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THE CLINTON NEW ERA
NATIVE SPARROWS
BY NO MEANS PESTS
How Long an
England Hold Out?
It is genera ly e )ne' c1ed that 'jo nses na already said, will cut
the cm .arro,t o: 111: war d pe'eds,this allowance clown to $6,000 000, -
to a, large extent upo'1 the length
of time the belligerent nations ean
afford to keine up, the immense
waste set money and men which is
!ill Thus, if England can econo-
mize $4..00e,S00,ftt0 in thee cost ofliv
Ince she can apparently continue the
tear 'inclettnitely at the present ter'
now going ot, Financially the rifle rate of expenditure. Therein
stla113 falls heaviest! upon the is England's financial' problem isle.
Mother Coulnt'i'y, and (therefore iiutshe"fr,. The great task of Eng
the question 'chow iong can .dug- lash stat. rilanshtp at the present
land .hold orit?'1'l:ecomes 'one of nrome•nt is to enforce economy ilp
vital interest of the entire world. or. the English people.
In The Sunday, Magazine for De Mr. Hendrick comes b the cone
camber 5, Burton J, Hendrick Minion that:the ideal of real finan
gives ae reassnrin g answer. He end exhaustion on the part' of
t
says; To -day, millions of Eng-' England maybe dismissed. As he
lishmen i --and' almost as Ina._ y lute it "The cosi will hurt and
Americans, especially those: who hurt for many( veers to come. but
are buying 'British 'bonds—are the aggregate sufferings will be°
tasking the same clueElion—How those of an extremely( rich --man
long can Engl'tnd strand it? She who loses a considerable part of
has already lent to France and his income!; It would hurt :Mr.
11ussia an amount larger.. than the Rockefeller to have an income of
Arnerienn ctvi.l Warr d..ot in
'Her war obligations' so far have
a'ectched 011,000,000 01d the
'struggle has lasted 'lexis than two
yialis. Is there any limit to her
financial enduretnce? How , long
can a nation spend what Reginald
McKenna, in his budget speech of
September 22, mid ,hat England
was spending at that time y,L:,5t0-
000 11 d,ay? 'Hrsto'-y has known
t,othing comp•u ab,e to; this. In
the last twcuyears 01 her Napol''-
onic struggle England was spel:d-
ing less cman et eon 000 a d. y—ai.
$5,000,000 a "eat• instead of $20,-
000,000, bat ne would not beet 'a
candidate for the poor. house.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
C A S T R l A.
Canada's Mutat knit Chi et
Entirely Different iirdFrom House
Sparrows—Former Destroy
Weeds and Insects
A group of birdd whose services to
the farmerare not sufficiently known
end consequently not appreciated, is
that which is made' up o1 our native
sparrows, writes A. 13. Klugb,.
in The Farmers'. Advocate, Even ' those
interested.in the study of birds
otten find it hard to distinguishthe
various species of sparrow:. one Loin
another.
One reason why our native spar:
ro'v'e are not given tbe:ir just due as,
friends of the farmer is because' that
pest the houneeisparrow is often taken
as a type of this group, and our"na-
tive species are accordingly judged to
he injurious, or at besc'lrarmiaas.
The fleet thing to do in Identification
is to mark o,t the house sparrow' from
our native species., This is easily
done in the •case of the male as he
has a black throat and breast, a fea-
ture which is not possessed by any
of our native sparrows. , 'Ptie female
House sparrow may be known by her'
dingy grayish -brown crown and the
buffy stripe 1 ehind the eye.
Our native sparrows are all brown-
ish, streaked birds and have cone-
shaped bills, In fact if a bird has
not these characteristics it is not
given the name sparrow. The Junco
is structurally more closely allied to
some of the species of sparrows than
some of theee species are to one an
Mbar, but it is not brownish and
streaked --it is plain dant slate -color
and white—so sit gets another name
and is called a Junco. Put the young
Junco gives away the family .relation-
ship; it is brownish and streaked.
