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1^^^.^^- ,^*^^^^^ â-  t^^mft' â- *"â-  ^^ BRITAIN'S NEW PREMIER liKOBKItT II. ASQIIITII HAS A C.Oli) MANNCIt. •I.'i--:ir(] One oj Ihe Most BiiUian Wo- uidi ill Eiioland \n liiieroUnu Mr. MiTbert U. Asquilh, wlio has been Chlled by llio King to t.iicc<^<?d .Sir llfnry CHinpbclI-Biinncrinnn as I'l'O- i:ilor <il Grcul finlnin, litti Iweii char- «tleriKt\l by Sir f'.liarlo.s Dilke, (L«ur- tdly liy ixj "'<^'> J>'<18<* '» *'";'' "i'^l'''''s, as tlic (jicalisst I'arliaiiicnluiiaa in the tiiiled Kiiit;<it<iii. No man in i;ii((ILsli public lire lias a <;<i!diT iimnmr or a kuuUr lieart. He i.s wliolly lacking in cordialily, nor 1ms be any •mtf ol Ibal personal iiiagnol- isin wbiPb some c-onsldcr, and wrongly tj... as indispensable to a jjoliti'-Vil load- er. Hut hr lini)re«a«» one by Uis cxlrn- ordinary lucidity of iilterHncc ojid of intcllfot. His absence of humor is iiioro than counterbalanced by hU con- vincing clovfrncss. and Uc pos.sessos In un altogpth<T ppe-einincnl degreo that one virtuo of all olbcr.s which th<> Kng- Ush spfiiking rar<*i value so highly in their public men. thai U to «ay, safe- ncss. There is no danger of his ever bung carried away by emotion, of his deferring lo mere ncnlimcnl, or of s|*aking on the Impulse of Hie moment. In fart, no on«J credits him with any si'cli thing (IS impulse, In the »ens<! of 11.', sulvjr^linatlon to cold logic and rca- btn, «nd the tifjpes and expectation.* nlilch were formed by hU frii'nd.<! and Bcquainlances concerning him when he l< ok to golf llwt it would inevitably re- sult in his learning lo swear, liav« not been realized. HIS BRILLIANT WIFK Probably it wa.s ju.st l)ccaiue of llioflo peculiar cluiiaclerLslics that be was tblc to fceciirc the heart and hand of on« of tlu) mn.sl brtlllanl women in Undon society, wlio is his antithesis In every rtspecl, wtio Is brimful of wit and "of humor, poas«8«ed of .micIi mag- neti'im as to rend<>r men siicli as Ar- thur Balfour, Ivord Teiinys<in. and W'll- l;aiii F,. (iladstono her most devoted a.l- ihlrrrs and subject to lier sway, and who. known from ono end of EiiiX)pe to the other prior lo her marriage as Mis< Margot Tennnnt, is laniiliar to iMoriy |)COple in America lluvjugli her J), rliayal as "Dodo" In Ihe popular iiovrl of that name which first made ll( lll<rnry reputati<-)n of its author. K'lward l-rederick Benson, younger .son ol the Uile Archbistiop of Canterbury. Miss "Jack" Tennanl Ls understoo<l to 1i:ivo i\>jecle<l innumerable offers of niiiriisge l*for« astoni.slUng not only \,pr friendii and aequainlnnre"* but til.ewL-.c the public thmugh becoming llie second wif«> of Herbert Asquilh. a «elf-niiide man in evei-y son.se of th« wf.rd. wllhoul any .special e<ime!intVi.s, birth, op fortune, and. rnorwver, haiuli- CHpped In n mali'lmonial .sense by a fr.niilr of .six children, i.ssue of a former niarriHR*'. Il is dillifull to any whether it vvn.s Ihe ginrlnj; '•onliadiclion l>etwt«en their |(iiip<'riiineiiliil ehnracleristics Hint llrst laltiii.-h-d Mnrgot '1'enna.nt lo Herbert A.'-i|uith. or whether it was tlml, with 1 (<!• ch'vei' f<Miiiiiiiie i!iUiiti<in, she p«nie- I'ldetl Ihe qiinlities of heart that were ooneeoled iindi'r his cold aeadcniie «x- li rior. and fore.'<aw already, four- teen years iigi, that he was destined one of lhe.se days to become Ihe Prime Nimisl^T of tlie British Kmplre. Whatever Ihe cause of her ntlineti<'ui, it lainiHit be denied thai Ih^iuiion has li.ri)-Nl out II liiippy one In every re- f.p.