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The Clinton New Era, 1896-03-13, Page 3it ` f'N TON N 11; Ver i+ f Keen, who is the author Of "-Faith pa- ners," relates the following Story --A lady once came to me, who ,was a cps°. vetted woman, and a gond worker in the church, and said, I don't love to read. the Bible. I have no tenon for it. find that I prefer other books and pa- pers." She was grieving over it. Dr Seen replied that there was something wrong, that she needed the baptism of the Holy Spirit to unseal the book and to shine on its pages, so that she would be led to exclaim, "How I love thy law." Two mouths later she met Dr Keen again, exclaiming "The Bible is a changed book to me now. Such a Precious bo9l?;, I only -wish I had more hours to pour over its pages." He asked her pow it carne about. She said, ('I went down on my knees one day, and asked God to give me a heart to love his word, and there came to me a fulness of joy, and a love of the word such as I never had before, add it has been a delight to read it ever since, and study it." There is no place like down before God in the study of the word. May the Holy Spirit make the grand old book ever more and more interest- ing to them, and under its influence in teaching may they be fitted for God's work here, and for nobler service in the better land. Eir'S 111 . WiTII $Elms IRON and WINE. ISIEN AND WONDERFUL BLOOD 9 PDRtP ER AND NERVE TONIC. Contains no Injurious Drugs! Every ingredient le a Health Cernifie and Perananent Relief is guaranteed u oases of Incc- etipaticr nysrsiieta, Nervousness, All Weaknesses, Blood and Skin Lemue,, it its beeed on Glyoer}ie instead of Alcohol. Tc: F. dui loft; Clear Ulu anti Bri,ht Cosiplexion and li leeviut{ ea ills T'eouliar to Women itis Tbneurpaeetd. Sold at ALLM1 & Iirug Store, Clinton. Be ecruin to txat "'MANTLE Y'ig,'' Tal No o',Le: POU ' THE EMPTY. SLEEVE While engaged with a commercial hoileo in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, my business frequently called me to many q . the Important cities and towns of the State. During one of my regular visits to a town in the southern parte of the State, which was noted far and wide for the bad character of its saloons and their proprietors, the following incident occurred, . The train was late when I arrived at L--. After a hasty supper I was in- vited,bv,thle Motel proprietor and his wife to accompany them to a temper- ance meeting. The lecturer,hey said, "was stirring un the whole town." The meeting has commenced before we arrived, and I noted torn the croveded'condition of the church, the stirring songs, and the uointed re- mark8 of the speaker that a deep in- terest was prevailing in the temper- ed -On mo remenb in this community. When the eneaker concluded his ad- dresS,'h.ir inOitation was extended to a pf tRose who desired not only to siggli tlie'pledge, but also a petition to thq gguneil to suppress by a local op- tion ordinance, all of the saloons of the plate. Quite a number went for- ward and signed both papers, among wfiiliiai were a few of the most int.em- pera„e people of the town. Just previous to the closing of the meeting there arose in the central aisle, a tall, dignified gentleman, ele- gant in appearance, with a pleasing, cultured face, who walked slowly to the speaker's desk, and asked permis- sion of the chairman to occupy re -few minutes before closing. His request was cheerfully granted. He said: "I did not come here to night to speak; only to listen. But as I always take a deep iuterest in the temperance work, I could not be quiet until I added a few words to encour- age some of those who signed the pledge to -night. My personal experi- ence may help some one to he firm, and' sustain them in their efforts to reform.' "I was born in the town of W—, and received a careful college education. My father started me in business, which proved a success from the start. I gathered around me many warm friends. I married a cultured and re- fined young lady of a neighboring town, whose parents were highly re- spected. We had two children, a son and a daughter. I was popular, and presided at nearly all of the social and political meetings of the place, and on my way home I was frequently induc- ed to partake a glass of wine or beer. The habit became fixed, and I found that much of my time was taken up at the club and social meetings, and that my hours for going home were late. My wife spoke kindly to me about drinking. I replied, "Never fear, I will never become a -drunkard." But as time went on I became more and more a slave to drink, until my friende kindly admonished