The Exeter Times, 1917-12-13, Page 2Solving the Problem
The perplexing problem of
that is both useful and
pta'We can best be solved
bychasing fromour stock
pureh �
of
Jewelry
Silverware
Out Glass
Fancy China
Mantle and Kitchen
Clocks
,l iRmoild €ilia a Pearl. RingS
Signet or NYetitling Rings,
iendants,.Necklets and
airalital°sts
Brooches, etc.
nice selection of Wrist
Watches
Jas. Lawson.
finery
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be placy?i on sale
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IASCAI EIS" WORN
WEE YOU SLEEP
Slek Headache, Sour Stomach.
Sluggish salvor and Bowes -
Take Gaicarets, tonight.
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~DER ordinary circumstances the jubilee of the Dominion of Canada would
have been looked' forward to and Its celebration prepared for at least a year
in advance. But Canada and the rest of the world have beei living underer
conditions the like of which are not recorded in history. For over three
rears the greatest war the world has known has been raging, and w it Canada has
aken and is taking no small part, She bus sent hundreds of thousands of her sons
lot to be appointed chairman of a commission to advance the Confederation cause.'
wasverystrong-, t w' r determination the
The opposition to the project b tt with inflexible Bete n t
two leaders surmounted all difficulties, and on July 1st, 1S67, they had the satis-
faction of icitnessing the birth of the new Dominion.
Both Brown and Macdonald were true patriots, both consistently stood for the
British connection, but the fact that, Macdonald held office the greater part of the
iRightHon, i M K, .Gthe i
THE GOVERNORS-GENERAL OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA -Erse to right: The o 1, v scoops onck, C M ,, 18G7 868; Right
Hon. Lord Llsgar (Sir John Young), O.C.M.G.,1&68-=1872; the Flight Hon. the Earl (afterwards Marquess) of °offer n and Ava,
e.C,M.G., 1872-1878' the Right Hon. the Marquess of Lorne (afterwards 9th Duke of Argyll) K,T,, G.C..M.G;,
P.C., 1878-1863; tho Most Hon, tho`flriartluess of Le"tlSdowiae,
to the scenes of conflict, and the entire world has watched and lauded their splendid
achievements on the field of battle. And there have been anxiety and mourning in
many a Canadian home for many months oast; but the loss of sso many splendid
Canadian lives has not in the least lessened the determination of the people to "see
the thing through," in order that posterity might enjoy continued "liberty anda.
lasiin„ peace Such are the circumstances under which Canada found herself in
Furred Tonne, Riad Ta ct*# Tx:diges-
th'n. ' allow Skin and lliaernble Jleas •
aches error from a torpid liver and
Oug,. ed hnntvck, which enure your stem•
to ht=como allied with a adi”rated;
food, which „Taus :anti fennel -its likc gar,
iiia.,* a stein barrel, That's the firs#
mels- to untold misery -indigestion, foul
gay;'z, bad trrr'th. yellow skin, mental
fear?, orerything that ie horrilln and
nauseating. .' (':aa'aret to -night will
;:%se y°Pzttt coaastil"ataa] hnwela a, thorough'
rleansiar axn -etrai htcn you out }m
morning. They work a\'hilr yup :Iecp--
. ]0
•centbox from your druggist
will
keep you feeling good kr months.
CLEARING
Auction Sale
l?:t11M. STOCK, i.` l.11 ."1.1;1I1sIs'TS
lt. ti ,llruurrt has recrivedinstruc-
tions from tt"alker Kerslake, 4o aril
by 'Public, Auction on Lot 11, Con. 11,
lashorne, tcross from Sunshine cburcn
on i'ridacl 1)eti'., 2ist, 1J17 cnuitn ne
ing at on, o'clock sharp the follow
11O1RSES-Agrieitltural team rising,
5 and tJ yeaars. old, 1=good farmer's
driver Al :net and reliable four years
old; 1 good road mare quiet and re-
liable 3 years old.
;AT.TLE-1cow due Feb. llth; 1
cow due March .19th; 1 cow d.iae
larch 7th, , 1 cow due May 15th: 1
littler due _)lay 23rd, 1 cow fresh an -
5 choice steers weighing about 1100
pounds, 2 yearling steers, 2 year-
ling heifers, 4 spring calves, 1 young
call.
l'IGS-2 Yorkshire sows with lit-
ter at foot, 1 .Berkshire sow due ou
March 15th, 2 Yorkshire sows due in
March; 2 sows due Jan. .10th, 1 Sow'
due Jfeby. . 1st 2 young :orkshirc
SOWS 1.11.1112 bred, doe in S1tereb, 10:
snouts 3mouths old. 13 young pigs
3 ,~s eeks old at time of sale.
POULTRY -About 80 buns andP
'ul
lets.'
uA.Y AND GRAIN --About 200 bus.
feed barley; about 75 bus. seed bar-
ley; I00 bus. seed oats; 300 bus. feed
oats; about 125 bus, of mixed feed,
4vheat rand oats, quantity gold -dray,
quantity turnips.
