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Asquith Fails to Bring British Capi-
talists Into Line,
London, March 16.—The Govern-
nt's• efforts to secure to settlement;
'Of the coal strike by effecting an
:agreement between the coal mine
Owners and their employes have jaiI-
ed. After thane days of joint .confer-
ences the negotiations were broken off
last evening and legislative action
!now will, ire invekc'I to secure a mini-
'*rn ni wage f ;r a.l the underground
'coal workers.
In making this announceinent to the
conference yesterday Premier Asquith
said:
"The Government have done all in
their power to secure a settlement of.
the controversy by an agreement and
they have come to the emielttSieri.;r
with great regret, tat 'this 'is xlnp"or
sibie and that "other rneaeurese nriist''
therefore be taken." '
The official account of yesterday's
conference, issued last night, says that
Premier Asquith pointed out that:the
stimpage of work in the coal mines
had now lasted. more than a fortnight
and was producing incalculable in-
convenience and loss, ttnd in some
parts of the country actual suffering,
though happily it had not been at-
tended by :disorder, the Premier add-
ed,. Considering the number of per-
sons directly or indirectly affected by
the dispute, the situation was growing
everydaymore serious and would
contiue
menace to the well-being
of the country as long as it lasted.
After reviewing the abortive at-
tenrpts to secure a settlement of the
strike by an agreement between the
interested parties, the official report
continues:
",`The Prime Minister stated that the
Governmentrl
would ask. from Parlia-
ment a legislative declaration that a
easonable minimum wage, accompan-
ied by adequate safeguards for the
protection of the employer, should be
made a statutory term of the contract
of 'employment of people engaged in
underground coal mines."
After the adjournment of the con-
ference the miners' federation issued
a statement to the effect that they
have been empowered by their execu-
tive •committee to consider the Gov-
ernment's bill in order to safeguard
the: interests of the worlmnen. The
statement declared that the federa-
tion would advise a resumption of
work until a satisfactory bill is pass-
ed by Parliament.
The miners' delegates express satis-
fadtion at the turn affairs have tak-
en.'
Absolute Deadlock, Says White.
GETTING T .:IR PLOTS
WHERE CELEBRATED WRiTLRB
it CURED THEIR !CEA'.
Little Things From the Papers Are
Frequent Gems From Which the
Novelist Breeds His Story—Girlie.
Face Inspired Telss of the D'Urber-
villes Drawings in an Artist's
Studio inspired; (Inver Twist,
To many .people it has often been
somewhat of a puzzle to know where
novelists and writers get their plots
' hitt ''de&4. Whatever conclusion they
New York, March 16. ----"All negotia
tions w4th ,the anthracite coal opera-
tors are off," declared John P. White,
president of the united Mine Workers
of America; at the adjournment of
the meeting yesterday afternoon, be-
tween miners and operators, in which
the miners declined the operators'
counter -proposition. "I look for a
general suspension of work on April
1," he 'added.
The miners, in their reply, said:
"Naw, firmly believing that as public
servants we have done more than our
fail:duty during all these years when
anthracite operators Pe slots enjoyed unprece-
dented prosperity, we feel that the
Re.sp.onsibility which must follow fail-
ure to reach a satisfactory settlement
of the questions at issue, when weigh-
ed by a discriminating public in the
Iiglreof what we have herein set forth,
cannot be placed upon the anthracite
mane workers."
Senate to Amend Bill.
Ottawa, March 16.—The Liberal ma-
jority in the Senate yesterday .gave -
an
gavean intimation of its intention 'to
make substattial ainendments no the
Government's bill for the creation of
a permanent tariff commission. Most
of them were suggested by Sir Rich-
ard Cart eright,
Hon. IMr. Lnugl:eed in the Senate
yesterday gave no indication of what
the Uovernment's attitude would now
be in the face of an adverse majority
in the Upper House.
They were held for consideration by
the Government, which will consider
them and state its attitude on Tues-
day when the bi:l comes ftp again. '
Senator Cloran called attention to a
press report stating that Speaker Lan-
dry of the Senate proposed to resign
in order to put himself in a position
to discuss certain public questions.
