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7 4ivvfjja i j gfig artott jtrgg jtog thuiisday apiul 1tw26 april fool llttlo miss frowns break into u mnllc show your dimples and lot us sco the glint of heavqni in two bright oyed where tho glini or heaven ehoultl aj- wuys be houm und dimple ob follow thla rule lor that la tho way to april fool little alius quuirel bo uwcot and bo bravo drive angry feelings away away refuse to utter on aharp retort speak gentle things on thla april day bo kind and gracious oh follow this rule ior that is the way to april fool little miss lazy rise with tho lark study your lesson and know them well hun down tho road to the vlllinjro school hun into qchool when you hear thto bell ho quick and eager oh follow this rule for that is tho way to april fool xtttle miss hecdlesattfo your shoo outlier your playthings in neat array pick up the sclusorh and sweep tho room hind your locks with a ribbon gay think and remember oh follow thla rule for that la tho way to april xool louise r baker the sunday school lesson for sunday april 4 1s2c twenty years ago from the issue of the free presi of thursday april 6 1906 tho roads are drying up nicely there will not bo much sugarmak ing in this locality this spring tne snow drops and pan ales aro in bloom in some of tho local gardens mr j t elliott has bought the residence of the late mrs adamson on willow street and has removed tnere tor a uttley who with two slaters qame to acton from england last july has purchased the cottage on bower avenue next to the i it from mr j- r watson dr c a- warren of fc wychwoocl park haa been appointed medical health officer for york township the first big mogul engine came through acton over tho g t r last saturday forenoon it went only as fur as georgetown as the new bridge there is not yet completed when all tho bridges have been strengthened this powerful type of engine will toe put into commission for all the heavy trains on this line the spring millinery openings were held last week when the springlike weather was very favorable and tho ladles turned out in large numbers at henderson cos miss gray is asain in charge while at he scotts buay store miss sweet is again wel coming the patrons sunday was mjsqloriary annivcrsr ary in the methodist church botc r w wordsworth toronto was tho minister of the day and he preached very able aermons ttro mi loving and serving tub risen ijprd general lesson title jcsua ap pears to ills disciples scripture lesson john 20 24 to 21 25 golden text because thou has seen ale thou boat believed blessed are they that have not seen and yet liavo believed john 20 20 devotional beading aqh 5 30 31 2 cor g 1417 phe text explained 24 thomas in hebrewauamais the name means twin dldjraus a greek word meaning twin a trans lation of hits hebrew name when jesus came the appearanco describ ed in john 20 1923 25 i will not believe thomas secma to have been by nature sceptical it was his impulse to demand proofs and demonstrations ho had wjiatwe now call a scientific mind very patient and made generous al lowances for this peculiarity 26 after eight days a week inter it was sunday again within prob ably they had assembled in the same upper room in tho house belonging to marks mother in which they had eaten the last supper peacobo unto you the regular hebrew greeting shalom jckena 28 the honest ace jl tic is fully con vinced 29 jesus very gently rebukes liim suggesting that a more spiritual atti tude of mind is commendable 21 1g broken their fast breakfast ing to what jesus had provided and what they had caught read the nar rative john 21 114 simon feter the most impetuous ef the disciples enthusiastic but fickle after vow ing endless fidelity he had lost his nerve and denied his master now jesus gives him opportunity to como back 1517 two different greek verbs meaning love ore used in these verses jesus uses the verb agapoo implying exalted love peter in humility uses the verb phileo signifying tender hu man love 17 thrice peter denies his lord now thrice he had to proclaim his love when he met jesus require ments he was forgiven and restored leston themes jesus christ lives today lar more important than abstruse theo logical theorising to the christian world ot today is the realisation of the fact that jesus christ is allvo now we honor the memories of great lead era in human action and thought but he la more than the memory of o past leader his la the vital power that lifts sustains and carries his church through all the ages he is tho com rode o allfrarotha greatest to the lowliest who battle in his noune afenin u ev ue t rah rai collegians planning to invade europe to call upon england holland belgium and france 3ta offerings of the day aggregated 9310 an impre83ive coincidence a celebrated singer volunteered dur ing the war to sing to british troops among tho stories she tells of her- experiences the following is in some respects the most pathetic and lnspir- ing yery early after she volunteered