The Huron Expositor, 1918-02-01, Page 6a
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F YOUR CHILD IS CROSS,
FEVEil1St4 C;OMPATED
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ummisimata*****,,, •
Steele Mother! If toegue, Is coated1
ithinnetalittle bowel* with "Calle
**Oa Sydup-en Nos?
et., in a /re
1101Tiere tan resteeesy after giving I
"California Syrup of Figs," bemuse in I
iwenlioure ail the clogged -up vestal
ittour bile sad fermenting food gently':
Moves out of the bowels, and. you have
a well, playful* child again.
Sick children needn't be coaxed to
take, this harmless "fruit laxative."
Millions of mother keep it bendy be-
cause Obey blow its action -on the atom- 1
aeh, liver and bowels is prompt and sine.
, Ask your drugest for a bottle of
"California Syrup of Figs," which con-
tains directions for babied, et
all ages and for memlinillit
&Penny of getting de; win** *Ise et
fOoder it, •
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inoiden
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--Chrintnitoi'40**.';
'front one Of thee
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'What lit good enitegh for my:OL
woman- is quite , good' enengh ten.
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Ja.m. es Watson
GerterAl Insurance Agent
Real Est & and Loan Agent
Dealer in Sewing Machines,
Four good houses for sale, °
conveniently situated in the
Town of Sesiorth., Tants
r reasonable and possaudon
given promptly
Apply at my office for particulars.
HAD BOILS
and PIMPLES
ON FACE ANC( BODY.
Boils and pimples are simply evidences
of bad blood that is circulating in the
system coming to the surface:
The only way to rid youreelfeotthese
painful and unsightly blood diseases
to have your blood purified bkiluidock
Blood Bitters. It removes eve,rn pen
tide of foul material from thh-blood, and
the skin becomes clear and smooth, and
free from alreruptions.
Mr. Roy` didlBovay, Trenton', Ont.,
writes:—"Two yeasi ago 1 wa,i- very
much troubled with boils and pimples
on my face and body. A friend advised
me to take Burdock Bibod Bitters. I
got three bottles, and before I had
finished the 'third one my boils and
pimples had all disappeared, and my
faee and body' were as dear and as
smooth as any baby's could be."
Burdock Blood Bitters has been on the
market for over 40 years. You are not
experimenting when you buy it.
Manufactured only by The T. Mil..
burn Cm, Limited, Toronto, Ont.
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[TAKES OFF DANDRUFF,
HAIR STOPS FALLING
Balm your Hair! Get a small bottle
of Danderine right now—Also
stops itching scalp.
Thita brittle, colorless and tieraggy
&air ds mute evidence of' a neglected_
scalp; of dandruff—that awful scurf.
There is nothing 'so destructive to
the hair as 'dandruff. It robs the hair
of its lustre, its strength and its very
life; eventually producing a feverish-
ness and itehing of the scalp, will& if
not remedied causes the hair mots to
shrink, loosen and cite-4nm the hair
falls out fast. A little Danderineto-
gaht—now—any time --will surely save
r hair.
Get a small bottle of Knowlton's
Danderjne from any drug store. You
surely CM have beautiful hair and lots
of it if you erill just try a little Dan-
derine. Save your hair! Try IV.
MILLIONS DIE
.2
Every year from Consuniption,
Itnillione could have been saved tf
only common sense prevention had
been used in the nest stage. If YOU
ARE a Sufferer from Asthma, Bron-
chitis, Catarrh, I ieurisy, Weak
Lungs, Cough and Colds—all Die
eases leading up to Consumdtion—
Tuberculosis, YOU ARE interested
in Dr. Strandgardni T. B. Medicine.
Write for Testimonials altd-Beeklet.
DR. STRAITDdARD'S MEDIerNt 00.11
263-266 Yonze Street. Toronto
SUMESIVEZIONEMCNINIMINI
END STOMACH TRoUBLE,
GASES OR DYSPEPSIA
"Pape'e telapepsin" makes sick, sour,
gassy stomachs surely feel fine
in five minutes.
If what tont just ate is souring on
your ttomacher liet like a lump of
lerel, or you hi.ich gab and eructate
mite undigested food, or have a feeling
of dittinett. heartburn, fullness, nausea,
aid Mote in mouth and stomach -head -
:Moe you can get relief in five minutes
by neutraTioing acidity. Put an end to
stye stomach distreos now by getting a
large afttecent case of Pape's Diapepsin
from any drug otore. You realize in
five minutes how needlots iris to suffer
from indigestion, dyspepsia, or any stom-
ach disorder caused by food fermentation
due to excessive acid in stomach.
