The Wingham Times, 1916-04-27, Page 4Page
THE WINGHAM TIMES
Thursday, April 27th, 191
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EASTER
EXCURSIONS
Single Fare
Good going ..p' it 21st and returning
saute day.
Fare and One-third
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(food gokg t, Apail 2 , 21, 22, 23
Return intuit April 25th
Return tie•'.t•t i twill be issued be-
tween all how t,,,th in Catnada, east of
Port Arthuo a,.,1 to Detroit ;tnd .fort
Huron, Mich . llirfl'alo, Black Rock,
Niagara Faits wal Suspension Bridge,
N. Y.
B. II, EL; PITT Town Passenger and Ticket
.Agent. Phone I. ' , F. BUSUrMA.Cl, Station
Agent, Phu, a .u,
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ACTIONEERS
MsCal l:1I & Vandrick
Anctionee fur the Counties of
Duron anvI R ooe.Are prepared to take
all kinds or . • r4. We are certain we
can pleas l ,tt can have either one
or bothWlu,uu, extra charge. Orders
can be left wi• a F. McConnell, or with
F. lanor, k the Merchants'
Brok rag.. ' store, Wingham,
Charges m .curate.
Alma Flarity
Teacher of Piano and Theory.
Pupils prepared for Toronto Conserve
tory Examinations.
Studio - McDonald Block
Wingham
e-r4i.",4•swz.
J. DODD
Successor to J. G. Stewart
Fire, Life, Accident
nd Health
INSURANCE
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THE WINQIIAM TIMES.
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TO ADVERTISERS
!Notice of changes must be left at this
office net latex than Saturday noon.
The copy for changes must be left
not later than Monday evening.
Casual advertisements accepted up
to noon Wednesday of each week
Between all stations in Canada, Fort
William and East, and to Sault Ste.
Marie, Detroit, Michigan, Buffalo and
Niagara Falls, N.Y.
SINGLE FARE
Good Going -April 21st, 1916
Return Limit -April 21st, 1916
Minimum Charge 25c
Fare and One -Third
Good Going -April 20th, 21st, 22nd,
and 23rd, 1916
Return Limit -April 25th, 1916
Minimum Charge 25c
THURSDAY, APRIL 27. 1916
THE DOLLAR WEEKLY PASSING
(Orange Sentinel)
The local newspapers in the smaller
communities throughout Ontario and in
the other provinces an well, have found
it necessary to raise their subscription
price from a dollar to ($1.50) a year.
It is a universal failing of publishers
to hesitate about raising their prices to
the subscriber or to the advertiser.
Probably there is no class of men con-
tributed to the needs of the people of
Canada who are content with Euch a
meagre profit as the men who conduct
newspapers. To be a successful editor
requires many years of training, which,
in other professions would secure hand-
some financial rewards. A publisher
has an investment also, in most cases.
greater than the average business man.
His plant depricates more rapidly than
any other we know of, and if for the
expenditure of his time and energy, he
gets a bare living, he is thought to be
getting all he deserves.
This probably accounts for the fact
that the dollar papers have not been
raised to $1.50 long ago. But at last,
the weekly publisher finds he can carry
the burden no longer. Ile has to pay
more for his paper, for his ink, and in
wages. which has skimmed the thin
Layer of cream off his milk and left him
a diet which does not contain sufficient
nutriment to keep his brain working
efficiently. With many a weekly pub-
lisher, it has become a question of
getting more money from the subscrib-
ers he serves so earnestly, starving to
death or finning a job in the munition
faztory. Some of them have enlisted.
There are others too old to escape in
that way. All of which explains the
reason why the rural publishers have
raised their prices.
Particulars from J. W. McKibbon, town
agent, 'phone 53; J. H. Beemer,
iata.tion agent, 'phone 47, or from W. B.
owar.1, D.P.A., Toronto.
Desirable Property For Sale
In the Town of Wingham
Containing about 134 acres of choice
soil. On the premises are situated a
good 8 roomed frame house, with
electric lights, hard and soft water.
Also a nearly new cement stable 22x30
with frame top. A bargain if sold at
once. Apply to J. G. Stewart, Wing -
ham, Ont. 1-4
FARMERS!
