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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1915-08-26, Page 2G. D. MCTAGGART M. D. McTAGGART McTaggart Bros. -- BANKERS - 'A GENERAL BANKING BUSI- NESS TRANSACTED. • NOTES DISCOUNTED, DRAFTS ISSUED. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DE. POSITS'. ,SALE,_.' NOTES, • rUR- CHASED. II. T. 'RANCE NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEY-, 'ANGER, FINANCIAL, REAL ESTATE -AND FIRE INSUR- ANCE AGENT. REPRESENT ,INQ 14 ..FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. DIVISION . 'COURT OFFICE,- 'CLINTON. w. nitroo:Nit, ; BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC. Office- Sloan Block -CLINTON M. G. CAMERON N.C. BARRISTER,SOLICITOR, CONVEYANCER, ETC. Office on -Albert Street occuped by Mr. Hooper. In Clinton DIT every Thursday, and on any day for which ap- pointments are made. Office tennis .from, 9. a.m. to 6 p.m.. A good vault in connection with the office. Office open every week -day. Mr. Hooper will make away, appointments for Mr, Cameron., ERA RLES •Il. HALE. Conveyancer, Notary Public., Commissioner, Eta. REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE Issuer. of Marriage Licenses BURON ' STREET, - CLINTON DRS.- GUNN di GANDIER Dr, W. Gunn, L.R.O.P., L.R. 0.S., Edin. Dr. J. C. Dandier, B.A., M.B. Office -Ontario St., Clinton. NigbA calls at residence, Rattenbury St.,, or at Hospital, OR. J. W. SHAW OFFICE -- RATTENBURY ST. EAST, --CLINTON OR. C. W. THOMPSON PHSYICIAN, SURGEON, ETC. Special attention given to dis- eases of the Eye, Ear, Nos* and Throat, • Eyes carefully examined and :suit- able glasses prescribed. Office and residence: 2 doors west of the Commercial Hotel, Huron St. lift. h. A. -A tall - DENTIST -. peci a list, in, Crown and Bridge Work. Graduate of C.O.D.S., Chicago, , and R.C.D.S., To. rento, Gas Geld on Mondays from Mae to December. GiiORfill ELLIOTT l.iconsed,Auciloncer for the County of Itron. Correspondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The News -Record, Clinton, or by walling, Phone 13 on 157. Charges •moderate and satisfaction guaranteed. .0EN T' Aft ,5oTRA.1 FORD. Ontario's. most 'successful busi- ness training school. Teachers are competent, courses are thor- ough and graduates succeed. We •had more ' o ,pp a lication s this monththan we had students graduate during the past six months.h T e three applications received most recently were for Lady Stenographer at $780, Bookkeeper at $1000 and Com- mercial Teacher at $1400 per annum. Business men want our graduates. , Get our free Cata- logue at once, D. A. McLACHLAN, Principal. EggialE -TIME TABLE. - Trains Will arrive at and depart from Clinton Station as follows: BUFFALO AND GODERICB: DIV. Going East, depart 7.33 am, u 3.03 p.m. rr 11 rr , 5.15p .m. Going West, ar. 11.00, dp. 11.07 a.m. i' depart 1.35 p.m. " ar 6.32, dp. 6.45 p.m. ' " departs 11.18 p.m, LONDON, HURON & BRUCE DIV. Going Scull,, ar. 7.33, dp. 8.05 p,m, i. departs :1.7.5 p.m. .Going North, air. 10.30, dp, 11.00 a.m. " " departs 6,40 p.m. Fertilizer 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 Corn, Red Clo- ver, Alisike; Timothy and Alfalfa: FORD & MCLEOD CIIN'I'ON. ' ALL KINDS OF COAL, WOOD, TILE BRICK TO ;ORDER: All kind's of `Coal on hand: CHESTNUT! SOFT COAL STOVE CANNEL COAL FURNACE COKE BLACKSMITHS, WOOD 2% in., 3,fn,' and 4 in; Tile of the Best Quality. • ARTHUR. FORBES Opposite the G. T. R. Station. "Phone 52. ®w :is: Your Cutlery Supply You know that Jewelry Store Cutlery is dut of the coin - mon 'clime 'At least, OURS is. It carries a ,distinctiveness - an air of superiority, that comes from' being made with the greatest care and ut- most swill from the highest. priced 'materials. If yvu.can.nse some of this - Cutlery in your home, you will be, proud of it eery time,you see it on 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 desi'table. that you can put your money into. e W. -Ra. COUNTER JEWELER. and ISSUER of MARRIAGE LICENSES. The McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company p Y Head office, Seafo7'th, Ont. 'DIRECTORY • 'Officers; J. B. McLeau,•Seaforth, President; 3. Con. Holly, Goderioh,,Vico-President; Thos E. Gaye, Ses,forth, SM.