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Your Bit The physically t, unmarried, young man, is not the only person in the nation who has a bit to do in this war. V ------I A... L\r\l'I\IIT `kn '.lIl LUIS war. I i Being beyond or below the mil- itary age, or not being of the mil- itary sex, or otherwise incapaci- tated from military service, does not by any means put it beyond your power to serve your country effectively. -..I..- '....... ...kn hoe -nnf -.\ -U11UUuvU1_y. 7 The only one who has not a chance, to serve his country in` this war is the person in a sick- bed; and even that person pan help by taking the right andloyal mental attitude and be an inspir- L ation to others. ` ~- #4 _..Q.... Innsnrln nn auuu LU ubuui a. You can buy war bonds up "to ._the limit of your capacity with some sacrice; and since war can t go on without nancing, that is very direct and effective service. _ ' . , . ' - ~ -- -o~--- _-Au1'n 21101! `OVDQ IIIIOFLS, 1 .lVL.\J..l1~., Uuv. ' ` The. soldier can ght; he can ;.ght more effectively. knowing B aUrv1uu._ .,. You can pay your war taxes cheerfully _ and be glad` of the chance to contribute to such a 03.1186. ---_ -_.......:.... 4|-.nH~`{~ h11n,nfI_ [.ll'd.|:U1'lU.lB allu. Luuu. . . You can do" a. lot by stigking to.` yqur last," providing `your ` `work is of a nature that is deem- `ed necessary during war, if not, by getting into. some of the es- sential industries. . < You can plant, till, harvest ang storeifood, if y-our only pro`- ductive area is. your own back ' You can exercise thrift by con serving materials ahd food. "-4- --~:- 4.- In 1-m :f.inkin2' UV:-u-nu- __._._ _You carf] angi store foo dutive yara.- A You can send representatives to the front in `the form of con- triebutions to Red Gross, soldiers comforts, Y.M.C..A.., etc. "HILL -.;`I.I:'nn nnn `}`p_ Il\A I /u- nu J V`. V-.. , ` with this form of investment` L Write, Phone I 12, or! call on J . H. BEN NETT. 5 7 Dunlop Street, Barrie, Ont, who will be pleased to furnish`-full information. and transact your business `Free of "that, the army at home is ever thinkingof his needs and sacri- fices. If you cannot go to war, you can at least do all in your power to give to th-ose_who do go the stalwart backi_ng` they {~70 richly deserve and appI'eciaLe.-- lBrandon Sun. 1\/Irs. C. M. Hiekli11g',Vespra,- received a letter recently from Rev. E. O. Eshoo, a lnissinnary n_-.,.:n tnllinnr n'F fhn nev. 124. U. lhauuu, a u...,.,.....`._., iin Urumia, Persia, telling of the .haI'dships.his people have suf- fered at the hands of the Turks and Kurds during the war.. His; letter in part is as follows:-- March 1-8. * My dear ft-iends:-'-I received. your kind letter of Dec. 1-, 1916, just a week ago. It was Read with great pleasure and reminds me. of your kindness to me when I spent many` days with you. Last May I left Tabriz with my family u_, n.....-.:.. [ho Hold nf mv lab- lV1a.y 1 Hill, .ldU1lI. Vvxlzu u-J A\.NAAA--.1 for Urumia, the eld of my_lab- OVS, to help my stricken people.. 1 1-7..-- ,..... nlrioennf n.nnntr'v to help ITl_V,SLI'lUKt:u pcupus. I found our pleasant c~oun_try turned into a wilderness, and the remnants of `my massacred peo.