The Wingham Advance, 1904-03-24, Page 3Joy
Tokio Wild With
At Togo's Victoryj
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• The pall at solemn secret+y, that
has been hltnginl; over tee dapttnese '
eapItee for more than it mouth, Tanta
lifted yet;fter•daaY and a ray Of reel
h'ntinielasnt broke through.
A great change canoe offer Tokio.
The i toict; dropped their inmate end
revealed t!ernsoives as huulan On.,
ngs, -witty human emotions, sub -
pet to human excitement. 'Toy
come ottt tee their shone anti gath-
ered in th't streets and talked and
laughed and cheered and acted inet
art any other people would who had
received noires of a great navalvle-
tox,t' over a powerful mealy. Their
jays 'wet real and Infectious and they
exhibited it with spirit and dig-
; •
But the contrast to the silence
and repression of the prevloue day's
was all the more remarkable. That
period of 'waiting had alfnoift fitted
,nto tO believe that t'lie Japanese
would go through file entire war
with owl -like, unbroken placidity!, no
aidatter'what theyi won, but now X ate
ready to adrnrit the tthey oan give
wasp to popular feeling when the
eniergenry' arises.
It was all started styi the receipt
of reports from the main squadron
of the nate;, under Vice -Admiral
Togo, to the effect that !k battle
had been fought off Port Arthur antr-
a great v,iotory! !won. For a day or
two there lead beery rumors that
+something interesting was going one
or abort to happen. It was known
that the squadron had left gasebo,
where it had been for so long. but
only! guesses wore heard leo to its
d(estinattion.. ' , •
Nave Thrills the City.
The secreta; that has prevailed took
on an added character. It boosting
almost rtlreathlese. Then, on the even-
ing of the 1)th, euddeneye from no
'particular point, but everyjwhore at
once, tile word came that there had
been a fight at Cbemarlp!o and that
the Japanese had won, The Russians
had lost two ships, one of them the
fine new, American built cruiser Ver-
lag, the other, the little gunboat,
.orietz. i , ti,
A little letptple of enth'n'ekasm start-
ed on a cautious round of the city,
and, meeting with a friendiyl recep-
tion, succeeded in inducing others to
come out, so that by; midnight there
:was ,a fair show of interested ex-
citement, and the account of the en-
gagement had grown to the to -be -
expected proportions.
Then came the 'big newts yester-
day tmoruing, The Ja.p:tnen'e squadron
lead come up to Port Arthur and
found tho lluseitan ships outside the ;
barber. In the darkness of midnight'
Ziac Japanese torpedo boats had
sneaked into the entrance of the
tllarbor, getting behlag the Rats- I
elan eltips. Then Togo's fighting'
line closed in.
3t
was beautiful strategy, that of
this report, for it left the a'aper.
ase Admiral a:t,ying to the ]Russian,
"It is either you or 1 now." 1f It
were true, it meant that the Jap-
ranee° bed el• ii'ei the flu+siaus front
the sea at th first envounter, and.
were free to do their will %minter-
fe ecI with In th.'' matter of lauding
trove.
Theo) was no ds finite authority
for title report. Thi naval au:bort-
thei .at the d: pxrtlurtlt maintained
their +hence and simply regi fed to
• gaert.oning that triers heti lithe
no retort from Vice -Admiral Togo.
tytlll, eyory mail you met aseurc'd
you. dint it wars 4111 abf.•olttte fact,
and r'lrt 117 woia pr;mp if fortis ont-
ing.
Tho jig lt'mtn, wl.l et has the re:.
putation of b ing the most reliable
newspaper of Tokio, got ont fan
extra, stquip: that the Information
had been received by a "certain de-
partment" from a reliable sourer, .
Avilieh might have meant anYih`ng.
But there was enough. for the pee- .
pie to go on. .
Flags Flamed Everywhere.
