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If Where is there a boy who does not delight to test the thinnest ice and to splash in the water which re sults from the spring thaws ! There will be more coughs and colds among children during the next New weeks than at any other season of the year as a result of wet. feet and exposure to cold and dampness. Children Especially are Exposed to Great Danger From the Cause. indebtedness to him for the blessings of the eye. If you are not, then read that. wonderful story written by the most famous of livingr English authors. The book opens with a de« scription of a noted war artist who is growing blind. Frenziedly he Works at his last canvas, then the dark cloud of total obscuration falls upon him. His friends leave him one by one for the Egyptian war. He sits in his room alone, an object of pity, until at’last, crazed by horror, he starts for the front and is there mercifully shot by an Arab’s bullet. Sight! Oh. yes, with every glorious sunrise, with every architecture oil frost upon Window pane, with every masterpiece of autumn foliage, with every Walk over country hill or through city street, we are all ready to say: “Thank God for two eyes! i 'I‘hanl}, God for the windows of the‘ soul!" ‘ .h: A despatch' from Los Angeles, Cal., Hays: Rev. Frank De Witt 'I'ulniage “reached from the following text: Solomon's Song ii., 12, “The time of the singing of the birds is come." “Do you know what makes the show-banks disappear in the spring- time?" asked a man of poetic temp- erament. “Why, yes," I answered. “It is due to the heat of the sun being so much stronger now than it is in January. It is due to the fact that, 9 contact the earth is being warmed at the sun‘s fireside, even as one side of a piece of bread is toasted by being exposed to the kitchen stm'e’s heat while the other side of that piece of bread remains unscorched." "Oh, no," answered my poetic friend. “The snow disappears not on account of the sun‘s rays; but because the flames glowing- among the feathers of the redâ€"breasted robins have melted them. Have you not noticed, as a rule, the snowflakes never entirely disappear until those harbingers of the summer flow0rs have stamped them out of existence?” LIKE THE SONG BIRD. First, like the song bird, God bids us sing because musical throats with which to sing. As the brown thrush or the redbird or the nightingale is able to lift his voice in treble or fantasia or lullaby or cantata or serenade, God, by ana- tomical construction of the throat, has made it possible for us to sound forth musical notes in his name. He has.not disconnected our windpipes from the great bellows of the lungs. He has not had us born with palsied tongue, or with deaf ears. But as God has placed in the larynx of every singing bird's threat a brane, so he has stretched over the end of almost every human being’s windpipe a fibrous. elastic which will vibrate as we attempt to sing or speak. We ought, one and all, to be grateful that God has givâ€" en to us anatomically ,a musical thth with which we can sing his praises. Thank God toâ€"day for the power of the speaking throat. We are all ready to acknowledge our he has given to us. tissue ‘ ‘ 4 thin mein- ‘ 1 l I l l I ( i ' f 1 l I. I I. 4 DB. GHA SE’S SVRUP 0F LINSEEB Aim TURPEHTEEE IN THE GLAfi SPRENQHME “Entered nccordlng to Act. of the Par- liament or Canada, in the year Una 'I‘hougnnd Nino Hundred and Four by “m. Baily, of Toronto. at U'Q Department. of Agriculture. Ottawnv Like the Birds, We Should Become Gods Singing Disciples. for breath nna medicine ready you can aflord To protect you against imitations the portrait and signature of Dr. A. W. Chase, the famous receipt book author, are on every bottle. Mrs. J. Provost, Renfrcw, One, states zâ€"“My fourteengvear-old boy had a very severe cold in the chest last winter and I really thought he was going to die. He coughed near- ly all the time and sometimes would spit up blood. We had about given up all hopes of his recovery when I heard of Dr. Chase's Syrup of Lin- seed and Turpentine. After using one bottle there was a great change in his condition, and I can positively say that he was completely cured by twa bottles and he has not been troubled since. I never saw medicine take such quick efl'ect and can sin- cerer recommend it.” Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine, 25 cents a bottle, family size (three times as much) 60 cents, at. all dealers or Edmanson, Bates & Co., Toronto. Like the song birds, God bids us sing because he has given to us an open heaven in which to sing. It is one thing to have a. voice with which to sing, but it is just as essontial to have a. suitable place in Which you can sing. It is one thing to have a musical throat like the song thrush, in which all the siren spirits of the hills and valleys can find melodious expression, but it is another thing to have the beautiful voice of the yellow gtipped. canary hushed into perpetual isilence by being domiciled in a dark room or in a dungeon. If a singing bird were compelled to live in a ground mole’s tunnel, or to Work like the moths with their mouths wrapped {up with woolen garments, he would ‘be as dumb as they. 5‘ 1801. With engagement in as a mere boy led windows. At the least sign of dis- turbanCe then aWay we rush to the ispecialist to have it treated and car- ed for by the best of aurists. Ah, .yes, We all appreciate the blessings of 'the ear. But. how many of us ap- lpreciate the blessings of the voice? How many of us have in the past thanked God that we can sing his praises as tlie birds can change every tree branch into a. choir loft in the temple of the woods? How many of us are ready to thank God for this Wonderful instrument of human voice, which can laugh out our joys and sob out our sorrows and make men know lthe thoughts that are lodging for [awhile under the domes of our fore- heads and the loves that are billing and cooing in the silent retreats of ‘our hearts? GOD BIDS Us SING [as the little company gathered in]! the upper chamber, to await the ‘comim: of the Holy Ghost. They] are more willing to go into the by-‘ ways and hedges and carry the gas-l pel to the blind. the deaf, the; ldumb, the. crippled and the poor, if ithey go forth as Christ sent his dis- lciples, two by two, and not alone. Oh, my brother and sister, in God’sl great chorus of redemption, will you i not sing and inspire your neighborsl and loved ones to sing also ? Sing in Christ’s name. Sing as the song hirds sing. Sing: as the psalmist ibids us sing. "Let everything that fhath breath praise the Lord.” Sing! I; ‘Sing! Triumphantly and everlasting- ll l_v sing. Sing, for the time of the - singing of all Christians as Well as [I of birds has come. i Husbandâ€""Are you aware, my dear that it takes threeâ€"fourths of my salâ€" ary to meet your dressmaker’s bills?” Wifeâ€"“Goodness gracious, What do you do with the rest of your money?" .LUUDCD tutu LHU Jguull). Like the singing birds, we should not only sing because we have an essential part in God’s great chorus, ibut because each song bird inspires ‘other song birds to sing. 'A little canary in a room alone may not care to warble. But it is different when two or three hirdcages are hanging inwindows through which the sun is shining. Then one bird’s note will inspire the other birds. One bird's song will make the other birds sine. So men and women, singing Christ’s songs, will inspire other men and women to sing;r them. Men and women pray better and of- tener if they pray together. They love God more and are more Willing: to make sacrifices for the Master, if they love and serve him in groups, | "While a. coflce user my stomach itroublcd me for years" says .a lady of Columbus, 0., “and I had to take medicine all the time. I had what I thought was the best stomach mediâ€" cine I could get, had to keep getting it filled all the time at 40 cents a. bottle. I did not. know what the cause of my trouble was, but just dragged along from day to day sufâ€" fering and taking medicine all the ‘time. "About six months ago I quit tea §and coll‘ec and began drinking Posâ€" tum and I have not had my prescrin- tion tilled since, which is a great sur- prise to me for it proves that cofiee [was the cause of all my trouble alâ€" though I never susp‘cctcd it. "When my friends ask me howr I Sing your part in the “Séng of Moses and the Lamb.” Sing or suenuy hide behii l their curtain of leaves. They act a. good deal as do the village children when city people are riding through the coun- try. They run into the house or barn and keep very quiet. But if you pay 1'20 attention to those child- ren they will begin to peek out of the windons or behind the wood house, and then they will gradually come out and watch you as you dis- appear down the road. Such is the way the feathered musicians of the forest act. When you first enter the woods and call to them to sing they will keep as silent as the grave, but if you lie, down at the foot of some giant oak and pretend you are asleep the many voices of the birds will then begin their seemineg end- less chorus. First there will be :1 twitter, then an answering call, then a duet, then a third voice will break in and make the trio. ‘Then of? in the distance a Woodpecker will beat time, like the drumstiek tapping upâ€" on the sheepskin. Then a great wave of harmony, like Handel’s “Halleluiah Chorus,” will roll over‘ you. Then sudden silence. Again ‘the music will start, and a. new con- cert will be masterfully rendered, each bird’s voice not much-in itself, but each an essential part of the great wood’s chorus. If you would know how essential the bird's voices are for the musical sweetness of the woods just go with me some day up among the forest covered hills. As we tramp on and the twigs snap under our feet and our voices are tossed in echo from tree to tree the birds scurry away or silently hide bchin 1 their curtain of leaves. They act a. good deal as do the village children Whr‘n nifv CHORUS OF THE WOODS. 