1:11:PLE 11ENTS-Massey-Harris bin-
der, 6 foot cut in good shape'; 5 foot
ltlassey-Harris mower; Frost and
'Wood peed drill, 12• hoe; cultivator,
steel land roller, horse rake, 4 see
tion set of harrows ;' Cockshutt Tiding
IilUac;-,walkinlg liloty; .hay loader, lay
tedder, set or bob -sleighs, good'' Chat-
ham waggon, waggon springs, wag-
gon box, gravel box, set, 'arta trucks,
1';scattier, '2,furrow -'ploav, .1 buggy
cream separator, root pul-
per. a number 'of cedar Ifo ts, tial,
t, entity or basswood, and 'hcmloul:
,_,tuber. bay rack, pigrack, set
double -harness,- set of heavy work,
harness, ilanning mill, Massey -Harris
manure''bsprcedei in good shape, set
of matched pine barn doors 112 feet:
sq,,ate, extension': ladder: 42 lett,'lg+raid
sao'ne, stone boat,; 3 sets--tvlriiffietrces
1 pig crate^ chains, hoes. Shovels,
and other articles too .numerous to
iricsarft•n.
Positively no reserl as Proprietor
has sold his farm.
ur. SALE -All saws of 510-
tsirl under, cash over that amount
1^J raaoirtbs etuuit ou fizrnislting aji- l
l,ruted ;joint notes or u ddstsount
of 4 ter cert cif or act to "4.1. 'lieu tri
totes.
�v er,lkca• rslake' 1
h0prietar '!,
jowl
f)d4e
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time until his death, while .Brown never reached tine premiar ship, has caused many to
hint themore v political tactician of the two. However that may be,
considertit. r iR G1R er i
we must agree with the writer who declared that George Brown was no agitator or
dewnagogue, bur a man of common sense, with a sober will to attain the useful, the
practical and needful, Ile took his stand against open, palpable wrongs, against
the tyranny which violated men's roofs- and the intolerance which vexed their con
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THE
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THE GOVERNORS -GENERAL -OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA -Left to right: The Right Hon. Lord Stanley of Preston (afterwards 16th Earl of Derby)
G.C.B., 1888-1893;: the Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen (now the Marquess of Aberdeen and Ternair)'-K.T., G.C.M.G., 1893-1898;
the Right Han. the Earl of Minto, G.C.M.G., 1893-1904; the Right Hon. Earl Grey, G.C.MG., 1904-1911;
Field Marshal H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, KGs, 1911-1916.
this year of jubilec, and explains why the observance of the important event was not
mare than perfunctory, even that portion of it which may b4 termed official.
But the fiftieth anniversary of the Dominion is none the less significant because
the public ,mind was so filled with weightier matters that it was permitted to pass
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so matter -of -course a manner. It recalls the Upper and.Lower Canada of a half -
century ago and causes Canadians to give thought to what they have accomplished
sciences. Ilis leading principle was to reconcile progyess with preservation, change
with the alteration of incidents\ th tl e maintenance ce of essentials.
Of greatest importance, however, is the Dominion's wonderful progress since
i provinces Confederation. From a few scatterer v pees in 1SU7 Canada now includes the
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whole of British North America with the exception of Newfoundland; she has grown
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into nationhood, and is now invitedto a seat at the Imperial council table as a power
in the Empire.
A brief glance at Canada's develop-
ment during the last fifty years will not be
out of place here.
A census taken at the time of Confed-
eration showed the Dominion to possess a
population of 3,371,594; to -day the in-
habitants total about. 8,000,000, almost
2,000,000 people having come to this
country to live during the ten years prior
to the war. Canada's population is about
evenly divided between urban and rural,
notwithstanding the fact that the increase
in rural population during that period was
only 17.16, ;while the increase in urban
population was 62.25.
The broad development in railway
construction was one of the chief agents in
bringing about Canada's population in-
crease during the last half of t:he Confed-
eration period. At Confederation our rail-
way mileage was but 2,278. To -day we
can boast of 35,582 miles of ` railway,
stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and from the United States boundary line
to the Peace River district. In the
half-cegtury three great transcontinen-1
tal railway systems have been con-
structed, the gross annual, earnings
of which are in excess of 8200,000,000.
To -day Canada's percentage of railway
mileage per capita of population is
greater than that or any other country in the world,
As an agricultural country Canada has established her right to first rank among
the nations of the world. With field crops last year of a total value of .8700,000,000.
she stands among the leading grain producing countries. Her agricultural exports
have grown from 512,871,055 in 1867 to close on to 5250,000,000 in 1916. The
THE PRIME MINISTERS OF THE DOM NION OF CANADA -Left to right: The Right Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald,
G.C.B., July, 1867, to November 6, 1873, and October 17, 1878, to June 6, 1891 ; Hon. Alexander Mackenzie, November
7, 1873, to October 16, 1878; Hon. John J. C. Abbot, K.C.M.G., June 16,1891, to December 5,1892:
Hon. Sir John S. D. Thompson, K.C.M.G., December 5, 1892, to December 12,1894.
zn those fifty mt ears -the establisent of a new British nation on the. North American
continent, its stupendous growth and prosperity.
