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x?^^ PrkPvent Wear and Tear oa Axles and Harnesses Imperial Mica Axle Grease â€" coats axle spindles and hub liiiincs with a glass-sn;ooth coat of stift mica ami grease that Danishes friction between the metal surfaces. Makes I.>ads easier to move up-hill or oil level roa'ls. Saves wagon wear and tear. Sold in slisea â€" 1 Ih. to barreis. Imperial Eureka Harness Oil â€"keeps leather like new â€" soft, strong and pliable. Sinks in and keeps water out. Prevents dry- ing and cracking. Makesitlast longer. Sold in convenient sizes. Imperial Eureka Harness Oiler â€" makes it easy to keep harness and leather thoroughly oiled. Saves time and worlc. At Dealers CANADIAN BAHLE- FIELDS TO-DAY TRENCHES ARE FAST CRUMB- LING TO RUINS. Canadian Soidier Re-Visits Scenes Where He Fought â€" War-Soared Ground Brings Sad But Proud Memories. Struggling French peasants are at- tempting to restore a miserable re- semblance to what they formerly lived in, in the war wrecked ueighbor- hoods of their country, according to what Major W. JI. (Billy) Nickle. M.C., son of W. F. Nickle. K.C., M.F., of Kingston, says. Major Nickle has just returned from a visit to the old battle lines in France. Having gone to France as a private iu the Princess Pats, been promoted to the rank of officer, and having been wounded three times whilst bearing that rank. Major Nickle gives a vivid story of the country as one who sees it from the view of a veteran. "The thing which impressed me most," says Major Nickle, "in passing through the areas familiar to Cana- dians, from Uouai to Vlmy, from Lens to Loos, to La Bassee, Hazebrouck and Passchendaele. was the way the peasants came back to the shell shat- tered villages which they left in the dark days of 1914, only to find their homes and surroundings absolutely â- wrecked and ruined by enemy gunfire and other means of destruction. These peasants are coming back to such towns as La Bassee, where there is not one wall of a house standing, bringing with them a pick and shovel and a few other crude tools, intending to gather together a few whole bricks, bits of wood, etc., left behind by the advancing army, to build a roof over their heads, and once again settle in dering how the old trenches are. Whether they have fallen in or not? Practically all of them have. The , grass-hidden mouth of a dugout is oc- 1 casionally to be seen, but even though j they were occupied as late a.s last summer, they are now musty and out- 1 of-date looking. The trenches are sliding in. and in the wet districts, like Ploegsteert and the Ypres sallient. are ; only ditches now. Down about the \ chalk country some of them are stand- 1 ing the wear of weather fairly v.-ell. ' But on the whole, the old front and i reserve lines promise to disappear in | a fevv seasons of the heavy Flanders; rains. | "At St. Eloi I stood at what was once the lip of No. 2 Crater, and look- ed back over the country which was so familiar to us in the spring of 1916. ' It was beyond recognition. Dicke- ; buseh was gone. Its church spire, and 1 even the walls of the church could not ' be seen. Reniughelst. where Gen. ! Mercer and many another Toronto man lies buried, and which nestled so cosily on the plain among the poplars, was barely the skeleton so often seen ; In the war zone. Voormezeele, of ; course, was as much obliterated as St. | Eloi, and such familiar points to us as ' Shelley Farm, White Horse Cellars, ' Bus House and R6 were washed out as ' completely as heavy artillery can wash out small parts of the land- scape. "At Vimy the trenches are best pre- served. Teddy Gerard, Billy Burke, Vesta Tilley and the other lines in that system, are very slowly decaying. One tall and one winter have placed their mark upon them, but even now they could be returned to condition as ' a strong line of resistance." Major Nickle was impressed with 1 the sadness of many scenes at the I front. The flicker of hope seemed to ' show In the lives of the poor people • returning to lands that are of no use, ' and will not be during their lives, i j Skeletons haunt every acre, and unex- 1 ploded shells threaten death to the , cultivator of every yard of ground. '• I On practically every thousand yard the district where they were born and | £,.u„tyge of the old line, or at least on raised. i gyery brigade front, there is a grave- "Until you see for yourself the sue- j ..