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/ / Is Breakfast Ready? The answer is easy in the hpme where Shredded ,miito( Biscuit is the regular tvery day breakfast cereal. ,Being ready - cooked and • ready. to- eat, Shredded Wheat Biscuit is the joy of the housekeeper in Summer. Served with sliced bananas, berries, or other fruit, they make a nourishing, satisfying meal at a cost of a few cents. Made in Canada. DOWNING STREET. Britannia's Headquarters is a Most Unpretentious Alley in London. Downing street â€" .A. blind alley about 100 yards long which is the headquar- ters of the British Empire. Ten Downing street â€" A brown brick gable roofed old house, just across the blind alley from the Foreign Office, which for 250 years has been the of- ficial residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, who is commonly the Premier of Great Britain. There is practically no garden about the place. The old house, as gloomy and uninviting as could possibly be imagined, looks as if it might have been dropped by accident under the lee of the huge Foreign Office build- ing just across Powning street. But none the less Downing street is the headquarters of the British Em- pire, and 10 is the residence of the Premier, says a writer in the New York Sun. I wonder how many .Amer- icans, or for that matter Britishers, know that Downing street was named after an American. It was. Whether Sir George Downing was actually born at Salem, Mass., it not quite certain. The records in Massa- chusetts and the histories in England have been searched with great care without making the matter quite cer. tain. But it is pretty well established that he was born in Old Salem, and there is no doubt he was the son of Emmanuel Downing of Saiem and his wife, Lucy, who was a sister of Gov. Winthrop of Massachusetts. Appar- ently Downing was not highly esteem- ed, at least by some of his contempor- aries. The editor of the Calendar of Treasury Books (1660-1667) charact- erizes him as a "double perjured trait- or," but admits he was "a most cap- able official." This enterprising New Englander, who managed to occupy an important post in the Cromwellian army and afterward to make his peace with Charles IL and to serve the State with something of disHnction and a good deal of profit to himself under the Restoration, may or may not have deserved the reputation he enjoys among some English historians. Peo- ple who have read Pepys's Dairy will perhaps not recognize the Downing to whom frequent references are made therein as the Sir George Downing who succeeded in giving his name to the headquarters of Britannia. BLESS THE LITTLE GARDENS. "Lord God in Paradise, Look upon our sowing; Bless the little gardens And the good green growing! Give us sun, Give us rain. Bless the orchards And the grain! "Lord God in Paradise, Please bless the beans and peas, Give us corn full on the ear â€" We will praise thee, Lord for these! Bless the blossom And the root. Bless the seed And the fruit! "Lord God in Paradise, Over my brown field is seen. Trembling and adventuring, A miracle of green. Send such grace As yon know. To keep it safe And make it grow! "Lord God in Paradise, For the wonder of the seed. Wondering, we praise you, while We tell you of our need. â€" Look down from Paradise, Look upon our sowing. Bless the little gardens And the good green growing! Give us sun, Give us rain. Bless the orchards And the grain!" â€" Louise DriscoU, in New York Times. ONE OF WAR'S - " SUFFERERS SIR MONTAGU ALLAN, A NOTED CANADIAN. Of Four Children Only One ia Left to Him, And She is Nurs- ing in France AGENTS WANTED One Agcnl in each town, to «ell a new American home article, 0-\OOAS. miik- Ing: Light and Heat, from common coal oil. In any home, aa needed. -No dirt, smoke, odor, no flreii to build and no ashes to carry. Cheapest and most ef- ficient of aJl fuels. Write quickly. Gloria Heat and Light Co.. 391 Tonge Street, Toronto, /;= In the Moment's Modes rf» THE STORY OF THE STAIRS Every time you go up stairs you can test your state of healthâ€" the condi- tion of your blood. Do you arrive at the top of the stairs breathless and distressed 7 Does your heart palpitate violently ? Do you have a pain in your side ? Perhaps you even have to stop half way up, with