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pnic ffllsbd c c speight for uptodate goods silverware in tableware fine variety alsojfine cutlery hardware tinware and graniteware in variety pandora stoves and ranges famous heaters small stoves oil stoves c c speight mill street acton rohtnohle feed is going to bejscarce this winter but we are going to try and keep a supply on hand we have at present bran shorts corn chop glutton meal schumacher cotton seed meal oilcake oatb and barley j l warren bargsaitf at nelsons imeccc lined underwear regular 651 for 4j colored shirts in aliei 14 16 16 17 17j ouly worth up to 1 50 for 59 odd hues in youths wool uiidarwcar to jcar ut jor yarrueut fi0 i adtcn wool muth agii la 30c for 33 mens dracci regular 330 for j oa joneonly boya u h twocd overcoat sito 33 qq 00 for 9300 a only men a ovcrcontn worth 99 for hoo fafetts heavy wool vox 1 35l tor a5 r e nelson hens qutfittbh oualph oufaulo skofsaxf dmfo optic an rostomct laullkpri oapai w6e bel piano built to last k ufetime the most substan tially built piano the piano with the sweetest tone the easiest action the neatest case c w kelly u son 33 lower wyndham st guelph ont grand trunk sftffi winter tours cpecial fares now in effect to resorts infior- ldi georgia north an south catoimavlouisanna and other southern states and to ber muda and the west indies return limit way 31st 1917 liberal stopovers allowed tor fell informafiou write- to c i irorning dpa union fetation toronto onl ddddadnntun dd an a a story of n a st valentine a a a qd dd nannnandnnann t h s holmes agent acton phono no 13 watr orders tho nreoent ladus trial activity is duo largely to war orders thcaouiowetcxwhj coaao ith tho closo of the war a period of readjustment end retrench ment wol probably follow tho prudent man wilt guard against thia now by saving a aubtan- tlal pnrtf bis present axahifia or incraasod incomo o open a savings account with the bank of nova scotia panvon capttal o boo 000 uhhuhvb inmu 11000 000 n iikamches at acton guelph norval juiuojiand slrootovlllo rtotjn illanotl a l wyavnt tanawc termnow open in lliumn llusiuuiti hiliooh iotuiho rulcrjiny duv nu vacutiuiid 1urti- tioiin n mud to rnrtunris free iululoltic wrllofor it w ii s1iaw rieaideul tit seeu3 mighty strango oher ed tiio red headed man in tho oorncr that in apt to of tho warnlegn of their married friendi in apito ol tho growing extravaganco of women and tho atoraal terrors of tha mouior in law men will continue to marry i dont know whether its a fact or not hub id lo will injr to bet money that there a just as many moo getting married today ia proportion to tho population aa there were 10 or 20 years ago- and youd win amid tho tratellar bet why thata what puziles me chuckled the red headed man it doesnt pnxxle any man who in mar ried said the passenger from baltimore nor any man who wants to get married ao i- infer lhatoopid haj not crossed your paul ko admitted tho person in tho corner i havon t met tho youngater yet and i dnnb bah 00 i ever jhall lt toclmod to bellevotijm a myth an way well i wouldnt he too aaro about it advisad the baltimore passenger i remember a case of that kind down in maryland it wasx tnitdllinpnian earned benton juit about your height and built andjnreuy cloaa i imagine to your age like yea alto he wa inclined to doubt tha existenoe of cupid benton was coming la from bis territory in west virginia as hia train was pull in j away from tho station to harpera ferry bis eyes fell on a girl standing on the platform and quick ai a flash the deed was done von never know when its coming or how its coming bet you at ways recognfio it when it dues coma banton didnt ask himself aoyqueatiaa il got off tho traltvat tho other oud of tho loner bridge and walked back the station arent told him the girl bad bought a ucket to cumberland and had ggno