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A £2 SWASTIKA'S ORIGIN. SETA ; Eh ; : "Good-Luck Symbol of Primitive People still a Mystery. x Anglo- m Norfolk, ; emarkable fact is that it is ong the Indians of 'Colorado and fo, Sha Is ee ica dn ancient w ating from ey | The name Swastika, given to this i"device," in Indian means "good luck!" The word svasti in ancient . "Banskrit means "hall or like the similar Greek word cuesto. It 1s also called the "gammadion,' be- cause it 1s like four individuals of the Greek letter ted. In old English it was called "Flyfot," mean- ing "many footed," and it is some- 'times described as a "tetraskelion," * referring to its four branches or limbs. It 1s often scratched on clay or drawn 'with a paint brush, and when its spirally it is called an ; sometimes supposed 3 erroneously) to be from a cross incribed in a by the breaking of the circle at four nts and the subsequent con- ve! -of the curved limbs into rec- | verticals. ! | tr "he well," 4 | to the . Mave Been jhuile by the Halifax devastated by the ant Sxplonion RITES. Whe of | i abound in Africa. Most of these have their origin in' rstitions instigated by the medicine' menor magicians of a tribe for their own betterment, while many are adopted as customs of & "Foremost of the funeral "celebra- " in Africa is that of a tribe called galas, near the Quango river. Here the deceaded 1s asked to state the cause of his, death and Is often prose- cuted: before being buried. " The death of an African in thes sections is never announced, and only on inquiry is anyone told of the death of a tribe member. the death is gen known the relatives come and fall into a state of excitement and of a hilarious nature. Drums and musical instruments 'are @ssembled and the revelry is continued until af- ter sunrise, This ceremony gccuples two days. The body is brought out during these ceremonies and fastened in a sitting posture in a chair and placed at the door of his hut, The idea: of the natives - is that the, de- ceased shall share in the festivities. Only. the mother and wife of the dé- 'ceased show signs of grief. After the T"celebrations" the deceased is put un- der rigid examination as to what or who caused his death. Naturally he is unable to answer and the crowd abuses him, demanding an answer. At last it is agreed that he was kill through the aid of evil spirits. body is then taken to the cemetery. The inhabitants do not believe that everyone must die and that evil spirits alone interfere with lives. FXR pm " Desert as Big as Europe. fhe great Sahara desert covers the major of northern Africa, con: 8,600,000 square miles--an arid region as large as the whole of Europe. From 100 feet below sea level it rises in one instance to 8,000 feet above, and some of its elevations are covered with snow for three months of the year. Most of it, how- ever, is a dry, sandy waste, dotted here and there with an oasis where drink may be secured. The winds are all very hot and dry, while rain is al- most unknown. 3 / The ostrich, camel, jackal, horned viper and numerous lizards are the principal animals of the region. Sever- al varieties of hardy birds are also found. Arabs, Moors, Jews and ne- groes jostle each other on the caravan routes and the flerce-looking Arabs who bring their produce to the Egyp- tian markets are probably the robbgrs | and cutthroats in their desert home. *1t is impossible for travelers to get off the road, as the caravan routes are | bordered with the hones of countless camels which have fallen by the way- side during the thousands of years these trails have been traveled. . ne fly sth Mr How Pen Travels. J A tast penman will write at the rate of 830 words a minute, which means that in an hour's steady writing he has drawn his pen along a space of A ---- The largest yleld of bone from a single whale was taken in 1883, and amounted to 3,110 pounds. - . # Canada's war _ men, according official figures of the Militia 119 re- | Department, is 54,919 dea Ss wailings, with frequent interruptions |. _{ dealers or by*ma first thimble introdu queen, It is ie Autumn. ; By the margin of the woodland Where the fields come sloping down, of. Crimaon stding