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Midland I':n' (.`XC(.`L'\l\ *(l tm-. allot- ment for the Victory ll-am. '1`l:o tom! subscribed was $077,100, and ell tlw. . Work was done in a week. *;1~7pl1Vn~lf: n:v':I\h' 1!r\l\n cu-IAl3"'rEi: m. ICU CSUSBQ U18 IDLICII V suffering, and two doctors decided ' that I would have l to go throu h an | operation be- ore I 9 could get well. | Mv mother. who l||I LIILLK wiczxaecl ' brntion or his silver wedding. It was about twenty-four by eighteen Inches In size. .It`showed `the.kalse1-in and himself In a sort of c1oud oating above a blrdseye View of Berlin, with the palace and the cathedral d1m1y'seen below. H1 4-..`; 5-..... nuns. -I-nut blun vv\nICnIn, llClUVV- I don't know Just what this master- piece wns meant tosignify, but I had It framed and placed it in my office. It evoked from a little boy who entered _ the room with hls mother the follow- | ing astonished remark: Oh, mother, ' look at the kaiser in heaven!" ......A. ......A r\=r|L|-1:19` n tin . Irnlnnn IUUIS lll Lut: h!lll:l xu ucuvcus A post-card picture of the kaiser. signed by his own hand, was in his own estimation one of the most price- less gifts he could bestow. I remem- lber his donating one of them to an American charity bazaar in Berlin to be auctioned off. He thought that the fact that the card came from his im- I pei-ial majesty gave it a value which could not be measured in dollars and cents. A piece of jewelry or a sum of money might have been duplicated or even excelled by 0. gift of similar character from any American million- uire--for whose-wealth the kaiser fre- quently expressed the utmost contempt ` -but what could surpass the value of an autograph of the kaiser! `Mn nnkf Han I-nvnl hnnnnnfn warn I ; L'UAupu:LI:. Shortly after Carnegie had donated I ; ve million marks to Germany to fur- ` 5 ther world-pence, I happened to be a talking to the kaiser of American mil- } liOL\lI'OS and the steelmaster was . mentioned. I una ..-........ r1..........:- 1,. .. ...x,.,. -1: _.U__ Two :1\`i:1tox's from Culnp I}uI'.1vn went to B1'ndl.'01'd to see Lieui. .\Ic- Conkoy. 'J.`lio_\y iiindu :1 nir:(.- landing: on the fair grrniimls. but on risillg` Io reiurn. the pilot ii-1 nut native the wire i'(.-nee, wii the rosnlt that tho nmcllinu \\`21s hi1-iwd on its nose on the '_ i'=HHl(i. Nrl)m1_\` was: hurt. An- 0Hl('1' n::u=1-.in(- \\':i<, soon to hnml from |Bo1'ie:1 and 1hv pilm rctiimc-d to camp with him. __n_. uu uulugrupu U.|. Lu: nuacn x No doubt the royal banquets were prepared much upon the same prin- ciple, for it was 9. common saying .1 among the German aristocracy that one [had better feel well before going to 9. l banquet at the palace. . `I hnnnnnon M vnonnn in Man Izniruar ` uuuquet ul. Luc pzuuuv. 1 . I happened to mention to the kaiser . I the reputation his banquets held among ll his people. He was not at all taken g aback. ` i umI...u... ..,`....1 In 1..-. n.u.~..~.nn4nz`l Who | 1 J 1 5 1 I l.lAULl|J As an art collector and antiquarian ` he claims first place and he is rather _ inclined to feel that second place : should be left vacant. He aways re- sented very much the acquisition by 3 American millionaires of art treasures ' and antiquities which their wealth en- nbled them to buy, but which their ` limited acquaintance with history and !their lack of culture and renement imade them unable to appreciate---in : the kaiser's estimation. ! Of his own taste in art little need be said. The monuments which he caused , to be erected to his ancestors and their, udvisors and which adorn the Sieges } Alice, the street he had opened through ; the Tiergarten especially for them, are at the same time a monument to the l;kaiser s ideas of art. glaughing-stock of the artistic world. 5 They have been so frequently defaced Eby vandals whose artistic taste they : offended that it was necessary to sta- tion policemen in the Sieges Allee to guard them. occurred-in the vicinity. The burglars wereobserved. while at work and a ' startled civilian rushed to the Siege: They are the` Not long ago a burglary- Allee to summon one of the oicers: who were known to be on guard there.` "TC YVAII `sI1I\III1" nvnlnlrnn fhn nIuH-l i.lU! ll.'|S- " ` ``That s good! he commented. The ' Germans are too fat, anyway. The ma- = * jority of the people eat too much. | I `I nun nrnn n~nnvnnh!1inrr hnnnmn ` ` JULILJ u; um: 1;'..v3_Ju. yum. Luv -.