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Milk is our most valuable food, and there is no form of diet which exerts so marked a protective.in- flnence upon our organs as that of milk, because it contains so little material of an irritating nature, Milk can, however, only be accepted as really good when it is taken as it comes from the cow; that is, raw, and when there is certainty that it has come from a healthy animal. 1 wish to add ]Fere that certain bacilli are always present in raw milk, and that they prevent the formation of large numbers of other bacteria, such as those of typhoid fever, writes a medical man. The latter cannot develop in raw milk. When the milk has been boiled or (sterilized, however, typhoid bacilli which have gotten into it -will re- main in it for months, as well as other forms of poisonous bacteria which are' injurious to children.. When raw milk free of all objections cannot be obtained it is best to use bnitermilk, Some persons possess an anti- p.athy to milk, which, in its ordi- wary form, is not well. tolerated by their stomachs. This is especially nticenblc in women and young girls. In such cases the milk may be diluted one-third with some al- kaline mineral water, arch as Vichy celestins. The addition of some fine flour may also render the milk more digestible, and, hence, better borne. Small children, too, some- times prefer snilk given to them in this form. For those who cannot tolerate ordinary milk the more easily digested buttermilk may be used. Milk should be taken raw, but circumstances may present them- selves, however, when .a glass of hot milk will exert a beneficial influ- ence upon the system. This is the case, for instance, where one has been out on a damp, cold day and comes in feeling chilled, as by drinking hot milk we greatly stimu- late the activity of the skin. In colds, if early in the morning or on rising hot whey or hot milk is taken, it will exert a favorable in- fluence upon the inflamed mucous membranes. To warm the body up on a cold, frosty day tea is often used, but from the standpoint of health milk is better. The yolks of one or two eggs make of milk a very strength- ening drink. Enormous Beard. Louis Coulon of Bourbon Coun- ty, France, on his 85th birthday had his photograph taken for the occasion standing beside his grand- niece, Mlle. Franeoise, who helcl the end of his beard in her hands. Mr. Coulon's beard measures 11 feet 2 inches and has been growing since July 21, 1847, when Mr. Coul- on had just finished his apprentice- ship in his trade as locksmith. Resembles Juno Bug. An insect much resemlbling the June bug and found in great quan- tities in the high plains about Quito, the capital of Ecuador, is toasted and eaten as a delicacy by the natives of that country. The insects are sold in the streets in the same manner es are chestnuts in the cities of this country. They taste very much like toasted bread. LARE Von stifferint, with RHEUMATiSM, NEURALGIA, SCIATIC , LUMBAGO, Ifij'L1A1 UfiATOR9 RHEUMATISM, PIdEUMOflIA, GOUT, or the worst kind of HE1U'ACI1 or TOOTHACHE'?1 iTHEN USE if of d T PLETO 'S RHEUMATIC CAPSULES THE1 REALLY CURE Write.for elites testimonial of eurrd peep)°, We »tlsitevoly (marathonW refund. your coney n euro . - - TEMPLETOWS,.RHEUMATIC,, OAMIL DISTRIBUTING CO, 318 CO1..SR S E Tt3FFT, i0ll0,jTO. SOLD SY ALL n1UOCtit1S, 01.00 A SO'S OR 0 nOXES POE 06.00, DAYS FOR VARIOUS DEEDS TI,TESDAY FOR SUICIDES, SAT- URDAY FOR MURDER. Fewest Fatal Aeeitlents Occur on Friday, the Day Before Pay Day. If you have any desire to increase the business of some undertaker and also wish to live up to statisti- cal form, then you are due to make your final adieux on Tuesday, not necessarily this coming Tuesday, but some Tuesday as against any other day of the week. If murder chances to be your pet caprice and you have Relented your victim, there is "nothing doing" until Saturday; that is, of course, if you expect to keep up your standing in the form book as pre- pared by statistiolans who are paid by the Government to lay out ap- propriate days for the committing of the acts in question. These wisoaoros have, after deep :study, found that each day in the week seems to have been set aside for some particular purpose, and while the aforesaid seers have not said anything as to the lucky days on which to borrow money or un- dertake the scientific pursuit of poker, they have found the appro- priate days for murder, suicide, ar- son, burglary, acts of violence, and other such undertakings. Tho chief investigator for the New York Railways has, by examin- ing his records; discovered that most