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THl RSDAY. NOVEMBER 1:1. 1911
CANADIANS AT THE FRONT.
A. an explanation of the reports
that wane of the Canadian troops are
already at the front it is suggested
that it may be the pion of the W•ar
Office to heve the Canadians absorbed
in the Old Country regiments, instead
of sending them to the Continent as a
distinct force. 1f this i, the plan, the
War Office will he credited with
knowing wbat it is doing, hut ..till there
will be some disappointment in this
country. Canadians want the Ger-
mans to know that they are in this
fight ; they want, the German war
lords to realize that in their haughty at-
tempt to enthrall the world they are
encountering the resistance of the
armed tnrees of a free Canada. Can-
adian bullets and be. onets will help to
cure the Kaiser's war party of one or
two of their foolish notions.
•
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The weather changes. anyway, if
the war news doesn't.
Toronto Star has an editorial on
"Soldier: Teeth." Didn't read it -
probably false.
Those Belgians know bow to ".oak"
tbeir enemies. Tbey opened the
dykes on them.
Germans are saying now that the
Kaiser did not want the war. Well.
we thought Wilhelm wee making •
big mistake when he started it.
The Ontario Horticultural Society
discussed the adoption of the peony
as the national flower -of Canada. it
would be a very poor selection. in &.Jr
opinion.
A place called Thorn has lumped
into' prominence on the war map.
And sexing the name yo•t look at once
for the rose: and there it is -rows of
soldiers, you know.
Orillia boasts of tteeety-five or thirty
wiles of cement sidewalks. That's
nothing. You can walk all day on
one of Gcderieh's cement walks and
be no nearer the end of it than wbeo
you started.
The Toronto Star gives some good
advice. "[Ain't believe &11 you hear.
When you hear • wild tumor do not
help to spread it all over town. Silly
people will spread the yarn fast
enough without help from sensible
people.'.
The Seaforth Expositor says. in re-
porting the nomination of Mr. Thomas
IEt9lfilleo r • •'Th. Sdberats of South
Huron have made a wise choice. They
could not have a better candidate and
they should lw able to elect him no
setter who his opponent may he."
A hand of Highland pipers from
Renfrew will go to the v-ar with the
21st Regiment, the ,aemlters agreeing
to act as stretcher-bearers on the
Geld. And now the (iris up l.orhalsh
and Lucknow way will 1w tearfully
wood.ring what they would do if their
piper lads should take the tune
Motion.
Mr. James Petrie, of Kipp.n. whdee
tootributton of $100 to the patriotic
relief fund was reported in The Sig-
nal law week, is evidently • gentle-
man who believes in using his money
to good purpose. The rails( of dis-
tress. either among our mon people or
amoog the desolated Belgians is one
of the noblest services to which money
can ile put. Probably no other ex-
penditure that Mr P.Irie could make
at the present time would give him
such amid estisfaetion ere this
There appears to be a Rusts deal of
unwarranted prejudice against people
with German stamps residing in ibis
country. FNmpiy because a man was
born in Oe'many or had Germane
pareeta we should tot consider bilis a
fair mark Ow dWlks and paeww:ios.
• man should be judged by his coo -
duct, not by ods ancestry. Prob-
ably with very kw exceptions the
German people in Canada are quite
coolest to remain here and do their
duty as good Canadian citizens, even
while this country is at war with Oer-
ruao y.
The Toronto News virtually admits
that the Borden Government had the
wrong IOea with regard to naval de-
fence and is trying hard to frame up
some excuse for the absence of Cana-
dian cruisers oo the seas while the
Australian navy is doing valiant ser-
vice. It says "the Laurier Govern-
ment would not let contracts for the
construction of cruisers or give effect
to its naval program." The facts
of the matter are : The Laurier Gov-
ernment secured tenders from ship-
builders shortly before going out of
office to 1911. With due regard to the
proprieties of responsible government
(the violation of which by the Laurier
Cabinet would have been • cause of
deep distress to The News) the Govern-
ment left these tenders to be d It
with by their successors in
When Mr. Borden and his Govern-
ment caste into office they backed up
on the whole Canadian navy scheme,
and not only failed to proceed with
the establishing of a fleet of cruisers
but 'also gave ordets for the dismant-
ling of the Niobe and the Rainbow,
1 which at the outbreak of the war
Are again placed in commission,
after some delay. The last thing the
Government press should want to dis-
cuss these days is this 'location of
navy policy.