$20a00,Q:
to lend on Thema Second
Mortgages. Call or write 'me at
once and get your loan arranged
by velum mail. No advance
charges.
Z. R. REYNOLDS,
77 Victoria lit., Toronto.
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6 7
grodnd shook; rnd
the German treneheiti,thera
hung' `CtOttkig 63tUrof
ittruiee which driftedlilowly
across the front with the wind. AS
if by clockwork the men got out of
their benches and walked Slowly
:over No Man's Land behind the
-
creeping barrage toward the reeking
caldnen. A great long line of men
thousands and, thousands of men;
but do not think of them as the men _
of "some of our &anti regiments
who did well, whom weare now al-
lowed to mention." as stoma "kilted
battalions and Canadians, who great-
-17 distinguished themselves"; do not
think of them in the mass, - rather
think of the in,dividual.
The farmhand, until twowears age
just a clod-hoppingmountreinan, was
there; and the local lawyer's a,r-
tided clerk.
Every, notwand then he looked me-
chanlialny to his left and right and
grinned.. enkt least be made.a contor-
tion wfth his fanial muscles.' which
experience 'told him used to produce
a 'grim He did it to encourage the
six Whether he succeeded or not
is immaterial. The intention, was
good, ;even if the peculiar tightness
of the, skin spoiled the result. ()a-
casionall3r he spoke. -No one could
have heard what:he Beide but once
again tbe intention was good. •
"Staten" `bons-e-cothe on." Ile
said it.four °relive- times and punct-
uated it With grimes Then he tripped
over a body and cursed„ He wonder-
ed if he wil.s deing all right; he want -
derail if 'Shorty was pleased With
him. The funk semed to have_gone:
In its place had come a kind of dazed
doggedness, while a fury of impati-
ence to justify himself and his pow-
ers of leadership shook him at times.
Surely to God they could go taster
than this cursed ,crawl. Why was
the barrage lifting so slowly? 0
seemed interminable that walk over
the torn -up earth. The gillie from a
-Scotch stream and the bartender
from a Yukon saloon walked side -by
side, and close to them a High
Church curate in a captain's unit.
form grinned pleasantly and strolled
on.
The sheep Pincher, the poacher,
the fifth son of an inipecenious earl,
and the man froni the chorus were
all there, leaving their respective
lives: behind ;them, the things which
they had dole good- and bad, the
success and the failures. For the
moment nothing mattered save that
seething volcano in front; it might
be the end—it might not.
And sone wereequtet and some
were green, some era sheeting and
some were red, some r laughed and
some cursed. But whatever they did,
however they took it, the leaders of
whom t have spoken each in his own
sphere, big or little as the case
might be, kept 'em, held 'em, looked
after 'em, cheered "em.
And so in a dazed world of kis
own Reginald Simpkins, lance cor-
poral, walked over No Man's Lana.
And yet the German trenches were
still someway off.
• He grinhed again and tented
round just in, time to see the garage
assistant next to hire fall forward
into a shell hole and lie with his
head stuck in the slimy ooze at the
bottom. He fro -weed and then al-
most uncomprehendingly he saw the
back kg the fallen man's head. Of
course—he was shot, that's what it
was: hls six were reduced to ave.
'Then they came to the trenches—
the front line, or what was left of it.
Jest facing them a man 'with his
hands above his head opened and
shut his mouth. He appeared to be
saying eomething, but no voice could
be heard above the din. Reginald
grinned again; the Hun, who jwas
trying to imitate a .fish, struclebini
as a humorous spectacle.
Once more they were advanding
again over the other side of the
trench; the moppers-up would attend
to the piscatorial 'gentleman. Our
friend was better now—eery much
better, he felt sure of himself; in
fact, absolutely sure of himself.
In addition, he was beginning to
get excited. And then a machine
gun opened ere. Hundreds of -other
machine guns opened fire, too, but
this one was Reginald's machine gun
—the one that concerned his...limited
horizon. For a moment it did not
strike him that way, althoug-h he saw
the gun_ quite .clearly . He looked
round for help, and on looking round.
for help he found that his five and
three Others who were close to him
were looking to bim for help. And
he realized his responsibility; he had
learned a lesson.
It was a masterly little piece of
work, an •excellent piece of subordin-
ate leadership. With his arm he di-
rected those eight—he had not been
trained as a scout in vain—and with
;the loss of only two he got them out
lof the direct zone of fine. A few
ruenees later he, -with the six 're-
maining, fell upon that gun's team
from a dank. In ave seconds It was -
over and the little group passed an.
