The Cedarville Herald, Volume 38, Numbers 1-26

M tm mm aJbmmum -. Our Week Sale otWhite COMMENCES ' Saturday, May 15, 1915 Values W i t h o u t Equals , P r i c e s not DupUcatable Every Need Supplied — , Remarkable and Rememberable Savings (Dayton's Shopping Center ) This month’s Batterick Patterns are 10c and 15c—none higher . K s r v a u ^PAINT ' A Gold Bond Guarantee \ Makes this PaintWorth Twice the Price We Ask-* ' ]You know the shortcomings ft£ ordinary paint* W hen you buy it, you pay your money, get tKflf goods and th a t ends the transaction# ' ’ But we sell a paint that’s different. When yon pur­ chase Bradley & Vrooman Paint, we issue a Gold Bond Guarantee that gives you an absolute insurance against {chalking, peeling, cracking, blistering or fading. V jtegggr%sfr Bradley & Vrooman G u a ra n te e d P a in t jVou’v e heard o f Bradley & Vrooman Paint. You Now—ibuy it—rtiy If—secure in the knowledge that the Gold Bond Guarantee protects your paint investment here On every point. * fome nt and get acquamted* d M to meat yog. We’Ilb d THE TARBOX LUMBER CO, * Farm Economy The Biggest Loss on Farms Today is Perishable Posts and Poor Fence ’ Profits Are Made by Managing a Farm on a Busineis Basis Use American Steel Fence Post Made by American Steel & Wire Company THEY LAST A LIFE TIME Thousands in use in tho past 15years, which have not rotted, rusted or burned because they are heavily zinc coated inside and outside. American S tee l Posts— Can Bo Driven Eliminate Fenco Repairs Every Post a Lightening Bod Protests Stock from Lightening No Staples Required Fence Bows Clan Be Burned, Des-: troy ing Weeds and VeimoH Land with Steel Posts is More Valuable t S e e us a t once for further information or ask the man who has used American S te e l Fence Post* TARBOX LUMBER CO. 1 J Cedarville^Ohio.» Galloway & Cherry II £ Main'.St., Xenia, 0* Headquarters for Reliable Carpets, Rugs, Linoleums, ies, Etc. Xenia’s Exclusive Carpet ahd Drapery House MW0NAL aw so iD O L L esson (By a O. SELIiERB, Acting Director o l Sunday School Course, The Moody Bible Institute,, Chicago, 111.) LESSON FOB MAY 16 DAVID SPARES SAUL. X.BSSON TEXT—I Samuel 20:5-10. GOLDEN TEXT—Love your enemies, do good to them th a t hate you.—Luke 6217. Professor Beecher gives 10C5 B. C. as the date of this lesson and the death, of Samuel. Saul had been on the throne 37 years and David was twenty-seven years of age. There are ten famous episodes between the les* son of last week and that of today. (1) David and tbe ghew-bread; (2) Goliath’s sword; (3) David feigns madness (ch, 21); (4) The cave of Adullam; (6) His, care of bis par­ ents; (6) The Wiling of tbe priests (ch, 22); (7) Wandering in the wil­ derness (ch, 23); (8) The cutting of Saul's robe (ch. 24); (9) Nabal’s churl­ ishness, and (10) Abigail’s kindness (ch, 25). It might be well to have one scholar give a summary of each of these events. . 1, David and Ablshal, vv. 5*7*— Once before, the Zlphltes had In­ formed Saul as to David’s whereabouts (23:19). Learning that Saul evident­ ly intended to follow Kim into the wil­ derness (v. 4), David sent spies to learn the exact location of Saul and the 3,000 men under command of Ab­ ner. Abner was a cousin of Saul, a brave man with a remarkable history, Unwittingly they bad placed them­ selves in David's power, and that for a second time (24:3-8). Like the' camp of the Mldjanites which Gideon visited, Saul and his men were scat­ tered about sleeping "within the place of the wagons” (v. 5 B, V.), with Saul in the center, the spear marking bis resting place and the bolster beneath his head. Doubtless Saul trusted Ab­ ner’s protection, but no arm of flesh can save or protect a sinful man. Prom a neighboring rock David and bis friends could distinguish the spea;. and the outlines of the camp. David’s cballenge was directed to both of lit* companions. Abimelech, the Hlttite, declined the summons, whereas Abl- Bbai, David’s nephew who had already proved himself in the affair at the well (II Samuel 23:13-16) and later be­ came a leading figure In David's king­ dom, accepted the challenge.' It. David and-Saul, w . 8-12*—-Abishal was quite right, that God had deliv­ ered Saul into David's hand (v, 8), but he was wrong in his conclusion as to what that meant God delivered Saul that he might* If possible,, save him. It was a challenge that .tested David’* ' magnanimity* hi* sense of honor and also an event wherein be could appeal to Saul’s honor. Ahithal'a anger Is ftxua. hi*„Wfttdf. % win not smite him the second time” T w o wa* ample provocation, bat David rec­ ognised in this experience the hand of .God, nor would he profit by an-, other’s hand upraised "against the Lord’s anointed” (v. 9). A conscience less keen could have found an excuse for allowing another to strike,a blow to bis own profit Sapl was rejected of Jehovah, yet David preferred to let Jehovah execute his own decrees (ch, 24:15 c t PS. 105:15). . 