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The Exeter Times, 1919-1-16, Page 4.,,/"Vsr• lflT5.11ti1Jt1rr • 9: EXTER NUM '4'1 1404" • Farmers Attention " hteke .nioney eal your epare time ; during the fall and wintex met lbY e ladling t . The ' Eisaumr CA.NADIAN NURSERY, ' 1 Kaiser as I Knew --- Mettieb and Eaton/ma markets wail be alien egain ,for ,thinanian , (exult tam ILOWia the,t ime i cacao &for senteg , 1 Riveting , 1 Xangeet list of IFruit and Ornamental Stook, Peed Potatoes, dte„ gown in Canada , •Waite for Dertieneses it n STONE & WELLINGTON , he Old Reliable Fonthill iNurseeies, • liesitabliethed 1857 "• TORONTO, ONT. GRA* T Time T Chan ble es eei dhange cif time ,will be Made, Oa January 5th 1919 formatio. Now in ,Agents' hands J„ DORA Agent, Exeter Phone tithe ditieetliniteneelitereeeteneneeafe kenetene g iER ro- 4-r •-•' • ei el • lee • • e Winter Term from January 6th • • ,We place graduates in ittesi- <7; term are now earning as high 2, an $15 and ever. $2O per week white boys tare earning higher ren le ries. We have Vommercia/ Hbortliand and Telegraphy De- partmente. Writ e for free pate • logue„ Yie J. ELLIOTT t President • a, De ea. Me.T.ACHLAN, Prizeipal, • 00• 444.e44.0.4.04.040004.041040 War Time prices on Wire Fenc strand (few 45 eente Pee reek 1 X 'Streit:A eteneie it9 penes leg rsed„ , •atd fezise. 55 !este ti)e4r, irocal steel gates, barb wire and brace ▪ cedar lenge posts at low prices, (Also 9 wad 10 tfeet Anchor, posts, Let cae auete emu my, prime on all kinds of lumber and shingle% Piss* youx, order., now eer what Fertilizer you, awed, FERTILIZER $50,90 Phone 12, A. J.7, CLATWORTHY GRANTON SOUR, ACIDSTOMACHS, • GASES OR INDIGESTION dPape's Diapepsin" neutralizes exces- sive acid in stomach, relieving dyspepsia, heartburn and distress ate once. Time its In five minutes all stom- . aeh distress, due to acidity, will go, No indigestion, heartburn, sourness or telching of gas or eructations of undi- gested food, no dizziness bloating, foul breath or headache. Pape's Diapepsin Ser noted for its speed in regulating upset stomachs, It is the surest, quiekes*tottmeh sweet- ener in the whole world, and besides it its harmless.• Put an end to stomach ;distress at once by getting a large fifty - cent ease ef Pape's Diamain from any elm store. You. realize in five minutes ow needless it is to suffer from hull - 1 gestion, dyspepsia or any stomach dis- k order caused by fermentation due to excessive acids in etontach. CASTOR IA '•For Infante and Children • ID Use For Over 30 Years Alan/Wears • Signature Of Him For Fourteen Years By Arthur N. Davis D, D. S. • I , fenettenued, eaeb week Boxes" in &Wei Triirefeilieli disturbances and riots., There was eimply nothing to buy In the food line except substitutes, and of these there were bundreds, each worse than the last. The remark: "If things get much worse, we shall soon be eat- ing ruts as the Parisians did in 1870" brought the rejoinder: "Welt, that wouldn't be so bad; what Pm dreading Is the time when we shall have to be content with rat -substitute!" When we finally had cards for cof- fee -substitute I gave up interest in substitutes and commenced to patron- ize the speculators, figuring that it was better to risk the penalties Imposed by the law for such violaticeis of the food regulations than to ruin our health through undernourishment. Por a long time we were permitted to receive "presents" of bacon, ham, sausages, eggs and butter from Den- mark,. but this was finally prohibited through the influence of the Central Einkaufs Gesellschaft (The Central Society for Buying Food From Other Countries) which found that it was interfering with their graft. This society was formed by a com- pany of clever Jewish business men to buy food from foreign countries and sell it to the people, a small percent- age of the profits going to the govern- ment. It not only developed into a most successful enterprise from the standpoint of profit, its prosperity be- ing augmented by weft, but iteprovidede a haven for the slacker sons of the proprietors and stockholders. Just be- fore I left Berlin, this company, to hide their war profits, bought a build- ing for three million marks, which they claimed was needed for the business. One of the subterfuges resorted to by some of the war profiteers to con- ceal