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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1915-05-27, Page 7Thursday, May :27th, 191.5 0•••••tu•sssss••s••••••0•mo 0 • 0 • •; LASP CALL • • LOOK AT YOUR LA13EL cn an O- • •e•••••••••••.••••••••000• ,CENTRAL STRATFORD. ONT. Ontario's best Practical Train- ing School. We have thorough courees and experienced instructors in each of our three departments. Commercial, Shorthand, and Telegraphy Our graduates succeeds and you should get our large, free catalogue. Write for it at once D. A. McLachlan, Principal EASIFIItST SHORTENING We have a full impels". of Gunn's Reediest Shortening inp201h pails and 5 lb tins -the very best for making pastry. Also a foll line of Gunn's cgred meats -all' government inspect- ed, Baby Chick Feed 7.o keep your small chickens healthy you Will require some of our special Chicken Feed. Nothing better for young chickens. Maple Syrup Just arrived -a shipment of the best Quebec Maple Syrup -for sale in Si Ib. cans at moderate price. 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John ,Hansford &Son, city passen- ger and Ticket Agents, phone 57 A, 0, Pattison, station agent !ip4q.'17FiggiH'�d"u♦8e R� �ttrr'oul.4 44 rtie • CHARLE§ EDMONDS WALK t♦, -.A >gt 1014 �a�nOtt 07e* r,.�„�16 pyy OTq`600AOO��giOV00' iOopyrirht tats by A. c. -coast d cp.", posed penance - "Don't ask me 'what urges it," she replied in a ebaking voice.. "I shan't accept it in any such (warped and distorted spirit of self-sac- rifice," elf sac- rifice,,, he pursued, still speaking very gently, but none the less earnestly."It is toomuch to expect that you can en-. Certain 'a sentiment toward me that tnywhere near approaches mine -not plow, But I can teach you -girl, I can teach you! I give you as genuine a love as any man can offer a woman. Can't you acknowledge some kindly reeling for me in return?" "Let me go," she' begged in an agi ,staated hisper. "God knows, I antici- grated nothing like thiel". "Is the idea so repugnant to you?" "You are killing me with kindness!" The quivering rise and fall of her hosom betrayed how profoundly' she was disturbed, and the light in ber handsome dark eyes signified a melt- ing mood. Even tli+, bruises on Van Vechten's face could not disguise the ronduess with which he regarded her. "At least you do not deny it. , God!" he broke off in an accession of limitation. "It is intolerable to be at such a tremendous disadvantage at this supreme moment, What a sorry figure of a lover I am! Will you not real the bargain?" I do not understand," she mug- Insured. "Kiss me." Without a second's hesitation, she ent down and pressed_ her lips upon is. His heart leaped up to meet it, hen a chill fell upon him; there was total lack of warmth in the salute. "I see," he said humbly, "that the oolieh notion of . requital is not yet aniehed from your poor head. How seriously you are taking it/ From our viewpoint I must (seem a beast. Jessie, this hour has been the genuine and sincere of my life - wish I could make you believe that. "0 believe yon," she said. "Please me go -I can bear no more." Ile released' her hands, and she re- ed to the door, where she stopped d faced him again. All at once she was traasfiguredn he lovely face was glorified by a shy,; half -timid light, iuexpreseibiy alluring' that wrung a groan from the man a his inability to rush over and Bath her in his arms. • "How am I to find you again 0" he asked anxiously, "I shall not hide from you," she rel plied. "You fly from me," he lamented4 leaving me more wretched than x wee before, although you bave promised to marry me-" "There are conditions, don't forget,' she remincled him. "/ would have imposed them myself; and gladly," he retorted. The dark eyes met hie in a long,; maddening look, while the color rose in her cheeks. "I could learn to love you very easily," she said, and was gone. Fully ten minutes Van Vechten sat Mee, a man in a trance; then rousing abruptly, he called Benicia. "Get me a cigar," he commanded. Barnlcle tried to oppose an abjee- tion. "Mr, Rudolph, your nerves, you. know -Doctor Pottle-" "Damn Doctor Pottle! Fetch me a cigar!