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Home My WebLink AboutThe Signal, 1918-1-3, Page 6i 6 •rHenetieV. JAN. 3, tfllR THE SIGNAL GODERICH, ONTARIO 1 MOST SUITABLE GIFTS Shoes and Slippers ate the 'Host attractive and �� ucihle et eseuts to give. They are always needed. - The various kinds we have gaol: high as useful gifts. We mite you to ip.j►ect and judge /ether you tan buy to better 1t •antage cry'wltefe: r,ha%e a greater variety.to choose Isom. Skating Shoes are VOW In .tock. Burp )emir feet 'item by busing a pelt of Heavy ItoWie . or (Ivry views The ase see. err mag rrs- tensedr. • REPAIRING =- Geo. MacVicar N out li aide of Squ.0 e, Qoderieli The Double Trach Route Irl .v1.1 'I'OItO11f7`f azul l'Hll'At,41 o v tem • •II l btu (•. r , r E t u ,t t i t tr Hit 414104 t ud 1441411t tl sins and pm lw (•Atl. otoincipel tiny,tuaine. Pull inform to tern any (rand 'Plunk't'Icl:et Aq tn. nt C. E. Hurl the. fri+hitt les. • lect. l! g. nt. To rout.", tint. F. h. LAWRI NC F : SONS l •K a A,,eptt:. 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"has the double distinction of being tke only great comic writer in the lan- guage, and in particular of being the author of the only Russian drama known all over the world, and still acted everywhere on the Contisent. Although plays do not come within the scope of thus book, a word or two should be said about this great comedy; •for 'Revisor exhibits •clear- ly the double nature of the autbor- his genius for moral satire and his genius for'pure fun. From the morel point of view. it is a terrible indict- ment against the most corrupt bu- reaucracy of modern times; from the comic point of view. It la an unroar- lous farce. "The origin of the play is aa fol- lows: While traveling In Russia one day, Pushkin stopped at Nizhui- Novgorod. Here he was mistaken for • elate fuectionary en tour among the provinces for purposes of govern- ment inspection. Tbla amused the poet so keenly that he narrated all the circumstances t0 Gog01. and sug- gested that the latter snake a play with his experience az the basis of the plot. Gogol not o1Ny acted on the suggestion. but instead of a sero farce, he produced a comedy of ra s- ners. Toward the end of bis life he wrote: 'In "Revizor" I tried to gather in one -heap all that was had in Russia, as 1 then understood it: I wished to turn it all into ridicule. The real impression produced. was that of fear. Through the laughter that I have never laughed more loud ly, the sfei(ator feels my bitterness and s,►rruw,' The dratua was. fin hilted on the 4th December, 14:15. and of educes the immediate) 4.111- rulty was the eensorehip. How would it be poasible for sueh a satire either to be printed or ,toed in Russet' Go l's friend.Mme. Smirnova. car ,tail the r 1 t . to tan i� rpt the -tsar. Nickolas 1. It was read to him: he roared with laughter. and 'turned - lately ordered that it b. acted. W•' may not, Also that he became a warm friend of Gogol. anal sent SONIA of money 1.1 him, •afro nobly. 'Don't let him know the source of tbese gifts: for Abort he might feel 'obliged to Trite from the official point of view.' ' "The first performance was on the 19th of April, 1931;. The (*eat at - .tended -in person, and • applauded vigorously. The succ-s: was immed- iate, and it has never gaitted the stage. eo' hot wrote W a. tripod: 'On the opening night I felt uncomfort- able from the very first as 1 sat in tits theatre. Anxiety for the epee, via -of the audien.'e did not trouble me. There ward only sips critic In the bin.'--myself—that i feared. I hear.' ejamorons objections within me which drowned all else. However, .he public, as a•wbole, was satisfied. }Calf of the audience praised the play, -The other half condemned tt, but not on artistic grounds.' —Review.' is ane of the best -con- structed comedies in any language: for hut only has it a'ucitied and well - ordered plot, but it does not stop with the final fall of the curtain. Most plays, by attempting to finish up the story with smooth edea, leave an impression of artificWtty ind unreality for life is not done up to neat -parcels. The greatest dramas do not solve problems for us, they witty us with questions. In "Re- visor, at the last dumb scene, atter alt the mirth. the .real trouble Is abut to begin; and the spectator' d.p.irt. not merely with the delight- ful 'nelnery nt ant evening's e0ter- ':tinment, but with their imagination -mile i". Furthermore, 'Revisor' has Ina( combination of .tile Intensely Ibeal element with the universal, so chartyylertetic of works of genius. Its ,#Fnwed attempt