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The Wingham Advance, 1919-12-11, Page 2eonimentary.-I. Tbe nature of the promissed eleenialt (1ee, 11:1-5). 1. red -a. &boot. The prophet epealte of the royal hoe of Judah ate been cut off, se a tree is Mt down, and a alma ape/aging forth, irom rota. eeette The tether of David., A bran-' Thie ram to Meet, WIM we to come from DaYld'e anceetry. 2. The Benet.o tha Lord ehell tnest upon tele veree eeven eltarecterlee ace of Ohrlet are meant:meth remind, tug ue e the deecrIption given 1a Rev, 1:14. There are frequent re- ferencee in the ocripturee to the Stern's cenung upon Jeeue (lea, eleet Matt. 3:16;Jelm 1:42). The three Paire of attributes which renew in albs Wane are properly the unfolding of What is included In "the epirlt of the Lore." 2. Make lain of quien uoderetanding ne the fear of the Lord -the teleeelah shall not 9111Y .be righteous and holy Himself, but He obeli delight in these qualities ill mete The Hebrew eepreeelon le that lie breathein the fear of the Lore as fragrance, and le delighted wall it. Not judge after the sight of His ayes -Christ shall have a perfect Insleht into motive. It will not be ewes- eary for Han to see acte er to call witaenees, or Ile knowe both the met - ward act and the intention. Reprove -"De6ide."--41. V. 4. With righteous- ness shall 1 -le judge the poer-One or the Mlle charged against Israel was that -the people oppreseed tee poor. The eleaslah would have a proper care • for the defenceless' and downtrodden. - Neither social position ;tor political standing would turn hem leozn Jude. Jug rlehteously. In lea. 61:14 the work of Christ le set forth. Reprove with edtlity for the meek -"Blessed are the oaeek, for they retail inherit the earth", (Matt, 5: 5) . The Meseta e would take His staud on the prin- ciples or righteousness aga,inet the wielted M behalf of ate Meek or those whetwere, oPPreSeed. Roe of Hie mouth -$1i3 worde would be powerfnl. fie would need only to speak, aid whatever He said would be done. With the breath of Hie lips shall Ile failay the wicked -Hie words would strike terror to the hearts of the wieked. 5. etighteouenese . the girdle 'of Ills girdle, was employed to enoircle the waist and eold all the garmente, close to the body. Girded. loins &lenity • etrength, readiteete and swiftness. All of (theist's , activities were to be • eharaoterieed by righteouenese. eht Messiah's work (Isa. 11.: e-10). G. The waif also shall dwell with the isembeekt, the Verses whien•follow, the 'prephet drew vivid picture of the , Peace ;awl bleeseclnese thee should attead the cantle& of the Messiah under the ' figure of the changed dis- ' DosItien' of aniftels. towardone an- other.- leopard -This animal- Is capable of pursuing:Its prey in places inaccessible to the wolf and is blood- thfrsty, yet it becomes the Itermless coMetintion of the youne goat. Lion , -The lion is not only fierce, but strong. It is able to carry off the feeling. It beeomes gentle and 'beret - less, and submissive even to a ehild. 7. Shalleat strew like the ox -The non will cease to live by the destruction ef other animals and. will become the, companion. of the ox. 8. The gape - An • eaceedingler poisonous serpent. Weahee child -A' babe Is tile of the most helpleee objects, in the animal creationneyet it is perfectly safe telth dangerous reptiles. Coeatrice's den - Tee cockittelie es supposed to be a large and venomous viper. J. Sean not hurt nor destreer-A eoledalon UJte this prevails where Chalet's kingdom fully holds sevey, The ,truth is ern. phasIzed that` !Christ was to bring peace to the earth. Itt all my holy mountain -The prehoetic viesion reach. eft on to a tine when all,the. earth should be niffeeted" br, the power of the gospel. Full of the knowledge oi the LOW -et -The teeth tie elefirly treveal- ed that the gospel is to be cannod. to every land where maa.ee Ounce and is to have its beneficent effect. le.. In feet 'day -The day twhieb the Pro- Phet saw in his vision of the spread» Ing glory ce the Messiah. IIL'Ahgelg announce Chteses birth (Lnke, g.; 8-14), 8. Shepherds abiding, in the field --As ltt the time of David, -the tenting of sheep.wee an emportent induetry, so also in Christ's time it wateetehibetion!becePeteet, and •evett now shepiterds,anti their sheet? are to be seeu. ahnost everywhere. Keeping waechtover their flock by night -It is stile comm'oet :for sheletettes, tetsPentk the night in the fields with their flocks. The people of Palestine live in villages and not in the open come - try as M Amencat. and they often care for their seteeleeen threeffeldetee night teroughotteetne,etear,'nroteeeint them from wilti bitandfeonetroh- hers. In Beceatek.,1•40 -g„4,4st is ,green and the weal: i',.14e4sant in that country, arke° ee elte.son • 'mad ' be no arg t .ageinet thritt'e berth haying-, en pleee in that month. 