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THE SIGNAL: GODERICH ONTARIO
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DR. WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND
The Famous Poet of French-Canadian Life.
it was right Years ago that 1)r. Dr ummond's delightful }Kook of verse "The
Habitant. and Other Frenclid'anadian Poems" made its debut. Their quaint-
' nese. pathos, humor and r•alneo . blended with the rare. sympathetic touelfth:tt
makes smiles chane away tenni and tram follow seniles. won instant response in
the hearts of Canadians and.n( all lovers of god lite•raturc'thmughout the world.
The simple-minded. pure -hearted French-Canadian 4haracters- told their .curies
in a new dialect —handled with such loving, sympathetic' interpretation that no
slightest cloud of esaggerat or buries. ne Marne! the s sell of the eliann.
They were originally ecribblel on a block of paper held on the author's knee.
often by .1 camp -bre; later, begged, borrowed or purloined l.y friends, many of
them drifted into print and became f.ioitular without. the author's name and with
no trace of their parentage. It was the poet's wife who carefully colleltei all
there earlier poems and made copies of the biter ones, and sea made• Notable one
of the'b.'st Aching ing Ieeoks of pastry in recent years.
I)r. Drummond was born in ('ounty Leitrim, 1n•land. in NAA. and whch a
boy of nine was 6rou ht with his three brothers to Canada by bis father who
settled in Montreal. He lured outelo)r life, ramping, fishing. boating—:►nything
with open air and companionship. Ile was happy at Boni 1 l'Ioufe, meeting the,
river drivers and shanty men on their way down to Quelee; absorbing their stories
and quaint talk with all the intensity of an impressiolahle hay, unconseitously
atonng them away in silent ppreparation until the (Lege when hewas to add a' sew
character to the literature'of Canada Ond a new name to her roll of reap poet
R'hile in the High S•hnnl at M ontreat and later at Bishi)p's College at let 1-
enxyille in his medical comae fmm whish he graduated in U4.S4, he Wrote w)me verso
but it was his splendid physique and -great strength that dietingnishtd hila --hi
wonderful records in hammer -throwing and shot -putting winaiug more attar
tion then his throwing of words or putting of phrases.
When he came to Montreal to pr ('ties. be became identified with the aishntg
cluhe, and on the rivers and in tramping through the morsels came az:tin into
close companionship with the guides, the half-hn'e'ds and the habitants 111)04,, rin1-
fidenee,be won and whew• r.(ts•m w(4,, given to him as naturally AS 41/44110 rryonda
to Bound. -le recognition of his splendid contribution:a to literature. • 1)r.1hunt- \
mend was elected a 'Fellow of the Rival (u'1ety of Literat-ire, linal:url,'awl of
the Royal Society -of ('annola. a 1).('.I.. of Bishop's College, and hohorel with au
LI..D. from Toronto 1'niversity. • Hie latest book is "The Voya.s'nr."
Sawed asc.nkae ,o A. t of ne raslell....M t. sea. •a 1M yeas Uy... i•y w. t'. Back. at t„e Ueevnwnl .41 Aane.lta.e
TO IMPROVE OUR TOWN.
Everyone Is Invited to Contribute to
This Column.
8ugxest ons for Our Mun,c.pal Authontms. or
Others Who May Be Concerned An Op-
portunity for Anybody Who Has Anything
on Het Mond to Get It Off,
Some years ago there env talk of
nutking Elgin ave • a handsome
boulevard, with a row of trees down
the middle and a driveway on either
side. It is about the longest street in
the town, is of good width. and woe
ch(weo.at that t• • as•the Ntleet most
suitable for beautifying in, this way.
It was a good ischenle, and might still
be carried out. 1 think it was ai that
tiine it began to be called Elgin
avenue insten.d of Elgin street : but
beyond the change of name nothing
4 converting
war done to0 wand it into
the beautiful boulevard that the coun-
cillors of
oun•cillorsof that day had in mind.
A new opera house is tone of the
things this town netts. While the
present one serves the purpose in :1
way, a larger hall would provide ac-
commodation for )•tte•r• companies
and bigger audience* ---and it takes a
big audience to pay for the- lest ronl-
patties.