-Treas. Directors: -D: F. McGregor, Seaforth; J. 0. Grieve, Winthrop; Wm. Rini, Sea. forth; John Bennetvels, Dublin; J. Evans, McL en,SSasf r h; 3 oCo Brumfield; Gode job; Robert Ferris, Harloek. Agents: Ed; Hinkley,' Seafortb; W, Chesney. Egmondville; J, W. Yes, Holmes. villa; Alex Leitch, Clinton; R. S. Jar. muth, Brodhagen. Any money to be paid in may be paid to. Morrish Clothing Co., Clinton, or at Cott', Grocery, Gpderigh, Parties desirous 'to effect insurance or transact other business will be promptly attended to on application to any of the above officers' addressed totheir respect. Iva poet -offices. - Leeeee inspected by the director who ,lives nearest the scene, There is a Cold Day Corning . Why not prepare for it by ordering•your winter supply of Lehigh Valley Coal. None better - hi the world. House ;Phone 12, Office Phone 40. A. J. HOLLOWAY Clinton :News -Record CLINTON, • -- ONTARIO Terms.. of •subseriptioo-$1 per year, in advaece;';1.50 may be charged if not so paid, No paper dismal. tinued until all arrears are paid, unless at the option of the pub licher, . The date to which every subscription is paid is denoted on the label. Advertising Rates -- Transient ad; vertisements, 10 cents per non- pareil line for first insertion and 4 cents per line for each subse- quent insertion. Small advertise- ments trot to exceed one inch, such as "Lost," ''Strayed,', or "Stolen," etc:, inserted ones for 35 cents, and 'each subsequent in- sertion '10 n-sertion'1Ocents. Com municatione intended for pub. licationi must,' as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the, name of the writer. .W,' J. TC.; i lG II I.IELG, Editor _end Proprietor, a n,,w'riSgy,U. pY41Ull.M1,. ,V, rrnr.e A Health -preserving delight ht The use of Lifebuoy Soap makes the bath a supremely soothing pleasure as well as a health -insuring delight. The cream of pure oilsgives a velvety lather that is cleansing and healing The very mild carbolic, solution means a perfectly healthy skin. Theodorv vanishes a sties in a few secondsafter use, ALL GROCERS CELL_ LIFE, U HEALTHY SCIAP y Ibis' �„ samm i , ull,,,, Irei l l 11.rr,(e liulu,nina.,,;"fd ptinu, rp:,Mt! rq uu a r , Appearances Deceptive. "Thompson has made a discovery." •"Indeed ?" ; "Yes. He says thathe has die - covered that the more buttons 'there are on a woman's coat the greater the probability that it really fastens with hooks- and eyes." TENDERS FOR PULPWOOD LIMIT. Tenders will be received by the under- -signed up to and Including Wednesday, the fifteenth day of September, 1916, for the right to cut pulpwood on a certain area situated north of the Transemttinen• tel Railway, west of Lao Seal and south of English River in the District of ICenara. Tenderers shall state the amount they arieprepn.redto pay as bonus inaddition, to the' Crown dries of 40e. per cord . for spruce and 20c. per cord for other pulp• woods, or such other rates tie 'may from timer-tatime be fixed 'by the Lieutenant - Governor in Council. for the right to operatea pulp mill and a paper mill on ornear; the area referred to. Such teudore=shall be -required tt'erect a: mil] or rills on or near the territory, and to manufacture the wood into paper in the Province of Ontario -the paper mill to be erected 'within such time and in such place -as the Lieutenant -Governor in Council shall direct, Pertiee,.rgaking tender will be required to deposit 'with their tender a. marked cheque payable to the nonourablo. the Treasurer of the Province of 'Ontario, for ten per cent. of theamount of their ten- der, to be forfeited in the event of their not entering into an :agreement to carry out the conditions, etc. The highest or any Lender not neces- sarily accepted. For particulars as to description of ter- ritory, capital to be invested, etc., apply to the undersigned. N.D.-No unauthorised publication of this notice will be paid for. •+ G. H. FERGUSON, Minieter of Lends: Forests and btinee. Toronto, Tung 6th, 1915, NEWSRECORO'S NEW CLUBBING RATES FOR 1915 WEEKLlhy, .ewa•Racerd and Man .1. 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News -Record and World, ...:83;35 News -Record and Globe 3 80 News -Record and Stall & Empire, , 3,60 Nowa/record and Advertiser ,. ., 2,85 News -Record and Morning Free Press. 