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.,«. V ^ICH, RED BLOOD'^ MEANS HEALTH A'eak, Pale People Require a Blood-makiiiK Medicine. It took centurlea tor medical science to discover that the blood la the life. Now, It is known that If the blood were nlways abundant, rich and pure, very few people would ever be ill. It was not until the end of the 19th cen- tury than an Instniment was invented for measuring the red part of the blood. Then doctors could tell just how anaemic a patient hart become, and with medicine to make new blood the patient soon get well. All the blood in the body is nour- ished and kept rich av.d red by the food taken daily, but when, for any reason, a person is run down and can- not make suClcient U'.ood from the food to keep the body In health, then a, blood-making medicine Is required. The simplest and very best of blood- makers suitable for home use by any- one is Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. V\"hen a course of these pills is taken their good eaect is soon shoi*Ti in an im- proved appetite, stronger nerves, a sound digestion and an ability to mas- ter your work and enjoy leisure hours. For women there is a prompt relief of, or prevention of ailments which make »Ufe a burden. Mrs. Thos. Kaake. Trenton, Ont.. tells how she obtained new health and strength through the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. She says: "The weakness came on me so gradually that at tirst it was hardly noticeable. But after a time it got so that I coald not go up stairs without stopping to rest. Every particle of color left my hands and face, and the least exertion would tire me and leave my heart palpitating violently. I con- sulted a doctor who told me the trouble was anaemia and prescribed a tonic. I took this medicine for some time, but it did not seem to help me a bit. Then I read of a cure in a similar case through Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and decided to try them. The result was these pills made me feel like a new woman. I have gained all my former health and strength, and feel that I owe my present condi- tion entirely to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. You can get these pills through any dealer in medicine, or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Tho Latest Dcsigras MERCHANTS BANK CLOSES BEST YEAR IN HISTORY Gains In Net Promts, Current Loans and Acsets. Shareholders uf the Merchants Bank of Canada who attended the fifty-sixth ! THANKPllL MOTHERS. Thousands of mothers throughout C;:nudaâ€" many of them your neigh- 1 bo'.-s â€" speak with thankfulness con- ; annual meeting at the head office on oemlng the use of Uaby's Own Tab- Of course little sister wants a frock of contrasting materials, for sho too wants to be quite in style. McCall Pattern No. 8914, Girl's Dress. , ,~,„,^ -„. T <. â-  1 . n .„,,, p,;,.o 9ft creased by nearly $20,000. uOO and now In 6 sizes, 4 to 14 jears. Price, 20^^^^^ at S95.S74,000. This large ia- Wednesday, the 4th Instant, were treated to the most satisfactory re- port in tho history of that well known banking institution. The statement preseiited showed net profits of $1,- 383,569. a new high record in the his- tory of the bank and $146,000 more than was earned la the previous year. As a result of the larger earnings the div: lend was increased from 10 to ll^c. .N'ot only were net earnings the largest in the history of the bank, but every department of the bank's activi- ties showed satisfactory increases; gains being registered in current loans, deposits, liquid assets and In total assets. One of the most outstand- ing achievements was the large in- crease in deposits. Interest bearing deposits now stand at $j»1.904.000. as compared with less than $76,000,000 for the previous 'year. Kon-interest I bearing deposits gained from $34.S00,- ' 000 to $43,552,000. In other words to- tal deposits in Canada now amount to over $135,000,000. as compared with $110,000,000 in the previous year. It is somewhat significant that despite the large increase in deposits the bank's clients subscrit^d to over $45,000,000 worth of Victory Loans, of which only a little over $4,000,000 were conver- sions from previous issues. Another satisfactory feature is the growth in commercial loans: these having in- lets. Once they have used the Tab- j lets for their little ones they would ; use nothing else. The Tablets are an i absolutely safe medicine for even the ' youngest baby, being guaranteed by a government analyst to contain neither opiates nor narcotics or other | harmful drugs. Concerning them ' Mrs. David McRobb, Divide. Sask., ' says : BITS GF HUMOR FROM HEBE 6T«ERE rovz.nr wajttbo Defined. "What's egotism. paT" "A sort of ingi'owing self-esteem, my son." The Easy Life. "Yoo college men seem to take life I have used Babj-'s Own Tab- pretty easy." \ir HAT HAVE YOU FOR SALE IN » V Live Poultry. Fancy Hens. Piceon& Efsi eic? Write I. VVeinramh * Son. 10-; S .'JL Jean Baptlsta ilarucc. Moat- real. Que. Koau Bvri.sEms: WHITE l-oK uLK FKiiK BooK uB" House Plans, and infortnation tell* Init how tT save from Two to Pour Hutj- dreii L'oUrtxa on yonr new Home. Ad- dress Halliday Company. 