; f : ; ; ; ; ie = oie ss a cs 2 et! * n eae x toy NOTES AND COMMENTS MAKING HIS LAST DRIVE ON WARSAW fats “reer sarucut| only tends to prolona@ period. of : came oes nes at e The Germans are evidently seek- ing to convince themselves and the HEALTH wretched population of the occu- pied French provinces thalt they have come to stay, and they carry this idea so far that they are act- ually changing the departmental limits in those regions. In this way it is announced that ‘By decisioa ft the German authorities the ad- ministration of the French terri- tory of Givet has been attached to the governorate general Bel- sium. of In the little village of Olley, Con- flans, h originally had about 400 inhabitants, there now remain only five men eighity-three- women and children. After making them work in the field the Germans de- ported. all the rest into Germany. For the last two or three months neither officers nor soldiers have any other ee than paver marks. They hav the 2 clothes, in a able climate. a e arpa a great deal tional tende season. many ‘which h would have, Rheumatism is a by cold and damp in and is, therefore, nat oss Sie and go t eople are much more li- able to Mheumatiem that other ney. On ti in winter Plenty of atta French gold and silver and forcéd the people to pay tiwo per cent. for German paper instead of gold Some of these villagers have reach- ed Paris via Switzerland and say that when they had to change the German paper in Bale they again lost twelve and one-half centimes on every mark, making. altogether about ten per cent. The following order of the day, signed by Governor von Heindrich, hasbeen placarded over Lille :— “All the inhabitants who have bar- ley or wheat, rye, potatoes, rice, oatmeal, salt, sugar, hay or straw, shall make a declaration of the same to the government commissar- iat. Quantities under 225 pounds cf any of these do not come under this order. Failure to.comply with it will be prisonment.”” Another order states that ‘‘All the mobilization orders of the French government for the army and navy are no longer bind ing,’’ ‘innocently adding: ‘‘Never theless, any one who complies with these. orders. of mobilization will be severely pumished.”’ And, lest it be thoughit that are, more outspoken than our an- cestors in characterizing the Ger- mans, this’ is how Wellington de- veribed them in 1870: “I can as- sure you that from the general of ) the: Germans down. to the smallest drum iboy in tHeir legion the earth never groaned with such a set of murdering, infamous villains. They. murdered, robbed, and ill-treated the peasantry wherever they went.’’ Wonder what Welliag- ton; who was a patient man, not given to strong language, would we say about them to-day—after Bel- |i gium, and Scarborough and Yar- mouth.) t CO-OPERATIVE EXPERIMENTS IN WEED we RADICATION. t During the past three yoars (10%- experimented with were Perennial Sow Thistle, Some very interesting and Sethi results were pb tie who fock part. ited by the irigieeac: In nearly ” ever tan e, the field experimented with, and de- monstrated eit own de tion the nage tae ge) of tl eth s tried, and’ a naga time the results Ashi ate infor- _ mation to others. Some of the Practical Information | ™4 Gaine fe on these Co-operative ed Experiments. tial to the one else. outsi habitation. Rotate soils a Sones pone ten ‘$ fro a, giv three adie may be chemist will tion, or oint img. Avoid punished with a year’s im-| an The word any organ creasin| and aiding a 3 periods 0! and general strength to al Naturally: down’’ s iaeutaice: ade ou fue avalon Ge overworked, ‘his ai- gestion is -|iod of poor cases the patient mabeday & compound Sie: but if he takes one that over- strona t his nervous aan! he es anes mi ture on request. tion, rub with any warm, dry and- mentary effect of but tonics act slowly and gradual- ly, and are to be taken Tone. are given in pai igestion an nut tion; all the so-called bitter tae