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The fall is the moat severe season
of thd year for colds—pne day warm,
the next cold and iret, and unless the
mother is on her guard, the little ones
are seized with colds that ntay hang
on all winter. Baby's Own Tablets
are mothers' best friend in prement-
Mg or banishing colds. They act as
a gentle laxative, keeping the bowels
and stomach free and sweet An
occasional dose of the Tablets will
rpevent colds, or if it "does come on–
suddenly their prompt use will relieve
the baby. The Tablets are sold by
medicine dealers or by mail at 25
cents a box from the Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
ONTARIO APPLES MUCH SUPER-
IOR TO THE WESTERN VARIETY
•
If pineapples were grown in On-
.tario and Northern Spies in Florida
there would be no market in To-
ronto for pineapples.
This possibly helps to explain the
extraordinary fact • that apples
brought all the wall from British
Columbia find a ready sale at local
fruit stores while the much superior
'home-grown varieties are allowed to
" rot in the orchards.
Aside from the natural inclination
_ to fancy the products of distant
lands, there must be something
wrong with the method of market-
ing Ontario fruit or British Columbia
apples would have no chance in
Ontario. It is well known that most
of the fruit grown in British
Columbia lacks the fine flavor of the
Ontario product.
Given an equal chance,a.no house-
keeper would buy the finest apple
grown in the Okanagan Valley in
preference to a Northern Spy grown
in Huron County.
WHY RHEUMATISM OFTEN
COMES BACK
The Usual Treatment' Does Not
Reach the Root of the Trouble
Most treatments for rheumatism do
ire more than aim to keep down the
a poison in the blood and enable nature
tc overcome that particular attack.
'Then when the system becomes run-
down from any cause, the disease
zigain gets the upper hand and it all
has to be done over. -
Sufferers fronp rheumatism who
have found their condition unrelieved
or actually growing worse while using
other remedies, would do well to try
.Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. The tonic
treatment with this medicine has
proved in thousands of cases that it
'builds up the blood to a point that en-
ables it to cast out the rheumatism
poisons through the regular channels
of excreation, the bowels, kidneys and
the skin. When this is done rheuma-
tism is banished, and as long as the
blood is kept pure and rich the pat-
ient will be immune from attack.
This is proved by the case of Mrs. J.
Hewitt, Beach P.O., Hamilton, Ont.,
who says: "For a number of years I
was troubled with muscular rheuma-
tism, which caused me a great deal
of suffering. I would gat rid of the
trouble for a time, but it always came
back. A friend recommendedDr.
'Williams' Pink Pills and • I have ' not
had an attack of rheumatism since I
-took them, and that is five years ago.
I have since used the pills for anae-
mia and found them equally good,
and I now recommend them to any
friends who may be ailing."
You can get these pills 'from any
medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents
a box or six boxes for $2.50, from
The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.,Brock-
-ville, Ont.
THE REAL "POUND" AND "YARD"
A few privileged individuals recent-
ly had the pleasure of seeing in the
British House of Commons in London
a pound weight worth about $2,240.
Jt is made of platinum, a metal the
present value of which is about $140
. . •
an ounce:, and it is' the stau4arfOy
the Imperial British pound of sixteen
ounces avoirdupois. There Was also
on view at the same tipe a thirty-six
inch bar of bronze the standard of
the Imperial /3ritish! yard.
Ordinarily these two articles are
kept heHsietically sealed up in a cav-
ity in the wall of one of the corridors"
••ef the House of Commons. But now
and again at long intervals,. varying
:from 'ten to thirty years,' they are
taken out to be examined and tested.
The ceremony is attended by the
Speaker of the House of Commons,
the Sergeant -at -arms, and various'
officials of Government departments
and is quite a lengthy one, occupying
altogether between three and four
hours as a rule. '
Inside the cavit,in the wall there
is an oblong leaden case, hermetical-
ly sealed. Inside this case are two
mahogany boxes, both screwed down
and sealed.
