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tim, Preachers are never popular aboard ahip. According to saflor superstition they bring bad *nd‘, "Mere, Annie, here‘s something for your birthday," announced an old Bcotchkman, handing his servant a cheque for five dollars, but with the signature line blank. "Keep it, an‘ on your next birthday TlH #ign it." "Ohâ€"â€"I see what‘s happened," he exâ€" claimed, balfâ€"apologetically. "I sup pose, sir, youâ€"you were under the imâ€" pression that this house was to let? We ouly moved in yesterday." Mrs. Joseph Conrad, widow of the worldâ€"famous nevelist who died reâ€" cently, describes an amusing incident which occurred one time when she and her husband were striving to get a house. Hearing from an agent of a likely residence, they made their plans to rush off and see it as soon as posâ€" sible, and did not even notify the family in ocoupation that they were coming They reached the house soon after breakfast, and, as Mr. Conrad was being shown into the sittingâ€"room, he remarked pleasantly "We should like to see the bedâ€" rooms first." This remark astonished both the maid and her mistress, but a young man, descending the stairs, provided the solution. 1 The huimble manâ€"inâ€"thestreot imagâ€" ines that all famous folk have easy times, but he is wrong. The great bave to face continual problems, as do the small, and often they are the same problems. ‘When the crier had sold all the comeliest, he would put up the one who was least beautiful, or crippled, and would offer her to whomsoever would take her to wife for the loast sum, till she fall to him who promised to accept least. The money came from the sale of the comely damsels, and so they paid the dowry ‘of the 1!1â€" favored and the cripples." Though the ladies were classified Into two groups, the men evidently considered themselves all of a kindâ€" and that the best. Truly, women never bad any monopoly in vanity. Then," sald Lady Buckmaster, "a crier would stand up and offer them for sale one by one, first the fatrest of all, and then, when she had fetohed a great price, he put up the next come Wives for Sale. Whatever grievances wives suffer nowadays, they have advanced conâ€" siderably since the days of Babylonia. The other day, Lady Buckmaster, wife of the former Lord Chancellor, quoted a pathetically humorous account of the manner in which the Babylonian girle were put up to auction. Once & year all the marriageable girlsâ€"both bout!â€" ful and uglyâ€"were gathered together _1 know very well it‘s | telling me. But me p you see, would have fetch you, because she to die a natural death The docter was roused late one evening by a peasant who lived in a village fifteen miles off. The doctor bad no car, and it was a cold, incleâ€" | ment night, so he asked the peasant for a few particulars The peasant sald he wanted the doctor to come and see his mother. t Clemenceau Poses for Preachers Unpopular at Gea. TD Patrick," said the doctor, "you her is a very old woman." ! know that, doctor," he admitted She‘s over eighty, Patrick." She‘s all that, doctor." And nothing that I could do won! Te n pt ve retired here in quietness. You 1 itâ€"off with von itrick selling all the maidans as lawtul STOR:*>s OF WEL KNOWN PEOPLE H garde A Wee Bit Tightness sta & an their prospective male pur A t m a cup of commar tried XI Begbie‘s Latest. od Begble story. Or, more #speaking, a story told to him d on by him, of an Irish doeâ€" he met on his tour in Ireâ€" Wasted Labor ge in ng that I could do would htest use to her." doctor," replied the man. well it‘s the truth you‘re But me poor mother, do is. You come here lndi At with you!" I maii id have me come and iuse she does not want of his little oneâ€"story eet from the tidewaters ¢ near Sables d‘Olonne, ed recently by a motion tor who had come "to | for posterity of the last the life of the savior of the camera man illâ€"adâ€" igitated, strenuous life mself served the camâ€" hot coffee. Then sudâ€" ided, in a voice which to make gruff: "All »usy. But, mind you, i‘t waste any time." 1 it. vears ears of. my ilfe!" exâ€" eau. ‘"To hear you iink I had both feet Come back in ten er Premier Clemen cre ger‘ mood from little oneâ€"story the cold wind it search of peace tf Camera Man. hing sight of ‘allen appearâ€" in, anyway: your It is said that the great Napoleon met with his first defeat through his love of mutton, losing the battle of Leilpsic through a fit of indigestion caused by a surfeit of a succulent joint of lamb. Orlgin of Bankrupt. In the old days the money exâ€" changers in Italy counted their money on a table known as a "banco." If one of these men were unable to pay up his table was smashed and he was spoken of as "banco rotto," from which our word "bankrupt" comes | Opponents of the Royal .