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aODSHIcH. THURSDAY. DM'. st leto,
GOOERICH'S GOOD NAME.
e h'
.111. g 1 mind that it is well some-
time. that we should see ourselves
the eugh mthrr people'. spectacles,, The
Signal pi.I,lishes this "seek some comb
mem- upon the - terrible and ead
affair which bas darkened the l'hriat-
nlas eeae.•0 in Goderich. coupled as it
inevitably lain the Minds of outsiders
with the tragedy of September last
and other violent and mysterious oc-
currences in nor town within the last
few :Months.
in the first place. it Muse he ack-
nowledged that we cannot be fur-
- prised at such comment . Have not
aiaby ed our own a flew•
months ago were groud of, the town's
good name. the, high charadAy of- its
citizens and its fteeden troru critter.
been asking tremselces , anxiously.
- 1s }:ode:ich changing from its charac-
ter as -s -peaceful, law-abiding com-
munity : have we taken in some hor-
rible
oerible new spirit of -passion and violence
which .must be exorcised before we
can again sleep quietly in our beds ?
'These are serious questions. not to be
easily brushed aside.
O11 the other hand, it must be said
that such comments as those of The
Stratford Herald are made without
knowledge tet the circdnlstences, The
great misltike in the Vanstone cava
was nestle a year ago when t he man was
released from jail, to which he had
been committed on a charge of in-
sanity, and for that mistake—Ao
easily- seen now not the neighbors
but the marry wife is largely respon-
sible. It is one more instance of
woman's devotion gone wrong. ,
The age of.ehivalry is still allive,
and It bast not departed front Gode-
rich. The deities of innocent childhood
and tender womanhood are as highly
regarded here as they are .elsewhere
among worthy -people. it is not true
that our people are cowardly or cal-
tous—"fools rusb in where angels
fear to tread"—,hut it would be more
dif ieult to deny lust they are "easy-
going." Most of them, getting along
fairly well themselvea and leading
decent and orderly lives. are disposed
to believe that the rest are doing the
same, and coneeeluently they are not
,inclitted to interfere in other people's
affairs. This'ieeling that "all is well'''.
Lav perhaps .been too strongly de-
veloped. The terrible record of the
last few months should Leech its
Mason. The standard of citizenslifp
must be reieed higher than ever : law
and order must he more sternly en-
forced ; este must be taken for
granted ; a truer guard must be
kept againet the a Pitts of evil and
disorder—and elf in the spirit that.
' *ia'ry r„rn is his hicalserSee brother'Let
us all fervently pr.ry- that no such
chapter of tragedy tee has been written
this year will ever again mar the his-
tory of our tows.
POLLING CONCLl1OJD:
The polling in the Btish elections
is concluded and the net TeslitTt ie 'twat
the Liberal -Labor -Nationalist alliance
has a maj , ty of 1211 over the Union-
ists, es cnmm$red with a.nmejority of
124 in the Iasi'j'arliament,
The standing of the various
is as follows
Liberals •
Nati.halietK, .
I.alnnrii.o ... 43
ponies
271
84
3118
I'nion net s. .......\.... 272
Total number of seats. \ 870
•I'aere will likely be an interval of
c p.'ratiav calm briars the neer Par -
Klement aeee•mhles and the Government
*igitts to unfold its plans for the
settling est the long-standing quarrel
between the people and the peers..
Though there are thele who urge the
l
Lords to hold out to the last ditch
against the curtailment of their legis-
lative powers, the view seems to be
commonly accepted that the Govern-
ment's bill for the eniorcing of the will
of the He'use of Corpwons, under con-
ditions distinctly kid down, will be
allowed to pass. Then the way will
be clear for Radical meseutea which
up to the prevent Deur* have been held
up by the veto of the House of Lords.
The Great Moment.
Now the oz waited In the stall,
Now the Stara waited In the sklcs,
For that strange thing which should befall
Hefote the moon should rin.•. _
The winds about forgot to blow,
The spark to gather in the dew,
The 'aloud above forgot to now
Tong the mldnigbt's blue.
The singer'. song in sweetness. hung
Trembling to at illness , and, as. well.
Steathlcss thgt instant lottbr'. clung
The Mb/ her', n.pture fell.
The shepherd ceased to tell his nock,
The tether ceased to breathe his prayer,
The whole world felt the subtle shock.
The portent in the air.
An awful hush. from -bore to shore.
-.-In lane)' remote. on seas forlortn.
and no heart beat that time before ,
The Prince ot Peace was born.
Harriet Prescott Spofford.
AS OTHERS SEE US.