she was singing at a big training camp la england according to her custom she invited the men to write their re quests on slips of paper and place them upon tho piano among the slips was one that read will you please sing does jesus oarer the lady was not familiar with the hymn but she memorized the music and words and sang it although she shook hands with all the men in the large hut as thcvwent out no one spoke to her about the hymn several months later she was sing ing at chatham to a number of troops who were leaving for prance the next morning among tho slips of paper on the piano there appeared the ques tion again will you please sing docs jesus care the lady immed iately sang tho comforting message of that simple little hymn while the men sat as if spellbound a few weeks passed and the singer went to france one night in a large y m c a hut in a hase town not far from the lines ante was singing to troops who were unfler orders to leave for the front looking through the notes on the piano aho was startled to find again in the same handwriting will you please sing does jesua caro she speedily compiled with the request this is the third time i have had this request from the same soldier shte said to her audience after bhe had sung may i have tho privilege of speaking to him softer the concert when the concert was over a young soldier come to her and explained that years ago that hymn had been blessed to htm in one of dr torreys missions and he thanked her for singing it so readily they both realized the strangeness of their meeting so re peatedly and felt that a divine provi dence was emphasizing the meaning of the hymn some months afterwards the lady visited a big hospital in ward after ward she sang to tho sick and the wounded then nho was asked if she would sing in tho isolation ward where only the hopeless and extreme cases were kept tho singer declares that shewluneverforget thesadslghu ln- that ward one man she was old had been very anxious to speak to her over since he heard that she was com ing they drew aside the curtains of bed where the man lay in semi llkly to live more than u hour ov l i likely to live more than an hour or so in a faint whisper he said to the singer will youpieaao sing doea jeauv care looking closer she saw that it was her friend of the previous meetings now lying at deaths very door con trolling her emotion aho went to the piano and softly and sweetly sang the tender message of the love of jesus while sho sang he died the divine love that had kept pace with him every step of the way had opened the gates of pearl to his tortured spirit is it any wonder that the singer loves that hymn above all others what l real loyalty there are some people who think of loyalty as something that belongs to a time of war or on the occasion of a general election and to be demon strated by flagwaving and positive declarations as a gatter of fact there is not a day that does not give a chance for loyal citizenship to man ifest itself friendship does not need some time of stress to prove itself it can demonstrate its loyalty in countless little acts of forbearance generosity and patience observance of the speed laws is a good way to show your loyalty as or citizen hold- lngyou tbngue about your friends wenkness shown your loyalty to him for loyalty is not a thing to be re served for great occasions it is a necessary part of erverp day that is not a failure and it does not require to be talked about very much the cheerful cherub misfortunes used to shock me so i felt surprised at every fall but now ive grown so used to them they hardly bother mo at all unseen helner in the affairs of da life of every man woman or little child who trusts him he showed him self to his disciples when they sup posed him dead and gave them re peated assurance that he had con quered death mary magdalene at the empty tomb the wodlsciplesontho bromaug road the wondering eleven with whom he supped thomas per mitted to examine his wound the five hundredhrothrcn of whom paul tells us and paul himself who met efim outside damascus are hut a few of those who witnessed that he lives their testimony is confirmed by a vast multitude who have proclaimed eum to the world us the ever living one and have sealed their testimony with their lives have you como to know hclm as your friend today ho meets us halfway jesus re spects every mans true individuality he knew that thomas scepticism was due not to a perverse win but to his type of mind so jesus met him of fering him tho proofs that he desired he knew well the native fickleness which had been the curse of sinaon peters life and gently but firmly led him along tho path of repentance to victory whatever may he our indi vidual strength of weakness the mas ter knows us as we are and will ac cept us and will use our individuali ties if we will but consecrate those individualities to him care for the flock jesus desired disciples rather than worshippers why call ye me lord and do not the things which