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, , , 4 ‘ ’ j ; 7 ye a , } k r > : ; , » TheMilverton Sun "4 THESUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON] Som” CS: smaTen “THE LIE a sees ees Young Folks TERNATIONAL LESSON, oT dian rm HEA LTH E OF THE INDIVIDUAL ~ JULY 26, Jevity ei | tr med Sates Religion Means Righteousness in Every sais The Sun ‘Printing Office Main Street, - Milverton, Ont SUBSCRIPTION RATE: months, 60 cents; three Aupagribers Oper E rine for first insertion ie for cach subsequent 10! ‘rged for ail transient adver- Bight cents four cents pi tion will be c’ theements. Advertisements withont specific directions mill be inserted wa" forbid and charged ac- cuneate for contract advertisements must bein the office by noon Mow attention, MALCOLM MacBET) Beullsher and Bropiletor BusinessCards |: DR. M.C.TINDAL E,L. 21D: 3. (Buce Office: Over Metropolitan Bao, 3 Milverton Modical. F, PARKER, M.D. P.L. TYE, M.D, DRS. PARKER & TYE CEFIGE » PUBLIC DRUG STORE, MILVERTON Hourr—10 to 12 o'clock a. im,,and 2 0 & o'clock p. m., and 7 to.8 o'clock p. im. DRA. ng MENTE: M.D. and Surgeon MONKTON, — ONTARIO Ottice saree So far as posuible from 1 te . and in evenings. DR.F. pare UR PARKER Onteopathie aoa Graad Central Hotel, Milverton, Wednesday Sa.mitod pam, Willvikitresldences if preferred tute, Throat Hospital Moore! H. B. MORPHY, KC. Barrister, - Notary Public, - Conyeyancer Solicitor for Bank of Hamilton, ISTOWRL, - MILVERTON, — ATwooD PListowel, Milverton F, R. BLEWETT, K.C, Solicitor for the Bank of Toronto Office : Gordon Block STRATFORD, — ONTARIO vi W. BARR, Voterinary 7” Burg on Milverton, Graduate of Ontar Hf pe ay, Colle, pes Treat: om uisialn Ct by w phone or ‘otherwise promptly Attended to Societies. MILVERTON LODGE, No, 478," % 3, Milverton, iy ‘Monday ‘évening on or beiore full every month in. their all in Jy E, Welk’ Bloc, Viiting broth sapslwazawe lcome, R. Miller, W M,; tia hata Aen Te Notary, Public, Auo- anaet #3 was of Perth and Waterloo, poh Doods, Wills and sages asbNB and Vaings lerk, Oflive over the Metropolitan Baul, Hotels. GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL, Mil- vertou, Firét-cliss accommodation for Three} a 8s cabling, Beat renin brands (4 te Sa and bh ne . Ritter, Proprie Peal ale ht 57d RI QUEEN'S HO HOTEL, Milverton, Ont, a ‘The b ViMeig and others, ae the cin en Y ines, La- Cigars av the ai tae warm Salis F. Pau! es Coe comineretai ern sample | hi What. hare Knew. Fluffy is a ac PUNE and white Ned and job Hunt. ‘ the quiet boy, just a little grind than he does Ned and Bob. Aft i. 2 has pied with the boys oti 8 is tired, he likes to jump up in- aul’s lap and go to sleep. But best of all, Fluffy likes to sleep on the foot Paul's little be Ned and Bob can sometimes coax him y beds. to play, aA when s to rest, he always goes back to Paul's bed Until last summer the Hunts liv- ed in e wale eastern town, but in July t moved west. Mrs. Hunt told Hi ne that they would have eI leave Fluffy with friends until antes in their new the day before they ire fly over to Mrs. Brown, who was going to keep him for a while. One afternoon, a month later, when Fluffy was curled up in corner of the hammock, he saw a arge mason stop in front of the house and a boy run up the steps: Fluffy did Tho like’ strangers ; 0 he ran upstairs to the attié door, and mewed just as loud as he could. e had always been allowed ‘to go hin up in her arms s and carried him downstairs. In the kitchen he saw a large crate with hay in the bot tom, .and two dishes fastened in the corners. Mrs, Brown placed Fluf A on the hay, and the boy nlekest p the crate very carefully, put it beside him on ithe seat of the wagon. tk night Fluffy was put on the cars. At first he was afraid and cried a Riek deal; but the men on the train gave him ‘bits of their ” r into and went t About A o otelock of the second day after he had left Mrs. Brown's he was again lifted up into a wag- on and given another ride. This time the w seat soared before a and the man car- and Fluffy anowered: in such a loving ton’ The boys had a saucer of milk on ty jumped out and ran right over to the saucer and drank and drank. Breathlessly the boys waits through eac! looked carefully at each bed, At. last he came to the little where Paul’s bed stood. Then without any paint, he jumped me on ‘the foot of the b ¢ shad: always done when he was curled wp and began to Oh papa,” cried the boys, from the doorway, ‘how do you see ose knew which bed belong to Paul ?’’