Wanted A King! Albania wants a king, "an English- man, gentleman preferred." The sal- I ary is not stated, but the civil list of , tbe new monarch, whoever he may be, ' is unlikely to be a very extravagant ; one, seeing that the entire revenue of the country amounts to no more : than about 300,000. This, by the way. Is not the only occasion on which a European prin- cipality ha* been "in the market," so to speak. The late Duke of Edin- burgh, afterwards Duke of Saxe- Cobourg and Gotha, Queen Victoria's second son. was once offered the . throne of Greece, and so certain were ] the Greeks that he would accept that { they actually had him proclaimed ; I King at Athens. Not only this, but a number of ' j coins were struck bearing the new ! I "monarch's" effigy. These are now I greatly prized by collectors. It is per- j haps unnecessary to add that, on news I of these events reaching Windsor, the ! OLD CHUN TneTotacco of Quali Manufactured" fcy hnperial Tobacco Company of Canada Limited LIFE SAVING FOR FIFTY YEARS. W. Cooper, a coxswain of a British life-boat for fifty years, who has been proffered honor ~was~"promptfy d* ! presented with a gold watch by Capt. Hussey, representing the President of clined. the United States, as a token of recognition of the services of the crew in Some time previously the Greek saving the men of the steamer Piave on the Goodwin Sands in 1919. Medals j throne had been offered to the grand- 1 and gifts were given to all members of the life-boat crew. | father of the present Earl of Derby, ' L _i_ ; who also declined it. Following the _ . ../._. MV . _ . ~, WT f,mmt* u n vr i i < refusal the vacant throne was hawk- (^7 $ BACKACHES "^ *" ^^ His Hearing Restored. \ The Invisible ear drum Invented by A. O. Leonard, which is a miniature megaphone, fitting Inside the ear en- tirely out of sight, is restoring th hearing of hundreds of people in Xew York city. Mr. Leonard invented thla drum to relieve himself of deafness and head noises, and It does this so successfully that no one could tell ha Is a deaf man. It la effective when deafness is caused by catarrh or by perforated or wholly destroyed natural drums. A request for information to A. O. Leonard, Suite 437. TO Fifth; avenue. New York city, will be given a prompt reply. advt Now You Can Shave In Pitch Oarknesa Designed especially for use by traveling men. a self-illumina:ing; safety razor makes it possible to shavs) in the dark. In the handle of the razor la a tiny electric bulb, encased In a rubber holder which prevents dampness from rusting it. The lamp 1s adjusted so that it always throws its light on the) spot where the razor is cutting. A clean shave in pitch darkness is said to be possible with this device. 1 ed round amongst half the prince- | lings in Europe, to be eventually ac- j i cepted by the Grand Duke Otho of ; THE PRIDE OF THE BRITISH FLEET Anticipation Much of the pleasure in life comes A well-known psychologist has been ; making a study of laughter, which Every muscle in the body needs a he says differs in ita indication of j Bavaria, whom his ungrateful subjects j supply of rich, red blood in proportion character by its vowel sound, later deposed. ; to the work its does. The muscles of Those who laugh in "A." he says, ' or make a sound like "A," are loyal to their friends, frank in their speech, ; fond of bustle and movement, and of versatile character. People who laugh in "E" are sel- dom cheerful company, because they are phlegmatic and melancholy. Most children laugh in "I," and peo- 1 pie who continue to laugh in "I" , after they have grown to be men and Some prehistoric animal bor.ea, dredged up in the North Sea, are be- lieved to date back millions of years, when the North Sea was dry land. In 1878, following on the Russo- the back are under a heavy strain and Turkish war. Sir Henry Drummond | have but little rest When the blood Wolff might, had he so minded, have Is thin they laci nourishment and been king of the then newly-formed rebel. The result is a sensation of principality of Rumella. j pain in these muscles. He was acting at the time as Brit- ! Many people are frightened into ish High Commissioner there, when believing that backaches are due to one morning a delegation of leading , kidney trouble, but the best medical notables came to offer him the