Plage appeared as if by magic all
aroused the elty. In the streets
there were long doable lanes of them •
hanging from the windows of the'
shops and dwellings. Some of the
more excitable of the people car -
little ones about, and many
of 'them wore tla_'m in buttonhole or
hatband. The Eroldiers of the re-
serse, who no flock about the
+streets, had no question for the ac-
curacy and reliability of the news.
They aeo.pted it eagerly and cons
gratalatod one another vigorously.
Then about noon casae certain
confirmation of the feet that there
there had been a fight. The cap-
tain of a Btlti:.at thlp repartee' at
(,'hefoo that o.I l.ay.ng Port Ar•lhue
he had seen the two squadrons at
it, -and that the Russians had lost
two battle fat'zsr and a cruiser.
The uieLraouL'crative i.p:nese let
themselves go after that. Word
went round that tli're would be a
lantern and torchltgllt procession In
the evening, and the flags multi-
Ilted themselves, The wild men who
p,.alele extras dashed about the
t'treets clanging the lr bails and mak-
ing a great fens.
There wtess no organization about
the demonstration that followed. One
ot the newspaper extras suggested
that something of the: sort ougllt to
be done, but no comnitttee was ap-
pointed, and there was nothing form-
al about it. It was,simply the spon-
taneous ebullition of spirits, a truly
popular show of jubileethen. The word
went around about midday that there
would be a demonstration, and of
their own accord the people began
to gather at jiibiya Park, about dusk.
At that hour, wherever one went
abont the city, ltttie groups of men
and boys, and even women and ehild-
con, worn seen hurrying along to the
THE FEDERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY
OF CANADA.
'7WENTY_SECOND ANNUAL STATEMENT.
The twenty-second annual meeting of the shareholders of the Federal Life
Assurance Company of Canada was held at the head office of the company in
Hamilton on Tuesday, March 1, 1904. The President, Mr. David Dexter, in
the ::hair. The foltotwing reports and financial statement were submitted.
DIRECTORS' REPORT,
Your directors have the. honor to present the report and financial state-
ment of the company for the year, which closed oa the 31st December, 1903
and duly vouched for by the auditors,
The new business of the year consisted, of one thousand nine hundred and
fifty-seven applications for insurance, aggregating $2,841,260, of which nine•
teen hundred and sixteen applications for $2,748,172.50 were accepted.
As in previous years, the income of the company shows a gratifying in -
Are crease, and the asseff'`of the company have been increased by $261,572.89,
anis have now reached $1,893,960.70, exclusive oi. guarantee capital.
The security for policy holders, including guarantee capital, amounted at
the close of the year to $2,763,960.70,, and the liabilities for reserves and all
outstanding claims, $1,711,200, showing a surplus of $1,052,760.70. Exclusive
.of uncalled guarantee capital, the surplus to policy holders was $182,760.70.
Policies on seventy Iives became claims through death, to the amount of
$130,234 62, of which $2,000 was. reinsured in other companies.
Ineittiding ca.2h dividends and divtdends,applied to the reduction of premi•
ums, $41,770.87, with annuities, the total payments to policy holders amounted
to $204,018.49.
Careful attention has been given to the investment of the lrompany's
funds, in first-class bonds, mortgage securities, and loans on the company's
policies, amply secured by reserves.. Our Investmenes have yielded a very
satisfactory rate of interest,
Expenses have. been confined to a reasonable limit, consistent with due
efforts for new business.
The reiuits of the year indicate a most gratifying progress. Compared
witch the preceding year, the figures submitted by the directors for your ap-
proval show an advance of fifteen per cent. in assets
The assurances carried by the company now amount to $14,945,249.60, up.
on which the company holds reserves to the full amount required by law, and,
in addition thereto, a` considelabie surplus,
The field officers And agents of the company are intelligent and Ioyal, and
are entitled to much credit for their able representation of the company's in-
tt3rests, The nlemberr of the office staff have also proved faithful in the
company'd services. •
Your directors regret to report the death of Mr. T. H. Macpherson, the
{Cecond Vice -President of the company, and a, valued member of the Executive
ommittee. The vaeaney thus caused was filled by the election of the Rev.