By the Evening Fire.
It mothers to their fallings were condemned.
lin. what an orphaned planet t hi. would be
Than, not it. fate. Their loving Maker amend
For all the title of their deficiency.
Though temper- by the long day. cars are
I tried.
I And •harp word..ow•timcs fall. and teat*
ensue:
Though hasty tongues h.n.saeonabli chide.
.ted Little fault. look bigger than 1+ true
l omeeecening and anew with strength equip -
Love. +t -ad) current .trenoou• to blew.
emoorhed, then. Care., 11..e. hi :hildi.h finger
tip..
Cured the heart', pang, by babyhood..cm...•.
Cla.ped in the mother'. arni.. clo.e to bet
breast.
N'rapt in her love. the restful child Mod- re
EU% eAAPLAID MAart\.
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
Well Done, Australia.
I rota.. a Free Preys.
We take off our hats to the Auatra-
lians. Ob. that we :night have had
Canadian cruisers, equipped and man-
ned by Canadians, .haring in the
honers of the sea.
Turning the Tables.
I.itmbar( Gazette -Time..
The 3likado'r gift of $'2,1Rt0 to a
Christian institution has aroused
much interest. With the war raging,
it's a wonder the Orientals haven't
sent missionaries to the Christians
before this. ,
Apple Growers Should Organize.
• . Farmer's Advocate.
The organized apple growers have
had less trouble in disposing of their
fruit than have individual growers.
Organization on the proper basis wine,
and the coming winter should see it
make advancement.
Bntain'. Correct Attitude.
Rochester Po..t-F:.pre....
International law is clear aa to the
trade rights of neutral. The attitude
of the British Government has been
exemplary, and it is not only keeping
entirely within its rights but is pains-
taking in eta efforts to avoid wound-
ing the susceptibilities of neutral
powers.
Fourteen of Them.
ttwdlten Times
in the recent C. 8. elections four
States voted for prohibition. There
are now fourteen prohibition States
as follows: Arizona. Colot ado. Georgia,
Kansas. Maine. Mississippi, North
Carolina. North Dakota, Oklahoma,
Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia, Wasb•
iogtnn and West Virginia. Without
getting into an argument, we might
sev that we should anon know if pro-
hibition prohibits.
1~:ist r Vintfieat.d..'
Brun Telegraph.
Canadians will take off their bale to
Australia, wbicji went &herd and built
• navy of its own, while Canadian
politicians wrangled over the quesLisu
whether to have a Canadian navy or
to hire Great Britain to do the work
for us. The soundness of the Laurier
caval policy. which provided for fast
cruisers of the Sydney elves for the
protection of trade routes and for
coast defence, ie shown in the accom-
plishments of the Australian cruiser.
It's the Sod That Comte.
Tswana Mall and F:mplre.
Britain usually looms h' r at the
end of a war than at the beginning.
No matter bow long the contest and
bow heavy the drain on blood and
money, she always seems to be able to
collect strength for still greater
effort.. She began this war with a
small army. At the end of it .he will
ba.. in tee field. or ready to take the
field. an army which In numbers,
equipment and efficiency will be a
match for nearly any army in Europe.
Hew to Observe Christmas.
Hamilton Rpedater.
('hristmas is little mote then six
week. distant. 1t dose not promise to
be w joj t�ut one to many. leoindisg
these wbo.. loved ones are fY away
fighting the •mpltoi brat read
others wbo, through Indesldel
Igloo. are prsclodat from Tato
the Nativityof the greatest of
Ws year. et all should givn holy
weoordiag to their mewls -.not Ise a
frivolous manner. but its allevlaLIag
the mesas t4— of those Ise fortunate
than themselves. God knows, there
will be plenty of avenues for distribu-
tion; and in the way of toys, do not
overlook those of ()toadies) manufac-
ture. la a. doing. you are not only
stimulating native industry, but mark-
ing your reproach of German Iowan -
dimmest arid vandalism, that bas
blighted the whole civilised world.
Bvideem Against Germany.
Wood000k aeotloel-Revtow.