Just in the same way the young robin
and the young bluebird shote the re-
lationship of these species to the
thrushes, which the adults do net re-
semble at all in plumage. This .fact
that the young often reveal r,:laation-
ships which are obscure in the adults
is made a good deal of use of in frac-
ing the affinities of various groups,
both in aaimars and pleats.
One of the rtommouest of our na-
tive sparrows is ' the song sparrow.
It occurs throughout Canada from
the Atlantic to the Piscine and can
always be 'recognized by its streaked
breast, with •, blotch in the centre,
and the absence of a yellow line over
the eye. lis song begins on three
high, clear notes, after which it is a
somewhat complicated trill.
The song sparrow is one of the
earliest birds to arrive in the spring
usually putting in an appearance early
in March, anti is one of the last to
leave in the fall, It winters from
southern Illinois and, Massachusetts
to the Gulf States.
Of the food of this species for the
entire year vegetable matter snakes
up sixty-six . per coat,,, the rest con-
sisting mainly of insects, but during
the spring. summer and early fall, the
time of the year which concerns us
in Canada most, more than half its
food consists of insects, Prominent
among the insects eaten are such
injurious species as weevils, Cut
worms, - grasshoppers, click -beetles,
leaf -beetles, army worms, canker-
worms. , The vegetable food consists
mainly of tweed seed, and the seeds
of many of our worst weeds are eaten
in large quantities. It was, at one
time thought that $ome of tee 'weed
seed eaten by sparrows might pass
through their digestive tract whole
and thus be transported to other
places, but experiments have proved
that even the hardest and smallest
seeds are ground into such fine par-
ticles that subsequent germination is
impossible.
that time an unceardi-of sum. In Sir TIicrnas Sbaughnessy Presi-
the last th1'ee years of the civil dent of the Canadian, Pacific Beli-
ever the United States' arera'ee'd way Company. has been appointed
cixpenditnree 01 k2,1100,000 i day, y p y. pp
' 5 held thct reee'd as the most Organizer of Munitions inCanadh.
Sir Thomas was born! 62 years sago
of hurnllo parentage, 'He started
lifein the effie0 od'tite, 'M1lwauke'e;
St. Paul Line, and steadily rose
ui tell he achieved the distinction. of
lccomil:g thePreeident of the Can
adian Poeific the largest transporta
tion organization in the' world.
Sir Thomas, has been a railway
Worker allhis life. One; of his
great assets to his genialeltar:xtcter
• in history until
sin made 1t
and skirm-
nd keep
leAt:ell
ikktinil
intanciel
'ever y-
11 tine
°nil et-
a weal h
ly, how -
tale cape-
d within and his willingness to befriend'and
v.'hioh IS itolP. 'He has the seeing quality of
Who humor. 011 onetoccasi,ln a train
and is usu.-
0.000,000,00s convoying several 'iveIk-•known
me of .$12,- people, was snowed rap and one of
anid11at a'whihch..s the passenger termedthe Peelle:
amusing rate graph wires and sent the following
enlyl disarranged message through: We are snowed
. Mier debt was' upand have only three biscuits and
only about $3,600,000,000
or about a quarter of a single years one egg sandwich among,elO people
income. Interest on this debt '•What do you recommend us to dot
consumed less than one per cent;
of each year's earnings. She also
owed n thing tcher neighbours
the•l0un i'tin'ntly floated 10 Net,
York repreaentii,g herfirst foreign
torrowings 'Silk ct'the . ,days '+ of
Charles 11, Bnrther more, sins is-
su, d less than sever; per Sent of
'tna meanie, in paying lthe ,annual
cost of conducting the worlds
grt,atest war, leaving iter people
the .remaining 03% to spend ,on
themselves, 'to bulla"up, ;ew enter
prises, and to make more money:
With these figures in mind, a the 'war, r.ot politicians were need
few arithmetical calculations would ed, but such masters of organize
seem 10. answer the question. "How ation acs -controlled such, tremen-
loug can Jsnelacd hold out?" If dons enterp}isee as the e-anadind
the nation iespendtag $8;000,000,- Pacific Railways
0110 a "clad, and its total 'Wealth yfs . •
$85,000,000,000, she could, apparent
ly go fos' 1011 years. Her foreign Chiidxe�la Cry'
alone would pay tee
expenses of the war flow nearly ,3 FOR FLETCHER'S
you rsSo berminded Englishmen
In about an hour the answer came,
"Prayer and Patience,-- l3bia'ugh-
ri•es." The C.P.R. had much to do
with making Canada a nation, and
tithed Up practically every town
in tide vast continent with com-
merce. Sir . Thomas Shaughnessy.