2)r. Potts. DAVID DEXTER, President and Managing Director.
• - AUDITORS' REPORT.
To the President and Directors of the Federal Life Assurance Company
Gentlemen, We have carefully audited the books and records of your
company.for the year ending 31st December last, and have certified to their
accuracy.
The cash and journal vouchers have been closely examined, and agree
:with the entries recorded.
The debentures, bonds, etc„ in the possession of the company have been
inspected, whilst those deposited with the Government or banks have been
verified by certificate, the total agreeing with the amount as shown in the
statement of assets.
Tho aepompenying statements, viz., revenue and assets and liabilities,
show the result elf the year's operdtions, and, also, tho financial position of the
coralia11Y. Respectfully submitted,
II, . STEPHflNS, CHARLES S'T'IFF, Auditors.
Hamilton, lst March, 1904.
Financial Staternent for 1903.
Premium and annuity incorlte ... . . . . . . . . . ...... $497,931 17
Interest and tents ... ... ...... . ..... .......... 76,264 63
,F 674,196 40
Paid to policy holders .,$204,018 40
'All other payments ... , ....... t .... ........ . .. . 172,378 68
Balance .. ........ .............. t 197,199 23
$ 574,7.96 40
• Assets, Dec, 31, 1903.
Debentures and bonds ...... ... ... $649,142 20
Mortgages 689,481 93
Loans on policies, bonds, stocks, etc. 280,588 58
'All other assets 424,247 09
nRn 70
• 'Littllilitiea.
dr Deserve funds ... ... .....................,,,.,.$1,941,509 38
Melees awaiting proofs .. 38,500 nit
Other •liabilities . , .......... ...
Surplus on policy holders' account
31,100 62
start.. .... 182,760 10
- $ 1,893, a,0 10
'Aellete ..... ..I, ,.,.I...•. t,,..tt .,,,.,♦.1813,960 70
Guarantee eatpittt ........ . . . ... . t . , ..... , .... 870,000 00
Total security 1••• $2,163,960 70
Polttles were issued asalirifig $ 2,748,172 50
'petal insurance ht force 4.. $14,045,249 80
Tho foregoing reports and etaautttent were receieeed and adopted on the
Imetiion of President David better, tteeonded by Viee-President Lteut. Col,
t arms' e.eleetetl end at a uutleeenent meeting of, tint
The retiring dixertorg were t+ ,.
ollotvin ol teera Were re-e'lected: Mr. Tlavid "Dexter`. Pr'eetdettt
11it'bCtOrs the f_ d `Acv. 1)r. P'otte, Viee-Presidents,
't l anilgirtig ritreetor, 1',,ttattt.•t ()1. el lte tilt
K5
HAVING FUN WITH THE BEAR.
By DeMar, in Philadelphia Record. ,
meeting place, They carried for tile
most part gay lanterns of .bambeo
and paper, all decorated with red
lines or figures on the white paper.
These were suspended from long,
slender strips ot bamboo, so that
they were swung over the heads of
those who carried them, and bobbed
back and forth as the people walked.
Now and then flags were carried
with the lanterns, for the most part
the white flag with red ball centre
which is the national flag of Japan,
but sometimes the rising sun banner
of the army and navy. Occasionally
also a Union Jack or the Stars and
Stripes showed where some march -
ors appreciated the friendship of
Great Britain and the United States.
And now, too, there were cheers,
I had begun to think the Japanese
had forgotten how to cheer, but the
banzats that went up last night were
more than enough to remove that
suspicion. Even the children showed
that they could yell a,s well as( their
elders. The groups rushing through
tlto streets met every ricksha, with
benzais, and the foreigner who look-
ed like an Englishman or an American
wars toilet's -ea wherever 11e went by
plenty of cheers. •
By seven o'clock Hibiyte Park was
crowded with paraders, The stu-
dent; of the military and naval
schools were out en, masse, and they
carried torches instead of lanterns.
