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Home My WebLink AboutPN1917_12_287f asS. P ,... l:o-�c-..a.., :. •', sr.'•x, .- ,. . 7,1470-1-7`% •d: 'c .": ..•y: '1,. « y, ;s.. x - .C."Aai,:-i4'.` .'a..' ' s K IN NE W. H E { ER S ti i VOL. ��XXVIl. - PICSERIN(I, ONT., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1917 14 'u•r:. A•i f SiTaffo*it owl, #9a'rits. 7TH LINE, PIOKERING DUNeARTON i Established_ 76 yearn Baker Heise W J. Turner had a full house on .On Friday afternoon. Dec. 1/, Dr, J. ,i r Ji[edioai L. Hughes. of Toronto, came to Dun- GREENWOOD y Christmas Day. barton and pressnaed the school with T. Garner and Art Farthing were in a beautiful picture, "The Sistine Ma- - �+ QALDWHLLt Y. D. '-8ncceaot ee. Sanders Block •. y Win. i Monday. donna," Parents and friends came to r �' EI -16 tb6lMr. & Beavis. Pao« aK • Wm. Dtzon Is epeadingg the hoUday@ oat. with his parents at Kerkfleld. the school and enjoyed a short but , Ig J. H. and Mrs. Michell and "not- interesting program, given by the _T T, r klS. V. If. CARTWRIGHT, or- ng children. Owing to C�e lateness of sus! of 6r.•6oh0t@Y oaM, 9woas@oe M +� era speat Sunday with H. E. and Jars. �e afternoon train Dr. Hughes was z lo s fs'owi., Psota:�, Ons. ortw>saas gi8'Ou a VictrOla Tnraer. unable to k to the children as to f asa�i a0 b a n. m ata A large aerobes from here attended be wool the ane yersary secular of qhs Whits- have liked. In the eves- r �E. FORSTM D. of O.. Basis- Ing Dr. Hughes addressed a meeting • tared m =bas of %be s6Yetd in �JOIIr home �� vale Baptist Sabbath School. of the Literary Society, telling of con- �°�e yM° ditions in Belgium sod France as he �jj��- �asass•st• isit Wl3 not enjoy the Best NAItKHAIII saw them Ina vialt there sometime •� igmt and C G. ago. Aa Dr. Hughes is' an orator of •�' Q. YoSI27NfON, Y.D., L.R.C.9, A= in your own home, There occurred at 87 Albany aTenue, the flet rank, his address was heartily 11 . nets samDar of rots osi "a e� Toronto. on fiunday last, the death of an t� ssa6 "_ oata:lo tf"°�tfa�t• Insist on a Victor Victrola Yrs, E. A. F. Robinson, a former well enjoyed by all present. i of of misea.oa@, 1Ydiny 11 woo t6atiea to dd6aa6s o>4 •om6a ata for an Idea Pmas Cliffe knows resident of Markham village, « mina «sid6■«. ssoasaam, in her 68th year, The late Yrs. Robin. MONGOLIA Jkst Prises Paid Prices within reach of all. son was a sister of Drs. S. and I. A. )eels{. From V.60 to 62.02. a Freel, of Stouffvtlle. Her hu@bpnd Butchering is all the rage here. - ri orae the late Dr. Wesley Robinson, of The tbreshers are still in our-asigh- I am not buying Buckwheat v Markham, She is survived h one boyhood. this ear '� Ti;. FAREWELL, H.O., BARRIS- y Y Phones 2704 = daughter. The late E. B. Robinson, K. G. and Mr:. •Tarr sprat Surae at '• • 4ni Oonaty Ozawalltoramy,andCoaafj g Uberr wood. _ °mak' .t Soa«, whftbv. ie v B. A., blind graduate of Trinity Uni- y versity and founder of the first school Mise Reta Williams, of Toronto, A large stock of•Bran and Shorts E. CHRISTIAN, Barrister and sto0ville,Outs in Ootario for the blind, was a son. spent Xmas at her home here, of superior gaality on hand4'fa A's Solicitor, Notary Ptblio, ICU. Money to F, J. and Mrs. Fisher. of Malvern,oan. Omoe Brock St. North, Whithy, 961y spent- Sunday with Mrs, R. Tarr. at right prices '�TILLIAM J. BEATON, B. A„ Bar- BASE LINE WEST Rey, Dr. Buotb, of Stouffville, call- >t_. r!' ri■ter, solicitar, Notw7Publis,associated v ed on friends on Saturday afternoon. ,fa practice with Messrs. Byckman, Denison ds J. its �E�L, Claremont The clobin¢ exercises held in S. S. .:Hiss Anderson has gone to her home My brands of Flour for either -roster, Barristers, Toronto to. T Trusts No. 2, Pickerin school on the of near Campbellford to spend the Xmas bread or pastry are un- " `0VNr 85 Bay Btre6t, Toronto. Tele hoax g p ry VNST 9e�. si�iy HOUSEFURNISHINGS noon of Friday, Dec. 21, 1917, was a holidays. excelled for quality Truman and Mre. Gr)ve and chin ► q slit ' decided success. An excellent pro- ■ - Dental - gram, consisting of recitations, div ren, of Ittrigwood, spent Xmus at Jae ` Big Stock, at the lowest prices. logues, solos and choruses, was very, cob Harkey'@. LAKE 1 -3 -7]B -EATON. Delivery free.) ably rendered by the pupils, An In. Melville Turner and sister, Mise i _ Rhea, of Toronto spent the holiday at r Graduate of the Royal cotelee of Dental teresting part of the proceedings was + iler9eona pad University of Toronto. Offke the presentation of a handsome gift their home here. F Z• ��.. r w. M. Pria� e's hardware store, whitey, Call and see, Ind Phone 824, b the pupils to their teacher, Mise Quite a Dumber attended the woad • ce tour■ 9 1 2 : 1 to 5.30. Ind.'phoae 9, y p 1� l phone no. - Haus' Claremont. Lillian A. Hillier. The secretary- sale on Saturday. On account of the tnne Ik• Beat 'a absence overseas. Dr, Cook, treasurer of the school, Mr. E. L. scarcity of coal bidding was brisk. "E A r !t of Tocmto, wdll he in charse, Cha man, very ably addressed the David Smales has engaged with (leo E A eJ TLA E l scholars and sesta and Impressed Corner, of Ringwood, for a year. HeAI ' FRUIT BASKETS �.harmonyp The shingle that has given sans taw}slsii#► `stxlbri. the need of co-operation and is now spending a time at his home existing In the school. A large crowd here. faction for over SO years. Empire G. HAM --Issuer of Marro��a of parents and friends w tnessed the The pupils of the public school held Corrugated Icon with a- $ins by Licenses in the Ooaay 09 Dotaer•. 11 and a quarts, with covers any color proceedings and all went sway well an- entertainment on Friday after- 2 in. corrugation, see it before you �? Pr6kaK�eytu«e' My 1 quart berry boxes pleased and well satisfied. noon. Quite a number of the parents buy other makes. If you are In f�1 POUCHER, Real Estate Aua were present. need of a Cream Separator. Try ix 1. • tfonser, valuator, eallo"or and inwr and ET quart crates. made et vee; _ AUDLEY George and Mrs. Hewitt and family, a Premier for 80 days. Also o! marrwe licenses, Brougham. thin boards. Strong and very light.: Arthur and Mra, Betz and family, gasoline engines from 1189,00 up, and Mrs. Judd and little child, lure. D. - Order earl , as If there is a good crop One day last week as George Pratt See or write me before buying. D HOPPER Issuer county Marriage Howe and Miss y at G, allof Toronto, • Lto6nase In the ooaaty of O0t of lett t there will not be half - went out to his stables to do bis rnoro- 01104 at store and his residence, Claremont. enough packages for., Ing chores, be_ was surprised to Bad spent the holiday at Glen. Bowers'. Bell Phone. the demaad.� one of his borsea missing. Further f'i . J. PrOlI88 Pltllte DB.BEATON TOWNSH'IPOLEBB — investigation showed that his cutter wtflTwwts t . • Conveyancer, Oomminionerfor Weiss ChoppingR and oat rolling every day a@ and horse blankets were alae gone. j amdavita, Accountant Zia. Ifooy to 10aa esus), commencing on Monday Suspecting tbnt the thief would take 'W. S. and Mrs. Major were the e e pre farm �y6r11� Immor of Marrlag6 Lia erg i �tnese" whiie.a Ont, I-V the 23rd of July the outfit to the city. be at once poti- guests of Scarboro friends overCbriet- iekerir�g �airage fled the Toronto police, through local mss, UGH S PL'GH, (ilea Major. Ont. W. O'+ Barnei, Green River Constable Potter, and be himself also Flight Lieut Major and Mies Lydia - n Licensed Aoctioaeer, Extensivebred es�ek- Or Add reee R. R. No. 1. Locust Hill.. went to assist in the search. Accom- Major spent Christmas with friends In All antomobile and Bicycle teles m imparted •red tLor rite fd a anted b detective Montgomery, he Toronto. Sal.. oonduoted aPhoneIn caries for terms p y g repairing promptly and parttenlars• Phone Ind. 2116. ffily proceeded to the: raise stables an -Ware A. E. and Mrs. Major sprat Christ- attended to. • REAL ESTATE...... not long in locating the missing pro- mas with the latter's father, -John { POSTILL, Licensed Auctioneer, perty. Also suspecting who the thief Poucher. of Toronto. .for Oonnet6a of YorY and ostesw. sae � ��, was, further search brought them face D. R, and Mrs. Beaton were the Tires, Oils, (crease and cepa?' _ !Moa sal« -1 all hinds ateenadd to 0n eborNN : _ always on hand. 4011146, Address Green River F. o„ Oat, to face" with their man; who proved to guests of their coo, W m. J. and Mrs. y ��tti��stttt be.Russell Nolan. a married man who Beaton, of Toronto, over Christmas. potter �lltll-e� T T had been in the 'employ of W. H. The Pickering Townships. S, Con- .L+MM = LOv� Guthrie.. He was taken to Whitby vention will he held in Whitevale on Vetorinary Surgeon Five Acres of Land For Bale; and will be tried by police magistrate Tuesday. Jan. 29th, commencing at PICKERING, Out. ;Honor Graduate of the Ontario Vete- Willis this (Thursday) evening. 10 a, m., sbarp rinary College -all planted with good Major and Mrs. Robinson, of Daul- land Graduate of the Veterinary winter fruit, SMOCK ROAD phin, Man., are spending a few moothe p Science Association. with the former's mother, Mrs. M. M, -- ;]list coming into ArebieMcDonaldis noL im Robinson. Their many friends hereWrite"' � !Phone—offlee 1808, residence 890E proving con ratulate them u n their recent bearing. - as his friends would like to see, g upon ,.. CLAREMONT, -0NT1lR10 W. H. Jackson and family visited marriage. u Markham friends on Qhristmas Day. Pte. Ed, (clover, .late of the I18th • '�_'. $_ R: A.'Z+�dORF We V, Richardson. Joseph Hilts has fust moved into the Battalion, has returned from England for -prices' 5 house recently vacated by George after service there. having been found Veterinary Surgeon Bitch physically unfit for the trenches. Ted . - Notary Public, Pickering. did his beat to t to the front. and I !Honor GnAuateof Ontario Veterinary W. A. Jackaoo is spending a few �e On Sarnia College. All calls day or night days here with his parents. prior to did his bit tote full extent of his promptly attended to. The Pickering taking tip" duties with the flying [rower. 'Bell and Independent Pbeoes . ', corps. Cbristmsav i M[se Langlel•, BiBnCe. VigilaaCe CiOIMMitted Wm. and him. Knox and family, o: of Have lege, with MCKERING, - - ONTARIO Wbiteyale, visited the 'former'@ par- Mrs. W , Benton; Miss E - � Bots, Thoma@ A. and Yrs. Knox, on en. of Toronto, with her pareou. r clan save , 4OHN objecto[ChiAssociationGCoOheistmasDay.D. and Mrs. Rogers ; Miss )Maud Yi1• P LIP "I �~ and A '� Yr. and Y». Carey. of Toronto. vis• ler, of Toronto Normal School. wick Che eioas. iced with the latteen fatber^raad her parents. Norman and Mea. Miller; : Son money a 1� `!nII lis ott>tr•ti aril �,- brothers. Y. Fltpatrick mind sons. on John L, Birdie. of Ottawa, with his lOsaras truly saoks eommad- Christ=" Da daughters and other friends. ed meat/ eonstaiatlyer illllmid. oris I@@�eiWd- j with misaryy a>srbsr Pte. Was. P•�e�. of the bas hospi. Avic• • of axwee a ==1"n. W. Toronto, las been spaadiag • few iROtIOMAM QQ HlteR.r in UAL days with his pareake aid otise rola- A"CoE E p0� � �. �gf�e WWA411�, 4M. 1ATM sad friends, Miss K. Fsasby sport 0bristnas s o �`.. m f to asst be ass tram M ft"Mem 9 W. With her mother here. Higlbatt,�lrLaR >t� /fie' esatav as'�sarss`' .- , visas) wfvse ,;.�- 1[l+. Laidlaw is visttiag het daa$Irt• :,IAOIIBT HIIaL cattlelass. Oar,.-�, D. >saaka, 0. IL Palm• ' r We . Pirtseiae. �Ytss L H. Scott visited her �parsats A. T. t$ishaedrra Bobeei I)atoe was a Toronto visitor • • *very last week. at Poterborodaring the holidays. i. R. TWt"?' We j t park. Yrs. Herb Percy spratlast FridayK, F. Yechin. o! Oshawa: spent Viekering 1"essii@d. ssarstary in Toronto. • Christmas with his parents here. - Dick Madill visited Benjamin Out, Mrs, Margaret Philip In visiting bar er on Sunday. sister. Mrs. Dobson,- of Beaverton. �n Phiti-class rigs for ce W. A. Fuller and family @pent their W. J. Bodell spent Qbristmas with ` Day. or night WINTER TERM Christmas in Toronto: O. and Mrs. McGiregor, of Toronto.IN i $cls meets.all t ns Fred Ferrier and Walter Hagerman Frank and Mrs. Gerow and children FROM JAN. 2ND, fregaently visit 'Markham. spent Christmas with W. Moa rove, ". d Teaming promptly attefided to. r5. G. W. Ferrier has retnrned, y � gs after spending a week in Toronto. Bron and Mrs, Fessbyy, of O haws, Agent for Canada Carriage Co. LL�OTT John Nigbewander spent his Christ, Linton. mas with Goo. and Mrs, Peak, mas holidays with his sister Mrs. A. Fligbt-Lieut L. H, Devitt, of the • R. a k, p{c�{»g, Ellis, of Orangeville. Royal Flying Corps, sailed for overseas About your Xmas Shopping Yonge h Charles Ste, Toronto, Mrs. Henry Nighswander, of To- last week, th t of W A Fuller Why not confine Stands to -day before the public ret ton o, was a guea and family recently. t W. J. and Mrs. Devitt spent Christ mas with S.A. and Mrs. Devitt,' of �f0ur purchases with a cissa -cut record for success- Chs.. Blelby, who has been confined Blackstock. , to one Gift for ful work. A training in this school paves the way to bigger and better to the General Hospital, Toronto, for the last five months, has returned Mr. and Mrs. Everest, -of Toronto,whole the of Mr. and Mrs. Gam family "= y positions of responsibility. Arrange home, much itgproved in health. were guests 'now to enter at an early date. J. B. Wilson's sale of shorthorn mage on Christmas. be 1' Thousands will soon be required cattle, which was held on Fridey last, Lieut. F. O. Machin cabled that Buy -a for office positions. Let us train will do it was everything that could be expect- for hundred and Pte. Archie Meebin arrived safely last , + f! ` n A you and we right. Write for ed, Cows sold over two dollars in England week. Matthews {IColnmb�a Graphanola today our Large Cate- I each. Albert Heieey's sale which took YrsM. Matthews, L 'MY i' Christ- ogee. and Mrs. Mo Wall a sips place on Wednesdayof last week, mas with Ed and Mrs. Croker, of To- and make this the happiest Q . , SEE OUR NEW , - . W. J. Elliott, Principal was largely attendeHigh prices ronto, ulnas you have "l i7AWG MAC$INE t were realised and the sale amounted Misses Eva and Minute Hanson, of y _ ^ ^ to about $5000, Toronto.'and Mrs. W. Townsend and ever had. t Don't forget the anniversary of the children, of Kingston, spent Christ - TOOLS SHARPENED ~� Green River Union Sunday School, which will bb held on Sunday and rose here with theft parents, Mr. and We can supply Bmery wheels land We make a @pecialry of orossout saws, Monday, Dec. 90th and $let. On Sun- Mrs. Hanson. ;Uircwdar Saws. All @Les Tools of all kinds. Locks repairedo dayy at 2.30 and 7 p. m„ the Rev, J. W. The apnual school meeting was held . f kept in stock. Rasor-honing a specialty. For a first- WElklnson, of Toronto, will preach at on Wednesday when there was a fair- Cj. w• Liddle, �6 B• Also Emery and Saw Mandrels, if you elass hair trim or an easy shave call both services. On Monday evening a ly large number of rateyayers present, wish to build your own frame.at the East -end Barber Shop, grand Christmas Concert will be held Geo. W. Phillips. who has been a Druggist—Graduate Optiolan-� See our House Furnishings or. all consisting of readings, choruses, �reci- member of the school board for the 4 y �7CT. H. SA�80N kinds. Slightly used Carpets tations, d[alogues and drills. Doors past twelve years, expressed hie in= i Q, N. R, TI -..A Ageet, - r from 16 cent a yard rep. open at T. concert at 8. Admission 10 tention .of retiring and L. Johnston .BROCK ROAD W, J. (i(rRDON PIOKEAING and 16 cents, wu elected is hie stead. 23loelsel'in f, . OSZti='14 : • r � -,.- :��Y �^�rry' t ;.< sy^ted 5 GaS::x,. _.now„ -4, ?� � -set`-i •-. .;m:?.....,.- .. .�..:-.,.,�.�. •�•� .:...... ,... ,r.rse.:..,.:'tv_..y:..... . i ��.:d.- .._-_ - "' �_.:......., �.v.5n'� ,..��.:_ ..,.. ,. .,a�.�s�.. .. ... �_... a......,vc..5. �•er '�-a . •. ''r.:.., .. "�§' �.. _.