The Huron Expositor, 1915-04-09, Page 2Examine the fence you buy. We have the stock for
. your inspection and can guarantee every bit Full gauge
No. § Cleveland hard stLel. wire, no soft locks, no soft stay i.
If you require a good value cross fence don't overlook
the Monarch.
6 lire fence... 22c per rod
I wire, 43 inches . . ......:......... 25c ppeerr rod 8 wire, 41 inches high...... . . . . . 28c
8 wire, 47 inches 32 qc per rod
-8 wire hog fence, 32 inches . ,,27c per rd
Barbed $3.00 per '001
These prices are,,Spot Cash. We loan a stretcher onl) with
wire bought fiom us.
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TIIE.- HURON-. 'EXPOSITOR,:
ea were i:aken int ie thetharbor, only to
4- find on Saturday morning that we
were to move on. to l--* lkil day Satur-
day we waited for either tugs or pilot,
SEAFORTH, PRIDAY, "April 9, 191,5, or . both, to get out When the tugs
t came up the. pilot was absent or vice
\versa, and at last came the pilot and
Onetteg, and then we waited another
'two hours for another tug, so that
we just got out at desk, and then had
to anchor out until midnight to get a
tide into. the Seine. We started up river
eternidnight and arrived at -set 7 atm.
Sunday, the journey from England to
'France -lasting' from e•fondity night un-
til the next Sunday /howling.
We unloaded 'met ot our care and
parked them in the Rue de la "some --
thing or other," reported to the officer
of 'transportation, and then took' up my
official duty - as censor tor my unit;
'scene 200. letters and as many post-
cards. Some job. It kept me busy un-
til after midnight.
This morning I was up at 5 o'clo k,
at the park at 0 o'clock, inspectionby
the French officer of transport it 7 o t
clock, and then we started to load 75
tons of supplies for the front. I have
been exceptionally busy all day, but
took a short time, off to visit the Eng -
lith 'rest camp, Just outside the town,
on the outskirts of the - forest, a
beautiful stretch of miles of Pine trees.
Here you rsee the Indian troops, Sea -
teeth's, etc., 'back for a few' clays' rest
from I the trenches. We passed a regi-
ment of French Zouaves, about 1,000
strong, on their way to the Islauchter;
each man carrying a tresnexidous
load, including tent, cooking utensile.
ands even his packet of fagots for 'burn-
ing.
We also passed an Indian transport
convoy; consisting of ;very -small Mules
In pairs, saddled together by a peculiar
bar arrangement between the saddles
of each animal, and( a big car behind,
with an - Indian driver on each load.
They are a smart looking lot, and. ea -
lute One most particularly. .
This city is full of French and Brit-
ish soldiers from all ,parts - ,Algeria.
India and other such places. When vis-
iting the camp I was within a mile of
ground held by the Germans on theic
march On Paris. The old cathedral here
is One which, no doubt, the.' Germans
would have delighted in destroying as
at Rheims. This odd town is the for-
mer capital of Normandy, while under
British rule. Here ,Joan of Arc was
burned to the stake, a slab being inset
in the sidewalk in the, old market place,
where it "ocouredrOit the quays, and.
also along many of- he streets here are
thousands upon the &rids of hogsheads
of wine. The French troops are issued
with wine instead of water, and wine
is eerved here at all restaurants. To-
morrow at 7 am'. I move up to the
front and'. on the night ,of the 10th ex-
pect to. 'be there. I had my "Laisser
Paster," and all Other necessary docu-
ments heeded me this evening.
While mixing, here with thousands
you can feel that you are but a mite
in the mighty force that are being us-
ed to crush our , enemy Germay..The
population of . this city, is 110,1000. There
are many peculiar things about the
pub-
lic building, on twhich she lives. She is
two inchee in diameter ,by a yard
city. For. Instance I was shown.todaY
a woman sitting on the steps of a -never seen to leave it night er day ex-
cept .to buy a, loaf, ofsbread, which you
buy by the yard here, a loaf being a-
boutreb. 10.--4.t it in earnest at ,last We
lettRouen yesterday morning at 7 o'-
clock, passing through Neufcha,tel at
noon. Orders were :that I should biv-
ouac beyond The. town, se I rim jI kilo-
meters to the Mass -road- to :Blangy.i
.It was raining herd all morning ea my
men were quite wet. I made arrange-
ments for rooms in a farm house for
myself and officers, and found from
the did lady, that during the Franco-
German war .in 1870, the Same room
had been occupied by Prussian officers.