the extent of their gains and es- cape taxation was to invest their sur- plus earnings in works of art and other expensive luxuries. As the tax assess- ments were based principally upon the Individual's bank deposits and the tax - collecting machinery was very much out of gear it was comparatively easy to evade the law by careful manipula- tion of one's bank account, and by dis- bursing profits received without hay- ing them go through the bank. A Ger- man whom 1 knew told me that he had disposed of an oil painting which had cost him $300 for no less than $85,000, the price of works of art and antiques having increased to a remarkable ex- tent because of the demand for them from tax dodgers. Tinder the stress Of the 'changed food conditions the hungry German soon replaced the honest German. Ger- mans had always had a reputation for honesty, but their claims to such dis- tinction disappeared with the food sup- ply. Necessity soon brought out all that was worst in the German char- acter. Although the government decreed a high fine and imprisonment as pun- ishment for buying or se/ling anything which had been commandeered, specu- lators sprang up on every side and people bragged crgenly of what they had stored away. The worst deprivation war in the lack of fats. The people showed it very plainly. • One seldom saw a fat man or a fat woman, although before the war fatness was almost character- istic of the German pleysique. Indeed, I saw a rather stout woman being fol- lowed by at least twenty boys who were jeering at her and making slur- ring remarks about the manner in which she had retained her avoirdu- pois. A fat person in Germany today is regarded with suspicion. Naturally the weakened condition Of the people makes them all easily sus- ceptible to disease. Epidemics spread rapidly and I am inclined to believe that little eare was taken by the au- thorities to protect the older people from infection. I know that my sec- retary's mother fell and broke both her legs last summer (1917) and was taken to the accident ward of a hos- pital where her fellow -patients were all crippled. Ten of the inmates of that ward died in a single day from dysentery, and the following day the death list was increased by twelve, the old lady with the broken lege be- ing ene of them. Twenty-two more bread cards saved at the expense of twenty-two =doss women irt one hos- pital alone—e fair record for two days1 hat a no proof that these un- fortunate victims of disease were de- liberately infected by the hospital au- thorities, but the mere fact that twen- ty-two patient in an accident ward died from dysentery in two days is certainly evidence of gross careleas• ness if nothing worse. • To buy new clothes it le neceSsati to secure a certificate from the goo - eminent to the effect that you are ab- sclutely in need of clothing, and, even then, you are compelled to glee up the suit you are discarding. Brandt offiees for investigating the teeessity repleifishing one's ward. nehe Attlee been entablieleg jeldeneger We cities 'Stiff eir;tye: -crowd- ed. Women are in charge and they seemed thoroughly to enjoy their au- thority and thole, power to deny an application for new clothing. When 1 left Berlin the lave permit- • ted a man just two shirts, two collars, two pairs oe socks, etc., a year. Since soap had disappeared from the mar- ket so many inadequate substitutes bad been tried that one'S laundry, la - variably came borne full of holes. In November, 1917, I paid $100 for a nit of clothes which if it had been !made out of cloth of good quality would baye been worth about $35. As. it was, the tailor frankly admitted that the goods was made of re -worked yern, and because of the lack of cotton • thread, the seams were worked with a material which looked like paper string. This paper string was in general use at that tizne, the department stores all displaying notices warning customers not to carry their parcels by the string. Many purchases were no longer wrapped, to save paper, and no pur- chase amounting to less than $5 was delivered. Before I left Berlin, artificial silk was the principal fabric obtainable for ladies' wearing apparel. Almost every woman. in the land, princess or roaid, was attired in art taffeta. it sold for $10 a yard. In normal times It would have been worth from 75 