^^d. Hundreds and hundreds of cess that the peasant has in making ; Canadians He still iu their last sentry duty, a peaceful duty at last, may it be said, but sad to the person who ! stands above their silent sentry post and ponders upon what they yielded up in order to obtain this last "cushy a new home for himself out of the destruction of war you have no con- ception of how well he gets on. Being u soldier myself, and knowing the hardships of the trenches, I was able to understand the tremendous hard- ship and sacrifice and discomfort they must go through during the time they are constructing their meagre domi- ciles. "They are a gallant people. In one Instance I called to a peasant, "Vive la France." He replied, "Merci Mon- sieur. Vive la Belle France." The people of France indeed love their country dearly. "The soldier at home, who has not seen the old line for a great while, is job." "Those of us who remain are in honor bound," says Major Nickle, "to protect the fruits of victory that the sacrifice of gallant men made it pos- sible for us to obtain. Wash black silks in water in which pared potatoes have boiled. Egypt's population may be taken roughly, as composed of Egyptians likely wondering what it looks like | 98V2 per cent, and foreigners i'-2 per now. In the sector around Keinmel and Armeutieres there are large num- bers of German prisoners clearing the country. About Passchendaele Chinese laborers are doing the same. "Those who know pill bo.xes will ap- preciate how difficult It is to remove â- what the Germans considered their Impregnable fortresses. In this sec- tor there are uo railways, few roads, and bad transport, so therefore it is hard to collect railway rails, barrels of cement and other war materials. "The soldiers at homo may be won- cent.; of the total, 92 per cent of the people are Moslems, ""-s per cent. Christians, and Va per cent. Jews. Of the Christians 83 per cent, are Copts. The effect of war conditions upon the marriage rate is apparent from the quarterly summary of the .\us- tralian statistics. In 1914 the mar- riage rate â- was 8.80 per cent, of the mean population. In 1915 it ad- vanced to 9.14, but fell successively to 8.21 in 1916, 6.87 in 1917, and'G.79 in 1918. EXILED MONARCHS ' OF TO-DAY VAGRANT SOVEREIGNS PAST AND PRESENT. Whereabouts of Europe's Dethroned Rulers â€" England Affords Asylum to Many Unfortunates. "It is a privilege to live in this age of rapid and brilliant events. U Is one of infinite romance. Thrones tumble down, and Crowns are offered like fairy tales." These words of Disraeli, true enough at the time they were written, are still more true to-day, when almost half the thrones of Europe have been dra- matically emptied, and their late oc- cupants have scurried to safety like a flock of panic-stricken sheep. E.^-King Coustantine is skulking fearfully in Switzerland, which is also the asylum of the Grand Duchess of Luxemburg and the sister who was al- lowed to take her place for a few^ tur- bulent weeks. Ludwig of Bavaria Is racing and doubling like a scared rabbit through the forests about Munich, sleeping in a different place every night. Ferdi- nand of Bulgaria is said to be hiding imder an assumed name, and dis- t guised, in a Vienna slum. The ex- Kalser and his cub are eating out their black hearts in Holland. And so on through the long list of fugitive and vagrant Sovereigns whom the world-upheaval has fiung from their thrones. Some Black Lists. And so it has ever been. Uneasy, indeed, lies the head that wears a crown. In France for the last century and a half of monarchy but one King -Louis XVIII. â€" finished his reign with his life. During the last hundred years Russia has seen the abdication of one Tsar â€" Constantiue â€" and the dethronement and murder of three others â€" Paul I., Alexander II., and Nicholas II. Spain has rid herself of live rulers in the same period. Italy (including Sardin- ia) has had two abdications; and every ruler of Serbia has ended his brief reign iu eclipse or tragedy. Napoleon's downfall in 1S14 emptied seven thrones, from Warsaw to Spain; and the wave of revolution in 1S4S swept eight Sovereigns, including the Pope himself, into exile. It was in that year of cataclysm that a shabby, elderly couple landed, one bleak March morning, at Newha- ; ven, from the steamer