MAY STL ALSO Children's Rubber Boots. to reduce our large stock stock-taking, hy our many . 5 pieces, only $25, ordinarysprice Parlor and Music, and Shaving ~ Cabinets, . only $5.50, ordinary price, $8.50, © Fancy Odd Parlor Chairs, in Silk only, $4.50, ordinary $6.50. Fancy Shade of Velour Couches, ~ fringed all around, only $6.50, or- glinary price, $7.50. These are a few specials which we intend closing out at the above Thanking you for past favors 'hoping for continuance of yours, 3 | Could Nt Seep At Mitt, 'Was All Run Down. Had No Appetite, ' -- FOOD WOULD NOT DIGEST. * Mrs, I. W. Warner, Riverdale, N.S, 1s glad there is such a remedy as Burdock (Blood Bitters. the time I used three J feeling like a new person. 1 Am 50 glad there is such a remedy provi. ded for suffering humanity, and cannot praise it enough for 1 think thers is ne medicine like it on the market." 1 A Double Bereavement. Brewer's Mills, Jan. 6.--~School open ed on Monday under the care of Miss Berrigan, in charge for two years. We are very sorry to contradict pur state ment of last week and to report the death from typhoid fever of Charle Rochefort, at Port Huron. On Monday the remains were conveyed to the home of his father, Joseph Rochefort The funeral took place on Tuekday morning to St. Barmaby's church, where high mass was celebrated by Rev. Fr. Connolly. The pall-bearers were the six uncles of the deceased The family have sincere sympathy of a large circle of friends in their double bereavement, as this was the second death of typhoid fever in the family within the past nine months. A. Roche fort, Syracuse, N.Y., and Miss ( Rochefort, of Vermont, arrived oa Monday to attend the funeral of : their brother, Miss .C. McKenna returned af ter spending a few weeks with friends in Kingston, Miss A. Scott, Buffalo, is visiting at J. Dockrill's., 1. Woods and son, Winnipeg, are visiting at J. Bower's. Mrs. J. Webb and son, Au gustin, spent Sunday at the home of her mother, Mrs. Dunn, Elgin. Rheumatism. If yon have this dread disease and have failed to obtain relief, why not try Hall's Rheumatic Cure, the great blood purifier. It has cured when every. thing else has failed. Safe to take, quick to cure, most highly éndursed, cheapest to buy. Ten days' troatment price 50c., at Wade's. Rev. James Green, for over forty vears the travelling "agent of the JAMES REID, Ambulance 147. Montreal Auxiliary of the British and Forcign Bible Society, died in Mont- real, at the age of cighty-eight years. PO The perfected free apon request. Wa Waltham Watches "The Perfected American Walch," an llasirated book [of inferesting information about walches, will be sent Americans Walthar Tick Company, American watch. Se i THAVE HALF A MILLION MEN AND 100,000 HORSES. . | Land Forces Reorganized on Prus- sian Lines With The Assistance Of a German Wilitary Mission ~The Medical Service is Ef- ficient. ; London, Jan. 5.~In a in t Journal of the United Bow o the din on the growth of the military power of Japan, Capt. H. W. R, Sen- jor traces the origin of the present Japanese army to the action of the mikado, when a "commission was sent |. out from Japan to all foreign coun- tries in 1869, to enquire into the best system of national defence, the best system of education, and the best re- ligion. On its return the ¢ommission reported the French military system, the British naval system, and the Am- erican system of education to We the best. They stated, however, that they found no civilized religion to be worth adopting." y In 1887 the mikado undertook the reorganization of his land forces on Prussian lines with the assistance of a German military mission. The issue was seen in the triumph of Japan in the war with China in 1804, a brief account of which is given by Capt. Senior. The principal results were "the complete unification of the various clans into the Japanese nation, with a strong national feeling and the re- ceipt of the indemnity of $34,500,000." This sum was partly applied to the further reorganization of the army, and reforms were instituted which were "to be completed in April, 1903, and to be in full working order hy 1905, when the Japanese army will have a peace strength of 150,000 mes and 30,000 horses, capable of expa sion by trained men to an army pf 500,000 men with 100,000 horses for war, with a supernumerary reserve of about another 500,000 men." The mikado, as head of the empire, is assisted by an advisory board of generals and admirals. The cavalry are armed with sword and carbine, those of the Imperial Guard alone carrying a lance for es- cort duties. The cavalry is the weak- est portion of their army, the Japan ese being indifferent riders. The artil- lery and engineers are well organized and -equipped. The medical arrange- ments are excellent, and a foreign sur- geon wrote in 1900 : "It was the general impression am- ong medical men with 'the expedition that the Japanese medical service was most efficient and complete, removing their wounded promptly to the base. This was not due to superiority of equipment, but to a better organiza tion of personnel for field service, and to the numbers they have at their dis- posal." -- Outlet Occurrences. Outlet, Jan. 5.