3.39 Newe•Record and Evening Free- Press, 3,85' Newaltecord and Toronto Star2.85 Newe•Record end Toronto News2,95 If what you want is hot Inthis netlelso know about it, We can supply Poen; less than it would cost you to send direct In remitting please do so by Posbatnes Order Postal Note, Exprese Order or iter Istered letter and address. W. J. MITCHELL, Publisher News-Ree3rcl CLINTON, ONTARIO THE CHILDREN OFTO -DAY AY just as they are -in their door play, or at their outdoor play -they are constantly of. fering temptations for the KODAK Let it keep them for you as they are now, Let it keep many other Ilan' penings that are a, source „i pleasure to you'. BROWNIES, $2 TO $12; KORAN'S, $7 TO$ 21. Also full stock of Films and Supplies. We do Developing and Printing. Remember the place:' THE REXALL STORE AN IMPERIAL 'COMMONWEALTH Sir Robert Borden's Visit to England. Fifty years ago the proposals for a Confederation had just been submit-' ted to the people of British North,. America,'and in 1866 the ,statesmen 'of, the colonies assembled in London to settle with the 'Imperial Govern- ment ,upon the terms of • the agree- ment which was to establish the Do- minion_ of .Canada. They accomplish- ed their, •mission. The scattered and disunited colonies were' withdrawn to- gether and the new' community was endowed with the largest powers of self-government. By effecting this result the London "meeting in 1860 'completed one stage in the develop- ment of the British Empire. A house- hold had been set up .within the Em- pire, managing its own affairs: When'. Australia and South, Africa were pre- pared in pre - _ pared bite manner` to' divest their own concerns.. they followed the pre- cedent set in, 1866, and secured from the Imperial Government -'their free constitutions. The Growth of Empire.' Yet, the establishment of these Dotniniens, , while; :'certainIy a mile- stone in. the progress of the' Empire, left a long road .still_•to „travel. The new 'communities took charge of "their local 'affairs, but ,they had • as yet ho voice in conducting the business com- mon tothe whole Empire. Such coin - mon concerns were left •to the Gov- crnteent at Westpiinster. et,adminis- tered the great dependencies, it.,con-, ducted the foreign policy of the Em- pire, it decided finally upon peace or war, it retained a final authority over all parts of the, British' .Common- wealth. The authority of the Domins. ions was thus restricted within 'certain 'boundaries; and a citizen of Caned•) enjoyed. if lees ample .prerogative than a citizen of the United Kingdom, since the latter alone elected the represent tatives' who determined the ultimate issues for the whole Empire. This difference could not be 'permanent. The Dominions once in control over their own business moved inevitably towards a .larger participation in the business common to the Empire. Hence the 50 years since Confedera- tion have witnessed a series of meet- ings in London no less significant than that of 1866. Colonial statesmen have visited the Metropolis of the Empire totake part in Imperial Councils and gradually to assume a share in. Im- perial responsibilities. The Fathers of Confederation have been followed by the Premiers of Canada, Sir John Thompson, Sir 'Wilfrid Laurier, and now Sir Robert Borden. ''The Imperial Conferences. Suitable occasions for the meeting of the Empire's counsellors were pro- vided by such great Imperial. cere- monies as the Jubilee of 1887, the Diamond Jubilee of 1879 and the Cor- onation of 1902, attended by repre- sentatives of every community subject to the British Throne. These in the outward aspect , typified for great multitudes of Imperial citizens better than any other agency the unity and variety of the mighty State to which they belong. They also served to •bring together around a council board British Ministers and tepresetatetives of the Demi:alns, The Colonial Conference first assem- bled in 1897 and developed into the Imperial Conference of 1902, 1907 and 1911, as it became firmly estab- lished. The scope of its meetings widened. From discussing trade and communications the representatives of the Dominions went on to consider Imperial Citizenship and Imperial De- fence Schemes for common defence were submitted to them, and, though not always adopted, conveyed a lesson in Imperial patriotism. In 1911 the foreign ,polic'y of the Empire, which justified common preparations for de- fence, was disclosed