hat head. “Thi Thowmatis, policy to wear next the sl the underclothing, in which you feel indoors, sup- ily removed at will when you je. Much depends on the) choice re Vee infin: Te Bute ‘on clay, or Hecis Phsligwa, and with unsound medicine when @ person s Muscular Rheumatism. vented ‘by carefully avoiding damp amp cushions, exposure to cold and wet n possible en an Suapordp bie wetting the off all clothes have a hot That means excessive perspiration, with a probable chill afterwards; as the same effec functions of the skin ae 2 wetting her eae flanne overcoat eas- Ls of sandy, prefer- in on itely suf- rheumatism nothing is etter than salicylate o in 10 grain doses every 10 given make wp such a Von Hindenburg, Ger ters in Posen. Prussia have been spectacular. vasion- and is, therefore, listed cessful in his offensive operations. any’s Hero, and His This remarkable group was posed outside the German ‘Heedaat. VonHindenbutg's come igns Poland and Staff. so far warded off serious in- ae he has been signaily unsue- THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, APRIL 11. Lesson I. David Anointed King— EY ae 1 Sam. 16, Golden Text, ment, night and imorn- : . beer or .stont. Keep 1 Sam. 16.7. amiling.--A’ Physi- Verse 4. Came to meet him trembling—Samuel’s _ visits had Toni often been made to rebuke the peo- a | ple of sin and to.correct, abuses. “tonic”? ‘comes from bod ly weakness, something to improve his tone an: nerves tractile tissues, but we now know that the strength or weakness the Greck word tonos, which means Doctors con- of epends on its nutrti- tion, and that tonics help nunstiaba ‘time. Tonics fall naturally into classes: gastric tonics, in- Sticnwonta for long three blood tonics tonics, “The gastri Bist an the or; anyone who ow just which kind d, poor increase saliva, hasten pe ite. TI restore to the thing in Which it is meral tonics a ans. is nerally poor, ‘and he digestioi sorieesaice thiestened- ‘with the sctiacatin, that is pretty sure to follow a long per- In “such well-heing. but. ae ust ie lest it is followed by 1 That ood cultivation, follow=| *, Com breakdown. Let your ed by ra 5 drills, provides| Physician tell you what tonic to a means of eradicating both Peren-| ‘ke, when to change it, and when nial Sow Thistle and ‘Dwi .| to stop taking it.—Youth’s Com- 2. That rape is a e satisfac-| P@m10N.. ‘ tory crop to use in. the destruction San eae of Twitch Grass than buckwh: Pat Replied. 3, That rape-gives much better} _An Irishman, having recently ar- results in the eradication of ee 4, That thorough, deep cultiya+ tion in fall and Sorin, followed by A well-cari ‘stroy Bladder 5. That as Fee may ae prevent: its, wheat and ea crop, will de- ed from seedin e nted Pp m more comfortably on the load, said, | has been ae cid that “theymay|his youth up, having witnessed its|as equally guilty. History teaches] treachery of Judas and used are Perrenial- Sow Thistle ih “Ts thal what you stopped me'for’'| lave supposed ‘that "Samuel had| terrible saveges. It i said that | us that nations and, individuals) cher, Seale cietoly rebvieed tae Bell, z Wild ‘atu, wena Okeve nth ” replied the ‘boss, Then, selected David for ee in his} while in is te “teens,” ook was|have been compel w the for the rash act, because the Div- who easy fire ith a crack of the whip, Pat re- etic school’’ (see 1 Sam. 19] put ‘nto te Ey, describing the} sword in selene of the na hts of ine Sufferer chose fe win by higher sty of these plied, “Gee up! It’s q poor ship 13 poi 1 ffects of “Vodka (alco-| the the print les of | means than the s few 43 oat fate stor oe ‘Go-op-| that can’t carry the the captain, “And the as of Jehovah a the ici ly. It'made truth, ae a liber! ne holding Nhat tem ad ae diddenct is cod Eek Eh htily upon David from “hat a deep and lasting impression, and| these siespet even! evidenced from His own words i Bees tho Glyde ‘Themscls. td—So the Spirit came| he thereupon took up the systema- ‘a life diself, 5 fsten Wig wabeudiine gesions ae t sledly er Clyde ae) cae brought | won Saul at first (Sam. 10. 