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Costa Rica ica 18 Aankedby precipitous, 'sip h hills and mountains, fad- off into. the. distance of serrated blue ranges. - Nicaragua is ponderous, heavy with 1s very apt to be the seat of ble, which shows itself in attacks. of : die crop. again, sometimes an: sociated with croup, soi oceur- H ing independently, there are ramp) like spasms of the hands and feet. In' 1 all the les react instantly of purple distance, not of blue. , whole coast-line of Central America has these contrasts; ' Costa Rica, sharp and eteep on its mountain: tops, then the Jong Hue of Nicaragua, cut low as if for the passing of the great new canal that is yet to come. Honduras, sharp and hilly again, and en Salvador, with its broad green and almost. temp zone cH- mate. Last, Guat a, eet in its mountain heights, a crown of vol canoes, The three primary colors of the rainbow accented on the moun- tain _tops, the secondary orange and + green, on. the lowlands. When we leave San Juan behind us, sped by 'tanned but dignified and un- derstanding ofifcials, a peak of vol 'ano risce behind the shore hills, teem: ing to have 2 wider base, a gentler slope, than those seen before. This is -- Qmetepe, worshiped by Indians of an clent times, .an island of - the great Lake Nicaragua, twenty miles inland. Even Ametepe is ponderous, although preciously beautiful and symmetrical, with its smoke not rising clear to heaven, but curling back about the "cone to embrace it, white and 'heavy- : rolling, ~ No town is coon «now; until our ...-Bhip turns in Soxwaen two low, green- clad promontories, skirts sharply that on the left and suddenly reveals to us, on the left, still, the pleasant, scat: L tered hoitses of Corinto, Boldly, barely, on the wrong eide of the water surely miles from the mainland! Corinto, fn * fact,'is all but an island, set as If in the very middle of the chescent bay. The railroad finds its way there, how- ever. Whart space for two ships and "= .well-dredged channel combine. with; 18 perfect 'protection to make it the finest hafbor. on the Pacific side of ' Central America.-- Wallace Thompson Little Erb The little toy dog Is covered with dust, + But sturdy and 'stanch he stands; And the little toy soldier is red with » rust And his musket moulds in his hands. Time was when the little toy dog was Dew,» And the soldier was passing fair; And that was the time when our Little 'Boy Blue Kissed. them and put them there, "Now, don't. you go til 1 come," he wi gmt Fou ake AY: Heine" Bo, g off to his trundde-bed, . 'He. and strongly to amy-stimulus, such as a sharp with the finger. This {rrita bas been found to he due to a fault of nutrition, namely an inability to absorb or as- similite lime, and the medical prob- lem is to overcome this defect, and bring sbout a mormal lime digestion. An ample supply of lime-containing food must be given and if there are other forms of digestive trouble they must be treated. It is well to start the treatment with a dose of castor oll, to ensure the removal of any tox- ins or poisonous material from the di- gestive tract. The dies should consist largely of} milk, to which lime water may be add- ed, and also of such foods as are rich The Cunard Anchor-Donald- son ocean highway will be the home trail for many Canadian citizens intent on spending Christmas with the home folks inthe British Isles this Christmas. Leaving Halifax December i before Christmas, the "Letitia" at Belfast, Liver- pockand and Glasgow, and the and London. * Ask your Steamship Agent for information, or write-- The Robert Reford Co., Limited Montreal, Toronto, Quebec, 7 St. John, N.B, Halifax. TE too highly. T have: found killed to make these statuettes. Mrs. L. M. Brown, ~--*"] cannot recommend Baby's n invaluable. tor the ailments of ones." Mrs. Brown's testimony > same' as that of thousands: of mothers Who have usedsthe Tab: lets. use them once is a sure guar- antee Dt they will a) ways be kot the homd-as long $s there are babies or Hom children to be cared for, The Tablets are a laxative -- mild but in action--which never fail to regulate the stomach and bowels; relieve constipation and indigestion; break up colds and simple fevers and make the dreaded teething period 'easy. In fact you banish ali the minor ills from which little ones suffer. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 256 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. ------ Prayers for Oysters. An unusual celebration is to be held shortly by a Japanese firm of artificial pearl dealers. They are to erect a monument in memory of oysters whose | lives have been sacrificed for the sake of the pearls that have enabled the firm to become so prosperous. Pearls that even the leading experts are un- able to distinguish from the natural 'product are mamifactured by this firme. The monument is being laid out in front of the Imperial Shrine at Ise, and will take the form of a tower con- taining 10,000 pearis. A religious mass is to be said at the unveiling for the repose of the souls of the. oysters. Most visitors to Japan have remark- ed with delight on the wonderfully carved ivory. statuettes that are offer- ed for sale. A few months ago the leading Japanese ivory workers held a religious ceremony in memory of the thousands of elephants that had been Somewhat similar was the ny {hed by geisha for the souls of cats {slain to provide the necessary material {for the Ji ical instr t the samisen, played by the singing girls, ------------ Now It Can Be Told. "Oh, Daddy," said the young lady, "Mrs. Jones sald you were the hand- somest man on_our street." ' What's that?" asked the father. "There was a brief silence, then the daughter shook her head and said, "Well, 1 guess it's true, all right." "What's true?' asked the father. "That every time you compliment a man he makes you repeat it." : ads Toba It is common knowledge to Aretic #nd Antarctic explorers that sea-ice more than a year ofd is entirely free from salt, a'though new ice contains the same amount of salt as sea water. of it, arranged | inequali | symmetry--with. the most elaborate 'heaven, and you will find them every 'like flelds as they float in level bays ty--with the. most delicate contrast, a picture in itself. You may try every other piece of cloud in the one as perfect, and yet not one in the least lke another. Stand upon the, peak of some iso lated mountain at daybreak, when the night-miste firet rise from off the | plains, and watch their white and lake and winding gulphs about the {slanded summits of the lower hills, untouched yet by more than dawn, colder and more quiet than a windless sea under the moon of midnight. Watch when the first sunbeam is sent upon the.sil- ver channels, how the foam of their undulating surface parts and passes away; and down under their depths the glittering city and green pasture lie like Atlantis, between the white paths of winding rivers; the flakes of light falling every mothent faster and broader among the starry epires, as the wreathed surges break and vanish above them, and the confused crests and ridges of the dark hills shorten their gray shadows upon the plains, Wait a little donger and you shall seo those scattered mists rallying in the ravines and floating valleys, till they couch in quiet masses, iridescent with the morning light, upon the broad breasts of the higher hills, whose leagues of massy undulation will melt back and back into that robe of ma- terial light, until they fade away, lost in its lustre, to appear again above, in. the screne heaven, like a wild, bright, impossible dream, foundation- 165s and inaccessible, their very bases vanishing in the unsubstantial andi mocking blue of the deep lake below.-- John Ruskin. ----) = sen Se a Seigel's Syrup will fix it. Any ree ee fee Sonnet. When it is done, that last long voyage, and we Have come to where they tell us there is rest, When it is done, that last long voyage, "drug store. } Swinging tattered leaves Like rusted swords, Beating weakly, vainly, At 8 quick rush of sleet; Bending, struggling om, 'With their shifting, tottering banners Of dusty yellow and torn gray. 4 Sa 3 AT Saxe. REGAINED HEA HEALTH IS NOW HAPPY The Exporitnee of a Quebec Woman With Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Mrs. L. D. Bernier, 80 D'Argullion Street, Quebec, is one of the thousands of women who, when she found her health failing, resorted at once to Dr. Williams® Pink Pills, and now finds herself in perfect health. Mrs. Ber nie says:--""I was very weak, sub- ject to headaches and was unable to sleep well. Testimonials in the news- papers persuaded me to try Dr. Wil- Hams' Pink Pills, and the result has been most satisfactory. I have re- gained my health, the headaches have left me; I sleep well at night, and I have gained in weight. Naturally I am feeling happy. 1 strongly recom- mend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to all weak people." Try Dr. Willams' Pink Pills for anaemia, rheumatism, neuralgia, ner- vousness. Take them as a tonlc if you are not in the best physical condition and cultivate a resistance that will keep you well and etrong. If you will send us your name and address a little book, "Building Up the Blood," will be mailed you prepaid. This Httle book contains many useful health hints. You can get these pills through any dealer or by mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr. Willlams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. The Way Out. The new bride was in tears on the Rolling Stones. It is wise, it is well That stones should roll Nor sniother In bracken and moss, Does a stone grow more whole Being striped across With parasite lichen? But it enters experience And sees a new world 1t it rolls--it it rolle-- After petard, or toes. Let it roll-- Roll when it's scuffed out soundly