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? SCOTT SUFFERED FOR SIX YEARS AND LOST 30 IBS. r So Weak He Could Hardly Work and Fell Off From * 190 lbs. to 160 lbs. ' "For more than six years I have suf fered with chronic stomach trouble and i fell off from 190 pounds until I only weighed 160 pounds," said F. M. Scott. ^ who lives at 4112 Avenue B. Mr. Scott was formerly a member of the city fire department of Birmingham and is well and prominently known in Avondale. Ho V is now chief engineer of the Continental Gin company. Continuing, he said: “During the years I suffered with this trouble I was restricted to as light a diet as any man could eat and keep on his feet, but in spite of everything I could do I would suffer from indiges tion. What little I did eat failed to nourish me and would sour on my stom ach. At times I would have a swelled up feeling after eating and could hardly 4 breathe. . I was nervous and restless and unfit for work. Sometimes after eating I would have heartburn so bad that I would feel like my stomach was on fire. “I was always badly constipated and Just had to take medicine all the time Y to get even temporary relief. I just tried everything to get well, but nothing did >une any good except to patch me up a 1 ’’flay or two at a time. “In this condition I kept at my work, but was gradually losing strength and falling off in weight. I kept reading In the Birmingham papers about Tanlac . and heard some of my friends talking about it, still I had no faith in it, but. as I could get no relief, concluded to try it. V “I have taken almost two bottles now rand am thankful to say I feel better ' * than I have felt for years. I am getting stronger every day, and sleep well and feel refreshed when I get up in the morn ings. My appetite has improved won derfully. I am eating things I have not touched for months. “I am not constipated like I was anjj am gradually getting In first class con dition. In fact, I feel about as well now » as I did before my trouble began. My ■work is no longer a burden and I feel the strength and energy of youth again. I have not weighed lately, but I know I have gained rapidly in weight. My relief has been so rapid that I can hardly realize the great Improvement in my condition. My only regret is that I did not hear of this medicine years ago. I am grateful for what it has done for me and I want my friends to know about It." Tanlac, the master medicine, that has accomplished such remarkable results in this city and the surrounding towns, is aold exclusively in Birmingham by the Jacobs Drug Store and Patton-tope Drug Co., under the personal direction of the Tanlac representatives, in Besse mer by Pegram-Patton Drug Co., and in Ensiey by D. W. Morris Drug Co.—Adv. V. 4 ■■ ' I _I ' BYLADYANCASTER 4 London. August 15. — (Special.) ^Lady Ancaster has just made a fresh contribution to the funds of the War Clubs for Soldiers’ Wives in which she takes such an active interest. In ad dition she is giving a great deal qf her time to the movement in support t of the London School of Medicine for Women. There is no more famous family in the British aristocracy than that of the Earl of Ancaster. Lady Ancaster is an American, before her marriage being Eloise Breese. daughter of the late W. L. Breese of New York. Her sister married Lord Alastair lnnes-Ker, a brother of the Duke of Roxburghe. The present earl is only the second, but the barony of Willoughby de Eres by dates back to the beginning of the fourteentli century. The first Lord WillcMighby de Eresby was a groat sol dier Under King Edward I and his suc cessor is one of the throe joint hered itary lord great chamberlains of Eng land. Always on the closest possible terms of friendship with the royal fam ily, the ancestors of the present earl accumulated at Ortmthorpe castle, in Lincolnshire, a unique collection of his («torical chairs, tables, clocks and por traits intimately connected- with the various royal houses of England. The Willoughby dc Eresbys are among the richest families in Eng land. Landy Ancaster, who had a for tune of her own, was one of the few • American heiresses who really mar ried money as well as high titles. She was educated in England and before hfer marriage to the sporting peer was /©ne of the most popular girls in Eng lish society. She is intensely fond of outdoor life, as is her husband, hunts whenever she gets a chance, shoots and 'fishes and entertains with that per * feet taste and individuality of which certain American women seem to pos sess the secret. HOLD THE RECORD AS ilTERSOFlETTERS Between Dinner and Bed time Subalterns Labor Over Missives LINCOLN’S WORDS ARE QUOTED IN BRITAIN Gettysburg Address Quoted in Appeal for Funds for Hospital—Many New Words Coined Since the War Began London, August 28.