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f ) :â€" SAYS IE-WAS A TOTAL WRECK BUT DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS GAVE HIM A NEW LEASE OF LIFE. Geo. Robertson Had Rheumatism and Dropsyâ€"Had to be Tapped -â€"Doesn't Know What it is to be Sick Now. Montreal, Que, Dac. 19-(Specinl). â€"qu. Geo. Robertson, a Wellâ€"known citizen lidng at 3:2 Ht. James St... Montreal, is one of the many people 1'0 this city who are never without Dodd's Kidney Pills in the house. Like all the others, Mr. {obertson has his reasons for this and is al- WIiys ready to gike them. "I was a total wreck before I WHITE CITY IN ASIA. iRussian Traveller’s Tale Caused a Sensation. is being created in [Cast Russia, says a St. i’etershurg ,Currespondeut, by the extraordinary story of a tram-liar bamed KOZUII‘Ull, Has A sensation who has just returned after two years “until-rings in Mongolia, East- ern 'i‘urkestau. M, KozuirI-l'f afllrms that he has discm'ered in the great Tarim III-sort which lies on the north of Kashmir, (1 mixed Mongolian and European :race, ruled over by a family of part; ‘ly European appearance and cus- toms. "In a large oasis near the River Khotuu," he says, “I came upon a European town, that is, a town Whil‘h would have been European in the Middle Ages. (luna, so it is called, has over two thousand five hunrrlred inhabitants, all with a dis- tinctly European cast of face. "They spoke a Turkish dialect which I did not understand, and were attentive to me, though they started to use Dodd's Kidney l’ills,” Mr. Robertson says. "I had been troubled with Rheumatism and Dropsy for five years. I had to be tapped to relieve me of the pain. My arms and legs were terribly swollen. ' "I had just begun to get downâ€" iioarted when a. friend induced me. to try Dordd's Kidney Pills. Before I had used the second box I felt better. Seven boxes cured me so completely that now I don’t know what it is to be sick." . -â€"â€"-+â€"â€" LESS TEA DRINKING. British Isles Show Decrease in Annual Consumption. Figures published by the Tea Brokers’ Association of London for the five months ending October 31 this year show a dimunition in the consumption of tea. The deliveries of tea of all des- criptions for home consumption from the London bonded warehouses tot- alled just under 118 1-4 million lbs. compared with 122 1â€"2 million lbs. during the same period in 1903. "The heavy tax of 8d. per 1b. is checking the consumption,” said Mr. Ernest Tye, secretary of the In- dian ’l‘ea Association, to a London Express representative recently. "A few years ago the average an- nual consumption of tea was 4 lbs. per head of the population. More recently it rose to 6 lbs. per head. Now it is dropping back again, a1â€" thou-gh every Chancellor of the Ex- chequer is supposed to disapprove of any taxation which is likely to check consumption. “The planters in British dominâ€" ions are discouraged in every possiâ€" ble way by the Government. What with the labor problem and the fixed price of silver in India and the heavy taxation at home, they find the utmost difficulty in carrying on their plantation at a profit. “Yet these plantations are of rent Value to the Indian Empire. roadly speaking there are 750.000 acres under tea, which provide work, for, say, half a. million people. Un- til the British planter arrived, the only produce which most of this land yielded was gallâ€"nuts and wild honey.” The consumption of tea. in the British Isles for the last three years was as follows: 1901 . . . . . . . . . . . . 255,873,000 lbs. 1902 ...... ...254,449,000 lbs. 1903 ............. 