limbs trembling and head dizzy, too exhausted to go fur- ther without resting. These are un- failing signs of anaemia. As soon as your blood becomes Impoverished or Impure the stair-case becomes an In- strument of torture. When this is so you are unfit for work; your blood is watery and your nerves exhausted, you are losing the Joy of an active life and paving the way for a further break down and decline. In this con- dition only one thing can save you. You must put put new, rich, red blood into your veins without further delay and so build up your blood anew. To get this new, rich blood give Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills a fair trial, and thpy will give you new vitality, sound health, and the power to resist and throw off disease. For more than a generation this favorite medicine has been in use throughout the world and has made many thousands of weak, despondent men and women bright, active and strong. Vou can get Dr. Williams' Pink PlUs through any dealer in medicine, or by mall at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockvllle. Out. Upon very few of the notable fami- lies of Canada has the war put so heavy a hand as on that of Sir Montagu Allan of Montreal. When the Lusitania went down off the coast of Ireland he lost two of his three daughters, and his wife was injured. On Monday week official word was re- ceived in Canada that his only son. Flight Lieut. Hugh Allan, had been killed while fighting Huna in France. Thus a family of four has been reduc- ed to one â€" the sole survivor being Miss Martha -Allan, who went to Eng- land in the fall of 1914, and has since been engaged in nursing there and in France. Lady Allan is head of the Canadian Red Cross in London, and Sir Montagu is connected with the Canadian Pensions Board in London. The whole family being overseas, no one but servants have occupied palatial "Ravenscrag," one of the show places of Montreal, for the past two years. Situated on Pine avenue, on I the slope of the mountain overlooking j the city, it is one of Canada's most i gorgeous homes , Even now its con- servatories are open every Saturday 1 for the delight of flower lovers, I Sir Montagu is the son of Sir Hugh j Allan, one of the founders of the ! I Allan Line, which was taken over some ' time ago by the C.P.R, but which still , j^ ^e quite up to date one must own retains its name. Besides being ^ ^^^^^ „f ^^f^t^ ^^^^i^^^d or satin ^ president of the Merchants Bank, Sir ^^i^^^j ^.^^^ organdie. The illustra The Climbing Com. Don't want that com For to grow so high / That its silky tassels Will sweep the sky; That I'll spend by time Huntin' ladders to climb 'Fore the dinner bell is ringin'. But I want that corn For to show its head Somewhat higher Than the table's spread. Till the harvest sky Sees the barns piled high When the dinner bell is ringin'. KEEP CHILDREN WELL DURING HOT WEATHER Every mother knows how fatal the hot summer months are to small chil- dren. Cholera infantum, diarrhoea, dysentry and stomach troubles are rife at this time and often a precious little life is lost after only a few hours illness. The mother who keeps Baby's Own Tablets in the house feels safe. The occasional use of the Tablets pre- vents stomach and bowel troubles, or if trouble comes suddenly â€" as it gen- erally does â€" the Tablets will bring the baby safely through. They are so'd by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockvllle, Ont. GILLETTS CLEANS-DISINFECTS .iVn Electric Blanket. One of the latest electrical inven- tions is an electric blanket which is designed especially for outdoor sleep- ers. The blanket is said to have a heating area of four by six feet, and can be regulated to an even tempera- ture of from 82 to 112 degrees by a switch placed neai the head of thfl sleeper. MONEY ORDERS. REMIT by Dominion Express Money Order. If lost or stolen, you get your money back. -A. motor car manufacturer was fond of naming his cars after flowers. "I think of calling that new car," he told a friend, "the 'Crimson Rambler.' " The friend, who had been out on the new car. suggeste<i, pawkily: "Why not call it the 'Virginia Creeper?'" _ Xiiukzd's Xilalmtnt Cures Olatncper. MY SONG. God gave me a little song To sing upon the way; Rough may be the road and long, Dark may be the day; Yet a little bird can wing, Yet a little flower can .spring. Yet a little child can .sing. Make the whole world gay. â€" Laura E. Richard.s Wt/Httj^^iSS^'^'^^' '\''^ ^H^a^^^^^wK' ^i^ - ' i^ flM^^m^ â- â€¢^^ Br^..