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 FACTS 
 
 AMD 
 
 FIGURES 
 
 A USEFUL HANDBOOK 
 
 OF VALUABLE INFORMATION 
 
 FOR 
 
 THE PEOPLE 
 
 BRIMFUL OF THINGS WORTH KNOWING. 
 THINGS DIFFICULT TO REMEMBER. 
 TABLES OF REFERENCE. 
 HINTS AND HELPS FOR EVERYBODY. 
 
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 PUBLISHED BY 
 
 T. MILBURN & CO., 
 
 TORONTO. • 
 
 Printed by R. G. McLean, Toronto. 
 
ff^cis i^NJD FraaftFs.. . 
 
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 WONDER IN WELL AND/ 
 
 A REPRESENTATIVE PARMEfP SPEAKS. 
 
 The following remarkable facta are 
 fully oertilied to as being undeniably 
 correct in every particular. Mr. Haun 
 18 well known in the viciaity, having 
 resided here over fifty years, and is 
 highly respected as a man of the strict- 
 est honor, whose word is as good as his 
 bond. 
 
 As will be seen from his letter, four 
 physicians had attended him, and it was 
 only after he had given up hope of cure 
 that he had decided to try Burdock Blood 
 Bitters on the recommendation of a 
 neighbor who had been cured of a similar 
 disease by its use. Mr. Haun writes as 
 follows : 
 
 Dear Sirs,— I think I have been one 
 of the worst sufferers you have yet heard 
 of, having been six years in the hands 
 of four of our best doctors without ob- 
 taining permanent relief, but continually 
 growing worse, until almost beyond hope 
 of recovery, I tried your Bitters and got 
 relief in a few da vs. Every organ of 
 my body was deranged, the liver enlarged, 
 hardened and torpid, the heart and 
 digestive organs seriously deranged, a 
 large abscess in my back, followed by 
 paralysis of tha right leg, in fact the lower i 
 
 seeing that for the four years since I have had -s good health as ever I had I 
 
 ' svitrn Tf ^i.^°'''^^ ^"' i^'^^ I ^^^d i*^"* because I wilh to keep my 
 
 I ww7h«v^« ''Sr'^'"^ .T*^""- J "^^ *^^"^ «* ^« ^«r« lemarkable caseffi 
 
 I wnat I have myself passed through, and no words can express my thankfulness 
 
 for such perfect recovery. C. C. Haun, Welland P S! 
 
 In this connection the following le'er from T. 
 druggist of Welland, Ont., speaks for it*. . : 
 
 Messrs. T. Milburn & Co., Toronto. 
 
 Gentlemen,— I have been personally acquainted with Mr. C. C. Haun for the 
 last twenty years, and have always found him a very reliable man You may 
 p^ace the ut.aost confidence in anything he says with regard to vour medidne 
 He has on many occasions within the last four years told me that it was marvel- 
 lous the way the Burdock Blood Bitters had cured him, and that he now felt as 
 able to do a day's work as he ever felt in his life. Although quite well he stfll 
 takes some B.B.B. occasionally, as he says, to keep him in pirf ect heaTth 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 Thojias Ccmines, Welland, Ont. 
 
 ♦T,o ^^^ f^^^'^I increasing sale of B.B.B., the length of time it has been before 
 the people, and the fact that it cures to stay cured, attest tJie sterling merit of 
 this monarch of medicines, the people's favorite blood purifier, tonic and regulator 
 
 HAUN. 
 
 Cumines, Esq., a leading 
 
 
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 FACT S AND FIG URES. 
 
 The information given in vhe following pages may he 
 relied on as correct, each ifrm having been verified and 
 the hest authorities consulted in all cases. The facts in 
 regard to the remedies advertised herein are also thorough- 
 ly reliable and the truth of every testimonial is vouched 
 for in the strongest manner. All statistics are given as 
 nearly as possible up to date and are the latest published 
 records of the progress of the world. 
 
 Facts and Flg*upes about 
 B.B.B. 
 
 Fact 1. — p.B.B. is a purely vege- 
 table combination of the most powerful 
 alterative, tonic, puiifying and strength- 
 ing roots, barks, herbs and berries, 
 known to medical science. It contains 
 no mineral or other poison and cures by 
 acting in a natural manner on the 
 stomach, liver, bowels, kidneys and 
 blood. 
 
 Fact 2.— B.B.B. is made in Toronto, 
 where the proprietors have a splendidly 
 equipped laboratory, fitted with every 
 appliance to insure the perfect prepar- 
 ation of their medicines. 
 
 Fact 3.— So great has been the 
 success of B. B. B. that an immense 
 laboratory has been constructed in 
 Buffalo, N.Y., to supply the demand 
 in the U.S. This is because B.L.B. tells 
 on merit and does all it claims to do. 
 
 Fact 4. — Every testimonial we 
 publish is true and all are from home 
 people, whom you may write to for con- 
 firmation if desired. We print no 
 purchased praise of our medicines but 
 simply the unsolicited testimony of reli- 
 able Canadian men and women. 
 
 Fact 5. — Besides being the best 
 medicine for all diseases of the stomach, 
 liver, bowels and blood, B.B.B. in also 
 the cheapest, the average cost being less 
 than one cent a dose. 
 
 Fact 6.— The formula of B.B.B. is 
 known only to the manufacturers. Any 
 one claiming to he able to makf. it r-.v 
 "just as good " utters a falsehood. 
 
 HISTORICAL. 
 
 Fifteen Memopable Battles of the 
 World. 
 
 ,.^^^?°°^' ^^ ^•<^-' ^n ^^i'-^ the Athenians, 
 11,000 strong, under Miltiades, defeated the 
 Persians, 110,000 strong, under Xerxes. 
 
 Philippi. Here, 42 b.c, Octavius Caesar and 
 Marc Antony defeated the Repubhcan forces 
 of Brutus and Cassius, who, thereupon, both 
 committed suicide. 
 
 . 5^-"'°*"^' ^•^- ^^1' *o "Which the Huns, under 
 Attila, " The Scourge of God," were defeated 
 by the armies of the Bonmns and Visigoths 
 
 Tours, a.d. 732, in which Charles Martel 
 defeated the Saracens, and Europe was 
 rescued from Islam. 
 
 Hastings, where, 1066,WilIiam, at the head 
 of his Normans, defeated Harold commanding 
 the Saxon English. 
 
 Bannockbubn, where, 1314, 30,000 Scots, 
 under Robert the Bruce, defeated 100,000 
 English under Edward II. 
 
 LuTZEN. Here, 1632, Gustavus Adolphus 
 defeated the Imperialists under Wallensteiu 
 
 Spanish Armada of 132 ships, under Medina 
 Sidonia, scattered by the English Fleet, 1588. 
 
 Worcester, where, 3rd September, 1651. 
 the Royalists were finally defeated by Crom- 
 well. Cromwell's " crowning mercy " 
 
 Quebec won, 13th September, 1759, by "Wolfe, 
 from the French general, Montcalm. 
 
 Saratoga. Here, 1777, the British were 
 finally beaten by their American colonists, 
 henceforward the United States. 
 
 "Valmy, where, 1792, the invading Germans 
 and Austrians missioned to chastise and 
 distribute France, were thrashed by the 
 young French Republic. 
 
 Trafalgar, off which, 1805, the British, 
 under Nelson, gained a great victory over the 
 combined fleets of France and Spain. 
 
 "Waterloo, where, 18th June, 1815, the 
 French, under Napoleon, were definitely 
 stopped short and ordered back by the Allies 
 under Wellington. 
 
 Sedan, where, 3rd September, Ift70. the 
 Franco-German war virtually ended by the 
 surrender of Sedan. 
 
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BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS 
 
 Fftcts about Dyspepsia. 
 
 Some of the symptoms are pain and 
 gnawmg at the^lt of the ntomach after 
 eatmg, flatulence, fullness u.d distention 
 of the stomach, heartburn, acidity, 
 constipation alternating with diarrhoea 
 despondency, lack of energy and others 
 too numerous to mention. Among the 
 causes are : Too hearty and rapid eat- 
 mg— boltmg the food ; overuse of stimu- 
 lants or narcotics; too much rich, 
 greasy food, pastry, cheese, pickles, etc. ; 
 neglected constipation ; bad air ; lack of 
 exercise ; workiu -; or hurrying to work 
 immediately after eating. 
 
 Burdock Blood Bitters has an es- 
 tablished reputation as a specific for 
 Dyspepsia in all its foims. B. B. B. 
 regulates the stomach, liver and bowels, 
 stimulates secretion of the saliva and 
 gastric juice to facilitate digestion, 
 removes acidity, purifies the blood and 
 tones the entire system to full health 
 and vigor. It is a positive cure for 
 dyspepsia and all diseases arising from 
 this cause, having cured cases of twenty- 
 five years' standing. We have many 
 testimonials for B.B.B., and are pleased 
 to publish the photograph of Miss Kuhn, 
 the young lady who testifies so strongly 
 as to the perfect cure of dyspepsia which 
 B.B.B. effected in her case. 
 
 Great Cities. 
 
 NjkMB, 
 
 Indigrestion Cuped. 
 
 Deab Sirs,— Two years ago life seemed a 
 burden. I could uot eat the simplest food 
 without being in dreadful misery in mv 
 Btomach, under my shoulders and across the 
 back of my neck. Medical advice failed to 
 procure re.ief and seeing B.B.B. advertised, 
 I took two bottles of it and have been entirely 
 ixce ixum any sympto.iis of ujy complaint 
 qmce. MISS L. A. KUHN, Hamilton, Ont. 
 
 Alexandria ''"•"'""'"" 'Thon«nd., 
 
 Amsterdam ". Sqa 
 
 Antwerp 2?X 
 
 Baltimore |i^ 
 
 Barcelona 577 n 
 
 Belfast :; ^ 
 
 Berlin ; ,^08 
 
 Birmingham ■'•^iS 
 
 Bombay 2*' 
 
 Bordeaux o^n 
 
 BoBton, U.S ; SfiX 
 
 Bradford ^l 
 
 Breslau ^^ 
 
 Brighton .: f?9 
 
 Bristol ii^ 
 
 Brussels zf^ 
 
 Buchprest 3o? 
 
 Buda-Pesth ■.'...'...■.■.'". i^ 
 
 Buenos Ayres i^ 
 
 Cairo ' . .; ^66 
 
 Calcutta gS? 
 
 Chicago ::;:::...: ?i\ 
 
 Christiana ?X2 
 
 Cincinnati ,, ... ixi 
 
 Constantinople .".".' SSa 
 
 Copenhagen '. oflfi 
 
 Dresden 57? 
 
 Dublin ill 
 
 Edinburgh '..■.:::::::::::■.:::::::: 262 
 
 Genoa ^qS 
 
 Glasgow ■.'.■.'.■.: is? 
 
 Hag.^ :.;.:::::::::;::::::::; HI 
 
 ga-mburg ■;::.";; 30^ 
 
 gX'''' 172 
 
 null nna 
 
 Leeds .....,.; S51 
 
 Leicester j^g 
 
 Lisbon ',.'.' 046 
 
 Liverpool ■.'■■.■■ 599 
 
 London 4000 
 
 Lyons :.:: z:;:;:;::::::: *Sf 
 
 Madras " " jni- 
 
 Madrid ■.■.■.■.■.■.■.■.■.■..■.■.■.■.■.■ 385 
 
 Manchester mo 
 
 Marseilles o^g 
 
 Melbourne 41Q 
 
 Mexico .'..v. ;■ .^cX 
 
 Milan '* 09^ 
 
 Montreal " oin 
 
 Moscow 7KQ 
 
 Munich o^ 
 
 Naples V,'; ^ 
 
 New Orleans oir 
 
 New York ;;; i^ 
 
 Nottingham 'mn 
 
 Oldham 13^ 
 
 Palermo ;";;;•";; 20c 
 
 Pans 0044 
 
 Philadelphia ^'^i} 
 
 Portsmouth -.qq 
 
 Quebec '....'.'.".""!!!!!!'."."."."!!!!!! 63 
 
 Quito. 
 
 70 
 
 Bio Janeiro or? 
 
 Eome 
 
 5473 
 
 Rotterdam im 
 
 Rouen !."!!.".'.'.';„';.' m 
 
 St. Louis ..!!!!!!!!!! 350 
 
 St. Pe'^^ersburg !..!............ .' 842 
 
 San Francisco pqi 
 
 Sheffield 5$, 
 
 Stockholm..^.. 5^7 
 
 ^y^ney ."■.'■.■.;:::;;;;;;;;;;;;;■;;;;;:;;; 220 
 
 Toronto 200 
 
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... 390 
 ... 210 
 ... 332 
 ... 241 
 ... 208 ! 
 ... 1,315 
 ... 447 
 ... 773 
 ... 240 
 ... 369 
 ... 229 
 ... 299 
 ... 119 
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 . 210 
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 . 261 
 . 463 
 216 
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 230 
 
 138 
 
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 193 
 
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 842 
 
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 CURES DYSPEPSIA. 
 
 THE: 
 
 SHIELD 
 
 AGAINST 
 
 DISEASE 
 
 BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS 
 
 Kegrulates and Stpengrthens the Stomach, 
 
 Llvep, Bowels and Blood. 
 
 The Seopet of Cuplng Chponlc Complaints. 
 
 It is a fact that the prime cause of much ill health con- 
 sisto in some obstruction or clogging of organic funciiions, 
 ▼ which prevents a free, healthy circulation of the blood, 
 
 and other fluids, or in other words an unequal circulation. The remedy in such 
 cases is plainly indicated. Equalize the circulation of the nervous and vital fluids 
 to restore the equilibrium of health. This is just what Burdock Blood Bitters 
 does to perfection ; by its renovating effect upon the whole glandular system it 
 makes pure healthy blood, and causes it to circulate freely to build up the ex- 
 hausted tissues of the body, and thus restores V)th physical and mental vigor. 
 One great advantage of Burdock Blood Bitters over other medicines is that "it 
 acts at the same time on the Liver, the Bowels, tho Secretions and the Kidneys, 
 while it imparts strength. 
 
 Good Blood and Free CiBCtriiATioN are the main springs of health. Burdock 
 Blood Bitters unlocks all the secretions, makes pure, rich, nourishing blood, 
 and promotes a healthy action to every organ, driving out all poisonous humors, 
 and giving strength to ihe feeble frame. 
 
 In this way only, by natural and proper means does B.B.B. cure Dyspepsia, 
 Constipation, Biliousness, Headache, Bad Blood, Scrofula and all Skin Diseases. 
 
 B.B.B. contains no poison. B.B.B. is purely vegetable. 
 
 SOLO BY ALL DRUQQI3TS, 
 
 Price $1.00 per Bottle, or 6 Botiles for SB.OO. 
 Weather Wisdom. 
 
 Hepschel's Weathep Table. 
 
 FOB FOBETELL.ING THE WEATHEB THBOtJGHOUT AliL THE liUNATIONS OF EACH YEAB 
 
 FOREVBB. 
 
 This table, an ' the accompanying remarks, are the result of many years actual 
 observation, the whole being constructed on a due consideration of the attraction of the 
 Sun and Moon, in their several positions respecting the Earth, and will, by simple inspection, 
 show the observer what kind of weather will most probably follow the entrance of the Moon 
 into any of its quarters, and the.t so near the truth as to seldom or never be found to fail. 
 
 If New Moon, First Quarter, Full Tn Rummpr t« H7iw««. 
 
 Moan or Last Quarter happens ^^ bummer. m Winter. 
 
 Between midnight and 2 o'clock Fair Frost unless wind Southwest. 
 
 " 2 and 4 morning Cold and showers Snow and stormy. 
 
 " 4 and 6 " Rain Rain. 
 
 " 6 and 8 " Wind and rain Stormy ' 
 
 " 8 and 10 " Changeable Cold rain if wind W., snow \f E. 
 
 " 10 and 12 " Frequent showers Cold and high wind. 
 
 " 12 and 2 afternoon Very rainy Snow or rain. 
 
 " 2 and 4 " Changeable Fair and mild. 
 
 " 4 and 6 " Fair Fair. 
 
 " 6 and 8 " Fair if wind is N. W Pair and frosty if wind N. or N.E. 
 
 " 8 and 10 " Rainy if S. or S. W Rain or snow if S. or S. W. 
 
 " 10 and midnight Fair Fwr and frosty. 
 
 Sunset Colops. 
 
 A gray, lowering sunset, or one where the sky is green or yellowish green, iudlcates 
 A red sunrise, with clouds lowering later in the morning, also indicates rain. 
 
 In hot summer weather keep Dr. Fowler's Wild Strawberry on hand. It cures all 
 Sun>.mer Complaints. 
 
 reim. 
 
BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS 
 
 Facts about Constipation, 
 
 the Father of Disease. 
 
 Its Cause. 
 
 Constipation or costiveness often arises 
 from improper food, ne(jl(!ct of regularity, 
 etc., but more frequently is caused by 
 torpid liver, dyspepsia or bad blood. In 
 its turn it causes a multitude of dis- 
 tressing symptoms and diseases such as 
 headache, piies, fistula, eruptions, sores, 
 stomach troubles and liver -and kidney 
 diseases; in I'act health is impossible 
 while constipation exists. 
 
 Its Cure. 
 
 The natural remedy is a toniii lax- 
 ative sucl as B.B.B, is, to gentlj, yet 
 thoroughly act on the bowels, unlock the 
 secretions and remove all impure matter. 
 By \i^ action on the four cardinal points 
 of health, the stomach, liver, bovi^els and 
 blood, this medicine regulates the entire 
 system, and by removing the cause not 
 only curet, constipation but prevents its 
 returr if reasonable care be used in 
 diet. Cases which for twenty-five years 
 resisted all other treatment have been 
 permanently cured by B.B.B. 
 
 The following portrait of Mrs. Gordon 
 McKay was kindly furnished to us by 
 that lady when sending us her testimony, 
 which is given below. 
 
 How to Make Money. 
 
 One dollar loaned for 100 years at the fol- 
 lowing rates of interest conipounded will 
 amount to tlio ttKuren set opposite the per 
 cent, at the end of that time : 
 
 •^I'J^rcent $ 19.25 
 
 ^ 340.00 
 
 ,1 .. . 2,203.00 
 
 {2 ,. 13.809.00 
 
 }l „ .. 85,075.00 
 
 „5 15.14.5.007.00 
 
 24 2,551,799,404.00 
 
 The moral is—lend instead of borrow. 
 
 The Cost ot Smoklngr. 
 
 The following flgtires show the expense of 
 Bmoking two cigars a day, at Scents each, and 
 at 10 cents each, from the age of 20 to the end 
 of each period of five years, up to the age of 
 70, 6 per cent, compound interest semi-an- 
 nually being reckoned upon the money : 
 
 From the Age of— 
 
 20 to 25 years 
 
 20 to 30 " . 
 
 20 to 35 " ., 
 
 20 to 40 " .. 
 
 20 to 45 " ., 
 
 20 to 50 " .. 
 
 20 to 55 " .. 
 
 20 to 60 " .. 
 
 20 to 65 " .. 
 
 20 to 70 " .. 
 
 Two Cigars a day 
 at 5 Gents Each. 
 
 Princip'l 
 
 182.50 
 
 365.00 
 
 574.50 
 
 730.00 
 
 912.50 
 
 1,095.00 
 
 1,277.50 
 
 1,460. Ou 
 
 1,642.50 
 
 1,825.00 
 
 Pr. (feint. 
 
 $ 209.21 
 
 490.39 
 
 868.25 
 
 1,370.08 
 
 2,058.44 
 
 3,094.99 
 
 4,367.46 
 
 6,078.73 
 
 8,378.52 
 
 11,469,25 
 
 From the age of— 
 
 20 to 25 years 
 
 20 to 30 " 
 
 20 to 35 " 
 
 20 to 40 " 
 
 20 to 45 " . 
 
 20 to 50 " , 
 
 20 to 65 " . 
 
 20 to 60 " , 
 
 20 to 65 " . 
 
 20 to 70 " . 
 
 Two Cigars a day 
 at 10 Cents Each. 
 
