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The Clinton New Era, 1915-12-30, Page 7PACS SI$, A Happy *hen the New Year Arrives THE CLIN TON NEW ERA. Thursday, Dec,/ 30th, 1915, and Prosperous HAVE YOU BEEN SICK? Then you realize the utter weakne9S that robs. ambition; destroys appetite , and makes work a burden. To restorethat strength andstaminathat certain periods of the year` is so essential, nothing has ever equaled there are certain diseases that or compared with Scott's BumIsien, be - T sweep the country. In the cause iss strength-sustaining spring influenza afflicts man• msinvigoratesthe bio d distribute energy throughout the body while its tonic r • kind; in the summer, rose fever, and value sharpens the appetite and restores in the early autumn the hay feverites health in a natural, ,permanent way. t snuffle and mangle the English ran• If you are run down, tired;nervous, ,guage. Rut with the beginning of the/ overworked or lack strength, get Scott's year an epidemic of a disease .of the Emulsio�tday. a a c oro [store. most virulent sort spreads over the civilized world, causing ninety-nine out of a hundred of its inhabitants to raise their • right hands involuntarily and swear by all that's holy they will hold fast to the straight and narrow path forever and forever. The symptoms of the disease are al- ways the same. It Is better and more generally known than the common cold; it more regular in its appear - once, and'more persons suffer from it than from any other affliction, yet physicians and bacteriologists have never found a remedy or isolated its germ. This microbe, once taken into the system, can never be eliminated. The same* victims suffer from it year after year, aud'each year hundreds of thousands or new sufferers join the ranks. The disease first makes its appear- ance in December. A victim beams beatifically around a poker table and announces, "Well, boys, T swear off on the 1st.". Jan. 1 arrives. 'Simultaneously sev- eral hundred million persons' rise, yawn and glance at the calendar. In- voluntarily the muscles of the right arm' contract, elevating that member toward the ceiling. In a state of tem- porary stupor the victim voices good intentions Some of the more serious cases even rush off to a notary public to record these thoughts in black and white and pay said notary $5. The stupor is attended by either a lapse of memory or a distorted: mentality. In the first case the victim has entirely forgotten his attack of the year be- fore; in efore;in the second be says, as he has THIS YEAS 1T WILL. nn DIFFEMINT1 said almost every year of his life: "Oh, this year it will be different.. I'm not going to bust 'em this time." This is the crisis of the disease now comes MARIAN DORSEY VERY year the little green bay- berry candles are sent as leek bringing gifts to an `even greater extent •than during the past few holiday seasons. The rea- 1 son for this is that the. people, who re- ' ceived them the past year or two -and i who did uote-thought that they really I did seem to bring them good fortune; hence this increasingly rapid growth of the' candle's popularity as a substitute for the conventional Christmas card Uonting's , or as. constituting in itself an uupre- I tentious little gift symbolizing every good od wish. But, while a great many people both �%Q�yfT send and receive bayberry candles ae �/ `fv �� gifts,there are but few who know 2 • whence they come or why the luck au- f perstitionisinseparable from them. 11 IuI I d , li illf...t..