THOUGH IT'S "ONLY A coLD"- 'STOP IT BEFORE IT STOPS YOU Have you ever heard of a case of catarrh, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, or pleurisy that did not start wita a common cold? Every cold you catch has in it the makings of one or other of these dis- eases, if it can break down your defences. _ And even if it does not develop into - something more dangerous, it will keep _ you thoroughly miserable for a week or two at least. : The wise course, as soon as you feel _ the cold coming on, istostart taking Na-Dru-Co Syrup of Linseed, Licorice and Chlorodyne, and keep it 1p till the cold is knocked out completely. This splendid cough syrup will do the trick quickly and thoronghily. ee 'You can feel perfectly safe in takin -. -'Na-Dru-Co Syrup of Linseed, Licorice and Chlorodyne, or in giving it to your children. We'll gladly give your hysican a listof its ingredients if you fixe. 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This, considering the innate servativenes of the English ple, is quite understandable. name Emperor is essentially con- nected with military enterprise. India was won by the sword, and for the purpose of conveying to India a predominance in arms Eng- land at last consented to Queen Victoria being made Empress of India. The great Empire, however, which we now possess wag not in con- peo- The therefore we hesitate a little to claim the title of Emperor for King George the Fifth of Great Britain and the Dominions beyond the seas. Yet, however, that his Majesty should be proclaimed Emperor seems to be logical. And that the Empire should be bound closer together by the creating of titular rulers of its various parts of mem- bers of the Royal house also seems the most advisable step. In this way we should draw closer together the bonds of loyalty, which. still hold the Empire together, and Mr. Edgar Wallace's suggestion that the sons of the reigning house be specially educated to fill the posi- "tiohs of rulers overseas is one of more than sentimenta! interest. s We Pei cab QUICKLY STOPS COUGHS, CURES COLDS, HEALS THE THROAT AND LUNGS. 25 CENTS WAS A VILLAIN. Harduppe--Is Wigwagg honest? Borrowell--Well, he came around to my house the other day and stole an umbrella I had borrowed from him. Thousands of mothers can testify to the virtue of Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator, because they, know from experience how useful it is. aise ta wil] time what he Every man knows until the do in an emergency-- comes. Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in Cows. POOR THING. "It's the first $1,000 that's hard to get," explained the eminent millionaire, "YT know that," responded the mere man. "'I've been trying to accumulate it for the last forty years,"' Why Should I Use Cuticura Soap? "There is nothing the matter with my skin, and I thought Cuticura Soap was only for skin troubles." 'True, it zs for skin troubles, but its great mission is « to prevent skin troubles. For more than a generation its deli- cate emollient and prophylactic properties have rendered it the standard for this purpose, while its extreme purity and refreshing fragrance give to it all the advan- tages of the best of toilet soaps. It is also invaluable in keeping the hands soft and white, the hair live and glossy, and the scalp free from dandruff and irritation, While its first cost is a few cents more than that of ordinary toilet soaps, it is prepared with such care and of such materials, that it wears toa wafer, often outlasting several cakes of other soap, and making its use, in practice, most econom- ical. Cuticura Soap is sold by druggists and dealers everywhere, but the truth of these claims may / Mae the main won by the sword, and' Germans Scientist Successfully Ex- perimented on Mice. Prof. Von Wassermann, -- the celebrated Berlin pathologist, an- nounced recertly before the Berlin Medical Society the attainment of important results in reference to the treatment of cancerous ulcera- tions with a chemical compound of eosin, elium and telluride. The treatment, which' so far has been applied only to mice, is. ad- ministered by means of an injection into the veins. After four in- jections, Prof. Wassermann as- serts, the most malignant ulcerous swellings have been made to vanish, and ten days later the mice were found to be entirely cured. Although the experiments with animals have proved amazingly and uniformly successful, Prof. Was- sermann adds there is not yet justi- fication for asserting the treat- ment would be effective if applied to human beings. He refrained from experimenting on human be- ings, as in some cases the injection reacted on the mice with such viol- ence that they died. % AS GOOD AS A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE Baby's Own Tablets should be kept in every home where there are little ones. They are as good as a doctor ; are absolutely safe and can always be relied upon to drive away any malady arising from de- rangements of the stomach or bowels. Concerning them Mrs. O. A. Wheeler, Northlands, Sask., says: "I have found Baby's Own Tablets an invaluable medicine, I live twenty miles from town and doctor, so am glad to have so re- liable a medicine at hand. I con- sider the Tablets a real necessity in the home and shall never be without them. They have kept my baby well and have made him a bonnie baby.'