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SUCH 5ll}l[JU5lL|Ull- IL. is nu_t.` murr: than t`-:r: or six years ugo, for xr.sn-.m~.-..-, :-;ince "the sensational evunislmxent. oi. Mr. George Fitch, u wealthy .-.-'.l.u::kbwk- er, stmtled and ulurnxed Lozmlon. The missing gent.|e1m1u was of qui.': c -lmbils, wit,h u substumiul bnlzmeo in his bunkt.-r's and, so nu` as w:-.!s| xknown, no privute worries \vhu.tcver. He left. his olliee to: his home in the suburbs one evening at the usual time, but never arrived, nor was uny truce of him sec-n again from that day to this, although 11. re-\\'u1'd ul $5,000 wns promptly otfered. At nlmut 1hn iinm \`.'hnn hnlf the Now, then, ladies ahd- gnts, `shouted the red-faced showman, '.v'ulk up and see the most wonderful baby on ca1't.h! The charge of ad- mission is only sixpcnce. Walk up! Walk up ! A crnnll Innnn nnnnln I'ncf\I\|:r1nt` on \IC|.ll\ LII.) .' ' l A good many people, responded to the invitation, and, when the place was full, the showman brought. for\var(l a very ordinary baby in- deed "in all respects. _ \\7hnf ic fhnrn m,...1n.-:..1 ..h....+ no UUCII 111 (L11 J|.'DlJL'L'Lh. What is there Wonderful about it? asked one_ of the disgusted audience ;of the showmzui. 1've seen thou- sands of babies like it. ' - II .-`II nnitl 4|-.1-. .. `........... ...,.4A:.... Bi\Il||B UL UDIUJUD .|lX\U IL. Well, said the showman, getting near. an aperture` in the booth, all I can say is. that it's mother ses it's `the most \\'o_ndc-rlul baby on earth, `an if she doesn't, know, who does ? You ll have to take the la1dy s word for it! he yelled. as he (lodged an empty bottle and disappeared from ' vinur Jndl-:i'ns: I learn through your agent you have bought. the proper- tios on either side of your house and got, them dirt. cheap. Ilow (lid you in-anage it _'. Foxley: Easily enough. My_wife is `an olocutionist, my tlaiughter plays `the piano, George plays the comet, I play the violin. Bob plays a ban- jo, Cli-.1x'ley rattles the bones, and little Johnnie has a drum. Dudcly: You look at me as if you thought. I was an idiot. ch`? Strang- er: Why. no; you can't be such an idiot, after all. Your :1.-mark shows that you read a man's thoughts at a glance. U. U. nu,'ru\nu..\ cu. bu. Dear Sirs,-I-`or some years I have had only partial use of my arm, c:u:se(l by u suddcxi strain. I have use(lVc\'.cry remetiy xvithout effect, un- til. I got :1 sample bottle of MIN- ARD S LIN1M1~]N'1`. The` benet. I l'CCC'iV'(. (1 from it caused me to contin- ue its use. and now Tum happy to say my arm is completely restored. Glamis, Ont. 'l{. W. HARRISON. C. C. RICHARDS &. CO. `hm... uh-c _T-`nr cnnin VI "1 rca.ll_v-don t know what to do, said the viv'a.ci(>u:< woman. `flt is \'e'x'_v dimcult. to please the World. ~ .`-`What `is the difI`1`cult_v ?" asked her }1usb-.1n(l. ' ' ` | - People are so 1l11l`CS()I):1b1(; in ithc-ir cmnmcnts. It -you tell all you hear, they say you are :1 gossip, and if you dun t. they say you are stupid and commonp1:.ce. ' I-'_or Uvcr l`IIly n-.una Ins. Wn~`:n.ow's Soonxmo SYIIUP has Lccn need by millions of mothers for their children while tccnhing. Itaoothes the child. mltcns the gums. aI.uyn pain. cures wind coiic. regulatgs thesjzox-.1:_nch and hmvels. and is the hut. remedy for Dn.':rhu~-'5. '1`-vent) -ve CHILE a home Bold by dmggists throughout. the worid. Be gun gnvj uk tor " Mus. \V`u:s1.ow asoonnxo S\'nUr.- UNACC()UN'1`A.BLiY VANISHED. There was no wall, no ditch, "no bush even, which could h:we_ con- cealed the missing man for a. mo- .1ncut. His wife. who was `standing ut the door with her baby in her arms watching him, screzuned out, "He's gone ! He's gone ! Wluit. an uwful thing !" mid fell to the ground ummnscious. When.shc re- vived her 1'cuson_h:u1 ed, mid two oumr women, neighbors, who wit-' n()ss(_'.(l Lhe'strnnge occurrence, ro- cr.-ivozl so severe in fright. that. they were unziblo to pursue their accus- tomed vocations for many weeks uftcrwurtls. -No light. was over thrown upon this mystery, and to `this day the strangest, stories are aoat in the district concerning it. A ..:.nn...- r-nun tn Hm nhnvr-. Of`- A little boy was suffuling from it S0\'_Cl`O cold, uud his mother g-.1`.'<: him 1_l bottle of cough 1ui);t.u1'-1: to take whiie at. school.~ On his 1'ct.xxx'n she aslaul him if he had L;1kcn,his medi- ' No, he z ms\'.`-cred; but Bobby . 1:.` 1:1,-mi if en T swan- cine. L\0, no i|.lib\\L'1I:u, I)u\. uu.,.,_, Jones did. lie liked it. so I swap- ped with him for {L handful of nuts. Tom-You are v.1cv:u'er to me than `life ! Maud-"0h, pslmw !, Tom -But I mean it 2 1t didn t cost. me a fartlxixzg to get. intothis world, butgyour last diamond alone cost. me a cool one hundred dollzws. canon TEA it is clear that the public remgntze the superiority 01 this popular blend. j' 1iinard's Linimeut Relieves Nenralgia: l MOST WONDERFUL BABY. ADJUNCTS T0 BARGAINING. UNRIx;\S().`IABLE. F_or Over Fifty Years .....-'.. mm--nu`-n Rvnnrr ban. 1 JUDOINO FROM THE SALE OF SIHOKIL Ill 1110 (IISLFXUL UUHUUIHHA5 nu A similar case to the above oc- curred some yours back on the south coast. except, that on this occasion no one \vu:~; present when the actual translation. disuppeztmmce, call it what you Will, took place. From :1` house situated on the main road be- t\v.