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| dressed a women of it gore wonderful every "day. While live mfort and com f infantry. While he was|y .¢ pain : away on duty she would sit sewing the salon with a sorrowing face ; hat was hagpen- d to her hushand out in the fir- ing ling. When she heard his step he gloom went and the smile and --if. was egsy to know with an effort--replaced it. T sidier gone, the weary. foreboding o After Saturday's ight at Termonde, she came doy in deepest black. This morning I ww a Red Cross on her' sleeve. is no xception ; that captain's has a thousand peers in Ant- ia Antwerp become' ol her 'and she became The | Medicine Co Brockville, down | The Princess Karadja is president 'honorary ireasurar of the Bol. | who defended the butt-end of a cornet, ophecleide, and trombone, not to mention the formidable bas- soon. : is There is a story about a peasant his hearth against a horde of the enemy with a three-! legged stool, and another of a wo- man who routed the enemy on the double by*overturning a stand of bee hives in her garden, but cer- tainly one of the most remarkable! weapons on record was the bi saucepan which it is creditably said | a lusty Turk brandished with great trate Ty BABY CRIED a CONSTANTLY Baby's Own Tablets. ~ They worked a marvellous change' in her' d se happy, gained in weight and all signs of sickness left her. The tablets are the very: medicine 'I know of for little ones."" Baby's Own Tablets cure all the minor ills of little. ones such as 'colic, colds, constipation and indi- gestion, ete. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 oents a box from The Dr. Williams' Ont, TB min » » Mr. Gotrox-- That there sculp- tor fellow says he's a-going to make a bust of me."' = Sofa Mrs. Gotrox--' Henry, it's just terrible the way you. talk. Say Durst? Mo, tev piss ; ------ 0. | colored 'cloth. » STRANGE WEAPONS, : had | British Soldiers Fought With Their primitive In all ages the use eans of defence and 'offence has \ | mans Chest ad Jiant red trousers, and the effect at the Battle of Widdin. Bince Samson's use of the jawbone of an ass there has never been sure- ly a stranger weapon. In one of the fierce actions in the Peninsular War ammunition ran short, and many shifts were resort- ed 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 cotld 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 yaz- or from his baversack, rammed it down, and fired it after the flying French cavalry. Evidently that cavalry had a close shave, ; . "COLORS IN UNIFORMS. Nearly All Europe's Armies Wear : Khaki . The war put everybody khaki, with a few exceptions. the_ battle line 6r in the field the 'English soldier and the English offi- cer get out of their richly colored and historic uniforms and into khaki of a neutral hue. The Ger- mans are in grey. The Austrians have most of their soldiers in khaki, ; Russians all wear khaki- The French still cling to their blue coats and bel. el gians have a uniform that is very similar to the French: : The French and Belgian officers age dange Zously Srnegpenied with gilt trimmings during warfare, an present. such brilliant targets that some of the Belgian regiments dur- ing the hard ting with the Ger- have lost nearly all of their leaders. hh g The new twentieth century mode of warfare put the ban on anythin that glitters, even the rifle barrels, and sabres, and Noarsness Rubbed Away Uline" Gives Speedy Rellel: and. into On lp oma Set Of woman that would not yield, But bravely, silently, bore her Lo, there is that battlefield! No marshalling troop, no bivouac ong, ! : No banper to gleam and wave; But, oh 1 thelr (Slam they last From habyhood to the grave, Yet faithful still as a bridge of She fights in her ~walled-up town-- : Fights on and on in endless wars, Then, silent, unseen, goes down. Oh, ye) with banners and battle t, And 'soldiers to shout and praise, I tol; you ithe kingliest victories 0 Were fought in those silent ways. Oh, spotless woman in a world of shame With splendid and silent scorn, Go back to God as white as you came, The kingliest warrior born! * A Frightful Fire Causes widespread sorrow--likewise a 'lively corn causes much pain--the cure is "Putnam's," the old reliable Put. nam's Corn Extractor, that never fails and always oures, try it, 20. at all dealers. mae A eee y 3 Sure, Mawruss. + 'Credit Man--"'No, we can't sell you those goods on four months' time."' Isaacs-- "Vy not? I gifs you my note." Credit Man--"But your notes do not sell on the street." Isaacs--' "Mine gracious, no, or I vould go home and make notes in- stead of cloding."' Min.rd's Liniment for sale everywhera. iy An Idea. Our iden of nothing worth worry- ing about is the announcement that new style trousers are to be with- dut cuffs. "HELP KEEP THE POT ABOILING." Mr. T. R. 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