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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1915-05-27, Page 6TRE WINGITAM ADVANCE I Fall Term From SRA 1st3 ,K) CENTRAL itiad*kil ISTFI ATrOR 0 (1)NT The bed COmmercial School in tho pro - Vince. Our courses aro thorough and practical while our instructors aro better than you will;find elsewhere. We do more for our students than onto similar schools do. Our rates are reasonable. Write for our free catalogue and ;3co -what we can do for you. D. A. MeLACHLAJI - Principal j 1 - W. Elmore Mahood Contractor and, Builder If you have any work in my Inc write or call at my house on Frances Street. Estimates and plans furnished on request. Satisfaction guaranteed. W. ELMORE MAHOOD Wingham, Ont. Box. .335 1116) CrfiRM 01#1 ).; llevine, an no -to -date in fnll 1.0.-atton we et‘e •s• eream patn triage. We are prepArf,d to pa th h Wauri• market priees for gold cream end gtve yen an honest bnsinese; weighing, samplihg and testing each can of oram received carefuln and returning a tub statement of game to each patron. We furnish two cans to each custo men pay all express charges and pay every two weeks. Write for full particulars or send for cans and give ns a trial. SEAFORTH CREAMERY SEAFORTH, ONT. John F. Groves ISSUER OF Marriage Licenses Town Hall Wingham Phones -Office 24 Residence 168 SYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN NORTH WEST LAND REGULATIONS ?TIRE sole head of a family, or any male over 1 18 years old. may homestead a quarter - ' section of ayailn.blo Dominion land in Mani- toba, Saskatchewan or Alberta. The appli- cant must appear in person at the Dominion Lands Agenoy or Sub -Agency for the dietrict. Entry by proxy may be made at the office of 'any Local .Agent of Dominion Lands (not sub - ' agent) on certain conditions. Duties. -Six months' residence upon and cul- tivation of:the land in each of three years. A. 'homesteader may live within nine miles of his 'homestead on a farm of at leasb 80 acres on certain conditions. A habitable house is re- quired in every case. extteru when residence Is Performed in tho vicinity. In certain districts a homesteader in bood Standing may pre-erept a quarter -section along - aide his homestead. Price $3 per acre. Duties -Six months' residence in each of six years from date of homestead entry (including the time required to earn horueetead patent) and ZO acres extra cultivation. The area of milli- -vation is subject to reduction in ca'm of rough. -scrubby or stony /and after report by Rome- idead Inspeotor on application for patent. A homesteader who has exhausted his home- -stead right and cannot obtain a pre-emption -may take & purchased homested in certain •distriots. Price $3.00 per acre. Duties. -Must .rsside six months in each of three yeara'oniti- - -"tate-fifty aores and erect a house worth $300. W. W. CORY, 'Deputy of the Minister of the Interior. 'NM. -Unauthorized publication of this ad- tisement will not be paid for. Our Honor Roll. The following are the names of the Wingham boye who have thus far (enlisted, and arefighting our battles They are 53 in number and we believe that no town of our population in (Ontario measures up to this: let Coatingent - W. H. Darnell, Arthur Ellie, Dr. H. J. M. Adams, R. E. N. Barroh, J, Budge, A. Bowy- er, P. W. Vanner, Herbert ()lark, E. S. Copeland, Henry Howard, H. M. Philcox, J. McPherson, A. Buttery, H. French, F. Templeman, Wm. Hayle, Frank Wylie, Fred Groves, .Percy Sprier, C. j. Marshall, Arthur O'Farrell, G. E. Roberson, G. A. M. Blanchard, D. L, Aitcheson, E. J. Murch, 2nd Contingent -P. Harris. A. Chap- man, J. White. G. E. Rea& C. Bleach, 0. Learle, A. Dewey. 8rd Contingent - 0. Woods. H. Groves, W. R. lilting, j. Leonard, A. J. Taylor, F. Aldington, F. Wilson, j. Smith, R. Maxwell, A. J. Taylor G. Ilippen, W. Bunn, G. Hayles, 3.• M. Strike, C. A. Cuff, J. Taylor, W, S. Lutton, T. Garton, H. Bayles, Ea Pitt, Thos. Moore, Auctioneer T. R. BENNETT, J. P Will give better satisfaction to both buyer and seller than any other auctioneer and only charge what is reasonable, Dates arranged at the Advance Office Pnra.Bred StOek Sates a Specialty Sales conducted anywhere in ,Ontario. T. R. Bennett Massey -Harris Office Phone 81 W1NGHAM, ONT, Farm for Sale. A good 200 aere farm within nine Milea of Wingham, good bank barn, good cement la0Use• large ember& and eenelderable quantity of timber. Pries 16500.00. Apply to IL VA/tete/1e, Wing. ham 13, 0. 