Another 'suggestion i, that a com-
pany should be forme' to purchase a1
stall steamer to give ekenrsione from
this harlsit in the ' unlner season.
Besides giving trips 1011 on the lake, e•s-
tecially'n (lays when excursions are
here tont' inbuilt!! towns, such a boat
plight have a regular run from Grand
Bend 4,r Sarnia o4, the south to Kin-
cardine or Southampton on the north,
and a. rnneldt•t•ahle trade .night Is.
worked up. There %vomitl 1N more
travelling by water along this shoe if
chert• were more frequent trips by the
Moats than once it week.
Why hasn't this town an athletic
clue). for the rnr 'tweeted (of Is III
winter and N(onuner sp.otte? Except
for hockey and lawn bowling, this is
pretty nearly a dead town, so. far ass
sports are ronrerned. A live athletic
club would get the boys together. and
we could have hiertnee' and I4)se1Na11
textile and eneourag(• other manly
',porta.. In whiter it would h' a good•
rallying pial.• for the bey-, with a
eynm .slum, elf.. instead of hating
theist holding up the rut•nel•N on the
street or blowing (ff hot. air in hdtck
11N1111s, ,
MODERN ESTABLISHMENT.
Some Facts About Semi -Ready New
Shops in Montreal.
tl•r Thr (issues•, Montreal, 21.4 of F'eb-
rlrary, near
The Semi -Heady (' patty has 1 een
strengthened by the addition to it. di-
rt's -borate of two well-known bu.inesit
ilea,. Charles H. Nelson, olio wits for
maini�)(• years head of the wholesale
houlas of H. & A-. Nelson. )Iontteal
1 Tot'n11, has putcheeel a large in-
terest in the company and i4 now vice-
president. -1 lfrel Wood. the II14014
paper publisher, who recently die
pissed of The ttaw•a Free Press to e
group of Ottaw runtractot•P, has also
joined forces w -i the company. and
lie will he added to he dil'ecterxte.
1'hr Semi -Ready poring ..hop/. in
Montreal ate models 4f the 'molern
establishment. A new tory of five
floors with a system which enures
high-class n•orkmanohip is surrounded
by every sanitary arrangement. The
greater part of one Hour is devotel. to
1' oo w e 350
se r dining -room r m h (e the employ-
PP)
mu 1 0 •-
Kpl y
PP) may take their slid -day lunehe>n
Itt comfort. A kitchen and lunch
c(Mntt•r run be managed by the co-
operation of the whole working staff.
Built nceording to plans prepared by
Mr. Beane. the Sethi -Heady tailoley
i, 'situated in Montteal far away frn,ii
the noisome factory district. it in o4)
'
tidy street, near Sherbrooke, un one
of the plateau, from where Mount
Royal begins its steep ascent.
The officers of the Seini'I(l'ady,
Limited. elected at the annual meet-
ing held a few week. ago. are :-1'1
dent, Andrew Mercer : vice-preskient
('tons. H. Nelson ; managing direetnr,
Herbert A. Watt v ; sef e
txrcttwes-
1rer . A. Nelson 1 , director, A. hl.
Laing.
President Mercer wars for many
yea's a ettecereful merchant tailor in
i'ete•is 14•o. lie was (Me of the first
!nosiness 111Pt1 to recognize the possi-
bilities of' the Semi -Reedy system, and
how nur(•Iy it nu.t displact• the cruder
castes t•tilnring methods just as the
IGGoodyear process' revolutionized) the
h tbocnlaking industry.
1$ THIS TRUE 1
Bachelorhood Said to Be Excessively Com-
• mon in Huron, Bruce and Middlesex.
'1'urnnto, Feb. Lel. -There Arc more
Isarhllm, and fewer children to the
square inch in these distri(•ts than in
11113 ''1 lii'i 4.0)11)8) 4)1 that size in On-
t./who.-
Thin i,i-the startling 'state of affatit'e
noted ht" one of the leeturens of the
F'aruu•1•,' Inst ituU•s in A report to Sup-
erinteibdent Putman on hie wnt'k in the
1'011111 4.14 of Ii Mon, I3,tiec 114011 the
northern and western portions of 11id-
(thewx, ile notes that in these dis-
lriets the farmers are only growing
gem l`4., buildings are falling into dine). -
pair and Perms are hemming over-
grown with 11)1x14)115 weeds.