—(Special.)—An ex traordinary bet that was once made by the late King Edwand and that consisted of the sum of $5000 against a common or garden carrot, has been recalled by the death, this week, of Henry Steel, a Shef field magnate. The latter who, from an humble position as a racing bookmaker, rose to great wealth as head of a steel business, bought with winnings on the turf, was well known to the late king, as well as to Lord Rosebery and other prom inent patrons of racing. The bet men tioned was made by Steel and his book making partner with King Edward when the latter was Prince of Wales. The odds were $6000 to a carrot against a horse, the vegetable being wagered by the prince. He lost and paid with a carrot formed of coral mounted In gold, which was among Steel's most cherished possessions. When the King came t<> Sheffield to open the new university buildings there, he noticed Steel among the onlookers at the procession and stepped aside to give him a cordial hand shake. Robbed of Career By Microbe Alas, there is to be no crown regatta this year. The war has killed this great social fixture, so beloved of fashionable Americans and eke of Wilhelm, the war lord himself, Just as It has previously slain Ascot, Goodwood, Epsom and the London "season." But the Royal Yacht club, the most exclusive one In the world, which is responsible for Cowes week, Is still "carrying on," as the naval phrase adapted to civilian life goes, and among other things It has Just elected the Earl of Ranfurly to be a member of Its dis tinguished committee. Lord Ranfurly. who. by the way, will be 69 this month, will duly appreciate his new honor, for he Is before everything else an ardent sailor. An ex-governor of New Zealand, he Is a descendant of Wil liam Penn, and uncommonly proud of the fact, so much so that he once pail a special visit to Pennsylvania to see the Penn treaty field. He comes down from John Knox, too, the famous Scots di vine, who bullied a queen and whom the Kaiser wus quoting not long ago. Knox, in fact, is the earl's family name, his Christian name being the odd appella tion of "Uchter." But for a microbe he probably would have been an ad miral today. The microbe was that of scarlet fever and it laid him low. when, in 1869, he was a cadet in the training ship Britannia. Because his recovery was slow and his health seemed to be seriously affected, he left the navy, hut eh was just as keen a sailor as ever. While at Cambridge. Indeed, he used to keep a. steam yacht, in which he always traveled from the college town to London by wav of the Ouse, the Wash and the cast coast. That was a long way around, but not so curious a route as an Eng lish newspaper some years later chose for Lady Ranfurly when once she was about to return to New Zealand. Her return passage was booked on board the P. and O. steamer "Himalaya,'' and the Journal in question gravely announced that her ladyship was going back to the antipodes "via the Himalayas." a de cidedly fatiguing and circuitous route fo ri feminine traveler. Both Are Irish Both Lord and Lady Ranfurly are Irish, the latter being the only child and heiress] of Viscount Charlemont. Lord Ranfurly’s place In County Tyrdne Is in the heart of the Irish linen industry, and he owns the greater part of the town of Dungannon, just as Lord Hlndlip does that of Kil marnock, and Sir Joohn Ramsden of Huddersfield. His only son, Lord North land, who was recently killed at the front, was one of the tallest men In Eng land. After passing through both Harrow and Cambridge, Lord Ranfurly went to Aus tralia and started growing oranges ar\d lemons on the banks of the Murray river. He made a go of it. too, and today holds considerable and valuable tracts of land in the country of the Kangaroo. He succeeded his brother in the title in 1875, and shortly afterwards became lord-in waiting to Queen Victoria, being then described by folk who had seen him “in harness" as a man who could “plough an acre of land one day and play the courtier to perfection the next." He was governor and commander-in chief of New Zealand from 1897 to 1904 (his term having been extended by pop ular wish) and had a lively and adven turous time there, which included three exceedingly close shaves. Once when he was playing polo, he was nearly shot Announcing the Opening of . 