The Exeter Advocate, 1897-7-15, Page 7OE OTTAWA LETTER.
STILL RAVING ABOUT THE SEN-
ATE'S ACTION.
Musing a Pig in a Poke—Tarte Improves
the Shirting Dour—Fielding Ruuceed—.
The Era of Extravagance—The Premier
In England.
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Ottawa, July 6. -With thankful hearts
the Ministers have seen, for six months
at leapt the backs of the Senators and
Commoners of Canada. To the holders
of portfolios the session of Parliament
Was a trying time, The members of the
Opposition have onade a fight -against the
Government that has left the Ministers
with the conviction that their lot is by
no means so easy as they ex -meted. The
editors of Ministerial newspapers have
not yet ceasecj to rave against the Senate
because the majority of its members pre-
vented a steal that would have oostethe
.00metry something over a nilhion of dol -
lees. In iny last letter it was stated that
Senator Miller had successfully moved
for the appointment of a committee of
the Upper House to inquire into the con-
ditions of the Drummond County rail-
way deal. This was the statesmanlike
plan whereby the Dominion was to have
been pledged to pay $1,105,000 for a rail-
way that cost $400,000 to build. The
Senators -or the Conservative majority
in the Senate-WED:0 determined to pre-
-vent this iniquity, and the Committee of
Investigation was appointed. Israel Tarte
became enraged. He it was who had
'negotiated the deal. He it was who was
to return to Greenshields and his other
'friends some of the inoney whioli was
spent in Quebec thirteeu months ago. In
the Petrie, the newspaper which was
bought out of the Liberal party funds,
and. which is owned by Tarte, the Min-
ister of Public Works howled for the
abolition of the Senate. The courtly
Ottawa Free Pres -another Liberal
ergan-apostrophized the Senators -
including Sir Oliver, of course -in this
-vise: "Doddering old idiots, go horae."
Buying a Pig in aPoke.
The "doddering old idiots" came out
first best in their rencontre with the Ad-
ministration. The Committee of Investi-
gation was appointed, ancl had made
arrangements for going on with its work,
when the Government yielded. The ses-
sion was brought to an abrupt end, and
the life of the committee terminated
with prorogation. The Drummond County
deal will have to stand for another six
months. If ever the usefulness of an
'upper chamber was rnade apparent, it
was in this case. The Government, by
force of numbers, railroaded the measure
through the House of Commons. The
Senate was alternately threatened and
cajoled, but its members stood to their
guns. In order to be true to their oath,
its members had to inquire into the terras
•of the deal One clause of the proposi-
tion alone was enough to cause any
business man to think twice before sane-
tioning the deal. The Government pro-
posed to pay fifty or sixty thousand dol-
lars for rolling stock without having had
it examined by anybody. For all Tarte
.and his colleagues knew, the oars might
have been crazy structures, rotten and
-with rust -eaten wheels. The ciouuty is in
no innnediate need for the new line to
the seaboard. It is only claimed that it
will give a certain amount of competi-
tion. There will be no saving in distance.
The Ministerial press continuos to de-
nounce the Senators for declining to aid
the Government in buying a pig in a
poke. It is easy to understand why Tarte
.should furiously rage, for Tarte never
'comes out at the small end of the horn.
But The Globe, which was opposed to
the Drummond deal before it got other
-orders from Ottawa, attacks the Senate
as virulently as does the Petrie. Tarte is
looking out for himself, and, to tell the
truth, he has made a tremendous suc-
tcess. Not more than a year ago Monsieur
-Tarte boasted on the hustings that he
.had not twenty-five cents in the world.
He had spent his all, he said, on behalf
,of the Liberal party. Tarte was the em-
bodiment of grief and rectitude as he
rapoke of Mercier, the gentleman who had
leapt him in funds for so long. But
times have changed. Tarte's rise to alltu-
,ence has been meteoric. The other day he
paid twenty-five thousand dollars for a
residenee i a Montreal. He is going to
epend ten chouSand dollars more in fern-
dshing it. He has paid. fifteen hundred
dollars for a carriage and pair.
Tarte Improves the Shining Roux'.
Where did he get it? No relative has
left the little notary a legacy. His friends
tell us that he has been very successful
in speculating on 'Change. But he had
nothing to start with. And anybody who
knows Tarte will be slo* to believe this
eters,. There is nothing speculative
about Mr. Tarte. He wants sure things.
