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Kennedy H, Palmer, of Guelph, and other specific charges in regard to the Guelph Novitiate. The destruction of the great gov- ernment elevator at Port Colborne - will mean the shipping to Montreal fe train some sixty million bushels of wheat for trans-shipment overseas and in order to provide for the effic- jent handling of this increased traf- fic, the Grand Trunk Railway is going to put in two new railway sidings on the waterfront. ; The appointment of Viscount Grey as temporary British Ambas- sador to Washington has been re- 'ceived with general satisfaction in _ English-speaking America. Grey is a first magnitude man and his car- eer has always been characterized by independence of character and stain- less purity. He has always been a leading force for peace and a skillful diplomat and a man capable of. con- ducting. delicate negotiations. -*Smoke from forest fires in the orth country is being driven by a north wind all over Ontario, causing interference to the movements of ke vessels. Lake Captains report that between fog. and smoke it is impossible for the crews to see 25 yards. One day last week not a sin- le vessel locked through the Cana- dian Soo because of the smoke. mall forest fires are reported burn- ng within the limits of Sault. Ste. arie. ~The boot and shoe factories of uebec are working at their fullest capacity, with contracts that will keep them active until February next One manufacturer said he could not 'see how there could be any apprec- iable fall in the prices, taking into onsideration that other contracs betweene the manufacturer and the leather interests were covered up to February, 1920. Cutters are making from $35 to $40 per week, and the machine workers even more. -- The English speaking world will celebrate the centenary of George 'Eliot (Marian Evans), one of the hree great novelists of the Victorian va, in November, that of the two oth- of the triumvarate in prose fiction Thackeray and Dickens having been -eelebrated several years ago. In her 'books she depicts the life of central England as she knew it forty and fifty years ago. She was a robust 'writer combining masculine force of intellect and expression with the in- ensity and sweetness of a woman. fer most noted works are The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, 'elix Holt. report isued by the Federal rades' Commission shows that huge 'quantities of food are being withheld hers, markets by profiteers who are aiting for the expected great de- 1and from European countries. The report shows that stocks in storage on June ist, 1919, were twenty per it. greater than those on June Ist, 918 and yet the prices were higher. The report proves that the law of ; d demand is not allowed with regard to these food- tuffs, but that they are held spec- atively by powerful interests. The eeling against profiteers is becom- 1 tense and some labor leaders re suggesting prison sentencés as a/ uitable punishment. : The New York Sun in a_recent ial says: ""'We must steady Can- " It is evident from the ex- nge rate existing between Canada d the United States that retrench- ent in public and private expen- eC rcomen take place or our credit suffer to a greater extent in the ney markets o fthe United States. Iture, which is our basic in- ust be encouraged and ev- means used to restore r rural population, box recent years has SOME MOTOR RULES law a short time ago. should familiarize themselves the changes as the police will start to enforce the mew regulations very shortly. vehicles used for commercial pur- poses have a mirror so atached that the driver can see the road behind him, and thus be able to get out of the way of an oncoming vehicle by having seen it in sufficient time. Another amendment deals with the cutoutand says that all motor ve- hicles must have mufflers and that there shall not be any attachment for the release of such mufflers that can be operated from the driver's seat. A most important one is that which forbids the renting of a car to anyone save a licensed chauffeur or a car owner who has a license or permit for a car for the current year. This practically means that a driver must accompany all rented cars, There is a clause of the new speed regulations, too, that many drivers seem ignorant of. That is, the rule concerning crossings. The new speed limit is 20 miles an hour in cities, towns or villages.and 25 miles in the country, but in passing a street intersection or curve where the driv- er has not a clear view of the roads on either side the speed limit*is ten miles an hour. In the country, at the junction of cross roads, it is twelve miles and a half per hour. Then, too, the whole interpretation of this clause rests on the part which says no person shall drive a car on the public highway at a rate of speed dangerous to public safety. t THE LAWYER'S WAY If a man were to give another an orange he would simply say, ' Igive you this orange."' But when the trans- action is entrusted to a lawyer to put in writing he adopts this form: "I hereby give and convey to you, all and singular, my estate, right, title, claim and advantages of and in said orange, together with all the rind, juice, pulp and pips. and all rights and advantages therein, with full pow- er to bite, cut, suck and otherwise eat the same away with or without the rind, skin, juice, pulp or pips, any- 'thing hereinbefore or hereinafter or in any other