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LIIULB lUl' J-J,iJUU ECU ILIIIUS, Uluill la!) a. voyage from Portsmouth to Mel- bourne. without renewing her tuel lguns, varying in energy from the 28- ton \vea.pon, firing a. 380-pound shot. with a. power .cn1)a.ble of sending one ton weight,/nearly tnreo and-n half miles into the air. One of these , guns is mounted on the forccmstle, lir- . `mg ahead or on either side, and the _ other is on the poop for astern or _ broadside attack. They are 86.88 ` feet long, and of 9.2 calibre, and, , using cordile. develop a. muzzle encr- llgy of 17,880 foot tons. It is ex- 'lpected that they will be able to _umuinta.in a continuous llrc on four . shots per minute. Their mountings . are of 9. new type. two are an-amged to be worked by hunt`. as well as by hydmulic power. The whole revolv- ing weight of the mounting, with its -, gun, is 120 tons. and this cam easily ,|be worked by hand. There are eight `six-inch gun: on each nroausmo, ar- ranged in a series of two-storey case- `mutes. They are seven-ton guns, r- - ing 100-lb projectiles, and are up- lnble oi ring eight. rounds per min- ] .ute. Two of the guns on ench broad- e?side re ahead as well as {our 12'- ,,ipounders and the 9.2-inch weapon, | .. and thus the King Alfred. when chos- Ming an enemy, will be able to ("'0 p_- anheud per minute four projectiles of a'380 pounds, 82 progccmee or 10(!_ I100 pounds, and 80 projectiles 0' n 12-; pounds. She -will be able also t to discharge on equal weight of met- ,t (:1 ustern. She is subdivided into 1- 248 compartments, and carries :1 crew 01 900 olcers and men. supply. She will carry thirty-live _ ' L`! D. HUI VIII! LIIUIUIUIVU 'UU U-UIU steam at ancruising` speed or .1 knots for 13,500 sea miles. equal n, vnvtmrn frnm pn!'lcn|n||!h In M4 So your engagement. o '9" said the girl in grey. Yes." replied the girl lrowning at the recollection. "\\hnt. was the matter ?" "Ho buscly (lucoivml me. You see, it. was this way. 1 gushed him one day to promise me ihul. he would never again smoke cigarettes. He promised. Then I asked him to re- train from the use of tobacco in any Iorm. lie promised to do that. Later. I told him I had a horror 0! anyone who touched liquor. nnd he agreed never to touch it. Affer that. I suggested hat I thought. clubs had a bad inuen on young men and I - should expect him to give them up, ' and he said he would. I also Look . .... .2... ....m...-9 no mnnhlinc nnd made is br:Jken - in brown, Tooth . Powder -umdonl Uqud 35: L:rge_ L?qurd and Pnmdqy-c All ! nous 0| by man lot the pnce. Snm;-Ie Iur y asap 3:. I IIAII n. nvvnvrll-I -.-..___.. and he $0.141 ne wouxu. 1 also tuuu. up the subject 01 gambling and made him promise that he would stop xplaying cards and betting on horses." -Ton um. didn't. ask him much 1 norzi-s." \\ell, you didn't ask him much J I suppose be deceived you in me mat- ltcr ?" --nu. ..... I 1' 1-nulr` Inn.-n Inn-rivnn r 7" "Oh. no ! I could have forgiven that. But just when I was congra- tulating myself that 1 at least had reformed one young man I found that he didn't need any reforming.` He positively was not addicted to nny one of the bad habits I made him promise to abandon. It. `was a terrible shock, and I broke off the engagement right. away. There was no longer anything in. it to make it interesting !" -u-5-. ' 24 million out of England's 32 mn- ` lion acres is farm land, but only 5 million out of Scotland's 195 are -..Io:....o.uI | The star I! of 1 riuges um 01. Du tiers. From 1851 1 three mulc.~1go{.uv lm; wcdlocladid H1 1:! urn! 'l`hA nrnl IIIIIIIUH Ill | cultivated. Good for Bad Teeth Not Bad for Good Teeth The highest inhabited spot in Eur- ope is the observatory on Mount. Eb- na. 9,075 feet above sea. level. Mop: than [fungi and wot-lu of the Cold. Lnxvlvo Bruno-Quinlan `tablets cure I add In one tiny. No uu-o. No Pu. Price 35oeItI. ------ Mistress (mi_dnighL)---"1 don't `in- tend to come down stairs to let you in this time of night. again." New Girl (reassux-ing1y)--You won't have to. mum. One 0! my friends took an impression of your lock, and he's wmlrinn n nim kev for me." Mlnard s Llnlmemes andru. an Impression un yuur Iucn. making a nice key for me." -Tu sozonour F033. pm... 250! %:?%i7o5dcm` An Ancient Sporting Event That Caused a Long War. A rucnt traveller in Eastern Am- biu hue revived a little of the ancient history 0! tlmt part 0! the world, 5` tracing back for many ccnturio.-a*t.ho 1-nnnn nl` hiifnr fnnlhnr In-tw:-on [W0 HALL & RUCKEL. IIONTIIBAL WASTEI) EFFORTS. 