 Princip'l Pr.&Int, 
 
 365.00 
 730.00 
 1,095.00 
 1,460.00 
 1,825.00 
 2,190.00 
 2,5,55.00 
 2,920.00 
 3.285.00 
 3,650.00 
 
 $ 418.43 
 
 980.78 
 
 1,736.52 
 
 2,752.20 
 
 4,115.92 
 
 5,949.88 
 
 8,414.47 
 
 11,738.03 
 
 16,093.51 
 
 21,937.72 
 
 Dear Sirs.— I suffered with coastipation 
 and headache, and having taken a bottle of 
 «.B.B. on trial, found it doing so much good 
 tnab 1 sent for several more and it proved a 
 sure cure. I use it in my family and feel safe 
 m recommending it to my friends. 
 
 Jordan Falls, N.S. 
 
 Pins. 
 
 About 1,500 tens of iron and brass wire are 
 yearly manufactured in England into pins. 
 The Newhall Works, Birmingham, make 10,- 
 000,000 pins per day. What becomes of them ? 
 
 A Record. 
 
 358 Testimonials as to the value of Burdock 
 Blood Bitters were received in January, 1892. 
 
 _. _. — _, .,„.i,,i.., ,..,r,.,, ..J. j,.j_,.ij. v.tjuiu writu 
 
 US we would receive [a hundred times that 
 number. 
 
CUR S CONSTIPATION. 
 
 Facts about Bad Blood. 
 
 BBB 
 
 Cupes Bad Blood 
 In Any Fopm. 
 
 The blood reaches every portion of the 
 body to diHtribiite nutriment and remove 
 effete matter and waste products. Clear- 
 ly then, any influence, good or bad, 
 affecting the blood, must necessarily 
 affect the entire system for good or evil 
 as the case may be. To this fact is due 
 the wonderful efficacy of Burdock Blood 
 Bitters in removing every for:""! of Bl(X)d 
 disease. From impure, tainted blood 
 the transition to scuofdla is easy and 
 almost certain, and in the train of scro- 
 fula the most terrible and life-destroying 
 diseases follow. Ulcers, TuiDOrS, 
 
 Abscesses, festering sores, dis- 
 gusting* eruptions, and last, but not 
 least, Consumption, are some of the 
 results of Bcromla. Here the powerful 
 alterative, purifying and tonio action 
 of B.B.E. exerts a curative infiuenco 
 unapproached by any other remedy. 
 
 Popti^ait of MPS. B. Maddls. 
 
 Dear Sirs, — The disease I was troubled 
 with was a i)ain in my left side which 'jroke 
 out in tores, and these broke and ran matter. 
 I had doctored a long time without relief when 
 8 neighbor told me if I would try B.B.B. I 
 would get better. So I gave up doctors for 
 over two years, and have taken twelve Jbottles 
 of B.B.B, and think very highly of it. It was 
 the first medicine that ever gavo me relief, 
 for my side is all healed up now and I am able 
 to go around again after being in bed over a 
 year without relief. I also use Burdock Pills, 
 and would not be without them. 
 
 MRS. B. MADDIS, 
 
 Mount Pleasant, Ont. 
 
 The British Empire. 
 
 The following brief table givos an abstraot 
 of the population of the Britiab Empire 
 throughout the world. Brief as it Ih, 1*j d»- 
 servuB careful study. The material eruatnoHa 
 of the country ia amazing— It exui)o<lM that of 
 any other Empire ancient or modoru. Ita 
 moral greatness is equal to its material. The 
 Em])iru is governed by settled Law, every 
 mau'H property is protected; his perHun, like 
 hia property, caimot be touoaea except by 
 legal process. Religion is free. Andalt!iougn 
 susceptible of some improvement, the British 
 Empire under its present Sovereign presents 
 the nearest approach to a true Comoion- 
 woalth that the world has yet seen :— 
 
 NaMK ok CoUJtTBT. POPUI.A\10M. 
 
 fireat Britain and Ireland 42,059 ,000 
 
 Indian rossessions, &g 2B4,5' ,000 
 
 Other Eastern Possessions 4,169,800 
 
 Australasia, &c 4,200,000 
 
 Amerii;a{ North) 6,200,000 
 
 America (SoCth) 380,000 
 
 Africa 2,900,000 
 
 West Indies, &c 1,450,000 
 
 European Possessions 162,000 
 
 Total 346,020,800 
 
 Years of Ag^e which various 
 Animals attain. . 
 
 Whale, estimated 300 
 
 Eloph mt , 400 
 
 Swan 300 
 
 Tortoise 100 
 
 Eagle 100 
 
 Raven 100 
 
 Camel 100 
 
 Lion V 70 
 
 Porpoise 80 
 
 Horse 80 
 
 Bear 20 
 
 Cow 20 
 
 Deer 20 
 
 Swine 20 
 
 Cat 15 
 
 Fox ; 15 
 
 Dog 10 
 
 Sheep 10 
 
 RabbJ<; 7 
 
 Squirrel 7 
 
 Averai^e Human Life. 
 
 The average of human life is now about 35 
 years. With proper care and attention the 
 span of life should be 70 years on the highest 
 authority— tl I Bible, which also states that 
 the blood is tlie lile. We argue from this that 
 the blood should be kept perfectly pure and 
 we have proved in thousands of cases that 
 B.B.B. is the perfect Blood Pur.ifler. 
 
 Standard Gold. 
 
 Grep.t Britain, 916§ fine ; U. S., 900 fine. $5» 
 of ijr.iish coin contains as mnoh pure goia 
 a" $55 of U. S. coin. 
 
BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS 
 
 How to Cure Headache. 
 
 This complaint ib usually not in itself 
 a disease but a symptom o' other rtis- 
 euses, principally those of the liver, 
 stomach and nerves. As varieties of 
 hoadache commonly met with we may 
 name sick or bilious headache, nervous 
 headache, headache from conHtipation, 
 debility or indige8ti'>n, periodical head- 
 ache. Undoubtedly the cause must be 
 removed before permanent relief can be 
 had. In dyBpeptio *i«adache we have 
 chilliness, cold feet, flushed face, dry skin, 
 furred tongue, etc. When the dyspepsia 
 is removed the h<)adache disappears. In 
 sick headache there is sometimes nausea 
 and vomiting, and constipation usually 
 exists. For hea iache B.B.iQ. is almost 
 a specific — a medicine that cures v/here 
 others fail. Keep the stomacn, liver 
 and bowels in perfect working order by 
 the use of nature a regulator and tonic, 
 Burdock Blood Bitters, which cures 
 nearly all forms of headache by remov- 
 ing the cause. B. B. B. builds up the 
 shattered nervous system, regulates the 
 digestive and biliary organs, and is a 
 never-failing fiiend to sufterers from 
 any form of headache. 
 
 ^Izdlci Cures Headache. 
 Read the Proof. 
 
 Completely Cured. 
 
 Deab Sirs,— I was completely cured of rick 
 headache and constipation by the use of three 
 bottlesof B.B.B.,and can safely recommend 
 it as the best remedy I hoive ever used. 
 
 MISS MAUD M. CLAEK, 
 
 Charlottetown, F.E.L 
 
 Sick Half the Time. 
 
 DearSib*,— I was sick half the time for 
 years with severe headache, but was at last 
 advised to take B. B. B., and am thankful to 
 state that I was cured by its use and can uruly 
 recommend it. 
 
 MISS JULIA STEWART, 
 
 St. Catharines, Ont. 
 
 As Well as Bvep. 
 
 Drab Sirs,— Having been troubled witL 
 headache for years, and having doctored to no 
 effect, I thought I would try your B.B.B. and 
 Burdock Pills, which I can now safely say 
 have made me as well as ever. I consider 
 them the best medicines I have ever used. 
 MRS. TEENIE QUINN, 
 
 Toronto, Ont. 
 
 To Save Doctors* Bill^. 
 
 Never go to bed with cold or damp foet. 
 
 Never lean with the 1 ack upon anything 
 that ia cold. 
 
 Never begin a Journey until the breakfast 
 has been eaten. 
 
 Never take warm drinks and then imme- 
 diately go out Into the '^old. 
 
 Never omit regular bathing, for unless the 
 flkin is in regular condition the cold will cIohc 
 the pores and favor oongostlou or other 
 diseases. 
 
 After exercise o." any kind, never ride In an 
 open carriage, or near the window of acar foi* 
 a moment ; it is dangerous to health or oven 
 life. 
 
 When hoarse, speak as little as possible un- 
 til the hoarseness is recovered from, else the 
 voice may be perriianeut'y lost ox difflculties 
 of the throat be ptoductjd. 
 
 Merely warm the back by the fire, and 
 never continue keeping the buck exposed to 
 tho heat after it has become comfortably 
 warm. To do otherwise is debilitating. 
 
 When going from a warm atmosphere into 
 a coolar one, keep the mouth almost closed, 
 80 that the air may be warmed bv its passage 
 through the doro ere it reaches tne lungs. 
 
 Never stand still in cold v;eather, especially 
 after having t Ven a slight dagree of exercise, 
 and always a, .id standing on ice or snow, 
 where the person is exposed to the cold wind. 
 
 Why Is Food Required? 
 
 The quest*, a seems almost absurd, so famil- 
 iar is the fact ; and yet the answer to it in- 
 volves ono of the grandest chapters in tho 
 history of science. In its simplest form it 
 riiay be given in three wordK : it is fuel. We 
 require food frequentljr, for just the same 
 reason that a fire requires coal frequently, 
 and a lamp oil— because we are burningaway. 
 The air that we breathe into our lungs con- 
 tains oxygen, and this oxygen combines with 
 or burus the nt^uscles or otner organs of our 
 bodies just as it does the coals in a fire. About 
 30 oz. of oxygen a day are thus consumed, re- 
 quiring about 12 oz. of carbon to replace the 
 waste, or say 3 lbs. of bread. The heat pro- 
 duced in a man's tody in the course of a day 
 is considerable in quantity, though not very 
 intense in quality. Taking the average, it ia 
 onough to raise five and a half gallons of water 
 from freezing point to boiling point, and this 
 is about tne heat that would be given off dur- 
 ing the burning of a pound of coal. All this 
 heat comes from slow wasting or burning of 
 the substance of the body, so that it is evi- 
 dent that if we did not make up for this con- 
 stant loss by eating food, our organs would 
 soon be wacted away and consumed. 
 
 T © Pulse. 
 
 Beats 
 Ages. per minute. 
 
 At birth 130 to 140 
 
 One month.. 120 
 
 One year 120 to 108 
 
 Two years.. ..108 to 90 
 Three yeai's. 90 to 80 
 
 Beats 
 Ages. per minute 
 
 Seven years.... 85 
 
 Puberty 85 to 80 
 
 Adult Age 75 to 70 
 
 Old Age. ........ ..65 to 60 
 
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 I 
 
 CURES HEAD r.Ht. 
 
 Faots about Scrofula. 
 
 Itm Symiitoma and Cup*. 
 
 SYMPTOMS : 
 
 Tumors, Absoessej, 
 
 Sors Eyes, Thick Ltps, 
 
 Soft MuMolea, UnlarKed Neok, 
 
 Swollen Olsnds., Wasting of Flouh, 
 
 Pallid Complexion, Chponlo 
 
 Skin Bpuptlona. 
 
 ThiB disease affects, in one form or 
 another, probably tweniy per cent, of 
 the human raco, and is the cause of un- 
 told misery. In order to obtain a perfect 
 cure the body must bo well nourished 
 while the poison is being eradicated 
 from the blood by the alterative, tonic 
 and purifying pronertioa of P'irdock 
 Blood Bitters, the best anti-Eicroiuloua 
 medicine ever devised. It is an indis- 
 
 Sensable remedy in scrofula, scrofulous 
 iseases, e^'ptive diseases, chronic skin 
 disorders, glandular swelling, ulcers, 
 abscesses, a. d all the results of scroful- 
 ous taint (however acquired) from a 
 common pimple to the worst scrofulous 
 sore. All foi.i humors, impurities and 
 effete matter are removed by the action 
 of B.B.B. upon the excretory organs, the 
 bowels, kidneys and skin, while the whole 
 system is rebuilt, strength returns, and 
 the disease is gradually but surely eradi- 
 cated. The best results are attained by 
 applying B.B.B. externally to the parts 
 affected, besides using it internally as 
 directed. 
 
 Bushels of Seed to the Acre. 
 
 Tahlo of different varietieH of Het'l.sJiowlug 
 tlio quanUf-' of each rcmilred to plant an J 
 acre :— 
 
 KiMOi ow 8b o. 
 
 BBB 
 
 Cupes ItchlniT 
 Skin Diseases. 
 Cupes Scpofula. 
 
 ScpofuloMS Catapph. 
 
 Deab SiKS.-About tiireo years ago I suffered 
 from impure blood which at last suded in 
 scrofulous catarrh, causing me much suffering. 
 Keeing Burdock Blood Bitters recommended, 
 I purchased three bottles and have received 
 from it such great relief from my sufferings 
 that I deem it my duty to make it known to 
 other sufferers. I recommend it to all my 
 neighbors. K, J. DOHERTY, 
 
 New Mexico, P. Q. 
 
 Skin Disease Cuped. 
 
 Dear Sirs, — AV^out two years ago I vas 
 troubled with skin disease and tried every- 
 thing I could think of without effect until I 
 u««d B B B "Tid it cured nio completely. 
 
 ALBERT C. RATHWELLi, Pertti, Ont. 
 
 Wheat. 
 
 Harloy 
 
 Oats 
 
 Uye 
 
 i luck wheat. 
 
 Millet 
 
 Cora 
 
 Beans 
 
 Poas. 
 
 Hemp 
 
 Fiax , 
 
 Kico 
 
 Broom Corn.... 
 
 Potatoes 
 
 Tihiothy 
 
 Mustard 
 
 Herd's Grass..., 
 
 Flat Turnip 
 
 Hod Clover 
 
 V/hite Clover .. 
 BluP Grass .. .. 
 Orchard Grass . 
 
 Carrots 
 
 ' ^rsnips 
 
 Bniheli 
 to the Aoie 
 
 P 
 
 £ 
 1 
 
 A. 
 
 1 
 6 
 
 12 
 
 8 
 1*2 
 
 2 
 10 
 
 3 
 10 
 
 ao 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 to a bush. 
 
 " 'Jj •' 
 
 " 4 ' 
 
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 " 19 " 
 
 " ij " 
 
 It 1 )< 
 
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 " 24 " 
 
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 " 10 " 
 " 24 qrts. 
 
 •• 20 " 
 
 " in " 
 " 3 lbs. 
 
 " 16 " 
 
 " ^ 11 
 
 " 15 " 
 
 " 30 " 
 
 " 5 " 
 
 " 8 " 
 
 Amount of Barbed Wire 
 pequiped tor Fences 
 
 Estimated number of pounds of > .;bd 
 Wire required to fence space or diib;,<i,nces 
 mentioned, with one, two, or three linos of 
 wire, based upon each pound of wire measur- 
 ing one rod (16J teet). The quantity required 
 for two liue^ and three lines is exactly twice 
 and three times, resi octively, greater iuan 
 
 that needed fo. one line:— 
 
 1 Une. 
 
 1 Square Acre 50| lbs. 
 
 1 Side of a S(|uar3 Acre 129 " 
 
 1 Square Half-acre 36 " 
 
 1 Square Mile 1280 " 
 
 1 Hide of a Square Mile 320 " 
 
 1 Rod in Length 1 " 
 
 100 Rods in Length 100 " 
 
 100 Feet in Length 61-16 ' 
 
 Seven Wonders of the World 
 
 The name given to seven very remarkable 
 objects of the ancient world;— The Pyramids 
 of Egypt; Pharos of Alexandria; "Walls and 
 Hanging Gardens of B.ibylon; Temple of 
 Diana at KphesuR ; the Statue of the Olympian 
 .Tupiter, Mausoleum of Artemisia; Colossus 
 of Rhodes. 
 
 Seven Wise Men of Greece. 
 
 These men, distinguished for their practical 
 sagacity and wise maxims oii the principles 
 of lif< , flourished in G'-eece in the sixth cen- 
 tury, B.C. Their names wore : Solon, CHttiO, 
 PiTTAcuB, Bias, Purian jep Ci^eobulus and 
 
 THAIiEB. 
 
 The Seven Hills of Rome. 
 
 The Seven Tlills upon which Rome is built 
 aiothe Aventine, Capitoline, Ccnlian, Esqui- 
 line, Palatine, Quirinal and Vimiual. Thoir 
 altitude above the Tiber is only about one 
 hundred and fifty feet. 
 
8 
 
 BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS 
 
 Facts about Biliousness 
 and Llvep Complaint. 
 
 The liver is very liable to be attacked 
 by different disorders, and few people 
 escape biliousness or liver complaint 
 altogether. These complaints prevail 
 especially in spring when the s-. item 
 is overloaded with strong food during 
 winter, and the bowels become clogged, 
 the digestion poor, and unhealthy bile 
 accumulates. Nausea, faintness, dizzi- 
 ness, coHtiv^eness and diarrhoea alternate- 
 ly, pain under right shoulder or in the 
 head and eyes are among the usiuil 
 symptoms, and continue until the bile 
 is removed and the liver regulated. 
 
 At the commencement of an attack 
 take a purgative dose of Burdock Pills, 
 and continue the treatment by taking 
 Burdock Blood Bitters (the most effectual 
 liver regulator known) according to 
 cirections. B. B. B. stimulates and 
 crouses the liver and regulates its 
 secretions, at the same time purifying 
 the blood, while it removes through the 
 bowels and kidneys the impure matter 
 which clogs up the liver and renders it 
 torpid and inactive. In this way, and 
 also by improving digestion and toning 
 the whole system, the liver is quickly 
 restored to proper action, while bilious- 
 ness, liver camplaint, etc., are removed 
 without fail. See testimonials. 
 
 A 
 
 BB 
 
 Cupes 
 
 Biliousness. 
 
 Unsolicited Testimonials 
 
 W^ell Pleased. 
 
 DR/n Sirs,— I have taken six bottles of B.B. 
 H. lor hver complaint. Before using it I had 
 a troublesome headache and felt very weak, 
 but am now perfectly well, have a good appe- 
 tite and feel oetter in every way. 
 
 ALICE LAPOINTE, 
 
 Geutilly, Que. 
 
 Soup Stomach Cured. 
 
 Dear Sirs,— I have used your B.B.B. for the 
 past nvo or six years and find it the best cure 
 tor sour stomach and biliousness. I have also 
 used Burdock Tills and can recommend them 
 highly. 
 
 AMANDA FORTUNE, 
 
 Huntingdon, Que. 
 
 Oup Own Countpy. 
 Infopmation about Canada. 
 
 ^ ^ . Population. 
 
 Ontario 2,112,989 
 
 Quetjec 1,488,586 
 
 Novabcotia 450,523 
 
 New Brunswick 321294 
 
 Manitoba .'.... 154,'442 
 
 r. i'j. Island 109,088 
 
 British Columbia 92J67 
 
 N. W. Territories .'.",'.'.' 67*554 
 
 Unorganized .".. 32'l68 
 
 Total 4,829,411 
 
 Rellg-lons of the People. 
 
 Roman Catholic 1,990,465 
 
 Methodist '" 847 469 
 
 Presbyterian !!!!!!;;.';!'."!.".';755a99 
 
 Episcopalian 644,106 
 
 l^aptist 303,749 
 
 Lutheran 63,979 
 
 Congregational !"...!!!!'.!.'.'."!,'28,'l55 
 
 Disciples i2,7C3 
 
 Other Denommations 33,755 
 
 Brethren 11,639 
 
 Adventists 6*355 
 
 Quaker ■.■■■.■.■.■.'.■■4,'638 
 
 Universalist 3169 
 
 I'agau '■.'.. .26,709 
 
 Jews.... 6,414 
 
 Unitarian 1^72 
 
 Salvation Army 13)949 
 
 The balance of the population is made up 
 by those whose religion is not given, and 
 various scattering sects. 
 
 IndustPlal Notes. 
 
 The value of tools and machinery in 
 
 use in Canada $80,803,265 
 
 The number of steam engines in use 
 
 in Canada for manufacturing 9,873 
 
 (This does not include) those used in 
 mining, shipping and agriculture). . 
 
 Amount of steam power given as 
 
 horsepower ....1,073,991 
 
 Oup Homes. 
 
 Niimber of Dwellings in Canada 930,684 
 
 Inhabited 854 842 
 
 p/"|'ty .■...' .'.'.'.'."■.. 54464 
 
 Under construction 10,873 
 
 Out of the 854,842 inhabited houses, 697,356 
 are built of wood, 131,522 of brick, 25,964 of 
 stone and 250 of sod. 
 