He is not a gambler by any means. He
had not a dollar a year ago. Now he has
a twenty-five thousand dollar house -all
paid for too. He cannot ask us to believe
' that the Liberal party presented Min
with the house. He says that the party
bought La Petrie for him. Wilton it did
that, and when it pathim in a position
whereshe could become the close friend
of contractors, ib did enough for him.
And he has not allowed the graes to
grow under Ms feet The inexplioable
thing is that Sir Wilfrid Laurier should
have allowed. Tarte to So bedevil the
Government. The Pre.inier is an honest
man, but his talents are chiefly those of
the dialectician. He has said Mraself that
he is no business Man. I venture to say
that be knows little about the ieside of
the Drummond County scheme. None of
the Minister seem to. Even Mr. Blair,
with whose purview the whole plan
came, was unable to answer the most
important questions asked by Me. Fos-
ter. The former Minister of Financceap-
propriately Oescribed the .whola proposi-
tion as one which should be denounced
by every horieet man in Parliament.
There were Several Liberals who looked
with no favor on the plan, but the party
whip cracked, and they came running
in to vote the measure through. They
were assured that their fidelity would not
be forgotten. Many favors have yet tO be
distributed. Tarte and Ills friends were
to have been aided by the Drummond
County iniquity. Messrs. Jaffrey and
Cox, representbag the boodle distribetors
In Ontario, have been rewarded via the
Orow'e Nest Pass deal; Mr. Fielding is
solid in Nova Sadie because of the Gov-
ernment's ag.aexnent to pay $1,350,000
to that province for roads which are
alleged to be of Federal importance.
These gentlemen have been satisfied.
Sifton will have a demand to make on
the part of Manitoba and Mr. Blair will
see to it that New Brunswick is not for-
gotten in the scramble for xxioney. • The
Minister of Railways in playing a wait-
ing game. His methods when he was the
Premier of NOW Brunswick were suoh as
to lead one to believe that he is going
to make a big draft on his political pull
at Ottawa. The longer he waits the more
exorbitant will be his demands. And the
country will have to pay the shot.
viewing nuricoed.
Shortly before the prorogation of Parl-
iament Mr. Fielding asked the House of
Commons to alter the ooal schedule so
as to make the duty on bituminous fifty-
three cents a ton, instead of raising it to
75 coats, as it had proposed to do, and
as it had promised the Nova Scotia mine
owners it would do, Mr. Fielding -an-
nounced that he had inside informatien
from Washington that the Americans
would lower their duty, in the case of
Canadian coal, to 54 cents, The House
of Commons consented to pass the
olause. And now Dews conies from
Washington that the Senate has made
the duty 60 cents per ton. Of course, Mr.
Fielding was harmed into making the
change, The Americans hoodwinked him
into bellevieg that he had exclusive in-
formation. He bit, and, with our tariff
unchangeable for a year, they proceeded
to protect their miue owners against
Canadian competition. It would have
been very easy for Mr. Fielding to have
played a evening game. When the House
of Commons, at his request, made the
change. the American Senate was on the
eve of taking up the coal schedule. Mr.
Fielding had promised Parliament that,
If any advanoement at all was made on
the 20 -cent a ton rate provided in the
Wilson bill, he would maintain the Cana-
dian duty on bitunnuous. But he was
effectually "gold bricked" by the Amer-
ican coal barons, and our producers will
have to suffer.
The Era of Extravagance.
When in Opposition the Liberals were
prolific in their promises of retrench-
ment Mr. McMullen and Mr. Mulock
were anxious for the abolition of the
Governor -General's official residence; in
fact, the Postinaster-General, when a
private member, asked the House of
Commons to adopt a motion to that
effect. After they won the general elec-
tion the Liberals made many pronolses of
economy in the management of the civil
service. We have lately had an example
of the manner in svhich they carry out
their promises. In the Customs depart-
ment, from July 1, '96, to April 2e last,
there occurred eighty-eight vacancies.
Hon. Wm. Paterson has made 112 ap-
pointments to fill these vacancies. At
this rate, the country will soon have a
civil service numbering all of the Liberal
heelers in the Dominion. Superanuuae
Mon has followed superannuation, and
dismissal dismissal until the faithful can
he rewarded only by the erection of new
offices. The Ministers are being pestered
to death by their supporters, who insist
upon having their friends rewarded for
their exertions of a year ago. The Gov-
ernment this session secured permission
froin their supporters to spend ninety
million of dollars, and. the friends rnust
be remembered. The era of extravagance
that has been ushered in by an addition
of fifteen million dollars to the national
debt will not, let tis hope, last long. If
it does, the country will be worse than
bankrupt.
