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AN OPEN LETTER From a Well Known Methodist Clergyman of Interest to AU Who Are Sick. One of the best known ministers in •.he Hamilton Conference is the Rev. Chas. E. Stafford, of Elora, Ont., who freely admits that he owes his present good health to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Mr. Stafford writes as follows: "Some years ago I was severely af- flicted for a period of nearly four months. The leading physician in the town in which I was then stationed diagrnosed my ease as one of complete nervous prostration, brought on by over-work and which superinduced intercostal neuralgia and muscular rheumatism, from which I suffered the most excruciating pain night and day for weeks. So weak and helpless did I become that my attendants had to handle me like an infant, raising me up and laying me down with the greatest care, so intense were my suf- ferings. Acting on the advice of my doctor, and taking his medicine, I did not seem to improve. One afternoon, while suffering great pain, the editor of the paper published in the town, and who was a member of the church of which I was then pastor, urged me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I was sceptical as to the medicinal qualities of all proprietary medicines, but on the strong recommendation of the editor, who had great faith in the medicine, I decided to try them. To my great surprise and supreme de- light, I soon found that the Pills were giving me relief, and after I had taken seven bo.\es I was fully re- stored to health. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, under God, having made me a new man. E^r since I have been better and stronger physically than I bad been for a number of years. Three years ago, after an active ministry of forty-six years, I asked the Hamilton Conference of the Methodist Church to grant me super- annuation relation, which it did, but for more than two years I have been supplying a charge which neces- sitates a drive of twenty miles every Sabbath. To-day I am strong and hearty, without an ache or pain, and for my present physical condition I am indebted to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and can most heartily recom- 0>«nd them to the afflicted." . * Rotund. An elderly woman who was ex- tremely stout was endeavoring to en- ter a street car when the conductor, noticing her difficulty, said to her: "Try sideways, madame; try side- ways." The woman looked up breathlessly and said: "Why bless ye, I ain't go no side- I At each respiration an adult inhales sne pint of air. PRECEDENTS FOR WARFARE BY GAS GERMAN PROFESSOR DIGS BACK INTO THE PAST. Ide» of Using Chemicals to Destroy Enemy Is Almost as Old I aa War. | In the following article, translated from a German paper, a German pro- ; fessor. Dr. Albert Neuburger, traces the history of past attempts to use poison-gas in war. Quietly ignoring , the moral aspect of the question and i the fact that modem nations, includ- : ing Germany, had pledged themselves to refrain from such methods, he , treats them, under color of a learned ' disquisition, as though on a par with ' recognized military uses of chemistry, thus tacitly attempting to justify the revival of former barbarities. That [ he is conscious of the moral guilt of this revival is shown by his efforts to shift the responsibility on the French. Dr. Neuburger writes as follows: "The idea of destroying the enemy by chemical substances is almost as ancient as warfare itself. At first, of course, its mode of application was of a concomitant feature of the chemi- cal process whicli we call "oxidation.' It indicates to us that a substance is combining with the oxygen of the at- 1 mosphere. Hence the use of any in- , cendiary medium is a kind of 'chemi- ; cal attack.' In the earliest ages, peo- I pie meditated how to destroy the ene- 1 I my's dwelling-places or fortifications I by fire caused from a distance. It is ; true that Homer was not acquainted with this mode of chemical attack from a distance, but it made its ap- pearance as early as in the Fifth Cen- ' tury before Christ. Back in 360 B.C. | ".\bout 360 B.C., Aneas described ! ! fire-compositions formed of various ' chemical substances to make them easily ignitable and hard to extin- guish. They consisted of pitch, sul- phur, tow mcense, and resinous wood-chips. The compound was put into pots, which were thrown, burn- ing, from besieged towns upon the 'tortoise' or shelter under which the besiegers tried to approach the walls, i Later on, incendiary arrows came in- i to use, being shot from a distance against the wooden structures of the 1 opponent in order to set them on fire. The incendiary arrows were subse- quently enlarged, so that they were even shot from catapults. These in- cendiary arrows were called, in the I Roman Army, 'falaricae.' They were i provided, in water, generated heat I sufficient to ignite the petroleum, which, on its part, developed sub- ! stance. But the light hydrocarburets disengaged from the evaporating -pe- troleum, more especially benzine, i A FREE "TREAT" FOR YOUR CANARY I A free sample Brock's Bird Sc«d aad " Treat. " ^Vriia Ntcholion A Brock, 6 D Prancia St., Tofooto. >FREE FOR THE ASKING This haQdAom« Fur Style B«M)k icon- tainlni 34 oasc* u< Uliutrstiuas} o( bciuliful FURS and FUR GARMENTS for men, women and childrenâ€" will befltdly rallied free fi.r the «Bkln«â€" aflordini you an opportunity to take advintate o< our policy uf lellinf tun FroB Trapper to Wearer. We buy our Raw Van direct from the Trapper and manufacture them ourvelves. therefore, we can aave )-ou the many profit* that uainUy go to the middlemui WE GUARANTCE TO SAHSFT TOU M tDUro TOUmOHIT" Write to-day for thU beautiful Styl* Book. 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It wa» impossi- ble to exting^uish the fire, because wa- ter poured upon it only served to spread the petroleum, and thus pro- pagate the fire. But they went still further. Large syringes were, after the style of fire-engines, the mouths â-  having the shape of dragons and other \ monsters with wide-open jaws. From these orifices the reek fire or other burning liquids, especially petro'.eum, was sGquirted towards the enemy, i who fled, terrified and stupefied by the poisonous gases. Greek fire was still in use at the time of the Crusades, in the thirteenth century after Christ, when it Was employed by the Sara- cens against the Christians with the aid of the devices just described, sub- sequently, its secret was lost, but the idea still survives. A New Basis. | "It appears that it was not until ' the present war that German chemi- cal science succeeded in creating a new and better basis for chemical at- tacks. Again and again the reports of the French General Staff have : stated that the Germans poured burn- ing liquid over the trenches. But the French themseb'es also make chemi- cal attacks. The report of the Great Headquarters of June 7, 1915, states that they poured a readily inflamma- ble liquid upon the German trenches, ' but nevertheless failed to penetrate into our positions. 