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A ' hulas sy. roc( V%IaIIt 14 1918
t HE SIGNAL : CtODERICH ONTARIO
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which in most cases is physical
weakness. The system needs
more oil and easily digested
liquid -food, and you ehouid
take a spoonful of
SCOTT'S
IMIJLSION
after each meal to enrich your
blood and help heal the sensi-
tive membranes with its pure
oil -food properties.
,r The results of this Scott's
Emulsion treatment will
• surprise those who have used
irritating snuffs and vapors.
Get the Genuine SCOTT'
I
I1A1den—
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A Well -fitted
Bathroom
is one of the greatest
luxuries imaginable,
and at the'; ame time
it is comparatively
'inexpensive. If you
want estimates armor
information! a b o -u t
bathroom fittings,,
consult
FRED. HUNT
"THE PLUMBER"
Marnilton Street Phone 135
MULE was once Ina far
away country. where few
people have ever trav-
eled. a wonderful church.
It stood on a high hill in
the midst of a great city,
and every Sunday. and on
sacred days like Christ-
mas, thousands of people
climbed the hill to thechurch.
When you came to the building it-
self you found stone columns and dark
passageways and a grand entrance
leading to the main room of the
church. This room was so long that
One standing at the doorway could
scarcely see the other end. where the
choir and the minister sat near the
(-marble altar. At the farthest cor-
ner was the organ, which was so loud
that when it began to play the people
tar off could hear it. - - '
The strangest thing about the whole
building was the wonderful chime of
bells. There stood at one corner of
the church a gray stone tower with
ivy growing over it as far as one could
see. It was so high that it was only
in very fair weather that anyone
claimed to see the top. Up and up
climbed the stones. and since the men
who built the church had been deed
for many hundreds of years, everyone
had forgotten how high the tower was
supposed to be.
Now, all the wise people knew that
at the top of the tower was a ehlae of
hr/stmas bells. They had hung there
ever since the church was finished and
were the most beautiful bells to the
world.' Some thought It was because
a great muelclan had cast them and
arranged them in their place, and oth-
ers said 1t was became of the great
height of the tower, reaching up to
where the air was clear and pure;
however this may be. no one who had
heard the chimes denied that they
•were the sweetest In the world. Sons
.WINTER
TOURS
cPFCIAL Fares now in- effect
Ln, resorts in Florida, North
and Sossth Carolina; Louisiana,
Georgia and other Southern
States. and to Bermuda and the
\Vest Indies.
Return Limit May 31st, 1917
LIBERAL STOP -OVERS ALLOWED
Fur full inform thou write to
C. t. HONNINO, d.P a.
t)resT r'rt
P. F. LAWRENCE & SON �l
Town Agents Phone 8
1 The Easiest Wei.
She hal two trove.- Ttie mother no
only wished to Rive therm a .ertun-
Ide•nf her-deelre to make thew gcnd.
but rho to make choir to their mind -
the gravity of the task before her. At
the end of it, partionlarly touching ad-
juration. flve/►e•r.old Francis was
suddenly overborne with the inlpoeeibil.
RI of eveVaC14161611 his mother's ideal.
" Dan'a t r• f to ttwke its gruel. mother, '
be arid. e•rneetiy. "Just sun' nt us," -
Chicago Herald.
liar Knock.
Hub -One -bight while you -were morn y
i heard a burglar. You 'shnull b•v••
seen Inc glhng downstairs three rt -p-
at a time.
Wife ( whu knows him! -Where wa-
be, on the root Y
WISEMAN I
WEAR RUBBERS
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Low Rubber 'Prices Make Pos-
sible Saving of Expensive
Shoos --M4ny Will Wear
Rubber Footgear When-
ever Occasion Permits
The thrifty man or woman—those
who are getting th• molt out of
every dollar In these days of high
prlcee--will find gratification In the
fact that this year rubber footwear
solves, the question of how to re -
mals well shod. In spit* of Malt shoe
prices. The wise buyer will pur-
chass rubbers ani overshoes this
year to nave the expensive shoes
that hs or eh* paid a dollar or so
more for this season than last.
