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.THE SIGNAL
GODERICH, ONT.
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Thursday, December 14th, I988 -d
THE CHRISTMAS STAMP OF 1898
1-•- When Imperial Penny Postage Was Inaugurated under Postmaster-
General Mul.ock-First Letter Posted at Toronto Office One
Second after Midnight by the Late John Rosa Robertson
•--,. ..,..'--i kw of
lion 01
Imperial penny pualage, and of all the other powers by being
at this time a short acut of the lu red. Surmuuutlug thin map
wou
Ls a repa eatation of the crown,
uudorneath which Is a bunch of
oak and maple leaves, aymbollz-
"1to Students of Canadian history, as lug the unity of he Mother
well as to those interested In the gas- Country and Canada. At the up -
elating study a stamp collecting. per edge tit the stump are the
a
It is needless to go Into the history words "Canada Postage" Ina neat
not of "Ocean Penny Postage," except to letter. Underneath the map ie
- nay that 1t had been a dream of the elaee(J "lanae, 1898," ao that the
postal reformers since 1848. An lm. date of the inauguration of lin-
esime pwrtal conterene''e 00 postal ratan -sea" prier Penny- Waage' shall be a
Laid in London to the early part of matter of record. On the lower
1808, and The London Standard says corners are the figures "2," in -
1n part: "We are authorised by the diestiug the denomination of the
•'Postmaster -General to state that, as stamp. and ut the lower edge is
"the resat of the imperial Conferences this euggeative paseuge taken
''en Postal Rates, It has been agreed, from the works of one of our pat-
- "an the propose' ot.tbe-gepreventative _TJQth .porta: -We hold a vaster
"of the Dominion of Canada, that let- empire than has been." Mr. Mu -
"ter postage of one penny Imo half- lock will he able te( claim he cre-
dit should be established betweendig of giving the public the ebealr
"the United Kingdom. Canada, New- est map of the world ever issued.
"foundhnd," etc. The representative The axe of the stamp U about
. of- Canada referred to we* tits lion..„ . the as me us the Jubilee issue.
(now 810 William Mulo''k, LLD., In addition to the above 4escrjp
Q:C., Postmaster -Genets' of Canada. tion It map be said that the border
lie had for some time been interested of his stamp is of a cable pattern,
in Imperial penny passer. as well giving the appearance of being sur-
as trying to have the domestic rale roundel by a rope.
In Canada reduced from 3c -the rate It will be ren that the tleaign of
ass.esw which had exL. ed alnce Ap ll let, this stamp is very unusual and It Is
j 1868 -to 2c. also to raise the rate of Intprnet to know how It came about.
t 'w+ limit on Letters to one ount•e Instead %Y'e'n lion. Wm. Mulock was in M-
ot half -an -ounce. Finally on June tain he was struck with the fgnor-
13tb, 11498, au act was pawed in the auc'e of the majority of the pupal" -
Canadian Parliament reducing the tion regarding the size and import -
left of he British
stamp issued on Christmas Day, 11198,
may not come amiss-ot interest alike
At the Manger
When Mary the Mother kissed the child,
And night on the wintry hills grew mild,
And the strange star swung from the courts
o iery lit"a manger with kings in
Then did the day of simple kin
And the unregarded folk begin.
When Mary the Mother forgot the pain,
° In the stable of rock, began love's reign.
When that new light on their grave eyes broke
The oxen were glad and forgot their yoke;
-- -And the huddled sheep in the far hill fold
Stirred in their sleep and felt no Bold.
L.�.B
-"" When Mary the Mother felt faint hands
Beat at her bosom with life's demands,
And nought to her were the kneeling kings,
The serving star and the half -seen wings,
Then was the little earth made great,
And the man came back to God's estate.
