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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1897-8-26, Page 7OE OTTAWA LETTER. CLIFFORD SIFTON A SPOILSMAN • OF THE WORST TYPE. ADedistributton of offices -Nepotism De. • flounce( by a Liberal Newspap'er--Tbe Premier% Return. [Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Ottawa, Aug, • 17.-011fford Siam, Mitister of the Interior, s a lawyer. He Is an expert at turning sbarp corners, but hie latest official eamouncement will aot add to hisereputation as a defender oZ shaky causes. In this oorrespondence It has been pointed out that Mr. Sifton as looked after the interests of his fam- ily at the expense of the people of Can- ada. Everybody who reads pewspapers knows that Mr. Sifton had not been in Ottawa for a month before he secured a fat contraot for bis node, and bad put on foot a scheme to make his father telt Lieutenant -Governor of the Northwest Territories. Mr, Sifton's bleeds in the Capital begau to kick' respecting this lest projeet. They pointed out that the Sateen familY had got about all that it was en- titled to, and that the people of Canada Would not stanu the imposition, Siftora became aulignant at first, but finally consented th drop the plan in the mean- time. Now M. Siam has issued a pro- nunolamento to the Liberal press, in whit% he states that, though his father hes a good position with the afamiteba Government, he did not receive it at the bands of his son. This A a very unskil ful evasion for Mr. Sifton to be guilty of. Why did these relatives of his get the position awl the contract? Aey anexe with balf an eye can see that the present Minister of the Interior was the lever by ; which they got the favors from the tWo governments. The Minister attempts to shield himself behina the fact that Sir Charles Tupper ht•Id the post of Ilitth Conuniesioner while his son, Sir Hilbert, was a Mb ter of the Crown. To cone - pare Sir Chat•les to Sefton senior A to 'verge on the re:ilea-ma Sir Charles, by • his actien In cempolling the °Metals of the Bleu•el of Agriculture in Eneland to i admit that no pleuro-pneumonet existed amongst our cattle, saved hundreds of thousands of dollars to our atemers. Tie ; veteran statesman was well worth the inoney which we paid hint. • Clifford Sif- t , ton Is a spolisnam of the went type, He ' has alwaya looked out for lumber ono. His ability in that direction xnalle it pos- sible for him to barter and bluff his way into the Minn of Canada. Greenway , was laeartily glad to get rid of him, and ; Laurier had to accept him, otherwise the •tehool altiment could not have been • =messed. Wizen Mr. Sift= came bere to Ottawa men who knew him well said •, that he would distinguish himself only p as an expert grabber of everything in sight. By the use of weapons which straight-clealing men would not avail ',themselves of, he succeeded in knifieg •:Jae Martin, who is immeasurably his •• superior in every way save that of self ' seeking. Sifton has been no strength to ibis party, Ilea has been no good to the country. He iS always looking out for • self, and already has been sized up as a • third-rate num by Sir Richard Cart- wright, who is the brains of the preeent Cabinet. A Redistribution of °faces. I Speaking of Sir Richard, the old gen- tleman has been suffering from a par- . ticularly aristocratic disease of late. Gout has set its fangs into his frame, and the attack has not improved his •" temper. \Yellen Laurier comes laome there •will he trouble galore. Sir Richard has , become tired of his subordinate position. • He knows that his is the greatest mind In the patchwork Cabinet that Sir Wil- • frid has got together. Be became con- vinced of this the day that Fielding de- livered his budget speech. Sir Richard grinned cheerfully when the cross-roads politician from Nova Scotia tangled him- self up in the details of the tariff. The man who was Finance Minister in Mac- kenzie's Cabinet looked across the floor and saw that he and Hon. George E. . Foster equally enjoyed the ridiculous ex- hibition that Fielding was making of himself. Since then Sir Richard has made it clear that he will no longer re- tain the unimportant post of Minister of Trade and Commerce. He is determined to be Finance Minister and he has let • the Cabinet know it. And so a redistri- bution of offices is to be made. Sir enri July and Hon. R. W. Scott are to ,o out. The Controllerthat were aro to be given full salaries as Cabinet Minis- ters. Sir ' Oliver Me wat is to become Lieutonant-Governor of Ontario, and is to be succeeded as Mlnieter of Justice by Sir LOWS Davies. Fielding is to take the Marine portfolio and Sir Riche:hi is to be Minister of Finance. lion. David Mills dia'vaill be made Minister of Trade and oxen:nem and will lead the Sehate. 