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eeeeeeeeeeWewce MAMA-e A eeeeaeeeeaaeeesmeeeeeeee 1 til’ ll A tin 8111111 11f A SHUBENACADIES FAMOUS CURE; 0 And Plan the $3$$$$$$3$ove-vw$$vv$$$ The attention of the thinking world will be attracted by a‘ re- markable article in the Fortnightly Review for March, by 'Dr. Alfred Russell‘ .Wallace, entitled “Man's Place in the Universe.” The emin- ent writer has assembled al'l the latest astronomical and other scien- tific discoveriesr and knowledge bear- ing upon the subject. He deduces therefrom this marvellous theory : Firstâ€"That the earth or solar sys- tem is the physical centre of the stellar universe. Second-That the supreme end and- purpose of this vast universe Was the production and development of the living soul in the perishable body of man. It is impossible in’ a brief review to do more than indicate the chief features of Dr. Wallace's great con- tribution to modern thought. He first reminds us that to the early astronomers the earth was the cen- tre of the visible universe, the sun, moon, planets and stars all revolv- ing around it in eccentric and com- plex orbits. After that as pro gressive knowledge showed us the utter insignificance of even our solar system, we seem driven to the other extreme. The tendency of all recent astronomical research has been to give us wider views of the vastness and variety and marvellous com- plexity of the stellar universe, and proportionately, to reduce the, im- portance of our little speck of earth almost to the vanishing point. Modern sceptics, in the light of this knowledge, point out the .ir- rationality and absurdity of sup- posing that the Creator'of all this unimaginable Vastness of suns and systems should have any special in- terest in so pitiful a creature as man, the degraded or imperfectly de- veloped inhabitant of one of the smaller planets attached to a sec- ond or third-rate sun, while that He should have selected this little world for the scene of the tremendous and necessarily unique sacrifice of I-Iis Son, in order to save a portion of these miserable sinners from the na- tural consequences of their sins, is, in their view, a crowning absurdity too incredible to be believed by any rational being. 1t must be confessed, he says, that theologians have no adequate reply to this rude attack, while many of them have felt their position to be untenable, and have renounced the idea of special levelation and a Supreme Saviour for the exclusive benefit of so minute and insignifi- cant a speck in the universe. Dr. Wallace then adduces the evi- dence from a great body of new facts and observations made within the last quarter of a century that the earth’ s position in the material univeise is special and probably unique. He first asks, Are the stars infinite in number ? Then he points out that with every increase of power in telescopes until recent years thene had been a proportion- ate increase in the number of visible stars. The1e aie about 200,000 stais between the first and ninth magnitude, the number at each lesser magnitude being about tl11ee times that of the next higher. Now, if this rate of increase were continued down to the seventeenth magnitude, there would be about 1,4.00, 000, 000 visible. I11 the best mode1n teles- photog1apl1ic charts show nothing appro caching this number. The lat- est estimate does not exceed 100,- 000,000. As the instiuments 1each fuithei and fu1t11e1 into space they find a continuous diminution in the number of stals, thus indicating an approach to the outer limits of the stellar univ.erse This conclusion is further enforced by the fact that the numerous dark passages in the heavens, wh-"'e1e hardly any stars are visible, and ’ those seen, projected on an intensely dark background, continue to pre- sent the same features in telescopes of the highest powe1s as they do in those of moderate size. This could not possibly happen if the stars were infinite in number, or even if they extended in similar profusion into spaces much g1 eater than those which 0111 telescopes can reach, be- cause in that case these dark back- grounds would be illuminated by the lights of millions of stars so dis- tant as to be sepaiately invisible, as in the case of the Milky Way The only other explanation would be that the star system is pene- tratcd in seve1al directions by perâ€" fectlys straight tunnels of enormous length as compared with their dia- meter, in which no stars exist, and this is considered to be socimpro- bable as not to be worthy of con- sideiation. D1 Wallace next considers the most stiiking proof of the limited extent of the stellar unive1se, which con- sists in an analysis of the laws oi‘-z light. I-Ie quotes Prof. Newcomb and other physicists, who affirm that if the number of stars were infinite their combined light would be fully equal to the sun at midday, whereas starlight is only one-fourth as pow- erful as moonlight. This proof, Ihich cannot be elhborated here, 8 Purpose of the Universe. Chief End and ovv$$?