>rt. nn<l that, while the wit, llir hiiiiior, the amusing persillnge, and. aUive all, the gr<vit iiingiiellsin of Miv;. /^squilh sr-rve lo e<iuntern''t tha cliilli- ne.vs of MiHnner of Iwi' huslnind and to altriict llMise who might otherwise be ie|ii'llecl by his icy reserve, he, on the Oilier hand, tias Inve.stiHl lur with v^hat iiiny be d<Hcril>e<l as an inlelli'ctnnl Ihlliist wliicli she Incited nti a young girL ^ HIS S( IIOOI.BOV DAV.S. IIcrlMil A~(|uilli is lo-(lay .'iC. years of «iyi. iiiiil is llii> son of a manufacturer ill a small way at Moiicy. a little im- ItiqHiilanl town in Y.irkshiie. m^ fa- tlHM- was fur iK/m rich, ami, destining lim to a comiiiercial fanvr. sent bini lo It;-' cily of Ix.iidon sctKXil, where ho «li>lmguislie<l himself as n scholar, but nut as n schoolUiy. Tliat U lo say, hp «l'ov\i(l iKi ta^le ulial.-^ievcr for Iho h|»irt> and gamc^ of IJie Inslitiitlon, iiiiide few tiiends, ami when |iy senior- ity mill pre.e?nlnen"e in his «tiiili<:~; in- rIhiiiIiI ha\i' been chosen Utr ttu' |)ri.si. t;oe of captain of llio scliool, was re- I>4'ntedly reje<led by hi-, fellow pupils in the eli'.:ll<ins fnr that otlli e owing lo tiis iin|>opularily. He rarrietl olf, however, all the school prizes, Including an nxf<ir(l iiiiiver.sity BClKihirstilp, ami, entering Ballol ('oi- leg«*, from which so many men of mark liuve gradii.itod, became one of 11^ most brillinnt light?, one of tim bright par- ticular stars of IJr. Jowetl, its famou.s iiia.sler. achieving a degree of prefttlge among his follow atudenlis which l«l lo their eventually electing him prasi- deiit of llie C4.>lcbpuled debating club known as the L'nion. (laving thus made his mark al Ox- ford, he pioceoied to study for the bar, t) which ho was called in 1870, and wa«, ll:nnk.s to Ihe name which li« had won for himself at the university, success- ful from Uie outset in obtaining briefs; .so much so that in Ihe following year he was enabled lo resign hia Oxfoi-d ffllowship, which a-sksured him an in- cx/iiie of $i,nrX) a yoar. in ord<'r lo marry the daughter of l-rank Melland, of Ox- f< rd, and, from a .social ixiinl of vk>w, remained for a numlxT of year.s wholly unknown lo tlio great world of London. GAfNKD (;lad.stoni:s good will. Asqulth had already previaslv com- mended hliiifielt to the g<x)d will of Gladstoni) by, preparing for his private iiiformulion a clear and convenient statement of ih^ law in Uve Charles BiadlaiigU controversy, and was thero- U re welwjiiicd by hbn whon ho .secured election to f'arllament a.s a mcmlier of the Liberal parly aft«r Iho l.itter'.s memomble defeat on llie Homo Biile bill .some 20 years ago. II \va^ iji the Hou.se of Commons, even mono Uian al Itiv! bar. Iliat ho show<Kl his clevci-n<vs.s. He spoke stildom, but when Ivo spoke it wa.s always lo tlio point -with u ma-s- tcrful oominaiid of his subject. So well did ho do tliat whon the Uriojiist (iovemmont was .def'-at^d in lf^92 lio wm put up by Gladstone lo Jiwvo iU abjection ftxim olllce. Hf|i main point of attack was Joseph Cluim- berlain. U was a wonderfully able attack and a cru^siiUig indictment; nol .1 word loo much, and, withal, char- acterized by a certain indellnilo niod- efty. It was tiK) .speocli of his life and fiilllllcd all Uie oxpccUvtkins of tlie grand old man, wlio, on forming his Cabinet, rewarded him by confiding lo him lht» portfolk) of .Secretary of Stale for the Home Ccpartnicnt. ATTHK IIO.MF, OFFICE. Though new to office ho pmved a great .success, and dLsplay<vJ not only much skill but atso an altogeUier un- suspected amount of tact In dealing with the lalior triiiibles, Ihe Trafalgar sciuaro niecllni^, oiid Iho cab strikes, which had bt>en keeping Umdon on a ferment for a number of years. More- over, he