13elgra.ve Untended for laet week) We have a new industry in our village new, Messrs. Shoebottom & Reid ere etarting a myna. Our clumping mill is just running two days in the week, Tuesday and Friday, Mr. James Nethery is still very poorly. Pleased to report Garner Nicholson progressing very favorably after his recent operation, Miss Elize Proctor is improving nicely after her serious illness, We are sorry to report Mrs. Wray is not improving as fast as her many friends would wish. Elernest Geddee is inaproving his house by a new verandah. Herb Wheeler has erected a very neat fence around his property, Mrs. F. Lott of Brussels spent a few days with friends in the Village. Mrs. Horn is spending a week or two in Blyth. J. A. Brandon and Thomas Peoctor attended the funeral of their brother: - in -law. air. Robe Bruce of Dra,yton this week. Mrs. Rev. Boyle attended a conven- tion in Hapailten last week. lIMOral. Inn week) fen e .n Willie, son of Mr. anent, Wirer underwent an operation 'PA Sat day morning for a cliseased a•arein the leg by Drs. Kennedy of 'Vinglearn aud Ferguson of Teeswater. We are glad to learn it was sueoessfal and wisb Mr. Nicholas a epeedy • recovery. Mrs. Bre,mner returned to her home here last week, after spending the winter in Grand Rapids, Mich., with her daughter, Mrs, Rev, McConnell. The football team, which has recent- ly entered the W. F. A., autoed over to Wroxeter on the 12th insa to play with the team there. The game re- sulted in a tie. On Tuesday of this week they play at Mildmay. We wish the boys every success this coming season. Mr. William Abram is suffering from a very sore eye. An old resident of Carrick passed away on Sunday in the person of Mrs. Edward Johnson after a few days illuess. Arrangements' for funeral have not yet been completed. Eter family have the deepest sympathy of their many friends in their sad be- reavenaent, • Anniversary servieee, as annoonced last week, were held in the Methodist Chureh morniog and evening. In the morning the Rev. W. Walden gave a most inspiring sermon on the "Power of the Unseen Forces", frona John 3:8, and in the evening paid eloquent tribute to our boys who have fallen in deferace of the Empire, The Salem choir rendered very ably two appropra ate anthems. On Monday evening* Mr. A. H. Musgrove, M. P. P„ gave an eloquent addrese to a large audience on "Britain and the War." The duette, eolos, and recitations., by Wingham friend, were beautifully' rendered and greatly pleased all who, had the plea eure of hearing them. The Rev. G. McDonald occupied the pulpit in the Presbyterian Church last Sunday afternoon and evening and made a strong plea not only for assistance towards Knox College Building Fund, but alto for candidates ' for the ministry from this section of the country. We trust the Rate gentleman will meet with a liberal response to hie appeal for the college. Three Interesting Guides. The Dominion Parks Branch bete re- cently issued three publications whicb are noteworthy on account of the at- tractive form in which they are print- ed and the interesting matter they contain. They are "Classified Gide to fish and Their Habitat, Rooky Mountains Park;" "The Nakimu Ca - vee" and "Glaciers of the Rockies and Selkirke." The Fish Guide is written for the eportsmen and naturalist rather than the scientist, It is a compilation of of first-hand information for anglers by one who has fished in all the prin- cipal water e of the Park. It takes up each locality, describes the best means of reaching it, the different varieties of fish wlaich can ba secured, and the best bait to use, The game fish of tire Rockies include five species of trout, one of which -the Lake Minuewanka trout -has been known to run ere high as 40 lbs. The Grayling, the Dolly Varden and the Cut Throat trout are found in many of the lakes,and streams nf the Fark and a fide hatchery has e- eently been established ab Banff for the purpose of re -stocking those which have become depleted. The eecond pamphlet gives an inter- esting account of this formation, cher- actor and discovery of the famoue Na kirau Caves near Glacier, B. C. Thee° interesting natural curiosities are sup- posed to be about 40,000 years old and e,onsiet of a, series of andergroued chambers, some of them fifty feet high and more than two hundred feet long. hollowed out, partly by erasion and partly by volcanic action, and opening into eaeh other at different levels. The walls of the caves are covered with grange florescent limestone fornn ations and they reverberate to the roar of underground torrents. The differ- ent chambers have been given names euggestive of their charaeters : "The Pit; "The Marble Way;" "The Ball- room;" "The Art Gallery;" "The Judg- ment Hall; "The White Grotto;" "The Bridal Chamber.," etc., and when they are lit with electricity and proper guards and handrails have been plac- ed on the stairs andplatforms, they should be among the most interesting sights in the Rockies for tourists. "Glaciers of the Rockies and Sel- .kirks" is by Dr. A. P. Coleman, Pro- fessor of Geology in the 'University of Toronto, and bears ou the dover an at- tractive