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NEWFOUNDUND'S AM
IiLAIM OOLONT IS 4HVDI0 MOS
WI TO TIM >•Q'Ifi.
Ube Is Bevniting More uoadlers and
wnoss Propoettoswsl y to Mee
Population Than Any Other Bee-
ne.
eo-nos of Iles 6tgtre--Twenty Miles
el lee Marred Pommes. of Her
Th�d�iparta��a t w resets ago of
the arst company of 260 men of
lfewfoundlaad'■ second contingent
for the British fortes was acoompaa-
led by a unique circumstance prob-
ably unknown In the military history
et any country. The transport was
usable to reach within 20 miles of
St. John's owing to ice Boss bloeksd-
tag the harbor, and the detachment
had to be embarked on the sealing
steamer Neptune off St. John's,
which took twelve hours to force her
way through the floes until she
reached the Dominion and put the
men aboard. and then she spent all
next day cutting a channel for the
liner through the ice until she was
able to reach open water and pro-
ceed on her voyage.
When the war broke out New-
foundland nndertood to raise a mili-
tary contingent of 500 men and to
raise to 1,000 the Colonial Naval Re-
serve already In existence and fixed
at a maximum of 600 by the Admir-
alty. The 500 men for land service
were soon over -enlisted, and when
the first Canadian contingent crossed
In October, advantage was taken of
the opportunity to despatch their
men at the same time and so avail of
the convoy, and accordingly the bat-
talion, 540 strong. lett 81. John's In
the large sealing steamer Fleetest.
joined the convoy off Cape Race. and
to due course reached Plymouth.
!n the meantime the patriotic
spirit of the young men of the colony
demanded opportunities for further
enlistment, and this was strengthen-
ed by general popular sentiment with
the idea that a full battalion of a
thousand might be enlisted so that
the Newfoundland force might go to
the front as a unit. and the colony
gain whatever credit might result
from its work. as, falling the enlist-
ment of a thousand men, the contin-
gent would be broken up and lose its
identity by being merged with other
forret in the Old Country. Very soon
another 500 men were enrolled and
the training of these men pushed for-
ward as rapidly as possible. Of
course. It must be remembered that
Newfoundland suffered from the
drawback of having no military force
whatever, no trained Withers or men.
and no equipment that could be util-
ised, except some discarded British
army Mlles utilized for training
cad. • brigades.
The providing of outfits, clothing.
etc., was also quite a task, but by
the latter part of January every-
thing was ready for the despatch of
250. and drill -•with the second con-
tingent was sufficiently advanced to
ja.tlty their being sent forward as
soon as proper transport could be
secured. The Allan liners plying on
the Newfoundland route were not
available. havhag been pre-empted
by the Admiralty for the purpose of
taking over drafts of naval reservists
from Newfoundland. the enlisting of
which was proceeding concurrently
with that of the military force, and
at Intervals of every three or four
weeks 160 -men were despatched.
this being the maximum number for
which the two Allan liners Mongol-
ian and Carthaginian, had accommo-
dation. A further trouble was that
1n mid -winter, with the coast Ice -
blockaded, liners are disinclined to
venture near the Newfoundland sea-
board, and, indeed, the Allan liners
abandoned the service entirely dur-
ing February, March and April.
However, the Wblte Star Liner Do-
minion undertook to call at St.
John's on her voyage from Philadel-
phia. and In due course hove up off
8t. John's.
The martial ardor of the people
is being stimulated to still further
efforts. and the decision has just
been reached, in view of the number
offering, to enlist another 250 men.
which will provide for a full rom-
pany to be held as a reserve at the
base in England, in addition to the
battalion 1.080 strong.
Mr. W. D. Reid, president of the
Reid Newfoundland Company, the
great corporation which controls the
local transportation by land and sea.
through Its trains and steamboats,
has made a personal gift to the regi-
ment of two machine guns. an essen-
tial part of the equipment of a full
battalion, and an expert from Mont-
real will train the section of 20 men
which will operate these two guts
when In the field. This splendid gift
M very appreciatively received by the
people of the colony. as it le an ad-
dition to a glft of $6.000 In cash
made by Mr. Reid's company In the
seep* of one day's pay each. and also
the free transportation by his trate•
and steamers of all volunteers for
the mltitary and naval forces.
