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CLINTON.
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NOTARY PUBLIC; ETO.
Office-- Sloan Block CLINTON.
M. G. CAMERON K.C. .
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CONVEYANCER, ETO.
Office on Albert Street oceuped b9
Mr. Hooper,
In Clinton on every Thursday,
and on any day for which ap-
pointments are made. Office
bouts from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
A good vault in connection with
the office. Office open every
week -day.
Mr. Hooper e will
P
make any appointments for Mr.
Cameron.
CHARLES 13. HALE.
Conveyancer. Notary Puhlice
Commissioner, Ete.
REAL ESTATE and INSU! ANOE
Issuer of Marriage Licenses
HURON STREET, -- CLINTON
ORS. GUNN & GASSIER
Dr. W. Gunn, L.R.C.P., L.R.
C.S., Edin..
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Dr. J. 0. Gaudier; B , M.B.
Office -Ontario St., Clinton. Night
earls at residence, Rattenbury St,,
or at Hospital.
OR. 3. W. IffiAW
- OFFICE-.
RATTENBURY ST. EAST,
CLINTON
DR. C. W. THOMPSON
PBSYIO;AN, SURGEON, ETC.,
Special attention given to die.
eases of the Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat.
Eyes carefully examined and cult -
able glasses prescribed.
Office and residence: 2 doors west of
the Commercial Hotel, Huron St,
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- DENTIST -
Specialist in Crown and Bridge
Work. Graduate of C.O.D.S.,
Chicago, and R,O.D.B., To.
ronto,
Bayfield on. Mondays from May
December,
to
GEORGE ELLIOTT
Licensed Auctioneer for the County
of Huron.
Corresponden, promp
promptly answered.
Immediate arrangements can be
made for -Sales Date at The
tows -Record, Clinton, or by
catling Phone 13 on 137,
Charges moderate and eatiefactioe
guaranteed,
T
be 1VIcKillo
p uaI
Fire Insurance Company
Iliad office, Seafot'tfi, Ont.
DIRtcTCRY
Off mere:
J. B. McLean, SEatorth, president; J. tpn.
nolly, Ooderioh, Vice -President; Thos E,
Saye, Soaforth, Soc.-Treas.
Directors. •D. F.•MoGregor,. Beaforth J.
G. Grieve. Winthrop:.Wm. Bina. sea
forth; John Bennewee, Dublin: J. Evans,
Beechwood:. A.MeEwen. Brueeaeid; S, D.
McLean. Bottorth; J. Connolly, Goderich;
Robert Ferris, tarlock
Agents: Ed.,:'ginah'ler. Boaforth; W.
Chesney. Egtbotidvillet J. W. goo. Rolmee•
%Pile; Alex Leitch, Olintonr 33. 8. Jae,much. Brod)ingne.
Any moner to bo paid in may be-pald to
Morrish Clothing Co., Clinton, or at "putts
Grocery Goderiah.
trpneof desirous to effect insurance or
intended toonbusiness! will be promptly
Pplloatlon' to any of rho
above officers addressed to their respect_
Iva Boat -offices: 1,4386611 inspected by bhp
director who Eves nearest'. the. scene,.
-TIME TABLE,-
Trains will arrive at
and depart
from Clinton Station as follows:
BUFFALO ALO AND GODERICH DIV.
Gojne East, depart 7,33 a
nte
it 8.03 pan.
rt r, it
Going West, ar. 11.00, d 1;.15 p.m.
ti. «.-de art p 11.07 a.m.
it " asp 6.82, tip. 6.45 1.35 p.m.
p
L: departs 31.18 p.m.LONDONp,m,
, HURON & BRUCE DIV.
Goring South, '4r. 7.33, 'c1p, 8.05 pin,
departs 4.15 pair.
Going North, ar.
10.30,
dp,-11.00 a
m.tdeparts
6,40
B.m,
We carry a Complete Stock of
. Stone's Natural Fertilizer. No
better on the market,
Hay
We Pay at all seasons the highest
market prices for Hay for baling.
Seeds
American Feed Cogn, Red Clo-
ver, Aleike, Timothy and Alfalfa.
FORD IS: McLFOD
CLINTON.
ALL KINDSOF
COALf 'Wc
' E B
'RICK
TO ORDER.
