The Exeter Advocate, 1896-7-9, Page 71
MIGHTY HUNTER,.
DR. TALMAGE DRAWS LESSONS
FROM THE LIFE OF NIMROD.
How to be Skilful In Spiritual Hunting,—
Some of the Targets.
. Waphington, D. C., July 5:—All
people who are trying to do good will
'nod this discourse of .Dr. Talmage in-
spiring as well as unique. His text was
Genesis, ar., 9: "He was a mighty hunter
before the Lord."
• In our day, hunting is a sport; but in
the lands and the times infested with
wild beasts, it was a matter a We or
death with the people. It was very
different from going out on a sunshiny
afternoon with a patent breech -loader,
to s'hoot 'reed -birds on the flats, when
Pollux and Achilles and Diomedes went
out to clear the and of lions and tigers
and bears. My text sets forth Nimrod
at a hero when it presents him with
broad shoulders and shaggy apparel and
un -browned face and arm bunehed
With musole—"a mighty hunter before.
the Lord," I think he used the bow and
arrows with great success practising
archery.
I have thought if it is such a grand
thing and such a brave thing to clear
wild beasts out of a country, if it is not
a better and braver thing to hunt down
and destroy those evils of society that
are stalking the land with florae eye and
bloody paw, and sharp tusk and quiek
spring. I have wondered if there is not
such a thing as Gospel archery,by which
those who have been flying from tbe
truth may be captured for God and
beaven. The Lord Jesus in his sermon
used the art of angling for an illustra-
tion when he said: "I will make you
fishers of men," And so I think I have
" authority for using hunting as an illus-
tration of Gospel truth; and I pray God
that there may be many a man to -day
who will begin to study Gospel archery,
of whom it may, after a while, be said:
"He was a mighty hunter before the
Lord."
In the first place, if you want to be
effectual in doing good, you must be
very sure of your weapon. There was
something very fascinating about the
archery of olden tinaes. Perhaps you do
not know what they could do with the
bow and arrow. Why, the chief battles
Wought by the English Plantagenets
(were with the long -bow. They would
itake the arrow of polished wood, and
Weather it with the phone of a bird, and
!then it would fly from the bow -string
of plaited silk. The broad fields of
lAgincourt, and Solway ,Moss, and
INeville's Cross heard the loud thrum of
!the archer's bow -string. Now, my Chris-
tian friends, we have a mightier weapon
!than that. It is the arrow of the Gospel.
It is a sharp arrow; it is a straight
&row; it is feathered from the wings of
the dove of God's spirit; it flies from a
bow made out of the wood of the cross.
As far as can estimate or calculate, it
has brought down four hundred million
souls. Paul knew how to bring the
notch of that arrow on to the bow -string,
and its whirr was heard through the
Corinthian theate,rs, and through the
court room, until the knees of Felix
•knocked together. It was that arrow
that stuck in Luther's heart, when he
cried out, "Oh, my sins! Oh, my sins!"
If it strike a man in the head, it kills
• ids scepticism; if it strike a man in the
• heel, he will turn his step; if it strike
him in the heart, he throws up his
bands, as did the Emperor Julian of old
when wounded in the battle, crying,
"Oh, Galilean, Thou hest conquered!"
In the armory of the Earl of Pembroke
there are old corselets which show that
the arrow of the English used to go
through the breastplate, through thebody
of the warrior, and out through the
lbaokplate. What a symbol of that Gospel
'which is sharper than a two-edged
sword, piercing to the dividing asunder
f body and soul, and the joints aud
,the marrow! Would to God that we had
more faith in that Gospel! The humblest
if he had enough faith in it, could
'bring a hundred souls to Jesus—perhaps
five hundred. Just in proportion as this
age seems to believe less and less in it, I
believe more and more in it. What are
men about that they will not accept
their own deliverance? There is nothing
proposed by men that can do anything
:like this Gospel. The religion of Ralph
Waldo Emerson was the philosophy of
icicles; the religion of Theodore Parker
was a sirocco of the desert covering up
the soul with dry sand; the religion of
'Renan was the romance of believing
nothing; the religion of Huxley and
Spencer was a pedestal on which
human philosophy sits shivering in the
night of the soul, looking up to the
stars, offering no help to the nations
that crouch and groan at the base. Tell
nee where there is one man who has
rejected that Gospel for another, who is
• thoroughly satisfied, and helped, and
contented in his scepticism, and I will
take the car to-moriew and ride five
hundred miles to see him. The full power
of the Gospel has not yet been touched.
