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Exeter Times, 1915-1-7, Page 6AO A BAD COLD MTh. PROLONGED TRIED NEARLY EVERYTIONO IFINALLY DR. WOOD'S NORWAY PINE SYRUP CURED HIM% , Mr. Wallace H. Grange, Vaneouver, B.C., writes: "Daring a cold spell here about the middle of list October (1913), I caught a cold -which, got worse despite all treatments I could obtain, until about November 22nd, a friend said, 'Why not try Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup?' Really, I had no faith in it at the time as I had tried nearly every other remedy I had heard of, to no avail, but 'l thought I would give thie last remfdy a trial. I purchased a 50 ceut bogie, and in three days I was feeling n different man. My cold was so hard, and the coughing so prolonged, that vomiting occurred after a hard spell of coughing. I carried the bottle in my [ pocket, and every time I was seized with A, coughing spell I would take a small dose. I can most heartily recommend Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup to anyone 'With a severe cold, as its powers are most marvelous, and 1 never intend being without it at all times." When you ask for "Dr. Wood's" see k, that you get what you ask for. It is put up in a yellow wrapper; three pine „trees the trade mark; the price,. 25c and 50; manufactured only by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. .. _ A STRIKING NARRATIVE. — T a Wore Hook's Contribution to Strike Literature. ea- "gor.4: $ ruie ail too tten becomes a serious affair; a general strike, which involves allied or sympathe- rtic trades along with those more . directly concernm ed, is even ,ore i!treatening or disastrous. In „,,fesance, especially, the general strike is dreaded; and not long ago, as newspaper readers will recall, the strongestgovernment measures , were enapoyed to break one up. Three, quarters of. a century ago, -the matter was regarded more light- ly—particularly by a clever gentle- man on the other side of the Chan- nel. Theodare Hook, one of the few punsters whose punning was usual- ly witty as well as playful, eontri- tinted what is certainly a unique \age to :strike literature in his ac - Inuit of the affair. d'The baker, being ambitkious to ' tend their ' do -mains, declared 'tend at a revolution was needed, _and, .itab not exactly bred up to arms e a , .. eron reduced their crusty masters as. The tailors called a coati• - e eleseeseeee. what' mea- e-ruld be taken, and' looking akers as the flower of chiv- . :decided to follow suit; the ,equence of which was that a eous insurrection was lighted up along the candle makers, which, aver, wiek-ed it might appear ' t'hee eyes of some persons, deyel- '"xesits of character not un - r . e et =MeatGreece." Hook 'could, however, pun with equal gayety upon matters that lonehed his own poeket. He en- livened the usually prosaic and un- welcome duty of paying his taxes by a word ef advice to his neighbors to 6 likewise—whish it is to be 'hoped die worthy AR. Winter, the collec-1 r. Rimed of some assistance : '''"'sr---- • e - - esseessee_inspeeter f taxes; dvise you to give him wh-afeter he axes; advise you to, pay him without any flummery. though hi $ name's Winter, his etions are summary i Foeeibly one joke in ten thousand nal. es people laugh. It takes a lot of eonfidence to en: be a man to enjoy bash, ' Mazie—Artie, where are we going, ,i eel. honeymoon 1 Artie—Around 1 ,erld, darling. They're going it in seven reels at the 'nes i re show. 'fish to Be Well You 100 Keep the Bowels Regular. the bowels do not move regularly will, sooner or later, become coa- ted, and constipation is productive ore ill health than almost any other ble The sole cause of constipation is an jeective liver, and unless the liver is kept aetive you may rest assured that heaela.cixes, jaundice, heartburn, piles', oating specks before the eyes, a feeling as if you were going to faint, or catarrh of e etomacli will follow the wrong Attires , one of the most important organs p die liver active and working riy by the nee of Milburn's Laxa- 3:411:a e. 11,1110 A. Ayer, Fawcett writes: "I was troubled 'with irattoti for many years, and about years ago my husband wanted ine . Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills, as they cared Irina I got a vial and took 1, end by the time I had taken three e cored. I always keep them on , and whenT need a inild laxative e Qieurn'e taxa vLiver Pine are 25e A 5 vials for $1.00,• at all dealers, or learn; on receipt of price by The I Co.) tuhnitOdi Tor011tO• Oat 1 Front a Nurse's Notebook. • (Want Toast. --Make thin slices of golden brown toast, crisp and dry. Place the slice's in a wire sieve and steam until' soft over hot water. Then butter and put in a seep plate —about three sliceS, mit in half. Over them pone white sauce Make this by heating aoupful of milk ia double boiler and 'theu adding two tablespoonfuls of flour rubbed into two tables,poonfuls of butter. Cook gently over a. low heat until the flour ha.s lest its starchy taste. Sea- son with salt and pepper and serve very hot. Suoh a ,dish loses its ap- petizing qualities if it is not hot when served, so it should be care- fully covered in transit from th6 kitchen to the room where it is to be served. Eggnog.—Beat the yolk of an egg unti it is creamy and add a pinch of salt. Then add enough milk to fill a glass three-quarters full. Last, add the white beaten stiff, and sprinkle with grated nutmeg: This is nourishing and, excepting in cases where raw egg cannot be digested, is easily assimilated. Lamb Broth.—Lamb broth ca,n be taken by almost every one. Here ia a good recipe for making it. Have a pound of the neck of lamb cut into small pieces and put it in a. granite or almuinum saucepan with two cupfuls of cold w.ater for two hours. Then bring it to the boiling point and let: it cook just below the boil- ing point. for !three hours. Strain and season with salt. This could easily be made in a fireless cooker. Chieken Broth,—This can be made in the same way as lamb broth. Use the neck, the wings and the back of chicken and reserve the other parts Fur other uses. If rice can be taken, a little rice, well boiled, can be added to either chicken or lamb broth. Clam Broth.—Wash six clams and put them in b kettle with half a, cup- ful of eold water. Steam until they have opened, strain and serve. Clain bruth and beef broth may both be frozen, just to the mush stage, hnd then served in a sherbet glass. A feverish patient often finds this broth sherbet tempting. Cornmeal Gruel.--AII gruels must be thoroughly cooked, not very thick, and free from lumps. Put three tablespoonfuls of cornmeal into a third of a cupful of cold wa- ter, salt to taste, and then add two cupfuls of boiling water. Boil 20 minutes, stirring constantly, or else cook in a double boiler for an hour. Cracker Gruel.—Break a. soda cracker or two, buttered thin, into a cupful of boiling milk and cook, stirring constantly, for three or four minutes. Season with salt. Oatmeal Gruel.—Cook half a cup- ful of prepared oatmeal in a quart of boiling, salted water. When the rice is cooked to pieces, strain and dilute to taste with hot milk. Stewed Prunes and Figs.—Wash prunes or figs to be stewed and then 'soak in cold water for ten hours. Cook for half an hour in the sam.e water, Sweeten slightly if neces- sary. Spinach on Toast.—Cook some well washed spinach for 20 minutes firma: The number of lives lost by in boiling, salted water ; drain it the blowing up of the four British and rub it through a sieve, Have cruisers Aboukir, Cressy, Hogue and ready a piece of buttered thin Hawke, 1,984, exceeds by almost three toast, which has been quickly dip- hundred the total casualties sustained As - ped in boiling water. Moisten the seining by Nelsolfe fleet at Trafalgar. As - that the German flagship epinach with a little melted butter, sabarnhorst was sunk with all on pile lea:1th .salt and pepper, and board in the recent battle off the Falk- Custardci9 lands, she carried down with her more good ben custard can 'led beee seerewdthan eight hundred officers and men, sane's; ben add s pint of -ere= whipped stiff. Stir lightly, pour in- to ar,: would, wet with 'eold water, set it ,ou ice and servo