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T/ze Luck
of Opals
Vbetoria eientseed the
rsx Which Had Dogged ;
Them for Years,
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When Queen Victoria lifted the jinx
front the opal site chatied the ehadow
of half a century from one of, if not
the mot, aeautiful ot all the jewels.
Of all the precious Rome, Pays ',Huey,
the opal es the ntoet diffieult tu
=dim, :duce lt seeing to combine in
one gem the beautio of many. The
fire of the earburtele, the purple of the
amethyet. the greeu oe tbe morale,
the yellow of the tepee, the delne
trideeceuce of the pearl and the bril-
liance of the diamona are all revsaled
iv the scintillations of the opal.
Among the ancients tae opal was
regarded not only as a lueity stone,
but the symbol of hope. It was not
Until modern eUperstit,1011, strengthen -
e4 by Si.r Walter Scat in his beautiful
adorn ".A.inie of Olerstele," put the
litre on the opal, vshich for Years
fambion decreed as. unluelty stone,
ME, ORIGIN OF ITS ILL -LUCK.
Sir Walter bad inaugurated an en-
tirely new literatere, hie strong novels
taking the pnee of the flambe -1 attain'
stories of the Pamela class, and natur-
ally he became the fashion. LI hie
"..tnne of °lei-ease:en ale des,copliou of
the uuluegy opal of tee .A.rehelea fam-
ily, which at the toucia of water paied
-to a ealorless stone, and always pra-
nged the death of its ownee, seemed
to have OPpressed the public with the
old superstitions regarding the opal,
and for years it was shunned by tee
ouperstitious and banned by fashion.
Along in the letter half of the at
einitUrY, however, opals were discov-
ered In Australle, and the queen with
rare busnees iustinct and a desire to
aid. ter colonists adopted the opal $,F4
her favorite gem and presented each
of her daughters with the beautiful
atone as marriage gifts and ia other
Ways so favored its use that the jinx
was forever lifted and the stone was
restored to favor by fashion's decree
and Mee ever siace been a popular
gem.
Tale only fair to say, however, that
opals have always been bigaly apprec-
iated by the gem -purchasing pulaie
;America, and the dread aboo "un -
Way" has always here had the least
• effeet.
OPALS PROtel HUNGRY.,
Amoug ten Romans the opal naked
next to the pearl. It is believed that.
, the Roman opals came from Hun-
gary,- as the pearls cattle from tlee
Orient, the two favorite jewele thus
--representing the great Eurcpean. and
Asiatio outposts of the empire.
Marc Antony exiled a *Roman -Sena-
tor, Nonlue by name, who refused to
surrender a beautiful opal to the then
leader of the Tritunvirate. Tas histori-
cal gem was desnribed as the most
beautiful jewel in the known world
and its corruseating rays were esti-
mated at a value pried anywhere
from $100,000. to $1,000,000.
IMIMATION DIFFICULT.
One advantage ot the opal is its as-
sured genuineness. While the an-
cients claimed to have succeesfulli
toueterfelted it, the art has been lost
to-Moderns,sgr rather has been so un-
Ogneeenfta fat the imitations are eas-
ily distinguished. Fhe very combine -
nen of colors is one of the reasons
why imitation is difficult. Some
opals exhibit a rieh display of colors,
while others present different colors
by refracted and reflected light. The
eause of the color play is the physical
condition resulting frOm a multitude
ot fissures aavieg striated sides,
which diffract and decompose the
light. Then also the chemical compo-
sition ot the opal includes 10 per cent.
Tb.e changes that oecur in an opal
are not only numerous, but freakish.
Heeides the precious opal there is the
Harlequin opal, which presents a var-
iegated play ot colors on a reddish
ground; the fire opal, which shows
hyacinth red to honey yellow colors,
with fire-.1ike reflections; the lechOsis
opal, &Attaining fia,snes of green, and
hydro -plane opal, which becomes
transparent when im.mersed hi. water.
NOT FOUND IN THE ORIENT.
The opal is toun.d pretty much ,ev-
erywhere but in the °fleet. There -
'fore, the term Oriental opals is Dais -
leading and, the name was acquired
through the fact that they were intro-
duced into Holland by Greek wed
Turkish tra,ders, who had probably se-
cured them from Hungarian mines• .
It is clisinxed that the Hungarian op -
ale are less subjed to deterioratiou
than any other varietio, although flue
epecimens have • been mined in Attie
tralia, IWexico, Honduras.
Probably the most remarkable opal
of modern times was that known asi
the "Burning of Troy," on account ot
the innuatereible red tames it emitted,
as if on fire, The underside was per -
teeny opaque, but the uPper portion,
being transparent, served the purpose
of in Window, through which were seen
the glowing rays of fiery light YerY
seppeopelateW eempared to the cons
titivation of a great city. This bril-
liant gem, was owned and highly
prized by the Emprese Josephine, but
its present whereabouts. are unknown.
During the Centennial Expointion in
1878, there was a fine
eollection of opals oa view, ineluding
one from Honduras weighing G02 car-
ats and valued at over $20,000.