$3ii$$$$§ 3106'6311 “ ‘33$? ‘WT-3%???“QWPPT Dr. Wallace regards, when taken in connection with telescopic research, as altogether conclusive 0f the lim- ited extent of the stellar universe. The writer. then p1 oceeds to dis- cuss in elaborate, fascinating and easily intelligible detail the distri- bution of the stars in space, the latest knowledge of their movements and, finally, the positiop in the uni- V6188 of the solar system. His con- clusions are : “The result so far reached by as- tronomers as the direct, logical con- clusion from the whole mass of facts accumulated by means of powe1 ful inst1uments of research, which have given us the new astro- nomy, is that our sun is one of the central orbs of a globular star clus- te1,a11d that this star cluster oc- cupies nearly the central position in the exact plane of the Milky Way, but I am not aware that any writer has taken the next step and, com- bining these two conclusions, has stated definitely that our sun is thus shown to occupy a position very near if not actually at the centre of the whole visible universe, and there- fore, in all probability, in the centre of the whole material universe. “This conclusion no doubt is a startling one, and all kinds of ob- jections will be made against it, yet I am not acquainted with any great inductive result of modern science that has been arrived at so grad- ually, so legitimately, by means of so vast a mass of precise measure~ ments and observations and by such wholly unprejudiced workers. It may not be proved with minute accuracy as regards the actual mathematical centre. That is not of the least im- portance, but that it is substan- tially correct there seems to b0 no good reason to doubt, and I there- fore hold it right and proper to have it so stated and provisionally ac- cepted until further accumulations of evidence may show to. what extent it requires modification. “This completes the first part of our inquiry, but an equally import- ant part remains to be considered : Our position in the solar system it- self as regards adaptability for 01'- ganic life. Here, too, I am not aware that the whole facts have been sufliciently considered, yet there are facts that indicate our position in this respect to be as central and unique as that of the sun in the stellar universe." It is not possible to follow Dr. Wallace's cogent arguments in de- tail on the question of the adapta- bility of other planets for the de- velopment of organic life and of the higher forms of intellectual beings. Writers on this subject, he says, have usually been content to show that certain planets may possibly be now in a condition to support life not dissimilar to that upon the earth, but they never have consider- ed the precedent question : Could such life have originated and been developed upon these planets ? This is the real crux of the problem, and Dr. Wallace believes that full con- sideration of the required conditions will satisfy us that no other planet can fulfil them. _ Dr., Wallace observes that materialâ€" ists will object that the want of all proportion between the means and the end condemns the theory that the universe was created for the production and development of man, but he asks if there is any such want of proportion. Given infinite space and infinite time, there can be no such thing as want of pro- portion, if the end to be reached lwere a great and worthy one, and if the particular mode of attaining that end were the beSt or perhaps even the only possible one ; Re may fairly presume that it was so by the fact that it has been used and has succeeded. Dr. Wallace’s conclusion is : “The three startling facts that we are in the centre of a cluster of suns and that that cluster is situated not only precisely in the plane of the plane of the Milky Way, but also centrally in that plane, can hardly now be looked upon as chance