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$i»50 a year In advance ; $1.50 to United States. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1916. Volume. LXII* No. 46 Every Lady visiting Bowmanville shouMnot fail to see the very choice and elegant stock of new Fall Suits and Coats at Couch, Johnston and Cryder- man The finest and most stylish collection they have ever shown. X Every man should see their new Fall and Winter Suits and Over- Coats, all bought from the best Manufacturers in Canada, No better goods and no better value anywhere. Couch, Johnston & Cryderman '4 Remedies Of Real Worth Cream of Violets Many customers tell us they have tried all the advertised remedies remedies for chapped hands, roughness of the face, etc., but can get nothing nothing equal to Cream of Violets. Try one bottle at 25c, use half and if it does not please you we will give you 25c for what is left. Tamarac Cordial Will soothe and heal the bronchial tubes and cure a cough quicker than any remedy we know of except Rexall Cherry Bark Cough Cure. 50c and 25c, YOUR MONEY BACK IF YOU ASK FOR IT Corn Cure Will cure hard or soft corns or you get your money back. Salve 15c, liquid 25c. After Childbirth y k -Sr"* Rexall Catarrh Cure A combination treatment--atomizer and spray complete, $1.00. -_h Absolutely guaranteed. Little Liver Pills For constipation, biliousness, etc., you can use nothing better. 2 boxes for 25c. 2 Gold Fish and Globe Frêei With any two of the following 6 Remedies of Real Worth. Jury & Lovell Graduate of Chicago Ophthalmic College, New York School of Optics, Detroit Optical College. When We Test Eyes it is done Properly Jury & Lovell Graduate of Chicago Ophthalmic College New York School of Optics Detroit Optical College. Two Graduates in attendance. THE BRITISH NAVY Some Particulars From A Bowmanville Bowmanville Boy H. M S. Lucifer, October 29, 1916. Dear Mr. James--Thank you for the paper you sent and I must say I felt tickled to see my name in print for you know my letter was not intended for ! publication but since you ask it and I j wish to redeem my character. This ! one you may use. I stand or fall by it's contents. They call this the gréât "Silent Navy" and though "silence is golden/ at times, there are times when the Nation ought to be let into a confidence confidence and a knowledge of the power that is maintaining the supremacy of the sea. There have been no greater strides of advancement made in any department since the outbreak of hostilities hostilities than in the British Navy. We not only have new ships butnew types of ships, new docks, new harbours, new bases and everythingre-organized and working like Bowman ville's. splendid splendid town clock. - For instance, take the ships, we have super Dreadnaughts that were, if ever thought about, only a dream of the architect, and submarines submarines that would have been considered a nightmare a few years ago. We have Auxiliary Cruisers, Mine layers, Mine sweepers, trawlers, Patrol boats, motor launches--in fact their name is legion for we have everything that is, or is likely to be wanted. But of all the useful branches of the service the Destroyers come in for the most work and least praise of any. Great advances have been made both in speed, armament and construction oflate years and the war found us ready with the "L" class of boats as the last word in torpedo boat destroyer destroyer construction. Since then, however, we have an improvement in the "M" class and later the "N's", they are so called because their names begin with that initial, as Lucifer, Lysander, Loch- invar, Laertes, Lawford, etc. These boats.are based ton he nearest port to the German Coast and their duties are numerous and varied like a force for attacks and defence at short order they are always ready with steam up, unless unless actually under repair in one of the Dockyards, ready to chase the enemy submarines to destruction, guard the shipping, escort the transports or just scouting generally. They are always there and some days it is pretty exciting exciting in them, I can telLyour" However, to be alive and well and in good spirits is the main thing and I'm glad to say I'm all that in spite of 10 German boats that came over the night before last. You must have seen it in the papers of the 27fch ult. They keep-on doing it but we are there every time, ready to give and take but I suppose everyone will be glad when it is all aver and peace and sanity returns to the nations. .Until then, why, I wish to be remembered remembered to everyone that will be glad to see me come back, for coming back I certainly am, but for the present present I must wish you good-bye. Frank L. Lucas. The d«pre«eio* and fatigue suffered by •women blots out interest in