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•*1 ll DRINK PLENTY WATER TELUB now TO Cl'RB nilEUMATISM AND THE KIDNEYS. Gives Readers Adviceâ€" AIro Tells of « Simple Prescription to rJuke a nome- Madc Mixture. Now is llw lime when the doctor gels titiy, snd lite patent medicine mttnu- (ucturers reap the hurvesl, unloss great care is taken to dress wnnnly and Itcjp the feel dry. This is the advice of an old eminent authority, wlw says that Rlieumaasm and Kidney trouble wea- ther is here, and also lells what to do In ca.se of an attack. Get from anv good prescription phar- macy one-half ounce Fluid Extract Dandelton, ooe ounce Compound Kar- gcn, three ounces iximpound Syrup Shr.sBparina. Mix by shaking In a bot- tle and take a teaspoonful after meals and at bedtime. Also drink plenty of •water. You can't drink too much of It. Ju*l try this aimplc home made mix- ture, and don't forget ttie water, a*, tb» flrst sign of Rheumatism, or if your back aches or yon feel that (he kidneys are not acting just right. This Is said to be a splendid kidney regulator, and almost certain remedy fcr all forma of nheumatlsm, which Is caused by uric acid In the blood, which the kldneya fail to Oiler out. Any one can easily prepare tills at ho.nae and at small oosl. Almost any druggist In the Bmnller towns can supply the ingredient* tiamed, as they are oommoai/ used in tliu prescription deparliueul. PERIL AHEAD FOR ENGLAND. Will Have .Trouble in Culoniea and . Eo7pii Astrologers Predict. It astrologers, cspt^Lally those who (oretell the hai.pcnings of a year before Its birth, really believe th&ir own pre- diotlons, tbey must have none but the gloonucst of outlooks for the year 1908, and must, tadeeJ, bo intserabl* men. Decrease in trade, increase in the price cf money, wars and niniors of wars, •edition and revolt, political ups and 4owns, earthquakot, InlernaUonal trou- bles, disease, and other troubles, are «U prerticle'l tor the coming year. TIms prloc ..I wli at will b« high, says an astrologer, and U>«re will be & (allure of root crops. "Sephenal," editor <jf the "Forecast." and a new weci<ly, "Fuluros," was ask- ed recenUy In Ivon'lon to calculate a â- peclal horoscope for the year, and some of tl>e more inlcwaUng of the predic- tions are given beiow. 'The year 1908 is likely to prove one of tho most fateful In f" • liiatory of England. Tlii<> . '..lajor f)lanets, Nep- tune, liraiius, and Saturn, will hold cardinal signs, and bo responsible for the dovelopuienl <if gioat polllical crises. On Iho 3rd of January tbeie will be a total eclipse of Ihf sun In the sign o' Capricorn. This falls cl<3*» to tho posi- tion of Mrts in the Itoyal horoscope, and as Cnpricorn rules India, we may look for nn outbreak of srditlon and re- volt in the peninsula. "Uranus oonllnuea In Ihe sign of Cap- ricorn and In opposition to Neptune 'n Cancer Airing tha next two years, the tcsult being that New Zealand and DHllsh ?iotilh Africa, India and Egypt will perhaps be the .soanes of aedlUon and revolt. "The posillon of the OovernnK'nt w'll fce tremendously assailed and effiftiial- Iv undermined tn th« -Spring of 1908. los'iph Ch:imborlain will effect some signal 6ucc0&<>es in July, and given a eontlnnnnce of tho pf^sent lmprovpni/>nt in his health, t Jndxe that he will be t most prominent ligiire In the adminis- trallon of affairs. Sotnm will Ihen be Stationary in the liorosoopa of tli« pre- sent Govermnent.'* MICROBE MKNACE. 6I1U disrontcnt Is knocJilng at our d«or; Oompiaint Ls loud and Klrong. Tha fierce mosquito scarco is gone t>e- fore Tha grip germ comes along. NAVY TO BE INCRCASED CARLV ANNOUNCEMENT OP BRITISH PROGRAMME. Different Views ol Naval Experts, as Expressed Througb (lie Papers. Tho question which Is agitating all psrllen in England at the present time, or which certainly is causing more spec- ulation Ihan any other, concerns the answer which England Is to moke to German's new naval programme, says a Ixndon correspondent. Everywhere tho forthcoming naval «6- tlnrjates ere discussed, and il Is oonfi- denlly expected tliat an early ojinounce- n^ent on the subject will be made as soon r.3 Parliament reassembles. The speech ol Sir Edward Grey, Sec- retary of Slato for Foreign Affairs, at Alnwick, the other day, seems to make 