SUFFERED AGO WITH NEORALGIA Nothing Helped Her Until She . Tried "Frit-a-fes" CanrrrriviLLe, ONT., May 5th. 1913. | "I cannd speak too highly of "*Fruit. a-tives". For over thirty years, I have A eoyalgia. snd ion, cing untold aj . The Neuralgia settled in my agony: I took bottle after bottle of medicine without relief. "The doctor told me I would not get better but "Fruit-a-tives"' proved that the doctor was wrong, by giving me quick relief and finally and completely curing me. I would not have my present health if it a3 Hot Jor "Fruit-a-tives" and I am of the opportunity of givin : you is letter about poi splendi remedy . tives, for the er women who may be Sailr stooisd ? OE Mas. NATHAN DUNN. "Pruit-a-tives" is the only medicine made from fruit juices end is particularly tc women because of its mild action and pleasant taste. "Fruit-a-tives" is sold by all dealers at soc a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size, 25¢, or may ' e obtained from Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa. 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NEURALGIA The Rellef ix the best counter Srritant known, and therefore (hie best embrocation that can be uded In Neuralgia. Rub It on the part af- fected, «pd keep flannels soaked with it on the seaf of the palo until ease is obtained. which will usually be ju thé conrse of ten of Aftecn minutes. RADWAY & CO, Montreal, Can. "You'll find it's 80. ,abatt's London Lager Now Perfected -- Best Bupable TRY IT HN LABATT [f - Lwiten 28 1 IGATENAY OF THE EAST] PORT SAID-1S A CITY OF WON. DERS TO THE EUROPEAN. Strange Cosmopolitan Community at tie Entrance to the Sues Canal Thrives on the Trafic Which Goes Past Its Doors----It Swarms With Traps For the Unwary Traveler-- Twelve days at sea from Birken- head on the ocean highway to Bom- bay will see you passing the famous statue of De Lesseps, which looks over and past the ramshackle build- ings of Port Said to the entrance -' the famous Suez Canal, of which he was, as everyone knows, the engi- neer, 2 To a Weslern eye, as yet unfamj!- far with the ating and incon- gruous East, Po id offers the first glimpse of Eastern life, and the con- ditions under which existence Is maintained under a hot sun. Hither- to you have been accustomed to chim- neys--here are none! This, perhaps, is the first thing that is noted as the liner draws up to her moorings op- posite the landing places; the next is a babel of voices alongside,cas numberless boats rush across the short distance from the shore carry- ing all the oddments of humanity who make a living from the pockets of Eastern travelers. it is the inexperienced traveler, of course, who gets '"'had"~--your season- ed man has gone through it before-- but it is quite a common trick for a hoz of cigarettes to contain under its first layer very little more than ca.n- el's dung; and as you are vell up the canal by the tin.e you reach this new narcotic, well the se!lc makes a good thing of the deal, and a little lurid language 'East of Port Said" is no- thing. Little boys will entertain you by juggling live chickens out of your pocket for a bit of silver, whilst over the ship side are naked lads in the water yelling out for coins to the thrown down, and very rarely indeed do they miss them. This is the sort of thing that hap- pen on deck as soon 2s the gangway is lowered, and you can imagine what a welcome diversion it is after the twelve days at sea--for you can ex- haust the variety offered on ship- board very quickly indeed! It is more than likely that you will get four or five hours' stop at Port Said--it all depends on the chance of entering the canal quickly and whe- ther the ship's bunkers need coal, which is not very likely on the out- ward run. Coaling at Port Said is set to .music!--picture hundreds of native "Fillaheen," trotting up planks from the coal barges to-the ship, each man with a basket of coal on his bead, each man chanting some weird Eastern monotone as he moves up nne plank to the ship and down an- ather to the barge, and so on until the ship is rebunkered, and there you have it! Very picturesque, at a distance, like most Eastern customs. Get within snielling reach, and the scene has its drawbacks, Of course you want to go aghore if only to write home and tell them all about it and, further, you want to see if all the tales of Port Said being "a sink-hole of iniquity" are true, and 80 you step off into a gaily-painted boat and spend the next few minutes in wbndering how much the men will charge you. It is really six cents per head, and if the boatman gets his legal fare -- well, you don't under- stand 'he "lingo," so it doesn't mat- ter, and anyway it is necessary. to acs quire an air of indifference when paying out to an Eas'ern, because he never gets enough! Once ashore you begin to feel the suu, and thouglt flies back to those few cold days out at Liverpool. Next th: dust, fine and thick as it is every- where East from now onward. Then one begins to notice the-faces, and what a conglomeration of race is here. Every corner of Europe is re- presented, and 20 lar as the men are concerned, if one may judge by the {acial expression, their respective countries will hardly regret their ab- sence. They seem to have no work to do heyond sitting at tables outside cafes and leering at the endless pro- cession of ships' passengers on which Port Said mostly lives. The resident European women are either