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CK no Val mgr luau-I MI.- run- In“ M( STE MEASURE. ISIS O BILL IN THE ASS n and dream AYE. " " luau. the Mad m " t0 ha ts "D " iq [IO I) but AN INFANT flfllillillllMM OTTO POEHLER. THE MARVEL or GERMAN SCIENTISTS. At I". In" at Age Io could to“ Well --Now, at In! In". Me Devon" Ilv an” and B'oeratrmter-rurmettu" About Other Fan-om Prodllln. The little German child, Otto Poehe let, who, when he was two years old, astounded people by his marvellous faculty far reading printed matter and manuscript, still continues to excite the wonder of the many 'scientists in Eu- rope who have visited him and verified tor thvmselvea the actuality of his peculiar gift. Carl Stumpt. prohssor of phisosophy at the University of Berlin and mm- bor ot the Academy of Sciences. Ber- lin. has contributed to the Revue Scien- titique, ot Paris. a very interesting paper. About the child, in which he tries to mlyze the nature of his re- markable mental endowment as the result ot . series of experiments he made with the little fellow during a number of visits. The history of the boy in very sim- I’le- He is the child of a fairly well- todo butcher in Brunswick. (iermanY. and is new four years old. it was‘ when he was Mill a mere, baby in arms that his extraordinary powers began to manifest themselves. He was but twenty-one months old, a nursing baby just beginning to speak a few words, when his mother in carrying him through the streets noticed th strange excitement. when he saw the lettered signs and printed words over shop doors and in shop is intlows. He olap- ped his baby Imam.» and tits eyes glis- toned with pleasure. When his mo- ther stopped and read them to him his delight was still greater. To her amazement he read them over after her. Passing the same shops days alter he would again read the signs and read them correctly. When he saw the same words in printed books ho read them ott gtihly and correctly. Ilis vocabulary of printed words grew with rapidity. He learned the letters of the alphabet almost intui- tively. By the time he “an twuyears told he was reading glibly from every m~w~¢paper and book that came into 'his hands. Every inscription on a ,munumen’t. he passed he read and re membered. Now at the age of four ' years he devours histories and biogra- ,pmie.s. and can tetl the dates and piaceq of birth of scores of Germany's w?rthieraml great men. .. .. ' The child has not the slightest no- tion of how to wrm-. although he reads writing and even Lad writing fluently. Fuvtlwrmore, he shows no desire to learn how to write. IHs full mental energies seem to be bent towards the ow ttring-reading. The general con- (ilHlun roached by the tscientists who huce studied him is that his marvel- lous mvmory for words and his gift for Hauling in in no sense mechanical l-ut is based upon and '3o-oprtatet' with a wlitl and very great intelligence. Otto's parents will not consent to make a show of him, although they "uld communal their own price. and ht-y are not rich enough to provide nut with a tutor. For that reason unm- of the scientists of the Continent have set. about raising a. fund to see Linn be is properly educated. (”HER FAMOUS PR0DIG' WS'. Ttw popular belief is that such in- fats promgirs as this wonderful Ger- man child geoeraily blaze with their alazziing lighk for but ashort time and tlwn go out in utter darkness. Ttwre have been. brilliant excepiions to this, however, as, for instance. Pope. Macaulay and lichen Spencer. each of “hum was an infant puvnumenon of wider and more varied reading when dry were fifteen years of age than must man afterwards noted for their 1yholarship whim they were twenty- twe. But of cuunu the boy prodigy who ovvrtsqtptrd all others. was the un- happy Chattertou. Chatterton was a treak even among ftmligies. When he was five years 0 age he was sent to a