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Eo. T GOLD . fnally left my ba. foot. . It developed tried every medicine 1 aulted #some fi:od doct euffering. About a yer me to fire Anuric a t say 1 am today a wel traces of my ailment wenther conditfons ma; kidney medicine in ° me to outh of it o «.644 of a Licus., jittle const, ~ Just You give me your note and dollars, or whatever th t inâ€" terest, if you want t« al that is coming to me." "I feel the same," said * "Boys," argued Ta.» tly, "that doesn‘t go. The.t ind saved me it came at s had to h :e morey or 1_ & been to cvery bunul, & . 10 every ro on town, * In‘t raise 10 c>.â€"ts moere This having becu deciced after conâ€" siderable argument e sottled down to wait for the cor of the Wa d block. Once the t § that strueâ€" ture should b sin ‘ 20 on it WHhs CHA. .<RK XXX | Fiviccrats! * v E felt very elated and rather & small. Talbet had alone and J J without, so to speak, moving . from his tracks made a forâ€" tune while we, after going through many hardsphis, adventures and hard work, had returned almost penniless. Oune of our first tasks was to convince Talbot of the injustice to himself in giving us shares based on a proporâ€" tionate money investment. \We made him see after awhile that his own genâ€" jus counted for something in the matâ€" ter. He then agreed, but reluctantly, to reduce our shares to a twentieth each and included me in this despite our previous agreement. If we had adbered to that my proportion would have been nearer a fortleth. Our favorite occupation was that of reviewing our property. To this end we took long tramps over the hills, hunting painstakingly for obscure corâ€" mer stakes or monuments that marked ey enou der, less ‘. course lin\: all the oi‘ opening 1: > of Janua: > In the meantime we «sied maznifiâ€" cently and lived on my money. Now that our futures were®il assured, Yank and Johnuy condescended to temporaâ€" ry loans. Occasionally we could help Talbot in some of the details of his varied businesses, but most of the time we idled. 1 do think we deserved a The first test a man is put through for either war or life insurance is an examiâ€" nation of bis water. This is most essenâ€" timl because the kidneys play a most imâ€" portant part in causing premature old age and death. â€" The more injurious ‘~@ poisons passing through the kiducy soon®r comes decayâ€"so says Dr. ‘of Burgical Institute, Buffalo, N. \ further advises all people who are thirty to preserve the vitality of ile meys and free the blood from poisons elements, such as uric acidâ€"drink plenty of waterâ€"sweat some daily and take Anuric, double strength, before meals. Ancrric is a discovery of Dr. Picrce, * 1>. be obtained at drug stores. For + wckacke, _ In nbago, â€" rhcumatism, t as«‘* C joints, sv Ollen fect or hands, d i niec acid (a tre blood, Anurie que ®1, â€" "scoltes [ e uric acil as bot water o Send 10 «+ ‘\ Or. qu« xi, water . Pierce : ALL AT HOME SHOULD PREPARE FOR WAR Thoro 6 Maeulda & e for !-Akuul.olmrv bave an agreemer‘ | protested vehcr rou‘ve made ts ve un agreemert 1 )0 =€ 2y ) t the paper on w= > // 6 en penciled. ' A ._..420tad vahan e * al!" broke in Joh s how you feel"â€" said Jobnoy firmly, â€" i ra going to have seilows don‘t want 6Â¥ STEWA RT EDWARD WHITE. ~yrig: t, 1913, by Doubleday, Page & Co. 1k 11 of all has > kid me s in re othe: s Mre. C 1179 the 11 have s nev t ¢ be every su» iressed up you‘ve hat strucâ€" m. it. was ady monâ€" o remainâ€" would of ore® ing smal ed t ro mk also mb#. «l i% Box ent My afe some one of our numerous lots. On them we would gaze solemnly, al though in no manner did they differ from all the other sagebrush hill counâ€" try about them. In a week we knew accurately every piece of property beâ€" longing to our interests, and we hbad listed every other more tangible equ! ty or asset. One of Johnny‘s favorite feats