�a� •':c.., �<.a��ma: ice' - ._ %I _1'717�tn.. 7 51 EA 71Ffl 1 k �7 - FeEra a, Z"', MITI �v : , Z Z ......... refuse with as much assurance as though would be dumped ev six half a century d experience stood be- WCAPINIUROM HUN The cart started off with refuse hind him. "When"the poor girl feet dee d two W stout German sol� an o Ir intoxication she will S diers. piled on top of them. They awaken frofaiobt S4 PRISON CAMP g with find herself caught in her own toll were dumped in a field Won .1Be%twe___ ousins.; and the natural result will follow. the refuse. Having taken plenty of Really, I'm quite sorry for her; .and pepper with them to throw the dogs such a good hand at tennis MAN es 10 she was su HOW A LITTLE FRENCH RE- the* scent, they :were able to R, A -DECLARATION GF -WAR.' too." cape to the Dutdb frontier. Here they "Ism n for -her at all!" burst _-GAINED LIBERTY, not sorry for out Fenella, with that kind of velem- thought they would grapple with a sentry who barred their path, and thus. —tear his soul, ence--which betrays a tension seeking CHAPTER XVI. not be denied,—tearing relief, and with tianigerously, shining Which Bi one at least would be able to make his ',,I SAW all the doings that happen under in order to, save it from suffocating eye5. "I think she is .to -be envied, E;Ktraordinary Ways in eseape� So they fell upon an ext reMe- under the burden of the disappoint-' not pitied. a glorious and Other Prisoners Effected ly• stiff example of a German military mint which had fallen upon it. It mus h as _rind the sun;, and, behold, all is vain, thing to care for anyon as much man who was -standing guard, and dis- 'and a grasping at the wind." I and the Rectory Any Their Escape. Between the chapel that!—beter than thin se in the, -ed that he was nothing more In the same plain -pulpit in which &I covered one of those very small incidents oc Id anal to have the courage to quarter of a century ago John had t fearful than a dummy cut out of the give coated which gain their true 't all up for his'sake. What All over ' the world just at present and dressed in German uniform.' iitroduced, himself to his floFk,l tance only by retrospection. more can love want than. to be put prisoners of war, whether confined in wh 'lie stood once more, not so upright in- 'to th�'Rectory gate field or factory! There were many others . o, escap I They were close to the test?" dark cells or toiling in --deed as .on that long distai. .unday, upon the other side of the road, I *e engaged! ed in all manner of extraordinary —W stooping, and', when, She broke off, grasping her fore- for their captors, secretly ai ith narrow shoulders stool I his M'Donnell passed them, with head with her hand., Were those , concocting schemes -whereby' they 'lways, some by biding 'themselves in bleached' hair tossed back from and 'barely her own words, op had she not heard 'In the holds or even on the decks of vas - his -but with a light upon' one of his brief. salutes their freedom and their high forehead,- -e even turning head. lately upon other lips? The, may regain many men sels, others by passing themselves off his face which had not been there astonishment in the two pairs of homes. The adventures of me I said Alben, blank who already have e-�c-oped from the 2�5,Germahs or peasants of the o&u- ra- fixed upon her scarcely confused', w This was the spot on which his ,By the way, Fenella,'t then. always dropped from, "that reminds me—I haven't cong eyes f Austria pied territories, sometimes even con. natural shyness al%N f Germany and A to -day tulated you yet upon your success in her, since she was only half aware of prison camps o him as drops a cloak. But there was more than a mere a the bear. Duncan has actual- it. would furnish material for "thrillers"-, versing pleasantly with men who were absence taming 1 anddid not recognize strange new ly withdrawn his suit, and all is "Fenella, you have been reading too as varied and as astonishing as any looking for them of self-consciousness: a' stri novels," said Julia severely, escapes which have supplied the mo-, their quarry whein they saw it. Alto- thed over." many our. aggressiveness of demean The smoothed es were no longer the The deep -red blood rushed . to after a long and ominous pause.. "I 'tion picture dramatist. gether it is.a record that makes one mild brown ey of some Fenella's face. shall have in future of As the records of the present strug'=realize how' indefatigable and trium- eyes of a dove, but rather -ally?" she breath- "Leave her alone," interrupted Al - 'fierce bird of . prey, poising to sweep "Oh has he re 11. Oh, Bert, in a voice almost as measured gle have shown over and over againp' pliant ever great odds is. the uncru. sh- lessly-'asked. ,I, am -so glae pon its victim. I scarcely ex- as usual. ';She's a. little overdone,! the prisoner of war who has made up ed spirit of man. no -yes de- how generous he is thought' "And nothing of what my e —1 did not know what to- hope I that is all. It's been rather a. hard his mind to L-scape takes 2 e- Threats of sired'did I deny them. and refused no pected days work wh.,t with that long ses- of danger or discomfort FOREST FIRE PROTEcrio,.N pleasure to my heart." e disturbanee in her voice was so 1 cion Fn cliarfel this morning, and every- death are powerless to turn him from; The words of the preacher -king rang Th at her', thing. 'She wants a' night's rest. starvation cannot ' quell. Ontario Has Largest, Organization on with. that evident that Albert, glancing dis- er, Julia. and don't take his purpose, submission, the horrors of e w - Don't bother h him into subm through the crowded spar surprise, and reading the same I . the Centlnent. penetrating note- which nervous ex- in s, glowing face, was for away the novels from her. She isn't solitary confinement are insufficient to, laltation alone can give. tu.rbarice in her trifle -taken aback. � a baby, after all. Ontario has the largest Sorest fire moment just a break his spirit. - Calling up the hardi-, "And as I gazed upon all the works a M, f ideas, which Ntas I He finished with carelessly smiling organization on the contin- I doings By aro association ( . i hood of the savage and* the resource. protection of my hands, and upon the more instinctive than reasoned, his lips, but eyes Which had harrowed which I have accomplished, behold it r he breaks ent. Last year, At the height of the eyes sought the broad -shouldered fig- ,watchfully in their sockets. fulness of the pioneer, ' fire season, its staff consisted of about was all -vain and grasping at thewind, ng upon the ro through a thousand barriers and -con - sun." ure. fast diminishij .. (To be'dontinued.) and there Nfts"no gain under fine specimen of manhood, certainly quers a thousand difi*ulties. Often he 1,000 men. With the appointment of • His body a little drawn back from He re- dies on the way or is pulled back- to E., J. Zavitz as head- of the foreat ser- -pulpit -wall, upon which his thin hand —even in his Sunday clothes. black punishment and increased tor -1 vice, a new era has begun in the pro -- rested, he paused measuring the con- membered having heard that half the 'NEW IDEA IN SHELL-MAKIN•tion of. the forests of the pro . nee village were secretly ins through, half tee tion eye which seemed in the tura, but again he w vI gregation with e res Act i languishing for Duncan's favors. Per- I Canada Proves That High Explosive starved, wounded, ragged, penniless, against fire. The Forest Fires to challenge contradiction. haps it might be as well to put a stop; been remodelled along modern k. 'You have beard the words before, Shells Can be Made of Basic Steel broken in body, but not in spirit, the has all of you—for they are not . mine, as to those visits to Adam's cottage. Bt t triumphant being in -the world.• lines, a forestry branch, in charge of you know well; they are those � even as he forme'd the thought, Albert 1 An interesting development has tak- M109 technically -trained men has been or - of the 1 smiled at the grotesqueness of his Own ct to steel for -hell . Three Britons Escape. . . man who.perhaps Of all men on earth, The ghost of an idea which en ace with respect -hell- In February, 1917, three . Britons'is- ganized, generous appropriations have P '4ither before or since- had taken the fancy. t i been made by the legislature. whilst n was'' making, which has an important �for a moment had startled bix 1 -i caped from a German prison camp seriously than ing. on conservation. At the beg 1 the co-operation of timber owners has fill of all the i goods of the earth, not to be taken more in of the war, all sheils manufactu- 1, where they had been set to making been further stimulated by the impos- uho had fed his greed with gold, his an other sort of ghost from acid; bricks. They were Robert Bruce, co sippetite with delicate meats, his lust*. any afternoon Fenella sat for R ed in England were made tion of a fire tax to help cover the cost with the beauty of women, his fancy I the Gordon Highlanders; Frederic with every device that could amuse it, to v while upon the :.bore. steel.- - Practically all steel made in . regiment, and or protecting their limits. The Caned- Hawkins, of the Wilts regi As for mechanical equipment, five, Was this, then, really the whole A A Lpm Nothing which his eyes desired did he value of those goods which she had I Canada was baric steel. ' Th r made John Davies"'of the Royal Welsh Fusi- automobile trucks with fire -fighting ,deny them; it is he who says it. And I ian steel manufacturer had neve the end? Behold all is vain and a been taught to prize above everything, i shells. It was not absolutely certain leers- equipment have been provided for dis- grasping at the wind!.- It is vain, sen- whose raises had sounded in her ears, requirements They had several times seen men ever since she could rem--mber any- ;hats they coujd meet the who. had been tryinit to escape shot by tricts. where roads exist. - Some 625 fence of the Pride of Life, spoken by thing? -the of the War Office and changing from the sentries in the brick fields. Some- miles of old trails and portages have one who had tasted it to its dregs, 'ing? An empty lZrasping at n of manufacture of acid to basic pre- been cleared out, 60 miles of new trails and found- but bitterness. in the cup;— -wind! CoUsternation was bor many serious difficulties. times they were, shot without being and portages built, 85 look -out towers by one who had plucked the fruit and' that thought, and yet the consterna-, sented -repderi at.qtber times,, to Zies. tion itself was not all surprise. Al- Col. - Cantley, with whom the first asked to sui 4 acceded to the de- have been erected. 45 mile -4 of tele. in whose molitn -it turned yvhen-tbe prisciner,, it seemed to her' that she must. shrapnel -shell order was placed, made 1 phone line constructed, -and the rermit _partly have expected this, Had not And this' man accounted the wisest most m'and that they should surrender by, man of the old world. abasic steel shrapnel shell that met system of regulating settlerg'. clearing '4 sr "And -we, my broathrei the War holding" up. their ban ' ds, the sentry ftre�'. which . has long ni into whose My �Atterton said something very r Office"requirementm and thus h've been. like it when she asked: " Was ever - nevertheless shot them dead, But de- proved mo eff ee earn these worts of wisdom a demonstrated its practicability. In ef• children,' success such as my success?" and had demonstr spite these examples of what happens five in Quebec, ba.4 been put into called ever. since we were answered herself: -It was not success 1. December, 19,14, Col. Carnegie. Ord- to a. man who - tries to escape and feet with splendid I suits. Altogeth- how do we follow their lesson? Are AdViset to the Imperial Muni- ter, such a reformation ha., bean made we wise enough to learn by another's. at 811—it was failure?" nance it, the three bided theiras a y*ar ago c �elyhave been experience-? Oh, foolish and blind! How strange that her father should tions Board, took to the War Office the doesn't make time and. took their chance when they could s�ar' ch such a sermon just now, She' first -machined shell ever made An - dreamt possible, .-.,We grill not believe in the bitterness KTs ea of people the course thought it was brightest. . -humor in 4P of the cup until we have tasted it our- d beard Of Canada. selves, we grasp at it, we pursue it, whosre lives had been ebinged by such i Later, he was able to convince the. - There is a touch of prim things as a sermon or a book; but the escape of the little French prison- Rant he said the iea:h4,r, "do you breathless, On bleeding feet, over all War Office that high explosive shells t of Germany by -wisp- know the meaning of dispatch?" r this was to be for her one of made of basic steel would - also meet er who got ou obstacles. And when we have reach. Whether those decisive turning -points she was the pedals "Yas. 4m," was ;he ready reply, ed it—we find that we have grasped 'their requirements.. ilion ping himself neatly around piano, a ;-T -me a These mun th0t wind. Rich or poor, high or low, still unable to discern. She had heard Ile found the Then you way give entence us - that' carefully boxed - in tfiat' deaidly thing, the Pride of Life, too, of earthquakes which, by levellin orders 'have tremendously stimulated, of a piano. ing.the word correctly." "Mammy #L the walls of prisons, had set captives the metal and many other industries, !put d is has us all In h49 clutches. For what the Berlin station. Ile succeeded in patch. on 'my Mints," recited x. R a s t us. F,!ibly. is the poor man's envy of the rich but free. Was it possible that she had' notably the recovery of by-products f the. -sides Of its bo Pride of Life? I been living in a until now, and. tram the coke oven planbs... Incid- Opening one co . . I and then he crawled inside. lie bad that morning en e gold e it brings, and of benefit from the standardizing ssome sort the most it seemed to her that l,,e high of the boards o{ foie box solhat g which hrxury in it will enable us - *And some of. us dream only of that the words tally, also, we have derived great had been words of liberation? Al -of ingenuity to hinge on soin 0 it in! es and t tervals in the course. of a nin,� day chain had fallen from her. And methods *and procesi �AZ I.T." - that of c o�trL77c 13-7 i_ Zur revel—forgetter. g the while ;r degree of skill required to p*rocure a g he journey he waq\able to come out' for nastui�ur ered about her, blinking turftlrr.tl:,ods :e+ -ore ease without -work is no ease but now she -' product, that is gauged to within..one'Infuralsi"ch. �veariness, and that the grosser luxury eyes in the new daylight, and'wonder ; P and exercise. where. reo advice anti 1 three -thousandth Part of An' inch air, a ore quickly it palls;_ ing which road to take. Idatoff, a Rusgian-offl- i. swells, the m Lieutenant A THIF ATtNIOTT INGTITUT and that there must come a day --and! She went home at last, dazed, lav - � check -gauged to one ten -thousandth cer, escaped from an Au.�trian war K!T( I I ER. CAN A P,% be it the day of his death. --on which Ing drawn no -practical conclusions' part Of an' -inch. Over 250,000 work- Prison by announcing that be had - a' only rich from her reflections, and seeing no! ers have become skilled in such pro- P him the rich man who has been i Mussulman soul, which inspired mm, blushes to find himself no higher, clearer into the future than she had' such tools X !'cesses and in the, use Qf s - . y is 'that morning when she had sat in i to enter the Turkish army: Thi than the animals. seen "This also .is grasping at the wind! the chapel,, quivering. as though under, and gauges. 'an caritor-;, greatly- pleased his Atisiri any "And some of us again dream only a lash. who• conducted him on a railway jour Had proof been wanting for her, object of giatifying his People of hearing our names in the mouths CHINESE COWS UN.M.ILKABLE. ne� with the of men,,of seeing their backs bend be.' nerves being off their balance, it would, - so desire.