One reason for this condition h(' finds
in the transition from grain-rai:ing
Ord mixed to K to grazing, and an
other in the lack of hitel help s4,
necessary in mixed farming. He else
ante, what others have reported.
nntely, the large numters of barb -
tilos and the'5.eareity of children in
theme• sections, In 11114' instance a
nehnol in Middlcscx has been closed
became. there was only one child in the
district of tate proper Age to attend it.
l'his'Iasl idea suggest. snnl.her --that
we don't make enough lime of eau•
water privileges here. \VP .night, le
have a fleet of yacht., and oiler small
pleasure boats. w i t h o'rasionl
squat is competitions. This would be a
great attraction for simmer mer visitrs.
The harbor park alight easily be
n►do ►lor• leftsrfiv(•
pieta 'n
g
trees and nitride. The exetsinnimis
shays flock to it lecanse it is betide
the lake, but it i, a here -looking pliu'P
and there is not enough shelter from
the hot stun. if tree, were planted
now, in ten years it might Ite a very
pretty spot—unless the new 1'. 1'.
line spoilss s it. in any cane, the 1)11(4)1
Ing of a few teres woad improve it
wonderfully, and would not cent
!pitch.
Next!
Dead Sick of Asthma
You couldn't be otherwise with such
a dietre's:Mg malady. Well, for one
dollar spent on "(latarrhoxnne' you
can be thoroughly cured. Foolish to
delay, because Asthma steoulily grows
worse. (pet Catarrhozone today and
core }oneself : it in pleasant lou se, Very
simple, and guaranteed. Preserih(d
by thousand's of duetting and timed by
the people of nine nations ---certainly
Oatarthouone must be good : 1t hams t
failed yet., no matter how chemic the
e.se.
Valuable Advice to Mothers.
If vine child a 's in from play
coughing or showing evidencee of
gripess pe, sore throat, or'sicknof any
kind, get ort. your bottle of N.•rvitine.
Ruh the rhe'et end neck with Nert•i-
liar, end give iute4ns1 doles, of ten
drops of Nerviline in Nw'ee•tened water
every two hours. This will prevent
any Retinue troubleNo liniment or
pain relieverPflualsPnhern's Nerviline,
which hen leen the great family
remedy in ('aneda for the poet fifty
y<'ars. Try a GSc. bottle of Nerviline,
When 'rau1M k Mon examine' reit'
Pyen yon get the benefit of over thlrty-
flve yea('. experience rend thatmmnt(
for a great deet. At the British hotel
\Vfdet.wlay, ThurlwlIy and Friday,
March 14th. loth and 10111.
HERE IS THE ANSWER.
To the Editor of Thu sheat.
Ineen hint, n questions tasked
in an article `AlhlimheI in The Signal
of Februury nth might be answered as
1'4,11,Iw4:
Question No. 1 Where in the (•a411 -
here,. sent out by the sit)' stores will
you 11ud their uffrr to pay rash 4,r ex•
ehulge gof,tls fur your butter, eggs,
July and grain ? Ans.—On the silent
page. se
No, 2- How much do they pay fill.
'•sale, 4heyp and hogs 1' Ann, A
lilts' below uoarket price. if (1lawible.
No. .1 NI/ty 1111114h kit/CV/1 will they
poly for improving reds told bridges,
for the support 4,t the lien. of the
comity, for the expenses of running
the hominess of the town 4111d 1•ilullty?
Ales-Ip•l11,1e).-
Nu. •I—On what page le their offer 114,
('unfeibute y 4,r services in the
establishment anti uutintt•nauce of, a
('11(11.011 4,14 tinnday w'hod for the im-
provement of the mural t • of your
(•uaumi nit y ? Sty. answer to No, 1.
No.:/ \\'11x( Zine -4,f credit will they
extend to you wheat your crops are
pool and 'y gone, when through
111144•s4lrl' IIIi'forhtne you are mit able
to rend thein rash with older . for
your hardware, drygoel4., rte, ? Ams.
--- When this time c •s they will lose
your lmraofflfe address
• Nu. 8' \Vhen you ere collecting
funds for a holiday demonstration
(hoer :ire “not at home."