9. e atteel o.telte Lord -heel& heaven- ly hear -eves Sera Otiail import- ant errand. It was to maks the an- nouncement to the world of Christee birth. Mane times from the ennottnee- xitent of Zaeharlas to the ascension of our Lord angels came to earth me heattenly rnesseggeree, 10. Fear not -Words of encourage,. m ment that have heel' spoken again and • be again to God's people and to those Jo who desire., eo.eeeoine such. "Fear in not" is an exhortation repeated up- lea ward of fifty tittles in the Btble. Good Pr tidings---00olt newe • prodeeing "great Pp QUESTIONEleheltbae Itt tbere etrac- logebout%eel PrIeeeYe Who le meant by the "Benue ? What !flee are aicribed to lam What work did Christ oome to earth to aceom- entitle What to oaid a the power of hie worde? What fur ee are Pelee to denote the effects of ethylene work tvr the worel? How widely is the ledge of tbe gospel te b& epreade To wit.= did the engel unnounce Obrietei birth? PRACTICAL SURVEY. Topic -Conditions of perittanent world Peace. IT. Univereal bleesiuge of lils king, dora. 1. Jus the Prince 'of Peace, The euecesslon Of exalted tttloti aecribed to Christ bY tho prophet clerics with that ot "Prince ot Peace." With the birth • at Chrlet commeneee the manifest ful- filment of ageloug and aneinclueive Pruaines. -To Abrinsain and his L.:m.1 were the pronneee made." The col' client ensues universal blessIng through the "seed, which is Christ." M renewed to Devid, it ts indicated teat fulfilinent Would come thrOugh wing of his line. Among the greet covenaut promises to Israel these stand out dieteactly. In them lies the hope and mission of Israel. Christ le the choeen successor, the kinely prlese, itt whom all nations shall be blessed, tine -after long waiting the the promises aro to be fulffIled. Matthew's geneal- ogy, writteo particularly. for the ,Tews, makes it clear that he is the "Son of David." Clue writer suggests that • throueb. las virgin mother her ances- try is traced to ejedah onethe pee hand, and to Levi pi t the other, Ulna uniting the tangly end Priestly line ot tribal' descent. His is the throue forever, and he shall reign not only Over Israel, but over all men. Ile is not only the "Prince of Peace," but the "Xing of glory," Toward hie ad- vent all history moved, ParticularIY that of the Hebtew nation, before and since, revolves about his centre, In the reconciliation of divine and human interests a line of heavenly, as veil as humau, desetat Is essential. He, Is the "one new man," It is apparent that his biatb. should be "on this, wise." "The hope of Messianic moth- erbood lay deep in the Hebrew eeart." Chest was not only to be the "Son of God" but the "son of man." Be assumed both titles. II. Universe' bleesinge of his eine- done At' the cradle of the kine met the antipodes of humanity. The first to acknowledge and adore were the humble shepherds of the temple floons on the Bethlehem inelsiees, Sewed- ing, were the lengi from afar. Mtt a there Apennine been an enconseiotte prophecy a the universal sway of hint who commencee. his weer in a man. ger and concludes with dominion from "sea to sea," and, the boeving of every knee in heaven and earth? What Prophecy foretold, the gospel fulfills. In the lesson the prophet eoretelle the universally gradous results 5 the reign of 'The Prince tn Peace,' upon weoso shoulder the tee vernment shall rest, "The yoke shall be destroyed because of the eventing," med. he tette us on whor- the anointing shall rest. Jesus commenced his .ministry • by "P- laying to himeelf the .propttecy of Isa..61: 1. The spirit: of destruction shell universally cease under hit beteieete adminiStratiOn,- "The oreeture itself also shell bp eelivered trout the bondage ..of • cstatruption into ,the &tern ous libeety ,of the Children Of God." Only under the 7ieign Ohriet end the universal diffnaoin of righteetei- nese •can 'the reaee of 'the world ee securee dnd maintained. eArinaments cannot, in tee nature of things, seetre the peace for which the werict Only by the acknn oteledgig tef the -sovereignty of Christwill the gov- ernments of the world becente Chris - time• All t•-eher reetrains •ure ,insufff- clout and all other barriers break down. before the muteserainee anti - tions of rulers and the unleased pas- sions of Men. Vet H. C. TIVEAURt Of, 6.9(4) tICA,1:111 Easily Maintained Through' the Use i)f Dr. Williarns' Pink Plitt is net Book or corner le Canada, in the cities, 'the tow, tthe yUIage.niJnc ata °IP litmt4ibr. Dc. ettlillams' Pink