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The Wingham Advance, 1907-11-21, Page 3• FROM OVER THE OCEAN. Some of the Many Wonderful Happenings in the British Isles. LYTHICAL 'PRINCE.' Au extraordinary story a a naval pensioner'e danglater who Masqueraded as an 4talian priuce with a pedigree dating front B. O. 804, was told at the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions recent- ly. James Doll&las, aged eighty-four, it naval pensioner, and JAB wite and daugh- ter, were charged with obtaining goods from a number of triulesnien at Mal- vern by false pretenees. It was stated that the daughter posed as a wealthy Italian prince living in re- tirement, In communications to trades- men, ordering goods or postponing pay-. ment, it was etated -that the "prince" had immensely valuable properties in all parts of the world, that he paid a mil. lion sterling per annum to the Vatican, and that he Rept fifteen grooms. The mother acted as valet and housekeeper to the "prince." Witnesses deposed that the younger prisoner had her hair cut 'short, andhad a suit of man's clothing. One tradesman, indeed, was shown a document purporting to be signed by four barristers of the Inner Temple, cer- tifying the Prince's honer and posses - Siena' and giving their promise of pay - moltto tradesmen. By that-lotter they got some jam and pickle. In obtaining vegetables and, mineral waters to the value of Lis. from a shop- keeper named Bubb they peen's -ea the family thousande ofpeunds. There was £9,000 for the head of the family £5,- 000 each. for their two eldest sons and £4,000 each for their daughters, with the chateaux at Lucerne. The jury recommended the old man to mercy and he was given the naminal sentence of one day's imprisonment. The two women were sentenced to three months / hard labor. The chairman of the court said that ite could not have believed there were emelt credulous people he the world. LADY WARWICK SUBMITS. The Countess of Warwick brought her American visit to a close on Tuesday, wben she left for home on the Kron- prin.zeesin Ceeilie. Our correependent- found the countess, dressed in a dark blue costume and large hat with white plumes, suerounded by a ring of pho- tographers. Holding up her hands in mock despair she protested. "Ah I now, really you must not. No woman should pose for a pho- to in travelling dress, you know." "But, madam," said one bold photographer with a sweep of his hat and a low bow, "you could not look more charming if you posed for us i`n a dinner gown." The countess laughed and said, "I can- not resist that, I must submit." The or- deal over, she brightly answered clues - tions. "Business? No, indeed, I merely came to New York for pleasure and to see what you all looked like. I saw every- thing of importance'yeti skyscrapers, 'which are ugly and dangerous, and your schools, which are the grandest in the world. I hope you appreciate your school system."`My! tt slieti a stun. ner" remarked one susceptible report- er as the countess swept away to her cabin. MILES OF COUNTRY UNDER WATER. A deluge of ram has caused serious floods in the south 'of Scotland and throughout the north of England and the Midlands. Rivers everywhere are in flood, thousands of aeries are under wa- ter, many villages in Derbyshire are iso- lated, and communication by road is impossible. Miles of country composed of fields of cut corn and unlifted potatoes are under water, in some places to a depth of near- ly three feet, and reeds are converted into channels deep enough for rowing boats. A bridge at The Halls, East 'Lothian, was carried away on Thursday by the forceof the water, In England the most- serious conse- quences were felt in South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Many hotels and shops in close proximi- ty to the Dewsbury market place are flooded, and some large mills alongside the River Calder have had to suspend operations. • The rainfall in Sheffield was the heavi- est for fifty years. The Derwent rose at an ajarming rate, and low-lying parts about Darley were quickly submerged. Hotels and houses near the river were flooded early in the day, and in the af- ternoon the flood had reached the chief thoroughfares at Matlock. Mush love -lying land near Carlisle is submerged, and farmers have sustained serious low of sheep, carried away to sea by the: swollen rivers. The Gram- pians and the mountains in Argyllshire and Dumfriesshire are under snow. Potato and turnip crops in the Denny dieted of Stirlingshire have been wash - et out. At St. Leonard's Shipbuilding Werke, Dunfermline, the water put out we of the furnaces. Work Was stopped in the factory. A horse and gig plunged into a deep pool on the main road. The horse was drowned, but after some ef- fort the driver and his fare, it commercial trite eller, were rescued. Owing to the overflow of the River Doon sixty feet of rails on the Carrielc Light Railway subsided, and. seVeral tietini had to be diverted. Ilbmilton race course is submerged. A number of sheep have been carried out to sea by the flooding of the Spey. All public golf courses in the vicinity of Edinburgh have been closed. So bad was the flooding in the Mus- selburgh distriet that railway traffic had to be suspended. This was brought about through a break out of water from New - hence Burn, near Newhailes Station. The railway line to Musselburgh was convert- ed into the bed of a rushing torrent, east ,coast traffic being seriously af- fected. A NEW BISHOP. The bishopric of Mashonaland, which mealy