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'VOTES AND COMMENTS.
Th eethusiasea• with which the
Szar Ninnolas II. has been welcomed
In Franco monis to indicate that no,
tim ji iaternational politics is
more stable tame the tie which con-
nects -the French Reputilie with the
Russian Ere. We believe that•tlut
tnference Is well founded but there
are not wanting observers who tae
differeut view of the matter. Tbase
'was) regard the Dual Alliance en
short-lived base their prediction oa
the a,sserbion, which is, they saY,
self-evident, that the main, if not the
only, profit thus far =ruing from
the partnership has been reaped by
Russia. There is no doubt that thei
fielancial service? rendered. by France
to her Russian ally have been ol La -
estimable value. In the first plac�.
they have enablen the St. Peters-
' burg Governmeat to refund a. large
part of its public debt at a lower
Tate of interest, if this were all,
the eutcookie Q %101 stroke of
lenerdeniain would be equiva-
lent to a free gift of an immense sum
o reouey. As a matter of fact, how-
ever, France has not ouly enabled
Russia to meet the annual interest
en her previous indebtedness with a,
smeller draft upon her treasury, but
she has done, want ito other Euro-
pean country waif able or willing to
do to anything like the same extent;
she has made it possible for Russia
greatly to increase her previous in-
debtedness. It is true that the St.
Petersburg Goverrimeut Lao neanaged
to borrow a, little money in Germany
and also. A. little in the United Stat-
es, but it is vale to say she bas
found Prance willing to lead ten
times as Mach,
'ao relative proportion o the Pe-
tuniery assistance to be expected by
"tussle, front Germany, on the one
nd. and from France. on the other,
as indicated in the telegrams re-
4ved, from St. Petersburg and from
erlin. On the one hand we are told
hat the meeting of the Czar and the
lerman Kaiser at Druitzie bas been
allowed by an agreement on the part
f rap-en:flan syndicate, sanctioned by
le German Government, to sub-
scribe far $20,000,000 Of Russian
railroad bonds. On the other hand,
we aro informed that the Czar's visit
to Compiegne is counted upon to fa-
cilitate, before the close of the year
the placing of a new Russian loan
sonounting to $200,000,000 by Paris
bankers. It fs, in a word, prinelpnl-
,,ly on the finareial resources of her
French partnet that Russia relies for
he completion off the Trans-Siberian
IlailisaY, for the4construction of her
projected canals, and for the enlarge-
ment and equipi .ent of her army and
narY.
1Vhat France/ has done for Russia
Is, indeed, obTious enough, but those
who 'take a Pdasimistic view of the
Dual Alliance linaintein that the for-
mer country has received no quid pro
quo. It is certain that, during the
years which Nave succeeded the con-
clusion of thnaFranco-Russlan eettgue,
France has &cit advanced a step, ap-
parently t‘ward the recovery of Al -
mace -Lorre, ne, or to the reassertion
of her for
Neither ,
uer ascendancy in Egypt.
as she made, meanwhile,
rtaut territorial acquisie
any part of the globe, for
d scarcely In such terms de -
the concessions obtained in
south-west provinces of China,
the arrangemeat effected with
eat Britain in. reference to the
ntier of Siam, or to spheres 'of
faience in the region south of the
anara. So far as influence in the
Ottoman Empire is concerned, France
has manifestly lost grouad at Con-
stantinople during the last decade,
and is, seemingly, receiving no very
strenuous support from Russia, in
her eflorts to regain it. Even. if we
admit, however, that the benefit de -
mace from the Dual Al -
been negative rather than
does not follow that the
not worth buying at any
to the date when she are
at a definite understanding
e St. Petersburg Government,
nce was entirely 'isolated. She
as literally at the mercy of the
riple Alliance. It was notorious
at, soon after signing the Treaty
Frankfort, aad while the relative-
,
pacific Emperor William I. was
-alive, the military party at Ber-
lin had desired to attack France
once more, for the ,purpose of redec-
Ning her to impotence, and no one
could forsee when that party might
()Italie ascendancy under the young
o.nd adventurous William II. It was
he instinct of self-preservation- that
mpelled France to enter into Ala -
'ens as dose as poseibie with Rus -
a, and she is justified in making
re -it pecuniary sacrifices to that
ma All that a mail hath he will
ive for his life, and the savings and‘
e credit of France may be deerned
ell invested if they assure her na-
ional existence.