The Premier in England.
The reception that has been accorded
to the First Minister in England must
have been gratifying to every Canadian.
The country was honored through its
Premier, and it is with regret that the
people of Canada notice that Sir Wilfrid
continues to assure the Imperial Ministers
that Canada asks no preferential treat-
ment at their hands. At the Intercolonial
conferenceIa Ottawa the delegates from
all of the British Colonies were strongly
in favor of ft system of preferential tar-
iffs. At a banquet whash our Government
tendered to the delegates Sir Wilfrid
spoke strong in favor of the proposition.
That was when he was in Opposition.
Now that he is in power his views on
this as well as on many other points
have suffered a onaterial alteration. The
Prime Minister now goes out of his way
to ciliate his loyalty to Eugland. "Great
Britain," he said the other night, "has
been a kind of mother to Canada." Sir
Wilfrid Laurier knows English as well
as any man living. Why was the saving
clause kind of' put into that sentence?
Simply because the First Minister knows
that many a noan in the ranks of his
party will not stand anything in the
direction of Imperialism. It is not so
long since Sir Wilfrid said at a public
meeting that "the tirae must and will
come when Canada and England will
have to separate from each other." We
have no reason for thinking that his
views have changed. Then Sir Wilfrid
undertakes to tell the British people why
Canada is loyal. She will remain loyal as
long as she is free." Here it is where the
Premier makes his greatest mistake. He,
a French-Canadian, imagines that he is
speaking for the French-Oanadians alone.
The people ef the rest of Canada are
loyal bemuse they are Britishers. The
Premier does not seem to have been
particularly fortunate in his English
speeches, but alleveancee have to be made
for his bandicaps. The men who wanted
to smash Confederation when Riel was
hanged have all become Laurierites.
They watch the Premier and will hold
him to account for all that he says and
does. They know that he is going to
France to hob nob with the' Administra-
tion of the Republic, and they expect
that ho will assure the people of Old
F1101C0 that the Canadians are with
them. So, it will be seen, the First Min-
ister has a hard row to hoe. He has done
his best to binder the Imperial federation
same. When he returns to Canada he
will find that his compatriots -who see
all kinds of evil in the federation plan-.
will greet inn with acclaim. Sir Charles
Tupper is by this time in England. He
knows the Imperial Federation scheme
froin cellar to garret, and he can give the
Home authorities some ineormation that
should be most valuable to them. I hear
that Sir Wilfrid will not remain in Lon-
don for the conference of the Colonial
Premiers, but will go to Prance inane -
Chicago is still discussing the 1)131.111Na
tion of the Chleage river. Ib is about
time that that town follow the course of
ether cities and put a cover on its sewer.
-St. Paul Dispatch.
THE G-YPSY MOTH.
WHICH COSTS A STATE OVER ONE
MILLION DOLLARS.
Desperate Efforts Made ia Massachusetts
to Exterminate the Nu rsunce—Peculiar
Origin of the Pest.
After spending $195.000 during the
past six years in waging war upon the
gypsy rnoth the state of Massachusetts
has jest made another appropriation of
$100,000 for the same purpose. The nooth
will eat up that trifle in less time than
it takes to collect it of the taxpafers and
go marching on in countless naillions
more ready to meet the next attack.
Mr. Fernald, the entomologist of the
Massachusetts state board of agriculture,
estimates that it will require $00,000
year for the next five years, then $100,-
000 a year for five years more and then
another period of five years at $15,000
per year -$1,575,000 in all -to extirpate
this pest. This, of course, is saying noth-
ing of the hundreds of thousands of
dollars' damage that will be done in the
meantime to trees aud orops.
And, says the New York World, it all
came about beoause a Frenchman 28
years ago left a tray standing by an open
window where the wind vslasaed its con-
tents out to the ground below and then
scattered them hither and thither. The
Frenchman was Mr. Traavelot and the
contents of the tray were eggs of the
gypsy moth Mr. Trouvelot had brought
with him to Massachusetts from Paris.
The Frenchman knew the mischief be
had inadvertently wrought, for he knew
the gypsy moth -knew its astounding
breeding powers and knew the damage
it had done in France. No living crea-
ture, unless it be the Australian rabbit,
has such tremendous capacity for. repro-
duotion as this devastating moth or
worm.
