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Rtarted 2nd . terfff of Singing Bcehool at Hawkesville, but may be â€" only balf a term r\ Mmail Pox is reported at Toronto Junction, Chatham and.a few other &dfih Ontarto. C Priscella Swarts of Mannâ€" _heim and Mr, Woendeli Shants: of Rev. C. R. Miller had a serious fall on the sidewalk in Buffalo. 182 were present at the Singing Bchool at Bean‘s M. H. near Haysâ€" ville on the 20th. Gait and many other placés had high water on the 11th. Rev. R. VonPirch gave an address on the War and the Red Cross. , Guelph will reduce its hotel licen ses from 16 to 14. * Middlings were selling at Preston for $16.00 per ton. Farmers are busy puttifg away Jce. _ . February 1900 â€"25 years ago â€" or now 1925. .. The Weather: Had a number of heavy snow falls almost too much snow for good sleighing at times. It was below zero 6 times, but the Tth time on the 26th beat them all when it was 20 below. & e charity, but as a right} the right of those whose time of industrial usefulness is past. " From earliest times the state has conâ€" cerned itself with the punishment of the inâ€" dividual. Of recent years it is concerning itself more and more with the happiness of the inâ€" dividual. Cities are providing free clinics for the sick, public welfare nurses are doing their kindâ€" ly work in humble homes, provinces are providâ€" ing mothers‘ allowances and are seeking to reâ€" form the prisoners whom they once sought only to condemn and punish. There is a great forâ€" ward movement all along the line. To this forâ€" ward movement the Dominion government, will be making a substantial contriBution when it works out a sgheme of old age pensions for Canada." _ ‘ f "To be penniless is a misfortune. To be old and penniless is a double burden. A system of pensions which will bring some measure of financial relief to the aged poor is long overâ€" due, Such pensions should be regarded not as Commenting on the need of old age penâ€" sions, the Toronto Weekly Star makes the folâ€" lowing timely ‘references to the subject : The announcement was recently made at Ottawa by Premier King that the government is considering the establishment of old age pensions. The desirability of providing for the aged, a considerable number of whom oftenâ€" times find themselves in destitute cireumâ€" stances in the evening of life, is generally reâ€" cognized and the announcement will therefore be a welcome one. > To carry out the improvements outlined would involve the expenditure of a considerable sum of money and in considering the suggesâ€" tions made the members of the council no doubt will have due regard for economy in public expenditures. At the same time some of the proposed improvements appear to have much to commend them, and if, after careful consideration, it is deemed wise to embark on them it would be advisable to evolve some definâ€" ite plan of making the improvements whereby part of them could be undertaken this year and others in succeeding years. In this way the ouflay necessary would be spread over a periddz of years and the expenditures could be taken care of without unduly burdening the ratepay-l ers in any one year. j At the last meeting of the Waterloo Counâ€"| Government House a popular meeting place for m presented ufi:;i:;?nmfz trorimel geth s ot «hi wf Yhe Pro suggested improvements. These included the|* ~~~~~=â€"~â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".â€". ® ‘erection of a comfort station in the town hall,| | _ GET TOGETHER TO DISCUSS . | the redecorating of the interior and the paintâ€"| | : PROBLEMS ] ing of the exterior of the town hall and the fitâ€"|* m t: ting un of offices for theâ€"townâ€"engineer and| _ Ahe recen! together of the representaâ€" "the Board of Health officials, ol Aheâ€"Canadian Manufacturers‘ Associaâ€" The purchase was also suggested of the Peter Deering frame dwelling adjoining the park lake, the building of a roadway along the southern side of the lake, the construction of an overflow as recommended last year and the installation ofâ€"a central heating system in the market building to take care of the heating of the library, town hall, fire hall and market building. ~ _hmmmmm effice not later than Monday noen to insure insor * SVUBSCRIPTION RATES | SUGGESTED TOWN IMPROVEMENTS | Mont!lly Budget of Old News in United Otates, per year ... .... .. 