WHEN FOOD TAXES YOUR STRENGTH You Need the Tonic Treatment of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills When the food you take fails to Your stomach is too feeble to do its work and you will continue to suf- fer until Re strengthen your diges- tive pow Your digestion has failed Hecnee your stomach is nob receiving the pure, red blood of ealth to give it strength for its worl The tonic treatment of indigestion Ea Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale eople succeeds by building up and enriching the higeg supply, so ie the feeble estive organ: strengthened, ya yetite’ ip soitoted and tone given the whole system. Thousands have proved this by per- sonal experience, as is shown by the following typical instance. Mrs. James Boyle, Dartmouth, N.S., eay for ye was a sufferer from indigestion. I could not take food without ene terrible dis- tress afterwar and in ing of numbness ly, an ‘throughout at other times my heart would palpitate so violently that I feared I would die, Naturally I was doctoring continually, but without getting better. Then my husband got me 8 aD ply of Dr, Williams’ Pink Pills, and before long I found they were helping me, and I con- tinued to take them until I was re- stored to healt I me never in better health than Iam now, and I owe it all to Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills These Pills are sold by all medi- cine dealers or ahh ee get thi by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.60 aah The Dr, Wil- liams’ Medicine Co,, Brockville, Ont, TERTH AND THE APPLE. Expensive Sweets Said to Ruin the Teeth, Sims has ‘al i inte dental Hi stimulate mastication—brown and isin err of fresh fruit with every m The forporthans of the proper care of teeth during childhood is becom- ing universally recognized, an. the London County Council have es- tablished a centre for the treatment of dental Hii be| of schoolchildren wit xeon’ to investigations LS was found that it. of the children of well-to-do ay have bad teeth, as against 27 per cent. from poorer ees This probably accounted for by the fact that, as th er eileen eat coarser food, their teeth have more work to do, and are consequently stronger and cleaner. Their sweets are alse and are mostly o| the cheap, boiled hese sweets the mouth, caramels and chocolates eaten by the children of ap bene a cling to the teeth and f nt. Boys anal pie should be given fruit in preference to sweets. Nuts Eaten at the eal it leaves the teeth and mouth soe and clean. Lost wealth may be repiaced by industry, lost knowledge by et Tost health by pon but lost time ‘is gone for ever. Minara’e Dintment ¢ ment Cures Colds, Ete patess, Eek alarmed (to a Pai mest who ‘been atufling him nw What's ithe matter, Bob- by? Aren't you well?’ Bobby (faintly "Not very, but (valiant: ly) I'l) have to, bea lot worse before Tl! give int” ROMANCE OF WAR 1S DEAD THE SPADE IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE RIFLE, No Battle Plags and No Charging me Columns on Modern Battlefields. become chiefly matter of cold calculation, a bloody business of long distance slaughter, with no longer any opportunity for dashing personal ‘heroism, says Henry M. Hyde, in the Chicago Tribune. Never agai a Napoleon, looking down int a 2 hill top, direct movements of his army of 30,- 000 men as it manoeuvres under his eye on the plain below. modern general, directing a battle line 150 miles long—such the Japanese had at. Mukden—will never be within sight of his troops. The glory and the romance of war is It has a this great battle was fought Wires Displace Couriers, Never again will a courier, bear- ing orders eae pesca rters to divisi and © commanders, have two horses ae under him as he dashes across the battle front. | Orders go out to-day from head- Ee age Ma the field telephone wires, it reach every brigade ee tes s he too, sits in safe ty far Baek of “the line of fire wain will a battery of field guns gallop madly into action, with the gunners sitting with eross: on the caissons ed arms and the out The guuners never even get a eight oF the army they are firing at. The! fire is guided by cale ulgtions cas f made by an expert mathema- jan, who sits down in a hole in am ground and figures trajectories and curves makes