„ Berniele fled. Author of "Thb.e Silver Blade," "The Paternoster Ruby," etc. )$* tri CHAPTER VIII. The Coffin -Shaped Box. After Capt. Tom T"hfnney rejoined) Ithe two girls, he was not long in com- prehending that his and their moods" bad become reversed, hi some unac countable way, during the few hours! ref their separation, Where he had been weighted down by no very Press- ing anxiety, and they unmistakably bad been, he was now taciturn under stress of an acute and growing men-. sal perturbation, while his companions arentl pA wore care -free n happy. Y and The change was most noticeable in ;Jessie Willard, for beneath Della's gay humor there still ran an undercurrent of gravity. However, even Jessie remained more pr leas distrait; but that her thoughts w!�ere not unpleasant her glowing coun- Itenance and an unfathomable light in ber eyes attested, As the car drew up at the piasza) where Tom was waiting, Jessie clapped! her hands and cried enthusiastically: "Let's combine breakfast and'lunoh' eon here! We shall have the plate all to ourselves. There is nothing so tires some as being cooped up in a yacht NERVES ' ERE RAD Hands Would Tremble So She Could Nd Hold Paper to Read. When the nerves become .shaky -the whole system seems to become unstrung and a general feeling of collapse_oecurs, es the heart works in sympathy with the nerves, Mrs. Wm, Weaver, Shallow Lake, Out, writes: "I doctored for a year, for my heart and nerves, with three 'different doctors, but they did not seem to know what was the matter with me. Aly so nerves goto bad atlast that I could not hold a paper in my hands to read, the way they trembled, I gave up' doctoring thtnking I could not get better. A. lady living a few doors from me ad- vised me to try a box of Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills, so to please her I did, and I am thankful to -day for doing so, fox I am strong, and doing my own work without help.'+ Milbttm's Heart and Nerve Pills are 50 cents per box, 3 boxes for $1.25; at all druggists or dealers,.ar mailed direct on receipt ofprice by The T. IYIilburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. FEELS LIKE A NEW WOMAN As Lydia E. Pinklrm's Vege. table Compound Dispelled Backache, Headaches and Dizziness. Piqua, Ohio. -"I would be very un- grateful if I failed to give, Lydia E. e,ri t Pinkhtun's Vegeta- ble Compound the praise it deserves, for I have taken it at different times and it always re- lieved me when other medicines failed, and when I hear a woman com- plain T always rec- ommend it. Lastwin- - ter I was attacked with a severe case of organic weakness. I had backache, pains in my hips and over my kidneys, headache, dizziness, lassitude, had no energy, limbs ached and I was always : tired. I was hardly able to do my housework. I had taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound on one other occasion, andit had helped me so I took it again and it has built me up, until now I feel like a new woman. You have ezy hearty consent to use my name and testimonial in any Way and I hope it will benefit suffering women." -Mrs. OkrsA TURNER, 431 S. Wayne St., Piqua, Ohio. Women who are suffering free:hose distressing ills peculiar to the sex should not doubt the ability of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound 'to re- store their health. If you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinieham Med- icine Co., ( confidential) Lynn, 1Tiass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. that doesn't g'o anyynitere: --- — The others agreed; but in spite of the lighthearted chatter of the two; girls, Tom was constantly relapsing into: a state of gloomy, preoconpied-si- lance. On one occasion he detected Della regarding him with a curious look, "Did you see your 'friend?" she he; squired, catching his glance. "He is out of town," Tom answered 'shortly. "1 didn't know but thatY ou had heard some bad news," the girl multi mured; "it seems strange that we can't all be gay at the same time." "If you'll tell me ,where you went to shed your troubles, I'd like to go: myself," said Tom, and wondered why ,Jessie Willard blushed so furiously. He was not to be rallied, however, rind the meal was a long drawn out affair for him. His brain was the battle ground of uonftcting doubts and misgivings that led to a most irritating condition of it resolution on his part. If he had been governed by any policy thus far, it had been' one of passive non-interfer- ence. As master of the Kohinur, his duties began and ended with the obli- gations adherent thereto, and he had neither communicated to Van