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M. â- â- â€¢ Strength |in Summer comes to the man or woman "hose daily diet consists of and fruits.' Meat tatoes are a heavy load gestive organs. The Summer diet is Shred* ded Wheat Biscnit, a food that is 100 per cent, whole wheat and prepared in a digestible form. For break- fast with sliced bananas or berries, with milk or cream. Made in Canada. BRITISH PEERAGES. ST. DUiNSTAN'S HOSTEL. The Empire's Training School for Blinded Soldiers and Sailors. St. Dunstan's Hostel, in Regent's Park, London, is under the direction of Sir Arthur Pearson (himself blind) and Lady Pearson. At the date of the last report, March 31, 1917, the inmates numbered 354 and included men from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Tasmania, and Newfoundland, as well as the British Isles. Already 224 men have passed out, having learned one, and some- times more than one, of the following occupations: Massage, shorthand- writing, telephone operating, boot re- pairing, mat-making, basket-making, joinery, poultry farming and market gardening. Besides the occupations learned, the men master Braille and typewriting and netting work of various kinds. Every man is given a typewriter as his own possession when he has pass- ed the writing test imposed, and is well supplied with Braille literature. Each pupil has an individual teach- er. There are well over a hundred of these teachers, all of whom are vol- untary. Of the men who have left St. Dun- stan's and have been settled at their work, provided with plant, given stocks of raw material, and otherwise started in life, the vast majority are earning sums which prove very hand- some supplements to their pensions. Indeed there are quite a number of cases in which earnings are on a high- er scale than before the men were blinded. fbe men of St .Dunstan's are taught to play as well as to work. They have various sports games and debating societies and lessons in vo- cal and instrumental music. An after-care scheme is now being planned for which donations will be gladly received. Arrangements are made under this scheme for supervis- ing the men's work; providing their raw material of the best quality and at cost price, for marketing their goods and assisting them permanently all through their darkened life. These men have given very much indeed for their country, and for you. The least that can be given them in return is to ensure by every possible means that they are placed in a posi- tion successfully to fight their stern battle against so terrible a handicap as the loss of sight. Noble Houses Suffer Because of Their Contribution to the War. Eight peerages of the United King- dom are in peril of extinjjuishment, writes the London correspondent of the New York Sun. No fewer than 120 sons of peers have been killed in the war, sixty-two of them heirs to titles. Not all, of course, were only sons, so that not all the titles are in menace. Before the war's end, with- out doubt, there will be other casual- ties in noble families, other threats of the extinction of titles. So a weekly newspaper declares, "measures mu.st be taken to con- tinue" the peerage whose extinction is threatened. Probably there will be; the Englishman's love of a lord is getting to be more than a tradition and a sarcasm; for the noble houses have contributed magnificently of their sons in the fight for the nation's life. The Upper Chamber is an array of mourning these days, and it ap- peals more strongly to the sentiments and sympathies of the country than in many decades. When a hereditary peerage con- fronts extinction by reason of the failure of male issue it comes within the prerogative of the Crown to de- termine whether it may be continued through the female line. The royal assent has been granted in many cases; it is customary, in fact, when \the title is sufficiently old and rev- 'â-  ered to make it an institution, like j London Bridge or the Tower, or after- noon tea. But there is the possibility ! also of titles becoming extinct i through failure of both the male and I female lines, and comparatively par- . venu titles are by no means certain of maintenance through the royal pre- rogative. Of course, the family estates are not dissipated merely because the title ceases. The estates may be disposed of by the usual processes of law. (SEN. GADOCINA (aCN.POttP^ IN COMMAND OF ITALIAN ARMIES. These portraits sent from Italian headquartere by Miss Rosamondi poultbee, show His Excellency, General Luigi Cadorna, commander-in-chief of