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$ TELEPHONE F R OM DON TO AUSTRALIA. SH EMPIRE KED BY PHONE rd of Rest im aliy it Ma I have and more rs of Exchange bl the deâ€" unlucky, A lady in the United States cherishâ€" es a Bible probably as old as the one Written in shorthand, which an ancesâ€" tre«s baked in a loaf of bread when a honusetoâ€"house search was going to be made for stray copies of the Serlct tures. The soldiers came to sear the house, but it is not a matter of wonder that they failed to find the book, which now, looking pretty old, is the American lady‘s chief treasure. Seamen the world over entertain the belief that renamed ships are In a house in Grafton Street, Lonâ€" don, there is a shorthand Bible which was written at least two centuries beâ€" fore Pitman was born. It was written by an apprentice in the days of James 11., when to possess a "common or garden Bible" was rather dangerous. A wellâ€"todo New Yorker is the proud possessor of a manuscript Bible written by his only son, a cripple. He could only work about two hours a day, so he took over two years to comâ€" plete his task. It does not contain a single error or slip, for if error or slip occurred the youth discarded the whole page. The verses and headings are all in red ink, and the whole h{ beautifully written. Four Wonderful Copies of the Scripâ€" tures Are Here Described. The largest Bible in existence is in the Royal Library at Stockholim. The covers are made of solid planks, four itiches thick, and®he pages each measure a yard in length. It is estiâ€" mated that a hundred asses‘ skins must have been used to furnish the 309 parchment leaves of this colossal book. It is considered priceless. | So they asked a young man and a woman, who were unknown to each other and who were without wealth to marry in order to save their fellows from the cholera scourge. The young people agreed, and the ceremony was performed. According to the tradition the ravages of the cholera subsided within three days. ers and rabbis, who decided that the attention of God would be called to the alfliction of their fellows if the most humble man and woman among them should join in marriage in the presâ€" ence of the dead. years among the Jows in the heart of Russia. When Russia was swept by cholera several centuries ago Jews died by the hundreds. Panic seized them, and they called a council of eldâ€"‘ The marrlage in a cemetery, with the idea of warding off the ravages of an epidemic, is a revival of a custom that has prevailed for hundreds of Rugsian Jews Believed They Could Ward Off the Influenza Epidemic. With the hope of protecting the orthodox Russian Jews in Philadelphâ€" la from further ravages of the influenâ€" za epidemic two Hebrews were marâ€" ried at the first line of graves in the Jewish cemetery a few months ago. More than twelve hundred Russian Jews watched the rabbi perform the wedding ceremony. When the couple were pronounced man and wife, the orthodox among the spectators filed solemnly past the‘ couple and made them presents otl money in sums ranging from ten cents to a hundred dollars, gccording to the means and circumstances of the donor, until more than one thousand dollars had been given. After the last offering the bride and bridegroom walked to the greensward farther from the graves, where a wedâ€" ding feast was quickly spread from the two truckloads of food that others | of the faithful had provided. l nationâ€"wide slogan, and we all can do our bit in this work. In various places school children have been organized into protective societies. The youngâ€" sters do good work and enjoy it. The birdâ€"killing boy is rapidly becoming an "extinct animal." It has been calculated that one swalâ€" low devours 6,000 fies a day. Think what an ally to home sanitation we have here. It is stated that our counâ€" try loses annually at ieast $10,000,000 in crops as a result of insects‘ work. What would the loss be were it not for the birds? "Protect th birds" has become a in particular was being literally ruined by ravages of grasshoppers, when a friend induced him to build attractive birdâ€"houses in his felds. Result, prosâ€" perity. Again and again it has been proved that birds are the farmers‘ best friends. iHow many cornâ€"growers owe their success to the birds! One man Certain colonists in Australia can testify to the usefulness of birds. A tract of thirty square