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t:___â€"“:_‘“_';_.______â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"-â€"~â€"~â€" ! THE sunrises use RHEUMATISH SHRED . l0 .iifll Linlments of no Ava.11â€"-The Trouble Must be Treated Through the Blood. This article is intended as a talk to the man or woman with rheuma- tism who wants to be cured. Not merely relieved, not half cured, but actually cured. The most a rheumatic sufferer can hope for in rubbing something on the swollen aching joints is a little ’relief. And all the while the trouble is becom‘ ing more firmly seated. Medical authorities now know that rheuma- tism is rooted in the blood ,and that while rubbing on liniments or hot fomentations may give tempor- sry relief, they cannot possibly cureâ€"you must go to the root of the trouble in the blood. That is why Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills cure rheumatism. They make new, rich blood, which expels the poisonous acid, and the rheumatism disap- ‘ ears. There are thousands of ormer rheumatic sufferers in Ca- nada, now well and strong, who thank Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills that they are now free from the aches and pains and tortures of this dreaded trouble. Mr. Joseph Lud- diagt'on. New Harbor, N. S., says: “Some three years ago my wife was stricken with rheumatism, and suf- fered so much that we dispaired of her ever getting well again. At first she was able to go about, but In spite of all we did for her she grew so bad that we had to lift her in and out of bed, and finally the pains grew so excruciating that we could only move her little by little, with the sheet under her. Finally We were induced to get Dr. Wil- liams’ Pink Pills for her. I do not remember just how many boxes she took, but I do know that they were the first medicine that reached the disease, and that she continued to improve until she was again as well as ever, and could do her house- hold work. To us it is simply marvellous what Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills did for her, and we are glad to give this testimonial in the hope that it will benefit some other poor sufferer.” Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are sold by all medicine dealers or will be sent by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by writing The Dr. Williams’ Medicine 00., Brook- .Ville, Ont. _ >x<___. ROYAL CAMP IN INDIA. Splendid Camp Will be Provided for Residence by King. The Allahabad Pioneer states that the Kingâ€"Emperor, during his stay in Delhi, will not occupy Cir- cuit House, but will go into camp, the idea of a splendid royal camp appealing to popular imagination. Motor cars and taxicabs, the journal adds, are likely to be more in evidence than horsed carriages, thus obviating the difficulty of the management of wheeled traffic which arose at the Curzon durbar. Step-s have already been taken to induce the Calcutta and Bombay companies to send several hundred taxicabs to Delhi. Communication between the different camps will be by circular railway trains running at short intervals. The programme of the royal tour in India at the end of this and the beginning of next year will include a big game shooting trip when his Majesty visits Nepal. The royal party leaves England about December 12, and, according to present arrangements, travel overland to the Mediterranean to take steamer for Bombay. V as Love letters should always be Written on a Slate. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MARCH 12.‘ Lesson XI. Elisha the Prophet Re-I stores a Child to Life; 2 Kings 4.8-37. Golden Text, Rom. 6.23. Verse 8. A great womanâ€"The prevailing idea of greatness was of a person who was independently rich (1 Sam. 25. 2), and who had the power that goes so frequently with wealth. This same Shunem was made famous as the abode of the beautiful maiden who is the heroine of Solomon’s Song, and who "may be identified with Abishag, the nurse of David’s old age. Thus Shunam- mite seemsvto have been an heir- ess, who, with her husband, owned much of the property about the vil- lage. Her ho‘Spitality must. have been welcome to the prophet in his wearisome tours among the pro- phetic schools. 