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r And this is an eventuality that is very likely to happen, for no more dangerous people exist anywhere than the fierce fanatics who now 0¢câ€" cupy the territory which it is preâ€" < sently proposed. to call by its â€"Encient name of Cyrenacia.â€"Pearâ€" son‘s Weekly. Â¥et Turkey welcomes the Jews as Jews, the reason being that they have behind them neither soldiers nor. gunboats, so that thre is no fear of the Porte being called upon to pay compensation in case a few seores of them are killed by the deâ€" rert tribesmen. A thousand lusty young men, armed for protection against the ferce Arab nomads, are to be the pioneer settlers. â€" After them will come the older men . with their wives and families. Transportaâ€" tion will not be difficult, for the new holy land lies within easy disâ€" tance of both Russia and Palestine. It is even nearer southern Europe. wet it has been closed to Europeans rom time immemorial. This is wing to the jealousy of the Turkâ€" Ish Government, which has, absoâ€" lutely declined, except on very rare bcecasions, to permit travellers to pass into the interior. bolder Jewish spirits from attemptâ€" ing an organized scheme of colonâ€" ization. The preliminary regulations have been kept secret for fear of interâ€" national complications, but it is now known that the powerful Ito Society (the object of the society is t3 procure a territory upon an autâ€" onomous basis for those Jews who cannot remain in the lands where they at present live) sent an expeâ€" dition there quite recently, and though their report is not exactly favorable, it is on the other hand, Tews Are to Establish Kingdom in Cyrenacia. A new country is about to be born into the world, and the world so far knows little or nothing of it. It is to be called Cyrenacia, and is situated in Northern Africa, beâ€" bween Egypt and Tripoli. Here the Jews are to establish their « longâ€"talked of _ kingdom. EFrom Roumania, from Russia, and even out of England, they are preâ€" paring to move. Dodd‘s Kidney Pills cure the kidâ€" reys. _ Healthy kidneys strain all the impurities out of the blood. That‘s why they cure Rheumatism, Sciatica, and other diseases caused by the presence of uric acid in the blood. "I suffered for over twenty years from Lumbago and Kidney Disâ€" ease,""‘ Mr. Quirk says, "and after consulting doctors and taking their medicines, made up my mind I was incurable. I was unable to work when I was persuaded to buy a box of Bodd‘s Kidney Pills. . To my great and happy surprise I had not talgen half a box when I experiâ€" d great relief. _ Seven boxes cured me. That was in 1900, and I am still cured. I would not be withâ€" out Dodd‘s Kidney Pills for any money. I am twenty years younger than before I took them." They Czred His Lumbago of Twenâ€" iz Â¥Years Standing, and Made Him Fecl Twenty Years Younger. Fortune Harbor, Nfd., Dec. 20.â€" (Special).â€"Sixty years of age, but hale and hearty and with all the viâ€" gor of a young man, Mr. Richard Quirk, well known and highly resâ€" pected here, gives all the credit for his good health to Dodd‘s Kidâ€" ney Pills. . NOT FOR MONEY Mime â€" SAVYS MRS. QUIRK wWoULD HE BE WITHOUT DoDDp‘s KIDNEX PILLS. NEW COUNTRY TO BE BORN. FACTOR FOR DEBCENXCY. ISSUE No. Sâ€"o; sestoz + Although 84 years of age, Mr. Fred. Moore still takes patt, as he has done for the past 74 years, in the choral portion of the services at St. Mary‘s Collegiate church, Stafford. He joined the choir when he was 10 years of age, and, with one exâ€" ception, has always accompanied them on their annual outings. He went with them this year to Blackâ€" pool. George Arnold sang in the church choir when he was a boy of eight, and for eightyâ€"two years he has since sung in it. He is a bearded, sturdy fisherman, a real type of the