deed or deeds, instru- ment or instruments of whatever na- ture or kind soever to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding." ' HUNTING SEASON ADVANCED Local sportsmen will be interested to learn that the open season for deer has been advanced five days, from November lst. Hunting will now com- mence on November the 5th, and ter- minate on the 20th. To some this will be welcome news as five days Others who have to go far in the woods, especially by water route will have to keep a sharp lookout to avoid being frozen in. y we! a BLESSING OF HIGHEST ORDER - Rev. Father Minehan, of Toronto, ance Reform in these words: "There is but one opinion amongst all classes with whom I am in contact, concern- ing the prohibition legislation of the Dominion and Provincial Parliaments namely, that it has been a blessing of the highest order to our country. Everywhere I go I see conditions which are a welcome contrast to the days of the bar-room, gone, let us hope, never to return. Y A MAMMOTH LOSS . =, _ Mail and Empire The Minister of Canada lost $100,000,000 by strikers in the last year. Next winter the strikers may have reason to reflect how handy their share of that There are several amendments to} the Motor Vehicles' Act that became ; Car owners | with One amendment is that all motor . makes. quite a difference in the tem- perature at this time of the year. expresses his experience of Temper- | ja court of justice. s |justice is illustrated by the following bor. says _that| Short Stories Retold. What Did He Mean? They were travelling peacefully home in their lumbering market cart, .when, from the shadowy hedge there ilept two unkempt forms. No time was wasted in useless talking in a business-like manner they rifled the pockets of Farmer Jones and his daughter, turned them out of the cart, and drove off in it themselves. | Dear, oh, dear,' wailed the poor old man. "Here's a nice to-do -- horse and cart and money all gone." "Not the money, father," broke in the daughter. "I hid the purse in my mouth." "In your mouth, lass?" -- replied the old man feebly. '"'Good for you! But what a pity your mother wasn't here. Then we might have saved the horse and cart." DEATHS. Resuscitated A man from Nebraska went into a saloon-in Kansas City and wrote on a piece of paper, "A glass of whiskey, piease."' The bartender did as he was bid and gave the man a drink and after he was finished with. this one he wrote for another and still another. Then he wrote, "Wow much do I owe you?" The bartender said that was all right because he didn't charge deaf and dumb men. The customer spoke up, "H----, I'm not deaf and dumb, I am from Nebraska and was so dry I ecouldn't- talk."' . eb ob & Prohibition Worker A-whiskey peddler in the jail claims Ben Spence has nothing on him as a temperance worker. 'To some ladies who distributed flowers the other day he said: "You folks busted up the best temperance movement in years. I was selling them fellers whiskey diluted as high.as 75 per cent., and if you'd a let me alone an- other month I'd had 'em drinking pure water. : ee & & Rough "Here is a poem which you may publish in your paper. I dashed it off in an idle moment, and you will perhaps find it a little rough. You ean make any corrections you please." "Thank you," said the editor. "'I will give you a cheque for it at once." "You are very kind, I shall be de- lighted." The editor handed him a cheque. "Many thanks," said the poet. "I will bring you some more poems." He had reached the door when sud- denly he turned. "Exeuse me, but you've forgotten to fill up this cheque." "Oh, that's all right,' said the editor. "I have given you a cheque in its rough state, as it were. You can make any corrections you please." te & & The Fatal Day A merchant in a certain town has about decided to go out of business isince he wrote an "ad" for the local | paper in which he expounded upon the vast crowds of customers that )Visited his store. The printer made |the mistake, but as the merchant read 'his own proof, he has no alibi, Any- how, here is his statement as it ap- 'peared to the townspeople: : "Tf you could have seen the crows that flocked to our store yesterday you would realize that the picking is good on our bargain counters." | How on earth can he ever expect to |square himself with the ladies who Si ge his counters upon that fatal ay? eee Left it to Them For some reason the old-fashioned darky always affords amusement in His sense of story of Uncle Mose. _Uncle Mose, needing money. sold, his pig to a wealthy northern lawyer who had just bought the neighboring plantation. After a time, needing more money, he stole the pig and old it, this time to a Judge | They confronted Uncle Mose. Pickens, who lived "down the road a piece," Soon afterwards the two gentlemen met, and upon comparing notes, suspected what had ee e old man cheerfully admitted his guilt. "Well," demanded Judge Pickens, "what are you going to do about it?" "Blessed, if I know, Jedge," re- plied Uncle Mose, with a broad grin, "se no lawyer, I reckon I'll have to let yo' two gen'men settle it between yo'selves," bbb & Almost as Good To instil into the mind of his son sound' wisdom and: business precepts -was Mosenheimer senior's earnest endeavor. He taught his offspring much, in- cluding the business advantages of| bankruptcy, failures, and fires--"Two bankruptcicies equal one failure, two failures, one fire, etc. F Then Mosenheimer junior