Exeter Advocate, 1901-9-12, Page 7,
OUEEN PREVENTED WAR.
I1ER LATE MAJESTY'S GREAT
INFLUENCE WITH RULERS.
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ow Their Love and Respect for
Her Won Wheri Treaties and
Threats Failed.
When, in the early weeks of Octo-
ber,. 1899, it became apparent to
Contineatal diplomatists that :Presi-
dent Kruger had decided to declare
war "against Great Britain, a mem-
her of the French Seca* Service
was despatched to King Menelek,
Emperor of Abyssinia, to hint deli-
cately that, should he see his way
to rise against the British, he would
receive support from a certain Con-
tinent al Power. ,
it was pointed out to him that
the British love of conquest must in
time deprive him of his kingdom un-
less he took this opportunity of
Ptriking, conjointly with the Boer
Republics, the death -blew of this
`at kgrasping nation."
The Scheme was -well laid, for, had
the Negus risen at that time, Sentts-
ti, the
PRESENT -DAV 'MAHDI
,
pf the Arab hordes in •Egypt, would
also • have struck a' blow for the
Egyptian Empire. We should thus
aave had three big wars upon our
.Pands at once and there is no doubt
that under these conditions the
Boers, Abyssinians, ancl- Arabs
erauid have received foreign support.
English diplomatista tried to ‘coun.-
- teract this , French influence id vain.
'hienelek's only reply was : " It is a
diplomatist's profession to lie. What
guarantee ha-ve 1 that you will keep
your promises Mattershad reach -
td a crisis when ,the Queen intervene
id. She sent him a Note, but what
tonmaunication it contained will pro-
bably never be made public.
His whole' attitude changed to-
wards England, and, he said: "From
this day the Great White Queen is
tny personal friend."
The 'greatest man that Russia has
produced, Peter the Great, laid down
the policy, which has been the Bible
of Russian statesmen, that "the
Russian Empire must move east-
ward till it embrace the fertile
plains of India."
Six times during the Queen'sreign
have Russian statesmen pointed out
to the Czar that now was the time
to strike. And six times by a few
well-chosen words—sometimes threat-
ening, sometimes persuasive—has the
MOST` TERRIBLE CONFLICT
that .could devastate Europe been
postponed.
So great has . been the veneration
the Czars of Russia felt for Queen
Victoria that they listened to her
• When statesmen's most subtle diplo-
macy had failed.
On the last Occasion, at the be-
ginning of the Transvaal War, the
lately -deceased Count MouraviefT,
then the Czar's chief adviser, urged
upon his imperial master that the
time, had come to strike the decisive
blow. :, He actually travelled to Paris
to arrange that France should play
,pat's -Raw to 'Russian aggression by
invading Great Britain. r
It will be remembered that when
the Czar heard of his minister's
jeurney and intrigue, he recalled him
and administered a rebuke so harsh
that the count committed suicide a
few days later.- '
. It is' known that soon after the
Czar replied to a comniunication
from. her Majesty in such a manner
that all fear of war with Russia was
allayed.
For ,the last twenty years the
State of Afghanistan, situate be-
tween the north-west frontier of
British India and the eastern bound-
ary of Itussia, hasstoodas a buffer
State between_ reat •Britain and
the Czar's Empire. Despite the fact
' that both countries have agreed •to
recognize the Ameer's kingdom as
neutral territory, •
THE TOO ARDENT EMISSARIES
pf the Czar, have for years been us-
ing bribery and corruption to try
Lo make him break his a.ttitude of
neutrality towards Great Britain:,
,Three years ago, urged by unscru-
pulous ,adyisers, :who „Most -probably
loOked to Russia for reward,. ' the
Amir in a. weak mot/tont yielded , to
the i r p etsu aaion Matters spy ogeesaed
rapidly. A •treaty of alliance be-
tween Afghanistan and RusSia, had
been drafted by the emissaries ef the
latter Power, when suddenly the
Amir'e attitude changed.
