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' V At the first sign of illness during the hot weather give the little ones Baby's Own Tablets, or in a few hours he may be beyond cure. These VTaLblets will prevent summer com- plaints if given occasionally to the Well child and will promptly cure these troubles if they come on sud- denly. Baby's Own Tablets should always be kept in every home where there are young children. There is “no other medicine as good and the mother has the guarantee of a gov- ernment analyst that they are abso- lutely safe. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. ‘SUMMER COMPLAINTS KILL LITTLE ONES An article published some days ago in which I mentioned the fact that the cherry pie was at one time considered the supreme test of a housewife, br rather, the test by which it might be discovered whether a girl was com- petent to be a housewife, has brought me a good story from Dr. Hugh Mae- Callum, of London. According to him the cherry pie plays a much wider part than I suggested in the life of the New England States. He says: "At a medical banquet which I once attended our great Dr. Osler, of Oxford, stated that Dr. Weir Mitchell, of Philadelphia, had once put his cur. ture to the final test. Dr. Mitchell, who watfpresent, nodded gravely. _ .“ We gave me a piece of cherry pie to eat and watched me while I ate it.' "Onee more Dr. Mitchell nodded. " 'And,' continued Dr. Osler, ‘I ate it to his entire satisfaction.' Naturally the assembled medical men wanted to find out how a cherry pie should be eaten for the test was one that any of them might be obliged to face at any time. "Dr. Mitchell applauded enthusiasti- cally.” -- _. _ . . .. This information contains the possi- bilities of much further discussion. It will be news to the eaters of factory made pies and even to housekeepers who are making their own cherry pies during this cherry season, that the cherries should always be used with their pits. Also the writers of books of deportment must record the fact that in the case of the cherry pie the fork must give" place to the spoon. But the most important fact is that no matter how a cherry pie is eaten it is the best pie that is made. Relatives Who Were Enemies Figured in Moving Incident, A moving incident is related by an Italian soldier in. a letter home. He writes:--- "All we could learn," said Dr. Mac- Callum, "was that he ate it with a spoon and that he rejected the pits:" "The other day, before the morn- ing mists had cleared, one of our pat- rdls found themselves opposite a trench containing about 20 Austrians. Our men, eight in number, charged with the bayonet, and taking the en- emy unaware, put them to flight. . "Six were taken prisoners, and an- other tried to hide. One of our men saw him, and gave chase. The Aus- trian fired at his pursuer, who fired back. "At last the Italian came up with the fugitive and sprang 6n himrrto take him prisoner. They pitched into one another for some minutes, and then the Austrian surrendered. The, two men looked at one an- other, and suddenly rushed into one another's arms again, and kissed each other like long-lost brothers. It turned out they were brothers-in- law from the frontier district. The Austrian had married the Italian's sister. They were horrified when they found they had been shooting at one another, but delighted that neither had been sucessful. Getting Back. "My cook left this morning merely because I asked her to get dinner for a few friends of mine." "I hired her, my dear, and I don't mind giving you a chance to get back at her. Bring your friends over to my house for dinner." It Makes for Health. A man tried leaving off meat, po- tatoes, coffee, etc., and adopted a breakfast of fruit, Grape-Nuts with cream, some crisp toast and a cup of Postum. His health began to improve at once for the reagtm that a meat eater will reach a place once in a while where his system seems to become clogged and the machinery doesn't work smoothly. A change of this kind puts aside food that is slow to digest and takes up food and drink of the highest value, already partly digested and capable of being quickly changed into good, rich blood and strong tissue. A most valuable feature of Grape- Nuts is the natural mineral elements (ghosphate pf potash, etc.,) grown in t e grains from which it is made. These elements are absolutely ne- cessary for the well-balanced re- building of body, brain and nerves. A few days' use of Grape-Nuts will show one a way to physical and mental strength well worth the trial. Look in pkgs. for the little book, "The Rong to Wellville." "There's a Mason." - EMBRACE ON BATTLEFIELD CHANGE THE VIBRATION (By Peter McArthur.) PIE CULTURE. STEEBER, MASTER SPY 0F GERMANY The parents