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{ttafuii Sweeps and Floors Without % Dust Save Hours bf Hard ; Work No Dusting toDo V nus .HAMBLY. Distributer Barrie` Is MADE IN CANADA \ -. . Some Grocers for the sake of a. few cents extra prot may offer you the Just As Good Kind. Don t ask for .ak tin bf sweeping compound- ` Sgy--Dustbane Dustbanc a disinfectant and dusthkiller. _j1 _ag.1 in liaarrelg and kegs for store and school use. _\"i`L 1 it'll! uun `..2no to dle." . . ,. _ .. Under Canadian Patents BPOEHGPI Limited. Toronto. fortnate `fall, vfhich resultecl in the - death of the quadrupedis, as Artemus. Ward milght have called I them. -_ -ro11 V1 _ _LI LL,` It Stands For Quality Uutlllo : - John `MGM-illan, lesee of the Cavour A IRescaurant, 'Ooo1Lin-gwood, 'the former proprietor of which served! three months in jail for .-breach of local oprti-on laws, was last week ned $100 and costs for obstructing the police who wanted to Search the place after a hockey game. The magistrate said` it was well-known that liquor was being served there. "" ' W `I _,_A.Z.... In Sweepinompomd ' v'Dhe Hewis House in local option Midland was `recently ned $100 and costs Lfor selling liqusor. The names of frequenbers who` pur- -chased their Wet `goods -there were lobt-ained from -a charge -book, and a number of them were ned: a `total of $277 last week. The names `were Wi-hheld.` from the papers,~ as .some were prominent rcitizens in `good positions. -4-~~--J Dn,#n11 nnfn... -weexgs. Richmond I-EM Public School, [ -which began its existence in a. one ; roomed log cabin, and `now occu- t -pies a handsome and, commodiious a `brick `builing, celuelbrated its 105th t anniversary on -Sarturdeay. The pro- gramme .-commenoed with an in- ` spection of the building, followed . "by addresses from resident minis- .ters, members of the Board -and ex- `, pupils. The pupils rendered dhoral '3 nu-mibels and art 3.15 Hon. Dr. Pyne gave an address. 0 I\ . ' 11- 15 1 _L TL- 'nnnsJn+.n.n r :2, ztmzizaz 1309 0 (:6 "as _ _ V ` _ the twenty me -radnlgs, SW5 3 00' respondent. BY takmg '3 V.antta1 1gi: of the new parcel post rates 1n _ . way the Eafoon rm are cuttlng down expenses at the rate of $10,` `I000 23. week. They 'ha"e f. e?11i |men .covering' the `C0}1nt1`Y andl W1 f. gget the work done 111 21 0011130 0 1 weeks. ' b - -w--v.11 vs 11', CALAAT 1+; u.1~(". ' V 'l`h1*- 1mu. oor b\e11 ranoa I dmed ,. 1 ;-;1,\-"ex-o.<._ My father c~ame in -with in 1-ush. My chi1!d:re.n,1 he cried `my Hf b1'oz1t11. "have' you heardfche ;_=-1`:-;1t 11v'ws--- 1'he 111t.i1naturm?' _ _ I "I hm'o just told` -it to my wife. "Tull 1110, f-at:he.r dtr,. I asked` ;,1_\'iu11.-']_\'. C 3.I1 W81` `be pre-V \\~11Io by the uTti1na~t1un? .-T. -never heard of an ultimatum - , 99 ` ' tyne guvta an a.u.uu.uu._ ~Ori1l-ia Pa.eket--~The 'ope1`at-or of the Spanish prisoner swindle has `lately changed his methods. In- ,stead of posing as a Spanish offi- icer. -who has hidden `the war chest of the Carlists -in an. accessible '-mounitain, and who is dying in `prison, -and 0n|1y Wants his cor- irespondent to accept half "the `money [in consideration of becoming lguardian of his daughrtzer, he has now become a Belgtimi, who, V on . the death of his master at `the siege > has ed: to Spain - with 20,000 ' wonth of Bank of Engliand notes. 