21 Jaokaoa W . Hamilton. Ont. 7CB s^.ia:. "V'EWSPAPER i.1 County. lets and have found them so satis- factory I wojild not be without them." The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Wlliiams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. cents. AMBERGRIS. 4 Valuable Substance Used in Per- fumes and Medicines. Amber^is, which forms a basis THROUGH THE CANADIAN ALPS. Between Banff, the popular summer resort in the Canadian Pacific Rockies and Lake Windermere, the head waters of the great Columbia River, lies an Alpine ridge of spectacular beauty, forming part of the Great Divide. This ridge is penetrated by two compai^tively easy passes, the Simpson, and the Vermillion which lead into the Valley of the Kootenay River, a region abounding in game on account of its being well south of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Between the Kootenay River and the Columbia River is a small range of mountains through which the Sinclair Pass and Canyon provide an easy road. When the first surveys were made for an automobile road between Banff and Windermere it was planned to use the Simpson Pass, named after Sir George Simp- son. Governor of the Hudson's Bay "'Ves; even when we graduate we do it by degrees." He Knew. Teacherâ€" Don't you know that punc- tuation means that you must pause? Willie â€" Course I do. An auto driver punctuated his tire In front of our house Sunday and he paused for halt , an hour. ' Wanted to Know. The policeman pulled the man out from under the wreck and helped him to his feet. "Are you the owner of this car?" he â-  asked. "No. " replied the Injured man. "I'm a demonstrator." "And did yon have to demonstrate that the car couldn't eUmb a tree?" OVR and ' ftn V ma WKEKLV. I.N liRV'-'E Splend:.! opportunity. Write Box T ^Vli.ion Publl.shlr.B Co.. Limitetl. 73 .^-.â-ºlaMo St Vr T'.ronto. WKLL EQUIl'I-ED NEWirAFBR and Job priotlne plant 'In Eastern Ontario. Insurance isirrted $!.50u. WIU iro fo.- ll.ICO on q'lf-k s.-ile. .'^ox (t. WIl.Tn ruhJIshln? '"<-, , Ltd.. Tnronta. GAS SAVSa â- â€¢NO-K.N''irK.S' r.Aif .«.\VKa CartKin Bemr.er can be put on an.v make of automobile, tractor, .-tc.. and will save its cost. iXi.S'J (Ford aixa $10.00) many tim<^s each and every sea- son and save carbon repair bills. Th.-s is the best device of Its kind, and the onlv one mad* In Canada under Cajia>llaa patent. No chemicals, simply vaporised air applied scientifically. Prominent To- ronto merchants report. a<-tual savUiK of :;5 to 4V''; of itasoline. and cllmbine hilla on hlBh gear, which were impnsslblB be- fore without our appliance. Thocsands . .••old under unconditional money back in SO dav.s Kuarantee if returned in ifood order, but none returned. Send for des- criptive circular. Responsible :ig"n's wanted Th» â- â€¢No-Kn<K:k.s' Carbon Pes- • -cv,.- i" ' ' p. i.-'-n>^ !•.â- '. S: '.V . Toronto KEPBBSEWTATIVES WAlfTED. crease indicates very clearly that the Merchants Bank is doing its full share iu catering to the business needs of the community. Despite the fact that the bank is doing a continually larger share of the cotm- try's business a further examination of the report shows that careful, con-" servative banking method* character- ized the policy of the management. The bank has kept an unusually large proportion of its assets in liquid or â-  Company, who made this crossing in His Father's Boy. "You look like a fool.' quickly available form. Of its total assets of over $165,725,000 no less than $62,750,000 are in current coin. Dominion notes. Dominion and Pro- vincial Government Securities. These liquid assets are over $5,000,000 great- er than a year ago and bear a very high proportion to the bank's total liabilities to the public. Total assets 1S41. But the route over the Vermil- lion was found to be easier and at the same time more beautiful, and con- struction of the Highway of the Great Divide was commenced from opposite Castle Mountain in this direction. At the same time the road from Winder"^ mere through the Sinclair Canyon was 11^ \NTEL â€" I'NE OR TWO FIRST 11 cla.ss representatives. preferably i men with wide acuuaintance who have 1 had experience in insurance, books. I stocks or other slmlLar experience. U n- Ihundered i usual ODp«rtuniiy for Uve men who are J . u â-  J . .