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> Ibs. syrup --~when a empty use for preserves. --the pure, wholesome table syn , with the delightful flavor. Also sold in 2, 5, 10 and 20 pound tins--at all grocers. Write for free Cook Book. THE CANADA STARCH £0. LIMITED, MONTREAL. 16 a | | and Keep It Up | Every Morning | Ge¢ In the habit of avinking a glass of hot water before breakfast. Were not here long, so let's mak: our stay agreeable. Let us live well eat well, digest well, work well, sleep well, and look well. What a glorious condition to attain, and yet, how very eusy it Is if one will only allopt the morning inside bath. Folks who are accustomed to feel dull and heavy when they arise, split- ting headache, stuffy from a cold, fou) tongue, nasty breath, acid stomach can, instead, feel as fresh as a daisy by opening the sluices of the system each morning and flushing, out the whole-of the internal poisonous stag nant matter, Everyone, whether ailing, sick or well, should, each morning, before breakfast, drink a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in it to wash from the stomach, liver and bowels the previ ous day's indigestible waste, sour bile and poisonous toxins, The action of hot water and limestone phosphate on an empty stomach is wonderfully invigorating. It cleans out all the sour fermentations, gases, waste and acidity and gives one a splendid ap- petite for breakfast. The millions of people who are bo- thered with constipation, bilious spells, stomach trouble; others who have sallow skins, blood disorders and sickly complexions are urged to get a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from the drug store. This will cost very little, but is sufficient to make anyone a pronounced crank on the subject of inside-bathing be- fore breakfast. For Women's Ailments Dr. Martel's Female Pills have been ordered by physicians and sold by reliable 13 gverywhere or Over a quar of a century, don't accept a substitute. Have You Tried» Oleomargarine Yet ? °K mot, we carry the best grade, 'along with a full stock of choice groceries, at I whip the bewels into activity. lash can't be used every day. What, I gentle and natural | Enjoy. Mite! sick, | Ee er rename AKING MORE SAILORS HOW THE BRITISH TRAIN NEW CANADIAN MATERIAL. Boys From the Dominion Are Drill- ing in Beautiful Devonshire apd a Programme for the Future Ser vice of the Blnejackets Has Been Mapped Out by the Naval Au. thorities, ' OUR years ago, when the naval debate occupied Parliament at Ottawa, an argument fre- quently heard against the "Canadian Navy" proposal was that, 80 far, Canadians had not shown any inclination for this calling. This re- collection came to my mind as an express train bore me over the wild moorlands of Devonshire, whete I | was to see some Canadian Naval Re- serve recruits in training. The naval instinet is natural in such a county, where the sea beats pn three sides of it, but is it to be Sud in men who live in Ontario and Sas- katchewan? One has become accus- tomed to the Canadian in khaki: but "Jack Canuck" as a bluejacket has not as yet a marked individual- ity True, they were fieophytes, those whom we saw in the gunnery school at Devonport; the Admiralty authorities said there were no Cana- dians on any of Jhe ships around that base, hence it was impossible to see the men in 'hef* real atmos- phere. Nevertheless, the 60 Cana- dians whom wae pcked out from va- rious stages of instruction showed a ready aptitude for gunnery which, in these days, is the first essential of naval warfare. * Devonport, an adjacent and young- er sister borough of Plymouth, will always be interesting in Canadian annals as the port of arrival of the 1st Division; in fact, my previous visit dates back to niid-October three years ago, It is not an attractive city as regards streets and buildings, but the naval establishment is ex- cellently organized; the buildings are spacious, clean, and well adapted for their different purposes. The grounds are well laid out on the banks of a navigable river, banked by soft green hills. The' primary 'plan for Canadian re- eritits to the Royal Naval Reserve was that they should be trained for patrol duty on the Atlantic and Pa- cific coasts of the Dominion, but as the requisite establishment for this work Is pow up to strength, the re- cruits mow in training are being drafted to this duty at the European seat of war. The period of training ashore covers 60 days, and the course covers: « . 