The Clinton News Record, 1916-01-06, Page 7"BIG EATERS" IN
FACT AND FICTION
INTERESTING TALES OF VAL
ANT ACHIEVEMENT.
I='-
A Subject Which at This Season Is
Entirely Proper and
Permissible. •
Boys are especially noted for eatin
well, but not always wisely. Tak
Penrod, -for instance., It is recorde
that on a certain afternoon, when
circus was in town, he consumed th
the Viseeun , iat by the term eating YUAN SHIN KAI .
is included drinking as well." I''
"Parbleul' replied his friends.
"Very well; I say that a man, a
by a man I do not mean a carter, b
an'epicure—a pupil of Montron or
0
HAS BEEN DICTATOR FOR THE
PAST FIVE YEARS.
o CHINA'S ,;EMPEROR
Courchamps=can eat a dinner of 50
francs."
"You, for example?"
"I, or any one else."
' "Can you?"
And lie did, at the Cafe de. Paris.
Ile had breakfasted as usual and his
bill for dinner was close to 550 francs.
Ah, but the rates were high? Ah,
again, but you should read the story
g .as Dumas tells it. The Viscount won
da place for all time among' the big-
gest of Big Eaters.
a'" Two "Valiant Trenchermen."
e
following_artioles in the order here se
down: A pickle, raspberry, lemonad
sardines, cider, watermelon, peanut
popcorn, waffles, ice • cream, taffy
'sausage. He ,survived, as almost al
boys do under, similar circumstances
albeit the doctor was called to th
aid of Providence.
A -Comic Song Cure. •
As we increase in stature we an
supposed to -increase in dietary dis
cretion. This is, indeed, more or les
a supposition, according to particula
cases. If the case, perchance, shoul
require a doctor,.let a word to th
." wise be sufficient. Esculapius is sal
to have written comic songs 'to pro
mote the digestion of his patients
Perhaps, if you make the request tact
t Among the statesmen to whom the
0, term`"valiant trencherman" has bee
s, correctly applied was Bismarck.
i was also a hard drinker, and if
1 may follow the precedent set by th
Viscount de Vieil-Castel and includ
e chinking under the head . of eating
let's have the story, An American of-
ficer tells of an evening he spent with
the creator of an empire. "I thought,"
e says the officer, "that I had seen hard
drinkers, but I found during' the even-
s ing with Bismarck that the drinking
r men I had met were tipplers in coo-
d parison with this great man." Toss-
ing off a pint of violent brandy had n
t1' visible effect on Bismarck, and h
- must have deserved his title as' th
• Iron Chancellor.
Deliberate in Speech,' With a Large,
Apparent Tolerance'=A Tre-
s
mendous Task.
At any other time than the present
When all the world's great powers are
involved in war, the announcement
that China, that great sleeping giant
of a nation, comprising one-quarter of
the world's population, had reverted
n Ito -the monarchical' system of govern
He I ment, would have caused a great sea -
1 sation. As it is the announcement-
e that Yuan Shi Kai, President of the
e Chinese Republic,_ has been elected
' Emperor, was given only inside page
positions in the daily papers,, and lit-
tle was said concerning the remark-
able Chinaman who is now ruler of
more people than any other monarch
sato King' George.
What kind of a man is this who
took advantage of the revolution of
1910, which overthrew the old Man
-
°
chu dynasty almost in a night, to es
e Itablish himself first as the first Pre-
e sident of China, and now as its Ern -
Perot..? Yuan was Imperial Prime`.
Minister under the old regime, and
when Dr. Sun Yat Sep and his fellow-
revolutionists wanted a provisional
president they called on him to hold
down the job until Parliament should
decide on a permanent President. Par-
liament met, debated, quarrelled, and
showed such incapacity that,an,
withthe aid of a few police, dissolved
it, and became .the virtual 'master of.
China. Such he has, been ever since.
Here is an interesting description
'of the man written by an American;
J- I• L.C. Clarke,' who was recently -in
China:
"Yuan Shi Kai puts on no style.