A mac who was tried in England
recently on a charge of being a Ger-
man spy admitted io the witness box
that wbeo in Berlin last July be re-
ceived instructions from a superior
naval officer that he was to prepare to
go to New York, but was to remain
long eoougb in ltngland so that he
might be able to furnish information
with regard to British Inseam in the
first naval battle. The official corres-
pondence shows that on the last day of
July Great Britain was still negotiat-
ing with Germany in the hope of pre-
serving the peace. But even then the
Gerwan naval authorities were ar-
ranging for information by mete. of
their spies as to the result of the first
naval engagement. The German
Davol nffiecru knew there was to be
war between Great Britain and Ger-
many before Great Britain knew it.
The German information must bavr
been based on the knowledge that
Germany intended to force a war o0
great Britain.
THE SYDNEY IS A "TIN POT."
Toronto Glebe.
One of the most potable achieve-
ments of any vessel under the British
flag since war broke out was the sink-
ing of the German cuutwerce-destroyer
Emden by the Australian cruiser Syd-
ney. The Emden had paralysed trade
between Great Britain and Calcutta,
and h .d captured and sunk twenty-
two merchant ships and two war ve.-
sela-a Rusaist' cruiser and a French
destroyer. Oo the day after the
cruiser Sydney ran ber down, riddled
her, and drove her ashore. Mr. Win-
ston Churchill cabled the Navy Board
of the Aust: alias Government in these
words:
"Warmest congratulations on the
brilliant entry of the Australian navy
into the war and the signal service
rendered to the allied cause and to
peaceful commerce by the destruction
of the Emden."'
The vessel that performed this "rig -
nal service" was exactly of the type
that Sir Wilfrid Laurier and his Gov-
ernment proposed to build for the pro-
tection of Canada's coasts and com-
merce. and would have built had not
the Nationalist-Cooasrvstive alliance
daring the election of 1911 demanded
tbat the '•tin pot" policy be aban-
doned and the people given the right
to vote on the questio0 of nary or no
navy. Had the Laurier Government
remained ip power the Dominion to-
day would have had at least two shipe
of the Sydney type on the Pacific
stations, and might pave shared in the
congratulations that have been ten-
dered Australia for her signal service
to the allied cause. As to the facts
there is no dispute. In pursuance
of an agreement with the Imperial
Government and the Governmect of
the Commonwealth of Australia, by
wbich :he self-governing Dominions
were to build up local fleets for their
own defence and for the assistance of
the motherland in times of emergency,
the Government of Canada in 1911
called for tenders for the construction
of four ciWeer e of an improved Bristol
type and six last uestroyer. Tenders
were desired for the building of the
ships in Canada, as it was hoped thus
to develop a abipbu ldink industry.
Six of the greatest British firms ten-
dered to build in Canada and till agreed
to complete al least one cruiser and
two destroyers within three years and
a cruiser thereafter each year. A ten-
der was also received for the building
of the vessels in Britain, and Ad-
miral Kingsmill advised that one or
two of the cruisers and destroyers
should be built there, thus insuring
delivery of the first vessel in about
eighteen mootte.
The tenders were received on the let
of May. but as the naval policy of the
Government -as well as its fiscal policy
-was under fire, and as an election
had been determined upon to test the
public miod,.the Laurier Government
did net feel warranted in awarding
the contracts. Had the Government
emerged victoriously from the cootest
contracts would undoubted) have
lett entered into that would Neve en-
abled Canada to take part in the run-
ning down of the Emden. The Bor-
den Government when it carne into
power returoed the feeders and failed
to make any proposals for naval de-
fence till December. 1912, by which
time the Australian program was
well under way, and the timer cruie
era, Melbourne and Sidney, had been
{peached frVpt Btjylab sbipJAr4+.
With amazing sho.t.oghtedness Mr:
Hazen, the Minister of Morino,
fended the ahsodonment of the pro
.d construction program. in •.pacb
delivered in the Commons on March
12. 1912, he declared that the ships
would be obsolete before the Wt of
them could be turned out from a
Canadian yard. "Would there b• any
advantage " he asked,; "in *pending
• large portion of the matey of the
ratepayers of this country, $16,1100,000,
00'• program that would be obsolete
and onships that would bs out of date
before the program was completed? -
ships that would be ua•bie to render
any senior in car toe Empire os Can-
ada were attacked, and could only be
weed for training Mips.'