co- incidenoes Without any significance 1'11 relation to the culminating fact that the planet so situated has de- veloped humanity. Of course, the re- lation here pointed out may be a true relation of cause and effect and yet have arisen as the result of one in a thousand million chances oc- curring- during almost infinite time ; but, on the other hand, those think- ers may be right who, holding that the universe is a manifestation of mind and that the orderly develop- ment of living souls supplies an adequate reason why- such a universe should have been called into exist- ence, believe that we ourselves are its sole and sufficient result, and that nowhere else than near the cen- tral position in the uniVerse which we occupy could that result have been‘ attained." ____._.._._+___ Sister â€" "You must remember, Tom, that they have only one daughter." Tom -- “Well, I only want one." ‘How Bright’s Disease was Vanquished by Dodd’s Kidney Pills. Mother of the (iirl Tells the Story in Full. Terrible Struggle With Most Deadly of Kid- - ney Diseases. Step by Step the Monster was Driven Back Till Medical Science Triumphed. ‘- .. :91 From Mail and Empire. Shub-enacadie, H-ants 00., N.S., Feb. 6.â€"(Special)â€"This little town, which has been brought out of obscurity and thrust into tho broad glare of public notice by the almost miraculous cure of a young girl of Bright's Disease, takes its neWâ€" found fame with a sort of mild sur- prise. All the village knows Alice Maud Parker, all thought that a few months ago she was sick beyond tho hope of recovery, that Bright's Disease had her in its clutches, and once that monster h'ad fastened on a victim the only release was death; and all know that to~day she is a comely maid-en of fifteen, with health beaming from every feature and speaking in her every movement. And all have heard time and again that this remarkable change Was brought about by that old reliable Canadian remedy, Dodd's Kidney Pills. Yet it is with something like surprise that they hear the noise the cure has made in the outside a ievelation to the world has come on them day by day, so gradually that they fail tude. BEYOND ALL DOUBT. But as to the cure itself. Of that there is no possible doubt. The facts are all easily obtained and can be sworn to, not only by the Parker family, but by a hundred other people who Watched the girl gradually sinking into the grave, and saw her snatched from its very mouth. It was Mrs. T. G. Parker that vour correspondent found at home when he called. Mrs. Parker is a bright, intelligent woman, one whose brave and honest face tells that she could act quickly in an emer- gency, and whose eveiy wold and action show her honesty of purpose. Her face brightened when spo‘ {en to of her daughter’ s remarkable case. “ch ” she said, emphatically, "my daughter had Bright's Disease in its Worst stage. Two of the best doctors in this vicinity gave her h_â€"â€"â€"_â€"______-â€"â€"-â€"â€"-_â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"'â€"â€"â€""_â€"â€" PERSONAL POINTERS. of Interest About Prominent People. The Emper'01 of Austria, when there is 11o Court function to inte1- fere, goes to bed at eight in the evening and gets up at three in the morning. The oldest soldiei in the Geiman. army is Bandmaster II. Lenschow, of the 90th Mecklenburg Fusilier Regiment, in gairison at Rostock. I-Ic is seventy-three yeals of age and has seen fifty-thiee years of service. As Master of the House the Duke of Portland enjoys a salary of £2,- 500 a. year. A much- appreciated pe1qu1s1te that goes with the post is that the occupant may have the use of the royal carriage and pair, a coachman and footman, and a horse for riding purposes whenever he pleases. King Carlos of Portugal, who is amongst the most expert shots in Europe, exercises his skill in a re- markable way. With his rifle in hand he takes up a position by a lake in his palace grounds, and as the fish rise to the surface of the water he fires at them, rarely fail- ing to hit them witn his deadly bul- lets. It is not often one finds a con- firmed vegetarian among our great publ'ic workers, but Mrs. Bramwell Booth told me recently (says a Lon- don writer) that she had been a vegetarian for fifteen years, and had found it possible to maintain her h'ealth through all the strain of an exceptionally busy life without re- course to_ meat. Her husband, Mr. Bramwell Booth, is also a vegetar- ian, and the veteran General Booth