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The Clinton News Record, 1914-11-05, Page 2G. D. MeTAGGART M. D. Mal'AGGART -Maggart Bros •- ItA NEER S A GENERAL BANKING BITSI NESS TRA NS A CTED. NOTES DISCOUNTED, DRAFTS ISSUED INTEREST ALLOWED ON DE- POSITS SALE NOTES PUR CHASED - - II. T. RANCE - -- NOTAII PUBLIC, CONVEY- ANCER, FINANCIAL, REAL ESTATE AND FIRE INSUR- sANOE AGENT. REPRESENT- ING ii FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. DIVISION CO CRT OFFICE, CLINTON. • W. BUY D ONE, 'BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, , • NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC. Oillee- Sloan Block --CLINTON CilAltftES IL 112110. • Conveyancer, Notary Public, Commissioner, Etc. REAL ESTATE slid INSURANCE Iesuer of Marriage Licenses HURON STREET, - CLINTON DRS. GUNN & GANDIEIR Dr. W. Gunn, L.R.C.P., L.R. O.S., Edin. Dr. J. 0. Gaudier, B.A., M.B. Office--Ontarie St.,. Clinton. Night calls at residence, Rattenbury St., or at Hospital. DR. J. W. SHAW -OFFICE - RATTENBURY ST. EAST, -CLINTON Dn. C. W. THOMPSON PHSYICIAN, SURGEON, ETQ. 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When through ,weakness or disease the kidneys (ail to filter the impurities from the blood, trouble comes at once. Backache, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Gravel, Diabetes, Gall Stones and the deadly Bright's Disease are Some of the results of neglected kidneys. Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills contain a most eflective " diuretic which strengthens • and stimulates t he kidneys so that they do their work • thoroughly and well. Try , fp 44 Dr. Morse tndiaAnt Root '.11)11116 The Plain Gold Ba d In point of sentiment this' Ring takes precedence over .any other -and rightly to. For there is, a value attaching to the Wedding ring which, is out of ail proportion to its It stands 'for wifehood -for home -mak -lag. It is' the em- blem of love. Ye wives and husbands to. be I This 'store 'can show you a eon:plebe en assortment of tho Hoop that Binds -as you evoield care to look -through. the varieties that are al- lowed by the -eonvention% M1 -(J the values are excep- tional at $5.00 and uP. May wo have the pleasure of •thowing you? W. R. COUNTER JEWELER and ISSUER of MA RBA GE LILCEN SES. GERMANS AND A U STR1AN S. May Send Reservists to Cut TAM - her in the Woods. A. despatch fawn Montreal slut: The military authorities have evolv- ed a plan for dealing with the large number of German and Austrian reservists now here, and Who are regarded as a menace to 'the com- munity because many of them are out of work. The military authori- ties think that the foreigners should be sent to the lumber camps during. the winter under an armed guard. There they would-be able to, get food, and work, while the lumber they cut could he given to the families of Canadian soldiers now fighting at the front. 100 Boer Rebels Surrender. A despatch from London says: The surrender of one hundred re- bellietts Boers without fighting nt Brandviel -and Understeddoorso, South Africa, is reported in a statement from the Official Prose Bureau. A Iteuter despatch feom Cape Town ,states that Colonel Con- rad Britz, who 'has been engaged in suppressing' the original rebellion started by Maritz lit Northewest Cape Province, reports that the invasion of the Cape Ints, finally been broken. Quit Dosing Your Children with strong Cathartics - Chamberlain's Tablets are most effective in regula- ting stomach troubles and con- stipation for the little folic -one tablet going to bed means a sunny face in the morning. Pleasant to take, they never fail, 25c. a bottle, Druggists and dealers or by mail. Chamberlain Medicine Co. Toronto 4 THE CHILDREN OF TO -DAY just as they, are --in their in- door Play, or at their outdoor play -they are constantly of- fering temptations