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dona Several times in the world‘s history crowns have been as promptly rejectâ€" ed as though they were very damaged and worthless articles indeed. Early in the last century the crown of Greece was offered to Lord Byron, who died before he had a chance to accept it. Later on, Queen Victoria‘s second son, the late Duke of Edinâ€" burgh, was invited to become King of the Hellenes, but the jealousy of foreign powers decided his refusal. Then it was offered in turn to Mr. Gladstore and Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, but neither was atâ€" tracted by the honmor. Napoleon anticipated the patriotic Hungarians by wishing to separate Hungary from Austria in 1809, when he offered the separate crown to the great Hungarian Count Esterhazy. But the Count refused and went into temporary exile. Early in the history of Russia, when It was scarcely acknowledged as a part of civilized Europe, the Imperial throne was offered first to Prince Mstislarski, and then to Prince Pozâ€" bharski, but they feared to undertake such a difficult task. Finally a youth of sixteen, Michael, was elected on condition that he swore that he and his descendants should reign as constituti®hal sovereigns. He was the first Romanoffâ€"and now once again there is no Czar reigning in Rusâ€" Later on, when Czar Alexander I. died in 1825, his brother Constantine was the heir, but he preferred the security of private life, and handed it on to his younger brother, Nicholas i. George Washington‘s army wished to make him a king, but he preferred to be the first President of the U.S.A. Wonderful Caves. Elephanta=â€"one of the small islands which dot the Apollo Bunder Harbor at Bombayâ€"boasts a group of caves, which contain some really remarkable earvings on their walls. Huge figures, several times larger than human beâ€" ingsâ€"men and women principallyâ€"â€" and a series of scenes, chiefly alleâ€" gorical, said to be at least two thousâ€" and years old, draw crowds of people from all parts. The caves are approached by means of small craft only, from which, when the tide permits, one steps on to a long and very slippery causeway built of large stones. ® The island itselft is well worth a visit in the cold weather, as it is called in the Far East. From the top of the cliffs a beautiâ€" ful view of Bombay and the strroundâ€" ing islands is obtained, and the balmy, scentâ€"laden breezes, the brilllant sunâ€" shine, blue sky, and tropical coloring, make one feel that life is worth livâ€" ing. 6e The natives themselves are picâ€" turesque, though dirty, and a guide is easily obtainable for a runee or so, As the sun begins o set, the birds sing more sweetly and emphatically, until it disappears, and there, as in the hot countries, at that hour fasect life makes itself heard to a remarkâ€" able degree. _ Indescribable colors paint the heavens in one exquisite picâ€" ture. The sail home in the soft brilliance of the moonlight, while the stars hang like large jewols in the velvet sky, is something worthy of remembrance. Dickens and the Compositors. Among the many â€" distinguished traits of Charles Dickens was his inâ€" ability to prepare manuscripts which could be read with accuracy or pleasâ€" ure by the unfortunate compositors assigned to "set" them. _ James Howard,, a former compositor in the printing â€" house . which published Dickens‘s "Edwin Drood," found ocâ€" casion recently to make some remarks on the subject. "His writing was just impossible," says Mr. Howard, "Our firm recogâ€" nized the difficulties of our task and allowed us fifty per cent. extra payâ€" ment for the work. But this induceâ€" ment did not attract us. There were about eighteen of us working on "Edâ€" win Drood," and we were all anxious to get other work to print. Our attiâ€" tude towards Dickens was, I believe, reflected in his attitude toward us. We said very unkind things about him and he reciprocated. "We did the best we could with the manuscript that came along. We used to hold long discussions as to the meaning of some mark on his copy, and often we could not decipher it and had to make a guess. The