Nu. ;.—lo what d(•pa ltnient do they
explain to you the iuclel(at'I value sof
your property 114 11 result of trading
With then) ? Ans. They uIe• 11411 1u-
1e1e14twl ih y • property ; what they
want is your (1851).
TM -merchants of the ,.melt LOW1144
411e more or less 111 1)1:)111' fnr 1Ile•- a1g1-
twa't of these ('aUtlogne house's, ('1•-
11011t• they give credit. Iw't env
merchant put a slat -cash drpatrtulent
i4) one corner of hies skeet, and it is
cafe to say he would sell a4 cheap MA.
if not cheaper than. any catalogue
house in Canada, and save express
and ixlsta41' for the brayer. Not only
that, but he sunlit beta. to extend this
ramal l,u41111.4511nt11 It took in all the
satire. In this way the town would
prosper more greatly and the cata-
logue 1 seri would g4, to glass. A
lit 144 rllnaderation along these lines
by merchants and the public would
certainly lit ;p the community in
which we live. Takla, for. instance. a
((person starting in bus'44le44 with, say,
$1111 as him total repltel. 11e spends
this amount in good.. A maul routes
along soil (Offers him $I31( for them,
to lie plaid in .six weeks. The met -
chant 'o credit is iio good.- Whet is he
to d„4 Go to bed until the six weeks
are. ups:. Ni,, Retll.,' such riles, •usi
he catalogue house•. do, but sell the
Dods for .pot cash for $10.1, and so
( •. He wi11 prop ere, and aao will the
et•. G. B.
( derich.'ehy. 16th.
A Fiery Sepulchre.
Mrtkinker.l
Intent tel deep Beneath the surface
of the el rth, its very existence stank
in obli'io and fol tion,- until asci•
denial!). ( .I•nyt•I''(1 y a well -sinker.
sleptt'in•• 11 portant a I • haxuti'u.ly
deeoretel rl y, which, deat'ly 'seven-
teen buntline years rue'iously, had,
in the ' 1st of its gale -'e it” coup,
menial life, an its gross deE t.avity;
been suddenly : mothered fust sulfo-
t•at1•d by an ,ll idling outburst of
Nature:. latent trees, and Nepul-
uu•el beneath ,t 11 thly pall ejected
front the fiery interi r of the earth. '
HIt nt1" th( dis 01ring Olanof
,'coria• and indurate ashes has�in
(gRreat measure been reit 4)1el, and the
lavishly (ll•rlalllerlted r11' 14 1/11('e
exported to view : Bee rti4t'ic wall
paintings told dP0ot•ati( m—still a
pattern for modern art Ino4.t ata
fresh and as blight as fore the
catastrophe which sunk it 1 ruin;
the chaste and relined arehi lure of
the luxuriant dwelling house of its
seethe. and 'Pnators still ferfe• _and
unimpaired : and even the deep uta
worn in the sloneipav-ing of he
streets appearing Ar It but yesterd
1
the chariot's of the Pompeian ixn noble
had thundered along those busy
street,: while the j1uhish upon por-
tions of the edges of the drinking
fountains by the r,,adyide still inilt-
cafes where the hand of the Roman
wayfarer tested to enable hint to take
a draught from the jet of water issu-
ing from the marble lion's luouth 4,r.
other ornamental sleet,
.411(1 then in the wiueshrlps aiP the
anlphot•A',-'till 'showing the stain of
the- rvatoofatel wine they (ot•Iuerly
contained : in the baker)) shops.
nunlroom. 1o,1ve4 left in the oven to
hake to :( finder while the em flet• fled
from the dl•4tt•oying tornado of stores
V
n ;inlet, • and in the sitting in t omits
Ila l
K
the rage in whi,•h the P1mg-1rprd aa,
left to perish` the ''rot' and the boair-
circlet. the !templetor the ems•-ings, left
by the eye:quint in Tier hurried flight.