 Oup Bpave Defend eps. 
 
 The Militia is divided into Active and Re- 
 serve land and marine force. The Active land 
 and marine force is composed of men raised 
 by voluntary enlistment or by ballot, and the 
 Reserve force consists, practically, of the 
 whole of the efficient men not serving in the 
 Active Mi>itia of the time being. 
 
 The strength of the Active Militia (including 
 a Per'_ anent Force, limited by the present 
 Militia Act to 1000 men) was, in Octc '>er. 1891 : 
 Cavalry, 2.006; Field Artillery, 1,440; Garriscn 
 
CURES LIVER COMPLAINT. 
 
 9 
 
 Facts about Skin Disease. 
 
 Under this name such troubles as 
 salt rheum, erysipelas, tetter, shingles, 
 psoriasis, scurf , itching rashes, eruptions, 
 boils, pimples, etc., are included. Skin 
 diseases are unsightly, irritating and 
 often terribly annoying to the sufferer ; 
 they depend mainly on bad blood, from 
 one cause or another, for if the blood is 
 pure and circulation good no skin disease 
 can exist, except it arise for lack of 
 proper cleanliness or from contagion. 
 
 Hoiv to Cupe Skin Diseases.. 
 
 First of all wherever needed the af- 
 fected parts should be kept thoroughly 
 clean by means of washing with warm 
 water and pure castile soap, then (1) 
 Observe strictly all the laws of health ; 
 (2) Keep the skin clean ; (3) Maintain 
 regular action of the bowels to carry off 
 all impure and effete matter ; (4) Avoid 
 high living; (5) Pure air and proper 
 exercise are highly beneficial; (6) Eat 
 plain, nourishing food ; (7) Cleanse and 
 keep pure the blood by taking Burdock 
 Blood Bitters — the key to health, which 
 unlocks all the secretions, and makes 
 new, rich blood by acting upon the 
 stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels, B. 
 B.B. cures all blood diseases from the 
 smallest pimple to the worst scrofulous 
 sore. Obstinate blood humors and scro- 
 fula of years' duration and apparently 
 incurable have been permanently cured 
 by B.B.B. See testimonials. 
 
 B.B.B. 
 
 Cupes all Skin 
 Diseases. 
 
 Spent $73 in Medicine. 
 
 Gentlemen,— Having suffered for over a 
 year witli ulcers in the mouth and sores and 
 blotches on my face and spent .STa in medicine, 
 and Hiost of the time had to take it through 
 a quill as my mouth was so sore, I wasinduced 
 to try B.B.B. a few months ago, and to-day I 
 am entirely cured after having taken five 
 bottles. I am still taking it as I would not 
 suffer what I have again for any money. In 
 gratitude to it I never lose an opportunity to 
 praise it and shall never be without it in the 
 nouso. You can use my tctitimony and my 
 name, for it may fall into the hands of some 
 one suffering from a like malady. 
 
 MRS. ADIE LAWSON, 
 
 43 Trinity Square, Torouto, Out. 
 
 Countepfeits of the Bills of 
 Canadian Banks. 
 
 Banlc of Commepce. 
 
 $5 bill— counterfeit just issued. The 
 
 vig- 
 
 nette of Her Majesty is very poor, and the 
 ring on her right hand, in the genuine note, 
 has been omitted. In the words "Canada 
 Bank Note Printing Tint," under the vignette, 
 the word " note " has been mis-spelled noto. 
 The signature on the left hand, which should 
 be a pen and ink signature, is evidently 
 printed, but in an ink of a different shade 
 from the body of the note. 
 
 Ontapio Bank. 
 
 .$10 issue, bearing date November 1st, 1870. 
 Is rather smaller than the genuine— paper 
 not BO strong—numVjering letters smaller, and 
 " British American Bank-Note Co." is omitted 
 from the back. It is a remarkably good for- 
 gery, and great care should be taken with 
 notes of this denomination to see that thei 
 have not the above defects. 
 
 Quebec Bank. 
 
 81 bills of the old issue of tho Toronto 
 branch liave been forged. As !j!l and #2 bills 
 are now issued only by the Dominion Treas- 
 ury, bills of these values issued by Banks 
 should be refused to ensure safety. 
 
 Union Bank of P. E. Island. 
 
 $2 bill has been photographed, but is a very 
 poor forgery. The TWO is quite a daub, and 
 shows through the paper. 
 
 Thirteen Choice Life- 
 Maxims. 
 
 1. Affectation is at best a deformity. 
 
 2. Ask thy purse what thou shouldst buy. 
 
 3. Be slow m choosing a friend, but slower 
 
 in exchanging him. 
 
 4. Before you attempt anything, consider 
 
 what you can do. 
 
 5. By reading, you enrich the mind, by con- 
 
 versation you polish it. 
 
 6. Consideration is due to all things. 
 
 7. If you would teach secrecy to others, 
 
 begin with yourself. 
 3. In order to judge of another's feelings, 
 
 remember your own. 
 9. Let your anger set with the sun, but notj 
 
 rise with it. 
 
 10. None have less praise than those who 
 
 seek most after it. 
 
 11. Pride is as louu a beggar as want, and a 
 
 great deal more daucy. 
 
 12. llage robs a man of his reason, and makes 
 
 him a laughing stock. 
 
 13. Apply the Golden liule to yovur every act 
 
 and thought. 
 
 Fifty Yeaps of Human Life. 
 
 According to a French statistician, taking 
 the mean of manv accounts, a man of 50 years 
 of age has slept 6,000 days, worked 6,500 days, 
 walked 800 days, amused hunself 4,000 days, 
 was eating 1,500 days, was sick 5-'X! days, etc. 
 He has eaten 17,000 pounds of bread, 16,000 
 pounds of meat, 4,600 pounds of vegetables, 
 eggs and fish, and drunk, in all, 7,000 gallons 
 of liquid, namely, water, tea, coffee, beer, 
 wine, etc. 
 
10 
 
 BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS 
 
 Almost Helpless tpom. 
 
 Rheumatism. 
 
 Cured by B. B. B, 
 
 Almost Helpless, 
 
 Deab Sies,— About two years ago I took an 
 attack of rheumatism in my knees which was 
 BO bad that I could hardly go up or down stairs 
 without help. All medicine failed until I was 
 induced to try B.B.B. which I did with won- 
 derful results. By the time I had taken the 
 second bottle I was greatly relieved, and the 
 third bottle completely removed the pain and 
 r1 iffness. The fourth bottle will effect an en- 
 tire cure of my case which I never expected to 
 obtain a cure for. I think B. B. B. cannot be 
 surpassed. 
 
 MISS MAGGIE BEEMER, 
 
 Woodstock, Ont. 
 
 Note. — The accompanying likeness -was 
 senc us for publication by Miss Beemer, 
 who feels grateful indeed for the mar- 
 vellous results she experienced from 
 the use of B.B.B. 
 
 Plain Rules to Cupe Rheumatism. 
 
 (1) Always wear flannel next to the 
 skin, and change damp or wet clothing 
 without delay; (2) Be careful in diet, 
 perf erring plain, nourishing food, alkaline 
 r inks are also useful ; (3) Regulate the 
 stomach, kidneys and bowels, and correct 
 the acidity of the fluids while arousing 
 the liver and skin to remove the offending 
 impurities. At the commencement of an 
 attack give a purgative dose of Burdock 
 Pills, and follow it up by using Burdock 
 Blood Bitters, which acts upon the liver, 
 kidneys and skin, and regnlatea the 
 bowels and stomach, thus purifying the 
 blood and carrying out of the system 
 the acid humors and impurities which 
 cause rheumatism. 
 
 Choice Selections fop Auto- 
 g^paph Albums. 
 
 In leisure moments cast a look 
 
 Upon tho pages of this book ; 
 
 When absent friends thy thoughts engage, 
 
 Think of the one who fills this page. 
 
 Go forth, thou little volume, 
 I leave thee to thy fate ; 
 ^ To love and friendsnip truly 
 Thy leaves I dedicate. 
 
 Go, little book, thy destined course pursue, 
 Collect memorials of the just and true, 
 And beg of every friend so near 
 Some token of remembrance dear. 
 
 In this fair garden plants shall grow, 
 And in their freshness bud and blow — 
 Plants to which love has beauty lent. 
 And blossoms sweet of sentiment. 
 
 What s the use of always fretting 
 At the trials we shall find 
 
 Ever strewn along our pathway — 
 Travel on,.and never mind. 
 
 When the golden sun is setting, 
 And your mind from care is free. 
 
 When of others you are thinking. 
 Will you Rometimes think of me. 
 
 I can but add one little pearl 
 
 To all the gems about thee scattered ; 
 And say again, sweet, artless girl. 
 
 That all the poets have not flattered. 
 
 Think not, though distant that thou art, 
 
 Thou can'st forgotten be; 
 While memory lives within my heart 
 I will remember thee. 
 
 May happiness ever be thy lot, 
 
 Wherever thou shalt be ; 
 And joy and pleasure light the spot 
 
 That may be home to thee. 
 
 When this you see, 
 Bemember me, 
 For I was cured 
 By B. B. B. 
 
 Gpeatest Tunnels in the 
 Wopld. 
 
 Mount St. Gothard, 49,170 feet long (the 
 longest in the world); Mount Cenis, 40,620 feet 
 long; Hoosac, 23,700 feet long; Thames, 1,G80 
 feet long; Harecastle, 8,778 feet long ; Kilsby, 
 6,210 feet long; Baltimore, 32,400 feet long ; St. 
 Clair, 6,025 feet long. 
 
 Baseball. 
 
 The distance from the home plate to the 
 pitcher's position is 50 feet, so that muBt be 
 the distance the ball is pitched. The distance 
 from the nome plate to the first base is 90 
 feet, and 127 feet 4 inches to second base. 
 
 The largest empire in the world is that of 
 Great Britain, comprising 8,557,658 square 
 miles— more than a sixth part of the land of 
 the globe, and embracing under its rule near- 
 ly a sixth peurt of the population of the world. 
 
CURES RHEUMATISM, 
 
 11 
 
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 age, 
 
 rsue, 
 
 9d; 
 id. 
 
 ■t. 
 
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 )feet 
 
 1,G80 
 Isby, 
 i;St. 
 
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 iance 
 
 is 90 
 
 at of 
 
 luare 
 lid of 
 [lear- 
 orld. 
 
 Facts about Kidney 
 Complaint. 
 
 Diseases of the kidneys are numerous 
 from the fact that these organs act as 
 filters to the blood, and form one of the 
 great channels for the removal of impuri- 
 ties from the system which, if allowed 
 to remain, cause the various kidney 
 affections, rheumatism, gravel, ureemia 
 or blood poisoning, etc. 
 
 Correct the bile and blood, and stimu- 
 late the bowela and skin to action by 
 the use of Burdock Blood Bitters, thus 
 relieving the kidneys from overwork, 
 and allowing them to rest and regain a 
 healthy condition. 
 
 In addition to its thorough action on 
 the stomach, liver and bowels, B.B.B. 
 possesses perfect diuretic powers to act 
 on the urinary secretion, and is thus 
 specially valuable in curing dropsy, etc. 
 B. B. B. has completely cured severe 
 cases which had resisted all other treat- 
 ment for years. See testimonials. 
 
 IT IS A FACT THAT 
 Cupes 
 Kidney 
 Complaint. 
 
 A Loyalist Vetepan Speaks. 
 
 Dear Sibs,— I have always had strong ob- 
 jections to proprietary medicines, but must 
 in honor state that both the Burdock Blood 
 Bitters and Burdock Pills have relieved me 
 ■wonderfully. Although 71 years of age, I feel 
 a great deal better after using three bottles of 
 B.B.B. for kidney and liver complaint, and J. 
 shall keep ou lakiug them, as I attribute the 
 benefit solely to the use of your excellent 
 medicines. My son and daughter are likewise 
 beginning to use them. Yours truly, 
 
 W. H. W. NEWTON, U.E.L., 
 
 Compton Centre, Que. 
 
 The Bigrgrest Thingrs. 
 
 Facts Useful v/hen you get into 
 
 an ApfiTument. 
 
 The largest theatre in the world is the new 
 Opera House in Paris. It covers nearly three 
 acres of ground; it cost about 100,000,000 
 francs. The largest suspension bridge is tho 
 one between New York City and Brooklyn; 
 the entire length of the bridge is 5,980 feet. 
 The loftiest active volcano is Popocatapetl — 
 "smoking mountain "— Mexico ; it is 17,748 
 feet above the sea-level, and has a crater 
 three miles in circumference, and 1,000 feet 
 deep. The longest span of wire in the world 
 is used for a telepraph in India over the 
 River Kistnah. It is more than 6,000 feet in 
 length, and is 1,200 feet high. The largest 
 ship in the world was the Great Eastern. 
 She was 680 feet long, 83 feet broad, and 60 
 feet deep. 
 
 The greatest fortress, from a strategical 
 point of view, is Gibraltar. It occupies a 
 rocky peninsula jutting out into the sea, 
 about uiree miles long and three-quarters of 
 a mile wide. One central rock ris.js to a 
 height of 1,435 feet above the sea-level. Its 
 northern face is almost perpendicular, while 
 its east side is full of tremendous precipices. 
 The fortress is considered impregnable to 
 military assault. The regular garrison in 
 time of peace numbers about 7,000. 
 
 The Chinese wall is the largest in the world. 
 It was completed about 220 B.C., as a protec- 
 tion against Tartars. It traverses the north- 
 ern boundary of China, and is carried over 
 the highest hills, through the deepest valleys, 
 across rivers, and every other natural obstacle. 
 Its length is 1,250 miles. Including a parapet 
 5 feet, the total height of the wall is 20 feet ; 
 thickness at the base, 25 feet, and at the top 
 15 feet. 
 
 The deepest mine in the world is the Lam- 
 bert coal mine in Belgium, 3,490 feet. 
 
 The biggest cavern is the Mammoth Cave, 
 in Edmonson County, Kentucky. The cave 
 consists of a succession of irregular chambers, 
 some of which are large, situated on different 
 levels. Some of these are traversed by the 
 navigable branches of the subterranean Echo 
 River. Blind fish are found in its waters. 
 
 The biggest trees in the world are the 
 mammoth trees of California. One of a grove 
 in Tulare County, according to measurements 
 made by members of the State Geological 
 Survey, was shown to be 276 feet in height, 108 
 feet in circumference at base, and 76 feet at a 
 point 12 feet above ground. Some of the trees 
 are 376 feet high, and 34 feet in diameter. 
 
 The largest library is the Bibliothfeque 
 Nationale, in Paris, founded by Louis XIV. 
 It contains 1,400,000 volumes, 300,000 pamph- 
 lets, 175,000 manuscripts, 300,000 maps and 
 charts, and 150,000 coins and medals. The 
 collection of engravings exceeds 1,300,000, con- 
 tained in some 10,000 volumes. The portraits 
 number 100,000. 
 
 The largest desert is that of Sahara, a vast 
 region of North Africa, extending from the 
 Atlantic Ocean on the west to the valley of 
 the Nile on the east. The length from east to 
 west is about 3,000 miles, its average breadth 
 about 900 miles, its area about 2,000,000 square 
 miles. 
 
13 
 
 BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS 
 
 Facts about Oeneral 
 Debility. 
 
 Under this name many forms of weak- 
 R6«3, tired feeling, etc., are referred to. 
 There is usually no special disease, but 
 the Bufiferers complain of sleeplessness, 
 proatration, loss of appetite, lack of 
 energy, depression, nervousness, languid- 
 ness and other familiar symptoms. Often 
 impure blood, iijiperfect circulation, etc., 
 is the cq,use, the digestion is faulty, the 
 kidneys and liver overburdened and 
 clogged with effete matter and the 
 entire system debilitated and run down. 
 In such cases the superb tonic, renovat- 
 ing, purifying And invigorating powers 
 of B. B. B. readily exert their health- 
 restoring influence and impart strength 
 and vigor to the body. Persons who had 
 almost despaired of restoration to health, 
 discouraged by years of unceasing suffer- 
 ing, and embittered by the failure of 
 other remedies, have been restored to the 
 full enjoyment of health by the use of 
 this unrivalled medicine which regulates 
 every organ of the body to the perfect 
 performance of its functions. If the 
 blood is pure, the digestion good and 
 the bowelh act regularly no disease can 
 exist, and in securing these conditions 
 the success of B.B.B. is unparalleled. 
 Hundreds of seemingly incurable cases 
 have been cured by B.B.B. and below 
 we publish several testimonials to which 
 we direct the reader's attention. 
 
 B.B.B. Makes 
 Good Red Blood. 
 
 A Perfect Martyr. 
 
 Gentlemen,— My wife has been a perfect 
 martyr to neuralgia, nervous prostration, loss 
 of appetite aud general debility from which 
 she could apparentlj[ obtain no relief until 
 recommended by a friend to try the Burdock 
 Blood Bitters. After taking it for a few weeks 
 she has entirely recovered and is to-day 
 stronger and in better health than for years. 
 I strongly recommend this excellent medicine 
 as most effective in similar cases. 
 
 A. H. C. WALPOLE, 
 
 Montreal, Que. 
 
 Dear Sirs, — I was greatly troubled with 
 weakness, loss of appetite, "restlessness and 
 sleeplessness, and found B. B. B. the most 
 strengthening aud beneficial medicine I have 
 ever taken. MISS HEASLIP, 
 
 34 Huntley St., Toronto, Ont. 
 
 Facts Wopth Knowing:. 
 
 There are 2,754 languages, 
 
 America was discovered in 1492. 
 
 A square mile contains 640 acres. 
 
 Envelopes were first used in 1839. 
 
 Telescopes were invented in 1590. 
 
 A barrel of rice weighs 600 i)ound8. 
 
 A barrel of flour weighs 196 pounds. 
 
 A barrel of pork weighs 200 pounds. 
 
 A firkin of butter weighs 56 pounds. 
 
 The first steel pen was made in 1830. 
 
 A span is ten and seven-eighths inches. 
 
 A hand (horse measure) is four inches. 
 
 Watches were first constructed in 1476. 
 
 The first iron steamship was built in 1830. 
 
 The first lucifer match was made in 1829. 
 
 B.B.B. cures bad blood. 
 
 The first horse railroad was built in 1826-7. 
 
 The average human life is thirty-one years. 
 
 Coaches were first used in England in 1569. 
 
 Modern needles first came into use in 1545. 
 
 Space has a temperature of 200" below zero. 
 
 Kerosene was first used for lighting purposes 
 in 1826. 
 
 The first newspaper was published 'n Eng- 
 land in 1588. 
 
 The first newspaper advertisement appear- 
 ed in 1652. 
 
 No other remedy has such a record of cures 
 as has B.B.B. 
 
 Until 1776 ootton-spinning was performed 
 by the hand-spinning wheel. 
 
 Measure 209 feet on each side and you will 
 have a square acre within an inch. 
 
 The first sewing machine was patented by 
 Elias Howe, Jr., in 1846. 
 
 The first rteam engine on this continent 
 was brought from England in 1753. 
 
 Tho first knives were used in England, and 
 the first wheeled carriages in France in 1559. 
 
 Avoid imitations or substitutes for B.B.B. 
 The substitute may do good, but B.B.B. never 
 fails to. 
 
 The cost of coa! burned by an ocean steamer 
 on a trip will averaf^e $13,000. 
 
 The oun is 92,500,0(K) miles from the earth. 
 Tlic) latter receives Oijly one two-billionth of 
 che solar heat. 
 
 The nearest fixed star is 16,000,000,000 miles 
 distant, and takes three years for light to 
 reach the earth. 
 
 How to Preserve Egrgrs. 
 
 To each pailful of water, add two innts of 
 fresh slacked lime and one pint of common 
 salt; mix well. ill your barrel half full 
 with this fluid, put your eggs down in it any 
 time after June, and they will keep two years 
 if desired. 
 
 Streng^th of Ice. 
 
 Ice one inch and a half thick will support a 
 man ; four inches thick will support cavalry ; 
 five inches thick will support an eighty-four 
 pound canon ; ten inches thick will support a 
 multitude ; eighteen inches thick will support 
 a railroad train. 
 
 "Burdock Blood Bitters has worked some 
 remarkable cures in chronic diseases of the 
 Blood, Liver and Kidneys, and its popularity 
 seems rapidly on the increase, both with 
 dealer and public."— TFbodstocfc Sentinel. 
 
