no m ' ,. he studied at s at many of in 1680. Returning to his he resided for a short time in Silesia, and in 1661 .m: at Wittenburg, 'Margaret Dorothy, a daughter of the ted Senmert. The following 'his young wife was stricken with ague and died after an illness of t days. ; ; Distracted by his loss, Major wan: up and down Europe, studying di a zue wherever he found it, in the _ hope that he might discover a cure for the disease which had bereaved him. Sp France and Russia r of n ik oYages. Jowey y always in st of the remedy for plague. al in 1698, he was called to Stockholm t the queen of Charles XI, then plague. But before he could any service, he contracted . (disease and died on the third of bubonic plague of to-day is iden: Ye with the -Dinck genit of the mid] ; lle Ages, ges, © rily a liseage of ro-| 0 "dents, caused by a short dumbbell | for tumors. The operation in the pest! was 'quite. successful, but 1 'was so member of the Kelso Town Council. | n three! badly run down and anaemic that I. "theal shaped microscopi¢ vegetable, it occurs in man fore : The Slcumpnie, d rate of almost 100 per cent. ; le septicemi fatal, and, with the 1 ent the mortality is about 50 yer cént. It 1s a disease of commerce, spreading around the globe in the body -of the ship-borne rat. It is estimated 1at every case of human plague conte ie municipality in which it occurs at t $7,600. . This does not take into cconnt the enormous loss dye to dis- strous: quarantines and the commer- al paralysis ch the fear of the i 'so frequently produces. ¢ The 41geasy 2 > Saw 1reatsy by a mm discovered he genius of Yorstu, This is used in much the same way as is diphtheria antitoxin. Plague i transferred from the si rodent to the healt ) The sick rat ig i of plague bacilli in its blood. d is taken:-by the flea, The which, leav- and ty.| paired digestion, loss of flesh, no en- 4 g Som. If you have not used this medi- ch has a! did not gain strength, .. which is nearly as C, the bubonic, in which even | most modern methods of 'and I feel sure they will not be dis- | 1° iE Women he are stated to\ 5 docitod at dn ) and Leigh Millers' As the price of flour by 24 h socounts show an actual 0,000. Over $65,000 of will be available for the rates. > word: that fairly ex- "ailments under one ood, weak nerves, im- ergy, no ambition, listless and indif- ferent. This condition is perhaps the penalty of overwork or the result of neglected health, You 'must regain your health or succumb entirely. There is just one absolutely sure way to new health -- take Dr, Williams' Pink Pills. These pills will;bring you new life, fill every vein new, rich blood, restore elasticity 'to your step, the glow of health to. wan cheeks. They will supply you with new energy and supply the vital forces of mind and. body. There is not a corner in Canada at the end of the year to t of $286,600, which is $32, "than at the beginning of the _'The gardens in Kirkcaldy and dis: trict have been greatly damaged by instances fruit of all kinds is a total failure. An interesting function occurred in the village of Newtyle, when the Harl of 'Strathmore presented the D.C.M. to Company Sergeant-Major Beverley, a local Territorial. The need for an imperial policy re- garding trade after the war was ad- 1 |} careto | Soothing Syrup the long continued rainfall. In many F © 'Weak, puny babies are a constant mothers and are subject to many diseases that do not healthy children. ; children in good health. Cally of teething s a ; ion should be taken to keep | | well and rong. By the consistent use of Mrs. Winslow's it is possible to avoid many childish ills now so prevalent. Tt is a corrective for diarrhoea, colic and other infantile ailments, It soothes tha fretting baby and permits the J | child to sleep well and grow healthy. It brings comfort and relief ta both child and mother. = Mrs. Winslow's | vocated at'a meeting in Glasgow un- der the auspices of the British Empire Producers' Organization. The 'Ayr Town Council agreed on the motion of Provost Mitchell to con-| fer the freedom of the burgh on Sir Rdward © Morris, Premier of New- foundland, when he visits Ayr. To provide houses for the rapidly nereasing staff of workers at the where Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have not brought health and hope and hap- piness to some weak debilitated per- | cine yourself ask your neighbors and | they will tell you of some sufferer | who has been restored to health' and strength through using Dr. Williams' Pink Pills me Who he Ney i Clyde Torpedo Factory, Greenock, the good Pills is Mrs. Luther Smith, of Admiralty purpose to take ground West, Hill, Ont, who writes: "I feel soups of coftages ob It. it a duty as well as a pleasure to tell | Ee arr you what Dr. Williams' Pink Pills | Mr. John Brown, in his 78th year. He have done for me. Thad an operation was a justice of the peace for.Rox- itself , burghshire, and for a long period a Fa oe wag formally handed over to % rod ties -at the tary hospi: .and the incision' (0 41 Bt i Eo ns mops disckarping for | Loi.ut Cruel 4 roe nearly a year, until T weighed only, purgh Committee of the Red Cross eighty-six pounds and could scarcely Soclety, erected at a cost of $6,750. | walk across the floor. I had got 80]: The first motor fishing boat built in | sick of doctors' medicine that I would: Kincardineshire was recently launched, | vomit when I tried to take it. A good | from the building yard of Mr. A. Clark, friend urged me to try Dr. Williams' Cowie, - Stonehaven, to 'the order of i Pink Pills, so I bought a box. Before Messrs. James Burnett & Sons, saw: millers. : - y {hey worg pore 1 thought I could feel 'An order has been issued declaring y and I got a further sup-| uit portion of Scotland north of the! ply. By the time I had taken five | Caledonian Canal to be a special mili-| boxes the wound ceased discharging tary ares, to which no person will be and commenced to heal. I took inall allowed access without a special per- thirteen boxes and am to-day enjoy-| mit. | 3 2 ing the best health of my life and | During the flag-day recently held in weigh 140 pounds,- I sincerely hope Glasgow in aid of the Princess Louise Cp so did will give | Hospital 'for limblees sailors and sol- | anyone suffering as gl at ¢ a Di. Williams' Pink Pills a fair trial, | 310rs, & sum of over $11,015 was col- ted. 'The Rt. Hon. Atholl' M , 26th Baron Forbes, premier baron in the eerage of Scotland, and chief of the lan Forbes of Castle Forbes, Aber- | Geen, has left: an estate valued at $20,757. appointed." 4 You can get these pills from any medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The , Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont. y etme re tit, HUN SAVAGERY OUTDONE. THE CAT'S WHISKERS. The Reason That They Are Still in : ~~ Style. Although hirsute adornments of all Terrible Story of Austro-Hungarian Outrages in Serbia, Many people are inclined to dis- _gociate. the Austro-Hungarians from the charges of lustful savagery which the real and indispensable thing, mo- | have been proved against the Huns. dern sanitary practice has made such They will be-unpleasantly made aware inroads on unharvested = beards. and ore truth by a glance at the official Jong hair that only a few scattered by the Austro-Hungarian army during poy orators still retain : their. hai the first Invasion of Serbia, Dr. R. A. ror OraLors still retain - their. hairy 'Roles, professor at: the University of Juxuriance . Notwithstanding this, usanne, has collected evidence of vhat actually happened. His report As a thorough examination of facts, erified on the spot. 2 Dr. Relss's pictures are photographs horrors. © They. alone prove "that ate absolutely necessary to it. 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