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t fc boy delivers london joker in mail test was run down and very weak tyoung messenger clings to human letter in trip through city by omnibus london the british pos office ii not infrequently the subject ot ma- gnaut remarks but there is one small telegraph boy at least who deserves nothing but commendation for he 13 proud ot his department and a worthy upholder of it3 good name to test the efficiency ot the service two men entered into a conspiracy tho outcome of which was that one ot them attempted to mail his com rade a3 a postal packet from tho first postoffice which they ylslted the conspirator were directed ti another where such business could ba transacted hero tho unusual letter did not tmduly excito the phlegmatic offlclals who with complete absence of emo tion handled the matter with quiet efficiency delivery charge paid an official form was filled out with particulars of tho addressee the send er paid over twentyfive cents and the package was entrusted to the tender niercies of a small messenger the letter of course was sup posed to bo a complete stranger to london and also ignorant of any earthy language so the friends part ed with a simple farewell cum caesar ithenum transisset to which tho other replied with deep feeling amu ama amat the air of finality about these last words so impressed the boy that he grabbed his charge by the arm and steered him into the street letter found reticent here the boy who was a companion able youth attempted to make con versation but the letter replied with a noncommittal smile the boy shrugged his shoulders aud continued in silence the greater part of the journey had to be covered by omnibus the let- tor attempted to board several vehi cles going in the wrong direction but tho youthful servant of the postoffice with a firm grip on coat sleeve dis couraged these endeavors at last they bearded the right con veyance and after a little difficulty over fare paying the journey proceed ed in silence then the letter as lboflt3 a traveller in a strange city stood up to enjoy the sights of pic cadilly circus hut the inexorable mercury forcibly indicated that a sit- tiug position was desirable attempt to escape fails after leaving the omnibus the boy stopped to inquire the way of a taxi jlrlvcr and tho letter grasping his opportunity disappeared in the crowd of pedestrians but the lad was not to be thrown off so easily doubtless remember ing recent postal thefts and losses he tracked his charge with the relentless nes3 of a bloodhound and having secured onco more a firm sleevegrip lie did not let go until he had made delivery to the addressee in person omnis gallia said the man who iiad been steered safely across lou don castra posuit replied tho re cipient ot this strange consignment whereupon tho dlmunltivo representa tive of the brltlh postal service grasp ing his signed receipt departed an other job done and an interesting tale to relate to his friends aud relatives too little blood the trouble and tonic treatment restored health i am writing to tell you says mr3 james a haughn bridgewater ns the great health benefit i received through the use of dr williams pink pills i had become badly run down and very weak so much so that i could only with difficulty do my house work i suffered from headaches and had very little desire for meal3 the trouble affected my nerves and a3 a result i did not sleep well at night and would often awako with a choking sensation and would havo to sit up in bed i wa3 taking treatment but it did not help me and i wa3 losing cour age when i saw an advertisement ot a case which seemed much like my own which had been relieved by the use of dr williams pink p1113 i de cided to give this medicine a trial and got two boxes before these were all gone there was an improvement in my appetite which seemed a hopeful sign i procured a further suppfy ot tho pills and found a steady improve ment in my health i could eat well sleep soundly at night and my house work was no longer a task beyond my strength from my own experience i would advise weak rundown people to give dr williams pink pills a fair trial feeliug that what they have done for me they will just as readily do in other similar cases if you will send your name and ad dress to the dr williams medicine co brockville ont a little book building up the blood will be mailed you prepaid thi3 little book contains many useful health hints you can get these pills through any medicine dealer or by mail at 50c a box from tho dr williams medicine co brockville ont owl laffs ea3y street luck alley ii reached by hard hazel where ar you going helenr helen down to the drug store to buy a package ot dog biscuits whcro are you going hazel over to the grocery to buy a box of aspirin a subscriber write3 to ask why some people have electricity in their hair of course wo are not speaking from pergonal experience but it may be because such people