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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1915-03-11, Page 7s March r rth 1915 THE ' WINGHAM TIMES THE DOMINION BANK SIR EDMUND B, OSLER M.P., PRESIDENT. W. p. MATTHEWS, v10EtPRESIDENT, C. A. BOGERT, General Manager. Trust Funds Should Be Deposited In a Savings Account in The Dominion Bank. Such funds are safely protected, and earn interest at highest current rates. When payments are made, particulars of each transaction may be noted on the cheque issued, which in turn becomes a receipt or voucher when cancelled by the bank. WINGHAM BRANCH : A. M. SCULLY, Manager. ��::�;zewTt:rmter mss. ,3 ; amu:ter c� , r .... <s ei">y ,ets• - ' Bank of Hamilton Capital Authorized $5,000,000 Capital Paid-up, 3,000,000 Surplus - - - 3,750,000 WHY A SAVINGS ACCOUNT? It is best to put your money in a Say- , ings Bank Account here because, first —it is safe; second—it is readily avail- able in rash; third — the interest is certain and prompt. C. P. SSMITH, Manager Wingham, Ont RUSSIA'S GUIDE. 'The Remarkable Secret Will of Fetes the Great, j Russia's proclamation of the an- nexation of Galicia the other week serves to recall a most remarkable historical document—the secret will of Peter the Great—which, it is said, tie read to every Czar of Russia on ";is•'accession to the throne. In that will Peter laid out an :amazing program of aggression for .future Czars to follow, which had as .its consummation the commercial or .political subjugation of the entire. world. Nearly two centuries have passed :since Peter died. The proportion of his prophecies that have come true is startling. Poland has disappear- ed; Sweden has been humbled and . isolated; the Turk has been driven 'from the' Black sea; the road to In- dia is mostly in the Czar's hands, \.•afid a vast line of Russian advance las spread over northern Asia to the aeiflc ocean. • The guiding hands of the dead +Czar may be seen as clearly in the .present war as at any time in the , past. England must be made a com- mercial ally, Peter counseled his .successors. All Slavonic peoples must be molded into one nation, Con- :stantinople should be taken and the ;ascendancy over the Teuton race ,gained by fair means or foul. ., Three far-reaching objectives, and •.all of them possible as an outcome .of the titanic war now in progress. .It seems almost that Russia has no .other policy than a .determination to make Peter's prophecies come true. He said: "We must make the house of Aus- tria interested in the expulsion a rthe Turk from Europe, and we must .neutralise its jealousy at the capture +of Constantinople either by preoccu- pying it with a war with other Euro- pean states, or by allowing it a share of the spoil, which we can ata r..a. d .resume at our leisure." What could be more pt'cpieIlc? Russia's advance along ti.ta is all; :sea was marked by the acquisition if •Galicia, Bukowina, Isomia, and No; ,- bazar by Austria. It hus atr'ead3 Jo. t .the latter to Servia, the two ..,rtuer will become Russian territo.y If Le) -allies win the present war and Ser - Irian arms are now invad:ug 13.tsn a. Russia, it would seem, is re.,uuling :.at its leisure. No effort should be spared to gain 'cohtrol of Constantinop e, I'ettr .urged. Russia has spared none. Had it not been for the united re- sistance Ofjrthe powers of i.uropo in \ the �t -. `THE WEAK SPOT IN THE BACK. 'When the kidneys get ill the back :gives out. But the back is not to blame. The ache comes from the kidneys, *which lie under the small of the back. Therefore, dull pain in the ba"k, or -sharp, quick twinges, are warnings of •sick kidneys -_warnings of kidney trouble. Plasters and liniments will not Cure :a bad back, for they cannot reach the kidneys which cause it. Doan's Kidney Pills reach the kidneys 'themselves. They are a special • kidney and bladder medicine. They heal the diseased surface of kidneys and bladder, .and help them to act freely and naturallyi. Mrs. Chester Romain, Port Couiofige, ‘Que., writes: "I had been troubled with sore back for aver four years, and could Iet nothing to do me any good until heard of your Doan's Kidney Pills. I got three boxes, and took them and now I am completely cured." Doan's Kidney Pills are 50c a box, 3 boxes for $1.25, at all dealers or mailed .direct on receipt of price by The T, Mil. (burn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. When