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WINTER TOURS , CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA and SUNNY SOUTH ‘ FAST TEAI 35> CH ICEOFRCUTFS LOW FARES IHOW IN EFFECT ’OUBLE TRACK ALL THE WAY TORONTO-CHICAGO ; TORONTO=MONTREALj Railway For fun particnlnvs ronsult G.T R. ticket Agents or Write C. E. HHRNING. Sllflflflllflfl, BUSINESS AND CIVIL SERVICE (NURSES Competent instructors. Special training for teachers. Special Farmer’s Pom-3e. and NEW YEAR TERM F ROM JAN. 4. Aflfliated with the Stratford Buqiness College and Elliot Busâ€" iness College, Tov-ontn. Write for free catalogue. ,D. A. QcIAchlau. President. 6. M. Benyy. Prinicipal. U T. J. Townwr. Statinn Agont Phone 18 “I. Calder. Town Agcnl, hnne 3st OTTAWA Via ‘ Lake Ontario Shore Line” Fast time to Oshawa. Port Hope. Cobourg. Bel eville. Trenton, etc. Particulars from C.P.R. Ticket Agents. or write M. G. Murphy, Dtsu‘ict Passe 'ger Agent corner King and Yunge Streets, Toronto. January 21. 1915. TORONTO-MONTREAL MUNT FOREST Business College New Train Service L 2 {HHS Trans ‘i‘ra ins lea Unexcelled Train Service Highest'Class of Equipment R. 0. McCulloch and F. C. Stew- art Scott. Salt manufacturers.. are mentioned as candidates to sue- ceed__ the 'late Hon. Mr. Clare in the Cannons. Man \V. C: .. Macfm'lane, Town Agent E. A. Hay, Station Agent. ZENUS CLARK DURflAM The undersigned begs to announce. t9 residents of Durham) and surroundmg country. that he has his Planning Mill and Factory completed and is prepared to take orders for Shingkes and Lath Always on Hand At Right Prices. m the an d depzut as fol HIV-l but il°e:_.. Custom Sawing Promptly At- tended To 11-1"\‘ 9 fit I) Dist. P4 55‘. House Fittings “ \ 7‘ D 7m? A gtxzt )ALULB, T'mn Agent in the and all kinds of â€"â€" U. E. Earning, 11?. .~\;.:« r. ”31”? QI'YHAY' 1: hau at 11.45am). (H! T m-onto 7.133 mm.“ ' hose :1 ONTARIO ‘a '51} gvnt, x": in I U. fiTHE INTERNATIONAL SERIES. SUNDAY SBHUflL Lesson lV.-‘-First Quarter. For Jan. 24, 1915. Text of the Lesson, Judg. vii, 1-8, 16- 23â€"Memory Verse, 7â€"Goldon Text. Zach. iv. 6-Commentary Prepared by Rev. D. M. Stearns. The call of Gideon to be the Lord’s representative in the deliverance of Israel at this time was made very plain in our last lesson. Today‘s les tl‘ i am interested to know What Gideon thought when the Lord said “The peo ple are yet too many" or if he made any remarks when he saw the 10.000 dwindie down to only 300. but I shat! have to wait. The lesson of ii Chrvn xiv. H. is strongly impressed upon me ~“Lord. it is nothing with Thee to help. whether with many or with them that hm'e no power.” As. then. so now. God is seeking: the whole hearted ones whom He van use. He is ready to save '11]! who will come to Him and not Will- he that any should perish (John vi. 37; 11 Pet. iii. tn. but for service it is still truv that of tht- many w 10 a‘“ (tuiiud f0 ‘ are willing tn be His choive owns The vust 0f disvfiimhip swms tun great «Luke xiv. 33) If all til;- 1% vr: u out-s and the ease loving: ones in am (‘thtll' hvs were turmd down .M Hump hp mnv one in :l hundred “and: to (’4 my self utterly? AH intvt'wtin! hwir‘mm of enmnmuv mm: fur Slim-on ix‘ fmmd in wrszs a; 3;, for. Human Iit<tvlu'l‘:~' are not sup yam-:1 to hear rug; gum] uf tlwmsoh'tw. tir1~ was «wining :m (five-Mum. int' {0‘ 'u'zm Me? ‘Cut v..-.2~2.22;.~ 22.222223 22022 schemes of ".22.;2' 172222! 222 472'2222' or hold th22 people. 502222;: or old but just the (2292'22 note 02 2122.2 212232.21 22.2.2. , .2 :22221 112.213.1222; 02' :2. 