? The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. pee Slane NO HOPE OF SAVING LIFE. Prof. Maeterlinck Utters Against Prolonging It. Plea | In a very beautiful new esssay, Prof. M. Maeterlinck writes of death, and in the course of it he enters an eloquent plea against ef- forts, to extend life beyond its "na- tural term." "As science progresses," he says, "Tt prolongs the agony which the most dreadful moment and the sharpest peak of human rain and horror for the witnesses, at least. All the doctors consider it their first duty to protract as long as possible even the mose excruciating convulsions. Who has not, at bedside, twenty times wished to tnrow himself at their feet and im- plore them to show mercy?' | One day iur. Maetertinck be- | heves, this prejudice will strike us |as barbarian, as a relic of the times when humanity was convinced | | that any known torture was pre- | in | Doctors defend by | |ferable to those awaiting us ithe urknown. pleading that there is scarcely ever But in the majority of cases delay can "'give but a few days, or, at the utmost, afew months of a life that will not be the real life, but much rather 'an extended death.' " On one point doctors are begin- ning to yield. "They are slowly consenting, when there is no hope left, if not to deaden at least to lull the last agonies." But still many of them hesitate, "and, like the clemency and yreace which they ought to lavish.'? All our know- ledge, therefore "only helps us to |die in greater pain, than the ani- mals that know nothing." But a day will come, M. Maeter- linck predicts, when science will no longer hesitate to shorten our mis- fortunes, "when life, grown wiser, will depart silently at its hour, knowing that, it has reached its term," even as it withdraws every evening, while we sleep, knowing that its day's task is done. ly ) EES PRICE OF PEDDLER'S ACRE. Fifteenth Century Legacy Involy- ing $400,000. A case which will decide the al- location of $405,000, now in chan- cery, will shortly come on in the law courts of London, England. The story of this money opens in the fifteenth century, when a peddler bequeathed to. ths old Lambeth parish an acre of river- side land on the condition that his dog, which had accompanied 'him in his travels, might be buried in the churchyard. The peddler's legacy, knovn as the Peddler's Acre, brought i.. only some 70 cents a year originally, but at the time the London County Council acquired the estate tha Lambeth Council was receiving $9,000 a year from it. The money was devoted to the reduction of the local rates, being equivalent to a rate one one farthing in the pound The London County Council bought the estate to build its new county hall on it, the price being $405,000. The money was paid in- to chancery, as the Council did not wish to participate in the dispute which arose as to its allocation, In old days there had been' many fights over the property, and in 1824 an attempt was made to sell or mortgage tho acre in order to build acharel in toe district. The inhabitants protested and secured an Act of Parliament in the reign of George IV., vesting the property in the rector and churchwardens and ten other rated inhabitants; the rents and proceeds to be ap- be demonstrated without cost by sending to "C-uticura," Dept. 7M, Boston, U.S..A., fora liberal sam- _ plecake, together with a thirty-two _ page book on he skin and hair. plied to parochial _purposes. The churchwardens claimed a share of : r MAY HAVE A CANCER CURE. is | a certainly that a case is hopeless. | misers, measure out drop by drop | QUEEN OF SPAIN. Reaction in Her Favor and She Is Now Popular. Queen Victoria of Spain is slowly but surely winning the affection of the Spanish people, who at. first strongly disapproved of her and her English ways. In fact if King Atfonso succeeds in keeping his throne it will be due in part to the domestic virtues of his wife. Queen Victoria has set a new fask- ion in Spanish society, that of mothers taking a personal interest in their children. ; Queen Victoria