Vochten the facts that had come to his knowl- edge, nor had'he' informed Max Wil- lard that the police were desirous of finding him. But now it was being forced upon him that such a course, notwithstand- ing Brownlow's and Willard's protesta- tions that everything was fair anni hon- orable, was only a shirking of responsi- bility, and that the time was speedily drawing near: if it had not already arrived :when he; must make an in- itiative move one way or another. His meeting with Flint had been fertile with references that had brought his relegated misgivings and !perplexities to a position where they 'demanded that some disposition be 'made' of them, and the crowning difnr- rulty straightway arose: How was he o do so? " Was Max Willard a fanatic planning some stupendous catastrophe with hie new explosive, and holding; the Kohn Tutt CLINTON NEW ERA SUNDAY SCHOOL Lesson IX.—Second Quarter, For May 30, 1915. THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES. Textof the Lesson, II Sam. vi, 1.19; Ps. xxiv-Memory Versos, Ps. xxiv, 7.10 -Golden Text,. Ps. cxxii, 1--Ccm- mentary Prepared by Rev. D. M. Stearns. David baring been, established as king over all Israel began at once to think of a place for the ark` of the Lord, the symbol of the presence of the Lord in the midst of His people. The last record of the ark VMS when the Philistines returned it in a new' cart with an offering; the men of Beth- sheineslt transgressed by looking into it, and 50,000 perished;; tney were glad to send it on to Kirjath-jearim; where it found a resting place fur many years in the house of Abinedab in the hill (I Sam.vti,1). I thlnk that there is no men- tion of it during the reign of Saul. In our Meson ehapter and fu chapter vii, 2, it is mentioned sixteen times, and in the parallel record in 1 Chrroo, xis, xv and, xvi 'it is mentioned twenty-five times. It always suggests righteous- ness which God requires, but also that righteousness provided in Christ, who Is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. The blood on the mercy seat speaks of the secri• 'Sce on Cnivary, and the cherubim beat. en out of the same piece of gold as the mercy seat tell of the oneness of Christ with His redeemed. The Lord of hosts dwelling be- tween the cherubim (verse 2; I Chron, Mil, 6; I Sam. iv, 4; Ps. lxxx, 1) tells of the mercy of God in Christ and of His provision for communion with us (Ex. xxv, 21, 22), for it is our privi- lege to say "Truly our fellowship is with the Father and scab His Son Jesus Christ" (I John 1, 3). Although David's desire to provide a place for the ark in Jerusalem was com- mendable,. he wan Certainly out of fellowship with abd in the way he took to accomplish it and in his adopt- ing the method of the Philistines, when he really knew better, as we shall' see. David's folly in the matter of a new cart to bear the ark instead of the shoulders of the priests (chapter vii, 3; I Chiron. x111, S; xv, 2, 12-15) brougbt about the death of Vezaii, terror in the heart of David and the ark resting for three months in the hoose of Obed- edom. When the Lord instructs us as to grow He desires His work to be done there is nothing for us to do but obey and avoid all methods but Ills own. One of the most grievous things In so called church work of our day is the worldly methods which seem to have been adopted on all sides instead of prayer and fasting and looking to the Lord alone to carry on His work in His way by Inc Holy Spirit. 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IThe time had come for him' to know;' land he meant to get some sort ores." ,planation out of her, willy-nilly, jnstl.' ries soon as an apportunit,y presented 'tself. • The party returned to the yacht, and' 'there by and by '!Tom began to read that the opportunity to talk to Delia` 'would not occur, in truth, had he been a bit more discerning, in the' pennate envy with which Delia kept Jessie W111 lard close to her, he must have sus, pewter a definite purpose. However, about mid-afternoon the Continued next weak. DON'T NEGLECT YOUR WATCH WATCH is a delicate piece It ' e alts A of machinery.c for less attention than most srtachinery, but must be cleaned and oiled occasignallr to keel„ >Rs! Iles t Yi. t�' •lith proper care a Waltham Watch will keep perfect time dor a lifetime. It will pay you Fire11 to let us clean your; watch *Very r2 or IS monts. Edison 1tecor ids aril Snppsii;s. 