In a few years after that unlucky puff
of wind in the vicinity of Medford had
sown the seed fully 80 townships in
Massachusetts were ;being ravaged by
the moth. It was like trying to bail out
the ocean with a spoon for individual
farmers or even cemmittees to make war
upon the invaders; Where thousands
were killed. hundreds of thousands sprang
up in a niglat to take their places and
breed millions more.
It was evident that there mast be
something snore than spasmodic effort at
extermination or the state of Massachu-
setts would be stripped bare of foliage.
IRE GYPSY 110TR,
So Gov. Brackett called the atteation 02
the legislature to the subject, and seven
years ago the war on the gypsy moth
which bas been raging was formally
declared. How little the Massachusetts
statesmen knew the formidable nature of
the foe they were fighting is shown by
the insignficanoe of the sum they appro-
priated -$25,000 -to carry on the eon-
flict. They might as well have thrown
their money to the winds. The next year
the moths were worse than they had
ever been before, and they have been
growing steadily worse from year to year
ever since.
But Massachusetts has not thus far
followed the lead of Australia in calling
upon the world. for help in exterminat-
ing her porlific rabibts and offering
enormous rewards for any recipe that
would destroy them. Massachusetts has
undertaken her own fight and seems at
last to realize the magnitude of what she
has*on her hands. It is true that at a
foriner sesson of congress Massachusetts
did ask for a appropriation of $40,000 to
help her carry on the war. But congress
declined. It was decided to take no part
in a insect war that was entirely local.
So Massachusetts was left to work out
her own salvation, and she has gone into
the task with all her traditional energy
of purpose.
Tally Sticks.
That tally stioks were at one time
pretty general may be concluded from
the derivation of the word "score." In
its original signification a "score" is a
'soar," a out made in a counting stick.
So also a "tally" is derived from the
French taille.
The Roman numerals are derived from
scores. They were mere notches cut in
wood originally. The V for five was a
rude representation of the outspread
hand, and the X in like manner sym-
bolized all ten fingers; the IV was a
comparatively late innovation; originally
the IV was represented by four strokes,
or notches, as in clock dials.
The old Celtic alphabet -the Ogharn
writing -was of very similar nature. It
consisted of notches cut at the corner of
a square stone or else from a stem line.
The letters B, L, F, S, N are formed by
cutting strokes at right angles to the
stem line on the riglit k and, and the let-
ters H, D, T, C, Q by strokes at right
angles to the left Thus, a single stroke
to the right is B and to the left is H,
two to the right are L, and the same
number to the left is D. Three to one
side are F, three to the other are T.
Long strokes, numbering from one to
five, cuttihg the stem diagonally, ex-
pressed 'M, G, Ng, St, R, and short
strokes, numbering from one to five,
outtiag across the stem at right angles,
give the vowels.
It is easy to see that the tally stick
was used for numbers before the alpha,bet
was thought of by our Celtic forefathers.
Having proved the tally stick valuable for
accounts, they applied it for wHting
messages on rods and memorials on
tombs.--Cliambers' Journal.
Responsibility in Church Work.
We all need responsibility. Ierouses us
and helps us to grow, and churches
ought to be the first to accord it. It
needs tact and judgment to divide it
fairly, for all are not equally fitted for
the same thine but there is no one in
any parish in the land who is not able to
help along in sonoe department of church
work, and inost are fax more willing to
ao then share than chuveli officials al-
ways know.
First of the Season.
"That was a neat way Gobang took to
give his wife a new bathing -suit."
"I hadn't heard. How was it?"
He rolled it up and left it in her
WHIST RULES.
R nle 1. --Never return your partner'l
lend ; half the fun is in seeing hien play
against three.
Rule 2.-I1 your partner calls for
trutups, let him call; you just EDiCker.
Rule 8. ---Always trump your parther's
triok. What right has be to take it? He
takca it to humiliate you and show your
basigniflance in the game.
Rule 4. -Always lead from a sneak and
wetch the look of contempt on your part-
ner's countenance.
Rule 5. ---Always throw away from your
long suit so that your partner can't blame
you for not trumping your opponent's
trick.
Rule 6. -Engage in conversation across
the table and ascertain the high carde
played in the suits.
Rule 7. ---Revoke oocasimeally, as it
tends to shorten the game by giving your
opponents three extra tricks.
Rule 8. -Insist on looking at the last
three tricks and call your partner's atten-
tion to what has already been played.