was declined by the Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway, has been offered to and accepted by the Rev. Edmund Nathaniel Powell. Mr. Powell was educated at Winches- ter and Trinity College, Oxford. He was ordained deacon in 1883 and priest in 1884. In the former year he became curate of Chelmsford, leaving there in 1887.to take charge of the Beaton Mis- sion in the east end. After serving four years in this capacity he was appointed* Viztar of St. Stephen's, Upton Park, E., where he has remained ever since. Mr. Powell has thus worked for over twenty year in East London. In 1904 and 1905 he acted as commissary to the Bishop of St. John's, Kaffraria. His new diocese comprises the Pro- vinces of Southern Rhodesia and the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and pos- sepses a population of just over 600,000, of whom less than 13,000 are English- speaking. • IRELAND'S SCOURGE, • In opening the tuberculosis exhibition at the Home industries section of the Irish International Exhibition at Dublin on Saturday, the Lord Lieutenant an- nounced a stimulating message from the King, his Majesty's inessage was as follows: "I am commanded by the King to ex- press his good wishes for the success of the tuberculosis exhibition, the first of the kind ever held in Great Britain and 'Ireland. His Majesty is greatly inter- ested iu the probleni of checking the progress of the disease, and he trusts the exhiibtion may be the means of di- recting the attention of the public to the terrible ravages caused by the scourge and to the efforts that are now being Made to avert its progrees." Mr. Birrell, Chief Secretary, explained that the exhibition was purely explana- tory. It aimed at bringing home to Irish fathers and mothers the facts connected with this terrible plague. Those who were not doctors were only too disposed to believe that diseases were divine ordinances, to which it was necessary to submit. He remembered that half a century ago in Liverpool typhoid fever was considered as much a divine institution as the prison, or the workhouse, or the gallows, or His Ma- jesty's judges of a.ssize. NCSIV the disease has practically disappeared. It had been cured by scientific zeal and by public attention to the laws regulating health and hygiene. Censumption could be treated in the same way. One section of the tuberculosis exhibi- tion • consists of statistics prepared by the Registrar of Ireland, including the returns for 1906, showing that 11,756 of 74,000 deaths in Ireland were caused by tuberculosis. - PROMINENT ROMAN CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS ENDORSE PSYCHINE Has Been Used by the Good Sisters of the Academy of Grey Nuns in Aylmer, Quebec, and at St. Joseph's Hospital, Victoria, B. C, With Great Success. Their Words of Praise and Recommendation Need No Special Qualification—and Will Inspire Hope in • Many a Drooping Siirit—They • Know Whereof They Speak The wonderful record. that PSYCHINE has made for itself in restoring to health when, all •other rernedies.and when doctors have failed, has become well knowu throughout the Dominion of Canada. Ale it throat, lung, and stomach restorer, PSYOH1NE has never had an equal, We herewith attach a few ef the statements from the most aoliable peo- ple who have had considerable experi- ence with PSYOHINE. On June 28th, 1907, this testimony came from the Sister Superior of the Academy of Grey Nuns, Aylmer, Que- bec:— "After giving your excellent tonic PSYOHINE it trial, the Sister who has taken it testifies that it has done her a great deal of good. Will you kindly send two more bottles as soon as pos- sible." Signed. BRIDE'S TRAGIC REMORSE. A tragic story of a bride's unfounded self-accusations was told at the inquest at Morland, Westmoreland, on Saturday, on Sybil Florence Collingridge, twenty- nine, wife of Dr. W. Rex Collingridge, son of' the medical officer of health for London. Mrs. Collingridge was found dead from the effects of prussic acid poi- • soning, and the jury returned a verdict of suicide while insane. Dr. W. R. collingridge said he was married on July 24. Five weeks ago jie was attacked by scarlet fever, and was removed to Ormside Fever Hospital. When lie was taken to the hoepital his wife went to stay with her father, Pro- feseor Klein, at Twickenhaiii, and his motherwent to Morland, where she died very suddenly from an apopletic seizure. His wife returned to Morland on. Sat- urday, Oct. 5. Though she appeared in better spirits than usual, she blamed her- self both for having given him scarlet fever and being the cause of his mother's death, both of whichbvere without foun- dation. SISTER SUPERIOR. Ae,ademy of Grey Nuns, Aylmer, Que. • And was followed by another on July 18th:— "Your very kind letter is to hand, and I thank you very inueh for the at- tention you have given to orders for Bsychine. Will you kindly send by express, prePaid, six more bottles of Psychine. I am giving it to another one of our Sisters here, and WS find it very satisfactory, and we hope that by the. thne the next six bottles are used that these Sisters will be reestablishlish- ed in health." Respectfully, , SISTER SUPERIOR. Anil still further words of praise, on July 30th:— "We are very grateful for your prompt answer to our order. We are in receipt of Jim six bottles of Psy- chine safely, Please accept our elle core thauks, also for smiding them ex- press prepaid. The second Sister who eas begun to take Psyehine feels that it is doing her it great deal of good, so 1 have