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At'L m' U great` mm A good In: Now that and thvy busy. the-` people on chief. \'n.. I... V'(Cop_\'r1g\h-`l Of 1-um`: supp`n.=u- ll :1 thin-,-;, l men and str(n1;:_h:'_1 So they !- `rend y \\'h1 T114. l`:. v. Q21` \IA H0\\'(*\ they I raid. VIVA... lt:iI.u_y ux 7WH'(VI ing, bu; I tion to 1 `soldiers I these pro them run Gnu... .. LIIt'IlI Hlllll Smm nl` tmtk New *3`-o (\'\'nClI ,,...-\ v\'er(- \\'2 ' Cnmla. --nu INK". But tho with this. `must huh: Rut hnw would nut 'I"l.I.. . . _ tionmi agarn I` and tho I\.. R1 \. Il place 'OI`(A rowusglr or ORG xnvr-1 , an village (- this viH-- V\K7l'!' Hlll 'I`h(-_\' fr- march!-(1 they ht-luv the poop): `whit-h rho fuse Du-L OI`.-. V\UUl(l l|"| 'l"hi.\' mu 'I`h<-_v hum .. .`.l \\ H Nb ii 'Fh9_v :1 prnvisiu (H' 1-nu `ll "\ IBHVYI.` Of ,r-mn'.~' `hP.'t'I'd :1hn -[hilt thtv hurried (141 01110. Th `n:1m (1 C ?- hn (I gun r- 1 bn nan]-n I 3 . L`l'Illl (-zllletl (-nrrko 1111;; But IJKI . Tow: vru :- *:u`l,\' Zlve - - , TV I I 'af'rlte1:`vmrctaf('od'liwrJ h-I For COU6H$.COLDS : 'rhur_s| some with t brown pieces for 10 Pass`! add y : ';.'.a'a'i6'v'u"c u-T F113 '.' Inunnnunllnl 30 CI` En T g-:I:i;iu':-`$.70:-3` lgttlc at on: t I! It ' ' .. ..........-=-....:-.".-'.....- v-.. The omyenidf Says This Qggfgr I03. A-15...; .n_|.:.. .u Illuluu." wilt Dr. W. In. IIIIIIOI than I round kn:::'t:'o~au:`!.Pl:UIadtb{o mm dmnulu sud boublouuo dluuc. I nut to D. D. D. Prescription." `It you but lover triad D. D. D..!or ail: db- Ea. whether 3 or..s:h.e'ther one :: Inn! mm of rluiu-lot 3 bottlut one D our [manna t I! It nun ! nllnvn van In the treatment of all skin trouble: bathe` freely with Ctltlcuxi Soap and hot water. Dry. gently and apply Cuticum Ointment. ~ Igairu by loll. Add:-cu Canadian cu r.o.nuam I Pricei 8o;p2lc.gl`rI'1nen zamd we . 'r-ns: :7 our new Shnvlng Slick. . Roberfsi A, >.SY"P .I 1- _ . In on. gun I _ Eczezkand Rashes 7VgZ:2ife'Eo;}3u'T 'XI:f.'13fcUGGIsTs mean much success to the experiments. That familiar flash we see on sum- mer evenings, says Dr. Bigelow, is probably the most efficient light known in nature. The flash ,of an able-bodied I firefly is just 1-400 as bright as a candle, while the glow is much weaker. or about 1-50000 of a candle power. .The strength of the light is _very de- ceptive; most of us would judge it to be much stronger. Considering the, apparatus `the firefly has. for producing its light, however, it is really .mar- velous power. To supply an equal amount of- light. in a laboratory would require a temperature of 2,000 degrees. Fahrenheit, while the firefly gengrates no heat-that'can"be meas- ure . e ' - In `is-don Al .11 .......L--n~-A- A - .u_uuu-I In! D DEUTIE-I A number of scientists have con- ducted quite elaborateexperiments on lightning bugs. attempting to xplain the nature and actiolx of the light. What Dr. E. F. Bigelow said several years ago is still true-the1;e has not been much success to the experiments. familiar flh IQ BAA nh cur- vc_:ry uae1u|. Signed,-onbehalf of the church. Ar-j thur-J`; Orr, Minister; Mrs.` J. B`, Morris, Aorganist . ` wuerevuxi you may go ' | I We shall not forget your valuable, help. Mr. Smith, in the church.cholr' and as treasurer of the church. We` hope that other ways of ._service may open` for you .in the sphere to which V you are now going. I I- To vnu hnfh and fn -um... 4v.......n.. ..... uy "use Luuuwlng aaaress: Dear Friends:--It is with much re- gret that we are called upon at this .time to bid `you farewell as you de- part for new surroundings and new life "and work. You have been with us for many years; years which havel won for you the respect and esteem of; your neighbors: years which have been 1 profitable in the service you have; rendered in the church and community; We do nnt f lnnn `It'll! Bu} run" runueruu m we cnurcn and communlty; 1 We do not like to lose you. but we" believe that you are leaving us for the; sake of your own good `prosperity; We trust that the best of ever.vthlna| may. come `your way. and that you] will be blessed and be a blessing wherever you may go. We shall nnf fnrtrof xmnn .m1....