Speaker Landry stated that this was.
the first he had heard of the matter.
Rebels Heltied by U. S.
New York, March 16.—The United
States Governs erit is receiving strong
protestsfroin representative Mexicans
against the interference of United
'tates citizens in the Mexican politi-
cal ' situation. These protests are re-
iuforced by remonstrances from I3rit-
ish and other foreign capitalists hav-
i;ig important interests in Mexico.
The complaint is that the rebel
.tees are continually furnished with
sitpipliea Prem the United States by
:way of El Paso on the Texas border.
t is maintained that but for these
sxpplires•the rebels would have to ley
"down their arms.
Horses Poisoned; Rival Suspected.
Kingston, March 16 Charged with
poisoning three horses belonging to
Ernest Babcock, stage driver at Perth
Read,a rival driver, was placed under
ai'rest: yesterday. Three weeks ago
Babcock's horses died from strych-
nine. Provincial detectives, with lo.
eel police, worked on the case. Bab-
coek s ;neighbors felt so sorry for his'
misfortune that they presented 1iiirki
with a purse to replace hie loss.
New Regulation at B'rsle
g y
London, March 16,--(C,A,r, Cable.)
•
—A new Risley regulation says that
rid' part ti'f the wrist, hand or rifle
fatly touch the ground. The council
reuiets that. owing .fo lack of funds
it will be unable to send a team to
Australia this year.
Eastern Ontario Orangemen.
l&`i#fn
eton, Marcii [G
.
—•T e
G
r
an
d
it @ ooT0 of Eastern Ontario will
Iore iteildar. On WedtiesdaY
parade -win be heldro St, Paul's
Ciude1i, when lie'. W.Fizgetel
o
Wit it eak. en t� e . .li . Peel*
ItlI p �' 1L oA><y
h
have arrieed: it, it, may at once be.
Laid: that; no. novelist of any repute-
tion has locked himself in a room
and sat down with his pen and pipe
and waited for an inspiration to seize
him.
No; the novelist's stook of ideas is
'distributed among real men and wo-
men and things throughout Nature's
ephere. He keeps a sharp look -out on
the daily newspapers for accounts of
sterious happenings, peculiar thei-
ants, remarkable occurrences. hair-
I'eadth hescapes, etc., thus finding the
rm for his plot in things .that have
eear'red in real lift.
Not a few of the great things of
literature sprang into being, not all at
Mace, but slowly, it may be, at the
Uncle or suggestion of little things,
tome may even say the very coni-
plonplaee things, of every day exist-
ence,
r A glance out of the window at the
arrow on the.telegrepli wire, chirp -
ng cheekily at a cat beneath may
ive the genii for a railwaymishap,
'tis it
did to�rant Allen, who roti
.sae , a complication the climax of
his "What's Bred in the Bone."
1 It was something similar with.
Thomas Hardy. Hi "Tessof the
D'Urbervilles" was inspireby the
;flight of a girl's face. The novelist
jives walking down a lane in West Dor-
set, when a faraner's Dart rumbled
past, in which was seated the original
of Tess. Hardy never saw her again,
•;and he wove the romance around the
girl, who had passed like a ship at
The germ of George "Adam
Bede" was an anode to the
authoress by her Meth t about
a visit she had once a con-
demned criminal, a very -ignorant girl,
who had murdered her and re-
fused to confess. The remained
With her, praying during.night,
'and afterwards accompanieda con -
damned woman to the' execu-
tion. George Eliot begs its the
story so suggested, an eom-
'ppleted, Blackwood offs $4,000
!for the copyright for fo s. The
success of the book wasat that
'another $4,000 was pa 16,000
copies were sold in on
Stories attach to al every one
:of Dickens' novels. S after the
•"Piokwith Papers" ha their
'amazing suocess, Dick happened
to visit the studio of Cruik-
itsliank, and there was some
.drawings of the career London
thief.
Among these was a f Fag-
{in's Den and a pieture Sykes.