Of 68,000...books ,q4ub1iShed by
civilised countrien lasf year, 11,631,
were classical and. edtcational, and
'7 048 'neve-is and stories.
TRADES RUINED II! GRIME,
BRUSH BUSINEss VANISHED
AFTER A HURDER.
Crime Speilt a Chemist's. Teadea„
'Made a lidiUin.er Bank-
rupt. .
Some years ago Englend was
startled by the story of the diseevery
of mutilated liumari remains in Whine,
-chapel., Henry Wainright• had mur-
dered Harriet Lone, and, in del
course be peal tae penalty..Wim
right had a brush shop, which hacis
been sufficiently .prolitable to enable
hiu W maintain a wife and family
in good. ciretunstances; bet the trade
vanished after the discovery of the
crime -even pity for the unfortunate
family was not Strong enough to
couatera.ct the evil influence, and the
place WaS turned into a. boot-faetax7.
Or. Neill spelit bustrteee that bed
beea built up at e. great Cost by oth-
ers. A firm of emists hit upon the
idea of enclosiag afisty-tasting, but
uecessary medicines in gelatine gape
Wee. whereby it, was easy for the
uost fastidious or weekly persona to
take Welt paysic stud.xetain it. Mode
Mile is generally nasty, So it Was 110
wonner that the idea caught an. For
about ten yeers the trade flourished,
aud then Crearn took advantage of
the capsules to au soloe with strych-
Ida° and present there to several of
his ledy friends; when this Wholesale
poisoning became know, the Fele
dropped to nothing, as people .would.
not look at the capsulesto say no-
thiug of taking them.
A like instance oceurred more re-
cently in New York, where poison
was sent to a woman In partieular
make .of headache powder. There
was no connection whatever between
the i•ugrediente• of which the headaehe
remedy was eomposed and the poison,
sent by post in um or the powders;
the remedy Was absolutely harmiesa,
yet. the sale went down to vanishing
point and the
RUSINESS WAS ITCINED.
In the year 1690, a, murderous af-
fray took place In the North-east of
London, in which Sergeant Hargett
shot two ruffians in defending the land,
lady of a public house, The crimin-
al element of the neighborhood had
its revenge„ Twice in one week the
place was burgled, money being tak-
en arid much damage done to the in-
terior: reepeetable Customers were
threatened with violence if they pat-
ronized the house, and the pear WO -
Van was ultimately compelled to
give up the place, ruined.
It was exactly four months after
marriage with the Prince Consort
that Queen Victoria was fired at by
a. young fellow, named lward Ox-
ford, as she was driving up Consti-
tution Dill. That raseally attempt
on the Queen had disastrous cense-
mamas- for a mita who VMS entiaely
innocent. This was Oxford's em-
ployer, a publican; the indignant but
unreasoning mob attacked bis prem-
ises, and Afterwards his former pat-
rons testified their abliorrehce orthe
deed by refusing to deal with the
POOr publiean. whose business was
ruined. That was a case of very
hard luck., but enfortunately not the
only one of a similar nature.
Five years previously, in 1885,
Pieschl distharged an infernal ma-
chine of twenty-five barrels at Louis
Philippe of France from a, window
over n. large millinery establishment
in Paris. The same result was noted
in this instance; the elderly lady who
had Only just purchased the business
at n. high price, saw it ruined by an
net for whicb she was in no way re-
sponsible and she committed suicide.
THE SALE OF HUMAN DOMES.
to surgeons for dissecting purposes
was aot a nice kind of niusiness, but
it was regarded as a necessary and
harmless one till 1829, when a dis-
closure was made which fined' Great
Britain with horror, caused e. revul-
sion of feeling that put an end to the
sale and introduced the word nburk-
ing" into our language. It occurred
to one, Burke, that an easy way to
make money was to provide bodies
for the surgeon, and he proceeded to
make corpses with the aid of Hare.
His method was to stifle persons by
some sort of pressure, so that the
bodies showed no mark of violence.
That trade ruined a. legitimate, if
gruesome, trade.' ,
It is now thirty years since the
murder of a woman at Maitre creat-
ed a dreat sensation all over Eng-
land. A printer was accused of the
crime and acquitted, but the suspi-
cion was very prejudicial to his.
trade, which, howevea, survived the
blow instead of going under entirely,
as so many. have.
