See aod are anxious to "do your bil," you ean relieve the sufferings : of the men whe are spending ih- winter in' the trenches by sending them Zam-Buk for which thay are asking. - Numerous letters from soldiers at the front prove their need of it. 'In a letter from one of the men to his people Le says: "If itis a cholee between tobacco and Zam- Pik send Zam Buk." Lonstant exposures to damp and Cold, inevitable in trench life, causes rhenmatism, chapped hands, cold cracks, and frost bites." Zam- Buk heals these, and a box of Zam Buk, which can be easily carried in - the pocket, will save a man much' "Cunaecessary suffering, Zam-Buk is equally effective for sore hands, caused by trench digging; and an application. of Zam-Buk to the feet will prevent foot-soreness and blistering on long marches. Sold by All druggists, 0c, 3 tor $1.25, or Zam-Buk Co. Toromo. nn . ft Ns ir | { e i - The Kind yon are looking for is the kind we sell. Scranton Coal Is good Coal and we guarantee \ prompt delivery. BOOTH & CO. Foot of West St. wook's Cotton Root ; : ma he. cts N. ro & strength No, 3 a do on mesipt of price, painphlet. Address) YHE COOK MEDICINE Cb Farm for Sale 100 acres, 12 miles from city; good buildings, plenty of water, some wood, $4,750, easy terms. Farm 300 acres, log house and barn, on shore "of a beautiful lake; good fish- ing aud hunting, $450. W. H. GODWIN & SON- i+ Phone 424. 39 Brock St SOWARDS Keeps Coal and Coal Keeps SOW ARDS. Have Your Clothes Looking Their Best For the Holidays. 'rench Dry Cleaning and Pressing will do this, MONTGOMERY DYE. WORKS, J. BB. Warris, Prop. Phone 1114 285 PRINCESS ST. Boys' Hockey Boots WATCHING DLL WORK BRITISH SAILORS OFF, ©, COAST TIRED OF SLOW JOB, 8, {Sailor on Cruiser Which Sunk the FEmdenglells of His Dislike of Blockade Duty 'and Describes the Hardships Which Affect the Men «--Fresli Vegetables Are Hard to Gét--~Longs for North Sey. IFE is one damp, cold thing after another for the erews of the British. blockading fleet thaf lies outside the U. 8. three-mile line waiting for the German ships that never come out. According to at least one of the sailors, it is worse than life in the trenches. The monotony of loafing in the swell of the sea watching for some little freightér from South Am- erica that must be held up and searched is getting on the men's jf nerves, Their food is of the old fashioned lime juicer quality except when shme daring sea grocer manages te bring a cargo of supplies alongegide, and even then, with December seas running, it's a gamble whether the fresh veg- etables will reach the cook or Davy Jones. One of the British cruisers engag- ed ib the peaceful blockade of the Atlantic ports is the Sydney, which ran the Gerifian raider Emden ashore on an island in the Indian ocean and shot her to bits, After that the Syd- ney roamed the North sea looking for German submarines, and last month she was ordered off New York to re lieve the cruiser Iris in keeping tabs on commerce, The letter below, written member of the Sydney's crew to throw light on the Zealandia's ad- venture, but it is more interesting in showing how the British seaman hates the job of watchful waifing: "It looks as though we were to spend another Christmas on the briny deep "It has been terribly cold out here, and we have had u hard time of it. "The other night we ran short of coal amd had to shoot down to Ber- muda and after getting there. had to wait a long rime for a éollier. We gol our bunkers filled next dav and hid to come back here. "Of all the places in. the world, Bapmegat, or whatever they call it, is the worst, ! "If it ain't blowing it's snowing or raining, and there fs a continual swell running that keeps vour insides Snug against your main companion- way for days at a stretch, "There's nothing to do but hang on and off, watching for some bug of a freighter that's expected up from somewhere in South America. "The only excitement we've had was the funeral of poor old Rob Sid- dons. You remember we three were together in Chatham last year, after 1 bad been invalided home from the sub patrel on the Dogger? Rob has been ailing for months, but he wouldn't quit, To tell you the truth, he was too bloody old to stand the strain. . So" we dropped him over, and there was hardly a dry eye aboard. "We sank a shot with him and his hammock, and we could well spare it, because we don't ever expect to need any off here. "Give me the life in the North sea chasing perrys (submarine peris- copes). You could get a bit of thrill doing that, and it was worth while getting hit. Out here you might as well be on a training ship "The men are mostly sickly, and you can't exactly call them happy. They have nothing to think of except the arrival of the cutter with papers and letters. Lord save us from an- other job like this. "I suppose you heard how we lost a man over the side who was reach- ing for a sack of lettuce or some- thing. He shot down between us and the rotten little tug 80 quick that there was no chance to save him. "Norfolk may be all right for those interned Germans, but it's a bad place from which to ship us greens in this sort of weather. It was much better when we laid off, Sandy Hok. We got things regular then. They say we' will either have to go down around Galveston. stay here, or go to Halifax if we want anything like a rest. If you gel news of where we are to go, as you probably will, send some note paper so I can write my Christmas letters. = 'I wonder if you heard about any ship being run down about three days ago not far from Sandy Hook. We had a narrow squeak, although Wwe laughed afterward about it. 2 "It has been very hazy lately, and the other night it was exceptionally thick. We spotted an old cargo boat by- a J that looked suspicious.and bore after her. "In the fog the old man must have misjudged her speed or ours, because we ran so close acroks her stern that her propeller beat against our side and our guns swept right over "her poop. "Well, the gang on that ship will be taking nerve tomic for a month, I guess. We couldn't pick her up again it was so thick, but we heard after- ward That she was the same bloody ship we anchored alongside in Pro- greso--=the Zéelander or some hame tike that." : Women on Farms. $ Girls and women have taken up work on the farms in several places tn Australia in order to Leip to bring a8 great an area as possible under crop. Sote have accomplished a tremendous dmount of work, but per- haps the most remarkable record is held hy a child living in the south of the Pitnaroo district, in South Aus- tralia. This season she has cultivated 300, acres and drilled 200. She spent her tenth birthday while drilling. She glories ig her work, and is never happier than"when among the horses. She is very independent, and always yokes her own team, <hough she is not tall enough to manage the blinkers. : A _ Obsetvation has forced upon me of conclusion that many men who ode as Eynics and skeptics are noth. more or less. than dyspeptics. Impudence and ignorance usually as & team. : ra seems | 'has distinguisked himself. { Nbrib-West, Frontier was that which "he wrote entitléd "The Frontier Cam- chemist W: . PRER'S STIRRING CAREER. How Tord Dunmore Won the V.C. in India in 1897, How he risked his life for a com- ! rade, and incidentally won the V. C., | is one of the many episodes in the career of Major the Earl of Dunmore, who has been appointed to the Gen- etal Staff, It was during the fighting on the North-West Frontier that, in 1887, Lord 'Dunmore, who at the time was also serving as A.D.C. to Lord Elgin, the Viceroy, = won the V.C, while attached to the Guides Cavalry in the Tirah campaign. The cavalry were pursuing the enemy and were ordered to hold a position and fire on them retiring up a hill. At a critical moment the horse of Lieutenant Greaves bolted into the midst of a body of the enemy. Iowan swooped the hillmen to cut him up, bui before their knives could do their work Lieutenant-Colonél Adams, Lieutenant Maclean, and Lieutenant | Viscount Fincastle (as Lord Dun-| more then was) were amongst them. Heeking their way threugh the hill- men, they brought back the unfortun- ate officer in spite of the heavy and murderous fire poured into them. But as Viscount Fincastle lifted the wounded officer in his arms, a bul- let killed Lieut-Colopel Greaves, while Lieutenant Maclean fell mor- tally wounded. It was for this heroic deed that 'Lord Dunmore was award- ed the medal for valor, His lordship again presed his gal- | lantry during the South African cam- paign, where he did splendid service | and commanded a battalion of Yeo- manry known as Fincastie's . Horse. This battalion his lordship ®raised imself, and devised an interesting method of teaching his men horse- manship. He made them ride up and down Arthur's Seat at Edin- burgh, and after a few weeks of this practice his troopers became qualified to" deal with the stiffest kopjes in South Africa. 