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y 1914, to go to the Front. Every day for eight years, despite the weather, a woman has sat at the Auberville Gate of Paris, waiting for he. Ausband, who left her in m-] A weight dropped in the shaft of a deep mine will not fall straight, but to the east, experiments have proved. Fremch Birth Rate Low. he anxiety of the French public over the constantly decreasing birth rate was intensified by the publication f the latest statistics of the ten largest French cities showing that the birth rate had dropped off another ten per cent. in a single year. When I consider what some books have done for the world, and what eÂ¥ are doing; how they keep up our ‘pe;: uwake new courage and faith; soothe pain; give ideal life to those whose homes are cold and hard; bind together distant ages and foreign lanâ€" guages; create new works of beauty, bring down truths from beaven.â€"I give thanks for this gift, and pray God we may all use it aright and abuse it never.â€"James Freeman Clarke. ' He e omm mneaend Balfour as Leader of the Unionist ty in the House. le is a big business man and carâ€" _ the tactics of business into his tical career rather than the tactics : professional politician. In debate O us have a particular interest in the er, also, for during the period when father, then Baron Stanley of Presg. was Governorâ€"General of Canada d Derby acted as his aideâ€"deâ€"camp Wia w a ¢ Brunswick, where his father was ergy man. He has been an outâ€" ding figure in British politics for decades. He was first elected to House of Commons in 1900 and 11 s later he was chosen to succeed Canadian Heads Imperial GOVemment. s uep ppeoal. re the war Mr. Bonar Law was ‘ Joseph Chamberlain‘s lieutenâ€" i the tariff reform crusade. He 1 opportunity to‘ become Prime er in 1916, but preferred to be A ant of Lloyd George. He beâ€" The ocean traveller, who, in midâ€"Atâ€" lartic, sees from the side of his liner : bottle, apparently the helpless sport of the waves, should look at it with yes of respect. It is probably one of iany lonely voyagers whose mission it is to chart the oceans of the earth, â€" Bottles in bundreds &#re at nraca.. ie political situation in Great Briâ€" holds more than usual interest for idians just now, as a Canadian, * Hon. Bonar Law, has been asked orm a new Government and beâ€" : Prime Minister. Before this of events materialized â€" political ulation in London vied for choice een Bonar Law and Lord Derby ext Government Leader. Canaâ€" s bave a particular interest in the . tISO. HOF WRDHEWer Whew oo cler ce wwuar Law has always been or his firm stand on any quesâ€" took up. He was a determined 1t of the Irish Republican it and crossed swords withl ‘eorge on the latter‘s propooal| ne trade relations with Soviet In his own business he was : ly successful as an iron merâ€"| CGlasgow, and it was for Blackâ€" vision of that city that he was ~ted to the Commons. I cked up by some passin ) float astore on some 1 Norway, Denmark, or ast of Shetland. Insidegeach is a card, ‘quest to the finder to !« of the place and dat ) to the Fisheries Depar "tish Ministry of Agrier * experts know how I hat direction the bottle d the specd and direc Can CUITEeRt that anweis K H fhk spent two and obbing steadily ; ( four and a talf this bottle was compared with c from a steamer 1 4,000 knots in keeping up an » °n cvd, renderIng valuable Service he scientists who study ocean tides, ny of them, we are told, are liber. _ from lightships, to wander, it be, many months before they are Fad wm Iwr sueme sn l ue I " aff sha ".30.. _ eC t9 BOst nartiey of the place and date of picking o the Fisheries Department of the ish Ministry of Agriculture, Thus experts know how lorg and in ‘ direction the bottle has floated, the speced and direction â€"of the n current that carried it is thus ‘tained and placed on record, illar bottles are charting the curâ€" of the Baltic and the Atlantic Pacific Oceans, and from their is the currents of these seag are ; traced on the worliÂ¥#‘ts _..