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oM IRE Isle sle of _ "Gosh, no!" replied the fat man. "Nothing fits me readyâ€"m2de except a handkerchief." * The threeâ€"hundredâ€"pound man, stood gazing longingly at the attractive goods displayed in a haberdasher‘s window for a markdown sale. A friend stopped to inquire if he was thinking of buying shirts or gyjunu. The bravery of those who had alâ€" ready given up their lives as lost was just as sublime as if that ultimate forâ€" feit had been required. Wherever the deed is known it will stir the pulses of men with the assurance that the pages of toâ€"day‘s newspaper may hold the story of a heroism quite as exalted as any that Homer or Plutarch immorâ€" talized. But the sequel of a modern miracle was happily otherwise. Two steamâ€" ers summoned by wireless came and towed to port the foundering vessel, with a display of seamanship on the part» of the crews of all three ships that has maintained the British navy‘s proud traditions. _ c P Ar. Proud Traditions of British Navy Maintained by Our Sailors. The glory of the British navy canâ€" not die while there areâ€"men like those of the British transport Tyndareus to sustain it. Their ship bad struck a mine off southernmost Africa. It beâ€" gan to settle by the head. Immeâ€" diately "Assembly" was sounded the men put on their lifebelts and stood at attention till the roll was called. Then the order "Stand easy" was givâ€" en, and they began to sing as ferventâ€" ly as though marching homeward on leave through a lane of France or: Flanders. They were perfectly sure that most of them would find a grave in the sea that has engulfed so many of their fellows. They had no hope of rescue. They stood exactly as the men of the Birkenhead stood when they went to their doom and their imâ€" perishable renown off the same coast mMxtyâ€"five years before. _ The room was very still. _ Cousin Graham smiledâ€"a warm, friendly smile . "Be sure you get your values right, little cousin," he said. a bit of a treat for an old man and a special word for.a boy at one of the stands. _ He had been in the juvenile court a couple of years before; heaven only knows how Aunt Rhoca got hold of him! _ There was more real living â€"more faith and hope and love and courageâ€"in Aunt Rhoda‘s marketing than most of us get into a year!" "I mean it, little girl. To most peoâ€" ple, market workers are persons of anâ€" other world. _ Aunt Rhoda made their world hers. She had a long talk with an Italian fruit dealer; she knew eWry one of his children. She told me bits of their history afterwards and laughed over the way they were picking up Canadian slang. _ There was an old countryâ€"woman cutsideâ€" a‘ e knew from what parts of her little place different flowers came. She had Cousin Graham smiled rather teasâ€" ingly, but when he saw the utter beâ€" wilderment in Muriel‘s face his voice changed . Cousin Graham‘s keen eyes had a Icok now that made Muriel a little unâ€" comfortable . "Not doing anything!" he echoed. "Whyâ€"" He broke off abruptly. "Ever go to market with her?" he asked. "Yes, sometimes," Muriel answered. "I did, once. 1‘ve never forgotten it. I‘ve been over the world, but the most valuable trip I ever took was that one to market with Aunt Rhods." "What do you mean?" Muriel asked in perplexity. _ "What happened?" _ "Everything. _ Folklore, hiltory,‘ evolution, miracle." "No, I didn‘t mean meant just not doin: her life." For a famous Liologist Cousin Graâ€" ham had, for common use, a very inâ€" formal vocabulary. â€" Muriel bad obâ€" served that before, but just now she was too puzzled by his misunderâ€" standing to notice. Cousin Graham looked up with quick interest. "You mean here in the c:tyâ€"when she has a country heart? You‘re a shrewd young woman, upon my word! How did you ever guess it? And isn‘t io yA uy 0 & & FZ E_ it bullyâ€"the pluck of her ?" the city for fifteen years, 1 as if she were in the countr declared. _ She never made cept upon the minister‘s w where else she "ran in." "I don‘t see," Muriel said, a little over her words, "I Rhoda stands it, living the does." A GLORY THAT CANNOT DIE. She said as much to Cousin Graham after dinner one evening, when Aunt Rhoda had "run in" to a neighbor‘s, Aunt Rhoda, although she had lived in yha stec mo lmems live, as Muriel counted times The second day after Cousin Graâ€" ham‘s arrival Muriel felt as if she had known him all her life. Cousin Graâ€" ham was famous among scientific men, but it was as easy to talk with him as if he were