Buy Your Seeds Now
All the hest grades are now in stock
abd we would advise early buying as
ices are advancing. No. I Red Clover,
No. J Mammoth Red Clover, No. I
Alsike, No. I Alfalfa, No. I Timothy.
All our needs are the best obtainable
and are No. I Government standard.
You will find the best are the cheapest
to Pow.
Noes -We do not charge seeds, cash
or note must accompany every sale.
KING BROS.
Standing Field
Crop Competition
The Turnberry Agricultural Society
offers $75.00 divided as follows; $20, $15,
$12 , 10. $8 $6,ite ad $4 for the best Field
The Ontario Department of Agricul-
ture will furnish the judges.
Nature of competition -Field entered
for competitiof must consist of not less
than five acres and not note than twenty.
Competitors --Competition will be lim.
iced to members of the Turnberry
Agricultural Society. Competitors tan
Only enter in one Society and but one
entry can be made by each competitors,
Any individttal can make entry for this
competition by becoming a member of
the society and paying an entrance fee
of $i.
All competitors trust be within 15
Miles of Wingham. All applications
must be in by the 1st day of May.
Entry form* and further particu=
tars may be bad by applying to
A. G. SMITH,
Secretary, Wingham.
O1: c in Advance office.
Children Cry
FOR .FLETCHER'S
OAST°RIS►
HURON'S POPULATION.
The population of the county of
Huron in 1915, as shown by the muni-
cipal statistics compiled by County
Clerk Lane, showed a decline of 296
from the year previous. The decline
this time is all in the urban population,
the rural population actually showing
an increase. The towns and villages
went back by 443, while the townships
increased by 147. This is owing partly
to the industrial situation and partly, no
doubt, to enlistments in the army,
which have been more numerous in the
urban municipalities tban'in the town-
ships, Since the year 1891 the popu-
lation of Huron has decreased by nearly
17,000 -from 66,781 in 1891 to 49,913 in
1915.
Following are the figures for 1914 and
1915:
TOWNSHIPS
Ashfield
Colborne
Goderich
Grey
Hullett
Hay
Howick
Morris
McKillop
Stanley
Stephen
Turnberry
Tuckersmith
Usborne
East Wawanosh
West Wawanosh
TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Bayfield
Blyth
Brussels
Clinton
Exeter
Goderich
Hensall
Seafortb
Wingham
Wroxeter
1914 1915
2418
1468
1589
2612
2178
2829
3203
2144
2058
1698
3230
1608
1963
1953
1420
1689
34860
479
680
60
2112
1514
4811
742
1910
2628
340
50209
2521
1441
1599
2660
2165
2882
3252
2141
. 2096
1699
3229
1628
2032
1935
1.434
1493
34207
443
685
840
2115
1608
4676
688
1871
2433
347
49913
Kron. James R. Stratton, ex -M. P.
for Wetit Peterborough, tend former
Provincial Secretary for Ontario, died
at Hot Springs, Arkansas.
WHAT CATARRH IS
It has been said that every third
person has Catarrh in some form.
Science has shown that nasal catarrh
often indicates a general weakness
of the body; and local treatments in
the form of snuffs and vapors do little,
if any goad.
To correct catarrh yen should treat its
eausd by, enriching your blood with the
oil -food iri Scott's ihlnnlsion which is a
,medicinal food and a building -tonic, free
from any harmful drugs. Try it.
Scott & riewne, Torante, Out+
MOST ANCIENT TREATY.
Carved in Stone on the Walls of TWo
Egyptian Temples.
On the walls of two of Egypt's great.
est temples, that of Karnak and the
Ramesseum at Thebes, carved in the
everlasting Stone of the dry land of
OW Nile, says the Christian Herald, is
the oldest international treaty known
to man, Rameses the Great, one of
the signers, is the best known man of
remote antiquity. Rhetasar (the czar
of the Kheta or Hittites), the other par,
ty to the treaty, is unknown except to
a few, and bis nation is little known
even to the scholars.
The Hittites were a mighty race,
whose empire,, equal in rank with the
mighty empire of Egypt and Babylo-
nia, once extended over 400,000 square
miles of territory in Asia Minor and
Syria. .A. few years ago practically
nothing was known of the Life and civ-
ilization of these mysterious people.