of the fatal accidents occur on Saturday, while the fewest happen Friday. Standard blyetio Books. While Napoleon's Oraculum, Mother Shiptoa's Dream Book, the Gyps Fortune Teller, and other standard works that treat of the logical numbers to translate the hidden meanings of the world of dreams, fail to take particular cog-. nizance of the subjects in hand, there is nothing in' their treatment of similar topics to show the follow- ing days are not scheduled for the purposes set for them. Monday takes pre-eminence in' the weekly calendar as the day for bankrupt- cies. While no reason is advanced why this particular day should be selected for this method of saying April Fool to one's creditors, still the foot stands out that on Monday most bankrupts get busy. Tuesday seems to hold the domes- tic and foreign rights to all forms of suicide, for if one takes 100 as the average, Tueaday goes the basis of computation ten better, or jumps to 110, in the matter of persons who depart without the formality of leaving a forwarding mail address. In connection with the matter of saying one's farewell to the world, there is a curious point worth Dot- ing as to the time ordinarily, or rather customarily, chosen for the suicide. That is, the majority of suicides kill themselves between six. in the morning and neon. The rea- son assigned for this particular time is that a man so despairing that he finds death the Dull- remedy for his troubles usually r ;-i,s out before being called upon i. 'ace an- other day. Many Wednesday Weddings. Wednesday plays no favorites in the matter of crime, but stands out as the day when most weddings take place. No experts have come forward with either theories or facts as to why this is, but it is true that Iviendelssohn's popular march is pumped through the organ pipes oftener on Wednesday than on any other day of the week. Et is advanced that, being the middle of the week, and therefore the most convenient, it gives the man and woman plenty of time for preparation after the preceding Sunday, and opportunity for travel or holiday before the Sunday fol- lowing. Thursday falls in logically as the understudy for Tuesday in the mat- ter of suicide, running 109 in the chart, and is, an the whole, about the worst day of the week for the otherwise unclaased deeds of vio- lence. Friday, that has always been heralded as the patron day el inis- Fortune, holds the Honors for a'gen- eral assortment of various nota not considered good form. Ob. this day arson and poolr:etpielcing hold the lead, while murder runs about third, At the same time it is considered by many the most fortunate day of the seven for a marriage, This is particularly true of the Scotch, who prefer this day to all other for re- hearsing the "Five Pretty Brides- maids" act Next Day Pay +Day. As has been said, accidents on the surface, elevated and subway routes are fewest, but this has been accounted for by reason that the next day being pay day with moat persons they are careful of them- selves for the tlnrre being. Saturday, if it had to carry over all the accidents, murders and other crines committed during its 24 hours, would be in the excess baggage list. Nearly 85 per cent. of the mur- ders in the country are committed on Saturday, while so many acci- dents occur that the hospital atten- dante, and ambulance drivers are figuring on having their day off changed to -Friday. The accident insurance statistics show Saturday to lead in the matterof deaths by accident, while the fire insurance companies report that most fires occur, and that nearly all fires in arson oases have been proved to have been set on that day. The cause given far the great number of murders on Saturday is that wages are usually paid on that day, with the result that men be= come drunk and violent. There are few suicides on Saturday, for the reason that men are in their oups and too happy to consider suicide while they are still possessed of money and rum. Sunday doesn't figure in the criminal card, there being but few entries in the matter ofcrime. Ac- cidents drop from 100 per cent, or above, to below 30 per cent., while suicides drop still further. QUAINT CUSTOM PASSES. Belgian Trains Formerly Started at •aund o4 Horn. The announcement in a Brussels newspaper recently of the death of the last so-called "clarion" in that country, recalls the feet that all railway trains in Belgium up to 1869 were started by the blowing of a horn. The Government used to furnish the conductors for all Bel- gium roads—all being Government owned—with brass bugles, which new men had to learn toblow be- fore taking up their duties. The bugle