1. Musketry or field training. 2. Drill and stripping (guna). 3. Shooting and pisto] practice 4. Study of ammunition, At the end of this course they have five days' actnal firing practice in the gunboats, and thereafter they are available for being drafted to pa- trol duty. If not required on sea, they come back for further Tustrue tion, In the gunnery L¢ises were proceeding with guns such as would be operated on an armed merchantman and on trawlers, but as ammunition is needed to leave its mark on Hun ships, these gun exer. cies are taught with small dummy devices, which while requiring the same calculations and sights, waste no powder and shot, so that instead of heavy explosions, one only hears a click like a toy pistol. In succes- sive groups men were studying sub- marine wighting taking guns to pieces and putting them together again, anti-aireraft gunnery, battery work, the nature of various kinds of ammunition, and so forth. Officially their course of instruction was desig- nated G. L. T.-gun laying for trawl- ers, x « "Why did you join the navy?" | asked a man who came from On- tario. "Well, 1 felt I ought to be in the war somehow," he said; "and a: I have lived a great deal on the lakes I preferred something on the water." A gold stripe on the blue sleave of anotirer man attracted 'my attention, and on entering into conversation 1 found he was a 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) man. Bill Me- Leod said he was™a 'marine fireman at Vancouver and came over with the 16th. He was wounded at I'estu- bert, discharged from the army (at a time when medical boards were not so obdurate), returned to Vancouver, and, feeling fit again, enlisted in the Rf. N. R. : An Amherst (N.S) man A. J" Me- a er " no" Salts, Siotel, pills acts un: bow. © © pepper acts in Don" bax, Milious, constipated. Get a 10.cent box now. Most, old people must give to the bowels' some regular help, else they . suffer {rom constipation. The condi- {ton is perfectly natural. 'It is just as natural as it is fod walk slowly. For ages: never so active as youth: 3 less alastic., And t scles. ayes with glasses Seglect this 'gentle aid to weak bowels. The ywels must be kept active. This is important at all ages, hut never so mueh' as at fifty. Age is pot 'a 'physics, Youth may occasionally But a ithe bowels of the need One is used instruction exer- people to Jtime for harsh fs "One that Withaut hacHt x ---- Donala, toid me be ..d sold a spod business for a mere nothing in order to come over, "You are not regret- ting it, I hope?" "Oh, no" he an sweréd, "I want to see this through before 1 get back." McDonald and P. C. Innes, a Toronto man, were doing patrol work on the Beigiar coast, and bh ugrerd that it wn arduous and dang™s work. Or. er' mes came fiom Prince Bdward fs land, Montreal, Lilmonton, and fron the inited States They did not seem to know much about home af- fairs, and although they had heard an election was coming, they learned, for the first time, from me that they would be able to vote, If Laurier gels one vote from that group of men; I imagine he will do well, and even then the vote would be duc to a supposed grievance! If the Imperial Navy 'is going to appeal to Canadians and Colonials on any big seale, 1 think it will have to get the democratic toueh that ha come to the army within (le pawn three years. The gull hetween off cers and the lower decks is undounot: edly wider than it is between office: and men on the field. In Phe futuze there may be a Canadizn navy; if there is, let us hope that it may en gender as free and happy a spirit ns that which marks the relations be tween officers and men in the Cana dian Corps.--John Kidman In I'l Mail and Emnvire. Two Victoria Crosses. The Victoria Cross has recently been awarded to two Western Cana diana. Lieut: Robert Shankland en | listed in Winnipeg December, 1914 He wae a clerk; born in 1887, and won the Distinguished Conduct Medal as a Company Sergeant Major. | He was wounded in October. Jorn in Ayr, Scotland, his next of kin is William Shankland, Church street, Ayr, He wins the V.C. "lor most conspicuous bravery and resource in action under critical and adverse conditions. Having gained a posi- tion he rallied the remnants of bis oWn platoon and the men of other companies,., and disposed them to command the ground in front. He inflicted heavy cacualties upon the retreating enomy, and later dispersed