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SAN FRANCISCOTO-DAY.
Conditions Now Prevailing—Authorities Doing Their Utmost
to Rehabiliate the Stricken City,
Vancouver News -Advertise).
The following graphic and interest-
ing pen -picture of San Francisco as
she is to -day was written by Nurse
MacLean, who with Nurse McLeod
wont down on the Amur to attend to
the sufferers. The account was sent
to Mr. Norman Norcross, Secretary of
the Re!kg Committee, and vast ac-
companied by the following letter:
Wholesale misery is still the order
of the day in San Francisco, and he
is a. rare bird who has more than one
pair of socks to call his own. Apro-
pos of socks, this week we have ten
distributing the box sent by Mr. Cueh-
bortson. Each ono who receives a
pair signs his name and when com-
pleted, the document will be sent to
the donor ns a souvenir, or a study in
'marvellous handlweiting. Manna sent
from heaven was nothing to those
socks. The sick people patted them
and put them under their pillows with
a contented sigh; the "shook out and
burnt out and never saved a thing" re-
garded them with wholesome respect,
not to say veneration.
Things aro gradually getting into bet-
ter working order, from a relief stand-
point. The authorities are trying hard
to separate the sheep from the goats,
that is, the deserving from the uudeserv-
ing. The army now makes a house-to-
house visitation and woe to that man
who has stocked his cellar and still per-
sists in "going into line" for rations.
One of the food supply stations in the
Mission feeds betwen sixty and seventy
thousand daily. The line -sometimes ex-
tends for six or seven blocks. The store-
house, a barn -like structure, 75 by 150
feet, is divided into huge bins; one con-
tains bread, of which the ethdents of
Palo Alto send 70,000 loaves daily; an-
other ham and bacon, sliced for indivi-
dual use; another bologna sausage; an-
other canned meats and vegetables and
so on. A block beyond is the Milk Snp-
ply Station, where 500 gallons were dis-
pensed daily. The milk supply however,
has been cut down and the city—that
is, those who can not afford to buy their
food—is put on Army rations, bread,
meat and vegetables; no milk (except in
the ease of infinite) butter nor eggs.
Although civilization is on the in -
crew, there are still strange sights to
he seen. On Sutter street a row of elec-
tric cars has been converted into dwel-
lings. Pink quilts adorn the windows and
neighborly courtesies are exchanged over
the fenders. San Francisco is still with-
out a brick chimney and dames of high
and low degree, alike, wield frying pans
and tea -kettles in the middle of the
road, indifferent at last to the fact that
the world knows what there is going to
bo for dinner. The world is not s cry
particular these dans about fingerhowls
and table decorations. Nobody has sten
a table -napkin since the earthquake and
the possessor of a clean flour -sack is
looked upon with envy, even mistrust;
for a flour -sack at a table is a luxury,
and the people who surround themselves
with luxuries are surely grafters, and
therefore to be avoided. Hot baths also
have gone out of fashion, only to be re-
vived when the Board of Works sees fit
to inspect the chimneys. For some time
there was no water at all ,and in this
district people were obliged to carry
their pitchers and pails twelve blocks
before they could find any.
From cold water to saloons is surely
a dreadful leap, but it may lie stated
here for the benefit of anyone interested
that all saloons will be closed for four
months; moreover, any gentleman com-
ing from Oakland with sundry suspicious
bottles, or bearing unmistakable signs of
Inebriation, is summarily taken in charge
and sentenced to three months' hard
iabor, which consists in removing bricks
and debris., and otherwise making him-
eelf useful to his country.
No words can describe, nor photo-
graphpicture, the blank desolation of
the streets of San Francisco. It is all
so unreal, so unlike the actual, that
ane feels like a ghost revisiting the
remains of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
!quare mile after square mile snows ruin,
ruin, ruin, blank. 'hopeless ruin. The
eery bricks are ground to powder. it is
aard to realize that on Market and Ma-
rion, and in all the great thoroughfares)
the Duly merchants are vendors of pea -
STOP, WOMAN
AND CONSIDER
TRE ALL-
IMPORTANT FACT
asaan"-a. as'-' 4
That in address- s'seses.
ing Mrs. Pinkham
i..ore
you are confiding nas
your private ills to a
woman — a woman
whose experience with
women's diseases covers
a great many years.'
Mrs, Pinkham is the
daughter-in-law of Lydia
E. Pinkham and for
many years under her
direction, and eine°
her decease, she
has been advising
sick women free ,
of charge.