London tree Press --
(:txirrieh mast-brava'-a-nese-lof4ta
reputation. Two murders in one year
are two murders too
No One to Help !
--- Stratford Herald.
The most distressing thing about
the cruel beating to death of the frail
little six -Year-old boy in•-(,odericb by
his lusty savage father is that this in- of els .ater."
h uman deed took bel ween sae and . "lt 1 't gave you the first ray of
two bond to complete. during which - Move a .t you were rebelled?"
their:uttic appa,ale of the wife to pars- ( •'15'e wt Whalen, belonging to the
reedy and neighbors for help to stay r•7aalaalien Towing and Wrecking Com -
the hand of her husband failed - to ; p,;ny, was sighted. At 1131 o'clock we
Ming the smallest succor., When rue-" finished a blue light at a signal of dis-
cnt• arrived to late in the shape of a' tress, :and it wee picked up try' the
policeuien, the husband an father j Passage Ielend lighthouse keeper, anti
was over his paroxysm and was answered with a red Tight. Half an
found carrying the limp little , hody hour later we saturated a sheet with
in his areas, dazed at what he coal oil and set fire to it. The to
Mel done. This is the shave ofWhalen picked it up, and 'answered
Uodet ich, that a deed of such fel- , with four whistles. Knowing. how -
ode ysalting Jong to aec(n.plish could ever. that we- were safe on laud. the
be performed there without a ett'ong tog. owing to the rough night, ran for
hand to stay it. Are the anys of Silver (eland,<ttye .er sox wiles up, for
chivalry hopelessly departed ? In shelter until nrorniig. She could not
mediaeval Ages it was the glory of , reach, either the.crew or the Minden
heroes that they risked everything in ou account of the high sea and the
e,'jpretectimi_of the fair *44.1b11 .T'gks. Thursday morning . at .9
weak. Surely- this is w flaw in our o'clock we sighted he Whalen again,
cb%ilizatiom that•people are not bred to coming' down Ho pick us up. We
be swift to rescue from hands of fiends' packed our rowioate again. and set
such as this unnatural tether. This is out in a big sea to meet the tug,
not the first such case in Goderich. ss. h went into a Night rouse distance
The missing girl whore poor abused dd(ifi,: 11, took os two and a -half
homy • was found 'days atter her being ho« to reach her, abort though the
done ,to death in that town a few distance was. Om -coati. werefiozeu on
weeks ago was a nntber cane similar in when we got *board the tug. Some
.nature, to this extent at least, that were, however, not fortunate enough
persons admitted to have heard cries i to have coats. One boat had a sail,
of distress, but no one :answered these I and wade better time than the other.
poor cries. We should have hoped I We left on the Whalen at 12:30
that there was such virility- and stain-- o'clock, and arrived in Port Arthur at
ins in our Canadian population tbut 4:30. TbS NVhalen was covered with
no cry for help could go unheeded in ' ice, apetinetle one of the most heauti-
any Canadian town, when there were ful seghte 1 evet saw. Arrangements
house., and people right at hand able were _made by the captain for the
• render help. Our neighbors of transportation of the crew on the
Goderich must see to it that the :ion- Ha manic, and most ot us tame down
ale of its citizenship ik elevated so that on that magnificent ship. The cap -
such haunting deeds may be in'future fain, the water, and two engineers
impossible. Meanwhile let every par- and a wheelman, however, went back
ent commune within himself on the that night to the Dentine to look
subject of treatment of the childt•en after tier -lighterage. Wbeteeet effects
Gerd has given him. Ave men not too the crew lost the company- made good.
often harsh to their tender offspring ? besides showing the men ether kind -
WRECK OF THE DUNELM.
THE SIGNAL t GODERICH ONTARIO
down the lake. Thr Squires, how-
ever, as soon se she beeaaue aware of
the situation, rent a wireless message,
which wee picked up at Duluth and
sent to the Empire elevator at Fort
Williaut. The Squires aloe struck, but
got away without being damaged.
We were almost to Passage island,
and turning about, shortly afterwards
struck, while on our way hack."
"'What were the weather conditions
at that tune?"
"The air being colder than the
water, ea vapor was formed. which
prevented discerning anything eveu a
short distance away. It was 10
o'clock that morning before the atmos-
phere cleared. so that it wa:'.pe.ssible
to gel. -our bearings."
"HOW long did the crew remain on
the bot after she struck P" war
aal-rd. to
•'Until shout 10 o'clock. Meanwihtie
eve. y expedient wets used to improve
the situation. At 10 o'clock, how-
ever, the captain decided that all
hands should wake tot• the shore.
