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LESSON VI le-Fg13. l83 1910.
Worldliness end 0:
111-34.
Commentary. ---1. Teeastires in heaven
(vs. 11)-24). 19. Lay not up-treaeuree
aaiditigte emon! weausessao,-twatio uodu
is deemed valuable to the individual,
whether wealth, friendthipe reputation,
laterite or anything else. It is not liew
/toe to mean property, though that is
luelatled, and we ore forbidden to -
hoard up wealth. The heart must not be
get upott earthly thing% as the thief
good. Ie thie ana the two followint
'mews is shown the different's° beteveca
heavenly miudoluess and. weseldliuess.
Moth -Plaster treasures, consisting part-
ly in godly dresses stored up, were lia-
ble to be eousumed by neoths.--S., P.
& B. rust-A.ny corroding agency. Cor-
rupt-Deetroy. Treasures that are more -
1,y estrthle are destructible .There
seine element or principle adapted to' in-
jure or destroy emit ooe, Nothing earth-
ly ie.enduriug. 20. Treessuree in heaven
--This hes referelice to spiritual good.
To lay up treasure jn Iteatent ia tQ lee-
ceme possessed of Deese graces of the
Spirit that elude last beyond the proseut
Ufa. 140Ye, truth, peace and joy are am-
ong these. These treasures endure. Therm
is no danger of laying up tea large a
Wore. Motb. that ruins clothing, rust
that defaces and wear* away metals,
tkieYee that carry away wealth Lave no
power over these heavenly treasures.
"If our treasures are wealta, riches take
wings and fly away; if beauty, dieeaee
may impair it; if learning, idioey; if
strength, paralysis; if talent, inanity;
ancl of all our treasures, in whatever
form, the grand thief is death."-Whe-
don. Heavenly treasures are ours for-
ever, 21. Where your treasure is, there
will your heart be -God's will is that
our limits shall be set on Him. While
VC are taken up with earthly good, 'we
have no appreeiation of that which is
spiritual and heavealy. One's character
is like the object he lens.
2,2. The light of .the body is the
eye -Jesus uses an illustration to en-
force the truth He is declaring. It is
though the eye that we gather the
widest knowledge of the world at large.
Boo be single -The eye is said to be
gle if it is in a normal and healthy con-
ditiou. It is then capable of discerning
objects clearly. Full of light. -There is
no uncertainty as to what surrounds
him. He sees the way before hien and
notices the dangers that may exist. ale
stow the things that are good and deem.
able, He erne has a right 'appreciation
of spiritual values seeks heavenly trea-
sures instead of earthly. 23. Eye be evil
-Title does not mean evil in a moral
settee. It has reference to the power of
vision. The eye was said to be eyil if
the sight was double, dim or defective
in. any way, Full of darkness -The con-
dition would be that .of one totally or
partially blind. Spirtually applied it
ehows that one whose desiresare strong
foe earthly good is in spiritual dark-
ness. Light ....be darkness --When one
loses his physacal eyesight he feels
keenly its loss, and to him blindness is
more distressing than to one who has
never had sight. How great is that
darkness -The state of ono who has had
spiritual ilhunination and has lost it is
indeed deplorable.
24. No man can serve two masters -
Tim Ratite thanes. No one can be the
bond -slave of two mestere et the same
time. He cannot render full obedience
and service to each. The two masters
!save each a will and a disposition,
which may be widely different, and
their demands will be so different and
exacting that the servant cannot meet
them. Hate .... love -When the de -
mends of the two motors conflict, the
servant must fulfil those of one and
negleet the Other, and this course is
certain to displease one of the mestere.
There will in the very nature of the
case spring up a greater desire to please
one than the other, which will result in
eoniitipn in which one master will be
esteemed and the other despised. There
will naturally be a greater attraction
in the one master than in the other. Ye
ceenot serve God and mammon -The
application is pointed. Here is the same
contrast as between treasures in heaven
and treasures on earth.
11. Human anxiety (vs. 25-29.) 25.
Take no thought -The word "thought'.
has undergone an important thange in
meaning since the time of King James.
Then it meant anxiety or worry. The
idea is wel expresed in the al. -V; "Be
met anxious." Anxiety and worry are
opposed to faith arid trust. We are
mot forbidden to provide- for temporal
need e by industry and prudence, but we
acre forbidden to allow our mucus to be
distracted regarding the future life-
Physieal life. Bee .. di -ink .. put on
-These Mende the things ordinarily
eoesidered essential to sustain and pro-
tect life. Those who are piucipally con -
wired with treesures upon mirth and
with serving mammon are persistently
anxious about the needs of the body.
The life niore than meat, and the body
than raiment -The life as a gift from
God, as well as the boder, came to us
-without our being anxious, and these
are superior to meat, the old English
word for food, said raiment. If God. pro.
'Mai the life end the body, certainly he
will provide these things which are es-
eentild to their welfare. 26. Behold -
Take ea an example. Fowls -This word
ferreerly ineluded all birds. Sow not,
neither , . reap -Sowing, reaping and
tethering into barna for safe keeping
are not forbidden, These etas aro right
sced needful for mere Jesus is telling -his
hearers that if the Father provides for
the birds without their sowing and
reaping. much more will he provide for
men, espeeielly when they me ordinary
etre to provide for themselves. Amu
heavenly Father -Your heavenly leath-
er feeds the birds, and will he netted
you':
V. one etibit utile his stature -A eubli,
is tbe length of the forearm front the
poiet of the elbow to the tip sef the mid-
dle finger and is variously astir:tided
from eighteen to twenty-one lecher!. No
amount of liaximis thought will make
us a cubit teller, yet through God's pro-
vidential care, without our anxicees
tboaght, 'we nave attained the statere
el three or four mtbits. e8. .1,nsnt -
Chatting. letteh enximis thought it give
en by mann to this querstion of clothing.