The over -zealous ambassadors re-
turned to St. Petersburg in dis-
grace, and some of the Amir's ad-
visers disappeared from public life.
This sudden revalsion, of 'feeling is
only to be explained by the fact that
at this time a private couricie arriv.
,ed at 'Cabul from her Majesty Queen
;Victoria. Anent this visit, one of
Great, Britain's most famous states-
men said: "Twenty scratches of the
Queen's' pen: ere more potent than all
the diplomacy. in the world." •
- At the present time some forty
millions of British •capital are sunk
In developing the natural resources
of Persia. But a few years ago it
seemed that the concessions that had
beenmade to British capitalists
were going to be revokedwithout
any rhyme or reason, and certainly
without any •'
THE INFLUENCE OF NOISE.
One of the Reasons Why Country
Life is Healthful.
Very few people tealize how • im-
portant noise is in the production of
disease. Although not generally re-
4egetizefl, this is one of the principal
reasons why country life is more
healthful than city life. The propor-
tionate excess of disease in cities is
not all clue to defective dwellings
an.,cl iniperfect nutrition, although
they are grave contributing causes.
• It is the ceaseless roar and din of a
large city that slowly but surely un-
• dertnine the health. Apart from its
baneful effects upon the sense of
hearing itself, the ceaseless babel of
discordant sounds peculiar to large
cities exerts a disastrous influence
Upon the brain land ,nervous systems,
• which 'nay with certainty be cata-
logued as one of the principal causes
of neurasthenia. It is true that
the system becomes habitu-
ated to even as the
operatives in a boiler factory bes
eeino so accustomed to the clanging
of the hammers that the cessation
of work almost operates as a shock;
but although the system becomes
trained to no active cognizance of it,
its demoralizing effects are ever pre-
IVhen will our legisla,tors recog-
sat,
nize the fact that the health of the
egmulunibY is its most valuable as-
set, ancl take the necessary steps to
assist in preserving it ? Doubtless
there are many noiaes incidental to
city life which it is impossible to
suppress, but a very large propor-
tion of them are easily preventible—
for instaace, the incessant, discord-
ant clanging • of car gongs, the
screaming and tooting of switch en-
gines ia the railroad, yards, the rat-
tle of heavily loaded, wagons over
badly PaYed streets and the deafen-
ing yells of fruit vendoes • and news-
boys, • In London the city govern. -
meat has recently taken steps to
suppress • the last-named nuisance—a
proceeding which might be followed
with advantage in our own cities.
The lower we deacend in the scale of
humanity the greater- we find the
partiality for noise, and reasoning
from this standpoint the present
means employed in the celebration of
popular events is by no means com-
plimentary to the boasted breeding
of the nations. We cannot avoid the
conclusion that in a nation of gen-
tleineh the diSease-producing din
Which is an accompaniment of pre-
sent city life Would be conspicuouS
by it absence.
WHY BABIES CRY...H.
Some Useful Hints to Mothers on
the Care of Little Ones..,
Babies cry because they are r: "Siek
or in pain, aaid in almost every case
thesickness or pain. is caused by
seine disorder Of the storaach or
bowels, Fernientationand decompo-
sition of the food produce .. a. host of
infantile troubles, such as griping,
constipation, diarrhoea, shn-
Ple fever, indigestion, .etc. Proper
digestion 01 the food is necessary to
the maintenance of life,and evacua-1
tion of used up products- and refuse
of digestion. is necessary to health.
ri'he . lesson' .to 'mothers is, ',therefore,'
that the . stomach and bowels should
be Carefully 'watched,and if baby'
cries or is .fretful or cross, sothe sim-
ple , vegetable remedy .should be
giv-
en. ;Mothers should 'never resort' to
the •. so-called ... .`„`soothing" prepara-
tions. to .quiet baby, as they invari-
ably ' contain •stupefying opiates.