your "chum." Muriel was sure that he would understand what Aunt Rhoda never could: all her longâ€" ing to do something worth while and be something worth beingâ€"roally to live, as Mpriel had cried to herself unâ€" | youne routs The Penalty of Largeness. Aunt were in the country," Muriel She never made calls, exâ€" 1 the minister‘s wife; anyâ€" m whewe Mc ioi Has e ," Muriel said, hesitating her words, "how Aunt it, living the way ‘she nean that exactly. I doing anything with Journey, , lived "just Silk marquisette is combined with charmeuse in many dainty dresses of the more elaborate kind. The firmer material takes, seemingly, the less imâ€" portant part, but it really is quite imâ€" portant, forming the background, as it were, to bring out the sheer material to greatest advantage. _ It may be used in a band at the edge of the skirt and in touches on collar and cuffs, or it may be used for a skirt with a long 7676 A Charming Way of Developing the New Bordered Fabrics ’ The fluffy afternoon frock is to diâ€" vide honors with sports clothes this season. _ While we know that sports clothes are allâ€"important, that their,‘ lcharms are indeed legion, and that noi woman who considers herself as hav-i ing the least pretensions to being | fashionable will be without a goodly | assortment of them this year; yet, in | spite of all this, we must acknowledge | that there is a touch of severity about;| them that creates a craving for the contrast of dainty, ‘frilly, lingerie' frocks. | nourishment of the human body. A better balanced ration than meat, or eggs, or starchy vegetables, supâ€" plying the greatest amount of bodyâ€"building nutriment at lowest cost. For breakâ€" for in the whole ;rfiâ€"e;:‘:t:a‘;: cooked, shredded and baked. A perfectr food for the 2 ifulinmntintatediiiherrtrim tds 2.4 contains all the tissueâ€"buildâ€" Ing, energyâ€"creating material . _ 1_ ,\ ; ""°__make no misâ€" take about thatâ€"but be sure you get the whole wheat grain in a digestible form. [ye WOE wheat grainâ€"not the white, starchy centre of Whase » Tss Â¥o csnls y Man‘s Staff of Life is Scientific facts prove tlu:.i drug, caffeine, fn tea and cofftee is hgmful to many, while the pure POSTUM Dainty Afternoon Frocks with milk or in Canada. with fruits. Biscuit Doctorâ€"You cough more easily this morning. _ Patientâ€"I ought to. I practised nearly all night. Auntie: "Is your father asleep, Elsie?" Elsie: "His eyes is, auntie, but not his nose." 1 wlf-lrx'perience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. There js no one luckier than he who thinks himself so. _ Better suffer a great evil than do a little one. . A great man scorns to trample on a worm or cringe to an emperor. Luck will carry a man across the brook if he is not too lazy to leap. It is a principal rule of life not to be too much addicted to any one thing. Gain got by a lie will burn one‘s fingers. Laziness travels so slowly that poâ€" verty soon overtakes him. Nothing is well said or done in a passion . He #rat overcomes his passions overcomes his greatest enemies. Solituae is the despair of fools, the torment of the wicked, and the joy of the good. Health and understanding are the two great blessings of life. Hypocrisy is a sort of homage that vice pays to virtue. Clear hands are better than full ones in the sight of God. The goddess of fortune dwells in the feet of the industrious. â€" The godâ€" dess of misfortunte dwells on the feet of the sluggard. You can pass in:o the temple of honor only through the temple of virâ€" tue. Continual cheerfulness is a sign of wisdom . He is truly happy who makes others happy. Do not dose yourself with purga-] tives, as so many people do, in the. hope that you can put your blood right. _ P&W$gatives gallop through the system find weaken instead of givâ€"| ing strength. _ Any doctor will tell you this is true, _ What you need in spring is a tonic that will make new | blood and build up the nerves. _ Dr.