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THE HE WORLD OVER.
tnterest)ne Items Ahnut Oar Own Country
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Assorted for easy Reading.
CANADA.
Arden, near Kingston, has an epi-
tiemic of typhoid fever.
A colony of 000 Russians will set-
tle in the Canadian North-west Lhis
fail.
The oat mop in many of the parish-
es around Quebec Is a moat diaeourag-
ing one.
Canada will have only 20,1100 square
fent of the 75,000 asked for al the Paris
Exposi Lion.
The last of the forte children born a
month ago to Mrs. Bowman, of IZing-
ston, 011. {lead.
Hamilton and Winnipeg have each
Voted 3500 to the fire sufferers of
New Westminster.
The total revenue of the North-west
territories for the year ending Aug.
91st, was 3542,772.
A garrison churoh parade will be
held in Toronto on October 0, when
Major-General Hutton will be present.
The by-law to extend the Hamilton
Street Railway franchise for fifteen
years was adopted by the City Coun-
cil.
The sheds containing the winter cars
of the Montreal Street Railway Co, at
13ochela,ga were burned, Dousing a
loss of over $150,000.
The first consignment of Ontario
fruit, parked according to California
;methods, was received in Winnipeg in
excellent condition.
Miss \Vinnle Davie, "The tenets r FIERCE FIGHTING ON THE NIGER,
of Uu Confederacy," 1. he only Odle of.
.1Jeff,,reon ))'[vis, k dying at Norrag.rn-
Kell, Pier. A "town Oernphvl t;y the Pirates Burned
.losglli end Morton 11. Marshall, the so the Ground,
s'go. 141(t'ii„ g'•1(1 seekers have livers A deep/It'll from Lagos. says:--Aol•
mod cell in rh '1uken, nee°r`ting tc ing under 10311uot.inns from Mr. Wale
reports al Niles,Miele
A. hock lslatid passenger Irain etruelc Royal Niger Conlpeny, 9lneor Arnold,
Il 1 Wi•1' K: Tues.
lane, C.1I,G., Agent -General of 111,1
I tnlly,l !! Ir 111 [l. . .1 uses, (,Il
(lee eight, and Ihres of the neaup:ants 011 Augleet 28, attacked end destroyed
DEFIANT STAND OF THE PORTE.
Wtc1'nsts to withdraw Turkish Troops Ab0nt
Crete lh•.plta 1'4rrlgs Adintra,s,
A r)espctlrh front Conte ent1naple says:
—The Turkish t,evernnrent has Rani n
circular to the pewer% alleging that
the British provoked the disurders at
Candle, claiming thin the present: sit-
eadopted
uatlnll is duo to thern nsures
of the latter eel] tole were killed, the town of Selena, in the 1;'crendas )p the powers to Crete, and. protesting
The United Steles, it le said, has re- branch of the Niger delta. In spite of against the hogemrdolelll of f lndia.
aity
plied to a recent no( 0l' the 'lurk repealed emi,„e ee Prem the ewe.
Government declining to eveept: finally, the Porte auuuun ws Rs 10-
llIke hlhitbl(arxtR of that fawn
't'urkey's repudinl.ion of the respunel- L fusel to withdraw the Turkieh t'uop1
l,lilty ler American losses during the bave per.ieted in reviving i.heir for- fromCreta, in spits of ihs dunision 0f
Amenet n troubles. mel habits of piracy, and have fur the admirals that such a step ie alma.
Che Iles Spinks, a very wee II by coal: same Cline past ceased to pursue lately necessary, The circular has
dealer, and street paving cont rector, peaceful Demon Hone, living 01)0n 1ho made a bad impression in diplumatio
of Newport, t eve is missing, and Is resalt of do redatione upon the native believed to have been drowned while l p oir'oles,
inspecting his cowl barge, Iia (rierie1 river traffic, which, in eoneequenee,
$11'000 life insurance. I}AgHI-BA2UUis DiSATJf.
eagle Lo 4 stendetill.