While everything elss ham ad-
vanced le price. rubber footwear ham
remained the same In fact. rubber
footwear would be cheaper this year
than ever before were it net for the
Deet of all ch.mieale and the fabrics
that ars used in the manufacture.
Evan with those advance.. tubber
le the footwear ter this winter and
the wise ones will wear rubbers for
•.otst7. le
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Laid His Crown on the Altar.
described them like angels sounding
far up In the sky.
But the fact was that no one had
heard them ring for years and years.
There was an old man living not tar
from the church who .Lid that his
mother had spoken of bearing them
when she was a little girl. and he was
the only one who could say as much
as that. They were Christmas chimes.
you remember, and were not meant to
be played by men or on common oc-
casions.
On Christmas eve all of the people
In the city brought their offerings to
e church to offer to the Christ child,
and when the greatest and best offer-
ing was laid on the altar. there would
come sounding tbmugh the music of
the choir the voices of the Christmas
chimes far up in the tower. Some
said the wind rang them and others
that they were so high angels would
set them swinging. But for many long
years. as was said before, they had
never been beard. The minister Bald
that people had been growing leas
careful of their gifts for the Christ
child, or gave them rather to make a
display for their owe honor than for
love of him, so that no offering was
brought good enough to deserve the
music of the chimes. Still, every
Christmas eve, the rich people of the
'city crowded to the altar. each one
trying to give some better gift that
anyone else, and the church was filled
with those who thought that perhaps
the wonderful bells would ring agate.
'Bet. although the male was sweet
and the offerings ware plenty. 0017
the roar of the wind could be heard
trar Up In the old stuns tower.
Nowa number nt miles from the
Y
tdty, In a little village where nothing
could be seen of the great church.
" save glimpses of the tower when the
weather was flue, lived a boy named
Pedro, and his little brother. They
Lew very little about the Christmas
chimes, they had beard of the elervtce
In the church on Christmas eve and
had a secret plan that they had often
talked over when by themselves for
going to the beautiful celebration.
"Nobody can guess, Little ttrother'
Pedro would say, "all the fine things
there are to see and hear }n the
church, and 1 have even heard ft said
that the Christ child himself some-
times comes down to bless the meet-
ing. What if we could see him'"
The day before Christmas It was
bitterly cold and a few lonesome anow
flakes were flying In the air and
there was • hard white crust on the
ground.
Sure enough. Pedro and Little
Brother were able to slip quietly away
early in the afternoon pn their way
to the celebration; and although the
walking was hard In the frosty air,
beture nightfall they had trudged so
tar, hand in hand, that they saw the
lights of the big city just ahead of
them. Indeed they were about to en-
ter one of the great gates In the wall
that surrounded it, when they saw
something dark on the snow near the
path, and stepped aside to look at It.
It was a poor woman who had fallen
just outside of the city. too sick and
tired and cold to get in where she
'might have found shelter. The snow
made a soft pillow for her and she
Would soon be so sound asleep In the
winter alr that no one could ever
awaken her again. All this Pedro saw
to a moment. and be knelt down be-
side her and -tried to rouse her. He
ttfrned her face toward him. so that
be could rub some snow on it, but he
soon sighed and said:
"It's no use, Little Brother, you will
have to go on alone." -
"alone!" cried Little Brother, "and
you will not see the Christmas festi-
val?.
"No." said Pedro, and be could not
help • little choking sound of disap-
pointment in his throat. "See thin
poor woman, she will freeze to death
1f nobody cares tor her. You can
bring someone to help her when you
come back. and I- can keep her alive.
Yoa q>!t._gailly find yeur way to the
chunk. and you Must see and hese
everything twice. little brother, once
for you and once for me. 1 am sure
the Christ child must know how I
would love to come and worship him,
and, oh, you get -a chance. little
brother, slip up to the altar without
getting In anyone's way, and take
this little silver piece of mine and lay
-it down for my offering when no one
Is looking. Don't forget the place
where you left me, and hurry. now, so
you woh't be late."
