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â- WWII iiifcilWpiaiiiii iiiM mmttrntu^^"! ii la^pwi . 'l*l>liiliiW»'' <"% l# * Febiuary -'S MUS T H A F L E S II F If TO N ADVANCE fv*"' T H IC« ftij t.i lapenileuti ni'W<|>;i|jir, pulilUheil evwy fhiir d»y at th' ntHcf. ('ulliiigwDod Street, Klrtheitim. Subsciipli'ii piitf $1 iwr annum VhfO i>»i(l in advance ;$l.fi.')wheii not no Paul A'l> fr â- {•Ing r»te» ou applkatlon. Circulation 1,100 weekly. W. K ''•• ••TC '^""'- I Great Bravery Of Pte. Holmes Details of How He Won His Victoria Cross A more detiileJ iiccnuiit «i how Hiv. T. Holmes of Owen Sound won h'S V.C. h»s been supplied by Lieut. j.l. .M. Uoliie, »iul desoires to 'lie priiiteii in every newapapei' in Cai.ada, ju>.t to Ijt the Uitlioa kiow wliat tiihtiriij unterial (ii-py County ijt produaed. KollowicK 't Lieut. D»Wesacc)Unt<< Im bnve deed The inorniog of the attack the first " wave " consisting of two coni|uni-'s of tlie baltaliou had gone forward, hud captured their obj^civn an;l wore con- solidaMufi ;n the caplu'cd position. Whil e they were still mak.iiz their position sicure, the second '" wave" went through theni, movinj{ up the slope to the second o'ljective, whiuli wa tliL^ crest of the ridsje. This wavf iiiclu led |".A." Co. in wh'ch WHS Toiuniy Holm's. PiOU'.;hinij through the mud itiid water, plunging fr)in shell bole to shell hole, alvanciiig over ground swept by a relantles? tirg from riflj and nnchine ^mi, they went forw.'ird, but that death 'dealing hail of buUetfi was takin;; an awfii! toil. Fin- ally, in order te save themselves from what Keetningly was going to be C'lnipletB annihilation, they were forced to t*ke cover in convenient shell holei, Unciasingly the enemy lire raked the ^luuad where they were an.l over which they h-id to p:»8 in order to reach the poiiti :n th»t had been assigned to them to take. It WAS du'rint; this halt that Holmes noticed that the tire which was holding up his company came from a concrete "piU box" fort on their right Hmk. Inoide th j pill box the Liuti snipers and •hirpshooters were keeoiiig up a steady lire tiom the loop holes wh le j ust besi de the " pill box, " two luasliiue gun crews with tlieir guns had taken up a position and it was ijuite apparent that it was the rite from these guns that had tem pjiarily checked "A" ompauy'* adiance. -Arined with only a Mill'd bo nl>, and without wil'in!{ for an order from i»i iyoiie his coiiirideit crouching in the sliell holes saw Holmes rush forward, through thti hiii of bullets, and sprina in!o a shell hile some y.irds ahead of the eornimiy. A moment later he appeared and on ho rushed again and again diaappeaied. Ho did this several times, eachjlittle 8piiit bringing him closer to the Hun machine guns. The sight wf the lad's slight hgmu mahiii^ straight for the guns, held the men behind, who were watching him, spell bound. ''He' I be killed, sure,' thought they. Pot he c«niloc possibly gt' thrju^h thitierrilic tire.' E'ery tiii'e he sliowed himself, the tire grew in'ou intense and the bullets spattered around him and ti>re up the mud and diit but appireutly he bore a charmed life, ^As Holmes 'i'it nearer to 'he guns, he noticed that oi;easi(jnally lliete was a lull of a few seconds in the firing of one or the other of the gnus and he kn.i* that each pause indicated that the crews ware chancine the belts, in other words le'oid- inx their i<ui:s. suddenly, ll are came a moment when both gunseeised tiring siiiiiltane ) uly. H ilniei kiiuW what il meant. It ninant th;>t the crews m Imlh '.