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: gd A iithipicoten River, Ont. says: husband was ill for five months was' unable to do any work, He several trips to the: Soo to ton: | i doctors and: spent niueh money on 'medicine, bul. nothing = helped him---in grew 'worse. 'He could not -eat much and 'the little he did eat would 'not remain on his stomach. His stom- nich was examined by X Rays snd found 0 be in a terrible inflamed condition. After remaining at the Soo for some : lime under the doctor's care without finding relief he relurned home distour- 'aged 'and afraid he was going to die. it was then' Dr. Williams' Pink Pills were recommended and by the time he Lad taken nine boxes he was perfectly) well and able to ga 10 'work again" Mrs, Castonguay continues: "I have al- #¢ 'used: the: Pills for. female 'troubles and found them: a perfect medicine. My. little one also owes good health anda rosy color 10 them." *Dr. Williams' Pink Pills qure all the . hroublés due to poor bldvdl or shatterad nerves, such' as andemia, rheumatism, ! dyspepsia; neuralgia, St; Vitus' dance; ) ;partial paralysis, elc., simply because Huey make rich. red, 'health-giving 'blood. Sold' by all riedicine dealers. nr "hy mail at"50c. a box dr six boxes. for $2.50 from "The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont, EE TRAINING HORSES FOR WAR, TFourfooted Regulars Have to Take Long Course of Lessons. Germany: needs - 1,000,000 Jhorses for cavalry and artillery to put her colossal forces, in. the field; France requires probably 750,000, and even Great Britain needed as many as 230,000 in South Africa while she was fighting the Boers, Although = _Bngland™ in' peace time mounts only 'two-thirds of her Cavalry, her horse bill amounts to about $400,000 a year--a figure which may be multi: 'plied by four or five for the German army. In most countries omnibus, farm and domestic horses are registered as being available in time of war for miscellan- eous service, and for this everything from $30,000 to $150,000 a year may be paid by a military nation. France spends upward of $600,000 a year on-horses for her great armies, As Aigeneral rule, says a writer: in the Circle, the recTpils are five years old and post $200 each. Cavalry chargers vary from fifieen to gixteen hands in height, and sharp rules have been. laid down about {heir shape, action and treatment, There arc regular schools 'where the raw four-legged re- eruif Js trained. His education em- braces the fearless swimming of deer and wide rivers. It is exiremely interesting to see a "thousand four-legged recruits drawn up in a. ring around the instructor, who opens the proceedings with a sharp shot from an army revolver. The animals aré taught to gallop fearlessly up a line 'or square of infantry. who are blazing 'away with their rifles, of course loaded with 'blank cariridges, Lastly comes a chargé upon batteries Sof quick-firing cannon. I is worth not img that when smokeless powder came imto géneral use it was found that thou- sands of horses which' would face with- out flinching the smoke of guns using black powder balked and 'shied at the sinister 'flash and roar of cordite and melinite. There appears to, be as much. indivi: duality 'among horses. as among men. Some take the flash and report very | 'quietly and are passed on lo more se were trials, 'while others: rear and try to bolt in abject terror. "The riding masters infrusted 'with the education of "these 'horses are specially seleoted "for - their quietness, kindness; " selt-control "and patience, nied with \eourage, firmness and (he absolute 'ton 'fidence barn of fried and consumma emanship.: pr together in the varius. armies. | i. The French cavalry 'recruit goes Sons n revisions before he is fit to get upon his horse, wi simultaneously, . Both taugl urdened with: "full aig Jo hon 'are. skin ni 'accustomed friends fiempidio infervre 10°80 ane f and niean merely that i is upright or to jump from on gion fou. g Ih thay 15 ho el vince 7 That' - only" the kinder, | The saw log in the water gh even nd v5 a {rial will con: i ent; of "it. min meas | constable ga ef transportation of your true rivers nt man who, when on drive, almost never sieps on land - "except to eat and sleep. THE JOURNEY. © & A journey down sifeéhm. is fohim an He pushes |, allair. of great simplicity, into the current a slick of timber, jumps lightly atop of it; leans against his peavy; and floats away as ceful and motionless as a Grecian statue: hen' his unstable' craft overtakes other logs, he deserts it, runs forward as far as he can--the logs bobbing and awash 'behind his spring--and