west on a train thac was waiting whoo baotons train passed he was doe at headquarters but headquarters would ha to wait ho bad important business at cumberland and job or no job he was going to find that girl it was two in tho morning whan benton got to cumberland soon after nunnsa ha w o thobant and after a timer learned that aha had transferred to another lim with a ticket for moscow hills benton was happy he couldnt miss her bo thought sho was there her- name was itoaa loo antl she was the daughter of thoicashier of a bank in the town benton managed to make her acquaintance without delay apont twu blissful avepinge and than hustled lack to bautmafot that ws tho beginning of a trouble some courtship tho irl had a dozen suitors butho was usedui competition vol he didn t seem to get ajaug very well with his suit- something seamed to hap pen orory time he got his rnlpd qxed for the momentous question then one day tho bank went broke and rosas father wasput under arrest bosss suitors dwindled down to two or threo ben urn wmwio of the faithful 1 he atop- ped over at tho unls of ton or than before and worked hko a good follow in tho old mans behalf vet he never got an opportunity to toll her of his love and alio had norer given him any indication of a atronger feeling than friendship toward him that a the way mattersatood when after a lungjrjaj lee was acquitted and he and bis daugh tor disappeared where they had gone nobody knew ban ton who wan just then in baltimore received a brief noto from the girl thanking him for hit kindness we are going away she said geiug horo no one will jiuow ua and where wo can beijn lifo w again benton traced thein to pittaherg but beyoud that be coulu tind uo clue nor oould the private deteotive agency that ho put 00 the case two or three years aftorward beuton accepted an offer from a big johbiug house in uemjihia 1iu new territory took in northern arkansas aouthorii miawuri and a part of oklalwiua he had travollod up and down over thia territory for altout threo years whon on a stormy wimr ajlit hia train puilied its way through iho thorn otsrka bo u ton waj m lho litainr and a woman 1 band was the itako houtllllo tliogirl from maryland but ho had given up all hope of ovr sooing hsr again bealdwt ho reasoned aho was no doubt tuarriod 1 nig hoforo this lhare was a euddau frrindnigof wlioels a quick atop anil denton was thrown for ward tmaahlug tha tuble and acatiaring tho tlrda over tho lour of tho car the train waa standing on a hih euituinkmant tho engine was within j3 foot uf hridjt and tho i ridgo was 011 lire lhat waa in tho daja of wood on hridgoa you uod or stand lho engiiioor uild uie huirj tlu wni 30 minute behind and trying to uaku ul tima and tho bildo waa lohlnd i 1 urvo wlien a woman waving a biasing torch t suddenly aposrel in tin miildle of tle trajk and the train waa stopped utituhero won tho wnman lho en pinoor didnt know hur duty ilono i ho had gouo away lioysaajtl benton taking on bin lvat and putting a hill into it nhorever nhe lu wa vo gat to had her and ahow our appre ciation uig down ioto your iockolrt now and rnrao up rhu tjiey dug indices than a minute lii list wan ovorflowing with money and he waa nppolotvl a chairman of a comraihoo of ail tiio pasvingem of tlu train ta look for her down the brack wont tha party box n a light glepmcd in b hoii in a vallny and benton knocked the doof flvw 6prn and there jrumod hy th lamplight stool jlota ijoe yc mr said tho baltlmoropasaenger as ho paunch cupid i a queer uluochap ho likes hl jukes but ho nenrlj jilwayn squares tlimgn in tlier end there wore 71 or 80 poopln on that veranda but sie didnt neo anyliotly but benton 1 somahow or athor ueither was sufiirisd and when ho rocogmkad the nuaning of tho glory that came into her face ho drop ped that hat full of money and without a word ijs the rod her into tun