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The Wingham Advance, 1919-01-16, Page 5rhttr'stiay, ,);tn, t fitii 19 t9 Wx M ADVANCE Page Ave Men's and Boys' Winter Clothing We are showing the latest styles and clothe in Men's and Bays' Suits and offering them in exceptionally low prices. If interested call and inspect than. WINTER 'O\T.ERCOAT.. S A large and selected range of Overcoats for Men and Boys in checks, tweeds and plain Clouts at prices that are right, Men's from $18 to $28. Boys' #roto Sa to $15. 14,1 1' COATS Men's Fur Coats is great variety, Buffalo, Black Dog and Beaver Coats fronl;$30 to $40.' Call and' see our Beaver Coats at Mee, It is heavily furried and made of full siz • pelts, quilted lined and high storm collar, e.tcep• tionat value at this price, BOYS' SCHOOL JACKETS Here is an ideal coat for boys going to school Made of extra heavy Grey tweed, flannel lined and high storm collars, just a few lett at :jig 00. Sweater Coats, Pullovers, -Sox,•Mitts, Caps, heavy )3ootetand Rubbers, etc. NOTICE • •-All 1918 accounts are now due and must be settled by cask or note at .once.. b. Ittas Canada Food Board License No 8-13535. IIMMINatagMBINIRVIIIMININNIMENISIONIANAVOMMMONNIANOIMS "Taken Captive by Bull Moose." 1 tiMJNG down the 'Canadian Pa - eine ehie and Algoma Central, last winter on a return trip fro*•r Winnipeg to Sault Ste, Marie i,t Jack Blreckenridge--the husky twit: r ranger for the paper company, point- ed out to me an island in the centre of hinreoose I•ak, el at staged the final' setting 'to a most thrilling en, counter a "tenderfoot" had with .a bull moose. Here it is as told to me by a man with bol: moose lungs—you can separate the gold front the dress at your leisure:— "See that bunting lodge on the shore there' Well, a bunch of swel's from Chicago hung out there last fall for quite a . spell ---came up to tato .1 partridge and *calculated to stitie around . until the moose season was on -well, by *gash, the moose season opened ahead of time with ane gent, and he told,gne, afterward that he was "fed up";on moose for the rost of his 1 natural life. Seems he was out for partridge and had sat, down to feed his face and take a draw at his dope stlek when. he got the surprise et his life for a big bull mooee came crash. ing through the underbrush and landed 30 feet away pawing up the dirt as soon as he spied the gent - the fellow told me he had nothing but a shot guts but deterrabaetl' to make it interesting for Mr. Moose, so. he hauled oft and let blaze with both bar. raid—this was Amplyanintroduction to what happened " for Mr, Moose ohne on full steam ahead and the gent took to, a tree nearby -he lza4 just made the first limb when Mr. :Moose started to rake it fore and aft with his 42 inch spread -result was down cause the limb and his nibs and as he tell the seat of his pants got caught on a . prang of , that moose's iapread-Mr.,Moose with a 'mighty 'snort made off with him to the. lake etnd pt'eoeeded to. transport his over to that island T showed you. The gent told Ine he the:tght he mil f see kits checkered career ooaring to a tragic end, for he had a hunch Mr. Moose was going' to make a "horrible example" ahim before the females in his harem on Black P15 Island -- he said.be could almoet feel that brute stamping'the life otht of him, yet was afraid to free himself for a dome ward dip of that 'prong would deposit him in elle • icy waters of Mongoose Lake -jest then the moos's feet struck terra flame only to find himself cane fronted with a rival bull moose who had evidently been "playing tie, ills e boss 01' tke harem—the arden" • during the two started habsence of to paw up the earth and with a .w}}d roar and bentjthead charged earth other with galvanic foroe-the con- etmaion threw Mr. t(an fifty feet into, the hazel bushes and from ahere hit watched the fight of the furies. He field "take it tram me that L'eiio�s who ;ode me the ride was some seam; and seamed bent oil demonstrating the "females t waiting" that then was only sue In the honeIr aroun that island. 1a f'ietally clowned :gay " tbarlo" r� after stamp the life oat at ipso fail awn +ea haustod bra hail fallen foe -thole' was MI eoe--•geld he -so I crept up behln with my unsheathe hunting knife and oat his throat. Say, that gent hold's the recare• in this neck of the woos for free trate- portation, Bald Joel; as he nut elf g fresh chew. - rI. A. A e ear ,s -ems,:; �. The Saivation ... Milhion DolIarFund MAIL YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO ONE OF THE TREASURERS BELOW, OR TO COMMISSIONER RICHARDS, 20 ALBERT' ST., TORONTO We MUST provide for the need of the Soldier and his family! It is absolutely necessary to ensure certain safeguards and comforts to our boys over there and over here, so that they may be re-established in. Canada, strong. 