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the school report in reading i am good it says in spelling excellent and always in geography i get a high per cent im good too in arithmetic in music and the iest and father says hes glad to know in sehool i do my best rut then he shakes his head and says he wonders how twould be if teacher asked him to make out a home report for me theres rising early bed on time and minding promptly too and table ways and cheerful ness and little things to do in some perhaps i might get good in others i am sine my marks would not be more than fair and some would be just poor 1health wrecked throughla grippe it generally leaves the patient debilitated and an easy vic tim to other diseases one of the foremost medical writers says it is astonishing the number of people who have been crippled in health for years after an attack of la grippe or influenza the real dan ger from this disease which sweeps over canada every winter is during convalescence when the characteristic robbies pictures kaisers matchmaking how he gains power through his family connections the great german kingly and backbone of the nation what frenchwomen are doing dur ing the war frenchmen as a rule are willing to admit that women are the backbone prmcely and granddual houses the of fte and eq are hohenzollerns the cobourgs and the j jn comuct of m war m thc rest have this one thing in common outbreak o hosti the peasant their women all breed and rear fine en too charge of farms follow- babies and many of them ed the plough attended to the live a certain fixed proportion of these stoek an after the mobili2ation 0 sturdy cleanlimbed beautiful infants the men saved b tkelr efforts and are girls and they presently grow up the food j o the french or some of them do at any rate- nation j due to them the mto sturdy cleanlimbed beautiful ice of brea1 in france remains at w i little over normal there is no now beautiful women if they hap- housekeepmg a in france pen to be princesses and rich as am it is because the woman holds the purse and disburses its con- symptoms the fever the catarrh the l i i vl ilv n oni- m of these are are valuable assets headaches and the depression 01 spi j- rits pass away grip leaves behind it t sovereign who like tlie kaiser tents that france her incxhaust weakened vital powers thin blood im- i i euro ible long stocking it is owing to paired digestion and oversensitive bestows the pick of them on other the same j that twothirds of condition that makes the sovereigns thereby gaining t rural population live in their own pair nerves- system an easy prey to pneumonia bronchitis rheumatism nervous pros tration and even consumption it is a condition that calls most emphatically for a tbric for the blood dr wil liams pink pills are a tonic especially adapted to meet this need as they purify and enrich the blood they tone up the nerves ami give vigor strength and health to the debilitated system mrs howard d chaffey indian island nb says for sev eral winters in succession i was at tacked by la grippe which left me stantine of greece with what result we all know he it was too who arranged the marriage of the young queen of holland with his kinsman prince weak and badly run down in each i henry of mccklenburgschwerin and case i used dr williams pink pills no one can truthfully say that hol- power and prestige through his family houses and also that the french peo- connections all men are influenced ple bave the eputation of being the more or less consciously or uncon- uest taxpayers in the world in sciously by their wives and kings france the social and economic posi- are no exception to the rule t of the woman makes her the and the kaiser is an al marriage most important factor in french fam- broker make no mistake about that ily iifei and invariably the greatest he has bestowed his favorite sister shown bv the menfolk the princess sophie on king con- to her judgment bobbie came and leaned against witb tbe most ben results last his brother wills knee mother winter when- the trouble was again brought me these picture papers 1 prevalent i took the precaution of for- said and i should like to have little tifying my system with dr williams ted sec them i promised that hepj pills and escaped the trouble should see them but if i send them to him theyll all have to be burned because he has the measles run and ask nellie to give you n piece of paraffin said his brother a piece from a jelly tumbler will do if it is washed clean away bobbie ran to the kitchen and he soon returned with the paraf fin he was eager and interested now said will take this piece of plain white paper and rub it all over with the paraffin be sure that the paper is well covered lay the paper on the picture with the paraf fin side down now take this little wooden block or anything that has a sharp edge and rub the paper as hard as you can without tearing it oh oh laughed bobbie as he turned the paper over the pictures j have all come off on thc white paper and theyre not blurred at all while many of my neighbors were down with it in fact i enjoyed the best of health all spring and feel sure this medicine will so fortify the sys tem as to prevent the trouble these pills are sold by all medicine dealers or may be had by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for 250 from the dr williams medicine co brockville ont some fighting women in russian army have been decorated for bravery it has been known for months that many russian women have been fight ing shoulder to shoulder with their fathers husbands and brothers in the army of the czar a number of them have been pro- see moled and have become fullfledged how plain they are will they come officers and others have been decor off like that every time i ated for gallantry with the military it is easier to transfer pictures cross of st george from rough paper like newspaper and the youngest perhaps is an 1s- the kind most of the magazines are yearold vilna schoolgirl kira bash- land is precisely and enthusiastically on our side bulgaria has been ruled over by a german ever since it became an in dependent country the present king being of course a coburger white his wife is also a german being form erly known as princess eleanora of reuss the german princess alexandrine of mecklenburg nobbled the