practically de- votes her life to her babies. She oversees the work of the nurses and occasionally may be seen on the grounds of the palace wheeling the Princess Beatrice in her specially imported English perambulator just like any suburban mother. All this is in defiance of tne rigorous court etiquette of Spain which de- mands that a queen should leave the care of her children entirely to others. When the Prince of the Asturias was born, according to historial cus- toma peasant woman from Cata- lonia was engaged toact as nurse to the heir to the throne. She was avery handsome Catalonian and wore the elaborate and picturesque national costume, but Queen Vic- toria soon discovered that she was entirely ignorant of hygiene and modern ideas concerning the care ofa baby. The result was that the Queen firmly refused to deliver the young Prince over to the new nurse }and no expostulation moved her from her position. She finally gave the Catalonian peasant a sum of money as well as anew outfit of clothes and sent her back to her native frovince. | This action displeased the Spanish court, but the young Queen either was or pretended to be quite ignorant of the magnitude of her offence and simply devoted herself to her small son, bringing him safely through a delicate baby- hood to fair health as a small boy. In all matters save where her children are concerned Queen Vic- toria has obeyed Spanish court eti- quette. Finally there came a re- action in her favor and now her popularity is growing. See Meee TIED DOWN. 20 Years' Slavery--How She Got Freedom. A dyspepsia veteran who writes from one of -England's charming rural homes to tell how she won victory in her 20 years' fight, na- turally exults in her triumph over the tea and coffee habit: "T feel it a duty to tell you,"' she | says, '"'how much good Postum has , done me. I am grateful, but also desire to let others who may be suf- | fering as I did, know of the de- | lightful method by which I was | relieved. "TI had suffered for 20 years from dyspepsia, and the giddin SS ful ailment, and which frequently | prostrated me. I never drank} {much coffee, and cocoa and even | milk did not agree with my im- yaired digestion, so I used tea, ex- 2 ; clusively, till about a ye ago, when I found in a_ pac of Grape-Nuts the little book, 'The Road to Wellville.' 'After a careful reading of the booklet I was curious to try Pos- tum and sent for a package. I en- joyed it from the first, and' at once ip tea in its favor. began to feel better very 1 gave 1 oT soon. the first few days' and my stomach use of Postum, became stronger i I was able (as I still am) to take milk and many other articles of food of which I was formerly com- pelled to deny myself. I have proved the truth of your state- ment that Postum 'makes good, red blood.' "'T have become very enthusias- tic over the merits of my. new table beverage, and during the past few months, have conducted a Pus- tum propaganda among my arigh- bors which has brought benefit to many, and I shall continue to tell my friends of the 'better way' in which I rejoice." Name given by} Canadian Postum Co., Windsor, Ont. Read the little book, "The R-ad to Wellville,'"' in pkgs. "There's a reason."' Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are gonuine, true, and full of human interest. "What is the matter with your wife? I see she's got her hand in a sling.'"' "Reckless driving."' "Horse?" 'No, nail." Warts are disfigurements that disappear when treated with Hol- loway's Corn Cure. Many a man's success is due to his ability to use other. men's brains. Minard's Liniment Cures Diphthorla. POOR THING. Stella--What causes her insom- nia? Belle--She takes so many beauty exercises before retiring that it is morning when she finishes. the price paid by the County Coun- cil, and the fight now lies between them and the Lambeth Borough Council. that usually accompanies that pain- | My giddiness left me after | so rapidly that it was not long till | orv of whom it is. to any tugong bula they may pass HE COULD NOT SLEEP AT NIGHTS TILL HE FOUND RELIEF IN DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS. Fred. Swanson, of Saskatchewan, sends a message of cheer to those who feel the weariness and dis- couragement that comes from broken rest. Macklin, Sask., Jan. 1 (Special). --Those who suffer from sleepless nights and get up in the morning feeling tired and discouraged will find renewed hope in the statement made by Fred Swanson of this place. He could not sleep at nights. He discovered the cause. It was Kidney trouble. He discov- ered the cure. It is Dodd's Kid- ney Pills. "Yes,'? Mr. Swanson says in an interview regarding his case, "I was troubled with my kidneys for over