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THE SIGNAL - GODERICH ONTARIO
THE CHILDREN OF THE ROAD AWAIT SUPREME TRIAL
(1) Section )rouse. (2) Prise section of 0.'P. k. track
THE conductor may have his
1 transcontinental train and for
i sleeping ear ,ondnctor his tra-
velling hotel. but the section foreman
with his six miles of roadbed and
steel track and awitthes has some
thing that these others mutt envy as
they rush past his house beside the
track—he haa a home to which be
tan come bark every evening to the
wife and kiddies A trim two storey
honer it la. with • garden on the
right of way alongside on which be
an raise his vegetables and keep a
cow and thickens and pigs. The wife,
as a rule, looks on the garden as her
source of vegetables aad small fruits.
brit to lee ■ n oath she may travel on
• pa=n to the nearest city to make
•n, lie hares she requires.
e house. which may bave
cost $3.000 'o bnlld. is supplied
by the railway at a nominal rent., In
Mares where houses are difficult to
obtain. and many other privileges are
also allowed. Beaten foremen. for
Irstsnce, are permitted to use old
ties es firewood, so that their fuel
theta them nothing. Many of them
become so attacbed to their six mile
stretch that they would not have It
on any account, but the more, am
bltloua may become road -mars.
The- section foreman has a batty
life keeping the track in good repair.,
properly spiked and jointed, with
ditches well preserved and drained.
He must keep the right of way clear
of weeds. and look atter farm croas-
ings, test the crossing alarm belle
where stab exist. and generally po-
lice the trark. watching against poa-
atble danger from freshets or fires,
replacing worn rails and ties
Prizes ranging from 110.00 to
;$100.00 are givea.eacb year to the
e
foremen who sbow the greatest im-
provement on their sections. and
these are eagerly competed for, the
men taking extraordinary interest in
their work. Many of them beeaa
Work upon the road as casual labor-
ers, but now with their comfortable
hoaxes and their $S0.00 to 990.00 a
month (and ten dollars a month
more in the cities). with a pension
when they reach the age of sixty,
with free fuel and garden. and with
a family pass ones a year over any
part of the line. they consider them-
selves the "Children of the Road."
and Its chief support and mainstay.
i Just now they have particularly good
reason to feel' satisfied, as the scale
of pay has been re-acjusted In their
favor by an arbitration board t0 an
extent wbieb Is costing the C. P. R.,
for instance. over a million dollars a
year.
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WHAT NEARNESS 15.
♦ Bu.lnees Man Offers a New
Definition.
A business man s:.ys is the Ameri-
can Magazine:
"I was brought up Id a pious fam-
ily—had to go to church as a kid. I
can remember sitting there Sunday
after Sunday by my.father'e aide and
hearing the preacher .read out Of fhe
Good Book. At home i had the same
experience—heard\ the Bible read
aloud thousands of '.times. literally
thousande of times, because we had
it every day. Some of it made a cur -
loam Impreseion on nit. ,Take this
one. 'To b,itmthat bath shalliaare given,
and to him tbat bath not all be
taken away even that which be. ath,' j
Why, 1 used to sit there when tie
years old and say to myself wh
they'd read that—'Well, that one 1
a lie—nothing but a ---lie. Wbo ever
heard anything so foolish.' But. oh,
bow I bave had to eat my words on
it. Of course I know now that it Is
the last word on the subject—the
truth stated so nakedly that it is al
most cruel. It is one of those laws
of life so deep that it takes a man
half a lifetime even to graep it.
There was another one that used to
amuse me—'The meek shall inherit
the earth.' When they d read that 1
almost laughed in my sleeve at the
nonaeute of 1t., Who ever`heard any-
thing so ridiculous as the idea that
the meekvwould ever get anywhere!
Say. .:o yd@ know that I was a full-
; Brown man tenth' 15,000 a year be-
fore I tumbled to the fact that there
was something\it it! Of course. I
know- now that Mere Is everything in
it! You bet the meek inherit the
earth—It they have ability. And
-meekness Is in Itself a great ability.
Meekness is holding your temper,
sticking to a coulee, refueing to he
swerved from the main line of action.
Oh, 1 understand the meaning of that
world -old wladom now. I have seen
it work out. I have seen some of
the blusterers lose out. No. you
don't have to Fell me the Bible as a
hook of practical wisdom. i am eh
unbeliever, have no religious faltb,
but I know that 1 unconsciously use
the Bible in my business all the
time. i don't think 1 half realize
how much I owe to that experience of
getting it drummed into me as a
boy—rebelling agalnet It—and then
finding out as the years passed that I
wasn't so smart as 1 had thought 1
WW1,"
Why !twain Revolted.
Although the reastere of Rusela
were national and not foreign in
origin. they grew callous to the op-
position and hatred their tyranny
excited. their behavior came to re-
semble that of conquerors in the
' midst of a subjugated population.