ordering direct specify "Doan's." grad 1. He wrote: "We mut progress as much as possible in the direction of Constan- tinople and India. He who can once get possession of those points is the real ruler of the world. With that view we must provoke constant quar- rels with Turkey and at another time with Persia.. e` " * Moreover, we must take pains to establish and maintain an intimate union with Austria, apparently countenancing its schemes for future aggrandize- ment and all the while secretly rous- ing the:jealousy of the minor states against it. In this. way we must tiring it to pass that one or the other party shall seek aid from Russia, and thus we shall exercise a sort of pro- tectorate over the country, which will pave the way for future suprem- acy." Servia and Montenegro were pro- voked to war and•appealed to Russia for aid. That furnished the spark which kindled the war of nine na- tions. Poland once turned to Russia as the Balkan states did only yester- day. -. Peter believed that the future greatness of the Russian race was. ordained by fate. Not westward, but northward, the star of empire would wend its way according to his plans, Egypt, Chaldea, Babylon, Greece, Rome, France, England, why not Russia next? Kismet, Russia would be next. "I look on the future invasion of she eastern and western countrie's by the north as a periodical movement, ordained by providence, who in like manner regenerated 'the Roman na- tion by barbarian invasions. These emigrations of men from the north are ea the reflux of the Nile, which at certain seasons comes to fertilize the impoverished ,lands of Egypt by its deposits. I found Russia as a rivulet. I leave it as a river, My successors will make it a large sea, destined to fertilize the impoverished lands of Europe, and its waters will overflow in spite of opposing dams erected by weak hands, if our de- scendants only know how to direct its course. This is the reason I leave them these instructions. I give these countries to their watchfulness and care; as Moses gave the tables of law to the Jewish people." ' She Asks Too Much. When a'woman goes away to spend Sunday, if she would give her hus- band directions concerning the four- teen or fifteen most important things that ought to be done around the house in her absence, instead' of con - corning the whole fifty-seven, he would stand more chance Of remem- bering at least some of 'em. Bad Man For That. "Re is stupid and honest." "What a man to hang a jury!" Yearning, I want to be a granger— So ran an ancient ditty iiy one Who Was a stranger To aught except the city, Who had a peck of notions That farmers' trays consisted In going through- the motions And Coming home fat listed, Ile thought of gayly hoeing Tomatoes tall, and waving, Of singing songs and thoWthe The lawn that needed shaving, Of getting bees in training To till his pail with honey And from thea,' efforts gaining A load Of easy money. For him the plot would thlelten Until it was a Winner if be could raise a chicken Already •rooked for Winner •A.nd pick ills talent nod butter On little bushes Palming, So visitors would mutter, "My, isn't it just sltlnningt" Then, ho for scenes exciting, Out where the grass is waving, Where plenty Fomes a.kiting Axid properly believing! That Was the way he put it When. by the thought enchanted, Istat back he hsd m font it Before the crops were planted, BALKED. THE RIVER The Darn That Forced the Colora do Back Into Its Bed. IVAS BUiLT IN RECORD TIME. Every Minute Counted In Rushing to Completion This fc.artoecring "'larval In Order to Save Some Acres 'of mow Farms from i;)cstrim:ion, Word vault. to '1'uesnu In tae still of the wintry lir 10111 ,111:11 the l'illuralltt river i ,h. !welting an old tlh,eat and n'lts s\\eepi!i:; into lite til-,, Salton sink of Lower California al Ilie rate of 4-1,0151 •1 obit- Pi't't to the t.ec t itj rends there was a lake fifty miles hl length. fifteen tildes ,ride l;,n feet deer in Iht' ot'al;ot 1V;1.IuaZl1itt u'as aiau•uu'el it Iuuk:'d as it the tmire Imperial thllio .n llol- lanl! ht ,1!nt'rli•t. belutt• the level of the seat ;Mid un,' t;t iho riche~[ I'an'nita 511(115 la all the ,rest- Was ler he 11117:1 dated.. T!ooaore Roosevelt hurled his prate anti asked t: Il Harriman for helix Ilalrriutnn slid not halve to hury any pride when lie turned to ltaadoiph and ordered him to iia the Job Randolph was haying iine of his "bad turas" tit that time But be Is enough of it soldier to they orders, a ml he ,vent to the Stilton sink tint on his back in his private ear._. From that bed Riles Randolph buiit one of the w'orld's great dams. in this day, when there are ninny huge Impounding's. that may seem a broad stateilient. Men may think of the dams across the Nile or the Mississip- pi, the mighty structures or Patnanla and of the New York city tvuterworks:n but not one of these was built under pressure. Epos Randolph's dam was built un- der a stoti'watch and in fourteen days and twenty-one hours. In fourteen days and twenty-one hours he had placed 250,000 cubic feet of rock and gravel in the gap, all at a cost of something like $1,600,000. But the Colorado had been stopped and, like a naughty child, forced back into its old bed. ' Once during the work Roosevelt by wire had asked Harriman bow the job was getting on. The railroader re- plied that if the dam was not com- pleted within five more days it never wpuld be and 600,000 acres of fine, new farms would be forever lost And when the president of the United States asked the then president of the Southern Pacific if the work would be done within five days Harriman re- plied that he had Epes Randolph on the -job and that. Epes. Randolph had not yet known failure. Epes Randolph was indeed on the job. He lay on his bed at the edge of the muddy flood and gave orders—thou- sands and thousands of. orders in a single day. In the first place, the rock and gravel had to be brought a long way, and it was Epes Randolph whp gave the directions under which the hundreds of gravel, trains moved. They closed the main line of the Southern Pacific and all its branches to travelers; they took the engines off freight trains up and down the lines wherever they could find them. They sent north to San Francisco and east to Houston and New Orleans for more engines and for fiat cars by "the mile. This flood tide of gravel traffic a mas- ter mind operated .with his left hand; with his right he built the dam. Before his car moved back -to Tucson again he got out Of bed and went out - upon the work: Out toward the end of the embankment!: steadily advancing across the path of the truant river, a group of men were struggling with a fine new steel car that had become derailed at the end 'of the temporary. track. "How long have you been trying to save that car?" asked Randolph. "Twelve minutes," replied the fore- man. "Let it goy" came the order from the chief. "Twelve minutest time on this job is worth more than a hundred ears." And so the car went down under some thousands of tons of rock and gravel , that went to hold back the mighty Colorado from . the haven that it coveted.—Metropolitan Magazine. Takes a Lot of Believing. "Upon what do you base your claim that.your wife is superior to all other 'rives?" "When I leave money in my pockets at night she swipes it." "I don't see." "But last night I hid all my money, and what do you supptse she did?" "Give it up." "When she found I was broke she put a dollar in my pocket."—Houston Post. Pads On. N1 am still looking for an nuuest man," announced Diogenes. "I can give you no help," declared the stranger. "Who are youI" "I am an ineonie tux collector."e— Seattle fioet lnteltigencer. Curious. Dream. Mrs. Gabbelgb—John. you were tails. lug in your sleep. Heat-�;Cbat's funny, for f was drearaisig of you. Mrs. G... -What wan funny about ft? Husband—Why, I don't Ace how I got til chance to say a word.—Roston Tran- script Cheerfulness is half of health. On the contrary, sadness and discourage. meat hasten old age. CtEraiir e Heart :tis Letter Te;:; of Wonderful Change Effected Toy Iir, Chase's Nerve rood. Mr. James G. Clark, F'ostorville, York County, N.13., writes:—"I havo hr•"a at :resit sufferer front what the •-u:.tor:c said was neuralgia of the art. Thu pain started in the back nC the neck and worked down into the :•,•;;ion ‘•r the heart, Though I had tea t% lot of ,.medicine of ono kind ,.rd at.iu...er, I could nut got anything io help me until I used Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. "lVhon 1 began this treatment I could not rest in bed, eiccept by sitting !!aright, on account of the dreadful rains about the heart and the quick. mud beating. 