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Clams with the proverbial wain of salt.
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REG. 13ARRETT-.
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-F0R HONOR AND FOR HER •
-,TTIVRtilDkir, JAN. 31.st; 1918
• WAR PROSPECTS
If Lloyd George spoke for the British
peopeans resee en Raw spokeito
the people of thetnited States, in mak-
lug their recent statement e of war Owe,
Ind if the •Germart Chaneellor 'spoke
for ' the enemy Coantrias in his reply to
George and :Wilson, we have a goodaleal
of 'war °Seed of us yet.
_We believe thet Peemier Lloyd.Geoege.
and.President Wilson did voice the de-
termination of their respective militaries
•
when .they spoke. The complete vict-
ory forwhich they contend . must be.
won, 'or.' the War 101 be- lo.st and. Civi-
lization • ruined. Having taken the
stand that they have Britain and
• the TTnited States cannot,- Valiant dis
grace and hutnitiatiou; • stop short of
complete victory over Germany._
We are riot sosurethat the Gernien
Chancellor meant all that- he "said. it
may have been meant or it May have
been 9:big 'Mut- designed to encourage
the People at, home and. to Beare the
But the strength of Germany often
has been. undereetimated before,, eind
Perhaps it is es we.11 to aseemetliet- the,
war:Will go on for a year or more yet
The liklihood is that the to called
rWar.Vards'i. of..Prusais. tieVerwill make
• pewee witit the Alhes. They " will not
c7. -s? tletir ..rsil•• r.!.•it.-
•
Pll'ac•Ea unur.lt,
Le. a regent eddresa to a deputation of
English -agrieultetiete, at. Hon. David
Lleyel George said tif14.t Inuie.ss it were
poisilele to suppli with food theettoPul-
etion behind the es welt as the
soldiers at the front, the ..ProsPeci4
winning the war were remote.
enemy .us not going to starve no; but
that is not enough!". he declared. "We
• lanie got toproduce aueli a onantity
lood that wer need noe'reinteethedimere
lean market and snatch the food out of
the months of eur Allies..• If the Allies
are short it is because the farmer is
handling the ritla to defend his country,
• instead of the plough." • , • ,
As there is every indication that the
war _will last throughout another year or
Inore, prices for farm produce are likely
to remain at least as high as they are.
• t'aeaaeaketereeeeetsteassette, '
•raomewhere a woman, thrusting fear
. away, .
llnces the future bravely fa your sake,
, 'Tails on fromelaint till derk;. from day
• , today.,
Fights back her tears, not Imelda the
. bitter ache; ,
Vie 'oyes you; traits you, Vre athes in
prayer your name;
• Ea not heir Lath in you by slut; slaanie
inmetshere a noMari--mother, sweet.
• heait, wife;
•Waits 'bet:vitt hopes and lean for
your return, •-
• Iler kiss, ,her •words, via cheer ydti
; - When death confronts you gri
• stern; Co V
• rat tea Ler italIV alt -aur reverence
•• . ttairo. ,•
' 'base temptations start& You
with their flame.
raT:mteith•-aaa werman etatehes—thrilled
with prede, •
Shrit•I in her heert, eta ehare
leave. with nomiez .
Coz..s.v 'she lama% shims, , inde
• • by side..
'fen stand titnether When the 4:4
• det- ' '•
keep ler ba, deer seke, at sinks§
• es„,ereal,
•
bare% tn. het thanheeed •fre Ertim
ratme0 °
SCHOOL FOR, TII0 BLIND .
Halifax, N. S.; Jae. 15th, 1018
To the Friends of the Blind
in Canada:— •
. •
•
In view of the recent , terrible explo-
sion in ahfax, and the niiinber of per -
Sons Who have become totally or prac:
tically blind as a reault of the same, the
eeveral orginizetions in Halifax for the
care and training of the blind find them-
eelvesalmost overwhelmed .in ,ineeting
The new 'conditions 'Which • have. arisen.