"I've got it this time, Shorty," re-
marked Simpkins, and he seemed to
speak with difficulty. The roar of
the guns was passing onward; the
din was not quite so deafening. "My
belly old back seems all numb."
"Is the tank clearing 'em out,
Shorty?" The dying man interrupt-
ed his thoughts and he looked up
to see what was happening.
"It is that, son; it's doing fine. The
old thing is sittin' there like a broody
hen, spittle' at 'em, and the swine
are running like --
And sch Reginald Simpkins, lance-
col-poi-all-1nd man, fired his last' shot.
Heavens knows where it went, all
that matters is that a renning gray -
,green figure 200 yards away sudden-
ly threw his hands aboye his head
and pitched -forward on Ins face.
CASTOR 1
At Wants and Children.
The Mad Wu Have Always
Beers the
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s, eates, t I i le ,li'C'd ' 1
if Ion haat s , ,s t ... ,
tintaltinedle"..ntthildin; 4" bp kondead- a•:‘,
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-thilielr'ilood'saFtiserl"tdd.tod';you otherrtuffert: 1;041"It_ ,e;-.6 '
It is 1 an nutstandlaw 'Oath/vein- the ,
r
hundreds of letters received by a woe
minted firm of inanu acturing.druggists
that after retutnin thanks for . the
relief afferded, the . ipish is expressed to
let others know. the
Here are a few
interest anyone who
1, "I have tecfemm
' some of nay frien 1
in the Berne way" I,
ts that *rill'
as Itheumatism—
ndel Gin Pills to
who are troubled
"Would advise d1 sufferers facia
, Rheumatism to traGin Pills."
"I recommend tin Pills to every-
one ?offering as I /I
•
ensure in recom-
to aU "offerers
"I take
mending Gin
from Rheui?latism.
If you would like the names and
addresses of these people who are so
happriia recommit i g Gin ,Pills
atso a free sample to Ari fofk lret
--eimple drop &fillet° e Natil _ g
84 Chemicsk Co.+tie anode, IfiMitedt .
Torotitia(la. addresi
NinAteirte Inc.
202 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y.) t tau
r ers sell Gin Pitts on a siriet gust
of satiefactioin or your money
ft. a box or -0 boxes for $2.511.
111,111111=1*****M*
lit ,..serieuslyi fent
. the ,lineinetain
ekasMes nest net* -
ilitnitottnOntfter haning, lied* 4
ths-Agitso the mpg—
FEBRUATIT 1 tins
,
einerlfu f therlifintS1 WHITENTOUR SIUN
anyone."
Airmen's $2,500 WOOLS
Blg fortunes have been made by
the alrtnen who test new airplane*.
There have been instancee wliere
,single aviator has dratith a nheck for
$2,500 for a week's Weik:
It is iteldem that these highly
trained men get less than $500 a
•week, for they 'usually Ireeeive ;125,
for every trial trip they Make: They
are retained and pain by , private
firms on Government contracts, and
from the nature of the TOILS they run.
their reward is not extraintgant.
'Every time they go Op in,s, now
machine—even though it bas- paned
the severe factory test—the 'expert
flyers take their lives in their hands,
and moretha!i one has Oahe to grief
owing to some stmetural 4,00. is
-the machine thateoulditetbe detect-
ed until the strain ,of 'dying brought
iit t0-.1ight,
wwwww_ww„Ii:ams„
HOW THE GERMAN'S. PROPOSE
TO RESTORE POPULATION'.
Gr110to it that no .ftuton organ
7/MAN rallitarhms has sees
of democracy protests
want' the, leltir litiggestiee
of polygamy within, the =Piro
which a spokesman ofknitur Pro-
poseaL Silent assent Is given by tbi
.powera that be to this -seriously dia.
cussed abandenhig of'mar,ab; and Is
the pamphlet .or bail Herman"
Torge, a scientist, in which "second-
aty marriages" are urged for the per.
Petuation,, of the fighting stet*.
t Rene Tonges milts is passphiel
"The Secondary Marriage as the Only -
Means for the Rapid Creation of a
New and Powerful, Army," and its
publication by the Cologne fwm of
Oscar Muller has been aided by the
Government in that several ndilion
copies of it have been &stranded
gratis to Teuton soldiers in the
trenches and to . German women in
the homes, and in, that no Criticism
or objection to its radical proposals
have, been Permitted by, tbe altmow-
erfal muratere of the pesos.
