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The Wingham Advance Times, 1930-04-10, Page 6WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES T'hursday, April 10th 1934'. ingballn Advance -Tines. Published; at. 'WVINGHAM ONTARIO Every Thursday Morning W. Logan Craig, :: Publisher Stnbscription rates — One year $2.00 Sic months $1.0o, in advance, To U. S. A, Seeeo tier year Advertising rates on application. Wellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Head Office, Guelph, Ont, Established 1840 Risks taken on all class of insur- ,arr+ce at reasonable rates. ABNER COSENS, Agent, Wingham J. W. DODD Office in Chisholm Block FIRE LIFE, ACCIDENT AND - HEALTH INSURANCE — AND REAL ESTATE P: O. Box 360 Phone 240 WINGHAM, ONTARIO J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan Office -Meyer Block, Wingham Successor to Dudley Holmes R. VANSTONE BARRISTER,SOLICITOR, ETC.. Money to Loan at Lowest Rates Wingham, - Ontario. J. A. MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. Wingham, Ontario A BUSY OFFICIAL It . f. Coats Compiles Statistics for Canada — Preparing for census, Busiest of Ottawa officials these days is R. H. Coats, Dominion statis- tician, i z the +itm oaarticle ' •t c t trci< iz t ccoi n t Toronto a Star Weekly. He is building an organization to take the Dominion ceusus. Working, living, having his being in a world of decimals and per- centages, he knowe more minute de- tails about Canada and Canadians than the rest of us lumped .together. Coats not only tabulates all about our national wealth, out' industries, mines, forests, fisheries, insurance companies, railways, banks. }Ie keeps tabs on our virtues and our sins. Do you want to know how many Cana- dians got married last year? Coats rings a bell and within a few mo- ments the information is spread be- fore you in all its happy details. Are you curious. to ].now about the birth rate, whether it is on the increase or deeli ie? Again Coats presses his bell and promptly you not only know about the number of births; you know how many were females, how many were gliadruplets,: triplets and twins. It is the same with our sins. Mr. Coats has them all there in black and white, mortal and venial, set down without favor or fear. Coats in fact, is a sort of recording angel. He can. tell you to the last decimal of a frac- tion just how many Canadians have been convicted for beating their wives, just how many got fined or jailed for breaking this command- ment or that. "If that fellow Coats," said a cynical Cabinet : Minister, "could only stand at the pearly gates when Canadians are being judged, he'd be a great help to Saint Peter." One can imagine Ottawa's govern- mental machine going on without Mr. King and his Ministers, without Mr. Bennett and. his captains. One has difficulty imaginingit, except in con - DR. G. H. ROSS fusion, without R. H. Goats. He Is the nearest thing to an indispensable DENTIST of which Ottawacan boast. Not a. Office Over Isard's Store conference, or a committee, a royal commission or departmental inquiry that does not lean upon what he knows. In every government .state- ment, all orders -in -council in all lio it t tai s reeeges, the initiated can ce late hand - •• , •_. 0.1ax3a ",urn, graduated from Varsity, — he was of the class of i4iackeizie • King, Arthur Meighen, Edw "rd Beatty and Hamar Green woo& : 'oats was once on t'k^ a't. Vac-- lidilt@EistVitj the lade �i i - Lean, land igeer on t'i� ''pronto Globe. re 1902 he chime a Ottawa to become associate editor of the Labor Gazette; was a colleague in that task of Mr. King; found time to write "Sir James Douglas" in the. Makers of Canada' series, also to write "The Labor Movement In Canada" and "Canada and its Provinces." Coats has been on all sorts, of com- mittees and commissions, has travel- led over half of the world. He was a member of the commission on official W COLBORNE, M. D. and Surgeon Medigsl Rehr.@§slit! tiyt' P: 5, C. R, Successor to Dr. W. R. tiambly Phone 54 Winghatn R, ROBT. C. REDMOND L,R.C.I : (Liiud.) ' PHYSICIAN ANI? SURGEON DR. R. L. STEWART Graduate of University of Toronto, Faculty of Mediane; Licentiate of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. Office . in Chisholm 'Block Josephine Street. Phone 29; statistics away back in 1912; was a member of the Cost of Living Com_ DR. G. W.. HOWSON mission in 1913; is presently a mem DENTIST ; ber of the Advisory committee on, the statistics of the League of Nations. Office over John Galbraith's Store. In addition to that he has taken one census of Canada and is prepariug to F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATH All Diseases Treated Office Adjoining residence next to Anglican Church on Centre Street. Sundays, by appointment. 