---- " ROAR OF THE ARCTIC. Bullen Thunder of the Giles and the ; "Voices of the Ice." A DESERT ENIGMA +} | Mystery of a Vanished Party of the far reaches of the Arctic circle 3 : hi i a - Australian Explorers. there prevails an everlusting death A Reduced in Flesh Bleepless Nights Kidney Disease and Gravel Caused Keenest Suffering---Cured by Dr. Chase's Kidrey-Liver 'One of Its Quaintest Spectacles Is ¥ Native Wedding. { i pees ree ier nn we (STANDARD 4 the same today as it las been for ARTICLE! : (USED. - EVERYWHERE! Better Cough Syrup than You Can Buy A Famlly Supply, Saving and Fully Guaranteed. ; til Ti lf | ke. stilless. But these who have 3 a . | pent much time in the far north as | sure us that that region is far froin LEFT NOT A TRACE BEHIND. | being silent. although so little life Is ---- | macifest for the greater part of the sour. On polar sens the ice. though thick and solid as granite, is hardly ever still. There are tides in the arctic. avd fuese lift add lower the Luge Icetiéids, causing them to give out 'all manner 1 : of noises. Even ns lute as November strange tragedies of exploration in lone | tue pack will wake np without warp- and. distant lands, but no one event of | ing and pile itself iu huge beaps with the kind has ever so stirred men's ins | denctiiuple crashings, groanings and us did the total disappearance of i gid Jhsaks of She a 1 foun: lendid . | roar" of the "tumbling cliaos 'of ice a: So P23 spisu iy Squiped s% blocks." His Esfkimos were tefribly Pardt, the FrackMu of A lia. -ted frightened and Set up weird howlings LL, the Fran ustralia, Theddogs whined and barked, and alto- into the central desérts of Australia in 1848 countless generations. ' One of the! quaintest sights out in the country is | a native wedding. 1 was fortunate in seeing two of them, one from a train and the other while Walking pear the village of Heliopolis, which is the site | of the ancient city of On, mentioned | In the Bible. : | The bride and bridegroom were com- | pletely screened from the public gaze | Lov, TOR Col x 3 i { | Tr -- ¥ 1 by a canopled arrangement on the | - if I SAA NARN ACG back of a camel. It looked like an fm- | A OST PER Ea Si Hie HAH Sixteen ounces of cough syrup -- as much as you could buy for §:.50--can easily be made at home. ii" fina nothing that takes hold of an obstinate cough more quickly, usually ending It inside of 24 hours. Excellent, for eroup, whooping cough, sore Jungs, as. thma, hoarseness and. other 'throat trou. bles The Leichhardt Expedition Disappear- ed as Though It Had Been Swallowed Up by the Earth, Which May indeed Have Been Its Fearful Fate. There have been recorded many 10, Mix two cups of granulated sugar with one cup of warm water, and stir for two minutés. Put 23% gunces of Pinex (fifty cents' worth) in a 16-0unceé bottle, then add the Sugar Syrup. It keeps perfect 1y. Take a teaspoonful every one, two or three hours. This is just laxative encugh to help Cure a cough. Also stimulates the appe- tite, which 1s usually upset by & cough. The 'taste is pleasant. The effect of pine and Sugar syrup on the inflamed membranes 's well known. Pinex is the most valuable concentrated compound of Norway white pine extract, rich In guaiacol mand all the natural healing pine elements. Other prepara- tions will not work in this formula. The Pinex and Sugar Syrup recipe 18 now used by thousands of housewives throughout the United States and Can- ada. The plan has been imitated, but the old successful formula has never been equaled. A guaranty of absolute satisfaction or money promptly refunded, goes with this recipe. Your druggist has "Pinex, or will ®et it for you. If not, send to The Pinex Cq., Torento, Oat. mense oftoman adorned with a cover | tluminated by gorgeous patterns. This | camel was folloWed by the bridal par ty, all women, seated on a long train of camels, each camel supporting two women, The great, clumsy creatures (the cam els, not the women) were almost en- veloped in fmmense rugs, on the top 'of which apparently a feather bed bad Deen deposited, and on this the women squatted, giving vent every few mo- ments to a prolonged shrill trill, which I gathered was intended for a festive song. Altogether, the incongruity of the spectacle was exceedingly comical. INGENIOUS PRISONERS. They Won a Pardon For Their Daring Attempt to Escape. Among the prisovers in the French convict settiément of New Caledonia 'Were two marine engineers who not long ago recelved a pardon=--strange #8 ft may seem--for making a @Qaring and ingenious attempt to escape. - Living together in the same hut! these men were engaged for years in digging a secret tunnel from their hut to the beach. At the end of the tunnel they hollowed out a chamber in which, with pieces of driftwood and little bits of steel and iron smuggled into the hut, they