He winked hard to keep back the
tears as he heard the crunching foot-
steps of little brother sounding fahher
,and farther away in the darkness.
It was also hard to lose the music
and the splendor of the celebration
that he had planned so long; lose
the chance of offering his silt' piece
that he bad saved for the offering to
the Christ child, and to spend the
time instead in the lonesome snow
outside the dreary walls. But It nev-
er occurred to him to leave the poor
woman In the freezing cold.
The great church was truly a won-
derful place that. eight. Every one
mid that it had never looked so bright
and beautiful before. When the or-
gan played and the thousands of peo-
ple sang the hymns, the walls shook
with the sound, and little Pedro, out-
side the walls of the chy, telt the
earth tremble all around him At
lag ditne the procession to bear the
offerings to the altar, when great and
rich men and women marched up to
l'ay down their gifts to the Christ
child. Some brought wonderful jew-
els, some baskets of gold so heavy
that they could scarcely carry them
down the aisle. A great writer laid
down a book that he had been mak
ing for years. and last of all walked
the king of the country, hoping to
win for himself the, chimes of the
Christmas bells.
There was a great murmur through
the church as the people saw the king
take from his head the royal crown.
all set with diamonds and other pre-
cious stones,and laid it gleaming on the
altar as hie offering to the Holy child.
"Surely," said every one, "we shall
bear the bells now, for nothing like
this has ever been offered before."
And they all stood still to listen. but
only the cold, cold wind was heard In
the stone tower; and the people shook
their heads, some of them saying aa
they had done before, that they really
never believed the story of the chimes,
anyway.
The procession was over, and the
gifts were all on the altar, the choir
had begun the closing hymn.
Suddenly the organlet stopped play-
ing. and every one looked at the min
Ester, who was standing In his place
holding up his hand for silence. Not
a sound could be heard from anyone
In the church. While all the people
strained their ears to listen, there
came softly but distinctly swinging
through the air the sound of the bells
to the tower. So far away and yet
so clear seemed the mnslc, so much
sweeter were the notes than had been
heard before. that the people le the
church sat for a moment as still as
though something bold each of them
by the shoulders. Then they all stood
pp together and stared straight at the
attar to see what great gift had awak-
ened the long silent bells.
Hat all that the nearest of thea
saw was the childish figure of Little
Prower, who had crept snftly down
tke aisle when no one was looking
and sad laid Pedro's little piece of W-
ow as tha altar.
Of course, y • u can
buy cheaper teas, but
Is undoubtedly the most economical and what
appears to be 'cheap' in price will prove to be
extravagant in use. The fresh young leaves of
"Salada" will yield you generous value for
your money. B las
Sailor's L ifs u Hazardous- One
From the early part of November
until the tarsal closing of navigation, on
the Great Lakes, the man who follows
the sailor occupation must have •
sturdy oonst,tution and a brave heart,
for every time his shipleaves the pro-
tection of harbor or riv sod steams
out into the open lake, the is always
the lurking danger of b zzstd and
hui ricane to roll up Mous one seas
aid shut out all view of land diads
to navigation.
In spite of the terrible toll cif the
-toren of"Black Sunday," Nove cher
9. 1913, many western continue to i•tek
their whips and the lives of their crewel
to --awe • few boon' time. and mak
more money for the vessel -owners.
The daily papers at this time
of the year otteu contain stories
of the loss of sows good .hip that
has been caught out in the lake
end become a prey of the raging asap,
or wrecked without warning on • hid-
den rock or *boat while feeling its
w• through fog or blizzard.
Meny'h steamer has lett the protec-
tion of St. Mary's River or Fort Wil -
ham with tbe sun shining brightly,
and • few hours later was struggling
to keep afloat, while the wind howled
through her rigging at fifty wiles per
hour, and the waves drake over her
bows, sweeping .every movable thing
before them.