11 clear that the Government is quite prepared to fulfil its prom.ses. In this ccnnecUon, he sakl, in speaking of naval programmes of other nations : "If they are carried out in their en- tirety it will undoubtedly become neces- sary tor us, not only In Uia interest of Iht Empire, but for ti»« preservation of cur independonoe, and for our own safe- ty at home, to make further Increases il our own navy." As It would be futile to assume that Germany will not actually and speedily build tho vessels projected in the new lew. this Is as good as a declaration that this country in its turn will largely Increase lU NAVAt. EXPENDITURE. Moreover, Mr. W. T. Stead, In the Re- view of Iloviews, and elsewhere, has al- ready begun to prepare tlie peace party which he represents for a demand for a large increase of naval slrcnglh. His formula, two British battleships for every one laid down in Gennany, Is Kenrally believed to be a reflection of liie views of Admiral Sir John Fisher. While the Morning Post maintains that there should be no relaxation of effort in the building of capital ships, the Standard oondeinnfl Dreadnoughts and aaks lor ten anrorcd ships of small- er dinien.swna. The former paper re- presents the views of a small group of students of naval strategy, of which V'ce-Admiral Sir Reginald Custance Is tho principal exponent. They have now apparently accepted the Dreadnought as the type for battleships of ttie future and are agitating (or cruisers of about '1.000 tons displacement as a reply to li.e German ships of tlie Koenigsberg type. FEWER GUNS IN SHIPS. The Standard Is also bellcvod to be in- si.-lred by an oflVcer serving tn the Chan- nel ne^i b'-' l.e .ic.ool of ttiought he wprcsenLs oonlends that a greater hit- ling figure of merit per gun can be ob- tained by plucing no greater niiinber than four In one ship, and, arguing tl)erefroN). he holds that instead of bulkl- ing six Dreadnought ilw^)uld be belter to build ten smaller ships for the same money, leaving the balance of £2,000,000 '0 expend on iniprovemetiU In war study and oxpcrlmenls lejidiiig to Improve the Irrpedo and giuuiery servktes of tho licet as well as to provide medium cruisers and destroyers. He would nmi his baltleihirw with four 12-inch guns for foet nt;htlnB and twelve 6-Inch guns for d'trfanoe aguiiisi d«wtroyerm. ADMinALlT'S PROGRAMME. Some further algns of the Intention of th'. Admiralty have sliir* appeared, and Irom ttieee, In oonjunotton with the estl- metes of what the foreign powers are llkeiy fo turn out from their yards In an effective oondltion. It la po.>»sU)lo to Jore- caat Ui« probable character of Uie Brl- tteh programmes which will be an- nounced. The programme tor 1908-B la one of the Dreadnought data of battleship, one of th') Invincible class of cruising l>alUe- ship, six Edgars, nrst^lass amtored oniisnrs; tiu'oa Itoadlceas, protected, Bjieody soouttf, to worV with d«*lmyer» ; twelve destroyers of the Tribe class, six torpedo boats of the In.ieot class aiid six sLbwarlna; of the No. 6 type. The programme for lOM-10 Is six DreadnoufUti, two Boadloeaa, three .Swifis, twelve deslrojrers of lh« Tribe class, six eulwDariaes at the D tjfpe, Ira- proved. BECRET9 OF TOE UPPER Allt Bsllooning Leads to Discoveries on Physical Conditions and Bird Fllgbt. The growth of ballooning has led to many curious invcjEtigations touching Uk atmosphere and Its Inhabitants, uy tho use of anchored batlons with self- registering instruments some of the ex- I>eriiiic'Jiti of deep sea sounJing have been repealed alofl. At Slrassburg Bounding ballooas have tieen sent to a height of nearly 26,000 yards, and 19,- COC to 20,000 yards is not an uncommon height. One of the astonishing tlvngs Raid to have resulted Is the discovery at a height of 14,000 yards of an isoth- ermal zone In which, contrary to ex- perience up to that height, temperature docs not diminish with recession from thf earth. One of the most InlaresUng studies is that of tlis flight of birds. The ob- servation of aeronauts appears com- pletely t« dispel the old time notions that some birds soared to sluponduouis heights, Humboldt having credited the condor with ever 7,000 ytirds, anJ othei's believing tliat birds of Dassace fkiw at heights of 3,000 to 5,000 yards and