was slung over the shoulder by a flashy green cord. It was a picturesque sight to see the departure of a train from a small station where half the village turned out to see the train and its occupants. Three notes were sounded on the bugle and they had Many significances, from the mere starting of a train to the call for help in case of an accident. When these musical adjuncts of the train conductor's art were sup- pressed and replaced by whistles, whiuh demanded neither study nor the talents of an artist, the old con- ductors rebelled, but beiug forced to submit to the Government edict they felt themselves grossly humili- ated, their prestige in the eyes of the people being thus taken away from them. A few resigned their positions, and believing themselves musicians of talent presented them- selves at the conservatory of music for examination. ' But the greater part of those clarions accepted the whistle with reluctance, their pride swallowed up in hunger. Ij< It's -better to deliver the goads than to be caught with them on you. It is easy to preach virtue, but far more difficult to teach it by practice and example, Good management contributes more to our comfort than great possessions. - Popularity has been defined.' as the privilege of being cheered by the kind of people you would never allow to bow to you. s Setore.-- Abe u' PUVI'INbl 1115 FOOT IN IT, She s --•"Who do You think he is like 1" Ito:—"Well his lace doesn't show lauds intelligence but I think he look§ like both a you," et, OUR LETTER FROM TOROVTO WHAT is BEING MQSTi-Y DISCUSSED AT THE PRESENT TIME, °petting into Parliament and Attar," by sir poorge W.. Ross—"Deborah" Not Wanted In Toronto. During the last few monthe there have been published many volume° of rominio. canoes of prominent public mon which have constituted a dietinot additibu to the literature and historic records of the Dominion. Among these may bemention• ed the works of Sir Richard Oartwright, Dion, James- Young, tend Mr, Goldwin Smith, It is doubtful, however, if any similar volume has ever boon publiehod. in Canada which combines the interest, the entertainment and the historic data which aro to bo found in a -volume jest publiehed by Hou, Sir George, Rose. It is entitled "Getting Into Parliament and 13Afteriggs.r" and ie published by William Sir George's] book is free from the in- vootive and bitterness whiuh eharaotorfzes .many portions of Sir Richard Oartwright'o Rominlecmtcos. But it does not lack grip upon the reader on that account. To the average Canadian who is interested in the history and progress of hie country, the book will bo as fnaoinatiug es a ro. mance. It is couched in the language, embroidered with imagery and quotation which hoe done much to make Sir George Ross the most finished. and attractive orator Canada hae ever produced.. And like hie speeches. too, the volume sparkles With humpy, Learning to Make Speeches. Distinguished as he becamein later life as a platform orator, it is interesting to note the process by which Bir George be - name such an effective speech maker. For the thn years preceding Federation the' budding statesman taught school in his native county of Middlesex. Occasionally' he heard a political speech. Once he bor- rowed a or-roweda horse and saddle 'and rode fifteen. mike to hear D'AroyMcGee. But it Wits to the 'Sone of Temperance" that he gives orodit for hie schooling in the art of public speaking. Asa member of the organization it became his privilege to share in tho honors and to work was by aide with men many years his eeaior. "Then occasionally," be gays, "there was a field -night for the good of the Order, whish meant a debate on some prear- ranged topic, with eseaye and speeches on temperance or other non-political sub- jects. In these field -nights the eohool- master, as the highest authority on all literary and polemioal questions, was by virtue of hie office a designated expon- ent. So from necessity, more frequently than from choice, I was obliged to wrestle, not always- logically, I fear, with the protagonist of every proposition on which it was possible for opposites to oontend." First Speech in Parliament. In later years tho young oohoolmaetee, after an apprenticeship in the newspaper busfnese, first as proprietor of the Strath. ray "Aga," after ea part owner of the Seaforth "Expositor," and also in the eapaolty of public school fnepector•, be' came a member of Parliament,. Exceed- ingly interesting is his description of hen maiden effort se a speech' maker 1nthe House. He says: "For some myeterioue reason I had the utmost dread of rising to' my feet, and often while