Frsoiklo and directly ;Herr Terva
advises- did' abandonmeat of modern
morals ovine ground ot expedien.ey.
Aside tem uaquestioned serious-
ness withterhich the patilPhiet's Pm'
positi is ticeived in Germany, it
remarkable in its contention of oat
cial German concern over the Is
of its soldiers. The writer admits
terrific war wastage whisk nowt be
made good, and he dereps upon the
lamentable decline of- the btrth rate
in the years. „of peace_ • immediaten
preceding ens war. :Mho Army Wad
be maintained, _and, its welfare is kna
onlr argument and ittscation fer
his propmed of pontgamy.
He -denies that the expense of mare
rled Iffe is the main reason why men:
remain unmarrieO, and' he deals at
some length With the economic train-
ing of women for isarelage. He then
leads up to his main proposals with
a chapter which declares that "the
conception of immorality is relative,"
and. that "good morale are only what
the upper eta -sees of society approve."
The l'facte" are said to give Gersoanir
"the justification, in ease of neoes-
stty, to pot the stamp of moratitr
upon what to -day weans immoraLa
The wain proposals are stated as
'gallows:
"Worsen of all elaoses of sone' ty
wbo have reached a cestaln age' are,
in the interestos of. the fatherland,
not- only anttiorised but milled span
to eider into a secondaryy mazginget
which is supported by personal
elination. ' Only a married man; may
be the object- of this inelinattos, and
he must have the consent of his mar-
ried wife.. This Conittion is emcee -
vary in order to Prevent th.O mischief
which otherwise might surely be ex-
pected.
"The oflipping of these lawful se-
toadary marriages bear :the name of
their niotber, maid are handed over
to the care of the etate, unless the
mother assumes responnibility for
them. They are to be regarded in
evert respect ati fully equal members
of society., The 'mothers wear a, par -
tow wedding ring as Sign of tbLetr
patriotism. The secondary manriage
;ean be dissolved as. tenni ,as tits ob-
Iect has been attained."
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Elsewhere Herr Torges says tmn
be thinks that the objects of his new
Institution can be fulfilled in twenty
years and that secondary marriages
raight then be abolished. He ends his
pamphlet as follows:
' "The difficulties consiet solely in
ethidal scruples, whicle, notwith-
standing the issue of the Droner re-
gulations by the state, Will continue
to operate until conscience has dis-
posed of them. Thus this question
becomes a religious question, which
can be solved only with the help of
the clergy. It rests, therefore, with
the women and the clergy, assisted
by the state, te determioe whether
Germany snail be able not only to
maintain herself on her present pin-
nacle of literality but by her own
strength to stand up in the future as
in the present to the pressure of
enemies who are increasing numeri-
cally,"
LORD RHONDDA 'CNDID ABOUT
FOOD CONIEITIONS
; ,
OMPULSORY eationing is to
be put 14e effect in Britain
at an (fade date,. according
, to Lord Rhoiidda, the Food ,
Contzeiller. He prefeced his reeent
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anaouncement by sa ng that he Wen
afraid that commit ory ' rationing
. would have to come, and that it*as
on its way, and then1 declared that
kb department had completed *
scheme, and that as on aa the wince
tion of the Cabinet ti4d been receiv-
ed it would be carried Out. ,.
Lord Rhondda war ed hie hearers
that there would con, ieue to be a
shortage, though the »oiition would
improve, and improve steadily. .
'There is nothing aarming in the
situation," he said. 'You have only
to tighten your belt. The people of
this country are uncle going nothing
like the prtration.s lin Germany.
There they have less than a pound of
meat a week."
The Food Controlle , pointed out
that the import of but4ter in Novem-
ber and December, 19t7, amounted
to only three thousandl tons, as com-
pared with thirty' the seed tons in.
November and Dece ber, 1015.
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tow? *Holum • -
However, there had been
ous inordase in the pro
margarine in Britain, an,
the capacity of the tanto
be four times what it w
Referring to the meat
Lord Rhoadda, said he did
to threaten; he did net wa
man,deer cattle, but the
would be there to carry
to market when the time
There was going to be
shortage of meat during Ja
after that . he hoped the,
would improve ' consideraal
Before the war forty per
the meat consumed by civilians was
imported from abroad; A -day a
large part of the hnportea Meat
11 °norm-
uction of
by. June
ies would
in 1915.
shortage,
not want
t to com-
• aehin.ery
he cattle
ame.
a great
•uary, but
position
cent. of
went to the army, leavieg, s „than
ten per cent. for -cieilians.
was, however, no -great dep 'efibh- in
cattle in the country. It w s leaher
cattle, but there was a lurg supply.
