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_ er and que v will there be ShOWn an old wooden‘ “It: _ _. ,. H... lUT A TIME IN HIS BUD com‘j’s KIDNEY PILLS CURED w. J: DIXON’S RHEUMA- TISM. .He was Crippled for Weeks Before 11:; Tried the Great Kidney Rem- edyâ€"How the Cure was Efiected. BarWick, Rainy River. Ont., Dec. 28.â€"(Special).â€"The cold. wet wea- ther, with its accompaniment of Rheumatic pains has set the people here talking of the case of Wm. John Dixon. Mr. Dixon, who is well knownin this neighborhood, was a cripple from Rheumatism. To-day he has not a twinge of his old enemy anywhere in his body, and he gives all the credit to Dodd's Kidney Pills. “I had an attack of Typhoid Fevâ€" er,” Mr. Dixon says in speaking of his cure, “and after I got over it, Rheumatism set in. I had pains in - my back and in my right hip so bad I had to use a stick to Walk. I had no comfort in sleeping and could no more than dress or undress myself for two months. For three or four weeks I could not put my right leg on my left knee. “On my brother's advice I started using Dodd’s Kidney Pills, and after taking three boxes I began to walk around and do my work as usual. I am all right now, and Dodd's Kid- ney Pills did it." - Rheumatism is caused by "uric acid in the blood. The natural way to cure it is to get the uric acid out of the blood. If the Kidneys are sound they will take all the uric acid out of the blood“. Dodd‘s Kidney Pills make the Kidneys sound, . -â€"â€"9~â€"-â€"â€"â€"- . NEW POSTAL DEPARTURE. Scheme Deviseci By British Post- master-General. Satisfied that a “cash-onâ€"delivery" system of parcel postage will serve the greatest good of the greatest number the British Postmasterâ€"Gen- eral has had an outline of the scheme prepared for the information of shop-keepers, large and small. I The scheme proposed is as follOWs: Parcels and registered postal packâ€" ets will he handed over to the Post Office on the understanding that the sender receives thi'ough the Post Office the money due to him on them or gets his parcels back. Parcels and packets will be acceptâ€" ,ed at every post oflice, and delivered 'in every part of the United Kingdom by postmen. who will collect on deâ€" livery ,, trade charges of moderate amount. . The sender of .a trade charge packâ€" etâ€"i.e., C.O.D.â€"will be required to write on $110 cover his name and ad- dress and the amount to be collected on delivery, and also to tender with the packet a form of request. The receiving post office Will give the sender a certificate of posting. _ The postman taking out the packet ,from the office of delivery will col- ,lect the charge. No, receipt will be ;taken or given on delivery. The {money will be remitted to the send- er of the parcel by a money order or postal order. '1 “For the services rendered a small fee will be cnarged in addition to the postage. _ Commenting on the plan, nigh official at St. Martin's-leâ€"Cr‘and said that the advantage of the national C. 0. D. system as against the or- dinary carrier was that, While the ordinary carrier serves only where he can make a profit, the Post Office will serve near and far, large cus- tomers or small, without distinction and at a. uniform rate. The small shopkeeper will be able to order goods from wholesale houses _with greater facility than previously. . -â€"-â€"â€"_..§â€".â€"'â€"._.. IIORSE’S SENSE OF SLIELL. I. horse will leave musty hay unâ€" touched in his bin, however hungry. He will not drink of water objecâ€" tionable to his questioning sniff, or from a bucket which some odor makes offensive, however thirsty. His intelligent nostril will widen, quivâ€" over the daintiest bit offered by \ ie fairest of hands, with coaxings that would make a. mortal shut his eyes and swallow a mouth- ful at a gulp. A mare is never sat- isfled by either sight or whinny that .her colt is really her own until she has a certified nasal proof of the fact A blind horse, now living, will not allow the approach of any stranger without showing signs of anger not safely to be disregarded ' * * The distinction is evidently made by his sense of smell. and at a, considerable distance. Blind horses, as a rule, Will gallop wildly about .a.pasture without striking the sur- rounding fence. The sense of smell ,infornis them of its proximity. Others ,will, when loosened from. the stable, go direct to the gate or bars opened to their accustomed feeding grounds, and when desiring 'to return, after hours of careless Wandering, will distinguish one outlet, and patientâ€" ly await its opening. __.