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THE WINGHAM TIMES
DeCCI11bCr 2r, 1916
The Three Functions
of the Liver
1. It manufactures the bile essential in the
process of digestion.
2. The starch and sugars derived from the
food are stored in the liver and sent to
the tissues as needed.
3. It detects and destroys poisons.
Dire Results of
Overeating
From the standpoint of
health man's cardinal sin
is overeating.
The digestive system can
look after a certain amount
of food, }TA when continu-
ally crowded the food mass
is delayed in the alimentary
canal and what is not di-
gested ferments.
In other words, this food
spoils or rots, and poison-
ous bacteria, are given off.
It is the duty of the liver
to destroy these poisons. It
usually succeeds, but after
a time it tires, increases in
size from overwork, and
finally fails.
What Failure of
the Liver Means
The poisons then hurry
through the liver and into
other organs or tissues.
Then you have torpid
liver, indigestion, head-
aches, bad breath, bilious
spells and irregular action
of the bowels.
This condition is describ-
ed as auto -intoxication, or
self-poisoning by food.
Cirrhosis of the liver fol-
lows. Complications set in.
Bright's disease, hardening
of the arteries, apoplexy
are natural developments.
But these conditions do
not come on you suddenly.
You have months or years
of warning.
How to Get the
Liver Right
The thing to do is to keep
the liver active and the
bowels regular by use of
such treatment as Dr.
Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills,
and you will then run no
risk of such serious devel-
opments.
This medicine acts di-
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the liver. By promptly
awakening the sluggish
action of this all-important
organ a good flow of bile
is ensured. This is poured
into the intestines, where it
acts as Nature's cathartic
in keeping the bowels
regular.
Prevent Host of
Ills
Such a multitude of ills
arise from sluggish action
of the liver, kidneys and
bowels that Dr. Chase's
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By all means regulate
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BELLEVILLE CONFERENCE
A particularly successful conference
was the one held in Belleville for Middle
Eastern Ontario, with two or three
hundred delegates present from the
CoUnties of Frontenac, Lennox, Adding-
ton, Prince Edward, Hastings, Nor-
thumberland and Durham.
In the afternoon a business session
was held; in the evening, a banquet for
the delegates, and at the same} time a
public recruiting meeting held in the
Opera House, which was addressed by
the Liberal leaders present for the con-
ference, who included N. W. Rowell,
K.C., M.P.P., lIon. George Graham,
C. M. Bowman, M.P.P., H. H. Dewart,
K. C., M. P. P., Nelson Parliament,
M.P.P., and Mr. George Gillespie,
M.P. P.
At both the afternoon and evening
sessions, the watchword of the Liberal
Club Federation of Ontario, "Service"
was emphasized and kept to the front
and all the discussions relating to public
affairs, both domestic and in connection
with the war, were conducted on a
serious plane.
Mr. Rowell. in addition to discussing
the actual military situation, dealt with
a number of Ontario matters, especially
those relating to Prohibition, Hydro
and Nickel.
"Mr. Hearst," said Mr. Rowell "has
recently told a deputation that the Pro-
hibition Act would remain and that
there would be no wine and beer
licenses. It was only the defeat of the
Government's own candidate in South
West Toronto that made it possible for
Mr. Hearst to make such a statement.
It was only that defeat which saved
the Government from implementing
their promises regarding wine and beer
licenees."
"What a spectacle, what a spectale,"
repeated Mr. Rowell, "was presei=4
tbgt South West Toronto election,
with members of the GoVernmoton all
fours with their ears to the ground,
thinking they heard a noise and wonder-
ing if it were the rumbling of the
water wagon or of beer truck, and
when they found it was being driven by
Mr. Norris, President of the Conser-
vative Association with his wine and
beer policy, they decided that it was
the beer truck that they had heard,
Mr. Norris was endorsed by the Govern-
itent and there came the nttorious
speech of Mr. Lucas in which for a
majority of 4,000 or 5,000 he and his
friend Ferguson would revise their
opinion of the Prohibition Law."
Mr. Graham dealt with Federal mat-
ters, pitying attention especially to the
Cabinet weaknesses and dissensions
shown by the Borden -Hughes corres-
pondence, the foolishness and the mis-
chievousness of the disloyalty ery by
the Conservatives and the Conservative -
Nationalist Alliance in Quebec.
Mr. H, H. Dewart,IK.C., M. P. P.,
replied to Hon. Mr. Meighen's defence
of the International Nickel Company
and came back to the attack of both
the Ontario and Federal government on
the nickel issue with a mass of the most
compelling evidence. Mr. Dewait con-
trasted the vigorous action of the Aust-
ralian Government in regard to nickel
with the weakness shown at Toronto
and Ottawa.
Mr. C. M. Bowman, M. P. P., Chief
Liberal Whip showed how woefully the
Conservative Government of Ontario
had neglected their duty in regard to
protection from forest fires in Northern
Ontario, culminating in the disaster of
this past summer.
THE FARMER'S CASE.
(Guelph Mercury.)
As the average man in the city views
it at present the farmer occuppies a most
envious position in regard to prices that
he can receive for all the available pro
duce he has to offer from his farm.