} Williams‘ Pink Pills is the only medâ€" icine that can do this speedily, safely and surely! _ Every dose of this medâ€" icine makes new blood which clears the skin, strengthens the appetite and | makes tired, depressec men, women | and children bright, active and strong. Mrs. Maude Bagg, Lemberg, Sask., says: "I can unkesitatingly recomâ€" mend Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills as a: blood builder and tonic. I was very| much run down when I began using: the Pills, and a few boxes fully reâ€" stored my health." | Sold by all medicine dealers or by} mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.530 from The Dr. Williums" Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Do Not Use Harsh Purgativesâ€" _ _A Tonic is All You Need. ' Not exactly sickâ€"but not feeling quite well. _ That is the way most people feel in the spring. _ Easily tired, _ appetite fickle, â€" sometimes headaches, and a feeling of depression. Pimples or eruptions may appear on the skin, or there may be twinges of rheumatism or neuralgia. _ Any of . these indicate that the blood is out of: orderâ€"that the indoor life of winter has left its mark upon you and may easily develop into more serious trou-l ble . > Smart Bordered Fabrics Among the fashionable designs used in dress materials ,borders appear very frequently. The bordered fabric with a design scattered all over the surface is one of the most striking of the new effects. Borders on plain materials have been used largely beâ€" fore, and they are again favored this season, but the border around an allâ€" over design is the very newest fashion. | Both the embroidered and the printed |effects are looked upon with favor. ’The colors show the same tendencies " noted in the other spring and summer . materials; that is, they are quite pay |and often combine several bright, tones. j I One of these fascinating bordered {fabricsv is illustrated in the sketch of | ‘an afternoon dress for a young girl. | |This shows by far the simplest and not the least effective way of using such materials. The border goesl' ‘around the bottom of the skirt, and | \ makes the belt, and a strip of it is apâ€"| | plied around the edges of the sleeV'h,! forming a veritable frame for the, figure. l A GOOD MEDICINE FOR THE SPRING These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer or from The MceCall Company, 70 Bond St., Toronto. _ Dept. W. s m S Pm Om TT NETCSC WY this material, seeing that it has so many advantages, among them that of being a material which can be laundâ€" ered© very successfully. When so many of the present materials must be dryâ€"cleaned, a dress which can be laundered and look just as fresh as new is a great boon to those whose inâ€" comes do not permit of many extra-‘ vagances. \ other of the dainty materials employâ€" ed in this manner. The crepe de Chine dress is to come in for more attention than it has had for a long time. Crepe de Chine is to be one of the most popular fabrics for spring and summer dresses. No one will regret investing in a dress of Ing over it, Géoréfhâ€"e;;;;enâ€"is anâ€" other of the daintv matarials aniumla«. overdress of the sheer material fall Some Helpful Maxims i 1 Teacher: "Robert, how is it you ‘haven‘t learnt your lesson? It , couldn‘t have been so very hard to learn." _ Bobby: "No, please, teachâ€" er; it wasn‘t because it was so hard | to learn, but because it was so easy ‘to forget." The ird of Australia makes a large sometimes 150 feet in circumferenite, and its eggs are deposit. ed in it at a depth of five or six feet. The birds are arriving in town and countryside. Why not kill the worthâ€" less alley cat and at least bell the petâ€" ted house cat? Minard‘s Liniment Cures Burns, Eto. compounded b{ our Ocuiistsâ€"not & "Patent Medicine"â€"but used in successful Physicians‘ Practice for many years. Now dedicated to the Public and sold by Druggists at 50c per Bottle. Murine Eye Salve in Aseptic Tubes, $5¢ and 50c. Write for Book of the Eye Free, Murine Eye Remedy Company, Chicago. Adv When Your Eyes Need Care Use Murine Eye Medicines NoSmartingâ€"Feels Fineâ€"Acts 3ulckly. 'l.‘erx it for Red, Weak, Bore Eyes and Granulated Eyelids, Murine is The Japanese do not sleep on Euroâ€" pean beds, but on imany thick, soft puffs piled one on top of each other upon the floor. For bed covering they use more of the same kinds of puffs. _ It is said that the Japanese emperor has twenty such puffs. One of those which covers him is made in the shape of a kimono and has a velâ€" vet collar. _ Probablyâ€"he creeps inside of this, if he feels cold in the night. Minard‘s Liniment for sale everywhere. \ Warning on the Danger of Using ‘ Poison Composed of Arsenic. } Dr. Ernest A. Sweet, Past Assistâ€" {ant Surgeon, United States Public \Health Service, is the author of a |government health bulletin on "The JTransmission of Disease by Flies," which contains a timely warning on the dangers of arsenic fly poison. Dr. Sweet considers their use a menace which threatens every home. That the‘ fly poison peril is a real one is proved‘ by the fact that the American Press has