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THE SICK wow
G"(1-bYt Naenlan l . With false. searifled
eud, ridged, tend inflamed by the peetileiloe
and aided by those who supported hitti ea
, either gide, he staggera out re, the eharioa
liold fast. the fi0.1 °miners Of the royai
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stable while the peer :dole man Rite lire
avrellea fest) aed Pam straeirltraba late 'the'
vehicle. Beleter bine Uer with the pillowe
and lethirts take a liogering look at his
bright apartment, for perhapa the Ile.brew
captive may be mistekerk and the peat time.
Naamen oontes to that nlacie he may be a
dead weight on the shouldeve of those who,
wary hiM, eas expired ohiefteia seeking
sePulture arnid the lamentations of an ad-
miring natiope Good.by, Naarliall, I Let
tile chariot drive over the bills of Hermon,
lest he jolt the inyelids Here goes, the
bravest man of all his day, a, captsve of a
herrible dxsease. As the ambulance winds
thrkaugh the streets of Damascus the tears
and prayers of all the people, go. after the
world rettowned general.
Perhaps you have had an invalid go out
from, your house on a health excursion,
You know how the neighbore stood mound,
andsaid, "Ah, he will never comeback again
aiive I" Oh it was a solemn moment I
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tell you, when the invalsd had departed,,and
you went into the room to make the bed ,
end te remove the. medicine vials from the
shelf, and to throw open the shutters, so
that the fresh air mi ht rush into the long-
, g
closed room, Gmod-by, Naaman 1 ere
Th
is only one cheerful face looking at him and
that is the face of the little Hebrew cap.
tive, who is sure he will get cured, and
\ ho is so glad shesehel ed him, As the
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ohariot winds out, and the escort or mount-
ed couriers, and the mules, laden with
sacka of goli and silver and embroidered
f I went throuah thke pees of
ailitS o- aPPar° , e g
Damascus and out on the long way, the
hills of •Naphtall, and, Ephraim look down
on the procession, and the retinue goes
right past the battlefields where Naamank
in the days of his health, used to rally his
tioops for fearful onset, and then rho pro-
cessioa stops and reclines awhile in the
groves of olive and oleander, and General
Naaman so sick, so very, very sick I
How the countrymen gaped as p
• the ro-
cession passed 1 They had seen Naaman
go past lik h' 1 • d ' d b
e a w ir win in ays gone y
and had stood aghast at the clank of his
war equipments,but now they commiserate
him They say: "Poor man ! He will never
' . e
get home alive. Poor man 1
General Naaman wakes up from a rest-
less 'sleep in the chariot, and he says to
the charioteer, nHow long before we shall
reach the Prophet Blithe, ?" The charioteer
• eee • •
says to a wayerder, _mow far is it to
Elisha's house 2" He sa "T il "
. ye, wo m es.
"Two miles ?" Then they whip up the
slathered and fagged -out horses. The whole
procession brightens up at the prospect of
speedy arrival. They arm up to the door
of the prophet. The charioteers shout
"Whoa 1' to the horses and trampling
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hoofs and grinding whee s cease shaking
the earth. Come out, 'Elisha, come out.
You have Th d
company. e are,n est company
that ever came to your house has come to
it now. Wo stir inside Elisinas house. The
faot was the Lordhad informed Elisha that
. the..sick. captain was comma and Just how
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tors is badiesiee"t ey depend, upon: e- a wn
strength and instructions and not on the
Lord God, mad that always makes,•malprao-
tice. Come cast, Ensile and attend to -your
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business.
General Ne.ams,n and his retinue waited
and waited and waited. The fact was Naa-
m„ bee two diseases -pride and ',prosy.
The one was as hard to get rid of as theother.
Elists, sits quietly in his house and doe
not go out. After awhile, when he thinkes
he has humbled. this d h
prou man, e says to
a servant, "Go out and tell General Naa-
MEM to bathe seven times in the river Jor.
dan out yonder five miles, and he will get
entirely well." The message comes out.
keen -hate, aa s the commander in chief of
. th S • fy h• IC dr • h
a yrian orces is eye in ing wit an
animation which ib has notshown for weeks
and his swoolen foot stampeng on the bottom
of the chariot regardless of pain. "Wh el
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Isn't he coming out to see me? Wh I
thou h ' I h ld d y
g t certain y e wou come an utter
some cabalistic words over me or make
some enigmetical passes over my wounds.
Why I don't think he knows who I am
Isn't he coming out? Why, when the Shunal
mite woman came to him he rushed out
and criedf 'Is it well with, thee? Is it well
with thy husband? is it well with thy
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child?' And will he tr t
ea a poor unknown
woman like that and let me, a titled er-
sonage, sit here in my chariot and waitpand
wait? I won't endure it any longer. Char.
ioteer, drive on! Wash in the Jordan? ha!
ha! The slinky •Tordan, the muddy Joule, n'
the monotonous Jordan! I wouldn't be
seen waeling in such a river as that. Why
we watered our horses in a better river than'
that on our way here -the bea,utiful river
the jasper paved river of Pharpar. Besides'
that we have in ourcountry another Dame-
scene river, Abana, with foliaged bank and
torrent everswift and ever clear, under the
flickering shadows of scyamore and. olean-
der. Are not Abar-a and Pharpar, rivers
of Damasaus, better than all the waters of
Israel?"
I suppose Naaman felt very muell as
Americans would feel if. by way of medi..
cal prescription, some one should tell us to
go and wash in the Danube or the Rhine
We would. aeswer, " Are not the Clonneeti-
cut and the Hudson just as good ?" Or as
art Englishman would feel if he were told,
by way of medical prescription, he must go
and wash in the .Mississippd or the St.
Lawrence. He would cry out, "Are not
the Thames and the Shannoneust ark well ?"
