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The Wingham Advance, 1916-10-19, Page 2ROUMANIA APPEALS TO AWES TO PREVENT HER EXTERMINATION But Xing Ferdinand fiays in+ Any Event, They Will be Loyal to the Entente, Lonclon cable: The Times pub- lishes an interview, given to its cor- respondent with the Roumanian army by the King of Roumania, in which the =much a.ppeale to the Allies not to permit life Country to suffer the fate of Serlsia, and 'Seigle= "The Roumeniane will nct falter," the king eaid, "in their allegiance to the eause, nor Can he en.eray wean them from their faith in their Al- lies. Yet the Roumanians pray that in spite of their existing exigencies and their owa_huge problems, the .Allies will hot allow the affairs of Rouman- ia, who has staked her all in this con- flict, to pees into the back, of their minds, and to euffer that she may meet the fate of either Belgium or Serbia." King Ferdinand geld that Roumania, had been pitoved to enter the war by mere expediency, but that her decis- ion was based on the biggest princi- ples of nationality. "Agaiust Germany," continued hie majesty, "there was, at the beginning of the war, no hostility, rather, per- haps, friendehip, for economically Ger- many was an aeleet to the dot Cerement • of our industry, and a potent iestru- ment in forwarding the prosperity of our country. But with the progress of the war, Roumania. began to feel the subtle force of enemy intrigue endea- voring in every way to force ue into the struggle against our own real in- terests. "It Roumania has been criticised heretofore, let the world coneider her poeition. A small power, with a Sinall army, surrounded by giants, faced a praetical problem. With a western frontier nearly 700 miles long, which - alone was greater than the Englieh and French fronts combined, and Bul- garian frontiers, elmest undefended and near her capital, stretching for otner huadreds ot mile; to the Gorth, She had to await the time when she could act with reasonable acearance of protepting herself and of ha' ng the support of her &Bea. "A small country in a greet War. which promises to last for at least another year, faces certainty interna sacrifice, and the consumption of her resources. But such is the confidence bf Roumania, in the justice of her cause, and the faith of her allies, that eke has cast her lot with them, in the conviction that her great associ- ates will see that she does not prove to be the third small power destroyed In this great conflict.' October 22, 1916. Lessen IV. Paul's Defense before • Agrippa. -- Acts 26: 1-32. Commentary.—I. Paul's Jewish prin.- ,ciples (es. 1-110 1. Agrippa—This was Herod Agrippa II., the grandson of Herod the Great. He had jurisdiction. of the provinces lying north of Pales- tine and also of Galilee and Pedea, and bore the title of king. He was ap- pointed by the Roman emperor. He was a Jew and sought to secure the favor of' the Jewish population* og his a Festus, the net ly- 'tinge:tile He was at Caesarea atris time as the guest appointed governor of Judea.. ;weld unto Paul—When Festus told Agglpa about Paul, the king expressed a•.de- sire to her him, and this ocension gave the opportunity. Agrippa peesid ed at the meeting, and after Annus had introdueed Paul to Agrippa, /the king gave the apostle the privilege of making his defense. Stretched fnrth the hand—This act indicated thath he was about to speak and that he ire- spectfully asked for the attention: of those present. Answered for himself— Agrippa had heard from Festus, and rerhaps from others also, about Paul, but now Paul was about to give an account of himself, presenting his case from his own point of view. He had no hesitancy about telling Agrippa what the Lord lead done for him and what had come upon him in conee- ettence of his becoming a -Christian, 2-11. The apostle was Mad to have the privilege of speaking before Her- od, tor the king was acquainted with the scriptures, and the beliefs and rractises of the Jews, and he wculd be able to unneretand his arguthent and osition better than one who was a Gentile. Paul was a jew and belonged to the sect of the Pharisees, who were cereal in adherime to Jewish customs. He had been condemned by his people for preaching what they considered a row and strange doctrine, but it was the doetrine of the scriptures, that Christ 'should appear as the Redeemer ef the world; hence Pep' was doing nothing contrary to the word of God. Ile proceeds to relate his experience ae a hater of Christianety and shows that he formerly persecuted the eol- lowers of Jesus. as the Jews were then doing. He was so zealous for Judaient that he gave himself up to searehing out and puelehing all whom he mule find that were believers in Jerres. Patties recital at his mad zeal in per - scouting the sect of Christians- would show his hearers that. he was formerly a most hearty exponent of Judaism. His early prejudices were altogether against the course welch had Ied him Into conflict with the Sewish leaders. Nothing Was further from his purpose in early life than to become a defend - of the people who were later tailed Christian. - IL His conversation (vs. 12-18.) Paul's Statement regarding his early training and hie former attitude to- ward Christianity prepared the Way for the next argument in his defebse. 