—_ ‘The f lowing, letters arp aoe ie its effettiveness :— “We consider your Minard's he psad a very superior article, and use it as a sure relief for sore Throat neng chest.—Chas. F. Tilton, Fairville “We can mend Minard's bleh ‘8 Liniment, for bc it.— os." Mnaeo 5 “Have used Minard’ Croup : found i ochitie: saree Chas. E. YARMOUTH, N.S, Canadian Pacific liner “Empress Scotined”™ meered at Kowloon, ne lton#® Kong. is a gigantic bell about forty-eight tons. as if there were a wom bell, singing blithely during the | da in cific liner Empress ume sway. “Every Inch Of It---”’ Clean Duet takes its toll ef your wearing apparel. It grinds its " way into the fabric and, unless checked, soon takes all the life out of a garment. Get your money’s worth of service out of your clothes by having them cleaned and pres- eed at regular intervals : Joe The Tailor We call and deliver. 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As he was losing con- sscilousness . ‘he to Telate, he ‘thought, “This is eternity.’’ - "When I recovered from the ef- ‘fects of the opiate I found myself ‘im a darkened room and wondered, ‘where I was and what it wae all about,” “he continued. “‘The kind- featured nurse quickly discovered - that my consciousness had returned, and came to my bedside. en remenibered &. ‘But why - the room dark?’ I asked. ‘It w /early. morning when . they operates jon me, but now it can’t be night.’ “No, it isn’t,” she seriously re- vided, ‘but we were afraid of the coe sou ove oa h th ti ou t nk t e operation, han’ vatsenea Re 2% That shows} Cas r ie to have a reputation” con- ae the coloned. annual cost of snags sen any city in nae: Pals oe rag ene five, expenses in Dd be the ~ ea ern Canada. Patronage ot a ‘surgeons b: About this famous bell there is of streets on which they play. an iron hand. When command impossible feats for h amusement. in his empire. i h official. bell-maker, an ag many years, a man three Emperors. please the Emperor. bell, a beautiful bell, a bell with tone like a human voice which was worked for the ingredients, holling. pot made and erected. No sooner had. near his home, Pa N° far from the Temple of Todai-ji, at Nara, Japan, there which © weighs It is 13% feet high, 10 inches thick at the rim, and * 27 feet In circumference, and the volume of its tones is* enormous and awe-inspiring. At ate! it seems the weeping bitterly in th night, Passengers making the Round the World Cruise on the. Canadian Pa- of Scotland heard it_ring, saw the immense vol- fantastic tale carried on the lips slant-eyed, Mongolian children through the picturesque, intriguing Many hundreds of years ago, a stern and powerful Emperor ruled@Japan with ill, he would Ong day he decided he would have a new bronze bell, one which would ring louder and issue -mellower tones than any other bell e sent fot Hop Si week: the honorable servant of the Crown tee who had served And Hop Si Wong was told to make a bell that would An artistic Hop went away to his workshop, and days and nights, mixed watched over the Finally the bell was mit rang. d.Ahe first echo died way than the Emperor called for f of art y- a Hop. “Imbecile!” thundered the Emperor. “May your foul carcass be devoured by demons. That you should inflict upon the ears of your monarch this desecration. Dost call that a bell? An unwieldy lump of brass it is. Go and make another and, if you fall, untold ane will be your due.” So spo peror, Perhaps not in those wnt but in similar language, for Hop came home that night in mortal fear and trembling. Hop had a beautiful daughter. She Was as good as she was be indeed, a rarity. To her, Hop sobbed out the story of his failure and the displeasure of the peror. She listened sympathetically and nodded wisely and told Hop to start work immediately on the second bell. Again the: ancient servitor worked for days and nights, Again he boiled his ingredients. And one day at twi- light, just as he was watching over and a out of the house and leaped into the huge boiling cauldron of molten Ser shouting, “Father, ‘tis for thee.” . and weary, Hop © contin his work. His nimble fin- gers fashioned the bell the with deftness of grief. Intricate designs, very tiny, appeared on it as if by magic. It grew to a great size, and many workmen were needed to erect it. When {ft rang, there was a tone of such great beauty, as of a woman weeping bitterly in the night over the departure of her lover, as.of a mother mourning for her child, as of a lark welcoming the dawn, that all who heard it wept. The mighty Emperor called for Hop and said, “Thou hast done well indeed. I am satisfied.” And Hop fell dead. Such is the story told about the bell which is not far from the Tem- ple of Todai-ji. But then, the same them, his beautiful daughter rushed ag Me fs told of other beautiful bells n views FROM OTHER PAPERS (All articles iamene™ hg Banner vi doesn't necessarily expressed). agree NOTHING MORE REVOLTING THAN THE