very fat and dirty or very graceful and--demi- monde. It is a pleasant relief to notice the women fo whom Egypt is home. Clothed in black robes from head to foot, wearing curious little brass ey- linders over their noses, and just a glint. from a black eye as you pass to make you feel that under the East ern robe is.a very alluring little lady. The touts who pester you to visit quarters of a 'certain' reputation, with talk of "can-can," etc., are, per- haps, the worst nuisance of the streets: of Port Said. They are na- tives, of cogrse, and as persistent as only Fastefn can be when dealing with what a Hindoo would call a "burra-Sahib." Near the railway station -- strange incongruity--we saw a caravan just in from the desert, and a very charm- ing and picturesque scene it made. Breakfast was in the making at the hands of the women, who move as gracefully as deer, whilst the men-- grave with the dignity born of desert silences--sat round smoking 'and watching their children's curiosity as the Europeans got near the picture with kodaks. The solemn ¢amels made back- ground o a truly Eastern scene-- quite the prettiest that Port Said had to offer to us. There is really very little of interest in the town, The main street is relieved by some fea- thery mimosa trees. Otherwise the 'hole place is monolonous. Every. body pays a visit to the only decent shop, kept by one S'mon Arzi, who wlll sell you excellent cigarettes, ang fit you out with anything in the 'way of tropical clothing or presents for home, and a very fine thing he must make out of it, for few there be who travel by way of the 'ditch" who do not know Simon Arst, of Port Said. Many a fellow who isn't a magician turns night into day. | Some people only believe half they hear;-agd others believe twice as much, at] Ls SUPERSTITIONS OF THE SEA. Origin of Mast of Them is Wrapped In Deep Mystery. : While most sailormen will stoutly deny that they hold superstitions and that the ocenlt has ao stronger hold on them than on land men; the popular belief is to the contrary, It is likely that the seaman's isolation from outside influences and the weeks and months spent "afloat with only his mates for company served to foster superstitions ngtions in the days. of = g vess¢ls, while the general spread of knowledge works but slowly in these oecult matters, concerning which Jack is peculiarly unreasoning. ' "The Finn is the most superstitious of all sailors," according to a writer in The London Glove. "There are many of this race who still believe iM the ominous portent of the phan- tom ship, the folly of staring a voy- age on a Friday (a notion by neo means confined to seafaring men), the low burning blue lights which are ghost spirits hovering near to give warning of approaching disas ter, and many other things, all of which, y "Fill the sailor's mmd 'with murmur ings, s And speak to him of wrecks. "A story is teld of a brigantine which numbered several extremely superstitious men among her crew. One night when there was no moon and a slight ground swell was run- ning, the watch, who happened to be the most superstitious of them all, heard an unearthly wailing coming apparently from the very surface of the sea. The mate and the helmsman also heard it, but the former lacked imagination and although he was certainly" interested, he neatly blew. the watch's head 6ff when he ven- tured to suggests mermaids. The helmsman did not feel quite happy, but he had to stick to the wheel. The watch was pale with. terror, but he kept silence owing to the mate's com- plimentary references to his courage and abilities. Slowly the sound be- gan to move along the ship's side, becoming more and more agonized as it approached. This annoyed the mate, and going to the side of the vessel he waited until he had located the sound and then emptied a bucket of water over the rail. There was a gasp, and then dead. silence, and no- thing more 'was heard that night. "When the watch went off duty he, of course, gave a detailed god lurid accolint of the incident ®o/his . ship- mabes, who listened, as he"thought in awed silence, and then called on one of the amdience for his version of the matter. This man, a Tynesider, who dearly loved a joke and had no re. spect at all for hoary superstitions, had conspired with * his fellows to play a trick on the watch. On the night in question he had crept over the bows without a sound, carrying with him the ship's cat, secured in a bag. Crouching under the stays, the joker let the cats head out of the bag, which he tied round the animal's neck so that it could not escape. He then applied his teeth to the unfor- | tunate animal's tal! Everybody knows the fearsome sounds an angry cat is capable of producing, and those to which a cat whose tail i3 being bitten gives vent are among the most hair-raising. The sound was more or lass regulated by squeezing the luckieas beast's body. The. mate's bucket of water was an unwelcome as unexpected, and caused the Tyne- sider to beat a hurried retreat. "Not only ig the origin of many sea superstitions 'wrapt in mystery,' but also any logical explanation of cause and efiect. -It would puzzle any one to say why 1t should be un- lucky for the ship's boy to whistle on the weather bow, except that it is generally unpleasant from a music lover's point of. view for a boy to whistle on any bow at all. Nor would it be easy to explain why a sneeze to starboard pressages