Even before the disaster the iesourees
•efithe •Halifax School for the Blind, the
Home Teaching Society for the Blind,
meaRibeir ntter discredit for'
• - • —
e their cnyn Kople.• mf�i
tYiey would' loc;i power.. So they mitst,
'and will, fight•on,as long* as they can
delude an army to fight • for them, and
the people to give them Money, •
The :people of Germany are in a des-
perate plight. They Atiu.st either obey
their war lords and fight main a hope-
less effort to defeat the:Allies or risk •a
reVelution at home. •'.And:44a then a
revelation is- a Othikeinte and :a/rnast
.hopelesS venture-. • •
vitn.:0 CRITICISM
•judging by whit some tniterStatces
tewspapera tay one wealtaconclude that
the 'war business in that count4 is
hopeIPsqly bungled and that the 'army.
Will never be ablelo do .anytlaing.
• 'At the awns time ihe gnvernment 'of
Basle is subjected to the =bat .•sev.era
crilficisin, &Ohm& the army Was so
121;0!_maged
that there. sseriPas
hood of thee:est* breakiag throb
By re;fing'otter kennels one- itearea
the Marithne Association for the blind,
etc; etc ,. totted it elinost inapossihle
eir
demands upon.them, butthese demands.
hare 'been. suddenly increased by the
imeessity for Providing shelter, card mid
training for upwards of twohandfed
men, women and children who lost their
'sight as a result of the "recent disaates.
Under these 'circumstances it is imper-
ative that an apPiai •,be made to alt
syMpathetic and ptildidipirited Varied.'
iana. The best and most effective *way
Of making provision. for these sightless
neoPleie to buniediatelYintrease the
Blind Endowment Fund so that it •may
reach a .total of...090;00(4o: The in
ebnie arising fkom such gutioivment
'rued will enable as to meet the prob.:
Retied the blind. in Halifax , in • a .sys.
ternatiC and , prliatierd, :manner,: and
would bring to Mani aone new helpless
and hopelessnew apportnnitiea to fit
imself• Or herself for the battle of life.
• No greater need has, ever ariSen. in any
part of the Wr;r1d, and I believe ". that
when the peoplenf-Canadatally
ciate the situation.geaerons help will be
.forthcoming. • '\ • • •
. • - _
The•Blind Endowment Fund is in the
hinds of three trustees, namely, the
• President of the Baird of . Managers of
the School for the 131,iiii1; Halifax, • the.
Treasurer of the 'School for the Blind,
and The.R.!..stern Tens.* Of Etalifax.
A FEW. Ts:TIC:AL CASES
• • -
' • A- womati of 31, nOnetotally blind. is
• wraio zee -attic
•
teeteltatt.e.- -
Eczema Cur
Fiv�YearsAgo
. •1/4.7, •
4.4.04111.0111‘0.0.104*
•
A Treatment Which Hu Proven
a Wonderful Heeler of the
Evidence
• of Lasting Oure.
• c.
The end notion that Resent% hl &
disease. of the blood is refitted time
and tnieagah bY the orircP that are
daily •pelvic effected, tie Dr. Chase's
• Ointment. .
. It =tatters' not What the cause MaY
have been, if yon apply Pr. chase's. •
• ointment regn2ar in riti •obtain
anst - Cure , of eczema, Here ,Jis
the proof: ••— •
Hrs. Mennen. 01`, Thweites. Bax 20
Jordan, out.. vvritea "51k, brother .
had a bad ease a eczema on. hie legs:
Re -was. ti oubied,..flearlY ell one fall ,
and winter with. -it, and could net work
for days at a thee. He tried 'differ-
ent salves and ointments, but none,
cured him. One day he tried Dr.
-
Chase's Ointment, and it gave- gluiest
'natant „ relief. He continued its use,
^but had not' quite finished the second
box when _be_ wns _cured. It is now
about aye Years ranee then,and 1tiia
never returned. We certainly can, re-
commend Dr, ChaseYs Ointr9ent,, and
are very grateful for .my brother's.