allowances a wind pressure. Modern Battle Field. “Hold your fire until you see the whites of the enemy’s eyes,’’ is an heroi given in a moder; lern folantey ‘ig banned ae a nice deep ditch in the ground about two miles away from the first of the enemy’s lines. To the pre- sent day soldier the spade is almost as important as the gun. He gets down into his ditch so that only his eyes and the top of his head are in sight at all. And he looks across an apparently perfectly oly plain to where in the is n battle picture will a solid column ar charging men be shown rallying round their cher- black smoke. Maps All-Important. There are no battle flags, no ig columns on instantly reveal its location to the enemy, Smokeless powder has tak- en the place of the old cloud belch- ing explosive, and one may look oyer a modern battlefield with a hundred field guns in action and not be able to locate one of them. As for solid columns. of charging men—a modern geLaniey attack is a far prepa a On any m sigue n battlefield et be und that anal eoneaaise. ‘patioa rea have in its Possession maps owing every most minute va iation tl ground. It is likely that each com- mander will have copies of his ene- my’s field maps as well as this own. One of the delightful features of modern warfare is the creation of international spy system, through which the various nations ld lly to obtain by bribery an theft, a maar and war secrets of each 0 HEAD GOT BALD IN PLACES Itchy, When Brushed, Dan- ruff All Over, Hair Came Out in Great Bunches, Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment Cured | a, Head in Three ) Weeks. 15 Hollam St., enue Sit —* About | dandeutt be Ve on St hit } ‘madott bald a placos. Tew: teodouey 46 osaten 3 whch | joney it which ade ip Rereet Tel ~ vo wear my bab whether ta the tb work Or out, LSA\ | ever 1 brushedt my bate sont A the dandruff all over. ‘Tho | Y ; iene out in great, bunches T was nearly bald and ie tyes bles 15 oa th Rooks ‘and all. “Ltrléd —— which made {t Worso than fore. I tried’ sevoral-things after that but they were no After nine months I u any y I Happined to sea the! adveriledaint of itleura and prrins in the paper. Lbtealghtway cout for a sample, AN firs @ great relief. After finishing the sample Se a In three wi box of Cuticura ieee rocks they he (Signed) B, for poor complextous, Fed Drug ' Pa eternal D, Boston, U.S. A. On lee maps there may be shown, 300 or more yards in ad- vance of the first’ trench occupied y the infantry, a small brook run- ning through fp edd ditch, “The immediate object of the infantry is cntte dvd and oceupy that new cover. By Fits and Starts, First the field guns—and ike ‘ays a whole regiment of such gi one of which can fire ten PAPE) shells a minute, is the recognized sstileny unit—do best to er the enemy's fire and to ict his trénches in a flood of bul- | lets: bate ibe shell bursts into from 200 projectiles. Then, while ‘hie f fire is at its height, the infantry gets up—a squa ee and bent over, to the ditch teaugh | which flows the little stream. They |take advantage of every little | hillock. A rise of a single foot will afore fairly good protection for \a man i lies flat on the ground. So, by - ai starts, and thee ropping — qui quickly dug and ch ments, they advance tow. the enemy’s lines. All the time the field guns are firing a rain of shrap- nel over their heads. It is this de- Heate task of the gunners to so'time their shells that they shall brust enemy's line— Else the bullets may kill their own infantry. What May Happen. haps by the time the infantry is ae close striking distance of command that vis never be| a the enemy its field guns may pave mee his artillery. Then it e possible to Li a e chares wit bayonets over y Bed which will finally emery ay fey from his trenches. n the other hand, the enemy’s ee fire may prove superior and the nfantry may be driven back across the field it has crossed. the skillful commander will have figured out the chances and weighed the cost beforehand, Te ee ee A Nova Scotia Caso of Interest to All Women Halifax Sends Out a. pase of Help to Many Peo Halifax, N.S., Dec. 15.—When {i viewed at her home at 194 Arg: Mrs, Haverstoo talk of her peculiarly unfortunate case. “I was always ‘blue’ and depressed, felt meas henge and utterly unfit ter: for an: y stomach was so Geaaret “that I had no appetite- Wh disagreed. 