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1 - > t t t Was Ron Down And Very Weak Too Little Blood the Trouble Mrs. Jag. A. Haughn, Brldgewater, N.8., writes: "I was badly run down and very weak. So much BO I could scarcely do my housework. My nerves were affected; my digestion poor; I had continual headaches and could not get a restful night's sleep. Dif- ferent remedies failed to be of benefit and I was growing discouraged. One day, however, I saw an advertisement of a case similar to mine which had been relieved by Dr. Williams' Pink Pilla so I decided to try them. A few weeks' use of the PlHs fully restored my health and now my household duties are a pleasure inswap Of a tor- ture." Mrs. Haugbn't whole trouble was. that she had too little blood. Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills were of aid to her because they renewed and purified her blood and that good blood promoted good health, for where good blood abounds disease cannot exist. You can get these Pills from any dealer in medicine or by mall at 50 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. "Snooker" Golf PENSIONS FOR "FATTIES" War pensions for such disabilities is gout and obesity were to be allowed by a Bill passed by the United States Congress, but which the President has vetoed. Even now one dollar in every four of the American Government's revenue goes to war veterans and their dependents. American methods sometimes puzzle us, partly because we misunderstand them. For instance, a certain M.P. re- cently referred to the way in which, In the States, "all the Civil Servants changed with every change of Gov- ernment." This isn't true, because America has a permanent Civil Service, which carries on, through the various changes of Government, just as our own does. But in the matter of pensions, Americans have always had rather curious ideas. One claim for a Civil War pension was made on the ground '.hat the applicant had "hurt his ankle while intending to enlist," and similar claims were legion. Answers. THE PUBLIC CONTINUES TO BE "GOLF-CONSCIOUS" Snooker golf is name of this latest variation of the miniature golf epide- mic which Is played with a refreshing golf-pool combination. The balls are vari-colored and count different points. Brown Rat Outwits Man World's Biggest Menace Over 30,000 Rat Banded Together Into One Colony Defy Manhattan Island Authorities. HEART'S EASE (Locheven) I love to tread a winding path Through the woods. And, world weary, pause upon it. The trees bend and enclose me In brooding calm; I feel the presence of Deity. I hear the cadence of the stillness A stillness so alive. The whisper of the leaves, The song of the brook over golden stones, The whir of a bird's wings; And I know the presence of Deity. Jean M. Snyder. THAT GLAZED RICE "To purchase highly artiflcially- glazed rice was ridiculous. It was prepared solely for the benefit of the lady shopper. She went into a shop and sa\v beautiful pearly-glazed rice; she naturally thought it was very fine, and was prepared to pay a few cents more for it than for ordinary com- mercial rice," says Mr. Charles C. Douglas, M.I.Mech.E., in "The Journal of the Royal Society of Arts." "That glaze was simply put on by adding powdered French chalk and glucose to the finished polished while rice before it was put into sacks. Quite obviously it had no food value whatever. If one contented oneself by purchasing the ordinary article, one was purchasing something which hail more food value at a lower price." TAKEN TOO LITERALLY One of the witnesses in a case being heard in the county court was a very small boy who had been called to give evidence on behalf of his father. "When the. boy stjpped Into the wit- ness-box he looked just like a freak from a circus. A big trilby-hat was pulled (town over his eyes, his coat reached down to his knees, and the trousers he wore trailed on the ground under his shoes, whilst over one of his arms was a big umbrella, and his hands were covered with thick gloves. The judge, who was usually so very serious, burst into a roar of laughter. "Why do you come to the court dressed like that, my boy?" he asked kindly. The youngster pullexl a police sum- mons from his pocket. "Look, sir,' he said with a dignified air, "it says here, "to appear in his (ather'B suit'." "Do you think Jack ever success- fully fooled his wife?" "I know it. Didn't he marry her?" ANOTHER GENERATION She was over forty, but she still thought she was a flapper. The young man she had cornered at the party was thinking hard for an excuse to escape. Presently an idea came to him. "I say,' he said, "do you