Scam °pain are affected by atmos-
pberic caanges, espeoiallY the tine
opal, but tneenard opals are not so eas-
ily affected, anti with proper are re -
tin their beauty. This le eielletialle
true of the noble opal, of whieh Onoms
adritus, writing 500 years R. C., said:
"The delicate color ani tenderness of
the opal remind me of a loving and
beautiful child,"
Thouga ehangeable in brilliarate,
though subjett- to atteoepher
lc changes, though tor Years
years regarded as an unliteky
etone, the beautiful opal, the
birtbatone of October, the concentra-
tion of ail the brilliant ray e of tee
/ether precious gems, will always mile,
min Its popularity with those who ap-
preciate the beautiful and have no
sapetstitious prejutticee.
IF YOU HAVE A FRIEND
IN ILL HEALTH
Pays this genera terrines mule along. they will be
gratetut.
A general tonic fee women, growing womanhooet,
citud bearing, cheese oflife, etc.
mold at all Druggiete or sent direct In plain, wrap.
Per on rceiept or price, $1.00 per box.
THEY MADE UP
"Jaek gave me a rainbow kisa lest
niglet."
-What kind of * hi* is; that?"
"One teat follows a atoms."
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°BAXTER XXIV.
Jack reached Isondon in a ondi-
tion of mind, to Use the well-worn
phrase, more easily -co be imagined
than d.eacribed, He was still Into a
map. walking in a dream, like a ves-
sel drifting without a chart on an un-
known eea; but he refused to make
any attempt to oolve the problem; he
had given his proinice to refrain from.
aelcing 'Clytie tor her recisions, and )ie
would, not ask them et himself.
When one comes to think of his
position, his resolution will not ape
pear strange; for most assuredly the
Man who le dying of thiret in the des.
art does not critieiee the cup in winch
the water le offered him, and does not,
before drinking the prectoue lifesav-
ing fluid, demand to lcuovr where and
how it was come by. It is sufficient for
•Itim that the water is there and, that
his mating soul Is satisfied. Men only
half as much in love as Jule e -as have
walked eagerlY through darker and
more crooltea way sto gain the wo-
men they loves than. this Clyne bad
set for him.
It is ecaroly necessary to say that
he did not sleep that night, or that
he was autathe first thing In the
morning to obtain particulars of the
stelae by 'which he could make Clyne
hie own at the earliest moment. -
When one considers how -eay it is
to met married, one cannot help feel-
ing surprieed that people are given to
making so much Nes about it.
Jack eoural no difficulty in obtain-
ing the spode], licenee, and hie con-
science was quite easy over the ex-
traordinary and somewhat molded -
one etatements be waeacompelled to
make in the pursuit of his object.
• ale returned to the hotel to get
some food and make some little pre-
paration for the visit to Weybridgef
• toward which he had beea looking
eagerly all the day; and he found
Chops Waitieg for him. He Itad quite
forgotten the man and his strange
story, and leaked as If he had, for
Chope 'stared at bite.
"Anything happened, Mr. nackson?"
he said. "You. loek as if—well, as if
you had been on the spree; or as if
yott had lest a fortune or found ono,
I don't know vitiate. • Look here, I've
:been dodging in and out here all Tey
in the hope of catching you. I want
to speak to you about Met proposal
of mine; I mean that you should, come
out with me. So speak plainly, I've
set my heart on it. I want you to
come."
',Tack was eating, his food witb a
haste and absent-mindedness which
were certainly not conducive to good
digestion; and, at first, be only laugh-
ed somewhat strangely; but suddenly
he arrested his knife and fork, and
logked thoughtfully before him.
"Thipling it over, are you?" said
Chope. "Well, that's all right. I'm
not going to bother you—though,
mind! I think you naight do worse than
come out, and take a hand with me
let this game of mine, Look here, I'll
tell you ;what ril do; I shalt take, a
berth foreyou on the White Witch on
the chance of your coming with me.
No; don't say anything," as Jack
opened his lips, "I'm willing to chance
it; for something seems to tell me
that you will come, right enough. You
go on thinking it over, Mr. Jackson.
Tal tat I've got an appointment."
"Sit Hold on a minute, OhopeI"
called out Jack.
But Mr. Chops shook his head and
went out quickly.
Sack did not go after him; all his
heart and mina were fixed on that
little cottage nestling amid the pine
trees, and he started for it presently.
MAR) and Mollie were -walking in the
garden when he came from among
the trees; and leen*, with a whis-
pered, "Here he is!" pressed Clytie's
ram encouragingly and sympathetical-
ly, and ran indoors. Clytie stood wait-
ing for him, her heart beating,fast, a
faint color in her face. She had spent
tb.e day thinking of him and the
Momentous step she had taken; and
now that the wealteass, the strange
companied the attacks, one of which
had assailed Jeer last night, had passe4
away, elle almost regretted, what she
had done, though sae knew that the
attack might return at any moment,
and was vouviteced that her heart was
affected and that she woUld cite.
It was an extraordinary conviction
for a girl of so healthy a mind and
body as Clytie's to entertain; but the
conviction was there, and it became
more fixed after eacle mysterious at-
tack, en the morbid and absolutely
unnatural condition of her Tailed, she
was conscious of only one desire—to
restore Wilfred Carton to his own;
and, her mental action was as strange
as her Physical condition; she felt as
if she stood aloof from the world, as
if she had becoule impersonal, a mere
instrument for attaining a certain end.