given it uow to a third Sis- ter, We are very well satisfied with it, and I have recommended it to many of our houses, and I think .you will receive orders from them I enclose it cheek. Many thanks for your kind - nese." Respectfully, SISTER SUPERIOR. Academy �f Grey Nuns. Aylmer, Que., July SOth, 1907. And. in a letter doted as late as Sep- tember 1st, this same good Sister Sup- erior, in a letter to Dr. Slocum, say: "We have found PSYCHINE an excel- lent tonic, and wish you every StleeeSS in the sale of these excellent reinceliee." Still later comes the following from this saine institution which is doing so much on behalf of the religious Senti- ments of -the community: "Please send us six bottles of PSY- CHINE ate soon as possible, expresspre- paid as usual, and send us the bill. We thank you for tho good work this excellent remedy is doing in our institu- tion. SISTER SUPERIOR. Aylmer Convent, Aylmer East, Que, And to this we add the "good wards" for Psychine from the Sister Superior of a well-known institution in the Western capital, the St, Josepliks Hos- pital, of Victoria, B.C. On July 30th the following letter came to Dr. T. A. Slocum, Limited, Toronto: "I am happy to itay that we have weed Psychine with great success, and have ordered half a dozen more bottles through our local house here. Thank- ing you once more for introducing your valuable medicine, I am gratefully, SISTER MARY BRIDGET, Superior. St. Joseph's Hospital, Victoria, B. C. To be followed by these confident expressions of praise itt it letter on Sept. 1st:— "I have ordered over a dozen laege bottles of PSYCHINE since the be. ginuing of July, and can truly say it is giving excellent results. Hoping many more may be benefited by the valuable medicine. Yours sincerely, SISTER M. BRIDGET, Superior, St. Joseph's Hospital ,Victoria, B. .0. PSYCHINE, pronounced (Si -keen) is the most marvelous throat, lung, and stomach healer and general tonic that has ever been sold to the public. It has built up a reputation which has stood the test of sixty years. It is prescribed to -day by many physicians who know that in PSYOHINE there is a tone!, for all forms of run down system, from what ever cause, that cannot be equal- led, It cures coughs, ;bronchitis, colds, lumbago, night sweats, chills, anaemia, and all run down or emaciated condi- tions. For sale at all druggist's for 50e and $1, or at Dr, T. A. Slocum, Ltd., 179 King street west, Toronto. occupants the old War Office in Pall Mall has fallen upon evil days.. For months it has stood a pathetic picture of deserted dignity, and the authorities have at last taken pity on its gloom and grime. It is to be de- molished. Tenders are being invited for a build- ing lease of the site, which has an area of about 32,625 square feet, and is in an extremely valuable position. Under the terms of the agreement the contraceor will be required to erect buildings to the value of £100,000 on the site, and it is stipulated that they shall consist of private houses, clubs, institutions of approved character, ho - tele, flats, or other buildings of a semi- private' character. i-RINCE AND BOY DIABOLIST. Marcel Mefunier, "arehediabolist," is the happiest boy in Engliltf.d. On Sat- urday he was honored with a royal command to appear before the Prince and Princess of Wales tit Marlborough House to give an exhibition of diabolo. "We went to Marlborough Houee in a cab," said Marceh in an interview sub- sequently. "my mother, Mr. Ben Nathan, my agent, and I. The Prince was very kind. He said I was but a small boy to be doing great things, 'but let us see what you can do. We then pleated into the garden, the Prince, the Prnicess, with their children, and about thirty ladies and gentlemen. Nervous. No I never played so well, nee threw the dia- bolo so high. "The Prince said I was quite clever and asked me if I would like a little, preeent." Marcel dived down into his trouser, pocket and searched anxiously for a moment. Then he drew out a scarlet leather case with the royal arms in gold. Inside was a flat bold penciI-ease engraved with the royal crest and mon, ogram. Before leavingMarcel presented each of the young Primes with a set of dia. bolo eticks and spools. LAST OF THE WAR OFFICE. • Since the departure -of its offeial itiolopoioliroopoloseefolitio. .....io• Rapid changes of temperature are hard on the toughest constitution. The' conductor passing from the heated inside of a trolley car to the icy temperature of the platform—the tanvasiter spending all hour or so in a heated building and then walkint; against a biting wind—know the difficulty, of avoiding cold. Scoff *.r Erntt/siott strengthens the body ao that it can better withstand the danger of cold from changes of temperature. It will help you to avoid taking cold. ALL ununotaliai a0a. AND 81.00. 4011044540444+011004.010010400. 