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gives us a wholesome, anti.
septic, refreshing coinfection
to take the place of the cave
man's pebble.
We help teeth, breath, appetite,
digestion and deliciously soothe
mouth and throat with this wel-
come sweetmeat.
Chew if gnat. every meal
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thing on the programme. Iu ley
school dayn I romombor reading many
stories and tales of this old place and
as I write the linea of two versea came
to mind as they did when I first saw
the place. I cannot vouch for their
absolute eorrectueus but I think that
enough of the original is.contained
in the lines to give the irglpression
of the Castro which I wish to convey:
There, watching high the least alarms
The rough, rude fortress gleams
afar,
'L,ilce some bold. veteran, gray In arms,
And marked with malty many tf
t;eatlry scar.
The poncl'r'ous wall and massy bar,
Griur-rising o'er the rugged rock,
Have oft withstood assailing war,
.And oft repelled the invader's
shock,
The groat rock on which 'the'Cast10
stands has been fortified since the
'dawn of history and long before 'the
Roman conquerors came many a
fierce battle was fought for, its pos-
session. In the year 452 the Saxons
took it from the Picts but I believe
'that long before that early date it had
come in to prominence au •a great
fortress.' '.Che old fortress its self is
'entered by crossing a draw-brdge a-
bout 50 feet in length over the deep
moat which is now (fry. What was
once the armoury is now a military
hospital an(1 a great deal iuore of the
building space 18 used as a Military
barracks. In the old Citadel or what
!Was once the main defensive Strength
of the place is to be found the 'Bomb
Battery'. Certainly a quant looking
collection of guns when compared
with the ones of modern times. Then
too there is old `Mous Meg' a cannon
,of considerable size which according
to tradition did some very fine work
iu some of the wars of the fifteenth
century, particularly at the siege of
!Dumbarton in 1489. At ono time
the old monster was kept at the toyer
• of London and was on exhibition
there but through the efforts of Sir
1 Walter Scott it was returned to the
• people of Scotalud. The estplanade
is now used as a parade ground for
troops quartered in the Castle, 'f'lio
• old Parliament Hall and adjoining
rooms contain many interesting relics
of by-gono days such as regalia etc.,
once the property of different Scot-
tish Kings. Our stay in the Castle
,was all too short and we really saw
only a very small part of the interior
I should like to spend a week at least
studying the old place and I ani sure
that many interesting things could be
learned there..
Now to turn to the more modern,
for, while I am going to write of the
'Edinburgh Museum, it was the new
and up-to-date things there that real-
ly. caught my attention. Tho build-
ing, like all public buildings in the
City, is built of white stone and Is a
very fine one. Upon entering the
first thing to be noticed is a largo
collection of plaster casts exact re-
productons of all the famous sculp-
ture work to bo found in the world.
So faithfully has the work been done
that the ordinary layman would never
imagine for a minute that he was not
looking at the genuine artele. Ad-
joining this room was another con-
taining hundred of working models
of the most scientific machinery
known to manvicind. There aro weav-
ing machine; looms; paper niaklug
machines; the last word in printing
presses; derricks; engines and motors
of all kinds and dozens of others of
which 1 cannot think at present.
Each machine was in a large glass
case and by pressing an electric but-
ton the machine is put in operation.
The workmanship is wonderful and
each piece of machinery is complete
in every detail and will do its work
just as faithfully as its much larger
brothers. Then again there aro mod
els of ships of all shapes and sizes;
sailing ships; liners; and battle ships
all reproduced and in working order
with the excepton of the guns en the
Battle ships. _The boats varied in
length from three to eight feet. Then•
came saw mills; brick yards; coal;
iron; tin; silver; and copper mine
It is an education n its self to go tllro'
that place and it is little wonder that
we spent about three time as much
time there as wo intended to do. The
other exhibits were about on a par
with those in the average museum
in this country. Many of them very
good of course.
One evening we went to a theatre
to sse the very popular play 'The Bing
Boys aro here' While I think of it
I will tell you that for a long time
the Canadian Soldiers were called the
'Byng Boys' in the country the title
of the play 1 mentioned having :sug-
gested the name as we were tinder tho
command of General Byng at the
time the play was first produced. I
might also add that General Byng is
one of the finest Generals in the Bri-
tish Arniy. He won the respect of
the Canadian soldiers and they in
turn won his. At another time we
visited the Scott Memorial which is
shown in several of the pictures en-
closed. It is said to be one of the
finest pieces of work of its • kind in
the world. It is 200 feet 6 inches
high and the foundations reach a.
depth of 54 foot. There aro four
winding stair: cases, Ono abovb the oth
or, leadng almost to tho top of tho
monurllont and a spleridld view of the
city can be obtained from the top-
most platform.
