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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1916-03-09, Page 5• ThuIldity, March 0101 19110 11 L'el$+b. arttlfiriApi Costs a little -more than the other kind" of flour, but worth it, in, the quantity and quality of bread you bake froi -'- ITY More read andBetter Brea --AusTgitue4 ro . e ,: WILL. De 300,00e, WHAT COMMONWRALTII, RAS. DONE FOR ' EMPIRE iN 'Elie` WAR • Strang endorsotioa of the policy of cotripnlsory,ntilitary;training was the key-. note area interesting address. given • to' • the Canadian Club' at, Ottawa last week by,'Pretnier W. M. Hughes, of Australia. Coining from a labor man, the head of a ' Labor Government, in whatthc,speaker described as` the truest demos mac i the. Ytl. ti world, thin endorsation came with unua- nal force,' The meeting:was very largely attend • ed by members, of the Canadian: Club and • by Parliamentarians of both Parties; those at the head table including H R .11, -the 'Duke of .Connaught,. the Prime Minister Sir Robert.•Borden, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir,Sava Hughes, Hon. W. S. Fielding and others • Preinior.Hughes came•to the club meet- ing froara. lengthy sitting of the Dom- inion Cabinet, and before which he had given a mass of detailed information' as to the work which had been done in Aus-- Iralia, in a military way, and the means which bad, been- employed to bring about the success ivhicli has attended the Aus tralian effort's On both' landand sea. keeling to the club'he saidthat Aus- tralia had done well . on both sea and land. 'The Commonwealth had a force now nunibering 250.000: and .by the month of',June would have, in the field $0Q,000 Hien,. ,.phiK-had. been ntadQ pAs• t ible, he said, by the system of "coinpul- sory military training, in force in the •Cointnnnwealth by, which "igen• are not only Willing to defend iheir.eountry but are able to do so." Mr Hughes paid a FURS 4. Are Still Good in the Market I am paying special prices for Fox, Coon, Skupk, etc., aid I am. paying the highest price -for-Cow_.Hides, _Horse -Hines- and Sheep Skins, Horse Hair andOld Rubbers. rs. �taking. ubb ' am takin . in trade Eggs and Butter. '. DON'T MISTAKE THE PLAGE B. BLITZS'FEIN Dry Goods Store "Next door *to the Sentinel::Office. very atronff tribute; for the -work- or Our British navy. "We would not be.. here free men to day,"•.he said, " if ,it were not for the. .British navy."' The. navy bas stopped the commerce. of Gerinagy while froth every pact of the Et.npire ships, Jaden:• with pro, vis;oris, munitinns' and war supplies,.ol . all kinds made their way in safety.,to • the Motherland. , "If Great Britain," he said, "lead been as well prepared on land:ue on sea this. war would not hare. been,'; They 'BOW:: navy had made of the r 't.' a ma••n v g ,ea G r n a. y a,sortof glorified can- al beat. The speaker declared etnphat- ically' that the *lash:. Empire wouid• never lay down its mins until Germany had .been• beaten. • The German army had - already been' ringed in' with, walls: Of steel.:., • He spoke with deep feeling of the Aplendidheroism of the Australian troops on the Peninsula of-Gallipoli' Instancing one charge in which'an Australian batt-' alidn went•forward.knowingly to certain .death 'after its' members had left their last farewells with those who stayed be- hind. This -splendid act, he said, far out- shone the famous charge of the Light , • Brigade at Balaclava. • • Premier •I-ughes'referring to his inclu- sion as a member of•the Canadian Gov,. eminent Said: - "I hold this position in trust for the ,Australian people." . ' The war, he went onto say, had found the Empire a scattered family of nations.. It would leave it a homogeneous whole. Germany at the outset •had been willing to treat:Aus4'6.1 1,as 'a separate -nation and Canada with terms' Of friendship, an attitude which Premier Iluglies likened to that of a than -eating tiger which dealt with its victims separately..• • A Neglected Battleground (By William Winter, American -poet; regarded its one .Of the bel t'war rem ; Nly gnglandl loot Irq,native landi: But dear to me .as it age were,7, ,often 'have i longed to atand> With those brave beaartewho )410 for her! bereft by Fortune, worll, w th .Age, MY life is all I have to. gtve, • . But freely would that life engage o For those Who die that elm may live. Mother -of Freedom! Fledged to Right! 