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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times, 1894-11-29, Page 6tEv, Iturte Bri hart more the t WAS He pleur but toget t the Boar thing the force on hi sou. the you chief he w with that peep " Is i slew suoh vioto our lepr Ye he he. him; buno ehear Ham Was John Leah, Byro Char and you get r aoes Othe and e ea an oiety temp •17,•aaks , - #.t4 7, soots is on that more peep and it. it is he s with guis Prep you, put tow God Vas, Sopa oap with see quet eess Naa was glad how fly t iyo man asey giu wit pers Wrin Whe, suffe surg ewe. thei no had and amp their for now must deep ser tells over findi have of so or 13 ot g W est w with heelt 801110 'el k 'cL'' bare : stole the r ,'L, anyt ; could Ike asnay ! highe 'if• • apt c e. listen Se, But ci 1 f' of th , the ri S',. 94Thie if' ine f anise° fathe tittle .. I wee into e a Said s got, th had. t points the sex him to IsTo csseeW end r!":1t)',7te)Tate••/'"'S,"tt"Ill'a. • • '" -r , ix RE EXWrE111 Tilt/LDS , . ; •••• •:••• , • . • • 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 .. 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 . * . , 9 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 v . . P , 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 1 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 • ' •;' ' •.: -• a a .. -• 2..• • 'a e s• ,,, - ,. es,,. , .. I- ' :,,! ,---_= _ .., , , ,,voire,. ilf. to,M , . e es. MC., .1get:.:-We • Ale • '61agearse a 9• 'de_er et • e e ..,, . •, - ---0 -.... • r-, :. : .g'..`1,., • •„li Vrth „ , • ....es, - -s, 2 - - -- ' • , s ; , s , , _ 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 k 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 a • 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 _ 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 ? A i I', 4 1, le .....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" , , "Well," he eaYo, `te please yOli I .will do ' ' 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 . . 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 " , P , 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 • - big as the head of a pm is to be seen On him . . , He ste s out on the banks and 'save "Is , P - . . 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 ' . . . ' PP g 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 s., g g • fxo. -. :'0Xelq(49rAiqVA-kR)re,kez.49ttj,PPL, 4 ,,itit. ` 4L1 1: a. . 42,N ', ...,i,qt ,. notien: • • t ,a -o, ' ,p , t Al., , v.x. It' • • • - •• • ••• • • • • „ea s• ee I , ., 0, tr,., . . . , ,.,, .,:v1,,, , , ,,,i , -- -346. , . ,,- , e ea, 1, .9., ..}::,4'.', ' 1„4. !. • ,4:,,,.4 arineritlY6Iireitteele', " • .' •• " ' o • • ' NI4 'gu 'se 'on inne`i hea6taebara'a 6' Clairia at' Fa',3therY I think yovu'haeve• e is rid of tl ..' go . le le ' " 0 Lord G d prosy. o of Ensile., have mercy 031 DS! . j.,,, , ,.„..,...„, ,.....w . ....., __, . IfilrEVRER 11.RnP wilTnTIN , ' . ' ,' , , . . 1 ' ravzz. The etippiy of tneriseteane applea le pot , 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- ' ..., . - ,,, • ' , ' , 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 . . 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' . .. .. 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 , . 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 '''' . . ' • ., n "'V''' et'•'•••• ' '''' that few.holiaserentute, to-ae 14-,An-..nnitioxisec , f • ,i5 •'-' .,a..i'' . • ; ' . •'sorci., Iiiiiiiiitet ; ; ' . , .....tin_fg.....y.k.ti,Pgf.k„.3p.,„. _, , .AY........ . ...i, - - dente w oteatsinoteritifidiffacr-brael1I ' • • ' ' . ' ' 'A' " '' • ' •'"- "'ea , • ee. .,, L. is - ,,,95,Li..i,.:-P,,71,1,.°P:oni:), .rft,„1.i.t.,.....„,,,,.., : * 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 ' 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. ' - . , '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 , • . . . , . . 