-H... (Too Late for Last Week) Presented With a` Purse Before leaving Annan for Midhux-st, Arthur Smith (the new storekeeper' here) and his. wife and family were the recipients of a purse accompanied- by -the` following address: I name Wriann-__T+ in man. .......n.. .. ruxjv wugm . I Miss R.~Martin of Collingwood was a week-end visitor at her home. `I Minn T., 'l'4`.nrlv via-o hon knnnn 1...! u. wuun-enu vxsuor at near. home. I Miss L. Early visited her home In Beetonw during the week-end. avurutuxy unu_uora.r1a.n 11'. '1`ra'cy. I A telephone meeting was held last- week for the purpose of settling for past work on line No. 9. ncwuxuu unu n.a.r1`y, nere. ` Miss A. MacArthur spent the Thanksgiving holidays at her home In Port *Elgin. ' Minn D .,1\/l'nmf!vu A4 l'VnIH..............: ..--.. ms at we IOI`l'Il8l"S nome at present. Mr. and.Mrs. Albert Maw and fam- ily Visited with the latter s sitar. Mrs. H. Young, `Sunday. V *Mr. and Mrs. McMlckim2: of Tor.- o`nto were week-end visitors at Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dixon's. 'l`hnI-n.hnn Mann an vnunk A... . . . . .,..'. u. ' auu 4vu'u. Alnerc UIXOIYS. _, i There -has been so much dry weath- er that few have been able to get` their fall [ploughing done. ! Dn.ndnlinnn- In hlnnm own sun 4... 3.... mms m usn % sIn_E_m_sAcx LIIUIF uul epwugnmg aone. - ,Da.nde1ions- in bloom are still to be found. Many people predict an open winter. This will ,not be regretted in the least. ` llna {ll-Fnb. In ul..x4I...... --..n.I- L-.- __,, N I LIIU IUKIUL 0 ' Mrs. Giffen is visiting with her sons. Newman and Harry, here. M158 A . MRO Arfhilr unn-nf 0|-uu ' .(Too'Iia-te"For Last Week) T Nov. 10--Servlce will be held in the Union church at 11 a..m. ` Ml` DH!` MFG `lnnrinalv ll :-nvsn -\_.I 3.. UIUUH UHUVCH EC 11 a..m. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mane and in- fant son from the U.S. are holiday- ing at the former s home at present. Mr. a.nd.Mrn. Alhnrf Maw and fawn- vnuu. nuns and uay last . week. The Sunday School is improving and growing rapidly under the management of superintendent Mrs. J. Jones and secretary and librarian Tracy. A telenhone meeting wan hold Incl. g wr Lnezr unrlspmas concert._ f Miss Walker and Miss Guy,` the III young missionaries, `called on` friends - here last week. They are speaking at Candles. '1`. Teasdale, Barrie, made a. brief visit here one day last week. ` The Sundav Qnhnnl In Irnrnvnvlnnv oat` wuu uxexr IXIUUIBI`, Mrs. `W. Knapp. ' The young people are busy practis-_' mg for their Christmas concert._ Mi Wlllr Oh!` `Klan llnvr ` OI-ma __, V- -__.__..-.- ._------y-w V('1:oo late for last week.) November 12---Misses B. and; Knapp of Barrie spent Thanksgivipg with their mother, Mrs. "W. Knapp. young neonle are bunv m-n.r-.ma.' Lunvra week . augxuuy-g-wun Mn-_57 .l1.._. Lzrawrora. ` `Mrs. JD. Mccalman attended the funeral of her cousin in .Orillia last- week; M NOTICE or APPLLOATION `T0 LEASE ROAD ALLOWANCE THE FJREI-'LY'S SECRE-T vunvnlsnn A6 uni.-...4'..l._4_ I- MIDHURST [.15 any I I 3'01] ,2 man nn IIILIUII _unpl'UVe(l. ' _ _ A very fine bridxre has`-been built Over the Sturgeon River. on the fifth concession line, for which $2,500 was appropriated. . This is the road leading south from Vasey. and is a very mucly travelled road. and the bridge is a ery great improvement. It is pro- posedint` 1925 to build a new bridge on the Avon river. on the tenth conces- sion line.- V ' ' - '1`!-us ("nun-All Ad ALI-` n-n__,,,,I 0 I `Ly uctsuuu. , - f 3 The sum of $1,500 in direct grants "was spent in the Township of Oro `which was larger than any other own- ship received. This was because no}. `bridge wasbuilt in Oro this year. It,. is intended to build a very considerable . , , bridge on Willow Creek. in the south ,1 _ west corner of the tTO\\'nShiD. next; ; year. A small amount was also spent :1 in drainagenear East Oro. this year. .