inaugurated some remarkable and effective facbji-y legirftotioii lend- ing to the improvement of Ihe working cla.s.ses. at the .sam<« lime reorgani/.lng UiC entire system of factory in«pec- tieii. Indued, his adniini-stration of llvo II<iii>' onice romain.s <jii record a.s the most successful in every resjvK:! of any liuring tlic last 30 or 40 years. On the formation of Iho .Adminis- liation by Sir Henry Canipbell- Jlniinerman, Asqiiith was appointed Chancellor of Ihe F.xctieqiier. Afi- i;iillli is Sir Henry's iiulural succos- s< r. and, white tlieisi are plenty of men omoiig tlM< memlier.s of bis party who have no fondness for him personally, yet one ami all arc compelled to ad- mit his siiiMM'ior (|ualincali<ins for Ihe \>ctil, qualillcatons wlich comniend hill' alike to liLs Sovereign and lo all fixlions <)f the Liberal ramp. HIS ouTw.vitn ai'pfabancf.. A£<piitli i.s nol g<^)od-lookiiig. His face hn.s Im^i'ii jiLstly described as hard and parchmenly; the faoe of one who might Imve be<'n fed \)\M>n Iho rnlf binding of I'.lackjitone or Oike, miiigkil with rngoiits iimile up of blue Ixxik.s. Ills llf^tire is stiff and stocky. Noi' dooB he iii:pr<ive hU appearance by llie display <:| any care hi dross. In fact, lie is jiislly reputed as one of tlw* .shabbiest giirbed men in Parlianient lliLs. loo. In s| lie of the efforts of Mrs. ABquilli lo kiep him well gi»omed. I US r.iiANc.r-: at last. The roiirl was crowdod. Not a luvatli ct »lr stinvd, aaul many anxioiLs fuces ix'crivl forward lo watch the young man ,is ho made Ills appearance in Iho dock. Ill' wiirt not yet Iweiity, and, i\ti one ben- evolent young woman iiMiiarked, "Why, lie ha.sn't even got a moiista'^he!" The charge again.st the pri.s.mor was giien oi.l. He had biwii <'auglit iiMl-liand- iil comiiiittiiig II nililtery, with the "swag" actually in his jKissosslon. "Have you anylliing to say againsl Iho cIiarK"!-'.'" asked the magistrate, when Iho I'^.uslable h.id tiiii.-.heil bis evitlence. "No. your Wiirsliiji," repli(>d Ihe priso- nor. "I hope you will deal with me as leniently ns po.s.sible." "Iliivo you over Ix'oii .sentenced lo im- piis<iiiment Id'fore?" "No, your w<ii'shlp - never," onswei-eil the ytiiithfiil burglar, and Ih; bur.sl into tears. The mngi-slrale's heart was fioftenod at tills toucbing sivne. and, wiping away a .stray l<Mir. he i-eplied eons^ilingly: "I>.int cry! Don't cry! You're going to b' iiowT' "HIS MAJESTY'S GUEST" THE WAY nOVALTV "DINIii .VND .SLEEPS" VISITORS. Hum You Must Dress When KntcrCaincd l>y tile King und^ Queen ol i:ngluud The King will lake no denial wlien hi send.s you a "dine-and-ilcep' invila- tion. or one for a lenglhici" visit, liis iixvilations ranl< as commands. 'I'heir Majesties entertain Uieir suU- j.cU for the most part at Wrndsor Cu^tlo and .Sundringhain, and their guests are bidden, as a rule, from ijal- urday to Monday, or from Tuesday to Fridayâ€" the latter for shooting parties. It is correct lo arrive in plenty of lime U; drass for dinner, but visitors iuu.st not expect to be met by their Boyal host luid hastess, for, although wtKu ho was Prince of Wales his .Majesty was on the doorstep of lu's abode ready with a hearty welcome, now it is not until dinner is served thai the .Sovereign and his iTonsorl meet their visiloi-s. Neither at brcaJtfast nor al lunchâ€" unless it Iw partaken of at Ihe sh<X)lâ€" will thejr Majt*lies appear; fherelVire the great oc/rasion of dinner i.s all the more auspicious, though tea is also graced by the Boyal (iresence. Al Windsor Castle dinner is .served in the Oak Itoom, after a most impree- sivo entrance hiis been made by Ihcir Majestiecj into the reception-room, where Ihe guests are a.s.sembU*d, Ixiwing and ciirLseying low, all .spU'iidid in Ihei' full-dre.ss attire, and a perfect corusca- lion of GLORIOUS JI^WKI.S. Tho King i.s a great coniioLs.'