014 g") week MOP FAIR FEASTS. Stratford -on -Avon "Mop" or statute fair, which dates back to mediaeval Ulnas, Was held on Saturday. There was a record attendance excuesione bringing many thousands of visitors from all parts of Great Britain. A feature of the fair is the ox -roast- ing. This year six oxen and twelve pork- ers weirt roasted whole at fireplaces con- structed in the streets. The method of codking looks simple. Through the carcase lengthwise is plac- ed a spit, the two ends of which rest upon tripods. To the end of the spit is fixed a wheel. The height from the ground. ie just enough to enable the huge deli- c.acy to revolve open the spit above the fire. The meat is sold at 6d. "or is. plate, and the profits are given to ohar- ity. -- STILL HALE AND HEARTY. One of the King's oldest subjects lives in the village of Great Rollright, near Ohipping Norton, Oxfordshire. His name is Richard Withers, and he recently cele- brated. the 102nd aniversary of his birth- day. On this occasion the villagers pre- sented him with it cake and the church. bell-ringers -rang out a merry peal in his honor. Withers formerly followed the occupation of shepherd. He boasts that until recently, when he had a bili- ous attack, he was never in a doctor's hands. A moderate drinker, the old fel- low regularly smokes his pipe. He shaves himself twice it week, and is seldom ab- sent from Sunday morning church ser- vice. Recently a local fanner wrote to the King, giving particulars of Withers' his- tory. He has received the following re - Balmoral Castle, Oct. 12, 1907. am commanded by the King to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, and to request you to convey his Majesty's congratulations to Richard. Withers on the attainment of his hun- dred and second birthday. The King Is grad- to hear that he still enjoys good health in spite of his great age.—Yours faithfully, F. G. Ponsonby. • o - • k NO CNAROE FOR IT. The kLaundry Man Gives the Bacheler Man a Little Lesson in Nerve. , i'When I came to open my bundle of;stuff %sent hero* from the laundry this morning," ;Said the bachelor mon, "I found in it, sent :back washed but not ironed, ono shirt that had pnned to it it ticket refuting like tftis .• We aro returning this shirt on account of 11 nottboing in it condition to withstand iron- mis was a tow ono to me, but when came to open up the shirt and looked it over I didn't wonder that they hadn't tried to iron it; one arm was ail eat torn front ItS liockot and there was It hole punched through ono cuff, %vial' it tear extending from this hole for an inch or two up the sleeve. The shirt was sure P. t in condition for ironing, but how did it get ,al "I certainly never sent 11 to tho laundry in that shape. ret have :fad hard work tearing the sleeste Out 1 tho shoulder tho way this one was torn and 1 couldn't have read° that bolo in too cuff without some fsort of a sharp and big punch. Clearly the shirt had been torn and mangled in that manner by being caught 111 the //Landry machinery, and so I wrapped It up in it neat little bundle and took It over to the hum. dry office, intending to snake it claim for th0 value of it. 1 spread the shirt nut on the counter and called tho glerk's attention to it and told hint that I couldn't have torn the shirt in that manner, and it must have boon done hi the laundry, and how about it?" " says the clerk, 'we made nO charge for it.' "As the full significant* of this came up- on me -they had torn ply shirt all to pieCall, Mit they didn't snake any charge for iti—I staggered back, and I )(opt on !staggering that way until 1 had got out of the door. "1 shall never make any further claim for the shirt, I got back fe:,• more than !tor value in that leaSen in clear, cold norm"— ?ay. clutiam, Sonicpeople are too stingy to even tell a joke at their owe espense, CHURCH AND CLERGY. The China inland mission of England sent out twenty-one missionaries last month. In Presbyterian Sabbath schools the officers, teachers and scholars number 1,207,820. The Porto Rican year book for 1907 contains a story of the marvelous ad- vancement of Methodism in that island. Tho Woman's Home Missionary Socie- ty of the Iowa Methodist Church raised $12,880 amoiig its 2,362 members for work during the last yeav. The Baptist State Commission has choser Lawton, Okla., as the site for the new Baptist University, the city offering to furnish forty acres of land and $75,- 000 in cash. The Board of Foreign Missions pub- lishes for free distribution the address of the American Minister to Siam, the Hon. Hamilton King, at the commence- ment of the Board's High School ior boys at Bangkok. It is a close knit ar- gument on the propriety of philanthropic and educational work in Christian mis- 'done. The Rev. Edward Q. Downey has ten- dered his resignation as pastor of the First, Universalist Church of Spokane, Wash. Lord Charles Beresford, the British ad- miral, so well known on this side, has given his consent for his daughter's con- version to the Catholic faith. The German Presbyterians have decid- ed, after a long controversy, to continue the publication of both their denomina.- , ticnal papers instead of consolidating theni. The canton of Geneva, Switzerland, follewing in the footsteps of France, will divorce State and church on January 1, 1909, when a law recently passed to that effect will become operative. HELP YOUR BABY. No mother ran expect her little ones to escape all the minor ailments of child- hood, but she can be reasonably sure that her child will be healthy if she gives it an occasional dose of Baby's Own Tablets. And she can feel absolutely safe in giving this medicine, as elle has the guarantee of a government analyst that it contains no opiate or poisonous soothing stuff. Mrs, Uriale Cressman, New Hamburg, Ont., says: "I have used Baby's Own Tablets for stomach .trou- bles and constipation with the greatest success, I always feel safe when I have a box of Tablets in the house." Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents it box from The Dr, Williams Medi- cine Co., Brockville, Ont. e•• • CHOOSING A HORSE. Now I know perfectly well that I can tell you nothing about choosing a horse. If you are a New Englander you will know all about the trade; if you are a New Yorker, you could give me points on every horse in the ring; if you are middle west, you probably have raced or worked or traded or raised more horses than I will ever ride. But in selecting it mountain horse, his mere point e as a physical specimen are often little in his favor, while glaring defects may concern his usefulness hardly at all. Never mind, at first, how the horses offered for our inspection looks. Exam- ine him for blemishes later. You must first discover if he is sure-footed and courageous. An eastern horse would not last, five minutes on a western trail. A western horse, no matter how accus- tomed to mountain worlc, is worse than useless if silbject ordinary horse-panice at suddenly rustling leaves, unexpected black stubs, and the elike. He must at- tend to his footing, keep his eyes for the trailoand be wise. Next you must inquire if this steadiness carries over into other things. He must stand when left without hitching, and must be easy to catch. Often you will have to dis- mount for the purpose of clearing trail, helping the pack train, tightening ropes, or reconnoitring. At such junctures iron hitching posts are not always at hand. Nothing is more aggravating than the necessity of searching everywhere for a place to tie; or worse, to be forced to chase down and coax quiet a horse that has propeptly decamped when left for a moment to himself. Nor does it add to your joy to get up at four for the purpose of making an early start, only to spend the extra hour filched from steep in an attempt to catch some snort- ing fool horse,.—From "Horse, Mule or Burro for the Trail," by Stewart Edward White, in the Outing Magazine for Oc- tober. COW TESTING. Dominion Department of Agriculture - of Dairy and Cold Storage. CURSE, COMING TRUE. Kaspar Hauser's Ghost and the Baden Grand Dukes. Grand Duke Frederick is dead and hie son hue succeeded to tho throne of Baden. The new Grand Duke is now 50 and is not robust; in fact, 20 years ago he was reported. to be dying of tuber- culoeis. Ihe Grand Duchese is 44, and they are childless. On the death of ake present occupant the throne will rev ta,.. to his cousin, Prince Maximilian, of an- other line of the aneient house of Baden. This leads the superstitious among his subjects to wonder if the spirit of Kos - par Hawser is completing its revenge, for there is a belief current in the Grand Dheby that the ghost of the "mysterious- ly persecuted child of Europe" has ap- peared in the royal bedchamber of the pestle at Caelsruhe at every accession of a new Grand Duke with the warning that the line that supplanted the heirs of Stephanie should come to an end itt the third generation. Kasper Hauser is a name not spoken in I3aden, and no books are published here about him. "Who ifs Kasper Hauser?" asked the American at the pension table. "Gottes Liebe:" cried the loyal mis- tress at the head of the table'dropping the dish she was passing, "Shut the wit - dew, that the pollee nmy not heat." Further inquiry led the American to the bookstore. "If we displayed a book oo Kasper Hauser," eaid the bookseller, "our stock would be confiscated and our shop prob- ably closed before night. 'As a matter of advice I would say restrain your curios- ity, for men who have asked that ques- tion have been escorted to Basel or be- yond the border of the German Empire." The stone over the grave of this mys- terious person bears this inscription: Current records of the associations or- ganized by the dairy and cold storage conunissioner are: Bagotville, Que., 152 cows, 20th Sept., average 618 lbs. milk, 4.0 test, 25.2 lbs. fat. The total yield of these 152 cows was 04.160 lbs. milk, but at St. Armand, Que., 160 cows gave only 64,675 lbs.; that is to say, 8 fewer cows at Begot - villa yielded 29,495 lbs, milk more. Shearer, Ont., 22nd September, 106 cows, average 561 lbs. milk, 3.7 test, 20.8 lbs. fat. Highest yield, 840 lbs. 'milk. Woodburn, Ont., 26th September, 128 cows, average 503 lbs. milk, 3.6 test, 18.2 lbs. fat Best yield of milk, 850 lbs. East and 'West Oxford, 27th Septem- ber, 125 cows, average 649 lbs. milk, 3.6 test, 23.6 lbs. fat. Highest yield, 1,377 lbs., testing 3.2. Spring Creek, Ont., 1st October, 213 cows, average 600 lbs. milk, 3,7 test, 225 lbs. fat. Twelve cows have records of over 1,000 lbs. milk. Highest yield 1,320 lbs. St. Prosper, Que., 23rd September, 113 cows, 694 lbs. milk, 4.2 test, 29.2 lbs. fat. Best yield, 1,280 lbs., testing 3.4. Rockford, Ont,, 30th September, 134 cows, 718 lbs. milk, 3.4 test, 24.5 lbs. fat. Highest yield 1,320 lbs. milk, testing 2.0. C. lb W. • .• CARE OF THE TEETH. The Directions That Cannot Be Too Often Repeated. To have pretty, strong teeth is, or should be an huportant matter to all women, and if through neglect as a child discolorations and fillings are in'evi- donee, the problem is a difficult on. Of all the rules and regulatioes laid down by experts and all the powders and washes on the market or to be made at home, none is so important as regular ere. If a child has been brought up to brush her teeth regularly and often, and continues to do so, she would need noth- ing but clear water to have "pearls" of which novelist discant. But acids, more or less harmless, and bleaches are ex- pected in later years to meke up for lack of attention in the past and often he the present. Astonishingly few person.s know how to brush their teeth. This may seem it remarkable statement, but one may de- monstrate it the next