reproduction in color of a eketch of Mt. Ball, one of the picture- Fque peaks near the Divide. Dr. Cole- man is a scientist with the imagin. ation of a poet and he has written the story of the formation and work of the Canadian glaciers with all his well- known literary charm. The pamph- let shoula prove not only &great help to the student of glacial phenomena who visits the Parks, but it should in- spire many Canadians with a desire to see the wonderful -mountain scenery of their own country for themselves, 1 -`to put on," as Dr. Coleman says, "warm, etrong clothes and kobnailed shoes and to fill one's lurege with mountain air in a scramble up to the snowfields to see how the glacial machinery works." The pamphlets may be obtained upon application to the Dominion Parke Branch, Ottawa,without charge. Behind Your Telephone. Behind your Bell Telephone is a little army of carefully trained workers, each laboring to perform well the tasleassignecl. The sum total of their efforts results ii the commodity in which we deal -telephone_ service. Bell Telephone service is the standard of the world largely because of the faith- fulness and efficiency of Bell Telephone employees. Why not enlist these efficient workers in your own service -why not call them to the aid of your business? By studying the uses of your telephone, figuring out how you c -al make it serve the special needs of your business, gnd applying both our local and long dist2,nce service to those needs, your busineTa cc.i2 share fully in the benefits of.good tele.vhi.,tv; WAN•lod••••Ako.•••••...*.. service. •••••••1•11111111•110.0.41 • • Use your telephone intelligently, E yi- tematitally, persistently. "retry, Pell Telephone ha a tong Instance Station." The Bell Telephone CO. of Canada, • FORTIFICATIONS OF QUERE'0, V••••••••••••••••.1,, Were Citadel Now Stends Was Formerly a Bald Reda In his haasterly sketch of Quebec and its origin in 1603 Parkman touches on what for theyisitor to - days -fifty years shic,e he wrote -is. still the mat striking feature of the satiation of both Montreal 'and Que- bec; eareely, that these cities, one of' the& at least the very glees of modern Progress, seem to stand in • r‘cjmaiatic and beautiful setting ,of, primeval' forests and rocky uplands'. Parkman Bays: , 'Champlain spread his sails, and again held his cohrse up the St, Lawrence.' Fainto the south, in sun and shPleitr,',alninbered the Weedy mountains whence fele the countless Ratings of .the St. John, behind .ten - witless shot, ea new -white with Mine- . merinr Chenaie, , Gra'n- • leam.iiiirdeka; St. 'Roehe,, St. Joan;tVirreelot, Berthie.r. But,on the raskfth' the jealons wilderness still as- inreents • sway, nriawdirig to the isiVar's• Voige; itsWalla, „damns' and to,Wefs of granite;` and to his flour its solitude is scarcelY broken, "Above' the polat of the Island of Orleans, a ciinstriction of the vast <lhaianel narroicTS it to 'less than a mile, vvIth 'the green heights of Point Lois on one aide, and onnthe other the cliffs' of Quebec. Here, a email stream, the St. Charles, enters the St. Lawrence, and in the angle be- twixt them rises the promontory, on two sides a natural fortress. Be- tween the cliffs and the river lay a strand covered with walnuts and Other trees. From thiestrand, by a rough passage guinea ' downward from the place where Proscott Gate now (465) gudrds the way, one might climb Ole heights to the broken plateau above, now burden'ed with its ponderous load of churches, convents, thvellings, ramparts, an.d batteries. .Thence by a gradual as- cent, the nick sapped Upwa'rd to its highest stfmmit, Cape Diainond, looking down on the St. LeWnence froraseeholiht tt thilee hundred and fifty feet.- Herb the citadel now staids; then the sun fell on the bald rock, decked here and there with mosses and lichens." Two centuries and a' half have q-uickene'd the soli - 'tilde with swarmirfk, lite, covered tlie deep tom of the' river with barge and st amer .and gliding sail, and reared cities and villages on tke site of fOrests; but nothing can destroy the surpassing grandeur of the scene." • • . v • The Colonel and the Recruit: • A pro.minent business man of King stfeet west, Toronto, tells; how the financial stringency has unavoidably urged curtailments in several de- partments in his factory. He even had to call in sertain men and ex- piain how, they mutat he laid off until tiles got better. One -a hesky hand, whose skill in his line was Such that he did not want td' Rise hfm-was offGred other' work at slightly reduced money if he would Itay till business wit better, again. ,The business man is also a colonel on thb retired •-lit. ,He had been summoned .by the Militia Depart- ment to report anValeartier to assist in the preparations for receiving the first contingent., He was to leave that' utast, but he made time to hafe • regulaf heart -td -heart talk with the valued employe referred to. But he says that pretty nar ell his pri- vate business worries were fergOten .in the turmoil of the 12u'st1irig job at Valeartier. The tyo.op trains kefit pouring ,into camp from all ever Canada, and invariably just before all their efforts eohjal menage to per- fect reception ari'ang041Cuts. ".I re- menaber that we hail a byeathing- silall just before the 48th Highland- ersnarrived, ,and waith, se,yetel ether oVers I was awaiting Obi. Ourrie's eppearance oa thp‘seene. • The pip - (di ka'd, po4eeet i en.