The Huron Expositor, 1917-01-19, Page 6maasaumwassamenneralummaira
GAM OR DYSPEPSIA
Diapeasin. eke* Sick, ou
Olorneclis surely fool lino "
in live minditsa. •
what you -astet atsi Ourinig on
pee stomach. er Ilea Ulm lump of
Is* refusing to digest or you belch
ad eructate sour, tnedigested
Meal, or have a feeling a *Ouse,
heartburn, fullness, nausea, bad team
ta Mouth and stotaatileheadichei you
M*getblessed relief in fiveimituiten
Vat an end to stomach trouble forever
'by getting a large fifty -cent case of
Pape's Diapepein from any drug store.
Toe realize in five minutes how need-
Progress of Canada
Interesting address by the President and Getberal Manage
of The Canadian Bank of Commerce, ,at the Annua.
1 Meeting of that bank,
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United teiereceive,gOld•in exChange
for a Iarge, pert of gar predate, ve
even tborrow from the United States
part of the cost a the yrer.
The Dollar Sit' 'vet'
Mi we could free eureelies from the
habit, of thinking of coinmedities mere-
ly in the terms of thetr enoney value,
we shottld discover that,' what we are
doing is to provide materiel to 'tap
ridt our gallant SOUS and their fellow
Britons to win the War and that there
We have grown accustomed to look to Sir Edmund Walker's address at the is no one to pay for this
Annus/ Meeting of The Canadian Bank of Commerce for a .comprehensive re. material, -ultimately. - but oursel-
view of the history of the Year, and instructive comment upon Prevailing ves and the Motherland. There -
conditions. In his recent address we note the following paseagee of general fore, in the monthly letters issued by
interest: • this bankewe have constantly preach -
1 Shall not apologize as I did a year ducts and the adverse effect of high- ed thift indiscourage people
from spending that Which as a, nation
ago for asking you to devote your lite Priced feed on the live stock situation, we cannot afford to spend. ' We :repeat
teation to the material affairs of Can- are matters of deep concern. The hi- once more that every clam' every Can-
ada at a time when the Bemire and its dividual producer may be compensat- . adieu saves, whether he buys a war
less it is to euffer from IndigestiOni
allies are fighting for the greatest of alt ed, at leak partially, for the low yield bond therewith or indirectly enables
dyspepsia, or any stomach disorder. causes—. libertyof the world Can- by the higher price, but no comfort the banes to -do so, is one dollar more
It the quickest, surest, stomaen doe- lads -has iii that short time ao enlarged for the. consumer, wean' ef hi-vd4 I of ?ower to win the war, and that par -
ter —'t tee world..WS wonderfxd. her sphere of action that only the pzicese can be'found in a worid Short tie Mar dollar no one else can provide if
Itolmhm— blind could fail to see that every de-
tail of our national life which aids or
/tinders our power to serve in the
great conflict is of supreme importance
In the terrible winter of .,1914-15 we
did not realize that our aid' was to
count for much in the struggle, great-
ly as we desired to help. We .clid ',dot
really believe, despite the warning of
Kitchener, that the war would still. be At the end. of October the war had an extravagance which i5. ODSVDLe
raging in 1917 with the end not near- cost. us a iittle over 350 'millions and in every direction. We should un-
ly in sight. Now we do not talk of any at our present rate of spending three doubtedly ' forbid, or at all events,
definite time for the end; we only.know hundred millions more may be heavily penalize, the importation of all
that the last man, the bst gun, the added during the coming year. luxuries;municipal expenditures should
last dollar may be needed, but that we may be added during the coming year. be further curtailed and ill projected
From the excess of revenue over ex- improvements first submitted to the
-criticism of Provincial Comruiseions;
weshold not think it amiss if the ex •
penditures ' of individuals at eating
places are legally restrained and meat-
less days are instituted. I am not
endestvornfg to say in what directions
, economy' should be enforced in Canada
as it has been in England,
but beiond a doubt it must
be enforced in many directions if
must be enforced in many directions if
it is not voluntarily adotited by our
People, . u ..
Production and Prices.