of Stieber were of the middle class and in easy circum- stances, and they apparently destin- ed their son for the Prussian bar, for he became an unsuccessful lawyer. In 1818 at Merseberg, in Prussia, was born the man who if not the fath- er of the Prussian spy system, at any rate was its chief organizer and its developer to the point at which im- provement seems impossible, writes Mr. Morley Acklom. MAN Stieber First Claimed .to Be So- cialist to Betray His Friends. In 1847 we find him attached as le- gal adviser to a factory in Silesia owned by two brothers named Schoef- fer. Silesia was in those days the breeding ground of socialism, and the Schoelfer factory was honeycombed with the new doctrines. Stieber was on the lookout for some way of advancing himself in the social scale, and he not only man- aged to marry the daughter of one of his employers but he induced the other to join the Socialist brother- hood of which he himself had already become a member with the idea of penetrating its secrets and methods for the information of the Berlin police. Incited by Stieber, Herr Sehoeffer became such an ardent recruit and so violent in his utterances that he was arrested and imprisoned for urging Silesia to revolt. Having thus shown the authorities, by causing'the arrest of one of his own relatives, that he was a suitable instrument for their purposes, Stieb- er was rewarded by being called to Berlin and attached to the secret po- lice with the express commission of breaking up the Socialist organiza- tion in the capital. The enthusiastic letters of intro- duction which he brought with him from the various revolutionary bodies in Silesia insured his welcome among the Socialists of Berlin, and he speedily became an influential and trusted Socialist leader, on one oc- casion heading a great procession of Socialist societies through the streets. Presented to King. C It was on this occasion that he was presented to King Frederick William. He notes in his memoirs that the King was uneasy at the appearance of such numbers of Socialists, and that he reassured the monarch by tell- ing him that every precaution had been taken for his safety. Whether the fact of their leader having spoken to royalty made the Socialists suspicious of his good faith or whether in other ways some whisper of his duplicity came to their ears is not certain, but it is a fact that from this time on he was frowned upon by the Socialist clubs and that he was shortly afterwards taken into the King's personal ser- vice and made a "polizeirat," or po- lice councillor. In this position his business was no longer to orate to deluded crowds and preach the abolition of police and monarchy, but to keep a close watch on the police officials of the kingdom and report to the King personally on their activities and loyalty. This business of spying upon spies suited him so well that when the chief of police complained to the King of Stie- ber's interference and accused him of being a traitor Frederick William bluntly told the official that he trust- ed Stieber more than any one in the Kingdom. Shortly afterward Stieber was ga- zetted official head of the Secret Service and set about organizing that army of civil spies, as apart from the regular police system, which by 1870 had grown to the number of 35,000. His emissaries covered the court it- self, the Government officers, banking and commercial houses throughout the kingdom, as well as all persons who were in any way connected with foreign countries. By 1860 his system of observation had been extended beyond the bor- ders of Prussia to Austria, Bohemia, France, Luxemburg and Saxony. Stieber's particular duty in his new position was to supply the Prus- sian army headquarters with tepo- graphical, social and military infor- mation, about Bohemia, which Bis- marck had marked out as the route which the Prussian armies were to follow in their invasion of Austria, for which he was even then prepar- ing, although the two countries were nominally acting together as close friends and allies. Build Great Syistem. Stieber disguised himself as a pedlar and, taking a pack full of sta- tuettes of the saints and pornographic pictures, he travelled for over two years along the routes which the Prus- sian armies marched in 1866 to Sad- owa, minutely maping the country and collecting so much valuable mili- tary detail that even Von Moltke was astounded. When the war ended Stieber became a Privy Councillor of Prussia and National Minister of Police. The war of 1866 thus insured the triumph of the spy master and led to the permanent adoption of the principles for which he stood as car- dinal institutions on which, in the future, both the military and civil governors of Prussia were to rely. Not