1 Taus Sir Richard will achieve his desire. Fielding is very much averse to the change; has said, in fact that he will ! not consent to it 1 do not think anybody At cares very ranch whether Fielding 1Jsents or not He has never been of any use to the party, exoPt to aid in carry- • , :ing Nova Sootia, and ixi that case his •i help was valuable only because he knew where eo promise boodle of one kind and where to promise boodle of another. -Yielding is a eloeiffed ward politician. He has not the cunning of Blair, vvho A a vastly more dangerous man, but he ; has the desire to do that whioia will be of absolute injury to tho country. He has pledged Canada to hand over $1,250,000 to Nova Scotia for nothing at all. The , ostensible quid pro quo is a Nova Scotian ! railroad which has been subsidized by the provincial government and which is , alleged to be of Dominion importance, but of course, the real cause tor paying tbe money is to reward the Maritime . province for handing over its votes to the Liberald. The money has not been paid yet We shall see whether the On- tario Liberals will have honesty enough to vote and work against the project when it comes op. They Were itcoustomed when in Opposition, to howl loudly for economy. Fielding, with bis seventy mil - lima budget, has got them out of this habit and doubtless when the party whip cracks, the Ontario Liberalme m- bers will quietly acquiesce in the latest Nepotism Denounced ey a Liberal r leper; Men who are interested ia the polities of Canada have all heard of M. C. Cam- eron, "Auenias" •Cameron, of West Huron, In days gone by Cameron was a power in the ranks of the Liberals. A year ago he xnede a wild attempt to get a Cabinet position, but he wes turned down. Lately he has appointed his Ma- in -law postmaster at Goderich, whereet "Dan" leloGillietuide, the able Liberal editor of the Goderich Signals waxes in- dignant. McGillicuddy has done more to elect Cameron thee Cameron ever dia himself, and the following . is what McGillicuddy has to say of his old-time friend. It would he a pity pot to giye Sueb wbole-souled criticism of Liberal by Liberal the broadest publicity:— • "He. has committed political harakarl, and there is nothitag left for us to do but to inter the remains. Politically, he is as dead as the late Judas Iscariot and equally beyond the hope of a glorious resurrection. "It is with feelings of the deepest regret that The Signal denounces the coutempt- ible, lying and crooked conduct of Cam- eron on this occesioa For nearly a score of years the present editor of this lournal has 'stood. shoulder to shoulder with Cam- eron and by voice and Pen fought hs battles and rejoiced in the victovies Wan. * * * "In the old days we had leavried to ad. - mire Cameron's courage, his word we had )(Joked upon as being unimpeachable, and his party fealty we implioitly relied upon. There bas been a terrible ahange. The olcl-time courage of conviction has oozed out of Cameron, bis word is a lie, ana his party feleity bas been seperseded eeey treason—treason to his constituents, to his professions and to Liberal prin- ciples. 'The iaols's feet are oley. Cameron is in the dust, Our duty is plain. le is to pillorythe eenegade before the eyes of all honest men, and harsh as the duty is, and however unwilling we may• be, for the sake ot the friendship that is past, we shall not hesitate to do ie. Cameron, as a politica factor, is now dead to the Re- formers of West Human. * * "Bot the passing. of •Cameron, by the Benedict Arnold route, sbould not affect the cause of true Liberalism In West Huron. When the Aluerlean leader turned traitor. hist treason did not virtu- ally alTeet the eaUSe which he had form- erly espouseir, autl the pissing of Cam- eron should not wean Liberals from the cause whieh they have believed in, and for whiell they have fought so earneetly and so well in the past. Tyne Liberalism is ageinst fetidly eampaetism, and fOifl- ily is Merely another name for naptaism. 