2222121 '221 '2: (‘. ' .22 -' 22 222'22. fur the 12212 is 11222 2'122 \\ 122212 2122.2 ‘3'1012111213 31202222 {022212. and the 22222222222225 sounded. and the (22‘; arose 2222 21222 midnight air "The sword (25' 1'29 Lord 211221 01’ Gideon " 2222212221 212 2222222 stunt! in his 2 .2122“: 22222226 about the (22222212 1122222 the host of thv 22122222252 22:. 22 and (22222221 and (led and 51022 (9.2212 other. and the lord wrought the nctory wersos 19-232. It is still true that the weapons of our warfare are not "22222.21. but mighty 232202.; .212 God to the pulling down of strongholds (1] Cor. x. 42. There will always be faultfinders like the men of Ephraim. and we are apt to tomet that a suft answer turn- eth away wrath cchapter viii. 1-3; Pi‘ov. wvâ€" 'â€" . IV. 1). There are often ungrateful scofl'ers who need to be taught by thorns and briers u-hapter viii. 6-9. 16. 17). and there is rarely an Abigail to plead for the {0033 who act thus fool- ishly 11 Sum. xxv. 10. 11. 23-31). The wisdom of Gideon is seen in his say- ing to those who desired him to rule over them. “I will not rule over you: ‘_’ ‘ the Lord shall rule over you” (viii. 22. ‘23). The foiiy of Gideon is seen in his leading: israei to worship an ephod instead of the Living God. who had spoken to lsrael by the Urim and Thummim in the hreastplate on the ephod (viii. 24-27: Ex. mm. 6-15. 30). . Oh. the weakness and sinfnlness of our poor humanity. and how necessary the admonition. “Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall!" (I Cor. x. 12.! ‘So we learn again that there is no perfection of human na~ l * \ I h): yw‘v‘. ture but in Christ Jesus. no perfect dcliverer or ruler but Himself. no per- fect rest for lsrael or the nations till He shall reign in fighteousness. am; than. and not till then. shall the work of righteousness be peace and the ct. fevt nf rirzhtmusness quietness and as- suraxzrw- furever tlsa. xxxii. 1. 17). i'u Now. 11'} m i::1::.'1112.~(}ideo11'>' -‘:~ 1'11". :- VH'".ER‘.1H-’.'S (of 100 911021 {"31 13:1?! \".':.:1.'2 III_' 22‘” I“ ”n;- :111': 1 1-1 1::1' .;..11 1:11.111111111. 0111 .'..~1i...~1.-1 1.; :11.::111i1;.' so $1101.11 1'i:IE--1;lu:1~ 1:1 the- :1111111‘0 of “111' 11:11 1112 flit! it who uses mums ,1'1- 1m: (11 11111: to naught things 1'12 111' filled With fund thousands 1::1',‘ 121-11211) It)‘ 111121113 M“ 11 few 1 91111 [Er-111's $1315.. {1 :1 little '11))? I‘m 12's'.-1".}.1'12v.' 1.11 army of 18.“). 3: mm :111§.w! Hie. name is “Won- 3 " "Lnuk on 2111-: 111.1 do li' 'ewise (31) >12 .":;1!! \‘v ("11) worse 17) 2 1119 the ( :1121111’1'ao1'112e1's. and to 24'? the Word is “Follow Thou {mini} :‘m {mm}. but 3.1 it im- div-2m mu? tlzv mm- of IN] It Ramoc Start. In “North Arrl‘va and moâ€" Desert” we'aumoc mm- M a “‘uuuruua spec- tacie 0r Witnessed Whlw (rater-5mg the dealer! toward 'l‘uuguurt. He says: ”Then In the ms: halt hour 1 wit- named a strange pheuumenon The whole sky-Was gmwaered with stars; 1 had never seen suvh a myriad glim- mer and glow, thirst-mug. filling the heMenly spaces. mnumerahle. and all at once they seemed to “Interlink. great and small. mth rays passmg between them. and while they shone in their places. Infinite in multitude. tight felt from them in’nong lines xike falling man down the whole concave at night from the zenith to the horizon on every side. It was a Niagara of stars. The ‘celestiat dome wmmut a break was lsheeted with the starry rain. pouring down the hollow sphere of darlmeSS. 5 2mm the apex to the desert rims. No ! Words can describe that sight as a; mere vlslon; still less run they tell its 1 myshcal effect at the moment. It was 1 like heholdlhg a miracle. And it was 3 pct momentary: for half an hour. as i we drove over the dark level, obscure. 