HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1915-04-29, Page 3Thursday, April,29th, 1935,
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County
Council has pot
Perth Y
!added anything to their patriotic
...display by;;tl en• "skiving" about
the promised grant Some tel the
d',.,mint ratepayers of that'
"County said they. would make the
Council toe'the line or k'no'w the
reason why, It apparently ' does
r;ot take much to warm up sone
;people's loyalty, nor cool it to, the
freezing point.
"It's a long lane that 'has no
turning" is an old addage with
logic in it.' You heard about the
hoot war contracts and' the
bogixs b done before deostilitiee are over.
crookedness tos ofrmen 'Who were -'
'thought to be straight. The Rus- We will' :never be sorry that we
,;dans heard about it too and can -helped so noble and Worthy amuse
64 celled 'a `contract for a $3,000,000- The women. folk have made anen-
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n
ceder for boots for their! soldiers. during name for themselve and by
' came sooner than expected the hearty service rendered Turn cam P
II are well dcser','fng of ever sleds s
theCanadian M.
manufacturer's1
by Ca is
what the P.'s who de- 'help as they diligently, thought-,
a,
'Wonder ehr
fended the sheeny co'ntractgrs.l fully and guccess'fully pursue their
"think. now. We suppose there is't Labor of Love.
o i+c nt ,
before the Magistrate, This is all'i',
Wrong tend iinknti.cal to the bee
interests of the 'public. To loyally
J1y'
stand by the law and renciei
ful, cheerful obedience is one of
the best proofs of good citizen(
ship,
Are you still 'a supporter of the
Red C1'o3s Society, br some other
Patriotic organization working for
the well being of our soldier boys
or the sufferers of the war? A
great work has been done, the
like of which was never known be
fore but there is still mtreh' to be
If
rn ,
Mellow feeling among grafters.
If the so -Lolled' War Tax were
really what its name would intik
nate there would be no room to
kick, bite they are geelins. who
:swallow all the dope dished, up on
this subject.
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We did. not notice that any of
the'Iluron County M.P.'s condemn
,ed the thievery over the war sup-
plies when the subject was up for
debate in the 'House. The elect-
ors may hese a few questions to
ask 'them',
Those Toronto parsons were very
raughty men ot make any refer-
ence 'to the exploitations up dor
discussion in the Dominion Parlin-
men't. "They should stick to the
Gospel and not dabble in'Ci ie
righteousness topics." After alla
great big crowd of honest Can-
ucks pat the .pulpitlsers on ;he
Meek and eay "You are on the right
tack, ,Mr. Preacher, more power *0
you." Politics are clean but some
of the politicians are not, and it is
up to the lovers of purity, and
Justice to call down the tricksters
and olevate integrity and moral
worth.
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"Billy" Sunday's sermons are
heard by thousands of people and
read by hundreds of (thousands,
!Folks heed as well as •hear, that's
'the best aprt of it, plus! an after
experience that .'reads much like
'the long ago, "they wenh'out and
published it much.'' It's just the
old gospel message we hear every
Sunday in one churches, though.
probably with More steam turned
on'by Bro. Sunday,
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Now is a good time to stir up an
interest in the School Pairs so as
'to be ready for the Show nest Fal1
Trustees should back up or stir up
Chauffeurs should, ever remem-
ber that they "are notf `lie only
pebble on the beach and should
show that cnnsidf:ratibn and care
to people driving horses •oil the
highway that will remo'io a well
defined prejudice against motors.
We know folk holding the lines
are often fussy and fearful where
there .is no need of it but an,
upset buggy, a runaway horse, a
broken leg or arm resulting from
a foolhardy man at the wheel of
a car are not pleasing hitungs
to contemplate. r 'Giving a nig
half of the road 'to the timid
driver and a readiness to help
every emergency are marks of a
level head and a good heart.
Dominion l'arl'iame0t prorogued
Thursday of last week. Now look
out for an election.
Premier. Borden and Sir Wilfrid
Laurier diel 'themselves credit in
the House of Commons when they
cher',,:" s cid, in pi :Lin perms, the
men especially 11I. P.'s who had
n guilty :of corrupt pract;t•es.
bCE
A De ?'ditt•Fostr•r and W. F. The
lard must feel very cheap.