-c,-n .`5teynin*' and .131`-.\.1nber, in .`:`-m-sex. England, about nine o'clock in the evcni11g,_ :1 lad of thirteen nagnxed Clxaries. Ashmore was sent \`-'1Lh u bucket to 11 Well _100- yards all slo distant to pr.ocurc'wa,te1.> As `;`\`i:)`i`j1<)t retu_x'n the family beca_me u `hu:;.n'dl1l1 Ins fm.l1e1_' setout \}71th mung '20 seek Inn). A light though mm~`11C`9W COVCl:O(1 the ground. Ion for som:1Vas_ fulhng or had fal- Of the boy W\`0`\ns.. apgl the footsteps Ue dxsmnctly traced to u spot a.bout,}_$n1'f-wuv between the house and the wen. At fhie ....;..+ `L results SHIP all your BUTTER. E609. FOUL` Little th1'ee-ycar-old Alice stood Watching h0!_` mother cooking pam- cakes. 'Aftcr :1 `law miuutr.-s` silent, observation, she said :--Put on back, turn over on chest, then cut." Waiter (who has upset. :1 bmvlbof soup down the old gentleman's ba.ck)--Not a Word, sir ; not a. word ; my fault entirely. Weary Wi1lic-Ycs, I an) always interested in perpetual motion ideas. I like r':n1. Tatteulon 'l`o no---"Yer do ? What for ? Wca.ry Willie'- Thcy never work." ` HlEnard's LinimeT(Cures .Danlrulf- Minard's Liniment Cures Burns, etc. Griggs---"Wh: 1t, on earth` is the matter with the lady over there 1 Has she St. Vitus dance '2 Brigg: -"Oh, no ! She is just. trying to put on a. pair of new gloves. ' Deafness Cannot. be Cu red bf local applications as they cannot reach the d sensed portion of the car. There is only one way to cure deafness. and Lhnt is by constitu- tional remedies-. Dcatnsslr is caused by on inamed condl'ion ofthc mucous lining of the Eustachian _Tube. When lhis tube is in-. amed you nave stumbling sound crimper, fect hearing. and when it in em: rely closed deutncsals the result. nul unless the lnilum. motion can be taken out and this lube restored to its normal onditlcn. hearing will be de- stroyed forever: nine cases out of ten nro caused by calm-rh. which is nothing but an in. amed condition of the mucous eu rtnco-. We will Izivo One Hundred Dollars for any "How's Whcele_r I getting along since he bought'a bicycle ? On crutches, I believe, . ' condition or the r:uco'. We give any case of Deafness (caused by C8t'1I`l`h) that can not be cured by Hall's Calnrrh Cure. Send tor circulars. free. -------o . Dcntlzs by fire average 237 in 10,- 0,00 of a':\ clout)`-I. -' ' ' V be cured by J tor circulars, F. J. C when you write to an advertiser mu him that you saw his advertlument In this paper. It In to our lnterost to do so. to our Polka arc treated onestly and servod with the best. Iv\}/V\ - c `g `p t C GALVERT S TGARBOLIG . __ c_>_INj_rM;NT. far all skin ailments. I. c. cnmrt A 60.. Ilanchaator. Englnnd 1'. u. \4l1.|.uA\u-IA up. `An. So1d by Druggists, 75`. Hull's Fnmny Pills are the best. Minard's Linimeet for sale everywhere !Br@s#%B;9_nd a:"'i{v"'?B"v.n?ii"b1iii"n":ii}E'X'iaKin v ,,#,.- __,- __,._ _...;..1 1:11.. _- - -.....- I-Ulnuil IVIIII v-nu` ---u-u an -auuu- Lowest prices ever uotcd. Flue catalogue 500illustr.11hna.nni1e free. Write us for any thing in Nluslc or Musical Inslrnmcntt. 11111 n -nn nnvnn a. an 1.'.....:a....1 tnmg HI JIKISKC 0|` NIIISICIII Ill.`Il.I'lll'IlCllI`o `WHALEY EDYGE 86 00., Limited, fl` nnnn on (no and Wlnninno lfnn |GAMBLES WITH %DEATH.| loiminlon Line steamsiaips Manual to Livemool. Boston to Lha- UUIIIHIIIHI hunt vuvuznau--slug llonueal to Liverpool. 30 pool. Portland to Liverpool Vin Quetnag Low-n. Ln sand Futsteamshnm Sn erior nccommodnelon bar nl class-Io! %u;nxcrn. 8.1 oonn sud Stateroom! he nmldshipa. peculuuentlon has been ivon no the Second Saloon sud Third-Clnna nccommw anion. For me: ofvuznge mud in pnniculnn. npply to my aunt nbo Company. or Biohsrds. Mill: 8 Co. I). Torrance ls Co.. 77 stue St... Bozton. Montreal and Povclnnd. u Matallic smlurs ' And fudul Suits would look bctterd cd. I! no ngonl of ours in your lawn, write direct onu-cal, Box 158. __._..... --.-........ nu-nun an Ram.-mg nnEsneet Metal works X1001-`l.\'G SLATE, in Black Red or Green. SLATE IILACKBOA 111).`). We runpl) Public and H igh Sc-lmolzw. 'l'oz`ont/J). Roofing I-`_el:, Pitch, Coal Tnr. etc. I200!-'l.\'G TILE (See New City Build- ings, Toronto,dlmcl;y our firm). Metal Ceilings, Cor- nicea, etc. Estimates furnished lot work complete or fol materials shizpsd to any part. of the cnuritry. Phone 1963 D. DUTHIE sosmdulaldo&\N|dmer8ta..Toront( ._:.::_- IT * ' r Instruments, Drums. Uniforms, Etc. uurnu -lillnln nan Inn!!! A nnnn where the most cautious may leave their mnney with i_mp1icit commence that it is not sub;ect to risk of any kind is provided by the Savings de~ partment of _ "THE GANADA PEBMANEHT ' AN WESTERN GAHADA "MBRTGAGE `JDRPGRATIBII nuns: -up.-.. .v...., ....... ......... ._.........., ,, BRITISH AMERICAN DYEINO CO. MONTREAL HUNDREDS OF LIVES SAVED ' BY PRESENCE OF MIND. Toronto street, Toronto. Liberal rates of interest paid or com ounded half-venrly. L is recog- nivar mz CANADA'S PREMIER` T cc;emPAN5Y Luau. Awhlnvns nu via-' ..u--nu '1'oro`nto.Ont... and Winnipeg, Mnn nrds. Trims av sncnATs 3, F J CHENEY 8:. 