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II Works I Try It SPINNING A YARN ABOUT FABRICS ORIGIJN OF SOME WEARING MA TERIALS IN COMMON USE Tells how to loosen a sore, tender corn so it lifts out without pain. o â-  o â€" ^>â€" o- Good news apieiids rapidly and drug- gists here are kept buay digpensiiig .freezone. tUe elho- discovery of a Cln- ciDiibtl man, which is Haid to loosen any corn so it lifta out with tbe fluKors. Ask at any pharmacy for a quarter ounce of freezone. which will cost very little, but Ib said to be sufBcient to rid one's feet of every bard or soft corn or callus. You apply jus''- a few drops on the tender, aching corn and instantly the soreness is relieved, and soon the corn is so shriveled that it lifts out with- out pain. It is a f?ticky substance which dries when applied and never , inflames or even irritates the adjoin- inj.^ tissue. This discovery will prevent thou- sands of deaths annually from lock- jaw and infection heretofore resulting from the suicidal habit of cutting corns. a< 'BIT5 OF HUMOR FHOMHERE&TKERI Fairy Tale of the Silk Industry How 'iLawn'* Got Its Name â€" Meaning of "Dimity." j grotesque-looking animal of the j camel tribe, deer size â€" was worn in I that country from remote antiquity, ' not until the first half of the nine- I teenth century was alpaca wool i brought to the knowledge of spinners I in England. Titus Salt was the fa- ,, , , , , I ther of the English industry â€" and If the Ignorant shopper only knew , t^is bv mere lucky chance. For the mertgli^tKe fJ^tjlT^l^^^f^'^^^^ ^^'^. ^ -"- '^ -^«-- mere bargain buy could tell a story a"* ^^ one in Liverpool stumbled of its life that would read like a j "?<"' ^n o'" consignment of the al- fairy tale. ! pa^-a variety dumped upon the wharf This fairy tale of the silk .industry^ """''^^^ before Considered virtually goes back a little matter of more than worthless, he bought it at a bargain four thous-and years for its once-upon- ^"d ^^^^^^ '" experimenting. So a-t,ime beginning. The Empress Sel- : successful was the manufacturer « ingshe of China, wife of the Emper ^^^ '•^s^lts obtained that in 18o4 he Cashmere From India. The wool of the Cashmere goat was flrst imported into England from In- d'a in 1820, the original fabric an imitation of the famous Cashmere shawl from India. Although clothing made of wool /„„4.„_„ m o n n ^^ ».t ooar * _ ^u 1 J S i.u A ' feature. McCall Pattern No. 8885, from the alpaca of South America â€" a t „j:„„> or n -nr • ,. i *^ I Ladies Shp-On Waist, In ti sizes '" 34 to 44 bust. No, 8879, Ladies' One- WILL TAKE FRANCE 70 YEARS. Great Britain Will Make Good Her Human Loss in Ten Years, With the return of peace. France has to face problems of great danger ^ . , ,, . . , , to her immediate future, says a Paris One might call it a quaint frwk , ^j^^ ^,,.1, poremosl among these is which IS modern m the mosit detailed feature. McCall Pattern No. Piece Straight Skirt, In 6 sizes, 22 to 32 waist. Price, 20 cents each. or Hwayte (2640 B.C.) was not only the royal patron responsible for the initial cultivation of the mulberry tree and the rearing of the silkworm, but is also said to be the inventor of the loom for weaving the filmy, goss- amer threads into silken cloth, ; For centuries China guarded the se- cret of silkworm magic deep bidden in the walled citadel of her shut-in national life. But secrets crawl through thin cracks. Eventually it got out. Made its first appearance in Japan. Then it tiptoed into India, according to tradition, the eggs of the insect and the seed of the mulberry tree it feeds upon, in the latter trea- cherous case, smuggled through in a Chinese princess's headdress. Silk Introduced Into Europe, The conquests of Alexander the Great (.356-323 B.C.) brought the knowledge of silk into Europe. But hundreds of years passed before the importation of silk good.s was follow- ed by its manufacture. Not until 552 A,D, did two Persian monk.s, who had been on a religious embassy to India 1 opened an alpaca factory, which in its top-notch days gave employment to as many as 4,000 workers. Serge has been used in Europe since the twelfth century. Mohair, the fine silken hair of the Angora goat, was brought to Lron- don by the Turkey Company in the sixteenth century. Calico was introduced into England from Calicut, India, by the East In- ida Company, 1(531, A picturesque story lies hidden in the commonplace of its name. P'or Calicut is a corrup- tion of Calicoda, a Hindoo word meaning the "cock crowing," the town so called because the first mon- arch of Malabou, India, as a reward to a war chief for distinguished ser- vice rendered in battle presented him with "all the land within the limit of which a cock crowing at a certain temple could be heard." The Origin of Gingham. Chintz (H.'