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ND follow the crowds to W. G. Patterson's
Jewelry store, where they get good goods at
right prices, and gifts that will please every-
body, and the man at the back of them is here to
stay.
The Gifts That Are Sure to Please:
A laTe stock of Ladies' Wrist Watches
All kinds ot the newest styles of Ladies'
Necklets in white gold, yellow gold and
p atinum set with diamonds,pearls,cameos,
periots, aquamarines, sapphires and
rlueralds.
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GOLD BROACHES
In diamond. pearl, cameo, amethyst,
topaz and emerald, of all the newest de-
.igns.
PEARL AND CAMEO RINGS
All kinds of Gents Tie Pins and Cuff
Links, Watches, Clocks, Silverware,
Cut Glass, M anicure Pieces,
Toitet Sets, Suite Case Um-
brellas, Etc.
Per cent. Saved on Diamonds
30 per cent. saved on Diamond Rings by
purchasing them before JAN. 1st, 1917, at
Pattersn'os Jewelry store. A large stock
to choose from ran•iting in price from $8 so
to $300.
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THE GREAT WATCH DOCTOR
WINGHAM, -
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1916
EDITORIAL NOTES
Mr. W. D. McPherson, K C., M.P.P.
has been sworn in as Provincial Secre-
tary of Ontario, in place of Hon. W. J.
Hanna, who relinquishes the post, but
remains a member of the Government
without portfolio, No Minister of
Agriculture has been appointed yet,
and in the meantime Hon. W. H.
Hearst, the Prime Minister, will ad-
minister the department himself with
the assistance of Dr. G. C. Creelman,
President of the Ontario Agricultural,
at Guelph.
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NATIONAL SERVICE APPEAL.
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Mr, R. B: Bennett, director generl of
the National Service Board. has issued
instructions to every postmaster in
Canada to task in taking an inventory
of all males between the ages of 16 and
n5 years residing in Canada. The first
week of the new year has been set
apart for this work and will be called
"Nationat Service Week." Each male
will receiye one of these cards which
should be filled in, the questions being
answered. These will be returned to
the post office and sent on to Ottawa.
If the men,of Canada are as loyal as
they should be these cards will at once
be filled in and returned to the author -
ties. This war will have to be won by
sacrifice if Canada is to remain an in-
dependent part of tbe empire. If all do
not do their bit, then the sacrifices al-
ready made have been useless, Men,
do you want the scenes in Belguim,
Serbia and Roumania enacted in this
Dominion? If not, then let all rise to
the occasion and be prepared to make
whatever sacrifice is required for the
welfare of the nation and the liberty of
the world. Fill out your cards and return
them quickly to Post -master G. D. Mot-
rison. The Questions are as follows: -
1. What is your name?
2. How old are you?
3. Where do you live. Province.
4. Name of city, town, village or
postoffice, street, number.
5. In what country were you born?
6. In what country was ...,?our father
born?
7. In. nv.t.rt country was your mother
born?
,S. Where you born a British subject?
9. If not, are you naturalized?
10. How much time have you lost
in the last 12 months from sickness.
I Attention I
Toilet Articles and Preparations
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Your
Holiday
Gifts
We have a large stock of
Books and Stationery which
make a suitable Christmas
Gift.
BOOKS
Popular Books at.... 50c
Good Books ranging 10c to 25c
Canadian Boy's Annual..$1.25
Canadian Girl's Annual..$1.25
STATIONERY
Nicely Boxed Stationery
ranking in price from 25c
to $3.00
Christmas Greeting Cards,
Post Cards, Tags, Seals etc.
See our stock before buying.
Prices right.
All popular Magazines on sale
and subscriptions taken for
Magazines and Newspapers
THE TIMES
STATIONERY STORE
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for a bright healthy little boy, aged
two years. who is a ward of the Sociq,
and is worthy of the best of care by
some kind foster parents. He will sure-
ly bring sunshine into your home.
Write at once to G. M. Elliott, county
secretary, or call at his office, Court
House, Goderich.
Railway Holiday Rates.
The Grand Trunk Railway System
will issue round trip excursion tilikels
on account of the Christmas and New
Year holidays. Single fare for round
trip, good going December 30th and
31st and January 1st valid for 'return up
to January 2nd. Fare and one-thircl,
going December 28th, 29th and 30th,
valid for return up to January 3rd.
Buywaa'r tickets and get information
from H. B. Elliott, Town Agent at the
TIMES office.
11 .Have you the full use of your
arms?
12. Of your legs?
13. Of your sight?
14. Of your hearing?
15. Which are you -married, single
or a widower?
16. How many persons besides your-
self do you support?
17. What are you working for?
18. Whom do you work for?
19. Have you a trade or a profession?
20. It so, what?
21. Are you working now?
22. If not, why?
23. Would you be willing to change
your present work at the same pay
during the war?
24. Are you willing, if your railway
fare is paid, to leave where you now
live, and go to some other place in
Canada to do such work?
Relatives are Anxious. n
Relatives and friends of Rev. Ira W.
