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MAN'S BEST MEDICINE Mrs. Kely Advises all Women 10 Take "Frut-a-Tives" ONT., AUG, 26th. 1913. I ean highly recommend "Pruit-a- ives" because they did me an awful of good and I cannot speak too ' about them. About four years commenced . ng ** Froita- for a general Breng down and did me a world of good. We 2 4 good many oltars worth, we! -becapse id all that you do for them. action is so pleasant, compared with other laxatives, that I found only. , 88 well as health, in taking " Seetfied to me to be particularly sui to women, on oat oitneir mild and gentle action, and I trust that some other ouch may start taking *Fruit-a-tives" after reading letter, and if they do, ] am satisfied the results will be the same #8 in my own case", i Mzs. W. N. KELLY SM Fenitastives" are sold by all dealers at Soc. & box, 6 for $2.50, trial size, 25¢, or sent id on receipt of price by, rar etives Limited, Ottawa. a A Al ANN ls at NN OUR TOBACCO With the "Rooster" on It 19 icrowing louder as he goes along Iv 46c per pound. For phewing and sigoking. he AT A. MACLEBAN'S. HERD OF BYGONE WAR RIFLEMAN HARRIS' STORY ONE «| OF CLASSICS OF HISTORY. i || able Book--He Also Served With || the 95th In Denmark. Literature, indeed, contains nc | adequate picture of a great battle as J seen through the eyes of & private of the ranks, But at any rate there is one book, long since out of print, {which gives some real idea of what | war means to the private soldier, his | emotions and impressions when the cannons roar, his feelings and fears when he charges at the point of the | bayonet, ; . The book wis not a literary gem, but it contained some graphic de- scriptions of the pluck and gallantry of the British soldiers who stormed Badajoz, fought at Salamanca, and { saw Sir John Moore die after his | famous retreat on Corunna. It was called, "Recollections of - Rifleman | Harris of the Old 95th," and as » i pleture of the private in the Penin- sula, with his hardihood, "his splen- |. did fighting gifts, his hatred of re ! treats, his childlike trust in hs of: | cers, Rifleman Harris' recollections are of much greater value than whole volumes of starched and. erudite his- tories," says Rev. W. H. Fitchett in "Fights for the Flag." Harris was a Dorset man, and six months after joining the 95th Rifles the regiment sailed with an expedi- | tion to Denmark. The troops, some 1:30,000 strong, were landed at Scarlet Island, near Copenhagen, and as the (men leaped from the boats ashore their warlike temper broke out. "The whole force," says Harris, 'set up one simultaneous and tremendous cheer, a sound I cannot describe, 1t seemed so overwhelming." Harris heard afterwards on 'many battle: fields that deep, stern, menacing wave of sound; the shout of the British sol- dler In the presence of the enemy. But what a splendid tribute to the bravery of the British soldier is con- tained in Harris' account of the fight at Vimlera. The French came on in a solid mass, the 'British gups play- ing on them, and, says Harris, "I saw regular lanes - torn : through their ranks as they advanced, which were immediately filled up again as they marched steadily on. Whenever we saw a round shot thus go through the mass," 'he adds, witha visible chue- kle, "we raised a shout of delight." From the enemy Harris looked round upon his comrades. : He says: -- "As 1 looked about me, whilst standing enranked,.and just before the commencement 'of - the battle, 1 thought it the most imposing sight the world could produce. Our lines glittering with bright arms, the stern features of the men aa they stood with their eyes fixed unalterably up- on the enemy, the proud colors of England floating over the heads of the different battalions -and the dark cannon on the rising ground, and all in readiness to commence the awful work of death, with the noise that would deafen the whole multitude." It was in this battle that Harris saw the charge of the 50th, of which Napier was major. "They dashed up- on the enemy like a torrent breaking bounds, and the French, unable even to bear the sight of them, turned and fled. Me thinks at this moment I can hear the cheer of the British soldiers in the charge, and the clatter of the elief Mrs. J. West of Paterson, N. J., writes have a large family of small children, and Bas saved me many a doctor's bill. For | sore throat ft 18 a king over that. My ' tle girl has sprained her ankle and is com around fine haut Jay other doctor thaw lief, » the Relief to the throat and chest Surface smarts and reddens. Give 8 Pills fo such doses as will freely Bowels. For a sudden cold. take a Jose of Sidwuy's Pills, au $ teaspoon. alle With a teaspoonful of molasses, & er of hot wator Retire at onge to A prof perspiration will break out, in the aorting the cold 'will be gone, _ BADWAY & CO., Montreal, Can, ® olfe's Schnapps ~(wousanos ew) the most healthful spirit ob. tainable, and the very best stimulant for goneral use. « Asa tive " ~me-up tonic and diges- 'olfe's Schnapps is always +. Opportune, exercising the . mast . . beneficial effect upon the liver, kidneys and other organs. turned in an instant and went off, hard as they could run for it. The