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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1915-05-06, Page 6i 4104 Page 6 THE W I NGHANI TIMES May 2nd 1915 - LOADING A SOLDIER. Weights the Private. In European Armniae Have to Garry. The weight a soldier to active service bate to curry often bet:muea a burden. and frequently in a retreat or a light. Much et itis thrown away. Nearly all the soldiers beldhgiug to European armies have to carry about with them in the field a kit which ranges in weight frons thirty-eight' to Sixty -elle pounds. The equipment that the different sol+ dierlt carry about with them is very similar. It generally comprises a rifle and bayonet, with rags and so on for keeping them clean; an intrenching tool and. of course, a number of roulade of ammunition, Then there are the, various articles of clothing. with changes, and a first aid outfit. All the soldiers with one exception carry a knife, Cork add spoon. water bottle and mess tin. The Russians, who are the exception, carry a wooden spoon only., vvhic>l they keep in their ,boots. There Is also a supply of food carried and generally one or two re- serve. or emergency rations. Together with an overcoat and the knapsack and similar accoutrements, the load to be carried Is a considerable one. The Russians carry most, the weight working out at sixty-one pounds, while the British. French and Germans come next in order, carrying weights of for- ty-seven. forty-four and thirty-eight pounds respectively.-Pearson'h Week- ly THE LADY AND THE COBRA, With a Violin Recital the Effects of Which Were Magical. An Englishwoman residing in India one evening found to her horror that a huge cobra had coiled itself shout her veranda rails. near which she sat play- ing the violin, She was too near the snake to run with safety, so she con- tinued playing while she gradually edged away. At first her only idea was to keep the creature thus engaged while she escaped, but when she had gained a safer distance and perhaps fascinated by the unwonted sight a strange inspiration seized her. She played air after air of different charac- ter, The effect was magical. That snake behaved like an ardent, hot blooded disciple of Pagaulni. Every variation in the music, whether of volume or of tone, produced instantly et correspond- ing change in the attitude of the cobra. If she played a lively dance it swayed its body sideways in' quick time and yet in graceful curves. Once she struck u number of false notes In rapid sue - cession on purpose. The cobra winced and writhed in pain, as if suddenly struck with a whip. Thus the creature behaved like a mad musician till the lady, getting tired of the sport, gradually moved herself far- ther and farther and then made a .sue den bolt into her room and banged the door, leaving the cobra to wander dis- consolate to its lair in the fields. -Lon- don Chronicle. The Social Code. 4' Men are kept orderly, clean and de - rent through the strength of an obse- quiousness to social opinion which the prophets of individualism are in such haste to deplore. The social code, no doubt, always involves much inade- quacy, much stupidity, some hypocri- sy ypocr-sy and some wickedness; but, taken by and large, the average of its prescrip- tions has probably been higher in ev- ery age than the average of undirected and unfettered individual impulse. Many of the things embodied in that wide ranging, multifarious thing call- ed the sense of the community are un- doubtedly right, since they were once the distinctions of heroic minorities or the discoveries of fearless individuals. -0. W. Firkins in Atlantic Monthly. "A Poor Poet." One afternoon Browning went to can on Lady Einioch and missed his way. A lady was standing on her doorstep, and he asked her to direct him to the house. She could not tell him, but of fered to look It up for him in the di- rectory -rectory and took him into the house, produced a directory, and together they found out what be wanted to know, and then she came out to the doorstep again so that she could point out to him the direction he had to take. He thanked her, went down the steps. hesitated and then turned and cause back to her, saying: "Perhaps you may like to know to whom you have been so kind. I am a poor poet,and my name is Robert Browning."