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olh artan 3rtmx88 tliffluuiar du1i mijl it c 1018 i jl a papcnleoo qav no 1 ai nt to pay 7 1 1 tl at what thoy say t wo chri liii iirnfta i or notea rv i iit 1 luikn nor votes no jntlpiu from folluul no noort rpr dictation no bond in tl o nation noinpr containers no ircal retainers i no pti rr man fawn no wito i ankets yawnl no parcels wrapped up no n crape for tho pup no blot torn to flout no dolls to clip out no crup breakfast oako no larehment wrapped steaks mu wrappers for bread no boo lea to bo read no ilea to aoarch through why there a nothlnc to do 1w gods medicine mirth la god a medicine soya wlao writer icverybody ouht bathe in it grim care moroesncea anxiety all tho rust of lifs ousht to be ecourod oft by the oil of mirth it la better than emery every man ought jo rub himself with it a man without mirth la like a wagon without springs in which one la cauaod to jolt disagreeably by every pebble over which it runs a man with mirth like a chariot with springs in which one can ride over the roughest road and scarcely feel anything but plea ant rocking motion undoubtedly we could trace much of the moroseneen in our bones past dys pepala back to our puritan ancestors who groaned as thoy worshipped and who for the glory of god pulled their faces as long as a yard stick they were the people who tike jacques sucked melancholy out ocll song aa a weasel sucks errs the san francisco argonaut says an exchange is responsible for the statement that there ls in milpltes victim of ffotere crushing sorrows who has a novel cure for despondency indigestion insorfi and kindred ills which is unpatented she determined one day to throw off the gloom which was rr ufo burden in and about her and establish a rule that she would laugh at least three times a day whether occasion was presented or not she trained her self to laugh heartily at the least pro vocation and without one would re tire to ber room and make merry by herself sbo la now in excellent health and buoyant spirits and her home has become usunny and cheerful abode husband and children have become greatly affected by her mirthfnlness and now alt of them are healthy and happy there la inestimable blessing in ch epirttjhrlthijqul throws its windows wide open letting in the sunshine and presenting to all who see if the evidence of its gladness it la not only happy but it has an un topeakoblo power of doing good t all the other beatitudes may be added blessed are the joy makers a merry heart doeth good uko medicine success mary pick fords 0 alary 13 that mary flckfard receives 070 000 a year for her work in moving pictures was revealed in the baprema court at new turk last week through the testimony of mrs com crrlng ton wukenlng a theatrical agent who is suing tho screen star for 10 per cent of the proceeds of her contract with the jtcktord film corpo and per cent of income she derived from the n nroeiri t a newspepe syndicate mrs wllkenlrur asserts that miss plckford who in domestic life gladys mary moore was receiving 14000 a week from adolph zukors famous flayers when she hoard of the large salary chortle chaplin was getting bho opined sbo was worth just as much as be and asked tho plaintiff to see if ahe could set better contract there wasjuckerlng with the chap lin management and she was offered f 10 000 weekly and a bonus of floooo for 86 weeks but she anally come to terms with zukor by which she gets her present salary it was brought out that miss plck ford bos received to date f 1 080 000 under her contract the case is still the joy of motherhood camo to this woman fter xalung lydia e pink ham vegetable compound to ftetoro her health y nilcnaburo wsbii after i wtl married 1 was not well for a long time and a rood ileal of the timo was not able to ffo about our trs tost desire was co have a child in our homo and on day my husband came back from town with a botus of lydia e pink- hams vegetable an effort rlan abavo the aggravating compound ana wanted me to try it it brought relief from my troubles i improved in health so i coold do my housework wo now have a htueono all of which i wo to lydia e- plnkhuns vegetable compound mra o b johnson r no 8 ehcnsburr wash there are women everywhere who loop- for children la their homes yet are denlod thin happiness on account of some functional disorder which in moat cssco woul 1 readily yield to lydia pinkhamo vegetable compound each women should not give dp hop until thoy havo given this wonderful medicine a trial and far special advfca write lydia e pink ham medicine co lynn mass- tho result of 40 years experience is at your service 10000 head op- geese ducks hens and chickens wanted highest ctmti frlco will be paid forties having poultry to sell should communicate at onco with r milligan corner you no and imii bta aeton or to p o dox 341 vegetables promptly delivered potatoes cadbaqeb onions carrots radishes beet8 celery a bishop market gardener fairvicw ave acton adove oncq aunnounoinqo flamtmlolidnon oi c mot tl n unkln 1 rrmiirk at n critic wh foment iitrn fan llvtnjt in an nlliy iv nnylntf it is trtis my houuo is locate 1 in an alloy lilt my j out iloctt not tli ore i hi i ad irartio 1 to le greater than hi i nurroun tlngi