« hard workers. Chance to become mana- the disgusted man tj his son just re- ; ger of "our own office if you deliver the turned from college. "More and more : goods, .\ddress. with full infortnatioiu like a concerted, hare-brained, hel^ ' g'-- ^^^f^J'"''^- "* !-'"« E^ less fool every year." Just then an ' acquaintance of the old gentleman en- tered the office and saw the youth. "Hello. Charlie, back, eh?" exclaimed the visitor. "You're looking more and more like your father every year." â- Ves," said Charlie, "that's what the governor's just been telling me. " MISCHIiASTEODS. C\NCER. TUMORS. LUMPS. ETO, internal and external, cured *''â- '»• out pain by our home treatment, write us before too late. Dr. Bellman Medicai Co Limited. Colllnewood. Ont Xinard'B Idalment tued by Fliysiclana. j "If yesterday was the b;iji?est. 'aest j day in your life, it is low-vaulted as â-  compared with what God will help vou to make of to-xi:'.y." Their Own Dope. ; The Germans complain that it is have increased over $25,000,000 dur- ' ^Uo oemmenced and at the time of the a peace of hate. " ing the .vear. I Q.^tbreak of war a gap of onlv thirtv "They shouldn't object to that. It's order to provide for future ex- ^^j^^ separated the two roads. War â-  just the kind of a war they started ; t an end to construction, and a great ' iJut to make. ' i In pansion the shareholders authorized the directors to increase the capital : P" , , , .. of the bank from $10,000,000 to $15.- 1 washout destroyed several miles of • How to Purify i the Blood '} e uccuA 000. OCO. although it was stated by the President, Sir H. Montagu Allan, that there was no intention of issuing any of this stock in the immediate future. The president also spoke feelingly of the death of Mr. Andrew A. Allan. one of the bank's directors. His place has been filled by the appointment of Mr. Lome C. wibster. An interesting evidence the western end. so that the proj seemed to have been abandoned. J j however, the Dominion Government I has made an airangement with the I British Columbia Government by ! which the route of the road comes un- I der the jurisdiction of the Dominion ] Parks, and a substantial appropria- of the ' tion has been allotted to finish the s:s OTHER TABLETS NOT ASPIRIN AT all' , banks progressiveness was shown by I work. In this way there is every pro:-- When simplicity is in demand, and the statement that since the signing j pe^t of the early completion of what it usually is in these davs, this little °' "^^ armistice the bank has opened for nearly all the best quality per-j^^^^ ^^^, an=w" V:,'7v.'. "ViT SS branches and sub-branches which ts, is found in an un- i *„_ -^ • " , . â-  T fumej and scents for it i« a ,io=;.,;, ,.-1, '"'""* ^^ ' not only provided employment for the attractive looking mass floating on ^^"^ '^ '^ * 'lesign vv hose success relies bank's officers returning from over- the sea or lodged upon the sho^s. It ' v„ cq.n \i"' "': r^ Pattern seas, but furnishes that much more ad- is not known how such an un-^Htely I , °-. *^°°' ^'^^^s Dress In 4 sizes, ditional banking facilities to the pub- substance suggested itself as a per- "^*° '^ >"^^^*' P^^"'^' ^^ cents. ; lie. fume, but it has been in use for centuries. Its origin, however, has only been discovered comparatively recently. It is a morbid secretion of the liver of a sick sperm whale, and ashen- colored and waxy in appearance. Although unpleasant to sight and patterns may be obtained S«?r. Mr. Macarow. the general mana- stated in the course of his ad- from your local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto, Dept. W. « Learning to Walk. Our little cherub learned to-day To stand alone and make her way. touch, it gives off a fragrant, musky With tears and oft-recurring doubt. Ddor when warmed, even in its raw l-^om mother's knee to father's seat. »nd unprepared state. In this crude ,,.. . form it is subjected to chemical ac- ^^ "h many a failure, many a pause. tion to extract the active principle. ^;".