00.. Toledo, 0. ENGINEERS` g. SUPPLIES. . Asbestos condo, Pipe covering, Lubrlcatlng om. creates. eta. Lunrlcaung om. creates, ' ma. sunou Jcemouun 130., I Limited, 1 DOUOLAB Ill0I., 13-! Adelaide St... V 1`o:.oN'ro, 0.1! Panics Averted by Puss-in-the- Corner and Blind Man's DHIIIKCU, TORONTO. "*2-`,`_i`:?g When the liner Castrin" `was out: 1 ward bound to New York fl. few yelis ago a quantity of soft. cargo m the fomhnld nnmrhf, tirn, nndwus in the forehold caught fire, zmdwus not. discovered till it had gripped the- ship. ' l`hn "Fa:-4.4.-.H m..- .. n..n'.'mnnrl .Y`t"U',5 U.lU ll. quunuty OI S013 curguu alup . v | The "Cnstrin was a thousand : miles from the nearest land, and -j during the Iirst three days out n. tcr-_ . rinc gale had badly damaged more" than hulf_hcr bouts. l`here were . seventy passengers en board, .and,'I Lhough about a score were British 1 and American. the remainder were French and Italian, \'vhom`tl1e cap- tain knew would probably start a. ' fearful panic if the news were kno\vn.l It was about nine in the evening, ` THE FIRE .GRl".W FIEI_?.C,ER and erccr; but the ship's purser" wont. below, took one British and one . Yunkcc passenger into his condence . and immediately stmjtcd a lmlliant ` parlor-gn.n'1e entertainment among ` Ithe pus-'scngcrs. ".l`hcy began \'vith 'puss-in~the-corner, and, as soon as it \vas' pulled, passed on to musical chairs and forfeits. [Villa "1! llxn 4.11:`! A6` 1~tsn:nO11 nnlnu-_ I MARvELLuU'MYSEn1Es.] LIIU l1hI\ Ul UUHLII H5 lULll' LU UIIIJ I "on nut] that their only ch-.1'nce lay : 1 in keeping the pussen:_.;`ers below, or-' gunized and nppluuded and luug'he(l, making constant excuses to keep be-I ( low people who wainted to stroll up- 1 on deck; and all the while the ship's -1 crew wex'esln,ving at the bucketsi nul~:e(l to the waist, nml ever` the llreil `gzulnetl on 1,'.`.em. Ohce, among the 1 merry party inethe saloon, somel)ocly,_1 reliuu"lce(l'tl1at the place was getting V `strangely hot. and at pause fell on . "the assembly as they stopped clmtt-'1 ling mul romping, and hem'd the quick stamp of feet on um-:cl l`wn nf the man turned the situa- L.'lHLXl`.S llllll lUl'lU1l..E. I `.\'iLh an the skill of society enter-e tainers, the three men, knowing that.` the risk of death was four to one` Nun ...~.l 41.56 olsnln nu]-v 1.1-u.-fnnn lnilk QUICK Slllllljl UI lL'l.'L U1] llk'Il.'l( Two of the men purneul the situa- tion `with the proposal of 0. dance, and all went well again: . while the third amused the children with BLIN`is`).IAN S-DUFF. At, last, by heroic efforts, ;the t`u'o__ was got, under, but it was not "till; tin.-y.1'eucl1`ed port; that the passen- gr.-rs knew of the awful danger that` tlwcaxtcned them. They presented the pur.~;cr with xx jcwcllcd watch worth" .40.-m _ .)_.';)U. I It xv-.13 music that saved the Brit-_ ish e1 nigrant-sl1ip "Shields" four yours buck. Besides 200 emigmntsi` for the Colonies, she haul 11. consignqt 1nent-only n.vfc-xv insignicant suck-1 `fuls--of barley in the hold. Small as this zunount was. it swelled with; the \vet,'ns grain will, uml was _so closely conned that it stnrtexl 11' bulkhezul `or partition, and caused at_ eonstzmtly incx"e-using leak to spring. The "Sliields" was then in the In- dian Ocean; 1,500 _miles from` `any-_ `where, and she began to .s`ettl_e. '1`h`e| captuin `calle (l to him three men` whom he picked from the e1nigrunts,l and told them to keep the rest `quiet, if they loved their lives. -These three: vat once st:u'tecl.n. concert, \\'hich.' `went splc-ndixlly, and, badly as men: `were wanted at the pumps, the skip-I per told_ on` one sailor to join the concert, I r.-HA1-4-`ya wwrn nnvvv 1\ 11I1\`!\Yf.` C . dropped. At length it was found, _ '7' "" necessary) `L0 cnuuren 01 an uges A` '0' me bt"" me "3 from earliest. infancy, with an assur- somet_)od_v_ remurlwd how `deeply 1n(1.:mCc mt. my win pmmpuy cure sluggxshly the vessel seemed to rulc.,;u1 um. mmm. nmcms. 'nncl the people looked at each other in silence. But_ the (.`ll1.L'l'Lll]Cl'S,| \vith aching; hearts, laughed it 00)! `mg Smrted another S".g'. M__m1';1notlx.ei's to keep Baby's Own - Tub- whne we `.`hm st despmrmg (_"`.3w lets` in the house at all times. When were seaLz'el11ng_fol` the leak.` lnle I began giving mm to my baby he u""'S med M the 1 m"s "11 they. was badly constilluted. and ulwdys l I I H b D 1- 1. r "cross. He is now four months old, am t`g1l `I. , UL` eyonf inc. m`? | has not been troubled with c,onstipa- `ms. st`9m.)c(..' Just as. we 3'3c',S. wow; tion since 1 gave him the ]`ablets,' beg`-mug Amd I-mg: ;~Vn' m`im1(1 he is now always happy and another two hours the ship was elem good lmu",cd_ `Mothers with . crss 0 wm"' nd 250 V99 were Saved - ehildren will easily appreciate '=uch :1 one of the lnost Stk-"lg cases of`:-1\nI1(v1| T mu-lnun !'{ (`unis fnr twnl 1-`or-the benet. of'otl1e1`111otl1e1`s; Mrs. Alex. Lufave, Copper Clill`, ,()nt., saws :-`-I would advise all` '01 water, and ZDU .l1V0!