proofs were sent to him, and he used to tear them to shreds When the corrected proofs came back they were in a worse state than his original copy. Dickens had corrected them beyond recogntâ€" tion. It was abvious that he could not read his own writing, for the changes he made were nothing like the originâ€" Two small boys were boasting, after the manner of children, about the wealth of their respective tathers. "My pa," said Ray, "has so much money that he doesn‘t know how to money spend it," J ‘Aobitealinbe? t "That‘3 nothing," said Roy, "My pa‘s got so n;\_nch money that my ma can‘t gpend ZWeRw oo SEoe ns d ties of the banana, with as great, Of greater, variation in character as in eC * 0 Cplts 2t anmmleg Eoc l® _ .. Chnctas ui the different kinde of apples. There Men Who Refused it!" are over sixty known varieâ€" Really Rich. P 0177â€"9138 91749157 No. 9174â€"Ladies‘ Waist. Price, 25 cents. Pleated front panel, two styles of sleeve. Cut in 9 sizes, 34, 36, 38, measure. Size 36 requires, with dart sleeves, 2% yds. 36 ins. wide, or 1% yds. 45 ins. wide; with bell sleeves, 2% yds. 36 ins. wide, or 1% yds. 45 ins. wide. No. 9157â€"Ladies‘ Twoâ€"Piece Skirt. Price, 25 cents. Panel front with twoâ€" piece "caughtâ€"under" tunic; 89 or 37â€" inch length. Cut in 6 sizes, 24, 26, 28, 80, 82 and 34 ins. waist measvre. Size 26 requires, without tunic, 39â€"inch length, 2% yds, 36 ;r 45 ins. wide; with tunic, 37â€"inch length, 5% yds. 36 or 45 ins. wide. Width around bottom, 1% yds. No. 177â€"=Ladien‘ Oivardraga Prisn PÂ¥ CTnt W recid Pn sintrice t Resrarstnicd Astct Th tcd Bs it Thind 1 4?. 44, 46 and 48 ins. bust measure. Size 36 requires 8%4 yds. 36 ins. wide, or 2% yds. 54 ins. wide. 9138â€"Skirt. Sizes 22 to 38. Price 20 cents. * These patterns may be obtained from your local McCail dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto, Dept. W. No. 9177â€"Ladies‘ Overdress. Price, 25 cents. Cut in 8 sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, A new white enameled steel kitchen cabinet is made in units to fit any deâ€" sired space. There are many defects in our preâ€" sent almanac. At the present moment for example, Britons are living in the year 1919, Egyptians in the year 1636, Jews in the year 5,680, and the Moâ€" hammedan calendar has just entered the 1,338th year of Hefjira. In Russia, toâ€"day is thirteen days behind our own date. There are some people who, for reaâ€" sons hard to determine, object to alâ€" tering the calendar or the clock on principle. 1 wonder whether Julius Czesar was criticised when he introâ€" duced his calendar reforms? _ Very likely. The alterations which are now proâ€" posed come from France, and in the main they are admirable. Originally, when all the nations, excepting Holâ€" land, Italy, and Denmark, had agreed to consider a new scheme which could be universally adopted, the task of vreparing a solution was given to the Berlin Academy of Science. But the war interferd with this plan, and France undertook to try her hand at the puzzle, with the result that she has now prepared a scheme for consideraâ€" ton. Symmetry in form and simplicity in operation are the golden rules she has followed. This is how France sugâ€" gests the reconstructed year should be formed: There will be 364 ordinary days and one "extra" day. Each quarter will comprise three months, the first two of which will contain thirty days, and the last thirtyâ€"one. Thus, March, June, September, and December will be the four long ones, with thirtyâ€"one days each, and the remaining eight will be the short ones, with thirty days cach. Note that February is at last to be rlased from its ignominous position, which it has borne since the Emperor Augustus stole a day from it in order that his own month, August, might be increased to the length of Julius Csesar‘s month, July! How is the "a«tra‘ day to be dealt with? Here we come to the really pretty point in the scheme. T Copi s c Poreny TK GV; €uy ~ «,__46, 48 und 50 ins. bust Te q revorg "‘.h: POSTUM Our Allâ€"Wrong Calendar ! This delightful cereal drink is not only wholesome and economiâ€" cal but is truly satisfying in its rich coffeeâ€"like