fisher folk; such a type as artists love for their canvas; and hence he has often been a figure in Royal Academy pictures. Now Living is George Arnold, of Bosham, England. The most remarkgble feature of the village of Bosham, with its hisâ€" toric church and its relics of olden times, is its monagenarian choirisâ€" ter, George Arnold. King Canute‘s daughter was buried in the churchâ€" yard; on the church walls are thanksgiving crosses which Crusadâ€" ers used to nick with their swords ; but the grand old man of the church choir, with his quaint meâ€" mories of church ways, is of greater interest than all. Tourmaline stones of blue, green and black in coloring are found in Upper Burma,. Garnets are mined in Jaipur. _ Roek erystal, cut for cheap jewelry, known as valeamn diamonds, is found in Madras. Anâ€" other quartz crystal, found in Kaizaâ€" bagh, is cheaper_ and is used for necklaces. _ Chalcedonic silica /s called bappik and embraces mary forms of agate, mined in the Decâ€" can. Agates and carnelians aro ecut and prepared for market in Bombay. Large quantities are shiped to Europe and Chins. Jadeite of beautiful green veins os found in other parts of India. The stone sells for $50 to $100 a hunâ€" dredweight. The deamond industry is limited, and is carried on in southern India, the northern part of the Indian penâ€" | insula and in the central provinces. Tuby mumug is carmed on in ‘/pâ€" per Burma and ,next to petroleum, is the most profitable of the minerâ€" al resources of the state, the value of the product being about $500,000 annually. â€"One ruby of seventyâ€" seven carats was taken out a fow years ago valued at $1393,330. Sapphires used to be mine.l in Kashmir, but the mines are now said to be exhausted. The yellcw, white, blue and green varieties af sapphires are found in the ruby bearing gravels in Burma. _ The spinel is found in considerable quantities in Burma. Diamond Industry Limitedâ€"Ruby Miniag Profitable. Diamonds, rubies, sapphires, spiâ€" nels, tourmalines, garnets, rock crystals, and various sorts of amher and jadeite are the precious stones found on India‘s coral strand. The ruby and jadeite are the only stones of considerable value producad. Large quantities o. turquoise come from Sikkim and Tibet, that from the latter country being bhardor, darker blue, and therefore more valuable. The importation of preâ€" cious stones into India amounts anâ€" nually to about $4,900,000. A compelling factor making for dignity and decency in a bordetr country as big as Europe is this little band of redâ€"coated riders, scarcéely 1,000 in number, spurring singly across the plains with sealed orders and turning up just when most wanted. The beat of the mounted policeâ€" man is from Hudson Bay to the Pacific and from the 49th parallel to the frozen arctic, and he does not take tips or sleep on duty ; you cannot bluff him, you cannot bullâ€" doze him, and it is not exactly safe to try to "square‘‘ him. Of this man, as of Lord Bobs, we may say, "*E don‘t advertise;‘‘ it is the boast of the service in Canada that they seldom "get into print.‘‘ Yet it is strikingly true that on the margin of every page of the unwritâ€" ten history of this great, lone land, the figure of this solitary horseman is vignetted. PRECIGUS STONES GF INBIA. A., two troopers of the imperial forces and half a dozen ubiquitous Scots.. For many years a son of Charles Dickens did honorable serâ€" vice with this force, and there served beside him a rungaway cirâ€" cus clown and the brother of a Yorkshire baronet. Several of the full privates have tucked away in the bottom of their messâ€"kit medals won in South Africa, Egypt and Afghanistan, but the lost legion of gentlemenâ€"rankers predominates, and it is Rugby and Cambridge out here on the unbroken prairies that set the fashion in mufti manners. branch