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0f d1 overworked women probably thl housewife is the hardest worked. She has so much to attend to, with very little help. Her work can be lightened if she knows the value _of system. and she should fly and take a. short rest in the daytime. A physician who became famous almos1 nound the world, Doctor Pierce, 0‘ Bufialo, N. Y., the specialist in womaqfa Ma for many years practiced medi- cine in a farming district. Be there ob- served the lack of system in the planning of the work. If it is a headache, a backache, a sem nation of irritability or twitching and uncontrollable nervousness, s o m e t h in 3 must be wrong with the head or back, a woman naturally says, but all the time the real trouble very often centers in the organs. In nine cases out of ten the seat of the dificulty is here, and a woman should take rational treatment for its cure. The disorder should be treated steadily _and systematically with Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. For diseases from which women sufiet “Favorite Prescription” is a. powerful re- storative. During the last fifty yearsit has banished from the lives of tens of thou. wnwuv‘. -- vâ€" sands of women the pain, worry, misery and distress caused by these diseaseS. If you are a sufferer, _et Dr. Pierce’a Favorite Prescription in 'quid or tablet form toâ€"day. Then address Dr. Pierce, Invalide’ Hotel, Bufi'alo, N. Y., and get confidential medical advice entirely free. Theatrically speaking, the hero- ine’s death is usually less realis- tic than her hair dyeing. Rugs, ()ilcioths Window Shades Lace Curtains and allfiousehold Furnishings TINSMITHIN G Mr. MJKress has opened a shop at the rear of the furniture show room and is prepared to do all kinds of tinsmithing. Undertaking receives special attention UN DERT AKIN G i FURNITURE! EDWARD KRESS AND PAGE 6. I ' Pathetic Romance Disclosed in Letter A From France. _ Many sad and pathetic appeals for :assistance by relatives of deceased isoldiers have reached Canada since the commencement of the war, but none has aroused such a feeling of compassion as one received by the Mayor of Toronto in a letter from Lieut.-General Sir A‘ylmer Hunter- Watson, K.C.B., D.S.O., M.P., in 1 command of the 8th Army Corps in France. It revealed one of the sad- dest tragedies of the war, which blighted the hopes of a young French couple who had intended to come to Canada and settle in To- ronto and carve out their own des- tinies. They were married shortly before the outbreak of the war' in 1914, and the bridegroom had se- cured a position in Toronto. They had saved enough money to purchase furniture and other things for their future home. This and presents from their friends were shipped to Canada in advance and they were preparing to follow. The outlook was bright and full of promise, but just as they were about to embark on their journey, the war cloud burst, the call to arms was sounded . throughout France, and the young - man had to answer the call. He joined his corps and was soon facing the enemies of his country. He 1 fought for France and died in action. ' The young wife was left a widow and the fond dream of a cosy home ‘ in Canada was shattered. The furni- ' ture and other things were there, but . in her position she could not go and . claim them nor was she able to af- ' ford the expense of having them re- turned. The wife was the niece of ’ the mayor of the small village in : France where the 8th Army Corps is ‘ now stationed, and General Hunter- Watson obtained the details of the story first-hand and vouches for its accuracy. He said, the young widow “would like to get back her effects, most of which are endowed with bit- ter-sweet memories to her, but she can neither afford to pay the cost of the freight back to France, nor can she continue to pay the storage charges. She had therefore decided to sell most of the things, if she could.” A __â€"-....-__â€"â€"_- ____._._. The General requested Mayor Church to do what he could in the matter and to arrange for the sale of the things, with the exception of certain articles enumerated in a list enclosed, and to remit the pro- ceeds to the widow. In conclusion, the General said he should regret to trouble the mayor in the matter “were I not sure that, even as I was glad to do what I could, so you will be glad to do any- thing in your power for any deserv- ing case among our Splendid allies, especially among the women of France, who have shown such hero- ism and courage in their terrible hour of tria'. ” Mayor Church made enquiries re- garding the matter. The goods were in bond and charges amounting to over $70 had to be paid before they could be released. Arrangements were accordingly made to carry out the wishes of the tragic French heroine. One of the most interesting reac- tions of the war upon Canadian in- dustrial life is that which has caused a lecrudescence of shipbuilding. The Imperial