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-St-- :/ /••• ? ! HEALTH ,4 SCENE IN POLAND'S CAPITAL, MENACED BY GERMANS L Neuralgia. Neuralgia is essentially the cry of the nerves for something that is deficient in the blood. For this reason what will cure one person of Neuralgia will prove of no use for another sufferer. The "body is _ a whole network of nerves, which cover the whole surface, and gif V ,r # EiilSiiSl « neuralgia neuralgia is really a "piercing pain 55 or more-of these. It in one or more - of these. It may effect several of these, or follow .a well-defined course along a main nerve. Neuralgia may be caused bv bad teeth, and though these are often accused as being the primary cause of the attack, it is really t-hat the decayed teeth have exposed a nerve, and the neuralgia at once flies to the weakest spot. Chill, especially in a gouty subject, will produce intense neuralgia, while an inflamed nerve may also give dreadful pain. While endeavoring to check the neuralgia everything should be done to give the necessary necessary strength and tone to both blood and nerves. As a rule neuralgia neuralgia is very persistent, recurring generally at- the same time and lasting lasting exactly for the same time dur- - in g each succeeding night or day. -r This recurrence may be checked if the neuralgia is due to a chill by taking a tablet of aspirin every three hours until the attack goes off : at the same time a mild aperient aperient will help. When the neuralgia is caused by anaemia a mixture of quinine and iron is perhaps the best remedy, and I have known quinine wine and codliver oil work wonders with young people who were subject to neuralgia. The codliver oil was taken in the usual manner, a teaspoonful teaspoonful with a little strong, unsweetened unsweetened coffee. The quinine wine js easily made. Take a quart bottle bottle of port wine and place in it as much quinine as will stand on a chilling. This must be taken in two table spoonful doses three times a dav after meals.--A Physician. mm mm mim wm JP w mm V.'AVVÏ wmmm wma "sSg. wmm mm, m mm mmm mM 1Ü isihf " m. mm iii ss@ Warsaw--A Jewish Market-Place companies serious abdominal trouble.--Youth 5 s Companion. DISHONOR OR DEATH. PUCES Of fi tEPOSXS rROM TZLB LBAD IN 9 SHADS CS3TTHE3 OP AMERICA. Colic. The a ord colic is often used to describe any severe pain in the abdomen. abdomen. but it is of course true that pain in that region has many causes :. it may come from a green apple unwisely eaten, and . it may indicate a serious peritonitis. Simple colic is the proper name f<_r the cramp-like contractions that are brought about- by local Irritation Irritation or by poisoning. The irritation irritation may be caused oy some substance substance that- will not yield to .the digestive processes, and that remains remains in the digestive tract until the svstem rebels and ejects it by force! The same symptoms occur when something actually poisonous is eaten. That is why the greatest care should be taken that all food should be perfectly fresh and wholesome--especially all fish, and shellfish most of all ; for the ptomaines of shellfish are exceeding! exceeding! v virulent. The pain that simple colic causes mav be very severe, and it may be attended 'by vomiting, profuse sweating, and the partial collapse of the sufferer. If the pain does not ouickly abate, call a doctor ; for the condition may in that case be serious. Colic of this sont will usually yield to home treatment, and is quickly relieved by the removal of ■the cause of offense. There are one or two signs that will help the family to determine whether or not they ought to call a physician. In «impie colic, the patient usually moves about restless!