x say it was not enough that peter should repent of his faithlessness or shmrfdr declarer -n- gulshed sincerity thatttchowest that i lov thee he must give his life in service feed my sheen lmils may well suggest a test of opr chris tianity are we caring for the flock of the master his sheep may indeed be hungry for the necessities of every day life they may hunger for kind words and loving care or their need may bo the deepest yearning of the soul give to- them of the gifts that god has given to you give of your goods without stint and of yourselves without measure that of giving to him inasmuch as ye jka unto one of these my brethren even these least ye did it unto me for study and discussion under what circumstances did jesus appear to thomas what sort ot a disposition did thomas have why did jeaus offer him tho proof he wish ed did our lord ever humor idle curiosity what were the conditions of jesus appearance by the sea of galilee why did jesus require a three fo d prof caalon of l frem peter hna christ any desire to des troy the individuality of his disciples what is the test of our christianity dally readings for next week wednesday psalm 10 16 thursday rev 21 18 friday eph 4 17fi4 saturday matt 5 3b48 sunday psalm 33 10 our hope twos long ago upon n holy raster day while low in death tho sacrificial saviour lay an angel came and rolled the dark grave stone away twos long ago but still our hearts with sweet hopes swell as oer and oer tho tale of that far time wo tell with bloom and song apd sound of sweetly chiming bell and bright indeed is hopes serene and shining ray if from our lives the atone of self is rolled away and christ in us still keeph his resurrection day frances m morton 9uite logical policeman when you pulled the wouldbe suicldo out of tho wator what happened rescuer i hadnt turned my book before he wont and hanged himself to tree i 7 but why didnt you cut him dowxit i thought hed just hung himself up to dry the application of pnlnt on the ex terior wood portions of buildings in the town is quite general this season let the good work go on it costs money of courso it does but no mat ter what it costs tho fact remains that it always costs more not to paint than to paint englajiil holland belglurn nnd franco are the popular countries for collegiate tours durlne tho summer of 1926 and the st lawpmlce routo seems to be the populorshort route for many students tho idea of being able to cross the ocean and get back home again at tho price usually paid for one way seems to be the necessary inducement to college people and the bookings aro much ahead of last year no ono should attempt to sco eu rope without a background of eng land the experienced travellers ar ranging the collegiate tours realize this and plan a week visiting oxford the great intellectual centre stoke pogcs and other bits of rural england and london london- so full of in terest lilsrtorlcally and with many nooks and crannies filled with the ghosts of famous literary personages france comes next to england in popularity with college folks somo there are who become bo thrilled with life in farls that a second trip across the ocean would bo incomplete with out at least a week in the gay boule vards and art galleries of frances f itehir am hawaways cottage capital but thci e aro others to whom tho somewhat superficial at- mohphore of tho chic paris is lcs3 at tractive than the wooden shoes and quaint caps and flaxen braids of tho hohandalse very few in canada have not some keen personal interest in the battle areas of franco and belgium nnd so moot of the collegiate tours embrace an extensive motor trip through bel- leau wood chateau thierry sols- sons scnlls and rheims tho idea of tho collegiate tours is rapidly becoming an accepted thing at first to travel third class did not itppcal even to the enthusiastic grad uate unable to travel without a sub stantial reduction in even tho second class fares but realizing tho in creasing number of professional peoplo willing to travel at reduced rates the b team ship companies inaugurated the tourist third rate put tugs on bare stateroom floors revised the menus to suit canadian tastes instead of foreign and tho result was that students and professors last year hobnobbed with each other blow decks this year eve increasing numbers wilt follow tho c-x- ainirie set by the venturesome ones of last year let your banker collect it if you wish to collect a debt from a party in another section you can have your banker draw a draft on him at sight or for a given time this will be presented through his local banker as request for payment from you when your draft is paid it is turned over to the payer it is his receipt for am account paid this is only one of the numerous ways in which the bank of montreal can be of service to its customers a bant when small accounts an welcome bank of montreal established i8i7 etal asset iaoeceas of 4foooooooo railway time tables at acton anadian nationalrailways going west ke 