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EATEST KIDNEY
REMEDY
Perth Items
-Sergeant T i Oliver's name ap-
peared among the casualties on Tues-
day. Ire as tee resideht of 'Mitchell,
for 41 number of years and was wound-
ed while fighting in France. He wits
years of age. Private Morgan also font-
erly, of Mitchell, has been killed.
-While Mr. John Elliott was assists
ing Mr, ,James Dougherty, of Mitchell,
to emir applehtrees, he fell of aster)
ladder land lighted -ein his side on a
stick nt awood and' fractured two rihs.
hatne Of *rs. S. Batten, in To-
ronto, was (the %cane of a pretty wed-
ding On Tuesday noon, ,March 16th,
"Frult-a-tivel" Hwhen
ave Preyed waesnullnedonlyedinmdaaurrglhatgear' to taMrel. Edward
Their Value In Thousands of Parnell, of yeinnipeg. The 'bride was
born. in Logan fend is wee known in
that part. The bridesmaed was MIse
.Adelia Irietor,
• -Mr. Alexander Gordon, one of the
Cases
••••••=1•100.amilli
WONDERFUL REC6RD OF A ritk J6'1=1:
sfirosfCeporlstioownno"' daleond
WONDERFUL CURE
March .(21st, ,in hie 87th. year. elfr. Gor-
dian and( his (brother, the late D. .M.
Gordon, of Winghame.calthe in 1854. to
Listowel at that time known- as Maple -
Only Remedy That Acts On All Three
Of The Organs Responsible For The
Formation Of liric Acid In 'The Blood.
any people do not realize that the
Skin isenee of the three great elimina-
tor of waste matter irom the body.
Asa matter of fact, the Skin rids the
system of more Urea (or waste matter)
than the Kidneys. When there is
Eldhey Trouble, Pain In The Back and
Acrid Urine it may not be the fault of
the kidneys at all, but be due to faulty
Skin Action, or 'Constipation of the
bowels.
"Fruit-a-tives" cues weak, sore,
aching Kidneys, not only because it
strengthens these organs but also be-
cause 'Trait -selves"' opens the bowels,
sweetens the stomach and stimulates
the action of the skin.
-"Fruit-a-fives" is sold by all dealers
at soc. a boi
x 6 for 2.eci, trial size,
aac. or will besent postpaid on receipt
epriece by Frtut-attives Limited,
Ota.
ton.
- Methods and Rates of Planting
ICorn
KFrone the Seed Branch of the Ex -
1 i Farm, pttawae
r.rhe anew Of -drill method of planting
corn is still .commonly followed in On-
tario and. Quebec. The inhestigation con-
ducted by the Seed Branch shows
that 956 farmers ware planting in drilla
at an averate rate of 2,11 pecks of seed
per acre and .350 planted in squares or,
hills at (1.17 ,pecks of seed per acre.
The average resultseof thirty-two sep-
arate tests conducted roughoUt Oh-
tario tor a five year period shows that
the hill method (gave one ton of green
crop par acre more\ than the drilis,
and three eighths of this ton was in
the form of freshly -husked ears. A. four
year average at the Experimental
Farm, Ottawa, shows two and three-
quarter tons per acre in favor of the
hill method. Hills should be three feet
apart each way and contain three or
four plaets. Rows shOuld be thr:ee feet
,apart and. the plants nine inciiee apart
in the row. Three and a half feet spac-
ing might be preferable for large -grow-
ing varieties or weedy land. The hill
, method gives a much better -opportun-
ity for cultivating the land and con-
, trailing weeds, but the corn is rather
Beechwood Store
Dear Friends :
I re rn my sincere thanks to
all those who so promptly respond-
ed to my notice of the last two.
weeks. Many came and paid their
adcounts. There are still accounts
an my books, and those indebted
Will kindly call at once and settle,
as 1. must have money. Every
little helps to pay big bills.
I have a large, well selected
and well bought stock which en-
ables me to continue -good values
to you. Special values in teas,
Sour is down, a few kegs of No.
lake herring to clear at $4.. See
our clearing of Socks and rubbers,
mitts, kloves, sweaters, caps,- and
many othEr useful articles.