' The loosing of Cosscaks armed with
whips upon inoffensive university
students, the habitual display of
overwhelming military force, the
mowing down with machine guns of
unarmed, petitioning working -men,
the bombardment of houses and fac-
tortes, the fusilading without trial of
batches of prisoners, show that the
government regarded the people to
Its enemy. Its dealings with them
recall the treatment of the native. of
Peru by the Spanish Congnletodorea
or of the Christian peoples of the
Balkan Pentns,,la by etre Tarimin
fart, It is hard to find an instance in
history when a people not under a
foreign yoke have been so abased
and opptctued a the Ma -earls order
British People Expect a Bitter
Struggle in 1918.
Inventory of the (:wins of the Past
Year Dieappointlug to the ANies,
Although the Balance is on the
Right Side—Air Raids Will Int•
Made 'on Large Scale.
iiia Ciicfo,i'Majeety iebola IL
Twelve years ago, after the need-
less and inglorious war of Russia
with Japan, the for tinted Russian
people gave the autt4cracy a bad
year. On anuary 9. 1905. 30,000
Petrograd workingmen, led by the
priest Gapon, carrying icons and
singing religious songs, bad the naiv-
ete to march to the winter palace
with a petition to the Czar. Nicholas
took 'refuge at Tearekoe Selo. and
lett his uncle, the Grand huke Vladi-
mir, to deal with the situation. Fif-
teen hundred were shot down in Pa-
lace Square, and Pince that "Red
Sunday" the "Little Father" myth
has found scant credence among the
workers of Russia.—Century.
LONDON, Dee. 31.—Great Britain
is posting up the ledger of 1917 with
a somewhat wry face,` Tbere is a
balance on the right side, but the
year's gains are far below expecta-
tions. The Rusian liquidation ac-
counts, of course, for mach of the
loss, while tbe new capital so hap-
pily added to the common fund of
democracy has as yet' hardly begun
to appear In the day-to-day accounts
of warking profits, Before the
books o1 this world war can be
closed it is believed here there will
be great strain and street of whieh
the brunt will fall on this country.
"The supreme trial of the sever-
e*{{ crisis." according to Lord Cur-
attn. "lies befo not behind us and
an the 'next s1
confronted with
any we have ove
These views,
omit a consider&
other than military
ed States will re
Ing now, but ff a
the European all
military victory
cessary decision
win until American
be employed to win" it.
"The war is entering
fourth New Year," writes J.
vin in The Observer, ;'and
likely to, see the Mtn ural
whole gigantic price we have
blood and treasure lit to ,e
fool's bargain for ourselves and a
market of dupes for the'w•orld."
Parentbentically there hi one par
ticular field in which Mr. Garvin
and many otbers bold that American
effort ought to tell with more deci-
sive effect than in any other connec-
tion whatever during the new year;
this is the matter of airplane con-
struction. The enemy is more for-
midable 1n the air than he ever has
been. The policy of aerial warfare
inaugurated on the•British side by
the raid on Mannheim is expected
to make ,the Germano strain every
effort to maintain and extend, their
system of aerial attack on civilian
populations. Predictions in this
connection would be idle, but it may
be mentioned as a Matter of fact
that many people of expert judgment
here believe that not only will' Lon-
don and other English cities be sub-
jected to a large-scale air raid during
1918. but that New Yprk will not
escape a similar experience in a
minor key.
months we m(y be
perils greater tan
owe."
o cose, do not
do • of ' assistance
which the Unit-
nder, and is render-•
s the eadors among
les pr
lain) only a
can se re the ne-
the war wilt not be
is n man- i wer can
Statue of Henry IV. .,
The statue of Henri IV. le Bear -
nate, the French king who thought
all his subjects should have a fowl
for their dinner, celebrated its cen-
tenary the other day. It is, of course,
a veritable Mushroom in point of
age, when contracted with the ven-
erable bridge which it adorns. The
Pont Neut happens, quaintly enough,
to be the oldest bridge in Paris. Built
between 1578 and 1607, at the heart
of the city, a atone's throw from the
too famous Concierger's, it has seen
much, very much, in its lifetime.
The bridge was once edged with
booths awl small shops, its quaint"
lines proving an [rredtetible attrac-
tion to Jacques Callot, the engraver.
There ilttle old "boutiquei", only dis-
appe.:red in the fifties of the tart cen-
tury, Above the arches Of the
bridge are the grotesques with
which Pilon, the ,Sixteenth Centutry
t:cnlptor, ornamented it. The Beal`
:tads statue too is interesting; it wain\
rut from the bronze of the statues
of Napoleon. one of which adorned
the top of the Vendome coluoan and
the other the column at the Beulogne
camp, whence the Petit Caporal
shook his fiat at England.
Fishing in Samoa.
Fishing in Samoan seas le often
done by the women, and without
nets, boats, or hooks. They simply
wade Into the water and form them -
!wives Into a ring. The Ostia! being
so plentiful, they are almost\pure to
Imprison some In the ring. These
women are very quick and active,
and every time they catch a fish with
their battde they simply throw It.
alive, into the basket on their back.