The strength of the ponderous Nees
is only nue of the things that the
crew must contend with. The spray
ftyiog'"'over the ',teenier often freezes
as it falls nn the decks and cabins,
covering everything with ice to a
thickness of several inches. At such
times it is impossible for meals to be
cooked, while all theerew is needed to
handle the boat. Then. when the
storm dies Out, and the green waves
stop using the veesel'a deck for • play-
ground, the crew mute( clean away the
ice and snow which locks tact every
door and window, and incases the
bo it from stem to stern. Steam hose,
axes and other implements are called
into use for this purpose. and it means
many hours' hard wore.
Felt' people know of the hardship"
t up within the fall hy sailors, but
now and then a story of a wreck or
foubdering on' the lakes brings out the
fact AL there are many jobs that are
hatter•iheu sailing when the elements
get wild.
Many sailors follow their occupation
during the fine months of the ape ing
an.i summer. hot when the weather
gets had in the fall they make for a
good berth on land The wan' who is
willing to take his chance ou the
boats ip t he tall can always get a plea
and he receives additional money fo
this work.
THE . FIR
T GUNS.
Auspicious Opening oftle,Gre
Campaign to Raise
Six Million Dollars forthe Catt&dian Patriotic Fund.
Ottawa, Dec- 11. -The officers of the awl Midland. The sun. to he given is
$10,1100 a month, .making the one '.g-
t`-regate of $1211,000 in the .,``ear. This
I. a large iocrer.e over 1916, and the
county councillor/, hy unanimously
supin.thig the grant, have shown not
only t heir appreciation ot the Fund,hut
their p .lit;cal courage. for naturally
the wejotity of them will he off•rin
the real beginning of the campaign, for re-election in January and will
which will reach its climax in Janitary have to justify theirsetioo before their
and Frhruarv, to railer at least ale mil- constituents. But mote than this, the
lions in this province in 1917. A. this Simcoe councillor. expressed the hope
1e a million dollars eNote than was that the voluntary greats hy indiv.d-
subscribed for 1916, it has been felt by nal, and organizations would be con -
the Fund •ulho'itie. that much of the tinl,el. The county grant rep.esente
anss eeeof the catilpaigrr would depend two and one-half mils on the dollar.
on rhe increase of the grants made by Vitoria, a county much smaller in
the county council's wealth and population, has also ex -
The three counties which have al- celled itself, and has raided its con-
dy acted have done so well and tribution from $2,800atnpftth to$5.000
Arlan so generous an example that or a tonal of.$fiu,0110 in fhii year. This
the chances of attaining the desired means a tam of three mills on the dol
sum are now considered greatly im-- ter. .Jt Wit -noble grant, and places
proved. kVictnr well up in the front rank of
Simi -at, which in the past has left
the suppritt of the Fund largely to the
townsbips and town et:micils. hes de-
cided to vnake a general levy on the
'whole county for the purposes of the
Fend. This ituplies taxing not only
the rural districts, but such important
centres se Orillia, (jollingwood, Bari ie
Canadian Patriotic Fund are greatly
elated over the encouraging outlook
for the Fund in Ontario In 1917 owing
to the ttv�tensue action of the county
gnuneYs i►7itncoe, Victoria and Dud=
u a t fall wisdoms recently held.
e decisfost of these councils marks
Ontario counties for generous giving.
as it 1. for recruiting.
Duff -vin. in 1910, gave 1500 amon( h.
It has decided iso quadruple thie for
1917. and will give $2,1100 • month -a
rpt.-ndit increase.
The Fund's campaign bas certainly
started with a bang I
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There Is Always a Reason
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and the reason why our Job Printing Depart-
ment is kept busy is that we always try to turn
out work that will please our customers. We
try to give it to them the way they want it, and
when they want it. and at -a reasonable price.
NEATN,FSS )' :These are watchwords of
flshe ACCURACYhe Signal's Job Depart-
- ment. Let us practise them
DESPATCH ) on your next job. . . .
The Signal Printing Co., Limited
Goderich, Ontario
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FARMERS TURNED SCALE.