Including the second company Ol.
the second contingent, which win
probably cross with the second Casa -
dies contingent. and which wnl
mean • thousand soldiers from New-
foundland In the Old Country, and
with a thousand naval reservists
(tl6m Newfoundland aloe *croft then.
which number will have bees feet
forward by the same tints (inch:dial
100 asslgaed to the Caaadlan war`
able Mobs at the opening of hostnl-
tles). )4eefoaadlaad will then have
ta gnglaad 2,000 mes err the squirts -
Net. ea a popalatlen bads of M,OH
from Meade, whisk somber will set
be made up from gest sad MOON
°anodise eostlagests. 10 Mbar
words, p[.wteoalaad wire thou ISM
a larger }seise. proportionately. A
Resisted than say of tb• other sdt-
moreralsg d.pmodesries of the nee-
ptre
( ado's Bonds per 1915-14.
Oasda la 1911 and 1914 issued
1140,041,476 worth et Aevurameat
sad msfisfpal beads.
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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Skin Erwptiens
For the relief of those persist-
ent skin disfigurements arising
from gums derangement ut the
stomach and intestinal canal
magnesium sulpbate tepsum salt)
1. a very serviceable medicine
Two teaspoonful. dissolved In a
tswblsrful of cold or but water
(as may be preferred) and taken
half an hour before breakfast
every morning for three or four
weeks will restore the skin to its
normal smooth coodltion. raw
ly pulverised 'poem salt (+t l,tl
be rolled with a rollleg pili and
made into a dust) makes a val-
uable dusting powder foe a red
and swollen .srfaco soeb as L
seen In acne rosacea.
WHEN A SHELL STRIKES.
pearful Effects .[ the Fin From • big
Howitzer.
A. young officer of the YortabMs
Light infantry has written to his par-
ents • description of the effects of
German •rrtllery firs. Be says in part:
"I don't believe there is • man Itvlag
wbo when first Interviewing an eleven
lath bowttser shell is not pink with
fright. After the first ten one gets
quits used to them. but really they
are terribly
"They hit . house. You can .se the
greet sbels—a black streak—just before
It strikes; then. before you bear the
explosion, the whole nouse alrtply lifts
■ p into the air. apparently gaits .1-
l.atly; then you bear the roar. and the
whole earth shakes
"1z—the place where the hoose was
tere is a bilge fountain spout of what
Woks tike pink fluff. 1t is the pulver-
ized
ulver!sed bricks Then a monstrous shoot
of black smoke towering up a hundred
feet or more, and finally there is a
curious willow -like formation, and than
—you duck as huge pieces of shell sad
Muse and earth and haystacks tum-
ble over your head. The broken pieces
of shell are horribly jagged, sharp
edged missiles—whatever they hit they
tear, cut. lacerate and destroy.
"Yet do you know, It is really re-
markable how little damage they ds
against earth trenches They seam
much Zeas destructive in soft sand or
. oil than when striking against a
building or a masonry wall."—London
Mall.
ARAB AND TURK.
The Fleece Enmity Between Tient le
Seth Racial and Pelitio•l.
Aside from their political dlffereace.,
tbe enmity between the Arab and the
Pork is proverbial—a racial, deep root-
ed enmity which the new regime in-
stead of overcoming or. at least. tem-
pering has brought incessantly to a
head And ,tee oho effendi of Cos-
dantinepl. Men to the see od the des-
ert as "that dog of an Arab." and still
the desert Arsb, who will rime even
on kis way to Jubannam. pours out his
hatred maid contempt in couplets like
this:
'Brae things naught but evil work—
Tbo boost, the Toon and the Turk.
There is such a thing as the fatality
of hats. which seems to be a part of
Um cosmic acbeme. indeed. some peo-
ple are boru to hate each other and the
saw they know It the better. The
Teem Turk. for Instance. when he can
asltbe, knife nor poison nor despoil an
Arab aspiring to power. will Invite 'dee
to Stamboul and make htm a pubs—
that Is, a sublime port* tantrum/lit of
murder and plunder.
That is wby the Arab chiefs as wen
as the leaders of thought in Syria and
Egypt have always resisted these bale-
ful seductions, for to the Arab, wheat)
pride and magnanimity ars those of
the barbarian. tbe patrlarchtal rule of
ibn ur-RaahW of Nejd or the theocratic
government of tbe ober f of Mecca.
with all its open air tyranny and
justice, is far better than the IMOD-
crane
tentcratne abominations of Constantinople.
