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WWW _____.__- . _ g aw, charge of it. Even Natal and Ausâ€" tralia are sending their mite. _ In the Turkish Empire a special tax has been established for the railâ€" road of the Hedjaz; in addition to this the entire Official class are uired to pay a small percentage of their salaries. Each new employee must give an entire month’s salary; and all pay 10 per cent. of their salary for May each year. Circumstances have brought about important changes in original plans. The idea of building the road originâ€" ated with the Second Sectetary of the Sultan, Mehemet Iz-zet Pasha, a little over four years ago. It was enthusiastically adopted by the Sul- tan. and his decision was announced by an lrade in July, 1900. The Sulâ€" THE Filling RAILROAD} mOHAMMEDAN WORLD AIDINGI ITS CONSTRUCTION. From Damascus Energy. In spite of some discouraging cirâ€" cumstances, the railroad of the Hed- jaz, or the pilgrims' railroad. is be- ing pushed forward with unusual en-l ergy for an Oriental enterprise. .Thev Sultan of Turkey has set his heart upon this railroad along the route followed by Mohammedan pilgrims from Damascus to Mecca. It is exâ€"‘ tending day by day toward Mecca." tan had some visionary ideas that the cenvglrph of liqgmedizsmfigfg: vanished as his railroad education cism, w 1c no w l e man progressed. ed' except "1 dlsgms,8' He first decided that no material The mOSt anthoritative and funeSt or labor not of Moslem origin should report on the‘DI‘OgFBSS an? pfospeCtS' be employed; but to-day foreign steel of this unique eutel‘prise has 1115'“ 3p" is being imported and Italian and Pea-Ted in the Mlttellungen 0f the ,Im‘l Austrian laborers are working on the P‘l’l'ial Geographical SOCietY 0f V191“: roadbed. The first plan was to m’" The informzfiiong 6011801584 at, make the track broad gauge, but the Damascus and Beirut, includes 1nterâ€",- line is advancing as «3812' f t.‘ that have not before beegiubfighzd. A NARROW GAUGE ROAD. Of Interest in the railroad‘is steadily} course Turkey had no compe- growing in all parts of Islam. and: tent engineers for such an enterprise, has been greatly stimulated by the; and so the entire work is material‘ Mohammedan press. Each issue ijizing under foreign direction. every paper from India to Egypt, Few whi’tc perâ€"Sons nave ever travâ€" sounds the prlilS‘C'L of the project of' elled along even the northern part of putting an end to the sufferings that; this route. From Damascus it takes myriads Of pilgrims have. enduredia southerly direction parallel with along this highway to Mecca. the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea, Fulsome eulogics are showered upâ€"i and from tWentY‘fiVe to thirty miles on the promoter of the holy under-i WBSt Of them- taking, A11 the followers of the! Some distance below the Dead Sea Prophet are incessantly assured that the _1‘0ute SUddenlY Wms '00 the they have no duty in life more im_‘southeast to cross the Wide red sand perative or meritorious than that of Waste 0f 1101*th Arabia (“tending contributing nearly to Medina. Then the road , strikes south again to Mecca. AT THE SACRIFICE The first section, Damascus to 'Amâ€" to the construction of the railroad. man. 140 miles through fault and 7A specimen or two will illustrate the' grain lands was Completed if! Sept- quality of these effusions. The Tamâ€" ember last. The second grain sec- arat of Beirut said in a recent isâ€"‘tion, ’Amman to El Hassan, 102 sue :-- miles, dry and bleak, is now nearly “What joy has spread over the finished, the track having been carâ€" whole Mohammedan world at the ried to the south of the Dead Sea. thought that our master, the chief of} | The third section, El Hassan to all believers (God save him!) is Malian, 62 miles long, is now being building this railroad from Damascusl graded and the rails will probably be to the holy city of the pilgrimageâ€"Ii laid before the end of the year. Surâ€" a railroad that will join the Ara-l Ve'ys are in progress in the desert rbian provinces, the heart of Islam, beyond Malian. with the centres of the highest Kkalâ€", flats and will unite all under the be ready for operation this year. but :glorious Ottoman flag." lprogrcss across the desert may be The Egyptian journal Arhraid al Slow. No one knows how much the .