Baby's Own Tablets .will be found an
ideal Medicine. They, gently .move
the :bowels, 'aid digeation,. and pre -
mote sound,. 'healthy sleep; thus
bringing happiness to , both ;mother
and child. They are guaranteed to
contain . 'no poisonous soot,hing".
stuff, and May be. givenwith abso-
lute safety (dissolved in water if
necessary) to :children ... Of all , ages
:from, earliest .infancy, with .an assur-
ance that ' they Will promptly.' cure
all their Minor ailnients.
, For the benefit of other. intithere,
Mrs. 'Alex. • LafaVe, Copper 'Cliff,
Ont., says e --"I would advise all
mothers. to .keep. Baby's Own Tab;
lets in the,house at all times... When
I began giving them to my baby he
was badly constipated, ' and always
cross. Ile is now four months old,
has not been .troubled with constipa-
tion since I gave him. the Tablets.
and he is now always happy and
good natured. Mothers with 'cross
children willeasily appreciate .such
change. I enclose 50 cents for two
more boxes of the Tablets, and will
never bewithout th-em in . the house
while I have children." , •
Baby's Own Tablets are sold by
druggists or will be sent by mail,.
post paid, at 50 centsa boa:, by ad-
dressing the Dr. Williams' :Medicine.
Co., Dept, T., Brockville, Ont.. ...
MILES ,OF vAityirm LENGTH.
Seventeen Countries Have Special
lYle, a s ur,ements.
English-speaking countries have
four different miles—the ordinary
mile of 5,280 feet and the geograph-
ical or . nautical mile of 6085, Mak-
ing a difference of about one-seventh
between the two; then „there is the
Scotch mile of 5,928 feet, and the
Irish mile of 6,720 feet; four various
Miles. every one'of -which is still in
use. Then almost every country has
its own standard mile. The Romans
had their milia pa.ssuum, 1,006 paces,
Which must have been about 3,000
feet in length, unless we ascribe to
Caesar's legionaries great stepping
capacity. The German mile of - to-
day is 24,313 feet in length, or, more
than four and, a -half tithe§ , as long
as our mile. ,
The Dutch,' the Danes, and the
Prussians enjoy a mile that is 18,-
410 feet long, three and one half
times •the length •of ours; and the
Swiss get more exercise in walking
cthe of their miles than we get in
walking five miles, for their mile is
9,153 yards long, while ours is only
1,760 yards. The Italian mile is
only a: few feet longer than ours, the
Roman mile is shot ter,' while • the
Tuscan and tile Turkish miles are
150 yards longer. The Swedish Mlle
is 7,311 yards Long, and the Vienna
post -mile is 8,796 yards • in length.
So here, is a list of twelve different
miles, and besides this there are oth-
er measures of distance, not count -
Mg the French kilometer, which is
rather less than, two-thirds of a
mile. •
The Brazilians have a milia that
is one and one-fourth times as long
as our mile; the Neapolitan might)
is about, the same length; the Jap-
anese ri, or mile, is two and one-
half times ours ; the Russian verst
is five-eighths as long as our mile
while the Persian standard is a fes-
akh, four and a half miles long,
which is said to be equatl to the pa-
rasang so familiar to sthe readers of
Xenophon's, ''Anabasis." The dis-
tance indicated by the league also'
varies in different countries,
EMBARASSING SITUATIONS
THE HUMOURS OF MISTAKEN
'IDENTITY.
The Many Aninsinag Situations
That May Arise Through an
Identity of Names.
Mr. A. J. Balfour, leader of the
British 1-10t1S0 Of Commons, tells • a
highly diverting story which Mae-
trates the embarrassing situations
that may mese through an identity
of names. Not many years ago h
was staying at a Continental hote
when, to his, amazement, a telegram
was handed to him announcing th
birth of a, son and the comforting
intelligence that "mother and child
were doing well."