__ d for considerably : they have come t« s, one bottle was c ays (more than six it had been flung i id during this peric 4,700 knots, much f the distance ramn 1 the tremendous responsiâ€" f war Budgets which were the billions. In addition he Government Leader in the e fulfflled the arduous duties ce until 1921, when he was o retire on acount of his "" "~C naitlt and the Atlantic icific Oceans, and from â€"their the currents of these seag are raced on the world‘s maps, ese vagrant bottles could but what strange tales they could their long wanderings over the tâ€"e waters, for not a few have for considerably over &A vamw Charted With Bottles. birttn db cA M : c from lightships, to wander )e, many months before they i up by some passing trawler Books. led on logical, builhus' aw was oya tGeorge. He beâ€"| of the Exchequer and | tremendous responsiâ€"| Budgets which werel ~"CTaDiy over a year come to land again, e was only recovered us utd man sixteen month;; flung into the Atlanâ€" is period it had jourâ€" the surface of born in 1858 in some remote beach card, containing vlage speed of land miles) a more than a & at it with ibly one of se mission the earth, at present the wila Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia ........ New Brunswick .... NMtanitobrs ........... Ontarie ...%......... Saskatchewan ...... thertis .2 ccllee.0r. It is interesting to note the distriâ€" bution of this traffic in the provinces of the Dominion. The very latest figures supplied by the Federal Deâ€" partment of Health, giving the numâ€" bers for Federal convictions for the year ending 31st March, 1922, are as follows : liner C mmmmmmeng Dr. J. G. Shearer, Secretary S Addiction to the use of habitâ€"forming drugs such as opium, morphine and â€"] cocaine has assumed such large pro | portions and been so difficult to supâ€" | press and makes such terrible havoc, physical, mental and moral of its enâ€" slaved victims as to cause grave conâ€" cern to leaders alike in Church and State. Parliament is always unanimâ€" ous in making the Opium and Narcotic Drugs Act more stringent and effectâ€" ive. The only question raised by memâ€" bers in Commons or Senate is how best to accomplish the end sought. The present Premier, Right Ifon. W. L. MacKenzie King, then Minister of Labor, introduced the Act in 1911. It has been strengthened since under the Right Honorables Sir Robert Borden and Arthur Meighen, and last session under the Hon. H. S. Beland, Minister of Health. The penalty was raised to seven years. Whipping was added' where drugs are supplied to juvoniles.‘ and unnaturalized alions convicted of | offences were ordered deported after" serving sentence. . Or the You can get these p medicine dealer or by a box or six boxes for Dr. Williams* Medicine Ont. ung y . ___" tC pain had dlsébpâ€"eared. and I have since enjoyed the best of health, thanks to Dr. Williamsg‘ Pink Pilis," ; _ ___T6°CC LHAt neural. ® °* Is due to boverty of the bloodâ€" R that the nerves â€" are actually being _ | starved. | 1; is further agreed that if | the blood is purified ang enriched the | trouble will disappear, It is for this ; reason that Dr, Williams* Pink Pills have been so successful in treating | neuralgia, They onrich the blood | which feeds the starved, aching nerves and thys bring relief to the sufferer, whose genera; kealth is also improved, Proof of the value of these pills in Cases of this king is «‘ven by Mrs. M. Brown, R.R. No 1, Warsaw, Ont., who s2y8: "I have taker. Dr, Williams‘ Pink Pills and can recommend them as beâ€" ing the best medicine I know of for neuralgia, Two years ago I had an atâ€" tack of this trouble 1,. the neck and; shoulder, The repeated attacks cf the; P&in were of such frightful lntensity; that my life was almost unbearable, ll consulted two doctors and took their|. medicine, but without reliof. 