Ilia in the Midst of all their Limy
life the dread tI)('4in w0truls the dont
of the great city : the volcalto belches
fni•Ih fire and brimetuue_, red -hut
stunt' and liquid ro'k, millet; and Hera'
rain ; 1111. stir is darkened hy the
terrine outburst, and the sulphurous
gasp's choke and suffocate. And now
they Hee for their We, men, seinen
and 'child(en-'Ihnusitnls, however,
perishing ---Nome, loading themselves
with too gteat ft weight of treasure,
einking with their hoard of gold and
silver beneath the stifling li'.lhatll'IIe,
there to remain 'sepultinsel until the
spade of the excavator 111,111(('1'4 thele
and their treatseu•e.
And 4(o. (then the rs:h1ngers
t • p shall sound long and loud over
the whole earth, wills • endeavor
to flee. and 1.0411 upon the rocks to Inide
them. But others, who nr• as 4.111.1' a4
they fate be of anything that their
transgn'esiene are atoned for by the
alt rifles of (he Son of God, wh
that have ar.epted as their Savior.
will 1'ok up with triumphant joy and
e" lat4.y. For they know that their re -
detention is at hand.
A Persistent Backache
Can have Ilia • enlist. Iliseasnd
kidneys, tt•hirh must be 'strengthened
before backache can be cured. Why
not. tete Dr. lhunilton'0 Yllls'r They
cuter the kidney's qui.kly, slake them
strong mod able to filter 11 imease-bls•e'I1 Og
fmisfiles from the blood. At mice you
eel better, stronger, brighter. Kid-
ney health ie guaranteed b t.. Peery
timer of )h•. Hamilton's rills. Get a
We, box from your druggist, and re
fuse ambetitutes. — --
His
Nis Maiden Speech.
Very few pentane acquit themselves'
nohl • inr'
� their maiden speech. Al a
wedding betel,' recently the bride.
groom wee ratite' upon. an usual, t4
respond to the given tree*, in Rpite of
the fact that he had previously
pleaded to be eerue(el.
Hltinhing to the m014. of his hair. he
r.14e to his feet. He intended to imply
thnt he was' unprepared for tp14•erh
making, but unfortunately placed his
heed Idem the bride's shoulder and
parked down alt her ow he stammered
out his opening (and eonclnding
wnnle :
"Thin, er -thingg has leen forced
upon me."— Philadelphia Ledge'.
Most housewives judge the purity
of a flour by its whiteness. White
somehow signifies pure v. Hut while
wire Hours arc always It hits, white
Hours arc not always pure.
Royal Household Flour
it the oniaest flour thu is milled.
It is also the purest. You may think
the Hour you arc .sing is about as
white as flour ran be. \'et if you
lace it beside Roval Household
Flour it evil, ook yellow by com-
parison. Ask your grocer for Royal
Household, and make sure that he
understands that you mean it.
Ogilvie Flour Mills Co., Ltd.
Montreal.
"Ogilvie's Book fur a t'(srk,-. fon-
tains, 1:)) (woe of excellent recipes
wane mlrr published hef,lre, lour
gnu• 1ten you how togv)11PREF.
FRIENDLY WARNING.
No Need tell Be Alarmed About Stomach
Troubles If You Use Miso-nae
The s6 frequent affect' of 111e
4tto111afh is catarrh, as the delicate
membrane which lines the stomach is
t•4t'si1y irritatrel by harmful food or
overeating. Keep 11 strife watch for
the first eyntptonls of, et Itch tlnn-
ble. Take *his friendly warning in
the spirit in tvhieli it is given and
pod! by it.
Stuffiness of Meath, black specks
before the eyes, furred tongue, dizzi-
ness. Ielciiiug of gases or lith' food.
weakness and debility are all signs of
catarrh of the stenlaelt., There is no
need to be unduly rilarnitel, for this
dist•ase can be 41)10.1 by Mi-tpna. It iv
the only remedy that strikes at the
root of the evil and actimlly cures the
di,w'ase.
1t (1114.1: not contain opium i4, ally
form, adds, ,li•uhol, 4,r tiny other
hafmful drug 4,r chemical. It i.4 a
purr remedy that heals the irritated
tnucoun ul(•ulle•aane, shunt late the w)-
1ar jjd�rxus, 4(11(1 1(1(14111igt•4tiun.
Jp«/-na costs but 1111 ('!'tits a box..