content with his other multi- f "us activities We: also under- WHO BUILT UP INTELLIG- ENCE DEPARTMENT. took to attend to the French news- paper press during the war of 1870 and in the two years preceding. Through Bismarck he aplied for and obtained a subvention worth $75,000 annually for the purpose (of making important French paifers "talk Prussian," and by 1870 he claimed to control nearly a hundred writers in Paris and Provincial dailies and weeklies. When the invasion of France was an assured success Etieber took up his quarters in Versailles near the King of Prussias and organized a mob of his spies and agents, withdrawn from the already conquered districts, into a crowd who used to line the streets and cheer the King of Prussia whenever he made his appearance in public, thus putting an artistic finish to his work by creating the impress- sion in France that William I. was being acclaimed daily by enthusiastic Frenchmen. Stieber did not cease his activities for the Prussianization of Europe with the colossal coup of 1870-71. He remained Bismarek's closest intimate and by 1880 had worked out a scheme for the military organization of the Empire, of which the effects are still felt. British Officer in Charge of Ordn- ance Dept. Has Cousin in the German Army. Canadians have been amazed to learn since the war began the great number of Germans and people of German descent who have succeeded in getting into high places in the old land. Many of them are doubtless) loyal to the Union Jack, but it was not long after the war started, before the British public began to insist that people bearing German names had \to get out of public positions, whether proven guilty of disloyalty or not. Better be sure than sorry. Prince Louis of Battenburg, who was First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, was the first to go. Sir Edgar Speyer, a Privy Councillor, was another for whom things became so hot that he had to leave for the States. Lord Haldane was forced to retire from the Cabinet because he had been a great admirer of Germany, which he declared was his "spiritual home." I. T. Lincoln was the Anglicized name of an Aus- trian who became a member of Par- liament, and then betrayed his trust, flying to America a short time ago to avoid arrest. And the list might be greatly extended. " V The other day a despatch read that Lloyd George had determined that General Sir Stanley Von Donop, mas- ter-general of ordnance, had to go. This was accompanied by the rather, startling statement that Kitchener and Von Donop were great friends, and that the latter's retirement would involve the former's. Who is this man with the German name at whose door has been placed the blame for the British army's scandalous defici- ency in shells, ammunition, and guns? Sir Stanley has the misfortune to belong to an old German family. One of its most conspicuous members is Stanley's cousin, the Prussian gener- al, Hans von Donop, for several years grand master of the household to the Kaiser's brother-in-law, Prince Fred- erick Leopold of Prussia, inspector- general of the cavalry of the Cer.. man army. General Hans von Don- op, since the beginning of the present war, has been commanding a division of German cavalry in France. General Sir Stanley von Donop is a son of the late Vice-Admiral von Donop of the British navy, is a bro-. ther of Lieutl-Col. Pelham von Don- op, chief Government inspector of iraih‘oads, and joined the Royal Ar- tillery 25 years ago, the only active service which he has seen having been in the Boer war. Before be- coming master-general of the ord- nance he was for several years di- rector of artillery at the War Depart- ment. HEAD OF ORDNANCE DEPT. General Sir Stanley von Donop. l M l Ilhillil (ll? INGURABLE GUN- STIPATIUN To any person who cannot be cured of Constipation by Dr. Hamilton's Pills, the above reward will be paid. Don't be nervous about using Dr. Hamilton’s Pills; they are mild enough for a child to use, yet certain and effective in action in the most chronic caseS. Get a Me. box to-day; they bring and keep robust good health. No medicine gives such lasting satisfaction or effects such marvel- lous cures as Dr. Hamilton's Pills. Relief instantly follows their use. That blinding headache goes forever, that feverish feeling in the skin is soothed away, bilious fits and stomach disorders are stopped. A model dairy farm for the pur- poses of demonstrating rotation and the value of alfalfa and corn for en- silage will be one of the features of the Ontario Government dairy ex- hibit at the National Exhibition, To- ronto. Mr. Geo. A. Putnam plans to locate the model farm in the south- west wing of the building and nearby will be another innovation, an exhibit showing the value