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' 11 FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEHEST FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. .Wliht is Going On in Uie Iliflhlonds and LowlanJs of Auld Scotia. There are now 16,000 empty hoiisc" in Glasgow. AUorO OcWfellows have now a copi- . tal of .f2,000. A miniuturo riflo club tor ludics was funod ill Dumfries. ; At liiintiiigiowcr, I^erthshiro, a boy â- ' of nine jcais liiis died Ironi spotted fcvor. A fine spocinicn of the gical g^'^y Bhrilio waj> recently tapturod at Inver- aray. <.Brd sliarpcrs are opcratlnj^ on Uio Caltxloniaii Iruiiis from (ircfnock to C'.asgow. OlasRow has now H9X. '""es of tram- way opca, as compared wjlh 86Ji a y«'ar ago. It i-s prop<iicd to mtse another .squad- i>in of Yoiinianry in Ho.xburgh and jH;lkirk Bhires. Tho sliipnicnl of coal from nolhosay Dock, Clydtlanli, last year amouffftd t<' CI.2TO Ir.ns. A Ni-ithprwoll miner lias oommtlteil suicide by hlowing his htad to pieces with ft detonator. laincnn Macrae, pnniekeeper. Inch- I'^naif, killed llirco otters on one oi ttie islands near Luss. P<rlh is .suffering from an influenza O|:idomic. In one of the pulilic works nearly SOO have been laid u^i'le. The distress In ivilbirnie dislrlot ow- ing lo the .sIrOppogo of Ih; Olengarno.-k sle.l works Is voi'y .seveiv. By the theft of brs.ss nitinps from «fiKlnes at (^ve Quarries. Aberdeen, alxiiit (Ifly men were thrown idle. At Craighead colliery a section cf intsn struck work reoently b«catise of tli« Imw wage.'i they were earning. Tho biggest sturgeon ever londed at Aberdeen. 9 feet 10 Inches long, waj caiiHht the other day and sold for Sifi. There were in Ih*" fila.sg'iw hospUala last week and under sanllnry provision at home, if,!W5 cases of infectious dis- ease. A big lube and .stoel faclory firm are prxjspecling In the neiglJyirh-j'xi • f â-  Fnllcirk with a view lo .starting a fac- tcry lh»?re. The Kitinburgh flealh^cr riiib lately Uok 2,0fX) of !hc poorer children ot tlio City t>) (Vioke's circus and gave Ihem ft good lime. Sottish Cualinaslors have reduced coal f'lr manufacUiring purpo*eis Is. per Ion, and for other pur/xisti a snial- l«r sum. , A movement Is on fool to .*el up a memorial to the late Mr. floberl IVjn- a:d*)n. heiuiiiiasler of I.<-'>ch -nd Road S^lK-ol, I nilh. The inlP>diiclion of laJy railway Iv-oking clerks Into Scotland, com- nienwd .vmie fifteen year» ng), has not proved a success. In Duiidcc jule and other teixtile Irailov In-luding fld.x and linen nianu- focture, einpIo>s altogether ovor 32,- - (W peoi.'e o( Ivith .sexes. Orders for ocean going de.'^tpoyers of 3;t knots, liave been placed by the Ad- m rally with .Messrs. Denny, of Duni- liarlon. and Palmer, ^if Jarrow. Abnil .«iS.nnO of dnnmge (including 12 rows burned) wa.-. done by fire in the premL^o-i <;f .laincs Mair k Sins, butch- ors and ratllo dealers, niickie. A series of cxpk,sion.s from flrndamp r.cpiirrel in Mary Pit. I/ichore. One tnan was killed oulright, and seven others were seiloiisly burned, two of tliem dying in hospilat. RK.MARKABLE CASE. (Dirl Reod Hooks and Played tlie Pkino >Vliilc Aslerti. The parliculars of an eKtraordiniiry cas" of eoniniimbulisin tire coinmunicat- fil tj the Urilish Mixlit-al Journal by Dr. James itussell, a.ssLslant physician • ut the Birniingham l|4ispilul. lie &ays that n gii'l, 21 year old, who is a toaclier iif the typ«\vritcr and a student of UHisie, onlcrod the hospital to be ciiicd 1 1 .'