CURES GENERAL DEBILITY. 
 
 13 
 
 Facts about Cancep» 
 
 Dr. J. E. Danelson, Btatea in his 
 Counsellor that " Cancer is sometimes 
 curable we know," and recommends " for 
 open cancer, powerful tonica and anti- 
 scrofulous remedies." 
 
 This advice is exactly in accord with 
 our experience. The nse of B urdock Blood 
 Bitters (which is undoubtedly the most 
 powerful tonic and anti-scrofulous reme- 
 dy yet discovered), both internally and 
 externally, having produced undeniable 
 cures and furnishing a reasonable hope 
 of cure when faithfully used. The B.B.B. 
 should be taken three times per day in 
 sufficient quantity to keep the bowels 
 free and regular, and in addition to the 
 carbolic wash, soft linen cloths wet with 
 B.B.B. (diluted if necessary with water 
 or milk), should be applied to the cancer 
 and renewed from time to time. In addi- 
 tion to the following testimony regarding 
 the effects of B.B.B. in cancerous diseas- 
 es, we have permission to refer those in- 
 terested to Mr. Geo. V. Thomas, of Hull, 
 Que., and Mrs. Cyrus Kilborn, Toronto. 
 
 Bm Dm Bm 
 
 HAS CURED MANY CASES 
 
 OF CANCER, 
 
 THUS PROVING THAT IT 
 
 IS SUPERIOR IN BLOOD 
 
 CLEANSING POWER 
 
 TO ALL OTHER 
 
 REMEDIES. 
 
 Cancep of the Stomach. 
 
 Gentlemen,— For five years I suffered from 
 what my physicians pronounced cancer of 
 the stomach and incurable. I felt continual 
 pain and was covered with blotches. But all 
 my troubles have disappeared, thanks to 
 your B.B.B. One day I resolved to try B.B.B. 
 The first few doses seemed to have no effect, 
 but the subsequent doses occasioned some- 
 what sharp pain for an instant followed by a 
 feeling of relief which was happiness to me. 
 I have now taken six bottles and consider 
 myself cured. My physician is astonished at 
 my complete recovery. I can walk, run or 
 ride now, which was impossible while I suf- 
 fered from my disease. 
 
 STEPHEN EDGE, Nicolet, Que. 
 
 Facts fop Builders. 
 
 1000 shingles, laid 4 inches to the weather, 
 will cover 100 square feet of surface, and 5 lbs. 
 of sliingle nails will fasten them on. 
 
 One-fifth more siding and fiooring is needed 
 than the number of square feet of surface to 
 be covered, because of the lap in the siding 
 and matching. 
 
 1000 laths will cover 70 yards of surface, and 
 11 lbs. of lath nails will nail them on. 8 bush- 
 els of good lime, 16 bushels of sand, and 1 
 bushel of hair, will make enough good mortar 
 to plaster 100 square yards. 
 
 A cord of stone, throe bushels of lime, and 
 a cubic yard of sand, will lay 100 cubic feet of 
 wall. 
 
 5 courses of brick will lay 1 foot in height 
 on a chimney, 16 bricks in a course will make 
 a flue 4 ins. wide and 12 ins. long, and 8 bricks 
 in a course will make a flue 8 ins. wide and 16 
 ins. long. 
 
 Cement 1 bush., and sand 2 bush., will cover 
 3§ square yds. 1 inch thick, 4i square yds. J 
 inch thick, and 62 square yds. | inch thick. 1 
 bush, cement and 1 of sand, will cover 2i sq. 
 yds. 1 inch thick. 3 sq. yds. g inch thick, and 
 4J sq. yds. i inch thick. 
 
 Armies of Europe. 
 
 War Strength. 
 
 Germany 2,520,000 
 
 France 2,440,000 
 
 Russia 2,495,000 
 
 Italy 1,010,000 
 
 Austria 1,145,000 
 
 Turkey 620,000 
 
 Balkan States 250,000 
 
 10,480,000 
 
 Legral Holidays in Canada, 
 
 bank holidays. 
 
 Ontabio, New Brunswick and Nova Sco- 
 tia.— New Year's Day ; G ood Friday ; Queen's 
 Birth Day ; Dominion Day ; Christmas Day. 
 
 Quebec. — New Year's Day; Epiphany; An- 
 nunciation ; Good Friday ; Ascension ; Corpus 
 Christi ; St. Peter's and St. Paul's ; All Saints ; 
 Conception ; Christmas Day : Queen's Birth 
 Day ; and Dominion Day. 
 
 Also throughout the Dominion any day ap- 
 pointed by Proclamation for a General Fast 
 or Thanksgiving. 
 
 Marriage Ag'e in Different 
 Countries. 
 
 In Austria, 14 years for both sexes. Ger- 
 many, the man at 18, tLe woman at 14. Bel- 
 gium, the man at 18. the woman at 15. Spain, 
 the man at 14, the voman at 12. France, the 
 man at 18, the woman at 15. Greece, the man 
 at 14, the woman at 12. Hungary — Catholics, 
 the man at 14, the woman at 12; Protestants, 
 tht! man at 18, the woman at 15. Portugal, the 
 man at 14, the woman at 12. Bussia, the man 
 at 18, the woman at 16. Saxony, the man at 
 18, the woman at 16. Switzerland, the man 
 at 14, the woman at 12. Turkey, at puberty. 
 Canada., whenever the notion strikes you. 
 
14 
 
 BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS 
 
 ELEVE/N RU/\/NIMC SORES. 
 
 After Years of Terrible Suffering Mr. "Wm. McNee, of 
 St. Ives, Ont., is Rescued f^om Misery by 
 
 «^^s§gggg^^ 
 
 BBB 
 
 l§aggggggs^ 
 
 An Interesting: Account of His Case. He Throws Away 
 
 His Crutches. 
 
 STATEMENT OF MR. MoNE'E. 
 
 For eight years I was troubled with a sore on my leg which resulted from 
 having it broken. The doctors kept me in bed five months trying to heal it up, 
 but all to no purpose. I tried all sorts of salves, liniments, ointments, pills and 
 blood medicines but with no benefit. In 1883 it became so bud that I had to sit 
 on one chair and keep my foot on another for four months. I could not put my 
 foot on the ground or the blood would rush out in a stream and my leg swelled to 
 twice its natural size. 
 
 . . . ELEVEN RUNNING SORES . . . 
 
 developed on it which reduced me to a living skeleton (I lost 70 lbs. in|four months). 
 Friends advised me to go to the Hospital ; but I would not, for I knew they would 
 take my leg off. The doctor then wanted to split it open and scrape the bone, but 
 I was too weak to stand the operation. One old lady said it had turned to black 
 erysipelas r.nd could never be cured. I had never heard of Burdock Blood Bitters 
 then, but I read of a minister, Rev. Mr. Stout, (see testimony on page 16), 
 who had been cured of a severe abscess on the neck by B.B.B., after medical 
 aid had failed, and I thought I would try iv. I washed the leg with the Bitters 
 and took them according to directions. After using one bottle I could walk on 
 crutches, after taking three, I threw away the crutches, took a scythe and went to 
 work in the field. At the end of the sixth bottle my leg was entirely healed up ; 
 pieces of loose bone had worked out of it and the cor Is came back to their natural 
 places again. That was nine years ago and it has never broken out since, I can 
 walk five miles to-day as fast as anyone, and all this I owe to B.B.B., which 
 certainly saved my leg if not my life. I cheerfully recommend it to all sufferers. 
 Give B.B.B. a trial, it will cure yon as it did me. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 WM. McNEE, 
 
 St. Ives P.O., Ont. 
 
 Mr. F. C. Sanderson, the druggist of St. Marys, Ont„ certifies to the entire 
 truthfulness of the remarkable statement made by Mr. McNee and says that 
 several other wonderful cures have been made in his district. 
 
r 
 
 CURES BAD BLOOD. 
 
 16 
 
 IVeddingr Annivepsapies. 
 
 First Cotton Wedding. 
 
 Second Paper Wedding. 
 
 Third Leatner Wedding. 
 
 Fifth Wooden Wedding. 
 
 Seventh Woollen Wedding. 
 
 Tenth Tin Wedding. 
 
 Twelfth Si'k Wedding. 
 
 Fifteenth Crystal Wedding 
 
 Twentieth China Wedding. 
 
 Twenty-fifth Silver Wedding. 
 
 Thirtieth Pearl Wedding. 
 
 Fortieth Buby Wedding. 
 
 Fiftieth Golden Wedding. 
 
 Seventy-fifth Diamond Wedding. 
 
 Helgrht of Pplncipal Monu- 
 ments and Toweps. 
 
 Eiffel Tower Feet 1,000 
 
 Washington Monument 555 
 
 Pyramid of Cheops 486 
 
 Antwerp Cathedral 476 
 
 Strasburg Cathedral 474 
 
 Pyramid of Cephrenes 455 
 
 St. Peter's Church 448 
 
 St. Martin's Church atLandshut 411 
 
 St. Paul's Church, London. 365 
 
 Salisbury Cathedral 400 
 
 Cathedral at Florence 386 
 
 Cathedral at Cremona 397 
 
 Church at Fribourg 386 
 
 Cathedral of Seville 360 
 
 Cathedral of Milan 355 
 
 Cathedral of Utrecht 356 
 
 Pyramid of Sakkarah 336 
 
 Cathedral of Notre Dame, Munich 348 
 
 St. Mark's Church 328 
 
 St. James Cathedral, Toronto 321 
 
 Assinelli Tower, Bologna 272 
 
 Trinity Church 284 
 
 Column at Delhi 2^ 
 
 Porcelain Tower, Nankin 260 
 
 Church of Notre Dame 224 
 
 Bunker Hill Monument 221 
 
 Leaning Tower of Pisa 1'79 
 
 Washington Monument 175 
 
 Monument, Place Vendome 153 
 
 Values of Fopelgrn Coins. 
 
 Country. 
 
 Austria 
 
 Belgium-France 
 
 Brazil 
 
 Denm'k-Sweden 
 German Empire 
 
 Greece 
 
 India 
 
 Italy 
 
 Mexico 
 
 Portugal 
 
 Spain 
 
 Turkey 
 
 Monetary Unit. 
 
 Florin 
 
 Franc 
 
 Milrois, 1000 reis. 
 
 Crown 
 
 Mark 
 
 Drachma 
 
 Rupee 16 annas. 
 
 Lira 
 
 Dollar 
 
 Milreis 1000 reis.. 
 Peseta 100 cntms. 
 Piastre 
 
 Value in 
 Canada. 
 
 $ c. milla. 
 0.34.5 
 
 .19.3 
 
 .54.6 
 
 .26.8 
 
 .23.8 
 
 .19.3 
 
 .33.2 
 
 .19.3 
 
 .76 
 1.08 
 
 .19.3 
 
 .04.4 
 
 Weights op Famous BKiiLS.— The bell of 
 Notre Dame. Montreal, Que., weighs 28,560 lbs.; 
 that of the City Hail, New fork, •2-2,300 lbs.; of 
 St. Paul's, London, 11,470 lbs.; "Big Ben," 
 Westminster, 30,350 lbs.; " Great Tom,^' of Ox- 
 ford, 18,000 lbs ; St. Peter's, Rome, 18,607 lbs.; 
 Rouen, France, 40,000 lbs.; St. Ivans, Moscow, 
 127,830 lbs.; one unhung at Moscow, 440,000 
 lbs.; and one in China weighs 120,000 lbs. 
 
 Digrestion of Food. 
 
 The following table shows the time, in hours 
 and minutes, requii-ed for the digestion of the 
 more common articles of food:— 
 
 Kind of Food. 
 
 Ricf, boiled ., 
 
 Efjjs, whipped 
 
 Trout, fresh, fried 
 
 Soup, barley, boiled 
 
 Apples, sweet, raw 
 
 Venison steak, broiled 
 
 Sago, boiled 
 
 Tapioca, boiled 
 
 Barley, boiled 
 
 Milk, boiled 
 
 Liver, beef, broUed 
 
 Eggs, fresh, raw 
 
 Apples, sour, raw 
 
 Cabbage, raw 
 
 Mi?k 
 
 Eggs, roasted 
 
 Goose, roasted 
 
 Txurkey, roasted 
 
 Cake, sponge, baked 
 
 Hash, warmed 
 
 Beans, pod, boiled 
 
 Parsnips, boiled 
 
 Custard, baked 
 
 Oysters, raw 
 
 Eggs, soft-boiled 
 
 Beefsteak, broiled 
 
 Mutton, broiled 
 
 Mutton, boiled 
 
 Soup, bean, boiled 
 
 Chicken Roup.boiled 
 
 Pork, salt, ijoi'ed 
 
 Mutton, roasted 
 
 Bread, corn, baked 
 
 Carrot, boiled 
 
 Sausage, broiled 
 
 Oysters, stewed 
 
 Oysters, stewed (according to 
 
 Beaumont) 
 
 Butter 
 
 Cheese, old 
 
 Bread, fresh-baked 
 
 Turnips, flat, boiled 
 
 Potatoes, Irish, boiled 
 
 Eggs, hard-boiled 
 
 Green corn, boiled 
 
 Beans and beets, boiled 
 
 Salmon, salted, boiled 
 
 Veal, fresh, fried 
 
 Cabbage, boiled 
 
 Suet, beef, boiled .^^^^^^^ 
 
 Hrs. 
 
 Min. 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 
 SO 
 
 
 30 
 
 
 30 
 
 
 30 
 
 
 45 
 
 2 
 
 • •• 
 
 2 
 
 • ■• 
 
 >2 
 
 • •• 
 
 2 
 
 • •* 
 
 2 
 
 • ■• 
 
 2 
 
 • •• 
 
 2 
 
 • .• 
 
 2 
 
 15 
 
 2 
 
 15 
 
 2 
 
 30 
 
 2 
 
 30 
 
 a 
 
 30 
 
 2 
 
 30 
 
 2 
 
 30 
 
 2 
 
 SO 
 
 2 
 
 50 
 
 2 
 
 55 
 
 3 
 
 • *• 
 
 3 
 
 *•• 
 
 3 
 
 ■ ■• 
 
 3 
 
 ... 
 
 3 
 
 • •• 
 
 3 
 
 • •• 
 
 3 
 
 16 
 
 3 
 
 15 
 
 3 
 
 l.") 
 
 3 
 
 15 
 
 3 
 
 20 
 
 3 
 
 30 
 
 3 
 
 30 
 
 3 
 
 30 
 
 3 
 
 30 
 
 3 
 
 30 
 
 3 
 
 30 
 
 3 
 
 30 
 
 3 
 
 30 
 
 3 
 
 45 
 
 3 
 
 45 
 
 4 
 
 • • • 
 
 4 
 
 30 
 
 4 
 
 30 
 
 5 
 
 30 
 
 Where dyspepsia or indigestion exists, nei- 
 ther comfort nor full benefit is derived from 
 the food, unless perfect digestion is restored 
 by the use of B.B.B., nature's remedy. 
 
 Religious Statistics. 
 
 Creed. 
 
 Christianity 
 
 Buddhism 
 
 Mohammedanism 
 
 Brahme.nism 
 
 Confucianism 
 
 Sintoism 
 
 Judaism 
 
 No. Followers. 
 
 338,000,000 
 
 340,000,000 
 
 210,000,000 
 
 175,000,000 
 
 80,000,00 1 
 
 14,000,000 
 
 7,000,000 
 
16 
 
 B. B. B. CURES SCROFULA. 
 
 Seventeen Physicians 
 Failed. 
 
 Ulcepous Abscess Cured After 20 
 
 years Sufferlnar by B.B.B. In 
 
 Four Months* Time. 
 
 SCROFULA. 
 
 For upwards of twenty years I endured 
 the most awful suffering from a scro- 
 fulous abscess on my neck, and not- 
 withstanding the skillful treatment of 
 seventeen of the best physicians in 
 Canada, failed to obtain reli )f . When 
 I had exhausted all the resources of 
 regular medical practitioners, I resorted 
 to nearly all the patent medicines that 
 promised to cure scrofulous and blood 
 diseases, but without any benefit what- 
 ever. Finally, in an almost helpless 
 condition, I tried Burdock Blood Bitters, 
 thinking that if the medicine was good 
 when taken internally, I reasoned that 
 it must be equally good when outwardly 
 applied. So I wet a linen cloth with 
 the Bitters, and applied ; also used it 
 as a wash upon the sores. I took these 
 Bitters for about four months, with the 
 most astonishing and gratifying results, 
 and for the first time in four years I was 
 enabled to dispense with surgical aid, 
 which I firmly believe I shall never 
 require again for the same disease. 
 More than two years have elapsed since 
 I have had any attack of the disease, 
 and I feel as well and safe now as if it 
 had never affected me. 
 
 I have used Burdock Blood Bitters 
 internally and externally for one of my 
 children, wiio was afflicted with an 
 obstinate humor of the blood, and whose 
 face was covered with sores, now per- 
 fectly smooth and clean ; also my servant 
 treated for swelled neck, and many other 
 cases in our parish to whom we have 
 given and recommended the remedy. 
 
 Knowing that it cured me, and believ- 
 ing that it saved my life, I most 
 earnestly and heartily recommend it to 
 suffering humanity, and urge all who 
 may be similarly affl[icted to give it a 
 trial, believing it to be a true specific 
 for all constitutional scrofulous blood 
 diseases, and unsurpassed as a rare 
 healing remedy of great cleansing and 
 curative power. Yours faithfully, 
 
 EEV. WM. STOUT, 
 Point Edward, Ont. 
 
 Hints on Etiquette. 
 
 Wlicn introducing a friend, couBider if the 
 introduction is likely to be acceptable— to 
 botla parties. 
 
 A fe'ontlenian should be introduced to the 
 lady, not the lady to the gentleman. 
 
 If tlie sexes are the same, always present 
 the inferior in social rank to the superior. 
 
 Permission must be obtained when a gen- 
 tleman is presented to a lady. 
 
 One gentleman being introduced to another, 
 should acknowledge it by a bow, net by offer- 
 ing the hand. 
 
 I'ersons meeting at a mutual friend's, not 
 mtroduced, should not claim acquaintance if 
 they meet elsewhere. 
 
 If walking with a friend, you meet or are 
 joined by a third, it is unnecessary to intro- 
 duce the one to the other. 
 
 At a ball or evening party, the lady of the 
 housb may introduce any gentleman to a lady 
 without first asking the lady's permission, 
 after ascertaining if the lady is willing to 
 dance. 
 
 An introduction given to a lady at a ball 
 does not entitle a gentleman to bow to her on 
 a future occasion ; if he commits that error, 
 the lady is not bound to acknowledge his 
 sahitation. 
 
 Letters of introduction should be sent by 
 post, enclosing your own card— not personal 
 delivery. 
 
 If desirous to pay a high compliment to the 
 person introduced, invite him to dine with 
 you, and have a few friends to meet him. 
 
 Letters of introduction should be given un- 
 sealed. 
 
 Afternoon calls are usually made between 
 the hours of two and four. 
 
 When returning complimentary visits, you 
 may leave a card without going in. It is usual 
 to ask after the health of the family. 
 
 Visits of condolence are paid within a week 
 after the event that occasions them. 
 
 On makmg morning calls, a gentleman 
 should never leave his hat in the hall— take 
 it into the room with him— should be held in 
 the hand, not placed on any of the furniture. 
 Umbrellas must be left in the hall. 
 
 If during a visit in the drawing-room (which 
 should not exceed half-an-hour) a lady visitor 
 leaves, it is polite to rise. 
 
 On other visitors being announced, wait till 
 they are seated, then depart, bowing politely 
 to the newly-arrived guests. 
 
 Avoid looking at your watch during a visit. 
 
 In conversation avoid political, commercial 
 or religions subjects ; never interrupt a person 
 when speaking; appear to pay attention and 
 to be interested in the conversation. Whis- 
 pering is bad taste, or conversing in a lan- 
 guage that all parties may not be acquaimed 
 with. If gifted with wit, do not make a dis- 
 play of it. Look, but avoid staring, in the 
 face of the person you are conversing with. 
 To be an agreeable companion,!^ is necessary 
 to be well acquainted with the current books 
 Oi the daj". Scandal IsineACusablc. 
 