of concentrated foods. He expects to have an unusually large and representative showing of Ontario dairy products and intends making the exhibit as practical and instructive as possible. In this work he will have the assistance of several Government officials, who will be en- gaged in making a number of demon- stratiops, including the sediment test, cow testing, care and testing of milk and cream. The Niagara Fall of milk will again be a feature, the flow showing the production of milk in the Province, and the proportions into which the total is divided for cheese and but- ter-making, city consumption, etc. It has again been decided to dis- tribute 'samp1es of Cheddar cheese and to demonstrate in a practical way the relative food value of dairy pro- ducts. The great success of the Quebec contingent in the butter section a year ago has stimulated the spirit of emulation among the people of the adjoining province and this year there has been a large increase in the num- ber of requests for entry forms from the dairy schools all over Quebec. THE NEEDS 0F'i‘HE RED CROSS. The Red Cross need is like the widow's cruse of oil-it is inex- haustible. Fully to meet that need would require a purse like the wid- ow’s cruse. Such a purse is a fin- pneial miracle, but the Red Cross must ask the Canadian people" to per- form that miracle. Every time you read a report of a battle do you realize that it means a fresh addition to the task of the Red Cross , Do you know that every bullet fir- ed is only one more drip in the Red Cross cruse of inexhaustible obliga- tion , If the Government, when its Gener- al Staff demanded fresh supplies of munitions, replied: "Why do you want more shells?” would you think the Government insane? When the Red Cross asks for more supplies do you not realize how much it needs them? The need of the army is for shells, and still more shells. The need of the Red Cross is above all for money, money, and still more money. _ - - A Every dollar you give to the Red Cross is a bandage which ties up some wound,, and there are as many wounds to bind up as you have dol- lars to give. Send Jour subscriptions to the of- fiee of ‘the Treasurer, 77 King Street East, Toronto. Minard’s Liniment Cures Gal-get in Cows Not Seen in Daytime. , A farmer worked his harvest hands from 4 o'eloek in the morning until 9 o'eloek at night. A man looking for work hollered to a hand over in the big wheat field, asking him if he could get a job. He was advised to ask at the house. "How do I get there?" the appli- cant asked. ' - "You go down this field," said the haggard laborer, "turn down the road to the barn, turn to the left and fol- low the lane." ' "I don't know," said the harvest hand. “I ain't never seen it in day- light yet." . You ean't hurt some men 'unless you hit them on the pocket book. "What color is the house painted?" asked the applicant, doubtfully. ED. 7. ONTARIO DAIRY PRODUCTS. $1,000 REWARD ISSUE 3i.--'16'. According to C. P. R. advices there is likely to be a shortage of farm la- bor in the west in the fall. There are already over 100,000 of our Can-. adian young men under arms, and the war mar demand more. Immi- gration is, of course, at a standstill. It will be impossible to get men from the east, where men are scarce, and in any case the west does not want men who, after the harvest, would be a burden on the people. The question is, where will the men come from? The press is advising the farmers to hire men now and to hire them for a year in advance. There is, indeed, talk of a famine of un- skilled labor in the fall. Many thou- sands of men, not merely from Can- ada, but the States, have left for Europe, since the war started. Where will the men come from, and particu- larly in view of the added acreage, which will mean more labor, as there is fully 30 per cent. of increase under cultivation? The States expects the largest crop in its history; and ex- perts in the west insist that our crop, if the favorable conditions are main- tained, will be the largest that we have produced. It is now the ques- tion of labor that is agitating the minds of the farmers. Several towns and municipalities have suspended their programme of public work In order that all the laborers possible should be on the land for the harvest. Corns Applied tts j 5 Seconds Bore, trttsster4mt feet cu red from txrrnephatshed _ tgreg can be cured " by Putnam'. Ex. Quick tractor in 24 hours. “Putnam's" 90060138 way that thawing pain, eases instant- fy, makes tho feat feel good ad. once. Got a Mc. bottle ot “Putnam's today. Generous Bar of Fundy. Some of the finest grindstones in the world come from the bottom of the Bay of Fundy. The stonecutters there have a simple method of mov- ing them to the shore. Workmen