In exceptional cases 10,000 to 13,- 00<' yards. Balloon voyaging, however, establishes tlie fad that birds never rise to anything like Uiese distances atiove the earth. Prof. J. Poeschel of frankforl records as altogether unusu- al the passage of a balloon In which he was through a flock of birds at night al a height of 2,200 yards. Tho birds dashed against the basket of the bal- loon and generally acted as if they had lost their t>earln86. Bird flight at the groat elevations for- merly assumed is now regarded as phy- sically Imjxjsstble. The rarofactioa of the air U too great to permit of flight without terrible exhaustion, especially as breathing would be dilllcull. Be- sides, tho cold Is loo extrenve at a height of 10,000 yards, for Instance, the thennomelcr orooplng to GO de«ree.« below. The observations of balloonlsis show that the vast majority of bir(te keep within 1,000 yards of the oarlh, and the vast majority of these indeed with- in a couple of hundred yards, even In long flights. Crows, however, were frequently observed at a height of 1,- 400 yards, a lark was once encoiuiler- ed al 1,900 yards, and an eagle is on reoord at 3,000 yards. jja. i n- jL-j in A Boston schooilxqr was tall, weak and sickly. Hit arm* were toft and flabby. He didn't have a strong muscle in his entire body. The physician who had attended die family for thirty years prescribed Scoil*^ EmulJiion, NOW I To feel that bosr's arm you would think he was apprenticed to a blacksmith* ALL DRUQOISTSj BOo. AND $1.00. niNGWOR.M. Stubborn Case Healed by Zam-Buk. Tha most tpouble.>-ome and ohsUnale of all ficalp trouble Is Ringworm. Mrs. H. Glrdlcstone ci 106 Rswdon SL, Brantford, Ont , says: "My daughUu- had ringwo-.n very bad, so bad that I was ^-a.pellod to have her hair cut off. : obtained a preparation from the drug- gUt to paint Uvo sorea, but In.stead of curing, tho Ringworm deveiopod into nasty sores malteraling and snialling badly. I saw Zam-Buk adverti.sc'd in Ih* newspaper and Immcdlilely sent for a box. After several applicatloivs 1 oould see a great lmprovc<nent, and as I kept up the 7,«in-Buk treatment ('.ally the disease was soon chocked. Tlie riB.sty sores were thoroughly cleaned snd healed and all trace of Ringworm banished from the cliild's scalp In a tew weeks after comnvcncing with Zam-Buk. I oannet rcoommend Zam- Buk k>« highly." Zam-Buk cures cuts, burns, chapped hands, coM sores, itch, uloera, eczema, running sores, catarrli, plies, bad legs, rheumalLsm, neuralgia, sciatica, ab- scesses and all diseases of tho skin. Of all druggists and stores, 50c., or post paid upon receipt of price, from Zam- Buk Co., Toronto. 6 boxes S2.50. IN MERRY OLD ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL ABOCrr fOHN BUU. AND UIS PBOPLB. Occarreneea In IIm Land Tbat Itetoai Buyresae In Ibe Comniurtial WasM. Subscriptions to the Veterans' Relief Fund now amount to £11,000. Lambeth Guardians decided to emi- grate Uiirty paux>er children to Canada. A London firm proposes to run motor- cabs in Nowcoslle al an early date. Agad 78, Ttwmas Bentham, a Crim- ean veteran, has died in Preslon work- bouse. Robert Soolrlck, an Indian mutiny veteran, died at Boston, Llnoolnshire, aged 75. A Spaldirvg boy, while working in f brewery, fell into a vat of Iwt beer and was drowned. Fatal accidents to tho number of 1,- 15f occurred last year in ooal mines in the United Kingdom. Mr. Dickens, K. C, Recorder ol Maid- stone, and son of CharV-s Dickens, cele- brated his 59lh birthday. Over 84.000 men have been helped by the .Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid Society in the past four years. The Islington Borough Council has decided to expend $116 520 In extend- ing tho eteclric lighting plant. Great Yarmouth's town council con- ducts Uio annual races al that town, and mado a proQt of jEl.SlS from them last year. In Shoredilch the Borough f>>uncil has, by a majority of votes, decided to provide free breakfasts for ncocssltious sctxMl children. A block of bath stone cmtalning a number of bees was found al Exeter recently. The bees were enclosed In tho solid stene. Tlie IvOrd Mayor of London has iin- veiW a bronze tablet fo 125 men of the Pxjyal Fusallors who lost their lives II' South Africa. During last year 15,319 cats w»»re re- ceived into the London Inelitiilton for Lest CaIs, Camden Town, as compared with 13.314 In 1M6. During December the weight of meat delivered at the I>«nJon Central mar- kets was 37JI14 tons. Al Billingsgate 11.593 inm of fl-^h arri>^. John WUUarason, a South Wales min- er, known far and wide for his heroic bfthavJor at the great mine disaster at Femdale years afo. is dead. The nensay Borough (Viuncll has abandoned the plan for erecting nvodd dwellings ai iiig'igate at a cost of S98,- 000. The site will be .