'Osteopathy Electricity r'hone 272, Hours, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. , A. R. & F. E. DUVAL Licensed Drugless Practitioners Chiropractic and Electro Therapy. Graduates of Canadian Chiropractic College, Toronto, and National Col- i !lege, Chicago. Out of town and night calls res- ponded to. All business confidential. Phone 300. J.ALVINFOX Registered Drugless Practitioner CHIROPRACTIC AND DRUGLESS PRACTICE ELECTRO -THERAPY Hours: 2-5, 7-8, or be Phone 191. ppointment. J. D. McEWEN LICENSED AUCTIONEER Phone 602r14. Sales of Farm Stock and Imple < agents, Real Estate, etc., • conducted with satisfaction and at rnoderate charges. THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD A thorough knowledge of Farm Stock Phone 231, Winghain RICHARD' B. JACKSON AUCTIONEER Phone 613r6, Wroxeter, or address R. R. 1, Gerrie. Sales conducted any- where and satisfaction guaranteed. take another; - is an honorary fellow. of the Royal Statistical Society of England; a member of the American Statistical Associations a. fellow of the Royal 'Society of Canada; a meufber of the International Society of Statistics. DOG ti'AStieeRS. London Now Has Several "Dogs' Beauty Parlors." There are now in London several dogs' beauty parlors, where Fido is washed, brushed, trimmed, has his teeth cleaned, and is generally made to look pretty. But the great ma- jority of dog -owners never see one of these places—or, if they do, pass it by as too . expensive. Now, however, many of those families that .own a dog, but find washing it rather a job, can have the operation perform- ed in their own home. One or two men, at a loose end for work, have launched out as profes- sional dog -washers, going round the homes where pets are kept, and giv- ing Fido his bath for a moderate fee. With practice, these men not only know how to keep a dog happy while , making him clean, but .don't splash • water about in the way that father does when he tries to:give the family mascot a bath. So often a first visit leads to a contraet. This is one way in which a dog - lover who is unemployed may earn his keep, If . he is efficient and of i pleasing manner and appearance, he I should soon have plenty of clients. And, of course, he earl add to his in- come by selling" various little things that dog -owners want; Remedy for Anaemia, . Powdered seal's liver is one of .the commodities on view at the recent annual chemists 'exhibition in. Lon- don; Seals; 11 appears, live a blame- less and eomfortable life ` In the ley waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. They do not know the meaning of "Liver, and that organ remains In such excellent condition i that it is made into an extract for the treatment of anaemia and heart DRS. A. J. & A. W. IRWIN troubles, DENTISTS Office MacDonald Block, Wingham A. J. WALKER • FURNITURE AND FUNERAL SERVICE A. J. Walker Licensed tueeral Director and. Embalmer. Offitc ?twee 106. Rea. Phone 224. Latest Limo !sine Funeral Coach. Islands to Be National Park. RAW ILLLGVSTRATED isle FRANK ES, 1'1RV101 T WHAT HAPPENED SO FAR thing down in his, pocket and produc- --- • ing. ta roll of bills, one of which he Tont Bilbeck is the narrator. He handed to the conductor. "1Vhere de you Want to go?" ask- ed that worthy, Julius looked inquiringly at nae, "1 ani going with this 'genileinan. I said to the conductor. Julius grinned his appreciation as the conductor made Change, and when he was gone he eyed me sardonically, "What do you want?" he asked. "You or the pearls," I replied even- ly. "1 am not very pal ticnlar ,which, except that if 1 get you 1 will get the is a fat newspaper writer who drives• a tumble-down car he calls Grand - another Page. He is in love. with Maryella, his rival being Jinn Coop- er. The three are members of an am- ateur dramatic group. flans for a play at the Old Soldiers' Home are under way. Grandmother Page has engine trouble while Maryella is out driving with Bilbeck, and Cooper, passing in a big, roadster, taunts him. After Maryella has left Bilbeck is able to start his car again. The amateur players are to give Pygmalion and Galatea at the Old Soldiers' Home. In their version Bil- beck is to act as the statue, and Mary- ella despairs when she discovers his bow legs. Mrs. Hemingway later Hatters Bilbeck and talks to him a- bout bout' the play.Bilbeck' pats her hand, only to find a rough hand grasping him by .the shoulder and lifting him out of his seat. The escape of prisoners :from the local penitentiary keeps Bilbeck busy at his newspaper work, so that he gets away from the dramatic group. The players arrive at the Oi.d• Sp1- diers' Home, being greeted royally and meeting Pill: Henwether and. others. The play at the • Old Soldiers' Horne is interrupted because of a fire, the players and veterans escape Riding away from the scene of the ill-fated play in their ceseumes and overcoats the group of players is field. up by two escaped convicts, one of whom is captured by failbeclt After a The bapturea. bile? is tied to P. chair at the Old Soldier's H'onne. 