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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 31st, 1917 Page 5 GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY. Mail and Express, Daily........10.16 A.M. Passenger, Except Sunday ... 4.39 P.M. Passenger, Except Sunday ... 8.30 P.M. Mail, Daily...,......................11-22 P.M. Mail, Daily....T.KSL!°.U....'..-. 3.03 A.M. Passenger, Except Sunday... 8.36 A.M. Passenger, Except Sunday... 12.07 P.M. Mail <md Express Daily......... 5.38 P.M. Business Cards. THE COLBORNE EXPRESS is issued every Thursday morning by H. S. Kbyes. Subscription $1.25 per annum in advance. Transient advertisements 10 cents per line first insertion and 5 cents per line for each additional insertion. Business cards not exceeding one inch $5 per annum. Yearly contracts at uniform rates. Dental. W. G. ROBERTSON, D. D. S., L. D. S., Dentist. Office over Scougale Bros' dry goods store, Colborne.______ Medical. W. A. SARGENT, M. D. C. M„ F. T. M. C, M. C. P. S. O., Physician and Surgeon. Office and residence, King St., Colborne. I. ARCHER BROWN, iM.D., L.R.C.P., L.E.C.S., Edinburgh, Scotland. Office and residence, Division Street, Colborne, Ont. Coroner for the Fr.H-d C„un H's oi Northumberland and Dur- Legal. Dundonaid Mr. and Mrs. Shaw have a telephone installed in their home. Mr. D. C. McDonald is somewhat improved in health lately. Miss .Mabel Dickenson of Bowmanville is visiting relatives here. Mrs. D. McDonald is now able to get out and enjoy the spring air. Miss Helen Dunnett of Orono has been spending a few days af home. Mr. and Mrs. M. Dudley veiled Mr. ami Mrs. ^IL Spafford of Brighton on Mr. and Mrs. Burgess of -tirliug spent Sunday at the home of tnofoulnuditcr, Mrs. W. E. Snider. The Misses Gladys and Eva Walker and Nellie Wright sp, nt Victoria Day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Black, Oak Heights. The Misses Opal Vanwi.-klin and Nellie Wright, and Mrs. Clarence Goodrich, attended the District .Meeting of the W. I. at Wooler on Tuesday last, Mrs. Coutts of Thamcsville is the speaker sent to address the Women's ■institute on Friday, June Nt, at 2.30, at the home of Mrs. J. P. Dunnett. All women and girls are cordially invited to attend and spend a pleasant and profit- wlio lias been SMASHING DRIVE ON ITALIAN FRONT lVl'Vei Belleville Hospital on Monday accompanied by Mr. Tuck and Dr. Brown. Mrs. Tick underwent a sueecss-fi-i operation the same day: All join in 'the hope that she may be fully restored to health. W. L. PAYNE, K.C., Barrister, Solicitor, NotarvPnblie, and Conveyancer. Office first door east of Registry Office, Colborne. Lakeport Save and Serve. Mr. Thos. J. Wilson spe FRANK L WEBB, B.A., LL.B., Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, etc. Offices, King St., Colborne, Ont. Company and private funds to loan on the most favorable terms. FRANKmT^IELD, K. C, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public. Telephone No. 86, Cobourg, Ont. Miss Margaret Coffey of Toronto sper. the 24th tinder the parental roof. Mrs. Matthew;: of Cobourg called o friends in town one day hist week. The Khaki Club met at the hornet Miss Jennie Nieholl hist Monday cvenin, Mrs. Jas. Henderson attended he mother's funeral, Mrs. Locke of Wicl-low, last Monday. Auctioneers. NORMAN MONTGOMERY, Auc Pure bred stock a specialty. Real Estate Broker. Several grain and fruit farms for sale. Box 180, .Brighton. Phone No. 101. P. E. ROBINSON, Auctioneer. Farm Stock and Itnolement Sales a spe--"" Sales conducted anywhere. _ Sj noted anywhere, satistac tteed. Address: R.M.D. 5 ne 55rll Colborne. 1 J. R. BATTISBY, real e experienced auctionet Castleton, Ontario. S any part of the Provin guaranteed or positivel for clerk and advertii residence. \ initial Strawberry Fes-l the basement of St. irsday afternoon, Maj y, and in 1910 and 13 they were buc-iled by a further fall of snow on May Perhaps this year the weather man I over step the mark and give us a Wicklow Insurance. G. E. R. WILSON, general Insurance 'and Real Estate Agent. Money to Loan at 5 to 6 per cent. Office: Rrunswick Block, Colborne, Ont._ Scissors Sharpened By B. J. Waller Colborne G. M. PEEBLES, Undertaker and Funeral Director Cut Flowers in all Latest Designs PRICES MODERATE. First Door East Post Office, Colborne. Stockdale Gardening is pretty much through, but vegetation is slow coming. ■ Some few nice days but part of last \ye k ivas stormy and rough. Miss Mamie Orr spent a couple of weeks in Trenton with her sister but is 3 or 4 of our village young men motored to Picton and other point* in Pr. Ed, Co. on the 24th inst., returning next day. Mr. S. Fox is quite crippled with rheumatism of late and has rejig.l -d bis appointment of pathmaster on our vill- ho Miss on Friday last teach. Ur, Mrs. Andrew Peters, in Port Hope. Master Wilbur'Hancock is the guest ol his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. The wedding took place on Saturday, May 2(ltb, of Esther Elizabeth Cooper ol England to Arthur Tyrell of this place, at the Methodist Parsonage, Cenlreton. ery hap- n the redded li The death occurred on Saturday, May 20th, 1917, )f Harriet Locke, widow of the I ,te Johathan l.ock'e of this place, in he roth year. Mrs. Locke came to thi itintry from England when a young \ -oinan and has lived in tins \ icinity ever since. She is survived by thn.h! sons; Messrs. John of Centreton, Harry ol Cobourg, and Will at home, and fom daughters. Airs. Win. Turpin, Mrs. San-ford Fenton, Mrs. Cockburn, and Mrs. Henderson of Lakeport, to whom tht sympathy of the whole community js extended in their bereavement. Interiuent took place on Monday at Fairview Cemetery, near Grafton. SEVERE BRONCHIAL COLO Yields To Delicious Vinol Philadelphia, Pa.--"Last fall I was troubled with a very severe bronchial cold, headaches, backache, and sick to my stomach. X was so bad I became alarmed and tried several medicines, also a doctor, but did not get any relief. A friend asked me to try Vinol and it brought the relief which I craved, so now I am enjoying perfect health."-- Jack C. Singleton. We guarantee Vinol for chronic coughs, colds and bronchitis. W. I'. GIHFFIS, Dkcooist, Ooi.nomvn. Miss Annie Mc( June, hunch served by the members. Morgan 3ton The fanners are busy planting. Mrs. P. McGloughlin is spending a few days with Mrs. T. Gritlis. Mr. Wiilis Duncan of Toronto visited Morganston friends recently. Miss Mabel Coon of ilaveloek visited friends at Morganston recently. Mrs. Lome Darling has returned home talians Smash Austrians Along Rai way to Duino--Take Over 1,200 Pris oners--Enemy Lose eights despatch from Rome Sunday says: Italian troops Saturday smashed through the Austro-Hungarian positions between Jamiano and the Gulf of Trieste, passing the Monfalcone-Duino Railway northeast of San Gio-li and establishing themselves within a few hundred yards of the tillage of Medeazza. North of Plava the Italians carried the heights at the head of the Palliova valley, thus joining their Mont Gucco lines with those Hill 363. Eleven guns were captured and more than 1,200 Austro-IIun-garians were taken prisoners, These ' dories were announced Sunday by the Italian war department. The text of the statement reads: "During the fourth day of the. furious battle on the Carso tts positions on the southern part of t',<e plateau were extended by lathing efforts of our troops. The positions already captured in the other sectors were firmly maintained. Carry Mill 145 An artillery action all along the line continued fiercely from sunrise until evening. In the afternoon be-in the coast and Jamiano aur infantry by a brilliant assault succeed-in reaching a point beyond the railway from Monfalcone to Duino northeast of San Giovanni, and carried the strongly fortified Hill 145, southwest of Medeazza. They established themselves a few hundred yards from the village. During this action some of our infantry reached the enemy's guns, capturing a field battery of ten guns with ammunition and 812 prisoners, including 34 officers. North of Jamiano violent attacks and counter-attacks followed in succession all day, supported by artillery fire. Castagnavizza also was, reached and passed, but the persistent and concentrated shelling by enemy batteries compelled us to evacuate ground there. We maintained a hold on the western boundary. Shell Bri of "In the area east Gorizia the artillery tense. Wt shelled the basins of Brit-ovo, in which are enemy supply-centres. In the Plava sector infantry of the U--- Brigade and the 95th and 96th Regiments brilliantly carried the heights at the head of the Polliovs valley, thus connecting our Alout Gucco lines with those We took 43S prisoners, officers and i Hiding 10 ichine gun. ted their BELGIUM'S BITTER CUP