'in body and soul, contented that we at home have stood by them to the finish. What sacrifice can we make for the boys who were prepared to sacrifice every- thing for tis? What the Salvation Army Has Done It had provided comforts for fighting men since the twelfth day of the War. Hundreds of thousands of parcels of food and clothing for the boys. Tette of thousands of beds in Hostels in daily use itt Prance, England and Canada. 197 Huts for Soldiers. 1,200 uniformed workers. 45 ambulanoee. Thousands of War widows cared for. Looked: after soldiers' families, Labored for the Master. Helped to preserve the home ties, Given the (MOTHER tott& to lonely men, Soldiers Home January What Remains to be Done Keep the hostels open and open more, do that every returning soldier cars get a clean bed and wholesome meals at a price he can afford to pay. Provide comforts and safeguards for our boys, advancing into Gerrxtany, as well as those coming home and needing a place to eat and sleep, in Halifax, St, l'ohn, Quebec, Montreal, Kingston, Toronto, London, Chatham, Winnipeg or Vancouver. Guide and assist soldiers' families, eapeeially the widows and orphans. Coming Campaign 19th to 25th 'the Salvation Art iy is equipped and organized to take care of the soldiers' 13RGDljT AND PURSGNAL needs -needs that are imperative. It bas never made a genual appeal for funds to carry on this work until itow. Give and give liberally. ' If you are not certain that your contribution will be taken up by a canvasses', send It direct to the Hon. 'Treasurer, Sir Edmund Walker, J'oronto - subsoriptloxis will be acknowledged. ""Cod lovati a cheerful`givar" SALVATION ARMY" MILLION DOLLAR FUND COMIVIITTZ • Headquarters: ihreatrtxrer Toronto and ihiterio: Treasurer Neve Brunswick: Treasurer Nova Scotia: SXR EDMUND WALIZ`Itit j*MEB M. CHRIST/3 DONALD MacGILLIVRAY ,8 Toronto frank of Corm rerce,i$t,Dolan, N.p. Bank of Commerce, Hallfax,N.8. (Coped ht,' 3018, by McClure Ne�r evaluate.) "YOU see, Mr. Pell, I'm tryi start something in Penton,' wa way Luey Brown. reporter, "sa writer and second mate of the P Sentinel. explained her cult at tb Pell homestead, "The idea is to copies of the hatne•town hopers t boys at the front and there are hundreds of our town boys who be getting the Sentinel. Now, know how it's been with the . nee—how it's been with Penton, In There's never nnytbtng doing, and Wye over there don't want to Just a relies!) of the news Vont fj'ont that wile stale to them a in before. They wont local news. want to know what's going on Pei tion.' "But nothing is ever going o Penton," said Mr. Francis Pen h gently. "'Ii'rr 8 conservative 1 place the t emptied gh'tfitg excited itself :sonic' fifty years ago. Th. never atrtyrtttu .doing in Penton," "No; that's just it," shill Lucy, color muting to her cheeks and bri111tat,re to Iter eyes at the thou that site was being unders "Nothing ever happens in tots plat' but I'ne going to make something h pen so's to put Penton on 'the and make the boys want to get ba a real live, enthusiastic, human s of place. I thought I'd begin by ting interviews with some of the to eharne'ters like you. 1 went up to old Silas fineli yesterday'. He's a h dyed tend three—all the boys kn him --used to eali hien O"at,y Si. L he's got some bullets and things fr the Civil war and some old clothes wore seventy-five years ago. I've.p euaded Itiuh to put them on exhibit down at the bookstore, and 1 c make a story about that. Then th s Miss- Hawkins that's always k the cent shnp—used to sell Bandy be boys that are over there now, a he's protntsed to ,do something oke n story,. and there's the p heese man and the old sexton—" Mr. fell was hardly flattered at b ng put in a Blass with these local centries, and had Lucy Brown had much tnet as she had enthusiasm s might have made her appeal in a ther way. But the fact was that rands Pell, whose ancestors h ounded the old town, was quite uch of a character in his way as ither the toothless Silas Snell or t the spinster who had "always Ice he cent shop." Although scarce fort nd. although no one had evef• see tea counting out bags of money, n ad he ever been lenoivn to be craf r shrewd in money matters, he we egal•cled as "the old unser." Ther ere, fabulous aceoun.ts of theeexte f the Pelt fortune, which . had one ittered -large in the mind's eye . ellton mammas, but bad long sin need to be regarded as in any wa a ajlable. So Lucy paid her' first call on M ell and ,was very Politely shown t e door after she had made beri,el Ito clear* and she went away fee g as much confused rind dishear ed Its she had some seven years h re, when site went out on her firs eignment for the big city paper, fab Lucy was not a native