throne. I authorities agree that backache Is assuring him of the support of Rus- very seldom due to kidney trouble. IB , Oer astd eaUky. W ritefor Free ET Care Book. sia, and suggesting that he should be fact not more than one backache in a i women have childlike qualities. They crowned forthwith at Phillppopolis. hundred has anything to do with the ( are timid but affectionate, irresolute from a forecasting imagination. The i Sir Henry pretended to treat the kidneys. The whole trouble is due to but candid, and are always obliging satisfactions of vacation travel, to J matter as a huge Joke; whereat the thin or Impure blood, and those who ; and ready to work for others. They choose but one example, lie as much , delegates retired in high dudgeon. are troubled with pains In the back or . are apparently not very strong char- in prospect aa in retrospect. It is I The after-history o't the torn and dis- Ioias - either frequent or occasional. ! acters. j fua to read the literature of places ! traded little country showed that the should look to the condition of the i people who laugh on the vowel "O" In drydock, at rest and safe from we may neTer see , to discuss and i astute Englishman's self-abnegation in ; blood. It wli: be found- in most cases are O f ten successful in life, because waves and wind, yet still a flagship, torn p a re alternative routes, to consult \ refusing a kingdom was a wise move ! tnat Dr - Williams' Pink Pills by build- tne y are not over-sensitive. They do America's FIL-OSO- Dog Remedies DOG DISEASES m* to ur Addmt e tin iathar a. CLAY SLOVCII CO.. !& in Wot I4tk Strart Nelson's old ship, H.M.S. Victory, la . the experience of others and "com-'on his part. to be restored made to look as she pare no tes" with those who went and i Ing up the blood and feeding the starv- 1 not worry about publlc op i niO n. and was when she fought Trafalgar. This . returned. ship, the most famous in the world, i Says cheerless pessimist: "I This same crown was afterwards I ed nerves and muscles wil! banlsh the i criticism 'slips off their backs like declined by Prince Alexander Vogo- pams and make vou feel better in ' water off a duck's. They are gener- rides, probably for a similar reason 6Tery other way How much better ' ous. self-confident, and. in spite of _ . ' it ta f., T-I- Ttt* T lilivna* Dtvtlr TU'Tlo was launched at Chatham on May ! ha ve learned to expect nothing. Life ! to that which had previously induced i ',' U to try Dr Wllliams> pink pllls j their pushfulness, usually liked and 7th, 1765, her tonnage being 2.165. ! nas taught me that if you expect noth-i the Count of Flanders to decline the for yonr bl d than to & wa ? l - trusted. She was the flagship of both Howe ing you W , H not be disappointed." i honor of ruling over the turbulent i ^ asonable a!arm about your **. i Few peop , e Uke laugners in ..TJ.- and Nelson, and still holds that. But the man wh o has such a gloomy ' populace of the sister principality of j * As a matter of fact, these individuals honored rank. | philosophy behind his modus operandl : Rumania. >s \ " * are very sparing in their laughter. i yimuaui'Liv uru.iiu un uiuuua wy^riauui , , .. ... - *** w * *-*j AU^ULCI. After 160 years of service in the i? , ikelv to find the .. No Admittance" 8a 'd this astute Individual, when A s ; Life for them holds little of fun and navy, moat of the old cak timber in | f - lgu hanging out for him at many a' offere(1 the crown by the President of ' rest, or tell you the worst. All dealers in medicine sell Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills, or you can get them at 50 cents a box from The Dr. ' mirth. with Empire. Great caution had to be exercised In docking, as it was feared the Ont. the Vic ory is in good condition; but j door instea(1 of tne proverbial "Wei- 110 * Council of Ministers: "If you can ome of the wood below the water- come - on t h e mat. People dislike a i guarantee that I shall not be assassi- line became so rotten that phe had I confirn , ea - grouch, a chronic knocker ! nated - " was M Catargi. or interned to be taken from her anchorage in ] as an Bssoclate in work or play . We ! for life in a dungeon, like M. Petrov- Portsmouth Harbor and put perma- do not ask that teammates s hall dwell skl - m - v answer is 'Yes.' Otherwise nently into dry lock. Here she will , a foors paradise of p Hyanna sun-'. 