PRINZE   GEORQET POST"
Saturchiy,-Peceii)ber 19, 1914.
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our     readers
.    .We    wish Christmas.
-.We choose the word "happy" ir preference to the more usual "merry,1 as ^being more consistent with thi beat .wish"' that can" be preferred ill this day; hearing in mind the j^Lmngc arid terrible course i" whi-cii- h'uniai events are all  are cut
- the-vpoyiil'ppf   the^world  wall  pursue
. happiness     in-    its   ..myriad     forms,
'taking out"of,life such peaee of mind,
and .exeieisinK-. s'jvh     privileges   a's
in:   "My   idea    of_ drawn   from   George play -of that,-name.   It  means there— if G.  B."'S. eVer has a meaning—the .'.-•:  .urge-to marriage, thu vast.averwhelin-*   ing   instinct   of." woman .for  wifehpod Happy, and   motherhood "towhich   mere  injy*
the English coastN... aderNrrite.~-'C-   'voport Gennaiwbattleships Sunk
th>"'--Supernla>NLs       I-ondon,- -1 )ecy/l():— The .YorksKiyg'T Bernard   Shaw^^1™'^ N^^r^pprt^thapt^ G
ina-ii^cruisei-j/were suruVi'n .today's _.. the  Brltish^tor-
do  flo£i}ltt<was. daniagedv^A: des- ' Sen^ljojrough-^vhich passed j
than   nature.    I   don't^f/tTMt  to   wad through   the- twelve"thick  volumes  o Nietzsche jw«ttected  wards (lormwifpoint of view. .What -rffeiin  by  Superman' anyway." ' The'" German   Superman,   a.-liy "the- Kaiser's'-   mr>st    ilj^tifi
tp'uci. ' Ilappine'ss, : professors, philosophers,-•generals aiu N<5w and always"-! statesmen, has^no mirh'otation of wives aiid'cliildren-and'uomestic happiness. The ^uperm;fti<ks above all human and hVjmano;.-feelings/" He  has   the  will  to is   po\\>?K but. no^vill to love or'piiy. He
their mental oan;;.-ity and estate will !^l<fspiscs' tears and disdain's laughter, allow, and ..d'eviv ing jfrorii tlie suin ,nf   Ua scorns all'.belief save btMiyfyn him-,  y0lir ija,.fjncl
elf. Ikvhasa big head and no-hrart. He makes war according to his own. •ules—breaks treaties,! sacks towns, ¦ hells churches, ^shp'ots innocent^ by-' landers, and generally indu!ges\in, ''terrible, examples." He is the de.\H| on wheels, but externally he;Voeks very much like the Kaiser. -
^'s censor, sfa^s^that 18 persons ' e1' killc'd at j>carut>rough today by i' Jjombivrdi-rfent of the GernianSvar-1 is. ."^-rT unconfirmed  repfrri  states! t^rbout 100 were wounded.     is,     j! nsurance Practically Suspcnded^Vj London, Dec. lk>.—Insurance-rates atf" loyd's have besvn practically suspend-1- pending definite iitws of the result i : the engagement thought to be tak- ! ;.g phiea in. the. North Sea.,-             i
KAISER'S LATEST .ULTIMATUM
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dedicated to Aside froni/f Christiai><sifc lie'sl-Ke most y*>nr of. the w ed, forward to caVe . niust   be
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other. e\enjoin the  cal-festiv;vh<df   Christmas   is rmyersal**  happini'ss. religious   and itiL'.-tiice   which'   under-' lic;'.u!if-nl• chiy   hi.'"the"-| iVld, Chrislinas.is look-: is tlie one'-day in which Maul   aside   aiid.   good-
(By Van Dc Ttbdd in-the Canadian.   |
Magazine.)
tt, vGcitt-, ' duar " Gott,    attention, bleastf." ,.-¦:   J;   ;.   ¦    ; '      :
 Vilhelm's here '
 ud,has a word or two to st\y    ; liid'o   your   brivjite   ear." 'Ho'durn away all udders now .L'nd'.ljstoi'v.voll to-ine ;•-. .       :.        7* 1'or vat \ say   onccrns me muih       .. |  Ileinself  and  Shermanyr
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
SHORT OF FUNDS
fellowship anu lcin'dncss rule. Even.] "^amongst,- those who sock—perhaps,! sonietimes-- gropiug-ly, for a deeper tho.iig^jt at ("hi-i;tnvis ¦ than theactual hleaninjjvof the wui-ds "P.eace on earth,   guuil^ %\ill   towards   man!"