"Food," said Lord Rhon da;, "in
my opinion should have pri rity of
tonnage and finance. Th re has
been an enormous increase i wages,
aggregating one hundred mlllion
sterling a year, and this incrm se, the
ea.mapaaa.e.**.p....a..-3..o,••••••
1 Sure! High Heels1
I Cause Corns BO
Who Cares NOW
**110.*.******•ilmi*.*,>0.0..44.1t
Because style decrees that women
crowd and buckle up their tend r toes
in high heel footwear they sufferfrom
iceman then they cut aid trita a these
painful pests which merely ma es the
corn grow hard. This suicidal habit
may cause lockjaw and women are
warned to stop it.,
A few drops of a- drug celled freez-
Ono applied directly upon a sor corn
givesquick relief and soon. the tire
corn, root and all, lifts out w thout
pain. Ask the drug store man for a
quarter of an ounce -of freezone, itrh1ch
costs very little but is sufficient o re-
move every hard or soft corn or his
from one's feet.
This drug is an ether compoun and
dries in a moment and simply sh'vela
up the corn without' inflaming or even,
irritating -the surroundieg titan or
ekin. elip this out and pin ou our
wife's- drown
A Terrible Ride.
To ride nfteen, hundred feet at
break -neck speed on the tail -end of
a snowslide oyer the manuntains of
the rugged, Seekirks and to 'be plung-
ed into chasm 250 feet deep, .and
then come out alive, Is the experience
of four maws employed at the Set-
ting Bull- property, near Inverraere,
B.C. After the plunge they were
buried in the snow, but managed to
gain the surface after SGr.e..tio.1 nours
cf unceasing toil. They were b.em-
tried in an all sides, min the walls of
the crevasse rese sheer over them
for hundreds of feet. In this condi-
tion they remained fer nearly fifty
hours. When:they were ready to
give umea rope from.: the heights
overhead came *dangling° down from
a reecue nartyl The men- tiad had
nothing to eat, and eivere,• duffering
from the cold"- Three of, the miners
*Weis Aleand Vied' ii-Rusal
Over one* hundred.' t.-eittin, Aitir
cenitedeelietteinto in Inittograddnitren it
is teiottedenield the equivident .
two':hundred. and sixteen. thousand
gallons of vine aleoltol eitocelleeetuti-
liquitredict took. elect.- Solite of this
Is legitimate buelmeete but • it le, ase
serted that tbe trestle mainly cOldliste
of Hales to Personswho use .these
alcoholic . reparation as boverageo.
RHEUMATISM A MYSTERY
•••••••••••••••=>
This Trouble Is Rooted in the Bleed
aid Can Only be oared by ,
laariching the Blood.
Some diseasei give immunity from
another attack, but rheumatism I treat before Mackeneen, even swifter
works juid the other 'way. Every at- I than, her Adymice. The RVISSiall ad -
'tack of rheumatism invites another- % valise was similarly halted; Russian
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worse than that, it rRuces the body's armies that were supposed to sup -
.port Roumania were held up by lack
of transport and munitions. Thee
ester overerhelmed Roumania. I
German 'Strategy with regard to
Reamanba-ii‘intene am' been clic-
tided by timotives.The lirst and
Orions nenetwiti the possession. by
`GerMally .the -great! theta ikna
;supplies- of her little eneraY;:i These
were,Nadly. needed .and Aspeedily ac-
quired. . Then. Gerntanyithrough all
her creatures about the Owe Wished
to 0,80 the.Routnanian disaster to ilia -
press upon hint the aecoacitywf --a
separate Pence, er,Perhospaitalteduce
throughout Ruktda, A ., ,maktiment in
fever .of ending, _the mar. „Otte that
part of the programme was carried
0)14( the second part failed; The
Cow' did not sue tor a tePalste
Peace: The eorresPendence in the
hands of Mr. Le •Queux does not re-
present thetesar as a. traitor to
Rues*. If he were, there was no
need for 'Rasputinat operations. The
Czar merelfsr appears ' as a weak-
minded .ruler misted by . his wife
and by nearlyeveryoneelse in whom
he trusted.