It is not easy to conjecture hew fir
the prosperity of Canada is due to ths
activity in production of all kinds, to
the ready market and high prices, and
how far to the grain crop of 1915, a
crisp so extraottlituay that it weed•
-
ed pow estimates by seventymillion
bushels and our own by ilfty-seven
millions, but it is. well to remember
that our prosperity, was due to, both
causes and that the crops this year
have • 'pot been good. If ire have,
throughout Canada, a fair average re-
sult thatis the beat we can say of our
agricultural and pastoral production.
High prices will make up for this to
the producer, .but nothing can make
'up to the =ten for the shortage of
foodstuffs at such a time. The liqui-
dation of debts following the great
crop in the west, the improvements
in the • towns and cities of the prairie
Provinces and British Columbia, the
growth in bank deposits, .the marked
improvements in railroad earnings,
and the increase in the figures of every
clearing house in Canada,are all things
so directly dependent upon the great
crop that we must. expect a lesser de-
gree of prosperity hethe West in 1917.
War Purchases.
The purchases on Imperial account
by the Department of Agriculture for
the year to 23rd of December, amount
to 186,000 longetons of hay, 450,000
tons of oats, equalling nearly 30,000,-
000 bushels and I8'7,000 tons of flour
the amount expended in this arty be-
ing over $37,500,000.
Among the purchases of the British
War Office Purchasing Department at
Montreal for the past year, are the
following items: ,
Cottons and Woollens ....$ 1,000,060
Food stuffs—cheese, canned
meats, and vegetagles, etc. 20,000,000
Miscellaneous merchandise
of iron and steel .... .... # 1,500,000
Other mis'cellaneous mem
.chandise ' 1,500,000
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of food and of almost every commod-
ity that 'enters into his (Lily needs.
A matter of supreme importance to
Canada, and for the frequent reference
to which no excuse is needed, is that we
must as far as possible provide the
cost of the war at home.
Cost of the War.
he fails to do so. We are toll by every-
one who visits England and especially
by, those who have seen the battle line
and the conditions there, that in Can-
ada we act as if no war existed.
Extravaginece.
I have referred to the motors and
the silks, they are only examples of
shall vrin bei
bend any peradventure f
the people in all* the Allied countries
can be made to understand what is
required of them.
Exports Exceed Imports.
penditure we may at the, end of the
fiscal year have 50 milldam, or even
more, to apply on war charges. To pre -
vide for so great a proportion of the
total cost of the war in this manner
Turning at once to OUT trade with reflects great credit oh those who are
other countries that being the best in- responsible for Dominion finance. We
dieation of the tendency of affairs at
have managed to financelhe remain -
mon.•••a••••••ars,
Leek Mot/teed if tongue la abated,
Cleanse little bowel* with !Cali-
fornia Syeup of Figs."
Mothers can rest easy after giving
"California Syrup of Figs," because in
a few hours all the clogged -up waste,
sour bile and fefmenting food gently
moves out of the bowels, and you have
a well, playful child again.
Sick children needn't be coaxed to
take tlds 'harmless "fruit laxative."
bfillions of mothers keep it handy be-
=LUSO they know its action on the
stomach, liver and bowels is prompt
and sure.
Myour druggist for a50 -cent bot-
tle of "California Syrup of Figs," -which
contains directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups.
Five and one quarte e acres of
choice rich soil adjommg Godericb
town, twenty minutes walk from Jibe
< mestere with a splendid fruit orchard
and small frame buildings. Mtue
be sold. at once and can be bought for
less t an $1,000. This is a Real bar-
gain. No better spot on earth for
garden truck or poultry farm. If you
want it apply today for parliculame
Immediate possession given. We are
Huron's largest real estate dealers
O'Neil and Co.
GODERICS, OlifT
WAS WEAK
and• RUN DOWN
SUFFERED WITH "NERVES."
Many WOMert become ran down aad
worn out by their household cares tad
duties never ending, and Sooner oflater
find themselves with shattered nerves
and weak hearts.
When. the heart becomes weak and
thelnerves mstrung it is impossible for a
woman to look after her household or
medal, duties.
On the first sign ot any weakness of
either the heart or nerves, take Milbunin
Heart and Nerve Pills, and you will find
that in a very short time you will become
strong and web
ll again.