'To tall true Liberals the name of 111. C. Cameral] A now but a, inentory--the meamry of a man who wantonly took from himself !ii' own gond mtne; W110 cro.lteil tt Uanwron iniluence in Hama onia t de -trey is for a Prim; who was willing in wreck the constituency to ac- oompliSh hiS own ends. * * The finger of amen is now his portion, (ma the name that once awakened cheers from the .at- lantio to the rock-ribbed Pacific% Slope is new u hissiug and a byword. Sia transit gliria mundi." It is lamentable to see brethren thus falling out. What a list of dissident Lib- eral newspapers there now is! The King- ston Whig, Huneingdon Gleaner, Le Reviel, the etiencoe Reformer, Huron Signal, Montreal Witness and half a dozen others have protested against the Tarteism of thepresent government And amidst It all Tarte makes a royal pro- gress through the land. He 'travels on Government steamers, in Goverernent oars. He is welcomed with the booming of cannon, and addresses the admiring Liberals in terms which nia,ke 18 clear thnt he is assistant Premier. When Sir Wilfrid returns Tarte will . have a pleas- ant quarter of an hour with him. Be has new instruotions for the new -made Knight. Tarte will insist upon an in- crease of activity in the money spending line. His friends hi Montreal are dis- gusted over the Drummond County fiasco. They know that the deal cannot go through until next session, if it goes through at all. Meanwhile hard cesh is needed, and the ladles are euipty. Tarte has been told that he must get some- thing for his friends, and he is going to do his best. There will be news froze Montreal very shortly. Tate Premier's Return. The Premiereee2I1 return in a week or so. His explanation of the workings of the new tatiff will be awaited with much interest. He has been unsuccessful in hoodwinking the British into believing that the tariff was for their benefit alone. He will have to make things clear here. In the meantime the Dominion treasary officials are busily atm:Aged in handing cheeks to the importers of Germany, Bel- gian, French and other goods. The "Gov- emit-neut. of business men" assured us that these gentlemen would not receive preferential treatment. They have been shown.to be wrong. The Customs receipts have suffered a serious diminution. With an abnormal expenditure and a decreased revenue, the Liberals may look back with congratulation to the end of their first year of power. ChintaSe Criminal Code. In China paraicide is considered only one degree less culpable than treason, and is punished as a calm° of the deepest dye, such a violation of the ties of nature being held to be evidence of the most unprincipled depravity. Any person con- vioted of a design to kill his or her par- ents or ancestors. whether a blow be struck or not, is liable to suffer death by being beheaded.• If the murder is actual- ly committed, all the parties concerned therein, whether principals or accessor- ies, if related to the deceased as above mentioned, suffer death in a slow and painful manner, being cut into a thou- sand pieces. If the criminal dies in pri- son, an execution similar in mode takes place on his body. ". Murder in all oases is punished by cle- Capitation. Wben conunitted with the design of afterward mangling the body and distributing the • limits of the de- ceesed for magical purposes, not only is the offender executed, but all the inmates of his house, although innocent of the crime, aro perpetually banished. Persons giving information by which such offend- ers are brought to justice receive a re- ward of 20 ounces of silver from the government. • • All persons rearing venona ous animals or preparing drugs of a poisonous nature for the purposes of murder are beheaded, their property confiscated and family banished, even if no person is actually killed by such mean—Green Bag, • Tourist—T understand you are making a valiant effort to stop lynching. Native—Yes'sab. We propoee hereafter Lo bang eery lyncher we can catch, sah. A Bors VIEW OF IT. Mother sbe's always a-saylet, she is, "Boys must be looked after—got to be stria!" When I tear my breeches like Billy tears his It helps 'em vonsid'rable when I am licked! But it ain't climbin' over the fence or the • post— It's jest teat sante lickina'at tears 'em the meat! There's Jimmy Jobnson—got lost on the road: Daddy wuz drivin' to market one day, Fell out of tbe evaggou, au' nobody koowed Till they come to a bait, an' his daddy said: "Bey! Wander where Jimmy is gene to?" But Jint— Worn' t no two hoses could leeep up with hira! Jest kept a-goine.an' got to a place Where wuz a circus; took up with the Put on red breeches an' painted