 In conversing with persons of rank, avoid 
 the too frequent use of their title ; address a 
 nobleman as you would any other gentleman; 
 the Prince of Wales is only addressed as Sir 
 in conversation ; the Queen, Madam. 
 
 Letters should be brief, and to the pur- 
 pose. 
 
FOWLER'S STRAWBERRY CURES CHOLERA. 
 
 n 
 
 DR. FOWLER'S EXrRACT 
 
 WILD STRAWBERRY 
 
 Cures Summer Complaints, Diarrhoea, 
 Dysentery, Pain in the Stomach, Sea 
 Sickness, Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Bili- 
 ous Colio and all Bowel Complaints of 
 childern and adults. During over thirty 
 years' trial it has always given complete 
 satisfaction, and still remains the most 
 popular standard remedy before the 
 public, evidenced by its annually in- 
 creasing sale and the constant receipt by 
 the proprietors of words of the highest 
 praise from the press and the public. 
 It is a remedy that stands a positive 
 guarantee of reliability. If attacked by 
 any form of Summer Complair i;, young 
 or old will find it an unfailing cure. It 
 has justly earned the title of " nature's 
 specific " for all Bowel Complaints. In 
 canker of the mouth — the nursing sore 
 mouth of infants — as well as the ordinary 
 sore mouth of adults, arising from a 
 cankered condition of the mucous coat- 
 ing of the stomach, Wild Strawberry 
 will afford immediate relief and speedily 
 effect a cure. 
 
 Wm. T. Glynn. 
 
 Gentlemen,— I suffered three days very 
 severely from Summer Complaint and could 
 not get relief but kept getting worse and 
 
 and I became very weak. Some friends ad- 
 vised Dr. Fowler's E xtract of Wild Strawberry, 
 and after I had taken the first dose I found 
 much relief and it did not fail to cure me. 
 I do n itend to be without this valuable 
 medic_ f I can help it. 
 
 WM. T. GLYNN, Wilfred, Onfc. 
 
 Miles 
 
 Wide. 
 
 4 
 
 Size of Lakes, Seas and 
 Oceans. 
 
 LAKES. Miles 
 
 ^ Long. 
 
 Cayuga 35 
 
 Goorgo 38 3 
 
 Constance 45 10 
 
 Geneva V.. 60 )0 
 
 Lake of the Woods 70 25 
 
 Champlain ...!!...! 128 12 
 
 Ladoga 125 75 
 
 Maracaybo 159 60 
 
 Great Bear !.....!!.!!! 160 40 
 
 Ontario .......' 180 40 
 
 Athabasca 200 20 
 
 Winnipeg 240 40 
 
 Huron j{50 90 
 
 Erie 270 60 
 
 Great Slave 300 45 
 
 Michigan 33O 60 
 
 Baikal 360 35 
 
 Superior 380 120 
 
 SEAS. . MlleB 
 
 . , Long. 
 
 Aral 250 
 
 Baltic 600 
 
 Black 932 
 
 Caribbean 1,800 
 
 China 1,700 
 
 Caspian 640 
 
 Japan l.QOO 
 
 Mediterranean 2,000 
 
 Okhotsk 600 
 
 Bed 1,400 
 
 White 450 
 
 OCEANS. „Mlle8 
 
 Square. 
 
 Arctic 6,000,000 
 
 Southern 10,000,000 
 
 Indian 20,000,000 
 
 Atlantic 40,000,000 
 
 Baciflc ; 80,000,000 
 
 Pepcentagre of Alcohol in 
 Wines and Spirits. 
 
 Beer 40 
 
 Porter 45 
 
 Ale 7'4 
 
 Cider 86 
 
 Tokay 10 2 
 
 Bordeaux l]-5 
 
 Champagne 122 
 
 Claret 13 3 
 
 Burgundy 13 6 
 
 Sherry 19-0 
 
 "Vermouth 190 
 
 Madeira 210 
 
 Port 23 2 
 
 Gin 516 
 
 Brandy 53 4 
 
 Bum 53 7 
 
 Irish Whisky .53 9 
 
 Scotch Whisky... 54 3 
 
 Gip 
 
 sies. 
 
 According to an estimate of 1880, there were 
 100,000 gipsies in Turkey, 10,000 in Bosnia, 
 25,000 in Servia, 250,000 in Koumonia and Mon- 
 tenegro, 10,000 in A ustria, 196,000 in Hungary, 
 40,000 in Spain, 5,000 in France, 34,000 in Ger- 
 many and Italy, 250,000 in Eussia and Poland, 
 and 20,000 in England. They were probably 
 of Indian origin, and their language contains 
 many Aryan roots. 
 
 The Mappiag^e Knot. 
 
 The old Norse Eune, N, was called Nyth or 
 Nyd , and meant necessity, compulsion or knot. 
 The Scandinavian bridegroom drew this Eune 
 on the fingernail of the bride. This Eune 
 standing alone meant either compulsion or 
 marriage. 
 
18 
 
 USE NORWAY RINE SYRUR. 
 
 DR. WOOD'S 
 Norway Pine Sypup. 
 
 The Pplnce of Pectoral 
 Remedies. 
 
 A Prompt, Pleasant and Perfect Curd for 
 Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Sore Throat. 
 Pain in the Chest, Asthma, Bronchiti«?, 
 Croup, Whooping: Cough, Ouinsy. 
 Influenza, and all Throat and 
 Lung: Troubles. 
 This soothing, healing and mucilagin- 
 ous expectorant possesses unrivalled 
 curative power in all diseases affecting 
 the Throat, Lungs and air passages. 
 Ihe virtues of Norway Pine and Wild 
 Cherry Bark, with other standard pec- 
 toral Herbs and Balsams are skillfully 
 combined to produce a reliable, safe and 
 effectual medicine that may be con- 
 j fidently relied on as a household specific 
 for all those familiar forms of disease 
 origmating mainly from colds. 
 
 Obstinate Cougrhs yield to its 
 
 gratelul, soothmg action, and for the 
 racking, persistent cough, often present 
 m consumptive cases, it will be found 
 exceedmgly beneficial and pleasant to 
 take. 
 
 In Asthma and Bponchltls, 
 
 It gives great relief, rendering breathing 
 easy and natural and enabling the 
 sufferer to enjoy refreshing sleep, while 
 Its tonic and healing properties usually 
 effect a gradual yet permanent cure. 
 
 For children it is particularly adapted, 
 being pleasant to take and having no 
 injurious encct on the most delicate 
 constitution. If desired, it may be taken 
 m water or milk, especially in the case 
 of children. 
 
 Price 25 and 50 Cents pep Bottle. 
 
 Languagre of Preolous 
 Stones. 
 
 Tho anclonta attributed marvellous prooer- 
 ties to rnany of the precious stones. ^eT've 
 in tabular form the different niontha and tho 
 
 neanin^«'"'iV? "'*'/"' "^^^^ *^«»' respective 
 ueanings It has been customary amone 
 
 attached to tho various stones in makinc 
 
 JANUA^iv "^A*^^'""'"'r ^ ^«'1'""K presen^s^ 
 JANUAiiT. OAhNKT.-Constancy andflidolitv 
 
 in every engagement. uuuuouiiy 
 
 i KimtJARy. — Amkthtst. — Against violent 
 
 passions a preventive. b*"""- vioient 
 
 „ J!? «"*^'° •~^^°°^^'^"NE. — Courage, wisdom, 
 and finnness in affection. "louuiu, 
 
 m^n/^.^'nT^?^^^"^^^;-^'®® ^^^^ enchant- 
 ment; denotes repentance. 
 
 an^ i^sur''eS:^fo7e''"'°''" '"'«« ''^«"''«' 
 
 a/dTorpiTt^"" '"'"''' '°°' '''"• ^'^'^' 
 «„n^^^~"?iF»Y.— Discovers poison; corrects 
 evils resulting from mistaken friendship. 
 jj^A^^^'^st.-Sabdonyx.— Insures corj jgal fe- 
 
 Skptembeb.— Chrtboltte.— Free from evil 
 passions and sadness of the mind 
 
 OcTOBEB -Opal -Denotes hope, and sharp- 
 ens the Bight and faith of the possessor. 
 
 NovEMBEB.-TopAz.-Fidelity and friend- 
 ship. Prevents bad dreams. 
 
 love!°^^^"" ~ ^^"''^o^sB. - Prosperity in 
 
 Feminine Heigrht and 
 Weight. 
 
 It is often asked how stoijt a woman ought 
 to be in proportion to her height. A verv 
 Srnn^'hn'i'f ^ becomingly be thinner than a 
 matron, but the following table gives a fair 
 mdication of proper proportions :— 
 
 - i,i , . . POUNDS. 
 
 5 ft. high ...about 100 
 
 5ft. 1 in 
 
 5 ft. 2 Ins.... 
 5ft. Sins.... 
 5 ft. 4 ins.... 
 5ft. Sins.... 
 5 ft. 6ina.... 
 
 100 
 
 5 ft. 7 ins. 
 
 106 
 
 5 ft. 8 ins. 
 
 113 
 
 5 ft. 9 ins. 
 
 119 
 
 5ft,:0ins. 
 
 130 
 
 6 ft. 11 ins. 
 
 138 
 
 6 ft 
 
 144 
 
 6 ft. 1 in.. 
 
 PODKDS. 
 
 .about 1,50 
 155 
 163 
 169 
 176 
 180 
 186 
 
 Simple Rules for Spelling. 
 
 Words ending in e drop that letter before 
 the terminat on able, as in move, movable 
 
 o^lf «if ''^'"S \? ''* ^"^ f"-' '^hen it is retahied.' 
 as in change, changeable, etc. «*^ou, 
 
 Words of one syllable ending in a consonant, 
 with a single vowel before it, double that con- 
 
 But If ending in a consonant with a double 
 vowel beforelt, they do not double the con! 
 ""w^^vV" derivatives; as troop, trooper, etc. 
 
 Words of more than one svllable flTiflin0 in 
 SS^itl' l'.^«««?«<i by a single vowel, and 
 accented oi, the last syllable, double that 
 ^Hi^^^lil'' derivatives ; as commit, com- 
 mitted ; but excepi "'^agrin, chagrined 
 
 All words of on ble ending in I, with 
 
 asmflt'eir'^^'" -ve « af the closl; 
 
lOUB 
 
 ouaproper- 
 iB. Wef've 
 the and tbo 
 " respective 
 ary aiiiung 
 ■ilgnificance 
 in n)aking 
 iR presents. 
 andMolity 
 
 Qst violent 
 
 ;e, wisdom, 
 
 a enchant- 
 
 se friends, 
 
 fe, health, 
 
 ; ; corrects 
 idship. 
 op^jgal fe- 
 
 16 from evil 
 
 and sharp- 
 
 jssor, 
 
 nd friend- 
 
 sperity in 
 
 Eind 
 
 nan ought 
 t. A very 
 aer than a 
 ves a fair 
 
 POUKDS. 
 
 about 150 
 
 " 155 
 
 " 163 
 
 " 169 
 
 " 176 
 
 " 180 
 
 " 186 
 
 slling". 
 
 ;er before 
 movable, 
 i retained, 
 
 onsonant, 
 ! that con- 
 >ping, etc. 
 a double 
 I the con- 
 oper, etc. 
 ending in 
 owel, and 
 ible that 
 nit, com- 
 icd. 
 
 n I, with 
 he close; 
 
 USE HAQYARD'S YELLOW OIL. 
 
 19 
 
 HAGYARD'S 
 
 YELLOW OIL 
 
 Fop External and Intepnal Use. 
 
 Used externally, it stops all pain and 
 prevents blistering of a >urn as soon as 
 applied. It prevents b'. jlHng, removes 
 pain and discoloration of bruises, by a 
 few applications. As a liniment or 
 embrocation it has no equal for Bheu- 
 matism. Stiff Joints, Contracted Cords, 
 Calloused Lumps, Painful Swellings, 
 Sprains and Bruises, and lameness of 
 every description. It has cured Chronic 
 KheumatiHm of years' duration, after all 
 other means had failed. 
 
 Internally used it is equally wonderful 
 in its efficacy. One or two doses cures 
 Hoarseness and Sore Throat. The suffer- 
 ings of Asthma are relieved' by the first 
 dose, and in Croup it is almost a specific 
 cure. Bronchitis and Swelled Tonsils 
 yield to its curative influence. Taken 
 inwardly in doses of from 10 to 30 drops 
 on sugar or in water, it relieves Quinsy, 
 Colds, Pains in the Chest, Stomach, 
 Kidney Complaints, etc. 
 
 I have used Hagyard's Yellow Oil this win- 
 ter for the first time for the croup, and I 
 must say I find no better remedy for it. 
 
 MRS. D. A. FEASEll, Godorich, Ont. 
 
 Last summer I suffered from lumbago, and 
 could not got relief until I tried Hagyard's 
 Yellow Oil, one bottle of which cured me. 
 
 GEO. F. EVERETT, Fom- Falls, N.B. 
 
 Honop to 'Whom Honop is Due. 
 
 Gents,— I find in my practice your Yellow 
 Oil a specific in asthma and croup, and would 
 be lost without it. DR. JNO. MAXWELL, 
 
 Limij Lake P.O., Ont. 
 
 A Qpeat Boon. 
 
 I can recommend Hagyard's Yellow Oil as 
 a sure cure for neuralgia, enlarged glands 
 and earache, and 1 consider it a great boon to 
 mankind. A. R. McPEERSON, 
 
 New Gairloch, Pictou, N.S. 
 
 Rheumatism Cuped. 
 
 Df4B Sirs,— I was taken ill with rheuma- 
 tism and lost all power of my limbs, so that 
 I had to be lifted whenever I wished to move. 
 I was confined to bed for six weeks, when a 
 neighbor told me to use Hagyard's Yellow 
 Oil. I procured one bottle and began rubbing 
 it on, and before the bottle was all used, I 
 could walk across the room. I can recom- 
 mend Yellow Oil to all suffering from rheuma- 
 tism. MRS. T. DOBSON, 
 
 Wellington, Man. 
 
 Household Facts. 
 
 Reotpes fop Housekeepepg. 
 
 Ants, Ukd. — Sprigs of winter-groon or 
 ground ivy will drive away red ants. Branches 
 of wormwood will serve the same purposo for 
 black anta. The inBeots may be kent out of 
 sugar-barrels by drawing a wide ohalk-mark 
 around the top, near the edge. 
 
 Biliousness.— For biliousness nse B.B.B. 
 according to directions. 
 
 BiTKB AND Stings op Inbectb.— Wash with 
 a solution of ammonia wator. 
 
 Bites op Mad Dogs.— .ipply caustic potash 
 at once to tue wound, and give enough 
 whiskey to cause sleep. 
 
 Boots.— To mako "•j^.ther boots waterproof, 
 saturate them with ..or-oil; lo stop squeak- 
 ing, drive a peg int. the middle of the solo. 
 
 BoTTLK - Cleaning. — Bottles are easily 
 cleaned with hot water and fine coals. 
 
 Burns.— Apply Victoria Carbolic Salve. 
 
 Charcoal.— It is well to keep large pieces 
 of charcoal in damp corners and in dark 
 places. 
 
 Chimney on Fire.- Throw salt or a hand- 
 ful of sulphur in the grate. 
 
 Cleaning Lam-'-Chimneyb. — Newspapers 
 are the best thing for cleaning lamp-chimneys. 
 When fillngthe lamp, drop the least kerosene 
 on a piece, then rub the chimney till it shines. 
 
 Clinkers. — To remove clinkers from stoves 
 or fire-brick, put in about half a peck of 
 oyster shells on top of a bright fire. Repeat 
 it needful. 
 
 Cold on Chest.— Dr. Wood's Norway Pine 
 Syrup cures Coughs, Colds, and Tightness of 
 the Chest. 
 
 Colors Faded. — Hartshorn will usually 
 restore colors that have been taken out by 
 acid. 
 
 Oough.— Boil one ounce of flaxseed in a 
 pint of water, strain, and add a little honey, 
 one ounce of rock candy, and the juice of 
 three lemons. Mix and boil well. Drink as 
 hot as possible. 
 
 Cuts.— A drop or two of creosote on a cut 
 will stop its bleeding. 
 
 Disinfectant.— Chloride of lime should be 
 scattered at least once a week under sinks 
 and wherever sewer gas is likely to penetrate. 
 
 Flies.— 20 drops of carbolic acid evaporated 
 from a hot shovel will go far to banish flies 
 from a room, while a bit of camphor gum, 
 the size of a walnut, held over a lamp until 
 consumed, will do the same for the mosquito. 
 
 Furniture, to Clean.— First rub with cot- 
 ton waste, dipped in boiled linseed oil ; then 
 rub clea .1 and dry with a soft flannel cloth. 
 Care should be taken that tL'e oil is all 
 removed. 
 
 Gilt Frames.— To restore gilt frsmes, rub 
 
 With a sponge molsteiied in tui'pcutiio. 
 
 Grease Spots.— To remove grease spots, 
 thoroughly saturate with tvurpentine, place a 
 soft blotting-paper beneath, and another on 
 top of the spot, and press it hard. The fat id 
 fli.sRolved, then absorbed by the paper, and 
 entirely removed from the cloth. 
 
FOWLER'S WILD STRAWBERRY 
 
 Facts about Cholera. 
 
 Danireps of Summep. 
 
 Many dangerous and distresBing dis- 
 eases prevail in suninier and fall, and 
 as they occur suddenly, often terminate 
 fatally before aid can be had. Complaints 
 Buch as Cholera Morbut, Cholera In- 
 fantum, Diarrhooa, Dysentery, Colic and 
 bilious attacks are nearly always due 
 primarily to an unhealthy condition of 
 the bile and blood, the attack being 
 excited by indiscretions in diet, bad air 
 and water, colds, unripe fruit, ferment- 
 ing food or anything which causes an 
 excess of bile. Cholera is now said to 
 bo caused by a minute germ or bacillus, 
 and rigid cleanliness and the use of dis- 
 infectants is indicated. Choleia Morbus 
 and Canadian Cholera are modified 
 forms of Asiatic Cholera, with many 
 symptoms in common, such as purging, 
 cramps and collapse. Never neglect a 
 simple diarrhcoa, but avoid opiates and 
 powerful astringents which sometimes 
 produce inflammation through too 
 suddenly checking the discharge. The 
 symptoms in these complaints vary 
 greatly ; so-aetimes theid is grea*-. pain, 
 nausea and vomiting, in other cases 
 painless diarrhoea exists, but in al. ce.Hes 
 the sovereign remedy is Dr. Fowler's 
 Extract of Wild Strawlrgrry, which 
 promptly arrests the diairhcea, soothes 
 the pain and corrects the unhealthy 
 biliary symptoms. 
 
 Proof from the People. 
 
 A Family Fplend. 
 
 ■.Tv???,'r^ ^^^^ "^^^ ^^' Fowler's Extract of 
 Wild Strawberry in my family for years and 
 can highly recommend it for summer com- 
 plaint, diarrhcEa, cramps, etc. 
 
 Mils. GEO. WEST, Hunfcsville, OuL. 
 
 Baby was Sick. 
 
 Dear Siiis,--My baby was very sick with 
 diarrhoea, and everything we tried failed. 
 But on trying Dr. Fowier's Extract of Wild 
 Strawberry we found it gave prompt relief 
 and ve-v socii cured him completelvr 
 
 ALb.a. JOHN CDAEK, Bloomfleld. Ont 
 
 Ppeolous as Gold. 
 
 Siiis,— For several seasons we have rfilifid 
 ?" ^'i*/.?^^*''' ** Extract of W.iu Strawberry 
 for all Summ>^r Complaints. A few doses 
 aUyays give relief and it never fails to cure. 
 «vL{' , "^ ^* '■' very valuable medicine; as 
 precxo'js as pcid. MBS. F. C. WINGEB 
 
 Font Hill, Ont. 
 
 Household Facts. 
 Recipes fop Housekeopeps. 
 
 Iron Rust.— To reuiovo from muBlln or 
 white goods thoroughly satiurato the spots 
 with lemon juice fciut Halt, and oxpoRo to the 
 
 rl!n;.(.Y'?"**y '"'^'■" "'*" o"« application is 
 required. A good way to prevent its appear- 
 ance on clothes ih. when washing, to always 
 bS boiled "^'^ ^" * "'"""" ^'^S while 
 
 MoTHH.-Thoroughly beat furs and woollens 
 before putting awr.y. Put them in a paper 
 bag ana fasten un tight. U there are no 
 moths or eggs iimide the bag the fura will be 
 
 Paint. — Chloroform will remove paint. 
 When the color of a fabric lias beri destroyed 
 by an acid, ammonia is miplied to neutralise 
 the same; after whin- an application of 
 chloroform will, in almost all cases, restore 
 the original color. 
 