This feeling was not so strong upon
her to -night as it had been, last night.
Theu she was so abserbed in her pur-
neseas to be scarcely touched by-
-
Jack% words of love, his tender, pas-
sionate glances; but to -night she was
better, and her heart throbbed with a
kind of sad joy at his approach.
His greeting was a formal one, for
they were within sight of the win-
dows; but they passed through a little
gate into the wood, and there he took
both her hands, and, while she stood
lsefore him with downcast eyes, he
gazed at her with all a lover's rap.
ture, and yet witb a certain arixiety
and trouble.
"I have come with good non," he
said, and his tam thought it was as
grave as his face, bad its note ot pas-
sion. "I have arranged everything;
have got tlae license"—he patted his
breast as if there -were something pre.,
cious there—"and have even found the
church." He tried to laugh, bat the
moment was too serious. "I came
upon it during my wanderings in Lon-
don yesterday; it is a tiny church, In
an out-ofethe-way corner in the MO;
It looks as if it had. been asleep for
centuries and no one ever went into. it
to wake it. I iaterviewed the verger,
if that's what they call bine, and ar-
ranged for—for to-morratv." Ile fal-
tered, for she had started, and he Paw
that she trembled. "You are not
afraid, dearest; you wlU not— draw
back?" he said in a moment of terri-
ble anxiety.
"No," she said, in a low voice. "It
Is not I, but you; you may want to
draw back, It—it is not too late."
He laughed. "I! I draw back!
A.h. *ell, I could hardly expect
you to realize how much I love
You, what the thought of making
you my own means to me. Wheel
I Wok of It I ean scarcely believe
that I am not dreaming; in fact, that
juet what I feel like."
"I have told. Mollie," she said.
He nodded. "That's right. It was
best iso, And why skouIdn't oleo know'?
You will not be alone. she wilt be able
to be with you. Was she earprised,
disappeintelle"
She looked at him with faint won-
der; for the moment she had forgot-
ten that he still believed Iles identity
to be undiecovered.
"No," she field, with a smile. "Mol-
lie is very catick; she—she kiaeve all
the time. And she likeyou," she add-
ed, as if that were a matter of calm*.
"And I love lien" he old. "She p
the brightest, the sweete,st, the best
little girl in all the world—bar One."
He took her hand; but 'Clyne with-
drew it as she had done lea night,
and turned toward the Meese. Mollie
came toward them, at firet with a de-
m.urte etep and face* then suddenly
she ran forwardand flung het arms
round Jaalte; neck and Itiesed him. It
etruelc him at the Menteat that Clytie
had not Yet kissed hint, had shrunk
froni any kind ot endearment on his
part.
"I am so glad, Jack!" whispered
Mollie, giving him te little ',final hug.
"You see, Clyne has told me all' about
it, And that the marriage is to be
secret. Oh, yes; I know all!" He
glanced from her to Clytie quickly;
feeling of feintnese which -always ac. did Mollie know all, or Was she partly
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They turned back late the weteel
agein; and Jack gave them aome dee
tales of his plaits her the morrow.
Clyne liestened in silence, her face
aVertecl; but Mollie broke in OverY
now and agate. with little exclaiia.
tame et adralanelon of his cleverneeti
Mal resource.
"It
is all delientfuely %say," elle (said.
"Ciente ana I go up te Lodno toeraore
new, to do a (Oyes &lapping—what
More uatural? We meet Yoe at at,
Luken at twelve edelocle; there will be
a nice cliergyrean, a short bet eignifie
cant eervien and thenf—atul then we
come home to the cottage to a wen-
ding-larealcfaat of—mattort cutlets) end
metalled potatoes. Ole it le better tlaan
any play I ever aawl Ineve Yon had
any dinner, Jack? Never mind, if Yeet
have, I'm going to ,get you *vale etna-
Per. Doan be long.'
Stie eau in and left them elonto but
though they were elone. Jack felt no
nearer to Clytie. atm seemed, lost be
thought, and 40 aloof trope him that
be could. make none of the lover% AP-
Protteltes; but Presently, tie Mottle
called thern from the veranda, Clyde
raised her eyes to his.
"I want to say low muds I feel your
goedness to me," she geld. painfully.
"Yot lave kept your promise; you
will etill keep ft. I know how estrange,
how—how unreasouable what I esam
doing must eosin to you, but you will
be patient, win wait—will forgive?"
"That le right," he eield. "I will be
patieut, 1 will wait' and, as I Fidel,
there is no question a fezgivenese.
MY feeling in the matter is all sum-
med up in this -1 love Your and mY
only weeder is that you should deign
to give youreelf to me, to inane me so
nappy."
He determined to throw off the con-
strabat that seemed. to hold bine la a
kind ot bondage, and he was bright
and light-hearted at the little meal
whicla Mollie had caueed tobe set for
them; and, be eure, Mollie helped him.
daer spirits seemed overrunning, and
even Olytie could not refuse her tri -
Mete of Bruno aitd gentle laughter to.