25 IIUIU (ll-1|! U ht. n vidcd b ] -' ,'-2' "" " V` 3 '50: 170. 200,`3lO-I':Jw250 sues. Tho Dawsonsg, _-JLm_V2>2- ' I IIol1)$w`r1.',n'ti:!a (0. b. ,_ c`6.,. Limited, 'l'_oronto, auursav pgvyw `4IIV~`y.:.;, R1bIJ'lVIt l w.'. -k". Britain. v -m` . _ V _.I. `or mm gp1s"1m;-.k`~n" lh.e'Unlted- Kingdom, 1,253 are In Engmnj, 35_3 in Scothmd, and -105 in -Ii-elan'd.`:. I ' .' I II? | ~=J9~-*~w- AToront e Druggist, Tried L All the Catarrh Remedies Known.` Isms JMMHESE cnmnma aim is we om pssmnuaur - ` cuas. IZLLIISU 0| UILIUF IUUIIII5 |Jl1LI\I'\:u LVVIJ tribes that were an. wur for forty years. their rclutinm: being somewhat ` Itmincd. Tho oxploror found that. in 602 A. 1). the shuikh 0! mm or the Lribos 3 node n. {army on another tribe and ` II a ransom lor the booty and oap- `j tlveo taken ho do.-mundcd and recclvod u. famous horse names Dahis. The ` extraordinary tloumou oi Damn was the boost. of his new owner and it was not long before a match was made to race him against. a Fezuru xuurc bl.-longing to uuothcr tribe and also noted for her ncetnosn. The wuger was {or 100 camels and the length 01 the course was about ten miles. A ck. .I..u nuuul Inn Ohn o-nun ni- '. to an'a1e} good iri"."c,'1e,`Especia;uy when an L} Ta. LU DELL-A` c:iILo. ~ `~ - H` ' _pro_vd`i.ts_worth glaze and time again. Yen recommend it : it'll b'ac.e vou uo. - ` Mr. John Wylie. the won-known Senior Clot` , I91-Mr. Goo. Mar-hnll. tho 1e. ding: Queen B ; ha-t Druggitl. H r- nu-, vu-ins:-"\\ lsenha; ; 1 . onuve Japan--o t. u nh Cure the only cur- lor czrnnh on he market, 1 hunk 1 know jun run. 1 tm gal .11.. ulcul. 1 lave med ever,- xumd) winch 1 H ougn. would do um goon um uhsq M.-\-ernl doclorv. but. only received a M. lo tempura. y redm`. A ter hes in: ever .. rt uur cu.-lLu1-El'l. who land as d ll'lIlO`*\. 4 M, to renal. A bar hes in ..| u ur Cain:-uh Curo -par kw Mu: Iy of it. 1 tr`: d 1'. }r m the \ery r:-t >1 no-vo me much .-oliet man the drone In: in my Ihroal. u-used. um non, game) nun: on all Ivur bu xea of Jnngne-to them whom it Im- (`\lItd. ' J.:.pnnum Cum rrh I ma vrrmnnently cures cnlnrrh and mhmhu) deafneta. A-1 drn"|zHII. wet-nt.=. A free sample soul. to any .\ N`-n I vIHI'I:l'.!I[; tram nun-:L.. 1 meta osc. 101-1060- wccnts. A tree sample 5` -Mn \ {or wat- Ave. Aulrezl the G. & )1. Co.. 1.inm.u., Toronto. the moat. dlmgru.-ab e d lea-I. nfu-r muttering 101' )cari. 1 h. vn muo rcoommendcd II. w s- mo ct our cnrtomnl. and know of seven! of them whom it Im- cmtd. ' J..nnnem Cut: uh run nu-m.-mnnnv rnv-an N the drone In Ihroal. u-used. , nu-nag Jnpgne-to C to rh ('uIe_Imd nus-If (O nplolrly cure-l ot the dl-agru.-ab d after muttering h. Z I 0! Britain's total population 0! 40 millions. just onc-qua.rtcr are men between the ngcs 01 20 and 64. --1 `2x'a,w6 `tidso RI-inin "5 ' ." ` Mrs. Wi.-.ggsy--"T|mt iamny wno have xn-wcxl in next. door must. be either very rich or very poor. Wig- gsy--\\`hy so? Mrs. Wiggsy-- "Their furniture was nil done up in sheets and blankets, and I don't know whether it. was done to hide its shubbincss: or to protect its beau- u;., n llpur. 5 The .v-mperior strength 01 linhis told 1 over the yielding, sandy plain, and-m ho wuu well ahead of bin rival, the 1 more. which, though very (lent. haul 1 less staying power. The horso would undoubtedly have won the race it it a had not been for El trick perpetrated 1 by the tribe to whom the more bo- 1 longed. They had uzoncoaletl a. man 1 in a. hollow on the track over which ` the animals were rucing to check `Don I his and throw him oil his course. i The trick succeeded. and the mare 4 was ilrst M. the watering trough. '.l`ho dishonest/strautgem by which i - . ted came to the i of is owner. After vain I ,~\o unis the dimculty the two * '-may ted to war and the mud ` `wed in a mud torn: to tho , .y.- The war lasted for I re. and the unpleasantnesa ` `handed down tron: ccncrw muon. though long per- nhnnn In which thorn . , .. ._,.:. _ _. -.`. .,-V: ._.x-__~ ,- r ` '* J7 .. ."1v:5._, ' lo`hand1e_ . "43:.-zrxvu-'i`.`.,~"..7s,;.c;.;uy ax.`-a-.4, LUDELLA` Cl?-Y1._0. _' ' . |'o_y*l"l.worlh 3} nd _lime 13:36. Yod rccommeo it :_ il n:-k you up. . I ` `tout! Back-cup; ','-- _ u.o,_co. stir.-in coo L Miami : Linimnt for sale emutbai I . Out of every 1,000 0! the ])0|lu]!.- tion 01` the United Kingdom 6:`. are domestic servants. 44 belong to the commercial classes. while the protes- sional people, including civil ser- \ ants, number 33. o---o- 'M|nard's Linimanl lI-mE;BuIns. etc. -.-.__- 1 mncc'. though suhposcd to be the most highly cultivated country, has 21 million acres of forest and 17; million of waste land. .:.