 Pn.K OF Pi.usH on Velv. t.-To raise tho 
 P/1® o'AV"*'^^ "'■ V'^' vet, dampen on the wrong 
 side with clean cold water, then hold tight 
 aoi OSS the face of a hot iron, and rub up the 
 conipreHsed part with a clean stifT brush. 
 
 Polished Flat-Irons. - Black flat-irons, 
 when rusty with stove-polish, and rub well 
 with a dry brush. 
 
 PoMSHiNo STovKs.-Por polishing heating 
 stoves, hardware dealers use turpentine and 
 black varnisl Properly put on, it will last 
 tJiroughout a season. 
 
 Hath.— Chloride of lime is an infallible 
 preventive against rats, as they flee from its 
 odor as from a pestilence. 
 
 Screw.— To remove an obdurate screw 
 ajiply a red-hot iron to the head for a short 
 time, the screw-driver being applied immedi- 
 ately while the screw is hot. 
 
 SiLVEiiwARE.-Sil v^erware can be kept bright 
 for months if placed with a largish piece of 
 camphor in an air-tight case. 
 , — rfo prevent articles of silverware from 
 tarnishine, first warm them, and then paint 
 them over with a thin solution of collodion 
 in alcohol, using a wide soft brush for the 
 purpose. 
 
 Smell op Onions.— Rub the hands on a 
 stick of celery after peeling onions, and the 
 smell will be entirely removed. 
 
 Sore THROAT.-Out slices of fat boneless 
 bacon, peppered thickly, and tie around tho 
 throat With h flannel cloth. 
 
 onj .— If che cover is removed from soup 
 
 ^ ' : in the ptf J 1BJ of makiLi, the soup will 
 
 UO: gi soft. 
 
 Stains.— 'xo remove stains of ink, wash 
 carefully with pure water, and apply oxalic 
 acid. If the latter changes the dye to a red 
 tinge, restore the color with ammonia 
 
 Little Facts. 
 
 There are in London 65 theatres and about 
 Dor'A^'A ""!'". Piuviumg uiiLcrtammeut lor 
 325,000 people every mght, or 100,00^ 000 in the 
 course of a year. 
 
 ^ The multiplication of 987,654,321 by 45 gives 
 *'»,444,444 445. Reversing the order and multi- 
 plying 123,456,789 by 45 a result equally odd is 
 obtained— 5,555,565,505. 
 
 
bs. 
 ip«p«. 
 
 . inUHlin or 
 
 the BpotH 
 ;poBo to the 
 plication Ib 
 
 itH appear- 
 ;, to always 
 
 1 bag while 
 
 rid woollens 
 in a paper 
 ire are no 
 fura will bo 
 
 love paint. 
 1 destrovHd 
 I neutralise 
 lication of 
 ttes, restore 
 
 raise tho 
 
 1 the wrong 
 hold tight 
 
 rub up the 
 brush, 
 flat-irons, 
 d rub well 
 
 ng heating 
 entino and 
 it will last 
 
 I Infallible 
 )o from its 
 
 ate screw, 
 for a short 
 )d immedi- 
 
 tept bright 
 h piece of 
 
 ware from 
 bhen paint 
 f collodion 
 8h for the 
 
 mds on a 
 18, and the 
 
 t bonelesH 
 round tho 
 
 rom soup 
 3 soup will 
 
 ink, wash 
 ply oxalic 
 e to a red 
 lia. 
 
 md about 
 
 iment for 
 000 in the 
 
 >y 45 gives 
 nd multi- 
 lUy odd is 
 
 CURES SUMMER COMPLAINTS. 
 
 81 
 
 Balaam. 
 
 THE BEST COUGH CUHFC. 
 
 The Moat Pleassant and Pepfeot 
 
 Thpoat and L,ung Heaier> In 
 
 the AVopld fcp Ohildren 
 
 OP Adultolt 
 
 This is no vafn boast, but a fact that 
 can be backed by unimpeachable evi- 
 dence. One 25 cent bottle, indeed a trial 
 dose, will prove its merits. 
 
 This soothing, healing and mucilagin- 
 ous expectorant is composed of bore- 
 hound, wild cherry, licorice, balsam 
 tolu, and the boat principles of other 
 pectoral medicines, and is a true specific 
 
 for all THUOAT AND LUNO DISEASES. It 
 
 gives prompt relief in Coughs, Colds, 
 Hoarseness, Whooping Cough, Croup, 
 Asthma, Influenza ; and is a preventive 
 of that terrible destroyer, Consumption. 
 Obstinate Coughs yield at once to its 
 expectorant, soothing and healing proper- 
 ties ; even in confirmed Consumption it 
 affords the sufferer great relief from the 
 harassing cough. 
 
 Testimonials. 
 
 By Cool Slloam. 
 
 Deab Sibs,— I was suffering from a very bad 
 cough, but was entirely cured by using one 
 bottle of Hagyard's Pectoral Balsam. I would 
 not wish a better medicine for coughrf and 
 colds, and am thankful that ! used it. 
 
 MISS ESTHER WIDDIFIELD, 
 March 20, 1888. Siloam, Ont. 
 
 Incipient Consumption. 
 
 Deab Sirs,— About six mouths ago I caught 
 a bad cold, often coughing until I nearly 
 choked. The doctor here said I had incipient 
 consumption. This continued until about 
 one month ago, when I tried Hagyard's Pec- 
 toral Balsam, which has completely removed 
 the cough, aud from this fortn I shall always 
 recommend it to all having colds or coughs. 
 
 GEO. H. STEACHAN, 
 March 17, 1888. Hillsdale, Ont. 
 
 Deab Sibs,— I can highly recommend Hag- 
 yard'ti Pectorai Balsam, it cured me entirely 
 of a hard cough with tightness of the chest, 
 when all other remedies failed. 
 
 MRS. J. W. CROMWELL, 
 March 15, 1888. Simcoe, Ont. 
 
 Railway Mileage of the 
 World. 
 
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 Algeria 
 
 Argentine Retublic 
 
 Austria-Hungary 
 
 Australia ". 
 
 Belgium 
 
 Bolivia 
 
 Brazil ., 
 
 Bulgaria...), 
 
 Canada 
 
 Cape of Good Hope. 
 
 Chili 
 
 China , 
 
 Colombia 
 
 Coste, Rica 
 
 Cu:-a 
 
 Denmark 
 
 Dutch East Indies 
 
 Ecuador 
 
 Egypt 
 
 France 
 
 Qermany 
 
 Great Britain and Ireltuid.. 
 
 Greece 
 
 Guatemala .... 
 
 Hawaii 
 
 Honduras 
 
 India, British 
 
 Italy 
 
 Japan 
 
 liuxemburg 
 
 Mexico 
 
 Netherlands 
 
 New Zealand 
 
 Nicaragua 
 
 Norway 
 
 Paraguay 
 
 Peru 
 
 Portugal 
 
 Roumania 
 
 Russia 
 
 San Salvador 
 
 Servia 
 
 Spain 
 
 Sweden 
 
 Switzerland 
 
 Tunis , 
 
 Turkey 
 
 United States 
 
 Uruguay 
 
 Venezuela 
 
 Voar. 
 
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 Miles 
 of Line. 
 
 Total Mileage 375,329 
 
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 1,087 
 
 l,2()b 
 
 442 
 
 60 
 
 1,276 
 
 29,683 
 
 5l,'.48 
 
 19,678 
 
 370 
 
 100 
 
 32 
 
 69 
 
 14,383 
 
 6,438 
 
 721 
 
 224 
 
 4,600 
 
 1,520 
 
 1,998 
 
 99 
 
 p"" 
 
 1,»90 
 
 1,000 
 
 1,400 
 
 17,845 
 
 54 
 
 339 
 
 5,523 
 
 4,426 
 
 i,923 
 
 258 
 
 920 
 
 147,998 
 
 399 
 
 ?66 
 
 Avepag^e Velocity of Various 
 
 Bodies. per Sea. 
 
 A man walks 4 feet 
 
 Slow rivers flow 4 " 
 
 Rapid rivers flow 10 " 
 
 Ahorse trots 10 " 
 
 A moderate wind blows 10 " 
 
 Sailing vesyels run 14 " 
 
 Steamboats run 26 " 
 
 A storm movfls,, ,,,,,,., 52 " 
 
 A hurricane moves 117 " 
 
 Sound moves 1142 " 
 
 A riflo ball moves 1466 " 
 
 Lighv, moves 192,000 miles. 
 
 Electricity moves 288,000 miles. 
 
22 
 
 OUR OWN PREPARATIONS. 
 
 EXACT SIZE OF BURDOCK PILLS. 
 
 u J 
 
 D - 
 
 ••MUCH IN LITTLE." 
 
 ^BURDOCK PILLS 
 
 OR SMALL 
 
 Sugar-Coated Granules 
 
 These elegant little sugar- 
 coated grains are designed not 
 only as a perfect and reliable 
 family cathartic or laxative 
 pill, but also to aid Burdock 
 Blood Bitters where the system 
 is very foul or biliuus, and to 
 prepare the system in obsti- 
 nate chronio diseases for the more rapid 
 and thorough work of the bitters. Being 
 in the form of little grains, highly con- 
 centrated and strictly vegetable, they 
 replace the old nauseous bolus and large 
 pills, so objectionable to many. Little 
 Burdock Pills work upon the Bowels and 
 Liver, carrying off the bad bile and 
 regulating Constipation in the most 
 perfect manner 
 Ppioe 26 Cts. pep Phial, op S fop $1. 
 
 Testlnionials. 
 
 Tputhfully Told. 
 
 SiKS,— I have derived great benefit from 
 Burdock Pills, as they cured me of headache 
 after all other pills had failed. 
 
 J. D. McKAY, 
 
 Scotsville, C.B. 
 
 They ape Excellent^ 
 
 Dear Sirs,— Your little Bm-dock Pills are 
 excellent for biliousness. A dose once in a 
 while keeps me all right. I find nothing else 
 as good. 
 
 A. BOAK, 
 
 Cooksville, Ont. 
 
 A Bpulsed Knee. 
 
 Dear Sirs,— I fell last spring and cruised 
 my knee, and 1 used Boyer'a Gal i^anio Fluid 
 and it helped me right oflf. I would not be 
 without it. JAMES STEWAET, 
 
 Ompali, Ont. 
 
 Pimples and Rough Skin. 
 
 Dear Sirs, — T have used Ijor;'s Bnlphnr 
 Hoap for pimples and rough skin, and find it 
 acts just as you say. 
 
 MISS EUTH SHAW, 
 
 Pakenham, Ont. 
 
 Hig^hest and Greatest Moun- 
 tains in the World. 
 
 Name. ^^^'^ 
 
 xxajiu:,. High. 
 
 Mt. Everest (Himalayas) 29,002 
 
 Sorato, the highest in America 21,284 
 
 lllimani 21,115 
 
 Chimborazo ^1,422 
 
 Hindoo-Koosh 1^,600 
 
 Demavend, highest of Elburz Mts 20,000 
 
 Cotopaxi, highest volcano in the world. 19,496 
 
 Antisana 19,150 
 
 St. Elias, highest in North America 17,860 
 
 Popocatapetl, volcano 17,540 
 
 Mt. Koa, highest in Oceania 16,000 
 
 Mt. Brown, highest peak of Kocky Mts.. .15,900 
 
 Mont Blanc, highest in Europe, Alps 15,732 
 
 Mt. Kosa, next highest peak of Alps 15,1j0 
 
 Limit of perpetual be.0'.7 at the Equator .15,207 
 
 Pichinca 15,924 
 
 Mt. "Whitney 14,887 
 
 Mt. Fairweather 14,500 
 
 Mt. Shasta 14,442 
 
 Mb. Ranier 14,444 
 
 Long's Peak, Eocky Mountains 14,271 
 
 M . Ararat 14,320 
 
 Pike's Peak 14,216 
 
 Mt. Ophir 13,800 
 
 Fremont's Peak, Eocky Mountains 13,570 
 
 Mt. St. Helens 13,400 
 
 Peak ofTeneriflte 12,182 
 
 Miltzin, highest of Atlas Mountains 11,500 
 
 Mt.Hood 11,225 
 
 Mt. Lebanon 10,533 
 
 Mt. Perda, highest of Pyrenees 10,950 
 
 Mt. ^tna, volcano 10,835 
 
 Monte Corno, highest of Appenines 9,523 
 
 Sneehattan, highest Dovrefield Mts 8,115 
 
 Pindus, highest in Greece 7,677 
 
 Mount Sinai 6,541 
 
 Black Mountain, highest in N. Carolina. 6,760 
 
 Mt. Washington, highest White Mts 6,285 
 
 Mt. Marcy, highest in New York 6,402 
 
 Mt, Hecla, volcano 6,104 
 
 Ben Nevis, highest in Great Britain 4,406 
 
 Mansfield, highest of Green Mountains. 4,280 
 
 Peaks of Otter 4,260 
 
 Mt. Vesuvius 4,253 
 
 Bound Top, highest of Catskill Mts 3,804 
 
 One horse power is the strength necessary 
 to lift 33,000 pounds one foot per minute. 
 
 Ancient Bridal Fancies. 
 
 Married in white, you have chosen all right. 
 Married in gray you will go far away. 
 Married iu black, you will wish yourself 
 back. 
 Married in green, ashamed to be seen. 
 Married in blue, he will always be true. 
 Married in pearl, you will live in a whirl. 
 
 Excelsior Axle Grease.— Tallow, 8 lbs.; 
 palm oil, 10 lbs.; plumbago, 1 lb. Heat and 
 mix well. 
 
 To PREVENT Rust on Iron or Steel. — Take 
 tallow, 2 ozs.; resin, 1 oz. Melt and strain 
 while hot, and paint the articles. 
 
 TT ATER-PiiOOF VARrilBH FOR HARNESS. — lii- 
 
 dia-rubber, J lb.; spts. turpentine, 1 gallon. 
 Dissolve to a jelly • then take hot linseed oil, 
 equal parts with the mass, and incorporate 
 t'uexxx well over a slow fire. 
 
OUR OWN PREPARATIONS. 
 
 23 
 
 s 
 
 URDOCK® 
 
 PLASTEH 
 
 One of the most elegant and perfect 
 Porous Plasters made for Weak Back, 
 Weak Lungs, Pain in the Back or Side, 
 Kidney Complaints, etc., etc. Price 25c. 
 Sold by all Druggists. 
 
 Be sure you ask for Burdock Lung 
 and Kidney Porous Plaster, and take no 
 other. Every Plaster warranted to be 
 one of the best mechanical supports, 
 containing medicinal virtues that are 
 absorbed through the skin to strengthen 
 the muscular system, imparting a warm 
 tonic effect to the diseased parts of the 
 chest, side or back. 
 
 BURDOCK HEALING OINTMENT 
 
 An invaluable Dressing for all Sores, 
 
 tJlcers, Old ^BVoundo bard to heal, 
 
 and for all the piuposes of 
 
 a perfect Ointment. 
 
 Purely Vegetable, Cleansing, Soothing and 
 Healing. 
 
 Ppice 25 Cts. OP 5 fop $1. 
 
 ^oscoE's Hair Reviver 
 
 This elegant and efficient preparation 
 is the result of much careful study of 
 the wants and conditions of the hair and 
 scalp, and combines in one preparation 
 a perfect Hair Eeviver and an elegant 
 and fragrant dressing for the hair 
 
 RoscoE's Hair Reviver 
 
 Restores gray hair, 
 
 Heals and cleanses the scalp, 
 
 Prevents loosening and falling out, 
 
 AnA. renders the hair soft and glossy. 
 
 IT IS NOT A DYE, 
 
 but acts solely by causing natural, healthy 
 action of the scalp to produce and pre- 
 serve that most charming and beautiful 
 of all personal adornments — a luxuriant 
 growth of soft and silky hair. 
 
 Full directions accompany each bottle. 
 
 SOLO BY ALL DRUGGISTS. 
 
 The Mystical Seven. 
 
 Some modern philosopher has given in 
 these eleven lines the summary of life : 
 
 7 years in childhood's sport and play 7 
 
 7 years in school from day today 14 
 
 7 years at trade or college life 21 
 
 7 years to find a place and wife 28 
 
 7 years to building upward given 35 
 
 7 years to business hardly driven 42 
 
 7 years for some wild goose chase 49 
 
 7 years for wealth and bootless race 56 
 
 7 years for hoarding for your heir 63 
 
 7 years in weakness, pain and care 70 
 
 Then die and go— you should know where. 
 
 A Single Line. 
 
 Oats are brain food. ^ 
 
 Vesuvius is in eruption. 
 India has 287,200,000 souls. 
 The Vatican has 4,422 rooms. 
 Venezuela licenses gambling. 
 Longevity is on the increase. 
 Java leads in thunder storms. 
 Uncle Sam has 250,000 Indians. 
 Scotland had 143 divorces in '91. 
 China is " a nation of gamblers." 
 Japan has returned to cremation. 
 Bome has now 400,000 population. 
 Baby farming is shocking England. 
 The Japanese language has no oaths. 
 Victoria's reign has seen fifteen wars. 
 
 Dates of Fipst Occuppences. 
 
 Postoflaces were first established in 1464. 
 
 Printed musical notes were first used in 1473. 
 
 The first watches were made at Nuremberg 
 in 1477. 
 
 America was discovered in 1492. 
 The first print ng press was set up at Co- 
 penhagen in 1493. 
 
 Durer gave the world a prophecy of future 
 wood-engraving in 1527. 
 
 Jergens set the spinning wheel in motion 
 in 153U. 
 
 Religious liberty was granted to the Hugue- 
 nots in France in 1562, and was followed by 
 the massacre of St. Bartholomew in 1572. 
 
 Cervantes wrote Don Quixote in 1573. 
 
 The first printing-press in the United States 
 was introduced i:.' 1629. 
 
 The first air-pump was made m 1650. 
 
 The first copper cent was coined in New 
 Haven in 1687. 
 
 The first balloon ascent was made in 1783. 
 The first society for the Promotion of 
 Christian Knowledge was org ed in 1698. 
 
 The first attempt to manul. ture pins in 
 this country was made soon after the war of 
 
 1C10 
 
 The first prayer-book of Edward VI. came 
 into use by authority of Parliament on Whit- 
 Sunday, 1549. 
 
MILBURN'S EMULSION 
 
 MILBURN'S 
 
 COD LIV ER OIL EMU LSION. 
 
 "^"^^^^^^ ^^''^^^ ^^"^^ AND THE HYPOPHOS. 
 PHITES OF LIMB, SODA AND MANGANESE. 
 
 POR generations Cod Liver Oil has been the mainstay of the medical profession 
 ' m treatmg diseases of the throat, lungs and chest Similarly WifdChe'y 
 
 onlv U« , ^""^T,"""^ ""'' "" '"""^ S"^""' "■«> '" '-' these two ',rm the 
 only largely succ< «ful anti-consumptive medicines available, but hither othev 
 have not been used in combination with each other. We now place on the Lrk J 
 an effective and elegant combination of both remedies In tUs prepltron S 
 
 ' s2 . M *"°" °' *"* '^'''■■'^ »"''■ ""d the Hypophosphitef of Lime 
 
 f o"or:;ruuir)""' '"'^' "-^^ "-^^'^ --^ "■ --' ^-p- i^-p"">' 
 
 ITS PALATABILITY. PERKNBWnii! iwn in^FFf|i|.fYf|wi><io 
 
 as a cure for diseases of the throat and lungs, whether slight or serious render it 
 a most important advance in medical science of untold value in ™ holhold 
 
 ^^ '" """ COt/QWS. CO LDS. WO>l/?Sg«/<r«.c 
 
 ASTHMA. BRONCHITIS, ETC.. 
 
 are relieved and cured in an astonishing short space of time, while • 
 . . . IN CONSUMPTION . . . 
 
 rrltfn!"i!ht'c "T" '"' • "" P""^"' «""= ""'h " «'-'8'>' -* weight, the 
 
 mentTmant M thiirf' h™'"''"'" ""' '^ *''™''' '"''' 8--1 imp;ove. 
 
 health relrnwhlreh^'' ^1°^'™ '"™"' "™™'^ '"™''^' '""' ^'Sorous 
 result fr!™ H f T, f f ^ '^'"'"'"' ''" "<" advanced too far a complete cure will 
 S th s d^e'd'^^:^"!' T;1 «■'» "-quailed remedy, and even in L last stag 
 
 It fs nieatr o f r ,"1'' '"'" """^ '=°"'°" "»"" '^°"» administering it. 
 