artns whotfl more be n attll holding iter kho a his wi fo just a little more jtliahani nf 11 grin71itp will ti tho h ud tlist has been upon it is removed this ia ono of tho striking aiding of a great writer tim thought is full of augfpstion to young people tlio motnentam gafnod by the slooo 1 n ifct rapid motion earnea it along for an extra turn ovon though ljq propel ling force is no longer presonu and ia it not so with tiio induitnous persoatju tliere not a jut a hui more lhat often rasps amaziug remit in all lines of human endeavor tho young man who stops tho instant his hour is up is not tho man to boadvan cod in any builnass tho young woman who takea her hands from tho piano keys the moment her praotico boards oompletad is not dsatinod to lie the qnihed musician uavojou ever stood at the exjb gato of a groat mill or factory when tho quitting whiatla sounds if you have you have len in a position to atudy types of human rirat como tumbling out the men who liavo lieen for half an hour batoning im patently for tho first shrill nnto of that quitting uhiatle for uist half hour they bava bean doing iiulo work their whole attention wa nentered on tho thought that soon thoy would bo at liberty they were gathenni up their tools or thoy were perfunctorily cleaning up their denies or oeoctios they tjtcl not intend to give their employers a moments effort more than was absolutely requirod of tlietn they would too the mark of their contract but would not atep an inch beyond it ani now out of uie shop thoy enmo in a mast and on their facei and in tlieir stopn it is oasy to dotect juxt what sort of shiftless workmen thoy are after them come tho other mon some of tee have workod industriously up to tho laftt minute they have uken the cleanmif up time after the whittle brgna tnsqund they are liotter workmoo tlian tlio first lot but they aro are not tha lest in tho shop finally como he aupenor workoro you can toll them at a glance perhaps at first you aro inclinltqbflthjni dowjiaa lag garde but the necond look shows faces expr in terns t and enthusiasm they aratalblds ortleir works as lboyorne otjt e plain in it comninotinc praiine tolllntr f bow better th intra nan ho done iwrtlimo all of which reveal tlist thnv arehomga littln mora than waa rnquirad of them tliev lnvo thsir work thev lovo it in flwlf tliov wnm low to loavo n alumoch tha timo of the actual dnv work wa ovur tha eret of ffifioot norvico in anv lin a jnt thia to inrn thn work and thin lovo rnnv lo cnuivatrtl vomatter whjit lin vou are in vui ran lrmir vmir mind to thinkinp of it nm a cool thinir a lovable thinff- vouc work mke mimi one happv perliana ortadisncft tlio pood of tho oommunitv oral lpaot it 1 a moan hv which yon youmelf may advance in tho orld in either case in any case what you hara in hand ta do mav lo ao lnvrrto1 ith inurrt that vou will le loath to leave it etmplv ofauha vour hour ta up and the juta lltuemdro ercnmphuhe midera a fow momenta of added rrad inc ono more eaamplo in antlimetic a lino of latin a voro more of ireek poetry- thu mav msko all tha dlftoronce hetweon a r ni atbolar and au ignornnin on tlio farm the juit a bttlo more of seeding or harrowing or raking may ae an abundant harvest in tho atom just a little more ot naatnot or courtesy tocutoimirs or tha arranging of nlielvos will auroly attract tho employers eye and all through life i am tired of tourao you are bo aro wo el t llma but what you d y f rre nl rill out qf hvo of tho work or deire to please your ouipltijor ia tho ram 111 thn industrtal bushel tliat inakaa full and pleciiaut measure if you aro lo uai ix in lifo your day a work ou should bo aucha 1 inoniurc tn heaped uji prossod and shuksn together wokkinq days employ eo qf a now york htalo uroi uid fur wurkliij for oiht yor uakod fur a inn t fork proceeded to imu it by u10 f ii iwli j uiolhiml if ill traction 