to the statesmen of the Dominion. It is true that they were not asked to join in shaping the policy, still they were given every op- portunity of studying it, and such a schooling could have only one ultimate purpose and result, that •of preparing them for their part in an Imperial Government which would determine the foreign policy of the Empire. All the Doors Thrown Open. Meanwhile the Imperial Defence Committee was taking shape in order to co-ordinate the defensive arrange- ments of the Empire and upon it nk]f Colonial Ministers sets were allotted their place.It was only an advisory body to the'British Cabinet, yet its mem- bership was so representative and im- portant as to give its decisions great weight. It proved really an ante- chamber to the Cabinet; ,those who gained admittance to it were close to the innermost councils of the Empire. Finally, the great' war threw all the doors open: ' It showed as no logic would have done, how decisions taken at Westminster affected the lives and property of British citizens every- where. where. It proved the quality of those citizens beyond the seas who were not yet full partners in the Common- wealth. It showed that their strength and goodwill were necessary to the safety of the. common flag. It placed upon their shoulders a share of the burden and found them able and glad to carry the load. It made necessary their participation in any settlement which would follow, the struggle and in ;all subsequent policy. It opened the way for the Dominions into the Imperial Cabinet. Sir' Robert Borden, i the Prime Minister of Canada, the. first of the Dominion Ministers 'to visit England since the beginning of the war, was invited to attend a'ses siosi of the Cabinet. The Final Authority. A journey by Sir Robert Borden to England at this time was natural and proper. Ile wished to inspect Cana- diaaa troops whether in training camps, or at the front, to Cheer his wounded fellow countrymen, to,:discuss with the Imperial' authorities the 'measures which all parts of the Empire should, adopt in discharge of the common obligation. ' His presence in London was a sign to our friends and our enemies of the unanimity of the EM- pits.- Still the most- significant epi node in his visit was the invitation to attend a meeting of the Cabinet. All the other' functions he could have die - charged and yet have madeno ad vance beyond his predecessors in shaping ,the institutions of the Em- pine.,,Other episodes during his stay were certainly more dramatic, the. meeting with the rulers of the Allies, the visit"•to the Canadian battery in' France, the great review of our sol- diers at Shorneliffe. Yet no incident compared in importance with, ,the gathering of a few civilians, unherald- ed, unattended, surrounded by no pomp or ceremony, to discuss•around a table in Whitehall the common busi- nese of all the millions of their fel- low -citizens. No colonial had ever be- fore entered this Council "Chamber. The final authority which the Cabinet exercised had not been shared with any citizen of the 'Empire from be- yond the seas. There now remained no council of the Empire from which a representative of the Dominions should, be kept aloof. One by one the ante -chambers had been opened. Now .a colonial stood in the inmost room. All the arcane imperii were open be- fore him. The limits to his autonomy had been passed. He could a now feel hienself;to be, in -as complete a dense as anyone else, a citizen of his world- wide stater t An Imperial Cabinet. It is true that the Prime Minister of ,Canada :attended the • meeting.' of the Ca'binet'py invitationethrough;.the courtesy of the British,. Government. He• was enjoying a privilege, not ex- ercising a right. The distinction is immaterial. What matters is that a representative `of the Dominions shared in the final council of the Em- pire. His, right to be present will ne- ver be urged. There will be no need' of urging. it, since no one will call' it in question. His presence on one great occasion is a sufficient prece- dent. We proceed in our British way from fact to fact, rather than from one claim to another. The fact is un- assailable. All the counsels of the Empire were disclosed to a represen- tative of a Dominion in person. Sir Robert Borden ' may not attend an- other Cabinet meeting