Ae a sportsman throws up his hand and
• catches the ball flying through the .air,
just so easily will this Gospel after a
while catch this round world flying from
its orbit and. bring it back to the heart
,of Christ. Give it full swing, and it will
;pardon every sin, heal ellery wound, oure
every trouble, emancipate every gave,
and ransom every nation. Take careful
aim. Pull the arrow clear back until the
head strikes the bow I Then let it fly -I
And may the slain of the Lord be many!
I remarx, further, if you want to
,succeed in spiritual archery, you must
'have courage. If the hunter stands with
trembling hand or shoulder, that
flinches with fear, instead of his taking
the catamount, the catamount takes hire.
,What would become of the eireenlander
if, when out hunting for the bear, he
should stand shivering with terror on
an iceberg? What would havh become of
Du Chaillu and Livingstone in the
African jungle, with a faint heart and a
weak knee? When a toanther Comes
within twenty paces of you and it has
• its eye on you and it has squatted for
the fearful spring. "Steady there!"
Courage, 0 ye spiritual archers! There
are great monsters in iniquity prowling
. all around about the community. Shall
we not of the strength of God go forth
• and combat them? We not only need
snore heart, but more backbone. What is
the Church of God, that it should fear to
look in the eye of any transgression?
There is the Bengal tiger of drunkenness
that prowls around. Instead of attacking
it, how many of us hide under the
church pew or the eommunion table!
• There" is so much invested in it we are
afraid to assault it; millions of dollars
in barrels, in vats, in spigots, in •cork-
screws, in gin palaces with marble floors
• and Italian -top tables, and • chased ice -
coolers, and In the . strychnine, mid the
logwood, and the tartaric acid, and the
wax vomitus, that go to make up or
• "pure" American drinke. I looked with
wondering eyes on the "Heidelberg tun."
It is • the great liquor vat of Germany,
where it is said to hold eight hundred
hogsheads of wine, and only three times
In a hundred years it has been filled.
But, US Pstoodand looked at it, I said
to myself; "That is nothing—eight
hundred hogsheads. Why, our American
vat holds two million five hundred
thOusand barrels of strong drinies,and we
keep two hundred thousand men with
nothing to do but to see that it is filled."
Ohl to attack this great monster of
intemperance, and the kindred monsters
Of fraud and uncleanness, requires you
to rally all your Christian courage.
Through the press, through the pulpit,
through the platform'you joust assault
it. Would to God that all our American
Christians would band together'not for
oraok-brained fanaticism, but for holy
Cheistian reform. I remark again, if you
want to be 'successful in spiritual
arohery, you need not only to bring down
the game, but bring it in. I think one
of the most beautiful pictures • of
Thorwaldsen is his "Autumn." It
tippresents a sportsman corning home and
standing under a grape vine. Be has a
staff over his shoulder, and on the other
end of his etaff are hung a rabbit and a
brace of birds. Every hunter brings home
the game. No one would think of bring-
ing down a reindeer or whipping up a
stream for trout and letting them lie in
the woods. At eventide the camp is
adorned with the•treasures of the forest
• —beak, and fin, and antler. If you
go out to hunt for immortal souls, not
only bring them down under the arrow
of the Gospel, but bring them into the
Church of God, the encampment we have
pitched this side of the skies. Fetoh
them in; do not let thorn be out in
the open field. They need our prayers aud
sympathies and help. That is the meaning
of the Church of God—,help. 0 ye hunters
for the Lord, not only bring down the
game. but bring it in.
TELEGRAPHY OF SAVAGES.
Nearly All Tribes or Barbarians Have a
Code of signals.
By what occult meaus do barbarians
transmit news with almost the rapidity
of liglitiaing? Again and again has this
puzzled the advance forces of civiliza-
tion. In the Soudan, where the world's
interest centers now; with the Indians, on
the western frontiers of• the United
States; among the Esquimaux of Alaska
--in fact, with savages in nearly every
quarter of the globe, the facility • with
which information is spread far and
wide is marvelous. Only with the utmost
difficulty has the intelligence department
of the British army learned of the move-
ments of the dervishes. The Egyptians
and the other native allies •of the Eng-
lish army seem not to have been pos-
sessors of the dervishes' secret modes. On
the other hood, Mohammedans every-
where were informed of the advauce up
the Nile of the Anglo-Egyptian army
No more pilgrims are going to Mama,
but all are floaking to the green stand-
ard of the khalifa.
Long before the tidings of the Custer
massacre reached Fort Abraham Lin-
coln the Sioux bad spread it among
their brethren of the northwest. The
scouts in Crook's column to the south
knew of ie in a day or two and those
with Gibbon, farther northwest, were
not long without the information.