Two or three bands had been, engaged
also, and songs had been improvised
for the occaslon. In aremarkably
orderly fashion the procession was
at the park ane began to march to-
ward the grounds, of the Imperial
Palace,
There was no attempt at regular
organization, but of their own ac-
cord and as suited them best the peo-
ple fell in in a very good column
.of fours, sometimes more and some -
'times fewer. They marched when
they felt like it n,nd stopped when
they pleased to cheer or aiag.
. On the fia.nke of the column hung
throngs of men and women, who were
not carrying lanters or torehee, but
who proceeded with the .comma and
were, in fact, part of it. ;Mounted
policemen, carrying red and white
!antenna, rode along with the column
but there was no occasion for the
display of their authority. The crowd
was good natured and orderly
throughout. •
Marched to Palace and Cheered.
At -the gate in front of the em.
lrerial?alaeethe head of the 1h' .ped•
cession halted. The paraders press-
ed against the gate and the rail-
ings that guard the moat and
cheered and waved their lanterns
frantically. From the palace there
was no sign that any one within
knew anything of what was going
on. The butidieg itself could not
bo distinguished In the dark from
the gate, but that dud not dimin-
ish; the enthusiasm of the marchers
In the Yeast.
When the Head of the column halt-
ed all 'those behind stopped also,
and there was no •orowding forward.
•Each seemed perfectly wiping to
wait patiently ,for hie turn to
stand before the gate and cheer,
When! these at the head had cheer-
ed enough to aatlefy then, nor
a while they moved ore. When the
next ,section stopped those In the
lead waited also. There was no
. hurry anywhere, no crowding and
, pushing, It !was a fine, clear,
starlit night, dark enough to give
I full effect 'to 'the lantern display,
which was very fine. All over the
, •spacicrus grounds im front of the
, palace ,there were lanterns carried
by yersans who did not care td
, join, the tnaarohirng column, and the
great (mass of them, with those in
tho ecdulnn, was like a mullutude
of giant fireflies swayed about by
a geritty moviog breeze.
Only the students had attempted
tie in'ake more shone; than by the naso
of lantorn' .t They had rigged up
a few transparopeees♦ About these
there 'Was %ho only rushing along
the [column. The outsiders were so
anxious to get close enough,; td
road the in,seri!ptiona that the boys
were utlable to Loki their trans-
Turenc1ev against the rush. So they
em'I:aoyecl a couple of stout wrest-
lers for 'each transparency, and
after that the crowd might ;shove
twill: would with no damage to .the
rlIepany. A tete banners with long
inscriptions were also carried.
Transparencies Made Hits.
Twe of the transparencies evade
great Iift,s with the crowds of on -
Warts. One represented Admiral Al-
extort
l-ext rt tis n prisoner being ted up the
street between taro little Japanese
ar1..ilorrrieii. T*;icx ether showed a Jap-
anese Outlier with a motto's bar
across lits shoulders lugging along
tette baskets, one Suspended from
ellen end of the bar, and both titled
with Russian warships.
Tito tatttdents atood a. long time In
front of the place told slang all
the'r songs 'to the neroeupanituent or
rt band. ,
It took nearly two hours for 1111
the paraders to cheer themst+lvett
out in wont of tho 'Ware, for Viero
were tl rhe or tour thousand of them.
When alit ' finally girt away they
win „down to the Nay.Y Deno rt -
mem '3tftt1 l`a!h't+raied the nsarfnrntnnes.
tut hers they were not 1'.o slow. Per- YOUl D T BMEH'
haps their throats were tired with nor conduCOLmptivWILLn, it NOyouECOmake aBRONCtimeisITISLso
Jr. oiling At the Navy Department o: Allen's Lung Balsam. Take it frequently
the proeess'on broke up, the parnct' rs until the cough and the stopped -up feeling In
gulag away In little groups, as they the chest are gone.
had come, scattering tlu'ough the i
streets bapk to their homes, but still i
carrying their lanterns • and et in ,
with a. husky cheer at the slightest I
provocation. It was after necl„i;.liit
before the grounds around the de-
pnrtment buildings were Bleared of
the rantern bearers. •
During all this demonstration the
Russian Legation, w,hieit is close to
the Navy Department, was dark.