Munitions Board, on behalf of the British Minister of. Shipping, has undertaken a program of steel vessel construction in the Dominion. A sub-commission to di- rect the turning out of wooden vesâ€" sels in British Columbia also has been appointed and is now actively at work on the Coast. The provin- cial government is guaranteeing 55 fleet. By the end of June, from one firm’s yards in North Vancouver, seven wooden schooners, equipped with twin auxiliary Diesel engines of 320 horsepower, burning crude oil, and measuring 260 feet over all with a 44-foot beam, already had been launched from the ways, and five others are under construction. One and a quarter million feet of lumber â€"British Columbia firâ€"are used for each ship, and each ship takes out on its voyage 1,500,000 feet of lumber as cargo; so that it needs no special knowledge to grasp the immense fillip given the coast lumbering in- dustry by this new war undertaking. In fact, before the program was be- gun the sawmills of the province were everywhere closing down. As I write thisâ€"in the early days of July â€"â€"-the first of the auxiliary schooners has just reached Sydney, Australia, after a voyage of seventy-six days. This time will be greatly cut down later, as the initial trip was really by way of an experiment; in fact, the vessel had to put in at Honolulu for engine adjustments, after which her behavior gave all-round satisfaction to master and owners. Vancouver is situated on a strip of land between the Fraser Riv-er and Burrard Inlet; between these two bodies of water, running up into the city like a clawing ringer, is False Creek. Six months ago there was a small machine shop on the shore of False Creek. The concern that owned that machine shop is now building six standard steel steamers to the order of the Government, the vessels to be delivered in fourteen months at a contract price of $8, 000, 000. â€" From “’Canada s Troubles and Triumphs,” by Harry C. Douglas, in the American Review of Reviews. A Big Highway. The Unit-ed States War Depart- ment will be asked for early ap- proval of a military highway project wherein Canada may be linked with Mexico by means of a north and south route, crossing four states and traversing the foothills region of the Rockies. Montana, Idaho, Colorado, and New Mexico assembled representa- tives at Denver recently to discuss plans to complete such a highway. its inception being regarded as an international necessity. event. of the cost of this auxiliary A “'3 RTIME TRAGEDY. Shipbuilding in Canada. Work Done by Engineers on the “'estern Front. The following article on the work of the Canadian Tunneling Compan- ies in France, written by Major Ro- land Hill, 13 issued by the Militia. Department at Ottawa. The Major from British Columbia showed me a. crumpled, twisted mix- ture of earth and concrete, wrecked entanglements, parts of splintered facings of dugouts,â€"under which hundreds of Huns were buriedâ€"and turned his professional eye to the depth of the crater in the centre. “It should have been much deeper,” he said. “I wanted them to put an- other 5,000 pounds of ammonal down there, but they said it was enoughf’ “They” were the stafi of explosive experts who think, perhaps eat, drink, and sleep, plans of explosively indigestible destruction for the G-er- mans. On the right was the shattered rumble of brick that had been Wyt- chaete, from which the Huns could once see all over the British line at this seetion. Canadians knew it to their cost in the spring of 1916. To the left, now forever in British posâ€" session, were the Ypres-Comines Canal and the Bluff, where our Canadiane were there. used to change hands times beyond count. All of it ground of bitter memory for the Do- minion corps; almost every yard of it filled with bright spots for the unadvertised, hardworking officers of the three Canadian tunneling com- panies who were in it among the first and stayed with it until the glad news was flashed to their comrades, soon after glorious Vimy, that they had taken full measure of revenge for the grilling days Canadians spent on the southern end of the Ypres salient and in front of Messines. The major was one of those “ground hogs” who stayed behind and were lost to Canada and the enemy. He had worked on the same sector for something like eighteen months. Fifth, Seventh, Twenty-seventh, and other fine battalions fought bitterly. Farther still were the almost unre- cognizable chateau of Hooge, Hill 60, and Mount Sorrel, one of Canada’s few black spots, and just ahead were the craters of St. Eloi, which, when Another of these Canadian tunnel- ing companies started the offensive mining in the neighborhood of Hill 60. Two shallow shafts had already been sunk, but the ground was so bad it was difficult to drive a tunnel in the direction of the Germans’ main works. Steel casings were ob- tained, and 900 yards of main tunnel constructed in this way. “We could often hear the Hun