-Charles• G.D.- Roberts. --
VtiatteRNEVVIMEIVIERNETTNEVIIIIIIIINIV
in three colors, the frame being black,
with white letter, the seas of a pale
blue or lavender, and the British pos-
sessions in red:' While it is not the
Intention In this sketch to enlarge on
the different varieties, it may be of
general interest to give the reason
why 1n some of the stamps the seas
are of a pale green. This variety is
ae•eounted tor by the fact that wben
the bundles of stamp sheets were
placed In stock some of the first pack -
to t ettc me to 2e', but it wan slop t oaerseas Dosses- ages received would be placed at the
what the date theonew rate
to say at ,dons, and he particular of l'sneda, bottom of a pile, while those received
the new should come so when be hal lu clew the home of later would he placed on top to fill
into operation. We have see'u that • a new %tamp it occurred to him to orders as the stamps were require,
month later tbe penny rate was de- show the relative size of British los- or that the time the were
sheets
clded on for the Empire. which was session as compered with the other so
to hewed time may have et -
to come Into effect on Christmas Day, eouutrled of the world. Accordingly, tested the change to y,, the Dale
IAPB The A domestic rate, however, on hie return to Canada be asked a blue 711116 to a 211* (me! 1
did not come Into effect until J-tt`nu'lfFTTew•-itfletA To 14rtlla' him with a The First ream; Ped Leiter chair', but none was pleasing
Not often is the story recorded o
the posting of the first letter bearing
a stamp of any, new iaaue, but such
a record has been kept in connection
with this stamp. Penny ocean post-
age, as we have seen, came into effect
on midnight. Chrtstmat Five, 1149S,
and the first letter posted in the Tor-
onto general poatoThce was by J. Ross
Robertson. The letter was handed
In by Mr. Robertson "at one second
"past 12 o'clock on the morning of
"Sunday, December 25th, to Mr. John
"Carruthers, the atssletant pottmaster,
"wbo certified to the posting with his
"signature on the envelope. At 5
"seconds past 12 it was handed to Mr.
"H. 8. Allen, (thief of the night staff,
"who at 12 aeeonds peat the hour
"dropped it Into one of the electric
"stamping machines, and at 15 sec-
"onds past midnight It came out, bear-
"ing the Toronto postmark of Decem-
ber 21." -
The tltne and date of this letter be-
ing received in London was also certi-
fied to on tbe envelope, which caused
Y� er ID remark tee probably
ILat-t(ate in philatelic
history, that race -track triming
was used on the pawsage of mall mat-
F.J.N.
at-
h the post F J N.
121-141as ra. rr
The ren`istmas a
Are" Welcome Everywhere
ERE come the Carolers."
So It weed to be. Young flfees
pressed against the windowpane,
etralui%g-to hear Use cheerful carob'
outride. Perhaps It was the story
of the Christ child put to tune or a
Iattad of love and cheer. %Viten the
,ringers were done the householder
Invited them In for a bite and a sup
or gave than a coin Or two for their
hat, 1800. The demand from tbe pub-
lic for this new stamp was ear press-
ing that it waa issued on December
7th, but 1t could only be nod Instead
t of tbe ordinary 2c stamp, the :k rate
'ontlnning until the date already
stated. u
From the above very brk't and
sketchy aeeonnt of events leading up
to this Important change in postal
raid, it will be seen that Hon. Wil-
liam Mulock was 'steely reaponnlble.
w he may be pardons for celebrating
the event by the issue of a angle
ereememorative stamp, all- previous
aeries consisting of stamp' of various
denomination,: ^.g., tire sixth aeriew.
Jubilee imam of June 19th. 18!17, ron• • We love not war, but only peace,
slated of stamps of denominations Yet uerer shall our England's pow-
er decrease:
Whoerer guides our helm of state,
Let all mem know it, England shall
be greet! . -
! lsold--i -rslter-rmpbre than -las
been!
Nigh half the race of man 1s "abject
to our Queen!
Nigh loll the wide, wkie earth 11,
to him, so he sketched something him-
self and had one of the artists touch
It up.
Of Isaporlai StgaUeanee
At the time of its appearance there
was not a little criticism of the
stamp and of the legend which it
tore: "We hold a vaster empire
than has {seen." This motto chosen
by Hon. Win. Mulo•k is from the poem
by Sir Level' Morris, entitled "`tong
of 1•:mpire," the ()seasion being the
Jubilee of the late Queen Victoria,
June 20mth. 1897. An excerpt from it
(ul low s :
ranging from tic to 8.1.110, while this,
the ninth series, 1mperimt--Penny
Postage issue, condsted of a singly
stamp of the deuominatlon of 2c:
Deseriptlisn of the Stamp
The .tamp 1s best describe 1sy
,,jquoting from The Ottawa ' Erening
Journal:
The feature of the new stamp Is a own in fee._ .
neatly eXart1isd map in miniature
of the "world. allowing the British AM .E teeP itet"161e elemee" MSer-
possessions as compared with all fre'." -
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The F.mpltt ler This interesting stamp was printed
utfraftwentaC a is ai iaia vak„w
1 e 114 -.AY.
ed Aver, 1
MS CHRISTMAS SEASON ,
Nothing mart' appreciated than choice }limeys for the occasion.
We wilt haven targe .tee{. -to /Almost' (ruin both Ln ('ut Flowers
and Flowering I'tants, -- trp
We carry the htrg'•'r shack outside of the larger titles. Wortk
A the display oven if you do not put'dsase.
