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The Wingham Advance, 1917-03-15, Page 6W-40 aale zilmitagiees 7 s) aa ); • i'%ro CQWViti The submarthe menatte 1; serious and ',nave. Shouid it st.ec: tl,it mould. nteau ttleaster, eaye Lloyd George. What. would it :newt t.) Cate ada? A Willsesbarre magietrate aecepted three potatoes in payment of a 'flue of 5t.54; a limo in Chicago ga tiele. tr, tiettlemeat of a taxi fare, and he bought two "diamonds" and a picture trent° at a fiv?eand-ten-cant store with tne same kind of currency. That is tne sort of story that Is going the reunite et the V. S. press,' T'he big advance of Gin. lictig's Aimee In France and the capture of litut-ed-Amara by Gen. elattae's•troopis are both encouraging j lecee of news tri tle front. Unfottunately tbese axe ettset ty the reported depreda- tions of the Germith submarine*, The ellektng ef the Laconia, and now the reported ii!nleing of a British troop- ehlp aro disquieting items of news. The loos of life may be conelderable. Tho British Admiralty is no douot doing its butt to overcome thie sab- mar:ne menace. We do not know wl;at it ha o been able to prevent, bet we know what the oninnarines are doing, and they seem to be doing quite a, lot. Germany le en high glee over their expiolte, but we have no doebt Britain will find . eolith way to cheek ties latest German attempt to get a etrangtOtold on Britain. MAUDEIN MESOPOTAMIA. While the attentic,n of the people of Canadtt 14 mustly centered on the Ger- -Men' canter:no menace and on Gen. ade mice cn the French fr,rit, Great Britain's warlike operations are not confined to these. She is sate- guerdini rgypt and the Suez Canal, and In doing this has driven -back into the deeert the Turks and the Arab. In cenjunction with Prance and Italy he is ga.therin,g together a huge force at Salculki with which to check the Kaieer's activnics in the Balkans and drive a wedge in between tit= and Constantinople and at the eame time cut the line that runs to Constant:nople. 'Between these °per- aticns end thoee or Gen. lefaudd the Mozineetemia and Grand Duke Mich- ael'a in Armenia there is weladefinea ccnserted action. While Gen. Maude - lois captured KM -el -Amara and is now • adve.neing on Bagdad, -It must not Le trutroged that the ttuesians are -Idle. Russia, and Britain have been putting things to rights in Persia, where Ger. . man influence was strong before the • War. • ! In reuly to Lord Bryce's inquiry in the House of Lords reearding-condi- bons in Persia, Lord Curzon described the march of a British.force under Sir Percy Sykes from Bawler Abbas, on the Strait of Ormuz, northward through Ise -Mein to Teheran, the Persian capital.. This march of a thou. sand miles through a rough, almcst tracklere land was one of the remark- able military achievements of the wile in the East and -a manoeuvre oE great strategic ialue. Persia is the link be- tween the British and Russian em- Direa, a erosa road between Europe and „the great Unknown Central Asia and between Rosette and the Persian Gulf. It was one of the goals of the Kaiser's Eastern anibetion, a treasury to. be Unlocked by the Bagdad Rail- way. Through Turleeyee aid he saw In the, utter weakness of Persia end the questionable alloeiance -of the , native rulers 4if the buffer States of Afghanistan aad Baluchistan to Eng land an opportunity to strike at India, 13-Ut the energetle- action cf bot!r Dr:talu and Frame in this theatre of the war tea put a period to the mach. Mations of the. Germaals, for the time being, at least. The occupation of Bagdad hy Gen. Maude'a troops, which may be expected at any time, pats an end to the Ka -leer's .clream of contron• in the Near East from Berlin to Beg. - dad and withen eye on India. The Occupation of Bagdad by the British . gives there control of the eastern ter- minus of the Berlin to Bagdad rail, way. Britatn 1;as no share in this railway. Ciermany holds forty per cent. of the •etock. France 20 per cent., while Russia and Turkey. also ad vane - ed loans. Ilritain dbjected to the mita leing under German control and op- . pcapd liri termintte itt Koweit, on th• e • Pereitut Gale which was British Ord- "; tory. rty 1911 tha British Cevernment neon to nee the Haines atnbitions in ' the Ent, tainuld the mlosion of Gen. • Maude- emceed in aleammtentla \the 4.. erstwhile Private ezetretary of a Can• sullen Got ern or -C en eral will have thwarted the greatest ambition of the German Emperor. Spoiling Reforirt. Curren and Mr. MceltentieSpent their Sunday lialf•holiclay in artistic temente Aniong the objects exatnitt- ed Wa a.new tublle building, The feature of -Ohs building that apeettleel meet etrongly to Mr. Curran was iti ILL:erlillint Mt NM a huge atone. "elleOlettXGVIII04' he read aloud, "What' dote them lettere mane, Tim?" "That," replied cultured Mr. lic- Manto, "etanito for le08." ''Oh," reelled Mr, Curran. Thin after a thoughtful pause, he adaed: "Don't 5-ez think, Tint, that they'v. tie -exclaims this wenn' rerorat it bit?" Chicego Herald. "Opportunity cane once et every Man's door. ' "Hard luck Is it who . tot Mote soclable.