She els& stated that she had.heard fir-
ing •distinctly. in November last, and
fully .expected to' have ti leave at any
moment. This morning -we. left our -biv-
ouac, at 7' o'clock and as Per orders
came on to Abbeyville 'Arriving here at -
11 a.m., with orders to remain over
until tomorrow morning, when we will
again mole on to the front, We will be
quite close toe Ypres tomorrow night.
We passed today through Normandy,
where the Dutch windinilis are quite
a common sight and where the feudal
system still prevails, and the land is
all cultiva:ted by thousands of acres,
and the peasants live in small villages
on the eetates. This. a quaint old town
about ten miles from the sea coast with
a river and a canal running through
the centre of the" city. The buildings
along the river are particularly old
and picturesque. The streets here are.
filled with French Zouaves, and' Algeri-
an troops, in the most plcturesque garb.
The- French troops look to be a most
capable lot, but a think I would prefer
to trust a "Tomsny 'Atkins" to do his
work properly.
From all apppeaxances thJe War le
The Way the Money 0000 -
It AB quite evident that some public
Men are not In Public life itor .the good
of their health or the benefit they can
be to their suffering and bleedingcoun-
try ealone. We motice that Sir Adam
Beck, the Chairman of the gydro-Elec-
tric Commission receives as rams= ra-
tion for his services to the Province
the nice sum of $13,400 per . year. , $ic
Adam receives $6,000 a year from'. thc
Provincial Treasury and $6,000 from
the municipalities under the Hydro El-
ectric Act for being Chairmati pf the
Commission and he receives. $1,400 , a
year sessional indemnity las a member
of the Legbilature, making in hll Is
stated before,. the annual sum of $13,400
for his services to the Ontario people,
Besides this Sir Adam is purchasing
horses for the army and has .seyeral
other strings to his bow, (ell, of which,
no -doubt, -yield him a considerable sum
additional. Hydro Electric is all right
and, Adam lteck is a very good -man,
but It is just possible to, buy even geld
at toe high a price.
Hon.I. B. ',UM, late Provincial Treas-
urer and now Attorney General la the
Ontario Cabinet, represents the Cabin-
et on the Hydra Electric Commission.
a
Mr. Lucas receives $6,000 for being At-
torney General, he receives $1,400 ses-
sional indemnity as a member of the
Legislature and he receives $4,500 an-
nually as a member of thee -Hydro Elec-
tric Commission, making in all a tete'
salary of $11,900.. Mr.. Lucas is, no
doubt a very. able young mum, ibut twe
t venture to say ithat never in his life
has he learned 'half that money in his
profession and it is very. doubtful if tie
had to depend ton his profession again
if he could reach ,anything liketthat a-
mount. •
Another illustration is found in the
new Liquor Lincese law just passed.
Three or five Provincial 'Commissioners
are to be 'appointed at an annual sal-
ary of $5,000 Jach, and travelling and
office expenses to (do the 'work hither-
to done,. practically 'without pay by
the local commissioners. This new Il..
cense board will also be furnished with
a- Secretary and other high salaried of-
ficials.
Hon. J. C. Docherty, Minister of Jus-
tice in the Dominion Cabinet, receives
$6,000 a year as* member of the' Cab-.
met, $2,500 a yetx as indemnity fas a
member of Parliament and $5,000 e year
as tong .as he lives as a retiring pent,
elan for a Superior Court Judge, Maki,
int tre'allean annual salary Of $13,500:
which he receive. for his services to
?his country. These are only a few in-
stances of many that could be given.
We could fill this column with 'similar
instances 'of patriotic services rendered
to their country by very patritytle
gentlemen. at a similar scale Oi
and the bronchial tubes are, in the be- remuneration. But we have given .ese,
ginning, but coughs a:talk-cold-3. lit:nigh to show one. of the reasons why.