.ndustanee chhint, mean- ing .= potted( was originally the name under which all printed cotton cloth was exported from India. , While the fabric first came from' the question of repopulation. How .shall France make good her losses oy war and sickness when the birth rate continues to drop every week that goes by? A French statistician has reckoned that at the present rate it will take seventy years to make up her lus.'iea during the war. From Aug. 2. 1914, to Jan. ]. 191S. the deaths in the seventy- seven departments not invaded by the enemy lolalled 883.160. In 191S there were .lUO.OOO deaths, while it is reck- oned that 1913, if the present sanitary arrangements are not improved, will sec the passing away of another 250,- 000 men and women. Cruel treatment inflicted by IJer- inans in the invaded districts is said to have lieen the cause of 130.000 deaths, and if one adds to thi.s the al- ready heavy list, of l,;5K,'j,Oil0 soldiers hilled in battle the total of deaths is very close to 3.000.000. If the French birth rale continues as it was in the ten years from 1900 to 1910, F.'ance. forty years hence, will have become a secondary power. According to the slatiatics published in other countries. Great Britain will make good her deficit of 8OO.00U deaths in the war in ten years; Germany will replace her 1.9.50. (KIO killed in twelve years and Italy her 500.000 in thirty-eight years. -A combination of printed Geor- gette and plain Georgette is quite the smartest sort of frock for the young, especially when developed on these simple lines. McCall Pattern No. 8890, Misses' Dress, In 3 sizes, 16 to 20 years. Price, 25 cents, , These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co,, 70 Bond St./ I Toronto, Dept, W. â€" <. Min.ird's Liniment Co.. Limited. Dear Sirs, Your MINAHD'S LINI- MENT is our remedy for sore throat, colds and all ordinary ailments. It never fails 10 relieve and cure promptly. CHAS. WHOOTEN, Port Mulgrave, and learned the fairy secret of silk India, the name gingham originated Two Treasures, production, at a eo.st of gi-eat person-! in the fact that its early European Dee„.d^„„ ;„ ^.^^^^.^ ,,.^,.,^ ^^^^^ .^ al hardship and danger, bring to Con-' manufacture was at Guingamp, q^jj stantinople precious silkworm eggs I Franceâ€" the forebears of the present- ^ treasure' rare and beautiful- concealed in theii- hollow bamboo, day aristocratic ginghams, w.ith their m,„, struggles hard for its possession, staffs for the Emperor Justinian,! fine, beaut.fu texture, their artistic, He gains he holds without concession whose ottered bribe or bonus was | complicated plaid designs, being very ti^Jj, treasure rare -from Natures such as to make human eyes fairly j plain plebeian weaves with two or heart that's cold blink at the dazzle of promised gold, more colors, in sn^air checkered pat-! The claim that China also produc-'' terns. i Deep-down in human hearts is Love, ed the first satin is veiled in doubt,! The word dimity tells its own story -^^ treasure rich and beautiful: but wherever that genus of fig leaf .when its name is parted in the middle, Its mystic source makes life worth' with its rich, glossy texture origin- ; di and mitos the Greek for two-| livingâ€" | ated, it was known in England as ; threaded, | Self-sacrillciug and forgiving â€" 1 early as the fourteenth century. Rare [ Some assert that the word lawn is \M\e whispers soft from heart depthri and costly, in the beginning it was' derived from Laon, France, but a always a gorgeous red. Henry VIII's niuch prettier explanation for that wardrobe, however, blos,';omed gaud- , dainty fabric that we instinctively ily with satin doublets of purple and ; associate with a summer day of sun- yellow, as well as red, and before the ' shine and soft, sweet air, is that the same sixteenth century ended block material was always spread out to satin, referred to by , contemporary I bleach on smooth lawns, instead of writers a.? a curiosity, made its bow , upon coarse, ordinary grass. to the public. Like a dove. ^ ^^ . Aak for Kiaard'B and take no other. •> MAKE-UP OF OUR PL.