---tettsburg Pont. somebody in llancheeter, N. ft, is ettid to have totted an eight -leaved elover near Londonderry, wherci there liald te be a large bed of tilted clovers. • HER HUMBLE LOVER tz-:== •••••••••••••••*•••••••••11,0..,1011 .I.SMIFIRM.1.0,0110•011,f011.1011,1/11.0,1,11.41.102.• "By all means," he says, calmly, 41 - most respectfully,."Let it stand for to. night, airs. Podewell, let me beg ot YOU to accept this fact, I love your niece most dearly'," The beat heed is raised for it. Moment, and the violet eyes give him a look of paseionate gratitude that nearly (seeds Aunt Pods - well mad. "As to. my worthiness— 1 mean in a worldly eeeee----1 can never be anything but unworthy in any other hope to assure you let, it 1110re 0011- vonient time, But let mo beg of you to accept it as a fact, that Signe, will be tnY wife. She is not one to change--" "No!" softly, dreamily, from Signe. "And 1 ani as firm as a rock. Slialf 1 go now?" 'Otte monaent, Mr. --e—Warren!" sans the rector, finding his voice at last; "I have to make a remark, but --er—perhaps Signe had better retire." She doe's not move, but fleeter War- ren toucheo her on the arm and emote th e door. "Good -night, my own, my darling!" be murmurs, as obediently ehe incises out. "Now, dr," he says, and his voice colder and sterner, causing the rec- tor to start uneasily. "I—er—was about to remark, Mr. Warren, that though we are -1 —er am sure- honored by your propostal, that we have other viewe for out niece. Perhaes you are not aware that Sir Frederic Blyte .he.s—er—proposed for her hand." 'Yes, I am gette aware," "Well—er-1 do not wish to be in- teatotle, but rea1ly-1 wish to sPare your feelings, Mr. Vi'arren—you 'nest eee, a gentleman of your acute rercep- Con must see--" ""I`Ilat its inmossible," cuts in Mrs. Podswell, viciously. "Mr. 'Warren mni!. be all very well—we know notb- iug against him --but Sir Frederic Blyte--" she stops, the dark eyes regarding her patiently, or rather with ,careless stippressed impatience. "1 ant quite aware that Sir Prederin has proposed for Signa's hand," he says, calmly, "and that Signa bits refused him. 1 ani convinced that nothing and nobody on earth would nee euade her to revoke that refusal. I trust Uwe nothing would persuade her to recall the Assent she gave to my rteposal." "It shall never be!" exclaime' pow .Aunt Podswell, desperately. 11ector Warren smilea, almost gravely, e eI trust to Heaven that it may he!" he says, "Come, Mrs. Poilswell, Signa is her °wit mistresie and if she prefera a Poor man to Sir Frederic Blyte, n ho bull say her nay? 1 love her quite ae well as Sir Frederic can do, and I will do my best to make her happy. As to Lady Blyte, I will' .write her to -night, and sec that straight, and if—as they say in the play—yoa wia consent, why then we shall be hlippy ever afterward; bur—and the emit° grows harder—"if you will not con- sent, why—we shall be happy ever afeerward all the same! But, believe me, I ant very anxious for your con- sent. and good wishes." '1—wash my hands of it!" exclaims Aunt Podswell, sinking on her sofa." 'Er—er—aheml—perhaps we had better talk this over to -morrow!" says the recter, in despair. "After all, my (tear, Signe, is her own mistress!" "She le an ungrateful, disobedient, self-willed girl!" exclaims Auut Pods - well. "She is the sweetest, most generoua and obedient child on earth!" Elea Hector Warren. "Good night, Mrs. Pcdswell; good neglit, Or!" and he makes his way into the hall, and has Isle hand upon the lateh, when some-, one glides through the darkness to- e aril him. "Has the storm oilseed?"' "Nearly," he murmurs. "Good night, uty darling, good night! Gin me one last kiss:" And she, as she flits from him, terns her head over her sboulder and gives him what he asks. When he gets horn—which he does in a sort of rapturous dreare—ho comes down from the Olympian. heights of lover's happiness, and eol- lecting his thoughts, writes the fol- lowing note to Lady Blyte: "Dear Lady Blytte—T lose no time in informing you that Miss Grenville bas returned horns to the Rectory, la my charge. She begs, and I join in her carneet request, that you will ac- cept the simple fact of her departure frem the Park and tbe imposeibilitY of her return with= question dr reproade Miss Grenville desires me to thank you most sinearely, and heart- ily, and affectionately for all your Ichniness to her. May I add that she has made tny unworthy aelf most grateful and happy by the promise of her hand? I am, dear Lady Blyte, Yerre vory faithfully, "Hector 'Warren." CHAPTER XIX. "My their creature, what le the use? might just ue well spare your breath and keep yourself cool! Yon might just as well try to move a rock ae niche Signe from her plighted troth!" It is Lady Rookwell who epeaas, with her keen littie oyes twinkling ith suppressed amusement, and the half -malicious, half -satirical ' grin 'a tinkling her painted and powdered face. It