disaster, and why should the squeaking of a pig at night be considered an evil omen? At the -mere sight of an overturned hatch . many a' seaman will declare that another ship has just gone to the bottom, and he 'will say the same should. the salt box or the cracker barge' (anglice) biscuit box be up- set." . ~\ Fire From Friction. The Australian bushman pses a method of hie own to procure a light. First he selects two pieces of light wood, each about a foot long, from the cork tree or black fig tree. One, a flat piece, he lays on the ground amid a pile of dry leaves. Upon this strip of wood he kneels in order to hold down the ends. Then he rolls the other pointed stick between the {palms of his hands so that it bores a hole inte the flat strip of wood. This makes fine wood dust, which catches on firé, sending its sparks among the dry leaves. By blowing upon the tiny: light the bnshman soon has a fire, which he feeds with more leaves. Blacks Oppose Change. Loni Gladstone held his first na- tive. Indaba at Gaberones recently when he received several native chiefs The ehiefs said they wished to remain as they were, and did not desire the change that would be involved by the inclusion of Bechunanaland in the Un- ion. The Governor-General intimated that it was his. keen desire to safe- fuend the right granted by Queen ietoria. If any change came, they wonld-have no reason to fear for the continuance of just acministration, and he. therefore, counselled them to enjoy their rights without agitation: A Seditious Poet. One of the aditors of the Nationalist newspaper Kl Alam has published at Cairo a book of poems said to contain seditions matter" eulogizing the two assasing Dhingra and Wardani, vili- fring the murdered Premier Boutros Pasha. denouncing the British osenpa- tion, and theestening the Khedive. Ferid Ber. leader of the Nationalist party, wrote a preface recommending the hook. The book has been confis. eated. and the author of the poems has suddenly disappeared from the ken of the authorities. ' No man is so fast that trouble won't souwver or later overtake him. . Time aud tide wait for no man, but.you can't wake a 'woinan beeve i when she is trying on a new byt. tp AAD offer was made by the fearless bidder rich Russian sportsmon. LEMERG UNSOLD AT A "FAIRIE" FIGURE, This is an excellent photograph of this famous horse, for whom the huge sum of $270,000/Mas been refused by his owner, Mr. "Fairie." The for bloodstock, Mr. Li, Mantachefl, a Crm ---- " NEWSBOY PROFITS. A Good London "Pitch" Brings Its Owner Big Returns. rind The smart street usually earns more money than the | average clerk or mechani.. This sur-| prising statement was - le recently by the head of the publishing depart- ment 'of a well-known London news- paper, who furnished some remarkable figures concerning the profits made by street newsboys, and incidentally re- vealed a curious feature cf the news paper-selling business. While there are hundreds of youths who obtain copies of the morning and | evening papers direct from the offices and secure the full profits, there are hundreds of others who are supplied iby middlemen. That is to say, one | man will go down to the office. buy enough papers to supply, say, a dozen vouths, jump on his bieyele, and take them to the particular loeality in which he has taken a stand or worked | up a ection. A shofi distance from a certain railway station every morning will be seen a man with piles of the various | London newspapers busily engaged in supplying over a dozen boys who stand | outside the station to sell the papers. | These boys are actually employed by | the news vendor, who pays them sal- | aries ranging from $2.50 to $5 a week ; | and after all expenses are paid he | makes a profit of over $15 a week for | himself. i "Is it surprizing," the publisher | remarked, "that vouths -avoid shop | and factory life when, by working from | 5 a.m. until 8 p.m., and again, say, from 4 or 5 p.m. until 8 or & p.m, | they can earn between $10 and $15 a | week, 1 am referring now more par- | ticularly to the bovs who are lucky | enough to get pitches outside stations. Of course, there are hundreds of other boys who do not make anything like that amount, 'but even the voungest > reckons on making $2 "Pitches outside stafins are exceed ingly valuable, and it is no uncom: mon thing for a man to pay anything newspaper-seller | selling his papers there. Many 'of thése middlemen scarcely do any work at all. They secure a good pitch, employ an assistant .for about $6 a week, and leave the running of the business it is, too.' Australia's Hinterland. The one problem in Australia which really overshadows every other, says an English paptr, i= that of the huge rich, unpeople northern 'territories-- not only that section of the north which is at present controlled from Adelaide but the whole of northern Australia. It is an even greater prob- lem than that of immigration, which fo some extent Here are enormous' stretches of well watered land capable of wheat, vast grazing areas, belts, rich tropical. lands, able natural products, deep rivers, and fine harbors. The portion Known as the Northern Territory contains little more than 1.000 white inhabitants; the rest is populated on the same scale. awakening of Australian opinion upod this vital issue. A Nice Distinction. On an occasion whep Mr. Gladstone was announced to sneak in MAnches- ter the hall was packed and tha air