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Another Modern Miracle ; INTERNATIONAL LESSON, The Sufferer Had Been Given Up as Incurable by Several Doctorsâ€"Hospital Treatment Also Pailedâ€"Dr.Williams’ Lesson X.â€"Elijah g'ocs Pink Pills Worked the Miracle. Before the distovery of Dr. Williams_’,,.Pink Pills, locomotor ataxia was considered an incurable disease.” t has been fully demonstrated, however, that this disease can be cured through the use of these pills, where the treatment is persisted in, and the directions carefully followed. Locomotor ataxia is a, disease of the spinal cord, and first shows itself in an inability to stand erect when the eyes are closed, or in the dark. It is characterized by peculiar disturbances of the gait, and difficulty in governing the motions of the legs. One of the common- _est and earliest Signs is a tired feeling, particularly noted in the knees and ankles. This sensation is provoked by slight exertion, and is not relieved by rest. Often a numb feeling is associated with it, and these two symptoms are always present in the early stages. As the disease progresses, there is an increase in the duration and ex- tent of the numb feelings, covering at times the foot alone, then ex- tending to the leg. The disease is usually of slow growth, and the in- crease and intensity of the symptoms is not noticed, but its progress is constant, and gradually approaches a total lack of feeling in the legs, causing a wobbling gait and an entire inability to govern the steps. As the disease progresses the patient loses all control over bowels and water, and becomes utterly helpless, and has to be cared for like a. child. In proof of/the power of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills to cure this terrile malady Mrs. Sarah Jane Ruller, of Antler, Sask., says: “For seven years from 1900 to 1907, my son James was afflicted with loco- motor ataxia. During that time he was treated by several of the best doctors in the West, but their treatment failed to be of any benefit, and be. kept growing worse and worse, till finally he lost all control of his limbs, and could not move at all. I had to carry him from his bed to a. chair, where I would have to tie him, to enable him to sit up. He was as helpless as an infant; he lost all control of his kidneys and bowels, and we daily looked for death to relieve him of his suffering. In 1905 we sent him to the Brandon Hospital, heping that the treat- ment there would benefit him. In this, though, we were disappointed, and the hospital doctor advised me to take him home, as they said they could do nothing for him. At this time a friend advised the use of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. Being willing to try anything in the hope of finding relief for my boy, I bought a supply. In less than three months I noted a slight improvement in his condition. In six months he could walk once more and from that on the improvement continu- ed, till now he is fully cured and once more able to attend school nd do the chores about the‘house. What Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills ave done for him is truly wonderful, and I would strongly recom- pifend them to all sufferers, for they most certainly saved my boy’s 1 e.’ _ In substantiation of what Mrs. Ruller says, Mr. A. E. Steele, the Well-known lumber and coal dealer of Antler, writes: “With reference to what Mrs. Ruller says concerning her son’s cure by Pink Pills, I have no hesitation in saying that what .she says is absolutely true in every particular, as I am personally acquainted with the case.” This great cure is not the only one performed by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. They have brought thousands back to health and strength after some of the best doctors in the country have been forced to give up the case as incurable. Not only in cases of locomotor ataxia, but in cases of partial paralysis, sciatica, acute rheumatism, and many other severe ailments have they been successful. The whole secret of their wonderful success is their power to make rich, red, health-giving bloodâ€"the one essential for good health. The pills are sold by all medicine dealers, or direct by mail at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50, from The Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co.,'Brockville. Ont. m WWW-- DIET" OF