In one is a silver -gilt casket, con-
taining the platinum pound, wrapped
in Swedish -filtering paper, which is
soft and frictionless. In the other is
the yard bar of bronze, reclining on
eight rollers, and insulated by slips
pf mica from contact with other me-
tals.
This bar, when taken out fur ex-
amination in August last, was found
to have upon it certain mysterious
markings. These, experts thought,
were due to vibration set up through
the air raids in the ebbing years of
the war.
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A YOUTHFUL TOY -MAKER
A clever little Britisher who makes
his own toys, is David Walton, of
Teddington, near London. He is 13
years of age and is described as a
mechanical genius of great promise.
He has never played with bought toys
but has made his own ever since he
was able to hold a penknife. One of
his recent feats was to construct a
working model steam engine at a total
cost of sixpence. He used a cocoa
tin as a,, -boiler. But his most wonder-
ful achievement was a full-sized
gramaphone, which he made out of
odds and ends of rubbish in a single
evening. He used an empty marg-
arine box as a cabinet. The only
thing that gave him any trouble was
the cound box, for which he used a
tooth -paste tin. He engraves blocks
and prints his school magazine; while
he is the recognized expert in his
neighborhood for the repair of engines
and so on. He has never been given
any toys, and his Christmas and
birthday presents always take the
form of tools, which he puts to very
good use.
AEROPLANES IN THEATRES
Theatre goers are to .be provided
with a new thrill. In the near future
we shall have aeroplane theatres
'where specially designed machines
will give amazing "turns." The the-
atres will be roofed, and the machines
will, of course, be tiny affairs. They
will carry only the pilot, and will have
tremendously powcrful_engines. They
will be able to twist their wings and
dart about in what is to be the first
real imitation in wood and metal of
the -flight of a bird. Thrilling new
feats, impossible for the ordinary
aeroplane are being invented for these
"pocket" machines. The aeroplanes
themselves will incorporate every, de-
vice that science can discover. There
will be jointed wings, adjustable to
any position while the machine is
actually in the air; while it will be
possible far the blades of the propel-
ler, which will revolve at a speed of
a thousand times a minute, to be/al-
tered to any angle while they are
working.
The scheme has been formed to
provide flying displays when the wea-
ther is bad.
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CURRENT WIT AND WISDOM
Nowadays a man builds 'a garage
on a vacant lot and if there's any
money left he constructs a house.—
Toledo Blade.
Fortune has no power over man-
ners—Seneca.
"But surely," said the haughty
dame, "if I pay the fare for my dog
he will he treated the same as other
passengers and be allowed to occupy
a seat." "Of course, madam." the
guard replied politely, "provided he
does not put his feet on it."—Pear-
son's Weekly.
The old-fashioned college boy won-
dered whether he would pass or
flunk; the modern wonders whether
he should pass or punt—Baltimore
Sun.
- The smaller the intellect the louder
the honk honk.—Cittawa Journal.
"How far have you studied English
history, John?" inquired Miss" Cross,
the new governess, as she and John
afld sundry sisters settled down to
their first lesson together. "Just as
far as my history book'is dirty, Miss
Crose,"' said' John.—Edinburgh Scott-
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man.
Madge—"Would you marry a man
to reform him?" Mael—"I suppose
I shall have to—there Isn't one of
hem that suits me the way he is
now."—Boston Transcript.
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katelWer -the' inevitable' pOlgenifiti
Defteit TiMea..'
It has bilIgheeiftlie faith of PM-
hibitdon viofkers:tbitt the new genera-
tion 'would bora by being, allowed
to grow up lit "ft ,etter erissirmaRieitt;
Thetille.reat30 tit•fiNtedle book reading
'coupled Wfth better School attendance,
'inn surely be:token as encouraging
7eVitienee of Improvement. Ottawa
CitiZen-
alliertte-Writes- from the mountains
that lies simply in love with the
beantifulTflora and fauna there." "I
think I know Flora, but who's the
'other girl ?"—Exchange. ;
Perfection in man is non-existent;
the approach to it should be some-
thing positive and creative. "Thou
shalt not" is merely ,a guide to the
weak and a warning to the strong.—
Kingston Whig.