'the L'cilifornln Powder Company and The force employed oonsisteat of or. A despatch from Candia, Island of
the Dupont Powder Company Leve jor Arnold, Lieutenants Tighe, htab Crete, says:—The Bashi -Bazooka have
boon +fw(101111 the conLrnct to Supplylard, and Englebach, of the Royal consented to disarm, providing their
the united Slates Navy ori company
Department : carets are delivered to the Turkish au -
with smokeless powder. Each company Niger Constabulary; •Captain \\ llk(n therities,
will supply half a million pounds. son, of the 5111 Fusiliers; Dr. !Crestar, Rear -Admiral Gerald Noel, command -
Judge Themes P. Met'ormiek, 00 Eliz- and the distriot agent, with 65 ,rank er of the British naval force In Cretan
abet11, NJ., committed suicide Tuesday and file. 'the Royal Niger Conatabu^ osiers, on Tuesday issued an ulUme-
lly ;Mooting Women'. through 111,1 right Lary Cowpony's gunboat Liberty, under tum to Edllem Pasha, the Turkish mil -
temple. Ilis bony wile found lying un- the command of Captain JI'ranmer, fiery Governor of Crew, demnn,ling
der a tree in St. Mary's Ronan Cntho- conveyed the expedition from Lokoja, that within forty-eight hours Ile should
tic eemelerg. No 0nuse 00n be nscrlb- The town was bombarded by 21-2 inch, deliver up the ringleaders of the te-
ed for elle deed. Maxim-Nordenfeldt quick -firing guns, cent outbreak and massacre, surrender
The eerttficale of incorporation of the and raked by fire from the Maxim the fort and ramparts commanding the
great steel trust, to l:e known as the guns for 25 minutes. When parties town, and disarm the Mussulman
Federal Company, was filed Friday introops.
The admiral also demanded that the
fort overlooking the British Damp be
turned over to the British troops, and
that the populace be disarmed. Edhem
Pasha was told that he would have
forty-eight hours in which to surren-
der the chief ringleaders and a portion
of the arms held by the Ivinssulmans,
He was notified that unless the de-
mands were complied with in the specie -
Tied thud further and more vigorous
measures would be taken to' compel
compliance.
The Mussulman authorities, in view
of the admiral's ultimatum, bave al-
ready arrested twenty ringleaders of
the recent massacres here.
The Toronto Board of Control has
voted $1,000 for the relief of tbose
thrown into destitution by the New
'Westminster fire.
Prod. Wade, registrar for the Yukon,
bas arrived at Vancouver. He sitys
a canservittive estimate of the output
of the district is $8,000,000. •
A scheme to build cottage hospi-
tals in the vicinity of Ottawa for con-
sumptives has been proposed by Dr,
P. H. Bryce, provincial health officer.
The shareholders of the Bank Of
Hamilton have decided to increase the
capitol stock from 31,350,0(1(1 10 31,500,-
000 by the issue of 2,500 new shares at
aevil.3100 e.
The Department of Indian Affairs at
Ottawa is considering the question of
providing counsel for the Moses broth-
er's, awallLing trial for murder at Port
Arthur.
Boiler makers who have been engag-
ed on the Canadian Pacific Railway
steamship Athenian at Vancouver for
several weeks, are out on a strike for
en advance of wages.
So far this year 75,240 acres of land
have been taken up in the Swan Riverdistrict of Manitoba for settlement.
This distriot is just being opened by
the extension of the Dauphin railway.
The Rathbun timber limits, 127
square miles, on the Mattawa River,
in Quebec, were sold by auction at Ot-
tawa to Mr. J,R.. Booth at 3350 per
mile, the price aggregating something
over 340100.
The Northwest Assembly has adopt-
ed a resolution offering to assent to
the ceding of a portion of the North-
west Territories, north of. 2La iLoba,
to Manitoba, and .imllerly in regard
to British Colunebia.
News has been received in Toronto
that William Oldbury, a private in the
21st Lancers, was killed in the gallant
charge macre by that regiment at ,1118
battle of Omdurman.
Miss Mabel Alford and Mr. George
Duncan, teachers in the Greeneville,
Weet Flateboro', Scheel, were acquit-
ted by ;fudge Snider on a Varga of
unduly punishing Alice Durand, a nine-
year-old pupil.
The Department of Railways and
Canals have awarded the following
contracts, viz., for 150 box cars, and
100 flat cars, to the Rhodes Company,
e of Amherst, N.S., and for 150 box cars
to Crosson Company, of Cobourg.
inn, N.J. It is the largest company
ever adinttted under the rows of Naw
Jersey, its paid up capital being $200,-
00(1,0011. The incorporation tax amounts
to $40,00(1.
Rev. Hinnibal Goodwin, after strug-
gling for twelve years Lo prove that
het is the originator of the kodak film,
has at last been awarded the patent
by the officials at Washington. This
means an immense fortune to the pat-
entee, who will new have seventeen
years' monopoly on the manufacture
of photographic film.