- Then Lieutenant A(3,0'01T Make a fore us, 'of revelling in the pomp and have been supplied by her' very,. nly Ea - t Boiled G the-rea,r pliitfGrrii-of the But. if We strange behaviour that evening after, Korean Will -0 fass jumped off Toronto's circumstance of fashion., train and, was heard from no more un- ':B -Line sit down to think we shalt here blush the cold supper which, on Sunda s' , Betier Kept Than Children. again; for who would be honored be- -alone, replaced the orthodox meal. e rejoined his Russian regiment, `..cause for the Walkir House (The House _..chuse rf his gold -bags, or because They were alone in the bow -window Americans Americans who travel, through the Escape in Refuse Cart. - , 0 . " of the c.hance of his birth? ed draming-roorn—the three young A of Plenty) as soon as they arrive in interior' China'greatly miss "Cow's Sergeant Henry Croome, at one time Toronto. . The meals, the service "This also is grasping at the wind! people and after the somewhat Milk and Her Butter,' as a Japanese secretary Of the French Embassy_�at and the home -like appointments severe ecclesiastical discipline of the '. of th3 Vienna, attempted to escape fromi the "All, all is a saying at.the wind s� sign puts it. The people —this 3sy, secular' interest constitute the magnet that draws which has only this life in view, s were enjoying little of either. Mares' atom of time lost in Eternity. It is, their rights, which they could all the Orient use war prison camp at 1%fuen§,ter, West- thein there. Was milk is -old toinvalids efts high price, phalia, and was brought back and 'not here that our satisfaction is to more safely do as the minister Noon Dinner 60c. spending ;because the Chinese believe that it is lashed to a post. But when he 'got .-.-1veningDinner,75,c. -he found. Haw should it be, since it Briding the evening with Adam. is not for- these thiingis that we are 'Well, I'm blowed!" exclaimed Al- a source of great bodily strength.• free again and: had a.red, white and HOUSE made? Our soul -hunger demands bert, lifting his face from the latest But the natives use cows solely for bli stripe painted on his arm to show T11n. WALKEROUSE MIT 'A other food. And what holds back Scotsman. "Just listen to this: draft Purposes, and, having earned her that he was dangerous'he tried again. Toro nto's'Faniou4 1-2,,u I , the hiid that proffers it? The Pride' "'Elopement in high life.—It is con -'living for years in this manner, bossy this time accompanied by an -Friglish TORONTO, CANADA .., c�f Life—only the Pride of Life." fidently affirmed that the Honorable and dignity when Amari- officer. —("That' stands upon her dign To her Rates Rcasonal, ilian Larrington' 'le Iii the chapel not a head moved, and Miss L a demand milk, of her. off They made *the first stage �f their 'N -hat that pretty girl who was staying with cans de Geo. Wright Co., Props scarcely an eyelid blinked. A he -will give it, but not to man jou a refuse cart, bavin'g 9 1 }tate dune over their minister to -day? her mother, Lady Calder, at the Big- spring S journey in into roof interpolated Albert) 'if by any possibility she can avoid it. crawled n the bottofn so that the 4. —for that something had come over. bop's last yea i there are now a few 1.4 ---ed patent to the least obser- 1 —,left her borne or, Wedn,,sdoy night,! In Japan rant. Never had they seen the flame' accompanied. by Mr. George Butt,' American bred cattle, owned by for - within hirii leap so high as this. For, under whose tuition het younger: eigners, that make the native cows minute after mjpute -they -listened, a'brother, the Honorable Edward Lar- look like goats, One of these cows truth the rjngton, had been recently place I little bewildered, for in d, and was imported into Korea by a mission - Pride of Life had as .;mail a place in has since been clandestinely married ary, but he had difficulty in getting the hard-working community as it can, to him. Lady Calder has fallen ill in A his coolie to tend the beast. The ser have in any but th-A of. monks. What, consequence of the shock received. vent Was fresh from his country home; -had they done to deserve this several "Good gracious!" was all Julia could, moriL scourging? they asked them - say, having emerged from her novel' where be had heard little and seen I selves, even while' carried away by in order to listen. After a moment'; less.' He took the cow for an elephant, the current of ardent words, and a earnest reflection she added: "I sup- and fled before her. trifle awed by the fierceness which pose she's mad." in Korea the little native cow is a contrasted so strangely with their pas-' "Either mad or bald; for she can't petted darling that has been indulged tor's usual mild benevolence of utter- seriously mean to remain Mrs. Butt all to such an extent that, incredible as gl He was speaking like -man her life." nre 9'1 it seenis, she refuses to eat grass un - T" shouldn't she mean it. ask. rtes: by personal" hatred, almost Ila suddenly, less it has been boiled. .vindictiveness. That Pride of Life to edo7e'ne It is not unusual in very cold wea- which he shot his Arrows might have "My dear child, because people 1 been an enemy with whom he had a brought up as Miss Larrington has I ther to see a pet cow clothed in a 'deadly score to settle. I been brought up don't shake down into warm covering, and much better led Yet not one among the congregati6n the sort of life which the Mr. Butts and cared for than are the children. guessed that, for the moment, that lead, of imaginary antagonist was clothed in "But if she cares for him enough?" thi flesh of Ronald Macgilvray. John, . "The more she cares for him—that 41V-hy, Tommy, how you- do grolv. himself scarcely guessed it,. H he more passion there is in the 11ye.-., auntie. I think they Water me 'e was 1 is, t - it will fizzle out not preaching at'anybody, nor acting matter—the quicker any reasoned motive, but nurel and the stronger will the reaction be';, too much of Why, I . 'm bathed night and opo those impuls explained the youthful philosopher, mo . rn IT I I upon one of g. A TEENS ATTACK FRENCH E 'POSITIONS, -IN ALSACE AND LORRAINE -Enemy Sustained Severe Losses and Failed to Gain Territory 'in Either Lorraine or in Upper Alsace. 7- A despatch from London' say s--,erful." In the -Lorraine attack, which The long -expected attacks by the Gei- Wai' directed against, the trenches .Mans against the. French lines - in north of Reillions, and which com Alsace-Lorraine were. delivered. on'pletely failed, the Germans left num- Thursday. Although they did not!. erous dead on the ground. In Upper reach the dimensions of a general of - 'Alsace positions south-west of Alt - Pensive, the French War Office de- kir,h were attacked, but met. with no scribes them as "Itterious" and "pow- Success. LEADING MARKETS HOLY CITY SACKED 33roadstuffs BY TURKS Dee. 24-Alanitoba wheat" I Nortne,m, 42.23j; No. L. (to.. $2.20b' 3. 10.. $2.1,L: 'No. 4 wheat. •to 6 tore Port -NI'llitain, including 2ic Fanious T�re'asu're of the Church lax Nianitoba NO of the Holy Sepulchre Stolen. 3 C.W.. 763e; No, I eXLlao feed. 761t. spy -1 feed. 736c. insture Fort willialt. A despatch from Washington, D.C., - Arne-ican corn -No. 3 yellour,,notninal. says- - An official despatch received ontiVio oats -No, 1-1. white 7. to7SV- -.nominal; No. 3. do... iq to 7,e. noininal. here from France says that the Turks "according to treights outside. !before surrendering Jerusalem to the Ontario wheat -New, No. -42-'.12; baois. in store Montreal.' British brutally mistreated Christian Lt. $&-,i) to $3,Sace,,�Aiing priests, carried off the famous treas- to. rreT4htb, outside. ,u, �p Hari,)-Nfalting. 111.29 in, S 1.3-', w:- tire of the Church of the Holy 'S6Pul- eordiiig to frtnghts rjut�:idp, chi -P, valued at millions of dollars, and Hu,"wheat-Si,61) to, $i.56, according celebrated to frpi�gktm uutside sent to Berlin the church's Rye -No. '.1. $1..,S:.according ostensory of brilliants., out"id.. Monsignor Camassei, the Patriarch 31 a W4 mt nt�, In Jute I a I a our To, i e baht. 311 tib; .2n.l. do.. Sii: 'strong oak- !6t Jerusalem, is' said. to have been de - do.. S140.60, Toronto. incident in The Halifax Tragidy. rio tiour- Winter. according to posed from his office. and Father Pic - 89.96. in bags. ' o 5, cordo, an Italia Paryiid-. --Nf ntrenln priest, to have died Toronto: $3.V1 'bulk. seaboard. 'i)rokivt Two sailars,digging- for, bodies, th e one on ;,he left looking for the remains of his wife and twq..phildren which oh A pmeul. from the effects of Turkish brutalities. he finally found. AlWo`ved-Car.lo, dtllN.ered 3T,ritreal The Church of the Holy Sepulchre freightloi. bagm Inciuded-Bran Per t(ni. remained unmolested heretofore $35: utiorts, do,, $40" iniddiings. do.. had 145 to $4-6; good feed flour. po�r bag. 'during. all the centuries of Moslem Hity -No per tti�-. 101.'o.,11 to oc a tion of Jerusalem, do., S 13 to W, track nev% 816 fV We same despatch told of indigna- 'GERMANS GAIN ]TO CROSS ATLANTIC $5,0009000 FOR .Tor.,nto, str.,oY.-ear lots. r, -r ton. 39 to $D,30. tion among Mussulmans of Asia COV11D German' Minor over the action of a UNDER CODER OF FOG IN 1918 HjALIFA1 RELIES 4Souatr7 Produce general in establishing staff head-! 21 H&tPr--CrveLtro-ry, AIldo. D, 1,-, 42f quarters in the great mosque of the "bc,. ctairy. to, 43f o t -. ren I b.. 4 3 to 4 ;City of Aleppo, near the Syrian Succeed in Taking Advance Post Famous French .%viator. Per -'-Dominion Government Appro. per it#, 34 tD-34c. I F:icw---FrP-h x�%thered exxoo, 49 to 40c. border. East of Messines. r Content- priation - For -Sufferers Vtultry-Turkeyv, dressed. ILL 29 Lui. fecting Plans fo 30,-: geose dres*�d. lb...'19 to 21r. A despatch from London says: -1 Whoittalers are, oa.�iry From Explosion. To SL75 far $50.0,00 FOR HALIFAX plated Flight.. -coui,tr-5 di - 1. .. The official report from Field -Marshal -say ral,- , tsps 1�k, f,o b.. =de vw)lntm. SENT BY HONG KONG, A despatch from London says: "The A despatch from Ottawa s: The - vholp000alrr- All- a-Ilins to the rrtuil Hang's headquarters Thursday night. that Jean Government has decided to vote $5.- Arasjo� at tkie r„ Mowing pr:, es iread-: Daily Sketch. of Paris Says. 4,neops-New. laxg-, .93 to 23 twins, Fur- ,reads: -f" cheese, 25 it) .61. A despatch from Ottawa says Navarre. 1he us French airman, 0.00,000 for relief of the Halifax suf- 231 t-�. 23%c, earl The enemy raided one of our posts jarep twin, Z9 to 2461, ther evidences of practical sympath3f now out of the army, is busy perfect- ferers. This includes the appropria- 41 do,,%,. cholrop. AQ tn 41c. Iwith the Halifax sufferers are to hand earl y rhulrsday morning, northzeast�. it plans for a flight across the At -'tion of $1,000,000 already made. An- -rre�. 45 to " 'of Hargicourt, and Thursday after- crpaino,ry prtnix. 46u�. *v!Idm, - 4 4 ' in to The Governor-General has received a noon, under 'Cover of fog, succeeded in; lantic, . The .announcement is made 'nounoc�tment of the Gavernment's in - lb varre will moilt probably set tention was contained in -a statement ...1cablegram from Walter Long, Secre F.irK- Ne.w IdI& I'li ..amonr. 0 to 0 capturing one of our advanced post0hat Na mMuer It - issued"by Sir Robert Borden on Thuj�s -t�irtxxv, 43 to- 44t:� seievt storavr: tary for the Colonies, stating that out to- he ocean -next sum 417 to 4+c. No, I east of Mc"inei, other hostile raid- E)rom�.ol pou Itry-Sprinx oarkimot, 2. Hong Kong had given ten thousand , 0d to approach our�mer. day night, which reader: ing parties attempt million dollars al- -loPd rhlt-i4enm. lb.. 30c� fowl pounds "with expressions of deep � All the preliminary* arrangements - "Including the to 24c. inilk I dorz.. $A to- 111411!�. pathy of the colony in the terrible - lines during the day_ north -cast of 2 tier dis- for the flight have - been -completed.: ready appropriated 4or immediate aid' to lurk -r% .4. ducks, 2-c, M." Armentieres and north of the Menin 24C .aster wbicb.has. befallen them," Rop d, k-ut were driven off by our fire. Navarre will use one of the machines to those who have suffered from the sx-ou'rry-Turkeys -2:5c Sprina The Governor-General has also re- h the* American *expert, Glenn 'retent appalling disaster at -Halifax. ipilip. 26 to- .00c; We captured a few prisoners and alwhic i ceived a cablegram f rqm- the Governor Curtiss, has been working on for some the Government intend to m4e. a to- durAm, Stirinat. 20 to 22( Reese. 18c. A few prisoners were 'IjOn�y---C'0rnb--1,:xtra fine, 16: oz., marbiric gun. 'avarre says will suvocee $3.6o' 11. oz.. $3. No. of British Guiana that the combined, I -on time. N d or tai contribution of -five, million 2. 82 40 to 1112,5( . -ftve thousand taken and many casualties inflicted 5, s- 19 to 19ic. court there has voted the enemy in the course of prtrol en-,Iose.his life in the attempt- As the calamity was the result of per In 110,- 1*41 to 19- fiu'*� Is to "Ac dollars in aid of the sufferers. The _4 c.ond4tions arising out of the war, it tl�" --carlarliAn hand-picked, hush„ 7- . lounters Wednesday night south-east . 7 3 $x� blegram adds: "The o;VBHt- ' 9-ALLIFS TO TAKE SURPLUS lis felt that a special duty rests'upbn IrfiIlzoi led. hand-vicited, 110.bo to �Ca Canibrai. Our own and the enemy greatest of $7. Lima* 1, to CANADIAN FLOUR AND NIEAL. the Government to afford immediate ish Guiana have heard rtMery was active on Thursday. .- (concern of disaster whieb has be -'a the enemy 'aid in. this large? measure." -en Halifa, I x and desir . - A raid attempted by 0 1 1 e to convey last night south-east of Lavende A despatch from Calvary sayst It SmtA;Md +.1 -ata a A i �s, Tito 3j, to fallen do. he,,oy. 26 to 27c. cooked 41 to -their sympathy," rolts. 2" to Zs- breakfast ba, inorth of. Arras) wait rer-Alied by�is learned that the purchasing repr 3, -41c; IDO sentatives of the allied Government A despatch from Kingston, Jamaica, 41 ;FOfll% CRISIS IN t., bawks. plain. 40 to .4. Except for hos UV 3 C 44c. says: The Island Council has voted- Portuguese troop arranged to take all the surplus r,: -f, rnjats»Lonjr , I-ar Macon. -.6 the artillery activity- in. t-he.neighbor.- -have at j A 12 ear bAlle% .24 . i to 21c. lil9,000 for the relief of the sufferers i o' by I to zte ih; cl, hood of Passehendaele, there is noth-. it ur and oatmeal manufacturedJ,ajd- -PUre lArd. tierevo, 2sb to ",4- from the recent hurricane in Jamaica Iready EAT BRITAIN tubs.'Llsl* to 2�otc. pail. 2,,# .; inj� furl hOr to- report" the mills of Sanada, and that a t 'and .91,000 for that of the survivors : C10MP0'jMdiIerc-@m, *-Ib ;n '45Q. ti every mill in the Dominion is Work - !6P : pallt,- 25 to of the Halifax disaster. To Womeri. 'ink to capacity and will continue to do' i . Both Rich and Poor Obliged to Their Excellencies the - Duke and -- I wish I could say something to you so until the war is over. I Montreal Markets -.4s of Devonshire have left on a ing Stand in Line For Necessities. Duchene Stow ro-il. I -,(-c UFLt�� 'N r AVItK11 to make vo,;t reitize 4 -our worth, and. The. Calgary mill,,i, are Wes -rn '*C- 3. 1011v; extra No,, I f-od. ispecial train for Halifax, where they r'ice you ought to' set on flight and day, and the surplUs above A clespatch-from Loncion*i5s�s-: The 9$+:, %�, Z 1,,val whit,, sac, No -3 d0- will visit the hospitals and take stepspthe high p 83. IIo*I,-uXanIt&ba Spitriv wheat ourself: Do you know you are the Canada's requirements apportioned to food question in Britain is rapidly sip- -t* S11,641. seconds, $I 1 10; to -help the sufferers in, the city the Y1 over to proaching a crisis. The fourth winter patonix, fIr one thing in the world the man wants those plants is being turned o strung bak�rs'. 11(1-94)� u�ralght rollers', g+eat disaster. baK-. most of all? He may give his time the purchasing agents for the' allied ,of the war finds. the Public, rice] and 20 ta S5.3, i ROIIPA 11,� lh�,,, 11iliteed-f-Itan. $35, long Of 94) . . and labor and money for other things, Governments by in poor alike, driven to stand for d SEA. 1 �"13 11 ja hot tt� SO to W. Mid lings, :is V� S;6 to 1139. llao,- No, 2. SILK WORM OF THE Lul for. you lie will give his soul. the East. hours to secure daily necessities such pet, too, r-ar lots. $15,50. Cbeest-Fi L as tea, Mutter, margarine and sugar, wes t ec o., 21ir; do.. east-pq,r!x. Spins a: Thread To Fasten* Itself To a of -which the rn�inptest portion is doled Buttrr--Cholc4t crearnorv. 4;0,�, to, 43c; xpennds, 411 to 42t Eklzm'-Fresli. 54 to I Rock. :out to ea:ch customer regardless �f. Sbc145c-; I stock. 410., No, I or actual needs. 2. do., 37 to 3SC. 170taLf,es-Per IjQtL:, 1:;�r I Plenty of warms live in the sea, and the. size of the family lots, $i 9.0 tai I,-, This condition exists in, nearly some of them are very. , beautiful i creatures. Which latter fact -ought to I ne city. -of . the eou�� and -every lar& A -e the Winuipair it is wors in London, wh#re 'be consoling to ourselvoes,Anasmuch as and public'opin- 086tS -r4O 2 C' w: 30r: No. 3 C,%A'--7t;&c: J there are naturalists who contend that situation is so serious a .