1 . III, David and Abner* w . 13-16.— Returning to bis vantage point, doubtless tbe brow Of a hill on the opposite side of tbe valley, a point of safety, David awakened the sleep­ ing camp. Abner replied, "Who ert thou?” This cry sounds strangely like the present-day replies to the chal­ lenge of our David when a sleeping camp of sin*'is aroused. This call came at night When our King shall return his visit will he unexpected and at night (I The*s. 5:2-4; Rev. 16:15). I t would seem like a humiliation for this proud, haughty general, Abner, to be taunted by David (v. 16). As chief officer he was responsible for the king’s safety and his life. David therefore might well reproach nnd chide him, for his lack of fidelity wus worthy of death. When Saul was thoroughly awake to the fact of David’s visit to his camp and the fact that his life had been spared, he was moved to another one of his moments of repentance ( tv . 17-21). IV. The Result* w . 17-25.-—David’s address to Saul, Is a remarkable one. He first appeals to reason (v. 18) and desires to know what* if any, fault he has committed. He next challenges the motives which impelled Saul. Was It God who sent him ott this Journey or was it the evil counsel Of men (v. 19)? if this latter then let God deal with them according to their Just deserts* And* Anally, David uses the two similes of a flea and . par­ tridge as evidence of M b humility, his Inoffensiveness, his harmlessness (Luke 14:11). Every sinner who fights against Gad and against his anointed ones “plays the fool” and will sooner or later, like Saul, awaken to the fact that he has “erred exceedingly.” David did not undertake his own de­ liverance and “the Lord delivered him OUt of all his troubles” (v. 24; Ps. 18). David’s last .message to Gaul as be bade them to send for his spear wqb a declaration of Innocence and a prayer that God would give him safety even as Gaul's life had been spared. Saul’s final word was a blessing and a prophecy of David’s ultimate tri- utnph. ________ Enjoying Lire, He alone appears to me to Jive and to enjoy life who, being engaged in some business, seeks reputation by some illustrious action for some Use­ ful art.—Sallunt. CA STOR IA For Lnfonts and Children. til KM Yw Dm Abnji Bsgkt Bears the Signature of The Btery That Went W'dH the Ele­ phant's leak I hu «* Stamp collecting is a peculiar but a fascinating hobby, and it is said that as many a* 9,000,000 in all tbe world own it as a hobby. Ger- j many, France, Austria and England rank in the order named in the* number of stamp collectors they contain. “The elephant's beak hoax” is one of tbe best jokes ever placed at tbe expense o f collectors. It was worked on a’half dozen well known philatelists who were astonished b y the announcement that a well known New York stamp collector had secured the only copy of a pe­ culiar stamp later known as “the elephant stamp bill.” This stamp bore as its central design the figure of an elephant with the beak and wings of a bird. This stamp, so the story went, ‘was designedly a wellknown South American revolutionist who was about to overthrow the existing regime. The design on .the stamp was meant to designate that the new ruler had the strength pf an elephant and the swiftness of a bird. But alas for the plans of mice and men! Hia plot was discovered, and among the supplies seizedwere 500,- 000 of the stamps of the new and yet'unborn republic. These were ordered destroyed. One of the sol­ diers .had managed to „smuggle nbout a hundred of these away,‘but ■he was finally caught^ and shot at daybreak. Before his execution, however, he had given tine stamp to a little boy, and this had in some very reasonable arid plausible way found the New York collector after many month's: The stamp was naturally of great price and would have brought a big sum had not several collectors com­ pared notes and found that each had in his possession on approval the only elephant bill stamp in ex­ istence. In this way the interesting hoax was discovered.—New York Mail. ' The Cape to Cairo. Road. For’picturesque ’variety and ro­ mantic appeal of the panoramas running like double cinematograph films past the car windows, the great African trunk line can never know a rival. Six thousand miles, across sixty-five degrees of latitude, a score of climate* and the-lands of a hum . fired different people* or tribes^ the second longest of the worlds river* arid two of its l a t e s t lakes, tbe greatest dani ever built conserving water for tbe world’s richest lands, the most Imposing and ancient of all temples, the -greatest waterfall and the most important gold and diamond ifimea, and finally one 0i ibe last #rca i ejfwmsea.of real wil­ derness, the only place m the world where tbe Wild waata of the'jungle may be seen in their primitive state from a tra in -a ll these seen, trav­ ersed or experienced in twelve days. Classic. Not***. Of ail the men whose fate it has been to live J r hourly dread of noise, Fiatti, the cellist, was chief “I have Jived,” said lie, “in Spain, where the serenes awaken yon at every hour o f night to inform yon of tbe state of tbe weather. I have sojourned in Holland, where men are paid expressly to arouse you by shaking a rattle to tell you the houi and wish you good night, I have even ’slept’ in Antwerp notwith­ standing the chimes which play ev­ ery half hour variations of the 'Carnival of Venice’- nnd every half hour the bass ,drum air of the raid. Thus, you see, I am well organized for peace, yet I thirst for more than one man’**blood.”