Many women
suffer in silence
and drift along from bad to worse, know-
ing full well that they ought to have im-
mediate assistance, but a natural modesty
Impels them to shrink from exposing
themselves to the questions and probable
examinations of even their family physi-
cian. It is unnecessary. Without money
or price you can consult a woman whose
knowledge from actual experience is
great.
Mrs. Pinknamis Standing Invitation.
Women suffering from any form of
female weakness are invited to promptly
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. All letters are received,
opened, read and and answered by
women only. A woman can freely talk
of her private illness to a woman ; thus
has been established the eternal confi-
dence between Mrs, Pinkie= and the
women of America which has never been
broken. Out of the vast volume of ex-
perience which eho has to draw from,
It is more than possible that she has
gained the very knowledge that will help
your enee. She asks nothing in return
except your good -will, and her advice
has relieved thoneands. Barely any
weinala Hell or poor, is very foolish if
she doze not talo advantage of this
generons offer of aseietance.
If you are ill, don't hesitate to get a
h. tile of Lydia E. Pinkhain's Vegetable
Coelaantalat once, and write Mrs.
PinI:liam, Lynn, Mass,, for sperialealvice.
When a medicine has been successful
is nanning to health en Malty wiemen
cm cannot well say, without trying it
"I Cie mt believe it will help n,."
nuts and soda water and hawkers of
popcorn.
• The Palace Hotel is open to the four
winds of heaven. The glittering reenter -
ants and grill-rooma are heaps of erum-
bled. brick. The great department stores
are swaying, jagged walls, with gaping
windows and twisted girders, or, for the
most part, a level waste. It is a vast
graveyard.
The spirit of the people, however, is
not dead. On a roofless, wall -less frag-
ment one reads: "We moved 'because the
elevator was out of order. New prom-
ises ready shortly." All over the city
are posted huge notices:
"Work morn, noon, night,
and snake
DEAR NEW FRISCO
the wonder of the age.
1,000,000 in 1915,"
This is the spirit of San Francisco,
The old-timers are going to stick to
it, earthquakes or no earthquakes. They
are ready to take their chance. On the
other hand, a large number of people
have left, and more would go if they had
the means. Everywhere that there are
buildings "For Sale" and "To Lot" signs
prevail.
It is a city of nerve -wrecked men and
women. It may or may not be generally
known, hut the seismic instruments re-
cord forty-nine or fifty "shakes" since
the big one. Last week one came along
which rung door -bells, lifted roofs, and
otherwise enlivened matters. These re-
curring 'shocks are not soothing. People
like to have everything in readiness
when they go to bed, he case of a hum.-
ried exit during the night. They don't
care to lock a door, as there are so many
stories of doors jamming from shock end
occupants of houses caught helpless in
traps. The usual greeting is "Good morn-
ing; did, you feel the earthquake last
night?"
'Phe true San Franciscan belittles the
earthquake and blames the fire for
everything. "Does not every city have
her fire," he says, "and does she not
always rise from the ashes more beauti-
ful than ever?" Yet buildings that the
fire never approached danced jigs and
crumbled into ,powder, or, in some in-
stances, like the Valencia Hotel, Lot
half a dozen blocks from our quarters,
sank the depth. of four atoreys, so that
the top floor was on a level with the
sidewalk. The whole peninsula, we are
told, has dropped four feet. It is to b.c
hoped that it will stay where it is from
naw on. Almost without exception, pee.
pie take their losses with great cheerful-
ness. The calamity was so great that
they are thankful for their lives. The
majority look upon it ae a punishment
of God, and accept Father Yorke'e inter-
pretation. "We were a wicked Jity. We
prided ourselves on our wiekedneen We
thought WO were greater than 'mil me,
greater than the Almighty Himself; then
God raised His little finger—and the
whole city fell." But how long will the
Californian remain humble?
Of the -hour of the earthquake only a
few of the strange tales that are told
can ever be written. When it is too dark
to work, people talk in the dim, flicker-
ing candle -light of the things they have
seen and heard—bow when the great
buildings swayed like 'pendulums, and
row after row went down like pieces of
cardboard, in every part of the city there
arose, all at once, the cry of terrified
women and children, sounding high mei
shrill above the crash of falling masonry,
of stone pavements heaving and r
like the waves of the sea; of pet animals
dropping dead from fright; of blasted
buildings containing human life; of sol-
diers shooting, and looting in the face of
death itself. This, and things more 'ter-
rible, is what one hears in San Fran-
cisco.
At the present time there is little or
no money in circulation. Everybody is
waiting to see what the insurance com-
panies will do. Everything depends up-
on that. In the meantime, people who,
ordinarily, are in comfortable circum-
stances, must stand in line, or go with-
out food. A workman rarely gets paid.