The fact was that haughty Naaman needed
to learn what every Enalishman and every
Ameriean needs to learn-thae when Gosi
toile you to do a thing you must go and do
it, whether you understend the teasori or
not, Take the prescription whether you
like it or not 0110 thing is certain. Un-
less haughty Naaman does as Elisha cam-
mends him he will die of his awful sickness.
And unless you do as Clhrist commands, you
you will be seized upon by an everlasting.
wasting away. Obey and live ; disobey and
die. Thrilling, overarching, untiergirding,
stupendous alternative!
So, after ail, it seems that this faith
excursion of General Naamam is to be a
dead failure: That little Hebrew captive
might as well have not told hire of the
prophet, and this long journey might as
well not have been taken. Pooneick,dying
Naisman I Are you going away' in higls
dudgeon and worse than When you came ?
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.....S ,tis o,,a.r,tot ...840 e momeet his eervante
clamber up ie. it arid coax • him to clo as
Elisho, said, They say : "It's easy. If
the prophet had told you tes evelk for a
mile ou sharp apikes in order to get rid of
this awful disease you would have 'done
it. I • . d en I el ' t ,
L t is eaess. • o e, my or , pis ger,
down apd wash in the aordao, )(on lake
a bath eeety day anyhow', and 'in thin' cli.
Mate it is so het than it will nosyrot good. .
DO it on Our account, and for the oalte•of
the atiny.you cornieseed, arid fat the sake
of the natiOri, that admiros you. Oom.i.,
triy .Iiitd,L just 'try thig ' jordatsle baths" ,
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"Well," he eaYo, `te please yOli I .will do
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eke yen say." The' retieme. drive le the
bitelk of the jordard The horses Pave nerd
neigh to get het° the etre= themselvelk
eald cool their ' bet fissakik. General Nee-
roam iseeieted by. hie atteadente, geta down
°et. qg ll'e el:14°a and palafally °ernes' to
the brink of theeiver and steps in' until
the water °en'," te. the' an4le and- gees en
deeper until the Wi4eP coulee te the girdle,
a.nd. nowt standing so far down in the
stream, Just a little inclination of the head
eree him He bows
will thoroegbly. hum . . .
once into the flood and comes up and
shakeS the weter oat of nostril and eye
and his atteudents look at him and Bey,
"Why, general how Mull better Yell do
look I" And he hews a aecond time into
the llood aud comas up, and the wild stare
is gone out of his eye. He bows the third
time into the flood and corners up, and the
shrivejen flesh has got smooth again. He'
bows the fourth time into the flood and
comes up, and the hair that had fallen out
is restored in thick lecke again all over the
brew. He bows the fifth time into the
flood and acmes up, and the boarsenese
has gono out of his throat, He he,a the
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sixth time and comes up, and all the sore -
nese aad anguish have gone Oa of the
limbs- "WhY," be says, "I am alcrsost
well but I will make a com lete cure "
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and he bows the eeventh time into the
fl. d d h d h
oo an e. comes up, an not so mue
as a, fester, or a scale, or an eruption as
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big as the head of a pm is to be seen On
him . . ,
He ste s out on the banks and 'save "Is
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it posssble ?" And the attendants look end
say, "Is it poeeible?" And as, with the
health of au athlete, he bounds back into
the chariot and drives on there goes up
from° all his attendants a wild `'lluzza l
Hume* Of h b
course t ey go oak to pay
and thank the man of God for his counsel
so fraught with wisdom. When they left
the prophet's house, they went off mad.
They had come back glad. People always
think better of a minister after the y JIM
oonverted than they do 'before 'conversion,
I suppose' thee was a, great time ab Da.
mascus wheu General Nommen got back,
The charioteers did not have to drive slow-
1 1 1 tl • h "
y any ongcr, est ley • pit t o invaltd,
but as the horses dashed through the streets
of Da,mascus I think the people rushed out
to hail back. their Ohieftain. Nasman's wife
hardly recognized herhusband. He was ins
wonderfully changed she had to look at him
two or three times before she me.de out
her restored husband. And the little cap-
tive nusid she rushed out ola lis her
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hands and resenting: "Did he oure you?
i e cure you en must° woke up t e
D'cl. h '2" Th ' h
palms°, and the tapestry of the windows
was drawn away, that the multitude out-
side, might mingle with t'he princely mirth
inside, and the feet went up and down in
the dance, and all the streets of Damatcus
that night echoed and re-echoed with the
news: `Naaman's cured! Naaman's eurecil"
But a gladder time thantinst it would be if
your sonl should get cured of Its leprosy.'
The swiftest white hones hitched to the
King's chariot would rush the news into the
eternal city. "Our loved ones before the
throne would welcome the lad tidin s
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'gu 'se 'on inne`i hea6taebara'a 6' Clairia at'
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prosy. o of Ensile., have
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ravzz.
The etippiy of tneriseteane applea le pot
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us leap rse that of the e.v. erage year, except
le otoo of the bay of Qeinte wee nt, Law-
remit) cassuitiee, although there is inoie than
enough for hotise supply in neoet SeOtign8,
L3V6P qnantitfes ef apples were hiewn dr'w12
eitrel tell'IlDoetVelle, atrVomrnitleY1.1.- oPC Warhea•balrtehilelanignh-
net free tress's blight, in a few loots' sections,
have yielded Welli and the Peach erOla hae
alao been large' stud on the whole setrefac-
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tory. vs, Isere ene oureolio wee destroyen
or pr0Vented, plums gave good retimns, but
the ravages ef the bleak knot amongst both
plum and cherry trees is referred to by
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eortespondeats in tomer of regret, Refer.
encee to grapes are less than usual, but
vineyards appear to be in good condition,'
and so also are fruit trees, except in the
cases cited above. Several correepondents
speak well of the effects of applying, Parie
gmtiexetslepreisCreosetztemfruulistizaonwdett4haerBeTtaomuic.
ing More alert to the importance of both
preventive and remedial method%
BEES AND HONEY.
