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The Huron Expositor, 1930-11-14, Page 2rgrr p'7 111 urnace NOW are 4, feel g. apM �IP�/'.�f� HEAVY FLANGED FIRE POT DEEP ASH P1; We have years of exper- ience fn offering you a New Idea, Furnace. Is heaviest built where re- quired with wonderful heating capacity and rea- sonably priced and instal- led by mechanics. We are always pleased to figure your job Clothes Wringers, $6.00 Scoop Shovels ....$1.85 Red Star Hand Washer $18.00 Granite Wash Boards ......... 75c Galvanized Wash Tubs ..$1.25 to $1.65 Buggy Lanterns, large size $2.50 1IiC( , A. SILLS & SON HARDWARE, PLYING &FURNACE WORK SUNDAY AFTERNOON (By Isabel 'Hamilton, Goderitali, Ont.) I am not worthy, holy Lord,, That Thou shouldst come to Speak 'but the +word; one gracious word Can +set the sinner free. I am not worthy; cold and bare The lodging of my soul; How const Thou deign to enter there? Lord, speak„ and make me whole. H. W. Baker. PRAYER Jesus, lover of our souls, help us to throw wide the door of our hearts to let Thee come in. Thou hast waited long, art waiting still. Forgive our want of faith and love and help us to give Thee back the "life -we owe that in Thine ocean depths its flow may richer fuller be." Amen. S. S. LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 16 Lesson Topic—The Believing Cen- turion. Lesson Passage—Msatthew 8:5-13. Golden Text—Luke 13:29. The following is condensed from a discourse on "The Human Sympathy of Christ" by Dr. Joseph Parker. i 1 TO THE SUNNY SOUTH These popular winter resorts are quickly and comfortably reached via Canadian National and connections. Choice of interesting routes. Costs are reasonable. Add zest to the California trip by going or returning the Canadian route via Vancouver and Victoria. LORIOA Ask any Agent of Canadian National Railways for full information, booklets and reservations. go CAN • DIAN NATIONAL 7 to Another Good Receiver with a Fine sense of balance e Set That Sets The Pace In various models gt 4 ItfrIcolesstubestrom u $ear the Lyric w +Seaforth LI ljllil ► TOR ) O, % 'a1UtORS ilk nrry-r, Gu Heart Thousands of Crises of Heart Failure Are Caused by,. Acute 7 gestion, Says Medical Writer. Gas pressure from sour, acid, upset stomach is not only nauseating and highly uncomfortable but some day it may prove fatal! When your meals are followed by bloating, a feeling of fullness or pres- sure, shortness of breath and pains around the heart, you may be sure that the acid eandition of your stom- ach is producing a GAS that is push- ing upwards and crowding your heart. That's the reason for the shortnes's of 'I breath and sharp, shooting pains. Whether young or old, the presence of stomach gas is truly serious and should always be given prompt and careful attention. To quickly banish gas, cleanse and sweeten the stomach, neutralize the acidity—nothing is better than the daily or "as needed" use of ordinary Bisurated Magnesia. It gives almost instant relief. Any good druggist oan supply Bisu- rated Magnesia, in powder or iablet form, at very small cost—but be •sure you get BI:SURATED ,Magnena-me- commended by Doctors and Druggists throughout t'he civilized world for more than 15 years. "And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto Him a Centurion, beseeching Him." Towns are differently excited by different visitors. If some famous musician were to come to London, all the music of the metropolis would vibrate with delight and expectation and hope. If some great athlete were to visit the city, all persons interested in ath- letics would beinstantly filled with a desire to see the performance. When Jesus went into a town all the sick people, all the broken-hearted and helpless and the weary felt a thrill of expectation and hope, and they were almost bettered by the very news that He was coining. I could listen to the musician for awhile, I could, applaud the acrobat far a moment 'St two, qut I would say to the man who could touch my afflic- tions and bear my diseases, and heal my wounded heart, "Abide with me, the day is far spent, but it cannot die while the light of thine eye is in the house; abide with me." "There came unto Him a Centur- ion, beseeching Him and saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy grievously tormented, That is not a prayer; it is a mere piece of in- telligence. He is a pagan this im- portant man—a man under authority whose word was law yet he has met a situation that is beyond Him. It is a wise man who knows the length of his sceptre, and who lays i; down at the right point, and begins to pray where he ceases to rule. This is the true law of life. There was nothing of prayer in the words the Centurion uttered but there was in his manner of approach. He