‘Misri says : [work may be delayed by the possible "“he I-Iedjaz railroad will, at thejliostility of Bedouin tribes or the Vi . least, be as important in the‘fll‘ld nature of the country. Moniaminedan _world as the Suez’ The PIGaSant and easier part Of the Canal is in the world Of commerce.":W01‘k was at an end last year, A Constantinople paper says :_ithe whole country is as dry as a ’“Every difficulty is being overcome. bone along the southern fourâ€"fifths of * by the wisdom of our Sovereign. Our'the route. For at least twoâ€"thirds trust in him, however, does not reâ€"Eof the way the road is never likely? flew: a single follower of Islam fromlto have any business excepting -the the dutv Of making severe personal transportation of pilgrimsâ€"who, sacrifices to provide the means: roâ€" about 1910, may travel between Daâ€" -quired for this mighty undertaking, ,mascus and Mecca in tWO to three ‘which will be the most glorious monâ€" t days, a journey ,now made with diffiâ€" 'umen.t of his Majesty’s reign. If iculty . and danger in five or six neceSsary we must make ourselves; months- ‘the sacrificial victims Of this work; -â€"-â€"~â€"â€"+ â€"-’- ‘in order that it mav be loriousl ~ achieved... ~ g y i INEXPENSIVE answer. This sort Of literature, spread? A pair of lace medaillons, left over ‘everywhere, is having remarkable inâ€""from the summer frock, can be put lfluence. There seems no doubt thattto excellent use in trimming stock- ,all the funds required will be raised tings to match the gown. For 5by subSCIIiPtion Supplemented by theistance, with a. muslin gown adorned .confiributlon's' GXi’thed by the SUIâ€"iwith lace medallions, a pair Of tan {tans Government . Estockings may be made very smart THROUGHOUT HIS EMPIRE. lby the use of lace medallions, one 'just above each instep. :Such remote regions as Tunis, 'Alâ€"l They should be first appliqucd to ,geria, Afghanistan and Turkestan arei .- - - l- . I. (r . ‘ -~ .the stockings With s11k thread, us- contributing more liberally than w ling, v y fine Stitches; then the Iisle as x t d. R ll ' r f 20318;]; from tell: )Mdllgiinfddgig are lbeneath should be cut away and the of . British Inhia’ China and the Dutchledges of the stockings be buttonholed ~103er and finely to the Wrong side .-East Indies, althou h tl e'r r ut‘ . . to Mecca is bv seag to ngdda can; of the medalhons. Worn w1th brown they will never use the pilgrims’ railâ€" Suede Shoes' they give a dainty fln‘ toad. ishing touch to the dress. Mohammedan 'merchants of Calcut-i ta have recently forwarded £5,000I sterling. Lucknow has sent 29,0001 , rupees; 4,000,000 plasters have come ,ShOt as Spies, beque from Burma and Southern India. lI‘OUbICS to The Beirut Hadikat El ‘AkhbariSociety in acknowledgement of the says that the work of collectingikind treatment that they had re- iunds is now splendidly organized inlceived from the Russians after their india and that 166 commissions have capture. euralgia Of the Heart ‘ TWO Japanese officers, who were An Ailment Which Terrlfies its Victimsâ€"Indicated by Pains About the Heart and Quick, LoudBreathingâ€"Gured by non. CHASE’S NERVE FOOD 'It 'is quite natural to be alarmed l anything to help me until I ’used Dr. when the heart becomes affected, but‘ Chase S New“ FOOd- .M n ‘ .‘ , b “When I began this treatment I f’hem 1" no mason to deSpa" m b" could not rest in bed, except by sitt~ ,uig cured. ing upright, on account of the dread- 'l‘he great majority of heart cle-| ful pains about the heart and the gangements are due to exhaustion of quick, loud beating. The change the nerves and a watery condition of which Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food has ahe blood. By overcoming these made in my condition is wonderful. causes of trouble with the use Of It has entirely overcome these symp- 'Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food, the heart . toms and is making me strong and will be restored to health and its well. If this statement will help to action again become normal. {relieve the suffering of others, you Mr. James G. Clark, Fostervillc, Iare at liberty to use it.” “York County, N.'B., writes :â€"~“I have x Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, 50 cents a ibecn a great sufferer from what the ; box, six boxes for $2.50, at all dea1~ doctors said'was neuralgia of the[ ers, of EdmanSOn, Dates & 00., heart. The pain started in the back l'l‘oronto. To protect you against of the neck and worked down into limitations, the portrait. and signa- the region of the heart. Though Ilture of Dr. 