was to satirize Ioeaf and. temporal abuses; but, It Is impossible to Imagine any state of soel.'ty in the near future where the play will not, seem real. If Gogo) !lad I•.ne nothing but write the ben 1 I .Solt, Clear, Smooth Skin Comes With T . Use Of "FRUIT•A•TIVES". NQNAII WATSON 86 Drayton 'Ave,, Toronto. Nov. 10111, 191:). A beat:tied rot:mittens is n han.Lsome wonuu's chief glory awl the eu ry- of her less fortunate rivals. Vet a soft, clear skits —glowiugwith health—is only the irolsr,i result of Imre hood. " I was troubled for • considerable time well a very rnAleasawf, disfiguring Rosh; w lsiclr covered buy face awl fax whirls l use.' ttpddicat loos and reure.114s without :chef. After usiu)j "li'ruit-a- Lives" for one peek, the mesh is com- pletely gime. 16m deeply thankful for Ulu relief and in Lite future, 1 will not be without " I•'ruit-a-tivea". NOILAIN WATSON'. 50e. a box, 6 for $2.30, trial sire, etec. At Irrs ur -reptutpostpaid on receipt of price by I•'ruit-a-ttves Luni•teJ, Ottawa. comedy in rhe Russian Tatrgirege;-fte would have hi; place in literature secure." Jap•esese Enterer INC Japanese traders. are reaching nut to all the resources of the south Pa• cies Islands. The Mitsubishi corpor- ation recently •acgvured a leas. of 1.500 acres of a rubber plantation to North Borneo and Mr: Kubara se- cured a similar lease of 1,400 acres. The litto r iszea Cao tin addi- tional K a o addu tional 25,000 acres foible same lo- oop�lity. A Targe Kobe firm has pur- chased, two estates at Sarawak of 2.000 and 1,000 aures, respectively. Another company. with Areapital of $2.500.000 for rubber development, ha., been formed. ,japan is taking hold of the sugar Industry in Dutch Borneo. Another company with 1:1.- 000,001) capital to exploit Sumatrt has been organized. +}'h.• eatensiv. rnlnieg fields of British and Dut b Borneo are, also largely in Japauuse hands.—Fast and West News. Public Schools and the War. Eton, Harrow, and Rugby have be- tween them sent not far short of 'Twelve thousand to the -trenches or the navy, Eton alone having to its credit a goodly list of over five thou- sand. Nearly two thousand have been killed, and almost - as many mentioned in despatches. Rugby taking the lion's share of the honors With over nine hundred—approxi- mately one in three of all the Old ltugheians servin.;. But Eton stands at the top of the list of V.C.'s gained by the three schools. which number a round dgren• halt of wheel hay, gone t0 01 Etonian&. Railrndmen In Khaki. It is stated that over 4,000 of the servants of the South African rail- ways are either with the forces In Europe or in East Africa, and recent- ly 300 apeciatly-selected men were sent to France to undertake railway work there. When a Zeppelin Raids England AInteresting account of s zeppelin raid ou England Is given in a Suffolk paper: A zeppelin made an at- tack on an East Anglian coast tow■ early one morning. It was heavily shelled and driven off, and was pro- bably damaged. Shortly afterwards it was brought down in flalpes by s pilot of the R. F. C. A second alrabip raided a town ma the Kent coast and dropped six bombs. Three people were killed and 20 injured, while a large num- ber of houses were damaged. The zeppelin, . as subsequent In- quiries showed, came down a few miles from the coast. `;he was first winged by the anti aircraft guns, and then given the coup de grace by an aeroplane. The air -ship fought the aeroplane with her guns, but the end soon -came, and site descended la a held Of green corn away from any habitation and was utterly destroyed. Our airman landed safely. A police inspector said the xeepe, lin was flying at a great height and its outline could be barely distin- guished, even with the aid of the aearehlirhts. In spite of this the Rune pounded away hard, and a few shots seemed to reach the airship, which wobbled badly as if damaged. The roast batteries continued to gra heavily on .the raider. while a num- ber of aeroplanes manoeuvred so as to cut off her retreat, "Suddenly,"- said the 'inspector, "the bring ceased, and almost imme- diately I caught eight of a British ,machine climbing clogs to the air- ship. The sear.