He is asked to wait for his wages indef-
initely.
Last week, in the course of our work,
we came across half -a -dozen Canadian
families, who, for the above reaeon, are,
pretty well destitute, They have now
enough to tido them over the period of
waiting. We have also persuaded
good many of them to go to Vancouver,
where the ground is solid, and this par-
ticular feature appeals to them very
strongly. There is a good deal of pneu-
monia and pleurisy, caused by exposure
the night of the fire, but smallpox and
other contagious diseases are kept well
in hand, considering the state of affair's
in general.
Last Friday we thought we would take
an hour's holiday from the mournful
mob at the Horace Mann, and started
for Golden Gate Park in search of peace.
The first thing we came across was the
model Army Field Hospital. It consists
of scores of khaki tents—an operating
tent, dispensary, wards, accommodating
150 patients, kitchen, mess, officers' and
privates' quarters, etc. All day the
sides of the tents are raised for ventila-
tion and nothing could be cleaner or
fresher than the rows of neatly -made
cots in the tent wards. The only blot
on the landscape is the occupant of each.
Here, again, was the old story and the
same sad sights. There is no getting '
away from them. Inc Army gives these
people food (such as it is) and temper- I
ary shelter. It declines, however, to in-
terest itself in the wardrobe of refugees.
None of them has had a change of.
clothing since the earthquake. Most
of them escaped with little more than
their night-clothes, and are e.etually
cold, as the winds aro sharp. They are
all old and, sick, and in many cases lost
the children who supported them. The
nurses in charge asked us to get them
some clothing, but although we tried our
best to do so through the regular Army
channels, it was of no use. The demand
is greater than the supply, and unless
help mime from some outside source,
these people will be no better off than
they are now. In all, there are about
seventy-five women and the same num-
ber of old invalided men. If any of the
women's sewing societies in Vancouver
or elsewhere, or any one who has time
and inclination, could send whatever
they can in the way of clothing of any
kind and all sorts, provided it is fresh
and clean, they can rest asured that
they are performing an act of true kind-
ness and charity, for surely no one's
need is greater. It must be borne in
mind that these are not habitual paup-
ers, but simply the victims of circum-
stances, heretofore independent, and ask-
ing for help only in the interval.. All
naiads should be addressed to Nurse M.
P. McLeod, care Mrs. Sanborn, Chair-
man Red Cross, at the above hospital; .
otherwise they might as well be thrown
into the Inlet.
Isabel A. It. Maclean.
I t
Judging hem wcsman's passion for
hats how M she going to make one halo
laet her through eternity and be happy,
enable you to enjoy your meal* without
having to spend half your time between
them over a hot cook-siove.
All the cooking is done in Libby's
kitchen-- a kitchen as clean and neat as
your own, and theme's nothing for you
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Libby's Products are selected mean.
cooked by cook a who know how, and
onlyithe good parts packed.
ot a quick and delicious lunch any
fine, in doors or out, try Libby's Mel-
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Great Feats of
Horsemanship
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For combinet.d, speed an endurance it is
probable that two riding feats of some
centuries ago have never been eclipsed.
When Queen Elizebeth died Robert Cary
set forth un the long journey to Edin-
burgh to carry the news to her succes-
sor on the throne, James VI. of Scot-
land. Riding out of Whitehall between
9 and 10 o'clock on the Thursday morn-
ing, he reached Doncaster, 155 miles
away, the same night. On the follow -
big day he travelled as far as his own
house at Witheringtou, where he spent
some time in transacting business, and
starting early the next morning, he
could have reached Edinburgh by mid-
day had not an accident by the way de-
layed him. As it was, he completed
the whole journey of 400 miles within
three days.
Nearly a century earlier the great
Wolsey, then a royal chaplain, made a
remarkably quick journey to the Low
Countries to interview the Emperor
Maxmilian. Leaving London at 4 o'clock
in the afternoon, he travelled by boat to
Gravesend rode through the night to
Dover, and, crossing to Calais, finished
his journey on horseback, reaching Max-
imilian the same evening. On the fol-
lowing morning he rode post haste back
to Calais, and was at Richmond by sun-
set, after travelling to Holland and back
in little more than two days.