with whipped aream. This:oiliest be made very .early in the morning if it is to be used for Inneh or tea. If' a fruit ereaen is desired &eh -saute fruit :juice) stewed and strained, at .the price from • .Canned fruit, 'foe sthe milk,' omitting the grated ebareolate. Both raspberry and peach Bayer- ian cream are delieious.. Useful Hints.. Two or three slices of lemon put in the boiling water will whiten Make whitewash with skim milk instead of water, it makes ceilings whiter, and stops them peeling. A raw potato cut in half will clean marks off black material. A black serge garment can be made abso- lutely 'spotless and as uesv, if wash- ed in potato water. After you have used all the ham that will cut nicely from the bone, and after chipping the remaining meat for frizzled liana, boil the bone with cabbage. To inak.e shepherd's pie, cut boil- ed beef into slices, season and brawn; add a gravy to the meat, cover with mashed potatoes Or bis- cuit crust and brown in the oven. Use a paper diehrag. It is far more sanitary than a cloth, is filen and cleans we1I, One lasts for about a month, can then be burned, and another purchaeed in its place. When making mush, do not thick- en it too much or the mush will be harsh and unpleasant to eat. Quit thickening before you think it thick enough and it will be about right. Fats that are derived from the 000king of bacon, ham, chicken, beef a,nd other meats, should be kept, each in its own receptacle, to be used for different purposes. ' Mashed potatoes, left over, should be packed into a cup or bowl until needed for frying. Another way to use them is to put into a double boiler with some warm milk. To remove the odor of food from a -wooden chopping bowl, soak the bowl in boiling water in whioh a little soda. is dissolved. Use a ta- blespoonful of soda to a gallon of water. If a small piece of camphor is placed in a, bowl or glass of water it will be found to float on the sur- face. and when lighted will prove a good night light, especially as cam- phor is a good disinfectant and its smell isoaot at all disagreeable. • NAVIES', CASUALTIES. Sea Fights More Destructive to Life Than Formerly. That the immense armies of to -day make war more sanguinary than at any other authentically recorded era of the world's history is the consensus of military expert opinion. Whether the 'ratio of casualties to the number engaged is higher than in the period when the musket's range was 200 yards remains to be determined when this war is over and there is oppor- tunity to study the official returns of the killed and wounded, but the loss of life may be safely put down as ex- ceeding the world's past experience of war, tragic as that experience has been. Modern war, which requires armies of millions, may be expected to slay its tens of thousands where war as it was one hundred years ago was contented with its hundreds. What is true of war on land applies to war at sea, although the hecatomb is not as conspicuous after a naval battle as after one fought on terra to advantage with fruit. The fruit adds attractiveness to the custard and so tempts the appetite. A few prune, neatly .eut in pieces, oa,n be eovered with custard; dates can be used in the same way; orange pulp cut in dice c,a.n be added to it, or a spoonful of apple snow can be placed on top of a dishful of cus- tard. tlirlalffemetel? es.VAs. Alan?' tEdea of the battle of the Nile, respectively 218 and 678. To get the clearest idea of the contrast between present and old time naval warfare it must be remembered that Nelson commanded twenty-seven lighting ships at Trafal- gar and fifteen at the Nile. The losses of the vanquished in these two battles cannot be stated with pre- cision, but they would naturally be heavier than thoge of the victors Apple Snamo—Bake an apple in more especially as both the French an earthen ,clish covered. Remove and the Spaniards crowded their core and skip before baking. Then ships with men. rub it through a sieve, add it to the The modern. battle fought with fleets wellbeaten white of an ' egg and j and vessels three or more miles apart beat for 20 minutes. Sweeten to offers another opportunity for heavier taste and serve piled up in a glass Iosses in the difficulty attendant on eup. Orange Whip.