mean?" "She serene
to think Sherif a pleasant person to
listen to.",
IS A RN OF ].ANY PARTS
DUAL CHARACTER Ole SIR
MARRY 11. JOHNSTON.
A Great llxplorer, Able Athnielis-
trator, and Only 413 Yearn
Of Ago.
There are few mon who have in -
varied the two worlds of thought and
action with such briiilant dash and
daring as Sir Marty Iianiiltan Johlt-
ston, li'ilhout family influence, and
by the thteo qualities of pluck, en-
ergy, and resources, he succoedod en
breaking down tbo barriers of For-
eign Office favoritism, and at the
age of forty -live ,stands with tate
letters G,C,M.G., and IV,C,B, after
his name, and a long record of ser-
vice behind him as an explorer and
administrator in East, West, and
General Africa.
But his reputation dors not end
with this. As the author of many
important
rooks,asjournalistawit
h
DOW things 10 tell and a vivid style
of telling thein, as tt master of many
languages, as an artist whose pic-
tures are hung in the Academy, as a
natnratist and aoologist with many
original die • rrie
"c tc t s � his�r•'
o to,it he
t
ge,
has won Ills spurs in literature, at't,
and science.
This man of restless energy, with
a firm hand upon the activities of
public life and work, v110 has ruled
over great countries, and dominated
by his strong personality thousands
of civilised and unelvil£sed men in
turbulent regions, has a strangely
dual character, which perhaps is the
secret of his success.
A COMPLEX PERSONALITY.
"Three-quarters of me," he said re-
cently in a private conversation
craves for a life of peace and study,
and retirement from the strife of the
world. But the other quarter is pos-
sessed by a little demon which prince
ue geed creme we eerie of no em
the practical problems of the world,
and will never let me rest."
But always in the midst of the an-
xious cares o4 Colonial administra-
tion, during perilous explorations
through savage regions, and in the i
turmoil of Imperial politics, the stu-
dent life, the love of things beautiful
in literature, art, and nature have
tugged at his heartstrings.
The pervading impres•=1on of his
personality is one of ceaseless acti-
vity, In his quick, eearehvlg eye,.
there is the power of reading mons
character which is the sign of all
men who have learnt to govern. In
his square, 1)rm jaw there is tho
dogged determination which has ear-
ned him through many a great and
difficult task. In iris brisk, frank,
vivacious, enthusiastic speech there
is that magnetic influence width
marks him out as a lender of men,
as a plan whom other men will fol-
low, through danger and difficulty,
with faith that he will get to the
goal he has in view,
A REMARKABLE CAREER.
Ile was only twenty -enc when he
first made acquaintance with Africa,
which was afterwards to bo his
happy hunting -ground. Spending.
some time in Tunis, be mastered Ar-
abic, and probed into the social and
political problems of that romantic
region. A series of articles on this
subject attracted tho attention of
Lord .PSayo, who was arranging a
mini 1 to Portuguese West Africa,
and knowing that Johnston was.
familiar with the Portuguese Ian -i
gnago, he invited hint to accompany
the expedition. The young enthns-1
nest accepted the offer, and upon the
completion of the mission travelled
on alone into the heart of the Congo,
and tracked the great river of Cen-
tral Africa through its tropical wan-
derings.
Returning home at the end of
1583, ho produced a remarkable
work dealing. with the River 'Congo,
%vetch brought him into notice, and.
was the means of his being selected
to conduct an expedition to Kiliman-
jaro, in East Africa. Johnston's
great energy and shrewd observe -
Gone 8001 him the favor of Lord,
Salisbury, and after 11e had recorded'
the results of the expedition in a
DOW book,. he Was appointed in the
autumn of 18'85 as Vire-Consul to
the Came'oons and Oil River, Ho
was shortly promoted to be Chief
Consul, and in this capacity took
sole charge of the groat territory
now known as Southern Nigeria. At -
ter that mane rapid promotion. In
1&88 Lord Saltsbury appointed his
young roto0 Consul for Portuguese
West Africa, and the year following
be was nominated to undertake the
test, which he successfully performed
of securing, with •the aid of Mr. Al-
fred Sharpe, all British Central
Africa and. Northern Rhodesia for
the 13ritish Empire,
VAR1BD 1IIXPERIIJNGEs,
Results from common soaps;
eczema, coarse hands, ragged
clothes, shrunken flannels.
it:X PEre'Slr,,
.rife Sof' the OCteLOR gar
called good It Is my aucer51111 ef-
forts in stamping out the horrors of
,the tlnvo trade in those regions."