-Mani,- pe.ople when they cone -Fitt it is that both ;the Dominion and Pro-
,
a slight co., .I do not pay any atteution 1-, vincial Governments have to resort to
to it, the:ming perhaps tea+ it will nar'.'S q the collection of a direet "War Tax"
away in a day or two. The -elelhot i3 to keep the wolfe from the National
that before' they know it, it has settled . ddor. Ail these .gentlemen are, of course
on their lungs. ' exceedingly leyal and patriotic, but as
Too much stress C3.TITIOt be laid on the will yeadily be recognized, the . are pet
fact that on the first sign of a cough or triotic Aline ally to ithemselve and at
cold it must be gotten rid of immediately, the other fellows :expense ts
as failure to do this may cause years of
suffering from. serious lung trouble.
DR. WOOD'S 7
NORWAY PINE. SYRUP
will cure . the cough or cold anct prove
Wire fences require repairing. Here is a block and tackle
with 6o feet of rope, self locking tv o wire grips on either end
that --can be used for either fence work or hoisting anything
up to one ton weiglt. Only $2 25
Fence plyers................. .. ............. 35c to 650
Fence S ats, wood........................ $1.75 per Ioo
Fence stretchers for use with block & tackle.. $3.00'
We carry the fencing and fence supplies, don't fail to call
and examine what you kequire.
G. A. Sills, Seaforth
- Sole Agents for Lowe Bros. Paints, Chi-Namel, Moffat's Ranges,
Eastlake Steel Shingles, Paroid Ready Roo' ing Canadian Steel
Woven Wire Fence, Pease Furnaces and Boilers, "Hot Point
Electric Supplies. New Idea Furnaces.
tete.-
ThellicKillop Mutual
Eire Insurance Go.
Heado e: Seaforth,, Ont.
DIRECTORY
Officers:
J. B.- McLean, Se forth President;
J. Connelly, Goderich, Vice -President;
Thos. B. Bays, Seaforth, Sec-Treas.
Directors: D.7.*McGregor, Seaforth;
J. G. Grieve, Winthrop;'Win. Rine,
Seale)* ; John Ben n ewels, Dublin, J.
Event., . Beechwood.; A. McEwen,
Brumfield ; J. B McLean, eieaf, rth;
S. Connolly, Goderich; Robert Ferris,
flarlock.
Agents: Ed. Bitichley. Seaforth, W.
Chesney, Egmondville; J. W. Yeo,
Holmesville •, Alex Leitch, Clinton;
R. S. Jarmuth, Brodhagen. •
Iron Pumps at pump
Repairing
am prepared to turnts all kinds of
Force and Litt Pumps and all sizes
Piping, Pipe Fittings, etc. Galvan-
ized Steel Tanks and Water troughs
Stancheons and Cattle Basins.
ihe Price is Rtght
Also all kindsof pump repairingdone
on short notice. For terms, etc.,
apply at Pump Factory, Godericb
St„ East, or at residence, North
Main Street
J. F. Wash, Seaforth
C. P. B. Time Table
Guelph and Godericb. Branch
TO TORONTO
ee
,doh 1,9`. 7,05 a as
Auburn .. " 7.30 "
Myth .. 7.40 "
" 7.62 "
I I 8.25 "
Linwood Jet...„ I.. 8.46 •
Nindrs ' 9.05 " -
9,33 "
Guelph Jet " 17.16 "
oronto. Ar. 10.20 "•
FROM TORONTO
CVLIWIL.,•••••.4,4'“
Toronto
2uelpk jet...
Zuelph
twotirs.,
Linwood. Jct
Lv.
.. Ar
4
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Milverton
Walton......... "
Blyth
"soderich
7.20 a. as.
9.40
10.20 1'
10.69
11.23 "
11.42 "
12.16
12.98 "
1.00 p. as.
$.00 p as
2.25
2.35
2:47 •
3.20 1'
3.48 "
4.00 1.
4.88 "
5.05 "
0.45 •
4.80',
6.10 '
0.5C
7.22 **
7.43 '1
8.36 "
8.98 •
9.26 "
Connections at Linwood for Listowel. Con
dons at Guelph Jot, with main line for Glatt
etvodstock, London, Detre ad Chicago an t
Aro mediate lines.
Grand I runk Railvvay
System.
stailway Time Table.
mina leave Seaforth as follows :
10.45 am For Clinton Goderich Winghain snd
Kincardine.
pm For Clinton and Goderleb
818 pm For Clinton, WINO= and Nines
1.08 p tn For Clinton and Goderich.