everything. Yon need Asaya-NeuraH H * NEW REMEDY FOR Nervous Exhaustion BOYS COMING HOME Tribute To Canadian Youth West Sandling Oct. 15, 1916. Dear Editor--Some few weeks ago orders came to prepare immediately the rejects for shipment to Canada. This included the too old and the too young. The too young marched off the parade ground just now to take shipment "somewhere". It is a rare sight to see and moving enough to call for special comment. Eleven cheery, skittish lads, most of them away under eighteen and as a consequence. with the ends of their bones not fully, hardened. hardened. But what care they? The band drawn up as usual at the edge of the parade ground, plays a gay and sprightly air as the boys march to the parade ground with all their belongings, belongings, their kit bags on their backs for final inspection. These young lads have often attracted my admiration half-grown and utterly, in my opinion, unable to bear the weight of a rifle, their heavy pack with blanket, their great coats, mess tins, etc. They never never grumbled, but always marched on route marches, and some long ones, without a fall out. Plucky is no name for it. Whoever grumbled they did not, always ready to play, to frolic or to eat.. They have not yet developed the drink craze, or the craze to make themselves beasts In a word, you can see that they are boys--the young of the human race--with plenty of " physical. physical. pluck. Away they went with the elder ones, the O. C. included, and Major Watt and Wally Armstrong, (acting adjutant) looking on half laughing and woridering if they were once like that. It is no good trying to describe boys --you can see it sticking out of them with every wag of their head and every giggle. But away they went carrying heavy burdens as if they were nothing. A little bad language language will no doubt accompany them as they move along but the O. O., was merciful and marched them only two miles instead of ten. They vanished-- not because they wanted to go "home to mamma"--but because they had to. They are a credit to their parents and we all said quietly, "God speed them", to the young harum scarums as they left us and we turned again to more serious matters. I thought it was a pity to leave a little incident that might profit us, unnoticed. As an old resident of Bowmanville I thought a line to you would be gratefully gratefully accepted. We, as a band from Peterboro expect to return to duties in dear old Canada and hold ourselves in readiness to pack up at a moment's notice." Our battalion, the 93rd, from Peterboro, is all smashed up. The last of" this fine battalion strided off to West Sandling Station this week for France. It was a most touching sLht to see the boys striding along and going going to God only knows where. Yours respectfully, Bandsman H. Gilbert, 455505, West Sandling, Kent, England. DR. ALEXANDER BEITH An Appreciation by Rev. Hugh Munroe, B. A. Seldom does one feel as now the inadequacy inadequacy of words either to give fitting fitting tribute to the life which has closed or to express our grief. The life of any physician who is worthy of the" profession profession calls for admiration, sympathy and reverence. His is a hard life of constant service. The physician must be ready to respond to the cry of need, pain, or fear promptly and under all conditions of weather, day or night. He must endure storms and rain, journeying journeying often and in weariness. He must sleep with his ear by the telephone telephone that the cry of anyone in town or country may be instantly heard. This life Dr. Alexander Beith lived in this one community for over fifty years Today his work has ended and our beloved physician has been taken from us. It must seem to all of us as though Dr. Beith had been designed by Nature for just this life and for no other. His physical equipment was adequate for a calling so exacting -and strenuous. Though slight of frame he seemed to have a constitution hard as steel. To my own knowledge he has after several days and nights of hardest. hardest. professional work, with scarcely a snatch of sleep, attended the services of church looking as fresh and interested interested as ever. With this streng. h of constitution constitution Nature had given him too* one of her rare gifts--a voice as soothing soothing as a mother's lullaby and a hand whose touch was as gentle as. a woman's. Intellectually, too, he was richly and even strangely endowed, mastering with ease the learning of his profession, he was through all the years of his practice able to use, with sound judgment, judgment, methods of treatment both old and new. Once he told me how his mind worked in diagnosis. He said "I take notice carefully of all the separate symptoms and then instantly, like a flash of