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i Cheaper Than the Cheapest lfpoa lehtlp 'retkhef th E Opposite the Old Stand Uurnam. unwrlo WWOOQOOOO0 WWWNOOOOOOOOQQ The People’s Mills 9009009999000 0090..” 09999 WQQQOQ If possible I wish to dispose of my entire stock before the end of the present year. and if prices at cost and below cost will move the buying public then our stock Will be sure to move. We are determined to get rid of it. so we advise you to see for yourself. Call and get. our Moving tale prices. There’s money in it for you. Eggs and Butter taken as Cash. The stock consists nf Dry Guuds including. flannellets, blankets, wuullen gnnda, men’s underweax. India's under- wear. men‘s pants and overalls. ginghams, muslin: and ladies’ and gent’s sweatvrs. Bran, Shorts, Low Grade Flour, Chop of All Kinds, No. l Hay. etc., kept con- stantly on hand. Eclipse, Sovereign and Pastry Flour and Rolled Oats Breakfast Cereal February. 3. 1916 on hand. Farmers and Stock Owners should lay in a quan- tity of this Exrellent Conditioner for Spring and Summer Feeding. Nothing equals it for Young Pigs, Calves, Etc. Makes Milan (‘uws Milk nd puts Horses in prime condition for seeding: in fact it ma .es everything go that infefed to. Although it advanced $2.00 per ton Wholesale we are selling it at the same Ulll prive. $2.00 per single sack, $1.90 per sack in half ton lots and $1.85 in ton lots. Everything in our line at lowest prices for Cash. JOHN McGOWAN TELEPHONE N0. 8 (Night or Day) ALL MUST BE SOLD \Ve have a quantity of the celebrated Molassine Meal . SCOTT Durham, Ontario I state that being wounded was my pleasantest experience during a nine weeks’ spell of war. Being shot has its disagreeable moments, even in the most fortunate cases: but it compares favorably with trench discomforts, night digging. midnight marches, and the rest of the routine of active service. The sensation of being hit was rather. startling. It happened in theI pitch dark, when leaving the trenches after a rough six days» I was walking with my captain and. our company sergeant-major. Sud-3 denly, out of the darkness, some-l body appeared to slash my right! thigh, with all his might with an; iron bar. “Surely this can’t be. a' bullet!” I thought to myself, asI; pitched over with the force of the‘ impact. OOOOOQOMOOQQWQQ It speaks well for our medical arrangements at the front when Seeing me fall, my friends rushed up to me, together with two sol- diersâ€"stragglers from another regimentâ€"and proceeded to tear the clothing off the injured leg. The two soldiers produced their field dressings, and, fearing the severance of an important artery, improvised a tourniquet. When From Stretéfi'ér to Hospital I mildly suggested that another screw around the latter would probably leave my leg lying on the road, the bandaging was com- pleted. The soldiers then disap- peared into the darkness, hardly waiting to be thanked. A message was sent on for stretcher bearers: and meanwhile, as bullets were flying about from two directions, friendly hands carried me along to a more sheltered spot. The stretcher soon arrived, and I Was conveyed another half mile to the nearest dressing _ statipn. There mv wound was dressed by a sur- geon, only thirty minutes after I had been hit: but, as the motor ambulances had left at ten p..m and it was then nearly midnight, I had to remain on my stretcher at the dressing station until the fol- lowing e\ ening. ' 0 l l ‘ l The hours passed very slowly. and it was an immense relief when four bearers came, at about 8.45 p.m., and took up my stretcher : again. As they stumbled along in: the dark, groping their unevenl.‘ way down a wooded declivity, I : heard one remark to another; ‘ “Where do we dump the wounded " to-night?”