Mrs. J. A. Williams, Tillsonburg, Ont.,
writes: "I cannot speak too highly of
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. I
suffered greatly with my nerves. I was
so weak and run down, I could not stand
the least excitement of any kind. I
believe your Heart and Nerve Pills to be
a valuable remedy for all sufferers from
nervous troubled' •'
Milbunes Heart and Nerve Pills are
50ch pr box, 3 ,boxes for $1.25, at ari
dream, or mailed direct on receipt of
`cc by Ihme T. IKU.SMIN CO., LIMITED,
Toronto, Ont.
FOr Prices
mad terma ei sale el the following
breeds appb•: • "
MALI ORDER DEPARTMENT
Weed amedee Lhattea
Rue 63 16 natal= $wum
MONTREAL.
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INDIA ALE ALE
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PALE EIMER ALE
DOUBLE STOUT
MALT EXTRA
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EXTRA S_TOtIt
3LAC K HORSE PORTER
Laaage 8-KINCSBEfilECLUB SPWAAL
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ITho above areah
con au -liners illixr.estrtiedied
&away ONLY hi localitiesis
1 no &eased traders mil&
the moment, we find that. leavingout
the shipments of gold and bullion, both
inwards and outwards, our exports f
the fiscal year ending 31st March,
1916, exceeded our imports by $249,-
088,274, and that for the six months
ending 30th September, 1916, the ex-
cess was $141,100,898. We cannot keep
der of the cost thus far partly by an
account fwith the Imperial Govern-
ment for oversee and other disburse-
ments,. and partly. by loans floated in
Canada. Over 100 millions of the a-
mount due the Imperial Government
has been funded permanently, and
most df the balance'is offset by pay -
in mind too clearly what has happen- merits on Great Britain's eaccount.
ed since -the end of our period of ex- Some loans for ordinary capital ex-
pansion in 1913, and a repetition of the pertditures which couldnotbe defer -
figures given last year will aid us to' red were made in New York in 1915.
do so. • In March, 1916, a second loan was
'Pi al Year Imports- Exports placed in New York amounting to 75
19±2-13 $686,515,536 $377,00,355 .millions, of which 25 millions was us -
1913 -14 635,383,222 455,07,224 ed to take up a corresponding amount
1914-15 407,376,961 461,44 i
509 of the ,45 millions borrowed n July,
1915-16 • .530 211 796 , 779 300,070 1915. In September a- second lean, in
6 os. end- ' ' ' ' Canada was offered. This time the
g Sept. 405,901,765 . 547,002,663 Finance Minister asked for a hundred
' millions. and the subscriptions exceed -
Excess Excess
1912-13nong on their underwriting of, a
ed 2.00 Millione, the banhsreceiving
Fiscal Year Imports Exports thi
$309,447,181., - ..............portion of the loan. These are such
191344 1799945,998 .- • ; • • • . eel' notable achievements that I am sure
1914-15 35,934,452 ' ' they cannot have escaped the enemory
1915-16 • .. . . . . ..... $249,088,44 cf any Canadian, but I mention them
6 mos. end-
- . for the benefit of the very large num-
, o 1
ing Sept. ..... e...... . 141,100,898 , ber of people outside of Canada who
The improvement from year to Year read our annual reports. ,
is as follows:
1913 to 1914 .. . . .. ..$129,501,183
1914 to 1915 . 144,011,546
1915 to 1916 .... .... 285,022,726
the proceeds of the first war loan of
1913 to 1916 $558,535,456 November, 1915, TOO millions were us-
ed mainly, :f not altogether, in the
For the six months of the present
year 1916: There is one feature in
year the gain over the astonishing fig- Canadian war finance which differs in
ures for the first half of last .year is a marked degree from that of Great
nearly another 100 Millions. e
l3ritain. Our Finance Minister has as
The gain of 285 mullions ha our for -
far as possible 'funded -the debt as it
eign trade as compared. with March,
1915, is 'almost all due to the increaee ihas been ineurred, vvitli maturities
neither so long as to bivalve present
-
in the value of the exports, the in- !
