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par prtaa thursday october 28 1926 a boys complaint geo whiz im tlrotl b beln ajoy- its jest likb bain in jail in school that darnolo minuto hand jest travom liko a snail n when im home its oven worse i novcr have no fun whenever theres a baseball game theres something to be done 1 have to haul the nshos out and fetch things from the store when 1 go out somebody yells come back and shut the door when 1 come in its wlpoycr feet or dklja wash ycrcars sometimes i wish i wui u girl soa lcud shed some tears and in the evenln when my pa tunes lfc the rudfo youd think rd pet n uttlo rest but i do not oh no theys always homework to be done arithmetic and apellln and a t im do in it the radio is yellln when i get done i like to set n hear whuts on tho air hut i get bliuntcd off to bed doggone it isnt fair well rilrow up somo day n run for- parliament n then ill make a law theyll invveto troat the boys ufco grbwedup men margaret salmon tab sunday school lesson for sunday october si n twenty years ago from tho isauo of tho proa prom of thursday novomber 1 1906 human flies scale c p r grain is being marketed freely now ijarge quantities of turnips land sug- ar beets have been shipped at acton station tho past weok suosephs t church and the dis ciples church are being installed with fixtures for electric lights otho first train over the grand trunk railway passed through acton fifty years ago lost saturday air j b mackenzie is moving into his new cement block residence cor ner of churcli and alain streets mrs- james mclum is offering her fine residence on church street for sale it 4s a splendid property and in v repair mrs peter- macdonald and family are removing this week to their fine new residence at thocornerof park ancl lake avenues h p moore has sold to james mc intosh his former residence at the cor ner of bower avenue and frederick streets mrs alex fawcett has disposed of her property at- the corner of church and frederick streets to w j gordon harness dealer reeve swackhamer is engaged in enlarging his residence on main street and when completed 1t will be a commodious building rxost friday about a score of the members of acton lodge 1 o o v- no 204 under the leadership of bro i francis d- d g m and i wil liams n g paid a fraternal visit to streetbyllle married laird gamble at the residence of tho brides parents church street acton on wednesday october 31 by rev g w- barker wm laird son of samuel laird to mary velio eldest daughter of thomas gamble friend robinsons reason the story of the courtship of a- quaker spinster of demure manners but definite matrimonial convictions is by no means the only true tale that goea to pr that a poke bonnet m w n i k artlnlethftt- alcoholic beverages a menace gcnorul lesson title the evils of strong drink scripture lesnon prov 25 2935 golden text at the laat it bttoth like a serpent and sthageth like an ad- der prov 23 32 dovotlonal ijeadlngexek 34 17- 22 2831 beginning with as the txt explained 29 woo groaning complaints sorrow lamentations contention j quarrelsome arguments wounds j without cause the cuts and bruises which the drunkard acquires without j remembrance of the circumstances redness of eyes red eyes bloodshot eyes 30 mixed whie wine that was mixed to increase its strength with cither other kinds of wine or with spices 31 when it is red when it appears uhurlnjr sparkleth goeth down smoothly making it all the more at tractive beautiful and seemingly 32 bittsfh like a serpent stlngeth like an bder poetical parallelism no part leu la rsn caning 33 the drunkard iseeakthlnbs and tulks nonsense heart should be translated brain or mind 34 everything is going round he falls reeling because ids equilib rium is destroyed he has no sense of security as he that lleth upon the top of a mast like the man who clutchedthograss to keep from falling off the earth 35 ho comes to and finds himself battered and bruised he knows not how but alas the temptation is too strong the fool returns to his follyl lassen- thames woes of the drunkard the lot of the man who drinks to excess is a sore one the alcohol at first is under his control but not for long gradually as he takes more and more into his system it gets the upper band and soon hi the master merciless and un yielding first the health gods most valuable sift to us is destroyed and then the mind prov 23 33 and at last death comes to the body poisoned as with the deadly virus of the snake prov 23 32 not ar pleasant pic ture but nevertheless a true one which may be seen wherever strong drink is still in common use the grip of evil habit in this chapter we see a vivid picture of a man who is in- the grip of an evil habit- he has been made a physical wreck trom his drinking yet hl only desire is to recover to such an extent that he may be able to com mence drinking again many a man has been ruined because he made a practice of taking a drink to brace j him up for oraffcor a hard days work the practice soon