0250 OLD AGE PENSIONS From Peter Shupe‘s Diary RATES Thére are 40 ‘million people in‘ what better thin received for the Britain. | bonds of lagt year. The price of the Vancouver says Canada should Waterloo Trust ‘and Savings Comâ€" send 10,000 men to the war in South pany was fourth on the list and tho The river Thameg rose 18 feet above normal at Chatham, Ont., and great floods are also â€"reported in Britain. \ If all the money in the world was equally divided, each person would get about $30.00 _ In the last halt of 1899 Winnipeg inspected 17,368,410 bus. of wheat. The Turks are planning to kill all the Christians in the interior of Armenia. The papers for February, 1900, say That: Chicago reported 8 below zero on the 2nd which caused 2 deaths and many othérs were badly frozen. . The Graveâ€"Mrs. John Jantz (nee Elizabeth Shupe 88 years; Mr. Conâ€" rad Bristol 97 years; Mr. Andrew Sararas 90 years; Mr. Daniel Furtâ€" ney of Plattsville 93 years. Lehman were married 25 years ago. We were pleased to learn that they were spared to celebrate the Golden anniversary of their wedding on the 9th. Frica. % * [ frst time they bid on local debenâ€" The: Britich fosllix m the. wut. at thres. * The enquiry into the last municipal elecâ€" tion in St. Catharines has disclosed a number of cases of ballot stuffing. The need of care in choosing deputy returning officers is evident as well as recognition generally of the responâ€" sibility attaching to those in charge of polling booths at election time. The city of Kitchener has this year struck its tax rate at 37 mills, the highest in its hisâ€" tory, indicating that if upâ€"toâ€"date facilities are desired in a community it involves the expendâ€" iture of large sums of moneéy. Increased amounts are required for the maintenance of the Collegiate and the K.â€"W. Hospital and to take care of debentures in connection with the new city hall. The money, however, is being expended to maintain necessary and desirable services in the community. Americans now deplore the fact that the too rapid cutting down of their forests has seriously crippled the pulp and paper industry in manyâ€"sections of the country. Canada shouldâ€" profit by her neighbor‘s experience and conâ€" serve her forests. i ; ‘"‘We have learned that there is no inexâ€" haustible source of paper making material unâ€" less we make our forest lands permanently proâ€" ductive. Timber growing is at best a longâ€"time undertaking attended by many hazards; fire destroys, insects attack, disease weakens and storms lay low the forests. Only through the coâ€"operation of public agencies and private interests to secure a maximum of forest protecâ€" tion, together with scientific management and utilization, will we be assured in the future of the wood supplies which through long use have come to be indispensable to our wellâ€"being." 5 Referring to the need of the conservation of our forests an Ameérican Forestry expert stated the other day : The conference promises to bring about a better understanding between the agricultural and manufact_uring interests of the country. â€" all interests. The keynote of the meeting was the growing realization of the interâ€"dependence of C ian interests and the necessity for coping with problemsâ€" created by great disâ€" tances and varieties of industry. At the conference the definite suggestion. was made for the establishment of a Canadian national economic council with a view to evolyvâ€" ing a policy fair to all parts of the country and tion and the Canadian Council of Agriculture in Toronto is paving the way to a, common ground of consideration of the problems affectâ€" ing industry and agriculture. including prominent business men and municiâ€" pal representatives. Speeches stressing things of importance in the life of the province have been made by public men as well as by Lieutenâ€" antâ€"Governor Cockshutt. f ‘The present Lieutenantâ€"Governor has done much to create a feeling of cordiality and good will between the various sections of the provâ€" ince by his unbounded hospitality and has made Government House a popular meeting place for informal gatherings of citizens of the Province. tained at Government House. The lunche wiven have served to bring together citin FOREST CONSERV ATION EDITORIAL NOTES _ There were twenty /tenders for |’rowi of Waterloo debentures from various bond deaiers which were ; considered at the finance meeting of . the Waterloo town council on Thursâ€" _ day evening. The successful tenâ€" _ derer, Dyment, Anderson and Comâ€" | pany‘s price was 99.61 and is some ‘ what ‘better thin received for the | bonds of lagt year. The price of the | A year has 365 days and % nearly _ so. this nearly is accountéd for in . _not having a leap year once in every 400 years. Wherever the century _ cannot be divided by 4 equally there ils no leap year. Thus, 19 cannot be _diyided by 4 equally so we did not { have a leap yearmsince 1896, and ‘none until 1904, or $ years between ~this time. ‘ WATERLOQ SELLS $139,671 BONDS AT NEARLY PAR to give %% day‘s pay to the Patriotic Fufd, which at the end of the month amounted to $131,153.90. the