^l<'e|)-walking. While imder obwrva- lu.ri llK're sho twibitually left her bed nft-r Ihreo or four liours' slet^p alid bU3'.''l b<'rs<'lf in various ways, includ- ing dcvsivnding into tho nnisic room and pliiyiivg llK! piano, tuning a vio- lin and ntting new strings to it and crocheting. Her m<ist r.'innrkable feala, howevej-, wer-;' reading nnd wriling In the dark. If even Iherc wu.s a taint artillcial light In the room she w-mld avoid II, and p<) to the darkest ciriier, where she would read various IxKik.i, .study tlio tliooiy of l^armony, and write letters. One of her letters was addrcs.so<l lo her music teacher. It conlaitKsd a short essay on ttie ".Sonala Form." wliich wa-s Hcciinile in .sense and cooslruc- lion. Another letter she wrote was In tVerman, When she was awake sho did nrjl in the least renieiiil)er wrilmg o" reading. An exanilna:li,on of hep e\es did not reveal tl>e reason for her tieiiig able to see In the dark. .She has (now left (he hospital, tier condition having improv«vl, but she occasionally walks in lier sleep. CHILDHOOD INDIBESTION MEANS SIOKLT BABIES The baby who suffers from indiges- tion is .simply slarviiig to death. 't k/ses all dos:re for food and the little it does take docs it no pood; tho child is f>eevush, cuiss and restless, and the mother feels worn out in caring for it. Raby'.s Own TableLs always cure indi- gestion, and make the child sleep heal- thily and naturally. Mrs. Ceo. owell, .Sandy Bench, Quo., says: ".My baby siiff<Te'.l from indigestion, oolic and \omiting, and cried day and night, but after giving him Baby's Own Tablets live trouble dlso^ipeared and he is now a healthy child." The Tablels will cure H'i the minor ailnienls of babyhood and childhood. .Sold by medicine dealers or by luall at 2.1 cenls a Iwx from The Or. Williams' Medicine f>}., BrockvlUe, Ont. DOCTOR'S IJFE SPAN. Diseases lo Whirh They are Especifilly liableâ€" The Narcotic liafoil. Doctors as a class are more subject to lllne-sa than their fellow men ami ttioir expo;lancy of life is less than that of most, say.s tho British Medical Journal. An explanation of this is readiiy found in the nnxlolies cnus<>d t'y responsibiliti<'S which must weigh Uavy on every man of right feeling; m the amount and l.-ying nature of the wirk the doctir has to do; in iiregular- •'. ,' of meals and broken sleep; in ex- posure lo weather and to inffction; and l(.st but not least, in tho .*.canty rc- muneratioii which his lat><jr loo often brings him. The combined Inniiencc of all these causes Ls siifnri<'nl lo umiermine the atrongest ofmsldtullon long before a man has r actiod the Imiil of Ihr^-c- s<oic and Icn, A comparison of Inbles compiled by statisticians in different Oiiunlries gives doctors an average of j7 years at death. IXK-tors as a cla.s,s are especially li- h'I' !o certain JI'Cts<^s. S.-tting asiile uff'Hti^ns due lo expfisiire und infrclon, Uic prii -lice of medic nc lev c-i a dwpro- jiortii^nalc tribute from its pm.'essors in the f'lrm of dLsea.ses of the cjirdio- vesoular nnd n<'rvou.s systems. Angina pectoris has b'-en called the "doctor's <l »?a.*e"; neurasthenia de-serves to t)e rank'''d in the sam^^ category, and se- verer forms <if muirvsis are, «.s might be exp*"Cl-d, common among men wlKiSe piofe.sflon oomjieLs Ih'in lo live at the highest tension boifj of brain and jicrve force. It Is scarcely to be wonderwl at, IhoroJoie. that the nnirotic habit is .-o o^minon among do^lnrs. Afler all, what stKirlens the doctor's life is over- wrk, mental and loilily strain mani- fwltng itself at Ihe point of least re- sistance. TIIKY HAVE FAMII-Y TREES. Petivsants of .Ihe Black .Forc«t Have Curinus Old Laws. The r^ft'^nrit farms cf the Black For. <»t ar.» handed d-.iwn from father to son In a direct line, often dating back <(K) years. TheiX! Is no division as In France; all falls Wi llw heir, only licre it la not Ihu eldeat, but the youngest ».n who Inherits, It is inii! thJ»t a Bur (pea.sant) dies as loigning head. When tio gets on ill y<iar.s he iilxliontfs, in orrt<>r to end his dn>-s in Itie I.e:bt;ed:ngt'haus (dower he use), which stand beside each Hof (steading'). Thnt he <k)es .so in favor of his young st s :n is very s-neiblo; were it tho elder he. would have no peace, for as .wion as he marrieil h<» would try lo indu c his |:arcnl.s lo retire just 'it an a;c when power is sweet.st and t<\sl exercsed. For this reason Ihs practical farmers of by-gone gen^erotions decided to han.l over the suci-e.'