klne trres and cronti lawns were on plranlntf t 1 im an in ni y orrel ut ho know hi w to get al j jr wluic ut them in 1 in own yard and to enjoy tl night of them on other i coi len proj erty thoro nro fiomo pooplo wl o think thoy absolutely cannot live unlesn amid pleasing anil even luxurious nur round inge tl olr life work must be done in fine omrea and their homes they think must be large and abound ing in ovory comfort to be a bio to endure real physical dlncomfort la without doubt the hard rot kind of a trial after one has become used o certain ways or living nut the reply of tho stern old ingllsh moralist la a reminder that every one can by technical odd0 and end5 dalit of the i rlo jar ion of ictn nrn 1 nllov 1 ooo y ur 1 1 llvn trees in tl a hln oh von neai jcmnix 1 t 1 morn that tl n corcan 1 durl ir oio drat life mho may 1 to or to jiun till- rt lo niunl not i nak day of 1 r i mrrie owovor bivo free rol i pt in n lnif things of overyday existence the young man who goes to work in the city leaving behind a comfortablo country home docs not nrpif to feel that his life la boundod by the four walls of his imnll hau bodroom all that the city affords its parks libraries its museums and its art galleries are his for tho taking and however hard may be tho bhyolcal conditions of everyday existence bo does not need to feel that his soul dwells in an allay in the most cramped of quarters and under moat trying conditions it in rnnslblo for one a mind and soul to be i lgh up in thorealmn of joyous and neeno living m m 11 n 10f eitirn lavo brn found if tl c allluat i they nro oaten in tl e t indian inlnndn nnl rcscml lo tlio ekbn of tho ban yard 1 on except that thoy are larger among tl o dlnnnsca of whlrli tl a bacilli have actually 1 oen found t n flloa nro cholora tuberoulonls butmnln plague and typhoid fever together with tho us forming cocci the species of seaweed known an sea bamboo which grows in great ahun dance along the shores of south africa is a promising source of potash and mr ihttton urges that a careful nurve bo mule to determine its distribution the maximum apeod acquired ly a person swimming comfortably is 3d inchon a second wtillo an olfiht o ft rod boat in propelled through the witter at a rnto of nearly 200 feet a on con 1 moss i lays an important part in itotno places of retaining tho moisture in tt o ground and in other places in trrovontuiff sudden floods in alt infantile complaints that aro the result of the depredations of worms in the stomach and intestines minors worm powdors will be found en offoc tlvo remedy they attack tho cause of those troubles and by expelling the worms from the organs insure an orderly working of tho system with out which the child cannot maintain its strength or thrive these powders meanhealth and improvement xmfjle the fibeb anew the sir la cdld and crisp and already the fires are liindled an the hearth atones andfha ruddy blaze forms a contrast to the dull world outside now is the time for a hint to our young folks going out into the days with rekindled ardor after the sum mer gone kindle your hearts anew with love for those with whom you come in dally contact what are you dolrg towards bright en ing anothers ufo you are not standing alone others arv close at hand are- your thoughts centered in self or do thoy llko the ruddy blaze upon the hearthstone go out to lighten the somberness of the world around it wlllaoon be thetlme when w shall look back and ask what have i to be thankful for and when the grand thanksgiving feast of the year in at hand those who have lightened tho burdens of others warmed tho chilled hearts and kept the weary from drop ping will be very thankful indeed there la nothing that expands our own life llko entering into some other life the summers- record is cloaod and now as that of tho winter begins let us make it right at the start revive the jaded condition when energy nogs and the cores of business becomo irksome when the whole sys tern is out of sorts and there general depression try pormelee s vegetable plllsj they will regulate tho action of a deranged stomach and adisarder ed liver and make you feel like a now man no one need suffer a day from debilitated digestion when ao almplu and cflecuvo a pill can be got at any drug store making it eaoy foj himself tor four consecutive nights tho hotel man had watched his fair timid guest fill her pitcher at the water cooler 1iftdam ho sold on tho fifth night if you would ring this would bo dono for you but whero is my botlt asked the lady the bell in beside your bed replied the proprietor thnt the belli she exclaimed why the boy told me that was the fire alarm ad that i was not to touch it on any account corns cannot exist when hoiawifya corn cure la applied to them because it goes to the root and kjua the growth difficulties airmen have to face tho statement on behalf of the bri tish air ministry that aviators ore forbidden to fly lower than 1 000 feet above towns suggests that the margin of safety la perilously small in the event of cnglno trouble in such an event tho airman must como to earth inside a circle tho diameter of which la ten times the height of the jno thho and on altitude of 1000- feet gives him a choice over an area of barely throe