GENERAL.
Mount Vesuvius is in a lively state
of eruption.
It is said that a revolution in Cen-
tral China Is unavoidable.
Copenhagen astronomers report the
appearance of a comet,
There will be no celebrations 01' pub-
lic ceremonies in Austria for Lhe (next
sir months,
As a result of the introduction of
modern sanitary methods, the health
of Santiago de Cuba has much improv-
ed, and 'the death rate has fallen.
Aguinaldo, the leader of the Phil-
ippine insurgents, is becoming frigh-
tened, and removing his headquarters
Co Morella, his Present position being
too much at the mercy of the Ameri-
Ieans.
The Spanish bishop of the Island of
Luzon, Philippines, was cruelly Lreat-
ed by rebel sympathizers. The prelate
was beaten with clubs and compelled
to disclose the hiding plane of the mon-
ey belonging to the church.
General Polaveleja, formerly Gover-
not-General of Cuba, a.nd of the Phil-
ippines, in a manifesto ideolaring his
readiness to place himself tet the head
of a .neutral party in Spanish polities,
advocates a (template reform in Span-
ish governlmte,nt.
Sir 3. S. Hay, Governor of Barba -
does, has received an anonymous let-
ter which threatens that he and five
other officers of the island evi11. meet
the soma fate as Speaker Pile, of the
Barbadoes Legislature, who Pas re-
cently assassinated by a negro.
There is an acute industrial crisis
at Antigua., \V.I., owing to the shut-
ting down of the sugar plantations,
(constraining the Government to inau-
gurate relief work in order to avert a
threatened outbreak of riot and pil-
lage among the idle and starving la-
bouring population. The sum of 1110,-
000 has been appropriated for the im-
mediate relief of the crisis.
The British cruiser Talbot arrived in
Balifax on Monday from the West In-
dies. She was on aotive duty oontinu-
eusly in West Indian waters from the
beginning to the end of hostilities be-
tween the United States and Spain.
Ineendiarism,,had nothing to dowith
the New Westminster fire. Thee man
Sheppard, who Ives arrested on the
charge, has been released, it being ob-
tion of Judge McColl to the Chief
the outbreak.
Dreher elastin, of Victoria, son of
Edward Martin, Q,O., Hamilton, has
been appointed. a judge of the Supreme
Court of 130itisb Columbia, to fill the
vacancy caused, by the recent Move -
vie= that he had no connection with
Justirooship.
Surveyors of the South -Eastern
Railway of Manitoba are heading to-
wards the international boundary, and
it is understood that the line will reach
Rainy River around the south end of
the Lake of the Woods, through'elin-
nesota.
The Montreal Board of Health states
that anyone who patronizes a barber
or hairdresser, whose establishment is
open to ala comers, runs a great risk
of becoming infected by disease from
the razor, shaving brush, scieeors,
clippers, comb or hair br0s11 having
been pt•eviottsly used on a sick person,
or even 00 a corpse.
GREA.'T BRITAIN.
The Queen is taking great interest
in the wireless telegraphy experiments
being oonduateet at Osborne ,}louse by
Marconi the inventor.
.11 (s reported that Gen, (Kitchener
has absolute authority to claim leash -
oda as Egyptian territory and expel
the (meant occupants, forcibly if ne-
cessary.
UNITED STATES,
Maine. Slate elections were a triumph
for rho Republicans,
The battleships Oregon anti Iowa
have been ordered to proceed to
lel° ia,
Rev, John Hall of New fork died
at Bangor, County Down, Ireland on
Saturday,
The disutembered body of Rachel
Warner, a trained aurae, was rove in
the mud flats at Bridgeport, Conn.
Jean Louie, 1010 was one of the chief
witnesses in Ibe Tichborne trial, died
in the Liverpool Benevolent Asylnml,
Australia, of senile decay. Louie was
steward on the Bella, in which Sir
Roger Tichborne aailed from England.
Until o, short time before his death
he staled that he firmly believed until
the close of the trial that the claim-
ant was the real Sir Roger.
