" Stood $e J Pe i ie ape ' ate age . ae. Pat tags A ee (ap LPP LPL SL Sree Pf ALN Pg A Pk ' et ope af PE PE Feat og AFOS aa ee YOHN BULL'S COLONIES fuany OF THEM WERE FORCED ON HWM AGAINST HIS WILL. -- ow Great and Prosperous Colonies Which Fly the British Flag. It is surprising how much of John ullis yast Empire has been literally reed on him against his will--how ~ 'much of it has has received with grumb- ling protests instead of hearty thanks. Singapore is far and away John's most lued possession in the Farthest East. 415 has been called a Gibraltar and a 4Liverpool combined, and its possession fas given the British the unquestioned sminance of the Malay Straits. In 1819, Singapore, which is now @ magnificent port, with innumerable ware- uses filled with priceless merchandise, jand a big harbor crowded with shipping, ywas a swampy island, which nobody hcught of any value. Nobody, that is, except Sir Stamford Raflles, a brilliant _ Colonial Governor, who had forced his way to the front by sheer merit. 'A SMART MAN RECALLED IN _ DIS- GRACE. ; Raffles, with unerring instinct, saw what the swampy island might become. He was at the time Governor of Ben- red in Sumatra, and, through his jnstigation, Singapore was bought from fie Malayan Sultan of Johor for £13,500. {This was altogether too enterprising a veal to please stolid John Bull--or his Government of the day, Sir Stamford Raffles was practically re- called in disgrace, and the Government 'would have handed Singapore back to te Sultan had they dared. But public 'inion compelled them to keep it. How Many millions the island is worth now wobody could say. , The whole of the Straits Settlements were practically forced on John Bull. He flidn't want to be bothered with the Malays or their islands. But his enter- prising sons went out there and took possession on their own account. One Englishman, Sir James Brooke, had him- If made Rajah of Sarawak, a Malay late, withoul wailing to ask for permis- jon from the Home authorilies; and yhen he requested to be taken, along ith his newly-acquired kingdom, under the protection of the British flag, his re- quest was acceded to only in the most grudging spirit. JOHN BULL GROWLED AT GIBRALTAR i ; John didn't have any notion of taking Gibraltar for himself. A wonderful son of his, rammed Admiral Sir George Rooke, returning home from a more or less un- successful cruise, made a sudden, unex- pected swoop on the rock on his own account, and took it from a weak Spanish gorrison before they knew that he was really there, so fo say. At first John Bull growled and didn't see what good the key of the Mediterranean was going fo be to him. F John Bull -- personally--always, of ecurse, as typified by his Government-- thad very little to do with tue founding 3of his Indian Empire. In the early days ine declined to send official representa- tives to India, but allowed a body of pri- vate merchants, who banded themselves together as the East India Company, to try their luck in the great Asiatic Em- rire. At first the company were satisfied wvith strips of land on which to build their factories and warehouses, and leave Ao trade with the natives. y It was the French Government who rst aimed at a European Indian Empire, nd gent two brilliant adventurers, Du- Jeix and Lally, to see if they could win Then it was that the company began fight, not at first with any idea of making conquests, but simply to save hernselves from being swept into the 6ea Ly their French rivals, '(HE COMPANY THAT RULED INDIA. / 'Afterwards, however, they began to wonder if they couldn't turn the tables by turning the French out, and wars with the Hindoo rajahs followed. John svasn't best pleased when news reached nim that one of his wandering sons had aid the foundations of the British Em- pire in India by winning the great battle of Plassey. 'The old gentleman saw a vision of more responsibility for him, and grumbled, as usual, The first great conquests in India were made by soldiers who were, strictly speaking, not John Bull's at all. They were made by troops enlisted and paid by the company, and it was "John Com- pany," as the sepoys called it, which gave Clive his first commission, The mpany ruled in India for a hundred year's before the Brilish Government took ver the task. 