9. This was a holy manâ€"It seems unlikely that Elijah would have availed himself of such comforts as were offered in this luxurious home, but the impression made by Elisha was not diminished because he had an eminently social nature and gave it free play. At any rate, the pro- posal made to her husband by the woman (10) was not unusual, even in a land overflowing with hospitâ€" ality. The little chamber, built with walls, above the roof, so as to give easy and private access from the outside (and furnished after the style of Oriental rooms), must have afforded the prophet many hours of refreshment. 12. Gehaziâ€"Throughout his long public career Elisha was attended by his servant, who ocupicd much the same position as he himself held in relation to Elijah. She stood before himâ€"It is dif- ficult for us to imagine the rev-erâ€" ence with which she would come in- to the presence of one whom she considered a representative of God, or the reserve which Elisha, in the dignity of his position, would ex- ercise, so downtrodden was the conâ€" dition of womankind in‘ those days (compare Jesus and the Samaritan woman, John 4. 27). So Elisha speaks to her through his mouthâ€" piece, Gehazi (13), and, careful not to offend his benefactor by any sugâ€" gestion of money equivalent for her pains, he proposes that he might give expression to his gratiâ€" tude by speaking a word in her beâ€" half to the king, or using his court influence with the captain of the host. But, dwelling as she did, among her own friends, she felt no need of royal or military protec- tion. So she went away, only to be recalled on Gehazi’s suggestion that the great sorrow of, her life was, that she had no child, and was growing old (14, 15). I 16. Do not lieâ€"The promise that in the spring of the year following she should have a child her very own was too good to be believed on light evidence. 19. My headâ€"It is likely the child had suffered from sunstroke. 21. Laid him on the bed of the man of Godâ€"What Elisha had al- ready done for her was sufficient to make her believe in his power to do even greater things. 23. Wilt thou go to-day ’lâ€"The husband is not thinking of the dead child, but of some religious festival connected with the new moon or the sabbath, over which the prophet might be called upon to preside Nevertheless, upon her assuring him that all was well, he has the ass prepared (24). The servant would attend her for protection, running by her side the entire sixâ€" teen miles to Carmen. 25. The man of God saw herâ€" From his retreat in the hills he could look down the. road and see her while she was yet afar off. He at once divined that something was amiss. But the woman not relin- ’ quishing the hope which she cher- ished, out of an anxious heart ex- claimed, It is well (26). 27. Thrust her awayâ€"Gehazi conâ€" sidered in a breach of etiquette, but his master saw that she acted in great extremity, and put his ser- vant aside. ' 29. He said to Gahaziâ€"He did not need to hear the words which the woman seemed reluctant to speak, that her son was dead. He bade his servant gather up the loose folds of his garment, and to pause for no salutations, lest his progress should be impeded. But the moth- er is not satisfied to have the staff and its master separated, for where he is there is power. So with the woman, Elisha follows his servant, who meets them on the v; 1y with the news that the child has not re- vived. 32. The child was deadâ€"There is left no such doubt in this story as in some others in the Bible, as to dead. ,33-35.â€"Notice the earnest solic- itude displayed by Elisha. He not only prayed, but used every means within his power to bring back the breath of life. This was the order followed by Elijah at Zarephath, and is the true method of approachâ€" ing God in everything we seek from him. . 36. Take up thy sonâ€"In the tense- ness of the situation the indirect address, through his servant, is laid aside. Humanity is a far larg- cr consideration than convention- ality'. overwhelmed with emotion and gratitude to speak. We are left to imagine what the return journey must have been. ,,,_____ BOWEL TROUBLE MAKES SICKLY BABIES __ Bowel trouble is the cause of most "of the ailments from which little ones suffer. When baby’s bowels are not working regularly illness is sure to appear, but when the bowels are regular the little one is usually bright, active and happy. N 0 other medicine for babies has such good effect on the bowels as has Baby’s Own Tableti. They make their action regular, sweeten the stoâ€" mach and promote good health. Concerning them Mrs. Freeman Feener, of Barry’s Corner, N. S., writes: “I