cents to $1. In the fall of 1917, a cloth suit was un- obtainable for less than MO. It would have been worth $25 in normal times. Ali fur skins were needed for sol- diers' wear and the few that were still obtainable for home use in the form of fur sets sold for $1,000 up. Through speculators, we obtained some imitation soft soap at $4 per pound. People said it was roade from human corpses, but it was the only thing available outside of the substi- tutes which were soap only, in name. , small cake of toilet soap easily brought e3. A servant's plain wooden ward- robe, formerly costing $5, was unob- tainable for less than $50. We paid as high as $8 a pound for butter, from a speculator, and my last Christmas dinner in Berlin consisted of a small goose, just enough for one meal for three persons, for which I paid $25. One of the things the people missed most, of course, was their beer. While it was put on sale at 8 p. m. every night, only a limited amount was Mil - able and as soon as it was disposed Of, only coffee or tea substitute, With - Out sugar, milk or lemens, could be had. The scarcity of -metals required for munitions was evidenced early in the war when the interiors and exteriors of houses throughout the country were thoroughly ransacked and everything in the way of copper, brass or alu- minum fixtures or cooking utensils that wasn't absolutely necessary was seized. Horses were gradually disappearing* from sight when I left early this year. One saw them lying about the streets where they dropped from exhaustion, and what disposition was made of their corpses can well be imagine& lt is quite certain that no part was wasted. Dogs, too, nearly vanished from city life. A man I know, who had kept a fine Newfoundland dog, told me that it had disappeared one night and the neat day its skin was found hanging on the fence with a sign reading: "Died for the fatherland." One of the principal articles of fresh meat to be seen in the butcher shops consisted of black crows. They were selling at 75 cents apiece. There was ;something ludicrous in the thought of the Germans being compelled to "eat crow," but there was little to laugh at in eating it oneself. To obtain ell, prizes were offered to the school children to collect fruit seeds, from which it could be extract- ed, and veritable Mountains of the seeds were thus obtained. The last meal I had in Berlin was on january 21, 1918, when I dined at the Hotel Adlon. It consisted of one sardine, three thin slices of cold smoked salmon, soup which was hard- ly more than hot salt water, two email boiled potatoes and as a substitute for cornstarch pudding. No butter and no sauces of any kind were served. Black bread I took in my pocket. The check for this elaborate table d'hete meal Demounted to $4.50. To sum up the situation as I was able to observe it, living conditions in Germany in January of this year were rapidly becoming absolutely unbear- able. How much worse they can be- come without bringing on internal troubles which Will bring about the collapse of the German empire can be only a matter of conjecture. The twentieth century has seen such radical changes in world conditions, views and aspirations, that I am afraid history will prove but a poor guide to the future. In the past few centuries, Germany has experienced several more or less serious social revolutions, but it would be dangerous to predicate very Much upon those aborthie uprisings. As long as the officers remain stanch to the kaiser little may be expected in the way of a successful revolution, no 'matter how discontented and rebel- lious the people at large may grow, but I believe that the tine will surely come when the officers theineelvets will tarn against their government. • There may be two revehitioas, The • 01,1111111e, consisting of women, old men and youths and others who have not been called into the army, may dee lip, but their effort will be in Vain. The • defeat of such an uprisieg, hoWever, may be the signal for a greater ofie in which a portion of the ante itself will take part, and then a civil war Will re• - sult Which will have Xte counterpart In teteeewerldle bletere, "-The basis fiFirtis belief Its he the fact that the kers st tits Gena* army realize the extent of the distal* prevailing throughout the cdouta• -Their families, as walken