There was no sign of a demonstra-
tion from any of the paraders or
others about the legation buildings.
Te bo sure, the police were keeping
sharp look. -out -to prevent any vflow
of d!Eturba.nee, but there was no oc-
casion for their interference.
fAWAKLNIN6 OF JAPAN.
ONE MAN ,CliANGED NATION FR.OIVI
• FEUDALISM TO FREEDQMVI.
Life minst seem like a dream to 31u- up its 1,1 nest and tliresv,open its doors
subtle), tltoS:ntpororelfagtean of japan, to sill .the continents. (rrealt nobles
the man of the ,hour to the Far ileadt gave tee their stands and nasties to
today, ate the looks b'aek to the time the State. Vie ft.udal lords, heads. of
whoa be came to power, stays the great familes w•,:1 It had zuied Jaian
London Mail. As long its Japan has a ftbo'usand years ; the sword•bear-
a place 1a the world, lite ewe must ors, wno had fought heir battles and
ilvii oa too roll of the world's great preent'ved her taloa in war, laid !their
mon, wealth nod dignities and trod:tions.
It wo•s not given to many at the their very !:'aures Aw.L incomes, on. 'lite
great w.o1'id-ltgure:i wlio made his. altar of time new Jtapan:Two hundred
tory and founded emp:ree to sow the loader' lords gain up their estates to
teed and w.tatelt the• harvest gather- the Emp'nii'who was building up a
ed. England toiled p:tlnfull;r through ktngcnatn which could have no room
war and revolution, now suffering for other lords than he. No Buell lay.
long oppreeelon, now gritting down In down of rank au<l power Lad been
its kiags, out of the long night or own since the aeries sacrificed their
feudalism Into the freedom which she t>rivilegexs lu the Notional Assembly
tics spread throuehouL the c:aarth.But of Preece, eighty years before. 1t
no one matt in the world it has been bar ail event, this surrender or ito
invert to find a nation bound and to glories by a /motel nobility, w,Iriei1
set it Ireo, to ascend a feudal throne samellody has said "throws into the
and to baso It firms upon the people's shade the asehievements •;>f :lister Lite
suit!. Great, the referees of Joseph II., and:ttutsuhito has brought Japan to even 'the French •ltevulntion ttee1 ,”
Europe. It in almost as 'if lie load, It was, at leant, a sight 'svbigll nuts
by the atroke of the magas wand, tiler gods nor min Lad seen more
transformed the England of .the Con- than once or twice since the gentle-
quoror into the England of to -day. women of Flore..ce flung their rings
Ralf a thousand. Sears seem to and bracelets on ravonarola's Bon-
i,avo slipped !by forgot#: a In the gen- fire of Vanities.
stNvhfeti sto has gn, But Savonarola himeelt could hard-
Timeation and letstotliut:v seeuhim both
reito beedly lia.ve changed the whole life of a
Wird-
playing trick when we think of the nation ; wp know how Ids kingdom
rise of Japan. The things which fell. And there were crises and
should be centuries old are only 3o storms in Japal, with iota s against
years, and almost on the same page the now regime and rings of the old.
we find Prime 'Ministels and feudal and 0000 when the streets of Japan
lords. There are men and woman, not ran with Japan's best blood, the
very old, who remember when for an tragic close of 3O,OJ0 lives marked
Englishman toget foot In Japan was forever this parting of the ways he -
aa soriouhs tieing, when Japan was to lessees, Bare and West. Nor was it
Europe as a closed book which none easy for the Emperor to deprive of
dared to open. Then, across the vast their lost privilege alt the lords who
dietanee cam° a mighty change, and had magnanimously laid down the
Europe knew the Olutsul,Lto, a young rens. Yet so small a thing as the
man In an old country, the youngest, wearing eta a ,sword came eeoessar-
i perhaps, of all the rulers in the iia to lie forbidden, and slowly the
world, bad broken down the power cid tradition and picturesqueness of
of centurte:a, swept aside all but a 1 fe in Japan passed away before tiie
' thousand years of custom, and laid nation's eyes. Japan was loth to let
the foundatton;s for a new Japan. it pass. We like to remember that
It was the work, as it were, of a story of the wife Of a Japanese Am-
, night. In a short war, tate Shogun, bassador, who was attended by a
the dynasty wltielz has ruled Japan leading physician in Vienna. She had
for 700 yearn, was overthrown, and a bed mien as any great lady in
No Scarcity of Egotists. the da nasty which throitglt all t110 leenna =gilt eleop upon, but in 1t the
(Philadelphia Ledger.) centuries had rated Japan in name thysician round a board upon which
ro'w ruled in fact. That was in 1808 she really lay, and hidden in the soft
p•11owa lay Co old-fashioned head.