* ^^' '"^'^"^f ' "»* *>>â-  applause. called amberine. from which the per-, VI >th tears and oft-recurring doubt. fume is actually derived. ^he toiled her httle journey out. This peculiar substance is also used as a remedy fov catarrh and nervous diseases, and is very valuable, the largest piece on record, weighing one hundred and thirtv pounds, being sold for $2,OS0. Experience. "Deborah danced, when she was two. As buttercups and daffodils do: Spirited, frail, naively bold. Her hair a ruffled crest of gold. And whenever she spoke her voice went singing Like water up from a fountain spring- ing. "But now her step is quiet and slow; She walks the way primroses go; Her hair is yellow instead of gilt. Her voice is losing its lovely lilt. And in place of her wild, delightful ways, A quaint precision rules her days. "For Deborah now is three, and oh, Bhe knows so much that she dM not know." <, Small Boy: "B-but you won't do! f -you're scalped already!" .-Vnd ever as her faith declined. She strove anei*. tor there behind Was mothefs sweetly crooned com- mand And on ahead her father's hand. And oh. at last when she survived Her tiny perils and arrived. What depths of feeling unexpressed Were stirred within eat-k guardiiin breast We older children of the earth Have journeyed farther from our birth. But doubt and pain and dark delay Attend the journey all the way. And all our balm for heart or mind Is merely this: that we shall find. Before we come to utter harm, The refuge of a father's arm. dress that out of a staff of 1.300 at the beginning of the war enlistments num- bered S23. or nearly 100 "c of the eligibles. Of the number going over- seas. 73 men made the supreme sacri- fice, while S7 were wounded. The general manager in his analys- is of present conditions spoke optimis- tically regarding the bank's position and its ability to share in the coming expansion of the country's business. The old board was re-elected and at a subsequent meeting of directors Sir H. Montagu Allan was re-elected president and Mr. K. W. Blackwell, Vice-President. They Both Had Experience. A large motor car driven by a wo- man, says the Motor News, had just run down a man on a street crossing. "You know. " *aid the driver to the injured man. "you must have been walking very carelessly I am a very careful driver. 1 have been driving a car for seven years. " "Lady, you've got nothing on me," replied the man. "I've been walking for fifty-four years." MONEY ORDERS. Pay your out-of-town accounts by Dominion B'spress Money Orders. Five Dollars costs three cents. Old Gentleman (baldheaded but! warmhearted): "Don't cry, Willie! Grandpa will play Indians with you.'', Cause For Satisfaction. There had been a terrible earth- quake, and afterward oite lady was asking another if she was not terribly frightened. "Oh, no." she said will be the most wonderful automobile road in Canada, opening up an Alpine region of entrancing beauty. It will be possible to motor from Calgary to Windermere between sunrise and sun- set through a hundred miles of the most glorious scenery in North .Ameri- ca. A. good automobile road runs south to Fort Steele and Cranbrook. and from Cranbrook there are excel- lent roads to Spokane, or eastwards through the Crow's Nest Pass, and back to Calgary. "Jhe Good Roads Association of .-S.lberta is enthusiastic over the prospect as this will mean the advent of many touinsts from all over America. The new road will also be of great benefit to the Upper Col- umbia Valley, which has many attrac- tions for settlers on account of the ONLY TABLETS MARKED WITH "BAYER CROSS" ARE ASPERIN. If You Don't See ths "Baysr Cress" on the Tablets, You Are Not Getting Asperin â€" Only Acid Imitation! "Fifteen to thirty drops of Elxtract of Roots, commonly called Molfeer Seigel's Curative ^ Syrup< tnay be taken in water \ with meals and at bedtime, for v the cure of indigestion, consti- ^ pation and bad blood. Persist- ^ ^ ence in this treatment will effect ^ i a cure in nearly every case." ^ A Get the genuine at dru«gists. \ Genuine "Bayer Tablets of Asperin are now made in Canada by a C-ana- dian Companyâ€" No Geriaaa interest whatever, all rights being purchased | from the United States Government ; During the war. acid imitations were | sold as .\spirin in plU boxes and varl- ; ous other containers. The "'Bayer ^ Cross" is your only way of knowing fertility of the soil and suitability for ^ij^^ you are getting genuine Asperin. mixed farming. This valley is served proved safe by millions for Headache, by the Kootenay Central Railway, a recently constructed branch of the Canadian Pacific. Neuralgia. Colds. Rheumatism. Lum- bago. Neuritis and for Pain generally. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets -also larger sized "Bayer" packages can be had at drug stores. Asperin is the trade mark, register- ed in Canada, of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetic.acidester of Salicylic- MINARD'S LINIMKNT Is the only acid Liniment asked for at my store and the only one we keep for sale. All the people use it. IL\,RLIN FULTON. Pleasant Bay. C. B. FACE WAS FULL OF PIMPLES For Three Years. Hard and AwfullySore, Disfigured. Cuticura Heals. "I had been suffering with a pim- ply face for three ye^ra. My face was full cl pimples and they were hard and awfully sore. Tbey fes- tered and dried up, aad were scaly, and disfigured my face. They caused r.ie to lose a lot cf sleep, and were awf'.illy itchy, making ir.e scratch and irritate my face. "I started to tjse Cutictira Soap and Ointment and I used two caiies of Cuticura Soap aad two boxes of Cuticiira Ointment when I was healed. " â-  Signed Clifford 'Sfecrr.ar.s, East Chezzelccok, N. S. Use Caticura for e%-ery-day toilet purposes. Bathe with Scap. soothe with Ointment, dust with Talcum. For fwe Mmpli? o«ch of CuUtfora Sc^ap, Oint- ment and Taicam a»lcre«» po*t-caru: "Cwtl^mT*, Oapt. A, Eoaton, 17. S. A." Sold .iverru'Iierc. Mr. Lloyd Harris states that if Joyed It, for it was the first thing that Canada would grant $100,000,000 i,,' has ever happened since I was married credit to Roumania (not necessarily: niy husband did not blame me for" Goveriunent credit) we could get all their trade for years to come. Sr V There s ai l?eason why so many people make -Nuts the redular part, of at. l^ast Pn^ n\eal each day. ^""^^fZ^'XXs. fecjcfitn^e ot th'e delij^htt)^ flavor, and won- dertyl Values of Grape-Nuts a|,a health builder. ttJl-um i ii-i i .%\vm Lucky Adam. The day -Vdam was condemned to â-  work for a living was the luckiest day j of his life. He had all the world given I rather en- j jjj„, j^, ^yp^k In. no rent to pay. the whole crop for himself, no landlord or middleman to divide profits with, and j every lick of his hoe was a lick for ' himself. Every drop of sweat ho shed upon the land wutered his own crop. A New Game. | and he did not have to fence against l . , , ,. , y . >,,.i'his neighbor's chickens. He was con-' Uncle Jack and I ncle James had . '"^ . . . ,. . v # . ^, •-"^ V. , . . 1 1, ,, „. ,a. demned to sweat, but he found, as his come to see their sister and her sweet , utmu^u .___, ^^_^ , .. little children, and, like the good-na lSln&i^"t Ldnlmeat IiambumAa's Friend. tured fellows they are. they were goon inveigled Into the iiurser>-. For a while there was nothing more than the usual aiuout of uprotirious riot whkh denoted that the little ones wore perfectly happy; but at last the noise increased to such a terrltic ex- tent that mamma hurried up to Hud out the cause of It. "Why. children, children!" she cried, "whatever Is all this noise about T" But little KreKldy ouly smiled. "It's all right, mummy," he said, "we are playing » nt>»' game; we've lock- ' sons have since found, that sweat is ! the best medicine in the world's drug j store. LEMON JUICE IS I FRECKLE REMOVER j Girls! Make this cheap baauty lotion to clear and whiten your skin. Squeeze the Juice of two lemons Into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white, shake well, and you have a quarter pint of the best freckle and tan lotion, and complexion beauti- Her, at very, very small cost. â€" - - , ,, , , Your erocer has tho lemons and any ed Unclle Jack and Uncle James up ^^J^^gJ^^^.^^oilet counter will supply In the cupboard, an' when they get a i ^^^^^ ounces of orchard white for a Gone Are the Days hit angrier I'm going Into the lions den. Will you stop and see us play?' The first Roumanian order for sev- eral million dollars, placed through the Canadian Trade Commission, has b«en MtitfiKtorily completed. few cents. Massage this sweetly fra- grant lotion into the face. neck, arms and hands each day and see how freckles and blemishes disappear and how clear, soft and white the skin be- comes. Yes! It Is harmless. ED. 7. ISSUE 25â€" "19. I Couriers on hor.e back worv. <ro.xl eaouah In '«t but 'l''T?»^« P'^S* to dwit^tch bearers on mctor rvcle* when Persmiig tWttened th« St. Mihiol salient In forty-eight Ixnirs. Castor oil. salts, mineral w.itorj, pULo and such r.urg»ti»«« were «vd enough in their day. Toilay they are giving place to Ntyol. Nujol l» entirely different fr^im drugs as it does uot terco or irritate the boweU. Nujol preTents stagnation bv softenlii(rlhefi>Hi irutrand encourag Iny the iiif estirol muscW to act naturally . thus n-iaovms tho cause ofcoo- Ktlpation and self-i>oisoniiig. U i» «b»olt»teW harui!(»s and pk-ajant. Nuiol helps Nature i>tabli>h Msy. thoroug'is Ix^vrel evacuation at regular uittrvaNâ€" the healthiest habit In the world. Get a botUe from your dru^rgist tmia;. . armng. tra\r^ bocio* tfur- ln( l^l• Niijol Trade Stark. .Ml drue- gi«li. liviM on Nujjl Vou m«y •ntf'er rruiii sututitutes. Nujol Laboratories ST.\Sn.\KD01t.CO.(NBWJERSKT) M Itrtuilwty. New York Nujol JFbr Cousfipafion