thopeeef the asaklend file trit4tiger#4 #414iird"1/4, .00120212024 and privetions, ano thee litheet seen bitter than thaftliteriora tr,oi,J,xtent of. the reversal which the Geeedii • arnif hassafeered, and will Maintt40 suffer and 9W .the Vera* ment bas misrepresented actual coo' ditions. If the German officers tonsisted en* tirely of men of the old school—mad who were *14111110 to fight for fighting', sake and who would rather continue the war until the last German kali dropped than give in—we could not look for much in this direction. But the ravages of war have dhe posed of a large percentage of these bred -in -the -bone officers and their places have been taken by eivIllausl who'have been raised from the ranks. Therein lies the hope of a successful revolution. I Will not venture a guess as to when that will be, but I feel sure that it will certainly come about. Fortified by a large portion of the army, the German people will at last turn on their rulers and destroy the throne and the whole Hohenzollern regime. • , In this conneetion, I recall a prophecy made 'eerie in the war by an honored colleague of mine of Dresden, an American dentist who had lived and practiced in Germany for forty years and understood the German people and their rulers as well, perhaps, as ane man alive. He was a leader of his profesaon and a man whose judgment toe all things was most accurate. He , Was in close contact with many leading figures of the German nobility. "Gerraany will lose the war because her cause is wrong," he declared. "She will fight it through to the bitter end. until the foundations of the empire are libeclutelr destroyed!" THE El Government Troops Take Action In Ireland. DUBLIN, Jan. 13.—The headquar- ters of the Sinn Fein organization in Harcourt Street were raided Satur- day morning by the police. The, raiders found pamphlets ad- dressed to American soldiers in Ire- land. -They contained this question: "Did you win the war in order to, knit Ireland's chaluar The pamphlets added i "We helped, to win your independence. Will you help us ttewin ours?" The, police, areoiag other docu- ments, found a draft of a new Irish constitution and .pamphlets, "Amer- ica'e Verdict on Easter Week" and "Cazelfient'e Message from America." Later -the police raided the office of Nationality, the chief organ of the Sinn Fein. Crowds assembled in the streets and sang Sinn Fein songs dar- ing the raid. ' Permit Trial by Jury. OTTAWA, San. 13.—The order passed on September 25th, 1918, re- specting unlawful associations and publications has been amended by re- quiring assent to, or the approval of any prosecution under the regula- tions by the Attorney -General of the province in which the offence is al- leged to hale been eotamitted, and by giving the accused the right to elect whether he shall be tried by a magis- trate or a jury. The consent of the Attotney-General and the right of trial .by jury should provide against any unwarranted prosecutions for technical violation of the order, where there does not appear to be substantial grounds for prosecution. The criminal code contains provision against sedition, under which prose - entices may also be instituted. • The question is now 'before the Depart- ment of Justice as to what amend- ments, if any, should be made to the code to render unnecessary the con- tinuance of the existing order -in - council. In the meantime it is con- sidered to be in the public interests that the order as amended should be continued. • . 211 Philosophy of Having a Good Take the "t" out of toil and you have oil. You caret take the hard work out of farming as easily as that, but a little run robs it of much of its drudgery. Good times are the on in the toll of agriculture. That is what a great many sincere persons overlook who study economics more than human nature. When we attempt to organize a farmers' association, what is done? Why right away a ;met amount of talking is committed anent educa- tion and improvement. Both are good, of course, and the farmer, in common -with all humanity, wants to improve — there's a difference be- -tween improving and being improved —but he's not always too sure that the association will effect the im- provement. To begin with, he is often not too well acquainted with his real neigh- bors—the men in the inside of the men