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before six etnighLIA also oi out- , stsudlina iula may be careless and ne o ntss thebeadoiads. pertinent ‘oi Government. without suffering loss oi prestige; but me - 4 ocrityl anus-t toil or tail. iii weren - edwsuilhsblaew wordlliol-‘slg ' ' WWII“! halving been a Cabinet inisfer rpr eilrhteeh years. and Prune Minister 0i Canada ior fifteen months o! that Blgonld " tiny it was to he l1 ._ _ zg common sense, m . ' .‘ end- great capacity ior‘ details. He "cer- flillll! was not a born leader oi 111011. i1 816M thinker. a powerful derhnter. nor a man of extraordin- ary parts.

A_ iew months after I joined him, Sir MaolKensie' became the head oi the newly constructed Department _ of Trade unvlCommerce. "lie ‘built: it up from the ground, ohoosiagihls - own material. in doing so. ‘i know that he deliberately selected men upon whom be could depend rather than men o! exceptional ability. Was he not right in so doing? ‘How herd it. is to got. men who can he counted on under all circumstances: One oi the first things he did was t_o plan ior-the extension oi Cans» , clan trade-to new markets.

The mission to Australia grew out of that purpose. It took place in 1893. Sir ‘ MacKeMié did not select some one for that important piece of work. He went himself. ‘l had moved about a great deal _ with Sir John iCsrlin-g; but I now . realized, as never ibeiorejthe com- ‘ Densatlon-which a-prlvate secretary receives for rather slavish work in thepflvilese or travellins. All my dreams ofeeeing much oi the world came true duriaglny service with‘ six Cabinet Ministers. Bat this trip to‘ the Antipodes, carrying " us through the-South Sens, was the most wonderful oi ‘all my meander- ings abroad.‘ - -

The Pacific Cable.

Tho Pacific cable grcw directly out of that mission to Australia. Sir MacKsnzis took with him Sir Sondiord Pielninis. who had con- °°|V°<1 m"! Brest project, stuck to l! through years or discourage- ment. received from. the various Australian states rather chilling answers. and finally carried it to ‘victorious achievement. He was a, ~ man oi conspicuous abilitynnd in. finite ‘patience. joined lo sweetness of character. That. combination ls more or less rare.

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Ottawa in- 1804. was anoilher out- growth oi the mission to Australia. l had the honor oi being otlicial see. . 161-111‘? oi that important gathering, Jointly - with the-late; Douglas‘ Stew- art, who was the private secretary offiir John whom-Deon.‘ »My "m1. inmate's part yin . the‘ matter was.

hblvbver. ilonbtary. rile-work toll

on one. Ilrthe following yearlfthc Newfoundland‘ Conference took

' piuceuand on that occasion’ I aldo

_ Merry Xmas “I was given-the post ofylecretary.

llnth those lntsrnationalines -

- blokes gave me tho privilege": f’ contact with‘ many rues oi egg... ence. ' -.‘.

t»! 1 Howell-u Piremler. . Thetragic death [.oi sir -Joilln iThOIIIPSOlD at fiviudsorqslz-ltle, on 12th December, 1804,, opened tho door ior Sir Maolflenzie Bowel] to

Say i MUSIC

Store open tonlqht- and

(‘olumbia

"with ‘the most

5.

become Pnnle Minister. He ‘was

the ‘senior member/or the lflahlnet.

_ or in ofllco oi tllo stnodonsla Min-

) ii-ltry oi i878. He. was therefore-the

“W.

csllJu. party caucus not to weigh

ilho claims of others. lie had a

ltoric ieeiinllll and wishes his col~

lieu-anon screed to accept him as

h without. Expediency prevsilemasd

~ when Lord Aberdeen called ildton

land suspicions, he revealed to me

flung afterward; but at the time he

°"'”Y'2rtll April, "mo. sir ‘ MKGIIZIB

"is" "M" XMAS» ‘Jloweli was u’ u. new 3i!‘ m‘ Gov- tho holm. liow did this elevation-

JIUGCC him‘! ‘in one‘ sense. not at

‘igcanadafi BestWpl-oucbabls, isunty, sincere milnbe

j . .