charity school. whonce, after a, year and a half of unavailing effort Lu beat something into his head, he mu gem mime as a hopeless dunes. When he mm seven he went to an- mbcr school, where the master hap- peurd to be a mutant in poetry. Chat- serum win the nnly boy in the school who npprnred to be utterly incapable of any poetic em-buwimm. Three years later he was writing poetry. and when Most of the boy prodigies who have Come. to the from of late year; have been musciarvr. Huhermann was born in Warsaw in 1883. and Mryr a. law lessons from a local teaeherywas .W‘vmm t ' In! t ati9ik 7 Few ' ' b = , " I Women 1 . , nun mm " I 7 _% TINY 000M". Ln I I In: t; mlunbla . " . Mllll , 'gt?, ",,t,uth2,e " . " I " through want-mu. I' , It , It Cr "ipttrs"rAioso ' Bi f ' Ta cu" Moat .1: “on " a' cult from mi trouble ,‘mmg 'utter untold ninth. through mum-u mul- ls: to their In. I T l S W It 0 I G. loo! " that m: n can from Ito-b "on“. cl who no". No vo- - on rank "at or m who - l placed under the tuition of Joachim: He seemed to learn both the . technique and the forms of composition by In- stinct. Joachim declared he could teach him nothing, and when Goldmark heard him play he said that hereafter he would believe in miracles. At the age of thirteen. he was one of the flute: professional players on the v10- lin the world. _ .I.ittle Josef Hofmnn was a protea- sional pianist as well as a composer wbon he was seven Yeats old. He was horn in 1877. II? was compared with Mozart, who at the age of four was a good player and at five years wag attempting eomposition. When Mon- dehshohn was twelve years old he had txmtposed five symphonies. two open: and part of a third. besides' a no“, number of fugitive pieces. When that troy Grows Tp Me Will Be Sale In Atty Inna-e l'rlmmlnnl ('OIIP'. "Yes,, Johnnie is considered 9. vi- cious boy, but he isa't respousitms tor that." "Why nut t" ' "Because he is :muliar." 'Un what wayt" "In a great many ways. One day his father told him to go to the store and come right back. Ho didn't come, and When his father baked for him he was playing hall with home boys in the back tot." , ”Indeed!" ' v , ' V it." "Not" , ' t . < T oi?," hadat't been to the store at a !" . "How btmhge!" , . t "Af another time his sister said he should not eat so many pancalrea;thatt eleven we're enough for any My" ”Well? ' "Well, he ate thirteen!" "Nol" I "Yes. Not long after this his Sun- day School teacher cautiuned him; against the sin of lying. The (next day he broke down the clothes line and fetid it was Jimmie Harrigam that did it." HOW THEY MAY BE SHRED. "I want, to know!" ' "Yes, it's a great pumfort for me ta reuwmber that if Jammie ever gets. in any trouble it will be so easy ta prove that he was 'peculiarl' " _ This is always the case when Newl- line is applied to any kind of pain; it is sure to disappear as if by magic. Stronger, more penetrating andquick- er in action than any other remedy in the world, pain cannot stay where it is used. It is just the thing to have in the house to meet a sudden attack of illness. Docld'l [lane] Pill: Act If"- the Female organ. as Well M "on the 'Ltdners-. Mn-y a Woman Sultan Needleuly. Women suffer more than men. From tho time a girll-ehild turns the corner into womanhood, she has more troubles than men ever dream of. We look upon women as weak and fragile, but: considering what they endure they are stronger far. Patrick Donahoo, the owner of "The Bowen Pilot," who has just celebrat- ed his 86th birthday, in in good health. and attends regularly to his busi- Troubled With Weakness Peculiar to their Sex. Women suffer many times more than they need to. Partly 'beceuse they don't know what ails them at first; then because they are ashamed to tell a doctor; latterly because they hate to be a continual source of expense to' their husbands. “Female Weaknesses" are what we term the diseases