Dickens was at the time d upon
'the idea of a workhou y, and
!the result of his cha it was
f"Oliver Twist," as it w after-
wards published. As cholas
I}. ickleby," there does n much
j oubt but that the gree t con-
;ceived the idea of "Do Hall"
'from the advertisementSimla.
icon's Academy, Wooden Lodge,
Yorkshire, which he s an old
•copy. of "The Times."
It was "The Times" t gave
Tennyson the idea for of his
.most popular poems. H reading
'the aper one day, when ase in
tCrimean letter, "S had
alundered" struck him• and • th
1
EUot's
to told
Methodist sun
paid to
chld
aunt
the
th
place of
began writs
d, when
red her
fir year
so gra
id, and
e year.
most
Soon
d made
ens
George
shown
at a
sketch o
of Bill
engage
se story,
ace vis
as steep
for "Ni
of seem
t novelist
tht3boy
of Mr.
Croft
awin
also the
r one
He was
foe phrase
whole scene of the charge of the Light
IBrtgade flashed before his mind's eye,
and was set down in the galloping
'verse of "Charge of the Light Bri•
Igade" almost immediately,
Janes Payn's famous novel "The
Family Scapegrace," owed its ince!).Igi rt to a chance conversation with
on tamer. The novelist was resid•
ing in Edinburgh at the time, and, on
the outlook for a plot for his book. ha
I'one day paid a visit to a traveling
rnenagerie, the principal attraction of
which was Tickeracandua, the Afrl•
can Lion - Tamer."
Towards him Mr. Payn was greatly
attracted, the dusky tamer arousing
thenovelist's interest by relating
some of the most sensational advele
tures with the king of beasts that
ever befell a human being. It was not.
however, until the lion -tamer was torn
to pieces by his animals that Mr.
Payn thought about embodying hi'
tales in a book. He strung all the
'various incidents together:,
The 1'am•
ily Scapegrace" being the result—s
great work that has often been imitat,
ed by less imaginative writers.
• On another occasion, Payn was sit-
ting or the top of an omnibus when
the idea for "Lost Sir Massingberd"•
carne to him.
"I was reading on a coach-hox"•he
said ("for I read anywhere in those
days"), "an account of some gigantic
trees; one of there wasdescribed a•f
sound outside, but within fnr many
-feet a mass of rottenness and decay,
if a boy should climb birdne'sting in.
to the fork of it,thought I, he might
go down;feet irst' and hands aver
head. and never be heard' at again.
How inexplicable, too, as well as met.
ancholy, such a disappearance would
• "Then, as when a great thought
strikes along the brain and flushes ell'
the cheek, it struck me what an ate
propriate end it would he --with fear
(lest he should turn up again) instead
of hope for the fularutn to move the
reader -for a bad character of a novel.
13eforo I had left the coach'bo.x 1 had
thought out 'Lost Sir Massingberd,
I most commonplace thing some=
tinter will fetal the germ of a novel,
it it attracts the author while he is in
an invents
vanods
rrr The
late Mr„
r,
Clark RueSell worked out one of his'
Mostascinat In .
f i nautical romailees—
" .,.
T'he Wrecl< of
the_Grosvenor"—out f e barrel of rotten. potkwhich wee
... e upat
dihfs fee on
,,tthe Kentish
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better that I got a box at my druggist's
and now I am taking the third box. The
pain across my back and kidneys has
almost entirely gone and I am better
than I, &ave been for years, I strongly
advise all women who suffer front Paint
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Nova Scotia and Its. People.
Nova Scotia surprises many tour-
, ists because so few of the place names
I are Scottish, The original description
of the province has misled them.
Though called' New Scotland from
1621, its first population was 10,000
French Medians. 'When they were
hurried • out of the country as • a pre-
ventive measure at the outbreak of
the seven years' war, their fine dyke.
lands were settled by thrifty New
Englanders. Then came the Ameri-
can Revolution; and at its close at
least 24,000 United Empire Loyalists
made it their. home, for a time at
least. The directing, ruling power
was always English, but the province
was made what it is by the exiled
"Tories" from the Thirteen Colonies.•
Then came the Scottish emigration in
the less promising eastern end of the
peninsula and the island o1 Cape'
Breton.