-- I I"I' uvrr l'IIt_y want- 5 In. WnuIoI_v'| Snornmo svrln bu butlud by Pilllcnu of H0!,hrf| my the r chlldvn while no-mu nun-nhn the 25:14. m.on.1.I~ xrm.-. :1 my: pain. guru ad onlic. regulate: tho vmm;-ch nnd hololl. um! in nu . remedy for Div. '-hat. '1 wnuuxe cant: I home by druuinu lb: ughou the worid. Bo sun Ind uh Inn In. Vnm,ow'uboo-nnuo Buoy.` I.ua.v vvnavu---. ...-. -..-_, as moroury will - uroly do-troy the race of smell and- omyetelyd 9l'&\lI'.'0 the whole ay~tmn when out`!-in; t, rhmnzh the mm on nnrfnco-c. Such arm-In -hould 1:-var be used excep` on m-acpip- (on 4 1-om reput. able physicians. as me I unuuc thr-1 wvldq ate-\_ f Id 1.o_g.h-_-_nod you ..-.____ A French general has inaugurated a plan ol permitting and even en- couraging soldiers to sing when on the. match, a prlvilcge'_..which' has been strictly denied until recently. It has also been arranged that nrw sol- dim` who can play on_nny of the smaller musical instruments shall be provided with such instrument at the expense of the State. l...----------------v As `tho clay xed for the race air M proached the horses were kept wlLh- ` out water, the plun nclng that the horse which x-st plunged its nose Into the water through ten miles from the starting; point, should be declared the winner. The racers were to run ridcrlesn, untl to make thou: gallop Lhclr boat maddening thirst was to take the place 0! whip and spur. 'l`hn nunorior strcncth ol Dnhls told physicians. mo 1! -mace they wvldo ate-v to v.h- road ran pouibly derive from them. In l`- Cnuarrh Cro. manufactured by FJ. Chane? az. l`o..To- lodo. 0.. contains no mercwy. and 3 union in~ tomully. mung dlreotly upon thgjhlood and mnooue rm-race: or the nyntem. a buying H&Il'~` Cltarrh Cure be sure you got. the Jam: `no. It is tukentnr.-amnl y.an:lmarleIn I` ado Ohio. by F. J. Cheney 5:. Co. Tutimonhb I . rgld by Dl'ngist'. prion 750 per bottle. 1 H511 : luau; Pills are the MIR Beware of olntmonts for Cam-rh that contain` Mercury A--- `L- -..-- Al RECOVERY OF REASON. King Otto of Bavaria, who lost. his reason twenty-ve years ago, has {just recovered the use 0! his tongue. and has been asking for his mother and others who heme been dead for some years. His xiiind is now clear as to events that happened before his amiction, but it is a blank so far as the last. quarter qt a. century is `concerned. - E1? P:fI : I I T : GRA'|:EFUL" CC P5 P0 RTI NC. LL - --4- SINGING ON THE MARCH. THE MOST NUTRITIOUS. TT 7 w- _ >_BREAKFA8T-SUPl-`ER. For Over Fmy Venn ..--- m-mu--ma nvrln hn h f:.["`Tg3.;-';'h'sI:'.`c:._". HORSE RACE IN 562 A. D. i"; e;;-gig wickshigej Accordnng u_. the. death-rate, lordship, ...._.. W caal-e, qarham, S ' Ngrghumberlund "_II'at.ies in .` . 5 fez?" 2! . . V _ _ _ ,f,_, __ '1` was uiod',6l Aahixgouutq by`MlN1\RD S_-.1N1Ml V ` e . , `N x -,2: - .,1.._M, cAurn11.b. Tl. of Txla.ndI_ " " ` '1 ' ' 3 _. . , ,. s ' mm. . , -3;. 5.. by mmmn'-s L! _m T Twn., 1 Wll5 CUT? OI UDIOIIIU I`- lby !\uNMm's 1,.1NI')tEN1!;!f P. EORGE ' During the past your there iref `lift 116 wrecks on British consul. 3.095` crease 0! 160 on the year before. ` .. October, with an average at 2.07 inches, is the wettest, month in the year in England: November conical!)- cond, and August. third. _ ....... . ....n n nu nil l||'_ !Minard's Llnimezelievas enrafglf The South African desert fox INC almost entirely upon ostrich which it. braks by rolling than against a. stone. ' C-I : on nnnn cuuu, uuu nu5-my u...... 1'. Illllll A 001.0 I\' O!!! DI . Puke bx-xanve Bromo Qumiuo union A! druuzistu nlnnd tho money if It mm to en E. W. Grove`: ngnamre Is on o.n.cl.| box. lr9-%BZiIi..3 WE;-SJ Springhill. N_. s.-`V _ , I was cured of Chronib` I I... In xv A.DT\',Q 1 nuitlmn ll` fllliltllti, Drums. VHIYUVIIIU. I13. gr `EVERY TOWN CAN HAVE A BAN. ,#, . __ ._, _..__ .......-.I 0:..- ._A.A-_n- bowed prices over (Santana. I"l"O .`300il!u-tr-ul `us. In \lI~ fr:-e. Write In I lhmg in Vlmle nr `In-teal llull-Inn-at-. wxyL1-`.1 mos & 00.. Limi Toronlo. 0:11.. And Winnipoc. Man -,.... .._j. HE_".'_'.!-!-E..T .`. BT`i`.'."3 I -ILIII IUIIII Ilriuv lurvv-n 1- -a-cw:- Lowovt prices uotaod. Five ||I~ nu; ` on.-cu-an nnnnn g. nn 1'.-__.-;-.I`t , .i'17i:7C:iii`.'1,f1'i~if;'iini; 3. GEORG _ Albert. Co., N. 131- g, .-_.;e_ "77- \I|1=l`l|-Isl: vvn I Hutu tnd Ill kind! of honm Hnnginp. ugo LABS BURTAINS "'3.& `- u"-':3."" Write to no about yours WHKI win Iuvul-yvllrl IIITICEI AIIIIGAI IVIIIIO 00.. lo: 183.I0l" 1 Is a him or client! prapantiow. It , ouno cvld sores. chapped Hanna` Vlmnds or sum Illuaua. It In - ansasthotio. but a Malor-Tug sown- ucu IIEALQB. urn uxes Ila. Drug. sts. or `me cuoadino co.. Toronto. 