can heartily recommend Baby’s Own Tablets for all the fer. My baby girl was troubled with her bowels and was so small and puny I thought we would lose her. I saw Baby’s Own Tablets ad- vertised and began giving them to her and now she is a big, healthy happy baby. For this I thank the Tablets, and I always keep them in the house." \Tlie Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Wil- Ont. viaâ€"“H rancid-T or run EMPIRE. King’s subjects Will be Able to Tour all Britain. The Empire in the making is a phrase often used, and perhaps little understood, but' one may 37. Fell at his feetâ€"She was too: troubles from which little ones suf- u liams’ Medicine 00., Brockville,l Used in Canadian homes to produce delicious homenmade bread, and a. sup- ply is always included lin Sportsmens’ and Campers” Outfits. Decline all imitations. ‘ They never I give satisfaction and cost just as much. E. W. GILLETT CO. l.""'7. Winnipeg Toronto, Ont. montreal I - v Awarded highest fir/ion! at all Expositions. Parliament Buildings, at present but an'outline of woodwork. The treasure to be shown will be worth seeing. Sir Wilfrid Laurier has cabled the Canadian Government’s assent to the spending of $350,000 on the Canadian section. The De Beers Company will lend several million dollars worth of diamonds to add to the sparkling brilliancy of the South African section. As for India, one of King Edward’s last acts was to go through his collec- tion of Indian trophies, and select some of the most remarkable, to be exhibited in the Indian section. As a pageant, the festival will be still more ambitious than the original1 plan. In addition to the tableaux 'rcpresenting the history of London â€"to be presented by 12,000 London- ersâ€"there are to be pageants rep- resenting scenes from the history of the colonies. Those who took part in the scene of the Tercentenary of Canada, enacted before King 'Gcorge on the Plains of Abraham, will reproduce it before an Empire history will be given by the men and women who acted it before the Duke land Duchess of Connaught, under the shadow of Table Mountain. The Delhi Du'rbar of 1887 will be repro~ duced by Indian visitors; and )ther colonial visitors will take their out in historical tableaux of Newfo 1nd land, Australia and New Zealand. 1...__..__ VALUE OF A GOOD MEMORY. Its Possession Not Always Proof of a Great Mind. The trouble with old men usual- ly is that their memories become éoverloaded with actual and psychic ‘facts, among which they are unable to distinguish those that have a value for the present and those that have become obsolete. Generally speaking, an old man knows a great deal more than a young man, but, says the Dietetic and Eygenic Gaâ€" zette, it does not necessarily follow that he is wiser. While, therefore, a strong memory is a great conveni- ence, it is not necessarily an adâ€" vantage. Cardinal Mezzoianti, whose me- mory for ,words was so retentive that he never forgot one after hear- ing it once, and which enabled him to acquire more than a hundred languages, was in most respects a very ordinary person. Pliny relates that Mithridates, King of Pontus, had so excellent a memory that he was able to speak fluently twenty- two languages native to the prov- inces of his vast empire. Yet he ,was a cruel barbarian. l A well known peripatetic elocu- tionist and reciter still living de- clares that he can rep-eat without further preparation about 3,000 seâ€" lections in prose and poetry. He probably tells the truth, since he has been training his mind in this particular direction for many years. 5 On the other hand, such men as ;Sir Walter Scott, ‘Macaulay and 'Gladstone were» not only the posses- sors of excellent memories, they were also men of good judgment. Among human beings children have the most remarkable memor- ies. Under favorable circumstanc- es they will learn three and even ,four languages, so as to be able Etc express their thoughts with equal lease in any one of them by the time ‘th-cy are six or seven years of age. catch a little of its meaning at the 1 And they accomplish this remark- Crystal Palace, London, where the fable feat without any aid from the Festival of Empire is now being'mcnmonic devices to which adults built up. Mr. Frank Lascellcs,'the 1are compelled to resort when they master builder of the pageant, undertake a similar task. They showed the writer something of the learn words and phrases unconsci- gluries