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Tn company with Lady Ranfurly, a thoroughly Irishwoman, the carl made many tours In New Zealand and the ad jacent islands, and in one of the latter secured a specimen of the southern mer ganser, an extremely rare bird, of which there are only one or two examples ir. Europe. He is also credited with having introduced the passion fruit Into Eng land Popular with all classes In New Zealand, he was especially loved by the Maoris, whom he treated with great kind ness and tact. TJy way of acknowledg ment their chiefs elected him to be one of themselves, and bestowed upon him many endearing names. Lady Ranfurly, in peace times, is one of I.ondon’s greatest “dance hostesses.*’ The couple have two daughters, the elder of whom is now Lady Constance Milnes Gaskell. The younger. Lady Eileen Knox, was a pretty debutante of a few seasons back. “Tommies” Champion Letter Writere Most of us who have chums at the front are Inclined to murmur hard things against the military censor, who, after carefully “blacking out” any particularly promising paragraphs in our friend’s mis sive, scribbles his own signature In the corner of the "active service" envelope as a sort of official O. K. But these field censors, who generally are officers really deserve our pity rather than our curses. They are hard worked men, Tommy Atkins being, apparently, the greatest letter writer of his generation. How he produces his missives is told by an acquaintance of mine who is a lieutenant in the City of London regi ment, popularly known as the “Artists," and who, as such has to act as censor He writes, "In the trenches, in the bat tery, in the billets, by the roadside, on the wagon, the soldiers write, and write, and no one objects save the poor sub alterns, who will have to censor 80, or maybe 100, letters each between dinner and bed. “Your cake was very good, the halr-olt had spilt over it. but it didn't matter. Hoping you are well as It leaves me at present. Give my love to Busie and Tim.” “Hundreds of thousands of pencils aro busy this warm afternoon, and hundreds of thousands of letters will be delivered tn two or three days, a'nd be read, and re-read, and handed round. Up In the narrow trenches they are writing now in all possible and Impossible positions, calmly and meditatively, and with much pencil sucking, to the kind lady who sent the sockg, or furiously scribbling to tier who must have at least six pages, ceas ing not save to fire a verbal volley at some clumsy passerby. “ ‘Who am IT asks the weary sub., as midnight approaches—‘wlio am I that these little family comedies and tragedies should be laid before me. Who am I that I should lose my eyesight In at tempting to read by candlelight what would be utterly illegible in the broad day? “Thera la one bold, bad bombardier who can turn out <6 pages .In one afternoon, «. 9 ^ , 1 five or six to a letter. What annoys one most Is not his verbosity, hut his enor mous and unblushing philandery and the lack of variety In his terms of endear ment. He has as many sweethearts as he has fingers and there must he a ‘darling’ or ‘my own sweft pet’ In every second line. "I have known him to write In an aft ernoon two five-page letters to two girls which were identical save for the name, and the recipients lived in the same town. But a wise officer can find work still for idle hands to do. "There Is hope of a speedy end to the war; resolution and determination in every letter. The Kaiser and his troops will never reach Calais, for there are scraps of paper here that will prevent him. Verily, a man may be known by the letters he writes. "Tomorrow the letters will go off tj England. Scotland, Ireland and Walts. Meanwhile the subaltern thanks whatever gods there he that his pleasant duty is over for three days, and, drawing out his pen, proceeds to get a little off his own chest before ascending to his tiny garret with Its openwork roof." Lincoln's Words Quoted in Britain Since the war began the noble words, both spoken and written of Abraham Lincoln have been quoted again and again in the British press. Only the other day one of the most widely read of London’s Sunday journals republished, for the comfort and the pride of English mothers who have lost their sons in the war, one of "Old Abe’s" letters to an American mother similarly bereaved and on all sides one heard comments upon Its beauty. Now. as I write, T have before me a little card of appeal issued by the Char ing Cross hospital, which states that this fine institution has been increased from 160 to 260 beds, "just in time to enable us to take in 100 of our wounded soldiers without Interfering