H.M.S. Porpoise, one of the Austral-
ian squadron, recently returned to
Suva from a cruise among the islands
with the news that the Falcon Islands,
steepled midway between the Tonga
tabu and Ilaapai groups, and immedi-
ately opposite the Nomuka group of
isles, some 27 miles to the westward
have lately disappeared .Falcon island
was of volcanic origin, and half euail0
or more in diameter- t
under Lieutenants Tighe and Engles
bash and Captain Wilkinson were land-
ed, and atter three hours' itard'CighL•-
ing, essieted by the fire from the
Liberty, drove out the pirates and
burned the town to the ground. The
enemy defended their 3100808 stoutly,
and contested the town yard by yard
The British casualties were one killed
and five wounded. Lieutenant V. 3,
Tighe, of the West Indian Regiment,
was severly wounded int he hand, pmt
is doing well. He has been invalided
to i.he Canaries.
BRITISH FORCE FOR FASHODA.
ltnredtnnd Is Said 60 50 Assisted by 10,000
,Abyssinians.
The .Constantinople correspondent
of the London Daily Mail says:—"News
has been received here of the comma -
time of Fashoda (on the White Nile,
south of Khartoum) by the French ex-
pedition, under Major Marchand, as-
sisted by 10,000 Abyssinians under
Ras Mekounen, the principal general
of Emperor Menelek,"
The Daily Telegraph's special corre-
spondent with the Anglo-Egyptian
forces in the Soudan telegraphs that
he has had an interview with the cap-
tain of a boat which has returned from
Fashoda, and the captain's destiription
of the flag raised there leaves no dou.bt
that it is Frenoh. The captain says
the garrison at lfashoda menaced him,
and would have sunk his boat if they
had possessed a gun. After getting
out of the zona of the garrison's fire
the captain landed, and ascertained
from natives that the dervishes at Fa-
shoda had been attacked by a 'force
of eight Europeans and a hundred
Senegalese soldiers, who defeated the
dervishes, killed 100, and drove the
rest in preei state flight from the town
The Dail yy Telegraph's correspondent
says+—"Thare is uo doubt . that it la
the Marchand expedition."
The despatch was sent from Assou-
an, and the captain interviewed be-
longed to the steamer Tewfikieh, one
of Lha dervish steamers, which surren-
deced to Gen. Kitchener on its return
from Fashoda. The oorrespondsnt de-
scribes Gen. Kitchener's efforts to pre-
vent the news reaching England. He
says: "I wired this identioal news a
week ago from Omdurman. The Sir-
dar flatly refused to allow any corre-
spondent to accompany him south of
Omdurman, or to go independently.
He obmpelled us to sell our horses and
camels, and then told us, unless we
returned northward forthwith he could
not guarantee us transportatlon."
KITCHENER SENDS A FORCE.
T11E FRENCH MUST GET OUT.
ISltcitelier Will Present an Ultluuittint to
Jtarehnnd.
A despatch to the London More,
lug Post from Cairo says that General
Kitchener has absolute authority to
claim Fashoda as Egyptian territory,
and to expel the present ocnupants
forcibly if necessary. .1 ashoda, the
corro:tpondaut says, will then be oc-
cupied by an Egyptian garrison.
Tho London Daily Telegraph's cor-
respondent says that General. Kitch-
ener intends, to present an ultimatum
demanding that the French expedition
under Ivtajor Marchand quit Fashoda
forthwitlh
INDIFFEREENCE IN PARIS.
A despatch from Paris, says: —02-
51cial airates and the !Albite generally
aro in no way perturbed by 1110 news
Crum liashoda, Ou thecontrary, they
appear to be indifferent.
YIELDED TO RUSSIA.
toed Salisbury Agrees 6o All the C4ltallttons
Imposed.
The Pekin eorrespondent of the Lon-
don Times says: -"Despite Lord Solis-
bttry's e.oclaraticn Mitt be would brook
no interference from any other power
in the New-Chwang railroad Ioa.n etn -
traet, he has now yielded to all the
conditions Russia( imposed. As a re-
sult, negotiations with the 15115114h
syndicate has been broken at, and
those with the Russian -Chinese Bank
Have been resumed:"
General Kitchener has sent 1,800 Sou-
denese, 200 men of the Cameron high-
landers, two batteries of Norden1eld
mountain guns, and several Maxims on
board the gunboats Sultan, and Sheikh.
The Sirdar aeoampanied the force 011
the steamer Dal. Probably they have
already arrived at 3i'ashoda.
The eorrespondeut says also, detail-
ing an earlier movement, that the gun-
boat Sultan was sent up the Blue Vile
to intercept a dervish garrison 8,500
strong coming to reinforce the Khallfa,
The gunboat found and engaged the
enemy, killing a thousand, and driv-
ing the remainder back.
It is officially announced that the
Kbaliofa is now surrounded and must
be taken alive or dead within a few
days.