- ple leading - miserable lives. as 1 many of them are oldpeople, widows and orphans. You can see 20 or 30 of them living in a `single room in the ruins of some burned houses without doors or ;windows, beds or. lights. often D hungry and cold. Some time ago J two eight-year-0ld girls starx-`ed y to death. Some ea.Lthe meat of dead camels and donkeys. `If the I help, of the Russians, English and Americans had not reached |r them ninety per cent. would have starved to death. The Russians brought back over 300 of our slaves and little. girls, V\Lh.o.had been carried away by the Kurds, though many died from the bar- baric treatment they had receiv- . ; ed. Mrs. Eshoo devotes four days a week to these people, visiting _ the sick and needy, feeding them, _ not only with perishable bread _ but with the Bread of Life. In A , connection with the America , I Evangelical Board, of which I am , a member, I have held` many meetings in the various villages, and the Lord has abundantly blessed our labors, inasmuch as _ a large number have taken a , stand for Christ, and very many 1 families gathered to hear the Word of God preached. I thank you` on behalf of my stricken people for your personal help, by means of which more than 80 .families have been saved from starvation. wepray that God may give vic ry to the Allies and put an end to this curse of the world. Please remember me and my work at His feet. -' A E I. I I J 1 suffering {ar the Armenians ~. Y7,..-.r.n: --SpI-_|ng Necessities ~- Spe. cial {r'alue, new `designs. of Oil cloth and Linoleum, at Dougal 135;. [Ii loving memory of Ida A. Neil, dea1'ly.boloved wife of W . I). Little, who die/d on June 5th, 1916. ` We` l-oveld you, yes We love'd you,` nun,-I 11t\I1 rn`r\r-Q vvt; 1'LIV\;u J\JI.L, JV- ..- __ V VB-ut Jesus loved you more. And He\has sweetly called you To yonder shining shore. The golden gates were opened, A gentle voice said, Come! And with farewells unspoken You calmlxentered home. I V ---Iiusband l .Ih,loving`memo1'y of Ida An- nieLitt,le, who died June 5, 1916. Do not ask us if We miss her. _ -..`n.-.-~4 v\lnn!\' IJU llL'L KIDIX U5 11 VVU xA11ou ;n\;.. I -Oh! It s such a vacant place! I Oft in fancy we hear .the foot, steps, \ T - . Or we see her smiling face. She has gone to brighter regions Free from every grief and care We shall meet again in heaven And there will be no parting there. - ` Angels guide you, darling sister, May your harp ring loud and clear, T . Leaving notes of love behind you _ AL- -...,.` --.l-.n Inuvn uvnuu Anny; I In loving memory of Hazel, Milclrod Muir, who passed away, June, 1916. We loved her, yes we _loved her, ` _- I-.-......I L..\v.'.~\,\nn 1_AUu.vnu uuuuu u; .-4..., ..-v.-_.--... ., .... To the ones who love you dear.V Father, Mother, Sisters, Brothers I vv - Luvuu nnun, Jun: VV\.( -v.vr.. -_-_, But, Jesus loved her` more. . And He has s'weetly called her To` yonder shining shore.` IThe golden gates were opened, A gentle voice said. Come! And with farewells unspoken She calmly ent;eI'ed home. Tn.-nil- Keep lI|'inard s ljeielent In the} house. . A _ I {ATTnAcnvE `rnwsl musxoxn` LAKES AALGOIIQUIN PARK uIAoAnE1'AwAn- mvan LAKE or. Bnvs KAWARTHA LAKES GEQRGIAN BAY Round trip `tourist tickets now on sale fr-o,m stations In On- tario at .very low fares, with liberal stop overs Get your 1'ick'ets In advance Berth-reservations and full i_n"for'mation at all "Grand Trunk Ticket Offices, or write C. E.| HORNING, District Passenger Agent, G. T. Ry. `System, Tor0n- A-Law-.;u, \ 0, Ont. Lu, uuu. - J. E. 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Now is the time to make yourself physically t for your daily work. Tear off coupon now. _ Mad-2 in Canada. . RUEIHBE I" " -ww ---~-- V Orillia, Orillia H0use-Jun 13-14. Barrie, Barrie House- Friday (all day and night). 1 day 0nly-June 15. Collingwood, Globe Hotel - June _ 16-17. .I. 116 U llucn O15 u.uu : s u u u V V . . . __ structed to offer by. Public Auc-- tion Sale -OII-JUNE 20, 1917, sub-- ject to reserved bid, saleto begin at one o clock p.ni., at New Low- ell, Ont..:. The East fteen acres of the South half of lot No. 11 _in Ithe /lth Concession of the Tp. of Sunnidale, County of Simcoe, `Province of Ontario. with an el.