The shock of such a telegram to a
men of such inverate celibacy as
the First Lord of the Treasury can
Pc breteticrlilicsIgibrains ae.aidthan vaine s forer ib e d
Ffe aceclltia
solution of the mystery, until, by an
inspiration, he remembered that Mr
J. 13, Balfour was also a guest in
the hotel an(' that; lie was a ina,n
who had many 'arrows in his
quiver."
He sought out the Lord-.Advocatr
ancl handed the telegram to him and
awaited results 'with anxiety. The
COMPLETE 81101)ESSe
AFTER MANY FAILURES W. C.
.ANI)ERSON MAKES HIS
DISCOVERY AT LAST.
Treated fa Vain by Five Different
Doctors for Kidney ouble—
Took Many Medicines Without
Success—Dod.d's Pills Succeed
Where Other Things .Fail.
e Waterside, N. B„ Sept. C.
Aaderson, Of this town, is a remark-
able example of persistence, For
e years he has been trying to find a,
cure for his trouble, and for years
Pc has been tasting the bitterness of
disappeintment. But tried again
and now at last he has succeeded,
-Mit trouble was Kidney trouble, by
no means uncommon in 'Chia PrOvibee,
rEndeed some physicians go so far as
to say it is the most prevalent mal-
ady in Canada. At any rate, it NVLIS
, the affliction of Mr. Anderson.
Five different doctors have attend-
ed Mr. Aaderson in his time,. •
None
of them touched the •root of his suf-
fering. The amount of medicine Mr.
3 Anderson has swallowed would
doubtless surprise that gentleman
ittougnestiet
elifc.o.
uld h1..t
e sec all Pourod out
One 3rear ago, Mr. Anderson told
his friends he had found a sure cure
at last, His friends smiled, but said
nothing in reply. His continued
hopefulness was • proverbial, but
everybody had long since paid little
attention to the reinarkable reme-
dies he was contineally discovering
and subsequently proving failures.
But this time it was no failure. It
was Dodd's, Kidney Pills.
W. C. Anderson considers himself
to -day as successful a man as there
is in New Brunswick. He has found
good health after many. disappoint-
ments. Dodd's Kidney Pills have
raised the burden off his life. Six
boxes cured him of every symptom
of Kidney Disease and he acknow-
ledges he owes his success to them.
meniher for Clackmannan readthe
telegram,. •and his face broadened
into a smile of pleasure as he SAid
- 'That's .: good news. Glad it's so
well Over .1" The explanation, it zi,p
paired, was that the telegram had.
been sent by a trnsted servant. • of
Mr, J. B. Balfour,: .a.v11,6 had .been
harstrueted :to Wire to him "when the
event came off:" :Ilia namesake
breathed again, but 'ha' will never
fOrget ,the disturbing irt.fluenee of
that telegram. -
It is seldom that a man :is.
.-MISTAKEN FOR FATHER,
especially a generation .after that
father has ceased to exist.' This,
however; was the experience Of hit,
Henr3r „Fielding -Dickens, the
well-
known K.C., who tells the story
himself. A short timiaago he was
ietroduced , to a 'yeung Anietican
lady,' Who seemed delighted to Make
his acqualetance. „ :When theice of
the introduction had thawed a little
she.turned an iadMiring glance on
the and said, "I've read ever
so many ol your books and they're
just -lately. Say', are You writing
any more ?":. Mr. . Dickens, with • a
:twinkle' Of :amusements.. said that he
hadn't anything in hand just then,
but woUld., netfail to . let her know
when'. he :had. "And which .of my
books do ' you 'like best ?" ha con-
tinued. "Oh .!" the .lady ,answered,
guess there's , none! .Of them: can
touch '""My
father :would . have been glad to hea,r
that," Mr. :Dickens said, as he made
way for a. friend of the young lady,
and left her bil,i3p•y • in her ignor',
:
ance.