his face, An' then went right back to his daddy's own tovvul An' what do you. reekoe? His eolks didn't know, But paid to see Jimmy that night at the show! Ant there's 13111y Jenkins: He jest run awayl Folks at his house wuzn't treatine him right— Went to tee place where the red Injuus stay, An' once—when hi daddy eruz traVeliU1 at night. Aue the lupus got after him—hollerin' lou el, Bill ran to his rescue an' scalped the whole crowd! Ain'tno use talkint—boys don't have no show! Wuziet, fer people takeepin' 'em down Jest ain't no tenth! how fast they would grow— Bet you they'd fool everybody in townl But folks keep a -Hokin' an' Heide' 'ern so. They're too busy hollerira to git up ant grow. —Frank L. Stanton. MIBACCLOUs BALANCING. Amusing Experiment Witioh Would Seem Almost Impossible. The harder it thing seems, the more interesting it Is. liere is a little ex- peranent, very simple, toetwhieb, seems almost impossible On the face of it— it seems to defy -the law of gravita- tion. You take a tumbler, says the Popular Science News, tilled partly with water, so as to stand firmly. Then take a strip of wood, about the length of an ordinary lead pencil, half an inch wide and an eighth of an inch thick and tapering to a point at one end. About one-third of the way from this end you wedge two ordinary table -knives into the strip, Now balance the "tongue" of the strip carefully upon the edge of the tumbler, moving it slightly backward or forward to make the equilibrium perfect. "When you have found the center of gravity- -which may occasion you a little trouble at first—you will be rewarded by seeing the frail. contrivance delicately poised in. au exquisite balance, which at first sight seems almost miraculous. eronneeas Accomplishment. No creature but man has ever made tise of fire. An African traveller, in- deed, has told a story of apes making a thieving raid on -a camp of natives, and carrying torches to light their way, but this story lacks proof, and is not ac- cepted as true by zoologists. There is, however, in the Philadel- phia Zoological Garden a monkey who has learned to scratch matches perfectly well. This accomplishment he is will- ing to exhibit on any occasion. He has learned to hold the match by its middle part, so that his fingers are not burned by being too near the flame, and so that the match will not break by being held too near the other end. This faetinvolves another, that he is aware which end has the sulphur, and does not attempt to scratch the un - sulphured end. He has furthermore learned that a rough surface is better to scratch the match on than a smooth one, and his care in looking for h rough place is very diverting. But with all this intelligence, the monkey has no notion of kindling an- other fire with the one that he has caused by the friction of the match. He simply lets the match burn out, arid if he lights another, does it for the pleasure of seeing it btum. • This mon.key's7keepers, and the men of science -1Vho are experimenting with his intelligence, hope to communicate to him eventually an idea, of the mak o• - ,inand using; but from. the moment they succeed in cloink so—if they ever do succeed—it will be necessary to keep matches out of his reach. Real Excitement. • "said. the meele-looking man, "I've no doubt you've had some great hunting experie*es in your travels abroad." "I have, indeed." • "Buff alo-hun tin g---" "Yes." "And bear -hunting--" 01 couese." "Well, you just come round, and let my wife take you house-htinting and bargain -hunting with her. Then you'll begin to know what real excitement is." • etatie to suet. Patron—This set of teeth you made for me is too big. Dentist—Yes, sir. Sit down in the hair and I will enlarge your mouth a THE TATTLER. Mrs. Isabella Bird Bishop, the traveler, he just been asked to read a papex before the Geographical societyin London. Marie Bonfanti, the printiere daeseuse of original lancit Crook fano, bas opened a eobool tor dancing in New York (qty. • It is said that Mrs. Langtry will spend four menthe on her stools reeoh in Califor ale, supervising improvements for breed- ing hors: s anti bigh class oattle. Mrs. eitthala Thompson of St. George, Me., is 60 years old, and 0104 apoeths ago Was entirely bald, evbile now she hae a head of blaok hair 2 to 4 inalies in length. Mrs. McKinley is said to like bot weath- er better than cold, and the hotter it is the better see likes it, • She looks forward to ber summer in Washington with genuine