. In a gruff voice came the reply, “We dumps ’em at f â€"â€" CODSE.” It carried my mind' backt o the days of the. Tariff Re-. form controversy, when we talked‘| about goods instead of about re-, cruits and reinforcements. The' (‘01)89. on that particular night. :was not a cheerful place in which‘ [to be dumped. Bullets were ping- ing through the air and padding;l softly into the ground by the 'stretcher. There we waited for| l twenty-five minutes or so, as there. lwas to be. some kind of R. A. M.(.‘.‘ iinspection. My feelings were not‘ genyiable. “Here am I,” thought I; ‘to myself, “Going home with :1! .nice bullet wound in the leg; and; 3 in another minute I shall get ano-g lther one in the stomach or some: {other Vital spot, and everything:: L‘will be spoilt.” At the moment of ‘which reflection, crash fell an offi- lcer in my vicinity, and in five =minutes he was laid by my side on la stretcher, where we exchanged |forebodings until a general move- 'ment put a welcome end to the ‘. tension. V l The stretchers were each mount-‘ ed on a wheel for conveyance tol ances were in readiness. Tha‘ bearers manoeuvred them skillfully over the numerous shell holes. butl the jolting was such that Ilooked‘ forward with relief to the sup-2 posed comfort of an ambulance can; It did not take long to discovers the illusion. A road paved withl great, uneven blocks of stone; and covered at irregular intervalsI with Jack Johnson holes offer; small scope for luxurious travel-l ling, Even Earl’s Court Exhibi-‘ tion has not succeeded in evolving1 anything that jolts the human frame like a motor ride along the roads near the front. It was small consolation to hold one’s injured leg in a tight grasp, when body, limbs, and all were flung about in all directions like hard peas in a baby’s rattle. The journev might well seem intermin- able. The driver, new to~ this part of the line, lost his way. Finally we were landed in despair at a dressing station, where our wounds were promptly attended to. _ A .1 we dreamt uneasily that we were still motoring over the shell hmm- ted road. In the morning 1 had the horrible inspiration to ask an orderlv to shave me. He mid he was afraid it would be rather rough: but it was not until I r?- garded my chin in 21 looking glass at the base hosnital two days that I discovered the damage to have exceeded the pain. The te- tanus injection was child’s play in connparison witn the amateur o . I a boarding school turned into an hospital and the beds, being in- tended for small boys, imported a .comic element into the establish- ment. As I lay in my cubicle‘ I ‘ heard somebody ceaselessly asking t for morphia. Nobody seemed to I pay any attention to his reiterated ‘â€" A.‘â€"--‘ Lil, I'v' ‘â€"vâ€"__’ in. Then, in the loud ringing tones of a professional orator, he called out with rhetorical emphasis, “Fel- low citizens! I want morphia! A general laugh could not be sup- pressed. I called a nurse, and learnt that the poor fellow had part of his skull blown away by a shell, and would only survive a couple of days, but that he suf- fered no pain. The following afternoon, to our joy, we were sent off to Calais in an ambulance train, in Which tra- velling was the acme of comfort. But a bitter disappointment awaited us on arrival. The hos- pitals would only ,take two or three urgent cases, and the report was circulated that the rest of u; were to continue a fifteen hours journey to Rouen. To be almost in sight of the English coast and then to be sent away again into the in- terio-r, was too tragic a fate. De- termined to make an effort on my behalf, I requested to see the QC. train. “Major,” 1 said, when he appeared by my berth, “1 have stood the journey very well so far. but I don’t thinkâ€"with my combination of wound and acute rheumatism, caught from a damp stretcherâ€"that I can go any further.” I tried to- look ill and feeble, but was conscious of being extraordinarily fit. The 0.0 train was not to be humbugged. “No, no,” he replied, “I am quite adaâ€" mant about these things. You will have to go on with the others.” Seeing it was useless I dropped the mask. “All right, Major,” I exclaimed cheerfully, “I am quite well, thank you. Only I thought I would make an effort to be disembarked here.” The major and a few neighboring col- leagues laughed at the abortive trick, and off we went, grousing and grumbling at our luck, on our long journey. We were rewarded. however, by one of the best served and most delicious dinners I ever tasted. It was reminiscent of the most reputable Paris rtstaurants. and changed for us all the entire aspect of life. pa; “Ma .