` At a meeting of the Oro Council last. ' month, Mr. Finlayson and the Coun-3 all agreed to try to undertake some- thing in the nature` of capital expendi-` ture next year, and, if possible, to get , beyond patching and repairs. and it; is likely that the road from East Oro to the Town Hall will be re-built` in 1925. This isea much travelled road. and has been in poor condition. Township of Medonte ,c e c . 1 In Medonte Township $6.000 was 1` spent in by-law money fori rfoads, `5 which was contributed equally by J the Township and the Province- In 9 v n h d 1 1 I I ( addition to this. Medonte received `$1,000 in" direct grants. This Town- ship had spent an` unusually large amount in 1923. and it was agreed that these amounts, would be ample for this year. The money has been well ti spent, and many._roads have been very 1% much improved. A vnrv fins: I-avian-n kn-A..:.........' L..na- P! 3' .From the Orillia Packet"s report on! expenditures for roads made by the` Ontario Government in East Simcoe this year the following is taken: Township of Oro In Oro $6,000 has been spent on the? roads under the by-law system, tof which the Province has contributed ` _lha1r. add the Municipality half. Part- !of this money was spent in opening! {up an entirely new road, on the Wests- `of. the 'I`ownship, leading to Craig-; i hurst. Many farmers in the First and `: Second line were almost entirely out , ; off from their shipping point at Craig- `, 1 jhurst, and` a new road was laid out ; i by the Government- enp;i_neers, purch21s- _ led and constructed; It will serve :19, rvery useful purpose where it was bad- , 4 fly needed. ' i 1 Who annn nf Q1 Kiln 3... .'u...._A. ....4-4.Ar~ -cpu LCBL. ` . Do you realize what that figure, 49,- 530`-feet,_means? , Well. it means that if. all the newspaper columns devoted `to the "Captain Blood" serialization were connected, end to end, and made tovstand upright, there would be a tower 103 times as high as "the Great; Pyramid of Egypt, 97 times as high` as the Cologne Cathedral. 71 times as high` as the Metropolitan tower, 63 times as high as the Woolworth build- ing; 49 times as high as the -`Eiffel Tower, and 21/, times as high as Mount! McKinley, the loftiest peak in North} America. , - , I Again, if all the lines of type printed in. the serialization were placed end to end. a single line 212 miles in length would result--just half the distance separating Chicago from Kansas City. i .. -------.---...._ GOVT. `ROADS EXPENDITURES IN ORO AND MEDONTE TWPS. .- v--- - VVIII remember sendiniine one of_'ou'rvbooks a year a o. 1 was in a be condition and wo d suffer awful pains attimes and could not do anythin . The doctor said I could not have cbildren unless I went under en oersionn I read ` a . testimonials of Ly khsm's Ve etable Compound in thegepers and a riend recommended me take it. After taking `three bottles I became much better and now have a bonn baby girl four months old. A! domy ouse- work and. help a little with `the chores. I recommend the Vegetable Compound : to my fI'iOndI and am willino for van fn I.llll.'Ly"LUUl' Lee: "ITO!!! COVE!` to cover." Each newspaper publishing the story in abridged form devotes 1280 inches to Captain Blood," making 590,560 Inches for thee477.. The complete nov- elization in the twenty remaining `journals consumes 2603 inches.-bring- ing the total to 593.163 inches. or 49,-` 430 feet . ` .'I\n `vynn -4...1l.... .