-- i REZOLVE furst, Ile never fight less ime fought. Rezolve two,Ile never agth sas Teacher less she (Mite on My nerves dretfally. Ile try being Pa- shent in SchooL Rezolve three, Ile never eat anuthee bite after ime full Enufris snuff fel Any Ole persin. I Rezolve fear, Ile try to live so as tc be elected Some Day as kaptin of Our football team. Its a Honorable Job, and 1 want to be honerable most al- ways. Rezolve five, Ile never, never tell stories. The old Bad Man has got it in far fellers what Fib to their Maws and Paws. Rezolve six, De not make ugly faces ner laugh at gurie Any More. LIGHTING Tan BAYBERRY DANDLE. They kant help being Gurls. Natoher Boys The bay is a species of laurel, and as New Year to One and All KIDNEY DISEASE WAS NIWNG HIM made em, what they are, an d should feel sorry for em. I gess this Is enuff fer This year. So Ile ring off and shut up my Re- solve book till next year: • Until He Used "Fruit -a -lives" The Great Kidney Remedy 1-IAGENSVILLS, ONT., Aug. 26th, 1913. "About two years ago, I found my health in a very had state. Illy R idneys were not doing their work and I was all run down in condition. Having seen `Fruit-a---tives' advertised, I decided to try them. Their action was mild, and the result all that could be expected. My Kidneys resumed their normal action after I had 'Calton upwards of a dozen boxes and I regainedr�tvold-tine vitality. Today, I am as well as ever." B. KELLY. A. 60c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25c. At dealers or sent on receipt of price by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa. poets and victors were crowned with the laurel or the bay, wishing them long life and happiness, so is the same wish conveyed in the bestowal of a candle made or the waxen berries borne by New Year Chimes By MINNA IRVING Stop thief! The old year goes O'er the drifted snows, And the gray old year hath brought me grit He hath stolen the bud and the dance. ing leaf, And the dear little robin that used tc r . General News s. sing At my window sill in the balmy spring, And the rapturous kisses my lover gave. He bath hidden hits, too. in a narrow grave, Deep down from the light of the broad, blue sky, And so through the rush of my teen I cry: - "Stop thief!" As the old year goes O'er the drifted snows, For the gray old year hatb brought me grit of 1915 aloommercageet for Gordon of Queens and Coin - mender minder Stephens; I. S. 0., Capt. HE great events of the world war so immensely over- R. B. Deane and F. II. Gisborno; Knights Bachelor, H. B. Ames, E. Bowring, Y Hon.o 'Henry Dray- ton, J. C. Eaton, and C. F. Fraser. 6. Sub -Lieut. Warneford destroyed a Zeppelin near Ghent. 8. W. J. Bryan resigns seat In 11. S. Cabinet as mark of disapproval shadowed other news that' of .Wilson's policy. outside of military and 11, Emil Netlich was acquitted at oliti¢al affairs little oe- Toronto of treason Charges. p, 18, 'Sir Robert Borden inspected the curred to; attract the attention of the Canadian Camp at ShornclifPe. public. The>United States had tree 19. Hon. Louis Coderre reeig ed t e. big disaster, the Eastland horror in Canadian Secretaryship 22: Gen, De Wet found guilty of he Chicago, The chief accidents in Can- treason at Bloemfontein, South ada were the Queenston wreck and Africa, and sentenced to 'Six two mining camp mishaps'in the m22. months in O prisLeaoy decorated with n. West. Premier Borden's visit -to V,C, by King ay dee England and the honors he received 24. Canada Temperance Act carried there formed an interesting event. in Perth County. New Year and Birthday Boners en- A' Commission was appointed �_ ricked Canada to the extent of this- to inquire into the graft charges o teen "Sirs." in Manitoba ,b+ivtetede etdd•3••I•d«h3»:«.•3«8'•«,•,«•« GILLETT'S LYE EATS D i RT "• LETrs J 4t TT ANy 1.U'i „Di TORONTO_oNT. 4 29. Premier Borden sailed Por Eng- T January. land: SEED WIIEA 1, The- honor of. K. C. M. G was July, -•- F' h +1 seed e • ec or Se rle little or G. Pe damaged i it e 1 conferred on;Hon. G y 2: U. S. Senate Chamber da g There s 1 L and Hon. Clifford Sifton, that of by pro -German bomb. coming into the nilul,efs otviu- C. M. G. on G. C. J. Desbarats W. F. Garland, M.P. for Carle- aton, resigned his seat as a resultnd Surgeon `Maj. Gen. Fiset, and H. S. Holt, E. X. Lemieux, Capt. .t. of the war scandals. rusted, smutted, and unirh of it f • Clive Phillips Wooley and Wm, P Mot an was d` v in shot an 3 J g .L is rotten. Repur L ofMeanie Bach -hs r re made Knig t.Eric Muente Price we wounded by Dr. Pruni Over, duce 9. Arthur K Griffin of Trinity Col- later killed himself. lion Germination to 1 t lege awarded Rhodes