1 huro aro l days in tlio yoar nil kloop ciht bouts day maki ig 1jj duh imvii g 1m ila thciu arao sundaa lhat nu duji t w rk laavinjr ihuiho of ij tuja our stotq n cloaixl onory saturday lufurnouu inakluj t lialf huhdayn or tl duya thht you do 1 1 work making a ikalnjtco afuir loduniuu u 43dayft wo ivo an hour each iw u fwi lumh luskiutc itidji oruuwi jt daya miinitirwcb tmuuun dining thonr whnh i ut tut only u dj a ihon hiop loalholwluyitlunni tho yonr tha wo aru cl od i hia lavpi only uio dny n give- good measure -v- 1 ltlr ixitior to ijonr uie 1 nrdoni of othrr people tlian ta shirk your own hi 1 iwtli r todain i tlian to do les tho pcupln who t iop u u mi n hen a tank ronfronti them and to n ik wliethor it d mi nnt really ailonjj u nflmn ono nine mate a m ittald- jivo gooil maaauro ounot eel thatau do a- liltlo morn tjiaii your aharo is a diwiur figiitindenoland to tho illtor tho following from one of artliur moos celebrated articles h onouj h to make ono htulder it is true lieyond all challongo that the greatest private trade in i ngland fights agninsl ui it ayn the lotornmanl a million pounds a week for tho right to do it ito power is wortli to uie kaiser msny di vi lions of troops those who lovo smaller tilings than 1 ngu w th ll4aprojii a irhich asido but wo isco tlio simple facts stand out clear as tlio noonday sun dnnk is interfering with the army j ft has caused great delay with munitions it has rohbod tho workshops of many tmllion days of labor it hinders good workmen every day by keeping other men away it is interfering with tlio navy it has caused admiral jolhcoo grare- anxiety by delaying shipt placing tranaporta at the mercy of submarines slowing ropatru and congesting docks 4t la intetiariug with shipping lr has utcd up ftllty million nibio feoc of space since war began and it delays tho build ing of ships to replace our losses it ia interfering with our food stuco lho war began it has used up throe million tona ill ore sugar than the army it interferes with tbn treasury wo call in vain for our people a savings but they poitr two million dollars n day into our public housed it interfere with our industry is usoa uses up fire hundred thousand workers and during tho war has involvad tha handling y road and hy nuro a waight of sixty million tuns it interferes with vita supplies it uses up a miuiin acres of land and during tho war ha used up three mi lion tona of com there is rio con trailiction of thoao facts thoro cannot bo and tho government which declares that etery ounce of our atrongth ia noeded to win the war knows thcjto uiings itiaan open ftocrot that tlio king ex lcud prohibition whedlio bannhed drink from his palace it is au open secret that lord kttchoner wbeved in prohibition as tlio shortest way to peace- ho would have no tiling to do with thit thiog lhat ho found against him every hour it an open bocxot that lloyd loorge cap roc led prohibition and meant that it should come and so tho callous fares gncii cm ii arnott mb m aia twenty years ago from tho isaub or uiofroo prosa of thursday fob htm 1807 municipal officer orahsm lias boen ro- ongagod at a salary of l5 a farowoll social was tondorod mtw koiuomcionsjdnt tlio close of tlio buflinees meouug of knox church christian i ndoav or on monday ovcuing mr d din a j onion ha tlia contract for sup lying tlio 1uhlio school with thirty conlsof grwn body wq moatly msplo iajeve1i the weather wlmtovertlie woatlier may be ssya ho f whatever the weather may o its lho aongnyo aiug on tlio smilea ya wear thala a makin tlio sun shinn ivory where ad the world of gloom in a world of glee wid the bird in tlio hush au uie hud on tho tree an the fruit on uie atim o tho bongli aaya ho wlxatevor the waatlier may bo says hq v halover the weauier may bo whatever the woathermay lie says ha whatever the weauiavmay ltf ve can bring u10 spring wid