—-Youth’s coeeninay a Whe COTTON PLANTATION. n| English Spinners Seck to Be Inde- pendent o er) Tn the ites of some day securing w cotton supply independent f America, thie International Fed- pare of Master Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers’ Association of i ngland has vis san a kale fs for the establishm A bigs ton seers "i Y punjab Consider ‘ing the aadvances already n timated that before many years the ‘tna hes Will be almost as large as the Ameri- can crop. The model plantation ts Tndia will demonstrate the bene! which arise from intensive pening thereby encouraging the landed pro- Mer ai to adopt this system and to improve the relde per acre and the quality of the fibre, ‘he la will be sown with as e of American cote the As tribution in other districts, has secured a twenty years’ 7,600 acres close to the railway and wate: iy. A mode: Sees populati del ria are to be established a kind umber, Lath, Shingles, ete. ahd Apple Butter of the best “quallsy ‘Jacob V, Mayer, Manngon BOEGBL, LINWOOD ki viand Goal, t.fme, Cement and ge Material, te i RY.FISH&CO, ; LINWOOD -Coal, Ce: e ie Compe oe “Motar Stain, Ete. 3 Grain, Flea ‘and Feed i and Furniture Above Goods Constantly Kept on Hand 3 for the workmen, who are e rought in vie instructed ig ox: ri ig members of tha Federa- Leadin| tion baled that within a few years | "I | wih nufae ntries using Indian cotton are aapeeed rs to the jro- ecb, {leans Sensative, Bond Pather—Tommy writes us a at feeling letter from boarding hool, Doting Mother—And what does the poor darling say? | Fond Fat! rind says Take No aes pte) iany time @ man e$ you said M . Helge until she beta that he's been 42 me a mite of good?” cigarettes ‘oO | same thing. Digpoes to ie Before sua tele ea gee Lesson 1V. The Pounds and Talents, Luke 19. 11-27. Golden Text, Matt. 25. Verse 11. And a they heard these things ~The logu wee! eas and Zacchacts Trocedss ‘this able. was on his way to Pornentanceneetete parable of the & #-) Jem or more, likely in the house of haeus, and bay no ie th. were the sipsloel ios 1s who were with Z He was ae ie Jerusalem— About eighteen miles away, or six hours’ march, They supposed that the kingdom of God was immediately to appear —Josus h hailed as the Messiah. He fa taught that the Kingdom was close at hand, and the belief was probably general those who set up. He said therefore—This par- able is told for the purpose of cor- a kingdom—The actions of nobleman would not seem unusual to Christ's hearers, for Herod and ie son eae had actually from Jericho on this errand. Aes tad met with the unfor- tunate experience lescribed in verse And return—The — distance would make an immediate return impossible. 13. The nobleman plans to test the ability is servants during is absence in order find out who will be worthy of proniption when he receives his kingdom Ten pounds—A pound was cial to, about sixteen dollar —That is, “do = cuales 4 14. His citizens—The peop! ple over whom he was to rule. In this par- able the “citizens’’ no doubt re- ferred to the Jews, while the “servants’’ were the disciples, 15. Having received the kingdom —He now possessed full authority. He commanded these servants, unto whom he had given the money —This may imply that he owned other slaves to whom he had not intrusted anythin esti they had gained by reagent —Better, ‘what business they had is t does not imply that each one had profited = his trad- Ee ra 16, The manifest ability of the al servant gains for him a purpose, as to get loyal and capable gov- ernors. The. kind le was not unsuitable, ernors would have much with provincial revenues 18, 19. The smaller profit, indi- cating less energy and ability, is rewarded with like additional re- sag te . The third servant ma’ no excuse. fed even thinks nse eign that has lord’s money so Bhtaly: ing responsibility, however, and his unwillingness to put forth an ef- to as Se 21 fort, show him to be unfit for greater responsibility. Entre sata test tanita 22. Out of thine out apo tet will I judge thee—The se words haye con reget bi Deer iene as is needed as to his lack of qualifications for pro- n he Meweant’s opinion of the master may have been wholly xacting, that at least interest would be re- quired on his loan. So the actions of the servant were ae consistent ee his professed 24, Unused ees Sard faculties are tes fro’ 25. And ces aid unto bim—The listeners interrupt the parable by ie reply concludes the eat in verse 27, in which a more severe punishment is. meted out to the svevellignd sub- jects than to the unprofitable ser- vant. Bey She Had Tried Electricity. ed from ate (was alw. ee had been tried with great ree cess, and would tel her all about it on it. Carter s all oxeltentent, Ellen,’* she exclalmed, few minutes after her hardly. wait, Benga her sis- Before she aoe ENS: Mrs. Carter interrupted he: “Caroline Smith The idea of suggesting that to me! Don’t you remember that only