remember the youngster who used to tickle you under the chin at school?" "Oh," she cried gushingly, "so that Is who you are?" From the human standpoint, the most dangerous of all wild creatures to-day is the brown rat Since the Great War it has been discovered that the rat has intelligence and organizing capacity transcending even the mar- vels of Lubbock, discovered in the ant, and Fabre in the bee. The Great War made it necessary for the City of New York to investi- gate rat life, and to discover how com- plex and perfect is the whole system of rat government. During the war vast stores of food accumulated, await- ing transport to Europe. Rats multi- plied until It is estimated that there are now 30,000,000 rats on Manhattan Island. Part of the city is built upon the is- land, so that ordinary steps to destroy or drive away the rat army proved in- effective. The rats, instead of finding easier living elsewhere, discovered themselves hemmed in by water on all sides. They organized, grew more cunning, and put up such a skillful re- sistance that new methods of combat- Ing them had to be devised. It has now been discovered that rats exist, not as single units, couples, or families, but in vast organized colon- ies. Every member of a rat colony is subject to discipline. Here is a typi- cal Instance of the way their organi- zation works. In one area under observation thre were seventy-five storehouses, mostly used for holding food supplies. Of these all but one were infested with rats. The solitary exception was used for storing grains and flour. Not a rat ever entered it. but it was over- run with mice. That was puzzling for the rat haunts the mouse. The mouse-Infested building was closely observed. Watchers found that the rats, so far from interfering with the mouse colony, brought extra food to keep the mice fat and healthy. They brought green vegetables, meat, and the cores and peel of fruit. They were correcting the grain diet of the mice with valuable vltamines. No won'der the mioe in that store were plump and heathy. Then, at one period of observation, the watchers saw a number of rats ad- vance upon the mouse town. They fell upon the holes used as exits and en- trances, and enlarged them to rat size. That done, the biggest and fiercest of the rats entered. Presently the in- vaders came out again, each with a dead mouse. These were laid in a little heap, and tue rats returned for more. So they worked until fifty or sixty dead mice lay in the heap. Now representatives from the whole rat colony appeared. Kach took his WhenPain Comes What many people call indigestion | very often means excess acid in the stomach. The stomach nerves have been over-stimulated, and food sours. The corrective is an alkali which neut- ralizes acids iustantly. And the best alkali known to medical science Is Phillips' Milk of Magnesia. It has re- mained the standard with physicians In the 50 years since its Invention. One spoonful of this harmless, taste- less alkali iu water will neutralize in stautly many times as much acid, and the symptoms disappear at once. You will never use crude methods when once you learn the efficiency of this. [ Go get a small bottle to try. Be sure to get the genuine Phillips' Milk of Magnesia prescribed by physi- cians for GO years in correcting ex- cess acids. Each bottte contains full directions any drugstore. share of the game, carrying the dead mice to the family holes as delicacies for the young. In short, the mouse castle was no more than the game pre- serve of the rats. Another puzzle was supplied by an egg store. Here, to save the egg crates from rats, a platform was built on legs ot this metul eight feet high. No rat could climb to this platform, and for a time the eggs were undis- turbed. But one day It was discover- ed that a crate on the platform had been emptied. Here was a job for the expert observer. Watrhing the platform, on which was an open crate containing 300 eggs, the observer saw about forty rats come out of their holes. By one of their regular run-ways they climbed to a big gas-meter. This was five feet higher than the platform, and more than !) feet distant. Each rat in turn jumped for the platform from the meter. Two in every three landed safely at the first attempt; the others fell short and hit the floor with a thud. But, shaking themselves they ran nimbly up to the meter and tried again. Eventually there were forty rats on the platform. Gripping hind legs with forepaws, the rat army began to form a chain, reaching from the platform, to the floor. It was evidently a well-rehearsed acrobatic feat, for In the twinkling of an eye