STARVING OF LIV ST (St. Marys Journal-Argus) Just how a civilized’ person cun deliberately neglect to the point of death poor dumb creatures that have been entrusted by God to his care is something that is hard to explain in these days of enlightenment -but yet such a case as recently was’ brought Tusting of Middlesex goes.to show that such things are by no means of unusual occurrence in this fair coun- try of ours. For a well to do farmer to allow his feed supply to run so short that some animals die through lack of nourishment and for the eame individual neglectful or lazy as to fail to clean out the stable&\and rid the animals of vermin is a.crfme that de- serves a greater puifslment than a few dollars fine and a warning to “clean up.” The case of this farmer, though a glaring example of brutal- ity, is by no means the only one a:- cording to advices received at Mu- mane Headquarters and if some of the other residents of Nissouri and hips them- selves in the clutches of the law for a like offence it will be because they richly deserve it. OTTAWA'S INTEGRITY (Financial Post) Canada's record for high stand- ard of integrity in public affairs has again been maintained in regard to the 1926 budget. Despite the fact that for weeks the Ottawa corps of newspaper sleuths had — Se every clue bearing on tariff and taxation eto and af practically every business man in the country was seeking inside informa- tion as to“what bearing the proposed changes would ‘have on various phases of industry, the announce- ments as made indicated that there had not been the slightest leak. Trur, there had been foretasts that there would probably be a reduction in the tariff on automobiles as demandcd by the Progressives and that the tn- come .taxes would be cut, but even on these phases the budget detalls @s announced indicated that any- thing which had gone before had been merely surmise without official inapiration. Such changes as that af- fecting the postal rate came abso- lutely from a clear sky. Newspaper forecasts published in editions ap- pealing only a few hours before the official news provided a marked con- trast as between conjecture and fact. Whatever opinions may be held in regard to Mr. Robb’s budget there will be unanimous admiration for the manner in which he discharged i trust to the country in keeping s ret the proposed changes is Sipe vealed to parliament in the Dudact epeech. The difficulties in preventing aid ean be appreciated when the ri the peste se retin AB are e here Wail: rots tas secured inside information vents at Washington have snaideted tie dtr. oe of maintaining Bs an gec- ts. Ottawa officialdom of P banratabatlenie A RAILWAY WITH A soun (Toronto Globe» leaks spin soning in *tthis fact. to the notice of Humane Inspector: eserving | oy i oe 1 eee Sir Henry Thornton, warmly. ex- andj Glaims The si te ee en relate an inspiring story to illustrate In August, 1924, George Cornish, a yard foreman at Belle- ville, risked his life to save a: child from drowning at the Sandbanks. After full inquiry the Royal Canad- ian Humane Association recently ce- cided to’ present a parchment testi- monial to Mr. Cornish for his cour- ageous act. Sir Henry heard, of it. and at once expressed a desire to ut- tend the) presentation. In a letter to former Mayor Mikel he wrote: Iam happy to know that one of our employees performed a fine and noble act. If it is not procrastinating matters too long I think I could find a day with- in the next two weeks to stop off at, Belleville and assist in the testimonial. I always like to know when y of our men do anything julatendine in or- der that they may receive the congratulations and good wishes of the company. It tends to make us all a little more human; the» men forget that they are work- ing for a soulless (7) and the company remembers * that, after all, mem are men It is just what one would expect from Sir Henry, declares The Whig; just what one would expect from a big-hearted, sympathetic, generous man. This act will add greatly to his popularity among all classes of rail- » who appreciate his kindly, whole- hearted regard for all whose work is making .N.R. a real Canadian enterprise. "| Use ‘Spectacles’ to Blind |: Holes on Golf Links|: MANY GOLF CLUBS HAVE ONE ¥ waymen, and among all Canadians; ‘OR MORE OF THEM PLATFORM OR PRRISOOPE US- ED ON SOME LINKS. Methods of “fitting spectacles” to pee holes on golf links were dis- Thomas J. Moreau, a gulf greens are invisible tee the tee. are not so popular as need to be, many cubs have one Bap more and do not care to rebuild them. Blind greens shave been condemned ‘hy many because the player cannot see what he is shooting at, but more particularly because the ball cannot be képt in sight and the shooter is never iy when the green is clear of playe Schem Za for giving sight to blind holes will not overcome the first ob- core the others, such holes. Nae other alleviations re possibl The net