�� ` �� r r' r. ion has risen to such 'a piteh .that extra N,, I teed, 761!.: No_ I feeul. 13je; tees, 70j,.' B'41 -ley -No. 3 C. IV- :the earliest ancestor of the human f prompt official action to relieve the 4 (" NV - X 1 29 � roj,-o 1 -.1 and rai�c was a m-arine worm, 1 N situation has been promised and will Peps, $I I,-,, Fla"— -!W.C. $3 Ili; j But the so-called "silkworm of the -No 1'-N IL No. 2 . W- vti� � No. 3 C. -W.. $2-Sbil ,:con be forthcoming. isea"-the designation being purely, .7 -4figura . tive and poetical -is a bivalve A % or Vulted States Markets V I 14L D.�,-.. 24 -(:url 3 "mollusk -properly known -as the "pin - yallow. 11.64 to Oats -N-) 3 7 6 V. 1,11Q111. un: I t n;,4,- a. na" and native to the ?Nfedi'terranean VAIN ATTACK White. ;5i.Ef) :7 Brun SV) tco,$41.05k' I that in an A It spins a silk so beautiful 7 lcient'rlaVs the fibre was reserved ex- BY TEUTONS ]Give Stock Ma;rkets elusively for the weIrving of royal gar- `A .11: y -aVY ' 4. . - - I --- , -., -',-.- .- �45 $j I to $12; do., good lit - nlent� 'but'<:h0rs' eattle. k 1 6. 7 t : I' ilk is spLin.by the mollusk to $10.51f to $11) 75; do., Rond, slo.90 lo $14): 111 51 Z Enemy Forcees Repulsed by the .dn.. rnpdlaro, Sa to $4.25;. do., -ornin.m. ftirnisli an anchor -line, by which it an Front. Allies on Itali 8.25 to SS 5-); butoiierq' buils boic,- n 119.:;, . faqten.�; itself to a convenient rock. lj to 111.0; (la.. good hull-�. $S 1 lo, rijOhm,. bulls. $-wiu, to do.. It i, extremely fine and very strong. A despatch from RoMe says. Com. rough buils, $5-i, t9 $6,25: 1) " t' Cleaned dried and psissed through plete tepulse of Wednesday's attack $' to $1": (10, rb dwin', $7.75 In ss, :'-onihs, it is reduced to delicate'th by the Austro -German forces, which reads. $ d, medium was delivered on the Tasson-,Iol Del tockers 2-5 u. $S.75; feeders, to lustrous brownish -yellow hue, A .."JI: , 1f a lust lio: $5.15 $ -5 i i - ., - - , Brenta .and t,-� choi--- V15 10; '-whkb are woven into, gloves, stock- Orso front, between the Br o., (tomil -75 to X50: st), il',g; other articles. A pair of I -the Piave, was announced by the War' ro, infi vred.. $ 90 to jigM $1.1 to 117 t: I ;Ilgs And o S5 To $7.75; yp.,Irliflg�: 1 stockin-,,• of this material to -day costs Office on Thursday. The enemy sof - $12,- to 1i 2f�, lambs, W.'25 to ifered heavy losses. .e ,on to cholf.-, $13"'W t" • rew attempts by the enimy-to cross A hogs, yk- -red. $is: tin --tdi-Al A N 8.2.5: do., f.o.b., $17 M off cars, 3 1 'D DUKE NICHOLAS the •Piave. Vecchia were frustrated. GRAN ti The place where the enemy gained -REAT ARMY America; Potash.* AT HEAD OF A Gto of a foothold, on the, west bank of the The protection of potash ire the, United States is rapidly.increasing, i A despatch from London says: -A if old Piave, and was driven back , to the water's edge, is the nearest point ing h-) figures given out by the 1 despatch to the Exchange Telegraph accord he has approached to Venice -but this United States Geological Survey. The! Company from Hapazanda reports 1 production of 1917, serious menace to it is stated will i'that Kereiisky with an army is now probably he iti excess of 25,000 tons,,, marching against t Moscow, while is not regarded as a sethe city,- as the remaining stretch is t a marsh of lagoons, and the occupied or two and a half times that of 101'6,.' Grand Duke Nicholas has gathered a L t,: -only 10 point is within range of thewgrships jBut this Is per cent. of the great army of Royalists. in the Cao- Oumption � nasus,ff the mouth of the river, average normal yearly cons of the c-0110' •y, Before the war potash 1, sould he b4" ton, but Brazilian Government has decided to When washing white woodwork bought for $40 a d ;le turpentine nto the water an Germany'send the'ijx.be%t units of ther'Brazilian (A a little since !U4 importation from Ge .. � I t" Pul�lii Ledger. it will be a `Feat help. Hold Them Italy: -phi ladelphia _ee&Aod it, has risen to 1450 a ton. Navy to Europoian -waters. 0 - :a7i PV _W T47K, FIX e�. was made known to the world. X090 .4d9ftVV"A*1eW0t8. If her enemies act upon the same'l "1116 ON00 principle -she should be the Inst FOR SALE -11 41'vias, also set of olone-horsesk*hu. Agply to F. Law to object., one. y. Lot 38, B. F, con. Pickering, i .1nd phone Ti6B3te -`607, .9-12 IJO pair you , If.25 if *d in advanai., Card of Thanks -ToOiR SALE—At lot -21. Bass Une.- XPickering. 8 i . . w urs -bred Berkshire aM.N.H. RR. . 14,1T. We wish to'tbank the nelglibaia and At! 8- --" oid' JOHN MURKAR, Proprietor. friends for their many Undoessee ering, shown to us during the sieknoRs and 'VnR, R A TX_ A t, Int. 91. 'RoLAP Uno, death of our dear inotber, the late Bin. X' Pickering, 8' pure-bred Berkshire sucking NOTILS AND .00t4hl1KJNT* J. Beer. • 5 W ks old. D. MacNeil, R. R. No. aoxs.AZ4D We are now at the end of Brougham, Dec. 26th, 1917. "VOR SALE -A Durham cow, third 0 JU calvin due in.a fev days. Geo, West, R. R. - another year, a year full - of great- No. 1, Pickering' Ne events, which will go down the NOTICE TO CAFS UITAS QTRAPED—From". the' Gascoyne Ne gee. While these events,bave kj term, cou, 2, Pickering, 2 5 -year old steers. iL=d _—Umezz Pny information leading to their recovery will be X13 Z:n terrible in their character, rewarded. H. S. Ctarry, Locust Hill. we believe that they WIll1%Ve In the Estate of George. Philip, De- -OR -SALE -Extra finepure bred r &marked effect upon the future ceased. I White Embdengeese for breedingpurposes. world The dark The creditors of George Philip, late They cannot be excelle.1 for quality, ice, $5,•00 .:of ..the days. -ering in the each or $9.00 per pair. F. L. Green, Greenwood. of the Township of Pick 9-11 ...through which hXV6 been pass County of Ontario, Gentleman, de - Ing, we hope may be the dark ceased, who died onror about the 25th noti- ORB Good serviceable horse lyi day of August, 1917,, are hereby 4LE'- d IF ed It years, wilt'iell chomp., Alsoanum- houxe of the dawn which precedes fled to send h} post prepaid or other- aged her o oak barrels, two suitable for ifnegairbia- the brighter hours of the day. All wise deliver to the undersigned execu- role. Apply at the Pickering Bakery 47tt those.- great events in" hiW)ry, -tors or their solicitor on or before e 10th dLiy of January, 1918, their Christ- VOUND-On the sixth concession which have been the stepping fan and surnames, addriesses and _U of Pickering, in . Noyerabtr, a good horse blanket. ner have the same Dy &roving -stones in the march towards description, fUll, particulars of their, Claremont. roperty and paying expenses. -greator freedom, been pre- claim or interest and -the nature of are .0 - n securities. -if any, held by, theru. Im- coded by wars, such as that in mediately after the 10th of January, W M. MAW, LICENSED AUC - which democracy is now engaged, 1918, the- estate of the said George in t, is Counties. All kinds of sales ptly attended Philip, deceased, will be distributed er to Terms reasonalite. Dates Wes may be milder among the parties entitled thereto. Ben and Indepen- 6though in a form much E j�anged at NEWS' Officv. than modern warfare. In enter- having regard only t"he claim of dent phones. Whitby. Ont. 51y -hope that it itrterest of which the executors shall lug a new year we distribu- then have notice and. all others will Ux-ets 5 c,C.5.weddfxL.,,L may brie peace and happiness to be excluded from the said the world. The world was never tion. S. Chapman, Esq., Pickering, so drenched with blood w it has OM at and W. G. Barnee,- Esq., Green TIMB TAB LL,- Pickering StatonG been during the past three years, River, Ont., Executors. T. R. Trains going BOA$ ane as f0liniwC W. J. BicA-fov No. 6, Mi)i 8.08 A M. -but'we hope that!during the com .11 28 Local 2,45 P. X. - may see the end of 11 85 Bay St. Toronto. Is lux year, we -18 BO Local 6.24 P. M. solicitor for the Executors. all wars." We trust that German Trains- going West do@ as follows-- Lo,al 10.27 A. M. No. 29 militarism which has been a men- 27 Local 2.35 P. M. ace , to the world's -peace, may be Sweet to � Ed 7 Mail 7.40 P. M, a Cuoy Bard Lusdm Imseets $ *13andavincluded 'so crushed that it will never rise 6 again. We hope that the Gprman people may felly "realize that war Of am It I thing T Is not a good ng for any nation, -become Itiveis MAKES- and- that they:inay ell `qh3 B_ _F- ep Ful of peace, instead of laboring under delusion_ that has been that false delus -inch a curso to the world. In Far order that They may become im- bued with the democratic spirit which is so essential for the -world's -A JC oft", they must get rid -of those men who have been responsible for the present state of affairs, ;a- and this would Include the Bohan.. isollerna.. We hope that. the ensu - fling year may airing about those C events and those changes that will ODAMrS.06 IASU09 POISM Germany is now showing great a" anidety about bar colonies. Be- I h Sore the war she wap building up a great colonial Empire in which I Re Thexton, Pickering, Ont. she was taking England as her Ideal. But her colonle® are now a gone, and the great problem now is, how to she to get thein 7 back. Her statesmen are now pointinito, a pledge gf.van. by the ;European- nations in which they M axreed to leave her -undisturbed in the possession of the colonise -which she had acquired. - Pledges ITM -given by- nations are*sacred things which under no- circumstances PHONOGRAPH ,should be violated. - The nation that would so -disregard her -honor vAich re"aRy sings, -as to- violate her -sacred treaty, should be banned from all inter. aeoisrse with other nations. Con- -7, sidering the sacredness of treaties a".Wgee, Germany cannot see .'bew any of the other European %nations can suggest for a moment "that bar toldulm should dot be re.;- Aifferent matter when Germany 1E] M -ONtvirned to her. It is evidently a NW Aleregards. bar promises. and pled- "7U a S"rr, ges. - With her It to a, matter of "military necessity," to violate .& actually singe. . It has stood beside Ann& Camm, treaty. - Udder these eircumetan- ese she should not be condemned. Giovanni Zenatello, Guido Ciccolini, Arthur Shi';riolatiid the pledge that. s'he Middleton, Thomas Chalmers and a score of had given to the -other nations of with G the world that she would not ..-other gre4i artists; and has sung duets vlo%W the neutrality of. Belgium. -th6m, and'the n- sung in comparison with them. She ravaged that country with `tier armies, destroyed her cities, hundred The musical critics of more than five and committed the most barbar- n the, columns of their own civilian -newspapers concede i nus crimes against -the population of that unhappy conn- papers,' that it is only by watching the lipsofthe try. She bad. made -a sacred artist standing before" them, that they can tell A promise that'she would never do -whether it is the artist singing or The Now Edison this, but for her, treaties are only singing. scraps of raper," and her solemn pledges were never intended to be -We' almost hope you will- df9bell6ire what we -'kept: - She is Justilled in'*idlating -t r afore and make us prove our insists say—and come o ou all bar treaties, but she statements. You will not be sis1ked"t06uy. We that other nations must keep their We promises,. no. matter what she may Irnerely wish to prove that the Now Edison Re - 4. hexa. She started into do with he Creation of music is &fach t this war with the old principle, �7_ 6*tbsg t the victor belongs the thi war abs .-If sue wins 111 %haps Unic 0&wal OAL _.:wlU igsbg that she retain all torri. Wry eouqu*red, and intentionle la IV R G A rX LD S 0 . .. . .. Chr* tmas Groceriqs and China .7 `'A Splendid Assortment of REASONABLY PRICED -A LARGE STOCK OF ANDY— NUTS-, 17 -RUITS I-' w Mixed Candies 20c lb Now Mized Nuts 25C lb w Naval Orang"..40c a doz Ripe Bananas 804p a, idoz. as Grapes 20c lb Grarpe-Frni" for 25c :7 Anchor Dates 16 cents per lb Chocolates and Bonbons, in Pretty Boxes, 25c to 75c DRRY C101191STMAS AND HAPPY -,NEW YEAR TO, ALL RICHARDS0N , o -kering Hardware ' Store I ...T4ere's, just one place to buy THE. 1900 WASHER—Price $16.00 Fully guaranteed. Free trial given. There's also 4ast one Place to buy LAWS ANI Happy Though Ranges That's Pickering's Hardware Store., I line of stove -pipes, elbows, stove boards, oil heaters,. lanterns. mers—Get your Stock Foods here. hiteinational and Herbageutn. HN S. BALSIDION., a -PICKERING "U SM REAMOFTHEWEST FLOUR Tor Cao WloWam Bread the Flour I flat Ossakes the Broad, WWd" you can't 9*6 blest results from an taferior grade. T%&'Vs wky we resonamd "CREAM OF THE WEST" . _ ..Thebest Bread Mnr on the markeC onarch Pastry --Queen City Blend an splendid 1%um Try them. The-CampbellRmus Mills Co.', _Iw 7 .-Ib THE .00MINION BANK =09 V100010011 me Sam= a I" GAV10.018 09PAWIM49MT now" %ft"y DRANOW. IX.&O"WN PIAL.L, M&N4W. cod Things for ChriStmas :{ -�Choicest of Candies, Nuts, Oranges, Etc., at Prizes that are right good usortment;.df T6ps, Dolls, Books grid B166kis for the little folks, and something g for the older ones ss well have Fine salt in 50 And 100 lb. owks. Coarse Salt is 100 and %W lb. U&s. Dairy Balt in 50. Ib. ackio s. .. -.,x F ,•. ....: er. .: vsw•w..cew,, .y, a. vim,...,. ,,., y�. �,.... .y .i. ..,�. rr•�.�:•. .i- �.w,::•«4..a. ,- . -w.,,T, . a-. r..,. +� '. "�;+. .� . ^'� +...,-. ^t nun x3.-., .-..y'�?,.. r _ +,� &'SC .rM.. -. ,v. r' -;,•k': 'a'k.�'•� o. .'�'�� — ,-"�- ' .. G:f°?; «-.�,�'qr -•'�..+�.. ..;A� .�;�"4�r}-. •W , y `' ... a .. r�:'�... �-.n �. v �., .r y k'�4T•'' �.X• .+r.. i hS'.M�' !�w, M+„ - ..% �}. '.�._ ,'••i :.ic�.."�.M• -�yi " � , -. ., � Rrz@.w..,.+r w,.. ons.:- ..:a'.•n>:-i'�•'••s � ...i•'. -': v. •' .� .r .. t . , =F� ,.,�. r' -•'':�5: � b' i r I.,n,.� \. � � '�P.,: '� ._ .. i:b•.Yi..'yM^"{'" rc CLAAaatoNT The legal action of Mrs, Brodie c- '� 8:'F: and Mrs. Robbins were in against the township of Pickering the city on Saturda has been postponed until January 8. F. enc. ire. l'bbins >Rpent Geo, and Mrs. Lociper'spent the Alsike, Red Clover, Timothy and all Christmas with relativeain Peter- Christmas holiday with their son,' kinds of seeds: ro.Cooper, Frank and Mrs. Cer, of Brook- We are In She market and are prepar. �F C. Madill, o! the Stouftvilie ilII' ed to pay the highest market prices. Tribune spent Christmas with his Mrs. Fred Farmer has been The best equipped cleaning milt :. prilliarent g a here-." spending a few dayys� in Toronto• is the -country. J. H.. and Mrs. Beal spent Christ with her daughter, Ddra. D. John- SeAd ue samples, r communicate with was with J. R. -and Mrs. Thexton,- Ston. us before selling. of Pickering. Take adcaataje of tha best Seed Mark - Miss Florence Forgie, of Toron- daL>c a�T$R' eta ,n the world. to, spent- the Christmas holidays Bell or Independent phone. - at her home here. R�ED�iEBDAY,JAN. 2xD—Auction sale. prompt, efficient and reliable seryice Mr. Turney, of. Streetsville, is of farm'etock, implement@, hay and in handling Seeds guaranteed. it ndin a few days here with furniture at lot 14, con. 6, Pickering, pe R y -the property of Wm. Liscambe, J.•H• DOWNBY'COKPANY ;Mrs. Joshua Bundy. Sale at one. See bills. H. S. Pugh, WHITBY, ONTARIO Chas. Neal, of Trenton, spent A uetioneer. the holiday with his relatives and friends in Claremont. _ T H E - Miss Olive Powell, of Toronto, eit Sunday here with her par- 'BANK +antsnts, Ira and Mrs, Powell. STANDARD 6 Ira arid Mrs. Powell spent Christmas with their daughter, OF CANADA Mrs, Midgeley, of Toronto. _ Mr. and Mrs. Kiudree, of Lon- _--__:'.M=AD OFF= TORONTO ' don, spent Christmas .with their daughter,. Mrs. D. A. Scott. A. 'w, and Mrs. Mc spent 'Your .surplus . earnings in Our Christmas with the latter's dangb- ter, Mrs. Comba, of Toronto.bavin g- IIs ariment earn inter - Dr. Wm. Scott, of the General p ,Hospital, Toronto, is visiting- his - Parents, W. G. and Mrs. Scott. earn ,.,,' est at current rate. s36 t: John eweFor'jie, Wm. GraWhitby ons and PICKERING BRANCH, • Ur. Love were in Whitby on Mon- day attending the Christmas Fair- M. C. ZMgajtNLA]% mow, grana ala at. vmtbr. Mfrs. Geo. W. P. Every and son, Master Frank, of Whitby,- are visiting her sister, Mrs, W. G. Bsott. Miss Muriel Madill, of Stouff- -,vilie, is visiting atshe'homi of her grandparents, J. B. and Mrs, Madill. Mise Janet Young spent the. `. '=holidays with her brother,Mr.