is it week since Signe re- turned to the Rectory in the cornlettly of Hector 'Warren., •ahd the atorm which he prognostleated has almost vie nt its force; but though the rector, and ail Northwell fent Lady flooltweAl to Captala jenks haVe nceepted Signa's betrothal to the unknown gentleman who came to look over Lord Dela- mets library, Aunt Podswell is still distatisfied and complaining. That aigna should reject Sir Prederie Blyte fui licetor Warren is to her owe - thing monetrotis and unnatural, and to whomsoever she Meets she pours out her laMentations. She has been tieing so now for fuller it quarter of an bour, end Lady ftookwell, itt- nconcod itt one of the Rectory Cagy. -otters, lute listened with gala but intenise amusement. "But --but it is ilreadfut end unwire - Tall" 'wage Attnt Pottewell, wiping her Wee and aniffltug. "Look at the dtr. forence, Lady .Rookwell; She Might have been Lady Pilytel SIM Must be Medi" "NO doubt. Most fdrIs are when they are in love. / a1I We 'a Sat Of . vammoapalcapeamproal... nindneee, and the great phy is that it JM not incurable; tett one sooa gets over It. Marriage soon restores the patient to othity. My dear, take MY adeiee; as I odd, you, cannot move Signe. Site is one of the sort who take the disease wretch we have ten-, Wilted to call love, very strongly. If it brought out eliate like the macaw, Signe, would not be lit to be seem In loTei I never saw it glrl so thoroungly 3m1 completely and madly itt leve. Whet, she worships the ground Ite treads on. And he looks at her as if she were the first woman created, autl Ito really could not get over his amazement -and delight at so great it nearvel," and the old worldling chuck- les sardonically, "I met them Wala dering down the lane; I believe that they were holding bands --f do, in- deed; but, anyway, they looked sta pronely happy. She le it beautiful creature; lovelier now than when site first came, and she was pretty ea- ougb, then, Heaven knows, to send a man out of his wits," "I don't say that they were not at- tached to one another," wails Aunt Podswell; "but what are they going to live on?" "Bread and cheese, and kisses," re - 1 torts her ladyship, sardonically. "It ' is an excellent diet for a newly mar- ried, couple, and does not produce in- digestion. My good soul, give it u11 as a bad. job, They will be married as purely as—as—turtle doves- pair in the spring. That you should be sur- prised amuses me, Why, I saw it the first night they were together." But Aunt Podswell snuffs and gro6th. "If I had guessed at such a—a mis- fortune, 1 would have refused to re- ceive his visits!" "Then they -would have met in the lanes, or—or anywhere, and she'd have run away with him," says Lady Rookwell, consolingly, "Marriages, my dear, aro made in heaven—or the other place; I think this would have been manufacteured in the former; and, after all, I rather like your Hec- tor Warren. He is handsome en- ough, goodness knows—" .'llandsome is as handsime does!" Puts in Aunt Podswell, solemnly. "Exactly, m5' dear; and Hector Warren 'does' very handsornely. He looks like a prince, and talks like a post—or a 'wit—which he cheeses for the moment, and he can climb trees, and sail a boat, and sing like an an- gel; what on earth do you want? Money? Then all the romance would be gone, and he'd be just like any other man. A title? Bah! I've got a title, and how much am I the happier for it? It gives rae the pres- tige of saying rude things, and stalk- ing out of rooms before some other women; but what's all that? Signe doesn't want to say rude things, and she'd as lieve go out of a room last as first. Bah! It's a very nice match, and I shall say so whether I go; and if they haven't enough to live on, why then—then—well, he can give music lessons ,and she c.an turn manglee—i—" "Oh, dear!" wails Aunt Podswell. "That is Just What it will come to!" The terrible old lady grins. "And she'd be happy even then if he'd come -and stand beside her and give a turn or two to the handle oc- casionally. But there, they'll do very well; and for Heaven's sake, don't keep worrying them and yourself. And that's my advice, and of course you won't take it—nobody ever does. And now 1'11 have a cup of tea, my ,dear, for I want to wait for the male turtle -dove. I suppose they will be -flying home directly." Aunt Podswel" ,sings out a "Yes" and rings for the tea. , "I think I've got a little surprise foe- him," says Lady Rookwell, chuck- ling and nodding over her tea -cup. . "What is it?" asks Aunt Podswell, curiously, but Lady Rockwell shakes her head • and grins "Wait till they come in, my dear— then I. shan't have to tell it twice. By the way, do you know that Sir Fredetic the Great has gone abroad, and that the Park is shut up? His -mother has gone after him, some say—others that she has merely gone te London; Poor Sir Prederict—if ever a man was head overheels in love, he was and is! Never mind:— he'll get over it; it don't kill now- adays,. lehatever t might have done in our time. I remember