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The Exeter Advocate, 1897-5-20, Page 7OUR OTTAWA LETTER, TARTE SUFFERING FROM A CASE OF "BIG HEAD." The Globe's Change of Front --The Menu- facturers and the Tariff -Civil Service In- creases -Session Will Close Within a •Month -Mr. whatuey to visit Western Ontario. (From Our Own Correspondent.] Ottawa, May 11,—'The word 'politics' comprises in itself a study of no incons siderable maguitude." Thus Mr. Pick- wick when the great philanthropist paid his never -to -be forgotten visit to the • borough of Eatanswill. Doubtless Israel Tarte, who has never read Pickwick, will coinoicle heartily with this state- ment. A few months ago Tarte was the potential Premier of Canada. To Tarte)• It was that Laurier went for counsel and advice. F'rozu Tette the French Liberals took their fighting orders: As a result the volatile Israel became a victim of a severe case of enlargement of the crani- um; in other words, he suffered from what is vulgarly known as "big head." His treatment of his partyxuates was so cavalier as to make him nosey enemies and now he suffers a large u.npopularity. His place as the chief man from Quebec Is threatened. Lenaieux, Talbot, I3ourasse and other young French Liberals have their knives ready and sharpened. They hold' that it is no part.of Tartes duty to make hiznself a dictator, They aver that they are followers of Laurier and not of Tarte, and at the Government caucus the other day they feared not to make their views known, It is conceiv- able that Mr. Laurier has not heard the news 'with muoh apprehension. Certain English Liberals there are who make no conceahnent of their delight at the trend things have taken. Tarte, they say, has reiterated too often his claim that he was the man who won Quebec for Laurier. The Premier did not dispute this statement when the Government was young, but now his hands have been strengthened by the adherence of men whose loyalty to the party was not above peradventure. Laurier, to tell the truth, has now no small Idea of his importance. Not a year ago ho announced that he was "a democrat up to the hilt ' And now he is to go to England with a rhinue of twenty officers of the militia as a private bodyguard. No Canadian will object to Canada's being properly represented at the jubilee. It may' be pointed out though, that Sir John Mac- donald never thought it necessary to travel in such magnificent state. And Sir John NYLIS in Great Britain upon some vastly important occasions. But this by the way. As to Tarte it may safely be said that his prestige has suffered very considerable diminution during the past few weeks. The little man knows it, and his natural irritabil- ity has perceptibly increased. He has lost that good nature that sat on him so ill - fittingly when the Government took power, and now he spends his days in fighting, not his political enemies, but his party friends. The strongest proof of his loss of politioal prestige is seen in the fact of his having taken no personal part in the Quebec local elections. It has been said by- him that his parliamentary duties make it necessary for him to remain here in the Capital, But Sir Henri Joly and other members of the Administration have been fighting in Quebec to defeat Mr. Flynn. The Liber- als are determined to spare neither men nor money in their effort to instal a Lib- eral Government at Quebec. The Ottawa Government has given Mr. Marchaud, the Liberal leader, all kinds of aid. Premier Laurier has written scores of autograph letters bespeaking the aid of personal friends in his attempt to defeat the hated. Conservatives. It used to be one of the tenets of the Liberals that Federal and provincial politics should not be raixed up. But times have changed and this, like other "beliefs," has gone by tho board. The Globe's Change of Front. The most remarkable newspaper utter- ance of the past week has been that of The Globe, which has come out in denunciation of Premier Flynn's action in aiding in the construction of the railway line along the South Shore. The Drummond County railway has been proposed to be, built by a number of gentlemen who are very strong with the Ottawa Government just now. Its object is to give the Intercolonial entrance to Montreal. and. the projectors are to be wellpaid for their interprise. Mr.Flynn's action is calculated to give the through shipper a shorter