'As an author, too, Lord Dunmore One of the best books on warfare on . the paign." : ' That Lard Dunmore is not without a sense of 'humor is evident from the amusing story he tells in this beok concerning a young acquaintance' of his, who seemed to Have solved' the difficult problem of dealing with one's father-in-law. "He went to the | pid gentleman and asked permission | to marry his daughter, but, assis the | way with old gentlemen with pretty daughters, the old fellow became crusty. "You want to marry my | daughter, do you?" he snapped. "Humph! You are not 'exactly the kind of man I should "choose for a- son-in-law." "Well,- to be quite frank," replied the suitpr, unb) ingly, "vou are not exactly the kind of man I should choose for a father- in-law; but don't let that trouble | YOU; we needn't chum after the wed- | ding, you know, unless we want to." Lord Dunmore's marriage in 1904 to the beautiful Miss Kemble, of the | Isle of Skye, was the sequel to a romantic engagement. For eight years previously the couple had been engaged, and during this time the prospective bridegroom was away at the wars in Afghanistan and other! parts of the Empire; but fortunately | he was spared to come home and! claim his bride. Aid to Missionaries. The Territorials in India offer a fine opportunity to give an important | setiion of the British public an in- | sight into "Indian aMairs. This | thought has evidently been carefully | noted by the missionaries. 'Young | Men of India" says: "HK is encourag- ing to find that missionary educa- tion is - being actively forwarded amongst Territorials in several centres in India. In some places lectures on missionary subjects have | attracted large numbers of the men, | who are glad to have the opportun- | ity of hearing first hand of what | actually is being done, Such lectures have proved a special source of in-| terest when given by an Indian Christian, and when it has been pos- sible to give time for questions at the end of the lecture. At other centres parties of men have heen taken to mission institutions, such | as hospitals, schools, or out to a vil- lage in the country where missionary work is: being carried - on. Such trips have proved the reality of for- | Aign missions as perhaps few things can to the new-comer to India. India Hoards Gold. Precious metals continue to accum- | ulate in India in enormous quanti- | ties in spite of the war. This is | brought out by the figures of the | gold and silver imports of the cur: | reat year, which are now published. These show that after deducting all exportations there has been in three. months an addition to the stores in the country of no less than one hun- dred and fifty-eight lakhs worth of | gold and two hundred and twenty- | nine lakhs worth of silver. In the | Same period the mints in India have | struck off the large sum of thirty- | six 'lakhs of rupees which has thus also been added to .the circulating wealth of the inhabitants. A total ive of over fourteen million dol- | Ts. Ye Found in Msm"s Body. =4 Here is what a military surgeon | "excavated" from a wound in the | thigh of a British oficer-who fe)l at. | Blade uf a pocketkhire. Batis handle of the same knife. Buttod from the victim's trousers. Screw ring from the head of a Ger- | man shell. | The wound fully exposed the fem- | ural artery, but did not break it. The patient will recover. - \ Englishman Found Aniline. 'It was in 18566 that an English 1 H. Parkin working in a London laboratory at the problem of producing aniline artificially, acel- dentally discovered aniline dye. There are now about twe thousand aniline dyes known to commerce, practically all of them made in Ger- many. Many a disciple of good health fads pays much to the support of the rs. Gn § Many men guess, and then call it | Owen's success lies in the facet that ,stipping combine, | owes nothing te doherited wealth jor | tomers are dealt | of the telephone, and the facilities s { afforded have already been taken ex: | into communication with the head of- | overcome before ["tallic manholes on drains or by trail- apressed into cakes for cattle. 'with' Th good judgment, » goo iy NAPOLEON OF SHIPPING. Sm-- How Sir Owen Phillips Won Success as Marine Maguate. About thirty-five years ago a young man, notable physically for his up- common height he stood 6ft. Tin. in his stockings - worked quietly, thor- oughly, and comscientiously in a shipping oftice at Newcustle-on-Tyne, He rarely spoke of his hopes for the future: bit he had one ambition which might, h#4 he then mentioned it to other people, have aroused some laughter. ee This was nothing less than to be- come the biggest shipping man in the world. Tt was not egotism which gave rise to this ambition, but. the keen desire to "get on," and the knowledge that if he had a chance he would "get on." That clerk, now Sir Owen Phillips, lives to-day in