crying ray eyes out because they wouldn't let me have Jack Belvoir; but I'm glad now they didn't, He was almost as hand- some as our Hector Warren, but he hadn't a penny; and by this time I should have been ,Mrs. Belvoir with ten children and four hundred a year. Ah, well, it's a strange world—isn't It, Mr. Warren?" And she turns sharply as the door opens, and Hector Warren and Signe enters. "It is the best of all possible worlds, ray dear Lady Rookwell," he says, lightly, as he takes her hand. "Yes of course—the dearest, -sweet- est, happiest of worlds, isn't it, Miss Turtle Dove?" retorts her ladyship, holding out her other beringed hand to Signe, "Give Me kiss Is It warm outside, or have you always got that dolor. on your olive cheeks, my dear? Take off your bat and let me look at you,Y' Laughingly Signe °bees, and Hee- toe Warren takes her hat front her, and carries it reverently to a tide table. Her ladyship grins, "In twelve -months' time, irty dear, „you will be permitted to carry yoar own hat; or if you give It to him he will pitch it on the sofa, and then forget all about It, and sit upon it." "Will he?" says Sniga, blushing and laughing. "Well, I can always re- taliate, and alt upon his. Will you have tiOnte more tea? I am sorry I ant E0 late----" dear, don't flb—yott are nothing of the sort. You know Ise Well Au 1 do - that you would have liked to ether out wandering in the lanes hand In hand!. You, were, weren't yen?" -says fleeter Watrelt, prompt. ly„ na Signe trite to keep down the tell -rale dolor, "It is .of no use, Lady Rookwell, You can't make tte ashamed Certainly net MO at arty rate. Why thotildn't Wee go hand in hand? It le a glorloun 01# ettisto111; they do It now itt Gertstatty. Yes, tee were hand In hand; the lane is deep, you know"— graVely—"And Alpe Might feli," "Of couree," Marta her ladyship. "You see, my dear," to Aunt Podewell wbo site bolt Upright and loafs Scan- dalized, "WV e"e bent (Mite in earn- eet. But tome, sir, rYfl, some news for ,knase you?" be eels, his Wht/le at- tention devoted to handing Signe, it cup Mid a Slice of bread and butter as thin and uneubstantial as a wafer. "Is there any news? I thought the world had stopped etill." "To stare at Your Male )1414)11,10$8, Suppout," retorts her ladyeliip. "Well, It basit't; it Is still going on, as if there were no such person,s its Hector Warren and Snots Grenville to make simpletons of themselves. Do you want to know my news?' He bowls, and spreads a piece of bread elan butter with jam, and takes it at it mouthful; there is something „))ionsettste.vely boyish iti. his name hap - "It all depends," he Says, nlettaant- 17. "ft iii bad or geed news? Atter all, it eau't be bad while--" and his eyes wander to Signs. , as else moves about the room, putting things straight with that touch of the' tand which women alone pessess. "Oh, of course not; - while you have Your lady love within reach, nothing matters Thrones may totter and dY- nestles fall, and netting signifies while you wander id15 about hand ia hand with your fellow simpleton." "Sigma here Is Lady Rookwell call- ing:pyoono,tnua ,te oepePrarerw ot:Loauss a Me s ." ilresponse. comet the la.ughing hung," says Lady Rookwell, grinning. "But conte, I know you are dying of curiosity." "Just dying," ne aeseats, sinking back into the easy chair, and following Signe with his eyes. "What Is it, Lady Rookwell? Have you come to tell us that an act of Parliament has been Passed forbidding any marriages for the future?" • "Parliament will never attain to soon a sensible act," she retort% "No! I've nad a letter from Laura Derwent." He leans forward with n1ock alarm. "Not another! Spare us, Lady Rook - well! As you are strong be merciful. What has that remarkable young lady done now —turned the Sultan of Tur- key out of Constantinople, and seized the throne?—set the river on fire, o,nd interviewed the emperor —taken pos- session of the Tuileries, or what? It sounde rude, but the mere mention of that young lady's name makes me .tremble." "Then you can tremble in real earn- est," retirts Lady Rookwell, eyeing him with malicious enjoYment from behind her gold eyeglass, 'far she has written about you yourself" He leans back and takes up one of Signa's gloves, and exatuiues it as it he has never seen such a curious ar- ticle before. "Can it be possible that so insigni- cant an individual as Hector Warren can come within the sphere of Alias Laura Derwent's thoughts?" Lody Rookwell grins. "No one is too insignificant to Laura Derwent, if she can make use ot tben. You don't know her." He shakes his head with mock awe. "What is it? Do you keep me in suspense! What grewsome command has she set upon me? The task—is it one of blood?" "Hector!" murmurs Signe, coming behind him, and putting her bands upon his shoulders with half -timid, half -bold tenderness. "My dear child, I am quite serious. I am trembling in my boots. Keep me not in suspense, Lady Rookwell. The dread mandate, what is is? Thy slave is all attention." The old lady