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Florist, Phone 105. Oodench, Ontario gwvauctizuttrovoctztvoctoocutiesetectrweiveverecteweivoctoctvasestl
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your while to call and air to c
Come and Inok the stock over before yon deelde on anything Mss
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hristmas Greeting
�- CARDS
Come early and make your selection 1
Prices $1.00 a dozen up, with your name, address
a doselor- prises
and greeting printed. . _
Por gnantitiei of along thus
quoted on application.
Don't delay in placing your order. Christmas
TIIAT CHRISTMAS FRUIT
CAZZ
oriel
Christmas Essentially
the Lay of the Child
h:CEIIBER the 261tt is the Lay of
he CYrlkl.
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It is upon this day of days that
couuUeas men and wowen and tittle
ones barely able to speak their lan-
guage utter the great rejoicing: For
unto us n Child is bora, unto us a
Botr is given'
"sriroi`-' ~bmifl' `-rt'telhr
which there Is no Christmas feel the
splendor of that cry, and those who
have no formal .creed at all, still
know there is one of the 365 portions
of the year which Is eaventlally he
Day of the Child.
It 1s the day when even the most
unsentimental adult, long since con-
gealed and hardened by the yearn, can
hear in his heart the footsteps of the
llUle ase' ---Today they are running
about pe regerly .ail quer the world
pattering to see what good gifts may
hare been received, ardent with u hope
that only young hearts can feel.
On this day the austere scientist
who has almost quit bellevtug In the
very laws of astronomy which recent-
ly retuned ao Imre and stable, but
which now seem dissolving iu a mist
of relatlrlty-this careful profeestou-
al aketele bovines as te child himself,
and eotrsiders it hard indeed it he
cannot believe in Santa U'lauP, bearded
fairy godfather of the children.
-On this day even those who -have
been the most careless feel like nay•
WE over reverently that beautiful
prayer for wisdom in the rearing of
child non :
"Almlghty God, heavenly Fat her,
who hast bleared us with the joy and
care of children; Give rax Ilglrt and
strength HO to train them, that they
may lore whatsoerer thlrt(tw are true
and pure and lovely and of good re-
port."
For on this Day of the Child we all
remember that the most precious gift
we can bestow upon our children Is a
capacity for- feeling just such tender
and generous and helpful emotions as
today stir In the breasts of all good'
meet and women. -Seattle Post-Inteltl-
gene 'r.
-Thr- fr o.- ,.ah c , %dto tite.e slay r ,.
H (01lw•f101 of Iss,ks. -Carlyle.
By Betty Barclay
Do you remember the piece of
home-made fruitcake that grandmoth-
er used to treat you with -almost any
time from the beginning of the
Chriatmat season until the first spring
robin strutted proudly across the
front lawn?
It was rich. It was mellow. It
fairly melted in your mouth. It had
been compiled with loving care from
fruits and spices that grandmother
dug up from any source in order to
follow that old recipe of hers. It
was fruitcake -with a capital "F,"
and every other letter capitalized. It
WAIL he kind of fruitcake titer onesel-
410m tastes today when we carelessly
let the days slip by until it is too
late to make a real fruit cake and
have it properly aged by ('hrietnlas.
Whatever you do, sake your own
fruit cake thbs Christmas. Make it
carefully. Follow a "realrecipe as
earefully as you would follow he aigna
when motoring through strange coun-
try. You will be rewarde.t by the
eolnplimentary remarks of those who
enjoy the coming Christmas festivi-
ties with you -and generations to
come will once again have the privi-
lege of thinking, speaking and writing
about "grandmother's wonderful fruit
ke."
"THE GOO!) OLD DAYS"
The recent fall of ttwew serves to
remind tbe older generation that the
udveut of sleighing does not mean
what It did In the old days. Early
winter with sleighing was then !called
as s bleeding. The ' farmers who
bud finished up thele tall plowing,
apple picking, etc., and were only
marklug hums, were able to get. into
the bush and start cutting and haul-
ing wood and logs W he ueareat
agt11 v+� _1ung....ask t o. /Unix -
Ing listed,` everythlna to the rural
aretiona hummed, and the farmers
had money. Now he wood is all gone,
everybody burns coal, motor can
have put the old-time cheerful sleighs
into the discord, and snow Is a nui-
sance, only welcome by the unem-
ployed who get wages for removing
It. We live in an age of comforts,
but just the some we -can't forget the
good old drives we used to have in
the alelghride parties when we went
out into the country eight or ten
mites to some friendly farmer's tome
where we cleaned out the kitchen and
danced until nearly daylight. Those
days had their eompe•nsatlon'.
No two persons in the world have
the same opinion. -Kelly.