<uiis were reloailiii'j; at the same instiiii '. ll was his iipp rrtunity an I '|ii < k as n (lash I) fiiru the Jlun maehniu gniiiiorfi C'lnlil get tlieir suns wurkinv', liorus'ud forward to wiihln about Kfteen yards o ilu'in, just i:i tiin.: to t tko c jver in i> slnl! h de before the hail of bu!lets from bo'h guns iipeneil on liim again. ]• il he w,ts wiihiii biitiliing distanoe now, and pulling the p:n of the grenade he carried, he hurled it wiih unerriu:.' ace iraey in^i ih'- tiilil.st of the tiun machine gunners, ilie.i cruuclied ;iiid waited. He had not long lo Wait. "I'in/ !" sang out the boinl), iil th.i same inataiit the tir'.nii fiom both guns c>iiH d and the groans nml sin.uks of the wouiideil and dying Huns, InUi id the havoc the hoinl) had wrought. iiut there was still work lo bi^ doin' for the pill box remained full <if Hun ritli*. men Without lieM'ating a moinenl and airnin risking his lif>-, back Hii!ines went toward his coiupaii}', some of wh >iii weie beginning tu advance again, friuii the fiireiiKst of his coniradeH, lie se^U'e.! inollier iioinb, then turned around ai' ran Htm g t for the pill bit. Ti on.'l the oniran '? at the rear I'.o throw ^le li'Hi:li, Ihi r • "as luio her e.V()losioti aid t'l >.>-o of (ho Hun giirison that .snrv v d-- ii:iie-eeo in niiinlier -came out with the r hands op lerrilied, shouliiiK "Mirey Karii Had " mimI suneidered to Ihei jou'liful laylor, who was standing on!- I lie the pill boK, all slone. Ilui by iliis time the C(>nip.iny w»8 cDiniiii; ti.rw.ird, for the Hun resistance in that piiticular place had been over- Cimie and that pari of iha ridge was in the handd o' the Canadians thanks to the heroism of theyuung Owen Souudet I'hroujjli the remainder of the attack, ho c irried oit in tbo sanio gallant manner and when^it was oyer and his rooom- niendatiou fur a decoration was sent in there was not a mure [jopular award in the battalion, for those who mw what he did unaninioui'ly said lie deserved (he honor a bunditd time over. Ilolui-s isgoii'S to [Highly sooii,w|ieie the Kint! will pin the coveted medal nn .and then ho will go to (.''iiiiad.i on a three inontlis' furlongh. I Know that when he reaches home, he will get such a reception as Owen Sound alone ca'i give. Besides his dicoratioii, he has a little souvenir <if the Viiiiy Ridge battle in the shape of a "wounded" stripe for he was wounded in that engagement and got buck lo France just in tniio to lake part ill I he action in which he won the V.C. HANGED THE PRINCESS. Fat* of a Russian Heiress Who Worked For the Revolution. What Is said to be the true story ot the hanging of Trincess Olga Euga- licbeff, daughter of the richest man In Russia, in the prison of Tomsk on Jan. 15, lOlC, is told in a New York society magazine. The story is signed by Bo- ris de Taugko, a name which, the mag- azine asserts, is the nom de plume of a Russian nobleman who tied to New I'ork when the recent Russian impe- rial goyernment set a price on his bead as a revolutionist. The story depicts the Russian prin- cess bravely facbg death as she pre- dicted the very cuhuinatioa of Russia's troubles. According to the Htory of Boris de Tangko, the governor of Kiev was as- sassmated in the home of the princess. Eler father sensed at once her connec- tion with the murder, and shortly after he had given his daughter fair warn- ing that he intended to remain true to the emperor she was arrested and ex- iled to Siberia. After five years spent in prison there she escaped and went to Paris, where she became a power In social and po- litical circles. la 1915, following the death at the front ot Dimitrl Dashkow, a fellow revolutionist, whose acquaint- ance she had formed while both were exiles in Siberia, she decided to return to Russia. Three months later she was arrested. Influential friends begged that they be allowed to appeal to the czar for »i pardon, but she refused to allow them to speak in her behalf. Two days be- fore her execution she managed to send several letters to her friends in Paris, In all of which she wrote: "VVheu this letter reaches you I shall be dead. But our work 'will continue. Our na- tion will soou be free." THE PRESIDENT'S MAIL It Takes a Corps of Trained Clerks te Handle the Letters. President