- David Young, principal of the ty,gc :.Guelph school Our public school closed on Fri. •day last and no.w -the teachers are enjoying a well-earned holiday at their respective hojaes. _OIla Thos. Gregg, townshipebllector. reports that taxes have coca a in �4� .�r - ,well this year, as comparatively, - -- - 1.Te the Genu. z'm little now remains unpaid. Our merchants have been doing' • s rusniog Christmas Crede this � � a f o. n Q 1 a year. Evidently the people are -. _ -not suffering from hard ttmes. Miss Margaret McLellan. of To - _. _.:routo, to spending her Christmas Avoid disappointment. Refuse irritations. Gulp vacation with her parents, Rev. A, and Mrs. McLellan, at the genuine Columbia Grafonolas and Records bear mThe icy roads following :d -iis uwie nwA. LOOM for it before you buyf i nslid weather have been welcomed by the blacksmiths who are now _ doiop� a rushing business in horse - As .:...• As ]!Iew Years tomes on Tues- day nest, the. Nswe man will Col a snake hos usual weekly trip to Claremont on Monday forenoon ' instead of Tuesday. r At last report John McLellan Grab o was in St. John's. awaiting a con- • - -voyyr and he to probably on the . Atlantis Ocean by this time. We all wish him a .pleasant Toy - Are. Harry Porter has purchased the barbering business from T. P. Shirk and ham rented J. H. .Beal's -sho$torpe, j end will take possession a early in the New Year. POfi fAli' BY The Christmas services in the �► ' ' -Presbyterian church were itreatl77 C W. i �dilp enjoyed by all. Rev. A. MCIAl- C. ' • • �"""""7 ��f tan preached two excellent ser- '--•�-� �^ ' Iroall.ns and the ehoir acquitted 'themselves to the salielaction of Peel's -Shoe- Store' A meeting of the rate-paysre.o! 'the, Till a will be held in the ::Cold .Daps are Coming . Vasouie Ban on Mooday evenin _ next, when the police truetees Now the time to buy your Fall and Winter Footwear. We Wave s will give an aeeeunt of their F� assortment of Rubbers, Overshoes, Felt Boots and r _ . et•wardship for the past yearSlippers, Leggings and Spats. and when nominations will be re- nsived for the position of police See our line of Bisry Day Rork Boots for iron. and boys. Itrustew for the ensuing year. = Albert Geer was painfully in- SCHOOL SNOBS -Your skildren will nevi sehool sheep, and we arse fund on TharedsInst. He win at your serviee with the best show nsade. n the bush fellrng a tree and when it fell it lodged -in another tree causing a limb to break and .J. TE E L -�8c_..S.O 1� -falling struck him on the bsek of. - ' the head He was unconscious for BROCK STREET; — ' - - WHITBY, ONT. _a time and is now confined to his bed although we are glad to know that he is improving nicely. For- tunately Stoel his eon. was with him at the time. The annual Christmas tree and entertainment of the Baptist Sab- bath school which was held on Friday evening lhst'was ..`.host "Surging Out on � 'the Clearance Wave -• successful affair. There -was 'it ! -'very large attendance, the church -. A Few Bargains you cannot afford to miss : - being crowded to the doors.The-chil:Children's Syeater Coats, all size -!C to clean, at .89 the dway they ren deserve perform ds their r Mens heavy shoes, regular.5.00, at ,.. 4.27 variousparts. The entertainment _ 6.00 ^•• 5.29 was one of the best that has been B�9, $•00 2.29 given here for years, Turkish Tooling, regular 26 cents, 4or 19c Repprt of Continuation School We. still have a few `real bargains in Miilinary Dept. - ••for the Fall- term._ Form III - Burnett Jamieson (hon.-), Stewart _ R Q R X 3393 Graham (hon.), Isabel Sargent, ,Jean Evans, Grant Jones, Mabel Lard at i0c. Domestic Sbortnin b Ib is LW'a ll Pare Leaf g, pails, pa Wagg. Form II -Merle Stephen- seedless Raisins, 2 pkgw--for 25c. Pare Malt Vinear, bottle reg 26c., 19c son (hon.), Violet Sargent' (hon.), Campbell's Soaps, 2 for 25s. Cooking Molasses, 2 cans for 26e. Vera Johnston, Mildred Brodie, Stanls Walker. Form I -Mary Saisss►,1arRr tine, 2 cans for •25 seats. _ .. . Forsyth (hon.), Jean Graham Mabel McLellan, Ina Man- - C Ile, ortRGeorge Pegg. Gladys Dolphin,' N e- Q g M E N T E ER t Robert Aawson, Lloyd Joht�stoo, � j ..°"melt% r`'' PICYERING �emeat TUe r'or 8titia e Want Now Tile in & 4, 5 and 8 inch; aad 10, 12 1A _ reliable Agent In Ontario.Coun1 to - self Pelhimee Peeriese Fruit =- and H in -culvert pipes, at old prices if bought before -New Years. Frost will Ornamental Tree@ during Fall and Winter motiths, Good pay, esclualve '• 4– not atiect.thepo, ea _that -tbey cap,be. stared dnrfrpi winter if not Out in this , territory free selling aqui w3dL- ; Ovrr Ef00 Acre. of the choicest Nurs- fall, also a few thousand cement brick for We. ery Stock, including. Nzw varieties,.. Handsome i?^ Whitteyide. The Yards controlled by us. up -to - date selling equipment and a splendid .The Qunadlau-grown stijck to offer custom-.. _ T- ■T�, ��s �// y l a ent o t lipperk ere. We are not jobbers. Write now for agency terms to -f � ` PELHAM NURSERY 08., f� Toronto, Ont. • -^ -•- 'Bus meet@ all Trains -- N. •B. -Catalogue sent on request to First-class Rigs to hire day or a plicante for p agencies or purchasers of Nursery stock. 51-15 all grades, width* and thickness night at lowest prices. . ... Phone 1805. ROOFING Thos. Sanderson & Son, Y =� PROPRIETORS aliment$ I£ CHRISTMAS BARGAINS fi At Last Year's Prices:' PICKERING Men's Sweaters, from $2.00 to $5.00: Reg. $3.00 to $7.00. Of all materials and design DISNEY BR0S,_"4 Men's All Wool - Underwear at $1.25 .epi is stook. It will pay yon to call at oar works and inspect our st+oeti 'w Menf pFleece Lined at 75c. per garment and- obtain prises Don't be misled we do r, Boys' Fleece -lined at 50c. per arment. g•10c. ty wents not employ w o the can, 'end do throw oil the ai,sattl � Women's Medium Heavyat per P oo rn oommiseioa of 10 per cent., which you wfl ,garment. Flannelette Blankets. 12/4, grey or serbainly save -,by soRt4rohraing-from a*. call licited. white at $2.26 per pair. Rubbers at lastyear's prices, WHITBY ftlANITE CO.. No extra charge for disteaes o>li� and Works, Whitby, Ontario I F I /V GOLD Toronto r NORTH CLAREMONT Water, Pure Water ff you are wise you willuse the only Ideal well, drilled by Chas. B. Rice, who is agent for Wind Mills, Gasoline Engines, all kinds of pipe and fittings for water works. Also bath room fu- tures, etc. Everything given careful attention. RICE'S PUMP WO'R.Ka. Home Tel. 5521. W-hitevale. Ont. - The Fruit Store - HAS THE QUALITY Neilson's Chocolates, in balk Malaga Grapes„ Grape Fruit, etc. Don' fargat we are in the market with highest prices for the sod stufa<- shickaus. dusks, rkeys. rabbiw and pigeons. lsese especially wanted faros now till the Now Teas, p NEILSON'S ICE CREAM H. J. MARQUIS ►s +Ont�'io b b r » #g •�, r 1 H � iCgR sl SE �b a� .0 ! ,r. C w . we ion A� it ..-„anis ►r AprIS A � ai O , s a ar . ss � i a.0 tele1 s - C e C C r a as owe .r a nee. • a _ _ �, , •- Now w .. v t .M.ywt>Tr1wr Grain .w ....c. a.+,anteaaitsea.t ChoPPe AND F A1st'NG I ani prepared to do chopping aid eat Making every day is the west except Saturday, at b cents per bag, some stone boats, wagon and binder tongues on hand. . John F. Bayless Greenwood Local Agent Wanted 1. FOR P1.0KEIR UIVG AND DISTRICT — To sell for — "THE OLD RELIABLE FONTHILL NURSERIES" Splendid list of Stock for Fall planting, 1917, and Spring planting, 1918, including many new varieties which we alone control. Bend for ' new llltistrated Catalog, also Agent's Proposition; Hand- some free outfit. F:olus- ive Territory. RADAR" ootrnnsssioN STONB and WELLINGTON, The Fontbiil !(suss A (AA&W10W uerl 10301m, . . QutrARN PIC$ERING BARER' FRUIT CAKE FOR XMAS Orders received now for the best line ever at 45c per lb. A eheaper Cake, but good, at 85d per lb. Wedding Oakes our specialty - Both Phones, H. R.. Money, Pickering f -:- PICKERINO LUMBER YARI?!. f� HARDWOOD FLOORING We can supply hardwood floorin in beech, birch maple. a plain quartered. White and red oak In all grades, width* and thickness wn ROOFING Buy Rubroid Ready Roodng, tis F first ready roofing, made in 18K -. SHINGLES choice 1111. 0. red cedars eWglas�. , W. D. Gordon & Son; PICKERING -'Bell aad Independent phone. rt DISNEY BR0S,_"4 _ Funeral Directoes ', And Embalmers, , - Whitby, Untari�ai Calle anewered promptly sat any flour by motor. rh No extra charge for disteaes We have the finest Hearse and equipment outside Toronto .of Bell Pkoul , day er sight, So. -N { Independent, day, No. U ]!lights and Sundays No. 45 6 COAL and GRAN Hard and ' soft Coal of • the bead .� quality on hand. - # Highest price paid for Barley.- arley;Rye Ryeand Buckwheat deliveredL:1.._'.-.4.` i" 1. at Spink's Mill, Pickering Station Coal Co. Y In VniV there is Strength There- is •a great movement at prey ant forco-operation among the farm ere of Ontario and every farmer fs invited to join. the good work. Attend the meetings of the U. S. O. Club and become better acquaint" x with your neighbor and mutual rs- develop. spent and confidence will Boom for a few orders of twine pets - plaee them with the secretary. as am those getting twine throvnggi the elri from Me. '•- . are asked to get it pprroomptjy Yargtiis or Lorne Pnckrin, , Farmers' - - ,United Club, u1� DUFUNE SAILvri AS 11ORIGINATED IN ' t THE MIDDLE AGES. DOMESTIC, SCIENCE AT HOME _ Twenty -Fourth Less on --Children's Food The Training of w Soldier Means That ' The baby who must depend- upon bers have no place in the stiialI child's \' - $e Will Instantly Obey 'S of Nursing Sisters. 1'The Red Cross nurse went over to him - the bottle - to supply nutriment to diet. ' g maintain needs good care and ,at-! Good home-made bread '.and . pure Orderts. "I will tell you of a nurse I :knew, at once and petted him and took his Writion. - f milk contain the necessary elements y j hand in hers. He- kissed her hand that are of vital importance for the At this stage of the war. no one can in our clearing station in Ypres. 'We That' this, baby "'may thrive, the g and said joyously. Oh, mother, I tr,other should have khe pifysicon successful growth duffing childhood den that the British have borne a will just call her ]Viias Blank, but the prescribe .a fo,.mula that will •agree Thatthe bread contain all the neves-! y l story is true, for. I saw it myself," j need you so much. I knew that you p heav weight in the war; not only the I would come. I am so glad that you with the child- Clea.11iness is a big' sar•y elements of, the wheat, it should I Y• Says . a •major who has just, returned factor: It is impossible to keep lit-; be made from whole wheat meal or little army of 100,000 that saved the from Belgium. have come, mother.' And then her tie b5dies, etothixi and the utensils; flour. *This gives the child the v.alus- world at Mons but -the- -big British �, went to his last sleep holding her ble vitamines that are• contained in, army now standing between the world Miss Blank was quite a commander hand. There. was s smile upon his _ in caber food }sode, too clean. Re -;the wheat. The outer covering of the in her ward, and .site was' very strict and the Huns of. lips, for in his dream world he was ' member that surgical cleanliness is the rain c&ntains valuable -material for and sharp with any of us who dared rice of freedom from, much of baby j bone and teeth structure, The most necessary thing to ruin the ! with his mother. The nurse who had war is discipline, sa s Lieut: -Colonel i to venture in and. talk with her "pati- , llnesses.Know.the source of your milk sup y ents. The wounded soldiers ail ador- played '.the' part' of triother left the Flies, dirt impure milk and •i i I W. A plins, D.S.O., of the" British ward with tears streaming, down her ;- sanitary conditions•are•the enemies of; 1 and also the conditions under, arm --It hard' requires any explan- `� her and she worked hard for them cheeks and that-ni t, after' hours, • _ sanityood Mch it is cared for before itreachesy• y q every moment,.bu, she was rather s ' The baby approaching one year o:d you. Upon receiving milk, if it }s *tion that discipline i the first'and last scold to the rest of us. She had one she sat up and wrote to the mother, must begin to eat solid foods. It is not already -pasteurized;, then paste- of modern war.'" Look at Russia. young patient who had' a wound in his far across the sea, •amd told hex, how urize it at once, then cool and store; Comparatively, unprepared in 1914; ahs lung bravely her troy had given up his life at this period that the mother muetl'in a plB`ee where it will'be free from', was able to defy Germany and, enter g and elle would not allgw anyone,._his first thought of his duty and his use carie- and fore -thought. The de all contaminaticn. Remember that to talk to him nor let them ask him liralicate digestive organs are easily• dis-I. East Prussia, thus giving us valuable last. thought of his mother. ed. It must a s kreeeasil t the milk will spoil very quickly if it is time to prepare. • Yet the moment she.' any questions and make him talk. Curb should be fu a tea i with 'oohs kept in a careless or dirty manner, or, '•One day King George and the "The nurses are constantly called lost her disci Tine she was"unable to that will provide growth of bone, mus- if it is permitted 'to. elan' in a he:.t- p Prince of Wales came to visit the hos- upon to fill the role et mother or e dfs and tissues and also furnish il; ed kitchen. Physicans will tell y ou j prevent an inferior force from over- I pital, and while the king was talking "Cer or of wife or swee'heart, and they with sufficient energy to exercise it; I that thousads of babies die each -year I running the country. with some officers the Prince wander- are called `nursing sisters,' for they o :. bads because of the careless manner in Italy is another example of the vital j ' are like good iisters and are ver which milk fed to them is handled. 'importance ed about it, and as luck would have it g y For growth importance :of discipline. he wept into that ward aftd walked,,much beloved by their patients. Some - For protein is ' necessary., - Always dash, if= possible, under If we have learned -anything in this , times the nurses are happy when they This is found in milk, eggs and cereals; running water, the top of the milk! over and talked with the young for the small child • and in meat, fish, bottle o'. jar, before opening it. When' war it is. that di6cipline and efficiency 1 wounded •spldier•. I can restore a soldier to his family, and peas, beans and lentils, in addition to! once the bottle is open turn a jelly ,are the same thing, If Germany had' "Nurse Blank was'at the other end sometimes a ,family is restored to a the shove mentioned foods, for older,. glass down upon the. top• of the bot-; not had iron discipline we should long of the ward, but suddenly she beard a soldier, as, Was the"case told by a nurse children. Baby receives his energy', tle. This forms a sanitary covering ago ha�.e been in Berlin, and the real- cough from her wounded boy, Like' of ;he volunteer aid detachment. from cereals, bread and butter and that can quickly be removed. on we are' now able to drive Sack the i a torpedo destroyer. she pounced upon I "This nurse' was very much worried milk. The fats in the milk, butter j Do' not give small children cards:: Germans and capture ground, guns, the Prince and, seizing him by the about a wounded young Belgian whom - I 'n and yolk of egg also act as energy- Large quantities of sugar overheat) and prisoners at any time, anywhere ;shoulder, slze.put him out of the ward:. she was nursing. His wounds were giving foods. The juice of an orange j the blood stream and upset the diges- on the western front, " vdhereas Ger- I ., , you mean by coming in ; mending, but he did not seem to ' care Y" ma be given in small amounts to the tion. - It is possitively criminal• to 1 tiffany has not arced a and .ot round What do child under one year. Df - age, a ifh glue pennies t- Lite children and allow g y g here and tall ing to my patient with- to get well. He was sure that his" beneficial results, The value of! them to buv cheap candies of unknown! or won one military success In a 'year, ; out permission -V she scolded'. 