me. I then noticed that my business was being neglected. It was not long before a receiver was appointed to wind up my biisine —8 affairs. My store, and good, beautiful home, all went to liquidate my debts; and I was obliged to move into a very poor house on the side street. Now, nearly all my former friends deserted me and 1 could se- cure no work, for' I could not be trusted. At this point I lost my pride and went about the town and through the streets half drunk, slovenly and shab- by, being a coilnplete siade to the drink habit. Then I sold" rill of the few things which we had been able to keep, to procure whiskey and food. When -my cash was all gone I joined a gang of sewer and street workers, and el'loveiled the gravel. Each day my dinner pail went to the saloon, and at night we went there in com- pany, en1l often stayed late, going home hungry, tired and cross, until I made my house almost a bell. One night I had been drinking more tllan usual, and when I arrived at home I was angry. I saw a light through the window but the door was locked. I tried to get in, but could not. I pounded at the door in rage. The only response I could get was from my boy who appealingly said, "Go away, papa: you , won't hurt mamma, will you?" I said, "I .will if thiedoor is lot opened soon." "Groping behind the door, my hand fell upon a hatchet which had been used for cutting kindling wood that day. With this I broke the lower panel of the door. Froin within I saw a small arra extended through the opening, and heard a small voice crying, "Papa, go away." In my anger and desperation 1 caught thatarm, and with one blow of the hatchet 1 cutit off and threw it on the groufid." The frantic screarns of my wife and children brought a number of neigh- bors and also a policeman. After a severe struggle with blood dripping from my face, I was taken to prison. My boy was conveyed to a hospital, and my wife and daughter 'were cared for by loving friends. When morn- ing came I was sober, and then I fully realized what I had done. Oh, what would I have given to have replaced that arm and recall the horrid deed of that night( Court wan in session and 1 was taken before thenudge for trial. I asked no lawyP.,r to t efend me. I told the judge I wife gut tiy. My wife was not to blame and'no sentence was too severe to im o e upon mg I was responsible for the critne which whiskey, beer and the s .loon -keeper assisted me to ar- comp.TiAh. But with the help of a higher power I never drank a drop again. I wart placed in prison and had ample time to reflect. i exclaimed, "Oh what a wretch i have made of myself!" and 1 determined to make a man of myself among my own friends at home. I was released in time through the influence of my friends. I came to my own town, sought for my wife and asked her forgiveness. I once more egmptlenced business.• in a small way, an4liaye succeeded from that daq un - ti tills:" I now have the happiest, pleasantest home in Ame ica. I desire to introduce my son. Fred, will you please' Dome forward. Im- mediately a fine looking young man arose from hie seat and steppeu for- ward to the platform, and as the in- terested eyes of the audience rested up- on the youth, they knew the story to be too true, for at his side bung an empty sleeve. His father places hie hand upon the boy's shoulder, and said, "This is the best boy living;" and h red added, "Mv mother, sister and myself all sav that father is the best man on earth." Looking around I could not see a dry eye in the audience. Then there were hundreds anxious to reach the desk to si-n the papers, and later on every sa.00n in the place was wiped out.— New York Witness. You Dore' HAVE To Swale Ore says the St. Louis Journal of Agriculture in an editorial about No -To -Bao, the fam- ous toba000 habit cure. "We know of many cases cured by No -To -Bao, one, apromi- nent St. Louis arohiteot, smoked and chew- ed for twenty years; two boxes oared him so that even the smell of tebaoco makes him siok." No -To -Bao sold anduaran- teed no ogre no pay. Book •tree, Sterling Remedy Co., 874 St. Paul St., Montreal. Sold by Allen & Wilson. its GENERAL M 1SSION NOTES. A young Englishman, on a steamer returning from India, said publicly at the dinner tattle, "Missions are a hum- bug. I have been in India eight montbs an I haven't seen an Mast India Christian.' A quiet man sitting op- posite said, "May 1 ask why you went to India." The answer was "I went to hunt tigers." The other replied "I am a missionary. I have been in India twelve years, and I have not seen a tiger." The young nInglishman did not know that the Cbr.stians in India are already numbered by tens and hun- dreds of thousands. "Say to the American people," says Li Hung Chang, the great Chinese Prime Minister, and the richest man in the world, "to send over more men for the schools and hospitals, and I hope to be in a position both to aid and protect them." When told that there were already 690 American missionary fes in China, Li Hung said, "More are needed, more are needed." "We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace." —2 Kings 7, 9. "I will go down, but remember that you must hold the ropes."