Grenadiers--the 70th, I think---our men seemed to know well. They were all fine-looking men, wearing red shoulder-knots and tremendous- looking moustaches. As they came swarming upon us they rained a per- fect shower of balls, which we return. ed quite as sharply. Whenever one of them was knecked over, our men called out, 'There goes another of Boney's invinecible'." The sternest experience of war, however, which Harris had, occurred when the 95th were caught in the backward rush of Sir ¥ohn Moore's retreat on Corunna. Gen. Craufurd was in command of the brigade, and for four days the force matched at a tefrific rate, the men being in total ignorance of their goal. "Where are you taking us to?" a rifleman asked his officer. "To England," was the answer, "if we can get there." The soldiers then learned for the first time the real reason of their terrific 'marches, and, says Harirs, "the men { 'bégan to murmur at not being per- mitted to turn and stand at bay, curs- ing the French, and swearing they would rather die ten thousand deaths with their rifles in their hands in op- 'position than endure the present toil." At last, from the head of the long, straggling column came a faint shout. 'From the top of the hill the sea was visible, and the tall masts of many transports. "Harris," said a rifleman notorious for his foulness of lan- 'guage, "if it pleases God to let me reach those ships, I. swear never to utter a bad or mted. word again," and. the | #an down hid haggard Obtainable ot oll Hotels and Retail Stores. McParland, Distributor. SANDWICH «A delicious, oddly: cheeks as he spoke. y 'wery last man who embarked at Vige. He crawled on to the beach just as the last boat was pushing off, almost totally blind with mere fatigue. The boat put back for him, and he lived te reach Spithead, where, he says, Frenchmen's accoutrements as (héy | HORSESHOE LUCK. Belief In It Dates Back to the Days of Golden Shod Steeds, Every one knows the superstition "that good luck sirikes the finder if by chance a castoff horseshoe is picked up by the waycide, but how few know the origin of this belief. It goes back bundreds of years, when horses were not only shod with | shoes of iron, but with gold and sil- ver as well, and this fact makes it apparent why it was Bucky to find a shoe that had a real market value. The habit of shoe! horses was formed in the time of the ancients many centuries beforef Christ. It was at this period that/ gold and afl. ver were so often substitutes for fron. ; The Roman emperoys, for exam- ple, and the kings of Nprway indulg- ed, repeatedly in this ry. The custom once established brought in vogue' another practice among the grandees. When their horses cast their sh the lackey was not allowed to for the pur- pose of securing them. / This disdain of precious metal satisfied the bom: bastic pride of their masters; hence, when they were seen by the populace to mount a horse or entér a carriage they were followed with fervor in the hope that a shoe would become loose, thus enriching their stone of earthly goods or, in other words, bringing them good luck. { When Lord Do Ambassador England, eo entrance into Paris in 1616, he wishefl to win popu- larity and to associate his name with good fortune stories, he ordered that the horse he was be insecurely shod with silver shoes. Bach time that he passed a group of pretty women or prominent men he dug his spurs into ithe flanks of his horse so forcefully 'that the tor- tured animal would kickj up his heels fn such a manner that (invariably a shoe was cast. Immediately there wasia scramble in the crowd to get the good luck souvenir, This manoeuvre was re- peated many times while en route to the Louvre. The supply was not (restricted to just four legs. The wily lord had seen to that. In his escort was an elaborately liveried serwant, who, at each casting of a shoe, would dis- mount, and from a bag containing tools and other silver shoes would then and there shoe thel horse. Make a Palindrome. Besides making puns, our English cousins are fond of composing palin- dromes -- that is, combinations of words that read the same backward as forward. The most fampus palin. drome is that by Doctor Brewer, sup- posed to be the greeting) of Adam to Eve: "Madam, I'm Adam." In an English magazine I discover some recent attempts of this sort, which are more ingenious than poeti- cal: "No, it is opposed. Artisees Trade's opposition." "No, it's a bar of gold, a bad log for a bastion." Before turning up the nose in scorn at them, let the gentle reader try to improve on them. The Bank Graveyard. It is not generally kmown that the Bank of England, "the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street," contains with. in its walls a graveyard. The Gordon riots in 1780, during which the bank was attacked by a mob, called attention to the necessity for strengthening its defences. Compe- tent authorities advised that an ad- joining church, having the peculiaz name of St. Christopher-le-Stocks wis in a military sénsé & source of danger, and an act of Parliament was passed to enable the directors to pur- ¢hase the church and its appurten- ances. This, now tastefully laid out, is called the "bank garden," In it is the largest lime tree in London.