'Again, God bids us, like the song birds, sing because he does not ex- pect us to be'soloists, but to take an essential part in a great life’s chorus. The true beauty of the song bird’s singing is that he car‘â€" ries a part and not a Whole day's solitary musical recitation. Like the piccolo, or the clairinet, his VoiCe may be shrill, or like the flute, soft and sweet, or like the bass viol, loud and deep; but whether soft or loud, his voice has a part, an essenâ€" tial part, in the chorus of the woods lo! the bursting seedsgmd the in- ‘cense of swinging flowers. They ship; of the winter which is gone and the harvests which are to come. They sing of the sheep which are growing the wool that the little children may have warm clothing to defy the December blasts and of the sap giving life to the trees that the great logs may be rolled into the old fashioned fireplaces around which the families can gather about its glow and learn the lessons of love. They sing O! the open har- bors and the king’s ships going to Tarshish to come back laden with gold and silver and ivories and the Wealth of foreign climes. They sing of our earth‘s resurrection, which is emblematic of a. heavenly glory. Oh, my friends, like the song birds 'in the springtime, will you not choose n mighty theme to inspire and uplift your life’s music? CHORUS OF THE WOODS. 0d bids us, like the song ' because he does not ex- be'soloists, but to take ‘1 part in a great life’s The true beauty of the ; singing is that he carâ€" , and not a Whole day's don silence. Again art, and a. new conâ€" nastori‘ully rendered, not much in itself, ntial part of the we have an great chorus, bird inspires away » Irtain m 111 as city 3‘ coun- 5‘ e 01‘1"t1 ous littl ville." lprise to me for it proves that coffee “‘15 the cause of all my trouble al- though I never suspected it. “When my friends ask me how I feel since I have been taking Postum I say, "l‘o tell the truth I don’t feel lat all only that Iget hungry and eat everything I want and lots of it .and it, never hurts me and I am happy [and Well and contented all the time.’ "I could not get my iamin to drink Postum for a while until I Fmixed it in a little coffee and kept 1on reducing the amount of coffee un- til I got it all Postum. Now they all like it and they never belch it up like cofi‘ee. 1 “We all know that Postum is a sunshine maker. I find it helps one greatly for We do not have to think of aches and pains all the time and can use our minds for other things." Na‘me given by Postum 00., Battle Creek, Mich. The one who has to bother with cofl'ee aches and pains is badly handi- capped in the race for fame and tarâ€" tune. Postum is a. Wonderlul rebuild- er. There's a reason. Look in each package for the famâ€" "About six months ago I and collcc and began drink turn and I have not had my tion Iilled since, which is a g. prise to me for it proves th was the cause of all my tro though I never susn‘octml if "While a. coflee user my stomach troubled me for years" says .a lady of Columbus, 0., “and I had to take medicine all the .time. I had What. I thought was the best stomach mediâ€" cine I could get, had to keep getting Yardleyâ€""Yes; but I hm seen it done. I have known to kick one of his hands out. ( however.” Baxtc cutting face?" gradually made ready for the. when she will be sent to graze day in the. pasture. Almost every farmer has noticed that for a few days after the cows are turned to pasture, especially if treated according to the plan men- tioned above of turning the cows Rsuddenly out to grass, the cows will drop off in the amount oimilk they give This is undoubtedly due to lthe sharp turn in the method of :feeding, and the tendency with most' ‘cows to room all over the fields for a, while when first released from time all A drive through country will usnll; ver, if he has dis fitness of things, t building sites that led, or at least a, with farmers’ hen the one hand may ' situated at the where it receives 1 the higher ground, are perhaps stables yards, while the h cellar are quite lil ‘sible of good (1 “And yet she is going to him?" "0h, yesâ€"that’s all settled. “But if she is not sure she him, Why doesn't she break 1 gagement?” a, while when first ‘their long imprisonment "Lilian is not sure that she Walter. Sometimes she think: does, and at other times she’s vinced she doesn’t." a good ration of ground feed perâ€" ferably wheat bran and cornmeal. In this Way the strength of the cow will be kept up, and her condition gradually made ready for the time when she will be sent to graze all day in the. pasture. inarKea loss of strength and vitality. The