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a K.O.M.G. and C.B. In 1873, when he returned from his Ashanti victories, he was rewarded by the thanks of Parliament and a grant of S25,000, a K.C.B. and G.C.M.- G., together with the freedom of the City of London and wsword Cord Wolseley's harvest of hon- ors first began to be reaped thirty- eig,ttvytyt, ago, Jsrhtn_he' was made a quarter of a century since he re- ceived his K.C.B., and this honor was quickly followed by a baron- etcy; but he had to wait eleven years for his first title of peerage, and nine more for his promotion to a Viscounty and earldom., But he can now boast an array of dis- tinctions such as few soldiers have ever won, for he is earl, Viscountl and baron, Privy Councillor, K.G., K.P., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., O.M., and by no means least, a v.0, He is l treble LL.D., and a . .V. “v -- u “may uu-U-, auu a D.CLL., and he has received the freedom of a dozen cities and bor- oughs: --- - A Ch,. by 1902 he had qualified as a full-blown general, had .won his G.C.B. and G.C.M.G., a barony, and a viscotrnty, and had received granjza from" Parliament of " S30,000 AND S50,000. Compared with such meteoric promotion, the career of Lord Rob- erts, distinguished as it has been, seems very slow. It is more than The only other period of ttyst-j,'ii,iiif,i, dozen years in: a British soldier’s broubh life which can at all be tL/ii/di/iii',',",";,', with Wellington's marvellous re-ldeadly cord was that between 1896 and 1902 ; guaraz which wrought such a revolution inlthat tl Lord Kitchimer's career. At the) a part beginning of 1896 Kitchener was aers. J Eolonel, with no decorations but al, F1air.Rt- G.C.B., baron, Viscount, ed(arr--- Tyrs, _duke and field-mirrshal. In h. 'dition,to this rich crop of native honors he wass-rsstkudqke, marquis and count of Portugal and a grandee of fhuin, and the most coveted foreign orders, including the Golden Flame, were showered on him, and these titles and decora- tions were creamed by a grant of S400,000. _ree _ Records of Distinction Won From Marlborough to Kitchener. Probably no soldier or any age or country has crowded so many re- wards and decorations into such a mall compass of time as the great Wellington. At the beginning of 1808 he was a 1LC.B., and nothing more; but within six Fears he had Reogn‘maj‘e in quick succession a HONORS REAPED ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE. The woman who has healthy Kid- neys will never know the pains and weakness that make life hardly worth living. Dodd's Kidney Pills always make healthy Kidneys. REWARDS OF GENERALS "For twenty-eight years," says Mrs. Richards, "I suffered from Rheumatism, Kidney Trouble and Neurylgia. I got so weak I could not do my housework. Sleep was out of the question except for a few minutes at a time. My back ached so I could not sleep. I tried all kinds of medicine and had come to the conclusion there was no cure tor me, when reading advertise- ments led me to try Dodd's Kid- ney Pills. I now sleep well and rise refreshed every morning. Dodd's Kidney Pills are all the medicine I want." After surering for Twenty-eight Years From Pains and Weakness and g1eeplessness--Doi1d's Kid- ney Pills the Only Medicine She Wants. Cottle’s Cove, Notre Dame Bay, Niki, Dec. 21 (Special). - Grand t,ta11itr-tigi suffering women is that being' 5 attered broadcast by Mrs. Elizabeth P.Htichtsrds of this place. For years she suffered from that terrible weakness and those agoniz- ing pains so many wanna!) know. She has found relief in Dodd's Kid- pey Pills and she wants all suffer.. tng fromen to knotit. -. GRAPH} NEWS M WOMEN HRS. E. P. RICHARDS TELLS HOW DODD’S KIDNEY PILLS CURED HER. ISSUE N0. 'e-os. Our idea of a beautiful woman is one who looks attractive with her hair done up in kid curlers-and she is scarce. She: "I hear that you have Jost your valuable little dog, Mr. Dud- ley.” Be: "Ya'as, in a railway accident. I was saved, but the dawg was killed." She (shocked): "What a pity l” "My poor deluded son," said Mrs. Brohn, shaking her head in the direction of a very fat girl; "so that is the kind of thing he calls a duck, is it?” "I presume," re- turned old Brown, smiling mis- ch1evously, "it is because she waddles so." "Now, Mr.- Blank," said a tern- perance advocate to a candidate for municipal honors, “I want to ask you a question. Do you ever take alcoholic drinks?"