time a brush is used. It is rubbed across the teeth, in- stead of up and down, and it moment's thought will show that rubbing across will clear the middle or flat surface, but the edges or turves are left absolutely untouched, runs a valuable article in the New York Evening Telegram. The motion should always be front the gums down to the tips on the upper jaw, and from the gums up on the lower.. In this way and this way only are particles re. Moved /rein between the teeth and the whole surface gone over. Added to this dental floes should be used—soft eoarst silk that is drawn back and forth be. tweeen the teeth at the base, bringing out obstructions too smell or too far in for any brush to reach. Floss should be used after coal meal and always at night. Many a dentist's bill would b6 saved fit this way. His Jute Goesparus Hauser aenignia sills teaTipvoitraiss,, igno ta n °coulee mors, MDCCCXXXIII. But so often has some unknowa hand inscribed beneath the narue "The real Duke of Baden," that the space is althost rubbed away from the constant era:sures. The story of Kasper Hauser hag dog- ged the house of Baden for two genera- tions. With little tangible evidence to connect the two the story has neverthe- less clung tenaciously, and even now it requires but a breath tq set all tongues wagging with the tale of the changeling. If the story is true, the present Grand Duke, as well as Ids father and grand- father, owe their throne to the fact that the rightful heir, the last male survivor mo f dise rl lend!' was first kidnapped and then The story begins with old Grand Duke Charles Frederick, who died in 1811 and was twice married, his son by the first union, Prince Charles, being the heir ap- parent. After the death of his wife he married, morga.natically, Mlle. Geyer, on whom he conferred the title of Countess Hochberg. She bore him several sons, Prince Charles shortly before he suc- ceeded to the title of Grand. Duke mar- ried Stephanie Beauharnais, niece of Em- press Joeephine of Feande. They had Live children, two boys and three girls. Ono of the boys died of convulsions when less than it year old. It is the Late of the other, the little Prince Alex- ander, who, it was officially announced, died on the fourteenth day of his rife, that forms the connection between the house of Baden and the mystery of Kas- per Hauser. If the sons of Stephanie could be pre- vented from succeeding to the throne the only obstacle to the accession of Count- ess Hochberg's children was Prince Louis, uncle of Charles, who could readily be itt dueed to raise the boys to the rank of princes of the blood and so make them heirs to the throne. Therefore when the two sons of Stephanie died in their infancy it was only natural that gossip should tax the morganatic wife with the responsibility for their death or die. apopenaeof tech° chief conspirators with the Countess Hochberg was Major Hennen- hoffer, the story of whose participation in the affair was first published by Seil- er about 1840. Seiler pretended to have obtained all his information while in the service of Major Itennenhoffer. Although Hennenhoffer was admittedly an adven- turer, yet the accuracy of many of his statements was attested by the zeal with which the Baden Government attempted to suppress the story—procuring all the pamphlets that were put on sale and destroying their', putting every obstacle in the way of any attempt to investi- gate the story, and later: at the tirde of Hennenhoffer's death, seizing all his let- terAsecaonrddinengeooirsh ennenhofferes state- ment he himself admitted the Countess Hochberg to the royal nursery where the baby Alexander was lying. She was draped in white to conceal her figure and wore it white mask. The maids and nurses had all been sent away by pre. ohms arrangement, and while they were out of the room she took the royal baby from the cradle and put in its place the sickly, illegitimate child of a peasant girl, the substituted child having been first poisoned to ensure speedy death. Hennenhoffer waited outside the nur- ser" for the Countess' return and when she came took from her the young prince. He placed. him first in charge of it nurse in a neighboring castle and then later removed him to Falkenhaus, near Anspiteh in Bavaria. The child was kept there in close confinement until he appeared to the world at Nuremberg as K°111:erHauaer. utinvestigations appear to have supported this story. Alexander Von Artie published. a few years ago at Zurich a pamphlet conteining two docu- ments'the genuineness of which has never been disproved. One of these 18 an autograph letter written June 6, 1828, a week after Kato pa: Hauser appeared. in Nuremberg, by the Grand Duke Louis, uncle of Charlee, aril the man who profited by the ab- duction. This ooto was Addressed ' Lie M:e Government" and read as follows: "fit Nuremberg last month everything gone wrong. Take measuree that the peace of my Grand Duchy be not dis- turbed by this event." Supplementing thh3 was the deathbed statement of Von Berstett, who was a member of the Cabinet of Baden in 1828, and who received the note. Von Her. state statement is addressed to a Inince, who is not named, and is in these words: "It was not until after Louis' attee- in 1818 that I gradually discovered what 1 would never have .known. The letter which I give into your eharge was received by me just after midnight Juno 5, 1828. "I immediately sent in my resigne, tion, but it was not nceepted. The offi- cial reports concerning the Prince were of such a