I Iwom ~liiliilfilily and‘ unavoidably heavy. and ho lucked in some in» having any trouble with ihis col- glongues. ‘he concealed the isot heard him utter n syllable about what. wont on within the Privy

k v Crash o: i896.

All the NEW XMAS RECORD9§ Early in January, 1896, came the lKoucio llowelkc ministers resigned

‘ HEET MUSE)’ Dickey, W00il and so Charles 14m-

Music. The um: om. 11°11‘ "liiw" °‘ “W °°‘"""" T“ ‘f; ‘ti... may and an early endln-s w Q ‘ p, 11 om, Sir Mackenzie uaidz»

BE sun: TO ASK To sis THE u,’ Elf‘; M“ mm m a w“ o,

vzrlv uswssr m ntloNo-Jouulomndv r1 Bifllrmilnl l" W‘

35AM.” , - - ‘ Jlumetll, then‘ in session. and ssilfli

. .. . rm t olna, and this oc-

Lnm: 8am‘ OF M'U§'.Q‘.L fiisdnfi. “'1. do excclil-lflli- T"

$TRUMINTS or ouALHv. ‘success oi thoso so-betwoens nom- “y “m; flhla important duty tell 0

wo erceediogly l- m‘

a: alPi-ivaté7"SéZi"ét§ii‘Y'

11F give that statement.

The Colonial Conference. held at’

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FO-O-OfOOOO-O-Q Child Welfare

tioniag Gnhinet. . _ ....r::.::s"+::.nn: A“ P111111“ "wit"

itlcal evolution ilpr the am time since itlwou red, t" ieel ‘tree to speak author sly. sir MscKen- zie took occasion to dictate his ver- slon oi the matter to me very fully,

Article: an all Publlooigguithven-u’ shear W g- ‘u, QIIII. Furnished by the Local Red Crou Branch.

glad autlhzlriinel‘ qle llljlallhillfllltfllfi M“ - . . . ,

. l to ‘ ~ . . ' "r

over llteseofilstsw" ‘to 0:0. F ‘M91511 Nfi- 17 ' interpreted Jhat .1 traction to mean it it eves‘ ems necesss y Wiiirtmenr or. Public Heqlm, ior-hie personal vindication’. No ' 8sll¢tohewsn

such. itllation-has arisen, and it in, not. . oreiproposed to= here it woulddo no good. it would but open old sores; ior it was tinged lwith the bitterness o! ‘Personal disappoint- ment: and angry suggestions o! be trayal. I was also made the connd- ant oi at least three of the bolting ministers. and ‘know their point oi ‘view. ' ‘

delnics, which vary ‘flatly in sev

the potion

tic c0115"! lasts, which m ‘ Reason for Deaertlonl. “x "W118 0o ‘Five oi the actors in that nlelan- choly drama are dead. loan, there- lore, without violation oi trust. make an epitome otthe reasons which ‘impelled the desertions oi 1896. and thereby perhaps do some- thing to shed light on an otherwise ugly situation. ‘ The Conservative party had held the reins oi govern- ment ior nearly eighteen years. A general election‘ ihld to takeplsce soon. Signs or disintegration with~ in the party were in evidence; ior it is the inevitable fate oi all rty administrations to defeat t em- selves in time. Bowel] was felt to be a weak man. Be had ‘never been a; camDI-lsner, and was therefore not well-known throughout the country. He was utterly lackinsiu organizing genius. He would not appeal to popular imagination. lHe haul been accepted ‘moreor less as n. makeshift. "An exceedingly strong man, lvholse very name and fame would become a rallyi-ngioroe was urgently needed. That man was felt to~he Sir Charles Tupper- Iiut how to get him? That was the question.

elved in rag-g and

bllfmd. so that the i

11°! Spread to others. All Persons nre susceptible

Kreatest susceptibility months to live iy midi year. ililcrefore it is ant that babies ‘be ks i1" Person-s who have

have a. second.

characteristic paroxysmal sets in. the child has spells

red and

sound whorl-the breath is drawn in.