lute always p'o't edl himself a very
able) organizer,
11 was not; without reference to
these talents that' it was steted in
London, Eng,, a den or two ago
tItaii f.or tate; proper conduct of
:owevel', do not fir urel the prof AST 0 R I A
rem, this way Tte`sale of foreign
il•vo,atment Lonny the cost of a
war would simply mean that SEng-
land Was consuming her capital.
The attempt to cash' in on, ;other
seen less tangitie itiredly
signify the sume thing Neeessity G 0 a
may compel sacrifices of this kind;
the clay may come when England
may, plrelge hoe foreign invest-
meats' in New, York as eecur ity 101
American loans, Until that inns
of • necessity • ' err ;1ves. ho tv-
ra er, there are other mese avail-
able resources. For !the piesenc.
she must depend upon lie, earn-
.i13gS—thL' profittcts of her iactol'i-es
shopping and general trade,. ,ane"
iiitelnest, upon, her forehgn invest-
ments • These several items ,aggre
gale about $.14,000,000,00:1 a yeas.
Ihis1 a great annelid' fund, tepee•
seating not capital :hut; earnings.
The expolnditut a of thie whole sum
or any Dart of it would' not mean'
any • encroiichmeet on the' accum-
stallions of their recourses
According to 1lexd'ri eft, the goes
tion of financial elndurat'ce 1'ch
solves int' simple terms. TIto pres
dint cost ''ti the war is about ,$5,000,
000,000 a year Ltrgland's total in-
-come out of whioh three cost' can be
met without pernanentlysinjuriog
the value is 514,000,000,000. After
7iayie g' the pipet' therefore the
English people will have about $6u-
OOC,OiO,imi leftfor their daily needs.
At the rate oflerpenditurei pro -
ailing he'for e thewar, the, English
people were.spending 510,000,000,000
a year on living eepenses. War ex-
"FRUIT-A-TIVE3"
THE MA[IOUS
FRUR M[CNE
Has Relieved„ More Cases of
Stomach, Liver, Blood,
Kidney and Skin Trouble
Than Any Other Medicine
THOUSANDS O'G,iETHEIR
COCO HEALTH TO IT
That Allies give up effort, ito
reach Constantlinople, says a morn
ing paper headline. 'Not so'—
they,'ve merely changed the route
That a bigger joke than 'Henry.
Ford's peace flivver the lEerlias
report that a portion, of the Ger-
man fleet searched the North Sea
in vain for a brush, with the 'ds
squladr''one
Made From The Juices of Apple.,
Oranges, Figs and Prunes Combined
With Tonics and Antiseptics.
"Fruit-a-tives" means health. In
years to come, people will look back to
the discovery of `Fruit-a-tives' and
wonder how they ever managed' to get
along without these wonderful tablets,
evade froth frail juices.
"PRUIT-A-TIVES" is excellent for
Indigestion, Dyspepsia and Sour
Stomach.. 'Fruit-a-tives' is the only
certain remedy that will correct chronic
Constipation and Liver trouble.
'Fruit -a -tines' is the greatest Kidney'
Remedyomedy in the world and many people
have testified to its value in severe cases
of Rheumatism, . Sciatica, Lumbago,
Paint in the Back, Impure Blood
Headaches , Neuralgia, Pioaples,Blotches
and other Skin Troubles.
"FRUIT-A-TIVES" has been one
of the groat successes of the century
and the sales are enormous, bots} in
Canada and the United States. 50c: a
box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25e. At all
dealers, or sent postpaid on receipt of
price by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa.