- °Van Mist • 4. ant ;telt
ettlaratedlell
meek fit:then without
,-
everytithig 1004
MI &boat 'bee the Italie
victorien*.Ste man
lijitee• if Ate did 11;4 Ore"
In her lin With the Mlles Imined-
lately her, assistance rated be noldbi.
tecialved:- when proffered. 'Her mill -
nary experts seld ;that she was \ not
riteany for want her political directors
bettered that It was "now or never."
;The Rani= • suggestion name to'
R011.1311Allii really as an Ultimatum.
She must, either declare, war against
F: Gera -any or declare herself an ally
of Germ:may. Rallraa111111 did not
Watts.* and assured- that Bulgaria
would not attack her, she Proceeded
to attack Austria-Hungary. At the
outset she rept all before her. Then
•
.Tiliktetl -
drone store -et
yotztori
fmca;ff
In
there came a pause, and tben a re -
power so that each attack Is worse
n-han the one, before.
If any disease needs curing early
it is rheumatism but there is scarcely'
any disease that phsyicians find
more difficult to treat s .uceessfuly.
When a medicine does, cure rheinsist-
hism therefore it is worthy of special
notice. Medical authorities agree that
the blood beremes thin with alarming'
rapidity as rheumatian, develops.
Maintaining the quality of the blood
titherefore a reasonable way of pre-
venting and combatting rheum
That it works out hie:fads* Aetna by
the beneficial effeeta whken follow the
treatment of rhetunationt, acute, mus -
cuter and articular, with that great
blo'. . tonic, Dr. Williamis' Pink Pills.
t thousands of people who
have taken Dr. ,Willisuns' Pink Pills
for their rheumatism have been cur-
ed is a_ fact beyond dispute. That
rheumatism does not return as long
as the blood is kept rich and rod is
equally true. If therefore, you are
suffering from rheumatism in any
form You should lose no time in giv-
ing Dr. Williams' Pink Pills a fair
trial. Mr. A. E. Hinton, Western
Av., Toronto, says: "Up. to about
a year ago my wife had suffered for
nearly three years froin rheumatism
from which she suffered greatly.
She had been under the, care of sev-
eral doctors, besides spending dol-
lars on advertised cures, but did not
get any relief. One day talking.to a
fellow clerk, she said her sister had
been cured of this trouble by Dr.
Williams' , Pink Pills. Although
not feeling very hopeful 1 took two
boxes home that evening and urged
iny wife to try them. By the time
they were used they had done her so
much good -that she required no
Pressing _to continue the treatment,
and after taldng six or seven boxes
she was completely cured. As I have
said this was about a year ago'and
she has had no return of the imouble
gime. I feel very grateful for the
immense good Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills have done my wifei and I hope
other sufferers will benefit by her
experience.
You can get these pills through
any dealer- in. ntedicinee or by mail
at 50 cents a box or six boxes for
$2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medi -
eine Go, Brockville,Ont.
I 7
ROUMANIA: THE VICTIM_ OF
RUSSIAN TRAITORS ,
WILLIAM LE QUEUX has
been well k DOWD. fi.r
years as a sensational
novelist dealing prefer-
ably with diplomacy and internee
tional intrigues. Since the war he :
- is entitled to a more lasting fame.
While he was writing his apparently
incredible stories of adventure he
was studying the Germaa genet
service, and it is on record that sev-
eral ternes he tried to warn. the Bret -
bit Goverameat of Germany's real
intentions. Mr. Le Qneux has been
able to deenonstrate that he 'was
alive to the situation, and that he
was In a position to get first -id
information that no member of the
British secret service had been able
to secure. Mr. Le Queux is in pos-
session of a copy of the correspon-
dence carred on between Berlin. and
Rasputin, the Russian monk, who
served as the Raiser's tool in the
court at Petrograd. The novelist has
discovered eattlence in the corres-
pondence of a dastardly plot against
King Ferdinand of Roumania lied his
country. The aim of the plot was to
put Roumania in a position where it
would be possible to crush the footle -
try and dethrone the monarch_ Up
• to the summer of 1916 Rottmania
had played the game rather cleverly.
She had succeeded in keeping Ger-
many ix doubt as to her ultimate in-
tentions, while she prepared for the
conilifict These were direful days
for Germany in the Ewe. Brussiloff
RING FgnraNAND
had resumed his drive. Lechitsky
had scored IL great triumph. The
German people were hungry for a
victory or for news of a victory.,
Though Brussiloffwas d.angerous,
VW&
11.
THE BLIGHTING HAND OF
SCANDAL
HIR.TY-TWO years have gone
since a wave of consterna-
tion passed over England
with the news that it grave
charge had been made against one of
her greatest and most popular states-
men, a man of ireeproochable reputa-
tion. The .news 'was paralysing, in-
credible, impossible, and yet it was
true.