Terry's Crow scouts told their chief the
next day, and the story was discredited.
Two days later, when Terry reached the
battlefield, he found his scouts had not
exaggerated.
In Alaska several years ago a naval
Dente/mut on exploration ran short of
provisions. He pushed on toward a settle-
ments reducing rations every hour. When
he reached there he found theinhabitants
had proyided against his coming and
had a bounteous store awaiting him.
The people in the village were of a
different tribe from those through whose
domain be had passed, and so far as he
could learn were not in communication
with them.—New York Press.
• DISUPP0121013 CITE.
Mee pangs ot disappointment to a per-
son of mature mind are fearful to con-
template, and when actually experienced
many resort to the last remedy—suicide.
But to the small boy who for weeks pre-
vious has stood with bewildered eyes and
gaping mouth at the sensational post-
ers representing a,ffienals and freaks of
all 'kinds, conditions and color, and
whose hysterical anticipation produced
an abnormal beating of the heart, what
solace can he find for the circus not par-
adbeg? Did he not go faithfully to school
that morning and patiently wait till the
time of marching? Didn't be behave
well? He gave his little sister a place
next to him on the ad stone Nvall and
had to "push two or three boys' faces
In" to do it. When the boy next to him
argued about the size of the elephant,
didn't he tell him to "come out on the
street and he'd settle it?" How many
times did he jump to the false alarm
that the band wagon was coming/ No
wonder he was mad! He told his little
sister: "If I had 'the blokey that stopped
de circus from paraffin' I wouldn't do a
thing to him.' "—Boston Post.
Pound a Use for Them.
"Maria," he said, as he jumped down
from the wagon on his return from a
trip to town, "I've bought some 0' them
there bloomers fer you an' the gals."
"Thought you said we couldn't wear
em," returned Maria in surprise.
"I did," he admitted, "but I changed
my mind since I've seen some o' them.
They ain't a bit like the pictures that's
printed of 'em. I was afeered from the
pictures that you'd all look so derned at-
tractive that you'd have all the men in
the county chasin' after you, but I ain't
afraid o' that now. Besides, I'm gittin'
desp'rit 'bout that corn"
• "What's the' matter with the corn,
Hiram?"
• "Nothin' jest now, but there will be
if we •don't do sornethin' to keep the
crows out o' 11. I was thinking o' that
when I see them bloomers in town an'
it sort o' dedided me as much as any -
thin' else to let you an' the girls wear
'em. "—Chicago Post.
• Polishing Furniture.
Do not spoil your furniture by using
sticky, soft polishes. Professionals have
Lound, after repeated experiments that
raw linseed oil and spirits of turpentine,
one pert of oil to two of turpentine,
thoroughly rubbed in with the grain of
the wood, is the best polish. The furni-
ture should be free from dirt and dust
before using the polish.
Cleaning Filigree Silver.
• A good way to clean silver is to wash
it in hot water with a brush clipped in
ammonia and green soap, and then steep
the silver in boiling water, and dry by
rolling it in sawdust Always keep any
ornaments fashioned of filigree in silver
paper when not in use.
HAMILTON HAPPENINGS
Serious Stabbing .Affrity--Itun Down by a
• / Trolley Car,
Hamilton, July 6.—A serious stabbing
affray occurred on King street west, near
Ohilman's bakery, last evening. William
Gossett and his brother-in-law, Chas.
Gardner, had been driving, and met on
the street. They got into an altercation,
and Gardner stabbed Gassett five or six
times, inflicting serious wounds on the
forehead and breast. It is not likely that
the injuries will result fatally. The
Wounded man was taken home,where his
wounds were dressed. Gardner was
arrested by Aotiog Detective Bleakley.
He says Gassett struck him before he
drew the knife.
City Engineer William Haskins died
very suddenly this afternoon. About
three o'clock tbis morning he was taken
ill with a stroke of apoplexy, and never
recovered consciousness again, his death
taking place at 5.30. Deceased had been
enjoying fairly good health of late, and
his sudden and unexpected death was a
great blow to his family and the city at
large. He was more than 70 years of age,
and held the position of City Engineer
for more than forty years During the
long years he had served the oity he had
become familiar with every detail of his
office, and in this respect the city's loss
will be almost irreparable Perhaps his
greatest work for the city was in the
management of the Waterworks Depart-
ment, which he bas brought to such a
high state of efficlenoy, and with every
detail of which he was conversant Quite
recently he prepared a number of piens
minutely describing the whole system, in
order that at his death the system might
be preserved He leaves a widow and five
sons, two of whom are in Dunnville one
in Toronto, ad two reside in the oily
• Shortly before 11 o'clock on Friday
night Wm Neicienheimer, of Duke street,
had his leg fractured by being struck
with the fender of a trolley car at the
comer of Queen and Herkimer streets
He had just got off a car and started
across the road, when a car coming from
the other direction ran him down Dr
McGillivray attended him
• The water at this end of Lake Ontario
is receding from the shores, and vessel -
men are becoming very anxious over it
In the last month the water in the bay
along the wharves has dropped over four
inches, and is still falling
Efforts are being made to commute the
sentence of Lorne Crisp and Fra.nle-
Brunt, two boys who were sent to the
Industrial school from this city •Crisp was
sent down for theft and Brunt for vag-
rancy The former's sentence will not
expire for two years and Brunt's for one
year
FRASER RIVER RISING.