To find anything like a match for
these feats, says London Tit -Bits, we
must conic down to the last century,
when Sduth Africa was the scene of two
astonishing performances. In one, Sir
Henry Smith, just after the outbreak of
the Kaffir War, seventy years ago, car-
ried the news from Cape Town to Grah-
amstown in six days, riding a distance
of 700 miles over a wild and almost
trackless country; and again Richard
King is credited with a notable feat of
endurance in riding 600 miles, from Dur-
ban to Grahamsburg, in ten days,
through a country infested with enemies
and over a multitude of swollen and
bridgeless rivers,every one of which his
horse had to swim.
In recent years the most famous of
long distance rides was that inaugurated
by the German Emperor thirteen years
ago, when 200 officers essayed to ride
from Berlin to Vienna, a distance of 680
kilometres. The winner was Count Star-
hemberg, who completed the long jour-
ney in 71 hours, 20 minutes. thus secur-
ing a silver bust of the Kaiser, in addi-
tion to a money prize of £1,000. His un-
fortunate horse did not survive the con-
test. A little later Captain Spillberg
covered the 840 miles between Saar-
brucken, on the frontier of Lorraine, and
Rome in thirteen days, crossing the St.
Gothard Pass, and spending twenty
hours each day on horseback.
A few years since lieutenants of the
Twelfth Hussar Regiment of France ac-
complished a wonderful feat. Leaving
Gray at 3 o'clock in the morning, they
rode 72 miles to Belfort, arriving at 4
in the afternoon. They then dismount-
ed, put on civilian clothes, and walked
to a town twenty-four miles away; here
they dined, then walked back to Belfort,
saddled their horses, and completed the
journey to Gray, which they reached the
following afternoon at 3 o'clock, having
covered 192 miles in 36 hours on horse-
back and on foot.
A very memorable performance was
that of Cowper Thornhill, host of the
Bell Inn at Stilton, in Huntingdonshire,
who made three journeys between his
house at Stilton and Shoreditch Church
—a total distance of 213 miles—in 12
hours, 17 minutes, thus winning a wag-
er of 600 guineas; as was also that ride
of Bernard Calvert of Andover, who,
leaving Shore -ditch at 3 o'clock in the
morning, rode to Dover, crossed to Calais
and back and remounting his horse ar-
rived at. Shoreditch at 8 o'clock in the
same evening, after covering 142 miles
on horseback.
Squire Osbaldeston once covered 200
miles at Newmarket in 8 hours 40 min-
utes, using no fewer than twenty-eight
horses; Mr. 'Wilde rode 127 miles at the
Currah in 6 hours 21 minutes; and Leon,
the Mexican rider, whom many of our
readers will remember rode 505 miles in
less than fifty hours in February, 1877.
In 1754 Jennison Shafto won a substan-
tial wager by riding fifty miles on New-
market Heath in 1 hour 49 minutes, us-
ing ten horses.
In November, 1798, an officer in the
Ayrshire Light Dragoons, put 100 guin-
eas in his pocket by riding fifteen miles
on the Chelmsford and Dunmow road in
sixty-nine minutes, with his face to his
horse's tail; and as a finish to these rid-
ing feats a jockey cleverly piloted a
donkey over a journey of 100 miles at
Newmnrket in twenty-one hours, though
oasis of 100 to 10 were laid that the ass
would not do the distance under twenty-
four hours.
The' average man beteg to play pok-
er with a had loser almost as much as
with a good winner.
„ . . .
- Disease takes no summer
vacation.
IF you need flesh and
strength use
Scott's Emulsion
summer as in winter,
Send for tree sample.
_ SCOTT & LOWNLI, ChoreWs.
Toronto, crania
pa. and Flak.; all &mesa.
TIM BOOK OF PSALMS.
lest Known Rook—Appeals to Common
Religious Feeling.
The nook of rienuis is perhaps the beat-
nown book In the world. No other portion
,f the Bible speaks to us, as It wore, with
. more familiar voice, It has intimitte, and
lined homely, chum -in which commends It at
ales to the affections. Critic, and theeteg-
tins have dIscipse4 In endless volumes its
ttitln, its Interpretation or It, authority,
mut neither comment nor controversy much
diet te the countless multitudes who love the
Natter. Men do not come to it with curious
intellecte, but with yearning hearts. What
hey Leek in it is not learning or instruction,
Jut comfort, consolation and some confidence
of hope. It le to the sorrowful, the afflicted
and the despairing that these sublime yet
simple hymns make their constant and irre-
sistible appeal, And they do so, they go
hem to the heart, because they come no
llrectly from the heart. They have that in-
spiration which is not less divine because
It seems for the most part human, boeauao
it seems not so much us message communi-
cated from without OA an outnowing from
the deepest springs of being, or a revelation
of thoughts written on the heart itself by
the very "finger of God,"
Their words, in fact, touch us so nearly
exactly because they are so natural, The
writers are subject to human weaknesses;
they often exhibit the fierce passions of
their ago, or form narrow conceptions of
Jehovah, or seem to look only for temporal
promisee; and yet their little failings only
blind them to us with a closer bond, and
place in clearer relief the wonder of their
strength, the perpetual marvel of their faith.'