The fatuity of this statement 1
illustrated by the despatch of the
Admiralty tbaaking Australia for
signal services rendered by a reviser
of exactly the despised .'tin -pot" type
that Mr. Hawn eond.msed in bis top -
lofty fashion. The original Bristol
lsutebed in 1910 was • sole of 4,8110
tons. with turbine engine of :i.509
horsepower, speed of lei knots, ted
armament of two 6 -inch and ten
4 -inch gun. The improved Bristol'
that Australia bolt and i.aurier pro-
posed to build are of 5,6110 tone, with
turbiee. of 2,000 horsepower, speed
of BS knot., mrd arms -est of sine
8-ineb gun.
These were the "tie pots" jeered at
on every Oueservative platform three
years ago. The Sidney is one of diem,
and brings honor to Australia. The
tine that the Uan.dian (krweervatlegg
ander the lnfiu.n a of Monk, Roureene
and Moodie rejected, has been made
the bead of the Darner. And Ottawa
with a wry taco has olid to teat and
seed tow gees the despised Nobe
and the Rainbow that ware the Coos
of Tory jests from Halifax to Van-
oluvsr.
British Are Not Vandals.
"When cm • visit tin Spain • few
Yea?* ago," writes • oorrespesdeet, "I
was much 1 as what tourist
is not ?-by Burson Cathedral, whom
twin towers, with their clustering
filigree pinnacles, stand silhouetted
against the blue sky, surely the most
delicate Iarework ever executed in
stone. The guide informed us that
during the Peoiorttlar War the Preach
bad ensconced themaelies in these
same towers, and from this coign of
vantage were shooting down at the
besieging English. But the English.
fearful for the destruction of the ex-
quisite shaker of their enemy, refused
to oaks an assault. Tbis tact hoe
come very promireotly to my mind
during the recent vandalism of the
twentieth-century Huns. Our rough
British soldiers of a hundred years ago
made no pretension to culture, yet the
mystery and majesty of a' thing of
tow ty threw over them a restraining
spell, while the s,. -:ailed exponent*
and apostles of Teutonic culture have
so belied their name that the v
epithet German culture will throw
the ages be a synonym for all that M
ferocious, barbaric, and iconoclastic."
-Hritieb Weekly.
THE WAS PRRMISR.
Otte el the Greseeet Figures is British
PvYs seabary History.
tnataedey sysatna Peat.)
The Premier of Great Britain, who
ineldestally 1e also the *realest taste&
maw of the empirs, not because of his
office but because of his abilities. le a
Aurid -geed Yorkshireman, who looks
lite an'•ctor of she old school and acts
not a bit like one.
He la • rather .holt rather stocky,
rather deliberate, rather stolid .ort of
man. He ba. a Inked that works with
• marvelous precision, a petienoe that
i. almost Otieotai, an equanimity that
is impervious to assault, a pulse that l
ever suetainet. The opposition thun-
ders at him and fails to excite him.
Tb. Colonist preratuckr him and be
gives no sigo. He smiles benignantly,
answers suavely, counters eectivey
and goes straight ahead and dose
what he intended to do.
There is a disposition to consider
Asquith an adroit politician, but that
dors cot seem to me to be •
proper designation, lie is a politician,
to oe sure, but be is adept rather
than adroit. The chief go•lit ort
the mind of Asquith it ita udicial
character. He would have been a
great judge. As it i.. be is a great
premier wbo is &les a great judge. He
*eta aside the immaterial. He discards
the non-es.entuls. He considers bit.
probleut. In the light of needs rather
than in the light of expediencies,
albeit be can be as expedient a. the
Dell one.
Th. Wonderful (3hurkas. Asquith sets himself • task. He •n-
Tbere bas been a good deal of inter- Alyea' that task in all its bearing.. He
est in England tttwut the Gburkas sills all evidence fcr and against. He
since the Indian contingent arrived judicially considers every phase and
in France and sill torts 04 tales of every angle. Then having it arranged
prowees and skill have been told. A in his mind he is not deterred froom the
few evenings ago, one of the old Chel- end in view. There is no appeal to
sea pensioners, seated i0 s West Eod Asquith on the ground that next week
hostel, was surrounded by a group of or next month thins way be difter-
admiriog civilians who vied with each ent- Next week isn't in his calendar,
other in replenishing hie cup. One of He is not sentimental, nor is he vieico-
tbere asked if he knew anything about ary. H! is a square -beaded York -
the Oburkas and if it war the fact that sbireman, wbo dieaaaeociates all Hub -
they were terrible t. we to tackle with dub from his determination and goes
their long knives. -Well," said the ahead to the lines laid down by biw-
veter$n,"I've font with 'eon and I've self.