11 ls ' No -' " Tb e Ministers looked remain as a lasting memorial to the sMne al , the t(me but we want tnoge . askance at each other, then silently aation_ and one of our greatest links ; who take th<J che<?rful forward i ook withdrew. and have the disposition to make the Not a 'ways. however, have offers best of things and. as the Scot says, ! of this description been declined, j ov en. the starch In it is turned into carr y passengers enough to fill a ' Many years ago Sir James Brooke, an ^ y y e at- ' y nolds good-sized country town, nearly 5,000 Why Bread Grows Stale. Why does bread grow stale? When the dough is put into the MONEY ORDERS. Dominion Express Money Orders are on sale in five thousand offices throughout Canada. . o World's Record. The great steamship Leviathan can LAME Sprained ankles, bruised muscles, and other hurts yield to the healing in- fluence of Minarc s. weight of the hull would be too much for the aged timbers, and ten steel- "Whuotle o'er the lave o' it." Whv was hope implanted in the ' ex - mcer m tne cld Ea t India Com- ' tnc moisture In the loaf and distri-jin all. But this number is nothing * : ___.. i-- . . hnraa fr ovonlv thrnnprtrvtir !''.> hrenrl , . t..,, />*,,: ^ n ^^..; n . ,. /. frame clutches have been made to I human breast, to spring eternal there. pan >" s s " Tice - wa * - i. and ae- butes ll evenl >' throughout the bread, j to her actual carrying capacity, for if we were not meant to believe tb i cep " ?a - lue crown of Sarawak, in I As the Ioaf eoolB ' the starcl 8 lvee during the war as a transport she once trip the hull, and thus relievo the j the Dest |g _ et t(> be and tnen to Borneo, over which country his de- ! up its moisture ' which Is drawn from carried 13,54$. crew and soldiers eas- keel of most of the weight of the i , abor w ' lth all our m , h ' t to mahe ^^ ' scendant. the present Rajah Brooke. ! the eentre of the bread into the out " ; l: - T tne world's record in ocean travel. vessel. Across the end of the dock, be i ief come tn|e , . ., , still reigns, it having been constituted side crU3t ' Thus the inside, or crumb, , ^ to the stern of the ship, a concrete '- J ~ . x.. h-^ -.i ^ KU n, f dam has been built, thus making her secure for all time. During her long years of service, both on active work and for nearly were made for seeing the heart was an ^dependent State under British becomes hard and dr >'. while the crust A pearl discovered' in a freshwater ,_ *, i i oea '' !,.._ "-. a ' !-.' . - /r4aT\ ciiK. , . * ** >_ .. meant to hope. The chief incentive i protection ln 1888 - to persevere and to make progress is not that which is a fortune made. an ambition realized, a success at a hundred years as flagship in Ports- taine d-but that which may be. A mouth Harbor the old ship has under- 1 man in buslness kwpg golng ^emM gone many alteratloua, changing her he sees to far horizons and his am- appearance from that of Trafalgar : Dltlon carrleg even farther than hu days. The Nautical Research So- vigta clety. however, has undertaken her j So ' u is , n al , affalrs of ,, fe If on , y GUARD THE BABY AGAINST COLDS changes from a hard and crisp sub- musse i in the Ri ver Conway, North stance into a soft and "doughy" one. Wales, is said to form one of the Cold weather makes bread stale Crown jewels, rapidly, and for the same reason stale = ^ ============ ^ ==== ___ loaves can be freshened by being placed in an oven for a few minutes. Scientists have been investigating the stateness of bread, and are now trying to find out why some loaves To guard the baby against colds ' keep much better than others. At ths nothing can equal Baby's Own Tab- same time, it is pointed out that stale complete restoration, provided for by i , uww**ii !.