flavour. It can be served to the youngest as well as oldest, for it leaves absolutely no harm~â€" â€" If your tea or coffee does make you restless or nervous, try POOR THIN BLOOD Make the B}ood Rich and Red by Using Dr. Williams‘ Pink stomach trouble. They seldom recogâ€" nize the fact that thin blood is the cause of indigestion, but it is. Thin blood, weak, watery blood, is one of the most common causes of stomach trouble. The glands that furnish the digestive fiuids are diminished in their activity, the stomach muscles are weakened and there is a loss of nerve force. In this state nothing will more quickly restore appetite, digesâ€" tion and a normal nutriton than good, rich, red blood. % Dr. Willlams‘ Pink Pills act directly on the blood, making it rich and red, and this enriched blood strengthens weak nerves, stimulates tired muscles, and awakens to normal activity the glands that supply the digestive fuids. The first sign of returning heaith is an improved appetite, and soon the effect of these ‘blood improving pills is felt throughout the whole system. You find that what you eat does not distress you. and that you are daily growing stronger and more vigorous. Mr. J. J. Murray, Regent Street, Toâ€" ronto, bears testimony to the value of Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills in cases of this kind. He says:â€""During the latâ€" ter part of 1918 I was a sick man. My stomach seemed simply down and out. I had no desire for food, and when I ate it distressed me. I was pale, did not sleep well, naturally got up in the morning feeling grouchy. My wife was worried over my condition and urged me to try Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills, reminding me of the good they had done our eldest daughter when she was in a somewhat similar condiâ€" tion. I decided 6 follow her advice and got a supply and here is the story in a nutshell: I have got my appetite back, sleep soundly at night, cnjoy my meals and am so gratified with what the pills have done for me that 1 strongly advise their use for all pale, sick people." You can get Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills through any dealer in medicine, or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. The "extra" day will fall each year between the last day of June and the first day of July. It will bear some specal nameâ€"that is to say, it will not be a Monday or a Tuesday or a Friday, as the case might be. It is banished from the usual sequence in order that the days of the week may remain perpetual in their arrangeâ€" ment. January 1st will always fall on Monâ€" day. So will Christmas. Dominion Day will also come on Monday. The day of your birthday will never change. Monotonous, perhaps, but delightfully simple. After a while, we shall know which weekdays attach to which dates automatically, and many mistakes and perplexing calculations will be saved. Each year will begin on a Monday. Each quarter will contain exactly thirâ€" teen weeksâ€"one suit in the pack. Each quarter will begin on a Monday. The "extra‘" day is proposed as an international _ holiday. Few _ will grumble at that. I hardly like the sugâ€" gestion to call it Peace Day, however. Peace Day is November 1l1th, and alâ€" ways will be, and, anyway, why should the war, with all its bitterness and tragic memories, be dragged in? This is about the only objection I have perâ€" sonally against the French proposals. In regard to leap years, these will have two "extra" days instead of one â€"the first between June and July, as already mentioned, and the second oeâ€" tween December and January. As we err at present on the side of lavishâ€" ness, it is proposed to reduce the preâ€" sent number of leap years by one in every four thousand years. A But that will not cause us trouble in calculations in our gen::": tion. ’ f These suggestons are, in my opinion, excellent. But perhaps I am one of those adventurous souls who grasp rashly at new things! What do you think of them? Shall you back them up when the time comes, or cling to evils that you know rather than fly to others that you know not of. Thinâ€"blooded people generally have It is