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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1900-5-17, Page 3MAY 17r 1000. Tg B 'SS POST. 130Y SIIOOTS HIS FATHER Peter McIntyre, of Toronto Killed by 1 -lis Son, TtHIRTEENY19AlneOLO LAI) QTJAR- RF.LLIOD WITH $IS FATTIIaE AN DREW A Arra oLvou, — AFTP',R- WARDs sti.i» 1'1' WAS AN AOOI.. DENT, A despate'h Prem 110routo says Arthur Molntyro, of 299 1Viarkhu(n street, the 13 -year-old son of Peter Molntyre, freight manager for the Ontario nieneUeu Navigation coma- pany, shot and -instantly killed hie tether at the latter's office at MOloy's wharf, en Th'eraday morning. The boy wanted to go to St. Catharines to B00 his uncle and Mr. MoIntyre object- ed. . The hon then, us he says, to frighten his father, drew a revolver and pointed it. Mr, McIntyre sprang from his chair and the revolver went off, the bullet entering Mr. McIntyre's Left breast, 11-2 inches above the heart, + KILLING RIM INSTANTLY. f Two Dierks, Edward. Nevin and 0. L, Watson, who were in the outer office, heard the shot and run out of the building, Tihen discovering that the shooting was inside they event bank and found Mr. Malntyre dead: Ttte boy told the mon that he had shot his father.,and to go for a dootor and a policeman. This was done, but no medical aid could help the victim. • Polite Constable JoheeMs end 1)eteo- tives Forrest and Verney wont dOW n and arrested the boy, who was tekon to number one ppoolios atation and queettcaetl by Inspector Stark. He wee then taken down stairs, and soarnhed. Easicies thee'evolver ho had Lhe usual oontonts of a boy'a'pookote and five oartridgos, but no money. Ile cried continually at the station and when arraigned la the cort. TW0 BOY tWOOTL'R, "Sere le a lad against whom !mutt lay a charge of murder,' sald the Crown Attorney, "I didue. murder hint," said the boy,' wlio was verbally remanded till Lo -morrow, Arthur McIntyre to a bright-look- ing:lad of 13, with fair bels•; blue eyes, and a rudely . oompfoxion.. Ile was dressed in a dark salt, brown peak cap and Lan boots. He ie the oldest of four children, there being two boys 'and two girls in the family, Ile has been' workiAg with bis father for the past few months, and it is said that their relations have always been amicable, Mr, MGIntyre being an ex- ceptionally good father, People who know the boy say that he has 'never shown an ungovernable temper. He Wile very obliging and watt always on the best of terms with his brother and sisters." He is known -td be an ex- tensive reader end to be a deep thinker. It is believed by a number of his acquaintances that his mind has been temporarily unbalanced tram too much reading and thinking. BOERS IN CULL RETRFA Battle at 'Zand River Extended Over Twenty ililes. A despatch from London says ;—The Mier Office on Thursday handed out three cables from Lord Roberts, the. last of whish shows that the Boers, after making a stand north of the Zand River, 000upying a position 20 miles in length, are now in full re- treat, with British o,Lvalry in pur- suit in three directiona, ' Prom Welgelegen, under data. of Wednesday evening, Lord Roberts cabled :-r "Pole-Carew's and Tucker's divi- sions, Bruce Hamilton's column of heavy naval and Royal garrison ar- tillery guns, and four brigades of cavalry marched here to -day. The enemy hold the opposite bank of the Zand River, 'Their strength will be ascertained to -morrow, when 1 hope to be able to force a passage of the river." The next message is as follows ,— • "Cable cart headquarters at the front, May 10, 9.10 a. m.—We are Mow across the Zand River. The en- emy are still holding a strong posi- tion, but we are gradually pushing tbem back." Three hours later he (tabled "Cable Cart, Zand River, May 10, 12.30 p. m.—The enemy are in f ull retreat. They 000upied a position 20 miles in length. Ours was necessar- ily longer. With the widety-scattered tone it will take some time to learn the casualties, bat I am hopeful we have not suffered much. The uaval- NEW SUMMARY, CANADA. Dfetekonzto de ;Mann inay hay the IKIngston locoinptive works. The British (01015 r BliZzard has ars rived at Haiifax from normalities The Government will construct . a wharf at Levis, t'lue,, 800 feet long. About 100,000 bushels of Manitoba grain are being reeeirod daily at Fort William. 