picturesque plan” “hae been made use of . by Country club fi in the capital of Brit- ne Columbia.,The thirteenth hole of links, which - and one day a RS oN let’ Sd thig hol Tj careful Sutera: kee than the Victoria} 5 ca rae edge of the green. When players have finished«putting they sound tirs tocsin as they start for the four- teenth tee and those following know that the way is clea Another scheme is employed the Moosejaw Country club broken prairie- country of Saskatche- wan. The club. built a lookout. plat- form at the tee of a blind hole and i the players: ma@y «end a caddy up the ; winding stairs of this tower. to sce that the Way is open and ‘to watch the flight‘and roll-of the balls. More romantic and just as effect- ive, are requiring less effort, is the apparatus used by ‘the Calgary Coun- try Club in Alberta. This is really a pair of spectacles, for the members have erected a large periscope at the left of the tee. The player may look into the bottom ny the the green is va@ant. Then he may place his caddy 6r opponent af the giass to watch the flight and final resting place of his ball. The shaft of the periscope is some fifteen feet high, but as it is built of plain boards lined with tar paper, the cost is low. The arrangement of mirrors places the green in plain view although it nestles in a deep valley beyond a high ridge a” and .see that GO TO SUNDAY gear DAY, SUNDAY, MAY 9th. Is aufficient attention are giv- = to the religious training and de- yelopment of the children and youth of today? Are parents guiding theif} children aright, or are they shirking their duty? If they are shirking, why is it Is home life ideal? Are par- ents trying to save themselves troa- ble and responsibility. The establishment a home brings with it a great responsibility to parents and to their children, to the world around them and. to fut- Sunday Schools and society cannot ele the place of the home or as- e the parents’ duties, but they viowti be allies of the home in se- curing. a better citizenship and in producing a higher type of moral Camcacter. To give prominence fo these ques- tidns eo that they may receive more being | given, a day has been set a- part: throughout the NTiwitatont to be observed-on Go-to-Sunday-School Day. It has beck felt that in the Sunday School we have an institu- tion working definttely ad éffect- ively for the development of moral character and the training of Christ- fan citizenship, and it should have the wholehearted co-operation of ey- ery — and every home. An ef- fort is being made on this day, Sun- day, May 9th. to secure a greatly in- ‘creased attendance at the Sunday School and to enroll a membership which has as its ideal every Isst member of the commup = ae the preceding week, Ma —9 special attention Me drawn to ren by f Children’s of the homes, a Children's Story and Pisy Hour, baat a Parent-Teachers’ Meeting, the homes and the Sunday Schoo! are broukht into closer co- peration Ae tho obbervante of Go to Sunday oo Day coincides with Mother's Day, a special program for use in the danasy School ‘and Church Services has been prepared, and is issued of charge by the ‘Ontario Religious! Leaner Council, to all co-aperat- Sunday Schools. it. fs rthy aud admirable to pa’ tea = iemory of th é away, it is ure generations. Schools. churches,} Mr. Murfin, ¢ sha Proprietor of the Canadian erb- _ Gardens and expert in Herbs, will be at si | - QUEENS HOTE wag ee | STOWEL ONE DAY ONLY-—Hours 9 a.m. till 6 p.m. only ' Tuesday, May 11th, Only | ‘as epee welfare bt lee chitd-| P rvance Week, rar in. this way <i visitation | § Jf CONSULTATION FREE © Asthma, piles, dropsy, bedwetting, skin diseases, nervous diseases, rheumatism, bladder trouble, diabetes, bright’s disease, stomach, kidney, neuritis, blood pressure, Heart troubles, constipation, ‘ene and bronichial troubles and all diseases. s Gall Stones removed, no operation necessary. Goitre removed, no operation. liver, There is a Herb for Every Disease Remember the date, Tues., May 11 Canadian Herb Gardens 133 Garfield. 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RP a sent gj the date, May 9th. and et every one young = eh old pay a yet tribute on that day There ere not many divorces in rhomes where there is jam on the piano keys and cookie crumbs on the carpet. : ‘ i Southern States and in some cigars. Tobacco is found in many of the Continuing our attack on the Scotch: We knew one of ‘em wiio won't take a shower ‘bath because they soak you too much! A CURIOUS EXPLANATION® (Woodstock Sentinel-Review) ‘Cook’s Regulating Compoun Some of the people who are com- plaining .that the farmers do not or to dérive any benefit from the tDudget are also explaining that’ the return of at eigen spoken of in the budget speech has been due entirely to the improved conditions of agri- -} culture summer on his Mrs. Waldo (of, Boston)—I have a letter from your Uncle James, Pen- elope, who wants us to gpend the farm, ©