What happened in a baker's shop
in London aliout three year's ago
wil be fresh to most of us.. A jour-
neyman baker, having lost his situa-
tion, brooded over what he considma
en to be his "wrongs" till he be-
earee mentally deranged. He ob-
tained shelter for the night in the
bakehouse,- under some pretence, and
then murdered a, young German who
had 'been engaged in his situation.
He nearly killed the proprietor in
the same manner -namely, by the
horrible 'method of baking him! Peo-
ple would on no item:runt buy their
bread from that slop, and the prem-
ises had to be caned.
Poison in special makes of pickles
and chocolate creams are two further,
instances of trades being leaned by
crimes committed by ()theta than the
makers; one was at Liverpool and
the other at Brighton.
OF TWO EVILS.'
All those stories the papers are
printing about you are lies, said the
political friend. Why don't you
make there stop it ?
I would, replied the pelitician, but
I'm afraid they'd begin printing the
troth, then.
• Physicitia. (lanatic asylum)-Mre.
Shaaptougue was here toeday, and
wanted her husband sent home and
placed under her, care. Superintend-
ent -Did you let hint go ?, Physician
e -No. He said he would rather stay
hese. Superintendent -Huta a.,1 The
man must be sane..
FIELDS ,GET TIRED.
Gro‘ing the Same Sort of Cereal
Year After Year.
You probably walked through a
wheatfield on lest year's holidays.
Go through the same field this year,
and you will find it has been grow-
ing barley, oats or perhaps clover.
'Why is this ?
It is because fields get tired of
growing the same Sort of eereal near
after year. Paint a aeld with wheat
one year, and it takes to the busi-
ness with enthusiasm, but put wheat
there again the following year, and
it takes no interest at all in grow-
ing it. But if you substitute bar-
ley, oats, clover, Or turnips, it
knuckles down to the work readily,
and turns out R. decent cron.
A field can't stand sameuess. Thus
it is tbat farmers never plant the
eame crop in ahe same figiela In. con-
secutive yefos, preferring to Put each
field through the whole eourse of
cereal growing, before repeatiog any
particular growth,.
If there is one crop which sickens a
field sooner than an,y other it is
clover. Fields simply hate eleven
and, after a year of it, they get
what is milled "clover sick," a
ease whin upsets them for preetieal
work for a long time. Fields whieh
are suffering severely from the corn -
plaint are sometimes given a rest
for a season. Thm it is that you
often wello over an tumultivated
field duri»g• the SURITOOT. Whieh is
probably "elover sick," and erdered
oomplete rest.
At most farms, eneh field is known
by soma name. A newly -married
farmer's wtfe suffered great qualms
an hearing her husleatel frequently
speak of going over to see how
"Ella Afaor" was getting on. She
said nothing about it for Fame
time. till one day she said she would
like to go with him to see the mete-
terious person. The farluer. with an
inward while. said he woulki be pleas -
d to take her, and tier surprise was
great when he pointed aver a gate.
and introduced her to a turnip field,
wbich had been kVA:Mit by that name
for generations.
RHEUMATIC PAINS.
CAUSED BY AN 1117171tE CON-
DITION OF THE BLOOD.
•••••••••••••
11 Neglected They Will Grow Worse
and Serious Trouble Will Fol-
low -Rheumatism Can be Per-
manently Cured.
From the Telegraph, Quebec.
, Rheumatism, is one of the most
counuon and at the Sallie tittle ono of
the most painful affections Irma
which humanity suffer. It affects the
joints and eatiSeles, and is character-
ized, even, in its simplest, form, by a
dull constant pain. While it remains
In the joints and muscles, it is suf-
ficiently painful and distressing, but
as it is liable to attack, the vital or-
gans, such as the heart, the disease
becomes a source of dealgen, and in
many instances it bas, proved fatal.