•104' eand the brqe. beers 111 ktls thdbasolveR; and whonacers were ateevin to head- coteetere again; where "to my aeterifeen tient (and tat of the sterwitli -mb) I heard: "Hello, Mir. , hbw's things'?" Perched elcift, on top of it supply wagon therd was 'lily big, jolly, husky chap from Torentb, that I had‘beeu so anxious to kadep on, I thou& t I should slnek through the huckleberry bushees." "Hello,' Mr. ," it sounded so fampliar 7,rectipg, and yet so unfamiliar down hero in the shadow of the war cloud. 4 ' Espects Peace In Fall,: A Cg.na,dian trooper at the front, e•riting to friends in London, .ex• xesses the opinion, whIgh is shared )3, the majority of his pals, that, the yea,' of steamtr will s.e the end oi .:ae. war, and that the trench War A' ill soon be a thing cf the past. "The.re hes l*cen litle dang: dur- 'eg th). past ,fewivibc,:ke," he "writes, 'f.tut I Saucy that we hll shortly , -m the move. ' "I have seen quite' it few Ameri- ;.an Red Crees cars lately, and it Ir 'iaeresiirlf! Aud imitruetive Ito see ligns en theln.such as 'Froin Friend': 11 Boston; U.S.A.' Blood is thicker than wraei and no dollit .you have heard tbat:the Saxons refuse to firc tn. our fellOws in' the ,trenches. 1 un. fihid wik.'t 0.•=serne1t and ad- ,diration for the IVitie.'h 'Tommy. thought that I knowjalni pretty well, but I did not. Ile is really wader - ,u1 and it is a privilege and honor !o do one's pit by his sfde. What lie 4.fi,ffors during WO wixter, is.bey8nd n's .,he'pe that the at:Alen will not. forget him al i.er the Britain at Disadvantage. C. Hamilton Ar.:,10:eitise.tie commis- sioner in Canada, addressing the,Lon- don Chamber of Commerce on the promotion cif trade with Canada, re- cently, said: "The Briton as manu- facturer, 'cyst:6 without a peer, but as saleathan ho' was unskilled and aP- parently.indifferent, ani suffered by compa.rpon with his foreign competi- tors. Indcod, it was only. the eoasis- tent guality of British goods that had tuthercl the British* manufacturer Againet tho compeeition of the last twenty years. So far as panada is concerned, tho British nianufacturer had notIonly to mee"; European, but American competition, and the Amer - lean had tbe advantage Of the Briton noth strategicalne and geograahically Proximity, fashion, and standardize - Ube all combined to aid the American exporter' in the Canadian market. tut, however ticivantageous the peti- tion of the Atheritan reanufatturer might be, for the reasons alteedy giv- en, that alone did not account for their enormous preponderanee in the Canadian market. There might be another reason -their 'selling and marketieg coriditiofte might be better Butted to the Caeadian eonditions than pur Awn." • _.• - et 41.0.1.1.•,,••••••••01. A PICTURESQUE OCCUPATION WIDELY FOLLOWED, Season Which Ila dust Closed Has Been a, Good Old -Fashioned One For Fishierifieu and Open Fishing Both Popular ---. Little Honks Mystify Visitors to Canada *Fen the First Tillie," The Ash liuts down on the ice at. 13urlington Bay,. Harailtim, all along the north Awes of Inikes Erie and Ontario,4 near the 'various small towns, and mbst compichoue of all on Keamenfeldt Bey, facing Berrie and Allendale, ere alwashi a mystery to visitors in Canada, although to the native Canadian they are for the most part conikaonplace: Astonishingly few know what they are when they see them first Then the obliging well-informed part' in' the adjoin- ing goat of the train supplies the ellipsis.. The next time they taste that fine mess 02 fresh fish on the honie table, or at their hotel, they aripfeciate its • delicacy of not-cold- stbrage flavor, melte' highly still. It is 'doubtful whether mid -winter fishing, will ever become as popular as dangling the oiled -silk -over the gunwale of a soft -cushioned skiff, at quiet, calculated a,nchor among Aug - use's Wavering green,sedges, But it has its devotees, They" are strictly in It for the mOney. The winter just past Vs been a good, old-fashioned, good season for them, starting about . the middle ofeDeceinber last, when the thermometer "went down with a bunap." At that' "bumf:" every ice -hole fisherman on our Ontario Imes and lake's waxed joeful and hied him awes, ate