Now 1 have told you nearly every-
hing 111ioW about Edinburgh bait be -
ore closing my rambling remarks
bout the elty and Scotland I must
peak of the people as we mond them
A healthier :sturdier lot of folk 11gnve
never seen. Of course the best of
he men are gone but the woruorr have
very appearance of being very cap-
bre and seem quite able to run thing
bowselw, lluglinll complexion
re sopa but the colulaziou .et the
This simple stone directs pale in the very fine edifaco which now t
Scotia's way !stands there, At ono time Joint Knox f
To pour her sorrows o'er her used to expound the gospel to his fol- a
poet's dust.'
lowers in one part of the Church.
When came St. Clues Cathedral 'Unfortunately we were unable to gain
Which 1 wag told was the oldest parish admittance to the Cathedral at that
church tt4 Edinburgh. The original particular time of the day we visited t
church bearing the name was built it and, our time being very short, we
ill the tenth century and in the twelth did not have an Opportunity to re- a
wputiry it was replaced by alarger turn. it
4),4u >xtuch of which-irf.us'W iucrudt di ' Ldirlbttl l} pafatle Wit the tiext.a
THE WUN(1IAM ADVANCE
dicta vernacular, r
, hail ttzoa
beaten
Scotch lassie, to retaru to the Cana -
Everyone we met there was very kind
In Qhort I like the lacotchnlan and I
like his eonntry. As for Edinburgh
it is the finest, cleanest and most
wholesome city 1 have eon this side
of the Atlantic.
Vv" left Etituburgh en Saturday
(Continued on page 8)
The boys of S. S No. 5, Turnberry,
have collected the sum of $25 for the Hali-
fax Relief Fund, Well done, boys
The Christmas Peal
BY HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD
"' WINGING across the belfry
tower
t bells rang backward all the
hour.
,fey rang, they reeled, they rushed,
they roared;
heir tongues:. tumultuous musio
poured.
.`he old walls rocked; the peals out -
swept;
ar up the steep their echoes leaped,
Joaring and sparkling tills' they
burst
Like bubbles round the topmost horn
shat reddens to the hint of morn,
That halts some trembling star the
first,
And all the realms of ice and frost
l?rom field to field those joy bells
tossed,
They answered from their airy
height;
They thrilled; they loosed their
bands for flight;
They knew that it was Christmas
night.
Where • awful ahaences of sound
The gorge in death's dumb rigor
bound,
Below and deep within the wood,
Windless and weird the black pines
stood.
The iron boughs slow swaying rose
And fell and shook their sifted
snows
.And stirred in every stem and
- branch
To the wild music in the air
From far lone upper regions where
Loose plunged the silver avalanche.
All up and down ,the valley side
These iron boughs swayed far and
wide,
They heard the cry along the
height; • ,
They poised in time with that glad
flight;
They knew that it was Christmas
night,
You who with quickening throbs
shall mark
Such swells and falls swim on the
dark
As crisp as if the clustered rout
In starry depths sprang chiming
out,
As if the Pleiades should sing,
Lyra should touch her tenderest.
string,
Aldebaran his spear heads clang,
Cireat Betelgeuse and Sirius blow
Their mighty horns find Fomalhaut
With wild sweet breath suspendtd
hang,
Know 'tis your heartbeats with
those bells,
Loosen the snow clouds' vibrant
cells. '
Stir the vast forest on the height,
Your heartbeats answering to the
light
Flashed earthward the first Christ•
mas night.
Some Christmas
Beliefs
Holly berries possess and give wou
derful power when worn in the shape
of a wreath, which must be made In
Imitation of the sacred crown or thorns
and of berries us red- as blood, and the
wearer must go alone at midnight on
Christmas and sit in n church In the
dark, according to an ancient belief'
Second sight will then coma to him,
and into tho church will tile those of
his friends who will die during the
'coming year. Worn on Christmas eve
the holly wreath ,will evoke visions of
spirit forms cooling 1n the nir to sing`'
their Noel songs, and all the beasts will
be seen to kneel (limn in worship. If
preserved for a year the crown will
give the owner safety from violence.
In some parts of England it is believed
that unless every bit of holly be re-
moved from the house by Twelfth
Night some 111 luck will come. SI Wee
pies can also bring luck, but only one
must be offered and eaten in the house.
The one accepted and eaten will in
sure to the ,eater a portion of good
luck on a clay to come in the ensuing
year. To eat two would s1)oil the luck,
as if three be eaten on Christmas to
me house ill foal; will follow. If the
pie's crust be in the shape 0f i1 manger
(the first mince pies ever tendo had
crusts of this shale), then the' luck Is
better, 'Co represent the manger strips
of pastry used to be laid crosswise
over the 1)1e.