~' were :su.vuu.g` st'riking 01'` games and merriment. played in the` very jaws of death was at the siege of Nnrkut, in one of the recent 111-` than frontier affairs. Besides a doz- en British olccrs and their wives. twenty civilians:--mc-11 and women- 'were enclosed in the round house. The sudden ou_t,breuk of a I ut.hzm tribe had henuned them in, with (SOL) V unpleasant and bloodthirsty `tribes- men unxious to get at them. uv ,,, ;u,. _.:n.. 12.... ..._ ...\.! .'.. Auuinn L|lL'll tLll.\Auu-) How the rifle fire pt.-K-red in during; two days is well known, but it is not so well lmown that concerts, sing-songs and parlor games were in full swing ull the time, to keep the besieged s spirits up. A matron and a. couple of the men organized` and kept the fun going on a _constant. round of jollity; and. while the hul- lets pattered on the roofs, blind- mm1's bull wars raisin,e; laughter inside. The lntcst uu bun. uv -...~..... comic songs were sung to the acco1npani-- ment of an old piano insitle, and the crackle, of rille re outside; and ne';er did spirits flag` or fun cease. though it w;as touch-and-go whether the 1:111--_ rison would be rescued or butchered in the most horrible manner. (>11 the third day :1. battalion of. Sikhs; .'Lrrived and drove the ` * DISGUSTED ENE-.M\ AWAY. Q Probably themost extraorclinary dance ever known was one given at the 13ritish'Lcgution during the siege of Pekin last. year. Death \\`a1s.treml- ing on the very heels ofthe dancers. but they gave :1 regular aml very .=:uece. b-.1ll--not :1 scratch hopi but" with _a band, Supper, progrzun- mes, an "M. 0.," and all the other! .- ...1 nun . sl1out.s of V BECAUSE HE COULD FIDDLE. app-.11`-a.tus. _ H The (luncing begzm at 10 p. m. a.nd'_. lasted most of the night; while all`. the time thousand_s of Chinese tic-nds': were sxvzwlninp: round the place, yel-5 ling for blood. When the relieved olcers came oll duty they repairecl to the ballroom, while the former lmtch of male partners took up their` rifles ahtl went out to the Llefe-nce.e Not :1 single casualty had occurred then, nor did, one happen during the ball, by some ext1'aordinm'y clmuce;` yet. some determined assaults were` n}ude by the besiegers, and three`_ _Lu13CS :1 waltz was stopped short in` the middle (or all the men to turn out and help in the defence. A famous` dtulce was also given during the siege` IN LbNnoN HUNDREDS or PEOPLE VA-NISH IN ALYI-JAR ......, .... - ' Tlm d:111'c1' "anu uugnts as gentry as u. uu-u. Our strength, too, _is enormously increased. Great- blocks of stone. which two horses could barely move on earth, can be lifted without much difficulty by any one of our com- pany. The practical `joker with us is seized with `an idea, and the weig`hty;one is his avietim. Taking the latter `in his arms, he throws him upwards to a height of several `yards, and catches him again as if [he were a cricket ball. '; tic member of "our party tells us that `the force of gravity on the moon is `3 one-sixth of that on_ our earth, and, V therefore, our strength is apparently " increused six-fold. I. We need not be afmitl of darkness ". overtaking us, forthe day and night" ' here are each 336 hours long `! The S."cold, of the lunar night is far more `-Iintense than any experienced by 0. Nansenfs expedition, as the tempera- `? ture sinks to about 300 degrees be- M. low zero./in immense "moon E which looks as large as Iourteen_or- >_din-ary moons, can be seen. This ~' gigantic "moon" is our earth. leg . The 'scienti- The Necessa.ryAB-;g_'ga.ge You Would ' Require For The Trip. Would you take a walk on the moon ? Well, first you must obtain 0. plentiful supply of cpmpressed air, water, and provisions. ' - n nur hnr-kn nrn ntrn.nne(l tins Of > of Mafeking, fo the music of the joy- ous. pom-pom, and any quantity of` sing-songs, gymklmnas, and game- parties. __...._._ water, mm provxslons. On our backs are strapped tins colnpn-.~.scd air, from the interior of 'which is-sue tubes with ingeniously co'nst.ruc(.er] mouthpieces, which we securely fasten to our mouths. This "is a necessary p'reparutiun, as there ,- is no air on the moon. `. 1Jlxn`\nv\< +1..-. H:-of ihinrr urn nnticn '15 HU Ill!` Ull LHU Juuuu. I Pcrlm,ps the Iirst thing we notice _is our extreme lightness. The fat man of our party suddenly discovers that he. can run as last. as the Scotch express. A rock as big as a. `.h<'>usc bars his way, but, with the I1.-,'rcntcst' of case, he jumps over it, lnnd ulights gently us a. bird. nm- ::h'nnrrfh, 1nn. is cnormollslvu Some Useful Hints -to Mothers on . the Care of Little Ones. Babies cry because they re sick -' or in pain, and in almost every case .the sickness or pain is caused by isome disorder of thestonmch or bowels. Ferineiitattion and decompo- .sition of_the food produce 11 host of inf'.`.ntile troubles,'sLich as griping, _ colic, constipation. di:u'rl_ioen. sim- 'l_~ple fever, indigestion, etc. Proper 3' digestion of the food is necessary" to _| the maintenance of life, and evacua- _! tion of used up products and refuse 1'01` digestion is necessary to health. . J`he les::on to mothers is, therefore, that ,t|:e .stoi;.u1ch and. bowels should ~be cm'ef\1lly \vutclrcd. and ii baby 3 1 I; e x nvinn up `u fun! in] nu 1-musu cninn Q'IYl-` I` cnuuren Wlu cusuy a_1ppu.:L;1uu: aucu 11.; elchrmgc. I enclose 50 cents for two 0` more boxes of the '1`ublets, and will inevcr be Without. thgnl in the house " while I have children. - n-n.. .