'While he Was On one of his tours of Permeation, he met 3eaus himself, Ho elm a light from heaven that was brighter tnan the sun at midday, and be and all that were with hint fell to the earth. Ile heard a Veldt speakMg to him personally and eayleg, "Saul, Scut, why persetutest thou mei it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks" (v. 14.) In anewer to hie in- quiry the speaker said, "1 am hem 'whom thou persecutest." Jesus told him what lie should do, and from Ache IS and 22, we learn the detalle of the change that eante over him. ,leturi ex- plained to him why he had appefired Io him. It was that he might become an apostle of the Gentiles. He was to Ceclare to them the gospel and "to turn theta from darkness to light, and — --- i from „the iiewer at Satan unto Gotl." The Lord Jesus had arrested e• fierce heir:se-Cuter a hie 'followers an 'with his cooperation chenged him into a Most earneet, pOwerfiel and tireleee calvocate of the doctrine lie formerly despised. IIL Preaching tue geseel (vs, 19-23.) Paul is now count% to h statement ot the cnarges that stood against him, At his cerivereion be received the yielon a what life Meant to ltim end to the world, and he "Was not dieobedient," but begaa at once to declare the Mos- sialhip of Jeeus and proclaimed a risen Saviour. He preached repent - nee as a condition of salvation. It was for preaceiug the great. end say- ing truths of the .gospel that the Jews Lad raised a storm of opposition bgainst hen,. and were trying to have tem put to death. Paul attributed his preservation to the special are of God. He had made it a practise to preach ta an with whom he came in contact the great truths of Christian- ity, basing all his utterances upon the ecriptures. He preached Christ, his sufferings, his death, and ins resurrec- tion bemuse "the prophets and Mena.' had foretold them. , Ile had met the e hrist and had had a vision of him, c na he became hencetorward a preach- er of his gosoel. Hie vlsion had so changed his outlook that he ewe . nothing to compare with Jesus Christ t eild the salvation he had brought to Jew and Gentile alike. IV, Appeal to Agritma (vs. 2442), 24, Festue said with a loud voice —The procurator of Judea was impressed with Paul's earneetnees, but thought he was talking fooliehness, and de. cided that it was time to stop hen. Therefore with much earnestnese he addressed the prisoner. Much learning cloth make thee inad—trestus had just declared that Paul was beside Mineola and in this sentence states the (muse of what lie thought was insitnity, The apostle had quoted from the seripteres, tbus showing his familiarity with them, and Pestles hastay formed the conclusion that he was beside him- ehif from, too much study. It is not uncommon in modein times for the iworld to accuse Clariettans of being tseside themselves. 25. Words of truth and soberness—Festus was a pagan, end consequently the gospel seemed to Iiiin an idle tale, bet Paul assured him that what he had been saying was true and weighty. 26. The king know. eth of these thingsa-Pani skin:1111S turned to Agrippa for confirmation of what he had said, for he, beingea Jew, wculd be acquainted with the scrip- tures and would know about the cone ing of Christ aria the spread of the goepel. 'Plus thing was not done in a coriter—Of the truth of this we can be eure from the excitement caused both in the religious and eolitical eerid by the work of Jesus during his Of; by the efforts put forth to stop teaching, which radminated in a trial in which both Jewish and Roman rungistrates were consulted, a.nct by the exclamation of the Pharisees (John l2: 10), "The world ietgoae after him," end the declaration (Acts 77: '6), "These that have turned the werld upside down."—Cam. Bib. 27. Be- Revest thou the prophets—Herod was a Jew and as such woul.d be supposed to accept the scriptures. Paul hastened to answer the question himself. Herod deEired to stand well with the Jaws, pint this fact would leacl him to believe the prophets, at 'east nominally. Whatever was the nature of Herod's eeliet, it is evident that it did not ::,!:ieCt his practices eo as to make hiln a censistent Jew. 28. Almost thou pereuadest me to be a Christian—Many modern commenta- tors hold that Agrippa Gpoke derisive- ly to Paul of his efforts to make him one of the desifised sett. The language afforde some ground for that conclu- ilea, but what Paul says in the next veree shows that he considered that Agrippa spoke with seriousness. Chry- ecetom and many able and pious veritere since his day hold to the idea that Agrippa was in reality almost persuaded to become a Christian. This view seems to be well founded. 29, I -Would to God, etc.—Paul was Christ's ambaasador before the officials who were listening to him. He was intense- ly in earneet to bare them become Christians, He would desire for them What. the gospel had done for him, only that they should not be prises:tem for the gospel's sake, as he was. SO. The king rose up—The hearing wae over and the time had come for de-* liberation. 31. Nothing worthy of death or of bond—Both Festus and Agrippa were struck by the, sincerity and authority' of the apostle, and were agreed that he was an innocent inan. 82. Might have been set at liberty — There were no juat grounds for hold - :rig Paul as a prisoner. He appealed to Caesar because Festus spoke of re- turning him, to Jerusalem to be tried again there. The apostle chase to ap- pear before Caeear rather than te put Affnecif in the hands of the blood- • thirsty Jews. Having appealed to Cae- ,elir he could not be set free by Weenie. Queetione.