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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1918-09-05, Page 6DRIVING THEM BACK Tho battle begun on ZVelnesday last. on the thirty Utile front, between Cheulues and Arras, when the British,. under Gen, 13yug, attacked the Ger- mans, is spreading, and is being car- ried on with the greatest energy and ferocity. Troops of (sen. Rawlinson's army corps bave joined in the fight, and it bas developed into what is be- lieved to be the greatest battle of the war, with the British capturing every- thing betore them, capturing prison= era, villages and ' heights. Marshal Foch declares that "Everything is go- ing well. We have begun our action and we shall continue." in the three days' fighting, beginning on Wednes- day last, the British captured 14,000 prisoners, many villages and war ma- terial, including whole balteriea of howitzers. Gen. Haig's forces have reached the village of Behagnies, two and a half miles north of Bapauuie, on the Bapaume-Arras highway, and on the west trio British are within two and a half miles of I3apaume. A later despatch now reports that the British are within two miles of the place. On the Cojuel River the British have occupied points east of IIenin, five miles southeast of Arraa, and they aro also on the outskirts of St. Leger, and have captured ] nvellers, two miles east of Courcelles. On the whole fifty mile front, from Soissons to Arras ou the north, the menace to the Germans increases hourly. The British resumed their attack in the Al- bert sector this morning and was ro-• ported to be making progrc :a. Gen, Foch is relying on the British to strike the knockout blow that will send Hindenburg reeling back and be- yond his old lino, while the French are taking a yell -earned rest. The British are fighting over the old Somme battlefield, which they know so well. I ram Chaulnes to south of Royo the ' battleline remains un- changed, Noyon is still in German hands, but it has been rendered use- less by the Allied guns, and the arm- ies of Generals Humbert and Mangin are converging upon it. North and east of .Amiens the,British are closing in on Bray, Amttgne, is now safe from the enemy West of Noyon the French have foFped, a passage of the Divette River,. three, miles from that city. Gen. Manein's• operationson the heights dominating the Chemins - des -Dames aro threatening the posi- tions of the Germane on the Vesle, and ed out of the window. Dead in the door? (Mick! "I—I don't know as I ought to tell it is reported that fires have been ob- Yard." ' served behind' the, enemy lines, shote- M Archie fell back, but instantly re- you," stammered the distracted land - covered himself. He urged Neil with lady. "I don't know what to do!!" ing that the Crown Prince may now I his hands. "Well—you can't help Neil's stretched nerves could stand be realizing his danger. I that. They're at the door now.Upno more. "Laura!" he cried. "Where A somewhat shgnificant.statoment is with you! Linger in the next are You. a minute or two. I'1 talcs care of ev- There was a sound down the nar- that French troops have .raided Ger- erything. For her sake, ]cid!" row hall. A door was unlocked and man trenches in Lorraine and cap - That was sufficient. Neil came to thrown open. Neil ran to meet the tured prisoners. When the Germans life again, and sprang up the sin5le sound. She was in his amts. are driven back and, when the great fright of stairs to the roof. Already "My darling! My darling!" she American army is organized on the he could hear tramping in the lower whispered. "Oh, thank God!" A halls. Doors were opening throughout ,shower of tears intervened. borders of Germany the Tong looked the house. The instinctive embrace justified and CHAPTER XXIII. explained all. A great, calm happl- LAURA EXPLAINS. nese filled Neil's breast. He comfort - It was a hot night and there were ed her. Mrs. Colliflower looked on Horrified, shamefaced, yet delighted, A long breath escaped Neil. "Fate - gives me one snore chance!" he thought. FIe receipted for the mes- sage and carried it back into the 11v- ing-room, Under the gas light Neil read: The follows are on the way. They have the right address. Expect them at nine -thirty. Look sharp. George, "What is it?" Blackader demanded. "From my partner," said Neil, "The police will be hero in ten minutes. Write quickly, and we'll make a get- away." "It's a trick!'' whined Blackader. Neil forced him to read •the message. "Be quick!" he said, "or it's all' up with both of us—maybe all three," he added in an undertone. Blackader sprang to his feet. "Coma on!" he said tremulously. "There's no time to write now. I'll go with you anywhere you want. I'll Melte it later. 