14 is reported that. 30,000 Japanese will come to nritinhl Qolonibia this Bummer. Some of the woavpre be the Canada Oolored Cotton Mills at Herniates:, are outon strike. Wheat seeding in Manitoba hila boon completed this year three weeks earlier than last, The smallpox condemns In Winnipeg bas been oyerestimated, and the scare bas largely subsided. Major Dent has bought at Montreal 500 horses for the British cavalry and 120 nor Stratheona's Horse, There have been 2,500 cases of Ines. - 0(35 in Hamilton slice March let, and the schools are only half attended, Kra. Chas. Daujrhney, the another of nine children, committed suicide at Lunepburg, N. 5., by taking parboil° aoid. Five officer's of the Prince 00 Wales' Fusiliers, at ,Montreal, have resigned owing to trouble with the command- ing oefioer, Miss Gould, of the Montreal branch of the Red Cross Society, has handed to the society 34,000ooileeted by her chain letter. Belleville Oily Council has decided to reduce the police force by one and, to abolish the rank sergeant. A saving of 3900 will be effected. The.lmurentide pulp and saw mills at Grande Mere, Quebec,were destroy. - el by fire. The loss is about 3400,000. Printing paper will now be stirrer than ever. Letters from Dawson estimate the clean-up ' of Sulphur and Gold Run Creeks at 33,000,000, and the total wash-up for the entire Klondike dis- trict at 318,000,000 approximately. Relatives of Jesse Martin, fireman, killed near Belleville by striking his head against an iron bar on a side track while looking out of the oab window, will sue the G.T.R. for 320,000. The exr!eriment of selling binder twine direct from Kingston Peniten- tiary has been so successful that the Minister of Justice has instructed the Warden to continue to accept orders for small lots when asked for. Jamas Baxter, the wrecker of the Ville Marie Bank, was taken to St. Vincent de Paul prison on Tuesday, where he was found to be In a eriti- cal condition of health, and was at once placed im the hospital. In his report on the militia, General utton says: "The existing regula- ions Prohibiting the sale of liquor within the camps were carried out. It not, however, possible to prevent the onsumption of liquor in camps, and is equally impossible to prevent the licit sale. of liquors outside, but in lose proximity to the uunfines of the amps." GREAT BRITAIN. Sir Henry M, Stanley, the explorer, P, for North Lambeth, will notseek e•ielection• The Prince ot Wales intends making is c it ry and horse itrtillery are parsuing i1 the Boers by three different roads.",° Lord Roberts also cabled from Zand:° River camp, May 9, saying ;—"I hay received a most cheery telegram from Sadeu Powell, dated April 27." This en evidently refers to the despatch in- r eluded in a leafekino' correspondent's cable already published. URGE GUERILLA WAR Foreign Mercenaries Advise Boer to Abandon Present Taetics. The London Standard publishes the following, dated Wednesday. from Walgelogen 'Tho engagement ea the Vet River caused the Boers to be dissatisfied with their leaders. I learn from Pre- toria that the Boors intend to retire ultimately to Lydanburg, leaving to the foreign moreenaries the tusk of defending •Johannesburg end Pre- toria. "Phe foreign mercenaries are now advocating the sending out of guars ilia parties from 300 to 400 strong rather than a persistence in opora- Hons on 0 large scale ; but the Boers aro not dashing enough for that kind of work." SENTENCED TO DEATH • s One of Buller's Bien Deserts and Fights With Enemy. A despatch from Ladysmith says;— Ladysmith is just now the centre of activity on the part of the Army Servile° Corps. .Gorge quantities of stores are in the town. A private ot the Tenth Mountain Battery, who deserted at Colette() in December, fought with the Boers, and was afterwards expelled from the country for striking a Boer com- mandant, disclosed his identity in Durban while under the influence of drink. He was tried and sentenced to death, but Gen. Butler has commuted the sentence to im.prisanment for life. GAVE BOTHA AGUARANTEE L .y That the Johannesburg Mines Would Not be Destroyed .A despatch to the Cologne Gazette troxu Pretoria says Gen, Louis Botha, who surieeeded Gan. ,foubert as some- intender of the federal army, informed the Government that nil would resign hie bontman'l if it were intended to destroy-tbe Jobannesburg :mines. Be had no grievance against private Pro- perty, he said, and would only fight a hostile army, Gen• Botha was offici- ally informed that it was not intended to destroy the mines. BOER GENERAL KILLED. Commandant Van Aswegon Slain Near Warrenton• al.. de.spatah from Pretorei says: -A despatch from Christiana, .sent from that town Tuesday, states that there was ftghtitig on the Vaal river Mon- day. Gen, Van Asivegcan, who