~ l\Iun rn..Mn+u nu-n "cold 11`: `U1: \.'iuUuu1_v \VLL\.llCll. uuu .u uuu_y - cries or .`_s fretful or c|'0::H, some sim- =ple vegetable remedy should be giv-_ en. Mothers .2-'hould never resort, to the so-called _"soothing prepz1`raL- 'tions to quiet baby, an they invari- ably. contain stupefyingl opiates. l ]:1.by-'s Own 'l`ublets.wilI be found an _idc-nl , medicine. They gently move itlze bowels, aid digestion, and pro- "-mote sound,v healthy sleep, thus 'bringing happiness to both . mother :mi child. They are gll1`itlltCC(l to contain no poisonous "soothing" stull`, and may be given with abso- lute safety (dissolved' in Water_ if necessary) to children of all ages ':u1ce that` they lit nillnents. _ benefit. of ' other mothers, .I\lrs. 'gmoth.er.'-o thein baby` 1 _constip:x'ted, ~m-nee, rm id nmv four months old. wnne 1 nave cnnurcn. _ Ilnb_v s Own Tablets are sold by druggists .01` will be sent by mail, ppst paid, at `50 cents a box. by ad- dressing the Dr. \\`i1I'imnS Medicine VCo., Dept". 'l`., Brockville, Ont. ' ' A Suddehly and Uncannily Spirited I Away From Under the Very Noses of Friends. 'l`hcrc is always upcculixu` fascina- tion ut.t.n.ching to the case of the mun or \vumi1u who is whisked uwuy, at 0. niomeuL':~: notice, into the realms of the unknown. "And such niysyierious di:suppcm`u.nce.*; arc, ;`ex-Imps, far more common than is generally supposed. In London alone many lmndrods of people vanish ut- terly in the courtso of ll. yciu`. And -0. very Im'g'o 1n'()p(.-_l'Li0n of those, no doubt, L-(Taco tl1cm.=;o1vt.-S voluntarily; but Llncro urc plenty of genuine and \vo-ll-uutlicuticuted izmtuncos in which the circ-um.s'tuncos mid gcucml environment of the victims ubsomt.c- 7 1y })1'(.`C|l1dL`. the entertaining of any` such zsuppositiou. ' I H. iu nut.` Innrn Minn 1'-`err nr six Four 0 c1ock in the Morning is u Mysterious `Hour. The hour of -1 mm; has something mysterious about it. Cocks crow, people on the brink of death give uu the -ghost, everyone who is asleep .~:1eep.~s sounder, and even the \vz1Lch- ful se-nL1`y'c:1n t. always keep his vnvnu n n rxn x u; uvu V. J '0_VCH Opel]. A1 He 1 . ' ~ . . . | At this hour pccp1e,zn'c 111 then` xvcukest stzttc, and if life is just, on the Ilic1 is not surpx-isi-ng' that -it, recs out. M-o.nV an m-.1n s life has`. I, . or mmnoniu aulxninistered just w1u:'n' been sawed by`-.1 spummful of brxmtlyi the clock stril-zcs four. ' rm... n.,..:nrl nr zlnnnnur clnnn 1.-nu-ne! Lllu`) Cl(`.Cli _SLl'.ll lUlll'. I ']`l1c-'pc1'io(l of deepest. sleep varies. frum,t,hz'ee o'clock. to live. An hour! `or twojufter going 10 bed you sleepj ivory :~;oundly ; _thcn your slumber g'1'o\vs gxnduully lighten`, and it is Ozmy "enough to wuken you at one` m- twn n nlm-k. ] .-.1t when four`. CR5. ` CX`.OUg'l1 L0 \VLlKl.`ll yUL| uh U.'lll:] or two o'clock. But when four` o`c1ock comes you are in such a stutc of somnolence that you would take no notice of the end of the world. nr:I:4...... 'V\l\\\ yum um]! -xuvnvn nf wonu. ' i Militzu-_v men are well aware `of this curious fact, and they often _mnkc sudden assaults on camps or lcities be"c_ween three and ve, for 3 they Jmow that at that time the .most widcmvake- se11ti.`y is liable to ` doze. ` Q4 .-nnnonlv nI~ {Ina r-rn-1-n'cnn*r|rUnn' aozc. ; Stnuigcly, at the cox-re'sponding time in the afternoon, most people fee! a bit. done up. Whether it is due to the electrical condition of .the atmoxherc, or to the position" of the sun, no oneknows. But it is .n fact that_ the nervous system, 1... :.. nnl] hnu-re nrn mncf, vinrnrnngl met. u1uL_ Lnc 11:.-rvuua b_y:u:.Lu,) ,h1'-.1in, and lungs `are most vigorous ,from about ten or eleven o'clock `(night and morning) to twelve qr ione, and at their lowest ebb be- , tween three and _live. | n Y"" *` A WALK` TO THE -Moon. -'.' ?ZODG}lT'|;o;>th Powder 25%| At about the time when hulf _the nmntcur clctcctivciks in London were hunting {or Mr. Fitch, uuuthcr utraunge Case of sudden .xlisuppcv.1'unco under exceptionally romantic and painful circtunstmmccs. was engaging the attention of the lirilisln 1~`oreigu ()'u:c. Mr. C. _]"it.zg'c1`u1(l, nu ling- lish journalist, of repute. had set out. on ajourncy from Sotin. to Vicnn'.L.., 11; never rcucllcd his des- tination, und, uILhou;_.-;h evcry'c_ITo1't; \vu.s made to trace his movements, "the secret. of his fate is ' 'I1vv1'\\1 1yI1rII `I1\Vn V:`\I 11l`V`r\ Ul aumuu wus prumpuy um.-u,-u. 1 WHEN_SENT.'RIES 530213. wmr BABIES cmr. `THE BARBIE EXAMINER, THURSDAY, SEPT. 5. 