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but .â€" HEALTH OPSONINS. In a former article it was said that one of nature's ways of preventing dis- easc is to destroy the germs by means of a defensive army of Cells, the so- callcd phagocytes, which envelop the microbes in their substance and digest [hourâ€"eat them up, in other words. llul this does not always take place. Either the microbes are in too great numbers for the phagocytes, and 50 triumph over thcm,oretsethecells, al- though present in sutlicicnt numbers, lli’PC‘dl‘ not. to relish the. microbes, and tai' to attack them. Then the germs multiply without molestation. Bacteriologists were for a long time. puzzled to account for the. fact that the white blood-cells would sometimes re- fuse tth feast of microbes, and many saw in it reason to doubt that the pha- gocytes had any real part in the preven- tion or cure of disease. But recently Doctor Wright. an English scientist, has advanced a plausible explanation (i this occurrence. He says that. the pha- gocytes will not attack bacteria until the latter have been acted upon by a certain substance contained in the fluid portion of the blood, which in some way makes them attractive to the. white blqod-corpuscl’es. In other words, the cells of the organism will not eat. raw bacteria, but must have them served in a palatable form. The substance which thus prepares them for ingestion is called opsonin. from a Greek word meaning to prepare food. The quantity of this opsonin in the blood is not. always the same, which éxplains why a person may be resist- ant to a disease at one time, and yet later, when again exposed, may sue- cumb. it. appears, also, that opsonin is not a single definite substance. but that each variety of microbe must be acted upon by a separate substance, the op- .min for the typhoid-bacilli, for ex- ample. having no effect upon the germ of tuberculosis. This explains why a person may re» sist one disease and readily fall a vic- tim~ to another. There are many details in this theory not yet worked out, but enough is known to enable it to be employed in the treatment of some diseases. When a person is suffering from typhoid fe- ver, let us say. an examination is made to ascertain the potency of his blood in typhoid opsonin; and if it is found below what it should be. as determined by a comparison with the blood from a number of healthy individuals. steps are taken to increase it. This is done by giving an injection of a culture of typhoid germs which have been killed by heat. The result of this injection is. after a temporary decrease. to raise very markedly the quantity of typhoid oosonin in the blood, and so to make tle living bacilli. which are Causing the disease, more vulnerable to the attacks of the phagocytesâ€"Youths Companion. TONICS. A great (teal of harm is done by selfâ€" drugging for the relief of various real or imaginary ills. Every man. of course, believes him- self a doctor, and often thinks he is better able to attack a cough or a ease of rheumatism or a headache. whether it be his own or another's than thOse \\ ho make the cure of disease a special study. All he has to do is to make up his mind what the trouble isâ€"and any one can tell a cough when he has itâ€"~ and then to take something that is “good for a cough." ‘ There is nothing easier. The only objection to the plan is. that what is good for the cough may be bad for the cougher. &3 it is with a headache. Almost any pain in the head not due to actual brain disease may be moderated. if not relieved temporarily, by some form of “headache powder"; but a frequent re- course to this means of cure may fatally weaken the heart. When this stops beating the headaches cease to trouble, but the patient is not. in condition to know or care. Les serious, but not much so. is the abuse of tonies. A true tonic is any- thing that promotes the nutrition of the body. This may be done by increasing the appetite and improving digestion. which is the function ofthe bitter tonics: or by improving the condition of the blood by adding to it the iron it has inst; or by supplying the system with some needed substance, such as fat in cod-liver oil; or finally by stimulating flu- tissues to increased absorption, an action which is ascribed to arsenic. mer- CLry. and others of the mineral tonics. But these are not the "tomes" to which people are. apt to resort when they run down. They take to stimulants. alcohol usually. and think they are get~ ting strong because they feel better at ter each dose. The alcohol in the “tonic” is often disguised. and the user, perhaps a conscientious teetotal- er. would be. shocked to learn that what he was taking to give him strength had more alcohol in it than has the strongest whiskey. if the System is I i seriously run down, a physician slieuldl be consulted. who will Le able to givet ' .wrm is needed. whether iron. or park, gr gentian, or coddiver olr to cal-NM the underlying