WOW sbell 1 propnre it? What shall it
lte? eonsider the lilies -Without (long
Potato- and birds alma were- abundant
and in full view where Seem as
Ing. The The illustrations, here employed
were very impressive. They met have
appealed etroeglo to the minds of hie
?rearm, tort uut-They Arid no part in
providing the etwalitiora of growth. They'
a - vieeply grew. God furnished all that
Witis zweaseary of air,. moitsture, tune
Woe, oft.F.2. Solemon-The third king
elf Waal, remarkable for hie Wealth and
eabedose, not arrayed like toe of theist
esetleitessiciis took great eare to be richly
wit ist the Witter of elothing and
iskeltdaht 140/10$ made it pos-
hfraiself With inl ide
4,1,042141,2711, 1 eia nt
end bettutf
III. God,* care (TS. 30.3e.)D.girtee et
the field-Inchnliug theUUN8.14 Other
flowers cut dem). With the grilse. tow
der --Showing that its life le brief, met
bit° 'the mite -Dried, groan twirl arta
other vegetation were lama or fuel es
-
firewood wits seam. The ovum were
of differeut, kinds:. They were usually
of clay, theped like an egg. The fire
was placod within arta the dougle epread
.on the outside to bake, In mine emee
the fire was withdrawn when the over
was eufficieutly heate4 and the dough
place4 inside to hake. ye of little faith
-If Goa would cause the beauty of
vegetetion to exist when it VMS so short-
lived, what would he not do for those
who were Wade in Ins own likeness? •
31. take no thougitt-Be oot anxious
about the things of thie life, 32, Geo -
tiles -The stations not Jewish, seen, -
They ]save uot a knowledge of the true
Goa and .oeck earthly things as their
chief good. your heavenly Maher knowetl-He knows yoer ueeds and levee
you, therefore treet him, 33. but seek
ye first -The .Gentiles ana mammon -
:servers seek worlely, good, but 1 piece
before you a Itiglier ana nobler object
of rsearca. Seek it fleet, both in point
of time and of importanee. kingdom. of
Goa-Tbe reign of Christ in the limit.
al them things -All that is needed to
sustain the physical life. 34. no thought
for the morrow -A great part of the
distress of this life would, be removed if
'all would obey thie injunction of the
Savior.
Questions -Where and. by whom were
the words of this lesson sponen? What
does it mean to lay up treasures on
earth? Why is it better to lay up treas-
ures in heaven? What is mammon? Tell
why one cannot serve two mestere? Ex-
plain the expression "take no thought."
What illustrations are used in this les-
son? Why is it wrong to worry? What
reasons have we for trusting God?
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
Surrender the life. "Be not anxious
for your life" (v. 25, R, V,). A child ol
the Xing, whose Father's good pleasure
it is to give bini the kingdom, slimed
not be weighed down with burdens.
There is neither time, oleos, eircion.
stances, nor trial in which you should
fret, worry or be anxious. Does tole
of your best workers grow discouraged
and determine to give up? Kneel and
pray for hint until his heart ie comfort-
ed, and he will rise triumphant. Have
you lost some invaluable article? G 0
end tell Hiin about it. If beet, Ile will
resetore. If not, its loss will be a greater
advantag,e than its return. Are you
fighting evil? God is able to diliver
(Deut. 33, 27). Is there no bread? Trust
(led. "Deltoid the fowls of the rtir"
(v, 26). A minister and. his family had
breakfasted, and there was not a mor-
sel for another meal, nor auy money.
His wife, lveeping, cried, ''‘',Iutt shall we
do?" He persuaded her to walk out
with him, and, pointing to A singing
bird, said. "Node° how the bird chirps,
though we cannot tell whether it has
had any breakfast, and it certainly does
not know where to go for dinner. Be of
good cheer. Are we not better than
many sparrows?" Before dinner time
an abundance of provisions was sent to
them.
Study the lily. "Consider the lilies"
(v. 28). 1. The lilies vow where they
are put. They keep their place. Noth-
ing ean harm me if I am rooted in God.
2. The lilies- draw their beauty frOnt the
sun. They turn their faces toward the
light. Let me gaze upon the Sun of
Righteousness and I skill reflect His
beauty. 3. They hold themselves with
quiet, gratisms willingness to receive
eaeli dew -drop God gives and each show-
er God. sends. When I bold myself in
a receptive attitude, the dew of heaven
and the water of life will sweetly re-
fresh my soul. 4. Geologists tell us that
in the Tertiary period tlw lilies grew
in ponds as they do to -day. Through all
the ages their little life has been per-
petuated by the care of God. Can 1 not
believe He will hold my soul and per-
petuate it in the gnrdeo of the Loid?