—Squeeze the juice from an orange. Beat the white of an egg and add a tablespoonful of sugar and a, little of the orange juice, beating stiff again. Then pour the rest of the juice into a. glass cup, pile on the write and serve, Grapefruit and Orange.—Grape- fruit pulp cut in die° and served in I a glass with the juice of an orange and a very little sugar, with a ta- blespoonful Of brandy or sherry, if that is allowed, ina,kes a most re- freshing dish for an invalid. Bavarian Cream — Bavarian cream, of. all sorts make delicious and nonrishing desserts for mva- . lids. Poe chocolate Bavarian aream, soak hall a box of gelatin m cold water for at least half an hour. In a doable boiler heat one pint of milk and two ounces of grated chocolate; add the gelatin and stir* until diesoIved. Next add half a cup of sugar and remove from the stove. Turn into a ,dcep bowl and add one teaspoonful of v.' nilia; ter and stir until it thieke' a ITe't ii, set this boas' into a pan sat 'ce wa- rescuing the crew of a sinking ship. It, was easy enough for the victors in old times to get rescuing boats into the water, but now even with steam launches it may easily be too late to succor men desperately battling with the waves at a distance not to be passed without the consumption of considerable time. lXad Heard of Them It was bumpany field -training. The captain saw a young soldier trying toecook his breakfast With a, badly -made 'fire. Going to him, he showed him how to make a quick- 000king fire, saying : "Look ahthe time you are Vt54- WIlen 1 was on the West coast I often had to hunt my breakfast. I used to go about two miles in the jungle, sheet my food, skin or pluck it, then cook and eat it, and return to the ca,rnp under the tialf- hourd' Then lie unwisel,v added: ''Of course, you have heard of the Weet ,eoast?" sir," replied the young eel- gieg (,(;71,a ele of Ana ins and seen Me/le-hail sera tek " THE SUNDAY SCH091 STUDY INTERNATIONAL LESSON,. JANUARY 10. Lesson 11, Deborah and Barak De- liver Israel.---Judg. 4,4-28; Golden Text, P.Sa. 34,, 17. Verse 4, The wife ,of Lappidothe— Deborah was a married. woman. She WaS a wife in the home, and, un- doubtedly, the mother of children. This is a very early evidence that great leadershship in the state is not inconsistent. with wifely and motherly faithfulness and attention to the duties of the home. Much has been said about the partieulae sphere of women with the implica- tion that this sphere is the home alone. No wife or mether has the right to neglect either her husband or her children, but woman's sphere is any place of service. Whieh will help the cause of humanity. This was Deborah's sphere. 5. • Dwelt under the palnatree Deborah betweea Ram:1h and Beth- el in the hill -country of Ephraim.-- Beea.use of the ineursions of the Canaa.nites, it was no longer safe For the Isra-elites to have their seat of godernment, as il were, or, ra- ther, the place of judgment, in the northeastern part of theie, borders, and hence they went up into the hill -country of Ephraim. The judges sat in an open place, usually under the gate of the city or in the mar- ket -place, where many people could be gathered together for,special an- nouncements. "The . earliest seats of Israel's worship, the earliest ral- lies to her patriotism, were upon Mount Ephraim" (George Adam Smith). 6. And she sent and 'called Barak. —Deborah saw very quickly what the greatest need of 'mei was, and she also diseovered that the time was ripe for a decisive blow. So she sent for the man on whom he thought victory would rest. Barak mobilized his troops on Mount Ta- bor. Kedesh in Galilee is the, old, important and very often mention- ed city of the Old Testament. Re- ferenee is made to it in the Tel el Amarna letters and in the Egyptian inscriptians. Other references in, the Bible are Josh. 201".• 7; 21. 