and cheaper route, and The Globe waxes indignant. The great Liberal organ, as the Presse, a Montreal independent paper, points out, is con- vinced that the success of the Drummond County line would mean the success of the Crow's Nest Pass scheme. In this relation, it may be noted that The Globe has had a remarkable accession of moderation of late in respect of the same Crow's Ness Pass. A short time ago Messrs. Cox and Jaffrey, through their journal, clamored for the immediate construction of the line by the 0 P.R. The proposal met with such universal suspicion that the Liberal organ has now changed its tune and has come out in favor of delay. "Let us have full infor- mation as to the topography of the pass," says Editor Willison. Tile scheme is plain enough. The idea is to wait until popular antagonism shall have moder- ated or died out. Under -certain condi- tions the C.P. R. might well be entrusted with the work of building and running the line. What the people object to is the monopolistic rights which The Globe's part owners and their friends of the British Columbia Southern railway have partially secured and which they insist on enjoying. Blair, the Minister 'of Railways, has undergone a change of convictions in this respect and now is in favor of asking the British Columbia legislature to rescind its act of incorpor- ation. Thanks to the Conservative press of the land, The Globe's attempt to engineer a big piece of iniquity has been thwarted. The Government was quite prepared to aid Messrs. Cox & Jaffrey if the necessary legislation could be smuggled through without undue publicity. But the Conservatives saw the game, and now the country stands some chance of getting her due. The Manufacturers and the Tariff. • The estimable Richard John Cart- wright, K. C. M. G., beams with good nature these days. In universe ratio to the woe of the manufacturer is Sir Richard's jubilation. Was it not he wlao epigrarnmatioally described the protested manufacturers as Scoundrels great and scoundrels small?" And are not these same manufacturers now in sackcloth and ashes for that the new tariff has brought terror to them? The past week has seen sonao sorry results of the work that the Government has done. Mao- donald, Montreal's millionaire tobacco manufacturer, has closed down his works, thus throwing a thousand men and women out of employment. George T. Tuckett, who has a great tobacco factory in Hamilton, has intimated that he will have to take a similar course. The men who raade arrangements for entering into the manufacture of minims machinery, and who imported expensive plant, stand aghast The new tariff will admit mining machinery free of duty, and the Canadian industry will die still- born, for it will be impossible for the owners to compete with the Arnerioan manufacturers. It must not be thought that the Canadian miners will reap the benefit. The Canadian gentlemen who had made up their minds to go into the business were ready, with moderate pro- tection, to undersell the Americans. Mining machinery will now be made in the United States, sold in Canada, and sold at American prices. Without peoteo- tion the industry cannot be put on its feet and the capital that was to have been invested will remain na the banks, as useless to Canadian labor as though it had no existence. In Canada there are eighteen axe factories, representing an invested oapital of 8750,000 and employ- ing a thousand hands. Mr. NV, Chaplin, of St. Catharines, one of the proprietors of the Welland Vale Manufacturing Company, was here the other day. In consequence of the reduotiou of duty on axes and small harvesting tools from 85 to 25 per cent. these eighteen factories will have to close their doors. The same thing may be said of the harvesting tool industry, in whioh 600 men are em- ployed. The duty on steel—the raw material—has been advanced, and the duty on the manufacured article has been reduced. Had the Government announced its iutention to stamp out these industries it could not have done lts work better.I have mentloned sample cases. Others could be instanced, without nunaissgeggfasse-s41110111110.111111 country looks NV11/11 sippret. a.. awards the future. The people will have a hard row to hoe within the next few years, despite the Government's half-hearted attempt to "square" itself by stealing some Conservative doctrine. Fielding, in his narrow little