—William Carey. Although a very busy man, Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N.Y., has found time in which to write a great book of over a thousand pages entitled, The People's Com- mon Sense Medical Adviser, in Plain Eng- lish, or Medicine Simplified. Few books printed in the English language have reached so great a sale as has this popular work, over 680,000 copies have been sold at $1.50 eaoh. The profits on this enormous sale having repaid its author for the great amount of labor and money expended oa its production he has now decided to give away, absolutely free, 600,000 copies of this valuable book, the reoipient only being required to mail to the World's Dispen- sary Medical Association, of Buffalo, N.Y., of which company he is president, 81 one - cent' stamps, to cover cost of mailing only and the book will be sent poet -paid. It is a veritable medical library, complete in one volume. It contains 1008 large pages, and over 300 illustrations, some of them in colors. The Free Edition is precisely the same as that sold at $1.60 except only that the books are bound in strong manilla pa- per covers, instead of cloth. It is not often that our readers have an opportunity to obtain a valuable book on suoh geneions terms, and we predict that few will miss availing themselves of the unusual and liberal offer to which we have palled their attention. CONCLUDED TO SING. A former Maine minister, now set- tled in the west, tells a good story of his experience with a choir who had frequent quarrels. "One Sabbath they informed me that they would nos sing a note until Brother--, one of their number, left the choir. I gave out the opening hymn: "'Let those refuse to sing Who never knew our God, Bat children of the Heavenly King Will speak their joys abroad.' "They sang, and i was never again troll pled." When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla. When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla. When she became Miss, she clung to Cestorla. When she had Children, she gave them Castorly JUNIORS AND THEIR BIBLE. PA.PEIi PRESENTED AT THE E.L. OF' O.E. CONVENTION. ' The first featur a of this subject which presents itself is, how shall we interest the children in their Bibles? It is useless for a parent to expect his child to love him, unless he .rrst show some token of love for the child. It is also just as useless to endeavor to interest children in the study of God's word, if the parents, or seniors, or teachers show by their indifference their own lack of interest in it. How often ie it the case that parents will compel the children to read their Bi- bles, yet themselves teach them by never reading it, and 'by their interest in all other literature, that the reading of God's word is a secondary matter. Eut, as parents or teachers or older brothers or sisters, if we let the young- er ones see that we love the book, and that it is our daily meat and drink, there is little danger but that the chil- dren will soon follow the example set before them. How shall we Dromote personal piety among the chilaren by the use of the word r' First, see that each junior is provided with a Bible of his own. One with good priut, in which tie has hie own name written, and can feel free to mark and use as all his own. The bouk should be as good and well bound as you can afford, as this will be a strong inducement to the child to take care of it, and to preserve it, and he will think far more of it. Better far to deny the child some toy or luxury, and show it thus you consider the Bi- ble the best gift you can bestow, and this will cause greater reverence in the child for the Bible. Another method of promoting this personal piety in children, is the re- lating to them of bible stories. None understood the human mind and its cravings so well as our blessed Saviour, and we find he was constantly making use of illustrations, and we are told "The common people heard him glad- ly." And no parent or teacher can succeed with children so well as the one who can relate faithfully yet vividly the stories of