'rho change which Dr. Chase's Ne,rvs Food has made in my Condition is wonderful. It has en- tirely overcome these symptosis, anti Is making ma strong and well. If this statement will help to relieve the suf- fering of others, you aro at liberty to use it." Dr. Chase's Nerve Food' Is a true ionic and the greatest, of nerve re- storatives. fill cents a box, C for $2.50; all dealers, or ifc3nranson, Bates & Co., Limited, TorcntJ• London's Mooted House. The bishop of London inhabits the only mooted house in London. The grounds or Fulham palace, thirty-five acres in extent, are entirely surround- ed by it moat constructed by the Dan- ish army which encamped here in 879. According to a local -historian, "the Danes as winter came ou found the high tides encroaching seriously on their position, and not liking to letive the river and run the risk of being cut off from their ships they threw up a bank with 1► ditch along the river (lank ,of their army and further forth tied their position by carrying the, ditch round the whole camp. The Danish army gone, it was not likely that any bishop would go to 'the ex- pense of filling up the moat." The wa- ter is now regulated by sluice gates built during the episcopacy of pishop King, who was appointed in 1611.— London Chronicle. Sacred Shells. The clever priests of China often In- sert tiny images of Buddha within the shells of a living oyster, which are left undisturbed for about a year. At the expiration of that time the images are covered with mother of pearl to such an extent that they appear to have. grown in this natural manner. The Chinese people bold these shells in great reverence, believing that Buddha dwells within them. However, should a Christian chance to look upon one of• the shells it has no further value to them, as its charm is supposed to have left it:—Scientific American, Irish Wit. Even little children in Ireland, ac- cording to Hugh O'Donnell, have the true Irish sense of humor. He was standing before Nelson's statue, he said, when he asked a youngster, "Was Nelson really Irish?" "That he was," replied the child. "That's why he is what he was." A Deceived Man. Bin—That lawyer you recommended is not a man of his word. Dix—Why not? Big—He told use I' could talk freely to him, and look at the bill he's sent mel — Spokane Spokesman Re- view. The Army of Constipation • Is Growing Smaller Every Day. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS ere responsible -they not only give relief— theypermanently cure Coresfipaa lion. Mil- lions use them for Mims. nun, Indigestion Sick Headache, Sallow Side. Small Pill, Small Dose, Small Plica Genuine must beau' Signature South Waterloo Liberals chose John , Brown as candidate for the next Feder- al election. With the close of last month the sale of liquor is abolished everywhere on the Pennsylvania Railroad system. In 1912 the road stopped the sale of intoxi- cants on its trains. Last monthtI1if only remaining baro. , in its statism,' those at New York Oily and the entire pher key *I►hereolfii;M we decipher the system is now "dry." whole max .' _ _ ......_...,r PICTURESQUE ICE FIELDS. Scenic Beauties of Uncle Sam's Glacier National Park. That the lee itelds'.r Giesler Nation- al park present some of the best ex- amples ofactiveglaciers now found in the United States. Is a stftentent made by W. C. Alden in a government paint phlet. "They have at splendid settthg in magnificent alpine scenery," says Mr. Alden, "unsurpassed in grandeur anywhere. Iltdden away in the reces- ses of the mighty rrluuut:tin ranges, these rare and wonderful features form a climax to many of the interesting trips open to the tourist. "There are in the park about ninety small glaciers. ranging in size from B1ackfeet glacier, with its three square unties of lee, down to masses but a few acres in extent, yet exhibiting the char- acteristics of true glaciers. "After examining these features one can easily picture to himself as he looks down the valleys the great rivers of ice which in ages past cascaded from the cliffs below the upper cirques, converged as tributaries from the many breach valleys and united in great trunk glaciers. In imagination he can see these great glaciers, many hun- dreds of feet in depth, filling the great mountain valleys from side to side and deploying thence upon the bordering plains. He seems to see these mighty engines plucking away the rock ribs of the mountains, smoothing, grinding and polishing the irregularities and sweeping away the debris to be spread on the plains