I am, Yours Respectfully '
G. K. Holland
Spring House
Cleaning
Is almost here. You will prob-
ably need at least one room re-
painted and freshened up with
attractive wail paper.We have
a large selection of all thesnew
- patterns to choose from and
. we can offer you a,ttractive
•room decoration ate*moderate
cost, or a higher (price, as you
prefer. But we suggest an
early order to avoid delays
when house cleaning time
. comes. Until further notice
we will furnish paper and hang
same in Any room up to size
12x14x9 for $4.25. Call and see
samples, or drop postal to box
355 and we will submit samples
for your selection.
ohn Hooper
Neste Painter & Decorator
John street Seaforth
0 R S E
BLANKETS
- We have a complete assort-
ment of Canadian M ad e
Blankets --Jute LIned, 5-a
Stay -on Surcingles (the kind
that won't pull off) ranging
in price from $ r.so to $3 each
All wool blankets in tancy
checks and squares, $2 to $5
each. Kersey blankets, with
surcingles, $2, $2.5o.
ROBES
Canada's best production, In-
cluding Saskatchewan Cub Bear,
Great West, Arctic, and Bishop
Robes, at very -reasonable prices.
flats and Gloves
We have a complete assort-
xtent of Men's and Boys' ,Mitts,
Gloves and Gauntlets
Broderick
Opposite Conmeercial Hotel
S EAFORTII
flat ness Trunks-- Valises
more difficult to harvest than that
which is grown in :drills. '
One bushel, 70 lbs. on the ear or 66
lbs,of shelled corn, germinating 95
Per cent. should 'be sufficient to plant
five acres by the hill method. One acre
will lrequire 60 (cents ,worth of seed at
$3.00 per bushel. Seed corn of the same
price planted at the average rate by
the idrilt method will cost $1.60 per
acre.
gsanitoba. and Northwest Notes..
-The Oita Cannell,_ of Vancouver,
British Columbia, have cut the salary
of the Mayor, $5,000, by 90 per cent,
eind the salaries of $1011 per toonth ot
the aldermen was gut by 20 per cent.
-Austin, the three-year-old son, at
tifre and LI,Ird. Frank Lipsett, of Grif-
fin, Sask., picked up a cae that had
contained strychnine and put some can-
dies in it, then at the candies. He was
soon afterwards seized. vtith convul-
sions, and he is not likely to recover.
-Wasyl Wasyluk, of Winnipeg, was
driving a. cow in Elmwood, when the
animal turned wan him. I3,e fell, and
she attacked him with her horns. Re
was rescued and, taken to the doctor's
office. ,The doctor flound that he had
sustained a fractured collier bone.
-A presentation of 35 wrist watches
and 5 pocket surgical cases was rnade
to the forty etudeints of the; 'Manitoba
Medical College, who have etilisted for
active service and are snow in military
training in 'Winnipeg. The presentation
was made at the college building by
1 the faculty. ,
' -Fire destroyed the residence and
barn of Edmund Bontier at Lac da
Bonnet, Manitoba. The six-year-old son
of Mr. BlaeLier„who islept on the first
Loon perished in the flames. The Ere
gained e haul so rapidly. that nothing
could. stop it. The cause is unknown,
and the total doss is estiniated at $900,
none of which is covered by insurance.
-Wallace Bardy, of .Roland, Man.,
farmer, who was taken to the sanit-
&lure, Elmwood, for treatment for
nervous disease, left his room, which
was on the top storey ,of fthe building,
and jumped from the .badcony of the
same floor to - the ground. His skull
was fractured'. Ile died while being con-
veyed to the hospital. - - "I
-The Medical college, in Winnipeg-, .
since the commencement ef the. war as
given over 62,500 to the various war:
funds. Of this earitt $4000 was ,given
tothe Red Cross ociety, $500 to the
Patriotic Fund, $500 to the Belgian .
Relief Fund, and several ihendred &a-
gars" to the fund for the relief of
33eIglan doctors and druggists who are
stranded. I , I .