pleasure. s. Addle W. Buzzell, who runs a fari near Waterford, Me. although she Is not mere thee 30 years of age, bas had Seven husbands, and tells a correspondent of the Lewiston Journal tbat she thinks of marrying again. Mrs. Governor Wallace of Indiana, from whom General Low Wallace said that be drew the portrait of the mother in "Ben. Bur," devoted herself to lecturing foe woman suffrage for many years, after hex children were grown up and married. Mrs- Thomas A, Edison is a eery Deauti. ful wOlUan. She leeks liae an Italian, With soft brueette coloring end a supert eoraplexiou. She knows very little of het busband's scientific work, but devotes lima time to reading detective nevelt with him, a form of literature of which he is very fond, North Carolthe has a tobacco farina who is Miss Sue M. Comer, a very pretty young lady, who lives near Madison. She recently brought her orop of tobacco to Wieston, It was sold and brought the young ladyn good, routed price. She reised the crop herself, came to market with it and looked after sales. At the party gene in I:timer of the sev- entieth birthday of Mrs. Harriet Beeeber Stowe ber son told one of the editors 01 The Womatee Journal that he wished. the public could know how completely, in the eyes of her owe family, Mrs, Stowe's fame as an author was eclipsed by leer virtues as an }Almost ideal mother. Aleide Capitaine, the won= Saedow, Is said to he email of stature mad izodest and rotiriug 10 xnanner. She bus a ee- rearkaale mord as a gymnast, having spent 10 years in her profession, During this ihne -he bus never missed a single exhibitlen from 111 health or fatigue. She bas been pronounced by eminent pbysi. clans to be pilysically perfect. IRON AND STEEL. It is said that a ton of steel will melte 1,500,00 pens, Iron is not the only metal which can be welded, but no metal possesses this prop- erty in so high a degree. Tile SO called "tinwares" used by tu- ners are merely sheets of iron rolled very thin and plated with tin. Swedish iron has a wide reputation in the arts. The best, It is said, is obtaieed from the mine of Dannemora. The Puddling of iron and other Ina• proveraots in its lnannfaeture are said to have been introduced by Henry Core in 1781. Mulball says tbat "in 20 years ending 1880 the railways -have absorbed 48,500,- 000 tons of steel, or almost half the total product." Pure iron is unknown in the arts, and it is so difficult to obtain 313 large quanti- ties that it is probable no use will be made of it In tho year 1500 the entire iron produc- tion of the world was estimated at 60,000 tons; in the year 1800 it was estimated at 25,160,000 tonS. Bisohof proved conclusively that sponge metallic iron is an exceedingly powerful disinfectant, though in what manner It aots as such is not exactly agreed upon by chemists. The amount of pig iron produced by the live principal iron manufacturing countries in 1893 was thus: The United States, 7,124,508 tons; Great Britain, 6,976,900; Germany, 4,986,008; France, 9,022,567, and Russia, 1,014,252.—St. Louis Globe-Demoorat BACCHANTE. Ob, of course, New York is sarcastic; at Boston's expense anent the final rejection of the 13acchante statue. However, Nevs York is about to ereet a new public library building of her own and she oan probably have this statue in the courtyard if she natty yearns for it —Boston Herald. Cities with liberal views as to the nude In art and with suitable vacane sites may hear of something to their advantage by communicating waif Axthitect McKim of New York, who bas a remarkably fine Bacchante on his hands ethich isn't ex- actly suited for private and domestic use. —Providence Journal. Bacchante bas shaken the dust of the Inner court of the Public: library room oil her dainty toes. Where she will next thke up her abode the young miss doesn't know, but it will be somewhere far beyond the reach of Boston's east vsind and what one scoffer calls her "Cotton Batting Mather" spirit of censoriousness.—Boston Globe. COGITATIONS. It is a fine thing to know when not to talk.—Indianapolis News. Experience is a great teacher'but does not keep a free school.—Galveston News. • It is well to bury the hatchet, but it is not well to forget the spot.—West Union Gazette. The most mania= of self made teen is the man who makes a fool of himself.— Cleveland World. • The clergymen are soon to take their vacations, but eaten will continue to stick to business. Ile never lets up.