--I...A 4I-._4 A: an D10 VVUYUH . Now the -Standard Dictionary which "is unabridged, lists 460,000 words, re- quiring more than3,000 pages to eat- alogue and define. them`. A simple computation reveals that the number If words in the English language, in-' eluding several hundreds of scientific and technical terms seldom used. and indeed. unknown by thousands even of educated persons, is only. one sixty - (-ighth the itotal number of words in - the newspaper serialization of_ Can- tain Blood." The dictionary iscvjust is ix inches thick. Were the number of pages multiplied to contain all the words in the serialization by the 497 newspapers, the volume would be just thirty-four feet from cover to cover." Each newnnnnmv nllhulnlnnv +1.... Mn-.. ,wuu::ru|g .111 U181!` revelations. ,_ .0! the 497 newspapers. twenty. have printed on are printing Captain `Blood in full. As the nove1_com.- '9-rises 120,000 words,-`~-this means 2,- 400,000 used in the serialization by this score of publications. The re- maining` 477 papers have` been using an abridged version of the story, run- ningthirty.-two installments ofitwo columns each. Figuring 922 words to the average newspaper column, this makes a total of 28,146,816, or. with the 2,400,000, a grand total of 30.546,- 816 words \Yn`np I>1.....Qa-...:|_...: 1-\z_An._..,,, ,, -.- - 1 sulted as follows: uuuu returned nome. Election of officers of the Bradford asonic Lodge on Monday night rea W.M.. R. Worfolk: S.W.. M.~ Waldruff: J.W.. F. Sme}- ser: '[`rea.s., T. E. Bell-: kenny: Chap., Rev. W. J. Creighton: 0.G.. L. Church: `Auditors. Rev. W. J. Creighton and O. M. Seim: Exam- ining Board. Rev. WA. J". ;..Cre1ghtone. D. Gray and C. C. Wilsoh. I Sec_v.. F. Kil- ' I - Jury . ` Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith, living on the Second Concession of Macaul- ey, near Bracebridge, `were burned out of house and _home a month ago. losing everything. On November 8 Mr. Smith died, aged 87, brokenheart- ed from his loss, and five days later Mrs. Smith passed away, aged 79 years. Mrs. VlctorVMatthews of Elm Grove was held up on November 5 by two men'who appeared at the door of her home `and, pointing a revolver- at her. demanded. money. After getting all the money in the house the two men drove away in a Ford car and escaped, Mrs. Matthews being` too badly fright- ened to give an alarm until her hus- band returned home.` Election nf nfflnnuu no +1.... `D----1&--A-"` !5ulu_J nut: H. UUIIIIS OI -35.lZ,()'UU in 1901', Harry Checkley was given five years in the penitentiary. Russel Teevins. one - year in Guelph and Jos. Campbell, `suspended sentence for `theft of wine amj jewelry from the home of Lady. . Hghes, Lindsay. . V . J. Chec-kle,v.! `father of Harry Checkley, pleaded noti guilty and elected trial by a judge and I g ury. Announcement by the Hydro Electric Power Commission that it will aban- don the Schomberg branch of the l`or-; .onto and York Radial because it, is! :a heavy loser will be sure to result in na storm of protest from the township! -of King as that municipality gave the: -line a bonus of $12,600 in 1901; l Hl`YV nhhklnv Ina rr1'1vnv\ 4:-.- -.----- gnu. were an aestroyed. - ' I EU!` Ilrtu .- uuueu uy zuuu norse power. _ | ".I`he' question of more school accom-.f modation is a live one in Bracel`;:'id2'! where a moyement is on foot to build` a hir.7;h school. Such a school `would he the only one between Orillia and: `North Bay doing upper school work.` TVVO a.ut0l'nOh(3.Q, Ll T3111-nnf nv-A -- 1 uauuuunullu in V Itzgemtiiu teatim An and am a vegetable Uompound willing for you to omit! letter. V '-Mra.A.A. Aua,Box54,ProvoIt,Albortu. c About $200 damage was done. by a fire which broke out on November 8 at about 10 o'clock in -Isaac Per:, s house. about two miles south of ,Mouut' _A1bert. ` V 0 I " A b'y-law to provide $110,000 for al Collegiate Institute has. been passed on` t0 the 1380018 bv Cnllinvwnnd fn1tvn' 1 \.auuug,1u.Le msutute nas. been on"` the people by Collingwood town council to be voted on at theregular municipal elections. - uuuucu LU De vntea municipal elections. Th9 dl`9(`9`inu' unna` .ncwum.1`KeI. ousmess places. The family of Mrs. Middlebrooks, Gnjavenhurst, had a narrow escape from death whe fire destroyed their home and its co tents on November 8. ' J. Vincent Rurlna\'nf Allied-.