counter-attack, thus enabling wsup- porting troops to come up unmo- lested. Then he peisonally commu- nicated with Battalion Headquarters an accurate and valuable report as to the position on the brigade front- age. After doing so he rejoined his command and carried on until re- lieved, His courage and splendid example inspired all ranks, and, coupled with his great gallantry, un- doubtedly saved a very critical situa- tion." Lient. Henry Strachan, Fort Garry Horse, enlisted in July, 1915, at Canterbury, Eng. _ He was born at Linlithgow, in 'November, 1887, and holds a Military Cross. He was wounded last August. His next of kin is Mrs. A. Strachan, of Chauvin, Alberta. He is single, and by ocou- pation a rancher. The official de- tails say: For 'most conspicuous bravery and leadership. During op- erations he ' took command of "the squadron when the squadron leader, approaching the enemy front line at the gallop, was killed, Strachan led the squadron through the enemy line of machine gun posts. Thon, with surviving men, he led a charge on an enemy battery, killing seven gunners with the sword. All the gunners having been killed, and the battery silenced, he rallied his men and fought his way back at night through the enemy's lines, bringing all the unwounded men safely in with 15 prisoners. ~ The operation, which resulted in silencing the enemy oattery, the killing of the whole battery personnel, and many infantry, and the cutting of the three main lines of telephone com- munication {wo miles in rear of the enemy's front line, Awas only ren- dered possible by the outstanding gallantry apd peerless leading of this officer." V.C. for Another Canuck. Describing the award of the V.C, to Acting-Corp. Filip Konowal, Can- adians, the Oficial Gazette says: Hig section had the difMcull task of mopping up cellars and machine gun emplacement. Under his able direction all resistance was over- come, and heavy casualties inflicted on the enemy. In one ¢ellar he him- self bavouneted tliree <nemy and &t- tacked singlé-handed seven others in a crater, killing them all. Ou reach- ing the objective, 2a mactne gun was holding up the right flank, causing many casualties. Konowal rushed forward and entered thé emplace- ment, killing the crew, and brought the gun back to our lines. The next day he again attacked single-handed another machine gun emplacement, killed. three of the crew, and destroy ed the gun and emplacement with explosives. This non-commissioned officer alone killed #t least sixteen of the enemy, and during the two days' actual fighting carried on con- tinuously his good work until severe ly wounded. TOO MUCH COAL TO CANADA Complaint is Made by New York State Fuel Administrator. New York, Feb. 4. Criticism of the action of shippers and producers] in sending coal to Canada at a per- fod when factories throughout New York State neéd fuel lo carry out Government war contracts is con- tained iu a statement issued here by OC. E. Robertson, deputy state fuel administrator. a ring 'As an instance of "the flagrant vio- Ww of equity and fair «_ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1918. =LSDAY, FEI Jd but for a Mother and Children Had Awful Coughs Were Cared by DR. WOOD'S NORWAY PINE SYRUP Mrs, Arthur Appleyard, Novar, Ont., writes: "This past winter my children and I had awful colds and coughs which we got by being in drafts. I tried a number of differ ent remedies for us, bat got no re- lief. I - thought I would try Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, and I found it a most excellent and sure cure. It gave relief to tne tickling in the throat and stopped the cough and with a few bottles we were all cured." Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup is a remedy that has been on the mar- ket for over twenty-five years, and we can recommend it as being, with- out doubt, the best cure for coughs and colds that you can possibly pro- cure. There are a lot of i«itations on the market, so when you ask for "Dr. Wood's" see that you get it. Put up up in a yellow wrapper, three pine trees the trade mark; price 25¢ and 50¢; manufactured only by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, 'foron- to, Ont. A A Sth CAN DEMOCRACY BE BEATEN rr Sir Edward Carson Sums Up the Pre- sent State of the War. London, Feb 4.