This "infusion' of identity" eecalls
a story taild in connectiori with Earl
Beauchamp, late .,Governor of New
South Wales; ,whieh if not true, .do -
serves to be. .'.."Do , you know any-
thing. about Lord Beauchamp .?" Was
asked . of 'a ertain lady in the
colony before : the young Governer
Went out "Beecham. Oh .! yes,"
the lady answered s "I haVe . taken
his pills for years.": • , • . :
When the late Sir Arthur Sullivan
was travelling in the. United. States
it was difficult to persuade some
people that he was not the
GREAT J. L. SULLIVAN,
the champion pugilist and at that
time idol of America. At one sta-
tion in Kansas the whole township
turned out tio a man when news
came that "Sullivan" would be on
board a certain' train. In response
to their 'shouts the great composer
stepped out on the platform and re-
ceived an ovation such as even he
had rarely experienced. "Sir," said
a brawny giant as he nearly wrung
the little musician's hand off, "the
country's proud of you. You're lit-
tler than we thought, but I guess
you can lick creation." •
, It was only when the trahe had
carried • him into safety and the
cheers were dying away into. the dis-
tance that Sir Arthur learned from
the conductor that 'he had berm ,mis-
tiiken.for his pugilistic nainesake.
, _
' Joaquin the poet of the
Sierras, tells an aninaing story at
his own., eXpense. He was lecturing
in 'One of 'the States to a crowded
audience, and thought he had ac-
quitted himself creditably. As he
was leaving the platform onecifthe
audience accosted him. "Sir," he
said, "I thank you for your lecture,
Which was full of information ; bub
I must confess I was a little disap-
pointed that you didn't work in a
few jokes. Why, sir, I can't remem-
ber the time when ,Jo • Miller wasn't
known for, his jokes." ,
• "In vain," Mr. Miller says, "I
tried to persuade -him that Jo Mil-
ler of jocular fame died many gen-
. . .
orations ago, if indeed he ever exist-
ed. lie thought I was only making
matters worse by playing off a poor
joke on him, and to this day I
guess 1) e'S an aggrieved man."
Mr. Simms Reeve, the Recorder of
Great Yarmouth, England, has
found his name a burden to Inin. for
it was at least , embarrassing for an
unmusical lawyer to be constantly
in.iataken for the chief of tenors. The
two Winston Churchills have reason
to bjess each other. •The member for
Oldham is weary .of asmerting that he
neVer wrote "Richard Carver and
the St.- Louis journalist mid author
finds tha. utmost, clifficulty itt con-
vincing people that he never 'even
saw a Boer, much less escaped from
Pretoria ; and that he has not even
read, nuieh less written, ','Savrola,"
A TINY 'MONARCH.
Probably the smallest monarch in
the world reigns over the Hindu
vassal state of 13hopattl1 and gov-
erns a people of more than a million
sell's. This dwarf is a woman,
Djilian-Beg-um by name, but al-
though she is about fifty years old
she does not appear larger than a
child of ten. Her diminutive size
does not prevent her, however, from
holding the reins of government with
a firm hand, and hi her realm cadet
and order 0.10 supreme.
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MADE 111111 SIT UP.
A good story is told of one of the
ton special foreign service messen-
gers engaged in taking special des-
patches from various courts to and
froru the Foreign Office. One of
these, who had gone on a holiday on ,
the Riviera, received from London I
the following. telegram :
"You are fast and dirty ; return at
once. Salisbury." I
Full of wonder, he repaired home. I
to find that the telegram should '
have told him that he was "first on
duty." •
amerase=e•
rie a handy Patent Box (new)
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Large LIQUID, and POWDER, 7,5c
At all Stores, or Li Mail for the price.
HALL el RUGREL, Montreal.
THE MACHINE GUN.
One of Them Is Equal to TWO
Hundred Rifles.
The destructive power of the ma-
chine. gun .as compared to the small
arm in even large numbers has been
the ,subject of interesting trials
abroad. .