Theee is very little to say regarding bees.
beyond what was contained in the August
obtelletin. The surplus honey has been
ladle* from alsike and basswood. What
little white olover t t d • d '
was ex rac e is 8-
ecriloed as of rather poor clualitY. A case
or two of foul brood was reported in the
West Midland rou On the whole Wee
. g P. . , , ,
appear to be ma healthy condition, bat in
Many • t f d' b k be
ine ances ee mg ao , may ,
necessary. - .
eouvrav. '
The keeping of poultry on the farm is
regarded by cerrespondents from a variety
of standpoints. Some claim that there is'
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more loos tkhan profit in fowl as ordinarily
kept, as they do more injury than benefit
to the growing crops, and. eat more than
they return. Others. bold that the destrue-
tion of insects by fowl is oforeat benefit to
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agriculture, an t at ey can e e
d h th 'la f d
Ingo._
y upon scraps and poor grein that
otherwise would be, wasted. It is also
pointed out that the product of thehennery
pays the grocery bill, and that poultry also
. h d d • h
gives a muc nee e variety to the ome
table, The great abundance of grasshoppers
furnished tutkeys , with choice food, arca
these birds are said to be in particularly
good condipion on that accounet With the
exce ' f t dd f h 1 d
ptson o a ew o oases o o o era an
roup but little disease was reported among
fowl,. . Judging by references tO the
in a e ta &est taken in oultry at the
ere s d i t p
fall. fairs the industry is growing -in popu.
' ' ' • h h h
lardy. It is evident, owever, t at t ere
is no need for more definiteness and
method so far as poultry raising on the farm
is conceraed. .
PASTURES AND eaves secant.
The long drought of summer bat pastures
in a rather bare coadition,, but fall , rains
revived them to a • wouderful extent, and
live stock in general bad a splendid chance
t 11 Th 1 f ttl as great-
o pu up. e supp y o ea e w
er than the demand, arid although few fat
,
stock were offering they Were in good gen-
eral condition. Sheep,also,were in a healthy
and vigorous state, but the demand for
lambs wike,,light Aseext._at_such low prices
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that few.holiaserentute, to-ae 14-,An-..nnitioxisec
, f • ,i5 •'-' .,a..i'' . • ; ' . •'sorci., Iiiiiiiiitet ; ; ' . ,
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dente w oteatsinoteritifidiffacr-brael1I ' • •
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among Jaye St ex., ana u r OW-DISTRe , _
ehe season would be counted a successful
one. There mill be plenty of fodder, al-
though ' straw iS rather short. Outside of
the St. Lawrence counties there has been
no great increase ih the 'number of silos,but
all over the prOvince there has been a wid.
er area of corn raised for cattle feeding.
The horn -fly was hardly as bad as in the
previous year.
THE DAIRY. ,
This branch of agriculture is more than
holding its own. While there was a great
fallin off in the milk flow in .several
... °untrue in es ern n ar o, owing o e
- g' 'W t Oti ' tth
midsummer drought, the returns from that
h If f th ' •t•Il u •
a o e province are E x enco raging,
while the reports from the dairy counties
along the St. Lawrence are even more
,
f A t d 'd d ' t
entre actory. mos 0 eci e improvemen
is reported in the quality of butter, and
- f th d 't h b d" d f
most o e pro uc as een repose o
at a paying price, Shorthorn grades are
yet most frequently found in the dairies of
the province, but tbe introduction of 3 er-
sey blood is referred to • by many; corre-
spondeptsesome of whom connect this, with
th t 1 f
e es or butter -fat now practised in
•
creamerres and cheese.factories. However,
the Ayrshires are still most popular in the
eaetern dairy counties while the Holsteins
are a s° eing me in various per s. o
1 b ' t • g ' • t f
the province. orrespondents lb. all
the districts.refer favorably to the visits of
the travelling dairy to their res t*
pec ive
t•
sec sons.
FARM IMPROVEMENTS.
While a large number of correspondents,
both east and west, state that the hard
times prevent much expenditure for farm
improvement, there appears to be a consid-
erable advance in the way of underdrain-
ing, more especially in the vvestern counties
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where tile has . been plentiful. Farmers,
however, do not appear to have much con-
fidenee in ditching machinee, .and nearly
all the work has been done by hand. In
the way of buildings, work has been mostly
in the direotion of improved barns, a
number of old ones being raised and good
stone etables etc., built underneath. The
greatesu activity has been in the way of
fence improvement. The old " zig-zag"
•
rail fences are rapidly giving way to some
form of straight fence, made more or less
of wire er picket. In Perth ahd Huron a
considerable number of honey locust hedges
h b 1 t d
aye een p an e .
ARM' LABOR
Y • -
,
Four things tend to lead to the opinion
that a fall rather than a rise may occur in
the rate of farm wages ; the low prices pre,
veiling for most farm products, the abund.
ance of labor offering, the endeayor on the
part Of so many farmers to . do the work
. . .
within their family aided, by imptoved
eneehinery, and the fame that more land
them ever before has been seeded down for
pasture.' . Correspondents do not :meek
highly of the average quality ef the later
availa.ble, while a nunsher use rather, die-
paraging 'tetras regarding the imported
article.' Owing to the depression in the
eities,domestic servants are hardly as ecarce•
as in former years, as a coneicleralele num-
her aro eeeking rural oecupetion. '
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'PREMIUM) AND MARKETING.
Lithreshing was not far advanced in tho
east midland eounties as correspondents
wtote, butin nearly every other portionfof
the .province the work was either com.
leted or neatly finished. Wheat .
P ' , was
being Marketea but eloWlY, awing to low
prices, but an' itnmonse quantity, of both
Wheat and barley is being' fed to live stoek,
More especially to hogs. Oati and peas
liana been Sold its coneideteble quantities.
GrOWerif of grain generally ate fat from
hopeful, tudgiog bY the tone of the returns,
.