fashioned a boat, the metal being at first used to make tools and afterward to form bolts and rivets. Then with infinite pains they bniit an engine to propel the boat, and after laboring mightily for seven years they completed thelr task. Everything Was ready except the provisioning of the vessel, when they were betrayed by a fellow convict to | eres ee A he eR er AA w gether the boise was terrific. Every , 4 arctic explorer has given similar ae counts. , [ The movements of the lce--the grad- ua! crowding and pressing, bending and pushing, the breaking of fhe : masses of snow lyiug at the "ice foot" . R ~have given rise to the expression of explorers; "The voices of the ice" it may be that one will hear a low sing: ing, splashing or grumbling. alternat- ing with various other sounds. crack- ing and snapping. These soutd irreg- ularly from a great distance. like a confusion of hymap voices, the racket of a railway tral or the skuriylog of a sledging party. Then, again, the noises are such as to cause the ex- plorer to fancy le hears the steps and voices of various species of animals. Spring Is the noisiest time in the po- lar seas. McClure of the Investigator compared the breaking up of the ice Leichhardt's design was to march right across the continent from the east const to the west, and as he had al- ready led a successful expedition near ly 3,000 miles through a previously un- koown part of Australia, it was gener. ally thought that be would be able to accomplish the task. Still, there were some who doubted and prophesied disaster, and more than ove wealthy friend of the doctor's re- fused to subscribe toward the expedi- tion on the ground that they were not going to help him to commit suicide. The members of the expedition pum- bered six whites and two blacks, an unusually large number for an explor ing expedition of this nature, and be- sides being amply provided with flour, biscuit, tea, sugar and so on, they drove along with them fifty bullocks and 270 goats. They also had spare horses and | at that season to heavy thunder Or the mules in abundance. | sound of great guns. Apother writer At that time the most westerly sta. | llkenad the sound of the breaking ice tion in southern Queeensland was oc- | fice to that producéd by a volcanic cupled by a squatter named McPher- | eruption. : son, who dwelt on Cogoon creek. From Muveover, the air in the arctic re- there Leichhardt wrote a brief letter as | €ious is seldom absohrtely still. Gnles be was about to start into the unknown | fe frequent. The winter winds, ac land beyond. cording to Peary. blow with almost [- That was the last ever heard of him | tnimagingble fury. On one occasion or of any of his companions, and this | in the cabins of the Roosevelt the notwithstanding the fact that expedi- | Sound resembled that of some gigautic | tion after expedition was afterward | Power "plant, everything vibrating to pent out in search of them. the pulsation of the machinery. 'I'he "As completely as though they had | Whole atmosphere was filled with the been swallowed up by the earth, they | deep, sullen, roar of the wind, and so vanished. thick was thie' clond of snow picked up This is the most puzzling part of the and swept forward on the wings of the mystery--its com Had they gale that powerful lamps were invisi- been killed by the es, as was at | ble ten feet away. first wrongly some 'relics of | On high ground, such as 'That of 1n. the explorers would long since have | ber Greenland, the wind is never still. been recovered from them. In some | Nansen tells of the constant hiss 'of shape the fron work of the implemengs | the breeze Jaden with tiny bits of ice, and arms they had with them would | Which Sowed along kuee high Ike a have sorvived, shining white river glittering in the And what of the stock? Some of the | bale arctic sunlight. goats, at all events, mist have been | Nor is there lack of sounds caused left alive, one would have imagined, | by animal life. Tn the arctic way of- for these are notoriously hardy ani- | ten be heard the baying of wolves and mals, able to pick up a Hving almost | the barking of seal, while In thie sum. anywhere. Yet none of these, nor apy | Mer the harsh ery of sea birds echoes Of the horses, mules or bullocks were | 8l0ng the faces of the clits. ~Harper's ever traced. | Weekly. : Ths ptobabdility is that the ill fated expédition struck one of those water- Formation of Worlds. There are two hypotheses in referetice Mr. W. Smith, That diseases of the kidneys cause the greatest suffering is well known, end when stone or gravel is formed in the bladder the torture Is almost beyond human endurance. The disease should never be al- lowed to reach this dangerous stage. Palns ln the small of the back, pain or smarting when passing water, fro- quent urination. loss of flesh and weight tell of the need of Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pillg to regulate and in- vigorate the kidneys and restore these organs to health. 