32. The inhabitants in B.C. 734 were captured and taken away by Tiglath Pileser. Josephus says that the city lay between Galilee and the Tyrian border, and that it was in the hands of the Tyria,ns'who were continually fighting with the Israel - it 7. The river Kishon.—This river' flowed at the feat of Mount Carmel. It was poetieally called "The evae ters of Megiddo' (Judg. 5. 19). The Kiska was a swift -flowing, turbu- lent. stream. .- 8. Barak said, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go; but if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go.—It is strange tbataa warrior, ueed to bat- tle, should be afraid to go into the eonfliet without the presence of a woman who presumably knew noth- ing about warfare. 9. And she said, I will surely go with thee.—Doubtless there was cousiderable argument between De- borah and Barak before she finally agreed to go.. She could not see why Barak ought not to lead his army to victory. Notwithstanding, the joierney that thou takest shall not be for thine honor; for Jehovah will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman—Debor- ah calls attention to the fact that Barak was less, great thanhe might have been, and that, although he would win the victory, it would net be his victory; it '7'0, 11),d-wab-es r.lus ..m,s-piri- tWee-no!'DniShil•ilaairliere'-a"ter. 10. And Barak called Zepulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh.— These tribes were very quickly rallied, for we read that there went up ten thousand men at his feet. "At his, feet" is a very picturesque expression to indicate the eager- uess of the Israelites to follow the call of Deborah and Barak. They came in ,such'numbers and were so ready for the fray that they virthal- ly crowded round his feet; 11. Now Heberthe Kenite had se- parated himself from the Kenites.— This verse seems to be introduced to show how it was that Sisera (see verse 17) could flee away to, the tent of Heber the Kenite for refuge. 12. And they told Sisera,.—The news of the movements among the Israelites was brought to Sisera in Lis headquarters by his scouts. • 73. Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron.—These were the awful implements used by the hea- then people against the Israelites. They swere instruments of tortuee. As the fighting between the Israel- ites and their enemies was hand-to- hand conflict, it is readily seen how terrible these iron thariots, which were arranged with teeth and other sharp protuberanees, appeared to talferTlraeilitose'lleth of the Gentiles, unto the river Kiehon.—This was the far-flung battle line which Sica era, threw out, reaching from Mount Tabor over to Mount Cannel, al- though it is evident that 'his forces were massed at; the River Kiel/on. 14, And Deborah said unto' Be rale, Up—Deborah was 'elose at the aide of Barak, ae Barak evidently was depending entirely uporeovee when she commands, His! upon her, H o commend, however, brings the ten thousand Israelites after biro. 15. And Jehovah discomfited Site, era, ---The Israelites were fighting for Jehovah, they .evere fighting im- mediately under his leadership. When a 'battle, went in favor of the Israelites, it wee because they be- lieved Jehovah • discomfited. the enemy. This further avidenees haw close the tie was. .hetween the Ise re,elites and their God, and how, after all, the entire credit was given to him, With the edge of the sword.—As already' 'etateel, the fighting of the Israelites with their enemies wee handata-hand:, cenflict. It mast have been fierce in its context. Sisera alighted froth his Chariot, and fled away on his feete—Sisera, evidently Was a coward. He left his men to their own discomfiture, He himself would flee to safety. This fact relieves somewhat the awful- ness of the =slime inSwhich he met his deeth, _Shortly afterwardsat the hands of a Woman (Judg. 17, 22). 16. But Barak pursued after the chariots, and afters the hosts—Even the eharriots were pot to conlesion, so that the footmen of the Israelites could pursue the horses of the en- emy. "Not a man left,".