0. P. R. Track Undermined and a Train
Wrecked.
Vancouver, B.C., July 5.—Higb water
in the Fraser river undermined the track
between Agassiz and Hope station, on
the Cauadian Pacifio railway, on Friday
night, and the east -bound freight, with-
out warning, struck the weak spot, the
train consisting of eight oars, seven
loaded with tea and one with coal being
thrown into the river. Brakeman Deering
was killed, and Fireman Coughlin and
Engineer Gray injured.
Reports from Fraser River points state
that the river is steadily rising. At
Chilliwaok considerable damage has been
done to crops on low-lying lands, and
the steamer Gladys has been busily
engaged for the past few days in remov-
ing cattle and settlers' effects to high
ground. Niceomen Island is also suffer-
ing from high water, and all down the
river on both sides, wherever low levels
are not fully protected by high dykes,
much damage is' being done. Mission
City town site will probably 'be under
water in many parts if the hot weather
cientinues. The opinion is expressed that
even if the waters recede very soon the
aggregate loss will be considerable. Word
has just been received from New West -
minister that the water at high tide was
two feet eight inclaes below the mark
reaohed during the floods of 1884. The
steamer Gladys brings word that Sumas
is flboded, and the water is up to the
banks at Chilliwack. A large portion of
Dewys is also under water. At Langley
the .water is level with the landing and
at several other places it is over the
wharves.
• Latest advices regarding the strike of
fishermen at Rivers Inlet are to the
effect that the strikers will probably soon
give way, as the canners have a suffi-
cient number of men at work to keep the
canneries working. • Strikers leave
attempted to intimidate the Indians, but
several special policemen have been sent
up by the Provincial Government to
preserve order.
• CHATHAM NEWS.
Xnteresting Case ---An Old Woman Frac-
tures Her Leg.
Chatham, Ont, July 5—An interesting
case is that of .1 K Morris against the
town of Blenheim, in which the 'plaintiff
sued for the return of the proportion of
the taxes paid by him devoted to the
building of water tanks in the town Mr
Morris claims that water tanks are
water works within the meaning a the
statute, and that consequently his farm
lands are exempted from assessment for
building and maintaining the same The
judge reserved judgment
At Tilbury yesterday Mrs. Antbier,
aged seventy years, fell and fractured her
leg.
After several months of quietness Til-
bury canal matters are looking favorable
again. Mr. Olney, who has been in New
York for seYeral weeks on busheess con-
nected therewith, writes that his trip has
been a most successful one, and we may
expect shortly to hear something definite
in regard to this most important project.
The Grand Lodge of the Canadian
Order of Oddfellows will meet in this
city next week. The sessions will con-
tinue from July 10th. A large number of
delegates from all parts of Canada are
expected,, and the members of the local
lodge are making elaborate preparations
for their reception and entertainment.
EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.
The Steamer Bahm an ieh Safe ---The Cholera
Epidemic.
Suez, July 3 --The Egyptian packet,
Rahmanieh, from Suakine to this port,
arrived here safe this morning She was
reported to have broken her shaft and
to have been ashore on a reef, with the
loss of sixty lives Previous advices from
Cairo showed that the Rahmanieh • was
sighted • on June 27, in tow, 55 miles
north of Suakina.
Cairo, July 8—The total nuraber of
oases of cholera to date in Egypt is
7,550, while the deaths from the disease
number 6,216 _
The whole south coast of Cuba is re-
ported to be a plague spot or smallpox
aud yellow Meth
MAY BE A FUR BUYER.
fSurk's Fall P. people Who Th ink They Know
the Body Found in Lake thissi
Isierth Bay, July 8 --The adjourned
inquest upon the death of the unknovtn
man found in 'the lake near Desehenes
'Creek, as reported some days ago, Was
held in the Court House yesterday,
Coroner Duran officiating •Several jury-
nieu were absent, bot there was a legal
'number present, suffiCient to premed.