PeIitonite. e had been she would have know ttei than to try to make news oil anything that Francis Pets might b Ing. But she knew he was one 0 O most goesiped about personalitie town. Tailing to find nnythin ore fertile for discussion about him e women dtseussed the size of hi otter bills—though they were pe- ony normal—or kept close track o leirmless old mammy housekeepe the new coat of paint on his house the condition of his apple orchard t these things wouldn''t make news ms for the Sentinel. Linty was rebuffed the first time. po- ly but effectively, and went away 'hate: more upset over a certain )(little courtesy that Mr, Pell had wn toward her than because of the nal rebuff. But Lucy had not been a reporter seven years for nothing, and 'once cheeks had stopped tingling from t first call she decided to snake ari er. Sire would get some sort of ry out of him --that she determined. tvas on her third tall that Mr. Pell wed signs of weakening. You say you want me to do some- ng to make a story about," he began iously, looking amusedly into y's eager -face and studying the vous twitching of her still girlish s. "What sort of thing would you suguest- not,.„.of course, that I intend do It." ucy chose to take him entirely seri- ty, "Blake some gift to the town," announced. "Every one thinks .you e loads of money, but—" 1 know," smiled Mr. Pell, "the'y call the old wheels It Inas Always amused But choose to keep my bent - tons to myself, ; I will tell you eon. ntisily that 1 have just sent a ter Importers contribution to an °nomieat observatory in Labrador my father endowed, and the hos. 1 for lepers In Shanghai that my .� her was interested in-" Penton people don't care about ," interrupted Tetley. "They want to do- something for C'ellton, if It illy a drinking fountain for the y dogs or a new curbstone around town hall, ,lust think how the over there would sit ng and read Sentinel If you were to'lte ;tome- 1g like that, ctncl there would be sensation speeches end every one Id turn Brut and there would be a time -land then maybe if you did telling like tient they'd put yon tip mayor and-�-well, you can gee t a lot you alight do to keep things g." Lucy sighed, and rtotneltow concern amused Mr. Pell more n anything she had done before. had alrendy proved immensely sting: paper ng to s the "not, Pe ton e old send u the some will you enti- fact, d the read. the °nth They in n In du1- lttle over The the the ght food, e--- ap- map bac to ort get cal see tin• ow Fell, om he Br- ion an ere ept t0 nd to ot- e- ec- as he n- bIr. ad as w he pt n or ty s e nt e of sine y r. 0 f feel t- e- t r If n e t s g' s r• f. • r 1 t s m c 0 F f m e li t a h 0 r w 0 .gl P to v P th en in en fo as sh be of do th In th go fe his or or Bu rte lite pet gri sho act for }ler the oth eta It silo th9' taut I.uc Her ftp s to oils she hav mei ate, fart title rut! astr that pita mot that 100 Is o stra the boys the this pre wou big som for wba gain her the Mhe dive Then one day Mr. Pell Palled et the Sentinel (Ohre to eee Lacy, awl that Was atiOugh to keep Peliton tongues weggiag tor a few dots. He told her he worked hot* otetivirkat Fort of thing he might do for tl sown. Lucy that .afternoon bud reporting a plenje given by th 'doyen ,of ono of the heal filet The Place chosen for It wad p the old Pell estate, and because bubbling spring of water that fl nut frostt the shale there it had p a favorite spot for pleules for years past; and.'Mr, Pell had never ob. ie old JAPAN'S PitOitlalKet, been (liomeetic Ditticultics later One t', ern— 'doyen °ries. } Oric alt:ll Ally art of Prices of the various grades of rte o ;of a continue extertienately blgh. aceord- olved Tm japan. he bestto s gre ade s1ias r risen Loo 58.40 yen roved 029.40) ,per koku of 4.96 }lnallrsh some bushels. The price of third -Oars rice Jetted, in spite of hie reputation for miserliness, Children, too, from at over the neighborhood mone with pail and bottles to get this water,. wbie eeetned to be more quenehing titan ar dinory water, and It was a savors spot for .pedestrians oa hot Sunday. who Came there with little fOlding cups .to queneb their tbirst at th miser's spring, as it was aotrietipn called,. Lucy had seen the pleknicicesnr ..drinking at the spring that itfternWp, and she was ready with her nugget'. tion, The thing to do was to ,gave this tract of land as a ptcnfe ground and to put up a sort of fountaio. of rosxglt* hewn rocks from the neifrhborhood around the spring so that thirsty folks might always quench their thirst tom, And there should be a drafty SO tune the water when It ran oft should not make a bed of thud around the Spring, Mr. Pell may have had some questions concerning this, but he agreed, and within a few days he and TAO were Meeting occasionally