end of the month were 12,834, and Canada‘s 121. The Heintzman Co. say there are 153 pianos of their make in Ottawa. There are about 30,000 men work ing for the C.P.R. and each offers Pills from any desler in medicine, or by mailâ€"at 50 cents a box from The value of Dr. Willlams‘ Pink Pills when the system is run down is shown by the experience of Mrs. William Mitchell, R. R. No 1, Bedâ€" ford, P.E.I, who says:â€""A few months ago I found myself in a badly run down condition. My appeâ€" tite was poor, I was easily tired and did not sleep well. I tried several soâ€"called tonics, but did not get any relief. ‘Then I decided to give Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills a trial and soon found that I had got the right medicine. . Gradually my strength came back, the dull, tired feeling disappeared, and after using the pilly for about a month, 1 could eat heartily and was as strong and sc tive as ever 1 have been. 1 can most cheerfully recommend Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills as an unsurpassed tontc." _ With the passing of winter many people feel wemk, depressed and easily tired. No particular disease, but the system lacks tone. You find yourseif tired, lowâ€"spirited, and ofter unable to get sound sleep at night. All this is the result of inâ€" door confinement of the winter months, and shows that the blood has become thin and watery. New, rich, red blood is what you need to put you right, and there is no other medicine can give you this new blood as surely and as speedily as Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pilis. This new blood goes to ever part of the body and quickly improves. the general health. Digestion is toned up, you have a better appetite, nerves are strengthened and sleep ts sound and| refreshing. Not Sick, But Not Quite Wellâ€" You Need the Help of Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills;: The disease is chactefized ‘by aching pains throughout the body. burning sensations in the eyes, hig h temperatures, pronounced prostration and frequent nose bleedâ€" ing. FEELING TIRED. The outbreak is reported prevaâ€" lent in a number of large cities throughout the country, and all are rousing to stay its course. Cultures taken from afflicted persons ind‘ cate, Dr. Bundenzen says, the pres ence of the familiar influenza ba the cases under observation and cillt;â€"but, because_of the severity of f rapidity â€"with which it develops into the more serious pneumonia, he is} unwilling to classify the disease as a recurrence of the warâ€"time flu. 1 DANGEROUS EPIDEMIC . DEVELOPS AT CHiCaGo Warning that a dangerous epiâ€" demic of an as yet unindentified and highly contagious disease, developâ€" ing into influenza or pneumonia, has claimed 201 victimg in Chicago during the first nine days of this month, was sounded by Hetlth‘ Commissioner Bundenzen last week. There were eighty cases roportod‘ to his office on March 1ith and 23‘ deaths in the 24 hours ending at 9 o‘clock, March 11ith The daily death average for the first nine days in March, according to*Health Departments records, was 22.3, and during January and February it hovered around 13.6 daily. nEOCE! PPOm! nemely 2210,000, plus mean that cancer would be cured, five per cBnt. interest since it was nor that it would be preventable, made. Mr. Jarvis in paying this but that it would be more amenable amount of the fine, states that the to treatment and that its working remainder of the profits in the bond would neither be so rapid nor so transactions went to Andrew Pepall, serious. ® who is now in Los Angeles. Jarvis He bésed his belief, he said, on states he got one and & half per the theory that cancer is caused by cent. of the value of the bonds in an organism, perbaps by a germ, London and Pepall the rest. and on the Wassermann test, Andrew Peppall, whom Jarvis! through which, it is claimed, the claims got the remainder of the, presence of cancer can be detected. profits, is now fighting extradition! pr. Mayo said the Wassermann in Los Angeles. , i test must be confirmed, but that J _i t i!n!ormat!on from Betlin, where the DANGEROUS EPIDEMIC test was announced, indicated it was § DEVELOPS AT cchao! practical. | ty. s a:m would be "under control" Mr. Jarvis claims that $140,000 Within a few years. + repesents what he states was his . By this, Dr. Mayo said, he did not actual profit, namely $116,000, plus mea@n that cancer would be cured, five per cBnt. interest since it was nor that it would be preventable, made. Mr. Jarvis in paying this but that it would be more amenable amount of the fine, states that the to treatment and that its working remainder of the profits in the bond would neither be so rapid nor so transactions went to Andrew Pepall, serious. * who is now in Los Angeles. Jarvis He bésed his belief, he said, on states he got one and & half per the theory that cancer is caused by cent. of the value of the bonds in an organism, perbaps by a germ, London and Pepall the rest. |md on the â€" Wassermann â€" tact anmounced by Tthe Attorneyâ€"General . " Ts mt ag last week that $140,000 of the $600.