way, has done his best to convince Parliament, by means of suppositious and preposterous oases, that the water of financial prosperity will run up hill. Time svill show that he is wrong and that the Liberals have brought the people of Canada back to tho days of '76 and '77. Civil Service increases. In Ontario the Mowat Government let slip no opportunity of securing bureau- cratic privileges. It is evident that Sir Oliver has been coaching his new col- leagues in the same lines. The result was shown the other day, when the policy of the Government in regard to the Civil Service was discussed ixi Com- mittee of Supply. Under tee Conservative administrations it was the practice to reward deserving civil servants with annual statutory increases of fiftysdollars. The Liberals have done away with this system, but have replaced it with one svhieh cannot but prove pernioious. Its tenor is to make each Minister more than ever a dictator in his department. On the very day that the abolition of statutory increases was promulgated Mr. Sifton asked Parliament to vote double the amount of the increases to certain men in his department. As these gentle- men are appointees of the Minister of the Interior it may safely be hazarded that they are Liberals. Certainly they are not Conservatives. But kr. Sifton's friends must be rewarded and the coun- try has to pay the piper. Sifton's filial devotion, too, deserves mention. 1am able to state that the Minister of the Interior made—or had made—overtures to Hon. C. H. Mackintosh, Lieutenant - Governor of the Northwest Territories, with a view to that gentleman resign- ing his post. Mr. Mackintosh refused, and the gentleman who was to have been his sucoessor is much disappointed. His name is Sifton, and he is the father of the Minister of the Interior. Truly a noble son is this! The elder Sifton has never been heard of before, and now he Is to be pitchforked into a gubernatorial chair. Since Simeon H. Janos, of Toron- to, nominated himself for Lieutenant - Governor of Ontario I have heard nothing more amusing. And Mr. Janes. it must be remembered, is by way of being a politioian. He nearly secured the Liberal nomination for South Oxford before last election, making so close a run as filleel Sir Richard with terror, and compelled the gallant knight, with tears in his eyes, to beseech his friends to stand by him and not to listen to the lascivious pleadings of the new song of Simeon. Sifton the Elder need not fear. He will be remembered. Davies, Cartwright, Laurier, Tarte have all pitchforked their relations into Government jobs. His affectionate son will see to it that his respected father gets some of the good. things that are going. Session Will Close Within a Month. ' us to use United States corn for fatten- ing hogs," said a well-known pork packer the other clay, "fcr, with the American article at 15 cents a bushel, how can we expeut to compete with the Yankees?" Mr. Fielding thinks he has made himself solid with the people of Nova Scotia by continuing the duty on coal. I hear that Sir Richard still believes that this duty should be abolished, and that certain ;Ontario Liberals will ask that such steps be taken. It is not so long since Nix.. Field- ing saw eye to eye with these gentlemen. How shall he now explain his change Of front? • Mr. Whitney to Visit Western Ontario. During the coming summer Mr. 3. P. Whitney, the leader of the Ontario Con- servatives, will visit the western part of the province. The other clay he was in the capital ancl was heartily welcomed • by the gentlemen of the Opposition. He will bo aided during his trip by Dr. Willoughby, Mr. Kerns and other Con- servatives, who should make such a campaign as to give Arthur Sturgis' Hardy much cause for perturbation, But one more session of the Ontario legisla- ture will be held and after it will come the eleoiion whiohhow that the Premier Province is done with Mowat - ism and what is worse—Hardyisna. There is small probability that the session will last longer than June 15. As I have said, the members of the Opposition are ready to allow the coun- try to have a taste of "tariff reform" as interpreted by the Government. Since the beginning of the session the Admin- • istration has pursued a policy of delay. The object is, of course, to tire Parlia- ment out and to get rid of the private members. Not only from the gentlemen to the left of