announced by a Parisian paper â€"L‘Avenir‘â€"that all subscribers will be allowed to purchase ten pounds of sugar at cost price, and llncehsAu:l{ is about the scarcest commodity at present in Paris, it is likely that the proprietors will do well. A Papers have resorted to all sorts of curious devices in orderâ€"to increase their circuiation. At one time the Paris ‘Petit Bleu,‘ then in low water, was purchased by M. Henri Deutsch, who announced that he would give away 100,000 copies a dayâ€"so many to members of various professions, 2,000 to dressâ€"makers, 1,000 to butchers, 590 to dentists, and so on. Editors in less civilized lands have been known to announce that they will tike subscriptions in kind. Take, for instance, the following anâ€" nourcement from a farâ€"Western jourâ€" nal: "Have you paid your subscripâ€" tion yet? Remember that even an editor must live. If the hard times bhave struck your shebang, don‘t forâ€" get turnips, potatoes and corn in the shock are most as welcome as hard cash at the ‘Gem‘ office. Also hardâ€" wood. Our latchâ€"string is always out, or the goods can be delivered to our wife, who will give receipt in our abâ€" sence." Imagine buying a paper for three or four turnips! Greedland has a newspaper publishâ€" ed at God Haabt, called the ‘Kalorikâ€" mik.‘ It is a monthly periodical printed n the Eskimo language. The subscription is one seal for a year, two cider duck for three months, while single copies cost a flabâ€"chick apiece, the latter being a small, eatâ€" able seaâ€"bird. Even in Europe subscriptions in kind have been received. In 1837 the editor of the ‘Eilbote, a paper pubâ€" lished in Munich, offered to receive subscriptions to his periodical at the rate of six gallons of beer per year. WELL SATISFIED WITH BABYV‘S OWN TABLETS Mrs. Emile Malette, Montpelier, Que., writes:â€""I have used Baby‘s Own Tablets for some time and am well satisfied with them. They are surely the best medicine I know of for little ones." What Mrs. Malette says thousands of other mothers say. Once they have used the *Tablets for their children they would use nothing else. The Tablets are a mild but thorough laxative; are absolutely free from opiates, narcotics or other harmâ€" ful drugs and may be given to the youngest baby with perfect safety and good results. (They are sold by mediâ€" cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents‘a box from The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. 1 was cured of terrible lumbago by MINARD‘S L‘N!’;‘ENI:, REV. WM. BROWN. 1 was cured of a bad case of earâ€" ache by MINARD‘S LINIMENT. MRS. 8. KAULBACK. 1 was cured of sensitive lungs by MINARD‘S LINIMENT. A writer who lost his right arm when he was a youth, sends an inâ€" teresting account of the ingenious manner in which he carries on in spite of his handicap. V"-'VIâ€" gét. ilp at seven o‘clock," he says, "wash, shave, scrub my fingernails by holding a spnll nailâ€"brush between myâ€"égiij and dress myself without any help. To fill a pipe and strike a match is an easy matter, while years EREMUVL "I often play whist, and can place my cards together as quickly as anyone. But I find my chief deight and enjoyâ€" ment in paying the piano or organ. I love both. I do not play with my left hand only, but play the lower notes | with a stick in my mouth. "I can open a boiled egg and eat it as quickly as anyone with their two hands, while in regard to wrapping up a parcel and securing the same with string, I challenge any grocer to do the job more neatly, "Peeling an apple is quite simple. I can opem a penknife in an instant. "No one need despair who has lost one of their arms. It is awkward at first, but after a few weeks it is surâ€" ‘prmu what one can do for themâ€" gelves. So to all who have lost an Buying Newspapers With arm I say, ‘Cheerio! It might have been worse!