After some unimportant evidence •had
been heard the following letter from
Burk's Falls to Mr W J Parsons was
read:—
"I .have been teling some parties
about that man who was found in the
lake, and they have reason to believe be
is a far.buyer, a German The address is
on a slip of paper enclosed. 1 got it
from Mr. Drew, hardware merchant
here. I described that valise to the bus -
driver, and he thinks it is the same
one, and they say the man was bald-
headed and very hard of hearing. ,Be
always • carried a lot of money. r.
Drew says he has beard from him several
times, and thinks he would know him,
unless the body was very much decom-
posed. He and his tinsmith say they
think he had some fingers off one hand,
but they are not sure. They think he
would. nos be a man who would com-
mit suicide. They say he travels about
through the woods and. carries cooking
rigging with him. I think if you have
not found out who he is you. should write
to the address. I heard sou were on the
jury, so I thought I would write you
abnut it. I think-- was in too big a
hurry pronouncing suioisle
• "Yours truly, • G W Jamieson"
• The address referred to is 1? Roos, 43
Bleecker street, New York After an
hour's evidence the jury brought in a
verdict to the effect that it has not been
made plain to them how the man came
to bis death •
THE FOREST CITY.
Mr. Donald sieinnes Drowned in the
Thames.
London, Ont, July 8.—At three
o'elock this morning the body of Mr.
Donald McInnes, of 567 Adelaide street,
weleto-do wool and grain buyer, was
found floating in the River Thames,
at the foot of South street In the
pockets were a considerable sum of
money, a flesk of whiskey, and two
Canadian Bank of Commerce books,
showing $225 to his credit in that
institution. After ennuiring, Coroner
Flock considered it unnecessary to hold
an inquest, as the evidence was strongly
in favor of accidental death. The
deceased was seen In the vicinity of the
river at South street last evening in a
semi -intoxicated condition. Be enquired
of several persons the way to his home,
but did not seeui to understand their
directions. He had evideutly tripped on
a barbed wire fence, where he fell into
the water, as pieces of his clothing were
found clinging to it. McInnes was about
60 years old, and leaves a widow, but
no children. He moved to the city from
Wingham about three years ago. He bore
an excellent reputation, and was
apparently prospering in business.
The water in the reserroir has
decreased alarmingly, and. only measures
five feet to -day. The normal level is
thirteen feet. Immediate steps will be
taken by the commissimers to replenish
the supply by turning the outflow of the
new springs into the reservoir. The lawn
service may have to be curtailed. During
hours when the sprinklers are in use
the pressure is insufficient for fire pur-
poses.
THE TRANSVAAL.
The 5ras8acre of White People Continues—
Buiuwayo Again Threatened—Formid-
able Combination of Chiefs.
London, July 3.—The Chronicle's
Buluwayo despatch says: "Spies report
that Nyamancla, son of Lobengula, went
to the Metope hills at the request of a
council of chiefs, and were installed in
three different •kopjes with great
ceremony as king of the Matabeles."
The Chroeicle's corresponddeot thinks
this union may prove very formidable.
Cape Town, July 3.—The massacre
of white people in Matabeleland con,
tinues. Powerful chiefs are joining the
insurgents.. An attack on Buluwayo is
expected the next new 3noon, July 10.
The supply of provisions tbere is short.
The mounted infantry of • colonial
volunteeers has left there for Matabele-
land. Premier Sprigg peedicts a rising
of natives in the colony. •
Buluwayo, July 3.—A mass meeting
here yesterday resolved to offer an em-
phatic protest against the enforced
resignation of Mr. C,eeti Rhodes as a
director of the Britishw South Africa
Company, on the ground that his great
servlee should have ensured his retention,
and that his withdrawal evill seriously
prejudice the interests of the whole of
Rhodesia.
ST. THOMAS' TIDINGS.
Diabolical Crinte Perpetrated.
St. Thomas, Ont., July 8.—Some
miscreant perpetrated a diabolical crime
yesterday. When Dugald D. Campbell,
who lives in Oneida road, near South-
wold station, went to get his stook he
found ten cows and two horses violently
sick. In a few minutes two cows were
dead. Mr. Campbell telegrapbed for
Dr. Edmonds, V. 5., St. Thomas, and
the latter, on examination, found that
the aminials had been poisoned by eating
paris green. A strip of ground in the
pasture field, six feet long and two feet
in width, was found covered with the
poison, Mr. Campbell has had no paris
green on the farm for years, and the
work was evidently done by enemies
Three other cattle will die, but Dr.