Mollie's characteristic sallies of wit.
Clyne refused the prayer in hie eyes
that she would come out to say good
tight; and he had to eay it in the
room. with Mollie looking on, for
Clyne detained her under some pre -
tome.
After he had gone, the two girls sat
up late taking, They elept together;
that is Mollie slept until , she was
awakened by a sudden cry teem Clyne.
She was sitting up in bed, with iter
arms autetretched, as if to ward off
some threatened peril, aetd her face
wee drawn by terror. Mollie eocithect
her, and at hest Clytie fell aeleep.
Lent betore twelve o'clock on the
following day, -.leek was pacing up and
down outside St. Luke's, As he had
said, the tiny char& stood in a little
street, comearatiyely unfrequented,
like an leleted in the leea of the
city. Even at that motnent he did not
realize that he vats going to marry
Clyne Brantley; and he was 'oppressed
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by a vague dread that at this, the
eleventb hour, s'he would draw back;
but even as his face blanched and he
tinned hill/Self what he should do if
his dreed proved accurate, a four.
'wheeled cab drew UP at tb.e door, and
Clyne and Mollie got out. He hurried
te them.
Of the two, Medi* seemed the more
excited and nervous; Clytie seemed
qui,* calm; ner face was pale, but
She met his -eyes steadily and did not
tremble; and when he murmured,
"Dearest, thank God you have come!"
her lips relaxed for a, moment and she
smiled; but there was,a, sadness in the
smile that struck a; chill to him.
They went ,into the- ahurcia, arid in e
few minutes the clergyman appeared;
the verger and tae pew -opener were
already there, 'and proceeded to mar-
shal Jack intothis proper place at the
altar.
A gleam ef'stmlight filtered through
the old stained glans of the window
and fell upon the, little group; tb.e hum
of the busy city streets around them
tame vaguely through the open dear.
The church was weirdly old and green
and shabby, min the elergyraan seem-
ed as old and as remote as his
clutren; his feeble voice rose quaver-
ingly at the begineing of the sentenees
and died away at the end.
It all seemed to Jack a part and
parcel of his dream; and he would not
have been surprised if eleurch and
person, the withered verger and pew -
opener, Clyne—his. bridei—.'ad Mollie
had suddenly disappearad,, ea if in a.
wreath Of vapor. Ile staeted as the
clergyman gave him abates hand and
signed to him te, put on the ring; and
he repeated the words he was told
to speak as if he were an automaton.
gyen as he turned away froze the altar,
with Clytie on his arm, be eelt like a
somnambulist. They went into the
vestry, and the old elergymen began to
fill in the regieter and make out the
certificates. They signed their
names, and as Clytie took the pen and
bent over the muste volunie, Seek
looked at her keenly, expectantly; but
she eeitteed no ettrinsise; uttered no
exclaitation, and seemad to write her
name meclianicallys
The clergyman 'uttered the 'own
good wisho and shoolti hands with
them. naelt paidthe fees, tippect the
verger and the pew-opener—with alib-
erality that made the "poor old palr
blink and gull and relit down beim-
dictionsnin bia head-ethea led Clytie,
!alloyed by Mollie, tcnthe cab.
"We've just time to 'catch the train,"
saki Molile, with a lieng breath, as if
she had came safelye not to say tri-
umphantly, through a trying ordeal.
"Row splendidly everything has gene,
'rack! We've timed it with the accur-
acy or Dradainvie. Hut, oh! hove I wish
I were not Imre! I tel so dreadfully
de trap!"
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IIAMILTON - ONTARIO
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Young Conquerors.
Napoleon Iiald that a man ages
quickly on the battlefields. Speaking
of one Of his generals, he said at Atha
terlitz that Ordener was wort). out,
adding: "One has a short time for
war, I am good for another six years,
and then I shall have to stop,"
"Straugely enough," says Lord Bose.
bery In The Last Phase, "his judge
ment was exactly verified, nix years
and a month from Austerlitz Cwhicie
was fought on Dec. 2, 1800 would.
have brought him to 1812, to the Russ
elan carapaign, which, if he had ob-
served nes own rule, he would have
avoided."
When his "star" was .eclipsed for
ever at Waterloo he WAS but forty-six
years of age, but be had been A
broken man in body, and to an in-
creasing extent in mental power, long
before. Wellington fought his last
battle at forty-six, Ney at forty-five,
Nelsoii at forty-seven. Alexander the -
Great was only thirty-three when
death ende4 his career of conquest.
Hannibal was in his forty-sixth year
when he was finally defeated at
Zama by acipto.
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Cows.
" • • •
Admiral Sims and the Sinn Fein,
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Certain. references by Admiral pima
to the treatment given by the Sinn
Feiners to the 'United atates sailors
on duty in Ireland having brought
Upon him, severe strictures from Dash -
A race -Ione. Henry B. Sheehan comes
to the admiral's defence In the New
Vora Times in these terms:
"As One of the few American jour-
nalists who were attached by official
perraission to the United States navy
on foreiga sex -vice, may I avail myself
of your columns to eubstantiate
every detail the story whielt Admiral
Sims recently • published concerning
the attitude of the American. flotillal
Prom the very first, exactly as Admi-
ral Sims Writes in his just and fair-
minded review, the Irish repieblican
grottps, not the Irish people, met our
Men 'and every evidence of Pro -Any
activity with a melted and tonstant
-hatred. 1 silted States sailors woo)
again and again. Insulted and jeered
at, even set upon and brutally beaten.'
not because, as Mr. O'Connell sttg-
gest., they formed a danger to Irish
virtue, but because they repreeented a
greet new soars* of etrongth for the
allied cause.