â€" Dr. Charles H. Mayo, of Rochesâ€" 000 fine imposed had been paid by ter, Minn., one of the country‘s leadâ€" Mr. Jarvis, who is undergoing semâ€" ing surgeons, told the Philadelpbia tence at the jail farm, York Counâ€" Forum last wéek that he believed ty. s cancer would be "under control" EV penlle reuey m emeniianel N >A sim" Bc w zs madlh ce mirntriritn ies Sss ism umumuw:po”:xqpmm‘ death when her home on the east tions agree with the decision of the wa_mm.mmmmmuw.i by fire last week, has leftâ€"a will tation in theâ€"mext election contest uywummwm.m-umopm..m-| said to be warth $75,000, to a friend ‘tariff cdndidate in the field. to be used "in accordance with your ‘The following resolution was best judgment in caring for Gomeâ€" passed at the meeting: less and suffering dogs." "That the ‘said candidate. when conspiring to defraud the province in certain bond transactions. It was JARVIS PAYS $140,000 ‘There has been action on the huge fine imposed on Aemilius Jarvis and IN SPRINGTIME OF $800,000 FINE | the Hall of Fame, for he has just completed a run of 72 annual helpâ€" j ings ofthe famous but heavyâ€" meat puddings, the product of the "Olde ‘Chethlm Cheese." The pudding is served free at the hostelry to all customers <at the apening of the season each year. Mr. Bourn is 92 years old and still healthy. He has been a constant customer at the Cheshire Cheese, he says, since 1851. _ The inaugural ceremony is usually presided over by some noted figure, such as the premier, a cabinet minâ€" ister, or an ambassador, and a place of honor is always reserved for the person who can claim to be~the oldest customer of the inn. Mr. Bourn has received the first helping in this seat of homor for the past 10 years and has had his pudding served by the late .American am bassador, Walter Hines Page; and‘ Ambassadors Davis and_ George Harvey. The famous pudding ls‘ known to contain rump steak, kidAf ney, lark and oysters. ; Minard‘s Liniment Fine for the Hair. FAMOUS EATER NOW . COUNTsS JyuUST 92 YEaARrSs BELIEVES CANCER elected, is pledged to give indepenâ€" dent support to, and join the ‘caucus the leadership of Mr. King or Mr. Francis 3’0u wouldn‘t slam : the door in their faces / f BACH NEW SURSCRIBER ADDS TO THE VALUE or YOUR TELRPHON®R , To Merchants and Salesmen a candidate for Every business has two doors, the street door and the teleâ€" phone door. | Those people who are prevented from visiting your store â€" are you making it easy for them to buy from you by telephone? Many of them would like to. Would a polite, intelligent, cheerful voice answer their rinfi? Would the experience be such a pleasant one that they would wish to repeat it? > We have helped many stores to successfully organize their teleâ€" phone departments for such trade. It would be a pleasure to help you. Sr. III.â€"No. in class, 5: David Nichol, Margaret Marshall, Dorothy â€"Fried,â€"Evanâ€"Holm,. Deltan Sweitzer. Jr. II.â€"No. in class, 6: Gladys Fried, Freddie Stager, Gretta Rohr. George Perrin, Stewart Kaiser. Sr. Iâ€"No. in class 5: Helen Nash. Louis Holm, Isobel Letson, Lornia Fried, Hughie Poll. Total enrolment, 45. M. B. McLeod, teacher. Ir._UIBâ€"No. in â€"class, 4: Ruta Nash, Reta Robr, Ruth Letson, Milâ€" ton Schreiber. Jr. 1 V.â€"No. in class, 6:‘ Roy Swartz, Gladys _ Howes, _ Elmer Knarr, Margaret Schreiber, Chester Rohr, Gladys Bickle. Jr. IIIAâ€"No. in class, 3: Eva Becker, Myrtle Poll, Lillian Schreiâ€" The following is the report of the Roseville School for the month of February. Pupils examined in four subjects. _ Sr. IV.â€"No.> in class, 6~Namcs" appear in order of marks: Evelyi® Bricker, Olive Hussey, Ross Perrin.i, FRANCE WILL PaAY I HOMAGE.TO MEMORY « _ OF FOREIGN DEAD The French Senate last week unanimously adopted a motion inâ€" viting the Goyernment to pay public homage to the memory of volunteers of foreign countries who died for France during the war. Andre Honâ€" norat, former. Minister of Public Instructed, presented the motion. FEBRUARY REPORT oFr ROSEVILLE SCHOOL â€" MWThe ped T ons u: protions ie ~ i to to % assistance in his power. Consult the branch manager of the Bank of Toronto toâ€"day. "BANK#"TORONTO "THIS is the time of year when many To go through with such a progresive po';...l:umin'“yw.mw costs.is usually necessary. * 4 Securing a loan of this kind is a simple: matter for farmers of sound character. 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