Schoiar- h' British Inventions Board ity and shunld be soh .It P B 13. elor. comem b bin to alias Frank Holt, at Glen Cove,show ib It Z.T. Holt' a er a rinse • r 4. Lord Fisher appointed chairman . mneh of the seed is of low litrl 3, ship. o ri is r ed with Twelve thousand persons were Four Wallaceburg, Ont., . reel- 11110811111 mare. Z killed ,and twenty thousand in- dents drowned in Lake St. Clair Therefo,c it is i:teossary that jured by an earthquake which when motorboat was swamped. occurred over an area of 3,000 6. Six persons were killed in a cor- square miles in Italy. Many I lite factoryexplosion Hoar towns were destroyed. 15, Five members of the firm of Me- Cutcheon Bros., realty ' agents, were arrested in Toronto and Calgary on charges of conapir- acy. at Queenston Ont. Official report on Kouragata 13. First train lett Toronto for Win - at affair issued at Delhi, In- nipeg via Cochrane and the Na- dia, charges deliberate attempt tional Transcontinental Ry, Ne- on part of revolutionists. 15. Sir James Aikins. accepted Lead - 30. Harry Symons, K.C., and Dr. ership of Manitoba Conserve - Life were found guilty on fives. charges arising out of the Union 21. Alberta voted for the prohibition Life failure, of liquor, to go into effect July Febrmuy. 1, 1916, 1. Canada agreed to pay $16,000 23. The London & Port Stanley Ry., indemnity for American duck ettario's first Hydro -Radial, was bunters killed by troops near officially opened. 2. Warner Von Horn, a German- `24. Steamer Eastland turned turtle American, blew up a bridge on at dock in Chicago, One thou- P. R. at St. Croix River, ' sand excursionists were drown- ed every farmer should teat all seed Pac or grain for vitality anti eisu Montreal. • farmers' club and every eommol- 7. Sixteen picknickers were hilted 3 tial club in the 11101er wheat is and eighty injured when a trot •3' belt mast aonntl the alarm in ley car carrying Toronto Sunday each locality to locate good seed 'x school excursions left the track the C. All hail! Que. 30. Lieut, Charles Becker electrocut- The new year domes 5. The Ontario Government ordered ed at Sing Sing for murder of With the beat of drums an inquiry into the whole nickel , Gambler Rosenthal, situation in the Province. And clangor of belle in the vehicle 31. ]lits, Nancy Job found murdered vale. 8. Charles A. Massey, of Toronto, in home at Kingston. A. E. killed by Carrie Davies, a do- Seuddard arrested. • He bringeth the song of the afghan mestic. g gale. And, what if his robe is fringed _ , Twenty-one miners were I August. drowned in a mine disaster near 1, Premier Borden received the snow, Na Grand Cross of. the Legion of naimo B.C. bode on his bosom blow. 11. Finance Minister White tabled 3 Twenty-five lives were lost in th a new love onto me Phe April Honor in Paris. his war budget requiring a hors- i floods at Erie, Pa He sends •1 the sacred tree. 6rom an ancient country serosa the zontal increase of 7 r�i per cent. I 5, rive Torontonians drowned at heart A NEW YEAR'S APPEAL. 1 Bayberry dips nre also made its well sea, on imports and imposing several I Utteraon when motor ran off would beat violently, and my nerves wall eai direct stamp taxes. mud to be all out of order, but after which will Arrive. Select the ta- Pt. riety of the seed best nditeted 10 •. 3 soil and climate. if It is neves o' $ sary to import seed get 00 mans, 4, yoas possible to grow the time Ass ciety, Fan out all trash, weed :. ;t, seeds, and treat for smut with ,, formaldeht le. • Heart Would Beat Violently. Nerves Seemed to Be Out et Order. The heart always works in sympathy - with the nerves, and unless the heart is working properly the whole nerve system is liable to become unstrung, and the Inert itself become affected. Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills will build un the unstrung nervous system, and strengthen the weak heart, so that the sufferer will enjoy the very best of health for years to come. Mrs. John N. Hicks, Huntsville, Ont., writes: "I am sending you my testimony , for the benefit 1 1'eve received from using Milbum's Hear and Nerve Pills. As'aA nerve and heart builder they have done 'Y wonders for Inc. At times my as the molded candles. These dips are And far to the south we see 20, A special war tax of one mill on bridge. ge. Prisoners For Debt Used,Day to Tell smaller and less even in shape and away 6. Norris Government swept Mani- using a few boxes of Milburn's Heart and of Their Unfortunate Condition. show us how (sanies were made by re- Phrough the purple dusk of a per• the dollar was announced by the Lobe to elections, 40 seats to 6. Nerve Pills I feel like recommending May. Ontario Government. gp, Ex -Premier Roblin, Dr. W. H. them to others that they might receive The newspapers oP a century ago af- peatedly clipping the wicics iu the melt. fumed Ma 27. Carrie Davies, acquitted in To- Montague lames Howden, and benefit as I did." of ford ample evidence of the cruelty and ed wax of the bayberries and drying All hail! ronto of murder of Charles A. ' The new year Domes G. R. Coldwell arrested in Win- Milbum's Heart and Nerve Pills have i futility y, one u the laws of the day each layer till the [lip was of proper I with i to -namely, the punishment of debt by size. That was before mulls were in- defraud. 1 imprisonment, says Alice Morse Earle, tr•oduced, early in the eighteenth pen- i th wintry f all d d e for all It was an utterly hopeless task for any tory. imprisoned for debt ever to expect To accompany 11 bayberry candle one !c and France established by Brit- l in the Presbyterian 'Church fn to be released save by pardoning, and should send in the little bot in which Use MILBURN s fsh Admiralty, Canada. sop per box, 3 boxes for $1.25, at a the sufferings of such prisoners was It is daintily wrapped a card on Which w v q s' t� p �+ 1 Dr. C. If. Robinson :trnuifted of ' 9. The U. S. demanded the recall dealers or mailed direct $ receipt of ]s printed, in red and green lettering, LAXA-LI YI ER DILLS murder of Blanche York et Tam-' of Austrian Ambassador Dumba. price by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, extreme, p they had at chew fauns the legend: T I to draw upon to mitigate the woes and With the beat of drums Massey' ntPeg charged w t consp racy Marc!'.ac And mueio of bells n the 4. Tri -weekly steamer service or September. war supplies between Canada 1 Balloting on church union began been on the market for the past twenty- five years, and are universally considered to be unrivall.ed as a medicine disoruers of the heart or nerves. Milburn's Heart and Nerve. Pills are misery. the filth and h01(01 02 their I - order-in-couneil rut.tutg off all 26. Three persona perished m a fire surroundings. These nnhnppy men' A ings luck candle burnt to the socket outside trade U i11 Germany and in a sash factory perished Montreal. Brings luck co the lteuso, When the liver becomes sluggish. it is .refused to modify the war zone often chose the opening or the new nou to the larder an indication that the bowels axe not blockade. October. year -a time of gladsome Hope to the And gold to the Pocket. workingproperly, and if do not move 13. Barry 1 en ,m,,,w •acquitted 7. Major Hamilton Gault, of the world in general -to appeal for aid in When these cards are not to be found regularly many complications are liable Wafter long flglrt I'm liberty. Princess Pats entered appeal for atter forlornness, and in the the luck rime may be written on the tosetin, divorce on statutory grounds, their t ,. •cand mart- Constipation, sick headache, bilious 18. Premier acme of Se.sk tritewen newspapers at the close of the Year brick of Dues visiting call p Con p announced lrgtAl•,+iou elosiitig the 12. of the Travers, former president the Blow recovery. sW ravers Farmers' p' Bdent tide tun- eels for help printed through the Dity pert with n lrn, but in that case it headache, jaundice, heartburn, water bars of the province, on July 1, released from prison. So many Persons stiffer in is c P try from the disease that it might 118 ofn the early 18011 5 the tlrtva sheet, and 10111 not be tIit f gladsome tbrashcatarrh of exp a Mitburn's Lasa -Liver Pills stimulate 22, Fifty miners 'w^rn killed when Germans in Belgium. most becalled a n q j an avalanch^ r".ti i away a Hess lies in the effect upon some thanks for gifts from generous vitt- ; o li,;e, v green,blends 1 the sluggish liver, clean the coated tongue, bunk ho • n i^ 'IA ,ire Sound> P:C. 13. Ontario License Commissioners serious Tit; it voter, a sort olive hristmus sweeten the obnoxious breath, clean away ►y ordered bars closed at 8 p.m. ilei le ifully with other C all waste and poisonous matter from the Major -Gen Rot •,t [son npnointed 18. Sir Edward Carson resigned from 051.C13E1TrStAS EVE. FOR A SLUGGISHLIVER. 