(Rev. S. F. Coffman. Vineland,
states: !aphis is to certify that I•know
Hrs. Thwitites and the party to whom,
• she .refers... and •her statements are
correct.") , • •
Mr. J. E. • jOnes, 228 'University
• avenue, Hingston, Ont.. writes "I had
• eczema- in my liand for about five
,years. I tried a great many remedies. ,
but found that while some of 'them
_checked, it, none cured it peemanentiy,
'Finally I tried Dr. Chase's Ointment,
and in six weeks my. hand was com-
pletely better. • I would not da without
a box of Dr. Chase's Ointment in the
house If it. cost 12 a 110s. I am giving
• my name to this Arm so. that it Will
get to those Who Suffer as I did."
Dr: Chase's Oingraent, CO cents a
box, at an dealers or Edrnahson,'
Bates er Co., Limited, TOronto. Sub-
stitutes will only diSappoint, you. In -
Skit on getting what.you ask for, 4.
*atm patios will be the lira prices
fent freight to Vert Willirn At.Platee
wait of the points of milling) the pieta
will ba the Fort William fixed prices
lee* freight from the mille to Vert Will
Ural OP freight from the point of mill-
ing to deztination.. At the 'Restern
points the price* will be the fixed pricee,
plus freight from Fort, Wijliam. 3111e•
eoat in bags will be about 46 30 err ton
higher in each ewe
- Bruce County News)
mesera. A. Collins, J. J. Sohuntae,
her awLJ 11 Baneebottonf who Reid
$150,000 of Victory Bonds i WaIk
•erten delighted and surprised the mem
liers of the 1.0:D E by handing ,over,
their pay from tlen.rOovernineht ' a '
mounting- to $750 t&bo devoted rto
patrietie *ark.' ,
A letter received recently fret') a
member a the 160 Batt aides that
just befere the letter was written elius-
fri-int the. 164 Batt., WIjiCb is camping
• alongside of the 13ruce fin ce rt Witley,
eame over to the 160th lines after
• midnight and•set fire to the big mese
tent and recreation room of the 160th.
The culprit was caught in the a t and
locked up, and will probablybe taken
out and Idiot for Ilia traitor3ua con.
diet. Not much damage was done,'
as the blaze was checked ear y in the
OAP;
ter is else tOtally blind and badly piiitlo
-lIated— _ • •
• A mother, of 39, ,bata117 blind, had a
child of ten .tiitally blinded in the explo-
sion who has Since 'died. A' sersand
child,aged fg, 'has lOSCone eye. The
husbate14, a -soldier,' is in the trenolle-P-
ovooersasatl...botiono toward
s the'Blinjd:
• • clowinent Fund„may be sent to Slit
hung FRASEE, School for • the Blind,
Halifax. ';'• • . •
THE FLOUR °RHO
et patient in another: • Two other child-
ren Of this mother were killed in t•he
explosion, and two were ,baaly tut brit'
will recover. The ha -Shand and father
was killed at ids work. •-•_
• fa another family the mother, 25
yesrs old, is totally,. blind, the father
has lost one eye and a. child aged 5 is
totally.bliad. There were sev,en child-
ren in all in this family of whoin-the
remainingsix are being cared for by
aged grandparents. One of these child.
ren islubeitlar. • •
, In another family, the mother was
killed. The father, s disaharged cha-
abled soldier, Nilo has lost one leg was
not 'minted in the explosion. When
their t'Vro childreril.little girls, were seen
One hds-pital;One about 7".*.t,, 'Years old
had ,one eye eritielelied, a hand nearly
iered by cuts and bid' cute on face;
the other about 52.) months old,
had to have labth eyes .erittc1eate4 the
%jading workers met the volunteer here-
tifcre inexperieeeedin reareinga who
had -the tight Of the disaster; held these
eleildren ditingtheir ovratione.