\lmtaryi College and similar training uamps‘ | forget the main thing in such disclp-[ line, which is that it teaches a youth | to react immediately, without debate.' to a command. Elbert Hubbard in his | |little magazine ladied out a deal ol, | mush, but he did hammer bhome a good; | idea when he wrote that famous creed; called "A Message to Garcia." That | | word was carried by a soldier who lknew that the message _ was much | _ more important than the messenger.' Bo it is always. An institution is blg-l ilcr than any man that serves it. The‘ minute the man thinks himself larger than his employment his usefulnenx ie impaitred or extinguished. "He being willing to justify himâ€" self." It is one of the commonest of human failings to stand explaining ourselves and declaiming against the great injustice done us when we ought to be moving on to set mind and band to the next task. It is the work that matters, not the talk. The ultrasensiâ€" tive person is the bane of any enterâ€" priseâ€"housshold or publicâ€"that has to get done no matter whose feelings are burt. All the taik that eddies about a deed is transient; the product of men‘s toil outlives the frantic voices of how they feit about it. Gréat commanders in the constructive works of peace are best servedâ€"not for themselves but for the end in viewâ€"by those who keep to themeelves trivial objections they might raise and put through the undertaking in silence and obedience. What most exasperates the overâ€" driven teacher in a school? The fiip impertinence of the boy or girl whose saucy tongue is nimbler than the brain. tired business man tired? Having to listen to the bucks passed and the alibls offered by men who blundered or sidestepped and who refused to acâ€" cept squarely the blame for what they did uesd | Back talk is the bane of business.i No one wants a lot of glib extenua-i ttions and excuses. What makes the with Shippors‘ Guide, eta, etc. 78th Annual lssue Now Ready Containing Customs and Excise Tariff, Legal Directory of Canada, Complete lists of Banks and Trust Companies in Canada, D!mm Post Offices and Raillroad 8 Canadian Almanae 1925 [A Critical Period When Dr. Wilâ€" |\_ liams‘ Pink Pills Are a Real | Blessing. ! At special periods a woman needs a | medicine to regulate her blood supply, or her life will be a round of pain and ésun‘erlng. It is at such times that Dr. | Williams‘ Pink Pills are worth their i weight in gold, for they make the new | rich blood that banishes the symptoms ;or distress that only women know. The better blood that comes with the use of these pills strengthens every vital organ â€" and brings â€" womanly ihealth and happiness. This is fully Iproved by the case of Mrs. G. Witâ€" Some persons think that a military school for boys means an enormous mischief to their minds, as if it enâ€" couraged them to think only of trench mortars, bombs, poison gas and other devices for killing and maiming humanity. These pills are sold by medicine dealers or will be sent by mail at 50¢ a box by writing the Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockvillie, Ont. The better blood that comes with the use of these pills strengthens every vital organ and brings â€" womanly bealth and happiness. This is fully proved by the case of Mrs. G. Witâ€" thubu, Arcola, Sask., who says:â€""I am one of the many for whom Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills have done wonâ€" ders. About three years ago I was so weak that I could not do my hous&l work, or even go about without feel-l ing utterly worn out. The doctor sugâ€" gested that an operation was the only{ thing that would help me, but this 1| refused to undergo, and I returned home almost in despair. My troublel was all due to the lingering change of life. At this stage I read an advert!se-' ment of Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills and decided to try them. By the time l[ had used six boxes there was no doubt ; they were just what I needed, and | under their continued use for some! time my health was fully restored, and ; since that time I have been in the best; of health. I am writing this letter in | the hope that it may induce some| ather suffering woman to use Dr. Wilâ€"! Aams‘ Pink Pills and regain her:| tealth." I wWOMAN‘S HEALTH WHEN FORTYâ€"FIVE COPP CLARK CO, LIMITED YToRronTo Loved Mutton Too Wel! Back Talk. «+ or : There is one remarkable case on reâ€" i cord of a tree that determinedly killed another tree. A clergyman had a pine tree and an orange tree in his garden. One spring he noticed that the orange tree was drooping, and on digging . down he saw that the roots of the pine, | which stood at some distance, had | twisted round the roots of the orange | tree and were strangling it to death. g The offending roots were untwisted | and