Hon. J. D. Edgar has Opposition come. McInnes, Oliver, Maxwell and other Ministerialists have had serious differences with their leaders. The tariff isnot yet fully understood even by the Ministers. It has been shown that the preferential clauses will compel us to admit the goods of Germany and Belgium on the lower schedule. Investi- gation has shown since this fact was promulgated that Turkey, Japan, China, New South Wales and other countries will all benefit by the spendthrift policy of the Government. Canadian ananufac- . turers are to be ignored while no provision is to be made for encouraging Canadian agriculturists.The abolition of the duty on corn will injure a large industry, one that meant many thous- ands of dollars to Canadian farmers every year. "The new tariff will compel THAT FUNNY OLD WOMAN. The Insuranne /wan Ilad Met lier outside the Realm of Fancy. "Novelists hove always taken liberties with the funny little old woman," said the insurance man, "but I've had my' experi- ence with one in real life. She happened to be going from one depot to another at the sante time that I did, and had no hesi- tancy ie asking me to lerel her my arm, preeisely as though she had inc under sal- ary for rendering just that sort of service. "She was a sprightly old body, but thin as her voice and dressed in colors that would have been fatal in a bull ring. It was a strain even on my gallantry, but I piloted her safely through, pulling her out of the way of buses, street oars and switching trains. I could see that she was disposed to hold mo responsible for all these annoyances, but I made full allow- ance far her peppery disposition, and res- cued her big invoice of personal property every time it was scattered through our combined efforts at dodging. After I had made her comfortable in a parlor car she had the grace to thank me, and I soon learned from a friend whom I happened to meet that sho was an eccentric) character than any one needed. I miner, MY comfortable feeling that I nlit .hear Crean hereigain, for she had taken my card atSlassown ra.guallit "Well, did you hear?" \ , "Inside of an hour. I was -in tho smoker enjoyiug a pipe when a man in blue and brass bettons tapped me on the shoulder, told me not to make any foss, and had me on tho platform just as tho old lady step- ped from her car. She had lost her well filled pocketbook during our stormy pas- sage from station to station, and con- sumed no time in niaking up her mind that I had stolen it. When we mot, it was plain from the flash of her eyes that my size and ago were all that saved me from bodily harm. After I had convinced both the officer and herself that I was not a pick- pocket she rated me up hill and down dale for not looking more zealously after her interests while I was with her. I was glad to make my escape, but she occasionally writes me making a good offer for the re- turn of her book and money. You can never tell about such people, and I have some anxiety to live till after her will is made."—Detroit Free Press. Enterprise of the Press. Ls A WAR CORRESPONDENT OP VIE EUTITRE. —Truth. 1‘ The Parson's Philosophy. ; A oolored revivalist was told by a mem- ber of his church that it wasn't his preach. bag that converted the people, but the singing of the choir. Ho replied: "Pat's all right. Ef I kin only ketch 'em, hit dean' make no cliffunce how dey's kotchecl. De main thing is ter ketch lem en pitch 'era ter kipgdona come."—Atlan- ta Constitution. He Tried to Do the Split. "You promised lin," said the young wife, "that you would split some wood after I gave you a meal." "Madam," replied the tramp, "I broke my promise in the fruitless effort to split the crust of the piece of pie you gave me." --Philadelphia North American. The New Disease. "They have got a nevs disease In the west. The victim twists his bead all around and up and down in a most dread ful fashion." "Horrible! What do they call it?" "Airship neck."—Cleveland Leader. Playing In Luck. Parksbys-Is your son having good luck at college? Kerzogg—I guess so He hats not sent for any money for over three months.