miles that had been fertile became little better than a desert as a result of killing off the small birds. Without the help of these insectâ€"destroyers, it became almost impossible "to live in that section and nineâ€"tenths of the people had to move. Canadians Are Realizing More and More the Value of Bird Life. Bird Life is one of the country‘s greatest treasures; not only for the beauty and song, but as regards plain, everyday utility. Like many of our other blessings, birds are truly appreciated only when absent. One of the most pleasant ferâ€" tures of going from the city into the country is the greater number of birds seen and heard. The country resident when he moves to a city usually missâ€" es his feathered friends nearly as much as he does the "home folks." MARVELLOUS BIBLES. YOUR FRIENDS, THE BIRDS. A STRANGE WEDDING. Pure air is the first condition of life, yet most people ignore it, or place it second to comfort, by closing their windows at night. The sedentary worker, like the manual worker in an ’ We attend to our horses and cattle more carefully than we attend to ourâ€" selves, and attribute disease to any cause but the right oneâ€"self inflicâ€" tion. Thus lives are wasted at sixty which ought to have been twenty years longer, while the average dying age of fortyâ€"three ought to be seventy. Life depends, too, not only upon the temperate habits, but upon its being lived with a purposeâ€"and that pur-‘ pose a good one. ! It has often been remarked that exâ€" cessive eatingâ€"especially flesh eating Iâ€"kms as many people as excessive drinking. This accounts for the posiâ€" Ition of the butcher and the publican | in the deathâ€"rate of trades and profesâ€" | sions. Our bodies are the most perfect, and the most delicate, of all pieces of mechanism, yet we take less care to adjust and repair them for regular action than we take for the machines we construct. We cram them with the wrong foods, or we fill them too full; we abuse them, and refuse to deny ourselves. UEET OW ECCCE CXZNUCENUZ 0T PUTPC «1 | If You Would Enjoy Life You Must through the lungs. ' Look After Your Body. He will inhale five times more air at a pace of four miles an hour than | The longest livers are the patoon whl:m sitting at his desk. and every !and the farmer; among the shortest muscle should be regularly exercised. | are the butcher and the publican. The If a healthy man learns and obeys | length of individual life, however, is | the laws of health, he will remain |governed by heredity, which often | healthy until he is worn out. Thus he | fails some of the .members of a family must esteem at their proper value pure famed for longevity, by occupation or | air, exercise, temperance in eating and ;em"onmem' and by habits. | drinking, and the intriduction of useâ€" | _ It has often been remarked that exâ€" | fulness and contentmient into his daily I cessive eatingâ€"especially flesh eating | life. ~% The parson is not a big eater, nor is he a drinker of alcohol, but what of the farmer? In his case there are numerous safetyâ€"valvesâ€"the ride on horseback, the drives to markets and fairs, the day‘s shooting, and the alâ€" most continuous life in the open air. PARSONS LIVE LonGEstT. A rich enjoyable ... table beverage $T. JOHN MONTREAL TORONTO lThe finishing touch of satisfaction to many a breakfast is a cup of 4 unless you choose. But footwear is not one of them. You must have shoes. And the problem of buying shoes is one which comes home to every man and every woman in Canada. In order to help you solve this problem, we have prepared a booklet with the title given above. We believe that you will find it helpful and interesting, whether you buy A.H.M. Shoes or not. And it is not necessary to buy A.H.M. Shoes in order to proft by the information which is contained in it. We are glad to send a copy with our compliments to any address in Canada. Please send your request to our Head Office, at Montreal. "How To Buy Shoes" THERE are many things which you need not buy 4 unless you choose. But footwear is not one of INSTANT POSTUM When you buy Shoes look forâ€" AMES HOLDEN McCREADY "Shoemakers to the Nation." the minister and the lawyer start an argument on Egyptian law in the midâ€" dle of the nicht across half a dozen beds, wi‘ the blessed auctioneer as umpire, what chance has even a plumber o‘ stoppin‘ the gas leak?" Not Much Chance! "Conscription has, maybe, saved