cut away, and the drooping plant revived. But eventually the orange | tree died. Then on digging down at a lgreater depth, it was found that the pine had attacked the orange root lowâ€" | er down and accomplished its murderâ€" ’ ous purpose. s There are 25,000 miles of concrete road in the United States. California has 3,328 miles, the largest mileage of aby state in the union. * Allâ€"metal seaplaues with masts and sails to fly are possibilities of the near future, according to Dr. Wilhelm Rohrâ€" bach, who lectured recently before the Royal Society of Arts in London. He emphasized the safety and utility of seaplanes carrying sails, and said this fact might open a new era for naval seaplanes, as it meant they could sail to sea without using gasoline. For First Aidâ€"Minard‘s Liniment Flowers, like human beings, have pronounced likes and dislikes. Put & rose and a piece of mignonette toâ€" gether in a vase. Within half an hour each will make a perfume "gas attack" upon the other, In the battle of odors both flowers will lose their freshness and scent. Separate them, however, and each will revive at once. This instrument proved that plants die much as we doâ€"some peacefully, others in violent death throes. The passionâ€"flower resists death fiercely, and at the end its tendrils curl spasâ€" modically. The marigold makes a sudâ€" den up and down movement. The daisy folds up its petals peacefully. It has been generally thought that flowers die gradually. This has been disproved, however, by means of a delicate instrument, the monograph, which, when attached to a dying plant, records and magnifies all its moveâ€" ments. Almost incredible is the claim of a | famous scientist who holds that flowâ€"| ers are affected by gentleness and harshness. He placed two plants in | pots side by side and watered both; with equal care He abused and bulâ€"| lied one plant, and praised and petted ; the other. The abused plant quickly | withered and died, but the petted j plant bloomed wonderfully. | These "fingers" insert themselves into tiny cracks or they twine round twigs; and as soon as their hold is asâ€" sured the fingers swell out, wedging themselves inio the cracks or stiffenâ€" ing themselves round the twigs until they have secured a support for the long runner. The Virginia creeper could not live in the tangle of vagetation where it first springs up and starts growing, so it climbs up to get a full. supply of light and air vital to its life. And it climbs almost like a man. It pulls itâ€" self up supporting itself by tendrils which serve as so many fingers. There‘s a lot of "human nature" in| . A ©abtain of industry, noted for his plant life. You cannot bhold a sensi.| IDsistence upon absolute accuracy in tive flower that withers at your slignt. the reports his employees prepared est touch without thinking that plants f0" him, was nervously pacing the feel pain. The ingenious devices !Prary floor of his home. Suddenly adopted by flowers and plants to enâ€"| the door opened and a trained nurse able them to survive suggest an intel.| t sDotless white appeared. ligence of some kind. | "Everything is all right, Mr. Smith," Plants and trees themselves form|8h° announced. "You are the father heat. _ A cabbage covers its leaves | Of & bouncing boy." with a fine coating of whitish wax to | With a sigh of relief that are strain prevent its moisture being drawn up WA4S Over, the proud father sank into by the sun. Some trees also spread | * c‘hair. The nurse went out. their stems with wax to save the| Some time later she returned. "I water they contain. | was mistaken," she declared; "you are who walked from Bath to Croydon Aerodrome in order to fly to Paris is to visit the battlefields and again return to England by air. Unole Sam‘s Concrete Roads. Be Kind to Your Flowers. Seaplanes May Use Sails Old soldiers never die," says the 81â€"yearâ€"old veteran, Francis E. W Bearchlights are being used in Gerâ€" many and South Poland to save the forests from swarms of caterpillars, the larvae of a species of moth. When the lights were set up at night in the woods, millions of the insects, attractâ€" ed by the powerful rays, were creâ€" mated when they flew into the incanâ€" descent carbons of the arc lamps, which were not sheltered by globes. The invisible ear drum invented by A. 0. Leonard, which is a miniature megaphone, fitting inside the ear enâ€" tirely out of sight, is restoring the hearing of hundreds of people in New York city. Mr. Leonard invented this drum to relieve himself of deafness and head noises, and it does this so successfully that no one could tell he is a deaf man. It is effective when deafness is caused by catarrh or by perforated or wholly destroyed natural drums. _A request for information to A. O, Leonard, Suite 437, 70 Fifth