looks at him with a keen scrutiny and nods her head. "You may laugh," she says, "but what do you say to this? Laura Der- went is coming here in three weeks." He is silent for a moment's space, then he inclines his head slowlY. "In three weeks! Barely time to get the triumphal arches ready, and the red blaze, and brass band! Shall you have the whole of your pretty villa re- decorated, Lady Rookwell?" She grins until all her teeth are displayed. "Het he! My villa! She is not Gcormaning.,, geherei She is coming to—the "In—deed," he says, Slowly; "then ahe has taken Delamere at his word." "Yes, of course. Didn't I tell you she would? And that ten% all. She metals to take him at his fullest and most literal word. She means to have the Grange done up "Not for the world!" eays Hector Warren. "What would Signe, say if I refueed to obey a lady's commands? Mie,3 Laura Derwent is too important a personage to be dieoheyed. She is the queen of fashion; and we, ber slaves, - must bow the head and carry out her behests. Lady Rookwell, itt two words, " , wallet Mrs. Poderivell, "the — '1 o,Bbueyt,.:, the expenee! All thia will cost thous- ands! Really, dear Lady Rookwell„ this—this whim of your niece's is mOst extraordinary." "Isn't it?" says Lady Rookwell, with sardonic calm:- "but you see Mr. War - raft is, prepared to humor it, and as to the expelled*" Hector Warren laughs. "That question is _envie enough," he says; "My friend Delamere has giv- en Miss Laura Derwent carte blanche, and she le quite Within her right in availing herself of it. 4s to the ex- pense, that is of no moment--" "No moment!" sniffs Aunt Podewell, "when it may be thoueande!" Ilo elletiggs his shottiders and in:alias. "That is Delamer's lookout, not ours," he anewers. "Ho is reputed, atid I have no doubt rightly, to be *wealthy "He must be worth at least forty or fifty thousand a year," breaks in Lady Rookwell, sharply. 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ACK ENZIE TORONTO aoc.st :46.•>4. • WINNIPEG EtBilallielBSE110.02121EMISEE3MenSigereettadatellaZ11151811ft .1100.••••••••••••••••••••1••••••Or Automobiles as Railroad Aux- iliaries. ,In quite a considerable number of annual reports of railroad presidents in the last two years mention has been made of inroads which automobiles are making on railroad passenger business, There is another aspect, however, el the development of the automobile and automobile truck which may turn out to be of considerable advantage to rail- road development. The use of the auto. mobile and the automobile truck is acting as a preventive of branch line railroad building, thus conserving cap!. tal for betterments of existing lines. A good road. is built by the. state or county and this road, with the de- velopment of the automobile truck, acts as a feeder for the railroads, which it crosses, and, moreover, a feeder built with the public's capital and not the railroad corn,pany's calk tal. Unprofitable 'branch line mileage has been the old man of the sea on the back of many a railroad in this coun- try. A good state or tountry road crossing a railroad will be a feeder to it for forty to fifty miles on either side of the track. At the present time there are many rural communities which are sending freight and pas- sengers over forty miles or more of good road to the nearest railroad by automobile--tts much traffic as the railroad could hope to get over a branch line, the interest chars on 'which would be great enough to eat Up nearly all the profit of the line haul.—Railway Age -Gazette. 4 • tlad Fourteen fits In One Afternoon BUT IS MADE WELL AND STRONG BY DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS. Mr. R. J. Thompson, of Uxbridge, Tells the Story of His Terrible Trouble and Almost Miraouloua Escape. Uxbridge, Oat, March 15. --(Special) ft. J. Thompson, living n3ar here, had fourteen convulsions in one afternoon.. The doctors did not think he could. live. To -day he is well and strong. He eays Dodd's Kidney Pills did it. But let him tell his own story: "I am delighted with Dodd's Kidney Piths," Mr. Thompson states. "I have only taken eleven boxes, and I feel like myself again. "I was taken ill very suddenly. I ate rny dinner and went to take a man home. I just got about three-quarters of a mile when 1 wtts taken with a convulsion fit, I had feurteea that afternoon and the third day I Thad nine more. "The doctors said I could not live anti if I did I would never be able to do anything again, as 1 had throttle Bright's Disease. But, thank Ood, I am doing my own work once again, by the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills," Bright's Dleease is the most advattee ed stage of kidney disease. It can be aVolded if the earlier etages of kidney trouble are rertiedied by the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills, --4••• Trade Briefs. Reports from India etate that there are 3,888,000 acres of land under cult'. votion for rape and mustard and 2,- 027,000 acme devotekto linseed. Good crepe are predicted. The municipal authorities of Am- eteirdam, the Netherlands, are plan- ning to build 810 dwelling, houses, IWhich will be rented to working pot. We for 21 a week a dwelling. Many e omplainte have reached the city off!. 1 cora concerning the itearcity of 'houses, Subway% are to be built In Madrid, pain, The completed roads will con. snit of tour doable track lima extend- ing 8.1 miles. Construetton of the roads -will cost approximately. 