--8ir Edward Carson, addressing the British Em- pire Porducers Organization, said. the present was a critical time, both for ourselvés and our enemies. He be- lieved the position had resolved it- self into this: Would autocraecy dis- ciplined for war show a greater en- durance and courage than a league of democracies trained for peace? The real issue was: Could democracy when attacked defend itself? ° We all wanted peace but the recent speeches of the Austro-German lead- ers had not offered an . honorable peace. We were told we must give up Aden, Gibraltar, the Falklands, Hong Kong and Malta. "As long as this "is the enemy dream," Sir Ed- ward declared. "this country down to the greatest pacifist, will have no- thing to do with it." Humor in the Trenches. The laughable truth is out comn- cerning the fur coats which were supplied to the British soldiers two winters ago in France. lan Hay, in his. pew book, 'All in It," the con- tinuation of "The = First Hundred Thousand," describes these coats and the way in which they were received by the men. "There has been an issue of so- dalled fur jackets, in which the Practical Joke De ment (official- Iy the Army Ordm Department) has plainly taken zu hand. Most of the garments appear to have been contributed by animals unknown te 200l0gy, or a syndicate thereof. Cor- poral Muckiewame"s costume gives him the appearance of a St. Bernard dog with astrakban' forelegs. Ser- geant Carfrae is attired in what looks like the skin of Nana, the dog-nurse in 'Peter Pan.' "Private ' Nigg, the undersized youth of hashful disposition, creeps forlornly about his duties disguised as an imilation leopard. As he pass- @e by facctious persons pull what is left of his tail. Private Tosh on peing confronted with his winter trousseanu observed bitterly: "41 §inod the Aimy for tae be a gojer, but I doot they must have pit me doon #5 a mountain goat!' " Groatest Hoax of War, Probally the greatest hoax of the war---ons which millions believed for a time at least--was the story that from 106,000 to 200,000 Russian troops had arrived in England from Archangel. . These troops, so the early stories ram, were moved by night across the United Kingdom in cars with the shades drawn down, and at any moment were likely to appear on dhe western front with the troops of Great Britain, France, and Belgium. > The story was first printed in New York. It spread threughout Ameri- ¢a, and was cabled abroad and doubt- iessly sent by wireless to Berlin, Tha English ¢ensorship offered no official denial or afirmation of the story, time every steamship from New York bros me individual who imagined he had keen ibe trains. Kilchener let the hpax run with- out doing anything to stop it. 'Whe- ther it had any effect on the Germans it is hard to tell, but amateur strafe- gists conducting the war from office chairs saw great possibilities in it to stop the great German drive on Paris. i y RYH te wd mnt ital coma Pope's Income $1 400,000. The Pope's income is $1,400,000 a)! year, one-seventh of whieh is guar anteed by the Emperor of Austria; another seventh comes from vested interests and the remainder is de- rived from Peter's Pence.--Koekuk Daily. Gate City, « Mrs. Lundy, of Lpndy's Lane, though past ninety, bas knitted near- 1y 300 pairs of socks for soldiers. and as her eyesight is very good and she is hale and hearty she quite a number mote, The C.P.R. steamer sunk in a collision, but | faith can be placed? expects to knit y At New b Seppe ip inde ls 1s Bismarck's Book in London? 3 3 & FOLELITOOSHALELISIELIRI00 AN it be possible that Great Britain has im her hands a weapon more powerful than sword, rifie, grenade, or cannon which she refuses to use against the enemy who would chain all mankind as slaves to the Kaiser's military machine?" There is reason to: believe that this question can be truthfully answered in the afirma- tive, and the fact .eopens certain veyy jnteresting pages of history bearing on the present war. The weapon in question consists of the manuscript of the third volume of the memoirs of Bismarck, the iron chancellor, to 'Whom, more than to any other man who ever lived, is due the unification of Germany and the growth of her power until she thought it strong enough to master the whole world, Everyone knows that 'after Bismarck had for life de- voted his great talents to the services of Germany and the Kaiser's family, the latter turned him out of office in Lis old age, with every circumstance of ignominy, and even made threats of shameful punishment in case the ax-chancellor should publish facts in his possession