Express, to re- ; suine their journey as "Mr. and Mrs. ' Smith." They were no other than j Louis Philippe, ex-King of France, and his Queen, come to seek sanctuary on Britain's shores. Twelve years later the Empress Eugenie was Hying from Paris for her life, in the carriage of her dentist. Dr. Evans, on her way to the yacht of a friendly Englishman, bound for exiled safety at Chisleluirst. Britain's Royal Guests. One September day in 1S6S Isabella of Spain was whirled away in a special train from her lost throne and her in- furiated subjects, in company with her feeble consort and her lover, Marforl, strolling player and cook's son. With her round, heavy face swollen from sleeplessness and tears, sur- rounded by a little straw hat with a nodding red feather, with her dress in disorder, her hands gloveless. and her skirts distended by a swinging chino- line. "she presented. " we are told, "a spectacle too pitiable for comedy. " Wood Norton, a palatial house near E\esham, has been the home of the exiled kings of France of the House of Orleans ever since the Due d'Eumale made his home there seventy years ago. And among other fugitive Sover- eigns Cor whom England has provided a home, not the least welcome are King .Manual of Portugal and his chariniug mother. Queen .\melie. Perhaps the most pathetic of all these exiled rulers was Ranavolo. Queen of Madagascar, who. when she lost her crown, was taken to Paris to spend a sordid life "in a mean apart- ment in a third-rate hotel. " â- 'I am a beggar, " she^^ouce sadly re- marked to a friend; 'but one that re- ceives no sympathy. Instead of a throne I am given a dinner, and in- stead of the allegiance of my people the ridicule of my conquerors." The Weekly Fashions T TBACHliSS â- WAVTZS PaoTK.STA.NT T 1: .\ â- ; H 13 p. FOR Scliool SetMlon No. 2. Hlslop. at oncK; Slate Hulury pxptriuil. A. if. MILEij, Sit -Troaii.. Vhiiy Rlilc" (â- iivirtu r.Tva rom.TBT wa3Tsd. Shades of Byron 1 Customer â€" I'm looking for a copy of "Childo Harold." Clerkâ€" Juvenile books second aisle to the right. Worked Fast. I "Wliat references have you?" "Thirty, sir; and all of them excel- lent." "Good. And how long have you been driving a car?" ! "Nearly a year now. sir." j Too Much For the Judge. The chai'.n'eur had been haled Into court for speeding and running down a pedestrian. "Your Honor," said the chauffeur, "it was all my fault. The pedestrian was not to blame." And the poor judge never recovered. Not So Fast. The registrar was filling in the mar- riage certificate. "Let me see," he mused, forgetting the date. 'This is the fifth isn't It?" "No. indeed, sir," responded the bride, blushing furiously, "only the third." »0q. v.\in OF PicjEo.va and l-h. Any fiiMcv noultry to iHlI H'rlie for P.-lcBB. I. Welnrauch * Son. K-18 fit. Jean DaptiKia Market. Mont> rval. Oil*. rrtJESES. 1^ I'.SKH K^R.V $15 TO X^ I.»arn without lenvln! for fre^ booh!(»t. Prftf'nrp Pont 4fi 125 A WEEK. homr. Send Rov.-il Collpire of FOB, BAIiB. WEI.r, KQi'Ii'PKD .N-E\VRI>.\.PER and job printtiie nlunt In Eastern Ontario. Insurance carried 11.600. Will ro for 11.200 nn aulck sn'.e Rox 62. W!l.>.' n P'lMI-'I'Irir To r.r<I Toronto. SSISCiSIiIiAHSOtTS. CA.VCEH. TL"ilul'..S. I.C-MIS. ETC.. IntHrnul and external, cured â- "â- ith- / out pain by our homo triiitment. Writ* us befori* too late. Dr. i^pll'iitin Medical Co.. Limited. Colllngwooil. Ont A 1 Men for an A 1 Empire. Two million of our lutn joined up voluntarily at the beginning of th« war. Six million didn't. One million couldn't, largely owing to physical defects from preventable causes. "You cannot maintain an A 1 Em- pire on C 3 men," said ^-^uyd George, and although he referred maiuiy to the health of the body it is equally true regarding the health of the mind. â€"Sir Robert Baden-Powell. Seen HUiard'* Iiinimcnt. in tbe hoci*. Poor Prospects. "Propinquity Is what brings about marriages." declared the father of "Lost for want of a word, A combination worthy of praise is this figured Georgette and plain. McCall Pattern No. 894tj, Misses' Dress. In 4 sizes, 14 to 20 years. Price, 25 cents. three single daughters in didactic mood. "Yes?" murmured his â- wife. "It works this way. From among the men who call most frequently at a house the daughters of the house naturally sclest husbands." "In that case.' said the mother sad- ly, "I fear our girls are doomed