of the imperial service, side by side with the Frenchâ€"Canadian born ‘"t‘ree days below Kebsk." Two years the rolleall of one troop included in its rank and file a son of a colonial governor, a grandson of a major general, a medical stuâ€" dent from Dublin, an Oxford M. Mr. Moore is the father of 12 THE GLDEST CHORISTER. A monument of Peter the Great has just been erected in St. Petersâ€" burg, and is the work of the celeâ€" brated Russian sculptor, Leopold Bernstarmm. _ The incident_ symâ€" bolized took place in the Bay of Cronstadt. _ Peter was on his way to visit some ironworks, when he observed some sailors in distress. He impetuously waded into the water, and was for several hours engaged in the work of rescue. The exposure hastening the end of Rusâ€" sia‘s great ruler. The banker‘s "teller‘"‘ is he who, when to the bank you go, If overchecked your balance is, Politely tells you so. There is nothing equal to Mother Groves‘ Korm Exterminator for deâ€" stroying worms. No article of its kind has given such satisfaction. "A Little Cgid, You Know," will become a groas éanger i it be allowod to reach down the throak to the lungs. â€"Nip the peril in the bud with Allen‘s Lung Balsam, a sure remedy conmsaining no opiates. PETER THE GREAT‘S STATUE. Some people get credit for being patient when in reality they are too cowardly to start anything. It isn‘t how far you get on in this world, but how well you cover the distance you do make. A Sure Corrective of Flatulency. When the undigested food lies in the stomach it throws off gases causâ€" ing pains and oppression in the stomachic region. The belching or eructation of these gases is offenâ€" sive and the only way to prevent them is to restore the stomach to proper action. â€" Parmeleo‘s Vegeâ€" table Pills will do this. Simple diâ€" rections go with each packet and a course of them systematically is certain to effect a cure. "Some men could do a better job at afterâ€"dinner speakin‘ ef they dida‘t eat so allâ€"fired much."" Holloway‘s Corn Cure is the medâ€" icine to remove all kinds of coros and warts, and only costs the small sum of twentyâ€"five cents. The social, like the musical scale, begins and ends with "dough."‘ Yearlmg Down Signale does not delay storms. ©pinmâ€"laden " medeiines" may check coughing, but the cold stays. Do not trifle ; when you begin to cough take Allor‘s Lung Balsam, free from opium, full of healing power. Ladyâ€"‘"My husband gives mes piece of jewelry every birthday." _â€"Friendâ€"‘" You must have quite a collection of themâ€" now, my dear.‘"‘ After a Oold Driva don"t Tall to take & teaspconâ€" ful of Painkiller mixed with a glass of hot water nd sugar. It surely provents chills. Avold subâ€" Btitubes, there is but ane Paiukiller"â€"Porry avia‘â€"250. and 506. Contest free to all. Each guess given a number in orâ€" der received, and prize list mailed. Prizes mailed to winners. Guess on a postal card. Write plain. Address Dept. B, WALPOLE RUBBER CO., LTD., "That was evidently what he meant.‘" Tell me exactly what he said." "He said you â€" were thinâ€" skinned." : ‘You say he called me a big sausage It is better to help one lame dog than to waste all your powers ta‘kâ€" ing about loving everybody. The thing that worries some saints is that God seems to be doing things without consulting them. _ The people who cry for practical preaching are the first to demaad 1‘1 ‘the simple gospel‘‘ when they get 1t. Many a saint would have less trouble wrestling with the devil if he would get out and wrestle with a ball for an hour or two. No amusement can be . healthy that does not give us a better heart for living. _ S s Left Montreal Oct. 23rd, at 1 p.m. to walk to Vancouver, 2,896 miles, ov r the C.P R ‘racks _ wearing CATSPAW RUBBER HEELS. King passed Port Arthur, 991 miles, Dec. 14th, When will he reach