that the u:ox h,oinep ot the :cited
SW,si beieg emanated in; most
masterfP1 iny, and that fall atTwatsga.
ia takezt• si theleSteens learned freed,
rette;tee eleattaaaa irskrAtTraietz of blind. ,Thw father was etehabiykilIed
the Mingo Titihate eees htvme and! as he has been etioiegeeitee the etple
tett et) Sel.,retite •thell, the Reitith are mt. d• that' mitrividrogh•
A mdther, years of age,now
blind, hid five children of whom one ie
mieeing0 one lest a teg, ote is. .sufferieg
from serious injury and tate is Melly
• Here 'is the Feed itati;troller'S "eider
. I •
which went into -effect last Monday
, .
morning, • and which put a tatop to the
making of the varioni • gradea of ' flour
familiar iriAlin market -the past fey/fears:
1. On and after the tyrenti-eighth day
of January, 1918, mills in Ca ad are
forbidderi to manufacture either for do-
mestic or for export- tradreeliont Of a
grade and quality of a lower, extractioe
than is hereinafter ptescrilied.•
2. :Spring Wheat ylbur: Mills 'mast--
not.use More than 265 pounds of clean
'Spring wheat to produce 198 pounds of
flour, the quality ef the near must be
ivhat is knownas a Straight Rin or full
l'Ja perCent..lionr. No extraction or
divisiou of patents, clears or grades,
is petinitted. • •
Whiter, Wheat Flour: Mills;mnst not
use more than 275 pounds of Clean win-
ter wheat .to produce 196 , pounds of
'Pima The quelity of the flour mist be
•what iS,known as it Straight Run or full
'100 per cent. floor.' No, extraction or
division Of patents, clear or low grades
•
•
lepertnitted.
the "deys beforethe modern 'flour
Mill there' was only One grades of flour
as mini Will remember:
tt‘v.,
fissilesmvino--r:Ntortiin..m fp.
arid bran That theamount charged • for
bran and shorts from and after the nine-
teenth da Y of Jenuery, 1918, shill' not
'be greater than , is hereinafter set forth
namely— • • 7
By tleaie!s distributing ex-vtarehousw,
or premises to .potisnatera, not more then
10e per bag of.100 ixtunda. may be add.
ed be t.he eost (as set, forth in OrderNo.
-5 issued on 17th December, 1917). at
the railway station where dealer eaket
delivery.
• delivery Where• IS Or car' by the pais.it
dozer 'lima the dealer, not more thaw
Scents pet bag of 100 pounds nay be
added to the cost at the deal gni railway
8.taVVitiolitre. th. e totter eel. 1.9. nt the nail di -
Mot lo the-',OriStittief; 14- Oul.4414 of
quataities less than 10 ton lots, not
more thin Cents pet bag of 100 pone&
• shall be added to the price at which the
taller is tierinitted to sell undef Order
No 5.
'Wheee, however, the purchaterinings
• bap to the milkand each bags ore filled
at the mill, theonot morn than E0O
per toe Shag lie *Heil to the price of
bran and .a5barts ip bulk is ditnectedty
Tile rood Cestroller• has fixed as
trivet fee tren and sharts at $24.69, and
2a n Trttpsditely„ per tett)it balk Xto
Feet 16e *is tot toed 14
Sureine ler Pear Eeene—Gerdon
Hepner inan 32 years of
age, tobli lin own life by hanging on
Monday night of last week: • He had
been drafted into the army and this
is tbOnglit t9 have had 'something to
do with hittConirnitting the rash act:
. ,
Ho had :been in the intliatry camp at
London,for nhollt,a; weekend came
hone' en leave On Saturdey. He ap.
pe.ared as Chem ftil as usual, and at
night made the excuse that he would
he out for,a time. His father on io-
ing to the collar tonttend the furnace
-
.found the body of his eon banging life -
lees from the joitts. • The deceased had
been assisting to some extent, about
the brush and broom werks of
tlepner dr,Co's., his father being
a Member of the firria It iti'aeported
that 'he had iiequenzly said that he
navel. would 7Volunteer, ,and never
would fihgt if drafted; . •
ii MOLSONS BAN
• n,
CAPITAL AND RESERVE $8,800,900
98 Branches in Canada
A general Banking 'Business Transacted
• Cireular Letters of Credit .