All kinds of Coal on band:
CHESTNUT SOFT COAL
STOVE CANNEL GOAL
FURNACE, COKE
BLAB KS3alITHS WOOD
e34 in:, 3 In, and 4 -in. Tile of the
Best Quality.
.ILYA et a . Y ORBES
Opposite the 0. T. It, Station.
Phone 62,
ow is Your
Cutlery
Supply '
Yon know that Jewelry Store
Cutlery is out -of the com-
mon class, At least, OURS
is.
It carries a distinctiveness --
aa air of superiority, that
comes from being,ldade with
the greatest care tend ut-
most skill from the higbest-
priced mate Hats.
If you can use some of this
Cutlery in your home, you
will be proud of'it- eery
time you see iton the table,
Carvers, cased, $3.00 up.
Knives, Forks and Spoons,
$1.00 doz. up.
Knives and Forks, steel, white
handles, $3.00 doz. up.
Let us show you our Cutlery
line, Let us tell you more -
about why it is the most
desirable that you can put
your money into.
W. R. COUNTER
JEWELER and iSSUER of
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as
FOR 711 & KIDNEYS
How They Cure •
Pin -sus -vane, Quit,
"I suffered from Kidney Trouble for
several years, and tried' numerous remedies
and doctors' prescriptions without permanent
relief, .m7 case being chronic. After seeing
about Gm Pills, and as it is a well known
fact that Juniper, without alcohol, is excellent
for the Kidneyys, I decided to try Gin Pills.
One single. silL.gave me. great relief. I have:,
now takenfour boxes of Gin Pills and find
myself completely cured. No .more bad'
humor -increase in weight-cleareyes--fresh,
color -more strength and vigor. This is
what Gin Pills have done for me."
Ff. POWIS liniment,
Your druggists sells Gin`. Pills sec. a box
or six boxes $2,5o, Write for freesample to
National Drug & Chemical Co.
of Canada, Limited, Toronto.
GIRL DRUGS GERMAN TROOPS.
Twenty Captured in a Russian Farm-
. house.
Among a party of Letts who have
succeeded in escaping from a village
in Copeland, Ruesia, now occupied by
the Germans, is a girl of 17, Who has
been awarded for a great deed of bra-
very by the Ozer with the St. George's
cross.
A. • :small German detatchment
marched on to is farm owned by this he adds was obtained originally from
keep watch on a hill quite who was Closely associated with the
I{nisei, and who held', pro -British
views,
'Phis is the story of the Kaiser's
speech at Potsdam as told by Me. Le.
Quex: .
"Shortly atter the Zeppelin 'airship
had been tested :and proved .seceess-I
fur a secret council was held,"' he
say e "at Potsdam' iu June, 1908, at
which -the Emperor presided, ...Prince
Henry of - Ptussja-a clever man
Whom ,1 knew pernoEally--the repro-,
sentatives of tire_ leading Federal
States, and
the, C chiefs S
of tree army
and navy, including my informant,
being present.
"At this c
its secret a.tret
council the Kaiser
appeared dressed in naval .uniform,
pale, determined, and somewhat lter-
wous,"
God`li•Iis Alty,
DAY" S• YEARS AGO
KAISER II'1 A S HECII TQJ.,,) OF
1335 PLANS.
Britain and France Crushed and U.S.
turd Russia Held at
His Mercy.
That the Kaiser at a eecretcouncil
of high Getman 'military, naval and
other officials, held in Potsdam Pal-
ace in 'June, 1008, boasted that he
was supreme hi the United States
because of the presence in that coun-
try of a population of ono -half of
which "is either of,German birth or
German descent," and that the day,
Vas coming when he (the Kaiser)
would crush Britain and France to,
the:dust and hold "Russia atnc! the
United States at my mercy," are`
statements quoted'. in a book entitled"
"German Spies in' England," by. Wil-
liam Le Quex, the British writer,
Le Quex states that a true copy
of the speech made by the Raiser at
the-Potsdarn Council is now hi • the
archives of the- British Government,
where it 'has remained unpublished.
until now. The copy of the speech
girl's father. Senteies wore left out -"a high functionary in Germany,"
side to 1•
close, while the rest entered the
House and prepared to have a good
time.
The young Getman lieutenant
turned to the girl with the order to
get wine at any cost, as their supply
had rim short.