.sion to the youngftst, .since, when Benjamin is a fullgrowrt man father Jac/^ib is old and glad to ro-st. This law of tnlieritaiie^ goes by llM) name of Vorlel. StwulJ Ihe heir < f his own fr<'e will desire to resign in fav>->r <4 his elder bmilior, the latter niiwl buy tlu; properly fmm him. In such a ease Ihe younger may be lormeU a kind of Esau,. What man has done woman can un- do. Tlie harder a man works U|)g. harder it is to work him. i^fff***^' °^ ^^^**'^ Emutsion on thin, pale children U magicaL It makes them plump, ro»y, active, happy. It contains Cod Uver Oil, Hypophotphites and Glycerine, to make fat, blood and bone, and so put together that it is easily digested by little folk. ALL DRUQQISTSi 60o. AND SLOG. THE ABYS.^IAL DEITUS. (By A. Banker.) It is slat<'d that if a large Ihick sheet of plate glass be inserted in the hull of a ve.s.sel, the bottom of Ihr .sea can, within certain limits of depth, be ob- F<rved Willi .slaitling distinctn<>s-;. And what u- weird spectacle mu.st be pri.'Sent- ed by that charnel house of the ages; what an as emblage of venerable relics of tho past; what a melancholy array of many a gallant ship struck down by nature's wrath and hurlled prune into the chambers of (he d^ep, carry- ing down lo a watery grave perhaps hundreils g /iiig forth to a new country, animated wftli buoyant h'^pes and glad and sanguine anticipaliojis of joy and happiness. \n(X (here they lie, uncof- Oned, and unknellod; i:o mausoleum lo mark their grave; no monument to r'^nonl their virtues. Here, perhaps, i.s a .Spanish galleon, laden with untold treasureâ€" vast .stores of gold, and precious sUines, and wond- r^'us Az'ec jewelleryâ€" tho plundered S'.>oiLs filched by those bkijcl-tliirsty buccaneers from Ihe hapless naliv!>s of Ihe ma n, sinuphlercd if Ihey mad.' re- s stance Id the despoiling greed of those thieving marauders, and mw Ihem- .selve.s s'aughlered by irat<? nature, and entombed in the midst of their ill-g<it- t.T booty Or here the .scene of a groat naval baltie; several old-time men-of- warâ€" hond-some and graceful frigale„s, a fine !ineH>r-batt!e ship, and perhaps two or three corvettes and war-sloops; their batU'red sides and slKit-riddled. br»)ken rinsls indicating live fury of Ihe tor- nado of cannon-balLs to which they were subjected. But there are other sights to b<- set»n. not gruesome or nielanclioly, but grace- ful and ever beautiful gardens of the .sea; parterrej of fairy coralline; wav- 'iig fronds of feathery flora of the ocean; many hucd, iinimaled .sea-flowors, their l';ng tentacles moving lo and fro Teady t'.! .seize an unwary young mulliisc wh'ch venturi's loo near the l>eautiful thing; logelher with many another fa;r and graceful beauty (if the dcf.p. Aye, the broad oeean, though so fair and .so lovely, yet all down Ihe ages has claimed her hecatombs of viclims. whose whitened bonca .still lie (here n her rulhle.ss grip. But on Ihe Great Diy, when the sea gives up her dead, al' that mighty oonoonr.'e will stand Ik fore tho .'iidge of all; those who have f'. light Ih© good fight of faith and whose mLsdi>eds have l)een obliterated from Ihe record by Ihe Bedeemer, who bor«;, Himself, the punishment for them, re- ceived with joyful acclaim into the realms of glory; thos<; who rebelU'd aga'nst their God, driven out from Mis presence. 4i PROOFI That Xann-Ruk firows New Rnatthy Skin. Mr. J. .SchoQeld, of «7 llaniiiUjn Boad, Ix)nd"in, Ont., says; ".\ friend of mino (Mr. William Ball, ol London) waj severely and terribly burned through an explosion • I kero,sene oil. lie was taken to the hospital wliero he suffered 'n- tense pain. The wounds refused lo h vi| aikl the iloclors .!