peculiar to this fe.. malts sex. They are often confounded with female Kidney troubles. and Kid- noy troubles are often mistnken for ol her troubles. All those delicate or- ga us are closely connected. What " fects one affects the other. _ . What cures one, cures the others, too. DODD’S KIDNEY PILLS. which are a sovereign cure for all Kidner ills, act: to regulate and control the alpine pr- guns and to relieve their difficulties. This is worth while for every woman to remember. - ___ _ - A Mrs. Lucy Crabbe, Chambers, P. o., tUry-cs:--')" years I was a. sufferer from weakness peculiar to my sex, com- bined with kidney trouble from all of which 1 was mmpletely cured by two hum of Dodd's Kidney PM?" A g. '1. A I,, II _I‘_-- an n5 Mrs. Elmenn Ady, ii'aurerton, Ont., tsays::--" For a long time I have sqffer- ed from a complication of Kidney Trouble and Female Disease and am glad to say have no pain or ache since using Dodd's Kidney Pills." DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS, cure Kid- ney Disease and Female weakness. Try Them. They are on mle at all drug- gusts. - Price 50 cents per box, 6 boxes for $2.50. pqld's Medicine Co., Ltd., To- foam, Ont Among the historic horses whose names share. the deatliless fame of their owners and riders, is Copenhagen, the gallant war steed of the Duke of Wel.. lington. He survived his master, liv- ing in great ease and comfort twenty- one years after the battle of Water.. loo, and dying at the venerable age of 33. On the grounds of the fine es- tate presented to the “Iron Duke," as a memorial of Waterloo. there are two monuments, one an imposing marble column erected in honor of the Duke; the other s simple marble stoma. shad- ed by an ancient ask. ranks the spot where Copenhagen was buried with military honors, and bears this inscripa "Here lies Copenhagen. the charge? ridden by the Duke 0 \Veilnngton the entire ltr. of the battle of l aterloo. Born, 1 , died. 1836. "'God's hummer instrument, though means: clay, _ Should share the glory of that glorious dar.' " tion : SUFFERING WOMEN: PECULIAR, NOT VICIOUS. AN HISTORIC HORSE. and that buft the worst of AS IF BY MAGIC, gm; There are very few employmentq moretrying to the health than that of a railway engineer. like hours of labor art frequeniglyjomg. mug irregylar, Ilr. Wm. Taylor. of Kellvllle, Ann-loll With Kidney 'rite-tbo-Cutter, Cure: Proud Dela“. In In. William-1‘ Pink Pills Restored um Icahn. From the, 1Grngvi11e Advertiser. " LIFE ON A RAILROAD CONDUCIVE TO DISEASE. and rent and sleep hurriedly snatched "between runs." One of the troubles which very frequently attack railway trainlway IR kidney disease, which up to a late period has been looked uron as a disease difficult, if not impossi sie, to totally cure. Although there exist numerous remedies claimed to be cures, the truth is that nothing had been found to successtull1y cope with this terrible disease until the advent of tho now world-famed Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Charming to hear one day that Mr. Wm. Taylor, a resident of this town. had been cured of kidney trouble through. the agency of Dr. William/r' Pink Pills. a. repqrter celled 1jiartTsin -di%in rhizome (a hear from him per-Wily what he thought of bis cure. Mr.. 'Ihylor is an engineer op the poptinion. Atun1io,.ytirte,r,, his huh uwuu-pxu. I-u--..._, _.., -' run being between Halifax and Kent- ville,aml he is one, of the. most popular drivers on the road. When asked by the leporter eanterning his illness he said: “It was in the spring of 1896 that I had a severe attack of kidney trouble, brought on! by continuous run- ning on tho road, and l gulppose it is caused by the oscillation! o the loco- motive. It affected me but slightly at first, but gradually grew. worse. Icone suited a. doctor and then tried two or three varieties of sur-called cures. Some ibadped me for a