The worldsis_ rascal, and as we {\'.u\ \xif:. Thb4"ChrJ.:(iiui  spirit"  a .survaval" ,   bf  the  teachings   (si[  lie  whose  birthday   one   thousand, i)iue Jiu'ndred' fourteen years ago we Friday.    Yet   by   some viving   infl'ii«?.nce, .,,down : ages,   Chi-i.tma.s    .has Biblical  comniaiul, »uTti^
 know,   deii'r   Gott,   I   vas   your i' frieiult'-.      .   ;¦             ¦'    .    ¦   .      ¦'.
Und frorn^mein hojr of birth    ' I (juiotly let" you rule'lii Heffeh Vile'I  ruled here, on* earth.   . !Jnd ven I tolclt niein soldiers     »>    j. Of bygone battle days,   -¦—;_...-'   X I gladly-s'plit de glory Lndhalf gave'you of. praise. .         .'. ¦
Prince George Fire Depart me nt  Must Have letter Financial Support
'V '¦ ....   ... -'"in. .every, way  I. tr.ied  to prove
dejiaitm'ent   Mein hCart to you vas true,
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¦   JS'e-. er-in hifftory, howdvej;-, has.th woi'ld  grottnod  under  such  a  load  of sorrow    and    misery    a?   that   whivh I marks ll'.e ;>r.-\ r:.t Eur.6])oau cpbelv.   A' truFeless   hattie d'ver. unburied   clead.]  A   good   fiuid   laid'   to   waste.-   T-ittle. children  homeless, their Christmas i\\  brutal tragedy.  Mothers -mourning for sons a'hi.ongst unnunibered slain, anc) 1  for husbands.  The flower of the'  w.ar   falling  daily   to  swell .jce  to  iiat'onal  honor,  mili-tarisin and\futik\ diplomacy. Jl'ow fu-| tile   to   wish\the-se   peojile" a   "Merry' .Christmas."      \        /^' 'In Canada we. are -'.happily free from
-   the dull horror' of "war scene, and far1 from   the   sight   of:  the   naaimed   and broken  liTcn  who survive-the  battles., . W2* look  fprward  to  the '-'end  of the |
¦^\va'r".jierhaps   sellishly,   but\Caiiada
j sends.jior sons and her ofi"erii)gs to. aid the mJtherSland and alleviate suf^; ,fering on the contment. - .. . \. • If wo could ¦siiread abroad a Iwi.sh j1 throughout the woi-ld, it ^vfnild 'be' that war should cease. Christmas can bring no;. gr.eater hoin/than this. If j the peace-loving peoples.of ,the earth j ¦willxheed the lesson, counting the | cost to its last mite, the world at | large must, profit by the terrible dem j -onstration. That then- have been war? | since history ..unrolled itself in event:-! is b'eside the issue.   Compared to the'
/ exact science of this, modern' butchery j' which  history  will   tevun   '-The  Great:
.  War,".those' wl'frch liave gone before.
arc an '.incidents.   SriuhcU   has .outrun
civilization and. soon the.-world niust;
pause, iii  horror,of the result.    Then
¦let us hope that t-his will see the end !
o,f war-for  an  age-long  time.    That,
somehow diplomacy will triumph oyei-j
.the ambitions of-science, and that the!
. profound   knowledge   applied : to..-.en- i
ginea' -of  destruction   and' death"  will •
be turned to 'fnoj-e useful account  in
the  world.      We "iippe  to. see   some
grc*at' mternationai   tribunal,   hacked
r-up by U massed armament too strong
*~for   any   rebellious   national   unit   to.
. resist,     which     will     a-djimlii-ate     the'j wrongs of na.tions and .ei.fo.ree peace as a conditiai^necessary to the existence 1 of   the.,,human   rate.    Then   we   may wish the world a "Merry Christma.s."