The birth of Confederation was not the achievement of one man, but of a number
of Canadian statesmen of the middle of the last century -such men as John A. Mac-
donald, George Brown, Cartier, Tache and others, with the cooperation of Tupper
Tilley and leading men of Nova Scotia
and New Brunswick. For some years
prior to 1867 neither political party in Can-
ada was able to secure a working majority
in Parliament and deadlock reigned at the
capital. Macdonald and Brown, leaders
of the Conservative and Reform party
respectively, seemed powerless. Not only
were these two statesmen political oppo-
nents, but there is reason to believe they
were well-nigh personal foes. At least it
is no secret that they were not. on `speak-
ing terms" for some time. Both, however,
realized the gravity of the situation, and
in looking about for a remedy both decided
that r, Confederation was the one solution.
But their strained personal relations . for
some' time prevented the two leaders
getting together. It is an interesting fact
that it was the then member for London,
John Carling, who made it known to Mac-
donald, then in power, that if he (Mac-
donald) adopted Confederation as a policy
the Reform leader would support him. It
is recorded that in 1858, a year after he be-
came Premier of Upper Canada, Macdonald
came out as an advocate of Confederation,
while in 1859 Brown strongly urged the
union of what he termed "all the nations of
British North America." But it was not
until 1864 that the two leaders got together
on the question, and it fell to Brown's
tn,
Mark F,ppord
*fee Aft;ropot04n ();,tem
740m4w Chih,
.faro Mitfudt*
Your Christnias
Guests
-And WK,Presence
Means in Your Home,
HAT a glorious Christtnas it would
be if you could have Anna Case
and Marie Rappold, Thomas Chalmers
and Arthur Middleton as your Yuletide
guests -to spend the holiday season right
in your osvn home --and sing for you,
tnceiaerer you wish 1
Thank to thc genius of A. EdisC?ti,
you can have the enjoyment of their _,,va,lces,
nor oniy for Christtnas but for all t days
to come.
EW
±DIESON
ON,
" The :Phonograph with a Soul"
reproduces the human voice with such
fidelity and accuracy that Ito human ear
can detect a shade of difference between
the living artists and ;he New Edison
lte',Creation of cheat voices.
Before hundreds of audiences iences have been
conducted the famous "tone test," in
which thcartist wings alone, then suddenly
stops, leaving the New Edison to continue
the song. Thirty different artists have
made the test before more than a ani=.lion
people. And not One of this vast iaaciicncra
has been shale to tell, except by watching
the singer's lips, when the voice staplcd.
and the New Edison began.
As a Christmas gilt, what could equal this
wonderful instrument It means a richer,
' fuller lif'e.,a permanent pass to theatre
and opera house -man introduction to all
the music of all the workt.
Come to crttr store, and let us show yott
lots Mr. adisaan has succeeded in ;Ro-
Creating the human voice and mac,
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POW LL, EXETER, Ont.
The Mutual Life.
Insurance Company of New York
34 Nassau Street, New York( N. Y.
:n the year ending December a1, ;191.6 the "Oldest
Company in AlrtoriittE"
Paid Palicyho:dens a total of $68,654,843.80.
This ,tltn exceeded the total amount .received directly
from policyholders by $(,718,7.18.97. .t..)ttring the ye::r t;herti
Was an :increase of *,::7,2O1,421. in the amount of new '1l,iott"-
anee paid for, an increase of S51,259,159 hi total Insurance in
force, tuaid au increase of over $1,0 27..000 ht the coutIntl] y'a
contingency reserve, or free surplus, There were also sub-
stantial increases in insets, in reserves, in total income, and
In total interest and rents.
Insurance in Force $1,687,797,276,00 I.:.
Admitted Assets 624,530,044.17
Net Policy Reserves 510,500,930.00
Total Income 92,439,475.14
439 475.14
Total Disbursements
82,848,003.21
The amount of new hist raitce paid for durine the year
including dividend additions, was S1'15,377,932. If we include
revivals and increase of polieies in force, the total insurance
paid for was. .$181,218,013.
I't>ll
information cowering all our Standard Up -to -Date
Contracts niay be secured from any of the Companies
Managers or Agents,
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Christmas is near at
Hand
Look over the following list for suggestions for useful'`
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PRIME MINISTERS OF THE DOMI
INION''OF CANADA -Left to right: Hon. 'Sir: Mackenzie Bowe
K.C.M.G., December 21, 1894, to April 27, 1896; Hon. Sir Charles Tupper, Bart., May 1, 1896, to. July 8, , .;.
1896; Right Hon: Sir Wilfred Laurier, G.0.M.G., July 11 1896, to October 6, 1911;
Hon S rRobert Laird Borden; G.C.iVI.0, October 10, 1911 (stiff holds office) t t.. ai 14s
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