'The enemy fled back to their own trenches with heavy losses!' t But a chemical attack may not only be carried out by means ot burning substances, but also by asphyxiating gases. We know, in fact, from the reports as to Greek fire â€" as given, for instance, by Vegetius,, and as handed down to use from the reports on the Crusades â€" that the sulphur • mixed with it filled the atmosphere i with a gas having a highly asphyxiat- I ing effect an^isritating in nature, in- ' ducing cougl^mik^t they were not . always in B^^^^ftl^f^ employ sul- ptrniv STvd tirtWrore tried to act by | other means on the respiratory organs and olfactory nerves. Some of these substances, especially sulphuret of carbon, were employed in the .Ameri- can Civil War, but they did not prove very effective. When chemists learn- ed, subsequently, how to liquefy gas- es, new possibilities of chemical at- tack were presented. Liquid sulphur- ous acid and liquefied chlorine, on be- ing allowed to volatile, disengage enormous volumes of vapor. The French complain of the chlorine va- pors which have been used by the Ger- mans. But it is established by the re- ports of the German headquarters that they (the French) themselves had previously employed asphyxiating gases. The English now assert that they have invented masks which are a protection against these vapors, and, as reported in the London Daily Mail, such protective masks are sold in the streets of London in large quantities. These are to be carried by the Lon- doners in their pockets, to be put on immediately a German Zeppelin ap- proaches, in order to render ineffec- tive the 'chemical attack' likely to be made by the latter, as alleged, by gas bombs. Thus, in this instance, also 'chemical attack,* in its latest form, has led to measures of defence, and time only can tell whether these are really effective." If Your Food Ferments or Disagrees I Just Read This! Thousands of broken-down, des- pondent dyspeptics have recently been given back their health. A month ago these despairing folks would have .scorned the suggestion that anything could help them. Their terrible con- dition was chronic, and appeared be- yond the reach of medicine. These h.ippy people don't proclaim it was a miracle that endowed them with a new lease of life, â€" it was simply their common sense in selecting a tried and proven medicine, one specially adopted to their particular ailment. All these splendid cures were effect- ed by Dr. Hamilton's Pills which be- yond all question has a strange power to re.'tore a weak or ailing stomach. If your stomach is tired and overworked try Dr. Hamilton's Pills and note the prompt improve- ment. Pain before or after eating will disappear. You'll no longer have that nauseous, gassy, bad tasting sen- sation. You'll get a real vigorous appetite and digest what you eat) Lots of well digested food is bound to increase your strengrth, to make you brighter and more ambitious. 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So great is the scarcity of the right dye, that it is said there will be prac- tically no blue serge by the autumn, except in the warehouses of tailors who have had the foresight to buy in advance of their needs. .Already the price is up about fifty per cent. When indigo was first introduced into Europe no one would have it. The Germans themselves said that it was the "devil's dye," and called it "per- nicious, corrupt, and corrosive." Both the English and French authorities forbade people to use it. In England the prejudice against the new dye was so keen that commissioners were appointed to go round to ail places where it was likely to be four.d and destroy it. would form the habit of laying aside something, however small, every week, and lending it to their country when their country needs it. It would be a great thing for the State; it would also be a great and enduring advantage to the individuals who ac- quire that habit. But I am not going to dwell upon the advantages of thrift to the working classes. I believe in thrift, but I do not much value pre- cept. There is no task which would be more uncongenial to me, or one I should be less willing to undertake, than for a man who is comparatively well off to preach the virtues of econ- omy to the poor. If that lesson is to be driven home it must not be by any precept but by example, and there is room for it .A.t a time like this, when our minds are at all times filled by the thought of what is beir.g suf- fered and endured by those who are fighting for us, luxury of all kinds is distasteful." KiECOMMZNDED BV .MUSIC DESTROYS BRIDGES. .Measured Vibrations Particularly Try- ing to Suspension Bridges. • Does music weaken metallic or other bridges ? This question recent- ly asked of a well-known bridge builder brought this reply: "Measured vibrations are more try- ing to any kind of bridges, and par- ticularly to suspension bridges, than ' irregular agitation. 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BON.\R LAW ON SAVING. Luxury Should Be Distasteful at a Time Like This. Rt. Hon. A. Bonar Law, Secretary for the Colonies, speaking at the great Guildhall (London) meeting which inaugurated the campaign for the popularizing of the British war loan of July last, said: "Now, when wages are unusually high it would be a great thing if the waare-earners throughout the country Little Girl Looked At It K miserly landlord was going round collecting his rents the other day. At one house he was greatly interested in a little girl, who watched open-mouth- ed and open-eyed the business of pay- ing over the money and accepting the receipt He patted her on the head, and started to search his pockets, say- ing â€" "I must see what I have for you." After searching his pockets for some time he at last brought from a remote corner a peppermint .\s he handed it to the girl he saidâ€" "And, now, what will you do with that?" The little girl looked at it, then at him, and replied â€" "Wash it." ! 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