20,000,000. New Zealand's crops in 1917 Will be elightly under normal, it le predicted, beetluse of the bad weather experiene. ed, A favorable year Is expected fvr. theep and cattle on North 'anted. 1 Imports of logwOOd front Cape flay- tien, Hayti, into the UMW States in 3910 Wore 'Wag at $500,048. Legtv00.1 inaporth la the previous year totalled $1,111. Since the beginning of the year 486,,, 318 pounds of frozen smelts have been certified at the American conettlate at Moncton, Now BrunswocE. They soil at prices ranging from 10 to 20 cents a • pound. Estimates of crops in South Africa State that the wheat production will be 20 per cent. below normal. Batley and oats *will be 8 per rentabove the average yield. Coal has been discovered in the flu - toe Shan Mountains, North Manchu- ria. Reports place the depth of the vein at 233 feet. Minard's Liniment Used by Physicians Profitable Beef Production (Experimental Farms Note,) • At the Iexperimental Payne at Nappan, N. S., a number of tests have been car- ried on In feeding and finishing steers for the market. During the last three years, tests have been carried On in feed- ing good butchers, heavy fed. versus good butchers, light Ped; good stock- ers, heavy fed, versus good stockers, light led;good butchers, heavy fed. versus good stockers, heavy fed; good butchers, light fed, versus good stock- ers, light foci; good butchers and good stoeiters, light fed; and good butchers and good etockers, heavy fed, receiv- ing two pounds molasses in addition to their regular meal ration, versus good butchers and ,t400d stockers, heavy fed no molasses; and good butchers and good stockers, light fed, receiving two pounds molasses in addition to their regular meal ration versus good butch - ere and good stockers, light . fed, no molaeses. The results of the first test, that is, good butchers, heavy fed, versus good butchers, light fed, are as follows: Islight steers were selected in such it con- dition that they could be classed as good butchers. These were dehorned and Ted a preparatory ration to get them ac- customed to their feed and surroundings; then divided into two tots of four each. -The four heavy fed received 50.per cent. more root and meal than did the light fed. Number of days fed, le4; total live weight at beginning for Lot 3, heavy Lid, 4,4/b pounds; at finish 5,856, an in- crease of 577 pounds. For Lot 2, light fed, 4,418 pounds at beginning: at finish 5,195, an increase of 717 pounds, The original purchase pritte was 4 1-4 dans Der pound, live weight. The selling price Was, 8.1 cent a ver pound, Uve weight. The gross tweet for Lot 1 was Omni; for Lot 2, 11.39.81. The total test of feed for period was, for Lot 1, $99.16; for Lot 2, e75.20, leaving a net profit in the first instance of e54.72, or it profit per steer of 513.68. In the seeond e04.52, or a profit per steer of $16.13. The aver- age profit per steer, for three years, over and above the actual cost of feed at mar- ket prices was for Lot 1, 518.38, for Lot $22.89, The cost to produce 1 pound gain was 10.39 cents for Let 1 and 8.61 cents per pound for Lot 2. The ration fed to Lot 1 at the beginning was 61 pounde roots, 6 pounds meat, and 1 pound molasses; at the finish 95 wends roots, 16.5 pounds meal and 2 pounds molasses. Lot 2 received, at the beglimIng, 40 pounds roots, 4 mounds meal and 1 pound inolaeses; at the finish 30 pounds roots, 11 pounds meal and 2 pounds molasaes. From the above results it will be noted that it profitable limit can he reached. In the amount of feed to good butchers, and that In all our feeding wuelt wo should be guided accordingly. That is to say, feed liberally and well, but not to exceed, and 'good profits cali bo made by producing the right kind of beef. BLOUSE COLLARS, Mostly flat. often revered, reattany of tarps. eize. Sometimes cascaded and jabeted, Not always et the blouse material. 4.• It's when a man has no end in view that the rest of the world can see his finish. de.mi ANTIQUES Have you any Old articles of merft whieh you are desirous of disposing of—such as Antique Fut- niture, Old Plate, Braemar*, Prints, Engraviegs, Old Arita, AP - moue, Curios, ate.? If to, yOu will find it of Interest to you to consult u$, ROBERT JUN OR 62 KING ST. E., HAMILTON, ONT. THE HOUSE FOR GIFTS, importers and Dealers in China, Glass, Fancy 00010 and Antique*. 