-.-u~.u. more or less general, the kaiser still 1 l % lemployod a horse and carriage for o 1 Long after automobiling became :0 ordinary travel, relying upon his free ` `use of the railways for longer dis- i j tances. When, however, the reichstag 0 passed aluw compelling royalty to pay took to automobiles. They charged: l`for their railroad travel, the kaiser ' I him 11,000 marks, he told me, for the . use of a train on one of his shooting ` trips. and that apparently was more i I than he could stand. llA~.L..... ...... A.vw\nu\l~`uul\ 1! `kn .1,-.I.....-.3 l Luau MU CUULU nuxuu. I Autos are expensive, he declared, I "but they don t cost me that much 1" i 1 rm... 1-..n...... .........1... ~-..n..I. an. 1...; uul. tucg uuu L LU-3|. LLIIJ uuuu L.uuv..u . `French, too, very fluently, and, I be- lieve, Italian. He is widely read on almost all subjects and knows the lit- ; ernture of England, France and Amer- The kaiser speaks English with but V the slightest trace of a foreign accent. ` -. His diction is perfect. He speaks . { ica as well as that of Germany. Mark V 1 Twain was one of his favorite Am` [ [can authors and Longfellow his ch; 3 ; 01! American poets. I `no nriua himenif nn `hie nnnnl I- l All-ll: cl UIIIIUUL 1537` III` Bl'lIla|lUo Realism is the kaiser`: idea of what: 1 is most desirable in dramatic art. ~ ; When he put on Sardanapal, a Greek ` ` tragedy in pantomime, at the Berlin `_ opera house, he sent professors to L I the British museum to secure the most rletallenfinformation available regard- ` 2 ing the costumes of the period. Every iutensll, every article of wearing ap- l ipurel, every button. every weapon, in ` lfact, every property used in the play I xvnrn tn hr: fniufnllv vnnvndnt-n nnr- ` U]. J1Ll.IClI\,'ixlL| 1JUCLa 5 He prides himself on his acqut .1- itance with history and has little re- ` spect for the political opinions of oth- ; ers' whose knowledge of history is less complete. : Qhn.-H" n4-`4-nu I-`nrvxnin `land nnnl-cu-1 LLIL'ul.LULlUUo . Of course. Carnegie is a nice old man and means well, remarked the . kaiser, condoscendiugly, but he is to- * tally ignorant of world lxistory. He's just advanced us five million for world-peace. We nccopted it nzmlrally, but, of course, we intend to continue our policy of maintaining our army and navy In full strength. Tnnn lhnnn in hr~.vvr`Hnv nnw cvnlx-innf .._0.__. Of the ships that are being builft for the Govemlm-nt p1'u;_:r.nn.1ne the Co1linQ'\\'o0d Slniphtlildilr: C'mn[mny have four. The \'(-. ~i.~,('I.-~i \\'i`.l hue P. dead wei'_rl1t tunnn'_"r- 01` 23,751 ) tons .....,I. ...2H. .-.Zu..I,. Ann`; nunn 'h1..1('v'l' uuvg Lu Luu DLlCLI6Lllo Indeed, there is hardly any subject {to which the kaiser has_devoted any f considerable attention in which he I~ doesn`t regard himself as the final au- ; thority. Ac nvu rnvf nnnnfnn nn nnnnnvinn WHU WCI-VU BHUWII IA) UU UH guuxu LUCK`. If you hurry," exclaimed the clvll-` Ian, excltedly, "you can catch these 5 burglars red-handed." ; \ Y nn nnrwrv '1 unmlln.-I 4Iun nnllnnwnnn | uusgnuna .Icu'uuuuwu. I "I m sorry," replied the policeman. But I cannot leave the statues. : `n....'u...._ l_ AI... 1...:_....v.. 1.1.... -1 _.L..L. ALHLL, cvclg pxupcsuy uccu ll-A LAN: [1 were to be fulthfully reproduced, par- , ticulap pains being taken to produce a 1 most realistic effect in n funeml'pyre scene in which n klng ended his life. ' The kaiser sent me tickets to see it. I 1. :.'.... ~r.1.1........1 .\;L,_.,1,..1 u... .......n....... ;AIc I\lI.lBCL aclll. un: u\.'l\\:Lo3 LU nuc ll- Kihg Edward attended the perform- nnrc at tlm Berlin Rr._vu1 opera and I nslcml the Iznlsc-L` how the king of Eng- ;l:m'1 onj0_v:-cl it. ? "Mu 1l'vvt'.l:`A'\IVQ" dhn 1.'t-.`L"'\I` I-r\nHn:1 .u I L: clntxst," the lanisor replied. )`<\`g'..`5t:= his :`.'1H.-".f:\rfin:1 (It I `I I...` .... his royal uncle, why. the king was very much alarmed when the funexjl pyre scene came on. He thought 11; whole opera house was on re!" ` V `Dav-hnne flan I.-niunv-`I: lnv-rn 6.-\r Antnlhu. Inn, cakupcu ALAD u|.