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Deceiaber 20 1917 THE FLESHERrON ADVANCE BUSINESSCARDS Societies •&I1I0B ARTBUB U3D0I. N*. :0S.A.P.* c AM.UMHiBth* MkUBiekiJI. Arm ttoac'f Block FlMbw-toE , rTsrr Krid»T on Mot* iba tall mooo. T. U*ary. W. U. H.W. RiekltBg. Beorvtary. (BOBEN rRIKKD»- FlML^rton Coonti OooMD- Friendt :iU m»M» in Clayton < Htl •ni »Dd Uiiid Wcdaecdkv o' each month * * p.m. P»y »«»eFmeDt« to Itd-order on o kiefoie tUe liitt il»y oJ n^li iiioutb. ILie »kiuDcillor, W. H. Hunt; iUcordtr, Mtn. I.. A Kibli«r. Dentistry fV E. C MURRAY L. D. fi , d»nUl inrgeon V bcuorcridnite of Toronto L'niverBitv »Dd hCT»l College o( Drntnl Kursoons o» OnUno. liufcduieioiiMrtd tor teetb eXtmction Sice at re«id(iDce, Torouto Street. Klo«a«ttou. Medical f P OTTEWEI L I Veteriunry Surgeon jraduftte 'jf Ontario VcterliKry ( oll_<>Re r«i<i£~>jce â€" eecood door foutli wett.on ^Ary »tre«t. TUii street tjni outb Preabyterlao Clinrcb. Chas. E McLean, M D. C M, •Specialtyâ€" s ::^ery, Midwifery .V W OiricF.rtâ€" Kleshert.n. I'riceville ••<'in'Diei<ial "' ' l>njg nori' ill .â- .•iin<-> li"" " Office Ho>ir~ in Kleslit rt-.n >'riday afurniM.n 2 to I'hiine messages r«ci.i\ bi th ottieea .m.ri s Uiseahi'S 1. U 11.. 11,4... r'. •> M> I.. 1 pill. !!, ..Hi>-.-. .U>.lii.-l.>v .11. I |..n,. â-  1 "!â- ' FinuicUI SutenenU .Annual Bnancial rrpoit of Aueuiesia Busy Work«iu Society : Sock* MDt to daleâ€" To Secours N:i- tioiialc .% pair, t« Franch Fund .'lo.'> p«ir, tu buxes (ivti'»c;u) lOO paiia, >iu hand .°>7 pair, total '>28 Sent to C^nadiftn Red Cross Society 1 hotpital i|uilt, 'â- '% Rtrelchor caps. Ilecrfipl* to Dec. 1 Donations and ^ilts.... 11X0 25 Social* 00 }t7 Menil>errliii uikI lunch fee.... ^4 30 Sundries 4 !(8 BiiUnce Mti h.iiKl imui l!tir,,... i;! Hi) â- !'..â-  J $:;^i â- ::> Oi>'j;UM,'ir..iiii.-. ti. I 'ec. 1 \arri . *L'tiH ::( rill isiumi l)..X''^ I ir hiij- ovi'isiMs \!~ vl Oil '.HIUI •">«.0l T.Ml ^â- 'â- 'i ~:> Mouilily li.i\"^ rti'ii- si.Mil i-.iiit liiimi; iptu- lull ..: -'..k* d iii.i'i-tl tiy till! Sicifty ,in(J l.iliuo • . f OMiii'trs bcur.; ^iii'ii liy CH Ii Mi'Ii>'i.li.i tl Nuliied at $2 each. •t iiiriâ€" imj). TiMtni kow to b« IntteW*, ••7 0B« M7I anytbiDg to yon almT* iBMCin* )!• i« tryiuf to IbmH jtm. ti»w «p{u-ecUte ttu ionocent odor- K«nt to be bmd in raappiot and mil- tDg at tboae w« n««t ttuoufh tte dv. H»T« ttOars f«t OB y*ur oarraa. It thins* g«t on your uervas you will fiai It an aasy matter to be soar and nrly. After awhile you will find that moat •nytblBC teta on your aerrao, especial- ly people who arc bappy and cbeerfol. The idiots! Some people are boni inU table, ottiers acqaire It, and tbey all thoold bare curses cussed upon tbem. Torpedoas From a Subtnarina. The torpedo from :i submarine can bd lired either while the submarine Is QQ the surface or completely submersed. Vsually a submarine comes withia,)Bn feet of the surface, with only tbe'per^ eoopo showing, and (lisciiaTges its tor> liodo. If there is danger of thd BUD- marine beiog firc<l upon by tEQ Bbip the submarine gets (ho proper po^itlBli of tho ship, submerges itself comttfete' ly nnd then Arcs. ntl.