"Mr. O'Connell Will heats no et -incline
ta Sinn Fein biaceuse a large number
of Irish aoldieni fought in the rallea
armies., Thie i too much. Let we
tell Mr. O'Conixell that Sinn Fein not
enly slid everything in ite Power Vs
prevent the enlistment of ehese brave
men, but elect bee, since tbeir returri
to Ireland, so perseeuted and embit-
tered them that the Veen press is full
of their atone Ilie neighbore melte'
iously set againet him by Sinn. Fein
propaganda, diem:fried by frieade and
businese associates, an outcast in the
lan4 which he preserved from German
domination, the tragedy of the ,k1sb
wiener is the inost poignant of the
war,
The truth ot Sinn Fein hostility to
tne allied cause in Ireland ought to
be letloWili and Admiral Sims has
given, lie the truth,"
•-*— 944.
The Toronto Fat Stock Show,
"The Toronto Fat ntoclt Show scored
a notable success when new high re-
cords for practically all classes of live
stock were macle at the Union Yards.
The greatest Interest, of course, cen-
tred around the tale of "Black Hec-
tor," the grand champion, field ;tinder
the hammer to the H. P.. Kennedy,
Lintited, at 70 cents pertepound, live
weight, and realizing nearly $1,000
in hard cash.
Mr. Kennedy stated that this splen.
did arlintal will go forward overseas
with a big shipment of high-class
cattle, three or four loads of them
Prize -wieners, The champion steer
will be used as an object lesson and
shown in various parts of Great Bri-
tain and later turned over to the com-
pany's representative there and eold,
the funds to be given to some charita-
ble movement.
First prize liege sold at $50 per cwt.,
winning the United Formers: Co-oper-
ative Co., Limited, special prize. The
exhibit was title and big Prices were
obtained all round.
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A Pair of Eminent Grave Diggers,
The Profession have a saying that
parts make actors. When the $20,000
benefit to Lester Wallack was given
in New York with one of nee historic
"Hamlet" casts of the Outury, the
public, of course, expected to see a
performance that could never be for-
gotten aecause of its all round great-
neeze. There ens disappointment for
the eocpectant innocents. All star
mete e. :tett proportion, aud this pee -
neuter performance of the sublime
tragedy was "queer."
For example, Joseph Jefferson and
William Z. Florence played the grave-
diggers, and In their dressing room
after Horatio's "there crack'd a noble
heart," Mr, Jefferson said To his cones
imntill1;
", whose lines were you speak-
aaciliew'sa,yr uesse" Florence replied.
"Perhaps," mused gentle Joe. "I
knew they weren't Shakespeare'e."—
Detroit Free Press.
4
IVIlnard's Liniment Cures Dipettheria
4.+
SLIGHTLY AIVIENDED.
Snapper—You seem to think 1 ana
nothing but a miserable idiot.
Mrs. Snapper—Oh, no; You are
cheerful enough.
*4. •
IDLE PITY GIVING WAY TO PRACTICAL EFFORT ON
BEHALF OF CANADA'S SIX THOUSAND BLIND
You) have doubtless been interested in what you have read or heard re-
garding the progress of a iaational effort OU benalf of the blind of Canada.
Do you realize Just what this effort means?
Hoe are some of the things that are being done:
Industrial training and employment is being provided for the blind in
eentres established in Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver.
Useful handicrafts and the reading and w,eiting of °tabooed characters
are taught in the homes of those blind peeple who for various reasons are
tunable to take training at one of the regular.centres.
The product of th.e home -workers is bought and sold. f • • •
personal contact is establiehed with recently -blinded persons, and
with cases which are sometimes so old that they become new inea very
real sense. This work is clone ley an experienced Field Agent,
Books, magazines, and music in embossed types are circulated free to
the blind of Canada, The monthly average circulation of books, etc., is
alose to ()feet hundred. The Institute also arranges for ;the transcription
ott music for any of its members at 'cost -price.
An active publicity propaganda dealieg with various dangers to which
(the eyee is subject is carried on, and this Is followed up with personal
work, looking to the larger co-oaeration of medical Men and nurses,
empagyers of labor, Boats of Edueation, eta, in the Vital matter of pre-
venting blindness.
A residence and training -centre, "Pearson. Hall," has been provided
'where blind soldiers may find congenial conditions while taking voca-
tional instruction. In this connection it may be interesting to it uow that
the Institute has entered into an ageeement with the Department of
Soldiers' Civil Re -Establishment, under whieh. the Instituteshas establiehed
an after tare department for Canadian Soldiers blinded in the war.
There are other things, but they may all be summed up by saying that
the Institute endeavors in every prac tical way to advance the interests of
the blind and to ameliorate the con ditiozts under which they live.