1 suffered own, Upon m: ruggist’s recommendation I used Dt Hamilton's Pills: mproved, In six weeks urge su tive troubles to Pills, Dr. Hamilton's Pills strengthen the stomach, {mprov use Dr, Hamilton's he foreign BRITAIN'S WAR ON GERMANY ALLIANCES NECESSARY TO NATION'S SAFETY. Britain Has Direct Interest in Pre- serving Independence of Belgium. Iman analysis of the interests and duty of Great Britain in the pre- sent situation, The London Tine prior to Britain's declaration ° war on Germany, says One question is to-day on all lip What course shall England. pursu should a general European war break out? mrejutioe, passion, or ignorance of the fundamental condi- tions of our national freedom in divergent answers. is therefore necessary to consider in the cold light: of histor! ‘eal ‘tact and of reason the actual terms of the problem before making up our ae as to the course to be pur Pia moments of supreme peril na- tions, like ‘e best guided by impulse that is Rroneeat in buman beings—the in- stinet of sel t is well that this should 3 for none but interests instinctively re- cognized ag vital can carry a people | s through a life-and-death struggle. Dangers of Isolation. ‘The first. principle of all British en the nerves aud xeaiora csbititared policy is recognition of the systems ealt cleansing the ood of longstanding impurities, by | {act that E: England, though so inland, ringing the syst ‘a high point | forms pe of Europe get ne of vigor, they effectually chase away | ness o! imple fact has in ¢ he weariness, depression and disease, | past en “disastrotis. consequences’ Good for young Ge old, for men, for} Without reverting to the war 0! women, for children. | All dealers sell | 1870, France to her fate, allowed her Dr. Hamilton's Pills of Mandrake and a has ever Butter! ee USE OF BOTH EYES. Apparent Distance of seed De-| We pends on Use of Both Eye Most: people are unaware Rte the apparent distance °'a pencil so the edge of a |) cause the Emper since paid th peedes of international armaments, is necessary. only remember the position held by Great Britain at jouth African ral 2 When — disaste overtook us in South Africa, w ere without a friend on the Con- tinent and were only sav attack by a Baropean coalition be- Russia de Gtined "bo <ekagtibe:feueh 4 $00 and because the auuestion. at pps alongside the table, close one eye|Torraine, formed an . insuperable nd attempt to knock the pencil off | obstacles to military Aide eval ©0- by quickly hitting the projecting us by Germany end with the tip of the forefinger. Almost invariably the person m mak: ing. the attempt underestimates tho lista much to his surprise, misses the pencil entirely. One-eyed people, accustomed re Salimaring ain orn only with on ye, of o no reuann in hitting the pencil i the To wade ik sea think there are two marbles where only one really |‘ exists, have him cross the secon finger over the first, close his eyes; and tell how many marbles he is Ba ished battle flag, which can be seen | touching when you single but dimly through the clouds of |n@ in contact with the ends of the ’ two ros The illusion is very startling and the person al- most invariably has to be shown the arble before he believes ‘To test your ability to make your muscle work as you desire, try sli e forefinger of the left hand hese and forward along the sides of a table; at the same time, tap in the same spot with a pencil in the right hand so that the at to make the pe spot Sioa hitting the ey but Patter a little practice you will find that quite the contrary ecomes al- _|ance of 1 operation agsinnt rr “splendid Tsolation.”" The policy of ‘‘splendid isola- tion” became a military and politi- cal impossibility, unless we were prepared é0 to strengthen our Aca and our Navy, as to be able to def, any attack or combination of ne tacks by-land and sea. King Ed- ward “hbase this eesti and with the advice of his Ministers, sought to diminish) a aaaber of our po- tential enemies.on the Continent. Contrary to many interested or mis- taken~aésertions, neither he v Lord Lansdowne ever conceived the policy of making’ frtends ‘ih “Europe velo reference to Buropes sisted in the