'I wife_ and five little ones had been kill - orange juice in the child's- diet ,is of origin. If candy is necessary, make . is, the fAct that our system of discip- � ` „ ed in their home at Liege. He had laxative assured of aA line is better than theirs. i ann n charge here.' He tri, d to aur- g u a ative nsture, The" small child i at home and be a ,.mur an apology, but the indi nt ween such horrible sights that he could t P gy gT� not. get them out of his mind. He from one to three years may have the purity. The An to -Saxon Disci line. nurse had no time to listen to him and x :--pulp of a baked apple and prunes in Plenty of cool drinking . water'. g p a additio_, to the orange juice. should be given to the children, even l Compulsion is purely German,.rushed back to take care' of`her pati-"' could not speak French and it was dif- Children frotri,three to Six years of the smallest baby may be given a,tes-, whereas the discipline of the British—,ant firsrlt for his nurse to.under9tand him, _ - - age mayhave cereals, milk, eggs, fine-, spoonful of water three or four times (it, rather of the" Anglo-Saxon—is that "The Prince of Wales leaked bewild Hut she knew that he loved children ed,ly cfresh agtetabfessand fruits Corn,' Oren ue cast the r;Ifor sao not !tet3's saive kes he of free will. It is absolutely ,volun- wed• for $fid mand then he. join- oment he.explained-'w�indowehwhere he m9g *see the Chit - beans, lse to e ' L ed the King, beans, tomatoes, cabbage and cusum.! water should be' boiled and cooled. tary. " I can only liken it to the. discip- •.I line of the football field, where every how he had been pushed from the ward dren as they passed by on their way j man submits himself willingly to hard they both had a good laugh over it to school.. They were on the ground 'COObIES FOR WAR -TIME. - and the Xing said. She sues right; =floor, arrd the children. would scramble µ 1 j dis+tipline to win the match; and plays 'Cookies, loom large on the house- 2 cups each brown sugar and whole. not for himself but for the -team. -she was doing her duty, and, she is In up on the railings and peep in and wife's horizon just at present forwin-1 wheat flour, -cup shortening, 3 eggs, !obey ing instructions, whether he command there.' smile at him and he would smile back, ter is near at hand and wherever there • > cup milk. _ teaspoons baking poi • • agrees that they are right or not. "'Duty,' That is the gQtchworcj such a pathetic, sad smile. ry v -are children there must be wholesome;, der, 1 teaspoon• -each ground cloves; Fighting men must• submit thei4- with them all, juai es it is 'duty first' "One day a tiny tot herd ..in her nourishing and delicious cookies to •and ground , cinnamon, teaspoon ; setve% in_the same • way to Spartan with the young soldier to the ranks. chubby hand a bunch of flowers, which :cheer their ' oun hearts and lease nutmeg. Sift -the dry 'ingredients to• ; trainin to meet, the' conditions - of. I remember .one day, when the. fir- .she handed to him Through the grating, heir slates g p ether before mixing. Bake in small g ing had been very heavy, a young and he was very happy with the gift. p g modern war—conditions far more. ae Canadian boy was brought in. He was Suddenly the nurse saw a queer look In making -the- weekly aiipplj+ the muffin pens - were than obtained in any war ever - - _ . men at the front should not be for- � Bran Oatmeal Cookies !6070 calor- fought. , If necessary' to the ancient' severely wounded in the head and in come over hia face end he dropped the e batten for the welcome cookies all ies)-2 cups -each rolled oats and Greeks,- if""the Romans, whose 1'egions the leg, but his hand' was gripped flowers, and giving a loud cry he tell a"year round just as much as :hey whole wheat flour, 11/2 cups bran, 1'� conquered the world, needed it, it is tightly- about a -live -Mills bomb, He back upon -his pillow. The nurse did when} they were youngsters at cups browb sugar, -2 tablespoonfuls j infinitely .liana necessary to -day when `was just ready to set it off when he looked out into the narrow street, and ,hopHe with insatiable appetities �►` molasses; °eggs, 1 -yup melted -short millions instead- of thousands are ta,x: had been hit, acrd- he was too weak 'there she haw a grdup of Belgian re- - good scheme is to send the ciekies' ening, 1 cup raisins, 1 teaspoon. each ing the field and when arms have de- to-puIt the trigger or he vrould' have'.€ogees, all huddled together like e } overseas in old baking powder tins 1G. blown. us all to pieces, not -realizing flock of frightened sheep One poor salt and" ciiinarnoni - ti --teaspoon -each , veloped and increased from the simple well sealed they arrive at their des-' soda and _allspice, % teaspoon each' sword and spear to the thousand and" where he was and in his anxiety to woman had fdtrr.littie chitdlen cling-: - ' tination in excellent shape and if the stoves and nutmeg, % cup sweet milk. I one complicated means of'destruction obey orders, ing to. her skirts, while in her arms ak hems how other makes" they a e }n' Mix flour,• bran, roiled eats, salt,lwhich make -up -the modern battle. "So strong'was his sense of dutyshe carried a wee mite wrapped in a- Ing "Linda that mother makes" are good that after.. his del(rium had passed he " ragged shaivL raisin and sugar • -.Them stir in_ the When one thinks of.tthe dispose s of de -the asked for the -bomb. -'I utas told to . "Tire nurse seemed to understand at the -trenches' raisins and add soda dissolved in milk. struction placed et the disposal of the Wholesome, economical axed palat- Stir in melted shortening and add human race one is aghast at the num- fire it.' he cried excitedly, 'but'I don't once, and without any thought of ppengd• next.' and he able --these are the requisites for war- beaten eggs and molasees, Drop on{ber, size and -variety .of. these imple: know what ha order or hospital rules she rushed out tame cookies whether they go overseas well buttered pans Sake in movie.- mauls. Not only do we fight, a,i of pulled with nervous flngers , at the mto the crowded street and, seizing or whether they grure the family table *rely hat oven until brnwn. told, upon the ground, but, we have. bandage on trio hand. ; the st•srted woman by the arm, dire this winter. Fruit ('oolties.(a00$_caloriest—lli weaponw in the air and und.-er the,wa "'h is all right now; you did your dragged her and her brood into the Whote-Wheat :Heal Cookies.—S cups cups each shortening and light brown 1 ter, and• to enable us to co-ordinate duty,' said the nursing "sister quietly. ward. When the woman saw the. soi- i =; -ifine whole-wheat meat, '2 cups bread sugar, � cup whole wheat flour, 1 l and bring under the direction of one 'So go to sleep"Pike a good boy,' 'die. she gave a loud cry and ran to " - "Later his leg was amputated. and his bedside. He said not a word, but floes, 1 cup each brown sugar, short- teaspoon each salt, cream of tartar .eagle brain this arias of maieri or' _ ening and warm water, 2 teaspoons' and vanilla, ?•a' teaspoon baking soda waging war it is absolutely essEntial when he awoke is seemed i have ! opened his arms, and she fell, sobbing, 'balking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, ?r tea-' 1 cu seedless raisins, 2 eggs beaten' That- every unit be perfectly disciplin- gone" bark to jiffs= hasps childhood across the bed.: Then such *'look of R. spoon vanilla. Mix dry ingredients until light. Cream butter and sugar. ed, Whether it be -tie fighting man in days. He was only 2 a mere• slip happiness and peace came over his all together. Then .-rub .in the short- Add the eggs and then the otter in-- the trenches, the gunner, the flying of. a lad—but suddenly he became s" face, for he had found his family. .� ening and add enough warm water and gredientg Use enough whole wheat i man, the transport driver or the thou- little bo a sin and ' he called eu4..) That is what the Red Cross is do- `Oh, mother 3lavoring to make a stiff dough. Roll flour, to make a stiff dough. Roll out ! sands of departments necessary ko ; dear mother, tome here!' i ing to-day—serving humanity"' one-quarter of an inch thick, - Cut in' very thin: Cut in small shaves and ! eed, clothe and -supply - the rnigbty1"--_ "desired shapes, and k%ke in a quick._put on a baking pan. Bale Lor about armies—the first necessity to the body of survivors instantly'Tollowed I Powdered Fuel. oven: ten minutes inquickoven.. smooth working of this^ gigantic ma- him to apparent death. -,q large proportion of Canada', re �'" • When- Discipline Saved the Army. Maple dr Brown Sugar Drop Hermit Cookies (46•,:6 calories) --3 chine is personal discipline of the serves of coal is unsuitable for use in ! Doodles. (3789 calories) -1 cup whole' eggs, 1%,cups each flour and brown humblest man. Through a few yards of bulletskhey-.the ordinary way as locomotive fuel. a� ran, falling into a drain 'w rch the The coals of -Manitoba, r wheat f}yir, 1% cups flour, 1 egg.' sugar, •1 cup each whole wheat flour, What .the Salute %leans, I �Saskatchewan outh_s: shat eyes had disco ered. En- -beaten limit, a! cap each shortening raisins and English gamut meats,_- y. P and portions of Alberta are lignite or ~ • An American asked me the other *bled to get on the flank of the Ger- �.. p p - p � sub -bituminous, high in moisture, and -- = Ger- and sour cream, 'ii' cu each dark' cu huller, 1'teas oon soda, � tea - brown or maple sugar and. chopped! spoon each, of cinnamon and nutmeg.! day why a British officer drew himself mans, they poured a last desperate owing to excessive "sparking," can - raisins, 1,4 cup light brown sugar. i.4; Cream the' butter and sugar and add'up up so stiffly and looked his brother of- volley from close range into the re- j not be used as locomotive fuel be- -teaspoon salf, 1. -teaspoon vanilla. '_Kix' :the "eggs"iwell beaten. ' Sift the soda' flcer full in, the face when he saluted. serves, waiting for the final assault. I cause of their liability to set fires• rI asked him. if he understood what Surprised and thrown into confusion, possibility � ingredients and 'drop by dessert-' in- the flour. add the raisins and � There is a y that pulceriza- spoonfuls on a greased pan and bake; nuts well floured. Roll medium thin. the military salute was. 'He said he these reserves began to retire in dis tion will overa?me the disabilities of _ ucssed it was a, sort of homage. C order, and before. they could be rallied in a hot oven about ten minutes. Cut in any shape desired and Bake in� g B tof fuel, and Mr. W. J. Dick this ype , - Spice Tea Cakeis (•3773 calories' --,quick oven: j explained that he was entirely mistak- fresh forces came up to the -relief of ' mining engineer of the Commission of. _ • _ ._ en. The military salute is a kind of the heroic little band. When the man Masonic sign between soldier, and. sol. who.had saved the army was Called i Conservation, is investigating the THE DECREASING' N1008F i garded as remote.hut now,thrDw•n-open' dier.and. it orighlated in the :Biddle for he proved to be a "drummer boy,! problem and compiling information ie - TIKE to settlement. In 1912, the Beaver) Ages, when only the highest classes and he afterward received the Victoria, specting the use.of powdered coal and Growing Scarcity of Once -,Abundant Indians ' were half stiarved, because, of society were permitted to bear Cross from the hands of the King. i Peat as a fuel for locomotives.planand metal -- Wild Animals. they ,squid not get enough meat to arms. When.knights wore armor they 'The lesson of this incident is not' ars boilers, cement plants and metal- keep them alive, and one band of rode out with the visors of their het- the valor of the drummer boy, but the lurgical purposes. This class of fuel, The moose once ; anged over the t has already been used with economic whole of our northeastern . woods, ; Indians travelled • 150 miles up the t mets down, covering the face. When magnificent discipline of the men !success in a few plants. If it can be Liard river t* hunt moose,' et a; ttvo, knights met it was the custom for which -enabled: them instantly to obey i r )Now, Minnesota i.,;. the only•state_in oven to be a success generally, it sportsman's magazine printed a com-, Ole new or strange knight to raise his 'the order without hesitation or ques-, proven g vl the United States where there are en ;i munic•ation entitled, "Game in the i visor and show his face, the other�,then tion, although they knew it might ;will mean that we can utilize much oagh moose to be killed, and there are low-grade coal that,, heretofore, has not .very many. there. ;, In'the ata e'oP Peace River Country L: nlinl[ited," j doing likewise. If you perform this ; m_ e,an death. j been largely wasted, and will lessen Whipqrhaps thech drew a giow•ing� picture of i motion you will fins} that it is the The best, and nothing' but the best, most thorough swhich ad li:h}i Ad nfor ed game -moose' deer and antelope roaming theIsame ,as that of -the modern -military will win success in this war, and the power from high-grade ever-increasing e coals of eand fuel, _ laws with retard to' moose of an�y `woods in countess numbers. Where salute. That,is why, in our army., a best begins with voluntary disciplinejoil. "state, a close seas. n was put in efl e4,Ad the writer ever see an antelope i man never *lutes unless he has his , by every officer and soldier and visa I roaming the woods? It shows that cap on. It• corresponds ;to.the _.visor by every man, woman and child in the, in 191:5, for 'toe sirnn}e reasbif that over the face. nation., A new electrically lighted egg can there were' loo, many -hirritiws, 'Alon People do not realize the peril con- __ 1 g fronting our -animals:' Unless this discipline is instilled and —�-: dler prints names, dates or, o+her in,.. the southera fi;tmticr of Car acra where; instant obedience becomes second na- A piece of orange rind put in -the; scriptions on eggs with. a,rubber .the country: is brought under de•:elgp-tune, an' incident which ha P P, y hent, and wh: re the 'truio3e once I'nesperienced gardeners will do happened ear- cannister with a cheap grade of tea stamp, as the are inserted into it, - lier in the war would be -impossible. In Will impart to it the- flavor of a bet - roamed -in thousands. yqu will now; well to consult with successful garden- this case a company retiring before ; ter rade• seldom find enough mr,o�e to make it ers - in- the neighborhood. Learn overwhelming forces of the enemv "l'oapitalit.y is one of the first] HIGHEST PRICES PAID Forth while t•1 hunt them, I- is Nvorth what varieties of plants do best with lost, all its -officers and non -commis- Christian duties. T"ie greatest MB while in -New Brunscsiek-, lwcay.;e there .them,.", Some. varieties of vegetables sinned officers in an effort to hold an stranger in the world was He than For POOL RY, CiAFE thea hale brcr. 'baton hl reteete"d. d'o better in certain localities than oth EQGB a PEATHER8 t; y P important bridgehead ;to enable the, came to save it. He never had a, pleas• write for t+arttcutae& h.' They are scarce even in mane nut- er , and this information should be ,rest of the army to retire. Suddenly ! house, as if willing to see what .}los- I F. "IUL= a oo'. lying dis'rct a>, for ins[anco, the-obtained.if Possible before purchasing a young man sprang up and shouted a pitality was. remaining among us."— . i , I p ioaseo*�es >ttarYM. �oatswi Weave Ai••er.�all,;y untiL recently re- j seeds. " — few words of command and the little Oliver ('Toldamith.� j ,... Ww _. •:sh ,yy aw. .m ...,:•Y4..4 ..w�.'....:.,..,....�.i.•'a,cru-,.n.•�^�...:=,w,.1,.;.ac;....:v5.:-�..:,,4«-:,,'.. _Li....4.,.,..G.....n+:;ru' Skkwu,[a",-..n":d:. te".v:• `+,.�"241411r - — ''"a:�i•3`inA id`8, ''��••}a ,,..y y..,..�. r -•m "" mvm:-r,^' .:r:t -.c 'r,,.^ M ,,..�=•n ..�. .,- -�,.---..,�.,.. .r,'; r.- a:f^ .:r «r: s- .r.r,. rc.,� s,+z ter: c. u. a. �. .:3'!:S'ry,* .".. t� ... ..+rrvw ,,...•F-7 ?v 7? ..t �� r, _.r!.- ;c ¢ .:'W;,!!k w-. ..�.' P i•.'c1•s�'`a•4-„i.+0•n-+r.'.''R�r2y�, .. %` .; : - �.. ,��-r•'6'..;.`ei.,c;;•�,•-suss!. t �• ,�..•�u•'r.�•�.,:,�..R. ,�.,,,..7,�.- >a,,.,F^ - ,�..: .:t"�', \, �..r" r...,..x'vs.. .