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gfi’*f WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE $X PROTECT FACTORY WORKERS. Children and Women Protected Against m”w LATER AMENPMENTS m “W-'Fh mm ‘u‘ mou . o us -;- furthar Amands â€"One of © the most noteworthy ecoâ€" nomic changes of â€" the last century 2‘ ® process d work in almost every departâ€" if industrial activity. . The inâ€" of laborâ€"saving machinery, and the substitution of large estabâ€" lishments, employing hundreds, or thousands, of workers, for the small factories and work shops, where proâ€" like th::” ly“c‘u innporhant } 0 $ important social w.'mnl to have its drawbacks, ~ as well as its advanâ€" tages. The employe was made more dependent upon the employer, and was a good deal ~more of a "maâ€" chine‘‘ than under the old system. Competition among workers was inâ€" ereased, . and _ women and children were often engaged at low wages to do the work of men. Then again the crowding together of large numbers of operatives in buildings where no adequate arrangements had . been made for their comfort, ‘health, â€" or convenience, and without protection from accident or death in case of contact with the machinery, constiâ€" tuted a series of grave and intolerâ€" able evils, such as no enlightened or humane administration could long ignore. THE NEED OF LEGISLATIVE ACTION. l In Britain, especially, where the question had assumed a more seriâ€" ous aspect than elsewhere on account f her industrial leadership, and the strength of the Trades‘ Union moveâ€" ment, ‘the attention of philanthropâ€" ists and statesmen was early called to the subject. A large volume of legislation has been enacted, emâ€" bracing every phase of the question, and â€" safeâ€"guarding thoroughly _ the rights and interests of the vvorlneu.i As the result of agitation on â€" the part of the organized labor bodies in Canada, the Dominion Government in 1881 appointed a commission . to make enguiry into the working of mills and factories and the labor employed therein. After a thorough and exhaustive investigation, in the course of which they visited and reâ€" ported upon 465 factories, they found that the existing conditions fully justified all that had been argued in hmolnheto;’hwbythhbor organizations. To show how crying and imperative was the need for reâ€" form, a few of the more striking conclusions reached by the commisâ€" sion, may be briefly summarized: CONDITIONS PREVIOUS TO THE ACT. & ‘They found that the "employment of children and _ young persons in mills and factories is extensive, and fargely on the increase." They had much difficulty . in obtaining, with any degree of accuracy, the ages of the children employed, as the emâ€" Your Degision This Day Is Allâ€" Important, _ Paine‘s Celery Compound INDIFFERENCE AND CARELESEâ€" NESS LEAD TO PHYSICAL SHIPWRECK AND THE . GRAVE. ‘The weak, ailing, sick and dis" eased have now more than ever beâ€" fore under their control their phyâ€" sical condition. They are free agâ€" ents, and aimost wholly responsible for their future. When the brain is not affected, and the mind can disâ€" cern between right and wrong, a duty to themselves, their friends and country loudly demands, a markâ€" ed decisionâ€"prompt and determined action when health is impaired and life is in danger. It is the part of wisdom that tm'impmonmt or fine. decision be made toâ€"day; toâ€"morrow ~â€"â€"â€" may be too late. In thousands o‘, That no boy undet 12, ard no git] cases the checking and banishment 0| | .nder 14, shall be employed in any disease depends upon instant action, j actory, and that children urder 14 an hour lost frequently.means thc fand women shall not be employed snuffing out of some precious life. more than 10 hours a day or sixty Few people in our country arc| ours a week. Few people in our country are without some knowledge of the wonâ€" drous lifeâ€"giving virtues of Paine‘t Celety Compound, a medicine that guarantees relea> from the diseases common to life What will you decision be toâ€"day,| That working extra hours in a Sufferer? Will you give Paine‘t | time of emergency shall be done only aqcmndmnnm honâ€" | with the consent of the Inspector ast testing that others are givifg it, |rnder the Act. with: its certain reward of health, w strength, vigor and happiness, or| That factories shall be kept in proâ€" will you remain indifferent and care |per sanitary condition. 