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"Fruit-a-tives" tones up, invigo- rates, strengthens, purifies, cleans and gives pure, rich, clean blood that is, in truth, the stream of life. "Bruit-a-tives" is sold by all dealers at 500. a box, 6 for $2.5o trial size 25c. or sent postpaid on receipt of price by Pruit-a-tfves Limited, Ottawa. ,.e tauernacle ztuu inn vittthe pian of the temple (l;x. xxv, 0, 40; 1 Cbron, xxviii, 12, 10), leaving no room for sug- gestions or improvements or modifica- tions of any kind from them, so has iJe as plainly told us Itis plan for subdu- ing this world to Ilimself and making it a new earth wherein dwelled! right- eousness. We are not permitted to be conformed to this present eeil world in any way, nor are we to think of making this world. which Beth in the wick ad dd onG a righteous world, for it cannot beo e do whit e e tht. devils 1 i is god, ruling as he does in politics and in commerce and in social life and also iu much that is celled religious, [See my tract entitled "The Secret of Mis- sionary Interest" L. & Ii;,, box 216, lilarrisbui'g, Pa.] When the ark finally reached its place in the tent that David had pitch ed for it there was great rejoicing be. fore the Lord, and Darla blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts (verses 12-10). Thore is always blessing associated with obedience to the Lord. Chapter vii is one of the most important records in the whole story of David, for it tells of God's un- conditloent covennnt with David con- cerning the everlasting kingdom yet to be set up on the earth, with Israel as its center and au immortal man upon the throne of Dirrld at Jerusalem (vi!l, 12-24). That David knew that the promised son was not Solomon, but the Messiah, is plainly stated in Acts fi, 80, and blessiab risen from the dead, an immortal man, for no mortal man could reign forever. The salve person is spoken of in the sumo way in Ise. ix, L', 7, and also lsy (;abrin to luary in Luke i. 32. 23. and the kingdom thus foretold will surely and literally come. That the eliumh Is the kingdom. that the ktugrlom is here now, that It is only a so called spiritual kingdom and withlu us, is wholly without foun- dation in the word of God, The mach misunderstood saying in Luke evil, 21, simnel not be so misunderstood if peo- ple noticed that the words were spoken t0 blaspheming hypocrites.. 'The mar - gine' reacting is the correct one. Da- vid's thougbt at this tinge was to hufld n temple for the Lord, and even Na- than the prophet encouraged him, but the will of the Lord was otherwise (chapter v1), 1-11; compare I Caron. xvii)• The pians for the buildingwere given to David, and be was allowed to make great preparation for it (1 Cln'on. xtviii, 12, 10; xxix, 1-0). Note David's question when be. heard of this won- derful Ring and kingdom (vil, 10; I Cline, evil, 1 i) and compare the ques- tion of the disciples in Mark iv, 41. Ile is the same in all the Bible story, and Ole name is "Wonderful." With - Out Slim we can do nothing, but if as brandies we abide in the Vine Ole will Surely bear fruit throw b ************at******* 11 * 41. * ****************** ENDING a decisive advance on the western frontier, which is expected to do more than any other operation toward ending the war, the attack of the allied fleets on the Dardanelles has occupied' the chief place of ln. terest during the past week. Thal the forcing of the intricate channel will be expensive in life and equip• meat was borne borne to the world last week when it was announced that two British and one French bat- tleohip of the third-class, were blown up by floating mines set adrift by the Turks and Germans just outside the narrows. Slight loss of life was 'sus. tained by the British ships, whose crews were saved, but owing to an 1 explosion, which bappened on the French ship, all but sixty-four of her complement lie thirty-six fathoms deep in the strait. The sinking of these esen of war occurred after they had been bombarding the Turkish forts atclose range, and were return - bag to their base. Other ships were damaged more or less by shells from the forts and the shore. The report of the Admiralty says that the dam- age inflicted on the Turkish forts was not yet known, but unofficial reports say that Ports Chanak and Kilid Bahl were rent by tremendous explosions, and