During hie 111310 he wrote two
books dealing with Nyassaleed and
British Central Aftdea, arid in 1896
came hone to superintend their pub-
lication and to receive lie
The next year found frim as Consul -
General of Tunis, whore, in Iris
youth, he had first come in touch
with the romance of Africa. Metro
he stayed until 1890, whorl Se be-
came Special Commissioner to Ug-
anda—a country with an area of
some 150,000 square miles, and ron-
lnining, as be says : "nearly all the
1 wonders, most of the extremes, the
most signal beauties, and some of
the horrors LI 1110 Dark Continent."
Upon his arrival this region was 111
turbulent and dangerous condition,
with a civil war raging in its
midst. But in twenty months, un-
der Sir I•Tarry's strong ]rand and by
his deep knowledge of African races,
it became a peaceful dependency of
tho British Empire.
Sir Barry Johnston's grout book
upon the Uganda Protectorate, pro-
duced upon bis return in 10.02, is
ono of the most remarkable contri-
butions to the world's literature. It
is more than 011 account of his own
experiences and investigations. It is
a masterly exposition of the great
sociological and sciontilic problems
of the native races of Central Africa,
contaiuing also many remarlcabie
contributions to zoology and natural
histol,
For these services he was made a
Companion of Bath in 18110 and
tho a d
the year following was given the
combined post of Commissioner and
Consul -General 15 British and Cen-
tral Africa, and Consul to the Por-
tuguese possessions in Fast Africa.
For the six years following he ad-
ministered Nyassaland, and of his
wont at this time he sayse -"rt I
have done anything worthy of being
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Ilall's Catarrh Curs is taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous snrtaces of the system.
fiend for tcstimon,als, 1088.
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Scold by all Druggists, 75e.
Hall's Family Ellis are the best,
Mrs. 13i11us (after the company had
gone): "Johnny, you shouldn't have
eaten those preserved fruits They
were not intendedto bo eaten. They
wore put on the table to fill up.
Johnny Iiilles : "Well, that's what
I used 'em for, mamma."
South American Kidney Core
is the only kidney treatment that has proven
equal to correct all the evils that aro likely
to befall these physical regulators. Hun.
re sof testi oat is to re5ve the curative
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merits of this liquid kidney speci&Pin cases
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tendency. Don't delay. -1a
Husband (looking up from a book):
"Do you 1(180)0 what I would have
clone if I had been. Napoleon 2" Wife:
"Yes, I know. You would have set-
tled down in Corsica, and spent your
life grumbling about bad luck and
hard times."
1uinrd's bels til Gores Curgel in Caws.
Teacher (to Examiner) : "You no-
tice that boy who stands at the foot
of the class ? Well, last summer he
Wes the smartest boy in the school,"
Examiner : "No is now. I notice tile
foot of the class is nearest the fire."
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Gentlemen,—I suffered for years
with bronchial catarrh. I commenc-
ed in January last (as an experi-
ment) to use M.INARD'S LINIMENT
which gave almost instant relief.
And two bottles made a complete
euro and 1 have had no symptoms of
a return of the trouble since March,
Gratefuily Yours,
MARK BURNS.
Vanklcek 11111, Ont., Oct. 8, 01.
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TOBACCO AT A DISCOUNT.
Tons of War Office Mixture is Ly-
ing at the Docks.
The tale of British War Office blun-
ders during the late South Africa»
war is not yet complete. The latest
instance concerns the iu,itten:foes pur-
chase of tobacco for the troops.
Set oral thousand pacluiges of black
cake tobacco, a strong variety, were
purchased in Amm'i,ca and stripped to
the Capo, the idea being that the
soldiers might obtain a cheep to-
bacco from tho canteens. It Was
either• too strong fur the stomachs
and ire•vcs of 0110 1)011 or the con-
signment novo' loft the wharves at
Cape `Poen until the campaign was
over. At any irate, some five hun-
dred tons of t.)its tobacco aro Ware-
housed at the preeettttime at South-
ampton docks, :England. They wore
taken from the ]lolls of the trans-
ports Syria and Staffordshire seine
11510 ago,
It is difficult to say what the War
Office intend to do with the tobacco,
As a'lnnrlcotabio Colnn'lodity it has
little value. There is not mulch de-
mand fen' 1t f1 lrbgland, and it must
be sold at a-11169,.
1510010110 x1015 bf re1u4'necl to-
bacco eves sold from tiro Southentp-
torr (futstons at 2d D. ported. 1t
probably nest the country doteb10
flip;# -5(0tlntc
l*te40 /6":
sysiaumoome
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Oa1 Shells"
WIVES AND MOTHERS
READ THIS,
Lawyer Bruce Thornton ie examining into the affairs of his late
friend and client, A. le, Winston. Iie finds that ifs Lite Insurance
Policies are only "shells," They were all mortgaged to the mon-
eylenders for advances used in speculation. There is, therefore, no-
thing lett for the dead man's family. "A very sad case, a very
sad case indeed," remarked lawyer Thornton. "I wish the poor
fellow had carried a policy in the Independent Order of Foresters;
that Order would not bave allowed him to mortgage it and his
family would now be able to enjoy it."
