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IN MERRY OLD ENGLAND The Norwich Town Council has decided to open a. public gymnasium and supply an _ins§;}xct9rL KEV/S BY MAN. ABOUT J01!) BULL AND HIS PEOPLE. Shnredibch Borough Councxl has decided to spend $40 on the neces- sary accoutrements for an official mace-bearer. v Memb‘eArsv of the Ilford Farmers’ Assocmtion have Llhod 11,284 spar- rows and 2,844 rats during the past year. _ . n. u I It is proposed to form a. motor scouts’ corps to assist the Termâ€" torial Force in Essex. Wood piegons have caused so much damage in Suffolk that land- owners have lent. bheir gnmckeep- ers to farmers in order to keep down the pests. Preaching at the annual service of the Queen Victoria Clergy Fund, at St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Bishop of Chichester said there were about 14,000 livings in the Church of Eng- land, of which 5,000 were less than $1,000 a year and 1,100 less than $500. During the next few weeks a, large number of men will be sent to the colonies by the Woolwich Distress Committee. Motor-car fees totalling $8,685 were received by the Middlesex County Council last year, and 4,- 802 drivers’ licenses were issued or renewed . Occurrences in tho Lam] Reigns Supreme in the C mcl'cial World. The London, Tilbury and South- end Railway Company has decided ‘Lc build a, new station between Southend and Shoeburyness, ad- jacent to Thrope Hall and the golf links. In the Holbeach district of Linâ€" colnshire, which is one of the larg~ est potato-growing areas in Eng- land, heavy consibnments of pota~ toes are being loaded for despatch tc America. Oxford University has established an honor school of engineering, and has thus become entitled to the reversion of a. legacy of $5,000 left, by the late Mr. L. F. Harcourt, oi ‘Weybridge. The quarterly return of births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales, which was issued rec.- ently records a, higher birthâ€"rate, a lower death-rate, and lower emigra~ tion and immigration figures for the year 1908: -v. -......,, ---. v-..--v w- ...... a - G. Powell, an extensive traveller, died recently at Wolverhampton. In the largest parish in England vthat of VVhittleseaâ€"there was not; a single case of drunkenness last Inventor of a secret process of enamelling which gave Wolver» hampton enamel a world-wide re- putation, and resulted in his accu- mulating a. fortune, Mr. Horatio “My youngest boy, 3 years old, was sick with fever last June, and when he got better the doctor prescribed Scott’s Emulsion, and he liked it so we“ that he drank it out of the bottle, and is now just as plump and strong as any child of his age any- where . . . two bottles fixed min 0 K.”â€"MR. JOHN F. TEDDER, Box 263, Teague- Freestone Co., Texas. is the greatest help for babies and young children there is. It just fits their. need; it just suits their delicate, sensitive natures; they thrive on it. Just a little does them so much good and saves you so much worry. You owe it to them and yourself to make them as strong and healthy as possible. SCOTr's EMULSION will help on better than anything else; but be sure to get SCOTT’s. It’s the best, and there are so many worthless imitations. Mr. Todd" hu- Sust “(fish as numb ex- mm- 8‘30“. his bmthar-inâ€"law'a children. Let us send you In! him“ und other Iniorpmcion onfihe supioct. A mentioning this paper. is 3‘ SCOTT 3: BOEVIK'E us \Vgllington SL1 w. ALL DRUGGISTS and That fivienr. 1'0me year. This is a. record for the parish, which comprises 26,000 acres. The population is 8,000, and there are 58 licensed houses. A spring medicine is an actual necessity to most people. Nature demands it as an aid in carrying off the impurities that have ,ccuâ€" mulated in the blood during the in- door life of winter months. But unfortunately thousands of people who recognize the necessity for a spring medicine do not know What is best to take and dose themselves with harsh, griping purgatives. This is a serious mistake. Ask any doctor and he will tell you that the use of purgative medicine weakens the system but does not cure dis- The seal of Oliver Cromwell, now in the possession of a, prominent family in Wales, 15 a. plain gold mounted corundum stone fiveâ€" eighths of an inch in diameter. It dates from 1653 and was used on several of his deeds. Tl the Lord’s Prayer 13 eng 1t. the system but does not cure dis- ease. In the spring the system needs building upâ€"purgatives can- not do this; they weaken you still more. The blood should be made rich, red and pureâ€"no purgative cah do this. What is needed in th-eAspring is a tonic, and the best In ths Spring 3. Tonic is Neededâ€"â€" But; Not Harsh. Drastic Medicinas. rich, red and pureâ€"no purgative cab (10 this. What is needed in the spring is a. tonic, and the best tonic medical science has yet dis- USING PURGATIVES INJURES THE HEALTH covered is Dr. Williams’ Pink Pils. Every dose of this medicine actu- ally makes new, rich blood. This new blood strengthens every or- gan. every nerve, and every part of the body. This is why they cure headaches and backaches, rheumaâ€" tism and neuralgia. and a host of other troubles that come from poor watery blood. That is why men and women who take Dr. Wililams’ Pink Pills eat well, sleep well, and feel bright, active and strong. if you need a. medicine this spring try this great reviving tonic, and see the new life, new health and new strength it will put. into you. Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 50 cents a. box or six boxes for $2.50, from The Dr. Williams’ Medicine 00., Brockville, Ont. engaged. At the same time it was the most; fruitful in results, and from a, geographical point of vilw the best work he had ever done. He reached Thibet by way of Con- stantinople, Asia. Minor, Persia, and India, and managed to spend no less than twenty-five monthsin the mysterious and forbidden land. 4,000 MILES [N THIBET DB. HEDIN, WORLD’S GREAT- " EST EXPLORER. Chinese Closing Doors Against all Europeans â€" thrl'itory Mapped. Previous to his expedition the whole country north of the Brah- maputra. River was marked on the maps as a great white unexplored patch. This vast hitherto unmapped region of 65,000 square miles Dr. Sven Hedin crossed and recrossed in several directions, wit; the re- sult that its principal geographi- cal lines are now known. One result of great: importance is the discovery of the real source of the Brahmaputra. This mighty river was supposed to have its source in a. body of water known as the Marium Lake, near a. spot Where the mountains of Thibet con- nect with the Himalayas. Dr. Sven Hedin, has, however, proved the Ma-rium to be a. tributary of the Brahmaputra, and has visited the Bral the true 18.8 SOURCE OF BRAHMAPUTBA. l ll! d the hit} of the Ind f the was used on The Whole of Igraved upon ytter. 1erto Six Arc Lamps at Old Gaicty Theatre Startled Strand. John Hollingshead was the first man to use electric light in Lon- don. It 1878 he installed six are lamps at the old Gaiety Theatre and startled the Strand. The price of gas shares fell immediately. The cost of the lamps was $200 a. week, and he ran them for nine months. An attempt to plant one inside the theatre at the foot of the grand staircase was a failure. The wo~ men objected to the fierceness of the light. One of them for instance, watershed of the Indian rivers makes it, one of the most import,- ant places on the face of the earth. CHINESE INFLUENCE STRONG. In Thibet alone Dr. Sven Hedin, travelled over 4,000 miles. He found the Thihetans full of wonder at the retirement of the British from the country after reaching Lhassa, and they put, it down to fear. In consequence Chinese in- fluence has increased to an enorm- ous extent, and was as strong now as British influence in India. The result, is that China has closed all the roads to strangers, and he thinks that in future the entrance of an European to Thibet will be rendered impossible. For two months and a. half he was disguised as a. Laduki, keep- ing his face and hands dark with Indian ink and wearing Thibctan dress. At length he was discover- ed, but not till his chief work was finished. His maps, covering 1,100 sheets, he hid in his bags of rice. During the whole of his explora- tion, in spite of the awful cold and the hardships endured", he only lost one man. Personally he never ex- perienced a. day’s illness, and, with the exception of a. little champagne, which he drank at Shiga/aze, never tasted alcohol and took no medi- cine. He smoked, however, when- ever he had the opportunity. Vie-igsit’gnébiiiit 11‘70 ponies and mules owmg to the terrible climatic conditions, and with the exceptiqn (I eight survivors, all the animals of two caravans perlshed. “pretended to be very anxious that the secret of her soft complexion should not be discovered.” Prof. Erasmus Wilson said of electric light at the time:â€"-“With regard to the electric light, much has been said for and against it; but I think I may say, Without fear of contra.- diction, that when the Paris Exhi- bition closes the electric light will close with it and very little more will be heard about it.” Mr. Hol- lingshead, by the way, had fitted up the Gaiety as early as 1889 with an electric searchlight, which dashed the length of the Strand. But he soon withdrew that for fear of scaring horses. KEGLECTED ‘SCALD CAUSED MONTHS OF AGONY. Spent Dollars in Vain. but Zam- Buk Cured 1101'. Following we give the testimony of a. lady who if she had known of Zam-Buk earlier would have been saved nine weeks of agony: use Buk as so Widi cure f0 abscess Here is S( FIRST ELE CTRIC L] G HT. here is not WOUHC Ari-VBIIIIEVESJVthe most wonder- d efiectlve remedy I have and I advise others to use (‘AN Y0l Itl HI] d'cracks pil-e Your mthin othing to equal Zam- ily balm. Its uses are ms been proved a. sure ma, ringâ€"worm, ulcers, .