He dresses plainly, except at official
receptions, when he wears a marshal's
uniform. Ile may, however, have
generals in gold lace around him. The
Parliament after long, somewhat silly
debate abolished the queue and the
kneeling and crawling of the olden
court cermonial. The bow and rais-
ing the hat have taken their place,
and it is funny to see it circumstui -
fully, your doctor will sing" you
comic song. Maybe it will cure you
of dyspepsia, but maybe not. You
never can tell till you try.
We confess to a liking for the vers
phrase, "valiant trencherman." ` W
.shall not hold to a stria- interpreta
tion, but employ the words as will bes
suit our present purposes.
Our thought turns at once to the
pages, of Dean Swift, wherein he -de-
scribes the noonday meal of a farmsr
fairly well known in literature. In
the middle of the table was set "a"
substantial dish of meat (fit -for the
plain condition of a husbandman) in
a dish of about four and twenty feet
diameter." Queen Glumdalclitch, to
accept the statement of the same au-
thor, was another Big Eater. "She
would craunch • the wing of a lark,
bones and all, between her teeth, al-
though it were nine times as large as
that of a full grown turkey, and put a
bit of bread in her mouth as big as
two twelve -penny loaves. She drank
out of a golden cup about a hogshead dr
at a aught." This description would
be quite unfair to any reasonable tur-
key, but for the fact that it is quot-
ed from the "Voyage to Brobdignag."
While we are absent .from the world
of ordinary proportions we may visit
the Northland, where Thrym brought
home the fraudulent Freya, as his
bride. Mr. Bulfinch is authority for
the statement that, Thrym was
"greatly surprised at seeing her eat
afor her supper eight salmon and a
full-grown ox, washing the whole
down with three tons of mead." No
wonder he said:
a
SIR CHARLES MUNRO.
,Thinks Things Out in Advance and
Is Never Flustered.
_( It is generally agreed that no sol-
, dier has 'won greater distinction dur
ling the past twelve months than
Mal Gen-
al Sir Charles Monro, who succeed-
: ed Sir Ian Hamilton as commander of
the Dardanelles forces.
"We. knew Monro would come out
I never saw a bride
Eat so much,
And never a maid
Drink more mead.
The Escape From Grub Street.
"Washing it down," is a delectable
expression and reminds one of old
Samuel Johnson? whose remarkable
way of washing his food down . has t
been described in one of the impec-
cable essays of Mr. Macaulay. John-
son's century is famous for its solid
eating and hard drinking. Not that
the dictionary maker was a hard
' drinker. As to the other matter,: his
Grub Street experiences had made
• :`him anything but delicate in his eat-
ing when he had something to eat,
"Being often very hungry when he
satdown to his .meals," says Macau-
lay, he contracted a habit of eating
with ravenous greediness. Even to
the end of his life, and even at the s
tables of the great, the sight of food f
affected him as it affects' wild beasts t
and birds of prey." At the tables of o
• the great in .that period sat the six -
battle men and dinners were often
. eight hours long.
- A little earlier than Johnson's time
Swift describes a dinner at the house
of Lord Smart, where the fare con-
sisted of: i
. First course—Sirloin of beef, fish,
shoulder of veal and tongue, claret. f
Seoonci course -Almond' pudding t,
fritters, chickens, black puddings and t
• soup. Wine and small beer, t
' Third course—Hot venison pasty, a
hare, a rabbit, some pigeons, part-
ridges, a goose and 'a ham, Beer and Si
wine.
A tankard of brown October passed a
from hand to hand, and when the e
ladies withdrew to sip their tea the v
men remained to drink Burgundy,
Mrs'• Montagu, Lady Mary's cousin s,
by marriage, wrote the following
amazing confession: "I wake general-
iy about 9 and drink half a pint of
warm asses' milk, after which I sleep
two hours; es soon as I ain risen, I
constantly take three cups' of milk
coffee, and two hours after' that a
large cup of milk chocolate: two hours
more brings my dinner, where 1 never
fail stdallowing a good dish (I mean
plate) of gravy soup, with all the'
bread, roots, etc., belonging .to it. I'
then eat a wing end thewhole body of
a large fat capon and
' A Veal;. Sweetbread,
concluding with a competent quantity
of custard and some roasted chest-
nuts. At five in the afternoon 1 take
another dose of asses' milk; and for
supper 12 chestnuts (which would
weigh 24 of those in London), one lv
on top," army men said, when he was
mentioned in despatches by Sir John
French, after the battle of the Aisne,
and created a Knight Commander of
the Order of the Bath for his great
services. As a well-known military
critic remarked the other day: "If
there is a way out of this 'Darden-
•
elles muddle,' Sir Charles will find
it."