|.r.uL1\.vu. A couple of years before the war I had the empire furniture in my walt- Ing room reupholstored. On the very first occasion of the kniser`s calling at my office after the change he noticed it. "11:! rvuw hnuv hnnnfnl fhn nhnh-u wuun: Up\:Iu Iuluac in nu uu Inc 4 Perhaps the kaisex-`s love for details: might be attributed to his keen obser- vation. Nothing, no matter how triv- ial, escaped his attention. A nnnnln rd` Ivnuva Ixnfnwn lhn uvnn I Lug uuI\.r: uLI.cl uu: LIMIIISC III: uuu\.L;u IL. "My. my, how beautiful the chairs look! he exclaimed. "Good enough for Napoleon himself." (`in nnnfhnr nr-nncinn hnfuvann fnvn nP __u: M. W. Limo. of ell,-1':12'ed in s11i11:'1iw_" :1 '2'. .o:21ib1'c 1'i'.'1<- bu " u.,. ,. J.\upun:Uu uuuacnu On another occasion, between two of the kalser's visits. I had had put up in the waiting room a new portrait of Mrs. Davis. The kaiser noticed it the moment he came into the room and made some complimentary remark about it. II'\|-.1; Ipnlnnn U nnnnn Anti.` nnpuunn Ll. The kaiser frequently accused the Americans of being dollar-worshipers and the English of being ruled by Mammon, but that he himself was not totally unmlndful of the value and power of money was clearly revealed by the manner in which he entered to- ` people of wealth in recent years. } II... -.!..Iqn--L man. I-- 'l').._l!.. ..-..1 Ann yovy-o un. vV\.|AII.l.n u.. .\.\.\.-.u. gun.-~- The richest msm~-!n Berlin and one bf the richest in Germany was :1 He- brew coal magnate named Fried- 'lander. The kaiser ennobled him and made him Von Friedlander-Fuld. An- other weulthy Hebrew to whom the kaiser entered was Schwabach, head of the Bleichroeder bank, one of the strongest private banks in Germany. i and he, too. was ennobled, becoming `l Von Schwabach. I ._____L-.. -.5 -41. __ __._Iu._ 'rr-I...__.._ I Uu uyu Iv uuuuuo A number `of other wealthy Hebrews in Germany were also honored by the ` kaiser in another way. Although he lvas averse to visiting the homes of private individuals who lacked social standing. he departed from his rule in their favor and visited their mansions ostensibly to view their art collections, but actually to tickle their vanity. C11-.n_L`I~. nl-an `I n(n'Ino.no-. I-`An.-....A nu-u. Thursday, November 28, 1918. .,... uuuuu .._, ............ .. ......._,. Shortly after Lelshman became am- bassador to Germany, the kaiser called nn vnn uu LIJCQ Your new ambassador`s daughter is the best looking young lady who has attended our court in many a day," he declared. Half a dozen of my young sta! officers are very anxious to marry her. Can you tell me, Davis, whether these Leishmuns have money? TB L`.A I-nl.-n.- J--._l~A.I 11... A....n...'n..-` uuv-xx; uununmuua navy mun; . If the kaiser despised the American propensity for money-making, he was certainly not averse to acquiring American dollars. 11*- L.``lA _. ___-- AI._'Jl -._-..._ ;__g__ u_- He told me once that every trip the _H9.mbnrg-American liner Amerika made from New York to Hamburg re- sulted in transferring $150,000 from American to German pockets. and added: We re mighty glad to get some of your American money, I can tell you." na J1... 1...2..-..v.. ..-....-1.n:L_ 1- 1.-.: ` for these discussions in advance. Juno 0: the kaiser's versatility I had convincing evidence. In his conversa- tions with me we usually wandered from subject to subject in the most . haphazard manner, and he invariably displayed :1 surprising store of infor- mation on every topic we touched, and I am not win enough to believe that he was so anxious to make a favorable impression upon me that he prepared. 'r...1_,_1 ;x., 1,,-, In - - ]'I]()l'L`, 111 (tunuulanxuua Bqntls sold dLn'iu'_j` the weeks. ..v.. uanyuw unuuuuclvua nu -;uuc.uL.Ca Indeed, the kaiser discussed so free- ly almost every subject that suggested itself that I often wondered what his advisers would have said had they overheard our conversations. His read- iness to talk to me was undoubtedly due to a tendency he had to trust every one with whom he came in inti- mate contact. For a man who was apt: to have so many enemies, he was less suspicious than anyone I had ever met. He seemed to trust every one, and his sense of security unioosened his tongue and made him more` talkative, perhaps, than was ztiwnys discreet. l"h:u 1.-nicmo Tran mm 4!.