the goo; old book; stories of Daniel, the three He- brew children, Moses, Joseph, Paul on his missionary journeys, or of the greatest missionarythe world has heard about, coming as a babe to earth, spending weary years of pain, and nailed to a rugged cross. One day, in the early history of America, a lonely missionary stood telling a large crowd of savages the story of the birth and life of pain of Christ on earth; as he related the story of how he was cruelly used, tears stole down the dark faces, and when he told of how ceuel soldiers drove the nails through hand and feet, the savages grasped their weapons and asked to be led to these murderers of Christ. So will stories from the old Bible lead the children, and if the teacher can judiciously stop when the child is interested deeply, and guide it in the reading of the story, the child is won. Still anothermethod, which may be used to great advantage, is what may called ob'ect lessons. As an instance, on a blackboard may be shown, by means of pictures, the Parable of the Sower, the man sowing'eeed, the way- side, and birds picking up the seed, etc. Such a scene is pictured in the child's mind, and the skilful teacher may draw the lesson so as to impress the Child to bring forth the good fruit. The text, "My cup runneth over," might be shown by a teacher using smaller cups of water and emptying them into a larger, until it runs over, explaining as she did so, God's bless- ings received by children. Flowers of different kinds could be used, or other things, all leading to a deeper interest of the children in the study of God's word. A letter could be read from A friend or a parent to the children, and then a portion of the Bible explained by the teacher, as God's letter sent to them. Parents should be careful in family worship not to wait until the last moment before retiring, when the children are sleepy and tired, and not to read in a monotonous tone, as if they performed an unpleasant task, but read it as you would a letter from your son or daughter away at school. Then talk about it, especially noticing the character or words of Jesus. By this ri.,irse your 2hildren will become inters- 1, and begin to ask questions, whirl „I, - the way for the sowing of prof' '- d in their young hearts. Bibi, - t ,•an only be truly pro- moted a me : ; he guidance of t he Moly Spirit as t he enlightener. Who can 1,stter read a letter than the writ er of it ? Who better shed light on the Iii• hie than the one that inspired it 'r Dr m _ c;),2% Science is " knowing 1i w. The only secret about Scott's Emulsion is years A QUESTION OF BRAINS of science. When male in Modesty about, one's mental acquire- ments is a good thing, but it must have been carried too far in the case of a witty Irishman whom a correspond- ent once met. The Irishnian was at work at a stone quarry, milling up loads of broken rock out of a shaft with a windlass. Tile windlass was exposed to the sun and the labor was very hard, but the )Wan had on his head a straw hat from which the crown had been torn. "Look here," said the visitor to the Irishman, "aren't you afraid the son will injure your brain?" Pat paused in his work and looked steadily and wonderingly at, his questioner. "Brains!" said he. "Me' brains, is it.? An' do ye think that of I had any brains I'd be turnin' this windlass?"—Yonth's Companion. Early last summer Mrs. William Looker notified the two galoon keepers in Stevens- villa MA, riot to sell liquor to het hur- bend batt lab, Loaner procured liquor at the saloons, got drunk, shot. a man, WO% and, nes MVO). , ed. A few days ago ho ar" 1 red •i g' saloon keepers, for danit., ed and got tt,Vgi;diot of WO. large quantit ies and by im- proving methods, an emul- sion must be more perfect than when male in the old- time way with mortar and pestle a fewounces at a time. This i.; why Scott's Emulsion of (nd-liver oil never separates, keeps sweet for years, and why every spoonful is equal to every other soonful. An even product throughout. In other emulsions you aralia le to get an uneven benefit --either an over or under dobe. Get Scott's. Genuine has a ealmon.colored wrapper. 