•'I rates a interest for too rean.y years,
crease in the imports being • only 32 1
' . , nor scrshort as to trouble the Govern-
millionsment during a period of some years
Effective Economy. . beyond any probable duration • of the
If we are really to •exercise an ef-1war. One of the diturbing features of
fective economy we should lie very jeal- i the finance of Great Britain, Isthe en-
"ous as to the nature of any import; not .ormous quantity of Treasury nills
t be renewed at very short
necessary for the produetion of war which mus
supplies or for our national existence. e'ntervals. •
There is some improvement in this re- 1 - Thrift for the Empire.
spect, but it is not pleasant to see Thrift for the individual is excellent,
about ten millions sent abroad for but just now that is of minor import -
motors and abeut as much more for once. Thrift for theisake of Canada,
silk goods and velvets. The chief in-
creases are in iron and steel bars and • thrift for the sake qf the Empire,thrift
to win the war Sh011id be our cry. We
goods, and in iron ore % in machinery, shall not fail for then, difficult as en -
in wool, cotton . and jute and goods listment may be. We shall not fail be -
made threfrom, in raw rubber, in vale ,
cause a inability to make or to pro-
ious chemicals oils, explosives, etc., cure war supplies. If we fail it will be
needed for making munitions, in var-
ious articles for the army and navy, because we have wasted on unneceiL-
sary things the . money that would
and to a considerable extent in food- have won the war. The man or woman
stuffs, so that apparently the %chief who works hard at making shells may
increases are in necesary articles, al- take much comfort in helping to win
though we regret that .,many of them the war, but the man or woman who,
were not made in Canida.. There is a 14 addition., saves a part of the
large increase in our exports under present high wages due to the war
every general headimg, especially un-
der manufacturers, mining agriculture and buys a war security, or helps a
and animals and their products. The bank to do so, has helped, twice and
the second kind of help is most vital.
total of our imports and exports of The manufacturers of the 'United
merchandise in the fiscal year ending
Marl,. 1916, was $1,309,511,866, a_ States will make war supplies for
gen* $241,025,360 in 1896, that being money. We are doing better onlf
y- i
we supply them on credit.
also 'a period of excess export This In addition to the credits for muni -
enormous foreign trade is of course co- tions, the Cenadian bans are at the
incident with a great decline in all do- moment giving credits to the British
'nestle trade not connected with the Government for the purchaee•oT wheat
war, and is swollen largely' by pur- to the extent of 20 millions, but the
chases of steel and other material ire- transacions are -for a shorer duration
than the obligations already mention-
ed.
Bank Deposits.
' War Finance.
In this review of the finances of
the year it is necessary to recall that
ported from the United States to be
used , here .in making munitions; the
money result its abnormal because of
the high price �f ahnost every, known
commodity. I am not putting Pim
ward the figures, however, as a guide
to what may be possible after the war,
I am petting them forward as an in-
dicatioh of what may be accomplish-
ed when we are Spurred by great ev-
ents. The financial ideal for -us at the
moment is to pay interest - on our for-
eign indebtedness, to provide our share
of the cost of the war, and to lead as
much as possible to Great Britain to
pay for munitions Made for her by
Canada. We are apparently accomp-
lishing this, but in the absence of
figures we cannot estimate what a-
nummt of profit from our home trade
is eventually invested in war securities.
We are, however, being helped to ac-
complish this result in a manner which
. The total of the deposits of Can-
adian banks at 30th of November last
was $1,521,349,000, as compared with
$1,288,985,000 at the same date in
1914 an increase of $232,364,000. Our
deposits willevre trust, continue to in-
crease, but the extent of the increase
will depend on the results of the cam-
paign of thrift, and only to a propor-
tionate extent shall we be able to help
th.e way which we believe most vital
in winning the war. We must of course
'bear in mind that the war securities
held by the banks- are only a part of
the resources which are being used for
war purposes and that the loans made
to every manufacturer of war sup-
plies have to be included to indicate
the total extent to -which their he -
may deceive us, by the large market sources are so used.
in the United States for our securities,
and also by the many subscriptions
received from our wealthy neighbors
when issues of our own war loans
were made in Canada.
Agricultural' Production,/
The only direction in which the tide
of prosperity in theepteited States is
not at the full in its agricultural pro-
duction. In a year when the worldiis true nne
ity per
• t f the e orts of the United
Prosperity General.