—Boston Herald. A man who waits to get bis base on balls in a business transaction is usually railed out on strikes.—Cineinnati Com- meroial. • CONGRESSIONAL CUTS. The latest congressional mixture is a • "Reed and Simpson," formerly known M a "Tom and Jerey."--Philadelphia Bulletin. The suggestion that American congress- men ean play poker better than they 'can play chess comes from so many sources that many people will believe it.—Balti- moor American. ' The fact that the coiagreesmen played a draw match in ohess with the members el parliament may surprise people. We didn't suppose congress had so much talent in that line. Now for a debating match by 011111*.--Springlield Republican, THE SWAY SCHOOL LESSON IX, THIRD QUARTER, INTER- NATIONAL, SERIES, AUG. 29. rest of ihe Lesson, Acts xix, ory Verses, 04 -26 --Golden Text, Luke xii, 15—Commentary by the Rev, D. N. Stearns. 21. "After these tbinge were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit to go to Je- rusalem, Saying, 'After I have been there I must also see Rome.' Our last lesson In the Acts left Paul at Corinth, where he tontinued a year and six =oxalis teaehing the word of God. He then returned to Antioch ha Syria, taking Ephesus, Omsa- rea and Jerusalem on his way. After Wane time spent at Antioch Paul started oa bis Med raissiopary tour, going through Galatia and Phrygia till he carne to Ephesus, where he bad Aft Aquila lead Priscilla, and to which city he had prona- Wed to return, God willing (thapter xviii, 21). He tarried at Epaesus over two years (Ida, 10; ax, 81), and ell the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord Je' sus so that many believed, the name of • the Lord Jesus was -magnified, the word of God grew migatily and prevailed, wad thousands of dollars' worth of bad books were burned. Here begins our lesson. 22. "I•lis purpose was to go through Macedonia and Acheia, where he had beet; on his previous tour, but he still tarries le Asia a seasonevbile he sends Timotheus and Erastus ahead of him into Macedonia. In a future lesson we shall have bis testi- mony as to his labors in Asia. Whether sojourning or journeying his oee ambition was that Christ should be magnified in bian and that he might better know Zan (Phil. 1, 20; iii, 10), 20. "And about that time there arose no small stir coeceraing the way" (R. V.). In the margin of chapter Ix'2, this way is called "The Way." See also in tbe R. V. chapters xix, 9; xxil, 4; xxiv, 14, 2e. Jesus Himself said, "I am the Way" (Jas, 6). In Ps. oxix, 1, we read, "Blessed are the undefiled in the way who walk in tbe law ot the Lord. It is a, beavenly way, but very narrow, and few there be that tied it. It is in Him, and with Him and excludes all that is aot of Rim. 24,26. "Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth," This is tbe begin- ning of the address of Demetrius, a silver- • smith, to his fellow workmate, whom he had called together. His theme was their •craft or trade or manner of umkiag money, a subject which will get an inter- ested audience almost any time. Witness tbe labor organizations mod the strikes often associated therewith in our own day. Whatever will seem to turn more money into people's pockets is apt to be an Interesting eubjeet 20. "Not aloue at Ephesus, but almost • throughout all .Asia, this Paul hate per- suaded and Welled away much people." Wbat a good testimony to Paul, or rather to the Spirit's work through Paul, in tae name of the Lord Jesus! The Lord, through him, had turned many from idols unto God (1 Thess. i, 0), so many that the idol bosiness was suffering severely, and those interested were greatly stirred, 27. "Not only this our craft is in danger th be sot at nought, but also that the tem- • ple of the great goddess Diana should, be • despised." It would never do to bave such magnificence that all the -world wor- shiped, despised, for what would all the world ever do without Diana? Yet three men +eased to despise Nebriebadeezzar's imago, whioh all the world worshiped, mad the thee will come when molly will dare to despise another image, vabich all the world will worship (Rev. xiii, 8, 15), choosing death rather than suoh favor. 28. "Axed when they beard they were full of wrath and cried out, saying, 'Great Is Diana of the Ephesians." " Theedas booted himself to be somebody; Simon the sorcerer gave out that himself was some great ono; the coming antichrist will proclaim that he bimself is God, and many will believe it, and groat 'will be his wratb against all who oppose hint. The devil will gather the armies of earth against God both at the beginning and end of tbe next thousand years, but all will be overcome by the Lamb, for Be is Ring of kings and Lord of lords (Rev. xix, 10; xx, 8; xvii, 14; II Thess. ii, 4, 8). 