Ycur Family's Daily Bread.
It is handy to have a life insurance policy upon which you can
raise a loan with which to speculate.
Remember, however, that it is your family's daily bread that
you are risking.
Every man should carry a Me insurance policy which is "pure
life insurance," and such a policy es the policy of the L 0.F.
BIGGEST TOBACCO FACTORY.
The largest tobacco factory in the
world is that belonging to the
French Government at Lille. It
turns out 50,000 tons a year. Bel-
gium and 110110nd smoke 84oz, of
tobacco a lead, Germany Moe. and
England obly 24oz.
Never Worry.—Take them and go
nbont your business—they do their work
whilst you are doing yours. Dr. Agnew's
Liver Pills are system renovators, blood
purifiers and builders; every gland and
lissue in the whole anatomy is benefited
end stimulated in the use of them, eo doses
Ira vial, to cents. -21
Diggs : "Your fiend Dobbs seems
to bo a very well-educated man."
Jentcans : "I should say he is. He
knows so much that he doesn't be-
lieve anytieng."
Detxth or lunacy seemed the only
alternative for a well-known and higbly respected
lady of Wingham, Ont., who had travelled ever
o continents in n vain search for a cure for
twream.pervolu debility and dyspepsia. A friend ream.
mended South American Nervine, One bottle
eciped, six bottles cured, and her own written
testimony closes with these words: "It bas
raved my life,"—ao �^
He : "We had best elope about two
in the morning. I will bring my
31
motor 'lo the next 0035r and—'
She : "Oh, couldn't you make it a
little earlier, dear ? Pa and ma do
off,and I
don't
s us
SO want
to co
like to keep them up so late."
Per Over Sixty Years
Hae. wlserow'580881112.e SYRUP 1180 been need. 67
Winona of mothere for their children ,chile teething,
taoeihes the child, tenors the gime. alitye pals, Garel
Wed colic regulates the etomtoh n,fel bowels, and ie the
Itst remedy ter 111achax Twenty-five acme a. bottle'
told bg drugeieto throughout the world. 13e sure and
nit tor " Um. Wn,oLemes Suocul$e :Who 23.74
Mrs. Church : "Did you ever catch
your husband flirting 3" Mrs- Got=
hem : "That's the way I did catch
hint,"
t inar�'s LInlmeot Cures Colds, etc,
Mrs, Kinder (reflectively): "I won-
der why a man nover pays his Wife any
compliments atter tl:ey are maenad?"
Binder (briskly): "He does better,
my dear—ho Trays her bilis."
Bash greasy dishes, pots or pans
with Lever's 1117 Soap a powder. It
will remove the grease with the
greatest ease.
Ethel : "Did yeti hear of tine en-
gagement of Jack and Penelope?"
Harold : "Dear me I TI.on Jack has
llnally succeeded ?" Ethel : "No;
succumbed."
!Miami's Llalmeot Cures Disteiii ok
G
A Washerwoman applied for help
to se gentlemen, who gave her a note
to the manager of a certain club. It
read as follows 7 "Dear Mr. 7i.—,
This woman waits washing." Very
shortly afterwards the a11811,01' 0a7110.
book: "Dear Sir,—1 daresay she
does, but I don't fancy the job."
20 Ye rs of
Oat54rrh
Nondei'M Testimony to the
Curative Pouter's of Dr. Agnew's
Catarrhal Powder,
Chas. 0. 1.grown jettnlat1st, o Duluth,
fr11m, writer: I have been a sufferer
om Threat and Nasal Catarrh ter
over 20 years, duringwhieh m
time y
hoed has boon etopeay and me con
Wien truly mitteraele. Witton 10 nein=
glob atter 'meet Dr. gilew s Catarrhal
powder I -°btalned relief, Throe bole
lite have telenottt, if Net entirely cured
150."
10, Amine,. Olntrnent tontine „iced ineeantir
ItT. P.
e.T.P.
SMOKING COMPETITION.
At a "smoking club in Thailfingen
(Southern Germany) a competition
was held, the object of which was to
smoke a cigar as long as possible
without letting it go out. The prize-
winner emoted his cigar 74e min.,
wbile none of the other competitors
records was over one hour.
MInard's tlnirneat Cures tllplittreria,
"But yell• harry broke my window
I tell you," Mrs. Bellingham por-
si..sted. "No, Mrs. Bellingham, he
didn't," declared Mrs. Udddings,. "110
not only told me that ho didn't, do
it, but he promised never to do it
again."
An admirable Tood of the
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Finest quality and flavour.
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