If von cannot obtain Mi-o-ust of
your druggist, it will be sent by mail,'
postpaid, on receipt sof price. Neils
us for advice on "our ease from a lead-
ing 4t art Nplrcialist, which will be
sent fete, The H. 1'. Booth Cmripany,
Ithaca, N. Y.
Prince Rupert.
The above caption is the euphonious
lend ahtproprietc name which the
(nand Trunk Politic have adopted fur
their terminus on the Pacille coast.
The people of Canada were given 'en
uppeortunity of naming, this city,
which some .day will iecome one of
the greatest seaports on the western
roast of America, and 12.1141 different
nettles were submitted by those who
took part in the contest. A mune has
leen chosen that is Nigllitleant of
('aua/111 and one that wee pa')nuineta
in the' early=
when nearly
Nor 1 Atneric
Hope •1's Ian
the 04, 1 petition
not con • in more
nor more
which cu
end Ili(/'
1111'1441 With
history of. the country,
eentire area of British
'a was known a, Prince
d. Under the terms of
nn tent the namesl Id
han three syllables,
lettere. the name
h the conditions
Inldel that se•-
1•1. this name
being 4ugge44 I by M John Orme,
of 11,mm-'hew. Ontario and ley 1t.
KI
irkwo, of 'opp ercli e, Ontario.
T • P judges, hot ver. O railed that
"1 'ince Ruppert" 11
nen • and more
aW4A el the two ht
dollar prize to Miss
Donald., of Winnipeg,
then ten
plied
t
(*del
tt f to
'o Ito
!tit
a
props
ate, and
leaner 1.'41c-
anitoba who
molted thi
k .Pattie,
'sit oft e
mint t
4,o 14111
1111/
14p
was the
name.
however,
faintest. en
each bf the t
mined the ne
But why P ' t Vh: t
n revelry e d •
had the dashingming a stet I h rl
K
of the cave:here n arty three hundred
',veers ego I(' do W i ('an141a? Prince
upert Wats really t e Hrst Briti'sh-(a-
ne(lian business 1111 elate. He tt'a14. N
llnlrem- of the Hud ni n H,af' Com-
�pany, end its fleet Go rnor In 11(71*.
n that veer ('ltaries 1. granted at
chums(• 10 the Trine(• sl 1 seventeen
(other noblemen 441)41 qct Ien,en. iqr4
rnrporating then as "The Governs
and l' puny of A,Itpelret of Eng-
land, trailing into. Hudson's ." and
securing In them •(1 he role ern a and
f erre of all those seas and , nits.
all
•
IV one tvhe e1)
e Grand Trt
cognizing the s
tied the ',time a
'(1 con le4tant4
e Port Rupert.
Oce lupert ?
hays. rivets, lakes, clerks and so
in Whntl•t'er latitude they (.11,111 1e,
that lie within the entrenee to t'e
Straits emu nlenl,v called Hudson
Strafe, together with all the 1a1ndN
and (eft•itn•ie•N 1115)1) the countries,
('070414 end cnnHnem of the 14P4u., bay.,
etc., aforesaid, that were not tatready
actually poosseseed by or granted t,,
any of Our s111Ilja•ct4, r14' (Nn$Ne4,N'od by
the subjects of any other Christian
n
Prince of State. The first 'settlements
of the country thus grentd, whirls
was to be known 104 Rup ar't's hand
were 11144411' un .lames Bay and tat
Churchill and Hnyle's River.
Prince Rupert was born in 1111(1, the
mon of Fredetirk '4., Elector -palatine,
and Elizabeth. eldest daughter of
.lames 1., of England. tic was a man
of M1'1,041°119 bravery, but at the sante
time .howed luck of caution. \Viten
only thirteenears old he took part in
that siege of Rhein ietg, and at the
age, of eighteen r'utunlanded a regi-
ment of cavalry in active nervier. At
the beginning of the .ivil war in Eng -
bind ht• wee placed a4 the head of a
regiment of horse and took part in'
m've•t•al battles. Notwithstanding a(
eerious error at Marmon Moor, he w,(5
N1111 appointed commander of all the
Royal troops. After the defeat of
Namely, on Jury. 11, 1111 A, he retired
to Bri'stol, but eurre•nder'd to by
on Augnet 22nd. The King thereupon
dcpri5(d him of his e lesion. In
Inks, he With, (4,r want o1 any roue
pm•tent matt, appotint('4 to command
the fleet. He was hlo('ked(d b • Rinke
in Kinnate flarleor, and in October,
161p, forced him way out and 'steered
for Limbs. Blake pursued hits and
he With only navel by assistance from
the King of Portugal. He suttee -
fluently escaped to the Went Indies,
bot after the restoration of Charles ii.