6).| ti af ue Vodka aU is in which wo re now ot of AE ry ca in. psa ae raat a So the Spirit came upon the jud; fe was elected mayor of Samara, for gain, neds wor! “ta sent raft by dredging, : ae pel ct in ol ane Cee of His persecutors h ars ae qe proud of| (see Jude, e 1056. 34; 11. 99; 14.) pn attempted to curtail the trafic] hot qn over Sime whigh te da eked thine lat, However, ericans scorned | 193,18. 14). Compare i's, Bh fav HEC ee in that | all estes se ‘skillfy ny they (pre) are howevel t Testor SES: but Worse Below, isa river?” “But ye shall receive power, when city, but failed. was sent| is rather a the ‘st feds AN a th Listy prepara- Kats inst returned), hy, it’s onl very, | the Holy Spirit is come upon you. pepe Duma, uae 5 ee byenn tl “ot gman and de inpoe—be- vat fi ent ue in doit ee 59) peniadko be in city when in ¢ol arison with Migs! a i, avid "means ‘sheloved, Bes it t that body. to fon ee ie h th ge eB th tes plane bi rapped the fee oe A one, eel, “darling,” probably in Prete ae a bi a el every ees | Ste ‘hess ip a| finally orus! neath the iugger. ah rence, or Hudson.”’| to ae Wind the youngest the| bottle ‘Poison.’’ This ‘meas ut to which they have ' offered | th tAlice—Did you run for the cellar? (Kate-No, I heard ‘there we Tats there, i rived in New Pat sitti stopped h “‘Alweel mon, distance York, got ‘the bh employment. La away. Having gone half his j jonny he se té ‘a steep hill, and while struggling to get to the top his boss happened to mee; him the horses in such difficulty, on top of the 1 jorses were im, and seeing and Fea Pat, ere} thank for your rivers, but w this one oorsel’y. enough to do without hauling a up pane Aill?”? a Iby- stander, ats ‘ve got Prelate a made 10 | —Som Saul should heighten their appre- hensi: Be Banctily, yourselvee hoc tomary ceremonial aise slices i eaeee eee the gar- Exod. 19. 10; Toate ‘And ie sanctified Jesse and _ hit sons—He superintended the sancti- fication of Jesse This route take place ‘in Jesse’s house, give sail an oppor- Seen a come can aintance with esse wand his a Called 40 the snorifice=-He told ite elders of the city to come with the sacrifice. He was care- ful ae see Bike Sid and his sons would be pre: And ha that i is, he thought within himself. 1 well members shoulders above the tribe. So when Eliab appe ered, Samuel concluded that he was the Lord’s cho For he had all the outward qual'fication of a king. As the successor Saul, Eliab fitted the Seay So Sam- uel reflecte hy to -| pleasing countenance were. not the aay evidences oe anaes qualities. n fact, these wei signi- Beene if the He qualities were lac % Ee Jshovgh said itt Samiiel ust have Sas ges a s unfavorable, ed he heard the voice of God pro Sing hips ke be oantebul Sn. bia Bi servations. ret Jehovah seeth not as man i—See fala 16. 15; Acts 1. 24. reer 8 first their heart : innee in ‘stature manding in appearance; but their choice of Saul was influenced by the external appearance. Now Jehovah will choose for hineelt abe Hebrew has around, meaning “We ill not sit aroun oe sacrifice table until David appea 12. Now oe e was 1 ern countri plexion’ were ne dark.” One ly,’”. that is, of skin, alee particu- hair and fair larly attractive, upon. See . 39. 8. orn of oil (see verse 1 of tis chapter) and anointed him 24. Just as Saulhad sae Ae twice (1 Sam. 10. = 11. 