�., - 4 ,. vas, _ • : rw...r., ;, :. •:.,,sir.. ,n.1�.�.v..._ , •:,m� -:.s •..•r:.o+,.� -._ .a ,; :.....e.�.. ;��#su,+:s++:c� a,2'..�. r`,�„�e,.. ..,... an ,•, ,,rte ,...''*P^ . ,. e ,q d .� .: w"�'�'�'p' ^"- ""... :'2��'""" , ' . >L .. a�.�+' 5• _ ':;✓ef :�` - .. - R,. .. ,r . .» ,.. -,'+ .. + .. - '?rot - FAXINE OB FOOD:joinHQ>m0 CANADA'S VORFM SERVICES.the � t�ntigg�Ir JC �► For the w' — >anovement for the CongerVa- Ontario, H.C.. Quebee and New Brulrs- StarvaWn, ATways a Cly it x Small BOY Was, Threatens Fighting Countries. "M Of food. Help t0 pre- wick Ars Abreast of Times. ApE iN C ' ' vent waste by demanding the Ontario has thoroughly reorganized M - 'A f Famine has always been a corollary Its forestry service and put itself on a For awatit `. whole wheat grain in break - of war. Even minor epnflicts have in- par with other up-to-date provinces e+M- fast foods and bread stuffs. p- For 'ten•". variably brought about more or less whose forest .services are under ex- Ing �• —} �— serious want in. the nations engaged• Substitute whole wheat for pert technical direction. .#ew Bruns- For removing l - A R meat and potatoes. wick ib also swinging into Iine. A well- MiM• At the resent time, world famine is For dtsttrfottng p quttlifled forester, Mr. P. Z. baverhiil, The whole wheat grain is the r•frlg•a�t•�!. within measurable distance: The ire- Chas been appointed as the head of the �tnks, otos•t•r mendous waste, coupled with a great MOS perfet�food given forest service and is now making a pn►In•and for aoo 1 decline in, the production of foodstuffs, ' t0. mtall, 111 h r e d d e d survey of its forest resources as a ba-ouser a w i is rapidly depleting available supplies.) sig for laying down permanent lines pf whCRt BISCIiit you have forest policy. In this work, the Com''.', . and if the war continues for a pro-' i" longed period, nothing short of super- the whole wheat grain made mission of Conservation has been as- ct;, sisting the province in an advisory � Mahogany timber primarily is no human efforts can prevent the nations digestible•by steam -cooking, more highly valued in its native coup mss, n our own participating in it from going hungry. edd1ll and baking, try than any,. of o familiar shT capB dish Col Columbia and Quebec h>1`ve , a Millions of the men In Britain, i g British u woods.a The things . which make a. Eve article of the whole I ion been in the forefront of the pro- - France. -and Italy are in the fighting ry h g mahogany costly to the consumer In n and, obviously, cannot be food wheat grain is used including winces that have had an of&cient'tech- i this oountry are the difficulties ea - line, nically qualified forest service. Al- countered in locating, cutting, producers. In normal times, these the outer bran coat which is I though Nova Scotia's. -forests have S, g, and ;t countries. were dependent on other j bringing the timber to market. countries for much of their supplies of so useful in keeping the bow- I been nearly all cut over, an efficient! but now the ape more than els healthy and active. For l forest service would be an investment t s MSaard's Liniment Cnyrs Div$+herla foods uff , Y 1 1 for the pi that would pay for « ever. so:. To outline the situation con- y meal with milk, and fresh itself many times over in cons+ ring - MISCELz_ARSDII_8 cretely: It is estimated that the pro- ; fruits. duction of wheat in the United King-' _ l and utilizing the' forest resources re 1 x N CEft, 7 t' it oitS, t.; X11 5, h.TC + 1 f . C internal and external. "Cured with dour, Belgium, France and Italy this MaCie 111 Canada. maiming. Two-thirds of the land area + ,main by our horne treatment. N'rit f year will fall short by 500,000,000- is better adapted to forest growth us itefore coo lute. vr. ltellrnan �teatcal r Co. Limited. Collingwood, Ont. - bushels -of the pre -near average. It Potatoes-: 'nus Dir . L other use and --should b n to any e should be remembered that in the Say, potato raisers, have you not re -forested.` ! D�O+LI�rT CUT QU'i1 h r s three years before the war these often wished that there were a few ASi-lOeBoll,Cagped countries imported . together about i holes in the bottom of the pails whichOCR%l�' GraD1112tCd Egi'i1�8, I 750,000,000 bushels annually; also, that 1 you use when pickiiig your potatoes, _ Sort. uya fwd Wi dgmii by Hock 03' Bursitis l $an, Dwtand Wind quickly A suit to delight his heart is this war conditions make any marked in- I to lei the dirt sift through? Here relieved by 9turine. Try it to i FOR ona-pf checked worsted. There are crease in production within the next is my scheme, which I think works fine yourEyesandtn8abya8ya !4 0 two styles of sleeve, and knee trou- few years .difficult, if not impossible. for this purpose:' SUR NoSmarOag.JmtEreCes.f"t P v sera. McCall Pattern No. 7406. In 3 1 This deficiency in wheat has its para)- �. I first cut out the bottom of the pail, at Y„ar DntacAautrt'a o: er Mntriaie SeIIIldy mail boo e.r twit . ata rtu sizes, '2 to 6 years: Price, 15 cents, lel in meats and dairy products and then get someone -inch mesh wire net. eye s'c"•'a Tib" 25e F ` �DOy°f '- rr��' will reduce -them and leave no blemishes.. 4' This pattern may be obtained from only the most careful management lain - a round piece six inches larger Ask ltinrtne Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago a Stops lameness promptly. Does not bila-, f l :your local McCall dealer or from the will save the herds of those coun-'. in diameter than the bottom of the ter a remove the sur, and horsy can be a McCall Co., 70 Bond St.,' Toronto-, ries from serious if not ruinous de-.; An investigation is being conducted', worked. 1$2abottledelivered. Book6Htrea. pail. _ Place netting across the pail 1 under the direction of the Food Con- ; ABSORBITNE, 1R., for mankind, the amivesdr - Dept. W. • - pletion. - I bottom and bend the edges up the 'Such a situation car be' mastered sides . :Next get a hoc that will fit titrvller into the poultry situation. A ' onlays for 9 d i 2-1—axi sora, rka $1 a v92 a b vats. * Aila7. m at cad laEed. %%` 1 t Price it and a2 • t we M by two methods only. First, b con � p study is being made of such questions � d,�,u or aw,ced. wad tett r°a mote Y ro..rtsr. - _ 'STUDY AND EXERCISE.- y• Y snug over the netting, rivet it un tight, as the cost of producing eggs and W. F. YOUNG. F. 0. F., 518 Lymans Bldg., Montreal, gas, serving existing resources; Second, by ,and the pail is ready for use. All poultry and of the cost. of feedin - - increasing production. Both th2,e, loose dirt can easily be shaken out,, P Y. g' eEs relsV and Abd.r�lp•, Jr- ve made is CaasiM, pverstudy and lack of exercise j remedies are receiving attention in th_ thus saving time when emptying. aataard's Liniment Cnree Diatomver. CUTICUM make thin bloodless children. Study countries at war, but the shortage of - g �i �� I does not usually hurt a child at school I land, labor and fertilizers presents al- 1. OntarWs wood-workin industries unless the studies encroach on time most insurmountable obstacles to any, use 54 different kinds of wood. On - that ' should be spent in out-of-doors great increase in production in Eu- -onr.lPur� F,rr 15 dRvn in the month of Januar^ tario is a great producer of railway; WHITE exercise. But lack of exercise` and rope. Further, the, shortage of ocean t sv:+a.tiulicrinc with pain of rheumatl-m I ties- more than 5,700,000 were. taken f � overatudy !s a combination that brings going freighters and the rest dig- In the root I vl,d sit kind- of rri• o- g dtt+. but nothing did me Rnr mod. t ,,P 1 out of the forests last year. on E. �'ttua dame@. If your boy or girl tance of Australia from the market I.er=on told me about :atx ►ui+'ts t 1�1. at school is thin and pale, listless and largely eliminates the Commonw,eslth •,day n night, he+�nez inu�ti nirt ttlwaw feei- inattentive, has a _fickle -appetite, is as a source of supply. trig � err ,roux- I tea sou thloo remedy unable to stand still or sit still, you Canada and the United States must, lertlf.ate6ry^a s timeuld thatt %I,u4ou wouldgoolike _ must remember that health is much therefore, in large measure, meet th - - have one. ..f Any time t come to hear more important than education, and (difficulty. In 1915, -slightly more than covid tell thetno:�txutkthl or rrPrn dyt>,m t more time should be given to exercise 39,000,000 acres in Canada were. in Your* troy, FnKE. T t,t•:t'i:"tI.I and recreation. I field crops. In 1916 the area had de- 238 -Rue Ontario Minot, 1lnntreaL See to It at once that the child does creased. by nearly 4,000,000 acres. I` Feb. 14. V01t, Which Itched and Burneda Swelled Enough for Two. No Sleep for Weeks. "Mv finders ail hr+,ke cAn in white yjrtiplea and would crack and +smart that m''.ich that 1 could ttrot overstudy: Beta plenty a3 out -of- Whether or not this decline is due to _ -- t,� 4,� h ��i� ardly koep from scr ' v ,ag. They he to .w S --.• :door exercfae; sleeps ten out of every shortage of labor, it is a serious fall -I --- - - ] _1 and were bre enough twenty-four hours, and --takes a -safe, l Ing off in time of war. If men are This 1learia You! - _ k e Jordan Yfll1Q' '' two. I r:'.er`Ttadarat reliable tonic. like Dr. Williams Pink not available, the labor problem can "Eat less wheat, merit, sugar and I 6oYtnrvrern oresen t.. oaa°tltul. ,e•r for seeks bccauAA I Pills until the color returns to tl%e be, met by a much larger use of women tarsus auric,, that see ausat to so itched and h Im �` fats, to_ save for the Army and. our eat.sata. Many shrewd tarmtrt are ., --icheeks and lips and the. appetite be- on the farms, as well as by the use of ++ e++yln tllgfa btells t astir assn entt- 1 w'ar t Allies, says the Fueled Controller. nos ♦oraale„t tach thaw, e r m the Nra Soy comes normal. For growing children larger and more efficient farm -machin- '.,,Eat �ncie corn. oats and r e raducts, mane l I °ea :hie rotYrra rr,of th. p -_. Y P nrturel In roaaa In the -ralYa ar the and 1 only had to e - . who become pale and thin Dr. Wll- ery. In. Britain, many thousands of fish and poutlry, fruits, vegetables and- a, tnai'tnny° un., of. thank cakes of Cuticura Soap and twto tntir - liams Pink Pills are not only safe but I women have left the cities to work on potatoes, baked, boiled,. and broiled mors trre'.a away. Dirttrnent when I was sled." t5lgne a Mk ne for nuthentle Iniormati.n. yet to most cas@s are the very best tonic .the land; better machinery has been foods." .bealurrry ,r.., At13s Hjlda bianser, 6_ Ingersoll Rde scoured in same .cases b the Gov- • / You PPP ,Prvitdl &"vital to call at 1N vWstuck Unt, that can be taken. These pills build p , 3r This means you, To ask the Caned= n"m kid a„lea. hula° eu:ta no to ftp the blood, strengthen the nerves ernment, by whom it is leased to the p aesonll .P"3 ,ant ane a<tonaJO sYnikla Prevent further trcxll,le b tieing CLM - 1 'tan' people. to eat less of: certain foods _ er oroa,,rta Grown t, ea. unlan Pao1M -' tjlura Shap da?ly Eur the• toilet. and assist nature In keeping pace farmers at reasonable rates. In this coYatn. . jn order that -he soldiers at the front , For Free Samplle Each by Mail ad - with rapid growth. way Britain has greatly increased her, ts, . SMTTLa.'a lodcl. c SystadatrrlaiAp• ma not go short is a matter of in- ta„aP•ri,;es,aroa dress postcard "Cutieura. Dept. A. Y „ 'You can get Dr, Williams Ptnk Pills Iproduetion of foodstuffs, in spite of -.-slosmius G. e. Stas,4s.hs.�.►• ;lloston, Lt'. S .1. S.Id everyw:,e•e- 1hrough -any denier in .medleine, or lly (the tremendous drain that the war hasMen .tense sertousnesa. _ _ mail postpaid at 50 cents a box or six 1 made on the man -power of the conn- ; hoxes for $2.50 from The Dr, W11Hama try. Canada can, and doubtless will, MONEY ORDERS l -t - 'Medicine Co., Brockville, O_ut., - (follow the lead of the motherland. I': Dominion Express Foreign 1'hegnes FOOD DONOARVATION / �F _ are accepted by Field Cashlers and,, - ---T�- _a- _- _ .� Paymasters -!n France for their full rrnt+o-tantinstinra.! «+1n-the-wFLt .—�- d ua r ar r. KE SKIN . Christmas 1917. a velU@. Thele t8 n0 b@tier way an benefit both in Pocket Find In health. tEMONB MA fisc WHITE, SOFT, CLEAR if you ear the i,r.,per Pcunomta Rnd to send money to the boys ,in the -•_ _ h r-PAvIra r:ietho-is i.n the prrparatlot•r ,�� Little Jesus, far away, ! trenches. of the s:aff of'Iife--bread• Can You hear me—wkrat I say q Make thi• beauty lotion for a few a cents and see for yourself, II . ! An Exploded IIelief. 1 T ! Guns are t.41 hund'ring, cannons roar, What girl or woman hasn't heard of E T Even at Your stable door. That stars are visible in the day- ” �� T 1 • lEmotr juice to remove complexion ,time from the bottom of a deep shaft ii ff :•'. '� Seas of blood flow o'er the land; blemishes: to whiten the skin- and to CCinL�Cl� or well has been generally believed ; f ; -Men in Training " 'bring out the roses, the frestineas '.Aristotle but there • 61.2ad :` ' ' Fightin isn't the ons dui .of a. Mountains totter.. as they stand. f,� y the hidden beauty? But lemon juice is not the slightest foundation for the soldier, and exposure to bullets is alone is 'acid, therefore irritating, and idea. - Baron Humboldt, who spent a' � not as eerioua as exposure to all Fields are ' thick with ruined things— 1 f 14,1 i x e �' y shouli be mixed with orchard white ood deal of time in mines himself kinds of weather and dampness: Men, and thrones and broken kings: S .this way, Strain tlrrougli a fine cloth and 4uestioned-miners in va1•ious parts, Rheumatic aches, sore and sti>i `.'Little Jesus, can You rest the juice of two -fresh ]emans into a of the world, found no evidence in sup- is etre gn•at'ntod n exi)o:,e::t of cl,oapor, i muscles, strains and �prains t�cFtil- q bottle COntalning about three ounces- bett-r, cl+anrr, digestible, home-n:ad; blains and neuralgia, allars:tSllbres ('here upon Your Mothers breast . port of this belief, and it has since ,.bread. of orchard white, then shake well and ' been thoroughly exploded, but like all '' cut i'our ha.ker's bill in half, Find, eft- j . of the soldier, and the relief for all - you have a whole quarter pint of. skin �+ urinate yt:+ur doctor's accoutu. thea pains and aches is Slant's . hn the heavens -shines Your 'star= other exploded ideas it. flourishes Sate your mr-ney, and buy gov,rrnment ! Liniment., C1eaa and eoavenieat to 1? and complexion lotion at about ' the :: • All the world is red with war, just as vigorously as every. a Sold ods, carry or risco does not stain. and e • a Cost oris usually pays for a small jar Sold by your local dealer, or ttta> be )ordered direct from uv or :sur agents, � penetzntca without rubbing. Little Jesus, come again of ordinary cold cream. Se sure to Geaaron,aizedbOiilM ac ail dntai.es, 1[iaard ■ Llntmeat Corea Garnet in Cow• delivered, all charges psi s. 256 5tk $I." strain the lemon juice so no pulp gets Four loaf size .... $2.75 each To. the,broken hearts. -of men. _ y g Eight loaf size ... , 3.25 each' I s Into the bottle, then this lotion'will re- I 1�'omen are alwa nein asked to; • In Your stable far away' main pure and fresh for months. When make sacrifices; that is why they re- The principle o. saving and ec�nrmy applied daily to the face, neck, arms ; spond so quickly in wartime. It as Practiced by users of the "Canuck•• f;an You.hear me—what F say? and hands -it should help to bleach, surely is time now to begin harping wiU erentt5a11y win the war. 1 w ! ( E. T. WRIGHT CO., LIMITED clear, smoothen and beautif the skin. on the' duty 'of men in the matter of. How to ask I do not know; Y I HAMILTON, - CANADA Only, Jesus, heed our woe! . Any druggist will stippiy three personal sacrifices. ounces of orchard ,white at very little this world of shattered men cost and the grocer has the lemons. Fully one third of the land in s Take , - Mach inery, For �a1e ,,,A bake and make it right again. - - Great Britain is owned by members of b --Cecile Joyce Keenan Safety First Hints.: the House of Lords. r O Some safety ,hints for the wise, Scrap Metal on'the Farm. which are intended to guard against 1 WHEELOCK ENGINE, 18x42. =; r senohs accidents and a possible loss Naw Automatic Valve T e, Com 1 pp y p p i Farmers may not realize that they y ' ' YP p etc with su I and exhaust i In ♦ of lift, are being sent out broadcast ! _. 