was In command of the Grigwaland Beers, was killed, aAcconding to the despaxteh, the Beit - tali were repwlsed and eonipeiled to re- tire to Warrenton, FAVOURED SUBMISSION. Free State Burghers Want to Give ' Up the Fight, A despatch from ,Bennet llurieigh to the London Deily Telegraph from Weigelogen, dated. Wednesday' says: ""I.he burghers held a meeting ;res penny, without the consent of. Presi- dent Sd.eyn, at wh}oh the ad,vieabilit:y of snbmitnion on the part of the Free; ,Mate' 'yes dismissed incl' upp'roved," LOSSES AT BRANDFORT They Were Heavier Than at First Understood. A. despatch from Cape Town, soya:— The British losses at ' Brandfort are new reported to have been much heav- ier than was at first understood. After the battle British patrols visited the farm housed and surrounding dis- tricts, and all the uten were taken prisoners, while the horses ani guns; were moved. Lord Roberts is adopt-' Cng a sLernor palmy with a view of preventing guerilla fighting in the rear of the British. Horses are now a yachting trip off the Irish coast in the autumn, Tho British Howse of Commons has adopted a vote of 39,050,000 for the completion of the Uganda railway. The late Duke of Argyll, it has been learned, once wrote a novel, Its title was "The Highland Nurse." It hada small sale. The Luke of York has gone to Berlin to participate in the ceremonies of the German Crown Prince's birthday an- niversary. The Queen has contributed 500 guin- eas and the Prince of Wales 250 guen- eas to the .Mansion House Fund for the Ottawa fire sufferers. The London Daily Telegraph, com- menting on the Utah mine horror, says that it will evoke greater sym- pathy than any other event on this side of the Atlantic since the loss of the Maine. • A man appeared in a London Police Court charged with torturing an ele- phant.- He probed it with a lance, in- furiating the animal to such an ex- tent. that it charged a keeper sad killed him. Mr. Reginald MacLeod, O.B., who has been appointed Registrar -General, in the plane of Sir Brydges Henniker, is the second son of the late( Norman MacLeod, MacLeod of MacLeod, of Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye. With the objoot of popularizing and encouraging Irish industries, the Lady Mayoress of London has ordered a court dress of Irish) poplin, trimmed with Irish lace, for her own use at the nest drawing -room, on which ma- enaion she will be presented. UNITED STATES. mad dog Defused apanio in Lhe sets of Evanston, 11I., biting four 0. iLy Council, of Brunswick, Maine, L plant it Lraot of 1,000 acres ill Le pine. t Eighteen womon graduated us den- tists from the Northwestern Univer- sity, Tllinoia. Machinery of many American war- ships is said to have been damaged through enrelesene5s. The New York Legislature has ap- propriated $150,000( for the constraac- tion of good roads in the state. President McKinley, and Admiral Dewey will be at Canton, Ohio, Judy 4, when Spanish cannon is 0ediaated. The United States Navy Department urges that $10,000,000 be appropriated for the establishment of newt codling stations. Governer Voorhees, of New Jersey, has donated 09,000 to the Foreign MIS - mous of the. Reformed Church of Amsriaa, United Slates 05110oad •afficons favour requiring, all dmployes of cor- porations who eom'e in contact with the public to be uniformed, Indiana, with: a smaller population than Il asscicdhusotts, expands to poor relief more. than throe times the amount paid in Massiuolnusetts. A str commandeered and farm -houses whore me gnus are found are destroyed, while O curl the Men are nrrested. chi MAY EXPEL THE REST. Proposal' to Fjeet Every British Subject Front the Transvaal. A despatch from Peetorla says: Despite the edict of expulsion recent- ly issued against all British subjects, in the Transvaal, which tonowed the explosion at Beggio's enineoring works aL Johannesburg, the question of per - mil ling the British yet remaining in the country to stay here le again re- oeiviug official attention. BOOKS FOR BOER PRISONERS British Government to Buy Dutch 13oo)cs for the Men at St. Helena, A despaic,h from Amsterdam, says: —The British' C}ovennment has ins *Lrnc)od its Consul here to oxpend500 guilders for Dutaln books for the use of the. Boer reek/more at St. lelena, o endued 011 Company has in creased the wages of its einpleyes at Williamebur , Green Point and Long Island pity Innen 5 to 15 per :sent, and taken off' an hour of their working Dime, • GENERAL. Chutes le reported t0 bo raging in the famine d.atrlots of India. Three new eases