'a The Chartered Company forced a big rack of Africa on John Bull. He had no 'ish lo grab it himself, and would have ked on with calm indifference while ast tracks of South Africa were being But the by the Germans and the Boers, ut the Chartered Company, wilh Cecil shodes as its soul, MADE WAR ON LOBENGULA, fond conquered Matabeleland and check- ed the Boer and German advance, Had John not held his sons in check land frowned on them when they wanted tc be enterprising, the German Empire in South-West Africa would probably mever have been founded, because that part of the world would have been paint- ad British red before the subjects of the Kaiser got near it. } John Bull certainly grabbed Canada 'ond Australia on his own initiative. But as to New Zealand, it is not owing to John himself that "God's own country" belongs to him to-day. Captain Cook paid his first visit to the island in 1769~-- the same year, by the way, which saw Wolfe take Quebec, but for generations Jchn Bull.would have nothing to do witb it. Jt was left alone for any nation who ifaricied it to take it. :'As late as 1814 obstinate "J. B." as good jas told the missionaries who went to New \Zealand to try to convert the Maoris that 'tho risk they ran by so doing was en- lirely their own concern, and he wouldn't Ccmpany was formed to take the arst! steps toward changing the beautiful island into a British colony. John Bull was quite annoyed. He didn't want New Zealand. He did everything he eculd--that is, the Home Government of the day did--to discourage the new com- pany and throw obstacles in its way. FRENCH NEARLY GOT NEW ZEALAND It was not until nearly eighty years after its discovery by Captain Cook that John gave a sulky consent to his flag being formally run up over New Zealand. Even then he only consented because he was informed that if he didn't the white settlers would make things unpleasant. A little more delay on his part, and the French flag would very possibly now be floating over Wellington and a French Governor be sitting in the seat of the late "King Dick" Seddon. If is entirely John Bull's own fault that the whole of the island of New Guinea, which is nearly three times as large as Great Britain, does not belong to him. New Guinea was actually in full posses- sion of John in 1793; but he was indiffer- en! to it, and left it lying unguarded and unclaimed in the sea. The Dutch took part of it, and the Ger- mans looked longingly on the rest. And, as New Guinea is very close to Queens- land, the people of the latter colony were uneasy at the prospect of having German and Dutch neighbors so near to their shores, WE WOULDN'T HAVE NEW GUINEA. Time after time the Queenslanders im- plered John Bull to step in and take pos- session of New Guinea. He wouldn't do it. He let the foreigners take bit after bil of it. Finally, in 1883, Sir Thomas Mcliwraith, the Prime Minister of Gueensland, was driven to desperation, and, resolutely taking action into his own hands, gave instructions for the an- nexation of New Guinea. John Bull was actually very bad tem- pered over this. He at first refused ab- solutely to aiow the annexation. If the Queenslanders had not stood resolutely ty their Prime Minister, he would prob- akly have insisted on the portion of the isiand which had been secured being ferthwilh abandoned, In the end, however, he growlingly consented to keep what his sons in Queensland had forced on him as a pres- ent. All through his own fault, instead of being proprietor of the whole of New Guinea, John Bull owns something less than a quarter of it. This article does not by any means ex- haust the list of colonies which have been forced on John Bull's acceptance. But it should be sufficient to prove that, what- ever his sons may have done on their own account in the grabbing line, the old gentleman in the white _hreeches and the ton-beots-isi0t Timself quite such a greedy grabber as certain of his enemies allege.--Pearson's Weekly. we HEALTH FOR THE BABY" A mother who has once used Babys Own Tablets for her children will al- ways use them for the minor ailments that come to all lite ones. The Tablets are the best medicine in the world for the cure of indigestion, colic, constipa- tion, diarrhoea, teething troubles and Lreaking up colds. And the mother has the guaraniee of a government analyst that this medicine contains no poison- cus opiate or narcotic: Mrs. Wm. F. Gay, St.. Eleanors, P. E. I., says:--'l have used Baby's Own Tablets with the best results and know. of nothing to equal them for the cure of stomach and bewel troubles, I do not feel safe unless I have a box of Baby's Own Tablets in the house." Sold by medicine dea- lers of by mail at 25 cents a box from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont. ---- yy ------- SAVED BY THE MUD. A Hunter's Narrow Escape While Hunt- ing Elephants, During a hunting trip in Africa Mr. A. Henry Savage Landor-had a narrow ¢és- cape from two elephants which he was stalking. He had got to within ten yards of the male elephant, and taking careful aim, pulled the trigger. 