BALLOON 27,500 FEET HIGH,
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, OCT, 2.
5h"ermlttlon faller Asn." 2 /torah, H,
2.15. Gulden. Test, 2 Citron. 11, ll.
1>JI ll'Tl('AL NOTES.
Verse 2. .iso. did that which 008
500.1 ani right 111 the eyes of 1110
Lord. Ile 31udied carefully the will of
J4bovali as it had 1/0011 (14008,011 r{.s,i,d by
lawmakers and prophets, and zealous-
ly Bought to cul.forni his I1+,, 1u dl.
'1'11{')143 18 nu safe hest. 00 ie teglit•t I,ut
the approbation u£ the Lord. Public
opinion 00 ten goes asi•uy. and arms
our own hearts condemn us; hitt Gad
Ls greater Wan our hearts. le in hie
eyes .aur (((olives are right, all is well.
Ills God. Two sorts of Idolaters are
recognized by the historians of Judah
and Israel—those who "sinned accord-
ing 1.o the sin of Jerobou1 the sun of
Nebat," that is, those who had the
true God and the torrent theology,
but whose •worship was either degrad-
ed In deference to political plains or
insincere; and those who sinned like
Adair—that is, worshiped false gods,
3. He took away 11143 altars Of the
strange gods. "Strange. gods" mean
"stranger" gids, foreign gods. Iligb
places. 'Especially the high places
consecrated to these false gods. From
2 Chron. 15. 17 we find that the high
places consecrated to Jehovah were
not yet removed. Altars were Mutat-
ty built on hilltops, and often chapels
or sacred tents were ereoted with them.
Brake down the, images. The pillars,
memorial sionea, or posts erected to
Baal. Cut down the groves. Revised
Version, Aeherim. This phrase., like
"images," refers to pillars, only that
these were wooden, and dedicated to
the goddess Ashtterolh. The worship
of the false god and the false goddess
"JACK SHARK'S ANGER."
British. Admiral at Crete Will Stand No
NOltyellae.
The London correspondent of the New
York Times, referring to affairs in
Crete, says:—"Navy men here are
quite satisfied that, whatever may hap-
pen in Crete, there is little danger of
the English admiral, Noel, eating crow,
however much the Turks may try to
disguise the dish for English consump-
tion. Noel is not only an extremely
determined man, ready to eat up alive
anyone opposing what he holds to be
his plain duty, but he looks the part.
Long ago discerning shipmates christ-
ened him 'Jack Shark,' and Edhem
Pasha may find that this uncomplim-
entary epithet is fairly well deserved.
I em told that Noel's anger at some
of his own men having been shot down
by Turkish bullets was something omin-
ously quiet. It will take all the com-
bined efforts of the European con-
cert to keep 'Jack Shark' from having
at least one good bite in return.
"The Cretan business would be amus -
mg if it were not such a grave matter
for the unlucky islanders themselves.
!Were it possible for England to handle
this muddle alone, matters would go
quickly enough, though at some cost
Ito the nightly rest of the Sultan and
the Ambassadors at Constantinople.
This name out very clearly when the
English sailors were murdered, and
the interest for a short time became
Purely British. Then action was taken
with quick decision, and, what is more,
was backed up by the startled diplo-
mats of Constantinople, roused from
slumber at 2 a.m. Tho offending
houses were knocked down in Candia,
and the ringleaders banded over to the
I irate admiral."
Next to the Highest Aseennion. on 110841'11
Made In England.
A despatch from London, says: —
Next to the highest balloon ascension
on record, was made here on Friday
from the Crystal palace, Sydenham, by
Stanley Spencer aeronaut, and Dr,
Berson.
The balloon which was inflated with
pure hydrogen, and Iles acapaoity of
50,500 cubic feet, attained an altitude
of 27,500 feet.
Al: a height of 25,000 feet the air'was
so rarefied that the occupants of the
oar wore compelled to breathe Com-
pressed oxygen by tubus, The tempera-
ture was 01 degrees below freezing
point.
FRENCH CONCILIATORY.
Stare beclnred Thnt Ilarebaud's Expedition
is Ultolllelal.
A. despatch from London says t --From
Cairo and from an entirely independ-
ent. so01'06 the Daily Mail learns that
'Prance has assumed a conciliatory at-
titude towards Great: Britain, nnrl 11ns
der laved that he cxpotliLion of Major
Marchand Is quite nnoffinlal, The
Sirdar will offer to take Major March-
and to Cairo, and it is probable that
themajor will aeeept., and that ifaahoda
will be occupied by Egyptian troops,
TIIE PRESS IN CHINA IS FREE.