best way to get the cows ac- customed to the change of diet in springtime is to let them out a litâ€" tle while each day for a week, say, Vallowing them to get enough grass to partly satisfy' their appetites, and then get them back to the yard. Every day during the time this proâ€" cess is going on lots 01‘ nice bright 'hay should be given, together with a good ration of ground iced nerâ€" A good many times farmers keep their cows in the barn until the ‘grass in the pasture is rank, and «then turn them right out to get their living, dropping at that time all hay and ground feed. This is a. bad practice. The cows, shut up so long away from gmen feed, gorge ‘themselves with the fresh grass, which tastes wonderfully good to them, with the result that their bowels are suddenly relaxed and a 'consequent weakening of the, entire (system follows. The CO\VS sufler a marked loss of strength and Vitality. The best way to get the cows ac- “Because she is twontyâ€"soven.’ What treasure on earth is more to be prized than a bright, active, heal- thy, playful child? In homes where Baby’s Own Tablets are used you never find sickly, cross, sleepless chil- dren; i! the little one is ill the Tabâ€" lets will promptly make it well. Ask any mother who has used the Tab- lets and she will tell you that this is absolutely trueâ€"she will tell you the Tablets always do good, and nevâ€" er do harm. You can give them to a child just born with perfect safety, and they are equally as good for well grown children. Mrs. Mary J. Moore, Hepworth, Que.. says:â€"â€" "My baby has never been sick since 1 be- gan giving her Baby’s Own Tablets. They are a. real blessing to both mo- ther and child, and I would not be without them." Don't let your child suffer, and don't (lose it with strong drugs or medicine containing ogiates. Give Baby’s Own Tablets which you can get from any druggist or by mail at 25 cents a. box by writing The Dr. Willizuns‘ Medicine 00., Brock- ville, Ont. SHE WOULD NOT RISK IT cows IN SPRINGTIME PLAYFUL CHILDREN -“You have heard of a 00' his nose to spite EMPTY NOW. EXCHANGE lots of it and Id I am. happy all the time.’ 1y family to while until I to quit tea ing Pos- pl‘CSCl‘iEâ€" roar. sur- at coffee ‘ublc a1- the a man 1‘ doors marry loves loves she con- DOYâ€" I m 1173"! on you that D: Cause Omtmens [uncertain : and abaolubo cam for each ' and every form of “china. bloodlngand protmdin plies. 7 o ' stunts have guaranteed IL. an be;- n‘ a thodnfly moss nqd Mk your-neigh- ' what 9y wink pflt’. 1 on can use It. and {at our 1.393%!9303; It not cured. 60¢ a box. at 3! tan or xmaoxfinns a: ConTomth are also 11 made will matters of ing and co picture in exert or in E3?“ Q‘G’éase’s @émmen‘i p]: (‘S( more in 5 fully on U unless the to provide ficient to should, of co and count for fence of app)" ibility, wiLh z is another quently not (1 important ma lost sight 01' quite trivial i a Convenient cellar, nearnes favorite nook The importa in the matter almost boyon ing direct hon a. number of pernamont roadways ed upon; but it is true the same mistake are with rocan locations, much superior sites \V within a stone’s throv property. The reason \‘ious errors in judu'm I think these pill medicine." If you want to spring don’t dosr harsh, griping pun experiment with tonics. Take D Pills at once :11 they will banish' :1 Sold by medic where, or sent by a box or six box writing the Dr. Ninetyâ€"nine people out of every hundred actually need a tonic during the spring months, and the hun- dredth person would make no mis- take if he too infused a. little extra vigor and power into his blood. The reason for this condition is quite apparent. In the desire to make Canadiun houses warm during the winter months, ventilation is sucri- ficed, und the health is impaired. There muy be nothing seriously wrong-nothing more than a variable appetite; little pimples or eruptions of the skin; a feeling of \venriness and a. desire to avoid exertion; per- haps an occasional headache. These may not seem serious; perhaps you may think that the trouble will puss awayâ€"but it won’t unless you drive it out. by putting the blood righ‘t with a health-giving tonic. And there is only one bloodâ€"renewing. healthâ€"giving, nerveâ€"restoring tonicâ€" )H _, u. -wwwu-p, ----- V Di‘. Williams Pink Pills for Pull People. Over and over again it has lbeen proved that them,- pills cure when other medicines fail, and thQU- sands of grateful people testify that they are the best of all spring medi- cines. Miss D. Brown. Collinn, N. 13., says:â€"“I linve usr-d Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills for :1 run down system, and htch found ilicm betLex than any other medicine I have tried. In the early spring my blood was out of condition and 1 lmclsnch dizzy spells that if I turned quickly I would almost full. 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