Rule 9, -After each hand is played get
up a "post niortem" and show what
might have happened if your partner had
played differently.
Rule 10. --As whist is supposed to be
played in silence, be as hilarious as possi-
ble, so as to keep the minds of the players
off the game.
Rule 11. -If you have friends in the
room, it is expected that they should look
into the hands of your opponents and
prompt you what to play. •
Rule 12, -In dealing wet your thumbs
in your mouth as often as possible, so you
can enjoy the feelings of the more ()leanly
players.
Rule 13. -If you have ace and queen,
always play out your ace first. It is only
good fax one trick, and your adversaries
ought to be allowed to take a triok with
their king.
Rule 14. -Play second hand high on
first round, and if you lose the trick be
thankful you are rid of a doubtful card.
Rale 15. -Always assist your adver-
saries in getting up a "seesaw;" it is rare
fun to STO the scoop In the tricks.
Rule 16. -Any mistake that is ninth, by
your partner should be treated as down-
right stupidity, while your errors are only
errors of judgment. -Philadelphia Peess.
THE PASSING SHOW.
Rhode Island hosiery mill marks
every pair of stockings it turns out, "Made
in England," There's morality for you I
-Springfield Republican.
We have had curfew laws In the middle
ages, but society was no better then than
now, Let us trust the people more and
the laws less. -Louisville Post.
If the American senate finishes the
tariff bill before the European concert ar-
ranges Affairs in the Levant, we will claim
the pennaut-San Francisco Call.
The pitiful disaster on the line of the
Long Island railroad means one thing and
no other -there should be no grade cross-
ings Okayed in any civilized state. -.New
York World.
A New York judge has decided that the
wife and not the husband should control
the household servants. He was probably
foolish enough to oriticise the cook's coffee
or her method of making strawberry short-
cake. -Cleveland Leader.
.A decision haa been recorded by the su-
premo court of Georgia to the effect that a
Man has arrived at old age when he is 66
years old. Tbat is encouraging to the
young men of 5() who still event to be
classed veld; the "boys." -Boston Herald.
It is said that by using kites tho signal
service will be able to issue weether pre-
dictions 16 hours earlier than usual. This
makes little difference. What is really
wanted is a forecast which shall be about
1611311e5 nearer the truth. -Chicago Times -
Herald.
German dootors have found in xnaking
experiments with school inks a bacillus
that proved fatal to mice within four
days. But it is not to mice alone that ink
Is fatal. There have been some very fine
reputations destroyed by it and not a few
human lives. -Boston Transcript.
THE PROFESSIONS.
The universities of Russia have 701 pro-
fessors and tutors.
There are 99,200 teachers in the Austro-
Hungarian empire.
Great Britain, with a population of 37,-
000,000, has 7,000 registered medical stu-
dents.
The medical sohools every year graduate
24 per emit of their students, or about one-
fourth.
The Disciples of Christ and Christians
have 866 students in their theological sem-
inaries.
In the regular medical schools of this
country 5.1 per tient of the students are
W0111011.
In the pharmacautical schools 27 per
cent of the students, or nearly one-third,
are every year given diplomas.
The eclectic medical schools of the Unit-
ed States have an attendance of women
equaling 30.7 per cent of the whole.
In tbo dental schools of the United States
the attendance of women is only 2 per
cent of the entire number of students.
The value of scientific apparatus and li-
braries used in the instruction of the youth
of this country is estimated at $13,532,419.
The Congregational church bas the lar-
gest number of theological students propor-
tioned to membership, 12.2 to 10,000 mem-
bers.
The Roman Catholic seminaries have
1,250 theological students, or 16.3 per cent
of the evhole number of studeats in the
Country.
HOWE'S HOMILIES.
The older a man gets, the more of a fool
Le thinks a boy is.
Don't credit yourself with braille be-
cause you are homely.
We would rather not have people give
as things than be as grateful as they ex -
peat
A man never knows how many friends
he has until be comes home Proles a suc-
cessful fishing. trip.
If a baby Is good at all other times, it is
teund to bowl when its/mother and father
invite their unmarried friends in to envy
them.
Probably if every old man had a chance
to go through it again' he would resolve
to be more selfish withhis money than
he ever had been.
The point in training children is to get
them off to a neighbor's house first in the
evening, in order to keep that neighbor's
children at home.
The bigger the woman and the smaller
the husband the niore she leans confidingly
against the poor little thing when they
Walk up the street.--Atohison Globe.,
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON III, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY 18.