sappers working over us,” said the Canadian captain in charge of this working, “and when they got too near we dug upwards and blew them up." “The main offensive galleries,” the report goes, “were started for , a high mound to the south of the railway cutting. After many vicissi- tudes, including constant enemy op- position underground, the charge of 70,000 pounds of ammonal was plac- ed in a most advantageous position, right under â€"â€"-â€"-â€"-, and in October, 1916, the charge was loaded and tamped.” This tunnel was responsible for a famous fortress near Hill 60, now almost unrecognizable, then a menac- ing thing, bristling with machine guns, which could have held any at- tack at bay. In plain English this meant that the Hun garrison of a certain place near Hill 60, often mentioned in British communications, had been sitting over a first-class volcano for nine months, and the skilful and en‘- ergetic counter-mining of this Cana- dian company with another kept him in blissful ignorance until he “went in the air” literally on the famous Messines push. For their numerical strength these tunneling companies have probably the 0'reatest numbers of honors of any unit in the Cana- dian overseas forces. One company I visited while at rest in their little green bungalow among the fields can count seven oflicers with the M. C. and 27 men with other decorations won in this work alone. Their com- manding officer has been mentioned three times in despatches, another has four M.C. and fourteen military medals, while the remainder counts one Crois de Guerre, six Military Crosses, five D.C.M.’s, and twelve military medals. Some of their offi- cers, keen men from Canada’st'ech- nical schools, have staff aDPOint‘ ments at various army headquarteI‘S, and there is one who has gained a line advisory post at British General Headquarters itself. That is only part of the record, and some day when the censorship is unnecessary the whole tale of these splendid units will be given to their friends in the Dominion. “'0 Are Moving A lesson in incomprehensible mag- nitudes was given by Dr. J. S. Plas- kett, Dominion astronomer at Vic- toria, to the summer school at the coast recently Among the surpris- ing things that D1. Plaskett said on this occasion, in the way of big fig- ures, was that every twenty-four hours every one of us stay-at-home individuals travelled 20,000 miles which was at the rate of thirteen miles a second. That was the rate at which the earth was revolving on its axis. We were also, he said, spinning round at eighteen and a half miles a second, or a tho isand times as fast as the fastest railway train, as it was with that velocity that the world was circling the sun. Birch Production. The various species of birch in Canada produce more lumber than any other Canadian hardwood tree. The wood is used for’flooring, inter- ior finish, furniture, and for a large number of small articles, such as spools, clothes pins, and toys. The production of birch was 81,543,000 feet in 1916, and 85,733,000 feet in 1915. The 1916 value was $1,478,- 970. FIGHTING “'ITH MINES. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. Toronto Reservist Tells Story of Mons Retreat. The. late George W. Monk, of To- ronto, whose death has been reported recently in a Canadian unit, was a descendant of Sir George Monk, the Devonshire baronet who fought for King Charles the First, then for Cromwell in Scotland, and after- wards accomplished the restoration of King Charles the Second. For the last named service he was created Duke of Albemarle, and at his death found resting-place with the mighty dead in Westminster Abbey. V“â€" “Monk’s Regiment of Foot” of Cromw ellian times became the Cold- stream Guards. Since its formation, the Coldstream Guards have always had an officer of the Monk family to lead them in peace and war. â€"_“â€" red retreat from Mons, told by a To- ronto reservist, by name, Robert Skidmore. Skidmore was with the Coldstream Guards at Mons. Like all the men who survived that “show” Skid- more’s mind is hazy in regard to de- tails. Like thousands of others, he marched and fought, sometimes asleep on the march, but never asleep when the fight was on. Some- times so hungry he forgot he needed food, sometimes so thirsty he lapped the filthy water in the ditches on the roadside, but never so tired, thirsty, or hungry as to abandon hope of some time turning around on the Hun and making him travel as fast towards the Rhine as the grey- clothed enemy was then driving the British and French on to Paris. If one told Skidmore he was sen- timental Skidmore would scoff at it, but Skidmore has gone overseas again, and this is one of his reasons for going. He is a member of the Great War Veterans’ Association. A few days before his return to the front with a C.E.F. unit a few weeks ago he was requested to talk of the Mons retreat. There was one out- standing incident, and only one, that he recalled in detail. Skidmore