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WAWANOSIL.
TGESDAY, Jan. 1.
A happy New Year. •
Every person is busy trying to keep
warm.
We congratulate the members of the
councils of the townships of East and
West W awanoah on, their being re-elected
to their otd positions for another year, by
ace lamauttn.
Among visitors from the Western
Provinces At' notice Mrs. Evans
Haines and children. who are visiting the
farmer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Chimney. and Albert and Mrs. Stein and
Albert and Mrs. Tisdale, who are spend-
ing a few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Tisdale of Donnybrook.
PROGRESS IN PALESTINE.
Always Had
Headaches
Liver Was Torpid and Bilious
Spells Brought Sick Headaches
—Lost Much Time, But is -
Now Completely Cured.
Here is convincing evidence that
however much you may suffer from
liver trouble and consequent blllous-
ness'there is cure 1n the use of Dr.
Chitee'a Kidney -Lever Pills.
overeating is the most common
cause of illuggteh liver action. You
itme your appetite. have distressing
b(((oos spells. usually accompanied by
horduche and vomiting, the bowels
become 'mauler. constipation and
iouaeness alternating, digestion 1a up-
set and you get irritable and down-
hearted.
No treatment so quickly awakens
the actlon'of the liver and bowels as
Dr. Chase'% Kidney -Liver P111s. For
this reason this medicine is wonder-
fully popular and has enormous sales.
Mr. Charles R. Tait, Newtown, N.B.
writes : "I war nearly arrays troubled
with headaches, and would often have
to stop work for • day or two. I lost
any a night's sleep every month with
thous sick headaches, and although
Turks Driven Back by British on
Wide Front.
LONDON. Dee. 31.—The forces
under General Allenby in Palestine
have advanced another three miles
along the Nablus road, according to
the official statement issued. Sunday
night, and after stubborn resistance,
have occupied Birch, the ancient
name of which is Beerotb. Eat of
the road Hlzmehgereh was taken;
west of the road the ridge of Real -
lab and Khettireb was occupied.
In the centre of the line mounted
troops advanced to Khurbetba, Ibu-
hartth, and Defrelkuddis.
The omcial statement concerning
the Palestine campaign Saturday
night says:
'General Allenby reports that on
Friday his troops continued to drive
back tbe enemy and advance their
line to a depth of about two miles on
a front of thirteen miles.
"The advance has given us tbe
high grounds of Ras Arkub and Es
Suffa—four miles from Jerusalem
and one mile north of the Jericho
road —Anataerram and Kulundia,
the last two respectively eat and
west of the Naballa road and five or
six miles north of Jerusalem—and
Beltnnta.
"The Irish troops met consider-
able opposition, which they over-
came in spite of the difficulties of
tbe ground.
"Although the enemy is falling
back, the generally rough -'ground
ap the mountainous nature of the
con makes pursuit slow and dif-
ficult. Our airplanes bombed the
enemy's\troops and transport on the
Naballa read all day of the 28th
with great effect."
- Germany Wants Egypt.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 31.—The
Rheinleche Westfaiteche Zeitung,
organ of the Kruppe, declares that
the Entente Allies will regret the
Principles set forth at Brest -Litovsk,
and argues that the political 'aban-
donment of Belgium by Germany
must be conditional on the itish
evacuation of Egypt, wtridh ab uld
revert to Turkey In accordance w
the desire of Its population.
Are Your Lungzi Strong?
Do colds go down to your throat? Are your bronchial
rubes easily affected? Above all, do colds settle on your
chest? Then your lungs may not be as strong as you
expected --consumption often follows.
Good Physicians Everywhere Prescribe
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for strengthening delicate throats and weak lungs while its
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aeet( a sunt. Toronto. Ont
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Kidney -
tried doctors' medicines, and &leo
y other patent medicines, 1t was
out success. When I had these
cher I would vomit. and could
tithing on my. stomach. -
released a pox of Dr. Chase's
ver Pipe from G. M I. Fair-
weather, .ruggist, of Busses, N.H., and
after taki.g one bot 1 war so mush
relieved th t 1 continued to take them
until 1 am w completely cured. My
advice to an one suffering from sick
headaches is o try Dr. Chase's Kid-
ney -Liver Pill smd be completely.
cured.
Mr. A. & Me IP., ends the
above statement. d says : his N
to certify that 1 - m personally ae-
tivainted with Cha lee R. Tait. and
believe 'Ain ntateinen In every way to
be true and correct."
D'. Chase's Kidney- Iver Pills. one
pill a dome. 25 Bents a • •x, all dealers
or Etimanson, Bates & o.. Limited.
Toronto. Substitutes w 1 only din -
appoint. . rnelet on gettl what you
a.k for.
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The
Season's
Greetings
We thank you for pat
favors. ( )nr future efforts will
lx to merit your comnlen4la
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