Money O'rders
SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT
• latereet allowed at 'highest current rate
RET, Manager.
GOURLAY PIANOS
' These are high-grade musical instruments: and- we
iuvitelyour inspection of theft beferre-puraming, -
Sewing Machi ftes
The New Williams Sewing Machine is a
strong, durable and light running machine.' Call
and see them before bUying.
%V.:if. G. ANDREW, = LU. CKNOW.
This is the time to buy all wool Underwear
as prices next year will be much higher. The
same applies to}voolDress Goods. Our stock
is "till vvell—at-sorted in these lines at prices
fa below the market.
Men's Overcoats at prices to clear. A Good
Beaver Cloth, with fur collar, for S17.50.
A Lady's Furlined Coat at $25. Thig
• is a bar ain.
• ,
: STOP EATING . SOLDIERS!
• ,
.. By Herbert Eaufman
` If every Cosmopolitan f trnly noes its
bit, the millionhouseholds hi which this.
magazine is read can' alone save wheat
and meat erioti,gli to nourish a Million_
fighting men. The need .for food con-
servation is not "fool comiersatioe."
Twb Sorts of imboutrinea • threaten the
I.T.boat isn't iir-a-4tit more
effectiveithan the alaclier garbage pail.
.If each of. you takes card of the little
'wastes in You home, the big war will
s000 lake cake eaiteelf. 'Women of the
-United States are the final arbiters' of
this appaiing conflict: • ." • • .
• As they write their market -lists, they
determine the fate of the state and its
foes. Cook the Xalser's goose en your
Own stoves.• • 0,
ViCtoty 'over theit r.teing weighed
uPott grodert? scales here. '
. The flag out front signifies nothing
• unless it's also hinging .in the ice -box.
Whoever pampers speetallaatea hampers
the army—dines uptork-the very. Stars
and Seri.pim-.%
t -We hare' thane
THANKING OUR CUSTOMERS FOR
THEIR LIBERAL PATRONAGE IN
THE PAST WE WISH THEM ALL
A HAF'PV NEW 'YEA
nr
5, an we
shallfail ignominiously and be marred
eternally if our appentss aren't patriots.
Stand in the bread -lines of defenie
serve ornate and lavish meals now,' apd
you serve the enemy. •. •
• Every time yon Pats the Plate for a
woad helping, Beilin*.thankt.you.
• Democracy is equally menaced bye*.
tony aid Germany. Don't crucify Cie -
Metal= on a CrOfiS of knives and forks.
God help a people that atinte a field-
kitChen to stuff the home larder. It's
:bodily. -and pinchbeck •loyalty' that
sends sons to the battle -front and won't
spares crust to toniracles in. arms.
• Prance, England, and 1t,i3t can'prov-
ide at many troops as latal provision.
1.7re!raeatit Ateericauseeate- bolding
*hole regiments from the trenches.
Stop eating so era --From FeWriiary
cosmopolitan.
Huron COurity News
. ,
.A•
mr, Fermi', eif-Ooderiele lied
the misfortune to slip while corning
down stair -a one day last. 'seek. The
fall resulted in thefracture of the
thigh hottee
IFollatving aldi •illness of several
ihenthe the death of Dert Fryfogte
• weaned at Ws borne irt Winghant on
..c9NrIaL
•
January 17th. • He was 66 years of
ago and beforemoving to Winghtim
had lived at Belmore, where he grew
tit manhood.; He is survived by a:
widow, two sons and . four daughters.
6.
