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DRS, PARKER & TYE CFRICE : PUBLIC DRUG STORE, MILVERTON Hours—10 to 12 o'clock a. m.,and 2 0 4 orelock p. m., and 7 to 8 DR.A.F. McKENZIE, M. Dz Physician and Surgeon MONKTON, ONTARIO Office 9 1 So far as possible from 1 to m, and i DR. By -ARTH UR PARKER Osteopathic Physician (or st Specialty: Treatment o sail teal and ner- Fonalimenta, including lat troubles, by dr eee meth Cases incurable by other ben “At vei ree ihaet Soneaeaee indy, tree, Call o Grend Central Hotel aig ike Samtol p.m, Willy ca peferredt wait residences Wpreterred DR. F, dt R, FORSTER, Eye. re, E Nose and Throat only. House on New York Cpe and Aural Insti- tute, Clin, Assistant, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospltal, “Golden ‘Square and ae Hospital, L fice : 68 Waterloo Kak church, Stratford, ee E kei H, B. MORPHY, K.C. Barrister, « Notary Public, - Conveyancer Solicitor tor Bunk of Hamilton. ISTOWRL, LYERTON, ATWOOD OMices: Listowel, Milverton ¥. R BLEWETT, K. Cc. Solicitor for the Bank of Toronto / Gordon Block _eraarvouD, ONTARIO Veterinary. 5) ous illness, work, are frequently, if neglected, the forerunner of & seri slight scratch may cause a very bad attack of blood- poiscning: it toes matter gets in- to it slight wounds should never 3 “neglect ad inters, bits of grit, ents of met. or glass remain sranedtded in the flesh this leads to inflammation, and per- haps to. blood-poisoning. Even the c ig of a mosquito ‘ma result fatally Slight erie of everyday occurrence sh« ould be pro- perly attended to. well washed with warm water remains, and then bind up the lim or finger until the place has healed sufficiently to ee ae entry of foreign matter such as dirt, etc. Stablemen, oi pabticlary, should be exceedingly careful as to the cleansing and protection ~of scratches and small Migr end as OW- ig to the nature of rk, there is always a danger mot bel infected with the genms of tetanu: We men mag are re meet aster, some soft, aed on bottle of carbolie Ae This he very simplest form of first aid, but it brits probably mean the ng of much pain, perhaps the lost ae ious of a limb and weeks of time. Convulsions. Some children are more likely to suffer from convulsions than others owing to their nervous system sina upset, Convulsion’ estible food, sions in the infant she is nursing. The convulsions may be artial, cont raction ailter! ation. ‘The thead is usually thrown back and the thumbs pressed in up- on the palms of the hand, Froth sometimes issues from the mouth, ithe outset of the fit. If teething is suspected toibe the cause of the at- use simple lancing ot ae gums will BARR, Veterinary Surgeon atliverton, Graduate of Ontario Veter! ‘oronto. Pan be ca herein promptly searsiad ta Socoloctics. MILVERTON LODGE, No. 478, LF. & AM. le verton, meois ever on of before fll. moon, every my JaJ, B, Weir Blook, ¥ “titans «welcome M; W.5. 2ooger, Seoy. a “Silver Star 104.95,0 Be Site usually be su > give relief, and the. child mil aie poorer: estible 6 Ker tard add @ counter irritant, adi cacy of the bath. The child Mould emain in bath for r twenty min- utes, and then be placed in bed The patient is be kept very quiet for some days, the food be light and easily digested, and the bowels be | ayy regulated by the use of mild aperients.—A Physician. st. Mortgages dr omg dey jerk, ico in the Weir Dock over the Metropolitan Bahk, FIRST VICTORY OF THE WAR. How a Sect Put An Aggres- erman to Sleep. The “aaa official report of the first of the war is Lal le D (CENTRAL “HOTEL, Mil- zz “verton 0] accommodation for jenni travellereand pibern. on hee Ban betas Genie at I es eat brands brands 0 Ghat, iter, Praveen wot at QUEEN’S HOTEL, accommodat: Milverton, Ont. ios tor “THE A ERICAN pay! HOUSE, Berlin, attentén to Commercial si nena sample rooms, Beat quot sery ba ise i COipes days" Wae, Watr,, Peon, not supplied by the Press Bureau, y a man, says the Rigg oo f\Evening ‘Times, who tias the authority for his details of ‘ Sat om bi “In one of fay Iie aoe of the evening trai ‘om Troon just after the declaration "ot t he war be- an old a young fellow from Troon, while in a corner sat another young chap reading a paper, The t cu. ie ngers entered into cor i| versation about the hh Troon cha oa am Fereate ge id be wiped out. Hardly ‘the prophecy crossed his lips, when the passive news| reader, without any declaration of war or other indications of bellicose fever, a “a in. foree, swooped down upon the unsuspect- ing Troot and im a. Fu BLIC it t INWOOD. keeps teat such as Cider ete. te beat ‘quality yer, Manager 5 R.Y. FISH&CO, LINWOOD we Dealer in «., Coal; Cement and Lime Motar Stain, Etc, Grain, Flour and Feed and Furniture Above Anais dasde Constantly Kept on Hand “You will not say about coun: tree vat you like.’’ For about the time of a midge’s wink the Scot} | was stunned but he rallied, collect- and, erog a bril- elted "de jerman window, hile ‘the | tl blood from his nose, dyed his shirt front. The German, advanced ray pid put the aggressive Teu- to deep. So Hi won the frat “pattie of the w: chase tees A Cure Needed. ¢ Smal] Boy (to charitable lady) — “Please, mother says, shes’ much better of the NG wot you gives her quinine for, but she’s aw- fuljill of the disease Rohe s cured lp port wine and chicken broth.’ It's ha little things that annoy i, but one bad tooth will be ally feel as big a8 an acre, / tressed in eM /in his sorrow. At leas ents | ciples. ba a hight will ae to be British Cycle Corps, with its THESUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON SSON, INTERNATIONAL OCTOBER 18. rden of Geth- 2. Golden Lesson IT, In the semanc—Mark 14. Text, Matt. 26.41, Verse 32, A place—An inclosed piece of ground. Gethsemane—From the Hebrew. gath shemen, meaning an ‘oil press.” This inclosed piece of ground is regarded as having been id ° orchard. The owner may haye possessed an oil press in which the oil from the wotiva of neighbor: ing owners of olive orchards, for a consideration, was pressed: ow And he saith unto his disciples, Sit ye here, while I ciples would not understand passion. They might be sore their faith, to ster in agony. Jé save them from this. daar them nearer the entrance to and goes further in. Tt is ae likely that he left them’ as an outpost to give warning of the ap- proach of the ane or to protect | a, him from ass: e was thinking of them, of cele faith, not of the enemy: he consi proach ot the unfr woul e known that his dis eles saute not have defended him against them, He taketh with him Peter James and John—The same he took with him to the Mount of Transfiguration. needed closer companionship. They derstand him better than the rest. Perhaps he could depend on them 4g reas it seems and that Jesus in three oe Colt Gun, stated a Stream En Route to Join the Main Corps. excitement Sha exertion of the last days were now making inroads up on the strength of the disciples. It the these is suggestive to note that on Mount of Trans: serait three disciples also slept. He Petros, the rock. Did Jesus rea! ize that the rock in Peter was abou to crumble and that his old name Simon would be more indicative of his real (that is, his old) self? Sleepest thou? conldest thou not yatch one hour }—Simon, above all icin sleeping! rather the Peter, who ments before had 3 be offended in the ane led’’ (Matt. 26. 33). Watch and pray—The original is, oe Wateh ye and pri ay: into tempta tion—Even in the throes of his own misery Jesus cannot forget his dis- ciples, and warns them to watch and pray incessantly that they fall not into temptation. They had all sworn him allegiance How well he knew their weakness pud how. desir- ous to save them from 39. And again he raane away, and prayed—Almost with the counsel pe his lips to the three disciples that they cease not to pray, Jesus again goes forth into prayer. What needful for his. disciples was Rasen for him Their were very vy Their were weighted down; it was impossible, so great was t eir weariness, to resist slumber, e battle was vmpathy ther to et their rest. if The vigor of the vic- tor is in ois step, the firmness ol one who has overcome is in hi voice, and the light of the conquer- But he dia not remain away (about a stone’a throw) from to|them (see Matt. 26. 36-46; Luke 22. 