may almost be considered one, considering the small amount of meat he eats. A Budapest paper reports another romance of the Austrian Imperial Notes Some ’always a delicate world. The thing that has come as- to grasp its magni-1 ed her." Asked to begin at the bo- ginning, and tell the complete story _, of the case, she complied willingly, ‘ for she felt, she said, that all the world should know how her daugh- ter escaped fatal Bright's Disease, and that she owed her escape to Dodd's Kidney = Pills, and to no other agency. TI-I'E MOTHER'S STORY. "Alice," Mrs. Parker began, “Was child ironi- her birth. When she was twelve years old she was not any larger than an ordinary child would be at eight years old. But like many delicate children, Alice pulled along as deli- cate children will, till July, 1900. She was then thirteen years old. On July 7th she was taken serious~ 1y ill. Her eyelids swelled till she could hardly see, her logs swelled from her ankles to her knees. I took her to a doctor, and he said she had Bright's Disease,‘ and could not live long. The doctor tended her for about six weeks, but as she grew worse, I stopped the doctor and tried different kinds of patent medicines. Burt all the time she just got worse and worse. Her suf- ferings had by this time become so great that I again turned to the doctors. This time I tried another one. He ha'd no hesitation in pro- nouncing her disease Bright's Dis- ease of the worst kind. BELT MEASURED 48 INCHES. "By this time Alice was in a. ter- rible state. Her belt in health measured twenty inches. When she was at her worst it Was forty-eight inches. Her flesh was hard and looked ready to burst. The doctor, w'ho was a very nice man, said ho could not do anything. It looked as if all that was left for my daugh- ter was to go on suffering till death came to her relief. “She was in this terrible state when she chanced to read some tes- timonials as to what Dodd's Kid- ney Pills had done for others. She shoWed them to me, and I grasped at this last chance to help her, as a drowning man grasps at a straW. IIOW THIE CURE BEGAN. “She began taking Dodd's Kidney Pills on November 25th, and before she had finished the first box I could see a. change for the better. By December 19th there was a mark- ed improvement in her condition, but there was a large gathering across the small of her back and ready to lance When it was opened it emitted a quart of matter, be- si'des blood and water. Again We feared for her life, and again the doctor warned me that s-he might die at any moment. But my faith in Doddjs Kidney Pills had grown, and all through that long winter she took them regularly, and under the treatment continued to gain in stiength till by Apiil her back was well, and the swelling had all left her, though her u11ne when tested Was milkey and at times it would cu1dle. “Still she was Vastly improved, and I was greatly encourage-d, and continued to give her the Pills till November, when she appeared to be perfectly well and was growing faster than she had done in years.’ A NEARLY FATAL MISTAHLE. At this point Mrs. Parker nea1ly made a fatal mistake. She stopped the use of Dodd' s Kidney Pills be- up to die. Dodd's Kidney Pills cur- fore the disease had been thorough- WWW family. The Archduke Eugene, brother of the Queen-Regent of Spain, it says, has fallen in love with the pretty daughtci of a petty tradesman, and has resolved to re- nounce his title and bir'tlnight and ma1ry her Archduke Eugene is 39, has the lank of a general, and com- mands an a1my corps in the Tyrol. He is of gigantic stature, is ex- tremely handsome, and is frequently seen in the streets of Vienna, where his f1ee- and-easy manners have made him a popula1 favorite. Mr. Forbes-Robeitson, the actor, commenced l1isca1ecr as an artist. On leaving Charteihouse he visited Rome, turning his attention to Eng- lish classics, whilst all his spale time was given to the brush. When seventeen he 1etu1ned to London and entered the Academy as a stu- dent. There he remaincd for three years. His first appearance on the stage was in a piece called “Marie Stuart.’