<'.?ided lo re.sort to skin grafting, and I cnsitiled Vi have some sk;n traasplanlMl fruii my \<'\.'» to his body. Although tlii.s was done en several occasions, tli> skin refused "lo lake' until Mr. Ball t:e:iixl of Zam- Buk. From the tims ho applkvl Zam- Buk, new hcallhy skin t-eu'an to grow. I then used Zam-Buk for the places on my leg from which Ihe skin was re- moved, ami I am glad to report that new .skin has grfwn, and therefore Con- .slder Zani-Buk the. best skin food I have known. ' For healing ec7,ema. nmning sores, cuts, brui.ses, burns, bolls, eruptions, •calp sores, itch, chapped hand.^ and diseases of Ihe skin /am-Buk is without equal. \\\ druggist* and stores Dell It. 50c. a bix or post-paid (nom th« Zam Buk Co.. Toronto. GIRL HAS PSYCHIC POWER. Ethel Hopple Fortclls Events About lo Hnp|>en in Family. .\ strange gift is p>ssessed by Ethel llopple, a 13-year-old girl living with h^-r !/r.Trhtm<)lher, Mrs. Dolly llopple, in Battle Creek, Mich. She U known a' "llie girl from whom you cannot Keep a. ,s<ciel." Klhel ha.s a remarkable faculty of knowing everything that her family and friends are thinking about. This .she has had since a little girl. She always fcupposed that all other children had the same psychic power. At Christmas time F.lhel always knows just what pre>ents are coming to hor. When her gr<uidnio(her goes calling, Klhel always tells without fail- ure whether tlic person to be visited is al home or not. She forecasts every CB.sc of illness in the family, can toll whenever company is coming, and be- fore beng told that her family had de- cided to move to Buttle Creek knew of the fact. Miss llopple was horn in the town- ship of Charle,sl<>n, Kiilamazoo county, and llve<1 on a farm until four years ago, when her family moved to Buttle Creek. SIIAMK ON IlIMI "Of course, .lohn," .said Mrs. Young- husliand, "I like my kitchen (|uitc well, but id like U) have one of lho.se new portable ranges." "But, my dear," protested her foxy hustiand. "we'd have lo get [orloblc cooking utensils lo go with it." "That's so. I never thouehl of thai.'' BUILDING THE EMPIRE THE NILE-IIED-SEA RAILWAY AT POUT SLOAN. Iniporlant iXesulls Following on Open- ing of the Nile lo the Red Sea Line. In January. ISflfi, writes Sidney Low ill the London .Standard, I/ird Cromer, accompanied by tho (jovernnr-tjeneral of the Sudan, by a bevy of ofTicials, and b) guards of honor of bliiejackels, ma- rines, and British and Egyptian infan- try, opened the Nile-Bcd-aea Bailway at Port Sudan. In January. 1907, Lord Cromer's suc- cessor. Sir Kldom Gor.st, visiting the same locality, declaro^l him-^elf amnzod al Ihe sut»st«ntial and rapid progress which had been made under the direc- ton of the Brilisli oflicer.s and ofllcials who control the affairs of Iho Bed Sea province. Until I went to Por Sudan myscl', tlMugh I had heard a good deal about i' in Khartoum, I had no idea that the <leve!oi)nient of a great commercial emporiuin ;ind ixirt of call was being carried out on this remarkable scale. 1 expected to find a railway station, a few shanties, and an improvised quay or two. I found, instead, imposing wharves and tr dges cf stone and iron, a range of massive warehoiuses, cranes and loading machinery, .some fine build- ings already erected, others in progress; sireets. j^quares. and public gardens planned and partly laid out; a busy pcpulallon of Greeks, Italians, Levan- tines, and other Europeans or quasl- Europeans, doing a thriving trade; and many other signs of activity and en- let prise. ATTEMPT WAS FAILURE. There was much discussion as to the Siiakin-Bcrber Railway, and the .Suakin- li<rbre route In 1834. when the relief C' Gordon was being ixinsidored, and those who knew the country t)cst held that Ihe e.xpedition should have gone that way. I/ird Wolseley. for some rea- *.in, look a different vi<>w. and the Gov- ernment, at his instance, committed it- .self to Ihe gigantic bcatng trip up the Nile. The mistake was partly acknowledg- ed by its author, who, after the aban- <lonnient of Kharlouni, formed a half- hearted project to carry the railway from the coa.st tj Berber. A highly exiiensive equipment of plant, rolling stock, perm.nnent way, and loromolives was ordered at Woolwich and shipped cut lo Suokin. Vestiges of it may still te seen forlornly rusting in tho .scrub and desert, for F.ngland presently found herself in diUlciilties with Ru.s»ia on the .