Vancouver, 113 prizes offered nearest guessâ€" [chus® If your virtues are writ in heaven they will be visible on earth without a telescope. _ & Much soâ€"called religious effort is an attempt to make others feel as bad as we do. q MOS{; OEt' our irritability comas rom hunting the rough pla i Te toad. gh places in That is a dangerous religioa which would not be known but for its label. children, has 43 grandchildren, and several great grandchildren, and is in the enjoyment of an old age pension. EING, THE GLOBE TROTTER. A GENTLE INSINUATION SENTENCE SERMONS. UNCLE EZRA SAYS: TWISTING IT. TBELLIENG. SCALY. MONTREAL. «* Did you ever get bunkoed?‘ "Once, but I suppose it was my own fault." "How was it l‘ "I gave a preacher $50 for marrying me." It Will Prolong Life.â€"De Sota, the Spaniard, lost his 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 urknown country. While Dr. Thoâ€" mas‘ Electric Oil will not perpetuâ€" ate youth, it will remove the bodily pains which make the young old before their time and harass the aged into untimely graves. fi Chiildren Like " cA C &3 49E T waa bae Be ied 3A " 60 fi.\ i o CTtmn 2o S Eo rmctey es s 38 C 2s <@%, e 5 s Ctyy CA S Wt E. y th Ee Pa P en 3 5 â€" & Ee ie ce Sheâ€"Marry you! Didn‘t you hear me yvow that I wouldn‘t marry the best man on earth ? The greater the irritation in the| throat the more distressing the cough becomes. Coushine is the effort of Nature to dispel this irriâ€" tating substance from the air pass: ages. _ Bickle‘s Antiâ€"Consumptive Syrup will heal the inflammed part ; which exclude mucous, and restore | them to a healthy state, the cough disappearing under the curative cfâ€" feets of the medicine. It is pleasant to the taste, and the price, 25 cents is within the reach of all. _ Thompson â€" ‘ Suppose a man should call you a liar, what would you do t‘ The real hero is he who can bear his own troubles as stoically as he does those of his friends. Try Murine Eye Remedy For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes, Granulation, Pink Eye and Eye Strain. Murine Doesn‘t Smart; Soothes Eye Pain. Is Compounded by Experienced Physicians: Contains no Injurious or Prohibited Drugs. Try Murine for Your Eye Troubles. You Will Like Murine. Try it in Baby‘s Eyes, for Scaly Eyelids. Druggists Bell Murine at 50c. The Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chiâ€" %ago, will send You Interesting Eye Books ree. Jones (hesitatingly) â€" " What sized man ?‘ FOR CHARITY‘S SAKE. Have two small trees, one for the family and the other for charity. Let each one, especially the chilâ€" dren, hang some simple gift on this tree. The next day someone can distribute these gifts among poor children, for even in the smallest communities we always find those less fortunate than ourselves. In a certain Sunday school this plan is successfully carried out each year. Heâ€"That‘s all right. We can be married up in a balloon. The Japs Did It, They snpglied the Menthol found in "The D & L" Menthol Plaster, which relieves instantly backache, headache, nouralgia, rheumatism and sciatica. The Foe of Indigestion.â€"Indigesâ€" tion is a common ailment, and few are free from it. It is a most disâ€" tressing complaint and often the suffering attending it is most seâ€" vere, The very best remedy is Parmelee‘s Vegetable Pills taken according to directions. They recâ€" tifly the irregular action of the stoâ€" mach and restore healthy action. For many years they have been a standard remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion and are highly esteemâ€" ed for their qualities. ‘Neither have we,‘"‘ piped little Elmer from the place near the foot of the table. ‘(Ah, Mrs. Goodwin,‘"‘ said the person as he pushed his chair back from the table. ‘"I haven‘t eatâ€" en as good a dinner as this since I was here six weeks ago." There is