3 less, content to pass your few day suupame or ‘ weeks in misery, agony and| That machinery and other sources wretchedness until the dark gravelof danger to emploves shall be proâ€" Guarantees a Freedom From ., Disease and Sickness. It. is the ble Paine‘s prompt a remain indifferent and care mtent to pass your few days soks in misery, agony and dness until the dark grave you as a victim? almost neediess to enumerate ssed results that flow . from Celery Compound when used ly s nyud‘ figim l 9 A EB BA C Eud 3 NeR MB ® ® a tlo | o In 1889 a numberâ€".of i y | amendments to the Act in : tion â€" of. greater stringemt ployers had no record thereo!, and in many cases the children mta no education _ whatever, could tell their own ages. Some were found at work at as early an age as eight variably worked as many ‘hours â€" as adults,. and were often *‘requested‘" to work over time.. The and condition of the esâ€" pecially in the summer months, bore l‘h P which :dxmudflm stri to > frames . had been subjected, ‘‘anything but inviting or desirâ€" able." ‘‘They have to be at the mill or factory at 6.30 a. m., necesâ€" sitating their being up at from 5.30 1wCa.m..loermh¢-nd.‘ some having to walk a distance _ of hall a mile or more to their work. This is undeniably too heavy a strain upon children of tender years, and is utterly condemned by all, except those who are being directly benefitâ€" ed by such labor." Concerning the abuses attendant on the extensive employment of female labor, ~withâ€" out â€"proper legislative safeâ€"guards, the commission . reported that ‘"Feâ€" male labor is very extensively emâ€" ployed, not only in mills and {actorâ€" ies, but also in private houses, and what may be described as workâ€" shops, sometimes in the attic of a four story bufiding, at others in a llow damp basement, where artificial light has to be used during the enâ€" l tire day. The effect of the publication of this report was to impart a great imâ€" petus to the agitation on the part of the Labor Unions for factory legâ€" islation along Old Country lines. It was naturally expected that the Conâ€" servative Administration at Ottawa, having (at.the instance of labor orâ€" ganizations), set on foot the enâ€" quiry, would follow up the report by at least some measure intended to rectify the more flagrant of the abuses disclosed. They had official knowledge of the evits that selfish capital inflicted upon working men and working women; they had ofiâ€" cial proof of the urgent necessity of effective legislation that would safeâ€" guard the rights and protect and: promote the health, comfort and: safety from accident of â€"men and boys, delicate women â€" and tender children. One would have expected that the facts disclosed by the comâ€" mission .was an appeal that no huâ€" mane Government could resist. The expectation was a vain one. The Doiminion Government paraded the report as an evidence of its desire to ameliorate the conditions of. the working classes to pass without takâ€" ing any steps or showing any disâ€" position _ to legislate on the quesâ€" tion. But the Liberal Government of Ontario took action. Considerable uncertainty prevailed. at the time as to whether the powâ€" er to pass factory legislation rested with the Dominion or Provincial Government. Consequently when in 1884 the Ontario Government took action and secured the passage by the Legislature of the Factories Act, it contained a stipulation that it should ~not come into force until made operative by a proclamation issued by the Lieutenantâ€"Governor. Efforts were made to induce the Doâ€" minion Government to take measâ€" ures to put an end to the doubt which existed as to jurisdiction, but nothing could be accomplished~ in that direction, and finally in Octoâ€" ber, 1886, the proclamation was isâ€" sued by which the Factories Act of 1884 becante law. The provisions of this measure were directed at the worst of the abuses found to exist by the commission, the more imâ€" portant being as follows: T That the employment is a factory of a child, a young girl or a woman in such a way that their health is likely to be permanently injured shall be an offence punishable by imprisonment or fine. That women and children shall