he knows now show themselves only to kindred spirits. Then after a hard day's work he is prone to stay quietly at home in preference to driv- ing several miles to dismiss, under a smoky lamp, the old problems in much the same old way. But there's one thing everyone wants—a good time. Eeeryone takes his recreation in some form. — only there's nothing collective about it; each goes his own way at his own • time. Really persuade the neighbors once that they can have a better time at the club meeting than they can at home, and they'll go without coaxing. So that seems the logical starting point. A leader never linds it hard to get people to organize for pleas. ure—to have a good time. And it leads to great things, too, As people become better acquainted mutual respect and confidence de- vehip. That is the fundamental and first step to business co -operation. -- Ontario DePaetMent of Agrieultere. a 'MACHINES 'SHE .LABOR Work et Efficient Gu Engine in House and Rare. How Early Winter Pruning May Be Done Without injury --- *Winter Rhubarb Is Delicious and May PO Grown by All. (Contributed by Ontario Department ot Agriculture, Toronto.) AVING labor in stable and • home, by the use of machinery, is one of the great economie • problems engaging the atten- tion of farmers to -day, Through the use of machinery they can produce even more, at less cost, than in years past, when laboe was plentiful, and tolerably cheap: Probably never before in the his- tory of the farming world have go many farm problems been solved by a single piece of machinery as has now been accomplished by the gaso- line engine. In the, stable it can be employed to advantage in grinding feed for the stock, It can cut feed and ensilage. It can pump water for the house and stable whenever one pleases; a hydrant on the lawn, and in the stock yards to which a hose may be attached for washing the buggy, sprinkling the lawn, flushing pens and stable and for other pur- poses, is a source of much satisfac- tion, pleasure and comfort. By means of a line shaft a gas engine may operate many labor-sav- ing machines at the same time. It can run the grindstone, root pulper, fanning mill, cream separator, churn, sheep shearers, keine clippers, rotary curry -comb and the milking machine. with which it is possible to milk two cows in about six minues„ including the time required for changing and setting. Further assistance may be had by attaching the power for re- frigeration and for circulating milk over a cooling surface—a practical necessity. No longer need the preparation of whitewash and its application with a brush be consigned to warmer re- gions, for the engine can pump the mixture from a tank or barrel through a hose attached to a spray- ing outfit. It is possible to pump it two hundred feet. When the job is done the hose should be cleaned out by haring fresh water pumped through it. - The gasoline engine solves for the farmer the problems of comfort in the house, safety in the stables, and a great deal of drudgery generally.— Prof. John Drams, 0. A. College, Guelph. • Light Fall Pruning Is Safe. 'Light pruning in fall is permiss- ible, but heavy pruning is dangerous and likely to result in serious dam- age from winter killing, especially if the succeeding winter is severe. The injury is caused by drying out of the cut area and may be prevented by covering all wounds, of any size frith a good covering of paint made from pure lead and oil. Do not use pre- pared paints as these contain injur- ious benzine or turpentine dryers. To make an effective covering it will be necessary to give not less than two coats, because one coat will not prevent checking and drying of green wood. Coal tar makes an excellent wound covering and is easily applied. This matter of covering wounds made in fall or early winter is fre- quently slighted by orchard men, but the 'writer has seen such serious dam- age result from neglect of this pre- caution that he feels justified in warning fruit growers with regard to the practice. In experineentaI trials in the college apple orchard, varie- ties so hardy as Duchess of Olden- burg, Wolf River, Snow and Scott% Winter have suffered very serious in- jury following November pruning with the cuts left unprotected. The wounds dry out around the edges and by spring the dead area is greatly en- larged, frequently extending down the trunk or branch for a foot or more. The dead bark comes away later, leaving a large dead area, detri- mental to the parts above and certain also to decay later.