She was told that, unless she fin -
Belled the order the house would be
set on fire and she Herself subjected
to violence,
There were two barrels of heavy
old liquor made of spirit and berries,
in the cage, and a bright idea struck
the girl. Before giving them the
cord'
palsli
er
do
p o ed
P into it some
powder, .made' of bluebells, which
brings on heavy drowsiness.
The first barrel
was soot'
i emptied,
to
d
and the demand came for more.
The second barrel contained a
double portion of the powder, and the
Germans soon began to roll onto the
floor, one after another.
Seeing Her enemies Helpless round
the barrel she filled at bowl .Mirth
liquor, took it to the sentries, who
stood freezing in the cold,,and gave
it to them to drink, incidenally men-
tioning that she was fulfilling the of-
ficer's orders. The botyl was soon
emptied.
The Kaiser's speech, as it is re-
ported in Mr. Lc Qnex's book, then
follows,
"Geutloiuen," the Emperor coil.
menced, "in calling this council this
evening T have followed the Divine
command. Almighty God has always
been a great and true ally of the
House of Hohenzollern, and it is to
PR'OFIT AND LOS -S
Kaiser.: 'Mhinic of our sums."
Germany: "ButI third) or the p rim"
t
new era in the history of the world
known to all generations as the Pan=
German' era.
"Even now I rule supreme in the
United States,' where almost one-half
of the population is either of German
birth, or of German descent, and
where 3,000,000 voters do my bid -
cling at the Presidential elections.
No American administration could
remain in power against the will of
the•German voters, who, through that
admirable organization, the Gelman
ran that I --just as my august an- American National League of the
She then return cesttors diel ---look for inspiration and 1 United States of America
ed to the house and 1 guidance in the hoar of need. After nie el beyondd
carefully disarmed the soldiers, who,1 lng hours of fervent" j destinies of the man
rep was worhy
sunk in heavy slumber, lay about in !: prayer light has , i If man ever was worthy
different attitudes, anis hid their wee- ttocome to lie, of a high -decoration Hexamer
at my hands it
puns deep in the eel !! "You, my trusted coiurcillors snob was Herr Dr. hexamer the
1 lar., president
..f
, my ricnds, before whom 1 have no
Meantime her father was fasten ,secrets, call testify that it has been,
ing with ropes the limbs of the rn- ever since T ascended the throne, my
sensible Germans. ! most ardent desire to maintain the
Having accomplished her task with t peace of the world andto cultivate,
the prisoners the girl , penceeded to L on a basis -of mutual rellpoct and es -
find her way to the Russian positions. teens, friendship and gotlil will with
Following forest paths end making left nations of the globea't'
het way through swainps, •she finatlly
reached a Siberian outpost, j The Mailed I.,l'
I have disarmed and eted up twee-, "I and aware that thh course fel-
ty German soldiers and one atrium lowed by ale does not always meet
hasten and take them prisoners," )with your. approval, and that on
were the excited words which the I many 0l) 0ecasie11 you would have
girl addressed to the head officer oft been glad to ease me use the mailed
of the league, who- may justly be
termed to be, by my grace, the act-
ing ruler of all Germans.hs the
United States."
STUPENDOUS FIGURES.
Britain's Annual Income Is Now Fif-
teen Billion Dollars. ,'
Great Britai1n's annual income has
increased by 2600,000,000 since the
beginning' of the war, declared Sir
George Paish, the well-known finan-
cial authority in a lecture r•ecentl on
the Siberian Rifles. When they reach-' fist rather than the, silken glove I war finance before the Royal Sb tis -
ed the farm -they found the Germans chosen by me in my dealings with ' tical Society, London, and the total
still fast locked in their drunken certain foreign nations. I}tas now reached
0.
sleep. Breakers ahead!' is the 18,00e speaker,
c earl of '.Fir, nation, •
Severalpails +the helmsman a a , said the speaknr, has
of ice cold v* 3 t the stead -0:f
.,water the nears
succeeded do
Y d
m maintaining- A31
]tai '
not
flung i f
i 3 imperial t
n the fa z al ship s
e li r' J;
g ea of the sleepers soon l P � 1 State, Ana T am productive power, despite the "tvitli-
roused them to the grim realities f ready to heed it. The outlook is drawal o. i ,, 1v al of approximatelytjt.4 d 0
leer situation, admit, dark, but we need not despair, Men from its inclustriee.. t had tcall-
00
qfor God, our great ally, has given ed in half a billion- pounds of its
Man may fall in t dozen different into put hand:•. the means of saving capital from abroad since
lines of activity, and then succeed our empire ;('rails the dangers which in of ho a the open.
brilliantlyarc the g hostilities, nearly all of this
to a phase wherein threatening its happiness ines
n he was 1 P s .uxl wel- however,' having been used to make J
unconscious of any ability, + fare. You know what I mean It flesh loans to foreign countries and I
There is a
Cod ®a., Corning
Who not prepare- for it by
ordering your winter supply
of Lehigh Valley Coal. Nope
better in the world.