Wilson's mail bag U the largest in the world. Thousands of let- ters arrive dally, and every one of any Importauce must have the individual at- tention of America's first citizen. Of coarse the president is not able to read all bis correspondence himself. This tlifBculty is overcome by a carefully de- veloped system by which the coutenta . ^ ot the White House mail bag of any \ Ikj importance are laid before Mr. Wilson ' ' ' each day. The work of selection falls upon a corps of confidential clerks, who open the letters and give them a Urst read- ing; then they are carefully sorted. Many of them are simply recommenda- tions for oQice. These, after courteous acknowledgment, are referred to the proper departments and placed ou flic until the matter can be taken up for consideration. Hundreds of the missives are purely ormal or contain Impo.ssible requests. These are immediately answered by the staCt and signed by one of the presi- dent's assistant secretaries. Such communications as the president ought to see are clearly briefed is, a slip is pinned at the top of each letter, and on this is a typewritten synopsis of its contents, telling who the writer is and what he has to present. Frequently the president is sufllciently interested by the brief to cause him to read the whole letter. Sometimes the communication is referred to a cabinet oflicer, in which case the slip is retain- ed at the White House and filed. Requests for charity are continually pouring in. These, however, are sent to a different department, which goes fully into each case before replying. When a large number of persons write on the same subject the letters are bunched, and the brief at the top gives the names of those who present one argument, and on another list are given tkc names of the persons who offer a different view Spring Wash Goods GINGHAMSâ€" 27. in wide, nice soft cloth, free frooi'lres.sing.in stripes small checks, and large plaids. Thev come in a bifj lange of popular colors and .sell at 20C. A YD. PRINTSâ€" 3/J to 32 in. wide, big assortment of choice dai'k and light patterns. Ib'pecial values at last year's prevailing prices. Selling from 1^ to 25 C. A YARD. GALATEAS- 27 in. wide, heavy strong cloth, nioro durable than print and colors that stand tubbing. An extra assortment of different shades and stripes in Indigo Blue. Selling at 25 C. PER YARD. that IV, Special Butterick Offer for Three Weeks Only 12 consecutive numbers of the DEidNEATdR, the best fashion publi- cation, regular price $2.00 per year, Secial offer 95 C. Phone or leave your order to-day DON'T FORGET I TaKe home a parcel of our noted 25o. uncolored Japan Tea, or our Special 40c. Black Ceylon Tea with you to-day,â€" You'll be pleased. F. H. W. HICKLING FLESHERTON, - ONTARIO. w fi m '.^ m' n m 'M m !» m ^. m _i A NORWEGIAN WORD. HANDY WITH THEIR FEET. Many Animals Ute Them Cleverly In Taking Their Food. Kangaroos use their hands very read- ily to hold food In .and to pnt it into their mouths. As their fore legs arc so •short that they have to browse in a stooping position, they seem pleased when able to secure a largo hunch ot cabbage or other vesotable provender and to hold it in their hands to cat. Sometimes the yoiin{< kaugnroo, look- ing out ot its niothcT's pouch, catches one or two of the leaves which tlic old one drops, and the pair inuy be seen each nibbling at the salud lield in their hands, one, so to Bpcak, "one floor" above the other. The slow, deliberate clasping iiiid unclasping of n chnu)eleon'.s feet look like the movements which (ho inuids of a sleepwalker might make were ho trying to creep downstairs. Xlio clui- nieleou's are almost deformed bnnd.s, yet they have a superficial rcsemblain'O to the feet of parrot.'