#, TlM k^ P* ;^ 1 ^K^ ' ^^m K ^;^ S f; â- ^ m ^ ^^^Ib^^k^ ml B It is doubtful if any of us realize the tion shows a dress of soft taffeta with n*'^'! 'hat there will be for meat and j collar, lapel facing and even pockets of "^e stock in the European countries ; this sheer material. McCall Pattern ^if^er peace is declared. Canadian I No. 7869; Ladies' Service Dress; breeding stock and Canadian meat pro- j two-piece skirt in 38 or 36-inch length, ducts will be in demand. It behooves the i In 7 sizes: J4 tp 46 bust. Price, 20 Canadian breeder and feeder lo grasp I cents. the opportunity and produce a niaxi- I This pattern can be obtained from •«""» of live stock when protspecis are : your local McCall dealer, or from the so good for continuous high prices. McCall Co., 70 Bond St, Toronto, -^'o better outlet for the best cf hi^ j Get your binder twine in now. I Most dealers have their supply in and } they may not be able to buy more. I Get yours now and then you will have I «gCBI.r.AJfT:OTI» C.A.NCER. TVMOnS. LL'MPS. ETC.. Internal and external, cured with- out pain by our home tr*»atmenl. Writ* UR before too Inte Dr Bellman Medical Co., Limited, rnll'.newonci 'in!. The Soul of a Piano is the Action. Insist on the "OTTO HIGEU' PIANO ACTION ^x: Dept, W. I stuff can be found than at the aucticii sale of the Eighth Annual Toronto Fat Stock Show. Cnion Stock Harris. December 7th and Sth next. Serious Matter. I Doctor â€" I'm afraid you are going to I be ill. I shall have to examine your ' heart, ! Betty (who is in love)â€" butâ€" but, Willie Wi^llisâ€" Pa. what's a doctor, you are discreet, aren't you 7 ^" trades . Defined. "Jack of ,When Your Eyes Need Care Papa Willis â€" Generally a fellow who can produce everything except re- sults. Sir Montagu .\llan. Close to It. Ltttle Girl â€" Did you ever dream of being in heaven ? Little Boy â€" No, not exactly, but I dreamed once that I was right in the middle of a big apple dumpling. /; Preparing for To-morrow Many people seem able to drink tea and coffee for a while without apparent harm, but when health disturbance follows, even though slight, it is wise to investigate. Thousands of homes, where tea or coffee was found to disagree, have changed the family table drink to Instant Postum With improved health, and it usually follows, the change made becomes a permanent one. It pays to pi'^pai'e for the health of to-mon*ow. "There's a Reason" V I'aiiudlan Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd. Wlnilaor, Ont. DEVICE FOR FISH-CATCHING. Will Scoop Up 60.000 Pounds Per Hour. Freeze and Pack Them. To catch fish like a whale gets them a machine has been invented by a Brooklyn man to bring in 60.000 pounds of fish in an hour without hook, line or bait and then freeze and pack them by the simple operation of a few levers. He is now organizing a company to build fishing boats from plans he has drawn. The boat pushes befort it a huge scoop to which the fish are attracted at night by powerful searchlights. From the narrow etui of the scoop a conveyer carries them up into the body of the boat, where they are sorted and are carried by lateral con- veyors to the refrigerating and cann- ing rooms. The method of operating the fish- ing machine is described as follows by its inventor: "Three large searchlights are used to light the water ten miles ahead of the boat. .A.s our speed with the scoop in position will be about ten miles an hour it will give the fish a full hour to get into line. ".