Edmonds thinks he can save the rest
The two cows that died were worth
$200 Crown Attorney Donahue has been
made acquainted with the facts, and
strong efforts will be made to bring the
guilty parties to justice.
Steamer Burned to theWater's Edge.
Oswego, July 5.—The steamer Stempel'
I'. Hodge of Buffalo, from Cleveland to
Prescott, with a cargo of nail wire was
burned to the water's edge in the mid-
dle of Lake Ontario opposite Oak Or-
chard at 3 o'clock- this morning. Fire-
man Martin Daly, of Buffalo, was lost.
He is believed to have been burned to
death. The balance of the crew a fifteen
was rescued by the steamer St. Joseph,
Captain John Preston, from Toronto to
Oswego'light. The steamer was valued
at $25,000, and the cargo at $17,000. In-
sured. •
The Egpytian packet Rahmanieh, from
Suakim to Cairo, which was reported
wrecked with a lees of sixty live, arrived
yesterday at her destination. She inet
with no disaster.
HOPE AWAKENED.
napping' Heard by the ReseUers---Inclica-
thous of Life.
Wilkesbarre, Pc.,,July 5. --There is
just a possibility thasome of the men
entombed in the Twin Shaft at Pittston
may be taken out alive. The rescuing
party who were at work from 10 &Clock
last night until 4 o'clock this morning
on coining to the Rnrface reported to
Mine Foreman O'Brien that they heard
rapping on the rails of the gangway road
which may have been caused by some of
the entombed men. The rappings were
clear and dietinot as if some one had
struck the rail with a hard substance.
The supposed signal was answered by
the rescuers in the same manner. After
a short silence the answer came clear
and distinet. The sound seemed to come
from a point some 300 feet from where
che rescuers were at work. When the
news reached the surface there were only
a few persons at the head of the shaft,
but in a short time it was spread through-
out the City of Pittston, and at daybreak
an immense crowd gathered, among them
relatives and friends of the victims in
whose hearts hope had awakened. Fur-
ther news from the pit was, watched for
up to 5 o'clook this evening, but beyond
the fact that the rappings were beard
there are no further developments. At 7'
o'clock to -night the rescuers report that
in their opinion they are within 400
feet of the entombed men The shifts
have been tuoreased from 20 men to 35
who are relieved every lialf hour. They
are still cutting through the rook and
progressing more rapidly than at any
time heretofore since the work com-
menced
TURKEY'S TROUBLES.
The Sultan Perplexed—Treasury Empty --
Threatening Letters Front the "I oung
Turk Party.
Constantinople, July 3—The Sultan
has dismissed Osman Nuri Pasha, Gov-
ernor of Damascus, and has ordered him
to be tried by court-martial He is
accused of being responsible for the
revolt of the Drnses •
The Societe de Navigation has refused
to transport Turkish troops unless it
receives immediate payment from the
Government The treasury, however, is
completely empty
The situation in Ceate is becoming
more complicated every day The Sultan,
In spite of the opposition a the diplo-
matic corps, .insists upon calling the
Hamadieh regiment to Constantinople
He has reoeived menacing letters from
members of the Young Turk party,
demanding the immediate introduction
of certain urgent ref mins
Red Wan Pasha, Governor of Constan-
tinople, has been dismissed.
• CRE.TAN OUTBREAK.
-Defeat of the Turks by the Insurgents --An
Offer of Amnesty.
Athene, July 8;—The Cretan insurg-
ents defeated the Turks on Wednesday
between Kisanio, on . the north -
Western coast of the island of Crete,
and Selina, on the southern coast, kill-
ing 200 of them, and capturing three of
their cannon The Turks were advancing
to raise the siege of Kandani, in which
1,600 Turkish troops are besieged by the
rebels
Canes'July 3—Berovitch Georgia
Pasha, Prince of Samoa, the newly -
appointed Christian Governor of Crete,
has issned a proclamation on behalf of
the Sultan offering amnesty to all
insurgents who will lay down their
arms and return to their peaceful pur-
suits, and inviting the National
Assembly to formulate a statement of
the desires of the people
Britain's Forward Policy.
A London cable to a New York paper
says: The grant of three millions sterling
for the Uganda railway which the Com-
mons approved this week carries the
British policy one step further towards
the realization of Cecil Rhodes' dream
of giving Africa a British backbone from
north to south. The Radicals protested,
but the Liberal leaders, being hampered
by the partial assent given by the last
Liberal Government, remained silent.
The Radicals are actively opposing the
whole forward policy in Africa which
Mr. Rhodes' nominal displacement has
not caused .England to abandon. Sir
Charles Dilke in Cosmopolis sternly
denounces the British Belgian policy in
the Congo State, especially the hypocrisy
of civilization towards the weaker races.