25 sdnday only 1041 am no 29 809 a no no 31 104sam no 33 329 p m no 35 g09 p no going east no 24 sunday only 708 p no no 26 721 a no no 30 1143 ov no 34 335 pm no 36 6 17 pni no 38 813 pm canadian national electric railways westbound dally except sunday 74s ana dally dally daily daily daily daily daily daily daily ms 1143 143 343 54s 743 ms issa pm pm pm pjnu pmu eestfaound seeing stars have you- noticed a wonderfully br t l otijb 1iig th em heavens botweenfivo and nine oclock in tho evening did you exclaim oh what a beautiful star did you give it a second thought this jewel of the heavens la second only to venus in splendor and la not a star but the giant plant jupiter it is 1300 tiroes as large as thecarth 500 miles in diameter and larger than all the other planets would bo if thoy were brought together in ono giant bad it rotates on its axis once in overy ten hours whlrllti round and round so fast that it flattens at tho poles and bulges at trio equator it takes twelve of our yeara for it3 com plete circuit of tho bun it is a very hot semi- liquid mass being barely selfluminous its wonderful bril liance is caused by its power to re flect the rays of the aun jupiter has nine moons four of which aro quite large and havo the honor of having been the first heaven ly bodies ever actually discovered galldeou who invented the telescope turned it on jupiter in 1610 and saw ha four largest moons or satellites you may see these moons yourself with the aid of an ordinary held glass it was hy observation of theso four satellites that a wonderful discovery that of tho velocity light was made by roemer in 1675 ho calculated tho time that these satellites ought to dis appear again but found that this did not happen exactly at the time pre dicted sometimes they disappeared sooner and sometimes latter than they should have done the further jupltcr drew away from the earth the later were the eclipses as it came nearer they grew learller this roemcr ex- plalircdf was duo to the tlmo taken by light- to prfisn thr pugh apace thla bold and original suggestion was ne glected for fifty years until long after his death when bradleys discovery of aberration in 1725 proved tho correct ness of ills views jupltcr comes as near to us as 370000000 xnllea and may recede to a distance of 600000000 miles it will therefore be seen that it takes llkht travelling at tho rate of 1860 ojo miles per second 31 to 49 minutes to reach tho earth- so when you look a jupiter to might you will not see it where it is but where it was forty minutes ago selected to havo the children sound and healthy is the first care qt a mother they cannot bo healthy it troubled by worms use mother graves worm exterminator wisdom and wit many elever men tell you ell the time that to win in life you will havo to climb but youll find success takes another trick first you have to cllxnb then yon have loetlok lady staying in country is this mil it from contented cows fnnnr well now lady to ho honest one of them did aeem little annoyed by tho flies ten to ono youll and that the men who nre advocating light wine licenses wear heavy wool underwear an energretlffhiilkman has it all over an alarm clock for waking folks up early in the morning in act he ranks only second to a cantankerous flivver in that capacity thebeanaltitmnetr tho other day one of our young wo men took down tho i ecclvor of tho telephone and discovered that the lino was in use i just put on nt pan of beans for dinner sho heard the wo man complacently lnformlnganothnr she nuns up the receiver and waited for tho conversation to ond trying again sho found the women still talk ing the third time alto tried and they were still talking and then be coming exasperated bhe broke into tho conversation with madam i smell your beanst burning alio announced crisply a- horrified scream greeted tho remark and tho young woman was able to nut her call through pctrolla topic a corrertor of pulmovury troubln many testimonials could bo present ed showing the great edleaey of dr thomas kcleotrlo oil in correcting ftio disorders of the renlnitorx processes but the beat testimonial experlenco and the oh is recommenced to allwho suffer from thejjo disorders with tho certainty that they will find relief it will allay inflammation la the bron chial tubw- helpful jingle good- morning mrs kimball oh 1 did have such good time at your niutslcaloluut evening- did you im so glad well i did too and mrs kimball laughed i always enjoy my own parties though i thought twas going to bo under difficulties in the early part of tho evening whywhnldo you mean asked itra bieed i thought everything went smoothly- well it wan so funny i believe ill tell you about it now that lt3 over in the first place i was jubt going up stairs to got dressed before dinner when theodore began to choke up and i felt auie it meant croup so i telephoned forjr the doctor and put the hoy to bed f then as the doctor was leaving in walked arthur with two of the men invited to tho musicalc