1 baq|. faken Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills years | 480, when they helped me wonderfully, ,’ 1 and I decideq to try them again. Beâ€"| { fore 1 had taken more than a halr[\ dozen boxes the Piin had Mlasnmecct s f. unA tou Ei sArinadcd ie 15255 [aous _ ** well i is character Acute Pains, sometimes stea others SDasmodic and darting whatever course it takes the f Agonizing and almost unbe Medica; authorities agree that Ei2 is due to poverty of the 1 that the nerves â€" are actually starved. 1; is further agreed â€" tB¢ binsas 1. ~ A generous sample tin of Instant Postum sent, postpaid, for 4¢ in stampse. Canadian Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., 45 Front Street, E., Toronto Faetore : zq; _ °_ ‘C On€ of the most painful Maladies that afflicts humanity, The trouble jg usualiy seated in the face or head, tol]owing the course of some Derve, but it attacks other parts of the body as wayn 1. * °4 Ne‘"‘a]‘ia is one loutdies that af tmllhle 18 mam c 1e Instant Postum rormacm This Painfu] Trouble is Due to Poverty of the Blood. PANGS OF NEURALCTA| The Traffic in Habitâ€"Forming Drugs _\ _ _Â¥ Purified anq e will d!sappear. & that Dr. William been Sty annewl 3 _"a. chearer, Secretary Social Service Council of Canada o the use of habitâ€"forming uebec ............. 287 as opium, morphine and British Columbia ... 315 assumed such large pro-‘ _â€"â€"â€" ~ been so difficult to BUPâ€" | _ Pajar a%e W P " Medicine Co Start TODAY. You‘ll find the flavor and aroma both delight ful and satisfying. * Sold by grocers everywhere! It is easy to snap the bonds and feel the surge of rich, red blooi through your veins and arteries. Thousands of sufferers from th= effects of caffeine have found quick and permanent relief in Instart Postumâ€"the healthful ceres! beverage made from roasted wheat. EVERY man or woman who has come to depend upon the morning cup of tea or coffee is a slave to the use of Caffein«. Caffeine, the irritant in tea and coffee, often robs the system «f the joy of livingâ€"the priceless blessing of bounding, spontanec: :. natural health. Chin Potal ese e pills through any by mail at 50 cents for $5.00 from The 14 16 66 88 101 charabterig;& by » Brockville it the pain is unbearable. steady, at Non Chin ese 15 14 the Western Pro Chinese, the co tlonately much | same wan‘s ' It is sometimes argued by thosa opâ€" posed to prohibition of the traffic in | intoxicants that it results in lncrecsed‘ addiction to the use of drugs. These official figures effectively knock the, props from under this contention. The two provinces not under px'ohlbltlonll show 552 convictions out of §45 for alt | [(‘unada. If the Chinese are left nut;’ the fAigures are 119 in these two proâ€"| vinces out of 211 in ail Canada. I do not argue that prokibition les-} sens the use of drugs but that it cerâ€" tainly does not increase it. Bri(ishl Columbia‘s quota of 15, omitting the| Chinese, which are more numemus,‘ there than in any other part of Canaâ€"| dt, is Not SDHOWNIAIE r Mawers iscc o. But _ The first fact that stares one in the ’tace is the tremendous proportion of Chinese in this summary of effenders â€"684 out of $45. The new law attachâ€" ing deportation as a penalty will probâ€" ably in a few year; materially alter these figures. It is likely that many, perhaps most of the Chinese offenders, are not Canadian citizens and are therefore subject to deportation when convicted. These must either mond‘ their ways or leave Canada. ‘ We have arranged these figures in ascending scale. Girls with blue eyes and fair hair invariably look best in blue, while greeny tinted eyes naturally suggest the russet tints of autumn. ‘ io ds tee nc fflaca ic o tP _of wood. It takes more wood, used in | more ways, to feed, clothe, and house | the city dweller than those who live | where the food and the lumber come | from. For after the raw material isl produced it must be shipped, manuâ€" / factured, and distributed, and zll these | are impossible without wood. | â€" If