** 1^1^, &ft/7 o w** u *-, *>* b .u<, . . - i*www. w *.. M.W to ! * -.. - * * *. - ,. - * , " ^ i lets. The Tablets are a mild laxative | bread is wholesome and that there Is public subscription, and intend make her like the Victory of Nelson's time, when she led the wooden walls at England down Channel towards Trafalgar. | This is no email undertaking. Many details of structure have to be alter- ed, and the old guns have to be re- placed, or ones of similar pattern put, with their carriages. In every port- hole. Shot-racks, sponges, and ram- mers have also to be provided. Cabins and the general accommodation for the crew are to be restored, and even the mess-tables between the guns will be brought back again, to give an ex- act idea of things as tlvey were on the day of battle. The masts are to be made higher, and the rigging will be precisely the same as in 1805. Perhaps the finest sight for future visitors to the restored Victory will be the portion of the decks which is to be kept "clear for action" as in the olden days. This will give the pres- ent generation some idea of the tre- mendous evolution in the navy during *Prive a i ,, wl ,, keep ^ litue one . s gtomach recogniied fact that where the atom- . ery of his being. But you cannot de-. ach and bowels are ln good order tha t ' really no need for the waste that goes on at the present time. Two Elizabeths. prlve him of that central, primal force unless he wills it so. colds will not exist; that the health of j Professor of History: "What do you the little one will be good and that h know of the age of Elizabeth, Mr. will thrive and be happy and good- Jones?" SHOCKING. Fly Reformer: There's an opium den wide open- I shall have to report this to the police! natured. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medi- cine Co., Brockville, Ont. J Jones (dreamily): "She will be nine- teen uext week." Ask for Minard's and take no other. Surnames and Their Origin Seals Show Grief. The cries of no animals approach more closely that of the human voice EP.RICK. VARIATION Herrlck. Erick. . RACIAL ORIGIN English, also Norse. SOURCE A given name. These family names all are founded DUDLEY RACIAL ORIGIN Anglo-Saxon. SOURCE A locality. ASPIRIN Say "Bayer" and Insist! Lovely Healthy Skin Kept So By Cuticura Daily use of the Soap keeps the skin fresh and clear, while touches of tbe Ointment now and then pre- vent little skin troubles becomiBg serious. Do not fail to include the exquisitely scented Cuticura Talcum in your toilet preparations. SM2Sc. 0taiilZSWSt. TalraZSc. Sold through out the Dominion. Canadian Drpot: . Hi I. M4 St. Pul 5r W. OrtkiM 8p ! w those of seate whn lamenting and a Nor narne than a No Unless you see the name "Bayer'' on package or on tablets you are not get- ting the genuine Baye product proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians over twenty-three years for Colds Headache Toothachs Lumbago Earache Rheumatism Neuralgia Pain, Pain Accept "Bayer Tublets of Aspirin" tui&w onlk Each unbroken package con- : tra back . t _, the 'I"? ?5 th . at . U J a ?* Ulna proper directions. Handy boxes This family name Is quite a com- mon one. In many instances, too. It ha become a given name. In that . thoroughly modern tendency to use on the given name of fcnck. or hrlc. , family nameg , n th , g matter which wa more of an Anglo-Saxon j Ti, e Dudleys, It would appear, all th ^ las ' c f ntury - . 'the loss or capture of "the'ir young" tho- - i. :t has been h-y no .. sns ex-jia Worcestershire, but it should be ;7' e *;7^Vets"cosrrew"ceuts Drug" The Victory wa, completed ,n 1765. They emlt , wajljng aad J ^ ^ suhge . ! understood that the use of the town [ * u . gel , Dottles of 24 and 10 * and in the pres^ of that any mention was made of the ship de " ep "grtef" which was to take so great a place crVf 8Jmllar , tna . f ln Norman , , quent to the Norman in;.. - ! nanie as a fam!ly name > on]y , B th<J IB the trade mark (registered of individuals or Canada) of 8avar Manutaeture ot I > 111 V J .i"U t ; va i .!. vi .-I IA*.UV.UIO wa deed, it was ue of the comparatively , familie8 after u^. h ad left the com- M OnoaCt .tlcaclde*ter o Salicylleaclrt. in history. Karly records show the Stingy Father. f ,, w Anglo-Saxon given nam&s which munlty and were traveling or had set- while It is well known that Aspirin launching of the Victory sandwiched j Kj r st Boy: "Your father must be an achieved ome popularity from 'tue|tled elsewhere. A man still living In me ans Bayer Manufacture, to assist between some domestic news items, awful mean man. Him a shoemaker, ' first, even among the Norman con- ( Dudley would never have become the public against imitations, the Tab- one containing the account of a calf an( i niakin' you wear them old boots!'' querors. ! known to other residents of that place lets of Bayer Oompaay will be stamp- being born with five legs, and the \ Second Boy: "He's nothin' to what There is a very old line of Erlcks i as "Walter of Dudley." It would have d with their general trade mark, ths other of a three months' old baby y 0ur father is. Him a dentist, and and Herricks among the British no- constituted no differentiations, for being dropped upeltle down in a tub >1>1! .