'I'wu lifeboats were accordingly
launched, the ship's papers secured,
se well ea some of the effects of the
filen, and the boats gotuway. In the
first boat were eleveu wren, and in the
second ten. The first lost sight of the
second in making Isle Royale, but for-
tunately landed but a short distance
from it edema noon, and all went into
camp together. There we remained
until 9 *o'clock on Thursday morning.
s fairly
11'r ,pulled inta4,a bight that was
calor, hut the lades were steep and the
rocks were covered with ice. and' con-
sequently we had some difficulty fn
reaching the p 1 real' above. It -was a
Week *pot and we first gathet•etI wood
and wall: elite, for we were chilled.
A little later volirneeer•s took the life -
teeth; and went back to the wrecked
bee -erne'. --the captain, mate, engineers
anti 1Vheeleemun Dirk and Harden
making the jouruey'. They lett about.
1:30 o'clock and returned in two hours
with • rovisioha and blankets, after a
peril• u+ trip owing to the toughness
l:
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ibanta's ee%urjrtec. party."
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'Twas a glad Christmas; eve, and all over the world
With reindeer and sleigh dear old Santa had whirled.
No one was forgotten or slighted by his :
Each stocking was bulging and crammed to the brim.
"There !" cried the old saint. as he stopped at his door,
"I've made all the little ones happy once more !
But the rest of the night will bo lonely, I fear ;
Why --what is this wonderful racket I hear ? "
He bounded down nimbly. so great his surprise.
Hut stopped just inside. ta:arce believing his eyes ; ,�
For here were the children that he had supposed
%Vere sleeping down yonder with ryes tightly closed ;
Here, singing and dancing and frisking in glee
Around a most dazzling and beautiful tree!
"0 Santa!" they cried, "we have found you at last!
How tired you uwet.be ! You have journeyed so fast
'l'o take us good gifts; hut now, Santa ('lata, see ! -
N e have brought you some gifts. and this splendid big treat
( We want you to know, just for once in a way.
i --• How -happy you make us each new Christmas Day.
These gifts diknot oot grow in your Christens. -tree grove;
We brought thew for you with our very beet. love ! "
Then 1 wish you had seen them lead Santa about,
To examine his gifts—beard his laugh and his shout
When be found a fur coat with a collar so wide.
When he read the gay note that was fastened inside!
4- There wet*. testis for the reindeer, a pipe and red mittens.
i ,, , And tenet little girl had ba ought Sant , her kitten•.
He'd a brush for hie clothes and a brush for hog hair, -
He had pictures, and hook1 d a great eaav chair -
%Where•a g.n'd saint might nap it and sit at his ease
While presents grew ripe on bie'evergreen trees.
Ile'd a pair of naw spectscles, shining and bright,'
To help bfw to fill little Stockings aright.
'('here tygah• cushions so soft -for the magical sleigh.
A cap trimmed with fur, and a dressing -gown gay.
And stockin;(s.*o long. and so warm, and so t hick,
Jack Frogs -ban no more play his favorite trick
Of ung a bleat upon Santn.l-laus' toes
over the steeples, at Christi 111x1, he goes.
Please wear thio red te'•f ! " whispered one little elf :
"I made it. dear Sento ; I worked it myself ! "
He caught up the girlie and gave her a kip.
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nesaea.
"in what shape did you leave the I
Dunelm ? "
A Member of the Crew Tells His Exper-"She is on a spur Mahe Canoe roeke,
at the extreme north of Isle Royale,
tense, with her nose aimed stitiblerged and
Orrotu The Hamilton spectator, her decksawash, a problem for the
"Castaways we sure were, en a bar- underwriters, to whom. 1 understand.
ren rock, in the :nicht of a raging sea, the Vessel has been abandoned.
but with plenty of provieione to tide Holds one. two and -three are flooded.
us over until the wreckers could* reach a lifeboat has been washed away. and .
us," said a member of the (new of the neatly all the grain in the Meet is said '
ill-fated sterner Dunelm, of the In- to be satuteted with water. About
s
land Lir e. Limited, whereeen bya JP
}MMI bushels of dry grain has in all
represent tete of The Spectator, in he nein, taken oat, accerdiret to reports,
course of his rambliugy a tow days and conveyed to Fort .William."ago, 'rho h at first loath -.to tell of "Have there -been other wrecks at
his experie eel. snit of the ill -teatime the same point ? was the last ques-
()Obis gond hip, he at length talked Hou naked'
interestingly of that eventful morning 'Yes. just four years ago, almost to
on Lake Sup riot. the holm, the steamer Monarch, a paa-
'•Thr• Duua question. sail from port at 11.45pan. ti ," he said, in answer to "eswayngem, tenandtet. he wentname tadowgnpichkalfed aup tohilere
crew. Capt. Albinson, of the Dun-
elul, was also on the Monk's Haven,
ea ui when site went down on tele
Royalai"
Tuesday, Deep her 11, under Cart.