to marry bill-collectors." Explaining the Story. A visitor to a Sunday school was asked to address a few remarks to the children. He took the farailinr theme of the children who mocked Eiisha on his journey to Bethel â€" how the young ones taunted the prophet, and how they were punished when two bears came out of the woods and ate forty ; and two of them. ' "And now. children," said he. "â- what does this story shew?" "Please, sir. " came from a little girl In the front row. "it shows how many children two bears can hold." In Vain. He had fairly puzzled the good vil- lage folk, had that clever ventrilo- quist, and now he was going to per- form his last and greatest feat. "Ladies and gentlemen.'' he an- nounced, with a grand bow, "I will proceed to sing that famous ballad, 'Good-bye.' m a lady's voice, which will appear to proceed from the empty air above your heads." The minutes passed. Looks of evenings one strain and agony, doubt and anger. , . a â- wrap. This chased one another across the per- blouse coat would serve that purpose formers face; but there was no song, most aumirably. McCall Pattern No. Then a voice certainlv broke the 89b0, Ladies' Blouse-Coat Suit. In silence. 8 sizes, 34 to 48 bust. .Price, 25; " 'Tain't no good, guvnor." if said. *^®'l^^- "I've bin an' lost the gramophone Ihese patterns may be obtained needle." from your local McCall dealer, or! •:• A â- word that might have beei spoken; Who knows w^hat eyes may be dim. Or what hearts may be aching a' broken ? Go, scatter beside all waters. Nor sicken at hopes deferred; Let never a soul by thy dumbness Be lost for want of a word." MONEY ORDERS. When ordering goods by mail seni Dominion Express Money Order Women physicians were admitted to practice in Serbia long befon they enjoyed sim.'lar rigrhts in Eng- land, France, Italy and most of thi other European countries. 'On needs 6 Mucau. cool summer some sort of from the McCall Co., 70 Bond Toronto, Dept. W. Minard's Liniment Co.. Ltd. Gents. â€" I have used vour St., Conservation for Consideration. I It is a fact admitted by thinking farmers that through negligence or misplaced fruj!:ality .'.n not providing eoverinjr for implements of agricul- ture, when not in use. they get about Mill- half tbe vears of service from them ard's Liniment in my family and they should. The loss from exposure, also in my stables for years and is greater than the deterioration that| consider it the best medicine ob- follows through legitimate use. ' tamable. ^ j Wg will assume that the necessary Jours truly, I etiuipment required to work a farm ALFRED ROCH.W, costs $1,000 and that with care the Proprietor Roxton Pond Hotel and equipment may be used for ten years. I Livery Stables. Minard's Xiinlment nsed by Fbyalclana. Breakfast is Ready when you have a' package of Grape^Nuts for this tasteful blend of wheat £L barley is ready- copked^ Not a bit of waste. Usable to the last crumb Usual price 15 < per package. WHERE MINERS ASCEND Witty Toasts. Here are a few witty and amusing toasts given at banquets: One rather cynical toast ran thus: "Woman- she reguires no eulogy; she speaks for herself." At the wedding breakfast of a deaf and dumb couple, one guest. In the speech of the evening, wished them Wi'thout care these implements would I be scrapped in five years. The de- i duction to be made from these figures! ' is that an impjement shed built and ; â-  in use in five years i.* equal to S500. j It does not cost half that sum to '• I build a good implement shed, but how ; many farmers, otherwise up to date, , and progressive, fail to provide pro-' ' per caie for the tools with which they' work ? Sure! High Heeis GausB Corns But Who Cares Now Because style decrees that women crowd and buckle up their tender toes iu high heel footwear they sudor from corns, then they cut and trim at these painful pests which merely makes the corn grow hard. This suicidal habit may cause lockjaw and women are warned to stop it. A few drops of a drug called freez- one applied directly upon a sore corn gives quick relief and soon the entire corn, root and all, lifts out without pain. --Vsk the drug store man for a quarter of an ounce of froezone. which costs very little but is sufficient to re- move every hard or soft coru or callus from one's feet. This drug is an ether compound and dries in a moment nn<l simply shrivels up the corn without inflaming or even irritating the surrounding tissue or skin. Clip this out and pin on your wife s dresser. BOX WANTED FIRSTBROOK BROS., Limited TORONTO. ONT. â€" â-  â-  â-  ^ % % •) % % % A Dyspepsia Cure | M. D. advises : "Personi who ») suffer from severe indigestion ^ and constipation can cure them- (S* selves by taking fifteen to (• ^ thirty drops of Extract of Roots .