waiting for an opportunity some other member would. perhaps rise and appropriate the few ideas- I had collected. After much hide- ofsioa and resolves and re -resolves, how- ever, I concluded that I could not learn to swim without getting into the water, and even if I were to drown I would make the attempt. My maiden efforts consisted first of a speech on immigration of about ten minutes, next of a speech on the ne- cessity of restricting the sale of intox• looting liquors of about forty-five minutes and a. speech on the Pacific Railway of about twenty-five minutes, "I spoke from notes, as was my habit before I entered the louse, but such was my state of nervous excitement that I •dreaded a moment's pause to look at them. My knees trembled as if alarmed at my presumption in addressing the House. To prevent sty attention being distracted by the restlessness of the mem- bers preoont, I fixed my eye upon the Speaker, who seemed to be the only per - eon who took any interest in what I had to eay, and poured into his ears , with reckless rapidity the arguments that I in- tended for the :louse. I never lost en- tirely the thread of my subject, although. more than once I wandered from my pre- meditated comae. A few members who I fear had not listened to me very atten. tively congratulated me on my maiden `effort. To myself the effort was far from satisfactory. I pitched my voice eeveoal points toohigh and I galloped along from start to finish like Tam O'Shanter when pursued by the. 'witches of Auld Kirk Alloway. I thought my experience on the platform and in all aorto. of toren. sic combats would have so hardened me for the ordeal that I could face. the Haase ofOonimouo. without a quiver. Vain delusion, The ]louse bore no mom. blame to any audience I had ever ad- dreosod: It was as solid as' the Sphinx and as unimpressionable as an obelisk." ' Ploture of Sir John A. In the course of his career, Sir George' hag coma iu oontaot with practically every public man of importance in the Dominion. of Canada. Of many of them he gives delightful pen pictur'ee, eaoh delineated with the utmost goodhumor though with perfect insight intotheir real. oharnoters. Of Sir John Macdonald he epeake in kind terms. Ito reoalle that at the time of the big reelistriIuution his, opponent in West Middlesex asked for tiro. re -casting of the constituency and went to Sir John about it, tolling him how a Conservative majority could bo glade perfectly erfec 1Y sure. Sir John looped at him rather doubtfully, and remarked, "Yon may put tufa township in West. Middlesexand you may take that one- off, or you may makeany shuffle you please, bolt that little devil Rose will boat youin: spite of what you do." "MYopponent, told me of this interview a few Months after hie -defeat, as an instance of Sir John's political eagacity,•and with- out any feeling of diaappofntment." He speaks in admiration of Sir John's adroltnceo in .debate, and chiefly of Oslo capacity for picking man, Personally he condom name in contact. with the grant Couoorvatfvo loader, On one occasion they mot in the lobby during Sir George's Stet eceelon and without the formality of,an introduction sir John" shook hands with the youthful moniber, quoting the linos from Pope,. "who taught that heaven -throned spire to Fl 'Tho manee? of :toss` each lisping babe re. plies," And His. Loader' slept, In contrast with this may be eat down an extract from another portion of the book whore Sir George. .recalls having. niado a opto% on Reciprocity, Ron. -Pd- waren 13lalto then hang Tile party leader, 1I0 sayer 'Plsongh not particularly lin. untaxed with my effort t0 inetruet the Molten, I ventured to sayy to Mi, Slake a few Bourg afterward, 'We11, Ihave done psy best for Reolltu'ooftY, 000w did Yon like my encode' /de dear boy' be said, I did not hear a word of 1t, i dict the Whole time you wore spoakheg,'' whether to tanto lila repose as o murk of perfect aonldeneo in my ability to do justice to, the subject, or as showing a look of in- tornnt in anything I. might 000, W00 711' dilemma, It wa0, however, the lest epocah lobout which I fished hie opinion, either botoro or after deliverY," Mr Rinke, 1:0 gays, was nt.were oil 1100 good behaviour, lie'enjoyed a g000 °tory but never "swapped" with ouybody, Ile could not mails himself "orae of the bnya" The Suppression of !'Deborah," T1tn moat "sanaatintinl, innitlont lit 000eitt bears in conneetton:with Iooal thoatriesi Gnn.LETT'S ,,YE EATS 01 Rad" teat etroat o,nuxo -ruts oiauiicra iNtu, w N"' ts„,G11-1,ETT COMPANYLIMITEO „e_�-TORONTO ONT. non*x� matters occurred the other day when Po- lice btagtstrato Denison and the pollee condemned and suppreesed the play "Deb- ." ralrToronto , felt that it was being put to o the toot with tide play. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred whenquestionable plays Dome to Toronto it le only after they have appeared far weeks or months or perhaps years in other cities. When they arrive in Toronto 1t is felt that 1t would be an exhibition of prudishness or at least of it "holier than thou" attitude if Toronter wan W. declare' it ivould-not-have that which other pities approved or at ,least tolerated, In the case of "Deborah,'. however, •the situation was different, bo- oauee• Torontowas selected as the. place forththe 8rst'performance or premiere of e play, . As a matter of foot,most of those who maw the,8rst presentation wore not really alive to the character of the play .that was being presented. They were so capti- vated- by the art of'the aotore and ao- tresses and the ektlfulneso with wlrioh the piece had been constructed by the anther that they failed to see that the whole thing was impoosiblo. It was only next day, when they came to attempt to tell the story of the play to their friends, that they realized what a disgusting piece of etage ors.ft it was, The plot was aueh that it oonld not poeeibly be related or described in any mixed company, With perhaps one or two exceptions it was the rawest thing that has ever been put on in a local theatre. The dramatic censors who sae all first performascee and who, acting under authority of the police de - Pertinent, give the theatres permission to go on - each week,- failed, like otber zneetetore, to recognize the character of Deborah as a play. They cut out certain ncacillaocsanoe, butof tthhe whole ey conte notstory. altar the Bi- ' ' A Clergyman Anted. It remained for Rev, John Ooburn, act- ing for the Committee of Vigilance, to take the action which resulted iu the snppreoeion es peborah, raving w,t nosded the first performancr3 peroonai y he laid a charge against all the perform- ers in the company of producing au im- moral play, Mr. Coburn told his story before Magistrate Denison, a number of witnesses wore called for the defence, but the upshot ofa day's deliberations was that the magistrate rendered a convie• tion and the company was notified that they must not repeat the play. Thus end- ed Deborah. after a short life of three day°. It is to be .expected that as a result Toronto will be further advertised is American cities as the moat straight- laced' city iu America. But it will prob- ably be found that there will be many other cities that will euppreee Deborah it, indeed, attempts are made to revive it. Already gIamflton, London and Ottawa aro reported to have turned it down. The example set by Toronto may also have a wholesome influence in making other cities more carefully scrutinize first pro- ductions. It is a common allegation of theatrical po'iple that the reformers are pharisa• coal and hypocritical. But it would not be possible to have any moro hypocritical statements than those made bytbepeople reeponsible for some 'eo•oalled "problem playa" that these productions are put on for the purpose of teaching great moral lessons or to preach sermons. CLOTHES MADE; MODESTY. Queer Ideas of Different Countries as to Propriety of Dress. The variations in what modesty permits and requires constitute an interesting study. The Hereros of South Africa insist that women keep 'their heads covered. As to what else they wear they aren't so particular, A German explorer found that a Hetero lady didn't mind posing for a photograph with nothing much on except the head cloth. But she was. terribly shock- ed at the ides, of removing that. On the Uganda Railroad, near Lake Victoria, under the equator, Sir Harry Johnson found a tribe. who considered clothing quite su- perfluous. The members wore or- naments, but nothing else. But they wereregarded as "the most moral people in Uganda." Near them lived'e tribe, the Baganda, who wore exceedingly particular as to their clothing. But they had an unsavory reputation' as to morals, Conventions on such subjects change from generation to gener- ation. Dion Boucicault told Jus- tin McCarthy that in •his young days actresses were exceedingly proper in their: dress, andthat the. abbreviated skirts and tights of a modern musical comedy would not havo'been tolerated. Modesty seems to have been `a a_uality 4,£ comb 4PPrttively late de- velopment in civilization, Dxess was at first regulated on the basis of utility combined with vanity and .superrttition, Then. custom got in its work. When people became ac- customed,to a certain style of