lookedup brightly --- "Fadder," he asked, '"'is marriage a failure?" "Vell, my boy,'? was his parent's reply, "if you marry a really very vealthy voman, marriage is almost as good as a failure!' ' Se b infant Terrible Again A lady decided to give a Christmas party; and purchased a hat stand which she admired. While showing her purchase to a visitor-her little boy came in and forgot to remove his hat. lesson, she said. "Tommy, what did I buy that. hat stand for?" "For four dollars," answered Tom- my, promptly, "but you said that I was not to tell anyone." " = F bh he No Miracle There An eminent Scottish preacher was trying to explain to-an old lady the meaning of the Scriptural expres- sion.. "Take up thy bed and walk." He informed her that the bed was simply a mat or rug easily taken up and carried away. "Na, na,"? was her reply, "I canna believe that. The bed was a regular miracle in walking away wi' a bit 0' mat or rug on your back." * & & & An air pilot after being pestered for a long time by two girls, con- sented to take one of them for a flight on One condition, and that was that they should not speak whilst they were in the air. i After doing a few stunts such as banking, looping the loop andethe eorkserew, one of the girls very timidly touched him on thé shoulder. "TJ am very sorry ," she said, but Emily has gone." = : Coe ee : A lady who had just received an in- teresting bit of news said to her little daughter: Marjorie, dear, auntie has a new baby, and now mamma is the baby's aunt, papa is the baby's uncle, and you are her little cousin.' ' -. Well," said Marjorie, wondering- ly, "Wasn't that arranged quick!" PLAY FAIR! There is some talk of a provincial election on the same day as the vot- ing on the prohibition referendum. There should be no such thing unless Premier Hearst is more desirous of playing into the hands of the liquor interests than he is of being fair and square with the people of the pro- vince as a whole. | Such a move would confuse the issue and remove all possibility of a fair and square fight. There need be no fear that a good vote will be recorded. The blessings of prohibition have been so abundantly evident that many who formerly were luke warm on the sub- ject, are now enthusiastic for its con. tinuance. They will all turn out." 'The importance of the question and its bearing on the future of the pro- vinee demand that it be given an op- portunity to be considered on its mer- its and free from all partisan politi- cal influences. Play fair is the word that should be pressed. upon the ;ber & Sy eed Pigragme ag and Premier. x x Thinking to teach him a: gee ase } RAIN! | I've been dreaming of the ocean sands And the cliffs around the bay. | I'm homesick for my native shore . A thousand miles away! IT seem to smell the fragrance Of the countless cypress trees i When the rain has swept their bran-! ches In the toss of the ocean breeze. The sky is grey and misty-- And my heart with longing fills; For it's raining, raining, raining In the hills! It's the rain that brings the mem'ries To my wander-weary heart: It's the rain that calls me backward And makes my pulses start. I seem to hear it dripping In the pine trees and the fern: I seem to see it, misty grey, Where the sea-gulls wheel and turn The sky is growing brighter-- Yet my soul with longing fills; It's still raining, raining, raining, In the hills! --Joseph Andrew Galahad, in Life. THE KINGS ARE GONE It is curious to consider how few kings there are left in Europe--or Asia either. You can travel all the way straight from Paris to Pekin, inclusive, and nary a king to be seen. Where are the Kings of Prussia, Ba- varia, Saxony, Russia, Austria, Hun. gary? They are with the snows of yester-year, some of them in the Alps. With them are departed the pompous bunch of reigning dukes and duke- lings of Germany. Napoleon cleaned out most of these a hundred years ago the war hag finished his work. Mrs. Browning wrote of Waterloo that as its main result, 'Kings crept out again to feel the sun." Likesnakes after the long winter hiding, they re- turned to life for a time. The ty- rants' respite, said Byron, was not to be for long. We see now his prophecy fulfilled: France, Germany, Russia, and Austria rid of kings. Sovereigns still reign at London, Rome and Brus- sels, but they are kings only in name. Romanoff, Hohenzollern, Hapsburg are down and out. It is civilization's business to see that they never get back, nor economic substitutes for them, either, who might be worse than the old kings of the sword. LAZINESS AND EXTRAVAGANCE (Harriston Review.) -Tubs of ink and tons of paper are being wasted in useless discussion of the cause of and cure for the high cost of living and universal unrest prevalent. The cause is simply lazi- ness and attendant extravagance. The cure, industry and thrift. That is the whole thing in a nut-shell. The wind- jammer who spouts Socialism and Bolshevism is a loafer and a parasite, and no good citizen can afford to waste valuable time listening to him. The time and consequent loss in pro- duction through strikes can never be recovered, and the world and the peo- ple thereof are the poorer thereby. There is no getting over that fact. The Montana wool elip for 1919 is estimated at 20,000,000 pounds. Nervousness Many physicians who are well fit- ted to cure chronic invalids are un- successful because they change cor- rect medicines before nature has time to remove the disease