of the buhanna plague have appeared at Port Said. Bubonic Plague le increasing tq Ar- gentine, Australia and Apia - The Salvation Army will make an active campaign he Pari* "luring the Exposition.' Hail and rain done great dawn age to the crops in the tea districts in India, Sydney, N.S,W„ has had 188 oases of bubonic plague, of whioh' 58 kava proved fatal, German pcllulat' opinion regards annotation of Southern Brazil, dilaf- ly settled by Germans, es Inevitable, .1. statistical work just published says Europe has a population of 881,000,000, an inoreaso of 79,000,000 since 1870. An trade has been Issued by the Turkish Government prohibiting the Importation of all apparatus connect- ed with electricity. Dr, Pfeiffer, discoverer of influenza bacillus, says handkerchiefs propagute 70 per cent. of all noble in the bead, throat and nose. The Ameer of Afghanistan is again getting ugly with the British. Govern- ment. Russian intrigues are thought to be behind it all. Suez canal reaelpta for the first three months of this year were 34,200,1100, an increase of nearly 3500,- 000 over the corresponding period of last year. An innovation has been introduced in the French artillery service in the shape of a smoke shell, designed to create a sort of veil before the ene emy's artillery. Dr. Theodore Herz', originator of the scheme to ensemble all the Jews of the world in Paleatine, says he can (get the rmaney and that the project only awaits a safisfaatory charter frown the Sultan. At the formation of an Irish asso- ciation in Gape Town on 'Tuesday, 511- referenoas to the Queen were cher- Ad enthusiastically, and the Irishmen of South Africa declared they were for " Queen and Country-" King Oscar of Sweden and Norway is reported to have expressed himself as strongly in sympathy with the Bri- tish in the war. He takes no stook in religious principles which seem ap- plicable to burghers only. BOER LOSSES HEAVY.: Seventy Were Killed in One En- gagement, A despatch from Smaldeet says:— f The British have been successful at S all points recently. f Gen. Hunter has passed Fourteen h Sitreams,after a fight in which over s twenty Boers, including two command- ers, ommand ors, were killed. At the Vet river the Gordan High- J Landers put a large oomm:tndo to t flight, and the 8th Hussars killed over t seventy of the retreating Boers. d Although Gen. Ian. Hamilton was t fighting every day last week, his ensu- w alties were only about one hundred, w The Boers are reported to be retiring v from the Zand river. Many Boers are turning in their horses and Mousers. WOMEN IN THE TRENCHES. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL, iNTI3RNATioNAI LCSSON, MA% 20, .1 Pa *' abil / 4' lye Sewer," • 81n44, eta. e.$, is•„i. t,eliletl Teti. Luise 8, ll. PRACTICAL NOTES. Verse 1. The same day, Alter the call of 1)14 nlisr obh,i'- ed at' the closeeotofncdhapterotr e1'L.rs, elatOut et the house, The house In Chlrerna- n'nO widen he made his bolus, porhape that 01 Shiloh Peter, Ids *vent to the seaside so that a larger number might listen to his township- All the.laudecape gave hien texts, in the farmer sowing his field and the fish- er drawing hie net, Lie sat, Woos() that was the position (mete/nary for a teacher, 0. Great multitudes. It was near • to the Diose of the popular period of the Saviour's ministry; but not. many weeks later he wee left alone with . the twelve. A. crowd Is net always the token of a successful ministry. Into a ship. This was probsbly the boat which was kept for his service pass- ing' frown 11 05 to plane sluiung the shore, Mark 3. 9. And sat. This was the customary posture of the rabbis while giving lnstruoticu. Mut- tilude stood. On the northern and of the lake aro several small iniete, where a bout away ride at unclip; only a few feet train the shores, which slope gently up on each side, forming a natural arnnhitheeter. 8. He spoke many things. This ap- pears to have been the beginning of his practice or teaching in parables, Of those given et this time Matthew has recorded seven, and Mark an ad- ditional one, Doubtless there *ere ;many others which were not written. 