<old. B*lore a man was sentenced for fraud f. the Mddl'-sex Sksslcns It was slaUNi tliat tho ladictment comprised Uitecn oounLs and was 80 feet king. A Chatham mother discovered a cat asleep on the faco of h^r infant daugh- ter. On pulling Ihe aniinal off the child W.1S discovered to be dead from suffo- cation. SI. Andrew'.s Ctmr'^h. Ilfnnl, has been broken Into by thieves and ooniplelcly ransacked, Iho offei'lory boxes being ctnpUed and the valuable altar cross stolen. A meeting of the Ea.'il Ham Council was bpolrsn up recently, all thnso pre- sent Iteliig taken with Tlolant altackt. of sneezing. Storoe one had sprinkled snuff on the Moor. By a maj<irlly of 1,000 Ihe ratepayers ol I^-eds have decided to proceed with projects in regard to sewerage end tr»iiiways. Involving $6,385,000 and $450,000 rcspeclively. SILEIMT MAXIM GUM. Tbe Clever invention el aa Indian Otticiol. A remarkable appara'.us hai been in- vt-nteJ by an Indian oRtctal, which 6b«m% likely to revoluUoniie tnach.'ne ^un Are. Tbe object of the invention is to silence Uie telMale ns<£« of the machine gun, tlius tncresjiinf Its value In the Qell. The Inventor is Kfr. Alfred TlMmpsoM, wlvt Is serving on the Indian establish- ment as chiel examiner of machine gim.s. The Mslatent crack of Ihe Mrxlm la reduced by the mviaition to a slight de- tonation, wklch la lodUUngulshabta be- yond a rang* of 590 yards. Al prpseot macJUM gun fire can be heard thmi- sands of yards off, tsd, no matter how etvHl or rapid it may be, Um Aeid bat- teries dboover thf guns and roul Uiem before they can become a JangtT. Tbe ro:« of the maclilno g\m Is, llwro- (f.re, one of s«cret opportunity to strike a body of troops by siu-prlse with tjOO sholii per minute, ns with the Maxim, and then Ho low. Rut if tbe gun can cporale in .<iil<?no.) its (xjs.'uhilities are sensibly widen-od, not only by rea.win ol Its demoralising effect, but because a .steady, non-ovi'rheatiag dUrhnrRe of 100 a minnto ean lie maintained from timo to llmo thnDUglioul i^n action. Mr. Tliompson's apparatus can lie al- lachod to a Maxim in a couple of min- utes. II wftigha la pound.s, and 1.9 Ions llian a foil In lenRlh. The Mixlm au- thorities have subnillted It t*> the home G jvernmenl. 41 â€" MEAL TIME MISERIES Indiges'uion Can be Onred liy tlis ToDic Treatment of Dr, Williams' Pink Pills. Thcro is only one way to cure Indt ' gestion and that is to give your sys- tem so much good, red bkx)d that the stomach will have strength enough to do Its natural work in a healthy, vig- opous way. Many dyspeptics dose the' stomach with tabkts, s/rups and other things alleged to assist in digesking food, but tbc5o things merely give teni- ptjrary reliefâ€" they never cure indiges- tionâ€" and the trouble grows worse and worse, until the poor dyspeptic is gradiv ally starving. In a case of indicestioft a half dozen boxes of Dr. WUUsrai^ Pink Pills are worth all tite mixtures and so-called pre-dlgested foods in ttM country. These pills euro indigestion because they strengthen and tone the stomach, tluis enabling it to do the work nature Intends it should do. Mr. Paul Qiarbonneau, St. Jerome, Que., says; "For months I suffered tortures from Indigestion. After every meal the misery was intense, so thai I finally ate most sparingly. I tried several so-called indigestion cures, but Ih.'y did me no good. My general h-r-alth began to run down. I suffered from headaches and dUzixiess and pains about the heart. Often af'er the light- est meal I would be arnictcd with a smothering sensation. Finally my mo- ther Induced we to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Under the use of this me- dicine the tr»:)uble began to disappear, and in less than a couple of months I had completely recovered m/ bealth and can now enjoy a hearty meal aa well as any one." It Is because ti"ey make new, r'-U blood that Dr. WlUiams' Pink PiUs .1- ways cure indigestion, anaemia, rheu- matism, heart palpllAtion, neuralgia, eclatk;a. St. Vitus danco and the head- arhes. backaches and otljer indescrib- (ible ills of glrlhool and womanhood. Sold by medicine dealers or by mall at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.5> from The Dr. Williams' Medicine C»,, Bixiokville. Oat. .