^ and tries first one position and then another in order to gain relief. If, on the other hand, the pain is caused by some grave organic trouble, or . if there is real intestinal obstruction or peritonitis, the patient can hardly keep still enough. The expression expression of the face is also a guide fo diagnosis. The expression m simple colic may be agonized, but it is a very different thing from the pinched and anxious pallor that ac British Soldiers Preferred Death, But Were Rescued in Time. The remarkable escape of a number number of British prisoners, after they had been threatened with death by their German captors if they refused refused to give information as to the positions of the British and French forces, was described by Corporal F. C. To-ovey, of the 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Toovey, who is an officer in the Reading (England) police force, fought in three battles, and has returned home wounded. "In the course of one engagement,55 engagement, 55 he said, "I and about thirty others belonging to different regiments regiments were cut off from the ambulance ambulance wagon and taken prisoners. W T e were conveyed to a mansion, where we remained for eleven days. The food was very scanty, and we had to live principally on apples and pears. "At the end of the eleventh day the Germans requested us to divulge the positions of the British and French.. This we declined to do, whereupon our captors said that they would give us four hours in which to reconsider our positions, and if we still refused we should all be put to death. We replied that rather than give the information demanded demanded of us wo would prefer death. "Soon afterwards we witnessed six French and Belgians, who had refused to comply with a similar request request by the Germans, being marched marched from the mansion. After being cruelly tortured they were killed. Several of those_ who had been taken prisoners with me were then tied to trees. When the time limit given us had almost elapsed, French artillery raided the building Breadstuffs. Toronto, Oct. 27.--Manitoba first patente $6.60, in jute bags ; second patente. $6.10; strong bakers', $5.90; Ontario wheat fi° u t r ' 90 per cent, patents, quoted at $4.50 to $4.65, seaboard. „ Wheat--Manitoba No. 1 Northern, ne W' quoted at $1.22; No. 2, at $1.19. Ontario wheat. No. 2, quoted at $1.08 to $1.09, at outside pointe. . , Oats--Ontario, 47 to 47 l-2c, outside, aua 49 1-2 to 50c, on track, Toronto. Western Canada, No. 2 quoted at 60c, and No. o at 56c. Barley--63 to 66c., outside. Rye--83 to 85c, outside. Peas--$1.10 to $1.15. ' , Corn--No. 2 American, 83 Toronto, ana 78 l-2c, c.i.f., Bay porte. . . . Buckwheat--66 to 68c, outside, nominal. Bran and shorts--Bran is quoted at to $24 a ton, and shorts at $26 to $27. REPUBLIC OF SWITZi OASIS OF PEACE IN BLARING DESERT OF WAR. It Holds a Most Unique Position Among the Belligerent Nations. Country Produce. Butter--Choice dairy, 23 to 25c; inferior, 20 to 21c; solids, 27 to 27 l-2c; creamery prints, 28 1-2 to 29c. - Eggs--New-laid, selects, dozen, 31 to oùc , storage, 25 to 26c. „ A . . Honey--12 to 12 3-4c per lb. for strained. No. 1 honeycomb, $2.75 per dozen ; $2 to $2.25. ' ._ . Poultry--Chickens, dressed, 17 to ducks, dressed, lb., 15 to 17c; fowl, 14 to 15c; turkeys, dressed, 19 to 22c. . Cheese--New, large, 16 to 16 l-4c, twine, Beane--Prime, bushels, $2.85 to $2.90, hand-picked, $3 to $3.10. , Potatoes--Ontarios, 65 to 70c P er bag, out of store, 55c, in car lots. New Brune- wicke, car lote, 65 to 70c per bag. Switzerland is unique among nation®. nation®. Irt ha® no proper physical unity, and its. political unity is the unforeseen outcome of events which occurred more than 600 year® ago. It is prosperous beyond other continental continental countries, and its principal cities are undefended. Yet to-day Switzerland lies a cool oasis of peace m the midst of a burning; glaring desert of war It was the House of Hapsburg, whose troubles started the terrible conflict now raging, which was directly directly responsible for the founding of the Helvetian republic. The Hapsburgs . J were a family whose power wias rapidly rapidly growing. By the-' middle of the thirteenth century they were in control ■ of Austrian politics. They were large landowners in the region which is now . the heart of Switzerland, and they claimed feudal feudal rights over- the inhabitants. These mountaineers refused to submit submit to Hapsburg rule. On -August 1, 1281, men of the three forest cantons of Uri,. Sohwyz and Unterwalden met and. formed the Everlasting League for the purpose purpose of reseating the Hapsburgs. That house attempted to make war on the members of the alliance, but was completely routed in one battle after the compact had been .made. The three cantons were aided by- four adjoining districts in their first flight. From that time on other cantons and divisions joined with the original ones under the