Text of the Lesson. Acts xvil, l-12--Ken.
ory 'Verses, 10-12 Golden 'Text, Acts
xvii, 11—Commentary by the Rev. D. DI.
Stearns.
1. "Now, when they had passed through,
Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to
Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of
the Jews." See this company of men in
this world for God. They have no aim but
to honor Illm. Their one thought is to
roagaify the Lord Jesus Christ (Phil. i,
DO), and to this end they are under. the
control of theHoly Spirit, passing through
this town or that and stopping only where
He directs. Whether inprison or in Lydia's
bouse, on the road or in the synagogue,
their one business is to glorify God and
paake Him known. Thessalonica was about
100 miles southwest of Philippi, so that it
must have been several days' jouruoy; but,
as is usual in Sotipture, the inoidents oe
the journey are omitted. They "passed
through" and "came to."
' 2. "And Paul, as his manner was, went
In unto them, and three Sabbath days rea-
soned with them oat of the Scriptures,"
"To the Jew first" was ever Paris princi-
ple in going after the people with the gos-
pel (Rom. i, la), and who can tell what we
are losing by not continuing to act on this
prinoiple, both with the gospel and with
gifts for missions? He had but one text-
book, the Scriptures, which he fully be -
Resod was sufficient to furnish any one
thoroughly fax every good work (II Tim.
iii, 10, 17), He was not full of the opin-
ions of men; but, being the Lord's messen-
ger, he carried the Lord's message (Hag.
18).
8. "Opening and alleging that Christ
must needs have suffered and risen again
from the dead, and that this Jesus whom
I preach unto you is Christ." The Jews
were looking for a Messiah to sit on Da-
vid's throne and subdue their tamales and
make Israel, as in the gays of Solomon,
the first nation on earth, and in this ex-
pectation they were perfectly right, for
this was promised by the prophets and
will yet surely be fulfilled (Isa. ix, 6, 7;
Ter. iii, 17, 18; Zech. xiv' 16, 17). But it was
just as plainly foretoldand foreshadowed
that the Messiah would also suffer and
die and rise from the dead before Hewould
thus reign as David's son on David's
throne (Gen. 111, 15; Ism liii; Ps. xvi and
xxii, etc.).
4, "And some of them believed and con-
sorted with Paul and Silas," a raultitude
of men and women, the verso goes on to
say. Just as in Gen. 1 the Spirit moved,
God spake, and the work was done, so
her and so always His word will accom-
plish His pleasure and prosper in the thing
whereto Be sends it (Isa. lv, 11). It is
ours to be faithful messengers; it is His to
accomplish the work. There is perfect resb
In His work when we are willing that He
should do it all and as He pleases, we be-
ing in His band for His pleasure.
5. "But the Jews which believed not,
moved with envy, took unto them certain
lewd fellows." Then followed a mob and a
riot and an assault, for the devil was losing
some of his property, and he was stirred
mightily, as at Philippi, to do somewhat
to resist the truth and the power of God,
and so for a time the saints must suffer
with Christ. Felloevship with Him in suf-
fering is a great privilege not appreciated
by the saints as it should be (Plait. i, 29;
lii, 10; 001. I, 04).
6. "These that have turned the world
upside clown are come hither also." Not
finding the apostles, they took Jason and
other brethren to the city rulers with these
and other accusations. It was surely
quite a complionent to say that these onen
had power to turn the world upside down.
There ought to have been enough of the
supernatural in that to make them stop
and consider, but when men are blinded
by anger they consider neither their words
nor their deeds. The facts in the case are
that the world is in a sense upside down
because of sin, and Jesus, whom those men
preached, is the only one who can set it
right side up (Ez. xxi, 27). .
7. "These all do contrary to the decrees
of Cmsar, saying that there is another
king, one Jesus." Caesar is the earthly,
under the God of this world -that is, the
devil. Jesus is the heavenly, representing
She only living and true God, God mani-
fest in the flesh, and we must choose one
or the other. His own to whom Be came
chose Ceaser instead of Him (John xix,
12), and Caesar they have had from that
day to this. The world and the church,
the worldly person and the Christian, are
as opposite as darkness and light and can
no more assimilate than water and oil,
but they sometimes try desperately hard
to onix up. See Jas. iv, 4; I John ii,
15-17.