Pills have not been ,used, and from one end of the count- ) tete, to the ,oehertthTy have -brought back to lateactewiteners their wives families the splendid treasure et new health. and strength. You have only to ask your ueight bOrs, mut they -can tell you of sera rheumatic or nerve-elietteree man, some suffering. Wann11,* ailing yonth or anaemia niri who ewes present health and -strengthn be Dr. Pink rills, Voir More than 4 fluarter 01. anezetury these Mlle hay* been known not In Canada, but throughout all the world, 41,3 a reliable toele, bloOd-mo,king metileine. The.wohdeetal snows ot Dr. sWil- liants' Pink Pille is due to the te,et. that they go right to the 'root of the elsease in the. bleod, and by -making the vital rift and red strengthen every organ and every nerve, ethus driving out disease and pain, and aking weak, despondent people fent attivet and strong, Mr. W. T. hnson, one of the best known and oet highly esteemed, men In rfe teutity,- N.S., satrsoe.el am, a oVinclahLand. Surveyor, and and ex- scd for the greater part Of the year • joy." Tei all people -The gospel le, 01 for all tettione Se all -age.. Iteee,nee •th first to the Jew, but its bleseinge are" Ili for all tnartkind. /I. UntOteotteteesus heti came as the shepherds' Saviour, AS113 came to all the world. City of David „eh' •--136thlehelYi. • Cliriat--7110 ' atuanted One, the etteeelalt. dtord-the Xing II" ot kinks and Lord of 12. A sign ea -That they were milking a true an- rtee nouneement. Ye fshall find -They Let would recognize the ceild Jesus from fee his clothing and bert position. Swad- et: allug elothes-In the lenet It In the et Pil custom now, as it was in these days, ae to wrap the Infant round and, round no with a long etrip of cloth three" or four uinehes wide, from the neck to the toes, 13. Suddenly -Immediately after the he announcement made by tile angels to sie the shepherds, a Inultitude-Chrlates advent to earth was ot infinite Import- te ante and was 'attended by the preenee of heavenly beings. They came to do be'. honor to Win who took upon him lie human nature that he might redeem and nave hurnanity. Prattling ttod-erehe angels underetood romething of the work that Jesus wen to acconippliee, and pr they prstisere Vied her L414 glinimas yo manifeetationnof igaleitter lone. 14. of Glory to God in the higbett-Honer and prelim are asserlbed tn him who Mtit Kilrbile,14 62#1.14rots, tvhe et A the 'Matinee. ketenal, tra vereenarie Worn travelling through O lorests '7y day and caniplitg out by ght, anti find the only' thing ,that 11 keep me up to the mark is Dr, interns' Pluk Pills, When I leare :*e -for a trip in the woods r an -1)..8 tetestect 111 eavirtg my supply of Is as plrovhdons, and on such oe- stollehl take them regruarly, The suit is 1 ton eleveys fit. I never ke eold, tote can digest all kiwis 0$ 04 such aLl we have to put up with atity cooked in the woods. Having oval the value of Dr. Williams' Pink I, as a tonic and health builder, 1 never without them, and I lose opportunity itt recoininentling em to weak people whom 1 meet," ler. William' Pink Pills should be pt in every hoMe, and their Deco.. nal use wilt keep the blood pure d ward off illness. You cart get tee tells through any trtediclue deal- br by tratil at 60 cente a belt on site Ins for $2.50 trent The Dr. Wil- ms Medicine Co., rirotkville, Ont, FIGURN IT OUT. The Householder --How's thin? our ice le 45 for Moving that table and ur regqw rtte IS $1 for each plate fu t The Van ,leaneereat's ali Meet You the lap of the table got koreeked 44* PS it 4n1 iPtt taado,teur ex- piots.- cIrintrigattn Agthleerald. •110. HATA ANTS N AN Stern Threat in Note Drafted+ JENKINS TRIED By Supreme COUrteil In Regard to Protocol to Peace TO RE-ENTER JAIL 111,1.• .T.•••e, • Treaty TY, S, Consular Agent ftl Palle cable: Ill a note drtteted by the Supreme Council to-clnyt it is de- manded that Germany clan the pro. tocot providing for the carrying out of the peace terms, failing which the settles,. it is set torth, will be oblieed to have recourse to military measures, the =mat gooney is being observ- ed regarding th,e terms of the note, which, was unanimously adopted by the itouneil this morning, but it can ee ;sent that it is worded VI firmly that Conteiree circles expect the %accession with Germany regarding the puting of the treaty into force will be flintily closed. The note recalls that making the treaty effective means the Immeelate release of the German prisoners, It leaves the reply to the German repre- seneetions regarding the claims for the elnking of the German fleet at Settee, Plow to be dealt with In nuttier special note. -,.. The uote closes by directeng Ger. many to sign the armistice protocol, tailing weiele action, the Council de, clares et will be constrained to adopt measures of eoerolon of a inilltarY orde:.". Owing to the importan. ce of the note, Paul Dutatita, the General See- retary of the Peace Conference, will personally hand the uote to Baron von Lersuer, the head of the German mission. 