time, but after stop- ping tbs me of them I grew worse than ever. I had noticed numerous testimonials in the papers concerning Dr. Williamyl Pink Pills tytti,puy)..iy almuunny “IL-Avvwv The experience of years has proved that. there is absolutely no diseases due to a. vitiated condition of the hood; or shattered nerves. that Dr. Wriltams' Pink Pills will not promptly oure,a.nd those who are suffering from such troubies would avoid much misery and save money by promptly resorting to this treatment. Get the genuine Pink Pills every time and do not be persuaded to iwke an imitation or some. other remedy from a dealer, who for the sake of the extra profit to tfrmaelf, may say is “just as good." (on. Wil- linms' Pink__ Pills cure when other medicines fail, 111'. FF Illmm‘l iv.'-. ---'--'. - ,_ H of one cure that WM almost identical with my own I decided wgive them a. trial. and purchased four boxes at a cost of " But it was " Well spent tor I was completely cured by the use of the pills and have not been trou- bled with my kidneys since. I can therefore remmmen‘d them to others similarly afflicted. . L , A The king of Siam is to visit Queen Victoria next Hummer in.his 2.500-t.on steam yacAt,. M.ahay'iy,xiTi,, yhiuh was R Scriver. Carpenter. of Rustin“. was a. Great. Bunerer from Kidney Disease -souttt American Kidney Cure Effect, ed a Quick Cum, tt is a ispeqitUt Item. edy for a Bpee'sf1e Dinner It Dissolve: and Indicates All Solid Matter from the System ~19 Safe and Permanent. Formany Ptb's I have been troubled with kidney disease. necessitating the taking of much in the wuv of remediot Two years aim they became so bad that Ihad to meek the aid of a. phy.ician. My urine w'e morn in“) him] than anything else. and was very yninful. Just. a: that. time I began utrng Scum Ameri. can Kidney Cure. It gave me immediate relief. and from that timr, till nuw I have had no dH5hurlty. I can m'ciy and honealy recom- mend this great, rvmedy to all persons suffer- Ing trout kidney 1- "hm. " medical paper plaima that a den- tist's fingeys carry disease germs. tBoil your dentist. built. Dr. Charles E. Jakeway. whose pat; riotic poetry has been wide? quoted by the press and Matform to Canada for many years, is issuing a volume at his verses. The writings of this au- thor have elicited flattering tributes from high places in this country and in_Init)an.d.. - . ww. _ -. ..... The book is being published by Wil- Ham Briggs, 29-33 Richmond se. w.. Toronto: 81.00 postpaid. "Tho Lion and the Lilies, and other Poems," is the title of the volume. It will be ready .early in April, and certainly the year ot the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee is a fitting time for its appearance. , I anus urgy that a man'! Who dam about the host he or”! , Is plenty good enough lo suit This lower muntiane institute- No matter ef his daily walk " subject fer his neighbor's talk. And tfritie-miesds of ev'ry whim Jest all git. up and go ter him! Tho signs is bad when. folks commence A-tindin' fault with Providence, And bialkin'l 'cause the earth don't shake . At ev'ry pranein' step they take. No man is great tel be can see How lees than little he would be Et stripped to aglf. and stark and bare He hung his sign out anywhare. My Man is to lay aside Contentions, and be satisfied; Jest do {our beat, and praise er blame That fol ersthat, counts jest the same. I've allua potioed grate success 19 mixed with troubles, more or less. And it's the man who does the best That grits mom kicks than all the rest. The Emperor Francis Josefh ha! made the post Naurup Joka a life member of the Hunganan House of 3Lvgaates AN ENGINEERS STERY. LIKE SUFFERERS ONLY KNOW. DR. JARRWAY'lir POEMS. t'G%"ioriCsddiiarid four years A SANITARY HINT: MY PHILOSOPHY. James Whi'tcamb Riley. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO STRUCK M BY LIGHTNING Exactly describes the condition of . hard or 'soft corn to which Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor has been ap- plied. So quickly does Putnam’s Ex- tractor cure that its action seems mtg- ical. Try it. King Oscar of Sweden is an inter- ested student of mathematias. l Common; Pleas Court, No. 1, in Phil- adelphia 15 known as the "court of puny bees," because of its hard-M3014:- mg judges-Biddle, Bregy and Butler. We of“ One Hundred DOT-m and for any can» of Cart-lt [hut cannot!!! cured br Halli Cam rh Cure. t P. J. l REVEY & CO . Props, o. We the undersiscod hue "tom nF.J.‘Choney tor the 1 " 15 yours. and believe him porloot- 1 ly houonb'e in allbulinou tranrattttor" “Id 'hf,rii,',1t able to carry out my obligations-l made by: elr firm. _ gins-[bk TRUAX. Whole-do ”magma. To; o. . l “ammo. KXNNAN & Muwxx, Whole-.10 [ D: uitgisui, Toledo. Ol l). ( “mm (‘starrh Cure In taken interim l‘y, Iot- l ing directly upon the blood and Inn-‘01.“ sur- 1 f cc: d tb, syrtem. Price 'lie p tr home l Saul by all Druggiou. Toss irttottitctt free. ( Hal " Family Pills: at» the new“ l Tin... TGiirhriei0" 1b; Li/frides a Cleve; land model, No. 29, weighing 19 1-2 lba.. which he swears hr. C. S. Wells, by placing to the credit of the Maltese Cross of the Bar City Wheelmen in the Club Cup race " the recent indoor tournament held inSan Francisco has now gained the honor of being hailed as uhe "mdoor king," wtlitph_waa. formerly px_Jay Eaton. Friends ld. Francis Marphy claim that be closed his meant two-months" tem- perance camfmgn in Boston with n. record of 3,000 total abstinence -ii'ad,' Kim: GGiii of "the inost popu- lar ritietaitltsttrtxsg, ggandsj fr., pledges. J. J. Hanmtty. Inspector for the Stan- dard Life Assurance Co. at Petal-bop ough. Cured of Muscqu Rheumatism by the Great South American Rhon- matte Cure-It turns the Midnight ot Suffering into the Midday Brightneu of Good Healthdrhese are his words I was a great sufferer from muscular rheu- matism in my arm 2 so much so that tor city! at a. time I could not sleep. I walked the new no pain the greater port ot the night. I pro. cured a borne of South American Rheumatic (lure and found great relief Muir a few down. It's a. sure cure and I heartily recommend it. HIS REQUEST. Ile-that. you play The Mniden's Prayer, Miss Waback? She, with alactritrr-0h, yes! He-Well, please don‘t_._ - - --_ AN INSURANCE MAN'S STORY. CHEAP ala:llrCrSr"CxllGlElMii' . -_.i-_.B.-V 7" ..-- -_._9.e. -r.- - _-_-_ v V t apparent when in The true aristocrats among bicycles, whose tic. and dash are mos . . full motion-ladies' and gentlemen's wheels bearing Impress of the best mechanical genius oftheage. -------- -A ----" __ ----- --- So beautifully equipoised and calculated are these 1i'iieiGenye.nt..er.t? and lad_ie6' wheels) that they were awarded the only gold.' medal at thiAustrian Exhibition --the high- est grede wheels ever offered to the public at less than $100. DDLD - MEDAL - CLEVELAND SALESROOM t 169 Yonge Street P.A.CroRY t l renown-o. Toronto Junction. CATALOGUE- Agents Wanted in every Unrepresented Territory. Bows THIS , Are "fated for destruction," and the worst of it is they not only destroy themselves, but fre- quently destroy their riders. W.P.C 862 The Safest, Speediest and Most [Durable Mount in the World. 'ee " Lozier& Go. 1897. moms 27, " Mil N, Pm: moo. MODELS 22 All) 23. PRICE $75. Just mythic spawn ot the, year when so many iptemiing purchasers are look- ing around and comparing the different grade and makes o wheels a word of advice would not. be out of plans. There are many who. imagine a wheel is all righlt beans? it happens to iookt pret- tr, but vu'nisvh and charity are» synon- omous, both cover a multitude of sins, go it is a good idea to enquire and it possible inspect the facilities that the maker has at his command for the manufacture of. the wheel which he sells. Recognizing this (act