'I/On Q1IoeltPati IthiLli 5nkl-nntldt[ii.'k, Bur., sturnlyfaithful, ,used tier might To lead• mankind the nobler way: Her task was hard, her burden: great, But.'rotnd the world her edict ran That reared and ruled a Sovereign State, • Securely, on ,the Rights of Man. No vandal foot should treadher land, No despot;horci her realm in awe;. The humblest peasant should command. The shelter of her righteous law. • In vain her,Iiap port was braved; • , 'Her pennant streamed o'er ev'ry sear, ' And,wheresoe'er leer ensign 'waved • fetters fell fell a dMau was free. . To -day be Aber Units forgot;-- • The errors of her•.nascent priniei Or wily politician's plot, • i . Or blunder that was, almost crime To -day, when desperateYtyrants strain,- . By Greed and Fear and Rate combined To blast her: power and rend her reign, She fights the fight of all mankind. She fights for us=for this fair clime, Our hone belov'd, where freemen dwell, - Coluwbi, grandest born of 'dine, That Teuton malice burns,to quell. My England! Should the'hopo be•crost, In which she taught the world to strive, Then all of Virtue would be lost ' And naught' of Manhood left alive. • But 'tis not In the Book of Doom • That •dusEice; Honor; Truth should fail, That earth be made a living tomb, , • And only brutal Wrong prevail. It cannot •behe human race, rce , Long struggling up to Fieedonirs sun, Is destined to the abject place Of vassal to the niurd'rous Hun f• ' • • . In ev'ry land '.that -knows-the ills,.., .... Of bondage, and has borne its aches. The deathless pulse of Freedom thrills - And R,;ason's noble rage.awakes: • A. fine descrii. tion (3` Batoche, which was. ,at one time the headquarters of Louis. Reil and the scene of a memorable battlduring the Metis,u`prising in. the West, is given•by E.•W. Hewitt in the ,•March Canadian Magazine. The history of this interesting andlong-neglected °spot is well. told,'and there are a number of rare -in � ill-T131pho%graphs." Then'there is an' interesting article', by A �1. Belding on `The• Devil's Poor,' a -form of•mild slavery as. practisedNeW • Brunswick; "Dreams and Their Causes, a popular psychological: study by -Pro-• lesser Herbert L_Stewart; "London Poor• 'in War Tigre," by MargaretBell; "Rein- • •gees in Paris," by Mona,Cleaver; • "Elor mina,! a_Canadian_play,-^by -Britton ...B.-. Cooke, and "Romancers ',shed Story by' Magade la .Roche. ' , She splendid Italy advance;. ' • And grimly issuing froth his lair, To grasp the hand•of glortous•France, Stalk forth: th' intrepid Russian bear'! • My England I -patient,. valiant, true! = Nor foes without nor frauds within"• Will shake her purpose to, subdue :• ohnrtc of emhattledsin The swinish horde; the gilded .beasts, In whom no toticli of truth: survives, Who ravish woolen, murder priests, . And strew the sea with infant lives; • 'The Lords Of War, Who kilt and maim, Exu taut, while.their'people groan, • Steeping themselves in crime and shame, • To keep a despot on his throne. A post card addressed to us as below, with ,yourr name an d add re ss oxi.y on the other side, will cost but one cent. Drop it in the nearest mail box,and itwill brind prompt- ly a copy of .our illustrated 80 -page catalogue for 1916. With it will come also -free -a 15c. packet of • roam PINK TOMATO A-perfectIF-formed--tomato, the• -Ryton -Pink -ie -uniform, large, am attrac_ti .e, _ The flesh'is' firm, and the,ilavor delicious and full-bodied.. It is a robust grower and.a heavy cropper. It is an ideal tomato for forcing. You art_going to buy seeds anyway; then you might just as well send for our catalogue and get this free premium for yourself. The Catalogue teas about the other valuable • premiums which we give . with every order. DAR H & •HUNTER SEED Co:, LiMITEIY, LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA 1 i.. I Ifilliil1�11111 t •-.,2217 . .r/ZRS'. i d////1/ /,////l//IIIII/A :! !'Crag " Chamberlain is 7 l~'ew young mothers, realize tlao extent' to which a cold lowers the system and makes it susceptible to con= tagiouar diset es. It has been proven that the majority of diseases arise from germs, but it is not widely known that a healthy vs- tem'will;repel their attacks. . Mothers should -never• allow a co'.d' to run ,far, twenty-four hours, without attention. If this is made a rule there will be. loss sicknelas for young mothers to worry -over. A