They are mentioned in the Bible and
In the Egyptian and Assyrian records,
but until very recently their own story
tlad never been read by modern man.
Today, thanks to the excavations that
were carried on at the capital city of
Carcbemisb, much has been learned
about this great group of tribes, and
orderly evidence about them is now
available for the first time in 2,000
years.
Scientist Who Couldn't Light a Fire.
Lord Kelvin, like Lord Morley, once
amused a Scottish audience with a dis-
play of ignorance. At a lecture in Ed-
inburgh,
dinburgh, with Lord Kelvin in the chair,
the Duke of Argyll was taken sudden-
ly ilL "When the aged peer was car -
Fled down to one of the anterooms,"
said a local paper, "one of the first
things to be thought of was the light-
ing of a fire, and this task was tackled
by the duke's host, Lord Kelvin. But
instead of placing some paper in the
grate and some wood on that in the
orthodox manner, he amazed the on-
lookers by desperate efforts to kindle
a handful of sticks at a gas burner.
Ordinary mortals may be pardoned for
taking some satisfaction in the tact
that even so great a philosopher as
Lord Kelvin did not know how to
light a lire."
Oddest of Queer Fishes.
A queer fish that does not swim is
the "sargasso fish," known to sailors
as the "frogfish." It lives in that vast
mass of floating gulfweed called the
Sargasso sea, in mid-Atlantie.
Its pectoral fins are so modified and
developed as to resemble arms. and it
uses them for clinging to the weed.
Very gaudily colored, it changes ita
hues to match the aquatic vegetation
by which it is surrounded, and when
the latter decays and turns brown it
assumes a corresponding shade.
The fish lays its eggs in a ,jelly-like
mass. which, absorbing a great :quan-
tity of water, becomes three times as
big as the mother fish herself, assum-
ing the form of a narrow raft three or
four feet long and two to four Inches
wide.
Tough Luck.
An old Cheshire woman called to her
lord and master, "Jabez, will t' room t'
tha' baggin?" "Baggin" in Cheshire
means dinner.
"What's use? Ah canna foind my old
weskut."
"Well, it's warm enough. Tha can
eyt wi'out thi old weskut."
"Nay, that Ah canna. Ah've left my
false teeth 1' t' pockets."
"Then tha'll ha' to starve. Ali gave
that weskut to t' ragman this morn-
Wisdom
orn
Wisdom and Knowledge.
Wisdom does not necessarily include
knowledge any more than knowledge
includes wisdom. Wisdom primarily
means good sense, sound judgment, in-
telligence, while knowledge funda-
mentally means acquired information.
One may in one way or another ac-
quire lots of information and still be
anything but wise, just as the man or
sound judgment and quick and sure
intelligence may be "short" on knowl-
edge -that is, on the information ac-
quired from books, learned intercourse,
etc.
Swans For the Tables
The swan as a dinner dish, has been
seen on English. tables within compara-
tively recent times. "Up till a century cell
or so ago," according to F. W. Hack -
table •
in and Norwich. Tht,wood, "swans- were preparedfor tilts
oung birds were pet tip to fatten inlEGGS ANI) r_TER
August, given as mach barley as they
would eat, and by November the wed)
in prime condition. it kept longer they
began to fall off, losing flesh and fat
and the meat becoming darker in color.
The corporation of Norwich still main-
tains
aintains its ancient swannery at St. Hel-
en's swan pit and sells off a few of the
fatted binds every Chriennas at i
guineas eitch."—London Cbronkie.
SACK -YARD GARDENS,
Every citizen can render service in
the production of fopdstut , Even in
the heart of populous cites something
can frequently be done. Cellars and
roofs have been utilized for this ppr-
pose in. New York. One fact worth
bearing in mind is that every ounce of
needs: d produne grown is so much
added to the wealth of the country. If
some part of the energy of every house.
holder in Canada were bent upon .pro-
ducing something eatable, no matter
how small, thousands of tons of valuable
produce would be forthcoming, all of
which, whether consumed in the house.
hold or not, would help to make avail-
able for use in other ways an equal
quantity and would aid in modifying
the cost of living. Last year consider-
able progress was made in the ap-
propriation of seemingly waste land in
towns and cities to useful purposes.