came •,'beseeching. There was prayer in his eye, there was agony in his look, there was sup- plication in his tone of voice. And Jesus met the man in His own spirit. Without hearing the request, He says, "I will come and heal him." T`ie peo- ple were astonished at His doctrine, because He taught them as one hav- ing authority; they were astounded at His treatment of disease. He touch- es a leper and says, "Be thou clean," and to the man in to -day's les,on He says, "I will come and heal him." Whatever your complaint is, of mind, body, or estate, you make take it to Jesus Christ. The Centurion, on hearing the reply of Jesus, said: "Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst come under my roof; but speak the word only and my servant shall be healed." On hearing the words of the Centurion, Jesus marvelled. !Hle who was the worker of miracles, looked upon a miraculous thing and marvelled—the miracle of unquestioning trust. "Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel." A great wave of emotion swelled his heart; forecasting the ages, he saw the crown already rounding into shape that was to sit upon his own head, and though the cross lay between him and that crown, he endured the cross and de- spised the shame. How pleased he always was with faith! If a man looked trustfully at Him, He said He was a son of Abraham; a woman whom, humanly speaking, he had nev- er' before •seen, He called daughter when she touched the hem of )lis gar- ment. But when we look up to Him and say, "Lord, I believe," it fills His very soul with joy. He keeps back nothing from faith, He says if we had faith as a grain of mustard seed, the mountains would be at our bidding and the earth would be our slave. lar legend contains just enough truth to provide a. firm basis for the super- structure of falsehood. '' Consider the word "Addle." itself. One does not speak of a master playing the .fiddle. In his hands the instrument beeont'es a vialin,r It 'ie only a Addle 'when tor- mented by incompetent amateurs. So with Nero. He did not play a fiddle. The musical instrument he employed must be considered a violin. Nor was his idea to rejoice at the terrible spectacle of which he was a witness. On this point we quote Mr. Weigall, who knows more about it than we do: "Standing one night on the roof of his pavilion beside his garden theatre across the Tiber, Nero was so morn - ed by the distant spectacle of the burning city that, in the manner of a professional mourner, or one of the bards of old, he took his harp and 'be- gan to sing a sort of dirge, a lament for Rome, likening the disaster to the burning of Troy. His powerful voice, carried by the wind, came to the ears of the frenzied refugees gathered on the outskirts of the gar- dens, who soon spread the story that the Emperor, thrilled by the beauty of the conflagration, had dressed him- self up as a professional musician and was callously singing songs in his theatre." This misunderstanding was further supported by the stories which began to circulate before the ashes were cold that men in uniform had been seen in various parts of the city with torches in their hands. Who could: these be but Nero's soldiers? We have indeed seen paintings of this imaginary scene. But nobody knows to this day how the fire started. In justice to Nero it ought to be remembered that he was the only one who made a de- termined effort to find out. When the stories came to his ears that he was suspected he set on foot an investi- gation, the result of which was that the Christians were suspected. Prob- ably the evidence 't♦hat condemned them in the eye of the Roman popu- lace was stronger than that which pointed toward Nero. The 'Christians, for example, refused to fight the flames, futile though the fight would have been once the fire was well under way. But the Christians believed and had preached that the world would be destroyed, and that Jesus Christ would return to reign in kingly splendor over them:. They expected this to happen in their own time and shore is no doubt that most of them regarded the destruction of Rome as the first act in the gorgeous program on which they were to figure so happily and conspicuously. The belief that Nero had some- thing to do with the fire and was gen- erally the worthless emperor that pos- terity has assumed did not persist long among the Romans, for it is re- called that when Galba, who succeed- ed him, was murdered after six months, and his successor, Otho, an old friend of Nero's, became emperor he was given the title of "Nero" as a special mark of distinction. The truth seems to be that Nero was un- usually popular. He was disliked by the patrician class because Ihei seemed to lean to 'Greek rather than to Roman civilization. He