- is the em- phatic. way in which the writee des- zifibeied es,tl.ie awful loss that the enemy DUKE NICHOLAS. Victorious Leader of Army Is Vir- tually Dictator of Russia. A Supiter Or a Mare in appear- ance, six feet six inches in Inc atookings, lean and lithe as a. race horse, towering above his fellows with the easy grace of a prince, but alert, suspicious, self-reliant; the head long and narrow with delicate lines of ance.stry, refinement,' and the extreme idealism which is bigo- try, covered now with the sparse grey locks of 58, remnants of gold- en -curls of childhood; the chin bold and assertive, .and the. =ebb sensu- ous, eold and cruel, both softened to the casual judgment bythe cloak of aa ample beard and-anonstaches tbs. thin lips transformed ada`rare in by an ingenuous smile; the nose beaked like a Caesar's) the blue eyes patient, calculating, alive with intelligence and quiet with command, and yet the eager eyes: of the adventurer embarked after many struggles upon the quest of honor and power—such is the Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch, Gen- eralissimo of the Russian army, vir- tually dictator since the war began throughout the empire of the Czar of all the Bussiae. • Moulded in the physical likenese of his German. mother, wham. in his unhappy boyhood, he adored, des - Grand. Duke Nicholas. •••• arrangements were announced toj the woman he had searetly longed •, ar ews for years to make hie wife, the Prin.. - eeee Anastasia of Mentes/eget), Affected Her. 'A Alexander IlL' had brought thee of the, ,daughters of the King 0 Montenegro from their father', mountain home to be educated in his household They were hostage or Montenegro's po1Lioal submis sion. The youngest, Pell -mese Hele: is Queen of, Italy toglay, Her two sisters, Alexander III. settled acearelanee with this wishes, prin., eees Militers became the wife of the Grand Dake Peter, brother of Nich- olas Nicholodevitele Princess Ana's- tasia was married to the ,Duke of Leuchtenberg. It was when She Was the wife of ,anuther man that Niche - hes Nichelaievitoh wooed and won his present wife.. .Patiently they la'aa:y. until he was himself free to tei. eruntil-she could persuade the end, n Czar Nicholas to permit, the divorce Anastasia was .forty when she, be. came tire Grand Duchess Nicholas. She has the vigorous freme, the fer-sighted intelligence., • and the •einotional devotion to the cause <if the Slays; which eharacteriie her old father. She was endowed with the barbaric voluptuous beauty of the Orient, and ,at the Court el St. Petersburg ,e.the early le,arned the eats of fascination .and political in- trigue practised there with Oriental finesse. She is a firebrand itt spreading the gospel of the. brother- hood (anti° Slays and unscrupulous in the methods employed to further her husband's arabitioes as the nee thral leader of the Ruesian Slave. The Grand Duehees Nicholas has long since, become a, Russian of the Russians. Regal in bearing, magni- ficently gowned in the costume of the ancient Czarina, she has more than once created' a furore at the fancy-dress balls. Anastasia has, howeeer, thwarted her husband!s schemes—if they ex- ist—at a vital point. Married for seven years, she has not presented him with a 'child. Seized Reins of Power. From the beginning to the end of the RussoeJaparrees War Nicholas Nicholaievitclawas at various times promised to the -generals-and the eoldiers as their eommander-in- chief. Both believed that disaster overtook them because the Czar failed to keep that promise, actu- ated by jealousy and fear of hie cousin's popularity. At the close of the ve5r the Russiancapital swarmed with revolutionists., ready to strike at a 'given signal. Chaos reigned, and the vast machinery el the police availed nothing. The Czar was ready for flight .asad abdi- cation. Nicholas gicholaieviteh took up the 'reins of government, in his strong grasp; indifferent to the attempts maglt upon hie efevn life, he went abut the streets unpro- tected, _and started -the long pro- cessien of political prisoners tothe mines of Siberia. Peace was ree- tored. Then Czar Nicholas the Little, safe once more, steippe.d au- thority frem Grand Duke Nieholas the Great. • When the present wax began, Czar Nicholas aspired to lead his troops