have some thing shocking on their mind keepthemhappybyl agioriousen keeping them well f s t poi e lqutpped for her last voyage t oslo norway the battered ship lu v electricity in the home everything electric is an ad you often see let us check up on its use3 evoryoue will soon agree curls your hair and washe3 dishes toa3ts your bread so brown and nice rings the door bell send3 best wishes in summer time it makes your ice cools the house and cleans the car- pet3 in a trice it starts your car turn a switch and as you listen yes tis music from afar in tho honeymooner3 kitchen not a moment need they waste the percolator on thetable has the coffee just to taste egg3 are cooked just press a button hens lay eggs by day or night oh what a useful little witch merry little kilowatt every job just needs a switch stamps most of us whether young or old are interested in stamps sometimes we collect them from parcels aud let ters sometimes we trade them with someone who has specimens that we have not aud sometimes we buy them at the headquarters of the league ot nations society in canada ottawa where we rocelvo mail from many countries we are always interested in now stamps the newest one we have seen is a publicity stamp issued by the international federation ot the leaguo of nations societies whose headquarters are in brussels bel gium the new sump comes in blue green mauve and red which will no doubt prove popular spring colors they are about the size of our canadian 10c stamp and have a miniature map 61 the world on them encircled by a row of stars you may buy these stamps a sheet of twentyfour for fifteen cents a prayer to st francis o saint who talketh with all the birds in aucieut woodlands dim care for tho fledgling sparrow perched on yonder leafless limb when winds are cold and snows are deep and dark clouds overhead lead the belated robin where he finds a bit of bread speak to the hearts of those who sit in houses snug and warm and bid them scatter crumbs aiiout after a freezing storm and when tho icy crust is hard and bitter northeis blow see that the snowbirds tall seed gra33 still stands abovo the snow minna irving in the new york sun fir3t did you read about the man who swallowed the teaspoon second no what happened to him first he cant stir the modern wife doesnt know where her husband goes in the even- ings says a critic she should try staying at home one evening she might find him there chemistry professor what are some of the uses of hot air student in orating it is said to bo especially useful in warming the audience up to the subject it was necessary for taxation pur poses to decide which side of the canadian and united states border a farm which an old lady had just pur chased actually lay surveyors final ly announced that the farm was just on the american side of the border the old lady smiled with relief im so glad to know that sh said ive heard that wintera in canada are ter ribly severe cheer up and let the dentists do all the looking down in the mouth shes a gvod mother confides a friend she never strikes her child ren except in selfdefense how are you poultry rals- jones well old man getting along with your ing making expenses smith not yet but my hens have taken to eating their own eggs so i hope they will soon become selfsup porting people who cant writetheir names so anyone can read them will often complain if they are not spelled right in the newspapers mr edisou doesnt like dancing bridge or golf he thinks tho latter in vented for men who eat too much mrs thomas edison i think radio broadcastiug ono of the greatest developments culturally that tho world has ever seen mme schumannheink your hair needs cdmcthing in a name it issaid that a young lady by the nanio ot adeline moore invented the postscript simile shark as unpitying as a loan 1st suburbanite we arc getting up a leaguo ot nations in our suburb havo you heard about it 2nd one no what is it a straw vote 1st one no its an agreement be tween those who are planning to make a garden this spring aud those who are goini to raise chickens canadas participation canada is taking a prom inent part in the fourth worlds poultry congress london july 22 to 30 1930 national exhibits provincial exhibits commercial exhibits live bird exhibits 1000 birds the largest ex hibit from any country 500 delegates the most from any country except great britain two aftercongress tours after the congress an eleven day tour of the british isles the shakespeare country north wales ireland lakes of killarney dub lin belfast scotland the tros- sachs edinburgh back to england lancashire the english lakes then a continental tour brussels holland the hague am sterdam frankfort munich ober- ammergau to see the passion play switzerland paris canadian and united states dele gates and visitors sailing together from montreal july 12th on the duchess of york for detailed information write to the nearest of the following dr f n marcellus ontario agricultural