Dr. Willituns' Pink Pills possess
qualities for the cure of this disease
which aro unequalled by any other
medicine. Mr. Cyrus Lamond, a well
known resident of Stadacone, Que.,
bears testimony to the Wooderful
curative powers of these pills. To a
reporter of the Telegraph, he gave
the following story: -"Until some
three years ago I always en-
joyed the best of health, but about
that time I was attacked with what
proved from the outset to be a se-
vere case of rheumatism, from which
I suffered great torture. I tried a
nuinber of the supposed cures for this
disease, but none of them benefited
rne. I seemed to be constantly grow-
ing worse, so I called in a, physician,
but as his tree, ment did not give
me relief, I sou ht the assistance of
two other doct rs, but they also
failed to help ,ime. My appetite left
me; ray strength gradually ebbed
away; one of illy legs was clrawn out
of Shape, and I was never free front
pain. I was:in despaireof ever being
well again,, 'When one day a relative
brought me' a box of Dr: Williams'
Pink Pills, and urged 'me to take
them. Herseemed to have such great
confidence in the pills that I deter-
mined to follow his advice. To -day I
am happy that I did so, for with the
use ofeless than a. dozen boxes of
thesenills the pain from which 1 suf-
ferecaso much is all gone, and I feel
stranger and healthier than 1 did be-
fore This 1 owe to Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills, and I would strongly
'urge similar sufferers to give them a
trial."
Experience has proved Dr. Wil-
liams' Plat: Pills to,ta without an
equal as ablood builder and '.nerve
restorer. It is this power- of acting
directly on the blood and nehves that
enables these pills to cure such dis-
eases as rbetunatietn, sciatica, neu-
ralgia, iocernotor ataxia, paralysis,
andall the ordinary diseases of•the
blood and nerves. These pills are
sold by all dealers in medicine, or
can be had by mail, postpaid, at 50e
a box, or six boxes for $2.50, by
addressing the Dr. Williams Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont.
• . - _____4.
NATURAL LUCK.
• Whew ! panted the hare, I never
apcpected to get away from those
dogs. I tell you, rta lucky.
• Of course you are, replied the Lox,
and 'it's all due to those rabbit's
feet you carry around with you.
FROM THE SOIL TO SOCIETY.
Marruaduke-How do you feel about
this, much-discussed ' man -with -the -
hoe ?
Courtney -Oh ! He's all right.. In
three generations he will be the man
with -the -tallyho.
_ .
NO DEFERRED PAYMENTS.
Is your daughter learning to play
by note ? -
Certainly not, answered Mrs. Cum-
rox, a little indignantly. We pay
cash for every lesson. The idea !
Italy exports 105,000 tons of
marble a year; valued at .$2,000,-
000.
Sozci Ont
Tooth
Powder 5c
Good. for, Bad Teeth
Not Bad. for Good Tooth
Sozodont Liquid as large Liqurd and Powder 75c Ali
storr,s or by mail ar the,price. Sample tor postage .1%
HALL & RUCKEL, MONTREAL
gecz.NTRie
Brilli'ant Offers Declined For
Strange Reasons,
It i; not often the case that a znari
tvill refuse to accept a remunerative
iased facile appointment abroad mere-
fer because of a violent aversion to
mosquiwee, yet such was the reason
put forward in all seriousness by a
young English engineer for declining
a position in Bombay. Ile averred
that his Oman of these tinen-pests
aneaulited to a positiv(amonomeala,
and that he would rather abandon
the most brilliant prospects than
rage the insects tim question.
Absurd as the foregoing ease may
appear it is no More ludicrous than
the ease el a young governess who
actually refused a 'very excellent sit-
uation in the family 'el a nobleman
simply because her Radical views
would not allow her t accept in-
crement from a hereditary landierd.
One wouki have thought that her
politieel views might bave been sus-
taiued without inhiry whilst teach -
hag little eliildren to read aud write,
but evidently the lady thought oth-
erwise, and the brilliant oder was
unliesitatiegly decliued.
Another young Woman of eccentrie
views refused to accept a remunera-
tive berth aseprivate secretary to a
well-known public znan because the
gentleman in question possessed red
liair. She declared that her aversion
to persona thus adorned was too
great to, be overe.ome, and that, no-
thing but starvation would compel
her to undertake work which would
bring her in_eorttaet with a roan of
fiery locks. Perhaps ammo other rea-
son underlay her ridiculous below -
for, but, at nay rate, the motive,
mimed was put forward apparently
with every sign of veradousness.