761 a as For Stratford, Guelph,' Toronto
Orillia, North Bay and Pointe west
Belleville and Peterboro and points
east.
81 pm For Stratiora, Guelph, Toronto Mo -a.
tree! and points east.
Ver.:
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' Coughs and elolds de not call for a.
mieutc recitel of symptoms as they are
well known as everyone, but their dangers
are not so well known. All the 11105f.
serious affeetious al the throat, the (urns
It Is astonishing why some very good
men will sometimes spoil a very good
speech by interjecting into it a little
silly twaddle just to tickle the preju-
a preventative from all tlenat and. lung aims nt. a few ignorant people in the
troubles. such as bronchitis, pneumonia audience. As reported in the Toronto
and consumption. - ' World a largely attended arid entbusi-
Mre. B. E. Druce, Brighton, Out,
writes: „I am sending you my testi: astic meeting of Conservatives was held
mony of your Dr. Wood's Norway Pine 'a few evenings age' in the constituency
Syrup, telling you what it did for my :of South York. This is the constituency
little girl. The doctor had .giveln her up represented in the Dominion Parliemeat
as she was, as. we thought, going into a by Mr. (W. F. lielcLean. Judging from
decline with the cough she hail. I was- the report Mr. McLean delivered an
.told by a lady friend to try "Dr. Wood's" excellent and able patriotic address,
and when she had taken two bottles she which be is quite capable of doing. But,
was on her feet again, and -four bottles unfortunately he spoiled all by the
cured her." i concluding sentence. Be said: "When
Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup is the the elections come, Toronto and the
best cure for coughs and colds.- It is County of York will send -ten members
put up in a yellow wrapper; three pine of the Conservative party backetto keep
trees the trade mark; the price, 25c and the 'old fl flying"
50c; manufactured only by The 'Tat Just las if he old flag would not
Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto,, Out. , be kept flying as surelY if Libeeals were
• -I sent ,to Parliainent as if Conservatives
were sent. Billy 1VicLean is too Mg a
iman to indulge in such flapdoodle. Ile
should leave that sort of thing to emp-
ty-pated blatherskites like his neigh -
Ontario's hest practical training 1 ' • '
bar Tom 'Wallace M P and A. C Pratt
tP. T., for Norfolk, both Of whom
school. We have thorough course
spoke from the same platform,
and experienced instructors In each
of our three departments, Commer-
cial, Shorthand and Telegraph. Our
A Letter From ranee just About to commence, and I can -
graduates succeed and you s ould get
The following very interesting letter not :expect to be home for Christmas
our large, free catalogue. Write for
it at once. D. A. McLACIliLAN was ,written by Major 'Montague Moore,.next year, One cannot see, the enor-
Principal, to afas. Moore, who is at present in mous quantity of stores being forward-
Vinelpeg. Major 'Moore went to the ed without realizing that this is but
front with the contingent from Van- the ccentneneement • .
Butter Wrappefs . couver., He is the -officer commanding Peb. 14. -Well here I am at last right
, the mechanical transport, first division- up close to the firing tine. I have just
-al supply column, wIthlethe first Came- walked home from the chateau used
Farmers or Dairymen requiring .Bitt- i dian contingent : fyor billeting the men of in unit, with
ter Wrappers as provided for by the France, Feb. 8th.,
one of my lieutenants, and a couple of
row agricultural regulations, can have Well, here I am, within -a. few miles • imperial officers, and we could !see al -
the same on the shortest noticeat of where the Germane were an their ' most every shell fired and also search -
THE EXPOSITOR OFFICE, Seaforth. advance af Paris. 'We deft Shrewton, lights near Ypres -just 12 mile's away
Prices: for Avonmouth On Monday night last from this town. To -day I went with
in lots of 1,0004 $2.50 at 11.30 pan, and, passing through Bath the ,supply convoy to several small
In lots of 500 $1.75 i and Bristol, arrived at Avonmouth at towns around here, and the little woo-.