-- London Standard. The Two Daddies. "I know an English lady who mar- ried an officer of high rank in the German army," says Dagonet, in The London Referee. "Some years ago she divorced him and later married an officer in the British army. She | has a daughter by her first husband and the daughter remains in her cus- tody. She has s daughter by her se- com husband, and now the fathers of 'the two children dre both at the front. The two little girls say their prayers together every night. But while Evelyn says, 'Please God, don't let Sybil's daddy kill my daddy,' Sy- bil says, 'Please God, don't let Eve- lyn's daddy kill my daddy." A Horror of Peace. The Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker, of the City Temple, London, once had a collection, to the announcement of which he added with deep pathos: "Widows and erphans will not be ex- 'pected to contribute." A few Sundays later there was an- other collection for the same-object. "This time," sald the preacher, "widows and orphans will not be ex- empt; for no battle ever made so many widows and orphans as the an- nouncement made on the previous Sunday." Ly The Hospital Ship Fund. The Canadian Women's Hospital Ship Fund, which closed as such on Sept. 1st, has a total of $218,034.61, over twice the amount originally called has been forwarded miralty through Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Connaught, ride should ; | "W% ENGLAND'S MOTHERS. Calmly Watch Their Little Worlds , Knocked Into Fragments. It is dificult for us toi realize the changes which a war for jjational ex- istence brings about in peaceful home lives, Jie following extracts from a letter an English gentle- woman to her daughter in America be, touching in |i 'England the terrible prospeet. The writer had been at the seaside when the an- noupcemént of war ealled her hur riedly to her home across the width of England, ? "Both your brothers were upstairs ordering different things packed in their valises each moment, it seemed to me, and your sister flew to greet me with the words, 'I wished to meet you at the station, but the boys must be in Bristol at midnight and I wish- ed to stay until they went.' with a curious sinking at my heart, and Katherine said, *All the naval reserves are ordered to headquarters; they may be sent om shipboard any time, but for the present they are to get i: "You sympathize with me about this In your letter, but after that first pang I have felt nothing; I do not think anyone has----it all seems 80 much a matter of course. But I have not gained much by not letting any of your brothers enter the navy, have I? There is Stephen in Bel- grade at this moment, for all we know, and Owen and Frank both are in Bristol waiting to join their ships as officers in the naval reserve. "Frank eame home this morning on two hours' leave. He is eager to seo service, and talks a great deal about the glory of England. Secret- ly he is rather proud that he is » captain while Owen is only a lieu- tenant, He told me, with one of his impish grins, that he had met Owen taking some of his men to the bar-; bers to have their hair cut. Then he went on to say the Somersetshire engineers already had been ordered out; three of your cousins and your Uncle Max are in the engineers. "I had no opportunity of saying good-bye to them, of course, and even Max's wifé does not know ye! where they are gone. "You remember the yew terrace under the south windows? If you ! stood there now you would be amas. } {| in a dream." ed. Nine days ago the gardens blaz- ed with flowers. The roses had never been finer. Now there is hardly a flower to be seen. The gardeners-- though only the elderly men and the boys are left--have been working like slaves to plant vegetables every. where, "Every place is being made useful instead of ornamental. From the churches everywhere you hear ihe appeal to prevent waste, "It has been difficult hitherto te enforce this policy as a rule in a big household, but even the litle scul lery maids now are impressed with the idea that we may come to need bread if the war continues. And no one imagines that it will end without a struggle of long duration. "Katherine has offered herself a: a Red Cross nurse. I cannot help hoping she never will be called upon, "Men too old for active service are working on the roads as scaven- gers and navvies, - They are short of men for these duties In every city in England, so it bas become a point of honor to attend to such work. Imaagine poor fat Sir Henry doing this work! ¥ "I have become quite accustomed to hearing firing out in the British channel, but it means nothing as yet. "May it never come as near. as that! - trian 2 "The boys say that heavy guns fired inland from th® channel would pass across these grounds with ease, I know it is true, but I cannot seem , to believe it. It is that way with everything. We all seem to be living No Fixed Programs. The map found on a captured Uhlan marked with the prearranged marches of the German troops re- . minds one that Wellington distrusted fixed plans of campaign. Asked on one occasion how he managed to capture Napoleon's marshals one af-' ter the other, he replied: "They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid set of har- ness. It looks very well, it answers very well, until it gets broken, and ™ore Now; I make then you're done for. my campaigns of ropes. If any. thing went wrong, I tied a knot and went on." Shoes In Olden Days. Early Britons wore shoes of raw cowhide, with the hairy surface out- ward. The Anglo-Saxons showed an advance, for they were black and lac- ed by a lpather thong. Then came what might almost be termed the bag f covering obtaining in Germany, and so by gradual stages from the medieval shoes to the poulaine shoes, a queér early German specimen, the band round the ankle being of en- graved brass.