term® of the Ever lasting League. The main occupation of this organization organization for the next two centuries was getting rid of the Hapsburg and Austrian influence. Right® as Land- owner® were recognized, but- any feudal claims were calmly ignored and were at no time enforced successfully. successfully. In 1474 the Hapsburgs formally gave up their claims. At that time there was a decided lack of unity in the federation, due to the wide difference between its members. It was regarded by them As a Union o£ Defense Only. The retirement of the Hapsburgs was immediately followed by the Burgundian war, during the course of which Switzerland was attackec as a nation. This gave the people a national spirit and a feeling of oneness of purpose. 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THE CENTAU « COMPANY, IN C W YO m K CITY. m- No. 2. 18c; Because of it® small size and its Lack of sea-coast, the Swiss republic ternal troubles caused by religious 1 differences prevented any important progress. The parity which comte comte ndied for renouncing the authority Provisions. Bacon--Long clear, 15 to 15 l-4c per lb. in case lots. Hame--Medium, 18 1-2 to 19 l-2c; do., heavy, 16 to 17c; rolle, 14 1-2 to 15c; breakfast bacon, 14 1-2 to vn, breakfast bacon, 14 1-2 to 15c; backs, 22c, boneless backs, 24c. . „ , Lard--Market is quiet at 12 1-2 to for tierces. Compound, 9 3-4 to 10c. 13c and rescued us, the Germans escaping. * Baled Hay and Straw. Dealers are paying as follows for car lot deliveries on track here - . Straw is quoted at $8.25 to $8.50 a ton, in car lots, on track here. Hay--No. 1 new is quoted at $16 1° $l6.t>u on track here. No. 2 at $14 to $14.50, and No. 3 at $11 to $12. North- Wlnnipeg Crain. Winnipeg, Oct. 27.--Cash No. 1 _ __ ern $117 1-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.13; No. 3 Northern. $1.08 ; No. 4, ^ oats- qo i.4c. No. 6, 93c; feed, 89 l-4c. Oats 2 C.W., 54c; No. 3 C.W., 50 5-4c; extra 1 feed, 50 3-4c; No. 1 feed, 49 3-4c; No. No. No 4, Never tell a newly married man a secret unless you want his wife to know it. "Has that voung man given you any encouragement V 5 asked the mother. "Yes, he did last night, ^ said the sweet young thing. Good . What did he say V 5 ' 'He asked me if I thought two could live as cheaply as one. 55 A man was fixing his automobile. 1 'Trouble V 5 asked a bystander. "Some, 55 was the laconic answer. "What power car is it?" "Forty- horse,"' 5 came the answer.. "What 2 feed, 49c. Barley--No. 3, 68 3-8c; _ 61 7-8c ; rejected, 69c; feed, 57 l-2c. Fla * 1 N.W.C., $1.13 1-2; No. 2 C.W., $1.10 1-4. No. seems to be the matter 'Well, from the way she acts - I should say that thirty-nine of the horses were dead." Parishioner (to departing minis- ter )_We 5 re all very sorry to lose you, Mr. Foodie. Mr. Foodie (modestly)---Never (modestly)---Never mind, Mrs. Toodle. I've no doubt you will get a better next time. Parishioner--Ah, Foodie. That's just what Montreal Markets. Montreal, Oct. 27.--Corn,American No. 2 vellow. 8t t-o 82c. Oats, Canadian Western, Western, No. 2. 58o; do., No. 3, 56 3-4c; extra No. 1 feed. 56c; No. 2 local white 53c; No. 3 local white. 61o. Barley. Man. feed. 64c. malting, 78 to 80c. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, flrste, $6.7°; $6.20; strong bakers', $6; Winter patente, choice, $6; straight rollers, $5.50 to $5-75, straight rollers, bage, $2.70 to $2.80. Rolled Rolled oats, barrels, $6.35; do., bags, 90 IDB., $3 05 Bran $25." "Short* $27. • Middlinge $30 Mouillie, $30 to $34 Hay No. 2. per ton car lote, $17.50 to $18.50. Cheeee, finest finest westerns, 15 1-2 to 15 5-6o; finest oaet- erns, 15 1-4 to 15 34k. Butter, <*oiceet creamery. 27 1-2 to 28c; seconds, ^ 1-4 to 26 3-4c. Eggs, fresh, 35c ; selected, 29c, No. 1 stock, 27c; No. 2 stock, 24c. Potatoes, per Bag, car lote, 65c. United States Market». Minneapolis, Oct. 27.