ib gold an uie gtaasto uie grovt lion cold aoyell warm yopr back wtd a smihnr face anya ait at y or hoarui like an owld fire plane an toast tho toes o yor sowl aaya ho whslever tho weauier may be says be whabarar tho weather may be 1 jajprfif whltcomh riley iu ho lhc wo jo 11 l kci and that uwtl kl 1 jui vnrniiliod tlournnhoul lho welud alwayi vith rold uutcr smoke signals a french paper givev tho story of amok from a chlmnoy being cmjiloyod to giva in fotuj ulquf0tlin nnni th nt a liattalton of french infantry that bad moved into a well covered country and thoaght thamselves concealed were inun dnlod with shalla tho ollior ora ao tooished at tho accuracy with which the sheila wore delivered and sought to find who was giving signals to tho enemy in a farmhouse at no groat dinuuiee from the battalion a uerman duguincd as a peasant was found seated iwforo a chimney in which fta agreatwood fire tho pseudo peasant was altemntoly raining and loworing n clumiloy cover or scroou which caused tho smoke to come from u10 chimney in loug or short pufta as ho desired while doing thia he lookod through a window upon the field where tho french battalion was per forming its evolution these signals which had boon agreed upon tietwceq lho- spy and the enemy readily iufurroed tha germans ol tho movetnontet of u10 htuo trtxip on discovery of uilt stratagem tho also passant wai immodiatoly shot for8 jgitsiot for a 128 foot cord of map la a happy re union was held at tlio homo of our oatoemed citizen mr c t hill um week all the members of ue family wero prosont and it- la twenty flve years alnce all have boon home together there has been no break by doaui in twenty qro y- tx present were mrs dr lowry uolph mrs c kllrassur port liiwan james hill artiat toledo- ohio chan w hill artlflt monroo mich cheater t hill artiat cleveland ohio honry f itill merchant buflalo k y tohn c iiiii and miss bella at heme mr and mrs hill eottled hero in lstfj and liavo alwayn been held in highest esteem a family group portrait was taken a trying oxporiauoo for artiit ram sliaw to hsvo uiree city artists ip u10 group a larjo nninbot from acton attended tho county suiiday school ooovonuou at georgetown lait wt ok mr alfred bay rav w v woeka rev j j badditt and rev dr reaviu wrro n peak en mr a t brown and miss alhe went over to alwirfoylfl to uut their grandfather mr richard nicklm who in rory ill miaa brown remained to xssiu in waiung upon a kindly farewell and presentation of a truromiandeomo chairs to mr and mrs david wro 1 who aro leaving kasaagaweya was tendered last wok by about 7fi fnonds and noi ttjo aildress waj signed by john b mrurror wm whitley t wilbainson hugh wallace alex mcdoa aid rohu akin- daniel wbiuey w a boll gentle hits re egg- boycott an ogg long and vou put tho ej g out of business home men ore born great some achieve greatness ind others coroor tho egg mark b an old aaying unotl to ha a diamond as big as a jugco 1 a ogg now it u is an egg as i ig as a diamond bo money ordinarily money talks and many can boo cents in what it says hut in thia era of high prices it merely emits a faint equea in fact wiioiti dollar goea into a grocery store these days it merely whispers under the head of joyful news cornea tho houston boats observation that many men aro buying talking machines but more are marrying them notwiyistanding thoadvancoin u10 price of paper a dollar bill remains tha same- it is said shoe cau be mado of any kind of skins lveu banana skins make good alipticrs borne ono has cutely obeervad tliat oor many can nowshoot many direction with out tho least dangor of blttisg a fnood uies a a annnoa lveryonols tsmillar with uio use of uie mirror lu the household but a small n4j 1 its green an 1 uio enow the real message or st valentine how many people who drop into uie poet ixj x taysterloun envelopes concealing creations