20. "And the wbole city was filled with confusion." Confusion and chaos are not the work of God, but of the devil, whether In an individual or in a housebold or in the world, and therefore some think that the work of the devil may be seen as far back in the Bible story as Gen. i, 8; that in the beginning God must bave created all things good and that an enemy was re- sponsible for the chaos of verse 2. 35, 81. Peel would willingly have stood by his friends, who for his sake and for Christ's sake were in danger, but his frienclaweuld not suffer him. He had al- ready been stoned and left for dead, and he was ready at any -time to die for Christ (xiv, 19; xxl, 13). It was never with bine a thougbt of personal conifort, but only of how be could magnify Christ. Sometimes we are compelled by eircumstanoes to go forward when we would fain keep back and sometimes to keep back wben we would fain go forward. The way of rest is to do what you can—go forward. if the way opens, and, if not stay. "Do as 00- casion serve thee, for God is with thee" (I Sam. x, 7). Trust Rim to manage ev- erything, and believe that He does, and be quiet and confident. 32. "Some thereforecried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was confused, and the more part knew not wberefore they were come together." This was not an assembly of believers, but of the world's people, the enemies of God, and yet it is a fair description of the so called church of today, for the preachers ere crying one thing and another, and it mighe be said that the most of those who go to choral] once a week know riot why they go or what they really do believe. 33."And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him for - 'ward." If this was the same Alexander as he of II Tim. iv, 14, Alexander the coppersnaitb, then the smiths were right in this squabble, silversmiths and copper- smiths (verse e4), or, in other words, it was business and idolatry versus Christ. It certainly should not be so that business should be against Christ, but it is too much the case, and will be very decidedly so at the tirne of His coming ha power and glory (Rov. xiii, 17; 11-16). 34. "When they knew that he was it Jew, all with one voice, about the space of two boors, cried (ma, Great is Diana of the EphesAns." How few cry out, "Great is Jesus of Nazareth!" yea "Hine Lath God' exalted" (Acts v, 81), and Him alone, giv- ing Him a name which is above every name, that at His name every knee should bow (Phil. 11, 9, 10). The ainie Will come when all who exalt thernselies against Him shall be brought down, and the Lord alone exalted in that Therefore it is wise to cease from man whosebreath is in bis nostrils and to behold the Lord (Isa. 11, 17, LATEST MARKET REPORTS. Toronto, Aug. 23. I3READSTUFFS, ETC. ---W-lat-7—tr—The -wheat markets have been excited and very strong to -day. In Chi- cago wheat sold to eSeec for September, aud after the close,. on the kerb ad- vanced to 953(o, Corn was also aigher. In the local market business was Dative and prices strong. Red wheat, north and west, sold at 80 to 82e, with 82c bid at the close. About 25 oars sold. Old wheat, middle freights, brought 85c, Mapitobas were strong. No. 1 bard, To- ronto, was held at $1.06; Goderfoh, • $1.01; and ailoat, Fore William, at e7o. Flour—Holders are indifferent about quoting, owing to the rising wheat mar- ket, Straight roller was held at $e.50 hi barrels, middle freights, to day, and. $4,75 was bid. Millfeed—Car lots of bran, middle freight; west, are selling at 88 to $8.50, and shorts at $11.60 to $12.50- Oatmeal—Oar lots of rolled oats, in bags, cm track laexe, are quoted at $3 to $3710. • Peas—Steady. • Car lots •were in de- =ad at 45e, north and west, to -day. Rye—Firm. Car lots west are selling at 41c, and east at 48 to 45e. Oats—Fin. Odd oar lots al white oats, north and west, Hold ot 23e, and mixed were quoted at 2234o, Corn—Car lots, Chatham, quoted. at 28e bid for yellow and. 290 asked. Buckwheat—Nominal. Barley—Nominal. PRODUCE. Eggs—Steady. Demand for looal con- sumption not barge, and pethoipal buyers Witte exporters and cold storage dealers. Values are, if anything, firmer on choice stock, eonie sales being reported of small lots