1.1••••••••m••••011110mapimen, THE GRIFFON. Almoet within hearing of the roar of Niagara. Falls is a little village on the line of the Nev York Central willed La. Salle, and few of the thousands who daily fly through its very door -yard know that this unassuming little town was the birthplace of commerce on the 0 rienia a tlang er;,, 10:17, a French nobleman, Robert de La Salle, came to this point on the Niagara River, and at once began to build a sailing vessel, with which he eopecl to carry on trade with the western Indies. On the rth of the At:toe:mg August the craft was launched. She bore the name of Griffon, was of 60 tell buraen and carried a crew et thirty- four men, all but one ot whom were Frenchmen. The vessel was armed with eeven small caution and was an object of wonder and alarm to the neighbor- ing Indians, who regarded it as a floating tort. On the day of the launching the Griffon set sail and in due tirue reached the mouth of Green Bay, Lake Michigan, where the return trip began. The' voy- age had been successful and with it haul of fine furs they started on their home- y, aro way, but disaster overtook them end in it severe storm the pioneer foun- dered with all on board. • Minard's Liniment lumbertran'e friend — 4 0 - STUDYING THE DEW". ..........••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The "gentle dew" has often provided ready subject for the poet's pen, and It is almost invariably spoken of as some- thing that is soft and light and elusive. . . But though an a single blade of grass the clew may appear almost fairly - bite and infinitestimal, yet the amount of 'moisture which is deposited In this way all over the United Kingdom in the course tee a year Is amazing. It is 12 curious fact, saye a writer in "My Magazine," London, • that while the formation of dew is one of the most familiar of natural vhenoinea, ft was not until about it hundred years ago that men began to study It systematically 'rhe atmosphere always holda certeiti amount of =Ware, and the quantity depends 110011 the tenererature of the air, The cooler it is, the less moisture it will retain. The result is that when, after mutset, the grass and other objects on tile surface or the earth have given off the heat absorbed from the sun during the day, the temperature of the alt' is lowered, Tied the moisture it cannot now hold is deposited as clew on the blades of grass. As some objects give off then. heart much more readily than otheee, they receive the dew more eopiotisly, and that Is why we often find a great deal of dow .on the grass of the -lawn, while the gravel path close by is com- paratively dry. It has been dlecovered In recent Years, however, that all the dew found on tho grass and other plants is nnt moisture preelpieted from the atmosphere; some of it iv exuded by the plants themselves, on. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited, Dear Sirs,—Your MINARD'S LINI. MENT is our remedy for sore 'throat, colds and all ordinary ailments. ' It never fallto relieve and cure promptly, CHAS. WHOOTEN. Port Mulgrave, rions01•••••••••••••••....1••••••••••••••01...........Wanno........... aed a certain amount of moisture Is al- so given off by th.e ground. The quantity of moisture deposited as dew is truly astouraling. Dr. W. C. Wells, Who first gave the true enplane - tion of its formation, states that the to- tal deposit of dew in the 'Caned King- dom in a year ix equal to five inches or weter over tile whole country, or about a seventh of the total amount of Melee tare received from the atmeeehere. itt other 'words, the whole of the raintall of the United ICIngdom produces only six times the quantity or water that we re - wive as dew. This may not sound very etrikIng, but put in another way by Dr. Wells it can- not Mil to strike the imagination pow- et•fully. A year's dew irt tho Ittilted ICIngdom amounts to 5,500,000,000&00 Ions, and the weight is over 20,000,0e0,0e0 tons, or 5,e00 times the weight of wheat imported into tho rutted, leingdoin Iti year. 4 I ey Ask for MInard's and take no other ----• • Life. Thema) a little bit of Sadness, Anil a little bit of madness; There a little bit of Happiness and Love. Thereat it elitddime .of aelne tears, And the coldnees of some rear's; Now and then it stroke of fortune from Above. There's the sweet or a Carees, And the thrill of some success; There Is also Failure's sting that leave a brand. There' a little Mote of Paine, Atul mimes, a daub of Shame; There's the Warning thisp of someone's frtendlY Hand. Now Itoutlea burning Max rule, ee Imes experience to cool; Then the time when thoughts turn bs.ek into the past. There'll the .e.rev of @Ober yeara, /they) there's leloWete, Ofindles, Terms: „ And then a Mentory to Mote bashing* at leer, e-Citarle* L.Iteridler. 1 ISSU1? NO. 11, 1917 HELP WANTED. 