The leadership of Lord Roseberry, with
his support of Imperial expansion, checks
the strong attitude of the whole Liberal
party, and the pressure from Manchester
and other great centers for new markets
for British goods will carry the policy
through at whatever sacrifice of looney
and blood. The Liberals are, however,
united in opposing the attenape to dodge
any past of the burden of this expansion.
Even The Times revolts at the proposal
to force India to pay for the use of
Indian troops in the Soudan, while The
Standard another Government organ,
hesitates to support the step. A warm
struggle is expected in the House of
Commons on Monday. Some suggest that
the desire to hurry on the parliamentary
recess has more to do with Dervish
shooting than with grouse shooting. The
cool season will bring a determined
attempt to reoonquer the Soudan, but
constant criticism in parliament hampers
the success of this forward policy.
Sad Fatality.
Belleville, .Tulye5.—Shortly after five
o'clock this afternoon a fatal accident oc-
curred a short distance from the city.
Thomas MeDonald, one of the most
popular Grand Trunk engineers, accom-,
panied by his betrothed, Miss Nellie
Bowden, went for a short drive. When
coming home along theesecond concession
of Thurlow the horse became alarmed at
a passing locomotive and an away. One
of the reins broke and the buggy struck
a telegraph pole throwing both occupants
out McDonald struck the pole and was
so badly injured that he only lived a few
moments. The young lady was fortun-
ately uninjured, except for 8 cut en the
head. The wbole city is shocked over the
sad affair. The young couple were to
have been married in a few weeks.
Another sad accident occurred at
Brookville to -day by winch Mr. John
Winmeely, a Grand Trunk engineman of
this city, lost his riglit hand. He left
Brockville early this morning with a
freight special. The sand id of his
engine became bent and clogged, and
in cleaning it he stumbled, and the
wheels • of the lootanotive whicb was
moving slowly passed over the hand. Dr.
Bowie of Brockville performed • an
amputation, and the patient was removed
to the General Hospital there.
.An official denial has been issued of
the report that an attiiiinpt was recently
made to assasinate the new Shah.
LATEST MARKET REPORTS;
BREADSTUFFS, ETC.
Wheat --Outside markets were easy to-
day, and lootil prices were easy. Red
wheat, high freights 'west, offered at
62e, and white was held at 65o, middle
freights west. Demand from millers wee
quiet Menitobas are heavy No 1 hard.21
Midland, offered at 6.934c Toronto and
west at 673,c, and afloat, Fort William,'
at
t51800
Fur—Very lutxtle (king. Straight.'
Miler, north and west freights, is quoted
nominally at $3.15, and patents at $a 25.'1
Millfeed--Practieally -unsaleable; bran
and coarse shorts, high freights weste
are obtainable at $8.50.
Peas--13nchanged; odd cars of oom-
mon peas, north and west freights, are
aqt4uoteed at 44c, and middle freights west
Oats—Weak. Round lots of Manitoba
mixed, afloat, Montreal, were reported
sold to day at 223a equal to 1634o, north
and west freights. Mixed and white
could be bought west to -day at 18c.
Corn—Easy, in sympathy with oats;
car lots of yellow, Chatham freights,
are quoted to -day at Mee, and mixed at
27o.
Barley—Nominal.
• Buok wh t —Nominal.
Rye--Nonainal
DAIRY PRODUCE
• Butter --Receipts continue large, and
dealers have difficulty in effecting clear-
ances of even the choicest. Stocks of low' '
grade are accumulating. The weather
was favorable to day, and buying waa
fair, but supplies are too lioavy to admit
of a good market. Prices were as follows
: -
Dairy, tub, choice, 10 to 12c; do, low,
grades to mediurn,7 to Feee; large roll,11.1I
to 120; pound prints, 12 to 13o; creamery
tubs, 15o; pouuds, 10 to 16.
Cheese --There is quite a Mille demand
for new June cheese, quality of which
is pronounced good. Prices, however, are
no higher. Choice June makes are selling
at 7ee.o, and old fall makes at 8 to 90 •
Perth, Ont., July 3.—There were 1,430
boxes cheese brought into Perth market.
to -day, all white; sales were slow, and.
only 250 sold at 6Y03; balanoe shipped to
Montreal to store. Four Montreal buyers
present.
PRODUCE.
Eggs—Receipts continue large, and
prices are easy. Five -case lots and single
cases sold to -day at 9c, and it was
reported that sonic shading was done.