'A. W. Chase, the famous had taken a lot of medicine Of one I receipt book author, are on every kind and another, I could not get box. Thus about a third of thezroad will ' for ‘ athed a thousand |board. the RUSSian Red Cross it to enforce his authority, there is istated. iroyal yacht was entering a port, the 1 "Half speed! ALL OVER THE WORLD. Dodd’s Kidney Pills Finding Their Way ’Into Every Civrlized Country. While Canadians are struggling to get a firmer foothold in the British markets, there is one. Canadian pro- duct that has got away ahead Of the agitation and new measures its mar- ket from the Baltic-washed shores of the Denmark to where the sun glints oil the pyramids in the land of the Pharoahs. ’l‘hat‘ purely Canadian product is Dodd’s Kidney Pills. Among the letters that come in the daily mail of The Dodd’s Medi- cine Co., Limited, there are those marked with the stamps of almost every country in the world. A couple that came in together the other great anadian Kidney Remedy has spread. One is from Denmark and the other was penned by a true son Of the Prophet in the office Of the Minister of Finance, Cairo, Egypt. It is noticeable that in the case .Of the Egyptian Dodd’s Kidney Pills lwere perseribed by his doctor. In Ithis respect the doctors of the anciâ€" ent home of civilization are reading a lesson‘ in frankness to many of ltheir brethren of the Alvis-Saxon :mce. The latter would probably but used another name. But however that may be, the fact remains that wherever men are found there is Kidney Disease; and that no matter how or where Kid~ Aney DiSease is found there is a de- mand for Dodd’s Kidney Pillsâ€"the one remedy that has never failed to cure it. The letters referred to are as fol- lOWS: They are naturally interest- ing reading for Canadians. DO'DD’S KIDNEY PILLS IN EGYPT ‘ The Dodd's Medicine 00., Limited, Toronto, Ont. Dear Sirs,â€"â€"-I 'have been suffering for some months from a Kidney Complaint. The doctor Who attendâ€" ed me has recommended me to take your pills, “Dodd’s Kidney Pills." After two boxes I got some relief. But, unfortunately. I have not been able to go on With the treatment, being unable to find any Pills in Cairo. The Chemist who sold me the two boxes has informed me that he sent an order for some, and has been ‘keeping me waiting for over‘ one month. This is the reason why I am writing to you to have the goodâ€" ness to send me by return of post six boxes for which I will pay as soon as I receive them from the post. Kindly let me know at the time where your branch agency IEgypt is to be found. " Thanking you in anticipation, MOHAMED RACIIED, “Immeubles Librcs dc l'Etat”, Office Of the Minister Of Finance, ! Cairo, Egypt. ’DODD’S KIDNEY PILLS IN DEN- MARK. The Dodd’s Medicine 00., Limited, Toronto, Ont. Dear Sirs,â€"â€"I want to purchase six boxes of Dodd’s Kidney Pills, but I don’t know exactly where to apply, lat Toronto, Buffalo or London. I 'suppose they can be sent by express in in- or registered mail from any of these ] workmen discovered iplaces. Please advise me of how ,to proceed in order to get the pills lwithout delay. N Yours truly, l J. P. SIMONSON, Viborg, V, Mark, Denmark. ._.. -4..."â€" I THE SHIP’S MASTER. _â€"â€"._ An Old Norwegian Pilot and Fm- peror William. l It is a just and wholesome rule that a captain shall command his own ship, no matter who is on If he has the sense and spir- the less chance of disaster from [pompous meddlers. Here is a story {ofEmperor William which may or lmay‘ not be trueâ€"probably is not; lbut it illustrates the principle just The story is that when the lKaiser noticed that t'he boat Was lslowing down, in accordance with lthe orders of the pilot, an old Nor- 'wegian named Nordhuus, who knew the channel and its dangers. The emperor rang the bell for full speed. Nordhuus placed himself in the way leaned over the wheel, and called down the tube to the engine-room, Never mind the bell!” count-ermand my orders?” "You Ecricd the emperor, and gave" the bell lanol‘hcr jerk. “Never mind the bell!" called [Nordhuus through the tube. ' The emperor drew himself up. "Go below,” said he, “and report yourself under arrest.” "Leave the bridge!” repeated Nordhuus, grasping the wheel more firmly. “This ship is in my charge, and I’ll have no interference with my orders from king or seaman." The officers on deck hurried silent- lly aft, in their hearts wishing luck to the pilot. Nordhuus stood at his post, unshaken by threats, deaf to commands, and carried the yacht safely into harbor. The next day the emperor came to his senses, and decorated the pilot with the order of the Black Eagle. ._.__. ..~..+_....