Born fifty=five years ago, Sir
Charles entered the army at the age
of nineteen, ;becoming a captain in
nel tially put down in the ceremonial or -
est dors. Ladies, it may be mentionec,
An
ten years, major in 1898, and colo
twelve years ago. On the north -w
frontier of India and in South Af
he proven himself a born leader,whale
as Chief Instructor at the Hythe
School of Musketry he rendered in-
calculable service to tine IIome Forces.
It was during the manoeuvres of
1913 that General Monro showed'
what a magnificent strategist he is,
for with a 'small force he outman-
oeuvred heavy divisions in the most
skilful manner, •
His most marked characteristic is
the sympathetic attitude he always
adopts towards "Tommy," but, at the
latter says, he is a "terror for train-
ing." Drill, drill, and more drill is
his motto.
One *he knows General Monro in-
timately remarks that his most pro-
minent quality is his soundness. He
knows his mind right through. "He
has always thought out every possi-
bility beforehand. He is never hur-
ried; never flustered, never taken• by
surprise. He has prepared for us
many sorts' of failure as there are
chances of success, and with his
precise knowledge, he estimates the
strain on the weals links of his ma-
teriai."
It is a curious fact that this noted
soldier comes of a race of famous
Edinburgh doctors—three of his an-
ceptors having held in succession the
office of Professor of Anatomy and
Surgery at Edinburgh University for
considerably over a hundred years,
General Monro bears a striking re-
emblance to Sir John French. Seen
rom behind, he might easily be mis-
aken for the Field Marshal, who is
ne of his greatest admirers.
LACK OF MONEY
Was a Godsend in This Case.
It .is not aiways that a lack,
'Loney is a benefit.
This lady owes her health to the
act that she .could not. pay in ad-
ance the fee demanded by a specialist
o treat her for stomach trouble. In
ening of her case she says:
"I had been treated by four cliffs
it physicians during 10 years o
tomach trouble. Lately I called o
nother who told me he could no
}Ise me; that T had nieuralgia of th
tomach. Then I went to a specialis
ho told me I had catarrh of th
omach.and said he could cure in
i four months but would have to hay
is money down. I could not raise th
necessary sum and in my extremity
was led to quit coffee and try Posta
"The results have been Magical.
now sleep well at, night; something
had not done for a long time; the psi
in my stomach is gone and I am
different woman,
"Every time I had tried to stop cof
fee I suffered from severe headaches
so I continued to drink it although
had reason to believe it was injurious
to me." (Tea, also, is harmful, because
it contains end -eine, the same poison-
ous drug :found in coffee;) "But when
I had Postern to shift to it was dif-
ferent. -
"To any surprise I did not miss cof-
fee when I began to drink Postum.
"Coffee had: been's'teadily and sure-
killing me, and I didn't fully rea-
lize what was doing it until I quit and
changed to Poston." Name given by
Canadian Postum Co,, Windsor, Ont,
Postum comes in two forms;
Postum Cereal --the' original forth—
must be well boiled. 15c and 25e
packages.
Instant Poston a soluble powder—
dissolves quickly in a cup of hot wa-
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
<i deligious beverage instantly. 30c
and 50c tins.
Moth kinds are'equally clolicious
and cost about the same per cup.
"Thes'e's a Reason"for Postum.
—sold by C,roc;rs
of
r
nupward rise, he was wont to ap-
t preach on his knees to receive her or-
ders or to venture at intervals to give
o her advice—always• a perilous, pro-
f ceeding.
e "IIe is „deliberate in speech, with a
e large apparent tolerance, which is,
e really a self-imposed patience, for he
Yuan Shill Kai, New Emperor of
China.
are specially excepted from raising
the hat. This is all quite to the mind
of Yuan.