condition that causes the debility. __.. flieâ€" N It‘s the moist thin}: in the world [or u mum-r to marry a widow. yttimemmwwwg {CASE 0r HIRAM BILGER AN [DISTANCE OF THE DREAMS “’13 ALL DIIICAM. You Never Can Tell “‘hat Strange. Fan- cies Any Man May Have in His Heart. "You never can tell," said Fol. Calli- pcr “Men of the simplest and most matter of fast exteriors may really carry . about with them. all their lives. quite unbeknOwn to their neighbors. fancies strange indeed. “\\'e had in Storkville Centre once a sedate, methodical and orderly living citizen named Hiram Bilger. Hiram owned a small farm which be titled dili- flCntly. as he had to do to make it pay; he. was at it. early and late. “When you saw Mr. Bilger start. out in the early morning, in old trousers and a flannel shirt and a somewhat ragged 25 cent. chip hat, and with a hoe. over his shoulder, to hoo his corn, you saw him. as you thought, in the. full com- pleteness of one aspect of his life: and when you saw him in his black suit at. church on Sunday you thought you saw him in the other. These two seemed to bound Hiram in all his ideas and as- pirations. and no one would have thought that he ever dreamed of alight beside. But you never can tell. “An uncle of Iiiram’s died and left. him a bigger and better farm, and also a little money in the bank. Hiram worked inst as hard as ever after that. he had the real grit. in him, but what he got from his uncle TOOK THE GRIND OUT OF HIM. “Before that he had been conn‘iclled to werk every minute to make both ends meet With just a little over, and there had been neither time nor money for the gratification of such fancies as he n‘light have cherished. though his neighâ€" bors never dreamed of him as cherishing any; he seemed just. staid. steady~going Hiram Bilger. as in fact circumstances had thus far always compelled him to be. But now Mr. Bilger was an inde- pendent man. with means amply suffi- cient to enable him to gratify his fan- cies if he did have any; and that he did have one, at least, was soon made ap- parent. “At he county fair, held in Storkville Cenre on the date next following the time when he came into the little forâ€" tune. Hiram Bilger appeared. not in his conventional Sunday and holiday suit of black, but in what. they called in those days a fancy suit; a suit with a light- enlored coat and waistcoat and fancy striped trousers. He had always been ernsidered as about the most matter of fact man in Storkville: he had never be fore been seen in anything but his old (‘lt thus that he worked in and his black still that he wore to church on Sunday; and yet here was Hiram Bilger in a fan. cy suit, with striped trousers-l And it made about the greatest small sensa- tion that the. Centre had ever known. ' “He worked away thereafter just as steadily as ever. and he was no less thrifty: he added all the lime to what he had. and no man could say that HE \VAS NOT A GOOD CITIZEN; but he did on occasion indulge himself. as he was now well able to do, in just this one fancy. which probably be had been cherishing for many years. “As he had heed the Corn or dug the potatoes. he hadâ€"though he was never for a minute a 'shirking man~lightened ltl>~ labors with dreams of striped triuâ€" slrs. Steady going and faithful as he lliltl always been and as he always reâ€" nzained. and humdrum as he had always seemed to be, yet he had carried with him that desire for a pair of fancy striped trousers; and when the time had come he turned his heart inside out and bought them. "But. 'really when you come to think about it there was nothing so very ex- traordinary about that. I once knew another man, and this one, tom as staid a man as ever ploe .od. who all his life desired to own a pair of black and white check trousers; the point of all this being that. you never can felt what strange fancies any man you may meet may have in his heart, though we all hold some. “Whether we carry the bed or draw the plans of the building; whether we measure ribbon or sit in the counting- room and direct the. business, we an dream dreams and you never can tell what those dreams may be. Many a mild-mannered man is a pirate in the inmost recesses of his bosom. and there is more than one perforce staid head of a family who would be by choice a. tramp. "No doubt it is a good thing for most of us that we. have to work and keep our nose at the grindstone, else we might give seopo to inclinations not quite a» harmless to us as a fancy for striped trousers or trousers: of black and white check." _..___ _.1.___ __ THE BEST YET! “ .am-Buk is the best household balm ever brought into a home." Such :s the opinion of Mrs. Sarah \felknmld. of Birr, (Ont) She saysâ€"“My little girl had a severe and (listlnate rash on her skin. I applied lam-Ruk a few times and the skin tin uch whit-h had defied all other remedies, went away like nagie." Zanflluk cures Eczema. l"-‘ers_ Scrip. fula. l‘e ined wounds. Fn rrlng Sores and all Skin DlSt‘ltSrS. llubtw d well ill it Zuniâ€"BUR is the tine-st l‘tlllslvilc'Iltloll- fA-r Rheumatism. Snatica. 