"Sir Charles Dilke's fall," Mr.
Justin MeCarthy wrote a few months
later, "is like that of a tower. He
stood high above any rising English
statesman; and„ but for what hair
happened he must hive been Prime
Minister atter Gladstone." There'
was, indeed, no more brilliant
and promising, statesman of his
day. From his first entry into the
House of Commons he had been
marked for a. great career. He was a
born political leader, a speaker and.
debater of rare skill, and he had a
knowledge of foreign, aE-airs
unap-
proached by any other man at West -
minter. He had achieved European
fame; and, to fill his cup of success
and happiness, he was about to
YriarrY a woman of singular sweet-
ness and charm, whom he loved, ami
who loved him with a rare tender-
ness and passion—Mrs. ,,Mark Patti-
son, widow of the rector of Lincoln
College. And it was at this supreme
hour of his triumph that the blow
fell—a "thunderbolt" from a sky of
unbroken. blue—which hurled him
from his pedestalto the dust.
On the evening of July I8th, 1885,
Sir Charles had returned from a din-
ner given by the Reform Club; a
which he •was the •guest of honor, to
find awaiting him a letter drone, an
old friend who asked hied to call on
the following morning on "grave
business." And it was at this inter-,
view that he /earneV that the wife of
a Liberal member a Parliament had
volunteered a confession to her hes-
band.that she had been unfaithful te
him with Sir Charles Dilke immed-
iately after her marriage. • •
This was the terrible a,ceusa,tion
that he was so suddenly tattled upon
to face—a charge which, if it could.
be proved, meant irretrievable ruin
and ,disgrate, at the very zenith ef
his career. and Promise -
Terrible as the potation *as la
which Dilke found himself, he faced
it with characteristic calmness and
courage. There was Still a hope,
however slight,' that the scandal
might be kept from, public know-
ledge; but within sefew days this
hope was dashed to the ground when
he learned that legal, proceedings
were to be taken.
To Mrs, Pattisen, at whale feet he
had so gladly and proudly laid as
tribute his great; position in the,
world, he wrote in this dark hour,
when his career was in such dine
peril: 'I feel .this may kill you—
and it will kill me, either if it kills
you or if you don't believe me."
This was indeed, by far the bitter-
est -drop. itt bis cum of suffering. His
trust was not misplaced. Mrs. Patti-
son from her bed of sickaess at once
cabled a message of absolute trust itt.
him and Unquestioning faith la leis
complete innocence. And that tbe
world might have no doubt_ of her
loyalty, she also cabledto The Times
an announcement of • her engage-
ment. Well • might Lora: Granville
write to Dilke, "I wish you joy mast
sincerely. The announcement says
much for _ate woman whom you have
chosen."
It was a misfortune for Dilke that
Mr. Gladstone formed his- new Min-
istry before the ,great case came on
for hearing; and thus was unable
to offer a place in it to a man who,
however , distinguished, was • still
under the shadow' of so serious a
charge. At the trial the charge
against Sir Charles was dismissed
with costs, the judge saying express-
ly that there was no case for him to
answer.
Immediately there 4...rose a virulent
campaign against him by a section of
ithe press. A scathing -and pitiless at-
tack was 'made on him by Mr. Stead,
in the Pall Mall, in which allege
tions of a most serious nature were
put forward.
Never 'Was a more pitilese and un-
scrupulous campaign directed -against
any man. nTot only in the prese were
ANImpspr
-„
free . tes,
rouglitiosi '
soft 'and eJ.ir 6:chin- hietseeei.- Yee
.,
It it harmleee, and thenetentifit Windt*
-will surprine you.y - - I -: •
411=1111.11.1;r1M1114.,
hoirible'eharges Of immorality
than saggested against bill; Mot
tongue of scandal gaffe am* &dal*
and circiliihtingal 411'
the dliettOoldon-iiindeenceeLottileghar
almost rhaing 'Mons OVAIMIC dime ,
roue, Philipps .01 thf1este4;
Want ot-13mAlso*Mtlipemladat
Charles wari-peisge
con* bad: lail0e****10111
-
-shaticter,"
awned, advice *Met WilIVIPS
▪ tbe judge, be Ail* gone in*
the nritnewheit..to - hiasseir
ems- engnii*, . was Oft
'NSW
music" that oi�4 t 1160414111MoroOli
smutlett.