____ "SO you really think that dogs sometimes possess more intelligence than their masters?” “Certainly. I've got one myself that does!" mornin ' shoWs how the fame of the' lhave preseribed Dodd’s Kidney Pills 5211110 ' i and gold I I lost. led. LUCK GAME ENHERALDED SOME STRANGE STORIES GOOD FORTUNE. Pots of Gold and Jewels and Long Buried Treasures Found. A change in the fortunes of Henry Tarrick, a farmer of Lesueur county, Minn., came, according to a. story from Lesueur, in a very peculiar way. Tarrick had had years Of ill luck, which, it appeared, culminated a few weeks ago in the loss of his farm by foreclosure sale. But he had bought about years ago a bone handled brush at an auction in Chicago. beCange too much worn to work well, twen ty to play with. The youngster unscrewed the that it was hollow. ined the interior and found jmond wrapped up in a piece of silk. alHe took the stone to Lesueur, and with the proceeds of the sale ibought back his farm. gbeen concealed in the handle lsmugglers years ago and by glorgotten or lost. FOUND IN AN OLD TEAPOT. The stories of the discovery money between the ,taining her friends 'vlien she discov- ' into the cups. .ation and found that the spout was ‘wcdged with - closely lnotes. An Old safe, according to the same authority, was sold at auction a few :'it soon again disposed of it. Before gdelivering it he ‘would search through its various drawers and compartments. He .found a will dealing with property .worth about $200,000, and scrip to l ‘the value of $50,000. i OYSTER DREDGER’S LUCK. ; Capt. Hurdiker of the sloop Nessie ,‘W. Drone while dredging for oysters golf Kent Island, in Chesapeake Bay, .brought up an iron pot. The capâ€" llflll‘l cleared the mud from it, and ginvestigating he found an old cross ,Of antique design, elaborately carvâ€" led; two finger rings of old English ,design; several chains, seventeen ,gold coins. supposed to be Spanish :doubloons; thirtyâ€"eight silver coins, ggold Clasps of an old Bible and a inumber Of small gold and silver trin- ;kets. ' For generations people living on ;Kent Island have said that the pir- |ates of Old had buried treasures i along the shores of the isle, and from ltime to time coins of ancient date and silver articles have been found. The supposition is that |the skipper’s find was some forgot- ‘ten treasure of early buccaneers. I ECHO OF THE CIVIL WAR. Wlhile pulling down an Old house in Richmond, Va., a few days ago, several loose lgold pieces and beside them a steel jar filled with gold. This was un- doubtedly some of the treasure that was buried in different parts of Richmond just before the evacuation of the city by the Confederates. In many cases the owners were unable to find their treasure, and some died without telling Where it had been concealed. DOCTOR' S GOOD FORTUNE . The story of a young physician’s good fortune comes from England. The young man soon' after he had beâ€" gun practice attended an eccentric old gentleman who spent nearly all Of his time in the garden of his resiâ€" dence in one of the suburbs of Lonâ€" don. ' After the old fellow’s death the doctor secured his late residence as being well suited for a medical prac- titioner. forgotten, the doctor planted with his own hands a sapling in a corner had Often sat. While excavating a place for the roots the doctor unearthed an iron box containing 500 sovereigns, be- queathed in writing by the dead man “To the finder.” LUCKY WORKMEN. Record time was made in tearing tonl, Ill. planks tween them. The Old platform was Of with half inch spaces be- Suddenly they began to show the were ripped up with greater fore been done. The foremen were surprised, and, investigating, made a discovery which put them to work with the men. The first laborer to tear up a plank had come upon four silver coins, and this was the cause Of the hurry. Everybody was looking for the money which during the many years Of the Old platform’s usefulness had rolled between the cracks and got The men were all Well reward- Some of the luckier ones made as much as a. week’s wages, and at least half of them made more than lather 1t and he gave it to his youngest child end of the handle and disclosed the fact 'I‘arrick exam- a diaâ€" he 9 It is thought that the diamond had by them ' was knocked down by a fountain of of leaves of old ' Bibles are many. An English paper tellsthe story Of a disappoint- .cd legatce who ,had inherited from a 119 ‘VVSF ldeceased rich rc‘ative only an old teapot. ‘ She was using ‘ his pet in enter- ( . gored that no tea Would run from it She made an examin- rolled bank years ago, and the dealer who bought thonght that he OF ! of the river when one of them l Recalling the old gentleâ€" [delay in the man’s lOnging that he might not be loss of a little um up an old railroad platform at Alâ€"Imc has disappeared The gang of men tearâ€" min “0 Opiates» ing it up went at the task slowly.l new most feverish haste, and the planksim‘ _ . Speedl by writing the Dr. than any similar work had ever lJC~i CO" Bl'ockfille' Ont' l in Stai‘fordshirc, men were engage bank which had England. These in removing a mud _. ruled in the centre was amazed to find on raising his spade that it