good reliable med- icino for coughs, colds, croup and bronchitis should always -be kept in the home where there ore ,children. You may say that ° you have no confidence in cough medicines, but that is because' you leave never tried l� RenedyChug This Ian a medicine is thoroughly reliable and Lias stood the teet,of nearly half a•tenttry. No, it will not hurtthe children --there is nothing thin in it that would even injure the baby." „ S ., __r That pigmy;, toowhose wildered brain,: Himself' an Attila appears, W ho-talces-the name_of_ ostia vain,` - Anrd drowns the earth in blood-aad-tears • r • 0 77-7.7 ,- _- ----- - - — IS lig VinAll.la a►:CREATOR.. f ' ll $1'J O,OLE FOR IiAR.? In the article wider dila title, by the Bev. P. 13- ,Meyer, the writer expressed lite opinic.a that it was a mistako to ay the b'Ino of the 'war and iia lor- mora upon 004. nif., lMteyt r suggested that .since the war beau Britain as a uation, bad be, come unselfish .and ,generous,'and: that °rpm. the scourging of the Horror of the present, a new life will .cruerge triumphant. Theseopinions brave; -r created great interest all over and we print the following letters: Cod's" Reason For 'the. 'War •"If • only Iiurean • nature. . had' been sympathetic, with 'these qualities &Light, . Love; and Peace), there., . ,would have been no war." God gave .is peace and love; but human am= ninon made many 'o ignore His giftp., Often I 'have hear people • say 'Bow can God allow such things?", 0,ut'I maintain that, God. has. Ilis..Owii good ,purpose, --R. J . S. The; Other Point of.View If a man beliesved in God as the ,Creator. of all things, it is surely logi-. cal to hold God responsible for `all things. As• for the idea that this -ter rible war is•.maiting us better dial we 'Were, I can only speak from personal feelings: Two years ago, if I read of 100 iives,� lost, in a train or mine disas- ter, I shuddered, and felt a touch of the real ,horror of the fact. To -day, I Can .valk past a placard 'declaring 10,000 inen murdered inmost, hideous ways ,and scarcely feel an emotion, so gal., bus does colossal tragedy make the •individual. Does this not mean that I am coarser, , lower, and less sympa- ihetic than I was? -H. H. • • • Seeking Help What I . can't understand about Mr. Meyer's .article, is this: Here are at least two nations, recognizing the same God, fighting against each other, and • each claiming "quite sincerely that God is on their aide. If, dod is 'al1- powerful, then He obviously is respon• - sible for the war. If the war is being fought•againat. His wish, then He is not. allrpowerfuh-E. G. 14 . �. 4 What Has Britain Done ? ft -humanity has-reallylostsynipatiiy in God's waves .of, Light, Love,' Joy, and Peace, as Mr. Meyer asserts, is' that any reason why the' manhood of many nations should be wiped out? What has Great Britain, ever done that was really opposed divine at• tributes.? These theor are era...- blematical of the. most tyrannical. des- oti ni andL s i believed will phelpto ., create a world of infidelsand agnos- tics, and raise up forces of unbelief and blasphemythat will.shake\the very foundations of Christendom; My England, strikel, ,,Droop not,'nor .pause, Till triumph on your banners shine! • ' Then take a grateful world's applause-•- Millions.of,hearts that beat like mine. HURON COUNTY NEWS :I The Goderich Board of Trade is. tiiaking an effort to have a • C. P. R. boat call regularly at Goderieleduring ,the season of lake navigation.- ' . . A Iluno.N Rev :-Malco m A. Mac- donald, mho defeated ;Hon. Charles Tisdall in the by-election in Vancouver on Saturday, is well known in Gode rich-anti-Hur-on=county.ITc-was-born- and'raised-tn the .tuwnshipof Ashfield, attended the Goderich Collegiate; and studied law with the law firm of Gar row & Prqudfoot.; " • A Flounce FAMILY. -Probably few Canadian families can produce the record which distinguishes that of W. 1l. Ferguson', of Morris tuwnship. Mr. Ferguson has one son a lieutenant in. the 1614 Hi ron Battalion, while his onlybrother and five other. sons are in training with the 160th Bruce •Batta •lion. Out of fourteen nephews, ten have enlisted for overseas service. • .The • Pro.byterian cmngregation of Lenxlesboro and Hallet-have extended; a unanimous.eall to Rev, Jas. ,Abery, of Granton, to becbnie their, minister. The stipend promised is• $1000 per year, with free manse and a