*'ur upon dress, and though ho does nol, a.s mon- arch, .sloop to take the pei-sonal noti''e (if it Ihat he did on one occasionâ€" when, ai Prince of Wala<t, an unlucky guivt aj>4x;ared in a blacJi tie instead of u while, whereupon « while one wa* .serv- e I up to tiim by a fltmkoy upmi a .sil- ver salver- his order that knee-breech- vj ,Tnd silk stocking.'? are to l>e worn with cvenin{?-dre.s.s by all men whon ladi«is are pix-.sent is .so well known Ihat it i.s followed in .society invariably by many well-garbed men. Tho dinner will not lie a long one. but it will be perf.'ctly cooked and .s«.rvcd, and tho labl<' will be .set oul with aUsoluto good l.xsle, and ahvay.s with great variety, owing lo ll»e enor- mous range of gold and .silver orna- ments at Ihe command of Ibo dres.s«;r. Two .s(>eelal silver .servicwj aimicrLiin to the Oak Boom at Windsor, one called th«> "Lion" and Ihe oHmt Iho "Crown." and there arc special .service dishes for 8]j«cial vland.s. At Sandringham â€" where, by the way. it is the Boyul pleasure lliat all clocJ(,>. '>!• kept half an hour fa.st, an order care- fully explained lo llmso gih'sU nol al- ready aware ol it upon Iheir arrival- dinner is .servtvl on a flower-decked table in an oak room, the priKlominant color cf which is blue, and it, too. in lieavy with tajxvslries and POBTBAITS OF nOYALTIF»S. No one sits down in tho While Draw- in^; Boom at Wlnd.-^ir. nor in the suite of a,partiiienl.5 that ser\c its drawing- nxnns at .Sundrlngliam. iiiilil the (juivn lULS scaled herself. But her Maj<-Nty is kindly tlioiight personified, and never kivps her guests sUiinling long. NJilsic and conversation are Ihe or- der of Ihe evening, and bridge for those who like it; and llieix' are always cpiaii- lilies of curious and exquisite picture.s. many of Ihem with Ihe |>i>r.s<)iial toiieli affordivl by their bei.ng Ihe prodiielioii I ( Boyalty's own hand's, U) be shown ami examined. Tho King and Queen leave llw^ir giie.sls for their private aparlment* nt Hk" end of the evening, which d<ms nol mean, however, Ihat .s.|Mcial iiivitaliiiii.s may iKit 1)0 given by her Majesty t<i great friends for a chat in her own pri- vate sitting-room, or by tho Kin,i» to .some favor«>i| individual for a .smoke and talk lieforo Ivdtimo coine.s. RickeU/ Simply the visible sign that baby*» tiny bones are not forming rapidly enoug't. v Lack of nourishment is the cause. Scott's Emulsion nourishes bab/s entire system. Stimulates and makes bone. Exactly what baby needs. AIL DRUGGISTS I SOe. AND St .90 rniRKR LAND OF CANADA. Now Kstiniated in the Nrigliborliuod ol &35.0000,000 Acres. Three hundiwl million '300,000.000) acitii ts tlie late<.t cfitimale of the forest area of Canada. This was given recently I y Dr. B. K. Fernow. Dean of tlie Faculty of Forestry in the University of Toronlfj. Dr. Femow was for y«ars bead of the (oieslry work of the United Stales, and is regarded as one of the bcsl aulhorilles en forestry and tifnt>er on Uiis continent. Dr. Femow said: "If we look at this vast forest area from llic manufacturer'.s point of vww, from the standiKiint of .supplies for the arts and industries, of Its coin- nvercial value, and study merely Ihe geography and nature of the comilry in the light of the reports on tlie more or 1<»6 outlying parts of the .same, we will como lo the conclusion that three hun- dred millkin aciies, and perhaps U*.s, will cover fully the