— New York Sunday Journal. - EDHEM PASHA'S, HISTORY, Tim Turkish Commander is o christiaa rareatage. • Means Pasha, the T&n kish oonamander, has an interesting Iliac:TY. He is not only of Greek origin, bus also of Christ- ian parentage, though now he is an enthusiastic and. fanatie Mohammedan and loyal subject of the present sultan. He was born on the beautiful island of Chiu, in the lEgean sea. This island. was famous in, ancient history, and is said to have been the birthplace ot Homer. It is seven miles from the coast of Asia Minor and is situated in the Gulf of Smyrna. It is known for its great pbreoaduatlyetiveness, mild climate. and natural For centuries Ohio has been under Turkish rule, although the largest part of its population is of Greek descent. In the many wars and insurrections for Grecian liberty the people of this island have always borne the brunt of Turkish cruelty and tyranny. This was espeoially true in 1822, when the Greeks began a long struggle for freedom. &them. Pasha ww4then a small child. The inhabitants of Chio did net participate in the insur- rections which occurred in that year, but were following their usual occupations. A body of revolutionists came from the island of Samos and landed in Chia. They ezeleavorea to excite the inhabitants to revolt, but met with no success. The emote:: answered that it would be foolish for tholn in revolt,' because the absence of Grreh fleet rendered them almost tertain prey to the sultan's troops on the mainland, The ;-.1araians, however, persisted and laid siege to the oitadel, then occupied by a Turkish garrison. The Turkish soldiers were driven out mai the fortress reduced, to ashes. Soon after an army of 7,000 Turks, with a host of fanatical volunteers, landed on tbe island. For weeks after the soldiere and the roving hordes of Ottomans slew, pillaged and tortured the inhabitants. In parts. of the island the people took refuge in the monasteries, but notwith- standing, were slaughtered by thousands. Even the sick in hospitals were not spared. More than 23,00e men, women and children were killed, 5,000 escaped and 47,000 were sold into slavery and glutted the slave markets of Egypt, Con- stantinople and Timis. Edhem Pasha's parents were among the killed. He wits sold to a Turkish EDHEli PASHA. general, Khosseo Pasha, who took him to Constantinople. His master gave hint his liberty, and in 1831, with a number of other boys, he was sent to Paris to be educated. He entered the Instituter Barbet, where he remained for four years, He evinced great industry and intelligence, and his teachers predicted for him a great future and brilliant career. After being graduated from this school with great honors he entered a school of mines, and four more years were spent .10 close application and study. After traveling through France, Germany and Switzerland he returned to Constantinople and was appointed a captain on the general staff of the Turk- ish army. Xn 1849 the sultan made him his ad- jutant, and Edhem also became French instructor of the late Sultan Murad and of the present ruler, Abdul Hanaid. Later a number of important political mis- sions were intrusted to him. In 1856 he became a member of the council of state, and was then appointed minister of the interior, but resigned his portfolio after a year. In 1867 be became the minister of foreign affairs and represented his country at the' court of Berlin. In 1877, upon the banishment of Midhat Pasha, he became grand vizier. In 1879 he was the Turkish asnbassador at Vienna. From 1883 to 1885 he was again minister of the interior. Edhem Pasha has always shown great hatred against foreigners and Christian- ity. At the peace eonference at the end of the Bus:slap-Turkish war he was the last of the Turkish ministers to give his consent to the cessation of hostilities. He has always been an enthusiastic Chau- vinist. He is a zealous member of the Young Turkish party, which has pro- claimthe tloctrine of the greatness of Islam and Turkey for the Turks. It is interesting to note, says the New York Sun, that Edhem's brother was for many years a Catholic priest in Constan- tinople, and died a few years ago. He Pittled Them. Tramps sometimes try to indulge in witticisms, according to the story of a lady on Euclid Place. This lady has very little sympathy with Weary Willie, so that when a knight of the road knocked she told him that she had nothing to give. "No meats" he persisted. "No fire?" ceem.,) "No bread?" "'Well, could you give rne a basket?" he asked finally. "What do you want a basket for?" inquired the woman. "Ter get yer .poor starvin' family soraethin' to eat," he answered sarcastic- ally as he edged away. --Cleveland Leader. • A. Roland for Kis Oliver. Viscountess Sherbrooke, wife of Robert Lowe, was in the habit of saying what- ever came into her mind at the moment. The French ambassador, one day, said to her, somewhat patronizingly: "You know, England is said to be a land of shopkeepers. I had no idea of finding such great military displays." . "Ah I" she replied, the people of different countries do not understand each other. Now, I have actually been under the irce pression that the Frenoli were a great military nation."