—Prot. J. W. Crow, 0. A. College, Guelph. How Winter Rhubarb Is Produced. " The production of rhubarb in win- ter has become of considerable value among gardeners. It is easy to do if certain methods are followed. If one is making a permanent -business of rhubarb forcing, it is necessary, each year to set out a new bed, as plants once forced are of no further value. In the spring large roots should be dug, split in one bud sec- tions and replaced in rich moist ground. During the growing season they are kept cultivated and free from weeds. In the fall they are cov- ered with manure. Next spring a se- cond bed is planted as before. That fall a large part of the first bed is taken up, leavingeuelcient to replant another bed the next spring. The roots are taken up the last thing in the fall before the hard freezing wea- ther comes and are placed In piles in a shed where they can easily be got at during the winter but will remain frozen. Early in December take in a sufficient number of roots, place these bud side Up on the floor of a warm cellar—about 68 degrees or 70 degrees — and cover with an inch of sand, Be sure to fill in, all inter- space, Beep this sand moist. About a week later the buds Will begin to swell and in from four to six Weeks, depending upon the heat of the room —the cooler and slower growth starts —Yoe should have rhubarb ready. After these roots are exhausted throw them away and Put 411. more. If a coestamt supply is required made a new bed every two Or three weeks during the Whiten Be sure to keep all the front dintined, Pia burlaps of brown paper over the Windows to gfve the bright pink color so fetich desired—½. 11, MaeLerinen, Ontario Vegetable Speeialist. ommaftwomadox, qmao, 1011111111111 rin11,, Uiningimipinnowitionlotimmisiuminoidot, ulna )942 IIIThe Proprietary orfateetliedicutatt • A\regetable PreparationforAse similatinelltef00dandReeelne itisgtheStciMaChsandeowels INFANTS e'CHILDREN 1.PreinolesDigestioiLaterfik :6,1,i nisoepolusprnfiiviimdAoRreaps;tcadiCnocenfooirnivroms ninecitrattur:: 744n4e;"."‘00,1001 1 grt',vs-a O_ii_Fkler, tindSl rlaiNii: ..------ Worms reverishnessand t Loss OF SIEER de(40----InZe. 14 FacSiraile Signature!! THE CENTAUR CO. 200102: .. ,...—.:......!........---. ' )124,0Nt TbRTnEA014:01:sESYY0, 35"'-'1";;5'' Exact Copy of Wrapper. For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castor'? 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I ' D,adhwood Reaneh — F. $. „Kent, alereager t 444;1 1 (B011111M8oN f • LICENSED AUCTIONEER AND. VALUATOR fler Counties of .Huron Perth and Middlesex, Farm Stook Sales a Ilpeoialey. Office at Cookshutt .Warerooms, meet door to the Central Rotel, 'Main Et. Exeter. Charges mod - crate and eitisfaetion guaranteed, J. (We ROWNING, M, D., AA 8, Graduate Vistoria UnivePratte., Offioe and fResidenee, Dominion Labratore, Exeter, nAmeeciate Voroner of Huron I, R. CARLING, N. X, Canister, Solioitor, Notary Pubile, ClonemiUsioner, Solicitor for the koisons ank, eto, Money to Loan at Icrweet rates of Interest, OFFICE—MAIN ST, EXETER, . ONT. PERRY P. DOUPE, Licensed Au.- tioneer. Sales conducted 111 any lo- cality. Terms moderate, Ogden left at Times Office will be promptly at- tended to. Phone 110, Kirktwa Ad- dress. Kirkton, P, Os ) I KINSMAN,. Honor IGxeduate TopUtebi Ti‘nineile . " i DENTIST Teeth extracted wLl;hqJt pain. Or any bad effents, Offioq over Wad. tf.11,4114.41:, 0.,,,,!eyuL2:011484.0 USINORNE RIBRAFM FARMER'S MUTULL FIRE INEURce ANISE ROMANY I Reed Mee, Farquhar, On President, 4- R00% Nsitalit Y&ee-Peefikleeht, FAO& FOCA* DIRESTORA 14.'1 VeM. fROCK. Wed. RO'F' (01143011•21, I - J T, ALLISON* AGENTI14 JOHN EMERY. Exeter, Agent 1J4fr borne, and Riddellph. 1,e OLIVER BARRIS, Munro, Agent row Rib**, Faibuton and Logue., ,,,,,. TUIRINIUULL. ' • &ay-Treas. Farquharo, OLADMAN & STANIBURF, ' ./.1 Solleitors, Exeter, 1 DR. H. F. ROULSTON. D. De0,, Dfl DENTIST I Honor Graduate of Toronto Culvereit.e. Office over Dickson & Dario- ing's Offioe. Moped Wednesdyd afternoons. Phone Office 55 Residence tile, CASTOR IA Por Infanta and Children in Use For Over 30 Year AJWAYI Way' Signature ot