KEEPS ('ANDLES FROM DRIPPIINts
To keep rho candles from drip-
ping, stick a pot to hr candts along-
side the wick and leave it there. it
Give Fictures
this Christmas
A goal Picture gives more
Lasting pleasure than any other
Gift -and at the price you can't
beat them.
ilosu*Hrt •Leased-BNta-into'..
at lye, 33e. 60e, 75e up
Wonderful framed Etchings at
only 81.00
subjects to suit eserybody
English China Plates frons
10e up
('ups and Saucers from lar up
Gift Novelties from ler up
Spl.nded lane of Christmas
('ands le up to 25c
Candles In all the lovely shads
English Dinner Sets, open stork,
at a bargain
Can't tell you all. Just pop to
and ace for yourself.
STOKE OPEN NIGHTS
Smith's Art and
Gift Store
keeps the wick uprlpdntcagd the sidle -East street Phone 198
},urns longer and more steadily and
decorations nod tablet -loth are kept
free from grease.
ce
If you haven't a traditional fruit
cake handed down from }our own
grandmother (ooe that bras always
stood out as the Queen of all fruit
cakes), then heres a new modern re-
cipe for 1933 frult cake. Its been
carefully worked IA14 u l tested
against a great nranjesothera and it
Is decidedly tnperfor.
Furthermore. while the old tradi-
tional fruit cake must age a month or
Pongee fore 1t is ready to use,. this,
cake w� iv tastii mo16(I•-
mune if May ,e apt longer 1f de -
mew.
Then on to the next house, to sing
again under the stars or veiled be-
hind gifted scow.
And then, in he earlying,
home again to AaeWF-Owen"
it was a good oki t•+tstom, this
midnight minstrelsy in the treason of
peace and goodwill. "With the begin-
ning of Ynletkie, twelve days before
Christmas day," as Percival Chubb
tells us in the Standard, publlated in
New York by the American Ethical
Union, "small bands of muakclans went
the round and in the mire or ° the
he
toad or on the Steps, played
old folk totes as a lyrical prelude to'
the great day. To some of the an-
tique ballad airs, like - 'Good King
Weacealaus; " says Mr. (rhumb, the
singer's would add • hymn tune -or
two -"Once in Davld's Royal City," m
or "Hark, the herald Angela Hing."
"Punettiatng the bustle of domestic
preparation for the coming feast, throe
mtnist.ra(tana In Mie stili night gave
a Meath of poetry (lint Mnc•hed the
I is -plat of-Fbrbrtmaa wftb an eedreeing
.1 beauty. Day by day the tide of joy -
ons anticipation rose until the cree-
1 eeMlo •broke lath * forte of exnber i
•n( P."
Those simple' days of the folk are
wine, says Mr. Chnl*): the gior; la
departed.
But the custom of making the
rano& po Christmaw eve to ming car-
oo earth
of peace and good wiU
"till prevails here and tlere.-Liter-
airy Digest, .
_ 'lfNDRfl TIF M1fi'1I.FTOE
TWO WAYS OF LOOKLNG AT IT
A clergyman had married a fleets,
• and at the end of the cere-
mony the hridegroem turned to ht
and said: : "Plow mtch does Ah owe
you for that, sir"
"pit. pay tire whatever 11'e worth
to you." the clergyman replied.
'I'he young negro stated adoringly
ah his wife for several seconds, then
he replied in a very soft tone: "Par -
e on, you've' ruined me for life --you
sure bus."
THE REASON
They were stetding In a taxi to-
ward 'the- theatre.
"I wish you hadn't made me drool
up, i---er-" he begat'.
"Nonsense, dear" she replied, "you
look nice In your dress clothes."
'T what I hadn't, all the some"--' --
"1 never sow such a man."
"All the some, I think we ought to
turn beets"
"We're ten minutes Irate already."
"•All the same--
'What'e the idear
"Well. Fre just remembered that 1
left the tickets in my brown suit.
Tit -Bit.
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Christmas Gifts
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The roost appreciated Gifts are those that ■re useful. sea. v. au �exr�r
We sell practical presents at
W. HERN'S SHOE STORE
Mltry we suggest SliPPers for
FOR WOMEN -
Bedroom Slippers at 58e to $2.23
pair.
(:olosllrw at 81.00 to $3.65 pair
Evewing Pumps....82.50 to 84.75
pair.
Kid or ('alt Tire ...$2.25 to 88.00
ituee
rkelon Moaslna.