40-46). an id be; rte was the begin- of the outward the “atl okperionce of the Lord in the gi e inner ieriesic G - | had eee fought. He had spok- en of it frequently, He had in- strueted his disciples how he must suffer. But when the actual greatly the ge the fortitude, the imag- inatio: the Saviour, which gaye him a foresight of the tremendous- ness and intensity of the encounter, could not prepare Jesus so that he would enter upon the conflict: with: out surprise. It came as a su and te revelation. le ye here, and watch — ae PRS was awful for him; it ‘ould have been overwhelming for So he asks them to remain where they are while he goes fur- ther into the conflict. He asked them ‘“‘to watch,” not for him, but for themselves. They needed to on guard, for Srotasin 2 in its eruelest form was near thei submissive. ground, on his face; and he fell ae only once, but continually, The imperfect of the verb to fall is used in the Greek, This denotes repeat- ed action. Jesus was in a protract- tb. , | ed and desperate con! Tf it were possible—The pain at no omen was. 80 poignant or iercin} cause Jesus to forget con: jdered. Gladly, eagerly, would he haye had the hour pass, but on- ly if it were possible. In verse 36 our and suggestive. Gethsamane str Sa Father—God, our re Hebrew Abba, “God, “ mn added the explanation, “Father.’’ Tn an intenge and pro- longed petition no term is too dear. to make the approach closer ans more intimate. he death strug- gle he called upon God his Father, and when the end was near on the aa the name of Father was on soneraee ot is lips. All things are possible unto thee —Jesus could not forget this. How he wrestled with the Father leliverance yee T_ will, but things were Abxduanibiods tie is hopelessness nor aeaeie i i ‘of | tion: nis The hour . come ; behold—As a general sud denly conscious that the time FO he nes come might speak, ow at the ipaer fight. Bnished. he be. came beta le of outward condi- a Bt doubtless, the moving anes listance and sir that ‘the moment was speaks of the betrayal, means ‘betrayed un- to death.”’ He to be delivered unto those who desired to end his life. On this p Ah Jesus was never that the physi- 42. Arise, let us be goil saw the lights winding maa" te to them. For-already had they tak- en him, Only the Lie capture was wantin| , doubtless, desired to join the other disciples so that they would not be unduly dig weneg He that ‘betrayeth me is at hand —The most pointed condemnation Jesus in uttered, yet wibhal filled e deepest pity and unubt whom the words were utters ean | RUSSIA WANTS A FREE PORT. Ships Haye to Pass Fortified Straits to Get to Ocean. ~ Now that we are all pile of that bay map of Europe, which is rin au permanent wakveseel a population of 80,000,000 0,000,000—had no mari- commerce wade) ys d ne Black em must pie under the | 990 guns inople Would Singland or any other greet nation, Suggests Walpole, have tol- erated with such patience the ex- clusiveness to which Rita is con- “Xs surely as the river he § Tt may be possible to direct. its Thatch, just a8 it is practicable to turn the course of a river, Tt would be as e: the river as to arrest the nation.” Brides with sour dispositions are . Findeth them sleeping — The apt to spoil honeymoons, with Mi raced for the one coneerning “asy to stop| Fashion Hints Fie and ag Dy ces are to be ust Beda shel] pins for the ‘hair are ew All the new longer suits have © & One piece frocks are mostly of se: The hourglass figure is to be the fashion ‘The all black hat of velvet is still popular. Darker shades are noticed in the fall millinery Brown velvet ix as smart as black for street capes. The small a is worn with basaue costum Maneibal vaaue from the short to ane redingote. ‘he new tunics are not more thao three yards wide. ‘The oriental note in dress has al most Giebuestee nally we see a hat the with ilk jacket and shorb, loose coat are in good fashion Frocks of net artaaged in plaite|f or ruffles are ‘favori e old fashioned. "chante em- broidery. has come ad aes da and dark toned fitch] ® ‘i e fashionable. act he apanedl neck ai ihe stand |‘ ovay. collars are still g aerate | We is the faxtiouatle hat this season new idea is the combination of black satin and plaid serge RHINE IN SONG AND STORY, The Riyer Flows Through a Land of Fertile Vineyards. For gow past the Rhine has e the spirit of pax German_ child- a the great national song which was with an extraordinary fervor by the German soldiers alike in the ory in the great campaign which erded' in vic- ry for the Prussian forces, And now that their country Pariah experienced, the wo t eat war song bringing back anmories of 1870, -will be sung by hill and entering the garden. millions of tae “on knew that the company ra aeroaae land and ve: y isa had He would not wait to|fit subject ie a national song. Its have sping geek him, He would go banks were the scene of many of the fie attles for supremacy which took place between the Teutonic hosts and the Romans, whose strongest. bulwark it was; it was there that Gaul pai Teuton strugel- ed for supremacy in the generations that