Premier stated that if the dis-!
closures give evidence of merited
punishment, Kingston penitentiary
doors should open to receive the
guilty. That would be one of
the best methods of purifying pub-
lic life,
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Surprise would not be great if
Hisoeing .goadedoin ,that way we ay1eby Shet
provoking course of Germany in
torpedoing her merchantmen and
indi'gni'ties. It is ;difficult to one
other indignities, It is
difficult • to under'sta'id
what the Kaiser, hopes to
gain by this course unless he has
a fanatical hope ;that .he mightt
lean
" Means to
,'our Town
copied from May,?umber
01 the Pictorial Review
Nave, you settled tin the date for
Clean-up Week in your town`? Call
a meeting of citizens and armour,/
the date at once.. Delay endangers
the health of your family and eats,
li to ;your municipal pride.
A town or city is as dirty or as
ittiacti.'C and dein al its people
make it. It cannot rise :She' c•
les el of its citizens, When travel-
ing, you realize that a duty •city
is ri�ade up of dirty households,
inefficient citi0dnrry, If youl do
no•tkeep your city clean, you cone
fess to unclean individual homes.
As a mail lifeth, sods his home
town. If you believe in your town
and have testified !o this belief by
investing. in property or e ;mei-
Less venture, increase yourtpropea-
ty values incl, your income by, de-
manding a clean town.
Remember that a committee how
ever well organized, cannot keep
a'toivn clean. Neither can you de-
pend' upon an', •'efficient hoard ot
Health or sanitary laws It takes
Concerted i.ction, community pride
of all classes, in alit sections of a
town, to (-'bring about municipal
cleanliness. Where fear of the lay,'
fails to achieve results, a sincere
desire rtot a •make the whole town
clean, will do the'work.
While you are at it, just remem-
ber that it isn't enough to he clean
yourself and in : ' your• 'own home.
It is cleanliness of your' neighbors
that counts in the ultimate resnitl
The flies that breed in your neigh
bor's open garbage pail, in the dir-
ty alley behind the grocery, in the
refuse pile: or a livery stable on the
other side of • town. will carry
germs of disease into your imma-t
culatd home. -Some one else -s'
damp cellar or' seeping cess -pool
as the requirements are, in 1ihis secure the harbors and ports 'o
• interesting juvenile school work.. Holland to further his fond ideal
of "laking attacks •on England.:
The Dutch army consistsof al;'out
300,000 men, who have been mobil-
ized for months and many of them
on guard at the boundaries to see
that neutrality is observed. ,
There is a sentiment griowing
that our Public School vacations
should (be'transposed, That' is
school should be maintained dur-
ing the summer months when
roads and weather' aro' favorable
and holiday put on in the Winter
when the surroundings are less fa-
vorable to the pupils. Some think
it would ,he better do divide the
.aca'tions•niore equally viz. shorter
Period in the Summer and extend
the Christmas 'holidt.ys There's
room for argument as to which' is
the (better plan. What ep, you
think about it?
We are waiting for the person-
nel of Premier Hearst's new Com-
mission who propose to deal with
the Liquor traffic and laws gov-
erning it. When people approve
or, condemn temperance legisla- ,
tion many are disposed to tabulate
your political preference by your
arguments, That may be true in
numerous cases but there is a sen-
dona
founded
ttttirent abroad that is f
batter principle than party polities
and it is growing and will domin-,
ate. The political party refusing
to bow to the demands of a sober,
unflinching, moral -loving relect-
orate will be destined to bite the
dust.
Give your hearty support to the
Board of Health, 'Funny that some
men and women are always ready
to oppose the raw -any law, As i
soon ns "Thew halt not" is at-
itached they appear to think the
only 'thing on their program is to
kick, As a consequence these pee -
tile neglect to clean up their Prem-
ises, refuse to muzzle or tie up
their canine, and cloak the fact of
having infectioous diseases, They
defy the Sanitary Inspectpr and
"sass" the Medical Health Officers
and, perhaps, in the end comply
when threatened with appearance
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NOT ONLY SWAT BUT
STARVE THE FLY. •
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YEAR ago the "Swat the :
•
a
flyl" slogan had a country
wide vogue, and as a result
probably billions of flies were
swatted. But because of the
enormous. capacity of flies for
multiplication - a single pair
may produce billions of their
kind -there did not seem to be
a very appreciable diminution
in the total number.