The local volunteer (ire is short -(if funds. The books of .loparttiH'ii.L show a:i Outstanding lia-lility of .^:!i!0 on'^the; (ire hall—and" 'The  fipilce-:
Tiie phtef'E. 13. London, who is the' o\jly 'paid ofl'u-iah eft: the Prince" (.T.eorg.e:-1'iexi)artment, tllis'- nionth, only ani<iunt t-fA>S95.5p.   This simVxi;- <]viite Inadequate", 'and, togetherc,-\vitli-the. ol-V-iig;itions   of   the   fire "department   -i:: lonnection. with it'r-u^pbtlis, shows that •ome   active   w;ork    iVill^   have   to   be to raise funds for the- necessary .(ire   protection.--•e^,dep,artment   is  x*omposed .follow^: "^ ;ph'ief—EKI3. .I^ofrdon. Firemen ---P\Bustin, A. ..'neirup,   Ai' L. Grant,  F. AlNjiuggles, S.  Matthie, \T. .Mcfiona-ldf (i.NH. .Outram: A.-1'. E)   P.  Outei'ni, J.  A.   Mc-Nightingale, K. 51. Winters.
favi?h, 1 Follow
ng are thq dutieX of >the.
meii, a^ laid, out and, agreOXj^ upq ¦    At tiheisound of the aiarni,';h^repair nimediately to the fire haU-anuNrnake ure   that  all   apparatus ' is''ci lo where'ver't-he fire nuiv be.-   ¦
Und only  claimed mein'-honest share-In  great deeds vat ye do. You cduld\not hafa better friendt    j In sky. or landfror sea, Daln kaiser .Vilhelm nuniber two, '^e-Lord of Sliermany.        ..
So-'vat. I sliy, dear Gott, is-d_is, Mat vo should still bef riendts,   -Und you should help.to send my foes i'o   meet deiry bitter  ends.
"if you, dear OJlott, vill dis da me ill  nothing ask again,"   x-LJnd you and I, will bardriers be
"For'evermore, Am'en!                         '•
'!ut listen, Gott;. it must be quick . / Vx>ur help to me you send,; Or fllse 1 haf to stop attack     .. - -   . And oidy blay defend.   _ ,-        % So   four*antl- twenty  hours  I.gif to irialie de Allies run, ^hul  put  me  safe  into fnein  blace— ue^niiddld of de Sun. '    .
"f- youNdp""dis, I'll do my bart: i'll*teir,dc world dot fact, iut itSyoti don't, den I mustv^ink It . is   an>hostile/act.     ", Xieti v'a'r at"'¦once.."I Vill declare,
A lVm-lcU.iift- once . con-sii'iu'h'd is^i^ Donnanent I iru|»(;>sit ton. TnKmialities, o-ood or l)ad, do rfet ap-' |ic;ir until time has passed,-;ind I lie builder gone his \y;iy. If the Imilding does not stand ui) under ri^or-nib woaj'her conditions the mv-iiri^isthe. losor.

. ¦ ,'\Y(\ rontraclcMl  for and     ; hiiilt t}i'e 'firstxframe building in thi.1 Fort George Dis-
.; t r'u-t fmtl wo arc still in the
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Prince Georffe and South .Fort George, B.' C.
 Bhone 26—S. Ft. George1.
Goal Merchants
V\VoJ)oliyef Coal to i'mv purt o
 Three Tbwna for the
$8.00 iil' 2kton' lots $8.50 in 1-tbn lots
,'..-¦....SPEC)0> PKrCI'iS FOR I.^  Stock Always   on   hand^
¦TRY OUR NEW ZEALAND ^BtJTTER GEORGE STREET, ALSO/FRESH EGGS,
FRUIT, VEGETABLES Phone: Prince George 68. V
 South Ft. George 195
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The Pioneer Bakery
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We supply (larl-\:  Priiico   George,  South  Fort Georgie d district .wiili3J\<'(Ld>^Piistry,j^i(r
and
OUR FRENCH AND   RYE^READ   A   SPECIALTY
.Once we supply you you-wUl. beconie ;i constairt
Phone 91.
 FRED TIEMEYER^Pr^prietor.
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inantlrand'-do,. your, duty- ch'eprfully;
. When leaving town for any length ")f time to got someone..to act in" your place if 'possible.    . .              '
The following is a list of the wblls from Which water may be obtained for ire fighting purposes, and this list hould be cut out and hung- up, 6r-memorized, as- upon quick action and ,:tch;nal vigilance the town depends in JmeS\ of< lire   outbreaks:
At rear of E. M. Penny's store.
At rea'tvof Princess Cafe.