Por the steadfastness and sureness of their
faith Is indeed a true marvel. They walk
in darkness but have no doubt, and amid
dangers, but aro without fear. "They that
put their trust in the Lord shall be even as
the Mount Zion, which may not be removed,
but standest fast forever,"—such Is the con-
tinual burden of the Psalmist,. That Je-
hovah is merciful, loving and righteous, and
that, as "their fathers put their trust In
him and were not confounded," even so al-
so it shall be with themselves, is the firm
foundation If their simple creed, as it must
everywhere and always be the foundation
of all creeds, however complex; and it Is
Just, we believe, because of this singleness,
this simplicity of thought, that the Influence
of the Psalms is so universal. They make
their common appeal to all minds because
they dwell almost wholly on those basic
ideas and underlie, not one particular belief
only, but all religious beliefs that have risen
above the stage of superstition.—London
Spectator.
PERFECT FLYING MACHINE.
The Gull a Wonderful Master in the
Ai.
Gulls are masters in nthe air. I have
watched by the hour, says a writer in
the American Magazine, birds similar to
these following along in the wake of a
steamer, but had never before had such
chances with a camera. Often' they
poise, resting apparently motionless on
outstretched wing. It is a difficult feat.
A small bird can't do it. A sparrow
hawk can only poise by the rapid beat-
ing of his wings. Time gulls seem to
hang 'perfectly still, yet there is never
an instant when the wings and tail are
not constantly adjusted to meet the
diflferent air currents. Just as in shoot-
ing the raids in a canoe, the paddle
must be adjusted every moment to meet
the different eddies, currents and whirl -
pole, and it is never the same in two
different instants.
A gull by the perfect adjustment of
its body, without a single flap of the
wings, makes headway straight in the
teeth of the wind. I saw one retain a
perfect equilibrium in a stiff breeze and
at the same time reach forward and
scratch its ear.
WEAK KIDNEYS.
I Restored to Strength by Dr. Williams
Pink Pills,
Rad blood is the cause of weak kid-
neys. The impurities of the blood
i clog the kidneys so that they are un-
able to perform their work of separ-
ating the waste matter from the
blood—the bad from good. The symp-
toms of diseased kidneys are numer-
ous. The dull, sunken eye, the coated
tongue, the backache, weak, shaky
! knees, sallow, swollen face all show
I what is wrong. This disease must
I not be neglected. Every day delayed
I in finding a cure is a day nearer
"Bright's Diaease"—that trouble is
• incurable. Do not waste time and
money on a medicine which acts only
on the kidneys. It may relieve, but
it cannot cure you. The trouble to
be permanently cured must be treat-
ed through the blood. Good blood
makes healthy kidneys. Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills actually make new, rich,
red blood—that's why they cure when
other medicines fail. Thousands ow's
good health—some life itself—to this
medicine. Among them is Roy David-
son,
who resides with his uncle, Mr.
C. B. Maclean, near Brockville, Ont.
Mr. Maclean says: "My nephew, Roy,
had weak kidneys. About. a year ago
he took the measles and this left him
in a bad state. His kidneys were so
weak that they wore incapable of per-
forming their functions. He suffered
from backache, weakness and restless-
ness. For a time be had to leave
school. Our family doctor was unable
to help him. In fact, he told me that
Roy might never get better; that the
disease would probably grow worse.
I then procured a supply of Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Pills. I had already used
the Pills myself, with great benefit
and felt confident they would cure
Roy. He began taking them, and
continued their use until lie had taken
a half dozen boxes, which fully cured
him. He is now stronger and better
than he ever was, and neither study
nor work about the farm seem to
fatigue him. I believe Di' Williama'
Pink Pills saved him from a life of
misery,"
Dia WIliams' Pink Pills do just one
thing—but they do that thoroughly.
They actually make new, rich, red
blood, which feeds and strengthens
every nerve and organ in the body.
That is why this medicine cures such
common ailments as anaemia, general
weakness, headaches and backaches,
indigestion, palpitation of the heart,
rheumatism, neuralgia and the ail-
ments which makes the lives of so
many WOIlen1 and young girls miserable.