his favorite.' part of the shore with &many strange fixings rotted to Ms hand -sleigh. First he picked 'up his bearing; figured out the currents; and shifted his position from that of the previoas winter if enpetience dictated so. Next, he erected his house upon the ice - ver'e simple, affair -light enough to carry holus-bolus on his sled. Some times he. has to build it. He is his (min., architect, and there are no building .bylaws, so .that a few see- thing of battered corrugated iron, half a dozen boards or so, with a torn old' sail cloth,. suffice when thrtiwn crudely together -but strong- ly, for' the structure has to weather many's the fierce winter's gale and snowstorm:' Tho man or boy who foilow's the ice -fishing, must be no weakling. Sornetimee you get one. so warm- blooded and husky Allan by choice, heedispensen with a, ease. shack alto- gether ----t both it and the small sheet - here stove that 'often adds to its corn- nott-and is setisfied instead with a Wifid-break of Arenas nailed to two stout supports, that he props into the ice between his battery df ice -holes an a the chilly breezes. Of cputs-e the firstjob confronting the winter atelier after providing protaction igainst the elements is to cut his holes. It is as much as one man can de to look properly after six of . these e Inany are content with but three. If the fates are propitious, the latter allowance -Will keep him busy, because qua of the lines that he sinks down a hole is barbed with two -sometimes moth -hooks. The holes are about half -a -foot square, cut• clean thiough the ice no matter how thick, with an ice -chisel; althqugh thin ica can be managed handily with an dielinary axe, along waft cdnsidenable:patienc,-espacial- ly if the Wind is bloahng in -shore, and eversnstroke neae the close of the operationferces a spurt of frigid:'wat- er thee deneralln finds lodgment in the regain). -Of ono's: face and neck. After aping dropped through, the - e'nds pf the seVel•al lines are fastened to "a stick or,Spilto driven to one side and; having • attended to each hole similarly, the 'expectant winter - fisherman stands or sits by and aWa.its results' from those wiggling mennotes with Which he has garnieh- ed each and every hook. Sometimes he watches a line tau- ten -only to discover.that a fair-sized "sardine" has put him to the wet and celdndisappoiatment of hauling in; sometinies it wile be only one of the debased but voracious "black lizards (name in the trade: "lisses"); never - theles, _off, it Must come, and live new bait replace it, or there will,be no marketable herring, or yellow pike, �r perch caught in that hole that day. The Work would be a poor one for a cripple. With five or six holes there is - something reciuiring attention every *Minutes; sometimes seveial thinks, Min' at 'different' holes. If it isnot sinker, or a hook, or a tan"- gled, tine (in it lbeation Witheswift currents), or a rbite,,or fresh the fish hare/ester mug go from hale to hole remevink tho thin ice which fornis, by means of a cup or -dipper'. On a cold day the latter operation is well, nigh one personhe,Jobr What fish aro niestly taken in this way for Toronto consinnptigua Those n'amed abbve principally, unless ill. the more favored localities like Geor- gian Bay, where such grand 'etches as a thumpineesturgeon are td be oc- casionally lakei for, as well. Whet Is a fair day's taking? In the neigh- borhood of fifty ter sixty pounds, though sometime, indeed, a heerired pounds falls to single Menai 'lor, and aust.by way en ern unusual run d$ Melt (and fitiN, pit:tete:lies another lift3r on top of that; .4 " Ono sees sole grotesque figuree out among the' lee huts. Sometimes le man who ham had his feet frozen will be seen wearing padded shoes of scans/es to prevent their being nipped again, and the picture hennakes With feet •twice the usuel size.will at letist hold one's attention for "a, moment. On the bigger lakes, where oftett fisheit miles from shore, he will rig eom7e sort of a rude sail out of an old coat or canvas; frequently when re- turning home tho trip is Made in a feve minutoe, where it took an hour more" tO cote .ou`. in the =ming. Morris W. R. 0.1.ntelon, son of Samtiel Can. t.elon, Morris, who has been it student at Edmonton University, purposes en- .ering the Methodist ministry le the Xah West, • MeArter, former resident f %/orris, died at Marley, Man., a few lays ego, Ile bad been a photogtapli. -r in Brossele, illytb and Gorrie, be. tore going West. “•••1=MM5====m77'', CANADA e• CHANCE. Big Opportunity le Opening Up lin ABSSian Market. Looking forward to the days of peace that will follow the war, our HOW) Of Cerement) the other after- noon, saw in the future bright Pros- pects' of en inereasea trade with Rus- sia, where certain of our exports should find it wider