7_G_3.L_E.ALNE Domlnlon iid:SEhhonlpa unamu In unrnool. Baton to, Live brnlrdawuol 5- _ lnloounnd llnuuu `:5-[lamps poeiulnuoationhu horn now` and Iuloou and `nu!-Clan noon mudrauou nu unloulun. In!) to my an this autumn: . IHXIOOO. D.`l`unual wr`l"'uJaIs.Iuun Ij"*" v mt rumulto, Drums. Unlfhrulo. Ito. an-nu -rruun nun unlit A IIIIII Frau-nu the tooth. Iwuuno tho truth. Bmmxuuno the gum: `no: meat PoPui.An DINTIPIIIOI. "1 KEV. of IsIa.g_1`d._-` `L _. j- _- was `cur_ad_ ol__` Qfhcinl, IIINARITS LINI'MI'E'l".\_. . `- -55:-:Nn.I.E OURTAIN3 n-ml -ll llndn of homo nnlinn. um c41.I..\f'n:t.'1-'5 , OARBOLIQ l'EIIf`I'.Iu' Iomnnl unrpool. to pool. Portland to Lin:-pod. VhQumuo~ K0I. --- - -- I -~ n__..a__ _.4._._..4I_1 III! IIIIIICN` UI '5 : ngu. The ma: vuvcr.n'] in . hnr nun. f:uII`1 /' in safety is beyond no-an. A ` second condant! - hmng:rh: *m ' aha crysztruo in. All mm-mono: choe:fuy and vromvlli mvved a'v";y-L7.'no _ivu. All hllonnoll eboorfuny united THE GAIIADA PERMANENT and vmmm mam neurone: Ihc Important Consideration capldas Proior Ggnmy f. /:u::yre:ys- boyond qutcu. A4` A box of awe?! >Orang9. for $2.56.-_ Special prices in loll _.of 5 or mnro boxes. We haw! I50, :16. zoo,`:n6.r.J, 450 sizes. I :.._u.-.`n ' -__-..;.- J.1EIaE\ra.a.sj TOOTE .1 POWIDIIIB. ho star of girl-unn-uuy mur- zen arrwvot. burne nut. by stuns- I. to 187 only ubout r:-c xxxulc.-9} oi uvcry hzdrcd enter- so` under 21 years me. pmpm-Hon in growing. nevcr.-an'l J{ it shuwed that war war fuuI`A]J0r:son8 under the ulna! _v:ur.-a or dlmvrc-Uon were to] mm! in every 100 married men. prolnorllun of ucmurm pt-nu aim .... 4|... .-.....-.-Katrn L"t)lfI nnllnr `.11 Is: nun. .-..-.__ .- -~ ~ - - 0 sad Putltnnnhup W uoounolalloh .; ,3. ..g`.y; od In .u.n.n..":nm nuoazha in h:rn than to I "I. B1 II D Ll yours IIIAAI nlllll no In: ll W P0 H08 31 at tI|`odueI :y.' [DB ULLIZII lUl' Ulully ` of bitter feeling I Inn 0 urn!-n u I 1 u. ullgt. V91` mu ` uundondstattstlcn, ." 1!. deals with OVIIV mat. of the mo ox nurly 15: of people and t,horough|y_ `it. would require days. 2' to_1.hc most. recent. can- 1 was taken on March 29, total population at 010 utivc Col Fly Of London mm, nf whom 2.099.548 --.. .....a ,> :x:m_L!0 famules Lcr millions. nppurcnv u. steady decline ` nbcr pf murringos and in rate. 3-Icw citizc-nu who in- size n! Iuudon'I popula- hcre, Lu :1. cunsidousblo ex- grown, jnurnenang {mm of the United Kingdom` ` -~'~ -an 7I`|v.n IIIQQQ 'I1I`- (9175, M wnom "lgvliiuruu . :3 mt. im-'udu the outer ring. uf tlu- 1m.-lrcpolis skirting um! um: um probab.y_ not and 2,838,170 females : in cminutung tho populm 1 ....n.... n`, (`um and nos cl: c in h heed 13.10:. &:-'A I girl-and-boy mrnc 1 10187 .......u I. tlrnll Lllllllll IUIIK pill` which Lhcre In- mung the popula- ndou M. ve and . Germany, and Flu-_ us once in viva R. per 1 .000 persons R u H uc uspuu. u. _ Wuons p . .' dzc:-J. `it, wo A ' `Accoiing to_ I V V`. which I ` 896: the tow! /_,4mnsnn.m.uv.; i was 4.um,.n1s, Q-nun; nnulna n U. n! nmrringo I8. and is us ...P4,(|6 wr rent.` I (`hurch 1 a ..u*...,... 3 I I n... anzumnsu `Ann com: um. nuns LIVE LONG. -- n Foo 10 Who Euro mallpox ' enger-Lived Thu: Thou _\nho Have Escaped. ` Have you had small-pox `I 1! you have, you have recovered from the terrible disease without your eye- sight. or` hearing being serlouslg al- tocled. as is very omen the case, you may congratulate yourael! that smallpox attacked you, for you will probably, barring aocldenw, lave con- siderably longer and enfoy `better l health than it you had never had the ~ disease. says .Penrson s lleekly. ll. is a, remarkable ln".L-one of N&lt.Ul'0'H peculiar 'oom[-cnfntlo s- : that people who have sum.-red I om l smallpox generally ll\'o l0l.g(-r `than - people who have not. My this - should he the case, there is only an - unproveul theory to expluln ; and | the theory ls that the mlcrulzes _ 5.. .....l... .nnnII-nnv hning snouzu uu um uunu. ..-m.\. .. ....., .... which go to make small-pox. being I very powerful and puguucmuu. awn!--I low up the microbes oi many other-.; dixuuncs which they had in tho sym- -tc-uxu of persons they attack. livnce, hy contracting smallpox sever;-l_v.: you stand it good chance of elhrunut-E `in; {mm your systmn other disesuncsi which would sci /.0 upon you at some .x`\r|l\ .... ..n..... und mmlv m1oul.