the country," growled the soldier; "but what I object to is the company it drives a man into. I‘m a plumber by trade, an honest workman, yet I‘m compelled to suffer the society of such professionals as a lawyer, a minister, and an auctioneer." "No‘ a bad selection, Jock," remarked his friend. "Oh, maybe no‘ in a way; but when I The Goddess of the Wood. | E‘en dearer than the thought of Spring When Wintry frosts gleam cold, Is this glad light of Spring herself ’ That doth the earth enfold. No radiant dream of paradise, Were half so wondrous fair, As yonder low new leafing beechâ€" The sunbeams in her hair. I think the great sun worships her, For as he smiles above Among her frail, translucent leaves. He lays his gifts of love. A tree no more for sunâ€"adored The beech, as goddess pale, Enshrined within the quiet wood, Unfolds her mystic vell. He will inhale five times more air at a pace of four miles an hour than when sitting at his desk. and every muscle should be regularly exercised. If a healthy man learns and obeys the laws of health, he will remain healthy until he is worn out. Thus he impure atmosphere, must make up his loss by passing abundance of pure air through the lungs. â€"this Tradeâ€"mark on every sele WINNIPEG EDMONTON VANCOUVER 200E 2000 "HO UHC UH* usual sleeves are the features of this attractive suit for Misses. McCall fiottem No. 8840, Misses‘ Coat Suit. 8 sizes, 16 to 20 years. Price, 25 15 centi, Mn 5 o ai e e ee C of the cut makes this little frock most desirable for kiddies. McCall Pattern No. 8804, Child‘s Hotâ€"Day Dress. In 5 sizes, 1 to 8 years. Price, Developed in dainty printed maâ€" terial and delightful to look at. The body and sleeve are in one, and the freedom afforded by the simplicity These patterns may be obtained The Weekly Fashions LIMITED and the unâ€" To construct a huge highway after the Roman method would cost toâ€"day at least $500,000 a mile. So thorâ€" oughly were these roads built that they lasted for hundreds of years. Music in the home eveninps keeps children off the streets. Fewer chilâ€" dren on the streets at night means better citizens. Minard‘s Liniment Cures Dandraf. What We Are Coming To. * »Pte. Brown (at desk): "Just ask Captain Smith to post the day ledger, and remind Colonel Jones to prepare that statement for Bond Bros." MOoNEY oRrpErs. Remit by Dominion Express Money Order. If lost or stolen you get your money back. "Shure we have, sir," said Pat. "We had so much land here in Ireland that we had to put it in heaps." "I say, Pat, what a lot of hills you have in Ireland." An Englishman, for his first time visiting Ireland, was out driving one day with Pat, when he remarked to Minard‘s Lininent Relieves Neurairia "Well, madam," retorted the exasâ€" perated assistant politely, "didn‘t wam 9" ‘"These would suit you," he said, taking down another pair as a last resource. â€"â€" Still the lady was not satisfied. "I don‘t like this sort," she said. "They have a tendency to get wider when they are a bit old." The stout party had been in the boot shop for over an hour, and the patient shop assistant had had half the stock down for her inspection. She found a fault with them all until his patience became quite exhausted. ‘"These would suit you," he uid,! This drug is an ether compound and dries in a moment and simply shrivels up the corn without inflaming or even irritating the surrounding tissue or skin. Clip this out and pin on your wife‘s dresser, A few drops of a drug called freezâ€" one applied directly upon a sore corn gives quick relief and soon the entire corn, root and all, lifts out without pain. Ask the drug store man for a quarter of an ounce of freezone, which costs very little but is sufficient to reâ€" move every hard or soft corn or callus from one‘s feet. Because style decrees that women crowd ahd buckle up their tender toes in high heel footwear they suffer from corns, then they cut and trim at these painful pests which merely makes the corn grow hard. This suicidal habit may cause lockJjaw and women are warned to stop it. ‘"Your honor, I will follow the ex. ample of my learned friend who has just concluded, and submit the case without argument." Then Sir F;r:éderick rose. at the judge and jury he slightly and said: The wit and quickness of repartee! which characterizes Sir F. E. Smith,! who is now Lord Chancellor, with a‘ salary of $50,000, | at the age of fortyâ€"six