not te allowed to clean machinery while ‘t is in motion. That machinery and other sources of danger to employes shall be proâ€" retly guarded. That each factory shall be supplied with the . means duun-htl’ fires, and also with fireâ€"escapes the building is a high one. THE CONSERVATIVES DID NOTHING. FACTORIES ACT of 1884 |'.rhl to which the Act & pQ|eiven. . ‘The scope of the. where more than five persons . were employed, ,{"“' employing not more than having previously ‘been exempt from its operation. The â€"law was further amended in some important particulars in 1895, when miore stringent provisions were made for the guarding of places, dangerous to life and limb, and the providing of fireâ€"escapes, and penalâ€" ties. were imposed on employers for neglecting to notify the Inspectors in cases of accident, fire or exploâ€" sion, In 1901 the Ross Government procured the passing of several other amendments in the same direction. The owner of a factory who fails to provide the equipment or. conveniâ€" ences required within two months, alter receiving a notice from the Inâ€" spector to do so, is made liable to a fine of $500.. â€"The owner of a fac« tory over two stories in height, or over one story high, in cases where it is deemed necessary, who fails to provide fireâ€"escapes is liable to the same penalty . Another provision, which will render the enforcement ol the law much more easy and â€" sysâ€" tematic : in future, renders it illegal for the owner of & factory, hereafter established, to begin operations unâ€" til he shall have received from â€" the Factory Inspector a certificate that the factory has been inspected and a permit given to operate the same. This legislation . places the: Proi vince of Ontario in the very front rank so far as concerns the thorough and careful protection of the healith comfort and safety of the class least able to protect themselves. It is an exceedingly â€" creditable record. The repeated ~revisions and amendments of the law, all in the direction of greater thoroughness .of efficiency, show that the question has at all times, received at the hands of the Government and Legislature, the full and sympathetic consideration which its importance merits, This policy has been in accordance with the best traditions of Liberalism, and bas met with the full approval and supâ€" port of rightâ€"minded men of. all parâ€" ties. As contrasted with the empty professions . of Conservatism, ‘vhlch has resulted in nothing tangible or practical, and would have allowed the . shameful conditions, formerly prevalent, to continue indefinitely, it must command the adherence and support of Ontario working men, who have in the past record of Libâ€" eralism the best possible guarantee that their intere is may be safely entrusted to them in the future. HJW TO O8TAIX BRIGHT EYES AND ROSY CHEEKS. In young girls we look for abumâ€" dant. health and strength, . rosy ‘heeks, bright eyes, firm, plump fiesh and constant cheetfulness. How often, howevcr, we meet young girls who seem prematurely old, feeble, pale, listless, thin and irritable. These abnormal and dangerous conâ€" ditions are due to a general weakâ€" ness of the blood, and should be curâ€" ed just as promptly as‘possibleâ€" or the whole life of the patient will be ruined, if, indeed, decline and conâ€" sumption do not speedily follow. Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills for Pale Peoâ€" ple are the natural, logical and sure cure for weak girls. These pills make rich, red ‘blood â€" with every dose. They strengthen the nerves, act upon the whole system and bring health, . strength and happiness to those who use them. Pale, Anaemic and FEasiy Tied Girls Often Fall a + rey to Cons<mption. A RECORD TO BE PROUD.OF Mrs, Hiram Rinkler, South Pelâ€" ham Township, Welland â€" County, Ont., says: "It is with pleasure that Iâ€"give this tribute to the healthâ€"restoring virtues of Dr. Willâ€" iams‘ Pink Pills. When my daugh | ter, Lena, began the use of your. meâ€" dicine she was in a most wretched condition. In fact, we were seriousâ€". ‘y alatmed lest she might not recovâ€" er. The symptoms were a feeling of langour â€" and weakness, gradually growing . worse. She became pale, lost fiesh, had little or no appetite and was apparently going into deâ€" cline. Finally .the trouble became complicated with a persistent sore throat, which gave her great dificulâ€" ty in swallowing. She was placed ‘nder the care of a doctor who said her blood was poor and watery, and her whole system badly run downâ€" The doctor‘s treatment did not help wl. and then acting on the of a neighbor, I began to give ber Dr.