like gory blotches, | On the. forepiece of a crown, Glint and glimmer on the foliage. Of the maple #hd the pine, Marking where the gum and sumach Intermingle and entwine. A wall of leafy verdure All the summer they have stood To guard the sylvan pathway, Brave sentinels of wpod, Their robes of n an ed By the # e or by tagaiah i Till Autuin, subtle artist, Lays on the crimson stain. Where lately grew the violet, «And eglantine was seen, Where black-eyed Sue coquetted, The aster now is queen, ig The iron weeds along. the marsh In slumber seem to nod, x The pasture fields- grow yellow With royal golden rod. A dreamy silence in the grove Soft whispers in the pine; The Bob-white's love notes echo From his covert in the vine. The yellow sunshine onthe grass, The sky line bending clear" A thousand tokens, plain gs words, Proclaim that Autumn's here. mre Semi. The Friend Who Just Stands By, 'When trouble comes your soul to try, You love thefriend who just "stands by!" Perhaps there's nothing he can do-- The thing is strictly up to you, For there are troubles all your own, And paths the soul must tread alone, Timés when love ®annot smooth the road, Nor friendship lift the heavy load. But jist to feel you have a friend Who will "stand by" until the end, Whose sympathy through all endures, Whose warm hand-clasp is always yours-- J If helps, some way to pull you through, Although there's nothing he can do, And so with fervent heart you cry God bless the friend who just "stands by!" PROSE SS KEEP CHILDREN WELL DURING HOT WEATRER Every mother knows how fatal the hot summer months are to small ichildren, . Cholera infantum, diarr- hoea, dysentry:~colie and stomach troubles are rife at this time and often a precious little life is lost after only a few hours illness. The mother who keeps Baby's Own Tablets in the house feels safe. he occasional use of the blets prevent stomach and bowel troubles, or if trouble comes suddenly--as it generally does--the Tabléts will bring the baby safely through. They are sold by medicine il at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., 'Brockville, Ont. SN - AANA Thimble Made For Thumb. ~~ The thimble was originally called a thumb bell by the English, because worn on the thumb, then a thumble, and finally its present name: It was a Dutch invention and was first brought to England in 1695. Thimbles were formerly made of iron and brass, but in. comparatively late years they iron, horn, ivory and even glass and pearl. = In China beautifully carved pearl thimbles are seem, bound with old and with the end of gol. The into Siam was i tho to the } aped lke a lotus bud made of gold and thickly studded with | diamonds arranged 11 the queen's name. Figs of fa Of course, thimbles are us _by the women to aid them in pushing the | needle through the material. It saves their fingers from. being cut by thé '| needle and there is hardly a house- ¥ hold in the whole wide world tha 'have been made of gold, silver, brass, | | 'The soft, cool 'energy of spring, The quiet force of dawn. Above me bends the tender sky, The wind's cool fingers toss my hair, \ I know how small a thing am I, Yet all life's mystery I share. 1 shiare the sudden joy that thrills - The mating bird on yonder bough, | And the gray glory of old Lifts up my heart and cools my brow. I hear a murmur in the grass-- The voice of a forgotten friend, Who stirs to tell me as 1 pass That life is never at an end. 1 hear the voice, and well I know Life flows from God to God through me-- I am a part of long ago, Of all that is and is to be. Ae : Searchlight Telephone, One of the latest inventions for talking through the air without the use ) of wires is the searchlight telephone, developed by Dr. A. O. Rankine of London. By it conversation is trans- | mitted by a beam of lights The inventor sald the apparatus had been tested over a distance of 13% miles with much success. In an illus- tration he received clear and distinct messages in a building a copsiderable distance from the transmitter. Only by the interception of the heam of light can the conversation be tap- ped, the new plan differing in this _| feature from wireless messages, which are scattered broadcast. Either arti- ficial or natural light can be used. St. Joseph, Rv July 14, 1903. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gentlemen,--I was badly kicked by my horse last May, and after using geveral preparations on my leg noth- ing would do. My leg was black as jet. 1 was laid up in bed for a fort- night and gould not walk. After using three bottles of your MINARD'S LINIMENT I was perfectly cured, so that I could start on the road. JOS. DUBES. Commercial Traveller, nym?" synonym," sald John, "Is the you use when you can't spell the A Safe Guess. ) '| "Tell me, John, how many melons have I in me sack, and, by St. Patrick, I'll give ye all fiv av thim." "0, 1 can do that; you have five." "Take thim, but bad luck to the man that tauld ye." . Labor Trouble, His Better Half (regarding him from the bedroomr window)--"Where you | bin this hour, of the night?" ' "Pve bin at me union, considerin' this 'ere strike." "Well, you can stay down there an' consider this 'ere lockout." _ Some Speeding. Mother called little Susie to ber, when she returned from school. "Just #magine, dear," she sald, «Aunt Ethel has a new baby, and now mamma is the baby's aunt, papa is the baby's uncle, and you are her little cousin." "Well," cried Susie, in amazement, "wasn't that all arranged quick?" Also In Flight. A bashful curate found the young ladies in the parish too helpful. At last it became so embarrassing that he left. Not long afterward he met curate who had succeeded him, | "Well," he asked, "how do you get on with the ladies?" "Oh, very well -indeed," said the other. "There is safety in numbers, you know." "Ah!*" was the instant reply. only found it in Exodus." the "x Checked Time Error. A professor was ingfgypt supervis- ing the' erection of a telescope. He learned that a gun was fired every noon and was anxious to know how the system worked. He accordingly sought an\interview with the gunner and asked how he knew just when to give the signal. "Oh, 1 look at my watch," replied the gunner. "And how do you correct watch?" asked the professor. "I take it to the watchmaker in Cairo," explained the soldier, "and he tells me the error." Forthwith the professor interviewed the watchmaker and asked him to ex- plain how he checked the error of the your Palace of Versailles. Voltaire estimated that Versailles gunner's watch. "I always get the correct time from the gun," was the reply: cost Louis about 20,000,000 p ds; Mirabeau put the cost at more than 40,000,000 pounds, and Volney at near- ly 60,000,000. The exact cost never has been known, and there is a popu- |. lar story that the grand monarch was so scared when he saw the bills that he tore them up, so that no one should know how much he had expended on it. f The work was begun in 1651, when 20,000 workmen and 6,000 horses were set to work to create the great park and build the chateau. Thirty. four years later a courier wrote in his diary: , "There are more than 36,000 peasants now at work for the king in and about Versailles. These half-clad anll half-starved wretches die by the dozens under the strain of the cruel tasks imposed upon them." The family of each workman who died in the king's service received about twelve shillings as compensation, * Every Mad to His Trade. With intense joy Curson, the great advocate, prepared to indulge in his favorite pastime--the bullying of a nervous witness. "Now, sir!" he commenced. "A straight answer to a straight question, please!" The witness shuffled. uneasily. "At what time did this robbery take place?" "Well, I think----" "1 don't want to know what you think!" Curzon. 1 want you to say what you know." ) } "Then," retorted the witness quietly, "if you don't want to know what I think, I'll step down. I can't talk with- 'out thinking--I'm no lawyer!" ; _ ° MONEY ORDERS. * The safe way to send monéy by mail is by Dominion Express Money Order. | 8tumping the Premier. They say that a man is never a hero in his own family, * and apparently even Premiers are not exempt. from 'this role. 