The wiser. slogan "Starve the
flyl" has been adopted this year,
and the only means of starving •
the insect is by allowing it noth- •
ing on which to feed. Filth is
Its food, and not only should •
the city streets be kept clear of :
it and the vacant lots not be •
made the convenient dumping •
grounds for every kind of ref- •
use, but every corner of a closet •
or cellar or kitchen should be •
cleared of its insanitary acou- •
mutations,. •
The most productive breeding •
places of the disease carrying fly :
are garbage Dans, cuspidors and •
manure. To keep a Targe city •
absolutely clean with respect to •
these is no email task, but by •
the interested and intelligent co -
'operation of
o-'operation<of the municipal au- •
thorities and the citizens gen- •
orally the danger of 'disease
from flies can be reduced to a •
minimum. ••
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ern infested nosing picture and mosquito-, dirty rags that
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theater can start an. - C,i1.•r Le might to'be burned, half rotten
which the sanitation, of your own fruits and ve etables, and per -j
home cannot overcome.
Clean -'up Week is getting popu-
lar 10 r America. because it means
lar
ettna'ta�*ether in the interest of
Y'
n
sani'tation,gaod health.'and an fit- out across lies on' their way to
tractive, livable, city'or town, and I school! Clean It 'up !
it is about time it d'id. Mr's. Dag —o_,-
gett's article elsewhere in this is- Clean your streets, ,Youf d'en't
leaps even a lead cat or djog or
rat. Did you ever think what sort
of stuff this . is ;for your children`
trudge through, when they strike
sue cannot but shame the public
spirited American. If the German-
cities, large and small, can abolish
flies • send. dirt, and consequently
disease, why cannot we do it?
We can if we 'try 'hard enough.
think much. ot woman who sweeps
the dirt from the living -'room into
the hall, and then out 'on' the
porch and finally upon' the walk Or
grass. Do you think that a neatly
Make: Clean-up Week popular clipped lawn and well -kept gravel
and fashionable in your town, Set! walks will command respect from
everybody talking about it. Hold
mrass-4oeetng and preach the gos-
pel that it edits less to be clean
than to be sick,
Clean your own home fir•st:be-
cause no woman can throw herself
1•eaet and soul inio a l nhsipa'1
House-cleaning caimpaign if iter
rite needs her attepti'ori
those who pass (ycur home, if they
'tee 'that the sweepings from lawn
and walks haVe boon flung out
into the gutter ,or street? Don't,
you judge a neighborhood by con-
dition of the gutters and streets
in front of'the houses? Don't you
see them first and the front yards
and trim porches next?
If you havenostreet cleaning de
paltment in your city. ,or town,
And when you are clealning, re- i if you hive n r muni_ipal fund td
remember that real, ssifective keep the streets in. order even if
house-cleaning goes into c ark cor- it needs paving all the more
hers and hidden spaces. Do not important that you should
repaper' and paint, and beat and do your pant in keeping
duet and scour, until you have dug your particular, house front
down to the very roots of sancta- clean. It will not be longi before
'tion Look to your plumbing, your
ycur neighbors remark 'onthe dec
drainage, ycur• well and your me- i ent front your place puts up, and
tern. Be sure that all the water do likewise,
which comes into, your house is Dot perhaps the most important
pure. ' result will be the altitude of your
own children toward public ani
pri'va'te property. You cannot
bring up a child six years in an
untidy home and then expect a
school -teacher suddenly, to teach
respect for school pr private prop
er ty.•
Have ycu municipal garbage and
rcfuee collecti)r? If not, agitate•
for it but in- \,the meantime, do
your part in disposing of what
may be a. germ -breeder. :};eep•
your refuse in one container • and
garbage in ',another. The latter
must he well.-t,ivered and water-
tight, Burn your refuse in a hole
dug for the purpose. 'Ilire some
One nie eart away the garbage.
Never bury it in, the ground near
a well. It is cheaper to have gar -
Wherever Uncle Sam's soldiers
have gone in the' tropics -Cuba
Mexico. Panama, the Philippines,
they have cleaned up first. They
have lived sanitation' and have
BAD BLOOD bage removed at your personal ex- commanded respect. The German
es than to bury r baby that sol lie h• Ve done 'tile same tiring
Is Tho Cause of Boils and Pimples.