The Review of Business Conditions
which accompanies our annual report
records prosperity beyond anything
we have ever known in simost every
part of Canada. This results from
the 'existence of a market which needs
almost everything we produce and
which pays almost anything the setter
asks. If t that
is facing the highest prices of recent
times, the great decrease in the wheat
crop, the moderate yields of corn and
EKERSoats, the smadd yields of minor pro--
NE Wats 4Wave
01011kefteetatiltir
ism
Yurettit
ita ceS We feel that you wilf
be welleentent with, the resulte
will& we lay before You today.
e Tismik'stprofithifor..the Ye.ate un-
der retie*. were, $2,43941.0,. an, increase
of $87380. over the figure ofithe pre-
vedink.yearrsea triflinz Own- when you
onsider the increased amomit ofSbusi-
aese on whiclf it, has teen earned, and
the siersiit iictilrity,whicle has prevailed
througbeut the. year. We have 'fat it
etiri.diiei,t0 rennet a large initount of
aSSi3tance in 'their financing to both
theiIniperial Goverment and thepo-
minion, Government and as mites
Of:intermit on this class of business
ire.. naturally. Tote our profits hevei
been reduced correspondngly.
Intro:40d Turnover.
Apart from this; however'there
his been a greatly increased turnover
during the paht year which is not re-
flected as an increase of the profits of
!
States are a result of the war, Mud' ;
. ,
the same must be true of Canada, and
in addition a large part of our hens°
consumption is due to the requiremente
of the Canadian army. As individuals
almost all are gaining by the war, ex- :
cept those with more or less fixed in •
comes and without power to adjust
i the same when prices are high, and
I those who are engaged in business not
connected with war oupplies. The mon-
IJ-
1
ey made by the individual, however,
has, so far as the nation is coneerned:
msmeasem
to be provided by a war debt incur-
red partly by Canada and partly by i
Great Britain. We do not, like the
are
the Bank, and this tendency towards a
apparent The ratio
during the five years ending 1915,rang- • fe Knew Brother
in some years past.
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steady reduction in profits has been
of our profits to total average assets i sre
eU from 1.45 per cent. to 1.13 per cent., et
I as ins
but in almost :every year, the tendency 1
has been downward.
We have paid the usual dividends at seee,„,
the rate of ten per cent. per annum,,
with bonuses of one per cent. at the HERE hex
end of each half year; the war tax psychic e
on our note circulation has called for
$147,288, the Officers Pension Fund for ed in th
$80,000, and .sundry subscriptions for These will
patriotic purposes for $71,700, leaving withanything se
a balance of credit of Profit and Loss
of $802,319 to be carried forward to
the account of next year. As long as
present conditions continue, we must,
I fear accept a low rate of profit, and
it is, of course possible, that there
may be still further depreciations in
the market value of securities, so that
we think it wise 'to` carrie forward a
large balance in Profit and Loss ac-
count. Di
ues of inv
predated
ural as 1
great nations engaged in the war are
obliged to increase the rates of inter-
est which their securities bear. DP
to the present, however, we have not
found it necessary to add to the sum of
$1,000,000 reserved last year for pos
sible further depreciation, and we be-
lieve we have provided for anything
which -is likely to occurr.
ng the past year the val-
stment securities have de -
further, which is only nat-
g as the governments of the
$24,000,000
There are, of course'thousands of
articles not mentioned here which are
made in Canada, the cost of which re-
presents many millions; indeed it is a
most gratifying fact that, Canada has
been: able to iproduce • nearly every-
thing rhquired by our army, the ex-
ceptions being binoculars'machine
guns, revolvers, motor trucks and some
less important articles.
Since the war began we haee learn-
ed much in the workshop, in the chemi-
cal and physical laboratory, in the re-
finery, in the counting -ho lee, in finance
indeed in every walk of life. We have
been able to form some estimate of
our value among the forces of she e -
lies, from the boy in the trenches to
the *her in the home who is backing
his so -n in so many ways, but do we'
realize that what we do, or do not do,
may turn the scale on which depends
victory or defeat? Our responsibiliey
for the future of the Empire and of
Canada is so great that there is no
room for slackness. We must do, not
many things, but everything that will
help to win the war.
General Manager's Address
Our great banks, touch the life of
the community so closely and at so
many points that the remarks of Mr.
John Aird, the General Manager, who
dealt chiefly with the progress of the
Bank, must interest every Canadian.