190:. ` I` use "3i3NI ITooihPowder In a. handy Patent Box (new), - sozonom LIQUID - - 25 25` Large LIQUID and POWDER, 75 ` At all Stores, or by Mail for the price. HALL &. RUOKEL. Montreal, . who ' FLCCII The Little Man in All Ages Has ,the Record as a. Fighter. The untrained. big nmn` will "beat the untrained little man at iisticulls or in a wrestling match, but in train- led armies weight tells for very little. so long as their armies were recruit- ed from the cities and villages of Italy, the small-limbed Romans de- ` rented the lzu'ge-limbed 'Gernm.ns in .nl1nost every `encounter, and this, al- l V though the men of the forest were _ hunters, lived in the open air and ate, it is always assumed. quantities of meat. The wiry little Roman 'took blows from 9.2 vimrstock from his officer must have been one of the best soldiers who ever lived. It was after Rome had en`li:~:te(l the big lJ'."u'_buriuns in scores of thous- ands that her standards went back in bottle. The slight and pallid Sar- drove the picked soldiers of Europe but of Palestine. If armor is any test, the heroes of the middle ages` were coI11[~m'atively little men. . Of the 1nen_\vho fought at Jena. the I-`renclnncn were probably by 10 per cent. the smaller, yet (_lermans, Poni- eramian and Polo alike receded be- fore their charge. _ rmm.-n nvn nrnhnhlv no mmh men in lore Lncxr cn-urge. There are probably no such men in the world as are to be found in our Sikh" regjments, their O.VCl`i1,',"C being nearly two inches higher tlum our own; yet. Englishmen defeated them z1t-Sobmon, and if they rcvoltetl our otiicers would lead the under-sized (}hoo1'kas against them with perfect ccmfidence. Experienced oIf1cers.\\'ho have watched the Japanese in action believe that "they would ]3EA'l` THE RUSSTANS, ,1 u , 41.- J1xu;A ;;;-4 ;-u.-........,., an opinion which is shared by the Sikhs, who have _obsc-rx-"ed both, which is the.more remarkable be cause the .'5'il has to overcome an `instinctive feeling about the Euro- peans.` Our own "1ig1it regiments --e., p;.. the Rifle I31'igzL(le---\`.'hich, be- cause tliey are light, are tolerant. of "umnalc urn znnnnrr Hm hPSf. \'(`,Q`i- Lney are ugut, urn: Luunuxn. us "weeds, are among the best. regi- ments in the service; nor is there any regiment. in the world tlmt would ot be proud of defeating Zouavcs, whose average low stature has fre- quently been commented on. "*1... ....n.. :. ohno 1Ivn;n-`hf -Qunrl Iwnirrhiz. Vcare nothing;-about it, are capable of IILIUIILIIY UUUII \4UIllAAl\;llt\.u \ll.|- I The truth is that weight and height have almost as little to do witlr lit- ness for soldiering as with litness foul command. The man who can walk thirty miles a day and carry his rillei easily, will, if he has nerve, make an excellent soldier. A regiment of Lord Robertses would not be last in the eld, though, if theyiverc badly fed,` they would appear to most well- fecl citizens as a. regiment of "starve-' lings." lleight or Want of it does not interfere with shooting. It_aris- es; we suppose, from some instinct of selection; that our sailors, who will face, any troops, are seldom excep- tionally tall. And little men'who, as their riding-masters informed ns,a will` fall any number of times` and cavalry. . being very soon licked into. eil'ective' l`l\o nllnuin nhdllf. the couraxre and qr Lnuugn none was some hours. and footstcI 5 were t0 about ,),m1'f-way well. At this they sudcjcnly ceased, nothing but the unbroken surface of the snow being visible in front and all around, nor was any trace of the unhappy- lnd found from that day to this. .l`I~.c well vcas thickly. coated with ice, anrmmd cc-1'tninl_V not been dis- turbed far mzxny l1om's. _.\ point . - monger, -pcr1iaps of all the f:uni`.iesV cavalry. ., . '1`he allusion about the courage and. I enclurzmce of citizens as- compare`(l with countrymen is equally without foumlutiou. Lad for lad, the ci.ty wait` is as well fed as the country ' lal) orer s son, thoxigh his food leaves ` him with :1 tendency to patllor in-fl stead of a tendency to ruddiness. He`. is as much out as his rival. though`; it. is in the street, instead of the lane: ! l and, though bad air` seems to st.unt.': his growth, it does not destroy his llcttltll, as" witness all statistics of` city mortality, if children under 3; 'are- exjcluded. As for his coux-uge,| go and hit a young I.(m(lon coster-1' of- men the re'.\(liest for :1. light. The` earlier armies 01' the llomnn liepnb-I lic were draw from Rome itself-; that is. from southern slu_ms. to` " which Bethmtl Green is u Si11llt01`illln.i `Cases Where Certain Crimes In- duce`Simi1ar Ones. ` One -of"Lhe strmigest ])CCll1ii11`iLiCS'_ of 1nuna'n'nature is its inclinzxtion` to.imit-.u.e the misdeeds oi` others.` Crime is-epidemic-.11; a p:u`Licnl-arly gdre`;-.d1'ul niurder, the dot-.iils of which {are set forth in all the ne\\'spn1)e1's, {often has the clioct of inducing simi- 'lu.r crimes. one of the x'euson:~', and [probably the chief reason, why uut-. !side executions were abolished, was; `that. instead of acting as :1 deLe1'i*ent' `the execution had the contrary` e_i-' fect, of inciting to murder. I 1.. .1 3295 n wnmnn nf Gnnev-.L. nam-'.~ feet. 01 mciung LU I1.l|.ll'ul.'|. ` In .1885 IL woinzm of Geneva, nam- `.C(1 Lonmardi, killed her four child-I ren, . She admitted that she had` been rezuling of a. woman who killed l1er husband, and the very circum- Stnntizll account had made her wish to imitate the crime, `but `as her husband was dead she killed the! children. This is. only one instance "out. of hundreds which have come to` our notice. _ rmm 'i.nfnr-h'nn< nature of self-murder our notice. The `infectious "nature se1f-murder `` receives :1 striking testimony in the following incident. Dr. Oppenhcim, of Hamburg, had to examine the body of a. man who had cut his throat and had died after some days of suffering. The medico told his asv V sistant that death would have been immediate if the man had cut in a. way which he illustrated, and he was startled, two 1!;-.;..