- vvâ€"vâ€"vâ€" - request, aid suddenâ€"lyâ€"I â€"heard his bed creak, .as_if he _ha_d sat up on At eight o’clock on Sunday morn- ‘ ing, four days after being hit, I ‘ arrived at No. 2 Red Cross Hosâ€" 1 pital. There my leg was X-rayetl ‘ and pronounced.to have susLflned 1 no injury to the bone. It was a ‘ weird, but pleasant experience. for the fact that an orderly. in replacing the bandage, ran asafe~ ty-pin Well into» my leg. Taken by surprise I gave a hearty yell, which must have discouraged other imtknns bound hn'the XEray deâ€" partment. My two days’ sojour'i in this hospital was made very happy, reaching even to the bliss of a miniature bottle of Benedie- line. at the end of dinner. for every patient in the ward. Then 3name an eargerly anticipated Itransfer to an hospital ship on the river, and a disappointing awake- ning next morning to dis-"over her ~still at her moorings. Bv (h) levaning we were at Southampton; lbut it was too late to dismnhark, iso we had to enrb our impatience lao land and sleep a sec-0nd nigh! §)n bOflflL TWKParfivalin London gfolloxved next day. with the ex- ;traordinary good fortune of being ‘sent. quite haphazard. to the priâ€" vate hospital of a friend, it »lwas a long and slow prom-(sq l from the firing line to London;hut Ilthe medical arrangements were 1‘ admirable, and the best surgical -! skill was available at everv stage 9 ofthe journeysâ€"By a VVounded {Officer in The Westminster Gaz- -l ette. “Never again shall I use cheap common ointments since I have proved how wonderful Zam-Buk is.” So writes Mrs. Joe Valliere, of 903 Hale St., Escanaba, Mich. Shz adds; “For seven years I suffered with a rash on my hands, which all the ointments I usedâ€"and I used manyâ€"failed to cure. I had despaired of ever finding relief when I heard of Zam-Buk. and as a last resort determined to give it a trial. It was not long before I found that Zam-Buk is no- ordinary ointment! Zam-Buk was proving itself capable of doing what all the other ointments hail failed to doâ€"it was effecting a cure. en _. ,. . v fl ‘9 . .e on a“; ‘ ,. ', being ' ' W coflgct- I pro ed to be a6 riding .scixool turned into an‘ :pital and the beds, being in-: rind fnr emu" hOVS. imDOI'ted a Naturally, finding this out, I persevered with it, and its use resulted in a complete cure. I have had no return of the' rash since, so I know the cure is per- mament. After seven years of useless trying of remedies, I ap- If you are troubled‘with eczema, ulcers, or eruptions, you will find Zam-Buk equally effective: _-__--‘" finnoa ll"u uuu- uuvâ€" v also for ringworm, running sores, blood poison, abscesses, pimples, cold sores, chapped hands, piles burns, cuts, bruises, sprains, etc. All druggists and stores, 50c. box, or post free for price from Zamâ€" “-4. an. mmmntn- Refuse substi- all “A “Do_ or post free for price from Buk Co'., Toronto. Refuse tutes and imitations. ‘Oh, no,’ soliloquized Johnny, bitâ€" terly; ‘there ain’t any favorites in this family! Oh, no! If I bite my fingernails I get a rap over the knuckles, but if the baby eats his whole _foot they think it’s cute.’ HAD HASH SEVEN YEARS YET ZAM-BUK (TURED IT .79 UNFAIR ilighted and thrown, the gunpow- “0W der chum not being strong l enough to tear the tomato can to {pieces and scatter the contents, The method of making bombs on .the field was explained to the avisitors, samples of the hair brush On Friday forenoon the members of the county council made anbomb and the jam tin grenade . . t lion in being passed around. .mspection 0‘ the 147th Bat a K From here the procession of 7training here, their tour 0‘ t e autos went to the Riverside Rink different places of training being“ for the dismissal of the battalion )ersonally conducted by Lieut. at midday. .The three companies l 1 (1, nd when of the battalion With the band. Col. G. F. McFarlan a .bugle band. signallers and N, (‘. 