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~ Thomas A. Johns, A Common Affliction Permanently Cured ig dees arsa= =n A CAB-DRIVER' 8 STORY. "T was afflicted for for eight years with Salt Rheum. Dae that rime. J tried a grea es which v ¢ hihi' ee c t nene gave was at last advised to yer : Sire purilla, by a friend who tokl me tha S, ate ne then ae eyed to his pst hit 4 tes Without noticing any ¢ 'air rect he Before 1 sane am wished the fourth bottle, my hands we Free from Eruptions is that of ut eabaiciven: reales: me to : her, often es. ans ths sans has never nia Se 1'-- THO a. JOHNS, Stratford, 'The. Ayer's 32% Sarsaparilla Admitted at the World's Fair. Ayer's J Pills ¢ Cleanse the Bowels, A COMBINATION or RARE, SEARCHING ano POTENT Eesentiat DistTiLtaTions FOR INFLAMMATION EXTERNALLY For all Pains, Aches, Sore Joints, Sprains, Bruises, By att DRUGGIGTS ano DEALERS PRICS 25c. ano SOc. ren BOTTA THE DODDS MEDICINE CO. TORONTO, uNT. 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Ont In the sharavera thc grass grew re the pencefuul de. one are lying; qalet and hely sleep, * phiyed on the grassy "You're the souls of the Alttie dead sauldrers Finttering up to Goa!" : Ont tn the charsyare a place new-made Waits for 1s s he henoe mse "pe aly 1 cant poe Hawert sweet ie pte from hix I ae: oration she knew au the ttle nt head and feet, mother now, tis head, grassy white soul of her preclous Fintters away te God. --Aniella Sanford, in Ladies' Home Journal, A MERE SUGGESTION, Phyllis was young and very happy and coat a little excited, and perhaps a trie proud, because she was engaged lefore her friend Maud, who was at being: three years older. But,, of course, was Very careful now to give her- self al or to undujy tlaunt her hap- eae | fm poor Maud's face; indeed, she Was really anxious that should be as fortunate naturally in the world, own husband. there was only one and he was to be of other inen, really quite nice ones-- she must see what she could do for Maud, hey were sitting together, Maud had come to tea with her friend to talk about her trousseiu:and the presents, Yes, 1 am very happy," said Phyllis, presently; she had been giving Maud list of the wedding presents. "You must be! Maud. "That silver tea service is lovely! You are a lucky girl" and she laughed a little. Phyllis was reminded of her friend's I do wish you were as she said. "But I believe you will b y svon," and she smiled meaningly. "Why? What makes you say that?" asked Maud. Now Phyllis had 'meant nothing de- finite. she only wished to be comfort- ing, and vaguely to suggest, There was ne actual prospective lover in her niind; but she could not bear to raise poor Mautdl"s hopes only to destro h moment; so she smiled ¥ while she ran over in her thoughts every probable suitor. Wish you wouldn't look so kuow- ingiv, Phyllis," said Maud, impatientir. "WV vere you--whom did you mean?" m say; besides it was Mthere sugges disappointed, distressed Phyllis' kind heart, so she said, sielding to a sudden = impulse: "Devt you think George Stratton 'coms rather--? Don't you think 4, deat? {ft has struck me so several times," I'm sure I've never anything, at least--" and she and blushed a little, and won- Y Phyllis had any good, reason Oh. nonsense, retioed you know y thought so!" said Phyllis, dutehind to nd she hi gaat pretend >is suc 7 a nice fellow, nearly as nice es Arthu "But I "don't helleve he means any- thing: you know what men are," salu Maud; and she sighed as she remein- bered the fickleness and flightinvss of men, and she looked wistfully at her friend. Phyllis answe rs vd "Some Mr. Stratton." "T den't know; he has always been very friendly, and all that, = per- haps if I had encouraged him Viv. oof course; every man wants encouragement. JT expect he has been "said Phyllis. "And you ac holly net look she; "but the said Maud put down her cup, and arrang- ed the cushions at her back before she nswered, and Phvilis felt quite an- xious for her reply. "Ll suppose T ike said at last, with preper then why are you so horrid to him? I exp you've snubbed him dread- fully Phyllis was full of sympatn; for the young man of whose devotion for her friend she was not assured. Maud laughed she imacined she had been eruel to Mr. Stratton Oh, It won't hurt elig she sala carelessly. Po can't hely laughir;: at men when they say silly things, cad you? Even George--Mr. Stratton." 