1 CURE FITS! v to bkr Wade:' and how of bodkin. riot rtes io Numora. air. Ititassi ase r',wr OmMM address. It. ?10OTI .Y,C„ 11: W. dash% mkeM, TK.ate. On SAFE SURE, AND PAINLESS. What a world of meaning this statement embodies. Just what you are looking for is it not? Putnam's painless(Jorn Extract- or —the great sure -pop cord ogre —ante in this way. It makes no sore spots; safe, acts speedily and with certainty; sure and mildly, without inflaming the parts; pain- lessly. Do not be imposed upon by imita- tions or substitutes. HE'LL NO' DAE. Recently in a certain auld kirk nut a hundred miles from Perth, Scotland, the choosing of a minister was in full swing. Three candidnteaad been he u, and John Thamson o' the Howe, farrier, elder, and worthy man, had nronouneed them "no cod;" but rumor cad it that the fourth, who was to preach on the following Sabbath, was a young "star," who would fairly eclipse all the others. John was in his place early, and when the preliminary part of the service was over, helped himself liberally to the contents of his snuff mull, and having settled himself comfortably in the corner of his pew, was just dropping off to sleep, when a part of the discourse was reached which required emphasizing, and John was heard to mutter, "He's just a wee, thouchtie lood maybe." Matters again went on smoothly until the "star," having again occasion to emphasize, this time more strongly, brought his hand down on the Bible with a thud, which brought John up in the middle of a long drawn snore. Reaching for his mull, he was heard to remark in an undertone, and with a decided shake of the head, "Na, he'll no' Sae ! He's ower lood 1 ower lood! Wha on earth could sleep an' a din like that gaun on ?" Queen Victoria has 67 livingdesoendanta Not much chance of a candidate for the British throne. How the Kidneys Talk. They have a Language of their own. Kindeys can't talk, but if you don's treat them rightly yon will hear from them. They have a language of their own, and this is how they speak to yon; Yon stoop or strain, ride too far, walktoo much, work too hard and rest too little; then your back aches, and your head aches, and you ache all over. Oh 1 you say, it's because I'm tired qui. Now, this isn't true. It's because your kidneys are tired. They can only do just so much and the lifting, stooping, straining or exciting has retarded their action. The heart has pumped the blood into them faster than they could filter it. The filter is overtaxed and beoomee clogged. They cry forsessistance in the many symp- toms that follow. There is dull headache, baokaohe, pains in various parts of the body, scalding of the urine, high colored urine, puffiness under the eyes, swelling of the legs and all the other conditions that go with kidney dis- orders. Why do the kidneys thus tell yon their troubles in language so plain as to be un- mistakable ? So that you may be warned in time. Will you heed the warnings? If so, you will use Doan'e Kidney Pills. Nothing starts the kidneys working so quickly. Remember "Doan's." It is the original kidney pill, the most reliable kidney pill, and the pill you can place fall confidence in to ogre you. For sale by IT PAYS TO is sure to atterM those Sit cess who make good use of t heir time while attending The Canada BusinessCollege CHATHAM, ONT. Last week showed 'the placing of fl' st n - dents in ehoiee• positions; this week tbre,• Bella Mitchell, placed as second str n gra pher with the Van Anken steam `specialty of Chicago. The first 0 ', ogrnpher. in the same office, Miss Anne Moffatt. I- also a former pupil. .lame., Warren as stnek-keeper and (-Wier as- sistant with 1Vm. t;r:y,t Sons. Chatham. Fred Thont;i-on ehanged from stenographer with Geo. 0. Douglas to atonographer with Messrs ti'il.,on, Itenkln, McKemigh ti, Kerr, Barristers, Chatham. IT PAYS TO ATTEND) A GOOD SCHOOL ('allege re -opens for the new year, Jan. 6th For catalogue of either department uddrees i). MCLACHLAN Cbatham Clinton Planing gill —AND --- DRY KILN! 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Everything you need in the way of Raisins, Currants, 'Peels, Spices, Figs, &c., As low as any, quality considered. We are in a position to sell as cheap se others, and will give as good value in any line of goods we handle as can be got in town. ' OUR TEAS are the best to be had for the money, try them. If you have nob tried "Salads" you should do so, as almost daily we are getting new customers for it. The best 40 Dent COFFEE in town; try that also. ' A shipment of Din- ner and Toilet Sets just in. Call and examine goods and prides. lI oMtJRR�Y & WILTSE, NearPostOil'lce—CENTRAL GROCERY—Telephone 40.- — Not Giving up Business I But continuing with full lines of seasonable goods. New Flannels. and Flannelettes New Cotton and Woollen Blankets New Tweeds, Trouserings, -etc. New Ladies' Underclothing New Readymade Clothing New shirts and Drawers New Dress Goods ROBT. COATS & SON CLINTON HUB GROCERY :: Don't trust to luck, it may assist you, hut more often leaves you in the lurch. 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