followed. Flowing through a land ata with yineya: that yield a win 5 5 thes a spirit of song and logen romance. Ruined castles crown the rugged and fantastic crags that hem in its channel ; hue, flow “ and’ ave eee by the ¢om- manding stat) rmania—the trophy of Genrnal victory of 1870. by its ebildren at the point of the her own absolute control. The traf-|sword. It is to the Bb race fic of the Baltie must pass pete &) what. e English fanroy: strait, the White Sea-is not | people. It.is a means at dialiboad, ways open, eve & ship froin] too, for it carries 000, - tons of freightage perth veut and is a symbol of national pros- patty. Lansdowne’s Weakness. Lord Dansdowne has ee Sicha weakness; he never goes without his wnbrela, Tet he day be as sunny as possible he drags out from the hal 5 CG The Hous fact, is very the racks which are placed at the entrance to the gilded cham- er one sees very few sticks, is faced with | m which is. ae the world over for i i its waters, of a déep,| Few THE SOLDIER'S RIGHTS, Privileges Britain Bestows | Upon Her Fighting Me Every British soldier on aa active ist— from field-marshal down to the recruit— ote pcre 1 ans, rhe sate Mink eRevaliocia> way says a in London Answers. writer To begin with, no soldier+what- ever his rank—can be sued for any debt or damages widér £30 in val- Consequently, an accommo- uw dating broker permits bas Atkins | louder ; she was to dabble on the Stock Exchange to | this amount he cannot recover Simi- action against him unless the dam- ages claimed exceed £99 198, 11%. If an officer occupies Government quarters he docs not have to pay a. es i e house, This is because such a build_ ing is held ito be occupied by $s Crown, and the Crown is alw. exempt from loca’ n officer is also per mitted to em- ploy a soldier servant without hay- ing to pay a license for him. Nor is officer required to serve on a jury, or to fulfil any municipal ap- pointment. Every sotdiér, provided he he’ 90 the roil of electors 8) chy right as a civilian 1o record his with ina Bereiseiae lection; and if he himself is elect present a Honiley, he is entitled to take his in the House of Commons eae anybody's hould, horeren a no! Seinked’e officer or private taldiee who ny nes an M.P. be pro- moted to a commission, vacate his seat. soldier who has a commission at the time of his without res lection is not required to vacate his seat When a soldier is travelling on duty quarters titled to demand accommodation at any hotel or licensed house. This is called “billeting,’’ andthe maxi- mum amounts to be fixed by law as follows: . night's lodging and attendance, 6d. ; for breakfast, 4d.; for supper, 2d.; and for dinner, 114d, If a soldier is accompanied by his horse he oo demand 10 Ibs. of oats, 12 Ibs. of hay, 8 Tbs, of straw, and sta- ble room for 1s, 94 Should soldiers be proceeding furlough the railway companies make them the concession of issuing return tickets at single fare, little over. This viens is: also granted to their freven and children. In the case of officers the Peon 5 to allow aiee to travel first-cla at reduced rates. The bag Saat of -o 5 passing provid ded they be travelling on du Tt a soldier is quartered on @ garrison where stamps ate not ob tainable, he may send his corres- pondence unstamped, and — the amount charged on delivery will be 1d., instead ot double the deficiency, as is the Post Office rule in all other cases. An n.¢.o, or private soldie: joys one privilege that ap witha from officers, This is the right of demanding a oute ‘martial when senten to any pun in- volving a loss of pay, An officer, on the other ice holds his commis- sion at the King’s pleasure, and can always be removed from the Army without any specific reason being assigned, fsa, Benevolent Old Lady—‘‘Poor ! And are you married’! ) on heart, kind lady; do y Td be ee | on total wiranots flor support if 1 had’ a wife ! or a} T Bthel had her forehead Bs loudl; ahe were Penesed little girl of fou Aunt Grace said, crn put some- thing on,"” and then Ethel eried forehead would smart, and she pre- |ferred the pain that she already took a bottle in one hand, ren Ethel on her knee, and said, “IL tell you a . Trihel stoppes ng for ment, If he did ‘ot like the sory, ‘ is|she knew that she could easily be- gin * ery again; and Aunt Grace did ti good “make-believer: “Now; mount Grace, tell me about said the little girl, > “On the bans ae the cupboard—"” Aunt Grace understood her Se 1 words, So she 0 ‘Once upon a time Good Bottle 1 tiv! aa on ‘the shelf in the cupboard, Grace paid no attention, but went on: '‘As long as no one cried, Good. was content to live there the others ; there were bottles of ‘bitter ‘meddy,’ and ‘mt lv,’ and sweet ‘meddy,’ but when Good Bottle heard Idilocks cry, she would say, ‘Come, Kind Hands, and take be , Come, kind mie and ti ake Was Goldilocks’ pa blue and ee “Ye it would have pee if Good’ Bottle hadn't been there to help. Kind Hands ould reach into the cupboard, and p Good Bottle, and Two. "Feet woul pitter patter through ithe lon, and pitt er patter down where Goldilock: orying, then Good Bottle would say, ry, and take my hat off. and take my hab off,’ That meant. pull the cork out. And then Kind Hands would bathe the sore place.”” uthed the bruised place without a word from Ethel, to whom Good Bottle was, for the time being, a real person, although she knew as well as you or that it was only one ot Aunt Grace's ‘‘n i . Aunt Grace west on: ‘Then Good Bottle would say to the bump, ‘Now don’t worry. Ul make you art, and then you'll know enough not to hurt any more,’ And then she would cry out to Kind Bande, pBieae ut my hat on and CCAUSE ite de has «stopped crying, and ded,’ “Rind Hands would put Good Bottle’s hat on, and would take her up, and Two Feet would go pit- ter patter up the stairs, and pitter atter through the long entry to the cupboard, and there re Hands would put Good Bott ay," Golders ery) any head Shere nT won't. But, Aunt Cracks: iaabae true, was it? Wasn't it a make belie er _funt Grace hugged her close, : and | think your bump was & “believe, because now you al a nea —Youth’s Companion. + ___— ~ Answered, Bed jold are you, Bobby?" were you six?” Ny re birthday.” FOLLOWING GOD'S LEADING lf We Want His Light and Truth We Must Not Be Afraid to Receive Them When He Sends Them Out “Oh send out thy nate and thy let them lead me.—Psalms, 3. xiii There are few of us who would not be ready to join in ay sincerity in this great prayer of the Psalmist. of us, perhaps, ane have not iready joined i in it more than once in our lives! all of us feel the need of more light upon omr way— of new revelations of truth to save us from the besetting pitfalls of an- Except surini oy eighteenth and| response awakened by Newman the greater part of the nineteenth| when he chanted his immortal centuries, it Ph ln ys been a| hymn— “ ney Ger ecame Pp of the civ eet between | \‘Lead, kindly Light, amid the en Fase and Germany ‘in 1697, when} ‘circling gloom, Lead x. hou me on. The night is dark and I am far from ey Lead ‘Thou me on. Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask see The distafit seene—one step enough for me.” The Dawn of New Light, ut how many of us are willing st me God's leading when He end ont the light and truth ee which we pray? Is ni one fact human history mov ee than the persistent r especially those identified with the Chureh, to ‘hail the dawn of new i se discovery of truth? How the light hie God gent into world throug h the brains of Coper- nicus, Galileo and shh canie Bri se How many were willing to ré the truth which Goa sent out h it o Hence the universal | 4;, a century ago throw ie the re searches of the so-call igher critics of the Bilblet How many professed Christians are willing ab this moment accopt without quibble, TE ey or apology that reatesb < odern revelations of the tivtne’| mi, the doctrine of evolution if the willingness of men to noe w as been thus doubtful in fe intellectual realm, what shall we say as to their attitude in the moral realm! How id the Florentines be upon the light which flamed in the words Savonarola? How did upper-class- ed mean nineae Heng about the truth disclosed by John. Wesley ai his fellow Sretloasent Or, to tal The Supreme Example of oe how did the world accept. “ight of knowledge of the glory of ich was) in the a ist’? t for taht and truth aris as serious: ly as we thin’ e really want fresh revelations ake e Word? Are we not pretty well con- tented, after a! ith out own com- fortable darkness and our own fame, iliar error Bigeye ge may be, one thing is sure—the prayer in our text must be taken altogether or not at all! If we Want ’s light. and truth we must not be atten them when, He sends them oe w]| His own time and in His own Way.” When dawns “His ‘‘kind ee amid the encircling gloo must hail its blessed rays te Ye brave enough +e Caley its. leading till “the night is gon R ea Haynes Holmes.