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The Brussels Post, 1913-1-30, Page 63; IT SATISFIES MILLIONS OF PEOPLE Worth your while to test it LIP, tTV Sustains and Cheers. OfiteefeleareeebeZeee MAKE WILLS AND HIDE THEM CONCEALED IN SOME RATHER CURIOUS PLACES. One Disposing of Large Estate Found in Rubbish Heap in Ireland. "Why do testators, having care- fully arranged for the post-mortem disposition of their property—pro- ceed to hide their wills in strange pplaces&" asks a barrister in the London (England) Daily Mail. And lie proceeds to answer his query by stating that possibly the reason lies in man's inherent objection to be- ing dead,. Whatever the reason, the British courts :how that the peculiarity is a wide -spread one. Here, in tabu- lar form, are a few of the hiding plates: • In an old hat; Under a doormat; In a clock; In a blotting pad; Behind an old picture ; and In a rubbish heap. The will found inside a clock was made by a wife in her husband's favor. After her death he searched the house in vain. But one day, just as chancery proceedings with regard to a receiver of the estate I were started, the crook stopped, and the will—which the judge of the Probate Ceeirt decided was abso- lutely in order—was found. £7,00!1 en a Rubbish heap. In Ireland a few years ago a wo- man died aid left and exieserdi- nary accumulation of papers, docu- ments, and valuable property. The will was recovered together with an immense amount of property hidden in rubbish heaps, the property in- cluding £7.000 in bank notes and various 5Lecurities. The Irish Mas- ter of the Rolls. before whom the matter cane, said that the litter on the stairs was almost knee-deep. Two bank notes were found glued to the floor. In another ease before the Eng- lish courts not half a dozen years ago a will was admitted to probate found in the lining of a very old- fashioned silk hat which the testa- tor had given to a friend. And in a successful action for the• establish- ment of a will a year earlier it was stated that the will had been writ- ten on a half sheet of note paper and placed between the leavers of a blotting pad. After the death of the testator a relative •who had been present, went to the blotting pad to write a letter. A half sheet of note paper was found and used for the letter. And filling up the blank side the writer turned the paper over to discover that it was the dead man's will. In the Lining of a Coach. In one of Tbaokeray's novels a will is found in the lining of an old coach. Such a hiding -place was actually used by a testator whose poet -mortem affairs figured in the French courts in 1830; while there is a story of a later French case where a gentleman in perfect health posted his dying will and testament to himself. It wee found. In a boat published thirty years ago, "Cure,sities of the Search Room" are collected many in - Ounces +if curiens wills; they are so intereefing and throw such a light on the inner workings of the human n and that one can only regret that catch a book dies avid the floods of ,bgoks that are .published. Possibly INVESTMENT VS, SPECULATION Speculation means risking or gambling your money, while investment is defined by safe- ty of principal, combined with a fair interest yield. When we try to interest you in hands, we offer you the highest Blass of investment, where safety of principal is assured— rind 8% earned on your money. We offer bonds in $100, $50o, and $1,000 denominations. J. A. MACKAY & COMPANY LIMITED Guardian Bldg Royal Bank Bldg, MONTREAL TORONTO the most curious of all the curh,us wills herein eolleeted is that of a Frc:noluuan who died in 1877. In the last elaps° he directed: "I express and formally desire thet niit' remains array be enelosetl for burial in my largo leather trnn, instead of putting my survivors to the expense of a coffin. 1 ani at- tached to that trunk, •which has gone round the world with me three times," The clause reminds one of a Hampshire olergyman referred to. by Slyvanus Urban: 'Though he possessed a liberal income, he affected the dress of the lowest indigenes, At the age of 8:3 he married a country girl of 13. He desired in his will that he might be buried in an old chest which he had for some time kept by him for that purpose, and that the bearers should have each of them a pair of tanned leather gloves and a new pair of shoes, which were given ac- cordingly.' • One more instance may be taken from this entertaining book: One September afternoon in 1874 an empty hearse was seen standing at about 4 o'clock at the entrance of the salons of the Cafe Riche, Rue Lepelletior, Paris, On enquiry it was found that a frequenter of this famous establishment had