\s the ray of light is very wide at the farther end and becomes constant- ly narrower as the boat approaches and as the width of the light is re- duced so gradually as to permit all the fish in the vk'inity to be drawn into the narrow strip of water cover- ed by the light directly in front of the scoop, all the fish which have ga- thered will be thrown into confusion by the sudden disappearance of the light, and guided by the walls of the scoop to the speeding conveyer will be safely landed by it on deck. "The machine after the first hour's use of the light will actually pick up all the fish from a strip two miles wide and 100 feet deep at the rate of eighty-eight feet a minute, "Estimating 1,000 pounds of fish a minute, the boat would pick up thirty tons in an hour, or 300 tons in a ten- hour night. At 5 cents a pound this would bring $30,000 for one night's catch. Six of these machines will keep the United States supplied with fish, fish oil, fish meals, fish scrap and fertilizer. Thirty-five more will sup- ply all the world." Montagu is a director of a dozen of Canada's big corporations. He is an ! enthusiastic horseman, having on more j than one occasion annexed the Toronto I Queen's Plate. He is in the million- I aire class several times over, and has given large donations to public ' charities. I .> L'*<c Murine E.veMetllcine. NuyuiartinBâ€" Fecik Fine â€" -\et>i (julckly. Try It fi.r lUd, Wraii, ^i>re EyfsaniHfraDulnti'd Eyelids. Murine Is compo-.indetf by ourOLMiiiHtu â€" not a •'Put«'nt Medicine"â€" but u««*dIniiu<*ce«Mf 111 Pbyauda Da' Practice for man.v yeiirs. N<iw dedicated lo the Public and «oid b.v DruggUtx at bi>c per Bottle. Murine Ere Salve In A-ieptlc Tul^j J5c and 50c. Write for book of the Bye Fic^, Murine Eye RamadyCo'npany, Chicago, AdT. lUsard's Idnlmsnt Cnres Qarvet In Cowa Pray for whom thou lovest; thou wilt never have any comfort ,of his friendship for whom thou dost not yray. WAITING IN VAIN. For the Ma.ster Who Will Never Re- ' turn From the Battlefield. Somewhere in France a dog waits â€" has been waiting since .â- X.ugust, 1914 â€" for the return of his master, and the latter will never return, for he lies sleeping where ho fell â€" in one of the first battles of â-  great war. The story is told by the Figaro, A peac- ant from the Puy de Dome joined his regiment at Riom when the mobiliza- tion began. He took his dog with him and they were inseparable until the day came for the man to leave for the front. When the train steamed away,' Canon, for that was the dog's name, remained looking wistfully at it as it receded, dwindled away to a mere Avoid spot on the horizon and then disap- flustered. peared, carrying his master out of his Learn self-control. sight for ever. rapid wrinkle-bringer. But Canon's faith in the power of Be temperate. Moderation does not his master's love to reunite them one only refer to the stomach. Overdo- day is stronger than the will of na- ing in any way makes premature age. tions, and he refuses to leave the sta- Love the open air. French air is tion at Riom. Upon the arrival of not a fad, it is a necessity if one would each train he dashes out on to the keep young. platform, runs first to the locomotive Get plenty of sleep. Nothing lines and then scampers from carriage to the face like nights of wakefulness, carriage, looking for the object of his Keep mentally alert. .^n intellec- affection â€" until the whistle blows and tual back number add.< years to her he is left to gaze wistfully, as he did seeming age. Nothing makes for once in 1914. i youth like a young mind save, per- * â-  I haps, a young heart, A cup inverted in the centre of a' I-^on't "let yourself get sluggish and meat pie will keep tlje juice from running over. Bees Us* Telephone Box. Trouble on the telephone lines cen- tering at Port Byron, .\'.Y., was found recently to be caused by a swarm of bees that had taken po^'^essil'n nf the I p to Him. terminal box and were using it as a I A party of workmen were sitting in hive. When the seat of the trouble a group one winter evening discuss- was discovered the bees had already ing the various North Pole expedi- started the making of comb in a corn- tions. Finally one quiet member of er of their new home. The prob- the party was appealed to. lem of ousting the undesirable ten- "Well, what do you think of it. ant.s from the telephone box was solv- Pat?" ed by stuffing the cracks with cotton I "I think that the man that put the saturated with carbon disulphide, pole out there ought to go and get it, which suffocated the bees, and not have them looking for it," n plied Pat. I bought a horse with a supposedly inciirHble ringbone for $30 00. Cured him with $1,110 worth of MINAKDS LINIMK.N'T and sold him for $85.00. ProHt on Liniment, $.t4. MOISE DEROSl'E, Hotel Keeper, St. Phllllppe, Que. Keep Young, worry, hurry and Poor tea that can be sold at a low- price is most extravagant in use, .