Will you aid in supplying the tnost vital need of this work?
Tam mail your eheoue to the CANADIAN N.A.TIONAL XNSTITUTE
VOR THE BLIND, 20 King St. Dant, Tomato, Ont.
DR. WARD The Specialist
79 NIAGARA SQUARE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK.
Men, Are You In Doubt
As to your trouble? Have you some skin
eruption that Is stubborn, has resisted treat-
ment? is there a nerveuts condition which
does not Improve In spite of rest, diet and
medicine. Are you going down hili steadily?
ARE YOU NERVOUS and despondent, weak
and debilitated; tired mornings; no erninticin
--lifeless); memory gone; cattle, fatigued; ex.
citable and irritable; lack of anoegy and 4°0 -
donee? Is there felling power, a draln on the
&Pram? Consult the old reliable specialists).
SYMPTOMOF VARIOUS A1LM ENT$
Weak and relaxed state of the boat nervousnes, deepondency, pOor
memory, leek of will power, timid, irritable diepoeltton, dimeeshee power of
application, energy and concentration, fear of Impending danger or misfor-
tune, drowsiness and tendency to sleep, tuaregtful sleep, dark rings under
ogee, weakness or pain in back, lurnbs.go, dypepsia, constipation. head-
ache, loss of weight, ineomnia. Dr.Ward moo you the benefit Of 20 years'
continuous practice in the treatment of all chronio, nervous, blood and skin
disce.sear. The above sayinptoms, and many °there not mentioned, ahow
ly that something IS wrong With your physical condition and that you need
expert attention.
Men, why &utter longer? 1.0. me make you a, vigorous man. Let me re.
store your physical condition to „full rnanhood. Don't be a weakling any
longer, make up your mind to come to mo and X will give the best treat.
anent known to ecience—the one anceeserful treatment based on the expert.
once of 29 Years in treating men add their ailment*.
Or. Ward's Methods Unelvalled, 'Thorough and Permanent.
Do you realize that you have only one lite to live -do you realize that you
are missing most of that life by Ill health? A. Me worth living is a healthy
life. Neglect of one's heseth how put tattaY II man In hba grave.
X have been telling men these thing/ for many years but stilt there ars
thousands of vititims who, for varlows remoter, have not had the good sense
to owls and get well.
"Opeelalist in the treatment 0# nervous oeinditIone, nervous exhaustion, batik -
sox% inntigago, rheumatism, atoms.* and Infer trouble, acne, sada dileilest
eatarrit, mations, rects.1 troublee, plies, fUrtals, and blood conditions.
OFFICE HOURS: 0 a.m. to 8 pan, 8undays-10 a.m. to i p.m.
PRIM CO,NataLTATION IGXAMINATION.
I:mammas treattneet ytnt most maks one visit to my onkel for
pityletai 0.4sIntatatiora Multeward Imre win es esseusitered part par.
fee. Canadian 17455I allOaPtillM fan ?ant*.
614' vfmkt. Th delesere Ednineres littefnatoe N. Y. feel, HEatleintRa
whenpztsivltino
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ta 91 to.,sovVy Mao%) the rtiodo of Ao woo {rnvellos $44
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4xt:,1.1.11 ft of women ool tbil.tto trooatliog matotrotiod.
C. IgtottYN Om& An4 94
The 'HOUSE or PLE:4Y
Failures of SoldieTs' Armot,
Many years ago several inventors
developed bullet -Proof clothes or
breastplates, and in spite of muck
advertising their suggestions were
never adopted, much to the surprise of
eivillens, The reason is very simple.
If the bullet is stopped he energy is
tranavaitted to the shield, which ftt
turn delivers; a blow to tho soldier's
body. The severity of the blow de-
pends Mama the veloeity of the bullet;
and if the sbield is very light the
chest wall receives more or less injury.
In order to be etfective the shield
must weigh at least ten Patinas.
It Is a repentant of the old circus
trick of striking with a sledgebaramer
an anvil on a nian's chest. If th. place
of the anvil we substitute a thin metal
plate the blow would be fatal, and the
sledgehammer Imo about the same
energy as a, bullet at high velocity. If
the shield weighs but six or eight
pounds the blow of the bullet almost
knocks a man down. Solcliera. are not
to wear armor, but to get behind it,
as In armored ships, forts and motor-
cars.—London Tatter.
Minard's Liniment Cures, Colds, etc.
Sleep Without Drugs..
•
"Doc, how can I get to sleep with-
out using dope?" asked a man, trove
bled with insomnia ot a noted Wind.
clan,
"On going to bed assume a comfort-
eble attitude in which every -muscle is
relaxed," said the doctor, "but not the
attitude in which you are accustomed
to go to sleep, though something re-
sembilng it. Every movement, even
coughing and yawneng, must be strict-
ly repressed, eteecialy the desire to
turn. over. elainettin the same attitude
without change, constantly resisting
the tonging to move or turn over. As
a rule, by the end of fifteen or twenty
minutes ot leis you win find yoursele
growing very drowsy, and then, just
as the desire to roll over become abso-
lutely uncontrollable tura with the
least possible effort and mime the
position in which you habitually go to
Sleep. Natural sleep should follow at
once. This method seldom fails. Give
It a thorough trial at least before re -
sating to a drug to bring steep."—
Buffalo Express.