ht. wan made a Privy Councillor, and
served tinder the i)uke of York
against the Dutch. He was Otter•
wattle Governor of Windsor t'ast.le,
where, during the bast nine yearn 4)f
his life he devoted 1 ' •11 to Ncientiflc
J. J 1-1. COLBORNE BORNE CASH OR
'PHONE 8e`PRODUCE
BARGAIN DAYS
GREAT BARGAIN DAYS
Saturday and Monday
MARCH 3rd and 5th.
TW() OF THE GREATEST BARGAIN DAYS THIS STORE HAS
EVER GIVEN. TERMS CASH.
`J. H. Colborne, Goderich
and art -1..1i'. pursuits. lie died Ni
vtetibet• 211t11, 11112.
A MUD SICK DOCTOR.
•Phys'cian's Suggestion- to -Improve
An Ohio County's Roads.
•
Auto' Ai Aids to Good Roads.
A recent Engliash periodical finds that
the automobile- M doing much to im-
prove the character of the rural roads
and that people having desirable coun-
try places for sale or lease have leas
difficulty now than formerly In dispos-
ing of them. The auto has made F.ng-
Ilsh highways fully 50 per rent. better
than formerly.
and the improvement
continues. The good roads division of
our department of agriculture claims
that what is Mang for England in this
dlrettioo iR also doing for to MA the
New Yea* correaponM'nt ot the Pitts-
burg Dispatch. It has bees noticee1,
for instance. that sllbetae(iaUr MI tete
roads leading Ent of ebe large cities of
the country are today In good (Ryder.
This Is pertiktidas(y teas of Use oastern
sod novebe•rn content states. Protn the
Alleghaotpl,f0 tem Mieshafppi the
errantry roads l many commies are 1n
exrnptteaally Nae condition The farm-
ers are paying more attention to this
subject than ever burs, ant osly un•
der elle spur of the owners of antra,
but on their owe ae.•eottst. Tey have
beg a dweaterl to undeestartd Mat Rood
roads will Map them to (set to masieet.
A farmer haling ten mile' saran his
colaty spot M the 1044dlea moot sad
reckao/ag the dlwtanrr ler the time k
takes to drive It is abbe ander Ike int- W
proving highway .'(>sdlkin5,s to reach
town in almost ha*f the thele ferraerlY
cowsunted. The practical slue of Nth
change he Is not long is seeing.
In Morrow county, O-, we are very
pworl) provided with pike roads, seem
Dr, U. B. Virtue of Iberia, 0., In the
Auto Advocate and Country Roadie
Outside of the incorporated villages
there a -re perhaps ten or twelve miles
of pike and some indifferent gravel
roads. Mostly the 'roads are earth
rowels, which In many months are
equivalent to mortar beds. llovrever,
the number of people who advocate_
good roads 1s steadily increasing, so
that the enemlt.a of good roads now
say, "Something of the kind will be
done sooner or later.'" They hope that
it wilt be later on account of an - In-
crease In taxation which would neces-
sarily follow. My edea of what should
be done here 1 Morrow county) Is some-
thing as follows:
In this township—In fact, all over
this 'county—there Is an abundance of i
sandstone of the kind commonly spo-
ken of as Berea grit: also at good sup-
ply of fair quality gravel. Now, 1f the i
roads were well graded and ditched 1
with good large,, culverts where cid- i
verts are seeded and an earth track
constructed at one side and a broken
stone and gravel track 'at the other, we
would have good roads comparatively '
cheap, Of course this sandstone and
gravel road should he well rolled as It
is laid down and when finished only
slightly higher than the earth track.
1 am well acquainted with the lime-
stone pike roads built In !trent years
in two adjoining counties—Marion and
Crawford -and know shut most of
them are built coq high and too this
and- are not rolled. Being loose, they
rut Immediately. Being high, it Is not
easy to drive from one track to an-
other, and they spread easily. And be -
Ing thin I fear they will not stand
service well.