Renee Phone 12.
Emancipated.
Little Everett was a member of the
and of Mercy Society and was proud
the membership. He wore his
ge, a small star, as 11 it were a;
Oliceman's insignia, and ivas often.
and reproving other boys and girls
r cruel treatment of dogs and eats.'
One morning awoman of the neighs'
rhood hearing a commotion outside!
und Everett in the act of torment -
est 197 03i 000 and Sir George t• a t ing
and
'go es tma -
ed the taxation in the coming year
would reach nearly 1450,000,000. , are
he whole, the speaker said lie M
.i and, In
this invention God has placed the meeting virtually the whole of its i eo
means at my disposal to lend Ger- wear expenditures out of its income,' P
many triumphantly out of her pre- without needing to draw upon lbs', he
sent difficulties anti to stake, once accumulative capital to an extent !to
and for all, goon the words of our worth mentioning„ Official
polt,.`1)eutachlaltd, Deutschland ober tions of the new taxation imposed u
riles!' Yes, gentlemen, • Germany bo the present time amounted too'o
'over everything in the world, the 11 2
both in peace
war; this is the place which I'have
been ordered by God to rmrquer. for On t
is that wonderful invention Which his colonies.
If allowance were spade for the in-
crease in the country's gold stocks, let
Sir George declared, the nation'
wot.ild
exec envy Count Zeppelin was en-
abled, through the grace of the Lord,
to make for the safeguarding and
geoi'y oln our beloved 1`ati t 1
. -Now York Tinges.
- OLD HOMES CHANGE HANDS.
War Has Forced Thousands in Eng
land to Give Up Estates,
Thousands of stately homes '
England are changing hands, accord
•
: F E FEEL TED
' Hood's Sarsaparilla lluilde Lip the
Whole System -Makes Pura aloud.
That tired feeling that opines to
,you in the. spring, year after year,
is a sign that your blood laclrs 'Vi-
tality, just; as pimples; boils and
other eruptions aro signs that it is
impure; and it is also a Sinn that
your system is in a low or rtin-down -
condition inviting disease. It is a
warging, 1v11reb It is wise to heed.
Asp your druggist for ITood's
Sarsaparilla. This old 6(;I bard'
tried and true blood mdieinc re- '
fever. that' tired feeling: It <demises
the blood, gives neivlife, new l-ottr-
ag•c, strength and cheerfulness. Ili
makes the rir•h, red blood that, will
inn l e yen feel, hiol:, eat and sleep
better.
335 stun, to et Rood's, because it
1F the hest, There. is no other com-
bination of loots, barb{s and herbs
like it -no teal substitute for it-
no ',r j LSI, es -geed" 111ed341n5,
RUSSIAN DRIVE
GAINS IN FORCE
Desperate Battle le Raging in the
Dvinsk Region -Many Prirsorters
Taken
A despatch from London says: '1'110
Russian offensive in the Dvinsk region
is rapidly developing, a desperate
battle 1a raging to the sauthwerd of
! DViesk, according to the l'erogr'ad
o'iricia! report, while mouth -west of
il.ake Varganek General Kuropakin's
I forces, after having repulsed several
counter-attacks, are advancing. Very
violent hand-to-hand lighting took
place all l of
Wednesday 5 a night '
Y lg t ilt the
region north of the town of Widsy and
north-westward of Lake Sekiy. De-
spite the heavy German fire, the Itus-
lsian troops by a strong;forward
drive forced all the adversary's lines
land barracades in the sector of Olipa
land repulsed counter-attacks. Raiding
In ' parties which ad passed the D_vina
.1 captured an. enemy ma,Thine -(run - in
ing to the real estate authorities. Th
old owners have in many instance
) thickly surrounded by wire entagle
the estates are being purchased by
persons who have profited by war con-
tracts.