United 'With Laborites in Australia
to Defeat Conscription'.
The women of Australia voted al-
most as readily to send their sons
and sweethearts to war as did the
male voters. An analysis of the com-
plete returns of tbe referendum on
conscription showed that early re-
ports that the measure was defeated
rimed -tile of the women's vote were un-
true.le the percentage of wo-
men Wi�y�I�lted against conecriptlon
was slightly larger than the percen-
tage of wed the difference was not
marked enough to turn the tide.
The Australisn farmers, coming to
the support of one faction of the
laborites, really defeated the meas-
ure. They voted overwhelmingly
against conscription, fearing a short-
age of farm labor. The latest re-
turns show a majority of 81,000
against conscription with 300,000
votes yet to be counted, including
those of men in the army who will
roll up q► big majority for conscrip-
tlopp. It Is not .expected, however,
-thkt their votes will offset the anti-
( conscriptionists lead.
The newspapers are discussing re-
conciliation between the conscrip-
tionists and anti -conscriptionists
and laborites, but the future depends
entirely upon the attitude of Premier
Hughes. The political situation is
tense.
At Sydney, about 20 labor mem-
bers of the State Parliament have
withdraws tbelr support from W. A.
Holman{_ Premier of New South
Wales; • and termed a aew party,
while the Minister of Labor and In-
dustry. John E. Estell, bas resigned
his portfolio owing to differences
over conscription. At Brisbane.
Senator Bambord has been expelled
from the labor movement because be
supported conscription.
An Arabian Marriage.
Lulw's was an ideal Moslem Meer
Mage. -Rir slaters bad been married
to old men wltb other wives. To
Lulua's lot had fallen Cousin Abdul-
-Leh.. a promising youth of stzteen, as
yet unwedded. The time of the wed-
ding covered many days of festivity.
When anally the night came for
the little twelve -year-old girl to be
taken to the home of the br11tegroom,
slave women made the whole town
ring with their songs of rejoicing.
Then the doors of the new harem
osed on that alight, deeply -veiled
re, not to open again for her until
ter many years.
cores of geesu ease to eeagratu-
Iate, the bride during the days fol.
lowt a the wedding. They found her
seated In her chair like a queen on a
throne.. Shewas clothed in the
richest silks and satins and laden
with the most elaborate golden orna-
ments and jewels. -
Did she meet her guests With
smiles and greetings' Allah forbid
that she should have been so bold!
Eto modest w she that she so
much as lifted eyes from the
ground. By al'cely a movement
did rite betray tb fact that s e was
al Ive.
The guests were ten to the
room fitted out esp fatly for the
young wife. They ate the ref
ments offered by the women of the
groom's family. -T i., exclaimed
about the great beauty of the bride,
and left calling down the blessings
of heaven upon the marriage. "May
the couple live to see not only many
sons. but many sons of their saes!"
Day atter day little l.ulua
adorned that she (-.tight be bestial!
In the eyes of her husband. La R
braids of bei shining black hair were
entwined strings of waxy jastnlne
flowers. Her small brown feet and
hands were decorated with elabor-
ate designs In black. The ornamen-
tation looked like tatooing, but was
not permanent. The soles of her feet
and her palms were dyed, red with
henna. A lovely picture Lulua
made, her great dark eyes and wtst-
tul face framed In the folds of her
bright silken draperies.—Eleanor T.
Calverley in World Outlook.
War's Itldeilghta.
Certainly the most Interesting and
at the same time, from a certain
point of view, not the least import-
ant of the war news is that picked
up by the way. What the unknown
soldier In the ranks thinks and says
of the whole affair Is told with skill
and read with avidity. The word
also from the rank oatslder, when it
so happens that the news bunts
upon him suddenly, serves to remind
the rest otabs bow we felt before
the seemingly endless succession of
bloody days obliterated the keen-
ness of the earlier perceptions.