—Who was tlie Agrippa Of this leseon? Before whom did Paul speak? What • did he say of Agrippa'a knowledge? What did Paul tay of hie own early life? What change took Place in him? Why did ho 'become a preacher? Why Was he a prisoner? I.low did his address affect Festee? How wail Agrippa affected? What was agrirpa's opinion of Paul? What pre- veated Paul's beteg set at liberty? What evas the wish of the Imo ree ;elating Paul? PRACTICAL stinvnY. . Topien-Paure lifegtory. . I. Defined the way of salVation. II, An object -lessen to sinners. le Defined the way of salvation, Paul exnibited remarkable skill in the adaptation of his defences before the different raters, The btst defence he could make ,in his Interview with Agrippa was an appeal to the know- -redo and conscienceof his country. ,reati, By a system •of gradual ap- proaches the citadel of 'Agrippa's heart was besieged. Directness, gen- tleness, fervor and masterly skill characterized his presentation of the truth. Paul was 11111feet:11Y callet, courteous, conciliatory, quick to see and prompt to seize every favorable opportunity, adapting hinteelf to the different circtunstencee In which he was placed. Ire maintained his ewe cause With COOSUMMata skill, with the boldness of a pure conscience and the energy of an invineible courage. A pure and fervent desire filled his soul that all whom he Could in any way affect might be blessed by the trinoh- ling truth which the risen Saviour had revealed to him. Though Alleak- ing of his own experience Paul WAS all: the while preaching the whole gospel of :salvation. Paul knew that he he.d met with ,Tesus, that he was turned back Min daximeers to light, from Pharleaisra to ChrstianitY, that he re- ceiyed a woritl-wide missions and that he was obedient to the leavouly eniL The heavenly vision marked the de. cisive hour on whioli hi$ tuture de- pended, Obedience or disobedience to that Alston inacle'all the differenee between success ana failure, between veto° and unrest of Wei, between, life and deatie to Peul. The heavenly Liglit brought a revelation of self, et Christ, Of cluty. It Was the illurnina- tion of the Holy Spirit which awak- ened his soul, subdued lite w11, re- newed bis nature and, traneformed his life, hie plans and his hopes. Re- pentence involved the reversal of the old. life, old. charecter, Old prinelplee of aetion. Faith included trust in, Christ's teaceing, in his eXamPlee in hie loving, sympathetic guidance, in all his proviclences, in the worthiness or his service and in his power to save. Pant began at once to parry out els Master's will, to follow hie gniding•hatul and to witness without fear to all. He rendered, prompt at- tention and practieal obedience, If the Jews bad not yielded to. blinding pre- judice, they might have found le that Christian Pharieee tne eouservator 01 all the erseentiabis of Judaism. Paul embraced Christianity as the natural and proper outcome of true Pharisa- lam. The change effected in Paul and the commission he received were manifestly divine. 11, An object leesion to sinners. 'Phe blindness of sin in teeetue looked at the wisdom et God and mistook it for !realness. For Paul to have felt the greatness ot the seems' facts and issuers, end to have supprested them would have been inednese. He was uot abashed by the suditen outbreak of aheetus, nor did he give way to unsuit- able or injudicious re -nutmeat. He replied calmly and nith Menne to the Charge of the Roman governor. He respectfully denied the chnrge and proceeded to describe the cementer of Ids teaching*. He turned appealingly from leestus to Agrippa. Clear, straightforward, manly and consistent was the toner of his addrese. persuasion lay mainly in his personal testimony of the power of grace in hie own soul. He gave his experience as a guide and warning ,x) other,. If Festus and Agrippa had known through what Paul had passed since his journey to Damascus, they would bave better understood ilia acknowl- edgment of God's help. Apparentlyit did not occur to them that the hour spent in hearing Paul would be one linked with • their destiny. Feetue charged Paul with madnesa. Agrippa admitted the persuasiveness of Paul's mariching. To the Gentile the gospel was foolishness, to the apostate Jew it was the voice of God to his slum- bering conscience. As offenders against ieoci, Paul was trying Omni at the bar cf gospel truth. They were exatnples of souls close to the light, yet passing into darkness. Agrippa closed the luterview with a remark intended to be pleasing to the speaker and went his way. He missed the blessing \teeth full persuasion wceild have itrought him. The (nosing words of Paul revealed the triumph of Cod's grace in an irresistible argument giv- ing expression to pathetic affection. T. B. A. EDIAN NEWS S GOOD ran If It Isn't, Press Men Can- not Send It.. The Neutral Correspondents There Are Helpless. • London 'cable: (New York Sun cable). --The Germaa censorship ab- solutely will not permit unbiased war news to be seat from Germany to the United States or any other neutral country. Unprejudiced American cote respondents -find it almcat impoesible to send the whole truth to their newspapere. They eau send only news favorable to Germany. These are the principal statements In. the latest instalment of the report of D. Thomas Curtin, of Boston, print. ed in the Times, on What he found during a considerable stay 172 Ger- inany. Mr. Curtin namee varimis Am- erican correspondents in. Germany, and tells what aort of reports they are senclitig and how they are treat- ed by the derman Government. Atter giving a detailed aceetant of the personality and activities of two correspondents, Karl H. von Wiegs.nd, of the New York World, and William Bayard Hale, of the International News Service, who, he says, are pam- pered •and given every attention by the German °fridge's, Mr. Curtin Imre the Anterican correspondents gefter- ally are made to eut a humiliating iflizgeuriet: although not all of them rea.