CENTENARIANS. I'm--. . ._. __â€". The One Absolute Requisite Is That It Shall Be Simple. Ask the nonogenarian or centen- {arlan as to his diet. Will he ans- !wer in the terms of the bill of fares ‘published monthly in some so-called health journals, where we find sug- gestions for luncheons bringing within the compass of a single meal samples from every class and cate- gory of noncarnivorous substances â€"â€"as if the mere essence of animal meat redeem-ed and made tolerable every incongruous mixture of food. “Thus,” says the Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette, “we find berries w1th cream; banana fritters and stuffed dates, roast chestnuts and custard, baked potatoes and peanut cream, vegetable salad, rice-sageI pudding and a glass of milkâ€"a com- ' bination that would turn the stom- ach of an ostrich into a rocking yeast pot. I“Or will he suggest a line of slmple essentials, such as a break- fast on fruits, fresh or cooked with some kind of dry, whole meal ;c-er~cals; a. lunch of twor or more .fresh vegetables prepared in salad form with perhaps a dish of well ;cookcd rice, «corn meal, or coarse dry bread; andI an evening meal of “Carnaro, the famous Italian nonogenarian, lived during the last twenty years of his life on a diet largely consisting of a little wine, coarse bread, marconi and cheese, Emmanuel 'great Swedish enjoyed twice Swedonborg, the philosopher, scientist and seer, whose writings still continue to illumine minds of ever increasing numbers of devotees, and who died a nonogenarian, subsisted almost exclusively during his last two de- cades on a mixture .of milk and weak coffee, enjoyed tog-ether with dried wheat-en ‘ bun-s " ,(rusks). Thomas Edison, Dr. .Ke-llo'gg, Al- fred Wallace, while nonâ€"vegetarâ€" ians, seldom eat but once or twice a day, and very simple meals. “A couple of years ago I met at; Long Beach, Cal., an old man who} a day. a bowl of sweet fresh milk, oatmeal or whole meal zweibach. at the age of ninetyâ€"five years was as vigorous as a man of fifty and in full possession of all his faculties and senses. For twenty years his dietary had consisted of baked on- ions and pumpernickel, with now and then a meal of baked apples or dried beef. However, no speci- fie rules other than that of simplic- ity can be traced in the habits and customs of those who inherit the kingdom of earth. “They may find their elixir of life on adiet of oatmeal and sweet milk, as in Scotland; on baked potatoes and salt, as in Ireland; on black bread, sauerkraut and small beer, as on the Rhine; sour milk and bar~ ley cake, as ‘in Bulgaria; white bread and black wine, as in south- ern France ; macaroni and cheese, on in Italy; rye, bread, salt fish, sour milk, as in Sweden, the. Every country has its peculiarities in diet according to geographical altitude and staple food of supply. But the one unique feature characteristic to one and all, is their simple, nonâ€" mixed natural elements of diet.” i1 A WOl‘lEERFUL MEDICINE FOR LITTLE ONES Baby’s Own Tablets are :1. won- derful medicine for llttlc ones. They never fail to give relief to the baby when his stomach or bowels are out of order; when teething is painful; when worms make their appearance or when any of the many childhood ailments seize him. What is more they are absolutely safe and cannot harm the youngest child. Mothers have the guarantee of a governâ€" ment analyst to this effect. Thou- sands of mothers, through grateful- ness for what the Tablets have done for their children, strongly recommend them. Mrs. E. J. Ward, Galt, Ont., says :â€"“I have used Baby’s Own Tablets for two years and would not be without them in the house. They are wonderful me- dicine for little ones.” 'Baby’s Own Tablets are sold by medicine deal- ers or at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams’ Medicine 00., Brook- villc. Ont. MARCH 5. fl.â€" up by a whirlwind into heaven, 2 Kings 2. 1-18. Golden Text, Gen. 5. 24. Verse 1. Jehovah would take up Elijahâ€"Elijah bursts upon the scene at the start with none of the an- nouncements as to birth which we find in the lives of most heroes, and his departure is as full of mystery as his origin. Of no other, except Jesus, is it recorded that he was translated in this way, although Enoch, of course, shares the dis- tinction of not having, seen death. Gilgalâ€"Not to be confused with the Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho. It stood on a lofty hill, about eight miles northwest of Bethel, and is now called J iljilia. It seems to have been the seat of a school of young men in training for ,bestowed power, \vaters of the the work of a prophet. 