There is talk of wholesale migra-
tion and predictions that country life
will undergo a revolution. Many of
the estates may even be cut up and
parcelled out among disbanded sol-
diers.
In discuseing'the effects of the war
on the landed gentry, Francis Hirst,
a widely known economist, said that
it was only a natural result, and that
these people_ would feel the pinch
more than the poorer classes for
many years to come.
"The mere me -tonne effect of the
loss of hundreds of thousands of
young men in the prime of life and
vigor is almost incalculable," said Mr.
Hirst. "We may safely assume that
by November we had lost through the ,
war about a tenth of all the wealth
we possessed before,
"The present p public x
n expenditure btu-
the
n le
of
Govern I
Government is believed to bo
about equal to the whole of the pri-
vate incomes of the inhabitants of .
the United Kingdom put together.
"We are now adding to ,tire na-
tional debt every five or 'six weeks'
what we added during the three years
of the Boer War." (INLAND DEVENUE
RECEIPTS INCREASE
e the Jabogstadt section.
s Although strongly defended and
' meats, the Germans were 'dislodged.
from the woods in the vicinity of
Bliznik and Mokritz.
In foto' days' fighting the Russians
took over 1,400 prisoners and cap -
timed 18 machine guns, 26 'field mor-
tar's, 10 trench mortars, two mine- ,
throwers, a howitzer, and carloads of
grenades, bombs and shone.
Recapture of the important railway
city of Vilna from the Germans is one
of the chief objectives of the great
drive which has been commenced by
the Russians. Vilna lies in the centre •
of a network of railroads, end its loss
would Le a serious blow to Field Mar-
shal von Hindenburg,
PLAN TO MOBOLIZE
RETIRED FARMERS
A despatch from Brantford says;
An organization to enlist retired
farmers to assist on fauns during
the coming Stunmer will be effected
here this week:' Brantford 'has a
large population of retired farmers
and many o3 them are still able to
work. Those not Ili for hard work
will, by their practical experience, ad-
equately supervise the Boy Scouts
and Students.
been forced by increased taxes to see]
more moderate places, and some of
be found to have succeeded tn'
of
power on earth
Office Phone 40. - t her, and whichI will conquer eor her,
with th 4 help of the Almighty.
"'Phis is my irrevocable decision,
A. J. frIbLLOWAY At present, we are, thanks to aur
THE CHILDREN
OF TO -DAY
just as t.hey are --in their In-
door platy, or at their outdoor
play -they are constantly ot-
tering temlptai,tions for the
KODAK
Let it. keep them for you m9
they aro now.
Let,it keep many other hap-
penings that are a source of
pleasure to o
• Y U..
BROWNIES, 2
E. TO 8121
K D
as
KS,lf7T0$26.
Also full stock of Films and
Supplies. We do Developing
and Printing., Remember the
piece;
THE
REXALL STORE
ships, invincible, and can carry at
will war into the enemy's own coun-
try. The attack has always bcen-the
best defence, and he who strikes the
first blow generally comes triumph-
ant out of the fray."
tContiiming, Mr. Le Quex says the
Keiser added that glans ;for the in-
vasion of England had been carefully
tpiepal'od by the German General
1 Stafl.
Sees Pan -German Era.
"Of cotarse," the Kaiser is reported
to have continee6, "it is too early
yet to fix the exact date when the
blow shaall be struck But I will say
this, that we shall str ilr".e as soots as
I• have a sufficiently large fleet of
%eppeliiis at my clisposti'l. I have
Enver cutlets for the hurried construe- a much better light. "After- all,/
Hon of mels; airships, of the. improv_ I Mrs. Fianagao," she went"your!'
t on,
08 zeppelin 't,Yne, and when i:hesc, � tr•riuble' might have been worse.'
are
cat.
'Why' Everett„ she called, "what
you doing to •that poor cat? 11
ught you belonged to the Band of
Bray Society?"