in a secluded woodiand path to discuss designs for the fountain and to pen to presents. ten. And all the time Lucy bed Visions of the big wrlteup it was going tO make for the Sentlsnel and the surprise that people would feel when they learned about it. And Francis Pen- well, he still watched the eager work. Mg of I.uey's lips and the color as' it came quickly when she became espe- cially interested in the Aland and way, end sometimes he laughed at h too, but she had ceased to'. be nettl by that. zas been as higil as $20.2a, other' grades in proportion. An estlntat:e i of the rico crop of this year is eine s cla11Y announeed by the Japanese h Government at 288,67,0,000 English bushels. This is an increase of 21,- e. 609,000 bushels over tate previous year --azo indication that the farmers have made an. effort to increase the Yield. "This is only an estimate," says the Chugai Shogyo, "and the eM public should be warned ngaitt: t over -hasty optimism, as tawny Mitten may happen to elitolniait the aura harvest• before ail the crop in poth- ered," The alter also urgen the elate ele ment not to relax its efforts to find a correct and permanent notation of the rice problem, 08 the farmers, who• have tasted the flavor of inor- dinate prfees, may hold htteI: their stock to ezuberrttsrc .aneI fleece the consuming Public. The vernacular prose of Japan is filled with suggestions to the ilovern- luent on rice regulation, The O::ttka Iit'aintclli .revers government cnrttr•ol• of the staple an,l insists that see•ir a coarse is entireiy possible under the present Ministry, but woult' not be under' a belreauej'at10 adnallti tI't1- tion. Tire editor seer; 1n this fact op. Portunity to prove the superiority of a patty. cabinet. The Osaka Assisi criticises the Ministry's negative pol- icy regarding the rice problem anal blames the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, Mr, Ytuns.nzoto. it feels sure his estimates of the new crop are exaggerated, and seen 00 prospectNearly ell the Jzepanese journals of Tokio, Yokohama and Osaka call for abolition of the import duty on foie er, 1 eign rice and fol repeal of an crat- ed Hance, naming certain individuals an rs of thcompanies to reign prodt%ct exclusive Th;elToltio Niehiniclii insists that all measures yet tried by the 'Government to: rogue late and .reduce the price of the na- tional staple have failed, hut is more 'hopeful than other journals regard- ing the adequacy of the new crop,. The Tokio Jiji claims that public opinion is. unanimously 1n favor of the removal of the duty en problem is imperative. Its editor lays much of the blame upon an e inflated cure rency. He believes in a more elastic interpretation of the • Shipping Con- trol Ordnance. He likewise 'advo- cates welcoming immigrants. - While on this subject It may be mentioned that the Tokio Nicht-nicht, one of the most influential daily newspapers in Japan, despairs of a return to anti -helium usages or prices.-. While present cost of living may be modified, the :�aeople of the country leave become inclined to ilvo better than ever before, and they will find a return to former modes of Itfe difficult, if not impossible. In short, the editor of the Niehi-1liehi •believes that more than half of what is de- scribed as "distress among the mid- dle class" is due to living beyond means and spending money for main- tainitig appearances. The editor earn- estly appeals to members of this class, constituting the bulk of tho Japanese nation, to cultivate the vire tues of thrift and modest living. lr 8 t f 0 t d lv la a Is th ni h of to to tie pa L la w In. tr na In Nide as ha fro fee 0 spr 5A the for h tar fru but tai they old som alo Luc tryi poi Pel for " l've Sine me the fron sur wou wou ., ove any t furs " ena We then the tow for stray gran Lu the and "pert ing view Tlrte'±Gee of the day when the an. ouneepeent of the plana was to be made came at last, .and agcy had the rst big story ready to send to the lit - le Sentinel press. There was even to e a cut showing the design for the ountain, And it had all been kept a ecret between Mr. Pell and Ludy, hough people were beginning to won- er why there had been surveyors and orkrnen on the old picnic grounds of te. -The Sentinel was just going to press nd Luey was putting the last flour - hes on the great announcement In e dingy little office long after other good Pelltonites had retired for the ght. The owner -editor, an errand oy, the other reporter and,sr^ltiandfnl compositors and pressmen eonsti- ted the entire staff, and they were o preoccupied with their tasks to no - e the Ifgure of Francis Pell as it ssed quickly across the floor to ucy's desk. Be sat down beside her, id a nervous hand on the copy she es still working on. "There's a hiteh our plans. 