200 cash for immediate sale. =-pare unpatriotic if they -are not selling' - flywheel, eke. W111 accept 51, eltheir worn-out machinery and imple- by i1le electric light.companies. From menta. ' Large quantities of iron and them may be selected the following: 1 ELECTRIC GENERATOR, 30 H.�., 110-120 Volts D.C. steel are needed , for guns, shells, Do not cover an electric globe with 1 Will accept $426 cash for Immodiste sa air )bridges; and other war purposes. Paper or cloth. It may start a fire. m tlThere. are many farms on which a Do not hang an ordinary lamp cord 1 LARGE LEATHER BELT. Double, Endless. 24,11neh x`70 fi good deal of junk is to be found. High- over a nail or metal work. Do not .Will accept $300 for Immediate sale, although belt Is In excefient t» t leave a cord connected when you are n dltlon and now one Would cost about $600. er prices are being paid for scrap through, with It. Do not touch any Metal than, formerly, but, in order to wire that is down on -the ground, whe- g f PULLEYS, Large size. gaveunnecessary expense in getting the- it is an electric, telephone or guy -� it to the foundries, neighboring farm- 26x60--;50; 12x60••--520 = 12%sx48--d12 j 12x38—is. ars might co-operate and make one wire. . In an emergency, remove a a - ;:hauling do instead of several, Wire with an instrument equipped Z BLOWERS 03i FANS, Buffalo make. with •a wooden handle, keeping the One 10 Inch, other 14 Inch diaoharge� -"0 each, ' 1 full length of the handle between .3 THE P SEA ESTATES CORPORATION LTD. When -you have a little of this and yourself and the wire. f a little. of that kind of fru it make a- $0 Front St. West, TOrOnt� i steamed fruit pudding. Kinard's Lialmaat gum Colds. ao, ED. 7. ISSUE 5?r-'17. •�• a Y:rtF. >+.•«tiG- :.Y.}d.[d'w5:' C�•.Y:.s' z.b2r^' _ , . .a .,'. •... - - r_ aa..e.uSrttatY•t;., j. '1•' .NL.`b-._e.a.G..n •.n a, +stfe•�e -a '_ �;::i r_,•. -.,,_...« •.c .. �. _.' :-.tea 7 W, Z, 77,- -The services 'in St. Andrew's —Fred Bunting. of Toronto, Piz.. LOCALIRMS, - ch Sunday will bq appro. t Obtr6twit8 bore, with is _�rch 6p "A prIb to for the New Year. sisters, Misses B. and I. Bunting Mariposa.being New Years, Dr. Henry had ed to the city on " Wednesday, his Smith Clark spent.Christmas —On amount of Tuesdav next —Bandsman Allan Clark return- -We wish all our readers a postponed his usual trip to Picker. leave of absence having expired. ��' •"'in, "Na New Year, Ing until Tuesday,8th. —John Marsh, of Toronto, spent y !Ars. Varty is spending a week —The ratepayers of the village Christ man Day here. with his fath. _.:With her ' son In Toronto. will meet Im the Town Hall next er, Rev. Dr. Marsh, at the manse. 7- S. Balsdon hada business Monday evening at 7 o'clock for —J. B. and Mrs. Horn, of Peter. 22 -anges 40 and 50c. -st, to the city on Wednesday. the papp" of nominating candl- born, spent the boliday'with Mrs. O� P _m_i Fen H. Bnndy im0bristmas dates to Oil the position of police Horn's parents, W. G. and Mrs. IDitywith friends a. the city. trustees. Ham. —First-class potatoes at Rich- —Wewish to remind our sub- —Miss Minnie—Rankin, of the Mixed Nuts 23c. per ardson's grocery at 12.40 a bag. * scribe that the subscription teaching staff of the Canada Bust. —Mine IL A. Crop , of Hunts- price a the Nzwe to now $1.26 a new College, Toronto, is spending Mlle, In holidaying at hec home year, and has been that for the her holidays at -the home of her�ias mixedCaEkdy 3-0-r-- lb past twelve months. This remind. mother here. —F. W. and Mrs. Hicks spent or- is given bemuse several have the holiday, with friends in Wes -remitted only one dollthe for. C itRRYWOO ..toot Out. mer price. They evidently had -Inglath Me- th es, of e home of Mr. Taylor, 0� —Miss Jennie Gllhuly, of Toron. not timid the notice regarding the William J Picke i3g, was the o, spent a few days with her moth. increased f- sce a h t rate which came into e n of & happy. gath ring on Do - .2" or here. feet last New Years. comber 19th, about forty of his —Fr—Frank Brien is spending a few —Pursuant To the Statutes, the * ra enA a saw relative. celebrated an days with friends and relatives in electors of the Township Of. pick. 94th birthday. The home was pest - tilt' decorated with Bags. maple leaves Pick rl ening will most at Brougham On and holly. and &-very p1psent evenin ad Mrs. Zimmerman KOnday next at One O'eloc for the was sp#nt in music, readings ang Apent Christmas day with friends purpose. of nominating candidates speeches. Mr. Taylor was able to poll Toronto. for the position Of reeve, first- his vote and takes a lively interest In "As holidaying at the home of her the ensuing year. Should more —Miss Coils Every, of Welland, deputy reeve ands councillors A Me for all the questions of the day. mother- here. candidates be nominated than Extensive Credit Sale of "yt —Mrs. James Taylor, Of Cherrv- necessary, elections will be held o M M wood; visited with Mrs. Rankin, the following Monday. n Splendid Farm Stock I —Remember the entertainment Implements, Etc. .i�aS —W. J. Calvert, of Toronto, this (Friday) evening In St. An- e= on Thursday last. y spent Cbriqtwae at the home of stew's church, under the auspices IThe property of, his parentsbere. ofthe Sabbath school. The pro- Xin==)l 33Tj,1.,T==M toa�fl spent—Rnpert Allaway, of Wbitby, gram which will consist of lime- At his premises spent Christmas day with J. R. light views, will- be given by Rev. - and -Mrs. Thexton. Dr, Marsh. There will be no ad. Lot 23, Conces3ion 7, Pickering —Born—In Omemee, on Sunday, mission fee, but a collection will Dec. 28rd, to C. L. sad Mrs. Mor. be taken in aid of the Halifax Thursday, December 27, 1917 :combs, a daughter. sufferers and donations of old or y perty, new clothing will also be ac The following pro. namely Mrs. Goo. A. Gordon, of Tor- cept- onto, spent over Sunday here with able. E10MAS I . . . -1 1. 1 .. �. - . ..:: 1. - I- - r- B Forward, reg, VyriF 7 Mrs. Rankin has received fu mare, Dolly F her father, R. Barrett. supposed to be in foal, bred by Barn F? —Our merchants state that their therword from the hospital in old,Barn tamlt. Brown mare. Fancy 'Christmas trade this year has England in which her son, Pte. R. Santa Clau*s'Hea'oquafters for Maud. reg., rising 8 years old, sired by --been the best for years, Rankin, Is receiving treatment Royal Baron. Brown filly, MayBlos- -Fred Clark. of sinteltita for shell-ohnek. The letter states aom, reg., rising I year old, sired b Sarsk., is visiting his mother, Mrs: that It was a very severe case and Lbrd Gleniffer. Team of let black on. Clark, of Church St. that Pte. Rankin was tanconscious, French borees.' I%y miLre, 5 yrs old, Toys,' Stabionery, Chmaware., —Thos. and Mrs. Douglas Grey bone, 10years ea old. Bay horse, and for five hours after being shell- rising 4 re old. Black horse, rising family. of Toronto, spent the bol- shocked, and five doetors spent considerable time over him before 3 12.1 Black borite, rising 2 vre Christmas Cards, Fanc�AZOOCLSV .4day with Mrs. A Burrell. IZ7 `Bay hosse, rising 3 yre old. Bay —C. W. and Mrs. Liddle, and he was brought back to conscious. h,rse. rising 2 years old. Chestnut Master Jack, orent Christmas day nes.l. We hope that he may soon horse, driver, rising 4 yrs old. Year. 'With relatives a Toronto. onfficiently recover as to be able ling horse colt. 2 Ponies. Jin fact e'verything one to return to Canada. CATTLE All Library tk�- expire on Dec. 81 st, Readers must return —The coal situation throughout. Red cow, 7 yrn old. due Feb 22; Grey the whole country is cow, v COW. book and mairazloes by that date. .4yroGId. dueFeb4-. Gre could fancy 9 becoming p —Miss Mabel Calvert, of ConqrL. more Perions. Apparently, there 4 yre old. due Aril 27 ;Red cow. 6 • Icon,, is spending her vacation with is 130 coal 10 sigh't, and dealer yre old. due April 27. Grey cow. 4 yrs dealers due May 28: Durham bull IS her parents, B. G. and Mrs. Cal. can make no statement that is at .,months old; 1) Heifers, 5 Steer;. tus' a V SHEEP AND PIGS Brood me S eC H A P M A N all encouraging. There are —Gordon and Mrs, Law spent bouseholds without a pound of 25 Reg. Cotswold owes ; Bod York. 7 the holiday with the former' 8 pa. coal in their bine; and In a few hire sow, bred in Oct,: 4 Brood York - 'rents. John W. and Mrs. Law, of weeks; unless the situation is re- shire sows, bred in Dec.: Brood Berk- Toronto. lieved, there will be many more in shire sow, bred In Oct.; Reg, Berkshire Do your ChristinasShopping ear y —John. Wm,. Ed. and Miss Mag. the name poRition.' and with the boar ; 20 Shoats. Only fourteen shopping days till Christmas, *a buy earl and get . best choice. Gormley, -spent Christmas Da hardest part of the winter before :'13EPLEMENTS. ETC. . . We are prepared with a full line of ut to d td useful fancy articles.a. brother, Robert Gc,;y us, there will be many hftrdahips DeeringM-H.: Side In Genta' D L—Sbeaters, so%, boots, shoes, rubbers, shirts, caps, mufflers, binder; Mower, 10 ,;�Jtby• to endure. Unless the govern- delivery rake.'International . Plough. eoll.... Xr;. armlets, garters, hdkfa, umbrellas. �azors. sharing brushes, and Mrs. - Findlay and meat adopts drastic measures to - Frost Wood : Verity plow, No. 4. stationery; etc, Verity plow, No. 21 21 ;Perrin plow. DS adequate supply there 2-fu"ow ; Set of harrows ; Scuffier ; underwear, Collars with L A In Ladles' Dept—Sweaters. boots, shoes' rubbers. Ler, Mi4s Nina, of 'Toron to' ensure spent Christmas Day with the for. will be"ibueb suffering. Fanning mill ; Emery grindstone. jabot, bdkfa, gloves, ferfumes, hosiery, chin&, stationery, c" and scarfs —Mz;. Rowe, who hag been grin- Disc harrow -imer's parents here. 2 Wagons, one of which to watch7fancy linens, crochet doilies, eta. —Miss Laura Andrew. of the cIPAI of Pickering public school is new; Set of trucks, Set of beho ; For the Kiddies; --Boots, shoes, rubbers. caps, mufflers. underwear. hdkfs. Toronto Normal School is spending since the sammir vacation left Road wagon; Trotting sulkey , Bay mitts. gloves, tops, books, dolls, games and numerous other articles,1LOur her Christmas vacation at the for his home in Bloomfield on Fri. rack: Bay car. Incubator and brood- dopa are specially fine. ranging In price from 13 cents to &26 each. 'home of her parents. 1-_- day. It to with deep regret that er. Peerless ; 8 Bee hives 2 Milk cans —Mr. and Mm. Meana rd, of But the section loses the services of Parlor cook stove, nearly new ; Drum -DUNBARTON and various other articles too numer- G. A. GILLESPIE, Palo, spent a few days here with Mr. Rowe. Since coming to Pick - on@ to mention. -ithe hatter's father, Rev. Dr. ering be has met with great suc- Marsh. at the manse. cess and has won the confidence An Mr. Bunker's terra of lease has expired, everything listed will positi- Happy "Ilwught"l —W. V. and Mrs. Richardson and respect of all his pupils. The vely be sold. o Intra. Lewis and Miss Louiss, Rich. inspector. Mr. Hutchison, in his BALL 12.30 O'CL.00K. SHARP -ardson spent Cbristmas with their report, testifies to the great pro- Rangi. since Tarots—All sums of $10.00 and under, ,-sister, Mn. Rorke, of Weston green made by the school —Wm. and Mrs. Wilson, ac- Mr. Rowe took charge. Owing to cash ; over that amount 9 months empanied by Miss Myrtle, s receiving a good' offer in another credit will be given to parties furn- 6 per These stoves are &Anoirle4goa vocation he has given up the ishingapproved joint notes. Oe holiday with their daughter. rd. teaching profession. cant, per annum allowed for cash. to be the beat sWves • If=. Lockwood, of Liskeard. •--Quite a large number from —While James and Mrs. Rich. WIL HAW, oa tke market -ifte village and the surrou rdeact- and—family- were driving John Scott, Clerk. Auctioneer uding a darr country attended the Christmas down to I& Squirm . on the lake 00 VUAIW flair at Whitby on Monday. shore on Christmas Day. the cut- Splendid Imakerat saW on fed and R. and Mrs. Beal, of Clam ter upset when it came across a haadw" in d6iigu. ummt. and A. J. and Mm. Chand. 11641P Of saltb which had been ler, of Toronto, spent Christmas thrown to the side a! the road b# 'OAK and sime our "a s6s& with J. IL and Mrs. Thexton. the read -scraper, -K BUNDY4 bridge. All tJoust Womatutostwtehre %&T. Mr. and Km Farnsworth J41 ewbarth, were bore Wt week thrown out, bet fortunately none MAIMS In eountsedon with the sale of the were injured. Ttk* shafts were offwts of the Hartrick estate. torn away from the catter and the Dsersas —Buy your Library ticket early horse started off at a furious rate in January and got the fall worth until he reached IF. Harsts, where ed money. One year, 500ts., he was faughL The animal M ROM AM BLANKMJ calved a few scratch" on his lop, additional tickets, 25 oto. each, FOR WINTER —Rev. Mr. and Mm McLauch. but otherwise was uninjured. no, of Pontypool, have been here —One of the first act@ of the Call In and see 'them spending a few days with the lat- Union Government, s%ce they A 801609" per's parents, Rev. J. and Mrs. have found " that the codbtry was Manufactur'er of Harness and Collars. Fall supply of Down, at the parsonage. behind them in ever Horse Goods on hand. would tend to win the war, was 7 V_ welb10066 Mr. and Mrq. Glover, of Spring everything that nlvmldlft� NowJWk field, Man.. 'spent the Christmas the passing of a measure which is lihee'i�epairfng neatly done. Prices reisonable. holiday with the latter's parents, practically a prohibitory law. The W, G. and Mrs. Ham. They are importation ofall liquors has been ELM DALE MILLS spending a few days with forbidden, and after April let, it now .....PICKERING. H,&RNE -S, EMPORIUM] Mr. Glover's parents in Bradford.- will be illegal to transport -liquor. You can always get the best Mani. —The sale of the household • into any part of the Dominion toba Flonr made from No. 1. .-Iffome'Phone, 3W. W. J. COAKWELL effects, etc., belonging to the es- where it is now illegal to sell in. Manitoba Wheat tate of the'lato Mrs. Hartrick, toxicating liquor. This will pre- Royal Household,and Gle tom for which was held on Wednesday of vent thirsty indiviuduals from Bread. Try a bag. last week, was a snecess. There sending to Montreal for the where. Pastry Flour Fresh Rolled Oats 'was a gond crowd and good prices withal to quench their thirst. BRAN, SHORTS were realized. This will proven great hardship YOUNG MEN, LOOK I MIX FEEDS —At the annual school meeting to many. Also, the manufacture OAT CHOP held on Wednesday forenoon only of Iniostleating liquor in Canada CRUSHED OATS three ratepayers were present, will be prohibited on and after a We have on hand now a splendid assortment of Cape, just in from th; and as this did BARLEY CHOPS not constitute a date to be determined upon fur WHEAT wholesales. They sire the latest in Cape and sure am dandies. 71 nomm, no business could be done, ther investigation and donsidera. CRACKED CORN Our Fall and Winter Samples for the Lowndes Tailoring Co. are hat e. n consequence, a meeting will be tion of the actual conditions of the held d early in the now year. MIXED HEN FEED The strIm this season are exceptionably good, the orate espeofiality. 15 industry. The object of the peas- Cream substitute Tom know our reputation along this line is the best. We have —In order that all readers may fag of tale measure is to conserve -t of have a fair chance to get books at all foodstuffs so that all grains Calf Meal. given you the bee satisfaction before, and can again. Molasses Meal the public library, the rules will maybe used for food only, and Call and we as when In town next and we will be glad to show yom' -CHOPPING AND OAT —John 'e G erloor a. 3 le U ir 0 t lwi�bol -be strictly enforced. A new book not wasted by their inaiiufacture CRUSHING EVERYDAY' anything in the line of Men's Wear. may be retained two weeks, an into liquors. Itis a war measure Get prices on food in too lots. Go to the Men's Store for Men's Wear, old book one month, new mags, and will remain In force until one mines three days and old innorm zines year,after the war has been ended BELL PHONE' one week. Fine for overtime-2Drill ut thereto a probability that I IvWd"blim R. AI G BUNTINPIG CKERIN cents per day, remain permanently in force. Chopping every day; Established 1857.