during this visit. It would be difficult indeed to make such attendance a practice. A visitor could only catch' snatches of the business passing before the Cabi- net. The one case is enough. It has accustomed British people et=ery- where to the idea that the delibera- tions of the Imperial Government, which affect all the Empire, can and must be shared with representatives of the Empire overseas. The idea will take shape much more quickly than we should have thought possible a few months ago, in a Cabinet truly Imperial,'not restricted to citizens of the United Kingdom, but including re- 'aresentatives from all the Dominions. Common to the Empire. • The invitation to Sir Robert Bor- den has prepared the way for the formation of such a body which will deal with matters common to the whole British Commonwealth. . The work of the Fathers of Confederation 1 will then be complete. They gave Canada control over her local affairs, but those concerns which affected Canada together with the rest of the Empire were still left in the care of the Imperial Government. Canada will now have a voice in determining the policies which in any way affect her and will at the same time partici- pate in the Government of the Ern- ; pire as a whole. The meeting of 1866 lled-inevitably to themeeting of 1915. The Imperial convention such as must follow the war will crown the i who since the Confederation efforts of all the Canadian statesmen of'Can- ada have joined in securing for their [ country her true place- in the British Commonwealth. The Fruit of St. Julien. That Canada should come to her full stature in these days is a natural consequence of the glorious part which she continues to play in the great war. The heroism of her sons could have no other outcome. To- gether with Australians, New Zea- landers and their fellow subjects•fr.om the dependencies they have given eheir lives for an ideal, The ideal is in one sense Canadian, for it includes a devotion to their own country; and yet it is broader 'and more compre- hensive than han a purely Canadian pa- triotism. It is a conception, vague enough in form, but powerful in its effects, of a vast community which we call the British Empire embracing many races and creeds, but at peace with itself, strong, but. -not brutal, united and yet tolerant towards all the different elements within, and to- wards the nations outside it, large; enough to be free front envy anti bit- terness. Ilow their conception should be expressed in constitutional forms may have concerned these heroes little. They died for muchthat was real, but much also that was r. hope or an aspiration. ' It remains for those of their fellow -citizens who are responsible for the conduct of our common affairs to give shape to their ideal through the necessary institu tions and laws. Sir Robert Borden's atlendancA at the Imperial Cabinet is a sign that the statesmen of the Empire will not shrink from this duty. St.. Julien i quickly bore fruit. The Premier of 'Canada moved into that council cham- ber escorted by his mighty dead. They will attend bins and other lead- ers of Canadian opinion until the Commonwealth for which' they laid down their lives 'is well and firmly established. Like the Athenians over whose graves Pericles spoke, "They gave their bodies to the Common- wealth and received each for his own memory, praise that will never die, and with it the grandest of all sepul- chres, not that in which their mortal bones are laid, btit a home in the mitcia of men, where their glory re- mains • fresh to stir to speech or ac- tion as tine occasion comes by, For the whole earth is' the sepulchre of famous mein; and their story. is not graven only on stone over their na- tive earth, but lives on far; away, without Visible symbol, woven into the stuff of other men's lives. SIR JOHN SIMON'S BIG SAC- RIFICE. Gave Up $75,000 Cabinet Position for One Worth Less Than Fe* men have ever made a bigger sacrifice for political life than Sir John Simon, the Home Secretary. He was, as is known, Attorney -General, and he was offered the Lord Chancel-. lorship. From the pecuniary point of view there are no offices in even the wide British Empire or in any other country which are so glittering as either of these, two offices. The Attorney -General, between salary and fees, must