Emperor 11'111 Allow the Newspapers Oho
Malmo thflo to Future.
A despatoll from Washington, D. C.,
says:-1linister Conger informs the
Department of State that the Emperor
of China, by Imperial decree, has sanc-
tioned the opening of a national uni-
versity at Pekin, in commotion with
which schools aro to be established in
the provincial capitals, and educational
institutions called the (bird -class are
to bo opened in the department and
districts cities. Graduates of the
schools of the third class may• enter
the intermediate colleges, and thence
to the University of Pekin. It is
believed that the curriculum adopted
by the Japanese University will bo
followed..
Another des etch from r'A4iuister
p
Conger would indicate filet the Em-
peror of China has taken 8,10115 stride
in advance in civilization by encourag-
ing the newspapers of his empire to
publish atruthful and full account of
the daily events, and to be both bold
andfearless in the discussion of cur-
rent affaira. He has by public pro-
nlamation made the "Chinese Daily
Progress" an official organ, and has
declared that artloiee which appear iu
Chinese newspapers, though apparent-
ly displeasing to lhim, shall not on that
account be euppressed. Ile has directed
that important artioles of Durrant
events in the leading papers shall be
marked and p008111t.ed to him prompt-
ly. He asst'gns, in his proclamation,as
the reason for this that he desires to
extend his knowledge of affairs, both
Chinese and foreign,
were naturally entwined about eaoh
other. The rites were picturesque and
exceedingly' degrading, as indeed they
could not but he, for the deities them-
selves were personified vices.
4. Commanded Judah. Issued a pro-
clamation throughout his little king-
dom. To seek rho Lord God of their
fathers. To 3601:81111 Jehovah as the
only God of Israel• From the story
elsewhere we learn how tremendously
in earnest Asa was in all this reforma-
tion. He deposed Queen M'atachah, his
mother (1 Kings 15. 10,) or his grand-
mother, according to 1. Kings 15. 2, and
her idols were openly destroyed. To
do' the law. To study the civil and
religious order of the nation. Com-
mandment. The thought here is that
of obedience. The "commandment" is
the precept which enjsins the practice
of the "law" which they studied,
5, 0. He Look array out of all the cities
of Judah the high pieces and the images.
the sun statues, altars, and emblems
of Baal. the sun god. Judging by mod-
ern Hindu images, some of these were
in the shape 09 a human head, sur-
rounded by a halo, and others prob-
ably of the human form thus surround-
ed. Asa was a beneficent despot; he
did not consult with anyone, but did
what was right, and his nation was the
better far it. The kingdom was quiet
before him. Literally " under his eye."
He looked ou every hand about his
little kingdom and could see no sign
of plotting within nor of invasion with-
out. It is true that the kingdom of
Israel and that of Judah were not at
this time in friendship, but it is prob-
able that a hostile feeling rather than
actual hostilities are referred to in 1
Kings 15, 16. That a people, some of
whom doubtless were sincere in their
worship of false gods, and others of
whom were financially interested in
that heathen worship, should so
readily obey his commands shows
that the moral poison had not
yet completely corrupted the spiritual
life of the nation. The ten years of
peace which Asa enjoyed were made
good use of, Ile built fenced cities in
Judah, thus following the example of
his grandfather Rehoboam. The cus-
toms of the Flebrews gave to their
kings huge revenues, and the royal
wealth was increased by each success-
ful campaign; but the "good" kings
always emphasized the theooraoy, and
regarded God as the real king and
themselves as vicegerents — stewards
oC the great Householder. Their in -
mine therefore was not regarded as
"private," but was lavishly spent for
the defence of the nation. 'fenced
atlas" were fortresses, some of them
most massive. The invasion by the
Egyptians in Rehoboam's clay and the
extensive wars which Ahdjeh suffered
made this renewal of the fortresses by
Asa a necessity, The land, had rest.
Not only was "the kingdom quiet under
his eye," not only dict the statesmen
and generals recognize the prevail-
ing conditions of pease, but the people
themeelves were at rest, each one sit-
ting under ]lis own 61nel and fig tree,
with none to make hien n.fraicl, and the
signs of prosperity and security made
the popular life wholesome and hap-
py. Rest and quiet.," as Dr. Turn-
bull weightily says, "sometimes go to-
gether; but sometimes 1581 is 110com-
panied by strife and straggle," \\''e
read that in Aimee reign his land was
quiet ten years, but when barbaric
invasion shattered. the national quiet
Asa was still elite to say to the laird,
"l\"a rest on thee." This is our privil-
ege --,to have rest alike when there is
quiet and when there is warfare; and
to 310e11 with 40141111 at all times on
the thought that there relnain011, a
rest to 111,1 people of God.