Belie of Long -Past Age.
While cutting peat in the. Leithen
headwater area, the shepherds un-
earthed a horn, which may have be-
longed to Bos primi-genus or Bos
longifrons, the wild oxen that roamed
over Britain from the glacial age to
near historie times. It was found at
a depth of tour feet from the surface,
and the Shepherds also averred that
there was a small aatch of brOWn hair
attacieed, whicli is quite probable, as
the peat would act as a preservative.
--London Mali.
WELL SATISFIED WITH
BABY'S OWN TABLETS
Mrs. A. Bernard, La Presentation,
Que., writes; "I have used Baby's
Own Tablets for my baby audani
well eatisfied with them. I have
reconunended there to several of my
friends, who have also used them
with beneficial remits." The Tablets
one a mild but thorough laxative,
which regulate tb.e stomach and
bowels, and thu prove of benefit in
cases inaindigestiort, constipation, collo,
colds, ete. They are seta by medicine
dealers or by mail at 25 cents it.box
frora The Dr. Williams Mediciae Co„
Brockville, Ont.
Christmas Appeals
to the Unbeliever.
Primarily, of course, Christmas is a
religious festival. In the Christian,
with a slender belief in the Christ, who
Is the fouadation role of kis religion,
the words of priest and pastoraexhort-
ing his flock to observe the day with
ceremonial observances, find a fervent
response. From every pulpit is told
anew each year the story If HiJal with-
out whom Christmas had never bone
BM Cliristmas appeals also to tb.e
non-belieler in Christ, to the men and,
etornen who cannot subscribe con-
scientiously to the doctrine of his
divinity. It is trite, perhaps, to sae
that as Christmas approaches the
Christlints spirit is "it, the air," ut it
Is true none the leas, "Poo and
good will" pervade the air that is
breathed alike by churchgoer and non.
attendant. ,
In the big cities Christmas is cele.
brated by Christian and jaw and Mo-
hammedan as well as by those with
no religion. In the outermost earners
of the earth, wherever men of Chris-
tian faith, have borne the standard of
civilizatiote the native heathen in inti-
mate contact with them feel the
Naming of ti' ) spirit and rejoice.
It is well that this should be see for
the spirit of Christman is the spirit of
belief not only in Christ, but in omen
fellow ment Everyone ntan there ill
it If he will. Everyone wity find in
the story of the life that was lived
Palestine nineteen centurieg ago, et
the death that Wee met on the cross
and of the entsurreetion that renewed;
something of spirituel application.
Romething of uplift.
Minarcre Liniment Cure* Dittentatee.
*** -
IT 'USED TO BID. .
laitcoa—ls that a popular song 'onr
ditugater is pliteleg?
Egbert—It wits before olio bowel
pleynag itealledenbergieelecotemat.
Arrest "rang Thina-aniney do matt
joie nab.? our 01,6 talletenanen*
time join beam* then hen* o,
and eon% allaatetie netee take*
Citedik*rteileitliarreeetcl'ditone
seutbeitet or haulm°
keels., cement ()eller. s w
3 henk bares, one t
drive house 24s2e, chicken
pruirnw'rint43i."4:704.tehilvissaPP;e4:11eteatk"".%tril
or tvalsout stock am% imp
Litediate Poseession. J. 11. Bigwt.1 (RAP
170 21.:59°. • i• lfairk:R1 1;31 ti:Is.ruee:Iiir:Ix114;1170in dt:t fr:":ACfltC
t
ape011
11011fle1elaborate office buIld1. leriP
barn and alio, brick storage Madding,
double garage, numerous sheds. chicle.*
lea
atlillY17I43:61t8te0:M.renil 1;er,t1rall"leilllgi*larbe.lbaotafcluiikilleid:Uotricti;.eisPling49.111;944::ohwitelftlibulixoWt
places nI ie a money maldng Drones,
wen being offered as a you cionorn
at a great eacritiee. .7. D. Biggar. (Reg,
ette ciatie Bleck, Hamilton Ont.
100 -4ittl,111,"7.1r Mite sio''iligreest"?rlit
riorrnIlltfrliamidahrt:t.e,etc(Qcnele4tenVagYeltru-1°,"nioell
wells, "L" shape bank barn, alio, wind-
mill, stone foundation. cement Mori,
large drive ailed, hen house. wort; 311013
with. forge. 6 acres orebard. 6 acree amen
acree Written it acres tau wlieet,
acres rail peevii g. can be bought with'
or without stock and implemente, and
w1311olicltra, kleIacznitlYltoPnr,°P0enrtt.Y
J. D. Biggar, (Regent 931) 206 Oiltde
in part payment
tusemizikszaus
eneee
q, END A DOMINION EXPRESS
Money Order. Vivo dollars costa 'three
cents. °
'IMPROVE YOUR BREAD! JUST ADD
- a teaspoonful of lio-Idayde Bread Zen.
prover to your regular baking and get
a larger, finer and sweeter loaf, whosta
will not dry out so quieirly. Perfectly
wholesome. Ask your grocer or send
fifteen cents for a package. Ho-Mayde
Products Co., Toronto.