14, 15), so David was twice an: ointe. In the midst of iis brethren — In {the preauce.6 of his Pesibren It is evi tl \ history, that David hears aia not real- ize what ned to him. It he ee Fashion Hints ac longer at friendship ts 5 re-| never ing height and| red of | me: When a a nate he never —— é Skirts Short, Bodices Tight. Possibly a summary of just what itis famous honeen Iaebatis explode ed might help women to understand the approaching fashions rather than a dissertation, for which there is plenty of time late: Doucelt, for made a specialty of three-piece suits, a and shors| 4 hi Midnight blue and old of blaek, made of lace and. jet and of quantities of tulle. Callot showed evening frocks mauve, rose, black and pink. Several of the best evening in * Teobks were in violet and lavender. green embroidery, the bodice quite ecollete. As brides save ap worn the low corsage y years, a innovation, along nits the use green embroidery, makes one poet The skirts were narrow for all oceasions, but, then, Callot has tolerated the skirt. by long swinging draperies of black tulle hanging from the shoul- figiired failles combined with gold and silver were made into after- laced on self-colored net were se i t. ee flowing from the shoulder to e hem in another color from the oe wn, Here and there were frocks with the empire waist- line, ver much like those Josephine wore, with the huge ornament in’ the front holding sweeping skirt lines of plain satin —__h_ _ LLOYD GEORGE ON DRINK. Drinking Curse. he, will look upon the heart. A few months ago, and since the mab—Also ‘called Shim-| beginning of the great European ca (2 Sam. 13. 3). was. the} war, the world was amazed to learn third son of Sus the father of} that the Czar of ee by ‘one Jonadab, “a very subtile person’’. robe of the pen, had put a stop (2 Sam. 13 d Jonathan, manufacture and sale of w a giant of Gath (2 Sam. Vode, the Russian favorite intoxi- 21. 21; 1 Chron. 20. 6, 7). cating beverage. u, will not sit down — TI It was aha most. aatonielune. de- velopment of the wa1 of Vodka ment, eipeaally when the war was costing ia millions, and liable cost any millions more, and the revenue from this source was im- ue anon and sale of Vodka the Cza1 is will cost 2, the abeernmmeny nearly half a billion lollars each year, in loss a reve- nue from that source alone! hero of Russia, Michael D. great empire. was by birth, and a keen ne: ity became a Russian multi- plicit, but he did not make in the Vodka ératie. “ He a een na foe to Vodka from salmon |} acti How the Nations Are Handling the # , this banning | i the Russi ian Govern-} 7; in ‘The Imperial ukase which forbade ure Foch LG acs =o net 5 the eee Heer Bele ye pasta does personal icnain What. he lence to tb ruth astonished him still Skee eR at outset of the war he ordered’ Pall yodka shops (saloons) closed pre: visionally. ‘or a month the effect of com- pulsory temperance was tabulate a oa ay observed. The ukas' satisfactorily and: spn r dre closing of all saloons and the se page of all manufueture of vodka, rdinary, for the government itself was interested in the thanfactre of Lay drink, and | by ss of one of the heaviest Sins aiied tone liquor proportionately than any other people, and there are about 170, yy a) Dr pees ye word, ever p and tactons in that ‘huge em- pire was diesed tight. Rutecrtey is a ries thing ea wielded a rch. from the empire show that Russia found the chatge 0 beneficial that hoe would now listen to a proposal to go back to truth. cent, policemen are not needed to keep the peace, and the prisons and insane asylums are being emptied M. Hark, ithe distinguished Rus- ak Heer ‘recently, that "thongh the in re- e would be a revolution in Russia if a) acl iD eee made to re- zinbeade France oe shown her true eit nee powe r to with and has cape her future importation ab- Ibi os Seige fige dit great. ms oral birth, but have teats ueeahe about by a ‘realization of the moral and economic effect of alcohol upon the efficiency of working men, physical and mental, and upon the general degeneracy Se hise-oivitiencand sOv: “Dhe cureion oF Mats the 1) drink evil it tain was| dal Y | recently handled bs ie ‘Chanoellor of the Exchequer in AS pane rkable Fapetedl at wan e then rdgulaced that the. emcee, inspired by the jon, or the results of prohibition measures of Russia 3 fish ! “Est your viele brother play | mother. After inquiring.the baby’s cided to take hold of the problem|with some of your marbles” | name, ‘the said ae ernment was armed with full pow.