7. Therefore. .because the Lord had
given ]kiln rest." Ile said unto Judah,
Probably by a miles of prorlsmntions.
Lett us build these cities. No dries are
flamed, but Gebe and bltzpeh, 2 Chron.
10. (1, ware two 0f I.itese. Make about
thein walls andtowers, gates end bars,
The "walls" were of stone rind were
1111 elntnd:int defense ag11lnat. any wea-
pons that in that age could be brnnght
against hats. Explosives were almost
unknown, and battering-rams were
guarded egeillst by backing the hells
i>,y s011,1 earth, "Towers " were built
at intervals, so as to give the defend-
ers advantage over the esseilnnls, The
besieging nrnly often en 115 pert built
woolen towers high enough 1n Teeth
these tossers an 111e we11a. The "gages"
were covered with plates of brass or
iron and the 'liars" ln01'eased their
DEFRAUDING THE CUSTOMS.
Clothing 610441,, England by Post 01101t False
involves.
A despatch from Ottawa, says: --The
Customs Department has eliseovetrd
that at. London, England, firm is semi -
103 clothing to Canada by parcel post,
to width 10 atlaeilecl 4 statement of
value lower than (110 invoke price, In-
seranlions have been issued in the
Customs colleetors to be on the lockout
for this spaces of fraud,
When the lore Centreg Need Nutrztiou.,
•
A 'Wonderful l ecove 'y, Llilwastr°ati ng the
ads Etesponse of a Depleted Nerve
System, to a Treatment 'Which
Replenishes Exhausted
L
Nerve Forces,
MR. FRANK MAUER, BERLIN, ONS',
Perhaps you know him i In Water-
loo he is known as one of the most
popular and successful business men of
that enterprising town. As manag-
ing executor of the Kuntz estate, he is
at the head of a vast business, repre-
senting an investment of many thous-
ands of dollars, and known to many
people throughout the Province.
Solid financially, Mr. Frank Bauer
also bas the good fortune of enjoying
solid good health, and if appearances
indicate anything, it is safe to predict
that there's a full half century of
active life still ahead for him, But
it's only a few months since, while
nursed as an invalid at the Mt.
Clemens sanitary resort, when his
friends in Waterloo were dismayed
with a report that he was at the point
of death.
to There's no telling where I would
have been had I kept on the old treat-
ment," said Mr. Bauer, with a merry
laugh, the other day, while recounting
his experiences as a very siok man.
{t Mt. Clemens," he continued, t' was
the last resort in my case. For
months previous I had been suffering
indesoribable tortures. I began with
a loss of appetite and sleepless nights.
Then, es the trouble kept growing, I
wos getting weaker, and began losing
flesh and etrength rapidly. My
stomach refused to retain food of any
kind. During all this time I was
under medical treatment, and took
everything prescribed, but without
relief. Just about when my condition
seemed most hopeless, I heard of s
wonderful cure effected in a case
somewhat similar to mine, by the
Great South AmerieanNervine Tonin,
and I finally tried that. On the first
day of its use I began to feel that It
was doing what no other mediofns
had done. The first dose relieved the
distress completely. Before night I
actually felt hungry and ate with an
appetite such 581 had not known for
months, I began to pick up in
strength with surprising rapidity,
slept well nights, and before I knew
it I was eating three square meals
regularly every day, with as much
relish as ever. I have no hesitation
whatever in saying that the South
American Nervine Tonics cured me
when all other remedies failed, I
have recovered my old weight—over
200 pounds—and never felt better
in my life."
Mr. Frank Boner's experience is
that of all others who have used the
South American Nervine Tonto. Its
instantaneous notion in relieving dis-
tress and pain is due to the direct
effect of this great remedy upon the
nerve centres, whose fagged vitality
is energised instantly by the very first
dose: It is a great, a wondrous euro
for all nervous diseases, as well se
indigestion and dyspepsia. It goes
to the real source of trouble direct,
and the sick always feel 'its marvel-
lous sustaining and restorative power
at once, on the very first day of Ito
use.