As to cost, i believe gond sandstone
and gravel roads can be built in this
region for $1,5110 per mtle, I think this
should be borne by the adjoining prop-
erty
roperty owners, the township, the county
and the state, each paying 25 per cent.
of cost, and then maintained by the
township- As to the Pelted States Gov-
ernment paying a part, let the Govern-
ment pay one-half the cost of con-
structing good roads of double width
(about twenty feet) between points of
military importance.
1n conclusion. as a mud sick country
doctor; 1 should rejoice to aw, the
roads improved by "any old plan,"
D. Millar Co.
.7
HOU ENO1 D
COMMODITIS
We are showing a very large range of .housoliold com-
modities, including a new 1'ange'of
Tapestries, Cretones, Sateens,
and , Art Muslins.
Special for this
week.
:till yalll., 72 Illehe4 sole.
Inlhletched Table 15x11 I,k.
t elrlign, Only. 40c
\(1p.e 1141 prise. - y.l
Special Zane an
White
Bed Mats
large size
99c each.
Special in Napkins
Several lines opened tip
this
wgrk nod mar4ed
1110ch Udder the ()Minato
price. -
We have this week ooh n)'I1 up our first showing of
Carpets, Linoleums and Oilcloths,
and to these your inspection is cordially invited.
Do not fail to see our stock of
Dress Tweeds, 50c a yard.
They are the nattiest hinge ever shown tor the money.
"X' Millar's Popular Store PH 6"E
NEW CLOTHS
FOR ---
SPRING SUITS
in Canadian and Imported Tweeds,
Worsteds, Cheyiots and Serges
Made up in latest style to your fit.
Call and see how well i can do for you.
Everything in Men's Smart Wear
REG. BLACK
Gents' Furnisher and Outfitter - Goderich
OUR MEDICAL HERB TEA
This excellent Nt h 1 blood remedy is a
%lo(IIPs< • mixture of roots, harks, e11.
We intend to ('hinge the container and to dear
out the present lit will -ell *him exreR('n1 remedy
at just half-price,
1Sc or 2 for 25c
.1111.1 think of it ! Kul) package nukes 11 111141
of medicine.
Come soon 1
Test of Oiling a Roadway.
The half mile of often road no the
avenue facing the State Agricultural'
college at Manhattan, Kam., has with
stood the rnM weather satisfactorily an
far, says the Kansas City Star. In a
few Mares the residuum nil did not
penetrate the req(nrell ((1x inches, and
three )1
e
p errs will nerd further working.
The work was done last September
Rod required 4.4on gallons of oil, at
114 rents a gallon at the wells The
freight was about the same, making
the total cost about $140. The expert
mens teems to juatfy the claims mob•
for It by Its supporters, 1t is now said
that Manhattan horsemen will not the
half mile drive In the city park the
coming spring,
Dark lasts.
Don't attempt to ',sir!, the 1111rk4 by
their legs. 11 Is much safer to handl/
them by the neck.
Don't rehire thole weight by taking
a temp among them at night.
Never throw lime in it dusk pen; It
41111.
Never Pr)eet the Inmost duck ear fm
hatching!: they are 115011lly Infertile.
Always ptbvlde plenty of esrhonatt
and phoephute of lime to 04.4.1,4* she!
slaking. This la fnnnd In oyster shell
Keep plenty of rosins, send, Old met
tar Red R little ebaresel In 0 box fol
laying dock
- - Only A', dozen to go
C. GOODE - Chemist
BEDFORD BLOCK.
NIA -Cross quality i4 ;away?'the hTghesl.
FORTIFY YOUR
LUNGS
against co1(1s with a
lsdtl. of our
EMULSION
A HIGH -('LAMS
Mh:L LCIN4
not the (heap trashy
kind Nome sell. (111y
4o cents
1.-ncle Ebert, in The \Vn,hingtnn
Star, ally.. ••11. 1Ike4 it mighty
lrnnsr'ient ions loan to 1(111116 be able to
tell de difference 'tween when hes
(1
tin''nn' when hex lazy."
Write fot trstitnonflals.
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