—Chicago Chronicle. • LATEST MARKET REPORTS. Toronto, May 17. I3REA.DSTUFFS, ETC. Wheat --Outside markets eased off to- day. Local. exporters a fair cleznand from 'United Kingdom points. The market here was about steady for Ontario wheat, red selling, west, at 76c), and. white at 77e, Manitobas were rather easier. No. 1 hard, afloat Fort William, was quoted at 77c, and No. S at 750. No. 1 hard, Mid- land, was quoted at 800. Flour—Western millers ask $3.75 to 83.80 for odd cars of straight roller for local account, Exporters are bidding $3.55 for round Tots, middle freights. l3ran is quoted at $8 to $8.50 at the Western nulls, and shorts at $9 to $9.50. Oatmeal—Steady. Car lots of rolled oat, in bags, on track here, are quoted at $2.85, and small lots at 82.95. Peas—Steady. Sales of car lots, north and west, were made to -day at 40c. Rye—Car lots, middle freights west, , Are quoted at 330. Buckwheat —Qeiet. Car lots west are quoted at 28c, and 30e, east. . Barley—Flat. Practically nothing do- ing in malting grade,. No. 2 is quoted at 2eie, and No. 1 at 30 and 81c, outside. Feed barley, north and Neese is quoted at 22e,, • Corn—Quiet. Car lots of yellow, Chat- ham freights, offer gtt 221ie with 22c bid. Onte—Firitme- again. 'White oats, north and west, sold to -day at 21o. There is a good demand for export. PRODUCE. Eggs—Receipts are ample and prices easy. Single eases and round lots sold to -day at 934:c. Poultry—Nona inal. Quotations for bright stock are; Turkeys, 10 to 110; geese, 8 to Oe; ohickens, 40 ta 60o; and ducks, 30 to 80c. Potatoes—Easy. Car lots of good stock, on track-, are quoted at 18c, and out of store lots at 28e. Field Produce—Quotations are: Small lots, out of store, turnips, 20c per bag; parsnips, 400 per bag; and onions, $1 to $1,25 per bag, Apples—Quiet. Dealers quote small lots of dried here at aysc, and evaporated at to 4SSo. Baled Hay—Unchanged. Car lots of No. 1, on track here, sell at $10, No. 2 is quoted at $7.50 to$8.50, Dealers quote two -ton lots of No. 1, delivered, at $10.75 to 811. Straw—Car lots of oat straw, on tam*, art quoted at $5 to $5.50. DAIRY PRODUCE. Butter—There is no change here. Sup- plies are heavy, and stocks are accumul- ating in cold storage warehouses. Prices are unchanged. Quotations are as fol- lows: Old dairy, tubs, 6c; new dairy, tubs, 11 to 120; large daises, rolls, 10 to 12c; small, dairy, rolls, choice 11 to 120; creamery, tubs, 170; and creamery, pounds, 180. Cheese—Fall makes sell at 11Y: to 12c, and new makes at 10 to 1034th Brantford, May 17.—At the cheese market to -day 795 boxes of cheese were boarded, first half May snake; no sales. Seven buyers and nine salesmen were present. A resolution passed unanimously disapproving of the proposal to appoint a Dominion inspector for the settlement of disputes between buyers and salesmen. The next market will be held on Friday. May Slot. DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Light lean hogs will be taken by the local packers at $6.50, light fats at $6, and heavy fats at $5.75. Provisions have good sale at steady prices. Pacific coast points are still drawing on Winnipeg, but stocks there, it is reported, are being rapidly reduced. Packers here expect to be shipping freely to the coast in June. Prices are steady. Quotations are; Mar - railed pork, shoulder mess, $11; heavy mess, $12.50 to $18; short out, $13.75 to $14. . Dry Salted. Meats—Long clear bacon, car lots, 7 to nese; ton lots. Wigs; case lots, 714c; backs, 7SeSta. Smoked. Meats—Hams, heavy, 10c; medium'1130; light, 120; breakfast bacon, lIcs roll, 8c; backs, 11c. picnic hams, 7 to 7eec. All meats out f pickle le less than prices quoted for smoked meats. Lard—Tierces, 7o; tubs, 734c, and pails, 7%c; compound, 6 to 640. LIVE STOCK 'MARKETS. Toronto, May 17.