--London Spectator. Good Crops For Cape Breton. grain and bo are said ag: larger than have been garnered for ~ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1914. i "There 'forward to the share of it." + {nitea d a Thin Foks Who 0 Would Be Fat Increaro iz Weight Ten Pounds or More A Physician's Advice. "I'd certainly give most anything to be able to fat up a few pounds and stay that " declares every excessively thin man or woman. Such result is not impossible, despite past failures. Thin peeple are victims of mal-nutri- tion, a condition which prevents the fatty elements of food from being tak- en up by the blood as they are when the powers of nutrition are normal. Instead of Festing into the 'blood, all the fat and flesh producing elements stay in the intestines until they pass from Lhe body as waste. To.correct-this condition and te-pro-- duce a healthy, normal amount of fat the nutritive processes must be artifi- cially supplied with the power: which nature has denied them. his can best ve acc mplighed by eating a Sargoi tab- with every meal Sargol is a scien- combination of six of the strength-giving, fat-producing elements known to the medical profession. Tak= en with meals, it mixes with the f and turns the sugars and starches into {rich, ripe nourishment for the tissues and blood, and its rapid effect Is - re- markable. Reported gains of from ten to twenty-five pounds in a single month are hy no means infrequent. Yet ite action is perfectly natural and abso- litely harmless. Sargol is sold by good druggists everywhere and grat) pack age contains a guarantée of weight in- crease or money back. Usution: While Sargol has produced remarkable results in the treatment of nervous indigestion and general stom- ach disorders, it should not, owing to its remarkable flesh producing amety ibe used by those who are not willing to incirase their welght ten pounds or et tific best A Nt sa ana tin i ' produces widening your own to yourself; for of the doll back to you---all of men" flood, leads on to Fortune." Many Canadian business men are eagerly looking i FOR QUICK LUNCH 2251 H GYPSUM WALL PLASTER? dependent on the general prosperity every Canadian busy. 2 : Dollars spent for Canadian-made goods help to do this; some spent for Canadian-made goods are bound to come ™ = The Turn of the Tides is a tide in the affairs which, taken at the "turn in the tide" Canadian trade. Some of them are saying: "Just wait until this war is over--the country will prosper, business will boom, and we will then start advertising on a large scale to get our .Lhere is a wiser type of man; the man who is acting ad of talking--laying his plans now, so as to have his '"'boat of business" headed upstream when the tide turns; advertising now, because he knows that to delay until the war is over is to add a hundred-fold to the opposition his plea for "a share of the big business" must encounter. Public opinion is not to be won "over-night."" When the Canadian public lets loose its cash, the manufactur- ers and merchants to whom the golden stream will most freely flow, are those who are busy now creating good will for themselves and their goods. To take the tide of business at its flood requires, not days, not weeks, but months of preparation. now--advertise now--if you would later prosper. Prepare CIC) Cn Crosse & Blackwell's Potted Ham -- id D. COUPER Phone 76 841-8 Princess Bt. BUILDERS !! Have You Tried It Depends Largely on your attire as to how you are received, not only socially, but in ev- ery walk of life, We design clothes that "make good" their reputation and are bullt upon the firm founda- tion of merit. To wear them is to know their superior points; to buy them !s a proof of your good Judg- ment. Suppose you make your in- spection to-day at the It Baves Time. P. WALSH, A hundred people were killed or injured in Lisbon, Portugal, on Saturday night by an explosion at the Lisbon Gas Works. ---- Nm mm a | Throwing a. Stone Into a Pond a series of ripples in ever- circles that stretch out and out until they finally reach right up to feet at the water's edge: ; Every time you purchase something "Made in Canada" you start a ripple of prosperity---reaching out in ever-widening circles, through shopkeeper, wholesaler, manufacturer, farmer, right back no matter what you yourself produce, what are 'engaged in, your individual prosperity 'is of the country--on keeping of the dollars spent for imported goods are gone "are starting a ripple in someone cise's pond. Start a Ripple of Your Own by Saying i "Made in Canada" 3 i 2