The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Ley The Milverton Sun FVERY aHURSDAY Spree BiBessen The Sun Printing Office Main Street, - Milverton, Ont SUBSCRIPTION RATES r, $1; six months, 60 cents; three ae vagrernte, in adeanne: Subscribers ‘Aa arrears will be liable to pay $1.50 per year CONTRACT ADVERTISING RATES inet er in eAeee tascition and eee oar Uae: ic cacir anbartaaes tine Hon will be charged for all transtent adver. ‘Adver! rent ted until forbid and charged ace ingly, a advertisements must bein the office by noou Monda attention. MALCOLM MacBETH. Publisher and Proprietor BusinessCards ts without specific directions | THE SUNDAY SCHDL STUDY INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MARCH 16, Lesson XI.—The test of Abraham's}, faith, Gen. 22. 1-19. Golden text, Hos. 6, 6. Hellowing: the account of the de- struction 9} morrah, rth of sons to the 3 dave nis a tet ei bas jof the Ben-ammi, “father of he “hildren of Raia ig Chapter 20 contains the account of Abram’s sojourn in Gerar to the south, and his Asal: i Egypt (compare Gen. 12. 10-20). The birth of Isaac and the casting out of Hagar and her son, Ishmael, to- Dentistry. ERMAN, Dentist, se Royal College of ntal Surgeons “ 5 gi bie eraduate ‘of Toronto Uni- |test of Abraham’s faith and loyalty sity. Brana Bridge work Spee to Jehovah aie. Boneee ce above the Bank of Hamilton, Milverton, | 1, ae as ee ee The Medical. FP. PARKER, M.D. P.L. TYE, M.D, DRS. PARKER & TYE OFFICE : PUBLIC DRUG STORE, MILYERTOR Hours—10 to 12 o'clock a, m.,and 2 to ‘lock p. m., and 7 to 8 o'clock’ p. m. R. FY. J. R. FORSTER, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat only. House Surgeon |Ishmael, Isaac alone remained to|we couldn’t get away; the quicksil- plow York Oprualnile ha Atral 1 18 Abraham, and the emphasis upon| ver froze in the thermometer. ee ompital ‘Golden Vequire eH their relationship to each other as ce y as I was breaking up Mooreficld’s Eye - Hos pita. don, | father and only son is intended to| som ‘cots for iuel, eand a ng. Office : 53 Waterloo St., opposite aie in advance the severity of ees at the door of the hut. I Knox Church, Stratford. Phon eedevend abcnt tothe sheds, tegal gether with with Abimelech a Beersheba, re- land of the Philistines reported in the preceding chap' God did prove ane at: is to a. aovers, tent of obedi- ree aaa And aed ees 3 would seem to imply a dream or night vision, 2. Thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest—After the rejection of othe land of Moriah—The name H. B. MORPHY, K.C. Barrister, - Notary Solicitor for Bank of Hamilto: LISTOWEL, MILVERTON, Offices: Listowel, Milverton Money to Loan vd C, Maxis MAKINS & HANLEY Barristers & Solicitors Stratford, FY R. BLEWETT, K. C; BARRISTER, SOLICITOR NOTARY, ETC, Office : Gordon block, opposite post office STRATFORD, ONT, Veterinary. BARR, Veterinary Surgeon, nile Graduate of Ontario Veterin: ollege, T oronto. Treatsall a aoe Base tienen a tele- phone or otherwise promptly attended to, Societies. AF. & A.M. G.R.C., Milverton, | 4 ney aay evening on or befor yn every mon heii all ix Schneuker’sBlook, Visiting broth- en alway - G. Guenther, W. M. W. ded G, 0. F., No, 99, Milverton, meets ith, C.R., nee Rec-! 0. brit ‘Silver Star Lodge” No, 202, ton, Notary Public. D, WEIR, Notary Public, Auc- invest for the County of Perth and’ Hotole. EXCHANGE HOTEL, Brunner, Ont. te Sronps ,,Fpoprletar. "yin liquors oat lass ac rive ation, and large atal GRAND Senne elt eo n commod! aaeree ies somple room webiiag. ext brands brands of lignore cd olga . Ritter, Proprietor. JUEEN’S HOTEL, Fi er aac it dati emer | : st accomm ion for commercial pavcliers and ip onwo ine t Onty the choicest of tare s and Cigars at the a ‘stables. George F. Pauli, Prop: rietor. aha tat aoe TL oa THE Gia aes HOUSE, Berlin, pays een tion to Commercial py Public, - EE ore ‘MEWwoOD W. J, HANLEY Ontario th ix therefore, have been 5 va restored to ae ed say, ‘‘see to the matter him- later given to the hill on which the ever, adjective “lofty” (nntain) for the proper noun passage, while the Vigne, wie out La- tin translation, ‘vis- ion.’”’ This woulaet ee ay anaicate that the proper. noun itself was in- serted late Mowing either the Bi e two oldest which have been pri Served to us, the mand was. simply ie proceed into the ts moun- tainous country, probably to the north,-and Re oe a burnt-offering upon one the mountains which Jehovah hioveclt was to d Rose Suggesting, as that hora was received in a dream or vision. Two of his young men—Servants Clave the w. as we would any, split ¢ the the place far off [i place selected sae hree d. journey from Beershe! te |fashion, have occupied from sev- enteen to twenty hours’ continuous traveling, listance which might ling, a di e conveniently divided into three ee “We will worship, and angen still that in some way his se might be spared eg Tek teenie bs nd the fir method by which the ancient Israe- lites secured fire is nowhere ex- Fone though a reference in the f ‘fir- was obtained by striking stones gether. Here, however, it seems ioe Abraham had carried the burn- ing embers with aint keeping the je bu fo all way. 7. Where is as lamb for |burntoflering the boy was TERE to observe that ee all the acce sories of the crifice’ had been oy provided, the offering it-| had rently been over- od will provide—Hebrew, ll see for himself, or, as we is a suggestio) raham’s covenant | Coa ‘ } tain and his companion were lost e—The | P pre RS Tale cay h STUDENTS PLACED IN CELLS. | ¢, Ofte red ing in the with.double gratitude for the pre- servation of the child’s life, him up for a burnt-offer- a IN THE POLAR REGIONS. the Ice in Solitude. other explorer, who, with two com- panions, died arose in this manner, They lef their ship to cross the wilderness 0 point where the records, they retraced their steps, and, after suffering terrible priva- tions, returned to the place from whence they had set out. gen wrecked and Captain Mikkelsen tells of sations on making this dis ‘Well, there we were in a Me the shore. “SOME EXCITING ADVENTURES stead of his son—And Captain Mikkelsen Spent Two Years o Captain Ejnar Mikkeleen, te intrepid explorer, who in the Polar Regions for ie month, with on mpanior n, has 2 Captain. Mikkelsen set out to find the records left by Erichsen, an- starvation and |‘ ice and snow till they came to the Erichsen party perished. Having obtained the lost To their horror they found ane bee eh hes some yea: hin sen.|if I would investiga ov ag Our ship was gone; and and si le. ee ab th quiries, I have at last ascertained obation was ended and the strain that hie house, waa once eccupied at Suseoun aH fear over, his eyes | yw: 1H two old ladies’ repui jaw what they had not soon before, | WEIRD. EXPERIENCES IN A) ricors, ‘Thay were frequently a eu caught, in the thicket by his HAUNTED HOUSE, heard supenaieng and were found |~ on y at the f the Days When Supernatural Storles Raised a Laugh Have Passed By, Not so very long ago the mere mention of the word ‘ghosts’ ex: cited eoreret anes to-day it is erw: umerous testi- jerale ce Ake people to the effect that they had seen or heard phenomena unaccountable by nat- ural causes at length led to an ear- ee and widespread desire to take the matter up and make a systema- tic seacenatey m. Societies devoted to paychical re- search sprang up in various parts of the world, and, although no very ‘showy’? work has accom- plished, a are onan at evidence -|has been col lected, w. ar to proving the actual pene of t| haunted houses and the occurrence fjof supernatural (styled by som “superphysical””) manifestations, + is not, however, of the doings of research societies I am going to 4 own ears) | Haunted Houses of Eveleigh Nash, ago led to a large num- writing to me to know tigate Inexplicable Happenings at their houses, and the work so in- terested me that I eventually set aside for it a certain portion of each year. One of my most exciting teu experiences was at a house a Southern, fea place, aN by } as Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen. an old schoolfellow mine, whom I will call is earnest re- quest I rent a , twelfth Night with his n't tell you what form thé hauntings ee he said. want. + for yourself, and ied we will Beige otes.” a- i erceted about the beginning of the nineteenth cen- thing in the atmosphere of a haunt- ed house that sooner or later be- trays itself to me; in this instance it was most pronounced, I at once set to work to locate it, opened the “Why didn’t we shoot it? ridge in. to his post by the door, and at last I had two books, Adam Bede and Shakespeare. I read Adame Bede ae oe over again; I know it by heart. ae are Was a great com- anion, bu a little white fox ran away with Shakespeare. I suppo: our sreny, ony fingers gave hs book a meaty fi The fox be- id we made a ee pet of him. He was just like moe is the terrible monotony that -|is the most awful thing about the Arctic region—the monotony an the constant dread of death. No|§ man wants to di ie. “We were rescurd ec ia by a Norwegian ship w! ad seen our metho woeiatil HG len? ed said we Tooke wild and terrible, musl he our long solitude that there could be so many. people in the world.’ 8 rlen ines FL ice SReses Hae Division Court N ere Morni Elma, tats ae 2 inclusive tn ee col > rt days—Apri Hci eae immermal ie] bl Re! oa! aera at pete day. Wa. Wirt, Snes dim es saac « sueRsetiot of resistance on the p. Pe of tl human 0, biawel--Conrt days, Jap UL, s sane the fai er was ety clinging. par ve he 1 God had told ame ioned, for the talon that it yas tiie event e Yao ‘its name. m—There is no stom. of ye ieee was doubtlens i unfamil- jar to him, since surrot leity. ; ; fenpedtally ee ane Saree ee | | m still e: om) i Taw ibebies strenu- 2, 31; 18. 10), while the pro tis stron; sly condemned it (Mi ™ : angel of ,| wants’ of th law prevails during the examina- |” pore tibiae the practice (Deut. ti . phets | cess clear 53 nrhile. the. absolute ‘trust ae = obedience ae ich a rifle red doe: Are Unde: artial Law. at Examie e , nation Times, Students actually ai death in ee Chini ear the iqcetest ol mas 6 candidates ich about only one per door, vongauee whe the [a cause the oil in our guns was frozen ard, and we couldn’t get a cart- But, all the while, I was warming a gun, while Iversen stuck _.{ing, and I had almost. begun to de- 5 reo hae not want ea e | through its Satanen at eet it was. anced. wher ee nding. eee agony lest Min ine erecive shrai Bet ves ur | i oe the staircases, Trai iy the household on reed te bed T crept out of m:; mand, stealing softly os the Paasolly Se floor, took up my psition at the to of the aie adie es Wiscunee: Pee after hour passed in perfect silence without anything happen-| yo pair of witnessing any phenomena when a sudden. noise below me set: my heart violently throbbing. It was the sound of some one scraping rape; - scrape, scrape—on bard, metallic surface. Impe! a fascination a Bee not resist £ crept gently wooden stairs, and, aiming ton a direction of the noise, perceived A Bluish White Light proceeding from a half-open door. 1 Fendt ight hom ad set aaida her, falling on her face, revealed a coun- tenance which for sheer ey uit have been difficult to mat not see what was in i ae but sont the be ia sound she made a: r fingers HN oF coins. in Ae pak dhe] the Tid, placed the box in the hole, co covered the ea ee a pe seatont; and cei ented t! After poise herself | the sound of some tury. leep and rather |spent the rest of the night in each ‘ ments, long passages, | other’s company, but, beyond the and narrow staircases s characteristic sound of one or two rats, there of that period. In the daytime it| were no otlier manifestations. So looked. cheery Sie but directly | much for the pore side of the sun set and the evening sha- aba research work. dows made their appearance it un- Rete the tragie = Teas Took: t_ metamor- '- | occupier, ceased. A year or 80 later he wrote | to me, saying: ‘After endless en- ns Hearing that the place was sup] to be unted, I