month's obviously `drunken woman, it or out; of a public house. . "The .moral effect of all thishas been roughly cat:mated through a- study of the statements made by chief constables in the sch'edul'ed area. In the Auttitnn these officials held a conference • and on the occasion of this meeting it was gen- erally agreed that public order, has been greatly improved, that streets were in .a enerah better condition of order. than _th.ey:bad.b'een_under :tke ld,regime and that no•intportant difficulties' anywhere had been.found in the ,,enforcement of the law. Social: workers, particularly those of the•Salvation Army; report that the homes of the peer- ere brighter than' everthey havo been before n4 that. the. children of the " poor are cleaner and better 'clothed than ever they have been before. The., effect upon' the criminal' rate is even more m irked thin, the effect upon niece drunkenness. • The reduction "of crinins attributable to drunkenness has arnouiiited to -60 of o-per'm:of iuTthe. • sane • areas wherein. the reduction hi ar-restsTor rneredruakenness iasamo'unt- 1 ed to but 50 or 60 per bent." I Kincardine y,lialidays, At a recent .meeting of they.__, ergt, Cordon 11Ross left -on Monday• Presbytery_ of Huron the call was sus. tauied. Londesboro and Hullet is the charge rendered vacant when Itev. Mt: , Reid name to South Kinloss I IYrii>ik Control, lacreaSes'Rflicieac y "It is important call attention to,' the fact that this British control measure ' never tor a moment was permitted to masquerade h1 the guise of a social' rel form," says•Edward Marshall in adespatch to the Montreal Daily Star, . under the ' heading"British Drink,Uontrol Increases Efficiency".. "It' was avowedly. a war measure And nothing more than that. It is operative only where required in . the Judgment of the authorities, 'to ' pievcnt inefficiencies in the nation's emergency • work, due to over -drinking on the part of the workers. ' • I `'The efficiency of these regulations i instantly became apparent and has been t Y reeponsible in a large Measure, according to the admission of praetic:� lly everyone concerned,. for the enormously increased natinitions output.. "Throughout London, and particularly In' the 'Sections affected by the measure, it hi apparent the, most casual observer that drunkenness bas very markedly decreased. In'two waelts t have not Seen a drunken titan upon the streets of Loi don, nor, during lin extensive tout of t110 )poorer touters did 4 tlgo 4 single it ,'for` Montreal to take a course to musk- etry.. Elgin Fraser and Paul D. McKay of I(ineardine;`;leave on:Monday' �to-try ato enlist with, the_Arrny_...Medical-Cor_ps_at.. London.. Lloyd Ihamlin,-of tl}EToronto-Univer s ase onin-is-iii-t I(-incardie and Fred Darling, of Kincardine, leaveMon.' day"for Kingston to enlist with the ar=: 2 tilt ty� The following are new recrnits adde,t in the last day er two to the 160th Bruce Battalion at Iivincardine: Langley Os- •wold, C. Blackwall, Cliff Renipson, Dan iei McDonald, Thos. Jewell, R. Graham and Sam Lake, whose sop is now in France with the second contingent. The (following men. -enlisted in the. 160th. Brttce' Battalion„ and` stationed hero, left on Monday for Walkerton to fake the 'Non•cotrthissioned •Ofiicors course:, Corp. 10, Relesworth, Bert Bell; Geo Brown, Win. Pilkington, I(errnetb Matheson, Frank: Olney, Albert Wright _.aurl'HarrY . Steers • • On Friday evening of last week, the Anglican Young People's Association of the 1ug1tsh Oharch; entertained the :sol- diers of the 160th. Bruce Battalion stat, Monett here, nuiuhedngabout eighty in all. the Men took this opportunity of preaentipg Lieut. Cronin with a pursoof money, for the purii•ise•of purchasing a sword for kitiltl'eIt a • EXACTLY.• , Spain Wants. Gibraltar. .Cheer up &pain, we -have- -hat 'name--lotigin feeling every time we look in the Bank New Yolk . police . search vainly for e. "Jack. the Ripper", ' Probably en- listed in the Kaiser's army by this bine. • • War, . we read, Is enriching the var• sous languages. Yes, we, should imag- ine it would. Japan apparently, has a, deep-seated feeling that, :China should :be , Band= `painted by 'Nippon. _ 'Phe Indian police . department claim - to have the linger prints of the Ger', man Crown Prince. • Tlie idea being that they' will be able to ,prove that, Willie, Jr., had a finger .in';ie warpie. dontbless. . Pfle,,, us' ,r,; PHONE 66 will Deliver Your Order au Soon. a.s we :Receive At We have et few Second, ann( • 9• Basi. 8r - p Oak Heaters which we are o'ff*.ir,in • at very.