light, it will come to me--the cause and the treatment", as though Nature had fitted him for this art even in his subconscious being and gave him intuitive knowledge of her mysterious secrets. Very rarely, indeed, did this first sudden conclusion need revision or correction. Many and many a time to your own knowledge have the best specialists, after much thought and long consultation merely confirmed Dr, Beith's prompt diagnosis. Yet, his real strength was rather in the realm of moral character. That was why you loved him; that is why you now mourn so. Patient, unruffird, sympathetic, kind, with his other gifts, these qualities qualities made him the ideal family physician. physician. In many a home there is a copy of the painting "The Physician" by Sir Luke Fildes. There is one feature which these copies cannot show--the physician's eyes. Recall those eyes of his--now flashing with keenest intelligence, intelligence, then subsiding until in the bearded face of a man, you saw eyes like the eyes of a year old child, in t heir dep ths sugges tin g myàtery . Perhaps Perhaps this was why women and children children had no fear butonly trust and love. The foundation of it all was the spiritual. spiritual. With him attendance at worship worship was never a matter of mere habit, nor even of duty, but of real delight and appreciation. Buthow humble he was. Once when St. Paul's congregation congregation by almost unanimous choice elected elected him to become an Elder he declined the office, saying "my father was a worthy elder but I could not accept the office remembering what he was". He never accepted it. Now he has gone from us--this man of gifts so rare and nature so gentle. Our best loved friend has gone. Dr. Beith is dead. SEEING LONDON SIGHTS A Bowmanville Boy's Opinion of the World's Metropolis. Dear Editor--In my last letter I gave some of the impressions I received while travelling across England. I will now give my observations of London. Soon after coming here we were each given a six days' leave of absence. Some went to visit their relatives, but the most of us having no relatives to visit, chose London as the most interesting place to visit. I wondered why we were given these holidays when we needed training, but after staying in London for a few days I thot I was getting good training for a soldier, for if there is any place on earth where a person learns to be: on the : alert and be able to move quickly it is in London. Over 300 persons are killed and, over 16,000 are injured in street accidents every year. I don't know what plan the surveyors followed when they laid out the streets unless they took the design on, a Turkish rug. It looks as tho they 'tried to get as many crooks and turns as possible. possible. There are few streets where you can see a quarter of a mile ahead* and then there are places where several streets meet. For example, there is. Piccadilly Circus where seven streets meet," It is not a circus in our sense of the word, but it is a circus to see the mix-up of people and vehicles, and a person wonders how they ever keep from getting all tangled up. If it were not for the policemen whom I found to be always ready and willing to give directions, it would be almost almost impossible to know which wây to go. One of the oldest buildings in the city is the Tower of London built by William the Conqueroç nearly- a thousand years ago. The main building is 92 ft high with walls 16 ft thick. This and the other buildings cover 13 acres which are surrounded surrounded by a wide, deep ditch or moat which could be filled with water. The building, being out-of-date as a fort, is now used as a museum and contains hundreds hundreds of different kinds of weapons. Here a person can see all the weapons with which men have fought each other from ancient days down to the present. One of the most expensive buildings is St. Paul's Cathedral which cost about 3% million dollars. It took 35 years to build and is considered one of the finest buildings buildings in the world. The gold cross oh top of the dome is 30 ft long and is over 400 ft from the. ground. German zeppelins have tried hard to destroy it, having dropped dropped bombs in its vicinity, but have failed in their object. The building which contains the most wealth is the Bank of England. It covers a large piece of ground and is well built, but it is about the glçomiest looking buildings Î ever saw. There are no windows windows to be seen, not even narrow barred windows such as a jail would have. The work inside is all done by electric light. This and several other buildings are covered covered with bomb-proof netting so that the Zepps cannot harm them even if they could hit them, which is not likely. I. saw the remains of the zeppelin that