3. The -beauty of the lilies is unfolded
from within by the power of the Divine
Creator. The finest woven texture is
cearse compared with the beauty of the
flowers. Under the microscope. the most
perfect fabric shows rough threads,
while the flower revealsno im.perfee-
bons, 6. Lilies bloom to -day And to-
morrow are withered. Does God care
for that of so little worth. end will He
not care for my immortal body, redeem-
ed at such costly price? 7. 'They toll
not, neither do they spin." They are a
quiet sermon. If thus they teaeh as
trust, hoW inuch more should our Sow
ionr's loving declarations, "Your hea-
venly Father knoweth" (v. 32), "All
these things shall be added" (v. 33.)
Seek the Lord. "Seek first. -God" (v,
33). What God puts last the world puts
first. The world says "Seek wealth and
comfort and position and honor.' God
says, "Seek ye my face" (Psit. 27, 8).
'Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and
His righteousness" (v. 33). Not in the
world but in well -doing are we to seek
for glory and honor and immortality
(Roin. 2, 7; John 5, 44). To seek to
save life is to lose it; to lose life is to
find it (Lukc 17, 33). Elijah askeml the
widow of Zarephath to make for hint
little cake first from the handful of
meal which she had, and afterward Make
for herself and her on (T. Kin17, 13).
Seeking the life of another, she found
her own. The capitalist seeking God
first will pay his .employees to the full
ect value of their labor; ont Seeking his
own profit but the profit of many (I.
r. 10, 33). The preacher se.eking God
first cares more to seek and save the
Wet thee for his sahry. A. C. M.
.41.4
STILL CLI.IVIBING,
Increase in Dominion Revenue For
January.
Otteeva, Feb. 7. --The financial state.
molt of the Donunion for the month
of January, and ter the first inn months
of the fiscal year, shows an inereme. of
revenue for the month of $1,4111,588,
and for the ten ineaths of $12.572,-
886, as e0111paretl with the coi're-
eponding period of the previous year.
The WWI reventie for the month was
*8',120,441, and foe the ten month,
584510,522, .01 the totel inerietees
iit revenue $10,203.440 is eredittel to
cuetoms. Total expendliores on con-
solidated fund account for the ten
motile dhow, on the other haul, a
decreas.e of $3,362,743, anti on lona
tal Recount of $9,350,3et, Who Weal
expenditure on eorredirleted fund ste.
ecemt for t -he ten insentii; as eerie
678,472, or *.21,832.030 less than rhe
reverted '.rhe total expentliture, o31.
eapitel aceonnt haft been A27.250,215.
The total eet dobt of the Dorn:Mien at
the eml tif the month wits
070, an irreverent of *21.013.114e foe the
yt
.40, • al. *v..*
A verdict of $220,000 &image* ogalest
200 Oteseeetiout liatenekers, who War*
heid respoteilde for boycottiog oars
talc ftetory, was reterned by a Jere
at Rartforel.
TORONTO MARKETS.
Lavx STOOK.
For Wednesday and Thursday the rail-
ways reported. 97 ear loads of live stock,
coursieting ef 1,370 cattle, 2,775 name il,59
sheep and lambs, 77 ettlyee and 10 Uprises.
There was a fair trade for all clauses
of live ritock at about the flame pricers
as for Tueedtty, but some of the drovers
reported the market easier for the un-
finished cattle,
Exporters -A few export steers Bola
from $5,85 to 4.0.4 export butte sold at
$4.50 to $5 per cwt.
Butchers -Prime picked. lots of finith-
ed butcher*, $0.75; loads of good, $5,40
to $4.f101 medium, 44.80 to 45.16; OM -
mon, $4,24 to $4,75; cows, $5 to, $4.00;
canners, $1,16 to $2.25.
George Rowntree'who bought 170 cat-
tle for the Harris Abattoir Co„ report-
ed steers and. heifers at 4418 to *0,00/
cows, $2 to $4.50; bulls, $4,25 to $5.10.
Milkers and Springers -Fair receipt*
met a steady market at prices unthang-
ed from $85 to $00 each.
Veal Calves -Light receipts calmed
prices to remain strong but unchanged
at $3.50 to $7,50 per cwt.
Sheep and Lambs -The market for
sheep an lambs was unchanged. Sheep,
ewes sola,ot $4.60 to $5; anile and rams,
$3.50 to $4; iambs, $5 to $5 for inferior
to cavemen, and $6 to $7 for medium to
good.
Homs -Selects fed and watered were
reported as selling at $8.35 to $8.40, and
f$.10 to $8.15 f.o.b, ears at country
points,
FARMERS' MARKET.
The grain receipts to -day were sras,11
consisting only of 100 bushels of Fall
wheat, at $1.10 and 200 bushels of oats
at 45c.
General country produce in fair of-
fer, and prices firm, Dairy butter sold
at 25 to 28o per lb., according to qual-
ity, and new -laid eggs at 350 per doz-
en,
Hay was steady, with tales of 10 loads
at $18 to $20 a ton for timothy, and at
$9 to $14 for mixed and clover. Straw
unchanged, a load of bundled rye bring-
ing 820.
Dressed hogs are steady, with prices
ruling at $11 to $11.50.