-Jaffee Forbes, a former resident of
Oak Bluff, Manitoba, who is homestead-
ing In the Wadeni distrlet, has had
the misfortune to lose his eight months'
old baby, which was burned when his
house caught fire. Mrs. Forbes had
gone out for -a few minute, and on re-
turning found the house ablaze. She
made a brave effort to sive the child,
but wee dtiven back, badly scorched,
by the flames. The house was entirely
destroyed. In addftion to losing his
baby and his properly, Mr. Fcirbee has
Met a large aura of money which he
had in the place. •
-Fire started apparently by an over-
heated furnace, reduced the town hall
In Pens, Sask., tot a heap of .ruins. The
alarm Was given at five 'O'clock, but it
was found that the flames had made
too much headway for the poor fire
apparatus of the town, and the fire-
men.. had to stand by practically help -
lees until the flames, fanned by a strong
wind, had. completely ,, destroyed the
building. Fortunately the direction of
the wind was favorable, and at no time
were any of the other buildings threat:
cried. The furnace had been kheated for
a concert party who were putting on a
perform/lee in the evening. Besides
the building, $150 in band instruments,
a piano, some valuable scenery, and the
remainder of the contents were des-
troyed. The hall was a brick two-story
building, erected in 1911 at a cost of
$8,000, and was covered by ineurance
of $4,000. It will probably be -rebuilt
immediately,
-The youngeet stockman in Manitoba
carried off first money in the calf
feeding competitionn at the recent Pro-
vincial Fat Steck Show held. at Bran-
don, Robt. R. Moffat, of Camel, aged 6
sec,ured $1.50 and gold medal, not to
mention the cheers of hundreds of epee-
tatare. The Canadian Bankers' Associa-
tion offered a purse of $1,000 he the
form of 20 prizes .for calves 'fed by
boys under 17 years of age. There were
35 entries, 32 from Manitoba and 3
,from Saskatchewan. The winner Of the
second money, George Snglish of ll'ard-
Ing, is folloveing the footstepe of MS
father. The winner of the third money
was a brother of the flret prize winner
and two year elder. The prize money
was well distributed over Manitoba, go-
ing north, south, gest and west, and
the three Saskatchewan boys were in
'the money. The Judge was Leslie Smith,
Sie Cloud, Mindesota, an old trend of
Manitoba, and eine of the moat experi-
enced breeders and feeders on the o-
tinent E1e has Judged at all the big
shoves, but he fowl it no light task
to pick out the Mlles t steers from the
35 paraded blfere him [After due con-
eideration the coveted red ribbon we,
as already stated, awarded to, Robert
R, Moffat, ,youngest competitor on the
ground. Rie calf was a fine smooth
grade Herford, and being sired by a
pure buil of that breed, brought its
proud owner an additional $50 and a
gold medal, making his total winning
0150 in cash and the medal. George
English, of Harding, carried off the
blue ribbon with a fine grade short -
hem, this win Carrying with it tt90
money and: a silver medal. The ten boy.
Nifilcr 'did: not get within the original
money, but who nevertheless had done
greed work, are being given a $5 bill
each by the Association. The sires oE
the calves in the competition are as
folleeks: Herfords, 5; Aberdeen Angus,
6; Shorthorns, 9,
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News Notes
-While on Me way to church Sunday
morning, George ,W't Best, one of Tie-
sonburg's well-known residents, drop-
ped. dead of heart failure. He was reeve
of Blayham Township, in Elgin County,
Some time ago he doriated a new organ
to the Methodist Church in Tilsonburg.
-Mr. George Sutton, a farmer of
l7aughan To w nship, succembecl to In-
juries a couple of ,days ago, when a
restive horse kicked him l'a the fore-
head. Deceased was unhitching the ani-
mal, when it 'became frighteued. Before
he could get clear he received the blow
on the head, which rendered hien un-
curesclous. He was found sthne hours,
later by his faith/es, Mr. Sutton was
53 years af age and had farmed in
Vaughan Township all his life. •
-Over two hundred' Canadian firma
are working day and. night turning
Out projectiles destined to 'assist in the
great war. It is stated that already
100,000 shrapnel shells 'manufactured by
Canadian firms have gone forward and
a,a order approximating $80:000,000 has
been secured from ,Petrograd, Russia,
by the Canadian Car and Foundry
Company, of' Amherst, N.S„ and Mon-
treal, to be sublet to asimany firms
as :may be inecessery to tardement the
capecity of the big plantof the cone -
peak. This order is (one of the largest
yet tilaced in Canada for war materials,
and, when it is stated that orders for
over $60,000100 . worth of chra,pnel
shells have already been placed in Can-
ada by the British ,WairOfficb, some
realization of the importance of the
new industry to Canada can be obtain -
ed.
A Poem of Olden Days
The following lines written by Mr.
Daniel Moran, &literary genius of the
earlier days of Seaforth, has been
handed to us for publication. It will
be of interest to a good imany of our
older -welders who will remember
many of those whose names are men-
tioned although most of them haife
been gathered to theit Fathers, but
some still linger. The lines -were writ •
ten by 'Dan» on one occa,sion. when
he intended leaving town.
FARYAVELL, SEA.rottfrii
And inustl hid vou now farewell,
Ohrliveighleafrrth town
Where 1 hest part of life did dwell
Recording your remwo.
Mind you the silent fingerboard,
Wh. re Bright's Emporium stands
Pointing to Egmonnville. down south
Alt swamp throughout this land.