'Oh, call him George I'm a. think of him as George." Phytiis suid. gayly. "And I you woull he awfully sorry if he we nt away and you never saw him again 'I might get over it,' Maud answer- ed, with the light indifference of a von- queror. "No, you wouldn't; you're really very fond of him. Now do tel! me, dear. w hen did you first suspect he cared for yo u? ud could not give an exact date: indeed. had she told the would have said. "five but then that is what she did not do. » began te believe she had known attachment for ai long while * feminine Imagination iz such an adaptable thine that it can evolve a lifglong iano from the ehance remark of a friend. So she answered careicssly : "I ha know' gradually, from different leg He was always at the houses I wenc tu, at _Jervis-Carters, whe "ou will be Kind to him, won't you Maud'? Wouldn't it be delightful if we * beth married on the same day?" Oh, there is plenty of time for that; and--and every- besides, he may not care about me now, though You will have yourself to blame if 't." Phyllis sald, severely Do. you really think so? I don't want to be horrid," Maud exclaimed. with some anxiety. "You must be very nice to him then Let him see you'do care for him peer a tittle. Oh, happy as I am. 'A sensible h unmatrried,"* had dabbled in serious li ture. "Nonsense, you know se can't we're not going to discuss thuse silly d questions, we had much better settle about the bridesmaids and where we shall live. We'll live somewhere near erech other, won't e? Pre sree jean cy of course. Chelsea iy: "Jes, dear. nice, isn't it? George hes = muri? a ea, or somet nine: your won't mind, or say you'll ve at home on Sunday, and then-then you ean ut- range things, you know, Tha: vill be the Lest way, for It is silly to pretend iru." said Maud, with a show * "Certainly; pen and everything, I'll send Jane to the post with it at once." d omg gel ba: her friend's de- rot would be ff he came to lunch on th ee Sunday elf. At | she might, and least as fortunate ag was slash. for! Arthur| "Take this to the post at once, please, Phyllis was satisfied with it, and rang the bell for the George, too | Maud blushed aad said she supposed just then the servant came | Jane." said Phyllis. Y y} "Yes, miss, and this letter has just cred the ma letter, and the girl Maud's note, r from? 1 seem come for you," answe | Phyllis took the * room with sometimes nothing In artiouter,' * answered Phyl- (lis. She had not read many lines of the letter before she gave a little cry of dismay, "What's the does matter? * asked Maud, Phyllis, "At and I don't * stammered st, nothing interesting; heliev ye it's tr "Don't be silly, it is" 'There; Maud rea "You will be glad to Phyllis; tell me what read it!' said Phyllis, and hear of my en- Maud know him, so you will stand how happy Lam. We phn to be married soon--' Maud read more; she was very pale. "Thanks," she said, giving the paper hack; "it Is very interestin "I'm so horribly sorry--" began Phyl- "For having made a fool of me? You eught to be," said her friend, stonily. "T never meant--" said Phyllis. You made me write that wretched note, I shall be forgive you," said Maud, drawing on her gloves, and ris- ing from her chair with the air of cast- ing the dust of her friend's house from her feet. "It was a mere suggestion," pn leaded. Was extremely bad taste." "But you agreed with me!" N entirely your -- "However, of c Phyllis t does not r y ect me at all." course not," said Phyllis. Maud swep u the room, went Stratton to congratulate him on the de- 'ehtful news she had just heard, # vould he bring Ethel to lunch with him m Sunday? Phyllis remorsefully resolved that she ould never again try to provide con- saintion for desolate friends.--Madame, Tapeworms In Poultry. The United States Department of Agriculture has just issued a very in- teresting bulletin on this subject, pre- pared under direction of D. E. Salmon of the bureau of animal industry. It records 33 species of tapeworm that af- fect poultry and wild birds, but some doubtful. Six different tapeworms are recorded from -- 2 from turkeys, 11 from chicken . from swans, 7 from geese, 16 i ducks, Chickens are fected with eating slugs; come infected with another eating snails, and still earthworms. come af- through known to be one tapeworm hro staceans, and others they are supposed to become infected the same way. species is supposed to be transmitted through flies, Geese are Infected through fresh water crustaceans--shell animals. With ducks and geese that have free access lo streams, ds, lakes, etc. jrevention is impossible. With chic Kens un extermination of slugs vent one species, Davainea proglot- tina In general, clean grounds are advisec change of turkeys t) a chicken grounds, and vice versa. stroy the manure from infected fowln. Among the remedies sed ¢ powdered areca nut, 2 liquid extract of male fern; turpe etc. Experiments with turpentine show that 1-2 an ounce is the negra dose for a full-grown chicke o 3 tea- spoonfuls is the safe fa, "according to size of chicxen. at Not What She Expres «(® "Four years more, Mrs, Crossly, and you