The sante power ns the bride cake Is
aossessed by the rule cake on Christ
Inns night, and if n maiden place a
niece of It under her pillow on Christ.
num night she Will (lrentu of her future
husband, A portion of the mike should
be kept for the next year, as it brings
hick to the 110)1se.
It 080 would Itnve a :successful y011r
he or s110 must again partake of the
�ltl putivding yu New Year's day.
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FAngus .. . .. .. •
E Chettleburgh
F Bell
F Page .
H Wilde . .
I Hunter ,
M Swanson , . .
E Williams
I Ellacott
C Dickson
II Sutton
E McLean.
. . .....276 J Vanstone, .. .
...201
.... . 276 F Ford 288
•
. •
..258
257
...256
254
254
253
.251
. 250
242
. 227
MVan§ickle . . .. , ... .. .. 227
W Cfark • 212
WLevis . . . . . , ...213
G Angus .... 203
G Arde . • 190
B Coutts 174
B Browne 147
N Edwards
W Scott
E Carr....... , . .
G Carter
G Lediett itiO
L Pearen
..,,144
137
122 Total 235
D Scott 287
W Tennant
R Holmes , , , . , 285
M Simpson 274
M Carr... . .... , .. 265
S Bennett 262
B Robinson 255
J McAllister .218
G Spotton 246
J Lavis... '220
J Darnell 215
IVI Hill 190
N Carr 174
M Coutts ....167
W Darnell . 156
R Wagner . . , , 86
D Haney ' 55
E Bolt 52
Junior class
286
DEPT. V
Examined in Arith., Spell ,
ory work.
Total 175.
M Schaefer.... .........
M Christie . . .
R Lockman
C Hingston
J Young
G Rintoul
M Snell
C Tennant
E Hartnell
J Field
V Naylor.
W McKibbon
F Allan
N Williamson
L Johnston
M Pennington
C Munro
T Robertson
N Beattie
W Hunter
W Darnell
A McLean
B Huntley..... .
A Laundy
M Tennant
J Adair .,..
J Hamilton . ' .219
21
58 L Groves: ..... •
3
4671 A Hutton 207
J Clark•201
R Binkley..... 193
D Lunn 170
A Hartnell... 168
G Varey 163
108 A Coutts 153
163 G McDonald . .152
162 Lily Groves . . . . . . . 125
162 1' Carter . .
161
157
152
152
152
152
151
1.19
..........149
and Mem-
149
148
147
147
14.1
142
142
111
,127
127
127
126
C Fry 125
A Irwin. 123
F Bowden •121
M Thurlow . . 117
F Field .......112
M Sanderson 110
P Stokes 104
B Shropshall ... 102
E McLeod 94
S Blatchford 7'1
M Saint
68
H Groves 67
J Brooks ... 67
V Campbell, . , 67
P Gibson 66
M Cloakey 52
B Swanson . 42
I Aidington
. i.*
T Saint 35
Total 325
M Isard
Y McPherson
DEPT VI
Senior Class
G Fry
J Leggatt ,.
G Robertson..-....
M llaviland
J Scott
C lvrcI ibbon
iv Boardman
A Swahson
...........320
•
317
3111
309
308
306 i Because Alder -i ka empties BoTIi large
and shall intestine it relieves ANY CASE
constipation, sour stomach or gas and
appendicitis It has QUICKEST ar-
ti0n of anything w0 over sold, J. W.
McKibben, drugbist,
Total G00
V Fox
DEPT. V1I.
Class III.
L Thompson
Bluevale
The Woman's Institute met at the
Orange Hall on Thursday, December
13th. The following donations acknow-
ledged with thanks:—Morris Council
$100.00; Turnberry Council. $75 00; One
who works $7.00; 11Irs. Milt Smith $5.00.
Miss L Ruttau. $I 00; Also to the Canad-
ian Rep 204 suits pyjamas- To our own
boys overseas, 00 prs, sox and 28 trench
caps.
The following letter has been received
by Mrs Tate, Secretary of the Woman's
Institute—
The Matron of the Hospital Elizabeth
Poperinghe, Belgium w'shes to acknow-
ledge with many thanks your welcome
useful gifts. She is still in need of
Womans stockings, washing gloves for
clothing the children patients, and any in-
expensive toys, to amuse the children
would be much appreciated if you are
still kind enough to wish to assist her.
Miss Belle Robb is visiting friends in
Stratford this .week.
Mrs. George Johnston is on the sick
li.^t. We hope to hear of ber speedy re-
eovery.
Turnberry Council
Minutes of Council meeting held in
Bluevale on Saturday. Dec. 15, 1917. All
the members were present. Minutes of
the last regular meetinfi were read and
515 approved on motion of Wheeler and
Adair.