Where.no* stands D. D. Wilsons great store
Where are tLe pi ineers of old,
Some erased the golden shore, '
Others have wandered far away
in other lands succeeded,
But only few pioneers stay, aad that few are
much needed. • -
The Duncan brothers you would meet
On horse beek in the woods
Distributing:holy books -
Now they are selling goods,
Earlytraining they'v3 not forgot,
Honest 'tore Goi and min.
Who never spurned from thelr door
Poor Las true or Dan.
From Roxbaro came Jamieson.
Who owns the "Go den Lion."
For fair dealing esteem has won, •
Competition tlet ing.
No more,genteet young man yon'll ineeb
Thin his obligiug clerk, friend Steet
And smiling Pickard, always
His wt 11 assorted store,
And clerks so gentle always find
Bargains and goods galote.
Thomas Downey, Carmichael still,
Two,pioneers remain,
'Upon their reputation will be found,
No epot or stain.
Sandy McKay, that Swedenborg,
Student of science letters -
A deeper thinker you won't:find
His equal orhis better.
At St. Julian's rPetwant
Burps and Lek Ill on
Always received me with a smile
And monster watente on.
-Robbs, Daly and Mrs. Mulhern
and also B. B. Gunn,
For kindnees hats been equalled not
Since the World begun.
-
But Good, the king of grocers, he, .
Deserves a happy eternity,
Jordenb a little gentleman,
Who Mae a giant's heart.
And b 'other Freneh, it does grieve Dan
To from such friends depart. -
Oh! God forhid,, Whitney or Kidd
I should ever forget
The kindness they have ehown to me,
May our Lord. blue theiii yet.
But now before I do, depart
I With to certify.,
The king of the tonsorial art
Is Constable, him try.
If kou wantlawyers, find the best,
Holmwted, Hasiinga, Hays or Best,
And must I leave my Counter now,
Who always keeps good time,
Bit kindly deed in titne of need
I can't express in rhyme.
"Eaten bread is soon forgot,"
As so the proverb says,
Forget you Ewin4, I will net -
But yon to OM ill praise, -
And Alex. too may heaven streim,
'Dime yeti all and my friend Beam.
There's hotelkeepers in this town,
Who tam their skill approach.
Who rill hotels of su-rh renown
As our jockey, friend Attach;
Behold him flee on "Florence t:4."
Before tee wind, astanished be.
Pinkney I do declare
You will find none more civil,
And at I he "Queen'e" you will find Tem
Able to whtp the divil.
If you to worenip God will go,
Hear mass from Father Shea,
Or Reverend McDonald, who
With Casson, Comps, pray.
My stride of life are nearle run
()rent .c1 what was% for?,
I leave that to the Seaforth Sun
Or the Expositor.
Fear, Lumatlen,Wilsoii, don't forget,
If you should r fall ill,
They never refused money yet for
pom der or pill ,
TO Dardel while In pain raven'
Farewell, friends -Yours,
DANIEL MORAN.
GUARDING AN ARMY
Order of -AdvgnOe ot -a Division
_ on the March.. -
TACTICS IN TIME OF BATTLE._
Careful and Elaborate Disposition of
the Detached Troops to Secure the
Main Body Against Surprise -The
Flanks and the Rear Guard.
'The civilian in reading stories of
battles and accounts of marches and at-
tacks by an army in times of war
finds many expressions* that he does
not clearly understand -such, for in-
stance, as referenees to independent
cavalry, the advanee guard, advance
cavnlry, point and flank patrols, the
support the reserve, the main body,
fiank guard and rear guards -and it Is
reasonable to believe that there is eon -
fusion in nany minds as to signill-
ca-rice and relation of these things"
said an army officer. .
"Let ne assutne that a division is on
the march, andby the waya division
Is the basis in the United States or.
ganization for the mobile army and is
a unit Made up of all riecessary. arms
and services complete for independent
action incident to ordinary operationit.
'Tine or two marc bes ahead goes the
independent cavaTirywhich seeks to
Checkthe erietnyls eP.VII 117 and send -
back informationttas to the enemy's
movements and his ftitentions. This
cavalry is so far to the Mint that it
could not prevent the enemy slipping
In between it and the following army
and could not prevent the enemy's
patrol from observing the movement
of the troops. Time other precautions
are taken, and -one or two marebes be-
hind the independent cavalry marches
tbe advanen guard:
• "First the advance guardis the
advence cavalry, commonly one squad-
ron, vrhich sends ahead a point or .
leading patrol and sends on both sides
to march across eountrte,or on roads
paralleling the tine of match small
bodies called flanking patrols. An this
Is to clear the country of the enemy or
give tlmelv notiee of his approach or
Ms -presence. Pone or five miles in the
rear of the leading patrol rides the ad -
Vance party of the advance cavalry.