below. These- glaciers developed and *extended three times and. after each development, the con- gealed masses melted away en the re- turn of milder climatic conditions, un- til at length only the small cliff gla- ciers of the present day are left lurking in the protected recesses at the beads of the capacious valleys. "Many of .the rock walled amphithe- aters are no longer occupied by Ice, but. from all there issues • streams fed by the melting snow or ice. These.Plunge over the cliffs in beautiful, foaming cascades and rush on down the moun- tain gorges. The melting glaciers left many inclosed basins, large and small, and in these the waters rests awhile and mirror in their crystal depths the dark green of the surrounding forests, the rich colors of the rugged mountain walls and the deep blue of the cloud flecked sky. On, again, from lake to lake, the waters flow and finally start down their long courses to the sea to merge at length with the chill waters of Hudson bay, the balmy tides of the Gulf of Mexico or the rolling billows of the Pacific." WEIGHT OF AIR. One Cubic Foot of Atmosphere Weighs ' More Than an Ounce. The common belief that air weighs nothing or almost nothing, a belief which has given rise le the simile, "light as air;" needs correction. A toy balloon filled.. with . a cubic foot of air weighs 564' grains more than the same balloon collapsed. This shows that the weight of a cubic foot of air is 564 grains, which is 'a good deal htoreothan an ounce. Accordingly a small e'oom (15 lay 15 by 10) contains ing 2,250 cubic feet of air would weigh 2,900 ounces, or 183.7 pounds avoirdu- pois, as much as a large man. Could you lift a room full of air?' s The air an automobile tire under pressure of 150 pounds a square inch weighs proportionally ten times as much, while air under the pressure of fifty atmospheres weighs fifty times as much as an equal volume of ordinary air. When air is liquefied its volume is reduced to one sixteen -hundredth normal: so that the liquid is 1,600'times as heavy as'gaseous air, or about as heavy as water.—St. Louis Post Dis- patch. ispatch. Cats and Wildcats. Wild cats are now rarities in Eu- rope, though formerly they were com- paratively oinparatively common in most parts of, the continent. The few shrvivors oc- cur mostly in Hungary and occasion- ally in Spain and Greece. In Spain, by the way, the animals build nests in trees or among tall bamboos for the rearing of their young,' though gener- ally °they prefer a crevice in a rocky country in which to make a lair. Our domesticated cat is not derived from .the .untamable European animal, but was introduced ready tamed • from Egypt.—London Mail. As to "Sights." - A teacher of English criticised an es- say written by a girl ' pupil in which the gift used the word "eyesight" "What other kind of sight could there be except 'eyesight?'" asked the teacher. Rising to the challenge, the pupil replied, "Well, there are foresight and hindsight."—Indianapolis News. f=oolish Suggestion. "You ought to tyltewrlss' your poet- ry, said the harsh editor. "Great Scott!" replied Mr. Penwiggle. "It I were expert enough to do that kind of typewriting de you think I'd be putting in my 'time ori? poetry?"— Chicago News. When You Have Pineapples. The knife used in peeling a pine. apple should not be used in slicing it, as the peel contains an acid that will cause a sore, swollen mouth. Salt Is an antidote for this acid. Its Seasoning. "My Wife is apt to sdrVe tip a course of tongue With the dinner." "So does mine, and with tartar ttuee9"•-Baltimore Austrian. Alucls lies In laughter. It Is the lila The nep riebryor Paten l iled icineAct. AVegetable Preparation fe��rA1ts•� Jing lheStomachs andReivelsotr • Promotes Digestion Cheerful tress alta Rest.Coittains iteiuier Opiunt.Morphine nor Miura] NOT NARC OTIC. "tee* of MIRSINTLIYITESI Iirnpfrn "Earl= + . Irol rrfesulls- Aiusceeed Pel1vearint- ,ThCur/analeJlIIZ# MN Seed - (ladled Jlger. Efdalrnlmerrl'7arora Aperfeci Remedy forConslipre lion, SourStomach,Diarrhoea, Worms,Convuisions.Feverish• ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. FacSimile Sisnatureof i�aRAdi%T uta The CENTAUR CJMPAHY. MONTREAL&NEW YORK C STORIA For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the Signature of In Use For Over Thirty Years TORIA '^t: Exact Copy of Wrapper. TM C'crver.)R COMPANY, MeV/ YOMK CITY. Good Chance. "He has money to throw