When boils or pimples start to b
out on your face or body you may
assured that the blood is in an in-
state, and that before you can get
them it will be necessary for you
purify it by using a good medicine a
will drive all the impurities out of the
system.
Burdock Blood Bitters is a blood �ui1'
fying remedy. One that has been on the
market for the past forty years. Oqiisye
that is known from one end of the coun
to the other as the best blood purifier
in existence. It cures boils, pimples and
all other diseases arising from bad blood. civic pride and desire For cleanl1-
BOILS CURED. Bess, everybody whether affected
Mr. Andrew E. Collier, River Glade. stall Traps. the law or not, began to iii
N.B., was troubled with boils for years, Last year, Shreveport, Louisiana,
In fact, did not know what it was to be mode a new record. It had not
rid of them until he used Burdock Blood a single death ,froml infantile para
Bitters. It cured him, aly sis, and only one death from
typhoid. It costs seventy -(five
Mr. Otto Boyce, Parker, Ont., had cents a year to run a fly-i`:rap,
Ms face and neck break out with pimples. First cousin toa refuse alley is
He tried several kinds of medicine with that weed -choked loth between you
out success. Two bottles of Burdock and'your neighbor.. Under 'the
Blood Bitters banish f in foodstuffs hugging then 1
B.B.B. is manufactured only by The tin.fides and breed more fifes grocer whose bins and barrels are
T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont.g always open. Offer your trade to
War Taxes in Effect
Certain provisions. in the new
War Tax Act, hwich went into
the
last Thursday, may give
impression that a new tax wilt be
• t placed on commercial receipts and
business agreements, but such 15
not the case. Only On bills of
exchange and promissory 'not s
will the two -cent tax be imposed.
The net reads, "No person shall
transfer a hilt of exchange or
promissory notes to a bank in
such a manner as to constitute the
bank' the holder thereof or deliver
same to a bank for collection un-
less there is fixed thereto a stamp
of the, value of two cents,.' the
stamp to be canceled' by the bank
at the time of transfer or delis--
In
eli r -In regard to receipts no person
shall sign a receipt against a de-
posit in the bank to his credit un -
'Cil he was affirel. to the receipt a
stamp of the value 01 two cents.
There r,s nothing noted in the
n•ew act about bills of lading or
ordinary commercial receipts.
EXPRESS OR MONEY ORlDEP,S.
Every express company shall be-
fore 'the issue of a money orcler
or travelers' check, affix thereto a
stamp to the. value of two cents,
to be collected from the paiehaser
of 'the order.
No money 'order hall he issued
wider the Post t ' en :fret a rt,i
pens c rs o.
died from ch hexa infan'tum, or to in the present terrible war, improv
doctor and nurse ta. member 'of( ing sanitary conditions in cities,
your family through typhoid fever l ;towns, hamlets, even on 'farms.
In Shreveport, Louisiana, they 'through force of habit. A United
were once flyyinfested and a high States soldier knows 'that there
deethrate. The city passed an ord "tusk be proper drainage -and pure
Mance compelling all dealers in water. He carries theme into a city
foodstuffs and all (owners of along with the Stars find Stripes.
stables and barns to in- The German soldier knows that 00
stall a huge fly -(tragi made of wire the sweets oz Berlin no self-respec
screening,on their remises. Btis-•ting citizen drops a scrap of paper,
ir:ess "rwho did not deal in of a cigar stub) on'the immaculate
foodstuffs and housewives with Pavements. Het may have to
no barns on their premises, watch spread havoc as he makes war, but
he tries to • follow conquest'
ed the fine way in which these t with
the order and tidiness of his home
great traps caught and held thous
ands of flies and' through sheer city '
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Clean your markets. i Make it
very clear thatf a .smerchant who
sweeps the trash from his store in-
to the front street or back into the
alley is not a, jdesirable citizen
worthy of your trade, !Boycott
that tradesman who keeps vege-
tables, fruits and foodstuffs in a
filthy, unventilated, 'overheated
cellar. 'l`ake your trade from a
butcher who hangs his meat 'where
it is exposed to flies, and whose
apron' and hands are dirty, or the
PAG'1°illklt.J
clean dealers, aid put the fear of CANADA'S SOLDIERS
God and your sanitary laws in the
hunteartsidy, of those dealers, who are SAVED THE SITUATION
Clean your schools. Do you Recaptured Four Lost Guns in Bra.