•hli b a P g t lit up the ■k andit was as ossibto fIe follow the D raider's movements. She twisted and turned, as if making a desperate attempt, to beat the aeroplane off, and in the stillness of the night very rapid tiring could be heard up aloft. This came from the machine-guns of the zeppelin. .which was fighting a life -aid -death duel with the aerd- planel I saw she was making a last effort to get out of reach, and she headed again for the coast. Almost simultaneously an- other British machine came into view and the zeppelin began to zig- tag, as it dodging a succession of shots. Once more 812. ah a .DPPare d to come -inland, her movements so ere retie as to suggest that her comman- der was at his wits' end to avert dis- aster. But the first of our aeroplanes held to its quarry and five minutes later the airship burst Into flames amidships, broke into two parts, and et -salted into a field•" Motor -cars raced to the scene, and the area wherein the wreckage lay was cut off from the view of the gen- i Peal public. Doctors hastened to see 1f aid might be given to the crew, but in most cases only charred skeletons remained. In fields close by parts of the limbs of some of the crew were found, from which it is inferred that they had jumped from the airship. All day long there was a pilgrimage of sightseers to the spot, which, during the day, was fenced off by barbed wire, and guarded by a cor- don of police and soldiers. It was about 10 o'clock on Satur- day night that warning came through of enemy airships being on the way, and specials and others took up their appointed places. I M the night wore on many retired to get a brief sleep, but still large cumbers congregated on the side- walks, and neighbors kept each other company at doorways. About mid- night there was a terrific crash away to the north, followed by dull irre- gular booming to the southward. Then came two more crashes, which shook the place, and seemed to indi- cate that something was happening near at band. Following were a series of regular thudad' some four- teen in all, w¢¢ich were assumed to be the .counds.ilof gunfire. Then MA dawn began- t11h make. The sky be- came of a pearly gray, with just that lavender tinge peculiar to midarm, mer, and the birds began to chirrup and sing. Overhead could be Beard the humming of aeroplanes, flying high above (be haze. This died away, and then abort 3 o'clock cams a faint droning 'from apparently the south-west. , There was no need to ask what 1 came from, most of all had heard it before—the coming of a zeppelin, culminating In house - wrecking explosions, and with a eau- tlon borne of previous experience shelter was taken. Those more dar- ing kept a look out, and they had their reward. The droning became louder, but there was nothing of bomb dropping. Then could be heard the sharper note of aeroplane en- gines' whirring. All eyes were turn- ed In the direction of the sounds, but powerful glasses failed to reveal anything away there In the hazy south-west. Suddenly there was a sharp flash in the heaven* like a short lightning streak succeeded by a dull glowing spot. Excited cries of "They've bit her—they've got her! She's hitt She's hit!'=same from hundreds of spectators. The spot gree to the glee of an orange. It Iner •. rl 'n size, • vivid splash of crime's,' r Inst the sky. It spread In ep r' /lashes. Great boring flakes flnnt• d down the are of the sky tram an • t 'ong blaz- ing mass, that nee-s:iV,,•d up and down with a curlousll grotesque movement—like a firework figure fe a setpleee. Then aomethi.,e dropped down, and dlreetly after the great leery masa broke in •wo, and before a alight northerly w nd rradually slid down the sky out of siert. All this Uma the crowd had ' re i shout- ing and cheering for all they were worth, and when the final came, • combined roar of eatiefactlon west u• t AITER SICKNSS THEY fl[R VINOL And She Soon Got Back Her Strength New Castle, Ind.—"The measles left me run down, no appetite, could not rest at night, and I took a severe cold which settled on my lungs, so I was unable to keep about my house- work. My doctor advised me to take Vinol, and six bottles restored my health so I do all my housework, in- cluding washing. Vinol is the best medicine I ever used."—Alice Record, 437 So. nth St., New Castle, Ind. We guarantee this wonderful cod liver and iron tonic, Vinol, for all weak, run-down, nervous condition& iii, C. Dunlop, Druggist. Goderich, Ont. Also at'the Lest druggist in all Ontario towns, • VALUABLE NETTLES, Experiments With Fibre in 1'rvwlttr- Bon of Cloth Prov&' i.urresatul. "Tbe capture of Riga by the Ger- mans has caused great ropsternation amongst the linen manufacturers In England, Scotland, and Ireland, Riga being the chief place of their supplies," says an article published by the Liverpool Chamber of Com- merce. "This comes upon the cir- cumstance that the whole textile trade in the United Kingdom has, since the war, experienced a most difficult acid trying time.e. The