'The text of the reply to be made by the Allied and associated powers, to the lateet communicatioo from Baron Kurt von Lersner, head of the Ger- man peace commiesion, regarding the original Allied demand for the signing of the Protocol putting the peace treaty into effect. submitted te Ger- may on Nov. 1, was unanimously adoptect by the Supreme Council. Pre- .0.110mmostopmemnomot .1.•••••• ,nelesierial,i0loutenceatt preeldee over tho Barite von Leo -merle communications Woe was receivee by Premier Clete- menceau ou Thursday, deelared the" Allies were misinformed regarding their complaint thee 'Germany wee ex- ceedieg by far the limit it military force permitted under, the treaty. Germady, added the German 'dent - Potent -tory, was ready to tileettee the question immediately with the Alltee, tenor:Au:calved that elicit an offer was the best preen that she was not seek- ing to avoid, earrylng out the treaty Tho text of Premier •Clemenceau'e note to von Lerener concerning the exceeeive German armament com- plained 01. whieh was made 'public trolley, shows thee Germany was charged, in addition to the formation tofg:te imperial dereneo troop% with organ :zing the security poline and the ennergeney volunteere» wbieh are de - Axed to be virtually military forces. I." eummoneee Germany to reduce ber tome etrictly to the Hittite of the r tYlitHAT EXCELSIOR HEARS etierie cable Mayas) saye: Germany wili be called upon in a rigorous note, seinen the Supreme Council of the Peace Conference well complete to- day, to yield Immediately to the Al- lied •clemand that the protocol of the VereallIes treaty be signed, accord - leg to the Excelsior, The newepaper ea,1 it has reliable information that Washingtoir has advised Berlin to adopt a. more conciliatory attitude. If ratification is not completed by Dec. 81, Gaye the Echo de Paris, ear- then clauses of the pact will be ren- dered impractleable, and thee Allies will be obliged to submit to Germany a new protocol, which would result In atilt further delay, OLLAND1 UNWELCOME GUEST BECOMING MORE UNPOPULAR Must Pay Taxes Like Or -t dinary Man -People Ob- ject to His Privileges, The Hague able: ,The question of former Emperor ettilliam's perman- ent residence in .Holland was eiscuss- ed ip the Dutch Parliament yesterday, in connection wan the possibility of eoreing.him to pay ineorae tax. An- swering a question on the subject, eonkheer Devries, Minister of Finence, said in effect teat if the former Kais- er :really had been permittee to boy a house at Doorn for e permanent residence, the Government emote un- deubtedly tax him as a resident of Holland. Socialists in Parliament have been agitating this question for some tined. Their antipathy to the residence of thee former Emperor in Holland hes hen ittereased by recent reports le Dutch newspapers, indicating he is permitted now to go about as he tpleases. There Is eonsiderable village gos, sip at Amerongen bemuse the shed, built so the former Kaiser may carry on hie wood sawitig in the cold weathe er, is to be heated with a stove; while there is a great shortage Of coal ih the village. The villagers ask why the exercise cannot keep the fernier Umperor warm? r WIZ DIFFERENCE, Dreame tene-A woman is placed in the world to -day te play a maree ac- conipaniment • Practical One-tBut the trouble is that some mee want a whole orchestra. MEXICO GETS WAR TIME PLANES Has 24 Assembled at One City Alone And German Army Fliers Arriving. •iWashington de -match: Mexico has 24 war -type airplanes mobillzeil at phi- huahna- City alone, and Is obtaining additional plates front Germany, ac- cording to War' Department informa- tion given to the Military Committee to -clay by Brig. -Gen. elitehell, chief of operattons of the Army Air Service. The department also 'Ann Information, Geneetitenell aid that former pilots, In the German army are arriving in' Mexico for service in the army air o cat there. The President to -day Gent to the Senate, in response to a reeolution adopted last Slum, a report from eec- retery of State Laming, that 927 citi- zens, ef countriea other than the Unit- ed Statce had been killed in Melee° nine° the nverthrotv of Porfiro Dian More than one-third of those killed were Chinese. . The reeort eupplemented one re- cently made to the Senate on the number of Americana killee in Mexico. Anussasmax , Mexico is Determined. .1. P.