03. they had completed the r01111d8~ class fell in a few minutes how“ they as a body, had gained a great deal of information at first hand about the methods of training in forces. and the routine of drill as carried on by the Grey County boys under the energetic comâ€" manding Officer. The feelings of probably every individual mem-l , A :are you John." twehe and were dismissed lvv (my McFarland. whereupon the pimp“- councillors were besieged by mp'p from their own municipalities and cheery Shouts 0' “Hello Bill.“ “Una etc. ran around the rink while the smiling count} fathers shook hands with H} husky boys until their hands 1mm have been sore. ber of the county council were voiced by warden Cordingley when at the conclusion of the inspection he thanked Col. McFarland for the courtesy shown the county council by the Headquarter’s Staff, and the opportunity afforded every member of the council to see the boys from his own particular 'oaili- wick at their work in preparing for the great task which confronts them, and said, “I had no idea of the thoroughness with which every thing is done about the 147th. or of the amount of detail there is for the staff to attend to. It was a revelation to me the care which is exercised for every man of the Battalion. 1 can go back to my municipality and tell the relatives of the boys who are here irom there, that they are being wed looked after. We will also be able. to conscientiously declare the grant which we made to the Battalion was merited, and that it would have been a sad reflection on the county if they had not acedco to the request made to them for as- sisgance. Shortly after nine o’clock Friday morning the manners gathered at armories, an at men) wm exception 01 a few who na - ‘-11 lathers gathered at (he armories, an or them With the. exception 0|. a few who had (2011‘- mittee meetings, whien prevented them being present. 'lney this. made the rounds of the Armories at the corner 01' Third Avenue east and Main street, inspecting we company orderly rooms, the guard room and the various other quar- lelb C01. McFarland explainca the organization of the Battalion to the visitors and then they Went to the medical officer’s quarters and that of the paymaster, whue Lu,- ta-in Hovwes, M. O. and Captain Burke, paymaster, explained the work which devolved upon their particular departments. The pains -s ‘n\ I!) [-1.5 'Ju- v-_ , taken to assure every man intiw Battalion is kept in the very best health, impressed the councillors. From here the councillors went to the Quarter Master’s stores, where Captain McLauchlan and his assis- tants received them. Piles of khaki greatcoats were spread out on the long tables, also tunic-o. trousers and winter caps, underâ€" wear, woollen cardigans, jackets boots and socks. The \‘isitUl‘a‘ went about the stores freely handling the goods, commenting on the patently fine quality. While “10:; were there about a score of men came in to be fitted out with cxtr: underwear, top shirts and boots. which was done expeditiously and carefully. One man tried no less than five pairs of boots before he got a pair that were a good lit, all five pairs being of the same siZe. - ' ‘ r-------A-.».. \Vith the \‘iSit to the Quart: r ‘ Master’s stores the councillors \x'cx-c taken in autos to 1:31.: differed training quarters, the machines for the occasion being gix'en by the members of the motor league. “(“‘ Company in charge of Captain D. R. Dobie drilling at the Grand iTrunk freight sheds Was the iirsi 'to be Visited. No. 9 platoon and iNo. 10 platoon had just arrived with rifles for rifle exercise when Ethe council came, and as they fell 'o-ut to take off their greatcoats they were formed into knots about different members of the council.