-liti.'ii li.M:.vl- ;il '1 .10 nl'.us in.iy i..M>.'iii/.^ the l>i)l-.lK- vil»i 111 iiider t'l l>. !â-  J Kiis.;i,i out i.f ili, li:iiiJi I.f the linn-'. Well, No, We Hadn't Noticed Tl. Have you ever miticetl how an 6x- tremcly fat woman always acta pTS'^t she was very much afraid eoi^^' (Ae was going to steal her and hoWtfh tit- trctnely thin girl nln-ays acts aa it'sbe was afraid some one wasn't2< Legal , ITAB, KANKY A hlSH Y -I'a . iM. .>. | L* »olicitorf etc â€" 1. '"• 1 ''â- Â»â€¢'• l^- *â- ; "..• '•• Kan.y K '•• W. 1). H.-l.,, I>. A. oi .<•.'«. XoroD.'o. HOeo Tiadcr. K.nk i; 'i;.. rl.;"!.- Biaia l«10;M»rkdttleI.ucas HlocK. l-l,oi.e J A. traocli omce at Dundalk opau evei y Sutui.iin. WniGHT. Tr.I.FOUU A MiDoNM.n Barrimr, SoHcitori.. Ac. Odice-, i.rev ft Pnica HlGik. i)«cu Sound, standar.l H«iiK B)oeli.KleBliirlun.'S«tv;r.!»\- «."• «ni;"<. W. K-reltordJ:. .). C. M.l)<.i,..l. 1-. i.. H. BrsiNE.'^s (".MtH.^ M Ct-'LliOUGH * YOlNll " nanlwrii .Maiku;.' <,.ofral baakliit; lniniu-r> M.;..-: fct J-, asoBHble rattu i'«i.' t. :. DUcl'IlAIL, I.lCPIiBc 1 \i;c-i"'.. I.I II • County o( (iri-y. Tc. mi> in-.i^ifri- i.: >»iiit action (;u»iaiit<f I. '1 i.i. r . i «;ii;<.'u.. • I.il cialftol i-nl<"^ t«n 1.1- 1. «.i.- nt 1 I H .â- M>^ ' ' citiie. llCKiatl/K- i.ml I'.ii. '-^i I;. â- !•â-  i| 1' â- â-  eouucctiu'.i, !''â- 'â-  ' â-  \l'U. KAITTINtJ, iei:;."il A.liKieu Ki '' the countifn ot ii.iv r; '1 .siuilj* Kariu au.l Stock »«U« » ^l'lâ- clBl•.y. '1 i-i ii.« ODoderate. utitfaction (;,i»rai.M i-t Arr»n:,i.- u.eiitB lor (latua iiiav be mufte iil t'l. Vilvwi.i-i. i.lljce. or ( eutial tolei li'ino 'I'.i !• l"-..i-l.aii or t> addr«i»iu(; me at Feveibhai:; Out. Clubbing Rates Tlio .VdvHiicc lm« n'l I'xU'n^nc iliilii.iui.' list Ihi.sfiill, ini/-t i)f iIk- I'.ioi- l.tiii'.' (•iH>pll»d al lo^uUr liti'^. I'.ll.uiii^ in njiiio pricus : The .\dv:uu.- .^ 1 " <;i(,l,e <.. . . ' "" Mill 1 "" The Wi.rld ami .VdvuiKv ' T-' News lllli .\dVi»llCO •â- â€¢â€¢' Sar nnd A'l\iiiic>' â- >•' Youth's ('oni|ianiiiii -' '-'â- ' Family Horal J 1 '- ' Labor Conditions Following The War , .^^^^^ m • Ni; of the most SI lions prol)k'ii:s .V.ttional CoMRrpss ot Ixibnr nut :;t Ov. IikIi t'uliiiaa most Ian.' uX ll I ios<_' of the war Is (he ii- U! raii};<'inent iT uiir iiflai];; ni'oii tiK- b->.., of i;<ini:al i u il lili', v.ilii tU • in- i!d-M ul i|iKMian of lalior um-iiiijliiy- II.' ;. i. l.,iiMr 1 Diiiiitiiuis iu C';i;i;;(l.i ti> liii.v nrr. i:i iiiiuiy ri:-" i.-«. X'l) hiiiiil:ir Ui lilt . i.tii'h imvailed in tlie I tilled niiiiiiifa( tii.c iif iiniiiilioi Su... . a:irinji ilioir Ciul War and Norilicrn .\rmy diiriti;; Hi.' I" 1 oiisiru. lion pf^riod. (liif laljor toinlii.i.ii.-< iiuini'iliaiiiy I'Twious lo til" War hail Ka. .-aiiit.- iliaolii' a.-iix-ii. Thi' ^'art ul liif »ar lirsl bioiir.lil di'- liiuialion of tliis :-;.sli :;i lini.Mim m iiulL.-^iry. followru I'V a war had a furlliiM- iii;lii..i inpid v Uirn In tli- damaiul l.;r lalior a.-. iiiiiuu(aiiiiru of iiiuultioiis and lUilliiiioiT. The Klorun of tin- l..i) .i' 0!