 Purest W«,^i»„n,' ""f^ T" "^ ""' ""'"«='' «*"■"'"=''. "3 ""n" »"■* the 
 
 Owin/t;T*^ °" ?"* ''^'^^'^^ Ingredients enter into its composition 
 
 oil. and Itin": ZlTr^TT'-T^ »'™'™" «°»'^-' '^ '-«- percentage™* 
 sti utingittvaluaWe for al' "■ "'8':** .^""O" «""> »y <>*»' e-«>™n, thus con- 
 strength requTrtbuldin^? ^ .'^^ diseases, debility and weakness, where the 
 tonicUe?proontainef r„'';r '''' "^''r*^ energies need restoration. The 
 new life and stren!rl, " P^™""" ''- °' «- Ughest efficacy, infusing 
 neoes.,,rvl ;!"?*: """^ promoting healthy action of the entire system, so 
 -••" "■='>'M"S pulmonary complaints. 
 
 ^^oe $1.00 pep Bottle, or 6 Bottlea for $5.00. 
 
CURES COUQHS AND COLDS. 
 
 Facts about the Eyes. 
 
 ^ Never read when lying down or stooping 
 
 Whin li'^'^S or sewing by twilight. 
 
 working 5? S ^''^it* *", defective avoid 
 worKing at fine needlework, drawine etn 
 longer than half an hour at a time ^' ' 
 
 ontlfeeyls""' "'°''^"^ '^' '' ^ great strain 
 geSSXlal^^sr^^ "^^ °"^" *^« --»*of 
 sto^lcTilXctd'^ troublesome when the 
 illSesrespTclaVfeTer^^" '-<^oyeru.u from 
 maxFf^^^o"!^"*^'''^ lids apply Churchiirs CU- 
 
 , A sty on the eye will sometimes vield to an 
 apphca ion of very strong black teZ 
 
 I lh«i custom of tight bandaging or tyine uo 
 the eye as soon as it becomis inflated i^a 
 bad one, as it prevents the free ac^sa Ind 
 beneficial effects of the cool air ^^ 
 
 tor inflamed eyes or eyelids. Churrhill's 
 Climax Eye Salve is the very best remedy 
 
 Facts about the Teeth. 
 
 tv^?^'*^^®^,^ t®^*^ ^^^ apt to cause serious 
 inTh'Jmouih'^^"''' "°' ^^ ^"^^^'^ *° ---L' 
 
 ir uie teeth feel on edge, a wash of bi-rnr 
 bonate of soda, or a little chalk placed in the 
 cavity will partially quiet the paC " *^^ 
 
 foJ^theWhtK^'^^'' ^?^P« and nostrums 
 bTphjsfci?n?r"d"i2tlT"°^''^^ ""^«- ^^--^ 
 
 meil! ^^°*^-^^»sl^ should be used after each 
 The primary elements of decay are con- 
 t*i'"^i?i°i^^«"b«*a»ces in the mouth and 
 which find lodging places upon the roughened 
 or inore favorable surfaces of the teeth The 
 dentist should be consulted frequlntlv con! 
 S o¥tKrt£^« "^^^ ma/invoVv^ery 
 
 mS iSttWfbl "ortan?o7?hTb^o*d^y 
 An improper diet affects the teeth as soou 
 as It does other parts of the body. 
 
 Teeth at the present day suffer largely from 
 a lack of exercise. '"soijr nom 
 
 Absolute cleanliness is necessarv to tho I 
 preservation of the teeth. ''"""^y ^o l^e | 
 
 Oatmeal is one of the best foods forsun- 
 plying the teeth with nourishment ^ 
 
 . In brushing the teeth always brush ud and 
 aown as well as across them. ^ 
 
 25 
 
 Wonders of the Heavens. 
 
 S^ro^^J^/eVs^o*^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 yTaf-s^^^s'tS) S1^ "f * reachiSg^ii *ln' ov^er 9 
 St taking ?o , ** ^^y'^*^' magnitude, their 
 rw„ ? "5.-^^ y^ars to reach us. Stars as 
 distant as those of the sixth magnitude the!r 
 light taking over 36 years to traverse the fn 
 
 Of7C«?i^P^""' ^^^.^i'^ible .o treTakeSeye" 
 Of these there are about 6,000. A 9-foot telp' 
 
 KtfoTi^ter °' *H« *^«^'*^ magnitudi 
 aoout iu,oOG,000 m number. An i8-font f«io 
 
 scope reveals about 43,000,000 sUrsf inclu& 
 
 laKes J,7(J0 years to reach us. Each nf thAno 
 stars IS thought to be the centre of a sola? 
 system like our own. Our own solar svstfim 
 consists of the Sun. and the f^owSg pfaS 
 
 L SyS^a^'°""-? ^* ; Mercury, ne Jlsf the sm* 
 18 35,000 000 miles distant; Venus 66 000 0fin 
 
 S^S ^^? ^"^l^^- ?l-"00,000'miIesTMarri3T 
 000 000 miles ; the Asteroids, about 266 MO f^ 
 
 ^i^''^72XS ?.r^^ 476,000,000 niSTsS 
 urn, B/^,uoo,(KX) miles Uranus 1 7.54 nnn fvm 
 
 Se Slim"'' '''^'"""' 2.746,000S iigsTom 
 
 Names 
 
 of the 
 
 Planets. 
 
 Vulcan 
 
 Mercury 
 
 Venus 
 
 The Earth .., 
 
 Mars 
 
 Planetoids..., 
 
 Jupiter 
 
 Saturn 
 
 Uranus 
 
 Neptune 
 
 
 ? 
 
 e 
 
 b 
 
 f 
 
 ® S a 
 <* s 3 . 
 
 • F^ C/3 W I— t 
 
 «^— i.a'2 
 r.gSa 
 
 13,082,000 
 35,392,000 
 66,131,500 
 91,430,220 
 139,312,200 
 
 S 9 
 
 11 
 
 475,693,100 
 
 872,134,600 
 
 1,753,851,000 
 
 2,746,271,200 
 
 
 
 1 
 2 
 
 4 
 8 
 4 
 1 
 
 ab?e"elfce"n?rWiL''^V"^ '^*'"®^'*« ^^*^ remark- 
 St ^nw i"^^*'^,%^J.?5^"^l_^':« excrescences 
 
 nut,rosewo^d,maho'grn;:!rakrnTarh''''^^^^^^^^ 
 weigh from 1000 to 6000 poundsrand the lar^ 
 gest and best come from Persia and Circass^n 
 
 wiVh^^ aqneducts supplied ancient Eome 
 with water, delivering 40 milhons of cubic 
 
 flnH fm l^- .^ '1* °^ ^l^"'*i«' ^as 47 miles Ton! 
 aiid 100 feet high, so as to furnish the hills 
 Martia was 41 miles, of which 37 were on 7 oS 
 arches 70 feet high. Tliese vast erectiS 
 would never have been built had the Bom as 
 known that water always rises to its own level 
 The Temple of Diana, at Ephesus was 42.'5 
 
 Sfeet hi' ?^''' '''' ^i-°f,^' wi?h mcoTumS 
 fcJ teet higxi, to support the roof. Ii w«j» aon 
 
 yeara in DUiiding. 
 
 64S!S'.°g«.°i""' S^?" pyramid" is 
 
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 26 
 
 OUR OWN PREPARATIONS. 
 
 MILBURN'S 
 
 Beef, Iro/nissWine 
 
 THE PUREST AND SEST. 
 
 It is well known to the medical pro- 
 fession that as a blood building tonic, 
 there is no one element in medicine of 
 more value than Iron, the effect of which 
 is to strengthen and restore the red cor- 
 puscles or nutritive principle of the vital 
 fluid, and is peculiarly adapted to those 
 pale, bloodless conditions that we so 
 often see in the feeble and debilitated, 
 and especially in females suffering from 
 nervous depression, loss of blood, pallor, 
 weakness, fainting and the many ail- 
 ments peculiar to their ' .x. 
 
 FOR CONVALESCENTS, 
 
 or during the recovery from exhausting 
 fevers, where the strength lags and the 
 appetite lies dormant, the gentle stimu- 
 lant of 
 
 PURE SHERRY WINE 
 and the nourishing properties of 
 CONCENTRATED SOLUBLE BEEP 
 when flavored to a palatable form, makes 
 a most valuable and agreeable source of 
 nourishment that even the dyspeptic 
 with inability to digest food may take 
 with pleasure and benefit. Wine that 
 could not be borne in any other form, will 
 be most beneficial as a gentle stimulant in 
 this manner; and Iron that would not 
 be tolerated by the delicate and sensitive, 
 will in this palatable form be quite ac- 
 ceptable to the most critical taste. 
 
 Combining XVutrlcsnt Tonic with Mild 
 Stimiaants and Aromatic Stomachics. 
 
 The very essentials required iu a wide range 
 of debilitated conditions of both sexes and all 
 ages, eitJier in acute or cluronio forma of 
 disease. 
 
 T. MILBURN & CO., Proprietops, 
 
 TORONTO, ONT. 
 
 Facts about London. 
 
 London (with ail the suburbs) covers within 
 the 15 miles radius of Charing Cross, nearly 
 700 square miles. 
 
 It numbers within these boundaries over 
 4,000,000 inhabitants. 
 
 It contains more country-bom persons than 
 the counties of Devon and Gloucester com- 
 bined, or 37 per cent, of its entire population. 
 
 Every four minutes a birth takes place in 
 the metropolis, and every six minutes a death. 
 Within the circle named there are added to 
 the population 205 persona every day, and 
 75,000 annually. 
 
 London has 7,000 miles of streets, and on an 
 average, 28 miles of new streets are opened, 
 and 9,000 new houses built every year. 
 
 1,000 vessels and 9,000 sailors are in port 
 every day. 
 
 Its crime is also in proportion to its extent. 
 73,LG0 persons are annually taken into custody 
 by the police, and more than one-third of all 
 the crime in the country is committed within 
 its borders. 38,000 persons are annually com- 
 mitted for drunkenness by its magistrates. 
 
 The Metropolis comprises considerably up- 
 wards of 100,000 foreigners from every quarter 
 of the globe. 
 
 It contains more Boman Catholics than 
 Bome itself, more Jews than the whole of 
 Palestine, more Irisn than Belfast, more 
 Scotch than Aberdeen, and more Welsh than 
 Cardiff. 
 
 Its beer shops and gin palaces are so num- 
 erous, that their frontages, if placed side by 
 side, would stretch from Charing Cross to 
 Chichester, a distance of 62 miles. 
 
 With regard to churches and chapels, the 
 Bishop of London, examined before a Com- 
 mittee of the House of Lords in the year 1840, 
 said :— " If you proceed a mile or two eastward 
 of St. Paul's you will find yourself in the 
 midst of a population the most wretched and 
 destitute or mankind, consisting of artificers, 
 laborers, beggars, and thieves, to the amount 
 of 300,000 to 400,000 souls. Throughout this 
 entire quarter there is not more than one 
 church for every 10,000 inhabitants, and in 
 two districts there is but one church for 
 45,900 souls." 
 
 Advice to Boys. 
 
 Whatever you are, be brave, boys I 
 The liar's a coward and slave, boys : 
 
 Though clever at ruses, 
 
 And sharp at excuses, 
 He's a sneaking and iiitif ul knave, boys 1 
 
 Whatever you are be frank, boys! 
 
 'Tis better than money and rank, boys I 
 
 Still cleave to the right, 
 
 Be lovers of light. 
 Be open, above-board, and frank, boys. i 
 
 Whatever you are, be kind, boys I j 
 
 Be gentle in manners and mind, boys I 
 
 The man gentle in mien. 
 
 Words, and temper, I ween. 
 Is the gentleman truly refined, boys. 
 
 But, whatever you are. be true, bovs 1 
 Bo visible through and through, boys I 
 Leave to others the shamming. 
 The "greening" and "cramming," 
 In fun and in earnest, be true, boys I 
 
 Henry Downton. 
 
OUR OWN PREPARATIONS. 
 
 81 
 
 Ml LB URN'S AROMATIC 
 
 QUININE WINE. 
 
 A powerful, pleasant and pure in- 
 vigorating tonic and appetizer, which 
 cleans the foul-coated tongue, sharpens 
 the appetite, and invigorates both body 
 and brain to a remarkable degree. In 
 moderate doses it is a mild and genial 
 tonic ; in larger doses it breaks up and 
 prevents the return of Ague, Chills, 
 Bilious Fevtr, Dumb Ague and similar 
 coniplaints, and fortifies the system 
 against their attacks, imparting both ner- 
 vous and muscular strength, and quieting 
 undue febrile excitement if taken during 
 the intermission of remitting fevers. In 
 Milburn's Aromatic Quinine Wine, none 
 but the purest sulphate of Quinine is 
 employed. This, combined with the 
 choicest of Aromatics to flavor, and the 
 finest Sherry Wine in which the Quinine 
 is perfectly dissolved, renders this pre- 
 paration both agreeable and reliable. 
 
 Childpen op Delicate Females 
 
 may take this wine with comfort and 
 safety, and it will be found a most 
 grateful and refreshing invigorator and 
 appetizer during convalescence from 
 •protracted illness or in any case of ex- 
 hausted energy, - Price $1.00 
 
 HAGYARD'S 
 
 Royal Pain Remedy. 
 
 USED INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY. 
 
 An instant relief and pepfect cupe 
 fop Pain, Cpamp and Spasm. 
 
 IT IS HD TiPlllHILLEflByTllP llJH CBBL 
 
 CRAMPS, Colic, Pam in the Stomach 
 or Bowels, etc. — Take a teaspoonful or 
 more in milk or hot water sweetened ; 
 repeat every half -hour or hour until re- 
 lieved. Bathe the region of the pain 
 freely with the Eemedy, or apply on hot 
 flannel. 
 
 SORE THROAT, Canker of the Mouth, 
 Throat or Stomach, Chills, Colds, In- 
 fluenza, etc. Take a dose two or three 
 times daily; gargle with the Eemedy 
 and apply outside. 
 
 RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, etc.-Bathe 
 freely with the Bemedy, rubbing it in 
 well, and take a dose at bi^dtime, con- 
 tinuing until relieved. 
 
 Fire Insupance in Canada. 
 
 Amounts at Risk, 1869 
 
 to 1889. 
 
 Tbab Endino 81bt Dkcxmbkb. 
 
 Fire 
 Insurance. 
 
 1869 
 
 a 
 
 188,359309 
 191,694,586 
 228,463,784 
 251,722,940 
 278,754,835 
 306,848,219 
 364,421,029 
 454,608,180 
 420,342,681 
 409,899,701 
 407367,985 
 411.563,271 
 462,210,968 
 526,856,478 
 572,264,041 
 605,507,789 
 611,794,479 
 586,773,022 
 634,767,337 
 650.735,059 
 684,538,378 
 
 1870 ;;."■ " 
 
 1871 
 
 1872... 
 
 1873 ;;; 
 
 1874 
 
 1875 ■„; 
 
 1876 
 
 1877 .;.. 
 
 1878 
 
 1879 
 
 1880 
 
 1881 
 
 1882 
 
 1883 
 
 1884 
 
 1885 
 
 1886 "'. 
 
 1887 
 
 1888 
 
 1889 
 
 Amount of Life Insupances 
 
 in Force in Canada, 
 
 1875 to 1889. 
 
 Yeab. 
 
 Total. 
 
 1875 
 
 $ 
 
 85,009,264 
 
 84,250,918 
 
 85,687,903 
 
 84,751,937 
 
 86,273,702 
 
 91,272,136 
 
 103,290,932 
 
 115,042,048 
 
 124,196,875 
 
 135,453,726 
 
 149,962,146 
 
 171315,696 
 
 191,694,270 
 
 211,761,583 
 
 231,963,702 
 
 1876 ■■ 
 
 1877 
 
 1878 
 
 1879 
 
 1880 
 
 1881 
 
 1882 
 
 1883 
 
 1884 
 
 1885 
 
 1886 
 
 1887 
 
 1888 
 
 1889 
 
 The best Accident Insurance is to provide 
 yourself with a bottle of Hagyard's Yellow 
 Oil, the great cure for Cuts, Burns, Bruises, 
 and Wounds. 
 
 While 23 per cent, of the total population 
 of England is engaged in manufactures, the 
 j)roportion so employed in the United States 
 IS only 7i per cent., in Prussia 13, -u France 
 12, and in iiidia Idj per cent. 
 
 "Paradise," by Tintoretto, is the largest 
 pamting in the world. It is eighty-four feet 
 wide, thirty-three and a half feet high, and is 
 now in the Doge's palace, Venice. 
 
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 OUR OW • PREPARATIONS. 
 
 DR. LOW'S 
 
 Pleas ant Worm Syrnp 
 
 This agreeable, safe and effectual 
 remedy for worms has attained a world- 
 wide popularity, and ft )m its extensive 
 
 use HAS SAVED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF 
 
 CHILDREN. It is Strictly vegetable and 
 positively safe, and so pleasant to the 
 taste that a child once taking it will ask 
 for more. It is free from Castor Oil, 
 Calomel, or other nauseous, sickening 
 and hurtful drugs. It is impossible for 
 worms to remain when this syrup is 
 given so freely as to act upon the bowels. 
 No other cathartic required during its 
 use. It destroys the worms entirely, at 
 the same time its cathartic action drives 
 them out of the system. A single bottle 
 has frequently destroyed from 100 to 200 
 worms. Tape worms of 16 to 35 feet in 
 length have been expelled by the use of 
 this great Worm medicine. Worms 
 prevail mostly in children, but the fre- 
 quent use of this Worm Syrup as a 
 laxative has expelled large numbers of 
 worms from older people, where the 
 cause of ill health was not suspected. 
 Read the following testimonials ; 
 
 Childpen Cry for It. 
 
 I certify that there is nothhig near as good 
 as Dr. Low's Worm Syrup. My children used 
 to cry for it. Our storekeeper keeps it on 
 hand, and it sells like liot cakes. 
 
 MBS. PETER MURRAY, 
 
 Devizes P. O., Ont. 
 
 Six Years' Experience. 
 
 Dear Sirs,— Have need Dr. Low's Worna 
 Syrup for six years, and within that time one 
 little girl has passed 78 large round worms, 4 
 to 8 inches long, and another I am now giving 
 It to has passed 10 of the same kind. One 
 nttle boy (a neighbor's) was taking fits every 
 20 minutes, when they came for me, saying 
 
 T i®^j , "^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ fl"^* '^^^ without success. 
 1 told them my firm belief that it was a ba,d 
 case of worms, and to send for $1 worth of 
 Low s Worm Syrup. They did so, and though 
 the boy could not then speak, in less than a 
 week he co'ild talk again, and walk across the 
 floor almost recovered completely. These 
 things ought to be known to all anxious 
 iTfiotners. 
 
 MRS. JOHN ILLINGWORTH, 
 
 King St., Chatham, Ont. 
 Dr. Low's Pleasant Worm Syrup, sold by 
 all druggists. Price 25 Cents. 
 
 Friday is not Unlucky. 
 
 , Friday, February 22nd, 1732, Geoi-ge Wash- 
 ington was born. 
 
 Bismarck, Gladstone and Disraeli were born 
 on Friday. 
 
 Friday, March 25th, 1609, the Hudson river 
 was discovered. 
 
 Friday, June 30th, 1461, Louis XI. humbled 
 the French nobles. 
 
 Friday , March 18th, 1776, the Stamp Act was 
 repealed in England. 
 
 Friday, Juno 13th, 1492, Columbus discover- 
 ed the continent of America. 
 
 Friday, December 22nd, 1620, the Pilgrims 
 made the final landing at Plymouth Rock. 
 
 Friday, June 13th, 1785, General Winfield 
 Scott was born in Dinv/iddie County, Va. 
 
 Friday, June 10th, 1834, Spurgeon, the cele- 
 brated English preacher, was boin. 
 