of the scheme that will fur- ously, and rarely forget them as nish the chief attraction of the year [long as they live, On the other to millions of the King’s subjects 'fhund, grown-ups rarely acquire an from all parts of the world. _ jaccuratc pronunciation of a foreign With the sfid 1L:Jf abrlninicaturelrail- lagiguéroge, altilougtlll bliey may lie way one w1 e. a e -0 HUNG 33a 0 use 1 'w1 ren'lre correc - tour of the whole Empire. Already guess, there are crude outlines of the chief! It is a, common belief that the towns and buildings of India, South memory is more tenacious in early Africa and Australia. Far down :life than in later years. That seems in the grounds P010“? the tel'l‘flce .to depend almost entirely on the there are, growing the .Canadlm individual. ' BEDS or near AND SILVER Whole Fortunes are Spent in Bel Chambers. Nowadays bedsteads are compar- atively cheap, and $100 is consider- ed a big price for even a rich man to spend on a couch, but, occasion- ally, ho'w-evor, a millionaire Will expend a few hundreds or thous~ ands of dollars on the furnishing of his bed chamber, and he will not be satisfied unless the bedstead equals in splendor the bedsteads to be 2found in the world‘s royal palices. I A rich London woman a year or Itwo ago spent over $50,000 in fur- lnishing her bed chamber. The car~ :p-etâ€"a wonderful, hand-tied, pur- ‘ple axmin-sterâ€"-cost $7,500. The chairs and other furniture are of solid, carved ivory, with eb- ony and gold inlay. The toilet fit- tings are of oriental alabaster and cost some hundreds of pounds. When the German Empress once visited the Exâ€"Sultan Abdul Ham- id, a room was placed at her dis- Whe'ther the Person “'35 acmauy audience. A scene of South Africanlposaj which contained a, bedstead {constructed entirely of solid silver. 'The curtains which surrounded it were of Oriental material and de- lsign, heavily embroidered with gold. The Shah of Persia possesses one of the finest bed chambers in exist- ence. Its suite of furniture is man- ufactured from ivory, and inlaid With gold and precious stones. The curtains and curtain hangings are of the finest Brussels net, interwov- en with silk. The chief d’o-evre of the whole apartment is the bedstead, compos- ed entirely of crystal, and deli- cately chased fountains on the sides eject jets of scented water at the will of the occupant. » In the French state collection of furniture there is a Masonic bed- stead surrounded by a large can- opy. It is of extraordinary height and is ornamented with some of the most delicate carving it is pos- sible for the hand of man to turn out. The French government re- fused $75,000 for it. ___._.>x<__.____ DRINK PASSION AT ITS WORST Age at Which it is Most Likely to Overcome Man or woman. At what age is the drink passion most likely to overcome a man or woman? At what age may the dan- ger of such a fate be said to have passed? The answers are found in a bulky blue book dealing with Lon- don (England) police statistics, is- sued recently. Between the ages of thirty and forty the largest num- ber of habitual drunkards were re- ceived into inebriate reformatories, namely ninetyâ€"six, and between. forty and fifty the numb-er fell to fifty-seven. But it must be borne in mind that these figures deal with the age on reception, and, in view of the re- luctance of magistrates to commit, and the fact that several convic- tions must take place before the magistrate has the power to com- mit, it is certain that each inmate must have been an habitual drunk- ard for many years before entering a home. It would seem, therefore, that very few persons fall a victim. to the drink habit after the age of forty-five, and practically none af- ter fifty. The ages at which the dan- ger of falling a' victim to the drink habit is at its greatest seem to lie between thirty-five and twentyâ€"five. Crime figures were high in 1909,, and especially noticeable was the increase in burglary and house and shopbr-caking. Thus in 1909 there were 12,075 such cases, against 11,- 619 in 1908, 10,584 in 1907, and only 9,141 in 1906. It was estimated that there were only 4,064 habitual crim- inals at large in April, 1909, against 4,255 the previous year, and 4,197 in 1907, though it is pointed out, 1909 was a. year of many crimes. Debtors committed to prison num- bcrcd 19,155, while persons impris- loncd in default of payment of {11:0 numbered 92,699. ' 6.5:...” _ _. ., . l “w mm‘