i 7 a.m. after travelling all night, Orders den crosses in the fieids and along
' were ?that we .were Ito load our trucks the roadside, explain what has hap -
The Slow, Sluggish, Torpid Action of : land leave Lvt 8 pan. the mem evening, leaned around here in the past few
but for some. reason the order was months Most of the ground has been
the *
Liver is Responsible for any Ills. changed, and '. we did not leave until newly ilougliwd, but entrenchments, de-
Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills. stimulate 'Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. On • stroyedi building, and chipped brick
the sluggish liver, dean the coated tongue, Thursday we were still sallies.- dawn walls, and hales through the mud hous-
sweeten the obnoxious breath, dean away the west coast of England, and at a-. es are sure indications of the fierce -
all waste and poisonous matter from the bout noon Thursday we were at Land's ness of the fighting, over an area of
system, and prevent as well as cure all End -with "some" storm -blowing too, miles, also 431 graves of the gallant
complaints arising from a liver which has so the vessels within a mile of us Wiltshires show the fearful executi n
become inactive. . would seed to entirely disappear in the of german machine June, on the Brft-
Constipation, sick headache, bilious trough of a sea even . to their funnels, ish regiment, as they marched dowl a
headache, jaundice, heartburn, water from my view from the bridege at least peacful country rated but little us -
rash, catarrh of the stomach, etc., all 50 feet Acne the sea. It sure was pectinthe Germalts were occupying
5. as pm For Stratford Guelph and Toronto c
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ome frornta disordered liver. "some" sea. Owing to the Germans' et- the tower of .the little church at Merle -
Mr. Victor B. Mc -Nellie, Sandstone, tempt on an hospital ship and other ise.
ea., writes: "I thought I would write 'vessels, our orders were that we should At another little town I was invited
and tell you of My experience with enter - only during daylight hours. . into a house for • a cup of coffee by a
Milburn's Laxa-Livet Pills, as I am • Owing to the heavy sea, we did. not very pleasant Frenchman, whose wife
eatly pleased with the results I re- reach -- in time to go into harbor brought out various souvenirs given
eived by using them. / was troubled Thursday evening so we started back her by English officers, whom she ear-
th sick headache for a, long time, and for the Atlantic, and Friday morning ed for while wounded. The man also
ould get so sleepy right after I ate my . W4S spent cruising among the Channel showed me how a shell had escaped
nner that I could not do any work. A Islands and jersey. Friday noon we his house by but a few inches along the
end of mine, from Toronto, visited . returned toward -, and about five pan. entire front, but had entered the house
e last summer and he asked me to try we were stopped by a live fired just across the lane.
ilburn's Laxa-Liver Pills. He told across our bows from a vessel we contd., The Canadians are arriving today, ,so
e they had done him so much good for scarcely see, miles away. We stopped. we have been. delivering supplies
s stomach. I used several vials, and of course, as we Were net armed, and throughout the area they occupy. gt-
found they did me so much good that a, cruiser came up to us very quickly, mong billets to which we Made daily -
can recommend them to any one suffer- - and, 'after giving the proper password; eries is a farm ,house where eight Bug-
g from liver trouble." - etc., were toed ,te move on. The cruiser lish officers • are buried. The man of
Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills are .25c a was a French one, luckily .f or us. the house informed us that a German
al, 5 vials for $1.00, at all dealers, or eet about 7.30 we anchored in the on his roof, sniped these officers off,
5 10 mailed direct on receipt of price by The I roads, outside of --, and, after exam- but ultimately fell himself when he
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leile 0 4 16 T. Co., Limited, Toronto, Out. I bastion, the pilot came abroad and ,we was discovered. When the Germans
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first occupied his farm -they 'tied him
to the stove, and ravithed his wife and
daughters before his very eyes. jn this
town a IS -year-old girl and many
others are soon to become mothers, and
tif .6% girls in the convent here,. when
the iGennans arrived, 24 are in the
same condition..,Bow can Such a nation
as the Germans /be permitted to exist?
Upon areleal here Thursday last I oc-
cupied the house of a spy; once used
by Napoleon, but I am now billeted
with a Frenchman, .name unknown.
Feb. 15 -.1 have secured another sou-
venir of the war -a French trumpet
dropped on the road by a, trumpeter
who was killed in the retreat from
Mons, jut outside this town. It was
picked up immediately after the re-
treat by a man living here and pre-
sented tri one of my boys who speaks
,Flemish,, and by him given ito me. My
-interpreter, Mons. Block, is personal
friend of Gen. Joffre, li,nd promised
to get for me a photo of Gen. ,Joffre
and also Mine. Joffre, 'with their auto-
graphs, and I hope they come through
all right.
