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INCREASE 0F DRUNKENNE SS. fitatistiea Show That Intoxication ‘& Goes With Prosperity. If statistics are to be believed \pmsperity and drinks go hand in {hand in England‘ There has been ore work and more drinking dur- fing the lay-st twelyevmqpth. ‘ Public houses (on licenses) have ‘decreased by 10 per cent. since 1905. At the end of 1912 they num- bered 88,608, but the convictions got drunkenness in 1912 erwe 18,- 952, being 10,462 more than in 1911. “' “An increase , in convictions,” ' tatee the report, “may be due .31- ost directly to the extinction of 7 en:sesâ€"â€"e.g., the drunkard may r “Have you a. spare cigar about ' on, old chap?” "Certainly. Burt { thought you were going. to shop making?” “80 I am, but not too brrzfitlya I’ve already ratopped making my own cigars.” mm FALL WEATHER ’ Canadian fall weather is extreme- ]ly hard on littfleroA-nes. Que; day it ‘ London,‘with a. total of 50,382 onvictions, shows a. far higher pro- Exyrtion of convictions for drunken- esrs (calculated per 10,000 of the fistimated populattoh) than either 0 county boroughs or the non- uuty boroughs. During February, March and pril, 1912 (the months of the min- rs’ strike), there was a. persistent ecline to far below the corres- gonding record of 1911. I “There was a. still more rapid and. eminent, rise, with the return of 0d work and wages, till July. e 1912 figures for Greater Lon- n, unlike those for 1911, show a. ecline in June and July (the months of the transport workers’ rike). In August, when that was ver, the figures rose again.” be driven from his old haunts in a back street, where he used to soak unseen, out into the open, where he Ls arrested.” s warm and bright: and the next Vet and cold. ThoSe sudden :hanges bring on colds, cramps and holic and unless baby’s little stom- hch is kept. right the result may be various. There is nothing to equal Baby’s Own Tablets in keeping the ittle one’s well. They sweeten the stomach, regulate the bowels, break 1p colds and make baby thrive. 6 Tablets are sold by_ medicine calm-s or by mail at 25 cents a box ?rom The Dr. Williams’ Medicine 30., Btockville, Ont. Smell the real The moment you smell this soap you will want it. In it we have captured that sweet elusive odor which has made the violet universally beloved. Your 'dmggist ha: it. Ask him for it. Smell it, hold it to the light. you will want it the momcnt you do. ’I For sale by Canadian d e I druggist: fromcoauto (can ' including Newfoundland. ‘ I I A I» E m‘ In it, too, we have caught the beautiful green of fresh violet leaves. This soap is so clear you can see through it when you hold It to the light. Many soaps have been made to imitate it; be sure, tl‘ierefore, to look for the name Jergm: stamped on each cakc. * are" {he Andrew argon: Co., Ltd., 6 Sherbrooke tract, Perth, Ontario. . 10c a cake. 3 for 25¢ Write today for 5 am pl 0 ctke For a it: stump we will send '0“ a generous ample “kcâ€"Idâ€" violet fragrance HARD 0N LITTLE ONES The moment you "I “you will wasn't! V l O'LET.‘ Glycerine Sup ap There is a, cause on record of a poor manâ€"in all probability half dementedâ€"who insisted on signing four names every time he wrote his signature to any paper. Of course, he passed through all the legal stages of punishment until he was finally hanged. Distinction Permitted Only to Roy- alty 400 Years Ago. People have not always been al- lowed the pleasure of having as many names as they wished; in- deed, 409 years ago not even a mid- dle name was allowed in England. It was illegal. The old English law was definite and admit-ted of no in- fraction of its ruling. The only ex- ception in this ironclad regulation was in the case of persons of royal rank. If they really wished it, they could boast; of a middle name, but woe to the .person of ordinary rank who was sufficiently unwise or ob- stinate to insist on having more than two appellations. For the first offence he‘ would very liker be tied to a whipping post and severe’ly lashed. For a second ofienoe he would endure some more lasting punishmentâ€"â€" perhaps the removal of his thumbs or ears. And if he still persisted in his stubbornness he would be hanged. A High Pressure Water System In- stalled at Top of Dome. Now that the cross above St.- Paul’s has been regilded it is not likely to be allowed again- to gather the accumulations of i London’s smoky atmosphere, as it did during the previous half a. century. Hy- drants have been placed recently in the lantern below the ball and cross, and by means of a. high pres- sure supply they will be utilized periodically to clean the golden cross. The hydrants have been intro- duced as a result of an experiment last year, when it was. found that two of London’s most powerful mo- tor fir'e engines, coupled together, were unable to throw water from the ground level 'to the top of the dome with sufficient force to be. of any use in case of fire. Dry mains have now been laid to a. considerâ€" able height, with outlets at differâ€" ent points, and from these the fireâ€" men work should the necessity arise, the engines being coupled to the other ends of the mains. “Is she nervous?” “Nervous! She’d even jump at a. proposal!” . USE OF MIDDLE NAMES. PROTECTING ST. PAUL’S. ' m‘mo'mfmssw J According to a prominent French en- gineer the Panama. Canal locks will be obsolete in twenty years, and a. water level canal will be necessary. Under the circumstances perhaps Mr. Bryan was well advised when he endeavored to 81‘- suade Congress to pass his Nicaragua. ill by which the United States was to have the sole right to build a canal through Nicaragua. wherever it chose, in return for three million dollars. Some other concessions were to be made, but this . was one of the most important. As the United States has built the Panama. Canal it is obviOus that any other canal throu h from the Atlantic to the Pacific must is controlled by her or else the enormous expenditure on Panama might be deem- ed wasted. But in the next twenty years trade will hove increased to such an ex- .tent. according to the same authority, that the Panama. Canal with its looks will be unable to handle it. In that case another canal