present heard of them from her brother why mrs marchbank used dodds kidney pills heres palate joy for you also stomach comfort be yond belief heat a shredded wheat biscuit in the oven to restore crispness then cover with sliced bananas and pour over it milk or cream sweeten it to suit the taste a complete perfect meal supplying more strength- giving nutriment than meat or eggs and at a cost of three or four cents a warm nourishing breakfast a de licious lunch made in canada london and berlin awakening of the former and false security of the latter a neutral who just visited london and berlin cities describes them thus no one who has seen both london and berlin can fail to be impressed by the fact that england is beginning the fight while berlin confidently be- she found quick relief and now re- that the end of the war is at commends all women who suffered j berlin is lulled by the incense as she did to use dodds kidney j of victory to a sense of false security jjlj j london is for the first time fully ci r t u tit tj awake to the real peils of the situ- st martins st john co nb at england seems 011 the eve 0 ivirs vioiii1 jan 31st special marchbank wife of a wellknown far a great effort germany is convinced that she has crushed her enemies in king of denmark christian x and er living near here is telling hei j n his father by the way was also a of the splendid results she german originally prince schleswig- has sot through using dodds kidney pills my trouble started from a cold mrs marchbank states i had back ache my joints were stiff and my muscles cramped i was irritable and printed on said will but if you rub on plenty of paraffin you can transfer a picture of any kind now said bobbie i can send ourf best pictures to ted and i need top care lttliey are burned y ouths companion led soldiers into a bog a russian mother was avenged by her 12- yearold son writing in the russkoye slovi gregori petroff says in a certain place a cossack patrol which had penetrated for into the enemys flanks came across a peas ant boy about 12 years old the child was lying hidden between some holsteinsonderburbglueksburg the same thing confronts us in which ever direction we turn europe is simply dotted thick all over with german royalties set upon strategic thrones thus the queen of sweden is a german and first cousin to the kaiser being formerly known as princess victoria of baden king ferdinand of rumania is a hohenzol- lern and his german bornandbred wife was formerly the princess marie of saxecoburg and gotha fortunately though it doesnt al ways work this giving in marriage in order to further the great game of deutschland uber allies the pre sent queen of belgium as we all know is a german yet she detests the huns who have ravaged her hus- kiron who enlisted under the name of nicholas popin she had her font 1 all women whosuffer as i did frozen but continued fighting until ba kn as hcm a f every onej mrs mahbanks i i i i i 1 and has publicly avowed her intention i n- she was wounded and taken to thej r n i issleivjs vas lj f1euljk5nitai do with them iof having nothing mo wh to gj ag why we shake hands to shake hands with a person is rightly regarded as a token of amity but very few know how this custom always thirsty my appetite was fit- j arose according to a french ethnolo- ful and i felt heavy and sleepy after i g whenever two met in former meals rheumatism was added to my j times they were accustomed to hold up troubles as well as headaches and j t right hand in front of them as a heart fiutterings made me very anx- s that they had no intention of at- ious at times tacking each other this mark of con- i suffered for about two years and fidence however did not prove sufii- was far from being a well woman j c in all cases for a man may hold when my brother told me what great j up his right hand and yet if he keeps things dodds kidney pills had done j it closed mav have a weapon con- for him arid i made up my mind to ce in it and therefore it became try them 1 the custom for the two right hands to i sent and got three boxes and grasp eacb other as only thus could they helped me right from the start 1 f assurance be given that no wea- i can recommend dodds kidney pills pon was concealed in either of them formerly therefore this gesture now the token of loyalty and friendship yils sbg distrust- thoughts for the day it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions huxley a di6h of porridge provides enough nutriment for any ordinary person to start the day with dr ryan i am convinced that we have a de gree of delight and that no small one in the real misfortunes of others burke ive never any pity for conceited people because i think they carry their comfort about with them george eliot self distrust is the cause of most of our failures in the assurance of strength there is strength and they are the weakest however strong who have no faith in themselves bovcs there is a tremendous difference between the selfishness or thoughtless ness practised by the young and the selfishness which old age has made its settled and deliberate habit beatrice ilarraden if wc are in too great a hurry to end the war and kiss and be friends and have a peace jolly and glasses all round we only delay the fruition of our hopes by many months hurry is always the parent of delay spec tator zambuk cured ih 2 months after 2 years useless treatment that she was a woman alexandra kokovtseva also enlist ed under an assumed name in the ural cossack regiment to which her husband belonged and in which he had fought in the russojapanese war after having been wounded twice in the east prussian campaign she showed such extraordinary courage that she was recommended to be pro moted to become a colonel although her sex had been found out and colonel she has served ever since no medicine to equal bakys own tablets mrs e cutler st lazare man writes have used babys own tablets for the past ten years for my five children and can truthfully say there is no medicine to equal them the tablets regulate the bowels and stomach cure constipation and indi gestion expel worms and make teeth- i ing easy they are sold by medicine xitat e why she found suctt quick relief in dodds kidney pills trouble war marriages dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box her soldiers are devoted to her