-Westmin. ster Gazette. A aright Scholar. One of the earlier French princes being too indolent or too stupid to ac- quire his alphabet by the ordinary proc- ess, a squad of servants were placed in attendance upon hint, each with a huge letter painted upon his breast. AS he knew not their names he was oblig- ed to call them bie their letter when he wanted their services, which in due time gave him the requisite degree of Mend -tire for the exercise of the royal functions. Wrong Signal. "I'm not at home to that gentleman, Zane." declared the belle. "You haven't seen his card yet," protested mother. "]tort don't )slow i Who it is." "True, but it isn't the machine I am waiting for. I can tell by the honk."' - Louisville Oourier-Journai• *toot PeittkWe. .1tor do you blow hatAkio r 'ita6ed Itis Old Illegitek a i tepherr "Look at the tiny tv opus "• . Phtl*diilphia %tddat A LESSON, FROM THE AEROPLANE rEforce that makes the aeropine-+-a heavier-than-air machine --overcome the law of gravity is the propulsive power of the motor, Stop the engine and gravity exhibits its law. • Visible action is advertising in the Weekly Times -7a fresh advertisement each wc�k. The preparation and publication of a new advertiserncrt is an indication of business energy. "Start Something" is the slogan of to -day. Start ad- vertising NOW, Keep up the advertising all through the year and your business will feel the tonic effect of your action. To the Merchants of Win,Aham . Make business brisk for you and the town by a big arid rightly -directed -by a series of adequate advertisements in the Weekly Times. effort Get and Keep Ahead by Planing Ahead mummimmilimr EXTRAVAGANCE TAXES. It is all very well to call them war taxes, but are they war taxes? It is admitted that all the money Canada has spent or is to spend on war, has been or will be borrowed. What then are the taxes for? Simply to cover up ex- travagant expenditures. Grant that the revenues have fallen off since the Wer began, and it still remains true that there would be little or no necessity for special taxes if the Borden Govern- ment had been satisfied to carry on the business of the Dominion on the scale of the last and most expensive years of the Laurier Administration. Every- body -knows that during the fifteen years of Liberal rule the expense of Government went up. It had to. There was expansion everywhere. But can anybody point to anything that has happened since further to increase the cost of Government? There has been nothing. Things have been getting worse and worse. And yet in the Government Department the costs have gone up and up. Here, for example, are some figures quoted by Mr. A. K. Maclean, M. P., to :how what has gone on. He compares the present year's l Two children, Louis Lanstrum and the expenditure in the The Joy of Good Health Is Now Experienced Nervousness, Dizzy Spells and Sleeplessness Are Now a Thing of the Past. This is a cheerful letter from Mrs. Peacock, and it should bring joy to the heart of many a reader of this paper. Dizzy spells and sleeplessness are symptoms of exhausted nerves, and are the bug- bear of many wo- men, who do not know just what treatment to use. You can read Mrs. Peacock's let- ter and take cour- age, for she has proven that Dr. MRS PEACOCK. Chase'sl�erve Food is a complete cure for these troubles. So pleased was she with the results obtained that she wants other women to know about this food cure. Mrs. Thomas Peacock, 23 Hiawatha street, St. Thomas, Ont., and whose husband is conductor on the Wabash Railway, states :-"I was quite run down in health, was very nervous, did not sleep well, and had frequent dizzy spells. Believing this to be the result of an exhausted nervous system I be- gan using Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, and can say that this medicine did me a world of good, It entirely freed me of the symptoms stated above, built up my health generally, so that to -day I feel that I am quite 'well again." In a more recent letter Mrs. Peacock writes: -"Dr. Chase's Nerve Food has done me a world of good, and I would be pleased to tell everybody so." In nearly every issue of this paper you will find letters about Dr. Chase's medicines. If this one does not de- scribe your case watch for others or write to us. Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, 50c a box, 6 for $2.50, all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates & Co., Limited, To- ronto. estimates with year 1911-12, Civil Gover'nt Mines Immigration..., Indians ....... Customs Dom. Lands Post Office Public Works 1912 1916 $ 4,774,000. $ 7,024,000 . 843,000.. 1,561,000 261,000... 547,000 1,364,000., 1,875,000 1,750,000.. 2,254,000 2,443,000... 4,215,000 2,277,000.. 3,475.000 9,172,000., 16.677.000 10,343,000.. 22,351,000 Totals .,..333,234,000..$59,979,000 In these items alone, and they cover considerably less than half the expendi- ture the Government is asking Parlia- ment to ratify, apart from the War, there is an excess expenditure over that thought necessary by the Liberals in the height of prosperity, of Twenty Seven Millions. This result has been largely produced by extensive application of the principle• dear to these ministers, of dismissing two or three office holders and putting four or five new ones in their place. The stamp taxes are not for aid to General French. They are in aid of General Rogers, and the price of gener- al inefficiency. Erwin Johnston, aged six and seven, respectively, were drowned at Kenora when a motor boat capsized. Read the Advertisements. The latest statistics relating to the various trades of the United Kingdom show that the percentage of unemploy- ment on Dec. 1st was 3.61 against 4.18 the corresponding time last year. FARE OBDBETWEEN BUFFALO & .a,.._ ;1.: CLEVELAND I' .. _ 'r The Great Ship "SEEANDBEE" The largest and most costly steamer on any inland water of the world. Sleeping accommoda- tions for 1100 passengers. "CITY OF ERIE" - 3 Magnificent Steamers = "CITY OF BUFFALO", BETWEEN BUFFALO -Daily, May 1st to Dec. 1st -7 -CLEVELAND: Leave Bulralo 9:00 P. M. Leave Cleveland 955 P, M. Arrive Cleveland 7:3D A, M, Arrive Buffalo - 7:30 A, M., (Eastern Standard Time) Connections at Cleveland for Cedar Point, Put -in -Bay, Toledo, Detroit and all points West and Southwest. Railroad tickets reading between Buffalo and Cleveland aro good for transportation on our steamers. Ask your ticket agent for tickets via C. & B. Line. Beautifully colored sectional puzzle chart showing both exterior and interior of The Great Ship oar "SEEANDBEE" EANDB,Eorlal and recedeserineive bookcents et ts toecover postage and mailing. . Mao ask LibIl!PTHE CLEVELAND & BUFFALO TRANSIT CO., Cleveland. Ohio 17,4Q74::-",",r7;d.,,tL.'� .'-a.e���o-,sem,'-_"P="-'.�°"ri`�°,�`.,i r I tillage Buy the MODERN WAY ---- DIRECT from PAGE (FREIGHT PAID) You want the BEST FENCE at the LOWEST PRICE. The biggest real value for your money. THEN -WHY go to the dealer? He doesn't make fence. He only sells it. You pay him a profit- but be can't add a cent to the WORTH of your fence. He only adds to its COST. WHY -help to pay the organizer $2500 a year? He WHY -help to pay the Salesmanager's $3500 salary? doesn't make fence. He merely sells it;to the He doesn't make the fence. He merely bosses Dealer. He gets a fine living -by raising the PRICE the Organizer -who sells to the Dealer -who finally (but NOT the QUALITY) of your Fence, sells to YOU. You pay him well. 50 to 75 per cent. of all the money you pay the Dealer for the Fence -goes to these three men. Yet the three together can't add a single day to the life of your fence. But they can -and do -add many cents per rod to its price. W E Y support the "middlemen?' WHY pay PAGE prices for fence not half so good? WHY give t h e dealer dollar bills for tee? Think this over! Mail your order 'with cash, cheek, mon- ey or express or• der or batik draft to the nearest PAGE BRAN`CE Get the BEST FENCE at the LOWEST PRICE Freight paid o n $10 orders and over, When you buy DItonui from PAGE, you give ALL your fence money t o the man who really makes the Pence. Who puts into ALL the QUALI- TY end 'VALUE you pay for. )here's only one small profit be- tween you and us. The rest of your moneF bays HIGH QUALITY a a d LIFETIME SERVICE. PRICE LIST HEAVY PENCE SPECIAL FENCE No, of �1ay5 Spacing Pries la Old bars lads* idahe,apart of horisontats ..».-••' Ontario 5 37 22 8 9, 10, 10 ................ $0.21 6 40 22 65)4.7, 84 9 9 24 ,;34,7 7,73,8 .26 7 46 22 3, 6j5. 7$4'6,9'6,1'16' 10 . as 8 42 ' 22 6, 6, 6, 6, .29 8 42 16}4 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 .31 8 47 22 4, 5, 534, 7, 8%, 9, 9 .30 8 47 1614 4, 5, 531, 7, 834, 9, 9 .32 9 48 22 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 .34 9 45 1634 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 .36 9 52 22 4, 4, 5, 3' j, 7, 83y 811, 9, 9 .34 9 52 161 4, 4, 5, 514. 7, . 9, 9 .....36 10 48 16% 3, 3, 3, 4, 514, 7, 7, 713, 8 .38 10 52 1614 3, 3, 3, 4, 535, 7. 8%, 9, 9 .38 5 11 55 16 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5! 3, 7, 5 t , 9, 9 .41 New Ontario Prices on Request. ALL FULL No. 9 GAUGE No. 0 top and bottom. Balance No. la. Vptishts S Robes apart, I8 -bar, 48 -inch 80.46 20 -bar, 60 -inch .51 3 -ft. Gate 2,30 12 -ft. Gate 4,35 13 -ft. Gate 4,60 14 -ft. pate 4,85 Set tools 8,00 25 lbs. grace Wire., .75 25 lbs. Staples .80 FREIGHT' PAIb ON ORDERS OF $10.00 OR OVER PAGE WIRE FENCE CO., Limited Dept No. 84 1157 King St. West, TORONTO 87 Church St. WALKERVILLH PAGE FENCES WEAR BEST LET MEN KNQW YOU LIVE! There are merchants in Winghem who do not auvertise it who complain because people who ahouida trade .With them send away to city departmental stores that do advertise for What goods they require. Why should such trades- men complain? They say the extension of rare! mail service and the inauguration of parcel post helps those departmental stores. So they do, betauee they take advantage of these services. But why should not the local merchant do llkewiie? He has some advantage over the city de- partmental store. The customer who deals with the latter has to put a war tax on his letter and on his money order, and pay high freight or parcel post rates. He can deal with the local n erchant much more conveniently. He can call him up by 'phone and get what he wants that day, and pay him next time he is in town. But if the merchant does not adver- tise, how is the customer to know that the merchant has in stock what the customer wants, or that the price is comparable with the total cost of the goods if obtained in Toronto or Mont- real? He gets no suggestion to make his purchase locally. He does not know that he can do as well, or better, by buying at home! Our advice to merchants is to copy the example of the big • departmental stores they reprobate, Don't imagine that everybody knows you are j,n busi- ness; that everybody knows what you have to sell, and that quotations of prices do not interfst people. The man has no license to live at all who does not exercise the right to let people know he is alive. A Weak Habit When the heart is weak or irregular in action, when the blood is thin and watery, remember the blood -forming qualities of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food and by its use flood the system with rich, red, vitalizing blood. This is Nature's way of curing weakness and disease. It is the only way to ensure lasting benefits. THE SALOON VERSUS BUSINESS. To the Editor - A well known business man of Puget Sound, who is neither a Church member nor a total abstainer, recently made the remark to a few friends with whom he was taking lunch. Talking of busi- ness losses he said, "The only cure for such conditions is total prohibition." When asked for his reasons for such a statement he replied substantially -hs follows: "For some years I was a resident in a Colorado City of about 15,000 people; my business being in connection with a department store in that place. There were ten saloons in the city all of which were respectable places as no divei were permitted. This department store had among the many names carried on its books 800 debtors whose, accounts were marked off as 'bad'. There came a time when the saloon was voted out and the city became 'dry'. Within sixty days of the date on which the saloons were closed 260 of those whose accounts had been marked off as uncollectable voluntarily came in and paid their accounts in full. Within an additional brief time 560 of these 800 creditors paid their debts and their credit was re-established when that city became dry," That is what happens in nearly every place when the temptation to drink is removed. Why