Cincinnati woman says hundreds
have died from kissing. Perhaps so,
sister, but hundreds more are dying
to be kissed.—London Advertiser.
"Alice used to be fond of shopping,
but now she does all her buying by
telephone." "Yes, she says she can't
bear to see how little she's getting
for her money." --Spare Mements.
PUGILIST IN WESTMINSTER
ABBEY
Not many persons know that a prize
fighter is buried among the Celebri-
ties of Westminster Abbey. In a
group of statuary near the north door
of the Abbey, one of the statues
shows a remarkable arnt. Some per-
sons observing it might imagine that
the arm jai question was an exagger-
ation, but. it was actually modelled
from the arm of a verger at the Ab-
bey named John Burton, who was al-
so champion prize-fighter of England.
Burton was the Dean's verger, and he
-was asked on one occasion if he
would like to be buried in the Abbey.
Burton said he would, and asked that
the fact of his championship should
be inscribed on his tomb. To this
the Dean consented, but the proposal
was too much for the Chapter, and
Burton's tomb has a blank space on
it in consequence.
LOST TREASURE
A graveard for ships and a rich
sunken treasure, lies off the British
coast between Land's End and the
Lizard. Now and again the sea has
yielded a little of the riches hidden
there—in 1912, for example, when a
fierce storm shifted the silt from the
beach between Porthleven and Looe
Bay, and so much Spanish coin was
picked up that the beach came to be
known locally as "the gold mine."
Then there is the ford in the Wash
containifig King John's jewels and
war chest, together with loot from
half the churches and castles in Eng-
land. This ford, according to a lead-
ing archaeologist, Sir William Hope,
was at a part of the Wash reclaimed
from the sea in the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Centuries.
NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE
An electric lamp for driveways has
been designed which sheds its light
only where desired.
The French Government has limit-
ed the exportation of uranium ores
from its colonies in such a way as
to give its own chemical manufac-
turers preferred access to radium
bearing minvals.
Combined in one unit for the rear
of automobiles are a license tag
bracket, signaling lights and sema-
phores, a red tail light and a power-
ful white light to be used when back-
ing at night.
The Eiffel tower radio station is
preparing to send out weather re-
ports and forecasts three times a
day, which may be received in rural
communities and signaled to farmers
by church bells.
Fuel economy is claimed for a new
gas range with inclosed burners that
heat the entire top and which is
equipped with water pipes from
which superheated steam can be in-
jected into an oven.
Tests in Europe of various' gases
as automobile tire fillers have shown
that nitrogen will keep a tire hard
for thousands of miles of use, while
oxygen causes the rubber to dete-
riorate rapidly.
CHINA'S HISTORIC PIG -TAIL
The up-to-date Chinaman no longer
wears a pig -tail. This style of hair-
dressing, once the distinguishing
mark of the Chinese at home and
abroad,.is rapidly becoming a thing
of the past. The latest person to
follow Western fashions in the mat-
ter of hair -tutting is the young Em-
peror of China, and his decision will
have far-reaching results in the Far
East. It meant that China has
thrown off old habits and that in
future the country will adopt West-
ern ideas and reforms. In fact, the
cutting of the Emperor's hair will
make history. It is a curious fact
that the pig -tail was not originally
a Chinese habit. About three cen-
turies ago, in 1618, when the Man -
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giving full partic-
ulars of Trench's
world-famous prep-
aration for Epilepsy
and Fits—simple
home treatment.
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hair short was Introduced, the lead-
ers of the movement were regarded
with horror by the majority of the
Chinese, who had -come to look upon
their pig -tails at; something like a
religious symbol, Now this feeling
has passed, and- together with many
other foreign ideas hair -cutting has
been adopted eagerly by the inhabit-
ants of the Celestial Empire.
MOTOR CAR WINS AS HORSE
LOTES
One more outpost was won by the
motor car in its conquest of the realm
of the horse when the Harlem River
Speedway, which, at one time was
New York's chief attraction for hun-
dreds of Canadian horsemen, was
thrown open to automobiles.