Like a Prosperous Trader.
"When the President is in mufti
wearing a, short jacket, he gives now-
adays the impression at first glance of
a prosperous Chinese trader. He is
not big—about 5 feet 6 inches high--
and
igh—
and chunky rather than obese of build.
His silver white hair is cropped short,
and he wears a thick, white 'old
man's' moustache and a little tuft un-
der his lower lip, although he is only
56 years old. He does his daily stint o
of work in a rather small Chinese w
room in a single storey building at 1 at
the palace, not far from where he l c
lives in the Winter Palace, once the se
home of that extraordinarily vigorous se
old lady, the late Empress Dowager, ev
whom, in the times of his remarkable dus
a
A Five.Cent Breakfast in
five minutest- What a boon
to the busy housekeeper 1
Two Shredded Wheat Bis-
cuits, heated in the oven' to
restore crispness and served
with hot milk, make a com-
plete, perfect meal, supplying
all the strength needed for a
half -day's work at a cost of
four or five cents. The rich-
"est man in America can buy
nothing better. - Contains
more real nutriment than
meat or eggs and is more -
easily digested.
Made in Canada.
emeneemeaus. seem.
"It were a pity that he should be
purblind on this vital matter. China
owes him' much already. The aboli
tion of the use of opium throughout
the :Empire, a colossal achievement,
should be his monument for all time.
It is no half -way measure. Only the
other day it was reported from Ying- 1
icow that the remaining opium smolt-
ers and morphine fiends there were
to be arrested and sentenced to penal.I
servitude.
"He is
finding a tv1. 'o • present .
n i tl
financing of the situation. His fill-
ing the distant Governorshi s with
p
mon of his choice. lie is charged With
being reactionary to -the extent' of,
winking at official squeezes ill the out-
lying Provinces, brit this I doubt. His
experience with the salt monopoly has
opened his eyes. In the old Imperial
times $2,500,000 was the utmost tax
brought to the Imperial Treasury.
Last year under 'foreign' menage -
Meat it yielded $34,000,0001 Such an
object lesson will not be thrown away
on Yuan.
"Yuan Shi Kai,. in fine, is the most I
interesting roan in the political world
since Prince Bismarck. His task .is
even greater; but he has nerve and!
knowledge."
—•'
KILLED IN ACTION.
Number of Casualties in World's
Great Wars.
It is possible that the present war
will be one of the most destructive in
history.
The war in the Balkans resulted in
a great loss of life. Out of 1,000,000
soldiers in the field, no fewer than
320,000 were killed, 200000 being
Turks. During a series of battles,'
in which the contending armies num-
bered 400,00p,` 24,000 Turks and 20,-
000 Bulgarians were killed and
wounded.
It is 'interesting to know that dur-
ing the war between Russia and Ja-
pan 60,000 Russians were killed and
wounded and 40,000 Japanese out of
600,000 engaged at the Battle of
Mukden.
The Spanish losses in Cuba during
the Spanish-American War totalle
23,500 out of 131,200 men sent there
Of these 9,500 were- killed in action
1,000 died from wounds, 10,000 from
yellow fever, and 3,000 from variou
diseases.
ALFONSO GIVES INTERVIEW.
Spanish Monarch Sees No Hope of
Permanent Peace.
The `Argentine historian, Roberto
Levilier, ;- now, in Switzerland, has'
given an adcount of a recent conver-
sation with the King Of Spain, which
took „place at Madrid. King Alfonso,
who discussed. several' questions con-
nected with the war with•great free-
dom, said:—
"Long before hostilities began it
was easy to foresee the inevitability
of the war, but it is impossible to
form any opinion regarding its termi-
nation, Do not imagine' that there
will be; anything like disarmament af-
ter the war. On'the contrary, when
this war is over preparations for an-
other war - will be carried on more
actively than ever.