was to march Yank and me up to a bar, face us and interrogate us mccording to an invariable formula We must have preteuled a comical sight, I with my great bulk and round. fresh face alongside the solemn, lank and leathery Yark, both of us drawn up at attention and solemn as prairie dogs. ~ "More likely shot," put in Johnny bluntly, "How much is oneâ€"twentieth of two thousand thousand?" inquired Johnny. "One thindred thousand," Yank and I chorused. â€" "Is that a plutocrat?" demanded Johnny eryptically. "It is!" we cried. Our sense of our own financial imâ€" portance being thusâ€"refreshed, we adâ€" vanced in rigid military formation to the bar and took our drinks. Two willion dollars was the amount we bad thosen as representing the value of our interests. In deciding upon this figure we considered uurselves very moderate in refusing to add probable future increment. It might also be added that. we equally neglected to deâ€" luct present liabilities. Nobody ever guessed what this mysterious performâ€" ance of ours meant, but every one rame to expect it and to be amused ty it In a mild way we and our fool ronkeyshines came to be a wen known institution. Having nothing else to do, we enâ€" tered beartily into the life and pleasâ€" ures of the place, and we met many of the leading citizens. From them I heard of the state of commercial affairs, with its systems of consignments and auctions. its ruâ€" mors of fleet clipper «hips, its corner of the market, its sluttings with unâ€" foresceen cargoes o! unexpected vessels and ali the other complex and delicate adjustments and changes that mande business so fascinating and so uncerâ€" tain. All these men were filled with a great optimism and an abiding enâ€" thusiasm for the future. They talked of plank roads, of sewers, of schools, churches, bospitals, prvements. filis, the razing of hills, wharves, public buildings, water systems, and they talked of them so soberiy and in such concrete terms of accomplishment that the imagination was tricked into acâ€" cepting them as solid facts. Often I have gone forth from listening to one of these earnest discugsions to Jook about me on. that wind swept, sand blown, flimsy, dirty, sprawling camp they called a city, with its half dozen "magnificent" brick buildings that any New England village could duplicate, and have laughed wild‘ly until the tears came over the absurdity of it‘ I was young. I did not know that a city is not brieks, but men: is not fact, but the vitality. of a hving ideal. In the town out other acqiaintars society _ in 1~‘> very little. nit ciation. . G m citizens. | procs gumes. Among t preacher v the whart. aâ€"sistance ">. persu 4 threc In that. hba the only showed t not unlik planted tiums an was Iis nrame. € baving noâ€" mone ily way to get a chu dous his own place, a lit like the others. but incl d with red geraninms anmd other bright thinzs far as 1 know," he told "that is the first garde the timb In PS ~ o+ fer h34 * on * procg K the niiness saar s . towe Wiak seeie freid rFo Ne wasoensug ce of tweo inen of hae. Wisen:tuipe.d of two inen of t tsion. in building â€" had themselves lm prectn i ons it y iught the giauce E1 ind hbe had o hens mid them,." said ach ether in explained to mo ey. that seemed tm church. He ice, a little shack Imt fnclosed. and mace many 1 classes of I stizima, of ujru1 nSSOâ€" espectable us. with n in San inclosed n cock. he. Methoâ€" church. ut and lor, for to mo nastur iight h on _ "Gentlemen," said he, "if some means â€"of communication existed by which the United States could this morning j know that street preaching was to be attempted in the streets of San Franâ€" }clsco. the morning papers, badly inâ€" formed as to the temper and disposiâ€" tion of the people of this new counâ€" ’ try, would feel themselves fully justiâ€" fied in predicting riot, if not actual bloodshed. . Furthermore, I do