__+____ WIâ€"TY TRUNKS ARE TRUNKS. Have you ever wondered Why a box in which you pack your clothes is called a trunk? If you go to the old church of Minister, in Kent, you. box. of which the rounded lid is made‘ of a portion of a trunk of .a tree hol- lowed out. This old box is supposed I to be the actual box brought to England by William the Conqueror who kept in it the money wherewith' he paid his troops. So from Nor- mandy came the idea. which British ingenuity has improved upon, until. the result is the traveling trunks with which we are accompanied in these days when we undertake an extended visit or a sight-seeing tour of the world, and by which we are enabled to dress as becomingly and comfortably, no matter what exâ€" tremes of climate we may encounter, as though we were .at home with wardrobes full of clothing at hand. A CONVICT'S WEDDING. A man 'who had just been sentenced at Geneva for two years' imprisonâ€" ment for assault, Was by the clemâ€" ency of the court, allowed to marry before settling down to the prosaic realities, of hard labor. On the wedding morning, therefore, the conâ€" victâ€"bridegrooin duly handcuffed, was escorted from prison to the offices of the magistrate, where the civil cereâ€" mony took place, two prison warders in uniform standing by as witnesses. After that this curious bridal party adjourned to the house of the newlyâ€" wedded pair and sat down to a sumptuous repast. The day passed in feasting and song, the bridegroom evidently having made up his mind to make as much hay as possible durâ€" There are very few cleans ing operations in which Sunlight ~Soap cannot be used to advant- age. It makes the home brighl and clean. 13 l COMPENSATIONE For several Weeks in the year no ~ the islands asked one of the residents if this blank period was not rather dull. "Oh," was the reply, “they're just as bad in Lunnon, for a' that time they never hear What we are daein’ here.“ rThe youngest conductor of an orâ€" chestra. in the world is little George Howard Meredith, of New York, who is only five years old and but 3 feet high. He has been astonishing New Yorkers by the ability he has shown in conducting the large orchestra at the Casino Theatre. .: Pails, Wash CAN BE HAD IN Basins, Milk Pans, 8L0 Any Pint-Class Grocer Can Supply You. ing his brief glimpse of sunshine. The only skeletons at the feast were the uniformed tics. _â€" DLE AGE ‘2 Middle age is from forty-lime to laziness, from indolent habits, and indoor life with the windows closed. fnom smoking, from drinking and writes a physician. premature age is put in front. The person finds it somewhat inconvenr‘ ient to stoop to tie his shoes, and to rise from the crouching position. I don't know that I could cure a case of this sort, but if the patient did all I bmde him I should have a good try, and I think I could give him back at least ten years of his life. Exercise, never of a violent kin/d, should be taken every morn; ing. and afternoon of a man's life. That and the morning bath, with massages and friction, will keep a man of even seventy or eighty as bright and cheerful and active as a mountain trout. REG IMENTAL NICKNAMES. Almost every corps in the army has a nickname. The “llusty Buckles," “The Straw Boots,”- “The Daily Advertisers," are the nicknames of some crack cavalry regiments. Some regiments of the line are known as “The Holy Boys,” “The Elegant Exâ€" tracts,” “The Peacemakers," “The Lightning Con-ductors,"- and “The Blind Half-Hundred." The Royal Army Medical Corps are known as “The Pills" and “The Linseed Lan- cers," and the transport part of the Army Service Corps as “Plckford's Hussars.” Salt Rheum, Teeter. Eczema. ~-These distressing skin diseases relieved by one application. Dr. Agnew's Ointment isa potent cure for all eruptions of the skin. Jae. Gaston. Wilkesbarre, says: " For nine years I was disfigured with Toner on my hands. DnAgnew'l Oint' meat cured it.” 35 centsâ€"~31 When a married man declares that he never felt better, in his life, his other half should look out for squalls. imam linlmem cures Hillel In cows. CHURCH'S WHITE ELEPHANT. There are scores of parishes up and down England where one finds a. lordly dwelling house as the parsonâ€" age, with an income for the person which would not keep a suburban Villa in repair, says the Church Times. The church's magnificent col- lection of white elephantsâ€" these imâ€" posing residences and spacious grounds which the clergy occupy, so sorely against their willâ€"make it difficult for observers to realize the poverty which too often is found in conjunction with them. Most people think too lightly of a. cough. It is a serious matter and needs prompt attention. Take Shiloh’s Consumption Cure The Lung Tonic when the first sign of a cough or