for the ODAK Let it, keep them for yoo as they are now. • Let it keep many ,other hap. ' peni,ngs 'that are a source 05 pleasure to you: BROWNIES, $2 TO $12; KODAbS, $7 TO $25. Also full stock of Films and Supplies. We do Developing and Printing. Remember the place: TH E EXAILL 'STONE .,(5.11W1010112•331.11111,1.1.4121.P.Da. ...121009243NG31.1.3,,,,Val.15111 Gerimut Bush -Screened Trenches at the Battle of the Ai8ile. Our illusteation will help in giving one the reason .t097 the protracted nature of the fighting along the Aisne and why !the Germans have be -en :able to Offer, SO tenacious -a resit:tante. The, way in ehi-ea• they :dug themselvessin everywheve, we see here : making elaborate sheiteretren.thes &see enough to cover men bo their arm -pits, and enable thecn to fire on a level with the ground, with emergency pro- tection, further; againsit enfulade fitei To. conceal the' trenche.s. ae* branelhes were planted in front ee as to look like ordinary plumps of bushes, between the sterns of which the 'anen fired, the smokeless saowder used materially scidiiog the ooncetalarient. The Visual effect, of the bush oover alt. a. little way off, Ise well shown by the two trenehes towards the centre of the picture, which are so, ,screened. -Illustrated War News. PRICES OF FARM 11001E13 ,.„,rtnios rnom Tan x.r.ansete Titaisn CENTUES ov ALIEUICIA. areaostens. Toronto, Nov. 3.-Plour-llanitoba, flret Patents, $6.60 in jute bage; second oat, cuts, $6.10; strong bakers', $6.90; Ontario Wheat flour. 90 per cent, patents, quoted at $4,45 to 94.60, seaboard. • Wheat -Manitoba No, 1 Northern, new. p$1.0.i2nOwl..2; No. 2 nib $1.16 1.0. Ontario wheat, No. 2, at 91.08 to 61.10, at outside Gate -Ontario, 48 to 49e, outside, and at 61 to 62e on track, Toronto. Western Cate milt, No, 2, quoted at 600, arid No. 3 at 561, 33arloy-63 to 66e, outside. Itye-85 to 87e, outeicle. Peas -$1.20 to $1.25. (3orn--No. 2 American, 82 1-2c, Toronto, and 78c, c.i.f., Day ports. Buckwheat -66 to 68e, outside. nominal. Bran and shorts -Drat), 923 to 924 a ton. and shorts at $26 to 927. Rolled oate-Oer lots, our bag of 90 lbs., $2.90 to $3.10, Country Produce. Butter-Ohoiet dairy, 23 to 25e; infer- ior, 20 to 210; creamery prints, 28 1-2. to 29o: do., sollidee 27 to 27 1-2e. 92Etgogs9-2:57.3aid, selecte, dozen, 31 to 320; storage, 26 to Mc. Noney-12 to 12 3.4o per lb. for strained. No. 1 honeycomb, 92.75 per dozen; NO. 2, Pothltry-Ohiekens, dressed, 16 to 17e; ducks, dressed, lh., 14 to 16o; fowl, 13 to 140; turkeye. decreed, 19 to 22.e. Oheeee-New, large, 16 to 16 1-4e; twine, 16131e4cans--Drinte, bushel. $2.85 to 92.90; hand-picked, $3 to $3.10. Potatteee-Ontarlos, 65 to 70c per bag; out of store, 60 to 55o, in car lots. New Brunewleks, ear lots, 60 to 650 per bag. . Pi•ovisions, thfl'f°011,1egwarlit'Gg ant,:eicee01,11,i.nlifs:....to the trade on Smoked and Dry &tilted meats--noits- Smoked, 14 1-2 to 16o; Mune, medium, 18 1-2 to 190; heavy, 16 to 17e; breakfast bacon, 18 1.2 to 190; long lqetir blte.01). tons, 14 1-2e; •( mare 15 to 15 1-40; baclps, Plain, 22e; special,,S3e; boneless books, 26e. Green Itleitte- Out of piekle, le lese than smoked. Lard -Pura, tiercee, 12 1.7 to 13o; (tom. Pound, 9 0-4 to 10c. Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg. Nov. 3. -Cash: -No. 1 North- ern, 91.14 5-8; No. 2 Northern, 81.11 1-4; No. 3 Northern, 41.06 1.4; No. 4, 91.00 1-4; No. 6, 96 1-4e; No. 6, 911-2c; feed, 87 1-2e. 067-90; extra No. 1 feed, 61 7-8e; No. feed, 61 1.2e; No. 2 feed, 101-20. 'Burley, No. 3, 69e; No. 4, 64e; rejected, 60 1-2e; feed, eae. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Nov.. 3.-Corn-Amer5can No. 2 yelllow, 82 to 8&'. Oate--Canaditto. West- ern, No. 2. 