not doubt that the greater dailies would hold their forms open to report the trigedy when news df it should come in. But we of the west know better than that. We know ourselves rough and ready, but we know ourselves also to be lovers of fair play. We know that, even though we may not agree | with a man, we are willing to afford him a fair hearing. And as for riot ing or bloodshed, we can afford to smile rather than become angry at such wide misconception of our de â€"cency and sense of fair dealing." . | (To Be Contimuer "Boys," be said quaintly, "San Franâ€" elsco is a very ionesome place for the godly. ‘The hosts of sin are very strong. and the faithful are very few. Mortal flesh is weak, and mortal spirit is prone to black discouragement. When I bought those chickens 1 bought $18 worth of hope. Somehow Sunday mornâ€" ing seemsâ€"more like the Sabbath with them clucking around sleepy and lazy aud full of sun." We liked him so much that we turnâ€" ed to at odd times and helped him with his carpenter work. While thus enâ€" gaged hbe confided to us his intention to preach against gambling the next Sunday in the Plaza. We stopped hamâ€" meripg to consider this. | » 118 wC MIWT] 30. DOTTmT, 1t T. (“ i $ re%8414%u180 298.4 420 « "I shouldn‘t if 1 were you," said L "The gamblers own the Plaza. ‘They are respected by the bulk of the comâ€" munity, and they won‘t stand any nonâ€" sense. ‘They, none of them, think anyâ€" thing of shooting a man in their plages. I don‘t think they will stand for it I am afraid you will be roughly hanâ€" dled." "Well, well, boys, we‘ll see," said Taylor easily. "Now, that is just what I don‘t want you to do," begzed the old man earâ€" mestly. "I want no vain contention and strife. If the Lord desires that I preach to these sinners he will proâ€" "More likely shot," put in Johnny bluntly. Nor could we move him in spite of the fact that, as we came to see his intention was real, we urged very earâ€" nestly against it. "Well, if you will, you will," Johnny conceded at last, with a sigh. "We‘ll ste what we can do to get you a fair show." In the end be extorted from us a reâ€" luctant promise not to mingle in the affair. * Taylor arrived about 10 o‘clock and proceeded briskly to the pork barrel that had been rolled out to serve as a pulpit. He faced a lowering, bostile mob. A LIFETIME OF SUFFERING Prevented by "Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives" The Wonderful Fruit Medicine Indigestion and Constipation For years, I suffered with these dreaded diseases, trying all kinds of treatments until I was told I was incurable. _ Oue day a friend ‘(~!ll me to try ‘Fruitâ€"aâ€"tivgs‘. To my surprise, I found this medicine gave immediate relief, and in a sbort time 1 was all right again". _ ___ _ _ _ __ __.____ { t 0 _ DONAT LALONDE Ie. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25¢. At all dealers or from Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives Limited, Ottawa. Ginpills 53 Maioxxerye Sr., Hru, Quk. "In my opinion, no other medicine so good as ‘Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives‘ for At 50 years of age THE KIDNEYS NEED HELP National ‘jrug & Clemical Co. of Cansaa, Limited « Teronto U, 5. Adérecas Ns o Cr., Iwe. ____ 202 Main St., Guffals, !4 Â¥. There is no reason why, when a man or woman reaches the fifty mark, he or she shoutd not feel full of cnerpy and happiness. . Itis truc, greater care must now be Wiken to drive away the lesser f!s, which, if neglected, may deâ€" velop. Proper attention to the Kidneys suggests in ine hack or stde., twinges of theumatism, constant headâ€" nches and resilos orights, swollen _ joints or usinary At the first evidence that Kidâ€" neys are not wot king properâ€" ty, that is. if you have paius dn on en e eR en vints or urimary ke Gin Pi!H,. _ You t a‘most from the It costs netrong it we tUTD". |t is expected the Ga)+ City Coun: him with ci) this evening, will strike the |tax thus en rate for 1918. The rate in 1917 was intention :33 mills, and it is hardly believed the the nest Council will be able to retain this ped hamâ€" rate, as the damage done to the bridâ€" ges by the flood will mean a rather » eaiq 1 heavy expediture. (Nia n i n n umm tfi in Druggists Fix Hours. The Woodstock druggists in future will close at 8 o‘clock every evening excepting Saturday. In the past there has been no fixed hour for closing. Juvenile Recaptured. A sixteenâ€"yearâ€"old lad, committed ‘n the Galt police court on Friday, to he Children‘s Aid Society, escaped rom the Hespeler home, in the afterâ€" 100n, but was recaptured at his home, ifter walking the five miles to Galt. | ncrease for Firemen. The Fire and Cemetery Committee of the Stratford City Jouncil has recommended $20 a year increase to ‘all firemen, and $10 a month increase to the assistant Fire Chief, umklni his salary $105 a month. Mrs. Griffin Dead. The death ocourred in Detroit of \Urs. Hannah Biggar Griffin, D.D., of Foronto, at an advanced age. Mrs. jriffin had been making her . home with her daughter, . Mrs. Robert D. Kay, at 143 Hancock avenue for some ime. £ Higher Tax Rate. Laying in Liquor Galtonians inclined to indulge are laying in vest stocks of liquors for the dry speli which follows April 1. The express companies are kept busy delivering shipments and the ~next two weeks will see a greater _ rush than ever. Nanted at Southampton. Higher Dog Taxes at Gueiph. Owners of dogs in Guelph will probâ€" ably have to pay a greater tax _ this year if the recommendation of the finance committee goes through the Council toâ€"night. The committee will recommend that in future the fees for dogs be $3. for bitches, $5 and _ for kennels, where the dogs are properiy registered, $15. The orderâ€"inâ€"council under which ithis regulation is issued provides for violations a penalty of a fine not exâ€" vecding $1.000 and not less than $100 T imprisonment or both fine and im prisonment. Loses Barn and Stock. Wanted in Southampton on a heft charge, Murdock _ Gray and tonald Burgess, two young medn â€" of hat town, who have been working in lalt since Tuesday last, were arrestâ€" d on Friday night and will be taken ack to Southaypton toâ€"day. Mortimore SmitM, a former | resiâ€" ‘lent of Wingham. has lately had a streak of hard luck. A few days ago his barn, containing a large quantity af hay and grain, was _ completely lestrpyed. A few hours before: the "ire one of his cows fell into the well and a. fine.brood mare and foa} lied. A few daysbefore this one of his thoroughbred _ cattle wandered iway and was found dead in a busb. Mr. and Mrs. Smith aze now residents f Arpin, Wis. & EGGS; RECEIVED AT COLD STORAGES MUST BE SOUND Jolin Probyn, aged 68, tor many years a city mail collector, in London, Ont., died in Victoria Hospital on Sunday from injuries he received on Wednesday evening when his mail cart was struck b> an â€" automobile Iriven by Arthur Harrison, son of Wesley Harrison, undertaker. Probyn was hurled through the glass front f his waggon and the jrorse ran iway. He sustained a fractured skull ind had been conscious only at . inâ€" ervals since the accident. An inâ€" uest commenced toâ€"day. .« & Fatal Collision. Ottawa, March 17.â€"Acting under the extended powers recently given o it, in order to prevent waste, the "anada Food Board has issud an orâ€" ler requiring that no person opera(â€" ing any cold storage plant shall â€"re ceive eggs for storage, or shall store egzgs therein without a cevtificate in writing from the owner of _ such eggs that have been candled and all bad and unsound eggs renioved. It is also provided that no person lealing wholesale in eggs shall â€"re ceive or demand payment for bad oggs, in excess of a margin of allowâ€" ance of one per cent. on the total of each transaction. The order becomes offective on and after last Saturday. London, March 15.