Alhineam, also eleeereee all credit for
his courage and re •cefeelness, to
which is due, in great treasure. the
fact that things are ae well as they are
with us The crew membered twenty-
gtte,'and consisted of John f'. McLeod,
mate; William Houebet•ger,-- second
matt.: George E. Wilson, chief engin-
eer: Harry Quincy, second engineer;
W. J. Mahle, purser; T. Harden and
J. Morel!, whe•elmen ; F. Greys W.
Davidson. watchmen ; O. Ducb(arene,
P. I)urocber, T. D. Gilbert and G.
Marquee, sailors; Hugh McDougall,
James Dick, John Brownlee, firemen ;
C. D.-Mne'ow,--chef ; 3obn Watson,
second cook ; J. H. King, Roy Hind-
man, oilers. NVe sailed for Goderich
with every expectation of having a
goal passage. When we were well
out in the eke, however, snow began
to fall. and re• was a frosty mist on
the water, and night wale dark."
"N'eas the Dunelrli -u`wving at' more
than average epeed ?" �
"No. The steamer, beanie of the
'bens, wits melting elow`'epeedi
when, without any warning wheteitt'c,,
she cushioned on to a ledge of the
Canoe Racks. The engineers at once
exemined the boat. and found that she
was not seriously damaged, a crack in
her hull aft of the engine room being
the only break in her body. and
though she was mating water rhe
,,nested so evenly that it was impos-
sible for her to settle t" any appreci.
able degree."
"She eteucle reedy in the morning,
did she not?"
"it was at 7.10 o'rloek on Tuesday
morning, and every man was ordered
on deck. The thgineeI-e, though, re-
mained at their pasts t.o eyertaln'tbe
extent of the damage-- At, daylight
the exact position of the ship was seen
Di he on the north-east corner of the
Canoe Rocks. Where was a hea%y sea
running, and the steamer Squires,
which had been ahead as the ihm*lm
neared Passage behind, after waiting
about an briar bad gone on her way
SIR WILF1t1D LAURIER
—SIR JAMES WHITNEY.
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The Signal offers to its subscribers
who pay in advance for the coming
year their choice ,sit pictures of the
two Premiere -Sir WiMI-id Laurier.
Ptime Minister of Canada, and Sir
James Whitney. Ontario's First M
inter.
Ont=of'fown subscribers
their remittances will please state
which picture they prefer, and it will
be sent in a mailing tube. •
These pictures are strictly for those
who pay IN ADVANCE. yubslerher•e
are requested to send in renewals as
early as possible. "
For those who would rather have a
1911 calendar than either of the pic-
tures we have a limited supply. -
PLEASE RENEW EAHI,Y.
"—..bother Win for Goderich.
Grxberlc the front again ! Prid•
ham the Tails winning fresh spurs
et ery- day, as th -following will ex•
plain :
Penetanguishene, Dee Loth, 1910.
Mr. F. J. I'rldham.
Cioderich.1
DEAR 81H,-1 and (troppin • you a
few lines n1Rout the clothes 1 bought
from you while engaged as a Mate on
the Scottish Hero. I reoeioev1 then[
when we arrived :it Midland and
poen-thing is aatisfaetery. They are
t G...4 -fitting snit 'tad overcoat that
1 have stet had. and iny brrnther'a are
the adnt', and i' we ever trade to
(t,eletich twain 1 will eertsinly know
where to go fora,�g'( ed flt.
Yount truly.
truly.
flans oCit STALKER,
Penetathetsjehene.
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We have devoted very
special attention to our pur-
chases -for -our Christmas
business. High - c;lass,
dainty and desirable goods
at moderate prices. In
Dry Gds we offer you
the largest, , newest and
most up-to..date selection
in Goderich.
MEN'S FUR COATS-- —"T
Mrs', Fur issue--rrewRty-Ave to choose from«calf,
- - Abd -.4 a.ka }waver $
LADIES' FUR COATS —
Ladies' Fete ('nus and Cloth ('oats, reduced; formerly $10 to
trhr, slab al int'' SS to
GLOVES -
Mend and women's silk -kited (cloves, quality warranted. at ... gf 60
MUFFLERS
Knitted Mutt, -r•, beautifully knit, fasten snugly with deme
ra.leuer, heufly hexed, each •
HANDKERCHIEFS •
Men's and women's initial Handkerchiefs, and plain hem•
$tite•hed. tali doze„ direct from Ireland. each 121c, 15e. 'J k, tic
Ewe* end Meacelde Hatedkerchiefe...... ........... IIM
Mrn'z Sett Ties.