A London Air -Man.
There is a man in London, Ontario,
who seems to have all the airmen
beaten to a frazzle. He is Mr. Arthur'
Hawkins -Masters. This gentleman has
built an air craft r ft in which he has..
great 'confidence.
With the utmost assurance he tells'
The London Advertiser:
"When I prepare my first craft, t
will be able to take along a crew'
and fly from London, Ont., to London,
Eng., in 22 hours." Think of it!
The great feature of his machine is
a device to prevent capsizing.
One -Fifth English,
French is the prevailing language,
Of the Province of Quebec. It popnn
anon is over 2,000,000, of which num-
only about one-fifth are of Eng.'
_slgs ant,
The Useful Vegetable Board.
The vegetable board in a certain
kitchen has a big round 0 burned
on one side of it. This is the space
used for slicing and mincing onions.
A wooden spoon is the best spoon in
the world for stirring most foods in
cooking, but it should never lir used
where there is high si n',nie 01 ami m
seasoning, as for n•oncl rot.:.11),4 11.0. c•:•.;
The grater used for onions is:;••a'e t•,
washed in cold wail : :, .,f r•,,•
soap to remove tit. ti., 01 • 'lee.
keepers realize ilii• ertee
qualities of void v t r
Chest ° a n �.ct#.�H� 'l ,
Suffered From A Heavy.
Cold, Pleuritic Pains in:
- Side -- Constant Cough-
ing.
"Anyone that goes through all that T
suffered last winter will appreciate the
value of a remedy that cures like Ner-
villne cured me," These are the open-
ing words of the solemn declaration of
7;, P. Von Hayden, the welNknown
violinist of Middleton, "My• work kept
me:out late at night, and playing in
cold drafty places brought on a se-
vere cold that settled on my chest. I
hacl• a, harsh racking cough and severe
pains darted
ervilone through my sides
and settled in my
C ES shoulders. I used
different liniments,
CHEST but none broke up
COLDS my soid tfii I used
Nervlline, I rub-
E EXETER TJMtES
Forth� Cbildren
Giant cactus That
Resembles a Spur.
iN FASHION'S MART.
.Veils Have Renewed Their Popularity
Which Seemed Los*
The greater favor shown abroad for
tells bas largely increased their popu
larity hese, though a few months' age
it seemed that the use of veils spas on
the wane.
Chantilly Lace, in Loth black and
White is used to torr scant ruffles on
The great size to which the cactnn •
plant ;'rows in Arizona is'clearly sbowu
to the accompanying illustration. in
which a horse is included for the sake
of comparison. Of still more interest
is the fact that this plant takes the
form of a spur, due probably to the
strong winds, which bent the plant
over until its tap touched the earth,
after which a second root formed and
a new growth started upward from the
top of arch th so formed.
The Elephant.
Even in India the elepliant is not
used for going about as much as be
once was. But for the durbnr (the
Delhi meeting at which Bing George
was formally proclaimed emperor of
India) the elephant was used by tits
thousand.
In crimson and gold trappings, carry-
ing a howdah or pulling a carriage, be
was a wonderful sight.
Here we see elephants only at the
zoological gardens and at the circus.
And aren't they interesting?
You may always identify this largest
animal by its trunk. Its feet have
five toes each, enveloped in an outer
skin.. And baby elephants have a tiny
pair of milk teeth, which they sbed
just as human babies do their milk
teetb.
The elephant's wonderful trunk is an
extension of its nose, the nostrils being
at the end of the trunk. Down at'the
end there is a fingerlike development,
with which the elephant can pick up
the smallest obbects. This always
seems very strange since theelephant
is so large.
An elephant walks six miles an hour,
and in case of great need he shuffled
along at the rate of twelve miles, but
he cannot trot. ,
While he climbs rather steep moun•
tains, a ditch seven feet in width stop
him short,
The ivory of which his tusks are
made is very valuable. With these
tusks be attacks an enemy.
King of the Castle.