Wheat, white, new.. ,. .$109 $ 1 le
Do„ red, new.. . 1 09 1 10
Do., goose.. 1 04 1 05
Oats, bush.. .. 0 45 0 00
Peas, bush.. • . 60 0 61
Ryo, bush- 0 68 0 70
Hay, timothy, ton.... ., 18 00 20 00
Do., mixed, ton.. .. 9 00 14 00
Straw, per ton........14 00 15 00
Seeds--
Alsike, fancy, bush.. ., 6 2e 6 44)
Do., No. 1 „ .... 600 001)
Do., No. 2 .. . ..., 6 25 550
Do., No. 3.. 4 75 5 00
Ned clover, No. 1 bush. ,..7 65 8 25
Timothy.. .. 1 40 1 So
Dressed home .. 11 00 11 SO
Butter, dairy.. 0 25 0 28
Do., inferior.. 0 22 0 24
Eggs, new laid, dozen., 0 35 0 00
Do., fresh.. 0 30 0 00
Chickene, lb., • • 0 16 0 37
Ducks, lb.. .. 0 16 0 18
Turkeys, lb.. .. .. 0 20 0 22
Gesse, lb.. .. 013 010
Fowl, lb.. .. .... 012 0 12
Apples, bbl... 1 50 3 00
Potatoes, bag, by load.. 0 65 0 60
Celery, dozen.. ...... 0 20 0 40
Onions, bag.. .. ., 1 00 1 10
Cauliflower, dozeu.... .. 0 75 1 26
Cabbage, dozen- 0 50 0 60
Beef, hindquarters.. .. 9 50 10 50
Do., forequarters .. 6 00 7 50
Do., choice, carcaae.. 8 50 9 pa
Do., medium, carcase.. 7 00 8 Va.
Mutton, per cwt.. .. 8 00 9 50
Veal, prime, per ewt.. 9 50 10 50
Spring lamb, per cwt.. ,.12 00 13 60
SUGAR MARION.
St. Lawrence sugars are quoted as fol-
lows: Granulated, $4:95 per cwt., -ix
barrels; No. 1 golden, $4.55 per dist„ 15
barrels. Beaver, •$4.65 per cwt., in
bags. These prices are for delivery here.
Car lots 5e less. In 100-1b. bags prices
are 5c less.
OTHER MARKETS.
WINNIPEG WHEAT NEA.REBT.
Wheat -February $1.02 1-2, May *1.-
05, Slily $1.06.
Oats -February 36 1-2c, May 38 1-2c,
duly 39 1-2c.
BACON AND CHEESE.
)London -To -day's boat teem Den-
mark landed 255 bales of bacon. The
market is quiet but firm., owing to light
supplies, hams are 66s to 73s; cheese
is firm arid in good demand with white
at 60c to 65e, fine to finest colored 54
to 61s.
London -Liverpool cables quote live
tattle (American) lower, at 13 1-2c to
• 14 3-4c, dressed weight; London steadv,
14 1-2e to 14 3-40; refrigerator beef
higher, at 110 per -lb.
PROVINCIAL MA141ETS. -
London. -There was a fair-sized mar-
ket hi spite of the heavy roads. Little
change in prices. Dressed hogs had an
upward tendency, the lowest price being
511,25; many sales at $11.60; price for
live hogs, Monday's delivery; somewhat
lower at $8. Ray, $14.50 and $15 per
ton, Straw, $7 and $7.50. Butter,
easier; creamery, 26 to 28e per lb; rolls,
24 to 26e; creeks, 23 to 24e. Eggs,
crate, dozen, 28 to 30e; fresh laid, dozen,
30 to 35e. Hides, lower to -day; No. 1,
fie per lb; No. 2, Se per lb; No. 3 7e
."131' ellb.
leville.-The local market was euite
brisk during the past week and to -day.
Fine weather prevails. Large shipments
of live hop were made, buyers paying
$8.10; dressed. $11 to $11.50. Hey,
steady, at $15. Straw, $4 to $S load.
Oats. 40 to 45e. Potatoes, 40 to 60e bag.
Butter, -25e. Fresh eggs, 30 to 32e.
Ilutchere' hides, 10c; femme', 9 1-ec;
veal thins, 10e; elestkine, 75c; horse
hides. $2.50.
Peterlooro.-On tlie market to -day
loge sold at $11: live at 18. Baled hay,
$18; loose, $19. Farmers' hides, 8 to he;
butcheree 7 to 10e. Potatoee, 50 to 00e.
Butter, 26 to e6c. Eggs, 30 to 32e, •
Stratford.-Troge, $7.75 to $7.85: dna--
ed, *8.50 to $0. Cows, 3 1-e to 3 3-40;
deemed, 7 1-2 to 7 3-4e. Steers mid
teifers. 3 3-4 to 4 1-4e; dressed, 7 0-4
to 8 1-4e. Lambe, 5 to 5 1-2c; cheesed,
lie. Calves. 5c; dressed, Se. Mee,
Women, 11 1-2 to lac; parkerti. 12 1-2
to 13e. Wheat. $1.04, etandttrd. Ws,
38e, etseelard. Peas. SO to Wk. Barley',
48 to 50e. Bram $22. Shortie 76e. Hey,
$11.15* to *12, Butter, 25e. Egge,
Chatham.- The nuaket was large;
prices varied more time usual with de-
eline in butter and eggs. Butter, 24 to
27e. lens, 25 to 30e. Chickens, 25 to
00e. Prolamin DOe. Bellew, mt., $1.10.
Corn, shelled, bushel, 57e. Oen, 30e.