—London Chron­ icle* __________ ■ Thi N*W Dre*t. What Amelia said—I declare this dress mak<)3 me look five years younger 1 I t’s a love! Shan't I cut the other girls out now! What tho dressmaker said — Thank goodnesi that’s done.! Site’s awful to fit. What the younger sisters said—’Me- lia thinks she is going to get oil now that she’s got that frock I What the bosom friend said—How very passee that color makes dear Amelin lookl So trying; you know 1 What the housemaid said— I shall takq the pattern of that dress when she’s out of the way. What father said— Another bill tot falfals? Shan’t pay ifcl When I was a young man girls were taught to be sensible! Availability. .A nobleman was once showing a friend a rare collection- of precious stones which bo had gathered at a great expense and enormous amount of labor. “And yet,” he said, “they yield me no income ” His friend replied, “Come with me, and I will show; you two stones which cost me hut £5 each, yet they yield me a considerable income.” He took the owner of the gems to his gristmill and pointed to two gray' millstones which were alwaji busy.grinding out grist.___ “Bid 70 a resrize^^ ' gold-mine investments?'' “Yea; I real­ ized that somebody was playing m* for a sucker."—Buffalo Express. ' Strongest tint***. : The yate, one of Australia’s numefl* otif tuurd woods, aoofli* to t>& too strongest known timber, with an *vm> age tensile strength of 24,000 pound* to tho square inch, and a maximum*i high a* * 5 , 000 —about equal to cwrt and Wrought iron* * We want firmly to fix in your mind the date of our V . 0 Great Annual May Sale WhichWe Propose to Make the Biggest Mercantile Event of the Spring and Summer Season THIS SALE WILL BEGIN Thursday, May 20th y . ■ ■ ■ • « ».* #. and will continue for the balance of the month ' constituting* ELEVEN DATS OF THE GREATEST VALUE GIVING EVER RECORDED IN THE HISTORY OF THE BIG STORE, Space forbids mentioning here in detail the wonderful bargain* to be. secured during this great May disposal but we are ashing you to WATCH FOR THE . FOUR-PAGE CIRCULARS WHICH WILL SOON REACH YOU THROUGH THE MAIL OR BY OTHER DELIVERY and which will carry in detail'the value giving offerings in every department in our 50 stores in orie. IF YOU FAIL TO GET ONE OF THESE CIRCULARS WRITE IN FOR ONE FOR SUCH WILL SURELY MEAN A SAVING TO YOU. There is a Reason for this Great Sale We bought, in anticipation of.the Spring and Summer trade, one hundred thousand dollars more merchandise than we have *v«r bought before at the same season of the year and these goods must be fold. We bought cheaply. We paid the cash—We are going to sell this merchandise at a lower price than you. have ever seen it quoted before, REMEMBER—We refund fares on all purchases of $15.00 or over. No red tape. Get your refuuder at the store. REMEMBER—We make a specialty of mail orders. If you can not attend this sale, write in for samples, same will reach you by return mail. We prepay charges on all orders of $5.00 or oyer. : * BEAR IN HIND THE OATE.CF THIS GREAT SALE-MAY 26tfc U M*Y 31 INCLUSIVE. DSH’T M ISS IT. AMessage to You .... Ill,, ABOUT GOOD FURNITURE AND GOOD SERVICE Tills message vrijll appear hero every wools until wo have impressed on each reader tha t our HOWstore is T il 10 BEST Furniture Store, "Words cau not satisfactorily deliver the message, you must ace our store for yourself, therefore We Invite You to visit our new store when next iu Springfield, stroll through every department, make it you headquarters, leave your parcels iii our care, and meet yotir friends here. But above all be sure to visit our “ Mortal Home” .- Its an Ideal arrangement and we are sure you will be delighted. We Deliver the Goods right te your own home In our large and safe motor truckB, With experienced men. “ FURNITURE >v ) / -I S REFRIG ER - - ATORS QUEENS WARE 1 RUGS LINOLEUM DRAPERIES BABY CARRIAGES High St., Just East of Limestone St., SPRINGFIELD, OHIO Cut out th is Ad" and brlpg to our ster» for on* of our free Souvenirs. No purchase required. X X GET OUR PRICES ON PRINTING X X FARE $329 feDAILY BETWEEN! 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