--Wheat, No. l hard, $1.18 1-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.12,5-8 to *1.16 1-8; No. 2 Northern, $1.09 5-8 to $1.12 5-8; December, $1.13 1-8. Corn, No, 3 yellow, 70 to 73c. Oats, No. 46 1-2 to 46 3-4c. Flour and changed. ^ . , Duluth, Oct. 27--Wheat--No. 1 hard, $1.16 5-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.15 5-8; No. 2 "Northern, $1.12 5-8; December, $1.14 5-8 to $1.14 3-4. lias never held an important place in the ranks of the powers. However, However, the little country is one of the oldest in existence, and has come safely through more than eox centuries of European conflicts with no lasting injury, but considerable considerable increase of territory. Since the time when the map of Europe was adjusted as it w^s before the present war, the four nations surrounding surrounding Switzerland have all cherished hopes of some diay adding it 'to their territory, but none of them has dared to try it. Many Swiss fear that this war will put some nation in a position to threaten threaten their sacred liberty. Three Languages Spoken., While Switzeirlewwl is maintaining a strict neutrality and hopes to avoid any part in the hostilities, public sentiment probably favors the allies. In 21 of the 22 cantons German and French are spoken by about equal numbers, while m one southern canton, Italian i® the chief language. Alii three are used in the federal parliament, and proclamation® proclamation® and law® are published in them. But the inhabitant,® are Swiss before anything else, and any attempt tjo vioiLa.te tflic n-eutrailitiy of the eountrj 7 will meet with instant resistance. Although there is a provisun in the Swiss constitution prohibiting a, standing army, the country actu ally has a'large and most efficient body of soldier®. It numbers well over 200,000 men. It® equipment is the best. Although nominally a militia body because of the constitutional constitutional provision, it is actually a federal army . With the situation in Europe as it is, Switzerland appears to be fairly eafe just now. Her greatest danger danger will be after the war, especially if Germany should win. of the Pope and the separation of church and state were successful, and on March 29, 1798, a new league was formed, which was referred to as The Helvetic Republic, one and indivisible. Since then the material progrès® of the country has been rapid. New constitutions were adopted in 1848 and 1874. STRANGE WEAPONS. British Soldiers Fought With Their Bare Fists. In all ages the use of primitive means of defence and offence has been a mark of warfare. When Wat Tiler's men of Kent marched over London Bridge and scared the City and Court almost to death, their arms were sickles and. billhooks billhooks and scythes, and a few blacksmith's blacksmith's tools. The. same remark applies to the arming of the men of Devon and Somerset at the Battle Battle oif Sedgemoor," the last real battle battle fought on English ground. But even in these days of arms of precision precision there have been many cases where these scientific tools have been discarded in favor of something something much more primitive. For instance, at the Battle of In- kerman, which was a soldiers' battle battle r fought in a mist almost without leadership, many of the English soldiers, finding their fire useless and their bayonets untrustworthy and bent, went in with their fists in true British style. Bluejackets have more than once followed this example when a punitive force, has ip'1 been landed to punish the natives. The. tars have gone for them with fists and belaying pins, possibly feeling that anything more deadly would be more than the occasion required. The band has on many occasions joined in the fray. It is reported to have occurred in the late war in the Balkans, during the later fighting fighting which took place between the late allies, Bulgarians and Servians. Servians. The former were greatly outnumbered, outnumbered, and seeing them getting the worst of it, the band went into the melee with their instruments, and many a Servian was laid low by a blow from the butt-end of a cornet, ophecleide, and trombone, not to mention the formidable bassoon. bassoon. There is a story about a peasant who defended his hearth against a horde of, the enem) 7 with a three- legged stool, and another of a woman woman who routed the enemy on the double by overturning a stand of bee hives in her garden, but certainly certainly one of the most remarkable weapons on record was the big saucepan which it is creditably said a lusty Turk brandished with great effect at the Battle of Widdin. Since Samson's use of the jawbone of an ass there has never been surely surely a stranger weapon. In one of the fierce actions in the Peninsular War ammunition ran short, and many shifts were resorted resorted