is proverLial. In one of his‘ early cases he was opposed by an! elderly, prosy, longâ€"winded lawyer, who spoke for six houys in his conâ€" cluding address. potaiiices: stvmeidi .i s 42. d 2000 0 l $8,000,000. During the year the Comâ€" Pany paid to policy holders and their beneficiaries $9,768,000, a sum conâ€" siderably in excess of the amount paid last year, the heavier claims being due to the war and the influenza epidemic. Another new record was made in regard to income with $21,651,000 re-' ceived, a gain of over $2,300,000 durâ€"| ing the year. The Company is now ‘ comfortably installed in its new oflice building on Dominion Square, Montâ€" real, where unequalled facilities enâ€" able them to carry on their large and ‘ growing business in the best posslblol manner, The net surbfu;'l:e,;xx-llning above all liabilities and capital stock exceeds eo ama .o ul Its assurances in force now exceed $340,800,000, a gain of nearly $29,000,â€" 000 during the year. New policies isâ€" sued and paid for exceed $51,591,000, while assets, which gained $7,460,000 during the year, now crowd close to the $100,000,000 mark. To be exact, these amount to $97,620,000. is in a splendid position to s;ievxul.rd the welfare of those intrusted to its fotal assurances in force are much greater, while the surplus of over $8,000,000 indicates that the Company Fua > B BX s The Sun Life Assurance Company‘s 48th Annual Report, just issued, not only surpasses last year‘s record, but is better than any ever issued by the Company. Every department of its activities shows strength and proâ€" gress. New business secured constiâ€" tuted a record, total assets are higher than ever before, income is larger, from your local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto, Dept. W. SUN LIFE HAS REGORD YEAR. A Question of Age. }88VE 14â€" 19, Piling it Up. Bench and Bar TORONTO rose. Looking smiled Get a small bottlo of Knowlton‘s ’Danderine from any drug store or toilet counter, and after the first apâ€" plication your hair will take on that life, lustre and luxuriance which is so beautiful. It will become wavy and fuffy and have the appearance of abundance, an incomparable gloss and softness; but what will please you most will be after just a few weeks‘ use, when you will actually see a lot of fine, downy hairâ€"new hairâ€"growâ€" ing all over the scalp. There is nothing so destructive to the hair as dandruff. It robs the hair of its lustre, its strength and its very life; eventually producing a feverishâ€" ness and itching of the scalp, which if not remedied causes the hair roots to shrink, loosen and dieâ€"then the hair falls out fast,. A little Danderine toâ€"nightâ€"nowâ€"any timeâ€"will surely save your hair. Thin, brittle, colorless and ccraggy hair is mute evidence of a neglected scalp; of dangi_n_mwthn; awful scurf. Save your hair!l Make it thick, wavy and beautifulâ€" try this! FEW CENTS DESTROYS _ YOUR "DAKDRUEF AND STOPS FALLING HAIR The first attempt to transport the mails by air is credited to the Britâ€" ish, under whose auspices the experi. ment was made with varying success in India in 1911. Minard‘s Liniment Curcse Earns. Ete. The word "magnet" is â€" derived from the name of the city of Memâ€" nesia,; in Asia Minor, where the proâ€" perties of the lodestone are said to have been discovered. 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"Z ‘NTeFr "You forget," her husband remindâ€"| z‘.fi ed her, ‘"that toâ€"morrow is Sunday I' Co.. Lim and the stores will be closed." y opmmmqmg going to town toâ€"morrow to new hats." "I don‘t know. If I don‘t buy him anything, he‘ll rave at me, and if I do he‘ll want to know where the money .came from." "What shall you give your husband fo:_a birthday present?" has "Up a ladder," said the challenger. "John," said Mrs. Stylover, "I‘m 'G 10 0 EDC eR P RTCTTE NHATE nAevmmEnUey 9 \\ Spohn‘s Distemper Compound l,‘ o For DISTRAUDIEN® â€" YNHAY FYINMMN 4 | suwaÂ¥kee emeses Cocll s Guilty Conscience. Not to the Swift. Her â€" Dilemma. SPOHN WERICAL COMPANY HORSEMEN FoR 25 vEars HA;E RECOMMENDED +# . Ai wb \<>Autettat DISTEMPER, INFLUENZA, PINK EYE, COUGH or PEwEYS LE ores EOE LP T see the orses and mules. Twentyâ€"five years‘ use horsemen in America have given the COMâ€" able record as a preventive and cure. . A wilt keeg the animal in qo0d condition and resist Cisorse. 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