rest common in the old Japan. How
hard it is to let the habits of a lite -
time go I t
The 01(1 and the New.
+`Among all the innovations of the
era," a great authority on Japan
has told us, "the only one that a
.Japanese could not lay aside at will
wag the new fashion of dressing his
hair. He abandoned the queue irre-
v o„labia ; but for the rest 11e lived a.
dual life. During hours of duty Yeo
wore a fine uniform, shaped and
decorated In foreign style. But so
soon As no stepped out of office and
i off parade ho reverted to his own
`Some men; said the quoter, "are tylion Q2utstt111to was 16, and its ems
born great, some achieve greatness—” an lnthing ,id
"And the great majority," interrupted t;1 aiti in,ereditableyouth Ln lite teenonts coeuald lendnovel
the cynic, "believe they come under both a kingdom out of Egypt Into the
of these heads:' promised Land. Yet all Met is mod-
" ern and powerful• Japan has come
What Makes You Despondent?— into being since the Emperor was•1O
Rae the stomach gone wrong? Have the . and in his short lifo is bound up all
nerve centres grown tired and listless'? Aro ;the strange change which hoe made
Sou thr.merie 1 with nervous prostration? ' Japan the hope of •t},o East to -day,
$outs, American Nervine is natured correc- A 1111 hty Sacrifice,
tor, makes the stomach right, glues n• world Even now there are tines when
of nerve Porte, keeps the circulation perfect. J'npau looks rat;.er like a picture la a
A re alar constitution builder !or rm d h n ountr n the
s , on n fairy book t o a c y o
• people. Cine lady says; "r owe my life to neap, But there were wonderful
MEDICINE FOR MEN. It,"—»t.
things for the world to see in Japan
ae THE LAND O' CAKES " men lead rarely looked upon were
when we were young. Sucli timings as
Something That Will Banish "Worries there to gaze upon when Japan drew comfortable and picturesque costume!
and Brace Up the System. Conleetior.s as Varied as Chtjsan-
theinutns in Japan.
Hags at ever occurred to you that
you: rth;at you need a medicine ass 7i ce• Japanese are fond of sweet-
men—not,as old or young men, but meats, and they possess the power
alt men Y Are you never conscious of making oaken. and confections ont
that the special wear and tear of of the most impossible materials.
life; which Wren sustain need repair f 'Lltleir artistic sense, too, enables
Worrytvtsarn a viae out quaker 1 then! to give a certain beauty even
than work, but 'worry is not an to these perishable dainties of the
accident, it is a symptom—a, syrup -
taxed
Where natural forms are imi-
tom. of nervous exhaustion. Other tested both the design and coloring
symptoms taro nervous headache, of the leaf or flower are carefully
morning laziness, that makes it def- copied from the original.Eclat to get out of bed; a ,sneak Japanese cakes are divided into
tw, chimes,
feeling in the bank ; indigestion ; sses, the 'soft and the bard.
breathlessness after slight eser- The soft kind are made of beans,
sweet -
exertion ; Irritable temper — per.