to in order to make up for the lack of bullets. The chief means were buttons. There were not many left on the-soldiers' uniforms when the fight was over. To-day, of course, a soldier could not do this, for all the rifles are breech-loaders. But in those days it was different. Thus in this.very same battle it is reported that a soldier took a '• nz- or from his haversack, rammed it down, and fired it after the flying French cavalry. Evidently that cavalry had a close shave. British Aeroplanes the Best. "The British aeroplanes have proved to be more than equal to those of the Germans," says . the Paris correspondent of tihe London London Times. ."Especial success has-- been scored with the new type of British aeroplane called the 'chaser,5 'chaser, 5 which is capable of developing a speed of 150 miles an hour, and which can rise from the ground at a very sharp angle. The German anti-airship guns are so effective that it is unwise for the British or French aviators to fly lower than 6,000 feet from the ground. An airman airman when under fire has to keep up continual glides, sharp turns and evolutions in order to prevent the enemy from getting an accurate aim. Looping the loop, however, is strictly, forbidden,'. 5 . Rank Hypocrisy. "The best of us have to be hypocrites hypocrites at some time." "How now V' "I was just condoling with my neighbor over the loss of his o phone. rraph- It got smashed last night. Answered. Teacher--Who can tell me how many teeth a human being has ] Bright Pupil--A mouthful, miss. Foggs' Old Friend--"Great heav-' ens, man, do I find you reduced to playing a cornet at the street corner corner to make a living7" Foggs--"I jtin't doing this to make a living , my wife won't let me practice in the house." * Nervous Wife-- O'h, Harry, dear, do order a mouse-trap to be sent home to-dav. Harry--But you bought one last week. Nervous Wife--Yes, dear, mouse m that. but there's 3 white, bran un man the last minister said when he left. The Best Remedy For All Ages and proven so by thousands upon thousands^sts the whole world over,, is the famous family Beecham's Pills. 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Oot. 27.--Choice heavy steers, $8 to $8.40; handy choice steers, $8 to $8.25; butcher eteere, good, $7.75 to $8; do., medium, $7 to $7.75; heifers, good to choice. $7.60 to $8.15; do., medium to good. $7 to $7.50; butcher cowl, choice, $6.75 to $7; do., good. $6.25 to $6.75; butcher bulle, choice, $6.75 to $7.25; do., good .bulle, $6.25 to $6.75 ; feeders, 950 to 1,000 lbe., $7 to $7 25; do.,- huile, $5.25 to $6; etockere, choice, 760 to 900 lbe., $6.75 to $7.15; do., medium. 650 to 750 lbe., $6.25 to $6.75; Cannera, Cannera, $3.75 to $4.65; «uttws, $4 80 to $5; milkers, choice, each, $80 to $100; do., common and medium, $40 to $80; e spring- era, $50 to $95-, calves, veal, choice, |9 to $10.50; do., medium, $7 to $91 lambs, $6 to $7.90; ewes, light, $5-26 to $6^eheep, •heavy and buck*, $4 to $5.25 bucks, $4 to $5; cuUe, $2.50 to $4; hoge, weighed off cab?. $8.25; do,, fed and watered, $8 to $8.05; do., f.o.b., $7.60 to $7.65. . Montreal, Oct. 27--Prime beeves. 7 3-4 to 8 1-4o; medium, 5 1-4 to 7 l-4c; common, to 5c; lean cannera, 3 to 3 3--to; mile cowb, $40 to $86 each; calves, 4 1-2 to 8 l-2c. Sheep, 4 1-2 to 5 l-4o. Lambs, 7 to 7 l-2c; hogs, 8 to near 8 l-4c. I of poisonous impurities; - . , parents, Beecham's Pills are matchless as Worth a Guinea a Bwebem. St- Hdew. Vuum&ré. £# Prepared only by Thomas . -,^ : Canada and U. S. Amenas- In JwçMj» The dîreêtlene Sold everywhere m « with every box are very vakiahli Facial Expression. "Doesn't the baby look like its father !" exclaimed the admiring relative. ' 'iSometim.es, 5 5 replied the nurse ^ "Especially iwhen it has a touch -o' the cblic." An Irishman and & Frenchman were disputing over the nationality of a friend of theirs. "I aay," said the Frenchman, ' ' that he was born in France i'Aheref ore he is a Frenchman.'? Frenchman.' ? "Not at all," said Pat < 'Begorra, if a cat should have kit- would 1 you call A Hospital in r. 'Cemetery--A Gruesome Resting-Place for W omuled. It was used as a resting place for the tens in t£e oven-, thembiscuita." w Lfihe Villaae of Orion, in France, -which wa® destroyed by the German®. The Cemetery, at th age - Note the aanbulahoe and mat-tresee®. wound led. .y r '