1.4.Dive WANTED TO •DO PLAIN re and light coming at home, Vole or Tare time: good pity; work sent anY stance: thanes pale. Send game ter nartieulars. Nationel Manufeetaring Oonmany, Montreal. WANTED—COOK-HOUSEMAID; rano nom° for suitable ir1t wageo, ;MOO. Addresa, atm Miring, ere Aberaeen .A.ve., -Hamilton, Ont. MONEY ORDERS. -- 4N1) Orj)e?.11iTeser, arnarit everywhere. MIILTARY HOSPITAL LAN 1 CRN SLIDtS An Ontario minister tire other day Commission a set Of lantern slide& borrowed front the Military Hospitals These slides show what goes on at the hospitals and sanatoria. That itethey show something of how our injured noldlors are being restored to health and to power for self-support, however serious their injuries may be, The minister exhibited the slidee at three country churches under his Charge. In returning the set he writes: "Nly recordiag steward, who is else the postmaster and chairmqn ot the local recruiting letegue, says theY ithould be shown in every conununity. They meet the...unrest in many tante Ries who have feared that the maimed Who return will be forced to eple lead pencils or eueli like. "What I should have done was to ash for thorn for a longer period and put them on in every available church in this elistrict. A man with a well- prepa,redlecture and a few local slides could render a valuable service to the country, both in allaying the unrest referred to and in removing the preju- dice in some families from which re- cruits might be secured." The slides, with explanatory notes, 1°1 cwe(tli o by s 1111c1.1111s t be res made other responsible personsfree of tmliaayrgebb .e Aoprti),a to the Military Hospitals Commission, 22 Vittoria street, Ottawa, Where Dictionaries Fail. "I don't always , get stenographers who can spell." "Refer 'em to the dictionary, old chap." "But I'm in the motor business. And that has produced a flock of --words that haven't gotten into the dictionary as yet."—Loutsville Couriereroarnel. 4111.•••• CHILDHOOD AILMENTS • .,••••MIIMI.1.111••••••M•••••••• The ills of childhood come swiftly and too often before a doctor cart be called in or medicine obtained the mother will always safeguard her lit- tle one by keeping Baby's Own Tab- lets in the home: This medicine al- ways does good—it cap newer do harm. Concerning it Mrs, Napoleon Lambert, St. Ignace, Que., writes; "Baby's Own Tablets are an excel- lent medicine for childhood ailments and 1 am well pleased with their use." The Tablets'are sold. by medi- cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents it box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Oat. e • • TRADE BRIEFS. - . Two mills with a total daily capacity of 900 tons are now in operation near the recently discovered depots of tungsten la Inyo county, California. Cochinealt which was formerly .shipped from the aernary Islands to this country by way of London, is now exported di- rect. Much of the 1916 crop, whielt amounted to 727,500 pounds, was sold ill th 0 markcte.ot Bnacelona and Marscillee. Seventy American vessels are being fitted out to joint the halibut tisliiike fleet 'which makes Its headquateerss.at Prince Rupert, British Columbia. It Is. expected that the average catch will be doubled by the addition of these beate. The winter tomato crop of alhe Can- ary Islands, :valued at $600,000, has been allowed to .rot In the fields because af the scarcity of vessels available for this trade. American Shipyards are under contract to build 632 vessels of 2.098,761 tons. Many *of these vessels are already under con- struction. Due to the high cost of fodder foe horses and mules, motor trucks are corn- ing Otto general use In Antofagasta, The chieC• of police of Rio de ,Tanoiro, Brazil, will Vara temporary licences to American automobile salesmen wile visit that city This favor will bo ap- predated by .all 'American exaortbre of automobiles. Prices of Wheat and coal are to be regulated in Spain as a result aaitthe ef- forts of the Spanish ProvisionBoard. The maximum peke for wheat will be 5.2.e5 per 100 pounds. Shaving brushes of real and imitation badger hair arc needed in the Xesurie consular dietriet, Argentina, Keep Minard's Liniment in the house ' Jack's Appeal. 4 Eight-year-old jaek was a han- som:se youngster. Naturally all the .lad - 1e who saw him wanted to kiss him, but Jack was not old enotit to aP• preciate hits privilegee. One afternoon several friends of hie mother railed, and they all kissed him. Later on he went to the Pictures, and instead ot his t cowboy scenes the flips were all of a sentimental descrIption Young jack returned home pretty well tired of the whole tribe of Wo- men. To cap the climax his mother eaid to him that evening when he ivae sent to bed; "Give mother a klet, Jack looked appealingly toward Ills father and said: "Dad, for goodness sake, kite this woulan!"--New York Times. here to learn these thingi and to do thenie—Epletettle. You Can Do Your Bit in the trenches, in the home, M the office, in the factory, in the store, when the body is nourished with foods that build healthy muscle without overtaxing the di- gestive organs, Shredded Wheat Biscuit contains the greatest amount of body- building nutriment at lowest cost, rt strengthens the muscles of the stomach and intestines by making them do their normal work in a natural way. .A better - balanced ration than meat or eggs, more easily digested and costs much less. 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