short- age of cotton and the uncertainty y of prices have played havoc whit, the manufacturers, and the problem of freightage etas told greatly upon the cotton market. '•As a result, many large manu- facturing firma are giving immrdlate attention to a solution, which has been In their hands for some time for experimental purposes. The ex- periments themselves—which have been of a. most ezacttag nature— have been completely successful. and 11 is giving away no secret to say that tbey are concerned with the cul- tivation and treatment of nettles, the fibre of which is to be used for the making of yarn and cotton to be used in the manufacture of cloth and all kinds of textile material, spun and woven, The ezperimenlg kaon been carried also Thlo The -flinging or ffal - cotton with perfect results, slid also as a substitute of a most excellent character for silk. "Certain manufacturing firma. wbose names are prominent in Lan- cashire. Glasgow, Leeds, and Belfast, have worked out their tests during the past few months, and present cir- cumstances have led them to decide to hurry up the establishment of a movement for putting the new indus- try on its feet. The Idea of the con- version of the nettle to this use Is, however, not new, but was reported before lee war to the textile indus- tries of this county by British con- suls In Austria and Germany, where 1t had already been set on foot, and Is now understood to contribute largely to the supply of guncottotl and of cloth fabric to those coun- tries. "The mechanical and chemical treatment of the nettle for the pur- poses referred to apparently offer no difficulties, but a systematic and ample supply of the product is the main essential. To provide tor this a comprehensive survey has been made In rural areas of England. Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and the reports show that jlhere are enormous areaa.t unfit toT ordinary agricultural purposes, where the net- tle is growing in abundance. and for the cutting and collection of which lucrative prices will be paid. "On the other hand, there are wide areas unfit for cultivation of any other kind, on which the nettle can be malty and systematically grown In abundance, offering a calculated return of about f25 per acre in two yearly crops. Farmers and landown ers who have developed and har- vested the test crops report that the braacb of cultivation offers a sub- stantial source of revenue, requirtnk comparatively little labor of an int - skilled nature. On land which 1s practically waste nettle plantations are to be established, and proposals are under consideration for making this an attractive pursuit to dis- charged army men. "The machinery required for the transformation rags rmatlon o[ the nettle intot ax - 1 fileb t ' fi re !a deserlbed zein ai N x m p and, generally speaking 'existing ma- chinery to most facto is suitable. The fibre can be spun by ordln•ry cotton spinning meth As. and the method of bleaching and dyeing L iaroastadt Port i::1.us a ,.. LONDON, Dec: 31.—One of the forts at Kronstadt, 4ile naval base near Petrograd, h 'been blown up by an extermely vlo nt explosion, according to a Petrogr despatch to The Times. There are .1 details. ' Coal 1s being delivered ftrant- ford citizens in quarter -sin . ¶s. 100 tons having been received ee dnes- day for the civic fuel centre, tech bad more than 500 applications s , ce Monday. 445611o10.,, 'MAKES GLOVES LIKE •# NEW is rt For Washing Oddities Silks, chiffons, kid boots, leathers, lamp shades, pet bird. sad esimais, paintings, piano keys, fine woollens, or soythtog dimity er un- usual, use LUX we: t ►um .■,.We ik.. tsars neter say teed. Al all geurr,. 5,11180 abatis Lever Brothers Limited, t -' Tomato 40 til �� 11111iWu,WtlW. 'I A man seldom sht tots above the mark at'wthich he aims. It is easier for some men to acquire wealth'than riches. to )1, ItosylisGledhill LDSIvB $NTS i►OR L 011 LEY - THE. C AL\ THAT SAI ISFIES • We deal in Iia and Soft Lime, Ceti t, a Brick, 'ire Clay, also H Soft W Maple and tie 104 abs, Fresh cars of Lin eand Cement just recei F r • toN OF h I PI E k - - B. ). Saults' Ret3ideuce 275 W. W Saults' Beside 202 L41iuuuuiiiiunuiimiunnniuiiinninuiiiiuiiinuiiiiuuiuinuniiuiiiiiiiuiiiiiuiiiiiiuiiiuui The Price of Your F Lo1 Newspaper= The costo living has nearly d hied during tlic pa,t N. fifteen Years. !most everything in union rise has risen in price. our weekly newspaper ha. 