last summer was strack by lightning and it didn’t regincert Others? ean you smoke, those vile ot? “How ‘Many grcat men have done the bert Louis Steven- » bat Stevenson had hy Marie—If you hie to make him propose better say yes the first time. | the Paci the | old. Senator Isaac Stephenson oe of June, when he was 85 years “I believ he snow in the woods. son of strength this sender man has reached more than fou ean s boas hab He sha qroekad! tani phonies he was a small boy in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Senator Stephen: on r who will be cut of eas beter ithe, alloted span of three-score , given pri etenathanes iat “Ke man who wo! nke, ‘ork is the rent blessing on pie ‘he repeated, ‘‘work. and the open air!” Also Richest Man. The ie man in Congress is and he ei the simply Rod pate as the other. It is a far cry from the boy in New Brunswick, who canoed up the St. John’s River on a logging 8 11 years old, to Wisconsin, who, when he was 84, " check for $7,000,000 in ee a And that was only one ia many checks. made payable to p Inele Ike Stephenson in the seven- -three years since he began work in a lumber camp, Senator Stephenson lives on a farm at Marinette, Wis., where his chief enjoyment is his horses and cows, Percherons and Holsteins. Whereas he takes pride and delight in his horses and has for more than fifty years, he age to an: r increasing fondness and admiration tor, fe gentle, placid cow. that the cow is a philo- eae animal, practicing. pa- tienice and calmness in a. way that is soothing to behold, and. that should be a perpetual lesson to all mankind, Perhaps it is because as, he in- sists, the cow has a really beautiful Personality that he the kine higattine name, most disting- uished of which is Pauline. She was presented to President Taft and his family, and figured con- Senator Stephenson. spicnously in the domestic history of the last administration. His Whiskers Not White. ‘The oldest and richest man in Is Eng- land eut of beard, although he is twenty-one years younger; Senator O'Gorman..o ‘ork was no’ born until Senator Stephenson was was 85 years 0 both Senator pov of Tlinois, the the youngest man in the Senat wear a ‘beard, vi Senator Suther- land of Utah, only a few years old- er, are: still geese with the streaks of wi A smooth Hineber handsome chap approached\ Senator Stephenson not long-ago on the subject o beards. “Why do you wear whiskers, anyway. Mr. "Senator, in this hot weather?” “Well, now, my boy,’’ said Un- ale Tke, cghen T was a lumber jack there in Wisconsin—were you aes up there in hie part of ‘the country xan the winte ee oth Sines handsome ToEhee about northern Wisconsin + pa ale 3 ya gent except as sich ‘e 3 cola,” ae the Sena- tor with’ one of this “ae whimsi- eal gpiles, t roar Me wat ee hl wt practical feartte iad leb An he pattnel Fivell; now, ’'m to it, and i iat never re any sufficient: rea- n to take So—there it is.’ the nee Ae my ‘go py the eo of acife © Ocean to do it.’” Most men are industrial from ne- ity Z eA S, ' " Jevery kind o oung bie confessed to knowing | YOU Deafness,» ‘wo things are essential to bee fect hearing—a free passage of the ound waves to the internal ear, and a healthy condition of the ap- paratus that Lend sound in the internal ear and in the brain, Dis- ease of the aualseey nerve at any part of its course from its origin in ‘the brain to its termination in ‘the, internal ear causes i seri- oug, and fortunately the least fre- quent, form of deafness. Disease ee the auditory nerve can ibe caus- chronic inflammation that ie Gaendeds inward from the mid- dle ear; by eXhaustion of the nerve by excessive noise, as in the of boiler-makers, of sailors during a battle at sea, or of Rye or by “constitutional disease; or some affection of the aaa itself, eo ss—that auditory nerye—is often at least, the hearing can usually be helped by some form of apparatus. One cause of deafness is an aocu- mulation of wax in-the ear; another is the blocking of the Eustachian which admits air to the mid- The aurist n ofteft remove the wax or the ob- , and so re- Catarrhal deafness, which is ow- to the spread of chronic in flammation from the mucous mem- ane of the nose or throat, is more maicie In such 8 of the al dost edad the sound waves from the drum membrane to the internal ear become so stiffened that they do not perform their office perfect- ly. Even then the aurist can some- times reduce the inflammation, ror restore suppleness to the little joints; even if he cannot cure oe deafness, he can arrest its pro- gress. In most cases of chronic and in- curable deafness, some form of ap- paratus will help the trouble. A small and inconspicuous horn, speaking tube, a fan shaped piece held against ah 0 are all use Different forma ot apparatus suit different cases, an sometimes it is only by repeated trials that ‘the patient can select the aid that gives him most help. The telephone-like apparatus Js usually most helpful in a public lace, althou for conversation. (provided your your own) the gutta-percha fan is very useful.