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GRAND NEWS FOB- WOMEN MRS. E. P. RICHARDS TELLS HOW DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS CTRED HEK. After Saterieg. for Twenty-eight Years From Painn aad Weakness and SleeplesHnessâ€" Dodd's kid' oey Pills the Only Medicine iShe Wants. Cottle's Cove, Notre Dame Bay, Nfld., Dec. 21 (Special). â€" Grand news for suffering women is that being scattered broadcast by Mrs. Klizabeth P. Richttrds of this place. For years she suffered from that terrible weakness and those agoniz- ing pains so many women know. 8he has found relief in Dodd's Kid- ney Pills and she wants all suffer- ing women to know it. "For twenty-eight years," says Mrs. Richards, "I suffered from Rheumatism, Kidney Trouble and worth 100 guinness. The O.C.B. followed six years later, and a peer- age with a further £30,000 came in 1882. In 1886 he graduated as a viscount, and nine years later came the FIELD-MARSHAL'S BATON. Sir Evelyn Wood won his K.C.- B. as long ago as 1879 by his ex- cellent work in Zululand, and the G.C.M.G. and G.C.B. have since fallen to him, with many another well-merited decoration ; and Sir Redvers Buller won his K.C-.B. and K.C.M.G. in Egypt in three short years, 1882 to 1885. In money rewards no British gen eral has ever approached Lord Marlborough's record. The pension of £4,000 a year granted to him and his descendants nearly two centuries ago cost the country near- ly £750,000 before it was commuted twenty years since for £107,780. And this substantial pensi n was but a fraction of the harvest of gold which Marlborough reaped with his gword, for it is said that a large portion of the £3,000,000 left by his Duchess consisted of the spoils of war in one form or another. The Duke of Wellington received Neuralgia. -I got so weak I could ; three annuities which were commut- not do my housework. Sleep was : ed for the enormous sum of £400,- out of the questiou except for a few 1 000, while a further £200,000 was minutes at a time. My back ached j part of his reward for the victory 8o I could not sleep. I tried all at Waterloo. Sir Colin Campbell's kinds of medicine and had come to | brilliant services in the Indian Mu the for me, when reading advertise- 1 ooo' a year in addition to a peerage ments led me to try Dodd's Kid- 'and his baton as field-marshal; and ney Pills. I now sleep well and rise | General Napier for his splendid BIG MONEYI for acaota â- â€¢Ulnv oar tollat aoapa. Ijota making tS.OO a <Ut- Writ* ai | one* for full partlealan to th* MAT lumr 00., Box 331, Toronto I NOAH'S ARK. BACTERIA FIRE HAYSTACK. Buildings With Contents Destroyed by Bacterial Incendiary. Spontaneous combustion is well- known to be the act of micro-orga.i- isms. The firing of a haystack is nearly always the work of a bacter- ial incendiary. Barns, granaries and spinning works have thus been destroyed by fire owing to the ac- One of the most curious and in-n . . teresting underUkings has just 1 *»»« oxidizing powers of the micro- been completed in Denmark-theio'Kanis'ns. The carefully gathered building of a vessel modelled upon t "oP ot cotton or hops may fall to the lines of Noah's Ark, as describ- the same destructive agencies. The ed in Genesis. The vessel as built category may be extended, accord- is 30 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 3 >>'S to recent works on the subject, feet deepâ€" these measurements be- 1 E*en lampblack, charcoal, coal and ing one-tenth of those given in the | P«at a^e found to he really oxidiz Bible. When launched a few weeks ago the ship proved itself very sea- worthy. AN EYELESS EDEN. On the borders betyeen China and Russia in Asia, almost due south of Lake Baikal, is a good-siz- ed town known as Marinatchin, which is exclusively inhabited by men. "The place has a considerable trade and is also a military post. An old law forbids women to live in this territory. A Woman's Sympathy ed by a common organism of the soil, a fact which may ultimately establish that after all the micro- organism may account tor the spon- taneous heating of coal, for the aw- ful disasters of the coal mine. In human history there have been sev- eral appalling disasters arising out ' of great conflagrations, the origin of which has remained undiscover- ed. It is thus possible that the tiny, minute organism has been guilty of unlocking vast pent-up forces. â€" London Lancet. We Guarantee 9 Per Cent. INTERE.ST ON YOUR HONEY AND GIVE YOU ACTUAL CASH SECURITIf You can always withdraw your money by giving: us one week's notice. NO DELAYS. Why keep your money on deposit at 3 per cent ? We pay our interest on the first of each month. PATRIARCHE & COMPANY standard Stock Exohango Bldg,, Toronto, Ont. NERVOUS PROSTRATION. Are you dlacouragtd? Is your doctor's bill a heavy financial loadT Is your pain a heavy physical kurdanT 1 know what , , ,. . , .u * »i,_ i-„ , iu I .- . . . . . n„ I theao mean to d«Ucate wom«nâ€" I have fort'ng to know that there are piac conclusion there was no cure; tiny brought him a pension of £2,- 1 been diacouj â-  -- Of nervous prostration we hear much now-a-days, and it is com- i di8cour*«ed. too: but learned how to ; gg specially equipped and located ovrsalf. I want to roUeye your bur- j ,° ^ , /â-  ,. • â-  t j I. vVhy not end the pain and stop the for combating this phase ot modern refreshed every morning. Dodd's Kidney Pills are all the medicine I want." The woman who has healthy Kid- neys will never know the pains and weakness that make life hardly worth living. Dodd's Kidney Pills always make healthy Kidneys. REWARDS OF GENERALS HONORS REAPED ON FIELD OF BATTLE. THE Records of Distinction Won From Marlborough to Kitchener. Probably no soldier or any age or work in Abyssinia received a simi- lar pension, the thanks of Parlia- ment, a G.C.B. , and a barony. WHYS FOR THE WISE. Why should one razor be a treac- " " the be ure, and another, made from same steel, at the same time, only fit for throwing awayT This is one of the questions which are difficult to answer. You may buy two razors for the same price, ex- actly similar in every respect. One will be a useful servant for years, while the other is a constant source of trouble and irritation, actiu'g beautifully one day, and scratching and scraping the next. In the same way, one nut will go smooth- ly on to a bolt and remain there firm ; another, exactly the same size, will not go on at all. A third will go on all right, and keep corn- country has crowded so many re- 1 ing off. One tool will break the wards and decorations into such a j first time it is used; another will â- mall compass of time as the great I last for years, and then break sud- Wellington. At the beginning ofjdenly; while a third will be worn 1808 he was a K.C.B., and uothing' quite away by hard work causing more; but within six years he had! trouble. Why? It is one of the been ma 'e in quick succession a ' puzzles to which there would seem cure dens. , _ . _ ilfi^Vf'J'l^Zm ."^'^..'^'L^ "^ '*"* "* 'â-  life. On the main line of the Grand wlU If you win assist me. . , -r, •, c- » ^ c^ /-» ^.l All you need do Is to write for a free , Trunk Railway Oystem, at Ot. Lath- box of the remedy wlilch has been placed ; • nnfurin iiro Incatpcl the In my hasdj to b« dlven away. Perhaps - arines, Untario, are locaieu me U hi " this one box wlU cure you- for others. If so. I shall be happy and you wUI be cured for tc (the cost of a postaire stamp). Tour letters held confi- dentially. Write to-day for mr free treat- KRS. F. E CURD AH. Windsor, Ont. A master, after giving some les- I sons on physical force, asked, I "Now, boys, ca.n any of you tell ^^ arines, Ontario, are as done so j curative Saline Springs known as the "St. Catharines Well.'' Con- nected with the Springs is "The Welland," where treatments for nervous prostration, rheumatism, etc., are given by skilled attend- ants in charge of a resident physi- cian. St. Catharines is the mildest point in Canada during the winter months. Fof~ further information D. McDonald, District Passenger Agent, Toronto. me what force it is that moves people along the street 1" He was greatly surprised, and the class, , ,, . , , ^ highly amused, at receiving from ^^^ ^^^ particulars apply to J one of the boys the unexpected an- swer : "Please, sir, the police force." RAW FURS WANTED. Bsir e: the largest Manu- U I O U P QT" facturers of high-class niVin tW I