\NET What to a In the fourteenth century also comes the first historical mention of velvet, its earliest European source the fair Italian cities of Genoa, Flor- ence and Venice. Not until the seventeenth century have we any reliable reference to Freedom of the Seas. "Charley, dear," said younn: Mrs. Torkins, "are we going to have free- dom of the seas?" "Why are you so interested?" "I haven't forgotten the way we easily studied, broadcloth, which later figured with were treated at the beach last sum- This crust is composed of about conspicuous importance among the ' mer. I do.nt believe any'oody has a eigiity primary substances, or "ele- 1 The Hesurrectjon month is past Composes Outer Crust Depth of Ten Miles. Science can only guess what goes to make up the main body of the planet on which we dwell, But^ it knows what the outer crust is made of â€" to a depth, say, of ten miles^ â€" because the materials have been "coughed up" by volcanoes and are May-Song, This early morn. Iiigh in ;i tree, A Robin sang full long. And for a chonis all his tribe Took up his lovely song. Now has young .April fled away. The buds, free from restraint. Have burst their sides with laughter. Where tender sreen doth paint. The shoulder of yon rounded hill, 1 spied a Bluebird's wing. I And dew upon Hepaticas â€" So, sinp, brethren, sing. 'Twill not be long before the stars Which bloom throughout night's hours Will drop upon the apple trees, To blossom there as flowers. Worse Effects. First Paterâ€" "My boy's letters from college always send me to the diction- ary." .Second pater- "That's nothing. My boy's always send me to the bank. Read This to Hrm. Mrs. A. â€" "Does youi husband con- i sider you a necessity or a luxury?" | Mrs. B.- "It depends, my dear, on J whether I am cooking Ills dinner or asking for .-i new dress." A Bit Behind, Tlie strike was on. and walking home waK "the only way. " When ' Joyniion arrived at his «uburb in tlie far north in the small hours of the . morning, he sent a wire to the office: ; "Will not be at the oIEce to-day. ! I Am not home yesterday yet." 1 I "Nobody Home" With Him. ! "Why don't you send your man to | mend my electric doorbell, as you promised?" , "He did go. madame: but as he I rang three times and got no answer he 1 : concluded that there was nobody at ' ' home." 1 I I I Clever. t I Johnson and Timson were discussing j Jackson. I "He's an ideal clerk. " "Is he?" "Knows more about the business than the boss." ! "Yes?" â-  "And without letting the boss sus- , pect it. too." Didn't Know Sheep, ; "Now. Harold," said the teacher, "if ' there were eleven sheep in a field and six juinpod the fence, how many sheep would there be left?" â- 'None, " replied Harold. â- Nonsense: There would be five!" "No, ma'am, there wouWu't," per- sisted he. You may know arilhinetic, ' but you don't know sheep." ; An Explanation, j Mrs. Newlywed: "Our couk says those egg.s you sent yesterday were quite old." Grocer: "Very sorry, ma'am! You see. all the young chickens were car- ried off for the holiday trade, so the old hens are tiie only ones left to do I the laying." ; .Mtj. .Newlywed: "Oli, lo be sure' I . hadn't thought of that!" The Best Yarn, A group of soldiers were telling stories round the table of a Y.M.C.A. hut. The turn of a Canadian came round. "I have at home," he said, "a pet rattlesuake. I saved its life once, and it seems to realize it. One night 1 was awakened by my wife, who had heard a noise downstairs. 1 gripped my revolver and stole down, I heard a struggling going on In the dining- room. Imagine niy surprise when, in the dim light from the street, I saw my rattlesnake, with its body tightly wound round a burglar :ind its tail sticking out of the window rattling for a policeman." SAVK DIG MONEY ON LIJMBKR. ' Write to-day for our •'MIll-Dlrec-t- to.. User" price* bvfore orderlns eUowhoreu BatlBIuctioii euuranteed or money bacUc Btaipped anywhere. Davlea Coiiatructioa Company, Vancouver, B.C. vrra vovz.va.