(h.! whinh would some upon you an Iluuu: time or other. and, likely enough, lpruve mun. ~ Al. the same limo. It. must. [)0 ud- pmve mun. . ~Al. the ml-1 mined that smallpox 1:: not schedulq ed as u. prevcntlve mediclno ; null] the number at person: it either I(|Il:,a mnlum. or lnlllctn with nu.-nlul iu-I cn,[nu:lY.ic:: is probably gro-not tlum: um nunnlmr nl um-sons whose lives} llllgllnnll V 1'18 1'AE~'s'J`-'1`lMI3 Vl("I`1M: Numbers of elderly pin-::un.s more or loan feeble lwaltla. um alive by ctzugllu. !ri`x('l"a for in-sl as bl`(!|'hlUS. Chronic coughs: pcculxrly common to old pt - and hundreds \Vh0'cmnplab1l'l M - lstrr.-H1-1 duuued then: by such ; Lions are really lid-slmul tn . coughs for their length of lilo. ; reason of this is that must. (2 ,`pcrr=oxm sucr with we-uk lmnrv.u Lit:-ohle clrculuuon of tho bluml. .. .......u, hmu-In luzcomc u-rmkc ;'f(-clile circuluuon ox um u-uuu. .uuu 3 weak liourls become -xmkcr and ) wcukor. merely as a. result, of then` . \\'eu.knesH. A consttun. I_..-lug!) ~m- : ream thin. keops the hurt bx-m`:ug s more strongly tlmn i=, uilwrwiw I: would, nnd UH! stron ' hem-1-bunt -` keeps the blood clrcul- inc: v|m' quickly ; and the vital Organs are l iliim learnt. in a mate of activity - which could only be Innintainord by mtiiiciul means. `and tor a. limited l tinm but. for the trcumcsome -cough. -. `If. .. 4 I... ,n...m1 n ui rmrulnrlrwn `U011 or hruumcr l4Unuvu ... ...- V, thrtwquurtcr millions. N Thcarc is 11 in the number 8: the birth rate. 1 -Icxv 9 crrmse the Iundon l 6 lion come 11 tent. tun L every pnrv. Kingdom \V ml the Ccmllm-nt. The mean mur- V rlngo rnte {ram 1951. to 1898-was In 18.9 per 1,000 living` :'IJ't lo!ll;' chl`d- (1 ran, of course, ncluded. '1 o_ din: '1 [ram under # head . I (he I1 V i `Va: 0 as n no, ubovt which tha| \' num 0! happy co'di')lbI'*h 1951 l. rose I1 still , urccndlng in [$53. nI_nnnhmv tlnllu in 1 5358 III!!! . H. prolongs. _ . At thu mum timelil. in the diseuse. though one -terrible known In lnrt does you a great. deal of `are capable 0! throwiq'q out suering utter-mrccn sscriou.-I clmrmzter than I with the queer time may invariably leaves lnh. tingulsh 1v: :4 1! A L:'I`_'I`lll`I -`. .aE;AsEsT1_1_A_.T_BU noun l|inp.1_v puenful uxscusu, min. on ('uIu`M:' lliu some cases, pmvr rutul. but they -`confer many u blessing on mankind; -iam! rhcuxuutixm particularly in well - `known to dnctors as u |\rc\'cutivc of -lmmuy uther dim-usvu. It is n. notor- iuun {act that gouty subjects gcn- .` crully live to a ripe age, and ."J(:H. they suffer very Ivzvureiy nt. times, 9: they gcncruily cnjdy excclluit genvrni SI heuH.h. the very unmet-1 of the guutl` t [cu-pim,r tlroir blood in good condi-i Hun und making it uncndurubie to 1 many kinds of microbes. < ' Cases have occurred 0! whole hou.~> 4 " holds, except. one member, being; - lstrickcn dmvn with infectious dTH-`` ` cases. and the luchypxccption hash been a. sufferer iron: I nnuvununucu nn l!n11'lV (men (I. I-uuurur lrulu RHEUMATISM OR GOUT. which alone has prevented him jrom commcting tho dine:\.~eos which have` run through the house. Such Inner-;` ozrs do not run halt the ri.~ 1'0! catch- 5` 4 w Jug the common illnesses; hut non-j austere:-s run ; and u/largo propor-, Lion of the people \'vho roach ages ovcr four-score ,\'uu'm are people who, tor years, huvo'EmM-red froni` gout, or! rheumuth-1m, to \\h|ch fact. they un-5 doubwdly owe many 01 the years; they have lived over the allotted spun. 'l`nkn mm a dnzen nor-sons over the - Tuko halt a. dozen persons the` ago of seventy who sulfur (rum rhuu-'1 umtism or gout. and Inuit a dozen, others who suffer irnm neither, and ;` you will iind that. except {or their`! rheumatism or gout. they onjy very}: ` much better health than the non-l` ` sucrers. and stand in nplcndid chance I ` oi outiiving the latter. Moreover, ' gout. and rheumatism greatly on- ' hunce u sun`crer'u clumcm-3 0! rethin- > ins: his mental faiclilticr-i until the r em! ; as large porccntatge of centen- uriama who die with all their witai about them, and with excellent` : mcmoricu oi the days or their youth, - |'havo suilcred for many years irom nrheumatism. and been particularly 1 tree from other diseases. 1 mu... 1.... ..n - Inn our nn nnn in also Iree n-om other ensoaaca. The loss of a jog or an arm is also mid to do you good in the long run. , Pcrhups 1.hM.`lu an awkward phrancg to ypply to the xoss 0! a leg, but let ii it stand, It r.r.-rtuinly scams than when a. man is deprived of a log ` 0!` an `arm. the vitality and vigor n! the ` lost, member remains with him to in- crease the vitality of the remainder. n u..... 1.....