- "Before I an- swer the question," responded the wary candidate, "I want to know whether it is put as an inquiry or as an invitation y' Mrs. J. Laroque, Log Valley, Sask., says:-" am a great believer in Baby's Own Tablets. I have used them on many occasions and know of no medicine equal to them in curing the common ailments of babies and young children.” Sold by medicine dealers or br mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Wil- hams' Medicine Chr, Brockville, Ont. Baby's Own Tablets have saved many a precious little life. There is no other medicine for children so safe and sure in its effects. The Tablets cure stomach and bowel troubles, teething troubles, destroy worms, break up colds and prevent deadly croup. And you have the guarantee of a government analyst that this medicine does not contain a particle of opiate or narcotic. M1788 OWN TABLETS - l IMlhlil LIFEI SAVER. Pale, weak and nervous ll a It people need a tonic that will build them up andy" make them well sud I strong. Celery King is the tonic that will do these things. Largo package 25 cents. at dval- 318 era OT by mail. S. C. Wells & Co., Toronto. I Why should one razor be a treas- 'ure, and another, made from the lsame steel, at the same time, be lonly fit for throwing away? This is one of the questions which are difficult to answer. You may buy two razors for: the same price, ex- actly similar in every respect. One will be a useful servant for years, while the other is a constant source lot trouble and irritation, acting beautifully one day, and scratching and scraping the next. In the same way, one nut will go smooth- ly on to a bolt and remain there firm; another, exactly the same size, will not go on at all. A third will go on all right, and keep com- ingoff, One tool will break the first time it is used; another will last for years, and then break sud- denly; while a third will be worn quite away by hard work causing trouble. Why? It is one of the puzzles to which there would seem to be no satisfactory answer. The Duke of Wellington received three annuities which were commut- ed for the enormous sum of 2400,- 000, while a further 2200,000 was part of his reward for the victory at Waterloo. Sir Colin Campbell's brilliant services in the Indian Mu- tiny brought him a, pension of JJ2,- 000 a year in addition to a peerage and his baton as field-marshal; and General Napier for his splendid work in Abyssinia received a simi- lar pension, the thanks of Parlia- ment, a G.C.B., and a, barony. t,tpl,i?,8.iys li? iiii)iiiii,'iiiiir m In J In tnoney rewards no British gen- eral has ever approached Lord Marlborough’s record. The pension of S4,000 a, year granted to him and his descendants nearly two centuries ago cost the country near- ly £750,000 before it was commuted twenty years since for S107,780, And this substantial pensi n was but a fraction of the harvest of gold which Marlborough reaped with his sword, for it is said that a large portion of the S3,000,000 left by his Duchess consisted of the spoils of war in one form or another. _ _ worth 100 guinneas. The G.C.B. followed six years later, and a peer- age witha further S30,000 came in 1&2. In 1885 he graduated as a Viscount, and nine years later came the Sir Evelyn Wood won Ins K.C.- B. as long ago asr1879 by his as cellent work in Zululand, and the G.C.M.G. and G.C.B. have since fallen to him, with many another wisll-merited decoration; and Sir Redvers Bullet Won his K.C.B. and K.C.M.G. in Egypt in three short years, 1882 to 1885. FIELD-MARSHAL' S BATON WHYS FOR THE WISE, nervous Iftg 1ic that up and; ll amd King is lil will do I Larva I "You must keep your mouth shut when you’re in the water," said the nurse, as she gave little Tommy a bath. "If you don't, you’ll swallow some of it." "Well, what of it?” demanded Tommy. "There's plen- ty more in the pipes, ain't there?” Norway would appear to have made very considerable strides in the English tongue in the last twen- ty years, judging from a notice that appeared on a barber's door at the time the Kaiser Vlsited Trondhjem in the 'eighties. It. ran as follows: "Important Noddis. Ladysh and Shentlemuns and Beobles. In con- sequents of ze visit ob ze Kaiser Wilhems I hab glossed de biznes on dis ockhasiom Hare cuts and shafes and all usuel,Biznes 2 Mor- r0 Mornick. Bes our Vaterland. By Order." To discern and deal immediately with causes and overcome them, rather than to battle with effects after the disease has secured a lodgment, is the chief aim of the medical man, and Bickle's Anti- Consumptive Syrup is the result of patient study along this particm lar line. At the first appearance of a cold the Syrup will be found a most efficient remedy? arresting der velopment and speedily healing the affected parts, so that the ailment) disappears. l THE ENTERPRISING BARBER "Come, Willie," said his mother, "don't be so selfish. Let your lit- tle brother play with your marbles a, while." "But," protested Wil- lie, "he means to keep them al- ways." "Oh! I think not." "I think yes. 