•, To the-clissegtikat basthidieldrueura
frac. Pazilament, -he wrote .1n-- Iskia
Wary: "RisavaaCiatiteinatAa 411104111
ma our ofiviblie,11$0.4 ABS iui
SO now, in- Mal kaaid ts 'my *Po
and to Chantberlakop Wore tits
whole. trath--and: I am. an ,innOaseih.
-ire found Mmself avoided ittFar.
Itantent; .he was a social outcast;
splendid eareer of publie seryiaa was
ignominiously ended.. The atolls&
bad fallen in irretrievable ruin. r
With what courage and ,pationat
be bore thhescruel blow, supported
the touching devotion of his wife am&
the ioyatty of hiss friends, the won
still remeabers. A few-Yeere Wow
ho returned to Westminster an mem-
ber for the Pored of an. But lom
never regahted_anything Ms Ids obit
intense.. The Story of Wines 4111111L --
f all is one of the laddelit tragedies**
the history of English politlio.,411b-
Bits. _
WHERE SUPERSTITION REIGNS,.
Witch Rocbar litotes Thousandsan the-
, Far East
Most of the homes in Canada ,aro,
ruled by the ehubh3r tst - ef Mac
Baby, but in countries where super-
stition rules, the chubby fee can only
beat impotently against the cell ota
terture into which superstition hase
thrust -ham. The innocent babies are
supposed to him as many evIl spiritio
as the grown-aps. In Angola, them
"aleaettounted 50 cuts, made in Cadres'
to let out the evil spirits, on a babe
only five months cad!, One woutors
it the ern spirits neaded so mower
exits.
Unless the. witch-decter varies kite
"cures," he loses Ids' presage. Se
he may assure the anziousmother
that the evil spirits van escape an
well through burns as through eat=
Blindly following the only Medical
advice they know, the parents them-
selves will sometimes heat an Ikea
red-hot and touch their tiny Mail
over the head, neck, and even timor
abdomen, leaving onlr a mall Malmo
between the burns. Then. wrapping
the little form in a clean or, ana
oftea, dfrty cloth, they leave it hir,
recover or die.
If a Chinese baby dies, 'the orir
spirit when released will enter *bet
body of the neat child berm. In order
to prevent this eatable", the Inmate
"tie an egg and some mustard 164
to the body ofi-tltesdead cbild itt thir
belief that the-eVil epfrlt w1fl not'
pear until the egg hatiebes ;a4d.
seed sprouts. - The :attbibinninineliblr-
carefully boil the egg send theigersthe
order to postpone the &to indefistita-
ly."
Superstition seems to un only sm-
other name for lack of commonest et
canison sem*. Take, for Instals.,
the 'African parents wile found their
child's- skull partly torn away Wain*
brain leid bare by the, attacl ot
hyena. Did they rusb tbe emit' kg
even a witch -doctor? No. Timor
ran atter the hyena, for as long
the animal lived ,their ehild could mot
reeever! In tido ease elle pares*
couldn't and the hyena so Voir
brought the child:after ,severallyammi
to the medical missionary,. Fort**
ately, he was able to ..pateh
brains and is now deesreloping_thein
Ia WO of our in1ssi0n;e4illiab1a,„
There * no satoguarfit_ttsor-bogilms
tbe world Wait :natithInfitratee tie Ilk -
wait° of Immix •itininfloian Bun
even that per ts,n*it-Woof
the fence of sorperatitise. iWouten
who are MOW Christleas adesit that
they have used a heavY grub -bee- hal
tear and cut to mineemeat the fame
of batty girls, thereby tureing
the Wrath of devile ,Whe mune thabi
family with too many gill IrsailValt
Some of these woanen hale, east oat
even boy babies to be eat* by till*
village dogs witb the idea that stein
boys aro demons ia disguise, wisp -
beg care, worry, and- debt.---WeiSli
Gotlook.
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The Reek& Language.
Addlitional evidence ef the De-
creasing nee of the Engilelt taigas
As the most nearly universal weiria.
language is furnished by the
Ari -
can consul at Guaraeta, „Ecuideteo.
we.* reports that at tbe beglatelag
the collegiate year at the ,;•Vielele
Rotemfuerte CoHege at Gurtyaqtftt ofelit
hundred and thlity-nine students sue-
triculated, of 'whom nineteen enter-
ed the French classes and one hu*e
dred and twenty the English. t
No Piker.
"I'm 'worrying about the outcome;
of the war."
"Better worry about your rent."
"Oh, hang the rinet! When I bor-
row trouble I borrow a hunk of #
worth while."
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