- .I....I.....ul In: an nmln. um vntnupy 0| mu l'eu.Iuu1uv:r. It has been declttred by an omin- ent authority that when 0. man has a leg cut. all. he being in suiclontly good health notto cullnpso from the \ operation. adds two or three, some- times `more, years to his latter days. In the care 0! silver the work 0! easier I! the whit- thin paste with tie ammonia. has ing is made n water to whit: been added. --...- v-.7 THE CARE OF SILVER. lb III!` lllL'- I,|\.unu.rIuuuu \a\Iul5I|- xcr. Um 'cuns|nnt. romlnrlers y the cough deter tlm numer- u running risks of cm'ni5;r| In ollm` Wtvrds. they. huV'0l _v their health or uni-r more fl-nm their ("U1.`, h., and. u: the former. they hm:-(`at uh` I.- wcru luu.IL'a Thiq dot-5 not that part 1 the county un tar wrong in {ion of Ureutc thrco-quu rtcr '[`hm'n in nnl `utrly and mud ` Luv! 4 Iuxi .- s Sinallpox played sa,d' havoc omens l European Royalties throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth cmturioa. Two cl Charles .1 I.'e children were carried on bywlle scourge. and tlm-e 01 James I1.'e'olIsp'rlng, including Mary. Queen of England and spouse of William III. `Louis X1V.`I~son (tlre Duuphln). his grandson (also Dauphin), end his wife uxgd great.- grnndson, Louis XV., all died of smallpox. Likovwiro Joseph 1., En perm of Gc'rmam:,'. . in 1711 ; Peter 11 . Emperor 0! Russia, in 1730 ; Ila.-my. Prince of Prussia, in 1767 ; and Mnxllgiljun `Joseph. Elector of Bavaria, in 1777. Two 0! our So- vereigns had very narrow escmes fr :11 death lrom the disease-namely, wi Hum 111. und Queen Anne. The Cry of an Infant is Nature : Signal of Distress. Babies ncvur cry unless there is some very good that-;o'n` for it. .l`h0 -cry of u. baby is nu.turo's warning .s1gnul that there is aguuuthing wro!|iI- H`v.u-u nunlmr nmrhl. In Arm. to \\'Ol`K {[51}.-;1lu.l mm. were Is sguuutulug wnuug. ~I'l\'cI'y mother ought. Lu get. to hnnu.-diam.-ly to land out. what that :souacLhing' wrong may be. 1! Lin; 1'rev.fulness and irritation are not w.u.~acd by exterior sources, `it. in con- lcluailvc uxilidoucu `that. the Cayill baby is il . `in: un y safe nu ju iciuus lthing to do in to administer Baby : ;()wn 'l`ubluL:~x wltlmut. L119 slightest . I .|..l..u '|-`I Ill. '1 !ld<.-lay. I'nn' ldcluy. . For iml:p,.~sLlon. slccplcssucss. the alrritaxiun ;1(`('mnp|1nyiug the ct`xu.'mg;: Inf teeth. dl;u'rl1ou-.1, cpuslipution, it-ulic, and Fimplo iuvcra, these mur- \clluu.-a lilllc tablets lune given re- lic!` in llnuusumln of cases and saved ,m;u.y precious bully llvca. II6 not ;giw: a child so-called "soothing" mu-liciu;~.~'; such only slupify um! pro- aduco unn:u\1rul ale-cp. Baby's (lwni 'i J`u|olct:-1 are gunruntc.-ed to coutnia; n0 . ';u;viutc or utucr huu_nI`ul drugs;__thcy'; *<.prnmuLc b0lll l(l, healthy sleep be-` musc they go directly to the root 0! ' "l;u!Jy ti`oubl43:4. Llinsnlvod in \\'u.t.er t:nm,~ tablets can be given to the! a\L~l nI`\nl lira \\'nlh-r lh-nwn.l `-l I|`lfI\l\U avuuu, .-xuuu... ..--._, imusc they to metro! l;u!J,v troubles. lyuu.-u.;c:~:t, infant. Mrs. Wultur Drown. 331211.), Q-16.. suys:-I have never ;u:~`v.-1| uny medicine tor baby that did lu:-. much pond us Uuhy'a Own Tub- ilcls. 1 vmulrl nut. be without. them." l`.uby`s Own Tablets are for sale at ull-drug smrns. oi` will be sent. (li- rcct. on xvca-ipl.,olin'1ce (25 coma It box)`li_v utialre ing the Dr. Williams` ` Medicine (.`o.. uckville, Ont. ROYALTIES AND lIA'iaL'POX. .'the latest muucs, mm have me menu. ,;ui b(.`il`A_L," ,r:a.-uemlly becoming. The I1smu.rt waist illustrated combines all Lltho est.-ntiuls. und._cnn be made with -{or without the pointed yoke. an prtr ) terry-Ii. The material of which the original is made is rcscda. green [inn- -,ncl, with cmbroldcred dots of bhick; but annel of all sorts. corduroy. -lvelvctccn and all wuisting muwtials 3 are upproprimc. ' l'hn fnuntlntinn linimz ii l appropriate. The foundation lining is titted snugly nd smoothly. and extends to , the waist line only. The waist, pro- ,:pcr is laid in wide `box plaite that _`ure stitched at. their underlulds and _}uguin at each edge. The yoke is stitched ilrmly to posi- .3tion under the centre trout.- `ipluits. but both [rent and back Enlnit. and over` the other boxl _Iaplnit.s extend to the shoulders when { _;yolte is omitted. The sleeves are in 3 1 modified bishop style, with culls that. include pointed portions which match the stock collar. To make this waist. for a woman oi ..