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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1914-02-19, Page 6IVaiiiiMeiaillialeelfitillette&efielatigenalliEWINIIIII211111112S1101111011 LEA ING TOWN 7,000 Stock Of Watches, Clocks. Jewell- ery, Silverware, CuQGlass Leather Goods, Ladies' and Gent's Umbrellas, Stationery, Wallpapers, Windowshades, Fancy Goods, etc., to be sold at and below cost. 4: As owner is:Leaving Town Everything Must be Sold Sale is Now On 'Phone 65 M. KNOX Opposite National Hotel alleatetelailitifillielIVIMBRairelatlalaBZWIIIBIIIIMMIIIINIIIIIIIII171111/1111111111111111111111111111111MIMINIbe WHEN EiLlYttiGYEASr I1SI5T ON HAViNG TH 15 PAC KAG 1;Mtatte70— iss aa-aFa-'71' IAQ.S THE N11E5.1110010 esse ,,,vmHytrglifo .4)_,,t-:rea,a'h,,usrr. feta t40.7^1,1, DECtINE. OTUTES "ODDS AND ENDS ', Hom Sans Hughes, Minister of Mili- tia, is a wat like gentleman to whom it seems that huge expenditure tor mili- tary purposes in Canada should be ac- cepted as a m itter of course. He sees no reason for coma:ant in the fact that this year he proposes an outlay of nearly $11,0.0,000 fur such purposes, plus many hundreds of thousands of dollars for armouries and drill halls to be built by the Public Works Department His estimates for this year thelude an item of all, for "Sundries " Nat- urally enough, and properly, when the item was before the House the other evening Opposition members pressed for a statement as to what was covered by the outlay. "General cdds and ends and for the travellirg expenses of the civil officers of the depastment," was Colonel Hughes reply. The amount of the item, not inconsid- erable in itself by any means, is of less importance than is the fact that Colonel Hughes saw fit to treat the expenditure as a trifling matter. The truth is that the Minister of. Militia has become mili- tary mad. He would sow the country with drill halls and armouries, He talks of the desirability of Canada hav- ing an army of a million men. He travels from coast to coast on a special military train, duly attended by a staff of officers. He goes to England and the Continent, accompanied by an en- tourage of officers, crderlies, secre- tar:es and stenograpbers. He piles up the expenditures for military purposes, at an increasing and alarming rate. The bills are paid from the treasury of Canada, from the taxes of the Can- adian people. The larger " expenditures Colonel Hugaes would take SS a matter of course He expecte the ties -payers of Canada to do the same. The smaller amounts which together make up the enormous total he looks upon as trifles, speaks of them lightly as "odds and ends." Colonel Hughes in his militalistic zeal forgets that the greater part of the money he flings round so lavishly must be provided by the laboring men of Canada, the farmers and the fishermen of Canada, and the other every -day citizens of the Dominion. He seeks to foster the military spirit in Canada and to further the purpases of those who are militarists like himself. The hundreds of thousands, the millions, which are spent are taken from the people's treasury; when Liberal mem- bers of Parliament criticise the outlays Colonel Hughes scoffs at the criticism and talks carlessly of using $11,040 of public money on "odds and ends." HORSE SENSE. WINWjAf TDIES, EillRUARY 1-9 1914 They totbi r decline to be interviewed or what is perhaps nearer trail, we do riot endeisand their language. r IP pumping of the water by the mare Is a regular daily ticcurrence, ow she learned is not known. Pro - b met it is a ease of imitation, the ani - m ti having noted the mode of opera - its the pump was being worked by hu al hands. At any rate she is able to oviform the work as effectively tis me farm hand. The pump handle is tetten between her lips and lifted up mid pt -lad down as regularly as a humen beau; could do it. When the water has been caught by the plunger so that re t m pow r is required owing to the wei..he the down stroke is made by the j w and muscles of the neck, tiough water is pumped to satisfy al the other auhnals and when these retire the mare pumps more for herself. In frosty weather the owner puts a cleth roend the pump handle to protect the animal's mouth. The Wealthy, ! Mon with wealth sufficient to provide for every reasonable want of those de. ' peedent upon them, are found carrying large amounts of life insuranee in the old time life insurance corapanies, and holding membership in a limber of bene - i ficiary orders. These trtembers are prompt payers and never allow them- sel ses to lapse or become delinquent, They carry into the fraternities, of whielethey are' a part, their