motor vehicles ad States durâ€" jeet, published ireau", a finanâ€" out the followâ€" New Family in ne â€" Per Autos rall 13@ iir 8 per 1% French Raze "Houses That Kill." ‘Houses that kill" are slowly being demolished in Paris, but there remain reveral score buildings where there are "\undreds of bedrooms without ventilaiion or sunlight. _ Grouped wlong the .anciex? "Street â€"of the Overs" are tenements that.soon are to be torn down. 7 efor Sofla eut t wou Sofiaâ€"â€"Unusually extreme* cold weather has frozen the lower Danube between Rumania and Bulgaria, to the great consternation of the cusâ€" toms authorities, who are unable to prevent thousands of people from erossing the river in both directions. Both nations gre anxious, because ley take the matter of passports and duties seriqusly as well asâ€" suspectâ€" in@ each other‘s subject@, of revoluâ€" tionary activities white on foreign Boil, and they are rushing reinforceâ€" ments to the rverside. The authorities at Roustchuk reâ€" port that recently more than 3,000 tumanians crossed from Giugiu withâ€" ut formality, of whom only a small iumber could be traced and held. Both the Rumanians and Bulâ€" rarlans are attempting to blow up he ice pack, but it is twenty to orty feet thick and is resisting their Horts. Troops have been sent from lofla to aid the customs officers. Thromngs Cross Danube on.Ice, With Customs Guards Helpless "On three sides of a ‘clothes chest‘ and under the offerings piled against It, we found human bodies, not propâ€" erly laid out for burial, but huddled wp as if death had overtaken them suddenly. _ The body at the chest seemed to be that of a person of some standing, for â€" around its forehead was a frontlet of beads of gold and lapis and two lengths of gold chain, while gold earrings were on the ears, Perhaps the keeper of the 'll’d?‘“‘ ecarried on his duties to another Bodies Are Huddled Up "The whole group remtinded one of the description that Herodotus gives of the funeral of a Scythian King, a)â€" though whether here the animals and the men hbad been impalsd as in Seythia or merely killed and permitâ€" ted to lie in their places there was no evidence to show. "The chariot had been drawn by two asses, and at the head of each wes lay the groom, as if still holding the reins, while a third grgom lay by the side. [ The grave was found after an area of some forty by secenteen feet had been wuncovered. The first object to come to attention was the harp, decoâ€" rated with gold, lapis lazuli shells and plaques engraved with mythoâ€" logica, scenes. Of the next discovâ€" vry, the chariot, Mr. Woolley wrote: "We had never hoped to recover from the saltladen soil of Iraq the design of things so perishable as these. Now, for the first time, we can realize the extraordinary richness of the furnitw;e which a Sumerian King might possess in the middle of the fourth millenium before Christ. ago and how contemporar dIrector. sciewtifically more important and inâ€" trinsically much more interesting and ane wich throws a new and grim light «in royal burial customs in Mescpotamia 6,000 years ago. The body of the King himself was not discovered, probably having been »tolen by tomb robbers not very long after the burial, But there was eviâ€" dence in plenty not only that this is truly a royal tomb but that when the King of Ur passed to his ancestors te took with him to the shades not only his war chariot and the asses which had drawn it, his gaming board and dice, but also his grooms, his servitors, hs musicians and hig wives. What t‘> investigators found was mumimied relics of a massacre. * ' A similar custom prevailed in the: earliest days of Egypt, but that lt; was followed in Mesopotamia was unâ€" | known until the spade brought to‘ l‘ght this tomb "with ‘old-bodec&di women of the bharem laid out in orâ€" | dered rows spart from musicians undi servants at their task, and men on ruard," to auote the report of the dl.