From cluttered-up rut, or hole. Let it adventure Beyond the straight fence. * .Even let it go Like a meteor, hurled-- Even land in another world! Moss is a parasite. A parasite, rust. Let a stone roll off its rough; Let it chip, Let it wear off old crust. Even a rare thing might spring from its heart It its strictures were brokem wholly apart. -Martha Webster Merriehew, Long-8ervice Eyrles. Golden eagles are still to be found in the western and central Scottish { Highlands, where the same nests, or ! eyries, have been used regularly. for hall a century. Explained, "Isn't that a new plece?" "Oh, no! The plano has just been tuned." BILIOUSNESS evening of her first supper for friends. "My cottage pudding wouldn't rise," she sobbed. "That's all right, dear," replied the husband, "we'll just tell them it's a flat pudding." ---- s--tem-- We derive greater benefit from the] flattery of our friends.--J. B. and we Whatever name you will, so let it be met ~ ing days Of springtime's coming; browns and grays Of English autumns? Or shall we for- all the ¢ get Will there be sunsets in the Western skies, And great big silent seas for us to sail Beneath a crescent moon, all silver: pale? Will she be there with laughter in her eyes? And shall we smell the heather wet with rain, Or see the yellow daffodils again? --A.R.U. EE" dN The Heritage. James Russell Lowell wrote much | written during the American Civil] War, are perhaps his most distinctive work. 0, rich man's son! there is a toll That with all others level stands; Large charity doth never soil, But only whitens soft white hands. This is the best crop from thy lands; A 'heritage, it seems to me, Worth being rich to hold in fee. i i ifs TH ih : = I O, poor man's son! scorn not thy state; There ie worse weariness than thine In merely being rich and great: Toil only gives the soul to shine, And makes rest fragrant and be- nign; A heritage, it seems to me, 'Worth being poor to hold in foe. Both, heirs to some six feet of sod, Are equal in the earth at last; Loth, children of the same dear God, Prove title to your helrship vast By record of a welifilled past; A heritage, it seeme to me, :} Well warth a life to hold in fee. ARNE SA --For good work fs the 'conscious. nees that we have done it. --~Qur children can give us is to merit our sacrifices. "--Is not the bonus, but the aprecia- tion the bonus implies. --For a good sermon is in the im- | proved living of the hearers, ~ --Ot thrift is the mastery we estab- lish ov: " sens» of self- Shall we remember all the friends we | Upon this dear oid Barth, the haunt-| serious verse, but his "Biglow Papers," impetuous "desires. © --Of hospitality Eh 'witnessing Yhe | : | pleasure of our. | ~--Of industry is criticism of our enemies than from the Dr. Franklin's DIGESTIN Strengthens the Stomach, relieves and prevents Dyspepsia, Indigestiop, Heart- burn, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Flatu- | lence, Headache, and all other troubles | caused by disordered Stomach and { Bowels. Buy at your drug store or | maf fifty cents to our address. Dr. Franklin Laboratories Toronto - | | SIMONDS (es | Chapped Hands. Minard"s heals rough and chapped skin on face or hands. Mix it with sweet oil and apply often. I S! Vere: . Classified Advertisements. bis 8 4 5 LBS. 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Send 25 cents A hi i current issue. 314 Adelaide Bt. W., Toronto, Ont. DOCTOR ADVISED OPERATION FOR MRS. PENN She Escaped It by Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound I Windsor, Ont. -- **After thebirth of ! my first baby I was very much run- {down in health and the doctor said I | must have an operation as I was suffering from a displacement. A friend wanted me to try your medi- cine Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound --and I took it steadily for a year. During this time I was carry- ing my phi. baby and 1 felt real well all the time and did not have a hard confinement, 1 feel sure the Vegetable Compound did me a lot of good, and all my people do, too. Une sister in Leamington, Ontario, takes it, and both sisters praise it as a good medicine. 1 am more than, pleased with the result." -- Mrs. W. PENN, Windsor, Ontario. Mrs. Corbin Relieved from Pain Stewiacke, N. S 1 had pains across my back iy inm Lia for two years after my first baby was born. My mother had taken Lydia E. Pink- { ham's Vegetable Compound and I | read about it in the opi go I tried ' it and the pains all I have | a family of three children now, and | the medicine helped me during the months before they were born, rec= ommend it to my friends."-- Mrs. CARY W. CorBIN, Main Street. Stew- _ lacke, Nova Scotia. [] | I Cuticura Shaving Stick A Luxury for Tender Faces This freely latharing Shavin, Stick Sontains the emcltient Hi cf Ct asling u elit ced eno shave It Ci~cura Shaving es i bn ion I88UE "No. i-<'28, re he Em rir ns A Sw Em SR ise i § { -- Se ag