â€" In this he made a hit. Finding it would take a long while before he was able to earn enough with his brush, he reluctantly threw over his painting for the stage, with fortunate results for himself. Mr. Pierpont Morgan is 6 feet high, burly, red-faced, and fond of good living. I-Ie smokes big, fat black cigars, made expressly for him, which he facetiously calls "smokelets." Price as Mr. Mor- gan's time is, he is generally will~ ing to suspend business activity to look at a new’ book, a picture, or a jewel. Like President Roo'sekelt Mr. Morgan is impetuous, excitable and always desperately in earnest but his judgment is invariably sound. Children are pretty good judges of a man's disposition, and they love this crusty old financier. IIe reads novels on the way to church, and when he gets there he passes round the box for the offer- tory., from the supposedlyw | Bra lilians of l _ STORY UE ALiCE M PARKER ALICE MAUD PARKER. Whose remarkable recovery from Bright's Disease has set all Canada talking. 1y cleared out of the system. The" could only be one . result. Thu Bright's Disease, gradually regains! its hold on its victim. "And," sai-i Mrs. Parker, continuing, "to 0111 great surprise, in J anu-ary. 1902, the swelling came back. “This time, though, I knew whai to do. I sent at once for six boxel of Dodd's Kidney Pills. She began at once to take them, and gradually the dread monster fell back befon the great remedy. By the time slu had taken four boxes thgI swelling began to leave. This time I madi no mistake. I kept right on ~ with the treatment till every vestige ol the disease had disappeared, till m3 daughter w-as given back to me, 1101 as the puny, delicate child she W111 before her sickness, but as you se1 her now, a. big, strong, healthy girl of fifteen, full of vim and go, read; to hold her own in the struggle of‘ 1 life. DODD' S KIDNEY PILLS DID IT “And all this I charge to Dodd'l Kidney Pills, and to nothing else The doctors told me my daughtel could not live. When they knew l Was giving her Dodd’s Kidncy'Pills they said that if they cured her il would be one of the greatest min acles in the world, for the like hat- neVer been in this pr'oiince or any w."he1e else. And Dodd’ s Kidneg Pills did cure her. I gave her 76 boxes of them altogether, but the; gave her life in return, and I feel that I cannot say enough for Decid’: Kidney Pills.’ THE SUMLIING UP. I This is the story of the famou: Bright’ s Disease cure. as told by tln mother o'f the sufferer herself. Then can be no doubt as to the truth o: the story. Scones of people corro borate it. The case Was thoroughly diagnosed by skilled physicians, “l; unhcsitatingly pronounce-d it Bright’ 1 Disease. Neither can there be any doubta to what caused the cu1e.1t wa: Dodd’ s Kidney Pills. For, after thn doctors had given the patient up for lost, Dodd's Kidney Pills weie the only medicine used. Tho faci 1emains that Dodds Kidney Pill: have cured Bright's Disease. An-d if Dodd’ s Kidney Pills can and do cure Bright's Disease, which is thi worst stage of Kidney Disease, how sure must it be that they are a sovereign remedy for those earlier stages of Kidney Disease from which thousands of the Canadian people are suffering. ' One of the most curious expei 1cnr'e' related by Johannes Wolli',’ the fa- mous violinist, lcfcl‘S}.t0 the oc- Casion on which he first played be- fore a Brazilian audience. I-Ie Was consideiably sur'piised io find that all the men were throwing their hats at him. A perfect shower ol hats of all shapes and sizes and conditions fell upon the stage, and in dismay, not knowing what Was the inner meaning of this peculiar demonstration, 1‘.Ir. Wolff turned rom' the stage. Immediately each male member of the audience 1ushed on to the platfonm to secure his hat. I11 the a1tistes’1oom he Was told that hat~thlowing was he c111ious method adopted by the showing their appre- ciation of his playing. _.___._...+______. EYES AT DIFFERENT AGES. The Stockholm Museum possesses an interesting collection of eyes taken f1 om human beings at dillei- ent ages, which are cut across in such a way as to exhibit plainly the internal and external eye. It is easy to observe that the eye of a young child is as transparent as water ; that of the youth a little less so ; in the man of thirty the eye begi11s.to be slightly opaque, in the man of fifty or sixty it is de- cidedly opaque, and in the man oi seventy or eighty it is dull and lustreless; This gradual development of opacity is due to the increase of fibrous tissue and deposit of waste matter in the eye. "Pa," said little Johnny McSwil- linan, “here's a piece in the paper about ‘Parasites.’ What are they?" “Parasites, my b'oy, are people who live in Paris. I think you ought to know that, ' and you in tho Third Book."-