Anglo-Japanese Alli- But it Was the An- lest entanglement in the Far East should render Russia motets of France in Europe to Fratice, who exposed to diplomatic and military pressure by Germany, and had, i 1875, only been saved from Ger- man attack through the interven- probable, The point of contact be- Seb the n and Fren He vane through Belgium into ni w kirk and Calais, which might then become German naval bases against This is a contingency wi which no Basinay ean look upon with indiffer The Garin Menace. But if it be merely a contingency, why should England not wait until it is realized before a paring to act? ak! of swift decisions and swifter action, it would be too late for England to act with any chance of snecess after France had been de- feated in the north. This is why the ‘shots fired by the’ Austro Hun- garian guns at Belgrade reverber ate across the English Channel. The safety of the narrow seas is vital, the most. vital, British ‘ance does not threaten our A German victory over t sotto France ead threaten it immedi- ately, Even should Jerman navy remain inactive, the occupa- tion of Belgium and orthern France by German troops would strike a ‘erushing blow at British Security. W should then be obliged, alone and without allies, to ear the burden of keeping up a fleet superior to that of Germany and ol proportionately BOE: This burden would be ruin- ou The instinct of self- preservation, which is the strongest factor in na- tional life, ihetstove compels us be ready to strike with all our ae for our own safety and for that o our friends, Hoss Ee on eg Toki Poi Goes uy A YEAR'S. (SUFFERER CURED BY RVILINE,” ‘son eet this biel ever peri sae suffer long pea pene Nervili qui might be quoted. Nervi- th se Tacasapeclte fare nerve, muscu: ir oO) a BLAME EVERY LL ON NERVES When Ottentines Tt aa Just Lack f Self-Contro) Do you know ane we make ‘‘pack-horses’’ of our nerves? We load upon them the blame of irri- tability, variable wesee 9) bes near: ly undesirable onditions. Healthy nerves contribilte towai appiness, and never extreme corners therefore pain is a signal and must have a ahat ion. re is an aching eye, ear or tooth, i sense of languor or dis- comfort anywhere, the nerves re- touch the forefinger or iy -y from| tion of the Emperor of Russia, and| port it. the same spot on the ep abcielly ‘of Queen Victoria, Queen] 5 to soothe, comfort and ia then saw that the undis- ee manen hem; to aceuse these eS Sas ; ; eed iieieaihangs of Germany in| faithful servants every time mone and the permanent disable- ina ks’ self-control is the cause of our reate for DISAPPEARED Tea and Coffee Ails Vanish Before Post It seems almost to be ye, the way headache, nervous ness, insomnia, and many other um used as the regular table bey- erage. The reason is clear, Tea m contains only elements in ess hard wheat with a little m eek man eet enthusias- tie and wrote as follo “Until 18.months tg 1 used cof- fee regularly every day and suffered from headache, ‘bitter taste in my mouth, — an indigestion; was gloomy and irritable, had variable or span appetite, loss of flesh, de- pre: in spirits, ete, ‘ attribute these things to coffee, cause, since it and have drank roe T feel Peter than I had for 20 years, am less suscepti- ble to cold, haye gained 20 Ibs, and the symptoms / haye viene ae dae vanished before Postum.” (Tea just as harmful as coffee, Beanie ths ae contain the drug, caf- eine. Name given by Consied Vigea Co., Windsor, Read “Th Road to Wellville,” in sie Postum comes in two form Regular Postum—must. the well boiled, 15¢ and 25¢ packages. Instant Postum—is a soluble pow- der. A teaspoonful dissolves quick- ly in a cup hot water and, with and sugar, makes a delicious Reverade thetaittly 20e and 50¢ tu the cost, Eee eup of both kinds is t the sa: has al «There's a fateamins is Postum. —sold by Grocers, —| tier, counteracted tl Tiigland a situation ag dangerous as that which grew up when poledn! established his supremacy on the Continent, Balance of Forces. Anglo-French efforts failed 1904. Germany, who was anxious to remove the pressure of the Rus- sian army from her eastern fron- hem. When the war broke out France and Englan were obliged quickly to decide whe- ther they would join in the war an fight each