\ little good tea, like Salada. makes many more cups; hence it's real economy. To shine boots (luickly do not blacken, but rub on a piece of orange and let the juice dry in; then polish with a soft brush and they will shine like a mirror. Kisard's. Unlment Coras Colda, Etc. .\n automobile which can be used as a fire engine, a street sweeper or sprinkler, or as a six-ton freight truck is in use in a European city. getting .â- \nger is a WO.MEN : IT IS MAGIC 1 LIFT OUT ANY CORN indifferent. Here is where the bene- fit of massage, physical culture and a vital interest in life conies in. i- DODDS '>- KIDNEY- S/PILLS J. 'VBETE5 For Them I Did It. In France last year I went along the French front, said Premier Llody George in a recent speech, and I met one of the finest generals in the French .•X.rmy^General Gouraud â€" and he said: "One of my soldiers a few days ago did one of the most gallant and daring things any soldier ever did. He was reckless, but he managed to come back alive, and someone said to I him, "Why did you do that? You have got for children, and you might I have left it to one of the young fel- lows in the .-^rmy. What would have happened to your children?" .\nd his answer was: "It was for them I did it" ED. 7. ISSUE 31 â€" '17. iua»pd'» Unlwaat Core* DlphtharlA. Apply a few drops then lift corns or calluses off with fingers â€" no pain. Just think! Y'ou can lift off any corn or cal- lus without pain or sore- ness. A Cincinnati man dis- covered this ether com- pound and named it freezone. Any drug- gist will soil a tiny bot- tle of freezone, like hers shown, for very little cost, Y'ou apply a few drops directly upon a tender corn or callus. Instantly the soreness disappears, then short- ly you will find the corn or callus so loose that you can lift it right off. Freezone is wonder- ful , It dries instantly. It doesn't eat away the corn or callus, but shrivels It up without even irritating the surrounding skin. Hard, soft or corns between the toes, as well as painful calluses, lift right o(T. There ia no pain before or after- wards. If your druggist hasi't freezone, tell him to order a small bot. tie for you from his wholesale i!rug bcus«. ^^^ BUOK 0\ 'W^ DOG DISEASES .•Vnd How to Feetl Anirlcas PtOTetr Doi Remiiin MrultO rre*. ;o any ad^lr^ss 1; ae Attltior H. CLAY GLOVER CO., Inc. 118 Wej»31.tStra«t,New York NUXATED IRON increases sirougih of delicate, nervous, rundown people loD per cent, in ten days in many instances. tV*<> forfeit if It fails as per full ex- planation in large appear in this paper. vour doctor or drtigglst about Suffered Three Weeks With Chapped Hands. Sore and Unsightly. Cuticura Soap and Ointment Healed. Above are extracts from • signed statement recently re> ceived from Miss Gladys Hambleton, Roxton Falls, Que., Nov. 29, 1916. How much better to prevent such suffering by using Cuticura for every -day toilet purposes, the Soap to cleanse and purify the pores, with touches of Ointment now and then as needed to soothe and heal the first signs of eczemas, rashes, dandruff and pimples. You will use no other once you try these super-cseamy emollients. For Free Sample Each br Mail nd- dT-css posl-card "Cuticura, D«pt. A, Boston, U. S. A." S'id everv-wbi-re. NERVOUSNESS AND BLUES Symptoms of More Serious Sickness. Washington Park, III.â€" "I am the mother of four children and have suf- fered with female trouble, backache, "t-rvous spells and '<â-  blues. My ehil- Jren's loud talking and romping wouia make me so nervous I could just tear everything to pieces and I would ache all over and feel so sick that 1 would not want anyone to talk to me at times. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Fills re- stored me to health and I want to thank you for the good they have done me. I have had quite a bit of trouble ana worry but it does not affect my youth, ful looks. My friends say 'Why do you look so young and well ? ' 1 owe it all to the Lydia E. Pinkham remedies." â€" Mrs. RoBT. 8TOPIF.L. Sage Avenue, Washington Park, Illinois. If you have any symptom about which you would like to know write to tht Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, M:i;=s.. for helpful advice giveo free of Cbarj^e.