"I do not think that the social
and the working classes of the di
ent countries will bring such press
to bear on their governments
the latter will be unable to cr
new armaments. My opinion is
the socialists of all countries will
come more and more friendly
their' governments, and that th
legitimate aspirations will be satis
as a matter of good. business poi
They. will also develop, and they
realize that some of their lead __,
who have preached universal peace,
have deluded and misled them. After
the events of this war the socialists.
of all countries will be obliged to un-
derstand that so long as human"be-
ings retain their human instincts
their can be no better protection for
a country than the creation of arma-
ments "which enable it to use organ-
ized force in self-defence. And that
organized force must be always ready.
Facts are facts, and this earth will
never become Utopia."
Discussing the effects of the war,
King Alfonso said:—
"Very
aid:
"Very bad times will come for
South America. There will be a rush
of Russians, Italians, French and Ger-
mans now living in South America
back to their home lands to help in
building up what the war has de-
stroyed. There will be no emigration
from Europe for some time to come..
Many Spaniards. who would otherwise
have gone to South America will find
employment in France and Italy."
RECKLESS AND IMPROVIDENT.
Ger hod of Raising, Money
rsely Criticized.
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will A Free Prescription
You Can Have Filled and Use at Home.
Help the Other Fellow.
Help the other fellow
With a smile or word of cheer;
Try to sing his praises
While he's toiling with us here.
Try to smooth his pathway
As he plods. his journey through,
For he's striving for the haven
That we all are marching to.
In the big sense he is a brother
To the big and to the small;
He is going my way, your way,
On this old terrestrial ball,
He's a fellow traveller with us,
And his goal is our goal, too,
And he's not a rank outsider
Any more than I or you.
Help the other fellow,
Try to make your kinship known;
])on't think that you can travel
Any path on earth alone.
Try to make his burdens lighter,
For it's what you ought todo,
And some day when you are troubled,
will c o the same for you.
German Met
Adve
Lord Inchcape, in an address be-
fore the Institute of Bankers in Lon-
don, England, said the financial policy
of Germany bore the marks of reck-
lessness and improvidence. None of
the money required for the war had
been raised by increased taxation, and
each successive loan meant fresh in-
flation of the currency, which showed
itself in a steady rise in prices.
The more this procedure was per-
sisted in, said Lord Inoheape, the more
would prices rise, arid all official at-
tempts to fix minimum prices, though
they might be successful for a time
in regard to individual commodities,
would be powerless to meet the situa-
tion. The task of redeeming the se-
curities and retiring the notes would
be left fax an exhausted and defeated
d nation to face after the conclusion of
• peace.
, As certain as the sun will rise to-
morrow," he concluded, "Germany and
s her militarism will be crushed and the
peace of the world, so far as anything
she can do to prevent it, will be se-
cured fax another hundred years."
MOTUIERS OF LITTLE ONES:
No mother of young children should
without a box of Baby's Own Tab-
ts. The Tablets are mothers' best
fend and are as good as a doctor in
e house. Concerning them Mrs. F.
urger, Ingersoll, Ont., writes: "I
ve used Baby's Own Tablets for the
st eight years and would not be
thout them. I can highly recent -
end
end them to all mothers of young
ildren." The Tablets are sold by
editing dealers or by mail at 25
rots a box from The Dr. Williams'
edicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
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BELGIUM AND_ THE GERMANS.
The Same Feeling at:Time of Water-
loo as Now.
Y.,
In Napoleon's Time.
At one time Napoleon had nearly
the whole continent of Europe array-
ed against England. He absolutely
controlled Spain, Italy, Holland, Den-
mark and Sweden, had dismembered be
Prussia, and was in alliance with Aus- le
tria and Russia. England stood pat„',..r
however, defeated his Hoots: at sea, in- W
cited coalitions against him, and in
the end brought about the final defeat .ha
at Waterloo. The thorn fn the flesh pa
of the Germans is the British calm wi
assertion, "We got Napoleon event -m
ually, and we will get you." eh
ee
How to Cook Roman Meal Porridge. M
Invariably use double boiler, or set
boiler in basin of boiling water. Have
ater boiling in both vessels, that in
nner one salted,to taste. Slowly stir
one cup Roman Meal to each two
ups water. Cover, set in outer ves-
1, and never stir again even while
rving. For early breakfast cook at
ening meal and warm in morning,
ing a little less Roman Meal. It's
ik, nutbrown, granular, rich por-
ridge. It nourishes better than meat,
prevents indigestion and positively
relieves constipation or "money back."