—At the Western cattle znarket to -day we had the heavy run of one hundred loads on sale; there were 1,800 hogs, only about 50 sheep and lambs, 150 calves. and a few milkers. The market opened weak, dull, and alto- gether badly, but it straightened out somewhat by noon, and, while all the stuff was not sold, we had a fair clear - Tho export trade was better than it has been lately; accumulated stooks have been shipped off, and space being plenti- ful buying was auore brisk and prices firmer, the average being from 43( to 49ie per pound- About all the export cattle sold though some loads were a consider- able time is changing hands, and drovers complain there is no money in the business. Milkers were slow, and not much en- quired for: anything good, however, wili fetch from $30 to $33 each. Calves were much too plentiful, con- sidering the quality of most of them, which was poor. For anything good. prices ruled from $3 to $5 each, but poor stuff fetches very little. Wheat, white new 00 79 Wecat, red. per bush.-- 00 78 Wheat, geese, per bush00 65 Peas, common per bush— 00 43 Oats, per 24 25 Rye, per bush • .00 31 Barley, per bush 00 28 Ducks, spring, per pair40 80 Chiekens, per pair 30 50 Geese, per 1.b 08 09 Butter, in 1-1b. rolls 15 16 Eggs, new laid ..... 10 le Putatoes, per bag.. 00 30 Beaus, per bush. ... . . 85 Beets,. per doz ... 09 10 Parsnips, per doz 9 10 Apples, per bbl.. 40 1 30 Hay, timothy.- 12 00 13 50 Strenv, sheaf6 00 7 50 Beef, hinds 04. 06 Beef, fares ' . . . .02 03i Lambs, carcase. per lb.... 6i 7 Veal, per lb 05 ei Mutton, per lb 04 05 Dressed hogs 5 50 6 75 UNITED STATES MARKETS. East Buffalo, May 14.--Cattle--Re- ceipts all consigned through. With the strong tone to the Western reports, and a fair dressed meat trade, the outlook le considered fair for good butcher lots of cattle next Monday, Veais and calves— Receipts, 150 head; values steady', sell- ing at $4.50 to $5 for good to choice veals, Hogs—Receipts, 30 double def3ka; market slow; good to choke yorkera. $8.95 to 84. TEE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON VIII, SECOND QUARTER, IN- TERNATIONAL SERIES, MAY 23. Text of the • Lesson, Acts xv, 1.6, 22-29. Memory 'Verses, 3, 4—Golden Text, Acta 11—COnnneutary by the Rev. D. AT. Stearns. • 1. "Except ye be oirmenacised after the manner ot Moses, ye, cannot be saved." 1Thile Paul. and Barnabas abode at Antioch with thodisciples after their return from their first missionary tour, doubtless giv- ing themselves continually to prayer and. to the ministry of the word (vi, 4) certain inen came down. from judma and taught 1.6 above, The teaching of Scripture on ell points that we need to know is Clear end simple, but the perversions of the devil ever slums his first work in, laden are fearful. 2. "Paul and Barnabas had. no small dissension and disputation with them." The story of Abralgusa and the giving of the rite of circumcision is so plain that we wonder bow any one could. fail to see that Abra%am was a righteous man before he reeeived the rite of cirenincision. Compare Gen. xv, 6, and xvii, 10, and then see how clear are Paul's words in Rom. 11, con- cerning circumcision, "A seal of the righteousness of the faith widoli he had, yet being uncircumcised." 3. "Declaring, the conversion of the gen- tiles, they caused great joy unto all, the brethren." This was as they journeyed to Jerusalem, for so did these Judtean teach- ers stir the people that it was thought best to send to the apostles and elders at .Teru- salem concerning it. The enemy had not bargained for this quiekening of the breth- ren along the road as they heard of the wondrous work. of God among the gentiles. 4. "They declared ail things that God. had done with them." This was before the apostles and. elders at Jerusalem. It Was certainly more important to hear first what God had done by Ris word and Spirit through His servants than to hear of the disputings of these teachers at Antioch who were troubling the people about cir- cumcision. 