at the birds." "Rich, is he?" "Awfully." "What are all those people banging round him trying to do?" "Trying to make him believe that they are the birds." Some Resemblance. Under the spreading chestnut tree The village jokesmlth sits And makes, if he has any luck, His living by his wits. He does not swing the massive sledge Like any blacksmith stout, But still in working at his trade He has his hammer out. Catching Up. "What a fool I am!" exclaimed the husband. "Just discover it, dear?" said his wife sweetly. ' "Discover what?" - "You always were a year or two be- hind the rest of us." Evidence. "Brown thinks his partner's wife has mighty poor judgment." -That so?" "Yes." "Why?„ "Marrying Brown was optional with. her." Lingering Remnant. "i didn't suppose you were super- sti t ions." •"I'm unt." "Yet you confess to a belief in signs." "Only dollar signs." Just Wondered. "By the way, did you know :luting Caesar?" "tit course nr, lie has been dead for anoint 2.lht)al years." Phar'g sr, i>n't it? Say. how long have you been dead'?" - Doesn't Take Long. "IIe tells ail lie knows." ' "ls that sof' ,•That's al fact" "Then what does he do?" Just a Lawyer. "Is he a doctor of philosophy?" "No; just of fee -law -so -fee." Dissecting the Bluff. When calico ay some one unafraid A bluff ,\iii melt away, Serenely from the landscape hide, Nor tor an encore stay. Say "Soot" and look it in the eye And you wilt never fail. ' When It has measured your dell, To see the bluff turn pale. Sit down and let it have its way. Nor ower at protest. And it will want you to obey And work that It may rest. And things will go from worse to worse If you refuse to tight. For it will fancy in your purse It has a vested right. But meet It with a frowning front, At Its pretentions scoff. And show it in 0 manner blunt The place where it gets off, And it will meekly told its tents. Prepare at once to quit. Take baggage, bag and bluster hence And like an Arab flit. Ou timid, unobtrusive seals It feeds and asks for more, And as its eye In frenzy rolls It darkly hints at gore, But penetrate its thin disguise, Be merciless and rough. And you will learn, to your surprise, A bluff is just a bluff, RENT AND N To MOTHER AND CHILL sSEWNT seas. Wtine.otes *Morioka Stator Haas been used for over SIXTY VICARS by MILLIONS of ' MOTII�BzRS for th�e�i7rI� CHILD N 'WHII,If SOOTHES tthue CHILD, T ti UMS., Al, Ye all PAIN ; CURES WIND COLIC, surd is t best tetnedy for DIARaxe . It is at. sot Atte hsrrntess, be sure sad ask for s•1Atrs. Winslow's soothing Syluq •' and take fro Otase Mad. Twestv-4ye unite a boUMls. PERT PARAGRAPHS. SOME people don't believe in taking chances. Although the chances are 1 in 10,000,000 that the earth will be struck by a comet. every time a new comet is hailed some persons have to send for the doctor. It is a good thing that the census is taken only once in ten years. The disappointment, if suffered oftener, might prove too much for some weak hearts in thriving towns. Trying to coax a balky automobile up a steep incline makes a man wish for the good old days of horseful car- riages. The boy who tells his father a tale of guileless- ness and gets away with it thinks the old man must have been an awful' mollycoddle when he was a kid. A. clear, cool day is most an- noying to a we - man whose only lightweight wrap is a raincoat. COMBINATION Publishers, Advertisers and Manufacturers Unite By HOLLAND. N union there is strength. Did you ever write this in your copybook? Well, it is true, anyway. One of the effective combi- nations of the business world is composed of publishers, advertisers and manufactur- ers. They are united in the effort to see that the public gets value received. Their in- terests are identical. No one of the trio can make money without the others share it. And they cannot make money for themselves without malting money for the pithily. The Interests of all are Intefwovetl so closely ns to he pro t'tleatlly identical. You should ,loin this combi- nation and enjoy the benefits to he derived from it. Take full advantage of the adrer- tising columns and be sure Of getting a dollar's worth for every dollar you spend. AD VE RTISEM E NTS WILL MOW YOU FULL! INt?ORM ED. They will tell you where to 'buy. When to buy, what to buy. It is true economy to read the advertisements, for they will leisure yottr se*** the treated y-v�t.tjlile OW 'uHvi+O.,y �vltetQt. . .sal .