Reana, $1.60 to $1.73, Wheat, $1.10.
Ray. (slower, *13; timothy, *18 to *14.
Roes, live, ewe, $7.73 to $8: drowsed,
$510. Other Meat Priem) lirlehanieod.
St. Therms,- The markets to-dity
romproomPon...1.1.•••••••••••••••••
showed little change in price*, Live
hogs, $700, a drop of 25c; &eased Loge,
$12.50. Loose hay, $13; baled hay, $14.
Straw, $7. Wheat, $1.05. Butter, 23 to
26e. Eggs, 30 to. 32e. Chickens, 15 to
BRADSTREET'S TRADE REVIEW.
FOOD FIGHT.
C. N. TERMINALS'
Mlani 41. awix
so^
Montreal repute to Bradstreet's ritty
there ha e been little change in" bueiness
conditions there during the past week.
The weather has been slightly better for
retail trade and drygoode stores have
been hues' with clearing sales. Wholessa-
eta report plenty of orders coming in
and are now busy en spring snip:lieut.*.
Values aro generally steady to tired
Toronto reports to Bradstreet's eel
wholesaIeve are now buey on wing
shipments and largo quantitice of geed'
are already going forward. .A, feature
of conditions is the large quantities of
mereharidise which are to go west this
year, the donaed for all lines of sup-
plies being exceedingly heavy. Through..
out Ontario, too, purehases are of ex-
cellent volume and prospects contiaue
very bright for a big spring trade.
dountry trade has been good owing to
excellent sleighing and as a result
stoats are expected to be cleared up
well bythe end of the season.
Winnipeg reports say general trade
theiva continues excellent for this time
of the year.
Vancouver and Vitoria reports say
general business throughout the pro-
vince has a healthy tone, there being
an exeollent eentand for all lino of see -
seeable goods.
Vericouver and Victoria reports say
general business throughout the pro -
Vine(' has a healthy tone, there being an
excellent demand for all liner, of sea-
sonable goods.
Cembec reports to Bradstreet's are
more favorable than the preceding
reek.
Hamilton reports say with slightly
better weather retail trade has picked
up somewhat during the week and an
excellent demand is noted for all lines
of general goods. Wholorsalers and man-
ufacturers aro busy with preparation's
for spring and the outlook favors a
heavy turnover of geode for that sea-
son. Local factories are generally re-
ported to have large orders on hand.
Collections aro fair to good.
London reports say the general situ-
atiou there shore little change other
than rather more activity in the way
or retail trade.
Ottawa reports say it good steady
trade is moving in all lines and the gen-
eeral outlook for the future is quite sat-
isfectery.
LABOR BUREAUS.
London Police Had to Regulate
Lines of Unemployed.
New York, Feb. 6.-A cable despatch
to the Sun from London says: Eighty
labor exchanges opened in different parts
of tae United Kingdom on Tuesday. Two
hundred and thirty more will be added
soon. They are the Board of Trade's
.scheine to cope with the unemployment
question embodied in an act of Parlia-
ment. passed at the last session. It is
hoped that they will eventually put win-
ployers and employees in touoh with
each other and to a great extent do
Away with the present evil of extensive
unemployment.
llow far the scheme may succeed five
days' working cannot be expected to
show. In some few places employers
have shown willingness to co-operate
with the Board of Trade by notifying
the bureaus of their wants, but more
generally they seem to be more than
able- to fill vacancies without resorting
to any agency of the hied.
One ,thing certain is that 'the opening
of these bureaus demonstrated at once
in the most forcible manner the de-
plorable condition of the labor market
in this country. So great was the rush
at the London bureaus that the police
had to regulate long lines of respeetable-
looking men, women and youths, whose
orderly pressure in many cases broke
windows and doors, By midday most of
the ' bureaus had to close their doors.
After that a few of the applicants were
admitted at a time.
The officials worked at high pressure
from 8 to 4 'o'clock, and then more ap-
plicauts remained to be dealt with than
had been attended to. Similar accounts
some from the rest of the country.
Nearly everywhere the assistance of the
police was required. to regulate the
streams of applicante.
• CHURCH FIRE.
Jubilee Congregation Marched
Out in Good Order.
-----
Quebec, Feb. 6.-During,service this
evening in the Trinity Episcopal Church,
presided over by Rev, le. Thompson, a
fire broke out in the basement that
caused a scene of excitement. The con-
gregation were in the midst of the sec-
ond hymn when smoke was seen issuing
front the flooring at the bac/e'er the pul-
pit. One or two men, who were the first
to observe the smoke, quickly slipped
downstairs and discovered that a part
of the flooring near the eurnaee wee
in it blaze. Alderman Messervey, it
member of the congregation, in the
mesetime walked towards the throe
eel and informed those present that
fire had broken out in the cellar and
advieed all present to vacate the promi-
ries without confosion, as they veer* in
no danger. "In the meantime an alarm
AMA rung in and the city firemen were
soon on the spot, and by the aid of one
stream of water succeeded in subduing
the flames before they made any serioue
heedway, with the remit that the dam.
age done will not amount to more than
a couple of hundred dollars. The mem-
ben of the congregation without any.
great evitement left the church in an
orderly manner.
LONDON BLAZE.