'Mr. W. Smith, Port Dalhousie, Ont., writes :--"For some years 1 was af- filcted with kidney disease and gravel in its most severe form, having often a stoppage of water, accompanied by the most dreadful agony. As the dis- ease wore on me I became reduced in flesh and passed sleepless nights. No doctor was able to do much for me, and I used many medicines without obtaining more than temporary relief. My , attention was directed to Dr. C 's Kidney-Liver Pills. and by urivig this treatment the disease was eragicated from my system in less thun six months. have gained in weight, sleep well, and feel better than I have for twenty years." Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills, one pill a dose, 20er a box, all dealers, or Edmanson. Bates & Co., Limited, To- ronto. 2 Fresh Lobsters, Mackerels, Smelts, Shell Oysters, 83 BROCK ST. "PHONE 520 *"A Child Can Run |t® They wn that a child could rww ft, ~] was a little child! -s It like a simple fraction, So meekly and mmaldenly mild! I bought it with good gold dollags, 1 named it the Honeybee, Ang | Wish that) had the gay yous That sold that boat to me! The motor was perfectly simple-- You toyed with a jigger here And twisted a simple thingumabod And tickled its left hind ear, ¥ou told It a funny story, You gave it the mystic sign, And off it would go with a yo heave 0! 8aid the fellow who sold me mine. It ran--oh, yes, when he ran it, x} And that was In early May!-- 3 And I was a care free butterfly, now I am old and gray. They sald that a child could run it Oh, uitimgte cosmic smart! They knew 1 would 100k Hie Methuses Tah's spook Bre I ever get it to start. --~New York Sun. Overlooked Her. Two black faced thinistrels were giv- energy, sig an entertainment on the sands of an Aaa an aman EE Service, Style, KING GEORGE NAVY PLUG CHEWING TOBACCO IS IN A CLASS BY ITSELF! It surpasses all others in quality and flavour because the process by which it is made differs from others. It is deki- ciously sweet and non-irritating. > SOLD EVERYWHERE: 10¢c A PLUG ROCK CITY TOBACCO Co., Manufacturers, QUEBEC funny 'stories about tlie humors of boarding house landiadies the other went among the erowd making a ¢ol- fection." He 'at length went up to a lay the skin on a sidoth board, the stern looking woman, who promptly Inder 8 snatched the tambourine from his| down with hand and poured the contents into her \ ap. As she returned the empty tam- bourine to the astonished minstrel she exclaimed: : "Tell your friend who knows so much ' about landiadies that I'm the one he" forgot to pay the last time he was bere!"Weekly Telegraph. : a -------- Broke. Tanning Rabbit Skins. To tan rabbit skins with the fur on Or. de Van's Female Pills reliable Prench regulator ; never falls. ; ure excee ingly ul in Ei he tive portion of t. ait ystem. Refuse s 'at Pp Jmitations gh ished Sresaid r or for oe Bb. HA Co For sale ad Mahood's drug store. PHONE 16 *: : ' For your Grocery orders. (Prompt delivery.) D. COUPEK'S "Phose 76. 841-8 Princess St. less patches of country common in party of Australia, into which the blacks never venture. It is not diffichit in this case to prophesy what would have been their fate. Their reserve barrels once emptiediof their precious contents, the Httle water to the condition of the matter of the tuiverse at the moment when science begins its discussion of the formation of the worlds. Both these agree tbat the matter was fn a nebulous condition. As Professor Young says: "This does oot' assume that matter was created to a pebulous condition. As the egg may be taken as the starting point for the life history of the animal, 80 the pebula may be taken ds the starting point for the life Listory of the planet- ary sistem."' On one theory the nebula wis fn the form of a hewted gas: on the other, it was a cloud of cold me- teoric dust. This laftervihany astroo- omers thiuk is more likely to be true. ~Scientific American. A Plum Tree. She--Matd Richleigh's family tree is not much to boast of. I don't consider 1 am broke-- ; At least not What's considered such Until the wife refuses when 1'go to her to make a touch. ~Detroit Free Press And even then there is a chance, Altho That there ay be in time of need Some coppers in the baby's bank. --Boston And If the baby's bank is not k | In funds and leaves you in You might climb out at night and hunt The pocket in your helpmate's dress. =Houston Post, And, best of all, there is the chance pring Jou ein In make the needed touch m somy rt whom once staked, po te. you There 1s a chance-but not much. s Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3 ---------------- ¢ Already Provided For. a "My three schoolgirl cousins are com- but abominally as to give the worker nausea, The hawthorn blossom is delicately nlialed for any length of 'time causes karaguline and ambergris have quantities a delicious perfame, in large quantities they smell so i Sutherland's Shoes. to get sta rted. Satisfactio Are embodied in eve or ; ry pair of | If you have not yet got in touch with Sutherland Shoe Style=and Suth- erland Shoe Service, now is the time He~--1 don't know ubout the trunk or the branches, but the leaves are all right. "I'wo of bér nucestors left over a million.