- baby only got one tooth!" bility. and their tradition is that they everybody in the town would have of hot water with fatal results. -O take \helr name from Krlc the For- [ been "of Dudley." Reconstructing the Victory, and i The mind of man is not in his skull, ester , the Anglo-Saxon chieftain who I The name of the town Itself, like tbus keeping her memory sacred to ( but in his eyes, ears, hands, and feet, recruited the forces of the defenders the majority of English place names, riatinn and future eiie Prof. D. F. Hw wno Ille t William the Conqueror at ' traces back to Vuglo-Saxon times "Beyer Cross." the nation and future generations, will cost about $760,000, of which some $400,000 hau been collected. Ad- Hastings. However this may be, it | Though the Anglo-Sasous dro e be- oug victor of the Falkland Islands bat- tle, has made himself responsible for collecting the money, and he has the generous co-operation of the Lord Ma>or of London. London's police fore* is 21,274 atrong, while her fire brigade numbtra another 8,000 men. i 1 . llnS t 1 UK 3" HV W C O HI .r T - - > .ru.^ t 1 V V WW r. ' : ' ' - >wn by the -company no( follow tha t all Herricks and fore them aud virtually exterminated miral Sir Doveton Sturdee, the fam- *>' ^7;; ' ien by *? they Kricks tracg! back to a stn|tle progeni- the original Britons, settling the coun- """ ' on Mt ^ rm T- \ tor The given n&me was quite com- [ try and bestowing their own Teutonic A true friend is a man who knows mon In Kn*land, and still more so in names on places which had previously you thoroughly, but likes you just the Scandinavian lands and it would not ; been named by the Welsh, the Norman -- reasonable to assume that family ; Conquerors ttled down among their ' D ames did not develop from it In many . conquered, and adopted their place Bear this in mind he wins the iastances In different sections of the names for the most part. noblest fight who slays his sins. various countries and without any The name Dudley was originally close blood ties between the original "Dode-'cy," and signified meadow, or Kp Mlnard's Liniment In the house, founders of the diflaraut families. Held ot tho <lad a burying groana. Constipation Banished A druggist say*: "For nearly thirty years 1 have recommended the Extract of Root*, known a* Hothtr StiftTi Curtivi Syrup, for r ruling and permanently reliev- ing constipation nd indigestion. It is an old reliable remedy that never fails to do the work." 30 dr.'pj thrice daily. Get the Genuine. 50c.and$1.00bottlei. YOUNG DAUGHTER MADE WELL Mother Tells How Her Daughter Suffered and Was Made Well by Lydia E. Piakham's Vegetable Compound Vancouver, B.C. " My daughter is a young girl who has ben having severe pains and weak and dizzy feeling* for some time and had lost her appetite. Through an older daughter wnp had heard of a woman who was taking it for the same trouble, we were told of Lydia E. Pinlsham's Vegetable Com- pound. My daughter has been taking it for several months and is quite all right now. It has done all it was represented to do and we have told a number of friends about it. I am never without a bottle of it in the house, for I myself take it for that weak, tired, worn-out feeling which sometimes comes to ua all. 1 tind it is building me up and I stronrly recommend it to women who are suffer- ing as 1 and mv daughter have. " Mra, J. MrPoNALD, 2947 26th Ave. East. Vancouver, B. C. From the age of twelve a girl neeOs all the care a thoughtful mother can giv. Many a woman has suffered years of pain and misery the victim of thought* lessness or ignorance < -f the mother wha should have guided her during this tune. If she complains of headaches, j>aina in the back and lower limbs, or it yonj notice a slowness of thought, nervoua- ness or irritability on the part of your daughter, make life easier for her. Lydia E. Pinkhain's Vegetable Coin- pound is especially adapted for such conditions. O ISSUE No. ,V-'23.