King of the castle Is a good gamer
One player gets on the top of a little)
hillock or mound of earth and prod
claims himself "king of the castle," ins
sinuatwg at the same time that hid
playmates are "little rascals" b the
following couplet:
I'm the king of the castlet
Get down, you little rascals!
The boys stationed on. the level ground
resent this insult by endeavoring to
pull or push the Icing fitrom his elevated
position, while he exerts his utmost
efforts to maintain his station. The
player who can connive to dethrond
the monarch of the' hillock takes his
;dace and keeps possession both of case
tle and title until some stronger coni
teener compels him to abdicate.
What Johnny Overheard.
Johnny was dozing in bis father's
tibrery when he overheard this conver-
N ationt
"Hello, Fatty," said the Copybook to
t be Dictionary. .
"Hello, 'ninny," retorted the Dic-
tionary.
"You're n wordy person, Petty," said
t he Copybook.
"You're au empty thing, Thinny,"
said the Dictionary.
"round to have the last word, eh,'
!Tatty?" setoered the Copybook.
-need it in my business," said the
rilet lotto ry. And the Umbrella coughed
'1) bard that It bent one of its ribs.�-
I'ifiledel plhht Ledger.
Conundrums. .
Why, moss the sun rise in the east?
f:e'e rause 'cast snakes things rise.
f•3nw do you know tha•tsome persons
were evotvcd from the vegetable king-
•!cat? itemise marry of them are •still
;mall poltttOt's,
Why is the 11i1Iky sway in the sky?
i:et'ntise the cow jumped over the
noon:.
Why is n c'nterpillar like hot•eakes?
1'hcy both make the butterfly.
gibed it on my neck,
chest and ..shoulders, mor;ling and
night, and all,•the pain disappeared.
Realizing That such a heavy cold had
run • down my System, I +tool? Ferrozone
at meals, and was completely built tip
and strengthened. Since usln•g Nerd -
Hee I have no more colds or pleurisy, •
and enjoy' perfect .healthy
It's because Nervilhie contains the
purest and most. healing f essences and
medicinal principles, because It .bus
the o er of i cin r
ws nl through o s
pt3 h the re
g
p.
t(, the kernel of the pain} --these are
the reasons why it breaks up colds,
ewes lumbago,. sniffne
ta,.
neuralgia
sciatica; tins. rherrmatis , e n
snbetliete your dealer' may suggest— . iy
,t
Naughty Willie.
nellie--•'t'encher• !Jetted me 'cause I
tits the only one wlio could -answer a
questiou,
tlother (frigbtenedl--Clint was the
tuc'�tlnni'
WIllk—Who put the pin on teacher"
•hair?
The Airy Giraffe,
geld a pert tittle dog to a tail giraffes,
"ft isn't that
n one
any cares,
Tut you look SO Stuck up that the aeee'de
brs at, h
o !. g
Anil tray yon &re putties on sire."
m lr fu a
r f4
9
h giraffe w
e ra a as annoyed, you
d . could lit
rr y ,y
>a
•
fnslst on Nerviifne only. Large bot-
tles, 600, triaa sift 2Gc. Sold e•very-
where, or The Catarr•°bozone Co., Zing.,
Ntoa, Ont.
tarn wrrz rufvra
silk evening gowns. Black over white
mousseline, the whole fallileg over
white satin, is quite popular.
Afternoon and evening toilets will be
completed with glace or fine suede
gloves in shades of pearl gray and
mastic as well as white.
For ball costume, following the de-
cree that hose and shoes match the
dress, there are glace full length gloves
in the softest shades of blue, blush rose
and violet.
The skirt with a tunic effect is good
style this season. This model is among
the very latest to appear.
JUDIC CHOLLET.
This May Manton pattern is cut in sizes
from 22 to 30 inches waist measure. Send
10 cents to this office, giving number, 7269,
and it will be promptly forwarded to you
by mail. If in haste send an additional
two cent stamp, Whibh insures more
prompt delivery. When ordering use
coupon.
No Size
Name
Address
FADS AND FANCIES.
Pooket'`Siippers Are Novel and Com-
fortable When Traveling.