recorded 106 child poisoning casesj in the last three years. | Dr. Sweet advises his readers to deâ€"| stroy flies some other way than with arsenic fly poison. He says: "Of other fly poisons mentioned, mention should{ be made, merely for the purpose of| condemnation, of those composed of ; arsenic. Fatal cases of poisoning of children through the use of such com-‘ pounds are far too frequent, and owâ€"| ing to the resemblance of arsenical | poisoning to summer diarrhcea and cholera infantum, we believe that the cases reported do not, by any means, comprise the total. Arsenical fly deâ€"| stroying devices must, therefore, be‘ rated as extremely dangerous and should never be used, even if other| measures are not at hand." i â€"â€"â€"+« ISSUE No.‘16â€"‘17. | _ "I perspired with the least exertion land I often had sharp pressure or |pain on the top of the head. Then .rheumatism was added to my troubles. | I have taken just two boxes of Dodd‘s | Kidney Pills and they have done me fgood, not only in one way, but in many. Even my rheumatism is much ,better." |_ Mrs. _ Macdona‘s symptoms all | showed that her kidneys were wrong.i ‘If you have similar symptoms try | Dodd‘s Kidney Pills. i e | "My trouble started from overâ€" |work," Mrs, Macdona states, "and I lsufl'ered for two years. _ I was treatâ€" ]ed by a doctor, but the results were not satisfactory. My joints were stiff, I had cramps in my muscles, my sleep was broken and unrefreshing tand I was heavy and sleepy after meals. I had bad headaches, my apâ€" | petite was fitful and I was always ‘tired and nervous. I was depressed and lowâ€"spirited, I had a bitter taste in my mouth, in the mornings and 1 was often dizzy. | Ayre‘s Cliff, Que., Apr. 16thâ€" (Special).â€"Mrs. W. Coules Macdona, of The Farm, a member of one of the oldest families living in this neighâ€" borhood has consented to give the public the benefit of her experience with Dodd‘s Kidney Pills. : She Had Numerous Troubles, All of Which Came From Diseased Kidneys and Found a Cure in Dodd‘s Kidney Well Known Lady Makes a Stateâ€" ment Regarding Dodd‘s Kidney Pills. Tells Just What They Did For Her ARSENICAL FLY POISON. Peculiar Bird. tors, lawyers, stenographers and clerks are practically unknown. The Chilean girl‘s reason for being is marriage, and one of her earliest lessons is that woman‘s place is indeed the home and that man is ordained her master. Old maids have a particuâ€" larly horrid time in Chili and most of them take the veil. There is little else for themto do, for they can‘t all become school teachers and no other career is open for the woman who does not marry. Women journalists, docâ€" Minard‘s Liniment Cures DandruS I got my foot badly jammed lately. I bathed: it well with MINARD‘S LINIMENT, and it was as well as ever next day. I consider MINARD‘S LINIMENT the BEST Liniment in use. "Oh, she wont‘s care," said the boy; "she‘s up there in your hat." A young lady was walking in the country one day, when she came upon a boy about to climb a tree. There was a nest in the tree, and from a cerâ€" tain angle it was possible to see in it three eggs. "You wicked little boy!" said the girl, "are you going up there to rob that nest?" "I am," the boy replied coolly. "How can you?" she exclaimed. "Think how the mother will grieve over the loss of her eggs." ‘ When the baby is illâ€"when he is constipated, has indigestion; colds, simple fevers or any other of the many minor ills of little onesâ€"the mother will find Baby‘s Own Tablets an excellent remedy. _ They regulate the stomach and bowels thus banishâ€" ing th; cause of most of the ills of childhood . Concerning them Mrs. Paul Dinctte, Cheneville, Que., writes: â€""I can recommend Baby‘s Own Tabâ€" lets to all mothers as P have used them for my little one for constipation and diarrhoea and have found them an exâ€" cellent remedy." The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. lé The King of Sweden has a large inâ€" |terest in a Stockholm brewery. A |large brandy distillery fascinates the new Emperor of Austria, who has put Iquite a large sum of money into this industry, which â€" thrives remarkably well in the ramshackle empire. King Albert of Belgium, when a young man, | courted fickle fortune as a reporter on (an American paper at a salary of $15 \ a week. The King of Bulgaria enjoys | the reputation of being the shrewdest and wiliest of all royal business men.. \ He owns theatres, cinemas, tobacco factories, dairies, and has made conâ€" siderable sums on the Austrian stock