^, whicli more lliaii other birds u.se their feet for niiuiy o( Ihe purposes of n hand when foodiiig. To .see many of the smnller rodentsâ€" ground sqnirrel.s, prnirio dogs and mni- iiints â€" hold food, u.snnlly in iiotli paw-;, is to learn a Icsfioii in the dextrous use of hands without tluinihs. Nothing more rcaOily suggests the nionioiitiiry initircssion that ii piotly little luonkoy i.s "ii man and a brolhcr" than whoii ho strctclios out bis ncnt lit- tli' palm, niiger.s anil tlinuib and, with all tlie niovenionls proper to Ihe civi- lized mode of giccliiig, insists on shak- ing bunds.â€" l^oudon (Jrapliic. Origin of "Budstikken," Which Means { Spreading the News. I This peculiar word is frequently found In Scandinavian communities as the , name of a newspaper, such as St. j Cloud Budstikken. It is a Norwegian : word, 1,200 years old at the least and \ has a very peculiar origm. I In those days when the coasts ot Nor- way were ravaged by pirates the in- habitants had to resort to all sorts of ' devices to warn those at a distance of the approach ot these piratical craft. When one was seen on the horiison a man went up to the top of a mountain, where he lighted a beacon tire. Thi:* could be seen for a long distance and was known to he a warning. When It j was seen iu the distance another liro I was lighted on another hill until all | over the country fires blazed from ev- i cry hilltop and the people prepared to defend themselves. ; They also had a system of niossen- | ger.s. The man who first sighted the sail would take an an-ow and send it j to his neighbors, l^roia town to town this arrow was sent until ull were warned. These wore rather primitive â-  ways of telegraplihig, but were so ef- ; fectnal that in the course of twenty- four hours all Norway knew of the at>- proacb of pirates. ; This system ot spreading tho now.s was called "budstikken," and when there were no more pirates the news- papers became sprendcr.s of the news and so were appropriately styled "bud- stiUUen."â€" Exchange. Buying Suggestions Silver Plated Cutlery Cold Meat Forks Berry Spoons Sugar bhells Pickle Folks Cut lass sets Carving sets Pic Knives Decanter sets Pickle Cruets Pocket Cutlcrva T"'"';; liazors, Sliavjng Brushes Skates (automobile) Hockey (supplies Clothes Wriugei? Carpft Sweepers Enaiuchvaro, Churns, l''ood choppers llundsftv.s;. Hiicksaws. lUaces And many oilier very nscfiil giftj -•«•..-â-  . F. W. DUNCAN The Fl^shertOn Hardwiire. Huone 30 r?, Boar for Service The undersigned has a thorough jred Yorkshire Biarfor service on lot II, con. 8. Osprey. Terms 81.50. ^ F-RED SPOFFAUD. String Beans In Brine. Instead of canning string beans put them lip in l)riiie, and in winter they taste like freshly pieked beans. I'nt ll layer of dry salt one-fourth iiieU thick in tho bottom of a criK-U. Next put a layer of bciiiis one and one- li'.iii inches high Just as tliey are picked from the garden without washing. .Next a one-fourth inch layer of salt and so on iiiilil the croiU i.s tilled. Ou top invert u plate and imt a heavy weight. W'licn you wish lo nso them soak nn iioiir or so and fbeu boil like fresh beans.â€" New York Sun. Pulpwood Wanted i I '\'wu Ihiiii.saud curds . of S| nice iiiul I liilsnni wood, cut 4 ft. hmj, not Ifs^s Ithmi 4.'. in. «t the siiiull ciiil, kii >!â- ; Iriiiniu'O I'lo.'-c, for »b ch we will p«y fli i per curd for lial.s>ini, ainl ST ]tfi cord for I Spruce, deliiereii ikt nioiiot liadnad tSlttlii'U .Vuyune hiivbii; «> m â-  f.'V sile wiile lo plioi.e Mioka.'ili' ;')'.• "•'-'. -W. T. KIddS, Kimheibv. Complete a Course in «he Yonge and Charles Streets, Toronto And the results will prove to you \\ i.^dom of gr.-* '.uating from this FnUic'U* S'.:hool. CatidoHUe Free. Knler any time. VV. J. ELLIOTT, Pkiscipal STOCK AND EGGS FOR SAE Tamworth Rwine, B. R. Eggs, and Rouen Duck Kf,'gs. 1 liave fi.r(iukk.«ale some young 'ruiiiwcuth.s for l)rwiliii!< |iui|Hises ; also sonic I'm red Kock eggs, anil Ki.iieii Duck egg!