and it very profit- able market, Russia has alwaY.s bought twiny lines of manufactures', and 801110 of those lines Canada is as well qualified to supply as is any other country. In the past Germany to a consid- ereblo extent hap kept Russia in leading strings, both industrially and fina,ncially. Berlin has been Russia's banker, and the factories of East Prussia have to a largo extent sup- plied Russia' e demand for manufac- tures. The war will end all that - of course it has ended it temporarily and it will end it permanently, pro- vided other countries are prepared to step itt and supply the goods Russia, will require. Writing Irons. Moscow, a Bridal' consul has directea the attention of his countrymen to the wide market that is opening to them, and exhorts them to study the conditions cif that market so as to be in a position to meet its requirements and satisfy the demaads of the Russian. people, eager to free themselves from the grip of German manufacturers, or at any rate eager to so conduct their busi- ness in the future as to be financially and industrially independent of Ger- many, now Russia's deadly enemy, and always her rival. Their own cauntry is so vast and its agricultural resources so great that Canadians are sometimes apt to forget that there are others. All the same there are others, and Russia is one of them„ Possibly no other country possesses equal agricultnrsii resources, and, like our own, they have drawn on only to a small extent in comparison witn, their possibili- ties. • Russia has long been a great wheat -producing country, part of her seerplus of- foodstuffs, going, like oar own supplies of like goods, to the markets of Great Britain. An era of better„ agricultural methods had set in before the war, and when the war has ended the eta, will continue. This war, which for Russia is being fought to ensure to the Slavonic peo- ples the place in Europe to which they are entitled, will tiring about a great awakening in tne vast empire of the Czar. Russia is going to se- cure better ports, agricultural pro- duction will be stimulated, and her need of agricultural implements will steadily increase and be eiecirem'us for many years. And it is with respect to that demand that Canada will have an opportunity of iecreasing her exports to Russia. In gormal times oiir exports have an annual value of almost balf billion dollars, of which those to countries not Britisa had a value last year of alniost two hundred million dollars, Those to the Russian Em- pire had a value of $1,430,430, of which $1,140,430 represened the value of agricultural implements. Al- ready Oanadihn trade is on the right track. Lot it follow it with sag& and supply to a large extent the needs of the Russian faemers. Of the exports of agricultural ha- plenients to Russia from Canada har- vesters led, with almost half a mil- lion dollars; drills were second, with alment three hundred thousand dol- lars; mowing machines third, with one Atindred and twenty-eight thous - sad; and t' -o remainder of these ex- ports consisted of cultivators, reap- ers, ploughs, harrows and so forth --- the implements in use on every well- conducted Canadian farm. Canadian manufacturers can make these implements as well as they ca.n he made anywhere; and for many years Russia will bebuying these implements iei very largo quantities. Canadian manufacturor.lready have a share in this trade, and if they take full advantage of their oppor- tunities they should increase their share enormously. -Montreal Stand- ard. TRENCHES., Preparations Made In Day Time For Dangerous Night Task. Sapper W. R. Y. McLeod, a mein- ber of No. 1 Company, Canadian en- gineers, gives a graphic description of the work in which the Canadian engineers havb been engaged -put- ting up wire entanglements in front of the British trenches, while under fire by the German snipers on moon- light nights, and other equally Hari'. ling incidents. "During the day we prepare, as far as possible, tbe accessories to be used in the work at night. It is then loaded upon wagons and 'haul- ed to a point 300 yards to the rear of the firing line, We leave our billet at 5.30 p.m., and march to this -point where the wagons are unload- ed. This march ieimires about thirte minutes' brisk' vralln• and the time is generally put in by singing patriotic airs and Whistling. The streets are all paved with cobble- stones, and the click of the march- ing troop's upon the pavement draws the populace out of their homes tO watch us marching to our trenches. A peculiar thing is that they leek at us much more pnifulla thea we do at them. When we have advanced to a point where the town abruptly stops, the order rings out in a cleee voice to 'stop amoking and singing. We now move on noiselessly to where the wagons havo. stopped, and we immediately