1 Those who receive such letters ywould do well to communicatte with the police. on each tin arid get I r- ,1 annn 1: I [(11 LU \llLu .\`m1-l1 fzltzllistivc notions! ".v\nl if my regiment should not `no n1`(l-31'Cl>011t--'3 began Arno.. l- >..\:c-lai.111e'(l' joyously, Oh, Woruld` *lz:lt he possvile-? T. In th-.1 t case I shall apply for v2! -xt`-11211199. ` V 'l"l1;1t (-an be easily settled, my` `grim-, ;1. hi-m. "'A_good' friend :5 znino. I I*Ies'.=,. colnmanlcl-s the !.1'e`\`v1_lti1l;),` 21. Wlal`- . I-13, papa, you speak as 1f war ,1 _. - - .1..- z]r\n1niIl)r':l n.n(]. 1111111 l4`:l1`I. DHIE 1>u1um. \.'uuuux 1u,_yg\.~....~ s\';1-: nu-t. my husband a hero? And T c J up and! excl-axi-n1ed', Arno; um prmld of };011. . Ki~ my 11`a11ds, he tu~rncI to. my fat11e1'. Father-'i11-12L\v, I -am :};!l that you have trained yrourv 'Z:\ng_>'htm' to he a *brave so1d1er s_ 2m1:1`or;-' IV):111;rc1'. what of that? Mahy `a r}m11.<,-011198 home from war. Look mt Iny L'21111})E1YiQ.'I1S, my wounds, and in:-t I ;1'1ll ralive, for I was not des- . , . ., `I , \' Him". V ' .\:h11.i1'i11_;' .hnt}_1 husband and -min-1---,\'e1: . anxlety .s'1ck-ened ` my ho-;n't. Pm/c I must control- myself. 1 4-: - L....,J) A...,ilI j-j_ (`.`I-I.~\.PT`ER II.-(:CQntini1ed) ml,`- t{{;3'<>nt`aT~. ingwbod . J noun) not 1 STANIHINFEET Mrs. Baker so` weak--cou1a 1 Not Do Her Work---Found } Relief In Novel Way. V % _. could hardly do my. 0: , ., work; When I e \\ ~_ washed my dishes I " had to sit down and- d when I would sweep b`: `on Eii - === theoor I would get ` `i .a have to get a drink ` every few minu , and before I did my dusting Iwouldhave . to lie down. I got 90 _P00r1y that my folks thought I was 80mg into consumption. One day I found a piece of paper blowiiig around the yard and I picked it up and read it ' 1t Said ` Saved from the Grave, and told what Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegeta-* . ble Compound has done for women. _ I showed it to my husband and he said, . Why don't you try it? So! did, and. s. after 1 had taken two bottles I felt 2_ better and 1 said to my husband.`I. need any more, n and he said `Yon-had - better take it a little longer ' Sol took it for three months _ We. and strong.-e-Mrs. BAKER, 9 Tecumseh St.',, Not Well` Enough In these words is hidde,!_l'fh_e`. of many a woman, housekeeper - . n?! who supporlaherheilf,-l e elllnztosup A afamil Wazem Whe er. a n 1 m.~.a=:*:,:' I ` . a E - and true rem r V M`, Tm-in. _xp1-a1 -2e;--'rhe ultimatum! 1'r-_i<*-<'-fa]. The die is cast. War 1 T` ' .-<-.;11'v:]. T110 '1w.\\'.~' \\'z1.`< .21 v.. :m1`-thrm\' me. .115.-"n I had been Us Under . the % Disarm this Novel won for its author the N obel" Peace Prize. F`0`TnP3:n?:_ ; neon - -18`; old that gi-sberell _.JAQ. A Famous Story (.`IT.\PTF.R III. Mich.*- "41 suffered terribly _- -__1 1.-..'I...nI-no and bitter b1ow _to| vinto despair, al-1 p1'ep~aned for the ` Bythe V _ , -BARQNES VON LSUTTNER` catastrophe. Am}; fried.