'Un- able to leave the home as the car refuses to budge, the players must tay. there, and Mr. Hermningway, hearing this over the phone, says he is coming right to the home—as he is suspicious of his wife and Bilbeck. Meanwhile the sheriff arrives. Hemmingway arrives just when Bit- beck is assisting Mrs. Hemmingway, who has fainted, and of course thinks the worst, Meanwhile a disturbance is heard in the cellar, and all in the house rush down to it. The Sheriff's horse has broken. loose. Meanwhile Hemmingway sus- Pects Bilbeck more and more. and Jim. Cooper mixes in to tell Bilbeck he has arranged that the Hemmingways be divorced' and that Bilbeck is to marry Mrs. Hemmingway. To get back home, Hemrningway must travel by foot, and Bilbeck of- fers to go with him. In violent dis- agreement, .,they nevertheless start out• together on snowshoes and skis and soon Bilbeck'tumbles over Hem- mingway, the going being difficult. They lose their sense of direction. They separate. Bilbeck finds him- self back at the Old Soldiers' Hoarse after going in a circle, sees an in- truder and jumps in a window, to find himself in Maryella's room. The Sheriff comes in, holding out a gun and saying •he saw someone come in and Bilbeck has to come out from under the bed,, where he had been hidroa. Twenty-eight islands unnamed, merely numbered, each replete in historic significance, have bean set apart to form a national park. T ' islands are in the 'Georgian Bay: TbIf31, were surrendered by the Chippewit Indians in 1856. The Indians' Affairs Department, which has since owned the lslandti, is being allowed $30,000 for the pro- perty now turned over for phallic nose. Nova Scotia Coal. Coal production tonnage Itt 11310 in Nova Scotia are estimated at, about 8,250,000, or quarter of a Willow tons greater than in 1928. Pearls anyway." He sat ,}wi silence for son`ie time di- gesting this. Finally he grinned. "How do youthink you will get the pearls?" he asked, at length. "Perfectly simple, niy dear Julius," 1 • you can, stake a menioreridann of where they are being sent •and you can trace the address that way" That was 'even more titan. I had dared :hope.It is rather difficult to get Uncle Sam's clerks to do any thing, out of their routine business,' and the mail is an especially inviol- able department,' After a few minutes search they showed. lite a dozen packages .which had conte en at Fair Oaks. All but three of theist were addressed to a !nail -order company in the city, and two of ithe remained were .0bv.iously books.. ']'hat left only one package under. suspicion. It was about six inches long . and . eight inches wide, with a depth of two or two and one-half in ches. It was 'a little bit heavy, bet *- It contained twelve beautiful, large eggs..: 1 went to my own room and chang- ed to a suit of regular clothes. Then 1 telephoned the Old Soldiers' Home to see if Maryella had gone .back there, Colonel Stewart informed me that the entire party had left to catch the afternoon train and that Maryella Wasjoin- ed n- ].waitingt , b � c a vx5irilarrOasc. ci ed by the• others, When: the train carte in 1 was down tit the station to rneet there. Maryella was expecting me, and hes eye sought Me anxiously in the throng that was Waiting in the station.° 1 •greeted the others 'perfunctorily and drew. her one side. " 1 have located thein at the• post- office, but you have got to conte ov- er and identify them." She. squeezed my hand. "Olt, Tom," She said sweetly, "you are wonderful." I swelled with pride as :f ciisclaitiied ,tiny special credit for helping her out of her predicament. Is Flailed a cab and together we went to the 1 post- office. The postmaster was expecting and i • dniit t. las r� e were read 1 admitted, eel. Y I 1 The box lay on his desk, and after a short explanation from Maryella he opened :it. It contained twelve beautiful, large' VVe left the pest -office .absolutely 1 crestfallen. I had been so positive that that package contained the pearls that I would have staled niy life on it. :How had Julius fooled me again? Maryella was crying softly at my side. "What shall I do?" she moaned. "How