became a habit and i like all habits became fixed in his dally alto he could not do without the alcohol and had to increase the amount as the chinese proverb says first tho van takes a drink then the drink takes a drink and then the drink takes a man let it alone alcohol has not much in its favor its use brings sorrow unbapplness poverty misery and pre mature death it is a habit forming drug and man cannot measure lt ef fects on the human system when walking arountl a two -foot- wide platform that encircled tyio top of tho 218oothlgh chimney at tho end of windsor strapt station train plat forms henry rheld of new york and richard boucher of three rivera drew many eyes from the neighboring streets arid from the windows of the c p ii offices tho men had been engaged by the cobipany to repolnt the bricks cleun tho surface and re pair tho lightning rods on tho huge chimney the work of getting tho platform to tho top of the chimney occupied the men for eight days every upward movement of tho platform was to a height of six feet arid at tho last minute of completing this work ono of the men would bo standing on a single plank the rest havtlng been raised to the upper position this ticklish work was to tho onlooker dangerous in the extreme but tho men thought nothing of it 1 asked if ho ever suffered from at- tacks of vertigo held laughed and j said ho never had i feel just as safe up thero as i do on the ground ho is a man over sixty years- of age and has been doing this kind of work for tho past forty years i feel right at homo on tho c p it chimney ho added for i built it in 1912 how ever ho is thinking of quitting in an other couple of years although his nerve is us good as ever it was he owps a half r fleet oil of land in alberta and it is there that ho says he will settle down both men moved with the same ease at the perilous heights as though they wcro walking on the street at times when hauling a plank upwards one of them stooped over tho edoof tho platform looking sheer down the drop of 200 feet- at other times they swung out from the walls of the bis chlmnoy perched on a tiny- cradle at all times they appeared to have com plete mastery of tho situation although it took them eight days to hoist tho platform to its present posi tion they glide from it to tho ground n a cradle in slightly less than a minute superb in flavour time tables at acton evcrycup is a new delight ask for it i l j cadesky of toronto eyesight specialist will iib at a t bbovyns dliuo store actoifr monday nov ist anyone rtuflfcrin from kye il rain defective vision or headnwi ahouhi not mt- ih opportunity of ronsuulfik this eyiwiicm pechilit appoint itrctus may bo made with mr a t brown druggist consrltation free office hours 9 a m till 4 p m nadian n going wast no 25 sunday only 1041am no 31 745am no 33 29 p m no 35 cob p m- goinn east no 24 sunday only 708 pm no 2c 702 am no 30 vrz 1148 a m no 34 k 38gpm no 36 ba7pm- no 38 j s1imb canadian national electrio railaysl westbound dally dally daniy gems of thought cover a head ioth willful and clever so for that matter may a brood rlnuned hat perhaps the most pleas ing of rccordted quaker woolngs is ono that reveals both perseverance and persuasiveness in man and maid and an admirable if disconcerting candor in the gallant lover even though he was not yet pledged to the yea yea and nay nay of the friends the two were katharine hoi lings worth a beautiful and delicate quaker maid en and george koblnson her stal wart neighbor in a little colonial set tlement in delaware of her many suitors katharine pre ferred george jn spite of the fact that ho was of the worlds people but her elders were unwilling that she should be married ut of meeting george was a member of the church of kngland but at katharines plea he consented to join- the society of tho friends and be married in meeting or anywhere else that she desired so only as they were married therefore ao- oordljiht to quaker custom he and she -made- their first declaration 6th day 1st month 1688 but his conversion had been sud den d the elders ware still dubious ad scruples and anally put thenatnybw64ft a direct question friend n dost thou join thi thursday josh 10 2833 society of friedas from conviction or for the oye oxf katharine hoinitrs worur thereupon george also developed scruples he could conscientiously join the sect to which his good and lovely sweetheart belonged but he could not lie about bis reason re luctaritly but horrestly he answered iwish to join the society for the love or katharine hohlngs worth it is certain that his questioners esteemed him none the less for this confession anil there were probably shrewdly twinkling eyes beneath their sober broadbrims when after due consideration they gravely coun selled delayi and that friend robin son should be gently persuasively and instructively dealt with gently persuasively instructively and successfully katharine took him in hand and at tho end of the year they were permitted to marry their wedded life was