Furs In Canada we can q m^ â-  ^^ h ^ afford to pay f^ WV | ^^ El O WE INVITE CORRESPONDENCE The Sellers Cough Fur Co., Limited 244-260 YONGE ST., TORONTO. There are a number of varieties of corns. Holloway's Corn Cure will remove any of them. Call on your druggist and get a bottle at once. G.C.B., baron, viscount, earl, mar- quis, duke and field-marshal. In a 'dition to this rich crop of native honors he was made duke, marquis and count of Portugal and a grandee of Spain, and the most coveted foreign orders, including the Golden Fleec«, were showered on him, and these titles and decora- tions were crowned by a grant of £400,000. â-  The only other period of half-a- dozen years in a British soldier's life which can at all be compared with Wellington's marvellous re- to be no satisfactory answer. BABY'S OWN TABLETS A Li'PTLE im SAYER. Lady Visitor (who is being enter- tained by Tommy): "And who are you named after, my little man?" Tommy: "Dunno." Lady Visit- or: "After your papa, I suppose. What is his name, dear?" Tom- my: "Dunno." Lady Visitor: "Nonsense ! What does j'our mam- ma call him?" Tommy (prompt-; ly): "Donkey." Baby's Own Tablets have saved ; ,^^„j^ "Fountain of perpetual many a precious, httle life. 'There IS, ^^^h," said to exist in that then no other medicine for children so Tho- cord was that between 1896 and 1902 j guarantee of a government analyst which wrought such a revolution in | that this medicine does not contain Lord Kitchener's career. At the * particle of opiate or narcotic. , , •â- . - . rri. i unknown country. While Dr safe and sure in Us effects The ^^^, E^lectric Oil will not perpetu- Tablets cure stomach and bowel I ^t^ .^^^^^ -^ ^.^n ^^^^^.^ the bod- troubles teething troubles, destroy, J, -^^ ^^j^.^ ^^^^ ^i^^ ^,j worms, brsak up colds «nd Prevent , j,^f^^^ ^j^^j^ ^-^^ ^„j ^^^^^* ^^^ deadly croup. And you have the beginuing of 1696 Kitchener was a colonel, with no decorations but a C.B. ; by 1902 he had qualified as a full-blown general, had won his G.C.B. and G.C.M.G., a barony, and a viscounty, and had received grants from Parliament of £30,000 AND £50,000. Compared with such meteoric promotion, the career of Lord Rob- erts, distinguished as it has been, seems very slow. It is more than • quarter of a century since he re- ceived his K.C.B., and this honor was quickly followed by a baron- etcy ; but he had to wait eleven jears for his first title of peerage, and nine more for his promotion to a viscounty and earldom. But he can now boast an array of dis- tinctions such as few soldiers have ever won, for he is earl, viscount and baron, Privy Councillor, K.G., K.P., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., O.M., and by no means least, a V.C. He is a treble LL.D., and a D.C.L., and he has received the freedom of a dozen cities and bor- oughs. , Lord Wolseloy's harvest of hon- ors first began to be reaped thirty- eight years ago, when he was made »• K.C.M.G. and C.B. In 1873, when he returned from his Ashanti victories, he was rewarded by the thanks of Parliament and a grant of £25.000, a K.C.B. and G.C.M.- G., together with the freedom of the City of Loudon and a swonl DODDS ' KIDNEY Mrs. J. Laroque, Log Valley, Sask., says: â€" "I am a great believer in Baby's Own Tablets. I have used them on many occasions and know of no medicine equal to them in curing the common ailments of babies and young children." Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. One day an Irishman was asked to come to work an hour earlier than usual. This he promised to do. Next morning he was an hour late. "Shure, sor, I should have been no good if Oi'd come, as I was fast asleep." Great Things From Little Causes Grow.â€" It takes very little to de- range the stomach. The cause may be slight, a cold, something eaten or drunk, anxiety, worry, or some ither simple cause. But if precau- tions be not taken, this simple cause may have most serious con- sequences. Many a chronically de- bilitated constitution to-day owes T^ ^11-11 T> 1 T •< T-, o 1 its destruction to simple causes not J^ G • r r! K- V?