2. Tarry hereâ€"The purpose of Elijah was probably to spare his successor the anguish of witnessing the stormy scenes of his departure. Fully a dozen years had elapsed since the call had come to Elisha at the plow, and during all that time he had no doubt enjoyed the closest intimacy with this most picturesque character in the Old Testament. It may be, also, that, with his love for solitude, Elijah wished in these closing days to tear himself away from all human companionship. Beth-elâ€"His object in halting here and at Jericho was, in all pro- bability, to reassure the young aro- phets who were being schoole in these places. Bethel was insepar- ably connected with the patriarchal history, and had become renowned as the abode of ancient sanctuaries (see lesson for January 8). Went down to Bethâ€"elâ€"Bethel it- self was higher up than Gilgal. But between them lay a deep valley in- to which it wasnecessary to descend in making the journey from Gilgal. 3. Sons of the propr '3 â€"_- These were some of the fruits of Elijah’s strenuous loyalty to the true religj ion. These young men had caught his spirit and were being trained by the older prophets at Be'thel and Jericho and Gilgal, and it may be other centers. to continue the war against the heathen supersititions which threatened to destroy the na- tion. “ Knowest thou 'Zâ€"VVe have no ink- ling as to how the knowledge of Elijah’s impending departure had reached these schools, But, howâ€" ever the news had come, Elisha was in no mood to discuss it, and warns the talkative youth that it is not a matter for idle gossip. 4. Jerichoâ€"A city in the valley of the Jordan, over against Nebo, made famous by the siege of Joshua, it being the first to oppose the pro- gress of the Israelites after their crossing the Jordan. 7. Fifty . . . sons of the prophets . stood . . . afar offâ€"They must have climbed the hills above Jeri- cho and watched the two as they descended the valley toward Jorâ€" clan. 9. A double portion of thy spiritâ€" Not twice as much zeal and inspir- ation as was possessed by his guide, but the portion of an elder son, by the Hebrew law, received twice as much as the younger. In spiritual endowment, Elisha wished to be foremost among the disciples of Elijah. 10. Thou hast asked a hard thing â€"Spiritual gifts are always hard to pass on to others. “Nevertheless, he assures his follower that if he proved his fitness for prophetic gifts by remaining with his master to the end, and looking without fear upon the messengers of the invisible world, his request will not be ne- nicd.” 11. A chariot of fire and horses of fireâ€"Jl‘he whirlwind is spoken of twice (soc verse 1) as the agent of Elijah’s removal. and there is no- thing to indicate with certainty whether the rest of the language is the picturesque description of a storm, or whether it is a literal ac- count of what Elisha saw. There is, at any rate, a mystery here, as there was in the death of Moses, which it is useless for us to try to penetrate. Elisha’s cry was a fit- ting expression of what he must have felt in his heart, that he had lost one who had been more to him' than a father, and who had been to Israel more than her chariots and horsemen; that is, her mili- tary defenses. So it was natural that he should find a vent for his grief by tearing in twain his own clothes (12). 13. The mantle of Elijahâ€"This was his reward for fidelity unto the i" Standard Article Ready for use in any‘ quantity. Useful for five hundred purposes. A c... “was 20 lbs. SAL SODA. Use only the Beat. end, and his taking it back with him was a symbol of his possession of the spiritual authority of his great master. He stood the test imposed upon him, and shown him- self a worthysuccessor of the old hero who had been feared by kings. He puts to proof at once this newly by smiting the Jordan and going over dry shod (14). This was suffi- cient to convince the sons of the prophets that Elisha was not lack: ing in the gifts of a great prophet, and they humbly make acknowledg- ment of their allegiance. Still, as verse 16 shows, they remain some- what skeptical as to the departure of Elijah, and suggest a search by