follows. Mild cases mnynut have the characteristic “whoop" and are

in the cough,

treatment‘ Ayn“ o; 13.99,“ pertussis vaccine, when Ilowsvcr, Li: may :0‘ understood. let me say i. at at -t at very mom- ent the answer lay within my own breast. Sir Mackenzie Howell had not deceived himself, lNot one of his troubled colleagues knew bet- ter than be his unfltness for the col- ossal task which lay ahead. As- the general election drew new". he diseases oi‘ the chest whdchulre the 111""? 1111165 ION 1118 0T 111B dlfifld- direct result or‘ “whooping cough. With the utmost frankness and . The disease “may _'develonq lsinceritynhe {Mk8 0f m9 iffslfe l0 about two weeks utter exposure lo P681311; b111- 119 "sked- “'1'? i“ infection. and it. is gecessary that. xlliilsqfbéhitfifigtéizlglpg: the patient should be isolated at B s ‘ ' might "be willing _to take my 1111108; but I cannot approach lnlin. I am atrsld oi him.” He. always spoke that way oi-Sir Charles. ll-le did notl say ‘ “distrust? ‘iblrt "afraid." The 1...... ssion he was that qhe did not ‘like Si!‘ ,€~z.l|.¥rlrl.zij;n’zaqa'f£gtinggélngg :38??? ‘ailovoedyout 0i’ isolation until ‘the ,._ s“. "charms ' “mo” ..,‘,‘as_,_theu cougllrlhas entirelytoeased. The res: liigh Comrlrlissiouer iln Londoémnhi gzillmglg $ém"m““t‘°f"p“b' 61:11:10? J53’ eoerrily slshi Weeks. sitter ‘the development the situation in 1am; could have oi the disease or until one week 1-?- "been composed. .,sll- Mlwlionzieder the last characteristic wash- Boweil W0lliid havsitgheseiriw 18X!-Foffiflllitlgllgogntétiilznigge “W” changed paces r ‘ M6 nee i1 I _ 11 Topper. as.,u ‘means or escnllinrtact with the patient ._ , . _ fr"... a 1mm“ ‘gm- which he felt n“; controlvot‘ whooping mush llmvseil unnliitfiirle~li0tiilll8lili¢filllig is in the hands otjthe public: n41": inmgeneral‘. way. but n vew o 1 u... approaching election. l can,“ a... i]. col-ions disease w-llll "a lush say tum with ‘first ngmoet lwsitrigg ness. becahflel. e o mesa l1‘ , months ‘prior totbe resignations. gndaiso muddle s part o! we static nlelrt ‘he entrusted to me. But he hnd not taken "ills colleagues into hit-l confluence. and! in panicky ei- forts to find a way out they simply ‘ struck. Se-iitlylplccoodirll: events showed that at t _ slime time they also committed, st cide: for 111 the election wihlch followed in-Jllnc the Censcrvhtive party was over- whelmcli. - ," . . As l look beck on those dark days, my heart. ‘aches. ll was ox- ceerllngly thud oi‘ Sir MacKenzib Bows-ll. lie. was ills mostcoasldcr~ ate man I ever‘ knew. . Ilrusquc. and blunt asflho often was under irritation. uolloa o. heart ot ‘sold- lf he over wounded ‘lly his hasty words. ho could not. rest until he lmd poured balm on the hurt. ‘Ho ye _woul(l “m; W. m, “mo you, m; W“ motsrl-sflisllltr 3° d° 5° 11.1“ ye oven so to them: for this is ihr iuinredone vlss a’ man in humble law and the prophc-ts.-—.\l.ltthew7- circumstances: Thai. made him o m . ‘ . hero in my mind. lip was too proud to confess-his weakness. and there- fore stressed tberwct of what he called "s. ca .l-' His resentment was‘ direotedc lolly against one or two of his colleagues. whom he re- garded as fihivisaders in tho mai- ler. dlswhltd an affectionate st- tachmeat ior Sir Gharies ilibbert Tapper, and. strange to say-Anv- ing regard to the outcome oi the affair-die ‘completely exculpated him (T0171 blame.‘ l must reserve ‘for o. later sketch ~leveral stories and observations which it is assumed will illustrate the character and peculiarities of the man as he was raven-loll to mo. They will bring out the ‘human side. ls separated‘ ‘from the oiilcinl; nnd

i108. ca-rly In the disease. ihns boon found to ho of consldcru-ble-vliluc.