square miles or a horl zontal dlstanco from the point verti cally beneath where his engine failed of leas than a mite at 2 000 foot tho area la increased to rather more than 13 miles nono too much in the case of towns of any importance there la always tho risk of making a bad landing in cloudy weather especially when as often happens tho clouds aro loos than 000 feet above tho around at that altitude an airman forced to land would havo a choice over about 70 square miles which is considered about the minimum for safety azj fo cs a a a rjgdt the bigger bar of comfort soap gives you a chance to save money and still to get the comfort quality that has stood the test of twenty- five years this is real thrift everything else ia going up by leaps and bounds or getting smaller in size but comfort soap with its bigger bar gives you more8oap for your money than you got a year or bo ago remember comfort washes perfectly in hard or sttft water hot or cold it lessens work it cuts expenses atk for the bigger ctimfort bar today pugsley dingman co limited toronto comfort soap ftablets1 better than pills i get a for liver ills i 20c b0 e j haggard acton ont talk on privation are claims of sacrifloe all flhe 1 see around me men and dames who have much f upon the ribs and ton tbelrirjrsmcv their auks and feathers still they fla and wear fine lids upon their domes and talk of how the wolf of want la bowling by their humble homes we eat as much as in the times when peace was here with all its charms before the prussian beastly crimes led 3 canuck to take up arms and when we stowed away a steak and packed some pie and pudding down we think we ve made some tyrant quake because the bread we ate waa brown the clothes we wear it mcmm to me ore just am gaudy as they were before our boys went oer the sea to 011 the air with german fur we re- just as keen to blow the men as though we hadn t any foes we take in every brand df fun from prise fights down to movie shows we talk as though our souls were set on putting wllhelm on a crutch but have you seen a fellow yet who looks as though hed suffered much we iltalk of sacrlflco ao doubt until the morn of peace has dawned and meanwhile every living loyal scout should miss no chance to buy a bond walt mason on sals everywhere- there may bo country merchants who dp not keep jdr thomas isclectrto oh ohouih the ore few and far between and these may suggest tltat some other oil is just as good there is nothing so good as a unlment or as an internal medicine la certaln casea take no other the dcmajhlf r it shows tl at it is the only pomilar oil 4 u guelph business college what you get out of life to morrow depends on hew you prepare for it to dsy our course of training will prepare you to meet any oner gency in the business world hake ajll your aritakae ixbnts now to day the gudph business college herald dido quslph ont icecream wo have our parlor open every day now nnd we lntond to glvo as goo1 eervlco as possible ice cream bulk 30c pint ice cream bricks soo asch candies right prices toothsome varieties de8t qualities canada food doard llcanse no 8 10523 harold wiles mill street acton the onward ru8h it was during tho last american offensive certain trodps had orderu to advance to cover afforded by rocks near tho hun trenches and for strat gleal reaso to remain there in re serve tho yankee soldiers reached their stopping point under heavy flro from tho huns and then disregarded orders and kept straight on and took the hun trenches presently the colonel came up in a furious rage because his orders had been dlsrcgsxdod msjgr jour definite orders were to hold your man at those rocks why dldn t you do ut colonel he retorted hotly if that pig faced crown prince and all his army couldn t atop them how in thunder do you suppose i could t no child should be allowed to suffer an hour from worms when prompt re lief can bo got in a simple but strong remedy mother graves worm extcr minator humorous expect the debt ljcnectancy lias become a habit with most of ue borne people aro con unually expecting something disagree able to happen thoy expect to faij hi their undertakings to alienate their friends and others expect success as much as they expect the sun to rlej in tho morning they take tho loyalty of their friends for grontod of couree neither of these people will get exactly what they expect trouble sometimes takes tho moat op ttmlauc by surprise and tho appro- honslvo spirit is sometimes disappoint od by unexpected good luck but it is easy to aco that expectations of either eort tend to rcnllxo themselves and that our fortunes good or bad aro very much what wo aro looking for tho youth who expocta to foil in what ho undertakes cannot possibly do justice to himself one who doubts hln friends la j ally in bound to show in his manner distrust that is fatal to friendship worrying about our phy steal condition is liable to undermine health and the effects of cheerful expectancy ore no whit less i ronoun ced and certain do qat cheat your self out of life a good gifts by looking for things not worth while t56e acton bakery m edwards co canada rood board ucenuo no 5 013 mill street acton to facilitate tho handling of the products of our bakery and to make it more convenl