or regenerate the patient. If you have lost control of your nerves or if your heart is weak or your blood circulation poor; if you have pains in the head or shooting pains through the breast or heart take HACKING'S HEART AND NERVE REMEDY and stay with it until cured. It is the correct medi- cine for all troubles of the heart, nerves and blood vessels, but you must have faith and confidence in the remedy to get results. Don't give up, don't weaken, insist on Hacking's. Price 50e a box, 6 boxes for $2.50. Sold by S. Petrie, Milverton; We- FURNITURE! We have a beautiful range of Diningroom Furniture. See our display of Parlor Suites, Couches and Rockers. We have a large assortment of Dressers and Stands. A nicé new stock of Brass Beds at popular prices Tf you need anything in the Rug Line spend a few min- utes when in town and look over our stock. We also have Stair and Body Carpet. Congoleum Squares look nice. Linoleum always on hand. We have them. GERHARD HEINTZMAN PIANOS - McLAUCHLIN AUTOMOBILES ROBERT Furniture Dealer Milverton VMcMANE Funerai Director and Embaimer * THE SPEED FIEND (With apologies to Walt Mason) Some men who drive a motor car are reckless of their speed and race around the streets as though they followed Gilpin's steed. They care nought for the rights of men, nor laws of speed nor rules; but seem to think that those who walk are class- ed among the fools. Perchance a corner they would turn -- no out- stretched hand you'll find to warn the piker on the road--"Gosh ding it. Is he blind?" They whistle as they blithely spin along their merry way and curse the traffic cop in blue, who dares to say them nay. Some day a bashin will occur, and from the wreckage stacked a gink all cov- ered o'er with gore will gently be un- packed. For damages he'll file a suit, and counsel he'll procure to ar- gue' he'd a right to live and walk the streets secure. The bill of costs a- gainst_ the town the judge will then unload will leave a cherished (7?) monument to speedfiends of the road. Now motorists who ~drive . with care, the moral's plain as day; why tolerate the reckless wight who cares not who he'd slay. These ultra- Jehus should be canned; their cars in storage put, and they should always more be forced the streets to walk on foot.--The Club. FLOWERS AT THE NORTH POLE That one should find sweet blos- soms in the ice-bound dreary wastes of the North Pole, seems incredible, says Tit-Bits. It is nevertheless, a fact that there the explorer has found many thousands of acres of buttercups, heather, bluebells, dande-|f. lions and rhododendrous. It is a veritable garden on top of the earth, a land of exquisite beauty at seasons, as well as of midnight sun. June brings the first warm, bright rays of the sun. The Eskimo housewife starts spring cleaning and soon the flowers begin to show, even up to the most northern part of the land in the world, 380 miles from - the Pole. A botanist has collected over 125 species of plants and flowers on the roof of the world. Even large delicious mushrooms are there, orange-colored lichens are in abun- dance. And strange to say, all, with but a single exception, are per-|H fectly odorless. 1ousands and Ei E. C.| tho nese ae. a of Bes and yet ¥ A FAREWELL CALL London (Eng.). Times Not the least significant feature of the Peace Parade will be the presence of 3,500 United States' troops. They have come to take leave of this coun- try after bearing their share in the war. We know. how gallantly the Americans fought on every field on which they were engaged. Whenever they stood side by side with British troops, mutual esteem and a spirit of cordial comradeship grew up between them. Earnest men in both countries have; generation after generation, longed that the day might come, when in some great and worthy cause sol- diers of the two nations would be found fighting shoulder to shoulder. That it has come about in our time is a thing for which British and American alike should be profoundly grateful; and, far beyond the limits of the two countries, the consolida- tion of the English-speaking peoples in the new comradeship which has a- risen should give cause for thankful- ness. It can hardly fail to be of immeasurable benefit to the world. SELL BUTTER, BUY "OLEO" Farmers' Sun A Toronto dealer declares that 'sales of oleomargarine from his ware- house are heavier in the country than in the city, and that the imitation butter goes to the country, where it is bought by the farmers who sell all their milk and cream and buy the im- itation butter for their families. It would be interesting to know just how current the practice is. Sir Robert Borden, Premier of Canada, slipped on a stairway at Hali_ ax the other day and so severely strained a ligament in his leg as to necessitate his going to bed for sev- eral days. He will be unable to par- ticipate in the earlier functions in connection with the Prince of Wales' vin oe oc Yr, Joseph E. Seagram, ex-M.P. of North Waterloo, and one of the most prominent race-horse breeders in Canada, died at his home in. Wa- terloo on Monday, August 18th. Mr, Seagram was a native of this country, having been born near Galt -- . He was a resident of \ for { He is sur- vived by four sons, Edward F., sone , is only Bowlb: 79 years Waterloo for 57 years. +, Norman and ° daughter, Mrs. Dr. G ES ¥ LY : WIDY, was killed in an automobile accid 'a few weeks ago. eos 23 _-- ih a tg Ne a Net ES a ge ON IRD LOA CBM ts AS PRS