a year, so bad that I could not sleep at nights. After using one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills I found great relief. Four boxes removed all my pain and now I sleep well and I am as strong in my Kidneys as any man." If the Kidneys are wrong the blood becomes clogged with im- purities and natural rest is an im- possibility. Strong, healthy Kid- neys mean pure blood, new life all over the body and that delightful rest that is the sweetest thing in life. Dodd's Kidney Pills always make strong, healthy Kidneys. : rie PATHOS. "Tsn't there something pathetic in the passing of the horse ?" "There is if your money is on him and he is passed by another horse," replied the man whose soul was singularly lacking in music. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggisis refund money if it fails to cure. EH. W.GROVE'S signature isoneach box. 25c. FATHER'S REQUIREMENT. "'And are you positive that you can support my daughter ?" "T think that I can make both ends meet." "That isn't sufficieut. The man who marries my daughter must not only make both ends meet, he must be able to make them overlap."' An Always Ready Pill.--To those of regular habit medicine is of little concern, but the great majority of men are not of regular habit. The worry and cares of business pre- vent it, and out of the irregularity of life comes dyspepsia, indiges- tion, liver and kidney troubles as a protest. The run-down system demands a corrective and there is none better than Parmelee's Vege- | table Pills. They are simple in their composition and can be taken by the most delicately constituted. there no way in ship may be saved?' at all, sir. We are going the bottom; but I should not worry about the ship, sir, if I were you--she is fully insured. You'd better find a life-belt."' "Captain, is which the Sore Throat is no trifling ailment. 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Every passer- by contributes to it, and at the same time curses the man in mem- The Dyaks consider the adding a sacred duty, the omission of punishment. which will meet with supernatural | MOTORISTS AND MUD. Interesting Decision of a Judge in a Little German Town. A judge at the little German town of Zwickau has handed down a decision which may be commend- ed to the attention of motorists. On a@ rainy day in the vicinity of the town, achauffeur was driving his car at high speed and as acon- of him'a'shower of mud and dirty water. : Two foot travelers on the road sprang behind a tree to avoid the shower, but they were too late to save their clothing from being damaged. They brought a com- plaint against the chauffeur and the judge convicted him. He based his decision on a paragraph of Ger- man law which provides that "speed must at all times be so regulated as to avoid causing accident or traffic disturbance andasto keep the car within the control of the driver." It was the duty ofthe cheuffuer, the judgesaid, to have aneye to'all the conditions of traffic, and he there- fore should have known that the slower he went the less mud and water his car would throw up. a While more prevalent in winter, when sudden changes in the wea- ther try the strongest constitutions, colds and coughs and ailments of the throat may come in any sea- son. At first sight of derange- ment use Bickle's Anti-Consump- tive Syrup. Instant relief will be experienced, and use of the medi- cine until the cold disappears will protect the lungs from attack. For anyone with throat or chest weak- ness it cannot be surpassed. The majority of umbrella thieves are borrowers in disguise. Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. "T say, old man, what's good for my complaint?' asked a sufferer from insomnia. 'I haven't closed my eyes for five nights.'? "Go in fox boxing," replied his friend. "The first time I tried it my eyes were closed for a week !" 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Int sted parties will be nished names and addresses 6 i : ; Bite 5 e who have heen cureds Price, WAVE ROYAL BLOOD IN VEINS. $1 a bottle, or six for $5. Mention nearest express office when ordering. | Easy to Trace One's Descent Back to Kingly Ancestors. Ninety years ago eight great- grandparents of most of us were liv- ing; 90 years. before that eight ancestors of each of the eight, or CHINESE SCIENCE. It Has Made But Few During Several Centuries, mended to all who suffer from these disorders with the certainty that| they will find relief. It will allay | inflammation in the bronchial | tubes as no other preparation can, | A student given to highfalutin phrases wrote an essay and hand- ed it to his teacher. When he had examined it the teacher called the pupil to him. "If you would only | pluck a few feathers from the wings of your imagination," he told him, | "and stick them into the tail of| your judgment you would write a/| gocd deal better!" XO E10) Let "Dick" Choose | | Brock's Bird Seed let him enjoy the cake of Brock's Bird Treat that comes in every box-- and notice the improvement in his plumage, health and song. Let "Dick"' try this Bird Tontc at our expense. Mail us the coupon below, filled in, and we will send you, absolutely free, two full-size takes of Brock's Bird Treat. 