3 silent, lonely. l was arched in and shad- ‘; owed by that venseless. starry rain 1 on all sides round. and as we passed the great twin lights at the gates and . entered Touguurt and drew up tn the I l dim and solitary square it was still Coal and Smoke. Smoke ls caused- by failure to burn the combustible gases that arise when me! Is exposed to the flame. The edi- tor of Power desvnbet- these gases as “a complex mixture of various hydro- carbons. from some or whivb carbon separates on rooting m the form ut Iampblaok or soot. The smokier fuels also give 06‘ Larry vapors. wnivn con dense and help to gather the carbon parades into fiukvs or 'smuts. “For the burniga or these gases as they are evened from we was three conditions must exist: Air must be supplied above the fuel bed. the ten). perature must be high enough to m- snre ignition and there must be time or space for (-ombustion before the mixing currents at gas and air are cooled by flowing into or among the tubes of the boiler." Firing coal in large quantifies pro- duces so much gas that neither air supply nor combustion space is great enough for Its burning. Therefore coal should be put on in small quantities at frequent mtervats. Secret Writing. The ordinary solver of a letter or doc- ument in secret writing should remem- her that success in this direction. as regards almost every kind okcrypto- gram. depends to a great extent upon the knowledge of now often each indi- vidual letter of the alphabet is used in ordinary speech or correspondence. D. h. o. c- and u are in third place as regards ordinary use; t. s. a. t and r are In second place. being used a very little ofteuer; I and m are in fourth place, with t. g, y. v. p and b Mose after- ward: j and k are not common as compared with the rest, while 2. q and x are used :ea'st of an. The :ettel e is in first place. being used fa: oftvzwr Hum any other letter in the EngliSD language. and unve the “e" is found and me gene-rs (but hold 890000 place (‘lisvt’n'el'ed in their proper order. the autumn IS £‘El'tdlllr‘L0ndUD Answers. The Headsman's Ax. In days gone a; the London public Were always made aware by the man. net in which the “nezulsmuu of the TOWer" carried the ax Whether the prisoner. who 'mzu‘clwu iuum-dmteiy tuuowmg mm in LU: px'ucessxou w and from [be pluve or trial. mm been sen- tenced to death 0! not. for 83 mag as the prisouet (lad uut been runway; at condemned to lose his zife the as point.- ed forward as it was borne betut‘e mm by the neadsnmn. But tmm the very moment that capitm punishment Dad been deemed against him the edge of the ax painted ominously his way. One of the rum» 0: the island of St. Helena bears a distmct resemmance to the great Napoleuu. so distinvt. Indeed. that in the old pre-Suvz days passeu- gers on ships nmmd from mdia to Engmnd were want {u crowd In» decks at sunset in me Hope of warming a glimpse of the marvelous likeness of the emperor Whose facial contour used to appear eVery evening Clear cut in the last rays ot the sun. Time’s Changes. “You don’t Seem to hold me In the same regard that you did when you married me.” said the sentimental woman. “You must remember.” replied her tactless spouse. “that you don‘t look the same as you did then. Fashions change so remarkably that I don't see how any man and woman can teal really well aequalnted."