011, come un, for God's sake!" nese streets. Ho was amazed and out- raged by the sound, A flight of boys issuing from Newspaper Row was spreading out fanwise over the park fluttering papers in stead of wings. "Wuxtra! Wuxtra!" they yelled. "Neil Ottoway—!" here an indistin- guishable gabble. "Wuxtra! Wuxtra!" Neil had a little silver coin ready for the first boy that reached him. He did not ask for anychange. Surely he of all the world had the most inter- est in this edition. He did not bave to read far. It was spread across the top of the paper in two-inch type. NEIL OTTOWAY COMMITS SUI- CIDE. Neil gasped, and turned red with anger.It affected him like an hittol- orablo insult. But he soon reflected that it was not his real name after all, and his sense of humor came to his aid. He laughed. Under the caption was a brief butte - "Not a step!" said Neil grimly. - tin: "Until you write." At 9.15 to -night Neil Ottoway killed Blackader, though his hands trem- bled as if palsied, and his face worked like a hysterical woman's, would not give in. He raved and pleaded with Neil, and sought to pull him toward the door. Neil flung him off, and stood like a rock with his watch in his hand, counting the minutoa Blackader, in an abandonment of brutish terror, flung himself down and knocked his head on the floor. Even in extremity he was the spoiled child. Finally they heard rapid feet mount- ing the stairs outside. Some ono knocked on the door, and rattled it. Blackader with a cry: "They're here!" sprang to the sill of the open window. For an instant he faced Neil, looking scarcely human. "Go to the chair, damn you!" he stuttered. "You'll never get her now!" Neil leaped, but he was over the sill. A terrible cry rang over the back yards, and there as a sickening soft crash on the cement pavement below— then silence. Neil stood rooted to the floor with horror. The rattling at the door recalled him to himself as from a hideous dream. He heard Archie's voice call - Ing to him softly and urgently: "Jack, Jack!" In a daze Neil went and opened it. himself by leaping from a fifth -storey window in Waverly Place. The police were about to arrest him. Identifica- tion of the body was made by bis' friend Archie Tinting. Neil's breast rose on a prayer at the suggestion contained in the last words. But was it possible that Archin with all his cleverness could get away with a stroke as bold as this? It suddenly occurred to Neil that the extras was spreading all over town like a swift tide. What if Laura should hoar the cry and buy? Tho thought of the possible consequences made his heart contract. He ran for the subway station. The papers had already gone up- town by the same route. Quick as Neil was. he heard the echoes of the vendors' raucous cries down the side streets up -town. Ho rang Mrs. Colli - flower's bell as it had seldom been rung. She was slow about opeeing the door. Finally the thick glasses appeared as the door opened a crack. She had it on a chain, "Bliss Folsom, is she at home?" de- manded Neil. "Yes—no! I don't know as you can see her!" "I must see her!" cried Neil. The note of desperation in his voice Archie was panting for breath. somehow overcame the little body "The pollee!" he gasped, "Right be- fears. She opened the door. "She— , hind me. Quick! Over the roof and she just came in." she faltered. "With down through the next house. Where's her little purchases for breakfast. She your hat? Never mind it, take mine. looked so strange. She didn't answer For God's sake wake up! What's the me when I spoke. And she's gone in atter with you?" and locked her door." "Blackader," muttered Neil. "Jump- "Good heavens!" cried Nell. "Which sante then as when you saw him. Ms. health suffered later. Why, he was only twenty. illy parents were fano- cont and old-fashioned. They aus- pected no harm. "Wheu we were married I began to barn fast enough. 