they wero from tho city and arthur said ho knew i could find a plucc for them to dross of comae i was glad to see them although my bpurc rooms weio in or der for the evening guests and i ran down and helped reset the dlnner- tublc and told the cook to delay the dinner for a little until i had time to dicsu wo got through dinner all right and i had looked after theodore and the other children and was ex pecting the first guests to arrive when rover appeared all wounded and bleeding from a dogfight oh groaned mrs breed i should think you have been a nervous wreck by that time no not so bad as that that wasnt the worst just wait the maid wiped up his tracks and i got rags and anti septic and sent arthur off to tho cel lar with the dog dress suit and all l5then the fi guests p nnd tha wero shown up stairs and i was come prising mysolf in the drawing- room when i heard a scream and rushed out to find thnt the alcohol lamp under the coffeo urn had burst i always had tho maid light it when she ar ranges things just to bo euro every thing is all rigm oh what did you do gasped mrs breed do oh there wag only one thing to do after you had thanked your lucky stars that tho houso wasnt on fire clear up the muss but wasnt it runny funny exclaimed mrs breed i should think it was awful how did you get through it well nothing really dreadful had happened you know i always fall back on my favorite verse in such situations it usually pulls me out of my difficulties the dogs in tho pantry tho cats in tho lake the cows in the hammock what difference does it make v there isnt that delicious she ox- claimed delicious replied mrs breed and if you can get through auch a series of mishaps and keep calm and enjoy a muslenlo afterwards on the lt of those lines i am g to- learn them the town newspaper there is after all no pewspappr n the world that means po muoh to one uajiia own tawnihuur tho dally with it flaring headlines nnd its flon- eatlonal news coming redhot off the wires that tells us what is happening in tho great outside world is a very necessary visitor but there is an other world tho world of our own homotown where all the actors on the stago of life die known to us were the way each aots hlfl part an the drama of life is a matter of personal interest to all whoro sickness and death losses und accidents arouse somctliing deeper than tho paelng curious interest with which wo read of such happenings to unknown per sons in tho daily newspapers and whero tho outstanding success or the winning of distinction by members of this little world becomes matter for in ido and gratification to the whole community and tho recoid and the chroulclca- of those happenings is the town newspaper it is the community builder in which eveiyone should imve personal interest and in which every man woman nnd child is invited to cooperate in an effort to have it present each week a correct hlstoiy of tho town und district that each wock voices correctly the public opinion of the community and to take the right stand on all public questions that arise thereforo the homo town newspaper deserves tho support of all public officials and public institutions as well as tho business interests and neoplo generally winchester press internal paras i tea in tho shape of worms in tho stomach and bowels of children sap tholr vitality and rotard physical development thoy keep tho child in a constant state of unrest and if not attended to endanger life the child van bo spared much suffer ing and the brother much anxiety by using a reliable worm remedy such aa millers worm powders which hro sure death to worms rife j 80und reason in q the d iff pi enco between common sense nnd mathematics was iunratratod in a remnrk which tommy jones who is not exceptionally bright but just a common natural boy made in if is class at school the other day it wuh tho class in mental arithme tic the 4cacbcr usked willy smith which would you rather have willy half an apple or eightsix teenths of an npplo wouldnt iniike an dlfferonpe said willy why not7 etghtslxtoenthh and onehalf aro nil the same at this repl y tommy jones who was several stops farther down tho class sniffed ncornfully tho teacher heard him well tommy said she dont you agree with willy nom said tommy id a good deal rather havo onchatf an apple and whyj plcaao more juice cut up ifulf an apple in eightsixteenths and youd lose half tho julco ddinjb ut rub it in for lame baok a brisk rubblne with dr thomas eclcctrlc oil will relieve lame back tho skin will immediately absorb the oil and it will penetrate the tissues and brins speedy relief try it and bo convinced as the liniment sinks in tho pain comes out and thero are ample grounds for saying that it is an excel lent article brother got lingo a boy left the farm and got a job in tho city he wrote a letter to his brother who elected to stick to the farm telling him of tho joys of the city life in which he sold thursday wo autood out 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