- "It is notorious," he writes, "than they are spied upon day and night) and sometimes even' ruthlessly snub- bed by the German officials. For in- stance, when the merchant submarine Deutschland returned to Bremen. on Aug, 28, the American correepondenta were invited to Bremen to see the triumphant arrival, after which a 1uX- 11NOro ban.quet lied been provided at the Rathhaus for the aestrabled big- wigs. 'The Amerleans saw the arrival of the Deutechland all right, but were exeluded from the banquet. Instead, they were provided with a etparate dinner atha. neighboring tavern. "Several American correspondente, including hiecers. Conger and Power, Of the Asecciated Pres, and Cyril Browne, of the Neve York Times; are honestly tryirig to practice indepen- dent journalism, but it is a difficult, elMoet ti hepelese, struggle. They are Shackled and eontrolled all the nine, arid cannot gelid the unadorned truth to the United States. "All that they are permitted to re- port ia that pertion of the truth whieh reflecta Germany in the light In which it is useful for Germany to appear. Germany has organized the sending of news to neutrals in the most intrieate fatetion. A certain kind Of new is Weil Out te, .the United Stat ee and a totally different kind to pain, SWitterland, Brazil and China. The motto of the German war preest bureau le 'all the laeWs We think fit to print.' WINCSOft GETS 241ST GATT, Windsor, Oct, 11.--1ol1owing a visit to eity to -day of Col. A. L. Durocher, of Ottawa, eingineersin-ohlet to the MlIItla Department, 1id an nspeetiOn Of 'WM Available, tor the howling et troops, it Was entonneed that Um plan to re- move the 241st Benetton from Witulsor to St. Thome for the Winter tvotild ee definitely abandoned, an that the 10)1. diern Val be permitted to remain here, 11011 PLANS TO AWE WNW, SHARP ,CRISESI Old Dodge of Militarist Na: tions, Says Cecil, War Trade Minister, BRITAIN JUSTIFIED I7-03 and Deutschland Pray- ed Her Course Has Been Correct. London cable; . The operations of the German submarine boat U-53 off the American coast raises no new is- sues, so far as the British, Govern - tient is goneerned, in the opinion of Lord Robert Cecil, Minieter of War Trade, who diecuesed to -day wIth the Associated prees the West develop- irnents in the relations between Great Sritabe and the United States. Lord Robert declared that this form at we.rfare on merchantmen violated in- ternational law, as it was recognized by Great Britain. and the Uenteci etates in the days before the war, Etna was still objectionahle GreatBritain, but no More iso than when it is dotie on this side of the water. Referring to reports of meetings be- tween Sir Richard Crawford, commer- cial attache of the British 'embassy at Washington, with American bankers and business mem, Lord Robert said no departure, in principle had been made -from th,e British blockade rnea- sures, but it could be safely said that the general policy leaned in the di- rection of a modification rather than an exteneion of the- blacklist. The reply .to the American blacklist note was now on the way to Washington, and this answered the American criti- cism of the principles behind the mea- sure. As regards the administration of the blecklist, Lord Hebert said Washington had forwarded very few individual complaints about it. Replying' to the charge that Great Britain is Violating its equal treat- ment provisions of the Anglo-Ameri- can treaty of commerce and neviga- tion of 1815 by granting licenses td Japanese and French exporters. while refusing permits to American shippers for similar goods, Lord Robert Cecil said that such restrictions were in the hands of the Board of Trade, but that he was personally of the opinion that suck treaties lost validity during a state of war. OLD MILITARIST DEVICE'. Continuing, the Minister of War Trade said: "German public opinion appears to be obsessed with the idea that the way to deal with the .Allied blockade is to have a succession of sudden crises with neutrals, which may be .used for !striking diplomatic bargains. These bargains, in the minds of Ger- niany, always takes one form—that Germany is to refrain from violating international law and humanity in re- turn for the abandonment by Great Britain as towards neuttals of the legitimate military and naval meas- ures of the Allies. "In the last few weeks there has been a recrudescence of this idea in Germany, coupled with a good deal of talk of peace and mediation, and the Press of the whole world is now con- jecturing that the appearance of a submarine off the coast of the United States is the first step in a new at- tempt at a bargain of owe kind. It is an ingenious idea, but it does not have the advantage of being ,novel among nations. It hes been the us- ual device resorted to from time to time by Inittarist Governments which have substituted might for right, Na- poleon tried it with his Milan decrees and it failed then, as it will fail now. -The weole of the recent German foreign policy has proceeded on the mule principle. Mao -Chau, Agadir, the mailed fist and ahining armor are examples of the ihternational pro- cedure. In prieate life it is called blackmail. It may be well to say at once in answer to these German ideas of international diplomacy that the sinking of Ships off Nantucket is pre- cisely calculated to prove at once the danger of any concessions by the al- lies, and the injustice of the many American criticisms levelled againet our naval and military meaeuree. DEUTSCHLAND'S CARGO. "Three weeks ago Americans might have argued that the presence of British cruisers in American waters just outside the three-mile limit was, in view of the present stage of the Ivan, merely a petty annoyance. What has happened Is