'ted a dollar a yl;ar witho t variation. The printer. and ublishers have Mit escaleol having to a pay the higher cost of ving`and publishing, Nem • They pay what other. pay for the necessaries of life. ) Even before the war taro e nut, the old dollar rate was known to be unprofitable. It osts at least 91.50 to produce a good weekly newspaper—tht. even when it has a good circulation like that of The Sign But the war has made the doll: rate quite impossible. Paper prices have jumped alarmin ly. Ink prices have doubled, trebled, quadrupled. Many olored inks are quite off the market. Type metal is terribly high. And so we could go on reciting the dismal tale of tiglier publishing costs. What we want to do is to let you see for yourself that in the face of these things only one thing is lef open to tis it is to raise the price of The Signal to $1.b0 a y aT, ' Your weekly newspaper is rendering this commu service no city daily can. No daily gives space to news and affairs as The Signal does. No city daily p lishes the advertising of local merchants. If you had depend solely on a city daily for local news you would cr out for your local weekly. ity a t al h - On and after January lath, the new rate of 91.50 will go into effect, We ask you and all the good people of Goderich and Huron County to fall in with the new rate —just because it is an honest price and because you are fair- minded. Your Local Newspaper Keeps this Community on the Map MIN _ E _ 1► A good, Ou heavy Overcoat is a winter essential. are both p ractical and handsome. T CLVTNE li • _ •- wu-%N uaMTs W. C. PkIDHAM When a Zeppelin Raids England AInteresting account of s zeppelin raid ou England Is given in a Suffolk paper: A zeppelin made an at- tack on an East Anglian coast tow■ early one morning. It was heavily shelled and driven off, and was pro- bably damaged. Shortly afterwards it was brought down in flalpes by s pilot of the R. F. C. A second alrabip raided a town ma the Kent coast and dropped six bombs. Three people were killed and 20 injured, while a large num- ber of houses were damaged. The zeppelin, . as subsequent In- quiries showed, came down a few miles from the coast. `;he was first winged by the anti aircraft guns, and then given the coup de grace by an aeroplane. The air -ship fought the aeroplane with her guns, but the end soon -came, and site descended la a held Of green corn away from any habitation and was utterly destroyed. Our airman landed safely. A police inspector said the xeepe, lin was flying at a great height and its outline could be barely distin- guished, even with the aid of the aearehlirhts. In spite of this the Rune pounded away hard, and a few shots seemed to reach the airship, which wobbled badly as if damaged. The roast batteries continued to gra heavily on .the raider. while a num- ber of aeroplanes manoeuvred so as to cut off her retreat, "Suddenly,"- said the 'inspector, "the bring ceased, and almost imme- diately I caught eight of a British ,machine climbing clogs to the air- ship. The sear.•hli b a P g t lit up the ■k andit was as ossibto fIe follow the D raider's movements. She twisted and turned, as if making a desperate attempt, to beat the aeroplane off, and in the stillness of the night very rapid tiring could be heard up aloft. This came from the machine-guns of the zeppelin. .which was fighting a life -aid -death duel with the aerd- planel I saw she was making a last effort to get out of reach, and she headed again for the coast. Almost simultaneously an- other British machine came into view and the zeppelin began to zig- tag, as it dodging a succession of shots. Once more 812. ah a .DPPare d to come -inland, her movements so ere retie as to suggest that her comman- der was at his wits' end to avert dis- aster. But the first of our aeroplanes held to its quarry and five minutes later the airship burst Into flames amidships, broke into two parts, and et -salted into a field•" Motor -cars raced to the scene, and the area wherein the wreckage lay was cut off from the view of the gen- i Peal public. Doctors hastened to see 1f aid might be given to the crew, but in most cases only charred skeletons remained. In fields close by parts of the limbs of some of the crew were found, from which it is inferred that they had jumped from the airship. All day long there was a pilgrimage of sightseers to the spot, which, during the day, was fenced off by barbed wire, and guarded by a cor- don of police and soldiers. It was about 10 o'clock on Satur- day night that warning came through of enemy airships being on the way, and specials and others took up their appointed places. I M the night wore on many retired to get a brief sleep, but still large cumbers congregated on the side- walks, and