ONLY THE OTHER DAY
a young librarian refused a very ex-
cellent post at a. certain public li-
brary on acetmet of the fact that
the institution in question contained,
the works of an author to whom he
had ft very strong objection on prin-
ciple. Perhaps some persons would
admire this Quixotic behavior, but
the alisurdity of it must be obvious
to all who reflect that his accept-
ance or refusal would. mit affect the
issue of the books concerned.
Rather foolish also was the con-
duct of a middle-aged Prencanian
who some years ago declined a very
remunerative poeitioa ineletnalerman
firm in London because IR his ennii-
ty to the nation to which the part-
ners belonged. He stated tbat to
accept payment from the lormer en-
emies of his country would be un-
patriotic and improper, and he ad-
hered to this queer line of thought
with steadrast persistence. When one
conies to consider how rare good
situations are in these times the
conduct of this gentleman appears
all the more absurd.
rerhaps, however, the xoost extra-
ordinary reason on record for de-
clining a brilliant offer was that put
forward by a. young lady who had
been wooed by a very wealthy and
altogether attractive suitor rejoicing
in the somewhat inelegant name of
Pigge. She stated that she liked
the gentleman very well indeed, but
that she could not accept his propos-
of marriage nines& lie changed his
name. The suitor naturally declined
to do anything or the sort, where-
upon he was at once dismissed, and
the foolish girl lost an excellent and
wealthy husband by reason of her
foolish prejticlice.
HORSES OF THE WORLD.
There are in the whole world about
75,000,000 horses and 11,000,000
mules- and asses. They are distrib-
uted as follows: Europe, 39,400,000
horses, 3,200 mules, etc. ; America,
22,800,000 horses, 4,700,000. mules,
etc.; Asia, 0,100,000 . horses. 1,-
310,000 mules, etc. ; Africa, 1,000,-
001) horses, 1,900,000 mules, etc. ;
Australia, 2,800,000 'horses. In the
United States there were', January
1, 1900, 13,500,000 horses and 2,-
000,000 muleand asses.
A uNTr THERE.
Is it true, inquired the friend, that
the doctors who were called in con-
sultation over your husband dis-
agreed e
Yes, replied the widow. 'They ap-
peared to leave agreed on one point
What was that ?
To make thole bills a.s high as pos-
sible.
An 'amusing story is told of Queen
Wilhelmina when she was quite a
little child. Her Majesty was not al-
lowed -to share dinner with the elder
members of the Royal household, but
was permitted to make her appear-
ance at dessert and place herself be-
side some paatitular favorite.- One
day she sat by a courtly old general,
and after eating some fruit the lit-
tle girl turned and gazed up at him.
Presently she exclaimed :-"I won-
der you're not afraid to sit ne;ct, to
me." Everybody in the room turned
at the sound of her childish treble.
"On the contrary, I am but too
pleased and honored to sit next to
my future Queen," repliedtheold
general"; 'But why should I be
afraid ?" Assuming a woe begone ex-
pression the little Queen replied :
"Because all my dolls have the
measles -they're , el' of them down
ewith it 1" '
ILL-TIMED 'PLEASANTNESS.
Cheerfulness is riches.
Oh, no ; if you. can't pay a bill,
being cheerful about it only makes
the other man innader.
HOW IT IS DONE.
Why Lightning Tarns Milk
Sour.
It sometimes happens, not always,
that nailk will turn emir during a
thunderstorot. it is not always the
lightning that causes it, for the ilea
before the storm is often great en-
ough to make the milk ferMent.
But ligatuing can, and sanietienes
does, make milk tem sour by its
action on the air. Air, as every-
body knows, is composed of two
gases -oxygen and nitrogen; but
these gases are mixed together,
not combined, Lightuing, however,
makes the gases combine in the air
through arbich it passes, and this
combination produces nttrie acid,
some of whieb mixes with the mint
and turns it sour.
Perhaps it might be well to ex-
plain the chemical difference between
mixing and combining. When nit-
ferent ingredients are put together
without their undergoing any chem-
ical change they are mixed; asfor
example, grains of sand of various
colors army be mixed in a bottle.
But when the property of each in-
gredient is altered by the untie%
there is a, combination ; as, for en -
ample, water peered on quicklime,
whieh eonabines with it, $o that the
property of each is altered,
Thus it is that lightning makes
the oxygen and nitrogen of the air
combine, and the reastlt is ao longer
air but aitrie acid aad four other
nitrous paeans.