',elitism, Feb. 6. -Eire which did over
$0,000 damage gave Um firemen a hard
fight here on Saturday night. The build -
log °coupled, by Forsythe, Fraser &
Weir, wholesale hats. and fare, was al-
moet completely gutted, their lose being
$40,000. H. T. Reason & Company suf.
feved $20,000 loss on their etock, and
the damage tothe buildiug will be $8,'
MO. Captain WHAM, of No. 15 Company,
had Ids oukle badly sprained, ami Fire-
man Bryaut had his hana crushed. Ali
the posets are pretty well covered by in-
surance,
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FOUR YEAR TEN.
Boston, Fels, 5.-/n Paneuil Mill the
"Credit of Liberty," Sohn F. Fitzger-
ald, fleet Mayor of Boston under des
Bev oity eharter, veld& providers fee a
four year term, was to -day inducted is.
to alio.Nines members of the Citv
Commit, whioh takes the pietist of the old
1 board of aldermen and eeennuirt
else wet* intone in.
New York Settling Down to an
Endurance Contest,
After the Cold Storage People -An
Old Ordinance?
New York, Feb .7, --With extreme cold
weather tending to drive prices up and
the first wave of enthusiasm in the cru-
sade against high food eriees reeediug,
the campaign in metropolitan territory
settled down to -day to something like
an endurance conteet.
The week opened, however, with pros-
pects of trouble for the combine alleged
to be illegally keeping up rates for
ueceesariess of life through misuse of
cold storage and other menus. New
York and New Jersey renewed activities
in the campaign. Attorney Geneeal
O'Malley, of New York State, is credited
with the inteution of invoking an old in.
junction against the packing companies
granted in the Supreme Court in 1902,
and forbidding them from fixing meat
prices and preventing eompetition by
agreement as to rates and supply. This
is said to be still in force.
Regulative ordinnces introduced he the
New York board of. aldermen and aimed
particularly at alleged cold storage eyils
are to be pressed for passage.
In New Jersey the Hudson county
grand jury continued its iuquiry into the
business of the great etoraage were
-
homes of Jersey. City.
-*were-
JINGO POLICY.
Mr. Chamberlain on the Defeat of
Tariff Reform.
Canadian Northera Railway Plans
Completed at rilontreal.
Anerfn.11.0,01.
Montreal, Feb, 0. -Plans itave been
prepared for the new terminals and
entrance into Montreal for the Cana-
dian Northeru, according to the state-
ment to -day of Mr W D 11 cla i :l-
ager of the Canadian Northern of Que.
bee, wino said the plans were now ready,
• and would be forwarded to Mackenzie
& Mann for approval. Ala Barclay
stated that the plans prowled, for an
expenditure ef about $5,000,000, and it
was hoped Watt, if they were approved,
the work would. be completed within
about two years, As to the Ioeation,
Mr, 13arelay refused to give any hint,
owing to the effect that such it thing
would have upon the price the company
would have to pay for the property
required. He, liowever, said it would
be in an excellent location for a trans-
continental railway. The present, Cana-
dian Northern station at Moreau street
is about three miles from the central
district, so remote that people refuse to
go there, and the through eight passen-
ger trains between, Quebec, Montreal
and Ottawa have beenwtnandoned tem,
porarily.
Mr. Barclay denied the statement
recently made by the president of the
Halifax Board of Trade that the Cana-
dian Northern had secured the Dominion
Atlantic Railway between Windsor and
Yarmouth, N. S. The whole story, he
said, had been invented by some eastern
newspaper man.
London, Feb. 6. -Mr, Joseph Chamber-
lain, in an interview, said. the final vic-
tory would only take a little longer that
had been hoped. Tariff reform had lost
many votes owing to the successful
abuse of the Lords and the wobbling of
local leaders in Scotland and North Eng-
land. He declaredtariff reform must
remain the main object of the Conserva-
tive policy. It was the most popular
plank. There was nothing to replace it.
Respecting suggestions that the policy
should be changed, or the Imperial side
displaced in order to get rid of, food
taxes. Mr. Chamberlain said there were
always wobblers when a great policy
was proposed, but there woula be fewer
wobblers in the future. The working
classes in many parts are far ahead. of
leaders on tariff reform.
"The Imperial side of his policy," Mr.
Chamberlain declared, "was the strong-
est side. The working classes always re-
sponded to an Imperial appeal. We
must have the full policy or nothing."
If he were in Parliament he would try
to have the Government out in six
months.
II • •
THE SUFFRAGETTES.
Votes For Women" Pamphelets,
Sent Ontario Members.
••••••••••••••ml
Toronto, Feb. 7. -The first gun of the
suffragette campaign in Ontario was
fired this morning. On their arrival at
the Parliament buildings to -day every
member found in his box at the post of-
fice a yellow envenepe marked in purple
letters a•t the top. "Votes for women."
Inside it was a pamphlet, three or four
closely printed pages of excellent reasons
why the member aforesaid should sup-
port the cause of suffering wonianhood.
Mr. Allan Studholme was thoroughly
pleased. "It shows that they're in earn-
est,' he said. "Certainly I will introduce
bill to give women the suffrage, if no-
body does it abead of me. 1 got a let-
ter this morning from Wolfyille, .N. 8,
asking for information as to what is be-
ing done here.'
EDITOR DEAD.
Stewart Houston, Son of Rural Dean
Houston.
Toronto, Feb. 7. --Stewart Houstoere
manager of Money Hall and editor of
the Financial Post, died thie morning
at his home in Clunno avenue. Mr.