college guclph prof w a maw macdonald college pq j d barbcau department of agriculture quebec pq j g morgan experimental farm nappan ns classified advertising fob sale it is natural for children to be hap py active and full ot fun when they are fretful fussy and disinclined to play you may be sure something is wrong almost invariably that sonie- thiug lies in the digestive tract it is to meet the need for an abso lutely safe corrective ot childhood ail ments that babys own tablets have been designed they gently regulate the stomach and bowels and thus drive out constipation and indiges tion break up colds and simple fevers and allay teething pains concern ing them mrs w e forsyth dover nb writes i would not be without babys own tablets as 1 know of noth ing to equal them for fretful fussy babies who are troubled with colds or sour stomach babys own tablet3 are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from the dr williams medicine co brockville out isali chicks we llatcukd jtvj 115000 last scar in four varie ties write for free catalogue- a- il switzer granton out equipped lor ft jor our lnt uee iul locl i hart iocshart ji bay st toronto eoistered hoistkin wils ready for service cheap reter arbofiast mitchell cntario the opportunity of a lifetime f c elford president of the worlds poultry science association ottawa canadian national congress committee the hon dr w h motherwell honorary chairman dr j h grisdale honorary vicechairman h b donovan chairman president canadian national poultry council l f burrows secretary 114 vitlocia si ottawa el isiiilmisassn to give it health and lustre ask your barber he is ono at those fellows who if ho were a singing celebrity would spend hours listening to his own phonograph records said a man of a friend the man who succeeds in his work 13 tho man who can keep quiet and placid when thore is very severe pres sure charles e hughes i am enthusiastically for every thing that increases knowledgo michael pupin unemployment national review london figures of unemployment mount uncertainties created by the pi- government with regard to the safe guarding and mckenna duties havo checked the flow ot capital into the protected industries the certainly of a heavy increase of taxation in the next budget has decreased expendi ture mr snowden has nailed his colore to free imports regardlei of their effect on the working man and the only certain increases ot employ ment are to be in the foreign oillce where more attaches arc to be ap- many people two hours after eating slitter indigestion as they call it it is usually excess acid correct it with an alkali the best way the quick pointed to try and push our goods in harmless and clllcient way i3 phillips protected countries i saw more drunken women in seven months in tho united states than i have seen in england in seven yeaij st john krvlne milk of magnesia it has remained for 59 years the standard with physi cians one spoonful in water neutral izes many times its volume in stomach acids and at once the avmptonn dts- i appear in five minute you will never use crude methods when you know this bettor method and you will nover suffer from excess mammoths graveyard is sought along yukon fort yukon alaska seeking ante diluvian monsters with hair and skins intact two scientisttraders havo be gun a leisurely journey down the frozen yukon river in the hope ot finding the burial place of mammoths in tho high bluffs of the stream unap proachable taring the season of open water east spring frost forces huge bones out ot gravel beds along the river many valuable finds of ancient ivory were uncovered in the same manner in recent years and marketed by the two traders tho last well preserved carcass of a mammoth was found near dawson in 1901 and sold to an eastern college museum for a large sum that there aro moro such remains still intact in tho frozen subsoil along the yukon where nature may do the excavating is the opinion of the searchers they expect to exchange dog sledges for barges early in the spring near the mouth ot the tanana rivers con fluence with the yukon the opportunity of a lifetime is real ly what is offered in the postcongress tour3 which have been arranged to follow the closing session of the fourth worlds poultry congress to be held in old loudon july 22nd to 30th this year the lours have been arranged one following the other the first starts july 31 aud takes one through the historic storied and scenic wonder lands of tho british isles the shake speare country north wales dub lin with its rocky road the irish free state youngest of the british dominions cork and the lovely lakes ot killarney the giants causeway and of course the blarney stoue will be on the route crossing again to scotland glasgow and the burns country is viewed the trossachs edinburgh the english lake country aud liverpool provide days full of wonder and amazement this part ot the tour returns to london august 10 then comes the visit to