a sufficient cone mentery on that argument. Agaite Americana have suggested that our trading with the enemy regulation and our refusal to allow British goods to go to certain firms in America is also petty and unnecessary. "That sounded reasonable a week before tbe Deutshhland appeared in -an American harbor, but when I tell you that tho Deutschland took on board in America certain vitally necessary me- tals, of Which there is a seriotio short- age in Germany for munition . pur- lieus, and that there is reasme to be- lieve these particular metals were a Pate of the small ,stock mined in al- lied territory, you Will see again how important it le that We should take nrecautictis to pre v eh t Allied property Gentili; into the hands of those who we know will use it, to help our ene- mies. We can only do this by pre- venting British subjects at home trad- ing with firms that Will help the en- emy with supplies obtained from us. "It would be all very well. if we could sit down at any moment and say the war has settled down into eer- fain known thannele, But war teem' does that. 'eVar IS a cohtintied suce mei= of unexpeeted etrokes. Recent evente have shown that even Ameri- can. waters are not outside the area of war. 6 coNcssartnia PERILOUS. "Any coneeolone made by the Al- lies ha regard to their war measures— the abandonment of the defenoive an - =anent of their merehant ships, the withdrawal of their cettieere from cer- tain parte of the high seas, the allow- ing of stocks of inateriale needed by Germany to aecumulitte in the 'Milted iettitee from Brinell territory, Without seine kited of ciestirance that they Witt not reach the enemy, the export of British material to firms known to be Itt Gympathy with our enceulee---all Vim things might at any moment 110- prolong the war, and, even in the ex - slat the German armlet, in the field to w trawl. caw), Jeopardize our suecese. "Dy the enterprises ot the Moewe, the Deutschland 111111 the u•Da 47il4 the continued carefully prepared copy spiracles in the Vast. conducted through territoriee of the United States and by organized outrages ageing American faetories•and Canadian pub- lic works, Germany has gone out of her way to prove there is no point at which. the Allies can safely abandon, in any part of the world, the mea- sures which they are entitled to 'Mite under their nntional Agent and Under the laws of war." • se TEIVIPEST'S D,S,O. 17low British Flier Aided in Zep. wreck. ••••• London cable; (New oYrk Tlmea reible,)—The Daily Ghroniele, deeerib- ing the exploit of Idea. Wulntan Jos. Tempest in 0011.110eti011 with tee de- etruction at Potterhs leer of a Zeppelin pa Oet. 1, for which lie was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. Says: "On the fateful day Tempest riniehed Ida regular duties, weendueg tae even- ing 'with friends at a dinner party, Before tee meal WaS over e cell recto- ect tune and a Sew nlinUtes later lie was back at the aeroorome, He mule a. speedy start with tite Wee of inter- cepting the Zeppelin, which wee re- Pertea as approaching. He was not setisfied until he reaehea a beigle of upward of 10,000 feet. At the end of two hours a searchlight picked out the Zeppelin, and persistently stuck to it, despite its efforts to get beyond teo focus of the beam. Soon other starehlights added to the volume of illumination, and the anti-aireraft guns began to pepper at the airship, In a moment a great skeet of flame swept aloug the Zeppelin, and it began to fail at a speed increasing as the la,w of gravitation came Into play, . "lenmodiately alter the Zeppelin oeught fire Tempest travelled the com- plete length of the airship from, stem to stern, being parallel with it all the time. Then he began to amend, but tho failing' Zeppelin hampered his movements very zoneiderabl,v. Once or twice he narrowly escaped collision with the .flaming mass, and in order to avoid this he was compelled to resort to nose-diving, the work being done under tremendous strain. But Tem- pest fortunately escaped injury of any kind. ,The spot where he landed was miles away from the place wbere he had first taken the atr." Kt —THE— uiet Hour FOR THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE . .1•NT THE RIGHTIDE. Why not expect the best? Why not dread the coming years? And why not welcome the unseen With smiles, instead of tears? To -morrow's sun may shine for you, Its friendships make yen glad; Why not make ready for the joy, And not expect the sad? Why not believe the best? Why be so swift to blame? Why Jet a mist of bitterness Gather around a name? Why should not you be advocate In the cOld.COUrt of men, And plead a brother's, sister's cause, So wak'ning trust again? BOUGHT WITH A PRICE. Behold the Lamle of God, which tak- eth away the sin of tbe world, The blood of the learnt). The precious blood of .Christ, as of a lamb without blem- ish and without spot. Without shedding of blood is no re- mission. The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. By his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter Into the holiest by the bleed of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he 'lath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; let tie draw near with a true heart in full as• suraime of faith. Ye are bought with a price; there- -fore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are Gars. MARKS. Birth marks, trade marks, sacred marks; marks of royalty, dignity, de- gradation, of ownership, scholarship, friendship. The Oriental buys sheep; they go through a narrow paseage in single flle; he holds a mop with tome paint on it; he lots it fall on each that is going under the rod; he merks