nature as made it evident that he eould not be put in csseesion Beware of the pills left at your doors. e You may need the stolen!' pump. pci son crippled and ruined d lo mind. an body. "Therefore, considering the welfare of Um State as of more importance than the interests of it dynasty. I held my peace. * * * Major Hennenhoffer, whom I consider my evil genius, know% more about this matter than I do." • Another significant act of the ruling house was the publication in 1875 of what was conuiderea it royal edict upon the matter. This was the court record relating to the beptism, death and post- mortem examination et the young Prince, alleged to have been abducted. ;filet how worthless this refUtation was appears when it is considered that the Hennenhoffer story providee for the death of an infant. How any record of baptism, death and autopsy could prove the identity of a baby with the ono born to the Duchess Stephanie a few days be- fore is not apparent, BADLY RUN DOWN. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Came to the Rescue After Doctor's Treatmet The life of anFyaiel oends.tant traveller is always a hard one, but those Whose work compel them to take long tire. some drives over rough roads, ettpos- ed to all conditions of weather, are in constant danger of losing their health. The extreme heat of summer or the piercing winds of winter sap their strength, the kidneys become diseased or rheumatism sets in. What is needed to withstand this hardship is rich red blood—the pure blood that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills alone can make. These pills are the travellers' never -failing friend. Con- cerning them, Mr. George Drape, of St. INA Que., says: "I am 'a grain dealer, and am obliged to make fre- quent trips, sometimes very tiring. I returned home from one of, these trips last eummer vory much fatigued. I was overheated • and tried to coal and rest myself by lounging on the yeeandah till late at night. I caught cold and the next day I did not feel at all well. I had a head- ache, pains in my stomach and was very weak. I went to see a doctor but he said I would be all right in it day or so so I started on another trip. I had not' gone far before I felt veryeill and had to return home and go to bed. I had chills, head- ache, pains in my stomach and kid- neys. The doctor came to see me and he said I was overworked. He treated me for several months, but instead of improving I oontinually grew worse. I wasted away almost to it skeleton and really thought I was going to die. One day my wife returned from the village with a sup- ply of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. She urged me to take them, as she sidd they had been very highly recommend- ed to her. I did so, and by the time I had taken four boxes I felt en- ough benefit to decide me to continue them, and I took about it dozen boxes. They fully mired me, and to -day I am able to go about my work without feel- ing fstigued." Fatigue, or the least exertion, is a sign that the blood is poor. Replace the bad blood with good blond and labor will be a pleasure. - Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills make pine, red blood. That is why they cure anaemia, rheumatism, kidney trouble, indigestion, heart palpitation and the nerve-rackIng ills of girlhooa and womanhood. Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 50 cents it box or six boxes for $2.50, from ,The Dr. Williams Co, Brockville, Ont. Of his rights. Ile VMS desiri ed. all • The treatment of Cebalt ores by it Toronto firm is causing so unieli annoy; ance by the discharge of arsenie funtee that petition's are being tireulated against the industry, and the Health De. pertinent is inspecting. Wheat buying in the West is slow. The buyers say that money to move the crop is lacking, and the softness of the wheat and the consequent diffficulty of grading it offer serious problems. The surplus of copper in store is es- timated at 111,000 tons net. In October the stocks were redueed.14„0.0Q Sone, so that there is still a margin on which de- mand may call. Gen Booth says: "Socialism is either too late or too early. Itedeoulcl hale come before Eden or should come after the judgment day." The General has been doing some think- ing. • _••• A United State's contemporary des- cribes in cartoon Presideut Roose- velt's role in the financial panic es the fellow who rocked the boat, int- perilling others' lives. And it is apt, too. .5 - SENTENCE SERMONS. bit! 1y. makes a better cement than t dultd. tfies.oet of our dif acuities are neglecte When ambition weds avarice aspira- tion dies. The evil we remember is surpassed by the good we forget. Inclination always furnishes the most convincing argument. Watch yopr works and your wings will take care of themselves. The church with d head for gold us- ually has a heart of wood. The world will never be driven to God by Advertising the devil. Some men hope that a gellien crown will give them a golden Mind. Fashion leade many to sturve the in- mates in order to paint the house. No man ever succeeded in walking one way when he was looking another. If you will sell your soul you will never be able to make enough to buy it back. <, Where the sermon is only a work of art the saints are qtially artificial. The preacher who trembles before the great hail cause to tremble for him- self - You can always get fine feathers with money, but a fine face you cannot buy. Many it man mistakes a stock of pi- ous quotations for riches of religious character, ' Men