- "In the rear of the advanee cavalry
marches the support.' commonly oran
ed of one regiment of thfantry and a
mounted, detachment of engineers
Five hundred yards ahead of the sup-
port marches its advance party, com-
exised of one company, and from 300
to 500 yards ahead of the advance
party 'is its 'point' patrol, andother
patrols may be sent out on the Hanks
or to places on the 'line of march .
where they can get good views of the
country. °
"About 1,000 yards behind the sup-
port "inerches the reserve in the fol-
lowingorder in the United -States
at One battalion of infantry. one
'battalion of altilleryone regiment of
infantry, one company ofengineers
Jess the detaehment with the support,'
ran- ambulance company and perhaps -
a detachment of aignal troops. One or.
two Miles behind the reserve marches
the main body. If danger is suspected
on either flank., flank guards are sent
mit and they ny be mere patrols on
deteeinnents of 8.1 armsaecording to
the reenirements t the sitnation. Be-
hind the main body marches the rear
guard. Its component parts are gen-
erally as_fartiehind the main body as
those of the advance guard are in front
of it. though oh a night marcb it draws
closer to the main body.
'This careful and elaborate dispoei-
. don of troops on the march is to se-.
cure the division against surprise. to
prevent small parties of 'the enemy de-
laying the march and. if the enemy lie
encountered in force. to hold him long
enough for the main body to prepare
for action and take up the best posi.
tion effered by the country.
"The arrangement and position of
the vinous forces as given above,"
concluded the military man, "are. as I
said at the beginning, the usual dis-
position of advance troops of a di-
vision on the march. and for larger
commands than a' division you want
to, inerease the strength of -the inde-
Pendent cavalry, advance cavalry and
patrols, support and reserve, an also
increase the distances. In this you will
see the reason for all the relatively
small but frequent and sharp collision
during the early stages of a big bat-
tie."-Wasbington Star.
START OF A „FORTUNE.
The Boy Who Began His Career by
. Buying Soap at Auction.
A boy eleven years old stood at an
auction room door and gazed with in-
terest at the crovvd Of men gathered
round the auctioneer. His curiosity
led him to enter the room. His atten-
tion was attracted to several boxes of
eollet soap. the Icnti, he noticedt that
tils mother used (at home. He had
often been sent to the drug store to
ouy it* for her.. "Ala" he. said to him.
elt, eperblips I can buy this Soap
cheap. 1 wel sell it and make some
inoney,"
As MK. :is his feet would carry film
he min 'to the drug store where his
mother traded ntc1 seught -. out 'the
proprtetor. "How much would you give
me fpr a box of that soap such as*my
mother buys?" be asked.. Tile druggist,
ready to please the boy, named a cer-
tain price. When tbe youngster asked
if ' he could use several hoses the
druggist thought it was a good joke
and replied that he could use all that
the lad would sell him.
The boy hastened hotne. Be emptied
his little savings bank and ran back
to the auction rooms tvith the money.-,,
carefully wrapped in aehandkerchlet.
The soap WttS still unsold, and the boy
edged his -way through the crowd to
tbe platform. When the soap came
under ;the auctioneer's bammer the
boy's )itfle piping voice made the first
bid. The other buyers were so amused
at his youth and his serious manner
that they let, him carry off Ms transac-
tion without a tontestand the boy got
twenty-two boxes of toilet -soap at a
small fraction of their value. When
he auctioneer asked bis name be .an-
swered, "Charles Yerkes."
The lad took the boxes of soap to hia.
purchaser. -the druggist, who. open
eyed with surpriseinquired ivhere he
had got them. "1 bought th.em at the
auction." he said proudly,
•'1 eould have done that myself."
complained the druggist, but as he had
promised to buy the soap he had to
keep his word.
That was the beginning of an nn -
usual businese career. In later years
Charles Yerkes bectimetatnoris in both
England and America as a financier
and a conductor ofgreat business en-
terurises.-Youth's CO El pan i
TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYERS::
Work They Are • %reposed to Perform
In Time of War. - -
As the name emptiestorpedo boat
destroyers were originally built: to
combat the smaller .torpedo boat, cshiCh
bad become such a serious menace to
the battleships and the large cruisers
that searchlights and rapid fire guns
could not be depended upon for pro-
tection. says a writer in Scribner's
Magazine. • Gradually, however, the
duties of the destroyer were extended
until they included all that was former-
ly done by the torpedo boat and much
besides.