pounded Into a pulp and well sweet-
lsa{po Rabe tr'e nerve pain stitch as neer- erred. Trois pulp Is enclosed in a cov-
sciatica or insipient paraly- ering ot rio.e dough, white In Its net -
algae Dr. ;Williams' Pink Pills, as a ural ,state, but 1lsualo tinted with
nnedealno ifor men, act directly upon some
del Cate color. Some are round,
the source of discomfort. They re- s'om'e aro diamond-shape:d, and acrae
.
store manly vigor and energy,im- in the form of culerious
ande flowers.
a
prove the appetite and tone up Titers is ono curious cake, frith a
mare of beeline bean pulp folded
the nerves and the whole system,7n
Mr. Neil H. McDonald, Easttnere, N. wrapped
a• thin layer of rice -dough and
wrappecl in a leaf. When there is
B•„ Ls one of the many men :who •a full moon tte sentimental Japan -
luta +emoted the value t?f Dr, Wil- eso take evening walks to enjoy the
llama' Pink Pills. He says; "1 am sight of it ; and every here and there
glad to 'be able to say :that 1 have Itinerant vendors of sweets are cry -
found Dr. Willlame' Pink Pills all ing, `Ttukiuli dango 1' "Millet cak?s
that is 'clatm'ed for them. I was for looking at tee moon:" Tirese
completely run dofon ; my appetite cakes are made round, of m:llet-
hviao Boor, and I •!sufiored much from dough, with or without bean -pulp in
vevere 'headaches. Doctors' meth- the centre. They aro usually eaten
!eihrei did net give me the needed ,re- warm.
leer, so I decided to try Dr. 4fV11- Toe Bard cakes aro made of sugar
iliaanis' Pink Pills.; I tnsed only a few and rice flour. Tieey are dry and
boxes Mien my former health ,+re- •powdery, like the bisouit that theturned, ;and now; I feel like a ,new 11o4 queen gave to Al ce in "Through.
»sane" t the Looking Glass." Another famous
Weak, nervous, broken down men cake, "A soba," is a sort of macaroni
—ands women, too—will find new made from buckwheat. It is boiled
Health !and hAppinees in a fair use till it is soft, served in a, large bowl
off Dr. "W:Illiam.o' Pink Pills. But ; to and eaten with soy. ,i mountain of
sure that you eget the genuine "saba" speedily becomes re molehill
with tltie full name, "Dr. Williams' under the vigorous attacks of a hun-
Pink Pills dor Pale People" print- gry Japanese armed with chopsticks.
ed an the wrapper around every Beans are used, too, for making
box. Sold by meditelne dealers or jelly—either nice little round lumps
cant ley mail at t0 cents a box, of cleaJr, trarei ,rent j lly, or a th'ek,
or ,six boxes tor :$2 5,0, by writing dark red stuff, called "yokan," made Dr. 't Q1tam,y' Medi ire Co ,Brock- like very thick blanc-ntauge. This is
"Ile; Ont. cut into strips and eaten with. chop-
sticks, or taken Into the fingers; it
is .one of the best nweetmeats in the
world, and is regarded as very res
fralshing anti. strengthening. "Awe,"
or "mizu-amte," is a sweetmeat 'ra-
ther than a cake, and is a thick
liquid something Iike molasses, It Is
made from wheat and is delicately
sweet, with no suggestion of medi-
cine about it, though Japanese ,Loc -
tors insist that it has the com-
bined virtue of malt extract and
oat -liver oil. Besides the liquid form,
it Is also made in solid. oblong pieces,
very much like the Markle)) Mveet-
n, a,to that are acid in the streets of
Aneerican cities. •
VERVE AND NERVE.
A newspaper woman in a New Eng-
land town ivas sent to report an enter-
tainment 'vhere amateurs sang, recited
and diel other stunts. In her account of
the affair the woman wrote;
"Mrs. Blank sang two solos with her
usual norm"
"Ste here," culled the editor; "yea
mean 'verve,' don't you?"
"If you had heard the singing," said
the woman reporter, "yeti certainly would
know that I wrote it correctly."
"But it will make Mrs. 131ahk enjoy
and we 4hall probably hear from her."