The shadow of the great European
war has been the dominating influence
in business affairs during the year
through which we have Just passee.
No important new transaction could
be undertaken without considering
the effect of thewar, and in the con-
duct of the affairs of a great fidutiary
institution such as a bank, it has been
pecessary to give more consider tion
to the factor of safey than to the
factor of profit. Under these circum -
TAKES OFF DANDRUFF,
HAIR STOPS FALLTNIG
Save your Hale Get a 25 cent bottle
of Danderine right now—Also
stops itching. scalp.
This., brittle, eolceleds and scraggy
hair is mute evidence of a neglected
scalp; of daedruif—that awful scurf.
There is nothing so destructive to
the hair as dandralt. It robs the hair
of its lustre, its. ethetigh and its vel
life; eveutually producing a fever
neap and .itching of the ecaip„ wh
if not resitedied MOISES USA hair ro
to shthk. loosen aad die—then
hair falls out last. A little Dander.
toniefat—now---any time—will sue
save mow Mfr..-
Siet w26 bent bottles of Knowitent
Dauderine front any drug store. You
surely can have beautifal hair and Iota
of it if' you: will frost try a little Dan-
.
deriae. Save year hair! Tiy- it!
Growth in Deposits.
Our deposits show a eatisfactory
growth the increase being $31,373,000
of which over $25,000,000 is in deposits
bearing interest; these include the
savings of the people and are therefore
less subject to fluctuation than de-
mand deposits not bearing interest.
Through the medium of our Monthly
Commercial Letter we have endeavor-
ed to impress upon the public mind the
neeessity for the exercise of economy
o a degree never before known in Can-
ada, and we should like to think that
some part of the increase to which we
have Just referred to has been due to
the advice thus given. Canadians can-
not to
by the
and th
a often be reminded that only
universal exercise of economy
rift to an extent to which they
have in the past been strangers, and
by• the setting aside of what is thus
saved for investment in goverrunent
loans or as bank desposits, can we do
our share to provide the wherewithal
necessary to cary on the war to a
victorious conclusion.
Strong Cash Reserves.
Our total holdings of coin and legals
are $46,291,000, an increase of $6,389,-
000 over the figures of.a year ago, but
of this sum $6,000,000 is represented
by a deposit in the Central Gold Re-
serves to cover the issue of note cir-
culation in excess of our paid-up cap-
ital, already referred to. These hold-
ings of cash represent' 18.5 per cent.
of the total of our deposits and circu-
Itttion and 17.9 per cent. of our total
liabilities to the fublic, and in view of
the uncertainties of war conditions we
are eure that you will approve our pol-
icy of keeping strong in this respect
Our immediate available assets total
$129,341,000, equal to fifty-six per cent.
of our deposits and fifty per cent.
of our total liabilities to the public.
The largest increase in any one item
coinposing this amount is in British
foreign and colonial securities, eth.,
which show an increase of over $15,-
500,000 and include the securities pur-
chased and held for the advances which
We have made to the Imperial Govern-
ment to finance their purchases in the
Dominion. There has been a slight in-
crease of $858,000 in our holdings of
Dominion and Provincial Securities' and
a decrespie of $1,802,000 in our holdings
of railway and other bouds, debentures
and stocks. We have thought it de-
sirable, in view of the exigencies of the
war and of the requirements of the
govrnrnnts of Great Brithin and Can-
ada to realize on these securities as
cpportunity offered. This has seem-
ed the more advisable because of the
doubtful outlook as to the future trend
in the value of such securitiee.
Their Supreme Sacrifice.
Since our last annual meeting an
additional fifty-nine brave and prom-
ising young men of our staff have laid
down their lives on the field of battle.
Our complete casualty list as at De-
cember 31st is as follows—
Killed
Wounded
- Missing
Prisoners
111
84
175
8
9
20
296
We have received • rnany indications
that our men are measuring well up
to what is required of them and are
capable of taking their full share in
the wonderful operations at the front
which are thrilling the world. Six of
cur officers have been awarded the Mil-
itary Cross and three more have been
recommended for it.
Staff at Home.