the ItaJian armies, and Qeneral Purro. second In command lion in China in 1900-1, for the public purse to be drawn on to the tune or $29,139,000; and in contrast to this it is interesting to note that England's campaign against the Zakk Khels ten years ago, only cost the Indian Government $285,000. This appears the merest trifle compared with the total cost of the great American civil war, which has been estimated at $10,- 000,000,000 sterling. MAGIC R"''â„¢^ I „„ BAKING"'" A°"M POWDER I SAVE THE CHILDREN Mothers who keep a box of Baby's Own Tablets in the house may feel that the lives of their little ones are reasonably safe during the hot weath- er. Stomach troubles, cholera in- fantum and diarrhoea carry off thou- sands of little ones every summer, in most cases because the mother does not have a safe medicine at hand to give promptly. Baby's Own Tablets cure these ti-oubles, or is given oc- caeionally to the well child will pre- vent their coming on. The Tablets are guaranteed by a government an- alyst to be absolutely harmless even to the newborn babe. They are es- pecially good in summer because they regulate the bowels and keep the stomach sweet and pure. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. The Late Dinner. Young Wife â€" I'm afraid that din- ner will be late, dear. Young Hubby â€" How's that, dar- ling? Young Wife â€" Why, I ordered some macaroni, but when it came this morning I had to send it back, for every stem was empty. Mlnard's Plnlment Cares Olstemper. Describing Him. The squad marched so poorly and went through their drill so badly that the captain shouted indignantly: "You knock-kneed, big-footed idiots, you are not worthy of being drilled by a cap- tainl What you want is a rhinocer- ous to drill you, you wretched lot of donkeysl'' Then. turning aside: "Now, lieutenant, you take charge of them!" for we have our own quarters and our recreation-rooms, in which are installed games of all kinds, sewing machines for the industrious, and pianos. Besides this, we can attend j the camp theatre or cinema, and some- 1 times one or more of our number fig- ARE I ures on the programme at the former. HOW IS YOUR APPETITE? By a Frenchman's invention as a language student hears a word spok- en by a phonograph he also sees it appear on a printed roll in conjunction with its translation in his own tongue. â- â- :! Instant Postum A table drink that has taken the place of tea and coffee in thousands of Canadian homes. "There's a Reason" Delightful flavor Rich aroma Healthful Economical Sold by grocers everywhere ! Loss of appetite during the sum- 'â-  mer months is a common trouble, and indicates that the digestive sys- I tem is out of order. Lacking a healthy appetite many peopleâ€" es- pecially women â€" go too long with- ! out food, or eat sparingly because '. food seems to distress them, and it ' is no wonder that they complain that : they are constantly tired and unable to stand the hot weather. This sim- ply means that the digestive system is not doing its proper work, and that ' the nutriment that should come from the food is not being distributed to the various, organs of the body. In other words the blood is growing thin and watery. I You need a summer tonic, and in all the realm of medicine there is no tonic can equal Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Take a short treatment with these pills now and notice how ' promptly your appetite returns and your power to digest food improves. Your food will then do you good, your strength will riturn and you will no longer complain that the hot weather tires you out. The best time to begin taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills is the moment you feel the least bit out of sorts. I The sooner you do so the sooner you will regain your old timo energy. You can get these pills through any medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. A GOOD SET OF RULES. Boys and Girls Would Do Wetl to Follow Them Out. Here is a set of rules which every boy and girl would do well to follow: Be brave. Courage is the noblest of all gifts. Be silent while your elders are speaking, and otherwise show them deference. Obey. Obedience is the first duty of every boy and girl. " Be clean. Both yourself and the place you live in. Understand and respect your body. It is the temple of the spirit. Be the friend of all harmless wild life. Conserve the woods and flow- ers, and especially be ready to fight wild fire in forest or in town. Word of honor is sacred. Play fair. Foul play is treachery. Be