fowl. against 'em and I knows all as Jurt now he is at the head of •
there is to be knowed about 'em. government that is engaged in • war of
They coo cut off • wen'.'ead as easy pelf -preservation. Nobody knows bet-
a+ you could cut off a carrot. 1'11 jest h ter .ban be knows that if England
tell you what 'appened last time 1 fowl t loses this war England Mao loser the
with 'ern in the trenches. One John- power and prestige of centuries. No
nie Oburka begged our officer to let one knows better than he knows that
'im go out at night and attack the en- it isn't imperialism at stake but
curry. Phe officer refused at first but ( empire. And his dealings with the
afterwards agreed. Johnnie Bits problems of the vexed present ire on
down on 'is stumwick and wriggles off that basis. I have heard him say
like • snake, carryin his knife in 'is twiee, since this war began. that there
teeth, like what they ritual does. Well could be no end for it save an end that
when 'e gite up to the enemy's trench. would mean complete victory for
he springs W 'i s fret jest in front of Great Britain. Hr meant " it too.
their officer and-ewirh-the officer You'll not find Asquith dealing In any
looks at 'im Linder queer and .aye, sidelines or subterfuges. He sees the
'Ab, Johnnie. you missed that time.' dangers that. are ,bead in case there i.
Did I ?' says Johnnie : 'you jest shake no victory or but a half victory, and
your 'cad then.' He went to shake itbe was the first moo oo the .tuutp and
and o' course 'is 'end fell off. Wonder- t in Parliament to say that there can be
ful .:hap. them Ohm kas is, I can tell
ye.'
Tommy Atkens Is Cheerful. •
The Iiev, H. M. Rankin, of Ladhope
United Free church, Galashiels, gave
an address in the church on "What I
new of the bombardnie0t and fall of
Antwerp."
In the course of the address he said
he was pinch impressed by the great
change which bad come over the
French people with whom he came in
contact. t` e had always been accus-
tomed to regard the Freticb people as
a gay, light -bear ed. frivolous people,
but never during his recent journey
did be meet any -one in the whole of
France with a smiling face.
So much impressed was he by this
that he had commented on it to a
French officer of dragoons, -with
whom he had some conversation.
"Yes," replied the officer. "that is so,
and we have always regarded you
British as being rather a mournful na-
tion, but in this war you are the very
opposite. Yout soldiers are always
happy, and going about ensiling and
singing their sonar -qt.'s a long way
to Tipperary' and •Who were you with
last night ?' "
Discussing the War.
First Native -We're doh,' tine at
the war, large.
Second Native --Yes, Jahn : and so
be they Frencbira.
First Native - Ay; an so be they
Belgians and Rooebiens.
Second Native -Ay; an' so he they
Ally.. Oi dunno where they come
from. Jahn, but they be devils for
fightin'.-Punch.
THE BIG APPLE CROP
Lively Times Among tee Coopers Wks
Are Tensing Out the Barrels
Satresom a, Nov. 18.
At Symonds' cooperage in this vill-
age there are some half dozen or mose
coopers bard at work turning out pg-
llttt Ilk Ng oltire ' now A.
ing harvested in obese townships. Cp
date about Mom barrels have left
the premiere and still the cry is for
'not., and the output will probably
reach the large number of 25%0W bar -
'Mals before the season times S:, eager
ere the farmers to procure the barreis
that they are talon awayalmost be-
fore they ars cold. The armers rouse
with their owe teams sad deliver the
barrels to the packers in the orchards
or at the barns when the apples have
twos pissed atter *ovine lbw orchards.
The ruling pries for apple. this swan
is low, about 75 cents pee barrel (and so
ciente extra for tis. bartel). This is
for No. 1 stock, and as then is so
muck good fruit this year it does not
Pay to ship any but apples of a high
Cd� The growing season this year
b.eo oo. of the beet oo record,
and the fine sunshine of the lest few
weeks has given the apples • high
color.