255,366,000 lbs. The bulk of this tea is grown with- in the British Empire. For instance, last year over 229,000,000 lbs. came from India and Ceylon. Yet twenty years ago China and Japan provided 825,000,000 lbs., against 74,000,000 lbs. produced by India and Ceylon. _â€"+._._. SUGAR FOR THIN PEOPLE. A French chemist recently gave an interesting account of the value of sugar as a food in certain conditions of ill-health. In some experiments he Carried out. he found that, by giv- ing from 13- 07.5. to 10 013. per day to emaciated people, a grain in weight averaging 3; 029. per day was .the result, some of the patients even gaining over 1 II). each day. From his observations Dr. Toulouse found .that the sugar was most beneficial when given in conjunction with a milk. diet. LONG -LIVE1) PEAR TREES . The pear tree will continue bearing fruit for several centuries. Trees bearing fruit in abundance when at least 300 years old are not uncom- mon. They are much longer lived Ethan the apple, which rarely lasts more than 100 or 150 years. The pear tree also growg much larger than the apple, and when 200 years old has often the dimensions of a. forest tree. .g‘ “Dobusé took my two native guides to the. outskirts of the settlement and promptly put them in jail. "The chief or king of this little State and all his near relatives are purely European in physique, comâ€" plexion and manners. The king, wearing an undershirt and a garâ€" ment not unlike a Roman toga, re- ceived me in a large adobe house, and conversed by signs. He was a handsome, fairhnired man of about fifty . . . I spent seven (lays in the town, being plentifully supplied with food, all cooked by roasting, for boiling seemed a process unknown to the Gunans. “I attempted to find out whether the king knew anything of the oriâ€" gin of the State, but he replied, ‘From the west,’ and dropped the subject. I tried him with hundreds of simple Slavonic, lerman and Latin words, but he understood 110110, except the word 'vogel’ (bird), on hearing thCh he promptly pointâ€" ed to a feather breast-covering worn by his wife." WEAR TWO PAIR OF SOCKS. What a Shoe Salesman Says the Subject. "I see you wear two pair of socks,” said the shoe salesman to the cus- tomer. "You are very wise. A good many people are beginning to do it, esiedally between seasons. “People might to do it all through the winter. There is more warmth in two pairs of summer socks than there is in the heaviest pair of woolens that ever was manufactured. "If you are troubled with cold feet you will find that the combination of a pair of woolens and a pair of light- weight socksâ€"balbriggan or lisle threadâ€"will fix you up comfortably the coldest day that comes. If your feet are tender, you can wear the thread ones inside and the wool with- out. If you are extra cold, reverse the process. VIIhichever you do, you will find the thin pair easily doubles the value of the thick one. “There is, generally speaking, an altogether wrong notion as to the best way to keep the feet warm. Peoâ€" ple ask for heavy soles and cork soles and insoles and fleece soles, and think they are protecting their feet. "It is all a mistake. The soles of the feet are not sensitive to cold. It is not through the soles that you catch cold or feel cold. Any ordinary Shoe allords the feet all the protection necessary, so far as temperature is concerned. “To avoid cold feet, the ankles and instep should be protected. That’s where your second pair of socks does its work. But as a matter of fact, in very cold weather everyone should wear cloth tops covering the whole upper part of the shoe. “Witn Spats and doubled socks and mediumâ€"weight shoes you can Walk on ice n zero weather and not know it's coldâ€"so far as your feet are conâ€" On cerned.l I ’- Mlnards Llnlmenl Cures Burns. etc. Them was this singular announce- ment to be seen recently outside a certain suburban place of worship: "This evening the Rev. Mr. X. will preach his farewell sermon. and the choir will render a. thanksgiving specially composed for the occasion.” The Fall of Rheumatic Pall-Is. â€"Wl1en a sufferer finds permanent relief in such a. meritorious medicine as South Amer- ican Rhcumutic Cure, how glad he is to tell it. C. W. Mayhew, of Thames- ville, Ont., couldn't walk or feed him- self for monthsâ€"four years ago three bottles of this great remedy cured him â€"not a. pmn Sinceâ€"isn't that encourage- ment for rheumatic Siiffercrs'Pâ€"B‘J GOOD THINGS TO LEARN. Learn to laugh. A good laugh is better than medicine. Learn how to tell a story. A well told story is as welcome as a sunâ€" beam in a sick room. Learn to keep your own troubles to yourself. The world is too busy to care for your ills and sorrows. Learn to stop creaking. If you cannot see any good in this world keep the bad to yourself. Learn to attend strictly to your own business. Very important point. Learn to hide your aches and pains under a pleasant smile. No one cares whether you have the earachu, headache or rheumatism. Learn to grcct your friends with a smile. They carry too many frowns in their own hearts to be bothered with any of yours, Results from common soaps: eczema, coarse hands, ragged clothes, shrunken flannels. REDUCES Id’ fn'.