neighbors kept each other company at doorways. About mid- night there was a terrific crash away to the north, followed by dull irre- gular booming to the southward. Then came two more crashes, which shook the place, and seemed to indi- cate that something was happening near at band. Following were a series of regular thudad' some four- teen in all, w¢¢ich were assumed to be the .counds.ilof gunfire. Then MA dawn began- t11h make. The sky be- came of a pearly gray, with just that lavender tinge peculiar to midarm, mer, and the birds began to chirrup and sing. Overhead could be Beard the humming of aeroplanes, flying high above (be haze. This died away, and then abort 3 o'clock cams a faint droning 'from apparently the south-west. , There was no need to ask what 1 came from, most of all had heard it before—the coming of a zeppelin, culminating In house - wrecking explosions, and with a eau- tlon borne of previous experience shelter was taken. Those more dar- ing kept a look out, and they had their reward. The droning became louder, but there was nothing of bomb dropping. Then could be heard the sharper note of aeroplane en- gines' whirring. All eyes were turn- ed In the direction of the sounds, but powerful glasses failed to reveal anything away there In the hazy south-west. Suddenly there was a sharp flash in the heaven* like a short lightning streak succeeded by a dull glowing spot. Excited cries of "They've bit her—they've got her! She's hitt She's hit!'=same from hundreds of spectators. The spot gree to the glee of an orange. It Iner •. rl 'n size, • vivid splash of crime's,' r Inst the sky. It spread In ep r' /lashes. Great boring flakes flnnt• d down the are of the sky tram an • t 'ong blaz- ing mass, that nee-s:iV,,•d up and down with a curlousll grotesque movement—like a firework figure fe a setpleee. Then aomethi.,e dropped down, and dlreetly after the great leery masa broke in •wo, and before a alight northerly w nd rradually slid down the sky out of siert. All this Uma the crowd had ' re i shout- ing and cheering for all they were worth, and when the final came, • combined roar of eatiefactlon west u• t AITER SICKNSS THEY fl[R VINOL And She Soon Got Back Her Strength New Castle, Ind.—"The measles left me run down, no appetite, could not rest at night, and I took a severe cold which settled on my lungs, so I was unable to keep about my house- work. My doctor advised me to take Vinol, and six bottles restored my health so I do all my housework, in- cluding washing. Vinol is the best medicine I ever used."—Alice Record, 437 So. nth St., New Castle, Ind. We guarantee this wonderful cod liver and iron tonic, Vinol, for all weak, run-down, nervous condition& iii, C. Dunlop, Druggist. Goderich, Ont. Also at'the Lest druggist in all Ontario towns, • VALUABLE NETTLES, Experiments With Fibre in 1'rvwlttr- Bon of Cloth Prov&' i.urresatul. "Tbe capture of Riga by the Ger- mans has caused great ropsternation amongst the linen manufacturers In England, Scotland, and Ireland, Riga being the chief place of their supplies," says an article published by the Liverpool Chamber of Com- merce. "This comes upon the cir- cumstance that the whole textile trade in the United Kingdom has, since the war, experienced a most difficult acid trying time.e. The short- age of cotton and the uncertainty y of prices have played havoc whit, the manufacturers, and the problem of freightage etas told greatly upon the cotton market. '•As a result, many large manu- facturing firma are giving immrdlate attention to a solution, which has been In their hands for some time for experimental purposes. The ex- periments themselves—which have been of a. most ezacttag nature— have been completely successful. and 11 is giving away no secret to say that tbey are concerned with the cul- tivation and treatment of nettles, the fibre of which is to be used for the making of yarn and cotton to be used in the manufacture of cloth and all kinds of textile material, spun and woven, The ezperimenlg kaon been carried also Thlo The -flinging or ffal - cotton with perfect results, slid also as a substitute of a most excellent character for silk. "Certain manufacturing firma. wbose names are prominent in Lan- cashire. Glasgow, Leeds, and Belfast, have worked out their tests during the past few months, and present cir- cumstances have led them to decide to hurry up the establishment of a movement for putting the new indus- try on its feet. The Idea of the con- version of the nettle to this use Is, however, not new, but was reported before lee war to the textile indus- tries of this county by British con- suls In Austria and Germany, where 1t had already been set on foot, and Is now understood to contribute largely to the supply of guncottotl and of cloth fabric to those coun- tries. "The mechanical and chemical treatment of the nettle for the pur- poses referred to apparently offer no difficulties, but a systematic and ample supply of the product is the main essential. To provide tor this a comprehensive survey has been made In rural areas of England. Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and the reports show that jlhere are enormous areaa.t unfit toT ordinary agricultural purposes, where the net- tle is growing in abundance. and for the cutting and collection of which lucrative prices will be paid. "On the other hand, there are wide areas unfit for cultivation of any other kind, on which the nettle can be malty and systematically grown In abundance, offering a calculated return of about f25 per acre in two yearly crops. Farmers and landown ers who have developed and har- vested the test crops report that the braacb of cultivation offers a sub- stantial source of revenue, requirtnk comparatively little labor of an int - skilled nature. On land which 1s practically waste nettle plantations are to be established, and proposals are under consideration for making this an attractive pursuit to dis- charged army men. "The machinery required for the transformation rags rmatlon o[ the nettle intot ax - 1 fileb t ' fi re !a deserlbed zein ai N x m p and, generally speaking 'existing ma- chinery to most facto is suitable. The fibre can be spun by ordln•ry cotton spinning meth As. and the method of bleaching and dyeing L iaroastadt Port i::1.us a ,.. LONDON, Dec: 31.—One of the forts at Kronstadt, 4ile naval base near Petrograd, h 'been blown up by an extermely vlo nt explosion, according to a Petrogr despatch to The Times. There are .1 details. ' Coal 1s being delivered ftrant- ford citizens in quarter -sin . ¶s. 100 tons having been received ee dnes- day for the civic fuel centre, tech bad more than 500 applications s , ce Monday. 445611o10.,, 'MAKES GLOVES LIKE •# NEW is rt For Washing Oddities Silks, chiffons, kid boots, leathers, lamp shades, pet bird. sad esimais, paintings, piano keys, fine woollens, or soythtog dimity er un- usual, use LUX we: t ►um .■,.We ik.. tsars neter say teed. Al all geurr,. 5,11180 abatis Lever Brothers Limited, t -' Tomato 40 til �� 11111iWu,WtlW. 'I A man seldom sht tots above the mark at'wthich he aims. It is easier for some men to acquire wealth'than riches. to )1, ItosylisGledhill LDSIvB $NTS i►OR L 011 LEY - THE. C AL\ THAT SAI ISFIES • We deal in Iia and Soft Lime, Ceti t, a Brick, 'ire Clay, also H Soft W Maple and tie 104 abs, Fresh cars of Lin eand Cement just recei F r • toN OF h I PI E k - - B. ). Saults' Ret3ideuce 275 W. W Saults' Beside 202 L41iuuuuiiiiunuiimiunnniuiiinninuiiiiuiiinuiiiiuuiuinuniiuiiiiiiiuiiiiiuiiiiiiuiiiuui The Price of Your F Lo1 Newspaper= The costo living has nearly d hied during tlic pa,t N. fifteen Years. !most everything in union rise has risen in price. our weekly newspaper ha. 'ted a dollar a yl;ar witho t variation. The printer. and ublishers have Mit escaleol having to a pay the higher cost of ving`and publishing, Nem • They pay what other. pay for the necessaries of life. ) Even before the war taro e nut, the old dollar rate was known to be unprofitable. It osts at least 91.50 to produce a good weekly newspaper—tht. even when it has a good circulation like that of The Sign But the war has made the doll: rate quite impossible. Paper prices have jumped alarmin ly. Ink prices have doubled, trebled, quadrupled. Many olored inks are quite off the market. Type metal is terribly high. And so we could go on reciting the dismal tale of tiglier publishing costs. What we want to do is to let you see for yourself that in the face of these things only one thing is lef open to tis it is to raise the price of The Signal to $1.b0 a y aT, ' Your weekly newspaper is rendering this commu service no city daily can. No daily gives space to news and affairs as The Signal does. No city daily p lishes the advertising of local merchants. If you had depend solely on a city daily for local news you would cr out for your local weekly. ity a t al h - On and after January lath, the new rate of 91.50 will go into effect, We ask you and all the good people of Goderich and Huron County to fall in with the new rate —just because it is an honest price and because you are fair- minded. 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