get something like fifteen thousand pounds a year. Sometimes the figures have gone much higher. The Attorney -General is leading coun- sel in 'all great State cases, and once the late Sir Charles Russell was lucky enough to, find such a' case when there was an international arbitration •' in the Behring Sea, and people whisper- ed that the fortunate Irishman had drawn that year as much as thirty thousand pounds. But it may be taken that fifteen thousand pounds is the average income of the Attorney. That is ten thousand pounds more than the Prime Minister receives,: The Lord Chancellorship is not so highly paid, for the salary is ten thousand. pounds a year. But it is, of course, the greatest prize in the legal profession; the woolsack figures in every school book as representing the goal to which the ambitious youth who becomes a barrister has to as- pire. The Lord Chancellorship• has the additional .attraction of carrying with it the handsome pension for life of five thousand pounds a year. Then the Lord. Chancellor is the head of the Judiciaree and he is the presiding off i- cer of the House of Lords and a mem- ber of the Cabinet, Avoided Retirement. Most 'lawyers, when they get to that exalted position, are already in the sere and yellow leaf after a' long and laborious struggle in the legal profession. It is to them a haven of rest after a stormy life on tempes- tuous seas. But Sir John Simon, when he was offered the position, was still a young man. This astonishingly progressive youth was only 42. Yet he refused the glittering prize, and not only that, he gaveup an office worth fifteen thousand pounds a year for one that is worth only five thou- sand pounds a year, and which is worth even less now because of the arrangement by which the Ministers i "pooled" their salaries so that each Minister might have practically the SEVERE RHEUMATIC PAINS DISAPPEAR Rheumatism depends on an acid in the blood, which affects the muscles and joints, producing in flammation, stiffness and pain. This acid gets into the blood through softie defect in the digestive process. Hood's Sarsaparilla, the old-time Mood tonic, is very successful in the treatment of 'rheumatism. It acts directly, with pnrifying effect, on the blood, and, improves the diges- tion. Don't suffer. Get blood's today. 14 PASSENGERS LOST ON ARABIC Among the 'Number Were Two. Citl. zees of the United States. Ade despatch from London says: At least five passengers, two of whom were Americans, and 40 members of the crew, lost their lives when 'the. White Star liner Arabic was torpe- doed and sunk by' a German submar ine off Fastnet last week. Nine other passengers are missing and are be- lieved to have perished. The two 'Americans who went down with the ship were Mid. Josephine Bruguiere, of New York, and Edmund T, Woods, The former'' was thrown into the water and was kept afloat „for Iome time by her son Louis,' who, was forced to relinquish his hold when he was struck by a piece of wreckage. Nothing was seen of Woods after the steamer was struck. Most of the missing members of the crew belonged to the engineers' staff. They remained at their posts and Went down with the ship. CaptainFinch and the other officers of the Arabic assert the submarine gave them no warning. They declare the torpedo was fired as they were going to the rescue of the steamer Dunsley, which had just been torpe- doed, presumably by the same sub- marine. A statement made by Louis Bru- • guire, a passenger on the Arabic, in- dicates there is no doubt that his mother, Mrs. Josephine L. Bruguire, an American, was drowned. Mr. Bru- guiere said his mother disappeared after being in the water for about 20 minutes. Mr. Bruguiere said he and his mo- ther were the last to leave the prome- nade deck. They reached this deck after the last boat had left the ship. This boat was too far away to be reached by his mother. St7 Jo/s;t Simon same income of something like four thousand pounds a year. What is the explanation of this re- fuse -unprecedented in British Par- liamentary or legal history? It is evident'that Sir John Simon values a merely political career more than the emoluments and the glitter of the highest legal offices. The general verdict in the House of Commons is that Sir John Simon took a poorly- paid political office