-,:;auize!s of the jieiiiHl wa.s t!.i- iii>- ris-'iiy for organization so i;i to pro ici 1 Aiiidiiau labor UK^iit'st i:;vaji. ; foii-ii-Miers. who were imiiiit'ialil .; ii largi- numl/cr.s uurlii;; l:;e li\. \ ....â-  loiUiv. ing Itie war. Thi- plants ostahliNl.i.d 1. ;• l ^ 1' r I. ) ll.c \....- marked ihv b-niniii:;;; of i'.:- i ti,./ livsii'iii, ami till' leiaiall ';.:io:i il i â- â€¢ rtiii'ir;' in Iho InrKn' liii'... A mi.- iii r i! â-  in lifl. , iiH alioui labor or.i?aiilzations. Canada has, .silire llio o;>itil:i:; 'â-  (.'.lier war -ii|ip!i''s oMonded, and lo-'tho w.-ir, Increas-Jd her iiiaiiii!':; l day ill I'anadu tlii re is liillf if any uti'-Uip'.oynifut and i:kilkd lalnir is In tiionj; di-mand. At the rlose of tlie Civil War, itu- of staples and n-diicid l:i ;â-  iia; Indii.-;try has been t'veii un iini.-i f .. tlial should mark a ;,'reat iia of (1 â-  velopnient. \V«- have dv-mon-jtrat 1 Viiiled Slal'S had a population of thai many n<'W lines i an be prolilalil/ al>oiil lilJ.'MW.OiW. 'i'lie I'niim Army al ihf tinic ot Lees uurrender niim- Un-d sliKuily iiioi« tlian l,i»<Ki,<X>o. 11 was estimat'Hi iluil another mil- maiiufa. lured in Canada. We !ar the same dan^' rs, however. lli;it i ul- nilualed iu thf <-i-a.sli of IsT:'. in lie> 'I'nitt'd Siate.s - tho danger of Hp-i ii- Deering Implemcnt.s ANI» Gasoline Enj>in,cs ("â-  AlUiliii^of Deeiiuillolihli -11 «. I'll!." i idWHys on Imml Aueiil f i Uiiio- , Cutter". U-iibei r."--ii'^. I.'.mir. | Litter Ciiriei.". II ly 'I'l^eU'. IVdUr ; â-º liinj;los mid sidiiiK- Tlll^e liopii u. ii.i- [ re'iuire no lee.iiuniendiiL'.oii us thiV iie I standard â- .•onds nnd lec iclii/.eil i-< llie | best on the market. FHl'lT TKKKS-I i.-preseiit ih' .-.i..r, A: \Vellilij!''ili nursery, und. will I e |.l i-. d lo cill if y<;U ^end me ii eitd. ED. RUTHERFOkU Proton Static n « Notice To Trespassers Aliyi no takili.; w. I ci or lails i II 'o- .o diiy way tienp.-i.min).! on any [ihiI f il.e Iinrtli h»lf of lot ;ill, Cun. !•, AileciiiMa, will he prosecuted. -MHs. w. r. PFPi.Ai;. lion men and wonxn were employed laiion and over-prodm tion, withoit in ihe .N'onheni SUlea in the iiiauu- properly develoiKfd markets. fa<ture of munitions. During ihel A geniral survey of the labor situ- four voar perio«l of the Civil War, ailoii in Canada indiiat<« that about imjuiK.-atjou liad fall, n off, ami lu ir.o.iioij more luen v-ill be reqiiii-d crulUu« had depltjted the worker« on aft<-r the war than are now employ d the farms, and drawn laru- ly from in Canada. ThLs wouhl about taK • tho laboring classes in the cii let;. The 'are of tho proportion of leturnii.:- call lor munition workers wa.s sup .soldi'-rs which will r»Hiuire emidoy- plied rrom other bram hee of Indus inenl after the war. Tho prohh ei irv, with the result that ordinary en- then aris<-s as to what we will do ler|irb»es were eonipellcul to run with our munition workers -an esti- shorl liand'.'d or j-ay a high iiremluin , mated det^iil ot about 200,000 hein^^ for labor. ' lemplo.ved In this work at. present. Cxmiparwl with this situation, we fully "y; of which number will Ix; liud Canada's army of about l<».i>OU tal'od upon to find other employment drawn from a population of about when the war i.s over. S 000,1 KfO. It 1-H estiiualed that some ^ \Ve will also liave the proldeni of 2'H>,'*M) men and woiuen arc now en ilnding employment for those imni:- Kaged in munition worjf. Only 1»''I grants neeking work, 1.' e,iii.