PROPERTIES FOR tau1.
p oral!' ACRES STANDING TIM -Pete.
e W. Oak, large Elm. 8, Maple; reaeon.
able time. to remove. Apply And, Strath.
era, R. R. No, 6, Galt, Ont,
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BUSINESS OHANOBS
p • 013 SALE -4100n GnocEeee AND
e fruit business. Doing good cash bus -
Mess. Good opportunity for right *Arty,
Good reason for selling. Apply IVtax
Gross, a York street, PIamilton, ot,
rEMENT PRODUCT PLAN'illeOR
N.,e Sale as going concern, complete ma,-
chinerY equipment, sufficient gre.vel ter
50 Years, plenty water, and ieoluding
chicken house and residence. A btnake
for quick sale, and located in desirable
location in Southwestern Ontario, 'J. D.
Biggar, 205 Clyde 13lock, Hm3ltou, Cont.
FOR SALE
V ▪ OR SALE — GOLDIE-McCULLOCH
▪ Fireproof safe in ex.cellent condition.
Outside ditnensions: 68 x 34 x 49 inches.
Weight 6,500 potteds. Price $376.00 f.o.b.
Kitchener. Apply Greb Shoe Co., Lim.
ited, Kitchener, Ont.
rEMENT PRODUCT PLANT—Fent
sale as going concern, Complete ma-
chinery equipment sufficient gravel for
50 years, plenty water, and including re-
sidenee and chicken house. A bargain
for quick sale and located In desirable
loe.ation In Southwestern Ontario. I. D.
Biggar, (Regent 034) 206 Clyde Block.
Hamilton, Ont.
POULTRY WANTED.'..
T.TENS WANTED, A.Lrna 19 CENTS A
A 4 pound, any size. Ducks 25; Geese 250,
Turkeys 30e. Samuel Lewis, 60 Dundee
street west, Toronto,
' 'Kicked Into Literature::
.seu et an adventwolis nOr41, pap -
then, Rolf tioldrewood, or, to give' him
his real tame, ThoMas Atoctoder
Browne, the author, had one of the
most romantie careers in the unties
of literature. Pioneer squatter in: ear.
eie life lee Victoria, he made such good
use of his opportunities that while
still nn the twentles his °berme was
good for a quarter of a million. Then,
If unfortunately for hiraself, lucltily
for novel readers, a long drougat kill:
ed of his flocks, and herds and coin-
eelled him to enter the gOvernrcient
service as a stipendiary raagistrate.
Shortly after this he happened to be
kicked by a horse. Thls laid to his
being laid up, and to while away the
tedious hours he wrote an Australian
sketch called "The Kangaroo Rush."
He sent it to the Cornhill, which tees
opted it, and so, as he use to say,
merrily, "he was kicked into Merit.
ture."—London Opinion.
410
Quaint P4o1cing of Eggs, •
In many Korean towns one Sees
piles of eggs outside the shops, done
up in straw rolls. This is the Kor-
ean 'Method ot packing eggs. There
are, as a rule, ten eggs ltt a roll, and
the steeny casing is so cleverly twist-
ed and so etrougly woven that it can be
moved without fear of the eggs fall.
Ing out. A, native will lift up a roil
place it amass his shouldere and
march away, anti though the roll raaz
sway dangerously to and fro, its cona
tents always renialn intact. * I
A Witness Testifies
SHE WAS WEAK AND NERVOUS
Brampton, Onte—"About five yore ago
I began suffering with womaten trouble.
became all run-down
IVGA/C aednervoue..\
▪ was so completely
down and out that I
couN not do' any-
thiug, could teamster
dress myself. I had
the doctor and took
other inedieine but
without getting bet-
ter until I began
takine Dr. Pareles
Poonte Preserip..
don and his Goldwe
beefiest Diseoverea
It was only fleet*.
eery for me to take about three bottles whett
I was ceinplottly restored to Ilona and
strength end 1 have been in better heeith
than I ever wits before. I have had no use
for meditate skim but should I need it I
would take these sameremedies, keening
them to be excellent."—MR, HAKIM
ICNIORT, Jessie St.
OWES HER LIFE
ri. Saskatchewan, Alta.—Pit if with
great pleasure that I write the following sited
hope it will help the teeny Mane* win
do not 'know the good by. Plereete
dm* vittild do theta if they would try gore.
"In regard to mv. condition. 1 will say
that 1 suffered from childhood tItal a very
weak beak; I )*ad . the toltiertunte of baying
Weal meniniatie wheel 1 was one yeer old
and until I WSW 181 did not see a Well der,'
but every Mod lady told my mother about
Dr. Plemee Favorite Preseription and she
got a bottle to try it. It did me so mink ;
t mother got me Obottles. Reeeo
with a oar skeeklent and butt
My doctor gave mai UP
end1 weiaid not live, but 1 see teek
De, ?Woe' Writ. PretariVAYe and to
bren Weekst mei oat of bed
/ owe Myna to tt eted uoishlag
to bet without le
evelise I witt
MIA NOM