so con- tinues on another timber. Jack Boyd once, for a bet, rode for twelve miles down Grand River off a log hé could carry 'to the siream's bank across. his shoulderss™ 'Full' 'hall the time his feel were submerged 'to the ankles; THE "RAPIDS, Nar does quick" waler always cause your, expert riverman io disembark. Using "his peavy as a balancing 'pole, and treading. with squivrel-like "quicky ness as. his footing rolls, he will run rapids of considerable 'force and vol: ume. When the-fail of = a drive passes through. the 'chute of a. dant thers are aiways_ hall a' "dozen' or so of the "year" 'men who out of sheer, hravado will. run through standing upright like: circus riders and yelling like fiends. Few river drives finish withoul ios= ing a man. There are magnificent, res. cues, narrow. escapes, - However, fhese men appear: to accept whatever comes | as a matter of course, or perhaps more fituly,. it is. their pride never. 10 show emotion of any sort. : THE RESCUE, One man was dragged out by the col: lar from a very: dangerous predicament Yetween {wo parts of a breaking jam. Tc gain safety "his rescuer, burdened by the victim of the accident; had. fair- 1.2 10 scale the breast of the falling logs. For fen seconds il looked lle sure death to both, bul 'by a combination &I audacity. and sheer luck they reached the bank. Most people would have paused for 'congratulations and to talk it over. Not they. The rescuer, still retaining his grip on the man's collar, twisted him. around 'énd deliv. ered ane good Kick, "There, damn you!" said he; and the | two fell to work withoul further com- ment : THE FIGHT, Just as a cowboy likes' to show off horsemanship which can have no prac tical application' to his' trade, 50 does the riverman do his' {ricks. "A man in Marinette, whose name I have forgot: lén, could 'turn 4 somersault on a log; innumerable others like lo lie 'down al, length while floating with the: current. Jack Boyd could "upend" a railroad {ie without falling into the water, and+ii is very cold water indeed {hal can scare off 'occasional birling malch. The riverman never knows when he i5- licked, As ong as he remains son scious' he will continue. the struggle. A big man 'once had a little 'man down dnd 'was punishing' him severely. Friends. of ithe little nian attempted 10} interfere, "Let him alone)" cried that. warrior. "ef him alonél may be on lop few minutes. t4 leave his house: at o ing unanimously decided " | with 'another housed liv WHITE PLAGUE. AN 'Prevalence of Tubercnlosts and Laundries, sons die of tuberculosis in: year. Aniong 257 workmen. the careful' observation and: under - practically the same {hes mortality from tuberculosis ed to more than 30 per cent. { "I Laundry warkers, However, ~ were found 10 be. the most setlously" aitested From statistics made ti ain disiricts | in the neighborhood of Pais where. lai 7 dries abound, the mortality from lubers culosis totalled' 75 per cent. The Paris bakers a 'few ' weeks ago formed an organization for the improve ment of lhe conditions under which they have to work. H is'stated uthortetive. | ly, says 'What to Eat, that des Governmental inspe of bakeries and the most moder hy giffiic apparatus, out | of 400,000 bakers. in-Paris 240,000 suffer: from tuberculosis. 4 Ria) 7 inn We mii" ANOTHER MAGISTRATE CURED | ; ZAM:BUK. - Magistrate F. Rasmussen of 211. Mar: y quetts St, Montreal, has just been cured by Zam-Buk of 4 skin disenso 'which' for years had defied" all remedies. J Ihter- viewed cn' the subject: Mr: ussen suid "IL 18 quite correct. . For years I was troubled with a Serious skin 5 ahd not one but several docto: failed LY) do mo any akin completely." : All stores sell Zam-Buk ah "cen cents box; or post free from Zam-Buk Co, Toronto, Jor pris. 8 b 6 boxes for TO BE SE EXACT. Binks (wha ordered a pancake, naif a an tour ago)--Er---l--sayl. Will that: Spun cake be long?" Waitress--'No, sir; it will be pound." Then he waited patiently another halt hour, feo ak SO DONT USE POOR OIL. i: For use on sewing machines, bic and all purposes requiring a fine lub- ricant, the best is cheapest in ti Genuine Singer ofl can only be of oi Singer stores; Look for the F Singer Sor Sewing: Machine Co. Vr Gambon, Toronta, 10 | 0 ira Cabos ree, Mr. Nuwed counters the her "day out." Dave ralier i8 now foreman of one |' of {he fire 'Rapids: For many years. he 'the drive 'in' our employ. He'is An Sem wf Di with an axe. Aga combal ing noises, ao bo rack} engine stations. in of ened buin g followed 5 1t3s possibl 10 die swi "Watler, > called a tourist in Brace, indignant at the Sogovery ; biihinn sedlored Talore