15. Great Britain +rsued n sweeping'10: Anglo-French Commission arriv- oronto, Ont. worth, Ont.. on ,Tulv 8, 1814, ed in New York to iioat big loan. of the largest industries of the coun- try. Manufacturers of expensive femi- nine apparel, cigar stores, hundreds of other institutions that give our coun- try its envied reputation of being pro- gressive and enterprising, a land of big business' and mammoth industries, are hit and hit hard. The fact that in most cases the recovery is exceedingly rapid is the only redeeming feature. eensa Here is an advertisement tom the New York Garotte January, 1751:a Inas and they burn with a Thrice happy, whose tender Care Lev t system, and prevent as well as cure all Chief of British (.enet, .BLea,. the British Cabinet. h or Distrust te' y name emitting a delightfully I complaints arising from a liver which has 24. Austrians • drilling in Toronto 19. Major -Gen. Monro succeeded .Sir t d d b the police 11 nutent app into a n - R vee the Po • ' were roan a up y n Troubles compass them around ,,til,. •,',tit- fragrance, and they are non- , become inactive j i ' d Ian Hamilton at the Dar ane es. alio When The Lord shall give them Rest. ,tri, , (I• evenly all around without mal:- ' Mrs, John V• Teuton, Birnam. Ont„ 23, Ontario Govo. 29. The. Brrand Cabinet was reorga • he Dor Prisoners confined in the f wax l Wates: " I take great pleasure fss writing Provincial Commission to' admin- ized. this t he City to New Stork, do take I"0 1 thehll.a.,utt015 oi, ridgeso. 1 You concerning the great. value 2 have -� ister liquor law and ordered most of t yr unit of returning our d our A , the sh:a• us ordinary caddies du, . received usingyour Milburn's Latin- 1 shops closed at 7 o'clock. D. A. Thomas,. after rem'gan- this pubhck Opportunity t y by iziug the Canadian Shell Com - most humble. and hearty Thanks to for tu'l10 mull be presented to you, IiverPillsfotasluggishliver- When my 31. King George abolished the use mittee, left for England. but unknown Season Benefactors byourself, in order to m' bad, I would have severe head- f liquor in the Royal Household rellev[ng us this se Com - generous nut L,oieut y f liver got a o qd vert Season when we f vial Few of the resolution makers bane Here almosj irerich'd with Cold and Hun- i t be done for you I of bothered with them any more. su, ....wed luck, and you must nut light 1 aches but after using a couple o SL for the duration of the war. November. 1. President Wilson's engagement two Quarters of Beef, one ~ t'a' t IIIC meet am n t0 1VIra.. a was officially April. her p 6 Town of Comaphx B C wiped Galt flit ally . Bread, 00 t all dealers, or dinner or later, And to feted to the public, and doubly youe n • arson not necessarily IvIilburn's Laxa I Iver Pillsate 25e a ofJan. I. -dozen of Loaves later than noonand three ,been known f0 r'emiiiin in dieanlia d ger by Sending lit .ouie, of and ' Cord. of Wood,. Twelve Shillings in Money ial f r $1 a ea ut b: flte. flounced. d n a. Dna officials of the which- was fairly and. justly distributed I he 1 Per a s one rg-§ ,eAlmighty may t ::ristmns eve is the time for burn- mailed direct re�rt d, Toronto, by 8' An ttnsuecessful attempt was 21. The Canadian War Loan was of - to T. Milburn Co., . L made to assassinate the Sultan of u�ecte�fes have made no effort between us. And tha'a Ha ',Mess n the {lir, either tit c L s of Br onor, ° y 19. Portuguese Cabinet resigned. a Ith at P t W e tri e m He E g I subscribed t0 have the government