`mcdium size 3-: yards of material 21 I [1 ! inches wide, 81 yards 27 inches wide 3 `or 2} yards 44 inches wide will be ,- required when yoke is used, 3} yards V121 inches wide. 8} yards 27 inches` ;-Iwide or 2 yards 44 inches wide when lnnhn In nsnilllld, I131], 01 cnunsu, nu.--wuu. - -_ V. -. gram Mal . 1ho|| "QVO no, abovg h the '1 30! ooiipltt ' 1 in 1953. mm In A still dropping iuully in 1.`1..'S8'tIn!1`--1361. and n:suming_n.uutn its fgnnur popul- ulty by It.-ups and bounds till. in It 1865, it. reached the maximum ; 1869 1 and 1870 muv i_L M. the Imvczst. elb. from which it jnluuy sthngglcrd 1-zomv six ycum. vivul vms only timid. All subsu- qxmnt yours mgum nt various depths below the avcrnggu lit)`. so thug. the lunku like u mountain-chain I'eN'!inn in n ulnar luko st:-on-hi L: uh n ; J13 bu.-`c--hcro tower ' to ' m skies ; there sinking the dr-p us. In gures, the murrluzgo rule of umlon in L5 pica] yearn it-rm-A '1Ll|l\`I7L' fvr Hut lhc exructcd 113- ` l0llI-'O1.K SHIRT WAIST. -:3 Lo -10 Hunt. Nurlulk styles, In both waists and Jackets, muko a notable feature ot `the latest modes, and have the merit ...` I. M...-nunlnnr The ml.` .. r.~.....\-an II" |W|(l0 0! :3 ,Vu.run ` `yoke is omitted. \J\1. ...-...__-V..- -, Few people have any idea of tho lnnucnso animal population 01 Great Britain. According to thy lu. ro- turus of the Board of Grade, there \......... 4.. Ohn llnilnd Kinudnnl nenrlv `turns of the uouru ox Jruuu, Lucru `were in the United Kingdom nearly 1 |2.000.000 horses, about 10,000,000 : cattle, more than 82,000,000 sheep. 1 and something like 4,000,000 pigs. As regards the rst item. this was 1 the number used by ugrlcuituristl ` iualono. Thu number of horses used j (or carriage purpogea in towns, ro- ikurdlng which wu have no pnrucu- ~ ~ lnrs. must be enormous. The value * `of Unis property is estimated at.` - about 51 350,000,000. - eool or sponge. with which to .w Human teens are not recognized as o specic against disease in any other country but Persia, and there. only those tears wide` have been shed at u. fumrnl er` supposed to luwe curative quehthn. 1` tr roun- try named. the cnntem of lntti'n tears is an irr-nuztam-' feature 01 the tuneral ceremony. To each at mourners present the master of the thaw ceremonies presents a. piece oi cotton ' oun MILLIONS OF ANIMALS. .1. CRYING` BABIES. TEARS AS n'mnIc1N1-1. .T`-En` E'izT! the 10 c jnu every U: 1 rate 18.'.. nclud boa " A.-......... . . "H -}u TX? Ceylon "|'a Is tflllieb fines; Tea the world produces. ! and Is sold only in lead` packets. Black, Mixed and Green. uuulm That I; made Now and ; Then by Writers. 1 The Berlin ' correspondent of the 2' London Times informs his newspaper 'f that the Cape-to-(Jairo line of thcl` African Trtmscontlncnml l`(:lc.-graph ` Company has been constructed as tar as Bismzu-ckburg, '1`ogola.nd," This ` may read all right. to any one who knows nothing about Lhc geography of Africa-, but i! he should cry to il- ` luminato the statement, by using a. good may he would begin to suspect. , that something was wrong. The . route of tho (.`ape.to-Cuiro telcgmphl line passes through Central Ax'ricn,| while 'l`oguluml is u. (lermuu ])0sscs~" l | u-inn nu Ihol WIIHI l!().'lRl'.. lxilllllrck` ;e'avdrinken' iSa!aI1"TG:unbt. i ior at the colony. ` Such blunders are quite c::c_usul.ule gas long as Africa is couxpmutnvely little known. but. some people con-.l tinuo to perpetrate them when they` should know better. -n...... a...-. vmouuun. um-inns: mxtinns I lulu Juguauuu as u. \lvIuIu ri-in on the west coast, 1 l)u1'g_bc|_ng a settlement. in 1 idr of the colony. Hunk lnlnndlil nrn nuiln snoulu Know UULl.L'l'. 'l`n-nlies between various m\tions`l relating to boundaries will probably 1 never again cuntuin so many hlun-11 dcrs as has been the case within the ,4 igmst twenty years. while the world; `has been clearing up nearly all the i` ggcogrupliicul mysteries. At least at `dozen ludicrous blunders were pea-pe-| `(mated by liux-opcun Governments in} their Airlcnu treaties. The Britisl.-i `and Portuguese, for example, fixed' upon the west side of the llauical plateau" (is their common lronticr in Mnshoun Land. nding later that there is no such plateau, and that `some other denition for the bound- ...... 1a.... mu,-a. lm mudu. or they auluu uuxus u\;u.......... .- _..- my line must be m-uda.-, of they would be on badly mixed up as the Alaskan buuudury muddle. Then the British and Germans Iixcd upon the llio del Rey "from its source to the sea." as the boundary between their po;sswslons fronting on the Bight. of lliu.I`ru. They were slightly up 0. tree when they discovered that the Rio del Hey is not a rl\'cr"at, all. but. is merely an inlet. of the sea. and not much of a. one at that. ._r-._-- .