know whether your schools are liant Charge In
PIMPLES CURED.
ed them. weeds lurk tin cans with putre-
Terrific
kept clean and how they are!.clean- 9 c Battle
ed? Do you know whether they Near Ypres
are freed from( dust- germs, or
whether they are sprinkled with
The Battle ofr continues it
Yp es e nes -
w h
disinfectant? There is a great dif•- out any apparent hope of abatement
feeence .between removing dust in sight- and .the line of fire around
and laying it, between digging out the town has even been extended:
germs and numbing them with dis- North
iuto gthe sea the opposing foeacrces
infectants, are lrlin shot nd she'1 at' h
Have you ever seen the lavatore
ies and .'toilet' rooms in your local
other,' each in a desperate attempt, to
schoolhouse ?- Do you know gain some advantage which may t tart
whether the plumbing is in good their soldiers hurtling forward, while
condition and the water supply south to a point below Hill 00 tate
clean and pure? Do you klnow boom of heavy artillery is constant
whether your children use a coin and the effort to press on in advance..
neon or an individual drinking stip is without cessation.
or a fountain faucet? At Fay, too, a village to the north
of Chaulnes, there has been a violent
Clean your churches. Do you infantry engagement, an isolated af- ,
how hon since the old car Lair in itself, but taken in conjunction
with the general and widespread ae
knowg
pet in the pulpit or the cushions tivities of the day, a strong indication
inhe pews have been beaten. that the sirs le in
Did ytou ever pass your finger -lith fun isgg Prance and Bel.
along the ledge pf that beautiful g rapidly growing into the long-
memorial window of stained glass? Promised spring Campaign, without a
Do you know whether the sexton .break from the North Sea to the
airs the church after service orVosges. Paris reports a slight ,cid-
closes i't up, germs; and all? Do vance and a general check to the
fresh air and sunlight ever bathe original advance of the enemy; Lon -
your dear old Church, as the word don recounts satisfactory progress;
of God bathes your souls on Sun- Berlin still insists that her troops
day? Or do you leave the church' have held the village of Lizerne cn thh
with a heacla•.he and general dull west bank of the Ypres Canal, and
feelings? Make it your business to declares that 5,000 prisoners have
have the church cleaned as part been made since the engagement be.
of Clean -(up week. Germs are no gen.
respecters of churches. - The Germans are continuing'. to use
-�- - asphyxiating gases, but with little or
Clean Your Movie Theatres. no avail, as a scheme for counter -
Have you ever stopped, to consider acting against these gases has been
what the popular. ,movie theatre discovered and is being used with 100-
can do to hurt health conditions cess. The British War Office states
in your rosy"? The liinvemtilated that the Canadians again distlrgu'slied
theatre remedied, perhaps, from themselves, holding the village of St.
an old store building, is pr ol)alily Julien, where the British lines were
the best little breeder of tubercu- weakened, but eventually being com-
losis germs in your city or town pelted to relinquish it to vastly au -
from the time it 'opens at croon per or numbers of the enemy. The
until it doses et midnight or'Canadians, after four days' fighting,
thereabouts, generally for about have been retired to the reserve
twelse hour;, one audience tiles
in as one files out or people come trenches•
and go in a thin stream. There is Canadians Win Glory
no time I-etween files or the gads The sudden German assault north
erir g of a new audience. to allow of Ypres, which won for the Germans
a fresh supply of air to sweep an advance of a mile and a half and
•*rough the theatre, from lr'ont threw their first troops on to the west
door to back. The ceilings, sire bank of the Yser Canal, has been
low, and the seats closely set to- blocked -at several places burled
gether to give a large seat- back.
ung capacity. In the average un- The glory of the combat has gone
ver'tilated 'theatres of this • Bort to the Canadian troops. After the
enclosed air is used up by an auci- shock and surprise of the unexpected
terse in from six to seven minutes German onslaught was over they were,
An audience of a single person from all indications, the first to re -
afternoon or evening, will inhale
and exhale this foul air from gain their balance and to rush back
20 to 23 different times. And the upon the positions they had been fore -
later you arrive, afternoon cm even ed to abandon, forcing the Germans to
ing, the worse the quality of air retreat. The Canadians are especially
you breathe and the better chance mentioned by General French in a
you have to contract tuberculosis. report and are highly commended for
Do you know how; the theater their determination and gallantry in
where ycu children go, is cleaned the engagement.