'But we are not to suppose that the preaching Is lost which remains un- published. In parables. A good de- finition of a parable is that of Ly- man Abbott: "A fictitious narra- tive, true to nature, yet: undeoep- live, veiling a spiritual trulb under at symbol, for the purpose of conveying it to minds reluct- ant or indifferent,” It taught some things to the indifferent, drove the truth home to the thoughtful and inquiring. Behold. Perhaps oncpasiz- ing 'his words by pointing to a farmer at work on the terraced hillside. A soarer, The sower is, first of all, Christ himself, who is present when- ever truth is taught; next, his apos- tles, or immediate disciples; but also who labor in Christ's cause, whether preachers or lay workers. Went forth. In the East the farmer never Iives up- on his form, but always in the village, from which he goes forth to his fields, which are often at a distance. - i. Sonia seeds. The seed is not all truth, but Gospel truth, that which brings salvation to those who receive t. 'By the wayside. There are no emits in the .Gast, but; the fields are eparated by beaten paths, upon which some of the send wit. be sure to all, Such are the hearts heat,,. into ardness by the rush of worldly and ensual thoughts, so that they tire not open to the truth, whioh falls upon hem, but does not enter them. The owls. Revised Version, "the birds." ust as the birds pick up the seed on ave hard ground, so do the light Noughts and frivolous utterances rive away the impression of the ruth front the careless hearer. Ile - are of the wandering thoughts, -hien are Satan's messengers. See erso 19. ii. Strong places. .Revised Version, and soill intermingled, but where ,herehe rock beneath; is thinly covered with earth—an emblem of the shallow natures whioh, seeing to be converted Lh when only a surface of the emo- tions is stirred, While the heart be- low remains unyielding. forthwith• they beneath was, warmer titan ause ihe dle soil, and started, a premlature but trans sient growth. So the weak, emot- tional nature is often the soonest to be aroused in time elf revival. Let us not• suppose that mere excitement is true conviction. 8. Whoa: the son was up. In the late spring, rains the seed quickly germinates, only. to be as quickly burned out by the hot summer sun, Because they, had no root. During the long drought of summer the sur- face soil becomes, very dry, and only those plants liven, whose roots reach down to moisture below. They with- ered away. Every revival will eurntsh instances ofl this eines, people of emo- tional nature, but weak will, easily influenced by circumstnnoes. When they drop back to their former state of 8124 they are often nailed backslid- ers, when in reality they were never genuinely converted. Tea Christian oharaater that cannot stand trial is hat rears but only seeming. 7. Some fell among the thorns. These are very abundant in Palestine, as in all countries, where they are permit: - to find a pinna, In the parable, Christ tolls us, I hey represent "the res of the world, the deceitfulness riches, and the pleasures of this ," Thorns will grow for themselves, good seed must ba blunted and ed for. Choked them. '('hey do not ass kilt the seed, but they prevent from full development, so that it. nes no fruit to perfect ion, Luke 8. Row many starve their souls tbel y may supply their bodies Better poor here than poor hereafter.. But. others. Notice that in no in - nae is the seed different. '.Fruth is same wherever it falls upon the. rt. Good ground, Representing the its whtch are receptive, tender, and Have Petitioned Kruger to Allow Them to Go to the Front. A despatch from Pretoria says 1— • The Afrikander women have been deeply stirred by the reverses that have befallen the Boer arms, end they are seeking by every means in their power do add to the strength of the horses of the Republics. A number of them have offered the Government to immediately form a carps to guard the railway or to proceed to the front and fight in the trenches with their male relatives, SPRING SMILES. Twenty-five dollars for a basket- ball rrook9 Why, Clara, the dootor said you were not to play basket -ball any more. Well, mercy me, )tarry I I have to have something tit to wear when I go to look on. Mrs. Bunt—The new tenants next floor are not a bit neighborly. Mr. Bunt—No; 1 notice they keep their confounded piano going almost con- stantly. Dorothy --Papa, we girls have a new name for those men wbo call on us but never take us out anywhere. Papa led —What is it, daughter 9 We call them ae fireside companions, oil Milliner—This hat will last you sev- if oral seasons,*Miss Flyhigh. Miss .Fly- `ice high—Oh, I don't want that kind of a cat. hat; show me one that won't be fit to alw he seen in about four weeks. it Hix—What would you think of a bri man who divulged a secret intrusted, l4. to him I' Dix—Well 1 should think he the wvas on an equal footing with the man ba who intrusted it to him, , 8. Mother, sternly—He