the con- taient which begins with a twenty- four hour stay at brussels from brussels the quaint holland country is visited then the party proceed to the lovely rhine valley country pass ing on the way up that river the his toric citie3 of coblenz with its cathe dral and bonn with its worldfamous universities both places which were held by troops of tho canadian ex peditionary force immediately follow ing the armistice frankfort and munich are also visited then the party proceeds to oberammergau for sunday where they will bo privileged to view tho famous passion play which exemplifies what is regarded by most of us as the greatest event ot all history returning the party are the guests at a government reception at munich before proceeding to switzer land for a fourday stay which will in clude a visit to geneva seat ot the league of nations from switzerland the party r irn to paris where an other four days will be spent tho paris visit may be cut in halt and those desiring to do so will be afforded an opportunity ot a twoday tour of the battlefields ot tho great war to most ot the party this visit to tho battlefields will be the climax of what all will regard ns truly the op portunity of a lifetime s1nglk comi5 and iatust orda or fram which has carried norwegian sunuu ssle explorers to their conquests during j four decades is being viinj fvi-t- vivt her last voyage the fram carried fridjof nausen toward the north pole in 1s93 and brought him back two years later when he reported having reached lati tude 86 degrees 11 minutes the north ernmost point visited by man up to then the same fram with a few new ac coutrements carried roald amundsen south in 1911 aud carried him back in triumph as discoverer ot the south pole to be acclaimed at home now the fram i3 to proceed to troudhjem to take part in an exhibi tion on the occasion of the 900th an niversary ot the introduction ot chris tianity into norway when she re turns she will be placed in the arctic museum here on her final voyage tho fram will bo captained by wisting the only liv ing man besides rear admiral rich ard e byrd who has seen both pole3 wisting was with amundsen at the j south pole in a dirigible in 1928 i the frams crew will be made up of old polar explorers from the nausen amundsen and sverdrup expeditious sox s 10 cts 100 latest sonjj hila seat for 10c fictory c it windsor out baby chicxs white leghorn larred plymouth ltoefc itabr chicks wonderful winter lavers ya havo been hatching for 7 vears deli mere poultry iarm stratford ont ainedlllbsin8wks and a boy friend writes susan satino thousands say new iroulzei yeast adds 3 to 1 s lbs in 3 weeks skin clears luto magic constipation nenos end get pleasant ironized yeast tablets from df uglst today a peril to egypt cairo sphinx egypt is menaced by vast swarms of locusts in the sinai peninsula at any moment a strong east wind may drive the swarms ot locusts across the narrow strip of des ert and sea but a still more serious situation may arise it the locust3 suc ceed in breeding in sinai indeed this i3 more than probable the hatching of locust eggs requires a cer tain amount of moisture in the soli normally sinai is too dry for this to happen but this years rains are with out precedent and there is a possi bility that the sand will remain moist till the weather becomes warm enough for the locusts to breed the situation is a grave one that call3 tor immediate action but it is difficult to get the authorities to realize tho mag nitude of a danger that is at present just at their doors tin swarms can be destroyed now if a fleet of cars is employed in sufficient numbers and equipped with flame guns and trained teams heumritismsoi after years of rheumatism now in perfect health say3 mr a duch- i armt thousands write rheuniatia i pains neuritis vanish like magia withfruit-atisconshpatiodindi- i gesttoa end overnight nerves quiet i ctjrfruititircsfroaidrugcisttodax l flash on coughs colds a speedy safe proven remedy for children and adults rucklevc o mixture p achlifiea flash a svcijt stppoovzsrr boils minards kills dandruff banff park set aside in 1885 banff national park in the province of alberta is- the oldest of the domini on playgrounds the original reserva tion having been set aside in 1ss5 it comprises an area of 38305 square miles of territory reserved for the en joyment of all who visit it it is also a wild life sanctuary evidence of which is manifest in the large number of sheep deer and bear to be seen in the areas adjacent to the highways of the park economy and politics perth western mail the ccullin government in australia has abolish ed on the ground of economy the de velopment and migration commis sion in the interests of that very economy which the new government would hug to itself for justification the continued functioning of the comj mission would have meant much to australia whatever its meth ods it stood for a very necessary prill- ciplo in australian public life