Go down 1 in the morning,. say The War Office report says:
about ten o'clock and see The "The fight for the ground into which
genial manager, the smiling ticket the Germans penetrated between
seller, are not in evidence The Steenstraate and Langemarck still
only person in sight is it, porter. continues. The loss of this part of
usually colored and lazy, who by the line laid bare the left of the Can -
sickly light of a gas -jet. 'or elec.- adian division, which was forced to
tris bull) is making ;a pretense of fell back in order to keep in touch
sweeping out the house He may
have one door open a few inches with the right of the neighboring
and more likely lie sweeps the re- troops.
fuse into the slireet Then in an "In the rear of the latter had hezn
equally indifferent fashion he four Canadian 4.1 -inch guns, which
,goes over the Seats or benches thus passed into the hands of the
with a decrepit feather, fluster. If enemy. But some hours later the Can -
the shouse caters to a,(tbbacco-spit't- adieus made a most brilliant and sue -
Ing, peanut -chewing, or fruit -eat- cessful advance, recapturing these
ing audience, he may sprinkle dis guns and taking a considerable aura -
infectant on the floorber of German prisoners, including a
What he does not do, is to fling colonel.
open every cicor and r,v:Mdow, "The Canadians bad many casual -
sweep and dust with sanitary ties, but their gallantry and deter•
equipment, and thoroughly purify urination undoubtedly saved the situ-
ation. Their conduct has been mag -
By alimeans clean hp your
"movie" niflcent throughout."
theater Insist that it Guns of Montreal Battery
be (thoroughly aired 'after both
afternoon and evening perform- The 4.7 -inch guns of the Canadian
,Hees, if there is an inter mission, division, lost and then recaptured,
ventilators and proper cleaning belonged to the heavy Artillery Bri-
facili'ties be installed or you will gade, and were 45 pounders from
not patronise nor permit your Montreal.
children to patronize :he theatre There is very little information at
—o--._ hand from which estimates of killed
and wounded
bemade. News
can m
Clean up your dairies Remem from Berlin says 2,470 Prisoners were
ber thnt one unclean, unsanitary
dairy can pollute the milk Supply made, and that 35 cannon and a large
of a hunched families, can start an number of machine guns were cap -
epidemic of typhoid fever and 1ci11 tured. One report says that the Ger-
innocent babies like so many flies mans lost 9,000 in killed and wounded
Perhaps this looks like a big con at the encounter which gained the
tract in municipal or civic house west bank of the Yser Canal for them.
cleaning But stop to organize the There is no doubt, however, but that
pork -and you will find the indivl the casualties on both sides must
dual burden light have been very heavy.
individually, you control the The gas bombs used by the Germans
cleanliness of your own premises were largely composed of chloride,
and immediate surroundings, and mixed with other chemicals. They
you correct nmu anal evils byforce ent yrggre thrown by means of a hand
Organized intof effective
ffective will anti
con_
el le, sric7i as b'o'ys use. Their supply
genial committees, you be able apparently was exhausted in the first
to clean up the markets, schools, attacks. -°^' t, ? '"M' -`1i
churches, theaters and dairies Ap The object of the German attack is
pointing children on jtiveuile corn- thought to be the capture of the toWn
imtkees will create a demand for of Ypres which they regard as the
civic cleanliness and attractiveness key to Calais, from which they hope
in 'school grounds, parks and to launch an attack on England.
streets
The fit'st step is' to create a de-
sire for general sanitation, clean-
liness and beauty in your city or
town The second istot work to-
gether democratically, tactfully, all
through C1eansup Week and keep
at it Every week ought to be a
Clean• -ftp Week '
Clean -4p _ Meek represents the
beat investment of energy Amer-
ican home makers can make It
stands for healthier families, hap-
pier homes, higher real estate Val-
ues and better citizenship
there is affixed a two -cent stamp
and no postal note shall be issued
until a one -cent stamp is attach-
ed.