Win -IMAM corresennaa, '
p ' L r ' he h ' -b
orhapii WM` ueore ave t e reports Oen.
so. namenuke eesso, sropi)stio att 0 the herd.
flees' nt the titness the general cgerkplairst,
is as to the lownese of prices ' Many• are
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of the opinion that the farinere of Ontario
, . . .
smut leak for their bloom° to Pliceoe,butter,
PtIseerk4 isPealucrtorrY;e:pgognedegwIttleithaellerkliannhdb
story to tep of tie „coo throe h atm:anted
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met ode I he farmers appear to be care-
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fully stadying the questions; aaeoving, their
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UNDAY SCHOOL
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INTE: litIATIONAL ,LESS9$ DEg, 4.i
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"Christ's IreatitnOttY *0 ,IfOnte' .1,ithe'7, A4
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GENERAL S'TATEME'' NT., ' ' ' ' ' : .':',
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J'equs ie now iii the !tempt* bucky dayi 'of
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hie early populerity, blue° eigleepiriesie
caged et " Black Orseele." His. ,diaMplea-
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like, kattil. a freends ists maereit 'have .accee0
to him.' . Through. them. 'he ' learnS . some*
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teileg of the inovemeets eef !tome., .4s4ing
two of his disciples, John Benda tbetn to
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Jesus with this.question : " Art. thoii ' be
hat cometh, or look 'we f6r enother Yo
TWo views are held as to• the parpoies
of Soi.jo:s min' ssy,; . 1. L : That ii: IV' 0."S fey
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hit disciples' sake., He avas .consoiens.thalt
hie own work was done. He had- full, faith
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thatjesus was the Messiah. ' 'Ile de:sited
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before elosirig lifs career' that all .hirodiee
Missies ehould transfer' their . faith, Lind
allegiance fully to Jesus ;_li, eneebh,,..!,e.' hellasey
and question, . 2. That it was for.,hie '6w -
sake. This seems the mote natural vie*
The first appears like an ' unneceseary• in.'
. ,
vention to save the reputation of .jeduis
After all, John was but humeri. . Tree,. he.
had beheld the ,heevene pamtede and the
Spirit descending oneTesue, 'and heard the
divine Voice. On the strength of that
scene he lead pointed Jesus out as the
Christ. But all this is far clearer to us
than it was to him. And then, 'like the
greatest of natures -like 1Vloses And Elijah,
.
before hirn like Savonarola and .Luther
einoe-he had moments: of despondency.
Even John never rose to adequate ooneep.
tions of Christ's kingdom. We know how
far below any just comprehension of it, the
most spiritual of the apostles fell, oven
after years of training . by, Jesus hiinself.
It was . a oonception that could not he
grasped till after the ascension of Christ
and the descent of the Spirit. aTesue was
,, . '
not cueing ehe work John expected. Herods
and Pilates and Caiaphases were still in
J h . l • h' • ' '
power. o n was angina nig m prison.
Where was his winnowing fan ? Why . did'
he not sift the nation and garner his wheat,
and burn up the chaff ? " Art thou he that
cometh ,or look e for a the t" j '
' W PO T . esus
did not directly answer the carestioa, bub•
•
with adevident allusion to LIM 61 :sends
back the message, " Go, tell, John what ye.
have seen and heard , h hi' d '
• t e in receive.
their sight, th-e lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed the deaf hear the dead are raised
' ' •. ' •
up, the poor Imve the Gospel prea,ohecl to
the ." and tenderly adds, " Blessed is he
m '
whosoever shall ..find none occasion . of.
stumbling -in me." -B. 8. Deen. The
messengers depart and then followik the
, . . s .
testsmony whmh constitutes the resent
. . It ,
lesson. Christ exalts John above all rumen
.
1 h ' h If h b
riva S, t en asthma es is wirers y say-
ing " He that is least in the kingdom of
' •
God is greater than he." This "testimony
to John" markeda sharp line< of division
between the comin '1 hts had heard
on peop e w , .
John gladly and the PhariseeS An' electors,
_ . , . d
who relined his baptism. Our Lord's' final,
d h h 1 k' ' d • 't
wor s s ow ow se peg in eep, Kneen y
' were both elassee..- ,, , ,
EXPLANATORY AND PAAOTICAL NOTES.
. . ,,.
Verse 24. The rckessengers ofJohn., See
" G•eneral Statement" and Luke. 7, 17-23, '
Were. departed. (1) The trim friend. is -he
Wile speaks . to . us in • warning and
of pa in praise. .Recall what ' John
had 'd b t J (T h 1 26 27
sea a ou esus , o n 6 , • ,
29-38 . 4., 6 36 I t th 'ld •
, and . 2 - . n o e wi ere.
ness. The shores of Jordan. A reed.
This que t* h th f f t' '
s ion as e °roe o a nega. we.
John was not, then, what the people might
have inferred from his question, a fickle,:
vacillating man, now belimang .and now
doubting ; but a mare of firm charectere
constant in prosperity and flrm against
the hate of Herod and the neglect of the
people. (2) God's heroes must be roen of
firmness and strength of purpose. •
. 25, 26. A man • clothed in soft raiment?
An alluson to John's rough garb and self.
denying lifea and his superSority to influeas
.ces that contrel ordinary mortals.' In
King's courts. Where they might leek
for a Herod, but never find a John. (3)
God's eyes oftener look with interest upon
the cotte.ge than upon the palace.. A
prophet? John not only held a place with
Samuel, Isaiah, and Elijah, and the rest of
the goodly fellowship of the prophets, but
in honor he was above them all. More
than a prophet. The others had forseen 6
Saviour centuries dietent; Jelin alone of
the prophets beheld him and isolated to
him close at hand,and baptized him 'for his'
work, thereby witnessing the fulfillment of
hie own predictions. ' -
, .