long and happy says the anefent chfoncllc from which an ne holllngsworth wharton takes the story and they were for many years an example of piety and goodness to those around them and thoy retained their love of truth and their loyalty to this society to the last courtesy rewarded not the least of jthe virtues is court esy and h in encouraging to see it suitably rewarded npw and hea i know a young now york fellow orro of our great business men likes tq say who has built himself a big business he used to be a clerk in ji department atore one rainy day when custpmerei were fow tho clerks had gathered o r baseball a womari come into the store tho baseball fans did not disband but this young followv stepped out of the circle and walked over to the wo man what cani ishpw you- madam t he courteously asked 1 she told him he got the article laid it before her and explained its merits intelligently when tlie wo- jimn left she aaked for his card jutter the firirs received a letter from a woman ordering complote furnish ings for a great estate in scotland 1 want mr she wrote ho sup- ccvise the fdrnlshing personally the name she mentioned was that of he clerk who had been courteous but rhndani wrbte the head of the firm- this man is not one of our most experlencod clerks hadnt we better sendmr t want thti young man and ho otherv wrote the woman in reply large orders impose their own con ditions- so our courteous young elerk was sent across the atlantic to direct the furnishings of a great estate his customer that day had been 2fnf an drew carnegie the estate was sklbo coirtfe can be as deadly in its effect as alcohol frequently is the best motto is let it alone it cant do you any good and may do you irreparable injury dont take a chance let it alone the question at issue in america just now is whether alcoholic beverages after having been prohibited by con stitutional amendment and legal en actment shall be permitted to con tinue in use illegally to the greater temptation of the weak and the un dermining- of law and order in general the motto et tt alone must become put it beyond the reach of all in that policy alone lies national safety and honor for study and discussion what evil effects does alcohol have on a mans mind what does it do to bis bodyt how does it effect ills will powert is it safe to trifle with it is the risk worthwhile what fa the best nollcyfor the individual to use toward it what ja the present issue in america how great la the respon slbluty of the individual cltlsen for law enforcement in his community daily readings for next week mondaypjosh o lll tuesdayjoshft 1220 wednesday josh 10 1221 the life of every man is a diary in which he means to write ono story and writes afipthor and his humblest hour la when he compares tho volume as it is with what he vowed to make it j m barrle one secret act of selfdenial ono sacrifice of desire to duty is worth more than all the good thoughtautarm feelings passionate prayers in which idle people indulge themselves j h newman jv it 4s ii pleasant sight to see any- body thanking god for tho air is very heavy with the hum of murmuring and thro roads are dusty with torn- plaints and lamentations c h spur- geon it is wonderful how many ways there are of bringing people to christ if we are dead in earnest about it and care more about that than anything else dr i a jsanks h that will not l b tol has no right on fingriah so if kingsley prosperity is not without many fears and dlstatee and adversity la not without comforts and hopes bacon give what you have to someone ti h w longfellow the measure of service is the mark of greatness the point of vievy of the harem few travellers have had tho oppor tunities to learn the circumstances and the views of life characteristic of the secluded women of the turkish harems that miss grace ellison the english writer has enjoyed she de clares that she has nover scon an ola maid jn turkey and does not believe that such a thing exists then she goes on i have talked with many turkish brides and huvo received many con fidences tho whole question of mar riage in turkey has always interested mo immensely tho first turkish bride i ever met long years ago bnd never seen her husband before the marriage and had detested him from the first- thero was nothing wrong with him she admitted except that i didnt uko him ultimately aho managed to escape married a man of her own choice and was much more unhappy with him than she had been with the first another bride told me that as a grejcfaprjmigiuij41awed to see her future husband and that she has regretd it ever since the dread ful imprudence seems to have robbed life of all its romance she said yet one more confession i peep ed through the lattice window to look- at him ns he walked post said an other quite an uninteresting little mny be better than you doro to thlnktnan but he was my fate and i might corns cripple the feet and make walking a torture- yet sure relief in the shape of hollo ways corn remover is within reach