Don't take something else which tech
dealer may say is "just as good." If
you can't get the genuine Pills from
your dealer, send to The Dr. Wiliaans'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont., and get
them by mail at 60 cents a box or six
boxes for $2.50.
•
Learning the White Man's Ways,
"Lo, the poor Indian, whose untutored
mind" makes him the easy prey of the
white sharper, but whose mind tutor-
ed in a law school and stimulated iSy the
atmosphere of the national capital is
eapabel of attaining contingent fees of
unprecedented dimensionsl Robert S.
Owen, a Cherokee, has won a suit for
his nation for $5,000,000 against the 1.Tit-
ilea States, being the east of the tribe's
removal from Georgia to the Indian ter-
ritory sixty-eight years ago. Of this lie
is to receive 15 per cent. For winning
mother ease this same copper -hued
at-
tormuey got $205,000 from the Chicka-
saws and Choctaws. The memberof
Om Washington bar must be kicking
hemselves that they never produced
law Vequiring Indian tribes to employ
coonr.lydwhite lawyers.—PhiladelphiaRe.
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There is an animal in A ustralia which
has the head and feet of a bird, the body
and four legs of a quadruped, and the
habits of a fish, it lives under water,
yet breathes air. It lays eggs, yet it
suckles its young. Scientists call it the
duck-billed platypus.
It was in the wonderful country which
claims this strange paradox, that bileans
for biliousnesi wore first produced. Up
to the discovery of biloans, practically
all liver and stomach disorders contained
mercury, bismuth and other mineral
poisons. These harmful ingredients, if
taken for long, have such serious effects
as loosening the teeth, causing the hair
to fall out or become prematurely grey,
etc. Bileans, on the contrary, aro purely
vegetable. They contain no trace of any
mineral poison, and aro thus not only
more powerful as a cure, but are more
safe in their use. They cure stomach
and liver disorders without introducing
other evils. So powerful are they in
operation that they eradicate the causes
of the ailments they are compounded to
combat, and yet they are so mild that
they are suitable to the most delicate
constitution.
Not only are bileans superior by virtue
of their vegetable nature, but being the
product of modern scientific research,
bileans are thoroughly up-to-date. They
do not merely purge, giving temporary
relief only, and leaving the patient
weakened like the out-of-date so-called
remedies of forty or fifty years ago, which,
as already stated, contain aloes
mercury, and other harmful drugs.
Bileans, without the slightest discomfort,
prompt the liver and digestive organs to
act in nature's normal way, leaving
those organs strengthened and stimulated
to continue the performance of their
duties without further assistance. They
produce a gentle action of the bowels,
curing or preventing constipation, cleans-
ing the stomach and riding the system of
all impurities.
Reports from all parts of Canada show
how effective are bileans when applied to
all symptoms arising out of liver and
stomach disorders.
Mr. A, hlonohan, of Berlin, says ;—"I
have taken bileans and found they did
me a great deal of good. I suffered from
piles and constipation, and bileans proved
so highly beneficial that I dial' ho pleased
to recommend them to any sufferer or
answer any question about them."
Mr. Stanley Richardson, of Main St.,
Galt, says :—"Having used biloans both
here and in England 1 can speak with
perfect,, confidence of them as a splendid
remedy for all stomach troubles, eta. I
shall be pleased to recommend them at
all times."
Miss Mario Brower, a certificated nurse,
writing from Spennymoor, says:—"I have
fora long time now recommended bileans,
having proved them most valuable. I am
a trained certificated nurse, and have auf-
THE OATMEAL DODGE.
An Old Game That Worked Another
Time.
"It reminds me of the oatmeal
dodge," said John M. Collins, Chicago's
Chief of Police.
He was speaking of an ingenious, swin-
dle that had been worked successfully on
a dentist, relates the New York Ten
bu'lTehe oatmeal dodge," he continued,
"was worked on a grocer in the sub-
urbs.
"A man entered the shop and en-
gaged the grocer in conversation, While
they talked another man came in.
"'Do you sell oatmeal?' the new -
coiner asked.
"'Yes, sir,' said the grocer, rubbing
his hand. 'The very best. How
much—'
"But the man interrupted.
"'I just wanted to know,' the said.
i"Good day,' And he walked out.
"The grocer, looking a little disap-
point -ed, resumed his conversation with
the stranger. In a few minuets a sec-
,
ond man appeared.
"'Do you sell oatmeal?' he asked.
"'Yes,' the grocer answered.
"Thank you. Good day.'
"And this man also disappeared.
"'Well, what the deuce!' exclaimed the
,grocer. 'But as we were saying,' he re-
sumed, and the interrupted conversation
went briskly on.