of business will be in the church when the church gives them some busi- nes there. The ideal that is only a dream and onheavraeretea rdeed is always it detriment to Many who think they are defending offairthliavrese.only barricading truth out ftheir The power of it truth depends less on the brilliancy of the setting than on the character of the source. --Henry P. Cope. Defenders of Switzerland. The report of the party who went front Ude country to study the military system of Switzerland will doubtless be unanimous on one point—that we linve much to learn from the little republic. From the age of ten all boys go through a compulsory physical and gynanastie eourse until they are sixteen, and after that age for four years they have to take up rifle shooting hi addition to gymnastic) training. Every Swise front Itis twentieth to his forty-fourth year le liable to military trainieg. 'Very useful work is aceomplished in Switzerland by rifle clubs, Which are encouraged by the State for the purpose of improving marksmanship. The population is under three and a half millions, yet there are 3,500 such essociatious, with over 200,- 000 members. On this basis we shotild Mee over 2,500,000 members of rifle clubs instead of only 00,000.-- Court burnal, "I wonder where that Mies Pert lei" "The steward says site is forward." "So, even the crew has notieed it, latipsyl Louisvill. Courier -journal. , • •e - We very much doubt if the suppres- sion of meetings intended to promote agitation in India will meet the needs of the hour. To draw the fires, or furn- ish an outlet for the. energy generated, would seem to be a wiser course than to sit on the safety valve. •••• The publishing of ghost stories has be- come a serious matter. The grave judges ,of the Supreme Court have held that the Winnipeg Free Press must pay $1,000 flaniages to the owner of a certain house hieli it said was haunted: Just as if a real ghost wasn't worth a mint of itibney to the property. Fa mers are getting lower prices far cattlee, while consumers pay the old prices key their beef. How is it? In some parts of Maine there is great com- pliant about ,the beef hold-up, and 1,200 pert ons in Augusta and other towns in Keenan Countyehave resolved to ab- stain from beef for'ten days and to de- crease their beef purchases permanently. A general campaign to lead people to eat less meat might have a good effect. -*epee— The warden of the Central Prison says that not one in fifty of the young con- victPs sent to that institution have a trade. That raises the presumption that the possession of a trade tends to pre- vent crime. It is not only the fact that the possession of a trade qualifies a person to earn a living by some 'special exertion of endeavor, but the life discip- line acquired in learning it helps to build up character. Itt many,parts of the United States the doctrine o absti esh fo ing taught. This 39 not al- ways done as scientific dietetics, but mostly as a means of economy and of getting back at the Meat Trust. But it is worth considering whether we do not habitually eat more meat than is good for us, cheapness out of the question. Certainly many of ttS could reduce our meat ration with benefit to our physi- cal system as well•as to our pocketbook. President RoOsevelt has, it appears, come to realize that his big etick speeches 'had not a little to do with in- creasing the financial difficulties of the United States within the last few weeks' - by contributing to the feelings of doubt and apprehension that go to produce panic and precipitate crises. Some level- headed friends have reached his ear, and he will cease to play the role of bull in the china shop. And if he •has made such it resolution, the United States business and financial interests have reason to be thankful. The effect of last eeifion's drouth is now being severely felt, and is strongly reflected in the maxliet prices. Farmers throughout the country are short of fodder for stock, and many dairymen are anxious about the future. Pastures Were so poor that dairy herds had to be put on winter rations some time ago, and in many barns the stock on hand for winter feeding is quite inadequate. With hay as high as $20 --in Toronto it is quoted as high as $22 to $24—and straw $10 and upward, while oats are in the sixties, cattle feeding becomes an expensive business. The dairyman who has silo aecommodation, and who pro - Added a feed crop to store away, is for- tunate indeed. Many are not so happily situated, and some are sacrificing their herds or reducing nein., There is it diminution in the milk supply, and it is likely to be more severely felt. Putter, which is already so high as to be a severe tax on the housekeeper, will prob- iihIy ride higher during the winter. Farmers say they get much lower prices for beef on the hoof than formerly, as Many animals aold are not in the pink of eondition, being parted with to reduce the demand on the fodder and grain supply. If the farmer gets less for the live animals, the beef consumer does not seem to profit, as there has been rio de- cline in beef 'who's at retail. To Make mattets wore for the dairymen, root crops have been lighter than usual. How- ever, his position is better than that ot the consumer. lie eau in some measure make up in 'higher prices for the shortage of his product, bit the housewife must have the goods and must economize in other threetione to meet the coat. And the farmer would far rather have large erops and fair priees than scarcity and exeessive dearness. ,