was brought down hear London some time ago. The remains had been gathered up and brought into the city and were on exhibition. exhibition. There were several tons of scrap iron, badly twisted, but it was easy to get an idea of the great amount of work and money that had been thrown away on it. It had been on exhibition about three weeks, and when I got there there were thoùsands of peodle lined up to see it, and I learned there had been steady stream of visitors from all over the country the whole three weeks, saw the spot where a bomb had struck, gouging out a section of buildings about the size of the Horsey Block, and shatter ed windows for some distance around. While in London I put up at the Union Jack Club--a large building where soldiers soldiers and sailors can have all the comforts of a hotel at moderate prices, and where a Canadian can associate with Britain's fighting men trom all over the world, ate a meal at one table (four can sit at one table) where there were an English soldier, a navy fighter, an Australian soldier and myself--a Canadian soldier, There are all kinds of badges worn but the Maple Leaf badge is the one I would rather wear than any other because it represents one of the best countries on earth and my home. Pte. Ed. F. Carr. Another letter appears on page 3. Dr. Alexander Beith, the oldest practising practising physician in this town, died suddenly Friday evening a few minutes minutes after reaching his home from his office where he was attending to his patients during the day He began practice here on July 12, 1866--over 50 years ago--and has practised continuously continuously during that long period. He was born in Darlington township, December December 10, 1840, his parents being Alexander Alexander Beith and Catherine McTag- gavfc who emigrated to Canada in 1835 from Oampbelltown, Argyleshire, Scotland. Scotland. Four brothers survive--James Beith, Customs Officer here, Honourable Honourable Robert Beith,. Senator, Duncan Beith, of this town, and William Beith, Toronto. Two sisters, Mrs Peter Murdoch and Mrs. Wm McKay predeceased predeceased their brother. Deceased obtained his Medical Degree Degree from Toronto School of Medicine graduating with high honors. During During the Fenian Raid he was a member of Toronto University Corps ot Volunteers Volunteers under Capt. Croft the Professor j of Chemistry. In 1872 he married Isabella Isabella M. Fisher, daugnter of the late David Fisher, President of the Ontario -Rank, Bowmanville. His widow and five children survive--Mrs. Chas. P. Blair and Miss Helen M. Beith, Ottawa, Ottawa, James D., Montreal, Robert F. and D. Alexander at home. He was for many years up to the time of his death, a member of the Board of Managers Managers of Sfc. Paul's Presbyterian Church, a member of the Public School Board, and served as Councillor and Reeve in the Town Conn -il. He was a Mason, Oddfellow, Forester and Workman and was respected and beloved by everyone/ It may truthfully truthfully be said of him that he never made an enemy. Cause of death was heart failure he having suffered for some time from heart weakness. The funeral took place Monday to Bowmanville Cemetery and was very largely attended. The services were very impressive. Rev. A. H. Drumm, his pastor, officiated andin his address paid a well-deserved tribute to his fidelity, fidelity, sterling integrity and worth as a physician and a citizen. Rev. Hugh Munroe, his former minister, was asked asked to say a few words. We give his remarks elsewhere. Many citizens and' friends from out-ôf-town were present. The floral offerings were numerous and magnificent and included included a pillow Irom the Board of Managers Managers of St. Paul's church, sprays from the Ladies' Association and Junior Missionary Society, wreaths from Woman's Missionary Society, Flor- ERNEST MEADER'S LETTER Some Thrilling, Experiences Told No 7,Convalescent Depot, France, Oct. 11, 1916. DeariMr. James,--Since writing to you I have had. to be taken from the Front to the hospital here in Boulogne. I was moved the day I wrote you, say* ing I was wounded to No. 8 Field Ambulance Ambulance at Albert from Thiepval dug- outs, and:from there nine miles to the D. R, C., Divisional Rèst Camp where- I stopped a day getting my back and nose fixed up. From there by ambulance ambulance to C. C. S., Casualty Clearing sta~ tion, getting further attendance,. Then,, getting into the Red Cross train w.e left for Boulogne at noon arriving at 8>p. m. An ambulance met us and. Ii was. taken to-No 2 Canadian Stationary Stationary Hospital. It was a treat to. get. into a bed once again. I remained in Ward E for eight days when I began to. feel some better. Here I wish to say there was nothing we wanted for and we received every