can 1 ewer• tell Mrs. 1-lenvning- way ?" I was too humiliated by the failure of my plan to he very fertile in offer ing suggestions. I felt that 1 was iii disgrace with Maryella once more, and I had planned to ask her to mar ry hie :when. I restored the necklace. "I just can't face her; that's ell!" Maryella stated mournfully. "I'il tell her if you want me to,.' I offered. "At least I can do all the disagreeable work, even if I wasn't very bright, - "Oh, win- you?" Maryella smiled wistfully. "That will make it a little ked both to ::x� � ,• „All 1was doubtless well -pat. 1 ansi� �i Ed t 1it 1 d, pa'rontznig• y . have to do is to go to the postmaster of your town as soon as this t •ain gets in and ask him to hold all mail addressed to a man by the name of , Julius something or other. There can't be Many Juliuses, and 1 will be. pretty sure to get the right package." "Darn clever," he admired. "'It would work, too, if I had addressed that package to myself, bat 3 didn't. Besides my real name ain't Julius." He leaned back and surveyed nae with an impudent smile. h'ly face must have -shown how crestfallen I was at having nay scheme overthrown. I wasn't mech,of a detective after all,.. not to have thought of this simple de- vice for evading nae. Now I had be- trayed niy Alae to him and it was worthless. "Don't be down -hearted, pal," he said encouragingly. "Votive done pretty good for ae iainateer, but I am too old a hand for you. 1 have been tip against this game too often." He was still telling himself how good he was when our train came to a slow stop. 1iVe both looked out lel see if it was a station. It was not. We were in the midst of a snow -piled prairie. "What the deuce is the natter?" Julius inquired anxiously. Every one was asking the sante question, turning to oneanother in the aisles. Finally some one got out to see, and returned shortly with the infornr- •ation that we were stuck in a snow- drift with every probability of being there for some time. After we had waited quite a while I had a new idea. I got tip and start- ed down the aisle. •"You ain't going to leave the, are you, pal?" asked, Jul - his, "You better keep an eye on me iff-you ever expect to see inc again:" "I'll take a chance 00 that," I as- sured him. "You've got a fat chance of getting away in this kind of a country with the snow eight feet deep. My action in deserting hint evident- ly puizlecl him, but he did not fol- low me. • 1 With most of the other male pas- sengers I got out and walked toward the head of the train, They went on to see"how badly we were: stuck, but I stopped at the railway post -office i ear, The mail clerks in the car ap- parently :welcomed a slight: vacation before they got to the next town, and .they were not adverse to talking to a picturesque stranger like myself. I gained their attention by an ex- planatota of how there carne to be only one leg to :any pair of trousers, and I kept them. interested by telling them about the robbery of the pearls. When I explained that the booty was in their own car in a parcel -post pack- age mailed at Fair Oaks, they were eager to help lite. • "It will be a comparatively simple matter," said one of thein, "to find all the packages which were mailed. from Fair Oaks. I don't thinkthere were many. I.t will be against the lav? for us to let you examine them, but 'Wait a minute," I said, :An idea had struck rue. "I have a friend up in. the next coach who. will pay my fare." "All right. Let me meet him." The conductor was frankly sceptical. I led the way with :some misgiving across the swaying' platform to the smoking car ahead. Yes, Julius was still there, his back turned toward us. Evidently he was greatly content with :his lot in the world. I crowded into the seat in front of. I hinr. "Suffer•itg cats." T1ie cigar fell from between Julius' lips. Yes, it's your old pal, Tom Bit - beck," I said reassuringly, at the same time drawing down my left eyelid. Mystified, he preserved a discreet silence, Ile had no way of knowing what niy next move was going to be. "Julius," I said heartily, "I find that I have come away from home without any cash, and I want you to pay,my fare:" Julius laughed a hearty, .ringing laugh. "Me, pay your fare? 1 don't know you from Adam," I leaned over and •whispered ill his car. "'There is a sheriff in the next car behind,' I said. "If you pay my fare T won't tell him you are on the train." It was a long shot, but he had no nierns of knowing whether I was tell - Mg' the truth or not and it won, "Why didn't you any that in the first place?" Julius said heartily, rea- insure its arrival in good order and also 111 order to escape