One of the best informed farmers in the
district, and one also who works his
land on the most approved plans, dis-
cussed the situation with a Mercury
man a few day's ago, claiming that the
position of the farmer had been misrep-
resented.
"As a general rule," he stated, "the
earnings of the farmer per acre are
email. In many cases they are so
small, after deducting seed. threshing
charges and labor, that I would not
like to say just how little remains, for
the simple reason, that you would not
be inclined to believe it. You think
because the farmer generally has a
little cash that he must make a great
deal. It is not what he make ti but, in
comparison with the man in the city,
it is what the farmer does NOT spend
that often makes him the the financial
superior of the man in the city. Ex-
amine this for a short time and you
will see that I am right. The people
on the farms do not support the
shows, the moving picture houses or
the igar store, or any iq the non -
producing enterprises that are so com-
mon in the cities. Their tastes are
more simple in thematter of dress. "I
am the average farmer," he continued
"and on good tweed suit answers my
purpose. Then in the matter of market
A SPLENDID RECORD.
Figures and Comparisons Indicate
what Canada Has Done in War.
It will be easier to appreciate the
military effort put forth by Canada
if the record qf Great Britain in two
previous wars be examined, says The
Toronto News. At the time of the
war with Revolutionary France,
which began in 1793, the British
Isles had a population of about 15,-
000,000, The Mother Country had
months of warning, but six months
after the declaration of war she had
but 10,000pool 1y -conditioned troops
on the battle lino in Flanders,
At the outbreak of the Crimean
war, the United Kingdom 1 ad a
population of 27,000,000, and was
exceedingly prosperous. Here again,
ample notice was given of the out-
break of the war. The expedition
which Great Britain sent, first to
Turkey and then to the Crimea, with
abundant leisure for preparation,
consisted or 31 battalions of infan-
try and 10 regiments of cavalry,
with 60 guns. Tho imperfect pro-
vision made for this force, and the
difficulty experienced in keeping up
its numerical strength, constitute a
commonplace of British history. All
told, less than 90,000 men proceed-
ed overseas from Great Britain to
Russia during the Crimean war.
The present war broke out sud-
denly, but Canada, with a popula-
tion of 8,000,000, sent 33,000 men,
gathered from the whole of the Do-
minion, across the ocean two months
after hostilities began. This force
was improvised and so presented
some of the imperfections of haste
and emergency, but it was far more
scientifically organized, and it had
far better medical, transport, and
supply services than the armies sent
forth by a much more populous Brit-
aaitne:in earlier wars. Let us recaPitul-
Great Britain, in 1793, sent abroad
about 10,000 men, badly found, in
about six months.
Great Britain, in 1854, sent abroad
about 90,000 men, badly found, in
about six months.
Canada, in 1914, sent abroad
about 33,000 men, on the whole well
found, in two months.
Even Wellington never had more
than 40,000 or 45,000 British infan-
try, cavalry, and artillery at his com-
mand, and that was after the Penin-
sular war had been several years+
under way. Always a peace -loving
country, Great Britain never would
keep a considerable standing army,
and so it was that she always made
a poor showing in the early stages of
every military conflict into which
she was drawn. She never armed on
a large scale until the cause of hu-
man freedom was well nigh lost.
Then she went in and saved it. Over
and over again in the last three cen-
turies she has gone late to the rescue,
and always in the end successfully,
if at great cost. In the present in-
stance che had only her navy ready
—a navy strong enough to hold the
enemy in check until she prepared
her land forces to join the embat-
tled forces of the Allies. As in
eminent American observer has said,
"never before in the history of the
world bas there been such speedy
preparation as Britain's. The avia-
tion, artillery, ammunition, and com-
missary supplies of the British
forces in France are miraculous,
when it is considered how they start-
ed with nothing when hostilities be-
gan. Britain will reach the acme of
her preparation for war next sprtng,'
when she will have five guns for
every one she has in the field now."
But Canada's effort has also beeni
marvellous. Two years and a quar-
ter after the declaration of war the
Dominion has over 100,000 men in
France, 140,000 in England and Oa:
the way there, and well on to
other 100,000 in training here at
home. Altogether we have enlisted
370,000, and sent 260,000 overseas.
The Canadian troops are supported
by splendid transport, artillery,
commissariat and medical services.
For a country with a small popula-
tion, scattered over half a continent,
the Dominion has done, and is doing,
amazingly well.
prices. I admit that I have a fair crop
of turnips that I have not sold. The
price is good and I don't think it will
go any higher, but I can't sell. If I
did, look what I would have to buy
and see the price of bran and middlings
and other substitutes. So it really
means this, that the price of turnips,
as far as I am concerned, might as
well be ten cents a bushel. Potatoes
are in a different class. I have on my
rig. that I am going to take home,
three bags that I bought at the market
price at $2.40 a bag. We have almost
no oats at all, and before the end of
the year we shall have to buy oats for
feeding and certainly all the seed oats
that we will require for the next season.