the realization of his ambition. He is the Napoleon of the mercantile ship- ping world, and master of over 300 ships, with a total fonnage of nearly | a million and a half. i The 'manner in which of late years Sir Owen-~who, It is announced, will be UnioList candidate for Chester at the next election--has engineered shipping deals, acquiring not single vessels, but whole fleets, furnishes a remarkable story of enterprise and energy on the part of this sou of the Principality--tor Sir Owen domes of a very ancient Welsh family of Pem-* brokeshire. worthies. Undoubtedly thé real secret of Sir he is a very fur-seéing man, He was one of the first to realize the trem- endous revolution that the opening of the Panama Cana! would bring about in the mercantile shipping of the world. Not only is trade with the Far East (0 be counted on by the cut- ting in two of the American contin- ent, offering imuiense profith to the steamship lines first 'in the field, but the great coast-line on the Pacific side of South America becomes more easily available. Sir Owen, fully realizing this, secured eonfrol of the Pacific Steam - Navigation €ompany, thus haidips the shipping - trade of South AméTick in the-Mollow .of his hand, and ultimately ' gequired the Dempster Line boats gil the West In- dian ride, which made cértain that there would be no serioud opposition from that quarter But the control 'of the-trade of one continent hy no means. satistied the ambitious of this shipping king, for soon after he took the Royal Mail Company under hig care He obtuin- ed whit amounted to a controlling interest in the share line running te China and Japan Then came the purchase of another line of, ships, which deait with the Mediterranean and North African trade. : Perhaps the 'most sensational pnr- chase Sir Owen has ever made was the acquisition, on behalf of the great of the goodwill, fleet, and business of the Union Cas- tle Mail Steamship Company, which meant the payment of a cheque for no less a sum than £5,173,5672 to Megsrs. Donald Currie and Co. Sir Owen's comparatively brief career----for he is only just over fifty ~--i8 a romance of the time, for he great influence, Herr Ballin, the shipping Colossus of Germany, was at one time disposed to be contempt- uous of the opposition of the Welsh- man. He even went so far as to for- bid him to poagh on his preserves in the West Indies. According to one intimately acquainted with Sir Owen, he bas never forgiven or forgotien this piece of insolence, and he was not satisfied until he had beaten Bal- lin and controlled 200,000 tons more shipping than his German rival. } Wireless on Wheels. To their latest motor delivery van a well-known London tobaceo com- pany have, after much experimenting; added a complete wireless installa- tiongby means of whith the traveler on his daily round is enabléd to establish immediate . contact al any time of the day with the head offices in Finsbury. In this way the urgent requirements of the company's cus- with even more speedily than is possible by the use tensive advantage of.' . The car is fitted with a complete transmitting set, capable of getting fice within a radius of twenty miles. | The company' have experimented for a considerable time in this direction, and many difficulties have had to be satisfactory com- munication could be obtained An ingenious feature of the installation is tife method adopted for completing the circnit, and making "an earth" by dropping a metal chain on to me- ing the same fn water. 'se Peanuts for Cattle, Peanuts, knowh in Great Britain as monkey nuts, are recommended as cattle food by the Imperial Insti- tute, after a series of experiments, with a view to finding a substitute for the higher-priced foods. = Before the war these nuts were imported in great qudntities, both by Germany and France. They Were crushed and presped for their ofl and the residue But England used only a small quantity, as 'the people, whe they eat them at all, eat them raw, being ignorant of the fact they 'are improved by roasting. India, China, and Africa are great producers of peanuts, and they are being introduced into Brit ish tropical dependencies. Light on History. . IR A stone inscription has recently been discovered, near Partabgarh in Rajputana, which sheds a new Hght on an obscure period. in sarly history of this part of India. The credit of this discovery belongs to Rai Baha- dur Pandit Gaurisbanker Hojha, Su- perinténdent of Rajputana Museum, Ajmer, who 'is at present engaged in deciphering the inscription a Cursory examination of the inscrip- tion it appears to be thé