inserted in his will a clause to this effect: "1 desire that on the day of my burial I may be carried round by the Rue Lepelletier to visit once more the table where I have spent so many of the pleasantest hours of my life. Shortest Will on Reeorel. Among noteworthy wills are some of the shortest. It would not do to call these curious, for brevity in all legal documents is to be encour- aged. What is probably one of the shortest wills on record was that made by the late Mr. Pitcairn, for- merly assistant to the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Though he left no less a sum than £3,000,- 000, his will bequeathing this to his widow contained only twelve lines of typewriting. But an even shorter will was mach by an Englishman who died in Mae. 1905. It was es follows : "All for mother," with the initials of the teetater. These few words, written on the back of an envelope, was propounded by the widow—whom her husband had thus designated— and duly admitted to probate. The motive for hiding wills in strange places is indeed hard to understand, Probably it lies in the fact that to many people a will, in- asmuch as it deals with valuable property, is in itself a thing of ac- tual commercial value and as such should be placed in safe custody. And to many persons safe custody means hiding. w How to Cure Horse Distemper An Experienced Horseman Sol- emnly Declares Nothing is So Satisfactory as Nerviline. Says Nervlllns is Fine Liniment. "After fifty years' experience in raising horses I can safely testify that no remedy gives such good re- sults for an all-round stable lini- ment as Nerviline." Thus opens the very earnest letter of J. J. Ev- anston, who lives near Wellington. "I had a very valuable horse that took distemper a month ago, and was afraid I was going to lose him. His throat swelled and hard lumps developed. His nostrils ran and he hada terrible cough. - I tried different remedies, but was viable to relieve my horse of his pain and suffering -till I started to use Ner- viline. I mixed a bottle of :V''ervi- line and sweet oil and rubbed the mixture on the throat and chest three times a day, and you woul•I scarcely believe the way that horse picked up. Nerviline cured him. I also have used Nerviline for colic in horses and cows, and earnestly recommend it to every man that is raising stock," For strains, sprains, swellings, colic, distemper, coughs, and colds, no liniment will prove so efficaci- ous in the stable as "Nerviline"— it's good for man or beast, for in- ternal or external use. Wherever there is pain, Nerviline will oure it. Refuse substitutes, Large size bottles, 30e. ; trial size, 250., at all dealers, or the Catarrhozone Co., Buffalo, N. Y„ and Kingston, Ont, Children's Questions. Education is erroneously sup- posed to he had at sehools. The most ignorant children often have been constant in their school at- tendance, and there have, been very intelligent ones who never saw the inside of a schoolroom. The child who always asks an explanation of terms or phrases it -cannot under- stand, who is never willing tore - peat, parrot -like, that which is in- comprehensible, will far outstrip in "education" the ordinary routine scholar. "Education" goes on with children at home, in the street, at church, at play—everywhere. ' Do not refuse ie, answer their proper questions, then. Do nob check this natural ' intelligence, for which books can never oom:pensate, though you bestowed whole librar- tea. CAUSES OF BALDNESS.. Respouslbilitlesfo Iletivy Hats and Improper Diet, Dr. Guelpa, of Paris, has nindo some interesting studies pertaining tea the scalp and the hair which have led him to conclude that ]non are more frequently bald than women for three reasons. First el all, they wear hard, heavy hats; secondly, they cut their hair too short both in summer and winter, and in the third place men usually are greater eaters than women. 1ir. Guelpa points out that the scalp can actually be compared to soil, says the Landon Eveusng Standard, the hair to the vegeta- tion springing from that soil. When the soil is poor and impro- perly looked after miorobaeilli at- tack ib and kill off its vegetation. Similarly, if the scalp is not pro- perly cared for the hair' stops sprouting. Each hair consists of a canal, the root or matrix and the sebum, au oily substance which supplies the hair with nourishment. Under normal condition's the sebum is a liquid oil. In illness or if irritated or unduly subjected to pressure the sebum thickens, coagulates and ferns hard little, globules which choke up the matrix, The hair is shut off from its source of supply and withers, It will readily be •seen that a heavy and hard hat is bound