11/41AridOW EscAPE.---7Fit. Lieu u er,
thy Ryan. a Goderich lad who was
with the British Air Service en the
Italian, front, .writes home of a very
narrow escape whieh he had one day
while Out on patrol. A', 'number° of
machines 'were out together and flying
at 9000 fent.' The leader•of the pat
rol made a..sudden turn and • entailed'
interRyan's machinofrein below. The
machines locked and went spinning
down for 2000 feet when they separ-
atari. Ryan then succeeded in gain-
_
ing partial control of his machine
laTai, • h !rough badly
41i;rWrI61,1i:q4:
collided was killed, anci the others on
returning th.camp reported both dead.
Charles blcCielland, of Blyth, has
•
in .his possession a book; "A Review
ef the Bible," which is 400 years • old,
remaining emitinuouily in the family
all those "years, being handed down
from generation to geveration.Ile
has also a copy nf the Edinburg Re.
view magazine,- which is sne - hundred
years old.•
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• s-anes
. • —IleirTay, •jan, 28th
• Weddingbilis are ringing loudly
• _,MigkeNara_ Iiest.repe,---ef-Do. twit,- is
visiting at Jos. Courtney's. . • '
Jattiei Johnston who was on ,the
."sick list"; ie math better. '
Qtiite a number from here attended
the Burns Ball at LucknoW .and: report
a very -enjoyable thee.
• Colds . and leer Old friend (or enemy)
.11. grippe art Veep prevelent about here
et present,. 0 •
Miss Bernadine O'Loughlin and Mas-
ter Albert were Sunday visitors at lleei
ry P: Edgar&
Mr„ nna Alin. Phillip Illgen'a baby
•girl who was suffering from pneirneilit,
we ate pleaeed to know, is iraprovin$,
• et
'IMPORTANCE. OF •
GOOD sEeo GRAIN
.It hit; been estimated that if first class
seed were sown on all bents the meni of
of the country woeld 'beeinettesed by
fifty percent. This cannot be verified
definitely, bub the annual iosscaused
by the nseef Seed otherthan. the heat is:
beyond all doubt surprisingly great.
The present sitnation, :With. the world
.scalcity of cereals and. the Shortage of
larin labour, urgently' demands that the
beat possible selection be made from out
1917grain crop for seed. This Will bring
aheete great inerease,in prodlaction matb:.
a ininimuni increase in labour require-
ments, The proper. 'procedure is for
•awl!' itelieidual,farracr Va.-nista SpOtee dovi;
ita4YdejniiiWire"Sieede°'
, ttropg vitalityfor hiespring sowing.
The energy and vitaiity of seed can be•
ascertained only by a germination test.
Mere inspection 18 etitrepteiorthy. Grain
of Very good weight and excellent ap-
pearance is freqttently found tn have
considerable part killed •outright, and
the rest eo weakened that the young
planta are 844ed. with. toe „Iittle cetera
to withstand bad weather1 or give a high
yield. A poor crop is often said ei have
been the `result ofe adverse conditions
whorl' if strong seed had been sown sat-
isfactory yield. would have been soured.
• Teats may be made at home, or wilt'
be done free of chargei up to twenty.five
in manlier for one person, at the Seed
laboretnita- Ottawa.-- Forehureeetesta
seeds are counted and sown in boxes or
cans -of sod, and kept in a Warm place,
For alltests; Care should be taken to
have them thoroughly eepreeentative of
of the bulk lot. When sent to the Seed
laboratory simples should be enelesed
in atrong manilla envelopes •Or cotton
bags, and where• more than one of a eer-
Lain Rind is seta, each. should be marked
ivitha diatingnishing number. From two
fcur ounces of gem is sullicent for
the germination test, Samples should
• be add!' eased to the Seed ..ConuniSsioner,
Depertment af.' Agrieultute, Ottawa,
They are carried fresin the mails if not
• eiceeding twelve ouncen in weight, •
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