reproduction of fouk separate gramts to the shrine of Indradity Deva and the templg of Vatayakshini Devi atiached to the monastery of Havipeshwar: There is usually a dishonest indi: vidual around when the fool parts e always expects servic with promise, : ; Tepeat the idle § ¥, JANUARY 7, 1916. STILL CHEERY" The Experiences of Private Lonsdale in German Prison Private W. Lonsdale, (Le [apds tramwayman Who is a prisoner of war in Germany and whose jegry sentence (afterwards commuted 1 twenty years' penal servitude) ye. cently arolsed great indignation ' ip this country, writes bitterly 'about the treatment meted oul to him. He is now In the fortress prison of Span- dau, and, though in good hewlrh ig feeling the full rigour of Germuar "discipline." : In one fetter to his wife he says: "The captain came 10 see me yes. terday and gave me some papers. The only time 1 have for reading is on a Sunday. During the week it is all work and sleep, and pot a large amount of the.latter, bE ed to hear that <~---- (someone at the Front) is still alive and well. You can tell him "hat I don't fancy being a prisoner of war; and also tell him that, if he is so placed that he is likely to be taken prisoner, hé had better puj a bullet through his brain._ Death is far preferable to what I have already gone through, If my time were to come over again, | should never be a prisoner of war. . I would be with my comrades on the pithills in Flanders. They have tried several ways to kill me. Now they are trying to starve me because | am English. only get half as much to eat as the German prisoners. This is not the Salvation Hotel; it is the Starvation Hell." In another letter he urges his wife not to worry about him, as he is quite well. *'So cheer up," he adds, "keep up a good old British heart the same as | am doing, and all will come well ii THe end. Remember: Once Brit- ish always British. That is a good motto, and it takes a lat to break the heart of a true Britisher." Ocean Greyhounds as Cruisers; Since" Britain becanie a sea power the British Government has claimed the right to convert mgrchant: and passenger vessels into warships in time of war, Indeed, we have paid subsidies to certain lines. -in rder that we might have the means o k- ing. over vessels whith we inten to convert, * ' In Elizabeth's time every trader became a warship at need. The fleets of the East India Company consisted of armed vessels which could and did fight on occasion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and there is an historic incident in the annals of the Navy concerning Commodore Dance, who, in 1804, with his squad- ron of Indiamen, put to flight the French fleet under Admiral Linois. '* To-day such vessels as the Lusi- tania, the Mauretania, the Aquitania, and the Carmania, - which performed the gallant feat of sinking the Ger- man armed cruiser Cape Trafalgar off the Brazilian coast, have been taken over by the Navy, or remain At call. The same remark applies to (he ves- sels of the P, and O. Line and those of the White Star Line, such vessels as the Teutonic, the Adriatic, the Olympic, and the Oceanic, which was wrecked off the North Coast of Scot- land, having been transformed into armed cruisers. Such vessels do not Week action like the ordinary cruisers and Dread- noughts. Their business mainly dur- ing a/time like this, is to patrol the trade routes.. Naval officers and men are drafted on board, and, although they would stand little chance in a pitched battle with armed cruisers and Dreadnoughts, they can, as is il- lustrated by the case of the Car mania, be reckoned upon to give a good account of themselves in an emergency, All Want Gowns. The crase for legal gowns, says a Calcutta newspaper hgs now spread to the mukhiears of Bengal. A few years ago vakils obtained permission 10 wear gowns. Black gowns were Suggested by vakils but as these would have led to their being mis- taken for members of the Bar, hlue gowns were given them. Recently the pleaders asked that the privilege of wearing gowns should be extend- ed to them and the mecessary sanc- tion was granted, green being the color selegted. Not to be outdone the mukhtears are now moving in the matter and the initiative has been taken by these practising in the Jal- paiguri courts who have petitioned the Registraron the Appellate Side of the Calcutta High Court to be al- lowed to wear gowns. The color suggested is choeolate. The matter is under comsideration by the' Chief Justice. . Make Jaw From a Rib. Part qf a rib of a Toronto sdldier hus become his new jaw. This sur- gery bas just been wrought at