The mere fact that a modern de-
stroyer is three or four times as large
as one of the earlier boats renders it
so inuch more seaworthy and capable
of carrying so much more fuel that
the radius of ection of torpedo boat
craft has been enonnously increased,
and they have become more and more
dangerous to an enemy's fleet.
The duties of a modern 'flotilla may
be tabulated in this way:
FIrst-Scouting. This comprises lo-
cating and reporting the position of
the enemy and keeping in touch with
aim as long as may be necessary.
Second.- PrOtection of one's own fleet
from night a necks of the.epemy's de-
stroyers This includes not only locat-
ing and reporting. the . position or the
hostile torpedo2craft, but, a - necessary.
attacking theta witb your guns and
sinking or driving them away before
they cam- force home an attack against
battleships.
Third. -Attacking the battlesbips ot
.the enemy with your torpedoes. This
is. of course. the paramount duty of
every vessel in the flotilla. •
Fourtn-in addition to the above
"regular" duties. destrloyers are fre-
quently used ID what Might be called
"gunboat work" -patrolling the ene-
my's coast, running up his rivers where
the big ships cannot go. overtaking and
capturing his. merchant vessels and
tiring on troops and field batteries
ashore..
Ointory.
Speaking of Wendell Phillips' re-
inarkable gifts as an orator. Horace
Greeley mid Mut the higheat compli-
ment when he said that there wasn't
a boy who heard Phillips speak but
thought be could epee)/ as well -he
spoke so naturally. Of the great actor
Garrick It is 'related that he did not
please country people or others unused
to the stage because be was so natural
that he did not seem to be acting at all.
irnal Scent
fez ra2 neva a ma:e, bait a mile
away if Vast wind be blowing in the
anlinal's direction. A mouse can smell
cheese fifty feet away. A deer may
be sound asleep: and yet be will catch
the scent of a person passing 200 feet
off. The rabbit depends more upon
his ears than his nose.
. Doesn't Like Water.
Mrs. Grogan (chatting with neighbor)
had this waLst dry eleaned last
week an' DOW Ws as good 41s . new.
• Li4le Totinny Groan -Ila. kin, they
cielin faces that wart -Puck.
FRECKLES
NOW IS THE TIME TO GET RID OF
THESE UGLY SPOTS
There's no longer the slightest need
of feeling ashanted of your freckles,
the prescription °thine - double
strength - is gu aranteed to temove
1 these homely spo es.
Simply get an ounce of othine
1 -double strength -from any druggist
and apply a little.of it night andmorn-
ing and you should soon see that even
the worst freckles have begun todisap-
pear, while the lighter oneshave van-
iiihe d entirely. It is seldom that more
than an ounce is needed to completely
clear the skin and gain a beautiful
clear complexion.
• Be sure to ask for the double
. strength °thine as this is sold under
• guarantee of money back if it fails to
remove freckles.
TIRED THE MUSICIANS.
How Strauss Once Snubbed a Russian
iCourt Dignitary.
When Johann Strauss' took his or-
eheatra t� Russia he had some un-
usual experiences not generally
vouchsafed to those who live °TAW*
an autocratic government.
One day he received the Czarina's
commands to play before her at her
summer resort and was told on ar-
riving there that he would have to
rehearse his program three times -
before the .performanee. He ,begged •
to know the reason for that, but no
explanation was given him. These
were Her Majesty's orders, and he
could only comply. Still, his as-
tonishment grew when he saw during
the three rehearsata an empty court
carriage drawn by a par of horses
slowly going back and forth in front
of his orcheatra.
Throughout the final performance
the mysterious,eact was explained.
The Empress,havin a sharp attack
of gout, Tea obliged to reettee in the
carriage, her foot isti a cusitlien, while
the concert - took place, and the obe
_teeing rehiarsal had been ta 20e124 --
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Neiseelosseeeeleosnerelreereelseraereetareerrewie—
OM the horses to a, full string hand
lest they should, take /right and bolt
with her. .
At the end of the performance an,
exalted dignitary of the court bade
Strauss follow him to a. splendid
grand piano, sayings:
"Now be good enough to play me
all the newest Vienna music."
Although he was pretty fatigued
bg his three rehearsala and state
p rformance, Strauss th aght itexs
pedient to comply, bit after he had
played continuously for over an
hour he stopped, saying, "I presume
that will be sufficieutre
, "I am not at all tired," coolly re-
joined his excellency., -
"But I am!" said Strauss and rose
from the instrument.
Use Bicarbonate of Soda.