is a matter-of-fact Eng- lishman. He was discharged from the British army, following wounds, on October 1, 1915, and he re-enlist- ed as soon as fit again. “We were stumbling along the road, the bloody road from the slaughter house at Mons,” he said. “The Coldstreams did the best they could. None of us could do much. We shot when we could see anything to shoot at; once or twice, perhaps three times, we got into them with the bayonet. Lord, what a march!” “Then somewhere near the Bel- gian-French border they came down on us. Swarms of ’em, big and grey, in the dawn of a misty morning. Cap- tain Monk had charge of my com- pany. He was a game ’un. All the Monks were game, they say, and we always had one or two of them in the Coldstreamsâ€"till that. day. They got Monk then and they got him good. Not many of the company got clear. We left Monk thereâ€"the last of the Monks for seven years. “Ln seven years (when a boy be- comes a man) we shall have another of the old name in the regiment. The old regiment will carry on, of courm. I’m going back. If I’m lucky I’ll get another ‘Blighty’ and get back home to the wire and kid- dies in one piece at the end of the ‘show.’ If I’m unluckyâ€"it doesn’t matter anyway. I’m not one of the Monks, and there’s more than one Skidmore in the old regiment at any time.” Food is needed for our armies. Birds help the farmers produce that food by destroying insect pests. Therefore birds may be considered as one of. the Allies. In the Farm and Fireside we read: “Birds are almost as busy as bees, and their work in increasing crop yields is highly important. One of the cheapest and most effective ways to fight insect pests that annually take crop toll estimated at $100,- 000,000 is to aid in the preservation of bird life. Few people realize how many insects are destroyed by birds. A teaspoonful of chinch bugs has been taken from the crop of one quail, and an adult bird has been known to eat 5,000 plant lice in two hours. Such worms and bugs as in- test our gardens are bluebirds, robins, kinds of birds. "‘It is true that some insect pests may be fought with chemicals. Ow- ing to the great war, though, prices for many materials commonly used in sprays, washes, and poison mashes are pretty near prohibitive. But the birds work at before-the-war wages. “Birds also eat thousands of weed seeds. A single quail, when killed, was found to contain 10,000 big weed seed. With labor scarce and high, whatever will aid the farmer in his crop against weeds is worth while.” The run of salmon in Alaska and the inside waters east of Vancouver Island is reported to be exceptionally heavy this year. There is every in- dication of a good run on the Fraser, as good as in any‘of the big years. Reports indicate that the salmon run in Southeastern Alaska is one of the largest in years. Three canneries have each packed approximately 60,- 000 cases and the run of salmon con- tinues enormous. All the canneries have scowloads of fish alondside the piers waiting to be handled, and the traps are reported full of salmon. The canneries are facing a scarcity of labor, and the race to “put tin around the salmon” on Prince Wil- liam Sound has attained unequalled proportions this season. Anyone who has the appearance of a fisherman, or looks strong enough to pull a net is in danger or being put to work if. he shows up in the vicinity of a cannery. There is no night in those latitudes and the men work almost continuously sleeping at shtrt intervals between tides while waiting t1 overhaul the gill nets. MONK TRADITION ENDED. Great Run of Salmon. Birds Help Farmers. favorite and ma rite food for many other 9:09.900 00004990 900000 OOO‘OOOOOOOOOOéOOOzzzo WWWWO WMoW {,0 get :1 1't;mt.hold in the WHI‘ld of business. The n}.1'n"‘>r1_1,mit.ies in Com- mercial life are better than ever before. Our last term gx‘mhmtos are earning from $520 to $900 a year. IT’S UP To YOU to make the decision. 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G J PURBER 8: CO Agents Durham - Ontario // I'W‘ #é“. ; a NEE: Special Prices on Feed The Rob Roy Cereal Mills Co. We have a stock of good heavy mixed Feed on hand which we are selling at special prices in ton lots. If you need Feed get our prices. Phones: all (Fears. Hardwood Flooring . Day No. 4 ' Night- NO. 26 The inducements ofiered with common soaps cannot make up for the purity of Sunlight Soap. It costs US more to make pure soap. But it costs YOU less to use it, for Sunlight pays for itself in the clothes it' sgves. ft 6065 not wcar and rub the fabncs as common soaps do. MOUNT FOREST Sunlight Oatmeal Millers. Soap September 27, 1917. L. A. FLEMING, Principal Being Lot 53, Concess Gleneig. containing 10 emises are new fram ouse, Sheds and mulnli ning stream through bout 10 acres hzn‘mvcm in good state 01' culth further particulars. um i565 to Mrs. John Stapln Glenelg. Cnntuining 1m Durham. Ontarin. 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