nded I to look over it with the idea of renting it, and with this plea obtained the keys from the agent. I entered the premises after sunsct, and, armed only with a candle, was proceeding to make an examination of the place when an icy current of air blew out the light, and I wes left hopelessly stranded in the dark—in tis intense dark, for the sky w: eavily clouded, sis neither of mooi To add to my predioament, I could not find any. match-bo: Coming to the ate that the best thing I could do was to remain where I was, I flopped on the floo: and had just succeeded in Ree myself tolerably comfortable when sae moving about blood to my s - overhead sent the heart. Who on earth could ‘he sounds nearer, over the landing, down the stairs, snd: tgtieg o ot horrors—into the room towa Nearer, nearer, nearer! At last, tion, asked, in heaven’s name, who it was and what it wanted. For some seconds There Was An Awful Pause, nd then a voice, equally weak and frightened, faltered out: ‘That is just what I was going Ae ask you! We were both so burst out laughing. Th r of the voice was esate ghost-hunter, who, oddly enough, had singled out ithe house and night for his investi- gations. hearing me move Faboub downstairs, he had made sure ee over a house one day with the i hes i only just com- Bit cya tell me whe- ther you have any peculiar sensa- tions when you enter this room,’’ he said, ushering me into a large bedroom ie the first “Good teers “what 's that?” hat?’ my friend asked “Whee that thing suspended to the rafter over your bed!’ I exclaimed. “There's nothing there,” he said, his cheeks ashy pale. ‘What do you see?’? “A skeleton!’ I gasped., “A skeleton swaying to and fro!” And, unable to bear the sight of it ae longer, I beat a precipitate | nee very odd,”” my friend obs frequently have the sensation of being strangled—of feeling some- thing tight around my throat. Do you thin! someone hanged himself there ?”” Bs actly a week afterward I re- cxived a black-edged envelope from y friend’s bro! yeten't it dreadful!” the contental ran. “Charles (that ie dere hanging by a the hosed + the; foot of his he ae The house is NE a Too eerie a home for me! et A RIFLE RETURNED. Remarkable Find > a Captain Bat- Mr. oe Martine was serving in a iththe French e | Fore there came. under | re- 3 scene in education, or else it is as my oe friend’s name) was found this mor ‘bo salted nae n yourselye: vary one otal In business we see creators and dependents ; in lit- erature, originals and quotations ; in social life, suns and statellites ; in all life, the healthy and para- atte, Religion also has its exhi- inisterial nurses. and ec- clesiatial suai: It sometimes looks a: only .a minority in) a realm we salt in themselves. One fraction in each sphere must: fur- nish preservative for the integer. Easounersng costs. Every one is sali vith fire. If hand or thing and forfeit the Dart! et be fire, either that of discip- ine or of punishment. Pain is an the fruit of folly in despising it uffer in winning, or suffer more i ng. How many..a-student becomes a scholar by privations in school? n has become weal- thy by -ndariog the pinchings of ere is no AEE scholarly, foreha: neds or good tha: in the salty fire of ignorence, pov- erty, and wickednes: Toil of Bepathiien It is painful to learn the conso- lations ot heaven, but not so agon- izing as ¢omfortless sorrow. The toil of cops is severe, but not so distressing as phates) oe because of unreadiness to 5 It is wearisome to live eae ait not so full of anguish the fruit of one’s sins. Every soul is sure to be salted. If the fires of consequence use us as fuel. Socially we must have resource- fulness ree'great sins Jesus called attention oa in the context— ambitions at the expense of others; the wish for a monopoly of privi- pe and sasBegenee to the wel- fare of of social eworld reeks me these matinee The true 5 blooms of Social Sins Come r eye are triggers to traps, |f training are spurned, the flames of| Both a ful to be the slave of humanity, but not so agonizing as to be hai ited by every one. sh the heartless, pede nigh and: the heartless, es: Ae avoid the social fires of s , and socially ae eee er: aekling ese of conseque: The Tihertine holds on to and, 1 resources of others in eyery realm of life. Moral Resoureefulness self-indulgent. Again, there are no quick cash re- turns from simple goodness. All “| the hee lives for money. shoul in lands, se- curities, things outa of himself. 