Pocket slippers, which were intro-
duced only comparatively recently,
have been found so comfy and useful
that this season they are to be had in
an• even more convenient form than
last. Just now they are made so soft
and fine that they fold up into a leath-
er envelope, which makes a neat com-
• 000D MODr6L YOit omen's Datum.
i,anlon to tee case in which the wiry
ir•nt!ter r'nrries her lnt':Il11;)1,e nit
r•ushiun•
ellinestone bo' kles, .the r•ir.tnrbithi
ki:ni, ere tical on every shade and kilt •
o1''cftening skipier, tine pair Or bar
k,1c's serves for ithieli and ' ('1nre'd ,ill•
fats alike
A hnndstilne hand trig tat' 1011 surf
has embussing in metal braid :Intl
limped mutinied e1 brown NE nerds!
;he toll, ,just ht'ot�:tl1* ho Intrlieltll1,1
The child's dies tint•-fl»iy
with or tritlinnt n gi,tn per Is avalhlt,i
; t itll Sensoria. Sttctt a dress 14 i110S
tee ted. • ,1f"tile' (III Of. I.IC'1'.
'this. May Manton pattern is cut In stye,
for giris of six, eight and ten years et
age. Send 10 cents to this office, giving
number, 7271, and it will be promptly for-
warded to you by. mail. If in haste send
an additional' 'two cent stamp for leiter
postage, Whiny insures more prompt (le -
livery. , When Orderinguse cotton.
ori on.
p
�iil'e..iii3' .':Size iriaYa,Y
Rants 414 r Y,r...YU.fii,., ri.,,s.,H
see, &
And nfi'tedas e'"
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if von had rt. nice' long nook like tilt/
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THURSDAY MARC1II 2 'i 912
TO 1110 HERO s FAMILY SUNDAY__SCHO�L
brant Will Be 4444 to fielativas
raf Inspector Fitzgerald.
Commons Qivespa Sympathetic Recep-
tion to A. K. MacLean's. Suggestion
That Self -Sacrifice of Mounted Po.
lice Officer i#e Fitly Remembered
Hon. Mr. Hazen introduces Bili to
Amend Shi•ppin'g Aot. •
Ottawa, March 10. ,Eloquent` tri-
bute 'wag borne iii the Molise of Com,
mime • yesterday afters xoom to the heroic
sstrerii ee'rot• Inspector • Fitzgerald and
his'"three companionsof the Nor)h
west:' Mounted Pollee, who lost their
,lives on the Dawson'trail under tragic
circumstances ea,,r'iy in 1911.
The matter was brpught up by A.
IC MacLean ('Ilalifax), who urged on
(the Government the propriety and de-
'sirability of snaking a financial recog-
nition to the mother and sisters of
the. late inspector, who are now lila
tag in Halifax. Inspector Fitzgerald,
be said, had intended, if • he had liv-
ed, to retire from the force this year
*hen he Would have been entitled to
a ,superannuation of $1,000 a year.
Alfred Thompson (Yukon) deelared
that the suggested grant would be a
fitting recognition of, the services ren-
dered to Canada and the Empire in
the sacrifice of Inspector Fitzgerald
Wild his party. The Royal Northwest
Mounted Police were doing a splen -
aid and often a heroic work in the
patrolling of the far north.
, Sir Wilfrid Laurer and W. H. White
(Victoria, Alta.), who had been for
number of years a member of the
R.N.W.M.P., also added their tributes.
Inspector Fitzgerald, said Premier
-Borden, hadborne a big part in that
tragic march to death in a way that
should inspire the respect and admira-
tion of every citizen of Canada. He
assured Mr. MacLean that he intend-
ed to give the proposed grant to the
widow and orphans hisearnest atten-
tion before the end of the present sea•
sion.
Hon. J. D. Hazen introduced a bill
to amend the Canada shipping act by
providing (a)' , that certificates shall
not be required for masters and mates
upon sailing ships of not more than
100 tons registered tonnage, propelled
by auxiliary power other than steam,
employed partly in fishing and partly
in the carriage of freight, and (b)
that the Minister of Mai>,ine and Fish-
eries may fix the fee . for replacing..
lost certificates.