H. A. Loz- in: a Co.. mtstR1fhrturers of the Cleve- land bicycle have thrown open their factory at Toronto Junction co all who we to inspect for themselvvos the manner and rare which enters intothe construction of the Cleveland bicycle Ind a hegrty invitation is extended to Sin Francisco seems to be the na- tural home of dyspepsia. Physicians there any that text out of twelve of the inhabitants suffer: from indigestion. The only typlap.ation suggested is the [not that the climate allows fruit and vegetnbim to he had Mmost the year around, so that there is not the en- forced (image of diet that residents of other regions have. all intending. visitors to Toronto to call on H. A. Lyzier. & Co., Yonge M., where they will be given the grivilege of in- specting the factory. T 9 visitors nnd delegates at the annual meeting of the C. W. A. are specially invited. Adan" Inf-vet . - Ono but“. . oioohllonn I You! - Ono WIT» on. 'a2. sum . - - '0 noun I. Groom of Tum . . One but our 0. Lukaworm Wo'or . . Two anon Dino!" the lug-or. cram at tartar and you in the your odd me enact. and bottle : plan. in o warm Kim for twenty-four hours and It termenu. t en p ya on ice. whnn it will open spot-Hing, cool IBM! delicious. The giant boa can no chained In on drug and [weary stout In " cont bottlee to moko two canon; San Francisco seems 1 BE WMuir-. BUY A “an Ginger a... 3 WORDS. STRENGTH $5333: J. D. KING 00. ltd., RECIPE. All: for this Boot. Buy thin Boot. Bo Oomtoruhlo. You will b. Platoon. i rod tuxitru, "mug. light and osAtrto v.00. Hannah. I. fucks, lo “Illa. The Patent Sleeper Insole m For Weak and Inflamed Eyes, or Chronic Granulation of the Lids, Ulceration of the Glands, RUNNING qualities Are preeminent in the high ( grade " SUN." You need not be afraid to have it gamed high. The bearings are perfect. G. T. Pendrith & 00., 73-8I Adelaide St. W. A NEVER FAILING REMEDY It I. not tho commit~ boot; it is have alrcndx. within gout reach. Maud with t o SLEEPER ltr EOLE and titted with Cork throughout: this menu dry Item and solid comfort. I n in I bicycle is the leading char- acteristic of the " SUN." Ex. perience has shown that the $6 Sun " excels in strength. is the word to describe the Iymmetry of form and the artistic finish of the "Sun" There is no more beautiful wheel. A 8100 WHEEL son as. m, had four flat',' grinder. our” our street septa ay, ot' you didn't have none, and the boy with the fru- zlod wane“. That's " right, related the boy with the rinks but. We had a and dog, an' you didn't. po. In one [names I mtetvagmrgt an evowed rceptic to All nmndiel ot In o.mtt" powers; 0 moaned A bottle and It. in been ot such teeiotit to him In tt he continue-m march“. and use", and hr proved ite fut worth an 'otmmuthortrtervirtrx It as done wol- don for no and I has: it constantly in my house. An command mum us menu» In And keeps me well sud 'ttOM. " In wonderful meiicine. no uu-m of the Gran South Anon. out Nurvlno Withstand all ttto As. can!“ or the OMulom as Scanned r-WW", they are popy mm use In thou- Pox-aunt! Minut- uhoy in com. It. but "iqgu1-eo. a nover ml. them. Mn uinwoodlo of Cumpbt “ford. Out. In": I recummond South America Norvino u IVcrybody. l rounder“, would In trunut h the 1tma Interest. at hgrmutitr wqxe I not to dig Slrljlllhi" [undid lament. and good solid work have glued on "tlt08tN-Mhtrmed um Yugo Sun " the top. it In: more “when nor. Itualrml. 5nd I. "ta ma), mun yuan; men Ga [omen into trmot'tttq thar my other Una-dun Buunm School. Get panic. tam Emu; “no. Writ. W. H. SHAW. Principal tratiiriiGGieTifii' Womb; Gt 'mo Art Don't. be without. it. Auras-I. Tomato Cums. School. 11: You“ St. Ceylon Tea, JI',, 'ilt,t'lteltf. hl_hrWTB0RHooD ammusms A feature which in so cuemial "tM-tund {moire-In mun. run pun. l only! of Mo 1.111,}er York. (funnel! CONVINCED THE SCEPTIC. 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