58 1-2e: extra No. 1 feed, 57 to 58e; No. 2 local white, 54 to 65e; No. 3 lo. cal white, 63 to 04e; No. 4 Sotia.1 white, 52 to 550. Barley -Man, feed, 64a; malting, 78 to 80e. Ploim-tlan. Spring wheat pat, eats. firsts, $6.70; eeconds, 66.20; strong bakers', 96; Winter patent, choice,. 96; straight rollers, $5.50 to $5.60; etriught roltorsbarrels% 96gs.35.; de., 65 10 9275. .90 Als.esi , ST.01: Bran, $25. Shorts, 927. Ifiddlings, 930. Mouillie, $30 to $34. Nay, No. 2, per ton ear lois. 917.50 to $18,50. Cheese -Fine* Western15 1.2 to 15 3.8e; do,. Hasten's, 15 1-4 to 15 3-8e. Butter-OltoiCOSt cream. ery, 27 1.2 to 28e; seconds, 26 1-4 to 26 3-00. llges-Freeh. 350; eefeeted, 290; No. I stock, 27c; No. 2 stock, 240. Potatoes, per beg, ear lute 65o. . United States Markets. Minneapolis, Nov. 3. -Wheat -No, 1 hard, 91.15 1-8; No. V Northern, $1.09 7-8 to 81.12 1-8; No. 2 Northern $1.06 7,8 to $1.10 1-8; Deeember, $1.09 3-4 Corn -No. 3 yellow. 66 to 68e. Ottte-No. 3 white, 44 1-2 to 433'4c, flour and bran unchanged. Duluth, Nov. 3. --Linseed, $1,29 1.2; De. comber, 91.29. Wheat -No. 1 hard. 91.14 3-4; No, 1 Northern, 91.13 3-4; No. 2 Northern. $1.110 1-4; December, 91.11 3-4; Nall. $1.16 3-4. Live Stook Markets, Toronto, Nov. 3-044 lots of steers brought $7.76. Plenty of fair to medium brought $6.50 to 96.50. Good cows ranged from 85.75 to $6.75, lett& commonieh itt $0 to $5.75. Fairly good bats brought $6 to $6.50. ,Mediurn to light' feeders rah come breed sold mostay between $6.60 and 216, whtle woightior stun between 808 and 900 pounds brought 96 to $6.75. Select milkere were wanted and from $90 to 9116 Wa3 given, with one beast, at $125. Good tO (Mole° sold well at 970 to $90, with med. inal at 550 to $70. Canner and cutter claeses were a feature of strength. Pack. ore bought freely, paying $4 to $4.65 for the former and $4.50 00 .95.25 for the lat- ter. Deavy receipte are lumping priers 00lambs between $7.50 and 67.65 for the bull;. Sheep ewes went at 96.25 to $5.75, with heavier and linelos at $4 to $5.25 and culls at $3 to $4. Rags bold at 97.60 fed "Ao Ilvill'eteard Nov. 3. --Prime beeves, 70 to 7 1-2e; tnedium, 5 1-4 to 7; common, 3 3-4 Lo 60; small bell,, 4 to 4 1-60; lean cam tiers, 3 to 3 34c; flinch, oows, 940 to $80 5 1-4to e; lambs, 7 7 1-2e, Itogs, 8 1-4 to 0eate.2het. calves, 4 to 8 1.00. Sheep, 41-0 to TETE It.7-04113ENI'---ALSO-1USI'. Torpr does 6t n 0888111.111i. 'En o Russian deepatch froie "(each, it sea- port ,in the Crimea, repotts that near Tatted Isighthouu fthe MOSSi an steamer Yalta, from the, Cause:else was sumle by a torpedo lannehed by the Turkish cruiser Goobers The crew and passengerS evere saved. The steamer Kasbek, which went.> to the rescue, was struck by two torpedoes and sank. Many persons aboard Wore drmyned. Immediate- ly after it became' known here that Turiscy had op en ed iioptolctteo against Russia a demonstration was made in front a the British and French Embaseies and before the legations of their allies, '1.The re- presentatives of these coun blies ap- peared on the balconies and made speeches, • la Few inert get far enough up the ladder of fame to make them dizzy', ORANITNG THE NEIN .A1Y T1111' PRO11LF,31.- WHICH FA CIES GREAT BRITAIN. Resources. Vigil& Government Can: - Commend for the Fighting in Europe. Tile spectacle of Great Beitain be- coming a military power at high pressure is curious and might he -profitable, if we only had the oapa- city to profit from such experiences and to incline our eari in the future to the wisdom of .the man who knows, says a writer in the London Observer. That, however, is not -the question of the moment what im- mediately c,oneeens no is to realize what are the chances. -of our -creating an army eapable of making 'Re weight felt in the bottlefielde. or in the councils of the Continent be- fore •th-e dose of the pre -sent strug- gle. We have, to begin with, our regu- lar army. How • much of it is a, ready abroad we do not