detection. "All you have to do," said the rail- way clerk, "is to take this address, and when you get to the city go to the postmaster and have lithehold this for identification." I thanked the boys and returned to niy car. • As T, had rather more than half sus- ipected, Julius'was not there, nor did I ever set eyes on him again. I did not care. I had the pearls once more; or at least I had them where I could get then!.. They were really safer in the mail -car than they would have been in my own possession. • After half an hour of delay we got under way once more, and shortly arrived In town. I went directto the post-ofifce just as L was. CHAPTER XV. The Pearls at Last. Although the postmaster at first re- garded me with suspicion, owing to my motely garments, I explained my connection with the Daily Mail and gave him enough ofmy story to a - reuse his interest. He sent for the package tinder sus- picion and assilred me that he would keep it personally until I 'arrived • easier, 1 don't know how I can re- 'place .re-'place therm, but I suppose that if I work my fingers to the hone all the ' rest. of niy life, like worsen did in the story about the diamond necklace, I can replace them before I die." r "But the diamonds in de Maupas- sant's story were only paste. Maybe Mrs. Helitmingway's pearls were inii- ation,' ' "No such luck," moaned Maryella. "These wzere real ones:" We ,took a cab to the Heinming- way's house to get it over with as soon as possible. We got there almost as soon as they did. They appeared very happy, and were even nice to me; which was more than I expected, considering the way they had felt toward me during the last couple .of' days. While Maryella stood tearfully by I told them the story of the necklace and hon- we had traced them and dis- covered only the package of eggs. Mrs. Hemrningway heard n'c through without interruption, smiling sympathetically. R\t the end she laughed: I gazed at her anxiously, War she a Y going insane at her loss? No; her amusement was genuine: "Oh, .T ars sorry," she said at ,last •�tle+.�e(lnw3y.gw• daa.An+,:° ,;,,Sw.a.a.. NEURALGIA? Neuritis? Rheumatism T -R -C's relieve Neuralgia quickly, arid safely. No harmful drugs. Mr, 8.P. Charlton, Springfield, Ont., vouohe- for this. He not only got relief him- self from T -R -C's but says,"Whoa my wife was nearly crazy with, Neu - a I gave her a dose of T -R C's and she got relief in 20 minutes." are equally good for Neuritis, Rheu- matism, Lumbago, Sciatica. Me. and. $1.00 at your druggist's. ass: $ TEMPLETON'S RHEUMATIC CAPSULES R� A3'S "that I caused you so much trouble: but here are the Pearls." She reached in her hand -bag and; produced the -strand, lustrous and sat- my against her throat, aroueid, which she • clesped it.. , how did you get` therm"'' stammered MarYeila, confused. "I saw them lying on your dresser. the night that John came back to the• Old Soldiers' Home, and 'as I knew ycru were through with them I. picked'. them up t" It "seemed simple enough, and. Maryella and 1ltlaughed with relief as we went. down to our cab once more. ' Orice inside, she laid her hand; ors:.. my aria and said: "Anyway, Tom, at;, was splendid of you • to make the ef- fort you did,' and I will never forget it+. „Never?" I asked. "No." "Not even after you are married to Jim Cooper?" I asked gloomily. She laughed. "No, because I 'ant, never going to starry Jini Cooper!" "Not marry jim Cooped" I repeat- ed. "Then whom are you going to starry?" "That depends entirely upon you,"" she said, and I startled a traffic of ficer by making my next remarks in : pantomine. Went went out together the follow- ing week after the snow had melted. and operated on Grandmother Page for a new pump -gear. She was ab- surdly grateful, and didn't stop once• allthe way home, although it took us nearly three hours to make the trip.. because it is hard to drive using only one arm. It's all for the best! THE END, "Why don't •you light the fire? "Because there's no coal,' mumu," "Why didn't you let me know be -- fore?" "Because we hadsome before," "I caught a pickpocket with his hand in my waistcoat pocket," said. the absent-minded man,"but he told me he was on the Watch Committee„ so I let him go." "You say you haven't anything to be thankful for? Why, look at your neighbour; he's just lost his another. in-law by influenza." "But that doesn't do me any good. "Lock me up! Lock rrie up!" cried the little man as he melted into the police station. "I've just hit my wife with a poker!;, "Is she dead?" "No, bet she'll' -be here any minute., now,, PLEASING PRINTING For .. 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