â€" Williams‘ Pink Pills. . The placed, as I soon noticed a distinct ‘mprovement in danghter‘s â€" conâ€" dition. . The _ use the pills for tome weeks restored her, and from that time been a heerful lightâ€"hearted girl, the very picture of health." These pills never fail to: restore health and strength in cases like the above. Through their action on the biood and nerves they also bure such diseases as rheumatism, sciatica, St. Vitus‘ dance, indigestion, kidney trouble, partial paralysis, etc. There They ts an wu'.m" es 6 are mete im of Erout"medicne"ne" vare ut You L..-::: w im in mn A Talk With Girls. A deputation from the on after . + the Grand Trunk /a _ w their train service, which has been source of -n:w- and loss in s past, would be upon & 4 promised to put â€" on a train. Pailmerston which would land mornâ€" w from Toronto in penâ€" points between i and 2 p. m. instead of 5 and 6 p. m. as at preâ€" sent. â€" This will also enable the mails and papers from Toronto to be distributed to the local postoffices on both sides of the line of utln‘kfln same . evening, â€" which bas hi to been impossible. The accommodation train from the north will â€"be put back about three hours after the early morning passâ€" enger train, . and a new passenger train making good time will~ leave peninsula points between 1 and 2 p. m., arriving in Toronto about 5 p. m. the same day. The freight serâ€" vice, which .is considered satisfattâ€" ory, will remain as at present. These changes were very satisfactory to the deputation, which found the . Grand ‘Trunk authorities very willing to make the change as soon as the situâ€" ation was explained to them. ... ‘The deputation consisted of Judge Klein, Walkerton; John Tolmie, M. P.P., Kincardine, C. M. Bowman, M, P â€"P.. s.,nthn:m? Mayor W. J. Henry, Kincar ; ~ Counciller ._D: McPhail, â€"Tiverton; James Halliday, M. P., Edwin Tolton, M. P., Dr. W. A. Crow, Reeve of Chesley; Dr. ~J. M.â€"Stewart, Chesley; Counciliors W. G. â€" Temple, J. W. Ruettel, Kincarâ€" dine; W. P. Telford,â€" Owen Sound; and Messrs. W. B. Zinkan, Wm. Mcâ€" Gregor, and J. J. Creighton, Southâ€" ampton; and C. J. Mickle of Chesâ€" ley. ‘The officials ‘of the Grand Trunk, some of whom had gone over the division on Thursday, were: Genâ€" eral Manager McGuigan, W. E. Daâ€" vis, passenger traffic manager, Geo. T. Bell, general passenger and ticket agent; M. C. Dickson, district passâ€" enger agent; Supt. .Jones, of the Middle _ Division, and Trainmaster Lynch, of theâ€"Northern Division. . ‘The improving of the Bruce peninâ€" sular train service will also mean the improving of the service along the main line of the G.T.R. on this side of Toronto, and there is no doubt but that the meeting of the representatives of the Berlin, Waâ€" terloo, Guelph and Stratford Boards of Trade with the G.T.R. representâ€" ative, M. C. Dickson," some weeks ago, will result in a better and fastâ€" er train:service all along the line of the G.T.R. west of Toronto. The First. Transport Expected in Hallfax Early in May. Ottawa, April 17.â€"The Minister of Militia has received a telegram stating that the Cymric, sister ship to the Vicâ€" torian, which conveyed the second half of the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles to Durban, is atâ€" Boston, and will be in Halifax and in readiness to embark the first regiment of the new Canadian conâ€" ting:-t for Bouth Africa in the first week in May. The ?mrie is 585 feet I:m,ufeetbum and 38 feet depth of . She was built by Harland & Wolff of Belfast in 1900, and has a gross tonnage of 12640. _ As already anâ€" nounced, the comme> 1 of the first regiâ€" ment to be seat forw~rd, or, to be more correct, the 3rd . Pogiment Canadian e es in on n e ‘ that sr'v‘:rll of the commissions will be 5vn to Frenchâ€"Canadian ogcr‘. inâ€" uding Captains Roi, Lessier, Boulanger and Lavore. The Iastâ€"named officer may be given the Adjuta~cy of the regiment. He Will Stay Till J ne 30â€"Lord Danâ€"« â€" donald Next. Ottawa, _ Aptril 17.