` to omf-drt AAA\.u_ My darnlnyg, "take , ooufage. : Things T are not so {bad -and will ' soon be Over. `Then --we shall be doubly happy. You will break my 4 heart with your` yveepin-g_ ,and make . me sorry that I enga,-gecf to go..But eth*i.n.k, if `I pemaineci at home an'da. my oomrades Went,` , you would `be as-haymed of me. I must pass4the baptism of re to feel myself a man and Ia vsoilder. ~O11`-`ly think how happy you will be to see `a third. star on my co11i_ar, or 4 perhaps` even the cross; on my breas c..r V 1- 1..__.,1. ._ n.:.. ...L'.,.....`I.J.... mL..JI nn-vgnlf U ULUBDI -U11 All uLvuouo I uuI'_1ea-ned on gs shoulder anti weptt the more. Emptty Stars and crosses ' were but ep-oaour pay for the terrible possioility that a . ball -might shant- ter' that beloved -breakst. . Arno gently relieveti himself from my embrace, eaying:--- Ann`--- 1...`..- -1.-:1.J` T wu-.o+ nm +n U111 UL (JILC, 111 9 Now, ~dea.r Echiluda, I must go to the Colonel. Have your little cry, , and lbe '-Brave and cheerful when I return. In this hard; Vhou-r mv dear litle wife should not dishearten and discourage me. Good`-(bye; .swtheart. F:m: IL sweem-learn." H13 last words helped -me to 001-. eet` my.se1f. Yes, I ~must not " d-amp his courage, I must Jinspire `his sense of duty. We women must prove our patriotism by our sym- pa1;'hy,*:and munst urge. our soldiers `to -fame on the battleeld. Il1\- . .1` J5 1 J99 -J...-_-.. LA...` By Special .Arran_gx;int '00 -Iamne U11 UHJU Ui1lJlr1!'7u.U.|.u. .. Battleeld--stnange how this` `word, suddenly" carried its radically different ` meanings to my mind. _ `First it appea:1ed~ his__torioal1'y, g1or(i- 1 ously, pathetically; then `again I h shuddered as` at some loathsome, bloody, Ibrutal, .11e'pu1sive thing. I saw the poor creatures hurried to the eld, stricken, and lying there with g`~a.pgi'ng, bleeding `W011l1dS, -and among them, :per?nva:ps!--oh, hor- rible ,12h`ou=ght !--and .a. loud cry es- caped my lips at the frigthctful pic.- `ture. -Betty, my maid`, rushed in. In -heav,en s name, madam, what has happened 3 I -._1_..,1 ..+ 4.1.1; ..--::1 War caves. WAR ` narpptaiicu 2 I looked at the giml. Her eyes, 1 too, were red with ` weeping. I _1fe- ` mermb-ered her lover was a ~s0l`d*ier, 1 and I could! have pressed: her to my 1 heart as :a- sister `in -muitutal sorrow. It is nothing, child,` for they -` Surely will come hack again. C ' Not all of them, dear lady, she -said, -the tears starting afresh. Au-nt` Mariel came in just then and {Betty :disappeared`. V * Martha, dear, I came to com- V fort you, said. she,` and help you to resign yourself in `this tnoutble. ' So you knlowiit? j __ The Whole city` knows it,. andl ML .13.... 4-lnn u-r.o1I' -iq ` "lne Wcue cwy nuuvvo xv, Iwanv-l great joy is sfelt, for the war is ` very popular. ' . - Joy, Aunt Marie ? I exclaimed. `.`*Certa'in1y. Wherever t_;1ie- familry is not to-uzczhedi 'the_r-e is `great "re- jo'icing. But I knew you` wioulid `be in_ distress, and `therefore I hurried to you. Your father will come "soon, not too oomort but 170 con- gnatula.te you. -He is beside , -him- IV 1' F 1 i self with d e1ig1h1'. and thinks "the rpmspect for . nAIrno. is a rare one, ' And.