‘ Um Octagon Rm- "Sir." began the timid youth, as he entered the office, “I am in search â€"cr-ih:1tis, I came to seek your daughters li;1ndâ€"~â€"-" "Well. it Isn‘t anywhere in this vicinity," interrupt,- («l the stern parent. “She's probably using it as a piano-thumper about this time of dav." Pilo Terrors Swept Away.â€"l‘lr. Ag- ncw‘s Ointment stands at the head as a rollover, healer. and sure cure for I’iles In all forms. One application will give comfort in a few minutes, and three to six days' application according to directions will cure chronic cases. It relieves all itching and burning skin diseases in a day. 35 centsâ€"79 _â€" When one woman turns to look another she sees only her clothes. at 'Use Lover‘s Dry Soap (a powder) to wash woolens and flannels,‘ you'll like it. Farmers reap what they sow and bachelors sow what they rip. Mlnard's Linlmenl for sale everywhele Woocrâ€""Ah, may I be your capâ€" tain, and guide your ‘barque over the sea, of life?" Widowâ€""No; but you can be my second mate.” "Bought my Life for 35 Cents." â€"T|1is was one man's way of putting it when he had been pronounced incur- able from chronic dyspepsia. "It was a living death to me until I tried l‘r Von Stan’s Pineapple Tablets. Thanks to them to-(lay l um well, and I tell my friends I bought my life for 35 cents." 60 in a box.â€"80 Floâ€"“Your sparkling eyes would outâ€"sparkle the most precious (lia- mond.” Sheâ€"“Why don't you make the test?” He took the hint and bought. a ring. Dear Sirs,â€"I was for seven years a sufferer from Bronchial trouble, and would be so hoarse at times that I could scarcely sneak above a whisâ€" per. I got no relief from anything till I tried your MINARD’S HONEY BALSAM. Two bottles gave relief and six bottles made a complete cure. I would heartily recommend it to anyone suflcring from throat or lung; trouble. J. F. VANBUSKIRK. Fredericton. “The bride was young, I believe, and the bridgroom quite elderly?” “Yes. She was seventeen, and he eighty-three." “Ah, I see! She was not old enough to know better, and he was too old not to know better.” The Poisoned Springâ€"As in nature so in man, pollute the spring and dis- ease and waste are bound to followâ€"- the stomach and nerve’s out of kilter means poison in the spring. South American Nervinc is a. great purifien cures Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and tones the nerves. The best evidence of its efficacy is the unsolicited testimony of thousands of cured onesâ€"7G “Seen Edwin’s new horse?” asked one villager of another. “I have." was the reply. "Well, what does it look like?" asked the questioner. “Well, it looks,” said the ot'her :nan, slowly. “as if Edwin had taken it for an old debt.” Mlnard's Linimenl Hellevei Neuralgia Gwiliamsâ€""Slickinger has disapâ€" pointmj me. He was a young man of great promise. Everybody thought he would be a. big gun some day." Sflint â€""Well, he 'did become what you might Call a, big bore. He's a life in- surance agent.” and every form of itching, 18$ bleedingand protrudin piles, he manufacturers have guart ntced 1f. ee tor-y Imoniuls in the daily per and ask your-neigh- IOI‘S what they think ofif. You can use it and (of: Your moncv back if not cured. (100 a. box, at 11 dealers or EDMANBON,BATES 6r. Co..'l‘oronto Dr. Chase’s Ointment To prove to you man up. Chase‘s Ointment is a certain and absolute cure for each WHEN A MAN IS POOR. A Inn is poor when he has lost the confidence of his friends, when people who are nearest to him do not believe in him; when his character is honeyâ€"combed by deceit, punctured by dishonesty. lie is hour when he makes money at the expense of his character, when principle does not. stand cluar»cut, supreme in his ileu. When this is clondcd, he is in danger of the worst kind