commercially valuble tim- berland area, actual and potential, or not much imiro than one-half of the com- I'^erclal lois\st aroa of the Lnited .stales." Al one lime eight hundre^l million acrfts was the generally aocepled â- estimate of tlie limber land of (â- :aiia<la. .Mr. B. H. C.unpboll, .Superintendent of Forestry for the Dominion fHivemmcnl, was nol quite .S.J pessimistic in a recent estimate. .Si.eu.king at a forestry cwvenlion held in Yarmouth, N.S., he calculated the for- est area of tlie Dominion at about 53,'),- 0<Ki,000 acres, divMed as follows: Acres Brittsh Columbia 182 million .Manitoba. .Soskalcliewan ond Alia., and unorganized territories |80 " Ontario 10 " Quebec i»o " .New Briinswii-k T^ " N<va .Scolia 5 " I/X)k at il a.s we may, one thing .lieenis clear, and IJiat is that, on further know- l(>dge. Canada's "inexhauslible" forests and foroit iin'u.s are .shrinking, and lh«t Ihi-s oounlry does not pos.spMo> tlie wealth that it w.'is once thought tlwt .she did. Tlie moral i.s plain; It must be f:anada's duty to kxik carefully after what she has ond rart'fiilly presei-ye it. and als<i make provision that Umvii* aix^.s .sliall be .so Iwndled lliat a future supply of timlier from the .same areas can ho obtained. And' this means the introduclkm of for- estry management of lt>cse tunberlands. 4. MOITICAI. LIUinilUl!»l:: UEA.M.S. tirrni.tn Proposes a Plan lo !\lake Bea- rons Visible 100 Miles Out al Sea. Germany ha.'* a new klea in lighlliou.'^e.s. I! <'oiv>i»ls in using a vertical shaft of light instead of a hohzoulal beam. By tliLs means, it Ls thoug..t, it will be v;slblo for a greater dblanfo Ihaji at present. At 100 nautical miles out on llu: oc^ean llto lights along perhaps 100 mites of coa.st will bo vic>iblo to the navi- gnlor, it i.s calculatcd. At ttio usual ilevices of dark and light intervals and ehange of colors can 1)0 ap- pliivl to render the id^Mitincathin of Itio lights certain. Fxpei'imejits wiUi llic .sys- tem are lo !>â-  made al once by tlw Ger- man luivul aulliorilie.s at Friedricli-siirt. A WOMAN'S POWEB. As « wife Olid molher, woman can niiiko Itie fortune and liappiniv,s of hci husband and children, and if .••be iliu nothing else, suivly this would 1m' siilfl- cient destiny. By tier thrift, prudence, iiiid liict stie can siyuiv to lier partin-r mid lo tier.M'lf a competence in old iige, no matter how .small Itieir l>eginniii)^.s or how adver.s.> a f.ile may 1k> theirs. By l.i'i cliivrfiiln«"s.s she can n-hton- her hus- band's spirit. sliakiMi by Ihe anxiety of licsiiiess. By her lender care .she can oflen rcsloiv him lo health if dtseiuse has ovi'ilaslityt hi.s iiowi^-s. By her couii.m'I and lovo .she can w in him from l>ad com. pt.ny if U'liiplalion in an evil Ihiiir has led liiiii a.stiay. By her example, her precepts, »md Iwr sev'.s insight into cliar. acter .she can mould her children, how- I'ver adverse thoir dis|Ki,silioiis, inio IlobU^ men and women. And by leailing ill all tilings a true and iHiiiitiful life she can rclliie. elevjte, and .spiritimlise all vvIki c«ime wittiin her reach; ,s<i that, with Olivers of hi>r .sex emulating and ftfisi.sl- liif.