quarry the stone from the solid rock when the tide is out, and fasten them to a large at-bottomed boat. The tides in the Bay of Fundy are the highest in the world, they rise from fifty to seventy feet, and rush in with great swiftness. The tide lifts the flatboat with the stones at- tached; the workmen bring the boat ashore and remove the stones at their leisure when the tide is out. Elimination of vodka from Russia has evidently started that immense nation tea-drinking. In February last the New York "Journal of Com- meree" stated that the quotations were So to 10e a pound higher than they were a year previously, and that the Russians were buying all the India-Ceylons available. The price has been advancing ever since. Doetor---ls your wife strong-mind- ed enough to see that you positively refrain from eating sweets? Patient-Sure, doctor! She's got spunk enough to make me pass up the candy and pastry and all that as long as she's allowed to eat it her- self. Builder-Pre just caught that man Brown hanging about smoking dur- ing working hours, so I gave him his four days' wages and told him to clear out. V _ job! Cattle used to be bred chiefly for work. Therefore the cows did not give much milk. Breeds improve the thing for which they are selected. In 1790 the work COWS of Germany gave an average of a pint and a half a day. Interest in milk increased, and by 1800 the average yield was a quart and a half. Breeding went on milk- ward, and in 1810 the German cows averaged two quarts of milk each per day. In 1820 three, in 1830 four-- and there the gain stopped for thirty years. But in 1860 the production had increased to six quarts, and by 1870 to eight. W F16}é}nah;Good heavens, guv'norl That chap was only looking for a The brain is divided into two parts. If you are right-handed you think with the left side of your brain, while if you are left-handed you think with the right side of it. Min-Jam's Liniment Cures Distemper. Minard'a mniment Cures Colds, Etc. 1?ee,,et",e No. 2B giving engine prices on request. Get our quotations Otl-- The Penetang Line" Commercial and Pleasure Launches, Row boats and Canoes. The Substitute for Vodka. Why Cows Give More Milk. THE GIDLEY BOAT co., LIMITED, PENETANG, CAN. Harvesting the Crop. And He Cleared. Unselfish. Applied in "Overstern" V Bottom Freight Prepaid to any Railway Station in Ontario. Length 15 Ft, Beam 3 Ft. 9 In., Depth 1 Ft. 6 In. ANY MOTOR FITS. Motor (toat P LOOKING FOR A FARM. CONSULT! . me. I have over Two Hundred on my list, located in the best_sectionts of On- tario. All sizes. H. W. Dawson. Brampton. McLAUCHLAN MADE $57 LAsa? week. House to house canvassing. Wonderful sellers. Either sex. Cruise Brothers, Niagara Falls. Ont. FARMS FOR SALE IN THE County ot Norfolk. Good choice. Priees ranging from $30.00 to $100.00 per acre. Terms reasonable. Apply R. W. Hartmann, Lynedoeh, Ont. : Offices tor sale in good Ontario towns. The most useful and interesting of all businesses. Full information on application to Wilson Publishing Com- RED. OR BLACK AND WHITE Cooker Spaniel guppies. Males #2 females $15. Aire ales, males $26. emales $15. St. Bermuda. males $80. These are the best breeds tor Canada. Ali pedigreed stock. Suitable for chil- dren or guard for the home. IP. E. Stewart, O_a_kworth Kennels, St. Nicholas CANCER, TUMORS. LUMPS. ETC.. internal and external. cured with- out pain by our home treatment. Write us before too late. Dr. Bellman Medical Co.. Limited. Colllngwood. Ont. Building. Montreal That's All. "What were you doing in that pawn, shop, Jim?" "Oh, merely passing away the time." tied 'l" "About five years." "Did she make him a good wife ?" "No; but she made him an awfully good husband." This is to certify that fourteen years ago I got the cords of my left wrist nearly severed, and was for about nine months _that - I had no use of my hand, and tried other Liniments, also doctors, and was receiving no benefit. By a persua- sion from a friend I got MINARD’S LINIMENT and used one bottle which completely cured me, and have been using MINARD'8 LINIMENT in my family ever since and find it the same as when I first used it, and would never be without_it... A - - . _ Should be Off Duty. A sentry, an Irishman, was on post duty for the first time at night, when the officer of the day approached. He called: "Who comes there?" "Officer of the day," was the re- ply. night 'l " Minara'tg Liniment Cures Diphtheria... Reversed. "How long have they been mar- WEAR; ROFIT-MAKING NEWS AND JOB “Then what are yez doin' out at eht?" asked the sentry. WEE]? 'rrjri all QM Shoe De a‘lers Wm b mmember of' the lamiba ,0. NEWSPAPERS 1‘03 SALE. AGENTS WANTED. FARMS FOR SALE. FARMS FOR RENT. DOGS 103 SALE. MISCELLANEOUS. 339.23 $ 5 g ISAAC E. MANN. E00