-e ii \, ''1 of our army, liowev<>r, has been en be dillleult to restrict linmiKrallon I'j listed from tlie farms aiid more ilian ihowe who wish to engage in at;ricul- half of tho total has boeu reeruilsd lure. Our grotitost need to-day is from among tho skilled and manual 111010 farmers and greater ;igrieul- laborer.s. The coniijaiison .nhows the tural production, as will readily lie i^ame situation regarding the scarcity reiognlzed from the fact that our of labor for ordinary pnterpris<-9, be- p<j|,ulailon Is lialf urban nnd wo eon- eaurte of tlie druln through tho army sume more than we produee. Ther.i •/or overseas iorcea and inunltloii will be great oi)|)ortuiiliy and a <'iy. •workers. ' 'ing need for farmers ami farm lahor- Uuring ihc Civil War pedod, wages ers all through tlanada alter the war, f;radually increased. I'rlie.s of com- but unless proper governmental plan 'jnodities also advanced, Tiie laborer, is worked out to dir©<'t our immlgra- ]ii,we\e[-, sklll'd or unskilled, wa.s'tion into that channel, we face the placed at a dii>aid vantage beeause his danger of a flood of unemployed in wages did not advance in proportion |our cities and towns, while our farm.-! to the ijrices of necessities. Kven: remain undeveloped. * with this Bltuation, cooditiona were' Xe.\t In import.inc-e to the problem IxJtcr among the mechanica andi^f IncreaKod agricultural production trades than among the tW-rka atid jg thai of the development of our vast salaried jieoijle, w lioso income.<5 did natural resourcee through the exteu- not advance In proportion to the In < rea.'^ed priie of living. Wlien the Cnion Army starte*! to TOustrr out In isti.j at the rate Of nbout :!tko,*ui> i)er month for tho three slon of existing and promotion of new Industries. We must replac! the munition plants by ulUi/lug them In extending our present llnej of manufacture and promoting the in- »iiimmer months, there was for a tline I tj-oduction of new lines, Canada a glut of tlie labor market. This ig)„y,i,J ppupare for inerea.sed iwrticl- was but temporary, however, as W'd < f^iHon In export trade after the war witnessed an a'tive Industrial and ^^^^^ should grasp the oi>portunity ni<ri( iiliural revival. The returning , n^,^, to extend la every possible way Holdiers. a large percentage of \vhoui|hpr industrial tlevelopment to enable had voliinl(>ered from the farming ij,© opportunity to be tukern fulvant- di.slriii'', went bai k to produiing or ,ig<. of, nilgruii-d to the liome.sleajd lands In i ,j.,^,, problem of capital is always the nevily opened Mississippi \ 'ilh-'V 1 ,.,o..^|y .-elated to that of labor. Hiate.s, -1 Ills Wholesale homestead- U,^.,^,^,,,.^ ^,,^^. „,^^ Cu.ada has al- Ing brought demands for nevv rM- ' ,,g^.,^ j^,^,^, j,, _.