tussocks of grass and when found he and none of them can sit a horse withj com the dr williams medicine co was unconscious his breathing was i more case than she or can endure urcckville ont longer hours in the saddle she wasl born in the ural mountains and i spent most of her life in thc open causes trouble almost imperceptible one of the cossacks threw him over his saddle and brought him to camp on re covering consciousness he narrated what had taken place i was with the germans on sat urday he said people slowly learn the facts how is that the soldiers inquir- all mv if i have been a slave to cd they thought he was wandering cotlec i kept gradually losing my i was in the marshes i have health but i used to say nonsense it drowned them the boy said it is dont hurt me the fifth party i have drowned j slowly 1 was forced to admit the how did you drown them truth and the final result was that nu lled them astray they came to j nervous force was shattered tea when peace is signed will our village i was the only one re maining there all the others had gone l remained on purpose but you see they have shot me i have been wounded why i led them here when they came to the village i went to meet them they began to name the places around the village and asked me to show them where these places were you need to know every pathway in the marshes otherwise if you should de viate and tli produces about thc same effect as cof fee because they both contain the drugs caffeine and tannin my heart became weak and uncer tain in its action and that frightened me then my physician told me that i must stop drinking coffee or i could never expect to be well again i thought of postum but could hardly bring myself to give up the coffee finally i concluded that 1 owed it to myself to give postum a trial 1 little you get into the bogs got a package and carefully followed more you struggle the deeper the directions and what a delicious you sink i led them quite wrong nourishing rich drink it was do you i am small and light i have a pole j know 1 found it very easy to shift and i can skip across the tufts of from coffee to postum grass then i know a place where almost immediately after i made the ground is harder near some thc change i found myself better and trees the germans were stout and heavy and they sank deeper and deeper into the mud and screamed at me then i laughed and they lired on lire in their rage but they sank deeper and as i hid behind the trees i watched them disappear see the young wolf cub who saw people drowning under his eyes a cossack said if i am a wolf cub what are they the boy said what did they do to my mother and he told a ter rible story of thc germans he had promised to avenge her i did not want to wait until i grew up he said i wanted to take my revenge now she died at the hands of the germans let them die too when i get well i shall continue to drown them toward night tin little fellow breathed his last as the days went by i kept on improv ing my nerves grew steady i slept well and felt strong and wellbalanced now thc old nervousness is gone and i am well once more it pays to give up the drink that acts on some like a poison for health is thc greatest fortune one can have name given by canadian postum co windsor ont postum comes in two forms postum cereal thc original form- must be well boiled 15c and 25c packages instant postum a soluble powder dissolves quickly in a cup of hot wa ter and with cream and sugar makes a delicious beverage instantly hoc and 50c tins both kinds arc equally delicious and cost about thc same per cup theres a reason for poatum sold by firscers description of thc treaty that end the war when the war comes to an end a treaty of peace will be signed sealed and delivered as between the various belligerents this will be a most imposing docu ment written by hand throughout sealed with many seals and bound about with green silk ribbon fol lowing the usual custom each copy will begin with the words in the name of the most holy and undivided trinity should however turkey be one of the signatory powers as seems probable this formula will be altered to in the name of allah the almighty god in the copy allotted to her at least as many original copies as there are signatory powers will be signed and sealed while several certified copies will be signed but not sealed for the sake of convenience the original copies will be securely locked up in the state archives of the different countries thc certified copies will be used for printing from and for reference peace treaties are not written straight across thc page or pages like ordinary documents they are written in parallel columns one in english the next in french the next in italian german russian and so on according to thc number of lan guages spoken by the peoples of the signatory powers the toxt of each of these columns is an exact transla tion of the text of all the other col umns and the utmost pains is taken in the selection of words that will convey identical shades of meaning tho monarchs of thc signatory pow ers dont affix their signatures or seals to thc poace treaties entered into by thcni this important formal ity is carried out by specially accredit ed peace commissioners each of whom uses his own personal private seal thc imjreton being red early marriages have been re cently advocated by certain not par ticularly wellinformed persons as one means of making up for the ter rible wastage of lives the nation is now suffering with regard to the economic as pect of the question it may be said 1 that at worst we shall probably not lose more than 4 per cent of tho male population of all ages in killed and permanently disabled writes an eng lish physician this loss leaves us in point of numbers about where we stood four years ago but great wars are usually followed by a marked in crease in the birthrate and conse quently without any deliberate effort on our part and leaving the remedy entirely to nature we ought to make good thc wastage of war in four years or less that prediction of course assumes something which is by no means an assured fact namely that after the war work will be plentiful wages good and the necessaries of life easily within the purchasing power of the people the marriagerate being closely 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