enterpris- ing methods. They treat the matter largely as an investment that pays well. They bring tin ir financial judgement and as a resu1t alopt unhesitatingly the plan of adding to their financial pros- pects these large sums to be enjoyed by their heirs. This is characteristic of men who are usuelly credited with far foreiight financially, and who have ac- cumulated in a business way large for - tuns. They can afford it and know that it is more permanent and less liable to loss than any other ventures known among men, and in this respect is the surest protection against poverty ard want. If she foregoing be true from the standpoint of keen business men what must be the condition of affairs where the family depends upon the earning capacity -ff the husband or father? There are none SG poor but can afford to carry a small amount of protection, and our fraternal beneficiary societies afford an opportunity at rates that are within the reach of every person. —The Patrician. Discussipns regarding the ability of animals to reason are continually find- ing causes of renewal. The question is often raised, indeed, as to whether they are able even to imitate. The latest contributor to the facts of these questions is an old mare belong- ing to Mr. Richard Begley of Glendale, near Neepawa. The illustration given is from an actual of the animal while the is pumying water for herself and five other animals gathered round. What the others think of the ability of their come anions is of course not known. Two and a Half Hours on Operating Table Specialist Could Not Remove StenC in The !Bladder GIN PILLS PASSED IT joette•rn, P. Q. "During August last, X went to Won. treat to commit a specialist as I had been suffering tecribly with Stone in the Bladder. lie decided to Operate but said the atone was too large to reweve and too hard to crush, 1 returned home and was recommended by a friend to tty PiLLS. They relievea the pain. Z took two bores And went back to the specialist. He iaid the stone was smaller but he wel'l not remove it although he tried for two hours and a half. I returned home aucicoutitsued to take IN PILLS t tied to lay great surprise tied joy, passed the stone. Gni rmr,s are the beat ineditint hi the world and because they did me so much good, I will ricolennend them a11 the rest of nay life'', reo J. Avenel' Llteennie. soo bor.-6 for 2.50—at all deaiere, *tut 'motley back ef they fail to give lief. Sample free. N*tonal Drug St eza, to, of Canada, 'Limited, Toronto. The Luckless Procrastinator. The procrastinator is always liable to be luckless. To postpone a duty that should be discharged at once is to invite trouble for all concerned. Many a man who is well disposed toward life insur- ance is still deferring the purchase of a policy which would be a boon to his fam- ily in the event of his death, The would be insurant is in good health today, but to -morrow he may be striken with a dis- ease that may bar him from the ranks of the insurable. His reason for putting off securing a policy may be that it is inconvenient at present to pay the prem- ium.. But he should consider carefully the fact that life insurance will never be cheaper for him than it is to -day. His yearly premium of a policy taken out now would be appreciably less than would the premium on a poiicy of the ameunt taken out when he is a year older, Delay, therefore, will add some- what to the yearly burden he would have to carry. The best thing for any uninsured man to do is to insure at onee. —Leslie's Weekly. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S cAsir 0 R I A Feminine Facts In Berlin there is a novel store where the pictures of woman who wish to be- eline brides are exhibited. As a result of the efforts of woman in Jacksonv.11e, Fla., the city has se- cured a proper supply of water, England has many woman ernployed in unique trades. For instance, there are 86 women plumbers there, 231 black- smiths, 56 carpenters and 14 masons. The New York housewives' league has chosen several women to act as inspec- ors in theircampaign against cold stor- age food, A good share of the membership of Philadelphia Fanciers' Club is composed of women. Women's colleges in the United States are said to be better equipped than those of men. After counting the losses for slack season, it is estimated that three-quar- ters of the women workers of New York City receive less than $400 a year. Blobbs Would you marry a girl for her money? Slobbs—Well, I should con- sider it very unchivalrous to allow her to remain an old maid. The beauty about friendship is that We can be perfectly fratik with each other, especially about other