Potatoes—Arrivals of southerns are
large,and prices are declining. Bulk Iota
sell at 65,to 70c per bush, and at $1.60 to
$1.75 per bbl. of 11 pecks. Old Ontarios
are about out of the market
Poultry—Turkeys are quoted at 9 to
12o per lb.; geese at 7 to fio per lb.; and
chickens, 30 to 600 per pair; and ducks,
60 to 80c per pair.
Apples—Country lots are quoted at 5o
for evaporated and 3o for dried, delivered
here. Dealers sell small lots at 3.1.ec for
dried, and 6e for evaporate&
Beans—Hand-picked. white sell at 75o
per bush, and ordinary at 66e.
Maple Syrup—Quiet. Five -gallon tins
sell at 70 to 75c per imperial gallon;
gallon tins at 80c; and X-galion tins
at 45c. •
Baled Hay—Rather firmer; No. 1
Ontario, on track- here, is quoted at $18'
to $13.50.
Straw—Car lots of straw on track are -
quotetd at *810 $8.50
Wheat, white, per bush ....$
Wheat, red, per bush
Wheat, goose, per bush
Peas, common, per bush
Oats, per bush
Rye, per bush
Barley, per hush
Buckwheat
Ducks, spring, per pair
Chickens, per pair
Geese, per lb
Butter, in 1-1b. rolls
00 $ 70
00 69
48 52
48 49
21 22
48 49
81, 81
36 40
40 90.
40
oo
06 08,
11 18.
Eggs, new laid • 9 I
Onions, per bush . — . . .... 30
Turnips, per bag, by load15 20'.
Potatoes, per bag 20 25,
Potatoes, car lots 13 15.
Beans, per bush 90 1 00,
Beets, per bag 30 35:
Carrots, per bag, by load., 20 26 ,
Parsnips, per bag40 so. ,
Apples, per bbl 1 75 2 NV
Hay, timothy 13 00 15 00
Straw, sheaf . . 10 00 10 50,
Beef, hinds ....... ......... 06 or .,
Beef. fores 02 08'
Spring Iambs, carcase, 3 00 6 00
Veal, per lb 03 4
Mutton, per lb 04 05
Dressed hogs 5 50 5 75 '
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DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS
There was another landslide in provis—
ions in Chicago to -day Barrel pork •
declined about 30 to 850 per bbl, and
other lines were also weak Local
were unchanged to -day, but it tho;
decline in Chicago continues lower
figures are probable Present quotationa
are: Barrelled pork, shoulder xneas,,i
$10.50; heavy mess, $12 50 to $18; short
cut , $13 to $13 50
Dry salted meats—Long clear bacon, ,
oar lots, 53,4c; ton lots, 5eec; case lots,
53.e.o; backs, 7 to 7eec
Smoked meats—Hams, heavy, 834 to
9c; medium, 93e to 10c; light 10o;
breakfast bacon, 934 to 10c; rolls, 7ot
backs, 9 to 9.34.c; picnic hams, 9c. All
xnente ant of pickle lc less than prices
quoted for smoked meats.
Lard—Tierces,73,f to 7 5-80; tubs,7 al to
Sc; and pails, 8 to We; cempotaid, 6,14'
to nec.
LIVE STOCK MARKET. TORONTO:.
Toronto Jelly 3.—We had, all told, ore.
the market this morning 5 • loads or
fresh arrivals, and besides a few load&
were left over from Tuesday. There wee:
too much stilid in, especially of an infori-1
or k-ind, and business was very slow. At
the, commencement buying for export
was extremely dull, and it looked as if ,
little or nothing was going to be done,
but later • on there was more activity,
though at best the movement was slow.
One load of extra choice cattle dicl Belk
at 4c, but the actual range of quotations
was from $3.50 to $3.80 per 160 lhs.
The stable cattle went at from $3 60 to,,
$8 80, but grassers for export sold sloveA
at from $3 50 to $3 60 The tattle was so
mixed up that it is useless to give sales ,
as any criterion of the trend of trade •*41
The trade in butchers' cattle was slow, 1
though good cattle was to 41, CPrtfli
extent steady, and occasionally a little',
firmer, owing to it befog rather so 11(0
but grassers were plentiful and elleap
Good stall -fed butchers' stuff fetched:
from *310 $3 25 per 100 lbs, but grassers/
ranged from $2 25 to $2 75 and $2 80
Much good average cattle sold at from,
*2 80 to $3 per 100 lbs While a fair;
amortnt of tradin„e was done'it vaisi
Mostly of an unsatisfactory nature, an.
all the stuff did not sell I
Only it feW milkers wore here Thef
reason particular enquiry, an4 pricsol
were unchanged at from 2O to $W7ea
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