"The dangerous nature ofiwlhoopv int! cough is not realized b public generally. There is a high mortality from it under live years of age, due to complication-s and

the early catarrhql stage that- lilo disease is most infectious. it is not necessary to ‘keep him entirely in- doors, but he should not be allowed

other people. or to go to any putr-

lchildrcn mirroring

i"- ll i 1M . u y so 0 c-orltact with all

from it and avoid having coughs.

‘son 1_ ilgDAY5 ‘

DECAENWEVR 2'5

CHOSE YOUR ASSOClATES:——' lic ye- not unequally ‘yoked togstlr‘ or‘ with ulibolicvers: ior what fellowship hath righteousness with‘ what communion hath iilzilt with dnrknoss.—-2 Corinthians 6:14.,‘

oécslvlssn 24 PLATFORM Pdll canon AND. CAlilTAbz-r-Ali things whatsoever

DECEMBER 26

WORLD'S BEST NEWSv-Thu angel said unto ihrln, Fear not; ior. behold‘! bring you izood 116* inns of great Joy. which shall be to all people.

For unto you is born this day in tho city 0t’ David a Saviour, which, is Christ tho Lord.——i..ukc 210. l1.

DECEMpER 26 GOD OVER Abbz-‘Jfhe eyes of all wait. upon lhflL‘.—~Pt-l‘ri]l'llfl 145:5.

DECIMIER 27 HUMBLE YOURSELVES: Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand .oi God. that he may exalt you in due time: Casting

Wh°°Pi11€ @1311 Blllléars in epi-

emy’ ‘Mme ‘b81111; mild and others severe. The disease is carried lpmm M18011 ‘by the secretions from the ilrouilh and nose and is ‘most intac- ious during the early stages, but t can be a source of in- 5905011. ls long as ‘the characteris- ay he liirom three months.» it is Very important -thnt all discharges from the throat and nose he reo- immediately nfection can-

t0 "homlins cough. but. the age or is six years. It is elltreme‘ in- children under one ' ' very lmportl pt away from

coughs. One attack confers immunity and it is extremely rare -l'or anyrzerson- to

The disease begins with all or- 411101‘? cough, which may last from a ‘flew days to two weeks. then the‘

cough. ' oi‘ scv» ere coughing, gels red or ‘blue in the ‘time. the eyes water and gmi " llhere is a.‘ “whooping”. l in severe fits oi‘ coughing vomiting a rnrslns of spreading the disease. of Whooping

used in sufficiently large qua-ulti-

y the-

the first sign or cough. as it is iu '

made om mym 1nd to take exercise, where-there are‘ '

lie place. Patients should not --'bei

isolation = for ‘

u; cor». "

Bills‘ must be taillight 'to,look 1119011‘ death rate in children. ‘kud to care-l ' ' ‘

' ‘if. BIBLE THOUGHTS

- siilgtbo song oi biases the servant

ideals with the prophetic

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‘IIB l

1| v

ll~>.l,\nll;|l

THE ‘LOVE

T

EVER D1.

ll

INSUDANCE

4.’-

otfGod. and the song of the llnlnb.

- saying. Great and marvellous arc lltlrzrunctl Wilffl mono tr»... 7.1.‘. v ‘Almighty: u?!» y-curs Ilefore lilo actual emu o ("illlwL Tllc ‘lo-sson today is clilnux of twelve missionary less ions which lllrvc oocllpied our ill.i(‘ll~ tion dllfllli-l the lust quarter L)! this your. Such ll lcssou us that of m- dzly is most fitting us it foretnlhs. tlic ‘birth oi‘ lilo llivine follnlivr of‘ nil Christian missionary" endear ".'

thy WOPIISfLOHI God inst and true are thy ways, thou King o! salon-Revelation 15:3, I

é“ v DECEMBER 29 I con CREATED ALLr-Ali things were made by him; and whiloutilinl was not any thing made that was mEllE.-*J0hl'l l-Il. +4--_-<O&__..._. .