with our care of the suffering civilian population." Funds, the appeal goes on to say, are needed urgently as this hospital, In common with practically every other public one in London, is dependent on charity for its upkeep. On the reverse of the card are quoted Lincoln’s famous words: "With malice towards none; with char ity for all; with firmness in the right as CHENEY'S EXPECTORANT CURES Colds, Coughs Whooping Congh Chaney's E*p«etnv>it i quickly overcomes a bad cough, chest or throat cold, j Loosens, heals and soothes a dry, hoarse or tight cough ! or cold. Stops the format! tlon of phlegm in the! and bronchial tubes., for whooping I 25c at druggists. God gives uh to see the right—let ua! strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up this nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and orphan; to do all which may achieve and cherish a Just and lasting peace.” That greatest of all dictionary markers. Sir James Murray, who died last week, must in his last months have noted down many new words and phrases, to be dealt with in later editions of his great worn, that have come into common use since the war begun. Such words include, Hun, Zepps, Slack er, “Strafe,” Respirator, Tipperaries. (meaning club rooms for soldiers and sailors), conductress, war work, curtain, fire, bombed, dug out, (in the military sense), U-boat, baby-killer, gassed, war plane. scrap of paper and “Anzac,” to mention only a few that come first to mind. The last named appeared yester day for the first time and Is a. portman teau word used at the Dardanelles for “Australian-New Zealand Army Corps." There are also such apt phrases as Winston Churchill's “a certain liveli ness,” Lloyd-GeorgFs “push and go," and “silver bullets,” and "business as usual.” j And, lastly, there is the classic mispro-1 nunclatJon of the British Tommy: “Wi pers” (Ypres). “Some” Initials London, August 8.—(Special.)—Queen Mary's brother, the Duke of Teck, who j already holds the military title of Men tenant colonel, lias Just been appointed assistant military secretary (whatever that may be), to the the war office. As such, he is likely to have to initial quite a lot of documents, which will be a matter of sometime, considering that the duke’s full style, as given in the official announcement of his appoint- j meftit, is ”H. H. Adolphus C. A. A. E G. P. L. L., Duke of Teck.” The *H. H .” of course, stands for “His Highness,” and the rest of the duke’s name, It ap pears, is Adolbhus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Lou’s Ladlslaus. To save time, its dis tinguished bearer ought to have it on a rubber stamp. It beats the Prince of Wales’ record by two. The Princes name is Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David. By the way, how many people know the King’s full name? It is George Frederick Ernest Albert, and the Queen was christened Victoria Mary Augustine Louise Olga Pauline Claudlne Agnes. Princess Mary’s Chief Lieutenant London, August 8.—(Special Correspon dence.)—Little Princess Mary’s chief lieu tenant in her work for the soldiers In the clenches Is her great chum, Myrtle Far qu barton. If the war had not come upon us It was intended by Queen Mary and the parents of Myrtle that the two girls should cornu out together and they may yet have soino compensation in the shape of a small sem’-private dance at Buckingham palace to mark the beginning of their social ca reers. Myrtle Farquharson is one of two children of Alexander Haldane Farquhar son, formerly in command of the Seventh battalion, Gordon Highlanders. He has a beautiful Scotch scat at Invercauld, where Princess Mary has often visited her friend, and a town house in Bruton direct, wiiere Mi'f Furquhurson, a daugh ter of Sir Richard Musgrave, entertains In th*j|ulet style preferred by the present King and Queen. Memorail Tablet to Lang London, August 18.— (Special.)—At Selkirk, where the late Andrew I^an# wap born, a beautiful memorial tablet to hip memory was unveiled this week. It ip of Italian marble and containa a bronze medallion portrait of L»anK, be low which Is a suitable inscription. The famous critic and novelist was always loyal to his birthplace, which is a solid. prosaic little manufacturing town, and frequently used to revisit It. for the purpose of fishing. On one of the last occasions when he was there before Ills ucath, however, he was much keener on extracting ideas on ghosts from his gillie than on extracting fish from the river. But the gillie was reticent. As he expressed it to a third person. 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