to ex- ert a deleterious pressure. Clip- ping the hair or wearing it very short leaves the hair at the mercy of atmospheric conditions, of cold, heat and dust. The sebum, like all oily sub- stances, tends to coagulate when the temperature is low, and while the long hair of women affords a protection that is ample against this condition, the short hair of men positively invites destruction of the hair roots. A meat diet increases the propor- tion of acids in the.bloed and con- sequently also increases the acids in the waste thrown off by the body in the form of perspiration. This acid• perspiration is particularly harmful to bbs hair, as it stimu- lates unduly the flow of the sebum, and as the hair cannot absorb thi+ unusual amount of fluid placed at its eommand the fluid thickens around the roots of the hair and ologs them up, As obese persons perspire more freely than thin individuals, the explanation is at hand for the bald- ness which invariably adds to the misery of the fat man. If men would substitute light felt hats for derby's in. winter and wear soft straw instead of the hard as board straw hats with which they adorn themselves in summer, baldness would soon be on the wane among them, Experiments conducted by Mosso, of Turin, indicate that physical edu- cation and gymnastics serve not only for the development of the muscles, but for that of the brain as well. It is becomi9ig evident, in the opinion of this authority, that as much time should be devoted to muscular exercise as reo intellectual exercise and. that children should begin reading and writing only after they are 9 years old. Muscular fatigue exhibits pheno- mena identioaL with intellectual fatigue. Nerve cells show a ten - deny to rest every ten seeonds. It is probable that only pant of the brain is active at a time; the vari • ous parts relieve one another. The more mobile any animal's extremi- ties are the more intelligent, other things being equal, it is, ^ A FEELER. "Pa, I want to ask your ad- vice." "Well, clear, about what?" "What do yon think it will be best to give me for a birthday pre- sent 7" Envious. Johnnie—"I wish I could be Tommy Jones." Mother—"Why? You are stron- ger than he is, you have a better Immo, more toys and more pocket money," Johnnie—"Yes; I know, bub ho can wiggle his ears." Who Did the Talking? "Do you talk over the political situation with your wife, B1ithers1" asked Noddles, "No," said Blithers. "She talks it over with me, I don't got a chane." COMMANDER JACK FROST REMARKABLE PART IIIA PLAY- - - ED IN BIG WAILS. Has Taken a Hand in Nearly Every European Conflict on a Big Scale. Eighteen hundred and twelve was the year when Napoleon ,made up his mind to invade Russia, Before starting he was careful to inquire' of the experts at what date winter usually set in in Southern Russia. They told him the middle of Decem- ber, says London Answers. It was on June 84th that he in- vaded Russia with 000,000 inen, and he reached Moscow on September 14th. That nighb fire broke out, and within five days the city was burnt to the ground. Even then he remained until October 18th before commencing his retreat. In the last week of October began the worst frost which Europe bad known for three generations, The Thames froze from its source to the sea. The Seine, the Rhine, the Danube wore all ice -bound. On the Adriatic off Venice was seen the amazing sight of floating ice -floes. The Hellespont and the. Dardan- elles were frozen. .Jack Frost's icy finger lay heavy even upon North Afriea, Drift ice appeared in the Nile, and there were .snowstorms in Tripoli and Morocco. Battling Against Cold. " As for Napoleon's huge army, it was almost wiped out, Four hun- dred thousand men perished. -They freze to death in battalions as they bivouacked, and when at last, on December 6th, Napoleon reeehed German soil, out of his whole vast host but 130,000 men were left alive. During the winter of 1853.4 the Turks were battling for dear life along the Danube against hordes of Russians. In the following Sep- tember 25,000 British troops, a similar number of French, and 8,000 Turks were landed in the Crimea. Again came a'terrible winter, and from the West of Ireland right across into Asia frost fell heavy on land and sea: In London it froze for six weeks without a break. From January 14th to February 24th the thermometer was below freezing every night. In the Cri- mea the cold was fearful, and our Army, disgracefully catered for, suffered horribly. In all we lost 20,656 :nen, and of these only twelve per eent, fell in battle. The rest were destroyed by cold and disease, aggravated by a rotten commissariat. An Unconditional Surrender. In 1870 came, the biggest