Mr. Hazen explained that there were
4,588 gasoline fishing boats in the
Maritima Provinces and that there
were no such number of certified mas-
ters. In answer to David Henderson
(Halton) he said that the proposed
amendment would apply equally to
gasoline boats on the great lakes. As
to the second 'portion of the amend-
ment, as thee law was at present, if a
certificate
were lost the master or
mate would be called on to pay half
the original fee, a great hardship in
many cases.
•
• Borden To Go To England.
Ottawa, March 16.: When Hon. Mr.
Hazen, Minister of Marine and Fish-
eries, goes to consult the Admiralty
at the end of May it is most probable
that Premier Borden will accompany
him to England.
Hon. Mr. Hazen cannot go before
tlie end of May, as there are many
outstanding matters in connection
with his Department to be settled.
He will return to C'anada- and will
spend the early part of the fall in
preparing navy 1eeislation.
Hon. Sam Hughes will also go to
England during the summer and what
ever naval legislation is prepared pit.
is understood that it will be with a
view to strong co-operation between
the land and naval forces.
Better Rural Delivery.
Ottawa, March 16. -The new rural
mail scheme organized by Hon. L. 1'.
Pelletier, Postmaster -General, will
probably be brought. down. to the
House next Monday, and will be of
an important character.
Though short in its provision, the
new scheme provides that the present
system of duplication will be abolish-
ed and an up-to-date rural 'nail de-
livery given to the people.
In order to specialize the new
sehenre it is 'understood that it will
be placed in the hands of a special
commissioner with a tepartment who,
will have rank almost equal to a
deputy minister. •
•
Pelletier Will Not Resign.
Ottawa, March 1e, -Official oiroles
are not at all disturbed over the re-
ports of the Opposition press to the
effect that Hon, L. P. Pelletier, 'Post=
Master -General, intends to resign his
portfolio, •
, The Minister stated , emphatically
last night that there is no truth in
the statement that heintends to
throw Quebec County. open to teat the
people on his attitude on the Keewatin
ecliool question. He finds he has sq
much Work: to do that remora do not
effect him,
, Cable Broke, Six Men injured.
Regina, March 16.—Six men were
injured, ono fatally, in ,an eecident
on, the new Leader Build* here yes-
terday afternoon. The men ware' go-
ing to work on the sixth storey of
the building, being 'taken, up by a
steam hoist. The cable .broke and all
fell to the ground.
The injured are: Wm. Morley, J'r►s.
Sandbrook, Fred. Thornton, Wm.
Shawcross, Win, Arkwall, all brick-
layers; and a Syrian helper.
Sugar Bill Passes.
Washington, tam M'
ardh 16.—The g ,
6, T'frer Demo-
'cratic free sugar bill passed the
Ilotire yesterday, 198 to 103, Zts Pat -
sage was hal
s
sa g • � ped .by 24 Itreui'gent Itey:
publican_ votes, although this Was off-
set by the cletieotiaii of seven netria
tie votes against the bill by .mern
Wro frorn. lisianti, and Colorado.
Lesson XII. --First Quarter, For
March 24, 1912.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIM
Texd of the Lesson, Mark ii, 13.22.
Memory Verse's, 16, 17 --Golden Text,
Mark li, 17 --Commentary Prepared
by Rev. D. M. etearn's,
The call of Matthew, the first part :-
of today's lesson is found in Matthew,
and Luke, as,'iveli is 11t licit ht
the .rest of the Lesson. Inc:Indiu
gi
'1attbew's entertainment, and the poli,•
ables of the new anti old elbth anad
the new and old wine ai'e• found -ell -.-
In Mark and Luke. in all the acts
and words of Jesus we must see Got
the Father, remembering such wordsi
as these: "I can of mine ownself d
nothing." "The Father who sent M.
gave inc 7n commandment, what
should say and twat 4 should speak."