you stop to think of it, you will realize that the city man and woman are far more concerned with what hapâ€" pens to t‘e forest than the farmer or the mountaineer. It will be the city people, not those who sive under the shadow of the trees, whose standard of living will first suffer from the lack Total €, which are more numerous han in any other part of Canaâ€" 0t abnormall ; large, being the is Manitoba‘s â€"and Saskatcheâ€" But it is singular that in all stern Provinces, leaving out the M aos Importance . ;f 7W€6d: convictions are i larger than in "‘There‘s a Reason" 845 that in all ing out the re _ proporâ€" in Ontario 634 133 300 211 104 15 netse s l oug o0 sn oolr (uHINCSG _ OFr 14 !without them, out of a population of | not much less than 3,000,000. | _ This can hardly be explained by the cosmopolitan character of Montreal‘s lpopulatlon. Winnipeg, Vancouver and other cities are quite as cosmopolitan lin proportion to population as Montâ€" |real. And there is no finer type of: ,popular.ion anywhere than the people‘ | of Montreal in general. i _ Montreal has had for many years an | abnormally large and (at least negaâ€"| tively) tolerated colony of crimlnal.j that is, commercialized social vice, as | the reports of the Montreal Committee | of Sixteen conclusively show. I _ stamps. Write: Factory: Windsor, Ontario WiWiinpnomtemmessa ) |and the Maritime Provinces. Maniâ€" ~| toba, Saskatchewan and British Coâ€" |lumbia have 15 each and Alberta 42; Ontario 14, with a population of hailf |a million more than the four comâ€" bined. : j The case of Quebec is also not easily |explained. _ Two hundred and thirty seven, including Chinese, or 104 not including them, is abnormal. This is certainly not to be charged up to theli French Canadians. Out of the 237 in ’that province only 21 are outside IMontreal in an almost solid French lpopulatlon, and of these 21 only 11 are ’non-(‘hinese. This :s highly creditâ€" |able to Quebec outside Montreal.l Montreal itself is the most perplexing. The Health Department‘s more com-' plete report gives Montreal 216, inâ€" cluding Chinese, or 93 without them in & population of perhaps 750,000, Comâ€" pare this with the fAgures for the whole of the Maritime Provinces, 25 ; including Chinese, or 6 without them,| out of a population of 1,000,000. 0r,1 compare it again with Ontario con-’l victionsâ€"66 including Chinese or 14 f without them, out of aA populaticn of| not much less than 3.000 n0n | & A cunning man is seldom wise never honest. en ne e y en mote healthful sleep and make teethâ€" Ing easy, Concerning them Ms. Omer LeBleu, Maddington Falls, Que., writes:â€""I am â€" well satisfied with Baby‘s Own Tablets and will always use them for my little ones." _ The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville,“ Ont. ' No medicine receives such great | praise from thankful mothers as do \ Baby‘s Own Tablets. Once a mother ;has used them for her little ones she : will use nothing else. The Tablets arey a mild but thorough laxative. They regulate the bowels and stomach ;. drive out constipation and indigestion ; ‘ relieve colds and simple fevers; proâ€" namnkk L C osia mss P WORDS OF PRAISE FOR _ BABY‘$ OWX TABLETS A BAD MASTER," â€"â€"British and Colonial Press °Ns Chinese, or 104 not m, is abnormal. This is to be charged up to the Te As cosmopolitan population as Montâ€" is no finer type of ere than the people ARIO ARCHIVEsS TORONTO "I‘m improving in drawing, mother."‘ said the little girl. "Are you, dear? That‘s good." 1 ‘"Yes. I drawed a cake on my slate and brother guessed it was an oyster.’ He knew it was somethin‘ to eat, anyâ€" > way, didn‘t he?" | "How del‘ghtful to see you here!" she exclaimed. "Everybody wants to bhear you sing badiy." But Melba shook her head. "Then I‘m afraid they won‘t," she sald, "because, you see, I can‘t." le’ A Forest of Quinine. The cinchona forest in Java covers n | about 25.060 acrec. The larger part of ;, the world‘s supply of qauinine comes 1,| from that country. Melba, the famous singer, has a very pretty wit. One rather likes this story which has just been told of her. Not long ago, she turned up unexpectedly at a charity cafeâ€"chantant in London. and put everybody in a flutter. It was too good an opportunity to be missed, and the organizer of the charity rushâ€" ed to Melba with outstretched hands. and "Well," said Mr. Birrell, seriously, "I took all the poor beggar had. You don‘t consider that unprofessional, do you ?" "Don‘t you know." sala"tâ€"he !»:'llml'g1 lawyer, "that it is unprofessional to | take less than gold?" | _ Took All the Poor Beggar Had. _ Augustine Birre!l, in his early days at the bar, often had many poor clients. On one occasion the defendâ€" ant was so poor that Birrell offered to handle his case for nothing. Birrell won the case, and the grateful client sent him fifteen shillings. In order not to hurt the man‘s feelings, Mr. Birâ€" rell accepted the fee, but a fellow lawâ€" yer reproached him for doing so. Minard‘s Liniment for Distemper MonEy OoRrpErs. When ordering goods by mail send a Dominion Express Money Order. They had a lovely silver service on the table, and, as we sat down, my | small son, who had never seen one beâ€"| fore, called to me "O, Mother, we're! going to eat tin plates. Isn‘t that | jolly? Just like being at a picnic." | â€" Wide of the Mark. Last week we were invited friend‘s home for dinner. trom a sour, acid stomach ends. Corâ€" rect your stomach and digestion for a few cents. Each package guaranteed by druggist. of "Pape‘s Dlabepsin’; your indigestion is gone! HMeavy pain, heartburn, fiatuâ€" lence, gases, palpitation, or any misery se 1 oT d C B esy P Stories of Famous -People. It was good, it was kind, in the Wise One above _ To fling Destiny‘s veil o‘er the face of our years, So we see not the blow that shall strike at our love, And expect not the beam that shall dry up our tears, Though the cloud may be dark, there is sunshine beyond it; ' Though the night may be long, yet: the morning is near; Though the vale may be deep, there is music around it, And hope ‘mid our sorrow, bright hope is near. As soon as you eat ‘Tis well that the future is hid from our sight, That we walk in the sunshine, nor dream of a cloud; We cherish a flower, think not of the blight And dream of the loom that may weave us a shroud. [ Nervousness and a run down, tiredâ€" out: feeling are but symptoms of a hidden eceause, which usually lies in the stomach. Tanlac enables you to digest your food properly, eliminate waste and regain your old time strength and vigor. Get a bottle toâ€" day at any good druggist. Advt. Instantly! End ln&estion or Stomach Misery with "Pape‘s Diapepsin" "Stomach trouble had me in a genâ€" eral runâ€"down conditicn. I was badly constipated, had headaches and dizzy spells and felt worn out all the time. My wife received such splendid results from Tanlac that I took it myself.. Now, my troubles are things of thel‘ past and I‘m a well man once more." IF STOMACH IS TROUBLING YOU ’ Thousands of people needlessly enâ€" dure a halfsick, nervous, runâ€"down condition when ther might enjoy sturdy, robust health and all its maniâ€" fold blessings if they only knew what to do. People in this condition find. Tanlac soon ends their trouble and builds up abundant strength, energy and vitality. John Abern, of 1 Boultâ€" bee Ave., Toronto, Ont., says: Melba‘s Little Vanity IS8SUE No. 43â€"‘*22, He Nearly Quessed. Says It Made A New Person Of Him The Future. a table: or two to a 25¢. Ointment 25 and 50c. Talcam ’?l::vuzhggg_tt.lc_l‘)gx_niqion., Canadi throu mio., io wey, 42 800 90¢. Taleam 25¢. Sold ’throughoul the Dominion. Canadian [Hx:t; Lymans, Limited, 344 St. Paul St., W., Montreal, g‘Cuficurn Soap shaves without mug. (ettewrtmned se pecmenneacwess 1222 64 WR 1P TT * HHELRIN Cuticura Talcum is ideal powdering and perfuming. (Ucura A Health Saving CCCAE TEEL NEZ LARK » | â€" Don‘t wait until you get