We do not think that it would be
fair, thus to express our pride in our
banker soldiers without adding a fur-
ther word in commendation of the
staff at home. While we still have to
expect that some of them will tete
up military duty, we are satisfield that
those who have remained at home thus
far have been actuated by the highest
motives; Indeed, the work of the Bank
could not be efficiently carried out
without retaining the se vic..:5 of many
men who in other respeests would be
available for military service.
—A. Wardlaw, of Ethel, received a
message from his brother itt a hospital
in:France, who has bee nwounded in
the -lime, saying that anoti. er brether
nad been killed in action on November
16th i maldng three dead and one
wounded. His father died from shoe-
whee the first son was killed. A sister
received a gold medal from the King
for her good work as a mime.
Peril
edeleseseseseerteeee
been many
eziences report -
present war.
dt be confused
matured. The
Bownee,n of Mone story was some-
thing Supernatural aild investigation
showed It to be c4on. It did not
rest on a single fa4t. It was sup-
ported by no evidenlee. The author
s linaginative.
Kipling's "The
admitted < that it
He had' drawn on
Lost Legion" fitr f the underlying
idea. Although all this canhe out,
the story would not down. And you
can find in England to -day grizzled
veterans of the fir t expeditionary
force who will telit you solemnly
that when the Xrit sh were in a
tight hole at Mons, utnurobered and
all but surrounded, the Bowmen. of
King Harry came t4 their aid, and
that there were fouid on the field of
battle that night de d men 'whose
bodies bore wounde ueli as no bullet
could have made! They wM de-
scribe, too, how the bowniert looked
and how they shou ed "Hurrah" as
they went forward i to battlefor any ease of ,Catarrhal Deafness
This and more y u will hear, but that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
It is all fiction; wh h is a pity, be Cure. Cireulars free.
cause it is very thelling. However, 1 All Druggists, 75e.
FeT. LI ENEY & CO., Toledo, 0,
I bad nothing more forraidabliWere
my cane. I dropped behind the vans
huddling as time to it as poststhe4a,
Johnnie Turk came right to we
I wee elyiug on the other side of Me
wall, I pretended to be dead:Afii
tried not to breathe, but I knew *at
he put one foot up on the broke&
wall beside me and remained there
for some initiates, looking across at
our lines. In all that time I didn't
Itnow what secand would be mi Inas
but either the -Turk did not notices
me or took for granted I was dead.
Presently he went away, and ,after a
while I reached a patrol wit° took
ure in."
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion a the ear.
There is only one way, to -cure catarrh
al deafness, and that is by a eonstita-
tional remedy. Catarrah Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the
MUCOUS lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is inflamed you heat
a rumbling sound or imperfect hear-
ing, and - when itjs entirety closed
Deafness is the result, Unless the ins
flammation can be reduced and Wm
tube restored to its normal conditiene
Many cases of deafness are -calmed sy
catarrh, which is an inflamed condi-
tion of the mucous surfaces. Hall's
Catarrh cure acts through the blood
on the mucous surfaces of the ss stent
We will give One Hundred Delhi=
there have been ma
traordinary psychie
the war, Perhaps
lecting them, and i
sifting them and se
froin the true, wltb
lishing them in a b
Meantime, here is
Gallipoli. There. I
banal about it, and
true:
'itt an English to
them. One is a Oh
clergyman; the oth
third brother is a !colonel in the
British army. Weidn the sea attack
on the Dante -mile& failed, the sol-
rdered with his
IL He sailed,
to an island la
Ily landed with
the troops on the 1ieninsuia.
Months passed. 1The two brothers
at home heard bohiy -occasionally
from the 'soldier oiverseas, Theta
y stories of ex.
experiences in
someone is col-
vestigating and
arating the false
a view to pub-
ok some day.
uch a story of
nothing excel,-
it is said to be
rn live two bra -
of England
r a doctor. A
dier brother was
regiment to Gallip
first to Egypt, the
the slEgean, and ft
The -Mist Advertiser.