` he is righf, for is. not war the best thing i-n I the world: for a soldier? And you must see it so, .-my dear.` What must ,~ . Yes, you are right, "Aunt. I -kniotw; the .inevIita'b1e--- //rn1 ,. .1- LL-` -J11 .n-C"(1nz:_.._. `pp, "KIIOW : the I1IleV|LU'aIU1t5'*-" | What is the will of iGod_-- ? Tm. joined my aunt. 'AnId.` I concluded: Must `be borne . with 1~es'i-gn-ation. I Bravo; dear M-artha, Providence 3 has determined. Providence is all-_ 7 wise. -For each one the hour orfd death is settled as is the hour of -birth, and we` can pray ferventtly for j ou-r dear soldiers. _ ' I did not -analyze the contradic- cioI_1'th-at one might -pray to avoid! a ' death that is predetermined. I had been taught -not foo reason on such matters, and `my aunt woualldi have been quite shocked if I had voiced- -4 ' --- AL a1u1n1fr\1-aDQ Never 1 1 AJ 1 laibout -it .is .the' oormmandcmentt,` in of my husband I certainly would` D6911 qllle "suluunxcw .u. .L nu... .--....._ , any "such vscruplaes. , Never -argue matters of `faith. Not to question" and not to -think. was much more. 5 convenient and wcptrn-o4rta!b1b, so I 1 accepted rbhe suggestion that we ? shoud pray,`a~n& dmmring -the -asbsence ` -pray for the `protection of .iHeaven4 and earnestly beg that the bullets "migxhrt-, be tamed: from the . -breast of my 1' A'.'rn0.. -Divertedl, but whither? To "the mast` of. anbther .for. whom, .gs;qme praying women also tple'a:ded_.'? Arndrhad .no't guy teaohe1_*s`Ai_n physics` 1 -11! 1.__~-__- 2.`. ' -I-`Inn. Tan! 711`? Alll Ila-Ll .11\iUJAAg -~ dr11Jied~`me 11,11` the ` consequences; , of 2 . `V V-kmotion and Sub- stance? 7 The Whole ibeiwildering, `` torn_1en"oi`ng qu-est'ikm. , .` away with I it! I` will` -not think. ' g ? %. Yes, Idear -__aunt._ I roused my- `self sbo"; say, we .wm pray diligently, and God xbn1_1s1::hea.r.-us. 1 `Ania will 5 return. to 'u`9.`u'n`hurrtf amndi, ihaprpyl . - . ,`%"Io11n_';dear" -`ahii1d',f see. ho;_w_-your . Arelagiogx A ".ii},: we dark : 1 1 1.1 o.t. xMy ._ fat -hr. r i t and _ husband. I< ` guite sindierentjf to :re;_ `n h ilisiousf ` and `my 71 .f99Qfi,iD87i1 nature `found: mere dogmas "hard s * .I had `gone `regularly S'unda'y mass, and once a year _-to v `eonfession, andlvat suchphoutrs 1- was ,c ' honestly devout was a matter] of._eti- c quette with the same correctness as" c I should have zcutrtsied, if intro- duced to the Empress; The chap- lain; himself could: not have f_;:re- proaehedi "me; `but my ~au'nt .s accusa- tion seemed perhaps justiaible. ._Ah, child, myp aunt com 1 tinned in times of happiness and 1 prosperity we are -apt `to fo-rgetfour-[1 heavenlly home, `but when sorrow 7 L and sickness, fear and death .comei< in upon us, or if those ~ we adore : are stricken, then J . ` `In this style she would have. con- : tinned, had not the doorr been thrown open and. my father rushed in, exclaimin-g:- ' A . . I Hurrah, everything is decided; The Italian dogs w_ante their 33 whicppinig, .and they shall have it,i they shall have "it ! I War '-was declared. All was ex- citement. People seem to forget (that two sets of men are volu-ntar-. ily thrown at each other s throats} upon the assumption that there is` .a mighty third: power" which ir-I estistiiblv forces them to ght. The! whole. responsibility is thrown uponi this mysterious element; which regulates the ordained fate -of the natlons. (`At this period of my life 1_ I felt no trace of a revoillt against LP war -as a system. -Because my `be- is loved hu-sband was forced to go and 1.1.2.. ..