‘ for these platoons are chiefly re- icruited from the southern part of the county, Hanover Durham, Duns dalk, Euphrasia, Bentinck, and the representatives from these places were busy [or a few min-‘ ‘ utes glad-handing with their boys , “I think the Hanover boys look as .i good as any, don’t you,” inquired »' deputy reeve Frock, of Hanover. ; Reeve Dan McTavish could not be ;; persuaded that the best in th :3 battalion were not from his own igtown. Reeve Catton, of Durham. 1' who has one son in the ranks had is glad smile for the large number i of Durham boys in C. Company. “I , guess that for appearance and [ number the boys from Durham size , up favorably with any of them, . he remarked, and one was inclined f to agree with him. north of the racetrack oval Lieut. i Richardson had been fora few days busy constructing trenches in Dallalluu nun-u -...., -- -_ .. a-de experts. The long winding trench with its traverses and com- munication trenches. was nartly fined with water from the heavy rains which had fallen a shovt time before and even then a Work 7-‘1rty was busy with spade and nick digging a drainage trench, Coi. McFarland explained to the Pouncillors the theorx' of entreveh- ing first line trenches. reserves and rommnnication trenches” Limit. Richardsonfiwho is the battalion homhing officer. had a number of homhs constructed. hut owing tn the fact that it had beenimposihle to get zuncotton for an explosive ’they did not do their work when t "to the Quartz”; the councillors were to the diffi‘ront CUUAH)’ (he FOR WHAT IS CANADA FIGHTING? , “All the lives sacrificed and all éthe treasure expended in (bi. .struggle.” said Premier Borden in .his speech before the New England lSociay, “will have been in vain. if humanity must still endure mill- tarism and armaments. Such would be the result of an inconclusix e peace. The people of the British dominions are animated by a stem resolve that there shall be nu such outcome.” The people of (‘an'ida lik the people of the United States. are on...“ autos went to the Riverside Rink for the dismissal of the battalion at midday. The three companies of the battalion with the band. bugle band. signallers and N. C. 0“,; class fell in a few minutes before twelVe and were dismissed by (‘m_ McFarland, whereupon the (‘Ollhty councillors were besieged by men from their own munieipnlities and cheery shouts of “Hello Bill." “How are you John,” ete. ran around the rink while the smiling eoumy fathers shook hands with 1h ~ husky boys until their hands must have been sore. Co‘l. McFarland than callpd for three cheers for tho (‘mmty Councillors. no; a militaristic ,eople. 'l‘hm' believe that the Goldon Rule is applicable to international rp- latio-ns and would gladly \x'eleom ~ the day in which so-ldierihg would become a forgotten profession. They believe it is possible to create a well-ordered world whose har- mony shall be based on a mutual respect for common rights. They reiect the Attila philosophy that teaehes that places in the sun mus; be won by the sword. They recog- nize that this principle operated in the past, even in the empire 0i Which Canada is a member, bu; they have taith that better Ullllgs are acuit\al)lt.‘. 1h \‘iew ot' Ult‘be Lillllgb', L‘ahaua may Mcll claim [that she is giving wentuully o1 her mood tUl‘ a great causeâ€"tor a cause in Whose triumph all menu bars or Ute human race, not e.\-- cepting the 'l'eutomc lamily, are \lt‘dlly mterected. Canada. the world‘s second larg- es; memng pot, cnnd at tn: t’nstt-d States almost as mucn as of unreal butain and France, nas reason It) leel proud of ner record duung me Last seventeen montau. What- ever sneers may be dureewu agdjnbt ureat Butain’s mun-at pretmmum. or nowever plausibly 1t may «.