exchange. UVriental plane have reached forty feet. This puts the California big tree and the b&aobob in the backâ€" ground, but the big tree is of greater bulk in combined height and girth and the baobob is thickest in relation to height. BABYV‘S OWN TABLETsS AN EXCELLENT REMEDY n ’ The beautiful Queen of sorelyâ€" | stricken Rumania started, a few years ‘ago, a factory for manufacturing Itoothpicks. So successful was this enâ€" terprise before the war, that her majâ€" lesty was able to make quite a comâ€" fortable income out of it. _ The Czar of Russia is a timber merâ€" chant. The Duke of Wurtemberg owns perhaps the largest corset facâ€" tory in the world. The Grand Duke of Saxeâ€"Weimar is a butcher, and, like all Huns, does a flourishing business.‘ The Archduchess Frederick of Austrial invested nearly $2,500,000 in a candleâ€" making factory near Budapest. The | King of Denmark confines his comâ€" mercial ventures to the stock exâ€" ‘ change, and has made many considâ€" erable "deals." ' _ King Peter of Serbia owns a shavâ€" ing saloon and chemist‘s shop in Belâ€" grade. Before the war, his majesty was the agent for a wellâ€"known French motor car. The Queen of Holâ€" land supplies from her dairy, near the palace at Het Loo, a large proportion of milk consumed by buyers in Amâ€" sterdam. The King of Wurtemberg draws a net profit of at least $50,000 a year from the hotels he runs in the Beach Forest. ] Long List of Crowned Heads Who Are Engaged in Business. The King of Spain is the proprietor of a large motor and bicycle factory near Madrid. The Kaiser runs a cafe at Potsdam, close to his castleâ€"gates. His Allâ€"Highest also receives diviâ€" dends from a large beer brewery in Hanover; and he is the sole owner of the big and flourishing porcelain works at Cadinen, which return him a profit of about 9 per cent. on a capital of $500,000. It is ENTERPRISES OF ROYALTY. Where the Mother Was. Yours very truly, The Largest Tree Girls of Chili. T. G. MeMULLEN. in cypress and the have reached forty s the California big obob in the backâ€" big tree is of greater ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO It is stated that the amount subâ€" scribed by Dublin to the War Loan was in the neighborhood of £10,000. John Herbert Polliock, Deanfield, has been appointed a justice of the peace for the county of Londonderry. After Brazil, Colombia _ exports more coffee than any other country, its annual shipments being about 132,â€" 000,000 pounds. _ Ths amount is reâ€" ported to be produced by 125,000,000 coffee plants, and each plant is valued at 30 cents. MONEY ORDERS | W. F. YOUNG, £. D. F., 516 Lymans Bidg., Montrea PAY your out of town accounts by | _ Mbsorbine and Absorbine, Jr.. are made in Cen Dominion Express Money Orders.; = Five dollars costs three cents. | EAGLE We it % 1070 Minard‘s Liniment Relieves Nouralgia. w This drug doesn‘t eat "_}@ up the corn or callus, * but shrivels them so they loosen and come right out. _ It is no humbug! _ It works like a charm. For a few cents you can get rid of every hard corn, soft corn or corn beâ€" tween the toes, as well as painful calluses on bottom of your feet. _ It never disappoints and never burns, bites or inflames. _ If your druggist hasn‘t any freezone yet, tell him to get a little bottle for you from his wholesale house,. ' It is the law of a school in a town near Boston that only children born in ‘thnt town shall attend. One little ‘girl in this town was born while her parents were at their vacation in the country. _ This made her ineligible ‘as a pupil of this school. In telling [a playmate about it when she was old lenough to understand the situation the child said:â€" This new drug is â€" pound discovered by 0~â€"0â€"0â€"0â€"0â€"0â€"0â€"0â€"oâ€" 0â€"0â€"0â€"0â€"O0â€"0â€"0â€"60â€"0â€"0â€"o You see, I was born while I was on my vacation.‘ PAIN ? NOT A BIT : LIFT YOUR CORXNS OR CALLUSES OFF No humbug! Apply few drops then just lift them away with fingers. GILLETT‘S LYE Not a twinge of pain, soreness or irritation; not even the slightest smarting, either when applying freezone or afterwards. ered by a Cincinnati chemist . It is called freezone, and can now be obtained in tiny botâ€" tles as here shown at very little cost from any drug store. Just ask for freezone. Apply a drop or two directly upon a tender corn or callus and instantly the soreness disappears. Shortly you will find the corn or callus so loose that you can lift it off, root and all, with the fingers. 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