'Ine story of what followed is told in Mr, Landor's book, "Across Widest Africa." The cartridge never went off, but un- fortunately my Kresh, who relied on the effectiveness of my weapon, fired at the same moment with his match-lock. We were such a short distance from the ani- mal that he actually hit him in the head. I shall never forget my surprise when the elephant lifted his trunk skyward, and in his fury roared like thunder. A moment later the elephant, with his trunk extended, dashed after us, 1, too, with my useless rifle in my hand, hav- ing by that time acquired a high rate of speed, Had 1 been running a race for the world's record, I am sure I snould have won the prize. It was amazing to me hew fast I could run, as I confess my blood turned perfectly cold when I could fecl the hoarse blowing trunk of the ele- phant only a few yards behind me, and 1 expected every minute to be crushed into @ jelly, In that particular part of the country these marshy plains ane extraordinarily sticky and slushy, so the moment I dash- éd into the grass, at the record-breaking speed at which 1 was travelling, my feet 6tuck in the soft and slushy mud, and I was precipitated with my face and hands info the slush, my rifle sinking deep. This was the supreme moment of ap- prehension. I said good-by to the world and imagined myself dead. No one could have been more surprised than I was when, a reasonable time to be killed in having elapsed, I got up again and per- ceived the elephant a few yards off, can- tering away in the opposite direction. His back view was a great relief to me. He had come to within two or three yards of where I had fallen, and having himself sunk in the soft mud, had turned round and struggled away, leaving big circular footmarks, regular holes four or five feet deep in the mud. pe SenSE Ie "Para -- There are in the world, as nearly as can be computed, 1,480,000,000 people. te responsible for, what happened' to'Q: these, 421 millions live under the them. Later on the New Zealand Land | British flag. Z fp op oe cS ep cB co cp Sp ec op Gp Gp eGo ep eh ep ep hp Oe ee tet ehy Rickeis." : Simply the visible sign that baby's tiny bones & _ are not forming rapidly enough. «7 fo z Lack of nourishment is the cause. : ép Scott's Emuision nourishes baby's & > entire system. Stimulates and makes bone. 4 Exactly what baby needs. = ALL DRUGGISTS: 50c, AND $2.90 Seoeoesoooooooooooeese BANISH PIMPLES AND ERUPTIONS -- Everyone Needs a Tonic in Spring To Purify and Build Up the Blood. If you want new health and strength in spring you must build up your blood with a tonic medicine. Indoor life dur- ing the long winter months is respon- sible for the depressed condition and feeling of constant tiredness which at- fects so many people every spring. This eendition means that the blood is im- pure and watery. That is what causes pimples and unsightly eruptions An some; others have twinges of rheuma- tism, or the sharp, stabbing pains of neuralgia, Poor appetite, frequent head- aches, and a desire to avoid exertion is also due to bad blood. Any or all of these troubles can be banished by the fair use of such a tonic medicine. as Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Every dose of this medicine helps to make new, rich red blood, which drives out im- purities, stimulates every organ, strengthens every nerve and brings a feeling of new health and new energy to weak, tired out, ailing men and wo- men. Here is proof that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills is the greatest of all spring medicines. Mr. Henry Baker, Chipman, N. B., says:--"Last spring I wag so weak and miserable that I could hatd- ly drag myself about. My appetite was poor, I did not sleep well, and dread- ed work. My blood was in a terrible condition, which caused pimples and small boils to break out all over me. These would itch and pain and Caus- ec me much trouble. 