possible attention. In fact, I was waited on hand to s foot, even getting shaved, and the meals were the very best. The Nursing Sisters too, were so kind; they "seem to never tire trying to make us comfortable. I was fortunate fortunate enough to get in a ward that had a Toronto Sister and a Hamilton boy as Orderly, so I felt quite at home. After being in bed eight days, I was marked up, and the next day I was put in the convalescent tent at Hospital Hospital from which I was permitted to go down to the oity of Boulogne or Le Portal. I also had to do light work such as wash dishes, peel potatoes, scrub floors, tables, lockers, etc. But there is very little in army life that I can not do from fighting in the ranks, digging trenches and dug-outs to washing washing your own clothes and dishes. I went out to the city every night and had some real enjoyable times. ' Of course, I was at a little disadvantage not being able to speak French very well, but now I can speak enough to get along fine. It^ seemed like a new lease of life to get into a city not in ruins again after being in Ypres, Poperange and Albert --all in ruins, and to get into a French cafe and to be able to order anything and get it as you desire. Well, after being in a tent eight, days I was shifted shifted to the other side of the city to No. 7 Depot and today I am moving again to St. Martin's Rest Camp, Every step is one nearer the front again and I expect expect if my back is alright 1 will be going going to my base at Le Havre next week and from there to my unit at -Lorce- lette. I will be glad to get back at it again. It is true one does not know if he will be so lucky next time up, but l am satisfied satisfied to take that chance to get revenge revenge on the Huns and do my little for my country. I have seen some fierce battles battles and at times I would not give 50c for my chances, but have come out O. K. till this time when I got "got mine". I have seen trenches choked with dead up at the Somme where you -had to walk over dead men to get through and I have been with burying parties where men were lying so thick in No Man's Land that you hardly knew where to start and as fast as you buried buried them in shell holes the German shells would dig them up and we were under very heavy shell fire all the time but it is playing the gante regardless regardless of all but your orders. But there were more Germans than our men, believe believe me, as he will not stand up and fight like a man. If we get near him up goes his hands crying "mercv kom- rade". From the specimen of prisoners prisoners taken I don't really see how they ; fight at all. I believe we are getting near the beginning of the end now for I don't really see how they are going to last much longer than this winter. The weather is getting very wet and cold here and it must be worse at the front but I don't think it will stop our advances as the last time I wàs up for - 80 hours it rained all the time and we had ho cover or shelter but shell hqj^es filled with water and mud but we kept going under heavy shell fire all night. - Our losses were heavy but we stuck to it and finished our job. It makes one feel bad to see one's friends picked off beside you, but it gives one encouragement encouragement to see them die with a smile on their faces, with endearing words for their loved ones at home but with the satisfaction of knowing theyhave paid the extreme penalty for their King and Country. <r I am still hopeful of being able and well enough to return home with the few of us who will have that pleasure. Even tho I fall, that longing to^see those dear ones at home is always present. present. I should dearly love to see my dear mother and father again. Please convey to them my love and good wishes wishes and also my kind friends and relatives relatives in Bowmanville. I am as ever, an old Bowmanville bye, s Ernest A. Meader. ence Nightingale Lodg^sl. O. O. F., Jerusalem Lodge, A. F. & A/ M., and from the Superintendent and nurses of Bowmanville Hospital, besides beautiful floral offerings from friends in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and numerous. friends in town. Among the relatives present were; Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Blair and Miss Helen Beith, Ottawa, Mr. James Beith, Montreal, Mr. William Beith, Miss Fisher, Miss Broughall and Mr. Geo. Broughall and Mr. W. J. McMurtry, Toronto; Mr. Alex McTaggart, Woodstock, Mr and Mrs. G. H. Duncan, Richmond Hill, Mrs. C. P. Fisher, Hastings, Lieut. Gordon Beith, Deseronto, Du* G. M. Ferris, Oobourg, and others. Several Masons and Oddfellows were flower- bearers.' The pall-bearers were: Mr. O. P. Blair, (son-in-law), James D. Beith, (son), J. A. McClellan and Lieut, Gordon Gordon Beith, (nephew).