^ her, she ciin do mor<> to regenerate llu world tlia.n all the .st;ite,smcn or re- foriiiei-s IlKil ever legi.slaled. DOCUMF.NTABV F.VIDF.NCE. Her Molherâ€" "I slvoiild rather you would not go salting wilh Ihat young man, flhira; 1 don't lielicvo he knows u thing hUiuI a .siiilljoal." Clara- "Oh, but he does, mamuKi; he sliowoil me a letter of I'r'comniendation from u lirm he utnHl lo wvirk for. and Itiey .speak very highly of his salesman- ship." A UENLFACrOB OF III'.MANITV. "Has .voiir husband ever done any- 'vliing to lenetlt his fellow-man?" "1 .shoiihl .say .S.0I If he had had half liii original excu.ses fur getting home lute oup,\rigliU>d. he'd bo in the iiiil- llCsiiairc class now." On one oci'<tsk)n in the .Vinerioan Con- eii5Ns an orator was inveighing against ii'i <ip|>olieut iiiowt vetiemeiitty. Point- ing lo the oriending man, be .sakl. in willieriiig scorn :-"Thero he sils, mule, silent, aud dumb." "Ve.s," remarked a iH'iglilwir, amklst Ihe silence whicli fol- l<.wod IhU cru.sliiiig arriiigniiR'nt, "and l,e ain't saying n wtu-d." This biviught d<'Wil Ihe HoiLst\ Proper .saiiil.ilion anil a good water siippl.N rcdiiiv Ihe deathrale tif a town i 1 ninsl a>tniiisliing fashion. At f:roy- don, I'.iigland, for instance, llie deatii- rail", with projicr «lr;iiiiage, icll to I'.i fer 1,0110. II had bivn i\ previously; and cnis<'s of lypiMjid fell triiu ij jx-r 10,000 lo 5. "I've come lo give notice, ma'am." "Indeed 1" "An<l would you give me a g.od iN'fenMice. ma'am? I'm going lo Mrs. Kipiierts. acix)ivs the way." "The iHVit ill tho world, Maggk*. I halo thul woman." Mother: "I a-n .sorry lo Ih'ar that Tom- my Smith tied a kettle to a poor dog's tail. You woiikln't do such a thing, would you?" IVihby: "No. inde.sl, motbei^" Mother: "\tliy <lidnt you .st<ip h:m, ll<ilil>y? ' Bobliy: "I couUln'l mother; I was holding ltK> ikig." Care of the Teeth CURIOUS â€" Tlie teeth may he pre- •erved to a sooi old age It properly taken caro of. Sudden extremes of v.try hot or very cold food or drink Jar upon the teeth moat Injuriously and Mliould be avoided. The teetli â- liould lie cleansed twice a day â€" on rlMlngc niid before retlrlnx. The brush â- hotilrt not bo too hard, and one should not atop at brushing only the outalde surface of tho teeth, but should brush them Inside as well. Here Is a recipe for a simple and non-Injurious tooth powdffr; Precipi- tated chalk, (our ounces: powdered orris root, eight ounces: powdered camphor, one ounce. Triturate tho raniphor In a mortar, moistening It Willi a very llltlo alcohol. Add other Ingredients. Mix thoroughly and sift through a One bolting cloth. BANISH PIMPLES AND ERUPTIONS STeryone feeds a Tonic in Sprinn; To Purify and Build Up tiie Blood. If you want new health and strengtii ij: «prijig you must build up your blood with a toiilc medicine. Indoor life dur- ing the long winter montli-s Ls respon- sible for lh«> dffircrwed condition and feeling of conslani tireUness which af- fects so many people every .spring. This condition means that the blood Ls im- puiv and watery. That is wlial cau.ses pim,p!e.s and unsightly eruptions in scimc; others have Iwingi^ fif rheunia- ti.sni, or Uie .sharp, .slabbing paias 0/ neuralgia. Poor appi-tite. fivquciul hea<V acbes. ond a desire to avoid exertion is also due lo bad blood. Any or all at those troubles can be bantstied by ll» fair use of .SiUch a tonic medicine as Dr Williams' Pink PilLs. Kvery das* of IhLs inr<iicine help.s lo make new, rich red bloo<l, which drivas oul Inv pi:rilies, slimiilut*^ every organ, strengthens every nerve and brings « fwliiig of new liealth and now energy Ui weak, tired out. ailin(*nien anil wo- men. Hero is proof that Dr. William.*' Pink Pills is Ihe greatest of all .<«)rinj» medicines. Mr. Ilenrv Baker. Chipinan, N. B.. sa.v.s:â€" "Last .spring 1 wa<> so weak and niL^rohle that I could hard- ly drag my.'wlf aljoiit. My aptielite was p«vor, I did not sle«^p well, and dread- .