through Nicaragua. might become a. necessity. Considering the tre- mendous Isensibilities oi the western counts of orth and South America. the' millions of people they are able to sup- port, and the comparatively few which they maintain at present, it seems unite .likcly that in due course t’wo canals will not be one too many. To lcok ahead twenty years in these modern as? takes some imagination and during. test of us_ are satisfied with trying to make cer- tain of looking ahead it day or two. There is no knowm what may happen twenty years after t e canal is opened. It New York is to become the China. of the United States, and all the west coast is to take the place ci’ Europe. one wonders what nation will be in control of the canal. Vacuum-cloanlng the Blood. Among the many remarkable addresses and demonstrations iven at the recent International Medics Congress in Lon- don, there was nothing more promising of future results of great value to human kind than Professor Able’s account of his artificial kidney. He opens one of the large blood vessels of an anaesthetised animal. inserts a glass tube. and conveys the blood to a. series of small tubes made of celloidin. From these the blood passes through another glass tube back into the animal and re-entsrs the latter's circu- latimi. The celloidin tubes are omus to all diflusiblo substances in the hood. and being placed in a. saline solution not as a sort of filter. As the blood Passe“ through this little set of artificial anfl' laries, it is. so to speak, washed or filter- ‘ ed. and a portion of the diffusible sub-l stances remain in the saline solution in‘ which the oelloldin tubes lie. One is.; perhaps, hardly justified in concludinf from these experiments thwt we‘ can switch a. sick man’s blood out of his body throx h a celloidin filter. and then hand it has to him freed of all impurities, but this is the possibility suggested by Pro- fessor Abel's sddresar The immense value of such a method in many diseases is 80 obvious as to require no insistence. ‘ Supposedly Harmless Modlclnu. ' The numerous fatalities among chil- dren, and even grown-ups, caused by pu- taking in undue quantities of szstwble medical preparations is alarming. The necessity of placing sup osedly harmless medicines where they wll not be socce- sible to children has been frequently em- phasized. The custom of throwing am- ples of drugs into yards and doorways is one that should be abolished. Legisla- tion is proposed which provides that all liquid medicines containing poisonous drugs be put up in bottles of different shape from the ordinary vials whereby they can be readily recognised by_ the sense of touch. Another Antarctic Expvdltlon. J Foster Stackhouso, the leader of a party of Englishmen who will mt an early date sail for the Antarctic. says his firms pose is’ to determine the extent of int Edward Land and make temperature and magnetic observations. and adds. “I also want to explore land which no English- man has trod.” The latter is his real reason for setting out on this perilous journey. Scientific research is but an in- cident of the undertaking. The lure of the unknown has gripped him, as itgrip- ped Columbus. as it gripped Livingstone and Peary and Scott and Amundsen and countless others who have set out to go where man never was before. and as it will grip others until there is no spot on the globe untrod by man. Effects of the Balkan War. There will be bitter suflering in mil- lions of families of EurOpe this winter. course food will give placetocoamer,belte Will be tightened in place of meals. ra- tions will be shortened. and every public and private agency of relief will be taxed to capacity to keep hardship trom be- coming disa/ster. For more than a. thous- and million dollars of Europe's li uid 1 capital has been burned up in the 133.1 an "CT'Vlâ€"s-i \v LVEWo-hl There’s a delicious smack in these crisp, appetizing bits of toasted corn that" brings brightness and good cheer to many and many a breakfast table. Toasties are untouched by hand in making; and come in tightly sealed packagesâ€"â€" clean and sweetâ€"ready to eat with crgam and- sugar. Sold by Grocers everywhere. Wholesome Nourishing Easy to Serve Breakfast Post Toasties Gunman Donut: Oat-«.1 -Oo.. Ltd. ~ Wind-or. Ontario. "only Yoars Aflor. Sunshine and Cream war. or has gone into unproductive in- crease 'of armies already too great, for tax- pqyers to support. The coming hardahlps W111 press most. heavily upon lands which felt the devastation of warâ€"Turkey and Bulgaria. and the fought-over raglan/5 of Thrace and Macedonia. In the firet- named countries defeat has added bittgr- nese to grivation, and in Turkey the In- choate c aracter of society will increase the ills of poverty. But. while these lands suffer worst, no par-L of Europe is wholl exempt. Fifteen thousand men are a- read)? out of work in Berlin, and the au- thorities of that city are expecting a. re- Bftltion of the bread riots of last: Y?“- artlal 1am prevails over large dletncu of Austria and Russia. Workers in Italy _a.re striking fox; a living yage,"an<i‘ eygn u; aroma-nus France afndnâ€"ESHQBE 1.118 plnc is felt. Advertising not only pays. but, its value as news is coming to be more and more appreciated. There is not an enterprising gorporation or shrewd business firm that 15 not now informing the public through the medium of advertisements when kind of new business each is engaged in and what are prospects for the future. The old time methods of silence on the gag-t of public utility’ corporations have can abandoned. No one is advertising to a. greater extent than the heads of big transportation companieannd those cor- porate bodies engaged in the dlasemlna- tion of intelligence b telegraph, tele- phone and wireless. 686 are sensible moves. T119 public is intelligent, enough to ap- preow/oe all publicity based on the truth. The zmthful advertise? succeeds all the time. and he ls demvmg of all the m- crpaeed patronage he is sure to receive. When there la a. lull in business from any cause ghrewd. men of aflaim get. busy and SUFFERED 20 YEARS With Kidney Trouble. Cured by GIN PILLS Mr. Daniel F. 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