had broken out into flames al several 'places by nigbtfall. The aect- dent to the three warships did not bring about the discontinuance of op- erations against the forts: The strong- holds in the narrows are, apparently„ on the verge of falling. The British cruiser Amethyst sustained a consid. erable amount of casualties as a re• suit of cutting the telegraph cable connecting Kilid Bahr with Chanak. These ship casualties were antici- pated by the Admiralty some time before, and H, M. S. Queen and Im- placable have been sent to reinforce the fleet, The ships destroyed were the Irresistible and Ocean, of the British navy, and the Bouvet of the French navy, Both are ships of third- rate importance, but of value fox these operations, Discussing the operations In Sun- day's bulletin, the Admiralty made the significant remark that "the pow- er of the fleet to dominate the forts by superiority of lire seems to be es• tablished. Various other dangers and difficulties will have to be encounter. td,but b nothing has happened which Justifies the belief that the cost of the .undertaking will exceed what has always been expected and provided for." The siege of Przemysl nears an end. The garrison, despairing of re. lief, and learning that the Austro - German army, which for two months has been seeking to open a way to the beleaguered city, has failed to piece the Russian lines, made an at- tempt to break out. The besiegers, who have recently brought up heavy guns against Przemysl and driven. the Hungarian troops, who :form the garrison, back to their Inner defences, 'were too strong for the Magyars, and took 4,000 prisoners, besides killing and wounding many others, The fall' of Przemysl will release 60,000 troops for service elsewhere, Definite repulse of the Germans from North Poland, throwing back of the Austrians in the Carpathians, 'where their centre was pierced, ne- cessitating a new alignment, and the apparent hegiening.of a new Russian invasion of East Prussia, from the extreme northeastern point 'sum up the achievements of the Russian am mies in the past weelt. It can surely be said that the German and Aus- trian inroads into Poland have gained them no important strategical results sof r a. Since the fall of Neus'e Chapelle he British have been steadily press- ing forward and consolidating the line. Monday's list of casualties, in which so many Canadians dgured, in- cluding Col. Farquhar, commander of the Patrician, shows how expensive in life Is the modern form of trench warfare. The French troops have gained con- siderable advantages in. the Cham- pagne country where heavy losses were inflicted on the Germans. The French now hold north of Perthes a ridge wblcb commands the country above to a considerable distance. In the Vosges the French have driven the Germans out of Hart- manns-Weilerkopft, near the Swiss frontier, and have thus a point from which they can advance at an angle and sweep the Germans out of Alsace. For the general advance Joffre has 3,500,000 fighting men, and about the same number more, who were un- trained at the beginning of the war. 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Pri •. 1C ®, Including three extra rolls of paper) to • • Y • • • • do , els nt on New .43 1'tgeffls For r,~linton 00000.000000000000002000.0 e6®eiisT3®+9aaas„eaaaeav®®0oaa • 4 5, • 9 4F1 PAGFS,,SEVEN are riving suppuen ny nrsran[, From India first comes word of at- tempts of German .agitators - and agents to incite revolts of tribesmen in Persia and to incite the murdering of British officers by the men of na- tive Indian regintente, and next, of seditious actions by Hindus in Bengal and the Punjab, engineered from. the Pacific coast of Forth America, The Government has taken effective meas- ur'ee:to deal with both situations, Gen. Botha reports' a victory at Swakopmund, in German Southwest Africa, where 200 prisoners were taken, ***************r{cits)k** iI '� War Y" ° evie W of the Week ** k*************% *,l r,,i. VENTS are now moving swift- ly in the Great War. During the gin 1 spring of 916 more his- tory will pass :through the newspapers than in the cen- tury past. Three great powers are hammering at the hitherto impreg- nable water -gates of Constantinople, the British are bearing down on the German legions in Flanders, The French are rapidly clearing their way to the Rhine and the Russians are