27. Of whom it is written. In Mal. 3.
1. Before thy face. Heralds were u ually
s •
sent out to prepare the way for oriental
monarchs. . .
28. There is not a greeter prophet than
John ehe Baptist. (4)God e estimate , of •
greatness is very different, from man's. This
1 Id t b 1 ' d 1 h '
s sou no a exp sine to sat e
mean t
th t 1 t. th e I
was e mos e oquen .or e mos. marve -
ous in mircle•working powei or the most
,
godly. A prophet WSS a herald of
the kingdom of God on earth. A.
prophet's business was to tell L men,
, , .,
about Christ s miming, and to do what
he could to hasten his coming; So the
greatest of the prophets was he who did
the most to brin th ' k' d f G d• d
g e rag om o o , an
our Lord saya that none wai greater-inahis
regard tha,n John Ile that is lease irtihe
k'u d of G d •'. t th h . .8' '
1,1, °"3 o ts grea er an. e, trap-
use he is in the kin dons and John
..' eca • g '
was only on ,its threehold; ae a, child on •is
mountiaa summit can see farther ' than a '
• - , . .
gaint on the plain. (o)rhere was not an
• •
Inspired prophet of the aneiene day whose.
rivilegee were equei to/those of the leastot .
Ilse followers of Chrieb now.' ' . '
2,9,30. All thepeople*** and the peblitseu '
(contrasted with the Pharisees andlawyersi'
instified. God, being baptized. They obeyed'
'Jolni's message, repented, and' were :baptizs
ed, and thus honored God, Rejected the
counsel of God a aAnse themselves.' Ti 6,6
i
• te. f g I ' I f 6 ' ' f
is, t y rustratet the, p mirk o od, o ,
h. h J I ' ' ' d b • ' .
w re o In S preaching an eptism . were.
parts. •• . ., ' , .
31. Whereunto then shall i•liken.. Joinis
was %model ler teachers id that he seldom..
told a truth without telliagwhat ' it was
32. Sitting in the rnarkot place. The
i t 1, . I,. Lt-.-
on y open par • o . au • eaetern .M. y
w ere c I rein San p ay. e av
h hid • 1 - W • h' '6
a t • - ' ., • 1 • -
pipe , eto. The.. meaning of ' th s iss
"We wanted to make believe 'We Ureter.
havirsg a wedding,. ' arid you wouldn't play ,
with BS; HOW vire'viraiiti to make believe We
- it • • . f ra I ' d 't l''y -
are aving a neer& , an you won. p a .
i.. '. • h . k . , 1 . iik d .
teat est er, . ou,wou tp oy anyt mg; an
. tii'n 't y " We hos hentd our'
no 1 .g sin s ou. , e . ,, .
oWn ehildren Make Similar complaints. . '
,
83, 34. Neithet eating bread nor drink.'
i tr.. j S - .ty pi Eito '
g me. esus ays, . .ou peo e
'like theat childrein you find bent wish
John oa ane ground, and .With me ou att.
.,t,116,,,), . ' .
-a-Ls
.w-, 'in WITT TALMAQE DWELLS
ox TH4 LEpRosy cop Me,
, '
, .' -"•••••• '
466 -SOW !fate the World. to. Snow
/.), WO' ite WItiter Jeire-SPI-ritnel
etelefltea, Attained Through a linen
ti. Spirit, floral aepees,
.
ri/c1,11.4. Nese . ig„..neses. Da mesenagks
10Sen as the subject of to -day's ser-
khrough the press " The Sick eeaeral,"
nee seleeted being IlKiuga Y, I., "He
, lepera, , ,
, , . . ...
re we ha,Ye a warrior emit, not untie
idea or Yheumatisms or consumptions,
rith a d!sessie worse than all these put
her. "A, red mark has emne out on
forehead, preoursor of complete dia.
kment and di:isolations I have some-
awful to tell you. General Natiman,
ommander in chief of all the Syrian
5, has the leprosy! It is on hie hands,
5 face, ma "'his feet, on his entite per-
The leprosy ! Get out of the way of
estilence ! •If hit breath strikes you,
,re a dead num. The commander in
of all the forces of Syria! And yot
add he glad to exchange conditions
the boy at his stirrup or the h,ostler
blankets, his cheroot. The news goes
vildfire all through the realm, and the
,e are sympathetic, and th ey cry out,
,
t possible that our great her°, wu°
Ahab and around whom we oame with
vooiferation when he retuned from
rious battle -can it be possible that
;rand and glorious Neeman has the
sy ?"
I, Everybody has eom.ething he wiehes
s nob -David, an Absalom to disgrace
Paul, a thorn to sting him; Job, car-
es to plague him; Samson, Delilah to
him; Ahab, a Naboth to deny him;
611, a Mordeoai to irritate him; George
ington, childlessness to afflict. him;
Wesley,a termaga,nt wife to pesterhim
weak eyes; Popa, a crooked back;
a., a club foot; Sohn Miltomblind eyes;
.es Lamb, an insane sister, and you
op. and you and you something which
Lever bargained for and would like to
d of. The reason of this Is that God
eot want this world to be too bright.
!wise we would always want to stay
aa these fruits and lie ors these loung-
1 shake hands in this pleasant so•
,
I are only in the vestibule of a grand
Le. God does not want us to stay on
...'.' ,,,,A,7,;`---4,1''''',' `-.4,.`' . ''' . ,, '• • ' • ' ,- . . ,.. ,
' 'tg. L'An ' . 0 " ''' -. : 'New.' sa,' hea.
" s • ' etesdasse - ' •: --,a,,,t. , - -
..4.,k,4,44-;„ T,,!.. ,, ,..4 . - 0. av ,,.