cf lac paper cup ids and rose buds and sen times lai verso in umoto n delivered en tho fourteenth of february ever stop to think of tha real significance of uio day or of uio patron saint who gava ilfiannmn what makes skatjng p0ssi ble aak uie average man 1 euch glorious froedoui of tnble tn ico and on nouuni chaacaa are ten to una yi boy why iv uuvamout ji elsat aiut the 1 will got uie answer bocauso tho ice ia ao smooth but is uist uie reason doctor joly in a locturo before tho itoyal dublin bouoty pointed out uiat polialicd tlaaa is much smooth or uiau rouglionad ico yet we tan akate on tho ice wheias on uie 11 avi it would ikj uiipjiible ho pruvod by mtcr oatuij zuriaiouta lliul ms tnust ock fur thur lur an faxplauatluu li anluuuu tnvod at only after uio moat oarulul in vcaltgaliou la that wo owe lho at illly to akulototl o ull that ico inolta under j reus uro iho part uf tha akato that bear- mi tha it- piosoiitsa vory narrow nurfam and on u111 jtorfm coinea lho h la weight of the body tliat preoaure causoa the ico to unulisonsly and tlo u1i11 ulm of water between uin t lude of tho akato and t ho twine iurhuo aa the tihn of oil that wo run itaiwaen ihrj working iarts ol machinery it prosily redui ea llier- irii lion iiuuioiuatoly alter the akntor psioa nil the water 111m soli lilies nalii iutoho rosily or ukj next akntur whu for rodcoung ii into a dark iiloco whore work must lie dono agsm7 it may bo usud ia gott lug a straight una by meaus of ruilootal aunlihu it ia commonly uaed by ungfnoer in produotiig a hue through donae i rush thus cliuaoating uio work of clearing away thick brush or unifjortowui ataln by tneaqa of tho mirror and uio use otaanhght mou axe ablo to dig deep houa luto tha ground or tunuola through uie muuulalna its principles ore tuado n of byeome nf tju greatest astrononira by rollccting tho iiht bom uie atariulho eye uf uio ulicrvcr what offuuld iiim alo llui l via really akato d doctor joly t c hava yuuovor noticed that thtt uio harder it is to akate 1 hat is because lho ico melts loss ra idly ulcr pr lloctor loly upjirt tbat akatiug rinks ai whvro lueta not ucd 11 uy did not know 0 luiw lu asutofa luatuad wo huvu a eurfaoe ioinpoasd uisly of salt jf jou kiiuw atiytliliif- of uio tiatiirn f nail huw- uvoi yoi will llnl that tin hour b ha 1 nwl in that laeo ua it dtio1 in iho rane uf uei an t in noithur caa ia ekatiug undo poaaibte i y tha smooth tmw of uie surface nrror is of ton a i von ten c uiaclii tiring c410 i i plaiuulfun untryiuou a iatnvd to ben 1 thud ut least it hu i uu a vnry tjodj luii trnl 1 fcujaot worn ixilb oi bavovjrurytbii c 011 if1uo u 1 uuderittiid tny man oald uio mugiausui ut nuu pi int unit tho dsfand aut hurlud invtn uo a1 you f lho plaiuttir tiauhod hia bead wildly 1 hi n ol wy a louk nl undon tending tkku d 11 hia nyoo us bo ioj ilod u air in toll uio titub it wiu uuly binkn j ho u row ul u u t ut wot i coui pltlln nlmut una ibn lorid lo way i o awore at 1110 u bun they tuiuod 1 fatlllit tlh lb i 1 red ink undtiih piou uy year old ikij tijnullor wi 11 reiloru1 said the vsl 1 01 rr repbt itrejoru k p aud w iloi pepa m ill oil il couitauluusjoumt r it utt any ni 1 lit boglu luilocriui anyhow tliero are rnsriy interoaung atones told about sl valentin bomo of thom doubt lass mere tradition hut this much at least appears bo be trua from all ono can learn of thehfoof st valentino it would seem uiat his one great mission in hto was mak tuff other people happy he used to go about from hoase to boose feedingthe poor visiting the sick and cheering uie sad and lonaly and wherever be went n hock of children was wont to trail at h heels it was especially fond of children b loved lo gather thom about bim and tell them stone and was always a most patiopb listener taall the childish perplexities and gnats they worn inch nod to pour into hi sympathetic ears daring