The war .tax on railway and
steamship tickets are not to. be
collected by stamp, The railway
company selling the tickets will
keep and make a record of all
tickets and berths sold. Berths in
a sleeping oar will have a tax of
is and five ;sen sept'ts will- 1- be
taxed for a seat in parlor ears.
Patent medicines will pay a tax
of one cent for each 25 cants of
costs and ore cent for each addi-
htroral 25 rents or fractional part
thereof,
A tax of three cents will be tax-
ed for a quart 'or less 'of , non -
sparkling wines, but for more then
a 'pint, five cents. A quantity,'
greater than a quart and for each
fractional part of a quart five
cents,
Champagne will have a tax of
13 cents tor one pint or less, but
more than a pint 25 eeuts• Great-
er quantities than a pink and for
each and in addition for any frac-
tional part of a pint 25 cents' will
be charged.
Cable and telegraph messages
will pay a•tax of tone cent On
every meesage Or despatch' for
which a charge 01 7.5 cents or.
1 Senders, m s-
more 9s imposed. ofme
s-
1 lieges 010 *0 pay the tax.
THREE THIN4S MAKE
COLUMBIA
RECORDS
The Most Delightful in all the World
The Artits
All artists of note seek
to have Columbia Re-
cords perpetuate their
fame.
From Grand Opera Stars
like Mary Garden and
Zenatello to such leading
virtuosi as Ysaye and
Pablo Casals. Prone en-
tertainers like Billy Wil-
liams, originator of Tip=
perary, to Whit Cunliffe,
of "Hello, Hello" fame.
All stand ready to reveal
themselves on Columbia
Records.
Reproductive
Qualities
Columbia Records excel
for clarity, velume and
sweetness of tone, and
durability of material.
They are well and truly
made, and are practically
everlasting, if carefully
used.
Listen to a Columbia and
compare it with anyother
p
Record, and your choice
will always be a
COLUMBIA
Their Price
Columbia Records cost
no more than others.
But every Columbia Re-
cord is a doubie disc and
will play on any machine.
You can get them for as
low as 85 cents, or as
much as $7.50, But no
matter what price you pay
the Columbia Record at
that price is better value
than can be obtained in
any other record.
Go, See and Hear Columbia irafonolas and Records
at the following dealers
Ball Atkinson,Clinton
ria r5M7R.Q15=r4ti.r5 ,mr+,p+' •'.eq'-'
-"-
Agents wanted where not actively represented,. Apply Music Supply Co., 7l'orouto
uradit VVhere Credit 1s, Due.
Regarding people, great andemeli,
They win my admiration
Who, having naught to eay at all
Refrain from conversation -
And,' furthermore, I think that they
Deserve a lot of credit
Who, having "iusta word" to say,
Ring oft when they have said it.
-Chicago Record -Herald.
Not Encouraging.
Tapperton-I am going to ask Mr.
Bullion for his daughter's hand to-
night, and I am so" nervous I can't
think.
Billington (who khows Mr. Bullion)-
No use being nervous. Mr. Bullion is
very approachable.
"Eh? Won't he kick me'ont?'t
"Not a bit of it."
'Won't he get angry?'(-
"No, indeed."
'Tm overjoyed, What do you tliinli
he will do?"
"He'll laugh
Purchasing Commission Named.
A purchasing commission of three
members, Hon. A. D: Kemp, chairman,
and Messrs, H. Laporte, of Montreal,
and. "Geo. F. Galt, of WinnIptg, was
appointed by the Governinent at a
meeting of council on Monday The
commission will have charge of all
purchases' under the war appropria-
tion of $100,000,000 passed last ses-
sion.
Ian Hamilton Commands •
A Cairo letter to The London Times
describing the big camp of the allies'
expeditionary force for the Dardan-
elles, now at Alexandria, reveals in-
cidentally the fact that General Sir
Ian Hamilton is the Commander -in -
Chief of that expedition: During a
review of the forces, the letter says,
General d'Amade, Commander of the
French section, referred to General
Hamilton as "my chief."
French Generals Retired
Twenty-nine more 'French generals
have been placed either on the re-
served or retired lists to make may,
for younger and more active men.
•
Experts In Flying.
Ilbe butterfly,
A fragile thing,
,Can float on high,- i
Secure of wing,
While man pursues
Some way in vain
To safely use
An aeroplane.
��- Washingtgn stair
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