To- ronto upon one of the 800 injured who have recently returned from the Canadian army corps fighting in France. The subject, a private, had a big section of the bone from the back portion of his lower Jaw carried away by a shell at Ypres. Reaching Toronto, he was badly disfigured, -as the cheek had fallen in. General hospital surgeons mecided to Operate, but théy neededfa piece of bone to fill in the gap. So they re- moved a piece of one of his own ribs and built it into his face where the jaw-bane had been before. Revenue of the Punjab. The total revenue raised from the Pupjab population of twenty millions is eighty-seven million rupees. "This includes all sources of revenue under the heads of excise, stamps, opium, salt, forest, law and justice, jails, agriculture, and education, which are for services renderdad or goods 'sup plied, as well as direct taxes, such as revenue from the land or income tax. This works out at a little less than fou and a half rupees per head, about equal to $1.50. : Mrs. Churchill a Stenographer. Among her many accomplishments Mrs. Winéton Churchill numbers that of being able to write shorthand. She frequently acts as shorthand-writer to her husband, the notes being after- wards handed to a secretary to copy into longhand. ; Policy 'always Has and always will control too many people and make moral cowards of a whole' Int of men. Ty Let the other fellow be the first io Peps are the new treatmeat for coughs, colds and lung troubles, They are little tablets made up from Pine extracts and medicinal essences. When put intothe mouth these medicinal ingredients turn into healing vapors, which are breathed down direct to the lungs, throat and bronchial tubes. The Peps treatment is direct. Swal- lowing cough mixtures into the stomach, to cure ailments and dis. orders in throat and lungs, is in- direct. Peps are revolutionizing the treatment of colds, as their price is within the reach ofall, 56c. box all druggists, or Peps Co., "Toronto. Tea, Coff Cocoa The best in the City, at PICKERING'S, 490 Princess Street. Phone 530. JOHN M. PATRICK Sewing - Machines; Um. brellas, Suit Cases, Trunks, repaired and re-fitted, Saws filed, Knives and Scis- 'sors -sharpencd, Razors honed. All makes of Fire. arms repaired promptly, locks repaired; Keys fitted. All makes of Lawn Mowers sharpened and repaired. 149 Sydenham St. aie : e : hn ROYAL MINT SAUOR ROYAL CHILI SAUOR ROYAL TABLE MUSTARD SKLEC » PAP ~e CLUB HOUSE oI. D. COUPER. Phone 76. . 841-3 Princess S¢, Prompt Delivery. NEW METHOD " Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing Heats done. We make a special. ty of Ladies' Work, M. F. PATTON, Prop. 140 SYDENHAM ST. St) Ph Local Branch Time Table, IN EFFECT MAY 30TH, 1918, Tralns will leave ard arrive at City Depot, foot of Johnston street. Golag No, 19--Mall .. Ar. City. . 12.57 a.m, 3.35 a.m. 9.64 a.m. 2.12pm, S40pm ent. Lv. City. 12.20 cal to Belleville €.§8 p.m, : 3 No, 16 ast Exp. .., Nof 32--Local to Brockville §-~Maljl Noo 14--intl. Leta, No. 28--lLaocal to Brockville 6.58 pm. Nos. 1,6, 7, 14, 14, 16, 18, 19 run dal other trains daily except Sunday. Direct routé to* Toronto, Teterboro, Hamilton, "Buffalo; "Loudon, Detroit, Chicago, Bay City, Saginaw, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec, Portland, St. Jobn, Halifax, Boston- and New Yotk. For fullparticulars apply J. P. HAM. LEY, Rallroajl and Steamship Agent, cor. Johnson 'and Ontario streets £15 am. No. 2.30 p. "HERE'S YOUR TICKET" 7 WINNIPEG. and the COAST Your train leaves Kingston 2.30 p.m. Mon., Wed., Fri. N WITH CONNECTIONS TO AND FROM ALL WESTER POINTS. M. C. DUNN. City Electric. lighted sleepers, dining cars and first-class coaches. Agent; RK. H, WARD, Station Agent; R. L. FAIRBAIRN, Gen. Pass, Agent, Toronto, Ont. Parlor LL THE WAY : . ; Furniture ¢ Fine Line to Choose From 3 Piece Suites, $18 and up. Spegial line at $35, $45. Par $7. or Cabinets, $5.50,$6.50, Parlor Tables, $2.50, $3.50 and up: R. J. REID, Leading Undertaker. Phone 577 ome. Every week in the year something is needed for the home, something to eat or to furniture or new clothes. The list is endless and worry of the housewife is almost as unless she uses intelligence and pu Ss. harassed housekeepers. . endless, system in her The advertising columns are intended for such t They contain real news that wiil help to ease her burden and settle her uncertainties. Certainly thie advertisers g to make money. Are they not entitled to it if they. 5 . Make life more comfortable for thousands? Read the advertisements, with diseri and intelligence. They will solve many a vex: tion 4