' ''''''''' • , s tiattatiett4n.ataat''441a
' - ., ''. F.,..1,,, ..- „,.a-7,.' ,lk,,,,,,,,,,,,,}4,6044
a • a ' •-asper ' rm. k elm sabrigeser
ta, and more radiant prosperities. God
.y whipping us ahead. The reason
Edward Payson and Robert Hall bad
rapturous view -a of heaven than other
le had was because, through their aches
'
aaens, God pushed them nearer up to
If God dashes out one of your pictures
only to show to -you a brighter one. If
ing your foot with gout, your brain
neuralgia, your tongue with inextin.
sable thirst, itis only because he is
axing to substitute a better body than
ever dreamed of when the mortal shall
on immortality,
is to push on and to push you up
fd something grander and better that
sends upon you, as he did upon General
nan, something you do not want.
ad in his Syrian mansion, all the walls
iring with the shields which he had
'end in battle the corridors crowded
admiring visitors who just wanted to
lin once, music and mirth and ban-
Mg filling all the mansion from
Slated fieor to pictured ceiling,
nan would have forgotten that there
anything better and would have been
to stay there 10.000 years: Bqt, oh,
the shields dim, and how the visitore
le hall, and how the music drop& dead
the string, and how the gates of the
lion slam shut with sepulchral bang,
m. read the closing words of the eule-
L., u
. He was a leper! He was a leperl''
sere wee one person more sympathetic
. General Newnan than any other
m. Naaman's wife walks the floor
ging her hands and trying to think
s she can do to alleviate her husband's
ring. All remedies have failed. The
aon general and the doctor of the
1 staff have met, and they imve shaken
• heads as much as to sa "
, y, No cure,
ire!" I think that the office seekers
enfolded up their recommendations
gone home. Probably most of the
oyes of the establishment bad dropped
work and were thinking of looking
lame other situation. What shall
become of oor Naaman's if 9 .
p w e. She
hove sympathy somewhere. In her
dr she goes to a little Hebrew captive,
vent girl in her house, to whom she
the whole story, as sometimes, when
oine by the sorrows of the- world and
ig no sympathy anywhere else, you
gone out and found in the aytnpathy
ne humble domestic -Rose or Dinah
sidgete--a help which the world could
ive .
sat a scene it was I One of the grand-
omen in all Syria in cabinet council
e waiting maid over the declining
1 of the mighty general. "I know
khing," says the little captive maid,
,ow something," as she bounds to her
!cot. "In the land fi•orrs which I was
L there is a certain prophet known by
erne of Elisha who can cure almost
Ling, and I shouldn't wonder if he
eure my master. Send her him right
." "Oh, hush 1" you say. 7 1,
"-,-1 tee
st tnedioel talent irk aIl the land can-
ire that lepeathere is no need of your
lag to any talk of a servant girL"'
o nob scoff, do not sneer. The fiance
1 little ceptive maid is' pointing in
ght direotion. She might have said :
f° a ludigineut ills= Yoh for ste 'Haig
rom my native ,land. Didn't they
i mo off ili the night, breaking rnv
--,
',I and mother's hearte, and many a
: have lain and cried all night because
'
so homesick." Then, fluahing up
afidish indignatioa, she might have
"Good for them. I'm glad Naarnan'S
a. leptosy. I Wish all' the Syrians
,
be leprosy t" isio. Forgetting her-
al eorrowe, she sympathizes' with
Tering of her master and commends
the fimeue Hebrew ProPhot:
vonder the ' driVido Of thia little HeL•
elitism threw all Niuseisents mansieu
;en.hadad's palace into excitement,
, . ., ,
• ____, ,
,A, YEAR REMAMKABLE 'FOE LADE
OF RAIN
- .
fet Ranter Its UTieaual Inistribtrnott,•-
Drought. tho rrtuoips1 cause ora Eau-
Ana °gin Wald CI a IbA -it 04 0 r ts on the
'' " '''''''," - ' , •
'Wheat, relate ttttlt ireat °tells* Itase't
est Aottitesteounte teem Au pax.tH of
the P'Ir"inee' •
Advance proof sheets of the November
crop bulletin, the last of the year to be
•
issued by ehe Bureeu of industeiete have
, • . , • ,
ueen received. . '
" The most 'remarkable feature of the
weather of 1894," the report begias, " has
been .the lack of ,rain, or rather its unequ.a,,,I.
distetbutione ,The rainfall for the le
,
months of 1894 was 3;81 inches less than
in 1893 and, 2.49•1ess than. tho average of
1882-93. . But for the growing months,
April to September, the raintall was only
1.55 inches less than in 1893 and 0.58 inehes
•
less thau the ayerage of 1883-92. The table
.
shows that more than one.third of the six
months' fall carne in the month of May. In
the other five months only 9.61 inches fells
as, against 13.51 in 1893, aed 13.12 the
average of 1882-93. The drought was
caused, first, by the, smaller precipitation
of the spring months, and, second, becalms
the summer tabs. fell principally in one
month and was uot so um orm y -
*f 1 distri
buted over the growing months as in former
years.
‘‘ During August the provinoe suffered
• i
most severely from want of ram, Some .o
, ,
the counties in the southern part of the
province recorded only o, trifle of rain ; for
instance, Wentworth, 7 tenths of an inch;
Lambton, 3 ; Norfolk, 2 ; Brant, 2 ; Perth
2 ; Welland, 3 ; Essex, a few drops ;
Haldimand, 4 tenths ; Huron, 3 ; Welling-
ton, 5 ; Kent, nothing ; Elgin, nothing ;
- •
Halton, 3 tenths ; Middlesex, 1 ; East
York, 3. In other portions, Lanark re.
corded 3 tenths ; North York, 5 ; Dufferin,
2 In October the rainfall was remarka,b1 v
'
uniform over the• province. In August
ros occurre in nice an astings a out
f t d • B d H ' b
the eame tinee. Thou followed very fine
weather. Slight frost occurred September
11 to 25 with. very little damage. Some
snow fell October 14." The report coa-
tinues :
FIELD CROPS.