"Soon a third man entered the shop.
He said:
"'Do you sell oatmeal?'
"'Yes,' the grocer snapped.
"Thank you. Good day.'
"And this man departed, on a run, for
the -grocer, surmising that a conspiracy
'was on foot to raise a laugh against
him, had become thoroughly enraged at
last, and had seized a club and rushed
upon the last joker. The grocer was un-
able to overtake him, however. So, after
a chase of a hundred yards or so, he
returned, breathless.
I "He found the first man gone. The
shop was empty. So was the till.
"Once more the oatmeal dodge had
succeeded."
MEDICAL USES OF FRUITS.
That fruit is a wuoiesome article of
diet is, of course, a generally acopted
fact, but the important place which it
takes through the Medicinal effect it
exerts upon the entire system has only
recently become well known. The medi-
cinal effect is not direct, but the fruit
encourages the natural functions by
which the several ternedial processes
which they aid are brought about.
The fruits which come under the head
of laxatives are the orange, figs, tama-
rinds, prunes, mulberries, dates, nectar-
ines and plums. The astringents, pome-
granates, cranberries, blackberries, su-
mach berries, dewbernee, raspberries,
bayberries, quinces, pears, wild cherries,
and medlars. The diuretics are goose-
berries, -red and white currants, pump -
kits and melons. Lemons, limes and
apples aro stomach sedatives.
Taken in the early morning an, orange
acts very decidedly us a laxative, sonic -
times amounting to a purgative, and
may be generally relied on. Pomegran-
ates are very astringent, and relieve
sore throat and uvula. The bark of the
root, in the form of a decoction, is a
good antheintintie. Fig.s, split open,
form an excellent poultice for boils and
email abscesses. Strawberries and lena
ons, locally applied, are of some service
in the removal of tartar frommm the teetn.
Apples are correctives useful in Ilan
-
sea, and even seasickness. They Mune-
diately relieve the nausea due to smok-
ing. Bitter almonds contain hydroey-
epic acid, and are useful In a. simple
cough; but they frequently produce it
sort of nettle rash. The persimmon, 13
palatable when ripe, but the green fruit
is highly astringent, containing much
tannin. The oil of cocoanut has been
recommended as a substitute for cod-
liver oil, anti is much usod in Germany
fered a great deal with headache and bil-
iousness. I could not get relief from
doctors' medicine and was advised to try
Means. I did so, and with most benefi-
cial result. I always keep bileans in the
house, and am continually recommending
them in cases of stomach disorders, head-
aches, indigestion, constipation and var.
ions other complaints."
In all quarters where they have been
tried bileans are spoken of in similar high
terms. They aro a certain cure for head-
ache, constipation, piles, liver trouble,
indigestion and all digestive disorders,
female ailments, skin eruptions, bilious-
ness, sick headache, bad taste in the
mouth, foul breath, dizziness, fainting,
buzzing noises in the head, feelings of
uncomfortable fulness even after a light
meal, wind pains, anemia, debility, etc.
They improve the general circulation, and
are a boon to pale -faced girls and weak
women. For all purposes to which a
household remedy is put bileans will be
found of excellent service.
Bileans are obtainable from all drug-
gists and stores, at fifty cents per box, or
direct from the Bilean Co.aColberneaSt.,
Toronto, upon recdipt of price. To obtain
a free sample box cut out this article and
write across it the name and dato of the
paper, then post it to the Bilean Co. at
above address with a onn cent stamp to
pay return postage, and your name and
address written clearly. Your request
will receive immediate attention,
for phthisis. Barberriaa are very agree-
able to fever patients in the form of a
drink. Grapes and raisins are nutritive
and demulcent, and are much used in
the sick chamber.
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TRAINING A BABY.
Begin training him as soon. as he is
born. Establish at once regular hours for
his feeding and sleeping. For the first
four weeks fed him every two hours,
between 0 a.m., and 6 p.m., once at 10
p.m. and once at 2 a.m. After a month
he should be fed every two and a half
hours between 6 a.m., and 6.30 p.m., with
two night feedings as before. When he
is two months old he presumably re-
quires stronger food and more of it,
and from that time on he needs to be
fed only every three hours, from 6 a.m.
to 0 p.m., with an additional feeding at
10 p.m.