‘ " Mouth as Piano Player. I learned to write with my left A Good Warfare. Live or die, E‘er fight shy Of all sin, Out or in. It will kill, Or make nil, All that you Try to do. Cast it out, There‘s no doubt Of its power, Ev‘ry hour. Seek God‘s grace In Life‘s raceâ€" MHe will give strength to live. â€"Fred Scott Shepard MRS. S. MASTERS A little "Danderine" cools, cleanses and makes the feverish, itchy scalp soft and pliahie; then this stimulatâ€" ing tonic penetrates to the famished hair roots, revitalizing and invigoratâ€" ing every hair in the head, thus stopâ€" ping the hair falling out, or getting thin, dry, or fading.,. Book education had small place in Phelan‘s hard life as a miner. When he was nearing forty, he made a strike in a certain claim he had taken up and became a millionaire several times over. Having been obscure all his life, he was most susceptible to flattery, and his friends soon learned the trick of getting money from him. A miners‘ Club was organized, and in consideraâ€" tion of having his name lettered over the entrance l"\elau was enticed into paying for the furnishings. _ When everything was ready for the opening, he was invited to inspect the quarters. C After a few applications of "Danderâ€" ine" you seldom find a fallen hair or a particle of dandruif, besides every hair shows new life, vigor, brightness, more color and thickness. A few cents buys a bottle of deâ€" lightful "Danderine‘" at any drug or toilet counter. "I‘ll get it," the millionaire anâ€" nounced, "but I‘ll bet there ain‘t a blame one of you can pay it!" Sergeant: "Did you ever do picket duty before?" Recruit: "Sure! Whenâ€" ever they killed a chicken at home I had to* pick it." Let folks step on your feet hereafter; wear shoes a size smaller if you like, for corns will never again send electric sparks of pain through you, according to this Cincinnati authority. He says that a few drops of a drug called freezone, applied directly upon a tender, aching corn, instantly reâ€" lieves soreness, and soon the entire corn, root and all, lifts rlghtfmt. This drug is a sticky ether com pound, but dries at once and sim: ly ehrivels up the corn without lnnumgu or even irritating the surrounding tissue. It is claimed that a quarter of an ounce of freezone obtained at any drug store will cost very little but is suMâ€" cient to remove every hard or soft corn or callus from one‘s feet. Cut this out, especially if you are a woman reader who wears high heels. Check ugly dandruff! Stop ‘hair coming out and double its beauty. LET "DANDERINE® SAVE YOUR HAIR Accept "Callfornia" Syrup of Figs onlyâ€"look for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child is having the best and most harmless laxative or pbhysic for the little stcmach, liver and bowels. Child« ren love its delicious frulty taste. Full directions for child‘s dose on each bottle. Give it without fear. "BYRUP OF FIGS" CHILD‘S LAXATIVE Look at tongue! Remove sons from little stomac liver and bowels Mcther! You must say "California. Still, It Furnished the Place. I88VE No. 49â€"‘19. At the same time the Goshen boys launched their experiment nine boys of West Hartford entered into a simiâ€" lar venture. As some of these boys lived in suburban homes with limited facilities for keeping chickens they owned fewer hens than the Goshen boys. ‘The average total for each month was 200 hens. Although their total profits were but $784.55, their profits per bird were $3.92, but little less than that of the Goshen boys. Now the boys think they can beat their own record and both clubs plan to continue their work another year. * MOoNEY ORDERs. Send a Dominion Express Money Order. Five Dollars costs three cents. A horse when dead has by no means ceased to be useful. His hide, being extremely tough, is the best of all materials for covering baseballs. His mane and tail are incomparable stuffâ€" ing for curledâ€"hair mattresses, or may be utilized for haircloth and fishing lines. _ His bones furnish excellent buttons and from his hoofs are obâ€" tained glue, the beautiful pigment called "Prussian blue," and a particuâ€" larly fiae gardener‘s fertilizer rich in ammonia and known as "hoof meal." Sings to Her Cows. A Swiss milkmaid with a musical singing voice obtains better wages than one who cannot sing, as the cow that is soothed with a pleasing melody during milking, it is said, yields oneâ€" fifth more milk. Like carbon clogs and chokes a moâ€" tor, so the excess bile in liver, and