war of the latter half of the nineteenth century, the titanic conflict be- tween France and Germany. ley October 29th there ware 850,000 German troops in France, Paris was besieged, and there bean the four months' investment, with fur- ious fighting on both sides. Again Jack Frost sante to the aid of the Germans. A long spell of intense cold made life almost impossible for the half-starved French, while the Germans, who had the whole coun- try to dray/Fon, besides their own excellent commissariat, suffered very little. By January the city was in such a terrible condition that it surrendered. Eighteen hundred and seventy- seven was the date of the last greab war in whicli Turkey was engaged. The Turks were attacked by an enormously superior force of Rus- sians, with the Tsar himself in command. Osman Pasha, with 40,- 000 men, hurried inland to Plevna, a village whioh'•stood upon a hill, and there hastily entrenched him- self. The Russians had 100,000 men, but Osman and his dauntless band defeated them in four snc- ecssive battles. In November winter set in three weeks earlier than usual, Tho Turks had no winter clothing, and little to eat but maize -porridge and hor'eeflesh. They suffered fearfully. At last,. on December 9th, they de-. terminecl to break out. There were only 30,000 left, but their rush was so tremendous that they -carried three lines of Russian trenches be- fore they were surrounded, and forced by enormously superior numbers to surrender uncondition- ally, er • RAIL -FENCE PHILOSOPHY. Clear-sighted reason is one's most valuable asset. Some folk's lives are like a dream. They, bring nothing into the world and take nothing out of it. Success comes to the man who be- lieves in succeeding. We should water and cultivate the flowers and destroys the weeds in ear disposition. Laziness and drunkenness clothe a man in rage - the man who thinks he is more cunning ,than others is usually the one who is deceived at the end, Barely one-seventh of the popula- tion al the British Empire is com- posed of white neon. TIII. MINISTER'S RUSE. How 11e Saved Himself Front Cont. tattling! Lese-1lajeste. The pussieg of the court fool as an institution did not mean that kings had ceased to take plozazure in the Sort of nonsense that the jesters had been licensed to perpe- trate, King Frederick William L of Prussia was an incorrigible joker, and greatly enjoyed testing the cleverness of his ministers and advisers by planning embarrassing situations, front whloh they could extricate themselves only by the ex- ercise of the quickest wit. How- ever, the king was ablest as ready to enjoy his own discomfiture as that of his intended victim. One day, at a small dinner, the king, happening to be in the mood to play a prank, chose as his victim one of his ministers, seated at his left. After a moment's thought, his majesty leaned toward the cour- tier on bis right, and giving hint a gentle slap on the cheek, said, "Pass it." As the tap was passed from guest to guest round the table, the king's intentions became apparent.. The minister at Frederick William's left would either have to commit lese- enajeste by slapping his sovereign, or admit himself beaten, and be the laughingstock of the table. Although the company was al- ready in a gale of merriment ab his expense, the minister was not at all ready to acknowledge defeat. Just as the blow was passed to him, he let a knife fall clattering to the floor between the king and himself. Immediately a servant sprang for- ward, picked the knife up, and handed it to the minister; but whet wa,s the lackey's astonishment to receive, instead of a word of thanks, a tap on the cheek. The minister, by his wit, had saved the situation without violating the rules ofi the game. The king was the first to join in the laughter and 'applause that greeted the minister's cleverness. 5 HER HEARING RESTORED. Astonishing Deliverance of Wonsan Thought to be Hopelessly Deaf. NEW YORK (Special Despatch). —Fully convinced that her hearing has been permanently restored af- ter years of torture with head noises and almost total deafness, Mrs. B. A. Barry of 555 W. 170th St., N. Y. City, has now been per- suaded to tell the story of her won- derful deliverance. After having spent hundreds of dollars en mechanical devices, medi- cines and doctors' fees, she decided that this latest discovery, however simple and inexpensive, should be the last she would try before re- signing herself to the hopelessness of permanent and total deafness. Those interested in Mrs. Barry's case and the hope it holds out for them may write to her in confidence for full details, which she offers to send gratuitously, A BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS. Princess Marie of Roumania Is But Thirteen Years Oltl. One of the moat charming young royalties in all Europe is Princess Maxie of Roumania, who is scarce- ly more than thirteen years old. Beauty is her birthright, for her mother, the Crown Princess Marie, after whom she is named, is me- nowned for her beauty, her amiable nannens; and her delightful dispo- sitio n. The mother married Crowgn Prince Ferdinand of Roumania when she was eighteen. Reports from Bucharest have it that already young princes and grand dukes have come a -courting Princess Marie. In her voiles flows English and Russian blood, which perhaps ex- plains why ehe bas Mende hair and 'blue eyes, Her grandfather was Prime Alfred, Queen Victoria's son. Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe- Coburg-Gotha; her grandrnother was Grand Duehess Mario of Rus- sia. Princess Marie .and her two sis- ters and brother have been brought up on essentially modern methods; between the broad lines of know- ledge and savoire faire. The Princesses are devoted to outdoor sports, in which their mo- ther joins them . enthusiastically. Nothing can be 'prettier than the sight , daily in Bucharest—tete Crown Princess riding with her children, The mother. slender in her well - fitting habit,looks like a girl, the Princesses ride like lovely Ama- zons, their golden looks streaming in the breeze. A woman's intuition oan heat a man's logic to a eonclusion. Some men expect a receipt in full 'when they pay a debt with pro- mise, Seventy-eight per cent, of the po- pulation of England and Wales is to be found living in towns, Stomach Always Baulked, Had Constant Indigestion Steell of Cooking Made Hint Sick —llilioutt Two Days ti Week, cured by or. Nan,ilton's Pills. Mr. Clemnons' experience is not unusual. Now -a -days poor stomachs are more the rule than the excep- tion, 13ttt the proper treatment is sure to make a quick cure. You can always depend on Dr, Hamil- ton's Pills, they reach the trouble at once, go right to business, work while you sleep and have you feel- ing better if not cured next morn- ing. "My food seemed to decompose in my stomach, writes Mr, Ralph Clernlnons, of Newbridge P.O. "I had a stomach that failed in some way to perform its work. Diges- tion seemed more or less arrested and I grew thin, yellow, nervous. The stomach became distended and impeded, apparently the action of the heart, for often at night it would do great stunts. At times my head ached must terribly. A friend who had been cured of a similar condition, advised me to take Dr. Hamilton's Pills regular- ly, which I did; The result in my case was simply marvelous. Dr. Hamilton's Pills removed the cause, strengthened the stomach, excited the liver to normal action; the kid- neys were released of excessive work. Health soon grew within me. I can now eat, sleep and live like a live roan," Be advised—use Dr. Hamilton's Pills—they are sure to do you good. 25e. per box, five for 81.00, at all druggists and storekeepers or by nail from The Catarrhozone Co., Buffalo, N.Y., and Kingston, Can- ada, ROYAL COSMETICS. What Their Majesties Use - in the Boudoir. The lovely and perennially youth- ful complexion of Queen Alexandra makes the fact plain that her Ma- jesty the Queen -Mother is parte,- ularly choice as regards her selec- tion of- toilet seeps, perfumes, and cosmetics generally. So careful has Queen Alexandra always been in this respect that; she has never used anything of the kind without having first had it analyzed to be assured of its purity. Her favorite perfumes are those of the lily of the valley and the violet. The German Empress has a pro- notenced partiality for the scent known as new -mown hay," whilst the Queen of Italy has a liking for Roman cream and Palermo cream, with a ,patriotic prejudice also as regards perfumes. The Czarina loves the odor of fresh violets, and every day a lav- ishsupply of these modest Rowers is arranged in all her Imperial Majes- ty's rooms, and even eeattered among the articles in her ward- robe. No sweet scent seems too powerful for the Czarina; and she delights in having about her such blossoms as thane of the hyacinth and the gardenia. The perfumes she chiefly uses—all of Parisian manufacture—are the jasmine and the jonquil. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland em- ploys; both in her. boudoir and the Royal nursery, a specially fabri- cated English soap scented with heliotrope, while her favorite per- fume is eau -de -Cologne. Not So Easy. "That's as easy as rolling off a log." "Did you over roll off a logo" "No, I can't say I did," "Well, you try it, and you'll find it requires considerable will pow- er." Handy Breakfast Ready to Serve Direct From Package ist To sties and cream • A dainty dish of toast- ed Indian Corn. brimful of sweet flavor and substan- tial nourishment. Post Toasties in the pantry mean many deli- cious breakfasts. Direct to your table in sealed, air - tight pack- ages, Sold by Grocers every- where. “The Nteirnory 'Lingers' Oanadlan Poethm OSreal Oo.. Ltd. Windsor. Ontario RUSHING TO THE DOMINION EN`-ylEll SOCIETY HEADING Ire:A PAIS CO UNTRY. Dukes, Lords, Barons, and 'Their Friends Disposing of Their Estates Wholesale. Lard Cottenham, whose Cheshire estate was sold last week, is bbs latest peer who is stated to hauo disposed of an estate in this caun- try with the intention of investing in Canada, says a London letter. Real estate is said to be very ac- tive in Canada, bub the turn -over surely cannot compare with the re- cons movement in this country. During the last six or seven months one firm alone ]las disposed of landed estates to the value of $10,000,000, principally the proper- ties of peers and country squires. At the end of the year it is timely to examine the extent of this move- ment. A casual enquiry reveals the fact that • All Classes in British Life are responding to the appeal of the Dominion. Each week throughout the sailing season proper the steam- ers of the Canadian, Pacific Railway and other lines sailing to Canadian ports have. conveyed members of both Houses of Parliament, bank- ers, heads of investment houses, directors of industrial and insur- ance companies to an extent that is surprising. As illustrating the appeal Canada makes to the society woman, the CREWS of Lady Deene Campbell, who is personally running a farm in Al- berta, and Lady Evelyn Ward, who is the proprietor of a milliner's shop in Toronto, may be noted, Lords there are in plenty, who are owners of farms. Lord Roberts has shown a keen interest in Canadian investments and few issues are made in London which do not have his consideration, A recital of the l+,cation of their interevts would be tedious, but it may be said that a big percentage of the peers—proba- bly 75 per cont. ---aro mtcrested in the Prairie Provinces and British C'olunibia. Comparatively few in- vest in Ontario lands and in the Maritime Provinces, though there is a glowing Interest In Neva Scotia. Generally speaking. the knights and members of Parliament are in- terested principally in mortgages, industrials, and alines; though, of course, some of them own land. Sir Kenneth Anderson, for in- stance, is said to own half the town site of Alberni, Sir William Cod- dington, Sir Clement Kinkioh- Cooke, and Sir Reginald Macleod, have recently become interested in tracts of several thonslind -acres in British Columbia, An advertisement appearing 'this week makes an appropriate conclu- sion to this letter. A sixteenth century residence and etstate which have been in the present owner's family since the reign of Henry VI., are in the market. There may be other reasons for its disposal, but you cannot reasonably exclude the supposition that its owner wants to invest in Canada. fe, EDIBLE LO(7USTS. Eaten To -day as They, Were in Bib- lical Times. Not a few commentators have stumbled over the statement that John the Baptist "did cat locusts," Not aware that in the East locusts are eaten, even to this day, 'they have suggested that some sort of, bean is meant, Locusts are to -day eaten in Ara- bia, pretty much as they were in Biblical times. Foreigner's as well as natives declare that they are really an excellent article of diet, They are best boiled, The long, 01 "hopping," legs must bo pulled off, and the locust ° held by a wing and dipped into salt• before it is eaten, As to flavor, the. insect is said to taste like green wheat. • The red loenst is mere palatable than the green kind. Some say that the female is red and the male green, but others contend that all are green at Rad, whatever the SOX. Loowsts mast be canghb in the morning, for then they are be- numbe,cl by the cold, and 'their wings ,aro damp with the dew, so that they cannot fly, They may be found in Arabia clustered in 'hon- deeds under the desert bushes, and they can be literally shovelled into a bag or basket, Later the sun dries their wings and ie is •hard to catch them, When in flight they resemble what we may call May -flies, They Ry sidewise, drifting as it were before the wind. They devour everything vegetable aard are devoured by everything animal; desert larks and, bustards, ravens, hawks and buzzards like them, The camels munch them in with their food; the greyhounds run snapping after ahem all day long, and eat as mnay as they catch, Tho Bedouins often give theta •to their horses.