unload the material, which` consists 'of barbed wire boards, 2x4 inch scantling, Mills, etc. From here a road of 300 yards to the trenches bas been narhed Cetaetery road. Hardly a night gees by with- out soracone being shot on it. Bath man picks up some piece of the stuff and We all advance single file down the feed. "The islet few nights have been moottlight, and it makes our work more hazardous than otherwise. Where we have been working the trench forms a shape with the apex towards the Gerritaile, atid Conse- quently there is a heavy cross fire behind the British trenched, Last night we were Mit itt front of the 13ritish trenches putting up wire 'en- tangletnerits, 'The Germans were only a hundred yards away. •.Zaawria,'",-.",-.01..trk.,rtio • t . • • ••• wv- ol• -v. V M....4.0 V • v . Inciettse rot Commanders, The Admiralty have decided to le- oreatle the pay of permanent lieuteas ant•eommandere It from Ins. to 13s. per day, Whicli Is the mini- mum rate of full pay of a lieutenant. commander It.N. Whitechurch (Intended for last week.) Tao 51et Anniversary service() of the Whitechurdi esbyterian Church will be be held on Senday, May 80.11, at 11 a.113. and '7 pane evben Rev. Dr, 3. O. Shearer of Toronto, of Dominion - wide renown, will preach. On Mon- day evening, May 31, a terameetipg will be held, after which the Dr. will deliver his very interesting address on "Applied Christianity", which will be illuettated by very fine stereoptican views on immigration, slum and re- form work in our great cities as well as other intereeting topics, There will also be present with us on the occaelon Rev. S. M. Dunn of Royce Ave, Pres. byterian chard), Toronto, a foimer pastor of this cougregec:or, who will also speak. Special music is beiog pre- pared by the choir for all the services. A very hearty iavitation is extended to all. Special effetings will be re- ceived at the &Uttar services to as - big in defraying the indebtedness on the church shed. Mr. Andrew Hamilton of Indian Head, Sask , visited friencle bere on his way to Montreal, en route to the front. Miss Share of Teeswater, is spend- ing some time with friends here, Miss Hazel Wocks of Oulross, who bas been visitiog her aunt, Mre. J. Mowbray, bas returned home. - Mrs. H. McOlenaghan of Belgrave, was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Wm. Barbour, for a few days lag week. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Leggat and Mr. R. Mowbray spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. John Leggett of Holten. Miss M. 0. Terriff is spending a few' days with Belgrave friends. A number of ladies of the Presby- terian church attended the Annual Presbyterial meeting of the W. M. S. held in Teeswater on Tuesday, May 18. The Y. P. S. meeting for next Sab- bath will be in charge of Miss arre Terriff when the subject is Religiona Reading." The topic for May 10 was "Why it is Wrong to Sample," and the meeting was led by Mr. 3. W. Lai dam. The death oecurred- on Tuesday last of Miss Elizabeth Mirehouse, after an illness of six weeks. The funeral took place on Friday to Tiffins' cemetery and was largely attended. The service was conducted by Rev. D. D. Thomp- son of Bluevale and Mr, Penrose of Whitechurch. The deceased was a young lady who will be greatly mine - ed in the community. Besides her widowed mother, he leaves four sis- ters and five brothers; Mrs. Rohsrt Gemmel], Swift Current, Sask ; Mrs P. Naismith and Genrge Mirehouse, Series, N. D.; Mrs. R. Ross, Mrs. J. Middleton and John, Whitechurch; James, Langdon, N. D ; Thomas, Great Falls, Mont.; Joe, Spring Water, Sask, Brussels We are pleased' to notice that W. B. Strachan and J. G. Leckie, Brussels, have been graduated in Arts from the Toronto University. Mrs Peter Watson, who had been a resident of Bruseels for reale past 18 years, has left to reside permanently with her sister, near London. , LONDON GRANTS $15,000 The Weetern University of London, has another good piece of news to an- nounce in the increase of its grant by the City Council of London from $10,- 000 to $15,000 for the comirg year. It is expected that We, along with the increased revenue in view from other sources, will enable the universii ies in respect to the recognition cf all ite degrees. There have already been ne- gctiotione with the Department of Eitication at Toronto with this pract• ically assured as the results. The recent financial progress of tbe University has been most gratify ing. The income for the Atte Department, for the. year 1013-14 was $8800. For the year 1914.15 jitst closing it will be about $19,000, will the bacome for 1015- 10 will be nct less than $30,000 for the Arts Department and about $75,000 for all the departments of the Univer- sity. As a result cf this flve more mem- bers are being added to tbe staff of