\fghan frontiers, and in the war- s.-are the .'^•uukin-Berber Railway was dropped and forgotten tor many years. iNow in the fulness of time it has been taken up by the engineers of the Su- dan Government, and brought to com- pletion. MADE NEW PORT. Instead of spending vast sums in or- der lo convorl Suak n into a ix)rl more or less for modern shipping, the Gov- ernnienl engineers preferred to deal with one that lay ready to hand. By the t)mb «if Sheikh Barghut they found a deep inU't from Ihe sea, a splendid natural hartxir, which ships can enter at all iKiurs of the day and night, and in which steamers drawing twenty or thirty feet of water can be moored In safety. They christened it Port Sudan, brought the railway thereâ€" with a junc- tion and branch line to Suakinâ€" and deliberately set about to prepare Ihe new entrepot for the destinies that await it. NO MU.SIIROO.M TOWN. The work had lo be done from the very foundation; thero w:i3 nothing to go upon. Port Sudan Is Ihe artillcial creation of man's hands, and brains, as much a.s any "mu.shroom" mining city in the Western State.", of America, and It has sprung up more quickly. But, then, it Is not the accidental re- sult of a sudden rush, or the hap-haz- zard aggk>meration of pioneers and pro- s|)ectors. It is all Ihe outcome of conscious design. Everything belonged to the Ciovernment, and everything has been done by Ihe Government. The place had not grown, it has been made. It storied, as towns do not u.sually start, with a regular plan and a definite schomo of constru'dion and location. The engineers and surveyors and land agents of the administration took pen- c'l and conipa,sses and tracing paper in hand, and said:- "Hore we will have cur wharves; here our docks, quays, cranes, warehouses; here our public buildings; here our shops and ofllces; here our residential quarter; here our main thoroughfares; hei^ our side streets; here our gardens and recrea- tion grounds." DANGEROUS PURGATIVES Many People Ruin fsm Health Using PurgatiYBS in Spring. A .s-iiring medicine U an actual neces- sity. Nature demands it as an aid to carrying off Ihe impurities that have awuiiiulatcd in the blood during tho winter nionlh.s. Thousands of poopla recognizing the necessity of a spring moilicine dose Uiemselves with harsh, griping purgatives. This U a serious mistake. .\.sk any doctor and he will tell you that tho u.se of purgative medi- cine weakeas the system, but does not cure disease. In Ihe .spring th« system iKCds building upâ€" purgatives weaken. The blood should be made rich, red and pureâ€" purgativfts cannot do this. What is neede<l in the spring Is a Ionic, an4 the best tonic medical .science has yel devised is Dr. Williams' Pink Pill* Every dose of the medicine actually makes jiew rich red bkwd. fhis new Mixid strengthens every organ, every nerve, ev«'ry [lart of the body. Thai U why Or. Williams' Pink Pills baii^""^- Ish pimples and unsightly skin erup- tions. That Is why they cure headaches, backaches, rheuniulism. neuralgia, gen- eral weakness and a ho.st of other trou- L'ies that come from F>'>or, watery blood. That is why men and women. wlÂ¥) use Dr. William.s' Pink Pills eat well, sleep well, and feel bright, a> live and strong. .Mrs. Jo.scph Lepage, SI. Jerome, Qw.. says: ".My daughter suffer<>d from headaches and db.zlncss. Her appetite was poor. .