Houston had been ill with typhoid fever
and it was thought the crisis had passed
and he was getting better on Thursday.
Late last night, however, his heart be-
gan to show signs of weakness, and this
morning tho end came. Mr. Houston was
a 8012 of Rural Dean Houston, of Nia-
gara. He is survived by his wife, tele)
was Miss Augusta Beverly Robson, and
one child.
GAY FUNERAL.
Music Teacher's Wishes to Avoid
Mournfulness Carried Out.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 7.-X1ist her
funeral should be one of the gayest
funetions in her neighborhood wee the
ambition of Mrs. Pauline. Waldeeker,
a music teacher, whose will was filed
for probate here to -day. In a codicil
dated February 27 1907, it states: "My
burin' day Shall be a day of joy for my
friends." That there might be no mistake
on the part of her heirs as to the char-
acter of fueeral desired the Will said:
"T request that there be no flowers and
that three priests offielate. I desire the
best sliming and, music et my funeral."
She had frequently complained of the
ill effects she suffered from attending
the furierals of friends and that she did
not intend to heve anyone made miser-
able at her funerol. Mrs. W,aldeeker's
wishes were carried out to the letter.
A1.•.d.0•••••
WHILE ASLEEP.
Somnambulist Shot Hiniself---Fro.
baby Fatally Woonded.
Pittolmeg, Feb. 6. -Rising, sound
imleep, front his bed in the lockmenei
quarters at lock number four, Ohio Riv-
et', near here, Ineste Fisher, it victim of
somnambulism, took a thirty-two calibre
revolver from it drineer and thot hint-
gelf just above the heart. Fellow' em-
ployeein adjoining rooms ran to Fisher
and found hint probably fatally wound-
ed, lying in it pool of blood on the floor.
The only answer he made to quest -
floes as to his MilIon for !shooting alert-
stelf don't know," then be lapsed
into uncentieloutheee.
NOTHING NEW.
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Constitutional Government in China
. an Old Story.
Ottawa, Feb. 0, -That the system of
constitutional Government upon which
Canado, and other modern American and
Buropeon countries at present congratu-
late themselves was the system estab-
lished by China 2,400 years ago, was the
interesting inforrnarion supplied by Hon.
Dr, Kling, Chinese Consul -General, in his
address to the Canadian Club yesterday,
when he and Hon. T. Nakamura, Consul -
General of Japan, were the speakers.
Mr, D'Arey Scott, president, wasin the
chair, and among those present were
Hon. Messrs. Fielding, Fisher, Temple-
man and Ring and Mr. Borden.
Both speakers counselled Canada to
further develop her trade with the
Orient.
Hon. Mr. Nakamura supplemented the
statement with a declaration that there
was in the cast a great want for such
products as were the output of Canadian
forests, farms, mines, fisheries and man-
ufactures. "The truth is," he said, "that
your people h
iave been too rauch occu-
pied n pursuing your own natural re-
sources to properly value the great pos-
sibilities of the Oriental markets, close
to hand."
BABY AS FARE.
Mother's PredicamentWhen Ticket
is Pronounced Void.
Egg Harbor City, X. X., Feb. 7. -When
Mrs. George Amann, of this city, return-
ed home last night from a sojourn in
Philadelphia, she presented to the train
conductor the return half of an excur-
sion ticket she had purchased for the
trip. The conductor scanned it a second
and declared it no good, as she had ex-
tended her stay beyond the 10 -day limit.
Mrs. Amman was in a great quandary
when her fare was demanded, as she
had spent all her Money and the return
ticket was all she had. The conductor
suggested that she give him some sub -
stain -Mt guarantee for payment of the
fare due, but the embarrassed woman
was entirely devoid of valuables. Fin-
ally, she held out her six-months'old
baby to the conductor, and said: "This
is all the guarantee I can give you;
take tam and 1 will call for hint to-
morrow and pay the fare."
That was one too many for the con-
ductor, who with a smile took the WO-
in.ln's name and address nnd permitted
her to ride to her home. To -day Mrs.
Amann left the amount of the fare with
the agent of the station.
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First Man. Had Several Brothers,
Says Missionary.
St. Louis, Feb. 7. -That the negro
did not get his color from Ham and
that he is not even a member of the race
of Adam, but a. descendant of one of
the four or five brothers Adam must
have had, is the belief of Rev. Dr. Edwin
H. Richards, for thirty years a, mission-
ary in Uganda, Africa.
Dr, Richards is attending the • Lay-
men's Evangelical Convention which be-
gan a four days' session here to -night
with it banquet for the 2,000 delegates.
"The liege° never came from Ilam.
You can't get a black man from a white
one, either by time or conditions," said
Dr. Bielterds to -day. "The black man is
co-Adamic with Adam. Adam prbba,bly
had about four brothers, Us t Bible
doesn't mention, and it Wall from one of
these brothers that the negro must have
descended."
DIED IN JAIL.
Was Driven Insane by Conspiracy
Charges and Finally Dies.
London, Feb, W -Prof. Martin Bketo
burg, the Swedish seientist, who on be-
ing arrested in London last fall, charg-
ed with cemplieity in several bomb
outrages in Swedeu, became temporarily
inettne and was later committed for ex-
tradition to Sweden, died etuldettly in
Brixton jail to -day. The eatise of his
death is officially attributed to apop-
lexy.