-....: 1%: 11-4-... ` yusuuyc, LLILILL nu: un\u_\s uLb'C1`CUl. i The kaiser was vefy fond of listen- ing to and telling stories with a point ` and would frequently invite me to tell ; him any new one that I might have i heard. Some of the stories we ex- ; changed were more or less risque and I would be out of place in these pages, {but I do not mean to intimate that there was anything very much amiss \ with them. They always amused him very much and he was quick to catch the point. I nu... l~..:.~...J.. ._-..-- An L-4---~ ---~ u... ,..,..... The lauiser's sense of humor fre- quently exhibited itself. He told me of a conference between representa- tives of all the powers regarding the selection or a king for Albania after the Balkan war. Some or those present thought the incumbent ought to he 9. Catholic, others insisted that a Greek Catholic was essential, still others maintained that a Mohammedan would be most logical. 1'; ...........I ....n... n_._..__n_1. ;_ -___-- -.n. -uvuu. AVA\.I|la It seemed quite impossible to come to any agreement as to just what re- ligion the king of Albania should pro- fess, and the kaiser had ended the dis-` cussion. he said, with the suggestion: Il`X7n'I`l nn\nL`lnv.-can (J n D-l\`1\a`t\r\` yunnuvu. nu in-nu, vvnuu LIJIZ nu55c:n.Avu. Well. gentlemen, if a Protestant won't do, and a Roman Catholic won't do, and a Buddhist is out of the ques-' i tion, why not select a Jew and call him 3 Jacob the First? Ee`i1 have his throat cut, anyway, in three `months? fr... ..... -.. .11.: _..D _..IA4.L .. Tn... Lab LUI una llltfo In referring to Roosevelt's patriotic offer to lead an army in France, the kaiser declared that he admired him for his courage and zeal. uv I.......n I... ....I.: un...a. I... z.. `A... an \.u|.g nu; vvug, Au Luncv unvuuuaun The powers did not select a Jew. but the prince of Wled. the kalser's noml-' nee, was put on the throne. and within \ a month or two afterwards had to need for his life. 7.. ....A!..__..__ A- 11 - ......._..I 1.0.. ..... A....2..Lt- l-VA A113 Vvunuby, ugu j4\4|llO I hear. he said, that he is now on his way to Italy. It is too bad we did not postpone our offensive there. Per-; hnps we might have captured him. \VouIdu't Teddy look funny in 3. gas mask?" ' cu.....u.. ..u.... n.- 1'? 1...; vxnnbmuh- IUIISKI .`_`hm-tly after the U-bont Deutsch-` , land made its successful trip to Amer-. 3 lcu, the kaiser called on me. and he` I wns In n \'er_v joculnr frame at` mind. `I l~unnm~m1 M. n\nr.lnn tn 'l.ln| lhnf T` ! \\'ll8 III ll \'L`.l'_\' JUCUll|l' .Ll'lllllU LI luulu. ` I 1mrn_:cno(I to mention to him that I; , plnrxmd to go to Aux-x'ica the followmg \/UlllIl'_'\\UU\.l -uulruun-...._. .l....._ have \'(-. 9- 13,750 ` .cz1r:l1 with si11'_r1<: (Int-k poop, 'i)12`I;-'1' am-1 `x'm'L-<'a.:~:l1e and :1 S(:1\ :~`p(:cu' of `3 knots. One Vessr.-I 1t is r-.\`p.:.:lc(1 will be launched this full ant; 1110 other three by June of next year The s<:ar(:it_v 0`; steel nefzu--is '.'m: \\'m`'.-' ` at present. ` ("E0 ho oontixnlcd.) In the Victory Loan cn1npui'_'n East Simeoe did splen sub- scribing -`5`2,G18,850, the objective of $1,000,000 being exceeded `by nearly 65 per cent. With one or two ex- ceptions all the divisions exceeded their objectives and won honor! flags. The following won crowns in ' addition: Coldwater, 8; Victoria Harbour, 7; Orillia Town, 3; Port; 1\IeNicoll, 2; and \Vuubnusl1ene, 1. Orillia Town having .reached its objective of $450,000 the first two, \\'eek.~:, decided with the assistance of K the township to make it :1 million. \Vhon the cmnpaig,-"n closed it xvnsi found tlmt the total for town and township was $1, lll,9.")0. 'J.`he van`- -ions nmnnnts subsvrilied by the dis-l trivts 1,UL,"0lil(?1' with number of sub- "s:!:ibers follows: lmim-Iirn Knli I I`.As'r SIMCOE MADE A annn '.['l1(- six o::w.'n.'<.<(-rs 01' cm1\`n:s.~'in: :listri(~t Nu. S), \\'o.st Siluuoe l')i.~:triut, 1* will alix-ide about $1,SfN), probably: more, in commissions on Victory` past '.`n1'nc>.; Orillin Town Om Orillin '.l'p . :Mat(-h . . M('d-uniar ... C01d\\`::h`-x` 'F.l(J.`H' ... ... South '.l'iny 3 N0_1`l~l1 '.l`in_v Penctzm-_.,-' LL"| unrH:.- ZU*' . Arthur Coleman, :1 highly respect- ed resident `of Orillia, died on Nov. 10th, aged 24 years. Blood poison- ing was the cause of death. In hU:u'_uu`_'. nu; ,b1'c bulk.-I ml :1 {\.'1.r-\'r_-11'2", 1)}: :1 small boy. .~.r-rim1>:1_\,' hurt. In mnun A GOOD snowme E ws: Objocti\`0. Subscribed- I . . .$-15l,(IUO $1 ,()0.'