-
The retreat from Mons- must have
been a very serious affair, from all
that one can learn here. The British
contested every foot of the 'way, and
today some of my men reported a quan-
tity de ammunition at the bottom of a
well,- in a small brick out -building at
the rear of this chateau. They got some
,tit up, and It proved to be, British,
evidently thrown Away by some British
soldiers, who occupied the building, and
threw it into the well rather than leave
It for the Germans, as the weight was
toe -great to be carried an the haste of
e retreat. I have seen some beautiful
German helmets, but hope to <get a few
myself later, rather than have, to par -
chase them now. German clothes, zaps.
haversacks, etc., are still to he -picked
up en thetroadside, but iare not worth
the space they take up.
It certainly seems strange to see the
old Dutch windmills, working over -time
around here,. a half-dozen or more in.
sight. It has been- exceptionally quiet
all day, but the firing !has again com-
menced, -and is (very heavy let present,
-Smile ,poor fellow biting theedust ev-
ery minute, I suppose. We aretiterniles
from 'Ypres, the centre of 'attack a-
gainst the British lines. I have heard
May we itre poen to move farther up
within a few intim of Ypres. As goon
as I am actually under fire I will
write and. tell 'you all about it.
A Soldier's Magazine
Numerous !agencies are at work hav-
ing for 'their object the momfort elf the
soldiers at the front; When a soldier
Is not fighting, when leisure hours
make the tithetdrag heavily and thoughts
turn (to hometend friends, it is ea good
thing that his 'mind ehould be turned
from the grim business in which( ie. is
engaged. Sometimes a light Story has
that effect or perhaps a good joke
brings a laugh, and all this tends to
put ihim In goed spirits.'
The *news from (home is sometimes a
good thing to (drive the "blues" away,
and( for that reason a magazine has
been published Which will findete•Way
even in the trench -es. Itis -called Khaki
and a purely military. magazine. It is
published each month ,and contains ca-
ble new,s from Canada, New Zealand,
Australia, India, and in fact all parts
of the world. It le -gotten out altogeth-
er
-
er for the soldier fighting under the
British flag There are 128 pages, each
containing something :newsy and enter-
taMing. It is 'a, patriotic contribution,
patriotism being the sole reason for
i ,..
1 us appearance. •
The eco,pe and policy of the magazine,
as it puts it, is, "To 'serve' in the fight-
]
1 tug line, to cheer and encourage all, to
be a aim/union at borne, to be ,a link
of empire.
011.111EMMOONOVAP.M.
Britain's werouleati Task
The to:A-tidal Hie Witness with the
British Army. ha -s issued a warning a-
gainet :the suggestion that the Ger-
mans are a beaten nation. He says that
they are still well organized, have a-
bundant recourses, are fed up with( \il-
lusions, and are still confident of ul-
timate success. No intimation was need-
ed' of the magnitude of the task that
Is before the, /Allies, but, Of there, were,
this surely enmities it. Ieeaddition there -
is also vivid indication that the area
of the :war will spread in the near hi-
ture, and that countries now experi-
encing ,unrest in their attitude of neu-
trality will break in on one „side or the
other. This, of course, means further
withdrawals from agricultural and in-
dustrial activities. It also indicates
greater shortagetin Europe of all kinde
of foodstuffs, grain, vegetables and
Jive stock, and of hoses. This depletion
will have to be made up from countries
• that are enjoying the blessings of peace.
• One of these is Canada. itis .our boun-
den ditty to see that Britain Alan not,
as far as .preventable, suffer from- a
lack of foodstuffs ',or of such Other
useful material as this country can pro-
duce. In other words both men aria wo-
men ere called upon to put forth their
'best efforts sot that when the time ar-
rives any deficiency can readily be met.
The accomplishment of ,this does not
necessarily imply extra labor, but it
deep particularly suggest more care in
preperation pf te 0i1 and in the se-
4.ection (of seed, and in attention to the
breeding and rearing of live stock. To-
wards this end the conferences promot-
ed in connection with the Patriotism
andeltroduction campaign and the bifl-
letins, ,phamphlets, records and reports
that are to be had on application to
the Publications Branch, Departmented
Agriculture, Ottawa, will greatly help.