—Ameen Ritual in World's Work.
Olympic Games of 1916.
Those interested in athletics feel that
the 1910 Olympic games, which were
Ie be held In Berlin. ars not likely to
be bald there or anywhere else. The
countries of Europe, even 1f the war
eboold end goon, have safered such
awful lasses of men and money, end
business and sport have been so inter-
rupted.
nterrupted. that the pnbllc will have little
Wait for such games as Stockholm
knew In 1912 and London In 1908 And
tor the United States to hold the games
here and win them la moth deems -
slums would be a barren victory.—
Unties Companies
WOMAN SOFFERED'BRITAIN IS SWEPT ems ����
TEN YEARS BY TEMPERANCE WAVE
Mala Fossil as— Restored
to Haft by Lydia E
PleitYllfbfs Vegetable
Belleville, N. S.,Canada. — ''I doctored
Hens ten years for female troubles and
did not get well. 1 reed in the paper
gamut Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
olespound and decided to try it I write
S ew to tell you that I am cured. You
eau publish my letter as a testimonial."
— Mrs. Suvttnea atoms, Belleville,
Nova Scotia, Canada.
Another Woman Recovers.
Auburn, N. Y. --" I suffered from
servousnese for ten years, and had such
organic pains that sometimes I would lie
in bed four days at a time, could not eat
or sleep and did not want anyone to talk
to me or bother me at all. Sometimes
I would suffer for seven hours at a time.
Different doctors did the best they could
for me untll four months ago I began
g iving Lydia E. Ptnkbam'. Vegetable
Compound a trial and now I am in good
health. "—Mrs Wella I H GILL, No. 11
Pleasant Street, Auburn, New York.
The above are only two of the thou-
sands of grateful letters which are con-
stantly being received by the Pinkbam
Medicine Company of Lynn, Meas,
which show clearly what great things
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-
pound doss for those who suffer from
woman's ills.
it you want spe-
cial advice write to
Lydia E. P1.k►am
Iodides Co. (e.d-
deutial )Lyaa,ISass.
Tear letter will be
epesed, read and
answered by a we-
taas and bell la
strict eaa8deace.
I. it not remarkable how some tea
merchants reduce the quality of their
read in sympathy with the ri"ing mar-
kets? Admittedly the auction prices
of teas on the London, Calcutta and
(blombe mukelp have titen to ■n ex-
traordinary level and there seems
lit tie reapi!e ahead. Neverthetes", we
will continue to supply the public with
the same high standard of quality that
they have learned to rely upon in
Salads packets. Salado ham always
leen kept "up to a standard" and
never "down to a price" and we will
never, depart from this principle which
has Barnet! us such apprectatinr. If
tnarket prices make it impossible to
supply Salads at present price« then
the cost to the retailer and consumer
'oust go up.—The Salads Tea Co. in
the "Canadian Ornoer.'
1 t3ABY'S OWN TABLETS
USED ELEVEN YEARS.
Tiflis • Neilsen Sahl
TM which the tsar has bees whsle.
big sad terming "a pearl of tbe *me-
o w crown,^ was deoertb.d by James
IllAce some forty years docs as • a
Awa melting pet. • city of contrails
ale nixtures. Into which el.meate
bora bee's pained from half Swope
sad Anis and la wbleb they is yet
e bow no signs of combrhag." TM So
esrlptl.a bells good today, for there
are WI N be sweaty lsagurwe ti►
bra le the Wrests et the ancient elly
bp represgabpv.s etf Y away mesa.
galea—Losdee Deny rthreelela
The Sefltna Melee.
gyp Allowing are So 1•ttst ego.
N MI of moieties In the rsooastt0A
,g
Salt's states. o01,. keg se Se
Geagespbfeal Jesraal: Torbay la 1a
anti 1,M0:000; IStlik MINAS
angegals. 1.514.8111; beryls. d.MT.t1Mt
fareee., x5091 Sha -gasp, samosi
Meteft. 1.011110111
Mrs McBachern, Glencoe, Ont.,
writes : 1 have u1441 Baby's Own
T. Mete for the put eleven years for
guy children and have every reason to
praise them as they always do greed."