One Thousand Citizens Cond Each Month--Reign of Terr A Belgian gentleman, says a 1 report Sunday, of high social pi who managed to escape from Belgium, gives a terrible account of the Germans' so-called judicial methods, which have produced a renewed veritable reign of terror, in many respects resembling the procedure of the Inquisition. "There are 1,000 citizens," he said, "condemned every month for patriotic offences. During the three months preceding January last forty-two death sentences were inflicted in one court alone. Large towns like Brussels and Antwerp continue to swarm with spies, and they often visit small towns and even villages where they think there is the slightest chance to prosecute their abominable trade. Whether their zeal is stimulated by fear or greed I cannot say; but the result at. any rate is the same. If they do not succeed in discovering a genuine crime they invent one, and force perfectly innocent people to 'confess' imaginary crimes or denounce friends. Trial is a mere farce." said the speaker. "In most cases the de-i fendants may not receive the help of' a Belgian barrister. This depends entirely on the good-will of the Governor of the district." GREAT RESOURCES OF COMMERCIAL RUSSIA Greatest Part of Russian Population Engaged in Agriculture--Rich in Dairy Produce and Minerals Mr. J. D. Allan. Ex President of Toronto Board of Trade, has given an inte:< ting address on "Commercial Russia." He condensed into his address a large number of interesting facts and figures relating to that country of wonderful resources. Over eighty per cent, of the population of Russia is engaged in agriculture, he ta'.d, the iucst of them peasants of a very high order of intelligence, although '!Y,;iOO,000 of them were serfs or slaves in 1861. The climate is various, according to latitude, but the summer climate of southern Siberia is similar to that of Canada. Advanced Farming Methods Russia's methods in agriculture, coldstor: ge, the slaughter of animals, etc. arc very advanced, and In many res;:: .. far ahead of those of Canada, said Mr. Allan. The exports of dead poultry and eggs now are $50,-000,000 yearly. The finest creamery butter sold in London is made on the plains cf Siberia. The lotal agricultural exports from Russia in 1911 amounted to over $700,000. In 1912 there were 3,700 agricultural partnerships for co-operative sale of produce. In 1910 there were 32,000 students in agricultural courses and 296,000 attending lectures. The total crop of and 55 per cent, of the cotton manufactured and used in Russia is grown there, in 11)10 the factories used wool valued at §100,000,000, every fibre of which was grown in Russia. In silk that country ranks sixth in the world; In linen yarn it is second in the world. Splendid Forest Policy The forestry policy of Russia puts Canada to shame, said Mr. Allan. They have 1,700,000,000 acres of forest all under one jurisdiction, and iwhen timber is removed from the ground the lumberman must plant again, tree for tree, everything he has cut down. This is barbarous Russia; ■fere we as civilized in Canada? The German language is now absolutely prohibited in Russia; but on account of the prejudice there due to the Crimean War, British exports to Russia increased only by eight per cent, from 1893 to 1909, while exports from Germany increased 370 per cent. In ten years 11,000,000 ounces of fine gold were taken from Russian mines; and the iron ::iines would not be exhausted if 10,000,000 tons of pig iron were taken every year for 100 years. Russia is rich in all minerals, and progressive in methods commercially. OUR FAR FLUNG EMPIRE A London paper writes: It is hard I to realize the huge size of the Domin- [ Jon of Canada. It is 3,400 miles wide --bigg;-r than the U.S.A.. unless Alaska is reckoned---and as big as Europe left out! It could eas-population ef two hun-Australia is the smal-if it be reckoned such, ,t island in the world. : our next antipodes. It •garded ; s, yet it is only a sixth | rea of the British Isles. South Africa runs to about a million square miles of territory, without including The newly conquered territory I o.f South-West Africa. Britis" ~ Africa is another million-square-mile ] | piece, vlii! t Nigeria is about half a much, and Greater Egypt about the 11 same. Add to this the smaller coloi 1 ies, and Britain's stake In the Dark j | reckoning Ger- ands