-, coverers. "It has supplied definite} n‘ormation absolutely new to science | ind affords material for theories still more Tarâ€"reacting." Works of Art f *A mugnificertly decorted chariot H ind barp, gold anmdâ€"silver vessels, an | xqutisite tcilet set and various other reasures ylelded ‘by the grave serve ] o WNlustraic the extraordimary degreo A matorial civiltzation which Mesopo-’. amia enjoyedâ€" more than 5,000 years | go and how far it was in advance of! ontemporary Egypt, according to the f Ur i) Wives and Servitors Had Been Killed to Accompany the Monarch in Death Firsi Hint of the Custom «it ve Discoveries in Tomb Chaldean Civilization © perior to Egyptian in 3,500 BXLC. h Found in His Grave Londonâ€"The recent. amnmowncement the discovery of the grave of a ing w Ur by the joint expeditton the British Museum and the Uniâ€" rsity of Pennsylvania was followed coutly ‘by news of a discovery Trees" e ! ioh * tha ~ t as io. ‘ng‘s Retainers â€" WOEX Wl IRE WFIK | Poor (?) Indizns _ Many people, two hours after eating, suffer indigestion @s they call it. It is usually excess acid. Correct it with ar alkali. The best way, the quick, harmless and efficient way, is Philkps‘ Milk of Magnesia, It has remained for 50 years the standard with physiâ€" cians. One spoonful in water neutralâ€" izes. many times its volume in stomâ€" ach acids, andâ€"at onee. The sympâ€" toms dfsappear in five minutes. J. K. GUILD Co., Dept. 22, Rupert, Vt., U.%.A. Distr. for Can.: Lyman‘s Ltd. 344 St. Paul St. W., Montreal Use Dr. Guild‘s Green Mountain Asithma _ Compound. _ Originatedâ€" by Dr. J. H. Guilld, specialist in respirâ€" atory affections. _ Quickly relleves the distressing torments that cause suffering and loss of sleep. Two sizes, $1.50 and 35¢c. Also cigarettes (box of 24, 60c), at your druggist or _ sent direct postpaid for cash. FREE TRIAL box (6 cigarettes) with authoritative treatise on causes and treatment sent on request. ASTHMA The gas meter was automatic. One day something woent wroug. "I don‘t \know what‘s wrong with that meter," | said mother, "but its costing twice as much Jately." 1 trow." said Iitte Peter; "it‘s sufferimg from gasâ€"trick trowble." P en anal e M 32700 Te No: ALASKAN BLUES ANXD SILVERSâ€" Choice stock ramched with 100 per cent. animal increase fer 19%7. April pups for fall delivery now reserved at 25 per cent. lower price than later. Breeder~«gents. Special oppotunity. Free Bookw@t / and Bank References o to try this medicine, and I have much ‘reason to be grateful that I followed ’her advice. After the use of a few |boxes of the pills, there could be no doubt that they were helping me, and (as I continued their use my health \and setrength came back and now I ‘ari doing all my own work and feeling in the best of health. For this splenâ€" did condition I must give my thanks to Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills." a box from The Dr. Wiliiams‘ ï¬Ã©dl: cine Co., Brockville, Ont. The pills are sold by all druggists, or you can get them by mail at 50e and weak. The least work about the house would leave me helplessly tired and nothing that I did scemed to give relief. Believing that u rest might do me good, we moved to town, but, conâ€" trary to expectations, instead of getâ€" ting better 1 was growing steadily weaker. One day while talking to a neighbor, she urged my taking Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills, telling moe that her daughter had beon in a condition much like mine. This persuaded me uco to b! Â¥ie En waman aa_, OS laxing stens to n@dinst their standâ€" S‘u&: ;oot:;:s;::{ hh;, V-porfnnt ne(;d ard of lving to their reduced trcomes, tain a supply of ric " ol We w Bich cxceeded $15,000 snnvally for Ing Dr. Wikimey pouy C icue ty ®e5 on sividuat iribeemens .during the" lst H':a‘ar‘ WiWiams® Pink Pilis. The new s:wnl‘y;ars‘ S * P;lrflds up ::g s:i:e‘:ï¬e:g?