don't business men as a measure of self-defence take this matter up? F, Arnott, M.B., M.C,P.S. George Lane, the prominent Alberta farmer and stock breeder, last week began the preliminary work on the burging of 16,000 bushels of seed grain in 7,000 acres of land at his fart at Namaka, Bassani), and Champion, thus seeding the largest crop in his ex- perience. Within a few weeks, using 120 horses, 50 drills and harrows, and 60 drivers and assistants, he will have in the ground 2,400 acres of wheat, 3,500 acres of oats, 1,400 acres of barley, and 300 acres of rye, Was All Run Down WITH HEART TROUBLE AND NERVOUSNESS. When the heart does not do its work. properly and the nerves become unstrung the whole system becomes iveak and run down, and needs building up before you can feel fit again. Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills will do this for you, Mrs. Hugh Mosher, Chester Basin, N.S., writes: "Just a few Hues to let you know what Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills have done for me. I have suffered greatly with heart trouble and nervousness, and was all run down. I used lots of medicine, but received no benefit until I was advised to try your pills, andjdid so, and before I had finished the first box I felt so much better I got 5 boxes, and ala now well and strong. I can truly say they are the best medicine I have ever used. X cannot praise them too highly. I recommend them to any- one suffering from heart trouble." Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills are 50e per box, 3 boxes for $1.25, at all dealers, or mailed .•direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto. Out. PRIN'T'ING ANJ STATIONERY, We have put in our office a complete stock of Staple Stationery and can supply your wants inliS WRITING PADS • ENVELOPES LEAD' PENCILS BUTTER PAPER PAPETEILIES, WRITING PAPER BLANK BOOKS PENS AND INK TOILET PAPER PLAYING CARDS, etc We will keep the best stock in the respective lines and sell at reasonable prices JOB PRINTING We are in a better position than ever before to attend to your wants in the Job Printing line and all orders will receive prompt attention. ' Leave your order with us whesi in need of LETTER HEADS: BILL HEADS • ENVELOPES CALLING CARDS CIRCULARS NOTE HEADS STATEMENTS WEDDING INVITATIONS POSTERS CATALOGUES Or anything you may require in the printing Subscriptions taken for all the Leading Newspapers and Magazines. The Times Office STONE BLOCK Wingham, Ont. ... r'I • 1 "Roory The ytUr111;Y .�'tlt� !n,.42,....•:: '7:12 1 j_ u . -. _ _,-'9 I ,r' S It Multiplies The telephone, power. The telephone efficiency and by extending activity. If the modern travel every time a personal talk associate, he builder without Are you e" wanly ' are" , i . ,r„............. r.»-'- i' like the increases enlarges the volume the field of business it was necessary with a customer would be in the a crane. usingthe telephone ss ' t i■i ill mar-' 1 a la"- ��i� 1I, u �„ Power, crane, multiplies personal of business the merchant's man had to to 'have or business position of a as you should -systematically applying it to the needs of your business? -the long dis- The telephone, tance service, especially makes possible not a lower, of the subject a Lone Distance Stallone" real economy, efficiency. will Co. repay � j , � fin+, T,u nt y' '-JELETP oNE , *WO'41 and with it a greater, A careful study you. Bell Telephone is Bell Telephone of Canada. PRIN'T'ING ANJ STATIONERY, We have put in our office a complete stock of Staple Stationery and can supply your wants inliS WRITING PADS • ENVELOPES LEAD' PENCILS BUTTER PAPER PAPETEILIES, WRITING PAPER BLANK BOOKS PENS AND INK TOILET PAPER PLAYING CARDS, etc We will keep the best stock in the respective lines and sell at reasonable prices JOB PRINTING We are in a better position than ever before to attend to your wants in the Job Printing line and all orders will receive prompt attention. ' Leave your order with us whesi in need of LETTER HEADS: BILL HEADS • ENVELOPES CALLING CARDS CIRCULARS NOTE HEADS STATEMENTS WEDDING INVITATIONS POSTERS CATALOGUES Or anything you may require in the printing Subscriptions taken for all the Leading Newspapers and Magazines. The Times Office STONE BLOCK Wingham, Ont.