-&,'_ :'>('| I .. .l.". :'),(J00' 127,850 . 100,000 ` 108,700 1 . . -"),U(H} (},l\5(` . .l.`5U.(H)0 7f),;3()n\ . 10,000 . )i}.`.)0(I i:'U.l>U0 .|T(S,:';<)I* 50,000 5U,2- .0(\ ; . . . 50,000 1I'),(30U * I -1:1-v l\f\1\ -1n-v (urn ! ....a 1:`.h11\':1I<~, ,, .1... !vJU.\lU|| .|l\1,~;vr- 50,000 :30,?.00 I g 125,000 167,850 J 1\'|(`, whilv s '~.h'uck by ` \'.`113r3'n \'.':.1. s c:11'e1r3:~:.~:lv 3 M1`. Little. ` _U_ Many people in Midland \\'err> _::ric\'e(l to hem` of the (loath at Col- lingwootl of Mrs. (Cnpt.) Wilber Boutty. When tho flu broke out in Midland a. few weeks ago in such ` :1 rlangerous nizmnel`, Mrs. Bctltty and l1C`1' three small children left for Collingwood hoping` to csrhpc the disease but she fell _a victim to its ravages last week and passed away in a few days. One lmndred and twelve Orillians laid down their lives in the war. _U_ Mr. Harry Ba er who lost an eye and also had his jaw broken by an accidental shot while hunting two weeks ago, arrived. home, at Mullnnd, on Saturday week. He had been in the hospital at Pa1'1'y Sound sine? the accident and came to P01`; Mo- Nll`Qll by the C. P. R. and on to Mid- land by motor. M1`. 'B2ll{L 1' i=; still under a doctor's care, but lus gen- eral condition is quite s:1tisi'ac-tory. and he is bonriiir,-' his 1nisf'm";u110 \\-'ill1out: onnlplninf. .__u._ A run-off occurred on the Grand Trunk line, just about one mile north of Grasshill Station on Fri- day week, last, when three cars on :1 \V'l1eqt train from Midlzmcl left the rails. The trzusk was blocked for :1 few hours, 2111-1 the gmin was bad- ly spilled. \\ 1'e(:king' parties cleared the wreckage awzly the next day. __1\_ __U__ The 1'o11mi11s of the Infe Dr. P. H. ` Spnhn, who `pnsso :1\vn_\_' at thvi lmmo of his d:u1-:hte1's, Mrs. Juliaui Sale, J13, Toronto, n1'I`i\'ed by train` at Ponet:1nu' on 9:1fL!1'dn_\' week, and were taken to his fornlor 1'0sid(Am*c. 11,, 1)]_, ._ u.-_, .m....,.1 \\\'L(' Lilk\('ll ld 111.5 J_Ul'llll`L' l'L'SlUl'lH'L'- Dr. Bhu -k\.\'0I] .s. where they 1'epns-ed over Ru11dn_\'. The i une1':il ':is held on .\I0n1:1_\' aft'e1'n->011 from All Saiiits Chureh, \\'h(~1'e the usual 1'it`es were i1u}w1'essi\'e1_\' po1'l'o1'med in the 1)1'( SC'l1(`L` of :1 1:11'g`e zisseliiblzige of . f'1'i011ds and ueig'hhors from Midland and su1'1'0undi11g' (`O11I1t1'_\ , Rev. N. A. F. Bourne, roc- tnr, 0lTi(i:1ti11g'. During" his life D1`. Spolm was inti1natel_v associated with the public affairs of his town mid country. He was the first reeve of Penetxing-uishene, and in 1891 was elected :1 Liberal nicmbev in the Dominion Pa1']i:1111ent for the riding of East Simcoe. My. t Sound U1! lllll Ul lll lJlI?ll."9 \\ H5 lillH' or b:M1_\' i11_iu1'(:-d last xvceknt Port .\IcNic-01]. when he fell from one dork to :11mtlw1'. The unfo1'tunut:~ mun brm1u'ht' to Orillia wlncrc ,1 LI.,. .{',.4L L1_..1_ _.. L K .l .l|.. W, `. uh an .\`L1l\ nrm had injured. {inn m-..1 T" l_l\'llCl1I taken `to _\'0:11` by _\'ea1'. At :1 S]`;(.`(_'ii`.l Il1t`(`.i'i11f_ f of Orilliu 'J`m\'11 Cu)nn(-il it \\ns decided to ask 311'. -\_. ._T:une;~', (-11;,-'i11ee1' for ('<-um_\' of Yoc. to visit O1'ill'm, with the \'i("\\` of :1d\'isin5g' as to the 5,4-.~:t 111c'.'um1 of imp1'o\'in<,r the roads. '.i'h:- Cuu11_Cil felt that `mfore perma- ;n0n{` p:1\`in: i~' und01'taken some do- `J"inito s_\'.sten1 ; be adopted, and ` the ' :1 plan laid (mt that could be W01-kerl ' I 1*. Part .\l<~.\'i(-all has hml :1 severe opi- vlmn.i(- ml infln(-n7.:1. At the begin- .ning or the 0111l)l'Ci1l{ a couple of.` pri- grutc lx-m;~:o:~: were used as llospitals, but later, tho . of the clismxse `tln-um.-ln the fowl], and the :n'rival ml.` the Kr.-e\mti11 with several of _1hr; :1-mv .serinusl_\' ill, made it,necos- jsm-_\' to C()1l\'('l`l' the school into an :t'Ill(*1'u'(_`l1(t_\' l1u:~.:pitnl. At - one time ';last wool: llu-1' nearly forty '1.;1tients l)(-in;-' (::n'cl for there, and I1 r-all \\'ns .~:(_~nl 90 Orillia. for assist- _..__ I)(':1th has vlnimt,-d .\[iS.3' Edith Bu:a11(-nc-k, of Cullin-_-`wood, IL girl of .~:pIendi1 (-hm':1r-1m`. Nursing the sick .~'in(:u lho outbreak of the epidemic` .-he lit.~1'u1I\- grave her life for what `>110T0(>k('<`1`1l])()I1 us: her duty. Her- self` . with the epidemic, in 2-1: hours she had passed away. Y |.\[iIi1ll(] . . . `Tuy .. . .. . Viv. Hurhuul` . 