|Bub’” Protested Randall, “he| ‘I sincerely hope, the little fellow ers for the defense“of the Kingdom, | ™°"s to keep them aes mo- has ‘been bap' 1 aud Gisent to nes ther agatier the ns " I guess} “Oh, wall cn replied the tact- rink oH ce & wauional Geen” ot,’? replied the thother. What} ful mother, with a cugtsey, “I He’ Gaueried that woolen aalio ies you think ‘that!’ . ‘Well, I] should not like to go so far as to insisted upon their drink holiday, |Svess yes!” howled Randall. ‘‘I] say that—you being away ; but your when efficiency was impaired by al.| know the does, core he’s swallowed young man came round ‘and did cohol ay t ‘less intelli-| three of ’em alread what he could.” gence or energy into their labor as & consequence, were doing Britain incalculable harm. le asserted that drink was doing more ‘harm to the nation than ae Germany’s submarines ene Zep) lins combined. An this “has n brought about eanntabcallg. 0 ys observing the blighting influences of. alcohol uj of joke—it everybody is now learning that fact. : AS. M.. BICE. Denver, March 16th, 1915. THE RED. CROSS SOCIETY. Toronto, March 16th.—In connec- tion with letters and circulars that ee been s aacine especially from: ne’ ‘cal es for the purpose of} , bringing ar to an immediate close wad sequal moveme ts. following important been issu: National Committee for Patriotic Service. Whe statement is signed by Mrs. Goblet: president, an Mrs. Plumptre, Secretary of he Cermiittes. \, statement is as follows : Letters een circulars in praise of eace. have n issued, calling on women all over the mak to unite tition are reque membership in a Peace Societ, these cireumst ‘the Committee calls your aucich to the follow- are the men or wo- men who would:hesitate to decla: ne themselves. “‘i But Piccuaioaa in\favour of peace may be repre- sent s condemning al all who fight, and sng se has been made of them ry “the war. Thou we may ate war, and though we ay admit that there is always wrong at the root’ o! , yet we nnot unconditionally _ condemn neutrality has reat not tend to promote peace, but neighbourhood. In| na UDO oo thi ave drawn the sword to de- fend the rights of the weak, the liberty of the many, and the pledg- Gicstien the ave to our childre self Ingnayeon Hate a truce, lasting only until the nations had recovered suf- ficiently to test the issue once on 3 appeal to arm than. all we should ie Balen ovince: tall not the women of this coun-| hi n this war with s im ® And what is our share? possess our souls in patience during war’s hardships and uncer- aniien, to refrain mbar- our rulers by demands for a reeanbaee and iltneory peace ; to prepare ourselves { eons and duties whi¢ vitably precle to the ecules posed by war; and, above: bear ourselves, as to be e jen who are fighting for ae Empire—and for us. This is our share. When Germany has learned that right is stronger than might; when the mailed fist no longer threatens Europe, then may we thope for a Teaco intent auldiens walang may inherit. with such a peace, we may. hand on, unbroken, the great traditions of our Empire honour < HnReAi qed) e PETE Ades guarded, justice vindicated. Such are some of the conditions before we unreservedly lemn war, or make petitions for imme- diate p dened con beball. bFAuR Natiphe al “Commitee, MARY R. GOODERHAM, | ADELAIDE M. PLOMPRIEE, Secretary. 