in the West Indies tic, in the Indian Ocean, | irners of the world's oc ke "Gib." and Aden, md Hong Kong, which all II mileage elevei all- I fathe c-.l an Mr Mr. and Mrs. Lome Evan: and Mrs. Clarence Brenton motored w Colborne on Sunday. Mr. George Palmateer and Mr. Andrews of Havel..:-k motored out and spent a few hours with Mends here. O ice a<*ain we are reminded that death is ir our "midst. Word came on Saturday that Mr. John Gifford, a former resident of this place, had passed away. JUSTICE GALT REPORTS Justice Gait, sitting as a Coni-vestigating the circumstances attending the construction of the Manitoba Agricultural College, has rendered a second interim report, a document of 17 pages, which deals jiiucipally with the contracts of Thomas Kelly & Sons, said a despatch from Winnipeg last Saturday. Commissioner Gait finds "that the Crown has established fraudulent overcharges in respect of contracts with the Government, made by Thomas Kelly & Sons, amounting in all to the sum of $302,789.28," of which he states $202,435 was in respect to the dormitory and auditorium building. g Mor The I. ' -".hi - i Tuesday a : Cornwell's. One of tl tween Toronto and Ki i can get guaranteed dyes JAPANESE SAVE TROOPS A despatch from London says: An announcement issued by the Admiralty at Tokio, Saturday, says that the British troopship Transylvania, which was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on May ->»h, was being escorted by Japanese destroyers. The destroyers engaged the submarine. The Japanese rescued 2,800 out of 3,000 troops on the Transylvania, winning the.j praise of Japan's allies by their brav-cry. _ Betting Orgy a Scandal "It is a scandal that last week at the Woodbine track $1,.",00,000 should have been spent in bets, while the sacrifice of men's Mocd is being made in France," declared Rev. J. Russell McLean, preaching to 80 army and navy veterans in St. John's Church, Toronto, last Sunday. GIGANTIC ARUM LILIES "As Large as Elephants' Ears," Says A British aviator sent from East Africa a graphic description of an immense valley filled with the huge "Arum lilies," over which he flew somewhere in the region of Zanzibar. As he passed over the valley he was 8,000 feet high, but the perfume of the lilies reached his nostrils for a long distance. By means of his glasses he observed that the lily flowers were "as large as elephants' ears." and that the whole o£ the valley had been monopolized by the beautiful flowers. The luxuriance of the vegetation was particularly remarkable. He learned later that the scent of the flowers was so overpowering in the valley that no native pad i \ i dared to penetrate with- How Chinese Prepare Tea In order to preserve the seeds and the flavour, the tea is compressed by the bare feet of Chinese girls. The Chinese prepare their tea in various ways. A favourite method is to tie it in bundles and pour boiling water on the bundle when serving. Afterwards the bunches are preserved in vinegar for a few weeks and then they are made into leaf-sadad. Password to the Tower It may not be generally known that: the Lord Mayor is the oniy person-- j other than the King and the Constable --who knows the password to the • Tower of London. This password ia I sent to the Mansion Mouse quarterly signed by His Majesty. It is a sur- ; vlval of an old custom. . taken in Denmark, _\v ited the country with i Iron ore is found i Chinese province, but teiiBivelv in only a fe kind . Newest Spring Styles IN Coats Suits Skirts, Blouses FOR THE Ladies' Ready-to-Wear Department The Cornwell Special Clothing Stores Phone 56 Snetsinger and Coyle Blocks Colborne For Your Baking w E have everything"ready to your hand of the best quality, and at prices as low as the lowest. . Raisins, Currants, Dates, Figs, Peel, Spices, Extracts, Confections, Granulated Sugar, Brown Sugar, Icing Sugar, Syrup, Butter, Lard, Mince Moat, Apples--everything you can ask for, in short. Be sure to use our Flour. Full range best brands for all purposes. You know our phone number, 2. * W. H. EDWARDS Fish and Oysters. Phone 2, Colborne WA N T E D Highest Prices Paid for All Kinds of GRAIN RYE WHEAT OATS PEASE AND BUCKWHEAT delivered at THE FARMERS' FEED MILL G. T. R. Station, Colborne Be Sure you get ONTARIO BRAN AND SHORTS Kept Constantly on Hand ALL KINDS OF FLOUR In Lots to Suit Purchaser W. W. PURDY Phone No. 97 Colborne, Ont.