-x â- vuLmrso. ^fiO I'AiR OP PIGEONS AND UP. w\^^. xtiy (ancy poultry to sellt Write for Prices, I. 'Welnrauch Si Son. 1«-18 St. Jean Baptists Market Mont< real. Que. r v ^ BlUaSKS. Nt;nsE,S EAH.N- J15 TO KC A WEKK. l.earn wllljout leavlnc home. Send for free booklet Rova! Colleea ot HoiBncc. Dftpt 46 Toronto '^anHila. POB SAXB. WELL EQl'irPED NEWSPAPER and Job prlntinu plant in Eastern Ontario. Insurance rarrled $1,500 'Will BO : or $1,200 on (jiii-k sale. Box ft2, â- Wilson Publishlns Co., Ltd.. Toronto. atisci:i.i.Am:ous. CANCEn. TfMOR;-5. I-UMI'S. ICTtJ., Internal ;oid external, cured with- out pain by our home troatmenL Write us before too l.'iic Dr. nellman Medical Co.. Limited. CoiUnKwood. Ont The Last Kaiser, Carol and Richard were wildly de- lighten over the armistice news. They seemed to take it for granted that their father, an engineer in France, would now return home the next ilay. Later in the day their mother over- heard Kichard, four and a half, com- menting to Carol, about six years old: "1 don't see why, " said Richard, "God ever made the Kaiser." To which Carol replied confident ly: "Well. I'll tell you one thing. 1 bet you he'll never make another" ""â- â€¢^"~ t MONEY ORDERS, The safe way to send money by inaH . is by Dominion Express Money Order. ' "â- Words are the notes of thoujjht, and nothing more. Words are like sea-shells on the shore; they show where the mind ends, and not how far it has been." â€" J. P. Baily. Keep Minard'a Unlment in tlte bona*. ' There are few things that help , more in the development of sound, straightforward character than a I love for nature and its beauties, 'The i groves were God's first temples." ' and many of us have learned to know that He still loves them. 1 LEMONS WHITEN AND BEAUTIFY THE SKIMj The Song-sparrow and Bobolink Have seen the lilies pray, ..\round the temple they have built To throne the month of Mav. The Blackbird, with his purple throat. Has found his little mate -And past yon trunk, red as my breast, 1 know where mine doth wait. first products of our colonial woolen right to rope ."ff the ocean, -xaO. Uien mills at the luxurious little price of .charge you Ifty cents for the privi- $6,50 a yard. lege of bathing in it." j *>»• ,7' X When you feel something is wrong better look into your habits of living. Tea or coffee drinking often upsets ones feelings, though unsuspected. ^ If tea or coffee disagree, use ^POSTUM A ten days trial of POSTUM ''â- ^usiaallx dfe^s vyonders in deter- mine '^Svtets the matter." .Wheres a Reason ? MR%l.^jr '^^ ' * '^ primary ments," amonK which are numbered the various metals. Gold, for exam- ple, is an element; ii-on is another, and aluminum is another. Nearly 8 per cent, of the earth's crust is aluminum, which is the most plentiful of all tjhe metals. It oc- curs in nearly all rocks, every clay- bank is a mine of it. But to separate it from its ore.^ is -so difficult that until recently it was a mere curiosity of the laboratory. P'our and a half per cent, of tlio earth's crust is 'ron. Aside from that metal, the useful elements com- mercially availabl4! before electricity took a hand in the game, such as copper, lead, zinc, silver, nickel and tin, together cjmprised less than 1 per cent, of the earth's crust. Electricity has made available obher valuable elements (ibiminum among them), .vhich consb'tute nearly one-half of the crust of the planet, *-â- - Then They Canned Him. ''tistomcr â€" "Where will I lind the car:<lelabra?" New Floorman â€" "Al! canned so-'Hi are in the grocery department on the fourth floor." Artistry now holds swaj"- So paint your eggs, build well your nests, .\nd bless this month of May, ♦ aUniwd'B Uniment aged by Fhjslolana. ^ The Cause of Eeart TroiiMe Faulty digestion causes the generation of s«ses in the stomach which indatciutd press down en the heart and interfere with its ref^ular action, causing {aintnc::9 ai-d pain. 15 to 30 drop* of Mother .SclRcl's Curative \ Syrup after meals sets digestion J ricnt.vrhich aIlov/< the heart to â-  beat full and regular. 