there was a chain of rats reach- ing from the crate of eggs to the floor. Soon eggs began to roll down that rat chute. At the bottom was a rat who received each egg carefully. In half an hour the crate was empty. Then the chain unhitched and the spoils were equally divided. There- was not a sign of disfigurement. Hu- man thieves quarrel when the plunder is to be divided: the rat army is not subject even to that weakness. A similar instance occurred in a restaurant famous for serving shell- 1 flsb. One day a kitchen worker filled a bucket with opened clams, set it on ! a shelf knee high on the wall, and ! went on with other work. When he j next looked at the busket it was ! empty. It was decided to call In a rat ob- ' server. The same conditions were re- ! peated. The man worked away, with ; a full bucket of clams behind him, while the watcher waited for results. Presently appeared a rat scout, who climbed the bucket and looked in. On returning to the rat-hole, out swarmed the rat army. It was ninety feet from t:he hole to the bucket, but they sta- ' tioned themselves in line from hole to ' bucket. The first rat threw the clams | out; the next caught them, and with ' his forepaws passed them on. THE RODENT We feed the birds and squirrels. Serve lunch to dogs and cats. But In this category, We draw the line at rats. At least, this was our feeling, But to-day on looking out, This erstwhile class-distinction. Was quickly put to rout. The birds and squirrels were feeding. As happy as could be. When in their midst, paws folded, A rat I chanced to see. I soon was In a panic, I'd buy a trap, but still I'd rather get some poison And give the lad a pill. Just then he looked up kindly. That brown-furred, bend-eyed cuss, 1 simply said "Excuse me Your life Is safe with us." Willa Hr-ey. THEREASONffHY Thin, Weak Children Need Baby's Own Tablets. Malnutrition, or inability to derive nourishment from food, is a common trouble with little children and is en- tirely due to stomach and bowel weak- ness. Another cause of loss of flesh and sleep is worms. To correct stomach and bowel trou- bles and thus banish constipation and indigestion, break up colds and simple fevers; expel worms and allay the pain which accompanies the cutting of teeth is what Baby's Own Tablets were designed for. They never fail to be of aid and can he given with safety to the youngest babe. Baby's Own Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, On(. Radio Fans RED ROSE TEA SHE WANTED TO KNOW Teacher was taking the class in a general knowledge test. "Stand up. William," she said. "Now tell me how matches are made?" William stood up and thought hard for a moment or two. "I don't know, misa," he returned, after awhile, "but I don't blame you for asking." "What ever do you mean, William?" inquired bis teacher. "Well,' replied William, "mother said you've been trying to make one for a year." ROWS OF HIGH-GROWN HOLLYHOCKS Now thin mists temper the slow-ripen- Ing beams Of the September sun: his golden gleams ; On gaudy flowers shine, that prank the rows Of high-grown hollyhocks, and all tall shows That Autumn flaiinieih in his bushy bowers: Where tomtits, hanging from the drooping beads Of giant sunflowers peck the nutty seeds; And in the feathery auter bees on wing Seize and set free the honied flowers, Till thousand stars leap with their visiting: While ever across the path mazily flit, Unpiloted in the sun. The dreamy butterflies With dazzling colors powdered and soft glooms. White, black and crimson stripes, and peacock eyes. Or on chance flowers sit. With idle effort plundering one by one The nectaries of deepest-throated blooms. . . . Robert HECTOR KNEW DIFFERENT Breakfast-time in the home of the Remingtons was always a battle of words between father and bis daugh- ter. "Mary." said her father sternly one Sunday morning, "did I see that young m;in kiss you last night.'" Mary was on guard at once. "I don't know whether you did or not," she replied. "You are evading my question," snapped father. "Did he kiss you?" "Well, daddy," she shot back, "you don't really think Hector came here last night to see our goldfish, do you?" More than two hundred people live permanently in the British House of Commons. They Include clerks, wait- ers, kitchen staff flremen etc. "I can think of no more nerve- wracking, no more mentally arduous task than making music." George Gershwin. Classified Advertising IN THE NEGATIVE She was annoyed and she was vent- ing her wrath on Waller, her future husband. "And another thing." she rniuiimed. "I thought you said your sister was working on the fllms?" Waller raised his