â€"The â€" War Office has . intimated its â€" willâ€" ingness to allow Majorâ€"General O‘Gradyâ€" Haly to remain in command ~of the Canadian militia unil June 30th next, when he will be succeeded by Lord Dunâ€" donald. ‘The approval given to the oxâ€" tension of General O‘Gradyâ€"Haly‘s term gives much satisfactinn here. .It can be asserted without fear of contradiction that none of the gal‘ant officer‘s predeâ€" tessors have been held in greater es teem tfi he has by~ the .-Mu-: m"uy-n.ly' for d' ":c b.z.'. rgement 11'«0-& ‘ana :flh ferce the best . thing its kind which has emenated ;rom the Militia ge‘.pflnut for :' gr:t many years. importa~ce the recomâ€" T-unl-ti-n lies in the fact that they are capable of carried out at a minimum of ex ure, and can be easily adapted existing â€" conditions. The only pity is tha* General O‘Gradyâ€" Haly cannot n in this country -‘lâ€"fly to s>* his recommendaâ€" tions carried into eft=ct. He will, howâ€" ever, have the satie‘sction of knowing that he h:::ottflh"fl ‘l;.-o amail d: town m efficiency &'.'.u. -nl:;flhr’u for defensive purposes. _ Britain Accepts Germany‘s Propoual For Internatioral Conference. Berlin, April 16 â€"Great Britain bas accepted (Jermany‘s proposition for an international conference to regulate the use of wireless telegraphy. ‘The other powers to which the proposition . was made, namely, the United States, France and not o i on hn hi itematth it in the matter. Gertmmny‘s sugâ€" WITLL SAIL ON THE CYMRIC. 0‘GRDYâ€"HALY‘S TERM. WIRELES® TPLEGRAPHY era Ontario: Jamwis, who was one, of the délegation A % ~ AB that wailted upon Hon. Jo6seph Chamberâ€" e rsrrmpam mm e 0 <ke*~ luin in copnection with the removal ot| His Case a Severe Oneâ€"Pain so Intense Lewis ‘utated to> correspondent toâ€" w&tmafl&m"nfiv«y the Fategonian colony to Casada Mr.| â€"~â€" had to be Administeredâ€"No Control of well &::u with their interview with 5!. hdt:‘h‘“'{hx'ven x nG:: m not offered to assist the _ There are about W ; n aran e e ollh::zpcrty“\utz&h sonia there are nurchasers and Htâ€" tie influx of population. Alr. Lewis says that. his â€" sompatriots have had most. favorable reports of Canads, and were Government assistance extended to them the whoie colony would. come to Canâ€" ada. fl-{ wou’ld prefer to establish ‘rolu‘o their own in the west if sutâ€" ficient land could be obtained.. Mr. Jewis thirks that many of them will ‘wmun{umbmk way to the Doâ€" mivion, but no general movement will ihhpimub.tbcln’orhluhdn- A} Government offer some mngv- ment, Thputl-leu for Winnipeg this inhagnd m is oo ind are und appear . w ‘The lonian 10190 passengers all told, of whi.:.:?-t 1,000 were imâ€" Tick . There wore g:-;":::,;lm. Greâ€" d..':l Armenians, orwegians, Dutch, Seets, Irish, Welsh and Engli an boane C Soints io the se "Oue large party is going to the Clergue works '-'t'fi. "8oo," fl'uoth« lot of Swedas are destined for Jyneau, Alaska. _ The -fiuh-;':-:g'e"w.i-‘â€"mnfi” days five and New York Shippers Do Not Anticl» pate Auy Change. New York, April 16. â€"Members of the Produce Exchange: â€"do. not anticipate that the new British grain duties will make any difference in the amount of grain exports from: the United : States to Great Britain.â€" The tax is so small that the additional cost of a loaf ot bread ‘will be almost negligible; so there will be no decrease in the demand. Great Britain consumes 220,000,000 bushels of wheat every year, and can raise for herâ€" self‘ only 50,000,000. More than half.of the rest is sent to England from this country. The ‘lr;h and flour imports . into Great Britain for the yearâ€". end« ing August 31, 1901, . were 23,â€" 349,814 hundredwei of â€" _ flour, 71,138,540 hundredweight of wheat, and 102,742,351 hundredw of corn and all other grains. Gr total, 197,225, 105 The duty on that ufiw vould‘uveboen $12,767,534.86. This country. furnishes 'guduu" ally all of the flour imported by mtDr(tdn.cbont?Opuu-t.ofth corn and about 55 per cent. of the wheat. * Britain imported last znr from the United States:â€"Wheat, 40,466,300 cwt.) ftour, 18,009,882 ewt. ; corn (about), 8,« 000,000 cwt. ; barley (@bout), 2,000,000 ewt. Last â€" year â€" Canada rted 8,630,« mbuhd-dwhnthngiuh.% aromuonoflonr.mnud to T70; T14 barrels. Decision of the South Perth Prohibi« tion Convention. / Stratford, April 16.