-1.-....\ cans vnvr an- t 1 si | guish.) :l.'UVUu; \Llu'auauu.- vvuu ...v-.vv.... .. D- _,_, I to r~emain_--.t1'1is -alone was .my an- ...-....nn1n.-'l 1174f}! 29:1] Thv Old gu1su.} I consoled myself vciith an my old conviction-s that the highest duty I` of a soldier was to be rady for service." Hisborry made it 1-aud~ab1`e to desire [honor and glory through pa-bniotic devotion. 1:1; `L was a pecularly elevating " thought that II was` living `in a most tihri-llingi epooch. Haxi not my `life {been given |ansh'z3ure in one of `the great eventsi me War. ..LJ.lU'11UWiayw1.ru1.-a vvvvny H.-- of .it. Prayers were said in all the churches or the success of they army. Everywhere were the same} excited,` faces, the `same eager talk.` Business, pleasure, literarturre, art, everything was secondiazry, insignie lcant, wthille, the scenes of this` `great drama were tbeinrg played `-on the. wsorlkl s" arena. [We read. the \ pr~oetl:a.mations, so` condent" of vic- t0ry.; We watched wthe troops march . _thmmgh vsiith glitter and clash of arms, and sbattle-ags Waving; lewdr , _ __L2 -1 .. . A... J2 ...1 nwun.m qnngnhpq [of ~11'i"17or52 W V` NnothiI1>gTW|,a4S being talked -of` |-the war. The ` newspapers were 4.- _-.... -..:,1 :.. :11] u`i?1'II1lS, nuu sU'a-Uutruaga vvwvuxa, Lvuvxn ing articles and: gvlowin-g speeches were 1`1ed with pabriortic ard1or,~ap-1 pealing to honor, diu-ty, courage,` [ self-sacrice. _ -- <~ -_-_- ......1u. M; am-+1.1 S811-.sa.'c1'1'uct:'. , ` 'A:ssu11anc_es were mac1e_o_n vboth lsides to the people, that their na- tion was known to -`be the most in-. `vincible, each had the only just` cause, each had the noblest ` and` lmosc heroic cause to` defend. Thus `Were the people J_1'1'ed_With `en- ithus-iasm, and the conviction that` swa{r was fthe most glorious, n-eces-I sary, -andi ennobling thing. ` .T.`._ .....-- f\D\ l'\ -nvnc An nnns-w`n-mar] sfn `Bury, 'l 11.lUl 'U.l..l1.I.'UIu1'1vu5 uusxxao l "Every one W-828 enc`01m_"a'g`e(l. to '- think that he -Wuais a `great citizen ` Olf -a greaat -state for which -he -must 1 be willing .130. `sacrice himself. ,_ Evils of "War -were merely regarded! as -a necessary adijuntat, and! always 7 he enemy - alone -was `found guilty -of t'he evil passions, and mhe brawling, `rapine, `1hatred?, cruelty, and all- the other iniquities attach- ed to 9 waffnawre. Oonsequemtly we were doing- the world a noble ser- vice tin purnishing these wxfetdhed , Itali5ans--this `lazy, sensual, `upstart n'atim1. {And `Napoleon, with A ---l`- 31: -- - -.-.1.-..n 4- .n n VF uuuuu. =J.1.uu. ;uuua.uc ;.u.