The principal shipper, from these
parts are Roht. Elliott, Godericb : Mel-
vin Jewell, of Oolboroe ; the Stewart
Estate, of MetmWer, and the Fruit
Asooistioe of wbleh Mr. D. F. Ham-
lin! is the rept'esentative. Large 'hip -
moots are made from McGaw sod toe
C.P.R. Hada' at the harbor. R�et[ty.ig
orator cars are used when °Natasha,
for the Western market. The season
now being so (sr advanced there Is
danger of frost In ordinary oars Lat-
est adviees from the English sartet
ars not favorable, nwlog to the high
um sia.dd that by
large war, and we
awW bo pooh"( la soldty
amassde
stow;
age,
n o end but the end encompassed by
the complete to•iuwph of the British
arms.
He has held bin cabinet well in band;.
and it has been and is, except fur the
war ;.uifieation, • cabinet nut easily
manageable, and computed of men
with widely diverse views. But that
domination wasn't the domination of
a politician. it was the domination of
• niasterful intelligence.
It is quite probable that wben the
bis:cry of terse times comes to be
written Asquith will rank in Great
, Britain with the greatest of the pmrlia-
mentary figures of tare century. More-
over, he will rank as the mac wbo begm
i and-waybap if he lives -completed
the most remarkable program of re-
construction the British Empire. or
'any other, has ever known. He base
been the propos/mot of radical ret.mt q.
1 The list of what be has brought about
f is long. A few of the main items will
show Trow revolutionary the premier-
ship of this man has been, and bow
great have been his ' Ituence and his
dominating intelligence.
Asquith has given home rule to Ire-
land. ° That law is now on the statute
books after one hundred yams of
struggle. To be site, beause of the
war it is not to be operative until •
year has passed. or until the end of
the war if the end of the war comes
before a year: and to be sure, further,
there still remains the Meter protest
hut there seems to be no doubt that
Asquith, baying brought the matter
to this cooclusioo, will not Ise deter-
red from making the home rule of Ire-
land de facto rather than de jure.
He practically nullified the Holies
of Lords -that ancient and barnacled
institution that for all parliamentary
time baa stood 10 the wayof HAMM
pawed progress. He pad taw that de-
prived the Lords of the veto power,
made tie Lords • body sohsidiary to
the House of Commons, neutralised it.
He thus made bona rule possible, as
be also made other meaworws possible.
In addition to all this be dieretteb-
lisb•d the Welsh church. which has
ear. HRwl/y.1r' passed the t
orit-
iDgmoe'. compeo.atioo acts. the in-
surance arta, the taxation acts-tisat
here cadged some of the unearned in-
crement of these islands to pay a
proper impost. These are but a few of
the advanced meewntes that are due
to the leadership of Asquith. to his far-
sightedness, to his superior abilities,
as well as his clear vision.
Asquith isn't one of those soagnstie
personalities wbo oec$uion•117 eons
to great position in politico and statec-
maintop. There is nothing
about him. indeed, he is dig etl;
unrympatb.tic. He is of the itlsBsst-
sal type. When be rime to sp sk ho
speaks to the point without esllbraN-
seise or trinomial's. He is not rimier-
Icel. He is logical. He dammed@ of
himself • statement of his case that
shall be supported by tee foots, not
evolved from contingencies. He works
directly. He depends on the judg-
ment of his own mind, end when teat
judgment is pronouooed he will sot
hoiher to reply to saytbisg other thou
logical retort or gmmlisa, He Pays me
atteetios to asperities. Ho soros Was
for
oppoeitipn What hs doe me
ta
foe lolls awls eowbtnr.0 of rtgbt.
HMM sewspremiss. 1t 1e sews •
Wes told betRwL He toss wools
to enpre s
s, toot to simplifythem, or to WoodhhAhottibt
or to eowvy
as impressible &;ber Was the deist
on•.
Hie pr.mlwsbip nae been a
ase. tos W hRi
be has boom �ies tMr Belt-
ieb �eSlim b MaN1 Was tiara
la Hiplmai
▪ ems is oo ~ thww wrc
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OUR purchase of Furs has been very
large for this season, aeyer before
so large • choice. We offer them now at
very much under regdar prices owing to
existing conditions which were not before
apparent to us.
Mink Marmot Muffs
No. 1 skins, heavily furred, full pillow style, sadw-
lined and frilled end.. Our regular special $121.80, at each J�
Large bolrtet shape. finest skins, Muffs of finest
select mink, value 412,00, for
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Mink Marmot Scarfs and Stoles with tails tripoming and
some with heads and tails, three new style. Regular Q
$10.50. for . aPCJeMMW
Small Scarf. and Throws, opossum, mink, wolf. $3
Regula; $300 and g(LOD, at each .