1 tried severa' medicines, but without the least bene- fit, when one day a friend asked me why I did not try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. He spoke so highly of this medi- cine that I decided to take his advice and give the pills a trial. I got a half dozen boxes and the result was that by the time they were finished I felt like an altogether different man. They. puri- fied my blood, built up my whole sys- fem, and I have not had a pimple on my flesh, not a sick day since. For this reason I can highly recommend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills as a blood builder and purifier." Sold by all me- dicine dealers or by mail at 50 cents a pox or six boxes for $2.50 from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. -- Sk WHEN GIRLS PROPOSE THEY SOMETIMES MAKE QUEER CHOICES, Results of Refusal Are Often Disastrous --Curious Case of Feminine Infatuation, While maiden ladies of uncertain age are facetiously said to await with eager- ness the advent of a leap year, it is sel- dom one hears of a proposal being made by a woman, either in a leap or any other year, And in the only instance which 'is known to have taken place last leap year the incident had a very tragic sequel. In 1904 it was reported that a beautiful Avstrian girl bad taken advantage of the privilege. It was at a ball in Vienna, where she became so infatuated with a partner that she then and there invited him to become ber partner for life. Her proposal being most ungallantly rejected, she was so mortified that she went home and com- mitted suicide, It may be that the paucity of feminine proposals is directly due to the fact that leap pear is the only year in which they are considered permissible. At any rate, in most cases in which offers of marriage have been made by members of the sex which usually receives them the "leap" has been made with supreme indifferenoe as to the year. For example, the lady who boldly offered her hand and heart to Ear] Stow- ell, brother of Lord Ejgon, did not pause to reflect as to the year. His lordship was an Admiralty judge, and once had to try a son of the Marchioness of Sligo for tempting some naval men to desert lu his yacht in the Mediterranean, While the judge was lecluring the de- linquent the marchioness, who was in ccurt, was much impressed by the sound advice he was giving. Indeed, it im- pressed her so much that she immedi- ately wrote out a proposal of marriage, which the usher obligingly handed up lo the bench. With admirable prompti- tude, the judicial luminary accepted the proposal on the spot, the lady's bold move being thus justified. MAY AND DECEMBER. The same happy result did not attend a similar offer made less than a decade age by a young lady belonging to one of the most noble families of Rome: She was Signorina Maria Colonna, and, though only in her twentieth year, had Leen the recipient of several proposals in Leondon a short time before, Each and all of these she firmly nre- fused, and on returning to Rome as- tounded her friends by presenting her- self to M. Guillaume, the famous octo- genarian sculptor, and begging him to marry her. Like the sensible man he was, Guillaume did his best to convince her that no happiness. could result from the union of May and December, In this, however, he utterly failed, the fair proposer becoming greatly distress- ec', and, indeed, quite inconsolable. She declared herse'f to all intents and pur- peses a widow, and arrayed herself in sombre mourning garb, which she vowed sht would never lay aside until a change came over her hero, and she could real- izf the wish of her heart. This young lady was one of the most beautiful girls in the Italian capital, and apparently a.so one of the most whim- sical, It is interesting to recall that the late Baron de"Lesseps enjoyed a like novel experience in his declining years. When an old man of sevenly he was proposed to by a damsel of 17, around whom was tae glamour of a most romantic descent. This fair creature was the great-grand- daughter of a woman. of rare beauty, who was picked up when a babe on, the battle- field of Waterloo, immediately after the fight. What is more extraordinary still, the proposal was made in the presence of the Baron's own son. Small wonder, there- fore, that-he thought it was not intend: ed for him, but for his son. However, on being enlightened, he did not refuse the offer, but accepted it, and married the fair proposer. Nor did he have occasion to regret so doing, for during the trying lime of the sensational Panama scandals bis faithful girl-wife was the only solace and comfort the great engineer had. HAD TRAGIC ENDING. Not