8, 9. "And they troubled the people and
She rulers of the city when they heard
these things." So, when Christ was born
King of the Jews, Herod and all Jerusalem
were troubled (Math. 11, 8), and when Be
shall come in His glory the world lying in
She wicked one shall be greatly troubled
(Rev. 1, 7; xi, 18), and their troubles may
never ond, for all who die in their sins
shall have torment for ever and ever (Rev.
xiv, 11; Mark ix, 48, 41).
10. "Andthe brethren immediately sent
away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea."
So they move on in His name, witnessing
unto Him, and again we find them in a
synagogue of the Jews. The Master's in-
structions were to pass on when not want-
ed (Luke x, 10; Math. x, 28), but some
find it hard even yet to obey these orders,
and the more they are not wanted the more
they seem to stay, to their own and others'
discomfort and doubtless to the grid of
the Holy Spirit.
11. "These were more noble than those
Iri Thessalonica in that they received the
went with all readiness of mind and
searched the Scriptures daily whether
those things were so." How foolish to
have remained amid the opposition of
Thessalonicet when this open door awaited
them where the people were ready to heal
and receive the word! What blessine those
are miseing who are not willing tefollow
where Hs leadeth and let Hine manage as
Ho pleaseth I No Will but His, and to way
bet His is the only true way.
12. "Therefove Many of them believed;
also of honorable women which were, and
of men not a few." This is ahnost the
reverse of verse 4 as to =en and women.
Again, His word accomplished HaS pleas-
ure, and inaloy were saved. The Spirit
moved, the word was spoken, and the
work was done. The next verse tolls at
the persietence of the devil in sending his
servatts from Thessalonica to stir up per-
secution, and so it wilI be till he shall be
shut up in the pit fax a thousand years.
But tho saints havo naught to fear, for our
Lord shall not fail nor be discouraged.
He shall see oflhe travail of His soul and
shall be satisfied, And every purpose of the
Lord shall be performed (Isaxlii, t;
11; Jer. lvii, 29).
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
Torodo, July 12-
BREADSTUFFS, ETC.
Wheate-The market in Chicago and
Liverpool was easier 50 day The local
market was also easier. Red wheat, west,
was held at 650, and white at 66o. Mani-
tobas were stronger. No. 1 hard was sold
largely for export at 73o, afloat Fort
William
Flour -Steady. Holders ask $3.25 for
straight roller, north and west freights.
Millfeed-City mills quote $10 for
bran and $11 for shorts, ton lots at the
mill. Car lots of bran, west, are quoted
at $8.50, and shorts at 89.50. Small lots
at western roills sell at 810 fax bran and
$11 for shorts.
Oatmeal -Steady. Car lots of rolled
oats, in bags, on track here, are quoted
at $2,95 to $8, and small lots at 83 to
$8.10.
Peas -Firmer. Car lots, north and
west, are quoted at 110 bid, and 420
asked.
Rye -Finn. Car lots west are quoted
nominally at 33e, and east at 84o.
Oats -In good demand, with offerings
light White is quoted at 22c bid, and
mixed at 210 bid, north and west freights,
Corn -Firm. Car lots, track, Toronto,
are in demand at 80c.
Buokwheat-Nominal.
Barley -Nona boat.
PRODUCE.
Eggs -Trade quiet owing to sultry
weather. Ten -case lots of choice candled
stook sell at 9.3eo, and sieglas at 94e.
Poultry - Nominal. QthataZions for
bright stock are: Turkeys, 10 to 110;
geese, 8 to 90; chickens, 40 to 600; and
duoks, 50 to 80o.
Potatoes-A.gain lame. Canadians sold
at 75 to 80o per bushel to -day; all stock
hard to dispose of at any price.
Field Produce -Quotations are: Small
lots, out of store, turnips, 20e per bag;
parsnips, 40e per bag; an. onimas, na-
tives, 61.50 to $2, and EgyPtians, $3.50
per sack.
Beans -Slow. Hand-picked white
beans bring 65c, less coRmmission, for
single bag lots. Round lots sell as 60o,
less commission; common beans sell at
at 2
ted.
85 to 45c.
Apples -Dealers quote good stook
to 234c for dried, and 4o for evapora
Honey -Quotations are: 634o for 60 -lb.
tins, and 7 to 734e for 10 -lb. tins; honey
1.40
in combs is quoted nominally at $
to $1.50 per dozen sections; ton lots of
red.
oted
70oher
No.
No.
pure, strained, f.o.b., 5% to 0c, delive
Maple Syrup -Maple syrup is qu
at 60 to 65e in large tins, and 65 to
In small tins,
Baled Hay -Steady. There are furt
enquiries from the east. Car lots of
1, on -brach, are quoted at $10, and.