<5he had no strength and could not study or do any work. She was thin and pale as a sheet. A neighbor advised the use of Di. WiUiam-s' Fink Pills, and after tak- ing a couple of boxes we could .see an impr.)vcment in her condition. .She u.s« d the pills for some weeks longer, «hen th<-'y fully re.sl<ired her health, rnd i^he Is now enjoying the bost heallh she ever did. Try Or. Williams' Pink rilLs this spring if you want to be heal- thy and strong. .Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail al 50 cenls a !><â- ).< or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' .Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. *- MORE ABOUT IIIM. Old Grime.s had died. Reverent hands removed the long black coal he had always worn. Then it was dlscoverod why he had kei)l it always buttoned down before. He had no vest. It Is .^o much easier to forget a fa- vor than to forgive an injury. .Some of the charity 'hat begins at home makes u ha^ty get-away. Singleton â€" "They say a womans 'N<) often means 'Yes.'" Wedderiyâ€" "U never ti«!e.j after niaiTiage." BIG THOUGHTS OF BIG .MEN. Patience is bitter, but lis fruit Is swoet. â€" Rousseau. A straight life Is the .short st dis^lanca between Iwiv.Sity and hoihir. To prcpaiv us for complete living Is Ihe fuuct.on of education.â€" Herbert .Sponcer. No joy .so great but runneth 1.1 an end. No hap .so hard but may in fine amend. -Robert Southwell. .\ ccrUiin amount of patience i» a j-i/Od thing, but too much of it may b« 5u3 fatal as a lack of courage. \ B<x)d book and a good woman are exoellenl things for those who know how to appreciate their value. â€" Dr. Johnson. lie who \\\<^ for othei's will have friends, but he who lives l»)r him.-elf mu-st not complain when he finds the world forsaking him. M'sfortune sometimes, brings the best out of a man. There is no set of cir- cumstance out of which a str«mg man, relying upon hi.s strength, may not dis- entangle himself.- G. H. naiiibrkig*.'. "Don't worry" should l>e the motto cf old and young. No siluati.jn is im- proved by anxiety, sltvples.sness, or nervous prostration. .Men of charac- ter and brains, men of iron will and em^rgy, never worry. Affectation Is the greatest enemy K'lh of doing well and good acceptance of what is done. 1 hold it tlw part of a wiso man lo endeavor rather lh.it tame moy follow him than go before him. â€" Bishop Hall. We can have tho highest happines.'? only by having wide thoughts and much fi>ellng for ll;c rest of thf. world ns well as tor ourselves. The great thing is to love â€" not lo l«) loved. Love Is for Iwlh worlds. Perfect happiness is for the otlier only. Nothing Is easier than fault-finding; no talent, no self-^ienial, no brains, no chuniclcr are required lo set up in the grumbling business; but lhos« \Wio are moved by a genuine desire to d« good have little time for murmuring or cora- [.lainl.â€" Robert We.st, Children fui-nish more than one-half of the wo I Id s purest joys, their beau- tiful deeds breaking in uprm- us often- times as dellghlful .surprises; and stu- pid would we be if we failed lo b« roused from life'.s Uir|xir by their pres- ence, Iheir needs and their c.xprission of them. Yt-siUrOay Is a memory .so dLsllncl that it Is incarn'blo of idealization. If is also the nur.se of lo-day. To-day is a vital re.ilily; impotently dependent on yesterday, and nervously nfrufd of to- ir.orrow. To-morrow is an inovllnble sfieculalion. It Is also Ihe policcmaa of t-jnlay. To-day is a foi^eca.st of to- morrow ijased on a review of yesterday. DO YOU KNOW Every house has one or more outward applicatioas for pain. Pango, a recent important Frenoh discovery, is guar- anteed to remove colds In their early stages, to give instant relief from head- ache, neuralgia, iheumatisiii, gout and pains. It is expressly guaranteed that Ihis rcme<ly will flU a larger number of i"equiremcnts than any yet procurable. Pondo is made under the direction ol n leading phy.siciaii, and Mmt lo your ad- dress by mail on recei|>t of S5 or SO cents by the Pango (< -â- , any 'loioiuo.