Sold by G. A. Deadman.
strength. 'While the land is yet be-
fore us. This was the reason of Asa's
buikliug, " In time of peace prepare
for war," is a maxim which, while of-
ten misused, has some wisdom under-
neath it. 1
8. Asa had an army. Not, howev-
er, a regular army, in the modern
sense of that phrase, He had provided
with weapons all citizens on whom he
felt justified in calling in time of ever.
Targets. Long shields. Spears. The
most readily used weapons of ancient
warfare. .Bare shields and drew bows.
The shields were ,of the lighter, round
sort,tind rho bows 0e1:0 evidently very
strong which is shown by the word
"drew," literally° "trod," whieh in-
clicates that; the foot had to he used
in pllacing the arrow in position, so
stiff was the sortng,) The armor of
the left-handed 13enjamites was evi-
dently lighter ikon that of the troops
from Judah,
0. 'Mere came out. against them Zer-
ah the Ethiopian. Sloss of the facts
coneerniug Asa are given in kings as
well as in Chronicles, but Chia invasion
is only mentioned here. . \Who Zernh
was is 1101 certainly known. Most tate
authorities incline to believe that be
Ives a king of 'Egypt, though it is not
easy to understand how an Egyptian
could be called an Ethiopian, It is
conjectured by some that ZOruh 0118
really Osarkon 1I„ and pas sn Ethiop-
ian
Ethiol
)an prinee .who ruled over Egypt
on account of his marriage
with • the daughter of the :Egyptian
king. If he in tiny way rcpreeented.
the Egyptian Marone, the reason units
1064sion may have been that Asa re-
fused to contnito the I:ribut,n w1ich
Shishuk had imposed open 11411ob0nm.
A host of a thousand thousand, and
three hundred chariots. This horde
probably was matte tip of mercenaries.
Arab nomads, always ready for fight:,
and now swept northward by the Etta-
() dan artily, each tribe hoping to have
a share of the cepected plunder. The
number or chariots is small, due,
{lotthtl4as, to the feel that it 601114 114x)
to impossible for rhat•(ots to be used
effectively In Judah, The approach
from. 'Egypt, was espeoinlly difficult. for
therm i1Ialrehnll. "Summit," This
town had been fortified by 1io110hove,
i layon the mho of the desert,
axid t 1C
about teeto ty=five miles southwest of
J'mrusalem, 11'reln it the road 1080
rapidly and roughly. It 000 the first
great Jewish fortreas to which Zerol's
army came.
10. Then Asa went out against ]rdtn..
As soon as the news of the invasion
reached him. The valley of 7,ephathali.
OC this valley nothing is certainly
kno(tvn,
11. Asa cried unto the Lord his
God. Hetookevery precaution for safe-
ty and advantage (Allis army, but was
at the same lima conscious, Of his
awn a141(1(y to meet the .foe, and re-
lied entirely on God. Lord, 11 is noth-
ing with thee to help. "No one is able
like thee to help." Whether with
many, or with them, that have no pow-
er. God is as ready to take the side
of the weak as the side of the strong.
The giving forth of God's power is
not Nag to him, holt it is a great deal
to itis children. Help urs, 0 Lord God.
(lewd, 14. 10; I Chtrun;. 5. 20; 2 Chem.
18. 14; Psalm 18. 1i; 50. 15; Act:st$e:le
We rest on Lhee. there comes the sec-
ond, and by far the most impressive,
view of the rest of soul whieh Asa en-
joyed. In thy name, Trusting to
thy help. We go against this 111011.1-
11110. When a 1na11 stands for the
Lord and moves forward as the Lord's
representative he is invincible. Let:
not man prevail against (hoe. No
man can ever 110111 old ag±lin51 thee."
13. So. 'l'herefcir0. The lord emote
the. Ethiopians before Asa, Not Asa
smote. the Ethiopians before the Lord,
The results of all human efforts are,
in the last analysis, divine.
ON]0-SINTII ARE SICK.
A despaleh from. Washington, 1)0.,
says :--Sickness among the ttoop8 of
General Lawton's command at Santi-
ago in increasing. Nearly nue sixth of
him force is now on the sick list, al-
though the number of deaths is not
great. There are at p113860t. 1,229 eves
in the hospital, 841 of w•l11011 are fever
cases; seven deaths are reported 10 -
lay, three from yellow, fever.
PARA BOK,
)wiles A.sic)ns—Do you claim to under
stand 1von),0u3
,leek DeWitt --Not 7 I I know them.
too we'll