take measures ' Present Life and Dternal Happiness fol•, tt nut the ,.. killed and to prevent the' spread of this New Tear's disease to the younger genera- tion, and to try to effect its cure in the case of present victims is that with recovery comes an increased ad- diction to the articles in question. This is another generally recognized symp- tom and sycho andIss secondary psycho- logical primary ' than a y logical effect ratherP and physical. In from five minutes to one week, statistics show, the disease usually runs its course. The'victim becoisas hii- self again. He draws himself to. his. fall height, voices the, thought, "Aw, what's the„use7" and resumes his nor- mal mode of life with renewed ardor. If' he's a smoker he smokes more often for a few days; then gradually habits pecome normal, until the next attack gives a new impetus. This is shown by the consumption of cigars. 'During the first Pew clays of January fewer are smoked then at any time during the entire year. The consumption grad- ually increases as patients recover and reaches its maximuru. Jan. 8, after which is a gradual falling off to . in the next are the sincere wishes and Desires of THE POOR UNFORTUNATE PRISON- ERS. olid idea of the laurels , and the Nuys to the victor a candle I "�- Ish„nld surely be bestowed on the relit- ve or friend who has recently nrhieled some success or won tt ells - thalami. 1101'011. j Christmas of the Shetland Islands. A scene less populous hitt not less striking is old Cbristmas eve, the 4111 of January, when the children and young men of Lerwick, in the Shet- luud islaude go d githel g• The ebIl- dren disguise themselves' in strange dresses, parade the streets anti invade the Melees and shope begging far offer- ' lags, At 1 o'clee the, yO1lug men. • noweagenniegeareneeneeeeteeneeteeel e a d' e eri le 1/Y i r°ti erS s sk u . il *toe= tik ea ® Opens January Sith in :ill 2 0 departments of the (211N * 'TICAL 'BUSINESS COL • LEGdds, `r'otige and Gerrard (51 w Our F o Streets, Poi o ¢i ri Site 9 � ur &U- EB ' 1 O . '.gt ),ill L ex 1 "'t U 1 C. sill (, 1 1 rr 5 T +taf f, 'Met in '1n d Results a �taff, 'Methods and Re inn To • 1 on ora. ling ite,1 Ito write 05 01 Por it rf 'fn1oreaLcii in the to tt hind of school vvnrlt which p A brings best success. Ad es 1 0 dress W H. SBA W, Presi e dent. e;, deQGEitee 1®eSenti+PfsJ eateee+�etteeine t New Year. Pope's Welcome o It is 111e universal custom amongtbe Jesuits to hold New Year's eve serv- ices in their, .churches and chapels throughout the world. At the Gesu' church, iu Rome, the pope always at - lien', r the service 1n person. , The sere- ire con ist,a of "The Miserere" and the Leateuieci, n. J.. 4 coarsely clad, drag blitzing lar 1111 - els through the town blowinghorns and cheering. At 6 o'clock in 11)8 Morning they put off thou gritty 011111111' mid dressed' in fnntustIe costumes kn ill groups to wish theirfriends the sea• sou'0.00mplirneuts.--dial per's 1111 ;uviue. 7'?Z<j"f•,^4�A. a3iq a!r+'+w a! h.1•�•:.1.-%Vh�•r .cy .r tl' Santa Clans was horn ages - „en s0 busy '•1' ago, anCl. he has ever since that 11e never bas taken the time to study his 'Chil- drenfamily tree. Amu call him Seine (Inns; the little Dutch Poll Ft. Nicholas; the French, fere Noel, and the Germans, P111100 Rupreebt or Kris Lr 4rlgle 13111 thee all meso the sa10e thIng. 010:`1 Iy rt;ya Oji M1 3�'t-7a••i,''�t.•i� i ation hadokkahhibihmadahadmhibuida �o�st>! Vanishes Forever Prompt Relief -Permanent Cure CARTER'S LiTTLE L1VERPILLS never fail Purely veget- able -act surely . but gently, on , the liver. Stop after dinner distress - cure indi- gestion ndi-- gestion-improve the complexion- bri the oyes. Small P11l, Small Dose, Small brig Price. gyp •in record time. 14. Thirteen persons were a e 27 22, Five buildings were destroyed by dent in a street car mei- in Detroit, Mich, an explosion at the powder plant 15. Dominion Parliament prorogued. at Nobel, Ont: 18. J. D. Flavelle, W. S. Dingman, 24, Rev. J. A. Macdonald resigned Fred Dane, G. T. Smith, and the editorship of The Toronto John Ayearst appointed Ontario Globe: Ommi6�. loners. License C i British Cabinet. foe Witt Fo't Deter M.P. a 27, A. W December.. Kings, N.S., resigned his seat as 1, Speaker Sproule of the Com- a result of horse purchase scan- mons.; ,1ohn Milne, Hamilton; C. dols. May. P. Boaubien, Montreal, and Hon. John McLean, P,E.l„ were I ap- 3. The Dominion Cabinet placed pointed to the Senate. restrictions on grain and forage 2 Four Ho the Senate. icon Line exports to alis U. S. officials were convicted . in New 7. The oyed ss Theatre, Toronto, York of coaling German war- • destroyed by fire with loss gf ships. 