"'Che Father who dwelleth in me, H
doeth the works" (John v, , 30; xi
49; sly, 10). His compassion upon th
multitude and His readiness to teacl
them, no matter how weary els wad
Is our example that we may folio
His steps in this as well as in $
meekness and patience (1 Pet. 11, 21e.,
Matthew the publican (Matt. x,
or Levi, ,as he is called by Mark an
Luke, may have ve Ueen turning
Christ in his heart, as probably Za
chews did, while continuing wi
doubt in his unpopular calling a
longing to be done with it. We mi
infer this from the readiness
which he left all and rose up and to
lowed Jesus. Many are still bean
called, but few are ready to follow 4
promptly. Something of Matthew
gratitude because Jesus called him
seen in the great feast which he ma
for Jesus in his own house, invitin
great company of publicans and
ners thereto. To see Him eat wi
publicans and sinners was to the s
righteous Pharisees a great stumblin
block, for it was their way to have }t
fellowship with such nor any love fo
their souls, rather to pass by on th
other side of the street and to say
"God, I thank Thee thateI am not it
other men * * * or even as th
publican" (Luke xviii, 11). They nev
said anything more beautiful or tru
concerning Him than when they sal
"This man receiveth sinners and ea
eth with them" (Luke xv, 2). T
words of Jesus to them at this tim
are both a parable and its explanatlo
the parable being, "Tbey that ar '
whole have no need of the physic'
but they that are sick," and His e1
planation of it, "1 come not to call*
righteous, but sinners, to repentance,
These words and those concerning t11
old and new elotb and wine are .four
also in Matt. ix, 10-17, and acerin t ,
ly in the same connection as herd
but according to the gospel harmon
the record in Matthew referred to
later incident. Be that as it may, Hid
words are more than time or place'
, and we know that He did repeat som
of His ..words—as, for example, th' .
Sermon on the Mount and the Sermo
on the Plian (Matt. v to vii and Luke -
vi, 17-49). ,i
The righteous whom He did no
come to call are spoken of in Luki
xviii, 9, as "certain ones which trustei
in themselves that' they were righteottl
and despised others." We know tha
in the matter of true rigbteousneslj
as God sees it and desires it, "there
none righteous—no, not one." Bn
there are those who, "being ignoran
of God's righteousness and goin
about to establish their own righteou
'less, do not submit themselves to .
• righteousness of God" (Rom. 111, ..4
x, 3).
To .;associate the disciples of John)
and of the Pharisees seems like a very
bad combine, but some of John's thee-
cipies were no doubt from the Pharl -
sees and, like too many church fo1ke('
of today, bad not dropped their mere -
formalities. In Zech. vii we reatt
that when the people inquired of thea
Lord as to:whether they should con-
tinue certain fasts or not He asked •
them, "Did ye fast at all to Me, even:,
to Me?" Then He told them what
true fasting in His , sigbt was (Zech:
vii. 4-10; Iso. Will, 0-10). Note how
He speaks. of Himself as the. Bride-
groom and His disciples as the chile
(ben of the bride chamber, no doubt'
looking onward to the marriage of
the Latab of Rev'. xix. We might
well ask: Where is now the fasting be-,
cause of the Bridegroom's absence7"
Where are those who long for His re•;
turn, who rejoice greatly because oi",
Ills voice, glad to decrease if only' $g"
may increase? (John 111, 29, 80.)
There is much patchwork in the•
teaching of our day which is directl'
yt
contrary to Um teaching of our Lord:
concerning the necessity of a nein
birth, Thee old garment of our mi -
righteousness cannot be mended. X>Ik:
must be a new garment throughout'♦.
even the garment of Christ's right
eousness which tie has provided at
sucb infinite cost (II Cor. v, 21; ItomJ
x, 4). However unpopular the dm.
trine may be, it is most plainly writ
ten that "the carnal mind is enmit�yf.
against God, for it is not subject toi.
the law of God, neither indeed chat
be" (Rent, illi, 7). Nota shied t3 '
Adam AAd' hive's fig leaf aprons cowlt� '
he tolerated.The coats o is o skins svertl'
all
sufficient.Vi tst sing -Cr m titi
heart the rvo .otlsa. 1 i, �o. �h ;,
so called new'
thought of new' the'iil;
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try o !
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and * us or
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