That . one machine gun properly
and effectively workedis equal, to
200 rifles in the hands of as . many
soldiers .has been amply denionsteat-
ed. " Each shot from themachine-
gun works greater injury also to the
body struck than the Small , bullet of
the army :rifle and ,its range is :far
greater.
In recent..triala 50. marksmen. .were
chOpera.tb compete with. the 'Hotch-
kiss Sentillinieter. gen, has
lately, been widely adepted. in France
and .Germany. ',The rangefired were
.frorn 400 to 800 yards. At '800
yards. the 50 riflemeni. each .having
five rounds independently,. obtained
54, hits, or 22.6 ,per cent.' of the
number of rounds fired. Thirty-two'
.inert were then chosen from • among
the 'fifty, and these had to fire each
eight, . rounds in 30 seconds. Under
these 'conditions 34., or 13.3,per cent.
of the rounds eXPehded,were record
ed. ,
The machine gun was then :brought
into action, and in '33 seconds fired
211 bullets, :making- 145 hits. It
was showa 'from the results that the
machine, .gun was far ahead in hits•
made and rapidity' of fire. No such
Practical tests bf the relative merits ,
of the Machine gun and a number: of
small arms have been Made before. I
A Sound Stomach Means a Clear Head I.
—The high' ptessare of a nervous life ;
whichbusiness 111011 of .the present nay I
are constrained to live makedraughts
UPOn their vitality highly. deteimetitil [el
their health it is only by the meat care- I
fid treatment that they aye able to, keep
theniselees alert ftna active in their .Var.
,'ons eellings,,.niaay DE 'them know the
vaiue,oC Perim lee'ae; Vegetable YPilla :in
regulating' the,stomach and .Ceileegiteiitly.
keeping tile head. dear.
200,000 letters, and 300 sacks of
newspapers ' is theusual full moil
carried - „ to Nqw York from Queens-
town by one boat, as well as 500
sacks for other American ports.
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THE CASTLE AT CRONBERG, T. N,
Pathetic Story of the Late Ent -
press Frederick's Palace.
A pathetic interest attaches just
now to the ,Schloss Friedrichshef,
the beautiful place at Cronberg in
whieh the late Empress Frederick
lived ied, foe it will be remem-
bered that the building of it was the
first thing in whieti Her Majesty
showed, any .active iaterest after her
late husband's death. She named
the castle after lihn.
'The reason she chose the site,
apart from the fact that she was al-
ways fond of the neighborhood, was
that during his lifetime the Emperor
Frederick used often to remark that
he would like to have a nouse in
the Taunus Mountains, to which, he
coald occasionally retire for rest
and quiet.
It is said that Friedrichshof was
built on the plans which the late
Emperm.• used to discuss during his
lifetime, and though they were never
put on paper, the Empress Freder-
ick -remembered her husband's casual
remarks so well that Lhe castle as
it now stands may be said to • be
the embodiment of the late Kaiser's
dreams of what he would have had
Throngiront its building the late
Empress.' was constantly in connium-
ication With the architect and other
people' connected with 11, often mak-
ing suggestions and ixnprovenients in
the plans of the work.
And thus it "came about that the
wide wed Empress. lcd her :quiet, use-
ful life at ;Cronberg, never .forgetting
the needs of othe,rs , even 111 the
Months of her severest sufferings. ,
. In her wi.clbwhooci,even as :in her
husband's lifctime, she wasever the
patron of good works and charitable
institutions; arida. deer of goad
deeds " •
'Those .who are . ins -positions to
know, tell' tis that the life .she led
before her illness grew' "so grave' as
to ,make her ' a, praCticallYhelpless
invalid "of her, was an, ideal. one, ,for
though heart -broken at theloss of
her husband, her ecitivage never
fail-
ecl.
fitiding herself a widow in mid-
dle life, withall that she had hith-
erto planned and striven for come
to . nought, the late Empress strove
to find for herself at FriedrichshOf.
a scene 'of action where she could, de-
vote her manifold talents to the
.good of others.