cnt for our customers we have secured the shop next to wiles confectionery where supplies of our war bread brown bread tea biscuits cakes buns and scones may always be secured wedding cakes a specialty m edwards co acton ontario free press ads bring business railway time tables at acton and trunu flallway going watt no 29 no jl n ll jjo ib no 37 c no sunday trains pons throiirl acton doing went at 10 10 am u d iiuit at 0 1c p m toronto guburban eleotrlo railway qoiflb west 0 17 a 3 33 p boj pt 1103 a 8j3 p r 7 4s nr 2 02 p n 0 18 p t dbs ot ca p r ni doily excel t sunday m dolly except sunday re daily except rundny m sunday only m sunday only going cost daily except 6un lay daily except sunday doily except sunday sunday only bun day only acton livery -avd- bus line i solicit wlh confidence tho patronage of tho public comfortable rigs auppllcd at reasonable rates special attention to supplying conveyance for woddlnga and funeral- motor cars famished when required je for the toronto suburban hallway bus meets all trains l e atkinson get the genuine grafonola avoid disappointment refuse imitations only genuine columbia grafbnolas and records bear this trade mark look for it before you buy- columbia grafonola m ro sale by c c speight acton ont two farms my host won taking mo for a motor rldo throixh a una ronperoua farming country things looked well and pro roiaed wvll ho told mo the uaua tori en about mvn who had mado good n that new country yea it woe in the west presently there was a marked con treat in tho appearanca of the croo ox opposite attics of the roa1 on one aldo there was a splendid loco of wheal maturing for no 1 hard on una other aldo the crop waa thin un- ovon struggling nnd poor in proapecl vliats the matter lierot 1 asked la it poor land or poor farmlngf poor farming in this case said my host who knew all tho pooplo uroupd then i thought of tlie way noma prosper they work hard hut they mix their labor with intelligence they look about read compare atudy ox perjmont go to conventions and in general do with their might mentally morally and physically what their hands find to do in tlio other case tho farmer la sqlfeenlred und ctm or t ted ha larks the neighborly com munlty spirit lie falls a hypocrite is a man who thinks on way and loads you to think be thlukn another way fish and chips and oysters 3 j stauffeil lino oixi tod u dlijli l iloom in con miction with his 1 lnh store whero fiqh and chips and oyqters ore served in till stylus day or night having had large cxi urlcuce lu j mo t tho beat rvni lurunta in uie united states 1 am 1 roj ared to servo all uiutamcrh t tholr or tiro sat la taction farmers tholr wives and families will be served with lui ch hot tea or coffbo nnytltno tliey may bo in town have a li t cup of tea or coffoo and some crlsj lsh and chiis or tasty oystcra boft ro you go homo vsrythfnapton end sanitary try it once and youll oome saain fiuil lino of 1 lh ulway un hoi d s j stauffer fish specialist and rsstaurjmtar canada food ilonr i ucoiute nu s iom ldosnse o 10 1b1u phone 40 acton ont 1st prlvnto have you heard that ted smith has got the d c mr 2nd private what fort 1st private i dunno 2nd private blimey why alnt got one toot i hid in tho uuna dug out a l they tell mo uuu your heroic eon waa wounded in the last campaign mrs urlgrs mrs urlggu quite likely air 1 knew it was noraowhero round a rout tho stummlok but thoy never do glvo you any details itcncuuan learning lnglah unld once to hln tutor ensuh is a quoer language what docs this sentence ut should mr noble who sits for the connlltuency consent to stand again and bo run he in all j robablllty wihtiavo u wlkvtr7 rrenchglrl at a v the other oven log told this one a brilliant uniformed itoche wnu cap cured ilonff with his ul iny bolt buckle embossed with gott mil una questioned if he still believed that oott was with thorn ho answered ye but unfortunately 11 e itrltish aro nlth tl o rrench try the scales the scales seldom fail to reveal the truth they are a fair gauge of health jf you are io3ing weight and are not feeling up to the mark it is high time to re place the loss and build up the powers of resistance scoffs enih5mn a unique combination of tonic and nourishment g having definite reconstructive properties enriches- the blood restore weight and imparts vigor and tone to the whole system if you feel yourself losing ground try scott a emuhiontkc strength- builder fcounes toronto ont lst diqqebt radio plant japan la to have the greatest wl joss slaoon in the world according to a raport in tho japan advertiser it will bo built jn i ukushlma prefecture and will cost bsd 000 yon 4z0 000 the drni atrh stutio t will i c ut llosoya clio uurvoy work ha beoit startod by en glnaers of tho department tho direct distance- between the now ultlce und suit prancbico is 4 000 miles while that betwoo i uio ruuubashluttlco und honolulu is 3 co miles service will not bo opened for two years tho t uincu will communicate ulreci with san francisco without relay it hawaii privss asthma bsfore it tho smoke or vanor from dr j d kollofcg o aathinu himedy gives asthma no chance to linger it era llratcw tho si our cx crlcnto with tho health giving 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