long ago, according to an Austrian newspaper, a very handsome woman, who was one of the queens of Vienna suciety, became enamored of a good-look- ing tenor then singing nightly in oper- elta in the Austrian capital. She shocked all her friends and ac- quaintances by frequenting the theatre every evening and throwing bouquets to the object of her infatuation and adver- lising her passion in various ways. But the singer did not reciprocate her affec- tion tothe extent of entertain a proposal cf marriage. After going from one extravagance to another, the lady went on the stage her- self; but her theatrical career was not of long duration. She finally became quite irresponsible for her actions, and had to be put under restraint. A few years ago an equally melan- choly fate befell a charming young Paris widow--one Madame Milher. She fell] desperately in love with a neighboring resident, who, however, repelled her ad- varices, including an offer of marriage. Thereupon she retired for a time to Metz, where she had relatives; but shortly afterward her dead body was found on the footpath just outside the house of the man she loved. In her pockets were several letters ad- dressed to him, and before committing suicide she had thrown into his garden her pocketbook, containing banknotes, bends and other securities, comprising her estate, together with her last will and testament. By the last named she had made this cold, unimpressionable mortal her sole heir, Feminine infatuation is sometimes ut- terly inexplicable, yi. ENGLAND'S VAST EGG HUNGER. Though Many Regions Contribute. Raising eggs for the English market offers a great future to French farmers, according to an article by G. Labadie- Lagrave published in a recent number of the Figaro. England consumes 4,400,000,- 660 eggs a year, he says, and the demand fur real new laid eggs is far in excess of the supply. This is where the oppor- tunity for France comes in, he thinks. The hens of England itself, after re- serves have been set aside for new crops ol chickens, send 2,270,000,0.0 eggs to market every year. The balance of 2,130,- 006,000 comes from abroad. It is a fic- tion of London dealers that they come from Belgium and Holland. They don't, Lagrave says, they come from almost any other country, even Egypt, Morocco and Siberia. They are called Belgian be- cause Belgium is so near they can pre- tend to be fresh. : As a matter of fact, the African eggs are not imported to be eaten, "even by the poor." They are chiefly sold to book- binders, who use them, Lagrave says, to make the leather they use more supple. But eggs from Italy and Hungary and vast quantities from Russia, even from Siberia, are sold for consumption as. Ger- raan or Swedish, and are bought at low prices by bakers and confectioners. who are not particular. The fine West End bakeries in London advertise that they use only English eggs and they generally live up to their dec- larations. But for some classes of con- fectionery the Spanish egg is in special demand. It has a yolk of deep orange Pue and when used in cakes gives them a richness of color and flavor that cannot be attained in any other way. They are the product of the black Andalusian hen and expeditious methods of Shipment are used to get them to London. There are several retail purveyors. in Iendon whose trade calls for at least 4).000 fresh eggs a week. The surplus from the British henneries when the rest of the country is provided for is totally unequal to Supplying the demand. Swe- den, being cold, is not a first rate egg pro- ducing country, and the steamer service to England is inadequate. Germany is a great eating country and practically uses up all she produces. America can send inferior grade,s but of course not newly laid eggs. Holland and Belgium produce orly a few millions annually above their own needs. Danish eggs are not popu- lar in England because of their peculiarly pale color. Thus the consumption of fresh eggs is actually restricted in England by the present impossibility of supplying the market. Lagrave therefore urges the small French farmers within a couple of hundred miles of the Channel ports to go heavily into chicken raising with a view to the production of eggs. He urges them further to raise hens of black or brilliant plumage so as to get eggs with dark yel- low shells and yolks, as these sell in Lon- don at from eight to ten cents a dozen at wholesale in advance of the pale varie- ties. DISFIGURING FACE SORES. Pimples, face