was a pat- ron and practitioner of • the fine arts. Though he had been trained in the rigorous Spartan way of living he turned to the gentler and more hu- mane culture of the Greeks. He dial not think it beneath his dignity to sing in public, and it is believed that he sang well. In any event he found pleasure in practising the arts and this disgusted many of his more ro- bust minded . subjects among the patricians who sought to rouse the rabble against him. There were sev- eral plots but never a popular revolt. How then did it happen that his name signifies to us a blood -thirsty half wit? Those who made the his- tories which most subsequent histor- ians have accepted belonged to the class that disliked Nero. It was natur- al that they should defame him. It was also natural, •perhaps', that subse- quent historians, without subjecting themselves to the fatigue of making original researches, should accept the conventional portraits to be found in Tacitus. Suetonius and Dion Cassius. He was already 'hated by the Christ- ians because of the suffering they un- derwent.rafter the fird and for which they seemed to bold him responsible. That he did order or consent to the execution of many Christians is also clear enough, though it is open to doubt whether he actually burned them to death. So it happened that when the Christian influence became the predominating one in Europe no historian had any popularity to gain by showing Nero in any other char- acter than that of monster. I say, from the Words. You all say also from the Words. "So we send thanks for the help the Words have been to our bodies. "But not only this. There is some- thing better. Our hearts were full of fears. We followed witchcraft. We trembled at the thought of -demons. Sickness came. We died. We were perplexed. We offered sacrifice lest we should be consumed, lest our lames should perish. The teachers came. They told us of "the white path." We knew there was a God, but our understanding was darkened. We perceived not. The light came, and now we walk in it. Our faith is in Christ Jesus. He is our hope, the only hope we dark people have. Our fears have vanished. We walk with light feet. The path is clear. Hard- ships come, but grace is with us.' "So we all say to our associates in the homeland: We thank you for the gospel of salvation) that you sent us. This is our message! Kalunga! (mean. ing farewell)."—Sent from South Africa by Rev. John T. Tucker, D.D. A SIMPLE TREATMENT FOR CHILDREN'S COLDS Cold in the head is very common at this time of year, especially in the very young. Neglect of a cold is prone to lead to serious consequences. To relieve all congestion, of the sys- tem is the fust step in treating a cold, whether in infants or adults. For the 'very young, Baby's Own Tell - lets are the ideal means of doing this. Containing no narcotic or other harmful drugs they soothe the child's fretfulness, relieve its suffering and ensure convalescence. Baby's Own Tablets are without an equal for relieving indigestion, con- stipation and colic. They cheek diar- rhoea; break up colds and simple fev- ers; promote health -giving sleep and make the dreaded teething period easy. They are sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. WORLD MISSIONS It was the final meeting of the Communion series at Dondi. For three days the native Christians had been together in conference, dealing with "things of the words"—to use their idiom. New catechumens had been admitted to the training classes, new 'church members had been baptized and had partaken of their first communion and new resolves kindled in many hearts to spread abroad the `Words' of life eternal. A missionary family was about to leave on furlough and tha native church through one of its elders, Paulu, sent a message which we translate, hoping thereby to convey the feelings of thousands in West Central Africa. This is a summary of Paulo's speech: "Our teachers are leaving us for their country. We remain behind in our country. They go carrying fruit. We remain with true seed. That seed is the gospel. All of your hearts think what the gospel has meant to our tribe. We look over this emigre gation. All, are well dressed, Had the gospel not come we would have been wearing skins about our lions. We were carried on our mother's backs, tied with skins. No one thought of any other way. Now par- ents know how to bring pp children'. Of old we had huts of ones room. Pat- ents, children and chickens lived to- gether. We slept on the floor. Now we have houses of abode, three or fain' rooms in each. Far the parents a room, for the boys a~ room; for the girls a robin, for the fa sire' to din together a room. At the hack 'a kit- cheinr rFj ern cam's the hagprovemoits? duet , tvr' tair►.. t1t6 oi;V BLOODTHIRSTY NEGRO SHOWN AS A GOOD OLD SCOUT Contemporaneous with the new kind of biography introduced to modern readers by Lytton Strachey in which revered historic characters are treat- ed with a hu-morous lack of reverence accompanied sby gentle satire, there has also sprung up an opposite school which delves among the original docu- ments to prove that other historical characters were misunderstood and maligned. Thus eves halve had re- habilitations of Morgan, the elder; Dwight L. Moody, Martin Luther, St. Patrick and others who have had tardy justice done to them. The lat- est to be thus refurbished for the edi- fication of readers of this generation is the Emperor Nero. So far as we are aware, nobody is contemplating a like service for Judas Iscariot. But Arthur Weigel), an eminent student of the period, ha's' made out rather a good case for the emperor whose name all these centuries has been associat- ed chiefly with . the persecution and massacre of Christians and the burn- ing of Rome. For hundreds of years the image of Nero fiddling while Rome was burning has entered into our common speech and there is hard- ly a politician out of office who has not liberally drawn upon it. To the average man Nero and the Roman conflagration are inseparable concep- tions. If one goes the other vanish- es. If Nero did not burn Rome, then for all practical purposes there nev- er was a Nero. But this, as a Christian Scierce or papal bull might say is error. As re- gards the burning of Rome the popu- l5{ Daily Annoyance Troublesome Nights Caused By Bladder Weakness Are Wrecking Health of Thousands Who Should be in Prime of Life A big percentage of men and wo- men of mature years are troubled with Bladder and VJrrlinary Weakness, causing Backaches, Nervousness, fre- quent night risings and' burning irri- tatdons throughout the day. These conditions not only make life miser- able, but they sap vitality, undermine heralth and frequently lead to most painful operations. • In order to !swiftly relieve even the mos't 'obstinate end distressing of these conditions, filar. Sourthwatti, (a well known physician) offers you the y'alire lof wi tinier -tested preactlptian ogled 4"H'ratabs"--aha; you ate Welt. ed to try it at 'oboe, without slightest risk,� of eo'st uulese pleased At all p7.IMP 1 Bali s'41 Oki 5F• ;4? FARM FINANCE The business of farming under present day conditions requires considerable knowledge of finan- cial matters. Consult the manager of the near- est branch of The Dominion Bank, who is always willing to discuss your problems with you. THE DOMINION BANK SEAFORTH BRANCH R. M. Jones - - Manager 22a but as a rule they are the result of planning and knowledge. Whle the existing Toronto papers have each in turn scooped their rivals we think it is true to -day that the old Toronto World published more exclusive news in advance of its contemporaries than any other paper in the history of the city. Giving all proper credit to the enterprising editors and hustling young reporters of the World, one reason why it was able to publish stories in advance of its competitors was that it was practically judgment proof. To sue its owner for libel was merely a waste of time and money. That was why the World had the hardihood to announce on one ocbas- ion that the old Taylor 'brick company had gone into assignment, when as a matter of fact the thing was only being debated. Another newspaper might have been mulcted in heavy damages for such a premature dis- closure of financial difficulties. For the same reason the World was able to earn a reputation of fearlessness by assailing various public men ani institutions, whereas it merely had the courage in its imminent insolv- ency. 'The World had a great scoop of the Hyams murder case, a story that is told in Mr. IH'ector Charles - worth's "Candid Chronicles." It has also a scoop on the Clara Ford case, and perhaps on several. other murder mysteries. The friendship of the l'a'te Walter J. Wilkinson with John Mlur- ray, of the criminal investigation de- partment of the Ontario Government, gave him an advantage over other editors through which the World, the News and the Mail and Empire in turn benefitted as he transferred his activities from one to another of these papers. But the most important scoop which we remember was one scored by the Globe, whose correspondent with the Canadian contingent in South Africa, Col. C. F. 