What is the • secret of destroying
the "Onion breath?" Not all the
spices of Araby can do it, but there
Is a simple deodorant that has its
place on every cupboard shelf which
will do the trick.
Bend low and lend an ear—plain
bicarbonate of soda, saleratus or bak-
ing segla --- take your choice of a
name, the effect is the same,
Gargle with, a solution made by
dissoleing one to one and a half tea-
spoonfuls of the soda in a glassful of
water, and gargle and gargle and
gargle; then sally forth to your dance
with a clear conseience and a eweet,
clean breath. _
The virtues of bicarbonate of soda,
as a reodorant are khown and appre-
ciated by very few — most of them
nurses and physicians. What woman
will not he glad to learn, for instauce,
that it is a perfect neutralizer of pere
spiration odors? There are xnany ex-
penaive powders put up for this pur-
pose, and some of them are effective,
but plain sodium bicarbonate at five
cents a -whole lot is quite as good as
the best of them. It may be rubbed
on the shields or through the arm-
holes of a white shirt waizt and be
relied upon to neutralite any odor.
The armpits may ale() be bathed with
a scilution of it before dressing.
-
Troop Horses' Burdens.
Cavalry are playiug an unexpected-
ly larg-e part in the wor, and the
weight carried by eavd.1, -b.orses in.
the various armies is or a - eresteThe
British cavalry is armed with the
short Len -En field rifle, the magazine
of which holds • ten roiniesi the
sword, which is carried .by all ranks
except signallers; and the revolver,
carried by warrant officers; staff -ser-
geants, sergeants,. trumpeters, and
drivers.. Each 'trooper carries one
hundred rounds of ammunition In a -
bandolier over the left shoulder. Lan-
cer regiments carry the lance. Alto-
gether the British troop horse car-
ries 286 poun4s.
The"-toosacI pony carries about
23.8 pounds. The average weight
carried by thei Indian troop horse
when ready feh. war is about 266
pounds. The Austrian "troopers" car-
ry a weight of between 294 and 303.
pound, and the average In the
French and German armies is about
the same.
STARS IN THE UNIVERE.
Enough to AllOW One For Every Friss
man Being on Earth.
For years Ule a ppruX I nut e nttmbet of
Stars visible to the eye, a ;natter of
3,000 or 4,000, according- to the defied.
don of average vision. has been 11130WIL
By most persons, nowever. and .ny
many ,scientists. the total number of
stars in the heavens has been con-
sidered countless, if not limitless. The
universe is now declared to be finite.
yet of a magnificence ot dimensions
and of a populousness far Ueyouci all
earlier concePtidps. This aseumetioa
.is a result of vet:, recent investigations
Into the motions and distances. or the
stars.
The latest studies on the subject of
the number as well as the Iigtit of the
stars hive been made at the -royal ob-
servatory at Greenwich, England. The
ate Ifrankilin Adams succeeded in mak-
ing a set of 200 photographs' covering
the entire sky. After counts were'
made on these pictures. from whieb the
brightness of the self luminous bodies
between practically the twelfth and
seventeenth magnitudes could be in-
rerred, . it was concluded that they
recorded about 55,00000 stars.
Prom this a formula was detertnined
showing the change of number in
passing from one magnitude to an-
other. With these figures it was tea -
Boned that the aggregate nntaber of
stars is net less than L000,000,poo,
probably not more than 2,000,000,000.
and probably approximately 1.000,000,-
400, theestimated present Population
of the earth.
lig Snaking computations it was in-
tette& that there would be as many
'stars fainter than magnitude twenty -
or twenty-four as there are
brighter.-- frons September Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
KILL LOBSTERS KINOLY.
Put Thews In Cold Water and Slowly
Bring Them to a Boa.
Boiling over a slow fire is the hap-
piest death a lobster can meet, so IS
has been determined at the Jersey tna-
rine biological station. The experi-
ments were carried out by Joseph
Wel, a well known biologist, tor the
Isle of Jersey Society For the Preven-
tion of Cruelty to Animals. whose mem-
bers associated the prevnient method
of killing lobsters with medieval tor-
ture.
Lobsters, says Mr. Sind, are ex-
tremely difficult to kill. Piercing the
brain does not seem to cause the lob-
ster more than temporary annoyance,
since his brain is a mere nerve gane
gUon the size of a hemp seed. He has
to be killed all over. To throw hint
into boiling water fails to do the work
either mercifully ar quickly fame he
struggles violently to escape tor about
two minut
The plezantest way to end a lob-
ster' troubles, Mr. Sinel finds, is the
old fashioned way of placing him in
cold water and bringing Win to a boil.