Sunday School Lesson THE UNIVERSA-L REILGN OF‘ ~ cums? -

(ltlhristman Lesion.) ‘ i Lesson No‘ XN. ‘ December P3. ' Golden Text: "Ask oi me llnrl l inheritance and the utierluost lvflfls oi- theoerth for thy possessions." its. ii‘ : 8.

Leuon: iIsniah, 1X: ii, '7: \'i : i~ l0; Pa ii : 1-42. ‘The lesson of lodny ilrirlxs us to‘ the joyous Christmas season, and utter- ances of the Prophet Isaiah con-

zmd scenes surrounding the oven: so much in the minds oi Christian people lhe world over at this» season oi the year.

lsuinh in the nlulh chapter of his

coming ruler o)‘ u kingdom. The

that. is what i believe my readers will desire to see. ’ It might lbe er- plalned at this time, however. that ~ sir MacKenllle was "born at lllck- necemslzs 2s i enshsll. Sufloiir. Ellslnnd. in 182s. Tm: ilEAVENLY soNcz-Theyl and lived tube 95. ' .

‘ Bltllvajllvo up nhlrlllln W“

all your care upon him; ior he careth ior yours-l Peter 5:6. 7.

second portion or scripturl for cou~ , uiderotiou round in the eleventh chapter oi the some book, tells the nature oi Messialrs kingdom, and the third passage in the Book o! Psalms ioreteils the extent and

duration oi‘ lho Kiugdonl.

Himself. -

son of man." given." At the some time l-ic ill l0 Jul divine. "the Aiigbty God, tho ildvorlaotlng Falhor." lie is to he Wonderful. surprising: not of this world. H0 is t0 he a Counst-llor. "lilo All-wise, the conduct. of lllc kingdom. iic is ,ulso to he oven-lusting. eternal, cu- ‘durillg forever. Still further, ilc is lo be the iPrlllr-o of Peace and Ills Kingdom is to he founded on love.

turo for consideration, Isaiah, pru- plloticully inspired. paints u. word cerning the coming oi the Alossinh. ymmre of mm‘ S kmgmm" shull. spring. That oi‘ ihé llouso of Jesus. the ltoynl llmlsc oi David. ll is also said that lllc Spirit of Jehovah. shall rest upon lilm: the

. ‘ . . i Dropheclea spew“ of Jesus u“ the mill“. m wisdom nnd unrlrlstzlnd-

three pairs of qualities. The spirit the waters cover lhf‘ so of counsel nnd might; will llrflrtical power. also. (lhPillFll-lilflilin through

_,..

‘Fllllllil in the Mason verses in? salllh Xi. ills purity, spiriullll [He] mrnmr-nl. low- and righionusnoss lfi-l so beautifully pflrlfilyfll, nnll 0 crown _ull “ilinhlmusnosswsllall bc the girdle oi‘ ills waist (controll- ing ills heart) and faithfulness the] girdle of i-lll-l lolns“ (controlling ills sirmlllth.)

in tho lloxt passage for our con~ sidorntioll lsilluil pictures the rulcr of the Rlngdonl and its nature. zliso lie‘ i-nrlllrllllce- illlti vast cxlcnl. The cffozel m’ .\i(".“.~ill'lil'.‘4 reign is grantin- nl-ss, oqllity and punt-c. 'l‘llo wild» things cl‘ ill!‘ lorcst shall iic llmvn" with those gentler domestic fill-I lmall which hitherto tllry loved in‘ kill lino" ln destroy‘. l-L looks us; [though lil0i‘(' would still hr wolves ill rho .\ll“§Sl.'lil'.< kingdom, but their‘ natures will ho rilnngvd so lhrrl they will do no vinlvnco. "A little child shall loud lilcnl." ‘