'Hamilton, cabled to To- ronto the story of the battle of Paardeburg, giving the names of the Toronto men <killed and wounded. Major Hamilton hard his story in Toronto before the official report reached the War Office in London, having ridden a horse to a telegraph office ,before the censor could inter- vene. This story appeared in the first edition of the 'Globe and the Mail and Empire with commendable enterprise lifted it for its own subsequent edi- tions. In that campaign The Mail and Empire's correspondent, Mr. Stanley McKeown Brown, was not equipped for cabling news, his duties merely requiring him to write stories home about the boys. But earlier than that The Mail had an equally sensa- tional scoop. There was a session of dignitaries of the Methodist church to investigate charges against a clergy- man, and the proceedings were natur- ally held in secret. So far as The Mail's readers were concerned there was nothing secret for day by day The Mail printed a ver- batim account of the discussion. This was made possible by the hidden pres- ence of two Mail reporters in a room above that in which the church court was gathered. A hole had been cut in the floor, and the plaster of the ceil- ing gnawed away so that only the paper remained between the two rooms. The two reporters took turns at their listening post, and had the whole town talking while the pro- ceeding continued. A sad sequel to this story was told in the advertising columns of the paper, which, for sev- eral years thereafter, were deprived of AT ANY HOUR The Telephone Ways is the modern way to "go there and back." In- stantly—anywhere. And at a very low cost. Invitations, business trans- actions, or just plain talks with old friends, are handled easily and speedily by Long Distance—your 24- hour messenger! SOME NOTED SCOOPS IN TORONTO PAPERS Usuaslly one newspaper does not pay much attention to the fact that an- other newspaper has 'pu'blished ex- clusively an important item of news, commonly called a scoop or beat. But the investigation into the salary grab has made it necessary for other Toronto papers to g ve prominence to the fact that Mr. Sam Wright's story of the origin of the scheme was se- cured by Mr. Bertram Tate, of the Mail and Empire, and published first and exclusively in that paper. The Mail and Empire also had the honor of being the filrst paper to publish full details of the town planning cont - mission's proposals, a feet which led to some .angry eries from other of- fices and a demand that an inquiry should be set on foot to learn how it eras done. Naturally nothutg dente of this demand Singh nothing 'mild be Mote futile than en efilott to show why one ne'ws'pape•r should ba more haply endo'we'd With enterprise std' httettigence He'ar't ano'ther poet iiiai $ss� cofripels 115 to a , t tbf t.'tho alb filietit oxo«ion p1'aya' a n „)YOt+i Vii; `iZ mdJ'papert gL�o } • • • • • • sus DS THOMAS' ECLECTRIC 01L pREMEoY FOR. ALL NTH COMMO Li SHOULDOALWAY$ BE KEPT S ON HAND. As A MORE sER- VCppEABLE PREpAR- �3E9 FCANNuOT pBE MIND, GET A B�ijOTT Ta -DAY AND THETIMERwHEN YOU ILL 'NEED IT. ••• s • • z , the space usually occupied by a leads ing merchant who was also a promi- nent Methodist and took this means of showing his displeasure at the pub. licity the paper gave to the church: trial. Another memorable scoop was that of Ned Farrar, a brilliant editor of some 40 years ago, who was at the time chief editorial writer on the Globe. Birehall, the murderer, had been tried and convicted and was awaiting execution in Woodstock jail. Smo- other newspaper had announced that they had purchased the right to pub- lish his confession which had been written with the idea of providing. some money for his widow. This was to follow his death. Mr. Farrar was a pronounced . annexationist at the moment, and it happened that John Cameron, governor of the jail, was also interested in annexation. So Mr.. Farrar made a journey to Woodstock ostensibly to discuss the subject with- Mr. Cameron. Incidentally, of course, the Birclhall case was mentioned and. Mr. Cameron asked Mr. Farrar if he would like to meet the murderer. Mr. Farrar said that he would so was tak- en to Birchall's cell. They had a long conversation, which resulted in Mr. Farrar's going to the Globe office on. Sunday morning and writing a page story about Birchall. When his an- thorized confession carate to be print- ed it was found that there was hardly a detail of importance that Mr. Far- rar had not already published'. lit conclusion the present writer declares, with some pride, that when he was ar• reporter there was one issue of then Mail and Empire which contained five different stories, one of them the fea- ture of the issue, which were scoops. For this exploit he was warmly con- gratulated by the management and' would almost certainly have had a raise of salary had it not been dis- covered that this would involve some additional and uncongenial expense. Each package marked Chinaware contains a piece of fine English ware, old ivory Chit, new irregular rdero. • 44. r .41 i 104111.