Stick to this system though the hea-
vens fall. A lam amount of the fretful-
ness and moaning of infants is due to
stomach disorders brought on by feed-
ings at irregular intervals and in ir-
regular quantities. Once thoroughly esta-
blished, the system will be found to
work admirably. Go into the Sloan Ma-
ternity hospital in New York City, where
it is in vogue and you will see scores
of newly born infants wake up like
clockwork at the hours mentioned, and
where silence had reigned there will be
a terrible rumpus until food is forth-
coming. If your baby, however, should
continue to sleep when feeding time
comes round, don't hesitate to arouse
him. Keep him strictly to business dur
ing Ms meal, but if at any time he
shows (i disposition to stop shore of
the customary allowance, let him. Bab-
ies have rights. Their little "tummies"
know better than you when they need a
rest.—Frank Barkley Copley in "Give
the Baby a Chance," in The Outing
Magazine for June.
THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND.
Baby's Own Tablets is not for babies
only. It is a medicine for children of
all ages. It is gently laxative and com-
forting. It cures indigestion, all forms
of stomach troubles, constipation, simple
fevers, diarrhoea and makes teething
painless. There's a smile in every dose.
Mrs. Henry Mater, London, Ont., says:
"Having used Baby's Own Tablets I can
say with sincerity that I know noth-
ing as good for simple fevers, stomach
and bowel troubles. My baby has thriv-
ed splendidly since I began giving her
the Tablets." You can get Baby's Own
Tablets from any medicine dealer or by
mail at 25 cents a box by writing the
Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville,
Ont.
DO NOT ROCK THE BABY,
Regular feedings will assist the baby's
sleeping. If lie doesn't go to sleep at
once, let him alone. Supposing he does
want to make use of his eyes for a while
longerl—that's his right. Under no eir-
cumetances ever try to coax him to go to
sleep. Never sing to him, never rock
him, never walk with him, never lie on
the bed with bine—never resort to any
device Whatsoever to put hint to Sleep,
and you never will have to; if you do it
when he is ycueg, you have taken the
first step toward making the baby a
little tyrant and yourself his slave. Do
it if you will, but when you get all run
down from "taking care of" the baby,
pray have the decency not to expect any
synipathy. Not only have you started
him on the road to impudent etlfisbness,
but you have unduly hastened the devel-
opment of his brain And serionely Injur-
ed his nervous system. It is not even
necessary that things should be quiet
when the baby goes to sleep. Let the
usual noises go on, and he will never
have any diffieulty in sleeping among
them—Prank Barkley Copley, in "Give
the Baby a Chance," ftt The Outing Mag-
azine for Juno.
BEAUTY AND THE SPORTS.
How Various Athletic Games Affect
Face and Figure.
A London beauty expert has drawn
up the following table, which shows the
probable effect of various outdoor pas-
times on the appearance:
Boating—Burns or freckles the skin,
and inflames the eyes.
Bicycling—Enlarges the feet and the
handy.
Cricket—Will ruin the prettiest figure.
Football—Causes awkwardness.
Gymnastics—Develop muscles to excess
and is detrimental to a graceful car-
riage.
Hockey—Ruins the figure and com-
plexion.
Lawn tennis—The least harmful of
sports, but may enlarge right shoulder
and hand.
Motoring—Coarsens the skin and red-
dens the nose.
Sea swimming—Ruins the hair.
Of course ,these disfigurements result
only when the games or sports mention -
ea are too ardently played or followed,
for, as another specialist said, "I would
have this motto put up in every girl'.
boudoir: 'Health is wealth, and an out-
door life gives health.'
Experienced Mothers Know.
That very few are just to children.
That it is easier to be generous than
just.
That children need judicious praise,
but not extravagant riattery.
That many children become discour-
aged because their best efforts meet with
no approval.
That nothing causes a child to cease
his efforts to please sooner than to find
that everything he does is taken as a
matter of course.
That each child's disposition, as well
as his constitution, should be studied
conscientiously and carefully.
That a child has a right to some con-
sideration of his tastes in the matter of
dress and food as well as his amuse -
/yenta
That we are too often arbitrary with
our little people, and thoughtlessly tram-
ple on their rights; and they read our
motives more clearly than we think.
Still Living in Hope.
"Twenty-two years ago to -day there
was an occasion' which called forth the
following notice in our paper: "On Mon-
day morning an army of women, armed
with all sorts of small defiles, -pare-
goric, eastile soap and catnip tea, invad-
ed our domestic camp. We were not
only scared but surrendered, unconditiona
ally. We are informed (reliably), that
it is a girl and will very likely make
her home with us for about eighteeen
years, when we will be willing to give her
away to some young man, provided he is
a member of the Y. M. C. A." She Is
• now reporter for the Kansan and though
the plans we had an view Of giving her
- away have not yet matured, we are not
altogether without hope. — Concordat
Kaneara
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