kissed you twice stn to aey knowledge, and I don't know the, he4 how often after that. Daughter— lout Neither do 1, Inc. I never was mush real good at mental arithmetic. Wh • Youthful Diplome-ay--'Mettler, with Er fly to make good use of the Gospel at. kind of soil is your heart9 ought forth fruit. This is the pure e of all the toil, fruit which will conviotion—Johnny, you took those bo" reap licatioa1 it represents the renewed renter wrought by the Gospel, end ennobling influent* whish such a renter exerts. Surae a hundredfold e sixtyfn1tl• A single kernel of at has been irnoten to produce 11 preserves, from the pantry, Johnny, app shrewdly—Why, ma, you never saw me ohs do anything of the kind. Mother— ins Perhaps I didn't sec you, but you did olna it, and I want you to tell 1ne the 0004 truth. After a long pause, Como i whs Why don't you answer Johnny—Ma uy the farmer for his toil Tn the ohildren should be seen an duel heard. months' stunt I usn time My wife says that'nothing could ,!her over induce her to bet on the' races.lefre I have the same trouble, said the man Pel] with the limp collas slid the dented and hat. .I can't got my wife to go. She silt stays at home and peeks the horses ; 1Ves with the prettiest mance to win and wide then makes fun of mo because her till judgment is better than mute, , Iran red grants; ,but in the East the 11 harvest is from twenty Ito sixty 5 the amount of the seed. no s are natures iron whteh great els room Iran) the Gospel Pd. I1 in the heart of naafi '- t of Tarsus, sus, unnumbered have been the re- s.Ie 00ruieltened the soul of John n y, he he rvest is world- Spans thirty -fold. Solve ells- 11 t sissy say, "No results hove ennui 1 uty salvation," i)ouhtlees lucre +( • FULL OF 7itzmome. maw* Ixa Bed t$ l'leuths--fa4 (liven tip All Flops of Getting Well- - Pl Remedy Fouad at Last to 10:doh "I Owe My Life." Science has flails established the fact that all the nervous energy of our bodies is generated by nerve oentre9 looated near the base of the brain, -!'Then the supply of nerve force has men diminished either by excessive physical or mental labours, or owing to aderangement of the nerve centres, we are first conscious of a languor or tired and worn-out feeling, then of a mild form of nervousness, headache, or stomach trouble, which is perhaps suc- ceeded by nervous prostration, chronic andigestion, and dyspepsia, and a gen- eral sinking of the whole system. In this day of hurry; fret and worry, there are very few who enjoy perfeot health; nearly everyone has somekeouble, an ache, or pain, a weakness, a 'nerve trouble, something wrong with the atomaol, and bowels, poor blood, heart disease, or sick headache; all of which are brought on by a lack of nervous energy to enable the different organs of the body to perform their respective work. South American Nervine Tonto, the marvel louo nerve food audhealth giver, isasatisfyingsuccess, awondrous boon to tired, siok, and overworked men and women, who have suffered years of discouragement; and tried all manner of remedies without benefit. It is a modern, a s,tentific remedy, and in its vales follows'sbonnding health.. It is unlike) all other remedies in thetins not designed to act on the different organs affected, but by its direct action on the nerve centres, which are neture's little batteries, it ileuses an increased supply of nereaos energy to be generated, which in its turn thoroughly oils, es it were, the machinery of the body, thereby en. abling it to perform perfeotty its dif- ferent functions, and without the slightest friction. If you have been reading of the re. markable cures wrought by South American Nervine, accounts of whioh we publish from week to week, and are still sceptioal, we ash you. to in- vestigate them by correspondence, and become convinced that they are trots to the letter. Such a coarse may save you months, perhaps years, of suffer- ing and anxiety. The words that follow ate strong, but they emanate from the heart, and speak the sentiments of thousands of women in the United States and Can- ada who know, through experience, of the healing virtues of tits South American Nervine Tonto. Harriet E. Hall, of 'Waynetown, iw prominent and mucl respected lady, writes as follows :— "I owe my Life to the great South American Nervine Tonic. I have been in bed for five months with e scrofulous tumour in my right side and suffered with indigestion ancd nervous prostration. Had given up all hopes of getting well. Had tried three doctors, with no relief. The first bottle of Nervine Tonio improved me so much that I was able to walk about, and a few bottles cured me en- tirely. T believe it is the best meds• cine in the world. I cannot recom- mend it too highly." Tired women, can yon do betty than become acquainted with this truly great remedy 9 Sold by G. A. Deadman. might he a larger harvest froth many but no one knows howl many are in sensibly influenced by a single god ly life lived in their presence. 