avenue, New York city, will be given a prompt reply. advt Mr. Smith rose to his feet and fixed her with a steely glare. "Young woâ€" man," said he sternly, "you go back to your department and stay there until you have the figures absolutely correct and are able to mak> a complete stateâ€" ment." Some time later she returned. "I was mistaken," she declared; "you are the father of fine twin boys." â€" Heâ€""Ha! Popâ€"eyed." She-“They say I have -eyes like GUSTAVE TOTT, Manager Ritzâ€"Carliton Hotel &&""s.C8 Perfect Cuisine and America‘s _ Smartest Resort Hotel. Famous for its Euroâ€" pean Atmosphere. New Hydriatie and Electro â€" Therapeutic Department. Bingle rooms from $5.00 Double rooms from $8.00 His Hearing Restored. Sea Correct Total Required. ights Save Forests. <I0O ARCHIVE TOROoNTO He Winterâ€"with its extreme changes of temperatureâ€"one day warm and | bright, the next cold and stormy, is |‘ decidedly dangerous to the health of ‘little ones. The mother is afraid to | take the children out for the fresh air ‘and exercise they need so much. The children are cooped up in overâ€"heated, badly ventilated rooms and in conseâ€" quence many of them are seized with colds or grippe. What is needed to keep the little ones well is Baby‘s Own Tablets. They are a sure regulator of |the stomach and bowels and in this |way drive out constipation and indiâ€" gestion and break up colds or grippe. By their use baby will be alded over ,the winter season with perfect safety. ‘ The Tablets are sold by medicine dealâ€" ‘ers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockâ€" | ville, Ont. Vigornians and Others. The people of certain cities in Engâ€" land have curious names to describe themselves. _ Sometimes the name would not in the least suggest to a stranger the city to which it refers. For example a native of Worcester is & Vigornian, and a native of Barnâ€" staple is a Barumite. The people of Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow are described respectively as Manâ€" cunians, Liverpudlians and Glaswegâ€" fans. The nativas of Plymouth hesiâ€" tate between Plymouthians and Plyâ€" mouthonians. For Every I!!iâ€"Mrnard‘s Liniment. Among the many curious and interâ€" esting objects exhibited at the British Empire Exposition last summer was a remarkable cluster of pearls in the shape of a perfect cross. The cluster contains nine pearls; except for polishâ€" ing and setting they are just as they were taken from a single oysicr in Western Australla in 1874. The clusâ€" ter, which is appropriately called the Southern Cross, is one and a hailf inches long, and the owner values it at fifty thousand dollars. The safe way to send money by mail is by Dominion Express Money Order. ' Occasionally the story is true and one can only lament the greed and ‘hardness of heart that would take adâ€" ;vanmge of a child in its helplessness ‘and weakness. One of the distressing features of child protection work is the occasional 1!lâ€"treatment of a boy or girl in a fosâ€" ter home, when all the reports seemed | to indicate a pleasant and satisfactory |condition. _ Sometimes these stories, | when reported in the newspapers are | greatly exaggerated and injure the | work of homeâ€"finding. The boy anâ€" | xious to get away from the tedium of {the farm, or in justification of his | wrong conduct, tells a highly colored | tale of his hardships, and although the fstory often proves to be overdrawn ‘the harm done by the publicity can ‘never be overtaken. 1 A DAXGERGUS SEASON FOR THE LITTLE ONES Let us not forget that there is far more goodness in the world than gets into print. Not a day goes by that the Society does not receive many proofs of this.â€"J. J. Kelso. Homeâ€"finding calls for faithful and efficient service. It is a work that reâ€" quires constant watchfulness and freâ€" quent personal visiting, but the ocâ€" casional failures should not blind us to the fact that so many excellent homes are offered these children, and so many young people receive kind treatâ€" ment and a fair opportunity to grow up happily and worthily. Foster parâ€" ents deserve at least this word of apâ€" preciation. Ancart & Also bottles of 24 and 100â€"Druggists. Aspirin is the trade mark (registered in Canada) of Bayer Mannfacture <of Mononcetieâ€" acidester of Salicylicacid (Acetyl Salicylic Acid, "A. 8. A."). While it is well known that Aspirin means Bayer manufacture, to assist the public against imitations, the Tablets of Bayer Company will be stamped with their general trade mark, the "Bayer Croms." Proved saf. Neuritis _ Rheumatism W Accept only "Bayer" package which contains proven directions. Huulio "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablets. Also bottles of 24 and 100â€"Drupgists. Aspit For Colds Toothache Pain Treatment of Children. The