For instance, She became. a bee-
keeper herself in order that the vil-
lagers 'Might also learn how much
can be earned from such a pursuit,
for she was always :Lnxioua to en-
courage and "rdvive all hem°. indtis-
tries.
Her gardens soon became famous,
and her fruit :and vegetables were
Often to be seen .the shops of the
surrounding towns. .
.She 'uSed. •tcitako. the, keenest in-
terest in her gardens', ,sparing no
.pains to get the best and newest
Plants:, fruit trees, and gardening
implemetts, .both from this Country
and from France.
Moreover, she was always ready.
and pleased to help others in stocki4-
ing their gardens, and was influential
in introducing many plans and meth-
ods previously unknown to Germany.
The • Empress's fondness for ani-
mals was well known, and even after
She was unable to drive she made
pets. of her harks.
.The stables at Friedrichshof aro
built ,after the .newesi. and most ap,
Proved plans, and sportsmen declare
that they are Models of 'what stables
should be.
MAIL BAGS AS PETTICOATS.
The empty 'mail bags not having
been .returned• from the Congo for
some time since, it ava.s' found on
inquiry that the sacks were regular-
ly being ',stolen by the natives for
presentationto their wives, who
used them as petticoats.
A Small Pill, but Po .verful.--They that
judge of the power,' of a pill by its size
would consider Parmelee's Vegetable
Pills to be lacking. itis a litale wonder
among pills. What it lacks in size it
makes up in potency. The remedies
which it carries are put up in these small
doses, because they are so powerful that
°illy small doses are required. The full
strength of tile extracts is secured in this
form and do their work thoroughly.
THE TWINKLING OF THE EYE.
When Nye speak of a thing happen-
ing in the twinkling of an eye we
mean to CO N:gy that the action was
practically instantaneous. ' That
this is not the case has recently
been demonstrated by a capable in-
vestigator. lie used a specially -ar-
ranged photographic apparatus, and
affixed a' piece of white paper to the
edge of the eye -lid for a mark. He
found that the lid descends quickly,
and rests, a little at the bottom of
its movements after which it rises,
but more slowly than it fell. The
average durationof the downward
movement was from seventy-five to
rinety-one thousandths of a second;
the rest with eye shut lasted var-
ious13, the shortest duration being
fifteen hundredths of a second with
one subject and Seventeen hundredths
with another- ; and the third phase
of the wink, the rising of the lid,
took seventeen hundredths of a sec-
ond more, making the entire dura-
tion of the wink about forty hun-
dredths, or four-tentha of a second.
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A HARD' NAME). „
Brether Bob—Jack Wrounds is •
, .
regular all-round "good -fellow!"
His .Sister—Gracious 1 I never
suspected he was as bad as that.
AN EXPLANATION.
Aunt IIetty—"Jabez Smith advcra
tis -es that sellin' goods below'
cost."
Uncle Josh—"What's he dein' that
for ?
Aunt Iletty—"Well, he says he be-
lieves in quick.' sales an' small
profits.''.
I'linard's Liniment Cures Burns, etc.
ON TI -IE SAFE SIDE., -
"Mrs. Piff, how do you prepare
your baby's brealcfast ?"
"Oh I give him one third milk
and two-thirtls
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lifitard's 'liniment Cures Dandruff.
The friction of steel o11 ice is
exactly half that of ice on ice, and
one-tenth that of steel on steel.
For Nine Years—Mr, Samuel Bryan,
Theciford, writes: "For nine Years I
suffered with ulderated sores on my leg;
I' expended over $100 to physiiiiiins, amid
tried every preparatien 1 he0d-of cr was
recommended for such disieasa, lint could
get no relief. I at last was recommendel
to give Da Thomas' Ecjectrie Oil a trial,
which has resulted, after rising eight bot-
tles (using it internally and exterrially),
in a complete cure. I believe it -is the bcsti,
medicine Iu the world, and I write this to
let others know what it has done for
Every Briton sold last year on
an average £8 2s worth of goods,
and, bought £11 19s. 20. worth of
-
foreign.