^,^^^,,jj immignt- ways; more than I..OOO miles of rails I ^,^„ ,„ ,j,^,„.t „,^„„,.,iou to the Farm for Sale - I wcr<; laid in tcie west during tho live years directly » following the war. i'his railway work took up aiiantUiPs of lalwr from tiie eastern oemtres and nsatsled lo a marked degree the set- tlers who had gone Into the new l.,<)l l.j2â€" 1.">:{ Kant lUck Line. ,\i'e-, niosia, .flile and a i|ii»iter fnin Flesherton, cnii'.ainina '.in acres, mostli | cleared ; conifortahle house, ijood I'nn I with <lone foundation, Hniull erch:iid , farm well watered, uood urain or s-npk , farm. For parliculaia apply on the j prumieefi to â€" J<»HS JIFECROFT, Flesherton, !'•(» 1 Holstein Ball For Service AltliiironKhbred Ib.Iftiiii lull f.a ncrvicuoii Iota 1N3 !â- '<â- â€¢ S.W, T. .V K.U.. Arteiiicsiii-, .i..!.- cly related to the world'n chuiiipion â- I4-I>nunil •ow. Terms: #LiiO{ur gradex, lii.OO for pure Iwcdn, 1 July 17. I amount of loi-«lgn csipltal It has U. n able to secure, it Is estimated that 1 during tho six years preceding tho I war. Great Uritaiu invested }l,aO0,- !0<Hi,000 in C^inada. AfU'r the war, „ , , . , . the .Mother Country will have her country without sufhdent funds To 1 ^^n financial problems lo solve and tide them through lie breaking and , ^.^ ^,,„ j^, compelled to look else^ growing seasons of the first years |^|„,r<> fo,- our capital. tSo far wq Tlie first annual lejiort 01 the I'nlted States Conimlssioner of Lalwr published in 1SS6. sumruarizes the re-i.onstruclion jieriod. as follows: "The year 1867 can hardly be caII- have been able to obtain large suina, from the United State-s and they wtllf probably 1k^ willing to be our banker^ after tho war. They have the money and it should be only ne<'eeeary to .od one of llnanclal Pfinlcs or ln<l"«- |«Hlu(iale them as lo our resourcfia and opiMirtiinitieH; when we will be able itrlal depre.s; ions, times apparently all hough prevailed. hard The lo obtain the mpltal we require. -GEO. MOOltE * !:<<.D. Heifer Came Astray Came to the picinises ot the under- KigDed, lot .la-lM, Con, 14, ArlenieKii, about Sept. Ist. one yearling hoifer. Owner pleapc prove property, p»y ox- senses and *ake the same aw«y. *^ -JOHN WKLSn JKugeni.1, Not, W, lfll7. Ftlmulailon 10 all Industries rfrsnll- .,,.,,. .. l ., „» ing from the war, the speculative en- Available Information shows that terpri.ses undertaken, the extension I m""-** 'han one-hal of our overseaa of credit.-*, and Ihe siackenlnffof prn-ifo";"' '^"•^ recruited from among duction, nwesHarllv caused a ,-,!- j^*'"''^ '""â- '''""''• f'-"te Plan must Im ».clion, and a comseiiuent Htagnalinnir"'t 1"'" «>lx'nil«on for returning of business; hut the perloil wiis hard ly spoken of by buRinesfl men fl« ono of i>ny particular hardship. I'eople these men to civil life gradually ?o Ithat tliey will not glut tho labor market; ollnrwisB we can eonnt up- for a w!,ll" beuan to U' conservative; »" ^''•â- ""',' ^"^'"\ congest Ion at many but Ihe im,.elus gained during the f"""S' "• '^," the ot^her hand, we be- war fotiUI nor be oven-ome, and it en to grnrple with these future con- v,ns not iiiiul the crash of 18T;1 thui the pffei III of undue excitement in all branrhrn of lrn<le and bilsluess w«rc thiiroughly noticed." 