Considerable success was• achieved and
this year it is not to be doubted the
experiment will be extended with great
erIt n fact
resn s, I in many centres
plans made last fall or during the
winter are already being carried out.
Germany has laid down utilization of
the land, every foot of land, as one of
her first principles. Every inch of land,
according to the Teutonic proclamation,
that is not used is so much of the
country's resources wasted. France
has adopted a regulation to the effect
that every bit of space must be used
for production; failing this being done
by the owner the state is to take pos.
session. Britain has given orders that
golf courses and all meadow land are to
oe used for grazing purposes, and that
previous pastures are to be put down in
crops. Private parks are also being
wooded out and the land devoted to
practical agriculture. A campaign is
oeing conducted, having for its object
the utilization of back -yard gardens
and alt manner of vacant land. Thus
the chief belligerents are setting the
world an exainple in production and
thrift that Canada would be wise to
profit by as widely as possible, and that
municipalities and public bodies should
do their utmost to encourage.
Scores of reports .of the operations
carried on in the season- of 1915 by
small householders speak of produce
being grown worth;,front twenty-five
to fifty dollars, every dollar of which
meant so much added to_the wealth of
the country as well as saved in the east
of living. Financial profit is not the
only gain forthcoming, Lessons of
industry and thrift are, included and the
wnole household, front the oldest to the
youngest, come under .the influence of
those qualities. 'vliey ,also have the
gratification of eating fresh vegetables,
the enjoyment of .which is' tremendously
enhanced by the, proud knowledge that
they are home grown. What the fam-
ilies cannot eat themselves they have
the pleasure of giving or selling to their
neighbours or sending to some charity.
It is hard to imagine any greater or
A 000D MEDICINE
FOR THE SPRING
Do Not Use Harsh Purgatives._.,
A Tonic Is All YQu Deed,
Not exactly sick- but not feeling
quite well. That is the way most people
teel in the spring. Easily tired, appetite
fickle, sometimes headaches, and a feel-
ing of depression, Pimples or eruptions
may appear on the skin, or thire may
be twinges ofrheumatism o
indicateneuralgia.
Any of these that a blood is
out of order -that the ' oor life of
winter has left its mark pon you and
may easily develop i more serious
trouble.
Do not dose yours ; f with purgatives,
as so rugby people o, in the hope that
you can,put you blood right. Put-
gatives,gailop t _ougn the system and
weaken' inste of giving strength.
Any dojtor 1 tell you this is true.
What you ed in spring is a tonic that
will mak new blood and build up the
nerves. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills is the
only medicine that can do this speedily,
safely and surely. Every dose of this
medicine makes new blood which clears
the skin, strengthens the appetite and
makes tired, depressed men, women and
children bright, active and strong. L.
R. Whitman, Harmony Mills, N. S.,
says: -"As a tonic and strength builder
I consider Dr, Williams' Pink Pills
wonderful. My whole system was
badly run down, and although I faith-
fully took a tonic given me by my doctor
I could note no improvement. Then I
began Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and was
soon restored to my old time health. I
can most heartily indorse this medicine."
Sold by all medicine dealers or by
mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for
$2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine
Co., Brockville. Ont,
more enduring satisfaction that a house-
hold in modeet circumstances can ex-
perience than that to be derived as the
reward of loving industry in a back-
yard garden.
ATTRACTIVE DINING CAR SERVICE
• Probably nothing helps more to make
a railway journey really enjoyable than
a visit to the "Dining Car," especially
if it be a Canadian Pacific Dining Car,
where the passenger is assured of the
highest form of efficiency in the culinary
art, the choicest provisions the market
affords, prepared on the scientific prin-
cipal known as "Dietetic Blending."
Your favorite dish, as you like it,
may be enjoyed at reasonable cost.
amidst ideal surroundings, while travel-
ling on the Canadian Pacific.
Lieut. J. M. Hazen, son of Hon, J.
D. Hazen, was killed in action, the first
son to fall of some scores of sons of
members of Parliament serving at the
front.