-... 11' Call`-I ILH onto. won the Sir B scholarshi lish . .\I>.nnt d-onn J---_--~- uumems on November Vincent Burke\`of Alliston. student at St. Michael 3 i s `College, Tor- ertram Windle p in fourth year honor Engv 11511108 [0 mcrease the membershipio! 1 0 . . : g . Dalton` Smith, 17-year-old son of Sidney Smith of Bracebridge, shot. threebears, while out with a. hunting -party . The constables of `Grey county re- cently organized an association at `a meeting in Owen Sound attended by some 40 county constables. . .~ For the second time within a week safe breakers have made two um- succesful attempts to loot safes in Newmarket business places. familv nf My-u 1,n.4.u..:.....---_ OCTOBER.ROD AND GUN" lrirnfnl nf 6-.4-.-....... 4... -___.__. , One hulk` run: wvmare honor.Eng~ 3 done.by Nnvnm her 9 I suffered wit Lschine, `Quebec.-'-I took Lydis E. Pinkhsms egetsblecompoundbecsuse gains in my left side and back, and wit weakness and other troubles women so often have. I was . this we about six `months. I saw the ` Vegeta le Compound advertised in the ` Montreal` Standard ' and I have taken four bottles of it. 1 was a very sick wo- man and I feel so much better! would not be without it. I also use Lydia.E. Pinkhsm's Ssnative Wash. I recom- mend the medicines to my friends and I am willing for ou to use my letter as s testimonlsi."- rs. M. W. Ros 580 Notre Dame Street, Lschine, Que c. ' Doctor Said an Operation I ` Duncan} A l|.-..a.. un_..|.- __ _ -_- A-II -11 -15 cAunn__ T \I\l\JJJl 1 .\J1'1L` U93. Accurate, hard-hitting and safe. Single shot. 1 turn bolt action. Barrel of Manganese steel, , _ genuine oiled Walnut stock. Special pure ail- ` 22cal_5ggfsshoftand ver bead sight. Safety half-cock on bolt. Fully Iongtie cantidges. guaranteed. Write for literature. 25caI.sbootssIzortand H. w. coomr mcnmn & Anus, co `4""' -I ' P I long than 15:: shells. 313-321 Howland Avenue . Toronto >'.."5,5f 5, "n1 CHARLES PAID Saturday Night Special to Montreal leaves Toronto Union Station at 12.30 o.m. arriving in W'indnor Station oi 9.40 min. - -. To Chicago`. 9 train I.-ave; `Toronto Union Station at 8.00 mm. and thucanadlan at 8.25 9.1:). daily. The Canadian Pacic also operates 0 chain 51 mag. nlcont hotels ocrou the Dominion. on well on Trnnn. Atlantic. 'l ronu-I'm-Ilio and Lake otcannsbipo. Every night at 9.45 p.m.. except Saturdays. in train carrying a through uleeper to Ottawa. leaves for Mon-. trail, 3 convenience {or persons In Northern Toronto that has received mom favorable comment. Leovo Toronto Union Station at 9.00 sun. and 11.00 pan. daily and 10.00 p.ln. daily except Saturdayu. The entire Lake Shore Line In-twn-on Toronto and Dion- treal has been rook-bnllanted with` aruulu.-d v-ock and relald with I00-pound rails. insuring amooth-riding. duntleu comfort for the __nlghi travellers, whc are alno rival: the unequalled facilities in Windsor Station. Ii:.ontI-ed. of o lndien'.r_ut room. lunch room and barber o op. The Vancouver Exp!`-ess `leaves Toronto Union Station every night for Van- couver at 10.10 p.m. ~ r Tonrllt. standard and romunrtment-nbnervatlon nleeperl. dining ear. and n nu-Ior car from Bevelstoke to Vancouver. A high standard service nlne comfort and scenery eeeond to none In the world. AI transportation company In the world. this on-vli Chants: n transcontinental urvleo that . nppnln to the dloerlmlnsng traveller. rvwbiil 315$ GUI `Provost, Alberta.-e Perhaps you will remember sendingme of our book! I vbnr mm. I was In n In L....'...uu..- Winter Resorts Yonge Street Station. Toronto Rock-Ballasted Comfort II 5301'` , co..;'35>-Pace: Post C.vlO.D.__ 1 1 ne. 1` HIIIUIIS COOEY . CANUCK _As , a Tlie Famous EXT IV A \T`I"l'lI7 FAM( Clllflv. You kn wantc-Ll x.. _belon;:in;: men In-;::n1 be if the-_\ and tukv I they thntr they wnnle is (-ullul. I Re-told fo Other Troubles Women Often Have Relieved by Lidia E. Pink_hem's |L_-;_'l