-es, bad leg, suppuratâ€" cuts, bruises, chapped affected it cures Lea, neuralgia, c1 stores sell at 50 ; free from Zax g .Whi Ability. SPELL? 1tr d all sk Rubbed 11 Will T amâ€"lfiuk f prlcc. wel heu All coming up," said the omce boy are- jectedly. “When I say you’re out they don't believe me.” “Well,” said the editor. “just Atoll them that’s what they all say. I don’t care if you check them, but I must have quietness.” That afternoon there called at the office a lady wilh hard features and an acid expression. She want- ed to see the editor, and the boy assured her that it was impossible. “But I must see him,” she pro- tested. “I’m his wife.” “That’s what they all say,” re- somebody to dictate the following jumble to him, and see how many mistakes he will make:â€" “Antinous, a. disappointed, dc- siccated physicist, was peeling po- tatoes in an embarrassing and harâ€" assing way. Bis idiosyncrasy and Drivilexze was to eat mayonnaise disagreeable curocao juleps through a. sieve. He stole some moneys and hid them under a ped- lar’s mahogany bedstead and mat- Cl‘l‘l Able pap mum tur “Like a, fiend in an ecstasy of gaiety I rushed after him into the maelstrom, or melee‘ and held him as in a, vice. I could not feaze him, hOWezver. and he addressed me, with autocracy, in the follow- ing imbecile words, which sounded like a soliloquy or a. superseding pacan on an oboe: ‘You are a. rate- able lunaâ€"moth ; a salaaming vizier; an euuinocital corvnhee and an _an equinocital coryphe lsoscles daguex‘reotype.’ “That’s what they all say plied the boy. A new boy is wanted there i mussels while staring at the :iadcs and seizing people’s tri- les and velocipedcs. he was an in'g teetotaller, and had been on Qicayune jamboree. He rode a. frcy stallion and carried a, sale- 6 papicr mache bouquet of as- s, phlox, mullein, chrysanthe- ms, rhododendrons, fuchsias, i nasturtiums. quoxso paraphernana, an ormom ‘hmak‘, and astrakhan chapare- He drank crystalxzable and lie wore a. vivlege'was t mussels wh ladcs and se The Daimler Motor Co., (1904) Ltd. COVENTRY, ENGLAND. MONSIEUR GIRARBOT. 8, L. ’09 “I have noted that its chief qualities are its extraordinary flex- ibility, its absolute silence, and its marvellous efficiency, in compar- ison with tappet valve engines. CHAS. HAY WALKER, ESQ. 23. 12, '03 “The way she crept along on her top speed at about 5 miles an hour was marvellous." CHAS E. MARTIN, ESQ. 12, 12, ’08 “I have never experienced such a delightful feeling as when gliding along silently'and smoothly<n1theNew Daimler." Extracts from a few of the letters receivsd by the Daimler 60. hearing out the claims made for the 1903 engine. THE HT. HON. LORD BURTON. 20, 12, ’08 H She runs very quietly and smoothly, even on very bad roads, and she pulls beautifully up hill. It is a real pleasure to ride in her.‘ ' WHY HE LEFT. keep the visitors from ’ said the office boy dre- Whon I say you’re out s resplendent ha, an ormolu ELEEPLESS LITTLE BABIES ARE SLGKLY BABIE When babies are vestless, :lcep- less and cross it is the surest pos« sible sign that they are not well. Well babies sleep soundly and wake up brightly. Sleeplessness is gen- erally due to some ailment of the stomach or b0\vel.\ 01: cutting teeth. A few doses of Baby’s Own Tablets will put the little one right and give it sound, natural sleep. Mrs. Jos. Goneil, St. Evarist-e, Que., says: “I have found Baby’s Own Tablets a splendid medicine for constipation and stomach troubles. I give them to my little girl and they keep her lively and well.” Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams’ Medicine 00., Brockville, Ont. Bride Believes Waxing Moon Will Bring Happiness. In spite of all her sound good sensey a German girl cherishes cer- tain superstitions which she likes to observe on her wedding day. For instance, the moon must be increas- ing, neither at the {ull nor on the wane, for a waning moon foretells that marriage, love and luck will dwindle, while a full moon denotes .but stationary luck at the best, but a waxing marriage moon will bring an increase of nuptial hap- piness, health and prosperity, says Wom m’s Life. Neither will any German bride cf whatever rank, wear pearls, for she firmly believes in the forbidden old adage, “The more pearls a. wo- man wears upon her wedding day, the more tears she sheds in after life,” In the Fatherland,_ too,.if it rains upon the bridal day, the bride will wisely look upon the best side of the matter, and regard the glistening raindropsâ€"not as her English sister doesâ€"as prophetic of tears, but “showers of blessing;” Wl'llle if she weeps at her marriage, she laughs after. saying she has spent her tears beforehand, so that she will have none to shed in her new home. WEDDING SUPERSTITION.