1 nearly 'died --1 died a thousand deaths, net of a bro- ken heart, but of broken pride. Wby, I found out at last that—that—other women—were supporting us. What could I do? My only clear idea was to keep my father and mother frotn 'suspecting the truth. They would bavo blamed themselves, It would have killed them. "It lasted for noary tbree years. Then he was obliged to leave Balti- more. Some horrible scandal that was quickly hushed up. I never knew. I never wanted to know. I went on living there. It was given out that he was traveltng on business. That's what my parents thought. But I had to have money to live. My parents Were poor. I couldn't go to them without telling the truth. So I let it be known that I was going to join him in New York, and I came hero to earn my living. Drawing was my on- ly' talent. "I struggled along. It doesn't mat- ter how. Finally, three months ago, I came to the house on Fourteenth street. I was at the lowest ebb. Mr. Tolsen befriended me. He never ask- ed for the rent. Then, ever so slowly, I began to get a foothold. But my husband happened to see In a news- paper ono of the first drawings I sold. It was one I had made long ago for fun. IIe traced no by it, and found me. That was the same day that I first talked to you. "He was penniless, too, but he did not tell me that. Ho was always boasting. Ile seemed very friendly. Ho got my story out of me a little at a time. I was not on my guard. He said Tolsen must bo paid his rent at once. He couldn't have me beholden to any other man, he said. I—I was so pleased! I never thought— "So I telephoned Mr. Tolson to come down, and I would pay him. As soon. as he canto my husband dropped his pretense of good humor. I—I can scarcely tell you what happened ... . But I must! Bad as he had been, I was not prepared for it. He—he ac- cused Mr. 'Tolsen. How can I tell you! He accused Mr. Tolsen—and me!" "Oh, God!" whispered Neil. She laid a hand on his. "Hush!" she said. "I am a fool to make so much of telling you. It is all over." "Don't go on unless you want to," said Neil. "I want to," she said simply. She coatinued in a stronger voice. "My husband threatened to expose Mr. Tolsen to his wife—unless he paid. I was like a stone woman. I never spoke but once. Mr. Tolsen asked me if the man was my husband, and I said yes. After that he thought I was a party to the scheme. He was a rough, vulgar man, but -kind-hearted. They said unrepreatable things to each other. I listened. Finally Mr. Tolsen knocked my—knocked him down. "Kenneth shot him from the floor. I watched from the window. Ile took the money and the diamond, and shut the body in my closet. He lett me without a word, But he had told me before where he lived. ' "I—I walked the streets all night. I was out of my mind. Then I met you. My one idea was to keep my father and mother in ignorance. You know all the rest. When I got your note I went to his room while he was out, and stole the clothes. "Now," she said with a strange look, "do you want a woman who has been dragged through the mud, like that?" "That's not fair!" cried Neil. "You make my protestations sound futile! As if the mud could touch you!" "I know, but I wanted to hear them," she whispered. "What's to be done now?" she asked presently. "I have no money," said poor Nell. "That's not what I meant," she said quickly. "I have lived in a garret alone. How gladly I would share yours! But I have something to ask you." "What?" said Neil vaguely, alarm- ed by her tone. "Lot me go away for a while." "Laura! Don't you love me?" "I adore you," she said simply. "Then why—?" "Just for awhile," she pleaded. "Oh—conventions! Surely you ewe his memory nothing." for invasion of German territory will bo begun. Along the Rhine it is •as- serted that the people are in despair, dreading the fate that betel Belgium. people taking the air on the roofs of too. 1 - t both houses; consequently Neil's ap• Finally Laura draw a little away. Memory Picture's With the Eyes. pearance up there excited to remark. "That terrible story—what does • it Everybody was hanging over the para- mean?" she asked. "If you can train your right arm t5 pet at the back, and though the hor- "Come away," he said gravely. "I'll deliver a good blow, you can train rible sounds had been self-explana- tell you." tory, each was asking his neighbor She led him into her little room and your memory to retain facts. There what was the matter•• closed the door. She clung to his are just as many flabby -minded men Several .asked Neil. His subcon- arms, trying to read his rows in his In the world as there aye flabby-bod- sciousness answered involuntarily: „ oyes. She guessed it before ho ,told led ones. Both