ALAISTRA.IGHT-
FORWARD LETTER
MRS. LOUIS. )3ROVOSTS PUB-
LISHES WtIAT SE =MRS
ABOUT DODD'S IIIDNEY
PILLS,
A Convincing Piece of Evidence as
So the Wonderful Power of this
Ronedy-Bright's Disease, Heart
Disease and Itheumatisna Each,
Afftieted Hes. Brovosts--Dodd's
Hicluey Pills Positively Cured
Her.
St. Magloire, Que., Sept. -30.—
(SPeeial)-The fallowing letter was
„written by a well-known and highly
respected lady of this place, being a
copy of the original sent to the
Dodtl's Medicine Company, of To-
ronto.
"When I wrote you for some
Dodd's Kidney Pills I was so dis-
couraged that 1 ima no hope of be-
ing able to find any remedy to save
oar We. I suffered 'with Bright's
Diseoce, Heart Disease and Rheuma-
tism, and I was math bloated also
with Dropsy. I was so feeble that
X was unable to do anything. I
suffered for sixteen years with Rheu-
matism. Timm were two years and
a. half that I suffered with Bright's
Disease. I have tried all the reme-
dies in the world and always grew
worse and worse.
"There was one time when for
three months 1 abandoned all my
remedies and resolved to let myself
die without 'taking any medicine. X
received by chance one of your al-
manacs and a paper. I read them
and I decided to wale you and try
again with your remedy.
"Great was my surprise at the
good that Dodd's Kidney Pins gave
me with the first box you sent. X
took them and my health was great-
ly improved. Since then X have
taken twenty boxes. 3 am cured of
my Bright's Disease, my Heart Dis-
ease and illy Rheumatism. I have
still two boxes to take and by the
tan° X have finished them I shall be
in perfect bealth. I will pmanit you
to publish this letter with pleasure.
and I hope later to give you facts
of my recovery more completely
Shan at present. I stm still weak,
but with time I shall be as strong
as ever. recomniend Dodd's Kid-
ney Pills to all who suffer with any
of the diseaees that I did."
COST OP THE BRITISH ARMY.
In Year 1800, £15,000,000; In
Year 1900, £100,000,000.
The century that has just expired
has been n. notable one la many re-
spects. Two great factors,- however,
stand out in bold relief -the advance
of science and the growth of the
British Empire. Taking as the basis
of our comparison the population. of
the United Kingdomat the two dat-
es, one linds an increase of about
two hundred and fifty per cont.
In the case of a nation whose char-
acter and policy were already clearly
outlined by the end of the thirteenth
century -for we may take Edward L
to be our first typical English King
-this is a sufficiently remarkable de-
velopment for a single century. The
causes of this increase are, no doubt,
largely clue to the territorial growth
of the British Empire, and to the
position assumed .by England during
the nineteenth century as the work-
shop of the world. The fact that the
nineteenth century. was, as it has
been picturesquely designated, the
ago of Tubal Cainnaturally tended
to make tbe worlds workshop a cen-
•tre of business and wealth, and, con-
sequently, of population. With such
a remarkable increase in population
as the century has showa, one might
not unnaturalleaexpect a considerable
increase in military power.
This,: however, one does not And;
the total armed forces of the Eme
pire exceeding the number available
in 1800 by the small margin of 182,-
000 men. As Great Britain was en-
gaged in a seeithis ,war during the
whole of the two years under consid-
eration, the conmarison is not an un -
X.X. araz 1 It is necessary to uss
onyLvid Tian 331.31‘ ONCE to fall fa with the popular Idea that it le She foremen
teacm the reealfea Out up In Lead Pao4iages,16, 30,40,50 and de Dante,
W You Wantbeetsugerga7141111,TIlY AP LES. ether ftIMTS end ellinned, La I
r
0% Wotan, Cyr. WeR t Atomic t end
The 1)avirson cornmission %Jo. Oetboree St. 'Toronto
fair one. It should be noted, howei
ever, that ft. very large proportion of i
the total force available in 1800 con-
sisted of volunteers. "
'Mien one comes to compare the
ditference in cost of the artnies of
1800 and 1000 wee is at once struck
by the largeness of the increase,
when (me considers aow email, com-
paratively. has been the increage in
personnel. An increase of 600 per
cent. is sufficiently startling; and al-
though the considerable total attain-
ed by the volunteer force in 1800, as
against the increased total of Vie
More costly regular force in 1900, to
some extent, no doubt, accouats for
this; yet the increased weight. com-
plexity and seleatilie nature of
tary stores of all kinds. awl inoSt ee-
pecially of artillery "material," is
an exceediagly important factor in
the case.