that would set his case in the true light before the world Bismarck was a master of the pen, had a store of wit and humor, was familiar with several languages, possessed a marvelous memory, and had an unsurpassed knowledge of public affairs in the world during that important era in which he. was the most masterful statesman in ,JFa- rope. His published memoirs,' the record of his sayings and action dur- ing the Franco-Gérman war by Busch, to say nothing of what gen- eral history tells of his achievéments, suggest what an act of lunacy it was for the Kaiser to proveke the enmity of such a man. Hig dismissal by the Kaiser exasperate the veteran statesman to the utmost, and he de- termined to take vengeance by come pleting his autobiography in which his relations with Kaiser Wilhelm 11. are fully set forth. The book was written, but never published, yet enough is known of iis contents te awaken the keenest desire all over the world to read its every page. It is said to detail the treatment of his parents by the Kaiser with =a frankness that shows the son in a most odious light. But more im- portant than this unfiliil conduct te- ward both his parents are the revela- tion of his intrigues against Austria and the house of Hapsburg, which are said to be of such a character that it they were made public the Kaiser would 'never dare to visit Vienna again. It was Bismarck's in- tention to publish the volum® in his lifetime. But knowledge of its cp tents reached the - Kaiser, and be threatened the author with surh dire penalties in case of its publication during his life that Bismarck, fear- ing its seizure by the emperor, §6- crelly sent the manuscript to Lon« don, and it is now in the Bank of England, When Bismarck died the Kaiser warned his sons, Herbert and Wil- liam, not to publish the book, and they were prudent emough to obey the order. He also tried to get pos- sogsion of the manuscript, but failed in the attempt, and there is little doubt that the work will some day come to light, a comsummation, it may be said, devoutly to be wished by everyone interested in the affairs of this moving world. The bearing of the case on the pre sent wat consists in the Tact that as the Kaiser is the head and front of the German offensive against the rest of mankind, afd as the Bismarck book would beyond ioubt do him ir- reparable damage all over the world, including his own country amd Aus- tria, there are many who urge that the English Govgrnment should seize the manuscript enemy'. property and publish it as a war measure. The ) ed and published is said to be that such action would injure the repata- tion for security now enjoyed by the Bank of England. When one reflects on how little concern an agreement on a 'scrap of paper," given under the most solemn circumstances, has for the Kaiser and his hordes, it tries one's patience to have our Brit- ish ally balancing the reputation of a bank against the cause of the world's democracy. The Kaiser would sacri- fice an army corps if he could there- by get tke Bismarck manuscript. Perhaps the persistent attacks on London by zeppelins and airplanes are aimed at the Bank of England, in hope of destroying the hated copy of the Iron Chancellor. Why take any risk with an enemy in whom ne The world has 'a right to know all that can be known about the greatest enemy the human race has produced in recent years, _ Publish Bismarck's book and dis- cuss the propriety of the act al The Hague. Portugal's Contribution. 'Captain Ferriero Simas, C.M.G, Portuguese military atlache in Loa don, who has just returned from a visit to the British front, spoke in an interview with Reuter's sen! ls et York, a BY Fe been " only reason why it has not been seiz- | Peps will safeguard you against more serious ailments of which "sore throat" is usually just the beginning. By keeping a box of Peps on hand, therefore, you can avoid much unBAcessary suffering and needless expensé, Peps Pastilles, dissolved on the tongue, throw off a medicinal Pine vapsp, which is such a powerful disinfectant that it de- stroys all germs and prevents the soreness spreading. At the same time the healin quality of the vapor soothes the inflam membranes and soon brings relief, Peps are equally beneficial for laryng- itis, asthma, bronchitis, coughs and colds. All dealers or Peps Co., Toronto. 50c. * pox, 3 for $1.25. ? 3 § i For the Boys st the Froat. 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