kinds of flabbiness are "I don't know. 1 came up to see. her* duo to laziness, the one mental, the There was a general movement on "It was he," said Neil. "The other both sides to go below. Neil attach- •one." other allyl. ed himself to the party of the house A little cry of pain escaped her. She "Above all, you must remember that next door. Mindful of Archie's in- d"Oh,Ken!" Sh the brain is a photographic machine-- structions he loitered down, lingering and you can make it take an enorm• on each landing. Knots of people pus number of photographs. I don't stood at .the doors talking excitedly contend that each. man may eventu- while they awaited.the return of emis- ally have as good.•a monitory as his series sent out for information. neighbor's, but I am firmly'convinced Finally a man came running in from that maty -nine men out of a hundred the streets. Heads craned over the can have far better and More service. bannisters and the news buzzed up able memories than they -now have. from floor to floor: "Teach your brain to register photo. "There's a man murdered his wife graphs u what you want it to retain. next door, and jumped out of the win - every enthusiastic about are SVing yourt it dow and killed himself. The police day while you doing have come." othetork. It isn't. very hard. Most Such was the first version of the men u, about thirty per cent. of their story. Neil joinedein rush available energy when they're work- tot the.street.NilInstead the general to Let It so soak on what you are do—in,. the right where already a crowd reach - always y absorb into you. thehory vic ion ed halt way across to the opposite always giit bel bo Conviction sidewalk, he made his way quietly in teltht is going have absorbed. the other direction, and turned the "There memory: my recipe for a first corner. Half a block from the etc rmine to remem- : D n He e foral. nod mu Y g scene life was going on as us bet, our o worry and learn how notgto ' lost himself in the maze of Greenwich let your office worries and work go to village streets. above all atnight—and, vi ou be � th111 s t a y rang ,that wildcry things, get into .the open and give.ria• 1 The sound of ture a "hance. Fresh air and sun- in his ears. He was full of the old, shine have as beneficial an effect on old thoughts of death. still fresh and the memory as they do en the other terrible to each one of us when they Parts of your general make-up."—•- are forced home. He could think al- "Ateerlcan Magaelne."' most kindly of Blackader now. All his i : 1 "Poor devil lee's paid GREAT DAYS r AUGUST. shifting and twisting does him no good now. Now he's got to face things. . August has many great anniversar- • • But has he got to? Maybe ev- les. erything's ended for him, good and ' left for thin Maybe therbad. e's teething August r 15, 1095, saw the. first Cru• him but dead flush, That wouldn't sade start tor the holy Land. August 16, 1777, Burgoyne was de- be paying if death were the same for feated at Bennington, Vt. all. Surely he must be forced to face Cromwell defeated the' Duke of the truth for once ---somewhere. Or else Hamilton at Preston, August 17, 1648. there's no justice." August 19, 1812, the American fri• Noll, wandering aimlessly down one xt was through the next. and back th g gate Constitution defeated the I3rittslu street. a warship Guerrierb. not insensible to his surroundings. On It was ou August 20, 1346, that the the contrary he could tlne ver afterwardt o battle 0f Crecy was fought, in which forget the impress' English yeoman defeated French Men may be roughtly divided into the knights. , convex and the concave natures. hien through?" • cooking of as many items over a single On August 28, 1833, William IV. • of action present a convex surface to Ho waved it away. "I shall never burner; while most Vegetables suffer signed the bill pr.vhding tor the liber- the world around them, artists a con- be Aired again." considerable lose of mineral salts he' ation of sieves in Great Britain on cave. Men keyed up to concert pitch I shall toll you everything,"she being submerged in water while cook - August 1, 1834, and Carrying $100,000,. do not change their ordinary natures, said. "It's not beeatise I fell any ran- in 000 compensation to the shave -owners. but intensify them. The roused man cor to -wards the dead. I do not." potatoes are particularly good when of action feels the impressions of the "Nor I, put In