7 King St. East, oar “Dinah, did you eae the fish before you baked ‘Law. ma’am, what’s de use oA washin’ er fish what’s lived all his life in de wate HE had left her little son Ran-| hi: ‘© play with his baby brother. Shortly after she heard the’ baby apcoamine SAIyc Ehibty ihe 4a the place where the children were ee found Randall picking 5 Em “Why, Randall!” “don’t.be so sel- animate our | caves, 5 ith his hoe, That he does so that they ’ Young Folks 7 . Playing Animals. ~~ _Danny and D Daisy are, brother and ard id animals are a ree my are painted different colors. came “in N, Ohrist istmas time. mould the earth into the shay mountain until lies ons about eng atte ace the animals in these caves with their heads Doig ing out. Some of the are larger than others. ) jour times six, animals. are careful to. put together only tame animals, such as ‘horses, cows; he wild animals like the mene the tigens, an they keep in sepa SOMiken the caves are ail inhabit- ed, Danny takes his spade and hoe and digs a trench round the mount- have made two boats out of safety-match boxes; ~ with tooth-picks fastened in the centre of these boats they (make, splendid sails. very ropa Tar when tha © finished the gi ey “py animals [Pie ate the ark, Then Danny wrecks the mountain can have the fun of building it again and digging’ a new canal. a Humoring the Vicar. The parishioners understood that a certain amount of jealousy exist- ed between the dignified vicar and is energetic young curate, says a fate! Seine! vate they ra i over- the fac’ that ‘the material pane came sie the vice The vicar had just returned from his annual month’s vacation recent, addition to his lying | contentedly in the arms of its fon THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS. He Knew That Physical Vi Violence Reacts and — E They Who Take to It Shall Perish by It It has been shown e Dr: James Hope Moulton that the nee of never anticipated the literalism which has been the curse of biblical exegesis, Utterances rich in sym- olism and ane owing. (their which clothed cee and addressed when the worshipper of the letter Hie ee ae that at the expense of the osetia was the supreme ath iy but he also possessed an unequal ed ‘sanity. When He instructs us to turn the puee cheek to the smit- er, we remember that He did no do this, butt biked the creature genci that smote Him. When He ‘tells us to go the second mile with the .| disturber who has already com- mandeered the first we see in that picturesque illusion ithe reality that no sacrifice is too great to win soul from the dark ways of Lees Ve know that we must not al envy and vengeance and mere Hust of reprisal to drag us down to their level. that we must st Sele while civilization is \being blow Fa He Liked the Soliier. The Master recogni: this extent, tbat He drew halal from the strategies of a king who h| watched ae the progress of an inv: nm his borders ; ‘He. commended 2 Se 8 dis- cipliné, He had a tender place in His heart for the odie Peter carried a sword to lthe scene of ue Cs favorite. reminis- AS of the Christ, but it has iy oe and meani gs It shows end | ©, to} of divi “how awful goodness can be.’’ It sanctioned the ringing protests .of all His atte! who have boldly stood the pa th pirate mae Votaiienced ‘his o- Defensive war waged in beh legitimate objects, such as the or of women and the freedom of man, is a heaven of heavens above ~ the desolation which the tyrant and ~ bloodless sycophant —miscall peace. ‘ ae in Armaments. walls Snview hie significant fact that. ere Jesus said was for the man dawstonttent the race has not attained those stages we must adapt ithe principles of the New ieee to the exi- they are be intelligible vit ng family of ma’ has n degree of epi itual perespeenz: “They are incal able of complete realization While large portions of the human race revel in atnugiiter and put their~ trust in armam« ¥ was never lirectly at: w Le eee: But as also a. man and a prethek, his 1 bonds | were Wherever the aes the has been “ieee, slay. has been reject grow inpatient with the aS movement: would end in worse disaster . any we now confront, and the gos- ee not’ fdvor the. attempt. read, we never reckoned with it before. — Its indignation is deep, is irresist- ible, ivi: inspi: The Churel pi of God is not so inert, rales as some ase have wy ieye. Z The social order which. law pen . top-heavy with feudalism ek dl e-N