reverent. Be kind. Do at least one act of unbargaining service every day. Be helpful. Do your share of the work. Be joyful. Seek the joy of being alive. « Two girls share a room, either in the camp itself or in a ho»tel near at hand, run by the Military Section of the Women's Legion, which is our real employer, and with whom we have, contracted to serve. The Women's Legion. ' We wear a dinky uniform. A jack- et and skirt of khaki, with a red shoul- "PRIVATE" MARY JANE-ARMY COOK TWO THOUSAND WOMEN NOW COOKING FOR TOMMY. One of Them Tells of Her Work. Her Pay, and Her Prospects in the Women's Legion. I'm in the Army, and yet I'm a wo- man. No, I'm not one of those Ama- | der strap, bearing the letters. "W.L.," zons you sometimes read about, as well as a Women's Legion band, though I do wear a khaki uniform, ' chosen by Lady Londonderry, who is draw Army pay from the regimental the founder of the league, while a paymasters, work in the Army, and : brown felt hat of the Canadian type live in a camp, writes an English wo- ! completes the outfit. man. | ^^ assistant-cook I draw a salary It's a bit of a puzzle, isn't it, to find , of $100 per annum, with $fi.50 extra a woman doing all these things, which | per year for laundry, which is also are supposed to be the exclusive pre- ! the scafe of pay for assistant-wait- rogative of men alone. The secret isiresses; but when I got promoted to that I'm an Army cook. head cook this was raised to $200 per The average man in the street only | annum, while the washing allowance associates women's war work with remained the same, 'bus-conductors, munition-makers, ! There is one more step which I can lift-girls, railway-porteresses, and so j take â€" that to superintendent cook, on; but, scattered all over the country | where I shall draw the princely sum â€"some in Army depots, and others in of JSOO per year, with all found, so convalescent camps â€" there are over i that I am now getting, even as head- two thousand women like me, who j cook, a far greater salary than I are in the Army, actually and truly, should have ever reached in private in every sense of the word. ' service. And if I can only realize my I've belonged to the Army now for ambition, and become a superintend- over twelve months, and I'm proud to ' e"t, I shall be able to put by a nice be able to say that I'm replacing at I'ttle sum to act as a nest-egg when least one man for the fighting-line by 1 1 have to leave the Armyâ€" if ever I being here. I used to be a cook in | doâ€" when the boys come home again, private service before I joined; but Keep on Cultivating. Constant tilage feeds growing crops, releasing the plant food which is taken up by the growing plants. All things being equal, crops that are frequently and properly cultivated will yield very much heavier than the same crops that are cultivated only occa- sionally. MONEY ORDERS. A Dominion Express Money Order for Five dollars costs three cents. In China there is an oil well that ! has been drilled to a depth of 3,600 feet with the most primitive native tools. Klaard'a Unlmant Core* OiDbtberla. ICliiard'a Unlment Cnres aartrst in Cowa CiA.vcEH. ti;mohs. i.cmps, etc.. Intei-nal unU external, cured with- out pain by "ur iiome treatment. Writ© UB beforn too late. Dr Bellman Medical Co.. Llmlte.l. r<.llln>,'wni..l Ont Many Millions in Sorrow. The War Study Society, of Copen- hagen, estimates the total loss of belligerents in' dead, wounded and sick at 19,228,800, and counts about 5,000,000 missing. Each soldier re- presents on the average a family of five persons, so that the war has brought personal distress to a popu- lation greater than that of the United States. And this does not in- clude the death and injury of non- combatants themselves. After the Ml (lr»nalito4 Btbi W I S UanHeltlTFftT.i QMDI I'nr are* tbi aodBiD*n.iMT«rt)«r ^'na m nvrbot ruurlcrrlng •aT« M ToorTMtli ana «ub Hi* iiaaie rnfniuriiy. Care tor Thtm. You Cunet Buy Nmr EywJ (oM M Drax kBd Optical SloiM at br UMii, Au Hurio* Etc RtuM^r Co.. Chlaaa. .'or PrM Im^ TW« B>n far « Utttlaa Mndnf 1> for Tiro* Bim. Hwl Qrn â€" Sum Bree â€" " Breiiai. HMu â€" Re Kt o rea. rtteTreat- m«D1 I'nr are* tbat feaL dr? If a healthy child has a (|uart of milk a day, besides an egg, and butter on his bread, he probably gets enough fat. Mlaard'a Ualmant Cnraa Colda. Bto. Rape is not only a land cleaner, but an excellent feed for dry stock. hearing that there was a scheme on foot to replace men-cooks with wo- men, where they could be found, I of- fered m/ services to the War