Neil. steamed, as it preserves both starch eyeball or Highball. moment more completely; the roused "But it's your right to know. I anis minerals, besides adding con,slder• } artist gathers and stores than more was all aware of that 'while you re- ably to their flavor and digestibility. An old Scotsman wee t:ireatenej deeply. preached mo.' When cutting the family bread be with blindness if he did nut al,o up To Neil, trantping the streets, quite "No apologies," said Neil. "1 Can't sure to brush up the crumbs oft the drinking. ordinary sights and sounds assumed an stand it, bread board and put them on a pie ,.ago," .h ,hot this d him fouryears sho smarried t i tY Ir h w Therange,where o will I . thew '•Now, riicq"avislt, said .,to doctor, exquisite poignancy.Yplate over Y "it's like tido: Vous-e either to stop night affected him like a terrible lima abruptly. "I was eighteen years dry out, to be subsequently used either the whiskey or 1080 your eyesight, and poem, like a compelling, dissonant old. That's all I tan say in excuse for ter breading croquettes et' cutlets, or you must elt0ose.' I symphony; or, since he was a scuttle myself. He had a kind of power over for adding to the flour when making "Ay, well, doctor," raid McTavis:r, i tor, most like a superhuman figure, women. I-µ4 was no bettor than the oatmeal, corn, graham or Boston brewfl "I'm en Wel Man neo. an' 1 was ugly and strong, Wise and childlike, rest. But I was ..o ignoraitt, Ile was bread. tllinkin' ' ha'e see:. about everything bestial and dreamy. the kind of man to take advantage of �!ce-ea---• eto,'il nein'.'--Tit I3'te. BY and by he found himsolf in City a girls ignorance. I mean ie could Stranger This seams to be a pretty s Hall !"ark. Ito was brought sharply make hateful things appear in a love- -4-• live town. This seams rbe a ratty 're perslst in doing wrong Catena- to earth by hearing his Own Hanle ly light. God help me, I thought he Stranger --»Why do you say that./ Na' at._tl that wrong.-- -'Troi:urs and C eaatda, shrieked the Might hush of the !Mai- was a kind of god! Tie wasn't the tive - I'm the local undertaker. cooped. poor en. a was "I thought you would say that," she silent, and Neil shrank from intruding said. ""That's not it. Please—please, on her painful thoughts. Finally she 1 am not ready. I cannot fight you raised her oyes, glistening with fresh any more. I will go with you—as tears and craving reassurance like a women do, if you make me, and bo child's. "Oh, do yeti think there is happy tool as women are—but if you mercy for himanywhere? I couldn't now—it hurts so!" would Iet me be myself—if you would be merciful. I—I hated him! And not smother poor me with your love, ' "Tender heart," murmured Neil. you d win my soul too, and I d be as "Old scores are all paid." happy as women seldom are. "My darling!" he said, deeply mov- "Maybe—I drove him to it," she ed. "I can wait!" whispered. "You •shall not lose by it," she pro - "Now snuled. "That's silly, dear. (sed. Nothing ever got under his skin. It "What are you going to do?" he was the police at the door." asked anxiously. "Now I shall tett you the truth," she "I'll have to lie onto more and for said. the last time," she said. "To my Imo- - mind that now," said Neil pie, I mean. I'll say ho died in the "T want to tell you," she said simply, anxiously. quickly. "You've had enough to bear. west, I will live and work at 'home Some other time—or never. I'm sat for awhile." isfied." ''I may write to you?" he Pleaded "I always wanted to. But I loved '"Surely!" she said. "`And often. But you. I was afraid of you. I fought ,-_-don't misundelrytand me, only against You blindly." friendly letters please. If you should "You loved me!" murmured Neil. —well, make love to me— 2 know "How wonderful!" myself!—it will make me self -eon - "Come into the sitting -room," she echoes and perverse and hateful, Just said deprecatingly. "Mrs. Cornflower be my friend for ,tire present " surd be scandalized. She's a 'dear." (To be continued.) The affectionate little body wee flet- 1 3lVSo� i_S 4 Clear Away Pimples and Dandruff with Cuticura The Soap to Cleanse and Purify The Ointment to Soothe and Heal These fragrant, super -creamy emol- lients stop itching, clear the skin of pimples, blotches redness and roughs nese the scalp of itching and dans druff, and the hands of chaps and sores. 