7 inner vey There is infinity between them rotten selfhood often controls ae lions, A rich selfhood often lives from hand uth. Strip men of the accidental - garments * of mere things until souls are naked and we then see who has most resources. e true aptiae pins, personal and social, is in selfhood, units, individual lives, can their preservation principles” e: r in attaining, not attaining.’’ ie of life illustrates at. —Rev. . C. Biting, D. D, te BRICK PAVEMENTS. 1,000 Miles in Cleveland, Ohio, and Surrounding Country. There is probably no place on the continent where more attention has been to the improvement o! country roads or where the benefits accruing from such a policy, have been so striking as in the county. o' Cuyahoga, Ohio, in which the city of Cleveland is situated. en Saved arith BHO wht will endure t heaviest. tor- driven traffic ior front 50 to 100 ars thousand sailed of sitio pave- ment has been laid in the city and ©! county combined, and oo miles. of rural brick roads will b led this year, while.43 miles of prick paving | has also been contracted fori in the city. ; roads policy has had many aor a results, both for] the farm: and t éity popula-| Wi $75 to $300 per acre during the ee oe sent ‘S. e three County Commissioners Vail and John G. Fisher. ue pare that the ioe expenditure rural eally not cost the county anythin, ‘in| The increased Peer oe the boosted land values has counter- balanced all the expense of Pages for the road na City and county real estate ten years: 8s totalled | siti, 000,000 in value. To-day it has ‘risen to $605,000,000, = increase of veh es x Farm land: Leow fen, years-ago, were worth | 829, "000,000, but now are worth 8101, 907,000; showing an increase of NEWS OF THE MIDDLE WEST BETWEEN ONTARIO AND BRI- TISH COLUMBIA. Items From Provinces Where Many Ontario Boys and Girls Are — “Making Good.’” A Ns Club has been organized in nton. The C.P.R. gaia are not to be removed from Revelstoke The Rational Sunday ree ple are about to form a Bravenet in id ry. w has received the osition of town policeman, in the ee of Olds. Brandon is to have 5 municipal line Tae as ‘the Bray mn Rural Poets peel a union with’ fift Thesooke and Wailer of oi othe gee West Lumber Com. my has fessional baseball.-team this eae mer in the Western Ci families ‘are mas trees in Reg Lethbridge Gaunell ately refused to permit Sunday band concerts in e |the moving picture show houses: oa the oan basis. re were 1,000 Seathe teomeall causes in ‘the city of Calgary during | just Of these 393 le were of children under five, directors of the Edmon she gave’ alow “ehitekle | candle, addy: oy the rush ee ir, a.couple of terrific huds at my feet—and all was, still. i Pisin ae ae ith the li, aie a on” ie morn- aa tor 2 ibed—seraping and screaming. ag jhave th cellar excavated: "That of eatatastion, and, Picking. up_ te JA l} i ty] alone ne tain, a rifle that ‘twenty. tH ee aac ei he é pres ‘that the rifle ‘hail i qndeet been | is, and he r and | hi 0 keep it. Robo a ae filer 000,000. ki ©The growth of the public: markets’ ingens ‘one of the beneficial | is the very vias inj ne i war with hole ian b tell the gun aang a million by : bi here’s m: dence enough for uld have out it ee that pee pick up in foe as a cap: in France as @ sergeant It is incredible, Captai in. Battrea ber Stone aus Bitis ‘with an expansion - the of for each foot of wrdeh, brick > © ‘st ne a < bs reed He "tepend felting. se oe blizzards 2. Of Calgary abe ne death rate of 52- per 1,000 in typhoid cases is far too. oi bigs There were 70. deaths in in 310,