§ % after ecch meal and at bedtime. V Aak for XisaTd'B aud tabe 00 otlist. 'unspeakable bliss." At another gathering were toasted: 1 Victory is not an achievement 0(f "The Bench and the Bar; If it were the intelligence but of the will. The not for the bar. there would be little battle is ga.ined when one refuses to (a This remedy is known a.* Mother ^ * Sf igrl's Curalive Syrup in the drug ^5 « trade." Get the genuine. 50c. * % and $1.00 Buttles. i ^ (• M (t»S W S« ** **S'»e« iBit/9-9. **•» £ TO WORK In the Rich Mountain Mines of West- ern Canada. Miners working at a coal-mlue in the Cascade Mountains of Canada do not descend a shaft, but have to climb up a mountain to a height of nearly a mile. The mine Is rich in coal, which oc- curs in many seams, and Ave of these are now beng worked at three dif- ferent levels, the highest being 5,244 feet above sea level. The higrt alti- tude makes the me.aiis of approach a big item of expense, but it also makes the cost of transporting the coal cor- respondingly low. as each loaded truck runs down the incline from coal seam to ground level under its own weight, and at the same time pulls up an empty truck on the other side by a cable. The coal obtained is anthracite, and tiiis Is the only anthracite located so far among the vast stores of coal In Canada. The mine has an average yield of a thousand ton* a day. use for the Bench. The following w,^8 proposed at a shoemakers' dinner: "May we have all the women in the country to shoe, aud all the men to boot." A young man referred to one mem- ber of the sex he eulogised as "a de- lectable dear; so sweet that honey would blush in her presence, and treacle stand appalled." admit defeat. â€" Foch. LEMONS MAKE SKIN WHITE, SOFT, CLEAR Make this beauty lotion for a cents and see for yourself. few i lUaard'a Llnluaat IituulMrman's Trlaad. What girl or woman hasn't heard ; of lemon juice to remove complexion blemishes; to whiten the skin and to bring out the roses, the freshness and the niddeii beauty? But lemon juice â€" â€" - j alone is acid, therefore irritating. Fourteen per cent, of the soldiers and should be mixed with orchard Canada sent overseas were farmer' white this way: Strain through a fine bovs. Fortv-three per cent, of the' cloth the juice of t^vo fresh lemons soldiers who return will become farm-l'nt" » bottle containing about three Ti <•„ *. „;„«„ «,.♦ K., ♦,i,„ jounces of orchard white, then shaKe ers. These facts, given out by the ^^^ ^^^.^ ^ ^^.,,^,^ ^^^^^ governmen,t. furnish an interesting; .,,j ^f g^;„ ^nj complexion lotion sidelight on the changes war n«8| at about the coat one usually pays for ; made .in soldier psychology. | „ amall jar of ordinary cold cream. I â-  â-  I Be sure to strain the lemon juice so It is always well to look a little! no pulp gets into the bottle, then this ahead. Instead of deploring the dark lotion will remain pure and fresli for, clouds, let us anticipate the fruits' month.-.. When applied daily to the and flo-wers that will follow the des-jfac*' ^""h ^T' T ''""•' V'^ ''^â„¢'* , . ^, 1 1 V 11' ' he D to bleuoh, clear, snioothen and cent of the needed showers. We ,1".,,".. "i.. .i.;„ might be always wretched if we lived only in the present, for our brightest time is yet to come. â€" Spurgeon. Ladies Perfiune Your Skin With Cuticura Talcum Antiseptic, prop'.n'.ncUc, deodorie- tng, fragrant and refreshing, Cuti- cura Talcum Is an ideal fact, skin, baby and dusting powder. Conve- nient and economical, takes the placa of oiher perfumes for the person. A few grains sufficient. One of the in- dispensable Cuticura Toilet Trio for keeping the skin pure and sweet. beautify the skin. 1 Any druggist â- will supply three i ounces of orchard white at very 1, ttle ' cost and the grocer has liic lemons. *'^* '• Culicur* Soap 26c., Ointment » ami W*.. TjJ- euni ^o i)!ii«Caiuu]1a» (lutl«a. &)ld uverrwnarA. r sAn,t>i>< «a.-h fraa tuKlraaa: ^Oattoora, Dapt. Bofton. 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