= Boston Transcript. {ERE IS 600D ADVIGE TO TAKE It will help those who have Kidney and Bladder Trouble. There are other 'old enemies" similar to the onc mentioned in this testimonial. Kidney and Bladder Troubles are always enemies to good health. As soom as you start to take GIN PILLS these ailments begin to disappear. It is the same in cases of Lumbago, Sciatica and like complaints, This letter illustrates the benefit of GIN PILLS. Winnipeg, Jan. 6th. "1 have been ky Lumbago for some years past and duringChristmas week had a very acute attack which confined me to the house, About the r. Hill. ing tomorrow to stay for a few days," observed Mrs. Harlem at the breakfast table. "My goodness, Marie," replied her husband, "you'll have to order a lot more meat and things." "No, 1 won't. I've ordered a dozen + bottles of pickles and 'almost half a ton of candy."--Fun Magazine. a The Artist and the an Ld Into his studio she floats Xo 8¢e his ma And as she views them one one Her interest increases. bn | 1. H. SUTHERLAND & BRO, The Home of Good Shoes RECORD OF A GREAT MEDICINE Doctors Could Not Help Mrs. Templeton --Regained Health through Lydia E. Pinkbam's Compound. wi Explaining What a Snob Really 1s ' "Uncle Roy, what is a snob?" ' "A snob, Eddie, is a person who in< herits a. great deal of money, goes abroad and buys himself a veneer of * culture, returns home and poses as a connoisseur of something, and goes around calling his poor relations 'par venus." Why <o you ask such a gues- J.Collis Browne's i Jv, THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE, 3 i ff : i : it § i it HE § i fl 5 E it J 2 a Then suddenly she comes across rame turned to the wall, imi 8he seeks with curiosity ba The meaning of it all, | "The picture that hidden here : | y A sweetheart, 1 Jove b Unfesli piers . $ ng. Were It real, 1 have no doubt, To her you would propose." "My husband is a brute," gald the {#xcitable woman. "I would," quoth he. ) wo Now, won't you please stay mesmo "Have you been scolding him?" gil g| JOf course I have" . The light is very poor today. ; You see, 1t's but a mirror." {| *Ah, I supposed he talked back '& --Boston News Latter, ~ used harsh language." "Worse than that! He yawned" Nervy. First Flatter~My alarm clock never TP wakes me now. the noise isn't ki , Nebraska. -- "1 am very glad : Compo IY ichunw's fetal as me. ve 1 suffered from female troubles so I was scarcely able to domy work, 1 took doe- I" medicines and used local treatments was not helped. 1 had such awful ' aown and my back was so ik T could hardly walk and could not } Sesen had to ait up nights sien friends thought I could not live iF e Most Valuable Medicine ever discovered. The best known Remedy for LCouGHS, CoLDs, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS. Acts like a charm in DIARRHCEA, DYSENTERY & CHOLERA. Effsctunily cuts short all amacks of STASMS. Checks and arrests those too often fatal diseases - FEVER. CROUP asd AGUE. The only palliative (x NEURALGIA, GOUT, RHEUMATIS L. Second Flatter--Well, wiistdd. It wakes we every morning. First Flatter--Is that so? Say, would you mind running down and on my door when you hear it?2~Wash- ington H 1 hurried over to make a ¢all on ber, Chlorodyne is a fois taken in drops. graduated according to the malady 1 ' and she was at bome, after allL--Ex- change. It invariably relieves pain 'af whabdwer kind | creates a calm refreshing sleep allays srritation of the rervous system when all other remedies fail Irdves or fects: and can bé taken when no other medicine can be iolerkited SI2T ON HAVING _-- CONVINCING Ur. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S JESS { MEDICAL TESTIMONY CHLORODYNE. +1 8 WITH EACH ¢ BOTTLE bh Remedy bas given ey Sold. by all, Chemists to many imitations. Prices in Coglaes NB. Every bottle of Wh. 30. we Gervine Chilorodyse Sole Mansfactorsrs i Sears on the stamp 1 7. DAVENPORT the same of the Ww. investor, Dr. J. LONDON, Collis Beaune SE » - Er ------ Smash Up. "bu it is long enuff to ruln enny man Who wants tew by ruined 1 Oftentimes it's a toss-up the experience we buy is worth we pay for it. It's hard to fatter a woman, but a fifty cent bottle of perfume won't Re sailing whether all y ' man would like to git 2 Gvarcs from 'most of Nis rela: . i$ ota bd