of poverty. To be in the poorhouse is not necessarily to be poor. if you have maintained your integrity, if your character stands foursquare to the world, 11 ."ou have nevrr bent the knee of prinâ€" k'li‘le to avarice, you are not poor, llhllllu‘il you may be compelled to beg ‘brcmLâ€"O. S. Harden in Success. éspflrmsgpé- WWW. [Mama ¢4 tZ/iw w \: Cor. â€"__-_â€"_. We can handle your poultry eithec alive or dressed to best advantage. Also your butter, eggs. honey other produce. THE EAV‘VSON COMMISSION West Market and Colborno fits, and 00,, leited TORONTO. PECULIAR ORCHID. When This Flower is Thirsty it is Able to Stick up Water. Mr. Suverkrop, a naturalist who has made many journeys in South America to enrich the Kew Gardens, near London, with new plants, re- ports the discovery of a remarkable plant belonging to the orchid family. The plant has a peculiarin which semns to distinguish it from any other. When it is thirsty it lowors to the water a tube from its station on the tree of which it is a. para- site. When it has imbibed the need- ed amount of water the tube rolls up into a neat coil and takes its place again in the centre of the plant. The naturalist tells this story of his discovery : “[ was sitting one hot afternoon the neighborhood of the Rio de la. the neighborhood of the Rio do in. Plain. I observed a. number of leafâ€" lesrs trees whose life had evidently been absorbed by the growth of par- asitic plants that hung upon their trunks. “My attention was soon directed to a flat plant with a. number of large leaves, in form like spear heads, which were arranged like a. sunburst around the common centre. It was a. plant I had never seen be- fore. .It was nearly as flat as¢a platter, except there was a growth from the centre, a. sort of hollow tube of small circumference which extended several feet to the water below, the end of the tube being about four Inches beneath the surface. I inves- tigated the tube more closely and found to my surprise that it was sucking up water! I could distinct- ly feel the inflow as I put my finger over the mouth of the tube. "But my astonishment was un- bounded a minute later when I saw the tube begin to roll up, the pro- cess continuing until the coil thus formed had reached the middle of the plant, where it came to rest. Casual inspection would give the im- pression that it was a part of the growth raised a. little above the gen- eral surface. "I found a few other plants of the same kind and watched their pro- cess of quenching thirst. Every few days the tube would unroll slowly until it reached the water, and when it coiled up again the plant would be saturated and spongy to the touch. It is a remarkable provision of nature which seems to require al~ most the intelligence of an animal for its operation." _._..__.+____. For Over sixty Years Mm.Wm¢u ow'sSoornmn SYRU? in: boon 1131-. millionsor mothers for their children while teaching. Iunothescho child. softens the um. allnyspain, cure) windcolic.regulatea menoch and bowels. audis the bertremedyfor Dmrrhma. Twentyâ€"rive cents a bottle Sold by druggists throughout the world. Be sure and nhfor“ Mu. 4. \‘VleLow'sb‘ooruisoEmmy." Zlâ€"M Men want the earth, but women are sat:st with a. honeymoon. “My Kidneys are all Wronglâ€"How shall I insure best results in the Short- est time?” It stands to reason that a liquid specific of the unquestionable merit of South American Kidney Cure will go more. directly and quickly to the seat of the trouble than the " ill form” treatment, and when it stri es the spot there’s healing in an instant. â€"78 Sheâ€"“Women may gossip sometimes but they have better control of their tongues: than men have." Heâ€""You are right. Men have no control what, ever of women’s tongues." Mlnard‘s Linlmenl Emes ilflfllllllll. “Leonidas!” exclaimed Mr. Meek- ton's wife, on his return from a, jourâ€" ney. “I am at a lOSS to understand your conduct when we parted. I said good-bye to you.” "Yes. Henrietta.” “\I'hy didn’t you say ‘goodâ€"bye’ in response?" “I was just about to do so, Henrietta. but I checked myself. I \\‘.\S afraid you would accuse me of trying Io have the last word again." 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