1 .. iPm't .\I(-I\1<-ull '\\'uuh;111.~:h(-no I __U_ The total number of deaths from ixxuenzzx at; Midland, says the Free Press, was 56, and several of these \~.'c;'e cases brow:-;ht in from out- . .ln ..luun_- i Hiu,`h Constable Peters of Chat- iham last week discovered three bro- thers of the Johnson family, the trio p:11'al_v'/.ed l'rmn their hips downwunl, e1'u\vlin5,r uhuut on their stomachs in :1 shzuzk at Chntharn Gore. The. `-hrutliers haul all been parzllyzed frmn ' hirth and were utterly neglected by the p:11'.-Hts .<:1\'e that they threw food to them at intervals. There ! |\\'us mule In the shark when the at. - K'l.'3||i.\ (|I|`I ' ;t`.xL- Bulshc-\'i! v,thc United 5 lj1C('1.'1u'(' tour. I 1\'m'ui]-H.` is not the only Russian possessing` the nine lives of the cat. iNc\v York dcspnt<*11cs now give ['10 news that Elmo. Bl'{1$1lk0VSk!1_\':l, "tho M` the liussiun Revo- lnrimx." uim dim] at Moscow rc- (-m1!_\' and \`.';I/4 ,Tzx:,'r-r cxcutcd by ;t`.u- Bnlslu-\'i! is now on her way to `tho Unilvd States and may make u. . I A A , ,,,, l'i('m' visited | \\1ZD IllUll_`_;l|L [U \lLllllil Hllllllf I-1`a_v 1'o\'e:1led the fact that :11; been 1)1'01;e11 and one hip 011. He >'pt_-111 the 11ir_:ht :11 the 1-111 Ho :111 119:-:t day \\'ilS 1 to his hmne. 3` I i Dl1I1(`:1]1 .\[cIut_\'1-0, . man. who has been 3 of tho C'.P.R. boats, * (xv h1|11'n.] Inaf 1('nnL' ----' "-1" I ,6()0,000 $2,618,851` i 275,000 70,000 15,000 20,000 15,000 ml Owen emplo_\`e1 `:15 rath- I l i r 1 5 I I 663,800 25,950 42,550 , 3o,(suo ; 69,300 h U4 :7 Ijunuo 5..-Jo plzzces. Flight-Lieut. J. M. lyrne, R.A.F.. `flew last week from Beamsville to Boston and back without mishap. Struck on the head by the spurs of a rooster that attacked her in her f'ather s yard at Poughkeepsic, N.Y., Verna Boles, seven years old, .i-.- Jnml n{-` fnf.nnn!=.. J.`g1-, VULIJK Iis dead of Victoria, possessing i1 Lawrence, : youngest V `in Canada. i .~\fto- zu-tiiig us clerk of the Coun- ` ity of P001 I'm` 45 yc:11'.~*, i);m.1 Kn-1.~- Mwoud has 1'('Si_"ll(`ti his position. M1`. 1 ;Kirkwoud is in his 91st _\'o-.11` and al- iiiiltlllfjil attcndii1_r 1'L`1:'l11:11'i_\' to his I dutios 11-as been in failing health {or E isevorul months. I St. Joseph s Church, Stmtford, last Tuesday celebrated its golden jubilee, a feature of the historic oc- casion being the unveiling of tablets to the memory of the late Bishop l`Crinan and Dean Kilroy. Peel County Council has received an appeal for a grant of $7,500 for the Navy League Fund. _ An explosion of munition trains `in Bo1g'i\1x11 Tl1ursda_\', caused ensu- !aItics est'i111utcd to be `betxvc-on 1,500 `and 2,000. H. J. ]):\Lv, of Toronto, lload of `the R. J. Duly Compznny, of ()tt:1\\'a, iis 1ik(']_\' to be di1`0ctm' 01' 1'0pat1'i:1- ution and 1'ooonst1'ucti0n. I -U`- 1` David Hohson, aged sixt_\'-i'ive, :1 tom11sto1', was 211n10.~:.t installtly killed at Forest when he was thrown from `his wagon by his 1'un:\\\'ay team. T1-\_ _U_ M1`. Albert 1'I{1l`t1[1:lX1, 5011 u[ Mr. C. 1'1:u'1'mz1n, who has been employed on the stozuner Collix1`_:;\mml during the season, n1'1~i\-ml 1101110 on Sutur-` day :~;11l'1'eri11g J,'1`o1u an attack of in~ J.l11ex17.z1. Four other oxuploycvs of the Co1li11g.'\\'uml are in the ;\.'Lid1;n1d Hospital with the smut: di.scu.~;e. ._U_. . _0_ ' S11` H0111-1'1 Borden 11:15 <;-ublctl that ';for the last two weeks Sir Ed\v:11'd `1Kc111p, )Ii11iste1' of .1\'e1':~:(-:15 forces, _ has bet-11 sc1`io11. ill. T110 teonditicm `rzof Sir ]:Id\\`:11'ul is 11011 1';-pu1't('d, how- " it-1'01`, to be cu11s'u'lo1';1h1_y i111111'o\'e'd. I ,n74 More than 105,000 ll1ClllbQ1'S of the ;Canadian ex1)cditi011a1'y force have {expressed the definite wish to take #111) fu1'ming in Canadzx after the war. I _n_ ?.0__ ! The live stock men and meat pack- }ers have asked Canada to establish irurul credits for the purpose. of in- ix-1'e:1`.*i115.;' tho production of live 1 1 1 I Mr. Jnnxus Irvinz, of Renfrew, while e1np`lo_\`od_ {by the Colonial` Ll1111l)L`1` Co. at :1 small I101'l;llC1`l1 lake C:1l111).\1'ec01\tly pi(-luul up on the shore an old 1':1.<.11iuno.l boot contaiuim: :1 |.lL (`,U]l1])OS(`(l foot and part ol :1 In-an`s log__'. Tllo S4)('l{ W115 still on the long'- dc.