sores, and the kindred eruptions common to late winter and early spring, are the worst disfigure- menis the fair sex have to bear. To re- move them the pores must be opened and the functions of the skin stimulat- ed, by the vigorous applications of Zam- Buk morning and night, and washing frequently with Zam-Buk Medicinal Soap. Zam-Buk reaches the root of the disease by soaking through the skin and tissue and its powerful herbal juices expel disease and make the skin do its work, which can't be done simply by the use &f internal medicine. Miss Elfen Smith, of Somerville Ave., Toronto, says: "My face was greatly disfigured by a skin eruption which annoyed me dreadfully fo months. JI was advised to try Zam- Buk and I am glad I did for it quickly removed the trouble and my face is now clear of all eruptions." Zam-Buk contains no animal fat whal- ever, but is°a pure healing salve. ft cures cuts, burns, chafings, cold sores, itch, eczema, running sores, ringworm, piles, bad legs, inflamed patches, and alt diseased. injured and irrita'ed con- ditions of the skin. Obtainable at all druggists and stores 50c., or post-paid from the Zam-Buk Co., Toronto. tees pice een oe Jo CZAR'S THRONE A PRESENT. The Emperor Nicholas-of Russia has many thrones. The three chief ones are those at the imperial palace and the Win- ter palace at. St. Petersburg and in the Kremlin at Moscow. The last was a present to the Czar Alexis in 1660 from the Shah of Persia. It is entirely cov- ered with thick plates of gold set with ptecious stones and alternating with plaques of ivory chiseled in high relief. The fact and date of the presentation are recorded in an inscription on the back of the -throne,. Just above are the glis- tening double headed eagles of Russia, with angels on either side supporting the imperial crown. ih Use the safe, pleasant and effectual worm killer, Mother Graves' Worm Ex- terminator; nothing equals it. Procure a bottle and take it home, Not Fresh Eggs Enough .to Satisfy It," METALLIC CEILINGS} : Are Artistic, ae : DURABLE, SANITARY, and FIREPROOF | Easily applied, Gannet Grack nor Fall Off aul canst tacsenruneee el pene ---- or walls, and we will submit designs, estimates and lilustrated booklet free. WRITE US NOW Metallic Roofing Co., LIMITED Manufacturers TORONTO & WINNIPEG SIMPLE LIFE ALRIGHT. A cabinet-maker, George Murr, who has died at Grantham, England, at the age of seventy-eight years, was em- ployed by the same firm for thirty-sey- en years, He not only worked in the same shop, but actually at the same bench. Murr took the only holiday of his life twenty-six years ago, when he went to Skegness, intending to stay a fortnight. He returned the same day, however, saying that he could not set tle away from work. oh sA NEW FINANCIAL FIRM. The firm of A. J. Pattison and Com- pany, bankers and financial agents, has been formed in Toronto. | The senior member of the firm was until recently president of the Brantford Street Rail- way, the Grand Valley Railway and the Woodstock Thames Valley and Ingersoll Railway. Mr. Pattison sold the control- ling interest in his railways to a Pitts- burg railway magnate. Mr. Pattison is a Canadian by birth, a Lambton county bey, and has been in business in a fidu- ciary position in Toronto for twenty-five years and has been a resident of Toron- io for over thirty-five years. The record of the Canadian Homestead Loan and Sevings Association under his adminis- {ration for over twenty years, loaning upon mortgage that is one foreclosure, tas not been equalled by any Toronto loaning coming. The mew firm will have a strong reputation for integrity and ad- ministrative ability, and a high finan- cial rating. ' Direct New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Montreal Stock Exchange wires with one of the largest New York and Boston firms has been arranged for. The {firm will have direct wires also to Chi- cego and Cobalt, and are in a position to give not only excellent service but cia! investments that can possibly be had. The firm's advertisement appears in an- other column. he aa ak MEDICAL ITEM. A doctor can hardly be blamed for los- ing his temper when he gets out of patients, WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE. From October to May, Colds are the most fre- uent cause of Headache. LAXATIVE BROMO UININE removes cause, KH. W. Grove on box 25¢ DIFFERENCE, Don't I give you all the money you need?" her husband complained. "Yes," she replied, "but you told