in person, to be his own gen- eralissimo. The Grand Duke 'Nish- olas assumed the Supreme emir/land by force, so one hears. He reseed manifestoes to tdie JOWS and to the Poles with out eon Stettin g th e Ozaa, this one 'knows. The C•abiAet Coen - oil' of the Empire holds daily sit- tings at Peterhof, save when the Czar is at headquarters in the West, and its resalutions are sub- mitted to the Autocrat for confirma-- tion, But. the real executive is Grand Duke Nicholas, since every membeeralhe Ca5Ine-o;so,gs. to .1.she Court Military party acreage ledgiag the • Grand Duke as its leader. The Czar does not dare defy his Oa:bine-1i during a, state of war, and the Cabinet obediently obeys the commander-ineehief. • People Are Ignorant. The people know ahnost nothing concerning the progress of evente. The socialistic Russian papers ,and those printed in, the German tongue have long ago been suppressed. A double censorship is in force for, the papers „still in exietence, all re- ports of the war and political cem- ment going twice to the censor, first in anartuacript and then in printed form. • The Russian people who are 'loyal to 'the Czar are distuebed and rest- less over the problem of the slimes - site). The little Czarevitch, Grand Duke Alexander, ten years old last July; is hopelessly lame and fragile ; a sturdy, perfectly ,tormed , infant, growing up to robust boyhood ruin. ed in health by the accident on board his -father's yacht two years ago, due to the infacihinations of the revolutionists. A dezen plats. 'to kill him 'bad failed. The ene to crippleand torture by liegariag diseaee has ,secceeded. No one be- lieves he will live to maxillae& The Czarina is forty-two and is not like- lyto give a .second heir to the • perial Crown, . • The Cizae",s, brother, Michael Alex- androvitch, the heir to ths. thee c until the Czeads on 'NY as born, has steadfastly refneed togive the Gov. ennead', ,any }lope that • he weit'd ever 'accept the OIXAV31. He is now in the field fightinp; for Itusele has left lus• morganatic wife end yeang family' hack 'in Engis:el, wheia he will undoubtedly re:teal whenever peace Conies again. The' next in suecessioe are • the ; eons of the Grand Duke. Vladimir, I e• Many people who have been reading the terrible war news from day to day, s especially those who have relatives at - the seat of war, have become, so nervous that it is hnpossible for them to sleep. The nerves have beeome unstruug and 1, the heart perhaps affected. I Millet:ries Heart and Nevre Pills will , build up the unstrung nervous system and strengthen the weak hears. Mis Huldia Dicaire, Martintow;i, One, writes; "In August, 1914, 1 was out of school for my health. I was visit- ing friends in London, and heard of the war, it made me so nervous that I could not sleep, but after using Mil burn's PIeart and Nerve Pills 1 improved greatly, and could take my school again, I have recommended them to many of my friends." Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills are 50c per box, 3 boxes for $1.25 at all 'dealers, or mailed direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co., LinaiMd, Taronte, Ont. pising his Riusefai laffier, wholiad broken the mother's heart by infi- delities, whe had dishonored the. family name and dissipated the fam- ily fortune, Nicholas, as soon as he was grown, gravitated with unerr- ing instinct and unresisting will into the path his father had tracl, remembering only that the father had been a famous soldier. Handicapped by His Strength. Nieholes was frotn the beginning of his military career handicapped in various ways. Alexander III. did not enjesr the contrast betateen his three puny, narrow -sheeted, dull -eyed sons and this youthful Jove his cousin, before, whom state:smen and peasants, bowed with uneonscious homage, whispering be- neath their breath, '`If only lie could. be Our future Czar." Every imp ediment to &dyer) cent en t Was placed in the young =We way, The Imperial pleasure limited him to .cavalry. It did not make Alex- ander Inds crown feel easier upon his head when he realized that his cavalry was said to be the