-zul foot`. `\|.'lCllBll stuck. ! -0-~ E Pe1-Inups the yoxlnqcst Cauadizm `soldier to be I`cco111xne11d.u1 for dec- ;01'ut'mn is PM-. Lnncolut Skinner, ;s<)'n 0| Hrs. 1'1. Skinner, \\'in1sn1', fwhn lms just` been 1'or,=u1x1x11m1dL- 1'01` `tho Di$til)glli$1l(*d Cmuhlct f\[cd:11. ._n_.. _U_ | The \\':11' 'I'mdL- 130211-11 has remov- ;()11"IlC 1`r3st1'i(-tinll p1'ohibitin`_" the : `-so .01 plntinmu in the nI.:uu1l'z1ct111`c gzmd 1'vp:1ix- uif jowo11'_\'. The 1'estri<:- ition 11:15 horn in J'o1'(=c sim-0 Juno. 1 I L ' Interesting Items At the (lwvn Sound alssizcs I'*":mk `E. Secord, elitm' 01.` the .\[e:1I' l"..\'- p1'o:~:.<, was aoquitlml on n cllzxvgu ni` 'c1'imin:11 libel. The (':1S(` :i1'o.~.c out of certain statvmnonts published last Janllzlry, 1'05.-';11'di11g* a i'01`me1' ol'l ice1' of the 147th Battalion. _U_. Damages of $5,000 have been ro,-' Icovered by ]`3-y(s:u'-old .\Im'_v .\Iz1l- ' lory, of Cl1i<::1;,-'0, from Ellis Glich- man, proprietor of :1 picture house, one of \\'lm.~'<- omploycs had knock-r-cl down tlw little girl for peeping,-' in llthe back dun`. --._.. __U_ Tlle .\lillz111d lrcm nml Steel Co. luuse had :1 series UL co1t:1gus built along.-'Ilxc lake shore cast of. tho smelter, (lll1'lI1j.," the past ex`: \\'eel<.~s loy the 1150 of their \\'01'l{me11. 'J.`l1e;I l1a\'e l)(~on (-1`c<.-ted in tlu: L01`1'z1cn style and will l)_e cap;1lJlu ulf 11000111- !1lO(li1lZl11f_ ,' :1 lnI _,*'e xnnlrhcr witlun -\r\nt\ nl-` flnn uvnvlra _u__ Gcoxgre A. Kimball, of New York, wrote so warm love letters to the l}n'(-tty wife of T. K. Rvynohls that iflw lady kept tlmln in tl1e__.i<'o-l)o.\:. `At least that xvas wllero Reynolds [found them by at-,cident while look- ing for a snack in wi'l'io .~'. nl)s(2noo. Now he wunt.s $`25,()0() and :1 (li- L- `-\n(\ AUW lllf nun voroc to boot. --0- Eiglnt (~lIil(l1`en are sul'l'icient proof of any man's 1mu'rin_::n xvlmtller by pngxnn rites or priestly l )(`l1(!(ll(:tl0l'l, {1(`('O!`(lln`_ to the Br:1ntl m'(l Pnline Magrisllwrto, who (llSllllSSC(l the plea 'llmt. he luul m~\'er been legally mm`- lrietl, entered by an lmlizm vlmr-_"e:l with 11on-snppnrt of his \\ i["e anal fmnily. --..-. _\,_ I Dislin-_"ni:-mod i<-.ht11_\'uIo;_-ists met. Iin .\Tow York this wvok tn hem` l'r0m Mr. H. C. Rnvmu, ol` the ."\xnori~,=m .\fnsenm of` Nutnml Tlisltn-y, p:11't i-.-- ulnrs or his 1:110 dis:-n\'ox'_V in BI)-`I1\.`:`v of :1 fislwntin1_,>'1i'/.:n'd sixteen f'oot. in 1o1\{_v`H| from nn:<<- to (nil-tip :m.l built. ]n`4n>`n'liuII:\Iv1}`. TTvx'p(-tn1n- Lzists h:1\'v.!':mn l'1':1r_-'1m`nl< oi` what lhv_\' ton]: in 1-.:- p1'nhis1m'i- 1i'.c:U J:'. of <-mn'nmus .~:i:/J`. 1:-111 Hm 1:1r9`(`.s'1 ..... 1: tv'r\III\11 I\H\`n uni `IV `HIV- `(H ('lHH'YX'lUHS ti .1`. l.'l|l llll` xuu..\..w (`\`(`1` di.<(5m'n1'od :1'ii\`o until Mr. Rav- en n1a_dL- thv :1oqnnintz1n<-0 nf his new pet \\'us but You foot ei5;'l1t inches `in length. __0__ 1.\..._.1 :1, H. (`1n]m`in1\ :1, BC., lays claim to ;inl}aste1' John Charles , aged four months, the Victory Loan bondho 1dnr r. xu. Llvluu, tetanus. rnnjnonfnnm AnvM't'<:t':' "- I The Kaiser : Dual Personality. 11 I had come away from Germany in January, 1914, instead of in January, 1918, and had written the Impression I had gained of the kaiser in the ten- years I had known him. what a false picture I would have painted of the man as he really ls! n ...,...m hnvn hmm n nlr-hn-A nf I1 fl !1lO(lil[ll1f_," it 1un~_;u nmum easy distlzulce. of the works. _0_ Is`: 0 (Copyright, 1918, by the McClure Nowlr `l par Syndicate.) 1 as he rmuy 15: It would have been a picture of a man who in general appearance and i hearing was every inch an emperor and ` ....+ nvhn mum mrhihit nll the courtesy. 1 nearing \\'ilS every Lucu uu cnuyxnuu. yet who could exhibit all the courtesy, affability and gentleness of the most democratic gentleman, a man soft of eye and kindly in expression, a man of wide reading and attainments-p_erhaps the most versatile man in the world, 2 man who possessed a most alert mind, a remarkable memory and the kcenest observation; (1 man who was not gen- uuu erous in nature and yet was at times - considerate of others; a man of charm- ing personality and amlability. It would have shown :1 man of unpar- alleled egotism, a man who was im- patient of correction and who would brook no opposition. There might have been in the picture a suggestion or the dire lengths to which-the man would go to have his way, but it would have ` been only a suggestion. I... .49.... .