of all where the wool comes from friday josh 11 1823 saturday heb 11 3040 sunday psalm 6fc 1f tommy to the rescue how tommy-by- no other name known to famercame to the rescue of at hungry infant and a distressed motherln a metropolitan subway car is the theme of an incident described in the- new york herald somewhat condensed it runs as follows the mother opened a small wlckerl bag and drew forth a bottle the very slightly gray color of which indicated that it had formerly contained milk she gave h to the infant who after two lusty intakes discovered tho de ception that had been practiced upon him and went- up two octaves in his roaring on all aides looks of dis tress began to appear in the eyes of the passengers at about this time a young man of eleven years cmo into the limelight all that is kn6wnar him is that his name is thomas he broke the side of a large paper bag that rested be tween him and an elghtywirold companion and drew forth a pint bot tle of milk he looked bashfully at the troubled mpther opposite and when she glanced at him he held the bottle up and nodded the question wlont rt two minutes hter he only unusual noise in the car raa a gurglo the babywas still going strong when tho car reached ninetysixth street no soonev had the older boy re gained his seat after doing his good turn than his uttlo companion wbla- pered- in awe say tommy youll bth kilt i the answer to that was immediate j an elderly man at tommys right turned the boys hand and put a quarter into it and the smiting mother tossed ten cents at hla feet the boy immediately returned the ten cents to the infants mother but for some strang psychological reason ho kept the elderly mans quarter a reasonable complaint well george said the president of the company to one of hla old team sters tiow goes it st fair to mtddlln sir georgt an swered and he continued to curry bong a bay horse z me an this here hoss george said suddenly has worked for your firm slxtoen years weil well said the president of the company thinking a lhtle guilt ily of gepaea salary jand i sup pose you are both pretty highly valued oeorge eh h said george the jjth o us was nick lost wctk and they got a doctor for the hoss but they jgtmt docked say pay in oddresslng a group of smal chil drep recently one of the workers of the american humane education so clety tried to impress on their minds the fact that they obtain a great many of the necessaries of life from tho ani mal kingdom her difficulties are told in our dumb animals where do you get your milk arid butter and cheese she asked cows answered most of the chil dren although some replied- from the store and eggs demanded the instruct or hens answered those who did not answer store and wool asked the instructor there was only one answer to this question thestore well instructor but how docs it set into ihe store nowthlnkwoolwoo you get wool from the backot waai3 expectantly ahe walled the answer r presently it came from a small girl in the front scat batft of tho counterl sleep is the great nburlsher of in fants and without peaceful sleep the child will not thrive this cannot be got if the infant- bo troubled with worms millers worm powders will destroy worms and drive them from the system and aftcrwnrds the childs rest wiir be undisturbed the powders cannot injure the most delicate baby and there is nothing so effective for restoring the health of a wormworn infant i one for teapher the blshbp of manchester who was at one time a school jnastar ells le story of a teacher itt an olementary school who was trying to impress on the children how important had bee the discovering of ihp law ofgrayr- tatlon sir isaac newton was sitting on the ground an apple foil oh hla bead and from that he discovered gravatatlon just think children she added isnt that wonderful 7 a small boy replied yes miss and if he had been ttltunvin the school room lookin at his books he would not have discovered- nothlnv i typographical ejrrors which a modern newspaper is pro duced the wonder is that errors are tho exception rather than tho rplo h the oil of powerv it in not claim ed for dr thomas kclectrlc oh that ft will remedy- every 111 bill its uses are mo various that it may be looked upon ns v gehoral iwiln killer it hns achieved that greotriesn for itself jind tts excellence in known to all who have tested its virtues and loarnbd by ex perlence m have got something worflp but at her wedding i found a tall and handsome bridegroom what does this mean i asked happened j and she answered quite calmly i must have looked at the wrong man the stocking basket j wrote hod from asthma strength of body and vigor of mind are- inevitably impaired by tho visitations of asthma who can live under the cloud of recur ring attacks and keep body and mind at their full efficiency dr j d kcl- loggs asthma remedy dissipates the cloud by removing the cause it does relieve it does restore tho sufferer to normal bodily and mental happiness mending stockings might well be thought a irosaic