Once a mother uses the Tablets for her
little ones she will use no other medi-
cine. They are eb.olutrly safe, plea-
sant to take and never fall to regulate
the bowels and stomach. They are
.old by medicine dealer. or b mail at
25 cents a box from The Dr. \Villian e
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
HAVE YOU
paid your suh.cription for The Sig-
nal for 1915 ? If you have, we
thank you 11 you have nor, will
you kiodly do so at. once ? See an-
nouncensent nn page 1 of this issue.
Fair Warning.
Agent—"i we you are busy. and 1
will not take up very much of your
time. i want to talk to you a little
while on the subject of life insurance."
Victim—"Do you want to insure a
men who is a murderer, and who may
be hinged in • few months?" "Good
heavens! Are you a ,murderer I' "Not
vet : but i may become one very own
if your confounded agents dont .top
coming in here and bothering me
when I am trying to work !"
Hie Majesty Takes the Lead, Followed
by Lord Kitchener—Drastic
Action Certain to Come
Kling Ge erg has added hli p'ci t.
that of the shipowners and :n acme
oases that cf the Laborites tbemeelve: , I
that some ♦.gorous measures b, ado;t
ed to cope with the quest on of d:u
thinness, whl b, It is urged. la hay.nd
the effect of delay ng the de !very ..:
munitions of war.
The King has volt/uttered. 12 1. b
considered : dv:sab'.e, personally to
give up the ea of all alco :clic 1 g'ar's
and to 1scue ec order agat_s: their
use in the ro al househ:ld. 8u -b a
notflcatloa his been s:nt to Derld
Lloyd George, the ehaneellcr et tun
exchequer, by the King's pr:vat 1
secretary. .ucd stsmfcr:.ham.
Lord Kltehen,r a:so has rrohlblted
the use of ell alcoholic lquors in h s
hoaseho:d during the course of the
war, and it Is believed In well-informed
quarters that au lmiortant announc_-
ment will be made shortly in eouncc-
tion with t: a fr nit problem, Invo •
ung drastic restrictions on the tale
of spirits and beer throughout Great
Brlta:n.
It is reported that these rastrictio s
will amount to a to_al pr-h:b tion o:
the sale cf alroh -11c beverages al-
though at !:rat there may be some
small conct :a ons n -ate to consumers
1a the form cf permttt ng a limited
amber of . stn' 1ishmoutr to sell light
been and light win •z.
Whiskey. brandy. gto, liquors. In
tact spirits of all kindi are. it 1s ra1d,
doomed. On this font it is under•
stood the Cabinet is reread; the ony
matter rennin ng for discussion and
settlement is tie question of compen-
sation to be paid rattlers and makers.
The solutio_ of this will not take
long, if Inde. --1 it !s not alreadyeelt'.ed.
The question d revenue derived by
the Government from the sale o:
strong drink end which will 1 e prac-
tically wiped out to the event of total
prohibition. has not bothered tha
Cabinet one iota. The Government la
quite prepared and ev. n anxtbus t
wipe It out with one stroke of the pen.
This esvenue amounts right!), t, about
forty million pounds annually, but
against this 1s the fact that the war
1s costing Great Brita:n at present
sixty mllikn pounds monthly.
By the amendments to the defence
of the realm act, adopted last sasslott,
the Government took the widest pos-
sible power to perform any act neees-
nary to lncreciing the efficiency of
the British people for war purposes;
the closing of all public houses. It
has been' stated. is covered In the
measure. • There Is naturally great
alarm in th. brewing Industry.
THEY'RE POPULAR IN NOVA
SCOTIA.
Why Dodd's Kidney Pills Are a House-
' bold Remedy.
Spry Harbor, Halifax Co., N. 8..
April 5th.—(Specisll.- -"i have taken
a couple of boxes of Dodo's Kidney
Pills and have received great benefit
from them. They are certainly a Moe
pill for anyone .uffering Iron, kidney
trouble." So .aye Mr.. Alex. E. Nil -
eh -y, and she speaks the sentiments of
a Targe number of the women of Nova
Scot ia.