'A good story is going the rounds just now concerning the Bri- tish Premier, Mr. Lloyd George. It is Headach ¢ ve e, Rheu- ocea- | matism, Lumbago, Colds, Neuritis, and instantly shouted the great / KNOCKS OUT PAIN THE FIRST ROUND Comforting relief from pain makes Sloan's the World's Liniment This famous reliever of rheumatic aches, soreness, - stifiness, ainful sprains, neuralgic pains, and most other external twinges that humanity suffers from, enjoys its great sales because it rpetically never fails to bring speedy, comforting relief, dways ready for use, it takes little to penetrate without rubbing and pro= uce results. Clean, refreshing. Made Canada. - At all drug stores. A large bottle means economy. : Sloan's Lirvimment Heep it handy THERE IS ONLY ONE GENUINE ASPIRIN ONLY TABLETS MARKED WITH "BAYER CROSS" ARE ASPIRIN. i . if You Don't See the "Bayer Cross" on the Tablets, Refuse Them--They Are Not Aspirin At All, Your da {st gladly will give you the nine ayer Tablets of Aspirin" because genuine Aspirin by Canadiang and 'owned by a Cana- dian Company. . There is not a cent's worth of, Ger- man interest in Aspirin, all rights be- ing purchased from the U.S. Govern ment. Se During the war, acid . imitations were gold as Asplain:l pill boxes and 'various other con! But now you can get genuine Aspirin, plainly ayer Cross" jy millions for now is made | UP PICTURE oN containing ch Kipg George, the P {George , Admiral Beatty, G all Foch, Eresident V ing Albert, a ificen souvenir of the Allies' v etary. y ready for framing, 26 cents, G oore (late Hatt 51 Yonge Street. Pamous Old Hospital. Bedlam fis a famous old hospital for the treatment of the insane, now situated in the Lambeth road, in Lons don. It has been used ever since the year 1547, when the Monastery of St. Mary of Bethlehem was granted to the citizens of London for the pur- pose. Bedlam is a popular corruption of "Bethlehem," and the word is used for any madhouse or scene of uproar. FoR Minard's Liniment Cures Buras, eto. How Fast Can You Say Them? Here are a number of amusing "tongue-twisters": A glowing gleam growing green. The black breeze blighted the bright blossdms. y Flesh of freshly flying fish. Six thick thistle sticks. Two toads tried to trot to Tedbury. Give Grimes m's great gilt gig whip. Slick, strong Stepnen Stringer snared six slickly sickly silky snakes. She stood at the door of Mrs. Smith's fish sauce shop welcoming him in. GIRLS! . LEMON JUICE 18 A SKIN WHITENER How to make a creamy beauty lotion for a few cents, The juice of two fresh lemons strained into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white makes a whole quarter pint of the most re- markable lemon, /skin beautifier at about the cost one must pay for $ small jar of the opdinary cold cre hn Care should be taken' to strain the lemon juice through a fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh for months, Every woman knows that lemon juice used to bleach and move Su blemishes as freckles, sallowness and tan and is the ideal skin softener, whitener and beautifier, Just try it! Get three ounces of orchard white at any drug store two lemons from the grocer and make up a quarter pint of this sweetly frag. nt lemon lotion and massage It dally into the face, neck, arms and hands. HILO 3055 COUGHS | Hurrah! How's This Clincinnat! authority says corns dry up and lift out ' with fingers. r en Hospital records show that every time you cut a corn you invite look- jaw or blood poison, which is needless, says 8 Cincinnati authority, who tells you that a quarter ounce of a drug called freezone can be obtained at lit tle cost from the drug store but is suf. ficient to rid one's feet of every hard or soft corn or callus. You simply apply a few drops of fr on a tend hing corn and soreness is instantly relieved. Short Jy the entire corn can be lifted out, root and all, without pain. This drug is sticky but dries at once and is claimed to just shrivel up corn without inflaming or evem tating the surrounding tissue or skin. If your wife wears high heels she will be glad to knew of this. od ere pu ful skin soap, using Plenty of hat water and soap, best ap the hands, will prove helpful to those | oe: irritation, | eu; or if any, with Cuticura Ointment be fore bathing. and dust lightly with Cuticura Talcum, a fd! fragrance for and ge than {dual skin dross ae TTZT 7 TISSUE No. 8819