At rear of Bon   Ton  Confectionery^:
.ultimatum now, clear Gott,     ¦: To act in obedk-nce to those in com-V's vqiv of many more,      \     ;
"ine'mind is settled up to clean   .„ . .-is whole world off de-floor," •   ; Because you vas mein bardner, Gott,: An 'extra   shance js  giffenr              ¦ \
h>..hr-rk at vonceror else I'll be     ~/\ Jc. F,m'i\ror  of  Heffenr              ^ .1
("nrist mas dinner cooked \\;ith Johnson ...ft Finjalsp/is Fir Wood^is sure to e done brown.    . -:        ' -. ' .
Store.     •'                            . '¦' •
.^At:rear of Merchant's  G#rill. ¦ [ At^K.ea'1" of Ruggles   &   Winters. ¦,
A-t roar of Pennant Book and.Stationery  Store.
At real- pf Arcade Cafe;     '          ~
At roar of Laiiibeft TGl-ticery.
Ill basement of Food's i^torc.
King George Hotel. Hose supply.
The' Post would '-uggest that the ladies, who .so often-successfully carry \>v\t benefit dances and. social affairs for different, w.orthy causes, at .sCTne future-date should 'lend their energ.es to the organization and carrying out if. some, event for- tlie benefit of the Prince George Fire Department. . In ihi,s they\vbuld. perform a very_wor-ihy service, and would receive ' the ihanks of "the; community, together with a hearty stipport/'. ¦•
FOR .JTIRE INSURANCE
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GORDON- BAIN CO^LTD. -
le:.l   Estate^ and   Insui-knce "Agents. ICoriie-V 2nd Avq.- and Gaprge ;^t.
M.' e.'-JflcAULAY AND\CO*i
-     "MKA.T MARKET.   ' \ ' ' alers iii all kinds of.Fresh, MeHts, .ens,. Ducks and Turkeys.    Tv    '
QHici
Geor
;e -Street -'•>.-.-  Prince  George
Gentlemen!
Tliis is-the easiest place to buy. Xmas Gifts for the ladies. /We nave sorae appropriate and nifty.
ArtMilUnery
)\IRS. W. J. MATHESON,
-. '.     pl^rince George,      -, '  SouuKl^ort Georgo.
OUR SLOGAN FOR 1915
PRODUCE SOMETHING!
Th'o true patriot \\\ 1.9 15 Mill.' bo "the citizen who causes '' i\yo blades of grass to ,gl*o"\v where there was only one before:"
\Bon't Talk Blue Ruin; Our Country is Alright!
"Wlion Vou^tieeiJ .hay    and   -oats    or any kind of feed 'Phone " 27«" Priiice George -             'V, V>
EDMONTON HAY &
 CO,, LTD.
I'ROFESSIONAL
z DR.  RICHARDSON,
'i'HV.SIClAN AND SURGEON,
Oftice ¦ and   Residence, ""Dominion', and  Second  Avenue
P. E. WILSON,.
UAitRISTER  AND  SOLICITOR
•    Armstrong and  Ellis  Block,   '. >_'.««>.-      Prince  Georgei
SElS.MOLOGV
The l'oimdei'j of the science of' seis- j mology, -which' treats "of: earthquake's,.' was John Winthrop,' a descendant of,; the   fir.st-governor  of  Massachusetts. Today jnarks .th,e -bi-centunary of the j disfihgtiishedr^ scientist,     as   he  was; born   in   Boston,   I/ecembc-r'H),   1714.! irej.vas graduated from Harvard, and"j.-p!.a ecl;1?v Was".:p'Vofess<.nv of   huuheihatics -and ^Germans ilosophy   at   that rolleg
3 ERMAN CRUISEP.S
BOMBARD ENGLISH     . I
v,   EAfciT GO AST TOWNS!
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i'wo Cruisers Reported Siink.by   Brit-j ish Torpedo Flotilla—"Wliitby, Scar- ! borough   and   HartlepOoF Homb'aTd- f ^MjJ'-'Gerinan Cruisers—18 Dead— Action in .North Sea.                         ,
natural XromiU accomplished
io-il science   and
cau.es  of VrtSk^   elated   in
his-"Lecture-on  Eiii-.thquakes,".1 mark-
Special,!.to  Priit'-o-^'eoi'ge  Post   .. \Loiidon, Dec. 10.—The-official Press Bureau    aVinounces      that.     German j niq.venients of rmppi-tance are taking ¦ ;ltice iii.xthe North Sea;  and-thaf the : t   sht-lting. Scarborough i itl^poo.l.   - A     bulletin   from-. Engluii'd, also,states that two]
"work "in" astron-^'J'1""-"11 crui^ci^ .b«rnil,a«U'd the townj riirs of-matlremjit—1^1^!1—^S'U^borougJi-a'cpoilsythat two s studies as-to thei G.ernian cruisers bombarded that town;
DR. SWENERTON,
-/^PIIYSIGIAN' AND SURGEON,
...Ofllco:  'Prince  George  Drug   Store. Geqrije ~Kt., Near Union Bank.