An arctic explorer has come hack
from the northern silence after twre
years' absence to and the world at
he knew It gone to the bad. Such
stoicism as be may have gained from
his long solitude failed to serve his
need. There was suddenly presented
to his mind the knowledge of a s:u-
pendous world tweedy. "Stetanason
wept" possesses a seemliness that
would appeal to all could they shift
their vantage Brewed to his. Later,
ha, too, will be caught 1n the moving
currents of the times, which render
impossible any true conception of the
larger outlines. Hence the best and
truest histories of events cannot pos-
sibly be written earlier than one
generation after tbelr occurrence.
Of lighter significance. yet touch-
ing understandingly the cherished
sentiments, is the asoouncemeat of
the marriage of Princess Marie
Th ( Hobenlobe to Otto Hohlel-
see, of Innsbruck, an apothecary
and a deseendant of an humble Aus-
trian family. There 1s the further
statement that the princess nursed
Hobleisen while he was in a hospital
suffering from an Illness contracted
on the battlefield. That 1■ all.
After such tashlos do the us_
known soldiers fight and grumble
and Jost, aretie adventurers weep at
the unexpected laws and romance
rens its accustomed course, all ob-
livious to the. "higher" and more mo-
mentous matters that afflict kings,
generals, and ehancellertes
A patent has been granted ter a
wireless l•stfument that transmits
maileal metes.
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KIDNEYS DA RIEUTATI*R lit t
Loam nth V 14°°1" loa.04.01.61.16rA+.wliMer .
Dear Anders -1f 1 can do any good la)
the
feel°t`hlafor is my dutyuto write to do a4 0l
the wonderful result., I received truss the
use of • Anuric.' 1 wan suffering from
kidney and bladder troubles, scalding
urine, backache and rheumatism, and feet
and ankles swelled so that at times 1
could not walk without assistanoa
Rad taken several different kinds cif
kidney remedies but all failed. I sent
for a hoz of Dr. Tierce's newest dis-
covery, "Anurle,• which 1 received by
mall In tablet form. L soon got better
and am convinced that this popular
new medicine Is good. I wish to rec-
ommend It to my neighbors and every-
body suffering fM s.s11. J. ii-ucatrouble*.
oe ; .
Plotz: You've all undoubtedly head
of the famous 1)r. Pierce and his wdl-
known medicines. Well, this presetp-
tion Is one that has been successfully
used for many years by the physicians
and specialists at Dr. Pierce's Invalids'
Motel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo,
N. Y., kw kidney complaints, and Su-
sses'
saws arising from disorders of the kid-
neys and bladder. such as backache,
weak back, rheumatism, dropsy, conges-
tion of the kidneys, Inflammation of the
bladder, scalding unue, and urinary
troubles.
Up to this time, •Anuric • hes not
been on sale to the public, but by the
persuasion of many patlenta and the
Increased demand for this wurderfd
healing Tablet, Doctor Pierce has finally
decided to put It Into the stores, or send -
10 cents for large trial package or M
cents for tell treatment
Simply ask for Doctor Pierce's Anode
Tableta. There can be no imitation
Every package of • Anuric ' is sure to be
1)r. Pierce's. You will end the signature
on the package just as you do on L.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, the ever-
famous
verfamous friend to ailing women, sad
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical 1)t'.cnvery,
proven by years to be the test ger
oral topic and reconstrue for any
one, besides baing the b .
known.
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THE MASSEY-
HARRiS SHOP
tiers -
\t. have Cutter, front
Wm. Gray of Gillis
ami frust
McLaughlins of Brockville.
We have large ones and small
ones-bfick ones and ted ones
--some with tops and some
without tops. \l'e should be
pleased to show them.
RANGES front Orillia--jai*
a few lett---Peerless Corona
and Peerless Leader.
All kinds of Ma.seitiBardi _
Co.'s goods.
Robt. Wila+olai
Plan. 165
Hamuten M ,
Little Job
or Big
Fro the
of
a faucet , to
install&
ton of a
Complete
plumbing
system, we
are equip-
ped to do
the job.
Una. wme
W. R. PINDER
Phone 155 Hamilton Street
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