them for his own. • The deetrbying angel passes over; he keeps a sharp look -out for the marks on the door post. "When I see the blood I will pass over you," Oh! distinguishing grace! The first born ot Eve had a mark. Angel—The Lord thy God and mine commandeth me to set His seal on Cain. Cain—What wouldst thoti? Angel—To mark upon him exemm tion from such as thott hast done. Caln—It burns my brow, but that Is nought to the fire that burns within. But God has His marks ef approval and sanction, He marks His people ene their forehead. The forehead is the mark of a man. Istb other creature beans this smooth -domed arehltrave. Birds leek the forehead altogether, and beasts have heavy frontals, but not the arched dente on which a name may be written. The humblest hu- man brow is far removed from that of the noblest ape; on an itpe'S brow nothing can be 'written, but on the man's le at least this; That Ito is a man, The darkest hour cf the world is that seamed, blighted, blatned front of the imperial being. "How art then Innen from heaven, 0 Lucifer, son of the morning." Let 11136 be careful that We do riot disfigure the betty, foe it Is nutae in the 'Map of God. There was an eld teller in the pagan world; it Ilea been transferred to the Christian Chureh. Metrics and blotters have been guilty et self-tortpre. What do you think of a bracelet on the twin, worn secretly and not Iliseovered till after death. When the wearer Wanted to thastise his soul, he would nip it mid produce fresh wounds for the geed of his spirit. Think it midi over, Arid ask, can the inner man be benefitted by enelt istry? "Who is to be the tomitip; taint? Is he to be in the likenees of the past; GERMAN ASSAULTS ON RUSSIANS FAILED WITH HEAVY LOSSES +Vneray Entered a Trench the pale tlecetie, 11011rieheel in the Me- etueval creed, fleeing this world as Section, but -Were Subse; evil, despising his humanness as quently Expelled, though 11 were opposed to divineaess, scorning the Present and exalting the futuro—as though this piece a eten nity were leas valuable than any other piece of eternity—is he Win this kind of man? That ideal is palming; 0, new Ono is already taking its place; a nete huMan perfection. In whice holiness is constituted as' wboleness, which ae- cepts the world ee good, and this =- Mont as good, and labors to inake the best of both; which takes the whole man into consideration his body for strength and beauty, his mind for widest knowledge, his soul for noblest emotions, That is a pertains Of What Is coming in mart's most Intimate life," Pant says, "I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus," and these marks shall shine like stars for ever. T, Miller, FATS FAMINI MIS GERMANS Food Shortage Serious, but Not Vet Uncomfortable, "Starving Babies" Whine Was All a Lie. London cable: Germany's food situation is dealt 'with at length in yesterday's instalment of D. 'Peonies Uurtin's article in the Times, based on his obServatlons in the war -bound country. Ile says the lack of food is riot yet serious, but very uucomfort- able. •'it is the absence of fats. not the absence of meat. that hurts the peo- ple," the writer continues. ' War bread without butter and acorn 'coffee' uweetened with saccharine form a breakfast that is monotonous, if not infaeu. seating. Cooking without grettee of any kind taxes the cleverest lioiisew"There is one kind of fat in Ger- many the importation of which cannot be stopped. It is olive or cononeeed oil in which the Norwegian sardines aro preserved. These sardines are being stored all over no empire for Ude coming siege, as my American friends be Berlin call It. "Having eaten sardines. I find teem a rather fattening diet, but alter 30 or 40 meals of them one uses the oil for frying and throws away the sardines. Unfortunately the ell imparts the flavor of sardines to anything nooked in it. The stoppage of the sardines and other such imports would mater- ially affect the length of the war," Chocolate and LIOCOft are abundant everywhere, says Mr. Curtin, and Ger- many has immense stores of them. The army and navy on active service are fed abundantly. but the reserves and landsturm men are . on very short rations. Decent meals are alwitys to be obtained on trains at the old prices, but thist is for the benefit of travelling entralS. Wealthy agrioulturcillets ap- parently have plenty. "At one time the Germans tried to stir American sympathy," Pays Mr. Curtin, "by the statement that Ger. man babies were being deprived of milk, but the fact is that no German child has ever suffered fram the block- ade. Fresh milk is to be had every= where for babies. Wines and :glints, even Scotch whiskey. are plentiful, though the latter is neterine out be- cause of the demands of German offi- cer!: and travelling Alnericans." Mr. Curtin mentions as indication of the growing food • stringency •in Germany the juggling with moat and bread tickets. the theft of whitn bas begun. The depots for their distribu- tion have boon broken into and robbed, he says. and friends who wish Lo make giftsnow snake nresente of food or food tickets. The writer says severe privation is coining and that thoughtful neutrals think the kindest way to help to end this war is to watch narrowly the imports of oil. "A certain measure of gaiety Pre: vails in Berlin." Mr. Curtin writes'. "though it is meet organized. The city is brilliantly lighted, in contrast with the darkness of London. Horse racing is steadily maintained for the purpose • of keeping up appearances. and gambling eontinues. An immense amount of money is circulating. and the munitions makers are squandering It on diamonds and pearls. "Everybody is getting thinner, dieugh. I lost ten pounds in the last three months. .te. German cherniet ot mere than Germanreputationtold mo that Germany's three difficulties were 'plopping up those 'wretched Aus- trians," the absence of Chiles.n nitrates and the fat problem, The nitrates ex- tracted Preen the air sereed well this year beettuse of the damp weather, but the absence of imported fertilizer means a steady decrease in -produc- tion. The oil difficulty is inmost in- stmerable. The extraction ()feel' from Bellflowers and poppies pas been unex pectedly successful, but only a thimble- ful eontpared to the demande. of the munitions, makers and.the pecple." 