{;:.??x Tt-c first !;tep of Atbe Government in backaches disapperr, (’f’prg:y Pethris *nis diroction was to limit to $2,000 and the foy of living is felt omce riore. t"® 1200rY list price of the new autoâ€" Procf of these statements is given mobiles which tho".ndk‘z,ns ky pPuIâ€" by Nirs. Ed. Lanore, Stomey Point, ©B2S% Thus "poverty" afects a Ont., who says:â€""Por a long time 1 DTOU4 rate which traveled fromâ€"coast had ‘been in a very miscrable condi iD ©OaSt in expensive limousines. tion, always feeling tired out, sleep Almost $240,000,8600 in cll and gas and weak â€" Tha lafï¬' hy hdznider: .‘.}.' lon«oe and vravaltine hava IHnom nalid ta inere are many women who pass their days in a constant state of wearâ€" iness. _ They have barely sufficient enorsy to enable them to perform their manifold duties. Often they have an aching head, a miserable pain in the back, ard limbs that fee!l as heary as tead. The wholo trouble is deo to bloodlessness. No woman need suffer in this way. It is casy to obâ€" tain a supply of rich red blocd by takâ€" ing Dr. Wiliams Pink Pilis. The new blood «reated by these pilis rapidly uflls u8 Tho SUCKRIL TE Iuinlts ats on fore‘s in production means greater proâ€" fits, Cut production costs by using the fertilizer that givesâ€" Gain New Vitality by Building O Rovalties or Osaces Are Up the Blood. Baginnins to Dscline ECONOM Y There are CLEARY BROS. POX FPARMS plre Bidg. Seattle, Wask. DOUBLE WORTH FOF * M lr due }9_A“d gasesâ€"nauSstA peidip mwoigesri0n AaciD s1omACH we ARTBURM @Pau ME CCCR wEADACHE eâ€"405 FOXES D. W. GUNN 200 VINE ST., Successfully Relieved 1 Ton DW 8168 = 2 Tons 4â€"8â€"4. Write for information fooMe® ACID TORONTO be nol The trial was the outcome of a e, andi-pmmlse made by Premier Mussolini health | to free the country from the shadow now I|of the Mafia. Under the Premicr‘s eeling ' orders Perfect Mori began to bring in SDlenâ€" / the brigands. : Be sure to get the genuine Phillips‘ Milk of Magnesia prescribed by physiâ€" cians for 50 years in correcting excess acids. Each bottle contains full direcâ€" tionsâ€"any drugstore. _ ... You will never use crude méthods when you know this better method. And you will never suffer from excess acid when you prove out this easy reâ€" lief. Please do thatâ€"for your own sakeâ€"now. P ' A mutual friend told an amusing story concerning Sir James Barrie, \whose shyness is well known. At a recent society function the famous novelist took into dinner a pretty but nervous young woman. For fully five minutes neither spoke. Then, over ithe fish course, Barrie broke the silâ€" ence. "Have you ever been to |Egypt?" The young lady was too startled to answer immediately. It [wu necessary for her to collect berâ€" self. _ Then, while waiting for the ientree, she turned to him, "No," she answered in nervous tones. _ Barrie made no comment. _ They went on with dinner, At the end of the course, curiosity overcoming her awe, she turned to bim again. "Have you?" A faraway expression came into Barrie‘s great, deep eyes. _ "No," he replied. Ater that they both lapsed into silence once more! | Some fo the accused denied their â€"_crimes blandly; cthers were arrogant. iOne told that he had inherited the: | worldly goods that he was accused of|‘ ‘i'slc-almg from kis uncle. Those in the . |court room who knew his uncle‘s past| fsmiled. for this was the nephew of Gaetano Ferrarello, whom police purâ€" sued for thirtyâ€"threc years and finally captured. » ’ , Many witmesses appeared to tell of | stolen cattle, extortion, blackmail and ’kldnappmg. It took the jury three days to reach a verdict on al of the accused. | Ween the wverdict was read, the public prosecutor asked the Court to impose these penalties: hard labor for life for seven, thirty years‘ imâ€" prisonment for eight and imprisonâ€" ment from five to twentyâ€"five years for the others cinvicted. They were lodged in the gloomy looking jail at Termini Imerese, guarded by a squzrd of soldiers with out and cabinieri within. The bandits enjoyed