Linoleums
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Mix new patterns, tile and floral extra heavy. Pour -yard -
wide yerd-
wide Linoleum, all regular c and (Sac. At per square 50c
yard your choice
Yarns
Scotch Fingeriogs, Bee Hive Verne end Canadian Yarns at
special price.. Best Canadian Yarn, direct from the �•/kC
meter*, at per pound. JVV
Ladies' Fur Coats
Fur trimmed, beaver cloth coats. heavily quilted lined.
All size. 31 to 44., Regular value ISa.1Mr, uo sale at $1 .00
Cloth Coats
Stylish Coats of heat material, some with rape. and satin -
lined, manufacturer's new samples. They are and reg. S1 Oe0000
uteri), worth 1115 to 111, no two alike, a1 each .... ,
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dt insist atoj much time and attention
L��T fi to his treat. The anxiet
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is:aices •;:rough ineiperien;e great.
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=taw comas. Z.C.. Amato a JOU m, MOMS, Mamas
ever do. A leader of the majority
must be prepared for harder parlia-
mentary fighting than • inajority
leader in our Congress, albeit there is
the difference that • British majority
leader is the head cf the government,
while our majority leader is merely a
part leader. But Asquith has come
brillieotly to this tremendous crisis of
war. He will rank as one of the
greatest of 'British reconstructionists -
the greatest perhaps. Critics deny
him qualities that made Pitt and Dis-
raeli and Gladstone and Balfour
famous; but no critic dentes him the
right to be called not only a man of
tremendous ability ■nd influence but
also a tnan of reniatkable capabilities
as • shaper and procurer of policies. r
man wbo bas known bow to keep him-
self clear from vanities and egotism•
and jealousies, rind wbo has been the
mainspring of ie machine that has ac-
complished much.
He is not • seeker after publicity.
Re is fair and just to his associate•.
He dose not Gy to gather all credit fug
himself. He is what might he called
an sem boss. He seems rubor in -
4_,_I. to tubo_ new.-
est
hand. He is willing to let his acts
etattd for their worth without ex-
ploitation of himself as the actor. He
has a rich, full voice and speaks with
a .modified Yorkshlre accent : that is
to say, 'there is a suspicion of the
broadness of the Yorkshire •hoist his
language --but only a suspicion. He
is genial and oompantooahle when in
oomp•oy, but cold and formal in de-
bate. He is heady to be brusque with
tri8ets and has rso patience for foolish
or haoossequeestigl questions. Stupid-
ity tries him sorely. Fools would do
well to beware of hint. There is no
flubdub about him.
When he is talking or when he is in
company be ber one peculiar habit-
o lttitsst at regular intervals he puts his
bards no the sides of his chest and
appears to draw in a Meg breath. He
seams to be taking a deep inhalation
tbteegh his nose. IIlllag his cb..t.
Also he baa a habit of passing his band
over his chin or across his eyes. But
whoa be bas something to say be
stands deet- almost stiff -and says
It without lose of words sad with en-
tire baldness of .tateasent. He is a
direct person. Alen be does the
dlreeU ng.
Wood For Saler
The under -bpd are again offering
qu•ntlty of Slab Ws dr, *nod mid dr7.
far ImmedWe wee, ..oft sad mixed. rut
12 sod 11 lashes leer. four length, or I_'
iodise to the cord and throe Mngth- .f
14 InMe..
W. glee more naiad ;ea and viola
for the meter than can be got ser
where dee. the eaetnsaet, .ay a Tr
A. sad see for 'mantel?.
Be sure and e�sstt, cur ppti.e.. All orv'�
erg promptly 51.l. getl.feclion r -fir
Wo save yes the oiddlemaa'. pros..
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the bead. Anti -Uri:: Pills cure all
forma of kidney trouble. They are so
good aatd so sure C. L Coulde gta•eae-
tee them. Be .era you get Ana -Uric oftrapds. M the groatrst mammy d
Pinta d V, Marmon ten ewe y bat- , the 'sari obsess of tat osuwtry--
hold .sly at C. L Orrtltls' drys store. Lem Bohm Gall.
If you have $100
Tbm or n.w. i•.•fled... DNA r 7 per
cow ne.a pree►ta*r lie _ Y eel
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