â€"At the South Ferth Prohibition Convention at Mitâ€" chell yesterday a resolution was adoptâ€" ed by the convention favoring the selecâ€" tion of a candidate, but subsequently anotherâ€" resolution was passed unaniâ€" mously, to the effect that before the Prohibitionists take any action towards selecting a candidate each of the canâ€" didates now in the field be asked whethâ€" or ::Hwnhlm J:mrt the enlom:m:t 'o‘l people carry it at the, rololl. If both mdmul omise to Iuprlort the ~measure l’rfig‘flhoahu' shall be allowed to vote as they please. If only one candidate gives ::nronho. he shall recoive the Prohibi t vote, and if neither Midlt:fififil a promise the Prohibition ~ candidateé shall be chosen at & convention to be held later. The following resolution, moved z‘m R. W. Dijlon of St. Mary‘s, seconded by Mr. Wm. White of Hibbert, a strong Conservative, was carried unanimousâ€" ty :â€"â€"*‘Fhat this convention of temper: ance workers of the South, Riding of Pertu, while differing in their views as to the referendum, call upon all belieyâ€" ers in the cause of temperance to vote held in Canada, buttermakers who use WELLS, â€"RICHARDSON & Co‘s "IMPROVED BUTTER COLâ€" OR" carry off nineâ€"tenths of all the prizes awarded. This proves that it is the best and safest butter to use at all seasons.. WELLS, RICHâ€" for the referendum, and mthen- selves to use all the efforts r‘v- &r to carry it, as being the most feas ible way of obtaining prohibition, which ARDSON & CO‘S ."IMPROVED BUTTER~.COLOR"" _ being the stromgest color made, it is the cheapest to uso. All honest merâ€" chants recommend it. David . Allison, M. A., F.E.1.8., who taught in the old Grammar School â€" at Ingersoll nearly forty years ago, died in Scotland. Mr. Albert H. Leake addressed a gh meeting in Guelph on â€" Tuesâ€" evening, advocating the erection & Manmal ‘Training School in that Â¥ Eo ols i m fi':nahfl,'th clever goalâ€" «eeper CGalt Intermediates, W. #. A. champions, is amongst those from Galt who were accepted to go to South ~ Africa with the second At all Dairy Fairs and Expositions VICTORY AFTER VICTORY BRITISH GRAIN IMPORTS, YOTE FOR PROHIBITION. now measures just 4 feet Iw lenagth. What Ayre‘s cerâ€" Doctors Failed to hhw Dr. Pitcher‘s Backache Ea the Pain and Allowed Him Sleepâ€"Two Bottles Cured Him. Mr. A. E. Gregory, the Wellâ€"Known Lindsay Everybody in Lindsay, Ont., knows In the cartage and delivery business in latterly has been in the employ of the A few months ago his friends were well aware that he was in .a very serious condition due to trouble with his kidneys and biadder, and n had grave apprehensions as to the Ultimate outcome, as he was going down hill, despite the efforts of two of Lindsay‘s best ns to He was confined to bed six wecks, and the severe pain in his back and in the region of his bladder, made it excruciating agony for him to move. IN fact the pain became so intense at times, that large doses of morphine f be administered to wive him ease and very few nights was h:omn‘&.. #leep without the aid of an opiate. Besides this, he had lost _of his biadder, and the frequent ard painfu) urination added to hisâ€"misery. .‘__ »â€" He hadâ€"a doctor in attendance constantly, who said he suffered from ulcer on the neck of the bladder, took bottle after bottle of his wedicine, by got little relief.. ‘Then he tried another doctor, but his treatment proved of: more benefit than that of the first one, and ~Mr. ~Murdock felt that something were flone for him, he was not long for this world. Hales t A friend visiting hiin one day happened to tell him of Dr. m«m‘iu}: ache Kidney Tablets, and the great things they,were doing for + ing from kidney and bladder disease. ‘He sent to Mr. Gregory‘s ; store and got a bottleâ€"the first few doses gave him ease from the f When the bottle was finished he felt wonderfully improved, and by \”& the second bottle was taken, Mr. Murdock was & cured man. _ = > 4;,,,“,;{ Mr. Murdock‘s Statement. es 24e "I was laid up in bed for over six weeks suffering from a â€"attack of kidney and bladder trouble. ‘The pain in my back and across by r was so severe, that the doctors were obliged to give me morphine,. L two of them in attendance at different times, but although they did gh‘;; for me, I kept getting worse. d e es . ap pe. ie The Crar Pays Respect to His As« sassinated Minister. _St. Petersburg, April 18.