Ask your doctor. All grocers, 10 cents
and 25 cents.
Made by Roman Meal Co., Toronto.
y.
If we never made mistakes, how
would some people know we were
doing anything?
SlSinard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria.
You Can't Freeze Paw.
"Popp8rr,1"
"Well, what is it, son?"
"Where do they keep the street
car at night, -when it ain't running?"
"Oh, in a >barn."
"In a barn, like a horse? Why,
what do they feed it on?"
"Oh, currants."
e has generally made up his mind long
I before arguments are over, often be-
n,
forethey have begun. In his own
I time he acts quickly and sternly; at
I need, bloodily. He sees :few besides
n his Ministers. He is closely guarded
a since the attempt to assassinate him.
But to :foreigners, and indeed in gen-
- eral intercourse, he holds himself at
, perfect ease and with a courteous,
I pleasant manner,
"At any rate Yuan does not pro-
long such interviews beyond the usual
enquiries in the East: 'Is it your
first?' and 'How do you like Pekin?'
At present he is busy appointing local
Provincial Governors. He is a keen
judge of Wien, and has, through his
long and varied 'official life, made
widespread acquaintances that serve
him well. Ile works early and late.
new -laid egg and a handsome porrin-
ger of white bread and nmillc. Witli
this diet, notwithstading the menae"es
of;;my wise doctor, I ani 'now con-
vinced that I am no longe: in danger
of Staving:"
Even in France, Where epieu : cardsln
flourishes, those are. Big Eaters. Du,
ohs tells of the Viscount file Viol" -
Castel and the tt g,or he made. To a:
company of friends the Viscount said:
"A. singleesperson can eat a clinnel:
costing 500.' flames.""
Impossible!' was th0-simultane-
ous exclamation.
"I1 is well understood,",resumed
Trouble Ahead..
"The real and impending trouble;
will come from his actual abolition' of
representative government. It is
rettndIy asserted that without it no
Goveiaiment in China can endure.
Sober, elderly men say that, not
merely Bare -brained youngsters fresh
from ]nigh school.
"It was lone thing to trip up, to ob-
fuscate, and hold up to ridicule the
neophytes under Stun Yat Sen and the
Parliament they made: It will be
quite another to deny, at: the Presi-
dent now does, any real share in the
g'obernment to the people of China.
ED. 6,
ISSUE
Belgium's dislike of the Prussians
is no new thing, for the gallant little
country has had a taste of their me-
thods before. Southey travelled in
Belgium Within a few weeks of Wa-
terloo, and has left on record the
local opinion of the armies which were
engaged at that historic fight.
At Ghent he wl'ote: "The Hanover-
ions are not liked here, but the Prus-
sians are abominated. We hear of
nothing but their insolence and bru-
tality."
Brussels was equally emphatic in
its opinion. .There the Prussians were
"as much detested as the British were
popular," and he found the same
opinion expressed elsewhere.
"The behavior of the Prussians to-
wards the inhabitants is represented
as abominable; nothing but insolence
and violence•" The experiences of the
past few weeks .show that their char-
acter has not altered during the past
century.
Too Slott'.
A certain blacksmith, although an
expert at his trade, was quite ignorant.
of surgical methods. When he sprain-
ed his wrist ono afternoon hehurried
to a doctor's office.
The doctor examined the wrist, and
then took a small bottle from a shelf,
but found it empty.
"James," said he, turning to an
assistant, "go upstairs and bring one.
down a couple of: those phials."
"What's that?" exciahned the pas
tient, suddenly 'showing sighs of
emotion..
"I merely asked any assistant to
uring me down a couple of phials from
upstairs," answered the doctor,
"Mies!". !" cried the blacksmith. "No,
you don't! If that hancl'Iias gob • to
Come off, use an axeor a sawl"
il'Xiitl.:d's Ltnimeltt Crum Colds, Eta.