occupation- if not a dull one the woman who sits down every week before twenty pairs worn by active feet big and little often- finds the pile discouraging al though sho would nouhuvo it smaller by a single pair but there is a curious half-myster- pus charm in the work- it is as if it typlfled all wifely and motherly duty even the maiden aunt with a darn ihg ncedlo in her hand has tho air of a matron tho coziest corner in the house is the most fit for tho stocking basketami its presiding genius an lncontchtlblo verdict against a gorg eous pjilaco recently built by a rich man was pronounced by a woman both refined and rich there isnt a spot in tho whole house where i could dam a stocking it is itmuhljig or pathetic but true that the modern stocking should have taken the place held by the medieval shield to bide at home and polish the shield was then the sign of wifely de jgouon tho wornstock ing may not lend itself so easlfy to 4he demands of poetry but is none the less beautiful and appropriate symbol there wns a time within twenty years when it seemed as if otockhng- monding were doomed a clevor writer speaking of hc fact said it was the natural reaction from an age which worked wool parrots with beaded eyes to an age which hires outsiders to darn its stockings- but today thp pendulum hnn bwung back what haajantl my lady presides pver- the work- ing buskpt whether h in filled with dainty parisian hose of silk or with stout woollen socks fit for tussle with thqrn and wind and weather fk acclimated harrigon was out walking with his now bull pup when he met a friend everybodys mngaxlne reports the con versation thats a fine looking brute his friend who was an admirer of blood ed dogs said where do you keep him oh up in my room said harri gon dpnt you know that it isnt vvery healthy to keep i dog in your room askedthe friend voh jiels used- talcnow hnrrlgan anawored worms cause frctfulncss and rob the infant of sleep the great nourlsh- cr mother graves worm extermin- tor will clear the stomach and intest ines and restore- healthfulnees why 8hopkeeper8 grow morbid a small boy whose head hardly reached the level of tho counter says tho philadelphia ledger entered he shop please sir he piped father told me to get him some oak varnish- how much does your father want my little man inquired he smlung shopmap father said you was to all this replied the uttlo fellow handing ovor a pint jar the shopman fuledr it and handed it back father will pay you next satur- dasald the child casuajly but the face- of the shopman grew dark glvo credit here ho said glyo me back tho meekly the small boy handed back the jar the man- emptied it and re turned it with a scowl thank you sir said thp boy my father said youd be sure to- leavo enough round the- sides for him to finish the job ho has to do and you have sir i in one column of an ordinary news paper explains the kingston standard there are 10000 pieces a type uaed there are seven possible wrong posi tions for each letter there are 70000 chances to make errors and millions of possible transpositions in the sentence to be or not to be 2759- 022 errors can be made by transposi tion alone and yet you hear people kick nbout the number of mistakes which actually occur with the high rate of speed at4- got a bote of rheuma today and great rejoicing by rheumaticcripples if so crippled you cant use arms or leas rhauma will help you 6r nothinfl to pay an oil of merit dr thomas ec- lectrlo oil 1b not a jumblo of medicinal substances thrown together and push ed by advertising but the result of the careful investigation of the healing qualities of certain oils as applied to the human body it is a rare combin ation and it won and kept public fa vor from the first atrial of it wih carry conviction to any who doubt its powers to repair and heal here is a sweet tht is and nourishing rk goivdbn syriip the canada starch co limited montreal dally 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fair copy of one of his plays then he used to brag about tho performance saying that he would not put trust in a- button sewn on by any womar not even his wlfo j tils wife used to laugh with a quaint expression on these occasions she confided to paulsen that she secretly resewed all tho buttons that tho poet had sown sewed thorn as only a wo man cap sho said ho always forgot to fasten the thread and the buttons would como off in a tey days if she pld not look after them but dont undeceive him- the faithful wife added appeaungly it makes him so happy to think that he does it woar a satisfied smile on your face to morrow its a- remedy that is astonishing tho whole country and its just as good for gout sciatica and lumbago as for rheumatism it drives the poisonous waste from the joints and museea thats the sec ret of rheumas success but wo dont ask you to take our word for it go to bj j hassard or any good duggb rd get a bptt hf blisuma to day if it docan t do as we promise got- your 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