â€"The funeral service over the body of M. Sipinguine, the Minister of the Interior, who was assassinated April 15 by a student, was ntmd& hhy. :l,h. tfi-r' the Czarina, and Duka ‘heir rmm ®, Grand Dukés and Gran Duhfi'- 3 court diplomats. The h&ol the late Minister was buried at Alexander Newski Monastery. .At the conclusion of the service the coffin was escorted to the hearse by the Czar, the Grand Duke Michael, the Grand Dukes and the Minâ€" â€"__"*I lost control of my bladder and the water t comi way _ every lttle while and distressed me greatly. > _ ko e 3 . ~"They said I had an ulcer on the neck of the bladder, not thisk I could be cured without an operation. _ _ . C wdfld“gfl;\g ~â€" "I took a great deal of doctors‘ m«dicine, â€"and although it was YÂ¥ery ex> pensive, it didâ€"not help me. I was getting very thin and wasted and both my wife and I despatred of my recovery. _ M SE t rol P ces a 2 3. W ceceent saceaet " A friend one day happened to tell me of Dr. Pitcher‘s Backache K :‘ Tablets, and I sent to Gregory‘s drug store for a bottle~of them. I had K taken a few doses when the pa&:nadlw- I began to feel better and could control my water and by the time I had used two bo!th&l was cured. When I was sick my weight had gome down to pounds. ~ Now . weigh 173 pounds,â€"and aever felt better in my life. Although I work has every day, I never have a pain or ache 0r trace of my old trouble. n Five Hundred Men Ready at Gueiph. Peters, who stated it was a munificent offer, and he had forwarded the applicaâ€" ___"I eannot speak two highly of Dr. Pitcher‘s EBackache Kidney Tablets, a8 I verily believe they saved my life when the doctors could do nothing: (Signed) JAMES M. MURDCCK. _ Mr. Gregory‘s Confirmation. 45. Mr. A. E. Gregory, the popular Lindsay druggtst, who the Tabilets, conflymed his statement as follows: ol MF: l“; "I have known Mr. James M. Murdock for some years past. He hard working and highly respected citizen of Lindsay, and I can the accuracy of his statements regarding his case; and his cure . by Dr. Pitcher‘s Back&che Kidney Tablets. Many people in this town are using the Tablets with splendid results, and their sale with us exceeds that of any other kidney remedy." 2 (Signed) t A. ®. GREGORY. Dr. Pitcher‘s Dackache Kidney Tatiets are prepared from the m‘lg of Zina Pitcher, M.D., formerly Professor of Materia Medica and Diseases Michigan College of Medicine, Detroit, Mich. . They are the most effective, scientific treatment for backache, lame or weak . back, puffiness under the eyes, swelling of the feet and ankles, dizzingss,. mist ..before the eyes, bloating, gravel, stone in the bladder, high colored urine, 1?«&. scalding or smarting, irtitability of the bladder, frequent calls qm‘ or night, pains in the joints or muscles, â€"uric acid in the troubles of women, bed wetting of childran and all forms of kidney, or urinary troubles of m’or old. Therc is no other so good ai Dr. Pitcher‘s Backache Kidney Tabâ€" lets. mrmum.tumtmmmunomdmun‘m ©UCCe L Price 50 cents a bottle, or 3 bottles fos $1.25, at all druggists, or sent mail by addressing the Dr, Zina Pitcher "Y., Toronto, Ont, "# RUSSIAN MINISTER‘S FUNERAL, gist, Endorses Mr. Murdock‘s Statement â€" __ . Oof His Case. â€"~ . l Bladderâ€"Wife Thought He Would Dis. MR. J AS.. M. MURDOCK. Jim Murdock who has been engaged that town for some years past, anl Rathbun Company. f well aware that he was in . a very The May number of The Delineatâ€" or is the third of the greatest spri issues in both fashion and Iim% features and is the most notable P the season. With the many artistic .esigns for garments for late spring wear â€" come in advance of summer fashions from the hands of eminent designers, . and in (attractiveness these styles have probably never surpassed. An article qf especi terest at this scason is on & tion dresses. ‘The chief literary tribution is The Educational Value of Some Recent Plays, writtern by Norman Hapgood, the celebrated ori~ tic, and splendidly illustrated. â€" Dr. Elliott‘s recollections of the child Patti, at the time of her first beneâ€" Ait, make one of the most delightful papers in the series of Notable Woâ€" men; and in a different vein Clara E. 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