cold appears. It will cure you easily and quickly thenâ€"later it will be harder to cure. Prices 26c.. 50c. and 31.00 S. C. WILLS & CO. Toronto, Can. LcRoy, N.Y. lo representatives of the law, who, however, seem to have made their presence as little irksomc as was consistent with the due perâ€" formance of their rather anxious du- SHOULD MEN EXERCISE IN MID- sixtyâ€"flue, unless, indeed, from sheer eating too muidh, the individual has become prematurely aged and Dodgy One sign of If a man lengthens his nights he shortens his days. _._. Sun: or OHIO, 0m or TOLEDO. l “ Locus COUNTY. f ' FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that no is senior artnor of the firm of i“. J. CHENEY 00., doing business n the City of Toledo, County and tote aforesaid. and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED D0]..- ARS for each and every case of CA. ‘AltRH that cannot be cured by tho use of HALL'B CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence. this 6th day of December. Ad). 18156., A. W. GLEASOS. ' > . Notary Public in H b l" Hall’s Caturh Cure in take: into-- ally, and acts directly on the blood iid mucous surfaces of tho_system. ‘end for testimonials. free. ~r F. J. CHENEY as 00.. Toledo. 0. Hold by all Druggists. 75c. Hall‘s Family Bills are the best. CHOOSING THE NAME. “My dear, I have been reading up within the past week, and I think I have a. name for the baby," said Mrs. Greening, one day. “You have, eh? What is it?" “I read that Phoebus, the god of day. comes up bright and beautiful in the morning; that he lights the world; that without himâ€"” “Now loo-k here, madam; let's have no foolishness here. You can’t call that child by any such name. Di-d Phoebus of history yell from 11 p.m. to 3 a.in.’, and intermittently from three to seven‘ o’clock! I myself am doing the godâ€"ofâ€"day business in the lined his views on the needs of the Sunday-school when a pause folâ€" lowed. Sudldenly there came from under the sofa- a terrific blast from a tin horn. The good man sprang up in alarm, and the artist dived down with the intention of pulling his son out and making an example of him. All he found was a tin horn, over the mouthpiece of which was stretched one end of a long piece of rubber tubing leading suspiciously into the stair and upward. “Never mind," said the minister, resuming his seat; “your son seems to be right in line with modern inâ€" ventors; the horseless carriage, the wireless telegraph, the boyless tin horn." I was Cured of Acute Bronchitis by MINARD’S LINIMENT. J. M. CAMPBELL. Bay of Islands. I Was Cured of Facial Neuralgia by MINARD’S LINIMENT. “""""WM. DANIELS. Springhill, N. S. , I was Cured of Chronic Rheuma' tism by MINARD’S LINIMENT. GEO. TINGLEY. Albert 00., N. B. t-! W “Did little Jim enjoy that childâ€" dren’s party?" “I think so. He wasn't hungry until next afternoon matter of getting up, and I'm not at {our o’clock... going to divide the honors. If you want a mythological cognomen for that destroyer of rest, I have it." “What is it?" asked Mrs. Greening, with considerable aspcrity. "Aurora!" brutally yelled Elisha. Then he left the house. Llllnaid’: Llnimeil fires folds. elc. _ m Ruby Lips and a clear complexion, the prida of woman. Have you lost these charms through torpid liver, constipation, biliousness, or nervousness? Dr. Agnew's Liver Pills will restore them to youâ€"4o little "Rubies" in a. vial, 10 cents. Act like a charm. Never gripe.-29 The‘hat that suits a woman Selâ€" Affcctcd Young Poet (with luxuri- dom has a price that suits her hus~ ant locks)â€"â€"“Do, Miss Bella, me one favor. 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The most extraordinary luxury in the Way of servants' accommodation prevails at Bryanston, England, the huge palace'built by Norman Shaw for Lord Portman, where every deâ€" partment possesses its own private sitting room, and where the house- maids, laundry-maids and kitchenâ€" maids all have their separate apart- ments distinct from those of the up per servants. THAT BOY WILL be. A well-known artist has a young son who serves to keep the family from falling into a state of lethargy. The other day the new minister of the church, in whose Sundayâ€"school the artist is interested, was due to -call, and the artist said to his wife, "My dear, I wish you’d send that hopeful of ours upstairs while the person is here.”~ A proclamation of banishment was accordingly issued. The minister ar- rived and took his seat on a sofa. Things went on smoothly for ten minutes, and the caller had just out- graiit band. Minard's Llnlmenl fires Elnhlhiila. HARDLY CHEMICAL. 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