know. The Prime minister hinted at 150,000, but unless 'an unusual num-bar are on She lines of eammunication, much smaaler figure would seem a safer estimate, There were, no doubt, adequate reason -s for the holding back of troops one expeeted to find at the front, but, as these reasons are resolved, the nuen:bers there should show a steady inm.ease,. until, in spite of caatialties, Rome, thing in excees of 'that figure has been reached. Fereign Troops. The next step to be taken will be the setting free of troops m»v in garrison in Egypte at Malta, Gibral- tar .and the Cape. General Botha has already expeseed the readiness of taw South Airica.n Government to undertake •the defence of its territory durimg •the duration of the war, Tthis'Will set free three infan- try battalions, and, Marc important sans the. 1041 Dragoons and 1.0bli Hussars, who were at Patched- trooma. There is -another cavalry reeinient at -Cairo, the ard Dragoon Guards, an -d in Egypt four infantry battalion& and one at Khartum. It m probable that :some of the Indian troops so joyously offered by native princes will be used to relieve some of these battalions, and perhape one of those at Aden; the famous Bikaner Camel Corps is hardly likely to be brought further west, and would be ideal for keeping. order in Egypt and the Sudan. Then there are five infantry battalions in Malta, two at Gibraltar, and one each in Bermuda, Guernsey and Mauritius, and certain proportion Of the:se are sure to be replaced be- fore long by territorial battalions which have volunteered for foreign service, and which are already quite up to sash duties as may be demanded of them Limit of 300,000. Before, however, these garrison troops have beep eet, free, the great- er part of the Indian contingent shank' have reached the front, the strength of whieh has been declared with unusual official frankness at 70,000 men. With them the supply of trained •broops -ends, and the 'total cannot at the 1110St amount to 300,- 000. What will come next? The Canadians probably; of Un- known quantity end quality, wane no doubt of the very best, as we had caese to know in South Africa, the maanted Illen being especiallyuse- ful and the very stuff we yequire in the approaching ,stagos of the W dr 3 and some, probably, having still a good deal .be learn before they can be put into the first line. The Australian and New Zealand contin- gents should not be failrbehind their), ansi, thanks to tile' more Wstemtvtio traiiiing they have re- ceived owing 10 1116 wise accept- ance of national training, they should ill' be in a moreadvanced tar y coed itien , and I ittle delay should be experienced n pushing them to ,the front.' To ill ito ln t ry. The bulkof the colonial contin- gents willsdoubtless' consist of in- fantrYo with a certain proportion otr mounted men, hut Inch aetillery ae they may centain is not likely to have received a training to just- ify it's being' plated .in the line of battle, ,and I -hue -the just relations of the throe arms are likely before long to he :so,rionely ,affeeteci. Our' cavalryand artillery 1.1ave., as We ke.oiv, guff e repd, I leavily, 'and nativt. ago of horsefleSh will be very diffi- cult to make good, since this .eoune try has already been denuded of al - moat all the horses it ean afford to supply; but in this aitillerymaia's war the increasing disproportion of infantry to gunit will beet:1m a seri- ous dnitssbility ths the war progress-, es, and one from which the cnemy is far less likely to suffer.. untraina igen. Let us have the men firsts by ail means, but what is to follow? There is at present stteh vagueness on that point that it would be un- profitable guesswork to conjecture when any of the eager thoveands of reoruits would be fit for fighting. Their youth and keenness will help them splendidly through their drill; they