4e. Hear ye therefore the parable o the sower. Listen; to its explanation 19. The word of the kingdom is Lh Gospel, the teachings tlutt would bet low, God's/ name, bring about his o0 trot or forges, and do his will on earth as in is in heaven, But Gospel tenoning is sometimes not tuideratood because all dium:tn hearts are not teaphaOle. The seed is good, but the soil. is unfertile. It is like the tramp- ed earth) of the wuiyside, Worri- ment, pleasures, and a thousand earthly interests neve' passed over the heart, as the camels and burden- ed donkeys and nunrbees'of men pass over Easterre ra0)1s, tnnttl it is all herd and dusty. It is n0 longer it/Inver:tide, It needs the Gospel plow, like the praching of another ,1'obn the Bap- tist, to bleak its s,llid surfnne, so thaat. the shower's of mercy and the rising of the Sun of righteousness may tern it again into arable soil. 20. '21. Stoney pleces.'neatly emotion ie oat 0 .sure sign of either shallow- ness or depth of nature; but.. superfi- cial twople are eas.ly moved. Jus) nil the sun dries u'p snrfaeeso11 qu.nkly. jwsl. its the rain moistens the surface Hest, so every slight unovement af- fects some people .But they saank'root," They have no deep apprehension of di- vine truth. Tribulation in this world, we are assured elsew.bere by our Lord, we shall have; persecution is sure to. name 'where the spirit of Satan is strong enongh to venture on it; and it requires a parson of sumo depth and substance to stand up against" persecution and tribulation. The thoughtless, super1irial eharatcter is offended. 'IC is a thought very Lull of comfort, .however, that the tinni- ly of our henets, unlike that of the soli, is under the control of our own wills" 22. The care of this world, and the dwell tainess of rieltos. The atn- anxieties of the poor end t.11,) ease of mind tCtbe rich are both alike thorns., They are weeds, which, while they do ot always prevent the aced of the ludgom front germinating in the cart, 'strangle it, and make the life unfruitful. No ane. can be a servicea- ble Christian, a uxafut child of trod, , t who ie care-etriokein constantly wor- ts1 rigid by his troubles and responsibili- ties, Christ leads us through no darker rooms than be went tbrougb f , before. 'Ws have the repeated prom,. tees of God that Isis blessings will o abundantly meet our needs, and if - we cannot repose on those promisee, . n- ; we forfeit a large share of our use- fulness. On the other band, the I comfort that cornea from wealth ie even ,more Hostile to the growth of the Gospel spirit. If a man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Remember that these thorns grow implanted, and the better the soil the mare apt they are to grow, if the soil has not already beeu pre- taintod for the planting of the good seed. 23. ;Astonishing stories are told of wheat and barley harvesting in the East. Ile that bettreth the word, and unders(andeth it, Who seeks to know, God's will, aevepte what he under- stands, and seeks to live it, burette fruit, If seed end soil are good, the fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, lung -suffering, gentleness, goodness, fait h, meekness, tempera nee. All thea, spring from the good ground in which has been planted. the Gospel, The velem; of the Beatitudes beautify it. Some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. All good soils ere fruitful, but not all are equally peeduot.ve. Talents and opportunities greatly vary. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. E E OTIATIOIVS, Strong Party to the Volksraad Fa- votirs Reopening Thein. A despatch from Loudon, says;—Tho Lorenzo Marques mirrespcntent of the 'Times, telegraphing Wednoeday, s0y5; I learn the( astrong party in the Volksi'and is dotermivad to saoure the reopening of. pone negcn:Iations on a baste which they are sanguine will gel tate i up,port a9' tin inajol'ui.y of the Rend. n I.bough the proposal .evokes strong indignation from President Kruger and State secretary Reitz. It is reported that Pratt dent Kruger made an impasteioncd, nppotil to the Pretnriel burs;hore nt religi- ous gathering nn tiuntlwr•"