no other medicine for little ones as safe as Baby‘s Own Tablets, or so sure, in its beneficial effects. _These Tablets speedily cure stomach and bowel troubles, destroy worms, break up colds, thus preventing deadly croup, alâ€" lay simple fevers, and bring the little teeth through painlessly. Mrs. C. A. Weaver, Saskatchewan Laading, Sask., says:â€""L have used Baby‘s Own Tablets for my little one in cases of colds,, stomach and bowel troubles, and other minâ€" or ailments, and have never known them to fail in speedily restoring the child‘s health. I think there is no medicine for babies like the Tablets.‘‘ Sold by medicine deaâ€" lers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co,. Brockville, Ont. BABT‘S OWN TABLETS A LTTLE LIFE SAVER » CURE _ tut sest gemane for Gucis«sGtos It is so pleasant to takeâ€"stops the cough so quickly. â€"Absolutely safe too and contains no opiates. THE TRUTH GETS OUT. BLAMING HIMSELE. All Druggists, 25 cents. EASY NOW. HEROIC. WARY. Not a single patient has ever been refused admission to the Muskoka Free Hospital for Consumptives because of his or her inability to pay. If not on sale in your town, write J. S. RoserTsox, See.â€"Treas. National Sanitarium Association, 347 King St. W., Toronto. All information furnâ€" ished and stamps mailed promptly on receipt of ordeér. ' HE net proceeds from stamps sold will be used for the extension of the work of the Muskoka Free Hospital for Consumptives. The availâ€" able beds were trebled as the result of last year‘s Stamp Campaign. BUY THEM. USE THEM. HELP THE GOOD WORK ALONG. THE BEST INVESTMENT YOU EVER MADE. CHRISTMAS STAMPS 140 acres, 70 acres cleared, close to Bothwell, Kent County. _ Good house and farm buildings. good roads. _ Terms easy. Apply to Gibbons, Harper & Gibboans, Lonâ€" don, Canads. Russian explorers have made a singular and most interesting disâ€" covery of a subterrancan city in Central Asia. _ In Turkestan, on the right bank of the Amu Darya, in a chain of rocky hills near the Bokharan town of Karki, are a number of large caves, which upon examination wore found to lead to ao underground city, built, apparâ€" ently, long before the Christian era. According to the effigies, inscripâ€" tions and designs upon the gold and silyer money unearthed from among the ruins, the existence of the town dates back to some two centuries before the birth of Christ. The edifices contain all kinds of domestic utensils, pots, urns and vases. The high degree of civilization atâ€" tained by the inhabitants of the city is shown by the fact that they built in several stories; by the symmeâ€" try of the streets and squares, and by the beauty of the baked clay and metal utensils, and of the ornaâ€" ments and coins whkich have been found. It is supposed that long centuries ago this city, so carefully concealed in the bowels of the earth, providâ€" ed large numbers of people with a refuge from the incursions of naâ€" madic savages and robbers. wee o m eamm yéem Do you trap or buy ) S i ’f.}» & lFum? Igm IL‘an?da's & 9@ 9 & & %a ® largest dealer, I pay c B B BR "Q», highestprices. Y%ur a 2# 2 § B B YÂ¥ shipments solicited. t3 P M K T I pay mail and exâ€" R * " "* * press charges; remit promptly. Also largest dealer in Beefhides, Shee%)skins. etc. Quotations and shipping tags sent free. 9 JOHN HALLAM TORCNTO Dates Back Two Centuries Before the Birth of Christ. Sysing 1 Clsaning! Look for agent in ypour sewn, or asnd dérect. Meatseal, T eroate, Ottawa, Quebes FARM FOR SALE PAPER $T0GK E. PULLAN, BR A. 9 L A. PS Heir Promsoter GROWS HAIR ON ANY HEAD 50c. and $1.00. Guarantee with every botblo. For salo at Drug Stores and Barber Shops, or MARLATT HAIR PROMOTING CC., $3 Bathurst St.. Teronto. 