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 St ' - g ' e met ode I he farmers appear to be care- " • • • a` 4-' fully stadying the questions; aaeoving, their Adeett„. ., '' TUV Q , . i,414-4 10 . . , , . . .4, UNDAY SCHOOL ' . . L . -- . . , • ' INTE: litIATIONAL ,LESS9$ DEg, 4.i nest' - ' ' , • , • , "Christ's IreatitnOttY *0 ,IfOnte' .1,ithe'7, A4 .. . , el 91--.0.1.den TeaSts Llakealla , . - ' ' ,••' GENERAL S'TATEME'' NT., ' ' ' ' ' : .':', : . ,, ', '. : • J'equs ie now iii the !tempt* bucky dayi 'of . .. - . o ,k,.. . .... . hie early populerity, blue° eigleepiriesie caged et " Black Orseele." His. ,diaMplea- , , , . . . . , „ like, kattil. a freends ists maereit 'have .accee0 to him.' . Through. them. 'he ' learnS . some* , . . . , , teileg of the inovemeets eef !tome., .4s4ing two of his disciples, John Benda tbetn to • . ' . ,. ' . 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 . , . , , • : • hit disciples' sake., He avas .consoiens.thalt hie own work was done. He had- full, faith , • , thatjesus was the Messiah. ' 'Ile de:sited .• „ . 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. , . __,..--.--ateee‘Ns " ae;'-,•------ a------easeen, es. --s----,asseetes, ;,„ • .: ••"->"----=`-a. f:',..4".* , . esVete 0- ess-sieeste• 1.011('''' ' se---"t".4ssi'S., '4//' ee 't'' ' iii e...--' -t-r."'iLT...,-,,,..r.. f.. 1 T 7./...&„:41.x. ,, ot...,. AO f -,14..sk-r-------,,,,k'' /AA i 111.4.1,T041,4144-.., i", 101, • -....r.cy.*. 't4 ' - • 1.4.'4 e e's '. .. Li .;K,,,, , _. • teglantelse - - e--- es -•"---se .4...'or .t., 't Et7z-k• 4`/L • - e ---a le se... -e, .......---easeeseee--. _en, -,,..-- a e......,.. ese.....,•,..eas=nees•--- •,.......--- e sewstasetesent•-• 16:6,-".......--.......---, 4.21 g*,...,,,---_,,,--,-.... --____„ - . etear anse . - • ' *--- •-•-r-- -t''''' • .,- ,-,..---' es- --sent' ....-----_,-; , • ' ,-- 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. • -- He lias An Opportunity of Endearing ^ milkmen Wtda the Peopie by Grouting Them Bet -onus. Europe regards with ouriosity and con- , 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- . . 'to 't h 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 . 11'''' ee,' ta " s. \ 44 1 t \ tki 'k , ' t(le ell:id.% • A 4 ''' 4, ai,ht pi.? Or Ark1" N ' AO 'ea, .'•`, - • . oi , . , Nee a -----T"--e•ta.e.e.` ,e•S' 4,, ......,-,..,- --, ,. its s , ..,....etseesees- -----a.14. ,o ,Sc5 P ---------- , YUNG 1VIATABELE PRACTISING WITH AN ASSEGAI. A MINE DISASTER. , --- , • a Fearful Esplosion--Seven Men Kilted- . . Fearful Sin-hts at the Eit's Mouth. ^ A despatch from Wheeling W.. Va • •, says :--There was an appalling mine disaster ' on Tuesday shortly after noon at the „a n___ , Blanch coal mines, on mu_ -nan-nanclie railroad, at Collier's station. 4 new miners an Italian, let off an.off-blast charge, which , , . • ted the coal dust in the mine and a 'gm , $ 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 • there was a terrific whirling in the mine , b f e 't I) ' 11' 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. ' t a . - 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 ' e ' 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. • • , - • L - ' Still a Child. - . .,pir m h- t 'id e Old man- hatl . arry t a chi ? Suitor -"Your daughter is no longer a ri hid • • she is a weans " ° I 0 str' “. ,....... . . . , Old nian aloneensel Iv ny, sne um t a bit b°s8Y Ye''' ' ' ....,-.- • . About 300 organ grinders. arrive in Ism. . don eyerY lune frOm. Ital•Y) and ,leave afia01 abOtte 'October.. , . , . . • The Prile0 Favorite . - ' Of all the birds I love the best, • Give me the blooming turkeY $. ' , He takes the lead of all the rest When he's not tough or lertztk . LLL „,;LL , , -L.L? •Sk stt s