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Investigators say that salmon find their way into rivers by means of the pre- sence of acids or alkalis, which of course varied in different streams. Even when they are a long way out al sea, says the Youth's Companion. they can discover the trace that will lead them to the bay and theatrcam that they sees'. It thus becontes unnecessary to appeal to a "homing instinct" to explain the return of certain salmon to certain rivers or the "running" of herring to certain lo- calities. THIS IS THE AD. OF THE Walker House THE HOUSE OF PLENTY AND THE Hotel Carls-Rite THE HOUSE OF COMFORT Toronto's famous Hotels THE HOTELS WITH THE I:OIVIE ATMOSPHERE. Particular attention !s' paid by the Management to the comfort of Ladles and Children travelling alone, OUR CAFETERIAS ARE OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. Pure Food with Sanitary Surround. Inns, Served at Reasonable Prices THE WALKER HOUSE, Front and York Streets. THE HOTEL CARLS•RITE, f=ront and Simcoe Streets 1r Co Fe 0 N Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, &c. Worth Knowing. Household Cement— Take equal parts wood or coal ashes, salt and any kind of dry clay. Sift together through sieve, add water to make like mortar. , This wit get hard as a stone and find many Weis for it in the racane. An ounce of quart of liquid. gelatin will jelly a �N�ii©O ZOE I)^ DIME MFORT SOAP O Too `moi '1 -6 1 It's Pure Cleans sinks,closets Kills roaches,ratsasmice Dissolves dirt that nothing else will move 'Letting Him Down. Down in Kentucky they do things in their own way. "Hello, Tom!" said a man from the North who had returned to his birth place for a brief visit, "1 heard that Bill killed a man. Is it true?" "Sure," replied Tom, "lie chased the feller three days with a shot gun, fin- ally got a good bead on him, and bitted' him right through the lung.:' "And killed him?" queried Northerner, with horror. "You bet!" 'Vell, how is it that they didn't lynch Bill for cold-blooded murder?" asked the men from the North. "Well, the feller that 13111 shot did- n't have a friend ou earth, so the game warden jest fined Bill two dol- lars fer huntin' without a license."— Harper's Monthly." the 1 Where Happiness is Found. Somobody says that happiness is al- ways where we find it, but seldom where we look for it. This may be a good epigram, but not good philoso- phy for the farm. There we find hap- niness where we look for IL—Ex- change. - Minard's Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in cows. What She Wears. Earrings, the close -fitting kind, in pearls, gleaming and pretty, or imita- tion colored stones. White slippers and stockings the latter with colored sink clocks to match her sash or her hat or some part of her costume. Sashes—oh, ever so many of these! They are tight in the back, knotted at the sides, or arranged in whatever way State of Ohio, City of Toledo, she finds most becoming. And as t0 FLucas county. L�. makeends—they may be frilled or fringed le seniorJpartneryof thes firm of aF. Ja or hemstitched. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City White skirts that are washable— 01 Toledo, County and 11 State aforesaid. these with her fluffiest blouses. The ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each skirts are pocketed, invariably and and every case of catarrh that cannot be usually finished with broad girdles. cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH Smart and broad -brimmed hats of b1EDICINE. FRANK J. CfIENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in dark blue taffeta, with facings of thi 6th d f D ember, Olive oil is a noursihing fait, •and it aides digestion. ' 1 . i . Apples cored before paring are less apt to break.. Flour , hould always be measured after sitting once. , Rye flour can be used for dreging meat 'and fish. If you dread cleaning pantry !ahel- ves, paste white oilcloth on and it cleans as easily as enamel and saves buying shelf -paper . A fruit pie will not 'boll over if the sugar is put under the fruit. Stains ,may be removed from 'wall paper by an application of dtarch. The,, lighter salads are appetibers; the h '3ey ones should be regarded, as• central dishes. 