to -day at 12o. Prices to -day gener- ally held between 104e and 1134o for choice, and 8 to Pc for seconds. Chipped are worth about 7o, • Poultry—Quotations for bright stock are: Turkeys, 10 to lle; geese, 8 to 9c; chickens, 40 to 60e; and ducks, 50 to 80o. Potatoee—Easy, as offerings are free. Farmers' lots brought about 30 to 40e. Out of stare small lots sold at around 4i5e. Beans—Not xnuch demand. Values are steady. Hantl-pleked white beans bring 70e for sinale-baz lots. Round lots sell at Ine. Common beans sell at 35 to 45c. Apples—Dealers quote small lots of good stork, here at ale to 4o for dried, and 5 to e for evaporated. • letled. nay—Selling quietly. Strictly oheice, car lots, on male, are quoted at to 0.25. Common sells at about 137, Baled Straw—Very little In. Car lots of oat strays., on track, are quoted at $5 to ete.5e. DAIRY PRODUCE. Butter—No new ft•ature. Good brands remain arm for both creamery and dairy. Lately there seems to be a tendency to overdo the market in creamery pound prints, as some dealers report an accu- mulation in this line. Local prices are as follows: Dairy, tub, poor to medium, to 9o; do., choice, 11 to 121401 barge dairy, rolls, 12 to 13e; dairy, crooks and pails, 11 to 12o; small dairy, rolls, choice, 14 to 14eec; creamery, tubs, 16ee to 17e; and ereamery, pounds, 1734 to 18eio. Cheese—Active, and although tb.e local trade is not large holders of lots are firm on prices at about 9 to 9340 for select. Off grades sell ea about one cent lower. CHEESE MARKETS. Perth, Ont., Aug. 23.—Six hundred boxes cheese brought into Perth oheese market to -tiny; all white; 330330 Sad; all stored; dull. Three buyers for Montreal firms were present. Shelburne, Ont., Aug. 23. — The Cheese Hoard met here to -day. Ten fac- tories boartled 1,170 obeese. One factory sold 150 cheese at 9 1-8e; balance unsold. Buyers present were Cope, Willard, Brown and Ba.•111. Board roots again two weeks from to -day. DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Dressed. hogs sold to -day at thetold prices. Quite a few farmers' lots were in, and sold mostly at $7.35 to 87.50 for the best grades. Provisions keep active, at unohanged prices. The quotations ave Dry Salted Meats --Long clear bacon, car lots, So; ton lots, axe: case lots, See to Sego; backs, 9c. Smoked Meats—Rains, heavy, 1134 to 12c; medium, 12340; light, 130; break- ast bacon, 12340; rolls, 10340; backs, 12 to 12340; picnic hams 9.,4c. to lee. An meats out of pickle fe less than prices quoted for smoked meats. Lard—Tierces, 634o; tubs, 634o; and pails, Wm; compound, 534 to 5eeee, THE LIVE STOOK MARKETS. Toronto, Aug. 23.—We bad about fifty loads of offerings come in this mornieg. There was a fair movement this morning, and while prices were in- clined to weakness about all the stuff here sold. The receipts included between 700 and 800 hogs, 1,100 sheep and lambs, and an ample supply of calves and milk - We had no quotable change in shipping cattle, but prices are weak, as shippers • complain that it is impossible to give the figures asked here for cattle to be sent to English markets; prices in the country will have to come lower before our exporters can see their way to trade on a liberal scale. Values to -day were rem 4 to 434o, with occasionally 4eec per pound. Buying was slow but everything worth having changed bands. For really choice butcher cattle there was a good market, but choice stuff was in limited supply, and a few pieleed lots sold at $3.75 to $3.80 per 100 pounds; • good cattle sold at from 3 1-S to 834o per pound. • Medium fetched around Sc, and inferior sold. at 13 5-8 to 2 7-8c per poand. Still the tendency was downward, and some buyers • as well as sellers seemed inclined to keep their deds very private. However, the stuff all cleared, but sales were not rushing. • Wheat, white new 00 82 Wheat, red, per bush 00 • 86 Wbeat, goose, per bush0000 2770 Oats, per bush 00 Peas, common, per bush.- 00 46 00 • 40 27 111)4yulreelkele' rsppbeelreins131g111, s'ph-ey pair40 80 Chickens, per pear 30 50 Geese, per lb........ 08 09 Butter, In 1-1b. rolls 15 •16 Eggs, new laid 00 10 Potatoe. per bag.. 00 25 Beans, per bush...... 75 85 Parsnps, per dos Beets,per doz 09 150 i 0 Apples, per bbl 9 10 40 Bee, timothy ........ .... 7 50 9 00 8 00 08 4 Straw, sheaf.. _ ............. 6 50 Beef, hinds.. .... ...„. 6 Beef, fore s 8 Lambs, carcase, per lb.— 9i 11)Veal, per lb................ 6 7' Mutton per lb . 5 7 'Dressed ho 7 35 / 50 ,seseete.