Pierce, missionary in Asiatic -Turkey,
are waiting anxiously to learn if he
will be released when the new order
made by Turkish military authorities
permitting American missionaries to
leave the country goes into effect. No
word has been received directly from
him by relatives since the.outbreak of
war with Turkey Mrs. Pierce was
formerly Georgie Ross, a daughter of
Mr. Rodericd Ross, formerly of Bussels,
and is well-known to many of our
readers.
CHILDREN'S AID
The regalar monthly meeting of The
Huron County Children's Aid and
Humane Society was held in the Coui t
House, at Goderich, on Tuesday, De, .
12th, at 4,15, with a good attendanc, .
In the absence of the president, Rev.
J. E. Ford took charge of the meeting.
Accounts amounting to $49.50 were
ordered paid. . The following amounts
were received since last month's meet-
ing. Town of Goderich, $50; collection
at lantern meeting at Auburn, $12.60;
Mrs. Frank Hodgens, $1; Mrs. J. L.
Aitken, Cat Blyth branch, lantern
meeting, $9.85; lantern meeting at
Londesboro, $5; Mrs. D. Millar, $3;
Mrs. F. Smceth, $1; Clinton branch.
lantern meeting, $10.75; refund rent of
hall, Clinton, $5; mite box, Bank of
Commerce, $3; Mrs. Vanatter, $2,,
A parcel of new garments fdr • child-
ren was received from TaYlofs Corners
branch of tbe Godericb township ,P:atri-
otic Society;. clothing froth Mrs, D..
McDonald; books from Mrs. E. Hodgens;
clothing from Mrs. Long,
The county secretary reported three
children made wards of the Society
during the month. A feature of the
month's work was four illustrated ad-
dresses given by the secretary, at
I Clinton, Auburn, Blyth and Londes-
boro. Over 100 slides were used, the
object being to arouse interest and to
find homes for little boys and girls.
The Society at present wants a home
Wingham's Oldest Citizen
Mr. Chas. Pogson, paid his annual
visit to the TIMES office and renewed
his subscription for three copies of the
TIMES. Mr. Pogson is in his 97th year
and is Wingham's oldest citizen, and
is still quite hale and hearty and he
does not show that he has seen almost
ninety-seven years. The present editor
has had the privilege of taking Mr.
Pogson's renewal for twenty-nine years
and we can see very little difference in
him than twenty-nine years ago. He is
a wonderful old man and has our best
wishes at this happy Christmas seai6n.
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DEATH BY BOILING
The Way Poisoners Fared In the
Old Days In England.
TORTURE FOR MINOR CRIMES.
Mutilation Used to Be a Favorite Form
of Punishment, and the Slanderer's
Tongue Was Pluciced Out -The Pen-
alty For High Treason.
In these merciful days, when a man
who publishes a libel on the king es-
capes with a few month' imprison-
ment, it seems scarcely credible that
as late as 1S70 the punishment ordain-
ed by the law for high treason was
that the offender should be drawn on
a hurdle to the place of execution an&
there should be banged by the neck
until he was dead; that then his head
should be severed from his body, that
his body be diyided into four quarters
and that his head and quarters be at
the disposal of the crown.
And this was by no meas the worst
fate that might befall a criminal in the
so called "good old days," as one John
noose, a cook of Henry VIII.'s day,
found to bis cost. Root was convict-
ed of the heinous crime of putting poi-
son in the broth intended for the fami-
ly of no less reverend a personage than
the bishop of Rochester. For such a
el -line hanging. drawing and quarter-
ing was too merciful a punishment
"Something lingering, with boiling oil,"
or at least water, was decided to be the
pun is h m en t that best fitted the crime,
and with this object a special act of
parliament was passed ordaining boil-
ing alive as the punishment for this
felony. John hoose expiated his sins
in a cauldron of hot water, and a few
years later, in 1542, one Margaret Davy
dnet the same fate at Smithfield.
bo gravely was the crime of poison-
ing regarded in these days of old that,
it is recorded, a Scotsman, one Thomas
Bellie, and his son were banished for
life for administering poison to a cou.
ple of noisy hens belonging to a neigh-
bor.
These were indeed days when the
man of violent temper or criminal
tendencies must operate warily. 14 by
any evil chance be came to blows and
drew blood within the precincts of the
king's palace Lie was inevitably con-
demned to lose his right hand, and a
statute of Henry VIII. regulated the
whole grewsome ceremony, with all
its functionaries, from the surgeon who
was to amputate the offending mem-
ber, to the individual who used the
searing irons, the yeoman of the scul-
lery who made the irons 'red hot at
his fire and the sergeant of the cellar
who was provided "with a pot of red
wine to give the same party after his
hand is so stricken off and the stump
sea red."
Mutilation was a favorite form of
punishment in those good old days.
following, no doubt, the Scriptural pen-
alty, "an eye for an eye and a tooth
for a tooth." Thus the slanderer's
tongue was pulled out, so that he
could at least utter slander no more,
'and he who destroyed the sight of a
one eyed man lost both his own eyes.