-yv-w..v.., ......._.. his conjsumnin-g ambition, `what an invtriguer! It was with -a sborm_ of j` ind-i-gnaniion rt'ih'-at Vienna -received the proelam-ationz. Italy free to. 1:he_A|d:riatic. ' - ` T I uttered slight doubts whether} it was so ig'n'db1ie of Ita_1y_bo- wighll "to be '.ree,_ but I was rudely 1'e-l mindedi 31Jhat..our' `enemies were` V sconndmelis. In 'my/ studgrh Of hi%tory: .;,- -|11__ _E.._-....] nI11t:+n1!G SOOUIIUIHIE. .111 '1u.y" auuug xu. u;-.ruua.,_;_ I` had ursLua'1l found e writers 5 sympathetic with" the struggl-i11g 1 nation ghting. rto,_mh1-ow =orff a foreign yoke and gain tits indepen- : dence. I :felt that Italy was A play- ing irhis part -in 'bhe~ drama `before .our eyes, but I was quickly -and `_[ seow\1ing1y' given gto `understand -'_t-h*at'_ou:1`- government--.t1rat is, a`he' ; naitioni to `which we .happene-d: to `be- , 1ong--could. never opplfess, `bud; only [ conzferr `prosperity _ upon- another l~_ people,_ and ;when they sought Who 1___-..1- .....a...... -nn.1'n T 11u .~f}H3.V -were `peopue, _uu.u nvucu. nu, uvub... -_ break away from us ' they were` I rnebelzs, that our control ueouldi ibe'1 n'o yoke, for were We not always ; and onlly and fully `in the -`right? - _ In early May =Arn0 s_. regiment 3 was ordered to march. They had.` ` to leave at seven in_ xe morning.` ` :Aih, the night fbefonre--that terniole -nigihtl " 9' ,` .- _ A;1;no He" %breathe(1 -quietly, jwirth -tr9.n'qu-.i'1 happiness; upon his , features. =I1set as candle behind the ' ' for the frighten-V, [ ed -vme',and`~sleep was impo_ss&`b1`e. I lvaiyi: `quietly ,1e'inring on re one Making? zincto, his be- ` n.;..: .......;.H ., `I4, wept .-and. rev-ie_we& the cruel %f`*1?TT3P`5"t58 `1?- talked but """""""""-`~'-- VWAUIA `F1111 T HE %5NO%RTHEJRN ADVANCE . 011d |JL|u full . the 9. `the agonie shouki he have. `sreal azboutg ``.1`7"'6`.'*e**`39".'.-"**"."'.~. -'-Av.-T-4- ~-~-.x .. . _ v's11_ " I have `srea andizhmwn my arrhs _ eabou1:,.;him, but. -n_o, he must sleep that: the. ehoxrld =be gbette14`iready`_,:Eor duty in the morning, I was wbrn-' T out. with despavirr, the clock \ticke:1 meanin-g.15ess]y,. the candle ickei-ed low,- and I slipped` into. unconscious-` ness .and. dropped on to my pillow L in sleep.` `Over and over" 51g~a.in VI saufoed in my sleep, my heart pal- ` pit-ating with .fear ~a11d"a'1arm, and when I lms waked for the vtentb; ~.lor -`time, it was day, the U1. 'uVv'U.u.uu - VLAAAV, .. .._._ .... W, V _ V icanrlfle i had`7 gone out; `and: there `came Ia loud. at ~the`do'or. " `\S=ix- o c~.1oc1;, 'l`ieute-n'ant, said} the. -orderly -who Vcame` -to` rouse lhis? master in good .time.'_. ; " T e -Theho1m' liatliivvcome; the dreadedf farewell was to; lbe said; It wasn-oft to go to the -sta.tion,Wbu.t inour own room the sac} parting` was to -take place, for J knew that my. `agony would overcome. me. As ' Arno i,dmes_sed he made all -sorts of com- forting speecd1es:-'- ` l ~Be' tbrave, my M.arth_a.. In two months we will the together again, . and! all will .lb`e over. M-any come .Iback from Wasr--ilvook -at'yo_ur_ own. father. Did you marry a Hussarl . to- keep him at hoxhe, to ~raaise? -lghyaoinnt `s for you? I will wristel lyom '1-ively` letters of the whole cam-l Ipavign, {My own cTh`ee11fu'lness is al - good omen, and I am only out to 3 w'.i-n- my spurs. `Take care of your- -%self andi_ the d-ar.ling' `Rudolf. My spprom-ottions are for him too. How 5 he will love to hear his father tell] -`0f the glorious victory over` Italy; J... .1. `....