because he hopes one day to be Prime Minister .of the British Empire. There can be little doubt that Sir John Simon has reason to entertain high ambitions. His enormous pro- gress in so short a time's made the more remarkable by his not starting life with any advantages. His father was a Welsh Nonconformist clergy- man, a hale and very hearty gentle- man to this Clay. • Was Poor Boy, When he went to Oxford the young Simon 'had to eke out a good deal of his living by the prizes which he won with ,great 'rapidity, and be fell in love with an Irish girl when he was still a youngster, married her, and was a husband and father while he was still struggling for his first briefs. His lucidity of speech is accompan- ied by great suavity of temper and. pleasantness of manner. Simon can make even a disagreeable bill quite simple and innocent, He was chosen the other day, for instance,,, to defend the Munitions bill, which introduced for the first time the principle of coin- pulsion to workingmen, and when he sat down. you might well have ima- gined that the real purpose of the measure was to present sugar' sticks to all' the workingmen, whereas the bill'' enabled the Government to fine any slackers among workingmen in these days of crisis Parasols were used by the ancient Egyptians. . _ "'I believe our climate is changing." °'Think so." "Our winters seem to be getting warmer," "Well, the women wouldn't wear enough clothes. The climate had 'to change. The women wouldn't;" When they were swept into the wa- ter, Mr. Bruguiere said, he swam for 20 minutes with his mother. Then his head was struck by a piece of wreckage and he was forced momen- tarily to release his hold on his mo- ther. When he came again to the surface Mrs. Bruguiere had disappeared. Half an hour later the son was dragged aboard one of the ship's 'small boats. 3 FORTRESS RAZED IN TWO WEEKS Russian Stronghold on the Vistula- ' Narew Rivers Has Been Captured. - A despatch from London says: .The garrison of the fortress of Novo Georgievsk which was left behind by Grand Duke Nicholas when he com- menced the evacuation of Poland • to delay the advance of German invad- ers, after accomplishing its task for just a fortnight, has succumbed to the, heavy siege artillery of the Ger- mans, which throughout the war has made every 'fort attacked by it un- tenable. The official German statement an- nounces that the complete garrison consisted of 85,00Q men and six gen- erals. "Of these more than 20,000 were captured in the filial battle alone," continues the statement. This raises the question as to whether the rest of the garrison succeeded in es- caping and joining the main Russian forces,'which are believed to be still intact and retreating in good order. Over 700 guns were' captured. The spoils have-not yet been esti- mated, but they probably are large, as it had been hoped by. the Russians that "ho earthworks around the forti- fied .camp would enable it to hold out much longer than it has done. It is now expected by the military obser- vers that the other Russian fortresses, such as Brest -Litovsk, Greene and Ossowetz,ivenu. either will be captured or g p After the fall of Kovno Field Mar- shal von Hindenburg's army com- menced again an offensive along the whole front from the Gulf of Riga to Kovno, with the. object of taking Riga and the whole Warsaw -Petrograd railway from Vilna northward, South of Kovno as far as Grodno the Russian armies, after the fall of Kovno, fell back toward the Niemen River, From His Native Towyn, A tourist in Italy was surprised one morning to ' meet eome people from hie native town, "Why,, hiss. Lanceleyl" he cried. "flew do you do? 'You are the last person I ex- pected to see in etalyl" "If it isn't Mr. Jones!" exclaimed the lady in surprise. "Yes we are spending a brief time here. You must call on us often. You know just how it is-pee- ple we never think nnuch of at home seem like dear friends when we meet them in a strange country." Alight -hearted jest may be crept, enough, yet the old world is all the better for it. Turkeya Separate Peace WW-. A �tes A despatch from Rome says: Despatches from ihucnt t est assert that Turkey is threatening 'to snake a sep an ate pc:._ee with than allies mikes the Teutonic' powers succeed 'iu supplying lir with amrcntniition, r ►-: see