C. C. RICHARDS & CO.
Dear Sirs,—For some years I have
had only partial use of my arna,
caused by a sudden strain. I have
used every remedy without effect, un.
til I got a sample bottle of MIN-
ARD'S LINIMENT. The benefit I
received from it caused me to contin-
ue its use, and now I am happy to
say my arm is completely restored.
Glamis, Ont. R. W. HARRISON1
111=3,230941i
Italian oranges rarely yield over
2,000 oranges to the tree. Florida
and California trees 40 years oh'
bear 20,000 each.
DeafneSS Ca11110t be cured
by local applications. as they cannot reach [bo
diseased portion of tho oar. There is only ono
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by ati
irkflanied condition of ;he inucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in-
flamed you have a rumbling sound Or impel.
feet hearing. and when it is oat -rely cio$0,1
deafness Is the, result, avid un1es4 the inrlan..
r-ation can be taken Gut and this tube rest, red
to Its normal oonditictl, tearing will be (1.•
stroyeti fcrever: nine cases out of ten se
erased by o=tarrh, wbiell to rt9thItig bAt an i
flamed condition of the inueoulasurrae•.
We will give One Hundiced Dollafs for any
• 0550 01 Deafness (caused by catsrrh) that can
not be enred by Hall's Catarrh Cure. SeLd
tor circulars, free.
E. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Hall's Faint y Pills are the best
in 1379 each Englishman averaged
sixteen journeys a year. Last year
this number had gone up to twenty-
seven.
Mind's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia
The newspapers , of Great ,Britain
have an average combined circula-
tion of 84 millions a day, against
12 millions in all the rest of Eu-
rope.
'iltere,never was, and never will be. a
universal panacea, irione remedy., for all •
ilia to which flesh is betr—the'Very nature
of many curatives being such that were
(he germs, of other and differently Fleated
diseases rooted in the syatem of the
patient—what would relieve one ill in
turn would aggravate the other. We
have, however, in Quinine Wine,' When,
obtain able in a sound unadulterated
state, a remedy for many and grevious iti,
By its gradual and judicious use, the
frailest systems are led into convalescence
and strength, by the influence which Qui-
nine exerts onNature's °WU restoratives.
Itrelieves the drooping spirits of those
with whom a chronic state of morbid des
pondency and lack of interest in life is a
disease, and, by tranquilizinea the nerves,
disposes to sound and refreshing sleep --
imparts vigor to the action of the blood,
which being stimulated, courses through-
out the veins, 'strengthening the healthy
animal functions of the system, thereby
making activity 'a necessary" Vas ult,
strengthenng the frame, and. giving life
to the digestive organs, which naturally
demand increased subscance--result, im-
1110-orao.endtoa,iutv
peeteiveno
appetite. & Lyman of
,
the public their
superior Quinine Wine at the usual rate,
and, gauged by the opiniou of scientists,
this wine approaches nearest perfection of
any in the market. All draggists sell it.
13 per cent. of the British popula-
tion attend school on an average,
21 per cent. in Russia. Switzerland
holds the record with 21 per cent.
Minard's Liniment for sale everywheril
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CAN'T SCARE BURGLARS.
There are at least three varieties
of dogs •that never bark the Aus-
tralian dog, the Egyptian shepherd -
dog, aucl the "lion -headed dog" of
Thibet. In some Japanese cities a
non -barking dog would be deemed
valuable, for there they have a
quaint law which makes the owner
of a night barker liablc 10 arrest,
and the penalty of a year'S World for
the benefit of neighbors who may
Parc been disturbed. The fact that
the lxirking of a dog on the earth
can be heard lay 11 balloonist at , a
height of four miles does not agi-
Peal to the average nian so Dutch.
as the fact that that same barking
can often be heard fout streets a-
, ,
way. '