-.n4- `,7 `he W`1'J.'J.` have to near um mum. VUIJ-I `of [Italy Iin which he -took part! ' I Qistenued to :him and felt vth-at perhaps my vun`h'a`ppiness` was all selshness. I `wour1d* strong and take coL1rage. V IAganin - a- knock at the door. T .....,. ,....u+n -nn.o|r1tr- nnm{n.o' d`iI"'I EHKB C_()LlL"a45U. ` H I am quite ready; coming d\ir-1 ect1'y._ `And he spread his arms. Now, iMsurbha, my wife, my love! I rurshed to him speechless`; the farewell refused to pass ' my lips, _ wand it -was he who spoke the heart'- a `breaking word-: , `-`Good?-bye, my a1`l,_my love, good- ` bye! he convulsively sdbbed, I covering `his face. *` This was too much, and I felt my mind going. A-rno!` -Arno! I screamed- ,2 wrapping my arms about him.. ,|-Stay! -Stay! _ I persistently callecha Stay, stay! . ' _ - ; V Lieu-tenant! we heard outside, I It is quite time. 3` One last kiss-and `he rushed- I Preparing lint, readlimg reports, following .on the map the chess- at board! of the'war_ with `my little g` movea-ble ags, prayers for the suc- 37 oess of -our side, talking_ of the `C events of the day; such were our B occupations. `All our other inter-V ests lagged, one question *a`lo-nae _oe- la cupied us: When -and how wil-1 this t2 .!war end? Wei nate, d'ra11k, read and A , worked with no real concern; only 1) `tl-e telegrams from Italy seemedj of -a any- importance. Arno was not d given to :le'tte r-writing, but his - | short notes always gave me the _.a t. clv_eering- that he was still I, ialive andi u.nw\o1`1nded. Letters were 5 irreginlar, for the eldpost was cut 1` -2 t I s off during an engageme11t,- and :35 .'hen my `anxiety and suffering were .,-` -indescribable. Aifter . eadh ba-ttle, lthe list of the -killed lled` me each 0 time with fresh terror, as though ,1 mr loved. one had `held a lottery ` I .,t ticket,- and might have _ drawn the 4 f_`~(lm';n1e(l.' rnumber. _ { dy `*.When, for the rst time, I read 1 ,S' the list annd_afound: no Arno Dotzky 1 Ed among them, I efolldedz my hands 18 and prayed: softly, My. God-,~. I A y, rth -ank rthee. But with the words h- still in my ears they suddenly ` We -grated! `upon me. .'W=a:s I perhaps .1... thankinvg God T that Adolf ` S'c hmi-d.t V ad and ' Karla Muller, `and many others It had sla-in,a =but_ not 'Arno th ED-oltzky? =Naftu_ra41ly those` :who in (prayed '-and? V hoped" for_ Schmidit '-and g. -nr--c`I.`I..... ....m.1 lmavp ahnprns lto 1:gonie .11`atA wouldi I ,J._1 1...` Anna ` [prayed "and: Lnopeu .1'Ul.'.. |J'Uu1uu,uu uu.L\.aI. VMu`]1'er would have :b_e-en glad} `read the name of Dotzky instead of 4 `those they -dreade to `nd . And awhy rshou'1ds my `-1; anks. be more pleasing to God than theirs? Tha% uSchmid?t s mother and.` AMu11er s lsweetheart should break their `hearts, rbhis hadi made me rejoice? lime. I .rea-lizecl mhe se1tshn'ess of `such thanksgzivings, and `presump-' L tu-ousness of our prayers. _ ' "\ " A ~4--A -J-an n 1of+o1-'n'n`nP. from Arno :.- 'Yes1>erd.'ay we had another hard ght, -and`.