,vrrm.voumr�yxaxns,....+..'
i•. S
�lLAY'r,
POP'S,
I've a varied lot of chicken's
In a pefn.
And they used to raise dickens
Now and then.
Every r000te r in the flock.
rtahmn-Leghorn—P(yntouth Rock
Dunghill strnin and 'blooded shook
Loved one Merl.
•
She was fickle nrd fiirtateous,
Gay and spry,
Coy—uncertain—pert—audacious
Likewise sly '
When some vnlinnt chanticleer
Tried ti' whisper in her ear,
'He received avirioutl spear
In hie eye
That the appointment' of a Fire,
Marshal at $4,000 per year is ex-
pected to save Ontario' 'many
times that amount of anima fire
waste,; Conservation' of our Sore'
est wealth is imperative.•
That Belgium's cry, for bread
must, and will, be answered' by
the people df, Canada. Out of!
our abund'an e, let herior. Belgium
have a share, Our debt to beyond
messure, -
eeeThu \op0aes 'to in•l
j cr la: ?..e. from 3,000,000 to
ae'rreafily 1,250,000 men
se fighting line and
d that 1,100,003.and,
3n Engl, v e
I•ut nn' day a scrawny icllow,
Old find touch,
randy-leueed—dings, yellow,
at`al1rd" ler:• bluff
')S imale feathers filled th'e air, '
Blood was spattered everywhere,
Fut he licked her therm,. andthere,
Sura enough.
HAIR AND VITALITY
In the course of its continuous
growth the hair records the tide of
vitality as it rises and falls in the
body. When a halals held up to the
light it may be seen to be smaller
at some places than at others. ''.'tiers
may be a space of one-eighth of au
inch; perhaps, where the hair is so.
thin as to appear ready to break Off.
Such spots indicate an appreciable
loss of nourishment, a sleepless night
or an attack of auto -intoxication. In
the last named cases the general
vitality is interfered with, and the
roots of the hair not being •developed
axe not as strong as otherwise.
The hair grows until the . weight
is so great that -it can no longer be
sustained by the root and it drops
out. That is wily hairs are of dif-
ferent lengths. Coarse hair, having
large roots, will grow long. When
the vitality 1s loan all over the body
the roots are• imperfectly developed
and the hair :fs likely .to` fall out, as
in cases of typhoid fever. - -
Dandruff is a parasite disease, any
the parasites 'get down around the
root of the hair, which becomes dis-
eased. That is another reason why
the hair falls out.
TTAWA,
Dec 25.—
C h a noes
are that
the Gov-
ernment will be
looking about for
now taxes at the
next session of
Parliament. After
giving the tariff
a no t her squeeze.
they will presum
ably direct their
attention to the
war: profiteers
that is to say 1f they are careless of
bunting their own friends.
Although the operations of, the
Shell Committee have been partially
uncovered the public will not rest
satisfied until a full statement; of its
transactions" is placed Before Parlia-
ment. Excuses to the effect that the
Shell Committee is now' an imperial
munition board and as such not sub-
ject to scrutiny by the Canadian
Parliament will be received with
scant patience and no doubt Chair-
man Flavelle, for the sake of his
own prestige, which is high, will in
sist on adequate disclosures. Honor•,
and good business demand a com-
plete revelation before the Govern-
ment
overnment can be off with the old Shell
Committee and on with the new,
The old Shell Committee was a
good thing while it lasted and the
profiteers took full advantage of it.
There were several tender' hearts on
the committee, particularly toward
Conservative distress, and all a man-
ufacturer had to do was to pull a
long face and say that the, war had
ruined his business, at the same time
pointing to his number on the pat-
ronage list, to get a fat contract. The
poor mouth became a favorite game
From that very clay arid' hour
She was meel01
Mistress lien was in his power
en to speak
eeollsiseed him across the too,
Sat eld liin all the wornns she` got,
,Fed 'em to hien, like as not;
With her beak 1 •
This is lust a homely tale,
But. des true
Hens prefer a master mato,
Fes. they do
Be who It sitetes is lost+,
Stand your ground at any cost;
'ene delight in being bossed.—
Women too —y'
•
4,0
ar
vvatcnrng env etetatuters.