4 . DEUTSCHLAND SOON COMM Amsterdam cable, via London, 10.42 a.m.—According to the Hambur- ger Nathrichten, Captain Paul Koenig, of the German Stibmarine Deutsch- land, replying to a telegram of con- grattnation from hi a native town, on his voyage to the United States and return, said he was Lary, with prepar- ations for a second trip across the ocean, whieh would swift begin. *4* WOMAN OPPICER ON OUNtIOAT Geneva, Oct. st3.—A *woman has been commteeioned by the Government of Wurttelnberg as ceemul ln eotrimand of a WWI gunboat on Lake Constance, which Le employed in guard duty at Fried- richehaven. Where the Zeppelin works are located She has been given the rank and uniform of a lieutenant. • • 4110..... - APOLOGIZE OR RESiON, Itontreal, Oct. 13.—Mayor Martin is- sued a statentent this morning that Cap- tain Dice, who coin/rimmed the pollee in the Laval atudent fracas on October 4, rauat either repot:seize to Aid Dulteau, waxen he told to "mind ilia own busi- nose" 'when the Alderman tried to Win the pollee, or leave the force. Petrograd cable, via London, says: p.m.—German troops took the offen- sive yesterday along the* Share River, in Kuala, mirth of the Pinsk mareliee. The War Office announced to -day that the Germans captured a trench iseetioa, but were aubsequeetly expelled With heavy limes. The statement follows: -rile Gamins last night openea ar- tillery fire on our trenches along the western bank ot the River Sham, in the region of the village ot Goldovits chi, and later delivered an attack which resulted in the temporary cap- ture of a treneli section. The enemy was soon driven out py our ,countee- attdcks, being repelled with heavy losses, "In the region southweet of Bubnov,' our patrol e attacked enemy outposte and put them to flight. Our patrols then occupied a trench of the enemy, in which they fortified themselves. "Iu the region southwest of the vil- lage of Svisteliki, on the River Nara- uvka the southeast ot Lemberg), the enemy attempted, to dislodge our advance guards, but were repelled by our fire. In the region of Seletin, on the River Suchava, in the wooded Carpathians, an enemy aeroplane was brought down by our rifle fire. The machine caught fire as a result of the fall, The aviator and the observer, Who escaped death, were captured. "Over the whole Caucasian front an exchange of fire and scouting opera- tions are taking place. "In Dobradja our position remains unchanged." ‘44N. Wellington Mutual. Fire Ins,Co. Setsblielted 11140, HAW Office, 00701,41N, or. Woke ,talten 011 ai olaseei of luenr. We property 014 the Caeh or Premtltuk note. i1ott14. OM, 01404441. 4040T 04.V4P002,1 -' fflTOHI Vroaiderut Revratarr 4 QCSILNIk Aponte* Wiaphamo Cot.: Dudley Holmes . SARRISTS91, SOLIOITOR, Office; Meyer Stook, WIngham, TORONTO MARKETS. FARMERS' MARKET. Dairy Produce— Butter, cboice dairy - .. $0 31 $0 35 Do., creamery prints ti 33 0 35 Eggs, new -laid, UQZ........0 35 0 40 isoNINTie, Ploo,ultry— Turkeys, lb. .. 0 18 0 20 Do.,„ spring ..............0 23 0 26 . 0 14 0 15 Geese, Spring ...... 0 14 0 10 Ducklings, lb. ,. • 0 12 0 13 SPring chickens, lb. .. .. 0 14 0 15 Dressed Poultry - 0 20 0 23 1)o., Spring .„ 0 25 0 28 °De:es:tell nlgo • •••, •• : : • . .. .... 08 15166 000 11788 Spring chickens, lb. .. 0 17 0 21 Slikizaubist.12er doz. .. .„. 3 50 Pearls, bkt. ...... 0 30 0 55 Appo1%e,s, 2 09 350 Snow app1e, 11 -qt. 0 35 0 50 Crab apples, 11 -qt. bkt. 0 30 0 60 Vegetables— Tomatoes, 11 -qt. bkt. 0 30 0 50 Do., green, per bush .... 0.40 0 50 Beets, per !mall 0 75 0 00 Carrots, per bush .. 0 75 0 00 Turnips, per bush ., 0 50 000 Poenli•osinitsp, per 7b5-uisbh 20 5750 20 7050 Cabbages, per doz. .. 0 60 0 80 Potatoes, per bush _ 1 00 1 10 MEATS—WHOLESALE. Beef, forequarters, cwt. $ 9 00 6111 60 Do., hindquarters .. .. 13 00 14 00 Carcases, choice 11 00 12 00 Do., common .. 10 00 10 50 Veals, common, cwt. ••••• .. 8 50 10 60 Do., medium 11 50 13 50 Do., Prilne 16 00 17 00 Heavy hogs ... 31 50 12 50 1S1huotpt ohn.oghsea-v•y • •• • . • . • 1140 500 1126 0o0V. Abattoir hogs .. 16 00 17 00 Do., light .- ... 14 00 16 00 Lambs, Spring, 1b. 0 17 019 SUGAR MARKETS. WhAesak.rs quote on Canadian refined sugars, Toronto delivery, as follows: Royal Acadia, granulated .. 100 lbs. $7 56 Lantle, granulated .. .. 100 lbs, 7 66 Redpath, granulated .. .. 100 lbs. 7 66 St. Lawrence, granulated .. inc) lbs. 7 66 Dominion. gianulated 100 lbs, 7 61' St. Lawrence, Beaver 100 lbs. 7 56 Lantic, Blue Star ... ... 100 lbs. 7 56 No. 1 yellow ... ..... 100 lbs. 7 26 Dark yellow 100 lbs. 7 06 10 -lb. bags, 15c over granulated bags. 20-1b. hags, 10c over granulated bags. Two and five 'pound cartons, 30c over granulated bags, LIVE STOCK. 2611 cattle, 33 calves, 2,219 hogs, 859 sheep. chEavnegighpirnigeeswas cleaned up at uu- Export cattle; choice .. .. 7 75 8 25 Butcher cattle, choice .. .. 7 25 7 50 do. do. medium6 50 6 90 do. do. common.. .. 5 CO 6 50 Butcher cows, choice 6 25 6 60 do. do. Medi= 50 6 75 do. do. canners .. 50 4 75 do. bulls .. 