â€"When it comes for the Govt. to choose between sread and beer," said Lloyd George it a meeting here, the Government would not hesitate for a moment. Mr. J. Towner, for many years irand Trunk agent at Durham. has been appointed agent at ~Stratford. succeeding Mr. H. Macdougall, who has gone to London. Mr. Towner is a Stratford old boy, and his parents Etill reside on Kent Street. The death occurred in Woodsfock on Monday â€" morning of John Mcinâ€" tosh. aged 86. He had been ill for some time, He was born in Dundee Scotland. and is survived hy his wite, one son and one daughter. He said the consumption of intoxiâ€" sating liquor is now only one third what it was four years ago and no wpirits were being manufactured . at John M‘Intosh Dies. New Agent at Stratford. Word has reached. Guelph of the ras«ing of several Guelph soldiers. Onec of them is Bombardier W. John Dovies. who went over with the 29th Battery, a former president of the Trades and Labor Council. Gaved by Policemar. t s County and District Notes BEER OR BREAD 21, 1 Washington, March 16. â€"Inferences that Germany may havermade a new peace offer to th* Allies, proposing terms at the expense of Russia, coincide with an undercurrent of discussion which has been running in diplomatic cirâ€" cles forsome time. The statement of Lord Robert Cecil in London yesterday that no such proposals would be considered coupled with Marshall Hindenburg‘s announceâ€" ment that the German offensive would go on, served to strengthen the view of neutral diplomats, who for some time have believed that some sort of underground feelers have been going‘ out. 5 GERMANY WILLING TO SVE WAY IN WEST AND MAKE UP LOSSES 1N THE EAST? DIPLOMATS§ ARE ASKING American officials and allied diplomats here agree with Lord Cecii‘s stateâ€" ment that no such terms can be considered. . Some of the neutrals‘ diplomats, however, have for soms time firmly believed that Germany would be willing »ven to give up Alsace Lorraing if she were permitted to retain her hold on the Baitic provinces and mineral belts in the other nearby sections of Russia. The gencral current of opinion in diplomatic circles for some time has turned toward the possibility of Germany attempting to give way in the west and make up her losses in the east. London, March â€" 15. â€"Canadian ‘roops in the region of Lens again nave attacked enemy trenches with success and taken prisoners, accordâ€" ing to the British oficial communiâ€" near Passchendacle and south of the Merin road, were repulsed by the British. cation issued this evening. â€" On the other band attempted enemy raids, b French Regain Lines. Paris, March 15.â€"â€"In the Chamâ€" pagne region, west of Monte Carnilâ€" tet, the French have regained trenchâ€" os which the Germans had occupied wsince March 1, according to an oMâ€" cial statement issued | toâ€"lay. The French brought back 42 prisoners and iwo machine guns. SCHOOL TEACHERS THREATEN TO RESIGN IN BODY GANADIAN TROOPS MAKE ADVANGE SOUTHEAST OF THE GITY OF LENS St. Thomas, March 15. The _ enâ€" tire staff of the public and high school teachers of â€" the â€" city _ sent word to the Board of Education last night threatening to seck other en ployment unless they are given an inâ€" crease of at least $200 per annum. The teachers claim that the cost of living has advanced. and that the purchasing valne oi the dollar has alâ€" so®decreased considerably. London, March 18.â€"German troops have occupied Bakhatch and Konotc!, 350 miles south west of Moscow, but were forced to retire from Briansk, 200 miles southwest of . Moscow sowaru; the main lines. . Ausiroâ€"German troop â€" are moving on Worothh+ and Kharko / 400 miles south of Moscow. GERMAN TROOPS FALL J3ASK A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN Miss Kelly Tells How L Newark, N. J.