eyebrows wonder- ingiy. "What about It?" he murmured. "What about It?" she echoed. "Why, I was passing the chemist's shop to- day and I saw her preparing snap- shots." Walter smiled back triumphantly. "That's working on the fllma, isn't it?" He returned. - # - . HOW OLD ARE YOU? Age Is a quality of mind. If you have left you're dreams behind, If hope is cold, If you no longer look ahead, If your ambition's tires are dead, Then you are old. But if from life you take the best, And if in life you keep the zest, If love you hold, No matter how the years go by, No matter how the birthdays fly, You, are not old. Taken from "The Silent Worker." -- C> - "There's no coal left In the cellar '. ma'am." "Why didn't you tell me be- fore, Mary?" "Because there was Rome, ma'am." Punch. Inhale MinardV Linime for Asthma.' GOT IN A TAXI ON HIS KNEES Was Crippled With Rheumatism But Now Fit THANKS TO KRUSCHEN Once IIP was the object of his neigh- bours' sympathy a rheumatic cripple. To-day " be is the object of their nNI astonishment a stenuously active man. It was Krusclien that actxim- plishcd the startling change. Here are the vital facts of his story : " Roughly about 16 years ago I was crippled with rheumatism, and for about four years it was impossible for me to get about. When I wanted to needle-pointed crystals of uric acid get in a i:'\i, I had to get in on my knees. I tried everything a potato in my pocket, sulphur in my socks, rheumatic ring, soaked mv feet in proof whisky ; also rubbed my joints with it ; tried all sorts of liniments and pills it did no good. Then I started on Kruschcn Salts, and never missed a morning, taking my dose 20 minutes before breakfast. My age now which have settled in your joints causing them to swell, ache and inllume. Other ingredients of Kruschen assist Nature to flush out these dissolved crystals through the natural channels. Other ingredients still prevent food fermentation or decom- position taking place in the intestinal tract and thereby check the further formation not only of urin acid, but is 56. and if you were to see me I o f other bodv poisons which under- you would take me for not over 40. n>j n e the health. I can handle anything thiU comes into I The threefold action of Kruschcn is the Minard'i Liniment aids tired feet. our shop ; lift over my head settees, sideboards, wardrobes, etc. ; in fact, people who know me say it is mar- vellous. To-day 1 .un in perfect health. This is the honest truth." T. R. Here is a plain statement nt the facts : Two of the six salts of which Kni.Mli.-ii U composed dissolve the secret of its effectiveness in those stubborn cases of rheumatism which will yield to no other treatment. Hut Kruschen to the test yourself. The benelit will have l>cgim before you huve finished the lint little. Krusclien Salts is obtainable at all Drug Mures at 40c. and 75c. pr botUe. FOR SALE A SEA SLED FOR SAL'-i 16, with new 22 H.P. Evinrude mo. tor. all In perfect condition, very fast, absolutely safe, splendid flshlnK boat, has special sedan top; owner getting larger model. Now lo< ed on Georgian Bay. Wilson Publishing Oft.. 73 Adtlaid* W.. T.rontu. Box 27 It costs almost as much to feed baby as an adult in New York City, one expert stating that an increase of $700 iu the family income is necessary to provide for each addition. Fall Colds take us unawares. At the first symptoms heat Minard's and in- hale it for prompt relief. When BABIES are Upset BABY ills and ailments seem twice as senous at night. A sudden cry may mean colic. Or a sudden attack of diarrhea. How would you meet this emergency tonight? Have you a bottle of Castoria ready? For the protection of your wee one for your own peace of mind keep this old. reliable preparation always on hand. But don't keep it just for emergencies: let it be an everyday aid. Its gentle influence will ease and soothe the infant who cannot sleep. Its mild regulation will help un older child whose tongue, is coated because of sluggish bowels. All druggists have Castoria. CASTORIA YOUNG WIFE STRENGTHENED After Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound T first Bancroft, Ontario "\Vhon took Lydia E. Piukham's Voluble (.'ompTiin I 1 tmd bi'i'D 111:11 in d ibout i vi'ai nid niv ttnngttl was leaving, me >D c- ount ot my ,'on- .-iition. I was inly 19 and it w my first child. My mother told me I needed *oim*tlung to 9tei -I v M y nerves and ^irl 1 chum 'old t:< to take the Vegetable Compound ' m so thankful I did because it. strrngt lu-ned my whole system and now i Vn neiw fectly well and have sweet littli baby boy." MBS. J. B. STALKEH, Bancroft^ 'inUrio. ISSUE No. 37 'W