Southern Cross. by millions and prescribed by physicians for Lumbago Rheumatism Neuralgia Headache ; For instance, one of the English | girls who form the famous Oakworth team of typists says that if you would be a superâ€"typist you must live prinâ€" | cipally on fish and eggs, and take | plenty of outdoor exercise. You must ; |also type the alphabet backwards and | | forwards 500,000 times. | Arthur Lancaster, who, among other startling feats, has buffeted a punchâ€" ing ball for twentyâ€"eight hours, beâ€" Meves in beefsteak, sardines and eggs; while Holbein, the great swimâ€" mer, eats less vegetables and more meat when in training, and neither drinks nor smokes. Our Opinion. There are always two opinions on any subjectâ€"our own and the wrong Dorando, the famous Marathon runâ€" ner, drinks red wine and eats macarâ€" on!, a diet which would stagger any Canadian athlete. What troubled him most @uring his training in Englend was that the macaroni was not the true Italian brand. Colonel H. Deane, famous for his clubswinging exploits, eats hardâ€"boilâ€" ed eggs and buns and drinks milk. He once swung clubs for twentyâ€"four hours, making 150,000 .revolutions in all. Garnier, the man who plays the piano for many bours, keeps himself going on eggs, the white meat of chicken, kola and occasionally a glass of champagne. Bancia, his ItaHan rival, takes only liquid food during his long periods of playing J But training, like everything else, is becoming specialized, and while the general rules for getting fAit remain the same, we find that diet varies acâ€" cording to the sort of exercise or ocâ€" cupation in which the individual hopes to excel. Most of us know something of the methods in use to get our bodies fit for hard exercise, and we read of the ways in which famous boxers, runâ€" ners and footballers diet and train. RHEUMATISM LUMBAGO, 8ClaATICA, Don‘t suffer when this wonderful tried and >roven remedy gives permanent rellef, . Nothing else like itâ€"â€"a powder absorbed by the feet direetly into the system. Guaranteed. If not procurable at your druggist, will be delivered at your door any place in Canada on receipt of post card. Price, $2.00. ‘Trial «ive, 50 cents. CHAS. W. TEETZEL CO., Dept, j. \ When Typists Must Dict. TEA is good ted .:;:V cts ‘,: Eoget s z:'u R A o S -‘« $ Ee 8 W +&~ {l C ® -‘A P zl %p t n f &‘ A s ACZ L i â€"â€" o SPIRIT OF IRON A tea your grocer recommends is us:ially good tea Permanently Reileves most grocers recommend it * TORONTO | Medicine in t:rn with the Vegetable | Compount, «xd I certainly recommend | th;se medic,'idmbse‘ti:h tn{ one who ilunot enjoying go« . 1 am quite willi :for you to use these facts as a :..'1 mom:al.""â€"Mrs. J. Snepurro, 180 Joe, Jenisse Avenue, Ford, Ontario. Nervousross, irritability, painful | times, runâ€"down feelings and 1â€"«akness i are symptoms to be noted. Women | sufferhmg from these troubles, which Ford, Ontario.â€"*"I had & nervous breakâ€"down, as it is called, with severe ains in my back and legs, and with | fiinting speils which left me very weak. | I was nervous and could not gleep nor ‘ eat as I should and spent much time ‘in bed. I was in this state, more or | less, for over two yearse before Lydia | . }‘inkhu:'n' Vegeub‘l’e Compound was rocommended to me by m % Refore 1 had taken five !om% | sitting up in bed, and when the first bottle was taken 1 was out of bed and able to wall around the house. Duri | my sickness I had been obliged to 3'3 gome one to look after my home for but thanks to the wuble Ccmpo:a I am now able to after it myself, | I have taken Lydia E. Pinkham‘s glool tbe{-o\;fun have, should give Lydia . Pinkham‘s Vegetable (,‘om?rmnd a fair trial. All druggists sell thi»> medicine. Pains in Back and Legs Reâ€" lieved by Lydia E. 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Propns Mess Fres by Mati Address Canadian "1 began using Cuticura Soap and Oiniment and they @aforded relief, and after using one cake of Cuâ€" ticura Soap and one box of Cuticure Oimmemg was healed." (Signed) Miss Harriet Gusdorf, 617 §. Eim St., Spokene, Waesh., June 4, 1923. Cuticura Soap daily, with Cuticura Ointment occasionally, prevents pimples or other eruptions. . ‘They are pleasing to use, «8 is also Cutiâ€" cura Talcum, an excelivnt deodorant. **My trouble began with pimyles on my face, neck and chest. The pimples were bard, large and red and festered and itched very budly, especially at night. The irritation caused me to scratch and the scratching caused eruptions. â€" The trouble lasted @bout six months. We are interested in obtaining Vegetable Compound On Face, Neck and Chest. Were Hard, Large and Red. Lasted Six Months. CUTICURA HEALS ITCHY PIMPLES 2 ies usls EC ECAE ce Re. Ointment M and We. 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