DROPS DEAD.
Leettnineon, Ont., Fob. 1 -Sunda
afternoon, while standing by the grave
of John Wagner, the welldruoven tea
sidont of tide town, Who was found deed
In his elude in the offiee ef the Deming
House last Wedneroloy, itlaey Arm -
Strong, an employee of the Hotel, dreier-
pl,a dean. This was the fourth very awl -
dee death in this plebe shire Wedues-
day, the other two being Amgen (?am -
bell, for many ZrtsEtrfi in boater% hoe,
and a Met Itehintion,
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Chicago, Feb. 7. -Otto e•leyer and his
wife, Mary, have solved the difficulties
attending the high cost of living, as far
as they are concerned. They have lived
for years on a thirty -acre farm Dear the
village of Riverside, Cook county. By
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H. Meyer, the farm. But in return for
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a house, regardless of the market price,
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sufficient supply of fruit, a sufficient
supply of vegetables of all kinds, to be
delivered on demand; one dressed hog
of 200 pounds weight; one forequarter
of fresh beef, to be delivered on Dec. 15
in each year, one-half dozen fat ducks,
helf-dozen hroosters, to be delivered
No. 1 of each year, and three barrels of
best quality of wheat flour, to be de-
livered, one barrel tech time, on. Jan. 1,
May 1 and Sept. 1 of each year; twenty
bushels- of good eatable potatoes, to be
delivered on demand; two pounds of
fresh butter each week, one dozen fresh
eggs each week, one quart of fresh milk,
and $40 in*eash, $...2Lon March 1 and $20
on July 1 in each year."
MUST PAY 13IG SUM
To Proprietor of Factory They Boy.
cotted a Tear.
Hartford, Conn., Feb. 7.--.A now de-
claration of independence is what At-
totney Daniel Davenport, of Bridgeport,
rolls the verdict of $222,000 rendered to.
day in the United States court by the
jary in the suit of D. E. Loewe, of Dan-
bury, against 200 hat makers of this
State, members of the Union Hatters of
North America. .After being out a little
over tato hours, the jury ordered actual
damages of $74,000 to the plaintiff, but
as the snit was brought under the Sher-
man anti-trust law, triple damages inust
be aseeseed.
There was it remarkable scene in the
court room when the verdict was an-
nounced. The defendants in attendance
were stunned, and groups dejectedly di'
cussed the eignificawce of the blow. A
tonference with the emit followed, at
which it was decided to give the attor-
neys for the defence a hearing on Mareh
7, 'when it motion to eet aside the verdiet
on the ground of being excestive, will be
argued. It is estimated that the costs
will amount to at letiet $10,000.
Attorney Davenport, senior tomato' for
the plitietiffe ettia of the'verdkt:
"It Means that individual members of
labor unions are bound by the actions
of their officers and they cannot allow
them to do as they please. Secondly,
it means that the Sherman anti-trust
law protects manufacturers and mer-
chants from boycott attacks. In sub-
stance, it is a new declaration of inde-
pendence."
The Itidge in his charge practically
instructed the jury to bring in a verdict
for the plaintiff. He said the only ques-
tion for them to decide was one of dam-
ages and these were to be based upon
the losses sustained by the plaintiff be-
tween ,July, 1902, and September, 1903,
the period during which the boycott
against the Loewe factory was main-
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WIFE WARNED.
Dleamed of Husbana's Death and
Found Him Dead.
Ortooville, Minn., WOW 7. -Awakened
from it dream of her husband's deat'i,
Mrs. Matthew Henkles, wI1e of the night
engineer in the eity power house, 1m il
the electric lights in her home and eit
the streets had gone out. Shm. oht.iintil
matches and made her way t )th. pow.r
house, where her cads for her enibane
ino'er.
re not answered from the dark hoe:-
Upon entering she found the aynaines
short circuited and flashing showers of
srerks into the metal hew pletee.
Threading her way among the de idly
machines, still svbhling, the ante:at-1.
wife found her hothead lifWeee meter
the main shafting ernsirel to death.
Seizing his body, she dragged it back
through the gauntlet, her thew ettelene
"
ffiireee lfvriotrinl stnlotew.-electrie, speree. Tile po.
lire, summoned by her craw pit telt the
HELD UP AT HALIFAX.
Scotehmen Are Refused Entrance
Into Canada.
Halifax, N. $te, Feb. 7. -Governor Frets.
er mid President Milne Ierasew of the
North British Society of Halifax, will
have their hands full to -morrow. Seven-
teen immigrante among those who :mix-
ed by the steamer Nuntidian are hem
up by the immigration department at
Halifax because they have not each $25
to cash. Of the number, eleven ere
Scateinnen, and include carpenters and
other tecchamics. They are usew in the
Detention Hospital, and the authorities
say they will be deported back to Scot-
land to -morrow night.
Thi e Will be done hi spite of the feet
that cash for them is in the hands of
the steamship company suffieient to
average $25 all round.
President Primer, of the North British
Society, wired Hon. W. S. Fielding to-
day protesting against the premed de-
portation.
. Arrangements; were lel tle ,11:de3 n 114'11
FAX id the Seottish Im oissa.itt tet ;:i:1
by the Halifax poi t beemise
- they hit've not Nei ea:et eere, released.