Dodd'. Kidney Pills have become a
family medicine In thousands of
homes People have learned from
long experience that If they cure their
minor kidney Ills with Dodds Kidney
PI11. they need not fear those more
terrible developmenta such as Bright's
'disease,.lattetd., dropey and rheuma-
Lism. 1be7 have oleo learned that
when the t.dneys are cured by Dodd's
Kidney Pills the whole body henelts.
For cured kidneys mean pure blood,
and pure blond le the foundation of
all !health. That's why Dodd's Kid-
ney P18. are universally popular.
Of two evils, it Isn't always name -
sexy to oboes* either.
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Has Arrived!
Our 11 ousefurnishingjDepartment is now greatly enlarged to
meet the demands of our steadily
increasing trade.
Imported Linoleums
Our best Scotch Linoleums, imported by us direct from the makers in Kirkcaldy.
Extra heavy quality and will stand all kinds of hard wear, in a variety of deigns
to suit all rooms. In 3 and 4 yards wide. Special per square yard doe
Canadian and Scotch Oilcloths
A large showing of floral and block designs in the best makes of Oilcloth,
good wearing quality. All widths, at per square yard
Congoleum, for surrounds, etc., per square yard
After "Winning the War" , Kaiser
Plan. t, Punish His Ally
Following his report"utoa military
operations. the o.Eclal .iyswltn.ria
with the Ler :Yah forces in a rept.r. u
few days ago ..1d:
"Conyers:.t 0.1 war ea1,ture l'officers
and the better educat:d r rts;aers hat
thrown considerable I:ghl on the views
of the gene'. ! s.Lat.on Low held by
t :e Genian arm). it is freely actin .n•
ledged.that cOoni ny carted the war.
Op.nlon see : e to be dfvidtd •a• to
whether she ibtended to o,cupy Be.•
glum perran.nt'y or not. The he 1 .
is that she t.ould not ha'e cro-e d th
Meuse if Britain tad ;e:.:a .e,1 o,'.t-
ral, but Oat elle woul. Lave ad
vanced through so'. til lielglam aml
Lutemburg. thinking that t;rca Brit
ain would have taken ,t right, that
way.
"While it 11 matntatned she de.ared
no territory 1n Eurcpe tot u.r.ady oc-
cupied by German -sneaking people, It
1s admitted that her strateg:c frontier
in the Vosges must be t:ntrovt d.
"The most important point 1n the
views now held is the frank at m:v
sion that atnce Matta has f:alyd
badly in the present war and has had
to be bo:stt red by the armed stre.tgt't
of Germany, ane must piy for 1t. and
will have to b:eed. German prisoners
hold that the Austrian Empire v.1A
cease to exit and that the Germans
will give way some of its territory
to Italy and include the German.
■peaking portion of Austria In th.r
German Em.:re. and also Luxemburg.
"The Germans will welcome the
Grand Duchy of Poland as a b iffier
between themselves and Russia."
SUSPENDED AN OFFICIAL
General Hutches Takes Action In Re -
geed to Purchase of Binoculars
The Minister of Militia. General
Sam Hughes. has taken action on the
evidence which has been brr.ught nul
In the Public Accounts Committee
with regard to the purchase of bino
talars. He has suspended Lieut -Col.
Hurdman, inspector of Technical
Equipment. pending farther inquiry as
to the charges made regarding his
connection with the Inspection of in
tenor binoculars. and the charge
made by Mr. Misty about -12 for
incidentals" going to Ool. Hurdman
for cath of the glasses sold to tit
department lir Btlaky and Blrkett.
Turkey Eager Per Poem/
The London Idly Man's V.vy,
Switzerland, corrirbded.nt says that
Djavtd Bey, tb• Turkish Minister of
Pleases. has arrived in Geneva from
where his fisanofal mlealoa
riI1N. The Geneva newspapsn, a0
to the o.elsgeade0L declare
vid's termed to 8wttserland
t� (r
out the MANY npen whit*
(0. al1Me are wiftag to wetted• e
Nemo with Turkey.
Mantles Paye Per Murder
gasmen at p0,g00 la told te
kedlas(• KoMasee, widen og !Ms
m
the A.rlesa dairy pro
Med ed) , 5, to troopers oe
*eau* eesapa et the elty has
etal4 repealed to Washington
extra
.30c
60c
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Our stock of Carpet Squares is selected with the great-
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possible, qualities considered.
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