people. " Thos. G, Stepheneon of Ornemee, Was 1 fatally injured by the bursting of a chop - per in hie mill. REVISED STATLI lf.4 AT LAST. On March 1 the pew Revised Statutes of Ontario will offieially count into being. The first volumes of the revi- sion of 1914 were received at the Parli- ament buildings Thursday, and received the signatures oe Hon. Featherstone Osier, Chairman of the Statute Revision Commission, Hon. W. 3. Bantus, Pro- vinciul Secretary, and Mr. Allan M. Dymond, KC., Secretary of the Com- mission. The signatures of the Lieu- tenant -Governor and Ben J. J. Fey, Attorney -General, are yet requited to complete the "orginal" copy. A pro- clamation was issued Thursday bringing the statutes into force on March 1, and the Commission will now rein:ally dis- band. This work has been in progress since 19e7 and has Lost over $1110,000, exclu- sive of printing. The statutes com- prise two volumes of much smaller com- pass than formerly, there being but 3,620 pages. A third volume contains the accornpanyipg schedules and a gen- eral cross-index. The Steady Advsrtiser 'll beat the Mail Order. An exchange says that one of the most unaccounteble feature of adver- tieing in the towns and smaller cities is that the merchants in these places make the mistake of withdrawing their ad- vertisements from the local papers dur- ing the dull seassas and particularly after the Christmas and New Year's huliclays, just at the time when all the Mail Order houses are making their most desperate efforts to work off their stmplus stock and are &Wang the mails with their offers of great "bargains" Just fancy whae*people would think of the local merchant who offered his cus- tomers goods at less than fifty per cent. off previous and regular prices. For exemple one Mail Order house offers Coon coats selling regular from WO to $120 for $50, and other alluring offers are advertised. One cannot but wonder whether the prices at which these goods are said to be worth i3 not an extortun- ate price or if the Mail Order house is not lying in order to make people think they are getting something for nothing. No legitimate business can be carried on with genuine fifty per cent reduc- tions, and when one remembers that one Departmental Store is said to have made a profit of over a million &illars last year, it strengthens the suspicion that people are not getting the "bar- gains" they are led to believe and ex- pect. It is a safe bet 'that a man who gets goods exceedingly low priced must be getting inferior goods. Our Depart- mental Store gives its orders, "Make us so many articles that we can sell at so much." and of course the house must make inferior goods or lose money, and none us are in business for our hearth. Twenty American States have pub, lished reports of their wood -using in , dusties. Eugene, Ore., has just completed a new, trunk sewer five miles long, cost - ng V00,000. During the year just closed the Uni- ted Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners paid out $350,003 in death bene- fits. When the Last Child Leaves. For half your life you've labored with "the children" in your mind, Sometimes a little step ahead, some- times a mile behind, And many a night you've pondered on the whenceness of the how, But, you did it, yep, yoa did it; raised 'ern one and all, and now— Lordy, but it's lonely when the last child leaves; The year is at the autumn and the very weather grieves; The skies are &wiled and raining, The whipped trees are complaining And there's sobbing in the chimney and aweeping at the eaves, For, oh, it's lonely, lonely, when the last child laaves, There's a good deal of that feeling when the baby went to school, Or the big boy went to work (as inde- pendent as a mule!) Or the girl went off to college, with a happy, hurried kiss, But always there were comings -back, It never was like this! So, oh, it's lonely, lonely, when the last child's left, The living -room has suffered loss, the bedroom cries for theft. And eke the cheerful dining -room Becomee a sad, repining room. For every room is lonely when the whole house is bereft, So, oh. it's lonely, lonely, when the last child's left You cannot change the universe, von wouldn't if you could, Your link is, in the thin of life, and somehow that is good, But you were first to them so long, in all their joys and cares, And DM the last one's left you to re- membrances- and prayers. So, oh, it's lonely, lonely, when the last child's gone, Seems 'most like a waste of time just living on and on. With no one left to do for, To hustle for and stew for, And you know the dusk ground you is the twilight, not the dawn, So, Obi' it's lonely, lonely, when