grow in military grace before one's eyes, watching -them from day to day, and though some look • too light for hard training, the bulk could be turned into soldiers if only the implements were to hand. Those implements are rifles and ammunition'and until their arrival it is futile T,0 guess at the date for any sort -of c,onsumm,ation. As the men of :the new army have nothing to do with OUT defence they can live on the ranges till they learn to hoot, and as our present ranges are altogether inadequate it would be wiso policy to construct without delay as many 300 -yard ranges on the Swiss system 118 ca.n be put to- gether. And the need of -a million men in the near future is by no means an excessive estimate. Leb the ignotant be well assured of th , ,Two Goslings From One Egg. Two goslings have just been hatched from a single egg on -ate of the faives of Messrs. Ohivcrs a1 Sous, at Histon, Cambridge, Eng- land- Such an event isalmost un- precedented, the lairds from double - yolked eggs usually being deformed, if they hateh out at all, which is rarely the .ease. Those twins are well shaped anal healthily develop- ed, and there is every indication that they :are going to grow into fine vigarous birds. 'Pim egg that pro- dueed the twin birds was hatched out by a hen, who is devoted to her foster children, , . Akvays Keep Them in The House That's what Mr. II. J. r,astwood, of Carleton Place, Ont., says about Giu Pills. '0 have taker, Gin 011Is 04 fiad them geed, rer p in the joiote, Swollen finnan and Anklu,duld nll nymploins KiOnay aiid Blaeldar Trouble., We always keep .them I.; Ile house.. , • , • 1.• 17.1 FOR Tem .4,i. rcimeag..Y.E. If yoa are feeli tg badly, perhaps it Is your Kidne)s or Bladder that is causing the trouble. If 3110 'd is paiii over the Bin thet rine te hot and sealding--too free or scan Ly -if the u ine shows brick dust deposits or 1 mens --if there is constent pain in the backs -restless sleep and loss of appetite -then you certainly need Gin Pills. Get them to -day and feel better 10. 100)1102', (lin Pills are sold by all dealers at 50m a bow., 0 hMeen for $2.50. Ikea trial, trea Linen t if you write National Drag and Chemical Co. of Canada,I,iinited, Toronto 239 • 0:41.01SCa31.1itemml GERMANS AWE LEARNING. ['se Bayonets More Freely, and Their Shooting is Improving. A despatch from. Northern France says: • The Belgian Soldiers tell a correspondent that the German in- fantry no longer appear to fear the bayonet charges, and make far more use of the bayonet •thentselves than formenly. Their rifle shooting also has improved. Mese are indi- cations that they are learning from the allies as the War advances. At Ostend the Germans have forced and looted freely all th.e largo houses that have remained unoccu- pied. They Compelled most of the shops to- open as usual. Emperors Olf the Army List. A. despatch from London sity.s.. 'Phe namec of the Germ,ain and Aus- trian :Empezers- have been elimi- nated from the het of British. field marshals in •an aime list just. pub- lished, -and alert from the roster of °Bleeps of the .1.tu7ral Dragoon and King's Dragoon Guards, in which regiments, respectively, they wore colonele-in-chief. The Duke of Saxe -Coburg an.d Gotha also ceases Ito he colonel -in -chief of the Sera - forth Highlanders. • After Wa terloo. I came across an old couple one night coming out of a moving picture show, writes "3.S." in the Glasgow News. I was immediately behind them, and could not help hearing the wife inquirin' as to the reasou of the old inan'.s dissatisfied expres- sion. "What's rang noo 7 Did ye no like 'The Battle o' Waterloo 7' " "Waterloo!". the huslsand gi;umb- led. "D'ye no' ken my grandfather fought in the battle, and I have never seen him in a' the pieteres." IS CHRISTIANITY A FAILURE? Thousands Have Tried It and Are Trying It, and