4 -
ASTHMA FOR
SEVENTEEN YEARS
A 0,1'. R. Enipioye Chios UnIntetakable
Evidence That Ciarlia'S K044 COttle
peUnd will Cure Asthma,
It mute rather funny that people In tail
lightened ego ehauld allow themselves IA
se en suffering Tiler Atter, Tear awn AV thUIR,
When it DAMP:Mtn t cure re within the refuge el
every slat rer.
Mr. Robert Crow, G. r.R. (maw, Elludele,
Get, writ -ea -alter reroneee 7e4kra 1 aave
been mere or lees troubled with .4.414018. axe
fieriest tbe eat tIve Teets have act lied n Me
zeghtei eleep. I tried every known lamella
Alt i three diatom in amie, nail rot benefit,
Fmaler Mr. W. .3.31etlu4re. druygist. of Elm.
d'.‘ir. 0.n. recommended Clarke% Nola Cora.
pound. 3 took in all eereu bott'cs. tund alit
now completely eared. I/Ur/WC tbe last sear:
eine° taking the Compound, hare not bad Mc
1e44-4 symptom of .A...bthms. Ily health in
every way bas improved. at 4 hare gaine
muelf in weight. I boa -VW' rereMmen
clatitt,'a Kola. Compound to every tuffere
forn hi- drc*dettd' „"
Mr. W. J, McGuire, drueglat, writes:-. I
am well acquainted with ,Jr. Crow. and can
ronen for the truth of the above Staterant.
feigned). W...7. McGuire, Elrede.le. Ont.
Clarke's Kola Compound has cured
over 2,000 cases of Asthma in eau -
Iola alone. Sold by all druggists,
*2.00 per bottle. Sample bottle and
book. on Asthma mailed free, enclose'
10 cents for cost of mailing. Ad-
dress The C. and M. Co., Limited.
321 Church street. Toronto.,
---e-
Whistler, the artist, likes pretty
table appointments, and his meals
are eerved on dishes of splendid sil-
ver. Ills table-mipkins are of the
•
lite. . a iit ane cuuier
with Ids crest. the famous butterfly.
One of his odd table decorations is
'an ivory mega containing birds bop-
ping about Oil gold perehes. The
artist is fond of old-thne dishes.
such as peacocks served with tails '
full spread and snarl. soup.
I_
Cumulus, or thender-cloud, rarely
rises above two miles. Probably no
cloud rises more time eight miles.
I;
Staustead Junction, P.Q.,
12th Aug.'1803.
Messrs. C. C. RICHARDS az Co.
Gentlemen, -1 fell from a. bringe
leading from a platform to a loaded
car 'while assisting any men in -un-
loading a load of grain. The bridge
went down as well as the load on my
back, and I struck on the ends of the
sleepers, causing a serious injury to
my leg. Only for its being very
fleshy, would have broken it. In an
hour could not walk a step. Cona
inenced using IWIN'ARD'S LINIMENT
and the tbird day went to Montreal
on business and got about well by
the use of a cane. In ten days was
nearly well. I can sincerely recom-
mend it as the best Liniment that I'
know of in use.
Yours truly,
C. IL GORDON.
OBEYED ORDERS.
Au old Yorkshire farmer was walk-
ing out ono day, looking very glum
and miserable, He was a typical
Yorkshireman, and he dearly loved a
joke ; but jokes seemed a long way
off just then, and the old man was
thinking deeply, when he was accost-
ed by a tramp, who made the usual
request for a night's lodgings and
something to eat, as he explained he
had bac' nothing for two whole crayS.
The effect upon tbe fanner when be
said this was magical,
Why, men, he said, I've been look-
ing for you all day.
And then, without more ado, he
knocked him down and, walked on
him from one end to the other. The
tramp got up looking very stagger-
ed, and asked him why be had dome
that.