1100,000. 5, Henry Ford and his "peace Pil- grims" Lord Mersey appointed to probe sailed from New York on 25, Herbert L. Samuel entered the Dec. 31. Best. day of all the year, since I May see then pass and .know That if thou dont not leave me high Thou hest not found •melow, And since, as 1 behold thee die. Thou leavest me the right to say That 1' tomorrow still may vie With them that keep the upward way. Best day of all the year to. me, Since T may stand and gaze Across the grayish past and see So many crooked ways That might have led to misery ha 1 ended at disgrace: ,7•. Or, p al Best day since thou dost ,eave•me free To look the future m the face. Genuine must hear Signature , ✓i � r3'hr" r i eerie torpedoing of Lusitania. the Oscar II. Manitoba, and . 13. The Roblin Ministry C. Norris was istry resigned in 6 Three workmen were killed by au explosion in the GreeY rea- 1 ea- i asltel to forma Cabinet. chine shop ip Toronto. 16. Portuguese rebel silting )s boa- 9 Albert, Sevign' named as next b 7 l Lib Milling several 25. Coalition Cabinet was 10 Gon. Sir 8, eaigned Best day of all days of the year That was so kind. so good. Since then dost leave me still the dear Old faith 10 brotherhood; Best day since], still striving here, May view the past With small regret And, undisturbed by doubts or fear, Beek paths that are untrod as yet, • -Chicago Record -Herald. once Lisbon Speaker r.f the Commons. persons: W11 1 0 0 011 5 r The new Bei r non lits commence as head of Indian formol in England' Corps. 27. Sir Henry Jackson succeeded 12, Yuan Sin Iasi was pleated Lord Fisher as first sea lord of Em- peror of Chinn.. the Admiralty. j•4. Gen, Smith Darden appointed to .'Baron von Polena, a Cobalt mag- command British troops in Af- nate, arrested in Nloiitroal as a Vice. spy de Sir succeeded d 15 lion. W J. Bowen. Arte' f,iebard McBride as Premier. of 2. The King's birthday honors in- Baronet, Sir Gilbert Parker, M. 15. Ilutisll Columbiae eluded the following Canadians: Gen. Doll um Haig succeeded p,• 11:0e11.(1- Lieui;.-Col, J. S, 001telal French in. command of hir :i'eterson the British' forces on i.he westerS pe and Chance �, He front. _ fro t. Vice -Chancel- C of McGill; C.l'LG.;ice Y • Strange New Year Celebration. What probably IF the strangest New Year's rite is held lu the Cevennes mountains, in southern France. a tithe last evening mass of the old vea-r the herds and flocks of the peacantr Bare gathered before the portico of theliittle atone church high lip on the momitain blessed bythe priest and are side. and sprinkled with holy water by the aco- lyte, who follows him to order that this the auto iveaitb of the countryside maze tncl'ease and prosper during the year to come. The sight et the holy hour is wonderful. As the church hell tolls above them The frightened animals bleat and bellow and try madly to es- cape, first the oxen are blessed, then the cons, nest the sheep and Iambs and finally the goats Mill pigs. MOTHER SUPERIOR. Says Vinol Creates Strength Rosary Hill Home, Hawthorne, N.Y. -"I have used Vinol for many run- down, weak or emaciated patients with benefit. One young woman was so weak and ill she could hardly creep to my door r. for aid. I supplied V inol to her liberally recognized nized her. in monthg and r p hardly She was strong, her color charming and her cheeks rounded out." -MOTHER M. ALPHONSA LATITROP, 0. S. D., Wearantee Vinol the ap petite, aid digestion, enrich the blood and create strength. T. 311, Hovey, Druggist Clinton, Ont. is Y i"l