- even-room frame dwelling house, also afranie barn 30x40 feet; ,alsors'ome farm implements and lhousehold effects and live stock. I The soil is fertile, and Coat s Creek ows across this land. There is also a well supplying good spring water.` There is some standing timber. about an acre, fityfor fuel. Public road- way at each end of this property Situation: - Fifteen minutes walk to sch0ol`and churches, Grand Trunk Ry. Station, stores, post office, carriage and black.- smith shops and City Dairy Farm. New Lowell. and nine mil- es from Camp Borden, Ont. ' Terms:-All sums Five Dol- lars or under, cash on day of ' sale. Over that amount to be secured by approved joint notes five months. Five per cent dis.- count. willbe allowed for cash on |notes. l -A- ....1.. ,.41nn.-l- Wiffn You. J. Y. EGAN, SPECIALIST, WILL VISIT the towns below. Free demonstratlon and examina- tion of samples. Ask at hotel omce for my room. Note dates. - .A 1: Terms of sale of land:---Fifty per cent. [of purchase rnoney [cash. Balahce to be secured by ymortgage, payable in instalments ito be agreed upon.by vendor and lpurchaser. * ' 1) A r`.nII{1IIT.IN The undersigned has been in.- 1 A- -11`-.. `I.-- n1I`r\`: A110 AUCTION SALE P. A. COUGHLIN, \,-......--V, Auctioneer E33?` `- 1'hursda;+ From Pte Some exm written by of the 1771. 111,` |np., April 30, an pretty near John s as i A lot of Un- es. The i were ruslw o clock. \\ harbour 2:: Thursday 1 accompanio and a crui sear. Fran DOG. .n. .u.. bozft Oppn. bout eight: aboard thi which is ax `travelling: of civil lit \four in m `are good. anything ? of the hon` fast. our physical ~ is for th.- Then wr- Well. in `When Hu- 'l`lw last been fuka saw :1 \\`h:` Scvarcely `a day goes by but one reads in the daily papers of. some child, carelessly running out 6n the` street, being knocked down by a motor. It, is quite a com- `men occurrence to see children UIA vv uw .. V\`P si,Iht~ Tlmy did: the Crui< de5tI'( n_\'I'v, PR4 Wit}1 Pone Ge! Peter McArt.hur says`: , Strikes " me that the chief cause of the ` misunde'stan_ding between city and coun I'y people is due to the ' fact that. country people think that all city people are rich or at least highly paid, while city people think that all `farmers are prosperous. Both are wrong. The percentage of prosperous farm- ' ers in the country is just about the same as the percentage of rich men in the cities. `Both city and country. are mostly made up` of struggling people who are` just folks." If t.hey.under'stood` each other better they would get togetherand right. many wrongs `from which both suffer. ( When the Geuncil receives the new ag for the Town Hall it is - \---_.-.A that it uv-ill ha nqpfl DOW Ilag` lUl' but; Luvvu uuu .., ._, to be hoped that it will beused a lit.tle less sparingly thatlin the past. Throughout the year there are `many occasions on which the flag should f_1y--in fact, a loyal town like .Barrie might well af- ford to keep the flag aloft every day during the war, except when lowered to halfmast. as a mark of respect on the[d_eath of_a Barrie soldier or prominent. personage. Granting exemption to the Al. ` landale Y.M.C.A. was tting re- ' cognition by the Council of the splendidfwork this institution is] doing for the railroad men. In addition to the creature comforts the Y provides, it exerts .a' Wholesome, and helpful inuence the value of which cannot at all be estimated V in dollars and cents. It is worthy of all the en- couragement. and assistance the citizens can give it. \