1 i Tb<- fivf' yeais fnllowin;; the Civil War «aw the orguniatlon of ihe firii labor unions. Tiiese had been fitart- rd In n Ifciil way during the hurt two jearii of tho war. In 1S66 tlie Orst ditions: to employ every effort of our Koveriiuii'tnl.il, tinanoiai and loni- nwnial (irgniiivHtionn U> handle (he probleniii of ri org.Tnizlnp oar Indus- trial life Canada will 1h> able to grow by great strideji and dciiipy .t promt- n<<nt place among tl - nattomi of the •world. ' , .tbitjiuedj J, 0, DENiNia. Mrs, Jobn Hitebell. 82 tmi'« of i^e, and badly afHioted with rheumatinai. last week handed into tho Women's Institute liar 78th pair of socks, aays the Allieton Herald. This does not make tha total of her knitting efforta by any meana. .She haa H number of soldier relatives and friends for whom sbe plyt the needle » Rreal dcaL Mrs. Hitebell purauea the K00'< old habit of early to bed ami early to rise and gets up at 6 o'ctoolr in (ho iDornint;, does her donveetic work nnd ii- ready to commence koittini; al>o)>t the ume ordinary townapeople are getting up. Betides keeping *oui« yeun;; felleni^ •upplied with socka Mrs. Mitchell alao- keeps l>>eiu eheered wi h letters, ami duHpiie h<<r fourMxjre years she in«iabt oa wriiiiiif lon,(, frerji^ent and cheory letter* to these lucky youve men *tf her kin. ACADIAP»MI or TO-DAY RICH In its history of strong men and heroic women whose stir- ring adrentures by land and sea set tho iiDaglnatloa aflame, ap- pealing In t's wild scenery of lakei and streams and wooded hllle, charm- ing in the lawns and liedges and shady streets of Us vilWes and towns, the country from Yarmouth te Digby, .\ova Scotia Is the Mecca of the historian, the i^poitetnan, the painter, the geologist, and tho vaca- tion Seeker. In this laad, which even to-day abounds In rl' er.s and lake' teeming with lusty, U-aulug fish, an<! Is clothed wltii foregts of flr, pIno, hemlock and spruie, liome of deer, moose and bear, the Indians niust have lived from time imme- morial. Such a paradise for the huntsman must have be"ii the sub- ject of song and story among the rednien. And bore too the Nor?'!men came full live hundred years bi 'ore Colum bus s(.t out In bl3 thrc-i- tiny sblp.'^. Urged oa by thoir dannic-;s spirit. the wild Norsemen drov.) their war galleys far south and w-st from lee land till they reached the la-id wblrli a no les.< hardy race were later to name .\ova iicotla. It was at Yar month they landed: and two mighty bnilders. ahearlr.K Inscriptions In liiiiir. now may li» sp-n near the tow II of Yarnioutli â€" lasting evidence of iliat daring adventure made near oni- I lio'i.-.aiHl years aao And tlicii i-aiue thosa Intre'.dd ad- Tcatures troin France, D« Moats and Partridge Island, Parrsboro, N.S, Champlaln In 1604; Charles da la Tour and his Hufuenot wife â€" "a wo- man, who by her gentle breeding and beauty, her heroism and her mlsfor tunes, was destined to win the most romantic Immortality In our history." I.pft in charge of her husband's fort, she Inspired her noble band of fol- lowers, was overcome by Intrigue iilone wlitn attacked by her husband's :ival. and died of n broken hoart after