'Cause he's swallowed two o' them already." We Make the Emphatio Statement than. "The D a L " Menthol Plaster will do more to relieve msuralgia, lame back, lumhago and kindred troubles than any other plaster. Me tins and $1 yd. rolls. All druggisti. In one of the great houses in the West-end of London there was a dinner and reception. After a while the maid was called, and the mis- tress said: "Serve the dinner; there is no one else to come, except a relation of little importance." Five minutes afterwards the maid announced in a loud tone:--"The relation of little importance!" ' -_r-.r- gene " of -- (ft, Will Prolong I roll/c, Sota, the Spaniel J, lost has life in the wilds of Florida, whither he went for the purpose of discovering the legendary "Fountain of perpetual youth,” said to exist in that then unknown country. While Dr. Tho- mas' Eclectric Oil will not perpetu-l ate youth, it will remove the bod-; ily pains which make the young II before their time and harass the aged into untimely graves. l Lady Visitor (who is being enter- tained by Tommy): "And who are you named after, my little many' Tommy: "Dunno." Lady Visit- or: "After your papa, I suppose. What is his name, dear?” Torn- my: "Dunno." Lady Visitor: "Nonsense! What does your mam- ma call him 2” _Tommy (prompt- b): "Donkey." I; - Are you discouraged? Is your doctor's bill a heavy financial load? Is your pain a. heavy physical burden? I know what these mean to dellcate womert--1 have been discouraged. too; but learned how to cure myself. want to relieve (your bur- -dens. Why not end the pain an stop the doctor's bill? I can do this lot you and will}! you will qsslst me. .. " - A master, after giving some les- sons on physical force, asked, "Now, boys, can any of you tell me what force it is that moves people along the street]" He was greatly surprised, and the class highly amused, at receiving from one of the boys the unexpected an- swer: "Please, sir, the police force." There are a number of varieties of corms. 1Lolloway's Corn Cure “ill remove any of them. Call on your druggist and get a bottle at once. On the borders between China and Russia in Asia, almost due south of Lake Baikal, is a good-siz- ed t,own known as Marinatchin, which is exclusively inhabited by men. The place has; a considerable trade and is also a military post. An old Jaw forbids women to live in this territory. One of the most curious and in, teresting undertakings has just been completed in Denmark-the building of a vessel modelled upon the lines of Noah's Ark, as describ- ed in Genesis. The vessel as built is 30 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 3 feet deep--these measurements be- ing one-tenth of those given in the Bible. When launched a few weeks ago the ship proved itself very sea- worthy. All (you need do is to write for a. free box a the remedy which has been placed in my hands to be given away. Perhaps this one box will cure pit-i?, has done so for others. If so, I shall he happy and you will be cured for 2c (the cost of a, postage stamp). Your letters held contr. dentlallv. Write to-dnv for mvfree treat- ment. MRS. F. E CURRAH. Windsor, Ont. A Woman's Sympathy AN EVELESS EDEN. NOAH’S ARE THE BiiST Atlitllllll.T08hl,. Mil Mtllii PAPER “THE FARMERS ADVOCATE " Mention this paper. London SMWLE MIPY FREE Said She--'Uudging by the way they look at each other." Said Be-tlung Smythe and Miss Browne are evidently in love with each other." Said He-ttNo; judging by the way they don't look at anybody else." A Sudden GhIII often means sudden illness. Painkiller is all that. is needed to ward it off. Unequalled for cramps and diarrhoea. Avoid 'at'iii,)u"s, there is but one kg Pisiakilur"--Perry ans’. The Police Inspector (to witness): "Why didn't you go to the help of the prisoner in the fight?" Wit- ness: "At that stage of the game I didn't know which of them was going to be the prisoner." Great Things From Little Causes Grow.--ft takes very little to de- range the stomach. The cause may be slight, a cold, something eaten or drunk, anxiety, worry, or some other simple cause. But if precau- tions be not taken, this simple cause may have most serious con- sequences. [ Many a chronically de- 'riit-ilt.trniitieution to-thay owes lite Mstruetion to simple cad?” dealt with in time. Keep the 4.ises-) tive apparatus in healthy condition and all will be well. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are better than any other for the purpose. Mary-"Do you think it would be conceited for me to tell my friends that I made this dress myself?” Edith--"Not conceited, my dear-- superfluous." Do not delay in getting relief for the little folks. Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator is a pleasant and sure cure. If you love your child why do you let it suffer when a remedy is so near at hand? Brown-jr/s wrong? You seem worried." Jaekson--"1 am. I wrote two notes-one to my broker, asking him if he took me for a fool, and the other to Miss Golding, ask- ing her if she would be mine. While 1 was out somebody telephoned, les,' and I don't know which of 'ern it was.” By Brlblng the Nerves with opium you may stop a cough, but the inflammation goes from bad to worse. Allen’s Lung Balsam, containing no opium, goes to the root oi the trouble and cures deep-seated affections of throat and lungs. Of nervous prostration we hear much now-a-days, and it is com- fortlng to know that there are plac- es specially equipped and located for combating this phase of modern life. On the main line of the Grand Trunk Railway System, at St. Cath- arines, Ontario, are located the curative Saline Springs known as the “St. Catharines Well." Con- nected with the Springs is "The Welland,” where treatments for nervous prostration, rheumatism, etc., are given by skilled attend- apts in charge of a resident physi- Clan. St. Catharines is the mildest point in Canada during, the winter months. For further information and all particulars apply to J. D. McDonald, District Passenger Agent, Toronto. Would you like to have a sam- ple copy of The Farmer's Ad.. vocate and Home Magazine? One day an Irishman was asked to come to work an hour earlier than usual. This he promised to do. Next morning he was an hour late. “Shure, sor, I should have been no good “if Oi’d come, as I was fast asleep." on the American Continent. No progressive farmer can af- ford to be without it. Publish- ed Weekly. Only $1.50 per year. Drop post-card for free sample copy. Agents Wanted. Address: Buildings With Contents Destroyed by Bacterial Incendiary. Spontaneous combustion is well, known to be the act of tPiero-organ- isms. The firing of a haystack is nearly always the work of a bacter- ial incendiary. Barns, granaries and spinning, works have thus been destroyed by fire owing to the ac- tive oxidizing powers of the micro- organisms. The carefully gathered crop of cotton or hops may fall to the same destructive agencies. The category may be extended, accord- ing to recent works on the subject. Even lampblack, charcoal, coal and peat are found to be really oxidiz- ed by a common organism of the soil, a fact which may ultimately establish that after all the micro- organism may account for the spon~ taneous heating of coal, for the am. ful disasters of the coal mine. In human history there have been sev- eral appalling disasters arising out of great conflagrations, the origin of which has remained undiscover- ed. It is thus possible that the tiny, minute organism has been guilty of unlocking vast pent-up forces. - London Lancet. BACTERIA FIRE HAYSTACK. NERVOUS PROSTRATION ONE SIGN Ont. King Edward's fondness for a ci.. gar is well known; but when with a few intimate friends, he not in- frequently indulges in a briar pipe. His liking for tobacco is shared by nearly every reigning monarch in Europe. His nephew, the German Emperor, was at one time a con- firmed pipe-smoker; but, as he was advised by his doctors to give up the habit, he now confines himself to cigarettes. generally throwing them away when half finished. The King of the Belgians likes cigars; while the Emperor of Austria pre- fers his pipe. The Sultan of Turkey delights in the cigarette, as does the Tsar. who gets through at least thirty of them a day, One or two during the same time satisfy the King of Italy. The King of Spain is a heavy cigarette consumer, US- ing a long amber holder for the pur- pose. Occasionally, too, he smokes a cigar. A Pleasant Medieine.--There are some pills which have no other pur- pose evidently than to beget pain- ful internal disturbances in the pa- tient, adding to his troubles and perplexities rather than diminish- ing them. One might as well swal- low some corrosive material. Par- melee's Vegetable JTls have not this disagreeable and injurious pro- perty. They are easy to take, are not unpleasant to the taste» and their action is mild and soothing. A trial of them will prove this. They offer peace to the dyspeptic. She (on the Atlantic 1iner)--'tid you observe the great appetite of that stout man at dinner I" Ile--- 'Wes; he must be what they ealra' Stowaway." Have you noticed the remarkable! offer made by the Manufacturers of Orange Meat? They promise to the winner of the first prize the sum oi) Fifty-two Dollars every year during) the lifetime of the winner. This is' equal to one dollar per week dur-i ing life. Full particulars of thin unique offer on a, private post carol to be found in every package ofi Orange Meat. Buy one to-day I Wolnorne as Sunshine after a storm is the relief when an obstinate, pitilass cough has been iriveu away by Allan's Lung Balsam. No orlam in it. The good Mfeet lasts. Take a bottle home with you this day. 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