The Egyptian. gentleraatt whits
sought a runaway slaire 3,000 year
ago and advertised on a bit of papy-
rus for his recovery, turneqbut tbe.
first piece of advertising coy. Who-
ever he was, he was a. genius in. more
tban a small way. His copy still
lives, preserved in the British Mu-
seum an an exhibit of cousiderables
archeological importance and as an_
example of what our advertising ex-
perts of to -day 'would do if they, like
the Egyptian, did not have the bene-
fit of up-to-date information. The
Egyptian knew nothing about the
topography of advertising, nor th
effectte
of different colors. He didn't
know, for instances that red IA the
most effective eye-catching color and.
that green is secoad and black third
one night the doctor visited the
Of these and a htheussaids things that -
clergyman. , !- 1 influence the caracter of present dal"
"Do you know," he said, ,,i bad 1 advertisements he was totally IV -
an odd dream I.ast night. about 1 ignorance. But he gets full credit
Charlie [the colonei] ? I saw it all i for making the first attempt at &
quite distinctly, 1 He had been written advertisement. Whether ha
got the slave back or not is not
wounded and separated from his
men. He was unafrrned and 1 sew , known, but he desesesd. to.
him dragging hIine4lf -painfully over .
the battlefield. Ne r by was a low
wall, with barbed wire strung along
the top of it. Then, to my horror,
a Turkish officer appeared, approach-
ing from the other 'side of the wall.
He carried a revolVer in his right
hand. Charlie saw ihim and dropped
behind the wall. ,here he lay, mo-
tionless, while the Turk came as far
as the wall, rested one foot on a
broken part of it, and looked out
agross the field, 1 was quite sure
ie and kill him,
d after a little
d went away.
he would see Char
but he did not, a
while he turned a
Then I woke up."
"That is strange," the clergyman
replied. "Let's see,: what's the date?
Ale August 24. Pll mark it down,
and wb.en we see Charlie again we'll
ask him if anything happened to him
on that day."
A few days latera cable. message
Train. the colon I said simply:
ed home." It
ks afterward that
ed convalescent.
e brothers dined
"Wounded. Invali
was some three we
the colonel return
That night all thre
together. Over the coffee the clergy-
man turned to the eoldier.
"I say, Charlie," he said, "did any-
thing happen to yaa. °a August 24?"
"August 24, 1 !should jolly well.
say so. That was the day I copped
It," the colonel replied.
"Tell us about it," said the doctor.
"Well," said the soldier, "I got
hit and afterwards I must have been
unconscious for some time, because
when. I came to, I was all alone on
the battlefield. I didn't quite know
in which direction were our lines,
but I dragged myself to a low atone
wall, with barbed wire on top. Sud-
denly 1. saw a Turkish officer ap-
proach the wall. He was armed and
Children Cry
FOR FLEtCHER'S
CASTORIA
DON'T YOU
NO
that Zam-Buk cures when attar
ointments fall? There is a reamers
It is because the Zam-Buk method
of Isealing is unlike that of any
other ointment.
Ordinary ointments, which are
composed of midi coarse ingredi-
entsrais animal fats and mineral
drugs, never get beneath the sur-
face skin. Zane -Bilk, on the con-
trary, being composed entirely of
herbal essences and vegetable, ex-
tracts, Is so renned that It has mar-
vellous powers of penetration. Tkis
combined with its strong germ -
killing properties, makes it pessibla
for Zam-Buk to reach and destroy
all the germs in the underlying
tissues, which is where skin dis-
eases have their roots. -Until this
is done a cure cermet be effected.
When the germs have been de-
stroyed and the diseased patch
thoroughly cleansed, the healing
herbal essences acting upon the
tissues promote the grawth of neer
flesh. As the healthy tissue de-
velops it builds itself up to the sur-
face skin and complete and per-
manent cure is the result.
Zam-Buk is equally good for old
wounds, ulcers, abscesses, ring-
worm, blood -poisoning, piles, boils,
pimples, cuts, burns, scalds, and.
all ,skin injuries. All arnggista
and stores, or Zam-Buk Co., To-
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00 YOU DREAD WINTER
If every man, woman and child in this vicim
would oniy take one spoonful of
after meals for one month, it would put vigor in their
blood to withstand the rigors of winter weather and
help prevent colds, grippe and winter sickns.
scarps is a fortifying medicinal -food of partict&k
lar benefit in changing seasons, and every drop 'yields
direct returns in richer blood, sb'onger lungs, and
Mater resistive power. Insist on SCOTT'S.
Seel eirtrems, Tso,aSto to 4
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