—Youth’s Companion. Health Hints. For inflamed éyes the white o! an egg beaten to a froth is sooth- ing. Many cases of defective vision are caused by the habitual use of, For. grit in the eye apply a drop or two of castor oil; it relieves the irnitation, Two or three slices of lemon in a cup of hot tea is said to be a cure for sick headache method of relieving a cough is to ace a half filled hot water bottle over an alcoho) flan: nelon the chest. ale AUSTRALIA'S POSITION. Among the Richest Portions of the British Empire, has been proved that anything that can be grown or pi any other part of the Empire can be successfully grown produced within the island continent of Aus- Whether in d export in fairly substan- tial quantities, and to-day there is a rapidly, growing demand for product, The grow- ing demand the products has encouraged the Australian Govern- ments to “‘speed up’’ the work of vorable, Although for several years there has been a steady stream of immigration and the new-comers have soon been able to ‘“fit in’ and become success- is fol eeodueety those who are apt to kk the best: peporeiee have res seized and t there “4 - fear of ° er hote remindéd of the fact that! tare lia is still one o sparsely peopled portions of the British Em- pire. It has shown that it is nat- urally, among the richest by reason of its wonderful mineral resources, its fertile ‘soil, and its healthy cli- 373.8 ‘person’ to the square mile in the United Kingdom Improving. ac ara ae rou are my dear ; elm sey aot ing. I’ve brought. Pa bella ‘e—That is ee extraordinary, considering your umbrella is still in je stand, and that you went out ee your rere eee ‘Two Objections, © 80. AW. fully pronounced and his English i 18} pronounced so awfully, i Patience may be the lazy man’s only, yirtu | ed to’ a very nar 3} could the met r CRUELTY IN The soil is there and | oo) Read things, with concussio! “All in all’’"—L. Chronicles xii., 6. That religion to-day. is a differ- ent thing from what is was a few centuries ago is a fact which needs no Gecuorieth, the mod lern mai gone a hundred changes in. inter- pretation and application. And no x tension of the practical Ssh of religion to wider and ever wi areas of bag a pet nea nacre w field, religion is to-day caphale Hubsigratiens whe process of universalization, In early days religion was care- fully delimited to particular times, and duties. There were certain holy spots—mountain pi groves, lonely shores— where 3} certuin ‘holy fee or seasons when he must be wor- shipped; certain rites and cere- monies by the practice of which he must be seryed, Religion was al- most wholly a matter of approach- ing certain Alera offering certain sacrifices, saying certain prayers. Anything Else He Pleased, We have a survival in our time of this primitive conception in the no- tion that religion is a matter of reading the Bible, attending publics services of worship or supporting the Chureh, Maal that if” these things be pro) sind done all religi- ous obligations have been satisfac- torily discharged. To-day, however, we have very largely outgrown this idea, We are living in a period which is charac- terized by a a aed undisputed extension of re’ of private life. t was less than a century ago, to be sure that Lord Melbourne could say in great wrath on the occasion of hearing a ser- mon which unexpectedly dealt with the foibles and sins of individual conduct, ‘‘Well, well! Things have cortainly come to a pretty -ass These things Montes aman was free ° do Relation or in None when the Church interferos with a man’s private life!’ But to-day lous. religion prii th ariinien not Tataile performed elieved but certain that the Church therefore has not only the right but the duty of lay- ing down principles of conduct to and made the clean ‘hand and the Hes heart as vital a part of piety s the bowed head and the bent’ ic and the home as true a sane- tuary as the church, The Life of Society. Not yet, however, has the univer- salization of com ished. For we ai only just be ni agul lize that beyond the life of the individ- a religion therefor inclide not Say, private os pb never goes back on long, however, can this state of ings continue, are beginning to see that if selieier ‘has a place in 8 life is assured- is life and life perfectly lived religion, This truth shall soon be pases a eea will etieton edad) in ‘all.’