( Wants His Unconditional Liberty. tnexico City de,epatelt: W. 0. Jen- kins, 'United State e Consular Agent itt Pueb:a, wire was released from privet there on Thursday eight, at- tempted to eneure his reimprieonment there yeeterday, aceoreing to special despatches received here late lest night by the Excelsior, au- thorities at Puebla refused to allow the Commler ,Agent to re-enter the prison. Mr. Jenkins' move, accord- ing to the despatch, was erompted by a desire to secure Imconditional liberty. Jenkins being quoted as de- claring that bail was furnished by his friend, J. Slater Hansen, without his knowledge, and that be refesed to amen conditional freedom. Milani° Medina, Under-Secretary ot Foreign Relations, is quoted by the Excelsior as stating that the release of Seekins had removed all cause for friction between the U. S. and Mexico. Advices to El Democrata stated that ;Consul eenkins was set free af- ter the authorities had been handed a cheque for $500, signed by J.. Salter Hansen, drawn on the Guaranty Trust Campany, of New York. It is de- clared. that Mr. 'Hansen conducted all the negotiations for the release. THE RUSSIAN CROWN JEWELS Being Sold for a Song in Constantinople. Soviet Government Officers the Ga4ners. Mations of dollars' worth of diammuls and jewelry stolen from the imperial Palaces and the homes of the nobility of Russia after the revolution teat overthrew the Czar have been smug- gled into Constantinople, and ' are being sold there for ridiculously low prices, according to James X. Whelan, of Now York, who recently retureede from a three months' stay in Turkey. ' It is thought that possible these* wholesale jewel smuggling operations may answer the question so .oeten asked throughout the world, "What has become of the Russian crown jewels?" With the exception .of the jewels of the English royal house, the Russian crown jewels were the, most exteosive and valuable collection in the world. They disappeared with the, overthrow of the Czar, and though runme hail it that they had been smuggled by the Czarina to her birth- place in Hesse-Darmstadt, no trace of them has since been found. A part of the collection was kept a,t the palace of Tsarkoe-Selo, the Imperial reel- denee near Petrogead, and the re- mainder in the Kremlin at Itioseowt tBoth these palaces' were looted byethe lrevolutionazies. The crown jewels in the Kremlin Included the crown ot Michael Fete dorovich, the tiara of Pater the Great, five jeweled sceptres once wielded by • Michael Feodorovich, Czar . Alexis, Peter the Great, George IX. of Georgia and • Stanislaus Augustus of Polerte and the crown which bai been: used by the Romanaffs since 1762 and was originally made for Catherine the t Great. most valuablettewel kept at the Tearkoe-Seto palace was the famous Orloff dieenone of 193 carats, given by Priem Orloff to his imperial rale - tress, Catherine II., to patch a love's' quarrel. It Is one, of the wbrld's largest diamonds, and formed tee eye ''''FISSERISSTIMENVERVEINIZNAIL., .:...Kimmstftrx" Aut,, •,.••• ' • • TWPWt The Canadian enterer% CollallanY and the Grand Trunk ayittern, in con- innetfon with fin!! Illndley-Page Air IAne, Ds now deepaiehing exereee packages from London to Parte, Brunets and Amsterdem by sere. plane, with return iservIes from tbotte points to London. This illustration ......... • .... . ehowe shipments from Paris, destined to Canada, being unloaded from one of flip big machines et Brooklautis. These shipments incluste beelt claws ; model milliaery purchases hy Cana., dian nterrhants in Paths .and flapped from that tashion centre at the latest l Passible moment to cateh the fast eteinuelitpe, se teat sueh Models wet ' be able lo reach the eaten of "le Donitulen ae quickly IA IlittfIttaf models !Path New York. Pletteepger eerviee by seronlane Is tete in oper- alien betweest the sani e points. or an Idol in India wend eetaturlea ago. le • • It Is now believed that tile wonder- ihd diamondand other gems of the krown Jewell; were cut up or the thieve by Ituelan geuuneithe and are being sold in ConistantInople and other forelen cities, it was thought Ouly a few months ago that fragments of these royal jewel', were being smug. gled Into New York. "Dlaanonde front Russia," tiaid Mr. Whelan, "aro being sold in Constar. - Wimple ior $76 a carat. In Other 0011A - Wes the price Of dienionde has retell under an lusittiable demand to 1600 a carat. Beautiful gem of ell kinds, which would he priceless in normal time, are being sold in the Turkish metropolis for a song, I KW a steel. blue four -carat Mamma sole for UK The Mica trede is assuming vast pro» PortIone. There le no attempt matte by the authorities to stop it, and it is whispered that officials of the Soviet Government in Petrograd are profiting by this trade in stolen jewels." RELIEF Al lAsir I want ta help you, if you tete eufferIng from Weeding. itching, blind or pro- truding Piles. 