me be- fore we were married that you would give me all I wanted." A Clear Healthy Skin--Eruptions of the skin and the blotches which blem- ish beauty are the result of impure blood caused by unhealthy action of the liver and kidneys. In correcting this unhealthy action and restoring the organs to their normal condition, Par- melee's Vegetable Pills will at the same time cleanse the blood, and the blotches and eruptions will disappear without leaving amy trace Why is it that every time a girl goes out with a young man of whom she is ashamed she meets all her friends? eee Put out the fire in a hot, itching, unheatthy skin with Weaver's Cerate. Use it for eczema, nettle rash, tetter and salt rheum. Tess: "There goes Ursula Hope with Jack Timmid." Jess: "Yes, she's setting her cap for him." 'Tess: "Do you really think she cares for him?' Jess: "Yes, indeed! You know her full name is Ur- sula May Hope. Well, she sings all her letters to him now, 'U. May Hope.'" Be There a Will Wisdom Points the Way.--The sick man pines for relief, but he dislikes sending for the doctor, which means bottles of drugs never consumed. He has not the resolution to load his stomach with compounds which smell -villainously and taste Worse. But if he have the will to deal himself with his ailment, wisdom will direct his attention to Parmelee's Vege- lable Pills, which, as a specific for in- digestion and disorders of the digestive crgans, have no cqual, The world may Owe you a living, but try to collect it and it will have as many excuses on tap as a man who is asked to pay a bill. PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS. PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of Etching, Blind, Bleeding or Protuding Plies in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 60c. THE RUDE GIRL "T wish sometimes that I could fly And soar through the air." So quoth the callow dude. Then said the maiden rude: "Of flying fish I've often heard, But flying lobsters; on my word, Are rare, oh, very rare." the most conservative advice upon finan- | ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR THE PANGO CO., WHOLESALE LYMAN BROS. & CO., LTD. LYMAN, KNOX & GLARKSON, LTD. THERE'S EVERYTHING IN BEING FIRST. The first train in Canada was operated oh what is now a part of the Grand Trunk Railway and this great system has ever been on the alert to slay in the first rank. In keeping with this general policy the "International Lim- ite," the premier train of the Grand Trunk System, is also the finest and fastest train in Canada, and one of the fastest long distance trains in the world. Leaves Montreal every day at 9.00 a.m., Toronto 4.40 p.m., arriving at Detroit at 10.00 p.m. and Chicago at 7.40 a.m. Rnabohas Cn. 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Fried in their own off and slightly salted they acquire a pleasant nutty flavor. ; Locust. eating tribes invariably grow >and caterpillars are eaten with avidity | sort fo this fare in times of famine. In scuthern Russia, where locusts still are) fat when the food is plentiful. © Grubs by Parisians, and butterflies are eaten by- the natives of Australia, silkworms in China and harvest flies by some Afric- ans, SHILOW'S -- Quick ease for the worst cough--quick . relief to the heaviest cold--and SAFE ~ o take, even for a child. Cures That is Shiloh's Cure. Coughs Sold ence a bahar to cure colds and coughs uicker than any other & Colds nedicine--or your money back. Sdyears f success commend Shiloh's Cure, 25c., QUICKLY! 4 TRIAL BY BREAD AND CHEESE. There were many odd ways in anci- : cnt times of detecling criminals, Qur ancestors had not lived long enough lc lose their faith in the gnawings of wonscience, and Divine interference 'n earthly justice was superstitiously ree garded as a daily occurrence, says Pear- son's Weekly... No quecrer example of ' this could be found than the ancient mode of trying prisoners by bread and checse, The unfortunate offender was led, with a halter round his neck, ta the parish chureh, and there in the pre« sence of all the pcople the priest pu pueces of cheese and rye bread: in e yatlten on the altar, These he blessed and then the supposed criminal had ta eat them dry before. the congregation. -- if he managed to swallow them easily he was acquilled, but if he choked he was condemned. Naturally 'enough scores of innecent folk were thus donet to death. | «ee cement gers Chewing Tobacto black plug. : ee Se + 'The big r mire Ty > cna ee er csgtake