Do you wear glasses? -tie' you a
victim of eye strain or other 000 -Weak-
nesses? I so, you will bo glad to know
that there is real hope for you, Mani'
whose ,eyes were falling, say they have
had their eyes restored through the
Principle . of nelrimawonderful safters try ing
it; "I was almost blind; 50010 not - see
to read at all. Naw 1 can read everv-
thing without any .glasses and my -eyes
do not water any more. At night they
would earn dreadfully; now they. feel.
doe all the time. It was like a miraole
to me:. A lady who used it says: "The
atmosphere senn-e0 hazy. with or with-
out glasses but after using this pre-
scription for fifteen days everything
800118 clear. 1 can evert read tine print.
Without glasses." It le believed that
thousands who wear glasses can now
discard then 10 a reasonable time and
multitudes more krill be able to
strengthen their eyes so as to be spared
the trouble and expense of ever getting`
glasses. Eye' troubles of many descrip-
tions may be wonderfully benefited by
following the simple rules. Dere Is the
prescription: Go . to any active drug'
store and get a bottle of Bon-Opto. P111.
a two ounce bottle with warm water,
drop In one 1:300.0pta tablet and allow
to dissolve. With this liquid, bathe the
oyes MO to four times daily. Yon
should notice your eyes elear• up per-
ceptibly right from the start and In-
flammation w111 quickly disappear, 11'
your eyes are bothering you, even a
little, take steps to .save then} now be-
fore it is ton late. many hopelessly
blind might have been saved if they had.
cared for their eyes in times. if your
own. druggist cannot 011 this prescrip-
tion, send 01 to the Velma Drug Co.,
Toronto, for complete 13on-0pte home,
Treatment outfit—tablets and all,
ILLITERATE GENIUS.
Some Great Men Who Had Very Little
Education.
George Tinworth, the famous sculp-
tor, whose work adorns the great min-
ster at York, the Guards' Chapel, in
London, and the Cathedral at Truro,
was an illiterate genius. He probably
had not more than a year's schooling
in the whole of his life, says London
Answers.
His handwriting, which appears on
some of the best known works, is a
mere scrawl, and he could not spell.
Yet he won the unstinted praise of
Ruskin.
Grinling Gibbon,-, whose lovely, al-
most superhuman wood -carving is the
chief •glory of Chatsworth and many
other ducal mansions, as well as of
Windsor Castle, was picked up by the
famous diarist, John Evelyn,. in the
direst poverty and introduced to the
King.
Here is a letter he wrote to Evelyn,
which speaks for itself:
"Honied Sr,—I wold beg the fiver
wen you see Sr Josef( Williams again
you weld be pleased to speack to him
that bee wold get.me to Carve his,
Ladis Sons hous my Lord Kildare for
I onderstands it will be verry eonsid-
erabeil" ere.
Patrick Nasmyth, .whose pictures
may be seen in the National Gallery,
was not only illiterate, but, his right
hand being incapacitated, he painted
with his left,_and he was also very
deaf. Yet he had made his name by
the time he was twenty.
George Morland was another illiter-
ate genius, the mere prints of whose
pictures are worth big sums to -day.
He dictated his own epitaph: "Here
lies a drunken dog." He seldom took
a meal -with his wife, cooked his own
food, ate it off a Chair by the side of
his easel in his studio, where not only
pigeons flew but pigs ran about.
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LONDON IRISH EXPLOIT.
Electricity Milked From German
Lines Used for Lighting.
It is related of the London Irish
Rifles that on one occasion their tele
phone lineman happoled to find two
five cables nn the ground in the rear
of their trenches. No one knew to
whom they belonged or whence they.
cane, but rumor had it that the gen-
erating station was somewhere in the
?German lines,
The linesman promptly fitted wires
and carried them to the battalion
headquarters, the , dressing station,,
officers' dug -outs, .etc. Lamps were
found in the deserted houses of a vil-
lage just behind, and for many weeks
a first-class electric installation was.
in full working order, with power sup
plied by Germany.
When the platoons charged the Ge
man trenches at Loos some bright spi-
rits tools a football with them!
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Minercl'e Liniment Cures G5l1'S•et in Cows
He Knew It.
"There's lots of money in stocks,"
"Quite right; that's where mine
went:"
THREE VITAL QUESTIONS
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ie We foundation of good health; Paine and op.
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