1 can't tell you now. But ust me. You mustn't make the ag- uncement now. Then. he went, tell - g Lucy he would wait for her out - the little office and tell her more he escorted her home as soon es she d finished her work. , 'It's this way," he heggp. '"Mere m the water department bale peen ling around later', and today I got notice from headquarters. That ring lent a spring at all. it's a leak om the main. That water is,dust the me; water every one has piped into it houses, and now they send me mal word that in future I'Il have to ave it metered and pay for It •at rest'. rates. I don't mind paying the feta ndred dollars it would cost a year, no one would care about the tong- n if It was plain city water, and 're likely to have the Joke on the miser. So we'll have to think of ething else to do." They walked ng in silence for a few Minutes, y'a pretty lips working overtime her. here's you," said Mr. Pell empty. w'd tbat be for starting something? could run off and be married, Mid when we come back we can do other things, the orb around the n hall and the drinking foluttititt airay*Itaired Young Women increase. London, England, hairdressers eV there has heart a greet increase in gray-haired young women, due te, tb• An ordinary human being uses tte 267 cable feet ef air each twenty. four hours, The ()thee Point of View. Little Bob vrett dishing 100 Ids father. Attar tryiftg for several father leet patietee. "We'd better ge home," he grumbled, "It &meet returned Bobbie. "Welt* the that's dein' the kiaking.'s A. Fenster. Captain or trading ship, daring the nodal seseion--Talk as yOu like about missionaries, venture tO say you never eaw one who tided with the hoeSo. Cannibal Chief -No? 14,16W) Itteett you hetthitt I never Saw One itetredt Live Longer In Novell. 'rho a,tomee length of We is countra. Thai attributed to- the tato that the teMpiareenre is 4001 tarld uulform tlauseteitt the year. To Pool Watt Debi& The French Government is con- sidering, a bill proposed by, Deputa Jacquee Steen; establithing among the Allies an international financial union. The purpose of this union would be to faistrthute the expense or the war between the Malone on the basis of popule,tion and power to be, The proposition is supported by 100 delegates, It is understood that a similar plan is under consideration by the British Government, but no IdnefiLnointedosnte.ps have as yet been taken It is esineated, that the expenses to:a:he:Allies totaled oc000,000,00n penses aggregated 870,000,000,000 frattes, which the Central Powers' e,t- Annual budgets at 5 per cent., with one-half of 1 per cent. premium for amortization, would total more than 42,000,000,000 franca To avoid international bankruptcy it is declar- ed that such an association is awes- sary to float aa international loan estimated at 518,000,000,000 francs, to be diatribUted on a basis of pop*, lation and production. Bach state would guarantee its proportion from customs and other revenues. All eXchaoge questions,e freight rates and prices of raw material - would be handled through the cen- tralized ageney of tbe association. Provision itemade for the admission of neutral -states. Dyer). the Central Powers, upon terms prescribed by the Allies, ItlaY- Join, thus re-establishing internation- al credit, which is held to be an development of the world. hopes that the peace conference will adopt the pia; at least in prititiple, leaving a special commission •to ar- range the detells. 444.1.4.444.1 WHERE ARE VW, DEAR READER? people of a town cad be Classified about as (1) The man who criticizes the coun- cil from first to Iast, but refuses to help make things better by taking a seat at the (2) The man who gives the council a reasonable support throughout the year, although he declines to be a candidate. (3) The Man who has the rourlicipal "bee in his bonnet" and is a pereunial catididate but wants to be coaxed. (5) The marl who is willing to take a seat at the counell if the electors really want him and think he can give them good service. (8) The Man who doesn't pay any at- tenticst to municipal affairs -except, per- haps, When he pays his taxes or wants a new sidewalk on his street. (7) The man who looks up to a town councillor As a Sort Of deity, takes off his hat to a member of the council whenever he meets him, and considers its .secrilege for any person to criticize the doing of the •We'pl.tt in this Itiet to make the seven: there iStet Any such kind of man now -a. Ross' hardware Large Stock o£ STOVES Clearing at Reduced Prices See the High r�� Oven ' Range Flashlights tr- Usethe auto -strop then decide. We invite you to shave with it for 30 days. I . 'you like pay us $5.00, if not satifled return it. 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