• The quality of the grain crops hervestkid
in 1894 may be briefly stated thus I Fall
wheat is in general reported as being of
d l't '' b • - ' 1 '
goo qua i y,some eing extra reayy; spring
wheat, light in weight, and shrunken in
many districts; barley, of good color but
- ' t .
inclined o be underweight ; oats, variable,.
onakbeawleosle ;under the average in quality ;
4,-,A0ory/404493'.44erftliittinlikeportietp.ii,
. , , ‘ •,,, '. /
, . a ithety, "baggy aall thia • s hilie wagtails.
t' .. . . , ,:g -S, „-.,,„,_,.. ,,, , ,,,4-: , ,7,f4i, , 't.' ,. ,.k.. ,,
. ,..„--,-„-vartTzwylL,,,,,s_r,qz,,.....,4,0:4,1tilari Tie.;
' ' ",aelessreifelnaenet" e • "•"-OC-4enet -1" -
Deo e L•ta',..1 - a tst '' "41 'IA '''..4 ' ;Wall'"•
t t - nadditibntosthei„.. a, bligtegreeen
hoppers were most destructave in the west-
ern half of Ontario. The drought was the
•
principal cause of falling off in crops.
Tee corn suffered vertreseverely from the
droUght,and growth during the summer was
slow, but after September 1 the recover was
rapid and most marked. AR a result of the
peculiar weather, the crop has varied great-
ly, in different sections; in some places very
good, in some shorten stalks and small in
ears, others . ,
almost a failute On the whole
it is' somewhat under the average. Beans
have done better than was expected, turn.
ing out very good. Buckwheat is not quite
up to that of 1893, but is fair. These three
ops suffered quite severely from droug.ht
cr - '
but from no other cause.
Hops are reported to be under the aver-
age ; millet, variable, poor to very good e
la
fl - the whole ood crop • ra y
8''' 00 , a g ., pe, on
fair • sorghum not so extensively grown
' '• • ' a
as formerly, owing to inadequate means of
extracting the syrup, but a fair crop in the
south-wese.
CLOVER.
'
Red clover suffered much from winter
killing. The drought affected it as much
as most other crops, causing a short crop •
Owing to lack of fodder, much red clover
was pastured, that would otherwise heve
been allowed to form' seed. The crop of
clover seed, as a consequence, is short this
year in all parts. The midge was reported
destructive by very few correspondents.
Alsike has turned out much better ; it may
be set down as. being very good. The
yield of seed is reported as varying all the
way item two to five bushels per acre.
NEW TALL WHEAL
As to acreage, ver teve report enincrease
Most correspondent,yr give a decrease of from.
5 to 50 per cent. The acreage is probably
from 10 to 20 per cent. Less than last year..
The sowing began September I, and was
finished by October 1, the larger portion
being put in the graund from September 5
to j.5. The ground was in fine condition,
the only drawback being that there wee too
little moieture• At the time of reporting,
the general statement was that it riever was
io better condition. Eittie or no injury of
any kind was reported. The. varieties are
too numerous to be refuted to here. .
POTATOES.
The yield of potatoes will be considerablY
below the average, chiefly owing to the
drought, althought many correspon-
dents in ,the counties oat of Peel and
along the St. Lavvrence speak of a good
return. As a rule, the tubers are small in
size ; but frequent references are made to
their " mealy" quality, and there is come
paratively little rot. The veeather was
favorable for pitting a.nd housing, which
work was generally completed when cure.
epondents wrote. .
Racers.
Turnipe have euffered from yarioue
causes. Early in the Beason the draught
Nam trying te the crop; and in many couns
ties, but more especially in Huron, Grey
and Pertha much injury was done ' by
geasshoppero,, some oorreepondente report-
lug that fielde of turaips • had been elrnost
completely ruined by them. With the
fall rains the crops reviveld to an amour.
agio , extent, and the growing seasen of
Odle er we,s most favorable to 'improve-
moat • '
PALL PLOUGHING. .
'
In Essex and Kent comparatively hal.°
ploughing had been dope as eorrespendents
wrotes oorsi and fruit demanding the more
.immediate attention of farmers. 'Pekin°.
. e
the provirme geberally, however, the work•
Was well advariced, although ors elay land
the dty weethet made ploughing more
difficult than usual. Judging by the ie.
Marks of sentare' notreeporidenta, there will
be more land left hi pasture for.dairy pur.
noses thim in former veers. , '. i
lar ''
, ENGLAND IN AFRICA.
, -,___
The nalltbele, the nem, reeitle Fr"1".
Whom she -wrested tier totest Victory.
.
About ninety Year' age Eaglaad first laid
her hancle upon South Afrioa. I,ess than
,
twenty Years her poeseesem, in South
Afrioa covered an area of 26 300 aquare
. ' ,, . , ,. • ' f . .
miles. To -day British South Alma etretelees
over an immense area of more than 1,021,000
uare miles Thus every year, for More
sq '
than ninety years, England has increased
her territory. in Smith Africa ab an. average
rate of more than 11,000 equate tmles. This
vast acquisiti re of I na fr ni savage tribes
0 13. 0
could oot be secured without the cost of,
.
immense sulne of money and thousands. el
,.
lives, so that we are not surprised to Mid
,
- -
- sea
ea; . . . ' •
'•-ts s -,:etaYeet
atet„,..see.e. ,
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A MATABELE WARRIOR.
• •
the history of South Africa made up to e,
t f th d f 1 .
very area extent, o e recor s o flamer-
ons costly and bloody Kaffir wars.
atabelelan 9
M d England's latest conquest
tia Africa,extende from the Zambesi river to
he 21st parallel of. south latitude. Its east
and west boundaries are approximately the
26th and 30th degrees of east Ion itude
g '
he country is said to be about as large' as
1 _ - • . ea
tnlanY• , .