MEN'S_SJLK TiES
nely boxed
$ingl y ,, 61dn and lag
He bugged thea', and thanked thew—not one did he misa
Then, "laying his finger allele of his nose,"
He twinkled his eyes—and what do you suppose!'
t Such visions of socking-. filled up to the top
There came to those children, they scarcely could stop
-To plan for a visit;the,very next year,
(tet cried : "Merry Cbriettuas ! good night, Santa, dean
Then away o'er the cloud -hills they wumpdred and ran :
Now guess all the gifts that they found. if you can !
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SUITABLE
hristmas Gifts
The various kinds
of .Foot •ear we have
rank high as useful
gifts. 'e vile you
to inspect an judge
whether you ca any-
where buy tci better
advantage or h e a
greater v as 1 e t y
choose rom.
Slippers for
NIGHT ..OWNS
Hen's Rile. ttrnneletts Night 1:itrue. neatly made and 'splendid
•
tivaitt),it y:' .75c and $1 IMI
CASHMERE SOX
Mena 1'a»I,tuaar. Mot, very swell parte' ns, new and saute%,
I'reulillllly boric at... 't.ic. 50c, 75c
SHIRT WAISTS
Ladies.' Shit W ts, newest spring styles but brought on for
0 Chriatwe a ifta, all boxed singly in a bully Ilex. at
each. _ '
$1 25.s$l 50. $2:..a,
LADIES' FUR BOAS
Ladies' Fur Rnaa, of Wane, sable. fox nod lynx, with muff to
match, fit for set $l0, $15, ,alto, +3f 111t5, $:tel
RUGS
Hugs for the hoine, Wilton, Axminster and velvet, all at
Chr,stnnas sale prices, exquisitely beautiful Rugs, in
every leading size, specially priced, -
• $10, $12 50, $18, $dl. $22, $25, Wel
BLANKETS
'bite Blankets, finest Anstreltan !arms,:beautiful border,-,
at ... !$i'25, $1, $4 b10 $b, Mi, $0 50 and $7 'se
CUTTER RUGS
Hugs tot lounges or cutters, plaids and tartans, each $I, $5, $0, $7
SHAWLS
The Ise. ie 4eotch .ntt greys and fawn,. (rin eel., ver
full slid euft, each k da. >Kf 50. $4, E
W. AO-11ESON a SON
We 'Ibrsh all our friends and patrons a very
Merry Christmas
and a
Happy New Year
en, Ladies
and Children
Hundreds of pairs sultabI ,tor 'bedroom 'and
ho4.e wear,' from 25c to $2.00.
Ladies' Artistic Footwear
We ha ' '"the"kind that excel in quality,. fit and
style - --reasonable--prices. Quite 'suitabie-- for
C `'tlnas giving,
Skating Boots
HERSOKS
LIGHTNING
H ITCH
Do not tail to gee
our assortment before
purchasing. They are
the height of perfec-
tion: For boys, men
anti- wA#ten. Skates
put on free.
Ladies' Hand Bags and Travelling Goods of all
kinds. We have a large variety—all reasonably
priced.-
We hate the right thing in M casins, Leg-
gings and warm Rubber Footwe , It is an easy
''ima,tter to choose lust what ),ou want. Come early.
Nerk-& E3IIiott
'Phone 226
The Square
rtin Bros.
Exclusive Tailors
Christmas Gifts
To get suitable gifts for men you have to
get them from the Men's Store. We have
an exceptionally large stock to choose from.
I_et us suggest some of these ; --
Neckwear
Suspenders
Gloves
Neck Scarfs
Silk Handkerchiefs
Excelda��H�andkerchiefs
H
Linen Handkerchiefs
eilas
Cuff Links
Tie Pins
Fancy Sox
Coat Sweaters
- Underwear
Fancy Vests
Smoking Jackets
Fur Coats
Fur -lined Coats
Fur Caps
Fur Collars
Fur -lined Gloves
Hats and Caps
Suits
Overcoats
Neckwear
Dein't miss seeing our graud display of Neckwear,
rich in design and colorings. Prices -25c, 50C,
75c and $11.00. A Handsome Box with each Tie.
WALTER C. PRIDHAM
Men's Clothier and Furnisher