Cars of all descriptions, from illy -
era to high-priced racing machines,
now glide over the stretch of river
link which at one time was closed
to all but speeding horses. With the
opening of the motor craze the old
race of keen, enthusiastic lovers of
the trotting horse disappeared from
New York, and there are few who
regret the change. Yet in its early
days the speedway was a conspicuous
success. Horsemen from all parts of
the country visited it regularly. Many
enthusiastic froM the Dominion con-
sidered it the one big attraction of
New York:"
In the old days, when it was fa-
-shionable to own and drive a fast
trotter, New York's horsemen used
to make use of two of the wide aven-
ues in the north end of the city. They
organized many impromptu races
and vied with each other in- the per-
fection of ' their turnouts. The growth
of the city rendered speeding , on
these thoroughfares dangerous and
the city built the speedway. It af-
forded the horsemen, a superb stretch
over which them could test their fleet
trotters and pacers and it also gave
pleasure to thousands of others, who,
though not owning horses, still had a
strong love for them. It was also
the gathering point for hundreds of
visiting horsemen.
Many of the most prominent men
in New York patronized the speed-
way and several built private stables
in its neighborhood. On a fine after-
noon Nathan Straus, behind the Cali-
fornia gelding, Cobweb, 2.12, a son
of the half -bred sire, Whips, by Elec-
tioneer, was sure to be out in search
of a contest. Cobweb was king of
the speedway for a period. Another
familiar figure was C. K. G. Billings,
an amateur reinsman of great skill.
It was over the speedway that Lou
Dillon, 1.58'4, when queen of the turf,
pulled her owner a quarter in .25%
seconds, showing the highest speed
ever attained by a harness horse.
The black champion of his day,
Uhlan,, 1.58, was another of the
Billings stable often seen on the
speedway.
Other noted amateurs seen on the
speedway were General Blayton lees,
behind Monte Carlo,
2.07%.; James
Butler, with King Direct, 2.04%;
Frank York, with Praytell, 2.09%.
and Pilot Boy, 2.09%, the latter a
handsome gray, now a pensioner on
a Long Island farm through a pro-
vision in Mr.< Work's will.
Another Wall Streeia.rnan who took
his recreation on ithIN speedway was
B. Gwathmey, whh owned Tiverton,
2.04%; E. Smathera. had a number
of fleet trotters and pacers for plea-
sure driving on the speedway,, the
best known being Lord Derby, 2.05%;
John M., 2.02%; and Morningside,
2.04%. James A. Murphy never
dodged a brush with Don Derby,
2.04%; Ardelle, 2.04%, or Coast
Marie, 2.11%. Fred Gerken, with
The Monk, 2.05%, finished in front
oftener than elsewhere, while John
Lawrence, from Hoboken, with Lizzie
March, 2.02%, and a record of a half
mile in .57% over the course, took
the dust out of few.
In later years the horses taking
part in this sport were not of as high
quality nor were their owners com-
parable in skill as reinsmen with the
men who made the early history of
the speedway. With -the coming of
the automobile into general use "hoes
trotting" was relegated to the small-
er communities and the speedway re-
cently was practically deserted. Now
it is once more crowded, but gasoline,
and not the horse, provides the mo-
tive power for the speeding vehicles.
The following notice was displayed
some time ago in a large hotel in Nor-
way: "Bath I First class bath. Can
anybody get. Tushbath. Warm and
cold. Tub bath and shower bath. At
any time. Except Saturday. By
two hours forebore."
And this is the notice that was
posted up in an art exhibition in To-
kio, Japan:
"Visitors are requested at the en-
trance to show tickets for inspection.
"Tickets are charged lOcens and
2 cens for the special and common re-
spectively. No visitor who is mad or
in toxicated is allowed to enter in, if
any person found in shall he claimed
to retire. ,
"No visitor; is allowed to carry in
with himself any parcel, umberella,
stick, and the like kind except his
purse, and is strictly forbidden to
take with himself dog,or the same
kind of beasts. Visiotr is requested
to take good care of himself from
thievely."
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