â€"‘"For about three years 1 suffered from nervous breakâ€" * l tp + down and (fOt so |M 11 weak I coul hnr.d'lly Hiil Stand, and hadheadâ€" â€" [ Je it dow M . wea ’3 I star | s ach c\ trie eou was s T sicis z had *Q s Zllw\\,, Pin < \ 7 P y AWN s * U it. e | dday .\ CA, to r(j’ 6 now & N ahle c(\_;' \ k in WIn] ,Ij f M h:l\‘l & \ men * J K had used Lydia E. *, Jj 4' ; Pinkham‘s Vegeâ€" MA table Compound and ’ \ § she told me about * it. From the first o I\ day I took it I began ' (4,, to feel bettor and C C ng;w I n]m well and & N ahle to do most an £; v\kind of work. ‘ uM : nR i have been recomâ€" * mending the Comâ€" pound eversince and give you my perâ€" mission to publish this letter."â€"Miss }jw:xmv'. 476 So. 14th St., Newark, The ml,on fl\llf {;fl;gn roo% and h%l;b remedy, m inkham‘s Vegetable Compound.’dv"n so successful in Miss Kelly‘s case was because it went to the root of her trouble, restored her to & normal healthy condition and as a resalt her noryg@sness disappoared. E. Pinkham‘s Vegetab Compound Restored Her Health. Ec"t{éli'e'é';r;*:lh}}‘."} tried eve i < eould thinrk’ ofind was under a phyâ€" sician‘s care for two years. A girl friend J. A. Scellen, B.A., LL,.B; J., Weir, Master in Chancery, ‘ ters,* Solicitors, Eie. . Money.Â¥40» Offices: Upstairs in the Ame Block, Kitchzner. , Barristers, Soliciior, Notrry Conveyancer, \etc. _ Money 10 Office, Molson‘s Bank ‘Building, Barristers, Solicitors,. Notai Conveyancers. Private Funds to Loan, Office: Metcalfe Block, Cor King and Foundry Sts., Kit E. P. €ELEMENT, K. C. E.: W. CLEMENT._ W. P. CLEMENT. Alex. Millar, K. C., Harvey J. a L.L.B., Barristers, Notaries, été. upstairs Economical Block, King West, Kitchener. PP Notary, Conveyancer, ote., 13 St. East, Kitchener. _ Phone 1 (Successor to Conrad Bitzer,) Barrister, Solicitor, NM L etc. Money to loan. German Officeâ€" Pequegnat Block, next‘ Market, Frederick St., Kitchene®!% D. §. BOWLBY, B.A., L.I..l.é Barrister, Solicitor, Notary PuBl and Conveyancer. _ Office llo'cl‘ Bamk Building. _ Telephone NQL# Kitchener, Ont. Lt Graduate Chicago College of T tal Surgeons and Royal Collegt Dental Surgeons of Toronto. _ Doi Office in new Molsons Bank Build! Watérloo. â€" Dentistry practiced 4t its branches Dentist, L.D.S., Royall College tal Surgeons, D.D.S., Torpnto U: sity. All branches of dentistry tised. Office over Lang BroS. f Kitchener, Ont. _ * THE EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATfI OF WATERLOO COUNTY. FREE LABOR BUREAU 59 King St. West, Kitchener, We have vacancies for men and men in all lines of work. If you out of employment communicate 1 us at once. _ No charge for regif tion or services rendered. |.__â€" «_ What you learned about store of ings last week may be ‘of Sman pr tical value to you today. :For ev day brings new retafiing condition ©â€"me of them adverse, others . fai able, to the "ultimate consumr." know today‘s store offerings, fé#d day‘s advertisements. ® * Specialtyâ€" King St. East, 4 ‘AaAp(aâ€"*® D. G. McINTOSH, BARRIST Dentist, Waterloo. Office Hours 9 to 12, 1.30 to 5. Closed all day Friday, Telephone 121. t % THE MERCANT! FIRE INSUR COMPANY * Dentist. uk 36 Oddfellows Block,‘ Waterlo0; Head Office, Wateriod® DR. S. ECKEL, L.D.S. D.D,8. > _Grand Theatre, Kitchener _ Phone 344. Residence 1020w, 104 Weber Chambers, CHIROPRACTORâ€" A. HOLM, D. C.._ CLEMENT & CLEMENY . » DR. CLAYTON W. WELLS > All policies guaranteed the Lancashire llfll”% pavy with Aeetl of $20,638, 465.00. . M Subscribed Capital ...$250,000 Deposit with the Domin« _ ; Alfred Wright, Secrotary C. aA. BOEHM, DIST. AGT. Waterlow, Ont. Phota d Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat. ton Government ...$156,898. JAMES C. HAIGHT SCELLEN & WEIR A. L. BITZER, B. A. Business Cards, DR. F. G. HUGHES, INCORPORATED 1878 MILLAR & SIMS J. A. HILLIARD, "D. J. E. HETT Cards _‘ Medical. Dental. Kitc H () D 0 U M 0