glistencd with silver coins. Attracted by the digger’s exclamaâ€" tion of astonishment and delight his fellow Workmen hurried up. In a. moment half a dozen men were scrambling for the treasurn feverish- ly filling their pockets and hats and beer cans "with the silver coins. which Were worth more than their weight ingold, for they were of the time of the first two Edwards and had lain in the river for 500 years. The bulk of the treasure trove was ultimately claimed by the Duchy of Lancaster, but its finders had al- ready nppropriated thousands of the precious pieces. S'I‘RUCK OIL. A story comes from Rumia of a. student, who failing to obtain a Government appointment, retired in disgust to a small holding on the west coast of the Caspian Sea, reâ€" solved to quit the world and, by cultivating fruits and vegetables. live on his land. He planted his crops and then proceeded to sink a well in his'small ornamental back garden. While digging this lucky individual petroleum that. burst up from the ground. Within a week he had sold his property to a syndicate for a substantial sum. When. last heard of this erstwhile recluse was riding in his own carriage in Paris with a poodle dog following in another cquipage. INGOTS OF SILVER. A London police inspector thought that he had fallen into a piece of rare good luck the other day and was just about to retire from the force to a home on the Thames. He was looking over Westminster Bridge at low tide when he saw some shin- ing Objects on the concrete founda- tions of the pillars. These proved to be ingots of silver. Seventeen ingots were found, weighing in all about 500 ounces. They were, no doubt, melted down from stolen silver articles and con- tained a little gold, probably from. fused gold watch cases. The theory was that they had been deposited there by thieves who had not calcuâ€" lated that at low tide the things would be uncovered by water. The Coroner sat upon the case, and, instead of turneng them over to life inspector, seized them for the Treasury. BURIED HIS TREASURE. John Whitaker of 92 Chesterfield road, Montpelier, Bristol, England, is thanking his lucky stars for the recovery of a sum of money lllilt he had buried in South Africa. Whitaker, when in Grahamstown, had about £66, the remains of a. legacy from an aunt. He was not I disposed to lend the money nor to deposit it in a bank, so be buried it in Huntley street of that place. He intended to leave it there until he left town, but when he went to get it again he could not find the exact spot. He returned to England, and being in hard straits he Wrote to the May- or of Grahamstown, asking him to have a search made for the money. “'A gang of municipal laborers," says South Africa, "went with the rough plan which Mr. Whitaker had inclosed in his letter, and the money was found about three inches below the surface, close to the ditch, be‘ tween the footbridge near the police quarters and in the small clump of bushes. The parcel in which the money was wrapped had rotted away and the money had dropped .tO the bottom of the hole. The exact amount recovered was £63 95 1:1. This sum, less expenses, has been for- warded to Mr. Whitaker by the Mayor.” ._.__â€"_.â€"§- HOT WEATHER DANCERS. More little ones die during the hot months than at any other season. At this time stomach and bowel troubles assume their most danger- ous form, and sometimes a few hours treatment means the Baby’s Own Tablets is the best medicine in the world to prevent these troubles, or of the garden where the late owner 1 to cure them if they attack the little one unexpectedly. Every mother should have a box of these Tablets in the houseâ€"their prompt use may save a child’s life. Mrs. Arthur CoteflSt. Fortunat, Que, says: “My little one was greatly troubled with colic and bowel trouble, but since using Baby’s Own Tablets the trouâ€" , and she is grow- ing nicely and has good health.” ’l'hese Tablets! are guaranteed to con- and are safe for a. born baby or a well grown child. Sold by all medicine dealers sent by mail at 25 cents a box Williams Medicine §-â€"â€"-â€"â€" The counsel for the plaintiff had been bullying the witness for an hour, when he finally asked: “Is it true that there are traces of insanity in your family?” "Very likely,' answered lithe witness. "My grand- father, who was studying for the ministry, gave it up to become a lawyer." . m. A. I. crises-f _ manna em nmldlroectoagm sly-1th. how their wages in picking up the lost #31: the ulcen. «muffs: money. I mwidmwm tad:- Another gang of lucky workmen , ‘ Catt-haw. a 1.32;. 81:71:: were those who unearthed 200,000 5'20- All Mn.«l)r.A.W.Chau coins in the bed of the River Dove “Tummm