111111•11MMIIIMIMIPM
From the Front -
Major D. A. Clark, of Toronto. Medi-,
cal officer with the first Canadian con-
tingent in France, writes to a friend
En Toronto as follows:
"I didn't intend to write much af an
effusion when I started, but to -day I
felt very bitter tand very sad. Military
affairs won't let us speak further. I
got your letter on the way up to the
front and it was a great pleasureeThis
is a/ funny war, When I came out of
my shack this morning after a splen-
did sleep, in spite of gunfire, everything
was as quiet and peaceful as Lorne-
vitle on a Sunday morning in May,
and it was impossible to realize that
over in Woodville and nearer, a relent-
less enemy was ready to hurl death
and terror into the sky, at any moment
Our morning salute towards head-
quarters is usually about ten shells,
high explosives, black merles, and -Jacte
Johnsons, but probably on account of.
Sunday. they omitted them. They didn't
last Sunday, however. The women .pea-
sants of the house in which I sleep
wort to church in the morning in spite
of /the tact tthat it is shelled nearly
levery day and the roof .ilast like a sieve
from shrapnel.
They have becone reckless, like all
do ;after 'a few days, utterly callous
es to anything happening. You never
think that any shell or aullett, will hit
you. They are plowing and sowing in
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the fields fifteen hundred yards behind
the 'trenches with both combatants fir-
ing over their heads-occasionelly one
gets killed, but they go on just the
same. i_ t •
They also soak .us richly for every-
thing we buy. If an article ordinarily
sells for one france-they pay deux
francs and a penny -they ,never for-
get -to addion that penny' in -perfectly
good English. We fare -how superior' to
the enemy.. We have driven hLs aircraft
from the Sky. You *never ,see ca! GermliW
a,eronlame now and ours fly over five -
and six at (a time with perfect impun-
ity It Is a wonderful eight to see . an
aeroplane fired on when in the air. ,You
can see the shells bursting above below
and all round, little white bounds of
smoke thirty or forty in.the air at once
till it seems impossible for it to es-
cape, but it does, and dodging, twisting
slowly and Shooting ahead, but they
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ell Nem to get away -nearly all, -1
It is very mild and springlike here
now anct we are not uncsenfortable in
any Way. 'YOU, WinIld have eeent the Ac-
count -01 In the ,Toronto *seers. It
was about March 10, 11 and 0. It woe;
our first near (flew Of heavy Bathe&
When the story tie toldit will be his-
toric. 'Remember me to sell my' frien.ds.
Ever yours. ' D. A, F.a.
Lifebuoy Soap Is delightfully re-
freshing for bath ot toilet For wash-
ing underclothing It is unequalled,
Cleanses and purifies.
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What is Your DIM?
t(Written Por The Expositor.)
Canadians eat too much meat. They -
are one of the three greatest eneat eat -
leg pecelles In the world, /Australia and
the ;United States being the other two.
Bigh prices for mat are coming. The
emit of food tas Well as its nutritive
value should be considered. Professor
James Long, the eminent British auth-
oeity recently addressed the following
advice to the :War ,Office: "Jam has
three and a half times the energy value
Of 'butter. Revalue lies in its .richness
In sugar -of which 'one-half Its weight
consists -in the minerals present in the
skins of fruits; in its laxative character
and its mechanieal aid to digestion.
The sugar of fruits has a, remarkable
effect on nutrition. Commercial sugar,
if eaten tclo freely, causes irritation,
acidity and other freaks Of indigestion.
The most nutritious and useful varieties.
of jam are those made from plum, aprl-
cat, gooseberry and current, but si mix-
ture of plum and apple stand it the
head ;of the list Jam should not he
considered as a dainty it:tut as an ar-
ticle of food..
Dr. Prank T. Shutt, of iottitwa, Do-
minion Chemist, gives tus the following
authoritative•statement as to the great
Importance of vegetables, especially
fresh or home 'grown. The importance
in -'connection with small gardens In
towns and Cities ,is very ,apparent, and
the subject is -opportune at this -time
of the year. ,It may be that a mall
garden will keen down the doctor',
bills. Dr. Shutt says: "That !many of
the ills that flesh Is heir ,'to arise from
indiscrete:me in diet, is a. fact that
more of us should realize - and the
earlier in life the better. efany of us,
and perhaps this appeals especially to
those -\who live tin the city, eat too
much. (As a result, we- 'get too stout
as life advances and what is still more
serious, an extroardinary strain is put
on certain of the organs of ithe eystem
In naturals effort to get rld of the
waste. Further, we who live more or
less sedentary lives, eat tea muesli meat;
the man who (,kits at a desk sa day
long or stands behind a counter may
work as hardeas the navvy or plough-
man, but it is a different kind of work.