'I can teR you how, in your own home anti without anyooe's Assistance, Yoll cele MeV the beet of all treul meets. PILES "%V I promise to send you it FREE trine ef the new absorption treatraent, and re. fereeces from your own locality if you will but write and ask. I ateure you of 'immediate relief, Send no money, but tell others et Ms offer. Address MRS. M. SUMMERe, SOX 8, Velnesor, Ont. .4 • 4.• TROSX ?ROTES. Simose People Say They Came From Toronto. learrie despatch: The filieg.of elec- tion protests against G, H, Murdoch, for Centre Simeoe, and .1. B. Johnston. M. P. P. for East Siracoe, came as e surprise. It 10 evident that the move originated in Termite, as the papers were filed by it man froni the office of Gordon Stayer, barrister, of Toronto, The grounde in the two cases are practically the same, the teirty-nine type -written clauses cevering briberY, corruption, and various other stook charge% The protests are entered by •J, el Simpson and J. 14 Bent, the de- feated candidates. LocellY, the proteste ere not taken eariously, so far as unseating the mem- bers -elect is concerned: The move is generally regarded as a echerne to keep either of these bentlemen front resigning to make a. lane for Me Dray, or other elittistere. Veal these protests are dispeeed of, the men whose eeets are atteeeed eannot with- drew, and it is possible by lent tea- nicalitles to make the actions drag en for raonths. This etteraet to keep the Premier out of the House is very adversely erlt- lcised 'Jere, DELAY TO ROUMANIA • . • Given a; Final Six Days by Supreme OotrnciL Paris, Cable. -The Supreme Connell has decided to grant a further delay. 61 six days, or until December 8th, ler • ' Roumania, to aoswer its note, eedIngt "Deeiroes of Meontestably manifest.. ing its moderation, mid to evidenee the extreme reeret with whieh It would zee itounaania separated' froth the Al- lies, the Supreme Connell deckled to ateord a further .an las delay of dayd t& Reumania. The extenelon ,wiIlbegin Tuesday, December 2, and exporiehebn ettridtiundeoiyi, D.heocpaeraribteur8atethiiis favor will be fully appreciated at Bucharest by. the nevie Government, whose deals- iea witiodefiettely helicate the politi- cal intentions of Roumania and her respect or disregard for the decisions of the Peace Conference." Malady in Canada Not Beal " African Disease. No Sweeping , Epidemic is Anticipated. , cainpy despatchWith feur new ceses of the so-called "Sleeping sick- ness" and another death Thursday, the .eothrealt of the, inaleey has reached epidemic proporttens in Calgary. VD to date, out of ten caees 01 the disease there have .been. four deaths. ,Ottawa, Dee. 6. -Dr. r» A» Amyot, Deputy Minister of the Department of Health, wile has just returnee trent Winnipeg, where he hae been Mvesti- ga,tieg the epitleritie of steeelled sleep» ittg eickeess,, to -day Issued the,leliow Ing stateinent itt regard,te the matter,: "TIM Deriertment ef Health, as it result' of ite %owee qtbsereation and infortnatfort itureletted peel. Yincere,reporteetiti. aefetenee to ttIte Present, cases of 'sleeping eacknees' occurring in Catadte that the dis- ease is at present largely confined P CREDITS TO GT. BRITAIN Take This Course) Canadian Government May Unless Exchange Situation is Remedied. Ottawa tleepately It is, not 'outekle the boucle of possibilay that the Domlnion Government will refuse to extend any more credits to the rtrit- lett Government unless something Is done to rectify the exchange elem. non. Mr, Lloyd Harris and various members of the Government, when questioned as to the effect oa eela's prospects tor foreign admitted that It would, have it most serlotte effect unlese the droP was ouly a temporary There le a. suspicion exprestred by °Metals that the BrItieh Government Is not 'greatly displeased stele° ex- cbange situation, on the ground that it discourages import of manufac- tured luxuries and will give an tun Pottle to manufacture. It is true that an unfavorable ex- change May cut both ways, One at the immediate unfavorable effects in. Canada from the drop in exchange Is In connection with the purchase cif timber made by Great Britain in Canada under tb.e flety-million.dollar credit advanced by the Dominion Government. Twenty-eight million dollars' has Already been expended for ltunber, and lumber is st111 golog on th,e contracts made Metier this ,credit with the British Timber Coln trollet• Last January, when the coo- tractwere made, exchange stood at $4,85, where it was artificially main- tained by Great telltale. Some of the shippers of lumber signed contracts in mind% shillings and peeco f.o.b. seaboard at, it fixed rate of exchange. The great internee however, sleeted contrects for delivery f.o.b. shipboard at. 