-, unfortunately, again a defeat. `Bu-t cheer up, darlin1g_ `Martha, the next (battle we shall `surely win. It was my first great` engagemen-t. To Stand in a thick shower of .bu`Helts'1gtives '-one a pecul- iiar feeling. I will rtell you alboult it by -and.` (by; it is frightful. The A poor fellows who fall on, all sides ,|mu=st be left in spite of their cries LI :_-lbtrt s11eh`..i`s` war. -When we ' enter L. `L_'_....`..... `.3.-. --101113 S ll-(:11 .15 war. vv _1LuuL 'V\l ....--_ T-urriin-to djictaute rterms tho the enemy you ca:n meet ithene, for Aimt Marie can `take care oitloum 1it't1e corporal .J.J..IA'lJ-III` ` #~:Mf Plans for :9.` new Hydro-`Electric Bmdlial ain ZNort:h~ York and Sismooe (:oun'ties~;'wis1l be discussed by a de- "utation --f1'01V1.0 - township twih rl`.he_ Provincial" ; Oom- ixiissiongrs ' ` Toronto shortly. The OlHnA1PI'I`-ER I-V. HYDRO LINE _ SUGGEST- 'I1 \ `U1 `(Juli llluavxou same day a letter {came \-- --- -`be; -Qdntinued) Erma wnax IN m=.vuaw\ News. Notes of Interest For` 5 Busy Readers ~ hken i March 1st, 1900-Lad=ysmit'h re- llieve'd after a siege` of 118 days- Midland will `a new $35,000` public school to relieve overcrowd- -...n. A -Bond Head fvarrmer used hi/`s raultomobile` as power to" drive a iwoodt-sa-wirng machine. } Gordian` 'lv[O1`1`-is of Mid-land has a "piece of la shrapnel shell from a-l German gun which bombarded Hartlepool. ` '1" -.-_-1A 3.1.-.31.: vn..1:u-4-. I The` shoe store of Emmanuel '11 Tovpsp of Colillgwood was guxtedl` by` re on Sunday morning, with -a `.5 `loss of several thousand .dol_1a-rs. `5 "I`hir-teen -Beeston boys are either, at the front or are in .tr-ai1_1in.g tojogue lgo. Of these ten were born in and post around Bveebon and three are Old 1 `]C3`(3>.t:1ntry born but lived at or" near z s on; ' A child of Mrs. Ten-y of MJid- `(fggfl land was sent to a Toronto Hespi-1000 tal for treatment for _hip disease! 9 1 An x-ray` examination revealed altgtl piece -of needle in the child s .hiprV -and the bone had commenced to ' ee. i decay. L l JR: l A bold udlaylight robbery occurred `;`;Ij at the Midtland railway station at._ ie~ - noon` on Feb. 18th, the thief bleal{.{:)yDi:1 3 ing into the ticket ofce during a arm} * "H" i l Ow few moment s- -absence of the -ticket arm I -agent, and extracting $12.95 from : ec 3 the cash drawer. -As -"there are many who are in ters `lreal need hecaus-e of unemploymerrt, `pup ll but who are unwilling to accept n'u.n 7 charity," the Orillia. Patriotic Relief 133,1: 3 -Committee has instituted a system `C 3 of "small loans to tide -families over the the` -winter,` repayment to `be made lite 1 ; 1193:? S 3`me :. pscte-2 A. 1.. 1:13. The `Canadian Smelting -am} Re- ning IComp'any is" -'beg'.innin.g tol smelt lead ore in the smel-ter there. The rst run was made last week,` and is ready for shipment. It mil-ll placed on the market as the] Orillii-a Ibrand. The ore comes` from Missouri. ' | 3 I ._. .. . _ | _Ori11ia Packet--Fo-mi calves at a birth is something so unusual as .to al.-most unhear' of, but a cow owned Iby Mr. Archie Fyufe; North -O1'.i1'1i.'a, Vwowld _ shortly -hatve estab- liheda that record, but for an (un- ' ' 1 Made in Caada by Level- y;n.vu -v of pro-` ment of