best in Europe, and that Nicholas, Nieltra, laievitch had made it ea. The St. Petersburg Courb teemed with scandals against the men whom his kinsman, the Czar, desired not to honor. Nicholas wap too pear to eombat •thena with his own.paid agents, his father having bequeath- ed him ecaaoely anything but &Wee. The confiding, middle-aged widow of a merahant millianaire became his mergaziatie wife. She remained in Moscow, cell -tented to •parade her royal oonn es: trio n a along her bohrgeois friends-, far removed in distance and knowledge •from the affee'as at Court. Nicholas was out- wardly faithful to her until she died and het fortune, was hie own. Almost the next day hie tsar:liege taik611.4.4.....4,..0.ews-TarApc/INZLIOAA:11pailk0141041111. the brother of Alexander III., Grand Duke Cyril, who is married to his comae, daughter of the Eng- lish Duke of Edinburgh, and Greed Duchese Marie, Alexander IL's only -daughter ; Graaid Duke Bemis, -and -Grand Duke Andrew. Cyril alone of the three brothers is mar- ried, end he has no son, only two infant elaughters. • Will He Become Czar? • , After them the enceession in the regularseeder falls to the Grand Duke Serge, another 'heather af Alexander 111., who by •,his royal marriage with a sister of the King of Greece, Serge has a son, Grand Duke. Di/nit-el, twenty-three years. haadeome, elegant, and irre- sponsible. With him ends ;thelopes of an heir through the descendants of Alexander II. Itt wonlel surprise few people at court if the betrothal was announe- ed of the Grand Duke Dimitri and the Grand Duchess Olga, the, eldest - daughter of the Czar, with the pro - demotion .thatiaOlga was to ascend the throne as sovereign Czarina in the event of the death of her crip- pled brother, Dimitri being Czar - consort. - Grand Dnke. Nieholas ean well disregard these elaborate precau- tions to secure the suoccesien in the regular line rie mere stumbling blocks Which he ean thrust aside in his etrong, masterful etride to szat Irinaseif upon, the throne, The Rus- sian pe-opie may ..7.0 wish ta reward him if he is victorious in the war .against Geemany. At any rate he will be a great popular hero, tem- pletely over-shadoeing the Czar, Second to a Bird. He •same home and found his young wife dissolved in tears. "What do you think has happen- ed " she cried. "I left the cage .open and our canary has flown away." He undertook to give what con- solation hp might, and took the poor, distressed woman in his arms. As she rested against his shoulder a new access of sobs convulsed her. "Ah, George," she murmured, in a choking voice, "now I've °ale 57<m left. The Leopard's Spot. Master—Can a leopard e,hange his sprite? Freddie—Yes, sir. • "Now, that's quite wrong. You CIWW that a leopard cannot change hie 'spots." "th ;but he -can, sir, really." a tell Me how he's tired of sitting oe t, he can change to an - pillow.ot.hercl' A ; r ...conscience makes rt, seft .14 , "1 amp theater." "If You are a doctor, lew does it happen that old TenapkinA died from hear's trouble when yo4 were treating him for liver tree le ?" "It's a Le. When I treat a lan for liver trouble, h. dies of li6r trouble' ilEAK SPOT THE Btal. Wheui eh. kid/legs get ill the back, gives out. - Put the leick it not to blain. The ache comes from the, kichnys, whiehlie under the small of 'ithe back. Therefore, dell paiii in the back, or - sharp, quick twinges, are warnings of. sick kidneys --warnings of kidney trouble, Plasters and liniments will not cure a. bad back, foe they cannot reach the; kidnap; whic i catre. it. ' Doan's Ki ney Pile; reach the kidney.% themselves. They inc.:a cpecial and bladderl•,machcrue, They- heal th diseased sur e of kidneys seed bladder,. and help thp to art freely awl naturally. Mrs ace ir Romatu, Port Coulong,4 Quc,, writes:. "1 had beetz troubled wits sore back fori over fout years, and cad get nothieg 'n do me. any good until lio getartdivoof now I am pl lor;,lie:treiiricidr.o. 5.0o a. box, 3 brt?ne°easlif'nr 15, at all deelcre or mailed u; pricby e: ric 'AN. burfro, irielct,er: t'ted, Toron to't' t. Wilera d g s direct seerary 'Doan 0*eilk