the Arts Department, including men ef recognized prominence and scholar- ship. A god gymnasium has been ercured lied a pbysical director is being appointed who is widely known in athletic circlee. New laboratoties in physics and biology are to be inaura ted this fall which will supplement those of the other departasents in a very satisfactory manner. This magnificent addition to the re- sources of Western Ontario's uniyer. sity, which is only the beginning of still greater things, will provide for the needs of the many students ef this whole section of tbe o fir' ce, without taking them so far frorn home and (re countering heavier expenses, T etre are already signs of increasing interest, in the varioua Callegiate Inetitutes and High Schools which Will tun a larg s number of students in Ile next f years towards the Western, where the authorities are determined to build up a university of the highest grade. eanefleseeCt‘A. , Nearly everyone Itas ripp'ng, i earl ng 1.mie:A:es An, ..): at tircrs. DI: •)re,rt.t.) stem, etvillri,;;Ivii eh) 14 lii.ei.:.ar tile: slifit .1. ri tivf-Chartherlard's 1'h:7 mit the r•illt;r&nlrl'elll Crr. ; l',ii‘..µert;i;alsilo‘ItEgt: ,A il dr•r0ti5t9, .2!;0„ i..,v Ly n :.)1 iicnt 5 Oltamb:...riaa Vls...i'cirle ee., Tvecttio ,6 t •s? .44), .. ,, ,v ... • , I. 5 • •• .- • - , WELLINGTON MUTUAL FIRE INS, Q. Established 180, Head Office tannin, ONT. Risks teken on all classes of lustre - able proper ty me the oath or premium note system. Cigo. BLEEMAN, JOIIAT DA YIDSON President, Secretary. RITCHIE de COSENTS, Agents. Wingharo, Ont DUDLEY HOLMES Barrister, Solicitor, etc. Office: Meyer Block, Wingham, R. VANSTONE BARRI AND SOLICITOR Money to loan at lowest rater, WINGHAM. ARTIER J. IRWIN D.D.S., lean Doctor of Dental Surgery of the Pee nsylvania College and Licent ate of Dental Surgery a Ontario, -0111ce in Macdonald Moak - G. FL ROSS, D.D.S., L.D.S Honor Graduate of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, Honor Graduate of University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry. OFF/OE DYER H. E. WARD do CO'S. STORE W. R. HAMBLY, B.Sc., LD., C.M. Special attention paid to diseases of Women and Children, havirg taken pootgraduate work in Sur- gery, Bacteriology and Scientific Medicine. Office in the Kerr residence, be- tween the Queen's Hotel and the Baptist Church. All business given careful attention. Phone 54. P. 0. Box 118 DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND 8.. it': gill • Physician and Surgeon. (Dr. Chisholm's old stand) General Hospital. (Under Governmeut Inspeotioa.) Pleasantly situated. Beautifully furnished. Opon to all regularly licensed physicians. Rates for patients (which include board and nursing) -$4.90 to $15.00 per week, according to location of room. For further informa. tion -Address MISS L. MATIHEWS Superintendent, Boa 223. Wingbam Onb. Mr. R. T. Cowell, A. L. C. M Organist and Choirmaster, St. Andrew,s Church. Teacher of Pianoforte, Singing, Violin. Pianos and Organs tuned and repaired. Wingham, Ont. DRS. PARKER Cc PARKER Osteopathic Pit siciansand Neurologists LISTOWEL andWING HAM Specialists in the treatment of al Chronic Diseases, Nerve Disorders Women's Disetries, Weaknesses of Children, Stiff Joints, Rheumatism Osteopathy cures when all else fails, ugless methode. Windham Office over Ohristien Store, HOURS Tuenlav 9 a. m.-9 p. m. Wednesday 9-11 a. m. Thursday 4-9 p. to. Friday 9am.-9 p. m. Or by appointment. Auctioneers McConnell & Vandrick, Auctioneers for the Counties of HURON and BRUCE Are prepared to take all kinds of sales. Having had a wide exper- ience in this line, we are certain we can pleaee anyone trusting their sales to us. You can have either one to conduct your sale, or can have both witbout extra charge, Orders can be left with la. McCon- nell or with C. F. Vandrick. at the MERCH AFTS' BROKERAGE Co,s STORE, Wingbam Charges Moderate Chiropractic Whennfbe spinieia right the -body is right, A Chiropraetor will keep your spine right that you may have contintud good health. If ybur health is already poor it course cif Ohireprad- tic Spinal Adjustments Will put yont spine right • 3. A. FOX, D.O. Graduate Ohirpractor amlwoonimm. OF SPECIAL INTEREST Ilave you a farm to sell, from 50 to 100 acres, with 'good buildings and near a school? We have a purchaser waiting for such a place, FOR SALE Robert Calvert's fine 2 storey brick reeislence on soul h. -east corner nf John and William Streets near C. P. R. station. This place will be sold right and on easy term, STOP ENOCIUNG We give this advice free of charge, both to the council and tbe ordinery citizen, The toWn is all right. We ean give you Real Hittite inVeelreenta right in Wingbarn that Will net frotp eight kJ ten percent, Where can Tell cIi bet[er. Ritchie & Cosons REAL ESTATE AND IESURAIGE