=;h '- "Did you ever .stop to flpure <->ut iMw ninny hats in a y.-ar you c<iulii ^uy wUh ytvn in<inny you throw away <in c-gars?" Ile^â€" "I havo, il<-i'r. I could buy about llfly for aiyhclf, but only sbuut tbree for* «our QUAUST SPANISH CERFJUONY. Granting Grandee Laifies Prtvfleoe ot SUtlno In Queen's Presence. A coretnony characteristic of the court of Spain took plii^ at the Royal Palace recently for the first tiine In the reign of tha present Klog and Queen. Aa Is weM kncwn, Um grandees of Spain hare Uie privilege of lip«ptng their hats «<i la the presance of the raonarahs. Graodee ladlm of Spain ba>e tbe prtvilago of remoiniag sealed before the monarohs, and the osremoay «f elitaining tlila iM-ivllege is called "toniar Is alinohada " or taking tlie cushion, as It oonsists la sitting on a cushion of rMl daniasic before the Queen. The ceremony t#.„>k place at 6 •â- c:oc*t In UiA evimlng. The Queen was sur- rounded by la4lea who have alre«df taiMn the cusfakm." As customary, Ui? Quees on entering tlie saton ord'S-- • 1 Ik^m to be seated. The ladle swho ara about to receive the higlMsl benor 111 the court of .Spain are led by a sponsor. The lady prosented oourtei- ;cs three times, and the Queco ooiir- tetJiea In return and sa/.*, ".Sit <k>wn, pleaae." Tlie lady then sits down on a vustUon l»c(ore tbe Queen anl speaks to hor. M^VRRYINQ AT FORTY. The Age at Whirh Men lUarry is Being SteaiiUy Put Forward. "At pre.<5ont." says the Ijondon Gr»- phlc, 'though a man Is too old for many thlngi at lorty. It Li not generally held that he is too old to marry. "Far frum that being tho case, ll»e InoroBslng standard of oorofort of tho white race* and Uio increased oosl ot living are sUMulily putting lorward ths marrying age. "A paper read by r>r. Ixiuiso RoWno- vilch al llu) Congress of Psycliialry at Amsterdam siuggests another reason toe ottinparaUvely late marriages. "From a study of seventy-four b*e- gpa.ph'es of emitiant men, writers, painter*, musicians and soldlei-3. she found that more than 80 per cent, of them w«re Uu-n of middle-aged par- ents. Nt4)oleon, Binjamin Franklin, Ooleridae, Balzac, Rombrandt. Rifbons, Sir Joshua. Reynolds, Wagner, Schu- mann and Schuberl w*-pa .nil tho younf- ost ciii!dr><n of largs families, and Iholr parenU were at Ica^t middle-aged whe* tbe pienius of tlio family was bom. "Thl* may not be a precise argu- mpnt In favor of late marriages, but It may encourage the hooe in bachelors whn have reached middle age witlMiit doing anything famous themselves that matrimony may rocoinpease theui for their own failure." BABY'S OWN TABLETS. A SMILE IW EVERY DOSE. Itie mother whe. In her gratitude (or what Baby's Own Tablets have done tor her oUld, said that '^Ihere'a a smile if every dose," coined a very happy and very true yhrass. Tho tablets euro al Ihe minor ailments of babios and young cbiMeen, and make bright, smil- ing, happy titUs ones. Mrs. John Young, Auburn, Ost., says: "1 have used Bab/'s Own Tat>lels tor more than a year an4 I tiUiik they are the best medicine tHat can bo given a baby. They are splen- did at toeUiiag time, and tot stomach, and bowel tronbles. Yon don't need a doctor It >«it ket^ Baby's Own Tail- lets in tiM tkou»e.'' Ttuit'a about tho highest praise a mettier can giv« and U'a tmo, vioTf wori of It. You can get tite Tablets frets any ritedioine dea- ler or by maU at SS cents a box from Tl;« Dr. Williams* MeJicine Co., Brodc- â-¼llle, Ont. Tho Rev. T. \V. DevenVey, recently Instituted at Parr, Lancaster, has work* e4l for a dny In the coal mines in order to get in touch with liL« parishioners. There Im Only One Thai IB VXD THE WOHLO OVOt TO CU/K A COlO IM OHE DAY. Always remember the full name. Look for this signtxture on every box. 263. â-  I I t )â-  V\. â- ;l â-  \^ 1 ii -I- â- \,. % ^:{ *