5 45c, No.1. Canadian Hide and Skin Company, 86 Frant St. E., Toronto, Ont. MUSE RAT WASTE PAPER OF ALL GRADES. Also Rags, Iron, Metals, Rubbers. Ete. EVERY STAMP SOLD IS A BULLET IN THE WARFARE AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS. A GREAT DEMAND FOR AN UNDERGROUND CITY. "BRITIEN AMERICAX CYEINQ 68." Phone for particulars. Main 4693. For the very beat nand your work to the oNE CENT EACH. WANTED e tss Adelaldo and Maud Sts.j Toronto, Ont. HELP CANADA‘S NEEDY CoONSsUMPTIVES yap* Just think of itâ€"Your morey can help the Hospital to de the good work of straightening the crooked limbs and club leot of little children. Please help us. The Hospital for m~ § hs$ Sick Children is not “~‘ugw~::'.,° Li a local but a great s . Provincial Charity £ mt : 2 for the sick child of . 4 4 the poor man in uny GOING HOME IN A WEEK part of Ontario has same claim upon its help > is as the child I%y ( ; who 1i v es se %;":i-;%n | within the es !,%,fs?‘d, ] shadow of gim}les &ff:z{"f;;‘fi_\,fi“ its walls in ||P.Ze /9 Vasalwasea Toronto. MASSAGING A PATIENT. the ZOSp!â€" tal last yeer and 67 had perfect eorrection. Robertsen, Cuairman, or to Douglas Davidson, See.â€"Treas., The Hospital {for Sick Children, Collego St., Toronto H H _ one of the marvels of the electrical age. o use throughout the world. Write for cate ogue. General Acoustic Co., of Canada, Ltd., 468 Y onge Stree. Toronto. The Hospital for _ Tc‘ Sick Children If you know of any child in your reighborhood w ho is sick or has any deformity send the name of the parent to the Socretary. FURS ’[‘0 INVESTORSâ€"YOUR ORDERS TO buy or sell Stocks will receive myâ€" personal attention. 8. M. Mathews, Brok« er, 43 Scott St., Toronso. L EARN THE BARBER TRADEâ€"NEW systemâ€"constant practice; careful instruction; few weeks complete courseq tools free; graduates earn twelve to eighteen dollars weekly; write for catr logue. Moler Barber College 221 QueeR® East, Toronto. [& . MIMUTE. No scouring, rubbing or polish« ing, just dipin warm water containine "Rleatrus" and wipe on towel. Perfectly harm‘ess. Send 35 cents for package. Useful household article given FREE for a few minutes of your time and 2 cents postage. Economic Supply Company, St. Catharines. Ontario. THIS APPEAL $ 10 YOU! The Hospital for Sick Children hed lass year in its cots and beds 1,155 patientsâ€" 383 of these were dAE L from 287 places in ’ a $ ' tha Province. Sixty> v g@' _ | five per cent. were & >:§¥§2¢'i~' children of p o o r Pssm eat_A| people who could * not afford to pay. TWO CLUB Poor Casrke R&s trealed 190,013 IN PLASTEER children ; 11,550 of these unable to pay and were treauted free, i IVE BOLEARS a day sura, made selling 01.1 laborâ€"saviag machines. Experience unnece ary. Everybody buys. ‘They sell the mselrem ‘Agents wanted evergwhon. A postal toâ€"da ‘brings particulars. Charles Adams, Sarnis, On RAW FURS wo pay highest prices. Writq for price list. SACR That Every Sick Child REMEMBER in ontans Whoss Pare ents Canpot Afford to Pay for Treatâ€" ment is Troated Freo. GALVES ces _/ / Pleaso Soend Rontribations to J. Ross â€" r‘f’,l’ 7 | f : ‘ pravuee td e /# S $ kA D 2 wb NC fi‘; New Term Our Winter Term begins on Januarty 4th. Our equipment, courses and all facilities are unexcelled, and we can do better work than ever before. Write for cata. logue. Britishâ€"American Bysiness Colloge, Y.M.C.A. Bidg., TGRONTO. COUGHS & COLDS indly mention the name of this ec jna writing to advrertisers, LL OPE FOR TNE DEAFâ€"IN RCOUSTICON D. H. BASTEDO & CO., 4 [ VES Ralsze Thom Without MIHi & Booklet Fres. Steole,[Briggs Soed Co., Ltd., Toronto,{Onk YOUR SILVER CLEANED IN ONE 7i King St. E.. Toronto. ESTABLISHED 1878. EDUCATIONAL. We Make Everything in Furs, Coats, Jackets, Mufls, Stoles, Caps, Gauntlets, eto. ETOCKS. Bince its organizaâ€" tion the Institution has treated 15,613 Dr. T. A. SLOCUM LIMITED, es TORCHTO or Caviec® w ere 69 cases of Club F ceb treated i n the Hospiâ€"