It does not call foe the %same amount of
strong food. There is no necessity to
diet ourselves by formula or to weigh
out 'what we should eat, ibut we ought
eo be (guided do e, certain -extent in
our eating by common sense and the
,knowledge which science furnishes res-
pecting the requirements of the body
for the maintenance of the vital heat.
the development of energy and the re-
pair of tissue, as city :people we might
keep in -better health and live more
cheaply if we would ,eattless meat and
concentrated foods and use More vegee
tables and fruit..And this advice might
especially 'ha emphasized for the sum-
-
mer diet, when -there is not the same
call ,,,for the system I for the stronger
foods. Fresh vegetablee are wholesome,
palatable and productive of good health.
Though In direct form value vegetables
yield a first place to meats, it enust not
be supposed they are -destitute of those
'nutrients which build lup the body; tis-
sue land keep the machinery going. It
would be possible, though not desirable,
to live exclusively on vegetable foods.
AA vegetables and t especially fresh
vegetables, are not to be regarded mere-
ly from the /Standpoint ofmaintenance
-though we assert that /tow -a -days
they ',would make te, very good slowing
On the ground
of economy. Nor need
we urge (their extensive use on ,the
grounds simply that they are appetizing
and furnish' variety to the diet They,
in addition to 'these excellent qualities,
*poses a medical value; they are aids
to digestion and afford that bulk lir
volume to the, food necessary for the
right diatensioh of the alimentary tract.
Many vegetables contain salts -which
are gently laxative, relieving consti-
pation„ that scourge that is the fore --
runner 'of so /many dangerous and not
infrequently fatal, diseases,. And, again,
vegitables, especially these used in sal-
ads, have a special value in tooling the
blood and, are, therefore, most whole -
`some, especially in the summer season.
Fresh vegetables are vastly superior to
those that are wilted from -keeping a
day or two. in succulence, crispness
and palatability. Tobeenjoyed at !their
best, vegetables must be eaten strictly
Ifre*G. i- 1 WA
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Sprint Reminder
of Rheumatism
Raw, damp weather starts the pain
but the trouble,....,„lit in the 1,31;ool.tx
Spring weather is bad for rheumatic
sufferers. The changes from mild to
cold, the raw damp winds start the
aches and twinges, or in the more ex-
treme cases, th.e tertures tb e -trouble
going, Bat it must be borne in mind
at ibis not the weather that causes
rheumatism. The.trouble is rooted in
the blood -the changeable weather
merely starts the pains. The only way
to reach the trouble and to cure it is
through the blood. The poisonous
rheumatic acids mustiae driven out
liniments and rubbing xney give tem- ..
'pa ary relief, but cannot poseibly Mire
the tremble. The suffer is only wash -
leg tune fled money with thin hind of "
treatment and all the Vinotht trouble is
becoming mime deeply roe - harder
to cure. There Is just one speedy cure -
for rheumatism --Dr. Williams'Pink
Pills. They act directly on - the im-
pure, acid -tainted blood. They purify
arid strengthen it and thus root out
the cause of the rheumatism Here -
is a strong proof of the above state-
ments. Mr. J. Routley, eiydney, Main
says : I Was so 'badly crippled- with
rheumatism in my hips and knees that.
I could hardly go about, I began the
use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills which
I took re eadilly for a couple of months
by which tune‘all traces of the trouble -
had diseppeared I can most stron4-
; rheumatic -
sufferers." the Pills to all rheumatr-
gSold'by all medicine *dealers or by
'mail at 00 cants a box or six boxes for
Drfirekl!ie Dr Williams Medicine. .
wile Ontario. '
Many women with disfigured complexions
never seem to think that they need an oefateional cleansing
inside as well as outside. Yet neglect of this internal
bathing shows itself in spotty, and sallow complexions -as
well as in dreadful headaches and biliousness. it's because -
the liver becomes sluggish, and waste matter accumulates
which Nature cannot remove withatit assistance. The best
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