-.1-. H- uvnnb `\n nlnl-no-A n-vnv ` DEED only U. buggcauuu. As far as it went, the picture would have been accurate. but it would have _ been sadly 1ncomp1ete-\vith all tlfe 1 Iights worked in but lacking all the shadows. 1-4. 4...u- LI... nu... n~nA In nH-an-,-uni SL|LlUU\VS- I It took the war and its attendant 1 horrors to reveal the kaiser in his '| true colors. The war did not change ` his character; it uncovered it. ; v~__,u__ x__ ..... .......;:,.,. `I Lnnnnnn G-A Lu: \.'uuLu.\.u:: , u, uu\.v Early in my practice I happened to mention to the kaiser that I appre- ciated the friendiiness he showed me in im'uriahl_v wming his hand at me as he passed my window when Walking uioug the Tiergnrten. ?4`n n v y: nu 4-.- nnnfl nr'IvnrHcnv-nonf Fnr vnn luuug nu: J.lCl.5l1|Ll:.u- It's :1 good tulvertisement for you, D:1\'i5s, he said. The people see me `.\`z1\`in:._; to you and they know you must be a good dentist or I Wouldn't come to you. It will help your busi- ness !" In every act, he was conscious of the public. 1`\ .1... V\t\ :f\l1 "F nun Iinunnvt in -4; un; luuuu-.- During that period of my career in Berlin, he showed the utmost interest in my pr<=:_-`rcss and frequently inquired how my practice was developing. fl`I.,. l`.....L hill T I-ruv\11f\vIt\11 1\Tvn ha T LIUVV All.) Llltl\.|.A\..\; V1119 uuv The tirst hill 1 rendered him, as I have mentioned, he doubled. On 8. nmnber of subsequent occasions, he paid me more than my bill called for. These ove1`p:1y1nents never amounted to very much, but they impressed me because they were so out of keeping with the stinginess the kaiser dis- played in other directions. Tvnvn \.u.v,_;u-3. Hn-an fn firnn {ha 1.-nlcnrv cnnf lJlil.\L.'U Ill UlllL'L Ull UEIIULIB. Frotu time to time the kaiser sent ` or brought me autographed pictures of himself or oiiicrs. At the time of the one hundredth unnivei'sm`y of Fred- erici: the Great. he gave me a picture of that m()n:li`C1i. On another occasion, he pI'CSL`ill(:d me with a group picture of hhuseli. sui'i'ouuded by his family wind (logs. I reinember his bringing to me a large unframed picture in calo- _0_ M1`. and Mrs. Thomas Lu\'e1', i\Iui'_\` Street, Orillia suf1'erc-d 1|, double he- Ieuvenieiit in the death last Tuesday of their twin babies. The little ones, who were only a little more than six months old, contracted influenza 9. few weeks ago and death was the results of its after effects. .__.n_ How mi. am Avmnm AN _g3gnATInN; Canton, 0hio.-I suffered from 3!, `female trouble which caused me much ' :I1H A|-incr nn fwn' coma get wen. " My mother, who had been helped by Lydia E. Pinkham '3 Vegetable Com- . , pound, advised me to try ltbefore aub- mittm tonn opera- tion. trelieved me from my troubles so I can do my house work without any i diflicult . I advise any woman who in : elicte with female troubles to give Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Com- pound a. trial and it will do as much for them.---Mrs. MARIE BOYD, 1421 5th St., N. E., Canton, Ohio. Snm:-t.im:a,sz there are any-inm: nnnrli- . llIll`.', I llH' IV`\ \.\ l\ZJ. 111:-uJ:.\l Dmggwxll Bros. .41: DL, N. n.'., uanwn, umo. Sometimes there are serious condi- _ tions where a hospital operation is the only alternative, but on the other hand so many women have been cured b this famous root and herb remedy, L in E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compoun , after doctors have said that an operation was 1 necessm-y-every woman who wants l to avoid an operation should give it a fair trial before submitting to such a. trying ordeal. If (YOTIIDHCRHOHR exist. write to Lvdin ` ! 3 1 I crying omeal. ` If complications exist, write to Lydia E. l`inkh::m Medicine 00.. Lynn, Mnss., for advice. The result; of many years experience is at your service. 1 4 I Tl1`e Kaiser as I Knew Him For Fourteen YCRIS B91.-`1 ._.._.-.-. 1- vugcnn I\ I\ A YN. -SAVIS. D. D. S. __.,_ The `Victory Loan ca11\'asse1'.s for B1'adfo1'd and \\'est G\\'illimb1u'y -- Messrs. A. E. Sczuilolx, M. B. Hip- well and J. \V. Stonc-l1:1r1 no trou- ble in passinfz; their second objective. The first was $150,000, which \vzL-'. raised to $1T5,(')()t). The :m10uu1- they got was $1S1,:')00. 'J'h(-3' got. their flag` J'1'om Balrrie on Fricluy. ._..n_.. I