1:1 Wigg—Guzzler is a pretty' eteady drinker, isn't he? Wagg—I've seen him when he has been mighty un- ateadY. ISSUE NO, 86, 1918 HELP WANTED, WANTED WOOLEN MILL4 HELP. perlei we t and inexperiennceedcbands,• cin various I)epartmentss in our Mill. Will bo pleased to turnish tell informatioc, Write ue fur parttoalars. r3everai post - tions open with opportunity' of advanl • merit. The Slingsby sting. Co., Ltd. Brantford. Ont. MISCEILLANE0U8. IiEN ORDERING GOODS BY of AA1Is send a Dornttilon Money Order. CHOICE SILVER BLACK I3RI1:EBINQ Oanfoxes. Reid Bros. Bothwell, Ont., ANTED SECOND HAND HORSE Power Drag SaW, complete for cutting, wood. State price and condition. Address Jas, Atkins, BOX 302, Niagara- on- the- Lake, Ont. FARMS FOR SALE. Cdelext FARA1--•ADJOINING GRI1tfS- BY town, conslsting of one hundred and eighty acres; must bo sold at 01100 to close ftp an estate. APP1Y to 1]. B. Calbick, Winona, Ont, TWO -HUNDRED -ACRE CLEARED fat in for sale --County Durham; good soil, fair huildtngs; conyeniont to railway atfUun and village; four thous- and will buy; easy terms; 44oSset Victoria after harvest. G. P. McKay, street, Toronto. I- p ARM, CROP, STOCK', IMPLEMENTS —two mites Woodstock; forty acres oats, ten corn, ten wheat; balance hay and pasture; twenty cows, four horses; county road. Apply i`. A• Staples, R. R, No. 1, Woodstock, Ont. 11'9 ACRES — MORE OR LESS—LOT 27, Concession 2, Erantoan, near Speeds'de, for sale; on the premises Is a good stuns huuae, up -to- dation. ate bank barn; good stables, with water; closed in shed, silo• piggery; hennery, sheep pen. never falling well, windmill, good orchard• farm in good state of cultivation, well fenced, well watered; five miles front Fergus, ten from Guelph: school -house and two churches close by. Apply on premises, Mrs. Lena Leybourne, Rock- wood, R. R. No. 3, Ont. SUSINESS CHANCES. r; OR SALE -50 -BARREL PLAN SIF - ter mill, in Marlcdale; good wator- powet'!' J. W. Fo:d, Markdale, VOR SALE, AT WALLACEBURG—AN evaporator plant, well equipped; was operated last year; adjoins rally:ay and convenient for shipping; also conven- ient to ship by water; about two acres of land in connection. Communicate with John S. Fraser, Barrister, Wallaoeburg, Ont. $3,O©a BUYS MANUFACTURING Rant witty bolder engine. }'North $6,000. Built solid atone; lira ;hoof; three stories; 10,000 square feet; 'tell located; cheap electric power. For particulars write, John Nash, Owen Sound, Ont. A OR SALE GROCERY, BO.,T AND Shoo Business, long established. D. L. Gilmour, Collingwood�, Ont. ar . my presence, a ay o ec white or flesh -color and the simplest A D. 1 6.. A. W. GLEASON, - (Seal) Notary Public. Hail's Catarrh Medicine is taken in - Topping Potatoes'ternally and acts through the Blood- on lip g . the Mucous Surfaces of the system. Send Attempts at removing the green tops - for testimonials, free. of potatoes on the assumption that they detract from the tuber devtiopment have proved off casesowhere records wein re kepi, the topped potatoes produced the poor- est tuber crop weight, though in some instances the potatoes were larger. -1 BABY'S GREAT DANGER DURING HOT WEATHER More little ones die during the sum- mer months than at any other time of the year. Diarrhoea, dyeentry, chol- era infantum and stomach disorders, come without warning and when a 'medicine is not at hand to give promptly the short delay too fre- lquently means that the child has passed beyond aid. Baby's Own Tab- lets should always be kept in tido home, where there are young child- ren. An occasional dose of the 'Tab- lets will prevent stomach and bowel troubles or if the trouble comes sud- denly the prompt use of the Tableto will cure the baby. Mrs. Chas. An- derson, Mimics, Alto., says:—"Baby's Own Tablets are the best medicine•for little ones who are suffering from somach troubles. They cured my baby and have made her a fine healthy girl." The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 23 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. CANADA FOR THE CANADIANS "Summer travel is good in Canada - this year, despite the war and some' inclement weather," said IMr. W. H. Snell, general passenger agent of the C. P, R. eastern lines, yesterday. 