the laet gone! -Edmund Vance Cooke in Harper's Weekly. at Report for S. S. No. 4, Morris, for ; January, x represents, extunieations for which a pupil absent. Examinedl in Arithmetic, evening, Geography and History. Entrance Class— Total 400 —George Agar, 200; Luella Brewer, 103.sic, Sr. Ill—Total 41.0 -Ernestine Senora 2:35X; (Tharli,4 Soueb, 161, (74..otge Brew- er, 101x; Lorin Turves., 75xx. Jr. III. Total 400—Elva Warwick, 205; Cameron alustard, 193e; Charlie Bosman, 151; Cora Soule 80xx. Sr. If Total 103 Ethel Genies, 190x; Harry Carcass, la3; Wilmer Kerney, 176xx; George Fell, 26xx. Jr. 11—Ganeral work •i Elmer Forbes, 619; Majorie Grasby, 449; Winnie Allen, 350. Pt. II —May Warwick, 4117; Alfred Johoston, 457; Fred Brewer, 331; Jim Turvey, 2:11, Jack Allen, 200. .Pt. MaaVety, 438; Fraser Mustard. 404; Bertha Souch, 392; Charlie Warwick, 344; Walter Sellers, 311; Adella Turvey, 282; Deris Allem 28J; LiIiiao Garniss, 272 Average attendance 23.5. M. E. Fryfogle, Teacher Practically one-tenth of Toronto's population was haled into court during 1918, according to the report of Chief Constable Grasett. The total numbee of arrests or summonses was 39,654, an increase of 5,274 over the previous year. The increase was all in the male sex, as the female column showed a decrease of 11. Of the eharges laid, 18.221 were withdrawn or diemissect. Increases in the breaches of the law as compared with 191.e were; Drunk and desorderly, 2,480; city by-laws, 425; housebreaking, 103; indecent assault, 61; Lord's Day 373; neglect of children, 291; theft, 233; trespass, 500; vagrancy,. 570. Among the decreases were shown: Cruelty to animals, 76; keepers, inmates and freq- enters of disorderly houses, 158; non payment of wages, 49, Valuable Book For the Home, Free. Our druggists are presenting to their customers, free of charge, one of the most useful books that has come to our notiee for some time. This is the Na- Dru-Co A1mana4c for 1914, issued by the National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada, Limited. In addition to the handy table apd other general information, this almanac gives the causes of the disease, the symtorns (or signs by whieh disease is recognized, and the proper treatment to relieve and cure the trouble, Those living at a distance from a physician, will find this book invaluable in treating the ordinary ailments that come to every family. It will well re- pay a careful reading and frequent con- sultation. e The products of the Klondike are shipped almost entirely to the U. S. the Canadian Government levying an export duty at 12 per cent. Among improvements to be carried out soon on the harbour of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is the building of an electric power plant to supply new coal loading machinery. The trouble with the people who ex- pect us to laugh over their jokes is that they also want us to weep over their troubles. The Baptist Union of England is seek - ng to raise a substentation fund of $1,- 250, COO to guarantee a minimum wage to every Baptist minister. HIS MOST ANXIOUS 'MOMENT. When Dewey Feared He Might Be Branded as a Coward. Admiral Dewey tells in his autobi- ography the story of his most anxious moment. It was when he was exeete- tive officer of the warsbip After passing the forts at New Orleans his ship was about to sink under fire, and the crew bad to be taken off in bents. There were not enorigh boats, and the danger of a magazine explo- sion becnnie so great that the crews showed inereasing hesitation in return Ing for another load. On a sedden Im- pulse Dewey jomped into one Of the boats to go after the rowers and com- pel them to eettirn. He continues: "Not until we were free of the ship did I have a second thought in realiza- tion of What I had dobe. I had left my ehip in distress when It Is the rute that the last men to leave her should be the captain, And 1 as executive oftl, car should be next to the last "That was the most anxious moment of my career. What if a shot should sink the boat? What if a rifle bullet shonld got me? MI the world wonld any that I had been guilty of about as craven an ect as can be placed at the door of an officer. Tills would not be pleasant reading for my father up In Vermont. He would no longer think that I heti done the 'rest' reasonably well. If the ship should blew up while 1 was away and 1 should appear on the reports as saved probably pee. pie would emile Over my explanation." .11.e it turned out, however, the maga. gine dM not explode, and Deevey'a proem.