~r latex`. to-learn that his assistant hm! uttoxnpted to , commit suicide by lucerating' him- self in that very mzinner. The man adnzitted that he had never thought of suicide until the clz~.;.'- of the . ex- ` amination and. the doctm-`s rcinark. THE SIZE OF SOLDIERS. CB IME IS INFE CTIOUS ; 4FaAeRANf %2%5| IIe'is a. young man whose un- bounded assurance has ever been his chief cllaracteristic. When he pro- ceeded to 1f1k_1.o the practical old gentleman about nlurrying his daugh- ter he was evidently. prepared for the usual question:- nn vnn fhihlz unn nn... ............4 LIIU uaulu l||lL'Bl.lUllC" Do you think you can support, my daughter in the style to which she has been accustomed ? "l`l.n no-nut x~I'\r\'v.. 41.:.. ...u_._, _ _-.. ...... .,.,....,., \Jl EVICN YE-'1` UNSOLVED. It is said that. M. the time of his lxcwvas czwrying `im- ])u1'tunt tlespuuzlics for the 13ulgLu'iun Government, uml, if this be true, he probably fell a victim to one of the nuiuurous outli-bound political as- :-sociations with which that turbul- ent, principality lms ulwuys been hUlll.`_V(.'UlIll)(:(l. > Mu l`H-7(rnvnlII'u r--xun hvinnw: fnl H115 IJUUJI ILUIJUBLUIIIUU . The parent. spoke this phrase with the air of :1 man who thinks he has uttered a. poser. ' The suitor looked him in the eye. Let's talk this thing over, he said. Do you think your daugllter is quali- ed to make a. man a good wife? V09, Eh`, `Tor Innihnv nnll T nrn ucu LU uuuu: `.2. uuul It goou W110"! _Yes, sir. Her mother and I are both practical people, and we have? given her .1 practical education. She can not only read Greek and play the pim1o--she pr-.u:tises three l1_9_urs ,-.1 day--but she. can cook a tzood `din-! uu: p1uuu-buu p1".Ll:LJb'U:-J Lnrcu n_(_)_u1`s -.1 day--but she. good din- ner, and do the marketing as intel- ligently as an experienced steward. Moreover, her abilities with the needle are` not conned to `fancy ` work. She s :1 treasure, and we don't propose to have any doubt about her future. - _You were asking me if I thought. I ,could support, her !\vhich she has been accustomed. T unnn in the style to .1 \V .5. Well, I could. But I don't propose to. After she man-ies'mc she's not * going to practisclthree hours a. day on any piano; nor cook dinners, nor ` bnndy wox-(lsvwith,'n1u'1 people. She's going to have all the sewing done outside the house, read what. she enjoys, whether it ig Greek or Choctaw, and go to `~`;tl1c theatre twice (1. week. It s time that girl had some enjoyment out of life. Few persons know that the state ,of the weather has a. marked em;-CL '1. on the appezu-zm:c.of diamonds, but it is it 1'act.\\-`ell understood by.vdez1]- _._`|ers in precious stones. Attention ';wns recently called to the 1n-atter by a diamond expert. when the sky was 5 overcast. . by clouds and extreme ,f.dmnpncss was in the air. Here is aiu lot, of diamonds, hosaid, "on E .1`]'i_i(:i1 I um asked to pass an opin- jgion. I lnive been waiting several "3dnys for proper weo.1.he1' conditions, [i'oi' I am anxious to make no mis- "'lta1ke, and cmmot. trust artilicizll "ight, and this (lump. mu1'k_v \veutl)- oler is likely to lnisieud me. The pur- est unite diamond will. on one of these dark, foggy days, take on :1 stxuw slmdc; and to all appearance be on` color. No one" is safe in ex- amining :1 diamond except on :1 clear 1.. day. Then you must. be careful of the immediate su1'roundings, for the stone will take up iints of \vaUs.z1nd 35"; ceiling, and you will hardly recog- `llinize your dizunond when seen under 5-`(.iii'I'0I'Cl1Y. conditions. V 7 V 9 AFTER MANY FAILURES W. C. ANDERSON _MAKES HIS` HTQFATYWDV A"l` T.A RT, Treated in Vain by Five Dierent ` Doctors for Kidney Trouble- Took Many Medicines Without J Success-Do'_dd s Pills Succeed Where Other 'I'hings`Fai1. " - Waterside,_ N. 13., Sept. 2.-W. C. Anderson, of this town, is a 1'e1nark- uble- example of persistence. For years he has been trying to find a cure for his trouble, and for years he has been tasting the bitterness of` disappointnient. But tried again and now at last. he has succeeded. n:.. o..m.h1n nvnn T\ inn\I frnnhin hva UOMPLETE SUGESS.] mm DOW ab uusl. nu nus :iul;\.L'Ulu:u. ' ...IIis troublt; was Kidney trouble. by no means uncommon in this provincc`.l lndeetl some physicians go so far as` to say it. is the most. prevalent inal- zuly in Canada. At any rate, it, was .t.hc affliction of Mr. Andrson. 13: .. .i:rr,........o A,.'..o.-we Imxm ui1nnr1_. .!.n0 auucuon 01 nu`. nnucrsuu. | Five di!Tc-rent doctors Imve uttond-_` ed, Mr. Anderson in his-time. None of them touched the root, of his suf- fering. The amount of 1neu.icinc' Mr. Anderson has s\vullowr_=(l' would wlotxbtless surprise that. gentleman together. I hin1s(.-If could he see it all poured out I nn vnnr .-urn. Mr. Anderson told HUlll.`_VClJlI|IJl.'