pre venting tho dissipation of public funds in political ventures whose only rela tion to development was their descrip tion its executive death is a calamity a calamity of peculiar concern to western australia whose spaces cla mour for peoplo and production but whoso political pull against eastern states interests is weak the quality ot an art is in inverse ratio to the numbers who support it channlng pollock farm help- british boys and single men weekly parties during early spring apply now the secretary the salvation army immigration 808 dundas street woodstock ont iso jarvla street toronto ont 111 bcckwlth st smiths falls ont 1225 university st montreal que dry up aud disappear with min ards it kills tho poison aud draws out the inflammation beaverbrooks proposal sydney bulletin criticizing the tralff truce conference which was barren ot results the bulletin com pares it with tho empire crusade the idea is some relation to news paper millionaire beaverbrooks de mented proposition that all lie british dominions shall somehow be tricked into an arrangement for absolute free trade within the empire so that all the products of the united kingdom and of some 350000000 attached nig gers shall enjoy the run of tho aus- acld when you prove out this easy re- b0r3 slm c lief please do that for your own railan market and this common- sa wealth shall throw the biggest item of bo aure to get the genuine phillips rcvcm int0 ashheap and go milk ot magnesia prescribed by phvsi- lroko immediately amid tho vltupera- clans for 50 years in correcting excess ion3 ot john n ils iffgcst creditor aelil3 each botlo contains full dlrecj tlona o drugstore ue minardi in the stable do you suffer from constipation countless remedies arc advertised for constipation many relieve for the but ibey arc iiabit form ing and must be continued others contain calomel and dangerous min eral drugs which remain in the sys tem settle in he joints and cause aches and pains sonic arc harsh purgatives which cramp and gripe and leave a depressed after effect avoid lubricating oils which only grease the intestines and encourage natures machinery to become lazy a purely vegetable laxative such as carters little liver pills gently touches the liver bile starts to flow the bowclj move gently the intestines arc thoroughly cleansed and constipa tion poisons pass away the stomach liver and bowels are now active and the system enjoys a real tonic effect all druggists c and 75c red pkg o total fares to canada advanced britishers in canada may now bring forward their families relatives and friends on easy terms for full details npnlv j d cameboit dim sunt colonization canadian faclflc hallway toronto british reunion association liver in vancouver v three year ago chiu in vancouver th fiouse physician at the hotel adrucd me to us kruschen satu jor a bad liver and constipation i can say t never have find anything thai par me atmott instant relief before and i therefor cot my chemist to order kruschen for me i think no less than 40 or 50 families have used it by my persuasion most other remedies on the market leave a bad effect in many irayt but i can safely say i havent been as well in many pears as since i have taken kruschen mrs c r 31 wittiamsportpa usa orilnl letter oa fllo or laipcemoo kruschen salt u obtainable at dmt nnl department atorea in canada at 75c a bottlo a bottle contain enough to last for 4 or g moatlu good health lor halfaccat a day ffsee trial offer it you luivo never tried ivrujtlim try it now tit our csiwnw wo i1m0 uiliuiivu a irtt many 6ncciil oiant package which mako it easy for you to prove our claim for voursclf ask your drugijiit tor tlio netr giant 7so imckaito xliu consists ot our rcgutnt 75c bottle tonethec with a noparato trial bottle bulliclcut for about ono nock open tho trial bottlo ont put it to tlio test and then if not entirely convinced that knuclien does everything wo claim it to do tlio reiiular iwttlo is still as cood as now tako it back our dniffiiist is authorised to return your 5c immediately anil without question jpu havo tried kruschen free at our expenso jyiiat could be fairer t manufactured by orlmtlis hughes ltd manchester hug i 1700 im toronto b kstab ltd importers mcfilllivray bros j poa quick harmless comfwct ckfldtvngyforlt toonstwincktxvhkajtwjsrsw ess headkois jswear olat si 25 all onstuti omristin situ s mint a o leonard roe 1 riflb at- new york air jflse like owh decided to take lydia e pinkhams vegetable compound moncton new brunswick licforo tny lost baby was born 1 was very weak nervous and dia- couraced i saw an advertisement in the paper about a woman who had jcen like me so i bought a bottln of iydta k iink- hatns vegetable compound i took three bottles and it carriod me safe ly through that critical time i have three children to care for and i feel well and strong i have told two other women about your medicine mragusansekauivr 82 albert street moncton new brun3wick- issue no 1130