9 Make ttiis beauty lotion cheaply fofl your face, neck, arms and hands, .\t the cost oi a small jar of ordin- ; ary cold cream one can prepare a lull quarter pint of the most wonderful lemon skin softener and couiph'xioa beautilier. by squeezing the juice of two fresh lemons into a bottle con- taining tiree ounces of orchard white. Care should be lalcen to strain tJie juice through a fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in. then this lotion will keep fresh for months. Every woman knows that lemon juice is used to bleach and remove .such blemishes as freckles, sallowness and tan and is the ideal skin softener, whitener and beautilier. .lust try it; Get three ounces of orchard while at any drug store and two lemons from the grocer and :n.-tk8 up a quarter pint of this sweetly fra- grant lemon lotion and massage it daily into the face, neck, arms nml hands. It is marvelous to smooibeu rough, red hands. KNOCKS OUT PAIN THE FIRST RDIiMD i I Comforting relief from ptiin I mak&s Sloan's the World's Lininient Making Amends. Mrs. Squiggs used to take a great interest in various asylums. During a visit to one u certain old man roused her special conipiussion. "How long have you been here?" she asked him. "Twelve years, " was t-he reply. After a,sking him a few more ques- eions. she passed on. Turning to her guide, she noticed a smile on his face. On asking Wra the reason, she heard, to her conster- nation, that the old man was no loss than the medical superiutendent. In great haste she rushed back to make her apologies, "1 am so sorry, doctor!" she said. "This hiia taught me a lesson. I'll never judge by appearances again!" seinaxd's Iilalment Liualiormaa's Friond. One pound of sheep's wool is cap- able of producing onu yard of clotb. eiilSltlJiVEWAVY, INICK, mm HJ!R • FREE m DiDRUFFl Save your hair ! Double its beauty in a few moments â€" try this! If you care for heavy hair, that glistens with beauty and is radiant with life; has an incomparable soft- ness and is fluffy and lustrous, try Danderlne. Just one application doubles the beauty of 3'our hair, besides It im- mediately dissolves every particle of dandruff; you cannot have nice, heavy, he.ilthy hair if you have dand- ruff. This destructive scurf robs the hair of Its lustre, its strength and its very life, and If not overcome it pro- duces a feverishness and itching of the scalp: the hair roots famish, loosen and die: than the hair fulls out fast. If your hair has been neglected and is thin, faded, dry. scraggy or too oily, got a small bottle of Knowlton's Dan- derlne at any drug store or toilet counter for a few cents ; apply a little as directed aud ten minutes after you will say this was the best Invostment you ever made. We sincerely believe, regardless of everything else advertised, that if you desire soft, lustrous, beautiful hair and lota of it- no dandruffâ€" «o itching scalp and no more falling hair-you must use Knowlton's Dandcriuu. If eveatuiUlyâ€" -wfty aot now? This famous reliever of rheumatic aches, serenes.^, stiffness, paiiittii sprains, neuralyii: paiiio, and most other cxtevn;il twinges that humanity bulTcrs from, enjoy:', its great sales because it practically nevsr fails to bring ."iptedy, comforting relief. Always ready for use, it take.'! little to penetrate ~,fitlioul rubbing and pro- duce results. Clean, refreshing. Made in Canada, .^t all drug stores, A large bi.'itlf means ec-'numy 30c., SOc, $1.20 PiPLES ON FACE lis Caused Disfigurement, ItcJiyand Burning. HatJ Restless Nights. "My fnce came out in little pim- ples that were sore, and I scratched »^ them constantly, and then \v* they turned into scales, •^ \-j^ causing much disiigure- ment. Theakinwaesoitctiy that I irritated it by scratch- ing. The burning was fierec, and I hud nmny rest- less nighis, '"rhis trouble lasted about a year before I used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, sod after using three cakes of Soap and two boxes of Oinunent I was healed." (Signed) W. By rns, St. BasJle, Que., Nov. 23, 1918. Make Cuticum Soap, Ointirjent and Talcum your daily toilet prep- arations. Kor free Mmpio »ch of OnticUM Soft(i, Oinc^ mt>m mwl Tnl(*Qni ncMi«<w post-cani: ''(nilBorft, Dipt. A. SottoB, Q. 9. A.^ Sold ov«r7«(herc. ED. 7 ISSUE 19â€" '!«.