will have your wooden ni satd her friend, who was callin "I'm beginning B-3 think I had it a year ago, my dea n Execeptia "It is asinee that owe things," sighed Mrs, Grum world pe er saw head," sneered tas all lover with a level Grumpey. Generous Reminder. "Did your husband make you a pre- sent on your birthday, Lulu - He bought himself a beau- uful smoking chair.' She Knows. kissing a commen or_D asked the teacher, "Both." answered the coral lips. Sure Ructlentlons, x om >» you regarfl as the moct reliable weather report, profesor?" "Thunder. os Highly Respected, "Is Dobson a friend of labor?" "Yes; he thinks so much of it, he never goes near it" + "4 @ hend-te-mouth HOUSING THE POOR. THE Wise hanen HAS A DEEP IN- TEREST IN THIS SUBJ\.CT, ie -- liow Proper Housing Assisin to Conserve Esrumy ewer The Great Druin on *® C.immuanaiy's Mdcetivenessa by sie 8UN O14 Sicatesa. : What are the Wage-eainer"s speciai wliscia dpe ou hohe st ine ise pitey, tii cliss ip Viciily Un otetiteg iu the cohserVatiun of hewitu. wod | Neaiuk meus snd, a3 workingmen Vey incr. xistenc:, any lors wt earning power a @ seric us gee ruyS a writer in The Century. beaconsficid aptly voiced this trutn if un address delivered at the opening ot some new blocks of improved tene ments in London, He said: "The health of the people Is really the foun- dation upon which = their happine « a ae power depends." Few reil- ize the css of productive energy through sickness brought about by bad living envirenments, Sir Jarmes Paget. the distingnished Englizh physicia: esUmates that the whole population of England between 15 and to yea old works in each year 20,000,000 of weeks less than they might if it wer: not for He puts down the loss inflicted on waz nearly $15,000,000 annually. He simply to a purely preventable Some years ago the London health au- thorities instituted Inquiries. In cer- tain low neighborhoods' to estimate the value of labor lost 1 ear, not by sickness, but from sheer e@Nhaus- tion induced by unfavorable surround- ings. It might go on multipls- Ing such instances, but it Is not neeos- sary to enforce the argument by cumu- lative eitation -earners are vitally intereste! enforcement «f Bad sanitatlo entalls proportionately worse economic demies fostered by insanitary neish- borhoods. The workingman has a pos- itive interest in using whatever politi- cal power he possesses to secure legal remedies against uninhabitable houses th sh expropriation laws, such «us. those current in England, and the mea- sure recently put into operation by the Board of Health of New otty under the tenement house law of 189 Who, if not wagec-earner are inter- csted in the obliteration of rovokeries where the death rate als 73 h 1900? Whatever a better livin: conditions, no matter whether it comes from legal enac wnent or private effer! will find support from heed appreciate their Important physical economic of ahis question, they are not even the chief considera- tions. Ethical issues have greater ul timate significance. Many-of our morui and social ills are more nearly con- nécted with bad housing than appears upon the surface. Take for exampl-, Y absurd to suppo. that immoderate Hquor-drinking can ha Iressed so | nnlzameness and aoattrectivenasa n- p entirely unjust 2 low fmpylse to debauch or a reckless disregard of family duties leads ware- earners to contract the "saloon habit." The utter dullness. the lack of ind!- viduality In tenement house existence, often He hack of the fatal temptation. Choose Thelr Associates of my friends, both noble wo- each other: Two e man: ' a perfect Jaien, awwiling with nearly every sin in the catalogue, little with those boys she knew honorable: the other allowed her son the privilege of oosing his own asosciates. She be- Alas, eause it will become a ri ewn homes and either censure or r WH be the one assoclations.--Eliza polis Housekeeper. tenan in Minne- The Parta-lWonse tawe, There are but few things which, at small eeten add so mvch to ue ap- pearance of a farm-horne us weil- kept lawn. In order that it ns alt materially in beautifying; the place, 1: is not necessary that the Jawn be eithes large In area or elabornte in design. It may be very small and very simple, yet if it is kept clean, and the Braas short and even, {i will vreatly add to the attractiv: nes« e home to Which it belongs, Such * lawn almost any farmer can have siniply by wens care of it. The he la itself, to say nothing of the leuroont appearance of the farm, will pay mot liberally for the little Ume and labor required to keep it in g.0d condition.-- Rural World. Syatem in ™ at Reoatring. K repairs at the prope level will continually shape the roa'd ed, and one load of rravel will do upon a kept constant emplo ne man witiz tools (and iaheatiuneder or hand cart, at $1.25 per day--calculating the work ing days possible in a ye ar. as 240 dayz - to every five miles of pike.