(l. ' 1 Mr. l`itzgcrnld s case brings to mind a similar strungc occurrence which took place in the curly pm-t uf the lust. ctznunry. The victim was` Mr. l3cn_i:unin l3u1,hu1*st,. :1 kinslmmg of Lord Butlmrst. whuvwus sent on} .-. ..-4.0 \n\:uL-;1\|\ I1\ \r'innnn -.1 1|\n! I together. _ One year ago. Mr. Anderson ihis: friends he had foimd a. sure cure at. last. His friends; sniilc-(1, but, said nothing in reply. 4 Ilis continued` hopefuhless was proverbial. but. everybody had long since paid little attention to the rc-nmithuble reme- 'dies he" was continually discovering and subsequently mroving faiilures. But,` this time it. was no failure. It, was ]1odd s- Kidney Pills. _ u' (I Anrlnrcnn r-nneidnnc himself TALKING THE THING OVER. ]lod(l's- l'\l(1n('_V 1`l1lS. \\'._C. Anderson considers himself is in New Brunswick. _He has` found good health after many disappoint- ments. Ilo(ld s Kidney Pills have raised the burden oil his life. Six to-day as successful a man as there of Kidney Disease and he uckno\v- lboxes cured him of every - syinptoxn . leaves he owes his success. to them. I D When George IV. was Prince Re- , gent he visited Doncastcr, and at the `time His Royal Hi -'lmess was su1Ter- 1 . 1:. V iingfronl a. cold. nnu dmr the Rovnl niu'tv were 1ng.u'uu1 u. cuxu. * One day the Royal party showing tI1en1s:<:l.ves to the people from :1 balcony. I u'I.:..h in Hun 'I'7v-in:-Ix ) T nu).-:t. sen -.11'om mueony. A if Whicli is the I x`ince? I ,must. see `the Prince`, cried an excited old Yorkshire woman, who had come to see the First. Gentleman in Europe. 'T`hruf'c hiun snid n - hvstandcr. | the 1"11`St. Ucuueman m .Lulu`upc. That's him, said a'bystandc1', pointing upwards; him with a. hand- kerchief in his hand. I 1J:mv m-{ml Hm nld lndv in Dro- lkercmel 111 ms nzmu. ! Him! cried the old lady in pro- found contempt. That. the Prince! Lwhyhc blows his own nose ! WEA'I`IIER AND DIAMONDS. JLLVULLCDUN LVLAIXLD 11.: DISCOVERY AT LAST. Jill - JlL'l|_|lLllllll A.Ill|.AlUlD|.,_ u. J\AIAJJAJs|.A| on u secret nnsshni U) Viennn ut the time unit ICng;lm1(1, before opening; the Peninsular Ciunpnign. sought to p(3l'.`-Jll:1(le Austria to tleclnre, by way of zlistrnetion. (va\s_::;xiix1st T-`runce. On reaching 1 L'l'iL`L-L l'}. ,`, in Brzuulen-' burg, u couge of sentiies \vcre told o to lnount guard over theinn xvhere he sto1uJed, ninlxin his setting fm-ward on his journey towards xnghthdl he thanked thenn and told tlu,-in tl1e_y_miglit witlnlmxv. 'l`he_v (Md so, and dole u the household xvus (Hi the zuert to see hini off he walked beyond the circle of the Inn- tern-glure nnd xvns lost to sight ntv the lnuul of the horses. 11ns oc- curnnlon Novmnhm-25th.18u4.und Mr. _lluthurst was never seen or heard of more. l1()t\\`ll.|lSl(l.ll(lll]g` that Enghuulomed $HL000aunlIhusmu half that sum for.nny evidence that xvould eluchlnte the Jnystery of ins {zLl(3. _ ` ` lint there is another class of niys-, to-rions (li_:~!:1p]:e:u'nnce. far more wnn and uncanny than the hue- guuhig. It is at least })0SSibl0 tluit both l~`it7.g`ernlil {mil 3n.tlnn':~'.t fell into the curehnly laid plot of SOIHO mmumHndwwmw;lmtwmnsmm lmsmdofuwcmeofunmn mm- denly and unc;tnnil_v spirited away` from under the very noses, as it were, of his frientls and relations ? A ty]ncul exunue of this occurred sonm hnwy years ago near_the VH- lnge of lluslemcre, in. Surrey, Eng- liiliil. l\nn unnunhur n vnL~7\nnr|Ir\]n lnu-vnnw BLOWING IIIS OWN NOSE. 1) I In SFIIPLII ` '7 V0" Wan es 373123, :aos.'I35'n':Lmv. Anus. othnr .-nurra -nu vnonunmu co. Llmltod,U;r.WcscMarket.nnd Conmx-no St., Toronto. A lady had a cook who gave her every satisfaction, and she was under the impression that "the cook was .equally satisfied with her place. But "one morning, to the ludy s intense surprise, the cook gave her the us- ual n1onth s_ notice. | What. do you want to leave for, |Jane? asked the mistress.~ I am very much pleased with you, and I thought. you were quite comfortable here. . " \7...< ......__ 11. - " ` ` ` ' JMJIL Yes, mum, I'm comfortable enough in a way, but,-- _ . The cookhesitzxtcd and fidgcted about. - ' But/\vl1at `.7 queried the mistress. Well, mum, she blurtecl out, the fact is the master doesn't seem to `predate my cookery, and I can't stop in a, place where my eI'1'o1't.s to please are wasted; so I'd rather go , mum. If You Want "5J #:3f 5?E. Th I\nu.nA_ g-----L JJLULJL. _ - But. what. nmkes you think that your master does -not appreciate your cookery? Has he ever com- g])]f|.il1Cd to you? asked the lady. ' N0. mum. but lnv Into rnnkfnr tvnq gpiauucu LU- you! usueu Lllc may. No, mum, but my late master was always laid up tlirough over-eating - he said he couldn't help doing so because my cookery was so delicious; but master here hasn't been laid up once all the three months I've been `with you, and that's just what both- ers. me so, mum ! \ WI-IAT B()TIiEI{ED THE COOK. Jllllll. One morning a. respectable fnrnier n`.'une Williaunson started to cross xx big meadow near his house, for the purpose of giving some instructions to an man who was working` on the other side. He trudged along, whis- tling and singing . to the middle of h the Iield, and there _suddenly and