'meets, shillings and pence, no rate of exchaoge being mentioned. The (tree of nearly it 'dollar for every pound threatens a ;author o,f the steppers with considerable lose, and it is estimeeed"that the total loss to Canadian lumbermen will reach beef a million dollars. The Cana. dian Trade Conunission is making every effort to see that some cont. promise is made to reduce the loss for those hit hardest. Those with the contracts. which do not protege them against it .felling exchange late nay thee there meet have been favorlitem toitavnardo rate, ss3 who sold at a fixed •ex- ogThere are grave possibilities to the situation if it Is not rectified. Most of the products gold under credit nave been said on it basis of dollars anti cents to.b. seaboard.. EXCHANGE coops FREE OF DUTY (Pole cable:Immediate rneasares° to remedy the financial , difficulties of various countries, Innen:ring inter- national credite of great magnitude, are under consideration by the Su- preme Conseil, aecorchnie to the tin- tranalgeant to -day. Strong represen- tatione have been made to the Wash- ington Government regarding such • credits, the tewepeper eays. ' The couotries, to be aided include former eneMY nations, it is added, and pertietner attention is being paid to the case of Auetria, where the need of aid is urgoat. The Supreme Council, according to Intramelgeant, decided to agree to the exchange of goods between cieveral countries free of duty. ' FISH CAUGHT MAN, Curious Reversal in This Pisca- torial Yarn, A sportsman tells at a curlons inci- dent. From hie story, nvItieli appears to be authentle, It appears that a party of fishermen were out in a boat after gudgeon. One of the men, Whose horse had become tamed some miles from homettiend been taken on board,' but was not fig -ling. As a penalty for wearing ours he sat in the bow with his feer hanging over the side of the skiff. Soon after his entrance into the boat one of the anglers eaught a small gndgeon, which he playfully hung on .the horseman's projertting spur. The incident wart forgotten, and the gud- geon hung there,' Its tail lust touching the water. Suddenly the matt gave a cry of astonishment and the others looking up saw a large. jatkfish splashing the water in vigorous fashion. The 'boat began to rock; the mate In the bow lost his balanee and tumblett into the lake, where he disappeared from sight. A Incenent later he rose to the7sur- face, 'the jankfishe still threshing the water about his foot, and it Was Aeon that the fish was caught on the spur. The jack was a huge fellow and 'very strong, and in its stregglee for free- eteen ittplunged down towarti the bot. tern of the lake, dragging the man feet' foremost after it His weight, waa too much for the fish, told- it made small headway. , The ffsherreen now went to :the ASSisSance of their co/near-lien. Oite of them' stritekethe Jaen wItliten Oar and itutittelf:it elites Marrenda hettlett'into the boat and the *Weill desputettede Tederebig.- tbash ilA11)04 for tho• gudgeon, .fixed its ,teeth, An its 'body and hati °teeinebeive been caught ity the gill on, the crane -necked spun • Since ito appearance, at this time appeared there ebortt tie weeks ago. to the Province of Manitoba, having REpoRT vILLA is , only forty eases have been reported in the province. • It would, therefore, HELD FoR E ARD seem that no ouh csweeping epidemic R as happened in the rase of influenza Is likely to colter. • "The disease Is not a new one, having been observed in Vienna! several years ago; in England itt 1018, I when 200 eases were observed, and appeerance in the 'United States. There during the fittige time it lutd made Its i is as yet no speeific remedy either for I Prevention or treatment of the disease,1 but tinder careful individual treat- , ment, recovery results In it WIC Majority of mei; affected. "The term 'sleeping sickness' is a misnomer, in that , the disease is In I no way related tn the true Afric'an' staining stela:wasp but the enaftielon has retained from the lethargic con- dition occurring in t*ertotta mite." ,Tuarez, Moen Despatch.