Imo Matabele,hke most natives of South
Africa u th ' f d
, se e assegai as a weapon o e-
fense. Many of them become so skillful
f thi t
in ehe use o s weapon as to be able o
throw it, with nerfect accuracy as far as
' s - s ' •
eventy-five vards,with a force sufficient to,
so throu h the b d f M t of
g g o y o , a man. . os
the men of Matabeleland. ere trained, by
fre mite •ac ice . fo behtin The women
Vol* ,.,,R, ,4 ..,:r$ ,,,,c..,. 3. - ,
• '''''..:1.'1, :' , ,. , ' 'Jana the men, do
,b,„ 1 , , . . Li. f 1,1
f - en.e.„ ,, • aa O or Wel'. le
• ..e. • , •.'ets'kekkey, 'nee- ure these; they
.iiiiirot,,,p,:.-,.:. ... ..f.,a half-moon, so that
#,,•,,. ;,,, ,,,,. ,,,,..,,,;..., ., ,
dotnenas ''0I-Tne,o0a.v consist of files only
. . ,
two or three deep, while tne rank deepens
ra idl toward the ee tre f the ore e t
re,Pe
n y h for rd to lia atensok ithBe n t.
ie y rusd dwa, t n w grea
d th
.orc.e,ean en eavorofe stinirroua e e.t.t.ttneY
ex ension e wings. ri, n
ay tn. t
ce an enemy is surrounded, they kill as
OD .13, . .
many as possi se with their asmegais. The
Zulus employed tactics of this kind with
9
great success, when fighting a.gainst the
English.
,, ,
a estate
-- - - -
'-''''''''.
THE NEW CZAR. •
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He lias An Opportunity of Endearing
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Them Bet -onus.
Europe regards with ouriosity and con-
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cern the young Emperor of Russia who
,
has just been called to rule one of the
greatest countries in the world. With bim
rests the peace of the nations, it is said,
and there is much c • • t 1
uriossty o earn the
manner o f man he is. He' is in -his 27th
year, having been born in MaY, 1868,
but those who know hine do not
k of ' • '
epee, . him as an impetuous youth.
Rather rs he sedete and scholarly,
partaking more of the disposition of his
Danish mother than of the Romanoffs. He
' d soribed as am'able modest a d ' 1
Is e 1 , n simp e
of manner, graceful, of medium height,
dark complexion 8,nd glossy black- hain
His governor and tutor was General Dan-
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i vi c , who brought up hie pupal free
rom prejudices of all kinds. .
nes EDUCATION WAS THOROUGH,
t' 1 .1 ' the cie
par um se y in s nces, and he speaks
Danish, Germem,English,Greek and French
equally ae well as Russian. What effect
his elevation at so early an age to the
imperial office will have upon the young
man remains to be seen. His father was
an able, earnest, and, in many respects, a
good man, but he was too easily influ.
enced by his advisers, who stood between
him and his people,and effectually prevent-
ed any intercourse which might bring
about concessions from the Emperor which
would disturb the rule of the official and
privileged class. So the world will watch
with interest to learn who will be the
advisers of this young man, for much will
depend upon those whom ,he calls about
him. Ile has an opportunity of endearing
himself with the people by granting them
the reforms they ask, but his father and
his gra.ndfather had the same opportunity
and did not avail themselvee of it.
THE COURT PARTY,
more skilled in intrigue then any in Eu.
rope, has always been the obetruction.
judging,hn wevenfromtheestimates madeof
the character of the young Emperor we do
not think that Nicholas II. veill become the
recluse his father was throurrh fear of his
people,. We fancy that he will move fear-
lesely about among them, and he will intro.
duce such reforms as will make them more
contentad, But, as we said before, all will
depend upon his advisers. Dasigning. ones,
working upon his fearraor in magnifying. the
peril which will come if he relinquish any
of the ppWer he now holds, May harden his
heara put ea his father's. wag herdened,
and postpone the emancipetion of the Rus...
elan people indefinitely, but if he govern,
wisely for hies -mil he can render himself be-
laved by millions arid melte Rastria a hap.
PY land. Time wilt tell, and that shortly
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YUNG 1VIATABELE PRACTISING WITH AN
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A MINE DISASTER.
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a Fearful Esplosion--Seven Men Kilted-
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Fearful Sin-hts at the Eit's Mouth.
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A despatch from Wheeling W.. Va
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says :--There was an appalling mine disaster
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on Tuesday shortly after noon at the
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Blanch coal mines, on mu_ -nan-nanclie
railroad, at Collier's station. 4 new miners
an Italian, let off an.off-blast charge, which
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ted the coal dust in the mine and a
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fearful explosion followed, carrying death
and destruotion 113 ItS path. There were48
men in the mine at the time, and seven are
known to be killed. After the explosion
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there was a terrific whirling in the mine ,
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carrying everything e ore i . onne Y
and Rooney were in the mine .some die-
tame, and were going toward the entrance.
The, force of the explosion drove them
nearly 100 yards out of the mouth of the
mine' and landed Rooney on the railroad
track, killing him instantly; while Donnelly
landed "in a gully, striking his head.againat
a post. Hss 'brains Were dashed out and
aeastered for yerds around. His wife WM
the first to fied him,and ihe swooned away.
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She is Pow lying pros r ted by the shook.
Thete is littie,hope that ehe will tecoyea
In a short time a reecuing party
, waS
organieed. When the bodies were urosignt
to surface really wornan mooned at the
sighta Prosecuting Attorney Cotton and
Coroner Welkinehew, of Wellsburg took
charge of the bOdies and will coticluot &rigid
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investigatima Juet two yeers ago, No-
vernbar 21, 1892, there Wes a .sitailar ex.
Plosion, in whieh • three men were killed
and several injetect 'The mine is owned
by W. E,, Smith f Of rellaville4. and L. C.
Smith of New Cumberland. • •
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About 300 organ grinders. arrive in Ism.
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