the constipated waste in the bowels, proâ€" duce foggy brains, headache, sour, acid stomach, indigestion, sallow . skin, sleepless nights, and bad colds. -”I;ett gentleâ€", harmless "Cascarets" rid the system of the toxins, acids, gases, and poisons which are keeping you upâ€" set. Take Cascarets and enjoy the nicest, gentlest laxativeâ€"cathartic you ever experienced. Cascarets never gripe, sicken, or cause inconvenience. They work while you sleep. A box of Cascarets costs so little too. Minard‘s Liniment Cures Distemper. GET SLOAN‘S FOR YOUR PAIN RELEEF You don‘t have to rub it in to get quick, comfortâ€" ing relief C events C oe s d 4 Won‘t stain the skin, leaves no muss, wastes no time in applying, sure to give quick results A large bottle means economy. Your own or any other drupgist has it Made in Canâ€" ada. Get it toâ€"day. 35c., 70c., $1.40. Once you‘ve tried it on that stif joint, sore muscle, sciatic pain, rheuâ€" matic twinge, lame back, you‘ll find oelecdatcs l daidriss . hi AP o vpntedinnt + pur M Ar dnb cnbo a warm, soothing relief you never thought a liniment cotxlxd produce. ought a liniment could proGuce, _ Rid System of Cloggedâ€"up Waste and Poisons with **Cascarets." For Colds, Pain, Headache, Neuralâ€" g:, Toothache, Earache, and for eumatism, Lambago, Sciatica, Nouâ€" ritis, tako Aepirin marked with the name*"Bayer" or you are not taking Asvirin at all. C Aspirin is the trado mark (refistered in Canada) of Baver Manuigcture of Mone» necticacidester of Balicylicacid. While It is well known that Aspirin means Bayer manufacture, to nesist the public againgt Amitetions, the Tabicts of Bayor Compuny will be stamped with their general fygde mArK, the "Payer Crosa." irin" in ‘an unbroken "Bayer" aleo sell larger "Bayoer" packages, There is cnly one Aspirinâ€""Bayer"â€"You must say "Bayer" CARBON! Not Aspirin at All without the "Bayer Cross" Valuable Dead. Jniy "Bayer Tablets of in an un{tohn "Bayer" ONLY TABLETS MARKED "BAYER" ARE ASPIRIN NTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO & TZENTION!_â€" ALBERT pownIx Canada‘s _ most | success soloist, supplies concert talent for whe MPROVE YOUR BREAD:! wlmg a uui_oou!ul of HOâ€"MAYDE B IMPROVER to your regular baking and get a larger, ‘;nr. and eweeter loaf, which will not dry out so quickly. Perâ€" fectly wholesome. Ask your grocer, or gsend ffteen cents for a nackage Hoâ€" Mayde Products Co., Toronto. Trousers Hint. Save all the stocking tops and use them to line the knees and seats of boys‘ trousers where they are thin. Being elastic, the stocking tops adjust themselves smoothly, and yet can be stretched if necessary. CANCIIL TUMORS, LUMFPS ETC. internal and external, cured _ without nain by out home u“tmrnt. Write us before too late. Dr. Beliman Medical Co.. 1A4mited. Collingwood, Ont. Minar:‘s Liniment Cures Garget in Cows, The London buses run over a quarâ€" ter of a million miles every day. This means that every day they complete a journey as far as from the earth to the moon; and every year the journeys equal the distance to the sun. Handy tin boxes containing 12 tabâ€" lets cost but a few cents. Druggists & e smice i |070Wi:l SHILOH 30#SBSCOUGHS IRST CLASS GARAGE State experience and wages America‘s Pioncer Dog Remedics Yes, Cold All r Goneâ€"Not A"*~ i'f Feel great this morning. As soon as I felt it coming on yesterday 1 used Gray‘s Syrup and nipped it in the bud. Just couldn‘t miss an hour at thlc office, Bit of Cough: we are so busy and shortâ€"handed. Gray‘s Syrup is a habit in our family, the folks have used it for sixty years. 1 Always buy the Large Sizo 0 When 4 Dags Old. Cross and Cried. CuticuraHeals. Cuticura. It helped him, so we bought more, and he was all healed after we had used two cakes of Soap and two boxes of Ointment."" (Signed) Miss Almeda Williams, Youngs Cove, N. B., May 22, 1918. _ _ Use Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Telcum for all toilet purposes. Bros., Bothwell. Ont. rite Limited, St. Paul St., H. Clay Glover Co., ®nmc 118 West 8ist Sweet DOG DiSEASES and How to Feed Mailed Free to any Adâ€" dress by the Author. New York, U.8.A. chaves without mug. He knows all *h«