FOR GIRIS4-
Skate Boots
BedroomSlipper%
Rubber or ('loth Goloshes
Strap Slippers
Oxfords
TRAVEIJING GOODS--Iadfae
night tts,.es, Club hags, Sult
We have n large nssortmt
every member of the family -
FOR MEN-
BedroomsSlippers n0 Me to 8225
Kid or Calf Rsaaeor....$1.)5 to
13.50 pairll
Spas 81.00 to $2.75 pair.
Goloshes $1.85 to 82.95 pair
Oxfords 82.75 to 88.00 pair
Hoekey Boots, with or without
Skates.
FOR BOYS -
Bedroom Slippers or Romero
Roy Scout Shoes Overshoes
Oxfords or a pair of Boots
Hockey Boots; with or without
• Simko.
(,ra
-or Men's Traveling ses, Cris-
es/we, Hard Bags, ete.
•nt of gifts to ehocwe from----
W. HERN, Sizoisailife.rehant
V -t tilt('{ -1 "aa
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• cup sliced citron /j/� r /// // //i� / �� j�//� /"/�%/'//
s'i cup sliced preserved lemon peep / //� ���j�// /ji. % /� i/� //r/ / //-// /�' r
//i oil i/ /�c�//%/ r
�, cup sliced pe•rserved orange a //i
!eel �/% ' �/� rj y //��, ,�i/r; /iri/•
1 cup (omitted cherries, cut in % // i'.� /j/ I
habeas �� � f•� :.�'ti'"j /i �r,H,. � .. /ii
1% cups seedless raising
1 cup seeded retsina
1% cups pineapple or other fruit
juice
1 coup etralnod honey
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon allspice
1 cup butter
!.cup granulated sugar
4 eggs, beaten
-alt-pmy+eee -
1 % tenspoone salt
1% teaspoons soda
1 cup walnut kernels, coarsely
chopped
Let apricots "fatal In hot water
fifteen minutes, drain and dry on a
towel, and slice info thin "tripe. Wash
prunes, boli in Just enough water to
cover ten minutes. drain and dry on
towel, pit and cut into small pieces.
Wash raisin', drain- and dry on a
towel, and since the 'seeded ones. Add
fruit juice, honey aunt apiece; to pre-
pared fruits end peels and let stand
while preparing ether ingredients.
Cream Mutter, add sugar and cream
until very 11011. .Vtld welt -beaten
eggs .and mix. Add fruit mixture,
flour sifted with ,salt Mad wan, and
twat well. Mk in ants. four into
one very large or Iwo smaller cake
tons lined with waxen paper (tube
pan preferable). J.arge.cake will re-
gnire ;re. hours bnkin( In moderate
oven (27ti to Ain► degvesn 1''. ►. De-
eorate top If tlesired., '
Are yon worrying ab�tut•e girt for
some friend" flake two . token from
this recipe by n-ine two small pans
instead of one I.i l"lP one. Enjoy one
cake in your owe home, Weep lite
other neatly -for that's yonr Moat
Christmas gift.
is only a few weeks away.
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The Useful and the Beautiful
taste-irkfivtn (JIBiSTMAS CARDS
We uncomeri,•n+los betray csrr true
selves whe.tl we select '11r1.1 man
recd.. People Ito live In city eparW
ments are apt to ,,.rad drawings of
farmhouses that ne+tle fondly among
tall trees: s Inwyer'e holiday card is
likely to Is. sugary With •ritiment.
(biller'. WV'eekly.
SHEPHERDS AND WISE Mini
It M sot clear fmm the Serlptdral
_that the-abcaiacrtls ...F
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A10,b,ew1a,,,v'F.
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Kttaw
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sr 1.10mvoiminThaalip7reatimpammoraiiiia
elebted."
liyetle--"R damsel follow filet
thee* M anything the matter with 11a
ryes Means* he e•aott ere you neuter
the mi0Ustoef'
Ilse waw•-tw,re Jstsass were• tbs y? vim *piv.._� _.
f1.1bt'd _ _
atsr inM th�� Onijw iilnk- .v. �µJ+�. , v ,. 2asw
a��t+ s�r�ss�ss. ti 1e0�lClf� A�ofiC>I'''''S"t'��'
cowls the story of the magi. sod only loam n„ 3t■Ce
Like mentions the abephwrds Mark ��
and Jiht do not raise to either the � v
asepberda or the wise men.
are combined in a Gift of
FURNITURE
-- Our stock includes-
Occasional
ncludes-Occasional Chairs -Gate Leg Tables
Chesterfield Tables Tables Dinner Wagons A
Table Runners
Occasional Tables Electric Lamps
Smokers Doll Carriages
Mirrors t'iA`TIKIJK
Walnut Chests
(Cedar -lined
Carpet Sweepers
Kindergarten Sets
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