—Rev, John Haynes Holmes, GERMAN ARMY. Brutalily of Ofleers to Privates Slowly Decreasing. unceasing criticism of press and parliament is slowly reducing th causes of mistreat- ment of soldiers by their officers, but @ recent report shows that 490 noncommissioned officers and offi cers were conyited of such offence: last year, This was a reduction of ninety cases from the figures of five go, writes a Berlin corres- pondent. ‘These 490 convictions by no means indicate, however, “that only that number of private soldiers were brutally handled during the year. was tl noncommissioned officer of the Third Bavarian regiment, who was charg- ed with no less than ninety offen- ces against the men tinder him, One ioe was lamed by being struck n the kneecap with a gunbutt, and Giare were a dozen cases in which reeruits were since a captain was forced the servige after his third convie- tion for eae recruits. ‘The charges against him ae vered bru- tal teescinenh: wh 140 cases. Complaints of thea conditions je in the reichstag, ti ime to time moved the m: war to declare that the government was equally concerned and was do- ing its best to put a stop to them, Figures have been quoted to show that cases of mistreatment are grad- ually growing less. een and at has been dealazedee that the gov ment desired that, Bitch of the offenders be exemplary. With all credit to the ee of war, it must nevertheless bi that sentences in the mien 2 ioe cases are extremely mild and no means calevlated to dis. Boreas brutal officers from a sah tition, of their offences. The no! issioned officer jusb menti ed was sentenced to three months and fifteen days’ imprisonment and degraded, & really severe sentence, but it is at the same time a most unusual one. The following case is typical of the Soy ten case: nl oceurring on an average each wi noncom missioned officer ot “Em 'Phint Guard Field Artillery regiment command ed a recruit to clean harnesses. He was not satisfied with the récruit’s work and started expressing his dissatisfaction by, striking the man. over the head with a bridle. Hi then forced him to tmareh up and)» down in the pene and to do set- ting up exercises, aera the fa- i en intil the re- eruit from Sehavitis i, He |® oe a in the thigh and on the knees and othetwise maltreated him. The reernit was removs the field hospital pape le among af the brain. The court martial aondesin: ed the officer to five weeks’ light arrest. od No Fiction, “T-want to get a book jor my wife,” a the man aot the stor "So git ing “in Pae way of fic- eg asked "ee ‘i pate ot of thal _| but he ans) a eis ta care for it. Single jeton—‘‘Do you believe in the old adage about marrying in haste and repenting. at leisyre?’? ~Wed- dexloy ‘No, 1 After aman marries he has no leisure,’ Fashion Hints What is’ Being Worn, Earrings are still worn All tones of gray are popr ilar, Wed Circle brooches are well likedont Women now favor the heavy ring, eae pendant is still a great fa- re Apirodie” is a lovely azalea- red ti Siiris mi street suits are extreme- ly short. abric hats are much worn by little follies. Wide striped linens are used for morning frocks, The white hat is much favored by Lipset ats promise deep cape collars ry full skirts, The martes Ard hats are trimmed with The nose veil is Nast with all its tomate e ger ets “ aie making ant appearans girdle ee iohaeA striped srib= bon is fal worn ie diamond cut in oval shaps is beautiful and ne Black and hive) coibbitations aro ins great fay Many of the kr al dance frocks are made of chiffon Evening gowns either have long sleeves or are sleeveless, Long suede gloves axe worn with the Tittle an sleeved cot ‘or the tiny tots aan "fled frocks of anosah are des 5 suits in the, three be a thing of the past before long. Fashion favors the idea of mateb- ing one’s jewels to o White taffeta hats are all xage with the chic French women, Frocks of white swiss are trim- med with bands of flowered muslin, Maaixe blue isa new light elec: tric; maxixe green is a grass green. ere ' Teacher—Now, James, do you un- derstand the seatiinee of the word “extinet ames—Yes'm. Teacher—Then name one bird that ¥ is now on ~ James— Touche Chior! What kind of hat 4 a bird is rere pet pigeon. The cat caught him this morning, sorbate Husband. 1 wish to select, aa for me husband and T can’ t nd anything ‘suitable. He doesn’t — smoke ey ey or go out nights or play card: Salogporson—Is he fond of fancy worl Fond Mother— My. deat, are you mae this morning Doli; don't know, man all gone?” Bond Mother. dear?” Di ilyeeWell 1 ‘think tm well engiign se! get up now.’ a Is a t marry a prince who will drink wine from. her slipper; ten years later sho may wate ee chap who ai te suds from a roniantic girl oxpects tas