was stifling "impossible to gpen the windows, which were very high, and one had to be broken. It was feared that the ngise would gtartle the audience. and the mayor stopped forward {fo explain what was proposed. The Audience, however, had not as- sembled to listen to the mayor and overwhelmed him with cries of "Glad- stone!" "Gladstone!" At last the migconceived and infuri- ated official restored silence by shout- ing at the top of his lungs. "I'm not going to make a speech; I've got some- thing to say!" Crematorium In Demand. annual meeting of the Cremation So- ciety of New South Wales, that the Government had not vet been induced to provide funds to establish ed tortum. The president said there was a very strong desire on the part of many people to have their remains disposed of in this war; and added that he had himself made explicit ar. rafigements for his body to he cremat- . even if it had to be burned in a bollow log: ap -- CASTORIA "For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Siguatare'of to $3 a week. | from $100 to $500 for the privilege of | concern to him, and a very profitable | forms a part of it. | growing | auriferoua | inmumer- | There it need for a very rapid | For some reason it was | Regret was expressed at the recent STREET MYSTERIES, Why Do London Men of One Business Congregate? Undoubtedly one of the most cur- fous features of London is the man~ ner in which men engaged in parti- cular businesses and professions have congregated, for some mysterious reason, in certain streets and areas. This peculiarity is recalled by the suggestion that Harley Street will, before long, cease to be the abode of doctors, on account of the fact that it is becoming, in these days of mo- tors, too noisy. Where, should the doctors decide to desert Harley Street, they will moye to, it is, of course, difficult to say; but it is almost safe to affirm that when they do migrate they will finally settle down again all together in some quiet corner of the metro- polis. There are many Londoners who still remember the time when Lon- don's chief doctors congregated in the neighborhood of Finsbury Square, which was deserted for Harley Street on account of the many businesses | which 'set up in. the former neigh- borhood. There are many other curious in- stances, however, of the manner in which professional and business men flock together. Tottenham Court Road, for instance, is the great furs niture thoroughfare of the metro= polis, while Long Acre is monopoliz= ed by motor-car firms apd carriage builders. © Aviators have madé Picca« dilly the headquarters of the aero- plane industry, in which street the Aero Club and the offices of 'The Aeroplane" are situated, while film, manufacturers have congregated in | the immediate neighborhood of Char« { Ing Cross. | | Why is Hatton Garden the home of | diamond merchants, and why do so | many music-hall artistes ingist on { living at Brixton? A stroll down Hol« | born reveals the fact that it is a fav- | orite stréet for the show-rooms of bi- cycle manufacturers, while there are | probably more typewriting firms in | Queen Victoria street than any other street in the metropolis. Gerrard | street, Rupert street, and some of the other streets in Soho appear attrac- tive to the cinema trade, and many | private theatres are ound in that | classic neighborhood. : Hat manufacturers seem to hava a great liking for Blackfriars Road, | while Willesden can probably boast | of more laundry firm$ than any other | district in London. Mosi of the | builders are in Wardsworth, the boot- makers and cabinet-makers in Beth nal Green, tanners in Bermondsey, | potters in Lambeth, prewers . and | printers in Southwark. ' Hoxton seems to be the home of jam manufacturers, and Houndsditch that of toy dealers, while Clerken- well Road is the great centre of ice- cream merchants, makers of street | organs, and mosaic floor makers. Charing Cross Road is a street of bookshops, and Fleet street the hub | of the newspaper world. To Develop Writers, +" A remarkable club for working women has just been started in Lon- don, in connection with the new Bebel House Working Women's College. The club is known as the Bebe] House Rebel Pen Club, and was founded by ~Miss Ethel Carnie, a Lancashire mill girl, who has published two volumes | of verse and some delightful fairy | tales. The object of the club is to help working women who have talent for writing. At the'present time there | are . twenty-five members, among whom are a London cook who writes | excellent verse, a general servant who has submitted a promising sketch in | dialogue, and a young married wo- { man of the working class who has { written several short stores reflecting, | with considerable - dramatic power, | the struggles of the agricultural la. | borer, i Young Dramatist Dead, ' The untimely death of Mr. Stan- ley Houghton, the brilliant author of "Hindle Wakes," has removed one of the most promising of the school | of young dramatists, Mr. Houghton was only thirty-two years of age at | the time of his death, and first 'dis- | tinguished himself as dramatic critie and reviewer of The Manchester | Guardian. Fame ultimately came to J im from his remarkable study of | i { 1 Lancashire life in "Hindle Wakes," a play from which he is said to have gained £20,000. Other plays of his were "The Dear Departed," "Pearls, 'Trust the. 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