I diel," replied. the little boy, - "but'
I lost my stat."
the burden of
taxation was light con-
sidering the circumetances, and corn -
pared with the burden the country
bore f during the Napoleonic wars. The
national debt before the War was
el707,000,000. It would be 12,400,-
000,000 by the end of this March, Sir
George added; and if the wear con-
tinued another year it would not be
far short of ,04,000,000,000. •
Might Ilaye Been Worse,
The elderly Miss Char•iteo settler
clown among the rural inhabitants,
and soon made herself, conspicuous byi
the kindly interest she manifested i
their welfar.'e.. A few days . It
y.a'os
g ire,
stet Mrs Flanagan, whose right eye!
was as black as it was possible furl
•t human fist to.m�
to a degree, the lady expressed the
hope that her unfortunate firiendl
would seen .be able to see things i '
n
Make it. Sympathetic
c ready '1.c shrill destroy 1 ngland's � "Shure, your right," answered thel,
North Sea, Channel and Atlantic woman, philosophically, "1might be
fleets, after• which nothing on earth `lilts yourscl'f, mins with tl i'
! no lutsband l
can prevent the landing of our army al all." ,
on British soil, and its ariainchane I 1
A despatch from Ottawa says: In-
land revenue receipts for the month
of February totalled $2,134,200, in-
cluding $224,470, derived from the
war tax. The February receipts lett
Year were $1,916,822,
• Some women are happy because
they know how to think they are,
A pessimist says that the surest
way to avoid trouble, escape hard-
ships and dodge calamities in to die
young. ,
Sussie had left the toys about the
kitchen. Mother-"Sussie, if you
leave these things about the kitchen
again ga n I'll box your cams and throw
thein in the.ashpit."
BRITISH PROGRESS CONFINES
IN GERMAN EAST AF''
,ISA
Arusha
Has lsha
Ham 13ee1� Occupied and the Enemy Driven
From iris Line on the Rt1WU River.
A despatch from .London says: Tele
grams to the War, Office from 'Gen
oral Smuts, commander of the 13i.•itis
forces h German East Africa, indi
sate that the German forces were clic
!aged from defensive positions on the
Lumi River and the Kitovo hills by
operations from March 7 to 12. They
retreated to positions in the thiel)
forest along the Run'rn River.
On March :t9 there was bush fght-
ng in the vicinity of Kobe, the enemy
stubbornly resisting. On the 20th a
ir:tish .force occupied Arusha, clis-
loclging the enemy.
At D
ussin
the
g, enemy 1
attacked
iKiCl{al
clueing the night, but was driven off
with severe losses. In the meantime a
strong mounted force' traversing the
-1 bush country seized the Kahe rail-
_sway station and many houses. The
h 1 force Hien occupied a hill to the
south -cast of 'Katie. This threat
against our retreat decided the enemy
-Ito hold on throughout Mardi 21 with
a view to further retirement ander
cover of darkness.
Further rein3oreetnents reached
him during operations. The Brit
i1h inflicted heavy losses, but the Ger-
mans resistor obstinately, At night
the entire RRuwu line was evacuated.
by tho enemy, who retired south-
wards, leaving a fon.-inch , gun be-
longing I to the he.r..
cruiser
Koenigsberg'.
0¢n ,
Sea• .
g a
The
operations
arc
continuing.
Earl Kitchener telegraphed con-
gratulations to General Smuts for his
brilliant success.
s.
matcl'i to London. Do you reniem-
bei
my generals, al
s, what
our n 1 0
cvc t -
befr
forgotten Field Marshal Von Blu-
cher exclaimed wheal looking from
the donne of St. Paul's Catherdal up-
on the vast metropolis at his feet?
It was short and to the point, `What
a spleniid city to sacks'
"You Will desire to know how the
outbreak of hostilities will be brought
about. My armies of spies scattered
over Great Britain and France! as it
is over North and South mAerica, its
well w as all the other parts of rho
world where German interests may
come to a clash with a foreign pow-
er, will take good care of that. It
will become the starting point of a
,1 Born Trader.
In the canteen
ofa
certain
f
lit
r
YdePof, crackededeg"shere
Aoki,
at-
a
redutied price. An Irish soldier, mar-
keting for his mess, entered, the can-
teen with a basket and salol: -"Gim-
me two dozen best cracked eggs,"
"Cracked eggs all done, Pat," replied
the or•'deely, "Sure, an' they're nob
then," said Pat, giving -the egg'.drte
in the corner a violent knock. "Hand
ale softie ov Minn cracked ones, quick,"
His
Brief Respite.
Wife (icily) "you needn't speak to
ire .for a rn0513II
HAI sband-"Theft you expect to
have finished'talking by that tinge?"
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