--Mr. and Mrs. James Fodey are the happy possessors of a little son, who arrived January 2nd. Master Arthur Stunden returned to Gananoque, on Friday, having spent a week with his uncle, James Greer. Mie Bertha Cook and Miss Grace Darling, Gananoque, and Misses Lottie and Minnie Wallace, Rockport, visited recently at Albert Greer's. Miss Bradley has returned to Long Point, having spent the past week with her sister, . Mrs. W. J. Parsons. James Fodey arrived home on New Year's day from Indian Head, Assa:, where he has been for the past two years. He intends to return to the west in March. Miss Mabel Greer, Lyn, visit ed Mr. and Mrs. James Greer on: Fri- day and Saturday. She was accom- panied by her cousin, J. Stoops, Jr, Lansdowne. Woodvale school has opened with Miss Lillie Wiltsio, Athens, as teacher. Miss Mae Scott, Addison, Miss Lillie Leacock, Frank- viville, are at H. Leacock's, Dulg- maine. Miss Vera Tackaberry, Mal lorytown, i: spending a couple of weeks with her aunt, Mrs. N. R. John ston, Sand Bay. The sympathy of the neighborhood is extended to the family of Mrs. Clare Beadley, wife of the late George Bradley, formerly of this place, whe passed to rest on January lst, from the effect of a paralytic stroke. The funeral took place from Lansdowne Methodist church on Monday. The sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Still well. The remains was then taken to the vault, Deceased was cighty years of age and had been a kind and loving mother and a good friend to the friendless, for her hand was always open to the needy. Buried With Masonic Honors. Odessa, Jan. 5.--~The funeral service of the late 'I. Judson Mabee, was conducted in the Methodist church, Sunday morning, by the Masonic Jodge. Rev. G. W. McCall preached: a very interesting sermon. The remains were taken to Cataragui vault on Monday. Dr. Oscar Mabee and little daughter, of Towa, left for their home on Wedhesday. Mr. and Mrs. Anson Storms are spending their holidays with their son, Dr. Storms, at Ham- ilton. John Jones was elected school trustee for the ensuing three years, Our public school principal, M. B. Pet- orson. arrived last Saturday. and was present for the re-opening of school on Monday. Charles W. Timmerman sang a very effective solo in the Meth- odist church on Sundav evening. Spearinh fish is the order of the dav here: they are very plentiful. The grist mill has been unable to run this week on account of the severe frost freezing the water so deep. Har- ry Dean, Selby, spent a few days this week at R. H. Peters'. H. 8. Davy and family are recoverine from a seri- ous attack of la grippe. Guy Smith, Toronto, is spending a few davs with his parents, Mr. and Mrz. W. FE Smith. Coneratulations are in order; another wedding to come off soon. A slight mistake was made in the cor- respondence last week in eiving the | name of the reeve for this township. Tt is Lieut.-Col. Clyde instead of Hunter. Take Life Fasy. Spend the evening in a pair of our swell slippers. Every pair at cost price for the next few days, At Aber- nethy's. Six shines 25c., at Guess'. room in comnection. Pool Ida ; ETE Hops Ask for Carling's Ale--accept no other, because no other is quite so goed. years of searching and the brewery established : only when Government analysts deposed that the water never tested less than 99.08 degrees: pure. and certain favored paris of Southern. Europe, particularly Baveria--no cheap hops are used as in common ales. Qarling's Ale The Ale that's Always Spring Purity To brew good. ale pure, hard water is an absolute necessity. The solvent powers of water are. so great that few springs produce water pure enough for brewing. Carling's springs were discovered after many used in Carling's 'Ale are grown in Oregon, oreo oe When walking out upon the street, No dust or pucKkers round their feet. "This is the reason why. ~ Certicelli Skirt Protector is tho best Binding. Always ask for it. Samer Prerscror. Sever sco a vos, SUNDAY STUDIES, The Preaching Of John The Bap- tist. The International Sunday school lesson for January 10th is found in Matthew iii, 1-12, The golden text is the second verse. Last Sunday's lesson covered the years from birth of Jes manhood Jesus was spent at Nazarcth. Every Jewish father was expected to teach his son a trade, =o, as Joseph was a carpenter, we may be sure Jesus spent these quiet home years at the carpenter's bench with his father, Here he continued to grow "in favor with God and men." This is all we know of his life till the time of his baptiam., Matthew ii, 14 takes up the history egain and we study this next as the prelude to the publi ministry of Jesus. The New Ie nent tells us almost nothing about Matthew except that he was a publican, that is, a tax col Isctor, for the Roman government, at the time Jesus called him (Matthew ix; 9, x. 3). He was a Jew and well Hebrew seriptures. t distinctly Jewish of written by a Jew and Ita muin purpose practically B.C. 5 (the The young 1 versed in the It is the » all the go evidently for Jews. was to convince Jews that Jesus of Nazareth was the long expected na tional deliverer, of whom the prophets had spoken--the Chiist or the sizh. Matthews quotes the Old Testa ment no less than sixty-eight times. To the shit Jews the guestion as to @vhether Jesus fulilled Old Testament prophecy was a very serious one. To the Gentiles, of course, it was almost a matter of indifference. The figure of John the Baptist is els thrown upon the canvas with start ling 1 +. It reminds ns of the introd inh (1 Kings Nothing is said about his pa rents, or the i years of training in the wilderness; he springs into the arena of the gospel story, "ful Hl grown rand full armed." There is nothing to show that the indefinite expression "in those days" covers a lapse of thirty years. A vivid picture of the ascetic is given in the graphic words of the evangelist. He was not clothed in soft raiment, sensual delights had no attraction for him; he came neither eating nor drinking « (Matthew Ji. 1S; Luke vii, 25). The solitudes of the desert were his home: the rough camel heir cloak his covering: loensts and wild honey his food (Lev. xi, 22.) It was not that he servilely imitated Elijah ot any of the old prophets, but his soul was on fire with the thoughts a -- -- | which God had kindled in it. It seem- ed as though his age .was rotling to ruin, and he had no option except to bead the undivided energy of his na- ture to arrest the downward descent. Is it any wonder that the whole of the south of Palestine was thrilled by lis sudden advent, and went forth to see and be baptised ? His separate ness from the ordinary needs of men wrought like a spell upon the won- der and awe of that sell indulgent age. 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