Never Once Without Success "Eveivone that hea,reth these words oi mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a man who built his house :loon the rock; and the rains descended, and the floods came, and the winds Iblew and beat upon that house ; and it fell -net, for it was Sounded upon the ruck." -Matthew vii., 24.25. ' This question is not new I lb has been asked whenever a whole so- ciety, like eighteenth .century Frame, has been rotten with cor- ruption; whenever a 'barbarous in- stitution, like slavery, has been allowed to flourish ; whenever, as in our own day, poverty, unemploy- ment, peison abominations, offer , flagrant violation of the religion of the 'Nazarene. But never has this question been uitged with such in- sistence as to -day, when war 18 ravaging the world from eud to end. Does not the inability of the Chttrch to stay this conflict demon- strate its failure ae an agent of hu- man bette rM en t ? Is 11 no -evident that Christianity has done nothing ta destroy prejudice, soften enmity or banish lust from the human heart 1 Why net fraekly admit its fall and turn tto other and more promising 'means of establishing justice and peace upon 'the earth 7 The usual answer to this question is that nobody cen say whether or not Christianity is a failure Since 18 Ilas Never Been Tried, Thie answer is witlY, just to the' ex- tent; that it is untrue Chrisbia,nity, interpreted as the simple law of love to God and 'map, has been -tried, at most times tinlidly and half-heartedly, but even so success- fully ; on some few occasions sin- cereiy and Oeueageously, and' al - w eys thus triumphal) . jesu tried 'Otheistianity in Paleatine, with results that shook the werld. St. Francis triad' it in Assisi, Da- vid Livingstone in Africa, Tolstoy in Ruesia. Thousands of men and 100171 011, ltillOWI) ttrid tinknoWli, h ave tried it and arc trying it, anal never ce without euccess Nor is it only in private life and by separate indieicluale that Chris- tianity has thus been tested. More widely than. we realize it, has been applied to social life, and nomer- oils institutions, such as the fain- ily and the 'school, have been brought; -under its sway. Nowhere, 'of course, has the application heen eomplete. Bub just to the extent that the trial has 'been Maele the result is in terms of happiness,' prosperity and peace has been im- mediate and perinanent. If anywhere in the world there are violence anel misery, it, is not because Christianity has failed, but oti the contrary because stune.thing else, veisv different from' Christian- ity, has failed. Talte the Present Wei., for example ! Hero, n I ai n y ono;ogli, is a failure of battle ships and standing armies to safeguard inter- national peace; a fallnre of mili- tarism to .train great peoples itt the virtues of gentleness and honor ; a failure of secret diplomacy to guide the ilatiops in paths of amity an.d concord; tt failure of ceniener- ci al i nte rests to 'bind ina n lei n d to- gether 'by the bonds of inutile] i11. terest; a failure -of a order iabtolliste,ocispele3lton tibloewTteei,,,. basis of.bgere eeanda failitre of Christianity. For when has this religion heal 46513' part in the governanca a people? -What; kings have ever ruled in the spirit f Ide Cs-pei te • 7 Wiialt tatpapen have' ever deferred the 'aggrandize- ment of -nations 'to the "welfare of humanity 7 Failttee, is beret But ie the failure, uol; of -Christianity but of 'barbarism, not ol Christ but of Caesar, not of love, but of blood and iron 1 On some glad day in the future, "the tumult; and the shouting" of this present:horror die ---"the captains ,and the kings alepart'' And then amid its blood and tes.rs and wrelikage shall the sad woeld see that "'Still stande 'Edna ancient 5110141' 39 It tumble anel a onbs'tbe h ear b. ' -sIleve John Ilaynes Itoi,nies, •