George Wilson Ramsay, Government
shell inspector at a St, Catharines
munitions factory, is held on a charge
sedition, following the examination by
censors at Niagara Falls of a letter
alleged to have been written by him to
a man in Chicago, East Indiana.
RAISE MORE POULTRY
This is a season of the year when everyone is trying to decide the
variety of poultry to be raised in 1916, White Leghorns are considered
the best laying breed and Barred Rocks the best general purpose fowl
We have made arrangements with seven of the largest poultry farms in
Western Ontario to provide us with eggs for hatching at a very reason-
able price, not much higher in price than eggs for market. We recom-
mend all poultry raisers to pay more attention to this department of the
work and take advantage of this offer.
We are preparing a special prize list and also a very interesting dem-
onstration of our work for Wingham Fair and we think that if our plans
work out, a great'deal of education can be derived from the demon- _
stration that we a're preparing. This will include butter, eggs, poultry,
grain and cream. Get one of our prize lists right away and prepare
now for the competition, which will take in our district, west of Owen
Sound, Palmerston, Stratford and north of London. Grain must be
fertilized with some commercial fertilizer. Poultry must be raised in an
incubator of any'make. We expect that this demonstration will be the
most interesting ever put on in Western Ontario.
For full particulars apply to
A. H. WILFORD, Wingham, Ontario
Strychnine.
, The number of planta used for weak -
bud purposes in- the Philippines is vest
large. A few are recognised as bonrcee
Of staaila>ed rnedieines, bat the number
bating cominercial value is decidedly,
stslall. Front one. the fat. Ignatius
bean (Strychnos !gnatii), thesis/chaise
of oommnefce 1 extracted.
Patient.
Her 'Father --the fact is, I closest
Hive rsty daugltter a dowry jest at brew
int ilnitor--That's all right, sir. i
sail love `her for herself *ions kc
ttbsehtbxctl.
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We are in the market for
any quantity of Eggs and
Butter for which highest
prices will be paid.
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EXCHANGE YOUR
WESTERN TOWN
LOTS
We will allow full value for a
limited amount up to One Thous-
and Dollars worth of Western
Canada Town Lots, in exchange
with a slight difference cash or
terns for fully improved inside
properties in the cities of Lon-
don or Guelph including sewer,
water, electrie lights, gas, cem-
ent walks, street cars past prop-
erties and in well built up factory
districts or select residential.
These properties turn quick and
are right at home.
For particulars write to
GEO. M. FAIRFIELD
447 Woolwich St. Guelph
Apl. 0
JOHN F. GROVES
ISSUER OF
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Town Hall, Wingham
PNONESt—Office 24 Residence 168
Deleware, Lackawana
and Western CoaI
Company's
Scranton Coal
We can supply the very
best Coal for any purpose
—0—
Highest cash prices! paid
for all kinds of logs. Get
full information at office.
J. A. McLEAN
DEALER IN
LUMhER, COAL, WOOD
AND SHINGLES,
PIIONES :
Residence•65, 'Otlice 64a, Mill .64b
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Men's Spring Suits
E have just passed into stock this last week
a full range of Men's Suits in all the latest
shades and cuts. These are very little high-
er than a year ago, and we would ask you to look
over our stock before purchasing your Spring Suit.
Prices range from $6,00 to $24.00
We are also showing a Iarge range of samples in
made -to -measure Suits.
Special
Men's Raincoats sizes 34 to 44 at $3.98 for one
week only.
Men's Neckwear
We have just what the fashion dictates in this
line at 25c and 50c.
Men's Spring Hats and Caps
We are showing a large range of these in all the
newest styles and colors.
New Wash Goods
Newness is everywhere evident throughout the
store and particularly so in the Wash Goods where
you will find the very latest weaves and choicest
patterns brought out this season, Gullites, Prints,
Gingham's, Crepes, Pique, Duck and Voiles, all at
remarkably low prices and extra quality.
Dainty Blouses . for Dress Goods
Here are ever so many pretty designs in smart
dainty Blouses especially suitable to wear with your
best suits, you'll find they are just what you want
to freshen up your wardrobe. $1.00 to $3.00.
Middies in a variety of new designs at 75c and
$1.21
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Successor to T. A. albs
PHONE 69
`t?iiINGH1, ONT