 Friday, November 20th, 1721, the first Ma- 
 sonic lodge was organized in North A uerica. 
 
 Thomas Sutton, who saved Englaid from 
 the Spanish Armada, was born on Friday. 
 
 Friday, January 12th, 14.33, Charles the Bold, 
 of Burgundy, was born, the richest sovereign 
 of Europe. 
 
 Friday, November 28th, 1814, the first news- 
 paper ever printed by steam, the London 
 Times, was printed. 
 
 Friday, June 12th, 1802, Alexander Von 
 Humboldt, in climbing Chimborazo, reached 
 an altitude of 19,200 feet. 
 
 Friday, September 7th, 1465, Melendez 
 founded St. Augustine, the oldest town in the 
 United States, by moi-e than forty years. 
 
 Friday, April 8th,lC46, the first known news- 
 paper advertisement was published in The 
 Imperial Intelligencer, in England. 
 
 Friday, May 14th, 1580, Gabriel Fahrenheit, 
 usually regarded as the inventor of the com- 
 mon mercurial thermometer, was born. 
 
 Friday, March 5th, 1496, Henry VIII. of Eng- 
 land gave to John Cabot his commission, 
 which led to the discovery of North America. 
 This is the first American state paper in Eng- 
 land. 
 
 Here is a way to tell how fast you are trav- 
 elling in a railway car : Every time the car 
 passes over a rail joint there is a distinct 
 click. Count the number of these clicks in 
 twenty seconds and you have the number of 
 miles the train is going per hour. This is a 
 simple matter of arithmetic, as the length of 
 the rails is uniform. 
 
 The women on tho Magdalena river, while 
 shaping earthen vessels on the potter's wheel, 
 put large lumps of clay in their mouths. In 
 the same place it is often necessary to confina 
 the children to prevent their running out to 
 eat earth immediately after a fall of rain. 
 
 A curious taste prevails in many parts of 
 the world for clay. Itiseatenin allthecoun- 
 tries of the torrid zone, but the practice is 
 also nnsorvod m the north, as hundreds of 
 cart loads of earth containing infusoria are 
 said to be annually consumed by the country 
 people in the most remote parts of Sweden, 
 and in Finland a kind of earth is occasionally 
 mixed with bread. 
 
OUR OWN RRERAR/\TIONS. 
 
 29 
 
 DR. BOYER'S 
 
 Galvanic Fluid 
 
 FOR EXTERNAZi USB ONLT. 
 
 This old and popular remedy is still in 
 the market, and is highly recommended 
 for the cure of Eheumatism, Lumbago, 
 Neuralgia, Bruises, Sprains, Swellings, 
 Frost Bites, Headache, Pains in the 
 Joints or Muscles, and for general use 
 as an active electrical penetrating lini- 
 ment. Its effects are truly wonderful 
 in all painful conditions. 
 
 Price 2 5 Cts. Sold by aU Druggists. 
 
 Tributes paid to ^Vomen. 
 
 Woman is the masterpiece. — Confucius. 
 
 Women teach us repose, civility, and dig- 
 nity.— Voltaiue. 
 
 Shakespeare has no heroes, he has only 
 heroines . —KusKiN. 
 
 All that I am my mother made me.— John 
 QuiNCY Adams. 
 
 If woman lost Eden, such as she alone can 
 restore it.— Whittikr. 
 
 Woman is the most perfect when the most 
 womanly.— Gladstone. 
 
 Woman is last at the cross and earliest at 
 the grave — E. S. Barrett. 
 
 A handsome woman is a jewel ; a good 
 woman is a treasure.— Sanidi. 
 
 There is a woman at the beginning of all 
 great things.— Damartine. 
 
 The sweetest thing in life is the unclouded 
 welcome of a wife.— N. P. Willis. 
 
 Women are a new race, re-created since the 
 world received Christianity.— Beecher. 
 
 Heaven has nothing more tender than a 
 woman's heart when it is the abode of pity.— 
 Luther. 
 
 For where is any author in the world who 
 teaches such beauty as a woman's eyes ? — 
 Shakespeare. 
 
 Woman is born for love, and it is impossible 
 to turn htr from seeking it.— Margaret Ful- 
 ler OSSOLI. 
 
 Carbolic Toilet Soap 
 
 This Toilet Soap possesses all the 
 well-known antiseptic and disinfecting 
 properties of Carbolic Acid, has a healthy 
 action on the skin, prevents irritation, 
 removes the effects of perspiration, and 
 should be^ regularly used by families. 
 Cholera, Sniallpux and J^ever patients 
 should be washed with this Soap; and 
 its use by persons liable to infection 
 will materially prevent the spread of the 
 disease. 
 
 VICTO.^IA 
 
 CARBOLIC SALVE. 
 
 1 
 
 This Salve is t/ie 
 
 Most Wonderful 
 
 Healing Compound 
 
 Ever discovered for the perfect and rapid 
 cure of every description of broken skin, 
 from a single scratch or bruise to the 
 most aggravated Ulcer, including Cuts, 
 Wounds, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Sore 
 Nipples, Broken Breasts, Fever and 
 Scrofulous Sores, Ulcers of all kir^ds. 
 Abscesses and Boils, Piles, Pimples, etc. 
 
 And Chronic Diseases of the Skin 
 of every Description. 
 
 PRICE 25 CENTS. 
 
 FREEMAN'S 
 SWEET 
 
 CASTOR OIL 
 
 A new product from Pure Castor Oil 
 in which the oil is rendered not only 
 perfectly free from nauseous taste but 
 as sweet as honey. 
 
 Its effects are similar in all respects 
 to ordinary Castor Oil (of which it con- 
 tains 97 %), but its palatability renders 
 it in every way preferable and superior 
 to the nauseous old style Castor Oil. 
 
 Large Bottles 25 Cents. 
 
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 OUR OWN PREPARATIONS. 
 
 LOW'S 
 
 Magic Sulphur Soap 
 
 Tbe Oreat External Remedy for all 
 
 Zioeal Dieeaaea of tbe Skin, and 
 
 for General Toilet Vae. 
 
 The healthful virtues of the Sulphur 
 Bath are well known, and in this Soap 
 you may have these virtues in an elegant 
 and convenient form. 
 
 A positive cure for Itch, Prickly Heat, 
 Nettle Eash, Itching Piles, Bites and 
 Stings of Insects, Tetter, Scaly Erup- 
 tions, Chafes, Chapped Hands, Pimples, 
 Tan, and all rough and diseased con- 
 ditions of the skin. 
 
 I -|- DISINFECTS, CLEANSES, 
 I I HEAIiS AND BEAUTIFIES 
 
 the person, and for the Bath or Toilet is 
 unequalled. It is delightfully perfumed, 
 and clean and inoffensive to use. 
 
 Low's Sulphur Soap also destroys 
 Vermin on animals by a few applications 
 at a trifling cost. Sold by all Dealers. 
 
 TWENTY-FIVE CENTS, 
 Or a Box of Three Cakea for 60 Centa. 
 
 'Wonders of the Body. 
 
 The skin contains more than 2,000,000 open- 
 ings, which are the outlets of an equal num- 
 ber of sweat glands. The human skeleton 
 consists of more than 200 distinct bones. An 
 amount of b' ">od equal to the whole quantity 
 in iixe body passes through the heart once 
 every minute. The full capacity of the lungs 
 is about 320 cubic inches. A lout two- thirds 
 of a pint of air is inhaled and exhaled at each 
 breath in ordinary respiration. The stomach 
 daily produces 9 pounds of gastric juice for 
 digestion of food ; its capacity is about 5 pints. 
 There are more than 500 separate muscles in 
 the body, with an equal number of nerves and 
 bloodvessels. The weight of the heart is from 
 8 to 12 ounces. It beats 100,000 times in 24 
 hours. Each perspiratory duct is one-fourth 
 of an inch in length, of tbe whole about 9 
 miles. The average man takes 5i pounds of 
 food anc" drink each day, which amounts to 
 one ton of solid and "quid nourishment an- 
 
 —"——.'• -- ^ • KrjLrja - vc io tMiIica iii a umiUl/U, 
 
 and 3,000 cubic feet, or about 375 hogsheads of 
 air every hour of his existence. To maintain 
 the body in health and strength, B.B.B. should 
 be occasionally used. I.; regulates all the or- 
 gans and expels all impurities. 
 
 FREEMAN'S ANTHELMINTIC 
 
 WORM P OWDERS 
 
 AN INFALLIBLE REMEDY 
 FOR WORMS. 
 
 Put up in the form of an elegant little 
 powder, pleasant to the taste, and con- 
 venient to administer ; so agreeable that 
 any child will readily take them. They 
 contain their own purgative, therefore no 
 nauseating cathartics need be given. 
 They are safe and reliable for all ages, 
 and contain nothing hurtful to the most 
 delicate child. 
 
 PRICE 25 CENTS. 
 
 Lapg:e Landowners In 
 Australia, 
 
 There are some large landowners in West- 
 ern Australia. Mr. W. H. Barber has 620,000 
 acres; Mr. J. Bateman upwards of 1,200,000; 
 Mr. A. J. Cunningham has upwards of 3,600,000, 
 or an area equal to about a tenth of that of 
 England. Mr. W. Mackinnon has upwards of 
 4,000,000, and the Union Bank of Australia has 
 upwards of 7,800,000. 
 
 LOWS 
 
 pIPG]^©^ G©l©gpie 
 
 DELICATE, LASTING, FRAGRANT. 
 
 Equal in fragrance and bouquet to 
 many of the handkerchief extracts. Much 
 lower in price than any other perfumes, 
 and possessed of exquisitely delicate and 
 refreshing odor. 
 
 A REAL TOILET LUXURY. 
 Price 25 Cents. 
 
OUR OWN PREPARATIONS. 
 
 31 
 
 VICTORIA COMPOUND SYRUP 
 
 OF 
 
 HTF0 FH05F H1TE5. 
 
 The Great Vitalizer, Nutritive 
 and Nerve Tonic. 
 
 Supplies the nutritive elements of 
 Blood, Brain, Bone and Muscle ; restores 
 Nervous Energy when lost by impru- 
 dence or excesses, enriches the Blood and 
 strengthens the system when debilitated 
 by e^austive discharges. Supplies the 
 chemical constituents of the system, 
 Iron, Lime, Soda, Potash, etc., in that 
 peculiar weakness and wasting that leads 
 to Consumption, and other de'jilitating 
 forms of disease. Endorsed by leading 
 Chemists and Medical Men. 
 
 PRICE ONE DOLLAR. 
 
 When to Pare the Flngrep 
 Nails. 
 
 The old formula, *'^om early Saxon times, 
 reads as follows : 
 
 Cut them on Monday, cut them for health. 
 Cut them on Tuesday, cut them for wealth, 
 Cut them on Wednesday, cut for x letter. 
 Cut them on Thursday, for sometl ing better. 
 Cut them on Friday, you cut for a wife. 
 Cut them on Sa turday, cut for long life. 
 Cut them on Sunday, you cut them for evil. 
 For all of that week you'll be ruled by the 
 devil. 
 
 EGYPTIAN SALVE 
 
 OR 
 
 RHEUMATIC PLASTER. 
 
 An excellent strengthening and Heal- 
 ing Salve, used for Dressing and Healing 
 f^ii "pifiaT-j OxitH and W^ounds. for Rheu- 
 matism, Weak and Lame Back, Pain in 
 the Breast or Side, Corns, Bunions, etc. 
 A Roll Salve that is handy and useful in 
 every household. For sale by all Dealers. 
 
 About Flngrep Nails. 
 
 A white mark on the nail bospeakB raia- 
 fortune. 
 
 Pale ur leod colored nails .indicate melan- 
 choly people. 
 
 People with narrow nails are ambitious and 
 quarrelsome. 
 
 Broad nails indicate a gentle, timid, and 
 bashful nature. 
 
 Lovers of knowledge and liberal sentiment 
 have round nails. 
 
 Small nails indicate littleneas of mind, 
 obstinacy, and conceit. 
 
 Choleric, martial men, delighting in war, 
 have red and spotted nails. 
 
 Nails growing into the ilesh at the points or 
 aides indicate luxurious tastes. 
 
 People with very pale nails are subje<3t to 
 much infirmity of the flesh, and persecution 
 by neighbors and friends. 
 
 Victoria Compound Fluid Extract 
 
 BUGHU ANdTvA URSI. 
 
 The Specific Remedy xor all Diseases of 
 
 the Kidneys, TTxinary Complaints, 
 
 and Sexual Debility. 
 
 For Non-Retention or Incontinence 
 of Urine diseases of the Bladder or 
 Kidneys, diseases of the Prostate Gland, 
 Gravel, Diabetes, Bright's Disease, 
 Dropsical Swellings, Mucous, Dis- 
 charges, Sedimentary Urine, Lame Back, 
 Weakness arising from excesses or bad 
 habits. Female Complaints, etc. ^ This 
 is a Sovereign Remedy, praised alike by 
 the people and the profession for ♦he 
 class of diseases named. All Druggists 
 sell it. 
 
 PRICE ONE DOLLAR. 
 
 Couldn'i Find It. 
 
 A German anatomist has dissected many a 
 human body and declares that he has never 
 found the soul. Astonishing! If there is a 
 soul he surely would discover it. Did he find 
 any life in the dead body? No. "f .ourse; 
 then there was none before the .ity lied. 
 Did he find any mind, any thought, u,. ly affec- 
 tion? No. Therefore there is no mmd, no 
 thought, no affection. The following reply 
 has been given to the anatomist: — A cat 
 
 nightingale. Ambitious to learn the secret 
 of such charms and to acquire them himself, 
 he caught the sweet singer, tore it to pieces, 
 and found to his astonishment no music— 
 J. H. W. Slukenbbrg, D.D 
 
32 
 
 OUR OWN RRERARATIONS. 
 
 I« Ouarant«ed to Remove Corns In 
 
 rive Says without Pain op 
 
 Soreness. 
 
 PRIClz 25 CEiJTS. 
 
 Deaths of the Apostles. 
 
 It is generally believed that only one of 
 M„fH,«^ apostleH, John, escaped martyrdom. 
 Matthew IS supposed to have been slain with 
 a sword in Ethiopia. James, son of Zebedee. 
 was beheaded at Jerusalem. James, the bro- 
 ther of our Lord, was thrown from a pinnacle 
 of the Temp e and then beaten to death with 
 a fuller's club. Philip was hanged up against 
 a pillar of Hieropolis, a city of Phrygla. Bar- 
 tholomew was flayed alive at Albaifapolis in 
 Armenia. Andrew suffered martyrdom on a 
 cross at Patrae, in Achaia. Thonias was run 
 through the body with a lance at Coromandel 
 hL* I® ^•'i?? ^"^>««- Thaddeus was shot to 
 death with arrows. Simon Zelotes was cruci- 
 fied m Persia. Peter was crucified, head 
 downward it is said, during the Nerouian per- 
 secution. Matthias was first stoned and then 
 beheaded, and Paul was beheaded at Rome 
 by the tyrant Nero. Judas Iscariot, after the 
 betrayal of our Lord, hanged himself 
 
 HAGVARD'S 
 
 CATTLE SPICE 
 
 THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER 
 FOR CATTLE. 
 
 To fatten and improve the health of 
 Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs and all kinds 
 of Farm- Stock. A grand pririfying and 
 invigorating Cattle Tonic. 
 
 Regulates the /'rinary Organs, Di- 
 gestive Functions, Air Passages, Blood 
 and general condition of Horses and 
 Cattle. Curing Broken Wind, Heaves, 
 Blood and TJrinarv Diseasep., etc. Fir=t- 
 class Breeders throughout Ontario re- 
 commend it. 
 
 Large Package - Price 25 Cts. 
 
 KEY WEST 
 
 Florida IVater. 
 
 Rich in the balmy odors and refrosli- 
 ing fragrance of Florida llowurs. VaHtlv 
 superior in delicacy, sweetness, and 
 permanence to any other. 
 
 Look for the signature "T. Milburn 
 <fe Co. on the neck label of th<^ bottle 
 and take no other kind. 
 
 Price 25 and 50 Cts. per bottle. 
 
 Lost Books of the Bible. 
 
 There are nine books and one psalm men 
 world! '" *^' ^'*^^^ ^^^^^ '^^^ uow^Su^the 
 
 The book of Iddo the Seer, to which rofer- 
 2Ta„d%TS. '"^^« ^" ^"^ Chroniclesi^?/fx^ 
 cl Js X. S°^'^««^«« °f Aliijah. See 2nd Chroui- 
 above.*''''''' °^ ^^*^''"' *^^ Prophet. See as 
 cle!fxii.°l 5^^^""^'*^ mentioned in 2nd Chroni- 
 
 Book of Johu. See 2nd Chronicles xx. 34 
 Se'etSVYv^?-'^?^ °" -*"-^ ^^«t-y. 
 
 V^-l E'^^V'^^^y ?^ Enoch. See Jude 14. 
 I he book of the wars of the Lord. See 
 Numbers XXI. 14. The psalm mentioned in 
 
 thlmst! "'' ^"* ''°' *°""'^ ^"^ '^« ^ible is 
 
 HAGYARD'S 
 
 ROYAL BLACK OIL. 
 
 A well-knoivn and 
 
 excellent stimulating- Liniment 
 
 fop Man and Beast. 
 
 The proprietors have numerous testi- 
 inonials as to the superiority of this Oil 
 over other Black Oils now in use, for the 
 cure of Eheumatism, Wounds, Bruises 
 and Sprains, also for Corks, Cuts and 
 Saddle Galls. 
 
 All Dealers in Medicine sell the 
 Remedies named in this Book. 
 
 
THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE. 
 
 A RAILROAD MAN'S EXPERIENCE. 
 
 HAD 53 BOILS. 
 
 . Milburn 
 bL-^i bottle 
 
 bottle. 
 tible. 
 
 sahn tiion- 
 loBt to the 
 
 1 Joshua X. 
 
 hich rofer- 
 jles— in ix. 
 
 id Chroui- 
 
 3t. See as 
 
 ad Chroni- 
 
 s XX. 34. 
 .1 history. 
 
 Iel4, 
 
 ord. See 
 itioned in 
 Q Bible is 
 
 OIL. 
 
 tment 
 
 us testi- 
 this Oil 
 i, for the 
 Bruises 
 uts and 
 
 311 the 
 ok. 
 
 SUFFERED SEVERELY. 
 
 
 Mr. H. M. Lockwooi), of Lindsay, Ont., whose portrait is shown above, is a 
 well known railway employee, and has lived in Lindsay for the past three years. 
 
 Mr. Lockwood was born and brought up in Hastings County, where he has 
 many friends who will be glad to hear of his recovery from the trying complaint 
 which afflicted him so severely. Mr. Lockwood writes as follows : 
 
 I WAS TERRIBLY AFFLICTED 
 
 with boils, having no less than 53 in eight months. During that time I tried 
 many remedies without relief, doctors' medicio'^' did not relieve me — in fact I 
 could not get rid of them at all until 
 
 / BEGAN USING B. B. B. 
 
 It completely cured me, and I have not had a boil since taking the first bottle. I 
 write this to induce those afflicted with boils to try B. B. B. and get cured, for I 
 am confident that but for Burdock Blood Bitters I would still have had those ter- 
 rible boils, which shows plainly the complete blood cleansing properties of this 
 medicine, because everything else that I tried failed. 
 
 A friend of mine who also suffered from boils, took one bottle by my advice 
 and, thanks to B. B. B., his boils all disappeared. 
 ^ Yours truly, 
 
 H. M. LOCKWOOD, 
 
 Lindsay, Ont. 
 
 _ 
 
B. B.B 
 
 • • 
 
 FOR THE BLOOD. 
 
 At all seasons of the year, at any time of life, whenever disease arising 
 from wrong action of the Stomach, Liver, Bowels or Blood exists, this unri- 
 valled remedy may be relied on to relieve and cure even where all els'j fails. 
 
 e. B. e. CURES 
 
 DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION. BILIOUSNESS. 
 HEADACHE. SCROFULA. 
 
 AND EVERY FORM OF BAD BLOOD. FROM A COMMON PIMPLE, 
 TO THE WORST SCROFULOUS SORE. 
 
 PRICE, Jl.OO Per Bottle, 6 for J5.00, or less than 1 cent a Dose. 
 
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