"Tell her ilial it was a typographical
error. That will appease her wroth, awl
all who beard her efforts will cornmeal
the paper for its tritthfnlnoss"
"And so it came nut in the paper,
"tterve."•--New York Press.
TROUBLESOME BABIES.
Babies are net naturally trouble-
some --they ehould be bright, native
and happy and a joy to your home.
When baby is troublesome you may
depend upon it .there is sonic of the
many minor ailments bothering him.
These can all be overcome by the
use bf Baby's Own Tablets. Proof
of that le given by Mrit. C. 'l,. llnr-
chap,' Parkland Ridge, N S , who nays :
"1 ate pleased to state thirst t have
used Baby's Own Tabkele for my
ebiltdren with great success. I
think the Tablets the very best Medi-
cine for all the aliments of meati
children and would t'etomnlond thein
to notltere who have troubleaomo
babies."
Baby's Own Tablets cure tonsil-
prttion, indigestion, diarrhoea, pre-
vent croup, aliey trrltatton rat teethe
I leg tlnu'. btelak up colas and destroy
wernlp, In feet their are 110]10 of
the minor ailments of ehildltoOd
tr'hleli thea! Taablets Neill not eure.
Wild by druggist:4 csr niny bo bad ate
Dile h bear by writtOt• direct tat f)r.
fV1ltlAtile +Medicine ('e., llroekvifle,
d , .
(int.
DAMASCUS GUN BARRELS.
The Damascus gun barrel is manufne-
tured only at I essovaux, near Liege,
Belgium, whiie the Feed barrel is made
in Liege. Every barrel most ander the
law successfully withstand the (Gov-
ermnent'test before it is admitted for
vale. The gunbarrels are made by the
workmen in their own homes and are
delivered to the nterehante, Nolte com-
bine the parts for the markets, it 1 -
the universal understanding that the
thitecl States fe the best market for the •
cheap grade of gens. The two totems
sold $273,000 worth to the Vatted
States last Fear.
Why the ',Vieth Pole Attracts.
The mystery acl 10 wily the north
Lola attracts as many mere explorers
than the routll hots hav been retell r
ly explained by Lieut, Pear. He
says that ''the r!orth pole ie the
least great geographical prize 'Mee')the earth 11a+ to ter."
The north role in mach harder
*to reach than the tenth Dole, says
Peary. The north tote is arent
Iro2011 ren, whin the Ninth pole is
ECM laud, •
It Ls Only a matter of time need
p(Lt ell,ce, tlterefere, to get to the
eolith role, lett the trigs to the
north rely* will remain for settle time
the n:oet Hike nae•:1 glaring j:turttt'y
that in dill Slide to self.
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To be a successful wife, to retain the love
and admiration of her husband should be a
woman's constant study. Mrs, Brown and
Mrs. Potts tell their stories for the benefit
of all wives and mothers.
" Ditku Mits. P> Am :-- Lydia E. Pinkhn.am'se 1.-i :otaLlt Com-
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I then noticed a statement of a woman troubled as I was, and the wonderful
results she had had from your Vegetable Compound, and decided to try what
It would do for me, and used it for three months. At the end of that time X
was a different woman, the neighbors remarked it, and my husband. fell in
love with me all over again. it seemed like a new existence. I had be suf-
fering with inflammation and falling of the womb, but your medicine cured
that and built up my entire system, till 1 was indeed like a new woman...—
Sincerely yours, Mos. Ceras. P. Ilnowx, 21 Cedar Terrace, Ilot Springs, Ark.,
Vice President Mothers' Club."
guttering women should not fail to profit by Mrs. Brown's ex-^
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mothers : —
" Dealt Mee. teem zteet ;'•-• During the early
part of my married life 1 was very dclicatd
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my husband and i felt very badly as we tetra
aneious to have children. _'i neighbor who
hied been usin;, Lydia E. Pin'lcbam'a
Vegetable Compound advised me to try
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WV ithin a year after 11 eearee the ir:other
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Von eertatulyl.tit.'atplendicl remedy, and X
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