flooding into Rungary. The most significant news of the past week is hard to choose, but from the point of view of history it is probably the official announcement from Petrograd on Sunday that the Russian Black Sea fleet had begun the bombardment of the Bosphorus, the eastern waterway leading to Con- stantinople. Simultaneously with this came word that the attack of the allied fleet on the Narrows of the Dar. danelles had been resumed, A Dour- ier from the Turkish capital says the city is now resigned to its fate and the Porte has issued proclamations to the people telling them of the conn ing of the foreign battleship as it it were all a friendly affair. Great fear of Christian massacres are feared in Turkey In Europe. In the meantime the Germans in Turkey are bending every effort to make the best of a desperate; job. Von der Goltz and Von Sanders are striving to buy the neutrality of the Balkan States, and German naval officers are working night and day to fit the disabled cruis- er Goeben for service, At the same time comes a report from Sebastopol that the cruiser Breslau has been ruined by a mine TherF enc b have not only won Hartmauns-tiPeIlerkopf, a command- ing height to the east of Thann, in the Vosges, for which they and the Germans had been fighting for ser' eral days, but la the midnight report from Paris Sunday night it was stat- ed that they had consolidated their position, The Germans did not yield possession of this dominnating posi- tion on the foothills of the Vosges without a prolonged struggle and ser. Sous loss, The French toots six um wounded officers and 397 unwounded men "besides numerous wounded.' In the Berlin report cif Sunday night it is stated that only artillery dueis took place Sunday on Hartmanns. Weilerkopf. If the french, are able to plant heavy artillery upon the posi- tions they have secured they shoule greatly strengthen their grip of the region and open the tray toward the Rhine, From Thann to the Rhine by the main road, which passes through Cernay and Mulilhausen, is only 22 miles, and most of the distance is downhill, - The importance of these operations caunot be over-estimated The best military authorities believe that it is in this district of Upper. Alsace that Joftre will seek to cross the Rhine in force, and not farther north, where the river becomes wider and the banks more steep. France owes her success to the Al pine tliasseurs, who, beginning then attack last Tuesday in the face of tre• mendous artillery Sre, took line after line of the trenches on the range. The lower positions were carried by Wednesday, but there remained the crest of the huge mass, situated about 3,500 'feet above the valley of the Rhine. Upon the summit was a large body of the famous Fifteenth corp: of the German army, who used much artillery and every device knownin modern warfare to thrust back the chasseurs, including burning liquid sprayed upon the advancing French. From Wednesday till Saturday the struggle continued, untillivally the MI -color floated on the 'topmost point of the range, From Petrograd comes a despatch to The London Daily. Telegraph stet ing that the Austrian army is rapidly wearing away, and that during the past two weeks, apart from the great number taken at Permysl, 3,000 Aus. Miens daily have been captured by the Russian armies operating in the Carpathians and in Bukerwlna, The advancing Muscovites are now web over the summit of tee Bestir' range, the western part of the Carpathians. The retreating Ausitrians set fire• to the village of Zboro, only six tnilee north of Bartfeld, which is the north- eru terminus of the railway to Buda- pest. Froin Bartfeld to the capital of Hungary as the crow Mos is 130 miles, but the region is mountainous for a considerable part of the way They should be in effectlee occupation of Bartfeld within a day or two. In Bulcowina the Austro -German& are putting up a very strong defence. The waters of the Pruth are greed) swollen, and the Russians will not be able to cross and begin the reduction of Czernowitz until the floods sub. side, Affairs fu Poland are quiet. The Germans are still bombarding Osso. wlec north of Warsaw, but without effect, .owing to the sepericrity of the Russian guns. There is no develop. ment at present to cause a diversion, from. the Russian advance into Hun- gary. 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