being foned to watch hrr followers bung while dhe stood with a halter around her neck. The Acadian farmers floiirl; bed In ibis land until 1775, when they were expelled by tb.e Kngllsh, and only the ugly si ars o- their cellars told of the farm hoisis wbiiii had once been there Six vears Inter came families froiu New KnRlaud, adventiiroi"», in demitable and hardy pioueca. It waa their descendants who later bulltj hundreds of the fastest sailing shlpM 'sailed them to the seven seas andj .built up mighty fortunes which now showi themselves in magnificent re»^ ' dences set in beautiful surroundinctf I of lawns, hedges and trees. I But the Acadian* returned; and ta day for miles the neat villages ol their descendants skirt the shores 0$ , Fundy Hay, frow. Yarmouth to DigbrJ I The descendants of the Acadiaua havJ ' cultivated the soft marsh lands aad j frcbli water meadows, preserving th3 simple manners, customs and languw age of their ancestors. And here one Qnds fifty mllee o| i rugged storm swept â-  oast, lofty beet! ! ling cliffs, coves like volcanic craten I â€" wilder than the dreams tf a poet. The Revolution in Russia AFTKIt an iib:-ii;e of a litfju inon' than iliiic months, .Mr. Cenrpe ttury liH.siu^t retiiriiel Ironi liussla. wtiich lu.ii.iry lie \i.sl'- td at the leipiest of ihe Hrltiih ami Hu-slan tliui-riimeiits in i onr.n lion villi !raiiH|i(irtation, .Mr. Iluiy ».is aceoiupaniec! through- cut his inp by .Mr. \V. II. Wintir- rowd. A.iHlsiani Chief .Miilianical L'n- giiK-er of the t'anadlan I'ui ihc. Mr. Bury and Mr. Wliiterrowd travelled fro'ii London to the north of Scot- land, from where tluy were I'arried to .\orway by n llriii.-li <!• slroyer. Tliey proiei-ded llirouijh .Norway, Sweden and Finland to Itu.s.sia. Mr. Bury stales ihni Ids experience gained by ( lu.ie personal contact and I'Ssodation with l.,ord Shuiighnesay f'labled hliii to make roi-ommenda- tioiis wlilcli were accepted by the old liiissiau Governiiieut a.< well na by ih.< new. who are now putting theni into forie with ^reat vigor. "Uussla," he s:ay«, "is, ot course, an immense eountry. It haa a poini- latioti of ITU million people. The last time tliey took the een.sus the papciJ had to lie prinli'd in s«vpnty-two Inii- gIi.tA;es, nr illaleets. "Ill IliiKsia 1 tiavelkd from a poini. wht-re 1 saw reindeer laravans to A point where I saw i.navaiiH of camoll - that is, from Lapland to the Cau- er:stiK. "There is no doubt whatever that after the war Itiissia will have to hiiild several hundred thousand miles ot railway. Canada has ten times iiioie railway mileage per unit ot population than has Hussin. Then again, Itusslu made the mistake of GEORGE BURY, - Who lias just returued from Petrogiarl. ' '"^-^ In the nav.v amongst the olflcerg. Foreigners were not molested de- store for her she will have to I'ome to. the Isrge train and large ear, becaiise ; those- two factors make for econoiul. i cul trausiKiitation, and ec-onomical iransporiutlon is eHHcnlinl if a pro- ducing comiiry of wide distances Is, have been done and much haa been said ot the mistakes, mistakes inc patteniiiiK lui- railway tran.Hpoitatloniliberately