no love notes, no anonyâ€" mous gifts, no ardent requests for interviews or photographs. They had met the crowning blow of their adâ€" venturous careerâ€"arrest. Sixty lawâ€" vers defended them in vain. Mafa Scourge Ended, Rtelian Officials Say Rome â€"Government officials are «wonfident that a death blow had been dealt to the notorious Mafiza, scourge of Sicily for a generation. After a trial at Termini Imereso, Sicily, which lasted for three months, 147 memâ€" bers of the band were convicted of, various crimes ranging from lurceny{ to murder. Seven were acquitted, Almost $240,000,8600 in ol and gas leases and royalties have been paid to the Osages in soven years. The ol weallh of the tribe is ginnitsg to dociine and the Feile Governmenrt, grordion of the Osar is taking stens to niiust their sta ard of lving to their reduced trcom which exceeded $15,060 snnvualiy Pawkuska, Okia. â€" Comparativ poveriy brs coms to to Osasa dians, for the last quarteriy d‘str tion*of ofl rovaities rave each m ber of the tribe only $1.429. Sqwoe AUMY â€" Comparative‘ly The King of Painâ€"M)nard‘s Liniment The Husbandâ€""You misjudge me, dear. Lying is not one of my failâ€" ings." His Wifeâ€""No, it certainly isn‘t." Two Irishmen were watching a golf match. ‘"There‘s no difference I can see between that and work," said one. ‘"No difference, is it?" said the other. "It‘s the difference you‘d be seeing on pay day." | Earl of Reading is _the only man living who, in the course of a long and varied car&r, has served in such widely divergent capacities or Lord Chief Justice of England, Viceâ€"roy of India, and an ordinary sailor before the mast. He was engaged in this latter occupation many years ago, when as a youth) he ran away to sea. But that the memory of those early days still lingers in shown by an inâ€" cident during a voyage out to Indh.l One day a lady passenges, noticing him gazing intently over the railings on the promenade deck at some men‘ at work for‘ard, inquired why he was "&o interested in the: deckâ€"bands." "Why, madam?" replied Lord Readâ€" ing, "Because I used to be one myâ€" gelt." Naturalists have long been pussled as to how the partridge made the peculiar drumming sound and the probable reason for it, said Harrison F. Lew!s, Chief Federal migratory bird officer for Ontario and Quebec, This question has now been solved by means of closeâ€"up moving pictures which show that the bird makes the noise of moving its wings rapidly through the air to attract its mate. be et Among the first hundred thore was no 13, No. 12B being substituted. Of the twentyâ€"five who died not all were killed in airplane accidents. Some were killed in the war and others, like Wright, died from liness, Huâ€" bert Latham was killed by a lion in Africa. Bleriot received the first one and Glenn Curtiss the second. _ Wilbur Wright got No. 15. Henry Farman himself was No. 5 and Maurice Farâ€" man, who still files three or four times a week, was No. 6. These figures have been recalied in connection with the twentieth anntâ€" versary of the first thousandâ€"meter flight over a circular course made by Henry Farman on Jan. 13, 1908. k was in 1909 that the first pilots‘ 11â€" censes were issued. Seven Licensed in 1909 Still Fly in France Parisâ€"Of the first 101 men to qual!â€" fy as airplane pilots and receive licenses from the French Aero Club there are seventyâ€"six still alive and seven are still flying. Thirteen of the others are still directly interestâ€" ed in airplane manufacture, but fiftyâ€" six have abandoned aviation. Baby‘s Own Tablets are sold by all medicine dealers or will be mailed upon receipt of price, 25 cents per box, by the Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. { A medicine for the baby or growing ’cmld-â€"om that the mother can feel assured is absoolutely safe as well as | eficientâ€"is found in Baby‘s Own Tabâ€" lets. The Tablets are praised by thousands of mothers throughout the | country. These mothers have found |by actual experience that there is no }other medicine for little ones to equal them. Once a mother has used them for her children she will use nothing 'else. Concerning them Mrs. Charles Hutt, Tancock Island, N.S., writes: ‘I have ten children, the baby being just six months old. I have used Baby‘s Own Tablets for them for the past 20 years and can truthfully say that I know of no better medicine tor; little ones. I always keep a box of| the Tablets in the house and would ; advise all other mothers to do so." | NO BETTER MEDICINE %«~ FOR LITTLE ONES .