\ DE. C. EWART, B.A.,      V
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ,
¦  .      -Tt'ort", George,  B.- C. Phone .30    •
DR- R. W. ALWARD, :':'
DENT1ST.
lTotel Russell.    - - -  ^'Prince George-! British   Columbia   .        ;' PHONE 90     - .        ¦- -
Victoria, B. C.   -\    ¦ 1 U'Purnberton Bid, «-.-,rriv..C,.Green,..Mgr.
New Hazellon. B: C.
,   B. C. Adlt-ck, M r
BURDEN & GO.
Prince George Drkg Store
, [ Open Dajr and Night Telephone   Call 64
;'   Graduate   jQhemist    nl-Avaysin attendance.
 are showing afull,  line of
Lpwney's Chocolates
In Bulk, 60c pound.    ¦
Also Fanev- Boxes.
T. M. FLETCHER, Manager. •
CITY GARAGE
SOUTH FOETxGEORGBr Automobiles^pi1 Hire.               '^^torage and. Repairs
: r    A^iKJor Goodyear iiiip^Morgan &" Wright Tires.
Gasoline,'Oils and Acees-sonos.   ..  ''        ¦ -   -.           .   ". .
DRUMMOND & McKAY, Machinist's.  COUTTS,'Proprietor.
 I'honc cS
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H. W. GROSS.
A. C. BUCHEL
Fort George Hardware Co.
SHfiET METAL WORKS,                   --
HOT AIR FURNACES
^Plumbing, St^am.and Hot Water Seating and Ventilating
Phone 12 Prince George, 3rd Ave. East.
So. Ft. George, La Salle & Third
 av.  These townA^o n.lo,. the east  Kl of..England, and\Sc-arborough is
e'd  the begi'iviinjr of  seismology.   lie   a beautiful  seaside  res'Srtt   '! ^ -. headed the iir?t purely scientific**- 6k'    •,• 'Gunfire Awakens Iiartk-pool      : pedition  elver sent out by an_Aiheri-       ilartleuool, England, "DecV.lJi.—Res-
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 Dominion aml.H C. Land Purveyors.  cTy.  of JLand,.^ Townsi.es. T
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i"     CIVIL   ENGINEER, British   Cohnnbiaf* -Land  Surveyor,
can state when,  in  170j.^lt57%Veii.t; to j ident'sjh^re;.w.ere av?akenecl this i^iorn-: Representing Gore- &~ McGregor, Ltd. St.  John's,   Newfoundland, jn  a-ves^i'ing by'heavy gunfire.   A great crowd j IV O. Box  121.                      Phone    '"
sel of Ihe. colonial serviced to make at- once, assembled on ihu beaches to j observations of the transit of-Venus.; !earr. from whence the founds ..came-; Wifithrop won ;world*-\v.ide ."-fecogni- ] Shells from German citii'sprs soon be-j ticui a's a scientist^and he was eler-tod gan. dropping into the city]. It is re-,| tQ_jnepibership in "the Roya'l Society ported here that a flotilla of British1 of Lo'ndon'^ajHJ-,awarded ;i'.decree    bv '.lorpedc
SSbUv Fort  George,  B.  C.
J.^Wv SANDIPORD,
the University "6f Edinburgh:
Casket^  and   all ;Funeral   Supplies ' destroyers .this   morning  en- , nhVay.s -on'hand*    \    .-.
i countered three German cruisers eight; j
Princ« Gtorge. i
 Fort ^George-
Matthie & Handfortti
!-Electricians- and Steamfitters.
We   carry-;' a, s^tock   of Staple Electrical supplies/
Call ami see the NEW NITROGEN LAMP Outs Your Electric Light
 St. SOUTH
Grand Trunk Pacific '"'
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FROM POINTS EDMONTON AND EAST Daily During- December.. 1               Liberal Stop-Overs.
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