45,5 Then hreasurer then read his annual
statement which was adopted on motion
of Moffatt and Adair.
Moved by Wheeler and Moffatt that a
by-law be passed appointing E. D. Bal-
ton, Listowel Tp Engineer under the
ditches and watercourse Act, on accoun
of ill health Mr Morris Smeltzer was re-
funded his taxes.
The following accounts were ordered to
150 be paid:
125 R, Vanstone, legal advice $2 56; J. Mc -
100 Lean, plank, $4.02; A. McDoug al; gravel
$6.50; Mun. World, supplies $6 87; D.
Holmes, culvert $4; Miss B. A. Fortune,
Red Cross $75; Thos. Appleby, rep, to
culvert $5; J. W. King, gravel $7; F.
Gutteridge, tile I917, 8162.40; R. Hupfer,
.. . 460
L Smith
, A Schaefer.......
M Robertson .. .
L Peterman . . .
KPilon. , .. •
. • • .
•..
• ....3.10
• 275
..255
H Munro ... ...... 230
H Brown . . . . .. • . 225
R Sutton .. , . . . 205
195
180
W Latronica .. • ..
J Balfour
C Carr .
K Reid , .
''' • . . .
Class II
Total 373
A Vint ... ..."...333
R Rae 335
175
155
R ..► 215
J AngusBalfour . . . . . . . . ... 230
K Williams . . 325
M Mitchell , ..
J Beattie
GAllen.,. .. •..130
J Sturdy ...... 115
D Halloway • i . • . 100
H Field ... , 100
Class 1
NI Palmer, C Blatchford, K Somers, RI
Drummond, M Hartnell, H Groves, M
Mason, A Casernore, F. Saint, IVI Camp-
bell, N. Hales, I Sutton, V Miller, H
Templeman, C Doubledee, W Ledeitt, N
I,edeitt.
SICK WIFE'S EOM SUR-
PRISES WINGHAII
1 he following has hu, pI ised \V ill haul:
A business man's wife sullered trout dys-
pepsia acid constipation for years, Al.
though she di:ted she was so bloated her
clothes would not fit ONE SPOONFUL
buckthorn bark glycerine, etc., as mixed
in Alder-i-ka relieved her INSTANTLY,
305'
291
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brushing 830; T. K. Powell, Road 'Coni.
statements and telephone, $69; A. Wheel.
er, Road Com. $55; W. J. Adair, Road
Corn and insp cheep 856.50; J. 3. Moffatt,
Road Com $55; J. I. Scott. Road Com.
and insp work. 157.25; P. Mei.arert, Pt.
salary; postage and statement $79; P.
Powell, Pt salary, postage and posting
births $132. H. Henning, salary and
refund taxes 179.46; Miss B. Burgess,
rent of hall, $15.
Meeting adjourned.
P. Powell, Clerk,
The Sting in The Tail
It is interesting to observe how often
people will approve of a preacher's message
so long as he does not contradict theft'
own personal opinions. A striking illus.
taation of this has often been given its
connection with John Wesley's great set'.
mon on Giving. When thepreacher made •
his first point thus, ''Get all you can," a •
farmer in the audience said to himself,
"That is capital," When Wesley made his
second point—"Save all you can"—the
farmer remarked, ''That is better yet,"
but when he said in the third place, "give
all you can," the stingy farmer said, "Now
he has spoilt it alI."
LEMONS MAKE SKIN
WHITE, SOFT, CLEAR
Make this beauty lotion for a few cent*
and see for yourself
What girl For woman hasn't heard of
lemon juice to remove complexion blemish.
es, to whiten the skin and to bring out
the roses the freshness and 'the hidden
beauty? But lemon juice alone is acid:
therefore irritating, and should be mixed
with orchard • white this way. Strain
through a fine cloth the juice of two fresh
lemons into a bottle containing about
three ounces of orchard white. then shake
well and you have a whole quarter pint of
skin and complexion lotion at about the
cost one generally pays for a small jar of
ordinarily cold cream. Be sure to strain
the lemon juice so no pulp gets into the
bottle',then this lotion will remain pure
and fresh for months. When applied daily
to the face, neck arms and hands it should
help to bleach, clear, smoothen and beau.
tily the skin,
4ny druggist will supply three ounces
of orchard white at very little cost andtho
grocer has the lemons.
wvtt<f1•i WwwWW t w MAIMIWtisitttlWW
DON'T MISS
THIS CHANCE
To buy a suit of Clothes of the old
stock and old dyes made to your
= ;"measure, made in the latest style
�..with first class trimming at
$20,00
and upwards.
i lie Iatgest c,to. k of tVI)OlenS to
the county to choose from.
S. H. CIDLEY
Phone 7 Myth, Ont,