5 00 015 Feeding steers 6 00 0 75 Stockers, choice .. .. 6 00 0 25 Mdliolierisl,ghcht ole;, 5 25 5 75 each .. 50 00 90 00 Springers ... 50 00 100 CO Sheep, ewes 7 25 3 00 /3ucks and culls ... 3 00 6 50 i.arobs — •. ... 10 50 11 00 Hogs, fed and watered .. 11 00 . Calves • ... 5 00 ' 12 00 • OTHER MARKETS WINNIPEG GRAIN EXCHANGE. Oxpi% e63. High. Low, Close. 1-6514 1 031/2 1 6414 Nov, 1 63% 1 64% 1 63% 1 6314 - Dec, .. xxl 59 1 6014 1 59 1 591/4 May .. 1 62% 1 6214 1 611/4 1 611/4 ts— OcOta, 0 54 0 511/4 0 531/4 0 5331 Dec, 0 521k 0 531/4 0 52%. 0 531/4 May 0 5431 0 5431 0 541/4 0 541/4 • Flax— Oct. ... 2 25 2 26% 2, 25 2 261/2 Nov. . 2 26 2 25 2 24% 2 26 Dec. . 2 21 2 22% 2 21 2 2214 x.—TO ilk' "2:d split. xx—To 1,59 1-8 split. MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN 'MARKET. Minneapolis,— Wheat—December, $1.70 148 NMay, 1 y,$N1.606rt3h-8e r; nc,4it os a s 1h hard, 10 , $1.278; No. 2, do., $1.68 1-8 to $1.78 1-8. Corn— No. 3yellow, 88 to 89c. Oats—No. 3 white, 46 to 45 1-4c. Flour—Unchanged. 13ran---$22.60 to $23.60. DULUTH GRAIN ItAttKET, Duluth.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, $1.77 5-8; No. 1 northern, .31.71 5-8 to $1,70 5-8; No. 6245.o, 51.60 6-8 to $1.70 5-8; December, 61.69 THE otiEEsn MARt�1T8, Listowel,—Ten factories boardoi 1,005 colored arid 480 White at the Listowel Ex- change to -day. Highest bid was 21 1,4e, and soinc sold at this price. Picton.—At the Cheese Board to -day 17 factories boarded' 1,195 boxes, All col- ored; 1,075 sold at 21 3010, 120 at 21 11.46e. Iroquois.—At the regular meeting of the CheeSe Board here to -day 615 col- ored and 30 white were boarded; 21c bid on the board. no sales; bid oil curb, 21 1-2e, to sales. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK, Cattle, receipt e 1,000 . Market eteady. Native beef tattle .. 6 CO 11 10 Western steers .- . ... 15 9 30 Stockers and feeders .... 4 75 7 76 Cows and helferS ...... '3 50 9 30 Calves ,.., 7 26 11 50 Hoge:, receipts 20,000. Market slow, II/e lower, 915 10 00 Mixed -• otr• 411 CON 0. .1 25 10 15 lIeavY 9 20 10 05 Rough ...... .. . . 9 20 9 Xi Pigs . . . 700 000 Dun( of aelee .„.,9 50 ‚4133 Sheep, recelpta ..ee.... elarket etrong. 'Wethere ..• 6 60 renitibe, nath 7 75 10 40 Listowele-A t the DetirYnlell's EXchallge to -day 480 white and 1,006 colored Were boarded. All sold at 21 1-4e; street price the mine, Vaustone SAROWCER AN SOLICITOR. Smog to loon ,at loweat Wee WINONA'S, Arthur J. Irwil3 0.0,S„ L.P.$. Doctor of Dental Surgery 01 the Penn- sylvania. College and IAcentiate of tal Surgery of Ontario. Closed every Wednesday Afternoon, OffiGe In Macdonald Stock. G. H. Ross 0.04., LC., Honor Graduate at the Royal College of Dental .Surgeons of Ontario, Honor Graduate of 'University of Toronto. Faculty of Dentistry. Closed every Wednesday Afternoon. .Office Over H, E. !sant & Co.'s Store W. R. Hamby 11.8e,, C,f4, Special attention paid to diseases ot Woman e•nd Children, having taken postgraduate work in Sur- gery, Bacteriology and Scientific Medicine. Office in the Kerr residence, be- tween the Queen's Hotel and this Baptist Church. Allt business given. careful attention. Phone 64. P, 0, Box 118 Dr. Robt. C. Redmond M.R.C.S. (Eng.) L.R.C.P. (Loud.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. (Dr, Chisholm's old stand). CHIROPRACTIC Chiropractic removes the cause Of practically all diseases, It Taatters not what part of the body is affected, it can 'be reached through the nerve centres in the spinal column, by ad- justment of subluxated vertebrae. Consultation free. DR. 1. A. FOX, D. C. Graduate Oldropractor. Member Druglece physicians, Ai. 810411111011 of Canada. 1DR. R. 1STEWART Graduate of University of Toronto. Faulty of Medicine; Licentiate of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. OFFICE ENTRANCE: SECOND DOOR NORTH OF ZURBRIGG'S FI-101:0'STUDIO, • . . JOSEPEIINE ST, PHONE 29 OSTWPATHIC PHYSICIAN DR. F. A. PARIZER. Osteopathy builds vitality and strength. AdjustInent of the tsPilke and Other tissues is gently secured, there- by removing the predisposing camel of disease. Blood pressure and other examine - tions made. Trusses aelentilically fit- ted. OFFICE OVER CHRISTIE'S STORE. Hours—Tuesdays and Fridays, 0 aim. to 9 p.m.; Wednesday*, 9 to U a.m. Other days by aPpointmetti. -General Hospital (Under Government Inspection). ; Pleuantly situated, beautifully fur - aloha& Open to all regularly licensed physicians. Rates for patients (whkh include board and nursing)—$4.90 ts $15.00 per week, according to location of room. Por further 'information— Address MISS L. MATHEWS, Superintendent, Box 223, Winnham, One I SW. .Town and. Farm properties. Call and see my lIst,anci get my pricee. I have some excellent valUes. J G. STEWART WINGHAM. Phone 184. Office In Town Hail. T. R• Bennett, J. P• LITOTIONEER Dates Arranged at the Advance Office .Pure -Bred Stook Sales a Specialty Sales conducted anywhere In Oiitario, PHONE 81, WINGHAM, ONT, J. W. DODD (Suecessor to 3, Ce. sTnwART) FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT and HEALTH INSURANCE. I P. 0. 130x 366, Phone 198 ONT. John F. Grov( s Menai of MARRIA.GB LICEXSES TowN HALL WINGHAM Fbonek----Offic• 24; Residence 168, 1 WE WANT CREAM • We, went owns, end will pay the Vitesst prices for g000 creme, Why levhiert"yuoru creamtare6eweiadyg allbitttgAgroddisotralitteets hear bone, and In sendleg your ereanl t0 tie will hole t hoine industry, We =relish two tens to each shipper and otty ail express chargee and assure YOU an honest busitlesa. Cheese fee- twornytenriturootuel db savel nwireDllroteomindigi nig tuth Write for furteee partleuters taY „ THE SEAFO3TH CREAMERY tugArti,Rtft ON/A14,10