--Dayton (0.) Herald. Complincent. "Aren't you glad to see It clearing off?" said the cheerful fhan "Oh," replied the man w sho kicks, "I d'ro. I don't see why we mightn't Wet weather ez Well be worryin' "bout u '--Washington - Weather." 2 Pastas - a@ . Z 3A HINT TO MOTHERS. oo. 4 A dangerous time soon for the é little people-- autumn changes ,? < and winter cold. Plenty of fresh < : air is the great safe-guard--pure < air inside and outside. Don't let >< a sincle pore of the skin be closed. g ' Don't cover them with stifling > or rough underwear, but with 4 3 rT; " ; "Healt Brand" Underwear 3 4 E > é made of wool that's all wool-- < < wool that absorbs and then throws : 3 offthe impurities. Sosoft,warm - 2 r4 and porous--so snug fitting and 4 $ '""comfy" made into combination : 3 eee suits. Thousands of children are é > EE wearingthem to-day. They have : : , proved to be the best. > ¢ 4 . <r Before Taking. clans--cases that were on the the result of over 05 years easel Debility, Abuse or £. ae Voie Wea. Worry, Excessive Use of O, tottering over the gravo--but with the continued and persevering use of Wood's Phosphodine, these cases that restored to maniy vigor and health--Reader you in ter who has given you pas incurable--the remedy is now within your' estored to a a of usefulne: six packages One will please, six biemttenedaed fo cure, The Wood Company, Windsor, Ont-, Canada. reach, by its use you can be re Price, one package, $1; been eres up to dis, rere happiness, es, £5; by mail res de Pamphlet free to any address. _ Wood' Ss Eiomhodin- --The Great English Remedy. thousands of cases with all en mot missions, Mental , Tobacco, or Alcoholic Stimulants, all of waich soon lead to hana ch mption and an ly Krave. Phosphodine has been used successfull almost hopcless--cases that had been treated by the most talented physi- Wood's y by hundreds of cases that seemed --____~ Wood's Phosphodine Is sold by responsible wholesele and retail druggists in the Dominion, SSDs FVesVsesVeBV_seWVtseeesdoee1cseoee2wx2ee A TRIO OF HAPPY GiTiZENS. Effectively Cured of Indigestion and Nervous Troubtes By } South Amerivan Nervine--No Triffng With Disease-- This Mcd.cine Cures at the Nerve Centers and thus Effects a Certain Cure--Never Fails in Cases of Indigestion, Weakness and Nervous Prostration safety," and removes sufierin willda In these } ses fen ee "In a multitude of counsellors there is said a wise man centuries ago A multitude of counsellors testify that Bbouth American Nerine cures disease z*no other medicine from week to says--"it has cured me." tion and slaggish liver, ing in gestric and nasal catarrb. of indigestion. Ina brief sentence, he Mr. Noble Wright, of Orangeville, was a sufferer for a long period with indiges- these culminat- Doo- week, has appearod tus testi:nony of well known pecple--men and xomen, in all parts of the Dominion,"telling in distinet and thankful terms what this wonderful discovery hasdore for them. A large volume would be necded to contain all the evidence that co:nes to the discoverer ef this medicine. This talk is to-day illustrated with faces of three well kiown poople whoedd their testimonials t- the cthars. Here we have Mr. H. H. Darroch, of Mount Forest, who found himself werk to desperation after an attack of la grippe. South American Nervine was the only medicine to be found that cave him hi former strength Mr. Thomas Sullivan, a ssetnd figure im the group, was o sufferer for a number of years with agsravated indigestion. He had been treuted by several doctors, with very little benefit. tors and doctors' medicines were unavail- ing to cure. Having taken only twe bottles of South Ameorican Nervine he found himself greatly benefited, ond after six bottles had been used he is cure: Baffled though doctors often are with disease, whon the root trouble is ee pring is not difficult. Here the entire success of South eoiee Nervine Certain nerves control entirely the stomach, liver and all the organs of the body. woakened and diseise follows and will continue until strencth is given to $hese te: is only patchwork of the worst kind and cannot possibly be offectivrea South American Nervine heals at the nerve centres, and for this reason people, after A friend recom: having tried doctors and doctors' medi- mended South American Nervine, and cines without success, because the effort after taking a few bottles he has found is only to give temporary relief, find it himself completely relieved of swelling of | effects an absolute, positive and and other d.cagreeable evidences ; takeable cure Bold by J. Livingstone Jr. Druggist Listowel,