•d work. .My blood was in a len-iblc c<indi.tion, which caused pimples and .small boil.s to break oul all over me. These would itch mid pain and cau.t- f'd me much trouble. I tried Severn' iii<dicine<». but without Ihe least bene- fit, wivm one day a friend a.ske<l me why I <lid not Ir'v Dr. \\ illianis' Pink Pills. He .sp<^ike « highly <if thus medi- cine that I decided t.i lake his advice and give thtiJ^iUs a trial. I got a half dozen boxes anft-ilie result was that by th<- time tlK^y were nnisli.xl I felt Tike an altogether different man. They puri- lloil my lilood. built up my whole sy.'V tfin, and 1 have not had a pimple on my fU^h, not a sick day since. For IhLs ivason 1 can highly lecominend Dr Williams' Pink Pills as a blood builder and purifier.' .'sokl by all nic- <!jcine dealers or by mail at 50 cents a 1 ox or six Ixixes for $2.;')0 from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., BriicUville, Onl. IIKVI.TH DKPKNDS ON PLAY. Proper Recreation Briiifls. nappin?M and Laiiu IJIe. Nature inlcnded Ihat we shou'd first work lo live, and then Uve to play,. Pi><^i|)le <if this country have learned lo work first, last, anil all the time, and pluy is never given a recognized stand- litg in Ilk' ivgular course of llic aver- ago life, .'so Intent are we on work that we are gradually crowding play oul of the life of the children, .says \. S. Atkinson, .\I. D., in Ihe May Design- er. Wo begin their education early, and crowd IIkmii iiit<i nianlKxul before ll>ey have passed thmugh the ipi'rkid oi" full childh<.i.nl. The chiUlivn get the mania for success in life when l.h<>y should be <Nincerne<l chlelly with the plaything.-, of the nursf ry or ploygiouiid 11 IS an arlitlcial system <if forcing wh:ch makes Ihem prematurely old and «lissalLsne«l with life, .so lo.sing Ihe art I'f playing that they can never lliul plea, .sure in anything save work and high- pressure living. The ipicslion of wlielher we eiin nf- f.rd to play is a .serious one that should lo allowed no ll^ht answer. Cnlcss we can afford to play we cannot long con- tinue as sliimg. robust mortals, willi k( en intellects and healthy bodies. The man wrapped up in his bitsiiU'ss or pro- fe,s.si<in so Ihat he takes lillle interest in all otrt.s do matters Is laying the ^eods of destruction which must .soon come i.j) lo destroy him. The womnn who ties lier.s«>lf down to hoiivhold diitie.H so that th<!re i.s no end lo Ihem, no in- terval for rela.xation. no i-esl for weary mind, nerves and inius<'les. must Jiivak lUiwn ph.vsically ond nervously before she has .pavs»xl tlie cormal .span of life. If wo cannot afford lo be sick and die prematurely we can lUfurd the line to pliiy. HEALTH FOR THE BAST. A niotlu'r who has <.iiic»^ usixl Baby's Own Tablets for her children will al- ways use Ihem for Ihe minor ailmenU that come to all Utile ones. TIk' Tiibtels are the liesl mixlicine in Iho world fo* the cuix! of indigestion, cdic, Coiislipu- lioii, diarrhoea, l<rlhing lixuibles and breaking up colds. .\iid the molln'r has tin. guarantee of a poverniiient analyst that this metliciiie ainlains no ixiiMin- »,iis o;)lale or narcotic. .Mrs. Win. V Gay, .St. Fleaiioi'.s, P. F,. I., says:â€" "I have iistxl Baby's Own TaliWs wilh tho lest iwsulls and Know ^if nolhijig to cipial them for the cure of st<imach ami IkiWcI Iroiibles. 1 di iiol fivl .srifc unless I have a Ixi.x of Baby's Own Tablets !n Ihe house." Sold by lutHllcine tfb<i- lers of by mail at S'l cents a box frron the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Bixick ville. Out. Bill: Is it Irii,' Ihal heol ascends?" Jill: "Oil. yes; that is wliy .so mtiiiy hotheaded iiien gi'l cold feet." Solemn Man "IVi .vou hear the clock Liking slowly? Do you know what dm- :i Is ev,»r bringing nearer?" Cheerful ^lan â€" ^"Yivs; jmy day."