Office. The Order of the Day. I had to pass a medical examina- tion, the same as any other recruit, only, instead of going out on a par- ade ground, and learning the way to inarch and turn, and performing the antics called Swedish drill, I started as an assistant-cook, working for the time being under a chief man Army I gyt jj. cook. Every morning at six I had to be in ' the kitchen, to prepare the food for , the men's breakfasts, and after this | had all been got ready we managed ! to get our own first meal. After that came the preparation for dinners. We , peeled potatoes, cleaned cabbage and I other green vegetables, and cut up I This is to certify that fourteen I years ago I got the cords of my left wrist nearly severed, and was for about nine months that I had no use of my hand, and tried other Liniments, also doctors, and was receiving no benefit. By a persuasion from a friend I got MINARD'S LINIMENT and used one bottle which completely cured me, and have been using MIN- ' ARD'S LINIMENT in my family ever! since and find it the same as when I ' first used it, and would never be with- ' .\phids, commonly called plant lice. are small, delicate, winged or wing- less insects which feed upon plant juices, draining them from the foliage, fruit, twigs or roots through a beak pushed through the plant tissues. Con- tact sprays, such as kero.>.ene emul- , sion, soap washes, nicotine solutions, â-  etc., must be used to kill aphids. ! YES LIFT A CORN OFF WITHOUT I'AIN Aug. .list. ISAAC 1908. E. MANN. Metapedia, P. Q., THE COSTLIEST OF WARS Previous '•"xpensive Conflicts Do Not Compare With Present War. The Jordan. Religion, history and nature con- spire to make the Jordan the most famous river of the earth. Across it the hosts of Israel were led into the Promised Land; in its waters the Christian rite of baptism had its birth; up and down its valleys many civilizations iii the nvorning of history rose and fell. Perhaps the strangest thing about this famous river is that none of the ancients ever guessed that its mouth was below the level of the sea. It was not until 1874 that accurate measurements were made and the mouth of the river was found 1292 feet below the Mediterranean less than 60 miles away. It is certain that the present con- , the eight ounces of meat which is each flict of nations will place all other, man's allowance. Some cooks would wars in the shade as regards expenses, be making the pastry for pies or The costliest war on record hithert), puddings, while still others would that between Italy and Austria in watch the big joints for roasting, ac- ! 18(36, only cost $50,000,000. j cording to their several special abili- It was a record, however, because ties. i the war only lasted twenty days, or at At about ten o'clock, and when the a rate of half a million sterling per pots and pans are sizzling merrily, we day. England's last war in South set about clearing up the kitchen. At Africa cost her approximately $975,- eleven we stop work in two batches for "Stand easy" â€" a quarter of an hour during which we go out for a walk to get fresh air, if fine, or chat under the veranda if it is raining. 000 per day, and, excluding the pres- ent war. Great Britain has spent a trifle of $1,135,000,000 on war in the short interval since 1895. Russia, however, in the fifty years that began .At a quarter to twelve we get the with the Crimean war and ended with dinners out of the ovens and coppers, ' the war against Japan, spent $1,075,- ready for the orderlies of the messes 000,000 sterling on fighting, and lost when they call to collect them, and â-  664,000 soldiers' and sailors' lives in by noon every scrap of food â€" except the process. Cincinnati man tells how to dry up a corn or callus so it lifts off with fingers. .o 1>â€" o â€" o â€" o â€" oâ€" o â€" o â€" o â€" o â€" o â€" oâ€" You corn-pestered men and women need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes that nearly killed you before, says this Cincinnati authority, because a few drops of freezone applied directly on a tender, aching corn or callus, stops soreness at once and soon the corn or hardened callus loosens so it can be lifted off, root and all, without pain. A small bottle of freezone costs very little at any drug store, but will posi- tively take off every hard or soft corn or callus. This should be tried, as it! is inexpensive and is said not to irri- ti.te the surrounding skin . If you druggist hasn't any freezone! tell him to get a small bottle for ycni from his wholesale drug house. It is fine stuff