Well, said he, my doctor has order-
ed Inc t� waik on. on empty stomach
and now that I have fulfilled his
injunction 1 can go and have a good
feed, and you can come with. me.
And he led the tramp off.
Minarts Lined .Cures.Diplitivria.
•
Lady: (to servantwhom she is
about to eegage)-These are my_con-
ditioes ; do they Suit you ? Sea-
vante-H!ra, I'll See: r always take
ladies on trial.
Ninth Liniment Cures DiStemper.
, ,Every man- in the German army
Must learn to swim.
M./ 14 4.,
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4.100.4,01.1•11•1•0111•1001MNPIINININAMVIAMINAMMINIP•
MINTS WANTED.
Ts -IT TOT,/ WANE' A. LitTsX OP
fast -selling goods that Vre yoa carer
halt proAt, and *ell in every house write
115, '1114 r. E. Rare Cat, 132 Victoria.' street.
to
ArPENTS 'WA:CV?* FOR OUR NEW
Book. " Life of Willittlia 3101Tilalei. 4nt•
atyredlereFidenat also our new "Juven-
iles." Family Pdbles, Alburtis, f te, Our rJr:coio
are low and our terms extra liberal, A. trots
prospectus if you mean hushoes .q or write tor
dividers and terms. William, •feses. Meth°.
OA Book and Publishing llouse.Teronto, Ont.
Wife -There's a burglar down in
the cellar, Henry. Ifuslaand-Well.
my dear we ought to be thankful
that we are upstairs. Wile -But
he'll come upstairs. Husband -Thea
we'll go dolt% MIA the cellar, ray
dear. Surely a, ten -roomed bonze
ought to he big enough to hold
three people without crowding
Deafness Cannot be Cured
br Jical 00011404c the cermet reach the
diseased ration of tee ear. Thsre onsl
way to cure deafness, and Gast le by tonsWa
timed remedies. Deafness is caused by rid
infiemea cordeiou of tile mimes lialtig or the
Businchiatt 'Tube. 'When this' tube in in..
flamed yea heel a rumbling sound Or leaner
feet hertrLig, and when it nt *int rely elosed
deaftjc!ebItLe result, and Illt.lhee Oft $4(10111.
melon eau be Wien out end Utie tubs reestred
to its normal eanditien, bearing wall)e de-
stroyed forever: nine cases oat OC ten are
ceased by citarth. vitiett le ennoble bLta in.
/hulled Candiflall otIbQ UltgOttli ellrfauou
willgire One Hundred DOilansfer any
v,wee or omelets nauxed by external tki4cne
net he mired by Rell'e Catarrh Cure. 8.ed
for circulerg, fret.
r.3. CHENEY'
Sold by Droggis tr. TU..
lialreFanuly Pills Ara ine beak
A eandie once eXt1figu1STe4
never be relighted in ao locst".."a4v
tan
royal palace.
analiennAm
Two young reetwere kevieg a.
heated argument over a problemmt
which needed n greot deal of mental
calculation. 1 tell you, said one,
that you are entirely wrong. But. I
am not, said the other. Didn't, I go
to school, stupid ? almost roared his
opponent. Yes, was the calm reply:
and you came back stupid. That
ended it.
!Anifittnt Cures Colds, eft.
The Duae of Sutherland. with 1.-
358.000 ueres, is the largest land-
owner in Great Britain. Next came -
Lord Middleton, with 1,0Le.01)0
acres. The alftrquas of Breadinbane
has 438,000 acres.
Per over 'fifty Years
ness.lifnamow's SSOTRIRO Brier hes Ise* seed bp
=intense mothers for their thedren /dies enabilltee,
ig°4c4eleTIVAculglgtchfet=ectusfilt4113sP,an., fag:
beei remedy for Diarrhoea. Tweartive cone a bottle.
SOld by druggist& throughout the weed. Ds eta Li4
soifer'ildas.Wsxstow sfloornme Brum*
A SEAT FOR THE EMPEROR.
In the chief room of every Japan-
ese house there is a slightly raised
dnis, which is arranged so that 7a
can be shut oft from the rest of tile
room. This is a place for the Em-
peror to sit should he ever visil that
b
W. P. C. 10)6
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