- said Llldt England, animated b) nationaustic tears, is m tne “a: mom essentially tne same mutiu-a that animate Germany, 1t 13 Jul:â€" cuu lur e\ en tne most cymcai «gu- LU \K‘itnuuld \Vholcuearled recog- nition at me high morality backs u; Canadian action. She is not light ing 101' herself. The break-up u the British empire woulu nu aneCL ner prosperity. Her p41 Lici nation is auruistn: LU we Verge (:1 kuigm erranu‘y. She is tesluvm; in me most practical ways m [w- nalt’ of what she regards as bu- meme rigmcousuess. _ I Canada has no enmity to th. Uerman psuplt’b‘ wno lorm so lll‘gt' a part Ut ner population. >2..- would gue them due place in tm bUllâ€"-Llit‘ only lilac; bllt’ 'Jb‘kb tn: llL’l' own enlldrsnâ€"the right It» earn their livelihoods and t" Ue\el0p their highest qualltlt’b as hrouier memberb ol the human. race in peace and quiet, without a soldier being on the hack or every worker. It is a big emano tipation mOVemellt in Whicn Canada L1Iiflkb bllt‘ is engaged. ho lort mars the 3,000 mile: ml .border Stretching netween tln- iUnited States and Canada. No ‘warship frets the serene aurâ€" ‘ lace ot the Great Lakes. A demon- 'stration has been given ot’ lllt‘ mracticability ol‘ democratic nu- ,tions, in many ways not wnoll) loving one another, dwelling side 'by side in amity. The American .people trust tne people of Canada. and the people of Canada trust the people oi the United States. When the present war began and ganggeltio-ne came from aerou the ‘water that an opportunity was ‘preaented to us to auall Canada, and to carry our flag to Hudson ‘Bay, the people of Canada onn ilaughed. They had couplete con- gtidence in the American people. ' 'ney knew that our belief in the principle that just government is A. ‘LA at}! _ VJ â€"â€"'â€" principle that just government is derived from consent of the gm- erned was too firmly rooted to make it conceivable (or this coun- try to seek to impose an mun-1° come dominion. A A I A Canada in the face of the nations has shown that it is impossible t“ unite the spirit of pacifism with the ability to light mantully. AL Ypl‘cfl. amid clouds of poison gas. her intrepid soldiers saved the day. Relatively Canada is making a contribution to the war equal to. land or France. And, so, doing. Americans true to their better traditions perC'ive that she is fighting not only for her own inâ€" ture, but for th’ supremacy «4 those great principles that M‘ fought for at Bunker Hill and x» â€" vindicated at Gettysburg. Should u crisis be forced on us, should \n also be called on to testify l \ deeds in behalf of things \vnhoul which civilization is a sham. man ‘we prove ourselves as worthy an] as selfsacrlficlng as have tlw Canadians.â€"The Globe, New York Z. n ubpct im I )1“ a wt questiun . --_-‘.U“ i8. ‘.\\. ’11” aka are um a.“ the rural, \w CUB! provinces. u the rural populatm [filed to incream' to the urban, bu! “used numtricall; at name of the ( the Ion has been bulletin for instur .1- cent, East (in: _ Even in UN ‘, M are mainh b increasing bu that the urban l “ “[tatk‘l 1 1 w 01' the Ct‘ll “a, “lose 0‘ l m years [ht j Nation to t all the prom ion. “a. This d don means 315 great mam t .1 the weakenipg ”(8.1%! ins decade Of 1111 cont, Kemul. ° finwnk no It cent of hers. But what is ! rural depopnlul Chit since Cities Ilve looked u; the legitimate to obtain their tioo. They Inn Ch. country fox It ‘3 in {inanci fill educational. -DlOyment go to by enlarging it. tl “VIYI has been. 1 in. the chief marl m ooouumm' of! Cut thereforv in "ad for this pro ”t In increasfl l an increased du r met by impm' dotrtmental effect district? That 2 Whether the Pin~ i1 “rpm: Opulatioc 01' whet er She farm to enrich tamer be the 4 Present exodus fr the city must m We are needed But in this true? V the increue in xhc “Vin: machinery in III-Ode it possi mm as many no country In m n h the last lull: the. s-a‘mg' a: 3105. the prpd R Mthâ€"Onv ”deuce. is | the populatil ”I" (011111)“ (J By Miss men thus dollars «app! v fly, and a D meet ”11 of the man} ex pot nin it Ila m: of U]