Let us rolnenlbcl" (hilt l.~ull.'lh‘:

lll(

l lesus Christ. the promiscrl Nix-rs .l.1

lic. the ltedecnlrr, is to be "Unis us ll snn

“a i:

lu-nkillg no mistakes ill

Will"il is to ho ll nlillennizll con- llitiou. always appeals lo Christian‘ pcople on nrl-mlut m‘ lllo purity unlit innocence of it liiilo l-llilrl. Jwsll frcsll from (loll and ilnlnllg bul. ilnpcrlI-clly pul on hlllnun flesh! As ll grout (‘llris-linll pool 011cc} said. "llorlvrm lies illllllll us‘ ill our infancy." ,

Tho ilfclll llcnuty m‘ such omldiq lions as dl-sl-rillldl in lili-s sorlimi of tho lenisoll nro nlirihutllhlo lo (nnriitinns a..- lll-sl-riholl ill verse. nine. “For Ihc mirth Hllill bu full nf lho knowledge m‘ Jl-hnvllh as‘

in tho soconll portion of scrip-

Jil- clls nl' lilo stock from wllonl-e llc

is‘. . The Holy Spirit ill ills manifesta- ions endows the Messiah with

prudent-v in Psalm ii. nu inspired sorvunh; SQ!’ verso eight. Christ ill lwrsnn,

Jesus is (lPS-Illd pray for all nations and taught.‘

cc nnd low. How _\\'0nliPl'flli|_v

061:0‘? ‘r 0cm!‘ Fkleino

M Jsgsmpu =10 » ‘ Tnfi lbl-lrw y»

Ml! ~. see-lawman

l He was at the. moment acting Prime _ Minis-list‘. Ii-ie ‘was the sole surviv- _v logical choice. it was an emerg- erikwypund there was not‘tin’le to .,._.r u clean name and a good record- l Wilateverimllyihaxvo ‘been theireso- -i.iiclr lender. Not to do so would ,hii.V0 made troulblo. both within and i ‘llowoll to tako the Premiership. he Iuccoptod. fnhat he ‘had miesivings lVWflU silent. Prom Decmn-bor 21st, 189i. until .. icrnmcllt or Canada. fie made no PIANO ‘changes in lilo cabinet catching nil. in another sense very touch. ‘ ‘ ‘Ho remained iihosalno lflllbléfitp‘ ‘had always been. But his respons- ihilillcs weighed upon him. They 1 iporulnt respects the capacity to “The phonograph WM a somnlbtlil-l‘ them. ‘i-i. however, ho was Grafotiolaum me. Communicative to n wondunnifnult about other things, l never motor“ and satisfying repro-l ducer ever eonrtructectfcouncii Chamber. Later, he opened his heart‘ to me unrcservedly. are here. Be euro to come inlcriwh- T” “PM! 1'" ""5 “' M“ and In”. your XMAS Re°°rd‘l\\‘llil0lll warning. Seven oi Sir Bloc ‘In .\ body. They were: Hon. Messrs ,|.-°,.|,¢r, Haglmrf. lvell, ‘Montague. The very latest and riiil ‘molt om 'l‘llpper. Such o thing lilil populnr Standard 1nd jopum- never happens-i before in the r011- , _ ‘Liberal Opposllionists saw l1 this H ‘eyent the debacle oi the Conserva- ‘ l" " ’ ' r tin l hteen long yams in 1° cfh" up‘ lg‘; rwilderntelfs. To a irieod in SPECIAL $30.00 EDISON ml ¢llo.,r_,mom_.. and the bu” B...“ NEW CONCERT someone, ‘Willi “Ho... days fol well. Sir ‘Mac- ‘tinih fol‘ NCOIIMNCIIOU- n such COMEQAND SELECT FROM Qualorlxea it transpires that m lillflffl ‘garliy dopends on diplomacy no)‘ - . .» ‘ . t. I may-bi" . -12 rooMss Ill-l o» or a s" 101 éueiliitrai?“ ell-hum" "‘ .. w»? ‘ "LY H moons (then if ~ ' “ 0L . ~ l‘ the