other, or would agree to France, known a: the Entene Cordiale turned this negative agreement into a positive pact Russia is now defending a vital interest. France, who is bound to Russia by alliance, and il more by the necessities of her situation and _ political dence, is aeoeuiled to support Rus- sia, England is bound her disadvantage and alone to face a.predominant Ger- Britain’ s Vital Interest. A vital British interest is there- fore at stake. This interest takes two: forms—the general interest of European ea een a been explained, a N80" Pomnidably fortified er side: Fren¢h advance across it seems ae tol fhe faul by ‘osti- prevent the Russo-Japanese war in the fau 4 must be laid, quernlous complaint or foolish fear 4 sd w ourselves to be stupid nd wen We owe it to our conscierices to be honest and candid; if we scream| ing it ig not on our nerves that Try rather to assist the nerves by the use of more will . Some people spend time looking for imaginary troubles to worry about, blaming nerves ee An old man wisely remarked: ¢ had an awful lot of trouble in ‘this Fane, nae half 0! Take f it neyer eqme to pi warning! Flim-=Whava Flam—Contractor, fine? Flam—Debt: your ~ business i —What Minard’s Lintment Cures Diphtheria. “And now,’” said ‘the lady tient, “after I have detailed all my troubles, do you not pity me?’ “On ntrary,’’ answered the phy cian, ‘I envy you: To go through that Pita must have the constitution ofa oO ey heii Fa Ly } YY ED. 4. ISSUE 314, ADMIRAL SIR JOHN JELLICOE Commander-in-Chief of the Is Smallest. Senior Officer, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, who has just been appointed as: com- prenast sa: chief of the British navy, om the whole British Em- vice, differing in this respect from Admiral Prince Louis of Batten- berg, whose place he is taking. Admiral Johicve, Yet, tae in spite of his bre he won fame inh 8 as a footh as an malls at athlete, bid asa Sener He By s seen plenty of fighting. As sub- lieutenant, he was present at the Renae of Alexandria, and afte s took part in the battle | of Tel. ap Ke bir, as a member of the naval brigade Jellicoe was ill, suffering from Malta fever, on board ae Victoria, which was rammed by t Camper: aerey and sent to the Rotiaih of the iterranean, carrying down wi Las Admiral Sir George Tyron, and more than 600 reat and men, but SU aS ie ndeed, ees eaten’ the water his temperature was 103, Be out at* the normal, chiet of at + fleet, Sir teawerd Seymour, receiv- he|ing a Boxer bullet through, the lungs but managed to prea He is married to a very rich wo- man, namely, the Guogiist of Sir Charles Cayzer, head i is Clan | line of steamers, an egarded | in the English and ofvinta navies s more responsible than any other | officer for the marvellous progress in naval gunnery in the English eb Q TIONS IN 80 YEARS. Civilization Has Bei Been se by uater One: ‘The nineteenth os has often Hi called the ‘‘Oentury of Inven- | As a matter of fact, the re century of invention did not a until Lake when it was in- augurated by the discovery of pho- tography ea that, as one might say, it is not finished yet, Since that date there has been a eries, and in this line no period of 'Y3) equal length has been so productive achievement being the actual reali- zation, in the practical flying ma- chine, of what mankind had come a mere dream of the visionary, uman flight first became an ac- complished fact in 1904, It must be adinitted, however, that ‘the idea of tf put to use? nation is Ely that the only kin of motor then available steam ole Raven was impossibly heavy, It the gasoline motor that made fotis al Tf we were to go » the year 1880, and were atest ‘et the in- ventions which have been made during the last thirty-four years, we should have an opportunity to realize the influence which a few men's ideas have had upon the de- ‘s and type’ ne machine etn beem put on the market in 1883. gs HOW TO POP CORN It is done in different ti ‘but the most ‘ed by “Bui seaas yourself, oe at all bios the ts Executive bile, is merely knack of getting someone else io your work for you, hk Pat Ahead. ~ An Irish soldiér serving in India so disliked the climate that he de- cided to make an effort to get sent home. 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