dress any , violent departure from' ib struck them as immodest, Modesty didn't mak' dress. Dress Made modesty, Only it should be borne in. mind that once modesty has developed the conventions can- not be suddenly and radically vio- lated without 'soul si degradation. Modesty isn't something that doesn't matter, It does matter; The woman with a poor com- plexion niny be rich enough to afford a better one, All Wren are born %pee"'If;,",'"!t mother believes that her first baby is more than equal, FROM. BONNIE SCOTLAND NOTES OFINTEREST FROM TIER BANKS AND BRAES. What is Going oils In the IIighlanda anti Lowinnds of Auld Scotia. It is proposed to reduce the num- ber of Montrose town council. The 1,000th vessel wars recently launched from the Levan shipyard. It is proposed to ereet a new sea wall at Troon. The estimated cost 1a $24,000, It be proposed to spend over $50,- 000- in extending the Dunfermline Free Library. R. Walker & Sons, Leicester, pur- pose starting a hosiery industry at Stevenston, ' Tho Old Glasgow Club will oppose vigorously any proposal to demolish the cross steeple. At Dunfermline Wooer'° Alley Rouse and grounds have been pur- chased by Sir Wm. Robertson. Wishaw Town Council will pur- chase•.a motor fire hose, and ap- pliances at a cost of $3,250,. A. camera film is blamed for in- spiring'.fiour Edinburgh boys to start a "Black Hand Gang." Kilsyth town council has decided to construct a tank' near Allenfould to hold 170,000 gallons of water. The Caledonia Railway Company is considering the question of i:tn- proving Stonehaven railway station. A service of pay,ae-you-enter oars has been inaugurated on the Aber- deen oarporation tramway system. At Loclirin Iron Works, Coat- brislge, Robert Hall baa been eleo- troouted while charging electric lamps. Owing to the scarcity of female labor in Dundee, a Dundee jute firm is starting jute manufacture in Glasgow. The strike of the 'granite workers at Peterhead is not yet settled. A number of the men have gone to America. Arbroath is to erect public baths, towards the oreotion of which Mr - Andrew Carnegie has offered $35,- 000. About $1,000 of damage was done by fire at the Church of Scotland Industrial Home for Women and Gir.1s, Glasgow,. The textile workers of Arbroath, who have been agitating for 5, per cent. more on their wages, have ac- cepted 2Y,' per cent. The Kirkcaldy potters' strike has been settled, tho increase bringing the wages of the men up to those paid in Glasgow: The Selkirk minstrel troupe have handed over $100 out ofthe pro- ceeds of a recent concert towards the Flodden memorial fund. About $50,000 damage was done by fire which broke out in the premises of Messrs. Waddell, sau- sage manufacturers, at Glasgow. Falkirk Town Council have just tion. completed an important extendian to the plant and buildings of the oorporatiou electric generation ata - From Leith there has been ship- ped cine the beginning of the year about 560,000 tons of coal. This is an increase over 1912 _of 188,000 tons. A building to be known as White Rouse Hotel, and erected at a cost of about $75,000; has been opened at Inverkeitlling by Provost Find- lay. During the month of April twenty-three vessels with a total tonnage of 119,000 were built on the Clyde. This constitutes a record for the month. Foxes are making .their presence severely felt along the elopes• of the Kilsyth and Campsie Hills. In one week ono fiockmasber has had eigh- teen lambs devoured by the foxes. The directors of tho Stirling Gas Light Company, owing to the in- creased price of coal, have found it necessary to: advance the price of gas from 60 to 65 cents per 1,000 cubic feet at r, Boy Scouts Light' Torin. A night watch of Boy Scouts is a novel feature of Wymondham, :Eng land, at present, They do not call out, "Ten o'clock and a fino night," like the watchmen who preceded the modern police, but they carry Chinese lanterns.' It was decided ata parish meeting .some time ago that a lighting tato of Id in the pound was too high and that not mors than a sixpenny rate mut be incurred. The toren is therefore plunged ie darkntiss at an early hour gave far ,the ,fitful gleams of the ,hey, ' ig11terne ,�{ii; thtew light the inhabitants to their Romani tfi" guide travellers its they pass through the town to or from Nor - with, Some residents put candles in , 'their front windows to light wanderers 'home. , b They. --who marry where they do not' love will lave where they do not marry, .. atJl'ow would you classify a tele" phone girl'?" asked the olcl legty, "Ts hers a bitsinoss tor it profes- sioh l" "Neither," replied his friend, "It is fit calling,,,