~-r--j A-"lIave you realized anything from that mining investment. you were telling me about 7" y. ..\y,,. II.... ......l:.uuI (Inn Or-uh nf [N0 8`\_\' I Hg, 3| u are suuu pa.l't.cd. ..___ were Luluug u;u uvvuv . ll--"Ycs. I've realized the truth of the saying, `A fool and his money um-. untlu n:n't,n ~.d.' " Jill. MILL`: Londnn 1 Iowa : lluchc-lors ?4pin~`1v;-rs 1 \Vldo\\'oru a widow: 1' M. B. CONNICK RELATES ES EXPERIENCE WITH BRIGHTS DISEASE AND DODD S KIDNEY I"II.LS. lsuered With TE:-it Dread. malady : tor Fifteen Yeare.-'.l?rea.ted by Five Different Doctors.- Literally Rescued from Death by IDodd s Kidney Pine. Middleton, I'.E.I., Dec. 28.-Mr. M. B. Connick, the well-known black- smith of this place. known all over the Island as the man whom l)odd's ~ Kidney Pills saved from death as by a miracle. has often been inter-I viewed regarding .his case and is ever ready to supply the facts. I had lmnn A victim to kidney Uonmck tn :1 recent. convcrsuuuu. I "Did you know it was Bright's Disease. Mr. Connick 7" . -`N.-`O no nun I didn't. but when I ready to supply EH8 lucna. "I had been a victim kidney trouble for ltcen years betoro I took Dodd s Kidney Pills, said Mr. Connick in recent conversation. --rua Ivnu Imnw it wnn lh-io ht. n. Disease. Mr. Uonmcx 1" "Not at llrst. l dlv.ln`t.. butjwhcn I ` found it .out. 1 was startled. I cam I tell you. In those days. you know, Bright : Disease was incurable. I 7 went. to live (Iierent doctors.` They ` could do no good. I"ino,lIy my wjfo and I went to one who told us right out there was no use taking my money. I could not` be cured. I telt. that it was all over." c-1.1.: and unn ramp in Osaka 'Dndd'n that 1!. an over." . "How did you come to take Dodd's Kidney Pills ?" a "man. nnn dnv 11 customer aid I [Kidney Pills 7" "\\'eH, one day u_ customer nd ` were talking of the death of a neigh- bor. and my customer said he was quite sure if he had taken Dodd s Kidney Pills he would have been cured. That set me thinking. I-`or tho last six years I had been forced to hire a man to do my work. Well. `I In-Inna On Onlua nndd' Kidnev cured. '1'hL 807: me tnlnIun;.;. rur I began to take Dodd s Kidney Pills and before I had nished the third box I was at work again. 1 can shoe 9. `horses as well to-day as over .1 coutd in my me." "ha vnu mean in nn_v that three I coma In my me." "Do you mean to say that three boxes of Dodd's Kidnqv Pills cured you 0! Bright's Disoare of fmcen years standing 'I" "Van. air. that's exactly what I Stunning 1' "Yes. sir, that's exactly I mean. I was so am! and sore I could not stoop to pick up anything --couldn't. put. on my shoes. If my wife was here she would tell more nboxff. Dodd's Kidney Pills than I uu umnul Ln L-vur.Y JUII murrnuu uu:II. The proportion mu. who enter the, marriage state under 21 is about {our i.ime.~+ us grant. which 1:: nearly ubuut the proportion prevail-' l...- l..-lnurlx I-'nlVlnlll` can " ll}. Connick is now fty-eight years old and the picture of health and strength. 5 . PLEASANT FOR THE LANDLADY. A -__\. _A A _I_-_.. g--...ll_-. Ltuunnn IJJJIAIIKIIILV I CIIID IAIIJ Jdllbialaxnata . A cool a.t._a. cheap boarding housg played a. lime game on n. grumbling boarder. a newspaper hdmoriat. by sawing him a place of solo leather instcad of hccfstoak. n\o....I.... ..\..._.....I ...\.m luun-hnr `Mr: 1 lllslcd on nccrsu-tux. ""ou \'o changed your butcher. Mrs. oscher." said the boarder, looking up` at the landmdy. utter sawing two or uvveo minutes at tho'lea.t.her. - ' u-.... huonlxgun an annual " renllad or twee minutes at me ieatner. - "Same butcher as usual," replied the boarding mistress, with a pat- ronizing smile. "Wh_v?" "Oh, nothing nmch,'i' said the hu- ' trying to make an impres- ateak with his knife and is piece of meat is the at I have had in -nun` xnhhn " lolylup; IV Ill!-I-nu uu k mea WRON G GEOGRAPHY. uauss urmlommn. uul pUan\:a- Bismarck- 1 the ner- -' T` 'f._'15{. ' nun '. . - New York Poh%~_ -, 1- 3. of qfuiser aaddd 1.o"tT`I(${qrit.i'd,_:__, " .' 7 She is 500 Icet loag, 71 '- und when in -ghting trim` sh-~ `displace 1-1,10U_ \oi1s. he? dr-aiight; b5-7! ing 26 feet. Her speed will be23 knots, attained by means 131" two sets ' of triple expunsionengines. develop- ing 30,000 `horse power---said "to -be - `the most. po\\'crju1 machinery aver `put into 3'.` warship, The vessel car- ries 2,500 tons bf coal in her bunk- cns. and will therefore -be able to I;-|.;..vn no a ...-..:L-2-up ..... ..I .1! `IA In my Imwm ruthon mnhnir