2 at $8.50. Two -ton lots of No. 1, de
ered, are quoted at 611.,
Baled Straw -Car lots of oat straw, on
track, are quoted at $5 to $5.50,
DAIRY PRODUCE.
Butter -Creamery tub butter is firm,
under good export demand in Ontario
and in the east. It is firm at 17c here.
Dairy tub butter is rather better on im-
proved local demand. Quotations are:
Dairy, tubs, 11 to 12%c; large dairy,
rolls, 12 to 14e; small dairy, rolls, 12 to
14e; creamery, tubs, 170; and creamery,
lbs.. 17%c.
Cheese -Steady. Small lots of new
makes sell at 834 to 9c.
CHEESE MARKETS.
Iroquois, Ont., jelly 12. -At the cheese
board to -day 1,047 colored and 129 white
were offered, and sold at 83ec for colored,
and 8 5-16c for white.
Perth, July 12. -To -day 1,800 boxes
of cheese evere brought into Perth cheese
market; all white, 8 1-8 to 82,4o; 8 1-8o
was the rulieg price paid. Three buyers
from Montreal Innis were present
South Finch, Ont., July 12. -The
regular meeting of the South Finch
board was held to -day, 903 cheese board-
ed; forty-one colored; balance white.
834o.Two hundred and four sold for 8eo.
DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS. -
Light lean hogs are quoted at $6.75 to
87, light its at $6.50, and heavy at
$6.25. Prices of meats are firm, and a
fair trade is being done. There is no
shading belng done to induce business.
Dry Salted Meats -Long clear bacon,
car lots, 73,4e ten lots, 734o; case lots,
73S. to 7%c; laacks, 8c.
Smoked Meats -Hams, heavy, 1034 to
110; medium, 1134c; light, 12e; break-
fast bacon, 11 to 12c; roll, 834o; backs,
110; picnic hams, 734 to 8e. .A.11 meats
out of pickle lc less than prices quoted
for smoked meats.
Lard -Tierces, 61/1.0; tubs, 6340; and
pails, 634c; compound, 534 to 534o.THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
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Toronto, July 12. -We had a rather
light run of stock at the Western cattle
market this morning, as all told not
more than fifty loads were here, and.
cattle were in smaller proportionate sup-
ply than usual. The receipts included
1,200 sheep and lambs, 1,000 hogs, 100
calves, and a few milkers.
The trade in export cattle was fair,
neither booming nor depressed. Prices
ranged from 4 to 434o per pound, with
ten or fifteet cents per 100 pounds for
seleotions. Markets in the Old Country
are a little better, and in consequence
quotations here are more firm. All the
stuff sold.
There was aescarcity in butcher staff,
and the grassers are slowly improving in
quality; hence prices were a shade more
firm and trade (considering the hot 'wea-
ther) was fairly active. Choice butcher
cattle was in request at 834o, and occa-
sionally 894o per pound. Ordinary sold
at around 8c, and 00/11113.013 at 234 to
2 I -8e per pound. Except a little common
stuff the yards were cleared.
A few choice export bulls are wanted.
at,from 83/e to 834a per pound.. There is
no exciting enquiry, bet they will go at
these figures; but stock bulls are neither
wanted nor quotable.
Stockers, springers, aad milk cows are
unchanged.
Wheat, white neve 00 • 71
Wheat, red, per bush 00 69 :
Wheat, goose, per bush00 61
Peas, common, per bash- 00 46
Oats, per bash . ., .. 00 27
Rye, per bush 00 33
Be,rley, per bush 00 27 .
Ducks, spring, per pair..., 40 80
Chickens, see.r pair.... 80 ' 50 t
Geese, per lb 08 09 '
Butter; in 14b. rolls 15 16 '
Eggs. new laid 00 9
Potatoes. per bag, 00 30 '
Beans, per busb ... ... 75 85
Beets,per doz. . 09 10
Parsnips, per dor 9 10
Apples, per bbl 40 1 50
Hay, timothy 9 50 10 50 .
Straw, sheaf5 50 6 00
Beef, hinds 7 08
,13ee2, fores,.. 4 5 .
Lambs, carcase, per.lb..- 10S 11
Veal, per lb . .
. .... 06 7
Mutton, per fb.....,05 8.
Dressed hogs ... .... ... 5 50 7 OG