tho latter years of st valenunea lf he became o feeble that he wastmabla toconunue his roond or viaita and this would have made him vary sad and deso late were it not for the fact that the happy thought cams to him of aubttitotlnelettar for the personal mts ho could nn longer make vho hnnght his friends to keep him informed concerninc all who were u of in treuhloof any kind and 1mm ad lately on learriinirtheir named hewoold in fc down and wnto them a cheering monwaro these letters were anticipated and sppreciated almost a much as sl valentines visit had been after tho ood oldl priests death it occurredio hit friends lhat no better way of holding him in loving re membrance could bo found than sending out latter of greeting on hia 1 irthday and calling them in hi honort valentine so ue trub nignincance of the calebra tlon of st valentine a natal day hyimply in tho remomborlng nf friends with a bright cheery letter february jourtoenth is no k tho onlvday nf the year on which lb would be well for us all to follow tha example of the venerable mint tho art of utter writing ban undergone a great change since tho day when our great trcaodfathars took their gneiss qnillj hand sotljed down with several aheela oi foolscap arm bep n rtlrict eatoemed uad am or honorable sir wrote an epiaue that was well worth tbo twenty five cents required to carry it across country on hundred yearn ago now a ranrenb post card withe hasty line of nw aoetus la the minds of many to answer all parposea of corroapondenoe and yet when you stop to think ahcub it ia there any art among thoo within the grasp of each one of us more worth acquir ing or morocalcolated to give pleasure to ones friends than tliat of being a good letter writer tho kind of correspondent uiat can put himself f n tho place of the one who lu to receive uie communication and tell juat uio udnga he 13 most in created in hearing aa an exercise in tho develop ment of unaeloahneaa it is one of th heat in uio world for on can nevr coaacicntjaua ly practice putting himself in the other fellows place without adding to his spirits nalataturo the jisteits iteply he was a young subaltern one evening the hiator liad just finithod makipg him comfortable for tho night and before going offduty asked is there anythmg i can do for you before i loavat dear htue two stam roiiuod well es li on id lika ery much to b kiised guoj night sislcr rushed lo tha door just wait till i nail uio orderly sha said ho doea all uio rough work bore japanese ma kb dyes 1 he quiuk wittad jaiionoso du not l to lie caught by auoutar dy famiaa- luilar the palrousga of uio government f mr uiilliobdollaroiiipauy lias been organ tnl to manufibcluro aynthetia dyoa aaya the inciuuatl piine staa juaaese doa- patchas tato tbut sucli hat leou the fin an cial tebabilltatioli of that country uiat uio ato k fur thin dyo company lias boon over bulkacnbad oaveral hundred jiar cent- thoao lllla cure luioumaumni 1 a ota luaiiy whooutrdr from rhoutuatisui a triaf uf lruiaoo a vetublo ill la is roi ominoiided rimy hitvo proouunowj uctlou upthi tho llvar and kidueyn and by regulating tho action uf thcie organ t act as an alternative in pre venting um admixture of uric actd and blood that uiiuui uils kaiuful dbxirdor rhej must iw taken according to dlrocllona and uaed ntoadlly an i uioy will spoodlly k ivu uvi lonrn of uieir banelklal alloctrt couue of sthina no uiki can say with coitaluity iluy whut umw uio oatab lishlnguf anthuiatio coiidltiuuu lunt from uia nttoet from unworn fmui gaiu and vurioua other imlanut maynot up u trouble i ioaiblt to iiiouiuato aaimtpc uxuulh a jure propaiatntu uuih to dr j lvollugs an t hut hmueilj uuiortaintv may exist vi tu cs una but uictu tan lu no uncertain ly yarding n rumedy winch hai teed a oiieratiun of oatlunatla mcciiits from ulls aootire of un bruuthml tulxui huiaold otorywhem mmmumm