° wins needed to bring the boat crews ban and sate the men still on the 'Mole:lee sill!). CM:Laren, Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA Grandmother, Old Granny sits serene, and knits, and talks of bygone ages, when she was young; atul from her tongue there co:nes the truth of sages. "In vanish. ed years," she says, "my dears, the girls were nice and modest, and they were shy, and didn't try to see whose wit was broadest. In cushioned nooks they read their books, and loved the poets' lilting; with eager paws they helped their mas at cooking and at quilting. The maidens then would shy at men and keep them at a distance, and each new sport who came to court was sure to meet resistance. The girls were flowers that bloomed in bowers remote from worldly clamor, and when I view the modern crew they give ole katzenjanuner. The Oils were sweet and trim and neat, as fair as hothouse lilies, and when I see the modern clan I surely have the willies. Refinement fades when modern maids come forth in all their glory; their hats are freaks, their costume shrieks, their nerve is hunkydory. They waste the night, and in daylight they're doctoring and drug- ging; when they don't go to picture show, they're busy bunny -hugging." Then granny takes her pipe and breaks some plug tobacco in it, and smokes and smokes till mother chokes, and runs out doors a minute. Walt. Mason. The Naval Fizzle. The naval question seems to have taken aback seat. A year ago the Tories tried to convince us that Britain was tottering to her fall, and that $35,- 000,000 from Crinade would save her. The Grits were certain that the best thing was to have two home.made navies one on each side of Canada. The Tor- ies flapped the flag; the Grits 'quoted the declaration of independence, But the people of Canada failed to enthuse for either scheine for spending their money on useless navies. The Senate came to the rescue and saved the people's money. The "Emergency" has fizzled out and both parties are re- alizing that the people of Canada do not want any navy, The "Cost of Liv- ing" is now the problem before every citiz in, and they realize that no other people want to fight us any more than we want to fight them.—The Grain Growers' Guide FOR THE READER. Never hold a book near a fire. Never drop a book upon the floor. Never turn leaves with the thumb, Never lean or rest upon an open book. Never turn down the corners of the leaves, Never touch a book with soiled or damp hands. Always keep your place with a thin book mark. Always place a large book on a table before opening it. Always turn leaves from the top with the middle or fore -finger. Never pull a book from the shelf by the binding at the top, but by the back. Never touch a book with a damp cloth or with a sponge in any form' Never place another book or anything else upon the leaves of an open book. Never close a book with a pencil, a pad of paper or anything else between. 11 Wingham Club WINGHAM, ONT. NOW OPEN FOR MEMBERSHIP Club to be opened on'or about January 1st Will have facilities for all Out- door and Indoor Sports Will also have Literary • Department The Club has applied for in- corporation with the following provisiopal directors N. I. Sinclair, W. 11. Gurney, A. H. Wilford, A. L. Posllff, G. R. Smith, W. A. Campbell, Dr. A. J. Irwin J. Ritchie, It, A. Currie, E. '13. Walker, H. C. McLean, Dr. G. IL Ross, Dr. 11. J. Adams, J. W. McKibbon, L. Kennedy, W. A. Miner, R. Brookes, G. Jacques. The Membership Fee is $2 initiation and $3 annually. Application for membership may be made to any of the above mentioned provisional directors, The Club will meet the watts of all classes. BE Stint AND JOIN IT. , H. DAVIS WINGHAIVI,IONTARIO Agent for Allan Line CunardfLine Donaldson Lines, Canadian Northern Lines Ocean Steamships. Have a good opinion of yourself. You 'can't expect others to have a keener sense of appreciation than you have yourself. Scales come in mighty handy some- times, in spite of the fact that they are always in the weigh. The life insurance of the people of thet United States is more than double that of all the other countries of the,4 world combined. The largest steel water tower in Can- ada and the second largest in America, has been completed at St. Thomas, with a capacity of half a million gallons. telfrolleimialow•lodeorm.=.1•10••••••••••••IM...11 4..111.11.•..01•009101111M100•1 PRINTING AND STATIONERY We have put in our office a complete stock of Staple Stationery and can' supply your wants in WRITING PADS ENVELOPES LEAD PENCILS BUTTER PA PER PAPETERIES, WRITING PAPER BLANK BOOKS PENS AND INK TOILET PAPER PLAYWG CARDS, etc We will keep the best stock in the respective lines and sell at reasonable prices. 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