- Francesco Vale has been captured -by tt force of hie own men, and is being held for a reward from the Mexican Government, according to advicee received here tale to -day by Superintendent Caballero, of the Chihuahua Divitsion of the Nation- al itailways ot Mexico, TWo Villa rebels are reported to have presented themselves tit the Fel- eral headquarters at Darrel and noti- tied the commander there that Villa had been raptured and was being held fOe surrender to the hematite. forcers. The tate of Chihuahua hie already of- fered 50,000 pesos as a reward. niiT004411 !le** Dudley 'Holmes )0014POTilitkitry« oo‘n wry* lonesoomt R. Ironstone emviono% A..40 0000111004 te JOSS .4 *POO 0010401 Arthur J. Irwin 0,D.S., Dootor of Dental Surgery of the Penn-. eylvania College and Ueenfinte Of Den.. tal Surgery Ontszle. Closed everWednesday Afternoon. Officer in Macdonald Stock. W. R. Hamby gds., m.o., C.M. 40.**1 attendee paid te Ogees** et 'Women 40 Maar*, Itexleig Won postgraduate wo* Ow* ST7B0-0441•01447 ; Modielic 00394 in we Kerr restderea% b*. **GA pm Ctuessn's Hotel sad the : itaptist Muroh, busiussi 40414 ta.ratal Attiligags Km. 14. - It', 0, Ilkot US • br. Robt.u..°96:. (141.(1) mond d4 PtlYSIOIAN Atto WM:MO& (>7. ttahetakaPa old stead). • Graduate of University of Toronto, Faculty of Medinine; Licentiate of Um °aorta college of Phyeiclans and Surgeons, OPPicE ENTRANCII: $ROoND DOOR NORTH OF zURBRIGG,s PHOTO STUDIO, JOSEPHINE. ST, PHONE 29 imagination in Art. Imagination is an element ItY which artiste pee able to Millet their wares opon the public. When Mato • paieted two peaseets, in a potato Patch with bowedt heads in an at- titude suggesting daily prayer he wisely. named the victim) "The Angelus." Tent gave the crate a huncli that a church bell in a distant spire was pealing the hour of prayer. he called that truly magniffeent painting "Digging Potatoes" the pub- lic's imagination would not have care rise beyond, the potato field, and it Inifgett; thousandalbaveomf dad1e31as ar.dilfetrheehP'ep1 itmar- ket value of the wore.. A well chosen title for a picture or nook is what mayonnaise dressing is to a ea:hello- Cartoons Magazine. - +44 -4 -04 -+4 -44 -4 -*-944-4.4-.44-04-F44+ . • OLD-TIME CAKES Styles in celtes change jeat as' they do in everything else. • •Twentenfivo years age, when. a housewife -"went into her kitchen to bake a specialcom- pany take, the chandee were that she either Made a lemon' jelly layer cake or a; ribbon cake. We seldom see either of them these days, and, they are so good that -they should have never been allowee to have beeit 'lose from the pages of our faiorite recipe book. To make the lemon jelly cake use your favorite light cake recipe, end bake it In two thin sheets.' Put it together wan lemon fining. Uix a tablespoonful 'of flour with a cup of Auger and , stir until free from any lumpe with 4 half eup of water. Add, the juice and rind of one lemon, the yolk ef one egg and a teaspoonful of butter. Cook all together In, a double boiler until it is thick and shiny. Cool and spread between the cakes. , Sift powdered sugar. over it. This cake MIA the ribholi cake were seldom frosted. ''- RIBBON CAKE. For the ribboe cake .double &ter favorite recipe, and bake twohlierds efeit In two oblong pans, in thin Myers.- To the remaining third add one-half of tt teaspoonful of cinnamon, One-fourth of nume, a third ef a cup of raisins, it third of a cup a figs if you have them' and a. tablespoonful of inolassese: ratto4ether With apple jelly having' the dark layer in nthe intddiee 'Cut ihntleltt eliees to serve. SPICE CAKE. A delicidus old :Iiiney sole° cake that ('alt be eaten hot oteettid is made with it cup, of sour milk, e cup of ebrown seer, hale a <Atli 01 raolasees, a guar - Toner h ttp ent melted shortening, two :appa,ontrnielies, eneetelilespoenfot of ciiinanitin a teaepoonnie of 'tap, end , threetand,./e, hair cepa of flour. ' Die- -eoetteteiteeesoda in the milk Mid mix with the melasses. no sure it ie in a !dive mitinghttlebtingeboevettek it foams gee ThereeneetV tloterest Of the ingre- dients. and bake in, a tee:Aerate oveit or an hourt e, inur,r) APPLE cAitn. Another' eake that .kept motet and soft for tt long time was •grand. mother's fittett apple eake. She would soak two -toms of (Wee apples over night, drain and enok for two or three hours very slowly on the back of the stove with two cups of molasses. When they were wet they were ready to use. A cup of shortening was cleautee" \Mit two cups ot sugar, then two well -beaten eggs, a CUD of milk and five cups of flour were added. The apples, spices to taste, two teaspoon- fuls of treant tte tarter and one ot soda and raisins -if desired, two cups of them were stirred into it. This will make two takes, • "Remember how the men In a Iteatre used to ens+ out for 4 breath of freth air?" "Yee. What of it?" "The fresh air iN still there, isn't It?" durino. Why?" "It tleesn't seem worth going after any more."-Tittitt- more Anieriene.