As the water werms he becomes kW
and rolhi over is for i edeek). By the
thee the water reaches the compare-
tly -0114 terra*ature Of 70 degree*
itabriAa# Kis 1:1000MIS CODieUlle;
90degreesJjfded. To oat a tins
MBH lihnitratierit the bkdegkir says it
imedeatatex-- Aie heat
Fr.
This is the Box
to get if you have
any iidney, _or
Bladder Trouble
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There's nothing else like it
nothing just as good, that will d
you as much good. There is only
this one prescription known as Gin
Pills. You. can get it at all dealer
in the box shown above.
Be sure to asts for "GIN PILLS"
and see that the box you are offered
bears the legend "GIN PILLS"
together with the name, National
Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada,
Iiimited, on band around the box.
At all dealers -50c, a box, 6 for
$2.50. --Gin Pills may also be had in
-the United States under theuaine
'GINO' Pills -trial treatauent sent
free if you write National Drugand
Chemital Co. of Canada, Limited.
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Mit 111C. liclOADEYS
weeatem.re-,-eteTrienrawartunea..
wave. wfth loss of eonecionsness inii
a painless end. -Loudon Cor NeW Norte
_Post,.
Tips aed Tips. ,
"The Scotch caddie is the heaticaddie
In the waist"- snid flitnelle player.
"only, like all WS ratehe's a little
near, a little tigbt., lierOSK Inv chest.
'Bang goes sixpence.' don't you know.
°A friend of mine epent his vaca-
tion golfing ou the famous St., an-
dreSes links In So:AIM:ea. MT friend t
. had a very fine Scotch caddie, a notorl-
_onsly flue Scotch eaddleand he said
to the man the first day oti the course: *
4Dugald, rny• man, 1 expect to -get -
some good tips from you dufing-my
stay 3iere."
d 1 expect: said Dup,nid dryly.,
free Ion.' "-Exchange.
Velocity of Sound.
The velocity ot sound depends upon
the medium through which the sound
bas to travel. ]be mean velocity of
sound in air Is 1.125 feet per second,
while the velocity et sound in water is
given at '4,10S feet per second, being
about four times quicker than
Cas t iron -conveys sound at the rate of
feet per second; or about six-
teen times more quickly than air. -New
York Atrietican.
Buying a Dog Ellanket.
14What's the matter there? -Cant '
yon :please that lady in a dog hian-
keti"
"I ran please bewail right" answer-
sd clerk. "but she Willts the dog
to indicate his preference. and be one
of these Mese pups that don't seem
to care for anything." -judge.
Didret 1111VO tO ASK.
11,. sap her little three-year-old
daughter eotne from the back door of
the house nest door eating a cookie,
and when the little ladsame tnto the
nouse her mother turned to her and
said:
"Why, Elsie. you Must not -ask Mrs.
IL for cookies,"
"I didn't ask hen mother." said EisleI
know where she keeps
lineator.
,...••••••••••
ides of March.
In the calendar a old Rotne the fif-
teenth day of the months of March,
May. Itly and October and the mite,
teentb day of the.rest et the months
were known as Saes. In old Roman
writings one hears of the *ides of
March," which is a poetie way to ex,
press the date.
Potatoes.
Botanists are unabte to &scone
from what pia= the aborigines of
A.Meriell developed the potato. _for it Is
not found growing wild anywhere In
bR world -
We mint learn to -work wftb Deb
tience. 'With the 'tasks appended to
es will be Provided the power Disc alma
the opportunity.
NERVES WERE BAD
Rands Wald Tremble So $he Co Id Rd
Reid Paper le Read.
When the nerves become shaky the
whole system seems to become enstrung
and a general feeling of collapse oc�t
as the heart works in sympathy with the
nerves. 1
Mrs. Wm -Waiver, Shallow Lake, Ont.,
writes: -"I doctored for a year, for my
heart and nerves, with three 'different:
doctors, but they did not seem to know
what was the matter with me. My
nerves got so bad at last that 1 could
not bold a paper in my hands to read,
the way they trembled. I gave up
doctoring thinking I could not get better,
A lady living a few doors -from me ad-
vised me to try a box of Irdhurres Heart
and Nerve Pills, so to pleaae her did,
and I am thankful -W--&-ty for doing so,
for I am stay", and (Wag my own work
without help:
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pins are
50 cents per box, 3 boxes for *1 2, at
all druggists or itiklerSt-or mailed direct
on receipt of price by The T. Milburn
co., Limited. Toronto, Ont.