sickâ€"USE J _ Millions of mothers keep "California Fig Syrup" handy. They know a teaâ€" spoonful today saves a sick child toâ€" morrow. Ask your druggist for genuâ€" ine "California Fig Syrup" which has directions for babies and children of all ages printed on bottle Mother! You must say "California" or you may get an imitation fig syrup. taste of "California Fig Syrup." If the little tongue is coated, or if your child is listless, cross, feverish, full of cold, or has colic, give a teaspoonful to cleanse the liver and bowels. In a few hours you can see for yourself how thoroughly it works all the conâ€" stipation poison, sour bile and waste out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again. Clears the Pores Of Impurities 2 Colds Headache Rheuma Toothache Neuralgia Neuritis Earache Lumbago Pain, P3 Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tabletsâ€"Also bottles of 24 and 100 s ie it h on 1 oo miiey o Reeeeeets Aspirin is the trade mark (re,istered in Canada) of Hayer Menufacture of Moneâ€" aceticacidester of Salleyvitcactd, While it is weil knowr .oat Aspirin meaus Bayer manufacture, to segist the pubMic against tmitations, the Tablets * Rayer Compa; y will be stamped with thoir geperai trade mark, the "Beyer U~>," Accept only an "unbroken package" of "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin," which contains directions and dose worked out hy physicians during 22 years and proved safe by millinns far UNLESS you see the name "Bayer" on tablets, you are not getting Aspirin at all Open Child‘s Bowels with "California Fig Syrup" dles." The term "cock and buil story" orâ€" iginated from a seventeenthâ€"century phrase, "Cocks and bulls and futes and fiddles, idle tales and foolish ridâ€" Ask for Minard‘s and take no other. India Has Highest Dam. India is to have the world‘s highest dam across a river gorge 395 feet deep and more than 1,000 feet wide. Aspirin "Cock and Bull Story." MOTHER! is ideal for years and proved safe by millions for Headache Rheumatism Neuralgia Neuritis Lumbago Pain, Pain _ Read How Lydia E. Pinkâ€" ham‘s Vegetable Compound a Helped Mrs. Beecroft For nearly fifty jears women have been telling how Lyiia E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Compound has restored their health when suffering with female Ilis. ‘This accounts for the enormous demand for it from coast to coast. If you are troubled with any allâ€" ment peculiar to women why don‘t you try Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegoâ€" table Compound* It has helpeg ©thers, let It help you. Hamilton, Ontario â€""I have sufâ€" fered for three years from a female trouble and consequent weakness, pain and irregularity which kept me #n bed four or five days each month. I nearly went crazy with pains in my back, and for about a week at a time XÂ¥ could not do my work. J saw Lydia F. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Compound @dvertised in the ‘Hamilton Spectaâ€" tor‘ and I took It. Now I have no pain and am quite regular unless J overwork or stay on my feet from early morning until late at night. I keep house and do all my own work without any trouble. 1 have recomâ€" mended the Vegetable Compound to several friends."â€"Mes, Eximy Brgâ€" CBOFT, 16 . Douglas St.. Hami)ton, Ontario. NEARLY CRAZY â€" WITH PAINS IN BACK To clean out your bowels without cramping or overacting, take Cascaâ€" rets. Bick headache, biliousness, gases, indigestion, sour, upset stomach and all such distress gone by morning. Nicest physic or earth for grownâ€"up and children. 10c a box. Taste like candy. A man can be a pe.;‘imistwh.nln can‘t be anything else. l’ ELTING OF aALL KIXDS, NXEW or used, ulleys, saws, cable, hose, etc., -hlpwfluhjec( to approval at dowâ€" est prices in Canada. York Belting Co., 115 York St.. ‘Toronto. TORQNTO SALT woRrke C. J. CLIFF » ToronTo -“I-!o‘l-“ COARSE SALT LAND SALT BELTINC FOR SALE ""Cascarets" 10c For Sluggish Liver or Constipated Bowels â€"Druawists