> fur hatching piir- IHist's. I'rict's riglit I'lione or write -CKO. W. R08.S, Oct lO-lfi Osprey Tl. .System Mas well. P Flestierton #- Tonsorial '^ Parlors We Aim to Give Entire SJatisfactio LAUNDRYâ€" Basket closes Mondu^y night, delivery Friday evenia CLEANING and DYEINGâ€" We ar agents for Parker's Dye Works â€" Clothob cleaned and dyed, feathers re;uvenatei T FISHER. -PROPRIETOR New Blacksmith Shop At Maxwell I am opeiiin>2 upatnpce, a biacksnitth- ing and woodworking business in Max- well, and amfninaUiug up-to-date wood- working iiiachineiy. It will be my en deavor to serve the public in a satisfac- tory manner and I would solicit patron- age. I w tnt yourwork and will do it right. 7 April 1 CHESTER LONG Battleships and Paint. Our battleships literally eat paint. The initial color reijuiroments for a new battleship cost about ^Uo.fKX), which Is Ihe iJrK'o of ahout a hundred tons of the kind of paint the navy uses. In addition lo this, according to the Popular Science Monthly, it Is custom- ary to repaint the dilTereiit imrts of a ship two or three times a year, so the annual upkeep probably exceeds this sum. This brings the annual outlay in paint for the entire licet to $1,000,000. The most important coating a vessel receives is the paint applied to the sub- merged parts of the hull to protect It from corrosion or barnacles. Man and the Animals. The essential dilTeience between men and animals is well slated by Dr. Orasset, an eminent rrencii biologist, quoted by the Scientllic .Xmerican. Ho says tbo nnininl is predestined to obey tho laws of its species, wliilo man obeys tlicin only if and when he will. A mail may. If he wants to, sustain with energy the inctenslon that two audi wo ninlie lire, or be may commit suicide. Hear the POLLOK IPHONOLAS and RECORDS, also The Litcsl in Mioet Music ;it the PHOTO GALL1.RY Quicksinda. Quicksands are not caused by water constantly llowing over sand, Itlsonly wliero there is nn upward current that they are touiid. Imagine, for instance, a bucket filled with sand. Water poured on that sand does not make it "quick." If, however, the bucket bad a hole In Its bottom and water was forced through the bole quicksands would be formed. Tha Lesser Evil. "If you were compelled to engage in conversation with one or the other for an hour which would you choose, a Woman with a nil.~;.-ilon or one who tl.inks she Is mlsiinilorslood'r" "Tho woman with a mission." "VVhyV" "She would do i;v>st nf the talking. A woman who think.s she l.s misiinder Blood usually wants u little confiden- tial advice."â€" Biruilnshaui Age-IIerald. A Fitting Name. "Well," was the answer of a littla chap who had been asked the name of his cat, "wo used to call lilm Wllliaia, but be has been having fits lately, so wo call him Fitz William now." Would Be Prepared. Sheâ€" Suppose, dear, I llud you have not given me enough money? He â€" â-  Then telegraph for more. She â€" Have you a telegrapli blank? â€" Exchange. Promising Candidate. Editorâ€" Do you know how to run â-  newspaper? Applicantâ€" No, sir. Editor â€"Well, I'll try you. I guesa you've had •RQsrtoacf.â€" Pack. $90 W. A Hawken - FUsherlcn Phone 23 r4 Ftjf Set vice One pure nred Sliorthorn Hull on lot :'i;, c n, !'. .\i teiiiesin. T' nos Jl.tlllt.i iirtdo Mo-t I'c D'kid »il bin '.I months from date of service. 1 Jan. 17. -Ii 0. H UNER. If If ^ rs^S^S^ jf^^f^^^'^v-^^-'m^.i^^.^ '^m^^ ^ \ < i i II \ Flesherton Tin ^hftp I have just placed on die shelves a full line ot Tinwai'e, Nickelware and Agateware for domestic use. Call on me and get your supplies. Kavett'oughing, Stovepipes and Stove Furnish- Uepairing of all kinds pi'oniptly attended to. t 1 intra ripefitting, including pump work. Furnaces installed. Agent for Clare Furnaces. Bros. sss^ss. ^s:si t III ,__^ m D. McKILLOP CHRISTOE BLOCK FLESHERTON iSS ONTARIO. FARM IMPLEMENTS A^eints For Special Prices on Waggon.^ H;>^vs Harrows and Horse Blankets Wagons Plows Hav Rakes Cuitivators Haii'ows Moweis JOHN HEARD, MPLEMENT AGENT FLESHERTON.