# Is What Thousands of Mothers Say of Baby‘s Own Tablets. Beginning end of December and running until the third week of M:;(;h and featuring the Eastern International Dogâ€"sled Derby, the Quebe(l: o Y Winter sports is a magnet that brings the tourists from near and far, Ilus ‘ra tion shows Governor A. Harry Moore, of New Jersey, and Mrs. Moore, taking a bobâ€"siled run down the Dufferin Terrace just outside the Chateau Frontenac whero they stayed over the New Year‘s holiday with a distinguished party from that State. How Its Done * Qushes Sports Fletcher‘s Castoria is purely vegeâ€" table, so you may give it freely, at first sign of colic; or constipation; or diarrhea. Or those many times when you just don‘t know what is the matâ€" ter. For real sickness, call the doctor, always. At other times, a few drops of Fletcher‘s Castoria. â€"The doctor often tells you to do just that; and always says Fletcher‘s. Other preparations may be just as pure, just as free from dangerous drugs, but why experiment? Besides, the book on care and feeding of babies that comes with Fletcher‘s Catstoria is worth its weight in gold! l _ If you don‘t know the answer, you haven‘t discovered pure, harmless Castoria. It is sweet to the taste, and sweet in the little stomach. And its gentle influenceâ€"seems felt all through the tiny system. Not even a distasteâ€" ful dose of castor oil does #go much Why do so. many, many babies of toâ€" day escape all the little fretful spelis and fnfantile ailments that used to worry mothers through the day, and keep them uphalf the night? Children Cry for With airplanes making the trip from New York to Cuba an eight bour ride, "way down* south" no longer seems appropriate. Next to cancer conceit is the hard est disease to cure. "Are you guilty or not guilty?" "I don‘t quite see," said the prisoner sadly, "why I should express an opinion and try to interfere with the jury‘s guessing contest." _ [\ Paderewski, the famous pianist, was clatting with a wellâ€"known polo player and an excellent musician durâ€" ing his recent visit to Sydney. "The difference between us isn‘t so very great, after all," he remarked, ‘"You are a dear soul who plays polo, while I am ap oor Pole who plays solo." _ Parisâ€"Following the example of members of practically all other proâ€" fessions, trades and callings, the radio artists of France bhave formed themâ€" selves into a union for the protection and promotion of their interests. The ! president of the organization is ‘Maurice Landau, and its treasurer is Julien de Vellac. _ It is said that virâ€" tually "all the professional radio artists of France bave adhered to it. Canada is the chief tale producer within the British Empire. Talc, land talcose rocks popularly called soapâ€" stone, are found in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia. Empire‘s Chief Tale Froducer g raction . cho t': fls A I ISSUE No: 4â€"28 i0 Artists of France Unite For Protection ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO MhmMM(WhM)lnflummhdsm. V to well known that Aspirin means Bayer manuf nture, to assure the public inst tions, the Tablets will be stamped with pooir _. wer Oboss" trademack, " "** _ Canadian feldspar enjoys a wellâ€" merited reputation in the ceramic inâ€" dustries, being of high grade and of uniform potash content, analysesâ€" of samples from a number of quarries showing a potash content of about 12 per cent. The whole world knows Aspirin as an effective antidote for pain. But it‘s just as important to know that there is only one amu'u Aspirin. The name Bayer is on every tablet, and on the x.