and any killed v«r«s due to ! separably from any undertaking anclj after ilial of ICurope rother than atx-ident, | but to be e.xpected In an undertaking America. TrafHc^ In Russia moves i "When tlie revolution was at its that dwarfs anything in historyj vast disiances In great bulk. The , height, In company with a British , authentic or mythical, country lends itself to low grades ' ofneer, 1 went to the Duma. It was "Kverywhere we travelled In Oreal nnd easy c urvature. If that gr(>at rather a long walk from the British Britain ovidences of sacrifice, wllUng* country is 10 aiiileve the destiny in Embassy, so we asked some soldiers : ly made, were visible. to take us ou a sleigh filled with j "Our past mode of living Is at att revolutionists. They did so. Arrlv- ; end for some time and we will hSv^ ing at tiie inima we had to make our to come down to a more simple foriil way through a dense mob of soldiers, , and economical conditions will coot sailors, workmen, etc. Uecognizlng ! pel the elimination of waste. th« Britith unifonn cheers went up j "Tho trade possibilities with Russia to hold her own In the markets of the j for the Angliskl (English K It would 'after the war are Illimitable and ^"â- â- Id. ! make the heart of the least emotlonar those nations who will study th« •Had IluBsIa been equipped with ; man beat fast«T to think he belonged needs and the Ruaeian character will railway traiiKportation, say es In to an Hniplve that would be ehnered succeed. I'p until the time of the Canada, she would have been able to ' under such clr<-um»tan<e3. ! war it would appear that the Him ap- liave played a much greater part In j "In Kiigland, Scandinavia and. Ttus- ! Predated the Rosslbllltles of llussla the war. " isla. everywhere 1 travelled, food re- and the trade statistics of that coun- "1 he imprnsRlon gained during my etrictions of varying degrees were in I try sliow what our enemies aceoni. two months slay in Russia la that force and rail travelling curtailed. | pHshed, % they are a brave, self-sacriftcing. War or no war, it was time that a I "One has to travel around the woria kind, and capable nation. The edu- halt was called to the food wasteful ' to see how well off we Canadians areii cated claBses are remarkably welL ness that had been going on \ ' Informed and 1 came in < ontael with} "No one who has had the slightest' 1 .'inie of the really big men of ihe i.i.'portunity of learning all that Great ' ""lid. Hritaln has done in this war for hu The C^inadlan soldiers coveretl themselves with glory In tho reoen* advance. They took a strong posi- tion which had been tried twice b«i "I happened to be in Petropiad diir- j manity lan help being proud of the ; fore by other troops, and their deed! loi-r r.ie revolution nnd "law perhaps as- ! .Mother Country With tlie proverbial ! were In the mouths of ever.vou« la I luch ul It as anyone. Tlie rasuultiosinj modesty or the lOngllshmen but little 'London." ; .. â- ' ^ . - n Jr ^ I'otrograd were heavy as were they I has been tmld of the big things that i.«c«tt«Qfc!;«ai4»»'

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