'In fact the war has had two outstanding effects so far as Canada is concerned. Conditions with regard to foreign travel have become so expensive and so restricted that Canadians have been almost compelled to learn something about the advantages of the Domin- ion as a holiday resort. At the same time the ordinary wage, earner has had such opportunities for making money that an unprecedented number of working people have been able to in- dulge their lifelong desire to take their wives and family back to their old homes and see 'the old folks at home: r hasbe r of travel n e This latter feature e very marked during the past year, and is more in evidence than ever this sum- mer. In all parts of Canada thou- sands of men who have for many years nursed the hope of some day taking their families shack to their old homes are Ole to make the trp this year and they are doing it. The re- sult Is good for the country, good for the families, and good for the railways. "In fact," said Mr, Snell, "one of the most remarkable features of present war conditions is the application of the motto 'Canada for the Canadians.' More of our people aro learning to know their own country than ever be- fore, simply because of the expense and difficulty of going abroad. Travel to Europe has been. practically elimins ated, owing to war conditions on the Atlantie. The increase in rates in the an United States and the difficulties rounding travel front Canada to Amer- ican resorts has to a considerable ex- tent reduced summer travel from Can- ada, The result is that thousands of. peoal- ready eadY gone abroad in nor toer n the haves Unit d g States for their sunnier vacations aro now spending their holidays and their money hi Canada, with distinct ad- vantage to themselves and the Country. In fact they are learning now what tourists from all over the world have in years past spent very large sums to come to Canada to see and enjoy. "In this way, while war conditions have cut off a good deal of foreign tourists traffic in Canada, the sante conditions have so increased home travel as to more than offset this. People are visiting our own Rockies instead of taking g erma r G n waters, tak- ing trips over the Canadian lakes and rivers, or to our own coasts instead of going to American coast resorts. It is a curious effect that war should' force Canadians to know their own country, but that is one of the re- sults of the European conflagration, and one that 'should prove of lasting benefit to Canada." As a result of these general con- ditions, Mr. Snell said that passenger traffic in Canada had been unusually good both en the C. P. R. and on all Canadian railways, as well as on the lake and other steamship lines, despite the fact that under war regulations there were no more excursions or special rates. The rates in the United ted States had gone up so high, with a stringent abolition of all excursion or other special rates, that people were learning more and more to do their pleasure travel in Canada. "A good deal of this is duo to the fact that wages in Canada are higher than ever before," said Mr. Snell. "Where a few years ago anon were getting $12 to $15 a week they, aro now getting $18 and even $25. De- spite increased cost of living people aro getting better oft and malty leen arc able to indulge their desires to revisit their old homes, and it is surprising the number who are taking this method of spending their hall - days. "Canadians are learning niero than ever before the attractions of the Can' adian resorts, and the knowledge they are acquiring as a renal of the wear should mean a good deal in futoro years in keeping our holiday motley at deme, as well as attracting tourists from ether lands." F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Hall's Fancily Pills for constipation. FOOD FOR THE AGED. Some Diet Rules for Those Who Are Advanced in Years. Libraries have been written on diets for business mon and actresses, but little thought has been given what aged people should eat. "Superintendents of homes for the aged show absolute ignorance of the diet that senile changes necess- itate," writes Dr. 1. L. Nasher in the Medical Review of Review. With advancing age there is less atrength and activity. b'or these reasons the amount of food should ba diminish- ed. The loss of teeth in old age is na- ture's signal that an aged person should no longer eat meat, the only food that needs to be thoroughly masticated. It is not necessary suddenly to discon• tinue tho use of meat. There should be a gradual reduction, and, only the light meat of young animals and fowl should bo taken." There is no definitely prescribed diet for old *Age, but there are a few rules that can e followed: The total amount of food trust bo disminlshed. It must be thoroughly cooked and finely chopped. Vegetables containing much cellulose should be freely used. 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