By the Coventry act in the time of
Charles II. any person who should ma-
liciously put out the eye, elit the nose
or disable any limb of another with in-
tent to maim or disfigure him was to
pay for the wrong with his life. By
another act the man who fought with
weapons in a church had one of his
ears exit off. If he had already lost
both ears, as many a malefactor had,
he was brati.d in the cheek with the
letter "F."
By an act of Queen Elizabeth's reign
the forger was condemned to stand in
the pillory, to have his ears cut off by
the common hangman, his nostrils slit
up and seared and to be imprisoned
for life, and by a statute of James L
an unfortunate bankrupt was nailed
by an ear to the pillory for two hours.
and then his ear was cut off.
If an enterprising farmer were fool-
ish enough to send any of his live
sheep out of the country he paid a
terrible price for his rashness, for his
goods were forfeited, be was sont to
jail for twelve months, and on recov-
ering his liberty his left hand was cut
off in a public market and nailed up
there as a warning against the danger
of illicit exports. If he offended a sec-
ond time be paid for his daring with
his life. If he set covetous eyes on a
neighbor's sheep and annexed one of
them he was unceremoniously hanged
by the neck until he was dead. In-
deed, thousands of unfortunates paid
with their lives for thefts much m6re
Insignificant.
Burning alive was, of course, a com-
mon punishment for witchcraft for
many a century, down to a couple of
hundredyears ago, and many of the
victims who were accused Of "selling
their souls to the devil" were children
ander ten years of age.
In 1726 Edward Burnworth, a high-
wayman, refusing to plead, was loaded
with boards and weights. For more
than an hour he bore a mass of metal
weighing nearly four hundredweight,
ed. Notices of the movement are to be when human flesh could bear the agony
posted in conspicuouii places in the post- no more, and be prayed to be put to
offices. The whole mirk of distribution the bar again. 13o pleaded "Not mill -
of the cards has been placed in the hand ty," but was nevertheless found guilty
and endeu his days on the scaffold,
of the post office authorities.
This cruel numb:matt survived to
George Tit.'s time.-Lmidon Tit -Bits.
Stamford Township Council began the I .
year with an over draft of $8,840, and , Literal Apprehension.
closes with a surplus of $10,358, Without; Slie-Let's make up our minds to tell
seriously curtailirig expenditures.
As high as 29 per cent of some bat. darling, I 'am afraid your father will
talions from Military District No. 1
have been rejected on arriving in Eng-
land, because of careless media in-
spection.
National Service Cards.
The first week in January, will be
"National Service Week," according to
letter received by the Times from the
eirector general of national service on
Friday. The letter which describes the
work to be carried out by the commis-
sion, inclosed a sample of the card to be
distributed to all males of the country
between the ages of 16 and 65 inclusive
asking 24 personal questions, and a
number of circulars containing in-
structions to postmasters, postmistress.
es, etc. The questions are asked with
a view to finding out the "manpower
of the Dominion, A campaign of ed-
ucation is to be indulged in, for which
assistance of school teachers, clergymen,
lawyers, doctors, etc., is being request -
the folks Vvere engaged. Ile -But,
Amerlean.
Discretion or speech Is more desur.
libla than eloquence.
December 8, 1916
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have a fine assortment of the following: fe.
Ladies' and Gents' Watches, Bracelet and fel
Military Watches, Diamond Rings, and Pearl
Necklets and Pendants, Broaches, Scarf Pins, Cuff fe
Links, Fobs, Lockets and Chains, Cut Glass and f.ft
Silverware' Ladies' and Gents' Umbrellas. le
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Watch our windows
next week for
Holiday Bargains -
A. M. KNOX
Jeweller and Optician
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HOLIDAY
GOODS
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ALL holiday goods are ready and waiting for
you. The cheerfulness of gift giving is en-
hanced to a great extent when you arc sure the
gift is welcome.
A Gift of Sdmething to wear
is always welcome. Once more we are go•
ing to urge upon you the advantage of
early buying, early in the day, and early in
the month, Stocks are larger, selections
are easier and it will be a great big help to
our salespeople as well as yourself,
Men's Wear
If $ro, $ r 5 or $2o is the: price you want
to pay for your next suit or overcoat you
had better come here, for at these prices we
offer exceedingly attractive values.
We would be glad to try a few coats on.
you and let you see for yourself that the
garments are all we claim for them.
Suggestions
Handkert-,hiefs, Towels, Ties, Scarfs. Gloves,
Hosiery, Collars, Caps, Mitts, Etc.
Ladies' Silk Waists
Don't neglect to see our assortment of
Ladies' Silk Waists at $2.00 to $5 00
Buy your Xnias Fruits such as Raisins,
Currants and Peels now. Raisins in pack-
ages or bulk. Peels -Citron, Lemon, Or-
ange or Mixed.
INOMalaie
Jy A. MILLS
Successor to T. A. Mills
PHONE 89. WINGHAM, ONT