0t). (if :11 sures and (ll'tlj.g‘5l< at 50 cents “- from Zain-Duk (k... Tormth {q- Duos. 3 by xes for Some people tind fault with a bad man because he isn't worse. COOKING TIME-TABLE. Old potatoes require twenty~fivc minâ€" utes; new ones. fifteen. Old carrots take an hour; young ones. thirty minutes. Old cabbage takes twenty-five minâ€" utes; young takes tifteen. Onions take forty minutes. Potatoes, boiled, take twenty-five min- utes, steamed, they take thirty-five nun~ utes. l‘arsnips take forty minutes. Salsify take two hours. French beans take thirty minutes. Cauliflower takes twenty-five minutes. annips take twenty minutes. Lamb, fifteen minutes for each pound. Pork, thirty minutes for each pound. Chicken, weighing four pounds, lk,’ licurs. Fish weighing five pounds, one hour. 't‘urkcy, weighing ten pounds, three. hours. Veal, allow twenty minutes for each pennd. Mutton, thirteen pound. Sirloin of beef. rare. Seven minutes fer each pound; well done, allow eigh» teen minutes to each pound. leef fillet, twenty minutes for. each pound. f‘orn, young. twelve minutes. . Peas, eighteen to twenty minutes. â€"â€" American Cl.ul.ltivator. __â€"â€"â€"â€".!.~-â€"â€"â€"â€" A RHEUMA llSM RECIPE minutes for each PREPARE TIIIS SIMPLE HOME-MADE MIXTURE vonnsnfla‘. Buy the Ingredients from Any Druggist in Your Town and Shake Them in a Bottle to Mix. A wellâ€"known authority on Rheuma- tism gives the readers of a large To- ronto daily paper the following valu- able, yet simple and harmless prescrip- tion, which any one can easily prepare at home: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one~half ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparilia, three ounces. Mix by shaking well in a bottle, and take a teaspoonful after each meal and at bedtime. He states that the ingredients can be obtained from any good prescription pharmacy at small cost, and, being a vegetable extraction, are harmless to take. a This pleasant mixture; if taken regu- larly for a few days, is said to over- come almost any case of Rheumatism. The pain and swelling, if any, dimin- ishes with each dose, until permanent results are obtained, and without iii- juring the stomach. While there are many soâ€"called Rheumatism remedies, patent lIlelClI‘tLS, etc., some of which do give relief, few really give perma- nent results, and the above will, no doubt, be greatly appreciated by many sufferers here at. this time. Inquiry at the drug stores of even the small towns elicits the information that these drugs are harmless and can be bought separately, or the druggists will mix the prescription if asked to. . __.p__.__ Rosaâ€"“Now, Max, you really must speak to papa to-day.” Maxâ€"“Certain- ly. darling! He's got a telephone, i suppose?" Death Comes to All.~But it need not come prematurely if proper precautions, are taken. “An ounce of prevention ‘5 worth a pound of cure,” and to have prevention at hand and allow a disease to work its will is wickedness. Dr. 'f'homas’ Eclectric Oil not. only allays pains when applied externally. but will prevent lung troubles resulting from colds and coughs. convinced. Try it and be Johnnie: “Isn‘t a tin horn made of tin, mammal” Manima: “Certainly it is!" . [he S.\LT “'ITIIOUT AN 0\\'NER. 'I‘wn Thousand Tons .\rc Lying on Docks ‘ R" in France. The dock authorities at Sfax. France, are pun/Jed to know what to do with 30m tons of salt, \\'lllt'll have been lying.T ii their warehouses without an owner t'o,‘ two and a half years, The salt, \\‘lll<'ll is in 10000 bugs. was bought by the captain of a sailing ves- sel, who said it was purl-based fer the Russian Government. it was put altoard ltt\' ship, but a few days after he had it ll‘itll\l(‘t‘t‘t‘tl to the quay again, and his vessel sailed a few hours afterward. No claim has ever been made for the salt. whilh has been gradually melting for the last two years. The Russian (icvcrnnient denies all knowledge of the purchase. .. .._ --.!..__. Mrs. Newlyrichc: “Well, iinpudencm" l\lr. Newlyriche: “What is it. Hannah?" Mrs. Newlyriche; “Them poor first ct-usins of yours have gone and got themselves the same identical ancestors that you've gott" of all the Client (impatiently to clerk): “Look here, He been sitting in this office for the last two hours t” Clerk: “Well, and I've been sitting here for the last to enty-hve years.” For Inflamah‘on of the Eyesâ€"Among the many good qualities which Parme- lce‘s Vegetable l‘ills possess, besides re- gulating the digestive organs, is their efficacy in reducing inflammation of the. cjes. It has called forth many letters :2.’ recommendation from those who were afflicted with this complaint and found a cure in the pills. They affect the neer centres and the blood in a surprisingly active way, and the result ls almost immediately seen. When a woman wants to overlook the faults of her husband she tells the neigh- bors he is broadmindcd. Host; “Why on earth did you put poor Jenkins between two such chatter- boxes at. the table ?” Hostess: “My dear. you know he is so fond of tongue- sandwiches!” ITCH. Mange, Prairie Scratches and every form of contagious Itch on human Arr animals cured in 30 minutes by Wol- ford's Sanitary Lotion. It never mtg. Sold by all druggisu. Friend: “You‘ve never been called in consultation, have you?” Young Doctor: “No; but l‘d like to be. It’s nice to charge ten times as much as the other doctor for saying that you don’t know any more about the case than he does.” Cholera and all summer complaints are so quick in their action that the cold hand of death is upon the victims before they are aware that danger is tear. If attacked do not delay in getâ€" ting the proper medicine. Try a dose of Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cor- d‘al, and you will get immediate re< net. It acts with wonderful rapidity and never fails to effect a cure. Where ignorance is bliss there is gen- erally more folly than wisdom in eviâ€" dencc. A woman will honor her husband as long as he is wiltingr to love and obey her Put out the fire in a. hot, itching, unhealthy skin with Weaver‘s Cerate. Use it, for eczema, nettle rash, tetter and salt rheum “He asked for her hand in marriage.” “Well, why didn't she give him the one that is always in her father's pocket?" “Who was it said, ‘tjive me liberty or give me death?" “Some married man, wasn’t. it '1” _â€"-â€" It is harder to beat a poor carpet than a geod one. A lady writes: “I was enabled to re move the corns, root. and branch, by use of liolioway‘s Corn Cure." Johnnie: "Then how is it that a foghorn omens who have med n, have the game isn't made of fog 7" Regaln Your Strength by taking "Forrevim." It’s the best tonic ever compounded. It nonrishal | and strengthens the whole system.. Dense: “Knacker called me a dilapi- dated old mule. What shall I do?" Sense: “Well, don't come to me about it. 1 am no veterniary surgeon.” Worms derangc the whole system. .\.'other Graves’ \\‘orm Exterminator de- ranng worms and gives rest to the suf- ferer. It. only costs 25 cents to try it and be convinced. _._.___.x,._._ PENCIIS FROM POTATOES. “'ooden Pencil May be Soon Driven Out of the Market by New Product. Tm. {mt that cedar wood Suitable for making lead pencils is expensive and the supply growing rapidly less has led some German scientist to invent a pro- .~.--:: for making lctul pencils. and it is cum that in a short time the wooden qwmil will be driven out of the market. “he cedar wood article, but. is the same 4;“ 92p, form and appearance. admits of sEiarjwning more easily. and can be made at a nominal price. A company has been founded in Ber- ll't to manufacture the- article. The cost (,f manufacture is estimated at SUMO‘JZR. The .seevnd quality pencil can be made lat a emf of only Swimsuit. At the estimated prmiuction of 49.000 1.9mm a day. the yearly pimduetion would to 1-i.ulx‘i.(iOfl pencils. Ex; 11pm? pencils from Germany tn foreign .w-uiztries fer a year equalled 1.7.166 ions, or a total of 13.163.200.000 pencil . l'rhe new pix duct is slightly heavier than experience. ‘ QUESTIONABLE VERACITY. l Green: “So Braggs tells a different tale, does he? Well, I guess my word is as good as his." I Brown: “I should hope so. Braggs )5 a charter member of a fishing club." lMl‘RUDENT. \V'hen mother boxes Mary’s ears, She stands in tears and blubbers; Oh. foolish child, to stand in tears Without a pair of rubbers. We feel sorry for a young man who is atllietcd with the knows it all. impression that he STEADIES T H E N E R V ES 00D beer, used as a bever- age with meals, makes steadier, stronger nerves be- cause it helps the stomach do its work better. Your own doctor will tell you that the right use of beer 3. good for almost every adult,â€" womcn especially. The little alcohol in beer [loss than there is in cider) help. digest food. Get the right idea about beer, and be healthier for using it. *BIER [sauna which Navar- In . ale .puflz pad, I» the when" of Ontario Jae-"Firebug. “M do nu" moat by enlc condition. rum Batu-1' Ian man: In Ifioworl nut. hows-d pun nau- o '13 W ANGRY .. WEED. “When my wife gets angry.” remark- ed llykcr, “she reminds me of a. vessel just leaving port." “What‘s the answer?" queried Pyker. “She gets her rancor up." replied the party of the prelude. They Drive Pimples Away.~â€"A face covered with pimples is unsightly. It tells of internal ll‘f‘v"fllllttf‘lllCS which should long since have been correcterl.’ The liver and the kidneys are not per- forming their functions in the healthy way they should, and these pimples are to let you know that the blood protests. Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills will drive them all away,andwill leave the skin clear and clean. Try them, and there will be another witness to their excellence. 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