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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1916-12-14, Page 2• A ' hulas sy. roc( V%IaIIt 14 1918 t HE SIGNAL : CtODERICH ONTARIO Don't Have Catarrh One efficient way to remove nasal catarrh is to treat its cause 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— • 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 • 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 • 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 ? t. r )0(- There K There Is Always a Reason a 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 .1� ..rM.• .• ..w 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. • • en SUM:I WITH BAcucE, 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. 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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. —11 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 CONVEYOR BELTS Conveyor Belts are subjected to great sharps and absentia' war and tea. Al the more seed for an ser during quality such as fs lased le the Dunlop. 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