and acts like a charm every i time. lie Son Was Manufacturers of artificial butter in Europe are now largely using oil pi-es- sed from copra, which is the dried moat of eocoanuts, instead of animal fat. our own dinners â€" has disappeared from the kitchen. Follows a little more clearing up, and at half-past twelve we dine. A Dinky L'niform. Half of us are off duty in the after- noon arid the other half prepare the food which Tommy will have for to- morrow morning's breakfast, and see that the water ia boiling for tea, and that any little luxuries, such as bloat- ers, or an occasional steak and toma- toes, and that sort of thing, is cooked and hot by four o'clock. The evening, after tea ha.s been sounded off, and the kitchen cleared up, is our ow-n. We have half a day's leave each week, ami once a month a full day, besides which, when the sol- diers get their periodical lenvoa, we too, go for the snmo length of time, again taking it in batches, as there ; must always be someone in the kitch- j en to cook for the men in c.tmp. .â- ' . Our life isn't dull by any means,. In recent times the most expensive i war, excluding that in South Africa, ' was the coraparntivoly small affair for the stamping out of the Boxer rebel- I Kip NET' M:?\ ILS- \X*-^' ED. 7. ISSUE 29â€" '17. With Ringworm Which Turned to Eczema. Jost One Mass. Cuti- cuta Completely Healed. "My little son, three years old, took ringwdrm on his left ann, atid he scratched it so that it turned to eczema. It then spread to his back, chest, arms, lejj[s and head. It was just one mass of corniplion and it in.idc my heart ache to sec him scratch; he would just tear himself. He was a pitiful sight. "1 road about Ciiticiira Soap and Oint- ment. By the time I luid used the second box of Ciiticura Clintineiit with the Cmi- cnra Soayj he was completely healed." (SiKued) Mrs. R, K. Peachev. R. R. 1, Waldeinar, Out., neceiuber .<<), 1')I6. CuticuTa Soaj) daily for the toilet and Cuticura Oiiitinciit as needed prevent piinj.iles, blackheads or oilier etiipliMiis. For Free Sample Each by Mail sl!- dtess pnst-carJ: "Cuticiirn. Pot>'. .\, Botston, U. S. A," ::. 'l , v iw •,. i.. The Soul of a Piano is the Action. Insist on the "OTTO HIGEU' PIANO ACTION ^< B(M)K U\ /*n^^ DOG DISEASES v^r .\nd How to Feed Amrlca's Pleaiw Dot ReowdlK Mallnl {r«« lo an^ adJms l>r tile Auti-or H. CUT GLOVER CO.. Inc. 118 WmI .lilt StfMt, New York Dr. Ferdinand King, New York Physician and Medical .Author SayM EVERY WOMAN EVERY MOTHER EVERY DAUGHTER NEEDS IRON AT TIMES To put strength into her nerves and color into her cheek.s. There r a n he no beuutl- ful. h.-«llli>\ roay - che^kea women with* out Iron. Th» trouble In lh« UH.'l has tifen iliHt when wo- iiKMi needed Iron thev Ken- I'rully look orilirmrv nie- iiiilli' Iron, which o f t » n ciirroiied the Blomach una did far more harm than (food. To-day doelors pre- scribe urKiinli- Iron â€" N'uxutPd Iron. ThiH partlculnr lorm of Iron l8 onislly assimilated. dop8 not blaekon lu^r in- jure the teeth nor unset the Hidiiiiich. It will liicreaHo the ."^trf-nKlh unci eu- duranea of weak. norvoUH. Irrltiible, careworn. hagKard looking women InO per cent In two we^k.s' time In many InstunceH. I ha\o UHed It In inv own practice with most .â- â- urprtylriK re..*ullM. â€" Ferdinand KlnK, M- t>. ITOTE: NtTXATBD I&OIT recommand- sd at>ov« hy Or. Ferdinand Xlnir cui b« obtained from oay orood druffriat witb an abiolnta iraarantos of success or money refunded. It la dispensed by all ffood drufarists. BROKEN DOWF IN HEALTH Woman Tells How $5 Worth of Pinkham's Compound Made Her Well. Lima, Ohio. â€" "I was all broken down in heal th from a displacement. One of my lady friends came to see me and she ad- vised me fx» com- mence taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg- etable Compound and to use Lydia E!. Pinkham's Sanative Wash. 1 began tak- ing your remedies andtook$5.00\v()rUi and in two months was a well woman after three doctors said I never would stand up straight again. I was a mid- wife for seven years and I recommended the Vegetable Compound to every wo- man to take before birth and after- wards, and they all got along so nicely that it surely is a godsend to suffering women. If women wi.sh to write to me 1 will be delighted to answer them." â€"Mrs. Jennie Moyeh, 342 E.North St, i Lima, Ohio. I Women who suJTer from displace- ments, weakness, irregularities, ner- vousness, backache, or bearing-down pains, need the tonic properties of th« r'^ofs and herbs contained in Lydia EL linkham'a Vegetable Compound,