â€"Varlety. Another Meanest Man. Burton-Mean man. isn't he? Robin- son~Mean‘: He‘s capable of going into a barber shop for a shave and then getting his hair out just to keep other people waitingâ€"Boston Globe. Best Kind of One. “Why do you can Rowley a philan- thromst: Ev upver does anything." “uh. yes. he dnes. Be abstain from meddling with other peoples affairs.” ~8t. Louis Post- Dispatch. What Ailed Him. Beetâ€" What's the matter with old Bean? annip~The cook broke him all to Diem-s. and then he found out she was only stringing him-Chicago Post. An am of performance In worth t whole world of mommaâ€"Howell. St. Helena. Probably the Lady Still Believes Sir Charles Knew Her. The name of Sir Charles Tupper came up while a group of members of the Montreal Press and Advertis- ing Club were chatting one evening. “I often think of an interview I had with Sir Charles at the Windsor about twenty years ago,” said one of the party, a reformed reporter. “Sir Charles received me in a alcove of! the corridor, just outside his room. While he was talking, and I making careful notes, a pretty girl, passing along the corridor, caught sight of Sir Charles, hesitated, and looked at him half-expectantly. Sir Charles, al- ways the gallant, arose and bowed withcourtly grace, and the girl came forward more confidently, with out- stretched hand. “ ‘I was afraid you might not re- member me, Sir Charles,’ she saidfl f “ ‘My dear young lady,’ said Sir Charles, grasping her hand in his right and patting it paternally with his left, ‘I'am so glad, indeed, that you spoke. Of course, I remember you, remember you very well. And Lady Tupepr, too. Why, it was only last week, on the steamer coming over, that Lady Tupper was speaking of you and wondering when we should see you again.’ “The gzrli blushed with pleasure and murmured her appreciation. At- ter a few further civilities, she said goodâ€"bye, and I lo_oked__at Ely potes. v “ ‘Yéu' were saying, Sir Charles,’ I prompted, ‘that the interests of the Dominion and ti 1e Empire demandâ€" ed’-â€"- “ ‘Yes, yes,’ said the old statesman, absently, his eyes still following the girl down the long corridor.. ‘1 won- der who that young lady is. You don’t happen to know her name, do you?” A young Canadian private, Victor Albert Baker, engine driver on the C.P.R., returned to Salisbury a few da)s ago, amok ily made matches on repord. Seven weeks ago another Canadian soldier inuoduced him to his cousin, 2. Belgian refugee, Bertha Venden Bosch, who was being cared for in a hostel attached to the Congregational Church, Nunhead. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. Bertha, twenty years of age, comes from Antwerp, where she was cash- ier in a hotel. It was a. case of love at first sight. The language difficulty was a serious one, but was overcome, and at the second meeting after the introduction, Baker proposed mar- riage. He saw her twice more after that and was married within six weeks. The bride’s mother and father are stranded on the continent, but hearty approval came from the girl’s uncle and aunt, also refugees from Bel- gium. The bridegroom wore khaki, as did also his father, who is train- ing with, him, and the honeymoon was limited to one day. The Mayoress of Camberwell attended the wedding breakfast, at which one of the guests offered the bridegroom the advice: “If you don’t learn each Other's language, you will be the hapo piest man and wife in the world.” 3 -» :x Ynnmn A, ”41$va LBW“ VICâ€"‘- -- 7, The bride is coming to the home or her husband’s parents in Canada. to await his return from the war. The distribuiion of empLy sacks which had contained the C'..n:.d§.:..n gift flour has bagun in London. ’i‘ue sacks are being sold as. souvenirs at five shillings apiece, the procwds be- ing diviled bevmen the Naiiawcal 11e- lief and the Betvian Relief Funds. .A‘._.