• Reasonable Pogo. These .stoves are in good - re air d, ar- kt-7,;w P. an g ant •• eed t o. give sa ills.. ° . faction. Get our sig Reductions o f ail Wintei 'Mitts f o n the next two weeks. Pe sure you get a pair : whine' they last. Notice . to Farmers wanting their Oil Tank Filled. We have a car 'of oiron hand and: can, fill y©tir tanks at our store and give you thelowest price and the best quality coal ;oil' cn the : market. Try 'a 25 gallon tank of our ail and be* convinced. We Kaye talks to sell. ELL &' WE AIM TO PLEASE • ' THE STORE WHERE YOUR MONEY . HOES • •'PARTHEST t1 Rw0M!r .oe akea-welt ,eeaMtiii irl!�ivitet+e;1~.4"0. Getting Time to Discard Winter Footwear The soft, sloppy' days will soon behere and Heavy ShnPs i it h ui rid id ktYep f�i # � e , We-eafr- Sterling- and Williams Heavy Shoes Which are second to none for wearing qualities. Try a pair of our Fine Rubbers -They keep your feet ,di y: AC. ERT Sc. ' RATHWELLi "A GOOD SHOE STORE FOR ALL THE. FAMIL:.Y Reading rdat4r.,. The' home news ; the doings of the people in this town ; the gossip of our own community, that's the first kind ofreading matter you want.. - It is more important, more ::interesting to you , -than ,that. •given by th9 paper or, magazine from the outside world. It is the first reading matter you 'stwuld buy,. .' Each issueofthis. paper gives you just what you consider • An Uphill• Task._.; , ' An' English journalist and; a private of • the Irish Guards were dining re- cently- at a restaurant In a small Frenoh town. The soldier, who had pickedup a few. scraps- of the plana i guage insisted on ordering everything in doubtful French, While the journfii- lit • would ' offer explanations . that were in the :nature of criticisms. • At ,length - Tornmy's temper- roan to the; explosive point. "'Wilt' ''you," he said. in • English, "be so good aa,:not tea i.nterfere_withme in. "mY. use. of French•?" • • "Very well," replied tits journalist. simplj' wanted to, point out •that you were asking for a' etairease when you , wanted a spoon!" ' 1'i% .e: t _r- w atter .A Brave "Gornstal ke)r" How L ance-Corporal Keyser, one of • the best bomb -throwers in the Austra- Ilaa and. New Zealand Corps, •won his V Q. 'is 'deserlbed br' aptain C E. Bean, otllcial.mess--representative-=at• - Galiipell. • During, fierce attacks at L9n& Pine, I{eYsetr as. throwing. Petr -elftratarr fli ill-eniftfnuousiy ry ii not only .threwbombs, but constantly smothered the enemy's' bombs with Ms coat. Finally, when the enemy mit down, the time of the furies, hecaught 41. several bombs in the air like a cricket ball and 'threw them back before bursting; R • We are in the friarlet.:for cream,,SJve'tet c"r sour. We supply'tW'r:.ctfs,e ty tt\ice:each ..nion lh.__•tesi._e�lcl .call' 'r'eceived:. szild .our patron's 'a statement. of the wt-iiht, .test and butter' fat in 'each can, with, trio. empty cath returned. • We refer }•otu'to any, bank as to our standing; • • Wi iii left lila-rtO=dtty. , TRELEAVEN &, R.A.NTON, Palm, .Creamery, PALMLRSTOH.;Oli4T. w�.meat :• an agent_ herr, ' fur. Palin Dairy --lee-<£ream, -•1 Write fOr•pricch and' terms. ' , 11-5•c • , Though 2;000 miles' from 'a railroad, Yakutsk in the extreme north orb Asia, -maintains au electric=llght. ilaait °th vear round. - -Lightuing`Rods Prevent Fires At the Convention of the Miitttal .Fire -tJnder.writcrs' Association recently held in Toronto. at the Cars -Rite hotel,. Prof. W. K. liay, of the O. A. C., • t nvil , pointed out the benefits derived front lightning rods, and showed by flgttres•, taken' from records of ' etianpauii s, in the Stare of -Michigan chiefly, that if " profit- able for 'farniers-to instire their buildings for the conservation of property, it Was still more economical to have thein rod, 4t,19•-tik swu'r tz; . a E:Tri�ll�bl. ' o INIOMY • 't is not as 'easy b acquire ,the saving habit; as to leara extrava- gance. The incentive to econo- tn:ze Is noW ,Very real. Open a Savings Ac;coimt' at the Bank of Han}ilton: Interest al,towcd on de- posits of One Dollar and upward. LUCXNOW BRANCH' Genital Authorized •SS,0, 5.c O i, A. Ca..LRiivl :, i4aYttp ,gyp. capful l aid«nu « ^,,'l,ai.1ta .i'ab- 'Surpl s • . • • •'y3;4/s.ttt)ta ti• •