*"- ^°^^' dealt with in time. Keep the diges- the Spaniard, lost his hfe in the -^^ apparatus in healthy condition wilds of Florida, whither he went|^„j Jj^^in ^e well. Parmelee's for the purpose of discovering the Vegetable PUls are better than any other for the purpose. Brown â€" "What's wrong? You seem worried." Jackson â€" "I am. I wrote two notes â€" one to my broker, asking him if he took me for a fool, and the other to Miss Gilding, ask- ing her if she would be mine. While 1 was out somebody telephoned, 'Yes,' and I don't know which of 'em it was." WHY DO So many InshMioiis devoted to tbe liiatcf Edtt- cabon select BJ piMJos? Tke fact that *ey uw •^ preief the BeD is cvidenc* of <S«tiact Miefit I Ok ioBowi proiauoaal vivice in i wtiT Ml iaSow pelffinrel cntoiB a W?* ^'^ Tka mAj piaaoe with iba Qlimiubk <4iick Rgpeatiai AcOaa. 1 nju .A«3r_ Send for (free) Catalogue No. T5. TS. BELL PIANO «OrA»n Co.. Umi>*l GUC.LPH, ONTARIO* THEN SHELL TELL YOU. "Tell me," said the lovesick! vouth, "what's the best way to find out what a woman thinks of you (" "Marry her!'' replied Peckham, promptly. !&, PILLS ISSl'K >;:3. 52 C3. "Now, Mr. Blank," said a tem- perance advocate to a candidate for municipal honors, "I want to ask you a question. Do you ever take alcoholic drinks?" "Before I an- swer the question," responded the wary candidate, "I want to know whether it is put as an inquiry or as an invitation !" ^^LS^ Pale, wsakand nerrons people need a tonic that will buUd them up and make them well and •troog. Celery King la tho toDio that will do Iheea thiugs. Large package 23 oeota. at d<>al- en or by luail. S. C Wella ft Co., Toronto. Thin sit "My poor deluded son,'' said Mrs. Brohn, shaking her head in the direction of a very fat girl ; "so that is the kind of thing he calls a duck, is it!" "I presume," re- turned old Brown, smiling mis- chievously, "it is because she waddles so." She: "I hear that you have lost your valuable little dog, Mr. Dud- ley." He: "Y'a'aa, in a railwaj' accident. I was saved, but the dawn was killed." She (shocked): "What a pity!" Our 'dea of a beautiful woma'' is one who loi>ks attractive with her hair done up in kid curlers-and she is scarce. aged into untimely graves. In one of the great houses in the West-end of London there was a dinner and reception. After a while the maid was called, and the mis- tress said: "Servo the dinner; there is no one else to come, e.\cept a relation of little importance.'' Five minutes afterwards the maid announced in a loud tone: â€" "The relation of little importance!" A. J. PATTISON & CO- 33-J5 SCOTT JTIIEIT, TORONTO, Sto3k Brokera A Financial Agants ?a â- v IrlMng the Nerve* with opiun jau m.i: â- top a counh. kut tbe inflaiomatton goad Irura ' tJ wgnd. Ail«n'« Lang Balsam, t-aiitattiing ii<j o^iuna. gu«-« t') the ro4/t of ihtf injiible And cunM { dnep-wataJ aUectioas ul thiuat aad lungs. W* Make «f Imphatte Statement that " The DAL" M«Blhol ria^tar will do naore to rellevt aenralfla. larae back, lumbu^u and kindred tieables titan any other plaaler. Sjc tine and tl jd. roUa, All dimjclaU. "Come. Willie." said his mother, "don't be so selfish. Let your lit- tle brother play with your marbles a while." "But." protested Wil- lie, "he means to keep them al- ways." "Oh! I think not." "I think yes. 'Cause he's swallowed two o' them. already." To discern and deal immediately with causes and overcome them, rather than to battle with effects after the disease has secured a lodgment, is the chief aim of the medical man, and Bickle's Anti- Consumptive Syrup is the result of patient study along this particu- lar line. At the first appearance of a cold the Syrup will be found a most efficient remedy, arresting de- velopment and speedily healing the affected parts, so that the ailment disappears. THE ENTERPRISING BARBER. Norway would appear to have made very considerable strides in the English tongue in the last twen- ty years, judging from a notice that appeared on a barber's door at the time the Kaiser visited Trondhjem in the 'eighties. It ran as follows: "Important Noddis. Ladysh and Shentlerauns and Beobles. In con- sequents of zc visit ob ze Kaiser Wilhenis I hab glosed de biznes on dis otkhasion. Hare cuts and shafes and all usuel Biznes 2 Mor- ro Murnick. Bes our Vaterland. By Order. " "You must keep your mouth shut when you're in the water,'' said the nurse, as she gave little Tommy a bath. "If you don't, you'll swallow some of it." "Well, what of it?" demanded Tomra,v. "There's plen- tf more in the pipes, ain't there 1" Mary â€" "Do you think it would be conceited for me to tell my friends that I made this dress myself f" Edithâ€" "Not conceited, my dear- superfluous," Do not delay in getting relief for the little folks. Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator is a pleasant and sure cure. It you love your child why do you let it suffer when 11 remedy is so near at hand? The Police Inspector (to witness) : "Why didn't you go to the help of the prisoner in the fight?" Wit- ness: "At that stage of the game I didn't know which fcf them was going to be the prisoner." A tu4ii*n tV'.t nftcn meana lodden lllnen. Paluk-.ller is all that U u«*ded to ward It off. Vn«quall«d for craispd and diarrhoea. Avoid tubvt-.tuies, there la but one " FainkiUer^ â€" t*err7 Davis". ONE SIGN. Said Heâ€" "Young Smythe and Miss Browne are evidently in love with each other." Said Sheâ€" "Judging by the way they look at each other." Said He â€" "No; judging by the wav they don't look at anybody else." SAMPLE COPY FREE Would you like to have a sam- ple copy of The Farmer's .\d- Tocate aad Moine Magazine! THE BEST AGRICULTURAL AND HOME PAPER on the American Continent. No progressive farmer can af- ford to be without it. Publish- ed weekly. Only $1.M per year. Drop post-card for free sample copy. Ageatn Wasted. Address : '*TNC FAXMER'S ADVOCATE " Loadoa Oat. UNIQUE OFFER. Have you noticed the remarkable offer made by the Manufacturers of Orange M«ai.? They promise to the winner of the first prize the sum of' Fifty-two Dollars every year during the lifetime of the winner. 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He â€" "Y^es; he must be what they call a stowaway," j V'Meome ae Sun^lne alter a stnrm la the relief when ail uhkttnate, pItileM cuQifh ha^ been ilrlva t awav h>' Allen 9 l.uog lUUain. No onlun In ik Tbe'eood elTeat laata. Take a bottle Doae with jrou tma daj. uid other stork'" bouclit aa.l «il'i »« o.immfcBie«. Cnrrenpondeuoe iaviud. Ordan ma; be wir*l U •Bi exyens*. MONEY TO LOAN ON FARM PROPERTY At Iow«.t ralos. Appl^'to tROS. 9 Toronto Strsst, Toronto, 0.tt. FCATHER DYEINQ CleaalDt ud Cnrini ud K,d Glove* draned TkaM •an b« Mat bi ^roit, lo |>« oa Ika l««t piac* ia MITISH AMERICAN DYEINC CO. UOMTSEAI. ox*aaiu' x*oxa 5,000 GOOD MINKS Shtp •xrly «nd obt&ln hJgh*«« prie«. M«k« ai ft tri&l fthlpni*nt. CiU.Uwcn* au ftppHcattv»a. R«(«r»ac««, Ui« Domiuioa Ukuk ana CumnMr- ciat ftj(«rtci«*. A- ft E. PIEROC ft OO.. W7 ST. 1 AUL ST.. MO:fTBKAL. Mention this paper. ROYAL TOBACCO-TAKERS. King Edward's fondness for a ci- gar is well known ; but when with a few intimate friends, hs not in- frequently indulges in a briar pipe. His liking for tobacco is shared by nearly every reigning monarch in Europe. His nephew, the Ornian Emperor, was at one time a con- firmed pipe-smoker ; but, ^s he was advised by his doctors to 'give up the habit, he now confines himself to cigarettes, generally throwing them away when halt finished. The King of the Belgians likes cigars : while the Emperor of Austria pre- fers his pipe. The Sultan of Turkey delights in the cigarette, as does the 'Tsar, who gets through at least thirty of them a day. One- or two during the same time satisfy the King of Italy. The King of Spain i.«; a heavy cigarette rohsumer. us- ing a long amber holder for the pur- pose. (Occasionally, too, he smokes • cigar. Razor Sharpener. Do ant thrnw aw a; jour mone la baylua a aew Kaaor becauje your old one will noi work, bat bay a caka of our " Perfectiun Razor Fai-te** » bich will beep your Kasor Ib perfect aottini cnnditioa, aad with ear* wl|l last yoa a liietima. If your Hardware or brag Dealer does sot handle thla, aend oa Ue. and we wtU forward aaaae ^at.pald CANADA HONE COMPANY; W•l1alan••<^ Main ABOUT THE SIZE OF IT. "Preachers are about - the oii^y men who can give better satisfac- tion by doing less work," remarked the thoughtful thinker. "How do you figure that out?" queried the innocent bystander. "Short sermons always please,' e.xplained the t. t.