Now, this is not a hard luck yarn,"
said the farmer in conclusion, "for we
are going to get along all right and
hope for better crops next year. But
before the city man makes up his mind
for certain that the farmer is getting
rich at his expense he should have all
the facts before him."
Used For Shaving
Many men are troubled, more
particularly in the cold weather, with a
sort of roughness of the skin or eczema
caused by shaving. The application of
Dr. Chase's Ointment after the shave
soon cures the trouble and by using it
after each shave you keep the skin soft
and prevent irritation and soreneas.
Because of its antiseptic qualities this
ointment prevents and cures Barber's
Itch.
SICK ROOM DONT'S
People Must Save.
"There is need of men and muni-
tions, and there is need of keeping
the nation strong finsuacially and
economically, and in this last every-
one can help. This will only be won
by exertion, by patience and by sac-
rifice; and these are faculties in
which the men of our race have
never been found wanting in a time
of national crisis."
• In these words Sir Thomas White,
Minister of Finance, summed up an
address on "The Business Affairs of
the Nation," at the quarterly meet-
ing of the Montreal Board of Trade.
"What is the important question
from a financial standpoint with re-
lation to the war?" asked the Minis-
ter of Finance. And he replied by
pointing out that with the Dominion
Government spending $730,000, and
the Imperial Munitions Board spend-
ing over $1,000,000 a day in this
country the important point is how
is this huge expenditure to be fin-
anced? The Imperial Government
cannot pay for munitions made in
Canada by drawing cheques on the
Dank of England. It can do so only
by establishing dollar credits in Can-
ada. And that cah be accomplished
only by the people of this country
placing large sums to the credit e
the Imperial Governrcient.
"If we can give them the money
we can get all the orders we want
and more," said Sir Thomas, "but we
must save"
Don't permit any noise.
Don't permit callers unless the phy-
sician gives consent.
Don't allow the sheets to become
wrinkled.
Don't jar the bed by leaning or sitting
upon it.
Don't allow stale flowers to remain
in the rootn,
Don't forget to he kind and patient.
Don't have temperature of sick room
over 65 degrees,
Don't appear anxious. Those who
are ill are sensative.
Don't rattle papers. Nothing gets
on one's nerves more than this,
Don't give the patient more water in
a glass than he is allowed.
Don't fill the room with fresh flowers.
Keep one or two baguets in the room
at a time.
Flowers and plants absorb the oxygen
in the room.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
OASTOPIA
Before 13 be sure to hear the
COLUMBIA GRAFONOLA
Don't let the high cost of living
deter you from getting a
Grafonola
Although costs of material and labor have
increased, Columbia prices are lower in
many instances than they were a year ago,
because of the tremendously increased
demand—and they are the best value
in musical instruments obtainable.
Grafonolas $20 to $475.
Records 85c. up. Fit any machine.
H. B. ELLIOTT
Scole Agent
WINGHAM - ONTARIO
THE BLACKEST TRAGEDY.
To the Fditor:—
The following extracts are from a
startling editorial in the Globe of Oct-
ober 15th:
"Here is how a Canadian puts it to
the Globe in a letter of Saturday—A
Canadian whose'personal character and
official standing give authority to his
words and whose patriotism is in what
he does and suffers".
"Canada for efficency in war casts
out the drink evil. Is it too much to
ask Britain in fairness to do the same?
Is it not amockery for the British Isles
to face our common struggle with this
palsy in her frame? And yet she clings
to this social vice of drink after her
allies and her Dominions have renounced
it".
"Here is a bitter pill, the embittering
thought for many a Canadian parent.
Let me be a type. Three of my sons are
in khaki, two at the front and one on
the way. I am proud to be their father;
I gave them a fathers's blessing when
they enlisted; but this thought strains
most of all my loyalty to the cause; to
see my sons fight and fall for a Britain
that at home is half drunken, saddled
by distillery interests, guided by a lot
of tippling ecclesiastics, not loyal
enough to follow the king's example,
and misguided by a press silent as the
grave on this entrenched evil. Why
should our sons go from a country from
which booze is banished, to spend
months on the way to the trenches,
in Epgland, where the vices of the
liquor traffic are legalized to hamstring
her own son?"
If the Globe can touch the con-
sciences of our kindred in Britain or if
in a discussion it can justify Britain's
attitude and show that my scruples are
uncalled for I shall be much relieved.
To which the Globe replies, "There
can be no such relief. It is the blackest
tragedy of the whole war that in fighting
for freedom in Europe, the free sons of
the British bread have to face this war
time record of waste at home with its
inevitable tell of debauchery and
crime."
I shall reserve the remainder of this
strong and startling editorial for an-
other letter.
H. Arnott, M. B., M. C. P. S.
Charge Was Excessive.
Potir Canadians went into a bar-
ber shop yesterday, says a meat.
issue of The London Mirror. It
was a small barber's shop. They
had various operations performed,
such as shelling, hair cuts, massage.
etc. But there wasn't much more.
When the bill was handed over it
came to 1 15s. Then the Cana-
dia.iia, with great calmness, said that
they would wreck the shop. The
barber ran out into the road with
treat fear upon him. A policeman
came in and told the extortionate
barber that the charge was XeaSSIY41,,
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