5. "Needful to oirounmise them and to corautand them to keep the law of Moses." This was the teaching of some of the Phar- isees who believed. There are many of them today who teach that sonaething be-, sides receiving Christ is necessary to salve, - ton. Baptism, joining the church, taking the communion, doing good, praying, more tifying the flesh and such like are by some held to be essential to one's salva- tion. Such never can tell whether they are saved or not, for they cannot tell when they have done their part, as they say. G. "And the apostles and elders carn6 together for to consider of this matter." Peter was the first speaker (verses 7 to 11) of any account, and they stopped disputing to listen to his testimony. He spoke of what they knesv and of what he had actu- ally seen of the grace of God. Then fol- lowed Barnabas and Paul with their record of the miracles and wonders which God. had wrought by them among the gentiles, after which James very clearly decided in favor of salvation without the necessity of circumcision. 25. The council theu decided to send. back to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas two others, chief among the brethren, Judas Barsabas and Silas, who might by their testimony confirm to the brethren at Antiooh the decisions of the eouncil, and thus tend more fully to comfort and estab- lish8th en. 2"Greeting 'unto the brethren which are of the gentiles." To hear Jews greet- ing uncircumcised gentiles as brethren simply because they had received Christ was a groat advance in grace over chapters x. 96; xI, 2, S. Even I have heard. a min- ister of the gospel very decidedly object to being called brother or to speaking of other believers as brethren, although our Lord. Himself said, "One is your Master, even. Christ, and all yo are brethren" (kath. =Ili, 8). What does ail some ministers? 24. "Certain which went out from us have troubled you with -words, subverting your &ruin. .All who would put anything between the penitent sinner and the Sav- iour are troubles and perverters. As help- less and hopeless as the impotent man at Bethesda, as the palsied man let through the roof, as the poor leper, or as Lazarus corrupting in the tomb, is the condition of every sinner. But Christ comes to the sin- ner and gives Himself with all that He is, and as many as receive Him become the children of God (John 1, 12). 25, 26. "Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of oor Lord .Jesus Christ." Some men can teach and argue and dispute, but not so many are ready to endure hardness or lay down thefr lives Lan Christ. The teaching of those who suffer with ITU= is apt to he of more weight than that of snore talkers. 27. "We have sent, therefore, Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth." They would therefore have the letter from the apostles, the spok- en words of Judas and Silas and the lives of Paul and Daenabas all to comfort and establish them. God does not trouble His people, but ever seeks to comfort them. He is the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, and comforts as only a mother can (II Cor. 1, 3; Isa. lxvi, 13). If He brings us into trial, it is that He may more fully reveal Hirasolf to us as our oonaforter, that we may know Him better. 28. "It seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us to lay upou you no greater btu -- den than these necessary things." The Holy Spirit is the great teacher and com- forter and director of all the affairs in the church, and it is for us to be so fully un- der His control that all the work and all the words shall bo, "The Holy Ghost and us," our part being simply that of ves- sels or instruments in which He can ac- complish that which Ho desires, for He 1moweth the will of God. I am sure that it is the greatest thing on earth to be a person under the complete and constant control of the Holy Spirit of God tot the service and glory of God. 29. Not one thing but the reception of Cluest is essential to salvation. It is wholly "through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ" (verse 11), apart from any works of ours (Eph. id, 8; Rom. iv, 5; Titus iii, 5). But being saved freely by His grace, it is, then, not a matter of cir- cumcision or of =circumcision, but of a new creature filled with faith which work- etlx by lova (Gal. 7, 6;.v1 15), the love whioh constrains us to let alone whatever would griesse the Spirit or th anyway hin- der our fellowship with the Father and the Son. Being fully justified by faith in Christ (Aces viii, 38, 39; Rom. v, 1), it is no longer, nor ever again, a question of salvation, but wholly one of fellowship and service as saved people, an easy yoke full of comfort if we aro only willing to walk with Him. The believers at Antioch were comforted, Judas returned to Jerusalem, ' but Silas continued. at Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord (verses 84, 85).