fiftv strongman. There is a cer- tain humor in the persistency with which they urge this upon Elisha until he shamcfacedly gives in and bids them send and look. Their failure to find a trace of the old seer, after three days, left Elisha as their undisputed leader. ' -â€"â€"â€"â€"â€">X‘ ANTIQ'UITIES AS IIEIRLOOMS. Historic Austrian 035th Will Be Preserved to Poster-ity. The well-known mediaeval castle of Krcutzenstein has been made a “fidelkommis,” i.e., entail-ed in the family of its owner, Count Hans Wilczek, and its contents have been made heirlooms, writes the Vienna correspondent of the London Stanâ€" dard. This is news which should gladden the hearts of all antiquarâ€" ians, as it means that the unexam- pled collections of antique furniâ€" ture, weapons, and objects of art in the Middle Ages will be kept toâ€" gether in their present setting for all time. Kreutzenstein is, no doubt, the most complete genuine specimen of a media-oval castle in existence. When the present owner inherited it as .a young man it was a ruin, but Count Wilczek has devoted a large fortune to restoring the build- ingls and furnishing them through- out down to the minutest detail with furniture and household ar- ticles of the Middle Ages, which he has spent a lifetime in collect- ing. The castle lies on a hill over- looking the Danube, within a drive of Vienna, and is one’ of the first sights which all distinguished visit- ors to the capital, such as in recent Profits, years, King Edward, Emperor Wil» liam, and ex-Pr-esident Roosevelt 348 is have been taken to see. A “fideikom‘mis” is strict-er thanl its English equivalent as it cannot be cut off like an entail. An estate can, however, now be tied up in this way only by a special act of the Austrian Parliament, which the lower house is nowadays very un- willing to pass; none has been created for fifteen years. This dif- ficulty was ‘got over in this case by the legal advice of a soâ€"callcd ex- change. Part of Count \Vilczek’s estates is already subject to “fidciâ€" kommis,” and he was permitted by the judicial authorities to bring Kreutz-enstein under the, entail in the place of land in Silesia, which was thereby released. , l .M For Making Soap. For SoftcningWatcr. For Removing Paint. For Disinfecting Sinks. Closets. Drains. etc. y ‘21."? . Earth. 1.)?171 "v ,1 RADIUMâ€"rUELb'r‘rUTURET" Its Energy (Inc Million Greater Than Coal. Scientists will soon make the pro- blem of the conservation of the world’s coal a deal issue, according to Dr. A. H. Bu-cherer, a professor of physics in the University of Bonn, Germany. Radium, Dr. Bucherer believes, will supersede coal as the source of the world’s energy and heat. “Some men of great imaginative power,” says Dr. Bucherer, “have described the situation when do- prived of its sources of heat and en- ergy, the human race will gradual- ly die out from cold, and when on the earth’s surface conditions vill obtain similar to those on the face of the moon. But in radium scion- Times tists have found an energy which - surpasses by more than a million times anything that can be suppli- ed by the combination of any known fuel. “Scientists all over the world are devoting their efforts to solve the problems presented, and one of these days they will be successful.“ .._._â€"â€" ._._â€"’I‘ STANDARD BANK’S RECORD FOR 1910. 1910 a Year of Steady Progress and Expansion. The past year’s business of the Standard Bank as disclosed in, the 36th annual statement show this Institution to be making continued and steady progress. During the year eight new branches were opened in Ontario and a corre- sponding number in the Western Provinces, making a total of 98 of- fices in the Dominion. The net pro- fit-s amounted to $378,208.25 after charges, which figures out on the basis of 18.66 per cent. on the paid up capital, and which added to the balance carried over from 1909, makes a total of $427,282.48, which was dis- posed of as follows :-â€" Dividends, $240,000 (12 per cent.); Oflicers’ Pension Fund, 87,500; Written-off 'Premiums, $25,000; added to Re- serve Fund, $100,000; to Profit and Loss Account, $54,782.48. The general statement shows : Cir- culation, $1,967,102; Deposits, 820,. 413,503; Capital, Rest and Surplus $4,616,556. The total Assets are $33,427,328, or which $9,232.â€" in cash and immediately available securities. 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