Police authorities and the Ameri-
can Embassy in London have been
on watch lately to prevent British
subjects eligible for enlistment from
securing American' passports to en-
able them to leave England and
thereby escape military service. At
present no man who is eligible for
military service is permitted' to leave
without a green permit signed by the
magistrate. These permits are only
granted,in exceptional cases.
Watchfulness was awarded when
the police on December 17 arrested
Bob Spencer and "Dixde" Kid, two
prize fighters, who were unlawfully
trying to obtain American passports.
Both were arraigned recently in the
Westminster Police Court, and were
remanded for a week. The police as-
sert that Spencer is a British subject,
born in New Brunswick, while
"Dixie Kid" declared in an affidavit
that Spencer is an American.
This new development of English-
men eligible for army service trying
to obtain American passports has
thrown a heavy burden of investiga-
tion on the police and the American
Embassy.
�; :thtfldna T''itioi pisodinoi
'ke Orme .Sjaalfs1 f Rented"/,
•otees and invigorates the whole
„ orvous system, ,uakos new. Blood
I `:gold Veno, (Mares -'Nemesia
enanneeediesammasegsfidildiefef
Don't Persecuf
your Bowels
Cut out cathartics and purgatives.
brutal--harsh-unnecessary. Try
CARTER'S LiTTLE
LIVER PILLS
Purely vegetable. Act
eimiatohand
on iln,�
soothe thedeti-
catemembrnne
ofthebowel.
CareCon-
stfnetion,
Bilious.
. tuffs,
Sick Headache -and -Image
Srtialt Pill, Small
Genuine must
LEI
L ^
loyal elan fs
as far es he
Mother. Count
caro how the;
hand in our c
he mustn't b
manclmont at
Government
Rumorehai
North Amer!
ed s0 as to
ernment the
which is now
right. This
a deadly blov
aire profiteer
being taxed
about it.
spread 'the b
ders instead
egs the adds
plying niostl
which can
pay rolls ant
the big ones
ing places.
believes in
want to ra
must get i
With,a fe
the nlunie
ter only
excuse fo
money i
average
going a
NAL
Are Ca
Wh
the sto
does no
the vie
of the
burn,
general
anythir
Keep
1tlilburi
clear' a
collect.
that '
Mr,
writes
const
and
retne
A fr
Live
vial
still
tha
str
Liv
510
or
of
Tr
at Ottawa, even the richest manufac-
turers taking part in it with signal
success. It touched the'Committeets
bowels of compassion. All the Com-
mittee wanted anyway was an ex-
cuse for handing out relief to the
faithful. Charity begins at home,
and this explains why shell con-
tracts to the extent of hundreds of
millions of dollars ,.11 rrt.vitatad to
one side of polities.
Apologists for the profiteers urge
that as the shells mere o ade for Eng-
land and were ;'aid for by the British
Government the flanadlan Govern-
ment has 310 rigid to tax this outside
money. In marring this argument
the munition 0111110aaires overlook
three important lasts—that the Can-
adian Minister of Militia nominated
the Shell Committee, that the Shell
Committee awarded
t contracts
on a
money
Partisan basis, and
received for shells is no longer out-
side money but is now jingling in
Canadian pockets. Altogether a
pretty strong connection is establish—
ed between the old Shell Committee
and the Borden Government which,'
nese luilliohail•es either to divide
voluntarily with the Borden Govern-
ment et sualrl t to a tax of fifty per
+cat. on their swollen gains. If Fin -
:ince ?,linthr.n' White has the courage
to do this he can pay neat year's in -
by Itt!s means, made several of its
1rvoritcs millionaires, As one good
turn deserves another it is up to the
s
Giving them the cream.
terest on the national deb
millions to wi from'
alone,