~ If the name Bayer appears, it‘s genuine; and if it doesn‘t, it is not! Headaches are dispelled by Xspirin. So are colds, and the pain that goes with them ; even neuralgia, neuvritis, and rheumaâ€" tism promptly relieved. Get ‘.'Asp:r‘;n.:f.x:' :::;l ':Jxa'u;:t‘: ;cl IS::: l‘h proven directions. * * Physicians prescribe Aspirin; . _ it does NOT affect the heart lted,Navajo, Scoutand Missionary. Fred Harvey diningâ€"car and dinâ€" Woanrvlcueudaemdmi in the transportation world. Enjoy outâ€"ofâ€"doors this winter!â€" take your family. California hotel myn:rmoonynble. m.n-‘eun. l..: May I send you our picture folders? T7 I l 1 Len ASPIRIN High Qua!i_ty of Our Feldspar ‘ # *# Aviation and Forest Profection _ Classified Advertisements The growing , importance of the ADIES WANTEDâ€"TO Do PLAIN part being played by aviation in forest IA and light sewing at home. whole or protection against fire in Canada is 3?:&',,,.'&":},.3::‘,."?1’ .‘:'o.;k.;m; “f'.'; shown by the large part of the total particulars, National Mmuflu Co, fying time devoted to forest patrols. M-â€"__-â€"_._.__m""""" In 1926 the total flying time of Royal PoJLTBY Canadian Air Force craft devoted to JAIREE â€"A NEW hooKk or roorTrr civil operations was 2,278 hours of l‘ Lessons. 1. R. Guild & Sons, Box which 1,132 bours were required for T Rockwood, Ont. the work of the Forest Service, Deâ€" ; ='°=':'==E__ partment of the Interior. en mdns mmemmomo s commmmnmmennenssneaes l2 Minard‘s Liniment for rheumatism No extra fare on the four other daily trains: The California Limâ€" the finest and ?;;e;t-.c:f d;; Santa Fe California trains. RED ROSE The Chiefâ€"extra fareâ€"is ’ J I,. peramm« . 4 mmenapersmms4 'i 4 ‘NAR Qfl?‘ &‘ C "m OF PANY You really enter sunny Caliâ€" fornia the moment you step aboard oneofthe five famous Sn_'ntn Fe crossâ€"continent s '; Hendry, Gen. Agent, Santa Fe Il{. 4 eportation Bldg., Detroit, Mich. ~___ PFhoBe; Randolph €7148 TEA this winter The Orange Pekoe is The Chief TWO business days inclu aTn‘E something extraâ€"a special tea In clean, bright Aluminum : is good tea‘ ‘Jompound to women, and especially to expectant mothers, as 1 believe they need help at these times."â€" Mrs. Oraven .\&uun, 24 Harvey 8t , Chatham, Ontagio, % o ‘ could cry from morning tillnigtbt, I had another baby just one year and a old and it gave me a lot to do. _ So I thou@ht 1 would try Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Compound, as I had read so much @bout it in the little books. I found a difference right away us my head was relieved and my tired feelings gone. My sister had been doing my washing and she eontinued doing it, as she said it might set me back if 1 started to do it again. lt sure did help me and I had taken just two bottles when my baby came. He is a fine big boy, now nearly five months old. 1 am taking your medicime again and I am able to do my work all by myself now, I always recommend the Vegetable Compound to women, and especialiy M ARRY â€"JOIN CANADIAN cor. a RESPONDENCE CLUB. â€" Address Box 1788, Calgary, Alberta. (Q‘crnntnd. _ Charles Ogg, Dublin Swreet, uelph, Ontario, LOYER _ HONEY $1%5; . BUCKâ€" WHEAT and clover, mostlÂ¥ clover, $5.76 for sixty pounds. _ Satisfaction l ADIES WANTEDâ€"TO Do PLAIN 4 and light sewing at home. whole or ;?u‘ro 'l.neh Good Dl.I Wodrk sent u’ny slance, charges paid. Be stamp for ;-’nrnvul?rl. Nationa} llc-u&etufln. Co, ontreal. Chatham, Ontario. â€"*‘I want to telI you how much good your medicine Read Mrs. Menard‘s Letter. Her Experience May Help EXPECTANT MOTHERS has done me. Beâ€" fore my baby came I felt so weak and runâ€" down that J could hardly do my work. _ My head ached continualiy and I was so disâ€" raged that I ar t