°-'I.. lief and the Beigian Relief Funds. The original enthusiasm which greeted the scheme has rather Iaded owing to the lengthy wait before the (303an “mm: available. bllf. LED LU dale sacks were available, but up to date about 1,500 applications have been received, which means Lila: the two funds will divide ncurly $1.900. Some applicants expccuad to Sat :;. E1111 sack of flour for their fine sfzfiliings, and the money was returned to them, but most of them remitted again. ALL- THE ADROIT S'I‘ATESMAN. uuu lAsvuu v- ‘â€"_V._,V Various uses will be made of the sacks. Several teach rs propose to use them in giving their pup‘ls ob- ject lessons in p;hl‘i0ti$.‘1 and geo- graphy, others will make cushions and pillow covers of them for Lane or hospital use, and still others will use them as C‘rzristmas pudding cloths. The Canadian applications were not numerous. A young man in a prominent home in Toronto has heard from his old home in the British Isles to the ef- fect that a brother who was a pro- fessor in a German university had been arrested soon after the war broke out and had ever since been detained in that country. His Wife and children were allowed to return to England under hardship. But the husband has been kept there for months and cannot get away. He had been guilty of no overtact by word or deed, but on general princi- ples he was arrested and then forbid- den to leave. It is probably not generally known that a~Canadian girl is governess in the family of the Duchess of Bruns- wick, daughter of Emperor William. She is Miss Alice Pearce, a sister of Miss Adelaide Pearce, of the Margaret Cox Home for Girls, Peterboro. Miss Ifearce has been in Germany since April. On Nov. 11, and after the war broke out, her sister in Peterboro re- ceived a letter, which came by way or the Netherlands, and was unsealed. In this Miss Pearce stated that she was being kindly treated, but made little mention of the war. A Useless Climb. Peter Thompson went to visit his son in Montreal. It was his first visit to the city and the young man showed him all the sights, conclud- ing with an ascent of Mount Royal. In a burst of enthusiasm young Thompson said: “See, father, isn’t it wonderful down there!” -7 â€"â€"-.. _ “Well, ” said his father, “it It’s so wonderful down there, what did you drag me up here for?” Canadian Governess In Germany. Selling Souvenir Bags. The German Method. Pius't y “'(‘dd ing. §+¢§§¢§¢§¢§§+o+§+¢+¢+¢9999 < 3.400090%wa $89881 The Down *0wa Shoe Store: 1. S. McIlraith $5 mefivéwmswesasééwÂ¥$$¢8¢¢$zm¢¢m2 O§§§§§§§§O§§§§§§§§§§QQOOQ'6 4~ 4'4 ¢¢r 6¢¢§§§§§§§§§§§§§§W fié‘wO-JD 9: Central Drug Store firm gammy Thaw We have some fines of Winter Boots we are clearing out at reduced prim:2 4 Pn‘rs Men’s Heavy thchurs \V'ool Lined, sizes 1â€"8 2 9. 1â€"11 M're . 2753 now ................ $2.00 5 Pnir> Men’s kuy mahers, Fen Lined. sizes 4-8 .Q.‘ h“ In Fancy Goods, Cut Glass, Fancy China etc. I 11. I gular q<2. .00 Iinw ...................... $1.50 5 I’M Is \\ «um I s Dullgoli VVImI Lined 33.13., sizes 125. 1 3.1., 3 4 reduI ed to . . . . . . . . . ..956 ‘3 Pails Box Unzf W 001 Lined Bails” sizes 1 4 and 1 5 now ................. . . . ”3|, 00 10 Pdils Missos’ High Cut thcher a fine boot for “hum, all tilts. new $2 5(, now.... ...... . ”$200 Call early if yuur Size is here as they wull not last long at. these prices. Terms on these goods: Cash. MUST MOVE All Goods Left Over from Holiday Trade E36? 033%. 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