45 NICHOLSON & BROCK 9-11 Francis St., Toronto. For this coupon tenes send me, free of charge or obligation on my part, two full size cakes of Brock's Bird Treat, and oblige. Name Ps Aabicse } OSI E105 and Science in China has made few ad- turies, and is now but slowly re- sponding to abroad in all its departments. my tip I took the case to the pro- prietor of the restaurant. prietor do? waiter some money out of his own nocket and apologized to him for In scientific knowledge, as in nearly everything else, China presents a case of arrested develop- ment. Chi ese conceptions regard- ing the -dy of man. the materials cf the earth's srust, the surface f-rms cf our giobe, of its origin and process of formation, of the vast colestial vniveise through which matter and of cosmogony in general, are the conceptions char- acteristic western feoples before and during the middle ages. Not only so, but they are the same as | were held by her own sages centur- ies befovee th + period; in many cases they express the best thought of China's deep thinkers in the days of Pythagoras and perhaps prior to this time, while in others they give us the cream of Chinese philoso- phy as developed during the early days of the glorious. Sung dynasty (A.D. 1020-1120). -While of course those who have within the last few Fill your decades read the books o. the west bird's seed have modified their previous no- dish afresh tions, the number of such as com- with the pared with the general people, Seod=you though rapidly increasing, is still tae ee small and the rurely Chinese con- using, then . » . put eonecet ceptions of anatomy, : physiology BROCK'S and medicine still consist of inter- within acting functions of hypothetical reach, and organs, the intermixings of various see how vital fluids, and the subtle influ- quickly Dick ence of capricious humors; chem- Speer nek istry is still alchemy; geography, sie BER Soe mere guesswork; geology, vague mythology; astronomy. astrology; exact nhysical science, nil, vances during the last. few: cen: anew impuse from Nek whe win THERE NOW. Determined Man---Yes, when that waiter resented the smallness of Friend--And 'what did the pro- Determined Man--He gave the Advances 64; ana so on indefinitely. The barony of Mowbray dates |from 1283, that of De Ros from 1264. When the first Mowbray and De Tiose began winning their spurs hay | | each one~of~us -had about 2,097,153 'living ancestors, In the year of---- the battle of Hastings--and some continental families trace to allow for duplication of ancestors in re- mote generations. We prefer to remain upon the imyregnable ground of historical fact. Kingdoms in the old days were much smaller and far less populous than now. Tnere were four king- doms much further back--each pres- ent-day mortal may claim more than 67,000,000 forbears. We leave to statisticians the im- | possible task of figuring out how much to deduct from these theore- tical totals in Ireland, half a doz- len in England, no one knows how |many in continental Trope and ' Asia. Mark Antony hed a whole bench show of kings behind him at | Actinm and got thrashed in spite of _ them. If an average kingdom in ancient times reckoned 500,090, souls, it is easy to see that from.tho dawn of human institutions down to modern time the number -- of kingly ancestors available -- for everybody approaches infinity, | It is not necessary to prove any ; one's royal birth. It is self-evid- | ent. WEATHER SUPERSTITIONS. Superstitions about the weather declare that a mackerel sky will leave the ground drv; that between 12 and 2 you can tell whatstho day will do; that when applo skits-are thick you may expect a cold win- ter; that the day of the month of the first snow indicates the num- ber of snowstorms to be expected that season, ond that if tho wish- bone of the turkey at Thanksgiving ba light in color you may expect great snowstorms during the ensu- ing winter. NMI Tar aera Tifk--"Why does Miss Power wear such big sleeves?"? Miss Spite --"Bave you ever noticed her mouth?" = Jim--"Why. yes; bro what has her mouth to do with it?" having such a customer. Miss Spite--"Oh, nothing, only they | cay she has a habit of laughing in -- her sleeve." : :